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View Royal staff looking at rules forcing landlords to provide adequate heating and cooling

View Royal is following Victoria, Saanich and Nanaimo as early adopters of the province’s Zero Carbon Step Code.

Fossil fuel companies should pay for climate damages to B.C. municipalities. Oregon’s Multnomah County experienced 69 deaths during the 2021 heat dome, and it launched a $50-billion lawsuit against Big Oil. British Columbia had 619 deaths during the heat dome, but no lawsuit yet.

The proponent of a West Shore light-rail testing track is determined to proceed, despite funding rejection and lack of viable test sites.

The new policy gives renters certain rights when facing a renoviction

A comparison of railway proposals.

System would use lighter-gauge tracks and concrete slabs that can be installed at a quarter of the cost of conventional rails, says consulting firm.

Give clean-energy grant to (non-electric) cyclists; applause for View Royal mayor; communities already saturated

View Royal councillors narrowly rejected a motion from their mayor for a six-month moratorium on new developments.

Sid Tobias said the move is to buy time, but the idea is facing criticism