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27 per cent increase faced by Duncan’s Top Shelf Feeds, the only feed mill on Vancouver Island.
February 6, 2011
Island feed freight subsidies unlikely
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West Shore by throwing its support behind commuter rail, light rapid transit
January 20, 2011
Falcon sets sights on easing the Colwood Crawl
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Our track is already laid; it needs to be beefed-up for commuter service.
January 20, 2011
Healing road paralysis with rail.
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just three of those "toothpicks" filled a rail car to overflowing.
January 8, 2011
Traces of Cowichan's green gold rush can still be found on trail
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“We have to recognize that if rail is going to come across this bridge now it’s time for our province to step up,”
December 11, 2010
Victoria goes after Langford, Colwood, Esquimalt and others for rail-bridge funding
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The plan: Two light-rail lanes, two car lanes, no on-street parking
December 11, 2010
Victoria council backs rapid transit along Douglas Street
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another that damaged a railway crossing gate at Jingle Pot Road and the Island Highway.
November 28, 2010
Weather made for tough driving conditions
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“It’s the centerpiece of our trail system so it would be great to get,”
November 21, 2010
Lantzville seeks trail funding
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"It's a question of how far we go with the spur line,"
November 5, 2010
Railway hopes to capitalize on coal mine
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It voted unanimously in favour of rail being the preferred option for the transit system,
November 4, 2010
Saanich gives top priority to rail-based rapid transit
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Commuters bound for Victoria could see a rail transit option open up in the next year or two.
October 28, 2010
Train option eyed for commuters
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Since 2001, the province has invested almost $20 million in improving road safety at rail crossings throughout B.C.
October 25, 2010
Improvements made to deadly rail crossing
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the complacent majority have made perfectly clear through their editorial letters and votes they want no part of expensive commuter service
October 22, 2010
Residents to blame for bleak rail future
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then rail should be used to move the coal.
October 17, 2010
Use rail if we mine coal
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The upgrades done to the eight-kilometre long trail that was used on a railway line constructed here more than 100 years ago
October 15, 2010
One Spot Trail closed down for upgrading
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an issue that folks in the Cowichan Valley should be keeping a close eye on.
October 15, 2010
Johnson Street Bridge to tell future of railway
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Victoria to apply for gas tax funds to help pay for new crossing
October 15, 2010
CRD backs Johnson Bridge rail plan
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Put railway wheels on city buses and stick them on the E&N line at rush hour. "They could stay on the rails; just drop people off to connect with other transit."
October 3, 2010
Jack Knox: Still Crawlin' after all these columns
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The owner of Cowichan’s Top Shelf Feeds says rising rail rates are a low blow threatening the future of island businesses
September 26, 2010
Rocketing rail freight costs threaten farming
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Victoria to apply for gas tax funds to help pay for new crossing
September 23, 2010
CRD backs Johnson Bridge rail plan
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