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The plan has the line running through Saanich and Colwood into Langford.

“I think they've done a very good job with their plan to put forward the options they feel work best for the Greater Victoria area,” said Lekstrom

A $950-million light rail transit system has been suggested by B.C. Transit, instead of rapid buses,

he had to ship his ore to a Tacoma smelter via Ladysmith and the E&N Railway at the foot of Little Sicker Mountain.

Somehow, the provincial government can find a half billion dollars to put a new retractable roof on B.C. Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver.

One way to help pay for the railway would be to sell bonds for it to all Vancouver Islanders.

Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom says the province doesn't have $7.5 million "lying around" for the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway.

The Kinsol Trestle project should be complete this year, with people able to walk across it by July at the latest.

closed to trains last month because of corrosion on key structural supports,

It allows him to focus on the remediation of the Roundhouse, still an estimated three years away from being complete,

The wooden bridge — one of the largest in the world — has been closed for 22 years

“snuggled at the foot of a mountain slope and picturesquely located thirty miles west of Duncan.”

A new vein of coal had been discovered by drillers in the slope of the new shaft at Nanaimo River.

residents near and far have been doing at Windsor Park since the days of dirt roads and fledgling electric tramways.

Victoria supports commuter line, but lacks the support to pay for it

Tax hike possible as pressure mounts, councillor says

Funding includes about $300,000 from local taxpayers, plus B.C. Transit grants.

“We have to recognize that if rail is going to come across this bridge now it’s time for our province to step up,”

Macdonald gave us the railway across the continent and drove the last spike on the Esquimalt and Nanaimo line.

in Duncan, then warm up with hot chocolate, music, dancing and more

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