{"id":12291,"date":"2016-08-10T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=12291"},"modified":"2016-08-10T13:41:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T20:41:07","slug":"news-briefs-august-10-2016-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2016\/08\/10\/news-briefs-august-10-2016-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"News Briefs<\/em>: August 10, 2016 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camosun launches new edible garden at Interurban<\/b><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a new edible garden at Camosun\u2019s Interurban campus. The garden will allow students in cooking programs to include more local and fresh herbs, among other things, into their cooking. The garden is located outside the Culinary Arts Centre.<\/p>\n

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Camosun mourns passing of instructor\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Camosun College\u2019s flags were at half mast on July 15 in honour of Electrical instructor Bob Hammer. Hammer worked at the college from 1989 until 2000 and from 2005 until June of this year. Hammer passed away on July 10.<\/p>\n

Camosun Chargers golf player wings big in Vancouver<\/b><\/p>\n

Camosun Charger golfer and Business student Brady Stead won this year\u2019s Vancouver Open Armature Division tournament. Stead, who had the highest GPA among all student athletes at Camosun, shot a total of 152 at the BC Amateur Championship, landing him at eight over par. See camosun.ca\/sports\/chargers<\/a> for more Chargers info.<\/p>\n

Good news, bad news for Camosun cyclists<\/b><\/p>\n

The municipality of Saanich is working on making Lansdowne Road more bike- and pedestrian-friendly. The particularly death-defying stretch between Richmond and Shelbourne should soon be a lot less horrifying to navigate. Unfortunately, construction is expected to last until the end of summer, so best to avoid that stretch for now if possible.<\/p>\n

Food education continues in CRD<\/b><\/p>\n

The Capital Regional District board has voted to continue their outreach and education services agreement with the Victoria Compost Education society. The agreement, which will extend to December 31, 2019, aims to educate people on waste reduction, composting, local organic food production, and harvesting their own food.<\/p>\n

Funding increases for homelessness partnering strategy\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The Capital Regional District (CRD) is expanding their agreement with the federal government to include additional funding for the region through the Homelessness Partnering Strategy. The strategy is geared toward reducing and eliminating poverty in the region. The CRD is eligible to receive an additional $793,652, which will bring the total to $3,918,767, to span over a five-year agreement ending March 31, 2019.<\/p>\n

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Camosun launches new edible garden at Interurban There\u2019s a new edible garden at Camosun\u2019s Interurban campus. The garden will allow students in cooking programs to include more local and fresh herbs, among other things, into their cooking. The garden is located outside the Culinary Arts Centre. Camosun mourns passing of instructor\u00a0 Camosun College\u2019s flags were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-august-10-2016"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t