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Sloan

Apr 1 2008, 02:14 PM

http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_islan...s/17172366.html

KevinKorell

Nov 18 2008, 01:47 PM

From Victoria, BC Times-Colonist, 11/18/08:

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Commuter rail should be priority, all-party committee says

The Island's E&N train tracks should be upgraded with a view to developing commuter rail service, the province's all-party finance committee says.

This story is here.

KevinKorell

Nov 20 2008, 01:36 AM

From A-TV News, Victoria, BC, 11/19/08:

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Could Election Change Communiter Rail Equation

VICTORIA - Could the long track to the provincial election change the way the Campbell government thinks about commuter rail on Vancouver Island?

For a long time, advocates have lobbied the province to pay for light rail from the Mid-Island into Victoria.

And for just as long, the transportation minister has said it's too expensive.