A railway line that once stitched Vancouver Island together before falling silent in 2011 is now the subject of a federally funded reimagining — half a million dollars committed to ask whether the past can be made useful again. Ottawa's investment through PacifiCan signals that a region long left to wrestle alone with its congestion and its colonial debts may finally have a partner at the table. The study, led by the Island Corridor Foundation and concluding by 2027, must reckon with both the engineering of movement and the ethics of land — for the corridor cannot be revived without first acco
Ottawa funds $500K study for Victoria-Langford light rail corridor
The rail corridor historically bisected Esquimalt Nation's 19.3-hectare reserve without consent, affecting families, environment, and economic opportunities for the 384-member nation.