Oct 29, 2019

Eats & Beats was voted Best Free Fun in the Best of the West Shore Awards! Colwood Council and staff...

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Oct 28, 2019

On Saturday, October 26 hundreds of costumed kids came to Meadow Park in Colwood's Royal Bay neighbourhood for some Halloween fun at Pumpkin Fest 2019. This is the second year the City has teamed up with the...

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Oct 16, 2019

City of Colwood offices will close at 4:00 pm on Monday, October 21, 2019 to provide staff with three (3) consecutive hours in which to vote in the Federal Election, as required under Section 132 of the Canada Elections Act.

This includes Colwood City Hall, Public Works and the Colwood Fire Department...

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Oct 11, 2019

The City of Colwood is accepting expressions of interest for citizen representatives to serve on the Waterfront Coastal Processes Committee.

Appointments to this select committee are for one year with regularly scheduled meetings held monthly...

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Oct 11, 2019

Have a listen to this West Shore Business podcast where Mayor Rob Martin talks about:
✶ the developer who has a purchase agreement for the Allandale Lands,
✶ the TWO AWARDS the City won recently and why Sustainable...

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Oct 3, 2019

The City of Colwood has installed new signs along Esquimalt Lagoon that state "No Parking between one hour after dusk to dawn." 

The signage makes people aware that RCMP and Colwood Bylaw Officers may ask people using the park during these hours to move their vehicles, although the municipality has discretion to decide whether to enforce a bylaw.

The new regulation was approved...

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Oct 1, 2019

Mayor Martin has received a challenge to shave his head in support of Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.

The Tour de Rock team, made up of police officers, emergency services personnel, members of the media, and special guests, cycles from one end of Vancouver Island to the other, covering over 1,000 kilometres and visiting more than 27 generous communities along the way. Why? Because...

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Sep 30, 2019

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day — a day when First Nations, local governments, schools and communities come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come. It grew out of Phyllis Webstad's residential school story. Her grandmother gave her the orange shirt for...

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Sep 28, 2019

The City of Colwood marks Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day by lowering the flag at City Hall to half-mast on Sunday, September 29.

The flag will be lowered late Friday and returned to full mast on Monday morning.

Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day is an opportunity to remember the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives in the line of...

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Sep 25, 2019

One hundred new trees were planted in and around Havenwood Park in Colwood today, thanks to a community-led initiative in celebration of National Tree Day. 

Colwood joins cities throughout Canada who are celebrating the many benefits that trees provide – improve air and water quality, prevent soil erosion and flooding, offer shade to control temperatures and conserve energy, attract...

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