The 64-acre property has been subjected to tree clearing, land scraping, and blasting since a decision allowing the work was made last November in the B.C. Supreme Court.
The latest economic report from the South Island Prosperity Partnership shows an unemployment rate of 10.1 percent -- the highest in our region's recorded history.
Two men who escaped from William Head Institution in July of last year have been charged with the murder of Martin Payne, eleven months following his death.