On April 13, the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit (VIMC) appeared as a delegation before North Cowichan Committee of the Whole. The presentation was led by Toby Seward, a "planning and permitting" consultant for VIMC, in which he proposed that VIMC, the Sahtlam Neighbourhood Association (SNA), and the Municipality of North Cowichan (MNC) form a working group to develop a noise mitigation strategy. This suggestion came as a huge surprise to the SNA and members of the audien

It has been almost two weeks since the Sahtlam Neighbourhood Association (SNA) presented its report, "Approved as a Permitted Use", to North Cowichan (NC) Committee of the Whole. At that time, we presented clear evidence that the Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit (VIMC) is operating in violation of North Cowichan Zoning Bylaw 2950. We further demonstrated that NC approved VIMC on the basis of erroneous interpretations of North Cowichan Zoning Bylaw 2950 and, by so doing, pr