NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT AND IN THE MATTER OF TLC THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, INC. NO. S36826 AND TLC THE LAND CONSERVANCY (ENTERPRISES) LTD. (Collectively referred to as the “TLC”) Supreme Court Action No. S137436 Vancouver Registry TAKE NOTICE THAT, by Order of the Supreme [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC’S KEATING FARM ESTATE SALE APPROVED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF BC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2014 Victoria, BC – The Supreme Court of BC has approved the sale of The Land Conservancy of BC’s Keating Farm Estate. An offer of $749,000 was taken to the Court for [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC APPOINTS NEW ACTING CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2014 Victoria, BC – The Board of Directors of The Land Conservancy of BC has appointed Briony Penn as Acting Chair and Frances Pugh as Acting Vice-Chair. Bill Pearce and Joan Tarrant were [...]
Wednesday, January 22, 2014, Madam Justice Fitzpatrick issued her reasons for decision on TLC’s application for Court approval of the proposed sale of Binning House. The claim by UBC to an interest in Binning House has been rejected, and the Court has deferred a final decision on the sale of Binning House to allow TLC [...]
The Letter to the Editor below was published on December 17, 2013, in The Parksville Qualicum Beach News. Here in Qualicum Beach, people do have an appreciation for the natural world and the importance of its preservation. This past summer we celebrated the fifth anniversary of the signing of a protective conservation covenant between the [...]
Briony Penn is co-founder and the current vice-chair of The Land Conservancy of BC. Her article below, Who will pay for heritage?, was published in Focus magazine’s January 2014 edition. Everyone wants to see heritage properties protected, but no one wants the responsibility. The Land Conservancy of BC went to court in December, as part [...]
We are making every effort to keep members informed of our activities and efforts during the CCAA process. All members should receive TLC’s newsletter, the LANDmark, within the next week. Below is a copy of an opinion editorial that TLC’s new Director of Operations, John Shields, wrote recently for the Vancouver Sun. When the Land [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC RECEIVES EXTENSION OF PROTECTION UNDER COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT (CCAA) Process of restructuring gets underway; TLC requests Court appointment to present offer on Binning House FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2013 Victoria, BC – The Land Conservancy of BC has been given more time to develop a plan [...]
NEWS RELEASE THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF BC GRANTED PROTECTION UNDER COMPANIES’ CREDITORS ARRANGEMENT ACT (CCAA) CCAA creates best opportunity for a financial solution and positive outcome for properties and creditors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 8, 2013 Victoria, BC -- For the past year, The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC) has been exploring options to [...]
Thanks to the amazing work of our volunteer monitoring crew, TLC visited over 100 conservation covenants in the Greater Victoria region over July and August. TLC’s monitoring program is to ensure that covenants are being respected and to report any disturbances to the landowner. The covenants cover a wide variety of ecological habitats including wetlands, [...]