When I picked up last Monday’s Province, and read the front-page article about TLC, I was reminded about why we are in the CCAA process. The article appreciated the dismay of the family of a major donor that not all the money donated has made it to the organization that TLC and the family agreed [...]
Dear TLC Members, In the four months since my last update letter TLC has experienced further successes and setbacks within the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). While going through CCAA has not been easy, the Board of Directors and I see a light at the end of the tunnel. TLC has undergone a great many [...]
Town Hall Meeting Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. University of Victoria Please join us in the Michele Pujol room of the Student Union Building, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, to hear the latest updates from TLC in regards to recent changes with our Board of Directors and progress in the CCAA process. We hope [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]