Five years ago
• Not a new owner, nor the protests of a majority of its members, will save the Eaglecrest Golf Course and Morningstar from closing at the end of the year. Current owners, made a surprise announcement to the Town, the golf club’s staff and 380 members that they will be the closing at the end of December, citing ongoing debt, legal issues and $5 or $6 million for upgrades.
10 years ago
• With construction of its new expanded police station now completed, the RCMP detachment became the Oceanside RCMP detachment in an official name changing ceremony. The new facility comprises some 15,000 square feet, including the freshly renovated 5,000 square feet of the original station, as well as a 10,000 square foot addition.
20 years ago
• Hilliers and other rural areas were fed up with being a dumping ground for their urbanized cousins. Residents were upset about the recent dumping of car parts in the Little Qualicum River above the spawning channels.
