A farm in Central Saanich intended to rehabilitate homeless residents now faces imminent closure.
Woodwynn Farms has been struggling for a decade to get fully operational and on Friday, the province’s Agricultural Land Commission turned down the Creating Homefulness Society’s request to build housing for its potential clients.
The society bought the Greater Victoria-area property, which falls under the agriculture land reserve, in Central Saanich, to create a rehabilitation centre to serve the homeless and
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