Category: Foundation

  • AVICC Resolution to get Federal Funding plus, 130th Anniversary Event!

    AVICC Resolution to get Federal Funding plus, 130th Anniversary Event!

    This weekend there will be a flurry of activity on the Island Railway as the ICF has brought over a very special train for the weekend, check it out:             This is ostensibly to start the celebrations around the 130th Anniversary of the E&N Railway this year. There will be 4…

  • Rail funding left in reserve until deal made

    by Karl Yu – Nanaimo News Bulletin With no deal between the Island Corridor Foundation and Via Rail for the E&N rail line, the Regional District of Nanaimo has put off its contribution in 2014. In 2012, the board agreed to provide approximately $945,000 to the foundation in partnership with other regional districts on Vancouver Island.…

  • Top UVic honour for Seaspan magnate

    Southern Rail of Vancouver Island is the rail operator for the Island Corridor Foundation. Southern Rail of Vancouver Island’s parent company Washington Group of Companies is owned by Dennis Washington. The Island Corridor Foundation would like to congratulate Mr. Washington on being awarded the Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year by the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of…