Dignitaries gather for the official ribbon cutting ceremony
during the opening of Marrion Village, a new seniors' housing
development in Oak Bay.
Read
the news release and backgrounder. From left to
right: Charlie Nishi, Chair of the Board of Directors, Baptist
Housing Society; Dr. Richard Crow, Executive Medical Director of
Continuing Health Services, Vancouver Island Health Authority;
Allison Volk, Marrion Village Tenant; Honourable Ida Chong, MLA Oak
Bay-Gordon Head and Minister of Community Services and Minister
Responsible for Seniors’ and Women’s
Issues; Frank Carson, Acting Mayor, Municipality of Oak Bay; and
Howard Johnson, CEO, Baptist Housing Society.