(Justin McElroy/CBC)Battle over proposed rental unitsAt issue is a proposed 96 units of purpose-built rental housing by the Oak Bay United Church. "There is a small committed group of people in Oak Bay that don't want change and they think Oak Bay should just stay the way it is," she said. The benchmark price of a single-detached home in Oak Bay was $1.2 million in January 2019, the highest on Vancouver Island. "People's abiding opinion of Oak Bay, I think in a lot of cases, is not where we're at right today." People who live in properties next to the Oak Bay United Church are opposed to a proposed purpose-built rental development that would go on its lands.

Source: CBC News February 25, 2019 10:52 UTC