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LETTER: Fairy Creek B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜land defendersB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ must leave and take their mess with them

LETTER: Fairy Creek B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜land defendersB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ must leave and take their mess with them

After reading many articles, letters, and opinions regarding the Fairy Creek blockade, I feel compelled to offer my comments.
LETTER: Appropriate time to change spelling of Sooke

LETTER: Appropriate time to change spelling of Sooke

Now is an opportune time to change the English spelling of Sooke to its indigenous spelling. I have always thought that that would be a far better rendition than Sooke, which has a rather sad dictionary meaning.
LETTER: Pick up after your dog

LETTER: Pick up after your dog

Enough is enough. I have owned dogs all my life and still donB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™t understand why people canB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™t or wonB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™t pick up after their dogs.
LETTER: ItB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s time to lower the voting age

LETTER: ItB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s time to lower the voting age

I plop keyboard in laptop to second the opinion of Kahlan Arnold of Saanich in favour of extending the franchise to vote to those aged 16 and 17 years. It is about time.
LETTER: North Saanich OCP takes a balanced approach to housing

LETTER: North Saanich OCP takes a balanced approach to housing

ItB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s hardly surprising that the letter from Don Enright regarding the North Saanich OCP is flawed. Mr. Enright is against any housing or further development In North Saanich. The last development-driven council was just doing what previous councils failed to do in the past several years, have a gradual infill of housing in the area. It was basically catch up but it did look like over development to most people.
LETTER: Winds of change blowing through Saanich

LETTER: Winds of change blowing through Saanich

Saanich council recently considered a motion to begin the process of banning gas-powered leaf blowers. The motion was presented by Mayor Fred Haynes, in response to a petition signed by hundreds of Saanich residents, which I submitted to council.
LETTER: Name change would bring clarity to Oak Bay marina

LETTER: Name change would bring clarity to Oak Bay marina

The Oak Bay marina lease renewal provides an opportunity to rename both the marina itself the Oak Bay Municipal Marina, and Turkey Head walkway and parking lot Spewhung Park.
LETTER: Keeping an eye out for ivy

LETTER: Keeping an eye out for ivy

I would like to thank Lynda Comber for taking the time to draw attention to the problem of ivy threatening our local trees.
LETTER: Government should end legal battle

LETTER: Government should end legal battle

The Canadian government continues to fight a court action that they lost, appealing the decision of the court that found there was willful and reckless discrimination against Indigenous children.
LETTER: Passing comment at restaurant leads to a lesson on history

LETTER: Passing comment at restaurant leads to a lesson on history

To the two Indigenous people at SaltyB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s on Goldstream on June 5: I donB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™t know your names, and IB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™m not even sure youB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ll see this, but I hope that this might somehow reach you because I owe you (and many, many others) an apology.
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