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LETTER: Cyclists put natural areas at risk

LETTER: Cyclists put natural areas at risk

This letter is in response to the recent article in the Vic BԪַ BԪַ Network of offroad trails sprawl out across Greater Victoria.BԪַ
LETTER: ProvinceBԪַs name a relic of our colonial roots

LETTER: ProvinceBԪַs name a relic of our colonial roots

It is now a practice, before a public event, to have an Indigenous land acknowledgement. Is this mere tokenism under the guise of BԪַtruth and reconciliationBԪַ with Indigenous communities even when our province continues to have a colonial name, flag and coat-of-arms?
LETTER: Is Oak Bay too good to house the homeless?

LETTER: Is Oak Bay too good to house the homeless?

Oak Bay must do more, says writer
LETTERS: Greater Victoria needs a new government model

LETTERS: Greater Victoria needs a new government model

In the July 2020 edition of the Grumpy Taxpayers of Greater Victoria newsletter there is a call for to BԪַfundamentally reform the municipal government.BԪַ
Saanich council must address in-house problem

Saanich council must address in-house problem

The majority of Saanich council has clearly lost control of what they were elected to do BԪַ provide the sound local governmental decisions in accordance with the priorities of those who elected them.
LETTERS: Backyard gardens have a lot to offer

LETTERS: Backyard gardens have a lot to offer

Re: LETTERS: Backyard garden veggies not the answer to food security (July 2). Mr. Rossnagel seems to think that only BԪַlettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and peppersBԪַ grow in Victoria gardens.
LETTERS: Victoria needs to look at alternatives to Beacon Hill camping situation

LETTERS: Victoria needs to look at alternatives to Beacon Hill camping situation

In a recent newspaper piece, Mayor Lisa Helps tries vainly to shift the blame for her councilBԪַs ill-conceived decision to use Beacon Hill Park as a campground for the disadvantaged, on to Dr. Bonny Henry. Pathetic.
LETTERS: Masks show respect for othersBԪַ well-being

LETTERS: Masks show respect for othersBԪַ well-being

I am frustrated to see so many of our neighbours not wearing masks in public. Nor are many of us following the directional guides on the floors of our retail shops to encourage social distancing.
LETTERS: Personal responsibility being forgotten

LETTERS: Personal responsibility being forgotten

Today, we hear endless discussion of some peopleBԪַs needs. Hotels are being bought with taxpayersBԪַ money; there seems to be no end to the sympathy.
LETTER: Ghost women forced to vanish to protect their safety

LETTER: Ghost women forced to vanish to protect their safety

Around the globe, violence against women has increased with spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Sweden, a country often viewed as model of civility and justice; there are today 800 ghost women who have been assisted by society to live underground in order to protect them from their threatening and violent ex-partners.
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