A young friend of mine recently told me of a competition he was entering. Young people from Victoria schools were asked to make a five-minute pitch video to tell how they would solve one societal problem: global warming, homelessness, the opioid crisis, saving old-growth forests.

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I recently went by Coho Ferry to the U.S.A. I want to thank the Blackball Ferry staff for their excellent service.

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Points to online community survey as being open to outside commercial interests

I was aghast, shocked and very disappointed when I heard the music and truck-horn blasts. Are the organizer of the truck light parade not aware of the crisis of global warning?

I write to comment on Jane SkrypnekB次元官网网址檚 article (Dec 1) on slow COVID contact tracing in schools. Kudos to the ladies who are actually doing something, but why on earth would the B.C. government treat schools differently from workplaces?

The media is reporting Saanich council is hiring an interim CAO now, with the eventual selection of a permanent CAO made by next NovemberB次元官网网址檚 new council, so one year away, minimum.

I would like to respond to the president of the Victoria Regional Pickleball AssociationB次元官网网址檚 letter Nov. 24 asking neighbours of Tolmie Park to work with her to press Saanich to develop new pickleball courts to replace the ones at Tolmie. She acknowledged that pickleball is noisy and these courts are too close to the neighbours. She said she was seeking a compromise.