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LETTER: Province should stop funding private schools

LETTER: Province should stop funding private schools

Reader says education funding unfair to low-income neighbourhoods
LETTER: Conservative premiers blowing smoke

LETTER: Conservative premiers blowing smoke

Alberta has joined Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick signing an agreement to build small modular reactors.
LETTER: Old-growth critical to our survival

LETTER: Old-growth critical to our survival

I am very pleased to see that the forest defenders at Fairy Creek have decided to stay despite having received a dismissal letter.
LETTER: Laying the foundation for a livable community

LETTER: Laying the foundation for a livable community

We all have different ideas of what makes a city livable - but letBԪַs sort out what really makes a difference. Is it density that makes a city unsafe, unpleasant, noisy, or is it more complex? Statistics would say so. Paris has around four times the density of Vancouver (according to a study by the Fraser Institute), but few towers. In the Netherlands, where cycling is the norm, room is found for trees, parks, and predominantly BԪַmissing middleBԪַ housing.
LETTER: Heritage has advantages

LETTER: Heritage has advantages

Recent letters on heritage have not dealt with its advantages. Importantly, it helps against climate change, first by retention of some trees and landscaping, all usually lost during development. Heritage work allows some changes.
LETTER: Music expands boundaries for students

LETTER: Music expands boundaries for students

I am writing on behalf of the Victoria ChildrenBԪַs Choir, which for the past 20 years has been an advocate for music education in Victoria and beyond. We have received the news that the Greater Victoria School District (SD61) is considering major cuts to the elementary and middle school music programs and we are deeply concerned about the effects such cuts will have on the spiritual, emotional and physical health of children.
MLA REPORT: Committee tackles systemic bias in policing

MLA REPORT: Committee tackles systemic bias in policing

Adam Olsen is MLA for Saanich North and the Islands
LETTER: Killing of wolves isnBԪַt recreation

LETTER: Killing of wolves isnBԪַt recreation

When I read the words BԪַrecreational hunting of wolvesBԪַ I felt a wave of revulsion sweep over me. BԪַRecreationalBԪַ when referring to killing for the sole sake of killing. It made me sick to my stomach.
LETTER: Mooring buoys jeopardize local waters

LETTER: Mooring buoys jeopardize local waters

First, the District of North Saanich deserves a strong round of applause for removing the vessels from the waters off Lillian Hoffar Park. But thatBԪַs only a minute part of a much larger problem in Tsehum Harbour (and elsewhere up and down our coast).
LETTER: Victoria council strays from mandate

LETTER: Victoria council strays from mandate

On April 14, we witnessed Victoria council spending taxpayer money debating issues that are not a part of their mandate. Their mandate is to look after the concerns of the people from Victoria, not to debate issues that have nothing to do with running this city.
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