I felt a little conflicted when I read the article on Houlihan Park. As a bike park, it would have been an ideal solution to the Haro Woods problem where dirt jumps and trail building were having a negative impact on the native species there.

A recent letter (B次元官网网址淚ncreased density not the answer for Oak BayB次元官网网址�) decries Oak Bay being painted B次元官网网址渁s old fashioned and anti-changeB次元官网网址� and goes on to say that many questions are unanswered about how more densified communities are faring, post-densification.

As stated in its Housing Strategy Task Force Final Report (March 2021), which is available for public input until April 30, Saanich council has stated itB次元官网网址檚 looking at evidence-based solutions. However, after reading the actions proposed in the report and seeing physical results from recent council policy decisions, I wonder if council has accurate data for these purposes, and if so, if any council members have read it.

IsnB次元官网网址檛 it interesting how bike enthusiasts require the total surrender of the automobile for VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 six per cent of bicycle commuters? Brighton Street could be used for east-west bicycling much as Vancouver is for a north-south route. Downtown bike lanes are a grievous danger to a pedestrian not totally alert to buzzing cyclists.

The 610 people who completed the Oak Bay Marina lease questionnaire need to know their opinions have reached council with no analysis whatsoever. StaffB次元官网网址檚 report provides no tabulation of preferences, grouping of interests, or synthesis of issues. Falsely titled B次元官网网址渁 summary,B次元官网网址� it is in fact 641 pages of individual responses. Similarly, the 59 residents who wrote council should know that council has received their 83 pages of comment without any analysis.

I was shocked, dismayed, and quite frankly, disgusted to learn about the proposed budget cuts to music programs in the Greater Victoria School District (SD61).

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Reader says premier shouldnB次元官网网址檛 allow logging of old-growth forests

Industry, union leaders seek balance on old-growth preservation

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