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LETTER: Cut to COVID grant puts seniors at risk

LETTER: Cut to COVID grant puts seniors at risk

As a low-income senior, I appreciate the monthly $300 COVID Crisis Grant from our B.C. government that has definitely helped me with the extra costs of surviving this pandemic.
MLA REPORT: Light on horizon to get through pandemic

MLA REPORT: Light on horizon to get through pandemic

COVID Recovery Benefit brings financial boost to those who need it
LETTER: Suites threaten neighbourhoodsBԪַ character

LETTER: Suites threaten neighbourhoodsBԪַ character

The Oak Bay BԪַ recently published a letter written by Jan Mears regarding secondary suites. In that letter, she listed things that she thinks are wrong with Oak BayBԪַs secondary accommodation bylaws and spoke in favour of secondary suites.
LETTER: CouncillorBԪַs travel is inexcusable

LETTER: CouncillorBԪַs travel is inexcusable

I am quite frankly gobsmacked. I am a recently retired nurse/nurse educator who has a full appreciation of the risks involved in the current pandemic. For Coun. Kahakauwila to be defending her recent trip to Cabo San Lucas for a wedding is beyond the pall on so many levels.
MP REPORT: We canBԪַt let down our guard in fight against pandemic

MP REPORT: We canBԪַt let down our guard in fight against pandemic

MP Randall Garrison says more must be done to protect Canadians from economic fallout from COVID-19
LETTER: Credit union lets down its members

LETTER: Credit union lets down its members

COVID has negatively affected citizensBԪַ ability to deal with governments, businesses and institutions: communications are reduced to anonymously answered emails and impossible phone wait times. What a gift to those entities choosing to be unaccountable to those they serve.
MLA Report: Rankin adapts to new provincial role

MLA Report: Rankin adapts to new provincial role

Murray Rankin
LETTER: Loss of Vic High track would erode the health of cityBԪַs youth

LETTER: Loss of Vic High track would erode the health of cityBԪַs youth

Mens Sana in Corpore Sano BԪַ a healthy mind in a healthy body. ItBԪַs the motto of numerous athletic clubs and educational institutions around the world. ItBԪַs the theory that physical exercise is an essential part of mental and psychological well-being. As a runner and a physician I know that it is true and, intuitively, I believe, so do most of you. But letBԪַs be guided by the science.
LETTER: Mandatory registration essential for secondary suites

LETTER: Mandatory registration essential for secondary suites

In her letter, Ms. Mears list three reasons why she supports regulation of secondary suites in Oak Bay: safety for tenants, present lack of legitimately required municipal revenue (and the ongoing related servicing costs), and to provide BԪַmissing middle housingBԪַ assuming it can be done with BԪַgentleBԪַ but not BԪַoverBԪַ densification.
COLUMN: Rediscovering our place in nature

COLUMN: Rediscovering our place in nature

Consumerism has taken the place of citizenship, writes David Suzuki
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