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LETTER: Is premier saying $50 million not enough to ‘pause the saws?’

Do you remember when Premier John Horgan agreed to implement the 14 recommendations for forestry reform?
LETTER: Shake and shingle production put in spotlight

LETTER: Shake and shingle production put in spotlight

In the advertisement by Teal Jones in your Sept. 30 issue, the company describes its production of shakes and shingles, failing to mention that these come from old growth cedar.
LETTER: Barriers to medical treatment access prompt vaccine avoidance

LETTER: Barriers to medical treatment access prompt vaccine avoidance

We would like to explain why we do not want to have a COVID-19 vaccine.
LETTER: Addressing Oak Bay’s infrastructure funding gap requires extensive community input

LETTER: Addressing Oak Bay’s infrastructure funding gap requires extensive community input

Council has just received from staff the Asset Management Program Update – Sustainable Infrastructure Replacement Plan Report.
LETTER: Global environmental picture bleak, if changes not made

LETTER: Global environmental picture bleak, if changes not made

While I am aware of carbon emissions, being in the environmental business for over 20 years, we need to look at the bigger picture.
LETTER: Beacon wharf is the heart of Sidney

LETTER: Beacon wharf is the heart of Sidney

In response to all the letters regarding the wharf at the end of Beacon Avenue, this wharf is the heart of Sidney and removing it to put a building on a pontoon simply stuns me.
LETTER: Resident underwhelmed by wharf consultation

LETTER: Resident underwhelmed by wharf consultation

Last week I attended one of the consultation events at the seaside bandshell in Sidney.
LETTER: Noisy vehicles should be monitored in Saanich

LETTER: Noisy vehicles should be monitored in Saanich

Resident suggests using noise cameras to target drivers of offending vehicles
LETTER: Langford offers good example to Saanich on affordable home creation

LETTER: Langford offers good example to Saanich on affordable home creation

Property tax rates yet another difference between municipalities, writer points out
LETTER: Embattled B.C. forest industry needs government leadership

LETTER: Embattled B.C. forest industry needs government leadership

Industry getting attention ‘for all the wrong reasons’