Letters

We frequent Willows Beach year-round and quite enjoy seeing the dogs tearing around having a great time in the winter months. But we are happy to be able to enjoy the beach in the warmer months without having to put up with all that comes with having dogs share the beach.

I am addressing you as someone who enjoys playing both tennis and pickleball equally well. Thus, I can see the current debate from both sides of the net, so to speak.

I think we need to balance a lot of the coverage in the Saanich News lately about residents voicing ‘their concerns’ over development in the municipality, with the many of us who are supportive of some more density.

A heartfelt editorial in Vic News about the history of the Kamloops Residential school is welcome but it’s not enough. Forensic evidence uncovered on the school grounds forces us to confront the hardest part: unpacking the hard history of all the residential schools and their own evidence. Are we up to that long, difficult slog up the hill to real truth and reconciliation? We shall see.

I am a cyclist who rides approx 100 km per week. I also walk to work. Our family owns one vehicle that we use when necessary. I support infrastructure that makes cycling safer and increases use of sustainable transportation options.

This is in response to the article titled, “UVic Scholar says restoring Indigenous place names promotes reconciliation” in the June 10 Peninsula News Review.

It is upsetting to see the media portraying activists and self-proclaimed land defenders in a positive light.

After reading many articles, letters, and opinions regarding the Fairy Creek blockade, I feel compelled to offer my comments.

Now is an opportune time to change the English spelling of Sooke to its indigenous spelling. I have always thought that that would be a far better rendition than Sooke, which has a rather sad dictionary meaning.

Enough is enough. I have owned dogs all my life and still don’t understand why people can’t or won’t pick up after their dogs.