Letters

Since we arrived in Oak Bay six years ago, my wife and I have enjoyed having a mid-week supper at the Penny Farthing Pub.

While the words “By the people, for the people,” spoken by Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg, were related to the cause of democracy, they sprang to my mind as I considered the international COVID-19 crisis.

With reference to letter to Karen Nelson’s letter to the editor Oak Bay News April 15, I would like support her comments about the District of Oak Bay imposing excessive property taxes.

On walks along Cadboro Beach I have been assaulted by dogs on numerous occasions. These usually take the form of dogs jumping and placing their paws on my person, walking besides me whilst barking threateningly or both. I will recount the last two events which occurred over the past 10 days.

I’ve worked from home, washed my hands, masked up and got my first jab. I’ve followed each and every health order in this ongoing provincial pandemic emergency.

Re: Province should stop funding private schools ( Letters , April 22)

Premier John Horgan appealed to my demographic when he laid blame on 20-39 year olds for the recent spike in COVID and implored us to “not blow it for the rest of us.”

Reader says education funding unfair to low-income neighbourhoods

Alberta has joined Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick signing an agreement to build small modular reactors.

I am very pleased to see that the forest defenders at Fairy Creek have decided to stay despite having received a dismissal letter.