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LETTERS: Speeding cyclists pose safety concern on trails

LETTERS: Speeding cyclists pose safety concern on trails

As an avid, lifelong cyclist, I applaud Victoria’s efforts to increase bike usage. After spending considerable money on the fantastic bike trails and lanes, can an effort be made to monitor the speed and usage of these trails?
LETTER: Library would destroy North Saanich trail

LETTER: Library would destroy North Saanich trail

The company that built Dean Park Estates did not foresee a library at the site of Panorama Recreation Centre when it donated the land to the District of North Saanich in 1975.
LETTERS: Everyone should be able to enjoy Beacon Hill Lookout

LETTERS: Everyone should be able to enjoy Beacon Hill Lookout

We are heading towards Phase 3 of getting back to a normal life. Almost everything that was closed during the first few months of the COVID-19 scare is now open.
LETTERS: Open the Juan de Fuca ice rink

LETTERS: Open the Juan de Fuca ice rink

Westshore Parks and Rec (WSPR) has announced that it will be opening the Q Centre ice rink but not the Juan de Fuca ice rink for the 20/21 winter season.
LETTER: Colwood council fixing a problem that didn’t exist on Ocean Boulevard

LETTER: Colwood council fixing a problem that didn’t exist on Ocean Boulevard

I am a Colwood resident and own two properties in the Lagoon area on Anchorage Avenue. I am writing to express my deep disappointment with recent decisions made by the council regarding Ocean Boulevard.
LETTERS: Campers must go from Beacon Hill Park

LETTERS: Campers must go from Beacon Hill Park

Campers must not be allowed to stay in Beacon Hill Park. We implore council to do as the taxpayers of Victoria wish.
LETTER: Lagoon Road should be reopened

LETTER: Lagoon Road should be reopened

We are permanent residents of the Esquimalt Lagoon area of Colwood and wish to express our complete dissatisfaction with council’s decision to keep Lagoon Road closed to through traffic and to be reviewed again in early September.
It’s time to thank police officers

It’s time to thank police officers

Reader says the call to ‘defund’ police forces by a few agitators is patently irresponsible
COVID-19 pandemic far from over

COVID-19 pandemic far from over

Reader thankful he lives in Canada and not U.S.
Criticizing fish hatcheries is pointless

Criticizing fish hatcheries is pointless

It’s a slap in the face to thousands of volunteers, says reader