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LETTERS: Limit Beacon Avenue to pedestrians

LETTERS: Limit Beacon Avenue to pedestrians

Sidney town council has made it clear that it wants develop a green town. So far I have only seen wall-to-wall concrete construction, with no requirement for a percentage of the parcel of land to be green.
LETTER: Transit should not be running an advertising agency

LETTER: Transit should not be running an advertising agency

First, thank you BC Transit for keeping the bus system up and running during COVID-19.
LETTERS: O.K. Industries needs to rethink its plans

LETTERS: O.K. Industries needs to rethink its plans

Re: O.K. Industries asks to engage with Highlands community over contentious quarry project
LETTER: Pedestrianizing Beacon Hill Park sacrifices happiness of the majority

LETTER: Pedestrianizing Beacon Hill Park sacrifices happiness of the majority

I am writing this letter to add my voice to those who have raised concerns about this recent effort by Victoria council to restrict access to Beacon Hill Park to pedestrians. It is difficult not to recognize a pattern of decisions by council that have been detrimental to community members with disabilities and others.
LETTERS: Paid sick leave not affordable

LETTERS: Paid sick leave not affordable

I disagree with your view on paid sick leave in the May 28 edition of the Victoria News.
Keep the streets safe for kids

Keep the streets safe for kids

I am writing today to urge everyone to do more to ensure that Saanich’s streets are safe for active transportation, children, and those with disabilities.
It’s time to start phasing out oil, gas and coal

It’s time to start phasing out oil, gas and coal

Readers says it would make electricity less costly and our air and water cleaner and much healthier
LETTER: Colwood gallery’s closure draws sympathy

LETTER: Colwood gallery’s closure draws sympathy

Thank you for the story about the community gallery closure in Colwood. I am a Canadian artist myself and wanted to comment about that closure. (Too bad there wasn’t somebody out there who could rescue this gallery, but the problem of course runs much deeper.)
LETTER: Seniors hurt by council decisions

LETTER: Seniors hurt by council decisions

Here we go again. Now Victoria council is trying to restrict yet another favourite spot for seniors to visit.
LETTER: Climate change alliance pushes agenda

LETTER: Climate change alliance pushes agenda

Devon Bidal’s report as to how the Saanich mayor is ‘bewildered’ by the pushback to Saanich council’s unanimous decision in joining the global climate change alliance speaks volumes as to the lack of knowledge about this ‘global covenant of mayors’ launched in 2014 by the United Nations.