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EDITORIAL: The quest to assign blame

EDITORIAL: The quest to assign blame

Instead of sympathy, some have worked to distance themselves from these attacks or to assign blame.
LETTER: Cats’ natural instinct is to roam

LETTER: Cats’ natural instinct is to roam

Per the American Audubon Society, the number one cause of birds being killed is from flying into plate glass windows on single family dwellings. Domestic cats are at the bottom of their list.
LETTER: Oil must be refined before being put on tankers

LETTER: Oil must be refined before being put on tankers

Send your letters to vnc.editorial@blackpress.ca
LETTER: Clean up Whiffin Spit Park to make it accessible to all

LETTER: Clean up Whiffin Spit Park to make it accessible to all

I would like to talk about Whiffin Spit Park and the trail leading out to the end of the spit.
Province needs engineer to run E&N

Province needs engineer to run E&N

A reader says a refurbished E&N railroad would ease traffic on Malahat
LETTER: Tom Fletcher’s bias out of place in Peninsula News Review

LETTER: Tom Fletcher’s bias out of place in Peninsula News Review

Firstly I want to share that I enjoy reading the Peninsula News Review . As a newcomer to the Peninsula I find it very helpful in finding out what’s happened/happening locally.
LETTER: More policing in Saanich benefits everyone

LETTER: More policing in Saanich benefits everyone

Missing from rants against policing costs in Saanich and other municipalities are the victims, whose lives will be ruined if not eliminated. Poor people are especially harmed as they have the least financial resiliency to recover from loss of property and from loss of income due to injury from assault.
LETTER: Cherry trees part of Victoria’s landscape

LETTER: Cherry trees part of Victoria’s landscape

I am growing increasingly annoyed by the antics of Victoria’s deranged city council.
LETTER: Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society is misleading Oak Bay on deer contraception

LETTER: Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society is misleading Oak Bay on deer contraception

Jason Fisher, a biologist and member of the Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society (UWSS), admits there isn’t data to compare urban deer populations to deer populations in the wild. He said we can’t prove scientifically that the deer population has increased and claims that there isn’t any data available about deer population in Oak Bay because “none of us have the time frame or the proper temporal scale to make that call.
LETTER: Sidney fire saves the day in flag fiasco

LETTER: Sidney fire saves the day in flag fiasco

Bravo Sidney Fire Chief Brett Mikkelsen and the Sidney Fire Department for fixing the flag over the postal office on Beacon Avenue.