Letters

Before city councillors vote on allowing legal suites and garden homes, they might consider taking an evening drive around the streets of Oak Bay and noting the big increase in motor vehicles parked on them.

It was interesting to read the article in the Aug. 18 Victoria News about the UN-marked Canadian peacekeeping aircraft shot down by a Syrian missile, killing all nine Canadians aboard on Aug. 9, 1974. Like Ret. Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Preston, I too recall that event. Being scheduled to fly from Ismailia, Egypt to Damascus, Syria on transfer shortly thereafter, I was naturally relieved to learn the authorities had decided to instead send us by road convoy.

Re: Facebook fails to get $50M lawsuit by accused Sooke fraudster dismissed by court ( News , Aug. 18)

Re: Accused fraudsters $50M Facebook lawsuit to proceed ( News , Aug. 18)

Like a lot of people in B.C., I migrated west and arrived in Victoria in 1977. I bought my first home in Oak Bay in 1979. I was reminded of this yesterday when I completed the Infill Housing Strategy survey online.

A big thank you to the Town of Sidney maintenance workers who helped come to the rescue of a 92-year-old woman who fell onto the crosswalk at the intersection of Mills Road and Resthaven on Aug. 17.

On Monday, Aug. 22, Saanich council will consider a new local area plan for the Cadboro Bay area. It is two years in the making. Will they vote to adopt smaller lots in the Gyro Park area, exactly where tsunami alerts are focused.

I’ve walked up Mt. Doug’s trails (and non-trails) too many times to count, from all points of the compass, and as far as this third-generation (now senior citizen) Saanich resident is concerned, to anyone but the woke-conscious, Mount Doug will always be Mount Doug. What’s next, the same name-change for Mount Douglas Secondary?

In a recent article, Songhees Chief Ronald Sam accuses Oak Bay council of not respecting the Songhees Nation and threatening legal action against the District of Oak Bay.

When a major issue in housing today is affordability, Saanich council continues to approve many large development projects, approximately half of which are market-rate condos or townhouses for purchase: so not “affordable.”