Opinion

Re: the article on UVic students struggling with food insecurity.

I agree with both recent Vic News letter writers when they say that Victoria council has to look closely at how much Victoria taxpayers are struggling with high costs and how difficult it will be to cope with the possibility of a nine per cent tax increase.

I was dismayed at the recent sudden closure of Oak Bay Library and appalled that they didn’t notify patrons by email. I had an item to pick up and went to retrieve it twice only to find a closure notice on the door.

You need amazing transit to get people out of cars - not just higher parking fees

I really took offense with Chris Campbell’s opinion column in the Feb. 9 Oak Bay News. While I agree that Victoria has a lack of missing middle housing options, the approach that Mr. Campbell has taken is very one-sided.

On Jan. 16 Mayor Peter Jones excluded Coun. Phil DiBattista from the Mayor’s Official Community Plan Advisory Committee “MOCPAC” while appointing other councillors to multiple sub-committees. Mayor Jones stated he was punishing Coun. DiBattista because he felt the councillor’s internal email of Dec. 8, 2022 was disrespectful. He noted that his views and those of Coun. DiBattista were diametrically opposed.

How do grocery chain CEOs square skyrocketing prices with massive profits?

From 1999 to 2016, British Columbia was one of the most fiscally responsible provinces in Canada

My name is Mel and I am 11 years old. I attend Hillcrest Elementary, and my class has been learning about water inequality in First Nations communities around the world.

Thank you for introducing Chris Campbell to your readers. My thoughts would be to ask him, through you, how well he knows, or perhaps it would be better said understands, the Black Press readers in his new home.