Opinion

The cartoon in the Nov. 3 paper was something I could do without.

I am so weary of watching the news from around the world. It is simply depressing. I needed some good news and found it this morning in a report by the National Polio Emergency Operations Center.

As reported, the Mary Winspear Centre had its charitable status revoked recently by the Canada Revenue Agency for failure to file required financial information.

The letter ‘Keep pets off ferry decks’ in the Oct. 27 PNR brings up some interesting problems. First, I am sorry that you have allergies to pets. However, your reluctance to have pets on decks and elevators needs a rethink.

A half-century ago, school pest-control methods were a little bit different

Re: the letter ‘SOGI a distraction from education fundamentals.’ The writer says, “Our kids are safe” and goes on to criticize SOGI. She says kids just have to “Walk away. Talk it out. Ignore.”

I agree with Coun. Sara Duncan. The Beacon Wharf, like everything else that man has built, has a life limit.

Re: Islanders brace for rainy November ( Online , Nov. 3)

On Oct. 30, I walked a friend’s Labradoodle on a leash in Ed Macgregor Park in Sooke. A massive golden Labrador, allowed by its owners to be off-leash, charged across the green space and plowed into the Labradoodle’s left flank, sending the Labradoodle airborne and then to the ground.

Barbara Presseau wants public to know that offenders only serve two-thirds of sentences behind bars