Opinion

‘Simply put, to know how to improve, you must know how you’re doing’

When the torch is lit in Beijing National Stadium February 4, marking the start of the 24th Olympic Winter Games, the host nation’s motto “Together for a shared future” may be sorely tested.

Imposing a medical procedure on a healthy individual using a new drug with unknown proprietary ingredients, unknown long-term health consequences, and a drug-maker delaying release of product information is not about what is for the greater good.

I was appalled to read of the proposed organics and plastics waste processing plant for Sooke ( News , Jan. 27).

I write to reinforce the sentiment of other letter writers.

As all who live in Sidney see every day, our town is experiencing a condo boom. Now there could be even more residential housing if the Cedarwood property development goes forward, and possibly another condo building on the corner of Highway 17 and Beacon Avenue.

I read and reread the article in the Jan. 20 Oak Bay News about secondary suites policy. It wasn’t making sense.

On Jan. 21, Dr. Bonnie Henry apologized after the B.C. Centre for Disease Control created confusion during the week by repeatedly changing its isolation guidelines.

At Willows Beach recently, I was stopped by a couple with their dog studying the sign at the end of Bowker Avenue. The sign indicates that no dogs are allowed on the south end of Willows Beach.

B.C. seeing expansion of a two-tier health care system