Opinion

When the going gets tough, it’s best to quit and move on to something else. OK, these may not be the words to have inspired a generation but they seem to be the guiding principle for the brain trust at BC Ferries.

By Ehsan Misaghi, Clinician-Scientist Trainee, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and Faculty of Science, University of Alberta

More grumbling about a snap election. It is happening and with a blessed short campaign. Elections Canada has determined we can do this safely. Mail-in ballots make it easy for you to vote and there will be many opportunities to vote in advance polling. The hard part is deciding who to vote for.

At the federal level, the Green Party led by Elizabeth May held three of the 42 seats in B.C. not so long ago

I won’t pretend to claim I fully understand the official community plan (OCP) issues, and frankly my cynical mind tells me that taxpayers have limited if any influence on elected politicians hard bent on going forward with what they and their friends see as good for the rest of us regardless of our views.

Is a vaccine passport intruding on my privacy? Yes - but it is a measured and necessary action.

She is not Lang Lang, Clara Schumann, Billy Joel or Carole King, but she can play.

Thank you Nat Klein for your very concise description of our Sidney Wharf in your letter to the editor in the Aug. 19 News Review. We have a long way to go until 2028. I think we have had enough “change” in Sidney – from a delightful small town with a “big town” feeling into Condo City. Council: Leave some character behind, please.

Re: The article on the student housing crisis (Aug. 19). Student housing is the responsibility of the provincial government.

Two letters in Oak Bay News of Aug. 19 provide even more evidence that council is not attuned to residents’ interests and acting accordingly. However, it may be the administration who are acting as gatekeepers, holding back information and bent on preventing council from interacting with the voters.