Opinion

The March 4 issue of the Peninsula News Review points out to me the real dilemma in Sidney and in our culture generally.

Metchosin council took a bold move on March 15 in passing a bylaw that down-zones the Boys and Girls Club property that we know as Metchosin Wilderness Camp.

Re: the recent article “Central Saanich Police Service records increase in property crimes in 2020.”

Re: Tsartlip First Nation outraged after MLA reveals COVID outbreak, in the March 11 News Review.

Not only was the updating of most Saanich Local Area Plans (LAPs) paused (December 2019), but on March 8, the completed draft for Cordova Bay was also shelved, under the guise of a housing crisis.

The weather is warming up slowly and the daffodils are out. It’s time for spring break.

Re: the letter ‘Heritage restorations prove too costly,’ in the March 11 Victoria News.

The recent article on Langford’s development process tells only half the story. We realize there is an Official Community Plan for every city. We realize people planning to buy in Langford should check this out as well as the zoning.

By David Suzuki

Despite that 93 per cent of B.C. survey recipients voted to end the twice-annual time change, again we must all endure this negative occurrence once again, seemingly no closer than we were in September 2019. This occurrence has been repeatedly linked to car crashes, as well negative medical conditions ranging from sleep issues to heart attacks.