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MAYOR’S COLUMN: Victoria has what it takes to pull through as a community

MAYOR’S COLUMN: Victoria has what it takes to pull through as a community

Lisa Helps says hope is not enough to dig us out of the challenges we face
COLUMN: Bus companies at risk as revenue drops 95 per cent, no help in sight

COLUMN: Bus companies at risk as revenue drops 95 per cent, no help in sight

John Wilson is president and CEO, The Wilson’s Group of Companies
COLUMN: Pandemic helped Canadians rediscover nature

COLUMN: Pandemic helped Canadians rediscover nature

By Dan Kraus
LETTER: Public should have say on Braefoot building

LETTER: Public should have say on Braefoot building

We, as longtime residents of Saanich, object to Saanich terminating the lease with the Braefoot Community Association after holding an in-camera session.
LETTER: Oak Bay must open door to new regulations for secondary suites

LETTER: Oak Bay must open door to new regulations for secondary suites

Oak Bay Watch (aka Anthony Mears and a few other people) continue to promulgate misleading information about potential changes in our wonderful residential community. This is incredibly unhelpful in fostering informed debate and discussion about what we want to see in our collective future with respect to regulation of secondary suites in private homes.
LETTER: OCP review taking North Saanich off course

LETTER: OCP review taking North Saanich off course

Re: the article ‘Former mayor questions North Saanich’s OCP review in the Dec. 17 Peninsula News Review. I would like to express my gratitude for Alice Finall’s commentary on this issue. It takes a unique insight, honed by years of experience in such matters, to lift the veil on what’s really going on.
LETTER: Personal rights must be sacrificed for the greater good

LETTER: Personal rights must be sacrificed for the greater good

Freedom comes with a price.
LETTER: Sidney library services are excellent

LETTER: Sidney library services are excellent

I would like to voice my disagreement with Robyn Quaintance regarding her comments about our Sidney Library, Dec. 17 Letter to the Editor ‘Sidney stuck with third-rate library.’ I’ve been a regular patron (approximately weekly) of this branch since 1992, first as a Saanichton resident and later, and to this day, as a resident of Sidney.
LETTER: Thank you to those separated at Christmas

LETTER: Thank you to those separated at Christmas

I was talking online to my daughter who is a health-care professional. She is home with her baby born during this COVID-19 crisis. It has been hard on her to stay home. Like other health-care workers, she wants to be contributing to the health of our community.
LETTER: Grateful for dad’s care at Resthaven Lodge

LETTER: Grateful for dad’s care at Resthaven Lodge

My dad was accepted to Resthaven Lodge in November 2016. Resthaven was so welcoming to my dad. They asked me to provide his history and then wrote up a wonderful biography of him for staff and volunteers so they could know who he was and his life’s journey. They also took a nice photograph of him and had this mounted on the door of his room.