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COLUMN: Office workers integral to Victoria economy

COLUMN: Office workers integral to Victoria economy

Jeff Bray
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LETTER: Housing homeless at Oak Bay Lodge prompts concerns

LETTER: Housing homeless at Oak Bay Lodge prompts concerns

I wanted to express my thoughts and concerns with Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps’ hastily made comments on housing homeless at the Oak Bay Lodge.
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LETTER: Cyclists put natural areas at risk

LETTER: Cyclists put natural areas at risk

This letter is in response to the recent article in the Vic News “ Network of offroad trails sprawl out across Greater Victoria.”
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LETTER: Province’s name a relic of our colonial roots

LETTER: Province’s name a relic of our colonial roots

It is now a practice, before a public event, to have an Indigenous land acknowledgement. Is this mere tokenism under the guise of “truth and reconciliation” with Indigenous communities even when our province continues to have a colonial name, flag and coat-of-arms?
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MLA COLUMN: $9B tourism sector not getting the support it needs

MLA COLUMN: $9B tourism sector not getting the support it needs

Adam Olsen is interim leader for the BC Green Party and MLA for Saanich North and the Islands
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LETTER: Is Oak Bay too good to house the homeless?

LETTER: Is Oak Bay too good to house the homeless?

Oak Bay must do more, says writer
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LETTERS: Greater Victoria needs a new government model

LETTERS: Greater Victoria needs a new government model

In the July 2020 edition of the Grumpy Taxpayers of Greater Victoria newsletter there is a call for to “fundamentally reform the municipal government.”
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Saanich council must address in-house problem

Saanich council must address in-house problem

The majority of Saanich council has clearly lost control of what they were elected to do – provide the sound local governmental decisions in accordance with the priorities of those who elected them.
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LETTERS: Backyard gardens have a lot to offer

LETTERS: Backyard gardens have a lot to offer

Re: LETTERS: Backyard garden veggies not the answer to food security (July 2). Mr. Rossnagel seems to think that only ‘lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers’ grow in Victoria gardens.
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LETTERS: Victoria needs to look at alternatives to Beacon Hill camping situation

LETTERS: Victoria needs to look at alternatives to Beacon Hill camping situation

In a recent newspaper piece, Mayor Lisa Helps tries vainly to shift the blame for her council’s ill-conceived decision to use Beacon Hill Park as a campground for the disadvantaged, on to Dr. Bonny Henry. Pathetic.
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