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B.C. VIEWS: Money-laundering melodrama made for TV

B.C. VIEWS: Money-laundering melodrama made for TV

Public inquiry staged to point fingers before 2021 election
LETTER: Horse-drawn carriage industry has the integrity council lacks

LETTER: Horse-drawn carriage industry has the integrity council lacks

I’ve been a carriage driver for Tally Ho for three years now.
LETTER: Removal of horse-drawn carriages will hurt business

LETTER: Removal of horse-drawn carriages will hurt business

Once again, we see the current administration doing its best to destroy the rich heritage of our city.
OPINIONS: Without safe injection sites, more opioid users will die

OPINIONS: Without safe injection sites, more opioid users will die

For safe injection sites to work, however, they must be placed in communities where injection drug users live
OPINION: Liberal environmental contradictions could pave way for Conservative win

OPINION: Liberal environmental contradictions could pave way for Conservative win

Carbon pricing, the Trans Mountain pipeline to be key facets in upcoming election
LETTER: Development Cost Charges would lower property taxes

LETTER: Development Cost Charges would lower property taxes

The comprehensive article by Travis Paterson about the looming 7.34 per cent tax increase for Oak Bay misstated the 2019 total budget as $10,678,800, which is just the budget for protective services. The total budget is $49,966,545.
LETTER: Youth make progressive decisions

LETTER: Youth make progressive decisions

I am appalled by the results of a recent news poll saying 63 per cent of respondents do not support the usage of SOGI resources in schools.
LETTER: D-Day an opportunity to reflect on the horrors of war

LETTER: D-Day an opportunity to reflect on the horrors of war

On June 6, 1944, I arrived by boat on Juno Beach in Normandy, France, with the Canadian Scottish Regiment. My role was in the mortar platoon.
LETTER: Humanists waging ongoing vendetta against organized religion

LETTER: Humanists waging ongoing vendetta against organized religion

Saanich council is heading down a treacherous road by joining the BC Humanist Association’s campaign against municipal tax exemptions for religious communities.
Rickter Scale: Testing that time of our lives

Rickter Scale: Testing that time of our lives

Rick Stiebel is a semi-retired local journalist