Opinion

The Rickter Scale is a regular column

Re: Island Health isn’t sharing locations of COVID-19 cases for privacy reasons ( News , March 26)

To salute all the first responders I have composed a new song. The music is supplied by the top pop group of Vienna: Ludwig and the Danube Boys. Ludwig has dedicated the tune to his ninth girlfriend after she had loaned him a few schillings to tide him over when work was few and he was moonlighting. It’s called Owed to Joy .

This letter is an appeal to the owners of The Old Farm Market and the Municipality of Oak Bay to improve the bicycle parking facility adjacent to the store.

At the March 23 meeting Saanich council approved a core budget for 2020 with six for and three against.

If you wear one, don’t touch your face, Dr. Bonnie Henry advises

Has anyone been able to contact the government?

Are there any other tennis buffs who think that locking up Windsor Park courts is a little bit over the top?

In the beginning, when our world view went upside down, people indicated things felt surreal. They felt unfocused, absent minded and panicky. As the weeks have gone by, it is clearer that this is a profound time full of radical shifts and transitions. We are challenged to see our world, our selves in new ways continuously. This can be disorienting. How can we work with this?

Jock Finlayson is executive vice president and chief policy officer of the Business Council of BC