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COMMENTARY: COVID-19 modelling useful, but not a crystal ball

COMMENTARY: COVID-19 modelling useful, but not a crystal ball

B.C.’s chief health officer explains risk of relaxing too soon
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LETTERS: Time to cut costs at CRD through amalgamation

LETTERS: Time to cut costs at CRD through amalgamation

We are starting to see the devastating financial cost of the current COVID-19 crisis, and things will probably get worse.
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LETTERS: Saanich should open Cedar Hill golf course to walkers

LETTERS: Saanich should open Cedar Hill golf course to walkers

Re: Victoria closes streets near Beacon Hill Park, Dallas Road to encourage social distancing (April 9).
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LETTER: Greater Victoria school board chairs pen a message to families amid pandemic

LETTER: Greater Victoria school board chairs pen a message to families amid pandemic

Jordan Watters, Ravi Parmar, Timothy Dunford chair the three school districts in the region
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COLUMN: Helping those who use substances during the COVID-19 pandemic

COLUMN: Helping those who use substances during the COVID-19 pandemic

B.C. Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Judy Darcy talks about both public health emergencies
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LETTERS: Support your local food bank

LETTERS: Support your local food bank

The longer this crisis continues the more the need will be.
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LETTERS: Now is the time to put people and the planet above profit

LETTERS: Now is the time to put people and the planet above profit

Humans generally do not like change. We get accustomed to a sense of normalcy and want to hold on. However, adaptation and change have been constants since we began walking on two legs.
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LETTERS: Out-of-town visitors jeopardize community safety

LETTERS: Out-of-town visitors jeopardize community safety

Sitting here on Good Friday, I am heartily disgusted at the evidence of “out of town” travellers plying our roads, islands and ferries at Easter time.
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LETTER: High density can be a benefit

LETTER: High density can be a benefit

In this age of physical distancing as a result of this virus, there seems to be the notion that the density of our cities and towns is a problem. Let me ask the followers of this notion a question.
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Rickter Scale: In search of the lost cure

Rickter Scale: In search of the lost cure

The Rickter Scale is a regular column
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