Opinion

By Jordan Zehr

Tim Shoults of Aberdeen Publishing writes about Ed Greenspon’s report on the Canadian media industry

While those of us in Canada engage in silly arguments about whether to vaccinate or not, in 2017 vaccines saved between two and three million lives around the world. Polio, that once great destroyer of human potential, has been reduced to just 22 new cases.

Quite amazing to see that 64 per cent of people voting in the Sooke News Mirror poll on the Kinder Morgan pipeline support it.

I’m a retired fisheries officer who worked on the Vancouver waterfront which included the Burrard Inlet, Vancouver harbor, and Indian Arm which runs directly north of the Kinder Morgan pipeline site. I know the area very well and am well aware of what is at stake in this operation.

Reversal of policies when government changes are a byproduct of first-past-the-post system

Greater Victoria junior hockey teams log many miles in a season on the buses

Saanich’s decision to crack down on abandoned garbage in public parks is a necessary but insufficient response to a larger problem.

Why bag bans may actually make things worse

As a pet sitter, and animal rescue volunteer, and cat owner (I keep mine inside for their own safety), I have heard a great many irate homeowners complain about cat feces ruining their gardens.