Skip to content

Opinion

LETTER: Development threatens sensitive watershed

LETTER: Development threatens sensitive watershed

Many readers are familiar with the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary and the educational services it provides to children across Greater Victoria. The sanctuary is well known to nature lovers with over 60,000 visitors a year.
LETTER: Central Saanich council needs to justify pay increase

LETTER: Central Saanich council needs to justify pay increase

Did you hike your own salary by 37 per cent this year? How about 70 per cent?
Opinion: I (finally) had a legendary meal in Victoria but the restaurant has shut down

Opinion: I (finally) had a legendary meal in Victoria but the restaurant has shut down

Emotional final week for staff of a restaurant that’s been around since the 1970s
Opinion: ’Greedy’ Victoria landlord got concussed tenant drunk to get her to sign eviction

Opinion: ’Greedy’ Victoria landlord got concussed tenant drunk to get her to sign eviction

With rent hikes capped, some landlords are trying to get rid of tenants
LETTER: Survey shows dogs in parks supported by Saanich residents

LETTER: Survey shows dogs in parks supported by Saanich residents

Saanich Parks has spent a lot of taxpayer money, time and effort engaging in public consultation via surveys, town meetings, etc., trying to develop an updated strategy regarding dogs and parks.
LETTER: Curtailing mosquitoes at Island View Beach

LETTER: Curtailing mosquitoes at Island View Beach

As one of the few places remaining where dogs can run off-leash socialize and play, Island View Beach Park is key for canines’ and their humans’ well-being.
LETTER: Victims of crime left betrayed by legal system

LETTER: Victims of crime left betrayed by legal system

Re: No charges forthcoming in one of B.C.’s largest-ever money laundering probes ( Online , March 1)
LETTER: Coalition of 125+ B.C. groups call for pay equity legislation

LETTER: Coalition of 125+ B.C. groups call for pay equity legislation

‘We have paid a staggering price for government inaction,’ open letter says
LETTER: Not fair to paint all dog owners with the same brush

LETTER: Not fair to paint all dog owners with the same brush

I’d like to comment on the recent letter from C. Franks of Saanich.
LETTER: Council only paying lip service to public input

LETTER: Council only paying lip service to public input

I attended the Feb. 13 Sidney town council meeting because council had invited public input on a purportedly “required” variance for the 16-unit housing project proposed for the southeast corner of Fifth Street and Malaview, where there are now two houses and one duplex.