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LETTER: Action needed on First Nations water inequality

LETTER: Action needed on First Nations water inequality

My name is Mel and I am 11 years old. I attend Hillcrest Elementary, and my class has been learning about water inequality in First Nations communities around the world.
LETTER: Residents stand up for diverse neighbourhoods

LETTER: Residents stand up for diverse neighbourhoods

Thank you for introducing Chris Campbell to your readers. My thoughts would be to ask him, through you, how well he knows, or perhaps it would be better said understands, the Black Press readers in his new home.
Opinion: Is the ‘quiet comfort’ BC Ferries lounge (really) worth the money it costs?

Opinion: Is the ‘quiet comfort’ BC Ferries lounge (really) worth the money it costs?

Have you tried this service while riding a ferry?
LETTER: Hoping greenspace never goes out of style

LETTER: Hoping greenspace never goes out of style

I am writing in response to Chris Campbell’s Feb. 8 column about the densification of single-family neighbourhoods, euphemistically (and cleverly) called “the missing middle” by its proponents and the pro-development lobby.
LETTER: Victoria is not Metro Vancouver

LETTER: Victoria is not Metro Vancouver

I have just finished reading the column by Chris Campbell in the Feb. 8 Saanich News about Noisy NIMBYs and the “devisive” missing middle plan.
Opinion: ‘Toxic tenant’ punched holes in Victoria home’s walls and infested it with bugs

Opinion: ‘Toxic tenant’ punched holes in Victoria home’s walls and infested it with bugs

Slow complaint process makes it difficult to get rid of destructive renters
LETTER: Fossil fuel company’s brochure misleads consumers

LETTER: Fossil fuel company’s brochure misleads consumers

A brochure from Fortis BC arrived in my mailbox. FortisBC is a purveyor of natural gas. I was told there are five reasons I should switch to natural gas: 1. cost savings; 2. environmental benefits; 3. renewable natural gas; 4. comfort, convenience and reliability; and 5. get connected for as little as $15.
OPINION: The staggering socioeconomic costs of COVID anti-vaxxer behaviour

OPINION: The staggering socioeconomic costs of COVID anti-vaxxer behaviour

COVID-is-a-hoax crowd caused thousands more deaths, hundreds of millions in hospital costs: report
Victoria tax increase will deliver another blow to affordability

Victoria tax increase will deliver another blow to affordability

Unless city council sharpens its pencils, the poorest amongst us will face the greatest property tax hikes.
LETTER: Condo development a poor fit for heritage neighbourhood

LETTER: Condo development a poor fit for heritage neighbourhood

The Esquimalt and Vic West communities have been defeated by the split vote passed by half the municipal council to allow a five-storey condo with 40+ units to be built in the middle of established family homes whose residents expected to stay and raise their families.