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Letters July 31: Long-term care deaths; resuming classes; walking after midnight

Letters July 31: Long-term care deaths; resuming classes; walking after midnight

Long-term care death rate worse in U.S. Re: 鈥淲e can鈥檛 allow a repeat of high death rates at care homes,鈥� editorial, July聽30. The editorial focuses on COVID-19 deaths in long-term care as a percentage of all COVID deaths.
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Letters July 30: Out for a stroll at 3 a.m.; homelessness is a national problem

Letters July 30: Out for a stroll at 3 a.m.; homelessness is a national problem

Walking in the wee hours? No problem Re: 鈥淪treet checks are a vital part of policing,鈥� letter, July 29. I would describe myself as a 鈥渄ecent law-abiding taxpaying citizen鈥� who can frequently be found 鈥渨andering the streets in the early morning hours.
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Letters July 29: Beacon Hill and campers; affordable housing

Letters July 29: Beacon Hill and campers; affordable housing

Guidelines not blocking action Mayor Lisa Helps continues to resort to obfuscation in trying to justify her position to allow camping in Beacon Hill. She claims that she is simply following the direction of Dr.
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Letters July 28: Listen to the community; Beacon Hill Park; fading licence plates

Letters July 28: Listen to the community; Beacon Hill Park; fading licence plates

Mayor, council: listen to the community Although I do not condone attacks of a personal nature against anyone, especially using the anonymity of social media, I can鈥檛 help but think some of the vitriol against Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps might come fro
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Letters July 25: Don鈥檛 hold an election; rowdy ferry riders; carriages

Letters July 25: Don鈥檛 hold an election; rowdy ferry riders; carriages

No election, please, we聽are in a pandemic Premier John Horgan will lose thousands of voters if he calls an early election during a worldwide deadly pandemic.
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Letters July 24: Vitriol against mayor; protecting against COVID-19

Letters July 24: Vitriol against mayor; protecting against COVID-19

Helps does not have a聽magic wand Be kind. Be calm. Be safe. It鈥檚 our pandemic mantra. Yet, the online vitriol against Mayor Lisa Helps is far from kind or calm. These are not mere criticisms of her policies, but very nasty personal attacks.
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Letters July 23: Masks not required everywhere; treatment for addicts; carriage horses

Letters July 23: Masks not required everywhere; treatment for addicts; carriage horses

Masks not required in聽all聽public spaces Re: 鈥淲ear a mask or stay home,鈥� and 鈥淲ear a mask to protect others,鈥� letters, July 22. I was shocked to read two letters berating people for not wearing a mask. What city are they living in? I watch Dr.
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Letters July 22: Wear a mask to protect others; enlivening downtown; eating green crabs

Letters July 22: Wear a mask to protect others; enlivening downtown; eating green crabs

Wear a mask or聽stay聽home In a grocery store in Langford yesterday, the majority of customers were unmasked. Clearly people are either too obtuse to get it, or too self-absorbed to care. Little wonder the COVID-19 numbers are on the upswing.
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Letters July 21: Protests against horse-drawn carriages; rethinking cruise ships

Letters July 21: Protests against horse-drawn carriages; rethinking cruise ships

Who finances carriage protests? There is an organized and well-funded program of harassment underway each weekend against employees of the horse-drawn carriage businesses at the corner of Menzies and Belleville streets.
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Letters July 18: Speed limit enforcement; feeling unsafe

Letters July 18: Speed limit enforcement; feeling unsafe

Speed limits need to聽be enforced Re: 鈥淪peed limit to be reduced on Prospect Lake Road after string of serious crashes,鈥� July 16. When are speed limit signs honoured? The signs are useless and expensive unless enforced.
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