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Re: 鈥淭eenage brains are not ready to vote,鈥� letter, Feb. 17. For most people, childhood represents less than 25 per cent of life.

Re: 鈥淪eeing the forest for the trees in urban planning,鈥� comment, Feb. 10. Perhaps it is a sign of our times, but it is disheartening to read such simplistic and polarizing views of the world.

Re: 鈥淭eenage brains are not ready to vote,鈥� letter, Feb. 17. As a 12-year-old leader of the Victoria Youth Climate Strike, I am surprised to learn that my prefrontal cortex isn鈥檛 developed enough to let me make rational decisions.

Re: 鈥淥fficers鈥� work trips served as 鈥榟olidays,鈥� Plecas says,鈥� Feb. 22. Legislature Speaker Darryl Plecas is right 鈥� I鈥檓 about to hurl my cookies, but it is not solely due to the spending details made public.

Re: 鈥淧ot stores find banks saying no to their business,鈥� Feb. 19. I was shocked to learn of the problems faced by local pot dispensaries attempting to open legitimate business accounts with the big banks and credit unions.

Re: 鈥淲hy we should declare a climate emergency in the capital region,鈥� comment, Feb. 21. Capital Regional District board chairman Colin Plant makes a strong case for achieving CRD contributions to reductions in the world鈥檚 greenhouse-gas emissions.

Re: 鈥淚n search of the Spirit Bear,鈥� Feb.聽17. Since the Great Bear Rainforest has become such a major conservation issue, I thought I should clarify something that appeared in the Islander.

Lost in the noisy debate on SNC-Lavalin is the bill that never was.

Re: 鈥淔ree Sundays ending for street parking,鈥� Feb. 21. So 鈥渇ree鈥� Sunday parking downtown is about to become a thing of the past.

Re: 鈥淗ard to find educational assistants,鈥� letter, Feb. 20. The teacher with three decades of experience seems to have missed something.