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Letters Oct. 26: Health care at Oak Bay Lodge; comparing smoking vs. COVID

Letters Oct. 26: Health care at Oak Bay Lodge; comparing smoking vs. COVID

Yes, Oak Bay Lodge should offer health care Re: 鈥淥ak Bay residents keen to see health care return to lodge site,鈥� Oct. 17. I couldn鈥檛 believe what I was reading when Oak Bay Coun.
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Letters Oct. 23: Councillors face too much nastiness; dogs who bite

Letters Oct. 23: Councillors face too much nastiness; dogs who bite

If nastiness continues, who will run for council? I have been reading with interest the op-eds and letters with respect to the 颅current review of the Official Community Plan in North Saanich.
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Letters Oct. 22: Victoria council must focus on real priorities; safety at school crosswalks

Letters Oct. 22: Victoria council must focus on real priorities; safety at school crosswalks

Furnace is broken 鈥� hey look, a shiny toy! Re: 鈥淐rystal Pool replacement decision delayed to at least 2023,鈥� Oct. 20. So, the Crystal Pool is on hold again; at least a decision is on hold.
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Letters Oct. 21: Safe parking for bikes; cars don't just 'evaporate'

Letters Oct. 21: Safe parking for bikes; cars don't just 'evaporate'

Forget subsidies, make bike parking secure The rebate money that Saanich is offering to purchasers of e-bikes would be better spent on providing secure and safe bicycle 鈥減arking鈥� facilities at destinations such as stores, restaurants and all of the o
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Letters Oct. 20: Who do we lock up, and why?; debunking vaccine misconceptions

Letters Oct. 20: Who do we lock up, and why?; debunking vaccine misconceptions

When they get older, we lock them up, no problem Re: 鈥淟ocking up dangerous people still聽a聽no-go despite random attacks,鈥� Les聽Leyne, Oct. 14.
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Letters Oct. 19: Saanich's e-bike subsidies; elected officials and a higher standard

Letters Oct. 19: Saanich's e-bike subsidies; elected officials and a higher standard

How best to measure Saanich鈥檚 bike subsidies It鈥檚 easy to question the merit in spending $200,000 of local taxpayers鈥� money in supporting a mere 300 people to buy an electric bike.
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Letters Oct. 16: Does North Saanich need to be 'complete'?; vaccine mandates have saved us all

Letters Oct. 16: Does North Saanich need to be 'complete'?; vaccine mandates have saved us all

Let鈥檚 move forward in harmony Re: 鈥淣orth Saanich needs to be a complete community,鈥� commentary, Oct. 13. Perhaps for complete transparency, and our edification, the author could have apprised us, more fully, of his present position and or occupation.
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Letters Oct. 15: Keeping North Saanich free of urban sprawl; the ethics of COVID-19

Letters Oct. 15: Keeping North Saanich free of urban sprawl; the ethics of COVID-19

Old community ideas are no longer workable Re: 鈥淣orth Saanich needs to be a complete community,鈥� commentary, Oct. 13. If every community across Canada was 鈥渁 complete community,鈥� what an environmental mess our country would be.
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Letters Oct. 14: B.C.'s passive pandemic plan; vaccine mandates unfair to faithful staff

Letters Oct. 14: B.C.'s passive pandemic plan; vaccine mandates unfair to faithful staff

Province鈥檚 passive pandemic response The antidote to passivity is not just action, but intentional action. Action without intention will take us somewhere, but not necessarily where we want to go.
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Letters Oct. 13: Calm the vitriol over vaccinations; Bravo Zulu to Saanich workers

Letters Oct. 13: Calm the vitriol over vaccinations; Bravo Zulu to Saanich workers

Let鈥檚 cool the hatred over vaccinations I am not an anti-vaxxer. I have had two Pfizer shots. What worries me far more than the effect of COVID on our society is the degree of hatred that I see in letters to the editor in this paper.
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