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Les Leyne: NIMBY override is part of province's housing plan

Les Leyne: NIMBY override is part of province's housing plan

The 鈥渘ot in my backyard鈥 objections to new housing in the NDP government鈥檚 latest push won鈥檛 carry nearly the weight they once did
Letters April 19: In praise of bike lanes; safety should be priority, not bike lanes; a more cheerful downtown

Letters April 19: In praise of bike lanes; safety should be priority, not bike lanes; a more cheerful downtown

Comment: Tokitae is not Keiko 鈥 so bring her home now

Comment: Tokitae is not Keiko 鈥 so bring her home now

The plan for Toki isn鈥檛 to drop her in the Salish Sea and hope for the best.
Les Leyne: Fixing a century-old wrong gets expensive

Les Leyne: Fixing a century-old wrong gets expensive

Federal Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says people should understand the cost of the Treaty 8 settlement with First Nations is not 鈥渁 windfall 鈥 It is a bill that has gone unpaid for over 100 years by the government of Canada.鈥
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Dealing with all those pot holes

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Dealing with all those pot holes

Letters April 18: Pharmacists' qualifications for diagnosing disease; defending Alaska's salmon fishing; weapons on public transit

Letters April 18: Pharmacists' qualifications for diagnosing disease; defending Alaska's salmon fishing; weapons on public transit

Letters April 17: Survival of southern resident orcas; life in James Bay Village; making Victoria safer

Letters April 17: Survival of southern resident orcas; life in James Bay Village; making Victoria safer

Monique Keiran: Sidney Island fallow-deer cull could lead to black-tailed deer boom

Monique Keiran: Sidney Island fallow-deer cull could lead to black-tailed deer boom

Given the species remains rampant on James Island, fallow deer can and will likely swim across to Sidney Island again in the wake of the cull to take advantage of reduced competition for food.
Geoff Johnson: Division between math and literature is recent and artificial

Geoff Johnson: Division between math and literature is recent and artificial

Good mathematics, like good writing or good music, involves an appreciation of structure, rhythm and pattern.
Charla Huber: Territorial acknowledgements will one day be as normal as not smoking in public spaces

Charla Huber: Territorial acknowledgements will one day be as normal as not smoking in public spaces

Our society continues to evolve, and things that were once acceptable will one day be shunned. The first person who said we shouldn鈥檛 smoke on airplanes probably faced a lot of pushback.