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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Bitter B.C. politics

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Bitter B.C. politics

Comment: Capital region needs to develop micro-centres

Comment: Capital region needs to develop micro-centres

A good example is the West Bay development at Head and Gore in Esquimalt. This condominium includes a coffee shop, a dentist鈥檚 office and a LifeLabs.
Trevor Hancock: Morris dancing is good for sinners and non-sinners alike

Trevor Hancock: Morris dancing is good for sinners and non-sinners alike

Benefits include being physically active, with good balance, agility and strength, as well as the mental health benefits of having to create, learn and remember dances
David Sovka: A hip-hop breaking time at the Paris Olympics

David Sovka: A hip-hop breaking time at the Paris Olympics

If breakdancing proves to be popular, the 2028 summer Olympic Games will trial other more urban games, including traffic rage, sprawling homeless camps and sewage treatment during droughts
Comment: Is there any evidence justifying full-time councillors?

Comment: Is there any evidence justifying full-time councillors?

Parkinson鈥檚 Law says that 鈥渨ork expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.鈥
Patricia Coppard: Not prepared to share the trail? Feel free to take your chances on the road

Patricia Coppard: Not prepared to share the trail? Feel free to take your chances on the road

Virtually every reader who wrote in agreed something needs to be done about the Wild West that鈥檚 developed as fast-moving powered vehicles have proliferated on regional trails.
Crash near Selkirk trestle illustrates need for a traffic circle

Crash near Selkirk trestle illustrates need for a traffic circle

Another cyclist came off Tyee Road onto the Goose, accelerating to make it over the trestle bridge, just as I was coming down the hill out of Banfield Park.
Some cyclists treat other trail users as badly as the worst drivers treat cyclists

Some cyclists treat other trail users as badly as the worst drivers treat cyclists

I slow down when I am around other people on the trails, for their sake and my own.
Inattentive cyclist crashed into mom, daughter and friends walking on Goose

Inattentive cyclist crashed into mom, daughter and friends walking on Goose

The cyclist came up from behind and hit me in the shoulder and my friend in the elbow. The bike landed on top of my daughter, who lay motionless, face down on the trail.
E-bike trail etiquette: Speed is intoxicating, but shouldn't trump courtesy

E-bike trail etiquette: Speed is intoxicating, but shouldn't trump courtesy

Bike lanes and paths and dedicated signage and lights have been a carrot for cyclists, but it鈥檚 time for a little stick