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Letters Jan. 30: UVic president takes high ground; we depend on fossil fuels; SAT, IQ tests have little value

Letters Jan. 30: UVic president takes high ground; we depend on fossil fuels; SAT, IQ tests have little value

Comment: Stop spreading biosolids at Hartland, and tell us about risks

Comment: Stop spreading biosolids at Hartland, and tell us about risks

The options fail to reflect current scientific understanding about the risks of land application to public health and our environment.
Letters Jan. 29: Get rid of traffic calming devices; social media causing harm; embrace renewables

Letters Jan. 29: Get rid of traffic calming devices; social media causing harm; embrace renewables

Comment: Feeding addicts what they crave is no solution

Comment: Feeding addicts what they crave is no solution

The suggestion that expanding access to hydromorphone by making it available without prescription will do nothing to reduce toxic fentanyl overdoses.
Trevor Hancock: The fossil-fuel industry is the new tobacco

Trevor Hancock: The fossil-fuel industry is the new tobacco

Not only does it disregard the wellbeing of people and the planet in its pursuit of profit, it uses many of the same tactics — even consultants — as the tobacco industry
Geoff Johnson: Move to ditch SATS raises concerns about relying on school transcripts

Geoff Johnson: Move to ditch SATS raises concerns about relying on school transcripts

The question left hanging is whether the transcripts from high school A are equivalent to those from high school B
David Sovka: Physical violence and other birthday traditions

David Sovka: Physical violence and other birthday traditions

In Spain, they tug hard on your ear once for every year you’ve lived. In the 1970s Canada, they banged your bum on the ground, once for every year, and fed you cake containing choking hazards
Letters Jan. 27: Lancaster bomber; Centennial Square fountain; taxes

Letters Jan. 27: Lancaster bomber; Centennial Square fountain; taxes

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Body cameras for police officers

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Body cameras for police officers

Comment: Fountain is the beating heart of Centennial Square

Comment: Fountain is the beating heart of Centennial Square

Centennial Square has suffered from a series of misguided, and council supported, interventions over the decades.