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Letters Nov. 28: Lack of logic in loss of visitors claim; new short-term-rental rules make sense; housing policy ruffles feathers

Letters Nov. 28: Lack of logic in loss of visitors claim; new short-term-rental rules make sense; housing policy ruffles feathers

Letters Nov. 27: Another use for cruise ships; missing photo radar; the problem with heat pumps

Letters Nov. 27: Another use for cruise ships; missing photo radar; the problem with heat pumps

Comment: Flawed Sidney Island deer plan is doomed to fail

Comment: Flawed Sidney Island deer plan is doomed to fail

鈥淲e find it difficult to rationalize the use of federal funds to carry out this inhumane plan on an island that is 90 per cent private property. There are many other projects in greater need.鈥
Monique Keiran: Drought stresses salmon just as rising costs stress people

Monique Keiran: Drought stresses salmon just as rising costs stress people

Like salmon pooling at the river mouth waiting for conditions to improve, people may feel themselves at a standstill, with no way to navigate forward
Charla Huber: Protest at housing conference a case of preaching to the choir

Charla Huber: Protest at housing conference a case of preaching to the choir

Like the protesters, many people working in the non-profit housing sector have also lost friends and family members to the streets, or been homeless themselves
Trevor Hancock: Ecological footprint doesn't include impact of methane, loss of biodiversity

Trevor Hancock: Ecological footprint doesn't include impact of methane, loss of biodiversity

The way the ecological footprint is calculated means the estimate that Saanich鈥檚 is equivalent to four planets is an underestimate
Geoff Johnson: Why Oregon scrapped state-wide tests as a graduation requirement

Geoff Johnson: Why Oregon scrapped state-wide tests as a graduation requirement

Opponents argued the loss of the graduation requirement devalues Oregon鈥檚 high school diploma, but state education officials claimed the test requirement was hurting marginalized students
Adrian Raeside cartoon: The deer cull on Sidney Island

Adrian Raeside cartoon: The deer cull on Sidney Island

Comment: Landlords being victimized by the NDP government

Comment: Landlords being victimized by the NDP government

When the government found itself with a housing shortage, rather than build more homes, or create an environment for more homes to be built, they saw an opportunity to extort money from those who are successful.
Les Leyne: Housing push has to meet labour needs

Les Leyne: Housing push has to meet labour needs

The province鈥檚 excitement about jobs is tempered by anxiety about the housing shortage