Opinion

Comment: Official community plans matter more than ever

We have the necessary tools to respond to the housing crisis, which means, amongst other things, rapidly adding market and non-market housing.

Nov 22, 2023 4:13 AM Read more >

Comment: Canada must double social housing this National Housing Day

Homes are like oxygen or water 鈥� utterly essential for human life.

Nov 22, 2023 4:08 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: Convention speech shows Eby prefers to play offence

Premier David Eby鈥檚 speech to NDP delegates shows he鈥檚 more interested in staying in attack mode than explaining why the NDP is still playing catch-up in dealing with many of the problems he acknowledges

Nov 21, 2023 4:55 AM Read more >

Letters Nov. 21: Looking after downtown Victoria; new Saanich fire hall should include housing; councillors should stick with local issues

Nov 21, 2023 4:05 AM Read more >

Adrian Raeside cartoon: B.C. government's catalogue of standardized house designs

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Nov 21, 2023 2:54 AM Read more >

Letters Nov. 20: Government to blame for crises; explaining B.C.'s 'major event' tax; unsafe illegal turns

Nov 20, 2023 4:45 AM Read more >

Comment: An update on homelessness, sheltering, and Victoria's parks

I often hear questions like, 鈥淲hen will sheltering in parks come to an end?鈥� and, 鈥淲hat are you doing about homelessness?鈥� These are good questions. Here are some answers.

Nov 20, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Charla Huber: Gun violence isn't just an American issue

In recent weeks, we鈥檝e seen Jewish schools hit by gunshots and the targeted fatal shooting of a man and his 11-year-old son in Edmonton

Nov 19, 2023 5:15 AM Read more >

David Sovka: A primer on cryptocurrency, a.k.a. a fool and his money are soon parted

Cryptocurrency is made up by a process called 鈥渕ining.鈥� I would give you a detailed explanation of this process, but the important thing to know is the process does not involve mining in any way