Letters

Grizzly bear triplets with their mother. (B.C. Ministry of Forests)

Killing bears, one way or another

B.C. hunters speak out about grizzly hunt, wildlife management

  • Aug 23, 2017
Grizzly bear triplets with their mother. (B.C. Ministry of Forests)
Victoria 2022 Commonwealth Games bid committee chair David Black believes there are many reasons why hosting the Games makes sense for the region. Don Denton/Black Press

Victoria 2022 bid committee chair offers costs/benefits of hosting Commonwealth Games

David Black says there’s never been a better time to leverage government funding for local projects

  • Aug 23, 2017
Victoria 2022 Commonwealth Games bid committee chair David Black believes there are many reasons why hosting the Games makes sense for the region. Don Denton/Black Press
Time not right for a Games bid for Victoria, tax watchdog says

Time not right for a Games bid for Victoria, tax watchdog says

Stan Bartlett wants more community input before area taxpayers asked to pay for Games

  • Aug 23, 2017
Time not right for a Games bid for Victoria, tax watchdog says
LETTER: Give money to homeless, not Games

LETTER: Give money to homeless, not Games

I don’t think it’s a great idea for Victoria to host the…

  • Aug 23, 2017
LETTER: Give money to homeless, not Games
LETTERS: Clean up your yards

LETTERS: Clean up your yards

After seeing that fire on Sooke Road and all the garbage buried…

  • Aug 23, 2017
LETTERS: Clean up your yards
LETTER: Fletcher underestimated size of ‘brush fires’

LETTER: Fletcher underestimated size of ‘brush fires’

I’ve often wondered about the accuracy of Tom Fletcher’s column B.C. Views…

  • Aug 23, 2017
LETTER: Fletcher underestimated size of ‘brush fires’
LETTERS: Sooke boardwalk, fine arts, cartoons

LETTERS: Sooke boardwalk, fine arts, cartoons

Fine arts show’s Herculean effort Yet again the volunteers and staff managed…

  • Aug 16, 2017
LETTERS: Sooke boardwalk, fine arts, cartoons
Crowds gather for a musical performance at the Tall Trees Music Festival. One Victoria reader believes Island Health, which has a plan in place for helping prevent overdoses at such events, is in fact condoning drug use. Photo courtesy of Tall Trees Music Festival

Island Health message in editorial makes little sense to News reader

Victoria News piece seems to condone drug use

  • Aug 15, 2017
Crowds gather for a musical performance at the Tall Trees Music Festival. One Victoria reader believes Island Health, which has a plan in place for helping prevent overdoses at such events, is in fact condoning drug use. Photo courtesy of Tall Trees Music Festival

LETTERS: False and misguided assumptions

Re: Sooke council’s fecklessness (Letters, July 26) Lorien Arnold’s notions about Sooke…

  • Aug 2, 2017

LETTERS: Waterways must be open to all

The federal government is reviewing the Navigation Protection Act—that’s the law that…

  • Aug 2, 2017

LETTERS: Commonwealth Games largely taxpayer sponsored

Re: Commonwealth Games committee named, News, July 12 Grab a coffee, here’s…

  • Jul 26, 2017

LETTERS: Sentence won’t act as deterrent

Re: Fenton gets four years (News, July 19) If Judge Ron Lamperson…

  • Jul 26, 2017

LETTERS: Four-lane idea has merit

I agree with what Gordon Stewart said in his letter. If we…

  • Jul 26, 2017

LETTERS: Four-lane highway? Get serious.

Re: Council needs to push for four-lane highway (Letters, July 19) Four…

  • Jul 26, 2017

Sooke council’s fecklessness showing

Re: Sooke councillor cries foul over entrance way garbage (News, July 19)…

  • Jul 26, 2017
Volunteers such as these B.C. Rotary Club members have helped reduce the incidence of polio worldwide, as has Canada’s contributions to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Black Press file photo

Eradication of polio near, thanks to Canadian support

Global initiative playing a major role in reducing incidence of once-rampant disease

  • Jul 19, 2017
Volunteers such as these B.C. Rotary Club members have helped reduce the incidence of polio worldwide, as has Canada’s contributions to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Black Press file photo

LETTERS: Sooke Potholes worth protecting from fire

I read the article about the Mount Quimper fire in the Sooke…

  • Jul 19, 2017

LETTERS: Council needs to push for four-lane highway

I was talking to Langford Mayor Stew Young at a car show…

  • Jul 19, 2017

LETTERS: Chicken Little knows why the sky isn’t falling yet

I think that upon reflection you might want to admit that your…

  • Jul 19, 2017

LETTERS: Stiebel’s wisdom hits the right chord

Thank you Rick Stiebel for your article Punishment must fit the crime…

  • Jul 19, 2017