I have been following with interest the recent proposal by Victoria Coun. Krista Loughton for the city to create small emergency, managed, temporary shelter sites as an interim solution to the ongoing and complicated issues concerning our unhoused and addicted community.

The work that the city and relevant partners have done to produce a roadmap to include all levels of government is highly commendable and speaks to a committed community of compassionate people looking for short- and long-term solutions.

The Downtown Business Association is rightly concerned about the viability of its operations continuing without immediate solutions to the problems created by our unhoused. Given that many of the proposals in the safety plan will be long term and involve many players, a temporary solution such as that of tiny homes can provide relief.

The success of 940 Caledonia and The Village model in Duncan demonstrate that this proposal for temporary tiny homes communities should be considered by council and relevant partners.

Lynn Taylor

Victoria

After seeing a man up-Island was put into intensive care after a bike ran into him, I remembered that I was recently nearly run into by a man on a bike in downtown Victoria.

I was approaching a blind corner on a sidewalk and just about to walk through when an idiot on a motorized bike blew past me from the left, on the sidewalk. I would most certainly have been severely injured. He just carried on.

This stuff occurs hourly, day after day in our downtown. Violations by the minute. No repercussions. No tickets.

Why is it allowed to continue?

Where are the cops? Have they been instructed by city hall to ignore it all? What’s going on?

Stephen Kishkan

Victoria

We just returned from a month in Spain and upon returning to Victoria we always reflect on our........

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