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Letters Oct. 16: Vacancy chain theory; Camel Point works

Letters Oct. 16: Vacancy chain theory; Camel Point works

Re: “ ‘Vacancy chain’ deniers ignore all that proof,” letter, Oct. 14. Victoria Coun. Dave Thompson doubles down on his defence of the...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: In the business of giving business to other companies

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Comment: Social triage is different from medical triage

Comment: Social triage is different from medical triage

A commentary by a communications strategist and former Times Colonist journalist. Thank you to Barbara Wiggins for her informed commentary on Oct. 9,...

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Comment: James Bay is being railroaded in a flawed process

Comment: James Bay is being railroaded in a flawed process

A commentary by a former president of two Canadian universities who was born and raised in Victoria and lives in James Bay. A construction project...

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Letters Oct. 15: James Bay boundaries; Oak Bay manor yard

Letters Oct. 15: James Bay boundaries; Oak Bay manor yard

The Times Colonist has published a stream of letters opposing a proposal for a high-rise building in James Bay on the site bounded by Quebec, Montreal...

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Comment: Cowichan fishing rights came from intermarriage

Comment: Cowichan fishing rights came from intermarriage

A commentary by a Musqueam Band member. As a member of the Musqueam community, I’d like to share my views on the recent court ­decision regarding...

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Letters Oct. 14: Aboriginal title; housing vacancy chain

Letters Oct. 14: Aboriginal title; housing vacancy chain

Recently I described how, beginning in 1888, B.C. ignored a decision of the highest court in the British Empire that forbade provinces from using land...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: A look back at when the first vaccines arrived in 2021

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Comment: When will the provincial government learn from record deficits?

Comment: When will the provincial government learn from record deficits?

A commentary by the B.C. regional director of the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada. The 1980s blockbuster film, Back to the Future was...

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Letters Oct. 13: Alberta finances; stand up to bullies

Letters Oct. 13: Alberta finances; stand up to bullies

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith calls Premier David Eby “un-Canadian,” yet she ran off to Mar-a-Lago trying to make a side deal with Donald Trump...

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Gene Miller: We need buildings that capture a feeling of welcome

Gene Miller: We need buildings that capture a feeling of welcome

“Good morning, friend!” “Have a good day, folks!” “Hi neighbour, can I help you get that in the elevator?” 8,220,403,261 to go, and the...

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Monique Keiran: Peace is in short supply these days

Monique Keiran: Peace is in short supply these days

The Nobel Committee announced that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Peace seems in short...

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Letters Oct. 11: James Bay traffic; we need safe bike lanes

Letters Oct. 11: James Bay traffic; we need safe bike lanes

“As people move up, cheaper homes available,” letter, Oct. 4. I am fortunate to be a senior who could afford to live in Amica Jubilee so please...

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Comment: Long-term care is broken and my husband paid the price

Comment: Long-term care is broken and my husband paid the price

A commentary by an Oak Bay resident. My husband’s ordeal with dementia ended in August after more than a year on a waitlist and seven painful...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: How to keep peace at the Thanksgiving dinner table

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Comment: At my wit's end because of the noise

Comment: At my wit's end because of the noise

A commentary by a Victoria resident I moved into the Gorge East/Jutland area in early January, with little knowledge of the noise and disruption that...

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Editorial: Occupied commercial buildings need rent control

Editorial: Occupied commercial buildings need rent control

A Vancouver-based real estate firm, Upfield Capital Management, has ­purchased Oak Bay’s historic Bell Block building, and tripled the rent. The...

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Letters Oct. 10: Emergency vehicles on roads; trickle-down housing

Letters Oct. 10: Emergency vehicles on roads; trickle-down housing

On Wednesday morning I witnessed the “unexpected result” of the installation of bollard bike lanes along Shelbourne Street. Some six fire...

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Letters Oct. 9: Golden goose; Saanich plan

Letters Oct. 9: Golden goose; Saanich plan

For the second time in a year, postal workers are on strike and that service is suspended. This has generated negative reaction among folks like me...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: How will Alberta oil get to the West Coast?

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Comment: Fresh thinking needed to solve addictions and disorder

Comment: Fresh thinking needed to solve addictions and disorder

A commentary by a retired nurse who has a degree in health ­informatics from the University of Victoria. I am pleased to see several letters and...

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Letters Oct. 8: Buying from China hypocrisy; new housing not cheaper

Letters Oct. 8: Buying from China hypocrisy; new housing not cheaper

Premier David Eby assumed a $6-billion surplus on taking command, and rather than heeding the advice of economists and pay down the debt, spent every...

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Comment: We must focus on boosting the supply of affordable housing

Comment: We must focus on boosting the supply of affordable housing

A commentary by a professional engineer and professional ­geologist who worked on Bay Street in Toronto for a decade. He lives in Oak Bay. The...

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David Sovka: Ashes are ashes but dust is gross

David Sovka: Ashes are ashes but dust is gross

Nobody likes having to dust. Not even Nature itself, which, ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC) noticed, “abhors a vacuum.”...

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Comment: Transportation changes are putting us at risk

Comment: Transportation changes are putting us at risk

A commentary by a Saanich resident. I am deeply concerned regarding the state of our transportation infrastructure and its growing impact on public...

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Letters Oct. 7: Deer at Ross Bay Cemetery; follow Julian Daly's plan

Letters Oct. 7: Deer at Ross Bay Cemetery; follow Julian Daly's plan

Re: “Victoria council reaffirms support for downtown policing,” Oct. 3. The story didn’t grasp the subtleties of Victoria’s motion titled,...

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Wildfire smoke, heatwaves, and human mortality: The fossil-fuel industry gave us this climate Gordian knot. Can we untie it?

Wildfire smoke, heatwaves, and human mortality: The fossil-fuel industry gave us this climate Gordian knot. Can we untie it?

David J.T. Pedersen is a clean air advocate and a member of the Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment and the Bay Area Clean Air Coalition. Thomas...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Victoria's new Official Community Plan incoming

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Letters Oct. 6: Stop shipping out logs; Victoria raises blood pressure

Letters Oct. 6: Stop shipping out logs; Victoria raises blood pressure

Two years ago my wife and I decided we had had enough of Victoria’s madness and moved to a Gulf Island. I was born in Victoria in the 1960s and my...

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Comment: LNG start-up flaring is a public-health blind spot — and B.C. is ignoring it

Comment: LNG start-up flaring is a public-health blind spot — and B.C. is ignoring it

A commentary. Takaro is a B.C.-based physician-scientist in environmental medicine, public health and toxicology, and a member of the Canadian...

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Gene Miller: Blue-sky ideas for making the transit system anything but dull

Gene Miller: Blue-sky ideas for making the transit system anything but dull

I was listening, the other day, to Itzhak Perlman playing the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1. About nine and a half minutes into the piece, after the...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Hang in there, Canadian retailer

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Letters Oct. 4: Smith's pipe dream; tackle street disorder

Letters Oct. 4: Smith's pipe dream; tackle street disorder

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s desire to have yet another uneconomical pipeline built to the west coast is a waste of time. Smith is asking for...

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Comment: Think of addiction as pain relief

Comment: Think of addiction as pain relief

A commentary by the executive director of the Island Community Mental Health Association. Most people concerned about the ­opioid epidemic and the...

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Editorial: Voters on the right need a moderate leader

Editorial: Voters on the right need a moderate leader

No sooner had B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad survived a leadership review than he fired one of his caucus members, Elenore Sturko. She had been...

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Letters Oct. 3: Blame the boomers; Ravine Way

Letters Oct. 3: Blame the boomers; Ravine Way

With the new bike lanes on Dallas Road between Memorial and St. Charles, the City of Victoria says no centre line is required on Dallas as that...

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Comment: Expanded health care services in Nanaimo are long overdue

Comment: Expanded health care services in Nanaimo are long overdue

A commentary by a critical care physician who is president of the Nanaimo Medical Staff Association. “We’re going to build that new patient care...

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Letters Oct. 2: Trump's dome not needed here; Canada Post strike

Letters Oct. 2: Trump's dome not needed here; Canada Post strike

Once again U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing his 51st state. He has stated his Golden Dome project will cost Canada $200 billion, but if we join...

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Comment: A better way to tackle disorder on our streets

Comment: A better way to tackle disorder on our streets

A commentary by the CEO of Our Place Society. Housing alone isn’t enough. We need to stabilize people with health care and addiction recovery...

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Letters Oct. 1: Lack of centre line; housing for everyone

Letters Oct. 1: Lack of centre line; housing for everyone

A recent letter writer questioned a City of Victoria employee’s statement that the lack of a centre line on Dallas Road at the east end of Ross Bay...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Eby's favourite way to relax

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Comment: Memo to Fairy Creek protesters: Respect Indigenous choices, ditch ecocolonial tactics

A commentary by the executive director of the Indigenous Resource Network. First Nations in the Fairy Creek watershed again demanded that protesters...

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Letters Sept. 30: Scrap daylight savings; BYD cars

Letters Sept. 30: Scrap daylight savings; BYD cars

Now that Premier David Eby says we are not trading with the U.S., maybe he will do what John Horgan wouldn’t, even though more than 90% of his...

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Letters Sept. 29: Canada Post is a public service; praise for bike valet

Letters Sept. 29: Canada Post is a public service; praise for bike valet

Canada Post is an essential public service no different than health care, education, parks, highways or B.C. Ferries. Like other public services it...

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Comment: Without the rule of law, democracy cannot function

Comment: Without the rule of law, democracy cannot function

A commentary by a Victoria barrister and solicitor. The rule of law is one of the most important principles of a democratic society. It means that...

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Trevor Hancock: The problem is income inadequacy, not affordability

Trevor Hancock: The problem is income inadequacy, not affordability

Food Banks Canada just released its annual report on poverty in Canada. Its key findings are that one in 10 Canadians are living in poverty, over 40...

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Sandra Richardson: A new brand of reconciliation

Sandra Richardson: A new brand of reconciliation

Thank you to everyone who celebrated 20 years of Victoria’s Vital Signs at our launch event this month. I was so pleased to see a full theatre of...

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Gene Miller: Victoria OCP a triumph of political authority over community

Gene Miller: Victoria OCP a triumph of political authority over community

Speaking of zombie apocalypses — a topic dear to all of us who believe there’s something lurking beyond (or behind) Tim Horton’s — I’ve...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Stages of BCGEU liquor store strike

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Comment: We are far from anything resembling 'endless accommodation'

Comment: We are far from anything resembling 'endless accommodation'

A commentary by a communications strategist and former Times Colonist journalist. Re: “'Anything goes' leads to downtown decay,” column, Sept....

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