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Trevor Hancock: What part of ‘global ecological crisis’ do they not get?

Trevor Hancock: What part of ‘global ecological crisis’ do they not get?

Another COP, another cop-out! As anyone who pays the slightest attention to the news must know by now, COP30, the annual global climate change...

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Comment: Modern treaties should be a priority for all British Columbians

Comment: Modern treaties should be a priority for all British Columbians

A commentary by the chief ­commissioner of the British Columbia Treaty Commission, with commissioners Edward John, George Abbott and ­Liseanne...

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David Sovka: You smell, I smell ... and that's why dogs love us

David Sovka: You smell, I smell ... and that's why dogs love us

Scientists have discovered that every individual human being has a unique scent profile, kind of like a fingerprint. What is obvious to every dog on...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Allowable cut of B.C.'s old-growth forest

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Comment: We are all responsible for the toxic drug crisis

Comment: We are all responsible for the toxic drug crisis

A commentary by a Victoria resident. Recalling her own family’s tragic experience with addiction — and our government’s utter incapacity to...

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Letters Nov. 28: Burden on renters; listen to local voices

Letters Nov. 28: Burden on renters; listen to local voices

Re: “Renters should carry some of the municipal tax burden,” commentary, Nov. 26. After reading this, I thought to myself, “What a great idea,...

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Letters Nov. 27: Prince Rupert port; get parking spot before car

Letters Nov. 27: Prince Rupert port; get parking spot before car

Premier David Eby has objected to an agreement for an oil pipeline to B.C’s northwest coast, instead favouring expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Elbows up or elbowing out?

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Comment: Who controls Crown lands in British Columbia?

Comment: Who controls Crown lands in British Columbia?

A commentary on behalf of the Public Land Use Society. Warren Mirko is the society’s executive director, and Geoffrey S. Moyse has been engaged in...

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Comment: Renters should carry some of the municipal tax burden

Comment: Renters should carry some of the municipal tax burden

A commentary by a former member of Victoria city council. It is little wonder Victoria council is reluctant to cut popular spending programs even in...

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Letters Nov. 26: Develop island rail; lack of Oak Bay bike lanes

Letters Nov. 26: Develop island rail; lack of Oak Bay bike lanes

We live in View Royal and cope with the daily traffic “crawl” by organizing our days around the hours in the mornings and mid-afternoons when...

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Comment: As businesses struggle, Carney shifts carbon tax

Comment: As businesses struggle, Carney shifts carbon tax

A commentary by a Canadian business leader who lives in Greater Victoria. In 2015, Justin Trudeau’s newly elected government signed the Paris...

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Letters Nov. 25: Praising the cycling experience; flower basket money

Letters Nov. 25: Praising the cycling experience; flower basket money

Re: “Slogans won’t fix the mess that is Victoria,” letter, Nov. 21. After reading a scathing review of the disastrous state of Victoria, from...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Let's hope none of them get sick

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Letters Nov. 24: Ostrich cull; Canada should fund own shipbuilding

Letters Nov. 24: Ostrich cull; Canada should fund own shipbuilding

I didn’t know shooting at night was legal, but on the eve of Nov. 6, nearly 1,000 bullets were fired into the huge bale-lined pen at more than 300...

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Comment: They had first-hand experience with war

Comment: They had first-hand experience with war

A commentary by a Victoria resident. Here’s a different perspective on Remembrance Day from a first-generation Canadian. Both my parents...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Victoria Police Department is looking to hire

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Gene Miller: Downtown Victoria's new buildings could be anywhere

Gene Miller: Downtown Victoria's new buildings could be anywhere

I don’t mean that the intestines are unimportant. Insides, after all, hold an organic, energetic, even erotic, value. Think of the dramatic, moody...

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Monique Keiran: Migrating wild birds key to bird flu outbreaks

Monique Keiran: Migrating wild birds key to bird flu outbreaks

Fall migration is wrapping up. Most birds that travel south to warmer regions for the winter have moved on from the coast. In B.C.’s bird world,...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Wolves' tool use is a game-changer

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Letters Nov. 22: Victoria council is wasting money; remember the Holodomor

Letters Nov. 22: Victoria council is wasting money; remember the Holodomor

Sidney commuters must not be ­penalized so Greater Victoria can finally have direct service to the airport and the ferry. While countries around the...

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Comment: Plenty of communication about new RCMP building

Comment: Plenty of communication about new RCMP building

A commentary by a Colwood councillor. I read with interest the Nov. 20 letter from former View Royal mayor David Screech, “Public in dark about new...

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Letters Nov. 21: Direct bus to airport; make parking cheaper downtown

Letters Nov. 21: Direct bus to airport; make parking cheaper downtown

The “missing middle” housing initiative has arrived in my neighbourhood. A fourplex on a single-family lot is being proposed on my street. Locarno...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: When Alberta's pipeline finally reaches the B.C. coast

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Letters Nov. 20: New RCMP building for West Shore; Victoria mayor's leadership

Letters Nov. 20: New RCMP building for West Shore; Victoria mayor's leadership

Re: “CRD approves borrowing $103M for bigger West Shore RCMP building,” Nov. 14. I was still mayor of View Royal during the early discussions of...

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Letters Nov. 19: Threats to the Cowichan River; 'mob' politics in Saanich

Letters Nov. 19: Threats to the Cowichan River; 'mob' politics in Saanich

Many years ago, I learned how to fly fish while drifting down the Cowichan River. I was struck by the beauty and how pristine and delicate the water...

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Comment: CRD pours cold water on housing delivery

Comment: CRD pours cold water on housing delivery

A commentary by the regional director of the Urban Development Institute - Capital Region, writing on behalf of the institute, the Victoria...

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Letters Nov. 18: Saanich meeting; Victoria budget

Letters Nov. 18: Saanich meeting; Victoria budget

Re: “Civic engagement turned into mob behaviour,” comment, Nov. 13. As a resident of Saanich and as an attendee at the recent “community open...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Plight of the temporary foreign worker

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Letters Nov. 17: Allied health professionals could help B.C.; the case for Site C

Letters Nov. 17: Allied health professionals could help B.C.; the case for Site C

The shortage of family doctors, soaring wait times and increasing reports of preventable deaths have left many residents without timely and effective...

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Trevor Hancock: Carney offers 20th-century responses to 21st-century challenges

It is said that, during the First World War, French prime minister Georges Clemenceau remarked that generals always prepare to fight the last war....

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David Sovka: Embrace the wonders of candy, and more candy

David Sovka: Embrace the wonders of candy, and more candy

Historians generally agree the most significant social and technological innovations of the human race include the following: • the wheel • the...

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Letters Nov. 15: Respect for Victoria's heritage houses; taking care of Centennial Square

Letters Nov. 15: Respect for Victoria's heritage houses; taking care of Centennial Square

Re: “Heritage buildings disappear with no warning,” comment, Nov. 12. How can Pam Madoff claim outrage at the “sudden” removal of the Burleith...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: The future of downtown Victoria's flower baskets

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Comment: Limiting student visas will weaken Canada

Comment: Limiting student visas will weaken Canada

A commentary by a Sidney ­resident who served as a ­Canadian diplomat, including as ambassador to the Philippines. Re: “Comment: Federal budget...

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Letters Nov. 14: Goldstream park; war mementos

Letters Nov. 14: Goldstream park; war mementos

I am concerned about the proposed widening of the Trans-Canada Highway through Goldstream Provincial Park. While congestion and safety issues on this...

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Comment: Save Our Saanich encourages mob behaviour that silences voices

A commentary by a resident of Saanich. As a resident of Gordon Head, I attended the recent community open house for the proposed development at 1806...

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Letters Nov. 13: Name new bridge after Horgan; another dead whale

The old Pattullo Bridge, spanning the Fraser River between Surrey and New Westminster, was opened in 1937 and named after B.C.’s premier then,...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Seeing the effects of climate change

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Seeing the effects of climate change

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Letters Nov. 12: Site C; Victoria budget

Letters Nov. 12: Site C; Victoria budget

Re: “Account of Site C ‘lessons’ goes for bland, blameless,” Nov. 8. Les Leyne quoted extensively from, B.C. Hydro’s “lessons learned”...

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Comment: Heritage buildings disappear with no warning

Comment: Heritage buildings disappear with no warning

A commentary by a former ­member of Victoria city council and a community activist. Travel along Craigflower Road, passing Banfield Park, glimpsing...

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Letters Nov. 11: Carney and Trump; universities depend on foreign students

I’m becoming disillusioned with Prime Minister Mark Carney. On the Trump tariff trade-war front, The Donald is winning hands down! 1. Car...

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Comment: Investing in Canada's cultural sector is crucial to 'elbows up'

Comment: Investing in Canada's cultural sector is crucial to 'elbows up'

A commentary by the CEO of the Museum of Vancouver. Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on an “elbows up” approach to assert Canadian identity...

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Monique Keiran: First humans in North America likely arrived by boat

Monique Keiran: First humans in North America likely arrived by boat

For decades, archaeologists studying the earliest North Americans have argued that the first Indigenous peoples to come to the continent travelled...

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Gene Miller: The smallest practical social unit in civic life can help shore up democracy

Gene Miller: The smallest practical social unit in civic life can help shore up democracy

I like my politicians scared and my fellow citizens informed and engaged. And voting. Otherwise, everything slides: The public feels it has no voice,...

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Comment: Federal budget is shooting itself in the foot

A commentary by the executive director of the Victoria Forum and former dean of the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria. The...

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Letters Nov. 8: B.C. Ferries needs reform; lessons from Zohran Mamdani

I have asked the federal government’s Transportation Standing Committee to examine the 1999 fast ferries audit before approving B.C. Ferries’ loan...

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Comment: Cowichan land decision is worth reading to understand concerns

A commentary by a Saanich resident with more than 40 years of experience addressing complex property and land title disputes in B.C. The decision in...

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Letters Nov. 7: Carney's elbows down; expand Speed Watch program

Re: “Carney apologizes to Trump,” Nov. 2 Apologized to Donald Trump. Really. My old Gran used to say, “Never complain, never explain.” Why?...

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