Letters

The pristine Serengeti plains of Tanzania are being threatened by a group of wealthy Saudis who want to purchase vast areas nearby to turn into a private game reserve so they can hunt and kill.

Re: "Woman stunned to get ticket for leaving car windows open," Sept. 27. There is nothing in B.C.'s Motor Vehicle Act that states a vehicle's doors must be locked or the windows closed. The act does not address doors or windows.

Excerpts from Keeping Them Guessing, Premier Christy Clark's Private Pipeline Diary: Summer 2011. The thing that's going to win it for us is jobs. Big, six-figure-salary jobs, where people get their hands dirty all over B.C.

Re: "Soil dumping 'not sitting well' in Cowichan Valley," Oct. 3. My wife and I regularly visit Victoria and the Capital Regional District to shop, to dine and to attend the opera and the wonderful museums.

On the evening of Oct. 3, 1987, Brian Mulroney was in his office in the Langevin Block, on a conference call with his team in Washington that had just initialled the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.

The days when people would take a ferry to Vancouver Island on a whim have been reduced to a bygone era. It was something your grandparents would do for the fun of it. Today, unless you're independently wealthy, a trip on a B.C.

The summer's 30 fatalities show we must do more for the disadvantaged

Re: "Dreams of sewage-plant bonanza draw crowd," Sept. 29.

Greater Victoria's fractured municipalities must take the blame for losing the city a chance for a major sports event - Ironman Canada. Ironman is a long-distance triathlon that tests recreational and elite athletes with a 3.

Re: "B.C. Ferries gets OK for 4.1% fare hike in 2013," Oct. 2. When is B.C. Ferries going to get it? They increase the fares, people can't afford it so they cut back on trips, so B.C.