Letters

Inappropriate behaviour in a bar after a golf party has cost Ken Boessenkool the easiest gig he's ever had.

When B.C. Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid leaves politics, she has a promising future as a mystery writer.

Re: "Solo drivers clog Victoria roads," Sept. 21. The most effective and least expensive thing any municipality can do to decrease fuel use and emissions and ameliorate congestion is to co-ordinate the traffic lights.

Re: "Solo drivers clog Victoria roads," Sept. 21. Comparing the statistics from 2001, 2006, and 2011, the message seems quite clear. Local people want to drive their cars, not bicycles. The statistics show that in 2001, 2006 and 2011, 63.

Re: "Victoria is 'sick,' Clark says," Sept. 19. Hasn't Premier Christy Clark ever heard the expression, "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of kitchen"? Joyce Marshall Sidney

Re: "City should support local economy first," Sept. 18. Our technology, manufacturing and tourism sectors rely on both foreign and domestic trade.

The talk about Enbridge, pipelines, and the oilsands is everywhere these days. In most of the discussion, the term "cleanup" is tossed around without much thought to its meaning.

What Premier Christy Clark said about the "sick culture" of the provincial capital could hardly be called news when it made headlines last week, since she said it in May.

New trades facility will let college deliver state-of-the-art training

Re: "Capacity of bus a safety concern, union says," Sept. 14. As a B.C. Transit shuttle driver, I welcome the new Vicinity shuttle buses that B.C. Transit wants to bring to Victoria.