Letters

Thumbs Up - To Victoria-raised singer Nelly Furtado, for the release of her latest album, The Spirit Indestructible.

Re: "Victoria is 'sick,' Clark says," Sept. 19 I would like all Victorians to watch Channel 115 daily at 11: 10 a.m. (Question Period in the other big stone building in Ottawa).

As a survivor of chronic trauma and multiple addictions, I am pleased with new light that is being shed on these subjects.

If you don't do the work, should you get credit for it? Most sensible people think not, including Lynden Dorval, the Edmonton physics teacher who created a furor by giving zeros to students who didn't hand in assignments.

Young people are disengaged from civic life. What can be done?

Re: "Victoria doesn't invite its visitors back," Sept. 19. I was interested in the comments by the writer on the impact of bird droppings on visitors to Victoria. He had, presumably, flown in all the way from Saanich.

Re: "Hunting-rights deal saves bears," Sept. 19 I have never shot a bear for trophy or food, although I did shoot one once when attacked as a young man in northern Quebec.

Results from the 2011 census show what everyone already knew - the Canadian family is changing.

I recently observed a disturbing scene at a local preschool. A little boy was left to cry at the preschool door for the better part of the twohour program.

The newest B.C. Liberal candidate, John Martin, is a competitive barbecuer and there's no better background for someone trying to pull off what he's attempting.