Letters

Claims about golf club are not correct Re: “Saanich looks to raise fees, scrap club privileges at Cedar Hill Golf Course,” Sept. 23. To say the Cedar Hill Golf Club receives preferred teetime bookings is a misleading claim.

Market Victoria as a cruise-ship-free city I was thinking that we should organize a convoy of double-decker buses to invade the Washington state Capitol in Olympia, to protest the repealing of the Passenger Services Act, until I recalled that the lan

Trudeau could have won a majority Justin Trudeau likely would have won the majority government he was seeking if not for two decisions, one of which was not even his.

Find healthy ways to cope with stress Kindness. Remember that word? It hasn’t appeared much on these pages in the last several months. The stress and tension of the pandemic is taking its toll on all of us — some more than others.

Take your medicine before you get sick We are enjoying David Sovka’s series on vaccines. Hilarious and spot on — though I’m guessing my cousin Karen from Alberta and her American husband don’t find it as funny.

Judges ponder factors we might not know Recent op-eds and letters have suggested that “perhaps the time has come to defund our judges” and that we “get the judges we put up with.

If they get COVID, just turn them away Re: “Time for a big stick in dealing with COVID,” letter, Sept. 14.

Herd immunity? We’re not there yet At the outbreak of the current pandemic, everybody was encouraged to get vaccinated in order to create what was referred to as “herd immunity.

No man is an island, so get vaccinated As a health-care provider, hearing the anti-vaccine sentiment not only saddens me but frightens me. I fully understand there are people who, for medical reasons, cannot get vaccinated.

COVID patients need help much more quickly Re: “Stop the shaming of the ­non-vaccinated,” letter, Sept. 9.