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Comment: Government is making construction more expensive

Comment: Government is making construction more expensive

While the Rage Index is highest in Ontario and Alberta, for the first time in nearly two years of tracking, there was a 16-point spike in B.C.
Letters June 11: Drugs and risks; growth in Saanich; enforcement on trails

Letters June 11: Drugs and risks; growth in Saanich; enforcement on trails

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Bitter B.C. politics

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Bitter B.C. politics

Comment: Capital region needs to develop micro-centres

Comment: Capital region needs to develop micro-centres

A good example is the West Bay development at Head and Gore in Esquimalt. This condominium includes a coffee shop, a dentist’s office and a LifeLabs.
Trevor Hancock: Morris dancing is good for sinners and non-sinners alike

Trevor Hancock: Morris dancing is good for sinners and non-sinners alike

Benefits include being physically active, with good balance, agility and strength, as well as the mental health benefits of having to create, learn and remember dances
David Sovka: A hip-hop breaking time at the Paris Olympics

David Sovka: A hip-hop breaking time at the Paris Olympics

If breakdancing proves to be popular, the 2028 summer Olympic Games will trial other more urban games, including traffic rage, sprawling homeless camps and sewage treatment during droughts
Comment: Is there any evidence justifying full-time councillors?

Comment: Is there any evidence justifying full-time councillors?

Parkinson’s Law says that “work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion.”
Patricia Coppard: Not prepared to share the trail? Feel free to take your chances on the road

Patricia Coppard: Not prepared to share the trail? Feel free to take your chances on the road

Virtually every reader who wrote in agreed something needs to be done about the Wild West that’s developed as fast-moving powered vehicles have proliferated on regional trails.
Crash near Selkirk trestle illustrates need for a traffic circle

Crash near Selkirk trestle illustrates need for a traffic circle

Another cyclist came off Tyee Road onto the Goose, accelerating to make it over the trestle bridge, just as I was coming down the hill out of Banfield Park.
Some cyclists treat other trail users as badly as the worst drivers treat cyclists

Some cyclists treat other trail users as badly as the worst drivers treat cyclists

I slow down when I am around other people on the trails, for their sake and my own.