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Adrian Raeside cartoon: The new and improved B.C. Conservatives

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Comment: Canadians should thank Trump for targeting supply management

A commentary by a Canadian business leader who lives in Greater Victoria. In the midst of U.S. President Donald Trump’s deeply harmful tariff...

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Letters Dec. 30: Truth about colonization; extra sailings on B.C. Ferries

Re: “There are no uninvited guests here,” commentary, Dec. 24. Exactly when did the Lekwungen, Esquimalt and Songhees people, who resided here...

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Gene Miller: Sober conversation needed on impact of AI on the city

In several previous columns, I’ve been musing in small doses about the idea that our familiar social structures and institutions — political,...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: It's obvious what B.C. Ferries' problem is

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Sandra Richardson: 2026 will be a year of transformation

As we head into a new year, 2025 has been nothing short of remarkable for communities in the capital region. This year, our generous community helped...

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Comment: We need more buses between Island communities

A commentary by the president of Better Island Transit, which advocates for frequent and affordable public transit to connect communities...

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Comment: Our world-class health care comes at a high cost

A commentary by a retired family physician who lives in Saanich. I came to Victoria and began practising right away in 1978. At that time, a typical...

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Letters Dec. 27: Getting into medical school; New Year's resolutions

There have been many thoughtful letters regarding the idea of having medical school start straight out of high school to shorten training and increase...

28.12.2025 8

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Comment: How Victoria’s bike and roll network changed my life

A commentary by a retired software developer living in Victoria. My wife and I are senior citizens who chose Victoria about 10 years ago. We...

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Editorial: A glance at the past: Christmas in 1925

Ah, the Christmas shopping rush of a century ago, before malls, online shopping and big-box stores. On Thursday, Dec. 24, 1925, most stores in...

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Letters Dec. 24: Grinch named Eby; scale back Christmas lights

As the poorest disabled British Columbians are about to get a minuscule 0.5 per cent cost of living increase on their CPP disability income in...

25.12.2025 3

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Comment: There are no uninvited guests in Victoria

A commentary by the editor-at-large of Without Diminishment, who is also a contributor to the National Post and a former reporter. Inside the Royal...

25.12.2025 7

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Letters Dec. 23: Flood workers; House the unhoused

Now that the floods return, does Premier David Eby remember the floods that closed off B.C. four years ago? Does he remember how the workers of TMX...

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Comment: Direct entry into medical school isn't so simple

A commentary by an Oak Bay resident with a Ph.D in health professions education. Allowing entry to medical school directly from high school would be...

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: A traditional kind of Christmas

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Letters Dec. 22: Assess election candidates; Fossil fuels

OneBC (a party of two) is finally no longer recognized by the Speaker in the Legislature as an official party. The two MLAs, Dallas Brodie and Tara...

23.12.2025 4

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Gene Miller: Making music a miracle in a life of pain

Scary Christmas. No, no, no, that’s not how I want to start! I want to start in a major key. Please, take 2 minutes, 52 seconds on YouTube to watch...

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Trevor Hancock: Peace with the Earth, goodwill to all our relations

Today is the winter solstice, an auspicious time for humankind for millennia, long before Christianity, ever since we first learned to keep track of...

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Letters Dec. 20: Blame the City of Victoria; Oaklands concerns

Re: “All local municipalities need to help the vulnerable,” letter, Dec. 18. This is such a poor idea, lacking in understanding how the street...

21.12.2025 3

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Victoria's downtown plan is making a difference, sort of

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Comment: Consider context when critiquing B.C. Ferries

A commentary by the president and CEO of B.C. Ferries. Several incorrect statements appeared in a Dec. 15 commentary about B.C. Ferries’...

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Letters Dec. 19: Rising antisemitism; paying for development

Recent coverage of the menorah lighting in Victoria downplays and oversimplifies the serious concerns of the Jewish community. Our federal government...

20.12.2025 3

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Comment: It has never been safe to be Jewish, anywhere

A commentary by an award-winning author, playwright and filmmaker who lives in Saanich. Hours before sundown, on the first day of Chanukah in...

20.12.2025 3

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Letters Dec. 18: All municipalities need to help; Esquimalt deer birth control

It’s no secret that the City of Victoria is carrying the lion’s share of providing shelter, services, and supportive housing for our vulnerable...

19.12.2025 3

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Comment: All these years later, antisemitism rises again

A commentary by a retired architect who lives in Victoria. In 1948, at Halifax harbour, a large group of Jewish Holocaust survivors from Europe...

19.12.2025 3

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Comment: FOI reform continues to stain John Horgan’s legacy

A commentary by a longtime journalist and author of Fallen Behind, a book on world freedom of information laws. A year ago, John Horgan, the New...

19.12.2025 3

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Letters Dec. 17: Fight local antisemitism; Medical school entry

The antisemitic shooting attack on Bondi Beach, Australia, elicited the usual condemnation from political leaders across the world. It remains to be...

18.12.2025 5

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Comment: After spending $90,000 where are the trees?

A commentary by a resident of North Saanich. Who doesn’t like the idea of a bylaw that protects the trees in our neighbourhoods that provide a...

18.12.2025 4

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Letters Dec. 16: Flood risk; courtesy when reclining airline seats

How often have builders ignored stupid locals who said not to build there because of flooding and such that happened many years ago? Stuff happens,...

17.12.2025 2

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: NDP climate backtrack

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Comment: We need to protect B.C.’s coast from a tanker spill

A commentary by the founding director of the resource and environmental planning program at Simon Fraser University. He is a former deputy minister of...

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Letters Dec. 15: Re-elect party switchers; losing forests hurts nation

I’m no fan of the Conservatives, but news that former Conservative MP Michael Ma has now joined his former colleague Chris d’Entremont in...

16.12.2025 3

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Supertanker puzzle

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Comment: Reform the way B.C. Ferries is governed

A commentary by a Denman Island resident. To increase funding and ward off fare hikes “well in excess of 30%” in two years, B.C. Ferries...

16.12.2025 4

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David Sovka: Christmas carols have their place, and it's on Dec. 25

I like Christmas carols, but like many men, I like them best at Christmas time. Christmas time, as helpfully noted on every single calendar in the...

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Gene Miller: Do we want our civic politicians to be leaders or managers?

We are nearing the end of a strange and horrific year brought on by actions and conditions largely not of our own making. For Canada, it has been a...

15.12.2025 5

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Shop local this holiday season

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14.12.2025 3

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Letters Dec. 13: Protect old-growth forests; jets are not priority

I am dumbfounded by the City of Victoria’s claim that renting out the former Romeo’s and Urbana Kitchens properties — purchased for $11 million...

14.12.2025 4

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Comment: We should allow entry into medical school directly from high school

A commentary by a Victoria resident. Island Health’s plan to save $60 million by reducing non-contract staff has made headlines. There is a much...

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Letters Dec. 12: Caring for one another; testing older drivers

Historically speaking, those who sow division have never been the good guys. Racists have always been the bad guys. Most humans cherish kindness. Most...

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Comment: B.C.'s forest industry needs massive overhaul

A commentary by a Saanich resident who spent 15 years in the forest industry and has been advocating for systemic change in forest practices since...

13.12.2025 3

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Comment: Yes, Arthur Currie deserves the honour

A commentary by a Saanich resident. I have read with interest the recent letters from those who praised Sir Arthur Currie and others critical of him....

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Letters Dec. 11: Christmas wish list; Traffic improvements

A change in the law so that anyone running for mayor or council must live within the boundaries of the municipality of Victoria. A change in the law...

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Comment: We must do a better job on managing forests

A commentary by a Victoria resident. I have great sympathy for mill workers in Crofton and Chemainus and the other 43 mills in towns throughout B.C....

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Letters Dec. 10: Old growth warnings; Crofton pulp mill's tax bill

With news of the Crofton mill closure, we see the mayors and other spokespersons of the Alliance of Resource Communities busily blaming the provincial...

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Letters Dec. 9: The City of Victoria's budget; feedback on proposed Saanich development

Victoria Coun. Matt Dell wants us to believe council (basically the gang of five) struggles mightily to reduce another humongous tax grab from...

10.12.2025 2

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Comment: British Columbians need more help for insomnia

A commentary. Dr. Diane McIntosh is a psychiatrist, author and clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia and is chief...

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Letters Dec. 8: Rail network; living wage jobs

The Crofton mill was one of the few pulp or paper mills on Vancouver Island. There is only one left, in Port Alberni. British Columbians used to...

09.12.2025 3

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Comment: Let's work together to help wild salmon thrive

A commentary by a Sitka, Alaska resident who has been commercial fishing since 1989. He serves on the board of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s...

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