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The feeling surging through most British Columbians' blood should seem familiar. It's a lot like road rage, albeit inspired by those who insure cars, not those who drive them.

Re: "Central Saanich has low-income housing," Aug. 16. People with low incomes are rarely able to afford to buy homes.

Conventional wisdom tells us that if you think what you are doing is not working, then doing it for a longer period of time probably will not help.

It's a sad day when sa国际传媒 needs a leader from another country to nudge its policymakers in the direction of common sense.

Just when we thought society had moved beyond this ugly stuff comes word of what was meant to be a joke in a newsletter published by a branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in Cranbrook.

There are good reasons to be skeptical about Victoria businessman David Black's surprise proposal for a $13-billion Kitimat refinery to save the Northern Gateway pipeline.

Re: "United Church backs Israeli-product boycott," Aug. 18. The United Church says it considers Israel's position on the West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal.

Before people throw up their hands in horror at David Black's proposal to build a refinery at the terminus of the proposed Enbridge pipeline, they should consider the fact that Kitimat owes its existence entirely to heavy industry.

Re: "Central Saanich has low-income housing," Aug. 16. "Low income" is anyone living on social assistance, or persons with disabilities without a supplemented income. "Low income" means poor or in threat of homelessness.

In May, I wrote concerning a proposal by South Island Aggregates to collect five million tonnes of contaminated soil, mainly from Victoria, and dump it into a pit in the Shawnigan Lake drinking watershed.