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President Trump鈥檚 address was excellent

Re: 鈥淭rump: End 鈥榩olitics of revenge,鈥欌 Feb. 6. Likely, some of my friends won鈥檛 want to talk to me after they read this, but I聽want to compliment U.S. President Donald Trump on his excellent State of the Union address the other night.

FOI results could be disappointment

Re: 鈥淩eform storm gathers steam,鈥 column, Feb. 6. Les Leyne鈥檚 column on extending freedom of information to the legislature made me smile.

Rental plan causes insurance problem

Re: 鈥淪aanich mayor eyes easing rental restrictions,鈥 Feb. 5. Saanich Mayor Fred Haynes needs to be educated before jumping on the rental bandwagon.

Fix root causes of聽social issues

Re: 鈥淧rovince must fix impasse over police budget,鈥 column, Jan. 31. Crime rates have decreased in Victoria over the past decade, yet our city remains one of the most policed cities in sa国际传媒.

Make streets safer for聽pedestrians

Re: 鈥淭wo wheels should be treated like four,鈥 column, Feb. 1. Steve Wallace is correct that 鈥渢here seems to be a secret war on pedestrians 鈥 accompanied by slack enforcement.

鈥楶ork barrel鈥 politics in聽Nanaimo win?

鈥淢alcolmson wins decisively as NDP holds on to Nanaimo,鈥 Jan. 31. This weekend, the Chinese community will celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Pig.

Doctor shortage demands bold action

The solution to the doctor shortage has everything to do with provincial finances and the discipline to properly fund a program dealing with the doctor shortage.

Council was right to聽cut down tree

When we moved to Victoria several years ago, someone commented that: 鈥淵ou鈥檒l get into more trouble here for cutting down a Garry oak than for molesting a child.鈥 At the time, I thought this must be a gross exaggeration.

Halifax museum has聽a聽better location

Re: 鈥淢useum will be a tough sell,鈥 editorial, Feb. 5. The editorial makes good sense. The building in Bastion Square is not on the water, and it is an inappropriate location.

Alberta is increasing oil shipments by rail

Re: 鈥淭hree dead after train derails near Field,鈥 Feb. 5. If the freight train that derailed killing the three crew members aboard had been pulling rail cars filled with oil rather than grain, there would have been a major environmental disaster.