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Comment: Many misconceptions in the debate about housing

Comment: Many misconceptions in the debate about housing

Misconceptions plague the housing debate. The first one is the concept of 鈥渉ousing shortage,鈥 hence the need to 鈥渟peed up construction by cutting red tape.鈥
Charla Huber: Kids who think they have N-word passes need a better understanding of history

Charla Huber: Kids who think they have N-word passes need a better understanding of history

Young teens who think they have a 鈥減ass鈥 to say a racial slur do not fully understand the hate, segregation and struggle people have had to endure
Trevor Hancock: We need smaller, more fuel-efficient cars, not more trucks and SUVs

Trevor Hancock: We need smaller, more fuel-efficient cars, not more trucks and SUVs

Large SUVs and light trucks are vastly over-designed for the suburban market and very energy inefficient
Comment: Why are Victoria鈥檚 roads so bad and getting worse?

Comment: Why are Victoria鈥檚 roads so bad and getting worse?

Some 56 per cent of 279 kilometres of roadway pavement are considered poor or very poor, compared to just five per cent a decade ago.
Comment: Don't let our shared arts, culture, and heritage slip away

Comment: Don't let our shared arts, culture, and heritage slip away

British Columbia鈥檚 arts, culture, and heritage can鈥檛 thrive if our future is determined from emergency to emergency.
Letters Dec. 9: Death of a child; we still need short-term rentals; making better use of Malahat highway

Letters Dec. 9: Death of a child; we still need short-term rentals; making better use of Malahat highway

Comment: Time to think outside the housing box

Comment: Time to think outside the housing box

Government has the ability to make a difference 鈥 not only in Victoria but elsewhere in the province where it owns either unused land or existing construction slated for redevelopment.
Editorial: We will all pay for Ottawa's fiscal madness

Editorial: We will all pay for Ottawa's fiscal madness

We鈥檝e been down this road before. During the 1970s and 鈥80s, successive governments, both Liberal and Conservative, ran deficits every year.
Letters Dec. 8: Call it a log; bikes getting too much space; lower speed limits are ludicrous

Letters Dec. 8: Call it a log; bikes getting too much space; lower speed limits are ludicrous

Comment: Amid the stench and the noise, it's a miserable life

Comment: Amid the stench and the noise, it's a miserable life

The homeless are assumed to be universally dysfunctional, drug-addicted, criminal half-wits; therefore, the only housing I was able to find is 鈥渟upportive housing鈥 in a former hotel.