We didn’t have hard numbers when the work started In his lofty demand for hard numbers to justify observations made by a letter-writer about the city’s cycling network, another letter-writer appears t
o forget that the entire system was built more on ideology than facts.
When will our city and provincial governments realize that drugs and crime are destroying Victoria, and that putting on pop-up concerts is merely “fiddling while Rome burns”? Of late, I’ve noticed that care for the elderly is diminishing at an alarming rate, as evidenced by many of our friends and neighbors having to aid those in their 80s and 90s who cannot care for themselves. The same can be attributed to the homeless.
Please, make Selkirk trestle smoother for all As a frequent, long-term user of the Galloping Goose/E&N trail, I’d like to congratulate and thank the Capital Regional District for the recent decision to widen the overly-crowded stretches of the trails and separate into pedestrian and cycling paths. Long overdue.
No, it’s unkempt, unhealthy, unhoused people camping outside in a nearby public park. The story goes, since “those people” are not members of “our community,” the city should send them packing or incarcerate them – out of sight and out of mind.
Living in a house backing directly on Stadacona Park, our family and neighbourhood have been dealing with significant issues for over four years.
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