Letters from our readers: When bucks rut; safety on bicycles; Halloween mayhem at UVic demands action
Veterans in long-term care on November 11 As another Remembrance Day approaches, I reflect on how families and loved ones are being kept away from their veterans in long-term care during this very important time of remembrance.
I groaned listening to the Global report that the surgical backlog from the COVID pandemic is now caught up, and proudly stating that there are even more surgeries done now on a weekly basis than pre-pandemic. This is all done on the backs of workers who are currently exhausted and ready to quit. Training more staff for the system will take years.
I can hear people screaming “they are just kids” and having fun, letting off steam. Too harsh a punishment for the little ones. Statistics abound on how going vegetarian has a profoundly positive environmental impact. For example, as the HuffPost has reported, if every American went vegetarian for one day a week, the U.S. would save 70 million gallons of gas — enough to fuel all the cars of Canada and Mexico combined.
I took her bike to our local cycle shop for a safety check, and in discussion with a staffer was told that this kind of freak accident is not uncommon, bike lanes or not. He also shared my long-standing concern about some of contraptions parents are placing their toddlers in, in the front of, or on the rear of their bicycles.
Maybe the province needs to review the sale of these transport devices, and those parents engaged in this practice should seriously consider the potential exposure and jeopardy they are placing their children in.Buildings and parking next to Quamichan Lake We write to correct statements by promoters of the Oaklands by the Lake project proposed on Quamichan Lake near Duncan.
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