Opinion

With the holidays descending on us rather quickly, folks are scurrying around preparing for the festivities. Here are some tips for keeping our pets safe at a time especially when we have many things on our mind.

Last January the PG Hotel along with the liquor store located inside was permanently shuttered as a result of the sale to the Commonwealth Group.

There's so little sincerity in so much of the cheer we've heard lately maybe we should replace ho, ho, ho with yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. At least it would make the horse hockey that's being passed around as good cheer go down a little easier.

To the blonde ponytailed lady in the silver or light blue small car who zoomed through the school zone and crosswalk right outside of Heritage school on Monday morning - were you teaching your child good human behaviour when you gave me the finger? A

On Nov. 30, Sandra McEachen stopped her car to call the fire department when she noticed flames coming from the roof of my house.

Vaughn Palmer In Victoria From the moment she entered the B.C. legislature a decade and a half ago, Christina Joan Clark - Christy to you - announced that Liberal party politics were almost literally in her blood.

There seems to be a high number of drivers that are ignoring the rules of the road or need a refresher. That eight-sided sign that's red with white lettering? That's a stop sign, not a pause sign.

Our coalition notes you have printed a letter: "The fluoridated water conspiracy," penned by Thomas Spanning, wherein he accuses the coalition of "pseudo-science and a fear-based argument," the usual typical, unsubstantiated, unoriginal accusations.

I'm writing this in regards to the wonderful lady who was in front of me Wednesday morning Dec 8. at roughly 9 a.m. in the Starbucks drive-thru at the Pine Centre location. You were driving the white Ford pickup in front of me.

In every discussion there are at least two sides, each willing to make statements and present facts that will convince you that their side is right.