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Coddling drug users will never work Re: “It’s time for us to stop enabling the addicts among us,” letter, Jan. 30. Monica Babic’s letter brought me back to the late 1960s, when I was involved in drug education programs on the East Coast. It was LSD, acid and the “friendly” marijuana days giving the youth of the day altered states of consciousness. We quickly learned that presentations by medical professionals to enlighten young minds about the curse of drugs were useless. Instead, we brought in known former drug users, those who had been down that godawful road to addiction b...

Fast forward a few years later, when the demolition derby began in earnest. You can’t enjoy your deck with friends on a summer day for all the noise, though you might have given that up already when the house next door got the variance on height, and you lost your privacy. Intersections have become hazardous because of the non-ending construction vehicles, lining up the narrow streets. After heavy rains, drainage company vehicles take up all the street parking for weeks afterwards. The heavy rains aren’t new, the intense flooding is. I’m not a geological engineer, but I do know dens...

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Another reason is a series of match challenges that have helped to put more fun into fundraising. The largest challenge came from Andrew Sheret Ltd., which offered $20,000 if another company or individual would donate at least that much. Price’s Lock and Safe met the challenge. Looking through the list of donors, it’s hard to miss the support given to the fund by local family-owned businesses such as Andrew Sheret and Price’s. Note who is here for the community in this time of need. Some $10,000 challenges have already been completed, but two more are outstanding. Norman Spector, w...

Tuba Christmas will rumble ahead this year despite the pandemic. For many music lovers in Greater Victoria, the deep, warm notes of O Come All Ye Faithful rising out of 120 tubas and euphoniums in Market Square signals the start of Christmas.