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Letter: Bird report resonates

Letter: Bird report resonates

I am glad to be able to once again read about the rescued bird of the week [“PROWLS: Rescue of the Week,” March 16] in Peak Weekender .
Viewpoint: About that ICBC problem

Viewpoint: About that ICBC problem

The bean counters at ICBC headquarters are still in shock after getting saddled with $1.3 billion in red ink. These days their focus is on strategies designed to avoid a similar fiscal debacle in the future.
Cartoon: Reefer madness

Cartoon: Reefer madness

What do you think of this week's cartoon?
Editorial: Unfortunate timing

Editorial: Unfortunate timing

When a volunteer-run organization is in the spotlight, it is usually a good thing.
Letter: Budget balance

Letter: Budget balance

A recent Peak article [“Recreation centre escapes service cuts,” February 28] highlights the struggles of city council to balance the 2018 budget without increasing residential taxes beyond the cost-of-living index.
Viewpoint: Fossil-fuel producers must pay fair share

Viewpoint: Fossil-fuel producers must pay fair share

Office of the Auditor General of BC reports that local governments are the front lines of adaptation to climate change risks.
Letter: New system necessary

Letter: New system necessary

I found the logic in Leslie Armstrong's viewpoint in the Peak [“Viewpoint: Treatment plant threatens habitat,” February 28] to be quite flawed and incomplete. It struck me as more “Not in my back yard” as opposed to true environmental concerns.
Editorial: Ease the burden

Editorial: Ease the burden

A recent request by City of Victoria Police Department chief constable Del Manak asking BC Ministry of Social Development and Housing to consider changes to income assistance cheque distribution draws attention to an ongoing burden placed upon first
Counterpoint: Some more equal than others

Counterpoint: Some more equal than others

Should certain businesses and businesspeople receive privileged treatment from city council? Watching the behaviour of the current council since it was elected in 2014 begs the question, who does this council, which I have called the “new majority,”
Viewpoint: Townsite brigade not at fault

Viewpoint: Townsite brigade not at fault

Comments from St. John Ambulance (SJA) provincial headquarters personnel in the recent Peak front page article [“St.