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Les Leyne: School police form letters aimed at city hall

Les Leyne: School police form letters aimed at city hall

E-mail to Victoria teachers asks them to write to council protesting its request the school board reconsider cancelling school police liaison program.
Editorial: Decriminalization can't work without public support

Editorial: Decriminalization can't work without public support

Apparently, the lesson to be learned is that for some form of decriminalization to succeed, it will have to be a bottom-up movement, not top-down.
Letters May 3: Celebrating the fabric of Victoria; new approach needed on drugs

Letters May 3: Celebrating the fabric of Victoria; new approach needed on drugs

Comment: The missed opportunity of the Loblaw boycott

Comment: The missed opportunity of the Loblaw boycott

Many food prices have already been declining for weeks, rendering the movement somewhat misguided in achieving its purported goals.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Problems with drug decriminalization

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Problems with drug decriminalization

Les Leyne: World Cup overrun? Don't go there

Les Leyne: World Cup overrun? Don't go there

Original estimates on major public projects are like jottings of what a crayoned elementary-school mural might cost, before it turns into a giant diamond-encrusted tapestry of spun gold.
Letters May 2: The finer points of stop signs; giving the homeless a place to keep belongings

Letters May 2: The finer points of stop signs; giving the homeless a place to keep belongings

Les Leyne: Board’s opposition to police in schools puts racialized people in ‘victim role,’ says youth counsellor

Les Leyne: Board’s opposition to police in schools puts racialized people in ‘victim role,’ says youth counsellor

“I’m tired of white people indoctrinating racialized children into thinking they aren’t safe from police here in Victoria,” Mia Golden told the Greater Victoria School Board.
Letters May 1: James Bay a victim in TC 10K; councillor's comment shows her true colours

Letters May 1: James Bay a victim in TC 10K; councillor's comment shows her true colours

Les Leyne: Public safety overlooked in decriminalization

Les Leyne: Public safety overlooked in decriminalization

Pilot program preparation failed to anticipate uncontrollable increase in public drug use and its impact.