Some ARE slow (not necessarily by technology but by user habits), whereas others are not. In the last few months, I've only been caught behind a mobility scooter in a 1 lane bike lane a few times: slowest was 7 kph (incredibly frustrating), fastest was ~18kph (no problem as far as I'm concerned).

The CRD is using an Alternate Approval Process to establish a Performing Arts Facilities Service. Save Our Saanich has posted this on its Facebook page, likely because it will oppose this move. Why does the word "philistines" come immediately to mind? Or spelling culture with a capital "K"?

Those of us living in surburban Saanich (population > Victoria) are not so lucky: great regional rail-trail and 2 or 3 decent bike corridors but otherwise disjointed unconnected and minimal bike infrastructure plus an active anti-bike lobby group.

Something to add to the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: PBHD (Psychotic Bike-Hating Disorder).

"Keeping taxes low so seniors don't lose their homes" has always been a mantra of the cut-services-I'm-OK-so-screw-everyone-else crowd. Fortunately, with tax deferral, this excuse doesn't fly in British Columbia.

I assume that there's a good chance that I'll be on some list due to my anti-Trump postings (what's the difference between an a-hole & Donald? a-holes are useful: they remove crap from the body rather than allowing it to build up)... so no US travel & my US teaching this summer will be Zoom only

Trump's Golden Dome idea is like most of his ideas: will not work as intended. It would be crazy for Canada buy in to subsidize the protection of US cities BUT we might want to consider charging a fee (equal to the sum of all tariffs) for the needed placement of parts of the system on Cdn. soil.

Effective immediately, I will refuse to watch any television program involving the 2026 Olympics. If enough people do this, the decline in advertising revenue (if not this year, certainly going forward) will mean that IOC pays a price for this outrageous action.

For Christie Clark and her gang of public infrastructure killers, LNG was the solution for everything. Universities? Build an LNG-U. Deficit: more LNG, heavens forbid we tax the rich (disclaimer: I'm currently in top 2-3% myself). Someone please explain to me how the NDP is different.

FYI Saanich politicians and pundits.

OK, and in general I agree, but one flaw of the Canada line is the two-car limit (I think, or is it 3?) on trains, making for congestion so bad during rush hour that a strategy is to go backwards to Waterfront in order to be able to find space on an outgoing train. Infrastructure fix would be $$.

Canada's own Fox News: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Wheelchairs & scooters in bike lanes: multi-use trails: welcome. 2-way bike lanes (welcome; bikes can pass slow scooters). narrow 1-way bike lanes with no passing ability: I would *allow* scooters but *encourage* (but not "tell") scooter users <12-15kph to please use sidewalk if avail. >15kph OK

I truly & sincerely hope this a-hole loses his job as speaker after the 2026 mid term elections. I am encouraged hearing some Republicans (albeit no ReTrumplicans) talk about the forthcoming "bloodbath" for Republicans in congress.

If the U.S. ever elects a Democratic President & Congress again, it needs to pass legislation preventing the naming of any public facility after Donald Trump, with the notable exception of toilet stalls.

In an "I am really Pierre Poilievre lite" move, Mark Carney has cut $5 billion in transit funding from the Canada Public Transit Fund. The federal NDP, such as it is (fewer seats than some SUVs), should be screaming "bloody murder!".

While in a few places Quadra St. could have accommodated a 4-to-3 lane conversion to at least include bike lanes, Saanich had to choose between car-centric layouts awful for transit users & cyclists or layouts pushing drivers to other routes but good for active transport. It chose the former.

I am trying to figure out the arguments supporting this "will destroy the bog" claim. They seem thin at best but a few people writing our community association are convinced of their veracity. It would be helpful if Save Our Saanich told us exactly how this "destruction" would supposedly work.

Thank you Conservatives for affirming Pee Pee's leadership. I hate your party and its politics (now more than ever) so I'm good with anything you can do to make yourself less electable

Today's NY Times' article about Pee Pee's win at the conservative convention describes Pee Pee as "Trump-Inspired". Hard for me to disagree with this descriptor.

I have always thought of the National Post as a right wing rag. I have changed my mind: rags are useful, especially for cleaning up messes. nationalpost.com/opinion/geof...

Killed by a Traffic Engineer: too bad the Greater Victoria Public Library hasn't bought a copy. If you are @ UVic (student, staff, faculty), their library has an e-book copy.

I get it: local municipalities want shelters that don't get graffiti bombed or hit by vandalism. But "side walls" for shelters are important to keep wind & driving rain out and at some point the shelters become "we've done something" fake advertisements rather than real shelters that are valuable

Sad to see Saanich took the Maplewood connection north off of its 5 year priority list (don't get me going about how 5 years became 7 and then 7 became some unspecified longer time period). It would have rendered Victoria's completion of Cook Street infrastructure even more useful.

Someone please pass a copy of this book to Capital Bike.

I didn't go to Save On Foods much because despite its name it tends to be more expensive than other locally-owned chains (e.g., Country Grocer). Now I will go even less or (probably) not at all.

In the last election, the CON party had a nasty habit of refusing to allow its candidates to participate in all-candidates' meetings organized by community associations and others.

If the Orange Toddler-in-Chief goes ahead with 100% tariffs on Canada, I hope Carney responds with a 200% export tax on potash (yes, they can hurt us more than we can hurt them, but this one WILL sting in red states), and a ban or a 2000% export tax on rare earth & other key minerals.

Question: Was Mark Carney aware of the fact that Trump was asking each "member" on his Board of Peace for Gaza to ante up and pay him or the US $1 billion when he agreed?

Our house became a "f**k the gas company" project in '09. Two master heat pump units, 72k BTU in total, one lasting 14 yrs. (paid for itself in 8), now a cold-weather hp system the other still running, cover all rooms in the house (resistance heat only for washrooms + halls). Induction stove.

What date will historians agree applies to: 1) U.S.A. becomes "failed state" 2) effective end of NATO or its regeneration to exclude the USA 3) end of the dominant position of US currency (the US dollar) 4) USA no longer most powerful world nation 5) end of democracy in USA 6) USA=fascist state?

Nate Silver reports 57% of Americans feel killing of Renee Good was unjustified whereas 40% felt it was justified. 40%: roughly the same proportion as the apogee of Nazi support in pre WW2 Germany. But still: really, only question should be: "criminal negligence causing death or just murder"?

WSJ has a YouTube video showing a small parts manufacturer in MI not happy about tariffs BUT a MI UAW local head from Stellantis praising Trump saying they've opened a new shift at his plant. All Canadians should probably take Stellantis off their "car companies I will buy from" list.

Your Regressive Conservative Party in action! Never thought I'd yearn for the Brian Mulroney years when "Conservative" was conservative without that right-wing anti-evidence, Trump affinity, don't allow your candidates to show up for all candidates' meetings element.

Westjet new 28" seat pitch: disgustingly bad. Will be avoiding WJ if at all possible. Air Canada Rouge 29" seat pitch: not a lot better. I am OK with "no recline" on domestic flights though.

Renee Good shooting reminds me of the old Monty Python sketch where a Brit army sergeant teaches his squad how to defend themselves with attacks by people armed with different types of fresh fruit (in each case, the attacker is shot dead). Only the Python sketch was funny and this isn't.

This works if your house is heated by fossil fuels. It doesn't work so well (at least in winter) if you use a heat pump or heat pumps.

HP pioneered a system whereby it's printers will not accept 3rd party ink cartridges. Given high inkjet ink consumption just for maintenance, I've sidelined my HP printer and imposed a lifetime ban on all HP products

Yep, time for a stupid truck mega-tax surcharge, based on inches or cm. above the ground, preferably using a quadratic (e.g., 20cm = x400, 30cm = x900 etc.).

Dud Ford's motto: never let the facts or the numbers get in the way of a good story (editorial comment: what is "good" in Dud's eyes is generally bad for the rest of the world).

So just when I thought my home municipality of Saanich was developing the worst groups in the Victoria CRD with the anti-bike-lane anti-density-of-any-type exc. maybe townhomes [don't get me wrong I approve twnhouse development], newly progressive Lanford now has the "Our Langford" group. Ugh.

If Democrats come to power in '28, they should rename centre again & remove all "Trump" names on buildings+landmarks. I would, however, allow them to put the Trump name on washrooms & toilets ("Trump memorial washroom"/"Trump memorial toilet"/"Trump memorial sh*t place"), maybe just male toilets.

Remember those "Trump will fix it" baseball caps? How about replacing the verb with another verb that starts with the same letter?

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... Sure, Alberta, become your own country. NO pipelines through BC (well, maybe we'll let you keep Trans Mountain but we're gonna tax the *** out of it). Foreign ownership tax on Albertans buying BC retirement properties. The list goes on. (Maybe a ban on cowboy hats too

Brilliant, BC Transit! Now, poor bus service from my nbrhood to west shore for people working there (#39 bus) is replaced by connection-required service with 15-20+ min. waits @ connection point. This for a service that's only hourly. Ugh! They seem to want to tell us "buy a car!"

Canada Post is going to replace home delivery with stupidboxes for those 30% of the population lucky enough to still have home delivery, arguing home delivery costs 75% more. Why don't they save all the capital $costs of building stupidboxes & just cut home delivery from daily to every 2nd day?

... and to all of the bozos demanding that bikes be regulated, licensed and taxed, if we taxed on the basis of road wear/damage & danger to human lives, small cars $100, big cars $200-400 SUVs $300-800 pickup trucks $10,000, larger pickup trucks $60,000, bicycles $.10.

Now if only the BC government could give some thought to rail transit here, especially on the island. It's called the E&N corridor. A few challenges, yes (e.g., 1st Nations concerns), but do-able (can create valuable commuter transit to Langford and past the Malahat). Sadly, NDP doesn't care.

I got a response to my community association's submission to the request for comments on the Saanich Bikeway business.... it's now the case that Saanich is going to push back the next update of the Active Transportation Plan from 2028 to 2029. Not good.

Meanwhile, on Vancouver Island, nada. NDP government: a) does not seem to care about transit on the island b) seems opposed to any form of rail transit, especially on the island c) doesn't care if the E&N corridor disappears. My question to myself: "why did I vote for these people?"