British Columbia

Sharkey, a party member since 2017 and a former provincial candidate for the Libertarian Party, now thinks the Conservatives are on the wrong track.

Now that something like a quarter of car sales in BC are EVs, I am starting to think their privileged access to HOV lanes is no longer a sustainable concession. There are just so many that the priority should shift back away from single occupancy vehicles.

Alternatively, we could keep the allowance, but add a second HOV lane, leaving gas vehicles to whatever's left on the highway. But that probably be unpopular. 😀

Who in government would I write to express this opinion? MP or MLA?

$3.5M to be spent on bylaw and police enforcement

The announcement comes on the heels of a number of violent incidents across the city within a 12-hour period on Sunday.

Police said in a statement on Monday that a business owner was assaulted by a man unknown to him around 6 p.m. on Yates Street.

A man was arrested shortly after the attack and taken into custody by Victoria police but was later released on conditions, police said in the statement.

On Sunday morning, a man with a weapon threatened the Victoria Fire Department building on Queens Avenue, preventing the firefighters from entering the building to attend to a potential fire. He was subsequently arrested, police said.

Another "stranger-on-stranger attack" on Yates Street Sunday involved a man who assaulted a victim with an "edged weapon," Victoria Police Chief Del Manak said.

The victim "ran into London Drugs to seek refuge for their safety," Manak said, and the alleged attacker was subsequently arrested and was held in custody pending a court hearing.