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To the Sooke Canada Day Committee. This year’s celebration had many things go the wrong way (cancelled firework and loggers’ show to hot weather and a mid-week holiday) but the committee was able to weather the storm and presented our community with a top-notch show. Canada is about our “red, white and pride” and it shone through the entire day from the early afternoon cake-cutting with local politicians to the evening concert featuring the British Invasion. The committee members never seemed to deter on putting on the best show possible and vowed that next year’s Canada Day celebration will be bigger and better. Oh, Canada!
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To distracted drivers. So many people still don’t seem to get it that you shouldn’t be driving while talking or using your cellphone or being distracted in some other way. Distracted driving has now edged impaired driving for the number of deaths reported. It’s at least reassuring that a consultation on a new distracted driving policy has seen people demanding increased fines. The issue now is how high the fines should go. “Right now some people see the $167 ticket as the cost of doing business,” said Justice Minister Suzanne Anton. “We need to stop that.” Agreed.
