Apologies if this was already mentioned as I don't have much time to scour the site; nevertheless I thought this editorial was fairly apropos especially for this forum.
Interesting commentary - it is not particularly for or against height per se - but it does have a couple of references that made me chuckle. First the comment about "new skyscrapers" implies to me at least that there are_existing skyscrapers in Victoria. I can't speak for others but having a travelled a bit IMO there is not one building here that remotely qualifies as a bona fide "skyscraper". So that was somewhat amusing. The Promontory, for all the publicity it garners including here on VV, wouldn't even be a minor media sound bite in most cities, Canadian or otherwise. No doubt some locals actually do view a 20+ storey building as a skyscraper, hard as that may be for others to digest.
Also the reference to "booming" population growth should be viewed in context. The CRD as a whole grows by ~ 60K in a decade and the T-C would have its readers believe this is some huge giganormous number. Perhaps it is in Greater Victoria terms, however to cite another Canadian example not too far removed, Calgary for years now was growing at the rate of 7000 people/month so I would argue that "booming" growth is a very relative term. Overall though considering how the subject of 'height' has historically caused all sorts of hysteria regarding the End of Days and the Blotting out of the Sun etc, on whole this wasn't too bad:
http://www.timescolo...and-up-1.943239