Pity the working artists–painters, sculptors, musicians–who labour for decades to become accomplished at their crafts. [Arts Notes, Nov. 15-22]. They have been forgotten, dismissed in the hullabaloo of Mondo Condo, the homogenized cityscape designed for the well-to-do. Studio space is becoming rarer, and rents higher.

I found Jeannine Mitchell's article "B.C. joins the race for clean energy" [Nov. 29–Dec. 6] to be both one-sided and misleading. Frequent references appear regarding the vast amounts of money to be made by investors in green energy stating that hydroelectric power will "be big" in B.C. given its tremendous resources.

Terry Glavin's article on the research conducted by Rosemary and Peter Grant ["Finches provide the proof," November 15-22] strikes me by its admission that until recently the evolution of the finches on the Galápagos Islands had not been proved. Those who reasonably question Darwin's theory have no problem with what has been called micro-evolution; for example, evolution of the size and shape of the beaks of finches, or of the colour of moths, or of bacteria that have come to resist antibiotics.

Vancouver city planning director Brent Toderian claims that the revised EcoDensity document going to city council reflects community input ["EcoDensity won't cut prices," Nov. 29–Dec. 6]. Despite the specific property-tax concerns you report, there are still no plans to mitigate the impacts of mass rezoning.