City policy is turning the ByWard Market into something of a ghetto | Opinion

Unassuming in size, with modest grandstands and a simple pit lane, the Saratoga Speedway transforms over the course of a few short laps into a place filled with thunderous noise, clouds of tire smoke and a few thousand racing fans enjoying the spectacle of the last motorsport track on Vancouver Island. As developers buy up land, neighbourhoods encroach on old tracks, and noise complaints rise, old tracks around the West Coast have been shut down and converted to cul-de-sacs and residential homes. The oldest track in Western Canada, Westshore Motorsports Park in Langford, B.C.,...