Opinion

Buried at the back of the latest “post-engagement” report by BC Ferries (perhaps the most shallow to date, artfully dubbed “Moving Ahead Together on the Sunshine Coast”) is a three-page letter, unsigned but initialled “dmd” and dated Dec. 6, 2020.

For those of us who spend almost every day scrutinizing the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s “dashboard” for the latest COVID-19 updates, one bit of data has been a bit of a mystery.

Editor: Re: “Celebrating Family Literacy,” Special Feature, Jan. 22. It was intriguing to read just what Family Literacy entails and the opportunities for all to engage in varied experiences in our Sunshine Coast communities.

Editor: Before launching into my criticisms of two recent recommendations by the Sechelt Chamber, let me state that I am a long-time supporter of business associations and the role they play in ensuring that governments act in ways that ensure a heal

Editor: Re: “Gibsons councillors sympathetic to appeal for cat bylaw” (Jan. 29), and “Cats and other threats to birds,” Good Birding (Jan. 22).

Editor: Back in the seventies, the late philosopher and theologian Ivan Illich wrote a book entitled Tools of Conviviality.

Editor: The walk along the promenade at Davis Bay is undoubtedly one of the jewels of the Sunshine Coast.

Editor: Everyone is concerned about rising taxes and I count myself as one of those people. Recent talk of a new operations building at a cost of $3.8 million gets everyone’s attention.

Reading this week’s paper, especially the Kisses and Kicks, one gets the impression the Sunshine Coast has turned into a litter box. A record number of Kicks take aim at this endemic trend.