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Take a sober second look

Take a sober second look

Editor: Many thanks to the Coopers Green Hall replacement design task force and fundraisers for your vision and determination.
Need for regulation

Need for regulation

Editor: FACTBC (The Federation for Associations of Counselling Therapists in BC) submitted a formal application on Dec. 7 to have counselling therapy designated a regulated health profession under B.C.’s Health Professions Act.
No to airport expansion

No to airport expansion

Editor: The airport expansion is an unnecessary expense in these times of tight budgets. I understand that some of the money is coming from grants, but that is still public money being spent, no matter the source.
Editorial: Mailbox thefts a holiday tradition that needs to end

Editorial: Mailbox thefts a holiday tradition that needs to end

Many of us grew up believing that the security of mail was sacrosanct, and that “tampering with the mail” was a crime that came with such serious consequences, no one in their right mind would even attempt it. There’s an obvious reason for this.
Opinion: Christmas a critical time in pandemic

Opinion: Christmas a critical time in pandemic

While the odd event that does not comply with public health orders gets a disproportionate amount of media coverage – anti-mask and anti-vaccine protests, plus a few churches holding Sunday services – it is clear the majority of us are doing what we
Editorial: Sitting pretty on the Coast

Editorial: Sitting pretty on the Coast

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused all sorts of havoc but one thing Sunshine Coast property owners evidently don’t have to worry about is losing the equity they’ve poured into in their homes.
Opinion: A very different, sombre throne speech

Opinion: A very different, sombre throne speech

The last time politicians convened at the legislature for a throne speech, so did hundreds of pipeline protesters, who blocked all the entrances, physically impeded staff and disrupted the government’s moment in the sun.
Imagine the frustration

Imagine the frustration

Editor: As a neighbour who walks my dog to Coopers Green every day, I fully support the arguments of Lynne and Peter Bogardus ( “Sleepy Hollow wakes up in anger,” Editorial, Dec.
Get on with the build

Get on with the build

Editor: Re: “SCRD approves new round of public consultation on Coopers Green Hall,” Nov. 27. A memorandum of understanding is a document that describes the broad outline of an agreement between two parties.
Do we get a refund?

Do we get a refund?

Editor: This letter was sent to SCRD chair and Halfmoon Bay director Lori Pratt. We were certainly dismayed to hear of the SCRD’s recent decision to revisit the Coopers Green Park hall project.