Opinion

Editor: In your Oct. 30 edition, the District of Sechelt posted a notice regarding the “proposed” Sechelt airport runway expansion.

Editor: For some time I have been uncomfortably astride the fence that separates Canadians between socialized and private surgery. I tended to ascribe to the belief that a well funded and timely public system would best serve us all.

Editor: The cry to end for-profit care seniors’ facilities (like Trellis) for elderly seniors has certainly not gone away, although our MLA would have us think so.

Editor: In addition to making a living with one occupation, I completely renovated the interiors of two houses over many years – first in Vancouver then in Gibsons.

Letters once were things well said, Lines of prose were live, not dead. Conversations on the phone Occupied the mind alone. Communication now advanced, Speed and brevity are enhanced. Tiny screens in pockets dwell, Texts, attachments, ads pell-mell.

Editor: Attending the BC Federation of Labour’s 59th (virtual) convention on Nov.

Editor: Re: “BC Ferries working group proposals focus mainly on reservation system,” Nov. 27. I am outraged by the proposal to increase reserved space for non-commute times.

Editor: Can we afford the SCRD’s “projectitis”? A friend of mine suffered from “footitis.” He originally had a 14-foot sailboat then needed to buy a 24-footer. Finally, he confessed that he had bought a 40-foot+ sailboat.

Editor: I am very grateful for your Nov. 20 editorial on COVID numbers on the Sunshine Coast (“Good news for dreadful times”).

Editor: I liked Hugh Macaulay’s suggestion of mindfulness meditation as a way to reset in COVID (“Doing the COVID Reset,” Nov. 20). We all hate having our routines disrupted by COVID.