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Gas prices under scrutiny

Gas prices under scrutiny

Editor: Re: “Gas gouge here to stay,” Letters, Nov. 20.
Dirty hands, dirty masks

Dirty hands, dirty masks

Editor: I went to do recycling and noticed the signs requiring people to wear masks outside while social distancing. This “rule” is not on the B.C. government page of restrictions and rules.
Pool concerns remedied

Pool concerns remedied

Editor: While the Gibsons swimming community is thankful for the promised reopening, we are perplexed by the continued handwringing about the cost and staffing (“Directors OK ‘accelerated restart’ of Gibsons pool,” Nov. 20). We offer two remedies: 1.
Don’t blame businesses

Don’t blame businesses

Editor: A public display of anger and treating others disrespectfully over the mask mandate is not OK. Treat others as you want to be treated, with love and kindness.
Value mushroom culture

Value mushroom culture

Editor: An open letter to Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF): I want to initially advise you that SCCF blocks in the area of the Historic Railway Grade off Big Fir access road is an area of very fine mycological significance.
Guarantee a living wage

Guarantee a living wage

Editor: As an initiative of the Canadian Labour Congress, this letter was sent to West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Patrick Weiler. Workers on the frontlines of this pandemic are getting us through this pandemic.
Climate action can’t wait

Climate action can’t wait

Editor: An open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: 2030? Action on climate control is required now! Competition of funding with the “economy” is not an argument because the way climate warming is proceeding, we will be left without an “economy.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Ferries

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Ferries

Editorial: Good news for dreadful times

Editorial: Good news for dreadful times

Last Thursday’s release of COVID-19 case numbers for the Sunshine Coast brought some very good news – only three confirmed cases were reported for the month of October. It came as a surprise.
Opinion: Folks, this is the final Eckcetera

Opinion: Folks, this is the final Eckcetera

There’s a cliché in reporting that when an athlete at the top of their game or a politician at the height of popularity says they’re stepping away to spend more time with their family, it really means they’re angling for a bigger contract or getting