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Opinion: Green bin draws first bears

Opinion: Green bin draws first bears

The first day of the SCRD’s new Green Bin Era exposed a couple of potentially major flaws in the organic waste collection program that went full rural this week.
Parking in short supply

Parking in short supply

Editor: My husband and I have lived in Sechelt for over 25 years and have enjoyed living on the Coast. We drive a van, to accommodate mobility problems, and need parking close to the restaurants and shops we frequent.
No reason for election

No reason for election

Editor: When I read the Coast Reporter headline for Sept.
Demand Jervis Inlet park

Demand Jervis Inlet park

Editor: It is 10 years since Joe Harrison and I began a campaign to have a new national marine park created in Jervis Inlet and a portion of Squamish Indian Band territory. The roughly 3,500-sq.
Immature to ignore driver

Immature to ignore driver

Editor: After reading Wanda Nowicki’s letter (“Mask up on public transport,” Sept. 25) and Alicia Passmore’s rebuttal (“Some can’t wear a mask, Oct.
Give a child a tennis ball

Give a child a tennis ball

Editor: The best gift we can give to a youngster is an unlikely one – a tennis ball. It matters not whether the ball is new or used just as long as it has lots of bounce in it (some new, imported ones don’t).
It takes great courage

It takes great courage

Editor: I’d like to express my gratitude and extend a huge thank you to all the volunteer firefighters who bravely protect the people and property on the Sunshine Coast.
We’ll all miss you, Dave

We’ll all miss you, Dave

Editor: Re: “Wilson Creek loses business icon,” Oct. 2. Always smiling, Dave Munro has indeed become a local icon.
‘Shell Dave’ will be missed

‘Shell Dave’ will be missed

Editor There will soon be a big change in Wilson Creek. Dave Munro will be leaving the Shell station. Many of us have been making a special point of filling our tanks there for years. This, in spite of and even because of the lack of pay at the pump.
Dr. Henry poster horrifying

Dr. Henry poster horrifying

Editor: I am horrified and also frightened by a poster threatening Dr. Bonnie Henry taped to a post in Sechelt. The poster accused Dr. Henry of making up the international pandemic to inconvenience the people of B.C. The illogic of a lone B.C.