Opinion

Editor: Sechelt needs to update both the regulations for short-term rentals (STRs) and zoning. Allowing a commercial business to operate in a single-family-zoned area should never have been allowed.

Kelly is the village scribe, Writing of the Creekside Tribe. Tells of things in Gumboot place, Fit to print in any case. Working smithy, iron bender, Is a part of creekie blender. If you want the inside stuff, Kelly has it sure enough.

Editor: As a user of both the Gibsons pool and the Aquatic Centre in Sechelt on an average of three times per week in better times, I find it amazing that the SCRD deprives the citizens of Gibsons the use of one of our best fitness facilities for tho

Editor: Thank you individual community voices, Gibsons mayor and council and the Coast Reporter for recognizing the importance of the role the Gibsons aquatic facility has in our community.

Announcing a one-year-early provincial election on Monday, John Horgan’s workmanlike insincerity was so raw that veteran legislature scribes could hardly contain their indignation in the scathing commentary that followed.

After six months of the NDP government pounding home a message about the need for total unswerving commitment and “100 per cent, all-in” focus on the biggest emergency in 100 years – COVID-19 – Premier John Horgan has switched gears and called an Oct

Editor: I read with great nostalgia and pleasure the article by Ann Watson on the history of Hackett Park (“Hackett Park – Sechelt’s own Central Park,” Sept. 11).

Editor: Regarding the comments by SCRD official Ian Hall (“SCRD explains reasons to keep Gibsons pool closed,” Sept. 11), he doesn’t seem to realize that taking public transit to Sechelt for a short swim takes the better part of the day.

Editor: Sure, let’s have a snap election in the middle of a pandemic.

Editor: In August 2017, I wrote to this paper, responding to the BC Ferries Public Engagement Survey. I directed the last paragraph to Mark Collins, CEO BC Ferries.