Opinion

Editor: This letter was sent to Gibsons Mayor Bill Beamish and council.

Editor: I note from newspaper reports that the province is moving ahead with safety improvements to Highway 101 and to studying a “bypass/alternative route.” The collision-prone intersection of Joe and Orange Road was cited as needing upgrade.

Editor: This letter was sent to B.C. Premier John Horgan and other provincial officials. As board members at Esprit daycare in Gibsons, B.C., we have benefited significantly from this provincial government’s historic investment in childcare.

Editor: I have seen the light in regard to short-term rentals (STRs), and I hope Sechelt, Gibsons and the rest of the Coast will too.

Editor: Thursday was the first time I have travelled on the ferry since March and it was worse than ever.

Premier John Horgan’s refusal to rule out a fall election has set the province’s media swarm abuzz with speculation that we will be heading to the polls this fall. If that happens, it could be Mr.

Barely a drop in the bucket.

At one of her first ever media briefings on the COVID-19 virus, Dr. Bonnie Henry offered a note of caution that has stayed with me through the pandemic: advice from public health would shift, evolve and change as we learned more about the virus.

Editor: Back in June, after all our upcoming Playhouse events were cancelled or postponed, we reached out to the community to ask for help.

Editor: I’d like to take a moment to offer my heartfelt admiration to Thomas Lavric of Sechelt for his farewell letter in the Sept. 4 edition of the Coast Reporter (“Time to say goodbye”).