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Elections Canada clueless

Elections Canada clueless

Editor: I tried to vote early at Elections Canada offices in our mall. These Elections Canada employees seem to have no idea of the accessibility needs of a blind person (a person who cannot see).
Books are the path to understanding

Books are the path to understanding

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‘Fixed link’ a diversion

‘Fixed link’ a diversion

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What really matters

What really matters

Editor: Re: B.C. government to look at cost of building bridge to Sunshine Coast. Just thought I would offer a much cheaper more practical suggestion to Minister Stone – teach all of us Sunshine Coasters how to walk on water.
Fixed link and jobs

Fixed link and jobs

Editor: The letter, “Time for a fixed link?” of Sept. 11 stated, “The most active workforce (those aged 25 to 44) has declined from 30.9 per cent of the total Coast population in 1990, to only 17.4 per cent in 2014.
Pawns in a game

Pawns in a game

Editor: As many have cynically suspected from the start, former cabinet minister Barry Penner confirmed on Sept.
Action needed on illegal dumping

Action needed on illegal dumping

Editor: Recently we were walking in the West Sechelt old mine site and came upon some dumped household garbage that contained an envelope with the name and address of a West Sechelt family.
Nothing was debunked

Nothing was debunked

Editor: Re: “Anti-George petition debunked,” Sept. 18. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines “debunk” as “reveal to be false.” Joan Beck’s little speech at the Sept. 15 Gibsons council meeting did no such thing.
Zero credibility

Zero credibility

Editor: Re: “Anti-George petition debunked,” Sept. 18. Simply put, is there anyone left out there who still buys into what the anti-George mob have to say? On a scale of one to 10, their credibility, though never high, is now zero.
Economic benefits lost

Economic benefits lost

Editor: Some of the promised benefits by the George developer are starting to evaporate and the shovels haven’t even broken ground. Over the summer, staff and the developer’s agent have agreed in principle to the following items.