Opinion

Editor: I read with interest your report on the new curriculum, ‘The Plight of the Sakinaw Salmon’ (Coast Reporter, Nov. 28). The youngsters involved give me hope for the future. I wasn’t aware that the DFO offices were being closed.

Editor: I want to first deeply thank teacher Jay Wells of Pender Harbor Secondary School for his creativity, foresight and compassion to come up with this unique course on the plight of the Sakinaw salmon for his students (Coast Reporter, Nov. 28).

Editor: Although I agree with the premise of Fran Heppell’s letter (Coast Reporter, Nov.

Editor: I have a pet peeve. It’s people who can’t seem to engage in a rational discussion or find middle ground and compromise. There are countless examples I could point to, but the example that interests me the most here in the context of B.C.

Editor: I saw the strangest thing out front of my store on Cowrie Street in downtown Sechelt Monday morning. There were two people; the woman I recognized as one of the Sechelt bylaw officers.

Editor: I saw a dog in peril recently at Sunnycrest Mall when he jumped out of the uncovered box of a pickup truck and he couldn’t quite touch the ground enough to support himself.

Editor: I received my home insurance estimate with a whopping 300 per cent increase from $35 to $100 for a “wood burning unit.” The underwriter will not even allow me to discontinue this coverage without cancelling my entire policy.

Editor: I was not impressed with the recent article on the Goldenhawk Streamliner and how, somehow, it had some relationship to this very special period we call Remembrance Day at the Sechelt Legion. It doesn’t.

Editor: I would like to thank you for your proactive, professional and positive coverage of the election results. Your editorial (Coast Reporter, Nov.

Editor: I am writing this letter to express my utmost appreciation for the help I have received from the Open Door Group in Gibsons.