Opinion

Editor: I did a bit of math on the smart meters. If a meter reader earns $25 an hour, works 7.5 hours a day, has benefits worth 1.2 times hourly wage, and works 200 days a year, he or she's annual income is $45,000.

Could the years of lobbying and citizen engagement trying to get better fares and better service on our major transportation link finally be paying off? It appears so after last week's Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Van

Editor: In going over John Gleeson's 9/11 opinion column (Coast Reporter, Sept. 13), I was unable to locate the "speculation and innuendo" that gobsmacked Ryan Klingmann (letters, Sept.

Editor: Reference is made to the letter by Robert Dall (Coast Reporter, Sept. 20) regarding on-time performance. Statistics per route are reported to the BC Ferries Commission quarterly. See www.bcferrycommission.

Editor: A group that you probably have never heard of - Multi-material British Columbia (MMBC) - made headlines at the annual Union of British Columbia Municipalities conference this week.

Editor: I can understand the outrage expressed by Ryan Klingmann (Coast Reporter letters, Sept. 20) regarding the inference that Sept. 11 attacks in New York were self-inflicted (Coast Reporter opinion column, Sept. 13).

Editor: In the news release dated Sept. 9 (Coast Reporter, Sept. 22), the B.C. government has released a White Paper detailing changes to local government elections due in November 2014. B.C. residents have until Oct.

Do you think we should live alongside those with severe mental illness or keep them segregated in institutions away from society? The latter view was held by most Canadians in the early 1900s when mental asylums were first opened across Canada.

Editor: I was absolutely gobsmacked that on the anniversary of Sept. 11, Coast Reporter would choose to run an article such as John Gleeson's on its editorial page.

Whew! That's the collective sound of parents across the province now that a tentative deal has been reached between the provincial government and education support staff.