Opinion

Firstly I would like to congratulate the grad classes of 2009.

I am curious why we on Pratt Road, who would rather not have a recovery/transition house in our neighbourhood, are being labelled as extremists and out of control? The people that get into recovery houses have made choices in their lives which lead t

Editor: At the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) infrastructure committee meeting on Feb.

Who are the Sunshine Coast addicted? Our sisters/brothers/uncles/aunties/mothers/fathers/children.Us. Using substances when in pain to try and feel 'better.

The following letter was sent to Gibsons Mayor Barry Janyk and copied to Coast Reporter. Dear Mayor Janyk: I am not a resident of Gibsons, but recently purchased a sailboat and moor it at Gibsons Marina.

This is an open letter to all those people who enjoy our local three-day Sea Cavalcade.

So much of our former four lane highway between North and Pratt roads is now lying uselessly fallow beneath bands of yellow traffic control lines.

In a recent editorial, we questioned B.C. Ferries and, more specifically, the provincial government and their apathy towards implementing recommendations to improve the ferry service contained in the comptroller's report from late last year.

We see the brilliant yellow patches everywhere in June - scotch broom along roadsides, each year in more and larger patches. Some love the colour and scent, others loathe it, but what matters is that it is a highly invasive and dangerous plant.

I am writing the Richter Scale this month from the driver's seat of my car. Not to worry, though. I am safely aboard the Queen of Surrey, heading back to the Sunshine Coast after a weekend in the city.