Opinion

Once again the mentally ill on the Sunshine Coast have had to go hat in hand to the general public to help them over yet another financial crunch.

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) released a report this week which found parents are in denial about children's obesity.

There's something about chatting with an old friend that's good for the soul. I recently had a soul-mending weekend with my best friend of 17 years while on a camping trip with her and her three kids.

The past two weekends have been glorious on the Sunshine Coast.

I've come to the conclusion after this past weekend that I'm a book junkie. And not only that, I'm an author groupie. I love authors.

The pending sale of Coast Cable will signal positive changes for cable subscribers on the Sunshine Coast. Coast Cable and Delta Cable are poised to become part of Persona Communications of St. John's, Nfld.

Lately we're wondering the same thing as Pete Seeger -where have all the young men gone, or for that matter all the young women? We attend a lot of meetings and events in the course of a week on the Coast.

Another week and more tragedy on our highway. When is enough going to be enough? How many more lives have to be lost before the provincial government takes a long, hard look at the state of Hwy.

Was it the heat and people choosing to stay inside, or are some of us taking Sea Cavalcade for granted? Attendance was noticeably down for several events at last weekend's festival in Gibsons.

On Saturday at 11 a.m. boats of various types and sizes will be gathering in Wood Bay to rally against Pan Pacific Aggregates' proposed conveyor belt and loading facility for shipping out industrial minerals.