Opinion

It struck me as I interviewed Ann Kershaw the other day how much I'm going to miss her being a part of Sechelt council. And while I don't reside in Sechelt, I do a lot of living here. I work here, shop here and occasionally even play here.

We have many student achievements documented in this week's edition.

For the past three months, mental health patients on the Coast have had a safe place to go for treatment in their own community during times of crisis. Those involved in making St.

Growing up as a kid in Saskatchewan, I remem-ber many weekends during the winter spent in curling clubs. My dad was an avid curler. He took up the game in high school and played for many years until he stopped when we moved to B.C. in 1988.

The labour dispute between B.C. teachers and the provincial government is getting ugly. This week, the Liberals introduced legislation (Bill 12) that imposes the teachers' expired contract until the spring.

Canada's new Governor General Michaelle Jean was sworn in this week. Jean was born in Haiti, and is now a resident of Quebec.

I thought about my mom a lot this past Sunday. And although there's nothing unusual about that, the reason I was thinking about her was out of the ordinary. This past Sunday was the Heart and Stroke Mother Daughter Walk.

It struck me the other day just how selfish and focused on material things most of North America is.

A beautiful new hospice facility was opened to the public this week.

A picture tells a thousand words. That couldn't be more evident this week. On our front page we have a first-hand account of the destruction Mother Nature can cause, the human tragedy that ensues and the painful aftermath as the clean-up begins.