Opinion

Low interest rates led people to rent out homes on sites such as Airbnb, leading to the current housing crisis, writes Rick Fonger. But there’s an easy solution: Stop short-term rentals of houses and condominiums.

'What a great idea Paul Harris Jones presented in his letter “A National Park Next" published in last week’s Coast Reporter:  a big nationally protected area on the Sunshine Coast encompassing all the old-growth already designated as worthy of protection by the BC Forest Service as well as adjacent marine inlets to truly protect our fabulous natural heritage and preserve a blueprint to re-establish ecological balance into the future.'

Weyburn Review editor Greg Nikkel hopes that access to the free press in Canada will still be possible with Bill C-18 coming into effect.

Editor: June 21, I visited the information booth set up by SCRD at Connor Park on the proposed plan for a new Halfmoon Bay Hall at Connor Park.

Editor: This letter was sent to MP Patrick Weiler and shared with Coast Reporter. Dear Mr. Weiler, Your idea of stopping log exports from old growth by 2030 has been getting a lot of press lately.

Editor: This letter was sent to Nicholas Weswick of School District 46 and shared with Coast Reporter. As a 38-year resident of Gibsons I have always treasured the nature trail that partly encircles the playing fields at Gibsons Elementary School.

Attention dog owners: Please keep your dogs leashed and under control.

Editor: Research tells us, “The decision when or where to implement a fire ban is made by the Regional Fire centres depending on local fire hazards or dangers, the type of weather conditions forecasted and the type and level of fire activity oc

Here are the good deeds (and not so good deeds) that happened in our Coast community this week!

Non-stop news coverage kept the focus on Titan, but our attention span is short