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Letters: Kindness remains in style

Letters: Kindness remains in style

Editor: When was the last time you were the recipient of a random act of kindness? In our ever-busy lives we often forget to say hi or help our neighbour.
Letters: Totally oppose rezoning

Letters: Totally oppose rezoning

Editor: I oppose the proposal for zoning change of district lot 1312 North Harman Road. I have lived on Ranch Road for over 30 years. After looking at the proposal to change the zoning I came away with a 100 per cent disapproval of such development.
Letters: No vax, no alcohol

Letters: No vax, no alcohol

Editor: Since the political push, supported by the health officials, is to have everyone vaccinated for COVID-19, perhaps asking for evidence of receiving vaccine at the various alcohol points of sale might have a positive effect on vaccination rates
Letters: Water a scarce resource

Letters: Water a scarce resource

Editor: Now that we are done with the Election No One Wanted and Was Not Needed, we can return to more personal, locally urgent matters – water. The debate on whether putting meters in is a good idea will come back at us.
Prolonged pandemic casts outsized shadow over Canadian politics

Prolonged pandemic casts outsized shadow over Canadian politics

Handling of COVID-19 has determined political fortunes of PM and premiers from coast to coast.
Opinion: Post-election road looks rockier for prime minister

Opinion: Post-election road looks rockier for prime minister

Politicians failing to address cellphone cost discontent in Canada

Politicians failing to address cellphone cost discontent in Canada

70% of the province’s mobile phone users said their plan is “very expensive” or “moderately expensive,” poll finds.
Editorial: An election that matters

Editorial: An election that matters

For some of you, it’s already over. Elections Canada reported this week that an estimated 22,422 electors in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country had voted at the advance polls between Sept. 10 and 13.
Opinion: Election could hinge on these B.C. ridings

Opinion: Election could hinge on these B.C. ridings

Predicting an election outcome is a risky endeavour at best, but a somewhat safer exercise is focusing on the specific ridings that may determine which party forms government after the Sept. 20 vote. In B.C.
Letters: Staff shortage hits home

Letters: Staff shortage hits home

Editor: Have you recently tried going out for a beer or a dinner at one of our local restaurants and found it to be closed? Or maybe it was open, but with reduced hours? It appears that we on the Coast have a shortage of restaurant staff and after di