Opinion

Editor: Did you know that in Gibsons anyone can purchase a house, live off site, and rent it out on Airbnb with no accountability for the negative effects on the neighbours? There are no laws preventing absentee homeowners from renting out as many ro

Editor: This letter was sent to Forests Minister Katrine Conroy and Premier John Horgan. I was extremely upset to hear that campfire bans are being lifted in coastal B.C. with the exception of the south Island.

Editor: I strongly agree with the comments by W.S. Barden (“Gibsons has odour issue,” Letters, Aug. 20) regarding the unacceptable putrid odours emanating from the Gibsons wastewater treatment plant.

Editor: As readers may know, Henry David Thoreau was a prominent American environmentalist in the last century. He was famous for his back-to-nature style of living on Walden Pond in Concord, Mass.

Editor: My friend Anne Miles told me recently that she learned that Lois Garret had died at Shorncliffe. I have many happy memories of learning from Lois.

Editor: My family are doing our part to conserve water. We don’t take baths or showers. We do not wash our clothes. Instead of washing our dishes, we let our dogs clean them. We don’t flush our toilet.

Editor: After reading the articles about running out of water, reading the letters about how some people are laughing about it makes me feel better.