Opinion

Editor: Another ferry tale: everyone reserves every trip, for free! Sounds good – unless you have no idea about the sailing you will be able to catch for your return to the Coast. Think about it.

Editor: Let’s be open-minded, and try the reservation trial proposed by BC Ferries. The current system isn’t working during peak travel times.

Editor: This has to be the worst plan BC Ferries has come up with to date – it’s utterly insane – to subject us on Route 3 to a 95 per cent reservation system, where there is no room for last-minute ferry travel.

Editor: While intelligent people in British Columbia are doing their very best to reduce the spread of COVID, it seems those who govern this glorious province are doing everything in their power to promote the spread of this insidious disease.

Editor: With the current “lockdown” in place, the Sunshine Coast is in the appalling situation of being the only vacation spot available for over two million people in the combined Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health regions.

Editor: I recently reviewed the new travel restrictions on the BC Ferries website. To my moderate surprise this ban does not include the Sunshine Coast.

Editor: I’m again dismayed to witness so much land clearing going on during breeding/nesting season. We have such temperate weather here, surely it could be done during other times of the year with less impact. We can do better.

Editor: Re: “A balance not a battle” by Lori Pratt, Letters, April 23.

Editor: Powerful words such as tyranny, oppression, censorship and lies are currently being displayed every Saturday along the highway in Davis Bay.

Editor: Once again your letters page is inundated with complaints about short-term rentals on the “coast” – the theme of which is reducing the shortage of housing – which led me to wondering.