Opinion

Editor: Last week while riding towards Gibsons on Lower Road, I was buzzed intentionally by the driver of a pickup. This happened about a half-kilometre from Joe Road towards Camp Byng.

Editor: The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) is planning another major thrust to install water meters.

Editor: Some child development experts have said that playgrounds have negatively affected kids and that they were much better off playing in streets, backyards, and vacant lots.

Editor: Many of us oldies are not able to give our dogs the exercise they need. But, there is a group of kind and generous people in our community who can help with this.

About 1.7 million calls were logged by mid-morning on launch day.

A reader contacted us this week to tell us that her worst nightmare had happened: the owners of the house she rented had decided to retire and wanted to move in on May 1.

Premier John Horgan is getting good at his “she-made-me-do-it, I’ve-got-no-choice” performance when it comes to the Site C dam.

Editor: “I wear a mask to protect you so you must wear a mask to protect me.” Here is why I don’t need you to wear a mask to protect me: I believe that masks are not effective protection against an airborne virus.

Editor: You reported in the Feb. 26 article, “High-speed internet coming to Egmont, Kleindale areas,” that telecommunications giant, Telus, a private company, “received $6.

Editor: Much is said about planting trees to aid carbon sequestration. What is not said but imperative to understand is that trees alone are not the answer, they are simply the most visible part of the answer.