Opinion

Many of us grew up believing that the security of mail was sacrosanct, and that “tampering with the mail” was a crime that came with such serious consequences, no one in their right mind would even attempt it. There’s an obvious reason for this.

While the odd event that does not comply with public health orders gets a disproportionate amount of media coverage – anti-mask and anti-vaccine protests, plus a few churches holding Sunday services – it is clear the majority of us are doing what we

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused all sorts of havoc but one thing Sunshine Coast property owners evidently don’t have to worry about is losing the equity they’ve poured into in their homes.

The last time politicians convened at the legislature for a throne speech, so did hundreds of pipeline protesters, who blocked all the entrances, physically impeded staff and disrupted the government’s moment in the sun.

Editor: As a neighbour who walks my dog to Coopers Green every day, I fully support the arguments of Lynne and Peter Bogardus ( “Sleepy Hollow wakes up in anger,” Editorial, Dec.

Editor: Re: “SCRD approves new round of public consultation on Coopers Green Hall,” Nov. 27. A memorandum of understanding is a document that describes the broad outline of an agreement between two parties.

Editor: This letter was sent to SCRD chair and Halfmoon Bay director Lori Pratt. We were certainly dismayed to hear of the SCRD’s recent decision to revisit the Coopers Green Park hall project.

Editor: In your Oct. 30 edition, the District of Sechelt posted a notice regarding the “proposed” Sechelt airport runway expansion.

Editor: For some time I have been uncomfortably astride the fence that separates Canadians between socialized and private surgery. I tended to ascribe to the belief that a well funded and timely public system would best serve us all.

Editor: The cry to end for-profit care seniors’ facilities (like Trellis) for elderly seniors has certainly not gone away, although our MLA would have us think so.