Opinion

Editor: While there may not be an observable difference between police using unmarked cars for surveillance and householders driving around looking for their cats, the abundance of vehicle trips in lower Gibsons which appear to be one or the other of

Editor: Re: “Ice cream vendor urges bylaw change,” March 15. Thanks to Sean Eckford for the coverage of my effort to make a bylaw change in Sechelt (allow kiosks remain in place for summer season).

Editor: Further to my letter of Jan. 4 regarding the culling of harbour seals and sea lions, I would like to offer the following. Recent studies estimate the harbour seal population to be 80,000 in Lower Mainland waters.

Unlike most of their counterparts in Metro Vancouver, first-time home buyers on the Sunshine Coast could stand to benefit from the federal government’s shared-equity mortgage plan unveiled in this week’s budget.

Roughing It

“Coastism” is a term we first heard used in a consultant’s presentation to Gibsons council in June of last year.

I know there are probably journalists everywhere in Canada secretly chortling with glee at the state of politics in our country right now. Nothing brings out the cynicism in my fellow scribes as quickly as the opportunity to cover a scandal or two.

Recently I wrote an op-ed describing the sometimes dire consequences of avoiding the immunizations that can prevent diseases that have been virtually eliminated, only to reappear due to misinformation about vaccines.

Letters

Letters