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Editor: I am an active and avid hiker on our beautiful coast, taking groups up our extensive and varied trails at least four days a week.

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Editor: A recent article on on-time ferry performance tells only half the story. The government is very concerned about ferries departing on time because if the last ferry arrives late, BC Ferries incurs overtime expenses.

Editor: We have been volunteering at Happy Cat Haven for a few years and yesterday broke our hearts again at the cruelty of some people. We received a call from Violet asking us to transport a cat to the vet in Sechelt.

Editor: We were delighted to read in the May issue of the Journal of Commerce (Western Canada’s news and information publication on construction issues) that Mayor Milne is now giving the Water Resource Centre and former mayor, John Henderson, the re

Editor: I am getting really sickened and disturbed by the number of people leaving dogs in their cars, in the hot sun, while they go shopping.

Editor: Re: “Dementia patient waits nine months in hospital,” Coast Reporter, April 29. Thanks to Sean Eckford for putting lack of dementia care in our community on the front page.

Editor: Yes, there is a crisis in care for dementia patients and their caregivers here on the Coast and it is not a new crisis. My husband spent nine months in 2013/14 “living” on the third floor of the hospital awaiting facility placement.

Editor: Area MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones is no friend of the commercial fishermen or pleasure boaters or weekend recreational enthusiasts, as her party gave the OK to Tuesday’s closure to the Canadian Coast Guard Comox Communications Station.