Opinion

Editor: Re: "Gravel mine opponents provide balance at Burnco open house" (Coast Reporter, Oct. 4). John Gleeson's article provided excellent coverage of the Burnco open house held Oct. 1.

Editor: Why did Sechelt council vote again to table a bylaw to prohibit the use of leg-hold, snare and Conibear traps in the District of Sechelt? Coun. Moore's Sept. 25 motion to meet with the B.C.

Editor: My wife and I have owned property in Selma Park for 15 years, and we are just starting to build a new house there.

Editor: Re: the article "Trap ban tabled for more discussion" (Coast Reporter, Sept. 27). This has been going on for more than two years! Coun.

Editor: The visit of Fisheries Minister Gail Shea to the North Shore last Tuesday (Sept. 24) was more than a response to the recent public comments by John Fraser and Dave Brown of the Sea to Sky Fisheries Roundtable.

Around the world there are several crucial items to people's well-being in short supply.

Back in July there was a lot of justified outrage when Canadians learned that First Nations people had been subjected to government-run nutritional experiments for a decade starting in 1942. The barbarity of the "research" was astounding.

Editor: Many thanks for bringing the serious issue of illegal dumping to the editorial page of Coast Reporter. This is an issue the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) has been concerned with and actively working on for many years.

Open letter to Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations As a property owner on Gambier Island, I was shocked to learn of impending plans to open two new woodlots on Gambier, which would mean nearly half of the island'

Editor: On Sunday evening during a wind storm, my neighbourhood lost power (a fairly common occurrence on the Sunshine Coast). After an hour, I decided to contact BC Hydro to see when they estimated restoration of power.