Opinion

Editor: Few Sunshine Coast residents are aware of a new threat to our health and environment. Lafarge has applied to the province to significantly increase the trans-shipment of coal from its Texada Island facilities.

Editor: The end of summer is upon us, and with it reduced numbers of tourists. But thinning tourist crowds reveal a population that builds as the cooler weather approaches: the homeless.

Editor: Last Wednesday, Aug. 21, my wife and I travelled on the 12:30 p.m. ferry from Langdale. On the way my wife felt ill and passed out in the coffee shop.

It has been quite the week for BC Ferries - especially here on the Sunshine Coast.

The following letter was sent to the Gibsons area planning committee and copied to Coast Reporter. Like many Gibsons citizens, we greeted the news of the area planning committee with pleasure.

Editor: "I hear that your sinkhole has been fixed," I've heard on more than one occasion recently. "My" sinkhole is the one on Seawatch Lane at the end of Gale Avenue North in Sechelt.

Editor: Re: the letter from Citizens for Safe Technology Society asking for support of a class action lawsuit against B. C. Hydro (Coast Reporter, Aug. 16).

As of Friday this week, the 10-day countdown to the first day of school has begun. Parents, does that realization fill you with dread, or are you ready for your kids to head back to class on Sept.

Editor: I am not a person who likes to vent in public, but recently, I reached a breaking point.

Editor: This letter is to describe a recent visit to the wastewater treatment plant in Gibsons. We were curious to see the workmanship of Maple Reinders, who built this plant in partnership with Stantec Consulting.