Opinion

Editor: Although small business month has now passed, I feel it is important to write and urge British Columbians to remember that B.C.’s small businesses are the backbone of the B.C.

Editor: Having recently moved to the Sunshine Coast, my wife and I have been told the importance of supporting local business. We’ve been vigilant to spend on the Coast. I would like to share one good and one not so good experience.

Editor: As a Legion member, I read a recent letter to the editor online by Bruce Kiloh. I do not agree with your opinion about the Goldenhawk team being at the Sechelt Legion helping to raise money for the poppy fund.

Editor: First I would like to thank Christine Wood for the article on the Goldenhawk and the Coast Reporter for its timely appearance. It is one of the best written about the project. Well done.

Editor: I read with interest your report on the new curriculum, ‘The Plight of the Sakinaw Salmon’ (Coast Reporter, Nov. 28). The youngsters involved give me hope for the future. I wasn’t aware that the DFO offices were being closed.

Editor: I want to first deeply thank teacher Jay Wells of Pender Harbor Secondary School for his creativity, foresight and compassion to come up with this unique course on the plight of the Sakinaw salmon for his students (Coast Reporter, Nov. 28).

Editor: Although I agree with the premise of Fran Heppell’s letter (Coast Reporter, Nov.

Editor: I have a pet peeve. It’s people who can’t seem to engage in a rational discussion or find middle ground and compromise. There are countless examples I could point to, but the example that interests me the most here in the context of B.C.

Editor: I saw the strangest thing out front of my store on Cowrie Street in downtown Sechelt Monday morning. There were two people; the woman I recognized as one of the Sechelt bylaw officers.

Editor: I saw a dog in peril recently at Sunnycrest Mall when he jumped out of the uncovered box of a pickup truck and he couldn’t quite touch the ground enough to support himself.