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Hats off to a great project

Hats off to a great project

Editor: Re: Across the Lines CD launch On Jan. 13 we attended the Across the Lines CD release at the Gibsons and Area Community Centre. What an amazing afternoon of innovative music to launch an equally exciting community project.
Dog attack very upsetting

Dog attack very upsetting

Editor: I was upset to read about yet another dog attack (Coast Reporter, Jan. 12). My heart goes out to the woman whose dog was killed. The man whose dogs were responsible did not even try to stop them.
Literacy is an investment

Literacy is an investment

It's fitting this week in the lead up to Literacy Week that we feature a young man in our community pages who has overcome enormous odds to become a published author.
Please educate yourself on the facts

Please educate yourself on the facts

Editor: In response to the letter from Bonnie Nicol (Coast Reporter, Jan. 4), with all due respect, it would be advisable for you to know something about Canada's gun control laws prior to lecturing your member of Parliament.
Elated watching movement grow

Elated watching movement grow

Editor: The Idle No More movement will mean so much more to First Nations people than it does to me.
Sure hope I don't see Pinocchio

Sure hope I don't see Pinocchio

Editor: Re: John Weston's thoughts on Idle No More (Coast Reporter, Jan. 11).
A breath of fresh air

A breath of fresh air

Editor: Most of our new Sechelt councillors are entrepreneurs and they know how to get to work quickly and make it count.
Indeed, why pick on Israel?

Indeed, why pick on Israel?

Editor: Allow me to play your reader's (the so-called "friend of Israel") substitution game in reverse ("Why pick on Israel," Coast Reporter, Jan.
Practice what you preach

Practice what you preach

Editor: Thank you for your coverage of the Idle No More gathering in Sechelt (Coast Reporter, Jan. 11). It was yet another impressive showing of grassroots concerns with the direction taken by the Harper government.
Has our society lost its compassion?

Has our society lost its compassion?

The common dictionary definition of compassion is a "deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it." This definition has me thinking a lot about the society we live in.