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Take a bite out of crime

Take a bite out of crime

This week during Crime Prevention week in B.C., the provincial government honoured two difference makers on the Sunshine Coast. Sechelt's Edward Keeling received the Anthony J.
Bullying problem is everyone's responsibility

Bullying problem is everyone's responsibility

Editor: With respect to Ron Breadner's and Mokie Burnham's letters (Coast Reporter, Oct.
Honour public input

Honour public input

Editor: I was utterly amazed to see in your newspaper that the Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) had a full page advertisement entitled the Sunshine Coast Community Forest Harvesting Plan (Coast Reporter, Nov. 2).
Remembering another face of war

Remembering another face of war

Editor: Where there is war, there is war rape - the widespread, sometimes systematic sexual violation by soldiers and related personnel against "enemy" women, both military and civilian.
Lights would add to recreation

Lights would add to recreation

The following letter was sent to the District of Sechelt, Sunshine Coast Regional District and copied to Coast Reporter. I am writing to request that the city provide lights on one of the fields after dark on week nights during the fall/winter.
Loss brings with it a lesson

Loss brings with it a lesson

It was ironic that on Oct. 12, as my column about my Ukrainian grandmother came out, I got a call at work saying my Irish grandmother, Grandma Yeomans, had passed away.
Column a disservice to consumers

Column a disservice to consumers

Editor: Paul Martiquet's column "Is organic better for you?" (Coast Reporter, Oct.
A first for China? You bet

A first for China? You bet

Editor: The Canada China Foreign Investment and Protection Agreement (FIPA) was negotiated in secrecy and signed by Stephen Harper and the Chinese leadership at the APEC Summit in Vladivostok, Russia. It was tabled in Parliament weeks later on Sept.
The forest must be saved

The forest must be saved

Editor: We were shocked to read, in two ads (Coast Reporter, Nov. 2) that the Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) intends to proceed with logging what we have come to know as the Wilson Creek forest, Block EW002.
Noise bylaw on council's agenda

Noise bylaw on council's agenda

Editor: I notice that the noise bylaw is on the council agenda with a staff recommendation for enactment in due course. It seems to me that there are two specific changes that may be of interest to the public at large.