Opinion

We already pay enough taxes Editor: With respect to the recent editorial about endorsing a new infrastructure maintenance fee (Coast Reporter, March 21) - hang on, isn't that what we already pay taxes for? We currently pay a recreation parcel and val

Editor: Backed by grocery firms and the interests of the plastics industry, starting May 19, Multi Material BC (MMBC) will be charging shoppers a non-refundable $110 million annually when they buy printed paper, packaging and non-refundable container

Editor: Last Saturday I heard something that I don't hear often from my fellow referees, "It was a great game. I really enjoyed it." That was in reference to a game at Ted Dixon Park between Sechelt and Sliammon.

Editor: With the release of the latest intergovernmental panel on climate change report on the potential threats of climate change, Christy Clark and Stephen Harper need to wake up to the following fact: there cannot be a long-term, healthy economy w

The B.C. government is trying to fix something that isn’t broken — and it’s making a mess in the process. Cities and towns in B.C.

Cathie's Comments

Editor: With the paper thin majority in favour of the "yes" side in the referendum on the funding of the wastewater treatment facility, one is forced to wonder how much the vote was affected by the possibly misleading information in the circular lett

Editor: I'm wondering how our MP John Weston, in good conscience, can not take a public stand against Canada's proposed new election legislation.

Editor: I went to the March 25 Gibsons committee of the whole meeting and I am confused. Are Mayor Wayne Rowe, Coun. Charlene SanJenko and Coun.

Editor: Murray Dobbin's presentation to a packed audience at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall on March 22 showed how the undermining of democratic processes in Canada is ideologically driven and gathering momentum.