Opinion

Editor: At the Sechelt council meeting of May 7, I posed the question, “When will a motion come to an open meeting of council to authorize the investing of the $5.9 million from reserves that will earn interest income of $0.

An open letter to the prime minister of Canada and to the member of Parliament for West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country: Will you please provide adequate funds to compensate Sechelt Nation’s day scholars and create shíshálh culture an

Editor: It takes a village to raise a child. We need families to be a village.

The following letter was sent to Transportation Minister Todd Stone with an edited copy sent to Coast Reporter.

KNOCK ON WOOD

EDITORIAL

Re: District of Sechelt satisfaction survey Editor: In response to Christine Wood’s summary in the May 16 Coast Reporter, I read the full report on the satisfaction survey of 300 Sechelt residents.

Editor: Reading Nancy Den­ham’s letter in support of the hospital name change (Coast Reporter, May 16) made me decide to voice my own support of the idea. I wholeheartedly agreed with the sentiment expressed in her letter.

Editor: Last week Paul Martiquet stated in his Health Matters column that “the first sign of Lyme disease infection is usually an expanding rash which occurs in about three-quarters of infected people.

Editor: Re: Study, think, vote (Coast Reporter letters, May 23) First of all, I readily admit that I am a supporter of The George and because I live at Armours Beach it will have virtually no effect on my view or on me personally.