Opinion

Editor: In the Feb. 28 edition of Coast Reporter, you published two letters to the editor from Geoff White and from Sechelt Coun. Tom Lamb.

Editor: Just a quick note to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to commend him on his masterfully named Fair Elections Act, an act which you and I know is anything but fair.

The following letter was sent to the Town of Gibsons and copied to Coast Reporter. I was shocked to learn that for the last three years Gibsons has not had a functioning heritage advisory committee.

A disturbing online drinking game that is all the craze on Facebook has spurred a local man to take a different stance.

I had no idea what I was in for when I took my seat at the Raven’s Cry Theatre last Saturday to see the film We Were Children.

Wouldn’t it be nice to just see students in the classroom learning and teachers teaching? It seems like forever that the provincial government and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) have been in conflict. Two weeks ago, the B.C.

s I pen this column, Canadian Olympic athletes are off to a fantastic start at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. On Tuesday morning, Canada was second in the medal standings with nine, including four gold medals.

So you are on the 8:30 a.m. ferry out of Langdale on Wednesday morning.

Before you begin to read this column, a warning — some of it will be most upsetting. Please be aware my intention is not to disturb, but to inform. Today, Feb. 28, marks an observation I never knew existed until a couple of months ago.

The recent decision by the Conservative federal government to close eight veterans’ affairs offices across the country has hit a nerve with a lot of people.