Opinion

The following letter was sent to Sechelt council and copied to Coast Reporter. To Sechelt mayor and council: Spring is in the air and once again racks of clothing obstruct the sidewalk on the south side of Cowrie Street.

Editor: My Easter weekend got off to a soggy start on Thursday — rain all the way from Vancouver to Horseshoe Bay, then the Langford ferry — my destination Madeira Park. But I stopped in Gibsons to give the little dog a chance to do her business.

It’s during times like these that I wish I could be paid to home school or that there was a private school option available at little or no cost on the Coast.

Debate has been rampant across the country about Bill C-23 the Fair Elections Act, which contains a number of changes to the Elections Act.

For two years there has been plenty of talk about a comprehensive land-use and marine management plan for Howe Sound.

This week Coast Reporter presents our annual look at business innovators and business opportunities here on the Sunshine Coast. Horizon has been a staple feature for us at Coast Reporter for the past seven years.

Editor: You must marvel at the 'scale & character' of the developers marching on the Sunshine Coast. It is hard to see the forest for the trees.

Editor: Re: John Gleeson column (Coast Reporter, April 11). Boy has John Gleeson got it in for the Ukrainians. As I read his column from last week's newspaper, seven million Ukrainians had been starved to death in the early 1930s under Stalin.

The following letter was sent to the SCRD board and copied to Coast Reporter.

Editor: Jim Flaherty's death hit me hard, just as it did others. As Minister of Finance for eight years, he was a classy member of Canada's government during difficult economic times.