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Blowback should ring alarm bells

Blowback should ring alarm bells

Editor: Even the possibility that a proposal to burn Vancouver garbage in Howe Sound might send toxic winds blowing over Metro’s pristine North Shore watershed should be ringing alarm bells from Point Grey to the Fraser Valley.
Pharmacists vital to our health care

Pharmacists vital to our health care

Editor: The role of pharmacists in our health is greatly underestimated and misunderstood. I am one of the lucky people on the Coast; I have a great doctor.
Correction: rhodo information

Correction: rhodo information

Editor: I write to correct an error that appeared in Coast Reporter on April 18 within the Sunshine Coast community forest’s 2013 report.
Not a sign of democracy

Not a sign of democracy

The following was sent to the speaker of the Legislature, Agricultural Minister Pat Pimm and Powell River Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons Your muzzling of our MLA Nicholas Simons, forcing him to withdraw his accurate comment after he called the go
Free up sidewalk space

Free up sidewalk space

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.
Kudos to Coastal Tire

Kudos to Coastal Tire

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.
Dysfunctional ‘marriage’ hurting students

Dysfunctional ‘marriage’ hurting students

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.
Fair election act not fair at all

Fair election act not fair at all

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.
Howe sound needs plan for the present

Howe sound needs plan for the present

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

Great news on the horizon

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.