Opinion

Editor: As a resident and taxpayer of the District of Sechelt, I am concerned at the recent expenditure of public monies on a party and bonuses for exempt staff who received extra duties during the recent municipal strike.

Editor: I am writing on behalf of the Consulting Foresters of BC who live or work for BCTS in the Sunshine Coast area, to express my displeasure at the ongoing tactics being used to delay the auction of timber referred to in the article "BCTS urged t

The news coming out of Japan these days is not good. First, the Japanese government confirmed that the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been leaking an estimated 300 tonnes of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean each day.

The following letter was sent to MP John Weston and copied to Coast Reporter.

Class action launched Editor: Aclass action lawsuithas been launched againstBC Hydrore the unethical nature of their smart meter program.

Editor: We would like to respond to Dwight Yochim's letter (Coast Reporter, Aug. 9) where he provides data on the size of the working forest in the province (at 2.

You will have to forgive this writer for not being too objective in this editorial, as it hits really close to home this week.

Editor: Sunday, Aug. 11, was a hard day for all of us at the Sunshine Coast Drag Racing Association (SCDRA). Unfortunately, a brief but significant rain storm dumped enough precipitation at the Sechelt Airport to force me to make a tough decision.

When the press release from the BC SPCA came into my in box last week, detailing the abuse of a five-year-old lab-mix dog by the name of Rocko, my heart just sank.

Editor: I recently heard a Vancouver weather forecaster enthuse about how great it was that July had no rainfall -an all-time record.