Opinion

The following letter was sent to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and copied to Coast Reporter. Dear Minister Stone: I, with some out-of-town guests, arrived at the Horseshoe Bay terminal at 6:45 on the evening of June 7.

Editor: Last year I was invited to accompany Sechelt First Nation Elder Theresa Jeffries on the annual pilgrimage to her homeland at xenichen, at the head of Queens Reach.

Editor: Further to the article about smoking by Caitlin Etherington ("Why it matters on the Coast," Coast Reporter, May 24), I hope that both Sechelt and Gibsons councils will take further action soon. Thank you Ms.

Editor: If I understand John Gleeson's article correctly (Coast Reporter, May 31), according to the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) there are no off-leash areas for dogs within SCRD jurisdiction.

Editor: The Cowrie Street debacle appears to be continuing in Sechelt council. First it was a one-way street proposal, which hurts businesses because return access is too difficult. Also backing up into a one-lane street impedes and congests traffic.

Editor: At the May 3 "Breakfast with the Mayor," Sechelt Mayor John Henderson was quoted as saying "there is negativity in a small group and it dominates the community and it becomes bullying," (Coast Reporter, May 10).

Editor: Coast Reporter on May 10 had a couple of articles pertaining to our secondary/alternative/elementary schools getting involved with the election.

Editor: Lessons learned in childhood have been forgotten by the Harper government.

Some of our municipal politicians are under fire this week over travel expenses to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Vancouver.

Editor: Kudos to Don Robb for his well-deserved publicity in the local press for his garden project.In fact, it is one of the few positive, progressive, forward-thinking articles in the media these days.