Opinion

The new session of Parliament is not even two weeks old, and already the party attack ads are in full swing.

Recently directors at the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) voted to give themselves a small raise of 1.8 per cent and a per meeting payment increase to $111 from $103.

Driving while talking on a hand-held cell phone is now illegal and is also very dangerous. Seems like a simple concept for people to grasp, but it appears that too many are still not getting the message. For a little over a year now, police in B.C.

I don't know about any of you, but I'm starting to get worried. Here it is the beginning of February, and I still don't have my invitation to William and Kate's wedding.

Is Sechelt open for business, or are they pulling up the drawbridge and putting out the closed sign? It would appear to be the latter, based on the puzzling decision Sechelt council made Wednesday afternoon.

I still remember my first interaction with Habitat for Humanity. Back when I first started as editor in 2003, I was covering Gibsons council and also covered a Sunshine Coast Regional District meeting - all in the same week.

After 11 years, all they need is 30 minutes - 30 minutes away from helping the Sunshine Coast become the caviar capital of Canada.

Six weeks ago our dear reporter Jenny Wagler wrote her final column on the topic of all the planning that goes into writing your fabled exit column. Now it's my turn. Yes, starting Monday, Jan.

While it's not too surprising, the fact that the Sunshine Coast is becoming a haven for organized crime groups to set up shop for their drug operations is certainly unsettling.

I am very excited to be back behind a desk at Coast Reporter covering the community I love. For those of you who don't know me, a quick recap. I came to Coast Reporter in 1999 straight out of journalism school in Calgary.