Opinion

Editor: While I respect Elphin-stone Logging Focus's right to make the case for not logging in the Wilson Creek area, I do not respect what is either wilful ignorance at best or deliberate disinformation, at worst, to further their case.

One day in October 1959, my dad was walking around English Bay when Errol Flynn approached him and asked, "Say, would you know where I could sell a yacht?" Dad was 33 then, a strapping, sharp-dressed Kitsilano Irishman in his prime, with an unmistaka

Editor: By 2036, it is estimated that 35 per cent of our population will be over the age of 60. Mental illness, particularly depression, is under-diagnosed in our aging populations (World Health Organization, 2001).

Editor: It was a delight to witness the shishalh longhouse community gathering and performance on Nov. 8. A small child met Denise and me at the door and we knew we would be in for a special evening.

Editor: I am not against all logging, but I think that certain areas need to be protected now for the sake of the current community and future generations.

Editor: The latest threat to the low elevation forests of Mount Elphinstone has now been delivered to us through the offices of our own community forest, despite the fact that there have been efforts to conserve this remarkable environment for the pa

Editor: I've lived on the Sunshine Coast since 1980, working various jobs in the forest industry since 1981, from logging to tree falling, watershed restoration and forestry crewman.

Editor: I have some comments I would like to make regarding Paul Martiquet's column "Is organic better for you?" (Coast Reporter, Oct. 26). I would like to know who were the people who took part in the Stanford University study.

Editor: In reading Ron Breadner's letter (Coast Reporter, Oct. 26) I also wondered why "the media can't leave it alone" (the death of Amanda Todd), and I understand "that we live in a violent society.

Editor: In Paul Martiquet's column "Is organic better for you?" (Coast Reporter, Oct. 26), he makes the claim that: "When it comes to individual health, there isn't much difference" between conventional and organic food.