Opinion

Editor: Highway 101 in Davis Bay near the public washrooms is of concern. I find it very hard to believe that someone hasn't figured out to dig a small trench there from the pool of water back towards the ocean and put a nice grate over it.

Exactly 500 years ago, Niccolò Machiavelli wrote a self-help book for aspiring rulers that explains the methods whereby kingdoms are won and lost.

Editor: Keith Maxwell provided an opinion in his letter to the editor (Coast Reporter, Jan.

Editor: Mayor Henderson's New Year's message (Coast Reporter, Jan. 4) recognizes the past year was a rocky one for Sechelt council and asks that we "leave the negative energy back in 2012" and go forward on a positive note in 2013.

Editor: Re: "A typical media response" (Coast Reporter letters, Jan. 4).

A disturbing dog attack has us on edge this week. Last Saturday, Dana Urbanski was out walking with her Pomeranians Pepper and Hondo along the off-leash Kinnikinnick trails. It's a walk she has done many times - without incident.

Editor: Thank you, Elizabeth Scott, for bringing up the fixed link alternative to the current ferry system (Coast Reporter letters, Dec. 28).

Editor: Wow - we have had more snow for this time of year than I can remember. Dakota Ridge has become less a local secret and more of a destination.

Welcome to a new year on the Sunshine Coast. I hope 2013 brings us all exciting new possibilities, prosperity and peace in this beautiful place I'm thankful to call home.

As the calendar switches from 2012 to 2013, it's a time for reflection. We take time for personal reflection on the year that was, remembering family and friends, the good times we shared, the bad times, the losses, the highs and the lows.