Opinion

Editor: I would have so liked to give credit to the Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) for their decision to donate $22,000 to the trail strategy initiative (Coast Reporter, Feb. 1, "Society to complete trail strategy").

Editor: I love my country, but fear my government. Is anyone concerned that Stephen Harper is sticking our nose into Mali? I thought we were supposed to be a peace-keeping country? Well, we are not.

Editor: Once again our member of Parliament John Weston is wasting our tax dollars with a new 14-page political advertiser.

Editor: Thanks for Jan Degrass' Friends of the Gallery review (Coast Reporter, Feb. 1).

B.C. is already in bed with the oil and gas industry and now the Liberal government wants us to make babies and grow old together.

Editor: Re: John Hird's letter "Slow down, enjoy the ride" (Coast Reporter, Feb. 8).

Editor: We are the school district support staff workers in School District No. 46. We are the clerical workers who are the front-line staff who make schools warm and welcoming.

Editor: I have had kids in youth soccer on the Sunshine Coast for eight years, and I am also a dog owner. I have been conflicted on the issue of dogs on sports fields over the years.

Editor: Sechelt mayor and council announced Feb. 5 that construction of a wastewater treatment plant would commence immediately on the Ebbtide property.

The Olympic motto reads as follows: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle.