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Thanks for the warmth

Thanks for the warmth

Editor: My family and I went to Dakota Ridge right before Christmas to check out the snow and go for a cross country ski. As usual it was absolutely beautiful. But what was really great was the warmth of the warming hut.
Bylaw is sad and laughable

Bylaw is sad and laughable

Editor: We would like to thank Coun. Keith Thirkell and others (with the exception of two) for their hard work on behalf of us, the taxpayers, in creating a new bylaw that was badly needed.
More important issues than bylaw

More important issues than bylaw

Editor: Stop the presses! Sechelt council, are you going after cats for chasing birds next? How about children for chasing balls? If you pass this idiotic piece of dribble concerning the dog bylaw, whether it be with or without provocation, you deser
Incomplete commentary

Incomplete commentary

Editor: Your editor is a reasonable and intelligent person, so I find it surprising that he would write such an incomplete commentary about Sechelt's latest animal control bylaw (Coast Reporter, Dec. 25).
Three cheers for Coast guides

Three cheers for Coast guides

Editor: I am a volunteer driver for meals on wheels in the Sechelt area. On Monday, Dec. 21, I picked up meals to deliver.
Coast needs judge, accountability

Coast needs judge, accountability

What a relief to know the Sunshine Coast's clear and pressing need for a permanent sitting judge in Sechelt is "under consideration" by the Ministry of the Attorney General. And here we were thinking we'd been forgotten.
Reclaiming neighbourhoods

Reclaiming neighbourhoods

Editor: I couldn't help but notice the profound irony with which two seemingly unrelated stories in Coast Reporter (Dec. 18) were inextricably linked. In the one story ("Pro-gram 'just the ticket' for youth"), Const.
Goodbye 2009, hello 2010

Goodbye 2009, hello 2010

I always get a bit nostalgic this time of year. It's the last edition for 2009, and as is tradition, it's our year in review, a chance for us and our readers to look back at the year that was in news, arts and sports.
Recycling survey a concern

Recycling survey a concern

The following letter was sent to Julie Clark, education and outreach co-ordinator for the Sunshine Coast Regional District's (SCRD) waste management program, and copied to Coast Reporter.
C-15: failing our youth

C-15: failing our youth

Editor: Educators for Sensible Drug Policy is an organization of educators devoted to facts about Canadian drug policy in our schools and communities. Bill C-15 is not helping educators to do their jobs.