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Trails are worth more than logs

Trails are worth more than logs

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
The community is well served

The community is well served

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.
Organic is better for this writer

Organic is better for this writer

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.
We cannot change ourselves

We cannot change ourselves

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.
I'll take organic, please

I'll take organic, please

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.
Take a bite out of crime

Take a bite out of crime

This week during Crime Prevention week in B.C., the provincial government honoured two difference makers on the Sunshine Coast. Sechelt's Edward Keeling received the Anthony J.
Bullying problem is everyone's responsibility

Bullying problem is everyone's responsibility

Editor: With respect to Ron Breadner's and Mokie Burnham's letters (Coast Reporter, Oct.
Honour public input

Honour public input

Editor: I was utterly amazed to see in your newspaper that the Sunshine Coast Community Forest (SCCF) had a full page advertisement entitled the Sunshine Coast Community Forest Harvesting Plan (Coast Reporter, Nov. 2).
Remembering another face of war

Remembering another face of war

Editor: Where there is war, there is war rape - the widespread, sometimes systematic sexual violation by soldiers and related personnel against "enemy" women, both military and civilian.
Lights would add to recreation

Lights would add to recreation

The following letter was sent to the District of Sechelt, Sunshine Coast Regional District and copied to Coast Reporter. I am writing to request that the city provide lights on one of the fields after dark on week nights during the fall/winter.