Opinion

As news of Prince William's engagement to Kate Mid-dleton raced across the Internet and lodged itself firmly in the Coast's supermarket magazine racks this week, it took me awhile to remember that this wasn't just celebrity gossip.

Editor: In the District of Sechelt council briefs (Coast Reporter, Nov. 12), reference was made to comments by Coun. Fred Taylor at the Nov. 3 council meeting.

Editor: In recent days a story with international impact, national opportunity and local involvement has been taking place in the houses of Parliament.

Editor: Today I'm remembering. Imagining - memories that good fortune and the brave decreed were not to be my own. The momentous cost of moments lost to tyranny and time.

Editor: I want to extend my best wishes to the parents of Genoa May. They should not have to endure the pain they are experiencing, around the issue of parole for the person who took their daughter from them.

Editor: Anyone who has ever volunteered knows it can be a thankless task. Volunteer your time to help develop soccer on the Sunshine Coast, and you'll probably find this to be particularly true.

Editor: What are our Sunshine Coast accountable elected school trustees doing during these costly harmonized sales tax restraint times? Are they restraining themselves? No. On Tuesday, Oct.

Editor: I read with interest the picturesque presentation of the BC salmon farming industry's perspective of itself delivered to my mailbox recently. Words with "farm" as their root appear 45 times.

Most people who enjoy a pint or two while at their favourite watering hole or a glass of wine with dinner have changed their habits since the province introduced strict new drinking and driving laws - and that's a good thing.

Editor: Taxpayers of Gibsons - you know that the Town will soon be sending you a bill for your metered water.