Opinion

Editor: An international event is taking place on Saturday, June 26, on beaches across North America and the world. It is called Hands Across the Sand.

Editor: Re: Gibsons briefs (Coast Reporter, June 4) proposed smoking ban. Enough already with this anti-smoking scapegoatism and hypocrisy. Let's keep a perspective.

Editor: Barb and I, at Gibsons Recycling, have received several complaints from fellow citizens in Gibsons getting calls about the recycling survey.

Editor: In reply to the several letters desiring zoning against mobile homes, buying an ancient mobile home was the best thing I ever did. The main advantage was that I could afford to stay on the Coast.

I have to admit, a few months ago when former premier Bill Vander Zalm and former B.C. Unity Party leader Chris Delaney launched their anti-harmonized sales tax (HST) campaign, I thought they were nuts.

Editor: Being carried out of the bush by firemen (and paramedics) is every women's dream. I was told they were six burly men. I couldn't disagree, as I couldn't see them.

The following letter was sent to Rich Coleman Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, and copied to Coast Reporter. In recent weeks, it has become clear that the B.C.

Editor: I am writing in regards to the ignorant people who pass on the right, especially at transit bus/school bus stops. We see this all the time at Poplars Trailer Park in the 1400 block of Highway 101 just outside Gibsons.

Editor: As a 30-year resident of the Sunshine Coast, I am disturbed with the increase in the coyote population. While heading to the 6:20 a.m.

The provincial government continues to let the justice system in this community fall apart, and our community can't seem to do much about it.