Opinion

I'm told it's a common problem on the Coast - rats getting into your car's engine compartment and doing a little renovating. I could use some advice. It happened to me.

I'm excited to see what the progress plan uncovers about the economic well-being of women on the Coast, and interested to see the plan's proposal for change.

Summer on the Sunshine Coast is something to celebrate -the bright sun, the fantastic flowers and hip, hip, hurray, the arrival of the tourists and their spending power.

The following letter was sent to Gibsons council and copied to Coast Reporter.

Editor: Re: Cat bylaw brushed off (Coast Reporter, July 13). Sechelt Coun. Chris Moore said the idea of regulating cats was a "big hairball, a total waste of time and energy.

Editor: Re: Possible big box store rezoning application (Coast Reporter, July 13). If a rezoning application for Eco Village on Field Road comes to Sechelt council this will be the end of the Sunshine Coast, as we know it.

Editor: I was enjoying my early morning walk in the woods with my dog, the sun filtering down through the trees.

Editor: Like many retirees, my wife and I moved to the Sunshine Coast many years ago from other parts of Canada.

The following letter was sent to Sechelt Mayor John Henderson and copied to Coast Reporter. I'm not a resident of Sechelt, nor do I pay taxes in your fine region.

Editor: I live in Western Australia and have relatives in or around Sechelt whom I would like to contact. My father's uncle Ted Higginson and his wife Lottie settled in the area after the First World War after emigrating from Cheshire, England.