Opinion

The following letter was sent to the District of Sechelt and copied to Coast Reporter. Re: District of Sechelt logo The Village of Sechelt was incorporated on Feb. 15, 1956.

Editor: I attended the Sechelt committee of the whole meeting on Feb. 22. I was more than happy when Coun. Doug Hockley recommended looking into putting out a contest to our local citizens to create a new logo and motto for Sechelt.

Editor: I am compelled to respond to the letters regarding forest block A87124 by Mike Bowering and Ken Sneddon (Coast Reporter, Feb. 24).

In my job, I get to meet some amazing young people.

The following letter was sent to member of Parliament John Weston and copied to Coast Reporter.

Editor: Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been negotiating for the past three months to achieve a new collective agreement for rural and suburban mail carriers (RSMC). RSMCs are looking for equality in this contract.

Editor: Your article on raw-log exports (Coast Reporter, Feb. 24) fails to note that while lumber exports rose by 60 per cent in 2011, raw-log exports went up by 160 per cent.

Editor: Thanks for highlighting the ombudsperson's report on seniors' care, both in your front page story and your editorial (Coast Reporter, Feb. 24).

Editor: This week our community is mourning the loss ofRobin Wheeler, who died recently, too soon and too young, following a struggle with cancer.

Do you know who your children are talking to on the Internet? Clearly many parents do not, as evidenced by a group of parents who learned just how powerful social networking can be - in a negative way - last week in Halfmoon Bay.