Opinion

Editor: The recent felling of five ancient trees, in the range of 500 years old, was an act of senseless destruction. These trees, in Roberts Creek, had diameters of approximately 1.37 metres.

Editor: Last week at the United Nations, Canada voted against the Goldstone Report. This was a fact-finding mission commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate events in the Gaza Strip from Dec. 27, 2008 to Jan. 18, 2009.

Editor: Have we all gone crazy and lost all common sense? B.C. Ferries wants to close the access gate on the south side by Langdale Creek. Why? We don't know.

A little game of chess between the provincial government and B.C. Ferries may have just got a bit more interesting with last week's release of the provincial comptroller general's look at B.C. Ferries and TransLink.

Editor: Howard White deserves a 'misappropriation of words' award. His letter to the editor (Coast Reporter, Oct.

Editor: This past week, Coast TV very kindly gave the hand painted banners project of Gibsonstime to promote this community-oriented project.

Editor: A small, but determined group of peace activists will hold the 150th consecutive weekly Bring Our Troops Home Vigil along the waterfront in Davis Bay this coming Saturday, Nov. 14 from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Editor: My thanks to Kim Fenton for pointing out that the Liberal candidate for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky, Daniel Veniez, has not been a recent member of the Conservative Party (Coast Reporter, letters, Nov. 6).

Editor: On Sunday, Nov. 8, I parked at the K8 sign on the Halfmoon/Carlson Forest Service Road and walked/jogged, accompanied by my weimaraner dog, for 1.5 kms eastward in the direction of Sechelt Inlet.

Editor: Last week I left my shoulder bag in a shopping cart outside the Trail Bay Mall. I realised it right away and wheeled the car around to retrieve the bag, but it was already gone.