Opinion

In recent weeks and months, we have been privy to several stories regarding hospitals and patient care in the Lower Mainland, or should I say the lack of patient care.

Being a working mom with two kids is kind of like watching a movie on fast forward - you hope to catch the good parts, but blink and they've whizzed on by.

Another Sea Cavalcade has come and gone, and for the second year in a row, volunteers and the Sunshine Coast RCMP are frustrated by the lack of common sense shown by some people in this community.

After many years of allowing folks to help themselves to the best water in the world, Gibsons council has decided to put an end to this largesse. This decision has some people frothing at the mouth.

So here it is late July, and my favourite time of year is just around the corner - Festival of the Written Arts time. Living in an area with the most fabulous libraries in B.C.

B.C. Ferries is in hot water again this week as news has surfaced of the latest funding fiasco that has been offered up to Ferries' president and CEO David Hahn.

In this day and age, we are bombarded by messages of what is and is not good for us. Vigorous debates have ensued over such matters, ranging from the food we buy to the car we drive to the type of activities we engage in.

By my calculations, on June 30, tourist season officially hit the Sunshine Coast.

If the system is flawed, it can be fixed, no matter what the obstacles may be. Proof of that is this week's news that DriveABLE testing will likely be available on the Coast this September.

How can a government legislate where people stay, what they eat, where they eat and when they eat? We're asking those questions and wondering what some directors at the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) were thinking last week when the issue of