Opinion

Editor: I find it amazing the amount of money that is going to be spent guarding the Olympic torch bearers.

Editor: Last Friday (Oct.

This won't make me any friends, but I have to admit: until now, I've gotten a sort of twisted enjoyment out of our little H1N1 pandemic.

Editor: Re: Bill Forst federal NDP's choice Here we go again and already! Misinformation abounds from the NDP camp. Veniez was never a member of the Conservative Party. I know; I checked.

Editor: It seems a new level of government has been created on the Sunshine Coast. At least that what Imade of last week'sflyer by the Sunshine Coast Community Forest. In thereport from the chair,Mr. John R.

Editor: At the Oct. 29 public meeting of the Sunshine Coast Community Forest, a member of the public informed us that four old growth trees in the Wilson Creek area had been felled by the community forest about 10 days previous to our meeting.

Morale has hit a low point for Sunshine Coast paramedics. On Tuesday, the provincial government introduced legislation that forces the province's 3,500 ambulance paramedics back to work in the middle of collective bargaining.

Editor: For Sechelt council to choose Canada's Small Business Week to start a repeal process against the Target fish hatchery, apparently one of the Sunshine Coast's most outstanding small businesses, is quite telling.

Editor: This is an open letter to thank the residents of the Sunshine Coast for their participation and support of the Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart programs this past year.

Editor: The Vital Signs report featured recently in this paper makes some interesting claims about library use on the Sunshine Coast and states that "They [libraries] also provide equitable access to information and in doing so, contribute to the soc