Opinion

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

Lately a lot of news stories have been bothering me, more for what's not being said than for what's being said. Take, for instance, the HST debate.

The outrage continues to mount this week among Coast residents after another animal was snared in an animal trap. A cat on Cochrane Road was caught in a Conibear trap Tuesday and is lucky to be alive.

While my disappointment over the Vancouver Canucks failure to win game seven and bring home the Stanley Cup has started to wane since last Wednesday, my anger and utter contempt for the post-game riot and those responsible continues to boil over - an