Opinion

Editor: The Gibsons bus route has just been changed to bypass the municipal buildings and Coast Health. There has always been a stop at South Fletcher and Winn near the library.

Minor hockey in the Lower Mainland will see some big changes in the way the game is played come next season - changes that I think are for the better.

Editor: Island Timberlands is in their planning stage of logging in the Day Road forest in Roberts Creek. This is the same area that the community protested in 1997 to prevent MacMillan Bloedel from destroying this incredible recreational oasis.

Editor: I need to correct a comment I made during the Target Marine public hearing on Monday, Jan. 9. I honestly thought I said, "It probably has gone up again this year" not "it has gone up again this year.

Editor: As an occasional golfer and Sechelt taxpayer I attended the standing room only meeting on Jan. 14 to hear the plans mayor and council have for the Sechelt golf course, now it is in receivership.

Editor: Reference is made to the story about the deer that was maimed by loose dogs (Coast Reporter, Jan.

Editor: Educators for Sensible Drug Policy is a coalition member, supporter and advocate for Stop the Violence B.C. STVBC.

Editor: I attended the Jan. 14 meeting about the Sechelt Golf and Country Club foreclosure. I play golf and I like the Sechelt golf members, but I know many more non-golfers here on the Coast.

Editor: Presently there is quite a furore in the City of Merritt concerning the many abandoned and feral cats who have been almost ignored and so have been allowed to reproduce.

Editor: BC Hydro are installing "Smart" meters so that they can charge us extra for consuming power during peak demand periods, thereby motivating us to lower the "peaks." It didn't work in California or Ontario and it won't work in B.C.