Opinion

Editor: I have attended numerous meetings and discussions during the past eight months concerning the District of Sechelt's need to plan and build a new sewer system. The public meeting on Jan.

Editor: Re: Legalize it, tax it, forget about it (Coast Reporter, Sept. 4) What Brent Richter fails to realize is that The War On Plants was never meant to be won, it was meant to be continuous. It isn't about public safety, it is all about control.

For some time now there has been ongoing work being done in Egmont. There are two projects, one with Hydro (putting up new poles and stringing new cable) and the other with B.A. Blacktop putting in the new watermain. With these jobs come flaggers.

There is no doubt that British Columbia faces a significant challenge in addressing the rising costs of the health system. The question of how we can sustain this system for the next generation is on the mind of government and citizens alike.

I can't count how many times my journalism school professors informed us students that a reporter's responsibility is to "give voice to the voiceless.

Editor: I would like to voice my opinion in favour of the two lane highway in Upper Gibsons. I walk that highway almost daily with my children. It is safer and the traffic is slower than it was when there were four lanes.

Editor: I have been reading about the petitions asking the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to change Gibsons Way back to four lanes.

It's kind of ironic that three days after the first homicide on the Sunshine Coast in five years, the minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Kash Heed released statistics stating B.C.'s crime rate is the lowest in decades.

Editor: On Monday, Sept. 7, Canadians will celebrate Labour Day, but this year we are facing a challenging time. More than 1.5 million Canadian workers have lost their jobs and more than 800,000 are on Employment Insurance.

Editor: I am one who believes making a four-lane road into two was very wrong. The exact spot where this was done is one of the main spots for ferry traffic.