Opinion

In my job, I get to meet some amazing young people.

The following letter was sent to member of Parliament John Weston and copied to Coast Reporter.

Editor: Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been negotiating for the past three months to achieve a new collective agreement for rural and suburban mail carriers (RSMC). RSMCs are looking for equality in this contract.

Editor: Your article on raw-log exports (Coast Reporter, Feb. 24) fails to note that while lumber exports rose by 60 per cent in 2011, raw-log exports went up by 160 per cent.

Editor: Thanks for highlighting the ombudsperson's report on seniors' care, both in your front page story and your editorial (Coast Reporter, Feb. 24).

Editor: This week our community is mourning the loss ofRobin Wheeler, who died recently, too soon and too young, following a struggle with cancer.

Do you know who your children are talking to on the Internet? Clearly many parents do not, as evidenced by a group of parents who learned just how powerful social networking can be - in a negative way - last week in Halfmoon Bay.

Editor: It was shocking reading of the committee in Sechelt who have taken it upon themselves to represent a cultural vision for the entire Sunshine Coast.

Editor: On behalf of all the families with school-aged children who live along Davis Bay,Whitaker, Bay, Laurel, Chapman, Geer and Havies roads, I ask the drivers who are taking the detour route toplease slow down.

Editor: For more than 20 years, I have been squawking about the lack of a "yield" intersection at the south end of Redrooffs, where it meets Highway 101. There has been a multitude of serious accidents at this intersection.