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The Harper crowd must go

The Harper crowd must go

Editor: Thanks to Brent Richter for an insightful column (Coast Reporter, Aug. 6). Our failure to recognize the current policies of the 'New Conservative' government as simply an extension of the policies put in place by the George W.
Support for Davis Bay plan

Support for Davis Bay plan

Editor: Having looked at the on-line engineering information provide by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, I support the proposal.
Boat blow-up: think of other consequences

Boat blow-up: think of other consequences

Editor: If some of the adults in this community think that blowing up a boat is a fine way to celebrate a local event, then what is to stop a couple of youngsters from playing with fire under an old building in the centre of Lower Gibsons? Please, th
Thanks for the rescue efforts

Thanks for the rescue efforts

Editor:Special thanks to the Sechelt paramedics, Sechelt fire department, Search and Rescue, and air ambulance on Sunday, Aug. 8 for rescuing our friend who suffered a medical emergency and was rendered unconscious.
More needed to protest workers rights

More needed to protest workers rights

The allegations are shocking.
Spitting in the face of fact is good politics

Spitting in the face of fact is good politics

I was looking forward to writing my monthly column about something other than federal politics this time around.
Questionable improvements

Questionable improvements

Editor: Re: Davis Bay sea wall changes (Coast Reporter, July 30). My land, a share in it, is the same share as every other citizen of Sechelt has in our parks, which we all willingly share with those who are here more or less temporarily.
Yielding to the automobile again

Yielding to the automobile again

Editor: What on earth is Sechelt council thinking? ("Council votes to lose parking," Coast Reporter, July 30). To further reduce the width of the seawalk in Davis Bay is the worst of all possible solutions.
Caught in red tape

Caught in red tape

Editor: It's a shame to see the public service bureaucracy wasting so much taxpayer and citizens' money on the simple right of a property owner to protect their land from erosion ("Beach wall owners threatened with legal action," Coast Reporter, July
Ferry committee is not complacent

Ferry committee is not complacent

Editor: Re: Letter to the editor by Bert Hogendoorn regarding B.C. Ferries (Coast Reporter, July 30). We can assure the residents of our southern Sunshine Coast there is no complacency by our Ferry Advisory Committee.