Opinion

Oftentimes I hear people wondering why newspapers, including ours, seem to focus on what's wrong with our society. They want to see more good news stories, especially on the front page.

Editor: Re: "Chat students start gay-straight alliance" (Coast Reporter, June 4). When my children matured, I told them that, in general, people are right-handed.

Editor: I can't imagine the impact the recent fire in Lower Gibsons has had on those directly affected.

Editor: An international event is taking place on Saturday, June 26, on beaches across North America and the world. It is called Hands Across the Sand.

Editor: Re: Gibsons briefs (Coast Reporter, June 4) proposed smoking ban. Enough already with this anti-smoking scapegoatism and hypocrisy. Let's keep a perspective.

Editor: Barb and I, at Gibsons Recycling, have received several complaints from fellow citizens in Gibsons getting calls about the recycling survey.

Editor: In reply to the several letters desiring zoning against mobile homes, buying an ancient mobile home was the best thing I ever did. The main advantage was that I could afford to stay on the Coast.

I have to admit, a few months ago when former premier Bill Vander Zalm and former B.C. Unity Party leader Chris Delaney launched their anti-harmonized sales tax (HST) campaign, I thought they were nuts.

Editor: Being carried out of the bush by firemen (and paramedics) is every women's dream. I was told they were six burly men. I couldn't disagree, as I couldn't see them.

The following letter was sent to Rich Coleman Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, and copied to Coast Reporter. In recent weeks, it has become clear that the B.C.