Opinion

Last Saturday night the 2010 Olympic Games logo was officially unveiled in a gala ceremony at GM Place in Vancouver.Illanaaq is the new face of the Games - a face that probably should be kept under wraps.

The past few weeks have been terrible on Hwy. 101. We've seen a horrible fatal accident in Gibsons, a serious motorcycle crash in Roberts Creek and another bad accident involving a commercial truck and B.C. Ambulance paramedics.

Last Friday I had the opportunity to attend a meeting in Gibsons put on by the Gibsons and Areas Economic Development Partnership with presentations on the opportunities that lie ahead for our area.

I had the opportunity to attend the community policing consultative group meeting on Wednesday morning in Gibsons. It's been a while since I've been at one of their meetings, and I'm glad I was there. The meeting had a particular focus.

The birds are chirping, the weather is warming up and there is a distinctive fresh smell in the air - sure signs of spring and election season. The Liberals have not dropped the election writ yet, but the campaign seems to already be in full swing.

Move over Jay Leno. Step aside David Letterman - you have some competition right here on the Sunshine Coast. The talented students at Elphinstone Secondary School's TV Production class launched an innovative and exciting project this week.

I spent the week before Easter caring for my mother as she died at her home in Connecticut. She had been diagnosed with lung cancer three and a half years earlier.

A heartless group of scam artists has struck another innocent victim this week.

Anyone who's ever considered himself or herself the owner of a cat (world's biggest oxymoron) is familiar with said pet's response when the cat is challenged. At best you get a polite hiss, at worst a full-fledged clawing.

For the record, I'd like to respond to the issue of unbalanced reporting as raised by Ellen Pekeles of VCH in last week's letter to the editor titled "Concerned by coverage.