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Slow down, we're on the Coast

Slow down, we're on the Coast

Editor: Re: Highway changes in Davis Bay This is a no brainer. The parking, bench and sidewalk area should not be usurped by the highway change, nor should land be expropriated. Either we get a new highway or we have to put up with what we've got.
Festival is a literal delight

Festival is a literal delight

This weekend we recognize the Sunshine Coast's longest running arts celebration, the Festival of the Written Arts. For readers and writers alike it's Christmas in August.
OCP change will kill jobs not create

OCP change will kill jobs not create

Editor: The Coast Community Builders Association (CCBA) board of directors letter to the editor, Aug.
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.