Opinion

Welcome, tourists, to the Sunshine Coast, Gateway to Powell River and home of the world's largest gravel pit. A good time is guaranteed to all visitors.

It's only been two weeks on the campaign trail and already things are heating up. This is going to be one of the dirtiest and hard-fought federal election campaigns in decades. The outcome is far from decided across Canada.

The Sunshine Coast is being thrust into the media spotlight this week, but unfortunately for all the wrong reasons.

I must admit I'm a reality TV watcher. But reality TV doesn't seem like the right term to me. Perhaps they should call it crazy-stuff-people-will-only-do-for-money TV or pain-for-the-purpose-of-entertainment TV.

I had the opportunity to go back to school on Tuesday. I was invited by Chatelech Secondary School and their Career and Personal Planning (CAPP) program to be part of a panel of employers at a Grade 10 CAPP day.

The first holiday weekend is here and we hope it's a safe one. Yet every year it seems there is some sort of tragedy on the roadways. Instead of barbecues and ball games, long weekends are associated with fatalities on the highways.

In another case of government overstepping its boundaries, the Sunshine Coast Regional District has done some major damage to the Coast's film industry. On Thursday, Sleepwalker Productions came before the SCRD board to discuss plans to film a $1.

Lately, while I'm observing the dysfunctional catfights at the Sunshine Coast Regional District board, I find myself muttering "One government. One government.

The cat came back. And yes, it was a fast eight months.

The next time you have a bear in your garbage or in your back yard munching on your fruit trees or you encounter a cougar when out for a walk, don't expect to get any help from the local conservation office.