Opinion

One of this province's most colourful and at times controversial politicians could be current Premier Gordon Campbell's worst nightmare. That's right folks, the Zalm is back and he's ready for a fight - a harmonized sales tax (HST) fight - that is.

Editor: If one was sitting on the patio in Dundarave, sipping a mojito, one might say, yes, the Sunshine Coast is evolving. However, as a Coast resident of over 25 years, I beg to differ.

Editor: The population of Sechelt is forecast to grow from 8,454 (2006) to 13,171 in 2021 if recent growth rates are repeated. The population of West Sechelt alone will be between 8,000 to 10,000 according to the official community plan (OCP).

As we creep up on the one-year anniversary of the start of the debate on the future of the Pender Harbour landfill, the level of discord in the Area A community is getting pretty tough to watch. The Pender Harbour.

Editor: Jenny Wagler's "Where are the Coast's visionaries?" column managed to say in the last five paragraphs of her dissertation in Coast Reporter's April 2 views column what the majority of Tillicum Bay/Tuwanek residents have been trying to say for

Editor: Thanks to Jenny Wagler for a great op-ed (Coast Reporter, April 2). The Sunshine Coast is a wonderful place to live at any age, but it can be lonely to be between, say, 20 and 40 here.

The following letter was sent to member of Parliament John Weston and copied to Coast Reporter for publication. Dear Mr.

Walking into the public meeting for Sechelt's new draft official community plan (OCP) Monday evening, I discovered, like the other attendees, that I'd have to pick a discussion table.

Were you in the dark last Saturday night? If you weren't, you were among the minority, as thousands of British Columbians helped drop the province's electricity load by 1.04 per cent during Earth Hour. According to BC Hydro, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Editor: Further to the discussion regarding bow hunting of elk, I would like to direct public attention to an eye-opening report which summarizes 24 reports from across the country: www.animalrightscoalition.com/doc/bowhunting_report.pdf.