Opinion

Editor: More deer around the Mahan Trail have attracted a cougar that killed pets and livestock and worried local residents (Coast Reporter, Feb. 5).

Editor: Do you know who started the tradition of running the Olympic flame through different communities prior to the Games? Time's up: it was the Nazis in 1936 - masters of propaganda, for sure, but amateurs compared to what we do.

Editor: Once again a cougar has been pointlessly murdered on the Coast. With probably less than 20,000 cougars left in North America, we cannot afford to keep killing these cats.

Editor: What a breath of fresh air to have a group that presents another perspective to the somewhat stale and myopic world of Sunshine Coast politics (Sunshine Coastal Environmental Sustain-ability Society - SuCESS).

Editor: As many of us know, Sechelt is in need of additional sewage treatment capacity. Such a huge commitment for our community, in terms of finances and livability for our present and future, deserves careful consideration.

Editor: In his letter (Coast Reporter, Feb. 5), Bill Forst states that Sunshine Coast torch bearers were "selected by" RBC and Coca Cola. He suggests that those selected "children" would likely be wearing RBC and Coca Cola logos.

Editor: Will the students, teachers and parents of Langdale Elementary School please take centre stage. They added a real zing to the Olympic Torch event in Langdale last Thursday.

Editor: Re: "Sechelt council considers allowing bow hunting of elk" (Coast Reporter, Feb. 5).

Editor: Feb. 4, Day 98 of the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, was for me, a day filled with excitement, joy, honour, awe, wonder, laughter and happiness.

If the photo on today's front page of Jean-Pierre Makosso embracing Roberts Creek artist Gord Halloran in a huge bear hug doesn't scream Olympic spirit, we don't know what will.