Opinion

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.

On Monday, BC Ferries CEO David Hahn appeared in Sechelt for a public meeting.

This week the District of Sechelt submitted its community forest license application to the Ministry of Forests, over the objection of many citizens' groups and other municipal governments.

It's been a few weeks now since we learned that a recreation referendum is coming in June. Since I hold recreation so dearly to my heart, I thought I'd present a few thoughts on the subject this week.

The picture on our front page this week tells a tragic story. Sunshine Coast RCMP members and the community came together on Thursday to remember four RCMP members who were killed in the line of duty in a violent shooting in Alberta last week.