Letters

Oh my goodness! What on earth is council thinking; a three-year, $168,000 wayfinding project for Parksville … really? Do we honestly need new signage, mapping and other magical tools to help visitors navigate our small city? The downtown core is so small anyway, do you really think the area is so complicated a visitor couldn’t find their way?

So there I was, happy as a clam, minding my own business, doing a little shopping in a local grocery store when I saw one of the staff wearing long, pink bunny ears.

Am I the only person in Parksville who stops for a red light or a stop sign?

Re: Legion commemorates Vimy Ridge ( The NEWS , April 11).

Re: Support for Salish Sea as UNESCO site grows ( The NEWS , April 11).

I moved here, like many other newcomers, for all the usual reasons. A great place to retire, great weather (at least for Canada), low crime and congestion, fantastic scenery, friendly people.

A century ago, young men with families, friends, and dreams fought an opposing army made up of young men with families, friends, and dreams. On both sides orders to kill and capture the enemy trickled down their respective military chains of command, passing from the lily-white hands of the most powerful to the blood-stained hands of the most expendable.

Remember all those fine sounding phrases like “real change,” “transparency” and “accountability”we heard from Justin Trudeau in his successful campaign to become Prime Minister?

Any pipeline today with our vast climate change, which will cause extreme temperature differentiations, will challenge all seals throughout the pipeline. And if any seal breaks, the damage to our land will be felt not just by our children or our grandchildren or our great-grandchildren, but over 20,000 generations after it happens.

There’s a lot of noise from the chattering classes regarding fake news, and reference to alternative facts, that have become part and parcel of reportage from the White House. Fake news reports came thick and fast during the 2016 presidential campaign, many generated on various social media and alternative media sites about leading candidates in both political parties.