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It works for me
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Nov-02-2009 I am now 76 years old and by following the simple directions, have no difficulty driving through the… more |
Kudos to Coombs proprieters
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Nov-02-2009 This letter is to offer a belated welcome and thank you to the new owners of the Coombs General Stor… more |
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Bouquets&Brickbats
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Nov-02-2009 Bouquets Many senior thank yous to Joseph and Susan La Fauci of Paradise Mini Golf for the 14… more |
Crime doesn’t have to scare you
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Nov-05-2009 In regards to the letter about crime in Qualicum Beach (The News, Nov. 3) we, too, are smug as we lo… more |
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Police overkill put damper on event
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Nov-05-2009 On Tuesday morning my wife, myself and approximately 400 other residents of the Bowser area gathered… more |
Light pollution is no solution
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Nov-05-2009 Beachcomber residents may be unaware of a threat to the glorious dark night skies over their beautif… more |
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Who says private care is better?
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Nov-05-2009 Two weeks ago I had a minor stroke. Five minutes after arriving at the emergency at NRGH, I was in … more |
Hats off to health care providers
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Nov-02-2009 I recently spent 18 days in the hospital with a staph infection in my left shoulder, which required … more |
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Who is to blame?
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Nov-02-2009 It is always so easy to lay blame. In truth our community raises our children. To blame parent or p… more |
There’s lots to be not proud of
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Nov-02-2009 Serena Leblond may be proud to be a torch bearer (The News, Oct. 30), but as a proud British Columbi… more |
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Regarding the driving skills article...
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-26-2009 Regarding the driving skills article, a letter writer (The News, Oct. 16) insisted that there is no … more |
While I agree...
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-26-2009 While I agree with the writer who believes we should all be responsible for our own litter, I disagr… more |
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Cats inside, please
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-26-2009 Pampered house cats do not have to hunt to live. The majority of them have special food in a dish … more |
The Tweety and Sylvester solution
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-29-2009 I think I have a solution to the cat in, cat out problem. I would be more than willing to start a no… more |
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Take action on immigration abuse
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-29-2009 Does anyone still believe that Canada is not the softest touch in the western world? Over the past c… more |
I’m proud to carry the Olympic torch
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-29-2009 I was a bit insulted by the comment on the article (The News, Oct. 27) that used the phrase, attent… more |
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Live and let live is the way to go
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-29-2009 I am not too worried about the past and whether cats were from this country or not. All I know is t… more |
Rapture not the problem
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-29-2009 Arthur Black admits (The News, Oct. 27) that access to information has never been freer and the ocea… more |
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No need for special rates
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-29-2009 With all due respect to the fellow who believes because he has a family he should get a break in the… more |
Just adding to the issue
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-29-2009 Why is it so difficult for the staff of this newspaper to keep animals out of the free columns? Th… more |
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In response to Ms. Blower’s letter...
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-26-2009 In response to Ms. Blower’s letter defending cats (The News, Oct. 23), I would like to point out tha… more |
Bouquets
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-26-2009 A great big bouquet to the lady in the small silver vehicle who stopped to make sure I was OK and g… more |
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Patrick Proudlock hit the nail on the head
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-26-2009 Patrick Proudlock hit the nail on the head (The News, Oct. 23). Relish in our rights ... rights that… more |
Disappointing
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-19-2009 It was really disappointing to find not one animal-related business between Primrose and Jones that … more |
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Brickbats & Bouquets
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-19-2009 Many thanks to two paramedics, Don and Ed, for their assistance off the road with my bicycle. Yes, … more |
Memorial Avenue roundabout
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-19-2009 It is a pleasure to see the new Memorial Avenue roundabout in use. Even some of its naysayers have b… more |
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How will gardens grow
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-26-2009 Some growers said to me at a local market, when noting how vegetable sales have dropped, that it was… more |
We have two cats.
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-19-2009 We have two cats. One was a stray, Jerry, that came to us the end of 2000 and the other one, Snoopy,… more |
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Tele watching
Parksville Qualicum Beach News • Oct-19-2009 Last Thursday afternoon most of the television-watching world became transfixed as a weird looking b… more |