Opinion

What do you think of this week's editorial cartoon?

Voter turnout was about 60 per cent for the BC election, which is a respectable number. Good for us; democracy in action and all of that “get-out-the-vote” cheerleading.

Whether you voted for him or not, Nicholas Simons has proven he has a stronghold of support in Powell River-Sunshine Coast riding.

Recycling response Canada’s bottled water industry is supportive of community environmental initiatives, however some inaccuracies from the Let’s Talk Trash Team [“Plastic water bottles: A thing of the past?” Peak Weekender, May 12, 2017] need to be

One of the ways to measure the health of a community is to gather statistics about the obvious factors: health, education, poverty, employment, civic engagement and food production.

They had to pick a Tuesday for the election, didn’t they? Since Tuesday is our press day at the Peak, we did not have provincial election results in time for publication of today’s paper. Instead, we ran them on prpeak.com.

I just read about our nice tax increase [“Committee recommends tax increase,” May 3] and my first thought was: wow.

What do think of this week's editorial cartoon?

Full disclosure: I’ve only voted a few times in my life, usually when I knew someone running in the election, or if there was a particular issue that was near and dear to me at the municipal level.

Revisit raise Having been away, I recently caught up on past issues of the Peak and saw that council came up with an “innovative “ formula to pay themselves 58 per cent of the average pay [“Council seeks pay parity,” February 15] of the Powell River