Letters

We’d like to apologize to Ms. Stephanie Davis and anyone else who was offended by last week’s Gus’ Pub ad that depicted Alzheimer’s in a humorous way. It was insensitive of us to associate this disease with humour in any form. At Gus’ Pub we strive to provide a fun and entertaining atmosphere so people […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR My wife and I just returned from a one week vacation with my son and his family in Halifax. We have been back and forth to Halifax since 1998 when my son first attended St. Mary’s University, completed his degree and now works in the banking industry. In all of our […]

Dear Editor, It seems that with every issue of the Coast more and more ads creep in. In the Nov. 17 issue, there were only four pages without any ads; yet, there were twenty-three pages of ONLY ads. This is in addition to all the pages that were mainly ads, with a tiny strip of […]

To the editor, The Canadian Federation of Students, a national student lobby group, may be guilty of cyber squatting. The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, the other big national student lobby group on the block, which had been discussing changing its site name from casa.ca to the bilingual equivalent casa-acae.ca, was surprised to discover that […]

Hello friends at The Coast, The infilling of and development along the Northwest Arm over the last year have intrigued me quite a bit. Now, to make matters more interesting, I learned about the proposal to completely fill the upper portion of the Arm, as a way to deposit all the excavated rock and soil […]

Dear Coast editors: While I’m sure many readers revel in Bruce Wark’s harsh assessment of this city’s press, he’s not being entirely honest. Many Coast readers would be surprised to know Wark once worked for the Daily News, which is often the target of his rants. It’s telling that someone who preaches—and teaches—ethics in journalism […]

To the editor, Boiling down the entire “No place to go” article into a few requirements, it seems we want: Male, female and unisex (family) facilities at each location; more stalls in male washrooms to accommodate “shy bladder” users; female facilities at least twice as numerous/large as male facilities; all stalls larger to accommodate barrier-free […]

To the editor, Just a quick note to let whoever titled the picture of Walter Schreifels on page 30 of last week’s Coast know that the attacking “fan” appears to be a lion…not a cougar. DEFINITELY not a cougar. Nice try though! By Darby

To the editor, I am an avid and devoted Coast reader. Every Thursday I wait for The Coast to get dropped off at my place of work and I peruse it front to back and back to front, page by page. It’s unique, accurate and deals with issues some find hard to print with any […]

To the editor, While it’s true that Q104 seems bent towards a “Maxim” attitude these days, I find it somewhat hypocritical of The Coast to shame the rock station for posting bikini-clad (but not naked) women on its website (“Thong of the Day”). Twelve flips further into The Coast will bring you to the bar scene […]

Hi there, Just read your Municipal Malfunction Ticket (Nov 17) with regard to the Q104 website having the “Thong of the day.” As a 28-year-old woman, I can honestly say that is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard of. It’s a radio station website, not a porno site! I’m glad to say […]

I call for Tara Thorne’s head…and job. Good Lord! I thought it was all a bad dream until I came to after her first pick (Alannis) and heard her second pick for “The National Playlist”…Kelly Clarkson! What’s wrong with you? Did you hit your head…did I? Hear this! Your Arts Editor has left a black […]