Opinion

Dear Editor: After reading in the paper today about another black bear/human conflict on the North Shore ending in the death of a bear (Two Bears Shot in North Vancouver on One Day, North Shore News, July 8)), I am outraged as a North Shore resident

Dear Editor: I just finished reading about the rise in youth homelessnes (Homeless Youth on the Rise, North Shore News, July 10).

JUST when the provincial government appears to be listening to our Metro mayors on the topic of financing expensive regional transportation, it would appear that Premier Christy Clark would prefer to abandon common sense in favour of pandering to the

AS you read these pages, venerable British tabloid The News of The World has printed its last edition.

Dear Editor: I just received my BC Hydro bill. It reads: "BC HST residential energy credit: $2.52 cr." Then it reads: "The following is a summary of taxes billed to your account since your last invoice: HST at 12 per cent on $39.87: $4.78.

Dear Editor: Harbourside could become the newest stand-alone community on the North Shore with very little community input.

Dear Editor: Regarding the advertisement in the North Shore News of July 6 advocatingt the retention of the HST: In their ad, the four North Shore MLAs state that voting to keep the HST will save you money as the HST rate will be reduced. The B.C.

WE live in black bear country here on the North Shore and, as the dominant species, we have to figure out how we are going to share our territory with them. Yet on Wednesday we caused two of them to be killed, the first hereabouts this year.

DUE to riotous living across the inlet, I reluctantly delayed noting this important West Vancouver date.

Dear Editor: I had a good laugh this morning reading in your paper (June 29, page 34) the provincial government's ad on the HST referendum: "Before you vote, understand the referendum question.