Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Garbage Cart Rollout: Cap Resident Weighs In , May 24 Mailbox.

If you spend enough time on the Internet, you’d think Canada has become a nation of scolds. Often cloaked in anonymity, our scolds span the spectrum of peevish, holier-than-thou thought. On one end are the politically correct scolds.

After two weeks of waiting with bated breath for the fate of the province’s political future to be determined, the drama unfolded in slow motion this week.

Dear Editor: I would like to thank Joy and her friend who assisted me after a nasty fall near Lonsdale Quay. They stayed with me until the fire department and ambulance arrived.

It’s going to be fascinating and, at times, amusing, to watch how this province’s two major political parties deal with the upstart new kid on the block: the B.C. Green Party.

For one unfortunate family, a trip to a Richmond pier led to a vicious and unexpected attack.

Dear Editor: Homeowners and residents in the District of North Vancouver are slowly waking up to the harsh plus and minus realities of the DNV’s new automated recycling, organics, garbage collection policy: higher utility bills; lower limit of allowe

Dear Editor: Residents, take notice! Not many of you will have seen an innocuous notice inviting public input for the Fibreco Terminal Enhancement Project.

B.C.’s political landscape is still being constructed even though election day has come and gone. Each party and each leader waits with bated breath. Christy Clark is still the premier and will want to continue.

Whether it’s locally grown food or mom and pop shops trying to compete with big box stores, it seems we as consumers are always being reminded it’s best to buy local.