Opinion

It only received scant media attention but the speech recently given by NDP leader John Horgan on climate change could prove to be a groundbreaking moment for his party and for B.C. politics as a whole.

A factory can be shuttered for releasing harmful levels of toxicity. However, there’s no effective mechanism to regulate websites trading in noxious political discourse. Six Canadians are dead following a shooting at a Quebec mosque.

Dear Editor: Are you the person who was driving north on Chesterfield Avenue in North Vancouver, and turning east onto 16th Street on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 1 p.m.? You were alone. You were intent on what you were doing.

Dear Editor: Canada imports about 650,000 barrels per day of oil from some of the most despotic and culturally intolerant countries in the world. The money we spend on this oil supports slavery, homophobia, suppresses women and much more.

Dear Editor: Re: More Pipeline Suits Launched by First Nations , Jan. 18 front-page story.

With Friday’s announcement, almost $200 million is now being spent to widen Highway 1 and revamp our local interchanges in a bid to ease traffic congestion. For drivers on the North Shore, this is a good thing.

Dear Editor: Re: Charges Don’t Add Up , Dec. 30 Mailbox. Mr. (Doug) Kay’s letter gives me an opportunity to clarify my comments regarding increases to the water and sewer utility rates approved by West Vancouver council at the Dec. 5 meeting.

Agent 6ki4nsP is one of my shrewdest agents. He also describes himself as more right-wing than Genghis Khan.

Another year, another report that finds the province is failing to meet its own guidelines when it comes to staffing at seniors care homes. Except now, we’re actually losing ground.

Chances are most of us have lost someone to cancer, heart disease or a stroke, since those are the three leading causes of death in our general population.