Opinion

Six-year-old Phyllis Webstad wore her prized orange shirt on her first day of school in 1973. But when she arrived, her teachers stripped it from her as she began her time in one of Canada’s Indian residential schools. Sept.

Dear Editor: Re: Mandatory Licensing for Cyclists Will Help Road Safety, Sept. 18 Mailbox . Letter-writer Shelagh Tracey is concerned about cyclists -- in her words, our “irresponsible behaviour” -- and proposes we be licensed.

Dear Editor: Does West Vancouver need a messy, risky mine on its doorstep? Calgary-based Burnco is a family-owned sand and gravel mining company that is applying for a permit to mine and process 20 million tonnes of aggregate at the McNab Creek estua

I was a bit taken aback when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drew the loudest roar from the crowd of any guest when he was introduced at the B.C. legislature on the weekend along with the visiting royal couple, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

If you were among the 80 million or so people who could stomach Monday’s U.S. presidential debate – the ultimate in reality TV – we salute you. The consensus appears to be that Clinton was the clear winner.

Dear Editor: Ode to West Vancouver.

Dear Editor: Let’s hug a tree today! (And I’m not a tree hugger.) Fall is here and leaves will “drift by the windows.” We buy leaf bags but when they are picked up they are taken away while containers are emptied and left for reuse.

If Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson is to be believed, implementing the eminently sensible strategy Capilano University students and their peers province-wide advance to tackle the critical lack of student housing would compromise B.C.

This weekend, royal watchers will be on the edge of their seats as William and Kate (that’s the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to you) and their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte touch down in B.C. for an eight-day tour.

In an attempt to both celebrate and subvert Science Literacy Week, we hit Marine Drive for an extremely unscientific survey of the scientific acumen of North Shore residents.