Opinion

Dear Editor: People may be unaware there is a major development proposal in process for the northwest corner of 13th Street and Lonsdale Avenue. Hollyburn Properties is proposing to build a 19-storey (190 foot) rental tower.

For the umpteenth time, a judge’s gavel has quashed sections of Stephen Harper’s tough-on-crime legislation for violating the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Dear Editor: Thank you for your article Evictions Feared at Emery Village , April 10. Although I am disgusted by it, I am happy to be informed. Unfortunately, happy to be informed is the only positive emotion that came out of reading that article.

Saying the Canucks missed the playoffs is a bit like saying a communist missed a Donald Trump rally. It might’ve been worse if they’d made it.

Dear Editor: Re: Evictions Feared at Emery Village , April 10 story. Like many other renters who live in North Vancouver, every time I hear a story like the one regarding Emery Village it sends shivers of fear up my spine.

There’s a fascinating – and nerve-wracking – debate raging across the nation right now. And North Vancouver is right in the thick of it. Depending on how you look at it, it’s about the environment or the economy.

We’ve had quite a response to last week’s story about potential evictions and redevelopment at Emery Place in Lynn Valley . But much like the controversial Mountain Court redevelopment, this is yet another symptom of a larger structural problem.

The B.C. NDP always faces a tough, uphill struggle to get elected to government in this province, and some moves by the federal wing of the NDP this past weekend may make that hill even steeper.

There’s a critical mass of discontent building with the amount of money getting thrown around in our elections. To Stephen Harper’s credit, he banned corporate and union donations in 2006.

“This (pay parking decision) is just the tip of the very huge iceberg of non-creativity that is currently defining North Vancouver planning across the board.