Opinion

An open letter to Premier Christy Clark and B.C.

Dear Editor: Re: West Van to Consider Tree Cutting Rules , Feb. 21 front-page story. Having lived on the North Shore since 1921, I am older than many of the “mature” trees being considered for cutting rules.

Filming put $78 million in wages into North Vancouver workers’ bank accounts in 2015 - one of the silver linings of the Canadian dollar falling into the tank. The local movie industry is going gangbusters. That’s good news, as B.C.

Dear Editor: I do not even recognize the North Shore of my childhood and certainly the Vancouver I once knew.

I interrupt a half-written diatribe on the West Vancouver waterfront for a different diatribe. Here are three money-spinning strategies for West Vancouver revival. Sure to alienate some faithful readers, all seven of them. And free.

Dear Editor: Re: Historic Grand Blvd Home Gets Makeover , Jan. 29 news story. My wife and I read this article with interest and appreciation, but it contained an omission. There have been, in fact, three owners – first E.V.

Dear Editor: I was heartened to see your Feb. 21 headline that West Vancouver is to consider measures to preserve its urban tree canopy.

Friday afternoons or in midst of major events are known in the PR business as time to “take out the trash.

Dear Editor: On Feb. 4 it took me over an hour to get from Lonsdale Avenue to the 15th Street exit in West Vancouver at 4 p.m. A family member was gridlocked on the highway trying to get to Deep Cove for two and a half hours.

How much is that doggy in the window? A better question might be: Did he come from an ethical and caring breeder who treated his mother humanely? It’s a question the province has deemed now needs to be answered, announcing on Monday that dog and cat