Opinion

The loonie is limboing lower and lower, on its way to US 59 cents, financial experts are predicting. Yes, gas is cheaper, thanks to the drop in oil prices, which also benefits Canadian manufacturers.

Dear Editor: I like so many are concerned about the recent B.C. land assessments, as seniors it is a serious problem. I sold my property in Vancouver after my wife died in 2012 and moved to North Vancouver to a smaller house.

Dear Editor: I am flabbergasted at the huge increase in property assessments. We live in an older, 1,045-square-foot townhouse and we have been assessed a value which is some six times higher than all the previous years assessment amounts.

Dear Editor: As our property assessments have arrived, I presume our various North Shore councils will be increasing our property taxes, as is usually the case. However, I believe that our property taxes should be decreasing.

Amy Baird grew up going to the Hollyburn Sailing Club every summer. Her mother, Anne, was its first woman commodore. “As a young girl I was so proud of her. Still am,” Amy says.

They’re off to the big leagues now. The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the BC Teachers’ Federation’s case, arguing it was unconstitutional for the province to strip class size and composition provisions out of their collective agreement.

This week the province delivered a swift uppercut to Kinder Morgan’s plan for a pipeline expansion ending at Burrard Inlet. According to B.C., there’s little evidence proper oil spill prevention or response plans are in place.

Dear Editor: I was very surprised by your Dec. 24/25 story on the District of North Vancouver searching for a new site for the North Vancouver bus depot . A few things that knocked my socks off were: 1) Wasn’t it the DNV that turned down the old B.C.

One of the more intriguing demands by those opposing the Site C dam is that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau step in and block its construction, using the argument that the dam infringes First Nations’ rights and poses environmental risk.

Dear Editor: Re: Homeowners Reel Over Assessments , Jan. 8. I spent hours crying after reading your front-page article about the impoverished Dundarave senior. Just imagine having a run-down house in West Vancouver worth $2.7 million; what a tragedy.