Opinion

Dear Editor: My husband and I were just walking by the now shuttered Peter Rabbit Market in Edgemont Village.

We likely have an idea in our minds of what a millionaire looks like. He’s kicking back on a tropical beach, yelling “buy” or “sell” into a phone, sipping on a mai tai or puffing a cigar.

Dear Editor: (Before Christmas) I broke my leg while I was hiking on Bridle Path Trail on the lower part of Mount Seymour. I slipped on a wet tree root and heard the bone snap, and when I put my weight on my leg I crumpled to the ground.

Dear Editor: Something we seem to be missing in the present dialogue on earthquake safety is how certain construction practices permitted by our local municipalities put us in danger.

If we ever need a reason to feel good that we live in Canada rather than America – in addition to obvious advantages like politeness and a national health care system – we need look no further than American gun culture.

My old boss always warned me about kids with guns. You can’t keep them from getting hold of guns, he’d say. There’s no escape. And he backed up his warning by keeping a couple of loaded weapons in his office at all times.

I’m going to leave the Seymour area for this month’s column and talk about an event in the western part of the District of North Vancouver.

It’s a hot topic around the water cooler these days: skyrocketing Lower Mainland property assessments. On the North Shore, typical single family homes are showing increases of between 15 and 25 per cent, according to area assessor Jason Grant with B.

Dear Editor: When city council approved the new official community plan in March 2015, a last-minute change added a special study area at the corner of Lonsdale Avenue and West 13th Street adjacent to city hall.

Dear Editor: Re: 2016 Assessments Going Up — Way Up , Dec. 13 news story.