Skip to content

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Post past-the-post

EDITORIAL: Post past-the-post

Long is the list of promises Justin Trudeau and the Liberals have written on their path to a majority government. But one Canadians are most eager to hold him to is the promise that we’ve had our last election with the first-past-the-post system.
What does Remembrance Day mean to you?

What does Remembrance Day mean to you?

The First and Second World Wars recede from the minds of Canadians with each passing Nov. 11.
BALDREY: Arrogance may bring down B.C. Liberals

BALDREY: Arrogance may bring down B.C. Liberals

When the B.C.
LAUTENS: Some war stories still not popular to share

LAUTENS: Some war stories still not popular to share

Let’s get this over with: Ontario Premier Kathleen (Queen of Debt) Wynne confabbing with buddy Justin Trudeau is like a railway dispatcher advising the train robbers which car is carrying the gold bullion.
EDITORIAL: Out of the darkness

EDITORIAL: Out of the darkness

Believing that it had a war-ready population of 20 million citizens in 1749, the government of Sweden conducted the first-ever modern census. Bluntly, leaders discovered they were short by a factor of 10.
LETTER: Pedestrians need to accept their part of responsibility

LETTER: Pedestrians need to accept their part of responsibility

Dear Editor: As a regular driver on the North Shore and around the Lower Mainland I increasingly experience the majority of pedestrians not looking up or around while in a crosswalk or even when they are jaywalking.
LETTER: Time for deconstruction instead of demolition

LETTER: Time for deconstruction instead of demolition

Dear Editor: Look around your neighbourhood in the District of North Vancouver.
LETTER: Hedge creatures delight passersby

LETTER: Hedge creatures delight passersby

Dear Editor: At last and not a moment too soon the federal election is finally over and no matter how we voted or how we feel about the outcome, the results are just a matter of time.
OTHER VOICES: Cub killings prompt call for policy review

OTHER VOICES: Cub killings prompt call for policy review

A recent North Shore News article addressed the concerns of local bear advocate Christine Miller, regarding the shooting deaths by a conservation officer of a mother bear and her two cubs “after the mother had broken into four garages to get access t
EDITORIAL: Foreign concept

EDITORIAL: Foreign concept

A new study out this week threw fuel on the fire that is always smouldering just under the surface in discussions of Lower Mainland real estate. That’s the debate about the extent of foreign capital in our housing market and the effect it is having.