Opinion

What was not considered even a remote possibility by many just a few months ago now has to be taken seriously: Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party may yet win this federal election.

The autopsy report on the DOA TransLink funding plebiscite are in. Cause of death: Apathy. Of the 1.5-million ballots issued, less than half came back.

Dear Editor: We are in a long election process and it has given me time to think about the fact that our MPs want us to pay them $150,000 minimum per year to vote according to their leader’s wishes.

Like many, we were caught off guard by the province’s announcement it would investigate the costs and benefits of a fixed link to the Sunshine Coast.

Dear Editor: Congratulations on your article Living with Dementia (Sept. 20 Sunday Focus feature story by reporter Maria Spitale-Leisk). I have several friends who are in situations similar to Bryan and Judy Chalmers.

Dear Editor: On my way home from work on Friday, Sept. 11 I stopped to buy a few necessities at Walmart.

Dear Editor: I am writing to you about the horrific humanitarian crisis unfolding in Europe. In April of 1939 when I was nine, my elder brother and I stood on a platform in Frankfurt station and said goodbye to our parents.

Re: Enough Yo-yo Science , Sept. 13 Mailbox. As a working scientist, I am deeply saddened that any person educated to even a high school level could display the level of scientific ignorance evident in this letter.

If it feels like the North Shore has been getting a lot of attention from the federal party leaders this election, it’s because it has.

Dear Editor: It appears the District of North Vancouver is looking at potential changes to the animal welfare services it offers.