Opinion

We in West Vancouver put the world’s crises in calm perspective. Global markets falling. Faith in the prime minister shaken, or stirred, depending on your martini recipe.

Dear Editor: Re: Parking Space Battle Pitting Residents Against Each Other , Aug. 7 news story. We have the same problem on the 400-block of East 12th St.

If you make a visit to Victoria this fall, you may find yourself with a little more elbow room at the tourist hot spots. The editorial board of The Seattle Times is suggesting a tourism boycott of the quaint B.C.

Other Lower Mainland municipalities looked on with jealousy at all the fun we were having over here on Saturday. By almost all accounts, the Slide the City event with its 1,000-foot (300-metre) water slide was a smash.

Dear Editor: Re: $4.7M for New Gallery and Museum, Aug. 2 front-page story. I was appalled at seeing the photo of the proposed Polygon Gallery slated for the foot of Lonsdale. The building has no sense of place or function.

Dear Editor: I have been a Harmony Arts volunteer for three years. There were apparently more than 200 of us this year, not to mention exhibitors, musicians, etc.

Dear Editor: The media loves to blame the wildfires on cigarettes carelessly thrown from vehicles. They got their information from what source? Out of 10,000 lightning strikes, the cigarette was the culprit.

Dear Editor: Over the past five years, I have noticed an increasing number of new construction projects or renovations that have included the installation of a multitude of exterior lights that can number in the dozens.

Dear Editor: At the July 20 regular meeting, City of North Vancouver council voted 5-2 in favour of attending the Walk21 Conference in Vienna this October. This is a conference where people talk about how to make their cities more walkable.

Like the classic children’s book Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!, the Lions Gate “bump” is a lesson in how little things can have big consequences. In this case, it was a 4.