Opinion

Just when we thought all politicians were out on the barbecue circuit and the words “red chamber” need never be heard again until, well, the Duffy trial resumes, along comes Stephen Harper with some mid-summer musings on our chamber of sober second t

Drought shaming, midnight hosers, grassholes, Stage 3. These terms have become part of Metro Vancouver residents’ vernacular in recent weeks, faced with rarely enacted, stringent watering restrictions and non-compliant neighbours.

Dear Editor: I am a student at Capilano University. I am in the 2-D Animation program there, and it really disheartens me to know that I am paying three or four times the amount of what people who were in the year before us paid.

Dear Editor: Re: 2015 Shaping Up to be the Summer of Noise , July 19 Viewpoint I must give you my view to the Other Voices submission by Trevor Gibbs.

Dear Editor: Re: Cyclists, it’s time to grow up and learn the rules of the road , July 1 I sympathize with letter-writer Peter Black on the behaviour of, in my opinion, the majority of cyclists ignoring red lights, stop signs, and so on.

Even though his budget last year went from projecting a miserly looking tiny surplus to becoming almost embarrassingly awash in riches, don’t expect Finance Minister Mike de Jong to start doling out new spending any time soon.

When it comes to building new units of housing, you couldn’t do much worse than the City and District of North Vancouver, the Fraser Institute says. That sound you just heard was a host of council watchers doing a spit take.

Dear Editor: Few, if any, cars or trucks made in the last two decades have ashtrays installed in them. I have a suggestion for those who must smoke in their vehicles. Take an empty tin or pop can, add a bit of water, and put it in the cupholder.

Is it getting dry in here? As we often remind ourselves in wetter months, we live in a temperate rainforest. That, no doubt, has contributed to our somewhat lackadaisical attitude about just how much H2O we use.

Dear Editor: Re: Canadian, eh? , July 1 Viewpoint Yes, Canada is a great country, no doubt about it.