Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: West Vancouver Police Respond to Hazing Incident , Feb. 27 news story. I felt uneasy after reading this article about an “abduction prank.

Dear Editor: Re: Monster houses — and rising costs — where are we going? Recently, a District of West Vancouver council meeting brought forth a plethora of different views on this subject — a complex issue the council has been struggling with for yea

Calling Saturday’s dust-up among hockey parents at a local rink an embarrassing moment is an understatement. When police get called to a teen hockey game over antics of adult spectators, you’re skating on thin ice in terms of acceptable behaviour.

The B.C. Federation of Labour this week called on the provincial government to increase the minimum wage to $15 from its current rate of $10.25 an hour.

Dear Editor: Good for Nora Gambioli and Christine Cassidy for caring about neighbourhoods.

Dear Editor: Like many others, I would not think twice about voting yes in the upcoming Metro Vancouver transit referendum if I thought that money would be well spent! But, like most in the area, I cannot help but ask the question, will it be? And my

Prime Minster Stephen Harper rode in to our rescue this week to announce his government is once again getting tough on crime. This time, it’s the baddest of the bad that our government is determined to save us from.

Life as the parent of two young boys has me thinking that maybe it’s time we started cutting trolls a little bit of slack. Not, like, trolls that hide under bridges and eat Norwegian children. Such monsters.

Dear Editor: Re: The Maple Leaf and Climate Change, North Shore News, Feb. 25.

Dear Editor: In 2010 I was hired by the District of North Vancouver to help implement recommendations from the Fromme Classification Study (2008) with funding from federal grant money (under the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program).