Opinion

Anyone who has been paying attention to the evolution of First Nations rights and powers in B.C. over the past 20 years or so should not be surprised by the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision that recognized a specific aboriginal title.

Dear Editor: In response to the July 6 letter to the editor Rising Taxes Wreck Dream, I'd like to point out that the average tax increase on a residential property in 2014 in the district is 2.

What's it take to get a school built? If it's in North Vancouver, apparently these days it involves selling off land of former school sites to raise the money.

Dear Editor: The column Argument Falls Short (May 14) by Todd Major contains incorrect assumptions about the need to control invasive species. Non-native plants and invasive species are not the same thing. Only a few of the nonnative plants in B.C.

Dear Editor: Re: City Asks TransLink For New Depot, June 27. I am responding to both mayors' insinuation that there are no places to build a bus depot in North Vancouver. There is one spot that would be perfect but is now being reclaimed by nature.

Dear Editor: Re: Teen Wants Warnings On Gas Pumps, June 15. We live just by Collingwood school. Twice a day we have real mayhem in our area: hundreds of cars zooming by our driveway, so it is impossible to get out.

Dear Editor: Re: District Debates Charging Stations, July 4.

Dear Editor: Hats on to the district yard of North Vancouver for scheduling tennis court repairs at Cates Park from June 15 to Aug. 15. Weather permitting apparently.

"The purposes and objects of the authority are (a) to plan, acquire, construct or cause to be constructed public passenger transportation systems and rail transit systems that support regional growth strategies, official community plans and the econo

In 2010, marijuana legalization activist Marc Emery was handed a five-year jail sentence in a Seattle courtroom for selling seeds that grow into the cannabis plant.