Opinion

IT shouldn't come as a surprise that in the wake of the Boston bombings and an apparently foiled plot to derail a train in Canada, the government has fast-tracked a new anti-terrorism bill.

Dear Editor: It would appear that letter-writer Rob Wynen does not drive a vehicle (Hit by Car Story Insensitive, North Shore News, April 14). The statement that jaywalking is safer than using crosswalks is absurd.

Dear Editor: I write regarding Trevor Carolan's unbalanced April 21 column, It's Time for a Change so Study Up, on the North Vancouver-Seymour candidates in the upcoming provincial election.

SO I sat down, sucked a thumb, and wrote an ingenious screed that could have been titled The Hinge of Western Democracy: British Columbia's Provincial Election. . . . Which I've scrapped.

IT didn't take long in the election campaign for our major political parties to prove they are both capable of making foolish mistakes and policies, and that neither has a monopoly on good sense.

ADRIAN Dix and his party have been running ahead of the B.C. Liberals in the opinion polls for so long, that much of his election strategy has been merely to avoid errors - and therefore to avoid controversy.

Dear Editor: On Tuesday, April 9 my guide dog and I were nearly hit by a careless driver on the southeast corner of Lynn Valley Road and Mountain Highway.

Dear Editor: Regarding your April 19 story, Yamamoto Faces Tough Fight: party affiliations aside, reading the statements proved interesting. The Communist party statement read clearly.

Dear Editor: I am responding to the April 12 "Mailbox" item concerning observance (or lack thereof) of dog-walking bylaws. We are responsible dog owners who diligently attempt to follow signage, pick up after our dog and so on.