Opinion

MARGARET Thatcher died of a stroke Monday at age 87 and UK Prime Minister David Cameron's praise - "a great leader, a great prime minister and a great Briton" - was both accurate and deserved.

Dear Editor: As you reported on March 17, North Vancouver school district plans to sell its Keith Lynn school site to North Shore Studios for development (North Shore Studios Keen to Take Over Keith Lynn Site).

Dear Editor: Profit-crazed property developers, with either the complacency or complicity of the North Shore's mayors and councils, are destroying the traditional culture and time-honoured way of life of the North Shore and its once iconic character.

Dear Editor: I would like to let your readers know about a wonderfully caring West Vancouver Blue Bus driver named Bruno. He dropped off a lady at the bus stop near Mollie Nye House.

Dear Editor: Today as I let out my dog, I had the heartbreaking experience of hearing a cat calling in distress. The little black and white fellow was laying in a puddle of rain under my car in the driveway.

"It's not real surprising to me that people burn out. It's a tremendous amount of work.

Dear Editor: Why do we all tolerate such bad deals on our cellphones? Canadians pay some of the highest cellphone fees and are forced into some of the worst contracts in the industrialized world.

IT'S doubtful anyone was surprised when names of more than 400 Canadians apparently turned up in leaked papers with offshore financial data.

Dear Editor: In response to Michele Davies' March 28 letter, Ask Your MP to Vote for Bill Banning Shark Fin Import, regarding Bill C-380, I congratulate Fin Donnelly for raising awareness of an important issue in the sustainability of fisheries.

Dear Editor: I am a 16-year resident in the Moodyville area.