Opinion

Dear Editor: The recent controversy over the proposed Richardson International redevelopment of its North Shore facility is the first of many North Shore projects to come that demonstrate a complete failure of vision on the part of the North Shore Tr

In the lead up to next year's provincial election, the B.C. Liberals have made a lot of promises to electors, but one important and inexpensive pledge has been markedly absent: the long-overdue reform of provincial campaign finance laws.

Dear Editor: When reading about Richardson International's plan to expand the grain handling terminal on the North Vancouver waterfront (Residents Upset at Terminal Plans, Oct.

Dear Editor: What a crafty Prime Minister we have.

Dear Editor: In his letter to the North Shore News, Oct. 17 (DNV Welcomes L. Valley Input), Mayor Richard Walton writes: "Thousands of participants took part in the process leading up to OCP adoption.

Dear Editor: As a resident of North Vancouver I'd like to voice my support for the proposed grain terminal expansion. Benefits will include more local jobs, increased local spending on maintenance projects and increased taxes for North Vancouver.

Dear Editor: The development proposed for the 1300-block of Marine Drive in West Vancouver is more horizontally massive than what was implied at the public meetings (Plans Unveiled for WV's Gateway, Oct. 19, North Shore News).

How do you shape an axe handle? . . . the pattern is not far off.

"They publicly will not say it until they leave policing." Former West Vancouver police chief Kash Heed discusses the ramifications for police officers who speak against the war on drugs, a war he has said is pointless (from an Oct. 24 news story). .

In the wake of the media frenzy around bullied teen Amanda Todd's death, it's not just schools and parents who need to take a look at their practices, but the media themselves.