Opinion

Dear editor: A heartfelt thank-you to District of North Vancouver employees who responded quickly to catastrophic flooding on Draycott Road in Lynn Valley after a water main failure on Friday, Dec. 13 shortly after 1 p.m.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year here on the North Shore. It’s probably also the most wonderful time of the year everywhere else too, but more so here. Allow me to make my case.

It’s dark. Really dark. I can’t wait for spring. Solstice is Dec. 21. Then it’s only six months to the longest day. Sigh. Happily, even during these darker days, bright lights offer solace.

Dear editor: Climate change seems to be everywhere! It seems to fill the news, cause all the Earth’s problems and is endlessly repeated in every media.

If we brought you a story about someone planning to strip the paint off Monet’s Water Lilies because he wanted to use the canvas for Dogs Playing Poker, you might think it’s a rejected plot line for a Bond villain.

Dear editor: I was pleased to read in the Dec. 4 edition of the North Shore News that the District council of North Vancouver has approved a community energy efficiency policy.

Dear editor: It’s ironic City of North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan spoke about the importance of trees at a recent tree-planting in Moodyville Park. The city spent $3.

Forget about a snap election call in the coming year, but keep an eye out for a cabinet shuffle that sounds like it may occur sooner than later. That much was made clear to me by Premier John Horgan in our annual year-end interview on Global TV.

We had scarcely heard about the unlicensed cannabis store operating on Tsleil-Waututh land before provincial inspectors raided it and seized its pot and proceeds last week.

There are some who argue that right now is a tough time for the game of hockey, that Canada’s beloved sport is under siege. I would argue the opposite: this is an important, powerful time for the game of hockey.