Opinion

The snapshot of West Vancouver provided by the Vital Signs report is at its heart a concerning one. To be sure, the report points to many positives about the municipality. But if this were a medical report, it would call for some hasty intervention.

As you watch the election returns next Monday evening, it may well be worth remembering how the last B.C. provincial election unfolded and the lessons learned from the eventual result.

Dear editor: It was with a heavy heart I read about the plans to demolish two iconic West Vancouver buildings. [Iconic Pink Palace Up for Redevelopment, Oct. 9 news story.) I am sure I am not alone.

Lucky us. If Burnaby North-Seymour isn’t the most interesting riding in all of Canada, it’s close.

Summer has come and passed / The innocent can never last / Wake me up when September ends Green Day caught a mood with their 2004 hit “Wake Me Up When September Ends.” Yes, gone are the burnished days and long twilights of cycling in the summer.

Advance voting might have started today, but some post-secondary students across the country have already had the opportunity to cast their ballots for this federal election during the past week.

Heather, we hardly knew ye. Of all the crazy tales of political bad behaviour circulating this election, few can match the surreal tale of Burnaby North-Seymour candidate Heather Leung, late of the Conservative Party.

The NDP government is now in its third year of power and the items on the negative side of its political ledger are threatening to overtake the positives.

There was no reporter from Google at the Delbrook rec centre last Saturday as North Vancouver candidates discussed climate change .

Ten takeaways from Monday's English-language debate