Opinion

The federal election campaign is right around the corner and once again, there is the looming possibility that the riding outcomes in B.C. may determine its outcome.

They’re coming. Funding announcements. Fast and furious. We’re in the summer before a fall election and the governing party is breaking open the piggy bank. It’s as Canadian a tradition as hockey heartbreak.

Dear editor: I would like to respond to Janice Dungate’s [Aug. 2] letter as chair of the Delbrook Community Association.

Methinks the death-threat graffiti threatening Mayor Mary-Ann Boot backfired like my 1931 Chev Sports Coupe.

Dear editor: We are six neighbourhood kids who wanted to clean up the block. We cleaned up half a large bag of garbage and recycling. We even sorted the recycling and put it in its correct spot.

The province offered a shot in the arm this week for health care on the North Shore with the announcement of a new urgent primary care centre in North Vancouver.

Moon landing, Woodstock and the creation of the North Shore News all made headlines in '69

An open letter to CNV and DNV mayors and councillors: Another weekday afternoon. Another stream of cars racing down our side street to avoid traffic on Keith Road. This is the third day in a row and it’s only Wednesday.

Greenland is experiencing a heat wave and the massive melting of its ice shelf. Paris recently sweltered in 40-degree heat and it now looks like this past July may have been the hottest month ever recorded.

We are appalled at news West Vancouver’s mayor and council have been targeted with death threats spray-painted on a developer’s signboard in Ambleside.