Opinion

It’s like a cruel joke — the weather’s hot, but venturing into the water could leave you burning. As summer rolls on, Vancouver Coastal Health has issued warnings about swimming at certain Metro Vancouver beaches after they recorded high E.

I remember my first day as a resident of the City of North Vancouver. It was kind of weird. Before coming here, my wife and I lived in a bustling neighbourhood in Vancouver, just two blocks away from Broadway and Granville.

Finance Minister Carole James was rightly proud last week when the auditor general signed off on the books from the last fiscal year and agreed the budget surplus was a whopping $1.5 billion.

The great paradox of the real-estate market is that the things you sell – view, neighbourhood, street parking – are the very things you can never buy.

Dear Editor: I would like to add to and hopefully clarify some of the issues referred to in your July 17 story regarding East 29th St parking.

Dear editor: As a long-time resident, I’m writing to express my concerns about our local housing economy. Housing opportunities are especially scarce on the North Shore. Affordable housing is even more limited.

Canada’s fast food chain is dishing out an all-American classic. For the first time, Tim Hortons has added hamburgers to its menu, but there’s a catch — they’re not made from meat.

It was just like in the movies. Time slowed. Everything looked sharper, more colorful. I could see the car door open one car length ahead of me by what seemed like a mile. I had minutes to respond with whatever evasive action I could take … BAM.

Allow me to let you in on my dirty little secret. I’m a MAMIL. A Middle-Aged Male in Lycra. That’s right; I’m a cyclist.

After decades of languishing in disrepair and inciting angst-filled debate, the City of North Vancouver’s Shipyards District is set for its grand opening on Saturday. We could not be more pleased with what we’ve seen.