Opinion

Dear editor: I read with interest the letter by Brian Newman in response to the planned pedestrian and cycling safety improvements on 29th Street.

After a particularly unfortunate Canada Day long weekend, seven black bears have now been killed by conservation officers on the North Shore this year, which we would argue is seven bears too many.

Dear editor: When we hear the term single-use plastic, we tend to think of things like straws, plastic cutlery or shopping bags but it has become an unseen part of how we live. I urge you to look around and see how we can stop this.

The warmth of the sun, the shimmering water, the golden sand and insatiable thirst of summertime — who wouldn’t want to reach for a cold one? Well if it’s a public beach in Vancouver we’re talking about, that better be root beer you’re drinking.

Dear editor: We love to pat ourselves on the back for rescuing dogs. We are dog crazy here. There's even a show at the Polygon Gallery called "Dog Days.

Dear editor: I haven't been to a Canada Day parade for a couple of years as the last one I went to was pretty bad. I decided to give it another try this year. The 2019 parade started out with a bang.

The new North Shore wastewater treatment plant is getting a second chance at tertiary treatment. It’s by no means a done deal. But thanks to the efforts of some intrepid North Shore activists, it appears to be back in the pipeline for consideration.

This really happened: On Monday, June 17, the federal government declared a climate emergency and committed itself to drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet its commitment to the Paris accord on climate change.

Dear editor: Here I am, on Canada Day, putting my recyclables and garbage out. In a period of 10 minutes, two cars come by to pick up returnables in my lane. It's just not right that car-based people can profit by picking up the bottles and cans.

Dear editor: In the late 1950s my father emigrated from England to a small rural community called Ryder Lake, just outside of Chilliwack. It was a time when children had the freedom to roam the countryside without today's "helicopter parents.