Opinion

Dear Editor: As we are all aware the North Shore will be holding its municipal elections in October. However, I for one do not believe that polluting the streets with election signs of the candidates will in any way get me to vote for them.

We Vote North Shore is a group of organizations that believe in citizen engagement, including the importance of voting in democratic elections and working to encourage non-partisan voter education and engagement.

Dear Editor : The Lions Manor fire July 24 changed all tenants’ lives in a blink of an eye. Such anguish, such devastation and such a sense of ... what now? Where do I go? Remember these people are seniors and are often at the mercy of others.

Using all my fingers and toes, I’ve calculated that it’s now less than a month before the next municipal election. Three weeks tomorrow, to be exact. On Oct.

It was earlier this month that the gaping void at Delbrook and the district’s burning need for affordable housing collided like matter and anti-matter or like peanut butter and jelly, depending on your perspective. The plan was to fill the 1.

Dear Editor : Re: Fishing Debris Collected from Capilano , Sept. 12 news story. Thank you for your article on debris in the river. It’s amazing and wonderful to read that there is a group out there who is making water safety a priority.

Dear Editor : Eleven years ago when we moved here beside Waterfront Park our grandchildren were very young and we all enjoyed the play area in the park. It sounds lovely doesn’t it? But there is a worm in the apple.

The recent threat by Ontario Premier Doug Ford to invoke the notwithstanding clause of the constitution may have signalled that provincial governments – some anyway – may be prepared to take extraordinary moves to get their way.

A comedian once observed that marijuana legalization was inevitable – especially considering how many law students smoked that stuff.

Dear Editor : Re: “West Vancouverites lodge Skookum noise complaints”: Sept. 14 I was sadly not surprised to read the article in your Friday, Sept. 14 edition entitled “West Vancouverites lodge Skookum noise complaints.