Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Driving Still Important Regardless of Age, Sept. 12 Older and Wiser column. In her column on seniors driving, Margaret Coates asked about age discrimination.

I’m always on the alert for an outbreak of sanity. They don’t occur that often and we’re so busy dealing with the daily diet of nuts and fruit loops that when sanity happens we can miss it altogether.

Like a bull strolling out of a china shop, West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith will exit West Vancouver’s municipal chambers this fall .

Dear Editor: Re: ‘You Get What You Pay For’: Mayor on Spending , Sept. 12 news story.

Dear Editor : The B.C. government’s refusal to expedite ridesharing in B.C. was a minor annoyance to us until (a recent) weekend when we found ourselves stranded twice in West Vancouver for at least 25 minutes each time as we waited for a taxi.

Finance Minister Carol James released her first true budget update late last week and while it was mostly good news, it was quickly overshadowed by some bad news about the kind of issue that helped propel her party into power.

This week local and provincial politicians are gathering in Whistler for the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities schmooze-fest where issues dear to the hearts of local government are discussed. Housing is a hot topic.

This week the New York Times published an extraordinary anonymous opinion piece , said to be written by a high-ranking member of the Trump administration.

Dear Editor: Re: Following through on the What We Heard about Poverty report . The Public Health Agency of Canada states that social and economic status “seem to be the most important determinants of health.

Guests at annual fashion feast seen having tons of fun and lugging heavy objects