Opinion

There’s too much anger on Vancouver’s bike routes, and there’s no excuse for it.

It’s back to school for thousands of school kids on the North Shore this week. And back to school means back to traffic. In too many cases, traffic is parents driving their kids to school.

Anti-pipeline activists may be doing handsprings over the high court ruling that quashed federal government approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project , but they may want to wait a while before popping any champagne corks.

Dear Editor : Re: Coho Habitat Enhanced in Lynn Creek , Aug. 29 news story. First of all – an excellent article by Jane Seyd! Spot-on about the benefit for salmon, waters of Lynn Creek and numerous aspects of the job.

Not everyone was good at math, and some of us couldn’t act, play a wind instrument or kick a ball to save our lives.

Confession time: I’m addicted to British newspapers. I know; how boring is that? But I’ve been known to pay double figures for the 10-kilo edition of the Sunday Telegraph or the Sunday Times.

Dear Editor : The recent court ruling in San Francisco that the herbicide Roundup was responsible for a man’s terminal cancer should give local municipalities cause for thought.

It was dangerous, unwieldy, incompetently constructed and desperately in need of replacement. Yes, the National Energy Board had many flaws, and that’s why the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been stopped – for now.

Dear Editor: I live in Grousewoods and drive up and down Nancy Greene Way near Capilano Road several times a week.

It is not yet clear whether the new political party promised by disaffected ex-Conservative MP Maxime Bernier will actually materialize, but if it does, it may very well strengthen Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s hold on this province.