Opinion

This column has been amended since first posting. Christine Cassidy, outwardly a Dresden china doll but with the guts of a burglar, is running for mayor of West Vancouver – at this moment in a two-woman race with fellow councillor Mary-Ann Booth.

We’re going to let you in on a little secret. Municipal bylaws are almost meaningless. Unless you’re parked somewhere you shouldn’t be, municipalities are loath to get out the ticket book to deal with infractions.

Dear Editor: I would like to use your newspaper to thank a very kind young man who returned my health card to my place of residence which he said he found at the bus stop on West Third Street and Mahon Avenue.

Dear Editor: I have moved to North Vancouver from Downtown Vancouver and I am appalled by the audacity of the North Shore residents and their willingness to go out of their way to ensure someone smoking feels shamed.

It’s that season again, time to grab the Spitz, hit the road for some small dot on the map and spend three days camped out on a dusty patch of sweltering dirt.

Few, if any, issues seem to bedevil both the NDP and the B.C. Liberals alike to the degree that “ride hailing” (or ridesharing) does. After watching the B.C.

The City of North Vancouver is to be commended for two big achievements this week – the opening of the Spirit Trail through Mosquito Creek in partnership with the Squamish Nation and setting in motion plans that will see a new Harry Jerome rec centre

Dear Editor: We are encouraged to see the North Shore News taking initiative in reaching out to diverse communities with its new Chinese language edition newspaper.

Summer has a way of lowering inhibitions, getting us out of our comfort zone and opening us up to new ideas. Maybe you are ready to stomach The Coaster at the PNE, or perhaps whittling down a mounting reading list is more your speed.

Andrew Scheer seems like a nice young man. But is he “the next Prime Minister of Canada”? That’s how he was introduced at a recent Conservative gathering at the West Vancouver home of former MP John Weston to cheers and applause.