Opinion

In July 2014, a 93-year-old Delbrook woman had to be stitched up after a run-in with a bear. The bruin had pushed its way into her house and they had startled each other in the kitchen.

Dear Editor : Re: Pipeline Protesters Mount ‘Aerial Blockade,’ July 4 front-page story.

Dear Editor: At lunchtime on July 9 I tripped over the median at 25th Street in Dundarave and, soup and sandwich in hand, bolted headlong onto Marine Drive.

Vancouver families, I think I may have concocted a new combined theory of parenting and housing that will allow us to survive and thrive in this insanely expensive part of the world. It’s called the Urban Sports Family Commune.

The campaign on whether or not to change our voting system is now officially underway, but it looks like a tricky race to handicap. The vast majority of the public simply does not spend a lot of time thinking about voting systems.

In any given year, Hollyburn Family Services Society’s North Shore Youth Safe House welcomes as many as 150 kids fleeing abuse, neglect, or instability and gets them connected with services that will make it easier for them in the next critical steps

Dear Editor: Re: A Great Restaurant Right on our Doorstep , July 6 The Dish. Chris Dagenais’ article was just perfect.

Dear Editor: Re: B.C.’s High-flying Attorney General has his Plate Full , July 4 View From the Ledge opinion column by Keith Baldrey. I liked the column and the opinions in it are highly plausible.

I spent Canada Day in an absurdly Canadian location – on a deck overlooking a pristine lake near a small town, somewhere in B.C. And I mean classic: evergreen vistas, sparkling water, eagles circling overhead, the smell of wood smoke ... and bacon.

If anyone here can find reason why we should not build affordable housing on the North Shore, speak now or forever hold your peace.