Opinion

All I want for Christmas is … SkyTrain? To the North Shore? Santa just dismisses the idea with the usual merry, non-committal ho, ho, ho, but North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite is so serious about the idea of SkyTrain to North Vancouver th

For North Shore Rescue, it’s been a busy year – even by North Shore Rescue’s standards. The all-volunteer team has been called out 124 times to rescue lost or injured folks in the backcountry. That’s about 5,200 volunteer hours.

The NDP government’s decision to finish the Site C dam appears to have energized one political party more than any other: the B.C. Green Party. While the NDP deals with internal dissent among party activists and the B.C.

For those of us in the Lower Mainland, White Christmases exist mainly in the realm of fantasy musicals.

Dear Editor : My wife and I are residents of Raven Woods and thoroughly enjoy our surroundings. Happily we face south and are away from the steady flow of dump and cement trucks etc.

This week, John Horgan’s NDP got to wade in to one of the more un-fun parts of government – making a decision on a controversial project that is bound to anger and upset some supporters. For Horgan, approving Site C is a political lose-lose.

Dear Editor : Re: If You Build It …, Dec. 6 Viewpoint. To mischaracterize the Lower Lynn improvement project would do a disservice to readers of the North Shore News.

Does it surprise you that 50 per cent of women have been sexually harassed in their workplaces? Chances are, if you’re a woman, it doesn’t. In fact, you may think that number is low. I do.

Dear Editor : A meeting was called in the early ’90s at the Tiddlycove church (St. Francis-in-the-Wood) in West Vancouver. Present were: His Honour Alfred John Scow (the first Aboriginal legally trained judge appointed to the B.C.

"The reindeer,” Mrs. Claus said, “are upset.” “Ho, ho, ho,” Santa chuckled. “They’re puzzled. Pawing the ground and making bewildered noises in their stalls.” “As well they might,” Santa smiled.