Opinion

With less than a year to go before the municipal election, the new NDP government has brought in legislation that will ban corporate and union donations, limit personal political contributions to $1,200 per year (including self-funded campaigns) and

A common theme, through this public and poignant extended wake for a national treasure, is that Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip were the quintessential Canadian band.

This will come as no surprise to any of you but North Shore traffic is among the very worst in Metro Vancouver, according to a study by the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission.

Dear Editor: Canadians have long debated how old, or how tall a youngster has to be before getting rebuffed at the trick-or-treating door. But let’s not be too hasty.

The horror movie It is currently the fifth highest grossing film of the year with more than $320 million in box office receipts.

Following the non-stop spin cycle leading up to this spring’s provincial election, voters could be forgiven for wanting to pull the covers over their heads and tune out with some binge-watching on Netflix.

Dear Editor: Re: Mountain United Chasing National Title , Sept. 27 sports story. Thank you, Andy Prest and photographer Cindy Goodman, for the grand article and photos on Mountain United FC’s U15 boys team and the five North Shore players.

There’s a new kid in town, and politics will never be the same. With any luck. The new kid is the North Vancouver Citizen Action Association, aka NVCAA. Hopefully they’re working on a new name. NVCAA doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.

Are B.C. and Alberta on a collision course of potentially mammoth proportions? It certainly seems so if Jason Kenney wins the leadership of the United Conservative Party in Alberta this week. Voting begins Thursday and concludes on Saturday.

Trees have long been a topic of debate on the North Shore. That’s not surprising. Our back is to the mountains and we get a lot of rain.