Opinion

Sears Canada died this week . It might have survived greed or incompetence, but the 65-year-old Canadian institution was in no shape to cope with both.

Go back in time to 1987 and tell yourself this important fact about the world 30 years later: dogs have video phones now.

Our governments won’t save us. That’s the conclusion we inexorably reach when considering the hurricanes, wildfires, and most terrifyingly, the complacency that have so far accompanied global climate change.

Sears Canada announced Tuesday that it would be closing its 130 remaining stores, with plans to begin closing some outlets as soon as next week.

Over the last couple of years, I’ve sort of established a tradition for this column. Every year, around this time of year, I write about bears, mainly about the conflict between bears and people and how it always comes out bad for the bears.

Dear Editor : Re: Federal Tribunal to Hear West Van Seawalk Dispute , Aug. 30 front-page story.

Dear Editor : Re: Fido Should Venture Freely Along Whyte Lake Trail , Oct. 1 Mailbox. I hike the North Shore trails, including the trails accessed via the Whyte Lake trail, with the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre hiking club.

Dear Editor : Re: Asbestos-related Work Site Violations on the Rise , Aug. 23 news story.

Editor's note: This reader submission has been revised since first posting to clarify the letter-writer has quoted from a news report of a council meeting and not Coun. Nora Gambioli's direct comments at that meeting.

It’s not polite, we were told growing up, to discuss two things: religion and money. The religion part we can let slide but it seems our reticence to discuss wealth is biting us in the behind.