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LETTER: Our little world no longer the ‘safe place’ it was... or appeared to be

LETTER: Our little world no longer the ‘safe place’ it was... or appeared to be

Dear Editor : Full disclosure: for 26 years I have been counsel, under contract and/or on an ad hoc basis, to B.C.’s Ministry of Children and Family Development.
LETTER: Auto repair shops not profiting from rising costs

LETTER: Auto repair shops not profiting from rising costs

Dear Editor : Re: NDP Steers ICBC Property Away From Possible Sale , Sept. 13 news story. I am writing in response to your recent article. My name is Ken McCormack and I am the president and CEO of the B.C.
LETTER: ‘Tax fairness’ in eye of beholder

LETTER: ‘Tax fairness’ in eye of beholder

Dear Editor : The phrase “tax fairness” and “fair share” are used constantly by Liberal and NDP members of Parliament to justify increasing taxes on corporations.
GOOD: Electoral reform: why I like first past the post

GOOD: Electoral reform: why I like first past the post

In the run-up to the May election, now Premier John Horgan pledged to hold consultations and a referendum on proportional representation to change our first-past-the-post form of electing governments in B.C.
EDITORIAL: Eye of the camel

EDITORIAL: Eye of the camel

Not since Joe was selling cigarettes to children has so much controversy surrounded a single camel.
What music should buskers be playing?

What music should buskers be playing?

Dust off that acoustic guitar, stretch those vocal chords, and ready your best rendition of “Wonderwall”: TransLink wants buskers. Until Oct.
EDITORIAL: Don’t phone it in

EDITORIAL: Don’t phone it in

OMG! Recent statistics from the police and ICBC make it clear drivers are still not getting the message when it comes to distracted driving.
LAUTENS: A loophole is in the mind of the beholder

LAUTENS: A loophole is in the mind of the beholder

Persons of the West Vancouver persuasion must be statistically among the highest potential victims of the Trudeau-Morneau “incredibly hypocritical” tax proposal. That quote is from an NDP MP.
LETTER: Action on affordable housing

LETTER: Action on affordable housing

Dear Editor : Re: Homeless Undercounted, Study Finds, Sept. 29 front-page story. Thank-you for your article highlighting a very important social issue, homelessness across the North Shore.
BALDREY: Horgan’s broken promise is a real ‘doozy’

BALDREY: Horgan’s broken promise is a real ‘doozy’

The fledgling NDP government has made mostly good moves since taking power in the summer, with one notable exception.