Opinion

It’s wonderful so many West Vancouverites are part of a close-knit, walkable community close to shops, transit, and entertainment. It’s just too bad they had to leave West Vancouver to find it.

Dear Editor : Re: Pro-Rep Pro-am, Sept. 13 Viewpoint Great editorial. Proportional representation of voters in the legislature would indeed give us more compromises based on a true majority, and therefore steady government.

Dear Editor : Re: Mighty Mouse Has Mighty Heart: Swimming Legend Talks Life in the Pool Lane, Aug. 27 Sunday Focus. First of all, thank-you to the North Shore News editors and to reporter Ben Bengtson for the wonderful feature.

Dear Editor : On a glorious September day, I ventured forth for the first time up the Whyte Lake trail, West Vancouver, in the company of a friend and her dog. What a beautiful and tranquil place.

It was inevitable the District of North Vancouver’s resolution to quicken crash clearing on our highways and bridges would fail to garner support at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention.

I feel bad for all of the “stick to sports” guys.

Dear Editor : Re: NDP Unveils Corporate and Union Donation Legislation, Sept. 20 front-page story. We have had the best democratically elected government that money can buy.

Dear Editor : I would like to thank the district’s parks people for the fabulous display of plants at the entry to Cates Park (Whey-ah-Wichen). They brought joy and a smile every day of the week. Good work.

A new report confirms what anyone working on the front lines of homelessness could tell you: The number of people living on the streets, or at risk of imminent homelessness on the North Shore, is far worse than we thought.

Sometimes you have to take a knee in order to truly stand for something. That’s what many American football players have done recently when the national anthem is performed prior to NFL games.