Opinion

When I was a youngster my parents didn’t sign me up for baseball because they believed it to be, and pardon my use of technical sports lingo, very, very boring.

The long, (long) awaited replacement of the Harry Jerome rec centre was in a familiar place recently: a standstill. City of North Vancouver council had just voted on the rec centre they wanted when they voted to stop planning it.

As the dust settles on the recent sale of Grouse Mountain Resorts to an investment firm that is at least 60 per cent Canadian owned, people can finally get back to what’s important: complaining about long lines at the Skyride.

It’s kind of nice having the mountains in your backyard. For one thing, you always know where you are: the mountains are north. This is handier than you might think.

Over the recent long weekend, the newly elected 39-year-old French president Emmanuel Macron made a compelling speech at the palace of Versailles, describing the need for political renewal in France and in the EU.

Dear Editor: Yesterday, I was parked at Lynn Valley shopping centre. I went to the library to return a book and then to Kin’s for produce. Returning to my car, there was a violation notice from Concord (parking management services).

Dear Editor: Re: Ready, Set, Legalize , July 9 Viewpoint. It seems to me the laissez faire government attitude towards drugs is contributing to the drug death epidemic.

Dear Editor: In reference to the renovation of Harry Jerome, I feel it would be only right for the North Vancouver Recreation and Culture Commission to right a wrong that was done to the curlers about 20 years ago.

Dear Editor: An open letter to Premier John Horgan: Though your tenure as premier for British Columbia (has just) formally begun, a pressing issue that is influencing the safety of wildlife and humans alike requires your immediate intervention.

The stark urban/rural divide that has cleaved its way onto our provincial electoral map may be about to play a pivotal role in shaping the outcome of any attempt to change our voting system.