Opinion

The word “affordability” gets tossed around a lot these days – including my last column, in which I mused that various “affordability” measures adopted by senior governments have done little to bring home ownership closer to first-time buyers and hav

Two events in the past few days provided a glimpse into the focused message box the B.C. Liberals will be using during the next six months to secure their fifth straight election win.

It has become standard operating procedure in Canada for governments wanting to cling to power to loosen up the purse strings as the next election looms.

An open letter to Jane Thornthwaite, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour: Since you and your government are implementing more roads for more cars, perhaps it is time for this government to provide more buses and more bus drivers, as most cars going over

Re: Possible Pot Roach Sends Pup to Vet, Nov. 2 story. It appears it may be some time yet before our society’s reefer madness is finally cured.

Don McBain in his (Oct. 28) letter about an oil spill concern from the Kinder Morgan project has every one of his facts wrong.

It’s official: We live in an age of distraction. Pedestrians are putting themselves on auto pilot and tuning in to their electronic devices, oblivious to hazards around them.

Re: Small Condo Triggers Big Debate at DNV Council. I have been a resident of Edgemont Villa in Connaught Crescent for 4½ years.

I am writing in response to Brent Richter’s (Oct. 28) article, Small Condo Triggers Big Debate at DNV Council.

In the article Small Condo Triggers Big Debate at DNV Council (Oct. 28), you quote Mayor Richard Walton as saying “You’re going to find that 60 or 70 per cent of the construction around Edgemont Village is going to be finished within three months.