Opinion

There’s some worry among the pundit class that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may be walking away from his promise to make the 2015 election the last one decided by the first-past-the-post electoral system.

Costumes, candy and overindulgence, oh my. Halloween spending is on the rise, and expected to reach an unprecedented $8.4 billion this spooky season, according to the U.S. National Retail Federation.

Costumes, candy and overindulgence, oh my. Halloween spending is on the rise, and expected to reach an unprecedented $8.4 billion this spooky season, according to the U.S. National Retail Federation.

Dear Editor: Re: $550M in Affordable Housing Welcomed, Sept. 23 front-page story. With the announcement of an increase of available housing and a windfall of funds, my hope is that it will become a reality, and benefit the residents in the community.

Dear Editor: Re: West Van’s Monster Homes Add to Greenhouse Gasses, Oct. 7 front-page story. “Houses with large square footage have big carbon footprints.” (quote from story) There is a flaw in this logic.

It’s human nature. People are naturally drawn to traffic accidents; they can’t look away. As a communications consultant, I’m a little different than most people. I’m drawn to public relations fatalities.

Another day, another lawsuit filed against an energy company. As though hurling rocks at an approaching tank, environmentalists and Aboriginal groups filed a fistful of federal writs aimed at the recently approved LNG project near Prince Rupert.

B.C.’s representative of children and youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, whose second and final term is coming to an end, didn’t make a lot of political friends during her 10 years of advocating for the most vulnerable kids in our province.

An open letter to RCMP, VPD and WVPD: I am begging the authorities to enforce traffic laws. The traffic problems in the past five years have been the worst out of the 20 years of my time on the North Shore.

An open letter to fellow homeowners on the North Shore: I would like all of us homeowners to think about an idea called “whole cost accounting” when it comes to real estate in our community. The real cost to us of high-cost housing is: 1.