Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Artificial Reef Expedition Planned , Aug. 19 news story. Sinking decaying ships to the ocean floor is not a solution to B.C.’s problem of derelict vessels.

It’s not just a rhetorical flourish to say that Michael Lewis, arguably the most wisely centrist of West Van councillors, will be difficult to replace. But under B.C. law Lewis’s council seat must be filled through a byelection Nov.

With the closure of the Third Street bus depot last weekend, all of North Vancouver’s transit buses are joining the commute to the North Shore from the Burnaby Transit Centre.

Dear Editor: The letter writer supports amalgamation of city and district, with public consultation to choose a new name (Aug. 21 Mailbox). As a City of North Vancouver ratepayer, I’m skeptical of amalgamation.

Dear Editor: Re: Amalgamate North Vancouver and Change Name While We’re At It , Aug. 21 Mailbox.

Dear Editor: I just read Brock Bishop’s unusually level-headed letter about the B.C. campfire ban ( It’s Not Camping Without Weenies and S’mores , Aug. 21 Mailbox). It seems that the B.C.

Let’s say you are on a wait list for the type of surgery that will play a huge role in your life, perhaps the kind that restores full mobility or removes chronic pain or simply provides a level of comfort you haven’t felt for some time.

More than 22, 000 students head back to school on the North Shore this week.

Dear Editor: As a lifelong resident of North Vancouver for over 40 years, I’d like to express my pure disappointment with what is happening to the Grand Boulevard area.

Today I offer further proof that all of life’s great lessons are learned with beer. It’s the sweet nectar that can guide us to answers to many of our most perplexing questions.