Opinion

Dear Editor: The government is currently conducting a public review of Canada Post. This is the moment for people to speak up about what we want from our postal service. We’ve had years of service cuts and increased prices.

Dear Editor: Re: Stifling SeaBus Ride Too Much For Some Riders , Aug. 5 news story. The old ferry system (1900-1958) that crossed the harbour from North Vancouver had outside decks you could go out on.

We’re not in North Vancouver any more, Toto.

The Labour Day weekend is not yet here, but you’ve roasted your last marshmallow over a campfire for the summer. The BC Wildfire Service has banned fires of any size on the Central and South Coast until fall.

Dear Editor: I note that there is to be a public meeting on Aug. 20 about the (Trans Mountain) pipeline and tanker traffic. No doubt the “antis” will stack the meeting, seeking to prove that there is unanimous opposition to pipelines and tankers.

Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Coun. Lisa Muri’s recent letter, Councillor’s Stance on Density Unchanged (Aug. 14 Mailbox). It has been my experience that Coun.

Dear Editor: I just saw a fairly well-dressed woman getting empty moving boxes out of a nice SUV and dropping them in front of a not-yet-completed new house. Because it is easier than going to the recycling depot, I guess.

The province has amended B.C.’s Strata Property Act to make it easier for condo owners to band together and sell the entire property.

Despite increasingly loud calls from various quarters to stop doing it, don’t expect the B.C. Liberal government (or any subsequent government for that matter) to willingly stop using Crown corporations as cash cows.

It’s been 125 years, give or take a few days, since North Shore residents had a local government they could vote for, pay taxes to, receive services from, and gripe about. On Aug.