Opinion

Dear Editor: TransLink has discontinued service of the 227 bus which runs past Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge after 7 p.m. This is an area that has bears, cougars and other wildlife. There are signs posted frequently to attest to that.

Reader, would you like your salary revealed to the eyes of friends, neighbours, enemies? I thought not. So it’s my unpopular duty to report the 2015 salaries of some top-paid West Vancouver municipal employees. Nasty job, but somebody has to do it.

For those who weren’t on social media or watching Major League Baseball this week, a minor international incident played out when a Canadian singer opted to hoof a bees’ nest and hold up a sign declaring “All lives matter” during his rendition of “O

Dear Editor, On a recent sunny Sunday, families were out and about enjoying the weather. We were happily walking our dog at Ambleside when a close call happened.

Dear Editor: The loss of the West Vancouver boat ramp is truly sad and is another case of short-sighted individuals making knee-jerk decisions without proper consultation.

The housing crisis in Metro Vancouver is deepening to the point where the B.C. government is likely doing a re-think of its strategy in dealing with it. The stage is being set for replacing a cautious approach with something bolder.

We welcome with open arms the launch of the new North Shore Domestic Violence Unit.

Dear Editor: In response to letters from Blaine Barden, Redevelopment Invigorates Edgemont , Mailbox June 29, regarding development in Edgemont and Jas Derham-Reid, Lack of Affordable Housing a Reality for ‘People Like Us ,’ Mailbox July 1, regarding

Thank you distinguished teachers, loving parents, younger siblings currently wiping boogers on the chairs, and, most of all, you members of the kindergarten class of 2016 for inviting me here today to give the commencement address at your graduation

Just about every year our community is shaken when a young person, believing they’re invincible, jumps into Lynn Canyon and suffers injury or death.