Opinion

Dear Editor: As our property assessments have arrived, I presume our various North Shore councils will be increasing our property taxes, as is usually the case. However, I believe that our property taxes should be decreasing.

Amy Baird grew up going to the Hollyburn Sailing Club every summer. Her mother, Anne, was its first woman commodore. “As a young girl I was so proud of her. Still am,” Amy says.

They’re off to the big leagues now. The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the BC Teachers’ Federation’s case, arguing it was unconstitutional for the province to strip class size and composition provisions out of their collective agreement.

This week the province delivered a swift uppercut to Kinder Morgan’s plan for a pipeline expansion ending at Burrard Inlet. According to B.C., there’s little evidence proper oil spill prevention or response plans are in place.

Dear Editor: I was very surprised by your Dec. 24/25 story on the District of North Vancouver searching for a new site for the North Vancouver bus depot . A few things that knocked my socks off were: 1) Wasn’t it the DNV that turned down the old B.C.

One of the more intriguing demands by those opposing the Site C dam is that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau step in and block its construction, using the argument that the dam infringes First Nations’ rights and poses environmental risk.

Dear Editor: Re: Homeowners Reel Over Assessments , Jan. 8. I spent hours crying after reading your front-page article about the impoverished Dundarave senior. Just imagine having a run-down house in West Vancouver worth $2.7 million; what a tragedy.

Dear Editor: My husband and I were just walking by the now shuttered Peter Rabbit Market in Edgemont Village.

We likely have an idea in our minds of what a millionaire looks like. He’s kicking back on a tropical beach, yelling “buy” or “sell” into a phone, sipping on a mai tai or puffing a cigar.

Dear Editor: (Before Christmas) I broke my leg while I was hiking on Bridle Path Trail on the lower part of Mount Seymour. I slipped on a wet tree root and heard the bone snap, and when I put my weight on my leg I crumpled to the ground.