Opinion

Dear Editor: It is with some amusement that I looked closely at the picture accompanying the cnv.org/CityCollect garbage collection app advertisement (page 21 of the Wednesday, Dec. 30 edition).

Ever the optimists, we look at 2016 like a yet-to-be-opened gift.

As we head into a new year, it appears more than likely that many of the issues that dominated B.C. politics in 2015 will re-emerge in the coming 12 months. After all, we are a polarized province.

2016 will prove to be a pivotal year for everyone. A Universal 9-Year, it will generally include themes of ending, completion and graduation in preparation for major new initiatives in 2017.

Dear Editor: Re: Merchants Key to Edgemont Charm , Dec. 2 Mailbox. “You call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye” — “The Last Resort,” Don Henley and Glen Frey.

Dear Editor: I am a senior and I was in a checkout queue at Walmart last week. When it finally came my turn, a man with his young boy pushed in and asked the clerk for a price check.

In snooty West Vancouver, where we think foreign relations begin at the North Vancouver border, it is novel to have a bona fide parliamentary secretary for the federal foreign affairs minister.

Jan. 1 marks the beginning of a brand new year, a fresh start, a clean slate, a new chapter.

Dear Editor: I wish to thank Joyce Taylor for the Letter to the Editor, Bike Lift Study an Unnecessary Expense , published on Dec. 20. This type of insight into the activities of the City of North Vancouver council is very much needed.

Dear Editor: I have just received my B.C. Assessment notice. The fact that my assessment has jumped 25 per cent in the last 12 months does not surprise me. A third of the properties on my block have now been replaced with larger homes.