Opinion

Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Daniel Brownell's letter to the editor, Driving by the Book Can Be Costly (North Shore News, Aug. 3). I suggest Mr. Brownell read the "book" again.

"The past is not gone. The past is here. I think that by not condemning what happened, we are condoning it.

Dear Editor: I read with interest your Aug. 3 story about the garbage containers for bears sold by the District of North Vancouver.

AS British Columbians got their weekends started Friday evening, the deadline passed to vote yes or no to the HST.

Dear Editor: I would like to offer my comments regarding the Harmony Arts Festival this year eliminating vehicle traffic along Argyle Avenue for the duration of the 10-day festival.

Dear Editor: In an article last month, West Vancouver Mayor Pam Goldsmith-Jones and her colleagues loaded another two-per-cent-per-litre gas tax hike on the motoring public to pay for the new SkyTrain route to Port Coquitlam (Mayors Back Gas Tax Hike

Dear Editor: I would like to echo the sentiment expressed by James R. Thomson in his July 29 letter (Bears Should Go Back to Blueberries, North Shore News). Mr.

TWO separate cases are being heard in B.C. courts this week, both attempting to change the law and allow doctors or loved ones to help a person end his or her own life. Three U.S. states and four European countries currently permit assisted suicide.

It's a terrifying prospect: tonnes of concrete suddenly giving way and falling onto a busy commuter corridor.

Dear Editor: We now have a dedicated bus lane feeding to southbound Lions Gate Bridge traffic, which I am certain most will agree is a great thing as more time-efficient bus trips are bound to encourage people to use public transport.