Opinion

A recent North Shore News article addressed the concerns of local bear advocate Christine Miller, regarding the shooting deaths by a conservation officer of a mother bear and her two cubs “after the mother had broken into four garages to get access t

A new study out this week threw fuel on the fire that is always smouldering just under the surface in discussions of Lower Mainland real estate. That’s the debate about the extent of foreign capital in our housing market and the effect it is having.

Dear Editor: I attended the Sunday evening performance of Murray McLauchlan on Oct. 25; it was a delightful few hours. I was only aware he was a Canadian singer of many decades and wasn’t familiar with his songs.

Dear Editor: Re: New Lynn Creek Bridge Key to Cut Traffic , Oct. 25 front-page story I think Mayor Richard Walton’s comments in reducing traffic on Highway 1 (Upper Levels) by pursuing other means of commuting is very simplistic.

This week you have to wonder if the outgoing Conservative government was really on to something with that whole muzzling of scientists thing.

When it comes to thefts from autos, the North Shore has become a bull’s-eye for car thieves in recent months.

Dear Editor: It really comes as no surprise that the provincial government has rubber- stamped the environmental assessment for Woodfibre LNG. This is one of their pet projects, and the B.C.

Prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau has promised a lot of things — no doubt, many of them popular — but one of those campaign promises may be tricky to pull off and in fact may strike some people as anti-democratic.

Now that election euphoria is fading, “trick or treat” is a question many voters will likely be asking themselves. Whether they voted for incoming Liberal government or not, the question is legitimate.

The first sign that things are going to be different around here: A woman known as Casandra Effe, calling herself “an average West Coast, middle-class mom voter” posts a letter on Facebook to newly elected prime minister Justin Trudeau .