Opinion

What’s with the kids today? Plenty, but it seems voting is not something worth putting down Instagram and Snapchat for. Less than 39 per cent voted in 2011 and political scientists warn us that millennials could be democracy’s lost generation.

Here’s a question: why would he want to keep doing such a crummy job? Stephen Harper obviously had a grand vision for what the position of prime minister could be.

Dear Editor: Re: Coun. Craig Cameron’s Sept.

Dear Editor: (Columnist) Keith Baldrey thinks the economy is key in this election ( Economy Emerging As Defining Electoral Issue , Sept. 25), but the participants at the recent Democracy Café at the North Vancouver City Library disagreed.

Dear Editor: As I begin this letter, I would like to praise the dedicated staff at Lions Gate Hospital. They are professional, knowledgeable, up-to-date, caring and continually juggling to keep things going.

Dear Editor: Re: Enough Yo-yo Science , Sept.

In the middle of this federal election the state of our democracy may be on your mind. Perhaps you are like me: you want democracy not only to work but to work well.

If you noticed a lot of orange around the North Shore on Wednesday, it wasn’t because the leaves are changing. Sept. 30 marked Orange Shirt Day, a tribute to survivors of residential schools.

Some mornings before I open my eyes I pretend that when I do I’ll wake up in Paris on an atmospheric side street on the Left Bank, just a brief jog from the Jardin du Luxembourg.

Dear Editor: On Monday, Sept. 14, a large group of senior hikers were going to Stanley Park for a day of walking. On parking the car at Second Beach, I tried to pay a meter for the approximately four hours we would be in the park.