Opinion

Well, here I was all ready to write a column about how mind-blowingly amazing it is that there is a place where you can send your wild stallion children for hours at a time, nearly every day, and people other than you have to take care of them.

Dear Editor: I’d like to thank North Shore Rescue, District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, Metro Vancouver parks staff, B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics and all the staff at Lions Gate Hospital for saving my life.

A number of observers have suggested the federal election’s outcome will be “decided” in British Columbia for the first time, as if the results of the province’s 42 ridings will determine which party forms government.

Thousands of B.C. caregivers are looking after elderly loved ones at home with little or no support. But instead of acknowledgement and help, they are often ignored. That is, they were until B.C.

Dear Editor: In the middle of the night, while away on a trip, we received the dreaded call from the Vancouver Animal Emergency Shelter telling us that our neighbours had brought in our cat Yoshi and I needed to make the call to euthanize him or have

Dear Editor: I walk the North Shore trails daily with my lab, Sadie. I always take extra bags and pick up the “missed” doggy poo that dog owners conveniently don’t see. I wondered why there was so much lately; today six bags were not enough.

If you live on the North Shore, the odds are you’ve had more than one close encounter with the wild things.

Dear Editor: As a recent new resident to North Vancouver and an avid cyclist, I appreciate the new and improved bike lanes on the Ironworkers Memorial (Second Narrows Crossing).

Dear Editor: Am I missing something? Our Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, is claiming the Conservative party is better able to handle the Canadian economy than are any of his political rivals.

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