Opinion

Dear Editor: During the windstorm, two eight-inch diameter trees blew down on West Vancouver municipal property abutting the parking lot for the building at 545 Clyde Ave. (On Thursday, Sept. 10), shortly after 9 a.m.

Lynn Canyon has always been a place apart on the North Shore. For more than 70 years, teens have come to the canyon to test themselves against the elements in an environment of otherworldly beauty.

Thanks to recent rainstorms and a drop in our own water consumption, Metro Vancouver has taken us from Stage 3 watering restrictions down to Stage 2.

Dear Editor: In 2012, when our landlord decided to let his daughter and her family move into the Dundarave house that my family and I had been renting for the five previous years, we decided to rent a nice 1948 cottage in Horseshoe Bay as our new hom

The apparent closeness of the federal election may deal a major setback to those advocating that people vote “strategically” on Oct. 19 in order to defeat the Harper government.

Dear Editor: Regarding Spirit Trail alterations to Marine Drive at Gleneagles elementary, I’m wondering why a section of the alteration was made so narrow.

Dear Editor: Re: Gas Pump Stickers a Futile Exercise , Aug. 21 Mailbox. How right letter-writer Walter Cicha is regarding this ridiculous idea.

Queen Elizabeth II has officially surpassed her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria as the longest reigning British monarch: 63 years.

Dear editor: Greener’s Law advises “Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.” It seems particularly true when speaking of curmudgeonly columnists who seemingly delight in ripping people to shreds in public.

Long experience persuades me that the difference between rumours and official statements is that the former are usually more accurate than the latter. Case in point: The thick fog around nautically jaunty Hollyburn Sailing Club.