Opinion

Dear Editor: At the July 20 regular meeting, City of North Vancouver council voted 5-2 in favour of attending the Walk21 Conference in Vienna this October. This is a conference where people talk about how to make their cities more walkable.

Like the classic children’s book Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!, the Lions Gate “bump” is a lesson in how little things can have big consequences. In this case, it was a 4.

Dear Editor: Re: All Aboard the North Shore Express Train , Aug. 12 Other Voices.

Dear Editor: Re: Ambleside Highrise Quashed , Split West Van Council Sends 15-storey Tower Back to Drawing Board, July 29 front-page story.

Dear Editor: Regarding the editorial claim that 500 people prevented from jumping off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge had gone on to lead normal lives (Editor’s note on the letter Tunnel Vision on Bridge Barriers, Aug.

Dear Editor: Well, well, hard to believe. One can see in the streets of North Vancouver many changes lately. Some beneficial, some not so.

Dear Editor: After reading City Residents to Ponder Gas Pump Warning Labels on page A11 of the July 24 North Shore News, I was left aghast.

Saturday marks Car Free Day in the City of North Vancouver with Lonsdale Avenue below Fourth Street blocked off for a street festival.

Dear Editor: You may have tuned into the evening news Aug.

There’s no doubt about it now, the dog days of summer are here. Everything slows down a bit. Even, apparently, traffic on the Cut. People tend to — with white knuckles— cling to their hammocks as their holidays expire.