Opinion

Is B.C.’s fresh water the new oil? Given the near-hysteria around a foreign corporation’s plan to continue to extract a relatively tiny amount of groundwater from an aquifer deep in the ground, one might be tempted to make that link.

A cruise down any of our North Shore streets at this point of the summer should give you a pretty good idea who is still watering their lawn, and who isn’t.

Dear Editor: Thank you for your long and detailed article on congestion on the Cut. It was all very interesting except that it danced around the point: North Shore bridges are at capacity and have been for 15 years.

This letter was sent to the editor in response to the Norgate/Lower Capilano neighbourhood story , part of a 12-part neighbourhood series of the North Shore News.

Dear Editor: I would like to thank the North Shore News for the June 19 edition, which highlights the current sorry state of affairs at Capilano University in a front-page article by reporter Brent Richter ( Capilano University Censored Professor, Re

Dear Editor: The recent support of (FIFA Women’s World Cup) games across Canada have surprised many but the spectators came because they appreciate sport played in the true sense of the word. The effort shown on the pitch was honest.

Dear Editor: Re: Highway 1 No Longer Making the Cut , July 5 front-page story I was deeply disappointed to read (District of North Vancouver) Mayor Walton’s comments in your article this week.

Dear Editor: The upper field of Cleveland Park has been flying our national flag lately: attached only at one corner to a flimsy 10-foot pole also adorned with fluttering pieces of tape and streamers.

Dear Editor: I would like to thank all of the people who stopped to offer assistance to my wife while she was a stranded motorist. On Tuesday June 30 her car broke down very near the church on Gladwyn and Lloyd.

The Turning Point Recovery Society is back proposing a new men’s addictions recovery house on the North Shore. Except this time, we’re hoping the debate takes a more civilized tone.