Opinion

charter In rejecting the mandatory minimum, recently brought in by the Tories, Judge Joseph Galati said it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment for a large group of offenders.

Dear Editor : I really appreciated your article "Liquor Changes on Tap for Grocery Stores" in the North Shore News Feb. 9. I appreciated your thorough discussion and realistic look. My view: I say no to liquor sold in grocery stores.

"There is just no room for error right now." Antje Wahl, HUB's North Shore committee chairwoman, talks about cyclists' safety along the Stanley Park causeway (from a Feb. 19 news story). "I'm begging you to just say, 'Staff, make it happen.

He doesn't get a lot of face time in the legislature, but Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver is becoming one of the more intriguing provincial politicians in B.C.

Dear Editor: Why is my MLA afraid to represent me by not confirming he will raise a caucus item? Just because he is a rookie MLA and may be ambitious, how does he know that he is really representing his constituents when he does not want to raise a c

Dear Editor : Re. West Van Says Stairs Must Go, Feb. 5. The serfs could not hunt on the king's land and serfs cannot build stairs unless the king says OK.

It's ambitious with a capital A. A skating rink, ferris wheel, amphitheatre and dozens of other amenities that could permanently redefine the City of North Vancouver's waterfront and Lower Lonsdale.

Dear Editor: Your excellent article (City Council Buoys Sinking Stern, Jan. 29) reported on the decision of city council to reconsider the preservation of at least a small piece of HMS Flamborough Head.

Dear Editor: Provincial law dictates/requires three steps to have an amalgamation of municipalities. 1. Both councils have to pass the exact motion to instruct staff to develop an amalgamation plan, with a joint committee to guide the task. 2.

Get out the rubber gloves and the heavy-duty cleaner. If there's truth to the allegations swirling this week about harassment and bullying in the West Vancouver Police Department, there will soon be a need to scrub a lot of muck from the walls.