Opinion

This may be a unique reason to vote against the big interests’ Metro transit plan: It doesn’t go far enough. Universal rule: All transit systems stimulate the authorities’ Stalinism.

In February 1978 someone took a chance on me and they opened a door to the best job I could have ever hoped for. That was when I was hired as a photographer at the North Shore News. I was young, inexperienced and very keen.

Dear Editor: Daily we hear and see bad, sad things around us. So it is especially wonderful to know that there are still some honest kind people here on the North Shore. One such person is Cindy.

Dear Editor: To those upset with TransLink executive salaries, unwelcome densification, and/or squandered tax revenue, please know this: voting No in the transit plebiscite will not solve these issues.

Dear Editor: After watching the April 20 District of North Vancouver council meeting on the proposed development from Polygon to redevelop Mountain Court in Lynn Valley, I was horrified by some council members’ comments and concerns. Thank you Coun.

The federal government squared off again with defence lawyers this week in the Omar Khadr case — this time to ask a Canadian judge not to let Khadr out of jail pending an appeal of his case in the U.S.

Dear Editor: Once again, the City of North Vancouver is relying on the district to properly serve the needs of its own residents. Little wonder the city can boast of such strong cash reserves.

The courts are our society’s ultimate tool for holding us accountable. Tell that to Ivan Henry, the North Vancouver man who spent 27 years in jail for sexual assaults he did not commit.

Dear Editor: Re: Human Sewage Regulations. As a 30-year North Shore resident who now spends a lot of time near Merritt, I am reaching out for support from cities about an environmental travesty that is occurring in rural areas.

With NHL and NBA playoffs in full swing there are pressure-packed games going on every night, but last week I discovered pressure I’d never imagined before tucked away in an old Vancouver elementary school gym.