Opinion

There are still a couple of months to go, but I may just owe Canada an apology. If that comes to pass, I’d probably never in my life feel better about making an apology.

Dear Editor: The recent oil spill in English Bay was inevitable along with the time delay, and finger pointing by government bodies. What we need is a bold new plan to prepare and restrict the potentially affected areas from a major oil spill.

Dear Editor: How can I put this gently? For eons now, rake-owning man (homo quietus) has been pointing out to leaf-blowing man (homo irritatus) that the leaf blower is unnecessary, nay, counterproductive to the bucolic marshalling of dead leaves into

Everyone on the North Shore was in a tizzy Friday after the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation’s Jordan Bateman dug up a decade-and-a-half-old agreement to close the Lions Gate Bridge to vehicle traffic, dedicating it for pedestrians and cyclists.

After seeing the sheen of bunker fuel spreading across English Bay and globs of toxic black oil washing up on the West Vancouver shoreline — coupled with a publicly perceived inadequate response to the incident — North Shore residents are left wonder

There appears to be some increasing chatter out there that somehow, the so-called “youth vote” will decide the outcome of the looming federal election and turf Stephen Harper from the Prime Minister’s Office. Sorry, I’m not buying that.

Dear Editor: Re: New Health Accord Urged , April 3 news story. For your readers’ benefit, I want to take this opportunity to highlight our government’s position on this important issue, which was not included in the original published article.

Dear Editor: On Feb. 11 of this year, my mom was walking along St. Andrews Avenue in North Vancouver (near 15th Street), when she fell and smashed her face on the pavement, breaking her nose and bleeding excessively.

Dear Editor: Re: Metro transportation and transit plebiscite I wonder how many original Yes voters have reconsidered their position and are voting No due to the telephone harassment by Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson. After phone call No.

Dear Editor: Last week City of North Vancouver council voted not to go ahead with plans to build the new recreation centre at 23rd and Lonsdale. Instead, the council voted to develop the shipyard and shipyard museum at the bottom of Lonsdale Avenue.