Opinion

The refusal of the Conservative finance minister to embrace pension reform being pushed by the provinces is exceptionally shortsighted. It will result in long-term economic pain to support short-term political opportunism.

Dear Editor: In the late afternoon on Monday, Dec. 2, I was sitting in the whirlpool in William Griffin swimming pool.

"One of the things he said was, 'You have courage to turn this tragedy into triumph.'" Etienne van Eck, a North Van resident and former bodyguard for Nelson Mandela, recalls Mandela's words of consolation (from a Dec. 11 news story).

Dear Editor: I wish to offer my apologies for any offence my remarks quoted in your Nov.

Dear Editor: Brilliant Dec. 11 editorial about the North Shore's emergency rapid alert system. I signed up to this more than 15-years ago. I provided my email and phone number and it finally worked.

I have some pretty rock solid rules when it comes to disciplining my two young boys. First rule: No blowtorches in the house. Nope, no way - I'm not falling for that one again. Second rule: uhh.. .. Sorry, drawing a blank here.

Exactly what have the B.C. Liberals been doing since winning the May election? We know they're not in the legislature, tackling issues and answering questions.

The fundamental weakness of Crown corporations is that they do not have to compete in the real world. That should be their strength, of course. But that's hard to reconcile when, for instance, B.C.

Dear Editor: I walked briskly along Lonsdale Avenue last Friday evening (Dec. 6), warmly bundled up as the temperature had fallen several degrees below zero.

Is TransLink nearing the breaking point? It's a question worth posing as frustrations expressed by a number of mayors and councils over transit and transportation priorities continue to mount and boil over for public display.