Opinion

If you loved the Weegies, as I tenderly call the West Vancouver Citizens for Good Government, you may adore the West Vancouver Housing Association. The WVHA is a new kid on the development block. Literally. It has a storefront in Dundarave.

Despite the promises you hear chanted on Burnaby Mountain, there is no way the oil industry will be out of our lives in our lifetime. Oil is everywhere. It affects everything.

Dear Editor: As an engineer who has worked in the petroleum industry for 25 years, I am exasperated that polarized groups cannot co-operate to make the increase in capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline an environmental positive.

Dear Editor: In a democracy, regardless of how much people complain, communities tend to get the governments they deserve.

Dear Editor: Dear citizens, I am aghast at the proposed monolithic art gallery that will block the beautiful panoramic view that we all enjoy while strolling or riding down Lonsdale.

Dear Editor: I felt a letter should be written about something that happened that reminded me about Christmas yesterday. I had gone into Tim Hortons on Lonsdale and 15th to get a coffee and bring it to my car.

The dark winter months of low light and bad weather can be deadly on our roads. Sadly, in recent weeks there have been plenty of reminders, with several pedestrians hit and injured and one killed on the North Shore.

Dear Editor: For many years my wife and I have been commuting eastbound in the morning down East Keith Road to Mountain Highway and on to the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing.

"We're the worst example in all of Canada." SFU political science professor Patrick Smith blasts the lack of regulation over how money is raised and spent in B.C.'s municipal elections (from a Nov. 26 news story).

Fear takes on a whole new meaning when an uninvited animal invades your home and brings the unpredictable wildness of nature into your sheltered space. This happened to my family last week.