Opinion

Dear Editor: I want to publicly thank those involved in the creation of the Spirit Trail and Kings Mill Walk in North Vancouver.

"You have to realize, for the past eight years (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad was like a scar or black eye for Iranian people around the world. He was a failed president from a foreign policy aspect but also domestically.

Dear Editor: I am disappointed that Coun. Bill Soprovich cast the deciding vote for advancing Grosvenor's development application for the 1300-block Marine Drive at the June 17 council meeting.

SOMETHING startling happened in Ottawa this week while the rest of us were busy not caring about who won the Stanley Cup. Fifteen Conservative senators broke ranks with their notoriously whipped party and voted to gut a piece of Tory legislation.

My dear friend, the poet, writer and filmmaker Meg Torwl, passed away yesterday evening at the age of 46, on the palliative care ward at Lions Gate Hospital after a long battle with cancer.

Dear Editor: I am a grandmother, OK? I am not very good at technical stuff. On a few occasions I have pressed the wrong button on my remote. Bad!! This is a definite no-no apparently.

Dear Editor: I am a parent writing in follow-up to your June 16 story regarding covered areas in North Vancouver schools (Playground Shelters a Nice-to-have: School Board).

Dear Editor: Regarding the longboarding debate: The "safe" course of action - enforcing the law - is not practical, possible or desirable.

Dear Editor: I laughed when I read Kate Zimmerman's June 2 column, Put Your Lips Together to Gather the Clan.