Opinion

North Vancouver - Dear Editor: I fail to see where spending $20 million of my tax dollars in Singapore (Dec. 3 news story) for a new SeaBus is preferable to having $22 million in circulation in the B.C. economy.

The report by the U.S. Senate committee on the torture that went on inside secret CIA -run black sites paints a terrifying picture of a rogue organization that operated beyond any laws - either domestic or international.

Dear Editor: I would like to express my appreciation to the City and District of North Vancouver for the cycling infrastructure that has been built and is being planned for the community.

Dear Editor: There have been quite a few stories lately about cars hitting pedestrians after dark. I can understand why pedestrians get hit. They wear dark clothing and the cars can't see them. It is just as simple as that.

Dear Editor: Re: More Voters Out to Polls, But Numbers Remain Low, Nov. 19 news story. The North Shore News has attempted to describe the implications of low voter turnout in our recent civic elections.

Dear Editor: Today I watched my mom cry as her beloved West Vancouver neighbourhood was destroyed, so her new neighbours could have an unobstructed view.

"I'm not sure what having a decoy adds to the safety environment." Lawyer Cameron Duff decries a decoy sting that cost him $167 for not yielding to a pedestrian who turned out to be a West Van plainclothes officer (from a Nov. 30 news story).

Dear Editor: May I, through the hospitality of the North Shore News, thank the Royal Canadian Legion 114 (Lynn Valley) for the superb veterans' dinner - bringing a wonderful link between all generations.

Dear Editor: I read your article in the Wednesday, Dec. 3 paper, Plucky Tween Cries Fowl at Bylaw , and I am eager to make a clarification.

It was more than eight years ago that Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised a new era of accountability.