Opinion

Dear Editor It has been reported in the media that Germany has eliminated university fees in that country. That is our tax dollars at work. Instead of building our ferries here as was done in the past, the jobs were shipped to Germany.

Dear Editor: The hypocrisy of SFU professors (Stephen) Collis and (Lynne) Quarmby is breathtaking. These two academics, and particularly professor Quarmby, are the public face of the anti-Kinder-Morgan protests on Burnaby Mountain.

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts" - Winston Churchill With the election settled we can look at North Shore civic life in terms of the next four years. The numbers help tell the tale.

Now the hurly-burly's done, now the battle's lost and won. With another election wrapped, it's time to "fork over the entrails" as my old editor Martin Millerchip liked to say.

Burnaby Mountain was a hot spot despite the drizzle this week as protesters clashed with police in their attempts to halt Kinder Morgan crews from preliminary work to build a new pipeline.

"The lip service they're paying to collaboration has burned me out." Outgoing City of North Vancouver Coun. Guy Heywood decries the city's obstinate bureaucracy (from a Nov. 16 news story).

Back when gold rings came in packs of five and it was socially acceptable to re-gift milking maids, there were 12 days of Christmas.

Dear Editor: West Vancouver is losing its serenity and tranquility.

There's a small but needed crop of rookie councillors set to be sworn in at each of our three North Shore municipal councils.

Dear Editor: There was an announcement (front page story) in the Friday, Nov. 14 edition of the North Shore News about the proposed new interchange at Highway 1 and Mountain Highway.