Opinion

North Vancouver - Dear Editor: May I use your pages to make a heartfelt thankyou to the young man who picked up the bill for our dinner at the Cheshire Cheese Inn on Sept. 24. 'Twas my husband's 98th birthday and your kindness was truly appreciated.

"Having mental illness is kind of like being plopped into a small boat and cut adrift in a torrid sea." Dr. Allan Burgmann, head of Lions Gate Hospital's inpatient psychiatry program, describes mental illness (from a Sept. 28 news story).

Here's what needs to happen to get a Canadian team back on top in the NHL

With the municipal elections coming up in November and nomination deadlines and finalizations quickly approaching in the next couple of weeks, candidates are scrambling to get community members on board for a vote.

Dear Editor: Trevor Carolan hit the nail squarely on the head with his Sunday, Sept. 28 column, District Council's Dirty Little Secret.

Dear Editor: I read with interest the front-page article in Friday's (Sept. 26) North Shore News, WV Puts Brakes on Cedardale Bike Route.

Dear Editor: I'm writing to clear up misinformation that has been circulating for the last few years, and has resurfaced again within the last few months, namely via a chain email among constituents across Canada.

Dear Editor: I wish to thank the person who found my keys at Bridgman Park and handed them in at Save-On-Foods.

Dear Editor: I see Mayor Walton expects another million people in the Lower Mainland by 2040. By the amount of highrises being OK'd by the North Shore municipalities, I presume a greater part of those millions will be on the North Shore.

Dear Editor: An open letter to B.C.'s Minister of Finance Mike de Jong: I am writing to express my disappointment in the Liberal's financial policy.