Opinion

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.

Dear Editor: The North Shore sits on Aboriginal lands and is home to many visible minorities, yet from a glance at candidate profiles, it appears that only one candidate from either group has run for municipal elections: proportionally, it should be

Dear Editor: I am a 91-year-old veteran who liked to think he still had all his "marbles" - until now. About noon on Nov. 13, I was at Save-On-Foods in Lynn Valley Centre buying some supplies. I was sitting on my electric scooter at the checkout.

"An hour later, I'm the only guy left." Second World War veteran Norman Kirby recalls the battle that claimed the lives of every other man in his regiment (from a Nov. 9 news story). "Someone said, 'Maybe you should just give up your house.

This week I signed up for a flu shot. What a wimp. I always considered it a sign of weakness to get a flu shot. I never got sick — my body was too strong for that, what with my young laser-armed antibodies and secret ninja lymph nodes.

The wheels are now turning on a massive plan to do something about the gridlock at the Ironworkers bridgehead.

Dear Editor: Lately a lot has been written about the traffic congestion which will be created when all those new towers have been built. There seems to be an easy solution. Build at least half of them without any parking facilities.

Dear Editor: I do appreciate the North Shore News publishing the names of candidates for district council on pages 18 and 19 of the Nov. 7 issue. I am a newcomer to North Vancouver and I have never seen a layout like this before.

Saturday’s municipal elections will either bring about utopia or we’ll all be sucked into a lawless wasteland replete with cats and dogs living together — or so some candidates tell us.

Dear Editor: On Thursday, Nov. 6, while walking home from an appointment with his eye doctor, one of our residents tripped and fell, injuring his hip. He was on the sidewalk, obviously unable to get up, and a passing motorist stopped to lend a hand.