Opinion

participation is critical

"Metro Vancouver 2040: Shaping our Future was adopted on July 29, 2011 after being unanimously accepted by all local governments in the region.

Dear Editor: In addition to scrutinizing the planned development for the 1300-block in Ambleside in isolation, residents should also take a slightly more holistic view that extends from the start of Ambleside to the end.

Dear Editor: I had to pause and re-read your story about the Seylynn Village hearing. Since when is $1,130 to $1,950 per month rent for an apartment considered "affordable housing"? Jamie Leigh North Vancouver

Dear Editor: An announcement has gone out to the members of the Lynn Valley Community Association to take part in an information meeting where BOSA explains their plans regarding the Lynn Valley Centre development. The meeting is scheduled on Nov.

Dear Editor: My wife and I chose to live, and raise our family, in Lynn Valley because of the relative easy access to amenities and, more importantly, to live within the unique natural surroundings offered by the North Shore mountains.

"They came and went, came and went. So and so didn't come back and someone else would come in and take his place." Decorated RCAF Spitfire pilot Roy Wozniak discusses the loss of life during the Second World War (from a Nov. 11 Sunday Focus story). .

relinquishing control over British Columbia's school year, the province has freed school districts to tweak their calendars to their hearts' content, but the move may have come at the cost of larger-scale, systemic improvement.

Dear Editor: Earlier today our home was leafleted by a group opposed to development in Lynn Valley. I'd like you to know that many people in this neighbourhood actually support densification and development.