Opinion

During the first round of election debates, a West Vancouver council candidate put forward the ultimate remedy for your morning commute: a tunnel under Burrard Inlet.

Dear Editor: I was floored to read in the North Shore News letters to the editor the complaint of a non-resident of the District of North Vancouver re: Residents Parking Only on Panorama Drive.

Dear Editor: Re: Take the Slowpokes off the Highway, Oct. 19 I am curious as to what (letter-writer) Dave Gosse considers the "normal speed of traffic" on the Cut.

Before we get to the nonsense, let's start by paying our respects to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, the Canadian soldier killed in Ottawa Wednesday in a brazen attack on the heart of our country.

A working visit to Europe makes an interesting prelude to our local North Shore elections. What happens in Europe still affects us in North America, and economically and politically there are worrisome signs on the horizon.

"It'll kill public curling on the North Shore." Curler Bruce Beveridge casts a dire prediction for the future of curling following the North Shore Winter Club's decision to swap curling for hockey unless curlers sign up for membership (from an Oct.

For many of us, the Parliament Hill shooting that ended with one murdered soldier and one dead gunman has left us angry and possibly a little scared.

Food scraps are banned from the garbage in 2015. Metro Vancouver, utilizing the humour befitting a regional planning authority, has trotted out a campaign featuring semi-masticated spring rolls and talking watermelons to get the message across.

Two Canadian soldiers dead on Canadian soil in one week and a shootout in Parliament. It's certainly not what our good-natured citizens are used to seeing in the news.

Dear Editor: May I use your page to give a friendly warning to all Honda Fit owners.