Opinion

"If the textbooks have been handed in and the school supplies are home, I suspect we're done for the year.

Dear Editor: How many North Vancouver residents know the amazing story of the role our city played in the Second World War? Visualize the site at the foot of Lonsdale where Burrard Dry Dock, with its 14,000 workers, worked 24 hours a day to build a 1

As far as wish lists go, the one put together by Metro Vancouver's mayors when it comes to future transit and transportation improvements is indeed an impressive one. It's got something for everyone, pretty much no matter where they live.

As of Wednesday evening, the exhaustive public outreach for the City of North Vancouver's official community plan redesign has entered its final chapter.

Dear Editor: I retired from teaching in 2001. My B.Ed. degree (five years at the University of Victoria) plus 35 years of teaching in secondary schools in North Vancouver provided an annual 2001 salary of $60,113.

On Tuesday, one of the worst-kept secrets in politics was announced with the federal government's approval of Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline.

Dear Editor: I was sitting having breakfast in the Grouse Inn on Capilano Road when I picked up your newspaper of Wednesday, May 28 and read the article on page 1, Highrises Proposed for Lower Capilano.

Dear Editor: With reference to the article Highrises Proposed for Lower Capilano (May 28), I have serious concerns regarding the residential towers proposed for the Grouse Inn and adjacent former gas station site at 2010 Marine Drive.

Dear Editor: Kudos to the North Shore News for the May 25 editorial No Place to Hide. The Conservative government under Stephen Harper is indeed trying to turn us into a police state with constant and unregulated monitoring.

Dear Editor: Yesterday while driving at lunch time on a very busy Marine Drive in North Vancouver, I was astounded at what I saw: a young man on his skateboard, listening to music, wearing earplugs, with his head down using his phone.