Opinion

Despite some hopes that the whole thing was a not-so-funny April Fool’s joke, a number of services recently went up in price for British Columbians. Rate hikes on a number of essentials started on Tuesday. One such jump in cost was ferry fares.

Dear Editor: Signs, signs - everywhere are signs. Just like the song, it seems you can't see the forest for the amount of new signs that have popped up east of Seymour.

Dear Editor : I am completely disgusted with our local politicians on both sides of the "North Vancouver divide" protecting their little fiefdoms, and refusing to even consider amalgamation, other than to have another study of a study to study what m

In a terse and, at times, accusatory and vaguely threatening email to the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce this week, Mayor Darrell Mussatto contended it was wrong for chamber officials to come out in support of a study into the nuts and bolts of

"Health and air quality of 300,000 B.C. residents to deteriorate as Metro Vancouver bulldozes past globally renowned science, consultation with elected officials, and races toward construction of $500 million incinerator.

Dear Editor I am writing to you in regards to your recent headline in the March 26 edition of your paper: Edgemont Fire Caused by Roof Fixes.

Dear Editor: A special letter to all of our former customers and friends who acknowledged the March 23 article, Black Family Legacy, by Laura Anderson. I would like to make a couple of things clear.

"I can unequivocally say at least 85 to 90 per cent of everybody that comes by are 150 per cent in favour of this." Lynn Valley businessman David Hewitson applauds the plan to demolish Zellers and build six new towers (from a March 26 news story).

Dear Editor: Demolition of the Flamborough Head continues apace at our waterfront. On the ground beside the hull stands the engine which once drove the Second World War victory ship. It is a mighty piece of machinery, fascinating to behold.

After years study, a group of B.C. doctors applied to Health Canada for permission to prescribe heroin to 21 addicts last fall. Permission was granted. It was right about then that mollifying the Conservative base trumped science.