Opinion

"A forgotten lake . . . you never want to go to, a forgotten war you never really knew about and wouldn't want to go to either and this forgotten soldier that everybody forgot about.

Dear Editor: Why is it the bike advocates get most of the attention? No one ever mentions their percentage-wise use within the community.

Open Letter to Ruth Simons and the Future of Howe Sound Society Congratulations on this Canada Day, Ruth and all those who participated in a huge flotilla that would have stopped the Spanish Armada head-on if it had attempted to invade Howe Sound yes

TAKE a deep breath. Your hydro rates are going up. That was the word from Energy Minister Bill Bennett this week, citing years of infrastructure investment coupled with relatively small increases brought on by his government in previous years.

Dear Editor: I don't claim to read every paper that's out there or watch every newscast but I'm baffled by the lack of chatter regarding traffic in North Vancouver. I do know friends and colleagues are noticing that it just gets worse and worse.

Dear Editor: Your June 23 editorial asks that the North Shore municipalities answer a few questions, referred to as Growing Pain in the headline.

Dear Editor: At three recent city council meetings, Mayor Darrell Mussatto and Coun. Craig Keating have suggested the possibility of allowing parking in lanes.

IN a dazzling glimpse of the obvious, Statistics Canada recently released numbers showing most commuters in Metro Vancouver are still getting to work in their cars.

THE United States Supreme Court dragged its country, much of it kicking and screaming, into the 21st century Wednesday morning with two rulings being celebrated by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

This was among my prayers: a piece of ground not so very large, a garden and a spring of water; above these a small patch of woods.