Opinion

The world has lost one of its most prolific - or at least visible - hatemongers. Fred Phelps, the patriarch of the Westboro Baptist Church, died in hospice care on Thursday.

Dear Editor: Is this a schizophrenic city? Does it make sense to have two brains controlling the same body? I know it may conjure some funny joke about the male persuasion, but it's a fact for North Vancouver.

Dear Editor: I wanted to extend my gratitude to the driver in the eastbound lane on Highway 1 near Capilano Bridge who alerted drivers of the oncoming van on Wednesday, March 12.

Dear Editor: After living with trash pickup every two weeks for a while now, all I can say is, it is a load of garbage. Terry Long North Vancouver

Dear Editor: Howe Sound may not be the wilds of East Africa's Serengeti or the pyramids of Egypt, but this part of B.C. could certainly stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the world's greatest landmarks.

"On May 19, the government's new multi-material recycling regulation will formally end the days of local decision-making over our blue-box programs and hand it over to some of the largest producers of plastic and paper packaging the world has ever kn

Your team has barely won three games a month. You've traded away your franchise's best and most loved players for nothing and your dwindling fan base is calling for the heads of management and coaching staff alike.

Dear Editor : Just what Central Lonsdale residents need - another high-end grocery store .

"Perhaps humanity will do the right thing, but only after it has exhausted all other possibilities. " -Winston Churchill It's early spring and the crocuses are up.

"Employees of the West Vancouver Police make their own career decisions on an ongoing basis." WVPD Police Chief Peter Lepine declines to comment on the abrupt retirements of two senior officers (from a March 9 news story).