Opinion

Dear Editor : I have noticed it is becoming increasingly common for the North Shore News to take journalistic liberty with the term "Lower Lonsdale." More and more articles refer to this area as "LoLo.

Dear Editor: I was surprised to read recently about the disrespect shown to our veterans by the Minister for Veterans Affairs. It is particularly galling in light of this government's eagerness to send our troops to war.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his government are known to be calculated tacticians. They do not go charging down any blind alleys and they leave nothing to chance.

Dear Editor: Can someone explain to me how this is supposed to work? Several times I have had to give 5 cents because my bill came to something .02 or .01 or whatever. I handed over twelve dollars at one point when the bill was $12.02.

"Somebody has to have the guts to go to the public and talk about all the various sources of (TransLink) funding and do all of the groundwork." North Shore News Jan. 26, 2014 - North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton (from a Jan.

Dear Editor: Last summer at the open house for the headquarters for North Shore Rescue I met Tim Jones. It was at the most 30 seconds as he was required to make a speech and was on the run.

Dear Editor: The Flamborough Head was a Second World War Liberty ship, a utilitarian freighter designed to be used as an expendable vessel in a time when many ships faced a very short lifespan.

It's back, and not just in disgruntled letters to the editor and coffee shop chit-chat.

"I didn't spend a lot of time planting and nurturing the trees to have some damned idiots from the parks branch slaughter them." Former homeowner Godfrey Lynum comments on West Vancouver's decision to level a waterfront garden (from a Jan.

Dear Editor : Many thanks to the lady who attended the early public input meeting on the proposed 17-storey development at 161 East Keith Rd., North Vancouver. Her letter was published in your Jan. 22 issue. The writer makes many valid points.