Opinion

There's nothing like post-holiday credit card bills to inspire New Year's resolutions to take care of our finances. As we were reminded this week, however, there are still those for whom belt-tightening won't be an issue.

It has been 39 years since I visited North Vancouver for the first time. The block where my friends then lived reminded this new immigrant of an English seaside town. Partly it was the peekaboo view of Burrard Inlet.

"Any green space, like a school yard or a median between two lanes on a road, was all dug up, and there were impromptu graves created.

Dear Editor : I want to congratulate West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith, not for pushing and approving the Grosvenor project, but for his optimism.

Another winter, another season of long nights in sometimes dangerous backcountry terrain for North Shore Rescue volunteers looking for lost souls.

Try to excuse a personal item, but as a column-provider I'll remember 2013 as the year of my most embarrassing success. It has become a howling nightmare.

Dear Editor: First of all I wish to thank you for the (Dec. 18) front page exposure on the Rogers towers in West Vancouver.

It comes around like clockwork, the pledge to improve. When a set of stairs starts to resemble the Grouse Grind and previously loose fitting pants look like body paint we know it's time to make a change.

Dear Editor : Contrary to the North Shore News' Viewpoint, Rust in Peace, Dec.

Dear Editor : Thank you for choosing to run my story on Friday, Dec. 20 about Smile Day. My Smile Day on Monday, Dec. 23 was a huge success.