Opinion

Dear Editor: Re: Rescuers Lobby for Backcountry Cameras, Jan. 15. Every person with dementia should wear a GPS transponder bracelet at all times just in case they wander off into the woods. Ditto young children.

The Flamborough Head may yet have a future on the North Vancouver waterfront. After first voting in-camera to scrap it, council reversed course this week and ordered up a report on how much it will cost to save the stern.

The perpetual morass that is TransLink planning is again veering off the rails thanks to the province. Provincial transportation ministers love to blame local mayors for not being able to get their acts together and agree on TransLink priorities.

Dear Editor: Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the Jan. 15 letter to the editor, "LEC Ignores Tomorrow's Creative Solutions.

"If he followed the book there would be a lot of people who wouldn't be here today." North Shore Rescue volunteer Jeff Yarnold recalls late team leader Tim Jones' tendency to assemble the team first and get authorization later (from a Jan.

North Shore Rescue team member John Blown didn't plan on spending Sunday night crafting a message to tell the world about the death of his mentor, leader, and very good friend.

Tuesday’s UFC event at Rogers Arena shocked spectators by turning into a Canucks game. After tensions ran high during the first second of play, a full-on brawl erupted two seconds in.

Dear Editor: You have published two letters about the super yacht Attessa IV. One against stated the yacht disrupted his water view. One for stated it enhanced the area. Well, Attessa IV comes and goes.

Dear Editor: We have lost someone special. I somehow missed the news of the past few days — until this morning, when I picked up the newspaper and read that Tim Jones had died. I felt like someone had punched me in the stomach.

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