Opinion

I moved from the Prairies to Vancouver nearly 10 years ago and though I've done my best to learn the intricacies of West Coast life, I am still sometimes completely fooled.

"It's just like a miracle." West Vancouver veteran Murray Newman discusses the return of his stolen merit and military awards (from a Nov. 13 news story).

Dear Editor: My dad never spoke about his experience as a Second World War prisoner of the Japanese, but I know he lost much of his body weight, was tortured, had his appendix removed by a doctor using only a razor blade and suffered from every imagi

For about the first time in its history, the Agricultural Land Commission is generating talk among the condo-dwellers in dense Vancouver.

Dear Editor: I need to say how discouraged I was on my weekly commute in from Coquitlam to visit my father at Evergreen House in Lions Gate Hospital to find the facility ringed by shiny new parking meters.

Dear Editor: Isn't the traffic on the North Shore great? Being able to window shop on Marine Drive from your car. Order a pizza from your car and get it delivered two-blocks later.I thank the people responsible. I love to laugh.

Dear Editor: The unsigned advertising supplement Building the North Shore in your Oct.

If you are confused about whether the outrageous bonus scheme at B.C. Ferries is gone or not join the lineup in the overflow parking lot. The corporation announced on Wednesday an end to the bonus scheme for executives and senior managers.

The notion that aboriginal communities are like black holes when it comes to government funding was strengthened considerably with the release of the latest scathing report by B.C.'s Children and Youth Representative.

Dear Editor: I attended the open house meeting for the Presentation House Gallery proposed for the foot of Lonsdale. The general area is no doubt a good location for a gallery, yet the specific location proposed is not.