Opinion

Dear Editor: I am in complete agreement with letter writer Chanda Siddoo-Atwal regarding the location of cell towers in West Vancouver. Our home, where we have lived for more than 30 years, would be located right between two of the proposed towers.

Hard on the heels of a leaked report stating B.C. Hydro customers can look forward to a rate hike of up to 26 per cent in the near future, comes unfortunately timed information about the bloated salaries paid to many at the Crown corporation.

"I had no control over what happened to me. I was a child." Sam George discusses coming to terms with the abuse he suffered at St. Paul's Indian Residential School (from a Sept. 22 Sunday Focus story).

Can anyone recall a time when we were not in the midst of political party leadership race? With soon-to-be former NDP leader Adrian Dix announcing the worst kept secret in B.C. at the Union of B.C.

Dear Editor: It seems good things - news, disgruntled taxpayers and opinions - come in threes. First it was the "mosquito" in LoLo that no one could locate but definitely upset a few people.

Dear Editor: I have mostly enjoyed Trevor Lautens' columns over the years and have found them interesting and entertaining. However, I was flabbergasted at his comments in the column Sept.

Dear Editor: There's nothing like the disappearance of a favourite place/landmark to bring you up to speed with the nature of change and the phenomenon of aging. With some things, you can't imagine them not being there.

Back before May 14, most people thought the B.C. Liberals had as much chance of winning an election as they had of selling voters a non-existent bridge.

Today marks the end of Truth and Reconciliation week in B.C., one of the more meaningful attempts by Canada to understand and confront the multi-generational impact of the residential school system on First Nations people.

"What are those black things in the park?" Arts Office co-ordinator Lori Phillips recalls the initial outcry that greeted Douglas Senft's steel sculpture, cathedral (from a Sept. 15 Sunday Focus story).