Opinion

On Remembrance Day we are urged to remember the sacrifices our veterans made for Canada. So it's too bad our own government isn't doing such a good job of that itself. Traditionally on Nov.

Dear Editor: Where's your poppy? As I spent my day in Vancouver and back at home in West Vancouver this past week, it startled me to see how few people are wearing the poppy a week before Remembrance Day.

"They didn't find any money but they found my various medals." West Vancouver veteran Murray Newman discusses the theft of his medals (from a Nov. 6 news story).

On Tuesday afternoon, B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford got down to some serious business of smiling for the cameras. Previously, Clark had famously said that no pipelines would even be considered in B.C.

Dear Editor: There has been a lot of back and forth in your paper regarding the Lynn Valley densification process and you have presented balanced opinion. I would like to talk about the constant reference to the "dying mall.

The political circus that is Toronto Mayor Rob Ford delivered another spectacle Tuesday with Ford's admission that, yes, he smoked crack cocaine and no, he doesn't see that as a reason to quit. I've admitted my mistakes, Ford said. I've apologized.

Dear Editor: I would like to address some misinformation in your Oct. 23 article on the proposed Grosvenor development for 1300 Marine Drive in West Vancouver. At no time did I suggest that council should lease rather than sell the property.

Dear Editor: Re: Disabled woman stuck in care home, Oct. 27. I read the above mentioned article with interest after a friend who has a disability and lives independently in the community brought it to my attention.

We have character, just like Ben Stewart! Just sayin' - in case our premier has any other $150,000 jobs in Asia waiting to be filled without notice.

"It was really unnecessary because obviously the trap was put out for a rat." B.C. Wildlife and Rescue Association spokeswoman Yolanda Brooks laments a rare spotted skunk that was mortally wounded by a snap trap (from a Nov. 1 news story).