Opinion

THE Mount Seymour Parkway crash that sent a 70-year-old pedestrian to hospital this week was doubtless unintentional, small consolation though that may be.

Dear Editor: I would like to congratulate a remarkable group of individuals, associations and local merchants in Lynn Valley who worked alongside the Lynn Valley Community Association to create "Lynn Valley Christmas.

"If you can crack this thing, they're going to get everything about us." Privacy watchdog Vince Gogolek raises the alarm about the potential ramifications of a new medical ID card being introduced by the province that will incorporate the B.C.

Dear Editor: Mr. Leo Vanderbyl's reasoning in connection with the killings in Connecticut in his Dec. 28 letter to the editor, SSRIs Can Make Kids Killers, is far-fetched.

An open letter to "Out-of-bounders": Whether you ski, snowboard or snowshoe, I have a question to ask those of you who choose to go out-of-bounds.

Dear Editor: The construction of a new SeaBus any place outside B.C. underscores one simple point: that the B.C. Liberals' talk of a "Jobs Plan" is just that - talk.

Dear Editor: As one who believes that supporting the local economy in every way possible is a patriotic duty, I am aghast at the letting of the contract for a new SeaBus to a foreign contractor.

Dear Editor: This was bullying on an epic scale: On Dec. 23, the south mall of Park Royal Shopping Centre was closed down by a terrifying mob of natives waving banners. The drumming was so loud it was deafening.

FRANKLY, we agree with Lynn Valley resident Connie Fay. The proposed highrises in the town centre look "like the Olympic Village stuck in Lynn Valley.