Opinion

CHRISTMAS is our annual celebration of light and life at the darkest time of year. Yet as many social agencies can attest, there's often no shortage of sorrow in this supposedly happy time.

IT'S a month into ski season, and once again we find ourselves wagging our fingers at out-of-bounds skiers and snowboarders.

SHAMELESS shilling: For Christmas, give your beloved 100 Years of The Vancouver Sun, by excellent columnist Shelley Fralic. Yes, 35-odd years on Sun premises may torque my objectivity.

Dear Editor: The North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce recently came out in support of Onni's 1308 Lonsdale development proposal and we would like to voice our reasons for doing so.

Dear Editor: I am writing in response to your Dec. 12 story about the three new highrises approved for the Seylynn area. I really dislike the glib attitude some politicians have as they try to appease the masses with their meaningless platitudes.

WOULD you feel safer or threatened if you knew your neighbour kept guns? A lot of them. Specifically one handgun for everyone over the age of 21 in the home plus a variety of rifles and shotguns - all bought legally for "personal safety.

Dear Editor: On Tuesday, Dec. 11, I was in the lineup at Superstore, aisle number eight.

IF there was ever hard evidence that the North Shore suffers from an excess of North Vancouvers, it came to light this week when the district decided not to go in with the city on a new Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Dear Editor: I read with interest your article, Expert Calls for Calm in Density Storm, in the Dec. 7 North Shore News (page three with maps on pages eight and nine).