Opinion

Dear Editor: The development proposed for the 1300-block of Marine Drive in West Vancouver is more horizontally massive than what was implied at the public meetings (Plans Unveiled for WV's Gateway, Oct. 19, North Shore News).

How do you shape an axe handle? . . . the pattern is not far off.

"They publicly will not say it until they leave policing." Former West Vancouver police chief Kash Heed discusses the ramifications for police officers who speak against the war on drugs, a war he has said is pointless (from an Oct. 24 news story). .

In the wake of the media frenzy around bullied teen Amanda Todd's death, it's not just schools and parents who need to take a look at their practices, but the media themselves.

THE level of participation in pipeline protests across the province this week suggest Alberta Premier Alison Redford will have a fight on her hands from British Columbians if she continues to suggest that the B.C. coastline belongs to Canada.

Dear Editor: I write regarding Mayor Richard Walton's Oct. 17 letter to the editor, DNV Welcomes Lynn Valley Input. My husband and I moved to the North Shore, Upper Lynn Valley, 35 years ago and we have loved living here ever since.

Dear Editor: I have four teenagers, and our family has been impacted by the Amanda Todd story.

IN the not too distant past, dreadlocked advocates speaking out in favour of marijuana legalization tended to show up on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery, poised to light up their joints at exactly 4: 20. How times have changed.

Dear Editor: I write regarding your Oct. 12 story, Lower Capilano 'Village' Planned.