Opinion

THE revelation this week that the Bank of Canada changed an image on the new $100 bill to appear less "Asian" in order not to offend the public should do more than prompt a pillorying of the bank itself; it should cause a careful re-examination of at

"The beach there is all red and looking really bad." Doug Hayman, a member of the North Shore Streamkeepers, describes the orange sludge that has built up near a new culvert on Lynn Creek.

Dear Editor: This is Babe Coal (Megan Regehr) and Mitch Barnes. Thank you so much for putting the story about my situation on the front page of the North Shore News (Busker Takes on City Noise Bylaws, Aug. 5). I have received a huge response.

BELLINGHAM citizens are furious because Canadian shoppers are monopolizing . . . milk. Snatching milk from the mouths of American babies.

IT'S a sad day when Canada needs a leader from another country to nudge its policymakers in the direction of common sense.

"The [U.S.] Food Stamp Program is proud to be distributing the greatest amount of free meals and food stamps ever. Meanwhile, the National Parks Service asks us not to feed the animals.

Dear Editor: There is a saying that "the law is an ass." As it concerns residential underground oil tanks, it is all too true ($90K Oil Tank Bill Sparks Warning, Aug. 8, North Shore News).

THE Canadian Medical Association's call this week for better drug coverage for lowincome households is one Canada should consider seriously, as much for economic reasons as for humanitarian ones.

Dear Editor: Regarding West Van Police Target Pack of Prowling Porsches (Aug. 10, North Shore News). Great title.

"He went and turned around and said, 'Oh! There's a bear in the house!'" Tony Webb, chairman of the North Shore Black Bear Network, on the moment a North Vancouver homeowner realized a bear had come to visit (from an August 8 news story). . . .