Opinion

FROM the outside, there appears to be no operational justification for TransLink to cancel its current Taxi Saver program.

Dear Editor: I am writing in regards to letters printed in your paper on June 1 and 6 relating the experiences of some constituents when corresponding with my office.

"My colleagues in Burnaby and Richmond will go to the wall." District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton discusses the solidarity among municipalities that have not yet signed the new RCMP contract (from a June 3 news story). . . .

The typical winter water temperature in English Bay is less than 10 C. At those temperatures the time it takes to lose dexterity without a survival suit is less than five minutes and unconsciousness follows in 30 to 60 minutes.

THE unexpected rebirth of B.C.'s Conservative party has put Christy Clark's Liberals in quite a pickle.

RELIGION being unfashionable these days, few know that West Vancouver has a Civic God, just like pagan Roman cities. The gods of ancient Greece and Rome were completely amoral.

Dear Editor: I'm writing in support of the June 1 letter from Alison Andersen, Our 'Voice' in Ottawa Is Deaf. I first wrote to Andrew Saxton last fall using the link provided on the government website. No response. So I wrote a fresh email.

Dear Editor: As one who has been concerned about transit in North Vancouver for the past 20 years and is now equally worried about over-development in the city, I wanted to know more about the nonanswers the city mayor, staff and developers of Harbou

A "living room for the community." That's how the Arts Facility Advisory Committee and its consultants, Urban Arts Architecture, sees its proposal for a civic arts centre on the 1600-block of Bellevue Avenue. That's a brilliant concept.

Dear Editor: Why not just put the bus depot in Harbourside instead of 800 units? Then the buses could rattle around the streets down there and not bother anyone after all the business people have gone home, a new overpass wouldn't be needed (at least