Opinion

PHONY refugees on the high seas: Their stories move to the back pages of the papers, and their outrageous costs move on to the back of the taxpayer.

THE red paint bombing of several Lower Mainland businesses to draw attention to the practices involved in the fur trade is attention getting but ultimately defeats the purpose of the animal rights activists behind it.

Dear Editor: Is it just me getting older or has God granted immunity to cyclists? Auto traffic has been and is being pushed aside to make room for beautifully paved and marked bike lanes.

AFTER the death of their child last month, a North Vancouver family has put out a plea for tighter regulation of backyard pools. It's a call the province should heed.

Dear Editor: Thank you to the group of cyclists, who searched, found and captured our runaway chocolate lab on the evening of May 10.

Dear Editor: As a resident and taxpayer of the City of North Vancouver, I have recently been more proactive in following the discussion with council, community members and businesses regarding new development along Lonsdale Avenue.

I can reasonably expect to live at least another half century on this earth. So for me, people my age and everyone younger than me, climate change is not an issue for do-gooders, tree-huggers and self-righteous hipsters. It's a real question.

To blame funding cuts for the high-profile poaching of an 800 Year-old Western red cedar this month is something of a stretch, but the incident nonetheless serves neatly as a metaphor for our government's approach to the environment.

Dear Editor: Sincere thanks to the kind person who found my husband's car keys and dropped them into the mailbox after he lost them recently.

"I didn't give much thought, quite frankly, to how it was going to fit in with the neighbourhood." Coun. Alan Nixon admits he rebuilt his Pemberton Heights home to the maximum square footage allowed in 1994.