Opinion

Dear Editor: I want to clarify my remarks on the Matt Wilcox inquest recommendations, cited by reporter Jane Seyd in her April 8 story, Jury's Police Training Proposal Supported.

IT'S not just our North Vancouver mayors who say their municipalities were blindsided by the three-years' worth of pay increases contained in the B.C. RCMP contract signed March 21 by B.C.

Dear Editor: Colleen Dawson's rage over her yellow recycling bag limits (Mailbox, April 11) merits an easy solution. Mine was to get a second blue box and designate it for mixed paper.

Dear Editor: In your April 1 story, MPs Laud Budget Cuts, Job Boosts, you quoted North Vancouver MP Andrew Saxton saying: "In order to grow the economy we have to help entrepreneurs and small-and medium-sized businesses.

FOR hockey fans who recall a decade or more of Canucks' history, it's amazing to see how this regular season concluded. No sinking feeling, no do-or-die scraps to claw into eighth place, no bitterly dashed hopes - and no Dan Cloutier.

Dear Editor: I regret that the leader of the B.C. Conservative Party has accepted the recent departure of a Liberal MLA to sit as a B.C. Conservative in the people's legislature. Something I dearly felt should not have been allowed. The B.C.

Dear Editor: Regarding the April 6 letter Yellow Bag Recycling Limits Make No Sense: Colleen, that's terrific you are an avid recycler; the more the better! Please note that you can request additional yellow bags.

THE jury at a coroner's inquest delivered a set of thoughtful recommendations this week following testimony about the death of North Vancouver's Matthew Wilcox. Wilcox was described as a talented animator and a joy to be around when he was healthy.

"I don't think it's healthy for us to believe that just because a program has been funded in the past that it will always be funded to eternity.