Opinion

Dear Editor: If you have been anywhere within earshot of a teenager in the past month you've most likely heard about The Hunger Games, the latest fad since Harry Potter and Twilight.

Dear Editor: After reading your March 25 story about a family pet being shot and paralyzed by an air gun, I would like to say that the North Vancouver RCMP failed to mention that existing firearm regulation bylaws prohibit discharging pellet guns/air

Considering the free hand afforded them by their majority in Parliament, the budget handed down by the Conservatives this week was remarkably free of surprises.

"We're hoping in a week or maybe one month later she might (walk). It's a 10 per cent hope, but 10 per cent is good enough for me to take care of her.

GRAHAM James. Anyone in the land who doesn't know who James is? Now try this. Catherine Carlson.

THE optics were bad, and our headline underscored them. But the issues surrounding the pay hike that West Vancouver council voted itself Monday evening are anything but black and white.

Dear Editor: Shaping a great city is like creating a sculpture. You need a vision and a well-thought out working plan. And there are times when you need to pause, step back and reassess, to make sure you're still on track to achieving your vision.

Dear Editor: After Adrian Dix made the mistake of riding the SkyTrain without a pass in his pocket - I will resist the urge to ask why he just didn't forge one - it has come to light that 50,000 tickets at $173 each have been issued worth more than $

FIRST there were the quiet departures: Iain Black and Barry Penner, both talented MLAs, gracefully bowed out of the B.C. Liberal government last year to accept jobs in the private sector.