Opinion

Dear Editor: Regarding your editorial of July 22 "Blood Simple," advocating universal HIV testing, I had to check the calendar. No, it was not April 1.

Dear Editor: As a resident of the Keith Road hill area (at Shavington) I strongly disagree with Anita Leonhard's recent letter criticizing the District of North Vancouver's decision not give up a Keith Road vehicle lane to bikes (Keith a Council Fail

Dear Editor: "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Isobel." "Isobel who?" "Is a bell necessary on a bicycle?" Yes. We stroll down the Mosquito Creek trail every day, and often we're nearly run over by bikers.

Dear Editor: Although I can't say whether or not the chances of a labour dispute between the B.C. Teachers' Federation and the B.C.

Dear Editor: Good to see your civil service editorial on top municipal salaries in the July 20 edition, together with the front-page story in your July 18 edition on the same topic (Municipal Brass See Pay Balloon, North Shore News).

Premier Christy Clark has drawn a line in the sand in the increasingly contentious debate over the Northern Gateway pipeline.

Dear Editor: As a former councillor for the district of North Vancouver, I was unsurprised that pay scales were high, but I was startled that they are so high (Municipal Brass See Pay Balloon, July 18, North Shore News) It is unfortunately true that

Dear Editor: I strongly agree with Keith Baldrey's July 20 column in the North Shore News (Dying Gov't Should Lay Off the Booze). The B.C. Liberal government should lay off the booze, but it won't, no matter how large the outcry.

Dear Editor: In response to Mark Steunenberg's letter (On Keith, Common Sense Takes the Wheel, July 15), I can't see how changing the configuration on East Keith Road to one uphill lane in order to reduce speeding can do anything but improve the safe

"In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, 'D'oh!' I cannot believe that the government is getting out of one of the businesses they make money at." Coun. Rod Clark expresses disbelief at the province's plan to privatize B.C.