Opinion

Dear Editor: To the District of North Vancouver council and staff: We love you. Yes it's true, we have loved you and your care of our community for many years now. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. But please don't do it.

Dear Editor: On Sunday, the North Shore News published two letters from NIMBYs who do not want to understand the need for job creation. The first was about Seaspan and Harbourside (Seaspan, Harbourside Benefits Questioned, April 29).

Nobody plans to fail, goes the old saw, but people do fail to plan. With that in mind, the City of North Vancouver made a smart move this month hitting the pause button on a huge development proposal for Central Lonsdale.

A recent move by ICBC to seek essential services designation for the first time highlights a creeping trend in public sector bargaining: the equating of services that are convenient, important and necessary to the functioning of society over the long

". . . the price has gone down dramatically because of how exceptional the organized crime groups have been at distributing the drug and the potency has gone up exceptionally. Simply put, the war on drugs has not achieved its stated objectives." Dr.

Dear Editor: I attended the April 23 council meeting at which Seaspan gave its presentation and, quite frankly, a I cannot see how this project is going to help the people of North Vancouver for the following reasons: - The spokesman said that the pe

Dear Editor: The Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Burnaby and City of Vancouver mayors are right to be concerned over the Kinder-Morgan pipeline project.

The B.C. Teachers' Federation voted April 19 in favour of refusing any extra-curricular work, which will affect sports, graduation ceremonies, some drama and other activities.

Dear Editor: Regarding the rezoning of Harbourside properties to allow for commercial and residential use: I was involved in the building of our commercial strata building 26 years ago at the corner of Fell Avenue and West First Street long before th

"As long as I am prime minister we are not opening the abortion debate," Stephen Harper vowed on the eve of the last election.