Opinion

Dear Editor: I'd like to clarify a few points raised in a recent Liz James column about amalgamation (Minister Chong Could Drive Amalgamation, Jan. 25).

Dear Editor: All too often we are accosted by a litany of complaints about our hospital's dearth of beds; shortage of doctors; paucity of nurses; long waiting lists for surgery; inadequate facilities, etc.

Dear Editor: As they used to say on Laugh-In, "Verrrry interesting.

"I'm not sure it can be solved without putting more resources into it. They're clearly short judges and court time.

THERE'S been much comment this week on the insidious potential of the federal government's proposed Internet snooping laws.

Dear Editor: Interesting the District of North Vancouver would commission a study to amalgamate fire services to save money.

Dear Editor: Regarding your Viewpoint, Income Chasm (North Shore News, Feb. 5): Another ridiculous left-wing editorial from your left-wing newspaper. If you do not understand the type of society that we have here let me explain it for you.

Dear Editor: Skateboarding on roads is one idea I am absolutely against. I live in the Seymour area and do not want these boards flying around the streets; it is bad enough they almost hit people now.

IT'S difficult to understand where the Conservative Party stands on issues of individual rights and freedoms. Old-guard Reformers previously favoured smaller government and less regulation.

I'M reluctant to speak ill of the politically departed, but the gatekeeper who waved in Jimmy Pattison's widely disliked "bus shelters" in West Vancouver was Pamela Goldsmith-Jones. The buck stops there - on the mayor's desk. She was mayor.