Opinion

Dear Editor: I would like to add clarity to your editorial, "Request Stop" (North Shore News, June 13) about proposed termination of TransLink's TaxiSaver program, which provides discount taxi rides to seniors and people with disabilities.

IN the fight against international crime, any state must balance the freedom of its citizens against their security. As public anxiety ebbs and flows, policies tend naturally to swing from one extreme to the other.

Dear Editor: I just read the letter from Angela Koudstaal in June 13's North Shore News (Learn to Share the Road with Longboarders) and would like to comment. I think she is very brave to let her son longboard on the road.

A year after the Stanley cup riot in Vancouver, the anniversary was marked largely by paperwork - on Friday, Crown prosecutors approved charges against 10 more people, bring the total number to 114.

"If China were to have a really hard landing, if Europe were to blow up or something like that, it would be a significant shock to the Canadian economy. (It) could mean a significant correction to the housing market over a shorter period of time.

Dear Editor: I am responding to Elizabeth James' June 13 column, Controlling the Message is also a Disease.

Dear Editor: Regarding your June 3 story, City Rejects Density 'Bank': On behalf of the Burrard Yacht Club I am writing to correct the impression left by council, but correctly reported by your reporter, that the Burrard Yacht Club was seeking a wind

Dear Editor: I am responding to your series Our Changing Landscapes and the story about monster homes, Size Matters. This is a vital discussion which has to take place in order to maintain peace within neighbourhoods.

Dear Editor: I couldn't help but notice the discrepancy in your June 3 edition between Mayor Darrell Mussatto's quote ". . . single family homes are just not attainable.