Opinion

Dear Editor: I have often wondered why so many people litter and why, once the litter hits the ground, so many others refuse to pick it up. I live near Argyle secondary, as do many others.

Dear Editor: I'm writing in response to a letter published in the North Shore News on Feb. 1: Make Out-of-Bounds Boarders or Skiers Pay for Their Rescue Costs. The never-ending debate has returned once again.

ON Feb. 16, the City of North Vancouver invites residents to the Pinnacle Hotel to get involved in crafting a new official community plan, the document that outlines what we want our neighbourhoods to look like over the next decade.

Dear Editor: Your editorial on longboarding, Board of Education, (North Shore News, Feb. 1) ignores several important elements on this issue.

Open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Given how little time MPs have to wait to be eligible for their disgusting tax-payer funded pensions, I think your proposal to increase eligibility for OAS (and I assume the attendant CPP and GIS) to 67 y

"I'm not going to drive out to Chilliwack, even though I get my stipend, and put in for expenses, and waste two days sitting around talking about 'If I was a tree, what kind of a tree would I be?'" West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith on his decision t

Dear Editor: As I watched the patient efforts of the North Shore bus driver, gently fastening a wheelchair bound passenger to his position - one belt for the chair, a second for the passenger - I couldn't help but think of my friend Gerald Cassel's r

THIS week, statisticians who continue to offer us needed glimpses of reality issued a warning cry over B.C.'s growing income inequality. The gap between the rich and poor is getting wider, according to a report by BC Stats.

Dear Editor: Merci beaucoup, Phillipe Segur. So after 12 (is it really that long) wonderful years, Le Bistro Chez Michel is closing. This fabulous piece of France, minus airfare and rip-off prices, has been a jewel in North Shore dining.

WEST Vancouver's new mayor by acclamation, Michael Smith, saved his residents a few dollars by spurning an invitation to attend a two-day Metro board meeting in Chilliwack.