Opinion

Dear Editor: It is 2012 and there is hope. It is found on page 11 of the North Shore News. Sometimes it announced as an afterthought on the afternoon news.

HERITAGE advocates grieved this month for the loss of two buildings in the City of North Vancouver with a combined age of 205 years. That's a lot of history to crush with a wrecking ball. Both buildings were in a sorry state.

Dear Editor: As the Occupy movement fades from view, and debate over oil pipelines dominates the news, the two issues intersected for me on a recent walk through our neighbourhood.

Dear Editor: I am puzzled that with so much ink devoted to West Vancouver bus shelters regarding their design, art displays, leaks and more, that no one seems to have noticed the lack of general cleanliness.

Dear Editor: Regarding the appalling stories about living conditions on many Indian reserves across Canada: The problem started historically with the discriminatory Indian Act.

Dear Editor: Friday the 13th, and I just got dinged six bucks at the recycle yard for a chopped up bush.

The level of sanctioned violence that ought to be permitted in hockey is a polarizing debate.

Dear Editor: Benjamin Alldritt's Jan. 15 column, Meter Opposition is Not So Smart, tried to dismiss public concerns about smart meters as "asking the wrong questions.

Dear Editor: The District of West Vancouver's Chief Financial Officer, Nina Leemhuis, presented the draft 2012 Budget Book and collateral to Council and the public at the Finance Committee meeting Friday morning, January 20.

NOTHING says winter has finally descended on the North Shore like the icy blast of weather that arrived last week and some foolish decisions in the North Shore mountains.