Opinion

Dear Editor: I wish that indoor tanning was banned when I was in high school and that I did not have the opportunity to expose my body to something that is known to cause cancer.

Dear Editor: Last weekend, my daughter came down with what I was certain, from past experience, was strep throat. We went to the local clinic where the doctor told us it was not strep; it was a virus that would pass. Thankfully, he took a culture.

Dear Editor: With the recent approval of the District of North Vancouver Official Community Plan and the changes already in the works, I question the logic of traffic studies even being done and paid for by taxpayers before a development is approved.

Dear Editor: If you have been anywhere within earshot of a teenager in the past month you've most likely heard about The Hunger Games, the latest fad since Harry Potter and Twilight.

Dear Editor: After reading your March 25 story about a family pet being shot and paralyzed by an air gun, I would like to say that the North Vancouver RCMP failed to mention that existing firearm regulation bylaws prohibit discharging pellet guns/air

Considering the free hand afforded them by their majority in Parliament, the budget handed down by the Conservatives this week was remarkably free of surprises.

"We're hoping in a week or maybe one month later she might (walk). It's a 10 per cent hope, but 10 per cent is good enough for me to take care of her.

GRAHAM James. Anyone in the land who doesn't know who James is? Now try this. Catherine Carlson.

THE optics were bad, and our headline underscored them. But the issues surrounding the pay hike that West Vancouver council voted itself Monday evening are anything but black and white.

Dear Editor: Shaping a great city is like creating a sculpture. You need a vision and a well-thought out working plan. And there are times when you need to pause, step back and reassess, to make sure you're still on track to achieving your vision.