Opinion

Dear Editor: Every now and then, I am reminded of just how incredible the people are who live in my city. The response to your Dec. 16 story, Sally Ann Toy Drive Seeks Public's Help, has almost left me speechless.

PEOPLE should be forgiven if their level of Christmas cheer fails to match yours this time of year. Winter can be depressing. Getting up in the dark only to leave work at the end of the day facing the same blackness takes an unconscious toll.

Dear Editor: A week ago or so, our caregiver Erica was at our home caring for our 23-month-old son, Jonah.

Dear Editor: I read Kate Zimmerman's Dec. 11 column, Just Saying No to Christmas, and at first I thought, "Wow, Kate's feeling Grinchy today.

OTTAWA has just put its foot down on health-care funding. Like it or not, it will be up to the provinces now to make the most of it.

THE deal recently hammered out between school support unions and their employer potentially contains both good and bad news for the one union that never seems to get a deal: the B.C. Teachers Federation.

AN editorial published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Stop the Violence and Play Hockey, conflates fighting with head trauma and muddies the waters of a needed debate before it even starts.

Dear Editor: District of North Vancouver council's attention to traffic calming initiatives has my full support. We live on a residential street without sidewalks that is a favourite for families out for some exercise.

Dear Editor: I am writing to you today to draw attention to the Coca-Cola machine that is located next to the amenities block in Capilano Regional Park near Cleveland Dam.

Dear Editor: Regarding your Dec. 11 editorial, Forked Tongue: A better header for the current situation at the Attawapiskat Indian Reserve in Ontario would be Fork it Out.