Opinion

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.

FAMOUS saying: You can't beat city hall. But occasionally you can persuade the folks there to see the error of their ways. So Neil Thompson convinced West Vancouver town hall to consider expanding public skating hours at the local rink.

Dear Editor: Regarding your Jan. 22 story Out-of-Bounds Snowboarders Rescued in Dark: Round and round we go again, like Chubby Checker would say.

Dear Editor: My Iranian born wife and I are looking forward to Persian New Year or Norouz, just under two months away.