Opinion

Dear Editor: Todd Major's Aug. 24 column, Dinosaurs are in our Gardens, is, in our opinion, blinded with antiscience and arrogance. Kitchen salt is more dangerous to children than the weed killer 2,4-D, the main target of alarmists.

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for the three North Shore men - Yuri Fulmer, Tim Jones and James O'Rourke - recently named to the Order of B.C. Their dedication and love of their community have improved lives and saved lives.

Dear Editor: On a recent Saturday at about 6: 45 p.m., I was heading to the airport from North Vancouver when I ran into a bit of a line up on the cloverleaf at the Lions Gate Bridge.

HAVING laid their politically adept chief to rest, the federal NDP now has to face up to some tough realities.

Dear Editor: There is no shortage of voices from the density wilderness, but the majority are overpowered by those of the pro-development lobby: made up of developers themselves, municipal councillors, and City Hall bureaucracy.

The long-awaited report on the June 15 hockey riot provides many details on what went wrong that night, but far fewer answers as to what to do about it.

Dear Editor: After a billion dollars needlessly wasted and decades of incompetence in management, the B.C. Ferry fiasco has hit a brick wall (BC Ferries May Slash Horseshoe Bay Sailings, Aug. 30, nsnews.com).

Dear Editor: In response to the story, Bear-Proof Garbage Still a Hard Sell: I understand the city's frustration with this issue; however I am also frustrated (North Shore News, Aug. 3).

Dear Editor: In the North Pacific, there is a sea of plastic garbage the size of Texas several feet deep (Plastic Bags Return to NV Supermarket, Aug. 21, North Shore News).

Dear Editor: Contrary to letter writer Ben West's claim (Incinerator Critic Not Alone, Aug.