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Poop plant debate is not just about funding
MY reaction after comparing the May 1 letter to the editor from North Vancouver councillors Guy Heywood (city) and Alan Nixon (district) with the May 12 letter from mayors Darrell Mussatto and Richard Walton was to ask if they sit on the same councils.
You said it
"If, at the end of the day, they have to go down St. Davids, they have to go down St. Davids."
TransLink task huge for winning party
NO matter which party seizes the legislature on May 14, its MLAs are going to be greeted with the gargantuan task of reforming TransLink.
TransLink task huge for winning party
NO matter which party seizes the legislature on May 14, its MLAs are going to be greeted with the gargantuan task of reforming TransLink.
TransLink unaccountable: report
MUNICIPAL politicians around the Lower Mainland are reminding the province they want to take back control of the region's transportation agency.
Cannibalizing yourself lacks foresight
WHEN District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton made his comment to Globe & Mail reporter Andrea Woo, he was talking about TransLink's plan to sell some of its tangible assets to offset part of its operating deficit.
You said it
"I'm happy to hear that the older people are still having an active romantic life. There's hope for us younger people."
TransLink's budget woes tied to SkyTrain
"In my view, TransLink should respect the discipline of the planning regime set forth in the [South Coast BC Transportation Authority Act s207], which requires that TransLink use its best efforts to implement the official plan in place."
You said it
"Their position was simple - 'We want the project, we went out and supported the project and Onni should not abandon the project until the council has formally said yes or no.'"
Walton steers region's transit for 3rd term
IN his third term as chairman of the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation, Richard Walton's top priority will be gridlock, and not just the kind that plagues the morning commute.
JAMES: Community Charter must be improved
"In situations where a conflict exists, or there is a perception of a conflict, it is not sufficient to merely live up to one's obligations; it is necessary to do so in a timely, open, forthright, constructive and accountable manner."
DNV welcomes L. Valley input
I wish to address a number of concerns recently raised regarding preliminary redevelopment applications for properties located in Lynn Valley Centre.
Mayors pledge travel smarts
THE three North Shore municipalities are teaming up to get you out of your car this fall, at least once a week.
OPINION: Cutting service is not finding 'efficiencies'
"We need sound long-term [transportation] policies based on agreed principles so that future governments, of any stripe, have a blueprint. How can we make arbitrary decisions to spend billions on roads and bridges with no contiguous planning and investment for systems to move people?"
NV mayors urge carbon tax change
TWO North Shore mayors have added their voices to a growing chorus of civic leaders calling for B.C.'s carbon tax to be diverted to transit.
Squatters' shacks now a work of art
TO the people who once lived there, including one of British Columbia's best-known writers, the rustic cabins built on stilts on North Vancouver's Maplewood mudflats were paradise.
Still no funds for $400M plant fix
THE North Shore's mayors are praising new federal guidelines that will force an upgrade of the Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant by 2020, but the question remains: Who will pick up the $400-million tab?
N. Van hosts community walkabout
THIS summer, North Shore residents are invited to a series of Shaping Active, Healthy Communities dinners and walkabouts.
