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OTHER VOICES: Shared sorrow: grief a universal language

OTHER VOICES: Shared sorrow: grief a universal language

Some weeks ago, I went to pay my respects to a man I’d met only once. He was my son’s best friend’s father. On Saturday, April 15 he went hiking with his five friends on Mount Harvey in West Vancouver.
LETTER: Action, not more stats

LETTER: Action, not more stats

Dear Editor: In my humble opinion, what is bothering people is the traffic congestion and high cost of housing. The contributing factors behind them are not in dispute.
LETTER: Rapid transit tunnel study timing queried

LETTER: Rapid transit tunnel study timing queried

Dear Editor: Re: Mayor Calls for Downtown Subway Tunnel Study , March 2 news story.
LAUTENS: Oh, what a tangled web weaves Weaver

LAUTENS: Oh, what a tangled web weaves Weaver

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most endangered B.C. politician of them all? Andrew Weaver. The Green party can have either power or principles. Not both.
EDITORIAL: Proportion control

EDITORIAL: Proportion control

The consensus among B.C. voters is clear: there is no consensus. With 41 per cent of the vote, the B.C. Liberals secured 49 per cent of the seats on election day.
LETTER: Platitudes make fools of readers

LETTER: Platitudes make fools of readers

Dear Editor: Re: Experience Made Fools of Us Last Election , April 28 opinion piece. “... the wealthy are the main beneficiaries of the lowest corporate tax rate in Canada ...” quoted from Paul Sullivan’s April 28 column.
LETTER: Cardiac care with humour and grace

LETTER: Cardiac care with humour and grace

Dear Editor: I recently spent three days of testing at Lions Gate Hospital (and St. Paul’s) for a routine cardiac health problem.
LETTER: Sink or swim for 50m pool at Harry Jerome

LETTER: Sink or swim for 50m pool at Harry Jerome

Dear Editor: The City of North Vancouver is on the verge of approving a 10-lane, 25-metre pool for the Harry Jerome replacement project.
BALDREY: Two solitudes emerge in B.C. election

BALDREY: Two solitudes emerge in B.C. election

No matter which party forms the next government in this province, the election results show the rural-urban divide that emerged from the 2013 election has become wider and perhaps more entrenched than ever before.
EDITORIAL: Civil service

EDITORIAL: Civil service

According to two reports from police watchdogs this week, having the RCMP oversee the RCMP when it comes to a dysfunctional workplace isn’t working out so well.