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LETTER: Pooch home safe after prickly encounter

LETTER: Pooch home safe after prickly encounter

Dear Editor: As we drove into the Dollarton Plaza for our morning Starbucks (on Saturday, April 22) we saw two young women standing in the parking lot looking around. They were there to meet a fellow who had found their lost dog.
LETTER: Critical gaps in care remain for people living with MS

LETTER: Critical gaps in care remain for people living with MS

Dear Editor: Every day my life and the lives of countless others on the North Shore are impacted by multiple sclerosis. Canada has the highest incidence of multiple sclerosis in the world.
PREST: May I have your attention please? LOL, no

PREST: May I have your attention please? LOL, no

Do you ever get the feeling that in the age of the Internet your attention span has been depleted so much that it’s hard to concentrate long enough to complete simple tasks like performing lasagna surgery or cooking brains? Me neither.
LETTER: Attention drivers! Take a deep breath and relax

LETTER: Attention drivers! Take a deep breath and relax

Dear Editor: Re: Edgemont Families Held Hostage by Construction , April 12 Mailbox. Ms. (Barbara) Eifler’s letter to the editor has an abundance of complaints. Not once does Ms.
SULLIVAN: Experience made fools of us last election

SULLIVAN: Experience made fools of us last election

Here we go again. Four years ago, British Columbians were poised on the brink of electing an NDP government. Adrian Dix and the NDP were leading Christy Clark and the Liberals in the polls by a wide margin – 45 per cent to 36 per cent.
EDITORIAL: Dragon’s done

EDITORIAL: Dragon’s done

He doesn’t speak French. And when he tried, Kevin O’Leary united much of French Canada in the hope he wouldn’t try again. There are many reasons why the reality TV star should have been disqualified from the race to lead Canada’s Conservative Party.
BALDREY: Site C has passed the point of no return

BALDREY: Site C has passed the point of no return

After touring the massive Site C dam project last week, I could not help but come away with the impression that no matter how controversial this project is and no matter what kind of opposition there is to it, there is little chance of stopping its c
EDITORIAL: Bowling for dollars

EDITORIAL: Bowling for dollars

If you dig and keep digging you don’t get to China; you get to a bowling alley. At least that’s what Onni development group is hoping after they dug out an extra 7,800 square feet in their Central Lonsdale project.
LETTER: Something stinks about a tax on new sewage plant

LETTER: Something stinks about a tax on new sewage plant

An open letter to columnist Paul Sullivan regarding We’re Getting Soaked in More Ways Than One (March 31 opinion piece): I have lived on the North Shore for 103.9 years.
LETTER: Pushed to sea with sandwich and a bottle

LETTER: Pushed to sea with sandwich and a bottle

Dear Editor: Re: Hey, Millennials – Boomers Tired of Your Blame Game , April 19 Mailbox. I agree with the writer entirely. As a senior in my 80s, I am beginning to get quite a complex.