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LETTER: Grateful in Lynn Valley

LETTER: Grateful in Lynn Valley

Dear Editor: May I please take this means to thank the Good Samaritan lady who picked up my dropped wallet with considerable cash in it. It happened Monday afternoon, Nov. 14 outside Lynn Valley Centre.
LETTER: Risk of oil tanker hitting Second Narrows overstated

LETTER: Risk of oil tanker hitting Second Narrows overstated

Dear Editor: Re: Tankers Could Strike Bridge, Engineers Warn , Nov. 23 news story.
LETTER: Oil-spill response dollars better spent in Alberta

LETTER: Oil-spill response dollars better spent in Alberta

Dear Editor: Over the past decade, thousands of jobs have been lost in the forest products industry as dozens of mills have either closed or curtailed production.
BALDREY: Feds putting the squeeze on health care

BALDREY: Feds putting the squeeze on health care

While the Trudeau government is currently making waves with its pipeline approvals, something else the government is about to do is getting less public attention yet has the potential to have the most impact on provinces in the short term.
EDITORIAL: Storm warnings

EDITORIAL: Storm warnings

As if Mother Nature got sick of hearing us complain about the record number of days of rain we’ve had this fall, she decided to change things up this week.
EDITORIAL: Poll position

EDITORIAL: Poll position

The federal committee charged with researching and coming up with ideas to reform Canada’s electoral system says we should decide by referendum whether to keep the first-past-the-post system or switch to some form of proportional representation.
LETTER: Bitumen: why ship it out raw rather than refine it here?

LETTER: Bitumen: why ship it out raw rather than refine it here?

In reading Jonathan Lazar’s letter to the editor (Anti-pipeline Position Ignores Fossil Fuel Reliance, Nov. 23 Mailbox), I was surprised by his use of the word “informed reader.
OTHER VOICES: Lynn Valley’s bike lanes are just one piece of the puzzle

OTHER VOICES: Lynn Valley’s bike lanes are just one piece of the puzzle

Bike lanes are coming. Here are some reasons to support them. As a Lynn Valley resident, I’ve been seeing some concern in the community at the temporary loss of the left turn lanes and established trees on Lynn Valley Road.
LETTER: Living in leaf-blowing hell

LETTER: Living in leaf-blowing hell

Dear Editor: I live across the street from an upscale golf course in North Vancouver, where I live in a constant state of leaf blowing – six days per week.
LAUTENS: Ghosts of B.C. real estate scandal still linger

LAUTENS: Ghosts of B.C. real estate scandal still linger

Premier Christy Clark of Banana Columbia – no misprint – is cruisin’ for a bruisin’ in May’s election if she doesn’t straighten up and fly right dealing with the multi-layered housing scandal. Enough of the 1940s slang.