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LETTER: Open Edgemont’s empty lot to parking

LETTER: Open Edgemont’s empty lot to parking

Dear Editor: Last week we decided to visit Edgemont Village early, knowing that parking would be difficult due to all of the construction there. Store opening was not early enough.
LETTER: Community paper remains a trusted source for local news

LETTER: Community paper remains a trusted source for local news

Dear Editor: Re: Ottawa Gets Message that Local News Matters , Oct. 9 Other Voices guest column. Kudos on (publisher Peter Kvarnstrom’s) column in last Sunday’s edition.
LETTER: Rail beats pipelines for safer transport of Alberta oil

LETTER: Rail beats pipelines for safer transport of Alberta oil

Dear Editor: Pipelines occasionally leak, while transport by rail has caused several terrible fires. There is a much safer way to export Alberta’s oil: transporting it as raw bitumen, called neatbit, by rail.
LETTER: Non-resident property tax to be formally debated

LETTER: Non-resident property tax to be formally debated

Dear Editor: I write to clarify Jane Seyd’s article on Oct. 6 , which may have left the mistaken impression that West Vancouver council has already voted to impose a non-resident property tax levy.
SULLIVAN: Boomers’ home equity hangs in balance

SULLIVAN: Boomers’ home equity hangs in balance

I have a complex relationship with my home. It’s a nice place to live, really. Built in the late ’80s, it features big rooms, vaulted ceilings, patio overlooking the Capilano River, close proximity to Edgemont Village.
EDITORIAL: Sorry day

EDITORIAL: Sorry day

All too often, public apologies are a verbal shell game featuring language that’s been scrubbed and sanitized by a PR firm.
LETTER: Doctor disingenuous

LETTER: Doctor disingenuous

Dear Editor: Re: Health Care Court Case Could Impact Wait-Lists , Keith Baldrey’s Sept. 7 column. Does anyone seriously think that Dr. Brian Day is suing the B.C.
LETTER: Education is mark of a great nation

LETTER: Education is mark of a great nation

Dear Editor: Re: Base Appeal , Sept. 28 Viewpoint. The key reason many people in the United States will vote for Donald Trump is America’s poor quality of public education.
LETTER: Test drive a new voting system

LETTER: Test drive a new voting system

Dear Editor: Response to Rafe Mair letter , Sept. 11 Mailbox.
LETTER: Foreign buyers’ tax not helping affordability

LETTER: Foreign buyers’ tax not helping affordability

Dear Editor: Re: Foreign-buyer Real Estate Deals Plunge , Sept. 23 front-page story.