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Can Trevor Linden save the Canucks?

Can Trevor Linden save the Canucks?

As the Canucks burn out, the Aquilinis fiddle with the front office. Coming off a season of highs and lows (well, mainly lows) the brass deposited Mike Gillis in the Canucks’ GM protection program and trotted out Vancouver golden boy Trevor Linden.
EDITORIAL: Mother corpse

EDITORIAL: Mother corpse

Perhaps reality TV shows and Kevin O'Leary weren't the Canadian cultural touchstones and content cash cows the CBC hoped they would be.
LAUTENS: West Van foodies foraging farther afield

LAUTENS: West Van foodies foraging farther afield

Decisions, decisions. Today's topic: Should I expiate on the Quebec election? Or deplore lives and minds so impoverished that a losing hockey season triggers mass civic depression? Neither.
BALDRY: Health-care changes paying off in B.C

BALDRY: Health-care changes paying off in B.C

Have we finally wrestled that voracious gobbler of tax dollars - the public health care system - to a standoff, if not to the ground? By that I mean the days of the system automatically devouring increasingly large amounts of money every year to feed
LETTER: Mayor's chamber email draws criticism

LETTER: Mayor's chamber email draws criticism

Dear Editor: Re. North Van Council Censures Mayor, April 2.
LETTER: 18 storeys no fit for waterfront... wherever

LETTER: 18 storeys no fit for waterfront... wherever

Dear Editor: The April 6 edition of the North Shore News mentioned an 18-storey proposal by Polygon for 131 West First St.
LETTER: Klondike gold rush comparisons not so golden

LETTER: Klondike gold rush comparisons not so golden

Dear Editor : In her letter Gold Rush Mentality Afflicts North Vancouver Developers published March 26 , the writer (Irene Nevill) equates contemporary developers with the image of rapacious gold diggers of old, while forgetting that most miners to t
LETTER: 'Unsightly' gantry crane disturbs waterfront vista

LETTER: 'Unsightly' gantry crane disturbs waterfront vista

Dear Editor: Re: Heavy Lift at Seaspan Shipyard, April 4.
EDITORIAL: Au revoir, PQ

EDITORIAL: Au revoir, PQ

The Parti Québécois and soon-tobe-former leader Pauline Marois are licking their wounds after a devastating loss at the Quebec ballot box on Monday.
LETTER: Port health impact study needed

LETTER: Port health impact study needed

Dear Editor: As the chairman of the Low Level Road and port area community liaison committee, I believe that comments made by Robin Silvester, Port Metro Vancouver's chief executive officer, in the North Shore News article "Low Level Road Spurs Expor