"A lot of these issues have been falling on to municipalities of late due to provincial and federal cutbacks."
Paul Butler, youth services co-ordinator with Hollyburn Family Services, explains the lack of provincial and federal support for Homelessness Action Week, organized on the North Shore by municipal and non-profit groups (from an Oct. 5 news story).
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"I don't hear anybody making negative comments -- or any comments for that matter -- about what men wear."
North Vancouver MLA Jane Thornthwaite reacts to comments tweeted by former NDP MLA David Schreck, who thought Premier Christy Clark showed too much cleavage in the legislature (from an Oct. 7 news story).
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"Our concern is that if this new council comes in and doesn't like it, they may ask us to change it."
West Vancouver chief administrative officer Grant McRadu explains why staff plan to wait until next year, when a new council is elected, to begin public consultations on a proposed new public safety building to house police and fire services (from an Oct. 5 news story).
