"Those trees, the oldest ones are 145 years old. I think about B.C. coming into Confederation. That's how old these trees are."
Parks manager Mitch Sokalski describing the trees that were damaged during illegal cutting in Capilano River Regional Park (from a Feb. 22 news story).
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"They're busy building more jails. We get stuck with having to enforce those regulations. We just don't have the resources to do that."
City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto discussing the federal government's anticrime policies and their effect on the municipality (from a Feb. 22 news story).
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"If you were a really cynical person, you would suppose this was the plan all along. A lot of teachers feel that."
Rob Millard, president of the West Vancouver Teachers Association, reacts to the provincial government's plan to legislate an end the year-long labour dispute between the province and its teachers (from a Feb. 24 news story).
