"We're hoping in a week or maybe one month later she might (walk). It's a 10 per cent hope, but 10 per cent is good enough for me to take care of her."
Etsuko Yukinaga of North Vancouver says she won't put down her 11-month-old cat Maple after it was paralyzed by a pellet gun attack (from a March 25 news story).
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"The kind of things police officers would routinely say in front of anybody who would listen were just despicable. It was just normal conversation back in the day. No one would challenge those kinds of conversations."
West Vancouver police Cpl. Fred Harding recalls the attitude his fellow officers had towards aboriginal people in the 1980s. Both North Shore police departments are working to repair their relationships with First Nations (from a March 25 Sunday Focus story).
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"I haven't seen anything to prove that the more you pay the better candidates you get. "
West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith comments on a 36 per cent pay raise council approved for itself (from a March 28 news story).
