"I don't think it's healthy for us to believe that just because a program has been funded in the past that it will always be funded to eternity."
John Weston, MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine CoastSea to Sky Country, supports the Conservative government's decision to cancel the Katimavik program, which has sent young people to volunteer in different parts of Canada for 35 years (from an April 1 news story).
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"He looked me right in the eyes, this piercing intent stare . . . I'll never forget that image in my mind."
A North Vancouver police officer, whose name is subject to a publication ban, describes the moments before he fatally shot Matthew Wilcox, a mentally ill man, in Deep Cove in 2010 (from an April 4 news story).
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"If I don't provide that . . . they're going to look at me like, 'You don't understand my life right now.'"
Westside Church's pastor, Norm Funk, explains why he's embracing wireless technology and smartphone apps as part of his service (from a April 6 news story).
