"Any green space, like a school yard or a median between two lanes on a road, was all dug up, and there were impromptu graves created." Shelterbox volunteer and West Van resident Richard Loat recounts Typhoon Haiyan's devastation of the Philippines (from a Dec. 29 news story).
"I can tell you there's a huge market for white elephants."
City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto defends municipal heat utility Lonsdale Energy Corporation (from a Jan. 1 news story).
"An unknown caller made a bomb threat of unknown reliability." North Van RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong reports a bomb scare at Lynnmour mosque Al-Ghadir Masjid (from a Jan. 3 news story).
