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LETTER: If district council has a better solution to affordable housing, let's hear it

LETTER: If district council has a better solution to affordable housing, let's hear it

Dear Editor: Re: Delbrook Affordable Housing Rejected, Nov. 21 front-page story .
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LETTER: Rejection of affordable housing project is 'absolutely shameful'

LETTER: Rejection of affordable housing project is 'absolutely shameful'

Dear Editor: Re: Rejection of Delbrook affordable housing project . To the councillors who voted against the proposal for development at 600 West Queens Rd.
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LETTER: B.C. voters have the choice of three good proportional representation systems

LETTER: B.C. voters have the choice of three good proportional representation systems

Dear Editor: Really? Who thinks the streets will be full of jack-booted, goose-stepping soldiers and violent protests whilst warning of neo-Nazi extremism if B.C.
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BALDREY: How proportional representation could reshape B.C.’s political parties

BALDREY: How proportional representation could reshape B.C.’s political parties

The two grand political coalitions that have governed this province almost 70 years may well fall part or at the very least go through quite a dramatic transformation if the switch is made to a proportional representation model of electing MLAs.
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EDITORIAL: Nobody’s home

EDITORIAL: Nobody’s home

District of North Vancouver Couns. Lisa Muri, Betty Forbes, Megan Curren and Jim Hanson and Mayor Mike Little all believe we need affordable housing.
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LETTER: Carving a hole in electoral reform sign takes a chunk out of democracy

LETTER: Carving a hole in electoral reform sign takes a chunk out of democracy

Dear Editor: Fair Vote Canada (a registered third-party sponsor under the referendum rules) has raised local money from local individuals to pay for signs and flyers in support of proportional representation.
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LETTER: The kindness of strangers sustained me after a bike accident

LETTER: The kindness of strangers sustained me after a bike accident

Dear Editor: On Oct. 22 while riding my bicycle, I failed to negotiate a corner at Forbes Avenue and West Esplanade. I fell off my bicycle and landed on my face and helmet, knocking myself out.
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OTHER VOICES: Want affordability? Try building apartments

OTHER VOICES: Want affordability? Try building apartments

Every year, fewer kids trick-or-treat in the District of North Vancouver for Halloween. This was very evident as I visited my parents in the Edgemont Village neighbourhood for the evening. “We only had 20 trick-or-treaters this year.
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INQUIRING REPORTER: Have you ever walked across the Lions Gate Bridge?

INQUIRING REPORTER: Have you ever walked across the Lions Gate Bridge?

The Lions Gate Bridge officially opened 80 years ago this week , built by British Pacific Properties in an effort to connect the North Shore with Greater Vancouver.
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LAUTENS: Different timing could have meant a different mayor of West Vancouver

LAUTENS: Different timing could have meant a different mayor of West Vancouver

Timing. West Vancouver’s overtime mayoral election – like a very long, tight basketball game (Booth, 4,397, Sager 4,376) – might have ended in a different result and a different mayor if timing was factored in. Follow the bouncing ball.
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