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EDITORIAL: Nudge it budget

EDITORIAL: Nudge it budget

Like many an election budget, the offering from the provincial finance minister this week featured a healthy dose of buying taxpayers’ favour with their own money.
LETTER: Innovative housing solutions will keep workers in our community

LETTER: Innovative housing solutions will keep workers in our community

Dear Editor: A very enlightening letter recently from Ryan Benson, regarding life on the North Shore ( Courage Needed for Housing Crisis Cure , Feb. 8 Mailbox).
LETTER: SAR volunteer tax credit is more than a token

LETTER: SAR volunteer tax credit is more than a token

Dear Editor: Re: Much Ado, Feb. 15 Viewpoint . Your recent editorial is a disappointing characterization of the B.C.
LETTER: Redevelopment killing the good life here on the Shore

LETTER: Redevelopment killing the good life here on the Shore

Dear Editor: Re: Hold our Local Councils to Account , Feb. 15 Mailbox. (Letter-writer) Lesley Brooks is totally right about “being a prisoner” in one’s home.
LAUTENS: Library patrons beware the password police

LAUTENS: Library patrons beware the password police

The plague of passworditis has spread to the very left ventricle of the heart of Western civilization – West Vancouver Memorial Library.
EDITORIAL: Train in vain

EDITORIAL: Train in vain

CN Rail wants the District of West Vancouver to pay the company $3.7 million per year for continued access to the treasured Centennial Seawalk between Ambleside and Dundarave. You could admire their audacity if it weren’t for their naked greed.
EDITORIAL: The hateful spate

EDITORIAL: The hateful spate

In defending his client’s right to willfully promote hatred online, the lawyer for Quesnel man Arthur Topham made one undeniable point.
BALDREY: Trump holds key in softwood shakedown

BALDREY: Trump holds key in softwood shakedown

It’s hard to see how U.S. President Donald Trump – a belligerent and fact-challenged supporter of American interests over anything else – will improve B.C.’s chances for reaching a new deal on softwood lumber.
LETTER: Governments abdicate long-term help for renters

LETTER: Governments abdicate long-term help for renters

Dear Editor: I represent just one of the 61 renters soon to be displaced from the Emery Village complex in Lynn Valley. The complexes at Mountain Court and Mountain Village are also soon to be displaced.
Would you take a high-speed train to Seattle?

Would you take a high-speed train to Seattle?

My baby takes the bullet train? The Mariners, Space Needle, craft beer and shopping could soon be an hour away from Vancouver.