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LAUTENS: Beware the cries of a shrinking middle class

LAUTENS: Beware the cries of a shrinking middle class

Well, here’s something on this Thanksgiving weekend to be thankful about. Possibly. Countless stories – perhaps all feeding off the same misinformation? – have reported that middle-class incomes have been almost static for 20, 30, even 40 years.
EDITORIAL: Emission remission

EDITORIAL: Emission remission

Climate change is fast and federal governments are slow. Between approving an LNG plant and ratifying the Paris climate change accord, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rolled out a carbon tax.
LETTER: Web poll stymies

LETTER: Web poll stymies

Dear Editor: Re: Is the Science Clear on Climate Change? (Sept. 28 web poll). I found the wording of the Yes or No options to be very one sided and impossible to answer.
LETTER: Boulevard not so grand

LETTER: Boulevard not so grand

Dear Editor: You might as well take the “Grand” out of the Boulevard, just name it Boulevard. What an eyesore now, when I drive it every day, and seeing, on both sides, this black asphalt snake, from Keith Road to 19th Street.
LETTER: PM’s sunny ways cloud climate action goals

LETTER: PM’s sunny ways cloud climate action goals

An open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: Our delight in your victory, last autumn’s sunny ways, and Canada’s stellar performance at COP21 (climate change conference in Paris last December) are fading memories.
BALDREY: The Great Divide in B.C. politics deepens

BALDREY: The Great Divide in B.C. politics deepens

The recent gathering of provincial politicians — mostly municipal, but also provincial and some federal — in the capital provided ample evidence of the Great Divide that is deepening in this province.
EDITORIAL: Screen saviour

EDITORIAL: Screen saviour

When we think of vulnerable children, we tend to think of the impoverished and deprived. However, a new report recently illuminated a different type of vulnerability.
LETTER: Ferries an essential service for many

LETTER: Ferries an essential service for many

Dear Editor: Re: First Langdale then Lions Gate Bridge ? Sept. 8 Mailbox. As much as (letter-writer) Mr.
LETTER: Press our elected officials for traffic solutions now

LETTER: Press our elected officials for traffic solutions now

Dear Editor: I am emailing to express my concern with the District of North Vancouver’s apparent lack of transportation planning for the increased density from the pace and scale of residential development in the hope you can include something about
LETTER: Preserve Lynn Valley trees

LETTER: Preserve Lynn Valley trees

Dear Editor: North Vancouver District council’s approval to cut down 80 beautiful mature trees along Lynn Valley Road is unconscionable beyond belief.