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LETTER: Pipeline project carries too many local risks

LETTER: Pipeline project carries too many local risks

Dear Editor: It’s not just the impact of the pipeline route, but the impact of tanker traffic from the end of the pipeline to the open sea on people, sea life, salmon runs, tourism, and pollution from potential spills that must be taken into account.
Will you watch the Olympics?

Will you watch the Olympics?

We all remember getting up around 4 a.m. to watch the Canadian men’s hockey team shut out Sweden during the last Winter Olympics.
EDITORIAL: A good first step

EDITORIAL: A good first step

A fter years of pressure from aboriginal communities, family members, advocates, human rights groups and frontline workers, the federal government finally announced details of the long-awaited inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and gi
LETTER: Wine shop comments sour grapes

LETTER: Wine shop comments sour grapes

Dear Editor: Re: Wine Shop Appears to Cater to Collectors and More, July 3 Mailbox. I read with interest Randy Wilson’s (president, B.C. Private Liquor Store Association) letter regarding the proposed Liberty Wine store at 13th and Lonsdale.
LETTER: Bathroom facilities of any kind lacking near NV’s Spirit Trail

LETTER: Bathroom facilities of any kind lacking near NV’s Spirit Trail

Dear Editor: Re: John Lawson Park Toilets a Disgrace , July 31 Mailbox.
LETTER: Zika virus a health concern for all

LETTER: Zika virus a health concern for all

Dear Editor: Having listened to several media programs on the Zika virus from mosquitoes in Rio I am concerned that they only mention the microcephaly problem where pregnant women can produce defective babies.
LETTER: Poop fairies aren’t in the cleanup crew

LETTER: Poop fairies aren’t in the cleanup crew

Dear Editor: I have two dogs after whom I clean up on their daily walks. I am always seeing bags of dog poop left behind by irresponsible dog owners who must think that the poop fairies will remove it.
LETTER: New tax moves the problem elsewhere

LETTER: New tax moves the problem elsewhere

Dear Editor: After having read and listened to ongoing debates about foreign investors buoying the real estate market, I looked forward to something from our government that would help stabilize things.
SULLIVAN: Seizing a day to celebrate the North Shore

SULLIVAN: Seizing a day to celebrate the North Shore

What did you do to celebrate B.C. Day? It was a perfect day, so your options were almost infinite.
EDITORIAL: Games on

EDITORIAL: Games on

The 2016 Rio de Janeiro summer Olympics kick off today, and by many accounts, it’s shaping up to be a five-ring circus. The Russians may or may not be allowed to compete thanks to widespread, state-sponsored doping.