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Should we change the lyrics to O Canada?

Should we change the lyrics to O Canada?

Canada’s national anthem may be getting a rewrite. With the wage gap showing no signs of narrowing, a Liberal MP is chasing symbolic equality by replacing the line “all thy sons,” with the more inclusive, “all of us.
LETTER: Highway accident tow response baffles

LETTER: Highway accident tow response baffles

Dear Editor: Once again, traffic is backed up to Taylor Way because of an accident involving two large cube trucks at the bottom of The Cut eastbound on Highway 1.
LETTER: Argyle street closure welcomed

LETTER: Argyle street closure welcomed

Dear Editor: Trevor Lautens’ apocryphal contributions to your columns rarely fail to raise a smile.
LAUTENS: Bah! to batty bully-boy bicycle backers

LAUTENS: Bah! to batty bully-boy bicycle backers

You may have heard – or bellowed yourself – something like: ‘‘By Jing, that moron Coun. Thimblehooper! I’ll never vote for that idiot again!’’ The Thimblehooper moment has come in West Vancouver.
EDITORIAL: The last taboo

EDITORIAL: The last taboo

It’s not often that debates in Parliament involve issues of life and death. But they are at the centre of the current debate on doctor-assisted dying. They are difficult issues that speak to our core values.
BALDREY: Is this John Horgan’s Hail Mary pass?

BALDREY: Is this John Horgan’s Hail Mary pass?

So just how important is it to folks for the B.C.
EDITORIAL: Cyclepathic thoughts

EDITORIAL: Cyclepathic thoughts

City of North Vancouver council marked the start of Bike to Work Week by voting down a plan for a mechanized bike lift that would give cyclists a hand (or rather, foot) up the West Keith Road hill. At $4.
LETTER: Property tax: read the fine print

LETTER: Property tax: read the fine print

Dear Editor: Along with the tax notice printed in “huge” letters, there came another insert. It was in such small print, one needs a microscope to read it.
LETTER: Action on affordable housing starts at home

LETTER: Action on affordable housing starts at home

Dear Editor: Thank you for publishing articles by Jane Seyd, Brent Richter and Elizabeth James over the past few weeks that cover our municipalities’ housing issues.
LETTER: Stand tall against space-hogging artists

LETTER: Stand tall against space-hogging artists

Dear Editor: Re: Ambleside Art Studios Must Go , April 3 Mailbox. I, for one, applaud Mr. Riley’s bold stand against those elite, space-hogging artists.