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LETTER: 'Business knows best' approach to environment got us into this mess

LETTER: 'Business knows best' approach to environment got us into this mess

Dear Editor: The North Shore News is normally full of mild and moderate viewpoints. I was surprised, therefore, last week to find myself so outraged at Keith Baldrey’s column of Feb 10 .
EDITORIAL: MSP misses mark

EDITORIAL: MSP misses mark

In this week’s budget, B.C. Finance Minister Mike De Jong presented the Liberals as careful managers of the public purse strings, whose prudence with the public dime could soon give way to outright prosperity. Many folks in B.C.
JAMES: 'Shadow flipping' adds to affordability crisis

JAMES: 'Shadow flipping' adds to affordability crisis

“When, out of the blue, an unknown realtor appears on your doorstep offering a shockingly big cheque for your property, no strings attached, think twice about your apparent good fortune and have a lawyer review the proposed contract.
EDITORIAL: Falling through

EDITORIAL: Falling through

This week, we bring you the positively maddening story of Fran Flann, the 82-year-old North Vancouver woman convalescing from cancer treatment in a homeless shelter.
BALDREY: Get used to hearing B.C. Libs talk 'forces of No'

BALDREY: Get used to hearing B.C. Libs talk 'forces of No'

As the NDP struggles to find its voice when it comes to supporting resource development, it’s worth noting party leader John Horgan’s response to the B.C. Liberal government’s throne speech.
LETTER: Local housing troubles are bad news for the province

LETTER: Local housing troubles are bad news for the province

Dear Editor: At the Metro Vancouver Alliance event on affordable housing in North Vancouver on Feb.
LETTER: Let's think about investing in our communities

LETTER: Let's think about investing in our communities

Dear Editor: Re: recent articles on home prices and unaffordability A day does not go by without an article or news item connected with the cost of housing in the Lower Mainland.
EDITORIAL: Words in the wind

EDITORIAL: Words in the wind

China has become the world leader in wind power. After earning notoriety for the thick smog over Beijing, China now builds nearly half the world’s wind turbines.
LETTER: The West ignores forces of darkness at its peril

LETTER: The West ignores forces of darkness at its peril

Dear Editor: Can somebody tell me why it took only five years to defeat imperial Japan and Nazi Germany, which had a larger, better equipped and organized military, while it will be taking much longer to defeat ISIS? In spite of all the airstrikes fr
LETTER: At CapU, art has been sacrificed to business

LETTER: At CapU, art has been sacrificed to business

Dear Editor: “It’s the creative industries, it’s tourism, it’s business, it’s legal studies.” -– CapU President Kris Bulcroft, 2016 The final art class at CapU is in honour of the president’s choice of ‘creative industries.