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LETTER: Children deserve unwavering support

LETTER: Children deserve unwavering support

Dear Editor: Open letter to Premier Christy Clark: The reasons teachers are asking for more specialized teachers, counsellors and educational assistants to support the students in their classrooms are specific and clear.
EDITORIAL: Orient express

EDITORIAL: Orient express

For a woman who campaigned hard (twice) for a seat in the B.C. Legislature, Premier Christy Clark sure doesn't seem to like the place very much.
LETTER: Water meters make sense

LETTER: Water meters make sense

Dear Editor: The other night I happened across a Metro Vancouver page about our water filtration system. I was pleased to learn that my tap water is cleaner than Evian water.
LETTER: North Shore commuters need rapid transit service

LETTER: North Shore commuters need rapid transit service

Dear Editor : I have been using public transit for 20 years now. As I sit on the bus commuting to work every day, I notice that most drivers in their cars are commuting alone. Improved transit would remedy this, I'm sure.
Spare us pretty pictures and give us real information

Spare us pretty pictures and give us real information

West Vancouver - Dear Editor: As I picked up District of West Vancouver Community Report, Summer 2014, I looked forward to reading what was going on in West Vancouver.
Transit plans ignore North Shore

Transit plans ignore North Shore

North Vancouver - Dear Editor: Who's looking out for the North Shore? I find it interesting that every area in the Lower Mainland experiencing traffic congestion gets major projects to alleviate traffic.
You said it

You said it

"DFO told me we had to kill this thing.
EDITORIAL: Looking inside

EDITORIAL: Looking inside

A team of students at North Carolina State just created a nail polish designed to change colour when dipped into a cocktail spiked with commonly-used date rape drugs.
PREST: Scenic Rush fuels need for speed

PREST: Scenic Rush fuels need for speed

Is terrorcitement a word? The highest force in the universe - spellchecker - says no, so I guess it's not. But I can't come up with a real word to better describe the moments before I took the exotic car tour offered by West Vancouver's Scenic Rush.
Union oversteps its mandate

Union oversteps its mandate

Dear Editor: Why did the government tear up the existing collective agreement over a decade ago? Were they mean spirited? Do they dislike children? Did they not think of the legal implications? I think not.