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LETTER: Firefighters no match for medics

LETTER: Firefighters no match for medics

Dear Editor: Re: North Vancouver Firefighters Sound the 9-1-1 Alarm, July 27. I truly hope Mrs. Strom is recovering comfortably after having fallen down a flight of stairs and suffered injuries.
LETTER: West Vancouver too complacent on beach closures

LETTER: West Vancouver too complacent on beach closures

Dear Editor: I cannot believe the complacency by which the North Shore residents and city councils appear to be accepting of the fact that the entire West Vancouver shoreline from Ambleside to Whytecliff and beyond is polluted.
LETTER: West Vancouver council cavalier on Ferry Building

LETTER: West Vancouver council cavalier on Ferry Building

Dear Editor: I am so appreciative of Trevor Lautens (June 20 column) recognizing the cavalier attitude of our present West Vancouver council concerning the intended desecration of our heritage Ferry Building, by tacking on an unnecessary blockhouse t
LETTER: Keeping dogs leashed makes common sense

LETTER: Keeping dogs leashed makes common sense

Dear Editor: Re: Off-leash signs raise hackles. Oh, please. If you want to go out and walk your dog, please take some courtesy and kindness with regard to other people and dogs and follow the rules.
LETTER: Aquarium editorial befuddles

LETTER: Aquarium editorial befuddles

Dear Editor: I wanted to thank you for your Aug. 17 editorial regarding the Vancouver Aquarium.
LETTER: Bargaining fails education

LETTER: Bargaining fails education

Dear Editor: It is a tragedy that the issue that takes all of the energy and attention related to public education is how to settle an industrial-age-style collective bargaining dispute in a context where nobody actually in the room is going to suffe
EDITORIAL: Caveat emptor

EDITORIAL: Caveat emptor

We bid farewell to Canada's top general next month. Lt.-Gen. Stuart Beare, after spending nearly a lifetime in uniform and three years as point man on every Canadian military operation, is leaving on an interesting note.
PREST: Who needs those robot writers, anyways?

PREST: Who needs those robot writers, anyways?

I've had just about enough of these jerk-ass robots insulting our nonartificial intelligence and trying to sneak peaks at our private human bits.
You said it

You said it

"Will it sink or will it float?" Conservative candidate for Burnaby North-Seymour and District of North Van Coun. Mike Little discusses diluted bitumen and his support - or not - of Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion (from an Aug. 22 news story).
Should we get rid of mandatory helmet laws for cyclists?

Should we get rid of mandatory helmet laws for cyclists?

Off with their helmets! That’s been the cry from pundits who believe B.C.’s mandatory lid laws hamper interest in cycling and may clip the spokes of Vancouver’s long, long-awaited bike share program.