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SULLIVAN: Backcountry boneheads get a bailout ... again

SULLIVAN: Backcountry boneheads get a bailout ... again

I think I’ve finally figured out the difference between lemmings and people. Against all reason, lemmings jump off the cliff. People jump into the mountains, also against all reason. Then, the sun goes down. They get lost.
EDITORIAL: Dodging monsters

EDITORIAL: Dodging monsters

Perhaps understandably, “monster house” isn’t a term popular with planners. But it’s stuck, because it captures the emotional essence of how people feel when one of these looming, overbearing edifices gets built next to them.
LETTER: Compassion, please, when reporting on Syrian refugees

LETTER: Compassion, please, when reporting on Syrian refugees

Dear Editor: I became annoyed while reading the rantings of (columnist Trevor) Lautens in his ( Nov.
JAMES: Seasonal spending online has domino effect

JAMES: Seasonal spending online has domino effect

“We sweep our sidewalks, decorate our windows, learn your names, recognize your children and provide you with personal service like nowhere else. We also employ your teenagers, your wives, maybe even your husbands.
LETTER: Village a place where milk run morphs into chit-chat

LETTER: Village a place where milk run morphs into chit-chat

Dear Editor: Re: Merchants Key to Edgemont Charm , Dec. 2 Mailbox This letter makes an excellent point. Edgemont Village is changing, but I agree progress will kill the essence of the actual charm known to many.
LETTER: Goodbye village, hello Edgemont mall

LETTER: Goodbye village, hello Edgemont mall

Dear Editor: Paul Sullivan made some interesting comments in his (Friday, Nov. 27) column about Edgemont Village. We have lived in the Village since 1983 and have seen many changes – some good, some not so.
EDITORIAL: Love thy neighbour

EDITORIAL: Love thy neighbour

Port Metro Vancouver is sounding the alarm. The Lower Mainland is running out of the critical industrial land needed to enable trade.
LETTER: Letter grades on report cards make sense

LETTER: Letter grades on report cards make sense

Dear Editor: Your ( Nov. 27 front-page ) article on letter grades falling out of favour was so inconsistent.
LETTER: Restored MacKay Creek estuary a haven for wildlife

LETTER: Restored MacKay Creek estuary a haven for wildlife

Dear Editor: Really great article on the rehabilitation work on MacKay Creek! I live at Fifth Street and Chesterfield Avenue and often jog along the waterfront and then sneak up the trails beside the paved walkway to take pictures of the birds (and s
EDITORIAL: Pretty vacant

EDITORIAL: Pretty vacant

We are in a full-blown rental housing crisis. Thanks to the feds abandoning purpose-built rental housing in the early ’80s, vacancy is almost non-existent and rents are swallowing up untenable amounts of people’s paycheques.