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LETTER: Compromise needed in teachers' strike

LETTER: Compromise needed in teachers' strike

Dear Editor: Classes are scheduled to start on Sept. 2, which leaves one month to settle the contract dispute between the B.C. Liberal government and the teachers.
LETTER: Some more suggestions for public transit

LETTER: Some more suggestions for public transit

Dear Editor : I have been taking the bus in North and West Vancouver for the last 31 years. A third SeaBus is a brilliant idea. How about having the first SeaBus leave at 6 a.m.
EDITORIAL: Island trust

EDITORIAL: Island trust

After 30 years, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation is no longer interested in owning Granville Island and the feds are quietly considering handing it over to Port Metro Vancouver.
LETTER: This taxpayer doesn't support teachers' demands

LETTER: This taxpayer doesn't support teachers' demands

Dear Editor: I cannot support the teachers' demands in the current bargaining dispute.
LETTER: Bus depot not welcome at site of old North Van rifle range either

LETTER: Bus depot not welcome at site of old North Van rifle range either

Dear Editor : I think Raul Legaspi who wrote a letter to the editor about building a bus depot out at the old Pacific Shooter's Rifle Range doesn't know what he is talking about. First off, it's way too far out to make it a reasonable bus depot.
LETTER: Get on with the job, cut the bushes

LETTER: Get on with the job, cut the bushes

Dear Editor: Regarding the front page story on blackberry bushes: it absolutely astounds me. These bushes off Windsor Park need to be cut.
LETTER: It's not really camping without a campfire

LETTER: It's not really camping without a campfire

Dear Editor: I've had it with trying to camp in B.C. I've just cancelled two trips that we had booked. From now on, we camp in Washington state.
LETTER: Save our skunks: put a lid on those jam jars, please

LETTER: Save our skunks: put a lid on those jam jars, please

Dear Editor: Friday morning was much like any other. Eat breakfast, read the newspaper, walk the dog. As I left the house, I saw two skunks waddle rather quickly toward me from our neighbour's yard. One of the skunks had a jam jar stuck on his head.
You said it

You said it

"The mom was there tapping the baby and shuffling the baby around trying to keep the eagle away." Reader Debbie Martin witnesses a seal pup being born amid a bald eagle attack (from a July 20 news story).
BENTLEY: Preserving culture in best interest of all Canadians

BENTLEY: Preserving culture in best interest of all Canadians

In the July 20 opinion piece by Josh Labove (Holding Tight to Fiction of a European Canada) , he maligns Putting Canada First, without knowing much about our organization.