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PREST: Sports fans learn to turn a blind eye

PREST: Sports fans learn to turn a blind eye

There's a way to support the Women's World Cup while rejecting the corruption of the sport's leaders
BALDREY: Winds of change seem to be in the air

BALDREY: Winds of change seem to be in the air

Is this country in for a political shakeup the likes of which we haven’t seen in years? It’s certainly easy to get that feeling.
LETTER: Public input deserves decorum

LETTER: Public input deserves decorum

Dear Editor: I found the May 13 article City Flirts With Cutting Public Input interesting reading.
LETTER: Democracy relies on citizen participation

LETTER: Democracy relies on citizen participation

Dear Editor: The City of North Vancouver’s proposal to eliminate public input was equally preposterous as the approval of the amendment that punishes the public’s input and behavior based on the staff’s or council’s perception and that allows them to
EDITORIAL: Periscope up

EDITORIAL: Periscope up

Kudos to the North Vancouver School District for taking its first baby steps into the, um — 20th century — with its decision to allow video recording of school board meetings.
LETTER: Celebs: support Nepal

LETTER: Celebs: support Nepal

Dear Editor: We are informed about every detail in the life of celebrities. And, of course, about the millions they are making. About the shape of their fingernails, love affairs, divorces.
EDITORIAL: Lawyer up

EDITORIAL: Lawyer up

Tuesday’s announcement that the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is denying consent for Kinder Morgan’s pipeline proposal is a significant shot at a National Energy Board process that’s already mired in controversy.
LETTER: Condoville could be worse

LETTER: Condoville could be worse

Dear Editor: Let there be ringing of bells, singing, dancing in the street and much merriment.
JAMES: Site C concerns intertwine with other issues

JAMES: Site C concerns intertwine with other issues

“Last April, with a stroke of the pen, without Agricultural Land Commission review or public hearings, the provincial government made the largest exclusion of land from the Agricultural Land Reserve in B.C. history.
LETTER: Attention traffic ranters: cast your ballots

LETTER: Attention traffic ranters: cast your ballots

Dear Editor: I have been reading all the letters and columns and advertising about the referendum on transit. I’ve consulted the mayors’ report, and read the Report on Business article with its worldwide look at urban transportation.