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LETTER: Vancouver not such a happy place anymore

LETTER: Vancouver not such a happy place anymore

Dear Editor: Vancouver, British Columbia is known to be one of the most scenic, expanding cities in the world, with skyrocketing prices and miserable people.
LETTER: Wind power, not Site C the way to go

LETTER: Wind power, not Site C the way to go

Dear Editor: People are concerned about climate change but prevention is slow because environmentalists don’t campaign hard enough to achieve global carbon pricing. British Columbia has done its part.
LETTER: Signs fail to prevent doe's death

LETTER: Signs fail to prevent doe's death

Dear Editor: As she lay dying at the bus stop the traffic didn’t miss a beat — cars, trucks, buses, bicycles and walkers all starting a new day. A delivery van driver did not see her as she and another tried to cross the road.
LETTER: Gateway to Ambleside no place for a gas station

LETTER: Gateway to Ambleside no place for a gas station

Dear Editor: It amazes me that council for West Vancouver is so concerned about “monster houses” — as if they can be arbiters of such things — and yet ... to my horror I see that there is another gas station going in on Marine Drive (at 14th Street).
LETTER: Blue Bus driver Rod goes out of his way

LETTER: Blue Bus driver Rod goes out of his way

Dear Editor: I would like to pay a huge thank you to Rod, a Blue Bus driver for the 253 Caulfeild Route, WV that leaves Caulfeild Village at 9:02 a.m. Monday to Friday.
LETTER: Confidence inspires patience with TransLink

LETTER: Confidence inspires patience with TransLink

Dear Editor: I am writing to you to express my opinion regarding a proposed increase in tax of 0.5 per cent. The funds are needed to help our transportation system.
LETTER: Stop means stop, not slow down and roll through

LETTER: Stop means stop, not slow down and roll through

Dear Editor: Memo to West Vancouver drivers, particularly those in the Ambleside area: A stop sign means stop, not slow down and roll through. A stop is a stop. There is no such things as a “rolling stop.
EDITORIAL: Anybody home?

EDITORIAL: Anybody home?

Faced with an 18,000-name petition calling for a tax on foreign real estate investment, Premier Christy Clark responded with remarkable candor this week. “By moving foreign owners out of the market, housing prices will drop,” she told the CBC.
LETTER: Driving the Main St. gauntlet of gridlock

LETTER: Driving the Main St. gauntlet of gridlock

Dear Editor: I have lived in North Vancouver all my life — 45 years. I live on the east side of Seymour River. I don’t know when North Vancouver politicians decided it was a good idea to increase urban density.
PREST: Grammar gaffes are a family affair

PREST: Grammar gaffes are a family affair

Chances are, if you are reading this newspaper you are a proud member of the grammar police. In fact, we are all grammar police.