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Story maligned single moms

Story maligned single moms

Dear Editor: Shame, on Brent Richter and his Oct. 30 story, WV Bear Family Relocated Together.
CapU programs destroyed

CapU programs destroyed

Dear Editor: I was dismayed to read MLA Ralph Sultan's Oct. 20 letter to the editor in which he dismisses a letter from a retired faculty member who opposes the recent budget process and cuts at Capilano University.
Spend cash on veterans, not Senate

Spend cash on veterans, not Senate

Dear Editor: Lest we forget ... Remembrance Day is around the corner and we all buy the poppy and I feel we have done our part. Then I think about the Conservatives cutting pensions for our soldiers.
More than poppies

More than poppies

On Remembrance Day we are urged to remember the sacrifices our veterans made for Canada. So it's too bad our own government isn't doing such a good job of that itself. Traditionally on Nov.
Show some respect, and wear a poppy proudly

Show some respect, and wear a poppy proudly

Dear Editor: Where's your poppy? As I spent my day in Vancouver and back at home in West Vancouver this past week, it startled me to see how few people are wearing the poppy a week before Remembrance Day.
You Said It

You Said It

"They didn't find any money but they found my various medals." West Vancouver veteran Murray Newman discusses the theft of his medals (from a Nov. 6 news story).
Oil slick

Oil slick

On Tuesday afternoon, B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford got down to some serious business of smiling for the cameras. Previously, Clark had famously said that no pipelines would even be considered in B.C.
'Dying mall' no excuse for highrises

'Dying mall' no excuse for highrises

Dear Editor: There has been a lot of back and forth in your paper regarding the Lynn Valley densification process and you have presented balanced opinion. I would like to talk about the constant reference to the "dying mall.
Cracked up

Cracked up

The political circus that is Toronto Mayor Rob Ford delivered another spectacle Tuesday with Ford's admission that, yes, he smoked crack cocaine and no, he doesn't see that as a reason to quit. I've admitted my mistakes, Ford said. I've apologized.
No suggestion of West Van leasing

No suggestion of West Van leasing

Dear Editor: I would like to address some misinformation in your Oct. 23 article on the proposed Grosvenor development for 1300 Marine Drive in West Vancouver. At no time did I suggest that council should lease rather than sell the property.