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Share the pain and the wealth by tolling all Metro bridges

Share the pain and the wealth by tolling all Metro bridges

Dear Editor: As I drive over and back on the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing for free, I find it most disconcerting when my friends in Surrey will be paying $6 to do the same thing over the Port Mann Bridge.
Saxton misquoted in riding boundary story

Saxton misquoted in riding boundary story

Dear Editor: In your March 17 story, NDP Opposes New NV/Burnaby Riding, your reporter attributed a statement to me that I did not make.
Steering the bus

Steering the bus

THE report commissioned for the TransLink mayor's council Friday aired conclusions that were little surprise to anyone. The way TransLink is governed is dysfunctional and as the report writers dryly noted "unique, and not in a good way.
Who stands for the city's livability?

Who stands for the city's livability?

Dear Editor: I feel the livability of North Vancouver is being severely compromised by the debacle that the Low Level Road expansion has become. The forest that balanced the industrial waterfront is gone.
Ambleside's assets worth a council visit

Ambleside's assets worth a council visit

Dear Editor: It was with great dismay and disappointment that I read the March 13 story in the North Shore News, Council Embraces Ideas for Revitalizing Ambleside. Sophia Burke, in particular, expressed "There's nothing in Ambleside that is any draw.
Inquiring Reporter: Should jobsite arrests of alleged illegal immigrants be filmed for reality TV?

Inquiring Reporter: Should jobsite arrests of alleged illegal immigrants be filmed for reality TV?

Highrise proliferation has city not feeling so much like home

Highrise proliferation has city not feeling so much like home

Dear Editor: I have lived most of my life in the City of North Vancouver and wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Sinking feeling

Sinking feeling

The federal government's decision to close a freshwater research facility in Norther Ontario known as the Experimental Lakes Area is one more example of the Tory administration's distaste for science.
Blind to community wishes

Blind to community wishes

Dear Editor: West Vancouver's Coun. Craig Cameron may not be a planner or architect, but I am. Cameron is right in his observations about the appropriate scale of development.
NVSB not selling land to balance budget

NVSB not selling land to balance budget

Dear Editor: With regards to the opinion expressed by Elizabeth James in her March 13 column, Cannibalizing Yourself Lacks Foresight, we offer the following important clarification.