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LETTER: Ship's stern has had its day

LETTER: Ship's stern has had its day

Dear Editor: I have been reading the letters regarding the Flamborough Head stern with increasing amusement, but the latest letter (Feb. 5) has at last prompted me to try and set the record straight.
EDITORIAL: Bigger brother

EDITORIAL: Bigger brother

In case you missed it on Tuesday, along with a federal budget in Ottawa, a speech from the throne in Victoria, and a little athletic contest happening in Sochi, a movement was born online.
PREST: Sochi truths stranger than fiction

PREST: Sochi truths stranger than fiction

There's a sentiment going around in some circles that the people covering the Winter Olympic Games that started this weekend in Sochi, Russia shouldn't report on the sports and silliness going on, instead focusing all of their attention on suspected
EDITORIAL: Olympic spirit

EDITORIAL: Olympic spirit

As the Olympics open this weekend in Sochi, Russian politicians hope the Games will showcase all that country has to be proud of.
LETTER: Eternally grateful for Tim Jones' heroism

LETTER: Eternally grateful for Tim Jones' heroism

Dear Editor : Re: "Remembering Tim Jones, family, friends, colleagues and community members gather to honour local hero" Jan. 25. I was among the thousands who attended the memorial service to pay my respects to an amazing hero.
LETTER: Gov't and teachers need to move on

LETTER: Gov't and teachers need to move on

Dear Editor: An open letter to Education Minister Peter Fassbender and the BCTF: When is it time to cut the losses? To the government: Instead of wasting more taxpayers' money on an appeal of a decision that has previously gone against you and will u
You Said It

You Said It

"I don't know how to tell my girl in the future, 'I made the right decision.'" George Deng has second thoughts about fleeing China's one-child policy in light of a seniors centre proposal (from a Feb. 2 News story).
Should the two North Vancouvers amalgamate?

Should the two North Vancouvers amalgamate?

North Vancouver has two mayors, two official community plans and a population smaller than Abbotsford. The two North Vans share a border, police, and an emergency management office.
LETTER: Missing bench offered much needed respite

LETTER: Missing bench offered much needed respite

Dear Editor: A couple of years ago, we moved an old park bench to the front of our yard. The old wooden seat, painted purple with black iron arms, offered a rest stop to passing neighbours.
BALDRY: B.C.'s war on unions may create new tax

BALDRY: B.C.'s war on unions may create new tax

Of all the many controversies that have dogged the B.C. Liberals during their near-13 years in power, few match their inept, wrongheaded and in the end illegal actions against two public sector unions.