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LETTER: Black family legacy clarified

LETTER: Black family legacy clarified

Dear Editor: A special letter to all of our former customers and friends who acknowledged the March 23 article, Black Family Legacy, by Laura Anderson. I would like to make a couple of things clear.
You said it

You said it

"I can unequivocally say at least 85 to 90 per cent of everybody that comes by are 150 per cent in favour of this." Lynn Valley businessman David Hewitson applauds the plan to demolish Zellers and build six new towers (from a March 26 news story).
LETTER: Irony of what we trash versus treasure startling

LETTER: Irony of what we trash versus treasure startling

Dear Editor: Demolition of the Flamborough Head continues apace at our waterfront. On the ground beside the hull stands the engine which once drove the Second World War victory ship. It is a mighty piece of machinery, fascinating to behold.
EDITORIAL: Rx affliction

EDITORIAL: Rx affliction

After years study, a group of B.C. doctors applied to Health Canada for permission to prescribe heroin to 21 addicts last fall. Permission was granted. It was right about then that mollifying the Conservative base trumped science.
Should Lower Lonsdale be called LoLo?

Should Lower Lonsdale be called LoLo?

Some neighbourhoods adopt nicknames, officially or unofficially. Hell’s Kitchen and Brooklyn in New York are officially called Clinton and Kings, respectively. One nickname that seems to have sprung up for Lower Lonsdale is LoLo.
EDITORIAL: True confessions

EDITORIAL: True confessions

Apparently it's true confession time in the B.C. legislature these days. Hands up all those politicians who took a vacation with their family on the public dime that they'd like to come clean about.
LETTER: Gold-rush mentality afflicts North Vancouver developers

LETTER: Gold-rush mentality afflicts North Vancouver developers

Dear Editor: I write this letter as a concerned resident of the North Shore. The North Shore appears to be experiencing a Klondike-style "gold rush.
LETTER: Support views on Lynn Valley density with accurate information

LETTER: Support views on Lynn Valley density with accurate information

Dear Editor: In the North Shore News on Sunday, March 2 there were two letters, one from a "long term resident" and another from a resident who has "enjoyed living in the community of Lynn Valley for the past 40 years.
LETTER: You have a choice about gridlock at ballot box

LETTER: You have a choice about gridlock at ballot box

Dear Editor: We are getting vibes from the District of North Vancouver council that amalgamation is on the agenda. It must be election time. Form another committee, another red herring.
LETTER: Evidence points to lack of North Vancouver spill protection

LETTER: Evidence points to lack of North Vancouver spill protection

Dear Editor: Thank you for your recent coverage of the spill in Deep Cove ("Unexplained spill soils Deep Cove" Jan. 22).