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LAUTENS: North Shore amalgamation is but a dream

LAUTENS: North Shore amalgamation is but a dream

North Vancouver City Coun. Guy Heywood and North Vancouver District Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn are pressing for unity of the three North Shore municipalities. Enlightened. Logical. Sensible. Won't happen. The Three Jealous Sisters would never agree.
BALDRY: Transit tension mounting in region

BALDRY: Transit tension mounting in region

The increasingly serious game of chicken between the provincial government and the mayors of Metro Vancouver over transit funding shows no sign of ending.
LETTER: To boldly go where no man has gone before

LETTER: To boldly go where no man has gone before

Dear Editor: I wish to commend Coun.
LETTER: Pavement sensors are here, there, everywhere

LETTER: Pavement sensors are here, there, everywhere

Dear Editor : Apropos of your Friday, Jan. 24 article on road sensors, there are other ones of which motorists should be aware.
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