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Snow making is a wasteful use of energy

Snow making is a wasteful use of energy

Dear Editor : Is it only me? Am I alone in being sadly amused by your article about Cypress Mountain making snow? We are constantly bombarded by demands to use less energy to "save the planet," and here we have a single ski area running 37 machines 2
Children's representative, Baldrey shine a spotlight

Children's representative, Baldrey shine a spotlight

North Vancouver - Dear Editor: As a long time North Shore resident I want to thank and compliment Mary Ellen Turpel- Lafond, Keith Baldrey and the North Shore News for bringing this issue to light in Baldrey's Nov.
Cheers - perhaps

Cheers - perhaps

The news out of Victoria on changes to this province's confusing and outdated liquor control laws is somewhat encouraging. There finally seems to be the appetite in government for movement on some of B.C.
Canada’s Safety Code 6 standards offer no protection

Canada’s Safety Code 6 standards offer no protection

Dear Editor: Regarding NIMBYism Colours Cell Tower Opposition (Nov. 20, North Shore News): Sometimes the not-in-my-backyard reaction is well founded. We all have a right to safe and healthy lives.
Review District of North Vancouver environmental trail assessment

Review District of North Vancouver environmental trail assessment

Dear Editor: I attended the Nov. 18 meeting of District of North Vancouver council and would have spoken during the public input if I hadn’t felt intimidated by the majority of the audience.
Counting chickens

Counting chickens

The Liberals may be celebrating polling success in the four byelections held Monday, but so many disparate factors were at play that it’s too soon to anoint Justin Trudeau as the party’s saviour.
JAMES: Pipeline fear can be positive

JAMES: Pipeline fear can be positive

“The pipeline owned by China’s largest oil refiner, Sinopec, ruptured early Friday and leaked for about 15 minutes onto a street and into the sea before it was shut off.
Canada's Safety Code 6 standards offer no protection

Canada's Safety Code 6 standards offer no protection

West Vancouver - Dear Editor: Regarding NIMBYism Colours Cell Tower Opposition (Nov. 20, North Shore News): Sometimes the not-inmy-backyard reaction is well founded. We all have a right to safe and healthy lives.
Counting chickens

Counting chickens

The Liberals may be celebrating polling success in the four byelections held Monday, but so many disparate factors were at play that it's too soon to anoint Justin Trudeau as the party's saviour.
Review DNV environmental trail assessment

Review DNV environmental trail assessment

North Vancouver - Dear Editor: I attended the Nov. 18 meeting of District of North Vancouver council and would have spoken during the public input if I hadn't felt intimidated by the majority of the audience.