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Good repair

Good repair

There's nothing like the property tax deadline - and the ensuing grumbling - to redouble municipal efforts to get a bigger share of the tax pie from senior government.
ASK A COP: No blind eyes when it comes to cannabis

ASK A COP: No blind eyes when it comes to cannabis

QUESTION: When one is caught with a couple of joints in a car, what does the law say about this, and how do the police respond on a day-to-day basis? At April's 4-20 event in Vancouver, every second person was smoking pot, and yet the police in the a
Conservatives and conservationists not so far apart

Conservatives and conservationists not so far apart

Dear Editor: I'd like to take the opportunity to address some misinformation that has been circulating about Bill C-38, the Budget Implementation Act. Bill C-38 will provide clear advantages for the Canadian economy.
Stock response

Stock response

ANOTHER week, another study that shows the West Coast's salmon stocks are in peril.
MPs deserve a break - sort of

MPs deserve a break - sort of

Dear Editor: Courage, integrity and honesty.
Bus plan would waste waterfront

Bus plan would waste waterfront

Dear Editor: I would like to respond to Belinda Lyons's letter suggesting the North Vancouver bus depot be relocated to the Harbourside property south of the Auto Mall in place of the 800-unit development proposed for the site (Harbourside for Bus Ba
No divine right to abandon democracy

No divine right to abandon democracy

Dear Editor: Mr. Peter Van Loan, Member of Parliament: Recently, many MPs in the House of Commons stood to vote 159 times on the 700 plus amendments to the devastating omnibus C-38.
Not reassured on pit bulls

Not reassured on pit bulls

Dear Editor: On Sunday I returned from an event at which a pit bull mauled a poor defenceless small dog and injured several people who attempted to get the pit bull to release the small dog.
You said it

You said it

"Why start at sharks? Why not do the same with beef, chicken, pork, lamb, fish, shellfish, mollusks, wild game, roadkill?" Coun.
Maple Leaf forever

Maple Leaf forever

Just in time for Canada Day comes the startling news from Ipsos-Reid pollsters that one in five Canadians would consider getting a maple leaf tattoo. Pollsters failed to say exactly where Canadians envisioned getting their patriotic ink.