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WV needs 2nd ambulance

WV needs 2nd ambulance

Dear Editor: Anne Watson's Aug. 21 story regarding the sole ambulance in West Van, (Union Backs Call for 2nd WV Ambulance) while interesting, fails to ask some key questions.
Use a Compass Card to avoid paying a second fare

Use a Compass Card to avoid paying a second fare

Dear Editor: I'd like to clarify some details in response to the Aug. 18 North Shore News story, Compass Plan Will Penalize Bus Riders. Currently, just 1.
Wave action

Wave action

STEP right up. There's an auction going on for enough bandwidth on Canada's wireless infrastructure to introduce a whole new carrier to our market of scant few options.
TransLink's fare box choice a cash grab

TransLink's fare box choice a cash grab

Dear Editor: I am a senior living on the North Shore, and for anyone using public transit as I do, it is obvious that it is the elderly, nannies, office workers, the disabled, women and students, in other words the underprivileged, who will have to p
Think tanked

Think tanked

PARENTS across the North Shore could be forgiven for spitting into their self-indulgent lattes this week after learning that it costs next to nothing to raise a child - if you budget properly.
You said it

You said it

"We enjoy the North Shore, it's a fantastic place but you know you get those scumbags." North Vancouver veterinarian Pawel Cichon blasts midnight garbage dumpers for leaving construction waste behind his Lonsdale veterinary clinic (from an Aug.
Russia's anti-gay laws designed to distract

Russia's anti-gay laws designed to distract

Dear Editor: I write in reference to Trevor Lautens' Aug. 17 column, We Shout Across Seas of Misunderstanding. Lautens suggests that the Western world is imposing its culture on Russia.
Out of bounds

Out of bounds

IT would seem that the Federal Elections Boundaries Commission had their minds made up from the beginning that lumping a chunk of north Burnaby with Seymour was the best solution to the problem of creating a new riding on the North Shore.
Compass fare choice a PR disaster

Compass fare choice a PR disaster

Dear Editor: Imposing the dishonoring of bus tickets at the SeaBus and train stations under the Compass scheme is, of course, one of the stupidest plans from a PR standpoint that could be imagined. But it also smacks of disingenuousness.
Catch the bus lane scofflaws

Catch the bus lane scofflaws

Dear Editor: Two years ago, I wrote a letter to the editor about queue jumpers right after the bus lane onto Lions Gate Bridge first went in.