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Twinning wastes taxes

Twinning wastes taxes

Dear Editor: I wholeheartedly agree with Coun. Rod Clark's stand on the City of North Vancouver's twinning relationships with Chiba in Japan and Huizhou in China and his attempts to save my tax dollars.
End of the line

End of the line

In a perfect world, a streetcar service connecting North Vancouver's utilitarian but depressing Phibbs Exchange with West Vancouver's quaint and quirky community of Dundarave would be packed with tourists flinging cash out of the windows at local bus
Bus lane markings designed to confuse

Bus lane markings designed to confuse

DEAR EDITOR: Users of the Lions Gate Bridge have, for the past two years, had to tolerate major inconveniences of traffic as a new bridge was built over the Capilano River and lane reconstructions at the Lions Gate Bridge interchange took place to al
No retirement for this slave

No retirement for this slave

DEAR EDITOR: I recently received my first pension cheques from the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security.
Debate is good, but repeat what I said correctly

Debate is good, but repeat what I said correctly

DEAR EDITOR: Paul Hundal's Sept. 18 letter on garbage burning (EFW) misstates my positions in my Sept. 4 letter, a disappointing tactic in addressing a current issue. I did not refer to any "environmental report," nor did I discuss particulates.
'F' for BCTF wage demands

'F' for BCTF wage demands

Dear Editor: Teaching and learning are supposed to go together.
Garbage-burning byproducts fuel future fears

Garbage-burning byproducts fuel future fears

Dear Editor: I completely disagree with John Hunter's Sept. 4 letter, Incineration Insinuation Burns Writer, promoting the incineration of Metro Vancouver's garbage.
Don't fight city hall

Don't fight city hall

IT'S astonishing that a North Vancouver man will likely have to knock down a brand-new house he has built on his property. Despite his pleas for leniency, district staff are currently headed to court to get an order for it to be demolished.
Highway speeders scary

Highway speeders scary

Dear Editor: I would be extremely displeased (in Canada we don't get angry) if a member of my family were to be injured, or worse, in an accident caused by these witless "children." At the least any licenses these "drivers" possess should be revoked.
you said it

you said it

"A group of knowledgeable physicians and a group of beautiful angels who work here as nurses provided me with the best care possible on this planet.