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No, I don't want fries with that shelter

No, I don't want fries with that shelter

Dear Editor: Enough, enough! The new West Vancouver bus shelters/ advertising structures have gone too far. Do we have to ad(d) to an already saturated public realm with even more district/citypromoted advertising? I hate advertising.
Up in the air

Up in the air

Despite the tremendous fiscal pressure it is facing, the federal government must take a hard second look at the cost-cutting it has implemented in airline safety inspections.
Assess how well municipal candidates listen

Assess how well municipal candidates listen

Dear Editor: I live near the Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre, which some present councillors would like rebuilt at a cost of $60 million.
Bear threats are being ignored

Bear threats are being ignored

Dear Editor: I join the increasing number of victims who have reported black bear intrusions in their gardens in the City of North Vancouver to the Conservation Officer Service, through the 604-990-BEAR North Shore Bear Hotline.
West Vancouver gunner still in Afghanistan

West Vancouver gunner still in Afghanistan

DEAR EDITOR: Annually my husband Ken and I attend the West Vancouver Remembrance Day ceremony. Both of us have family members that have served in the Canadian Armed forces.
Peace and war

Peace and war

REMEMBRANCE Day is as much about our future as about our past. This is an idea we must make sure our children understand.
Breaking camp

Breaking camp

ALMOST a month on, what started as a valid exercise in highlighting social inequalities with the Vancouver "Occupy" movement has degenerated into a sorry spectacle on the lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Hoping for crash answers

Hoping for crash answers

Dear Editor: On Oct. 27, a terrible accident took place at Vancouver International Airport. People were burned and maimed and the captain died from his wounds. My heart goes out to his family and the injured passengers.
Elementary teacher's 'day' includes her family's night

Elementary teacher's 'day' includes her family's night

Dear Editor: I am married to an elementary school teacher (intermediate). My wife chose to become a teacher. She was influenced somewhere along her educational trek by a caring and compassionate person; someone that helped my wife acquire her dream.
Credibility not about money

Credibility not about money

Dear Editor: In your Sunday, Nov. 6 editorial Office Space, you state that there is "no credible threat" to the incumbent in the City of North Vancouver mayoralty race.