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Assess sewage plant's environmental impact

Assess sewage plant's environmental impact

Dear Editor: I write regarding your Feb. 29 website story Metro to North Shore residents: What should we do with your sewage? North Vancouver residents should be aware that under the B.C.
Trees were a natural barrier to highway noise

Trees were a natural barrier to highway noise

DEAR EDITOR: I was deeply saddened to see BC Hydro completely cut down six huge trees on private property in the area near the Upper Levels Highway behind my house.
Boarding pass

Boarding pass

THE collision between a longboarder and a resident in his truck in the run-up to Monday night's debate on a longboarding bylaw added yet more pressure to what was always going to be a difficult council decision.
Bill 22 will hurt quality of education

Bill 22 will hurt quality of education

Dear Editor: I started teaching in 1971 in North Vancouver, after graduating from UBC. So I have worked through many labour disputes between the BCTF and the governments of British Columbia.
Teachers never had it so good

Teachers never had it so good

Dear Editor: I write regarding the B.C. teachers' strike. I have lived in North Vancouver all my life. I went through all 12 grades here. We used to have 40 to 45 students in a single class and there was never a word said about overcrowding.
Non-munching zone wanted

Non-munching zone wanted

Dear Editor: While watching The Iron Lady, an excellent film with many long and quiet scenes in it, I was much distracted by the cacophony from the movie munchers beside and behind me.
Make bikes, boarders carry insurance

Make bikes, boarders carry insurance

Dear Editor: After reading your Feb. 29 story, NV Man Petitions for Longboard Ban, I sympathize with Mr. Duffy and if I lived near him I would sign his petition. It is unfortunate that missing from the article, is what happens when Mr.
Robbing democracy

Robbing democracy

WE Canadians like to believe we're a different bunch than our neighbours south of the border.
You said it

You said it

"I had to walk up to the bus driver with my teeth in my hands and dripping blood and ask him to call the cops." North Vancouver's Steven Andrews recalls the aftermath of a brutal beating he suffered on a crowded Lynn Valley bus in 2010.
Planners making CityShaping assumptions

Planners making CityShaping assumptions

Dear Editor: I'm one of a growing number of City of North Vancouver residents who are concerned about the current process for renewing our official community plan via the CityShaping program.