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Education needs the best

Education needs the best

Dear Editor: I wish to respond to the letter published March 7, Teachers Never Had It So Good. I am a senior high school English teacher with the North Vancouver school district and have 22 years teaching experience.
B.C. Liberals lose at 'name that stadium'

B.C. Liberals lose at 'name that stadium'

I must admit I have mixed emotions when it comes to telecommunications giant Telus. On the one hand, I pay them a lot of money. Every month. This modern age of home phones, office phones, cellphones, kids' cellphones . . .
Smoke and mirrors

Smoke and mirrors

THIS paper covered Premier Christy Clark's appearance at Vancouver Shipyards on Tuesday morning in the hopes that there would be some solid news tied to the event.
Get rid of the Senate

Get rid of the Senate

Dear Editor: I totally agree with your March 11 Viewpoint. Pointless Gesture. Over the years I have asked myself why on earth Canada (and, yes, the United States) has a senate whose members, as you clearly point out, hardly deserve a paycheque.
Residence in retail makes sense

Residence in retail makes sense

Dear Editor: I write regarding your Feb. 24 story, City Relaxes Industrial Rules.
Time to go

Time to go

AT the time, invading Afghanistan seemed like the right thing to do. It was the base for a flurry of murderous terrorist attacks and was ruled by a brutal band of zealots who would sooner see a woman dead than in school.
Time to rethink reliance on oil imports

Time to rethink reliance on oil imports

Dear Editor: If Henry Ford were to rise from the dead, I wonder if he would be surprised to see that we are, except for some extra bells and whistles, still using the same combustion engine as he put into the old Model T and that we are still burning
Twas a dark and twisty road design

Twas a dark and twisty road design

Dear Editor: I sincerely hope our local municipal engineers take note of your March 7 story, Twas a Dark and Stormy Night. This was an excellent article. I had to chuckle at the quote: "It's difficult to drive on a road here, it's hilly and twisty.
When principles start unravelling

When principles start unravelling

IS it art? That's a question that has plagued public officials for centuries. One person's portrait is another person's pornography. What's abstract art for one is asinine to another.
You said it

You said it

"When these business owners go home to the British Properties, to Port Moody or North Vancouver, we're left with the noise, the traffic gridlock and the mess, and a barrier from the seashore.