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Plans must pay more than lip-service to sustainability

Plans must pay more than lip-service to sustainability

The Editor, Re: "Who's Colony Farm for?", Green Scene, Tri-City News, July 1.
EDITORIAL: Poor drivers are everywhere

EDITORIAL: Poor drivers are everywhere

They cut in without signalling, speed, tailgate, yak on their cellphones and blast their horns in anger. Lower Mainland motorists are a belligerent bunch. So says a new opinion survey conducted by Ipsos Reid for ICBC.
O'NEILL: What Canadians have in common is great

O'NEILL: What Canadians have in common is great

FACE TO FACE: What is great about Canada on Canada Day? Moments before I began writing this column, I opened an email from the B.C. minister responsible for multiculturalism informing me that June 27 was Multiculturalism Day in our country.
NELSON: Celebrating a quiet, confident Canada

NELSON: Celebrating a quiet, confident Canada

FACE TO FACE: What is great about Canada on Canada Day? Canada Day: a time to postpone our political palaver and reflect on what it is about Canada that gives us goose bumps. K.D.
EDITORIAL: Celebrating Canada

EDITORIAL: Celebrating Canada

Today is Canada's 144th birthday and in the Tri-Cities we are kicking off a long weekend with a party in every city.
No help for cyclists on United Boulevard

No help for cyclists on United Boulevard

The Editor, Re. "Bike route to connect to NW" (The Tri-City News, June 15). The United Boulevard overpass was screwed up right at the build stage, maybe even at the design stage.
Proposed smaller Port Moody fire hall not big enough to do the job: union

Proposed smaller Port Moody fire hall not big enough to do the job: union

The Editor, Re. "Scaled-down PoMo fire hall expected to be approved" (The Tri-City News, June 24).
EDITORIAL: Get informed, get involved

EDITORIAL: Get informed, get involved

Tri-City residents who care about their community have plenty of ways to show it. These days, it's not enough to simply pay your taxes, you have to get involved if you want your community to remain liveable.
O'NEILL: Vancouver's response was a travesty

O'NEILL: Vancouver's response was a travesty

FACE TO FACE: Did VPD do its job well during the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver? Igrew up in Brandon, Manitoba, where the seven-month winter was often cold enough to freeze one's tonsils - or, at least, the tip of one's tongue to a metal railing (as I
NELSON: VPD deserves our applause

NELSON: VPD deserves our applause

FACE TO FACE: Did VPD do its job well during the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver? My reactionary colleague often suggests my response to political crises is to sit around singing "Kumbaya" (conservatives consider this their cleverest and most incisive
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