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An idiotic idea that needs driving home

I don't know if this thought came to me while I was watching the guy in the rust-red pickup fishtail through a left hand turn on a stale yellow light, or when the driver of the silver luxury sedan almost ran me over in the crosswalk, or when someone

Taking it on faith

To the editor: Re: "God's grace not in the details of catastrophe," June 21.

Panning Planning

To the editor: Re: "Tower plan Drive-ing East Side residents mad," June 21. The current round of community planning has essentially collapsed.

Changing Team

To the editor: Re: "Ex-NPAers start their own Vancouver party," June 19.

Christy Clark keeps on campaigning

Premier Christy Clark enjoyed campaigning during the election so much shes just going to keep doing it. Not just for a Westside-Kelowna seat, but B.C.-wide, judging by last Wednesdays appearance.

Gilliam's Brazil anticipated today's surveillance state

Terry Gilliam's 1985 tragicomedy Brazil begins with a housefly's misadventure. After an annoyed civil servant flattens the insect, it falls into a teletype machine cranking out a list of terror suspects. The name "Tuttle" is misprinted as "Buttle.

Opposition emerging to emerging plan

To the editor: Re: "Tower plan Drive-ing East Side residents mad," June 21. Thanks to Allen Garr for pointing out council's apparent disregard of the wishes of the Commercial Drive community.

Opposition emerging to emerging plan

The City of Vancouver is presenting community plans in Marpole, Norquay, Mount Pleasant, and Grandview-Woodland. There is a common theme to each of these. The affected stakeholders (i.e.

Sports store maintains tradition

To the editor: Re: "Abbies Sports Shop goes to bat for customers," June 7. I enjoyed reading your article a few weeks ago. I didn't realize that the store had sold again. My dad was the original owner, Abbie (Albert) Bevilacqua.

Vancouver's viaduct plan is history in the making

It would be hard to underestimate the impact removing the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts will have on the city.
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