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Letter: How can a mayor know council’s decision before a vote takes place?

Letter: How can a mayor know council’s decision before a vote takes place?

This West Vancouver resident is wondering why Mayor Mark Sager told a resident there was 'no support' for a proposed bike lane before it was debated in council
Column: B.C. right to tweak drug decriminalization, rather than ending it outright

Column: B.C. right to tweak drug decriminalization, rather than ending it outright

B.C.'s three-year drug decriminalization pilot project was enacted on Jan. 31 last year.
Letter: My dog died, and a stranger showed me incredible compassion

Letter: My dog died, and a stranger showed me incredible compassion

Thank you for comforting me in a moment of immense sadness
Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

Les Leyne: Public safety forces retreat on decriminalization

B.C.’s historic drug decriminalization experiment is being dramatically scaled back as the NDP government retreats in the face of sustained public anxiety about what it is doing to perceptions of public safety.
Rob Shaw: Explosive court affidavit details clash over Surrey police transition

Rob Shaw: Explosive court affidavit details clash over Surrey police transition

Unveiled court documents reveal secret discussions and political drama in Surrey’s police transition dispute with the BC NDP government
Letter: Deny parole for Robert Pickton, Metro Vancouver mayors plead

Letter: Deny parole for Robert Pickton, Metro Vancouver mayors plead

A dozen Metro Vancouver mayors believe granting parole would "undermine" Canada's justice system, as well as the healing process of the victims' families.
Les Leyne: Two accounts of the pause of social harms bill

Les Leyne: Two accounts of the pause of social harms bill

Government introduced a bill that was supposed to smooth the way for the province to sue the social media giants for the damage they are doing to society
Editorial: Ballooning sewage plant costs are Metro's mess to clean up

Editorial: Ballooning sewage plant costs are Metro's mess to clean up

The North Shore had no say or oversight in how the project went off the rails. It’s Metro’s board that is ultimately responsible.
Rob Shaw: Eby doesn't understand tech giants answer to no one

Rob Shaw: Eby doesn't understand tech giants answer to no one

B.C. government forced to shift strategy in tackling social media's dark side
Kirk LaPointe: The public should have more time to talk at council meetings

Kirk LaPointe: The public should have more time to talk at council meetings

It's very difficult to make a well-reasoned point in the two or three minutes given at North Shore council meetings, writes columnist Kirk LaPointe