Appeared in the North Shore News – February 13, 2015 The bicycle is one of the greatest inventions in history, a freeing vehicle, a pioneer emancipator of women — and now a vehicle of protest. To start at the conclusion: The North Shore’s nearest analogy to the gang warfare elsewhere in Metro is on the…
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LNG plan prompts genteel concern
Appeared in the North Shore News – August 1, 2014 So how do you like the idea of tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) past Lions Bay, Bowen Island and – take note – not far off Horseshoe Bay and the western flank of West Vancouver? Clapping hands? Possibly distracted by distant oil transport disputes,…
A miserly ministry adds insult to injury
Appeared in the North Shore News – November 9, 2012 IF anything could diminish the always poignant Remembrance Day, it’s the reminder of how shabbily Ottawa treats its injured veterans. Like Daniel Scott. He was incredibly badly hurt on the job – soldiering. If only he’d been hurt on a civvy street job, then his…