False Creek worth the stretch
The southeast False Creek development is, as the city's director of current planning Larry Beasley says, a once in a generation opportunity.
 

Canadian print satire gone way of dodo bird
Whatever happened to satire in print? Back in the late '80s, New York-based Spy magazine entertained readers with its deathless descriptions of Donald Trump as a "short-fingered vulgarian" and the late Yasser Arafat as a "hanky-headed homunculus."
 

Green Wal-Mart a corporate ruse
"Greened up" Wal-Mart is a test of Vancouver's gullibility.
 

Society always on lookout for more fruit
I am delighted to see the recommendations put forward by staff to the parks board regarding the planting of fruit trees in city parks and the possible creation of a community orchard in Vancouver ("Project won't bear fruit until trees grow," Feb. 20).
 

Teachers, kids inspire Charles Dickens' parent
I am a parent and volunteer at Charles Dickens elementary school ("Bus stops at Dickens for heritage advocates," Feb. 2).
 

Pawsey puts restaurants' interests above diners
It seems that Tim Pawsey is biased against the customer ("Dine Out does it again despite boorish mobs," Feb. 2).