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Nurses don't abuse overtime, on-call premiums

To the editor: Re: "Audit found overuse of overtime in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­hospitals," Aug. 5. Your story about an audit alleging an overuse of overtime at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Coastal Health is quite misleading.

Laneway homes destroy neighbourhoods

To the editor: The laneway housing program should be halted and revamped through neighbourhood-based planning to ensure appropriate locations and designs, with incentives to retain and disincentives to demolish existing homes.

Layton remembered for his optimism and energy

"We deeply regret to inform you that the Honourable Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, passed away at 4:45 a.m. today.

Sea monsters stranger than fiction

Colossal squid live on the bottom, faces off against giant sperm whales

Reader Soapbox: A cascade of pink

Encountering a cancer walk brought guilt and then hope

Teenage housing nightmare part of growing Atira empire in Downtown Eastside

Atira boss Abbott married B.C Housing boss Ramsay

Friends and admirers mourn Jack Layton

"We deeply regret to inform you that the Honourable Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, passed away at 4:45 a.m. today.

Letter of the week

To the editor: Re: "Beaver Lake restoration based on science," Letters, Aug. 12. No one familiar with Loretta Woodcock's sterling character and record could accuse her of participating in duplicity, as Mark Hasiuk has done.

Addicts want to be free, not enslaved

To the editor: Re: Letter of the week, Aug. 12 Downtown Eastside "do-gooders," including government, non-profit and religious, are actually "do-harmers.

Studies prove slower speeds cut deaths

To the editor: Re: "Lowering speed limit won't stop jaywalkers," July 26. Despite what Police Chief Jim Chu claims, speed is always a factor in pedestrian-involved collisions.