Category Archives: North Shore

North Shore

CNV mulls benefits of ‘affordable’ Kimpton suites

Coun. Heywood wants city-owned units sold and proceeds put in affordable housing reserve

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Bench dedicated to North Van landslide victim, park set to follow

North Vancouver district voted to hold a public hearing on turning the site of the fatal 2005 Berkley landslide into Eliza Kuttner Park

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Reform pledged to recover unpaid TransLink fines

Problem of unenforceable tickets was flagged in 2007

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New Metro Vancouver incinerator may not have inside track

Other waste-to-energy technologies to bid directly against conventional burners

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North Shore election spending released

North Vancouver mayor Darrell Mussatto was the biggest spender by leaps and bounds in the 2011 municipal elections.

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DNV’s Walton believes road pricing most sustainable method to fund transit

North Van mayor would like to get past stop-gap taxes to “a robust, sustainable plan.”

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‘Super clean’ crews dispatched to four more hospitals

C. difficile infection at Burnaby prompted broader initiative

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North Van RCMP warns of fake doctor visits

Seniors’ apartment targeted this month by man claiming to be Dr. Bruce Young

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Updated: Premier vows audit to dodge new TransLink taxes

Without car levy or major savings, property tax will rise

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Home videos stolen from North Vancouver home

VHS tapes had been salvaged from flood in the Philippines, police say

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Needless fire deaths targeted

Surrey and the province to crack down on lack of functioning smoke alarms in homes.

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COVER STORY: Cap U students brave the elements to raise awareness for homelessness

Six students share their stories from the 5 Days for the Homeless campaign at Capilano University

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Stranded men rescued from Mount Seymour

A North Vancouver man and his Surrey friend were stranded in Mount Seymour’s Suicide Gully Wednesday.

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Universities adjust admissions for ungraded students

UBC, SFU respond to lack of report cards from work-to-rule teachers

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Drug use and domestic disputes on the rise on Capilano reserve

New West Vancouver crime stats for the Capilano reserve show drug and domestic dispute charges up, all others down.

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Bloy quits B.C. cabinet over e-mail leak

NDP house leader John Horgan says North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Naomi Yamamoto should also resign from cabinet

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Agencies launch rival recycling apps

Metro Vancouver, Recycling Council duplicate efforts

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Pedestrian killed in West Vancouver

West Vancouver police are investigating after a man was struck and killed by a car on Marine Drive Friday morning.

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Balancing act: The story of the North Shore Restorative Justice Society

Last year nearly 100 North Shore criminal cases were handled outside the traditional court system. Here’s how.

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Report pans Metro Vancouver’s Transit Police model

New chief disputes criticism of jurisdictional ‘confusion’ among overlapping police forces

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Happy 100th from the West Van Historial Society

West Vancouver Historical Society gives the municipality a special gift for its 100th birthday

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West Vancouver police receive more than $18k in cash gifts

WVPD chief Peter Lepine made donations public to show department ‘can’t be bribed,’ he tells police board

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Lions Gate Hospital seniors’ music therapy axed

After more than two decades, the music therapy program at North Vancouver’s Lions Gate Hospital will be cancelled this spring

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Policing deal gives cities more say over RCMP costs

New contract expected to be signed by end of March.

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Anesthesia docs ‘unethical’ in threat to block surgeries

April 1 service withdrawal would hold B.C. patients hostage: Health minister.

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EDITORIAL: Longboarders vs. drivers

Can the disparate groups safely coexist on District of North Vancouver roads?

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Studying the North Shore’s student migration

Why are 3,150 students leaving the North Vancouver public board every morning to find education elsewhere?

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NDP would restore student grants, tax financial institutions, Dix tells North Van

BC NDP leader Adrian Dix visits North Vancouver’s Pinnacle Hotel to promote student grants, tax on financial institutions.

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Gallery inches closer to a home in Cates Tugs building

North Vancouver’s Presentation House Gallery may be moving with council support.

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New parks plan for West Van

Draft of the new parks master plan for District of West Vancouver unveiled

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Metro Vancouver debates touchy issue of Indian Reserve voting

City boundary changes eyed to disenfranchise some residents in civic elections

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North Van city entering the social housing game

City of North Vancouver is preparing to take ownership of six apartments at Kimpton development; is looking for non-profits to manage them.

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UPDATED: News and notes from City of North Vancouver council

New procurement strategy, Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant engagement process and Lonsdale Energy Corporation rates discussed.

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Centennial celebrations for West Vancouver announced

The District of West Vancouver reveals plans for two big birthday parties, one on March 15 at the West Vancouver Memorial Library.

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New plans for North Vancouver’s Low Level Road

Port Metro Vancouver asking for community feedback on designs

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Keep kids home, urge North Shore schools

Parents in North Vancouver and West Vancouver are asked not to send kids to school during B.C. teachers’ strike.

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