Favourite Photos of 2011

 

 
 
 
 
A passerby enjoying the view leaning up against the  Guardian Totem Coast Salish Totem  welcome figure on a windy Autumn day at Ambleside.
 

A passerby enjoying the view leaning up against the Guardian Totem Coast Salish Totem welcome figure on a windy Autumn day at Ambleside.

Photograph by: Mike Wakefield , North Shore News

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A passerby enjoying the view leaning up against the  Guardian Totem Coast Salish Totem  welcome figure on a windy Autumn day at Ambleside.
 

A passerby enjoying the view leaning up against the Guardian Totem Coast Salish Totem welcome figure on a windy Autumn day at Ambleside.

Photograph by: Mike Wakefield, North Shore News

 
A passerby enjoying the view leaning up against the  Guardian Totem Coast Salish Totem  welcome figure on a windy Autumn day at Ambleside.
District of West Vancouver, District of North Vancouver and City of North Vancouver Firefighters gathered for a 10th anniversary 9/11 memorial tribute at Victoria Park East Sunday morning. City of North Vancouver firefighter, Alex Harrison bows his head in silence remembering his collegues and others lost in New York City in 2001.
Training Squadron Rear Admiral Umio Otsuka oversees the docking of the Japanese vessel "JS Asagiri" at the NV City Pier.
Blues Legend and Music Hall of Fame inductee John Hammond played to a sold out house at the Kay Meek in West Vancouver.
TECK Coast Zone Finals flashes down the course on Cypress Mountain. 200 of the best alpine ski racers aged 10-16 from Whistler , Grouse , Seymour Hemlock and Mt. Washington took part.
Capilano 1st Div. team (yellow) player evades a Burnaby Lake's tackle at Klahanie Field.
Photo taken to illustrate a parenting column on school drop outs written by News columnist Kathy Lynn.
John Cringan tried out a variety of paddle boards during the Deep Cove Canoe & Kayak demo day for the fast growing water craft sport.
West Vancouver's Ridgeview Elementary School teachers Jon Hughes (grade 5), Greg Meldrum (grade 5) and Bryan Schofield (grade 1) have been growing playoff beards along with their favorite Vancouver Canucks.
Schools out for the summer and local students including those from Queen Mary Elementary are thrilled with the beginning of their vacation. Queen Mary will be closed for the next two years to undergo an extensive renovation and  seismic upgrade. The staff and students will be relocated to Cloverly Elementary located at Keith  Road and Hendry Ave North Van for the interim.
Ami Turner and Carleigh Prasloski hang out near the grand mural at Shipbuilders Plaza in Lower Lonsdale. Development in the are is well under way however a significant piece of land adjacent to the waterfront is still in debate as to its utilization.
Bubble maker extraordinaire Ross Vennesland (center) demonstrated his skill at creating huge soap bubbles recently in deep Cove.
A competitor flies off a huge rail high over North Vancouver during the Quicksilver Showdown Over the City held on Grouse Mountain.
Local Senior Lin Ardington, never sits still, always smiling, dancing + singing throughout the community.
A Kite boarder gets a lot of air as High winds battered Ambleside beach during a fall afternoon.
Jacob Ruether gets air off the ramp before landing in the giant inflatable during John Henry Days from May 6-8 where the business hosted seminars, demonstrations, group bike rides.
Work under contractor Cedar Crest Lands is steadily moved along at the newest Ambleside Turf Field in West Van. Construction workers from sub-contracted Streamline Fencing prep and weld the east side fencing frames while grading for sidewalks and the main turf field was well underway.
Member of dance group "Diamonds in the Rough"  and instructor at Seymour Dance, Teya Wild, recently competed in "Monsters of Hip Hop"  in the USA.
Thomas Gregson rode his bike over the newly finished bicycle and pedestrian overpass at the foot of MacKay road in North Vancouver. The bridge allows joggers, pedestrians and cyclists access to Harbourview Park and the North Shore Auto Mall.
Handsworth no. 33 Cameron Alexander prepares to haul down Windsor's #18 Braeden Snelling in action at the Dukes home field.
Sticking his tongue out as if to say too bad, Raccoons wade through Lynn Valley pond early one sunny morning.
Robert Kallstrom (left) and David Morell from Stockholm Sweden take part in the Technical Rope Rescue Competition held at the Canadian Rope Access Specialists facility in North Vancouver.
Staff + Students of Caulfeild elementary in WV grew paper beards in support of their Vancouver Canucks.
Javona Lowe (left) and Mia Kerr are all smiles as they take part in the Scottish Country Dance club's annual children's dance workshop at Highlands United Church in Edgemont Village.
West Vancouver Police were involved in an accident involving an allegedly stolen SUV driving eastbound on highway 1 near the Westmount overpass. The highway was closed off while investigators dealt with the incident. Traffic was re-routed south to Marine Drive however large trucks sat waiting for while officials worked the scene.
Premier Christy Clark flashes the "V" for Victory after her speech on the $8 billion contract awarded to SeaSpan of  North Vancouver.
Dal Richards brought his big band out to John Lawson Park Sunday for a 2pm performance during the Harmony Arts Festival. Seniors soaked up the cool sounds and couples danced to classics on the outdoor floor set up in front of the stage.
Canada's Vasek Pospisil had an epic battle against American Bradley Klahn in men's singles action in the center court at the Odlum Brown Open at Hollyburn Country Club.
The Soccer bubble at Windsor Secondary School was inflated May 3rd. The inflation took 45 minutes once everything was set in place.
Cory Schneider, Mason Raymond, Alex Burrows and Maxim LaPierre gave 7-year-old William Little a thrill by signing his broken arm cast. The famous Canuck hockey players connected with their fans at Hollyburn Country Club October 3rd on behalf of The Fanzoo Sports Memorbilia organization. Young William Little broke his arm in gym class at school and is unable to play with his UBC hockey team until his arm is healed. Fans were treated to a skate and mix and mingle with the players.
Ben Courtney was one of the lead performers in the newest CircusWest show '"Journey to Lost Lagoon: A Stanley Park Circus Adventure".
Elementary School track + Field Meet  zone  qualifications took place across the North Shore.
Tai Chi enthusiast Bernice Moir  in the "Big top star" position.
A Lone Paddler heads out into the waters of Indian arm on an early foggy morning in Deep Cove.
Michele Foster + Her yellow Lab Boo enjoying the backyard once again after a near disastrous encounter with a Mother Bear + Her two cubs.
Lynn valley school primary students duck-cover-and hold! during the province wide shake out BC earthquake exercise.
Bathed in Afternoon light, 86 year old James Craig enjoys the peace + tranquility of his simple  Hollyburn cabin.
Antony Holland is on stage at Presentation House Theatre in the solo performance of St. Mark's Gospel.
Student actor Lindsay Winch was performing in a theatre production of George Orwell's 1984 at The Cultch. The Handsworth grad is in her final year of post-secondary at Langara College.
Homeowner Danielle Myers loses her head as one of the many scary sights at her Edgemont home give her a fright during @ Halloween.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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