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WV downsizes Ambleside waterfront options
A more modest vision for development at Ambleside's waterfront breezed through first reading at Monday's West Vancouver council meeting.
WV seeks coach house input
THE District of West Vancouver is considering coach houses as a way to create more diverse and affordable home options.
West Vancouver considers waterfront changes
WHETHER Ambleside Park will be home to a restaurant, a wine bar, a childcare centre or none of the above is up for public debate following West Vancouver council's unanimous decision Monday to move ahead with reshaping its prized strip of land.
Parking the ticket
WEST Vancouver's director of planning, Bob Sokol, is undoubtedly correct when he says there is no silver bullet out there that will magically transform Ambleside with one shot into a pedestrian-friendly, local-business-supporting destination.
Council embraces ideas for revitalizing Ambleside
IN front of a crowded council chamber Monday, District of West Vancouver council committed to breathing life back into what they say is a suffering and dying Ambleside.
Large homes vex West Vancouver council
THE prospect of adding an outdoor staircase to a West Vancouver mansion ignited a debate about monster houses in the municipality at a council meeting Monday.
West Vancouver looks to 'activate' Ambleside vision
AFTER nearly a decade of fits and starts, a vision of West Vancouver's central waterfront neighbourhood may be crystallized over the next few weeks following council's decision to move ahead with the Ambleside activation group last week.
W. Van targets home on public land
THE District of West Vancouver has gone to court to force a waterfront property owner whose house sits partially on municipal land to either pay up or tear the house down.
Plans unveiled for WV's gateway
WEST Vancouver's aging police station could soon be replaced by an eight-storey residential complex if a plan tabled by the site's prospective owners is taken up by the municipality.
Dundarave residents cool on lot development
STOPPING the spread of monster houses and keeping a neighbourhood patch of greenery was an issue for some Dundarave residents at a public hearing in West Vancouver on Monday night.
WV defends controversial camera cars
THE District of West Vancouver says residents don't need to fear being caught up in a Big Brother-like surveillance system because of its new automated licence plate recognition technology.
Player raises racket over lease denial
A North Vancouver squash player wants the District of West Vancouver to hurry up and give his club a long-awaited lease on land the group has occupied for 44 years.
WV faces rush of cell tower proposals
A new crop of cell towers may change the face and the views of West Vancouver, depending on the policy council adopts later this year.
School project raises ire
AN irate group of British Properties homeowners besieged West Vancouver council on Monday to demand a halt to a two-year school construction project on Morven Drive.
West Vancouver seeks feedback on Ambleside land sale
THE District of West Vancouver moved one step closer to changing the face of Ambleside Monday night.
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West Vancouver expropriates two Ambleside lots
THE District of West Vancouver voted to take possession of two properties on Argyle Avenue last week in a bid to secure the waterfront for public use.
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West Vancouver home to tap geothermal heat under inlet
DESPITE a few concerns from district council, a West Vancouver home on Seaside Place won the right to install an underwater geothermal heating system Monday night.
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Lawyer questions West Vancouver public hearing process
WEST Vancouver councillors may have breached the rules for public hearings, putting the rezoning of Hollyburn Mews on shaky legal ground, according to a lawyer experienced with municipal procedure.
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Marine Drive to narrow in West Vancouver
WEST Vancouver's Marine Drive will be reduced to one lane westbound at 22nd Street for about 20 months while the Pacific Arbour seniors' residence is built.
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