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ELECTORAL politics are all about getting people's attention, if only for a fleeting moment. Just like the marketing for laundry soap or athletic shoes, a quick, almost subliminal message is far more efficient than any description of policy plans.

The following is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.

IT may not feel like it now, but summer is right around the corner for sun-starved residents of the North Shore, say meteorologists.

POLICE are attempting to identify a woman whose body was found floating in North Vancouver's Lynn Canyon Wednesday evening. A hiker made the grim discovery at about 9 p.m. near the park's suspension bridge.

A North Vancouver man who was wanted on two outstanding warrants is behind bars thanks to an RCMP officers unusual memory for mountain bikes.

Trucking fish reduces dam death factor

Trail workers find body near Cypress Bowl Road; police say death suspicious

POLICE are looking for a man they say passed a counterfeit note at a store in North Vancouver. The investigation dates back to last year, when the suspect paid for a purchase at a Marine Drive store near Capilano Road with a fake bill.

SOME weeks ago, a friend of mine called me late at night to inform me there was a murderer in her shower. Alarmed, I said something to the effect that that was unfortunate and disappointing, and asked how she knew.

TWO North Vancouver men tried to tackle a burglar in a Lower Lonsdale parkade July 5, but the thief brandished a weapon and managed to get away