In the Community

People have been compelled to stay away from one another due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, yet everywhere you look they’re finding ways to stay close – figuratively speaking.

By now everyone’s accustomed to people across the North Shore making noise and getting loud in support of front-line health-care workers at 7 p.m. each night, and lately, the show of solidarity has got a bit brighter as well.

There may be a great distance between them, but one North Vancouver resident is doing what she can to stay close with her family across the border during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Normally people don’t ask their neighbours to turn the racket up, but of course, these are anything but normal times.

West Vancouver’s 2020 Bridge Festival, scheduled for June 5 and 6, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis.

The North Shore News feted standout businesses at its 24th Readers Choice Awards party, held earlier this month at the Wallace at the Shipyards. More than 5,000 ballots were cast for local businesses and services in 186 categories.

This article has been amended to note Adrian Juric has closed his office due to the pandemic. You can’t run from your problems but, sometimes, it helps to walk.

Bowen Island Municipality (BIM) and Tourism Bowen Island are asking all visitors to postpone their trips to Bowen Island in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

North Van Arts officially launched its cultural mapping initiative on Thursday, March 12 at the Polygon Gallery.

West Vancouver’s Benjamin Lumb Art House in collaboration with the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation hosted the opening night of the group art show, Wild Life, on the night of Thursday, March 12 at the gallery located in the Grosvenor Ambleside building