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Christmas at the Beach House celebrates the season

Christmas at the Beach House celebrates the season

The eighth annual Christmas at the Beach House fundraiser for Family Services of the North Shore’s Christmas Bureau took place at the newly renovated Dundarave restaurant on the night of Thursday, Nov. 21 with over 130 guests in attendance.
There is going to be a NYE SkyTrain Party in Vancouver this year

There is going to be a NYE SkyTrain Party in Vancouver this year

If you're looking for a way to ring in the new year with some sober fun, VYVE's New Year's Eve SkyTrain Party is just what the doctor ordered.
LGH Foundation fetes local changemakers

LGH Foundation fetes local changemakers

Lions Gate Hospital Foundation hosted its first national philanthropy day community presentation on Nov. 15. This was a special day set aside to celebrate the extraordinary change that fundraising and philanthropy have helped to create globally.
Vancouver Coastal Health launches awareness campaign to minimize emergency room 'winter surge'

Vancouver Coastal Health launches awareness campaign to minimize emergency room 'winter surge'

Vancouver Coastal Health is reminding people to seek out the appropriate place for care in order to avoid the “winter surge” of overcrowded emergency rooms.
North Van show displays work of Northwest Coast artistDanny Dennis

North Van show displays work of Northwest Coast artistDanny Dennis

Hollyburn Eye Clinic hosts opening reception Thursday, Dec. 12
It's a gingerbread world in the Sweet Stand's Grouse Mountain Gingerbread Village submission

It's a gingerbread world in the Sweet Stand's Grouse Mountain Gingerbread Village submission

By the looks of her suitcase, Holly Elf sure likes to travel. Holly’s frosted journeys are the subject of the Sweet Stand’s 2019 entry for the Grouse Mountain Gingerbread Village Challenge, a fundraiser for B.C. Children’s Hospital.
YOUNG ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Emilie Lee, Ecole Pauline Johnson

YOUNG ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Emilie Lee, Ecole Pauline Johnson

Selected from North Shore schools by Artists for Kids for displaying exceptional ability in classroom artwork
TIME TRAVELLER: the Lonsdale subway

TIME TRAVELLER: the Lonsdale subway

Did you know that North Vancouver has had a subway since 1929? Originally known as the Lonsdale Avenue Subway (or the Esplanade Subway) the subway is actually a 1,585-foot railway tunnel, built in the late 1920s to link two railways.
Squamish Nation elder blesses Dundarave Festival of Lights nativity scene

Squamish Nation elder blesses Dundarave Festival of Lights nativity scene

A small crowd gathered at Dundarave Park Saturday to witness a Squamish Nation elder bless a local nativity scene. The event was part of the annual Dundarave Festival of Lights, which since 2008 has raised money to support Lookout Society.
Switch to permanent Daylight Savings Time reckless: sleep scientists

Switch to permanent Daylight Savings Time reckless: sleep scientists

"It’s not about personal preference. We’re talking about how light affects our physiology," says SFU sleep scientist