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West Van council rejects 390-unit project at Keith and Taylor

West Van council rejects 390-unit project at Keith and Taylor

West Vancouver may need more rental and different housing types, but not enough to support a huge development on Sentinel Hill.
West Vancouver OKs seniors residence expansion

West Vancouver OKs seniors residence expansion

West Vancouver council has given the go ahead for an expansion of a once controversial private seniors’ residence and assisted living facility in the Sentinel Hill neighbourhood.
Woodfibre official leaving the company

Woodfibre official leaving the company

Byng Giraud says he will be moving on to other opportunities
29th St. residents plead to preserve parking

29th St. residents plead to preserve parking

Mayor Little: Parking spots on arterial roads not the future
B.C. attorney general sues West Vancouver

B.C. attorney general sues West Vancouver

The attorney general of B.C. is taking the District of West Vancouver to court, alleging the municipality has broken an agreement it made with two residents who donated their property on the promise it would be turned into a park.
Scientists going deep again to explore undersea mysteries

Scientists going deep again to explore undersea mysteries

Cherisse Du Preez and her fellow scientists had never seen anything like it. The underwater volcano about 250 kilometres off Vancouver Island was the biggest ever found in Canadian waters. Rising 2.
Good Samaritans revive lifeless Lynn Canyon swimmer

Good Samaritans revive lifeless Lynn Canyon swimmer

A young man’s life was saved Monday afternoon when vacationing heroes pulled an unconscious swimmer out of the water at Lynn Canyon and performed CPR.
Car bursts into flames in North Van parkade

Car bursts into flames in North Van parkade

Firefighters are trying to determine the cause of a bizarre blaze that engulfed a parked car in an underground parkade in Upper Lonsdale Monday morning. A 1986 Land Rover that had been parked for a week burst into flames shortly after 10 a.m.
Investigators looking for North Van man following bank robberies

Investigators looking for North Van man following bank robberies

Police on Vancouver Island are hunting for a North Vancouver man wanted in a daytime bank robbery in Saanich last week. On July 9, a suspect went to the TD bank on Beacon Avenue around 2:40 p.m. and handed the teller a note demanding money.
Driver hits pedestrian in Lonsdale Avenue crosswalk

Driver hits pedestrian in Lonsdale Avenue crosswalk

North Vancouver RCMP say a charge is pending after a driver struck a pedestrian in a Lower Lonsdale crosswalk.