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Transportation working group vets 270 ideas aimed at easing travel

More than 20 years after last serving as West Vancouver’s mayor, Mark Sager wants his old job back.

With wet rainy weather in the forecast for the remainder of the week, the province has lifted the ban on campfires. Campfires are once again allowed throughout the Coastal Fire Centre’s jurisdiction.

Two-term West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith is retiring from municipal politics. “I just think seven years is enough,” he said. “There comes a time when it’s time to go, so I guess it’s my time to go.

The pastor of a church that helped sponsor a Syrian refugee family said it was “absolutely devastating” to find out one of the family members has been charged with murder in the death 13-year-old Marrisa Shen.

The pastor of a church that helped sponsor a Syrian refugee family said it was “absolutely devastating” to find out one of the family members has been charged with murder in the death 13-year-old Marrisa Shen.

A retired West Vancouver police officer is running for mayor in the City of Vancouver.

"You get what you pay for" says West Van mayor

Parksville is dealing with the “devastating loss of cedar trees in our parks” and is pinning the blame on summer droughts. Dry weather does not agree with western red cedars, B.C.’s official tree. They fare best in cool, wet environments.

A group of divers converged at the Cable Pools on the Capilano River on Saturday and pulled out old fishing gear, Kevlar fishing line, fish hooks and other debris, totalling 85 kilograms in weight.