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For the first time this century, the NDP splashed some orange on the North Shore in the provincial election as a North Vancouver swing riding helped propel the party to Green-supported power.

Only about 3.3 per cent of the North Shore’s residential properties are owned by people outside the country, according to numbers released by Statistics Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation this week.

NV woman says refusing A/C request discriminated

It’s time to get people with disabilities off the sidelines and into the workforce.

Salaries are heading north for West Vancouver mayor and council. Council unanimously voted to give themselves a 15 per cent raise effective Dec. 1 at their Dec. 4 meeting.

Youth groups hoping to boost final tree sales

Bing Crosby won’t have to dream about it. On most of the North Shore, he can have his white Christmas. A winter storm arrived as predicted Tuesday morning but it brought with it far more snow than Environment Canada was initially forecasting.

Animal lovers are urging residents on the North Shore to stop using rat poison after a number of owls have been inadvertently killed in recent weeks.

Police and municipal works crews were still busy mopping up Tuesday evening after an unexpected dump of snow hit the North Shore in the morning. Snow had initially been predicted to start later at high elevations, but by 9 a.m.

Foreign home ownership in Metro Vancouver has been a hot topic for years, with many owners, politicians and realtors citing buyers from outside the country as one of the main reasons prices in the region are so high.