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The District of West Vancouver squared off with CN Rail in a downtown hearing room Wednesday over who has the right to control access to West Vancouver’s popular waterfront Seawalk and how much the municipality should pay for that.

The winds of change may soon be blowing into Maplewood. District of North Vancouver council is nearing its vote on a plan that will see the 80 hectares of area east of the Seymour River redeveloped over the next 20 years.

A Delbrook woman is giving the North Vancouver Recreation and Culture Commission a slap on the wrists for using thousands of disposable plastic wristbands at local rec centres.

A Vancouver company is proposing to build an industrial composting facility on Mount Seymour. Anaconda Systems Ltd. has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations & Rural Development to clear 2.

The North Vancouver RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 21-year-old woman. Shyra Starblanket was reported missing Oct. 20 and it’s believed she was last seen on the North Shore Oct. 17.

About one-quarter of the students who attend classes in West Vancouver public schools don’t live in the municipality.

The District of West Vancouver is seeking a court order to force the demolition of a house it alleges was built without proper zoning, permits or inspections. Council voted unanimously in June to put notice on title for the home at 733 20th St.

Editor's note: This story has been updated since it was first posted to correct an error in the reason why the District of West Vancouver denied a permit to cut the trees..

A broken trailer hitch was the likely culprit that saw a dump truck lose its bottom half Tuesday morning and hurtle into a couple of parked cars. The incident occurred at approximately 11:20 a.m.

It was like a scene out of Law and Order. Some 15 bodies lay near the Production Way SkyTrain station on Monday morning. Seven people in hazmat suits arrived at the scene, checking each individual for a pulse.