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Dogwood Initiative commissioned a new poll that shows New Democrats in the lead for new Burnaby riding

West Vancouver police are looking for a suspect who decided the best thing to do after getting into a car accident was run off into the bushes. Investigators were called to the Highway 1 onramp at Taylor Way just after 8:30 p.m.

For the second time in two months, the West Vancouver SPCA is sheltering a chicken in need of a home — this one deliberately abandoned.

West Vancouver MP John Weston broke party ranks in the House of Commons last week, being the only Conservative to vote in favour of an NDP private member’s bill on derelict vessels. “Obviously it’s a rare occurrence . . .

It was probably the first dispute between neighbours after the invention of the hedge — and it remains perennial suburban annoyance.

District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services members were tasked with trail rescues nine times over the course of the weekend — almost all of them at Deep Cove’s Quarry Rock and Baden Powell trails.

A former contractor who worked on the Sea-to-Sky Highway project says he’s concerned there are significant problems with more retaining walls built along the highway — including one near Eagleridge Bluffs in West Vancouver.

While this year’s smaller-than-normal snowpack is not expected to impact the North Shore’s water supply this summer, Metro Vancouver has put some water reserves in its back pocket in case of a drought.

Congregation split on Telus proposal in British properties

Torch Lighting Ceremony The 2015 BC 55+ Games begin in 100 days in North Vancouver and to celebrate the arrival of the flame in the community there will be a torch lighting ceremony Thursday, May 21, 10 a.m.