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1. Why did West Vancouver police issue a $167 ticket to a man just for taking a really quick photo that incorporated sun, sea and sky? 2.

1. Why did West Vancouver police issue a $167 ticket to a man just for taking a really quick photo that incorporated sun, sea and sky?

2. Businesswoman Virginia Tan made $30 million in four years using techniques borrowed from what early 20th century Italian moneymaker?

3. During a cold snap, West Vancouver asked residents to stop asking for what street service?

4. In preparation for an expansion, Kinder Morgan raised what substance to the top of their floating construction fence in the Burrard Inlet?

5. The federal Liberal party returned donations from a business association known for being friendly to what substance?

6. A road raging loogie-spitter ended up in court for assaulting a driver who worked for what equine-related organization?

7. Police arrested two people in the British Properties. They are accused of stealing something you get for free whether you want it or not. What are they accused of stealing?

8. The province rejected Kevin Thomson’s bid to establish a climbing business that would have operated on what North Shore landmark?

9. How many North Vancouver peewee hockey players were barred from a spring hockey game in Burnaby following some unsportsmanlike conduct?

10. What unusual measure did West Vancouver Coun. Mary-Ann Booth suggest the district employ to catch dog owners who let their pets poop and run?

11. Despite not even applying for a building permit, this cell company put up colourful developments on the snow in the North Shore mountains made of what material?

12. What ingenious method did an Edgemont Village resident use to catch workers who illegally dumped drywall and paint cans from a work truck?

13. City of North Vancouver Coun. Rod Clark declined to support the East Third Street Green on Queensbury development because he said it resembled what Soviet Union corrective institution?

14. A February SpaceX shuttle launch included what earthly animals from West Vancouver?

15. A social media storm erupted after Gibsons grandmother Linda Higgins ran into what well known British Columbian at the Persia Foods market on 15th Street?

16. According to a government bill commemorating confederation, the North Shore mountains are worth exactly how much?

17. They’re not medical students, but 15 talkative SFU students helped resuscitate something that was dying in 2017. What did they help revive?

18. Early in 2017, District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton accused the province of over-valuing an asset that Walton claimed he had insider’s knowledge of. What was the asset?

19. City of North Vancouver firefighters offered a free condiment at Capilano Mall in January, but no one was willing to put it on their food. What was it?

20. Many art lovers celebrated in March when Lonsdale Avenue’s cast-iron Walking Figures finally did what?

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Bonus question: Archaeologists believe there was once a field under this river. What’s the name of the artificial turf field? - photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News

 

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1. He was taking a selfie while standing in the sunroof of a speeding car on the Sea to Sky highway. 2. Charles Ponzi 3. Snow plowing 4. Razor wire 5. Cannabis. It was the Cannabis Friendly Business Association 6. The RCMP 7. Mail 8. The Lions Gate Bridge 9. No players, but their parents were barred. 10. DNA analysis 11. Algae 12. They called the number on the truck. 13. The gulag 14. Earthworms. It was part of a class science project. 15. Premier Christy Clark 16. $10 – the mountains were featured on the new bills 17. The Squamish language 18. His house 19. Salt  20. Got removed Bonus Question: William Griffin field