1. Beer sales at the Lynn Valley Legion fell substantially in March and then were very steady through the rest of the year: why?
2. Going gluten free? Why did many Brooksbank residents exhibit an aversion to grain in January?
3. How did a sandwich-bearing Lexus that wasn’t involved in a collision wind up getting destroyed while parked in the British Properties? (Hint: the perpetrator may have failed in previous attempts to obtain a receptacle used in al fresco meals.)
4. How do you measure a year? After accepting huge sums of money from hopeful clients, Adam Keller failed to produce substantial returns, likely because he invested their money in what? (Hint: many shrewd and not-so-shrewd financial operators invest in this at least once a month.)
5. Afraid to tow the line?
What piece of cyclist-friendly equipment did City of North Vancouver council decide not to put on Keith Road last May?
6. From the back to the middle. This went up more than three per cent in September. Your barista may think it’s too low, but the Fraser Institute probably thinks it’s too high. What is it?
7. The West Vancouver Police Department declined to discipline Chief Len Goerke even after Goerke claimed in an email that he was a retiree with a dream of opening a combination curling rink/doughnut shop. Why did Goerke make such an outlandish claim?
8. The B.C. Liberals supplement Premier Christy Clark’s salary with $50,000. What is the money for? (Hint: Your parents likely gave you a smaller sum for doing chores.)
9. Were they just talking without a filter? The City of North Vancouver’s mayor and council think your butts are worth five cents apiece. Why?
10. O no you didn’t! Canada’s Liberal Party was criticized for changing the lyrics to what popular 28-bar tune?
11. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. The B.C. Liberals looked to crack down what real estate practice that uses multiple buyers to drive up housing prices?
12.. Despite no allegations that he ran afowl of the law, authorities seized Fabulous Bob simply for strutting through Dundarave. Why?
13. Why were some onlookers pleased to welcome some refugees, but nonplussed when the federal government offered amnesty to citizens whose only crime was seeking a kind of safe haven in the Isle of Man?
14. When he’s not in action he’s a distraction! How did one guy in a cherry picker cost North Vancouver drivers more than $21,000 in a single afternoon in March?
15. Get the drift? Why was an RCMP patrol vessel cruising Burrard Inlet last April despite having no one on board?
16. Rock ‘n’ roll. Workers who tried to move the rocks in the Seymour River were applauded, but a judge sentenced Tineke Kraal to community services for moving rocks on Mount Fromme. Why?
17. The official beverage of bad decisions. Many complained Coors was out of bounds when their TV commercial promoted what dangerous mountain activity?
18. The North Shore’s municipalities continue to demand $233 million from the province, even though many observers think they’d just flush the money down the toilet. What do they want the money for?
19. Why were several Kings and Queens ejected from Park Royal last spring?
20. The City of North Vancouver and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation are interested in one, but West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith said it would take a brave man to even pitch one. Robert De Niro ran one, Brad Pitt robbed one, and some MIT students beat one. What is it?
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