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Property assessments drop for second straight year across North Shore

Northland Properties Corp. new owner

West Vancouver police are looking for witnesses after an 86-year-old woman was violently mugged on Marine Drive on New Year’s Day. According to police, the victim had been shopping at Park Royal and was walking home around 5:10 p.m.

After a brief respite from heavy rain, Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver as a strong Pacific storm hits the B.C. coast.

North Shore residents now have their first chance at buying legal cannabis at a local shop. The appropriately named 1 st Cannabis opened its doors on West First Street for a soft launch around 6 p.m. Monday.

Four North Shore residents are being honoured for making extraordinary contributions to Canada.

TransLink is once again offering free transit on New Year’s Eve, from 5 p.m. on Dec. 31 until 5 a.m. on Jan. 1. But the transit authority says there will be additional service and extended hours on buses, SkyTrain and Canada Line this New Year’s Eve.

You would think knowing when to call 911 would be common sense. You would be wrong. That’s at least according to E-Comm’s annual top-10 list of nuisance calls to the 911 emergency number.

As December winds down and we look back at the last 12 months, it’s safe to say that 2019 was another big year for craft beer in B.C. with 30 new breweries opening across the province.