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Capilano University staff picket major recruitment event

The ongoing labour dispute between Capilano University and its non-faculty staff has escalated into the union withdrawing a section of its IT staff and picketing during a major event on campus.

Driver survives after car flips, rolls down Cypress road

West Vancouver police say a North Vancouver man escaped with a close call after his vehicle went off Cypress Bowl Road and rolled down a steep embankment. First responders raced to the scene near Chippendale Road just after 9 a.m.
UPDATE: West Vancouver man dies hiking Grouse Grind

UPDATE: West Vancouver man dies hiking Grouse Grind

The BC Coroners Service has identified the man who died on the Grouse Grind Wednesday as Sean Hanley. The 55-year-old West Vancouver man was at the three-quarter point of the Grind when he collapsed and suffered a heart attack.

LETTER: Ambleside canopy caper a tempest in a teacup

Dear Editor: Re: Shell Station to Clip Canopy Over Views, Sunday, May 31 news story A storm in a teacup — what difference does it make what height the canopy is when the owners of the townhouses are going to have a “ginormous” building across the str

City of North Vancouver tweaks its daycare rules

The City of North Vancouver has balked on loosening up the process for child-care providers setting up shop in residential neighbourhoods.

Woman claims murdered West Vancouver millionaire was father of her child

Murder victim acknowledged daughter as his child, claim states

Two silver alerts in one day for North Shore Rescue

Two seniors with dementia are safe at home thanks to two seperate North Shore Rescue missions in a single day this past weekend. The first “silver alert” came at 9 a.m.

Fire crews pull injured cliffjumper from Lynn Creek

A cliff jumping accident in Lynn Canyon Park Monday evening sent a 20-year-old woman to hospital with spinal injuries and has local first responders once again highlighting the dangers of this perennial summer pastime.

Speed likely a factor in fatal crash on Sea-to-Sky

Speeding is being investigated as a probable cause of a fatal motorcycle accident over the weekend that left a 22-year-old Surrey man dead. Emergency crews were called to the accident on Highway 99, just north of Horseshoe Bay, shortly before 4:30 p.
Brush fire threatens North Vancouver's Grouse Mountain

Brush fire threatens North Vancouver's Grouse Mountain

It was a close call for the forests on Grouse Mountain Friday night after an intense brush fire threatened to spread out of control.