Local News

All three councils meet this Monday – in terms of North Shore municipal politics it’s like the Preakness, Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes all running on the same night.

A rarely seen brown booby seabird that made headlines when it was rescued last week died Saturday night.

B.C. Liberal Party members went right to the brink of endorsing a fresh new face in the leadership spot Saturday, then switched gears and picked a party veteran.

A North Vancouver insurance adjuster is looking forward to travel, a comfortable retirement and the chance to buy the muscle car he’s always dreamed of after winning $2 million in the BC49 lottery.

Shipyards and unions are eyeing ways to win valuable contracts, as B.C. Ferries looks toward major investment in its fleet in coming years. B.C.

Work is underway, way under. (Or it will be soon). Metro Vancouver has begun pre-construction on a $430-million, five-metre wide tunnel under the Second Narrows to supply drinking water to much of the Lower Mainland.

Taxes in the District of North Vancouver are going up by an average of three per cent, but exactly how the hike will be applied to various property classes has yet to be determined.

A wayward walker needed rescuing Friday morning after straying from the BCMC trail and toward hypothermia. The hiker called for help shortly before 9 a.m., reporting he was lost in the snow and “very cold.

North Vancouver RCMP are looking for a suspect after an 89-year-old woman was assaulted in her Lynn Valley apartment Thursday.

North Shore News, February 1 and 8, 1981