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Each December, we media types like to compile lists of the top so-and-sos of the year. In our own two-part Year in Review, we offer a chronological run-down of the stories we thought were the most impactful or most unusual events we covered in 2016.

The praise may have been faint, but it was praise enough for a five-storey development due to be built on the vacant lot on 177 West Third St. in 2017.

A break in the weather has allowed North Shore Rescue to mount one more push to find two snowshoers who haven’t been seen since Christmas Day. “We do have crews in the field.

A woman was taken to hospital and a man has been ticketed following a head-on collision on Mountain Highway Friday morning.

Avalanche risk hampers search for pair missing north of Cypress

North Shore Rescue members are continuing their search for two men missing in the backcountry since Christmas Day.

1. The legion was closed in February. 2. Port of Vancouver proposed 48 grain silos in the neighbourhood. 3. A bear ripped the car apart in search of sandwiches, possibly after failing to steal a pic-a-nic basket. 4. Rent.

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.

Michelle Robarts was hooked from the beginning. The West Vancouver Police Department’s Victim Services Program manager was a volunteer, joining officers as they attended the homes of people in the worst kind of crisis.

1. Complaining. 2. A Range Rover. 3. A paddleboard. 4. American bullfrogs. 5. It was the Order of Canada, presented to Brinton for his years as a radio broadcaster and Canadian television producer. 6. It was the Blair Rifle Range trail network. 7.