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Teachers hopeful today's talks will be turning point in months-long dispute

West Vancouver council was overly eager and at least a little confused in unanimously calling for a ban on liquefied natural gas tankers July 21, according to Mayor Michael Smith.

You can visit any one of West Vancouver's beautiful beaches this sunny weekend, but don't go in the water as E.coli counts remain at unsafe levels for human contact.

Tsleil-Waututh Nation members and Windsor Park residents are being asked to keep an eye out and exercise caution after several recent cougar sightings. Band management first posted signs warning of the cougar last week.

Where there's smoke, there's a lost hiker who should've called North Shore Rescue earlier. It was a busy weekend for NSR as teams scrambled a helicopter Saturday to give a lift to a hiker who'd made an unfortunate equipment choice.

Dear Editor: Re. Market Controls Workers' Wages in Our Economic System, June 22 I would respectfully disagree with letter-writer Mr. Alan S. Wilson.

Canada is currently playing host to the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup of soccer and will hold the FIFA Women's World Cup next year. The nation has seen its fair share of sporting events but is the only G8 country that has not hosted a men's world cup.

Galleries Ambleside: Between Bellevue Avenue and Marine Drive, West Vancouver. Art Walk Through: In conjunction with the Harmony Arts Festival 33 artists' works will be displayed in 29 businesses until Aug. 10.

Results of homeless count show rising number of unsheltered young and old

Lucky Ducklings: A True Rescue Story by Eva Moore. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter (New York, Orchard Books) $18.99 Anyone who encountered Make Way for Ducklings as a child will love this true story set in Montauk, N.Y.