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A man was struck in a marked North Vancouver crosswalk Wednesday evening, just as police on the North Shore launched a campaign aimed at keeping pedestrians safe during winter months.

Galleries CAROUN ART GALLERY1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver. Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m.778-372-0765 caroun.netFigure: A painting exhibition with the works of Fereshteh Shahani Nov. 17-28. Opening reception: Saturday, Nov. 21, 4-8 p.m.

City of North Vancouver first municipality in Canada to require climate change messages on gas pumps

Storm puts 23,000 homes, businesses in the dark

West Vancouver firefighters raced to a house on Cranley Drive Tuesday night to douse a fire that started in one of the home’s upper floor bedrooms. Multiple calls came in to report the fire in the Eagle Harbour area around 9:40 p.m.

New legislation ties spending limits to size of municipality

West Vancouver police are looking for a suspect in a bizarre and violent daytime robbery at a Horseshoe Bay convenience store. Police say two men entered the store just before 9 a.m.

BC Hydro crews are aiming to have the lights on by this evening for most customers following Tuesday evening’s windstorm, though thousands remain without power on the North Shore thanks to damage to the Capilano substation.

The Canada Place Sails of Light glow blue, white and red in solidarity with the people of France this past weekend.

It was a seven-year "labour of love" for husband-wife author team Mari Tasi and Wade Baker, but their new book, The Hidden Journals , is finally complete. The historical work tells the story of explorer Cpt. George Vancouver and his mapmaker, Lt.