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This week a coroner’s report into the death of a 16-year-old exchange student on Grouse Mountain recommended the province consider making helmet use mandatory on all B.C. ski hills.

It’s turning into a fundraising campaign for the history books. Working on a tight timeline, volunteers working to secure a new North Vancouver Museum and Archives at the Shipyards in Lower Lonsdale have now raised $2.

The plan to bring an urban bike lift to the City of North Vancouver moved forward at Monday’s council meeting, but it still faces an uphill road.

Conservation officers on the North Shore say they’ll be blitzing residential neighbourhoods with warnings to keep the garbage and bird feeders locked up after a record number of calls about bears were received recently.

The popularity of specialty sports academies plus programs like French Immersion and International Baccalaureate are continuing to boost school enrolment figures across the North Shore.

It’s one of the biggest of big-ticket items in the federal budget. Health-care costs are high and expected to climb higher as the system faces new demands from an aging population.

CIVIC ASSOCIATION OF IRANIAN CANADIANS will host candidates for election in the North Burnaby-Seymour riding for a debate Saturday Oct. 10, 1:30-4:30 p.m. at Cameron library, 9523 Cameron St., Burnaby.

Canadian Princess Resort hosts saltwater adventures

Should helmets be mandatory for skiers and snowboarders

Galleries ARTS IN VIEW ON LONSDALE BlueShore Financial, 1250 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Water: An exhibition showcasing artwork from local artist Anne Griffiths as well as artists from the First Nations will be on display until Dec. 31.