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In our Friday, Dec. 6 issue we incorrectly identified the special guests at the Dec. 11 Celestial Sounds concert at Highlands United Church as the Canadian Brass. The actual guests are the Capilano Brass.

Like a convict on parole or a limbo contest entrant, the key to a good centrepiece is in keeping a low profile.

A North Vancouver boy has helped to raise thousands of dollars for cancer and a local children's hospice. Logan Mortensen, 8, decided to raise money for cancer after his grandfather was diagnosed.

FAMILY DROP-IN Children ages three and four accompanied by a parent/guardian are invited for a morning filled with craft projects, play time with equipment, storytime and sing alongs Tuesdays and Thursdays, until mid December, 9:15-11:30 a.m.

There's been a changing of the guard at Squamish Nation band council. Band members voted for their new 16-member council on Sunday, putting five new faces at the council table while voting out several long-term members.

Sensible B.C.'s campaign to decriminalize cannabis has failed to get enough petition signatures to advance the initiative to the next level.

When an emergency strikes the North Shore, who ya gonna call? More than 50,000 people in North and West Vancouver found the answer to that question is. ..

Movie Matinee Arthur Christmas will be screened Saturday, Dec. 14, 2-4 p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver.

The B.C. Coroner’s Service and health authority inspectors are investigating how an elderly woman with dementia managed to walk out of her seniors care home in Lynn Valley and end up dead of hypothermia.

The cold snap B.C. is currently experiencing thanks to a blast of Arctic air is expected to push temperatures to near record lows this weekend. "We are forecasting for Vancouver lows in the -9 to -10 C range on the weekend.