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A lawyer for the woman accused of keeping a modern-day slave in her West Vancouver mansion said his client, Mumtaz Ladha, asked him to help get the woman a work permit that would allow her to stay in Canada.

Dear Editor: In his letter to the North Shore News dated Oct.

"Any person charged with an offence has the right. .. to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal.

For the last three years, Collingwood School has participated in the Capilano Watershed Project, an integrated curriculum program based on David Sobel's theory of place-based education.

ART OF HEALTHY LIVING - CRACKING THE WEIGHT LOSS CODE Author Caroline Sutherland, of the bestselling book series The Body "Knows" Diet, will unravel the mystery of how to shed unwanted pounds Thursday, Oct. 31, 7-9 p.m.

Appeal overturns conviction for sexual assault on patient

West Vancouver just isn’t the place for a single mom trying to raise two young kids. That apparently applies to bears too.

Metro Vancouver Transit Police are looking for two people who could be key to bringing about charges in a voyeurism case at the North Vancouver SeaBus terminal. Transit police responded to the terminal on Friday, Sept.

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN THE COMMUNITY Attend a meeting of the Community Advisory Panel sponsored by Canexus, Univar, Newalta and ERCO Worldwide.

The apparent frontrunner to take the top administrative job for the provincial New Democrats is encouraging his party to take its time in picking the next leader. "I'm prepared to see a (leadership) convention as late as 2015," said Craig Keating.