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Ministry examining sidewalk changes after cyclist's death in May

NORTH Shore organizers are signing up volunteers after the campaign to decriminalize marijuana possession in B.C. was given the go-ahead to try for a referendum on the issue. Sensible B.C. received word from Elections B.C.

"It was very frightening. The place would have been in flames in 10 minutes if we hadn't have called." Sammi Bradford-Niemi, 11, describing a fire she and a young friend spotted in a Lynn Valley townhouse (from a July 24 news story).

Union head says three new mid-sized vessels should be built in B.C

SUMMER is the silly season in the media world, but the tsunami of media hype that helped buy an election and that's now trying to lull B.C.

NORMALLY, when North Shore Rescue volunteers are called out to find a missing person, there's actually someone in need of help.

IF, after this column is published, they find my body stuffed in a barrel of maple syrup floating down the Rideau Canal, you'll know that I came too close to the truth, that I knew too much.

IT'S official, summer is finally here - the kiddies are out of school, the sun is shining and as a bonus it's actually hot outside.