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Upgrades include new bridges, wider pathway

North Vancouver - Dear Editor: My hackles rose considerably after reading comments by the off-leash pooch-people (Off-leash Signs Raise Hackles, Aug. 20) "Every once in a while ...

North Van High 60th Reunion Grads, family, friends and other students are welcome to attend a reunion Thursday, Sept. 18, 11:30 a.m. at Capilano Heights Chinese Restaurant, 5020 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver.

The Aug. 29 news story Ironworkers Sidewalk Work Delayed Over Steel Beams contained inaccurate information. The story incorrectly stated the bridge's east sidewalk will reopen in October 2015.

Wednesdays Ambleside Orchestra rehearses Wednesdays 3:15-5:30 p.m. at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. Intermediate level of musicianship required. Bring a music stand. David, 604-922-1035.

There's a tall, Latin beauty hanging around the docks in North Vancouver this week. The Mexican Navy's tall ship Cuauhtémoc moored at the Burrard Dry Dock Pier Tuesday morning and is inviting guests to come aboard.

An Atlantic lobster fished out of the water off Bowen Island last weekend has gone from invasive species to death row inmate and finally, celebrated research subject.

Human bones discovered near Mount Fromme almost 10 years ago have been identified this week as belonging to missing Thunder Bay, Ont. man Dante Ponzanetti. Ponzanetti , 20, was in Vancouver visiting his grandmother when he went missing in June, 2003.

An Atlantic lobster fished out of the water off Bowen Island last weekend has gone from invasive species to death row inmate and finally, celebrated research subject.

Human bones discovered near Mount Fromme almost 10 years ago have been identified this week as belonging to missing Thunder Bay, Ont. man Dante Ponzanetti. Ponzanetti , 20, was in Vancouver visiting his grandmother when he went missing in June, 2003.