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Richard Ostler still enjoys playing basketball in a pickup league once a week with friends. "I enjoy playing with a team. I enjoy keeping fit on a weekly basis," he explains. He admits that he is quite tall so has an advantage over most players.

The Black Stallion, Seabiscuit, Secretariat, and National Velvet are all popular equine figures from pop culture and some from real life.

A North Vancouver dog owner is heartbroken and RCMP are recommending charges after the woman's former boyfriend allegedly dognapped her two French bulldog/pug crosses and spirited them out of the country to Mexico.

Framework aimed at fostering more bureaucratic co-operation

The Public Library by Robert Dawson, Princeton Architectural Press, 192 pages, $41.

Ebby Mohseni, host and producer of the Vancouver Persian Radio Show (93.1 FM) will dedicate his Saturday night show (from 9-11 p.m. May 31) to the late architect, Houshang Seyhoun, who passed away at Lions Gate Hospital Monday at the age of 93.

A North Vancouver contractor charged with defrauding homeowners by taking their deposits and not completing the work went on trial in B.C. Supreme Court this week. Don Nelsen has pleaded not guilty to three charges of fraud under $5,000.

Teachers fight lockout at LRB, parents brace for more strikes

City to shoulder half of $10M cost of museum at Pipe Shop

Representatives of the Save Your Skin Foundation hosted their annual melanoma fundraiser May 10 at the Lynn Valley Legion.