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"DEAR Stranger," began the letter. My heart skipped a beat. I found the lined page half buried in the damp sand under the monkey bars at the playground across from my North Vancouver home.

Palliative and supportive care volunteer appreciation event

SPCA seeks funding to enforce any new regulations

A dog was returned to its North Vancouver owner safe and sound Monday after being plucked from a raging Capilano River by helicopter.

THIS week I want to take a moment to thank those readers who during the last year and a half have sent in questions. Answering them is always an interesting and engaging process for me, and in many cases I've learned things.

THE provincial championships for two high school spring sports have been cancelled with more sports possibly facing the axe due to teacher job action protesting the governments tactics in their ongoing contract dispute. B.C.

"The results of our study are very encouraging. We hope that men diagnosed with prostate cancer may soon be able to undergo a day-surgery procedure to treat their condition with very few side effects.

Dan Birch, former SFU dean, happy to un-retire

THE B.C. Coroner's Service is investigating after a toddler drowned in a backyard pool in Deep Cove Monday evening.

A man who is wanted in Germany for sex crimes against a child that spanned four years was found hiding in the Lower Mainland and ordered deported Tuesday.