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For all the hue and cry over the impending death of B.C.'s film industry this time last year, 2013 turned out to be one of the busiest for film shoots in recent record on the North Shore.

A 56-year-old Burnaby man is dead after he was pinned under heavy equipment at a West Vancouver construction site. Emergency responders were called to the new housing development on Cypress Bowl Road just before 3 p.m. Thursday.

Anyone who hoped to visit West Vancouver’s Stearman Beach this week might have been out of luck as a simulated oil spill hit the shores Wednesday. The Western Canada Marine Response Corp.

Most vehicles start out with a "new car smell," but there are other specific odours that motorists should never ignore.

An RCMP officer driving an SUV collided with a median, lost a wheel and wound up wedged in a ditch - later attempting to flee the scene, according to a witness who testified Monday. Sgt.

Representatives of the Seymour Art Gallery hosted an opening reception for their latest show, Blur: Lucida Lab Collaborative, March 9.

Start from the inside outA good place to start is the interior of the car. Pull up all the floor mats and give the floors and seats a good vacuuming to remove grit and salt. Check for dampness on the carpets and give them time to dry out thoroughly.

Gone are the days when a pool of green liquid under your car was a clear signal it was leaking antifreeze. These days, antifreeze comes in a variety of colours so that pool could be green, red, orange or purple.

Haft-Seen table set with symbolic items, flowers

Wednesdays Chess Club All levels are welcome to play chess Mondays and Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m. at Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. 604-983-6350 myparkgate.