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Why we hike

I started hiking with the hikers (from the West Vancouver Seniors Activity Centre) about six years ago.

Police offer gun amnesty

POLICE forces across the province are aiming to get guns off the streets by offering a gun amnesty this month. Anyone can turn in firearms, whether legal or illegal.

Firefighters douse blaze in train tunnel

FIREFIGHTERS had to head into a train tunnel to put out the flames of a burning homeless camp Wednesday afternoon. Multiple 9-1-1 calls came in around 3: 30 p.m.

Showtimes

EMPIRE ESPLANADE 6 200 West Esplanade, North Vancouver 604-983-2762 Star Trek Into Darkness 3D - Fri, Mon-Thur 6: 30; Sat-Sun 12, 6: 30 p.m. Star Trek Into Darkness - Fri, Mon-Thur 9: 45; Sat-Sun 3: 15, 9: 45 p.m.

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2 years jail for NV bank fraudster

A prolific fraud artist from North Vancouver has been handed a federal sentence of two years in jail after he was caught opening more than a dozen bank accounts in other people's names, depositing fake cheques, then withdrawing thousands of dollars o

Hang on, that's not how I remember it

YOU know you've had a hard day when a woman literally dressed as a Tootsie Roll starts feeling sorry for you. We'll get back to that.

North Vancouver realtor not guilty in kidnapping

Judge says no evidence ties Nazfar Mirhadi to extortion plot

Would-be purse-snatcher foiled by victim

IT was a purse-snatching gone awry Thursday, May 30 when a would-be thief forcibly grabbed a purse from a ¬¬¬woman at a bus stop near Lonsdale Avenue and 15th Street, only to be stopped by witnesses and the victim herself.

Rubber baby buggy bumpers save child on crosswalk

A North Vancouver toddler was left frightened but uninjured after his stroller was hit by a vehicle Wednesday morning. The boy and his mother were crossing at a pedestrian crosswalk on West Third Street, just south of Capilano Mall around 10: 20 a.m.