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NORTH Vancouver RCMP is asking the public to help find a 60-year-old man who went missing from Lions Gate Hospital's psychiatric ward a week ago. Arthur Ruff was last seen by staff in the hospital ward at about 8: 30 p.m. Aug. 31. Const.

"While many large infrastructure projects . . . experience public opinion resistance, this has not been the case for Site C. The majority of people believe there is a collective responsibility to ensure energy supplies for future generations . . .

FOR many drivers, it's not until they slip from the city and let their car wind down a country road that they realize just how little help they're getting from their headlights.

Ranger program cuts canyon incidents

Capilano University will host its first powwow this week thanks to the efforts of a 21-year-old film student.

Police are on the hunt for a woman they say punched a taxi driver in the face in West Vancouver. The unidentified suspect got into the cab in Vancouver just before 2 a.m. Aug. 31 and asked to be taken to the North Shore, according to investigators.

SCHOOL sports teams will hit the ground running again this month as students and teachers return to the classroom looking forward to a school year free of the labour strife that dominated the previous year.

FIRE crews battled a one-hectare blaze in the forest above Lions Bay on Sunday with three helicopters and a crew of 18 firefighters on the ground. A 20-person wildfire crew was still working on the fire on Monday on the steep site above Highway 99.

MORE than 100 unionized employees of the Rocky Mountaineer rail tour company whove been on the picket lines for over a year may soon be back on the job.