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WEDNESDAY The Ambleside Orchestra rehearses Wednesdays, 3: 30-5: 30 p.m. at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver under the direction of Nicolas Krusek. There are opportunities for string players.

Officers surround Deep Cove home after apparent prank

THE long-empty pipe shop building at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue could soon get a new lease on life if the City of North Vancouver follows through on a tentative plan to house a new museum there.

Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh sign declaration

Summer Storytimes: North Vancouver District Public Library is offering summer storytimes at each of its three branches for babies to eightyear-olds. For schedule see www.nvdpl.ca.

Watershed Tours: See where your water comes from with guided bus and walking tours until Sept. 16 at the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve or the Capilano Watershed. Registration required: 604432-6430 or toursreg@ metrovancouver.org. Schedule: www.

AFTER learning the basics of proper fishing technique, five-year-old Kaylie Fung casts her rod with her dad Nelson lending a hand during the Learn to Fish Program at Rice Lake on Sunday. The Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C.

This month, we introduced the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act (Bill C-43). Convicted foreign criminals and fraudsters should not be able to rely on endless appeals as a loophole in order to delay their deportation from Canada.

North Shore is 'ground zero' for concrete-cracking knotweed

GO fighters go! Thats the rallying cry a North Vancouver father has taught his two sons, 2 and 5, to encourage the good cells to vanquish the bad cells that have attacked their mom.