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THE FOLLOWING is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.

Nearby residents unhappy with move to 17th Street corner

AS polls open around the North Shore on Tuesday, there's a good chance a large number of voters will be voting with their butts rather than their ballots - by choosing to stay home.

Drop In, Log In, Learn: Free one-on-one tech tutorials for adult beginners Sundays, May 12 and 26, 1: 152: 15 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St.

WE humans are disappointing. We're late for work. We smell a little. We've got issues, and then we've got excuses. Not so, the avatar, that high-tech substitute for a human being.

EVERYONE'S heard of firefighters rescuing wayward kitties out of trees. In West Vancouver, it's ducks out of chimneys.

Civic Plaza Farmers Market: Wednesdays from noon to 5 p.m. at 141 West 14th St., North Vancouver. Info: 778995-9461. Dundarave Village Farmers' Market: Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the 2400-block Marine Drive, West Vancouver.

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Italy's disappearing supercars You'd think that the home of Ferrari and Lamborghini would be filled with exotic metal, prancing stallions jostling rampant bulls for space in day-t