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AN RCMP emergency response team was called out to a North Vancouver neighbourhood Tuesday evening after a distraught man holed himself up in his house and refused to speak to police.

A North Vancouver man who was arrested and left in a cell for more than four hours after an encounter with police in Lions Gate Hospital has been awarded $15,000 in damages.

CRIME rates on the Capilano reserve are "headed in the right direction," according to Chief Constable Peter Lepine of the West Vancouver police.

A 70-year-old woman from North Vancouver has been charged with disrupting the activities of an international flight crew after she allegedly grabbed a flight attendant part way into the journey.

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.

DNV to create home pool database

FAMILIES looking to cool off with a dip at Cates or Panorama parks this summer will have to look out for themselves after lifeguard positions at the two parks were scuttled in budget cutbacks.

Dan Veniez to drop defamation suit against John Weston

Saving Lives One Penny at a Time: The Lions Gate Gogos, which supports the Stephen Lewis Foundation, have collected $7127.

POLICE investigating the discovery of a body in a bushy area of Bowen Island say the remains are likely not those of missing Squamish teen Jodi Henrickson. "We don't feel it's connected to that case," said Sgt.