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Temporary worker sent back to Philippines gets kidney transplant after NV fundraising

WHEN a West Vancouver police officer knocks on a front door to deliver news that will shatter a person's life, it's the volunteers in the Victim Services unit that are there to immediately start picking up the pieces.

North Shore Cric Crac Storytelling Evenings presented by the Vancouver Society of Storytelling take place the first Sunday of every month, 7-9 p.m. at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver.

Going on a trip? Take the North Shore News with you and we'll try to publish your high-resolution photo in our News Around the World feature (there is no guarantee photos will be published).

- 50 Best Plants on the Planet, by Cathy Thomas, Chronicle Books, 352 pages, $34.95 THERE is no doubt that fruits and vegetables should be an important part of everyone's diet but not all of them are created equal.

IT wasn't a bait car, but a West Vancouver sedan is missing some trim and covered in bear paw scratches after a curious bruin tried get in sometime Wednesday night, The incident happened on the 500-block of Craigmohr Road.

SOMEBODY broke into my car while I was walking my dog at Lynn Headwaters the other day, smashing the passenger seat window and grabbing my purse and a freshly purchased bottle of Diet Coke. I blame Rob Ford.

THE three Rogers cell towers proposed for the Upper Levels Highway in West Vancouver are all 117 feet (36 metres).

IF North Vancouver students are to be kept out of the winter rains during their outside play time, it's not going to be the school board or the province paying for it.

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