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- 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.

- This is the End. Written and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Starring James Franco, Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel.

GALLERIES Artemis Gallery: 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Info: 778-233-9805 or artemisgallery.ca.

London Drugs looter draws 45 days to be served on weekends

EMPIRE ESPLANADE 6 200 West Esplanade, North Vancouver 604-983-2762 The Internship (PG) - Fri, Mon-Thur 7: 10, 9: 55; Sat-Sun 12: 55, 3: 55, 7: 10, 9: 55 p.m. Star Trek Into Darkness 3D - Fri, Mon-Thur 6: 40; Sat-Sun 12: 15, 6: 40 p.m.