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Sit, Stay, Sip: A wine tasting and auction to benefit the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society Wednesday, Nov. 7, 6: 30 p.m. at the Stanley Park Pavilion, Vancouver. Tickets are $95 and available at marquis-wines.com. Net proceeds will be donated to PADS.

Bureaucratic hitch nearly costs N. Shore rescuers a key tool

Disgraced civil servant deemed risk to re-offend

? Flower by Andrew Zuckerman (Chronicle Books, 300 pages) $85 THEY appear unsupported and isolated. Stark in their contrast against the white background, these flowers radiate a strength not normally associated with such plants.

Nature and Water Photo Contest: The Nature Trust of B.C. invites amateur photographers who are residents of B.C. to enter its 2012 photo contest until Dec. 7. Photos of nature in B.C.

LED overhaul cuts campus bill by thousands

A lawyer for a North Vancouver man found guilty of first-degree murder in the axe killing of a fellow drug dealer will likely be appealing his conviction.

North Vancouvers Robert Sacré will open the 2012-13 NBA regular as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.

A tanker truck carrying diesel fuel overturned on Westhill Drive in West Vancouver Monday afternoon, forcing authorities to close the road between Chippendale Road and Camridge Road.