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Homicide investigators have released a composite sketch of a woman whose badly decomposed remains were found stashed in Lower Capilano last month.

Selling closed road allowance would boost DWV's capital fund

A man who went missing from Lions Gate Hospital two weeks ago has been found. Arthur Ruff, 60, disappeared from the North Vancouver hospital's psychiatric ward Aug. 31, prompting an alert from staff and police, who were concerned for his safety.

Firefighters happy with $1.8M rebuild

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.

PREMIER Christy Clark's "Families First" cry appears to have gone the way of her predecessor's "Heartland" and "Best Place on Earth" slogans - and maybe that's a good thing, because we now know where we stand. Responses to my Sept.

JENNIFER LOOP AND BLAKE JOHNSON Jennifer Loop and Blake Johnson were married on Aug. 4. They spent their honeymoon in Cancun. MAUREEN AND ROSS SPOONER Maureen and Ross Spooner will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 22.

Council approves keeping of 8 hens for personal use in single-family zones

IN a cruelly ironic turn of events last week, one of the police officers taking part in this week's Cops for Cancer fundraiser has had his bike stolen in West Vancouver.

B.C. children with a green thumb and an artistic hand are invited to take part in an art competition to celebrate National Forest Week this fall.