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If you see a home or business that really howls Halloween, please send the address to [email protected]. The North Shore News will publish photographs of devilish decorations on Sunday, Oct. 28.

If the City of North Vancouvers mayor gets his way, the communitys waterfront could someday be home to a branch of the Vancouver Aquarium, where visitors can tour tanks filled with marine life and learn about the workings of the ocean.

SEVERAL Park Royal stores were evacuated Monday after two men reportedly used bear spray to rob a Future Shop. The suspects entered the electronics store on the south side of the West Vancouver mall just before 11 a.m.

"Every place has a story to tell. . . . Sometimes the stories are buried beneath the years' changes, so that it requires a historian, an archeologist, or teller of tales to reveal what lies beneath." Robert R.

A lot of things change when you have children: your accumulation of sleep and cash, weekend hobbies, nights out.

Reading Tails: Emma, a certified St. John Ambulance therapy dog will help kids read Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. until Nov. 21 at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. To register for a 20-minute appointment call 604-925-7408.

The North Shore offers unparalleled access to nature... with some of the finest in urban comforts

? Owls of the World, by Heimo Mikkola (Firefly Books, 512 pages) $49.95 THEY are one of the most recognizable birds in the world. They exude a sense of mystery and wisdom that extends beyond natural history and into literature.

THE first torrential rains of fall created several mini lakes on North Shore roads over the weekend, including this one at Pemberton Avenue and First Street in North Vancouver on Saturday.