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Attracting the 'right' candidates key

PREMIER Christy Clark is "restructuring" her cabinet, but a more pressing challenge for her is finding enough credible candidates to carry her party's tarnished banner in the next election. She's not the only leader facing this daunting task. B.C.

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GALLERIES Artemis Gallery: 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday, noon5 p.m. Info: 778-233-9805 or artemisgallery.ca.

Lessons for a War

JUAN Manuel Sepúlveda, director of Lecciones para una guerra (Lessons for a War), will attend both screenings of his film at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival this weekend: tonight at 7 p.m. at Pacific Cinémathèque (1131 Howe St.

Mentally ill killer to spend 1 year in hospital

A mentally ill man who killed his sleeping father and seriously injured his mother by bludgeoning them with a wrench will spend at least one year in a psychiatric hospital. The B.C. Review board made a disposition in the case of Jordan Ramsay on Aug.

Have your say in Metro's future

IN the next 20 years the Metro Vancouver area will change drastically, but you can have a say in what changes should happen through the Urban Futures Survey.

Police hunt home invader across Canada

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for 36-year-old John Boyd Creasey in connection with a North Vancouver home invasion. Police allege Creasey broke into a Delbrook Avenue area home around 4 a.m. on the morning of Aug.

MLA McIntyre won't run in 2013

Sultan, Yamamoto, Thornthwaite say they will all seek re-election

Cyclists want Keith Rd bike lane

Car rear-ends NV resident, injuring him and destroying bike

Crown seeks jail for N. Van rioter

A Crown prosecutor has asked for 30 to 90 days in jail for a North Vancouver man who was captured on video looting the Sears store in downtown Vancouver during the Stanley Cup hockey riot last year.

TWO North Shore MLAs named to cabinet posts

WEST Vancouver-Capilano MLA Ralph Sultan has joined cabinet after a decade as a Liberal backbencher. Sultan, 79, was appointed as Minister of State for Seniors Wednesday morning as B.C. Premier Christy Clark announced a cabinet shuffle.