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THE bolt-from-the-blue announcement by newspaper mogul David Black that he wants to build a $13-billion oil refinery near Kitimat may be hailed by some as a game changer for the proposed Enbridge pipeline project, but a more accurate description may

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Bridal trunk show: West Vancouver's Blush Occasions will host a trunk show on Friday, Sept. 14 and Saturday, Sept. 15 featuring a preview of Kenneth Pool's fall 2012 collection. Blush is at 1403 Bellevue Ave.

Cut off in traffic, driver attacks man with bat, victim claims

THE District of West Vancouver is adopting some controversial technology to help enforce two-hour parking limits.

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A seventh North Shore resident will soon face the law for allegedly taking part in 2011's Stanley Cup riot.

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Dr. Christian Steidl believes that by mapping cancer's genes, he can find the keys to the disease's undoing. Now, thanks to an award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, he may just have the money to do it.