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A West Vancouver stock promoter has been accused of turning a profit through illegal insider trading by the B.C. Securities Commission.

If you feel that you are losing control, you probably are

Pier Night Market: Enjoy hot food, live music, artisans and entertainment every Friday until Sept. 23, 5-11 p.m. at Shipbuilders Plaza, 138 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver. Info: www.northshoregreenmarkets. com.

Hearing will determine fate of attacking canine

Mount Seymour Little Leaguer Desi Burgart picked a good time to hit the first home run of his life, belting a two-run shot Monday night to help the host team score their first win of the Canadian Little League Championships.

Criminals appear to have found a use for the as-yet-undeveloped Evelyn Drive property in West Vancouver: growing marijuana. A West Vancouver police officer caught a whiff of the illegal plants while investigating a nearby traffic collision July 30.

A conservation officer shot and killed a black bear after it made its way into a Lynn Valley resident's backyard on July 21 and tried to get into the house.

A West Vancouver secondary school graduate is being hailed as a hero by police for intervening in a stabbing at the school last October, stopping the attack and tending to the victim's life-threatening wounds. Chief Const.