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ADVANCED Education Minister Naomi Yamamoto is asking colleges and universities in the province to protect their students from recruitment by the adult entertainment industry. Yamamoto, MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale, wrote to presidents of B.C.

JUST about every time you jam on your brakes, you generate brake dust. The dust can include carbon fibers and small metal shavings which can attach to your tires and the undercarriage of your car.

A Sept. 9 North Shore News story, New Year + Contract = Buoyant Teachers, incorrectly stated "For the first time, schools will also be allowed to exceed class size limits at the Grade 4 to 7 level.

POLICE are on the hunt for a woman they say punched a taxi driver in the face in West Vancouver. The unidentified suspect got into the cab in Vancouver just before 2 a.m. Aug. 31 and asked to be taken to the North Shore, according to investigators.

BROOKE Hilliard, a stylist at Supernova the Salon, works on Yavanna Arnold in preparation for a cut-a-thon Thursday, Sept. 13, 4-8 p.m.

FOR the last 10 years, Max Bazilevski has been fighting against filth. The owner of Blitz Auto Spa, Bazilevski has been wiping, polishing, waxing, and buffing cars that have rolled into either of the company's two North Shore locations.

Thanksgiving Food Drive: The North Shore food bank will deliver food donation bags to various neighborhoods during the week of Sept. 10-14. The bags will be picked up on the morning of Sept. 15.

WHEN summer draws to a close, pink fireweed flowers present a beautiful picture against the autumn sky, and blackberries glisten on their canes providing tasty treats for hungry birds.

A home that caught fire in West Vancouvers West Hill area Monday could have been severely damaged had it not been for a water pipe that burst in a downstairs wall, according to firefighters.

Sunday blaze above Hwy 99 believed human-caused