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Baby Storytime: Free drop-in for children ages two and younger, Thursdays, 10: 1510: 45 a.m. at the North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Info: www.nvcl. ca.

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I would like to answer another question that did not come in to the Ask A Cop column, but rather found its way across my desk this week.

A Surrey man who choked his girlfriend to death, then wrapped her body in plastic and dumped her in a North Vancouver park has been given a four-year jail sentence.

? One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson (Scholastic, 282 pages) $18 The first line of Eva Ibbotson's charming book for middle grade readers (published not long after she died in 2010) establishes the tone.

A West Vancouver Police constable is in hospital aftercrashing his motorcycle during a police pursuit Monday night. Several officers were monitoring the north end of the LionsGate Bridge around 6 p.m.

Critics say huge project will increase noise, endanger cyclists

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The DNA of a man allegedly involved in a violent drug-related beating was found on a zap strap and a piece of electrical tape used to bind the victim, an expert testified at trial Monday in North Vancouver.