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Feeling left out of all the high-tech, Internet and social media chatter happening around you? Adults can go back to class and learn Internet basics and beyond with ongoing computer classes at North Shore libraries.

As kids and teens head back to class, many have brand new cell phones tucked into the side pockets of their backpacks.

For adults, going back to school doesn't have to mean back to boring. There is a tasty buffet of food and wine education courses available on the North Shore and beyond this autumn. CHEESE & WINE 101 On Sept.

BEST OF BRIDGE SLOW COOKER COOKBOOK: 200 DELICIOUS RECIPES by Sally Vaughan-Johnston and The Best of Bridge Publishing. Robert Rose; $29.95. For many families, the return to school and work comes with that irritating deficit of time.

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.

The man accused of slaughtering more than 50 sled dogs in Whistler in 2010, has pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal.

THE District of North Vancouver has had to hold off on some roadwork and waterline replacement in the Capilano Highlands because a pair of hawks has built a nest too close to the construction site.

B.C. Ferries is cutting 98 round trips on its major routes this winter as part of a cost-cutting measure - and some of those cancelled trips will be on the route that runs between Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo.

AT first glance, the modest 1,400-square-foot rancher on West Vancouver's Southborough Drive doesn't look like anything special.

A 28-year-old North Vancouver woman who lists her occupation as a Playboy model will be one of 25 women vying for the love of a 28-year-old former Edmonton Eskimos player when the Canadian version of The Bachelor airs in October.