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IT'S official. If you thought June was an especially lousy start to summer, you were right. With just a few days left to go in the month, June clocked in with significantly lower temperatures, more rain and fewer hours of sunshine than usual.

MY ears were introduced to Dynamic Dan long before the rest of my body was.

Province, teachers reach tentative deal to end job action

An overturned concrete mixer forced the closure of a large portion of Marine Drive Wednesday afternoon, causing traffic backups across West Vancouver.

West Vancouver police are appealing to the good Samaritan who helped an injured cyclist Wednesday evening to contact them with more details about the hit-and-run accident.

NORTH Vancouver RCMP have confirmed that a hiker who fell to his death in North Vancouvers backcountry Wednesday was 22-year-old German exchange student Jasper Houben. Houben had been reported missing on Monday.

A man who was viciously beaten in a North Vancouver home doesnt really know who attacked him, and could have been assaulted by a mysterious man said to resemble John Travolta or Elvis, two defence lawyers told a judge this week.

ARTIST James Harry displays the mural he created for North Vancouver's Queensbury elementary, while Julie Fox displays the three panels she painted for the school.

THE FOLLOWING is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North SHORE COMMUNITY RESOURCES SOCIETY.

- Nature Vancouver, published by Vancouver Natural History Society, 154 pages THE Vancouver Natural History Society was formed in 1918, and over the years has stayed true to its mandate to "foster public interest and education in the appreciation and