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A conservation officer shot and killed a black bear after it made its way into a Lynn Valley residents backyard Thursday evening and tried to get into the house.

North Vancouver alpine ski star Manuel Osborne-Paradis is recovering from a bad case of road rash and likely a bit of embarrassment after an apparent mishap involving a party bus at the Calgary Stampede last week.

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THE driver of a semi-trailer escaped with minor injuries Monday evening when his truck was T-boned by a train in North Vancouver. The man was turning left off Low Level Road across the tracks near Neptune Bulk Terminals at about 6 p.m.

Police are looking for a haul of guns that was stolen from a North Vancouver gunsmith in a burglary Wednesday. Thieves broke into the victims home workshop in the 300-block of East 22nd Street some time between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Premier Christy Clark and Squamish Nation Chief Gibby Jacob look on during a ceremony at the Joe Mathias recreation centre in North Vancouver Tuesday.

POLICE have found a car belonging to the man who was found dead on West Vancouver's Hollyburn Ridge last week. Investigators probing the "suspicious" death recovered the victim's 1994 Pontiac Grand Am on Friday.

A West Vancouver barbecue took a turn for the expensive Tuesday evening when flames from the grill spread to the owners home and did an estimated $100,000 in damage, according to firefighters.