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OFFICERS from the West Vancouver Police Department will travel to Penticton to investigate a complaint from a man who says he was assaulted in RCMP custody there. The RCMP in the Okanagan city arrested the man in August 2011.

LIKE an anaconda coiling around its prey, Alexander Boldizar slides his forearm around the neck of his competitor, sinking in a winning submission.

Summer Reading Club registration is underway at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. This year's theme will be "strange but true." Info: 604-925-7408 or www.westvanlibrary.ca.

BCAA's Great Battery Roundup: In support of Environment Week in Canada, the British Columbia Automobile Association will collect used automotive batteries until June 19 and arrange for them to be properly recycled.

A group of Downtown Eastside activists picketed outside the British Properties home of West Vancouver developer Steven Lippman Monday night, urging him not to buy two single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels in their neighbourhood.

These measures reinforce the importance British Columbian food producers place in providing their local and international customers with a healthy and trusted product. Our government is absolutely committed to ensuring B.C.

A West Vancouver stock promoter has been fined $15,000 and ordered by the B.C. Securities Commission to do some remedial reading after admitting that he filed documents on behalf of three companies that he knew were false or misleading.

TWO muggers with the munchies held up a West Vancouver pizza delivery person at knifepoint Friday before grabbing the pizza and running away with it, according to police.