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Council flip-flops on $7,500 for yarnbombing as public art

Metro Vancouver officials are promising an extensive public consultation leading up to the construction of a new sewage treatment plant in North Vancouver.

TWO women from the North Shore are among five soon-to-be-famous Lower Mainland residents cast in the newest spin-off of the Real Housewives franchise.

Odd Squad gives Sutherland kids a glimpse of life as a street addict

WEST Vancouver moved one step closer to freezing property taxes in 2012 at last week's council meeting Monday night. Five of seven councillors voted Feb.

Collision with boarder sparks lobbying effort

Authors in our Community: Author Jim Francis will share ways to leave fears behind and become a great presenter - just some of the 50 suggestions featured in his new book How Not to Suck at Public Speaking Wednesday, Feb. 29, 7: 30-9 p.m.

LETTER-WRITER Ida Chong, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, knows well enough that "commitments" made by several incarnations of the B.C. Liberal government have been used only on an asrequired basis.

A series of power outages across the North Shore affected more than 4,000 homes this past weekend. A cable fault near a substation in the Deep Cove area left approximately 4,000 customers without power from 5: 21 p.m. until 11: 35 p.m. on Friday.

QUESTION Every night that I drive I think of all the vehicles that pass me by with just one head light. I worked it out to be approximately one in 50 vehicles that don't know of or don't bother to repair the problem - not to mention tail lights.