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City of North Van eyes two per cent tax hike

Councillors for the City of North Vancouver gave preliminary approval Monday to a two per cent tax rise in 2012, but voted down a staff recommendation that an additional one per cent be levied to help pay for the redevelopment of Harry Jerome recreat
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Tax hikes, pay for councillors top North Shore agendas

The North Shores three municipal councils will meet tonight to debate issues ranging from property taxes to coach houses to their own rate of pay.
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Flower Arrangement Demonstration

Flower Arrangement Demonstration

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High flyers on display at snowboard Showdown

Spring-like conditions Saturday turned Grouse Mountain's annual Quiksilver Showdown Over the City into a snowboarding sunfest as more than 30 professional riders from across North America competed for kudos and cash.
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Winter conditions trap hikers on Grouse

Four men got themselves into trouble on Grouse Mountain Saturday morning after they set out for hike on a sunny spring day and ran headlong into winter.
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Miele Woman's Ski Race

Miele Woman's Ski Race

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Quiksilver Showdown over the City

Quiksilver Showdown over the City

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Fake North Van doctor prompts police warning

WHEN an elderly woman in North Vancouver opened her door to a "doctor" making a house call March 8, something about it didn't feel right. For one thing, he wasn't her regular doctor; the man, who gave his name as Dr.
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You said it

"I yelled 'Where are you going with my baby? Bring me my baby now.'" Hanne Andersen describes the moments after her daughter was born in Lions Gate Hospital in 1983.
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There's a hole in my bucket, dear readers

OVER the past few years, people have been throwing around the term "bucket list" like we all have one. As far as I know, this phrase didn't even exist before the 2007 movie of the same name, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson.
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