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BACKCOUNTRY adventurers often carry a cellphone, not just to call for help in an emergency but also to allow rescuers to home in on their location when things go wrong.

THE sentencing for a former Capilano College drama teacher convicted of sex crimes against children has been delayed because he is in hospital.

Congratulations West Vancouver on 100 years of incorporation.

- Platinum Blonde, Red Robinson Show Theatre, March 10. JUST before 8 p.m., what seemed like a full house shuffled into the Red Robinson Show Theatre to see the greatest band that ever lived.

A Floral Fable: Capilano Flower Arranging Club meets the second Wednesday of each month (except July and August), 7: 30 p.m. at Delbrook Community Centre, 600 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. They have demonstrations, guest speakers and workshops.

NDP leader Adrian Dix speaks at a North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce breakfast held Thursday at the Pinnacle Hotel.

NORTH Vancouver teachers have no immediate plans to follow West Vancouver's lead in suspending extracurricular volunteer work - but that could change after Spring Break, according to the union.

QUESTION I have a question regarding the centre lines on our roads and streets. I should know the answer to this question, but I'm not sure - so I just stay on my side of the road.

Now that spring is upon us and there are more daylight hours to make the most of, many of us are getting ready to head back into the garden.