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Police are looking for clues after thieves made off with a pricey piece of equipment from a car that was left parked in North Vancouver overnight. The culprits broke into the rental car in the 1400-block of Sowden Street sometime between 8 p.m.

TWO Greenpeace protesters rappelled off Lions Gate Bridge Tuesday morning to drape an antitarsands, anti-pipeline banner over Burrard Inlet. Traffic moving across the bridge was slowed as police cordoned off a lane in response to the protest.

SOARING gas prices have been in the news since Friday, when the cost of gas topped 1.50 a litre at many Lower Mainland pumps. The higher prices shattered previous records.

Our May 18 story chronicling the award-winners at Theatre BC's North Shore Zone Festival of Plays omitted one award winner. Janet Dundas from Between Shifts Theatre won Best Achievement in Costumes for her costume design for The Cemetery Club.

Census numbers show 25% of W. Van residents 65 and older

POLICE are looking for a man they believe was behind two armed holdups reported in Horseshoe Bay over the past two weeks. The first encounter took place May 18 at about 11 p.m.

THERE'S a part of government that is spending gargantuan amounts of money, yet operates beyond the scrutiny normally applied to such operations.

A trip to two Vancouver Main Street eateries last week has helped me sort out a problem that has vexed restaurateurs since prehistoric man first started serving his pterodactyl Tuesdays special: How to make young families feel welcome without other p

A provincial plan aimed at healing a longstanding rift over the administration of the regions transit network is an unworkable idea, according to District of North Mayor Richard Walton, one of the municipal leaders who would be tasked with executing

North Vancouver city council members are joining in the pushback against the federal governments plan to strip the Fisheries Act of provisions that ban or limit activities that result in the harm or destruction of fish habitat.