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WITH snow on the streets and heavy rain in the forecast, the District of North Vancouver is advising all residents to go online before they go outside. The district has launched the Twitter handle www.twitter.

Restaurants let kids sit at grown-ups' table

WELL, it certainly didn't take long for overheated rhetoric and base hypocrisy to colour the assessment hearing for the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project.

GALLERIES Artemis Gallery: 104C4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Hours: TuesdaySunday, 12: 30-5 p.m. Info: 604-929-4354 or [email protected]. Artists for Kids Gallery: 810 West 21st St., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.

THE YWCA is asking the community to nominate outstanding women for it's 29th annual Women of Distinction Awards. The awards honour those whose achievements and outstanding activities contribute to the overall well-being and future of the community.

SNOW and plummeting temperatures outside have meant busy nights with an extreme weather response this week for the North Shore's homeless shelter. "We've had it going all week," said Dave Newberry, community liaison for the shelter.

TWO men who ripped off close to $1 million from two West Vancouver-based aboriginal organizations have been sent to jail. B.C.

THE West Vancouver Police Department is investigating Revelstoke RCMP's handling of a suspect who eluded police five times on the weekend before being apprehended. The suspect, John Robert Murrell, and an officer who pursued him were both injured.

WEST Vancouver is accepting applications for community grants until Jan. 31.

RCMP Const. Anthony Cameron and West Vancouver police Const. Jeff Palmer check for speeders near the newly completed intersection of Welch Street and Capilano Road.