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Outdoor enthusiasts were being told to steer clear of the North Shore backcountry Wednesday after the avalanche danger in the area rose to high.

Rescue volunteers leave family to find man lost on Mount Seymour

West Vancouver police Const. Pat Wright and Joffery Koeman, director of sales and marketing for Cypress Mountain, remind skiers and snowboarders that their sports equipment should be properly locked up to prevent theft.

WEST Vancouver gangster Omid Bayani can look forward to seven years in a federal jail if he makes a public reappearance.

NORTH Vancouver Mounties have circulated a photo of a man they say tried to rob a taxi driver at knifepoint. The cabbie picked the suspect up on Westview Drive at about 3: 15 a.m. Oct. 15, according to investigators.

"BE IT RESOLVED that city council invite the North Vancouver school board, the District of North Vancouver council, the North Vancouver Recreation Commission and the North Shore Board of Health along with their respective staff to a meeting in early

Two men claiming to be fundraisers for British Columbia Childrens Hospital have been skimming North Shore residents bank accounts, according to North Vancouver RCMP.

North Shore rescuers had a much whiter Christmas than they had been hoping for this week when they were called out Dec. 25 to pluck a skier from a snowstorm on Mount Seymour. The volunteers were called away from family and friends at about 3 p.m.

The second half of our news quiz will appear Dec. 28. Answers to the following questions on page 10. JANUARY 1) A four-block stretch of Grand Boulevard was evacuated Dec. 30 after a passerby spotted a suspected explosive device in a backyard.