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IT'S tradition in theatre to wish actors luck by telling them to break a leg. Philip Richard Black, a player in this year's Deep Cove pantomime, did the next best thing: He fractured his radial head.

James Thompson (left), Anne Marie Ferguson and Yazdi Khapoliwala from the Rotary Clubs of the North Shore and RCMP Const. Lisa Carlson hope other volunteers will step forward to help Operation Red Nose get drinking drivers home safely Dec. 30 and 31.

WV Realtor claims 90-day ban violates charter rights

RIDDLE the terrier needs a home for the Holidays, but after almost two months in the District of North Vancouver's animal shelter, the dog's keepers worry it may be out of luck.

A Dec. 14 story headlined West Van Utilities To Jump $123 in 2012 incorrectly stated that the district will not collect enough money to maintain existing water infrastructure through utility fees until 2060. The correct date is 2016.

POLICE are recommending charges against two more people from North Vancouver for taking part in the Stanley Cup hockey riot in June.

QUESTION Thank you very much for your dedication to the North Shore bi-monthy columns. I look forward to reading each one, and find great relief in the fact that others have the same questions and issues that I have.

"I have always thought of Christmas time . . . as a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely. . . .

Class-action lawsuits against several airlines launched by North Vancouver law firm Poyner Baxter this year likely wont be affected by recently-announced changes to the way airlines are allowed to advertise their fares.