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POLICE and fire crews have reopened West Vancouvers Marine Drive following the clean up of a chemical spill that closed parts of the thoroughfare for several hours Thursday. The mishap took place shortly after 9 a.m.

ONE more man from North Vancouver has been charged with taking part in last summer's Stanley Cup hockey riot. Jacob Pateman, 18, was charged Feb. 8 with participating in a riot and break and enter.

A man found dead near a burning car in North Vancouver was not a victim of foul play, according to RCMP investigators. Firefighters came across the unidentified victim in a wooded area near the end of Rondoval Crescent sometime around 11: 30 p.m.

POLICE have identified a homeless man found dead near the railroad tracks in North Vancouver two weeks ago as a 61-year-old man from Ontario who had been living on the Downtown Eastside. The mans body was found by a pedestrian on the morning of Feb.

POLICE have put out a plea for tips four days after a North Vancouver man went missing from his Lynn Valley home. Jim Parent, 54, was last seen at his residence in the 4000-block of Lynn Valley Road Sunday.

TUBERS enjoy a relaxing run to the top of Cypress Mountain's tube park Friday during the resort's inaugural Canada Ski and Snowboard Festival Friday.

Previous post-crash fire-risk recommendations mostly ignored

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QUESTION A police officer is able to write a police report about a person, then have it entered on to a computer, which is then able to be shown and read by all police officers via what is called a PRIME report.