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Double Take: Presentation House Gallery will hold a photography contest designed to inspire and encourage youth. Students are requested to choose an older image and show how the same place, person, object or building has changed over time.

ONE of the unexpected joys of retirement is having time to bike in North Vancouver, where I was born. Until five years ago, I hadn't been on a bike for maybe 50 years when I used to bike to school.

A 17-year-old is facing charges of theft after allegedly shoplifting an iPhone from the Best Buy store at Park Royal Shopping Centre last week. West Vancouver police received a report of a theft in progress just after 1 p.m. on March 6.

- Ghost Buddy, by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver Scholastic Books, 170 pages $6.99. THE last thing Hoover Porterhouse tells Billy Broccoli not to do is trip. The first thing Billy Broccoli does when he gets to school is trip.

Spring Skate: Come for a free skate on a synthetic outdoor ice rink until March 18, noon-6 p.m. at Park Royal, south mall, in the upper level parking area just behind Osaka Supermarket. Skate rentals and sharpening available by donation.

THE kids are playing in the family room and all seems to be going well. You are taking the opportunity to get things organized for supper until Miranda bursts into the room. "Jared won't follow the rules.

A recent press release from the City of North Vancouver notes the potential fire hazard of overheating laptop computers. The release refers to a number of recalls due to a risk of fire involving laptop computers and lithium-ion laptop batteries.

EIGHT years after police began equipping strategically placed "bait" cars with GPS tracking units, recording devices and remotely controlled engine shutdown devices, car thefts have fallen by 76 per cent in North Vancouver and by 85 per cent in West

North Vancouver's premier show of the year starts on Friday.