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West Vancouver all-candidates meeting begins local election races

Pumpkin Fest: An old fashioned community harvest festival will take place Sunday, Oct. 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the West Vancouver Community Centre Plaza, 2121 Marine Dr. There will be a variety of activities and workshops.

A Crown prosecutor is asking a B.C. Supreme Court justice to send a man caught by the North Vancouver RCMP with more than $165,000 in counterfeit money and $50,000-worth of marijuana to jail for five years for his crimes.

THE terrible thing about networking is that it works so well. It's the people who constantly make connections who thrive in the business world. They like to be seen as movers and shakers, and by moving around and shaking hands, they are.

"He played Russian roulette with the disease . . . and the lives of other people.

District of North Vancouver Regular council meeting, Monday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m. www.dnv.org City of North Vancouver Regular council meeting, Monday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m. www.cnv.org District of West Vancouver Regular council meeting, Monday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m.

North Vancouver RCMP are looking for tips from the public after a missing man's car was found abandoned in a parking lot at Grouse Mountain. Michael St. Laurent, 45, vanished Oct.

An All-candidates' Meeting sponsored by the Western Residents Association will take place Tuesday, Oct. 18, 7 p.m. in the Great Hall at Gleneagles Golf Course, 6190 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: Dave Patrick, 604-921-1956.

's only regret in opening an End of the Roll store in the North Shore is that he hadn't done it sooner. Brad had owned End of the Roll franchises before, and knew he had a good reason to be picky.