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NORTH Vancouver Pro Arte student Stephanie Lowe (in red in foreground) will be part of a large ensemble cast when Alberta Ballet's The Nutcracker returns to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Dec. 28-31 with three evening performances and two matinees.

NORTH Vancouver students were awarded more than $60,000 in scholarships and bursaries from the North Vancouver High School Education Foundation, a charity and non-profit society celebrating its 32nd anniversary this year.

Singing Away the Dark, by Caroline Woodward, illustrated by Julie Morstad (Simply Read Books, $18.95) SINGING Away the Dark resonated deeply with me as it brought back memories of my school days in Prince Rupert.

A North Shore dog walking company aims to help others in need this holiday season, and you can help. Sweet Paws Dog Walkers, a North Vancouver based business, works closely with dogs every day.

ENGLISH as a Second Language is about to be stricken from the language.

WEST Vancouver's Park Royal Shopping Centre is launching a radio station that will cover just one topic: parking. The new low-wattage broadcast, due to go live Dec.

WEST Vancouver's Sentinel secondary was evacuated for the second time in five days Tuesday when a threat was called into the school on the heels of another scare Friday. Students and staff were ordered out of the building shortly after 12: 45 p.m.

"Ottawa and Victoria have resolved financial disputes that prompted the federal government to threaten to withdraw the RCMP from its role [of] policing the province, but have yet to resolve issues around management.