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- The Haunted Hamburger and Other Ghostly Stories, by David LaRochelle (Dutton, unpaged) $19.50.

A Kiwanis proposal to build two new rental buildings at the society's West Vancouver complex received unanimous support from district council Monday night.

If you need to produce a police background check to work or volunteer with children or other vulnerable people, you could be facing a wait time of anywhere from six weeks to three months or longer.

Carson 40th Reunion: Carson Graham graduates from the class of 1971 are invited to the upcoming 40th year reunion. The reunion will take place Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Lucas Centre. Go to www.carsongrad71.myevent.com for more info and to register.

18 organizations co-operate locally during national action week

Two climbers are home safe after a dramatic rescue from the back of Grouse Mountain.

People who bought certain organic meat products from a distributor in North Vancouver are being warned by health inspectors to get rid of it, after they turned up potential health risks in the processing plant where the products are made.

Sebastian Salas is still the king of the mountain after easily outdistancing a pack of tough challengers to defend his title at the annual BMO Grouse Grind Mountain Run Saturday, falling seconds shy of his own record in the process.