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Schoolchildren in North Vancouver may face another year of fewer but longer days in front of a teacher in 2012.

FASHION FILE Trunk Show: Blush Occasions will hold a trunk show of the fall 2011 and spring 2012 collections from Vera Wang, Oct. 1-2. Reserve a viewing by calling 604-925-3218 or emailing 604-925-3218. Blush is at 1403 Bellevue Ave.

3-year plan may consider naming rights

THE North Vancouver school district is still suffering from declining enrolment, but officials say the downward trend is levelling off. As of Sept. 21, North Vancouver public schools had 15,157 students in attendance, 157 fewer than last year.

A police officer who stopped a suspected drunk driver in a roadblock on the Lions Gate Bridge was not required to offer the driver a second chance to blow after the man had already refused to give a breath sample, a provincial court judge has ruled.

MUNICIPAL debate over whether to support the inclusion of milk and milk substitute beverage containers in the provincial deposit-refund system continued at two council meetings last week.

TWO kids from a church camp had a close call on the weekend when they got trapped at the top of a 300-metre drop-off on Anvil Island and had to be rescued by air.

North Vancouver RCMP are warning motorists to be on the lookout for a man they say is posing as a driver in distress in order to swindle others out of cash.

WEST Vancouver police are reminding the public of how to interact with a cougar after one was sighted near the district last week. Several residents reported seeing a cougar near Chief Joe Mathias Centre around 9: 30 p.m. on Sept. 20. B.C.

Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing is back up and running after a three-car collision brought traffic to a near standstill Wednesday morning. Police shut down two northbound lanes after the vehicles crashed at about 9 a.m.