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WEST Vancouver Police are reminding residents to keep an iron grip on their wallets and purses after several thefts. Five residents reported losing unattended wallets and purses to opportunist thieves between May 25 and June 6.

$40M annual revenue pays for Evergreen Line; $30M still wanted

FOR the next year the Miss B.C. crown will be residing in North Vancouver. Cheryl Dietrich, 26, won the Miss B.C. 2011 pageant this past Canada Day long weekend at Chief Sepass Theatre in Fort Langley, where the charity event is annually hosted.

91-year-old woman wires $2,000 to man pretending to be her son

Some West Vancouver councillors had harsh words for the $3.1-million 2011 AmblesideNow budget Monday, but when the time came to raise hands each voted to move forward with the project.

A 32-year-old Surrey man who violently mugged six women in May including two in North Vancouver has been sent to jail for 22 months. Joon Woo Lim was sentenced in Port Coquitlam provincial court by Judge David St.

Bookham, Clark declare their conflict of interest

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Vancouver police investigation exonerates N. Van RCMP officer

SPECULATION abounds that Premier Christy Clark is itching to call an election this fall, but I can't help but think the chances of that vote actually occurring are diminishing.