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Trunk Show: Blush Occasions will hold a trunk show of the fall 2011 and spring 2012 collections from Kenneth Pool, Sept. 10-11. Reserve a viewing by calling 604-925-3218 or emailing 604-925-3218. Blush is at 1403 Bellevue Ave. in West Vancouver.

The Debt. Directed by John Madden. Starring Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Ciaran Hinds, Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington and Marton Csokas. Rating: 8 (out of 10) Don't mess with the Israeli Intelligence and Secret Operations agency.

A Surrey man is facing charges after allegedly robbing a North Vancouver gas station to pay the $38 tab he had run up at the restaurant next door. Surrey resident Cory Henderson, 21, dined at Browns Social House on Lonsdale Avenue Aug.

More than anything, the result of the referendum on the HST shows just how neatly divided this province remains. Our electorate has been known over the years for its polarization.

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RESIDENTS of a fourplex in Horseshoe Bay escaped as flames shot through the roof of their home Thursday morning, thanks to the quick action of an off-duty firefighter.

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Both sides warn against return to BC's discarded PST system

Sept. 6 Steig Larsson - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (paperback). Stacy Schiff - Cleopatra(pb). Christopher Hichens - Arguably: Selected Essays. A.S. Byatt - Ragnarok: The End of the Gods.