North Vancouver, Canada News

ANYONE who's ever paid a utility bill knows that letting out a lot of hot air is a bad thing.

IT'S that time of year again: The Super Bowl, the Grammys and the Academy Awards will see us glued to the tube, interested in celebrating the best of the sports and entertainment worlds.

Edgewater Site Contracting Ltd. is doing the excavating and site work for a new development in North Vancouver, B.C. Rommel Homes Ltd.

In a move that critics say is a step towards privatizing public safety, the District of North Vancouver voted Monday in favour of allowing residents to buy their own traffic speed bumps, crosswalks and roundabouts for their neighbourhood.

THE City of North Vancouver has grown three times as fast as its neighbours in the past five years, according to figures released this week by Statistics Canada.

A police investigator works the scene Thursday near where the body of a dead man was found late Wednesday night not far from a burning car on Rondoval Crescent in North Vancouver.

There is growing interest in the possible amalgamation of the City and District of North Vancouver.

By Todd Coyne - North Shore Outlook Published: February 09, 2012 12:00 PM Updated: February 09, 2012 12:39 PM James Parent was last seen by family on Sunday, Feb 5 but hasn't been in contact with them since.

Police have arrested two suspected serial bank robbers, alleged to have committed 34 bank heists throughout Metro Vancouver between Oct.

Gillespie has served as Crown Counsel for 20 years and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2009.

THE City of North Vancouver has abandoned its plans for a public task force to study the future of Harbourside, as two more councillors changed their minds about how to address the sweeping development proposal.

ON Feb. 16, the City of North Vancouver invites residents to the Pinnacle Hotel to get involved in crafting a new official community plan, the document that outlines what we want our neighbourhoods to look like over the next decade.

RETIRED Sgt. Maj. Bob Maley has received the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation for his dedicated service to the veteran community.

HEALTH Minister Michael de Jong committed this province to a partnership with the national ParticipAction initiative "in the promotion of physical activity in British Columbia" on Nov.

THE City of North Vancouver is holding the line on most of its operating expenses, and finance department staff say a two per cent tax hike is a realistic option for council.

AFTER more than six decades in the shipbuilding business, the McLaren family has sold its controlling interest in North Vancouver's Allied Shipbuilders.

Construction work is well underway on The First Place, a new residential development in North Vancouver, B.C. The owner/general contractor is Western Canadian Project Ltd.

Li Dongzhe, one of China's most wanted economic fugitives who has been hiding out in North Vancouver for the last six years, has returned to his homeland and turned himself in, Beijing's Ministry of Public Security has announced.A Li, 47, who will face trial for an alleged billion-yuan banknote fraud, arrived in Beijing from Canada last week, the ... (more)

By Sean Kolenko - North Shore Outlook Published: February 07, 2012 5:00 PM Updated: February 07, 2012 5:58 PM In November, city council unanimously endorsed "in principle" becoming a blue community.

Artist's rendering of Tsawwassen First Nation development plan, featuring 1.8 million square feet of retail shopping, housing for 4,000 residents and industry.