North Vancouver, Canada News

Courts in session - On a sunny Victoria Day, Lot 5's new volleyball courts are ready for players.

A North Vancouver con man who tried to derail a fraud investigation against him by posing as a police officer to foreign banking officials has managed to get four convictions of impersonation overturned by the B.C. Court of Appeal.

Five Love Languages: A program based on the book by Dr. Gary Chapman for those interested in improving their relationship with others Wednesdays, May 22-June 5, 7 p.m. at West Vancouver Baptist Church, 450 Mathers Ave.

WHEN they immigrated to Canada from the Philippines more than a decade ago, it was a family connection that initially drew Alvin Koh Relleve and his wife to the area.

THE Phibbs Exchange in Seylynn is some bus riders' first experience of North Vancouver.

Two home owners and an arborist in North Vancouver have been charged with illegally cutting down trees in a North Vancouver park to improve their views.

THE lawyer for a North Shore man who stole cigarettes from London Drugs during the June 2011 Stanley Cup riot is asking a judge to let his client off without a criminal record.

Election signs in North Vancouver on May 13, 2013, ahead of the provincial election.

Planned route of coal barges from Fraser Surrey Docks' proposed direct transfer coal export terminal to a transhipment point on Texada Island, where coal would be loaded onto ocean-going ships.

Brad Deering, 42, was shot outside his home in Escazu, near the capital San Jose, Costa Rican police said in a statement on their Facebook page.

Vegetables will be the name of the game on 'Meatless Monday" as Vancouverites are urged to go vegetarian on June 10 to educate people about how going meat-free can reduce their carbon footprint, minimize water usage, cut down on fossil fuel dependence as well as improve their health.

North Vancouver piano teacher Natasha Wakaruk is heading to Scotland this week to compete in the Edinburgh Half Marathon as a Team Diabetes member.

Writers Fran Bourassa and Aislinn Hunter will read some of their poetry at the Seymour Art Gallery on Sunday, May 19 as part of the book launch for Mother Tongue's new anthology Force Field.

Carmen Lee models a dress by Toronto designer Marika Brose, made entirely of Cashmere-brand toilet paper Saturday at Save-On-Foods Pemberton Plaza in North Vancouver.

John Guenther looks over a city map in his office. He stepped down as the City of Revelstoke's Director of Planning this week.

Planned route of coal barges from Fraser Surrey Docks' proposed direct transfer coal export terminal to a transhipment point on Texada Island, where coal would be loaded onto ocean-going ships.

The current vogue for using high-tech wood products as a green building material has spawned a flurry of proposals for "timber towers." But some new concrete low-rise projects in the Vancouver area seem to be going against the grain.

The Volkswagen Touareg, available with a nifty diesel engine, stacks up well against luxury SUVs without the same sticker shock.

NAOMI Yamamoto hugs her father Tuesday evening as voting results show her edging ahead of NDP challenger Craig Keating and holding her seat as the MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale. AS pundits and journalists autopsy the unexpected big win by the B.C. Liberals in the 2013 election, the North Shore's candidates are reflecting on hard-fought campaigns ... (more)

The motion came after university President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Kris Bulcroft tabled a recommendation to the board to delay the decision until the next board meeting on June 11 to allow the senate additional time to review the budget to overcome the university's $1.3 million shortfall.