North Vancouver, Canada News

Incredibly, when I sent my application to volunteer with Speed Skating Canada in December 2009, the Games seemed to be quite some time away.

RCMP spokesman Sgt. Peter Thiessen says Vancouver police will lead the investigation into the shooting of a man in North Vancouver by a local Mountie.

On the big day, Kathleen Carter chose to wear the blue floral scarf that was given to her by her sister.

The Olympic Torch will be taking the trek to one of Vancouver's most prominent peaks next Wednesday, Feb.

A plan to berth an 1,100-room cruise ship in North Vancouver to use as a floating hotel during the Olympic Games appears to be in danger of sinking.

Reporter Frank Luba dips his hands Wednesday in clean, clear, blue water emanating from the North Shore's new water-filtration system.

Here are places to go and see in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prices are quoted in Canadian dollars; American rates vary daily but are in the same ballpark.

Photograph by: Handout, PNG There has been a marked increase in thefts from high schools in North Vancouver '- and while cash and bus tickets continue to be an easy score, iPhones and iPods are the No.

Two North Vancouver men are among four people who have been arrested in the largest-ever opium seizure in the province.

The office vacancy rate in Vancouver rose by 7.8 percent in the second half of 2009, following a marked, year-long slowdown in leasing activity due to the global economic downturn.

A fire under the North Vancouver Avenue bridge damaged the wood bridgea s supports.

Blinded in an accident in 1921, James Biggs, of Bristol, England painted his cane white so it could be easily seen at night.

The North Vancouver School District is eyeing the possibility of closing or consolidating four elementary schools in an effort to help trim about $10 million from its budget over the next three years.

Therea s a good chance that Dr. Stuart Kreisman will enjoy the seawall and beaches of Stanley Park quite soon without inhaling secondhand cigarette smoke.

Climber and photographer Pat Morrow will give a tribute to mountaineer Conrad Kain as a guest speaker at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.

Four North Vancouver elementary schools were identified last night for possible closure: Blueridge, Fromme, Plymouth and Seymour Heights.

West Vancouver jewelry store owner Gino Giragosian was shot at by fleeing robbers whom he believes grabbed more than $100,000 worth of jewelry after smashing his jewelry cases with a sledge hammer at Absolute Star Design shortly before noon Tuesday.

The slogan on Vancouver, BC's BikeRescue.org website must have sounded almost too good to be true to someone trying to recover a stolen bicycle: "Ripped. Rescued.

VANCOUVER a ' With less than a month until the world's eyes are B.C., Mounties are still trying to account for missing ammonium nitrate.

Emotions ran high at Monday's City of North Vancouver council meeting, when councillors voted to reverse an earlier decision and allow the demolition of an Ottawa Gardens heritage home.