North Vancouver News

Thought it might be worth some discussion here on the City of North Vancouver's decision this week to approve the concept in principle of installing parking meters on the Lonsdale corridor.

Vancouver's two SeaBuses are 400 passenger aluminum catamarans. One of two SeaBus ferries connecting downtown Vancouver and North Vancouver across Burrard Inlet was taken out of service Friday morning because of a breakdown.

Members of the North Vancouver RCMP's Property Crime Section removed 153 bikes from a New Westminster warehouse on November 14, 2009.

A North Vancouver man facing charges of conspiracy to import and distribute drugs to California was gunned down on a downtown Toronto street this weekend as he stepped out of a limousine.

A North Vancouver gangster wanted in California in a drug conspiracy case was gunned down in downtown Toronto early Sunday morning in what police are calling a targeted hit.

A North Vancouver man wanted in a drug case in California was slain in a targeted hit in downtown Toronto Sunday morning.

This is the second installment of Faces of Vancouver, a new weekly column by Douglas Aitken.

North Vancouver resident Sandra Dawson, who has lived in and out of shelters for 11 years, now assists with a research project centered on "Housing First" initiatives for homeless people Sandra Dawson woke up one morning with a bright idea.

There will be no reprieve for the rain-soaked people, plants and pets of Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island this week.

Andrew Harvey was beside himself when he heard the Royal Winnipeg Ballet was coming to town this fall to perform the most famous cabaret, Moulin Rouge, ballet style.

A Richmond man found with stolen tools from several North Shore construction sites has been sentenced to three months in jail for the crimes, and a further two months for failing to abide by court orders.

"The Oregonian's Vancouver-Whistler Getaway" OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES.

The Olympics can be a magical experience for kids and a great lesson in world culture.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority is giving up on finding a single fixed-site needle exchange, at least for now.

The North Vancouver board of education issued a release Monday inviting parents to meetings about financial challenges for the next three years.

Montreal - THE CANADIAN PRESS Published on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 11:11AM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Nov.

Kate Pullinger has won the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction for her Victorian-era novel "The Mistress of Nothing." The author grew up in Cranbrook, B.C., but now lives in London.

THE VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY HAS DECIDED not TO PROCEED WITH A PROPOSAL TO OPEN A FIXED SITE NEEDLE EXCHANGE CENTRE ON PRINCESS AVENUE IN DOWTOWN VICTORIA...AND FURTHERMORE...WILL EXPEND NO FURTHER ENERGY TRYING TO IDENTIFY A SUITABLE LOCATION.

The Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation's "market rents" in its 52 housing complexes often fallA significantly below true market rents in the region, according to a staff report that goes to theA Metro housing committeeA on Friday .

Warnings of flooding, landslides and possible fatalities have been issued across B.C.'s south coast as more than 300 millimetres of rain is predicted through Tuesday - almost twice the average daily downpour for November.