North Vancouver, Canada News

Shelter providers have opened up an extra 400 extreme weather beds for the homeless across Metro Vancouver in response to freezing temperatures.

The North VancouverA Office of Cultural Affairs has recommended an 11-percent cut in funding for arts, cultural, and communityA grants in North Vancouver in 2010.

A North Vancouver man accused of helping a friend to commit suicide told a B.C. Supreme Court jury he had no idea 19-year-old Robbie Milot was going to kill himself when he traded a shotgun for the keys to a BMW.

Metro Vancouver municipalities are opening more shelters and gathering blankets for the homeless ahead of a cold front sweeping through the region this weekend.

Gregor Robertson, a former organic farmer, spearheaded the creation of a community garden on Vancouver City Hall's north lawn.

Former Olympic snowboarder and Coquitlam resident Ryan Wedding was convicted in a San Diego, Calif., courtroom Monday of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine.

Inveterate garage saler and classic car appraiser Bart Nygard was drawn recently to an estate sale at an old house near his home in North Vancouver after asking what was in the rundown garage at the bottom of the property.

According to today's announcement from the PMO: Mr. Saxton has particular expertise in Asian business and trade, having served on the B.C. Government`s Asia Pacific Trade Council.

North Vancouver's Manuel Osborne-Paradis captured the FIS World Cup Super G race at Louise on Sunday with a time of 1:32.93. Robbie Dixon, also of North Van, placed fifth with a time of 1:33.72. v2 COMMENTS COMMENTING ETIQUETTE: To encourage open exchange of ideas in the BCLocalNews.com community, we ask that you follow our guidelines and respect ...

So far no cruise ships are booked at North Vancouver's Burrard Dry Dock Pier over the Olympics - but the city's working hard to change that.

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.

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

Over the past few days, David Zieroth's quiet life in North Vancouver has been turned on its head.

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.

On behalf of the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Andrew Saxton, M.P. for North Vancouver, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board, will make an announcement regarding legislation to assist in the fight against the sexual exploitation of ...

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.

Hendrik Hymans, owner of A to Z Home Inspection, says he expects his insurance costs to jump because of a B.C. Supreme Court ruling last week.

While reading the Georgia Straight today I noticed this snippet in an article about the NDP's upcoming convention: Meanwhile, the North Vancouver-Seymour constituency association has submitted a resolution calling on the executive and provincial council to develop and ratify, no later than December 1, 2010, "appropriate regulations for the election ...

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