North Vancouver News

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.

Regarding Athol Trickett's Nov. 6 letter Excuses Don't Cut It, But Poodles's Teeth Do: I sympathize completely with Mr.

Workers on the twin tunnel component of a water treatment facility in North Vancouver have voted to certify a new union, after construction on the stalled project restarted this fall.

Photo includes neon signs for the Vogue Theatre, Herbert Love, the Orpheum Theatre, the Crown Dining Room, as well as stores and parked cars.

A 25,000-square-foot mansion being built on billionaires' row in Point Grey is likely to be the most expensive home in Vancouver when completed.

Back in September, there was a reference in U.S. court documents to the fact that a government witness against former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding had been a suspect in a "Vancouver" murder.

David Cadman says his international duties help raise Vancouver's profile. As international president of ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, Vancouver city councillor David Cadman told the Georgia Straight that he offers the city "positioning and involvement in Copenhagen" this December.

All of B.C.'s top-10 motor-vehicle crash sites are located in Metro Vancouver and half of them are stretches of the Trans-Canada Highway, ICBC statistics show.

A home inspector has been ordered to pay nearly $200,000 to a North Vancouver couple who were told the house they wanted to buy only needed basic repairs.

"Like all the groups that have gone through band members with addictions -- the Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, AC/DC -- our brotherhood and friendship and musical environment has become so much stronger," says Prevail of the Swollen Members.

A North Vancouver man charged with murder and facing deportation appears in court this week, beginning a process of preliminary and pre-trial hearings scheduled to stretch into next summer.