1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (360+ words) One of West Vancouver's most prominent vistas will soon have a bespoke piece of public art crafted by one of the community's most prominent artists. District of West Vancouver council voted unanimously June 8 to commission Standing on Shoulders, an 11-foot…...

3+ day, 8+ min ago  (416+ words) District of North Vancouver council unanimously gave staff the thumbs up June 1 to look into low-cost improvements for cyclists and pedestrians to have a more defined route heading into Deep Cove. A plan of what that would look like is…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (615+ words) Passing on the history and culture of Sk'wx'w7mesh "xwumixw (Squamish Nation) means a lot to hereditary chief Chepximiya Siyam (Janice George). Many teachings she learned from her grandmother, who was a matriarch. At 18, her first job with the Squamish Nation…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (439+ words) Mary, Mary quite contrary. How does your garden grow? The North Shore Community Garden Society has added 44 new plots at the Queen Mary Community Garden, bringing the total to almost 150. On May 30, a small army of folks unafraid to get…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (143+ words) West Vancouver's Ambleside Park will be pulsing with electronic music and mind-bending digital imagery Aug. 29 as the waterfront destination hosts the SOULRISE Music Festival. The show will be the Canadian debut of "DEN, an audiovisual experience by headliner Anyma, who…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (208+ words) The North Shore hit a new temperature record on Sunday, with the high at Environment Canada's weather station in West Vancouver hitting more than29 C. The mercury on June 14 pushed up to 29. 2 C in the afternoon, well over the previous record of…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (286+ words) A North Vancouver police officer is recovering after what RCMP describe as an unprovoked assault during a routine traffic stop Friday evening. A North Vancouver RCMP officer was doing speed enforcement on Low Level Road at around 5 p. m. when the driver…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (272+ words) Looking for a ferry but don't want to spend a couple hundred million? One little one is on sale; in fact, the price has been reduced. The old MV Nimpkish, now known as Midcoaster, is up for sale. And while…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (371+ words) Sunday, June 14, is very sunny indeed in Vancouver. Environment Canada meteorologist Nan Lu notes with a ridge of high pressure over the region, parts of southern BC could see records broken in the afternoon. In Vancouver, the current record is…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (581+ words) A new kids show is set to hit TV screens next week teaching Cree language and culture. Kokum & Dot, produced and directed by filmmaker April Johnson and filmed at Capilano University in North Vancouver, follows Kokum Dorothy talking to her…...