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Hollyburn Family Services gets a boost
NORTH Shore seniors at risk of homelessness will have access to additional supportive services thanks to a funding boost from the upcoming North Shore Mayors' Golf Tournament.
Commuters encouraged to ditch their cars for a week
AS commuters continue to eye the rising price at the pump, representatives of HUB: Your Cycling Connection are encouraging people across Metro Vancouver to ditch their cars and ride their bikes during this year's
Crofts runs down two titles in one 30 minute stretch
WEST Vancouver's Helen Crofts added two more track and field titles to her stellar Simon Fraser University resumé, winning both the 400-metre and 1,500metre races at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships Saturday in Monmouth, Ore.
Community bulletin board
Wilderness at Your Doorstep: A celebration of pioneer history Sunday, May 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Lynn Headwaters Regional Park, North Vancouver. Explore relics from early logging and mining days at BC Mills House. Discover more about everything from hiking to bears to archaeology. Free. Info: metrovancouver.org or 604-432-6359.
Training teaches fundamentals and fun
The sun shines upon Rutledge Field as clumps of kids gather around with their sticks and mouthguards to play and practise the game of field hockey.
Songwriting skills explored
IF your child has a beat, a riff, a groove, a poem without a melody or a melody without poem locked inside them, they may be able to find the key at West Vancouver songwriting camp.
Health notes
The Art of Healthy Living: A series of workshops with Vancouver's top health and wellness professionals will run until June 23 in West Vancouver at the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., Ambleside Youth Centre in Ambleside Park and Lawson Creek Studio, 1756 Argyle Ave. Info: ferrybuildinggallery.com. Registration: 604-925-7270.
Hydro replacing power poles
FOLLOWING Tuesday's provincial election, B.C. is finally slated to get some dependable poles.
Municipal affairs
District of North Vancouver Next regular council meeting, Monday, May 27, 7 p.m. dnv.org
Lawyer says NV rioter's actions minor
THE lawyer for a North Shore man who stole cigarettes from London Drugs during the June 2011 Stanley Cup riot is asking a judge to let his client off without a criminal record.
Pundits post-mortem election
PUNDITS and pollsters from both sides of the political spectrum were wiping the proverbial egg off their faces in the wake of Tuesday's unexpected Liberal victory.
10 years for Lighthouse Park killer
THE man responsible for the 2009 stabbing death of a woman in West Vancouver's Lighthouse Park has been handed a 10-and-a-half year sentence.
Movie review: McConaughey keeps shirt on in tender Mud
Every once in a while audiences need a reminder that Matthew McConaughey can do more than take his shirt off (you heard me, Magic Mike fans). Jeff Nichols' Mud announces it loud and clear.
West Vancouver landslide leads to steep bill
THE District of West Vancouver will complete remediation work in the British Properties after illegal landscaping work triggered a landslide that damaged a tributary of fish-bearing Rodgers Creek.
Sultan's support tops in the province
VETERAN politician Ralph Sultan celebrated his fourth re-election Wednesday afternoon by taking two of his assistants out for lunch and splurging on a pricey bottle of sauvignon blanc at West Vancouver's La Cucina.
R5 rock out at the Rio Theatre
Family Channel presents R5 featuring Ross Lynch at the Rio Theatre, Tuesday, May 14. Doors 7 p.m./Show 8.pm. Tickets $25 available through Ticketmaster — Charge by phone 1-855-985-5000. For more information visit r5rocks.com.
Bellevue hosts block party
STORES in the 1400-block of West Vancouver's Bellevue Avenue will throw open their doors for a street party next Thursday.
