City of North Vancouver council is throwing its support behind provincial government’s efforts to obtain clarity from the Supreme Court of Canada on who will be bear responsibility in the event of an oil spill. Councillors were voting on a motion brought forward by Councillor Craig Keating, who said...

“If you have a friend or a son or daughter or even someone you know on the street with a drug problem or a dog, you would know that there aren’t a lot of places for them to go." By Gagandeep Ghuman While volunteering in Philippines, Raymond Heise met a five-year-old kid with an ambition that...

“He (Mayor Walton) was ruling my motion out of order. I wanted it to be part of the record for the public hearing, and he and the clerk ruled that a follow up motion was out of order and I disagreed. I was just asking for information and I think the Mayor could have heard it, but I guess he didn’t...

The City of North Vancouver will be spending $500,000 on a new picnic area as well as a Pitch and Putt project at Mahon Park, west of the stadium. The project would replace the old Horseshoe buildings which housed the North Shore Horseshoe Club until the club disbanded in the early 2000s, staff told...

“The cost sharing is information we need as soon as possible. If the district believes it’s a model that is not working, we have to consider our way forward. Right now, I support our shared services and it has served our two communities well and I look forward to hearing their views." Pam Bookham By...

It is too much and too fast: That is what a council watcher told the District of North Vancouver council while questioning the district stats he says grossly under report the number of residential units that are in the so-called development pipeline. DNV council watcher Corrie Kost says there is close...

By Gagandeep Ghuman Vast majority of property crime in West Vancouver is committed by those who don’t live in the district, and is overwhelmingly driven by those who commit these crimes to support a drug habit, says Len Goerke, chief constable for West Vancouver police. West Vancouver property...

Draft plan for trails cites a study that says dogs make significant impacts on natural vegetation within six metres of trails. By Gagandeep Ghuman Is West Vancouver biased against dogs? A West Vancouver citizen fears a recently completed draft trail plan has used flawed research to justify bias against...

'Oh, it was the usual 4-3 vote' is a refrain you will hear a lot in the City of North Vancouver where that permutation has become a short-hand for a predictable split vote on development in the city. Said with a mourner’s lament, it usually means Mayor Darrell Mussatto, and Councillors Linda Buchannan,...

“This is the hardest thing we have to go through. We are facing a really difficult time right now, and after all our bill payments, we have barely enough left for groceries. We have been basically eating toast just to save money   By Gagandeep Ghuman There was hardly a day in the last 13 years...