Bust nets Homer Simpson ecstasy pills

A young woman from North Vancouver was busted at the American/Canadian border with a cache of Homer Simpson ecstasy pills in her car.  The US Customs and Border Protection netted 100 000 ecstasy pills shaped like Homer Simpson and the Transformers. "U.S. Customs and...

AH1N1(swine flu) Return of an Influenza Pandemic

From 1918-1919 the world suffered from an Influenza virus that that wreaked worldwide havoc, this virus was known as the swine flu. Today we face yet again another pandemic cause by this virus. Should the world...

Teen Girls Selling Sex on Craigslist, Police Say

The world of high tech and the oldest profession have combined in North Vancouver with the discovery that teen girls are selling sex on Craigslist.  According to the authorities, some girls are acting...

Gov't announces culture and heritage infrastructure funding

The James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages announced a new funding program to support cultural and heritage infrastructure projects. "This is the right thing to do, building cultural...

RCMP Asked to Investigate Former NDP President & Current Funders

A former secretary to two CUPE Presidents has sent a letter to the RCMP requesting that they investigate tactics to which she was subjected after blowing the whistle about CUPE Local 116 executives staffing their...

North Vancouver: where did it go?

               To really get a good perspective on a place you must abstain from visiting it for a very long time. After a ten year hiatus from...

Voice Report: Police Presence at 23rd Street in North Vancouver

I'm at 23rd Street and Lonsdale in North Vancouver at the Chevron Gas Station. There's about 10 cop cars and a fire truck and two motorcycles and everybody's sirens are flashing.

Premier Accused of Pink Shirt Hypocrisy on Anti-Bullying Day

Premier Gordon Campbell and CKNW talk show host Christie Clark, may wish they had left their pink shirts in the closet as their own bullying baggage is dragged out along with the shirts. Campbell has declared Feb....

Snow Causes Chaos on North Shore

This winter, North Vancouver was buried under heavy snowfalls as deep as an adult’s thigh. Personally, I love snow. I enjoy skiing, and wish I was a kid so I could get away with sledding and making snow angels. Unfortunately, the North Shore was inadequately prepared....

Schechter loses city seat

" Schechter loses city seat Dorais turfed from school board Bethany Lindsay, North Shore NewsPublished: Saturday, November 15, 2008 THREE newcomers have been elected councillors in the City of North Vancouver. Rod Clark, Guy Heywood, and Mary Trentadue will...

Soccer moms call foul on election e-mail

" Soccer moms call foul on election e-mail Say use of 3,000-name list wrong Bethany Lindsay, North Shore NewsPublished: Friday, November 14, 2008 PARENTS of some North Shore soccer players are complaining that the executives of their sports club have misused an...

Biodiesel at the pumps in BC

How does one go about being environmentally conscious with a 1983 Series III Land Rover Santana with a diesel engine? The answer to that is Biodiesel! We have the answer, now what? How does one go about finding...

BC Schools: Mandarin & English, "BC's Official Language" ? "Or Did we just ...

Barry Artiste Op/EdRegardless that Canada's Official Languages are English and French, Media reports of frustrated parents who are tired of long lineups trying to enroll their kids into French immersion in...

The Sopranos redux

Sometimes reality can be stranger than fiction. "Coquitlam RCMP and a local newspaper say they have been contacted by an anonymous tipster who claims he has the bullet-riddled body of an escaped gangster stored in...

Vancouver Native not going to Beijing - Update

Following a 3-2 loss Wednesday afternoon, that witnessed the Tampa Bay Rays sneaking away with the rubber match of a three game set in Toronto, Jay's head coach and pillar of Canadian baseball Cito Gaston made...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from