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30 years of making music
The Delta Music Makers are celebrating their 30th anniversary with a free concert in Ladner next Saturday.
PoCo sides with Cat & Fiddle on hours
PoCo council is backing the Cat & Fiddle Pub's push to extend its hours, despite hearing residents express concerns over noise and other issues. The pub's owner, meanwhile, says the business addresses concerns whenever it hears of them.
North Vancouver incumbents triumph
AS pundits and journalists autopsy the unexpected big win by the B.C. Liberals in the 2013 election, the North Shore's candidates are reflecting on hard-fought campaigns and looking to the future.
Force Field: B.C. women poets get their due in Mother Tongue anthology
The launch of Force Field: 77 Women Poets of British Columbia, edited by Susan Musgrave, will be held Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m. at the Seymour Art Gallery. Free. Info: mothertonguepublishing. com or seymourartgallery.com.
Godzilla film shooting scenes on Cypress
DIRECTOR Gareth Edwards' reboot of the Godzilla franchise turned part of Cypress Mountain into San Francisco Bay Area Park last week during location shooting on the North Shore.
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Capilano University Textile Arts Grad Show: The graduating class from the university's textile arts program showcase their work in this show, which opened Thursday and continues to June 8 at CityScape Community Art Space, 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Students explore a range of approaches and techniques to textile arts. The works in the exhibition range from silk-screening, printing and various surface treatments with dyes and stitched designs, to woven, felted and knitted pieces. On Saturday, May 18 at 2 p.m. artists will be at the gallery to discuss the works in the exhibition as well as the techniques and thought processes used in their creation. For an online catalogue designed by students, visit grad2013.textileartscapu. com.
Pink bats swing in memory of popular volunteer
Sunday's downpour didn't dampen the spirits of those taking part in a baseball tournament in Langley, honouring Sheila Engh's memory
Champ joins TWU
The Trinity Western track and field team bolstered an already strong pole vaulting team with the signing of Nathan Dunford, who is the reigning 2A Washington State High School pole vault champion.
End of the line for van Dongen
After 18 years as a popular MLA for Abbotsford, independent candidate John van Dongen was ousted Tuesday night by political rookie Darryl Plecas, a University of the Fraser Valley criminologist.
Flooding not likely in Langley
While flooding is not expected to impact Langley, river forecasters and emergency planners are keeping an eye on the Fraser River.
Mounties nab pot caretaker
A special anti-gang police team uncovered four sophisticated marijuana grow operations worth millions that included a vast underground greenhouse hidden by a paddock and a high-end doghouse in the Hatzic Valley area east of Mission.
West Van rivalry rolls on
THE last time the powerhouse senior AA rugby teams from Rockridge and Collingwood met it was a messy affair played during the height of the West Coast's annual springtime mud up.
Volunteer helps others see life clearly
This is what Henry Sicking has learned time and again over the last 15 years of volunteering with the Third World Eye Care Society, organizing its used glasses drive in the Tri-Cities to help those in developing countries.
Photo of the day
Coquitlam fire crews doused a fire at an abandoned six-unit complex (left) on Clarke Road near Glenayre Drive late Monday afternoon. Fire officials believe squatters using the building started the blaze.
Body discovered at Colony Farm park
Investigators working the first homicide case in Coquitlam this year have identified the victim.
Women win sixth rugby title
The women remained the flagship of the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club earning a sixth provincial title at the B.C. Rugby championships in Victoria on Saturday.
