Nick Laba

4 days ago | vancouverisawesome.com | Nick Laba

The future appears uncertain for the most iconic burger joint on the North Shore. The property at 1550 Philip Ave. in North Vancouver – home of the Tomahawk Restaurant – has been listed for sale at $6.5 million. A real estate listing describes the “ideally situated redevelopment site” with a one-storey wood-frame building “currently operating as a restaurant.

4 days ago | nsnews.com | Nick Laba

As the Edmonton Oilers kick off their second-straight Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday, they’ll be skating on home ice – in more ways than one. That’s because the hometown rinks of six of the team’s star players have been scraped, with that ice being added to the skating surface at Rogers Place in Edmonton ahead of Game 1 against the Florida Panthers. In North Vancouver, ice was taken from the North Shore Winter Club, where Oilers forward Evander Kane played minor hockey.

1 week ago | nsnews.com | Nick Laba

Staff and students at a West Vancouver private school can get loud during their graduation ceremony without fear of being fined for noise. On Monday, council narrowly granted a special event noise exemption for Collingwood School with a 4-3 vote. Couns. Linda Watt, Christine Cassidy and Nora Gambioli dissented because they said that the school hasn’t done enough to address noise issues and other ongoing concerns from members of the surrounding community.

1 week ago | nsnews.com | Nick Laba

West Vancouver council isn’t passing a new area plan for its central Ambleside neighbourhood anytime soon. At a meeting on Monday, most of council wanted to delay first reading of the Ambleside centre local area plan. That comes after the vote had just been deferred at the previous meeting on May 12, after receiving a last-minute letter from the Ambleside Dundarave Residents Association. Council again received a letter from ADRA before the May 26 meeting, asking for more time to consider the plan.

1 week ago | nsnews.com | Nick Laba

The first major development proposal seen at council since the new Ambleside apartment plan passed last year is asking for that plan to be amended. At a Monday meeting, West Vancouver council voted for a preliminary application to build a 19-storey apartment building at 1552 Esquimalt Ave. to be advanced to the public information stage. Only Coun. Nora Gambioli was opposed.