North Shore News

North Shore News is a local newspaper based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It reports on a variety of topics including local news, sports, business, job opportunities, and community happenings. The publication focuses on events and news relevant to North Vancouver and the surrounding North Shore regions of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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Man charged with arson after authorities say he sparked New Jersey Pine Barrens blaze

7 hours ago | nsnews.com | Bruce Shipkowski

CHATSWORTH, N.J. (AP) — A man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey's Pine Barrens, sparking a quick-moving wildfire, authorities said Thursday. Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette said the Waretown man faces aggravated arson and arson charges in the southern New Jersey wildfire, which authorities said Thursday morning grew to more than 23 square miles. (59 square kilometers).
How many stranger assaults are happening in the City of Vancouver?

8 hours ago | nsnews.com | Alanna Kelly

Multiple people have been assaulted during violent stranger attacks in Vancouver over the last month. One incident resulted in the death of a 92-year-old man in Chinatown; another involved a Toronto woman who was attacked on the seawall. The Vancouver Police Department confirmed with Glacier Media there are one to two assaults per day throughout the city that are being classified as stranger assaults.
Lawsuit alleges District of North Vancouver negligence in Deep Cove flooding

19 hours ago | nsnews.com | Brent Richter

A Deep Cove property owner is suing the District of North Vancouver alleging years of negligence by the municipality led to flooding damages at his Panorama Drive home. Gary Wilson, 71, purchased the Panorama Drive property, which has Panorama Creek running through it, in 2002. A previous owner built the home to physically straddle the creek along with a set of grouted rock walls along the creek’s banks.
Whale Sanctuary Project in Nova Scotia renews bid to get two whales from France

2 days ago | nsnews.com | Michael MacDonald

HALIFAX — The group behind a project to build North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales in Nova Scotia has renewed its bid to provide a seaside sanctuary for two killer whales living in a shuttered marine park in France.
North Shore seniors rocking it on the runway for slow fashion

5 days ago | nsnews.com | Brent Richter

Forget rocking chairs. More like rocking it. Silver Harbour Seniors Activity Centre members dazzled on the runway, April 12, for the centre’s Slow Fashion Show. Volunteers in the program made and modelled the one-of-a-kind garments as a fundraiser for the centre. By design, all of the materials were salvaged or hand-woven fabrics and textiles.
Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items

6 days ago | nsnews.com | David Baxter

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Resident sues West Vancouver for atmospheric river flood damages

6 days ago | nsnews.com | Brent Richter

An Upper Dundarave homeowner is suing the District of West Vancouver, alleging the municipality’s negligence is to blame for flooding damage of his home in the Oct. 2024 atmospheric river. According to civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Philip Langridge’s home on the 2500 block of Mathers Avenue was left with such severe damage, he and his wife were forced to move out to a rental property while remediation work was done.
Burnaby North-Seymour candidates talk debt, trans health and wastewater boondoggle

6 days ago | nsnews.com | Brent Richter

It was more a of most-candidates meeting than an all-candidates meeting, but three would-be MPs from the Burnaby North-Seymour riding traded jabs and pushed policy at a debate held at Seymour United Church, Tuesday night. People’s Party of Canada candidate Jesse Fulton, a former tow-truck operator who had never voted before, pitched himself as the kind of blue-collar Canadian that the next government needs to think about when targeting the cost of living.
'Babies would have died': Men stop traffic to help ducks cross busy B.C. highway

6 days ago | nsnews.com | Alanna Kelly

A family of ducks successfully crossed a busy B.C. highway thanks to the kindness of two men. Carlos Altamirano was at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and 203 Street in Maple Ridge on April 15 around 4 p.m. when he noticed two men at the corner. “I didn’t know what they were doing,” he told Glacier Media. Then to his surprise, he saw more than 10 ducks and a mother duck on the road.
Friends launch fundraiser for teen injured in Cypress Mountain fall

1 week ago | nsnews.com | Brent Richter

Friends of a Port Coquitlam teen left with life-altering injuries in a Cypress Mountain backcountry fall are raising funds for his recovery. On April 14, North Shore Rescue volunteers pulled 18-year-old Carson Storey from a cliff on the north face of Christmas Gully on Mount Strachan. He had been enjoying a day of spring skiing on the hill when he fell while trying to retrieve a friend’s lost ski. A GoFundMe.com fundraiser launched by a friend of the family offers an update on his condition.