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Reporter for the North Shore News in North Vancouver and West Vancouver.

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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
As a journalist, this makes me angry. As a taxpayer though, livid.
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Spent much of the weekend hunting for mushrooms on the trails because my wife’s hobby is a bit odd. www.instagram.com/p/DQ-ynpskUB...
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
If I wanted to find lots of interesting mushrooms on the North Shore (for looking at, not for eating), where are the best spots? 🍄
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North Shore News @northshorenews.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
North Vancouver dog is ‘aggressive,’ B.C. Court of Appeal rules after unprovoked attack
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North Vancouver dog is ‘aggressive,’ B.C. Court of Appeal rules after unprovoked attack
Despite receiving prevoius warnings, the owners argued they were being treated unfairly following an incident in a Lynn Valley park
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
God I hope when my time comes, I'm as gracious as Daniel is. Despite terminal cancer, West Van philanthropist dedicated to hope www.nsnews.com/local-news/d...
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Despite terminal cancer, West Van philanthropist dedicated to hope
Three quarters of the people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are gone within a year, but breakthroughs may be coming and West Vancouver's Daniel Fine is doing his part to help raise funds
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This @northshorenews.bsky.social editorial was written by AI. (Actual individuals) www.nsnews.com/opinion/edit...
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Editorial: In an era of AI fever dreams, real news still matters
We are proud that every word in the North Shore News was written by people who know that facts still matter
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
My guilty pleasure these days: wholesome news content. 🎃🥒🍅 www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
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North Vancouver gardener dishes dirt on growing giant vegetables
His giant pumpkin topped 1,200 pounds this year, a new personal best
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Swimming against the currents and against the odds. Wild salmon are splashing about in the Upper Seymour River, which has been cut off from the ocean for almost 100 years. www.nsnews.com/local-news/w...
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Wild salmon return in Upper Seymour River offers hope for the future
Salmonids haven’t been able to spawn above the dam in almost a century, but conservationists are working to change that.
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Stephen Tweedale @stephentweedale.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I can hold it. www.nsnews.com/local-news/t...
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TransLink to build washrooms at North Vancouver's Phibbs Exchange
Have to go now? You’ll need to wait until 2027
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
We did pretty good. www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
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North Shore News nets 6 Canadian Community Newsmedia Awards
Judges selected the stories and photos out of thousands of entries from across the country
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North Shore News @northshorenews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Editorial: North Vancouver's big parking changes are a tough sell
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Editorial: North Vancouver's big parking changes are a tough sell
There will be some road rage over these changes, in particular from current residential parking permit holders who will be faced with more competition for coveted spots
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CPAWS-BC @cpawsbc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
An investigation into the co-ordinates in the ship’s log found the prawn fishing boat had been used for fishing in two separate glass sponge reef areas on seven separate days in May and June 2022. 🔗 @northshorenews.bsky.social ✍️ @brentrichter.bsky.social 🌎
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Vancouver vessel owner fined $40K for illegal prawn fishing in glass sponge reef
The owner had been warned and told her crew to stay out of the ecologically protected areas.
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North Shore News @northshorenews.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Thief steals baseball gear from North Shore players with disabilities
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Thief steals baseball gear from North Shore players with disabilities
Replacing the locker and gear stolen from a North Vancouver park will cost more than $8,000
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North Shore News @northshorenews.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Editorial: The greatest danger to our children getting to school is parent drivers
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Editorial: The greatest danger to our children getting to school is parent drivers
The healthiest option for kids is walking or biking to school, but they shouldn't have to worry about dodging late-for-work parents while doing so
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
I am about to take my first ever trip to Powell River. What’s the best stuff to see/do/eat there?
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a lake with mountains in the background and cactus along the shore
ALT: a lake with mountains in the background and cactus along the shore
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Almost 700 new homes in two towers but it’s the plaza that’s got everyone all excited. www.nsnews.com/local-news/m...
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Major development proposal incoming for North Vancouver’s Lynn Creek
The two towers would be 34 and 30 storeys in height and contain more than 600 new homes.
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Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation hosted canoe races are on this weekend at Cate's Park, North Vancouver (Whey-ah-Wichen). Bruce Stewart took these photos in the mid 1970s evelazarus.com/whey-ah-wich... #northvancouver #everyplacehasastory
Indigenous man wearing a beret is wiping down a traditional dug-out canoe in the and at Cates Park in North Vancouver. Spectators are in the background watching the races in Burrard Inlet.
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I've written about this disaster I don't know how many times and I'm still learning more and more about it. www.nsnews.com/local-news/i...
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Iron workers' tragedy remembered 67 years after Second Narrows Bridge collapse
The last living survivor of the disaster was there to pay tribute
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This is happening in towns and cities all over North America. What is the solution? www.nsnews.com/local-news/d...
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District of North Vancouver to crack down on parked RVs
Although some people may just be storing them empty on the street, many of the RVs are someone’s home
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
When is a pedestrian hit by a bus? And when are they hit by the driver? You would be surpised how many angry emails we get. @andyprest.bsky.social thoughtfully and humanely explains the logic. www.nsnews.com/opinion/andy...
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Andy Prest: It’s impossible to find words to describe such a tragedy
Our hearts go out to those affected by last week's tragic bus crash in Horseshoe Bay, including the victims, witnesses, first responders and the driver
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
When is a pedestrian hit by a bus? And when are they hit by the driver? You would be surpised how many angry emails we get. @andyprest.bsky.social thoughtfully and humanely explains the logic. www.nsnews.com/opinion/andy...
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Andy Prest: It’s impossible to find words to describe such a tragedy
Our hearts go out to those affected by last week's tragic bus crash in Horseshoe Bay, including the victims, witnesses, first responders and the driver
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Sometimes - not that often - I can just look out my window and say, "That looks interesting. Maybe I'll do a story about it." www.nsnews.com/local-news/w...
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What is this strange ship in the Vancouver harbour?
The odd-looking cylinders are actually high-tech rotor sails that cut the ship’s fuel use
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Welp, that's the coolest thing you're going to see in @northshorenews.bsky.social this week. www.nsnews.com/local-arts/s...
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Watch: 'Shōgun' actors clash swords at North Vancouver university
Respecting tradition while providing entertainment on screen is a balancing act, performers say
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Welp, that's the coolest thing you're going to see in @northshorenews.bsky.social this week. www.nsnews.com/local-arts/s...
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Watch: 'Shōgun' actors clash swords at North Vancouver university
Respecting tradition while providing entertainment on screen is a balancing act, performers say
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Stefan Labbé @stefanlabbe.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says it is in the early stages of a plan to dredge Burrard Inlet to allow more oil to be shipped through the harbour. The project raises environmental concerns and questions over Indigenous rights via @brentrichter.bsky.social
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Port of Vancouver seeks to dredge Burrard Inlet for oil tankers
The project raises environmental concerns and questions over Indigenous rights
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Lytton, West Kelowna, Jasper, Los Angeles, Lahaina. It’s time to start applying the lessons these tragedies are teaching us. Editorial: The wildfire of our nightmares does not have to happen www.nsnews.com/opinion/edit...
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Editorial: The wildfire of our nightmares does not have to happen
It’s time to start applying the lessons other tragedies around the world have taught us here in North Vancouver and West Van
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District of North Vancouver @dnv.org · 21/05/2025
Metro Vancouver will be conducting water valve tests at Cleveland Dam today (May 21) through Friday, May 23. During this time, scheduled valve tests will occur resulting in fluctuating river flow on Capilano River. ➡️Info on levels in Capilano and Seymour Rivers: metrovancouver.org/services/wat...
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Seymour and Capilano River Levels | Metro Vancouver
Recent and current river levels and flows in the Capilano and Seymour Rivers downstream of the Capilano Reservoir and Seymour Reservoir.
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
When you give something away for free (or almost free), people no longer value it. Trust me, I work in news. I know this. So why do we do it with water? www.nsnews.com/opinion/edit...
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Editorial: Why do we reward the waste of municipal water?
It’s fundamentally inequitable and shows that we don’t care about managing a precious resource.
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Poor guy. They're not called killer whales for nothin' www.nsnews.com/animal-stori...
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Watch: Injured dolphin dies despite rescue efforts off North Vancouver shore
Rescuers from Vancouver Aquarium tried to stabilize the animal, who appeared to have wounds from an orca attack.
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North Shore News @northshorenews.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
'Darkest day': 11 dead, dozens more injured after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
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'Darkest day': 11 dead, dozens more injured after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
VPD: "It's hard to make sense of something so senseless."
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Daniel Wagner @passittobulis.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Come see me, Ed Willes, and @andyprest.bsky.social talk #Canucks and writing at the North Shore Writers Festival next week! Register now! www.eventbrite.ca/e/hockey-tal...
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Hockey Talk with Daniel Wagner, Ed Willes, and Andy Prest
Join us for an engaging talk led by hockey writers, who will take you behind the scenes of the Canucks with some of their favourite stories.
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
We apologize for any incontinence this causes No more free parking: City of North Vancouver to vote on big changes www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
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No more free parking: City of North Vancouver to vote on big changes
Prices on commercial streets in Lower and Central Lonsdale would reach $3 per hour under the proposed plan
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
We apologize for any incontinence this causes No more free parking: City of North Vancouver to vote on big changes www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
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No more free parking: City of North Vancouver to vote on big changes
Prices on commercial streets in Lower and Central Lonsdale would reach $3 per hour under the proposed plan
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Before he was in radio, Grant Lawrence was in print (sort of). He used to deliver the @northshorenews.bsky.social and insert is own printed-at-home gossip column before going on his route. www.nsnews.com/local-arts/g...
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Grant Lawrence recalls first job as North Shore News paperboy ahead of West Vancouver show
On April 12, the author and CBC broadcaster brings local tales, and tunes from artists including 54-40 frontman Neil Osborne, to Kay Meek Arts Centre
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I love new infrastructure including, apparently, library vending machines. www.nsnews.com/local-news/s...
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See inside North Vancouver's new Lynn Creek Community Centre
The facility contains a massive vending machine for library books, the first of its kind in Canada
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HUB North Shore @hubnorthshore.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
West 1st Street Bike Detour for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Construction. The dedicated eastbound bike lane on West 1st Street between Philip and Pemberton Avenues will be removed in April 2025. #BikeYVR #NorthVancouver #NorthVan
Map showing the location of the bike lane closure and suggested detour.
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
My wife has a terribly amusing hobby and she’s quite clever at it. www.instagram.com/p/DHFghyiRj5...
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District of North Vancouver @dnv.org · 13/03/2025
Metro Vancouver will be conducting water valve tests at Cleveland Dam today and Friday, Mar. 14. During this time, scheduled valve tests will occur resulting in fluctuating river flow on Capilano River. Information on Capilano and Seymour Rivers levels and flows: metrovancouver.org/services/wat...
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Seymour and Capilano River Levels | Metro Vancouver
Recent and current river levels and flows in the Capilano and Seymour Rivers downstream of the Capilano Reservoir and Seymour Reservoir.
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
My wife has a terribly amusing hobby and she’s quite clever at it. www.instagram.com/p/DHFghyiRj5...
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A well-designed building cares for the people inside it. It was really cool to see what that means for people who work a very tough job. New fire hall brings North Vancouver to 21st century emergency response www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
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New fire hall brings North Vancouver to 21st century emergency response
The long-awaited Maplewood Fire and Rescue Centre in the District of North Vancouver is unlike any other in B.C.
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Glen Korstrom @glenkorstrom.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Exciting times for North Vancouver's Novarc as it just netted $50M to advance its AI-powered machine learning technology for automated welding robots. AI robot tech is hot, as other investors are pouring money into the niche. #AI #robots #technology
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North Vancouver-based AI robots firm Novarc lands $50M in funding
Novarc's technology NovAI enables robots to see and adapt as though they are expert welders
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Glen Korstrom @glenkorstrom.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Bad news for North Vancouver's Capilano Suspension Bridge, as it is being sued for allegedly not paying a vendor $231K. They are not commenting on the lawsuit. #lawsuits #tourism
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Vendor sues Capilano Suspension Bridge, alleges $231K in unpaid invoices
Surrey's TDH Enterprises Ltd. listed 11 invoiced amounts that it said the tourist attraction had agreed to pay but has yet to settle
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Better North Shore @betternorthshore.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
📈The North Shore is looking at steep utility bill increases due to a $3B 😱 cost overrun on our wastewater treatment plant 🧻🚽 Thanks to cost-sharing and rate-smoothing, we get a bit of a reprieve in 2025 #northvan #westvan #wastewater #betternorthshore www.betternorthshore.ca/blog/potty-p...
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Potty politics: can we afford to flush in 2025? — Better North Shore
Here’s what each North Shore municipality is doing to prevent us from feeling the flush of our tax dollars going down the drain through a massive utility bill “shock” in 2025.
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Better North Shore @betternorthshore.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Hello North Shore! We're on here now where the skies are blue. Check us out at betternorthshore.ca. If you like what you see, please join our mailing list here www.betternorthshore.ca/newsletter-s... and share with a friend or two. #BetterNorthShore #NorthVan #WestVan
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Better North Shore
‘Better North Shore’ is a non-partisan group founded to galvanize support for positive change across Vancouver's North Shore. Better options for housing, transportation and the environment make our co...
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
A few words from a self-made man who donated $25 million for a new #NorthVan hospital wing. “Well, I was fortunate in life,” he said. “And you only need to eat three meals a day.” www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
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New Paul Myers Tower at Lions Gate Hospital completed
The new wing has eight operating rooms and 108 treatment rooms.
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This property always presents such a dilemma. Too valuable to be used for port purposes. Not suited for anything much else... www.nsnews.com/local-news/m...
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Major North Vancouver industrial waterfront property sold
The developer had sought to subdivide the property but the District of North Vancouver rejected the proposal
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Brent Richter @brentrichter.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Surprise early highlight from 2025: a ridealong in our first electric garbage truck. www.nsnews.com/local-news/d...
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District of North Vancouver deploys first electric garbage truck
Have you seen it humming along the streets of North Van?
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Christopher Cheung @bychrischeung.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
As the new Sen̓áḵw goes up, a scholar looks back at how Vancouver coveted the urban reserve, how an AG coerced an illegal sale in 1913, and how the displacement of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh people sparked a political debate on how colonization should be packaged more nicely. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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When Settlers Seized and Set Fire to the Kitsilano Reserve | The Tyee
As the Squamish Nation rebuilds with an ambitious new housing project, a scholar examines its long history of displacement.
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Alanna Kelly @alannakellynews.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
BREAKING: 'The plane shook': Aircraft hit by another plane on Seattle tarmac A North Vancouver woman was on the aircraft when the crash occurred and describes what happened. www.nsnews.com/highlights/t...
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