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Artistic support
NEWS photo Paul McGrath
WEST Vancouver District Mayor Ron Wood (left) and artist Brian Romer stand on Eagleridge Bluff, with a painting of the area recently created by Romer. The bluff - which includes a section of the Baden Powell Trail, unique wetlands, and stands of Sitka spruce and arbutus trees - could be destroyed by an overland expansion of the Sea to Sky Highway. Romer has donated the painting to the district to aid in its fight to save the bluff by pressing for a tunnel expansion.

WV water meter charge questioned
West Vancouver residents planning to renovate their homes this summer could be hit with an unexpected cost.
 

Long wait linked to fatal heart attack
B.C. Ambulance Services has committed to looking at how and when fire departments are dispatched to medical emergencies after an ambulance recently took more than 10 minutes to reach a man who had collapsed in Lynn Valley.
 

Twin tunnels under the peak
Clearing of a 1.5-hectare site began this week in Lynn Canyon Park in preparation for a massive water tunnel construction project that will take four years to complete.
 

Mounties' street watch stepped up
NORTH Vancouver RCMP will be out in force on Wednesday to draw attention to National Road Safety Awareness Day - a first ever World Health Organization (WHO) global initiative designed to reduce traffic deaths and injuries.
 

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