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Deputy Administrative Officer signs an oath of office Lions Bay Village office (and Works) rock-stars Shawna Driscoll, Aidan Young, Fernie and Kristal Kenna at Tyax Lodge in Goldbridge, BC. Submitted photo. Lions Bay's Deputy Administrative Officer took a few days off at the end of last month to sign an oath of office of her own. The ceremony took place at Tyax Lodge in Goldbridge BC, and Kristal was joined by a number of familiar faces, including her beautiful flower girls,

Limit outside pumpkin display time, say bear advocates Photo courtesy Lions Bay Bear Smart. Bear Smart team members are asking Village residents to limit the time that pumpkins are outside during the lead-up to Halloween. Left unattended, pumpkins make an easy snack for local bears, says bear advocate Norma Rodgers. "Black bears are in hyperphagia right now, which means they are bulking up for hibernation and desperately seeking calories. Since pumpkins are bear attractants i

September's Coastal Canine is one happy new Canadian Editor's Note: September's Coastal Canine got bumped into October thanks to duelling election coverage. We will be back on track with October's feature later this week! September's Coastal Canine is a landed immigrant on these shores, have been born in the far-off wilds of Lancashire, UK. After a long journey, he briefly made his home in Alberta before landing in his forever home on the coast. Max (formal name: Maximus) l

Incumbent MLA one of two Greens in Conservative crush Preliminary results issued Saturday night show the residents of the West Vancouver - Sea To Sky re-elected Jeremy Valeriote as their Member of Legislative Assembly. Across the province, the reaction to NDP leader David Eby's early election call was to push back, and the party was steamrolled across the province. Exactly one hour after the polls closed, the CBC called a Conservative victory under the leadership of Lorne Doe