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A Chance to Shape the Future of the Village

First OCP event in the books: will you take part? Lions Bay residents attend OCP event at Village Hall on August 22. Photo by kc dyer. Residents recently gathered to share their thoughts about a new, fully-funded reassessment of the Official Community Plan (OCP) along with an update to the current zoning bylaw. The OCP is a long-range planning document mandated by the province that outlines the community's vision and provides direction for future decisions. These can be as wi

A Year of Waste Reduction

Community Recycling Depot wants to save you time and money The Lions Bay Community Recycling Depot (CRD) has been open just over a year, and in the first twelve months has kept over 1,700 kilograms (1.7 metric tonnes) of recyclable products out of the landfill. It's also saved residents the cost of gas driving recyclable items that don't go into the blue bin all the way into North Vancouver. And it is a valuable source of income for the Village, too. "The Village makes mone

Rare Electrical Storm Leaves Havoc in its Wake

Lightning ignites wildfires; hikers trapped on mountain Lightning dances above Horseshoe Bay during Saturday's electrical storm. Photo by David Zhang. The electrical storm that tore through the South Coast on Saturday night created chaos on a number of fronts. Thousands of lightning strikes peppered Vancouver Island and the South Coast, creating havoc at Vancouver International Airport and causing sweeping power outages. Vancouver Island, which this season has experienced jus

Fire Chief Issues Evacuation Alert

Some Oceanview Road and Kelvin Grove homes on notice Smoke plume from Lone Tree Creek fire as seen from Mountain Drive vantage point Sunday at 7 p.m. (left) and then Monday morning at 7 a.m. (right) Update 11:45 a.m.: Notification via both Alertable and BC Wildfire that the Lone Tree Creek fire is now being held. BC Wildfire update. (Click image to go to site). Alertable notification: The evacuation alert has also been rescinded. Sign up for the free Alertable app through any