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Here is a selection of News Coverage

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NEWS COVERAGE – 2022

• The achievements of Mayor for West Vancouver, and what will happen next - 2022-10-02- NorWesVan Things

• West Van approves controversial Dundarave Beachside development - 2022-07-26 - Brent Richter, North Shore News

• Dundarave proposal is a test of West Van council's—and perhaps David Eby's—resolve to address housing crisis - 2022-07-24 - Charlie Smith, The Georgia Straight.

• West Van report card: Quality of life vs. housing and transportation - 2022-07-12 - Charley Care, North Shore News

• West Van wins provincial planning award for neighbourhood character - 2022-07-10 - Charley Carey, North Shore New

• My Response to: Mr. Neagu’s open letter to Mayor and Council - ATU 134 Union - 2022/06/20 - Mary-Ann Booth 

• Op-ed: Gordon Ave affordable housing delivers on West Van's goals for community - 2022/06/04 - Mary-Ann Booth, North Shore News

• West Van Mayor Mary-Ann Booth launches re-election campaign - 2022/05/31 - Nick Laba, North Shore News

• Lions Gate Bridge heroes awarded West Van's highest honour for saving a life - 2022/05/26 - Brent Richter, North Shore News

• New Spirit Trail Bridge wins 2022 HUB North Shore infrastructure award - 2022/02/25 - Charley Carey, North Shore News

• Metro Matters: campaigns are beginning for mayors all over British Columbia — including in West Vancouver - 2022/05/04 - Justin McElroy, CBC Early Edition with Stephen Quinn

• Armitage family made largest donation to West Van Place for Sport - 2022/01/21 - North Shore Daily Post

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NEWS COVERAGE – 2021

• West Van council to move forward with Ambleside area plan - 2021/12/14 - Charley Carey, North Shore News

• West Van mayor opens new section of Cypress’s Mountain Path and Trestle Bridge - 2021/12/06 - Charley Carey, North Shore News

• North Shore governments share their regional transportation vision - 2021/10/19 - Gordon McIntyre, Vancouver Sun

• Take on this Cleanup Challenge and help make 'West Van sparkle' - 2021/04/19 - Elisia Seeber, North Shore News

• Vancouver municipalities struggle to set 2022 budgets due to ‘school tax’ imposed by province - 2021/02/07 - Frances Bula,  The Globe and Mail

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NEWS COVERAGE – 2020

• West Vancouver's Navvy Jack House spared from demolition - 2020/10/07 - CBC News

• West Vancouver wants to implement its own housing vacancy tax - 2020/02/27 - Vincent Plana, Daily Hive

• West Vancouver makes racist land covenants history - 2020/01/28 - CBC News

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NEWS COVERAGE – 2019

• West Vancouver mayor chastises council for failing to apply climate change policies it had just passed - 2019/10/30 - Justin McElroy, CBC News

• Investigation launched into threats issued against mayor and council in West Vancouver - 2019/08/01 - Charlie Smith, The Georgia Straight

• West Vancouver puts hold on 390-unit apartment project - 2019/07/17 - Justin McElroy, CBC News

• Press Release -West Vancouver Yacht Club Awarded five anchor eco-rating certification - 2019/03/14 - West Van Yacht Club

• 'Unplugged' West Van mayor talks B-Line, business, bedroom community - 2019/03/08 - Jane Seyd, North Shore News

• West Vancouver's B-Line debate shows why some projects stop at the drawing board - 2019/03/04 - Justin McElroy, CBC News

• West Vancouver residents hold protests over proposed B-Line bus route - 2019/02/23 - Ryan Patrick Jones, CBC News

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NEWS COVERAGE – 2018​​​​​​

• Christmas traditions from North Shore public figures - 2018/12/03 - North Shore News

• Editorial: Game of 21- 2018/11/06 -North Shore News

• West Vancouver mayor-elect Mary-Ann Booth confirmed in recount - 2018/11/02 - Tiffany Crawford 

• B.C. Election Results: Mary-Ann Booth edges out Mark Sager in West Van - 2018/10/21-Randy Shore

• Mary-Ann Booth elected West Vancouver Mayor by 21 votes - 2018/10/19 - Brent Richter

• West Vancouver proposes subsidized housing for working professionals - 2018/10/01 - CTV News

• Density or waterfront views? West Vancouver mayoral candidates debate development - 2018/09/28 - CBC News

• North Shore mayoral candidates have their say on transportation, affordability - 2018/09/28 - Amy Judd

• It's election time, let the fun begin - 2018/09/17 - Daphne Bramham

• Councillors take on former mayor for top job in Metro Van’s richest municipality - 2018/09/17 - Alex McKeen

• West Vancouver "Tree House"condos a sign of things to come - 2018/08/08 - Brent Richter

• Smith Foundation luncheon - 2018/07/18 - North Shore News

• West Vancouver on the eve of change - 2018/06/21 - Brent Richter

• Editorial: It’s better on payday - 2018/05/01 - North Shore News

• West Vancouver Councillor Mary-Ann Booth announces mayoral run - 2018/04/21 - Mary-Ann Booth

• Mary-Ann Booth officially announces West Van mayoral bid - 2018/04/13 - Jeremy Shepard

• Here's why Mary-ann Booth wants to become the mayor of West Vancouver - 2018/04/12 - Gagandeep Ghuman

• Metro Vancouver directors votes themselves a golden handshake - 2018/03/29 - Brent Richter

• Fast Food - 2018/03/18 - North Shore News

• West Vancouver charts course for economic development - 2018/03/02 - Jane Seyd

• West Vancouver restores heritage committee - 2018/02/28 - Jane Seyd

• West Vancouver to ask province for more control over tax policy -2018/02/21 - Jane Seyd

• Douglas Todd: How Canada’s most expensive municipality grew alert to foreign capital — 2018/01/26 – Douglas Todd – Vancouver Sun

• Vancouver to adopt ‘locals-first’ housing strategy — 2018/01/25 – Frances Bula – The Globe and Mail

• West Vancouver grapples with heritage homes at risk — 2018/01/24 – Brent Richter

• West Vancouver repeals speed bump ban — 2018/01/23 – Brent Richter

• LAUTENS: Nuclear war: Why isn’t it a hot-button topic? — 2018/01/12 – Trevor Lautens

• West Van family donates $700K for community centres — 2018/01/10 – Brent Richter

• Seawalk dispute tossed back to courts — 2018/01/10 – Jane Seyd

• Former chief justice from West Van receives high honour — 2018/01/07 – Ben Bengtson

• A spectacular wish for 2018 — 2018/01/02 – Lindy Pfeil – West Vancouver Beacon Newspaper

• Homes in pricey West Van neighbourhoods remain hot spots for affluent — 2018/01/07 – Jane Seyd

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NEWS COVERAGE – 2017

• Our top 10 most read stories in 2017 — 2017/12/31 – Brent Richter

• YEAR IN REVIEW: Here are the most important North Shore stories from 2017 – Part 2 – 2H2017 — 2017/12/24 – Jeremy Shepherd

• YEAR IN REVIEW: Here are the most important North Shore stories from 2017 – Part 1 – 1H2017 — 2017/12/21 – Jeremy Shepherd

• Foreign owners third highest in West Vancouver — 2017/12/21 – Brent Richter

• West Van council votes itself 15 per cent raise — 2017/12/20 – Jeremy Shepherd

• West Vancouver residents divided on tree bylaw — 2017/12/18 – Jane Seyd

• West Vancouver takes builder to court over tree cutting — 2017/12/14 – Jane Seyd

• West Vancouver Police Department signs on to MedicAlert — 2017/12/11

• West Van pays $700K for safer Wardance Bridge — 2017/12/07

• 2016 Census: Our average commute to work is 26 minutes — 2017/12/05

• North Shore’s number one economic issue: transportation — 2017/11/30

• West Vancouver saves historic Rush House — 2017/11/26

• Traffic gridlock top topic at business breakfast with North Vancouver MLAs — 2017/11/17

• Almost half of North Shore rents unaffordable: Census — 2017/11/14

• West Van’s immigrant population up — 2017/11/03

• District of North Vancouver moves towards “locals first” policy for condo pre-sales — 2017/10/31

• CN Rail, West Vancouver spar over Seawalk — 2017/10/27

• Vigilante tree cutting in West Vancouver’s Glenmore angers residents — 2017/10/24

• West Vancouver seeks to demolish home allegedly built without permits — 2017/10/24

• West Vancouver’s historic McClelland House to face wrecking ball — 2017/10/19

• 1 in 5 West Vancouver households ‘low income’ — 2017/10/10

• West Van temperature records broken — 2017/08/31

• West Vancouver lacks housing options: Vital Signs report — 2017/10/03

• West Vancouver OKs new Ambleside project — 2017/09/23

• Census reveals North Shore incomes — 2017/09/14

• West Vancouver attempts to save 1919 heritage home — 2017/09/13

• Boat ramp may make a return to Ambleside — 2017/08/11

• Subdivision plan moving forward — 2017/08/04

• Census reveals changes in North Shore language stats — 2017/08/03

• West Vancouver council splits on future of Marine Drive — 2017/06/08

• ‘Locals first’ initiative wraps with 50 per cent buy-in — 2017/05/18

• Census 2016: West Vancouver riding a grey wave — 2017/05/09

• Eight homes approved on Evelyn Drive project — 2017/05/08

• Councils united on transportation matters — 2017/03/31

• West Vancouver’s municipal taxes jump 4.45% — 2017/03/28

• Mayor calls for reinvigoration of West Vancouver — 2017/03/10

• West Vancouver council slows development — 2017/02/21

• StatCan data shows North Shore population slightly up — 2017/02/09

• West Vancouver’s population shrank in 2016 — 2017/01/24