Brent Richter
@brentrichter.bsky.social
Reporter for the North Shore News in North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
As a journalist, this makes me angry. As a taxpayer though, livid.
Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · 11mo agothe journalist feeling of asking the government for information at noon on a Tuesday saying you need a response for a story that needs to be done by the end of Wednesday sending two followup phone calls and getting a response Wednesday at 5:49pm
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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If I wanted to find lots of interesting mushrooms on the North Shore (for looking at, not for eating), where are the best spots? 🍄
North Vancouver dog is ‘aggressive,’ B.C. Court of Appeal rules after unprovoked attack
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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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...
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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My guilty pleasure these days: wholesome news content. 🎃🥒🍅 www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
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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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...
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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Editorial: North Vancouver's big parking changes are a tough sell
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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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 🌎
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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Thief steals baseball gear from North Shore players with disabilities
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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Editorial: The greatest danger to our children getting to school is parent drivers
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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I am about to take my first ever trip to Powell River. What’s the best stuff to see/do/eat there?
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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Almost 700 new homes in two towers but it’s the plaza that’s got everyone all excited. www.nsnews.com/local-news/m...
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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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
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...
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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This is happening in towns and cities all over North America. What is the solution? www.nsnews.com/local-news/d...
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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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...
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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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...
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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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...
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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Welp, that's the coolest thing you're going to see in @northshorenews.bsky.social this week. www.nsnews.com/local-arts/s...
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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Welp, that's the coolest thing you're going to see in @northshorenews.bsky.social this week. www.nsnews.com/local-arts/s...
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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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
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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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...
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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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...
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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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...
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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'Darkest day': 11 dead, dozens more injured after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
'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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