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YEAR IN REVIEW
Here are the top North Shore stories of 2024
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GOLDEN MOMENTS
BRENT RICHTER
brichter@nsnews.com
Catch a whiff of something foul in Metro Vancouver’s air? Notice some new faces at North Shore Rescue? Get the good gossip about the kid who wrecked an Italian supercar?
Our editorial staff have sifted through the 2024 headlines and these are the ones that really defined 2024 – or at least the ones we couldn’t stop talking about.
It stinks Of course, more ink gets spilt over housing than anything else, but 2024 had another story that kept us and everyone holding their noses. The revelation that the stalled North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant will cost almost $3 billion more than originally budgeted landed like an overturned honey wagon. Metro Vancouver and Acciona, the engineering firm fired from the project, are due to face each other with duelling lawsuits in court in 2027, but the two sides have also been slagging each other publicly with their own version of events in the meantime. The North Shore’s mayors and council members led a charge at Metro Vancouver’s board to see the cost overruns shared equally around the region, but in a series of weighted votes, the majority of the board rejected that option, putting Continued on A16
’TIS THE SEAS The sun sets over Vancouver harbour as seen from the Waterfront Park pier in North Vancouver Dec. 14. Note to readers that delivery may be delayed for this issue and next due to the holidays. Thanks to Mark Teasdale for the amazing photo, and to all our readers for following along this year. We’ll see you in 2025! MARK TEASDALE