Andy Prest

Andy Prest is the acting editor for the North Shore News and writes a biweekly humour/lifestyle column. He was given the 2016 George Cadogan Memorial Outstanding Columnist Award by the Canadian Community Newspaper Association. Andy thinks you look really fit these days – have you been working out? Send your sports tips or updates on your humour/lifestyle to Andy at [email protected].

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Recent Work by Andy

Andy Prest: A fond farewell to a very social North Vancouver sandwich shop

After nine years sharing smiles, sandwiches and suds, Meat At O'Neills is slated to close in September

Apr 17, 2024 12:13 PM Read more >

Andy Prest: Interesting things shaking in North Van distillery scene

Vancouver Cocktail Week provides an introduction to the North Shore's spirit world

Apr 3, 2024 5:58 PM Read more >

Andy Prest: What are the best Christmas traditions to annoy your kids with?

Nothing brings parents more joy than getting their kids to stop playing video games and come do something super embarrassing like carolling

Dec 23, 2023 5:57 PM Read more >

Check out these stunning fog photos from West Vancouver

An amateur photographer says her instincts told her she needed to get to Ambleside during a recent foggy spell across the Lower Mainland

Nov 30, 2023 2:18 PM Read more >

Andy Prest: Vancouver Cheese and Meat Festival does two things very well

An adorable little charcuterie board with a cutout notch for a wine glass was clue No. 1 this was going to be a fun night

Nov 8, 2023 5:52 PM Read more >

Former Canucks standout Dennis Kearns inducted into BC Sports Hall of Fame

The talented defenceman, originally from Kingston, has called the North Shore home for nearly 50 years

Jun 3, 2023 11:49 AM Read more >

Photos: Peek inside North Van's upcoming indoor bike park

North Shore Bike Park founder Mike Upton is hoping to have the space ready to open by Spring Break in mid-March

Feb 3, 2023 11:29 AM Read more >

Watch: 15-month-old toddler drains 30-foot shot on his first trip to putting green

Little Walker Martin can barely walk, but he absolutely jars this shot from long distance at a North Vancouver pocket park

Feb 2, 2023 1:27 PM Read more >

West Vancouver athlete sets 10 world records in 2022 – at age 85

Christa Bortignon claims masters athlete of the year honours after rewriting the record books in her first season competing in the women’s 85+ age category

Jan 13, 2023 12:21 PM Read more >

Figure skating legend Tessa Virtue engaged to Morgan Rielly of the Maple Leafs

The high-powered relationship first became public when Virtue and Rielly revealed that they were hunkered down together in North Vancouver during the early days of the pandemic 💕

Jan 4, 2023 12:00 PM Read more >

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