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A Little More Good North Van’s Katie Jeanes is part of a group of 20-somethings who are hoping to inspire others by promoting positive homegrown causes, companies and ideas KELSEY KLASSEN BLACK PRESS

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ears are not the way you’d expect Katie Jeanes’ career to start.

The insanely motivated and decorated 24-year-old had soared at UBC, quickly earning accolades for her work with UBC Rec — directing the largest league at the university (soccer) by age 19 – while serving as VP of the Human Kinetics Undergrad Society and teaching snowboarding with Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports in her spare time.

Through winning the inaugural Outstanding Student Award to being nominated as a Paralympic torchbearer, she’s was marching towards a PhD in neuroscience.

A recession-era graduate, Jeanes tackled 2009 with an open mind and a bachelor’s degree, vacillating between plans to continue studying and starting her own do-good business. But life had some tough lessons in store.

She found a job with a Vancouver company that wanted to bring positive news to the people in print form — a seemingly perfect fit. But work at the social start-up disappeared as the company flamed out and she suddenly found herself behind the counter of a bike rental shop with her little brother.

“It was like, ‘I’m going to be a neuroscientist!

I’m going to be a ballin’ entrepreneur! I ... work at a bike rental store. Shit.’”

One of the good things to come out of her job with Elated News was a chance to attend a CRAVE conference, complete with a coaching session with three Vancouver businesswomen.

“I was so nervous. Heather (White) is a goddess of business, plus everyone at the conference

was telling me I had to meet Arpen (Thandi) and the other coach, Felicia (Lee). They’re amazing! ... I was like, ‘Oh God, what have I done?’”

As she described her crumbling pedestal to the gurus, she found no sympathy.

“I burst into tears. I was so embarrassed. They must have wondered, ‘Who is this little wimp from North Van?” Jeanes is still in regular contact with all three ‘yodas’ for her work as CEO of A Little More Good, the social start-up she finally had the guts to found.

“I had ridiculous dreams like being on the cover of Fast Company. I knew I wanted to have my own company and Elated News was kind of it but not really, and all the women at the conference were like, ‘You can do this.’”

Taking on its current form in 2011, A Little More Good is a group of Vancouver twentysomethings trying to make it easy to do, well, a little more good.

Daily web articles are curated to inspire change by promoting positive homegrown causes, companies and ideas. The organization also plans monthly fundraising events for chosen charities: March 18 is Curling for Covenant House — a charmingly geeky way to raise funds for the youth organization.

Jeanes hasn’t lost her busy gene — her Twitter feed reads like a Who’s Who of amazing people and causes she’s involved with — and she is expanding A Little More Good to other Canadian cities.

Get hooked on her simple strategy for making a difference by signing up for More Good in the Hood, an eBook she dreamed up to tick off 100 ways you can do good every day. That and more at ALittleMoreGood.com.

CHANGEMAKER - North Vancouver’s Kate Jeanes is CEO of A Little More Good. Kelsey Klassen photo

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Even though Jane will be in Victoria four days a week during this legislative session, she maintains close contact with her riding through her constituency office. During the three days each week that she is back in her riding, she continues to meet with constituents, attend events, and keep her constituents’ concerns front and centre in many ways, including hosting Ministers on visits to our riding to see first-hand our needs and successes.

During a recent visit, Education Minister the Hon. George Abbott and Jane meet with the North Vancouver Parent Advisory Council to discuss a wide range of topics related to children’s education including special needs, and alternative schools.

TAKING A STAND Sutherland secondary teachers Wendy Matsubuchi and Cynthia Bunbury greet motorists on Grand Boulevard on Monday.

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Jane speaks with John Gilmour and Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, the Hon. Pat Bell, at her “Breakfast with Minister Pat Bell”. The sold out event of over 100 people heard the minister speak about the BC Jobs Plan.

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Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, the Hon. Blair Lekstrom, joins Jane on a tour of the Highway One interchange at the Fern Street overpass. They discussed transportation issues and solutions for the area.

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Lynn Valley Main Library Thursday, March 22 10:00 am to 11:00 am

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orth Shore school teachers are expected back in their classrooms Thursday, after joining public school educators across the province on a three-day strike.

Teachers walked off their jobs Monday to protest back-to-work legislation tabled last week by the B.C. government in an escalation of an ongoing labour battle between the province and the B.C. Teachers’ Association.

North Vancouver Teachers’ Association spokesman Daniel Storms told The Outlook Wednesday that students and parents will have to wait and see whether there will be further job action at North Shore schools after the two-week Spring Break that begins on Monday.

Storms said that while the local teachers’ association awaits further direction from the provincial teachers’ federation about future action, local teachers would like to thank the community for the outpouring of support given to them during their three-day strike.

“We had unbelievable support — lots of honks, people that live in the neighbourhood of the schools coming up to teachers and saying, ‘Come over to my house, use the washroom, wash up.’

“It was just unbelievable,” he added.

Hundreds of North Shore teachers were expected to join a rally of thousands at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Wednesday.

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he City of North Vancouver is making its first foray into social housing ownership, taking over six new rental units in Central Lonsdale.

The apartments are part of the mainly markethousing Kimpton low-rise condo development soon to be completed at the corner of West 13th Street and Chesterfield Avenue, one block west of city hall.

When the building opens it will mark the first time the city has owned social housing units within a market development, something city staff negotiated for in the developer’s initial proposal.

“This is the first one where we’ve actually owned the units,” Cheryl Kathler, community planner for the city, told The Outlook in a phone interview Friday.

There are of course other mixed social and market housing developments in the city. But those are private arrangements between nonprofits and building owners wherein the nonprofit will rent a suite at full price and then provide it to their client at a subsidized rate. Many residents of those buildings won’t even know if an apartment in their building is subsidized unless that tenant or owner tells them.

“That’s private information,” Kathler added.

“We don’t even know it necessarily.”

But while the city plans to own these six Kimpton units, they have no plans to operate them. So now staff are on the hunt for a housing operator or co-operators to manage the units and collect the rent.

The city just put the call out to non-profit housing operators this week in the form of an online request for proposals to manage the five one-bedroom apartments and one studio

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apartment on the first and second floors of the Kimpton.

Non-profit groups have until March 28 to submit their proposals, plans and projected budgets to the city.

What isn’t yet known about the non-market rentals is who they will target for residency; whether a specific hard-to-house group or lowto middle-income people who work and use services in the area. Wolfgang Beier, the city’s purchasing manager and author of the request for proposals said that decision will ultimately be made by the successful applicants.

“We purposely haven’t defined who we want in there. We think that these non-profits who understand social housing and the needs of people will come to us and tell us who deserves to be in there,” Beier told The Outlook by phone Friday. “So we’re looking for a wide range of proposals we’ll take to council and then council will help us choose.”

Just how many bids the city gets and from whom won’t be known, even to Beier, until the March 28 closing date, he said.

“And we’d hope that within a month of that we’d have it up and running,” Beier added. “But there’s no fixed timeline. We’ll take as long as it takes for us to find an operator.”

The successful applicants will lease the units — valued at approximately $300,000-$350,000 each — from the city for a five-year term with the city having the option to renew the lease for five more years afterward.

“My understanding is they’re not going to be really low rent unless the operator can come up with a subsidy,” Kathler said. “They have to cover their costs and there’s not going to be any subsidy coming from the city to help it pay strata fees and so on.”

Kathler added that the typical rent in the city for a new one-bedroom in a concrete building like the Kimpton is between $1,600 and $2,000 per month. “It is [expensive] for a lot of working folks. Even a lot here at city hall.” tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne

The Outlook has been nominated for three awards in the 2012 Ma Murray Awards competition.

In total, BC and Yukon Community Newspaper Association judges culled through 1,800 entries from 108 member newspapers. The Outlook finalists are: ■ Environmental Writing Award: Sean Kolenko, “Sink or Swim.”

■ Outdoor Recreation Award: Maria Spitale-Leisk, “Breathtaking Journey.”

■ Ma Murray Community Service Award: Outlook staff, “Back to School.”

Winners will be announced April 14. You can read Sink or Swim and Breathtaking Journey at northshoreoutlook. com.

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ore than 60 people packed a District of North Vancouver council meeting Monday to hear council debate new laws for downhill skateboarding in the community.

About half were young people from the North Shore’s longboarding community, some arriving in their skate leathers and skid lids.

The rest were older concerned residents, arriving presumably in their cars.

Among the youth camp was a 15-year-old longboarder who just last month was injured when he collided with a truck in Canyon Heights. On the other side of the debate there was Chuck Duffy, the man driving the truck.

Since that incident on Feb. 6, Duffy has been trying to outlaw longboarding in the district with a 50-signature petition. That finally brought things to a head at Monday night’s council.

But council would vote not to ban longboarding but to approve three readings of a bylaw clarifying new rules of the road for all boarders in the district.

The updated bylaw includes tougher fines of up to $100 for infractions like skating at night, riding on the wrong side of the road or, in a general sense, skating “without due care and attention.”

Downhill skateboarders are also banned from any roads in the district with speed limits exceeding 50 km/h.

If given final approval in the coming weeks, the new bylaw will also grant enforcement officers the authority to confiscate skateboards and other equipment for 24 hours in addition to issuing fines.

That’s a detail that worries Les Robertson, manager of North Vancouver’s Rayne Longboards, who complained that cyclists, motorists and pedestrians are rarely punished with similar provisions.

“If you’re wearing a helmet and knee pads and gloves, you can still just as easily be fined and confiscated as you would without a helmet, and I think there should be a tiered penalty there,” Robertson told The Outlook on the phone Tuesday. “We’re setting these kids up to have very early impressions of policing that are negative and in many cases their parents have already empowered them to go out — it’s not cheap to own a longboard.”

And indeed it wasn’t just the predominantly teenage longboarders at the meeting who spoke in favour of the growing sport.

Many parents of those young participants said they were happy to see their kids getting some exercise outside, doing a sport that’s true to the spirit of life on the North Shore.

“My son’s in Grade 10. He’s not in trouble; he is not doing drugs, he’s not drinking. He comes home from school and he immediately goes outside,” said district resident Cathy Leblanc. “North Van is known for having outdoor sports.”

District Mayor Richard Walton compared the popular explosion of longboarding among youth in the district today with that of mountain biking in

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“But this is not a right anymore than it’s a right to drive a car,” Walton admonished the gathering of young boarders at council. “It’s a privilege that this council sounds like it’s prepared to grant.”

Walton warned the 30 or so skateboarders at the meeting that it’s now on them to educate the younger kids about safety and respect for others on the roads in the community — or else.

“We can be back here a year from now, not with a 50-person petition, but with a lot more voices,” Walton threatened.

Council voted five to one in support of the bylaw effectively validating safe longboarding in the district, with Coun. Alan Nixon absent from the meeting.

Coun. Robin Hicks cast the lone dissenting vote, saying he was in favour of a more robust ban on the sport or moving it to a designated area away from roads.

Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn requested that a letter be sent from the district to the City of North Vancouver to see about harmonizing the two municipalities’ skateboarding laws.

“If we do one thing and the city does something else, that’s a recipe for disaster,” MacKay-Dunn said.

Harmonizing skateboarding bylaws across the whole North Shore could soon be a matter for public debate as currently skateboarding is allowed only on roadways in the district, only on sidewalks in the city and is banned everywhere in West Vancouver except the municipality’s two skateboard parks. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com

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here’s nothing quite like watching others make more money than you, especially when it appears that they do less.

It’s a magical blend of anger, sadness and jealousy that, if left to fester, can lead to some scorched professional earth.

Every now and then, however, such observations mean opportunity. Meet artist Marcus Bowcott.

In 1973, having just wrapped up studies that spanned art, English and psychology at Douglas College, Bowcott was working in Langley cutting down trees near the water.

One day, as he and his associates carried out their brush-clearing mandate, a tugboat cruised past them and a co-worker quipped: “the guy working on the tug is making twice as much as we are.�

And there it was — opportunity. “I always thought that in order to be an artist I had to have time to think in my studio. I had to have time to make mistakes and practise,� says Bowcott, contemplatively. “If I spent half the time making money I could spend more time on art.�

So, Bowcott turned his attention to getting on the tugs. His first attempts, unfortunately, proved unsuccessful, as he wasn’t the only one angling for the gig. But during a stint as a scrutineer for the New Democrats in Mt. Pleasant around that time, Bowcott wound up working with a dispatcher from the Canadian Brotherhood of Rail and Transport Workers Local 400.

They recognized each other from Bowcott’s trip to the hall looking for work. After some introductory banter, Bowcott’s NDP counterpart, Dave Crain, asked him if he had any log booming experience. The tugs, mentioned Crain, always needed people with log boom skills.

Bowcott jumped at the opportunity and soon found himself working on the water, COFFEE a job he’d have on and off WITH for the next 17 years. It was a grind, Bowcott admits, a busiSean Kolenko ness not suited for the faint of skolenko@northshore outlook.com heart. But the luxury it afforded him was worth the achy back. “If I was looking for an easy way out I was deluded,� he says, with a wise smile. “But it was all so I could work. It wasn’t a choice, I had to do it.�

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The classroom, says Bowcott, is an inspirational place, an arena that reminds him there is still exciting visual art happening. Sometimes, the world doesn’t appear to value such output.

Society can seem an artless, philistine place but the studios and lecture halls of the post-secondary world have a way of erasing those feelings.

And, he learns as much as he instructs. One’s influences don’t belong to a static repository, there are new and important lessons to absorb all the time. Since Bowcott began putting paint to canvas, his work has transformed as he’s found himself in different situations. His years on the tugs, for instance, showed him that there is a beauty and honesty to the logs and debris he saw floating in the river.

If there’s one core tenet to Bowcott’s work, it’s an honesty about his environment. His new series, Cruising America, depicts idyllic U.S. landscapes painted on the backs of RVs, all of which are stuck in traffic. That bumper-to-bumper world is an example of a modern landscape.

It might not be the stuff of dreams or postcards, but that’s precisely the point. This isn’t a lesson in idealism — it’s a lesson in our surroundings. “What is the mundane experience? Rather than go for beauty for beauty’s sake, be truthful to what’s in front of you. The Cruising America series comes from that,� says Bowcott. “All I can do is respond as honestly and deftly to what I’m seeing right now. What do we see? The end of another vehicle. That is the view from here.�

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It’s a heated debate that pits longboarders against drivers.

Can the disparate groups safely coexist on District of North Vancouver roads?

District council seems to think so. On Monday council voted 5-1 in favour of passing three readings of an updated bylaw that paves the way for new regulations for longboarding on DNV roads.

The other option, of course, would be to ban the emerging sport altogether, which has been done in other municipalities, including West Vancouver.

But with steeper fines of up to $100 for infractions such as skating on the wrong side of the road, plus a ban on riding on any roads with speed limits over 50 km/h and the ability of enforcement officers to confiscate skateboards, council is optimistic roads can be made safer for riders and non-riders.

That won’t come as welcome news to many local residents who attended Monday’s jam-packed meeting and implored council to make downhill skateboarding illegal on their streets because of safety concerns.

Coun. Robin Hicks, the lone dissenting vote against the new bylaw, voiced similar concerns.

“This is dealing with human life. I think recreational longboarders should have specifically designated areas.”

“I don’t think I can vote for a bylaw that allows young people who aren’t really aware of their responsibilities to longboard on public roads which are congested with traffic. I think the danger, the potential conflict is too great.”

There’s no denying the fact that longboarding is an inherently dangerous sport, but banning it completely, as many have argued, could have the unintended consequence of making it even riskier if riders go underground, riding at night, for instance, to evade detection.

That’s why the district is looking at making the streets as safe as possible for both sides. But tougher street-skateboarding regulations won’t solve everything. It will also take greater education and respect for rules of the road — by drivers and riders.

As DNV Mayor Walton reminded many of the young boarders in council chambers on Monday night: “This is not a right anymore than it’s a right to drive a car. It’s a privilege that this council sounds like it’s prepared to grant.”

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— LET TER OF T HE W EEK— about how much kindness he can Tales of Tully spread and inspire other people to Editor, Very good article by Len Corben (Outlook, Feb. 23) on Brock Tully. I was a Grade 11 player on the Highlander basketball team in 1965-66 when Brock was our Grade 13 player. We surprised Delbrook in the Howe Sound tournament that year and with North Van went to the B.C.’s at UBC. North Van came 3rd and we came 5th, ironically coach Brian Upson’s best finBrock Tully ish to that time.

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t would be as easy for Troy Vassos to send his daughter to Balmoral junior secondary as it would be to hit the schoolyard from his porch with a casually thrown stone.

That's to say that the Vassos kids — the eldest son now graduated — have grown up in the heart of the Balmoral-Carson Graham school catchment area in North Vancouver.

But instead of walking the requisite steps to Balmoral each morning, father and daughter get in the car and drive 10 minutes down the highway to another public school in another district; West Vancouver.

The Vassos girl, a ninth-grader at Sentinel secondary, is one of exactly 1,000 students who call North Vancouver home but leave their district every day to go to public school in West Van. The reason for the migration, most parents say, is that the West Vancouver School District has superior programs like arts and sports academies built around students' busy extracurricular schedules.

Parents say the North Vancouver School District has been downplaying the steady drop in its enrolment over the years, blaming instead a dwindling demographic of young people across the whole North Shore.

But the numbers show otherwise.

Over the past 15 years, North Vancouver's school-age population has actually grown by about 12 per cent, from roughly 21,000 kids in 1996 to nearly 23,500 in 2011. During that

same time, the school district has closed several schools with two more — Balmoral junior and Blueridge elementary — set to close next year.

The problem, it seems, isn't a shrinking demographic but a mobile one, with approximately 3,150 kids leaving the North Van public board every morning to find an education elsewhere — mainly in West Van. At $8,000 per student in provincial funding, that's a net loss in revenue of more than $25 million every year.

And while some may chalk that loss up to an overall tendency towards private schooling in the province, that trend doesn't tell the whole story on the North Shore, or even in B.C.'s unofficial private schooling capital, West Vancouver.

"Seven or eight years ago," says West Vancouver schools superintendent Chris Kennedy, "about three quarters of kindergarten kids in West Vancouver attended public [schools]. And now we're up to about 85 per cent."

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doing enough to stem the westward tide of students. West Van's elite programs aren't the only culprit; independent schools in North Van have also taken a bite out of public enrolment, enjoying a 30-per-cent bump in student numbers over the past decade.

"When I went through the Balmoral and Carson [Graham] route, I took sculpting, electronics, two photography courses and painting courses, journalism," Troy Vassos tells The Outlook. "The fine-art component of the school, as well as the athletics, academics and music — it was an amazingly rich program."

But those were richer times. The North Van school district has spent the last decade moving away from its neighbourhood schools model towards fewer, more centralized schools, selling off its vacant properties.

Former North Van city mayoral candidate and former North Vancouver school district parent Ron Polly, says that's caused a "downward spiral" for the school district, with lost enrolment chasing lost revenues.

"We go to these board meetings and find out there's declining enrolment while the population is going up," Polly says. "Then we find out a lot of North Van kids are going to schools in West Van and so there's a push to close our schools and sell off the lands. And the more schools you close, the more kids leave the catchment area."

"I was talking to parents the night of the last meeting," Polly adds, referring to the Feb. 21 North Van school board meeting. "Their kids went to Monteray [elementary], but once that school closed down, their kids had to go a lot farther so they just went and signed in at West Van." As another parent, Maria Johnson, says: "Once the kids are in the car, why not go a bit further if you can get a better education?"

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o contrast North Van's widening enrolment-to-population disparity, West Van's gap grows the other way. There, enrolment numbers this year outstrip the actual population of West Van kids with the school district estimating that more than 1,100 of its students travel to West Van for public school, not including the district's 500 international students.

West Vancouver schools superintendent Chris Kennedy agrees with those North Van parents who say comparable programming at home would lure a lot of kids back. But as long as the needs of West Van kids are met first and foremost, the board welcomes any student — and their education dollars — to the district.

Any school district would if it could — and does.

Recently there's been a big push on for B.C. school districts to pull students from far beyond their catchments. At $13,000 a head, international students go a long way — and come a long way — to fill revenue gaps for struggling school districts.

Unfortunately for the North Van district, those students are these days also going elsewhere.

Less than three weeks after B.C.'s jobs, tourism and innovation minister Pat Bell came to North Vancouver to single out international

education as a soon-to-boom sector and economic driver for North Van, the district's schools superintendent John Lewis came before the North Van school board with some bad news: The kids aren't coming.

On Feb. 21, Lewis announced the school district would have to adjust its 2012 budget to account for about $390,000 in anticipated revenue from international students that didn't materialize. They were expecting 615 international students but only 585 signed up.

"When we have fewer kids, we have fewer teachers and fewer resources, so we actually reduce our costs by about $240,000, so we only see a difference of about $110,000," Lewis explains.

He says the international enrolment drop was due in large part to new English language programs in Korea — where 95 per cent of North Van's international elementary students come from — that now allow Korean kids to learn English just as well at home.

Still, those 585 international students account for $7.6 million into North Van school district coffers. That's not an insignificant chunk of change, but when compared to the $25.2 million in lost revenues from North Van's homegrown student population fleeing the district, the frustration of some parents is understandable.

"The school should not be focusing its business plan on internationally affected characteristics," Vassos says. "They should be focusing it on the students right here at home."

To the North Van board's credit, Lewis says North Van schools have been adding programs similar to West Van's academies in an effort to bring kids back home and keep them there.

The International-Baccalaureate program introduced at Capilano elementary has saved that school from ruin, growing its population by 100 students in just three years.

The school district also has some smaller academies spread around its schools for things like hockey, digital media and arts, and will next year introduce a new soccer academy at Windsor secondary.

"For that program we set a target of 66 students for the first year and we've got 66 registrations," Lewis says proudly.

He points out that if people look at the migration numbers between the two school districts of North and West Van as percentages of each district's whole population, the westward migration between the municipalities isn't so dramatic.

He says that with 269 West Van students coming to school in North Van every day, that represents about 3.8 per cent of West Van's overall enrolment. The percentage of North Van's enrolment that jumps ship to West Van is about 6.5.

"Certainly we would wish to make it that if there was three per cent coming to North Vancouver from West Vancouver, we'd wish it to only be three per cent going to West Vancouver public schools as well."

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Port Metro Vancouver asking for community feedback on design plans SEAN KOLENKO S TA F F R E P O RT E R

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arch has arrived and, as promised, Port Metro Vancouver has released some much-anticipated information regarding the potential overhaul of the Low Level Road.

At the first in a series of three open houses and workshops scheduled for this month — the last of which will be held on March 24 — port and City of North Vancouver staff were on hand at Ridegway elementary school on Saturday to discuss new details of the largescale project.

Among the plans released, two topics emerged as key points of interest for the residents in attendance: new connections for the junction at Esplanade Avenue and the Low Level Road, and the height of the road near St. Davids Avenue.

In the area of Esplanade and the Low Level Road, PMV have proposed three options. The first scheme includes a new signalled intersection at St. Andrews Avenue, with a new two-lane road to the north offering access to area businesses. The Spirit Trail crossing would be located at the traffic signal.

The second option also offers a signalled intersection at St. Andrews Avenue and a new signalled pedestrian crossing close to St. Georges Avenue. In this option, local business will have only a one-way road, with traffic travelling east to west, for access. Crossing for the Spirit Trail would be at St. Georges Avenue. Neither of these designs require a significant raising of the road in that area.

The third plan, again, proposes a new intersection at St. Andrews Avenue and a one-way access road for businesses. At St. Patricks Avenue, however, another intersection would be created, raising the current Low Level Road almost eight metres to the height of St. Patricks. The Spirit Trail crossing would be located at St. Andrews.

Each of these scenarios incorporates a noise wall placed in between

the road and the community, with some landscaping to the north of the wall. PMV staff are asking residents whether or not they want a sidewalk on the south end of the Low Level Road, closest to the port lands. If not, then the width of the landscaping beside the noise wall can be increased by about three metres.

As for the height of the road adjacent St. Davids Avenue, PMV drawings illustrate a 14-metre jump.

Those plans caught the ire of residents at the session who have long expressed their opposition to a road encroaching on their community.

“I feel, and the neighbouhood feels, that we’re still talking about the same issues as last year,” said Binkley, a resident of East First Street.

Port staff maintained the height of the road in this area was to deal with slope stability issues as the steepest part of the bluff is just to the west near Moodyville Park.

An environmental assessment, in particular data on the effects a raised road would have on air quality, was also top of mind for many of those in attendance. That information, however, is still being processed by PMV and wasn’t available at the meeting.

“The fundamental reason the project is being done is to increase port operations,” said Moodyville resident Mike Wise.

“And we’ve asked for an air impact study. We need to know that impact for the foreseeable future.”

Once the March sessions are completed, PMV staff will be taking the feedback gleaned from residents and drafting another design. That plan will be the subject of another meeting hosted by the City of North Vancouver in the spring. A decision from city council is being targeted by the port for either May or June.

If approved, PMV staff will then begin working on a traffic management plan.

Dennis Bickel, the port’s senior manager of Gateway competitiveness, said construction of a new Low Level Road could begin as early as this fall and last about 18 months.

A full text of the port’s new designs can be found at porttalk.ca, under the “Consultation Discussion Guide — March 2012” menu option. skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/seankolenko

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Parents seeking child care, (family or group), and educators seeking jobs in child development should rate all programs for children according to the same standards.

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These activities should match the developmental abilities of the children and strengthen their physical, cognitive, social and emotional wellbeing.

The physical environment should be interesting and challenging yet ensure safety. There should be, at minimum, the required child-to-staff ratio and the adults should have the appropriate education.

The educators should work with the children in a caring, consistent fashion; model appropriate behaviour; offer manageable challenges; and nurture self-esteem.

These standards for quality apply to full-day child care or part-day early learning/preschool programs.

Programs should also provide a variety of experiences designed to encourage exploration and problem-solving, and an awareness of diversity in their community and their world.

A morning schedule for preschools and child care centres should be very similar.

Unlike part-day early learning/ preschool programs, child care centres will schedule lunch and afternoon rest time.

Child care centres will repeat many elements of the morning schedule in the afternoon (e.g. group time, free play, story time, outside play, snack).

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Quality early learning/preschool programs stress physical, social and emotional growth as much as they stress thinking and academic skills.

Similarly, educators in quality child care settings know early learning is inseparable from care.

All programs should encourage parent involvement and provide program plans that support educational and developmental goals in a nurturing – caring – environment.

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Teachers and other union members came by bus, plane and ferry from around the province to demand that the government withdraw Bill 22, which will impose a cooling-off period and appoint a mediator to seek a settlement within the government’s “net zero” wage mandate for B.C.’s 41,000 teachers.

B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Susan Lambert addressed the crowd to cheers and chants of “shame” as she described 10 years of government action to “strip” BCTF contracts. Bill 22 repeals 2002 legislation struck down by the B.C. Supreme Court, but reinstates many of their provisions, Lambert said.

Lambert also denounced new performance evaluations and disciplinary measures for teachers.

“One bad report and you’re gone,” she said.

B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair told the crowd the restriction of teachers’ rights to strike and bargain working conditions are a blow to all unions. He and Lambert both said the government refused to put the year-long

teacher dispute to an independent mediator, and have restricted any settlement to fund wage and benefit increases through savings found within the education system.

The BCTF has demanded a 16 per cent wage increase and benefit improvements that the employers’ negotiators say will cost taxpayers an extra $2 billion a year.

Education Minister George Abbott said the government will continue to debate Bill 22 without extending legislature hours, despite an opposition delaying tactic where all 34 NDP MLAs are speaking for the maximum time.

That could drag the debate into next week, where teachers are in a legal position to strike for one more day. If teachers continue their walkout Thursday and Friday in defiance of a Labour Relations Board ruling on essential services, the government would reassess its position, Abbott said.

Pickets put up by members of the BCTF and other unions at government offices around Victoria Tuesday morning directed unionized staff not to go to work, but to register for strike pay with the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union and then attend the rally instead.

The government applied to the Labour Relations Board for an injunction against picketing, which the BCTF was prohibited from doing in an earlier ruling that allowed a three-day strike this week. newsroom@northshoreoutlook.com

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Gallery inches closer to a home in Cates Tugs building SEAN KOLENKO S TA F F R E P O RT E R

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fter long expressing an interest in relocating to the waterfront, Presentation House Gallery staff were back in council chambers Monday night with a fundraising capacity report outlining their ability to make such a move.

The gallery hired KCI Ketchum Canada, a national consulting firm specializing in fundraising initiatives, to conduct a series of interviews with potential donors to gauge whether PHG could successfully navigate a $12-million fundraising campaign.

Reid Shier, director of the Presentation House Gallery, said the $12-million benchmark includes the cost of retrofitting the Cates Tugs building, the gallery’s preferred new home, and operating money for after the move.

In total, 154 individuals were contacted — 35 of whom were met with in person, nine in a focus group and 110 through an online survey. And all were asked about four basic topics: whether or not PHG needed a new gallery space, if they had a preference between the Cates Tugs building or Lot 5 as a new site, the feasibility of a campaign of this scope and the financial contribution they’d consider making.

Of those respondents, 27 indicated they’d give money, 12 said they’d consider it and four refused. Some of those interested in giving money also indicated how much they’d be willing to part with, totalling between $2.3 and $2.5 million. The report did not disclose the amount each person said they would donate.

More than two-thirds of the respondents also said they preferred the Cates building as the new location, citing its proximity to the SeaBus as the key factor.

“We learned our reputation is highly respected and there is a high-level of positive support for our goal,” Shier told The Outlook.

“It lends credibility to our past discussions

with the city that we do have the capacity to fundraise. This gives some proof to that.”

All financial contributions, however, came with two caveats: that finding a new home was paramount as donors were not inclined to give to the gallery before they knew where it was moving and that a financial commitment from the city was confirmed.

To address the needs for a fixed location, council unanimously passed a motion for the city to begin discussions with the Washington Marine Group, the building’s tenant, about its long-term intentions at the site. The city is the owner of the property.

Coun. Rod Clark, a vocal advocate for the gallery to be relocated to Lot 5 along with the museum and theatre, said he’d support the idea “but only in the broadest intent.”

“I’m yet to be convinced that the Presentation House Gallery is deserving of a standalone building,” said Clark.

“I may be wrong but I’m a defender of the public purse and I believe that’s the most efficient route.”

Clark also expressed concern over the need for money from the city. It was Clark that redirected the $1 million that Wesgroup — developers of the old Shell station plot at 13th Street and Lonsdale Avenue — planned to give PHG to the city’s community amenity fund. The $12-million goal discussed by the gallery includes that money and a provisional $2.5 million set aside by the city should the project get approval.

Council asked staff last month to compile a report outlining the various directions it has given in regards to the waterfront lands. Clark asked whether this latest decision would complicate that report but deputy city manager Richard White said it would help.

“This is an important next step. This direction from council would be very instructive,” said White.

“The more answers from council the better.” skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com

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heartbreaking disappointments. Injuries prevented her from competing in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Then, after entering the snowboard cross final at the 2006 Olympics as the favourite thanks to the fastest qualifying time, she crashed and had to be airlifted to hospital, sans a medal of any colour. Last year she missed a significant portion of the World Cup season after breaking her hand and injuring her shoulder during the world championships in Spain in January 2011. aĂŤlle Ricker is certainly a West But if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve noticed the headlines recently, Vancouver sports notable, though hardMaĂŤlle is back on top, winning her first World ly from yesteryear. Yet what would any Cup race since just before the 2010 Olympics series of stories on West Van sports notables be only two weeks ago on Feb. 21 in a race near without talking about MaĂŤlle, a 1996 Sentinel Quebec City. grad who tops the world of snowboard cross Noteworthy as all this is, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stuff of which you today? are likely already aware. However, you read this You must already be aware that she became column knowing that my stories usually reveal the first Canadian female to things that are not general win an Olympic gold medal on knowledge.

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in Whistler as a retired geologist and Capilano University biology prof respectively) — Jörli actually attended Handsworth.

In Grade 12, he was selected NSSSAA male athlete for the week ending March 17, 1995. His picture appeared in the paper two days later. Underneath it said, “Jörli won the B.C. snowboard championship with the fastest slalom time by more than two seconds, and also was first by a huge 11-point margin over teammate and second-place finisher Jason Broz in the demonstration half-pipe event.”

Low and behold, just six weeks later, Maëlle – in Grade 11 at Sentinel – was chosen NSSSAA female athlete for the week ending April 28, 1995.

Maëlle’s photo appeared May 3 along with the note, “Maëlle scored all four Sentinel goals in three consecutive soccer victories and won the 200, 400 and 800 at track meets, the shorter two distances in the fastest North Shore times this season.”

So there you have it. Maëlle was not to be outdone. If Jörli could make athlete of the week, Maëlle could do it too.

This is episode 455 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

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SENTINEL SENSATION - Little sister Maëlle Ricker (above as a child and top right as Olympic champion) and big brother Jörli Ricker were the first siblings to be North Shore high school athletes of the week in 1995.

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Shore Secondary Schools’ Athletic Association (the organization that oversees all secondary school athletics in North and West Van) began selecting a male and female athlete of the week.

By coincidence, it was Randy Young, Sentinel’s athletics director and the NSSSAA president in 1990-91, who suggested the idea of an athlete of the week in the newspaper during a meeting of North Shore athletics directors in October 1994.

That led to my phone call as co-ordinator of athletics to Andrew McCredie, then writing sports for the North Shore News and later the first editor of The North Shore Outlook. He was on board with the idea right away.

As it turned out, Jörli and Maëlle Ricker became the first siblings to be featured as athletes of the week.

At Sentinel, Maëlle competed in four senior sports: field hockey (coached by Leslie Beckerman, now Buchanan; and Paul Byron), basketball (coach Ted Pelly), soccer (coaches Weily Lin and Mark Pavan) and track (Beckerman again).

She was outstanding in all of them, belying the fallacy that you have to concentrate on one sport in order to excel at an elite level.

A standout goalkeeper in senior field hockey from Grade 8 on, she was a North Shore first allstar three seasons (1993, 1994 and 1995). She was a second all-star in basketball during the 1995-96 season and in soccer in 1994 and 1995.

In track, she was junior aggregate winner in 1994, finishing first in three events: junior 200m and 400m and open 400m hurdles.

Eventually she ended up following her brother’s path down the slopes on a snowboard.

Though they lived in West Van — growing up at 3369 Craigend (directly below Cypress Mountain) and then at 868 11th Street with parents Karl and Nancy Ricker (now living

155 athletes from Vancouver-Squamish (Zone 5) competed at the 2012 BC Winter Games bringing home 81 medals.

Thank you to the coaches, officials, volunteers, and families who support these growing champions.

See photos, videos and results at www.bcgames.org

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STUDENTS ON STAGE - The St. Thomas Aquinas student production of Alice in Wonderland comes to the Kay Meek Centre from March 15-17. Director Cristina McAllister says STA’s adaptation of the play combines Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and Alice in Wonderland. “There are still the classic moments that everyone will recognize.” And the audience is sure to be dazzled by the whimsical costumes, which were designed by Alev Giannubilo, a parent of the an STA alumnus. “She brings it to life. Every single costume is made by hand,”says McAllister. Grade 9 student Lily Moric plays Alice. “This year at Alice in Wonderland auditions Lily brought the right combination of naivety and pizzazz needed to embody Alice,” added McAllister. The cast also features the brother-sister duo of Alex (Mad Hatter) and Natalie Sharp (Mad Hare). “My sister and I love to entertain,” said Alex. For ticket information, visit kaymeekcentre.com. At right: Counterclockwise from Alice (Lily Moric): Kaleigh Barton, Xandrina Fitz, Monica Mastrantonio, Sophia Otero, Bryn Morgan, Samantha Curtiss and Hannah Oates. Rob Newell photo

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For 50 years, BC Hydro has been providing clean, reliable electricity to you. Today we are planning for the next 50 years by investing in new projects, upgrading existing facilities and working with you to conserve energy through Power Smart.

DIGITAL BIRTHDAY PRESENT - West Vancouver Library digitization assistant Adam Brownfield has been busy scanning the library’s photo archive to make historical images available online to celebrate the municipality’s 100th birthday. More than 5,000 photos and historical documents that have been donated to the library over the past 60 years are now available at digital.westvanlibrary.ca.

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DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.

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CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. Aldergrove Company looking for a permanent full - time CSR. Position details include but are not limited to order entry, border paperwork, and various types of correspondence. Proficient exp. with Accpac, excel and word an asset. bcclassified.com Benefits offered after 3 mths.

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Basement Systems Vancouver Inc. is a basement waterproofing repair company and is growing You will run Company Provided high quality leads and close sales. Some previous sales exp. is required - you’re computer wise and outgoing. 100% commission based income, offering the highest commissions in the industry.

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We need someone to join the Voyager RV sales team! We have a rare opening for an energetic & effective RV salesperson, to start this Spring! It’s an amazing opportunity to sell the industry’s top selling RV brands (Jayco, Itasca, Winnebago towables, Northern Lite & more!) and work at the BC Interior’s Largest RV dealer. Email resumes to sales@voyagerrv.ca or fax to 250766-4640.

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MONSTER Industries, a rapidly growing construction and maintenance company servicing northwestern B.C., in now accepting resumes for the following positions: Certified “B” and “A” level welders with fabrication experience, Certified CWB all-position welders and Certified Millwrights. Please send resume with attached cover letter to office@monsterindustries.ca. Unfortunately we are not accepting applications for laborers at this time.

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Advertising Representative Vancouver's Urban Weekly, is seeking a full time retail advertising/ marketing representative.

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Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work?

PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite.

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GRINDER Capable of precision grinding.

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HARD CHROMED PLATER Prefer experience in the hard chrome plating industry.

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Wartsila Canada supports the Federal Contractors Program as it relates to Employment Equity for Women, Aboriginals, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

Send/email resume to: Bob.boudreau@wartsila.com 1771 Savage Rd, Richmond, B.C V6V 1R1 Fax: 604-244-1181 www.wartsila.com

Rio Tinto Alcan is the aluminum product group of Rio Tinto, headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Building on more than a century of experience and expertise, Rio Tinto Alcan is the global leader in the aluminum industry. Rio Tinto Alcan is a global supplier of highquality bauxite, alumina and primary aluminum. Its AP smelting technology is the industry benchmark and its enviable hydroelectric power position delivers significant competitive advantages in today’s carbon-constrained world.

As part of Rio Tinto Alcan Primary Metal North America, the company’s BC Operation is based in Kitimat, British Columbia and is one of the largest industrial complexes in the province. Employing about 1400 people and contributing more than $269 million annually to the provincial economy, the Kitimat based aluminum operation is poised for future growth.

Rio Tinto Alcan is seeking to fill the following role at our Kitimat, BC operations with a successful candidate who will reside in the Kitimat/Terrace area.

Metallurgist Position ID: KIT00020 The Metallurgist is responsible to assist the day to day operation with solving process and quality challenges, conducting studies of the properties of metals and alloys produced in Kitimat. The Metallurgist is also called upon to participate in continuous improvement initiatives and projects within the Operation.

General overview of responsibilities: - Collect metal sample from production areas to monitor quality standards - Test composition in the lab through destructive and non destructive testing - Analyze metal samples in the lab - Perform structural analysis using sophisticated computer software - Documentation - Monitor and confirm production process control status - Confirm outgoing metal conformance with specifications - Issue reports and technical letters to advise management To qualify for this position, the candidate must have: - Engineering Degree in Metallurgy or Materials - Previous experience in an industrial setting (aluminum preferred) - Strong communication skills - Proven commitment to Health, Safety & Environment - Proven ability to foster and build relations The rewards and benefits of working for Rio Tinto Alcan are market benchmarked and very competitive, including an attractive remuneration package, regular salary reviews, employee savings plan, competitive pension plan, a self education assistance policy, and comprehensive health & disability programs.

To apply, please submit an online application (resume) directly at our website at www.jobs.riotinto.ca.

Resumes must be received by Friday, 23rd March 2012.

Rio Tinto Alcan would like to thank all applicants, however only those shortlisted will be contacted.

WELDERS WANTED. Journeyman 2nd and 3rd year apprentices with tank manufacturing experience.

Automated Tank Manufacturing Inc. Located in Kitscoty, Alberta. 20km West of Lloydminster is looking for 15 individuals that want long term employment and a secure paycheque. Journeyman wages $33. $37.50/hour. Wages for apprentices based on hours and qualifications. Benefits, training programs, full insurance package 100% paid by company, profit sharing bonus.

Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine for an appointment or send resume to: blaine@autotanks.ca or production@autotanks.ca. 780-8462231 (Office), 780-846-2241 (Fax).

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WORK local! You could commute hours per day to work in the city or, you could work locally at IMW. Make $30-35 per hour plus shift premium as a CNC MACHINIST and $20-25 per hour plus premiums as a OPERATOR, spend more time with your family and earn while you would be driving. Send your resume and cover letter to hr@imw.ca. Only expereinced applicants need apply.

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TROY Life & Fire Safety Ltd. requires a shipper/receiver at their Chilliwack location. Candidate must have good computer skills. Send your resume to HR@troylfs.com or fax to 519-371-6988

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HEALTH PRODUCTS

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Local & Long Distance

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

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Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

1997 BUICK LESABRE LTD leather, 139 kms, prem. cond., one owner, $3900/obo. (778)565-4230

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2008 PONTIAC WAVE, 4 dr sedan, auto, 150K, runs & looks good, white, $4850 firm. (604)538-9257

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2005 SUZUKI SWIFT HB,exc cond, all records, low miles, owner history $5000/obo.604-942-8171/506-4120

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AMERICAN Cocker Spaniel pups.

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Always stored indoors, looks like new, economical to operate, 2 slides, din. booth, 2 a/cond, 2 TV’s, 2 CD & 2 VHS players, ldry., propane generator (6500W). Must be seen. 604-854-3266

BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies.

Vet checked with first shots and ready for new homes. $1,200. 778241-5504. Langley CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

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CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

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Chihuahua pups, tiny, 2 males, 1 long & 1 short, vet check, deworm, 1st shots, $650. (604)799-1919

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WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN Whereas Igors Marcenuks is indebted to Mitchell’s Towing Ltd. for storage and towing on a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe Vin: 5NMSH73E17H117503 A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing of $4,695.60 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of April, 2012 or thereafter, the said vehicle will be sold. The Vehicle is currently stored at Elite Bailiff Services, 20473 Logan Avenue, Langley BC V3A 4L8.

The Vehicle was placed in storage on December 7, 2011.

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SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10.

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