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Family focus Monarch House provide provides es a one one-stop stop centre for autistic children and their families. » Pages 10-11

AQUAMAN North Van inventor and undersea explorer Phil Nuytten continues to make waves around the world

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RIDER WITH A HEART Snowboarder Tamo Campos is planning a humanitarian trip to South America this year

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Kosta the Fishmonger is your local seafood expert. With more than 25 years in the business, his experience and passion make him a master of the trade. Yearround, Kosta sources the best of the season and brings in new delicacies for us all to try. And – bonus – the man can cook! He’s renowned for his culinary skills and happy to share his personal recipes (think Almond-crusted Halibut with Savory Kiwi Fruit. Tune in to Kosta’s Kitchen – 6:19 am Wed. on ‘NW for more recipes). Need a new, fresh, and healthy idea for dinner? Come talk to Kosta. (You can spot him a mile away…he’s the one in the bright yellow sea-waders!) www.kostathefishmonger.com THE SALMON SHOP MARKET LEVEL | 604.987.3474

Sharky’s Chophouse butchers Rob & Ben are set to make your life easy. For breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner – they’ve got all the Easter faves. Start with free-range eggs, & maple breakfast sausage (or choose from over 50 links, inc. gluten-free options). Then, decide on their double-smoked, bone-in Ham and/or the best free-range organic Turkey. – Phone ahead to reserve yours – they go fast! And you’ve gotta try their famous homestyle hot meals! Easter weekend features include Turkey and/or Ham dinners, with all the trimmings for $7.95.

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Curbside compost will bring fee hike Food scrap pickup starts next month and with it come a tipping fee hike and heightened concern over bears TODD COYNE S TA F F R E P O RT E R

BEAR AWARE - North Shore Black Bear Society chair Tony Webb says residents must be extra vigilant about not keeping food scraps in areas that could attract bears. Outlook photo

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itchen waste collection is coming to curbsides across the North Shore next month and with it comes an $8 increase in residential tipping fees. Metro Vancouver’s finance committee voted March 22 to approve the hike in green waste tipping fees for the North Shore from $63 to $71. The increase will take effect May 1 to coincide with the first food waste pickups on May 2. The hike is intended to pay for the additional infrastructure required for the collection, storage

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and transfer of food waste along with the current yard trimmings program. North Shore Recycling Program manager Allen Lynch said those infrastructure upgrades include a new fabric roof over the compost pile at the North Shore Transfer Station, as well as a drainage system, lights and electrical equipment needed to properly store the food waste before it’s taken to Metro Vancouver’s regional composting site in Richmond. Called the Green Can program, the new food waste collection will be phased in across different North Shore neighbourhoods over the month of May. In both the City and District of North Vancouver, all types of food waste, cooked or raw, as well as food-soiled paper like pizza boxes and

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TransLink to shutter its North Shore depot District of North Vancouver councillor Alan Nixon says service ‘incompetent’ in light of recent complaints TODD COYNE S TA F F R E P O RT E R

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n angry District of North Vancouver council is calling out TransLink after representatives from the local bus drivers’ union and the Capilano University students’ union complained to council Monday about transit service on the North Shore. What started as a co-presentation about long waits for overcrowded buses roiled into a move to summon TransLink to district hall to explain its services and future plans. “The worst part in my mind is that every one of these students are paying a mandatory U-Pass fee and they’re getting served miserably,” Coun. Alan Nixon said, referring to the $120-per semester student bus pass. “This just speaks to complete incompetence in terms of scheduling and demand management,” he added. Gavin Davies, vice-president of the Canadian Auto Workers Local 111 — the union representing TransLink operators — said the problem is a gross shortage of buses across the whole Metro Vancouver region, with the

North Shore already at capacity for storing its current fleet. “We’re probably — based on what TransLink was seeing in the mid2000s — about 400 buses short, system wide,” Davies said, adding any new funding TransLink gets should be spent immediately on more buses. “We don’t need to have brand new buses. There are many areas in the United States where we can buy good used buses that are very similar to what we already have in our fleet,” Davies said. “But even if we get those buses, the problem we face on the North Shore is where do we park them?” There are currently 82 buses that operate on the North Shore, not including West Vancouver’s separate Blue Bus fleet. When service shuts down at night, those 82 buses are parked at the North Vancouver Transit Centre at 536 East 3rd St. with no capacity to add more vehicles. But that depot is scheduled to close in 2015 and there are no current plans for replacement, leaving the North Shore dependent upon the Burnaby continued, PAGE 14

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DEEP THOUGHTS - North Vancouver inventor Phil Nuytten with his Deep Worker 2000 submersible. Todd Coyne photo

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t didn’t exist, so I made it,” is something of a mantra for North Vancouver’s Phil Nuytten. However softly spoken, it’s a mantra that speaks volumes of the inventor and his relentless sparking of the imaginations of those already on the bleeding edge of the imagination business. Filmmakers want to see him, undersea explorers want to be him. And filmmaking undersea explorer James Cameron of Titanic and Avatar fame, who last week completed the first ever solo submarine dive to the deepest part of the world’s oceans, is just “Jim” to him. The two have been close friends and collaborators for years. But ask Nuytten about his involvement in Cameron’s headline-making excursion to the floor of the Mariana Trench last week and the already whisper-voiced Nuytten is inclined to clam up. “That’s Jim’s thing,” he repeats in a practised tone, preempting a question that every news organization that’s come through Nuytco Research Ltd.’s East Esplanade workshop since Cameron’s pioneering dive has wondered. Just back from a diving trade show in New Jersey where he unveiled his patented Exosuit swimmable submarine to the consumer market for the first time, Nuytten is in a reflective mood. Certifiable to depths of 300 metres and tested as deep as 900 metres — all while its occupant breathes normal air — it’s a far cry from where Nuytten and the industry began. Growing up just across the COFFEE Lions Gate Bridge near Stanley WITH Park’s Lost Lagoon, Nuytten Todd Coyne started Vancouver’s first dive tcoyne@northshore shop when he was just 14, makoutlook.com ing wetsuits and masks and making it all up as he went along. By 16, he could no longer keep up with going to class and filling orders for his custom dive gear designs. And so his formal education would end right there, though the honourary degrees from distinguished universities would later come pouring in, as would the 1992 Order of British Columbia. Nuytten would go on to spend his days diving in West Vancouver’s Whytecliff Park, rummaging spare parts and explosives at Paine’s Hardware in North Vancouver, and eventually starting one of

many commercial and industrial deep-sea diving companies that earned millions. But Nuytten walked away from all but a couple of those wildly successful enterprises, retaining only his patents for things like his unique valves, rotating joints and submersible designs. “I’m a B.C. boy,” he tells The Outlook. “I have no interest in running a cross-Canada company.” Eventually he would move to North Vancouver and found Nuytco Research, filling up one workshop with his inventions and necessitating a move down the street to another. It was here he would build the groundbreaking Newtsuit, a “wearable submarine” and an early forebearer of the modern Exosuit. Now in his 70s, Nuytten’s ambition hasn’t slowed any. In fact, he says all his work toward opening up the ocean’s depths to human exploration has been but a preamble to his grandest project yet: Vent Base Alpha. When not training American astronauts in his submarine simulator for NASA’s near-earth asteroid lander, Nuytten’s working on this prototype deep-sea habitat, a permanent functioning community for that other final frontier. A kind of deep-sea mining town, Nuytten shows off an artist’s rendering of the bubble colony, fully armoured against the deep-water atmospheric pressures and accessible by his Nuytco subs and aluminum suits. He envisions the first such base off Vancouver Island’s Juan De Fuca Ridge, where he says semi-precious metals like cobalt spew freely from underwater heat vents called “black smokers.” Those vents have been found to support advanced life forms like giant clams and tube worms where none were previously thought possible. The heat transference from the vent would power the colony, while the minerals that rain down in lab-grade purity would be collected and sent to the surface for use. It all sounds like the stuff of fantasy, but that’s always been Nuytten’s element. “One day kids down there will ask ‘Is it true people used to live up there?’” he says pointing a finger towards the ceiling of his office and imagining himself standing on the bottom of the sea.

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Costly decision In the Inuktitut language, Katimavik translates to “gathering place.” And for 35 years Canadian youth have been gathering in communities across the map to gain volunteer experience and learn more about their country and fellow Canadians by participating in the Montreal-based Katimavik program. The program started during the Pierre Trudeau Liberal government and since its inception more than 30,000 youth between the ages of 17 to 21 have participated. Unfortunately, that valuable opportunity for youth to be embedded in different parts of the country no longer exists. Last week the federal government axed the program from its budget. The cut isn’t an indictment of the philosophy or success of the program that has been active in communities across Canada, including the North Shore, since 1977. Just read about the positive, life-lasting impact the program had on North Van’s Ehsan Monfared (turn to page 16), who learned French during his stint with the program, for proof. The decision to cut the program seems more based on bang for the buck. During these belt-tightening economic times, $18 million per year to run the youth program seems steep, especially when it works out to $28,000 per person for the six-month program. As the Tories noted in the budget: “Our Government is committed to giving our young people the opportunities they deserve, and we will achieve that by funding programs that benefit large numbers of young people at a reasonable cost rather than concentrating available funding on a very small number of participants at an excessive per-person cost. This isn’t the first time Katimavik has been a budget casualty. From 1986-94, the program’s federal funding was “interrupted,” forcing it to readjust the scope of its program. Monfared, the organization’s North Van-based director, told The Outlook last week that it was expecting a budget reduction in the five to 10 per cent range and already looking at restructuring some of its programming and was seeking corporate sponsorships and alumni contributions. And while the price-tag for the program is too high for the feds to support, hopefully the group will altering its program to reduce costs and aggressively go after other sources of funding so it can survive and thrive in some fashion for years to come. There’s no denying the importance and success of the program in creating Canadian leaders of tomorrow. Just take a look at Ehsan Monfared. –The Outlook

Samantha Ng of North Vancouver’s RNB Dance & Theatre Arts performs a solo contemporary piece (class age 17) at the Surrey Festival of Dance last Saturday. Boaz Joseph photo

— LET TER OF T HE W EEK— Suitable suites Editor, More than once now I have seen a councillor reported as saying that the Kimpton site is “unsuitable” for affordable housing. (“CNV mulls benefits of “affordable” Kimpton suites,” Outlook, March 29) What do they mean? The suites are close to bus routes and shopping, and to a major

employer of low-income personnel. What’s “unsuitable” about that? Before its predecessor complex was destroyed, the building on the site housed at least one community worker. Now even the least desirable of the units is “unsuitable” for such a person at an affordable rent? Don’t we trust experienced non-profit housing societies to choose “suitable” tenants? Do we really value people’s suitability by their incomes?

Inclusive communities are healthier, as all councillors and buyers should know. The request for proposals from non-profit housing societies went out a month ago, and the closing date is past. The closing date for such councillor comment is long, long past. D.J. Stewart North Vancouver

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eople know exactly where they were when 1. they heard that John F. Kennedy was shot, 2. they found out the twin towers in New York were hit, and even 3. they learned Marilyn Monroe had died. Of course I remember too: 1. As I was walking to War Memorial gym to have lunch between UBC classes on Nov. 22, 1963. 2. Before getting out of bed that Sept. 11, 2001, morning. 3. When I spied the headlines in a newspaper box while walking along a Toronto street on Aug. 5, 1962. But â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and you might at first think this is rather odd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I also know exactly where I was when I heard that Rusty Staub had been traded by the Montreal Expos to the New York Mets. I was alone, driving a rental car along Ala Moana Boulevard in Waikiki on my way to buy a lei on April 5, 1972 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 40 years ago today â&#x20AC;&#x201C; when I heard the announcer on the car radio say Staub had been traded for Mike Jorgensen, Tim Foli, and Ken Singleton. Now this may not seem all that important to you, but it was really important to me. I rushed back to the hotel and breathlessly told my wife (i.e. first wife Elvera), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Something terrible has happened.â&#x20AC;? She expressed immediate concern and wanted to know what it was: Had I been in an accident? Did someone steal my wallet? Was the lei withered? Well, noâ&#x20AC;Ś But Rusty Staub had been traded. You see, our first-born sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name is Rusty. He wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t named after Staub exactly, but we did both like Staub a lot and we liked the name Rusty a lot too. So Rusty it was, although his official name is Russell. Little Rusty was just 13 months old when Staub â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one of the origiSunday and Monday nal Expos in 1969 and one of the most popular April 8 & 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11 to 4 pm Expos of all time â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was dealt away. Now you have to understand this trade was Easter Egg Hunt big news. Staub was the Expos franchise player, Crafts for Kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s batting.302 in 1969 and .311 in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;71, two of the Friendly Farm Animals five seasons he would hit .300 or better durEaster Feature in ing his 23-year major league career. He wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Restaurant a home run hitter, but he did club 29 roundtrippers in 1969 and 30 the following year, the most in his career. And he patrolled right field almost to perfection, plus doing duty at first for the Season base at times over the years, the two positions I Thursday to Monday 11 am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4 pm also played most often growing up. However, just as important, Staub was the face of the Expos, having endeared himself to the Montreal faithful by learning French for Phone 604-796-9576 which he was then dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Le Grand Orangeâ&#x20AC;? 215 Kilby i Road, Harrison i Mills i (thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the approximate equivalent of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rustyâ&#x20AC;? to www.kilby.ca all of us who are French-challenged). How could the Expos trade him! I was so unhappy with this turn of events that I wrote COME PLAY WITH US a letter to the Exposâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; general manager, Jim Fanning, expressing my discontent. He actually wrote back, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope your son grows up to be like the Rusty Staub you Anniversary so admire.â&#x20AC;? Because I had indicated I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be an Exposâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fan any longer, he added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope Your 55 + Games you will be back as an Expos fan soon.â&#x20AC;? Life went on of course. Staub â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who had AArchery h begun his major league career at 19 with Athletics Houston before being acquired by Montreal Badminton for the Exposâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; inaugural season â&#x20AC;&#x201C; played for Bocce the Mets, Detroit, Texas and then back to the Bridge Mets for whom he played a total of nine years. Carpet Bowling Over 3500 BC Cribbage He even squeezed in another half season in Cycling 55+ Seniors Expected! Montreal in 1979. His last game was for the Darts Mets against Montreal in 1985 at age 41. Go to our website and click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zonesâ&#x20AC;? Dragon Boats Son Rusty and siblings Christine (now to ďŹ nd someone in your area who can Five Pin Bowling Steunenberg) and Scott grew up playing numerhelp you become part of our Floor Curling Golf 25th Anniversary Horseshoes Celebration! Ice Curling Ice Hockey http://bcseniorsgames.org Lawn Bowling Dr. A.C. Mahdaviani One-Act Plays Dr. Karen Mudry Pickleball Slo-Pitch â&#x20AC;˘ Comprehensive Eye Health and Vision Examinations Snooker Soccer â&#x20AC;˘ Quality Glasses and Contacts Swimming â&#x20AC;˘ Laser Surgery Co-management Table Tennis

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front office positions lasted 25 years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Ont., in 2000. Since 2001, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been the Toronto Blue Jaysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; amateur baseball ambassador. Just recently, at the age of 84, he applied for Canadian citizenship which he received on Feb. 14. No doubt heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be in St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this June 23. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when Rusty Staub will be following Fanning as an inductee into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Now Jim, about that trade 40 years agoâ&#x20AC;Ś This is episode 458 from Len Corbenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s treasure chest of stories â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the great events and the quirky â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that bring to life the North Shoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rich sports history.

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ADDITIONS, Renovations & New Construction. Concrete Forming & Framing Specialist. 604.218.3064 OF Home (604)501-9290

Improvements,

Call JJ ROOFING Repairs, New & Re-Roof. Prompt Quality Service Excellent References Call Jas @ 604-726-6345 www.jjrooﬁng.ca

LEGAL SERVICES

NAHAL CONSTRUCTION New and Re-Roof Specialist Residential & Commercial. Shakes, Shingles and Duroid.

CRIMINAL RECORD? Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confidential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET

25 year of experience. Call for your FREE estimate.

Jas 778-896-4065 Bell 604-339-2765

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com

“New Building” 1 bdrm - from $1025 /mth 2 bdrm, 2 bth - from $1395/mth Avail. immed. Centrally located. N/S, No dogs. Close to all amens & transportation. Clubhouse facilities.

Phone (604)468-1698

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ELECTRICAL

RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly • Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses & More!

On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865

• Rain Screen Wall System • Windows • Doors • Vinyl Decks • Siding • Stucco

www.recycleitcanada.ca

bradsjunkremoval.com

Fully Insured – Bonded – Over 25 Years Experience 555 Craigmont Drive, West Vancouver Tel: 604-307-8433 Fax: 604-913-2232

Haul Anything... But Dead Bodies!! 604.

220.JUNK(5865)

Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

2003 Salem Light:

Northwest Pkg, 22 ft, Sleeps 7, 1 bunk, Shower in & out. G.V.W. 3300. Lots of extras

NORTH VANCOUVER LAMPLIGHTER One bedroom $950/mo.

$9,995.00 604-463-9428

Newly Renovated, 650sq.ft. Great Location. Heat, Hot Water & TV Cable (basic) Included.

2008 FREEDOM SPIRIT 20’ travel trailer, like new, hardly used, a/c, f/s, dble bed, dble sink, nook, couch 2 prop tanks/2 batteries, $11,500 obo. Please call: (604)581-5117

Swimming Pool & Sauna. Available April 1st.

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

Call 604-983-2283

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CHECK CLASSIFIEDS bcclassified.com 604-575-5555

TRANSPORTATION 810

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

AUTO FINANCING Need A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto 1.877.680.1231 www.UapplyUdrive.ca

Loan.

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Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal

HOUSES FOR SALE

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288 The Scrapper

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BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies. 2 females remaining Vet checked with first shots and ready for new homes. $950. 778-241-5504. Langley CANE CORSO MASTIFF, shots, dewormed, tails cropped, vet ✓ $1,000. Call 604-826-7634.

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

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

1-800-910-6402

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

GUARANTEED

Cocker spaniel pups – purebred, no papers 1st shots, dewormed, ready to go now. $600. Call 604-888-0832

Auto Loans or All Makes, All Models. New & Used Inventory. 1-888-229-0744 or apply on line at: www.kiawest.com (click credit approval)

LAB PUPPIES, chocolate & black healthy, family raised. Parents on site. $625. Vet ✔, 1st shots 604755-1364 shakhana@hotmail.com

Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

SHIFT AUTO FINANCE Get Approved Today! CREDIT DOESN’T MATTER.. For The Best Interest Rate Call: 1.877.941.4421 www.ShiftAutoFinance.com

PUGS, fawn, 2 male, 2 female. family raised, vet chk’d, shots. $500. (604)796-2727/799-2911 Rottweiler Pups- PUREBRED, tails, dewclaws, shots, vet checked Health guarantee. Ready April 6th $650. to $1,000, 604 460 0804. SHIH TZU PUPPIES, Male & Female. 1st shots. Tricolor $450. 604-465-4305

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• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

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The Stonecroft 2350 Westerly Street Bright 1050sf. 2 Bdrm. 2 Bath, Top Floor, South East Corner. Exc. Cond. 2 Secure U/Ground Prkg. Spaces, Gas F/P, in-suite lndry. Residential Manager On Site. $199,000.

604-889-8424

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

FAST RELIEF the First Night!! Restless Leg Syndrome and Leg Cramps Gone. Sleep Soundly, Safe with Medication, Proven Results. www.allcalm.com 1-800-765-8660.

ABBOTSFORD ABBOTSFORD CONDO FOR SALE BY OWNER

FURNITURE

MATTRESSES staring at $99

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms! CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 548

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

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MISC. FOR SALE

CAN’T GET Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-9815991.

2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, green, 126K, $6500 firm. Call 604-538-4883

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TRUCKS & VANS

2008 Mazda B4000 SE+, gold/grey, 48K, auto, all options, like new, $13,900, N.Delta, 778-855-3097

We Will Pay You $1000

Jack Russell pups, cute, short, stocky, smooth coat, tail doc, deworm, 1st shot. $550. 604-798-9233

SPRINGER/LAB cross pups, vet check, 1st shots, $350. Call 604823-6739, afternoons/evenings.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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GREENBOROUGH APTS

• Tree & Stump Removal • Certiﬁed Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck • Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging ~ Fully Insured • Best Rates ~

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Tree removal done RIGHT!

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

APARTMENT/CONDO

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

FINANCIAL SERVICES

TREE SERVICES

Running this ad for 8yrs

*Free Estimates *WCB Insured *Member BBB *Seniors Discount

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www.bcclassiﬁed.com

• Yard Clean Ups • Aeration Packages • Cut & Edge • Garden Services • Residential Snow Removal & De-icing

MLG ENTERPRISES All Aspects Landscaping & Garden Solutions

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566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PIANO; APT SIZE Lowrey upright piano $550/obo. Ph: 604-418-6274 or 604-531-1576.

Mind your business!

AL ISAAC (Former owner of West Van Shell) & son Colin

DROWNING IN DEBTS? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500

MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877776-1660.

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, gates, alum roof. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

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EDUCATION/TUTORING

If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

**HOME PHONE RECONNECT** Call 1-866-287-1348. Prepaid Long Distance Specials! Feature Package Specials! Referral Program! Don’t be without a home phone! Call to Connect! 1-866-287-1348.

RENTALS

REAL ESTATE

HEALTH PRODUCTS

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

604-537-4140

MISC. FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

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

GARDENING

TUTORS/TEACHERS Needed;gr. k-8 $25/hr; North and West Vancouver; University degree required; Must have experience working with children in a classroom or tutoring setting - teacher certification an asset; Call 1-877-864-4010 or apply www.acumeneducation.ca

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AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

PERSONAL SERVICES

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Call our ofﬁce or visit our website for more info. 604-536-9287 or www.canadianopen fastpitch.com or Attend our next Volunteer meeting for more details. Tuesday, May 1 7:00 pm at the Sandman Signature Hotel, 8828 201 Street, Langley

HERBAL MAGIC - With Herbal Magic lose up to 20 pounds in just 8 weeks and keep it off. Results Guaranteed! Start today call 1-800854-5176.

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Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991

$45/Hr

• FREE ADMISSION to all playing venues • 1 complimentary item of event apparel • 1 complimentary meal per volunteer shift worked!

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Local & Long Distance

Hardwood Floor Specialist •Installation•Sanding•Reﬁnishing Express your unique & individual style with a custom stain. Dust free sanding. 778-995-Wood (9663). View our picture gallery at www.visionexotik.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

Always! deliver Top soil, bark mulch, sand & gravel. 7days/wk. Simon 604-230-0627 will spread

AFFORDABLE MOVING

VISION EXOTIK FLOORING INC.

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MOVING & STORAGE

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RURAL NOVA SCOTIA water front lots for sale. Country living at its best. Three bedroom apartments for rent. 45 miles to university town. www.sawmilllanding.com waterfront@bellaliant.net 1.902.522.2343

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Christmas in April, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-5936095.

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CARS - DOMESTIC

2003 CHEVY MALIBU 110,000 km, auto, AirCared, good tires, $3000 obo. Call: (604)531-3251 2008 PONTIAC WAVE, 4 dr sedan, auto, high kms. runs/looks good, white, $4000 firm. 604-538-9257.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS 2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, 1.8T turbo, 4 dr sedan, std, all options, exc cond. $5500 obo 604-780-8404 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA, 114 km, loaded, p/sun roof, all maint. done, exc. cond. $6,300. 604-836-5931. 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA, 4 dr, loaded, 82kms, local, exc. cond., $7,800 obo. Call 604-596-9970. 2011 HONDA CRV 4 wd, Auto, silver. Loaded. Local car. $21,500: 9000k.778-895-7570/604-836-5931

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RECREATIONAL/SALE

2007 WILDERNESS trailer, 28’, 2 slides, Q bed, 2 drs, comp. w/hitch, exc. shape. $19,500. 604-856-3777

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Estate of DALE MICHAEL COCHLIN, Deceased. Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Dale Michael Cochlin, formerly of Vancouver, BC are required to send them to the undersigned, c/o Open Door Law Corp. 125-1030 Denman St., Vancouver, BC V6G 2M6, on or before April 15, 2012, after which the Estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received. Hugh Michael Cochlin, Executor.

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN Whereas Douglas Warren Stover is indebted to Mitchell’s Towing Ltd. for storage and towing on a 1968 Mercury Cougar Vin: 8F91C556375 A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing of $5,493.15 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of May, 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 November 28, 2011. For more info. call Elite Bailiff Services at 604-539-9900 WWW.REPOBC.COM

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