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1.9 vs. a perfect 10: Why two North Shore schools ranked so differently in the fraser Institute’s annual report Representatives from the West and North Van school districts both say the Fraser Institute rankings don’t give the whole picture of their schools MICHAELA GARSTIN S tA f f R E p o Rt E R

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ust a 10-minute drive apart, two elementary schools on the North Shore ranked on either end of the spectrum in an annual report by the Fraser Institute. West Bay Elementary in Dundarave

is the only public school in B.C. to receive a perfect 10, while Norgate elementary in Lower Pemberton ranked close to the bottom at 1.9 out of 10. Why the drastic discrepancy between the schools? It’s a tough question. First some background information. The rankings are based on standardized tests in reading, writing and numeracy taken by fourth and seventh grade students. The gender gap in reading and numeracy is also analyzed. These results are tallied to give a grade out of 10. Now let’s look at some statistics for West Bay and Norgate. The Fraser Institute looks at facts

that could impact students’ learning, such as their parents’ income and the language they use most often at home. Parents of West Bay elementary students have an average annual household income of $213,100, the second highest in West Vancouver. Norgate elementary parents, on the other hand, have an average income of $56,800, the lowest in North Vancouver. The Fraser Institute also tracks the number of students categorized as having special needs and having English as a second language. Three per cent of West Bay students are ESL and 2.4 per cent have special needs. These numbers more than double for Norgate, where

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close to 7 per cent are ESL and 14.2 per cent have special needs. What does this all mean? Representatives from the West and North Vancouver school districts both said the rankings don’t give the whole picture of their schools. A perfect 10 for West Bay based on standardized tests does not take into account, for instance, its arts or sports programs. In the same light, Norgate’s rating of 1.9 doesn’t reflect its unique language classes or important life skills the students learn. “We don’t pay a lot of attention to the rankings. I don’t think what the Fraser Institute does is helpful,” Chris Kennedy, West Van school district superintendent, told The Outlook. “The FSA (the standardized text used) results are useful in terms of schools for planning, but I think the ranking of schools doesn’t add a lot of value.” This being said, he is proud of his schools’ high scores, some of which are better than those of top private schools. “There is a lot of consistency between our schools in West Vancouver,” he continued. “The quality of education, regardless of which school you’re at, is outstanding and solid.” Besides teaching methods and programs the district offers, he credits preschools and parental support of learning for the school district’s high marks. Over at Norgate elementary, students’ progress throughout the year is charted on a large poster hanging on the wall. “We find standardized tests useful, but individual assessments much more useful,” said Norgate’s principal Lisa Upton on a tour of the school. “Students here come from a diverse community,” she adds, noting around 60 per cent of students are First Nations, mostly from the Squamish Nation. Aboriginal culture is incorporated into the school, from artwork on the walls, to weaving projects for art class and a carving ceremony next month. Early learning programs like StrongStart, which is operated out of the school, Upton adds, help children prepare for kindergarten. Norgate’s success as a “community school,” where a sense of belonging is vital, is more important than the rankings which don’t show the whole picture, she said. Does money matter? Using a mathematical formula, the Fraser Institute says it can predict how a school will rank based on parental income. The more money, the better a school will likely do, it says. Its prediction for West Bay was very close, with just a 0.3 per cent discrepancy. Norgate’s ranking, on the other hand, should have been higher at 5.8. Schools in West Van, where the average annual income is higher than North Van, all scored above 8 out of 10. Elementary schools in North Van scored between 1.9 and 9, with many ranking around the 6-point mark. Visit northshoreoutlook.com for a link to the complete report. mgarstin@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/MichaelaGarstin

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Ambleside could shed ‘no-fun zone’ status New waterfront restaurant, food carts, sidewalk dining and visual arts centre on list for District of West Vancouver council to consider MICHAELA GARSTIN S tA f f R E p o Rt E R

mbleside could shed its “no-fun zone” status in the next few years. An ad-hoc group of 30- and 40-somethings gathered at a council meeting

on Monday to voice support for revitalizing Ambleside. Among their wish list for improvements: a designated bike path to the waterfront, late-night restaurants, outdoor festivals and good selection of healthy food carts.

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A dozen people spoke out in support, including Sophia Burke, a West Vancouver resident with young children who previously lived on Commercial Drive and in the U.K. “Moving to West Van, you just don’t get the sense that there’s young people and that there’s an active vital core to the community,” she told council. “Park Royal is the best that we have….Personally I don’t want to hang out at a shopping mall to get that sense of community.” A few people at the meeting, however, were concerned certain projects, such as blocking streets to cars, would decrease the amount of parking, making it difficult for seniors to get to the waterfront. But council mostly heard support for revitalization, which mostly fell in line with the outcome of public consultations. They voted to consider 17 projects including:

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n A new waterfront restaurant. After buying two waterfront lots in the 1400-block of Argyle Avenue, the District of West Vancouver was left wondering what to do with the space. Should another playground be built? The area left as grass? The potential perfect solution could be a full-service restaurant with a large patio. Those opposed to the project, however, say the waterfront should be kept commercial-free and think the restaurant may be too expensive for most people. If all goes according to plan, an operator will be selected in July and August.

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n Healthy food carts. Besides Ambleside’s permanent concession stand and restaurants nearby, there is still a demand for fast food, say West Vancouver staff.

The right type of food is key, including diverse and healthy options. Food carts are on council’s agenda next month. n Sidewalk dining. Ambleside has world-class views, so why not take advantage? Working with community groups such as the Ambleside Business Association, staff will encourage restaurants to start sidewalk dining to promote a greater sense of community. n “Fun” shops. Limiting the number of new banks, real estate offices and beauty salons will improve the sense of community in Ambleside, West Van staff suggest. Many people who took part in public consultations want more non-chain restaurants, small boutiques and high-end shops. n A new venue for art. Plans for a visual arts centre in a parking lot at John Lawson Park are tempered by concerns of capital and operating costs. The site is still be explored, however, and council is expected to make its final decision about the project in June. n 14th Street farmers’ market. The foot of 14th Street in Ambleside could become the permanent home to a farmers’ market, which had a successful run last year, say West Van staff. Fresh fruit and vegetables could be available every Sunday throughout the summer. n Argyle Avenue closure. Should Argyle Avenue be closed to cars? Based on positive feedback from the annual summer Harmony Arts Festival, when the road is closed for 10 days, council members are considering banning cars on weekends. They will discuss this option at a meeting with the public on May 27. For these revitalization projects to go through, council will have to vote on March 18 for both Official Community Plan and zoning by-law amendments to allow the new developments. mgarstin@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/MichaelaGarstin

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If you talk to police, politicians and school trustees on the North Shore, it’s tough to find those who don’t support some kind of marijuana reform. And even the few not openly in favour of legalizing the drug will admit our war on drugs is over and lost. The Outlook took a poll last week asking every North Shore politician — municipal, provincial and federal — on which side of the legalization debate they fell. Every respondent from the three municipal councils came down in favour of relaxing Canada’s marijuana laws, with the exception of one, who chose to remain “on the fence.” Among the North Shore’s four BC Liberal MLAs, Joan McIntyre went on-record with her support for legalization and taxation, while Ralph Sultan opted not to “speculate” on the “decriminalization of drugs.” North Vancouver MLAs Naomi Yamamoto and Jane Thornthwaite did not return The Outlook’s query. As for the North Shore’s two Conservative MPs, West VancouverSunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country representative John Weston replied, saying, “I am very keen to hear what the community has to say about the issue of marijuana and medical marijuana, adding “it is an issue that is more and more relevant on the North Shore.” North Vancouver MP Andrew Saxton, however, would not provide comment on the issue. But it seems a majority of North Shore residents and British Columbians are ready to have the “decrim” discussion. A poll last October found that 75 per cent of B.C. residents support the legal taxation and regulation of cannabis over our current enforcement model. It marked a six-percentage-point jump over just one year before and indicated a growing dissatisfaction with the status quo on cannabis policy, according to Angus Reid Public Opinion vicepresident Mario Canseco. “These beliefs cut across political, social and regional lines,” Canseco said at the poll’s release. “I can’t think of any other issue where the laws on the books are inconsistent with the wishes of three-quarters of British Columbians.”

be it in the city, the district or provincial, there’s really not much we as the police can do,” De Jong said, “We don’t have any greater say than anybody else because it’s governed by federal law.” How then do those sworn to uphold the law do so knowing that a majority of the public — and maybe even they too — disagree with it? It’s a question former B.C. attorney general Geoff Plant and former West Vancouver police chief Kash Heed have grappled with. When the majority of citizens are opposed to the law — even just to one law — it undermines the whole rule of law, they argued. “When nearly 500,000 of your fellow citizens are admitting to pollsters that on a regular basis they are breaking the law, what does that say for our respect for the law?” asked Plant. “It says something pretty bad. It says that we’re all kind of living in an uneasy dynamic relationship with the very thing that, I think, is most fundamental to our society.” Former West Van top cop Kash Heed agrees, saying in his 30 years of policing with the VPD and later the WVPD, no amount of seizures or arrests could ever stem the supply of the drug nor alter its price, availability or use. “The drug dealers are regulating drug use right now, not us,” Heed told The Outlook in a phone interview last week. Were it regulated instead by the government, he argued, controls could be in place to ensure the drug’s purity and potency, while its availability to minors would be restricted.

ow picture this: A neighbourhood pilot project. Maybe it’s Edgemont Village, maybe it’s Ambleside, but more likely it’s East Vancouver. One or two local cafes or a liquor store are licensed to sell marijuana to of-age customers who ask for it. Police put a moratorium on busting marijuana use in the neighbourhood while politicians and the public wait for the sky to fall in. That’s one proposal raised by a panel of marijuana reformers speaking across the North Shore last week, which included a former West Vancouver police chief and B.C. Solicitor General, a UBC epidemiologist, a former B.C. attorney general and a UBC international trade expert. Among their audiences were police, politicians, teachers, doctors, firefighters, and representatives from the North Shore’s school boards and chambers of commerce. And while peer pressure is no small factor, none in attendance spoke against reform. The arguments presented for removing cannabis from the federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and then regulating it like alcohol and tobacco were as many and varied as the speakers who gave them. Defunding organized crime, generating tax revenue, reducing pot’s availability to minors, allowing for its therapeutic benefits; all are compelling reasons to explore reform. But perhaps none are more compelling than the fact that legalized regulation appears to be what most people want and, what’s more, it’s already how most British Columbians behave. “That’s the reality of today’s society,” West Vancouver Police Chief Peter Lepine told The Outlook last week. “If we’re going to recruit police officers from mainstream society, then we know that the likelihood of somebody having experimented with drugs is a likelihood.” In North Van, RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong told The Outlook following one such panel that he “couldn’t really argue with” much of what he heard from the pro-reform side, but that he felt the rest was “up for further discussion.” He stressed, for instance, that waging economic war on organized crime by hitting B.C. gangs in their deep dope pockets is obviously a worthy incentive for those calling for reform. But those who routinely call on the Mounties to make it so are barking up the wrong tree. “In terms of these movements that happen at the grassroots level,

or West Vancouver Superintendent of Schools Chris Kennedy, he’d like to see pot use in young people handled the same way cigarette smoking has been, by reducing the habit’s cool cache. “I would love to see some of the perceptions around marijuana use marginalized like it is for tobacco,” he told The Outlook last week. “Wherever we land on legalization and regulation, I hope we can do what we did with tobacco with young people and make it seem uncool, because obviously it can impede kids’ learning.” Until that discussion happens, he said, the focus of drug education in West Van schools is and will remain on discussions around the dangers of alcohol. “That’s still our primary concern with kids,” he said.

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So why, with so many British Columbians seemingly in support of a change, is it so tough to get a national discussion going? Many openly blame the federal government, including many local municipal politicians. But while it’s true that marijuana reform runs counter to the current government’s tough-on-crime rhetoric, it may just be that where the provinces and municipalities are seen to have much to gain from marijuana reform, the federal government stands to gain little. “The tax revenue that could come from a policy change would be on the provincial side and municipal side,” said UBC economist Werner Antweiler, adding “the savings for the federal government would be very, very small.” Policing, for instance, is largely a municipal affair, with significant department resources in British Columbia dedicated to things like marijuana growop investigations, which can be lengthy, expensive and dangerous to officers. Health care too is another avenue where the provinces could reap substantial rewards through the use of tax revenue from marijuana sales in the healthcare system, Antweiler said. “The pressure on the federal government to do something is a lot less than on the provincial government,” he added. “So there’s a bit of a dilemma to get the argument carried forward to the federal government, which is the only government that can make the change.”

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responds the best one can and in a way you hope is both witness and redemption.” Coupey often paints in sets or “clusters,” such as his collection A Book of Days, which consists of 13 paintings. “When I get bored of them or I think I’ve figured out as much as I need to... I just stop.” Many of his paintings in Cutting Out the Tongue are companions with other works of his, often with one being shown in West Vancouver and the other in Coquitlam. Coupey’s show runs from now until April 27 at the West Vancouver Museum and from March 17 to April 27 at the Art Gallery of Evergreen in Coquitlam. reporter@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/ley_dr

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bsolutely no young kids or adults allowed. Room 14 at West Vancouver Memorial Library is a space reserved strictly for teens. With huge beanbag chairs, Macs and plenty of electrical outlets, the brand new room was completely designed by teens. “We found out from our survey that students want an area that isn’t really loud, but also isn’t completely silent either,” says Alexandra Fraser, a Grade 11 student who helped plan the space. A separate room is reserved for group work, while solo studying and discussions can take place outside. There are two dozen outlets in the room, since many students are bringing both laptops and cell phones to study. Flexibility is key to its success, says Shannon Ozirny, head of youth services “They had endless at the library. Beanbag chairs are on options.” the floor instead of a couch because they can be moved around easily. The Shannon Ozirny tables and chairs are also all on wheels. “We didn’t just give the teens two Youth services chairs to pick from. They had endless options. It was all up to them,” says Ozirny, comfortably sitting in a fuchsia bean bag chair, a colour the teens chose from 300 swatches. The students picked everything, right down to lighting and paint colour. The Mac and PC computers have Photoshop, music editing and other programs that aren’t usually available at home. More basic design elements, like natural light as opposed to florescent tubes, were also on the top of the teens’ minds. Even the ceiling of the group study space is light blue to mimic the sky. “Studying at home can be really difficult because it’s hard to concentrate with all the distractions,” says Fraser, who will be meeting classmates at Room 14 throughout the school term. mgarstin@northsoreoutlook.com twitter.com/MichaelaGarstin

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Having a ball at the BCs Steve Nicol provides a twist to the hoop tourney’s father and son player category

he Nicol family is having a ball at the B.C. high school “AAA” boys’ basketball championships again this week. Each time North Vancouver’s Steve Nicol steps on the court to referee a game at the 68th annual B.C. high school “AAA” boys’ basketball championships, it renews a unique multi-faceted connection in the annals of the Nicol family – and in the tradition-laden tournament itself – that goes back almost 60 years. It was on March 17, 1955 – 58 years ago this week – that Steve’s father, Billy Nicol was selected as the B.C. championship’s most valuable player after leading West Vancouver Highlanders, coached by Dick Wright, to third place in the 16-team tournament, at that time equalling the highest finish for a North Shore school in the then-10-year history of the tourney. (West Van had placed third in 1953 as well.) Billy, also a soccer star, went south in 1958 to play freshman hoops at Seattle University, then an NCAA Division 1 powerhouse in basketball. John Kootnekoff, Mission’s two-time B.C. high school MVP (1952 and ’54), was playing for Seattle U’s varsity at the time and the team featured future NBA great Elgin Baylor during that season as the Chieftains went all the way to the 1958 national final before losing out to Kentucky. Unfortunately, Billy’s paternal grandfather and grandmother (who raised him following Billy’s mother’s death during his birth; and while his father was in the military), along with two of his uncles, all passed away within a few years of each other. So he had to come home in order to help support the family and was never to know whether or not he would have eventually made it onto the varsity squad. He spent some 30 years in the retail sporting goods business, beginning in 1958 in Vancouver with Sparlings which was then the leader in the industry in the Lower Mainland at a time when stringing tennis racquets, waxing skis and sharpening skates was as BILLY’S BoYS - Billy Nicol, displaying the MVP trophy much a part of the business as sales of equipment. he won at the 1955 B.C. high school boys’ basketball He went out on his own in 1974, establishing championships while playing for West Vancouver, has Champion Sports on the north side of Park Royal with seen one son and two grandsons play in the tournament Peter Keymer, before opening another Champion store over the years. And this year son Steve Nicol, who lives in Richmond a few years later. When Champs Sports, in North Vancouver, is refereeing in the 68th edition of big in the U.S. and Ontario, wanted to move into B.C., the “AAA” tournament. Champion sold them the rights to their name and Len Corben photo became All-Star Sports instead, a name they had originally also registered. Billy’s eldest son, Bill Jr., starred at Magee in the provincial boys’ “AAA” tournament at the Langley 1979 B.C. high school championships and was selected Events Centre where this year’s tournament began to the tournament’s second all-star team despite a sevTuesday and winds up on Saturday night. enth-place finish for the team. Billy, Bill Jr. and Steve aren’t the only Nicol boys Steve, three years younger, also graduated from to play a role in the B.C. tourney. Steve’s son, Hayden Magee in 1982 but, though he played basketball for Nicol, played for Carson Graham when the school, his main sport turned out to the Eagles played in the provincials be rugby and he was the vice-captain in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, it was Bill and outside centre for the Magee team Jr.’s son, Cam Nicol, who was playthat won the 1982 B.C. championship in ing in the B.C.s with Port Coquitlam’s Kamloops against hometown favourite Terry Fox Ravens. The team and Cam NorKam. are back in the tourney again this He moved to the North Shore in year. 1998, about a year after he joined the The B.C. High School Boys’ Vancouver City fire department. After lencorben@yahoo.ca Basketball Association keeps track of undergoing a hip replacement, he took fathers and sons who have both played up basketball refereeing seven years ago in the “AAA” tournament and has been and quickly worked his way up the hierarchy of offilisting them each year in the tournament program cials. since 1977. The growing list now numbers some 140 In 2009 Steve was good enough to be assigned to offifathers and 160-plus sons. ciate at the B.C. “A” boys’ tournament in Abbotsford Looks like it’s time to start a new category: Fathers where he ended up being chosen to do the champiwho were MVPs as players and who had sons (and onship game. In both 2010 and ’11, he did games at grandsons) who played and refereed in the championCapilano University in the B.C. “AAA” girls’ championships. ships. But as you can imagine, that is one very short list. For two years now he’s coached senior boys’ soccer and rugby at Argyle. Last season was his first year refThis is episode 476 from Len Corben’s treasure chest ereeing Canada West university and Pacific Western of stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring college basketball and his first time officiating at the to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

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hotticket The B.C. AAA boys’ basketball championships tipped off Tuesday at the Langley Events Centre. The Handsworth Royals, the lone North

Shore team in the tournament, played their first game on Wednesday (after Outlook deadline) against Abbotsford’s WJ Mouat Hawks. For scores and updates visit northshoreoutlook.com and langleyeventscentre.com/aaaboys. Last week at the AAA girls’ basket-

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ThE wrITE ATTITUDE - Grade 6 and 7 Chartwell elementary students hold up books they will use to research the effects of drugs. Top row: Kayarmin Lameei, Nona Jalali. Middle: Roselynn Sadaghiani, Sherry Yu, Avin Emami. First row: Maya Loubani, Maya Abu Risheh. Michaela Garstin photo

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This is a tough question Grade 6 and 7 students in West Vancouver are pondering this month for the annual Member of Parliament Award for Writing contest. “Your friends might say it’s cool, but you can get addicted so easily,” says Maya Abu Risheh, a Chartwell elementary school student who will be entering the contest. “You have to stand up to peer pressure.” Essays, which must be submitted by April 5, should be no longer than 400 words and are

judged on originality and Canadian content. Sitting in a circle, the elementary students list the bad results of misusing drugs. They’ve been warned about addiction, the effects of drugs on families and to carefully watch their drinks at parties. Even legal drugs, such as prescriptions, can be dangerous and addictive, they say. “Drugs can affect you emotionally and physically,” says Maya Loubani, adding pregnant mothers shouldn’t use drugs or drink alcohol. Prizes for the contest include gift certificates and a class pizza lunch. For more information go to MP John Weston’s website. mgarstin@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/MichaelaGarstin

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he fates of two former North Vancouver schools are sealed as the Board of Education has voted to sell one and lease the other. Ridgeway Annex in the City and Plymouth elementary in the District of North Vancouver are among the 11 shuttered schools the board last year deemed surplus to its needs and opted to explore sale and lease agreements on. All the schools were built before 1968 and the properties were last year valued at about $137 million. After a series of public meetings were held, the school board has now reached decisions on the first two surplus sites to be repurposed. The Ridgeway Annex site, last year valued at approximately $5.5 million but likely to fetch far more when rezoned from a school site to residential, will be sold to real-estate developer Anthem Properties who are likely to build low- to mediumdensity housing. At a November public meeting inside the school building, Anthem was one of two developers pitching the school board to buy the property. The Vancouver firm’s pitch involved a variety of housing styles for the 450 East Fifth St. site, including a mix of townhouses and single-family homes that would bring between 16 and 60 new market units to the largely suburban neighbourhood. But Anthem president Eric Carlson also told the board and community members that the company’s preferred plan would be to build just eight single-

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family homes along with eight laneway homes around a pocket park. The school district is now in closed-door talks with Anthem and the details of exacty what kind of development the company will bring to the neighbourhood won’t be revealed until a rezoning application comes before North Vancouver city council, likely in the coming months. As for Plymouth elementary, no rezoning of the 919 Tollcross Rd. is required as the school board announced it will lease the land and building to the Tsleil-Waututh Nation for further educational purposes. The North Vancouver first nation beat out three other proponents for the property and say they will turn it into the TsleilWaututh Nation Skills Centre. The new centre is likely to mean upgrades to the existing building and property at the nation’s expense, and could involve job-training and apprenticeship partnerships with Capilano University, Seaspan and the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Under a long-term lease agreement — the details of which are now under negotiation — the centre will provide career and education support for aboriginal and non-aboriginal residents. And because it’s a lease rather than a sale like Ridgeway, the $10-million former Plymouth site will retain its value as an asset of the community and of the North Vancouver School District. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne

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SUNDECKS

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PETS

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• Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331 *NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379

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Factory custom, 74 cube (1200) big bore by Denco Cycle, Bassani pipe, windshield, sissy bar, leather bags. 27,000km, one old guy owner, $7450 obo (604)817-1945

845

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 2010 VW Touareg. Full load, lthr GPS, 19 in whls, pwr gate, hitch. No acc, N/S, New tires. 47500 Km. $35500. obo. 604-351-5631.

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CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CKC RGST. Great Pyrenees Pups 9 wks. old 1st. shots, Hlth guar. $1200, free delivery. Vet chk. www.kindercubkennel.com 250998-4697 Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

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GARAGE SALES

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MISC. FOR SALE

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NORTH VANCOUVER LAMPLIGHTER

New NEC LT30LP PROJECTOR LAMP UNIT Was a spare unit for an Interior of BC camera club’s NEC LT30 projector, which now has a broken colour wheel, $185. Projector, with its original lamp unit and carrying case also available for an extra $15. Payment by Paypal. Buyer pays shipping. 250-832-2350 SAWMILLS from only $3997 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blues, ready to go, 1st shots, tails/dew claws done. Ultimate family guardian $1000 (604)308-5665

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

REAL ESTATE 603

Facing south, 725sq.ft. Heat, Hot Water & TV Cable (basic) Included.

625

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HOMES FOR RENT

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BOATS

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MARINE

1 Bdrm+den $960/mo.

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Great Pyrenees pups, M/F, 11 weeks, 1st/2nd shot, parents on site. $500/ea. (604)798-5069

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WE BUY HOUSES Damaged House? Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale? We Will Buy Your House, Quick Cash & Private! Mortgage Too High & House Won’t Sell? Can’t Make Payments? We Lease Your House, Make Your Payments & Buy It Later!

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