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lmost a year after the District of North Vancouver banned skateboarding on a single residential corridor, the municipality’s policy hit a major fork in the road last week. The dilemma? Either stay the course with the current ban or roll it out a blanket ban across the many other district roadways where steep hills and sharp corners have attracted the region’s growing longboarding community. In the end the vote was 4-2 in favour of continuing down the singleneighbourhood-ban road with both sides arguing where the moral high ground lay. “I think it was the wrong decision,” Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn told The Outlook after the meeting. “And it’s not done for me, I can tell you that right now.” In the 10 months since council first approved the bylaw banning skateboarding on the three-and-a-half-kilometre corridor of Skyline Drive, Wavertree Road and Glenview Drive, complaints about longboarders in the area have dropped off almost completely. That’s according to a staff report presented to council last Monday detailing the progress of the ban and whether it ought to be applied elsewhere. Since last July, the district received 15 complaints about longboarders, and bylaw officers and the North Van RCMP made 162 skateboard-specific patrols of the municipality. During those patrols, only 17 bylaw infraction notices were handed down — all of them for failing to wear a helmet — indicating compliance with the Skyline ban, staff said. Complaints, when they do come, are from much smaller stretches than Skyline, such as Glencanyon Drive, Norwood Avenue, Dalkeith Drive, St. Andrews Avenue, Princess Avenue and Sauve Court, according to the report. Staff went on to say that these roadways so far show no signs of becoming the regional longboarding attractant and nuisance for residents that Skyline was by this time last year. “Although longboarding activities on streets throughout the district continue to generate some public concern, overall it appears that the District’s strategy has been effective in creating a balance between the longboarding community’s interest and the safety concerns,” staff wrote. Their conclusive recommendation was that thw district maintain the status-quo single-corridor ban and continue to monitor skateboarders in other areas to ensure all safety-equipment bylaws are met. Still, councillors Robin Hicks and MaKay-Dunn spoke in favour of extending the ban to those other hilly neighbourhoods where longboarding is happening. MacKay-Dunn took the most hardline stance in addressing the young male longboarders in attendance. “There are very serious concerns from citizens that, quite, frankly gentlemen, pay high taxes, and one of the things they expect from their taxes is a safe roadway,” MacKay-Dunn said, advocating that council ban the sport on the most high-traffic roads. “As far as I’m concerned, the roads are for vehicles and for bicycles with brakes,” he added. But Hicks suggested there could be a third way forward without outlawing the sport. He said a form of licensing or other means of differentiating the local, law-abiding practitioners of the sport from those “just there to be defiant” might be appropriate. “Maybe people have to have licences and sign up and wear certain vests so that we know that they’re legitimate and they’re going to obey the rules of the road,” Hicks suggested. “And the others, you know, we can kind of focus [our enforcement] on.” Every councillor in attendance — Coun. Mike Little was absent — expressed support for hosting sanctioned longboarding events in the district and even for building some kind of potentially permanent longboarding park or facility. District staff are now in the very early stages of assessing such a venue’s suitability for the Inter River area, near the existing skateboard park. Coun. Lisa Muri said she’d like the operators of both Mount Seymour and Grouse Mountain to build longboarding venues to help get the sport off district roads. But the triumph of the status quo over wider bans doesn’t give longboarders carte blanche to behave however they see fit on district roads, council admonished. Mayor Richard Walton called on the longboarding community to better regulate itself and ensure its members comply with the highest standards of safety and civility. “The next two years, at the most, is the time that this sport has to get tremendous compliance,” Walton said, likening the status of longboarders today with that of the North Shore mountain-biking community a decade ago. “Or else it is going to be banned and we’ll spend a lot of money with our police and bylaw officers running after 12 year olds on skateboards instead of drug dealers and things. Which is to me, a complete waste if the community’s money and resources. So we’re in this together.”

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his week’s warm weather has been good for the moulting elephant seal at Ambleside beach. Lying on the sand all day, the young seal is shedding his fur and an underlying layer of skin as part of the normal “catastrophic moulting” process. He’s been there for around nine days and is expected to stay a month in total. Although he may appear sick or injured, the moulting process is going well because of high temperatures this week, said Paul Cottrell, Pacific marine mammal coordinator with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. This is good news for the 230-pound seal who is uncomfortable as he sheds fur and skin. “It’s a tough time for him. It’s not like what our cats and dogs do, [elephant seals] shed their epidermis,” said Cottrell while at Ambleside checking on the seal, adding the area has starting smelling a bit because of the dead skin. All elephant seals take to land one month a year to moult, spending most of their time sleeping and flipping sand onto themselves to stay cool. They don’t eat and can lose up to 25 per cent of their body weight. Although this seal stays still most of the day, a warning has been put out for people and their dogs to stay behind the orange barriers because he could become aggressive if approached.

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This is likely the first time the seal, who is around a year old, has come out of the water to moult. Based on his size, Cottrell can tell he is young adult, who could eventually weigh up to 5,000 pounds and grow as long as 16 feet. “They are deep and long diving animals that spend

a lot of time out in deep water,” he explains. Elephant seals eat small animals from the bottom of the ocean including squid, dog fish and rat fish, and rarely come onto land expect to moult. When this seal leaves Ambleside, says Cottrell, his next stops will likely be south of B.C. to the waters off Washington State and California. Until then, he could remain on beach for another 20 or so days. “They get massive quite fast,” Cottrell says. “They are usually born in January and nurse for a month.” Elephant seals, he explains, have one of the richest milks out of all CAlIfoRNIA dREAmING? - A moulting elephant seal at Ambleside beach mammals, allowing them moves away from the tide as it begins to come in. to gain weight fast while still very young. This Vancouver Island’s west coast, in the Straight of Juan nutrition gives them the de Fuca and off Haida Gwaii. boost they need to quickly venture out on their own. Race Rocks, a marine ecological reserve at the People bugging the seal hasn’t been a problem so southern tip of the Straight of Juan de Fuca, is their far, says Cottrell. A daytime security guard, volunmost northern breeding location. teers and the nearby police detachment have been If you see an injured or distressed marine mammal, helping keep him safe. call the BC Marine Mammal Response Network at While spotting an elephant seal in a crowded area 1-800-465-4336. like Ambleside isn’t common, it does happen from time to time. They regularly visit the B.C. coast in the mgarstin@northshoreoutlook.com spring and summer and can usually be spotted off

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s expected by the crowd of supporters at Ralph Sultan’s Liberal campaign office, the four-time incumbent was elected once again for West Vancouver-Capilano. Sultan cruised to victory Tuesday night, taking 68 per cent of the votes. The NDP’s Terry Platt was second with 22 per cent. After thanking his supporters, Sultan praised the work of Liberal leader Christy Clark. VICTORy NIGhT - West Van-Capilano MLA Ralph “She far exceeded even the most Sultan shakes hands with a Liberal supporter at his optimistic of forecasts,” he said, campaign headquarters on Tuesday. Michaela Garstin photo adding it is a “great rush” to have won his fourth term. “[Clark] has brought internal democracy to a “I thought we would do much better,” she higher pitch within our party.” told The Outlook. “We’re all surprised but Declared to win his riding by Global News that’s the will of the voters.” early in the evening, Sultan and many of his Conservative David Jones finished a distant supporters were extremely optimistic before third with nearly five per cent of the vote, the official results were announced. followed by Independent Michael Markwick Confident of his win, some voters left the with four per cent and Libertarian Tunya campaign office early, praising Sultan on his Audain with one per cent. campaign efforts. twitter.com/michaelagarstin Over at NDP headquarters, Platt said she was “a bit shocked” at the results.

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t’s been a BC Liberal stronghold since the early 1990s. And there were at least a few moments Tuesday night when it looked as though the West VancouverSea to Sky riding could possibly be wrested away from the Liberals. But when the final votes were tallied Liberal Jordan Sturdy, the mayor of Pemberton, who also happens to be a farmer, reaped 52 per cent of the vote, handily defeating NDP candidate Ana Santos, a political newcomer who finished second with 32 per cent. Despite being behind Santos at some points as the results trickled in, Sturdy remained positive. “We had scrutineers at the polls so we kept our own numbers so it looked pretty solid right front the beginning,” Sturdy said. But that doesn’t mean

there weren’t some anxious moments on election night. “It’s always tense. It’s been tense for the last six months. You don’t enter into these things lightly obviously. It’s stressful. I don’t think there’s any question to that,” Sturdy told The Outlook. The third-place candidate was Richard Warrington of the Green Party with 10 per cent. Ian McLeod of the BC Conservative Party garnered one per cent of the vote. The West VancouverSea to Sky riding, which includes the western portion of West Vancouver, Lion’s Bay, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton and Bowen Island, has been voting Liberal since the early 1990s. In the 2009 election Liberal candidate Joan McIntyre won the riding by 6,019 votes. Four years earlier McIntyre also took the seat, then known as West

Vancouver-Garibaldi, by more than 5,500 votes. Santos, who moved to Canada from Spain in 2004 and became a Canadian citizen in 2010, gathered at the Brackendale Art Gallery with her NDP supporters to watch the results. “I’m very proud of the NDP and our performance — it has been a very positive campaign and that is one of the most important things to be able to run a campaign in such a positive way in this day and age,” said Santos, who lives in Squamish. “I am disappointed of the results in the province really, in the sense that I was hoping for much better results for the NDP; I think we deserved them so I’m surprised at that.” —Justin Beddall

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and 2 victories over the Bruins and listening to ’m still not over ’94. Remember? Rangers over-confident fans calling sports radio shows vs. Canucks, Game 7. Nathan LaFayette’s to say they hoped the Canucks lost at least one one-timer clanks off the post late in the game in Boston so Vancouver could hoist the third with the Canucks down 3-2. New York Cup on home ice. holds on and wins the Cup. Then came the crushing Game 7 defeat and I just watched the Canucks’ near-game-tyingriot that gave the city and local hockey fans a goal on YouTube this morning and almost 20 big shiner. At least the shame of that behaviour years later it still stings. I’ve been waiting for momentarily dulled the anguish of another loss a Cup parade in Vancouver for almost three in the final. decades. Unfortunately, 2013 wasn’t our year After the Canucks’ ouster from the playoffs by either. the Sharks last week, I embarked on an all-toWhen I’m over 1994, I’ll start processing the heart-breaking Game 7 loss to the Bruins in the familiar rite of spring: first anger and disbelief, then avoidance of any Stanley Cup coverage 2011 final. I’m still seeking Cup closure. But, as and finally a vow to never again invest so much many of you will undoubtedly say, who really time, money or emotion into the Canuckleheads. gives a puck? It’s just a game. But this year I did something else: some In his documentary Manufacturing Consent, internet research on sports fandom. Turns out, influential U.S. professor Noam Chomsky describes sports as a distraction, something that living and dying with the home team may actu“keeps [people] from worrying about things that ally be good for you. As New York Times writer Bill Morris points matter to their lives that they might have some out in a March 2013 article titled One Way to idea of doing something about.” Cheer Up: Cheer Harder, there’s “A growing He’s probably right. I’ve wasted copious body of scientific research and some compelling amounts of time watching hockey that could empirical evidence [to] suggest that sports fans, have been spent reading literary masterpieces, even the foam-at-the-mouth variety, are less engaging in politics or some other worthy purprone to depression and alienation than people suit. Just ask my wife. who are immune to such maladies as March But my affliction goes way back to the days Madness and pennant fever.” when the home team dressed in those garish, In the article, Morris interviews University V-crested uniforms that a New York sportswritof Massachusetts Amherst psychology professor er sharply described as Darth Vader uniforms. Susan Krauss Whitbourne, an expert on fans. The year was 1982 and I was 12. She told him: “For the really The Cup-bound Canucks true fan, it can become a probwere a scrappy bunch with lem if they shut out other things a colourful cast of characters in life. But the positive side is that included “King” Richard that it’s fun and exciting. It’s a Brodeur, Dave “Tiger” cheap high. It’s not that they Williams, Harold Snepts and don’t have a life.” Ron Delorme, but when they But what if your team is a reached the finals against perennial heartbreak like the the dynasty-in-the-making editor@northshoreoutlook.com Canucks, an organization that’s New York Islanders, it was a existed since 1970 and has yet major mismatch. to have its name etched on the Cup? (This is I was such a diehard fan that when my now relevant for Leafs fans too.) mom found out the Cup was on display at the I emailed Dr. Whitbourne to ask. Here’s what Vancouver Hotel we piled into her red Mercury she had to say: and headed downtown for brunch inside the “The key issues isn’t whether a team wins hotel’s fancy dining room. Some friendly outor loses, but how closely identified the fan feels of-towners with a Polaroid camera snapped my with the team. That identification allows the picture next to hockey’s Holy Grail and gave it individual to feel a sense of connection to a comto me. Next, my mom, always big on spontanemunity of like-minded people,” she wrote. “It ity, decided she’d get me a ticket for Game 4 of also seems, based on the research, that identithe series (the Isles led 3-0) that night at the fying with your hometown team gives a bigger Pacific Coliseum. boost to your mental health than identifying The game was sold out so she bought me a with a distant team. Rooting for the underdog ticket from a scalper. Turns out that it was a can also be beneficial to mental health for peostanding-room-only ticket, so I didn’t have the ple who value their sense of independence. So best view as the Islanders lifted the Cup but I even if your team keeps losing, it can still help do remember some fans throwing ice cubes at reduce depression and alienation.” the them. Witnessing that moment probably Hmmm. Well, in that case, I guess there’s made the 1994 loss even harder for me to stomalways next season. ach. Ditto for 2011 against the Bruins. twitter.com/justinbeddall I remember celebrating the Canucks Game 1

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North Shore bridal boutique says ‘I Do’ to the buy-local, enviro-conscious movement

TRENDS • Expect to see more illusion -necklines instead of strapless • Brides are asking for belts, particularly in their wedding colour • Loose and casual “boho” style is in demand • Neutral champagne, pink, gold and silver are hitting the scene • Alternatives to the traditional veil; more flowers, birdcage veils • Short and tea-length dresses are here to stay

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sing organic cotton, vintage lace and recycled textiles, Patty Nayel makes eco-friendly wedding gowns from her Lynn Valley studio. Hanging on the wall, a long dress is creatively designed using elegant lace curtains her client’s mother-in-law once had hanging in her house. She even has a vegan dress, made without using animal products or by-products, including silk, which is made by silkworms. “We get a lot of non-traditional brides,” says Nayel, owner of Pure Magnolia. “They’re looking for something a bit different. Something they don’t see everywhere else and that suits their personality.” A dozen dresses — long, short and tea-length (the latest trend) — hang on the wall for her open house. Today Nayel is showing her new modular and plus-size lines. A modular gown, she demonstrates on a model, can be taken apart so a long dress is worn during the formal marriage ceremony and a shorter one for the reception afterwards. It’s a practical and stylish alternative a growing number of brides embrace but have difficulty finding. “A lot of plus-size brides plan not to even try a dress on,” says Nayel, showing a sample of her newest line of dresses. “They leave not very happy because the dresses aren’t made for them.” Seeing a big void in the market, Nayel jumped on the idea and created dresses made specifically for curvy brides up to a size 26. She recently shipped a gown down to the U.S. for a bride who was having a very difficult time finding one in her size. Buy North Shore Part of the buy-local movement, Pure Magnolia is a good example of the trend to purchase products designed, made and sold nearby. Instead of driving downtown, advocates support small, independent businesses to help create a vibrant community. The creators of ShopNorthVancouver.com, for example, say many people don’t realize pretty much anything can be bought on the North Shore. “Because local independent businesses generally keep more money spent in the community than corporate chains (45 per cent for independent vs. 15 per cent for chains), shopping with local businesses leads to a stronger economy,” they say on their website. In fact, most wedding day essentials are available on the North Shore, right down to the caterer, flowers, decorations, DJ, commissioner and even the venue rental itself. For buy-local supporters, it’s possible to plan a complete wedding without even leaving North and West Vancouver. This is a philosophy Nayel lives by. While many of her customers are North Shorites, she also sells to brides throughout the Lower Mainland and internationally. “Pure Magnolia has grown organically and slowly,” says the Kwantlen Polytechnic University graduate about the business she opened four years ago. “It’s customer driven, which is great, so I didn’t have to push it out there.”

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GOWN TOWN - Wedding gown designer Patty Nayel has created 40-plus eco-friendly styles at her Lynn Valley studio. Rob Newell photo

Boho-chic Beside modular and plus-size designs, Nayel has capitalized on other trends many Lower Mainland bridal boutiques have yet to embrace, such as the loose-fitting “boho” look, colourful belts and illusion necklines. “Brides today are looking for looser fitting dresses that are more comfortable and casual in general,” she says. “They want unique dresses that look great on them.” Her shorter dresses range from $300 to $1,400 and longer gowns from $900 to $2,500. She also offers rentals in limited sizes, which cost anywhere from $300 to $700 including alterations and dry-cleaning. In addition to her studio, her gowns are sold in boutiques in Victoria and Ottawa and online worldwide. Compared to the bigger wedding stores, Nayel says she is able to easily follow the specific wishes of each bride, which change every year and according to the season of the wedding. “Around 50 per cent on my customers are here for the eco reasons and the buy-local movement,” Nayel says. “The other half are here for the style, but also appreciated they’re eco-friendly.” Colour on the horizon The next trends for modern brides? In addition to the popularity of tea-length skirts and boho style, Nayel says many brides are opting out of a veil. Most still wear something in their hair like a flower or small birdcage veil, but she now sees only 25 per cent donning a longer, traditional veil. More colour is also on the horizon, she adds, showing a funky black dress she designed for a fashion show. While most brides’ tastes aren’t that drastic, she predicts dresses will stay in the neutral palette but will include more champagnes, gold, silvers and light pinks, in addition to the already-popular colorful belts done in the wedding’s signature colour. “I see a lot of brides come here looking for something they saw on a blog that they can’t find anywhere else,” says Nayel. “I recreate that here. Every bride wants to be unique, a bit different on her wedding day.” Pure Magnolia is located at 1258 Lynn Valley Rd next to Dairy Queen. Visit puremagnolia.ca too see more of Nayel’s wedding gown designs. Her sample sale runs until the end of May. mgarstin@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/MichaelaGarstin

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ach person sees nature different depending on their previous experiences, location — and type of camera. Ambleside’s Silk Purse is showing the work of three photographers who use a variety of techniques to manipulate and enhance images. Challenging us to see the world in a different way, each artists’ images are unique but mesh together to support the exhibit’s central theme: nature. Running until June 2, Three Photographers: Expressions of Nature features B.C. photogs Rita Hernandez, Karen Evans and Elaine Hunter. “All three of us were selected from 80-plus submissions. We were judged on who works well together.” says Hernandez, who will be showing a series of digital photographs. The North Vancouver-based artist is from

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may be just over a year away from turning 40, but there are still times when I’m tackling a grammar issue in my writing, or working out a math equation for something where I still hear specific echoes of my high school teachers’ wisdom or rules that are appropriate to whatever my task at hand might be. The same goes for my wine education via the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, which I plugged away at in the late ’90s under two of the best wine instructors Vancouver has ever known. One of them, Mark Davidson, SmOkIN’ GOOd PIckS - Park Heffelfinger, now now leads global education and co-owner and co-founder of Memphis Blues Barbeque marketing for Wine Australia, House, has some great wine selections for grilling season. while his teaching partner at Rob Newell photo the time, Park Heffelfinger, is now co-owner and co-founder and a great summer sipper that goes with all of Memphis Blues Barbeque grilled seafood, from spot prawns to salmon.” House, plus an all-around barbeque expert. Not only do their many words of wisdom still come to mind when I’m trying to recall, Legado Munoz 2011 Garnacha | La say, Burgundian appellation specifics, but Mancha, Spain | $13-15 | Private Wine Park in particular seems to keep his eye on Stores me to this day, never afraid to throw a funny Soft and juicy, this one has some nice earthemail my way after reading my iness, a slight floral characcolumn – just to ensure he’s ter and enough bright fruit keeping me in check. Whether that Park sees it going percalling me out for referring to fectly with good, sticky ribs. a $50 wine as affordable, or filing a grievance over a wine Chateau de Paraza and food pairing discrepancy, Minervois | Languedoc, it’s always in fun and jovial – France | $18-20 | Private which is a pretty appropriate kurtis@kurtiskolt.com Wine Stores description of the guy himself. This blend of Syrah, Consequently, he’s often Grenache and Mourvedre leaps out of the top of mind for me too, and as I was lookglass with red licorice and spice, and finishes ing to recommend some perfect barbecue with some nice peppery dark fruit. Great for wines for your summer, I thought there was those looking for a little more complexity in no one better to pass along some great leads. their glass. So whether you’re grabbing a bite from your local Memphis Blues location (where you can try most of these by the glass), or firing Yering Station ‘Little Yering’ 2010 Pinot Noir | Yarra Valley, Australia | $15.95 | BC up the grill at home; here’s what you should Liquor Stores be washing it down with, from the guy who Park likes that there’s “lots of sweet Pinot knows best. cherry fruit” in here, and I like that it’s probably the best-value Pinot Noir in our marSelbach 2011 ‘Fish Label’ Riesling | ket today. Bright and buoyant, serve it with Mosel, Germany | $16.95 | BC Liquor a hint of a chill – it’ll make it all the more Stores lively. Park calls this crowd-pleasing favourite, As always, if you’re having trouble tracking “Hands down, the number one wine for barsomething down, find me via KurtisKolt.com beque. Affordable, juicy lime and peach fruit, or tweet me @KurtisKolt.

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VanBrewers hand out coveted Golden Stag award GEORGE PAJARI CONTRIBUTOR

n the spring a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of ... beer. At least in the Lower Mainland. VanBrewers, a 120-strong group of avid homebrewing enthusiasts, held their fourth annual competition at the end of April which pitted 347 different brews from across Canada against each other for the coveted 2013 Golden Stag award. I was honoured to have been invited to be one of the judges on the final day to select the three medallists from the 23 best-of-breed beers chosen by other judges as the best representatives of each major style from the original 347. The quality of the finalists was superb and put some commercial products to shame. The winner was a weizen (German wheat beer) brewed by Jochen Fahr of Calgary. Although he brews at home, he is the son of a German brewery worker, has a Bachelor’s degree in bioprocess engineering and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, and uses a Linux computer system to precisely control his brewing process. As one of the perks of winning, Russell Brewing produces a commercial batch of each year’s winning brew. Last year’s winner, Dave Shea’s Nautical Disaster Barleywine, has just been released. Jochen’s beer, Villicht’s Hochziitsbier Weizen is planned to be available in May 2014. See vanbrewers.ca for a full list of winners.

Celebrating craft beer

Vancouver Craft Beer Week is almost upon us and many of the events are already sold out. That said, there are still events to participate in. The nine days of beer starts Friday, May 31 and features 60 breweries and more than 30 events. Go to vancouvercraftbeerweek.com and see the opportunities to expand your beer palate tempt. This is an unparalleled opportunity to taste a wide range of craft beers and talk with the brewmasters themselves.

Beer of the Month - Coal Harbour Brewing’s Smoke & Mirrors – Imperial Smoked Ale

This is not a beer for the timid or unadventurous. Smoked beers have a small following, making them commercially risky. A co-founder of the late great Tall Ship brewing company of Squamish confided in me years ago that he had received a death threat over their smoked porter (the thought of which boggles the mind). This beer combines the unmistakable flavours of German smoked malts with Scottish peated malts (think Islay single malt) with the full flavour of an imperial stout. This is a massive beer with a taste profile that spans the spectrum from sweet malty through to a burnt dark chocolatey mid-palate ending with a bitter smoky finish and the warming glow that comes from 8.5% ABV. The beer deservedly won Gold at the 2012 BC Brewing awards. You can find out what the fuss is about at some specialty liquor stores on the North Shore.

-West Vancouver resident George Pajari is a BJCP certified beer judge and elected member (retired) of the Institute of Brewing, London, U.K. Reach him at zythesis@gmail.com and follow him at @zythesis.

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No evidence of glut of unoccupied condos: report Foreign, temporary residents not excessive in Metro Vancouver JEFF NAGEL Black PrEss

ears that foreign buyers and other temporary residents are snapping up an abnormal share of Metro Vancouver condos aren’t borne out by statistics, according to a new analysis. Urban Futures researchers examined 2011 Census data and found just 0.8 per cent of all homes in the Metro region and 1.4 per cent of apartments are occupied by foreign or temporary residents. Vancouver and West Vancouver were above average at just under two per cent, while other larger cities in the region had fewer foreign or temporary apartment dwellers, including Richmond at 1.3 per

cent, Burnaby at 1.1 per cent and Surrey at 0.4 per cent. There had been media reports earlier this year that up to a quarter of condos in certain parts of downtown Vancouver are either unoccupied or occupied by non-residents, prompting renewed concern that wealthy foreign investors are parking money here. Some observers warned of the rise of ghost neighbourhoods that look dense but don’t have enough active residents to create a vibrant community. Urban Futures found 6.2 per cent of Metro apartments were unoccupied – below the national average – and said there’s no basis to conclude that’s excessive. The areas with the highest levels of unoccupied

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to Know Your H2O’ and think When you turn on your tap about the impact of your everyand clean, safe water comes out, day habits. do you ever wonder how it got “We forget that we use the there or what happens to it when same treated drinking water to it goes down the drain? Or why wash our cars you should care? and water our “We may think lawns. We flush we have enough our toilets and water for our away it goes with needs in BC but whatever we put that is not always down there,” says the case. Our Foster. “Just a few water is finite, simple changes and the demand such as wateris increasing ing our lawns due to climate drinkingwaterweek.org less, using rain change, populabarrels, installing tion growth and water efficient fixtures or appliindustry needs,” says Daisy Fosances, and not putting harmful ter, CEO of the 4,700-member substances down our drains can BC Water & Waste Association. make a big difference.” “Although the expenses may not For example, detergents, paint, be apparent, there are significant medications, and many other costs, energy and human input household products end up at required to treat our drinkwastewater treatment plants ing water to be clean and safe, where special processes are deliver it to our taps, and manage required to minimize the impact the wastewater that goes down on the environment and receivthe drain.” ing waters. Fats, oils and grease She adds, “New regulations that we put down our drains can and aging infrastructure such as often cause blockages in sewer pipes and treatment systems will lines resulting in costly repairs. mean upgrades and replaceFoster says, “During Drinking ments and this is something we Water Week, get involved and are all going to have to pay for.” learn more about your water and During Drinking Water Week, the impact of your actions. Start May 20 – 26, BC Water & Waste by taking the Community Water Association asks you to ‘Get

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Did You Know? n The average British Columbian uses 353 litres of water per day, yet thinks they use less than 200 litres per day.* n 78 per cent of British Columbians would fix an internet outage within a day, but only 50 per cent would fix a leaky faucet within the same time frame.* n Replacing an 18-litre-per-flush toilet with an ultra low volume 6-litre or less model leads to a 66% savings in water flushed and will reduce indoor water use by about 30%. *RBC 2013 Canadian Water Attitudes Study.

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ot budding young artist at home with idle time this summer? Be sure to check the North Vancouver Community Arts Council’s summer arts camps. This year there are 14 different creative camps all taught by qualified art instructors. Starting in July and running until the end of August, the camps offer a wide range of artistic discovery, from Monster University to Act Move and Sing! to Drawing and Painting Outdoors and Exploring Art and Drama, to name a few. The full and half-day camps, which take place inside and outdoors, are open to kids ages 7-11. Morning or afternoon camps (five days) cost $125. All-day classes are $250 and include a supervised lunch. For more information on registration and complete list of classes, visit nvartscouncil.ca -The Outlook

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“I have this every day, minus the cilantro one, but plus chard,” writes a friend on Julie’s Facebook page (facebook.com/julie.boulterdunsterville). Another simply says, “Julie... This is a really tasty juice.” To make the juice, Dunsterville has selected each ingredient for a reason. Kale, she says, is a superfood rich in essential vitamins and minerals, especially calcium, iron and potassium. A flavourful herb, cilantro is also rich in vitamins and minerals, as well as chlorophyll. Spinach is a “powerhouse of vitamins,” she explains. It contains twice as much iron as other greens. Cucumbers are high in water content and contain a lot of potassium, which is good for maintaining healthy youthful skin. A highest source of beta carotene out of any veggie, carrots add a sweetness to bitter-tasting juices. They are perfect for this recipe. And finally, green apples add tartness. Many nutritional benefits are concentrated in the skin and outer layers, says Dunsterville. She recommends buying organic so they can be juiced whole. Go to northshoreoutlook.com and click on “Contests” in the upper right corner to follow Dunsterville and the other 12 Green Fighters from throughout B.C. Visit kinsfarmmarket.com for more information about the challenge. — The Outlook

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proposal to revive the historic Langley Speedway stock car racing track in Campbell Valley Regional Park is being opposed by Metro Vancouver regional district staff. The issue is coming back to Metro’s environment and parks committee on Thursday, where the staff recommendation is to halt further consideration of the proposal made earlier this year by the Langley Speedway Historical Society. According to a staff report, the park contains sensitive ecosystems near the former speedway grounds. “Previous studies of this forested area indicate that species at risk such as red-legged frog, western toad, Pacific water shrew, great blue heron and American bittern are likely to inhabit the immediate area around the track,” it says. The committee previously asked staff to report back on the feasibility of reopening the track and to advise how Metro might consult the public, if the board opted to take it further. The staff report warns an extensive feasibility assessment would be needed, along with significant public consultation – potentially costing Metro several hundred thousand dollars. It calls on Metro’s board to reiterate its past position that racing not be allowed in Campbell Valley park. Speedway society reps have proposed sharing speedway revenues with Metro and allowing the facility for other uses, such as concerts and other outdoor events. The Greater Vancouver Regional District bought the park property in 1969 and the speedway closed in 1985,

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North Vancouver father, child killed by falling rock Whistler RCMP are investigating after the pair were reported missing Sunday while on an overnight ski-camping trip

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With the help of the Whistler Blackcomb Ski Patrol, the Mounties launched a search party shortly after 7 p.m. but had to suspend it for safety reasons just four hours later. Another search began first thing Monday morning and now included at least one search and rescue aircraft and several teams from as far away as Pemberton, Lions Bay and Squamish At approximately 11:30 a.m., searchers came upon the pair’s tent in an area known as the Windlip, at the base of a steep rock face. “From our investigation it appears that a large boulder fell from the rock face at some point, landing on the tent with both occupants inside and killing them,” Knapton said. The RCMP are not releasing the names of the deceased at this time. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne

hen he’s not patrolling the streets, he’s patrolling the bench. This season WVPD Const. Phil Greiff coached the West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association’s Bantam A-1 Thunder. And Greiff had such a positive effect on the team that recently he was named minor hockey coach of the year by the association. This wasn’t his first time on skates. Greiff played Junior B hockey in Alberta and later played pro in Germany. He also has previous minor hockey experience.

In a statement, WVPD Chief Const. Peter Lepine said, “We are extremely proud of Const. Greiff ’s achievement being named Coach of the Year. The strength of the West Vancouver Police department is exemplified in the way our members are able to connect with our community. Phil has had a unique opportunity to pursue his passion for hockey and a career in policing. The community and youth of West Vancouver are very well served by his skills at work and at the arena.” -The Outlook

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Gas price climb driven by refinery trouble Near-record pump pain for Metro Vancouver motorists JEFF NAGEL Black PrEss

as prices in Metro Vancouver are flirting with record levels but at least one industry observer doesn’t expect they’ll shoot too much higher. The average regular gas price in Metro hit $1.495 per litre Tuesday, up about eight cents in the past week. Petroleum analyst Jason Parent, a senior associate at the Kent Group, said supplies have tightened and prices are up partly in response to the unexpected shutdown of gasoline refining units at a Suncor refinery near Edmonton. He said the outlook for the Lower Mainland depends in part on how long refining is disrupted at Suncor. “It all depends on how long that lasts and how effectively suppliers are able to bring in alternate supply into that region,” Parent said. “Generally speaking, I wouldn’t expect it to get much higher.” Gas prices typically jump in the spring as more drivers take to the roads, cutting into gasoline supplies and putting upward pressure on prices. But Parent said the traditional seasonal spike happened earlier this year. He said wholesale prices paid by retailers have already risen about 14 cents in the last couple of weeks. “Retail prices up until the last couple of days haven’t really kept pace with that.” Gas prices here are also influenced by the fact Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, which supplies most of Metro’s refined gasoline, is at capacity. Parent said the pipeline may have allocated slightly more capacity recently to crude oil shipments, leaving less flexibility to move more gasoline in response to jumps in demand. Motorists shouldn’t assume that they’re being ripped off just because gasoline prices are rising at a time that crude oil prices have remained flat. “Crude oil and refined gasoline are two different commodities with different supply and demand fundamentals,” Parent said. “Their prices can be moving in opposite directions at the same time for different reasons.” Gas prices here hit a recent bottom of around $1.20 per litre in December, according to the website Gasbuddy.com. Metro Vancouver gas prices haven’t been this lofty since the record highs of around $1.50 a litre in the summer of 2008, and prices now would be lower than at that time if not for increases since then in B.C.’s carbon tax or TransLink’s fuel tax.

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Play It Again! The photo contest Here’s your first of four chances to win a signed copy of the book

f you haven’t yet laid your eyes – or your hands – on a copy of my justpublished book PLAY IT AGAIN! A Century PLUS of North Shore Sports Stories, here’s your chance to win one. Just identify the three sports personpresented by alities in the photos on this page, then go to The Outlook’s website at northshorelencorben@yahoo.ca outlook.com to enter Game 1 of the contest. Photos for Games 2, 3 and 4 of the contest will appear in the paper on May 23, May 30 and June 6 and on the website for a full week (May 23-29, May 30-June 5 and June 6-12) leading to Father’s Day. Each person may submit one entry per game. One winner of a PLAY IT AGAIN! book for each of the four games will be drawn from among those with the correct answers for that game. All photos are of people featured in the book which For more information or to buy tickets go to: is now available for $27.95 at Larry’s Sports, 2029 Lonsdale in North Van, and at The Dog’s Ear T-Shirt and Embroidery Company, 1493 Marine Drive in West Van; or from me directly at lencorben@yahoo.ca. Bob Lenarduzzi, B.C.’s soccer icon who did the foreword for the book, will join me for a book signing at Larry’s Enter online for your chance to Sports on Saturday, May 25, at 1 p.m. You can buy a book then or bring a previously-purchased one for autographing. Now it is true that a picture is worth a thousand words and probably a lot more. Which is why your intrepid Instant Replay sports histo ry storyteller (that’s me) works just as hard at finding the www.northshoreoutlook.com perfect photographs to accompany these always-detailed and often-quirky tales from yesteryear (my wife thinks they should be called unusual rather than quirky) as I am with the names, dates and other relevant facts found in the written accounts. On some occasions it has taken longer to find the right photo than to do the research and writing of the story itself. Scrapbooks and personal collections, some of which haven’t come out of storage boxes for years, have been an invaluable resource. The North Vancouver Archives has an incredible collection as does the archives in West Vancouver and Vancouver. Ralph Bower, the now-retired former Vancouver Sun award-winTo find out how she measures up against ning photographer, who still puts on showings from his vast collecher opponents and to be inspired Julie tion, is always helpful finding phovisit kinsgreenfighters.com Dunsterville tos he’s taken. My own collection takes the isn’t bad either because I never challenge for throw anything away. But finding North what I’m looking for, even among Vancouver! my own collection, can be a challenge. Many of the 390+ photos in the book have never been shown FIGHTERS publicly before, such as the team Fit ’n’ Healthy with Kin’s photo shown here of the Vancouver Amazons women’s hockey team

(pictured at the 1927 Banff Winter Carnival) which includes North Van’s Doris Parkes whose story is one of more than 100 featured in the book. The picture comes from Wendy Duck, Doris’ daughter, all the way from Guelph, Ontario. I’d love for you to tell me your favourite photo in the book. Of course that means you’d need to buy a copy. Or win one. This is episode 480 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories and photos – from the great events and the quirky – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

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In an attempt to solve a decades-old drowning mystery, North Van RCMP use the victim’s voice to tell the facts of the case

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he was buried at Mountain View Cemetery under the marker ‘Jane Doe,’ the legal name written on the death certificates of all unidentified females. A shipyard crane operator had first spotted her body floating in the deep waters near what is now Lonsdale Quay on Dec. 12, 1985. The coroner determined the cause of death was drowning and she hadn’t been in the ocean long — 48 hours max. She was never reported missing and her identity has remained a mystery for nearly 30 years. Was it foul play? Or was it an accidental death? In an attempt to solve this baffling decades-old file, North Van Mounties are trying an innovative approach: creating a first-person narrative from the grave to tell the facts of the case. “Over the years there’s been variations of [the information] we put out today and I think it’s now just a different approach, worded in the first person. It gets people’s attention,” says RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong. The press release begins: “On December 12th 1985, around 10 a.m. I was pulled out of the frigid waters of the Burrard Inlet, and brought to the shores of North Vancouver. I am grateful for the crane operator at the the Burrard Dry Docks who was the first to notice me floating in the water.” North Van RCMP Const. Mary-Louise Zadravetz, who is investigating the case along with Cpl. Sue Tupper, came up with the idea to use the victim’s voice to narrate. “Hopefully it will get people’s attention just by virtue of this woman speaking to the

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