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YEAR IN REVIEW

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The ﬁrst of a two-part review of the stories that made the news in 2010.

apologized to her constituents, colleagues, family and friends for her “inexcusable” actions. In a statement issued the day after the incident, “Drinking and driving is dangerous and completely unacceptable. . . . I know that, and I will take full responsibility for what I did,” said Thornthwaite in her statement. Thornthwaite, a mother of three, was a dietician and the chairwoman of the North Vancouver Board of Education before her election in 2009. “In all of my political life, I’ve been very open and transparent to the public. That’s how I do my job,” said Thornthwaite about her decision to immediately come clean about the incident. She later pleaded not guilty to her drunk driving charges. A trial is set for next year.

JANUARY Bipolar man dies after RCMP shooting A North Vancouver man who died Jan. 10 after being shot by a police officer in Deep Cove suffered from bipolar disorder, according to a longtime friend of the victim. Matthew John Wilcox, 39, was shot in the abdomen near the intersection of Deep Cove Road and Strathcona Road at about 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 9 after he apparently advanced toward a police officer, refusing to obey commands. He died in hospital about 30 hours later. According to witnesses, Wilcox was driving erratically down Mount Seymour Parkway a few minutes before the shooting, colliding with several vehicles before turning on to Deep Cove Road. A police officer who was in pursuit apparently rammed his vehicle there, causing Wilcox to lose control and come to a stop. The officer and suspect both got out of their cars, according to a witness, and Wilcox initially moved as if to place his hands on his vehicle, but then began to walk towards the officer. The officer, gun drawn, reportedly told the suspect to stop and get down on the ground, but the command was ignored. Wilcox then put his hands in his pockets. He was shot after reaching to pull out what was later determined to be a cellphone from his pocket. Weather forces early Cypress closure With rainfall warnings in effect and the forecast calling for wet, wild and unseasonably warm weather, Cypress Mountain closed its alpine runs to the public from Jan. 13 until after the Olympics in a bid to salvage snow supplies. The mountain hosted several of the Games’ ski and snowboard events including aerials, moguls, parallel giant slalom, halfpipe and ski and snowboard cross. The closure came more than two weeks ahead of schedule and just two days after the mountain announced a temporary shutdown due to rain. Thousands of cubic metres of snow produced in December were stockpiled throughout the mountain in mounds to keep it refrigerated. But that wasn’t enough. Bales of straw needed to be transferred onto the mountain closer to the Games along with snow from Black Mountain and the upper reaches of Mount Strachan to help rebuild courses. VANOC’s final accounting put the cost of the last-minute mountain maintenance at $5 million.

MARCH

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CANADIAN golden boy, 22-year-old Alexandre Bilodeau, is jubilant after receiving gold for freestyle moguls at the Feb. 15 medal ceremony. Bilodeau’s win was the ﬁrst of many for Canadian athletes at Cypress Mountain. Twenty-eight thousand event tickets on Cypress were cancelled after rain washed away a foot of snow from the standing room area, leaving it unsafe for spectators. 56.8 kg of opium found hidden in tombstone Two North Vancouver men were among four people arrested in the largest-ever opium seizure in the province. All four were linked to the shipment of 56.8 kilograms of opium that arrived hidden inside a tombstone in an air cargo delivery from Iran on Jan. 6. Police described the seizure of that amount of opium as unprecedented.

FEBRUARY Triumph and heartbreak on Cypress Alexandre Bilodeau became

an instant national hero on the evening of Feb. 14 when he ended Canada’s 34-year quest for an Olympic gold medal on home soil. Bilodeau, a 22-year-old from Rosemère, Que., won the freestyle moguls event, beating Canadian-born Australian and reigning Olympic champion Dale Begg-Smith who won silver, and Bryon Wilson of the United States who placed third. West Vancouver native Maëlle Ricker followed up two days later with a gold medal in Olympic snowboard cross to become the ﬁrst Canadian female to reach the top of the podium on home soil. Canadian downhill skiers Manuel Osborne-Paradis and Robbie Dixon didn’t fare as well. The roommates and training partners, who grew

up in North Vancouver and have been racing on the slopes of Whistler since they were toddlers, both failed to live up to their own expectations in the Feb. 15 Olympic downhill in Whistler with OsborneParadis finishing 17th and Dixon crashing. Just days later both racers went off course in Super G. Canada’s Ashleigh McIvor topped things off on Feb. 23 as she tore across the finish line at the head of the pack in the inaugural Olympic women’s ski cross final. The Whistler native, who was also the world champion and ranked second internationally, was Canada’s medal favourite going into the race on suddenly snowy Cypress Mountain. She led the way throughout the entire final run, with one competitor crashing within seconds of

leaving the starting gate and the others in hot pursuit. Fans unleashed a jubilant roar when McIvor, 26, crossed the ﬁnish line with a strong lead, taking gold. North Van MLA vows not to quit over drunk driving charge North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite said she would not resign over possible charges of impaired driving after being pulled over by RCMP on the morning of Feb. 22. North Vancouver RCMP stopped Thornthwaite at a roadblock at 1 a.m. Feb. 22. They took a breath sample that allegedly registered a bloodalcohol level of .11 per cent. The legal limit is .08 per cent. Thornthwaite,whowaslater charged with drunk driving,

West Van police dog attacks innocent youth as exercise goes wrong The West Vancouver Police Department was forced to review its canine training after a police dog attacked a youth during an exercise at West Vancouver Community Centre March 9. The dog, its handler and a volunteer were practising tracking outside the Marine Drive facility at about 11 p.m. when the animal came upon two young people seated on a bench, lunged at one of them and bit the victim on the shoulder. “The dog contacted the back and then took hold of the jacket sleeve and the upper left arm of the youth in its mouth,” said Const. Jeff Palmer, a spokesman for the WVPD. “It was immediately commanded to release. The contact was very brief.” The victim was left with abrasions and bruising but no puncture wounds, according to Palmer. B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics checked out the injuries and released the youth on scene. The WVPD suspended the dog from service and entered it into a provincial recertification program. The handler and the department’s three other canine units are still on the job, but management is revisiting its approach to training the animals. Palmer said the force made a formal apology to the victim and the victim’s family. Gold, gold, gold, gold and gold North Vancouver’s Lauren Woolstencroft topped off an incredible Paralympic Games by winning her fifth gold medal in five events before being chosen to carry the Canadian flag into the Closing Ceremonies on March 21. See Arts page 5

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YEAR IN REVIEW

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HOUTAN Ali from KB-One in North Vancouver delivers a kick to the chest of Logan Marten from Maple Ridge during a kickboxing match March 26 at the Lucas Centre in North Vancouver. the time of her death. An autopsy was performed on her body, but police have not made public how Cordone died, saying that will form part of the criminal court case. According to two reports by the British Columbia Review Board, La Glace has been in and out of the forensic psychiatric hospital for the past 10 years and was last released less than six months before Cordone was killed.

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North Vancouver’s Wild Lights Lantern Festival and Parade was another victim of provincial funding cuts in April. North Vancouver Community Arts Council announced at the end of March that after losing 13 per cent of its budget it would no longer be able to stage the 11year-old summertime event in Edgemont Village. The council will also begin charging admission to May’s Art in the Garden event. The province cut two funding sources for the council: gaming money and B.C.

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After claiming gold medals in slalom, giant slalom and downhill earlier in the Games, Woolstencroft dominated the field again in her final two events — the super G and super combined. With those wins Woolstencroft became the first woman ever to earn five gold medals in a single Paralympic Winter Games. She also tied swimmer Stephanie Dixon and athletics star Chantal Petitclerc as the only three Canadian women to earn five gold medals in a single Paralympics, winter or summer. Woolstencroft now owns 10 medals through three Paralympic Games. But even with all that hardware and all those podium appearances, Woolstencroft said the highlight of the Games for her came on the final day as she led the Canadian team through the streets of Whistler and into the Closing Ceremonies. Man charged with WV park murder A 45-year-old New Westminster man was charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman who was found in a tent in West Vancouver’s Lighthouse Park last year. Alexander Lawrence La Glace, 45, was arrested March 30 in Vancouver after a 10-month homicide investigation by both West Vancouver police and the Vancouver Police Department’s homicide squad. Police said La Glace and the murder victim — 43-year-old Tammy-Lynn Cordone of Thunder Bay, Ont. — knew each other. Police were called to the waterfront park in the early hours of May 19, 2009, after Cordone’s body was discovered in a tent near Juniper Point, an area overlooking Howe Sound. Cordone, who had moved to British Columbia from Ontario, was believed to have been living or camping in the park at

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OR most people, Christmas and its constellation of associated holidays are a frantic time. For others, unfortunately, it’s time to take advantage of the massive holiday shopping spree. Police are issuing their usual holiday warnings: lock your car, keep presents in the trunk, watch out for suspicious characters. No matter how careful everyone is, of course, someone’s Christmas memories will be tainted. We could condemn the thieves who cause such pain. But in the spirit of the season, instead we’ll ask them to make a change. No one grows up thinking they’ll spend the holiday season breaking and entering, trading stolen goods for a few dollars or a quick ﬁx. It’s a demeaning, miserable existence, the result of very

bad choices: some they made for themselves and some made for them, often at a young age. The good news is that, at this time of year, people are more willing than ever to help when a life needs to be turned around. There are government agencies, non-proﬁts like the Salvation Army, local churches and food banks. Even the RCMP can help point someone in need of a new direction towards help. Lives have momentum, and turning one fuelled by drugs and crime must feel like trying to turn an ocean liner with a canoe paddle. But some have done it. There are those who know how to chart the course, how to steer through the sharp rocks. This Christmas, if you need help, please ask. If you are asked for help, please give.

Mosaic Rescue shows a pattern of caring

JANET Land brings dogs on death row in Arkansas to her home on Saturna Island for adoption in the Victoria area.

If this isn’t an upbeat Christmas story — certainly for canine readers, and astonishing to the human variety if they sit back on their haunches and reﬂect on the unlikeliness of it all — what is? Even if animals bore you, there’s a wine angle. Wine columnist Jurgen Gothe, take note. As somebody has said, a man (or woman) never stands so tall as when he stoops to help animals. Often the closest animal needing help is the canine — the Romans didn’t call it Canis lupus familiaris for nothing. As visitors to your house may note, the family dog’s nose tends to be more familiaris than some people are comfortable with. Janet Land — I’ll call her Janet in this space, since

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Trevor Lautens she’s a friend and a resident of Saturna, a first-name kind of island where my wife’s family has had a cottage since the 1950s — began her remarkable role as an importer and distributor of dogs slated for execution five years ago. She calls the operation Mosaic Rescue. (Don’t fidget, oenophiles, wine will soon be served. And how could you resist it, with the name Woof White?) She learned of “the deplorably high kill rate in animal shelters in the

southern United States. Through the Internet I connected with a wonderful woman who runs Last Chance Arkansas, and after visiting there began bringing dogs from the Little Rock pound to my home on Saturna, and then finding homes for them in the Victoria area. Soon after the first trip I founded Mosaic Rescue, a non-profit society.” Apparently some American southerners have a decidedly different dog culture than the more tender-hearted inhabitants of colder climes. Who could forget the photo of President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Texan, good-naturedly hoisting a big hound dog by its ears, claiming it didn’t hurt dogs a bit? Really? Would you trust a man like that to tell the truth about Vietnam? Little Rock Animal Services, Janet said, “takes in more than 4,000 dogs a year and has a 70 per cent kill rate. I save about 25 dogs a year, small to medium-sized, mostly mixed breeds. I call

them “mosaics” because most seem to have a little bit of everything in them.” One might suspect there are difﬁculties about bringing dogs into Canada that almost by deﬁnition have been neglected, abused, or are sick and unwanted. “The dogs are carefully vetted in Arkansas to make sure they are healthy before travelling here,” Janet explained. “They are tested and treated for diseases and parasites common to the south. “One common parasite is heartworm. It is more complicated and expensive to treat than intestinal parasites, and, because few potential adopters at southern shelters are willing to pay for the cost of treatment, dogs testing positive face an almost automatic death sentence, but for rescue. “I’ve always been willing to pay for treatment out of my own pocket, but fundraise when I can to help with expenses.” Janet’s Arkansas contacts

drive the dogs from Little Rock to Memphis. They’re put on Delta Airlines planes (“they’ve been great . . . we get a bit of a break”) to Seattle where Janet picks them up. The ﬁrst, Reggie, arrived covered with sores and ﬂeas. But he’s still alive and thriving. One stipulation: Janet will adopt out dogs only to the Victoria area, to keep them within travelling range for her personal vetting and subsequent attention. A touching “reunion” of the adoptees can be seen at www. mosaicrescue.ca. A few years ago Janet had a bright idea for helping the cause. She talked to painter Jack Campbell, whose house and gallery are also on Saturna. (The island is kneedeep in artists and writers and present, former and dead newspaper people, including Pat Carney, Eric Nicol, Charles “Jock” Campbell, Alf Strand, Aileen Campbell and Doug Collins.) “I commissioned Jack to paint a mosaic,” Janet said.

“Jack describes his paintings as pieces of colour, and that seemed to ﬁt with the multibreed nature of “mosaics.” I sold the mosaic prints as part of an Art for Heart campaign.” The Campbell mosaic is a dazzlingly colourful image of a dog with other dogs within it. Janet’s bright idea got brighter. She arranged with Saturna Island Family Estate Winery — Saturna boasts a towering rock cliffside that reﬂects the sun’s heat onto the vineyards, emulating something like a Mediterranean climate — to have Jack Campbell’s dog mosaic used as a label for its Woof White wine, launched this summer. The winery gives $2 from each bottle to Mosaic Rescue. “It’s a great partnership,” Janet said. “Woof White has been the most popular selling wine at the Saturna wine shop this summer. People like not only the taste but the fact that their purchase helps See It’s page 9

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Too soon to handicap NDP contenders NOW that the NDP has picked a date to choose its new leader, you can expect candidates to start declaring themselves fairly soon, and I expect the ﬁeld will be at least as crowded as the B.C. Liberal leadership race.

Of course, given the serious divide that has fractured the NDP, it’s hard to see why anyone would even want the job of leader. And now that the party may have fumbled a good chance of winning the next election, there’s a good possibility that whoever wins the race will simply look at years of Opposition status, rather than a move into the premier’s ofﬁce. But someone has to take over from Carole James, and already a number of names have surfaced as potential successors. It’s a little early to handicap the race, given that the vote is not until April 17 and whomever the B.C. Liberals choose as their leader will have a big impact on which candidate the New Democrats eventually choose. Still, let’s look at a few of the potential aspirants: Mike Farnworth According to a couple of polls, he has a decided edge with the public and ranks among the highest with NDP voters. Deﬁnitely a front-runner if he decides to run, Farnworth is a likeable, respected MLA who has served in government as a cabinet minister and has performed well as the NDP’s house leader. But Farnworth is also very much a political centrist, whose views are identical to those held by the outgoing James. Once this fact dawns on the NDP members, support for Farnworth may dissipate rather quickly. The party’s members are likely to be more leftwing, and may have a hard time embracing yet another James-like centrist. As well,

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the notorious Gang of 13 dissidents — who do not abide by democratic rule, remember — may turn on Farnworth simply for his strong support of the woman they knocked off. And this may be a problem plaguing other would-be candidates, such as: John Horgan A former aide in the NDP government of the 1990s, Horgan is one of the strongest MLAs in the NDP caucus. He can be quite aggressive, particularly with those who don’t see things his way, and that may make it difﬁcult for him to broaden any support he may have in the party. Horgan is a good communicator (better than Farnworth) and can be counted on to rally the troops. Whether enough of them would rally

around him remains to be seen. Adrian Dix Like Horgan, he was also a former aide in the NDP government (he was Glen Clark’s chief of staff) and is another strong performer in the caucus. His enemies will try to use his close association with Clark against him, but I don’t think that will have much traction with party members. Dix’s biggest weakness, though, is that he is not a great communicator and isn’t known for strong speech-making. I have to wonder whether Dix and Horgan, who are good friends, may decide that only one of them would run, with the other backing him. George Heyman The former head of the B.C. Government Employees Union, Heyman is a good orator who performed well when the BCGEU was dealing with big cutbacks during the B.C. Liberals’ ﬁrst term. He’s currently executive director of the Sierra Club, which cuts him some street cred with the environmentalists in the party. But he’s still a bit of an outsider, and private sector union members in the NDP can’t be counted on to necessarily support a former public sector union boss. Harry Lali

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other candidates. He’s known for his aggressive manner, which can be a turn-off for some members, and he was also one of the notorious Baker’s Dozen of dissidents, which will alienate him from some people. But he’s also fairly popular in the legislature, and he may be the only candidate from outside the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, which would

give regional strength others may lack. So that’s the early assessment. Other candidates will no doubt step forward in the coming weeks, but don’t assume anyone has the magic touch when it comes to healing the internal strife in the party. KBaldrey@globaltv.com Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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It’s Merry Christmas, not Season’s Greetings From page 6

support a good cause.” Bellevue Wine, 1471 Bellevue in West Van, stocks three Saturna wines in the $15 range, but not Woof White, which isn’t distributed beyond Vancouver Island. (Unsolicited plug here: I’d defy the most globe-trotting oenophile to name a more stunning setting for wine-sipping than the winery’s patio on a sunny summer day. Outta this world.) My other favourite animal organizations are Judy Stone’s Animal Advocates (animaladvocates@telus.net), North Vancouver; SAINTS (Senior Animals in Need Today Society), Mission; PADS (Paciﬁc Assistance Dogs Society), Burnaby; and Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, Manotick, Ont. It’s the uniqueness of Janet’s Mosaic that caught my eye. Bringing dogs from Little Rock to Little England? Unique. Of course Janet has her own dog. Sammy, himself “a mosaic, a mutt,” dances like Fred Astaire and defends like Bobby Orr — repeatedly winning the Best Tricks Trophy at the yearly Saturna dog show, and a Saturna Talent Show hit in freestyle dancing with a human being. You’d also expect Janet to have a lifetime companionship with dogs. No. As a child she wasn’t allowed to have a dog — didn’t until she was well into her 30s. She’s innovatively made up for it since. ••• Enough sweetness-and-light. Is CKNW so desperate for advertising income that it allows a moronic, off-key commercial sung to

the music of the Christian hymn “Joy to the World” to mar its good reputation? I switch off when it starts and don’t stay to hear the fool advertiser’s name (and sometimes forget to switch on again). CKNW would never allow such a travesty involving . . . just fill in any other religion’s sacred music. While I’m spoiling someone’s “holiday season,” I look with derision at the businesses, charities and card companies — intimidated, not by non-Christian so-called ethnic immigrants, but by “progressive” white academics, bureaucrats and atheist bores — that are terrified to blurt out “Merry Christmas.” Anyone that frightened to lose business deserves to. I strike out the flabby “Season’s Greetings” on cards and substitute the real thing: Merry Christmas!

••• Consumer advice: Here’s a second unsolicited plug in this column: If you’re looking for 2011 diaries, choose Blueline, an old Canadian company. Some of its excellent diaries are produced here, some in Mexico. At least one big-box store ﬂoods its diary section with Moleskine, a cheap product. The pocket-sized Moleskine I unwisely bought last year didn’t admit to its origin, but it looks like a bottom-rung job. Of course Letts of London is a slim, elegant and expensive choice. You’re welcome. ••• And once again it is time to quote harddrinking actor Pat O’Brien: “Never drink on New Year’s Eve. That’s amateur night.” lautens@telus.net

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Three schools close in North Vancouver Vote for Fromme closure met with tears, anger Students, parents and teachers at Fromme elementary had their hopes dashed at the end of April when North Vancouver school trustees voted 4-3 to close the school come summer. Trustees voted unanimously to close Plymouth and

Blueridge elementary schools a week earlier, but were divided on Fromme and delayed the final vote. The decision was a blow for Fromme parents who campaigned for months to keep the school open and mounted a last-ditch effort to sway trustees during the final week. Several parents left the meeting in tears after the vote. Others angrily confronted the seated trustees before friends steered them towards the exit. “I really thought we had made enough of a difference over the last week to make them see our point,” said parent advisory council chairwoman Heather Skuse after the meeting. Skuse and her colleagues filled Sutherland secondary’s theatre, most of them wearing their campaign green. Before the vote, trustees peppered staff with questions about how Fromme students with special needs would be accommodated in other buildings and what that transition would cost. District superintendent John Lewis said adapting a schoolcouldcostapproximately $20,000, but the actual figure would depend on the specific needs of each child. Lewis

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COAST Guard personnel return an empty stretcher to their waiting hovercraft after recovering the body of Kevin Lowes, who was killed after his forklift fell off a Lynnterm barge ramp and sank in 15 feet of water. said those costs were factored into the $400,000 of expected annual savings from closing Fromme.

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“It took them a bit of time to discover (the forklift) because of the debris and items in the water,” Bate said. Once they had freed him, the dive team lifted the man to a waiting Vancouver Police Department boat, which brought him to paramedics on the shore. “This was about an hour and a half after the fact. They made some attempts to revive him but they weren’t able to,” said DeVries. The coroner later pronounced Lowes dead at the scene. He worked on the waterfront for 16 years. NVSD cuts 40 school teachers and 30 support staff Dozens of teachers, staff and administrators at the North Vancouver school district were told they’d lose their jobs in July after school trustees unanimously signed off on the 2010/11 budget May 25. District support staff shed 30 jobs, and 10 administration positions were eliminated through layoffs and nonreplacement of retiring personnel. The layoffs cut slightly more than $1.5 million from

the district budget, although those savings were more than wiped out by a $1.6 million increase in employee beneﬁt costs. The 2010/2011 budget also took a $300,000 hit from the Ministry of Education, one instalment of a $600,000 penalty levied against the district for incorrectly documenting its students with special needs. Assistant superintendent Larry Johnson explained after the meeting that the province routinely audits programming in districts across the province to ensure that students who attract additional funding, such as those with special needs, are properly documented. On the positive side, director of ﬁnancial services Georgia Allison told trustees that after a year of layoffs, cuts and school closures, North Vancouver may have turned a corner in its budget struggles. “We expect in the threeyears-out forecast that we will be in a positive situation,” she said.

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“I have to declare a slight conﬂict of interest if you don’t mind: I used to be a paperboy for the North Shore News,” he says, with a laugh. From an early age, Killeen has been faced with the responsibility of delivering the news to his neighbours. Now an adult, nothing’s changed and as an accomplished broadcast journalist, he’s still tasked with delivering the stories of the day — just on a much larger scale. CTV British Columbia recently announced that the homegrown hero and fellow Vancouver native Tamara Taggart are the new anchors of CTV News at Six. The personalities, already popular ﬁxtures on the network, are set to take over for Bill Good and Pamela Martin (with meteorologist Michael Kuss at their side), Jan. 3, 2011. “It’s amazing,” says Killeen. “I’ve anchored a lot over the last 15-20 years but I’ve never anchored at this level. Being able to anchor the six-o’clock news with my good friend Tamara Taggart in the town that we both were born and raised in . . . it’s really an honour. There’s a huge responsibility that comes with that and I welcome it and I embrace it and I look forward to continuing the tradition.” Killeen, who still calls the North Shore home, was born and raised in West Vancouver. He attended Cypress Park primary and West Bay elementary before graduating from Hillside secondary in 1980. He went on to study at the University of British Columbia and Capilano College and ultimately graduated from BCIT’s broadcast communications program. He credits Hillside counsellor Mike Smith with setting him on his career path, suggesting radio or television may suit him. “Any of my high school friends will tell you that I used to stand up in front of a mirror and do impressions of Tom Brokaw from NBC news,” he says. “But it wasn’t until I started taking night school courses at BCIT and then working

up at Mountain FM (in Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton) that I really got the news bug. And once you get the news bug it’s hard to shake it.” Propelled by a curiousity for all things, Killeen started in radio and eventually moved into television. “I’ve learned a heck of a lot along the way,” he says. “Everyday is a learning experience and I’m still learning now.” Killeen, who’s been with CTV B.C. since 2001, has earned many awards and accolades over the years, including Jack Webster, RTNDA International, and B.C. Association of Broadcasters awards. He also spent approximately ﬁve years working in Beijing, Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong, where he covered the 1997 handover of the former British colony to China. Among the moments of his career he’s most proud of, is his work surrounding the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. “I was the lead reporter for CTV British Columbia for the Olympics,” says Killeen. “The beat started for me prior to the Salt Lake City Games in 2002 and it wasn’t a full-time beat as such from then on but it very quickly became one. I was immersed in the Olympics long before the opening ceremonies. The Games had their tentacles in every aspect of life — economics, business, health, education — the tentacles were spread far and wide and there were a lot of positive stories and a lot of controversy and it was a beat that I really enjoyed.” He also enjoyed covering the Games themselves. “To be covering that massive an event in your hometown is just an absolute highlight,” he says. “It was a thrill every day. Within that context, one of the biggest thrills for me was being able to do a nine-hour live national broadcast on the day that the torch arrived in the City of Vancouver.” Killeen’s co-anchor Taggart, who’s been with CTV B.C. for the last 13 years, shares his North Shore roots (as a result of her family moving around a lot, she attended Norgate elementary and Handsworth for a period of time) and See Content page 14

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and lovely to look at, but as rambling as some of those country and western ditties. Jeff Bridges, not so much acting as being more marble-mouthed than usual, plays Rooster Cogburn, a broken-down, one-eyed bounty hunter hired by 14year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld). A blaggard named Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) killed her father in cold blood; Mattie sends the body back home with a note to her mother but refuses to board the train until she sees Chaney

hanged. Mattie’s a soulless little thing, hell-bent on avenging her father’s death in the same way she’d commit to getting a pesky stain out of the carpet. It takes some convincing (and some sobering up) but Cogburn eventually rises to the challenge, dismayed that Mattie insists on riding along. Joining their posse is a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf (Matt Damon) who has been tracking Chaney for months:

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Performances good but not memorable From page 16 seems Chaney killed a senator back in Texas too, and that bounty is fatter than Mattie’s. The race is on to see who can catch him ﬁrst, a contest that takes them deep into “Indian territory” and unforeseen dangers. It turns out that things are pretty quiet. There’s an arms-length encounter with one of the natives, and an oddly out-of-place chat with a local medicine kook. The real focus is meeting up with Chaney, who has fallen in with Lucky Ned and his gang (Barry Pepper). Cogburn and Mattie, joined on and off by LaBoeuf, are stymied by run-ins with bad guys and Cogburn’s love of the bottle. Bonding occurs, inasmuch as bonding can occur in the wild west, where if you slowed someone down you were left behind. Cogburn grudgingly admires Mattie’s dogged determination and strong stomach for violence; Mattie comes to see that there’s a valiant man buried somewhere beneath the drink and the scraggly beard.

LaBoeuf, a third wheel to these proceedings, is the “ever stalwart” Texas version of the Canadian Mountie of old. His clean character suggests what Cogburn could be, or was, before he was ruined by drink and failed enterprises. There’s plenty of grit in this ﬁlm, but it’s the dirty sort, not the indomitable spunk the title intended. The Coens skirt an R rating, and keep the violence to PG levels, but seem more interested with these action set-pieces — the chopping of ﬁngers, a shootout in a shanty, a pit full of snakes — that the lag times in between feel neglected. Performances are good, but far from memorable. You have to strain to make out half of what Bridges is saying: too much work for cowboy patter. Steinfeld tames the antiquated prose adequately; Brolin, working with the Coens again after No Country For Old Men, does the baddie justice. Damon as the ranger, a role we’re unaccustomed to seeing him in, turns in a good performance. A good western that could’ve been great with a little more editing and a little more heart.

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The North Vancouver Community Arts Council presents textile arts by Olga Uhrin and paintings by Ron den Daas, until Jan. 26. District Library Gallery: 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Info: www.nvartscouncil.ca. The North Vancouver Community Arts Council presents travel photographs by Alan Sirulnikoff until Jan. 12. The Elliott Louis Gallery: 258 East First Ave., Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or by appointment. Info: 604-736-3282. Feast in the Village: 3183 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. Info: 778-340-2223. Ferry Building Gallery: 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Admission to all shows is free. Info: 604-925-7266 or www. ferrybuildinggallery.com. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Mondays. From the Landscape: A mixed media exhibition, Jan. 11-30. Opening reception: Tuesday, Jan. 11, 6-8 p.m. Artists in attendance: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2-3 p.m. The Gallery at Artisan Square: 587 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island. Info: 604-947-2454 or www.biac.ca. Hours: Friday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Gallery Jones: 1531 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604-9262233. Gallery YoYo: 312 East Esplanade, North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 1-5:30 p.m. or by appointment. Info: 604-983-2896. Graffiti Co. Art Studio: 171 East First St., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 1:30-6:30 p.m. or by appointment. Info: 604-980-1699 or www.graffiticoart.com. Kay Meek Centre: 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Info: www.kaymeekcentre.com or 604-913-3634. Klee Wyck: 200 Keith Rd., West Vancouver. Info: www.nsartists. ca. First Fridays: Paintings by artists from the North Shore Artists’ Guild will be displayed on the first Friday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Lynnmour Art Studio and Gallery: 1467 Crown St., North Vancouver. Info: www.lynnmourgallery.com or 604-929-4001. Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. or by appointment. Contemporary and abstract paintings by Gordon Oliver, Robert Botlak and Gary W. Eder. North Vancouver City Library: 120 West 14th St., North See more page 19

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From page 18 Vancouver. Info: 604-998-3455 or www.nvcl.ca North Vancouver Community History Centre: 3203 Institute Rd., North Vancouver. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Info and registration: 604-990-3700, ext. 8016. As Dreamt, As Built — Maps and Plans of North Vancouver. An ongoing exhibit of documents that highlight the community’s development. North Vancouver Museum Gallery: 209 West Fourth St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-9903700, ext. 8016 or www.northvanmuseum.ca/. North Vancouver — Then and Now: An exhibit of historic photographs and modern photos of the same sites from Lonsdale Avenue to Deep Cove will be on display until Dec. 30. North Vancouver Experience, an ongoing exhibit deﬁning life in North Vancouver. Presentation House Gallery: 333 Chesterﬁeld Ave., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Wednesday -Sunday, noon5 p.m. Info: 604-986-1351 or www. presentationhousegall.com. Popular Unrest: Melanie Gilligan’s photos will be on display until Jan. 19. Entwined Histories: An exhibition of Native arts and artifacts showcasing the collection of Maisie Hurley, a non-native activist, Jan. 23-Aug. 31. Ron Andrews Community Space: 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-980-7182. An Eclectic View: Graham Eagle’s whimsical three dimensional crafted sculptural artwork will be on display, until Jan. 16. Seymour Art Gallery: 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Info: 604-924-1378 or www.seymourartgallery. com. Reinvent: Annual disCOVEry juried exhibition that provides exposure to 25 emerging artists, Jan. 11-Feb. 6. Opening reception: Tuesday, Jan. 11, 7-9 p.m. Shelton Art /Studios Gallery: 3540 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604-922-5356.

Silk Purse Arts Centre: 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday to Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Info: 604-925-7292 or www. silkpurse.ca. It’s About Paint: The Klee Wyck Monday Painters Group presents an exhibition Jan. 11-23. Opening reception: Tuesday, Jan. 11, 6-8 p.m. Starﬁre Studio: 6607 Royal Ave., West Vancouver. Info: 604-922-5510 or www. starﬁreattheferries.com. Studio Art Gallery at Capilano University: 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Studio 195 The Hive: 195 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver. Tartooful: 3183 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Info: 604-924-0122 or www. tartooful.com. Trench Contemporary Art: 102-148 Alexander St., Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. or by appointment. Info: 604681-2577 or www.trenchgallery.com. West Vancouver Community Centre: 2121 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604-9257270. West Vancouver Memorial Library: 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604-925-7407 or www.westvanlib.org. West Vancouver Municipal Hall: 750 17th St., West Vancouver. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Art in the Hall: Watercolour landscape paintings by Alfonso Tejada will be on display until Jan. 7. Info: 604-925-7290. West Vancouver Museum: 680 17th St., West Vancouver. Museum hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: 604-925-7295 or www. westvancouvermuseum.ca. West Vancouver Recreation Centre: 2121 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Winsor Gallery: 3025 Granville St., Vancouver. Info: 604-681-4870 or www.winsorgallery.com

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CALENDAR From page 19 CONCERTS Capilano University Performing Arts Theatre: 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Box ofﬁce: 604990-7810 or www.capilanou. ca/theatre. Cap Folk and Roots Series: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women featuring Cindy Cashdollar, Christy McWilson and Laurie Lewis will perform Sunday, Jan. 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $30/$27. Cap Folk and Roots Series: Guitarist Yamandu Costa will perform Sunday, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $38/$35. Cap Jazz Series: The “A” Band and NiteCap will perform a tribute to Charlie Mingus, Friday, Jan. 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $30/$27. Cap Folk and Roots Series: Vocalist Mamak Khadem will perform, Saturday, Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $35/$32. Centennial Theatre: 2300 LonsdaleAve.,NorthVancouver. Info: www.centennialtheatre. com. Box ofﬁce: 604-9844484. Commodore Ballroom: 868 Granville St., Vancouver. Deep Cove Coffee House: St. Clare-in-the-Cove, 1384 Deep Cove Rd., North Vancouver. Info: lindabates@shaw.ca or 604-929-4019. Deep Cove Shaw Theatre: 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Info and reservations: 604-929-3200 or www.DeepCoveStage.com. Highlands United Church: 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. Info: 604-980-6071 or www.highlandsunited.org. Jazz Vespers: Christmas Eve gospel vespers with Dawn Pemberton, Thursday, Dec. 24 at 11 p.m. Kay Meek Centre: 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Tickets: www.kaymeekcentre. com or 604-913-3634. Early Music in the Salon: Marc Destrubé and friends will perform chamber music,

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Go for glam this New Year’s Caitlin Dowling

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AS we slowly rise out of the economic downturn, trendspotters agree — it’s time to celebrate. Big. This New Year’s Eve, the fashions are going to be bold, bright and glitzy: with a little more money in our pockets, the theme is a return to opulence. Glamour “They call it ’50s glam,” says Pilar Buse, owner of Pilar’s in the Village, a boutique at Park Royal. Pilar has seen a wave of party wear that is extravagant to say the least. This year more is definitely more. “There are a lot of sequins, brocades,” she says. “And gold is a big thing.” Dresses in nude and gold are popular as is gold with dramatic black highlights to play off each other. According to buyers at Marilyn’s, in West Vancouver, New Year’s Eve is not a time for “ordinary garments,” it’s time to select a bold piece — either a standout shirt or dress — and pair it with chic accessories. To add style and warmth in cold weather, Marilyn’s recommends adding a wrap in a colour that co-ordinates with your outfit instead of bulking up with a larger coat. Anyone wanting a more understated look could pair simpler styles with one bold accessory, such as a jewelled belt. The key is to be eye-catching this year. Nothing is played down, and dresses are figure-hugging and sleek. Lace and velvet are also making a comeback. One of the hottest items at Pilar’s right now is a lace one-shoulder cocktail dress with a nude layer underneath, according to Buse. “It looks like it’s your body,” she says. For the less daring among us, velvet offers a luxe look without baring it all. Leggings are also great for those ladies hoping to keep toasty. Look for shimmery or shiny pairs to add a touch of glam. Another cold weather option sure to turn heads is fur — real or faux. “It’s very trendy at the moment” says Buse. On your feet When it comes to shoes, the kitten heel is a practical and trendy choice for New Year’s Eve. It’s a flattering style, which will be comfortable for those who are planning on dancing the night away. Keep the toe pointed, and find t-bar or Mary Jane versions to add an old Hollywood touch. Ballet flats are a perennial classic, and these can be found in a variety of colours — sparkly rhinestone versions add a glitzy accent to an outfit without the discomfort of heels. Ladies who will be spending New Year’s outdoors should aim for warm, high boots such as the UGG, or stylish leather knee-highs with a hidden wedge heel for height. Those wanting a mixture of warmth and glamour might enjoy this season’s selection of booties, flattering ankle boots to dress up pants, dresses or skirts. See Theme page 25

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

TARYN Ulmer models a gold sequin dress by Hannah Jo and black leather peep-toe heels with frill detailing by Italian designer Vince Camuto at a fashion show held at Pilar’s in the Village at Park Royal last month. For more photos, visit www.nsnews.com.

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A24 - North Shore News - Friday, December 24, 2010

LOOK Spread the warmth: Nood has launched the Red Sock Project with the goal of donating 10,000 red socks to homeless and disadvantaged people who are at risk during the colder months. The gift and homewares boutique is asking shoppers to make a $2 donation online or in-store at any of its locations, including 801 Marine Dr. in North Vancouver. Socks will be distributed by the Salvation Army. The initiative continues to Dec. 31. Info: www.nooddesign.ca

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Coats For Kids: The Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association has launched its 15th annual campaign in support of the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau, a group whose many initiatives help to provide a brighter Christmas for families in need. In addition to the GVHBA office, 33 member companies at 46 locations in 13 municipalities will serve as coat drop-off sites to Dec. 30. Last year, residents donated more than 3,000 coats, scarves, gloves, blankets and new unwrapped toys and gifts for distribution to children, teenagers and adults. Drop-offs are in North Vancouver at: Marcon Construction Ltd. (District Crossing site office), 1120 Marine Dr., Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.4 p.m.; Miccaro Designs, 3022 Markham Pl., Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Upward Construction & Renovation Ltd., 101-1305 Welch St., Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. In West Vancouver: Harmony Pacific Projects Inc. (leave at front door), 25-4957 Marine Dr., Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sensitive Design (leave at front door), 2423 Lawson Ave., Monday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. — Compiled by Layne Christensen Fashion File is a weekly column. Priority is given to North Shore events and organizations. If your business or charity is planning an event, send your information as early as possible to lchristensen@nsnews.com.

personal shopper

NEWS photo Mike Wakeﬁeld

Cashmere comfort CHRISTMAS may be almost over, but winter is here to stay — at least for a little while. Why not embrace the season’s chill factor by bundling up, and looking good while you’re at it? Vancouver designer Janna Herzog of Astrosatchel has come out with a colourful line of scarves and arm warmers made from 100 per cent recycled cashmere. They’re the ultimate in style and comfort. Astrosatchel scarves are available for $74.75 at Tartooful, 3183 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. — Manisha Krishnan

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Friday, December 24, 2010 - North Shore News - A25

LOOK

great boots for Christmas

Theme parties make a splash From page 23 Menswear So, we’ve covered women’s trends for the season but what about all the stylish gentlemen out there? Christine Baracos, co-owner of The Mensroom in West Vancouver, says trends for men are a little less overstated. It’s all in the details. The latest in men’s formal shirts are contrasting colours on the collar and cuffs. “There’s this great contrast of pattern or colour,” when the cuffs are rolled up, says Baracos. “That is a really big trend,” Formal is still the big look for the season, but more muted tones and matte textures in contrast with women’s styles. Shades of teal are a popular choice in men’s shirts and suits this season are dark to highlight the distinction. Shirts are back to trim-fit, creating a leaner, sleeker silhouette. Embellishments are still a hit, with embroidered details on shirts ensuring that all eyes are drawn to them. Costumes Perhaps the biggest way to make a fashion splash this New Year’s is with a theme party. Laurie Sluchinksi, owner of costume store Boo La La on the North Shore, sees the current theme party trends as an exaggeration of the selection in stores. “1920s speakeasy flapper and gangster styles are No. 1 in trends” says Sluchinksi in an email. Men and women have been renting and buying costumes at Boo La La with an emphasis on drama: think sequins, fringed tassels, sharp suits and Stetsons or fedoras for men. Disco is another popular choice for holiday parties and metallics are a great accent to many bold outfits, says Sluchinski. “Again, the sequin craze is huge, topped off with an afro and platform dancing shoes,” she says. The masquerade ball is a big trend that is set to continue into 2011. That means opulent clothing, exaggerated makeup and of course, masks. “Looks go from Venetian ball gowns, burlesque (to) a simple bias cut dancing dress,” says Sluchinksi. “Men don sharp cut suits (and add) a flash of glamour (with) velvet capes.”

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

MODEL Giulia Halkier (left) shows off a Simon Chang dress and a Peruzzi faux fur bolero paired with peeptoe heels by Nina while Katie Bull rocks a suede blazer, turtleneck and jeggings by Riani with knee-high Ferra Giacomo boots at a reopening event at Marilyn’s at Caulfeild Village.

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Friday, December 24, 2010 - North Shore News - A27

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A26 - North Shore News - Friday, December 24, 2010

A28 - North Shore News - Friday, December 24, 2010

AMERICAN Memphis Blues Barbeque House

Bargain Fare ($5-8) $ Inexpensive ($9-12) $ $ Moderate ($13-15) $ $ $ Fine Dining ($15-25) $ $ $ $ Live Music Open Mic/Karaoke DJ Big Screen Sports

north shore’s entertainment guide

WiFi

FINE DINING

The MarinaSide Grill

Award winning authentic Southern BBQ, slow cooked until succulent & delicious! Extensive wine & bourbon bar available. Live blues Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.Two big screen TV’s to catch all the games. Big portions, great value, family friendly atmosphere, takeout & catering available. Come in for some ‘Q! 1629 Lonsdale Ave, N. Van. 604-929-3699 www.memphisbluesbbq.com

Enjoy your waterfront dining experience with our extensive menus.From eggs bennie and big juicy burgers during our popular brunches to our famous prime rib, scallop salad,clam chowder,king crab,steaks,lamb,seafood style cordon bleu.Room’s available for private parties and a large free parking lot. 1653 Columbia St, N. Van. 2 blks South of Main & Mtn Hwy under bridge 604-988-0038 www.marinagrill.com

AUSTRIAN

CHINESE

Jagerhof Restaurant

LEGEND

CASUAL DINING

$$$

Best Little Schnitzel House in Town 71 Lonsdale Ave, N. Van. 604-980-4316

BAR & GRILL Hurricane Grill

Food and service that will blow you away.Tons of TVs for all your sports action. Steak & Prawn Thursday. Prime Rib Fridays. Weekend brunch. 999 Marine Drive, N. Van. 604-983-9444

BISTRO Cordon Bleu Bistro & Catering

$$$

Cozy, romantic atmosphere. Serving ﬁne French food. Lunch and dinner menus. Open for lunch Mon-Fri and dinner Tues-Sat. Located on 1st St. between St. Georges and St.Andrews. 250 East 1st Street, N. Van. 604-987-0789

Le Bistro Chez Michel

$$$

French classic bistro with attitudefree dining. 224 West Esplanade N. Van. 604-924-4913

BRITISH The Cheshire Cheese Restaurant & Bar

Excellent seafood and British dishes on the Waterfront. Friday and Saturday, Prime Rib Dinner. Sunday,Turkey Dinner.Weekends and Holidays, our acclaimed Eggs Benny. Open for lunch or dinner, 7 days a week. 2nd Floor Lonsdale Quay Market, N. Van. 604-987-3322

FinestYum-Yum Restaurant

Mom is the cook in the kitchen! Authentic Chinese fusion. Open for lunch & dinner, 6 days a week. Closed Wednesdays. Over 20 lunch specials to choose from. Open 11:30-9:30. Delivery starts at 4:30. 1615 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 604-980-2328

Neighbourhood Noodles House

North Shore’s best variety & quality Chinese food.Serving Lunch & Dinner 7 days a week.Eat in,10% off takeout.Free delivery min.$20.00 order within 3 kms. 1352 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 604-988-9885

EAT-IN/TAKE-OUT Fatburger

This iconic burger joint has paired up with B.C.’s own famous Breakfast Legend, Ricky’s All Day Grill to bring you the best of both worlds: hand-cut Home Style Onion Rings, hand-scooped real Ice Cream Shakes, and the juiciest burgers in town, made with 100% AAA Alberta beef as well as Ricky’s Famous Big Breakfasts, beautiful Bennies and All Day Breakfast selections. 1995 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 604-904-4430 www.fatburger.com

The Observatory

MALAYSIAN $$$$

An epicurean experience 3700’ above the twinkling lights of Vancouver. Grouse Mtn, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, N. Van. 604-998-4403

The Salmon House

$$$$

Serving spectacular views and ﬁne, indigenous west coast cuisine for over 30 years. Lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Live entertainment in Coho Lounge on weekend evenings. 2229 Folkestone Way, W. Van. Reservations: www.salmonhouse.com or call 604-926-3212

$$$

A West Vancouver Favorite for 25 years. Daily specials. 1373 Marine Dr. (2nd ﬂr) W. Van. 604-926-4913

GREEK Kypriaki Taverna

Now Open everyday @ noon for Lunch! Voted one of the top 5 Greek restaurants in the Lower Mainland. Our two new highlytrained chefs are also serving up fresh gourmet Mediterraneaninspired specials. With our outstanding food, reasonable prices, friendly service, candlelit charm and daily food/drink specials, you will see why so many people call it their favourite restaurant.Free parking at rear of building.Call for delivery/take out tonight or come in for a relaxing Mediterranean experience. 1356 Marine Dr, N. Van. 604-985-7955

INDIAN Handi Cuisine of India

Reader’s Choice 2006 Winner offering Authentic Indian Cuisine. Open for lunch and dinner,7 days a week.Weekend buffet,ocean view,free delivery. 1340 Marine Dr., W. Van. 604-925-5262 www.handi-restaurant.com

Palki Best Indian Cuisine $ $

Where one spicy sauce does not ﬁt all. Readers’ Choice award winning restaurant for 5 years! Open for Lunch & Dinner. 116 East 15th St, N. Van. 604-986-7555 www.palkirestaurant.com

Mountain Sushi

PUB

Lynn Valley Town Center’s newest sushi restaurant! Daily sushi and box specials. Licensed premises. Free delivery for orders over $20. 10% off 1 day advance orders. Ample parking–underground and mall. 125-1233 Lynn Valley Rd, N. Van. 604-988-7868 www.mountainsushi.ca

GO CANUCKS GO! New Molson SubZero Canadian & Coors Light draught specials for all Canuck games. Close to public transportation,free parking,fully enclosed,heated, smoke-free veranda.Extensive menu boasting Pub,West Coast & Asian fare dishes plus great weekly & daily food features plus extensive menu.Take-Out also available. Reserve your holiday season event or party today [8-30 ppl excluding Fridays]. 1177 Lynn Valley Road, N. Van. 604.990.8880 www.blackbearpub.com

The Bridge Between Pub $ $

“Perfect room for private parties up to 200 ppl. Fundraisers, birthdays,anniversaries,retirement, or let us cater your party and clean up the mess!”All sporting events, including PPV on our ﬂat screens and big screens. Daily wings and beverage specials. Excellent seasonal menu, daily specials and brunch. 1970 Spicer Road, N. Van. 604-924-1834 A Tom & Binnie Production

The Rusty Gull

A Lower Lonsdale legend for 23 years. Home to the best in live music Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun nights. Great food selection that surpasses the norm.The best weekend breakfasts ‘til 2pm. Great selection of import draft.All Canucks PPV games on the big screens. 175 East 1st St., N. Van. 604-988-5585

Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub

JAPANESE

The pinnacle of Malaysian Cuisine. We are open 7 days a week for lunch & dinner. Hours of operation are Monday-Sunday 11:30am3:00pm for lunch,Sunday-Thursday 5:00pm-9:30pm for dinner and Friday/Saturday 5:00pm-10:00pm for dinner. 10% discount for take out with min. $25 order. 1440 Lonsdale Avenue, N. Van. 604 990 0111 www.tamarindhill.ca

The Black Bear Pub

FRENCH Chez Michel

Tamarind Hill Malaysian Cuisine

Village Tap House

Offers an excellent menu, the best craft brewed ales & lagers in Vancouver, live music, satellite sports, pool table, dart boards & heated patio with a spectacular city view. 86 Semisch Ave., N. Van. 604-984-3087

Damn good pub! We try to take everything that’s good about a pub, and leave out what’s not, then add lots more good… Start with a comfortable room around a giant ﬁreplace, add 20 ice cold brews on tap, really damn good food, some awesome events, and pretty much the most personable group of folks you’ll ever meet… and welcome to the Village Tap House! Come in for dinner, to catch the game on our dozens of high-def ﬂat screens, or check the events page to see what’s happening this week. 1C - 900 Main Street, Village at Park Royal, West Vancouver 604-922-8882 info@villagetaphouse.com

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While strolling in the park,enjoy exceptional seafood in one of our unique dining rooms,patios,or oyster bar. Weekend brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Afternoon tea,daily from 2 p.m.to 4 p.m. Come and join us... we are just a bridge away! 8901 Stanley Park Drive, Van (Where the west end meets Stanley Park) 604-681-7275 www.ﬁshhousestanleypark.com

Montgomery’s Fish & Chips$

The fastest growing Fish & Chips on the North Shore. International Food Court, Lonsdale Quay Market 604-929-8416

THAI Thai PudPong Restaurant

West Vancouver’s original Thai Restaurant. Serving authentic Thai cuisine. Open Monday-Friday for lunch. 7 days a week for dinner. 1474 Marine Dr., W. Van. 604-921-1069 www.thaipudpong.com

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THEATRE

Sci-ﬁ ﬂavoured play full of comfort and joy ■ The Patron Saint of Stanley Park at the Arts Club Revue Stage until Dec. 26. Tickets: 604-687-1644 or www. artsclub.com.

Jo Ledingham Contributing Writer

COMFORT and joy are the gifts that The Patron Saint of Stanley Park brings to the Arts Club Revue Stage. Written by Hiro Kanagawa, it’s a contemporary Christmas story with a sci-fi twist, which is a natural for Kanagawa who plays Cyrus Xander on SyFy’s Caprica. And it’s local with most of the action taking place near Prospect Point in a signal station that was decommissioned and all but demolished in 1939 when Lions Gate Bridge was built. Kanagawa tweaks time a little by making the big storm that took down so many trees in Stanley Park come in on Christmas Eve. Skookum Pete (Brian Linds) used to be a signalman, guiding in floatplanes, in the station until it closed. This makes him at least 90 at the time of the play or a ghost when he rescues teenaged Jennifer (Valsy Bergeron) and Josh (Joseph Gustafson) from the blowdown in the park. Their father (Derek Metz), a pilot, disappeared on Christmas Eve one year ago, and the kids, in defiance of their mother (Jillian Fargey), have gone down to the park to commemorate his death. Then the storm hits. The beginning of the play is a bit confusing: who is this ragged old codger who seems to be channeling flight information through his back teeth? But he’s full of wisdom and a desire to see a return of true Christmas spirit. “Shopping, calories and family drama,” he claims are all that seem to be left. And what about all those discarded toys, opened, cast aside and put out with the garbage? In the overstuffed cart he pushes around, he has an ingenious solution for all that waste. Mischievous and twinkly eyed, Skookum Pete could be old Saint Nick himself. Making his Arts Club debut, mid-teen Gustafson plays Josh

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HIRO Kanagawa’s The Patron Saint of Stanley Park follows twinkly-eyed Skookum Pete (Brian Linds) as an unlikely hero who rescues two teens caught in the middle of a storm at Stanley Park on Christmas Eve. as a sci-ﬁ obsessed, slightly nerdy but smart 11 or 12-year-old. I don’t know if Gustafson has an older sister, but he sure knows the older sister/younger brother dynamic. And Kanagawa gives him some of the play’s best lines beginning with “Just because you’re a woman now. . .” when his sister starts getting heavy with him. And he makes palpable a little boy’s anxieties and

fantasies surrounding the death of his father. Maybe he’s not dead. Maybe he’s coming back. If you’ve got a teenaged girl in your world, you’ll recognize Bergeron’s Jennifer: skinny jeans, high-top runners, constantly See Life page 36

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poultry bones and leftovers can be used for soup. ■ If you have guests over for a big meal, give them some of the leftovers to take home. Or take a nice meal over to a needy neighbour or friend. ■ If there’s a small amount of cooked food after a meal, pop it into the freezer for a quick and convenient oneperson meal. Or divide larger quantities into one-person containers for lunch, so they are easy to grab in the morning before going to work or school. ■ Keep checking those best before dates in your fridge and kitchen cupboards. Simply consuming foods before they get too old will save you money. ■ If dinner plans change and too much perishable food remains in the fridge, look for recipes that call for cooked fruit and vegetables. Use up food that’s still good before buying more food. ■ If food at the back of the fridge is starting to rot and looks like a biology experiment, it’s time to recycle your food. Use a backyard composter to turn food scraps and yard trimmings into soil. Alternate food scraps with brown leaves, to speed up the composting process and reduce odours. ■ Food scraps can now be added to yard trimming containers in seven municipalities: Burnaby, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Richmond and Vancouver. Many other communities in the region are planning to implement food scrap collection programs. There are slight variations in every city’s garbage and recycling programs. Check with your municipality’s website for details. For more information, visit www.metrovancouver. org.

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Life, love and family celebrated From page 29 texting fingers and plenty of attitude. But Bergeron also brings the grief and the need for ritual that a young woman would experience when her father dies. She may say, “Dad’s dead,” but with all her heart she wishes it were not so. As an actor, Fargey is such a mom. It’s a role she does well: loving, frustrated, patient, impatient, coping and doing her best. Left with a failing bookstore to run and two kids to raise, life is tough for Marcia and Fargey gives her character the strength and resilience it takes to get through it. In a flashback, we see Marcia and Derek when they first meet in her bookstore and we understand the depth of Marcia’s grief and how hard it must be to carry on. Metz appears briefly, but he shows us what kind of father Kevin was: fun, caring, joking, solid, a good dad. Fancy lighting effects are by Conor Moore and director Stephen Drover sets a lively pace. Kanagawa gift-wraps his own love of life, family, Christmas and Stanley Park in a two-hour package that’s original, often funny and always heart-warming. It’s as cheery and as bright as the Christmas lights springing up all over town. joled@telus.net

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Arts Club productions are Xmas traditions ■ IT’s A Wonderful Life at the Arts Club Granville Island Main Stage until Jan. 2; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: The Musical at the Stanley until Jan. 2. Tickets: 604687-1644 or www.artsclub.com.

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ARTS Club managing director Bill Millerd is having a wonderful life.

It’s A Wonderful Life and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas are selling out night after night. And audiences are steadily growing for The Patron Saint of Stanley Park. While the frost may have hit the roses in our gardens, everything’s coming up well-deserved roses for Millerd and his three concurrent productions. This is the fourth time in four years for It’s A Wonderful Life — the first two years starring Todd Talbot (now performing in White Christmas) and the last two with Bob Frazer in the role made famous on film by Jimmy Stewart. Director Dean Paul Gibson was one of the first in town — if not the first— to incorporate film sequences into the live action. In this case, the film clips are from the original 1946 blackand-white movie. As disheartened George Bailey (Frazer) considers hurling himself off a bridge, film footage of a rampaging river fills the upstage screen; and when George rushes home to his wife (Kirsten Robek), we see Frazer running across the stage while behind him is lanky Jimmy Stewart slipping and sliding through celluloid snowdrifts. It’s A Wonderful Life is remarkably fresh despite the many remounts. Bernard Cuffling has been George’s guardian angel Clarence every year and yet he continues to charm us

as the doddering old wingless angel. Frazer and Robek, back for the second go-round, still make a winsome couple; and Alec Willows is as nasty as ever in the role of Henry Potter, the guy who’s trying to buy out George’s loan company. Heart-warming and life afﬁrming, It’s A Wonderful Life has taken on a life of its own as a Vancouver Christmas tradition.

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Everything’s merry and bright at the Stanley. And judging from the forecast, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas may be the closest we’ll come to a white Christmas here in the Lower Mainland. Arts Club managing director Bill Millerd remounts last season’s hit with a few cast changes, but the show is just as big, bouncy and colourful as it was before thanks in part to Bruce Kellett and his seven-piece band, Sheila White’s 1950s costumes, Alison Green’s multiple sets and Valerie Easton’s snappy choreography. Todd Talbot and Jeffrey Victor reprise theirs roles as Phil Davis and Bob Wallace, a couple of soldiers whom we ﬁrst meet entertaining the troops overseas on Christmas Eve, 1944. Their grouchy but much-loved general (a warmly avuncular Allan Gray) is being shipped home with an injury but not before wondering aloud where they’ll all be in 10 years. Ten years later. Everyone’s back stateside. Davis and Wallace are a song and dance duo looking for a couple of gals to complement their act. Actually, Phil is always on the lookout for a gal or two; the babes hang off him like tinsel on a tree. Bob, on the other hand, gets tongue-tied when he’s around the

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IRVING Berlin’s White Christmas: The Musical starring Todd Talbot, Monique Lund, Sara-Jeanne Hosie and Jeffrey Victor is as big, bouncy and colourful as it was last year. It’s no wonder the show has been selling out night after night. fair sex. Meet the Haynes sisters: Judy (Monique Lund) and Betty (Sara-Jeanne Hosie). It’s all fun and games in not-so-snowy Vermont from there on. The cast of almost two dozen deliver terriﬁc performances and some knockout numbers including Hosie singing “Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me” and Talbot

and Lund singing and dancing to “I Love a Piano.” Little Rachel Withers sings “Let Me Sing and I’ll Be Happy” with big, big style — following Susan Anderson’s lead belting out the same tune. The ﬁnale with skaters all in red and green and snow falling and everyone singing and skating and skating and singing, leaves everyone dreaming of a white Christmas.

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CALENDAR From page 36 604-990-3474 or www.phtheatre.org. St. Martin’s Anglican Church Hall: 195 East Windsor Rd., North Vancouver. Viva Zorro: A pantomime performance for all ages by the SMP Dramatic Society, Jan. 20-22, 27-29 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 22 and 29 at 2 p.m. Admission: $16/$12/$10. Info: www.smpdramatics. com. Tickets: 604-767-0665. Sutherland Secondary School: 1860 Sutherland Ave., North Vancouver. Theatre at Hendry Hall: 815 East 11th St., North Vancouver. Reservations: 604-983-2633 or www.northvanplayers.ca. CLUBS AND PUBS Beans on Lonsdale: 1804 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-985-2326. Live music every Thursday, 8 p.m. Brewster’s Coffee: 2436 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Info: 604-925-9820. Bridge Between Pub: 1970 Spicer Rd., North Vancouver. Info: 604-924-1834 or www.bridgebetween.com. The Eagles Club Starlight Room: 170 West Third St., North Vancouver. East Side Marios: Lonsdale Quay, 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver. Jack Lonsdale’s Pub: 1433 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-986-7333. Live music every Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. La Zuppa: 1544 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-9866556. Fiesta Flamenco every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, tapas and wine, 6:30 p.m., music, 8:30 p.m. Legion #118: 123 West 15th St., North Vancouver. The LW Club: 1515 Barrow St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-2537141 or www.lynnwoodinn.com. Doors: 9 p.m. Open mic every Wednesday hosted by White Lies. Memphis Blues: 1629 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-929-3699. Live blues every weekend. Ocean Club Restaurant and Lounge: 105-100 Park Royal, West Vancouver. Info: 604-926-2326. Live jazz every Tuesday, 7 p.m.; live DJ Thursday to Sunday, 11 p.m.-3 a.m. Queens Cross Pub: 2989 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: www.queenscross.com. Adam Woodall performs acoustic music every Sunday,

7:30-11:30 p.m. The Raven Pub: 1052 Deep Cove Rd., North Vancouver. Info: www.theravenpub.com. Adam Woodall performs acoustic music every Thursday, 7:3011:30 p.m. Rusty Gull: 175 East First St., North Vancouver. Live music every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; Mostly Marley performs every Sunday, 7 p.m. Sailor Hagar’s Brew Pub: 235 West First St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-984-3087. Live music every Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m.1 a.m. Saltaire Restaurant: 235 15th St., West Vancouver. Live local jazz every Thursday. Taylor’s Crossing: 1035 Marine Dr., North Vancouver. Info: 604986-7899. Magician every Friday and Sunday, 5 p.m. Children are welcome. Waves Coffee House: 3050 Mountain Highway, North Vancouver. The Celtic Medley String Player’s Showcase comes to Waves the first Saturday of every month, 8-10 p.m. Free. Anyone interested in performing can phone Doug Medley at 604-985-5646. OTHER EVENTS Capilano University Performing Arts Theatre: 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Box office: 604-990-7810 or www. capilanou.ca/theatre. Film Series — BAS! Beyond the Red Light: An exploration of child trafficking in Mumbai’s brothels, Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $9/$5. Kay Meek Centre: 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Info and tickets: www.kaymeekcentre.com or 604-913-3634. Movies at the Meek — Mao’s Last Dancer: The true story of a boy’s journey from poverty to international stardom as a dancer, Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Rating: G. Tickets: $12. Lynn Valley Library: 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Info: 604-984-0286, ext. 8144. SFU Philosopher’s Cafe: Everyone is welcome to join this discussion with moderator Mark Battersby, Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. Admission: $5. West Vancouver Memorial Library: 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604-925-7407 or www.westvanlib.org. SFU Philosopher’s Cafe: Everyone is welcome to join this discussion with moderator Randall MacKinnon, Friday, Jan. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Admission: $5. — Compiled by Debbie Caldwell and Tessa Holloway. Email information for your North Shore event to listings@nsnews.com.

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von Spindler - Rosie Rosie von Spindler, a longtime resident of North Vancouver, died Thursday December 9 2010 at home after a struggle with cancer. Born in September 1934 in Austria, she immigrated to Canada in 1953. After a few years of working in a hospital in Calgary she moved to Vancouver. She worked for almost 20 years for the CPR Tele-communication and thereafter for 16 years for an international engineering company in Vancouver until retirement in 1995. She is survived by her husband Bernhard, of 51 years, our son Bernie, her siblings Erika, Martha, Magdalena, Peter, and Ernst. Rosie was a very happy and outgoing person, she loved socializing, cooking, travelling, skiing, and spending time at our cabin in the forest. Her highest priority had always been her family. A service will be held on Thursday January 6, 2011 at Boal Chapel 1505 Lillooet Rd. North Vancouver at 2:00pm. In lieu of flowers a donation may be made to Lions Gate Hospital. First Memorial Boal Chapel 604-980-3451

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3508 2010

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604-987-7330

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Audio/Video/ Computers

TOSHIBA DLP 44' tv, new bulb, Panasonic home theatre 1000 watt, $500 obo 604-922-0882

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For Sale Miscellaneous

4 BRIDGESTONE Blizzak snow tires 205/60R16, 50% tread on steel rims, fits Honda Accord $350. 604-987-6466 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colors Available. Call 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.ca

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Fuel

A CLEAN DRY SPLIT Maple, birch, alder. Guar lowest prices. David 604-926-0014 24H TOP KNOT FIREWOOD est 1981 Dry Alder, Birch & Maple. Pick up or delivered. Rod 604-985-7193

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Appliances

ILAC APPLIANCE & VACUUMS

BERNESE MOUNTAIN Dog Puppies. Available January 4th. Langley. $950, $100 deposit to choose now. 778-241-5504.

ENGLISH MASTIFF pups, M/F, p/b, papers, dewormed, 1st shots, 11 wks. $1500. (1)-604-316-5644

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POMERANIAN TEACUP babies + Mom. First shots, dewormed, dew claws. $750+. 604-581-2544

POMERANIAN TEACUP babies + Mom. First shots, dewormed, dew claws. $750 +. 604-581-2544

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Dogs

POODLE/SCHNAUZER X Great Xmas gift. doc’d tails, declawed. 2M/5F. 604-951-6890

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: THE ESTATE OF AUDREY HELEN STEGEN, Deceased, also known as Audrey H. Stegen and Audrey Stegen, formerly of #104-130 West 22nd Street, North Vancouver, British Columbia. NOTICE is given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate are required to send them to the Executor, Shabbir Nanji, at 2604 Lauralynn Drive, North Vancouver, BC V7J 2Y5, on or before January 15, 2011, after which date the Estate assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have been received. EXECUTOR: SHABBIR NANJI

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Apartments & Condos

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North Van Apt. Rentals

1, 2 & 3 br Bach lrg bright, Central Lonsdale $700 & up. Move in BONUS 720-2913 * 604-725-4873

1 BDRM, $825, 2 BDRM, $1150, Cent. Lons. nice quiet bldg, n/p, available NOW, 604-988-3227 1 BR $1095. avail now, 2 BR $1595 avail Dec 1; all ocean view, renovated, dw, ns, cat ok, lower Lonsdale, 604-988-1939

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SIBERIAN HUSKY Timberwolf pups, $1,100. 250-295-6280 normanstd@yahoo.com

5505 ★ TEACUP YORKIES PUPS ★ 1 male, 1 fem, 12 wks full tails on purpose. Smart & Adorable REDUCED!! 604 988 9601 www. northshoreyorkies.com

WEST HIGHLAND Terrier pups, ready to go.. first shots, vet checked $1100.00 604 830 6998

Cares! The North Shore News has partnered with the BC SPCA to encourage responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals. Before purchasing a new puppy, ensure the seller has provided excellent care and treatment of the animal and the breeding parents. For a complete guide to ﬁnding a reputable breeder and other considerations when acquiring a new pet, visit spca.bc.ca.

Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Blanche Elizabeth Bernice Olivier, late of North Vancouver Kiwanis Care Centre, 2444 Burr Place, North Vancouver, British Columbia. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Blanche Elizabeth Bernice Olivier, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the executor at CIBC TRUST CORPORATION, 400 Burrard Street - 3rd Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3A6 on or before January 21, 2010, after which date the executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the executor then has notice.

1 BIG studio 1000SF, by seabus, fp, hardwood, hi ceiling, south patio, view, 7 appls, inflr heat, ac, hw, cable, net, alarm, ug prkg, storage, $1395, 604-986-9931 1 br $900, Bach $825. both reno, hardwood/carpet balc. bright, quiet, storage, ug prkg & heat, np, Jan. 1. 312 E 1. 604-729-2420 1 Br $875, Jan. 1 reno, hardwood 280 E 2nd.. 778-855-2420

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1 BR, close to all amens, large apt., Jan 1, suits 1 quiet adult, n/s, $740 incls heat & h/w. No pets, North Van. 604-294-4502

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Personals

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Apartments & Condos

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Daycare Centres

Cats

Legal/Public Notices

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Financial Services

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Call 1-866-690-3328

Recycler

COINS WANTED. Paying cash for your silver coins: Pre 1966 silver dollars, 1/2 dollars, quarters & dimes. We will pay $6 for one dollar face value, eg. 4 quarters = $6 to you. Also buying gold coins. We will come to you. Bruce, call today 604-220-7229

SKI IN out luxury Silver Star chalet, slps 10, hot tub, special $299/day, silverstar-ski-chalets.com or joannehlheath@yahoo.ca

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HIGH END new, modern leather sofa, loveseat & chair Value $3500 sell $999. 604-418-6308

FREE OAK TV wall unit & matching book shelf, on wheels, with two sliding drawers, built-in power-bar, great condition. U Pick-up 604-921-2564

Skiing

Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds. www. abetterlifedogrescue.com

Furniture

NIKKEN MAGNETIC Mattress, helps you sleep. Qu sz. Mattress only like new $250. 778-227-0741

5505

Dogs

Sunshine Coast

LOVELY SECHELT family home! 4br 3 bath, $399,900. Quiet, safe area. Dave Mewhort, Prudential Realty: 1-888-385-3295

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RENTALS cont. from previous page

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Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

1 BR, large $870, Gated prkg, quiet, drapes, heat incl. no pets. 1 yr lease, walk to seabus 170 W 4th. 604-987-0558 1 Br, Large, city/ocean view, $865, avail immed or Jan. 1. heat incl. quiet. drapes. gated or free prkg, no pets, 1 yr lease. 310 East 2nd, 604-904-0956 121 WEST 20th. Newly reno 2 BR, 3rd flr. hardwood, heat & hw incl’d, 1 yr lease np, $1400, avail now, 604-681-2521 2 BR, 13 & Lonsdale, hardwood, ns, no pets $1050 incl heat, avail Jan. 1, 604-984-9367 2 BR avail $1225 central Lonsdale, suit quiet person(s), np, ns, 604-320-9238

6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

DELBROOK GARDENS 2 BR $1540 Wdays 604-990-2971 Weekends 604-985-2876

6505-12

West Van Apt. Rentals

2 BR, large apt character bldg hardwood, heat, hot water, cat ok! $1110, Jan. 15, 604-983-0423 2 Br large, immed or Jan. 1, south view. $1025, new carpets gated prkg. quiet, drapes no pets, heat incl. nr seabus, 1 yr lease, 163 W 5th. 604-980-7501 2 BR, new, Central, modern finishes, top appls. 1000 sf. Walk all ammen, $2100, avail Jan 1. 604-377-6559 2 BR, new reno & carpets, $1250 np, ns, avail now, 225 East 12th 604-786-3405 3 BR, 120 West 19 now. approx 1200sf, hardwood, heat/hw incl, 1 yr lease, np $1800. 604-681-2521 Beautiful Large Suites - 1 BR from $915, now or Jan 1. 2 BR $1320, now or Jan 1. $300 Movein Allowance 2 BR only. Heat, h/w, prkg. Lease 604-986-3866

BLUERIDGE APTS (Family complex )

2 & 3 BR Jan. 1, new reno’s, new cabinets, laminate & tiles, newer appls, prkg, storage, incl heat & hw, playground (Mt Seymour Prkwy). 604-924-3628 www.blueridgeapartments.com

1775 Bellevue Avenue HOLLYBURN PLAZA 2 BR - Avail Jan 1 Starting at $1820. Fully Reno’d, granite countertops, Breathtaking Mnt & ocean view, new appls, d/w, new kitchen & bath rm cabinets, 2 balc, 1.5 baths, HW floors, Walk to shops & restaurants. Steps to Seawall, transit & beaches. Sorry, no pets. 1 yr lse. Call 604-922-4724 to view.

AMBLESIDE TOWER Studio & 1 BR avail. Excellent views, rents incl. heat & h/w. Tennis courts, indoor pool, saunas, exercise & games rooms on premises. Walk to beach & shops. 1552 Esquimalt 604-922-8443

BAYVIEW APTS

1550 Duchess Ave, W. Van. Studio & 1 Br Move-in Bonus, Fitness rm, out door pool, nr shops, transit & Seawall, 1 yr lease, N/pets. Heat, hw incl’d. Member of Crime Free Multi-Housing Program. 604-922-4322

Park Royal Towers Completely Renovated

1 & 2 Bdrm Suites 1BR (700-770 sq.ft.) 2 BR (1070 sq. ft.)

Spectacular Views, Walk to Shops & Transit Hardwood Floors Pool Rent includes all utilities.

604-922-3246 935 Marine Drive

h/wtr ns np Jan 1 604-323-4467

EVERGREEN - 161 East 17th St. A 1 br spacious, clean well maint, n/p, n/s. Jan. 1st 604-990-8907 KENMORE MANOR 140 East 17th St. A bright 1 bdrm Available. Heat & h/w incl. N/S, No Pets. 604-980-4554 LE CHATEAU, 1110 E 27th, Lynn Valley 1, 2 & 3 Br large starting @ $980. np, ns, 604-980-9219 MOUNTAIN VILLAGE APTS. 2 BR, Jan. 1. 604-988-3828 www.mountainvillage.ca TUCKTON PLACE 1520 Chesterfield Rd. NV 2 bdrm $1350 No pets. Call 604-

195 21st Street BELLEVUE TOWER 1 BR & 2 BR Avail Jan 1

Prestigious building next to seawall. Completely renovated, granite c/tops, new appls, d/w, new kitchen & bath rm cabinets, indoor pool. Stunning ocean, city & mnt view. Steps to community ctr, shops, transit & restaurants. Sorry, no pets. 1 yr lse.

WATERFRONT LUXURY

PARKRIDGE TERRACE 110 E. Keith Rd. Great location, park like setting, sauna, indoor pool. 1 BR. $1075 2 Br. $1450 up views, storage. NO PETS. 604-988-7379 www.glassmanpm.com

Furnished Accommodation

HOMAWAY INNS Specializing in furn accom at reas rates. call 604-723-7820 or visit www.homawayinns.com

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www.BaysideTowers.com 2Br $1695 ocean view 1Br $1195 np 604-999-2000..2085 Bellevue

Houses - Rent

3 BR, Ambleside 2 bath, gourmet kitchen off lrg family rm, view deck,1280 Ottawa, $3200,Avail Jan 1st. Call Ali 604-551-5141

3 BR character, N. Van, 3 ba, 2 kitchens, 2 f/p, updated $2500. 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net 7 BR 2 levels, rec room, 4 baths, fp, B. Prop area, W. Van, exec view $3400. now 604-720-2913

BRIT. PROP. 4200sf. 4/5 br, 3 bath, view, large landscaped prop Jan. 1, $5500, 604-418-9463

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6570

Out Of Town

SQUAMISH, GARIBALDI Highlands 2 BR, lots of storage, prkg. $1150 incl utils ns 604-318-6388

6600

CAULFEILD 4 BR, 2 ba Rancher, hardwood, f/p, w/d, pet ok $2300. 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

Storage

CENTRAL Lonsdale, dbl garage, auto dr, concrete flr. Clean for prkg/storage, lane 604-987-7113

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Scrap Car Removal

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle Removal Ask about $500 Credit!!! $$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200 1996 CHRYSLER Sebring con vert., leather, good top, American mags $4800. 604-202-3415

2003 FORD Crown Victoria, White, Auto, 4.6L, Perf. cond., 160km, $2888. Tel:778-322-3598

9145

Scrap Car Removal

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• 6-year / 120,000km transferable Powertrain warranty coverage, with options to upgrade to comprehensive extended warranty.

Sports & Imports

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Suites/Partial Houses

2 BR bsmt, new, nr Cap Univ, on bus route, N/S, no pets, insuite wd, $1300+ %utils, 604-817-3098 2 to choose from: 2 br. garden level, immed, upper Lonsdale, carport $1150+40%utils 2 br. central Lonsdale, dw, garage, $1625 incl heat/light immed. both ns, np, wd, fp, 604-925-1036

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9160

Sports & Imports

Central Auto

2004 Mercedes Benz E500 4 Matic Station Wagon, auto/ Tiptronic, AWD, pwr tailgate, sunroof, leather heated seats, local, only 77k & spotlessly kept. $25,850 2004 BMW X3 3.0 SUV AWD, auto/Steptronic, local, panorama roof, only 91K, spotless. $19,850 2004 Jaguar “X Type” 3.0 4dr Sedan All Wheel Drive, auto, local, only 64k, sunroof, leather pwr heated seats, spotless. $16,850 2005 Mercedes Benz C230 4Dr Kompressor auto, local, alloy wheels, only 70k, spotless $15,850 2002 Mercedes Benz C320 4dr Luxury Sedan, auto/ Tiptronic, local, leather, sunroof, pwr heated seats, only 52k from new, spotless. $14,850

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2004 Mercedes Benz C240 4dr Sedan, auto/tiptronic, local, sunroof, alloy wheels, only 63k, immaculate $14,850 2004 Mercedes Benz C240 4Dr Sedan, auto/Tiptronic, local, only $14,850 56k, spotless. 2002 Inﬁniti QX4 Luxury SUV, auto, local, leather pwr heated seats, sunroof, 3.5L V6 engine, All Wheel Drive, very well kept. $13,850 2003 Audi A4 1.8t Quattro, 4dr, auto/Tiptronic, leather heated pwr seats, sunroof, local, only 51k & spotlessly kept. $13,850

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Wed to Sat 9am - 5pm 2002 Jaguar “X Type” 2.5 All Wheel Drive 4dr Sedan, auto, local, leather, sunroof, heated seats, only 49K, spotlessly kept. $13,850 1999 Mercedes Benz SLK 230, retractable steel top convertible, auto/Tiptronic, local, leather heated seats, only 51k from new, spotless. $12,850 1999 Mercedes Benz E320 4 Matic Station Wagon, only 141k, extremely well kept. $11,850 1997 Saab 900SE 2.0 Turbo Convertible, 5spd manual, local, leather pwr heated seats, only 71k from new, exceptionally well cared for. $5,850

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Townhouses Rent

Don’t Miss THIS! 3 BR t/house in quiet complex, 1.5 baths, fenced patio, pool, playground, near bus & shops, $1620 + utils, Dollarton & Seymour. Feb 1, 604-929-6024 3 Br. large $1750, new kitchen & appls. Parklike Setting, Outdoor Pool, playground, priv. yard, 1314sf, drapes, heat & prkg incld. dw, 1.5 baths, 1 yr lease. no pets, 1228 Emery Pl. near Lynn Valley Mall. 604-987- 4922

MOVE IN ALLOWANCE 1915 Cedar Village Cres, 2 BR & 3 BR, 5 appls, 1.5 bath, 1 year lease, NP/NS. Rent starts at $1435. For viewing call 604-988-0827

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Houses - Rent

LUXURY 6 BR, 6 ba, West Van, dbl garage, media room $5500. 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

Luxury Over The Seawall! 1 BR& 3 BR pool rec. rm, pet ok 2190 Bellevue Av. 604-926-6287

The Pink Palace on the Seawall 2 & 3 br, 2 bath spacious Indoor/outdoor pools. Fitness centre & billiard room, small pets allowed, no smoking 2222 Bellevue Ave. To view: 604-926-0627

Call 604-986-3356

6522

NO WHEELS, NO PROBLEM

VICTORIA PARK PLACE 615 St. Georges Ave @ E 6th St. A studio, 1 & 2 BR , bright, clean quiet bldg, np, ns 604-980-9057

Bach $885, 1 BR $1115, 2 BR $1400 Avail Now. Ocean view. indoor pool. Concrete bldg. Ht & H/W incls.

2 BR upper, city view, Lower Lonsdale, spacious, fp, covered prkg, share wd, $1450 incls hydro & heat, no dogs, Jan 1, 604-764-2612, 604-649-3123

Call 604-922-8815 to view.

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6540

Duplexes - Rent

1998 EAGLE TALON ESI, 170k, 2.0 L, excellent condition, 5 spd, no accidents, silver exterior, grey interior. $3900. 604-763-3223

Delbrook Gardens 777 W. Queens Rd -1 BR $1250. Wkdays 562-7097/Wkends 985-2876 1 BR, lrg, bright, blcny h/wd, west exp 15th & Lonsdale, $915 incl heat

6515

A SHORT STAY Renos, family, execs, long term. 604-987-2691 www.vancouvershortstay.com

2 BR bright, hi-spd/cable, hardwood, ns, np, nr seabus, quiet bldg. $1600, 604-708-8998 X308

2 BR bright spacious, top flr, central Lonsdale, quiet well kept bldg. ns, np, avail Jan 1. $1192incl heat/hw, 604-904-7545

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HOME SERVICES 8030

Carpentry

CARPENTRY, ADDITIONS, decks, 32 yrs exp, licensed. Call Ken, Cell: 604-928-3270

8035

Cleaning

$18/HR. Quality House cleaning. 604-983-3477 www.qualityhc.com ✫✫A CLEAN SWEEP ✫ Reliable Housecleaning service. Low rates 778 836-9970 ✫✫ 604 987-9970

8058

Computer Services

COMPUTER REPAIR

Drainage

8125

Gutters

DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER Underground Video Inspection Call Tobias 604 782-4322 POINT GREY DRAINAGE Call 604-379-2641

Carpet Cleaning

ROYAL STEAM CLEANING Carpet, Upholstery, Auto (Int), walls & windows 604-765-8054

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8073

8075

Installed • Cleaned • Repaired Drywall

AFFORDABLE, Reliable, Quality Guaranteed. Boarding, Taping, Spraytex. Dave 604-984-7476 *Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925 VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

8080

Electrical

604-876-4604

North Shore Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-988-5294

8130

Handyperson

Complete Home Maint./Repairs Certiﬁed Trained Pros. For that small job. Rates you can afford.

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• Virus Removal • Onsite Service Laptop and Desktop Repair Specialist Call Chris • 604.998.2273 www.technologyadventures.com

8060

Concrete

N.C.B. CONCRETE LTD. Specializing in residential concrete. Repair, removal and new installation. Patio specialists. 604-988-9523, 604-988-9495

8073

Drainage

LONSDALE DRAINAGE & SEWER

15% OFF • Drain Tiles • Wet Basements • Sump & Sewer

604-973-0290 Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086

ALL YOUR electrical & reno needs. Lic’d electrician #37940. Bonded & insured 604-842-5276 DNE ELECTRIC All Electrical Needs Lic #89267, Panel Upgrading. Reasonable & Free Estimate. 604-999-2332 LONSDALE ELECTRIC lic#1756 Panel changes & renos 604-988-7232, 604-842-0687

8100

Fireplaces

GAS FIREPLACE tune-ups & service. RM Construction Ltd. 604-988-1011 PRO GAS LTD Gas fireplaces. Service & safety inspection. 604-925-1341 www.progas.ca

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

THE ART OF HARDWOOD FLOORS

DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-985-4000

Installations Refinishing & Repairs Dust Free. Affordable Rates! Free Estimates.

HANDY PERSON avail for snow removal & all your house projects. Call Ibrahim 604-619-6968

Heating

PRO GAS LTD Furnaces, boilers, gas fitting. Service & installation. 604-925-1341 www.progas.ca

Home Services

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE ROAD

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DESPITE Toyota’s recent troubles, its Yaris subcompact is the ideal vehicle for commuters, combining an affordable price point with great fuel economy, reliability, and strong design inside and out.

Columnist DAVID CHAO reviews the 2011 Jaguar XJ next week in REV

roomy feel. The driver seating position is upright and the centre-dash position instrument panel allows better forward sightlines, especially for parking. While there’s sound design and economic logic behind the unique instrument panel placement, the traditional location in front of the driver is still my preferred position. The steering wheel had a tilt adjustment but no telescopic feature. On both ends of the dash were handy built-in cup holders that tumbled out when needed. Console storage bins on either side of the centre stack are another clever, user-friendly idea. Safety An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is now standard on Yaris, except for the base CE trim. An electronic stability control system is a new feature that’s standard on RS and optional on the sedan. It also comes with a Brake Assist system on RS. On the passive-protection side, front seat-mounted side airbags and side curtain airbags (front and rear) are an option and standard on RS. These safety features, however, are standard on some competitors of the Yaris, in this class. The Drive An urban warrior, the Yaris excels as a city runabout thanks to its agile handling, light but quick steering and park-friendly size. While its engine horsepower numbers (106) may not sound very exciting, Yaris not a heavy vehicle so there’s enough power and then some. Yaris also performs surprisingly well

Maybe you’re reading this in the evening, curled up on the couch with Bing Crosby on the stereo, a mug of hot cider close at hand, and the Christmas tree brightly lit and ringed by gifts. Perchance you’re comfortably settled on Christmas Day, surrounded by drifts of wrapping paper, with the pleasant happy noises of the kids enjoying their new toys filtering in from another room. Maybe you’re doing number two and idly leafing through an old paper someone left in the bathroom. Either way, happy holidays! And in the name of all that’s Holy, light a match already! As for myself, I hope that Christmas Day finds me touching a flame to these words (such is the impermanence of the newspaper columnist’s work) in an effort to light a roaring fire that the whole family can gather around, or, as is more likely, accidentally producing the smoke-signal version of War And Peace. With logs-a-crackle in the grate (after opening a window and letting somebody else take over fire-lighting duties), I will play cribbage with my wife and endure the most crushingly embarrassing defeat in that game’s history since Henry Wilkinsop, 44, of Tunbridge Wells, accidentally cut his own head off while trying to shuffle. I will then retire in a contemplative mood to a favourite chair, there to leaf through the various car magazines with which Santa has stuffed my

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IT can be tough at the top. Not too long after Toyota was declared the biggest car company in the world, the global car market went in the dumper.

In recent months and closer to home, Toyota, the darling of every auto consumer reliability and quality survey, has been hit with a barrage of safety recalls and grilled by governments for its conduct. If this has rocked the trust that the Canadian consumer has in the Toyota brand, so far it hasn’t shown up in the most accurate of all quality measurements — resale value. In the most recent Canadian Black Book annual Retained Value Awards, Toyota and Lexus models took top spot in seven of seventeen categories. The winner in the subcompact segment, the Toyota Yaris, is the focus of this review. Yaris is also the lowest-priced new Toyota that you can buy and has a start price of just $13,995 for a threedoor hatchback version call the Yaris CE. Moving up the model line, there’s a ﬁve-door hatchback version of Yaris that comes in both LE and RS trim levels and has a start price of $14,905. In addition, there’s also a four-door sedan edition of the Yaris with a start price of $14,990. My test Yaris was a four-door sedan with an automatic transmission ($1,000) and it also came with a Convenience Package ($1,600) that includes air

conditioning, power windows, power mirrors, power door locks, keyless entry and bunch of other stuff. It also bumped the full price to $17,350. Something to keep in mind before you get carried away with Yaris options is that its larger sibling the Toyota Corolla has a start price of just $15,460. Then again, while the Corolla offers more car for the money, perhaps you want less car and the best possible fuel economy. When it comes to fuel economy Yaris is the best of the best, as it’s in a class full of super fuel misers. A combined city/highway fuel efficiency rating of just 6.3L/100 km for a Yaris with a manual transmission and 6.3L/100 km with an automatic has allowed it claim the federal ecoENERGY award in the subcompact class for five years straight. The Looks A stretched body with a trunk gives the Yaris sedan a more conservative look than the Yaris hatchback. The sedan is significantly longer, by 475 mm (18.7 inches), its wheelbase is also longer (by 90 mm) and it’s a little lower (65 mm). Although they look the same from a front view, the overall design doesn’t have the same perkiness as the hatchback and the longer wheelbase also gives it a wider turn circle. Of course it has redeeming qualities on the inside: more passenger and cargo space. The Inside The stretched outer dimensions of the sedan give its rear-seat occupants considerably more leg room. While there’s a little less headroom, most users won’t even notice a difference, as the well-designed passenger cabin still has a

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could also be shifted through its gears manually, but it’s more likely to used by drivers in engine braking or passing situations. The Score The Toyota Yaris is an inexpensive car to buy, it’s cheap to run, super reliable, nimble to drive, easy to park and it’s likely to have a high resale value if you ever want to sell it . . . a perfect commuter car! The specs Trim levels: CE (3dr/

hatch), LE/RS (5dr/hatch) & 4dr sedan Sticker Price: $13,995 to $20,555 Power: 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder, 105 horsepower Transmission: 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic Fuel consumption (man): 6.9/5.5 L/100 km (city/ highway) Fuel consumption (auto): 7.0/5.7 L/100 km (city/ highway) Basic Warranty: 3 years / 60,000 km

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Nissan makes Canada wait for its bear hug From page 47 stocking, and to look forward to another year of covering the highs and lows of the automotive world. It’s going to be a good one. Sure, there’ll be the usual difﬁculties, like trying to ﬁnd anything interesting to say about Chevy’s decision to re-brand the diminutive Aveo as the fun, youth-savvy Sonic (really? They named it after a videogame hedgehog?), but overall, it’s going to be a thrilling year of new models and major overhauls. Here are a few to get really excited about. Lancia Stratos Some of you may not know what Lancia is let alone what their Stratos looks like, or rather used to look like back in the 70’s and early 80’s. Let me attempt to describe one. First, take a wedgeshaped doorstop. Then add wheels, a windshield, and more sex-appeal than that Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue where many lovely ladies stretch the meaning of the word “swimsuit” to include bodypaint, sand, and strategically-placed kelp. Which, if my wife is reading this, I’ve only heard about,

y’know, in passing. Unfortunately, this stunning concept was then built by Italian manufacturer Lancia, a company for whom reliability was as difﬁcult a concept as gluon-level particle physics. So they didn’t bother with any. Fiat eventually snapped up Lancia, but the Stratos name was bought by an enthusiast business-type person. Now, a new one is being made, and what’s essentially been done is to take that super-sexy 80’s original and make it look a tiny bit more like a supersonic jet ﬁghter. It’s like somebody look Phoebe Cates from Fast Times At Ridgemont High and put her in Lululemon pants. Best of all, the whole project is built on a shortened, lightened Ferrari F430 platform. A lighter, more nimbler Ferrari that looks like a legendary racecar? Sign me up! Unfortunately, the new Stratos will undoubtedly cost more than the black-market value of the internal organs of you and your extended family. Still, that’s what 6/49 tickets are for. Nissan Leaf By now, you’ve probably already heard so much about

Nissan’s all-electric car that you’re just annoyed that you can’t buy one already. Nissan has been advertising the little plug-in car quite heavily, including a celebrity endorsement by Lance Armstrong and this bit where a polar bear hugs a guy for driving a Leaf. With all apologies to people who have built their own electric vehicles, it’s about time you could buy a real car with an electric engine. Tesla Roadsters are all well and good, but a genuinely usable and affordable alternative to owning a fossil-fuel-powered car has been a long time coming. Unfortunately, the Leaf is only available in a few test markets in the U.S. What gives, Nissan? Don’t you know where all these frickin’ polar bears live? That’s right: Canada! And it sure would be helpful to keep those shaggy-coated buggers on ice ﬂoes up in the North before they start wandering through downtown, eating tourists and frightening the children. However, the best thing to do is call on those typical Canadian qualities of politeness and patience, and wait for the Leaf to come to

our cities, which it will do in the fall of 2011. Until then, the country with almost-butnot-quite-the-best Olympic hockey teams in the world gets ﬁrst crack at them. Subaru-Toyota FT-86 Mark it on your calendars: 2011 is the year that Toyota becomes cool again. Not that there aren’t good models available in the Toyota range, but tell me which of these you’d call a sportscar: Yaris, Corolla, Matrix, Camry, Avalon. I guess the case could be made that the sportier models in the range aren’t exactly slow, but none of them can match the bygone excellence of the MR2, the Celica, the Supra and the AE86 Corolla GT-S. However, as I’ve been harping on for ages, here comes the car that’s like a single rose laid on veteran Toyota test-driver Hiromu Naruse’s grave. Unfortunately, I can’t tell you what it’s called. Toyota’s concept was originally dubbed the FT-86, a tribute to that legendary AE86 “hachi-roku” Corolla. The idea is simple: a lightweight, rear-wheel drive coupe with excellent handling and reasonable power. Not a musclecar, but a ballerina,

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2010 ELANTRA L

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TMThe Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. Prices for models shown: 2011 Accent 3 Dr GL Sport is $17,844, 2010 Elantra Limited is $22,944. Delivery and Destination charges of $1,495/$1,495 are included. Registration, insurance, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. ˜Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on new 2011 Tucson models with an annual finance rate of 0% for 60 months. †Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on new 2011 Accent L 3 Dr 5-speed/2010 Elantra L 5-speed with an annual finance rate of 0%/0% for 84/84 months. Dealer participation of $500 for 2010 Elantra L 5-speed is included. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,495/$1,495. Registration, insurance, PPSA, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. $4,000 savings on the cash purchase of the 2010 Santa Fe GL 2.4L 6-speed manual model is composed of $1,000 price adjustment (available on purchase or lease) and $3,000 cash purchase price adjustment (for cash purchases only). Price adjustments are calculated against the lease/finance starting price. Cash purchase price for model shown: 2010 Santa Fe Limited is $35,559. Delivery and Destination charge of $1,760 is included. Registration, insurance, PPSA, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Certain conditions apply. ‡Purchase or lease any 2011 Accent and receive a price adjustment of $1,600. *Leasing offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2011 Sonata GL 6-speed with an annual lease rate of 4.4%. ˜†°˛‡*Offers available for a limited time and subject to change or cancellation without notice. See dealer for complete details. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order may be required. Fuel consumption for 2011 Accent 3Dr (HWY 5.7L/100KM; City 7.2L/100KM)/2010 Elantra L 5-speed (HWY 5.6L/100KM; City 7.8L/100KM)/2011 Tucson (HWY 6.5L/100KM; City 9.1L/100KM) are based on EnerGuide fuel consumption ratings. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. Fuel economy comparison based on combined fuel consumption rating for the 2011 Sonata GL 6-speed manual (7.35/100km) and 2011 Energuide combined fuel consumption ratings for the full size vehicle class. Fuel consumption for the Sonata GL 6-speed manual (HWY 5.7L/100KM; City 8.7L/100KM) based on 2011 Energuide rating. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). The 5-star rating appliesto all the trim levels of the 2011 Sonata produced after July 2, 2010. ˝Based on the October 2010 AIAMC report. ˙See your dealer for eligible vehicles and full details of the Graduate Rebate Program. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.

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Friday, December 24, 2010 - North Shore News - A51

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and then someone turns into a swan. The current rumour is that the car will actually see life as a Scion model, Scion being Toyota’s youth-oriented brand that’s coming to Canada in 2011. It’ll be called the FR-S, and everywhere across the land, Toyota fans are fervently praying that it’s not another Honda CR-Z, and that the FT-86 or FR-S or whatever it ends up being called actually lives up to its sportscar potential. Being the Subaru enthusiast that I am, I’m not really bothered if the Toyota/Scion version comes out a little underdone and lukewarm. The FT-86 project has always involved Subaru as a not-so-silent partner, with the agreement that there would be a unique variant for the Fuji Heavy Industry crowd to be sell alongside their Foresters and Imprezas. There are so many rumours flying around about the Subaru version, that I hardly like to take a stab at what it’ll be like, but if there’s one thing Subaru are good at, it’s putting flat-four turbocharged engines in things and making them go fast. Fiat 500 You know what I can’t afford? A new Ferrari. Or a Lambo. Or that new Stratos. Hell, these days even a fill-up is having me re-checking the center console for change. However, just because you can’t afford to keep the automotive equivalent of Sophia Loren in the style

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