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Fromme elementary — which closed its doors last June because of school district budget cuts — was ranked 83rd, the highest of all North Vancouver public schools in the Fraser Institute’s controversial elementary school report card. The report card rankings, released this week, are based on results of provincial Foundation Skills Assessment tests completed by students in grades 4 and 7 last year. Heather Skuse, one of the former Fromme parents who fought to keep the school open, said the high academic achievement at Fromme isn’t a surprise. “Fromme was a good academic school and they were really great about the community stuff as well,” she said. “It was one of the reasons I was so angry when they had to toss it all away.” See Private page 3

West Vancouver stock swindler ﬁned $6 million Jane Seyd

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A former West Vancouver man has been fined $6 million and permanently banned from the stock market after the B.C. Securities Commission found he swindled investors out of $1.3 million. But that likely won’t help more than 60 of his former clients get back much of the money that he took from them, which they say was more than $8 million. Luc Castiglioni was slapped with the punishment Jan. 31 following a hearing of the securities commission. But a spokesman for the securities commission acknowledged both the fine and the money owed by Castiglioni may be difficult to collect. “Our See Castiglioni page 3

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Variety gets NV girl her own bike Telethon aids up to 1,300 families a year Tessa Holloway

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THERE are few kids who don’t dream of ﬁnding a brand new bike wrapped up just for them in their garage, but the parents of 11-year-old Lisette Foulds were at a loss for how to make that happen.

That’s because Lisette’s new custom-designed blue bike cost $3,500 — a bill her parents Darryl and Karin couldn’t meet until Variety – The Children’s Charity called. The charity paid for the bike out of funds raised at events like this weekend’s 45th annual Show of Hearts Telethon and replaced a borrowed bike that didn’t fit Lisette. The special bike was needed because of an immune NEWS photo Cindy Goodman system reaction Lisette had as a baby that left her bound SISTERS Rayne, 8, Lisette, 11, and Remi Foulds, 6, ride bikes at Mahon Park with the help of their mother Karin to a wheelchair with nerve Foulds. Lisette rides a modified three-wheeled bike with foot straps, movable handlebars and other functions problems and diaphragmatic that give her freedom with her disability. paralysis. That means Lisette has to breathe through a tube inserted into her neck what to expect, the family was forced to move into Mixed in with entertainment will be the stories of with the help of a ventilator. B.C. Children’s Hospital’s intensive care unit for people like the Foulds family who have been helped But that doesn’t stop her from peddalling more than eight months as doctors puzzled over the by the charity’s donations over the years. alongside her two sisters, eight-year-old Rayne and illness. Last year, the charity raised $7.4 million in six-year-old Remi, as they explore the trails behind “It threw us for a loop. You never know what’s the telethon, and this year they’re hoping British Mahon Park — her ventilator handily attached to the going on,” said Darryl, who would make weekend Columbians will be just as generous as they face an back of her bike. trips to the house to do laundry and pick up supplies, increase in the number of people seeking assistance “This is just amazing for her because she can go including one time where he discovered the home — an average of 1,300 a year or 25 per week. wherever she wants,” said Karin, her mom, as the had been broken into. “People asked us ‘How do “(People) find Variety when there’s nowhere three girls went for a spin in Mahon Park during a you do that? I could never do that,’ but you know, else to turn,” said Carla Jones, marketing director crisp, sunny February day. you have to,” he said. “It was hard, but we had a lot of Variety – The Children’s Charity. The telethon is “It’s the small things like that that matter. It’s of help from our family.” an important chance for the charity to speak directly things like this that usually get left behind and we Since then, the family has had to go back to the to the public and tell their story. “It’s how they don’t buy because of the much bigger expenses.” hospital periodically, but overall Lisette has received know us,” she said, “but it’s also an opportunity to Those bigger expenses include a $45,000 van, plenty of support from family and her school at showcase exactly what we do and tell the province of which the family had to pay for themselves, though Larson elementary, where she has several friends and this massive need to help these children with special Variety also chipped in a bit to help prepare the van is in a regular Grade 6 classroom. While mute, Lisette needs.” for Lisette. can use her computer to talk, or uses sign language, The show starts 7 p.m. on Saturday and runs until Lisette was born healthy, but at eight months her and even emails her dad from the computer on the 6 p.m. Sunday on Global B.C. For more information parents noticed she had trouble breathing and took wheelchair. and stories of those the charity has helped, visit www. her to the hospital. With no idea what was wrong or The family will be at the telethon site this weekend. variety.bc.ca/telethon.

Private schools top the North Shore’s rankings From page 1

Most of the students from Fromme — including Skuse’s children — have now moved to Lynn Valley elementary. “I think people have adapted,” she said, adding the staff and parents at the new school have been very welcoming. But she said she still feels a pang when she drives past her kids’ former school. “It’s a frustrating thing to be in a place that is so great . . . and have it not count for as much as the almighty dollar.” Rankings of North Shore elementary schools ranged from very high to very low on the annual report card, which has been roundly criticized by the teachers’ union. At the top of the list were a number of private schools, including Mulgrave and Collingwood in West Vancouver, which both scored 9.8 out of a possible 10 and tied with two other private schools for 14th place in the province. Top-ranked public schools on the North Shore — which placed in the top 50 — were all in West Vancouver and included Westcot elementary, West Bay elementary, Ridgeview, Irwin Park and Pauline Johnson. North Shore schools at the bottom of the list included Queen Mary elementary in North Vancouver, ranked last, where 55 per cent of students weren’t meeting

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provincial expectations as measured by Foundations Skills Assessment tests, and Lynn Valley elementary, where 34.5 per cent of students didn’t meet provincial standards. Most public schools on the North Shore fell into the middle of the rankings. The Fraser Institute report cards are based primarily on results of standardized tests that measure how well students are doing in reading, writing and math at the Grade 4 and Grade 7 level. The reports also looks at the differences between how well boys and girls score on the tests, and the percentage of tests that were completed by students. For years, both the Fraser Institute’s school report cards and the provincial Foundation Skills Assessment tests have been highly controversial. Critics of the rankings point out that private schools can pick and choose their students based on academic ability, while public schools take all students, including those with special needs, from difﬁcult family backgrounds and who have English as a second language. They also point out most of the students who attend high-ranking paid private schools come from families with huge socio-economic advantages over those from lower-ranked public schools. Authors of the report argue the information can

still be used by parents to measure how well students are scoring academically at schools with similar student populations and to see if schools are improving from year to year. They also point out that of the top 20 schools showing the greatest academic improvement over the past ﬁve years, 15 are public schools where average parental incomes range from $25,900 to $82,900. On the North Shore, however, all but one of the topranked elementary schools were those where the average parental income was more than $100,000 annually. Both Mulgrave and Collingwood private schools had average parental income of more than $170,000 a year — almost four times the income of parents whose children went to bottom-ranked Queen Mary. Also, neither Mulgrave nor Collingwood had recorded numbers of either special needs or English as a Second Language students, while almost 40 per cent of students at Queen Mary are ESL and more than eight per cent have special needs. Only 44 per cent of students at Queen Mary even took the tests last year. Politics surrounding the tests have resulted in increasing numbers of students opting out of the test, although they are technically mandatory. Most recently, the B.C. Principals’ and Vice Principals’ Association said those declining numbers make for questionable results.

most recent information is he is no longer in the country,” said Ken Gracey, spokesman for the commission. The securities commission based its decision on investments that staff were able to trace — which revealed Castiglioni had used the money he promised to invest on behalf of clients to enrich himself and family members. Before his deception was uncovered, Castiglioni raised over $8 million from more than 60 investors using two companies, CPLC Limited Partnership and CPLC Management Group Ltd. Castiglioni told investors that the company was registered under the securities act and that he was registered as an adviser. But none of that was true. “This was a lie, and a serious one,” the securities panel wrote in its decision. Instead of investing the money his clients handed over, Castiglioni used it to pay off credit card companies and collection agencies and funnelled it into accounts that he or his wife controlled. In addition, the panel found Castiglioni lied to the commission in an attempt to cover up his con job. When investors complained to the security commission in the spring of 2009 about their missing money, Castiglioni claimed $7.5 million of the money was safely socked away in a Swiss bank account. But later checks by investigators revealed only $10,000 left in the account. They added bank statements given to the commission by Castiglioni were forged. Investors recently managed to get a portion of the money owed to them back after placing a notice on title of a Nelson Avenue house in West Vancouver that Castiglioni and his wife bought for $2.5 million in 2008. Investors said he used their money to make the purchase. Castiglioni sold the house in June 2010 for just under $2.4 million. Proceeds from the sale were frozen until December, when Justice Grant Burnyeat of the B.C. Supreme Court authorized that they be paid to lawyers representing the duped investors. One of the biggest unwitting victims of Castiglioni’s alleged ponzi scheme was Red Deer businessman Garth Dushanek, who decided to put money set aside for payment of corporate taxes into Castiglioni’s companies as a short-term investment. According to documents ﬁled in court, Dushanek provided a certiﬁed cheque for $1 million that was paid into the CPLC corporate account at the Bank of Montreal in West Vancouver.

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Bark scorpion’s tiny tail packed big bite

North Vancouver man’s Mexican vacation had painful ending Manisha Krishnan

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A North Vancouver man recently returned home from Mexico with an unusual souvenir — the remains of a venomous scorpion that stung him while on vacation. Longtime Lynn Valley resident Jeff Davidson, 58, was in a small ﬁshing village about an hour north of Puerto Vallarta on Jan. 15 when he received the sting. At the time, he was riding back home on an electric golf cart after watching a Canucks game at the local sports bar. “I felt this sting. It felt just like a bee sting, not even as bad as a bee sting. I just sort of swatted at the back of my leg where it was and it was a little bit sore and that, but nothing else happened so I just kept driving,” said Davidson. After reaching his casita a few minutes later, he stood up and noticed a three-inch long scorpion scurrying along the ﬂoor of the cart. Thinking quickly, he grabbed his grabbed his beer glass and trapped the arachnid before heading inside to join his wife and friends. “I just put him down outside the door and I went in and had supper and a couple of beers with them and fell asleep,” said Davidson. When he got up for a bathroom break a couple of hours later, he noticed that something was wrong. “My legs felt numb, sort of like if you had slept on them the wrong way, like pins and needles. But then, when I went back to sleep and woke up at 9 o’clock, my whole body had that,” said Davidson.

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“I tried to drink water and my tongue felt like there were hairs all over it.” Starting to freak out a little, he headed to the local clinic with the critter in tow. “I put it in the little baggy and I kept flicking him to torture him all the way down in the golf cart,” said Davidson. He arrived at the clinic to find it fairly busy, but people stepped aside once they saw that he was “walking like a robot” and carrying a scorpion. “They started to almost run away from me, pointing ‘You go first.’” Although the doctor couldn’t speak any English, she eventually understood what was going on and injected Davidson’s buttocks with an antivenom. Then he packed up his stuff — including the now dead scorpion — and hopped on a plane back home. The next morning he awoke to the familiar sensation of pins and needles and phoned the B.C. Poison Control Centre to see if there was anything he could do about it. He was advised to head to Lions Gate Hospital and opted to take the scorpion with him. The emergency doctor on hand, who had never dealt with such an incident before, began researching online with Davidson. “That’s when we identified it. It’s called a bark scorpion,” said Davidson. “Basically the scariest thing about the whole thing is the antivenom they gave me down there is not approved for use in Canada or the U.S.” That could be because it’s not really necessary, according to Rob Gair, a pharmacist at the B.C. Drug and Poison Information Center. “Probably the majority of the reason it hasn’t been approved is because while these particular scorpions do produce symptoms, they’re usually not that bad,” said Gair, adding bark scorpions — which do not exist in Canada — are the only scorpions in

North America that cause a reaction in humans. In addition to numbness and tingling, some people experience excessive drooling, visual disturbances and very rarely, respiratory problems, according to Gair. Davidson, who was told his symptoms will probably wear off in a month or so, said it’s nothing he can’t handle. But he admitted he thinks Mother Nature might be throwing some bad karma his way. “About a year and half ago before this, a deer hit me on the highway while I was riding my motorcycle — like it actually ran into me,” he said. “So I think I should have donated a little bit more to Greenpeace when I was younger. The animal kingdom has me marked, I think.” That accident knocked him off his feet for almost a year, he added. “I broke my leg in ﬁve places, so I was pretty racked up for about nine months with that one. But the scorpion I seem to be getting over a lot better.”

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ANADA’S soft drink manufacturers deserve a rare — if qualiﬁed — pat on the back for their decision to list calories on the front of their containers. The makers of Coke, Pepsi and other non-alcoholic drinks said this week that they will add the more prominent labels to their packaging to help consumers make more informed decisions about what they put in their bodies. The change is a good one, but it’s only a small step toward bringing Canada’s food-related health problems under control. It’s not just the sugar in soft drinks behind our country’s epidemics of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Solid fats, salts and other unhealthy additives are also serious offenders — largely due to the startling quantities in which they

appear in processed foods. Our intake of these killers is far beyond what it should be, and often far higher than we realize. Many people have no idea how much fat, salt or sugar they ingest, or what their daily limit should be. If our government is serious about improving our quality of life and rescuing our teetering medical system, it must push this project farther. Every package of processed food in this country should loudly announce the number of calories and quantity of sodium — at the very least — it contains. At the same time, provincial and federal governments must step up their education campaigns to the point that Canadians have their recommended daily limits seared into their minds. The investment, which would be modest, would pay fat dividends.

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Dear Editor: The North Shore News hasn’t printed any letters or articles regarding the B.C. government’s ban of incandescent light bulbs that has infuriated readers of other newspapers, so let me be the ﬁrst to comment. The green propaganda has blacklisted ILBs as energy hogs that waste 90 per cent of their energy as heat. But, as noted by a theoretical physicist Mike Davenport, in British Columbia during three seasons ILBs don’t waste any heat, but are heating our houses and the switch to cooler compact ﬂuorescent light bulbs just transfers the energy load from lighting to heating. Thus, during heating seasons CFLs save no electricity and no money in houses with electric heaters and save some electricity, but increase gas demand and costs of natural gas heating.

During the remaining warmer months a switch from, say, a 100watt ILB to a 25-watt CFL saves only about 30 kWh, or its natural gas equivalent, and $2. Moreover, Davenport has estimated that in this province, where some 90 per cent of electricity is generated by clean hydro, burning of that extra natural gas would generate greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the annual emissions from more than 61,000 automobiles. Finally, BC Hydro has covered up the fact that ILBs help heat our homes and grossly overblown the energy savings they could generate. They amount to only about one per cent of BC Hydro’s yearly generation of more than 43,000 gigawatt-hours, which is a drop in a bucket by any measure. Jerry Sklenar North Vancouver

Hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk, get suspended Dear Editor: It is hard to believe drivers can lose their car or have their licence suspended immediately if they blow a certain level into a breathalyzer, but if they knock down and injure or kill a pedestrian in a crosswalk while sober, they are free to go and drive again. Lately, it seems drivers are almost commended for staying at the scene now and co-operating with the police in light of the number of hit-and-runs we have read about. The dead or critically injured victim becomes the target for blame even though they were crossing in a marked intersection or crosswalk. Road conditions, wearing dark clothing, not carrying a ﬂashlight and daring to cross where they have the right of way are some of

the accusations made against pedestrians. Being hit in the middle of a crosswalk doesn’t seem to carry enough evidence to support laying immediate charges against the driver, even though they have the bulk of the responsibility while being behind the wheel. We have the elderly driving, the habitually incompetent and dangerously aggressive stay-out-of-my-way drivers. Its time to get tough on those that are mowing down people without facing immediate consequences. When are the police going to realize where the real danger lies in this city? Jim Wheeler West Vancouver

Dear Editor: Please allow me to clear up “a mystery” recounted by Trevor Lautens as part of his Feb. 4 column concerning the North Vancouver Museum. Apparently, some visitors went to the museum in Presentation House on a Saturday to see the Entwined Histories exhibit. Apparently, they were told “at the adjoining North Vancouver Archives” that the museum was closed, while on the following day “another source in the Presentation House building” insisted the museum had indeed been open. The confusion arises because the museum shares its building with a separate media arts gallery (Presentation House Gallery) that was closed on the day in question, while the museum was indeed open. The museum is located on the main ﬂoor of Presentation House (209 West Fourth St.) and is open six days per week (Tuesdays through Sundays) from noon to 5 p.m. The gallery is located on the top ﬂoor of the same building. The North Vancouver Archives is located in a completely separate building in Lynn Valley (3203 Institute Rd.) open Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m. Mystery solved. Entwined Histories is well worth seeing, so I hope the disappointed visitors will return. Anyone seeking information about the museum and archives’ locations, exhibits, services, and programs is encouraged to check our website at www.northvanmuseum.ca. Nancy Kirkpatrick, director North Vancouver Museum & Archives

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Recall campaigns dead in the water

TO almost no one’s surprise, the attempt to recall B.C. Liberal MLA Ida Chong ended in complete failure. But will that loss discourage other recall efforts from even beginning? The massive defeat of recall proponents in Chong’s riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head gives no cause for hope for those trying to launch recall campaigns against two other B.C. Liberal MLAs – Don McRae from Comox Valley and Terry Lake from Kamloops-North Thompson. It’s not as though the attempt to recall Chong failed by a squeaker. It wasn’t even close. More than 15,000 people needed to sign the recall petition for it to succeed, and instead fewer than 9,000 people signed. In fact, it appears the recall effort stalled with a few weeks to go to gather signatures. The campaign’s own ﬁgures indicate fewer than 1,000 people signed the petition in the last few weeks, suggesting that rather than gaining steam, the petition experienced the precise opposite. Faced with rejection

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by the voters, the recall proponents and the Fight HST crowd have opted to cling to delusional fantasies. They’ve been trying to pass off their failure as some sort of spectacular success. They offer the lame argument that without the recall campaign, the HST issue would have been ignored by the public. This is patently absurd, of course: the fact there is an upcoming referendum on the HST guarantees it will remain front and centre with the electorate. In fact, the recall campaign itself attracted scant media interest anyway. If the public was engaged with the HST issue these past few weeks, it wasn’t because of the recall efforts in Oak Bay-Gor-

don Head. The recall organizers have offered up all kinds of excuses for why they did so poorly. It rained too much during the recall campaign. There were too many apartment buildings they couldn’t gain access to. The Christmas holidays got in the way. There were too many civil servants living in the riding. Too many people had moved out of the riding. But after brushing aside all these whiny complaints, a central truth emerged: there simply wasn’t anywhere near the kind of anger among the citizens of Oak Bay that is required to recall their MLA. Yes, there is still likely considerable opposition to the HST. But the emotional, visceral anger attached to that tax appears to be ebbing. The reason for that apparently diminished anger appears to be an obvious one: Gordon Campbell will soon be gone as premier. The moment he said he was leaving ofﬁce was when widespread dissatisfaction with his government started to lessen. And that was also the moment any recall campaign became dead in the water. See Island page 8

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That $12-billion cost, by the way, is equivalent to 60 years’ worth of the current level of tax subsidies currently received by B.C. Ferries. All proposals for such a bridge suggest it would span the shortest distance: somewhere around Nanaimo to Delta, with the potential of connecting to some Gulf Islands. This means the main population hub on Vancouver Island — the capital region — would not be serviced unless people were willing to travel the 90 minutes over the often-dangerous Malahat Pass. Finally, the problem with B.C. Ferries is not getting people back and forth between Nanaimo and Vancouver; that route actually makes money. Rather, it is the dozens of short island runs that lose money every time they leave shore that are the problems. No $12-billion bridge is going to ﬁx those. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

••• The bolt-from-the-blue announcement by B.C. Ferries CEO David Hahn that another big round of fare hikes looms has brought back talk of an issue that never seems to disappear: building a bridge between the Mainland and Vancouver Island. To which I say: Put a sock in it. There is not going to be a bridge built, period. Not now, not ever — no matter how much ferry fares continue to climb. The reasons are numerous. First and foremost is the ridiculous expense. One government estimate pegged it at a staggering $12 billion, and that would include a one-way toll of $260 to $800. Ferry fares may be expensive, but they are a long way from approaching a return fare of more than $500 to $1,600. Why is the cost estimate so high? Well, the main problem is the extremely deep waters of the Strait of Georgia, which is much deeper than almost anywhere else in the world a bridge is located.

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The crunch heard around the world

ON Jan. 1, 2010, at the age of 31, I was ﬁnally punched in the face.

To those familiar with my overall personality/ style of conversation/ flamboyant approach to dancing/indiscriminate use of yo’ mama jokes, it’s likely puzzling that it took so long. But this was a first for me. The experience served as a valuable lesson: Being punched in the face isn’t as fun as not being punched in the face. Based on what I knew from the movies, this came as something of a surprise. I chalk up my long and seemingly inexplicable history of people not physically attacking me to illusion. At six feet four inches tall and 200 pounds, and with an arm span like Mr. Tickle, I give the impression under the right circumstances — low lighting, bulky clothing, an observer who’s never seen me try to do anything with my hands — that if you hit me, I might do something effectual back. This is not in fact the case. I give that impression only on a cursory glance, the way that, on a cursory glance, zebras give the impression they might be good referees. Most people who have ever considered putting an end to my dancing/yo’ mama jokes/overall personality with nice, satisfying act of violence have likely decided against it out of caution. They view me the way the average person would view a landmine made of cotton swabs. It’s probably not going to be a problem, but it might be safer just to mow around it anyway. In reality, the only threat I pose is involuntary. Hitting me is a little like cutting down a top-heavy tree; some shorter-legged attackers might not be able to move laterally the same distance that I am tall in the time it takes me to fall over. Whatever the reason, being punched just never came up. That is, until the first two hours of last year. Due to space constraints, I’ve edited the story for length. Here it is in a nutshell: We left the bar, where we had been celebrating New Year’s Eve in quiet fashion (a series of events that don’t make me look good), and I got punched in the face. I won’t go into the question of motivation, since most people seem to agree I had it coming, which makes that part much less satisfying to retell. Let’s just say that the severity of a violent

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act, generally speaking, is more or less equal to the obnoxiousness of the thing that brought it on, and that I’m pretty sure some of my saliva was punched into orbit. Anyway, I reacted immediately by quickly falling over and starting to bleed. Or at least I assume I did. There’s a stretch of about 12 seconds around the moment of impact that is completely gone from my memory. I was apparently hit so hard that I basically force quit my brain. That or, more likely, the impact was so powerful that I was actually knocked forward through time. (My friends assure me I didn’t miss a lot, aside from some annoying prattling that came to an abrupt end with a gratifying and moderately humourous crunching sound.) I don’t know if you’ve ever had your brain partially erased, but it’s a weird feeling. One minute, you’re happily acting like a complete jerk, not a care in the world, and the next you’re on your knees, wondering how you bit your own eyebrows. After it happened, I collected my thoughts and teeth and whatnot and then — the night gets a little fuzzy at this point — I presumably went home to bed. The next day, as you might expect, I woke up with a sense of extreme anticipation. I had been punched! Finally. I couldn’t wait to see the mark. I knew from the movies, as we all do, that there is nothing that adds as much to a man’s gritty appeal as the becoming abrasions left from a ﬁght. It felt like Christmas morning. If Christmas involved Santa standing on your face all night in cleats. It turns out, however, that not absolutely everything in the movies is the same as real life. Just as the dominant health effect of being caught in an actual nuclear explosion isn’t generally superpowers, so the cosmetic effect of being socked in the grille isn’t necessarily an uptick in See Less page 10

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INQUIRING REPORTER CANADIAN soft drinks will get new labels in May that clearly display the number of calories on the front of the package as part of a voluntary initiative by Refreshments Canada, an association of soft drink manufacturers, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Canada Dry Mott’s, which together make up most of the soft-drink market in Canada. At present, that information is only available in the ﬁne print on the back of the container. Find us on Facebook and tell us what you think or add your comment to Inquiring Reporter at www.nsnews.com. — Tessa Holloway

Doug Johnson North Vancouver You’ve got to have a magnifying glass to read some of the labels (now). It’s a start in the right direction. A lot of obesity comes back to the crap we’ve been eating.

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Rachel Brown North Vancouver I would support it. The more information, the better for consumers; so that they’re informed (of) what it is they’re consuming, whether it’s food or drink.

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Laura Krohn North Vancouver I support that, and I think it’s a really good idea. I think people should know what they’re drinking and how that impacts their health overall, and how many calories is a really good step towards that.

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handsomeness. In the world of Die Hard, you could fly a passenger jet filled with old cutlery directly into Bruce Willis’ face and, with the exception of a well-placed cut on a lip or above an eyebrow, it would remain largely face-shaped. Not so in real life, it seems. When I got to a mirror, I didn’t look so much like John McClane after a hard day at the office as I did Angelina Jolie after a stroke. Also, action heroes never have trouble eating toast. Or if

they do, they don’t complain about it as much. As disappointing as it was, I still feel, looking back after 13 punch-free months, that it was overall a valuable experience. I like to think I grew a little on that night into a more considerate, marginally less mouthy man. I learnt that words and actions that may seem harmless to us can be pretty ugly to other people. Not unlike yo’ mama. jweldon@nsnews.com James Weldon’s column No Laughing Matter, will appear in this space every second Friday.

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Court upholds house height covenant Fix for home built 16 inches over height restriction will be $100K

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A North Vancouver couple will continue to enjoy the panoramic view from their property after a panel of appeal court judges refused to allow their neighbour to build a roof 16 inches higher than permitted under a restrictive covenant. It’s the second time Miriam Erschbamer and Robert Bowe have fought neighbour Suzanne Wallster in court over Wallster’s desire to build a house higher than permitted. That covenant, registered more than 38 years ago, was put in place to preserve the views at 4101 St. Paul’s Ave., where Erschbamer and Bowe have lived for 36 years. Wallster bought an adjacent property at 4104 St. Alban’s St. in the upper Lonsdale neighbourhood in 2004. Four years later, she and her husband hired a contractor to build a new energy-efﬁcient home. The District of North Vancouver approved plans for the new house and preliminary work started. But the design for the house put the roof four feet higher than was permitted under the restrictive covenant — something that Wallster said she didn’t realize until construction was underway.

The Wallsters’ contractor revised their house plans, bringing down the roof height to just 16 inches above what is legally permitted. Eventually, the dispute ended up in B.C. Supreme Court, where the Wallsters argued that forcing them to stick to the height restriction would impede the “reasonable use” of their land. A contractor for the couple told the judge they needed the extra 16 inches for a passive ventilation system that required ceiling fans on the upper level of the house. The design would also allow more light into the rear of the home. But the judge didn’t find that argument compelling, noting the house could still be built to building code requirements without the extra height. Wallster appealed the decision, arguing the 16 extra inches would affect the neighbours’ view only minimally. Changing the design would cost about $100,000. Wallster’s lawyer argued the courts should try to balance the impediments suffered by Wallster if the covenant isn’t lifted against the benefits to the neighbours if it remains in place. But the appeal court didn’t see it that way. Justice Mary Newbury wrote that the covenant did provide a real benefit to the neighbours that could be translated into real estate value and it wasn’t necessary to balance that against Wallster’s predicament.

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BRIGHT LIGHTS

by Paul McGrath

Preschool and Childcare Fair

Olga Uhrin of Babyknits shows her knitted doll dresses and children’s hats.

Svetlana Bardos and Marika Kubinyi raise awareness of North Shore Theatre for Children.

Soﬁ Patterson checks out the toys at the Jack & Lola display. Dozens of families attended the sixth annual Preschool and Childcare Fair at John Braithwaite Community Centre Jan. 22. Supported by the North Shore Childcare Planning Committee, the event showcased the operations and products of local preschools, child-care providers, community agencies and businesses. Handson toy and music demonstrations were a hit with the youngsters and guest speakers were a popular draw for parents. Rafﬂe and draw prizes from participating retailers also added to the excitement.

Tina Spencer of Little Giant Preschool Resources participates in the fair.

Bee Haven Childcare Centres’ Louise Warner and Kim Dunn greet families.

Please direct requests for event coverage to: emcphee@nsnews.com. For more Bright Lights photos go to: www.nsnews.com/galleries.

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WILDERNESS guide Hayley Shephard discusses the ﬁrst-ever solo sea kayak attempt around the remote Sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia at Centennial Theatre Feb. 15 as part of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.

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■ Hayley Shephard: A Beautiful Burden, part of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival’s Sacred Waters Evening (which also includes a screening of Awakening the Skeena), Tuesday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., Centennial Theatre. Tickets: $18/$20. Info: www.vimff.org.

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THE thrill of adventure and a love for the natural world and the incredible species found in it: that’s what drives Hayley Shephard.

wilderness guide and expedition leader is living proof of what can be achieved if you set your mind to it. Shephard’s most recent adventure, an attempted solo sea kayak circumnavigation of South Georgia, an isolated, storm-torn sub-Antarctic island, was not without its challenges. However, it was well worth it as the trip was intended to raise awareness of the plight of the albatross, an area resident seeing a decline in numbers, mainly the result of commercial ﬁshing practises. Shephard is among the adventurers set to share their stories at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, getting underway this evening and running See Shephard page 36

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BARBARA Wallace, Andre Fex and James R. Baylis rehearse for the North Vancouver Community Players production of Driving Miss Daisy at the Theatre at Hendry Hall running Feb. 11-12, 16-19 and 23-26 at 8 p.m. Visit www.northvanplayers.ca for more information and tickets or call 604-983-2633.

GALLERIES Artists for Kids Gallery: 810 West 21st St., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends from noon to 4 p.m. Info: 604-903-3798 or www. artists4kidscom. The Bakehouse: 2453 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Bakehouse in Edgemont Village: 1050 Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Basic Inquiry Gallery: 1011 Main St., Vancouver. Gallery hours: Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. or by appointment at jennifermitton@telus.net. Women Painting Women: An exhibition featuring the work of four Vancouver artists runs until Feb. 18. B.C. Mills Museum at Lynn Headwater Park: 4900 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Info: 604-224-5739. Bellevue Gallery: 2475 Bellevue Ave., West Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and outside gallery hours by appointment. Info: www.bellevuegallery.ca. New Exhibit: A group show featuring nine artists runs until March 31. Binkley Sculpture Studios: 535 East First St., North Vancouver. Info: www.MichaelBinkley.com or 604-984-8574. 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. Buckland Southerst Gallery: 2460 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604-922-1915. www.bucklandsoutherst.com. Cafe for Contemporary Art: 140 East Esplanade, North Vancouver. Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Info: 778-340-3379 or cafeforcontemporaryart@gmail.com. Caroun Art Gallery: 1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver. Info: www.caroun.net, 778-372-0765 or artgallery@caroun. com. Gallery hours: Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 8 p.m. Group Painting and Drawing Exhibition with different styles, media and sizes, until Feb. 14. Casa Del Caffe: 116 East 14th St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-983-2233. CityScape Community Art Space: 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-988-6844 or www.nvartscouncil. ca. Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. See more page 15

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GROUSE Mountain will mark the one-year anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympics on Feb. 12 and 13 with a 24hour celebration. The resort will be open all night and include a pond hockey tournament for kids as well as a torch relay from the top of the mountain down to the bottom of the Cut, the lights of which will be visible throughout Vancouver, as well as the usual skiing, snowshoeing and dining. The event will mark the fourth year in a row the resort has opened all night in February, after they remained open 24 hours throughout the entire Olympics last year and for 48 and 24 hours straight the two years before that.

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CALENDAR From page 15 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. Small Stories: A mixed media exhibition with Joanne Frewer, Cathy Gibson, Gloria Shaw and Ruth Casselman, until Feb. 20. West Coast Folk Art: A mixed media exhibition with works by Jens Diercks, Lynsey Paterson and Aleksandar Visnjic, Feb. 22March 6. Opening reception: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 6-8 p.m. Artists in attendance: Saturday, Feb. 26, 2-3 p.m. The Gallery at Artisan Square: 587 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island. Info: 604-947-2454 or www.biac.ca. Hours: FridaySunday, noon-4 p.m. Gallery Jones: 1531 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604926-2233. Between Memory and Perception: Artist Pierre Coupey will talk about the relationship between poetics and painting in his recent show, Saturday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. 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 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: 209 West Fourth St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-990-3700, ext. 8016 or www. northvanmuseum.ca/. Entwined Histories: An exhibition of Native arts and artifacts showcasing the collection of Maisie Hurley, a non-native

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activist, until Nov. 6. North Vancouver Experience, an ongoing exhibit deﬁning life in North Vancouver. Presentation House Gallery: 333 Chesterﬁeld Ave., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Wednesday -Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Info: 604986-1351 or www.presentationhousegall.com. Ron Andrews Community Space: 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-980-7182. Colours Released: Beatrice Watson’s acrylic on canvas paintings of local scenes and depictions of nature will be on display until Feb. 20. Two Person Show: Jean Taylor’s acrylic on canvas paintings depicting local forests and Colette Bennett’s photos showing See more page 21

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good hair days Karen has always secretly wished she could be a participant on “What Not To Wear.” Our North Shore makeover participant, Karen, says she wishes her appearance matched who she is on the inside but hasn’t known where to start. This week Image Strategist, Patti Morrison, is taking Karen to Hair Stylist Cheryl Hardy at Alan James Hair Salon, located at 92 Lonsdale, for the first phase of this exciting six part makeover series. Cheryl Hardy has been a stylist for

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Lady Gaga meets Marie Antoinette — That’s Evolution is billed as an outlandish, romantic and glamorous gala, to take place this Saturday, Feb. 12 at Performance Works on Granville Island to beneﬁt local charity. Fashion shows will feature designs by Dita Von Teese’s corsetiere Melanie Talkington of Lace Embrace and eco-chic wedding gown designer Patty Nayel of Pure Magnolia as well as James Serino’s debut collection Electric La-La-Land and haute couture-inspired gowns by Art Institute students. Tickets are $40 online at evolution2011.eventbrite.com or in person at Lace Embrace, Pure Magnolia, The Art Institute or A Loving Spoonful.

Gala. Glam. Give. will take place Wednesday, March 2, 5;30-8 p.m. at the Birks ﬂagship store in Vancouver, with live and silent auctions and a fashion show featuring Malene Grotrian designs, modelled by Ashleigh Mclvor, Fanny Kiefer, Vicki Gabereau, Jody Vance and Erin Cebula. Tickets are $150 and include appetizers and wine bar. All proceeds will support Ovarian Cancer Canada. For more information, please contact Karen Reid Sidhu at 604-676-3434 or kreidsidhu@ ovariancanada.org. — Compiled by Layne Christensen Fashion File is a weekly column. Send your info as early as possible to lchristensen@nsnews.com.

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From page 17 doorways will be on display, Feb. 20-April 3. 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. Veils and Visions: Mixed media works by Sylvia Kavanaugh and Frank Zeidler, until March 6. Shelton Art /Studios Gallery: 3540 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604922-5356. 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. Learning to Paint: A solo show by 11 year old West Vancouver artist Jessica Beddis, until Feb. 20. Artist’s reception: Sunday, Feb. 20, 2-4 p.m. Beddis has requested that all sales proceeds be donated to her favourite animal rights protection charity. For the Love of Colour: A solo show featuring oil paintings by Lynn Webster, Feb. 22-March 6. Opening reception: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 6-8 p.m. Starﬁre Studio: 6607 Royal Ave., West Vancouver. Info: 604-922-5510 or www. See more page 22

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A Public Hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Hall, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, B.C., to provide an opportunity for Council to hear from those who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws; written submissions will be accepted up to the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

AMENDMENT TO THE LYNNMOUR/INTER RIVER LOCAL PLAN COMMUNITY AMENITY CONTRIBUTION BYLAW 7879

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Subject Lands:

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Proposed Amendments: Purpose:

To amend the Lynnmour Inter River Local Plan’s reference to community amenity contributions to bring it into conformity with the District of North Vancouver’s new Community Amenity Policy. To ensure that any references in the Local Plan are consistent with current District policy thereby reducing confusion and making sure the requirements are clear and current.

AMENDMENT TO THE LYNNMOUR/INTER RIVER LOCAL PLAN GREEN BUILDING STRATEGY BYLAW 7881

District Official Community Plan Amending Bylaw 76

Applicant:

The District of North Vancouver

Subject Land:

Lynnmour / Inter River

Proposed Amendment: Purpose:

To amend the Lynnmour / Inter River Plan’s references to green building requirements to bring the plan into conformity with the District of North Vancouver’s new Green Building Strategy. To ensure that any references in the Local Plan and the associated Lynnmour / Inter River Area One Design Guidelines for Multiplexes and Townhouses are consistent with current District policy thereby reducing confusion and making sure the requirements are clear and current.

881, 887 PREMIER STREET AND 872 ORWELL STREET AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING BYLAW BYLAW 7878

Rezoning Bylaw – 881, 887 Premier Street & 872 Orwell Street, Amending Bylaw 1264

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Subject Land:

881 Premier Street, Lot 23, Block 3, District Lot 612, Plan 2377, PID: 013-832-689 887 Premier Street, Lot 24, Block 3, District Lot 612, Plan 2377, PID: 013-832-701 872 Orwell Street, Lot F, Block 3, District Lot 612, Plan 15643, PID: 005-852-846 No Address, Lot D, Block 3, District Lot 612, Plan 15643, PID: 007-637-641 No Address, Lot E, Bock 3, District Lot 612, Plan 15643, PID: 007-637-683, and shown on map below:

Proposed Amendment:

Purpose:

Bylaw 7878 proposes to amend the Zoning Bylaw to change the zoning on the subject site from Single Family Residential (RS3) to Comprehensive Development (CD64) to permit the development of 29 townhouse units. In accordance with the Lynnmour / Inter River Plan, the application is to develop 29 family oriented townhouse units.

Copies of the bylaws, resolution, supporting staff report and other relevant background material are available from February 3, 2011 at the District of North Vancouver Clerk’s Office (Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays, between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm) or online at www.dnv.org/public_hearing. Please direct inquiries to Ms. Tamsin Guppy, Community Planner, at 604-990-2391. Mr. James Gordon Manager of Administrative Services File: 08.3060.20/075.10 District of North Vancouver 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC V7N 4N5 Main Line 604-990-2311

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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 Gallery: 195 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver. A Heart Affair: A one day event of 14 artists at work in their studios, Saturday, Feb. 12, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. The work includes both painters and sculptors. Artists Call: An inaugural annual North Shore Art Crawl is being organized for April 16 and 17 and artists and artisans are invited to open their studios to the public. If you wish to participate or assist in the planning, please contact Norman Vipond at 604-209-1197 or nvipond@yahoo.com. 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: 604-681-2577 or www.trenchgallery. com. West Vancouver Museum: 680 17th St., West Vancouver. Museum hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: 604925-7295 or www.westvancouvermuseum.ca. Time (Time Again): An exhibition of late works by Lionel Thomas and John Vanderpant, until Feb. 26. Winsor Gallery: 3025 Granville St., Vancouver. Info: 604681-4870 or www.winsorgallery.com CONCERTS Brackendale Art Gallery Theatre Teahouse: 41950 Government Rd., Brackendale. The High Bar Gang will perform, Saturday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. Admission: $20. Tickets: www.highbargang.com. Capilano University Performing Arts Theatre: 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Box office: 604-990-7810 or www.capilanou.ca/theatre. Cap Classics — Young Artists Series: Pianists form the North Shore will perform works by Beethoven, Chopin, McIntyre and Rzewski, Friday, Feb. 18 at 11:45 a.m. Free. Cap Folk and Roots Series: The Red Stick Ramblers will perform diverse styles such as traditional Cajun, western swing, blues and old-school jazz, Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $28/$25. Cates Hill Chapel: 661 Carter Rd., Bowen Island. The High Bar Gang will perform, Sunday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. Admission: $25. Tickets: www.highbargang.com. Centennial Theatre: 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: www.centennialtheatre.com. Box office: 604-984-4484. Nearly Neil and the Solitary Band: A Neil Diamond tribute, Sunday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $36. World Harmony: The Sinfonia Orchestra presents music from Korea, Japan, China, First Nations, Iran, India and more, Saturday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $35/$30/$15. Deep Cove Coffee House: St. Clare-in-the-Cove, 1384 Deep Cove Rd., North Vancouver. Info: lindabates@shaw.ca or 604929-4019. Willy Blizzard, an acoustic folks trio, will be the feature presentation, Friday, Feb. 18 at 9 p.m. Warm-up acts, 7:30 p.m. Admission: $10. Highlands United Church: 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. Info: 604-980-6071 or www.highlandsunited.org. United We Sing: An evening of choral diversity and celebration, Sunday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. Admission by donation. Funds will benefit refugee families. John Lawson Park: 750 17th St., West Vancouver. Columbia Light Festival: Mother Mother with guests Said the Whale will perform a free concert, Friday, Feb. 11 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Info: www.westvancouver.ca/columbia. Kay Meek Centre: 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Tickets: www.kaymeekcentre.com or 604-913-3634. Musically Speaking — Espana: Cellist Lee Duckles will perform a program of Spanish melodies and rhythms, Friday, Feb. 11 at 1:30 p.m. Tickets: $20. Early Music Vancouver: The Baltimore Consort will perform a mix of jazz and joy, Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. Preperfomance talk: 7:15 p.m. Tickets: $42/$37/$30. Seymour Art Gallery: 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Tickets: 604-924-1378 or www.seymourartgallery.com. The Rakish Angles will perform an intimate concert of newgrass, Latin, gypsy-jazz and oldtime music, Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $25/$22. Silk Purse Arts Centre: 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Info and reservations: 604-925-7292 or www.silkpurse.ca. The Emma Postl Trio will perform jazz melodies to wrap up the Columbia Light Festival, Saturday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Free. Machines: Musicians Elliot Vaughan on the viola and Aidan Brant-Briscall on the violin will perform a diverse program including works by Mozart and Bach, Thursday, Feb. 17 at 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $15/$12. See more page 32

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VIMFF is an annual international 9-day community festival, featuring mountain film screenings, live multimedia presentations, photography exhibitions, workshops, seminars and other special events. The show highlights awarded films, visiting 30+ communities across Canada each year, and offering additional 3-day Speaker Series program every fall in North Vancouver. Recognized as encouraging the most artistic and effective forms of communicating mountain-related experiences, inspiring audiences, and affirming the culturally, and environmentally, sensitive values inherent in active outdoor lifestyles. Matcha Latte with Director/Founder Alan Formanek

Q: What do you like the most about your job, and what is most challenging?

We met with Alan at the Waves Coffee in Lynn Valley for a cup of his favourite delicious matcha latte (he likes it with soy milk and unsweetened, tall and always for here, never to go), and asked him a few questions.

A: I like working with our great and lovely staff and volunteers, creating something out of nothing, and not leaving much of a footprint except for eyes wide open. Multitasking is one of the challenges - it’s such a mess, such an underworld of so many things. It’s also too much of an office work these days, you call do it all from your dark dungeon somewhere in the middle of the Sahara desert, all you need is a computer and internet from your local Bedouin provider, it could get quite crazy and detached. It’s one of those strange businesses where you work around towards something, and when that something comes you don’t seem to have time and energy to truly enjoy it, but then when it all really happens it all carries you away with this raw exciting energy, it is almost like a deep inner transformation.

Q: So you started VIMFF 14 years ago, how did it all happen? A: It’s a long story, starting in 1962, but to make it

short... I had been climbing for most of my life, landed a job at MEC and then began studies in literature and film in UBC. I had done a few part time gigs at festivals in Europe. VIMFF came as a natural progression of my deep passion for moving over steep rock and ice, and my interest in film and arts. Maybe I had this thing called vision and stuck to it, who knows, because then I had other visions, too, like growing oranges in Lynn Valley, which for some reason never materialized.Q: How was it the first year, did you have a clear idea of what you were getting yourself into?A: Not at all, I did not have a clue. A cinephile friend gave me some ideas on how to write a film fest business plan, others encouraged me to go for it and do it. And so we word processed what we thought was a business plan, printed some copies, and took them around to MEC, The Edge, Coast Mountain, and Arc’teryx. I always felt that North Van would be a great place for such an event, with the mountains in the backyard, and with every second man and their dog involved in some kind of outdoor activity. I am almost amazed that nobody started this before.

Q: What are you looking forward to this year? A: Timmy O’Neill will have the whole house

laughing in tears on the opening night, he is the greatest improviser. Ines Papert’s life story is a true inspiration, she is so amazingly strong, yet very genuine and humble. I also like the idea of pairing Ines with legendary alpine climber Steve Swenson in one evening. The Vancouver premiere Awakening the Skeena film on Ali Howard swimming down the river for 26 days will be a true feast. I also look forward to the ski show and the climbing finale with the local girls and boys - Jasmin Caton, Sean McColl and Will Stanhope. And I guess above all meeting the people in the lobby, old and new friends, enjoying the community atmosphere.

Festival Staff Alan Formanek Festival Director | Ivan Hughes Festival Manager | Marc Hewitt Film and Jury Coordinator Kelly Uren, Andres Mjos Production Manager | Tom Wright Production Assistant Markus Pukonen, Peter Leung Audio-Visual Coordinators | Sonja Mills Volunteer Coordinator Ali Frye Ticket Coordinator | Jamie Dahmer Photo Competition Coordinator | Steve Threndyle, Jason Smolensky PR Anna Sobieniak Design | Vlado Linek Webmaster and Webhost | Sammy Kuchmak Lobby Display Coordinator

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PROGRAM GUIDE

FRIDAY FESTIVAL OPENING

Presented by BCMC CENTENNIAL THEATRE | 7:30pm VIMFF 2011 Photo Comp Awards, live with music by Hang Johnny. GUEST SPEAKER Timmy O’Neill in Life is What you Make it - So Make it Your Own, part standup comedy, theatre, Farcebook and slideshow ➤ INTERMISSION FILM / Home Swiss Home (Schweiz, 2010, 13 min, dir. Dominique Perret): Swiss legendary skier Dominique Perret stayed at home and skied the Valaisian Alps. PRESENTATION / Bryan Smith’s Behind the Lens of Adventure exploring the humor, adrenaline and stoke behind making adventure ﬁlms. FILMS / Anirniq (Canada, 2010, 5 min, dir RJ Sauer): A short fable of an Inuit man confronting the loss of his father. Point of No Return (USA, 2010, 24 min, dir. Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen): Climbers travel to a treacherous mountain range near the border of Tibet to make a hard ﬁrst ascent. Gros Morne National Park (Canada, 2010, 2 min, dir. George Woodhouse & David Lawless): The Gros Morne Gangstas take you on a tour of their favourite national park! Tuzgle: Argentina (France, 2010, 21 min, dir. Vladimir Cellier and Julien Nadiras): Swiss climber Nina Caprez & friends go explore a new climbing hot spot in Argentina.

SATURDAY ALPINE CLIMBING EVENING

Presented by Arc’teryx CENTENNIAL THEATRE | 7:30pm FILM / As It Happens (USA, 2010, 16 min, dir. Renan Ozturk): Video dispatches from a technical new alpine climb on Tawoche high in the Himalaya. PRESENTATION / Steve Swenson: Karakoram, Struggle for the Summits – Battle Over the Land ➤ INTERMISSION FILM / The Continuum Project – Blown Away in Norway (USA, 2010, 11 min, dir Chris Alstrin): Follow along as Guy Lacelle and his good friends climb terrifying routes in the Troll land. PRESENTATION / Ines Papert: FOREVER - My Stories from a Fleeting World FILMS / The Architect (UK, 2010, 16 min, dir. Paul Difﬂey): A tribute to Jimmy Marshall and Robin Smith’s famous winter climbs on Ben Nevis in 1960. Brother’s Wild (USA, 2010, 24 min, dir. Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen): Timmy O’Neill and his paralyzed bro Sean push the limits of adaptive climbing.

SATURDAY / TRAVELS ON BIKES NIGHT Presented by Great Explorations PACIFIC CINÉMATHÈQUE | 7:30PM FILM / Take a Seat (UK, 2009, 47 min, dir. Ed Stobart & Dom Gill): Dom Gill cycles 32,000km from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego on a tandem push bike picking up strangers on the way. PRESENTATION / Robbin McKinney: Great Bike Journeys of the World ➤ INTERMISSION FILMS / The Longest Way (Germany, 2009, 5 min, dir. Christoph Rehage): A time-lapse, from 1400 photographs from a one-year walk from Beijing to Ürümqi in China. Tri Cycling Africa (Oz, 2008, 95 min, dir Jeff McLean): Jeff McLean travels across Africa on a tandem recumbent tricycle.

SUNDAY CANADA EVENING

PACIFIC CINÉMATHÈQUE | 7:30pm FILMS / Bafﬁn Babes - 80 days in the Arctic (Norway, 2010, 29 min, dir Bafﬁn Babes): An epic adventure of four young Scandinavian women pushing themselves to the limit ski-trekking 1200km in 80 days. Mammalian (Canada, 2010, 47 min, dir. by Frank Wolf): 2,000 km by canoe through North America’s largest wilderness area. ➤ INTERMISSION FILMS / Straight Up Dirty (Canada, 2011, 13 min, dir. by Markus Pukonen): Markus Pukonen attempts to stand-up paddleboard 55km from Vancouver to Nanaimo. A Life Ascending (Canada, 2010, 57 min, dir. by Stephen Grynberg): Guide Ruedi Beglinger and his young family navigate the aftermath of a massive avalanche in which 7 people died.

SUNDAY / POLISH EVENING Presented by Consulate General of the Republic of Poland H.R. MCMILLAN SPACE CENTRE | 7:30pm FILM / Touching the Miracle (Poland, 2010, 27 min, dir. Artur Hajzer & Kaja Kalicinska-Mendyk): Adventures of the hard Polish alpinists in the high ranges of the Himalayas, as they take along their mysterious lover/friend.

PRESENTATION / Marek Gronowski: Up to the Himalayas - Exploring the Himalayas is an exercise in refreshing simplicity. ➤ INTERMISSION FILMS / Balaton (Poland, 2010, 5 min, dir. Ryszard Syryczynski): Trial bike weekend spent at a competition at the Balaton lake in Hungary. What Happened on Pam Island (Poland, 2010, 63 min, dir. Eliza Kubarska): Two Polish alpinists journey to the fjords of southern Greenland to reach the world’s highest sea-cliff.

MONDAY WHITEWATER EVENING

Presented by the Vancouver Kayak Club PACIFIC CINÉMATHÈQUE | 7:30pm FILM / Book of Legends (New Zealand, 2010, 26 min, dir. Jared Meehan): An international team travel to Siberia in search of the world class white water found in the Bashkaus River in Southern Siberia. PRESENTATION / Filming on the Edge of the Earth: Science Meets Adventure in Kamchatka with adventure ﬁlmmaker and expedition kayaker Bryan Smith. ➤ INTERMISSION FILMS / Mazungu - First descent of the Congo River (UK, 2010, 20 min, dir. Phil Harwood): Phil’s epic 5 month source-to-sea solo descent of the 2922 mile Congo River. Wild Water (USA, 2010, 30 min, dir. by Anson Fogel): A journey into the mind and soul of whitewater, into the places only river runners can go, places of discovery, solitude and risk.

TUESDAY SACRED WATERS EVENING

CENTENNIAL THEATRE | 7:30pm PRESENTATION / Hayley Shephard in A Beautiful Burden, as Hayley sets out to attempt her solo sea kayak expedition around the remote SubAntarctic Island of South Georgia. ➤ INTERMISSION CONCERT / Rachelle van Zanten FILM / Awakening the Skeena (Canada, 2010, 80 min, dir. by Andrew Eddy): Ali Howard embarks on a 26 day mission to swim the entire 610 km length of the Skeena River.

TUESDAY / CLIMB FOR CHANGE EVENING PACIFIC CINÉMATHÈQUE | 7:30PM OPENING DISCUSSION / Climb For Change Co-Founder Mike Schauch in conversation with Rob Hill: what it means to climb not only for ourselves, but for a purpose far greater than ourselves. FILM / 180 Degrees South (USA, 2010, 85 min, dir. Chris Malloy): Jeff Johnson on his quest to retrace the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to deep Patagonia.

WEDNESDAY YOUTH COMMUNITY PROGRAM

CENTENNIAL THEATRE | 1:30pm PRESENTATION / Salmon Wolves in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest live presentation by BC’s award-winning photographer and author Ian McAllister.

WEDNESDAY / SPOILED EVENING CENTENNIAL THEATRE | 7:30pm PRESENTATION / Whales, wolves, spirit bears, wild salmon and the worlds largest intact temperate rainforest. Photographer, author and veteran conservationist Ian McAllister discusses the irreversible environmental impact oil tankers would bring to the BC north coast’s wildlife. MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS / Garth Lenz’s Canada’s Tar Sands captures stories of the environmental issues, threatened wilderness, devastation and the impacts on indigenous peoples through photography. On the Line by Frank Wolf about his fact ﬁnding mission that takes a ground-level look at the pipeline from the perspective of the people who live along the proposed route. PRESENTATION / Marven Robinson, Gitga’at First Nation, presents his people’s view of the proposed pipeline and tanker project. FILMS / Uncomfortably Numb (Canada, 2010, 18 min, dir. Michael Reid): Chris Rhodes and Michael Reid explore BCs coast by kayak. ➤ INTERMISSION PRESENTATIONS / Stand Up 4 Great Bear multimedia presentation by Norm Hann. Introduction to the people and wildlife of GreatBear Rainforest. Caitlyn Vernon, Sierra Club BC Coastal Campaigner, describes her experience at the Great Bear Rainforest RAVE (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition). FILM / Spoil (USA, 2010, 44 min, dir. Trip Jennings): Follow a squad of the best wildlife photographers in the world to the Great Bear Rainforest. Panel and open forum questions with all speakers.

THURSDAY SKI EVENING

CENTENNIAL THEATRE | 7:30pm FILMS / Azadi: Freedom (Canada, 2010, 27 min, dir. Anthony Bonello): A cultural ski documentary set in the disputed region of Kashmir. Cross Country Snowboarding (USA, 2007, 3 min, dir. Adam Brodie & Dave Drewlany): Skootch up and meet outsider athletes Joel & Tate, the world’s most dedicated ﬂatland snowboarders. PRESENTATION / Greg Hill’s 2 Million Reasons - Join Greg Hill as he brings us along on his journey to climb and ski 2 million vertical feet in 2010. ➤ INTERMISSION FILM / Home Swiss Home (Switzerland, 2010, 13 min, dir. Dominique Perret): Swiss skier Dominique Perret stayed at home and skied the Valaisian Alps. PRESENTATION / Ilja Herb’s Skiing the Unlikely: Tales and Photos From Central Asia and Other Corners. FILMS / The Desert River (USA, 2010, 4 min, dir. Ben Sturgulewski): Every spring in Haines, Alaska, a river bulges and rages towards the sea, fed by the thawing of a massive mountain snowpack. Scattered Flurries (USA, 2009, 4 min, dir. Ben Knight): A cinematic look at deep winter in Telluride, Colorado. Australis: An Antarctic Ski Odyssey (USA, 2010, 27 min, dir. Jim Surette): Story of skiers who reinvented themselves as free-ski mountaineers, pushing the boundaries of the sport into the Antarctic Peninsula.

THURSDAY / MOUNTAINEERING EVENING PACIFIC CINÉMATHÈQUE | 7:30PM FILM / Los Fabulosos Dos (UK, 2010, 36 min, dir. Pete Rhodes): Three impressive young climbers attempt a hard new route on the 900m Cerro Cathedral in Torres del Paine, Chilean Patagonia. PRESENTATION / Drew Brayshaw: Exploring Close To Home Mountaineering in SW BC. ➤ INTERMISSION FILMS / The Peak (Canada, 2009, 6 min, dir. Dan Perrott): Bernard is an average mountain climber, but he wants more: that last unclimbed peak. Le Monde de Gaston Rébuffat (France, 2009, 51 min, dir. Gilles Chappaz and Denis Steinberg): Life of the legendary French climber and mountain guide Gaston Rébuffat.

FRIDAY MOUNTAIN BIKING EVENING

Presented by Norco Performance Bikes CENTENNIAL THEATRE | 7:30pm FILMS / Shortcut (UK, 2010, 8 min, dir.Dave Brown): Trials Biking - Welsh style - a journey past castles, mountains, and more. North Shore Morning Commute (Canada, 2010, 3 min, dir. Adam Yunker): Follow bike shop owner Matt Juhasz as he takes you on his unconventional morning commute to work. PRESENTATION / Kris Holm: One Tired Guy – A Story On One Wheel. Kris shares ﬁlm clips, photos and stories from a decade of unicycling adventures and ﬁlm making. ➤ INTERMISSION FILMS / Balaton (Poland, 2010, 5 min, dir. Ryszard Syryczynski): Trial bike weekend spent at a competition at the Balaton lake in Hungary. Bike Trials - Regaining Balance (Canada, 2009, 10 min, dir. Sheldon Pearson): Jeff Anderson and his Vancouver riding group push the bike trials challenge. Life Cycles (Canada, 2010, 47 min, dir. Ryan Gibb & Derek Frankowski): A cinematic and stunningly beautiful portrait of the sport of mountainbiking.

SATURDAY FESTIVAL FINALE

Presented by Arc’teryx CENTENNIAL THEATRE | 7:30pm VIMFF 2011 Film Awards Ceremony FILMS / Living The Dream (USA, 2010, 3 min, dir. Renan Ozturk): A Point Of View perspective on the dirt bag climbing lifestyle. The Prophet (UK, 2010, 42 min, dir. Alastair Lee): Following the UK’s top big wall climber Leo Houlding as he revisits his 10 year project on Yosemite’s El Cap. PRESENTATION / Will Stanhope: A year in review with Will Stanhope”The ﬁrst free ascent of the Turret and Adamants, 4 routes on the Chief in one day, and the Southern Belle on Half Dome. ➤ INTERMISSION FILM / Hollow Caves (UK, 2010, 9 min, dir. Alastair Lee): Deep water solo protagonist Neil Gresham shows what it’s all about with one of the UK’s hardest deep water solo’s to date. PRESENTATION / Jasmin Caton: Babes, Big Walls and Bad Shrooms - Climbing in the Tasermiut Fjord, Greenland. PRESENTATION / Sean McColl: Europe 2010 - a season in climbing world champ’s life. FILMS / Les Dessous de Ganesh (France, 2010, 15 min, dir. Vladimir Cellier and Julien Nadiras): Recount of the ﬁrst ascent of “Ganesh” [8b +] by Gerome Pouvreau in Badami, India. Dusk till Dawn (UK, 2010, 6 min, dir. Alastair Lee): Pembrokeshire explorer extraordinaire Dave Pickford climbs his stunning new route.

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VIMFF 2011 Films Home Swiss Home

Tri Cycling Africa

Switzerland, 2010, 13 min Directed by Dominique Perret, Produced by Vertical Zoo Films

Australia, 2008, 95 min Directed by Jeff McLean

Feb 11 & 17 Centennial Theatre

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Feb 12 Paciﬁc Cinematheque

Jeff McLean and his cameraman travel across West Africa for two months on a bizarre and highly unique form of transport: a tandem recumbent tricycle. Along the way they experience the challenges of a completely unplanned journey: breakdowns, language barriers, exhaustion and theft leave the duo stranded and desperate. The ﬁlm focuses on the ﬁne qualities of the indigenous peoples: a hardy, happy, and diverse population.

Legendary Swiss free skier Dominique Perret and his team made the most of an ideal winter to ski Valais’ famous 4,000m peaks. His free-ﬂowing style of skiing is cast against a backdrop of steep slopes and glaciers with dazzling seracs and dark crevasses, making this ﬁlm a true work of art!

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France, 2010, 21 min Directed by Vladimir Cellier and Julien Nadiras

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Swiss climber Nina Caprez and nine French climbing gentlemen explore a new climbing hot spot under the Tuzgle volcano in Argentina, an unexplored wonderland littered with boulders and crags nested at 4200 m of elevation. The amazing scenery and unique style of editing dazzle viewers and leave them wanting more… which we have! Les Dessous de Ganesh, created by the team of directors that made Tuzgle, screens on the VIMFF Finale Evening on Feb 19.

A 2,000 km arctic canoe journey from Yellowknife to Rankin Inlet provides the setting for this intimate, sideways look at the largest wilderness area in North America. From the deepest heart of the barrenlands, the ﬁlmmakers have emerged with a compelling portrait of the landscape and a new discovery that will shock the natural world! Featuring world-class adventurer and explorer, North Vancouver’s own Frank Wolf!

As it Happens

Feb 12 Centennial Theatre

What Happened on Pam Island

USA, 2010, 16 min Directed and Produced by Renan Ozturk

Feb 13 H.R.McMillan Space Centre

Renan Ozturk and Cory Richards broke the mould for conventional mountain ﬁlm making by releasing short video dispatches of their technical new alpine climb on Tawoche (6,500 m), high in the Himalaya. Despite being far away from a production studio, their camera work and editing is ﬂawless, allowing viewers at home to be inspired by their real-time high altitude adventure!

Poland, 2010, 63 min Directed and Produced by Eliza Kubarska A Polish alpinist couple take a lonely journey to the fjords of the Southern Greenland to climb and summit the world’s highest sea-cliff. This docu-ﬁction also tells a different story behind the expedition: one of love and passion. The ﬁlm beautifully captures the serenity and intensity of romance on a climbing expedition!

Brother’s Wild

Feb 12 Centennial Theatre

WildWater

USA, 2010, 24 min Directed by Peter Mortimer & Nick Rosen, Produced by Sender Films

Feb 14 Paciﬁc Cinematheque USA, 2010, 30 min Directed & Produced by Anson Fogel

Two brothers – Timmy O’Neill, a pro climber, and Sean O’Neill, who is paralyzed from the waist down – push the limits of adaptive climbing, conquering the 3,000-foot face of El Capitan. Then it’s on to the Ruth Gorge of Alaska, where they cross a treacherous glacier to climb a remote rock wall. In a storm-stricken land that would challenge even able-bodied climbers. Watch also Timmy’s live presentation on Feb 11!

WildWater is a journey into the mind and soul of whitewater kayaking, and a visually stunning feast for the senses. Image, sound and ideas trump all else and communicate the essence and soul of wild places and whitewater. Borrowing Hollywood ﬁlm tools and techniques, WildWater brings not only new perspectives, but new images to kayaking and the world of adventure cinema.

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Awakening the Skeena

Le Monde de Gaston Rébuffat

Feb 15 Centennial Theatre

Feb 17 Paciﬁc Cinematheque

Canada, 2010, 80 min Directed by Andrew Eddy, Produced by Amy Jones

France, 2009, 51 min Directed by Gilles Chappaz and Denis Steinberg, Produced by Seven Doc - MedeO - France 3

At the intersection of three of the last wild rivers of North America, in an area known as the Sacred Headwaters, a battle is underway to halt proposals for coal bed methane that threaten this fragile ecosystem and a way of life. To raise awareness of this pending environmental disaster, local resident, and chef, Ali Howard, embarks on a 26 day mission to swim the entire 610 km length of the Skeena River.

This historic documentary celebrates the life of the legendary French climber and mountain guide Gaston Rébuffat who rose to international prominence in 1950, and passed away 25 years ago. His insistence on seeing a climb as an act of harmonious communion with the mountain, not a battle waged against it, seemed radical at the time, though Rébuffat’s view has since won the day.

180° South

Feb 15 Paciﬁc Cinematheque

Life Cycles

Feb 18 Centennial Theatre

USA, 2010, 85 min Directed by Chris Malloy, Produced by Woodshed Films

Canada, 2010, 47 min Directed by Ryan Gibb & Derek Frankowski

180 Degrees South follows Jeff Johnson, a bold and daring modern explorer, on his quest to retrace the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to deep Patagonia. Along the way he gets shipwrecked off Easter Island, rides the longest wave of his life, and prepares himself for a rare ascent of Cerro Corcovado. As he travels, his eyes open up to the environmental disasters that threaten these places. Featuring songs by Jack Johnson!

Life Cycles tells a spectacular story of a bike, from its creation to its eventual demise. Ryan Gibb and Derek Frankowski paint with the camera using time lapse, textures and movement. A visually stunning journey with breath-taking natural settings and thought provoking narration, Life Cycles uses Ultra HD to document the many stories surrounding the mountain bike and its culture.

Spoil

The Prophet

Feb 16 Centennial Theatre

Feb 19 Centennial Theatre

Canada, 2010, 40 min Directed by Trip Jennings

UK, 2010, 42 min Directed by: Alastair Lee Produced by: Posing Productions

Spoil follows a team of some of the best wildlife photographers to the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia as they team up with Coastal First Nations in the ﬁght to save this coast from a catastrophic oil spill. Led by indigenous community members, the photographers attempt to capture the forest, the ocean, the people and the elusive Spirit Bear. All of these are caught in the balance of what is quickly becoming one of Canada’s - and North America’s - deﬁning environmental battles.

Azadi: Freedom

Feb 17 Centennial Theatre Canada, 2010, 27min Directed by Anthony Bonello, Produced by Will Lascelles & Matt This ﬁlm displays the colourful and iconic local characters within the skiing culture of the Gulmarg Ski Resort in the disputed region of Kashmir, and conveys their passion for the mountains. The crew travels into the mountains to capture the aesthetic beauty of the landscape and the livelihoods of a people eager to dispel the stigma that Kashmir is a dangerous place to travel.

“I’M NOT ESCAPING FROM REALITY, I’M ESCAPING TO REALITY.”

The Prophet follows the UK’s top big wall climber, Leo Houlding, as he revisits his 10 year project: an exceptionally steep, loose and difﬁcult route on the East face of Yosemite’s El Capitan. Leo describes the route as ‘the wildest climb I’ve ever been on’. The adventures of this crazy climb have to be seen to be believed!

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New Zealand born and Vancouver Island based wilderness guide and expedition leader, Hayley Shephard set out to attempt the ﬁrst ever solo sea kayak expedition around the remote Sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. An exceptionally isolated, storm thrashed island, South Georgia stands alone in the path of relentless storms and savage winds of the Southern Ocean.

Kris Holm started riding a unicycle in 1986, and in the past 10 years has become the best-known ambassador of the remarkable sport of mountain unicycling. Kris shares film clips, photos and stories from a decade of adventures and film making (including 5 previous films at VIMFF) in places such as Bhutan, Mongolia, Mexico and the legendary North Shore.

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Wed, Feb 16 Centennial Theatre Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm

Bryan Smith is an adventure ﬁlmmaker and expedition kayaker par excellence based out of Squamish, BC. From base jumping to extreme whitewater, and from hand-held cameras to quarter million dollar cinema cameras, his experience from behind the lens is just as much of an adventure as the action he is shooting. (Bryan will be also showing his Kamchatka presentation at the Paciﬁc Cinematheqe on Feb 14.)

From Alberta’s rolling plains, over the magniﬁcent Rockies, through mighty rivers and the pristine Great Bear Rainforest – we are spoiled with the natural beauty and thriving ecosystems of the North. However, all of this is at risk. At risk of being spoiled by the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline project which threatens the lands, ecosystems, cultures and communities of the north.

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Fri, Feb 11 Centennial Theatre Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm Part stand-up comedy, theatre, Farcebook and slideshow, Timmy shares his climbs and lessons. From his adventures with his paraplegic brother Sean to travelling around the world on humanitarian missions and wild expeditions in between. Get ready to laugh and learn!

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Ilja Herb:

Ines Papert:

Skiing the Unlikely: Tales and Photos From Central Asia and Other Corners

FOREVER - My Stories from a Fleeting World

Thurs, Feb 17 Centennial Theatre Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm

Sat, Feb 12 Centennial Theatre Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm Ines Papert is living her dream in between rock and ice – and as the mother of her nine year old son. Born in Germany, she is a four-time world champion and multiple world cup winner in ice climbing. She is drawn to far away countries and the mountains, dreaming to really live life. FOREVER tells us stories about extreme climbing and capturing those moments with fantastic images.

Steve Swenson:

Karakoram, Struggle for the Summits – Battle Over the Land Sat, Feb 12 Centennial Theatre Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm Steve Swenson’s show summarizes 30 years of climbing in the Karakoram and discovering that alongside the climbers, the armies of China, India, and Pakistan are faced off in a deadly dispute over the land.

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One Tired Guy – A Story On One Wheel

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Will Stanhope:

Thurs, Feb 17 Centennial Theatre Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm

Sat, Feb 19 Centennial Theatre Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm

Join Greg Hill as he brings us along on his journey in 2010. He dreamed up this idea and for years he worked diligently till ﬁnally he attempted to climb and ski 2 million feet in 2010. Starting in Revelstoke, and skiing throughout the Columbias, the States, the Rockies, the St. Elias range he explored many summits. Greg will bring us along with photos and video to the summits of the 71 mountains he climbed.

When not on the road, Will spends his time in Squamish BC where the new-route gems never seem to run out. A granite-lover at heart, Will’s passion lies in beautiful lines, on the crags or in the mountains. Will’s presentation covers the ﬁrst free ascent of the Turret, Adamants, 4 routes on the Chief in one day, and the Southern Belle on Half Dome.

A year in review with Will Stanhope

Drew Brayshaw: Exploring Close To Home - Mountaineering in SW BC Thurs, Feb 17 | Doors 7:00pm | Show 7:30pm

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Rock climbers Jasmin Caton and Kate Rutherford went to southern Greenland in search of long free routes on granite big walls. Finding themselves in a mind-blowingly beautiful landscape with high quality stone and a tragic amount of rainy weather they sucked it up and completed ascents of two of the major features in the area, but only after they had ﬁnished all the wine, chocolate and US magazines.

Sean McColl is an avid 23-year-old sport climber who has been competing for the past 12 years. Sean’s home gym is The Edge Climbing Center in North Vancouver where he also helps coach The Edge Youth Climbing team. In addition, he was named one of the assistant coaches for both the 2009 and 2010 Canadian Youth National Teams.

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Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, China, Georgia, Indiana, Newfoundland - these destinations are not exactly synonymous with high quality skiing, let alone ski culture. However, upon closer inspection, and a few glasses of fermented and curdled goat milk, these destinations all reveal rich ski traditions and culture far from the glitz and monied slopes of the modern ski experience.

Robbin McKinney: Great Bike Journeys of the World Sat, Feb 12 | Doors 7:00pm | Show 7:30pm

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This trip to Neverland is one wild ride ■ Peter Panties by Niall McNeil and Marcus Youssef, a Neworld Theatre and Leaky Heaven Circus co-production as part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival at the Cultch to Feb. 13.

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IN one tremendously honourable way, Peter Panties is a work of love. I wish I had understood that at the beginning of the performance; it would have shaped my response to the play. As it was, I marvelled at much of the production’s theatricality,

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NIALL McNeil co-authors and performs in Peter Panties at the Cultch as part of the PuSh Festival.

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clearly I wasn’t the only one — and it didn’t have to be that way. Prior to the start of the performance, the audience hears a conversation, or parts of conversations, about Peter Panties. Amid the bustle of ﬁnding seats, I thought “rehearsal stuff; more theatrical deconstruction,” and didn’t/ couldn’t understand that what I was hearing was some of the year-long process in which writer/director Marcus Youssef (A Line in the Sand, Ali and Ali) discussed Peter Pan with Niall McNeil. That artistic exploration was recorded, transcribed and transformed by directors Steven Hill and Lois Anderson and their creative team into Peter Panties. Video of some of that process is projected onto sheets during

the performance. If that video had been played before the start of the play, I think I would have understood the signpost and the way forward. I wish it had been that way (and you know what Peter Pan says about wishes, Niall and Marcus!). McNeil, who has acted with Caravan Theatre, has been part of Leaky Heaven Circus from its formation in 1999. He is well known and well loved by the East Side fan club that supports Leaky Heaven’s co-operative ventures. He has Down syndrome. McNeil imagines an interface between Neverland and the real world in which Peter Pan, Wendy and The Lost Boys are older. Old enough to See Grow page 32

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CALENDAR From page 22 La Femme Fatale: Mezzo-soprano Debi Wong and pianist Margit Juhasz will perform a recital of pieces about mysterious women and their timeless charms, Thursday, Feb. 24, 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $15/$12. Banned Music: A program featuring music which has been suppressed for political, religious or ethnic reasons, Tuesday, March 1, 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $15/$12. St. Andrew’s United Church: 1044 St. Georges St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-985-0408 or www.st-andrews-united.ca. A Concert for Brian: Espiritu Vocal Ensemble, Pandora’s Vox, the A Capella Chorus and the St. Andrew’s Children’s Choirs will join their voices in a concert to celebrate the life of Brian Wood, Sunday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $25 at the door. Proceeds to the Brian Wood memorial trust fund. West Vancouver Memorial Library: 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604-925-7407 or www.westvanlib.org. Music at the Library: An evening with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra music director Bramwell Tovey, Friday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. Free. West Vancouver United Church: 2062 Esquimalt Ave., West Vancouver. Love is in the Air: A performance by the Paciﬁc Spirit Choir featuring soprano Natalie Choquette, Saturday, Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. Special guests: Calvin Dyck and the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra. Admission: $25/$20. Tickets: 604-922-9171. photo submitted

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Grow up, Peter; the world isn’t made of pixie dust From page 31 smoke and drink while watching TV. Old enough to want sex, but backstage and “panties on” in the “reality” of the stage world, on stage with a plastic tube, balloon and doll for a quick impregnation, pregnancy and birth for a searing and hilarious theatrical image. The company’s decision to honour McNeil’s ideas means boundaries are not so much blurred as smashed aside: Captain Hook becomes Macbeth becomes a modern murderer whose crime is investigated as an episode of CSI: Las Vegas; Wendy and Tinkerbell’s antipathy builds to a cat ﬁght (played as shadow theatre and cleverly Victorian); Wendy isn’t really murdered or is reborn or is a different Wendy (yes, it’s confusing); she marries McNeil for a stereotypical happy ending leaving Peter Pan alone and forgotten to illustrate what happens to boys who don’t grow up and believe too strongly that “all the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”

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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, 7:30-11:30 p.m. Rusty Gull: 175 East First

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A34 - North Shore News - Friday, February 11, 2011

AMERICAN Memphis Blues Barbeque House

CASUAL DINING $$

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!

AUSTRIAN

CHINESE $$$

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

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WiFi

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

$$$

250 East 1st Street, N. Van. 604-987-0789

$$$

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

The Cheshire Cheese Restaurant & Bar

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.

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

$$$$

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.

$$$

A West Vancouver Favorite for 25 years. Daily specials.

1373 Marine Dr. (2nd ﬂr) W. Van. 604-926-4913

GREEK

Neighbourhood Noodles House

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.

Kypriaki Taverna

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.

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.

1356 Marine Dr, N. Van. 604-985-7955

Voted Best Pub on the North Shore for a reason.Extensive menu boasting Pub,West Coast & Asian fare dishes plus great weekly & daily food features.20 plus beers on tap.Take-Out menu available. Close to public transportation,free parking,fully enclosed,heated, smoke-free veranda.Reserve your event or party today [8-30 ppl excluding Fridays].Follow us on Facebook & Twitter. 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.

The Rusty Gull

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.

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

86 Semisch Ave., N. Van. 604-984-3087

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

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

SEAFOOD C-Lovers Fish & Chips

The best ﬁsh & chips on the North Shore! Marine Dr. @ Pemberton, N. Van. 604-980-9993

The Fish House In Stanley Park

$$$

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

WEST COAST $$

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.

116 East 15th St, N. Van. 604-986-7555 www.palkirestaurant.com

Mountain Sushi

1440 Lonsdale Avenue, N. Van. 604 990 0111 www.tamarindhill.ca

1970 Spicer Road, N. Van. 604-924-1834 A Tom & Binnie Production

INDIAN Handi Cuisine of India

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.

The Black Bear Pub

FRENCH Chez Michel

Tamarind Hill Malaysian Cuisine

Village Tap House

PUB

1615 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 604-980-2328

1995 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 604-904-4430 www.fatburger.com

BRITISH

The Observatory

MALAYSIAN

2229 Folkestone Way, W. Van. Reservations: www.salmonhouse.com or call 604-926-3212

1352 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 604-988-9885

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.

Le Bistro Chez Michel

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.

1629 Lonsdale Ave, N. Van. 604-929-3699 www.memphisbluesbbq.com

Best Little Schnitzel House in Town

LEGEND

The MarinaSide Grill

1653 Columbia St, N. Van. 2 blks South of Main & Mtn Hwy under bridge 604-988-0038 www.marinagrill.com

Jagerhof Restaurant

FINE DINING

The Lobby Restaurant at the Pinnacle Hotel

$$$

Inspired by BC’s natural abundance of fabulous seafood and the freshest of ingredients, dishes are prepared to reﬂect west coast cuisine. Open 7-days a week for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late night lounge. 138 Victory Ship Way, N. Van. 604-973-8000 www.pinnaclepierhotel.com

Friday, February 11, 2011 - North Shore News - A35

FILM

Bieber fever knows no bounds SHOWTIMES EMPIRE ESPLANADE 6 200 West Esplanade, North Vancouver 604-983-2762 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 3D — Fri, Mon-Thur 7:15, 9:50; Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 p.m. Barney’s Version — Fri, Mon-Thur 6:30, 9:30; SatSun 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 p.m. The Roommate (PG) — Fri, Mon-Thur 7:30, 9:55; SatSun 1:15, 4, 7:30, 9:55 p.m. True Grit (14A) — Fri, MonThur 7, 9:45; Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:45 p.m. The Eagle (PG) — Fri, MonThur 6:50, 9:40; Sat-Sun 1, 3:40, 6:50, 9:40 p.m. Tangled 3D (G) — Fri, MonThur 6:45; Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:45 p.m. 127 Hours (14A) — Fri-Thur 9:35 p.m.

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Julie Crawford ■ Never Say Never. Directed by Jon Chu. Featuring Justin Bieber. Rating: 7 (out of 10) Mothers, lock up your sons: I have Bieber-fever. He’s only 16, after all, and I am… not. Before tonight I knew little about the teenaged phenom from Stratford, Ontario, other than that the mere mention of his name rankles my tween boys, even when I point out that their haircuts are suspiciously Bieberish and girls seem to like it that way. My new crush was born sometime during the screening of Never Say See New page 40

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A36 - North Shore News - Friday, February 11, 2011

FILM

Shephard sharing stories of adventures

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until Feb. 19. Shephard’s presentation, being held Tuesday, is entitled A Beautiful Burden, a reference to Romantic-era poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famed work “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” “It’s sort of encompassing, both the expedition and how it was a beautiful experience, but there was a lot of burdens along the way and obstacles that I had to face,” she says. “Same with what the albatross are facing: they’re a beautiful seabird and they carry a burden with what’s going on with their numbers.” Shephard, 41, is originally from New Zealand and has called Canada home for the last 18 years. A self-described “tomboy outdoor kid,” as a 14-year-old she got involved with Outdoor Pursuits and was introduced to a variety of activities, from kayaking to rock climbing. “It was quite natural that I turned it into my life, my hobby, my work,” she says. Shephard started off as a classroom teacher, though eventually answered the call of the wild and hasn’t looked back. As a wilderness guide and expedition leader, her work takes her all over the world, from trips in polar regions — the arctic, Antarctic and Greenland included — to local excursions. In addition to outdoor adventure, she has a strong interest in environmental conservation. “The more time I spent in the outdoors, whether it was kayak guiding in Johnstone Strait, spending time with the killer whales there, and then of course my work in the Arctic and Antarctic, just spending time with animals (I realized) the pressure that they’re under and the habitat that they’re losing, and often due to human impact,” she says. Shephard also does environmental work. For example, last summer she worked from home with Straitwatch, a non-proﬁt marine mammal monitoring and education program operating around Vancouver Island. Her job was to educate boaters about their movements around killer whales and the best ways to enjoy them without interfering. Shephard has undertaken three major solo sea kayak circumnavigations of islands — Vancouver Island in 1999, Haida Gwaii in 2005 and South Georgia last winter. She’s drawn to the intimacy felt with nature while alone. “Whether it’s the weather, the change in the current on the ocean, the wildlife, you notice everything because you’ve got no other distractions,” she says. Shephard is also attracted to the self-reliance required by such a journey. She likes how she has to make decisions on her own, deal with their outcomes and manage herself in stressful situations.

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SHEPHARD has undertaken three major solo sea kayak circumnavigations of islands — Vancouver Island in 1999, Haida Gwaii in 2005 and South Georgia last winter. At her Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival appearance, Shephard will share the story of her South Georgian adventure, accented with photographs and video footage. The idea for the journey started 12 years ago as a dream. “I stepped foot on South Georgia Island and, as a kayaker, I just wanted to explore all of the nooks and crannies,” she says. Through guiding she’s worked with a number of bird biologists and seen for herself the challenges facing the albatross. According to the World Wildlife Fund, a number of species of the seabird are in trouble, with some listed as critically endangered. In addition to commercial ﬁshing practices, habitat loss, introduced predators, ingestion of or getting tangled up in plastic, oil spills and climate change are listed as causes. Shephard felt the circumnavigation attempt would be a great means of bringing her love of adventure and nature together. Calling the expedition Kayaking to Save the Albatross she faced a

number of challenges before even setting off, from sailing delays to get to South Georgia to bad weather. Her support team even experienced a medical emergency, seeing her skipper lose his finger. To top things off, Shephard’s kayak was damaged during transport. “You can imagine how relieved I was to finally get going,” she says. However, due to the late departure and pending storm season, she was unable to complete the trek, making it a third of the way around. “I felt at first it was a failed expedition, and then a few days alone on South Georgia and a few emails coming through of good wise words it turned it around,” says Shephard. “I realized, ‘Wow, I still have camped and kayaked alone around parts of South Georgia.’” As well, she still had an adventure story she could use to raise awareness of the albatross. “There was lots of success in an incompleted expedition,” she says. In addition to speaking engagements, Shephard is in the process of writing a book and creating a documentary film based on her journey. For more information, visit www.kayakingtosavealbatross.com.

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Friday, February 11, 2011 - North Shore News - A37

MUSIC

Said the Whale have tunes, will travel Juno nominees heading back out on the road ■ Said the Whale with Mother Mother, John Lawson Park, bottom of 16th St. at Argyle Ave, West Vancouver, tonight, 6 p.m. All ages. Free admission as part of the Columba Light Festival.

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INDIE rockers Said the Whale kick off a busy year with a performance tonight at John Lawson Park on a double bill with Mother Mother. Earlier this week the Vancouver band were nominated for a Juno in the best New Group category and recently they placed second in the 2010 Peak Performance Project. Initially, Said the Whale were leery about entering the Peak competition, but the entire experience was worthwhile, says Tyler Bancroft. “We’ve got nothing but good things to say about that whole program,” says the guitarist/vocalist. “We were photo Jonathan Taggart a bit skeptical going into it SAID the Whale play tonight at West Vancouver’s John Lawson Park with Mother Mother as part of the Columba Light Festival. because of the whole contest thing but those doubts were quashed early on. It was a Schoening (drums). “Ben and I were really good friends in high Peter Carruthers (bass) and Jaycelyn Brown (keyboards) round community-oriented group of musicians who were involved in it school,” says Bancroft. “We did a bunch of acoustic music together out the band. Said the Whale have spent the last couple of years and as much as you think you know about the music industry you and planned to do something with that but we didn’t know who developing their sound and building a fanbase right across Canada can always learn more. For that reason the boot camp was really with or in what capacity. Spencer was a couple of years younger with a regimen of almost constant touring. “We’ve just sort of good for all of us because they had all these industry folks up there than us so we didn’t hang out with him too much in high school, made that our M.O.,” says Bancroft. “As soon as we were home leading panel discussions. We were doing classes every day and it was invaluable.” but when we were looking for a drummer he was the obvious from our ﬁrst tour we were planning the next one. I think we’ve Bancroft formed Said the Whale in 2007 with fellow Eric choice. He was always really big into the band programs and had a See CBC page 38 Hamber grads Ben Worcester (guitar/vocals) and Spencer reputation as being the good drummer.”

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A38 - North Shore News - Friday, February 11, 2011

MUSIC

CBC Radio 3 helped to establish the band From page 37 crossed Canada eight or nine times or something like that by now.” Favourite stops on the road include Lethbridge, Alta. and St. John’s, Newfoundland. “Lethbridge has been an incredible show every single time we’ve been there,” says Bancroft. “I think on our first tour that was the first show where there was more than 20 people. The Slice in Lethbridge is a small-capacity room but it’s got a special place in our hearts. “More recently it’s been thrilling to get to go to the East Coast. We had to skip (going that far) on our first tours just because it’s so expensive. St. John’s in particular is a beautiful, beautiful city and the shows have been amazing.” Bancroft also credits CBC Radio 3’s Grant Lawrence with helping the band establish a national presence. “When we were on our first tour in 2007 we were at North by Northeast in Toronto and met Grant Lawrence at one of his panel discussions. We introduced ourselves to him afterwards and gave him our record. He listened to it and a couple of weeks later put one of our songs on his podcast. He’s been an enormous supporter ever since and same with everybody else at CBC Radio 3. They’ve been just incredible to us.” Said the Whale have released two albums (Taking Abalonia, 2008 and Islands Disappear, 2009) and are currently writing tunes for a third but are taking a break from the process for a couple of back-to-back tours. “It all sort of just happened accidentally,” says Bancroft. “We got accepted to South by Southwest and thought we might as well make our first tour down the coast to get there. And then after that we got the offer for the Tokyo Police Club tour and there is no way in hell we would say no to that. It’s going to be an awesome spring. We have a few new songs now and it always helps to go and test them on the road.” Said the Whale play two shows locally in the next week before heading south. The band will open for Mother Mother tonight at John Lawson Park as part of West Vancouver’s Columba Light Festival and on Feb. 14 they will play a Valentine’s Day acoustic set at the Rio Theatre before a screening of the film The Princess Bride.

Mother Mother play free gig

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MOTHER Mother play tunes from their new album, Eureka, tonight at John Lawson Park on a bill with Said the Whale as part of the Columba Light Festival. Produced by the band’s own Ryan Guldemond and mixed by Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Franz Ferdinand, Elvis Costello) the album is ofﬁcially released on March 15.

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March 1 Beady Eye (Oasis’ Liam Gallagher) — Different Gear, Still Speeding; Lykke Li — Wounded Rhymes; Rural Alberta Advantage — Departing; March 8 Bruce Cockburn — Small Source Of Comfort; Avril Lavigne — Goodbye Lullaby; R.E.M.— Collapse Into Now March 15 Mother Mother — Eureka; Telekinesis — 12 Desperate Straight Lines; J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) — Several Shade Of Why.

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Game, set, match: Tennis justify the hype Brian Pascual Contributing writer

TENNIS have just released their debut album, Cape Dory, on Fat Possum Records.

We should always be cautious of Internet hype, but in some cases a band can actually live up to the early praise foisted on them and deliver. Case in point: husband-and-wife lo-ﬁ popsters, Tennis. On the strength of two breezy, and irresistibly catchy 2010 singles, and a recently-released debut album that perfectly combines all the best parts of ’50s pop, Doo-Wop, ’60s girl groups, garage and indie slack, Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore are setting out to prove their songs are worth all the advanced accolades that precede them wherever they go. And perhaps Vancouver fans were eager to see Tennis prove themselves just as much, because the Media Club crowd started settling in earlier than most nights. As a result, openers Air Waves were warmly greeted by an almost full room. A simple four-piece from Brooklyn lacking any pretension whatsoever (with the exception of their guitarist/keyboard player’s ironic, old-school, oversized glasses), their brand of bouncy, folk-based, countriﬁed pop sets them apart from other like-minded bands because of lead singer/guitarist Nicole Schneit’s gorgeously haunting vocals. Carrying herself with an unassuming and easygoing nature, it seems almost unfathomable Schneit can sound equal parts PJ Harvey, Billie Holiday and Patsy Cline with such little effort. Playing a set comprised of their recent debut full-length, Dungeon Dots, highlights included the infectiously catchy “Knockout,” and the boppy, strummy “Lightning,” during which Schneit called Tennis’ Moore up to the stage to help sing the chorus’ “Oh, oh, ohs.” Ranging between rollicking and beat-heavy (“Sweetness”), slow and hazy (“Ride”), and soft balladry (“Waters”), Air Waves showed why they are so hard to pin down, while quietly but poignantly proving themselves to be a band to take notice of. With Schneit’s voice and songwriting, and one of the indie world’s tastemaker labels backing them (Underwater Peoples), it doesn’t seem too far of a stretch to think the next time Air Waves come through Vancouver they will be headlining their own shows. With a packed house perfectly warmed-up for them by their openers, Tennis had little trouble tagging in and taking control of the rest of the night. Despite their economical setup of drums, Moore on her Hammond keyboard, and Riley with his Stratocaster, they are really able to expand their sound

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beyond the oft-times mufﬂed, bedroom sound of their album’s songs. In a live setting these quiet pop songs take on a more immediacy with a bigger drum sound and Moore’s angelic vocals given the room to take off. Clear crowd favourites were the snap-happy “Marathon,” which perhaps best shows off Tennis’ ability to combine the sweet pop sounds of the ’50s with garage punk; “Seafarer” and the undeniably catchy “Woa oh ohs” of its chorus; and the pretty, slow-building “South Carolina.” And when Moore crooned, “I will be there/I promise to take care of you,” during the achingly heartwarming “Pigeon,” it was near impossible not to go weak in the knees and melt on the spot. Dressed like guidance counselors from 1988 (she in highwaisted, pleated slacks and tucked-in cardigan; he in tassled loafers and button-down collared shirt), Moore and Riley’s onstage chemistry was subtle but cute. Maybe self-conscious of showing too much affection during their set, both husband and wife limited their contact to periodic eye contact and smiling

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(although at one point Moore playfully and adorably undid an extra button on Riley’s shirt to sexy him up a bit more). With minimal banter their connection to the crowd was slightly lacking, preferring to let their music do the talking for them at this point. Perhaps still getting comfortable playing their songs live, it’s completely fair that this relatively new band might be a little shy onstage. Moore did endear herself to the crowd by handing out the band’s free drink tickets to people in the front row (all three members stuck to drinking water). Other notable highlights included Moore’s crane-like, whirling dervish, Kate Bush dance moves; and the band doing a pretty faithful cover of Brenda Lee’s 1964 pop hit “Is It True?” (which, if you listen to the original, would sound completely at home on Tennis’ record). The only blemish on an otherwise perfect set was the absence of an encore, since the band had already played their entire album plus the cover and two new songs. Internet hype and living up to expectations? Bah, no need for caution here. Game, set and match. Tennis for the win.

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CALENDAR From page 33 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 604-9855646. OTHER EVENTS Capilano University Performing Arts Theatre: 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Box office: 604-990-7810 or www.capilanou.ca/theatre. Film Series — The Topp Twins — Untouchable Girls: Singing, dancing and yodeling lesbian twin sisters reveal all, Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $9/$5. Pacific Arbour Speaker Series: Boxing champion Dr. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, falsely convicted for murder, presents his book Eye of the Hurricane: My Path

from Darkness to Freedom, Monday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $25/$22. Centennial Theatre: 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Box ofﬁce: 604-984-4484 or www. centennialtheatre.com. The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF): Climbing and wilderness adventure ﬁlms, Feb. 11-19, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $20/$18. Kay Meek Centre: 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Info and tickets: www.kaymeekcentre. com or 604-913-3634. Movies at the Meek — Waste Land: A documentary highlighting the transformative power of art, Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $12. English and Portuguese with English subtitles. 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, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. Topic: What is a community? Admission: $5. Vancouver Art Gallery: 750 Hornby St., Vancouver. Manifestos Now: The Capilano Review will help launch this exhibition with readings of manifestos, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 6-9 p.m. 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, Feb. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Topic: Is Kris Kristofferson right when he sings: “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose”? Admission: $5. West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre: 695 21st St., West Vancouver. — compiled by Debbie Caldwell . Email information for your North Shore event to listings@nsnews.com.

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New film documents Bieber’s ride to top From page 35 Never, a 3D biopic shot during the 10-day lead-up to Bieber’s sellout gig at Madison Square Garden, the concert venue holy of holies. I winced when deafening screams rang out as we put on our glasses and chants of “Jus-tin! Jus-tin!” momentarily drowned out all else. I admired the opening, featuring popular youtube snippets (sneezing panda, wedding blunder) including those of teeny Bieber. And I grudgingly admitted that the kid has more innate talent than a lot of people give him credit for (and someone’s been behind him with a video camera every step of the way to prove it). The film draws on this wealth of footage to tell the story of how Bieber caught the attention of a newbie agent, who caught the attention of Usher. Despite that stellar friendship, Team Bieb endured the high school circuit and flogged the songs at local radio stations hoping someone would take him seriously. In the end Bieber’s success resulted from the power of social networking, and a new era in record promotion. “I’m going to shave my head,” is the most dangerous thing JB utters in the film, for cutting those trademark locks would sever his power (ie merchandising power), Samson-style. The Bieb doesn’t get to say all that much, actually, though we see plenty of him shooting hoops with the guys, singing with Boyz II Men, Ludacris and Miley Cyrus, and handing out front-row tickets to delirious fans. I face competition from my five-year-old, who declared “I’m going to marry Justin Beaver,” and who has osmotically learned the words to “Baby”, much to my boys’ chagrin. That adulation and horror sums up the gender schism when it comes to Bieber, but his girl fans don’t seem to mind. As a film, it’s a seven, due to the third-act lag when JB gets a sore throat and things veer from the upbeat. As a feast for the eyes, it’s like, a billion! Especially when The Bieb is shirtless, moments that elicit screams from teen girls and from those crazy moms in the audience who sing every word louder than their daughters. What can we say: Justin brings out El Bieblo in us.

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DeCoursey - Ralph E. Husband, father, grandfather, uncle, friend; musician (MMus), composer, music professor, jazz and classical pianist, symphony bassist. Ralph is now surrounded by music beyond earthly imagination, in the presence of his Creator, the One who endowed him (on earth) with this amazing gift. No more limitations caused by illness, no more tears, no more death. Free to live and thrive in the light of his Lord. Ralph lost a daughter, Eve in November 2010; he is survived by his wife Pat, daughters Gayl, Maria, Joy (Robin), son Mark (Carol), grandchildren Darren, Ilara, Isaac, Nicholas, Noa and Cole, plus dear family in Idaho. Thanks to the amazing Lions Gate Hospital, TCU team, and Dr. Jennifer Walker, for their gentle and attentive care. As Ralph reached out and took your hands to express his gratitude, so does the family do the same. Celebration of Ralph’s life, now and then, will be held at Valley Church, 29th and Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver on Saturday, February 19th at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation to Harvest Project.

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ESTLIN - Margaret (Peggy) Alma Stewart Peggy was born in Victoria, BC, August 16, 1929, daughter of William and Edith Linn (deceased) of New Westminster, BC. She passed away February 3, 2011 in the Rehabilitation Centre of Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. She is survived by her husband Ed, of Parksville, her daughters Stephanie and Jennifer, son Paul (Claudia) and granddaughters Lara and Elena, all of North Vancouver and brother Bill (Pat) of Mapleridge. Peggy received her RN from Royal Jubilee Hospital and nursed in New Westminster and North Vancouver before devoting herself to raising a family and enjoying life with husband Ed sailing on the BC Coast and travelling in their motorhome. She was a 50 year member of the PEO Sisterhood, serving as President of her chapter for two terms. Peggy and Ed moved to Parksville twenty years ago to enjoy life living on the beach after retirement. She was an Honorary Life Member of both Tiddly Cove and Schooner Cove Yacht Clubs. Funeral service will be held Thursday, February 17 at 1:30 pm in St. Anne’s- St. Edmunds Anglican Church, 407 Wembley in Parksville, BC. The family wishes to thank the Doctors and Nurses of the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital for the wonderful care they gave our fighting lady. Contributions to honour Peggy’s memory may be made in her name to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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Reserve Your Seat Call Jane at 604-922-0612 or Regiﬆer Online at www.welcomewagon.ca Sponsor tables still available call Bonnie 604-612-1096

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FEATURED EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT 1240

ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT Hatﬁeld Consultants is seeking an Accounting Assistant to work out of our North Vancouver of f ice. Hatf ield is a well established (1974) and growing environmental consulting company. Responsibilities include providing general accounting support. More information about the position details and how to apply are available at: www.hatfieldgroup.com (No phone calls please)

Hope Bay Mining Ltd., located on the waterfront of North Vancouver, is currently seeking an experienced and outgoing

Reception / Business Assistant • A positive and outgoing personality

Park Shore BMW located in the North Shore Auto Mall, has a position open in our Service Department for a Service Advisor. We offer an excellent pay and beneﬁt package in a modern, stateof-the-art BMW dealership, providing for top of the line working conditions. We require a person who has an excellent command of English as well as strong customer service skills. An extensive knowledge of dealership service department management procedures as well as a technical background will be a deﬁnite asset along with good computer skills and experience with the Reynolds and Reynolds ERA system. The successful applicant will be highly motivated with an ambition to succeed. Please submit your resume with covering letter to: The Service Manager, Park Shore BMW, 835 Automall Dr., North Vancouver, B.C., V7P 3R8. email: mike_warner@parkshorebmw.com

AUDI BRAND SPECIALIST Capilano Audi requires a motivated, positive and enthusiastic professional to join our top-performing sales team at our new North Vancouver location. We are in particular seeking an Audi Brand Specialist to help address the needs of our ever-growing clientele. Therefore, previous sales experience and ﬂuency in Mandarin are strong assets. Also required: • A valid BC Drivers License • A clean driver’s abstract We provide an extremely competitive remuneration with six-figure income earning potential to top-performers and an opportunity for career growth within a highly established brand.

Please email your resume to: susan@capvwaudi.com No phone calls please

• Proﬁcient in Microsoft Ofﬁce, including strong Word skills, and experience in using email applications such as Microsoft Outlook • Knowledge of basic accounting processes would be preferred • Perform multiple tasks with the ability to manage them in a professional and tactful manner • Reliable transportation is required We welcome you to send your resume to canadahr@newmont.com by Monday, February 14th. We would like to thank all applicants in advance for their interest in Hope Bay Mining. Those candidates who are shortlisted and selected for interviews will be contacted.

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Accounting

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY N.VAN - Thomas FX is an established and rapidly growing private company in the film services, manufacturing and retail distribution industries. For the right person, comfortable working in a one-person office, this is an exciting and challenging leadership role at the heart of a vibrant and growing company. Duties include full cycle accounting, preparation of cash flow projections, annual budgets, monthly bank reports, payroll, government compliance, A/P and A/R. Ability to conduct cost-based pricing analysis and prepare effective business plans is critical. The successful candidate will be a 5th level student close to a designation, either CMA or CGA, with at least 3 years of experience. We are looking for a motivated self-starter who works quickly and accurately. You must be able to meet tight deadlines and work well under pressure with minimal supervision. Compensation negotiable within the range of $45,000 - $55,000, including benefits, D.O.E. Advanced English language skills are a must. If you are looking for a challenging and highly responsible position in a dynamic organization with global reach, reply by fax 604-929-6653, or e-mail johnquee@thomasfx.com.

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Beauticians/ Barbers

CHAIR RENTAL

with clientele available in well established salon in West Van. Call 604-926-3271 CHAIRS & room for rent in high end salon in Lower Lonsdale. Parking avail. Call 604-551-3038

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Drivers

DRIVERS WANTED AZ, DZ, 3 or 1: Terrific career opportunity with outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects using nondestructive testing. No Exp. Needed!! Plus extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 weeks vacation and benefits pkg. Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time, valid license, High School Diploma or GED. Apply online at www.sperryrail.com under careers. Click here to apply, keyword: Driver. DO NOT FILL IN CITY OR STATE. EOE

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PHONE BOOKS Mature persons with car or truck to deliver Yellow Pages™ Telephone Directories to North Vancouver and West Vancouver areas.

Call 604-421-2403

Experiences, Qualiﬁcations, and Attributes:

SERVICE ADVISOR

General Employment

Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm

V A N C O U VE R ’ S L A R G E S T Lawn and Property Maintenance Company pays $120-$360 DAILY for outdoor Spring/Summer work. Hiring honest, competitive, and energetic individuals to fill our various 2011 positions. Apply online @ www.propertystarsjobs.com

TRUTH IN ''EMPLOYMENT'' ADVERTISING Postmedia Community Publishing makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember. Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad. Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment. If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711, Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

Take Your Pick from the

HOTTEST JOBS

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Tutoring Services

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Customer Service

COUNTER SALES

advertising executive or Job Listings, From banker to x-ray technician or zookeeper, you'll ﬁnd it in the Section. From A-Z Employment

To advertise in Employment call 604-630-3300

Position available at a busy North Shore equipment rental company. We require a mechanically minded person that has basic computer knowledge & above average customer service skills. Experience is not necessary but would be an asset. Great work environment, $12/ hour + benefits after 3 months. Please send resume to: Fax 604-926-1563, 1483 Clyde Ave West Vancouver Richardgirard@ dynamic-rentals.com

jobs. careers. advice.

• Must have reliable vehicle • Must be certified & experienced • Union Wages & Benefits Apply in person 19689 Telegraph Trail, Langley fax resume to 604-513-3661 or email: darlene@valleytraffic.ca PAY OFF POST HOLIDAY BILLS

Earn extra cash to supplement your current income or pay off your bills. Now hiring delivery contractors for the Sun, Province & National Post in the West Vancouver area. Must have reliable winterized vehicle and be available from 2am to 6am daily. Earn up to $900/mo. Call to find the route closest to you.

778-968-4400

Insurance

Busy, Bright, Modern North Vancouver office is looking to add to its team.

★ PERSONAL LINES REPRESENTATIVE

Minimum Level 1 license required. North or West Van resident an asset. We offer a competitive salary & benefits. Please send resume to Fax: 604-988-2411 or email: ibiresume@shawbiz.ca

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Office Personnel

FILING CLERK

DO YOU LIKE VARIETY?

Downtown CA firm has an immediate opening for a Filing Clerk, 4 - 5 days / wk. Your duties will include keeping our file room in meticulous order (approx 70% of job), relief reception, banking, mail and sundry other misc. jobs. Strong spoken English, good typing skills (min. 50 wpm), attention to detail and excellent presentation are required. If you enjoy people and like variety, this is the job for you. Send your resume to: Human Resources Rolfe, Benson Chartered Accountants 1400 - 900 W. Hastings St. Vancouver, BC V6C 1E3 Fax: 604-684-7937 or Email: reyre@rolfebenson.com

OFFICE MANAGER REQUIRED

Centrally located, established North Van Construction firm requires an Office Manager to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, innovative, team environment. Excellent english communications and multi-tasking skills a must, for daily interaction with staff, clients and vendors. Strong a c c o u n t i n g b a c k g r o u nd required. Responsibilities to include: A/R, A/P, Payroll, Tracking, Costing reports. Flexible hours. Salary negotiable. Benefits. Email:

info@construction -careers.ca

For Sale Miscellaneous

CUSTOM WHEELCHAIR. Like new. Suitable for child or small adult. Made locally. Very good condition. $2000. 604-290-7059 ENGLISH SADDLE made in Germany like new Incl. bridle, horse blanket, riding breeches-jacket +helmet, $350. 604-987-4095

2005

FREE CATALOGUE 1-800-353-7864 HALFORD’S butcher equipment and supplies, leather, beads, craft kits, animal control equipment + trapping supplies. Order from our new web store and get free shipping until August 31, 2011. www.halfordsmailorder.com

RETRO DESIGN & ANTIQUES FAIR 175 tables & booths of fun, fabulous finds for you & your eclectic abode! SUN FEB 20 10-3 Croatian Cultural Center 3250 Commercial Dr, 604-980-3159 Admission: $5

2010

Appliances

GORGEOUS FRIDGE and Stove, Like New, white...used only a couple times. Bought late Feb 2010. $800 for the pair. Call 604-290-7059

ILAC APPLIANCE & VACUUMS

1825 Lonsdale Ave

604-987-7330

nsnews.com

Office Personnel

OFFICE MANAGER required for busy North Shore small business. Training provided. More details Westvanirrigation.com/careers/

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Management

★ JUNIOR PERSON

TUTOR (BC Certified Teacher) Math, French, Calculus, Physics and Chemistry. 604-836-3496

Antiques

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Sales and customer service skills an asset. Level 1 license preferred but willing to train the right person.

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Now Hiring

FLAGPERSONS & LANE CLOSURE TECHS

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GENERAL MANAGER

Presentation House Theatre is looking for an experienced, dynamic General Manager with demonstrated experience in arts administration. Duties to include but not limited to: cash flow management, budget preparation and financial reporting, bank deposits & reconciliations, payroll and payables; generation of statistical reports and box office reconciliations using Theatre Manager software; managing artist contracts, assisting with grant preparation, knowledge of marketing and communication strategies, and other duties as assigned. For a more detailed job description please go to the website - www.phtheatre.org Start date: April 4th Interested candidates please send your cover letter and resume by Friday, Mar. 11 to: Presentation House Theatre, Hiring Committee. 333 Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver, BC, V7M 3G9 or Email: brenda@phtheatre.org Subject: Hiring committee

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Trades/Technical

HEAVY EQUIPMENT Shop/Field Mechanics

High Prairie, Alberta. Journeyman/4th year Apprentice; Must have drivers license and provide own tools. Forward resume w/abstract to email@coxcontractors.net Fax 780.523.4394 LOGGING COMPANY looking for Owner Operator Logging Truck Contractors. Short log and long log for Mackenzie area. Fax 250-714-0525 or ben@bcland.com include references and capabilities.

Job Listings, From A-Z

From advertising executive or banker to x-ray technician or zookeeper,you'll ﬁnd it in the Employment Section.

To advertise in Employment call 604-630-3300

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For Sale Miscellaneous

VILAS DINING room table, w/6 chairs & Vilas single bed. stair glider, Thyssen Krupp, 3 yrs old. exc cond. 604-986-4531

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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

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colors Available. Call 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.ca LIGHTNING MCQUEEN Little Tikes Toddler Bed. As New,Slats Provided, $150.00 Email: jouleesweet@gmail.com

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Sell it in the Classiﬁeds

604-630-3300

For Sale - Miscellaneous

★★★ 3 GRAD Dresses For Sale ! ★★★

Hey are you looking for your Grad Dress 2011? Only Worn ONE time. Will sacrifice @ 1/2 price from original price!! ■ Size Small: Blue dress: Paid $140, Asking $75 ■ Size 4: Red dress. Paid $550, Asking $275 ■ Size 6: Black dress: Paid $550. Asking $275 Call or email for photos and info at: 604-880-0288 mandi_babi@hotmail.com. Serious buyers only please!

Friday, February 11, 2011 – North Shore News – A43

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Furniture

5 PCE DINING ROOM SET, excellent condition, Pedi stool base w/ solid round glass top. $900. 778-580-5565 (New West)

EXP. P/T Nanny, n/s, w/car. Love kids, light housekeeping & meal prep. Lve msg 604-990-9631 NVan

CHAISE LONGUE & Ottoman, (tan), brand new, $500 obo. Call for details.. 604-986-6248 EXC COND solid med/dark wood 42' round coffee table, adjustable height, $90 obo 604-512-5165

Childcare Wanted

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Dogs

BOSTON TERRIER Pups, CKC reg. vet checked, good pedigrees, nicely marked, To view: 604-406-2415 or 1-604-794-3786 GOLDEN RETRIEVER pups, PBFarm/Family, Rosedale, $600 Shots, March 1, 604-845-7434

Daycare Centres

Licensed Group Daycare 20 years experience 12 mos - 5 yrs. ★604-929-5799★

HIGH END Living room TV cabinet $400, coffee table & end tables $300, Santa Barbara queen 5pc bedrm suite $1250 bed, nite tables, dresser & TV/Drawer cabinet, all great cond 604-817-9494

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JACK RUSSELL pups smooth m/f, dewormed, 1 shots, tails docked, view parents, $450. 604-701-1587

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PINE DINING Tables, 8ft, 6ft. 8 pine chairs, SS Fridge & Range, lg. iron patio table, hall table, Prego wicker pram. 604 913-7727

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Cats LAB PUPPIES Choc Black & yellows, males & females, view reg parents $550. 604-701-1587

★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION ! RENO SALE: 8 side chairs, 2 end chairs, table sits 10 people plus, includes 2 leaves and large buffet with glass upper for display with interior lighting, great condition, 604-926-4300

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Dogs

PAPILLON 2-3 mths, reg B. W. pups, champ parents 2nd shots, microchip $1100. 604-987-9516

Travel Destinations

SUNNY WINTER Specials At Florida’s Best Beach New Smyrna Beach. Stay a week or longer. Plan a beach wedding or family reunion. www.NSBFLA.com or 1-800-541-9621.

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604-724-7652

Metaphysical

Golfing

CHARMING LARGE Villa in Indian Wells Country Club, California sleeps 6, pool spa, reduced to $350/day, 1-760-360-9139

Business Opps/ Franchises

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Money to Loan

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Musical Instruments

ALTO SAXOPHONE, Selmer, Mark VI Serial # 199XXX original lacquer, amazing tone, free blowing, all new pads, in excellent condition and highly cherished. $6300 OBO. 604 808 6223

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5035 SIBERIAN HUSKY Timberwolf pups, $900. 250-295-6280 dalenterry@gmail.com

Wanted to Buy

GERMAN SHEPHERD puppies. CKC registered German working line pups. Blk/tan or black. Taking reservations now! Ready to go Feb 28. For pedigree info, go to www.obedienceplus.com $1,000/each. Call 778-571-2990

WANTED - Silver / Silver plate. Old coins, old clocks. Religious European Carvings, Paintings, Leather Cases & Collectibles. Please Call 604-983-8788

One call does it all...

604-630-3300

STANDARD POODLE pups, CKC reg. brown, black & cream, Chwk. 604-823-2467 ..302-1761

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Pet Services

CAT SITTER, resp young woman look after your cat in my home. Daily or long term 604-988-2376

Advertise in the North Shore News Classiﬁeds!

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

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TIMESHARE CANCEL. CANCEL Your Timeshare Contract NOW!! 100% Money Back Guarantee. STOP Mortgage & Maintenance Payments Today. 1-888-816-7128, X-6868 or 702-527-6868.

Houses - Sale

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Real Estate

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$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Burnaby Highgate 2000sf 4br 3 1/2ba 1/2 duplex w/side suite $779K 418-1002 id5313 Delta Price Reduced studio condo, 19+ complex, pool, park, $99,900 597-8361 id4714 Maple Ridge spotless 947sf 1br condo above snrs cent 55+ $219,900 466-1882 id5262 New Westminster Price Reduced, 555sf 1br condo, view, $164,900 525-8577 id5081 Sry Sullivan Mews ground lvl 1200sf 2br 2ba tnhse, 55+complex $220K 834-6935 id5136 Sry E Newton 1 acre lot with 2600sf 6br 2.5ba bungalow $479,900 778-549-2056 id5198 Sry Bear Creek Park Reduced 1440sf rancher, gated 45+ $279,900 597-0616 id5234 Sry Guildford Quiet 909sf top fl 2br condo, many updates, view, $172K 588-5592 id5305

Check the Real estate section.

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Houses - Sale

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Real Estate

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North Vancouver

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Lots & Acreage

BUILDER LOOKING for double lot or tear down in North or West Van. 778-891-1474

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Recreation Property

WHISTLER CREEKSIDE 1/4 share condo in Evolution. Kitchen, 1 Br, 3rd flr, open flr plan, pet friendly & amazing amenities. Steps to Gondola, shops. $99,000 neg. 778-996-3565 Introducing the

BUY THIS APT NOW, in a prime position in Lower Lonsdale. 2 Br, 2 Baths, In Suite wd, Gas fp, 6 Appls. Price $419,000 for 974sf. Phone: 604-988-6192

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NEW

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Agents

To advertise call 604-630-3300

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Condos/ Townhouses

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Weekends were made for shopping, so make sure you check our Classifieds for a comprehensive listing of garage sales in your area! Follow the garage sale trail in

The North Shore News Classifieds

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REAL ESTATE 6005

Financial Services

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Recycler

SINGER SEWING Machine with all attachments, older type, needs some fixing. Call 604-987-9547

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ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $399+. 604-590-3727 www.puppiesfishcritters.com

91 - MOVING SALE Sat & Sun Feb 12 & 13, 11-5. Everything must go! 4637 Woodburn Pl

West Vancouver

Call 604-630-3300 to book your ad

RENO SALE: Complete bedrm set, 2 end tables, 1 tallboy& sleigh bed, great cond, 604-926-4300

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West Vancouver

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Condos/ Townhouses

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A44 – North Shore News – Friday, February 11, 2011

Legal/Public Notices

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Legal/Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: Estate of BARBARA VICTORIA LIKNESS, also known as BARBARA V. LIKNESS, and BARBARA LIKNESS Deceased Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Barbara Victoria Likness, otherwise known as Barbara V. Likness and Barbara Likness, deceased, formerly of North Vancouver, B.C. are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned, Executor, c/o Cobbett & Cotton Law Corp. #300 - 410 Carleton Avenue, Burnaby, B.C. V5C 6P6, on or before March 11, 2011, after which the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, Executor

Notice to Creditors and Others

NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the estate of DIANA PATRICIA LAVIS deceased, formerly of 1333 Whitby Road, West Vancouver, B. C., V7S 2N4, are required to send full particulars of such claims to the undersigned Executrix at 1827 Berkley Road, North Vancouver, B. C., V7H 1Y9 on or before March 11, 2011, after which date the estate’s assets will be distributed having regard only to claims that have been received. Executrix Elizabeth Jane Collins.

PUBLIC NOTICE Cascadia Tower is holding an

Open House

for the community 7:15pm - 9pm Monday, February 21 at the West Vancouver Rec Centre Ocean Room, 2121 Marine Dr, West Vancouver to discuss the proposed 30 metre Monopine (faux pine tree) telecom tower at Hwy 1 at the Westbound 15th Street exit. We welcome your comments on or before March 9, 2011 to Cascadia Tower, 208 - 545 Clyde Ave, West Vancouver, B.C. V7T 1C5 NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is Hereby Given that Creditors and others, having claims against the Estate of TRIGG MARJORIE MARY, formerly of #405-135 West Fifteenth Street, North Vancouver, B.C. V7M1R7, Deceased are hereby required to send the particulars thereof to the undersigned Executor, C/O Sherry Marceil, 11894- 86 Avenue, Delta, B.C., V4C2X9 on or before March 12, 2011, after which date the estate’s assets will be distrIbuted, having regard only to the claims that have been received. Sherry Marceil, EXECUTOR

ECONO MOVING & STORAGE will be holding a public auction on Saturday, February 19 at 11am. The following accounts are in delinquency and will be sold to recover monies owing under the ‘Warehouse Lien Act’ Desire Lamarche, Jordan Babcock, Bjordal Construction Ltd, Stefan Witkowski, Heather Williams, Kyla Prentice, Raul Duvnjak All previously advertised accounts will also be sold.

RENTALS 6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

EXOTIC Beauty Shontel avail for discreet relaxation sessions on the North Shore..... 604-980-9938 LIKE TO BE SPOILED? Full body massage. Call Sasha 604-971-0860

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Personals

LUXURY RELAXATION SPA 778-340-2778 1053 Marine Dr, North Van

Meridien SPA LTD.

1989 Marine Drive NORTH VANCOUVER

City & Mtn. Views. Includes heat & hot water. Pool, Jacuzzi, sauna & tennis courts on site. Security & video monitoring. On major bus route.

RENTALS 604-980-3606

1 & 2 BR, Mar 1, 17 & Lonsdale, hardwood, ns, no pets $860 & $1050 incl heat, 604-984-9367 1 BDRM, Central Lonsdale, 2nd floor, h/w flrs, heat and hot water incl, no pets, $950, Dodwell Strata Mgt. 604-838-5020 or 604-699-5264

Escort Services

GENTLEMEN! Attractive discreet European lady is available for 604 451-0175 company.

Clean Sweep?

144 W. 14th St MARLBOROUGH TOWER

Spacious Studio starting at $1000 & 1 BR starting from $1200 with balconies, spectacular views, well maint, clean, quiet concrete highrise. Fabulous Central Londsale location, next to library, transit, shops & cls to schools. Sorry, no pets. Heat & Hot water incls. Call 604-983-6920 to view.

990-2971 or Wkends 778-340-7406

1 BR, 1&Mahon, new paint, carpets, drapes, quiet side, heat hw, 1 prkg. $925, lease 604-985-1930 1 Br, $845, corner unit, brick patio, now or Mar. 1st. heat incl. quiet. drapes. gated or free prkg, no pets, 1 yr lease. 310 East 2nd, 604-904-0956

1 BR fully renod, upper Lonsdale, view, large, $945 incl heat hw & cable, ns, np, now, 604-987-8807 1 BR garden level, shr wd, ns, np but must love them, $750 inc utils, Mar 1, 604-839-9062

Sell it in the Classiﬁeds!

604

630.3300

1 BR, large. 16 & St. Georges, near hospital, incld heat & hw, no pets, $840. 778-889-4719

144 W. 14th St MARLBOROUGH TOWER

Spacious 2 BR with balconies, spectacular views, $1550, 945 sqft, well maintained, clean, quiet concrete highrise. Fabulous Central Londsale location, next to library, transit, shops & cls to schools. Sorry, no pets. Heat & Hot water incls. Call 604-983-6920 to view.

2 bd 2 bth, deck, view 1146’ generous plan! East facing over golf course, shops! All in or unfurnished $1895 Royal LePage Northshore www.manderrealestate.com Diana 604-657-4508 2 BR $1495 ocean view, avail now; 1BR $1150 spacious patio (350sf) Mar 1. reno’d, dw, ns, cat ok lower Lonsdale, 604-988-1939

604-630-3300 • www.househunting.ca Call or visit us online today to discover the latest listings in your favorite neighbourhoods!

2 br a corner suite, 2nd flr of very quiet 3 story walk up, E. 15th St. large private balcony, sunny, south facing, new windows, dw, new carpet, venetian blinds, free laundry fac. no smoking & no pets, $1100 604-830-0857 msg. 2 BR bright, hi-spd/cable, hardwood, ns, np, nr seabus, quiet bldg. $1300, 604-618-8338 2 BR great decore, lower Lonsdale, top flr. concrete bldg. dw. 2 prkg, $1390, 604-317-8811

1 BR, new bldg, 700 sq ft, 23rd & Lonsdale, insuite w/d, f/p, $1250. pet ok, Mar 1. 604-809-3033

2 BR, new, 2 levels, Central, modern finishes, top appls. 1000 sq ft. Walk all ammen, $1990, avail immed. 604-377-6559

2 BR. 1 & 2 baths, avail now. 1 yr lease, 125 West 19th, no pets, coin wd, call 778-554-0537

Apartments & Condos

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BACH $695, avail Mar. 1, balc 18/Lonsdale carpet, incl heat/ hw, 1 yr lease. np, ns, 604-988-4692

West Van Apt. Rentals

1775 Bellevue Avenue HOLLYBURN PLAZA 2 BR - Avail Now From $1650/mo. Fully Reno’d, granite countertops, Breathtaking 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. Call 604-922-4724 to view.

BACHELOR SUITE: 365 East 2nd St, N Van: Bright, south facing suite in quiet building. Private entrance: $750/mo, incl heat, h/w & hydro avl March 1st, ph 604-726-4884 Beautiful Large Suites 1 BR $915, now or Mar 1. Heat, h/w, prkg. Lease 604-986-3866

Delbrook Gardens 777 W. Queens Rd -1 BR $1195. Wkdays 604 990-2971/Wkends 985-2876

2 BR, Ocean & mtn view, well maintained bldg. Nr Seawall, shops & library, ns, 604-925-0006

EDGEMONT PENTHOUSE 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 1610 sf, 1 level, + huge sundeck in upscale bldg, inste laundry, large storage, no pets, n/s, 1 year lease, $2800. avail April 1. 604-987-5103

2025 BELLEVUE Avenue Reno’d 1 & 2 br unit. Ocean views. Cat ok. Senior discounts. 604-913-0734

GREAT LOCATION! 145 West Keith Road.

WATERS EDGE luxury 2 bed 2 bath condo in 4yr new bldg. Steps to mall/bus, 604-812-7683 $2500

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

Ambleside across from beach, 2 br, patio, garden, wd, fp, ns, avail now. 604-506-4933

PACIFICANA 1480 Esquimalt Ave. 1 bachelor, 1 bdrm, ocean views, dw, n/p, n/s Feb 1st. By appt. 604-921-7800 AMBLESIDE TOWER Studio. 1 BR & 2 BR’s avail. Move in Bonus. 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

LYNN VALLEY, updated 2 BR, d/w, cat ok, large patio $1200 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

3 BR, garden apt. 2 bath, new flrs. Mt Seymour Park area, ns, np, kids ok, $1550, 604-987-7006

3125 Capilano Cres., 908-7368, 2 BR, 2 bth, 2 prkg, N/P, Mar 1. $2000

MOVE IN ALLOWANCE Lrg 1 BR, Avail Feb & Mar, quiet, clean building, Rent Starts $1000. Incls Ht & H/W. N/P, N/S, 1 yr lease, Cable/park extra, 604-985-4272 PARKRIDGE TERRACE 110 E. Keith Rd. Great location, park like setting, sauna, indoor pool. 2 Br. $1395 up views, storage. NO PETS. 604-988-7379 www.glassmanpm.com

Park Royal Towers Completely Renovated

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

TUCKTON PLACE 1520 Chesterfield Rd. NV 2 bdrm $1300 No pets. Call 604-

990-2971 or Wkends 778-340-7406

WOODCROFT, 1BR, view updated. utils, secure prkg, gym, pool incl’d, ns, np, 604-929-8002

place your ad online@ http://classiﬁed.van.net

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

604-922-3246 935 Marine Drive

6522

Furnished Accommodation

2 BDRM bsmt ste, like new, avail now, $1300 all incl, n/s n/p, REFS REQUIRED. call 604-980-2262

A SHORT STAY Renos, family, execs, 1, 2 br p/house 604-987-2691

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HOME

HOMAWAY INNS Specializing in furn accom at reas rates. call 604-723-7820 or visit www.homawayinns.com SHORT TERM ACCOM DAY - WEEK - MONTH, 604-988-6082 grandmanor.net

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6540

Houses - Rent

3 BR, new reno, Central Lonsdale 2 bth, quiet area, lrg deck & yard $2250 avail now 604-603-4111 4 BDRM + den. 3 bath 5 appliances view. Lighthouse Pk area, $3,000 604-926-1124 4 BR large bright, Lynnmour, gas f/p, 5 appls, patio, fenced yard, Mar 1, $2500 + util. 604-984-7933 4/5 BR exec view home rec room, 4 baths, fp, B. Prop area, W. Van, $3500. Avail now 604-720-2913

6540

Houses - Rent

2 BR upstairs + 1 br in finished bsmt, reno’d, 2 baths, no pets, suit family. $1,800. 605 E 7th, N. Van. Feb 15 or 30. Open House Sat aft 1-3pm 604-987-1205.

ENTER TO WIN 2 TICKETS Email your name & contact info to: Contest@nsnews.com

AMBLESIDE CHARACTER updated, 3 br 3 ba, hardwood $3000 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net Cottage Country West Van? Studio in Japanese garden Detached self contained. 1 person, on Creek! $895 Deal to be Had! Whytecliff Fully furnished, all inclusive 3 bd 3 bth recroom,Immediate Possession Possible $2995 A show Stopper! Waterfront! Views, SS appls, granite Soaring Ceilings, hwd, new carpet, Updated bths kitchen 5 bd 5 bth carport $5995 Street of Dreams in the B’P’s bd den 2 family rooms, Cherry hwd, ss appls 2 laundries, Hi End Pool Gated, Garage /View $6495 Altamont Over 8700’ New View, Pool, hot tub, level yard grass, 3 car garage 5 bd 7 bth, Media Gym Sauna Top Line, Quality, $12995 www.manderrealestate.com Royal LePage Northshore Kristin 604-671-6175

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

LYNN VALLEY, updated large 3 BR, cat ok, $1375, March 1 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

2 BR. 26 & Lonsdale, suit 1 or 2, incl heat & hw, wall to wall, drapes, np, $895, 778-280-3363

2 BR large 1st flr 10th/Lonsdale $1030incl heat/cable, ns, np, refs well kept quiet bldg. immed, suit quiet tennant(s) 604-317-7425

2 BDRM Upper Lonsdale. Incl. Heat, h/w. N/S. N/P. 1yr lease. $1150/mth. Avail Feb 1st. (604) 980-3889

North Van Apt. Rentals

Call 604-986-3356

1 BR. large, $870. mountain view. Gated prkg, quiet, drapes, heat incl. no pets, 1 yr lease, 321 East 2nd. 604-987-5802

2 BDRM, $1150 & $1225 Central Lons, nice quiet bldg, carpet, h/w floors, n/p, NOW, 604-988-3227

6505-11

6505

Rd 1 & 2 br from $1,170. M-F 604 990-2971 or Wkends 985-2876

1 BR $960, Mar 1st, quiet bldg, sec prkg, 1 blk to Lonsdale. 140 West 17th. 990-8262/985-1658 1 Br corner, $860. Gated prkg. quiet, drapes no pets, heat incl. walk to seabus, 1 yr lease, 163 W 5th. 604-980-7501

Apartments & Condos

Delbrook Gardens 777 W. Queens

1 BDRM, Lower Lonsdale exec bright, balcny, ss appl, ug prkg, ns np $1200 Mar 1. 604-985-9184 TUCKTON PLACE 1520 Chesterfield Rd. NV 1 bdrm $935 No pets. Call 604-

6505

326 WEST 1st St. 1 bdrm $865 & up. Nr seabus, secure prkg, no pets. Avail immed. 604-983-6916

1, 2 & 3 br lrg bright, Central Lonsdale $800 & up. Move in BONUS 720-2913 * 604-725-4873

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7015

North Van Apt. Rentals

rentals@capreit.net www.caprent.com

Relaxation Massage Special Rates

604-985-4969

6505-11

INTERNATIONAL PLAZA

Furnished suites also avail.

Body Work

Apartments & Condos

MOVE-IN BONUS Bach, 1 Bdrms & 2 Bdrms, 2 Baths Starting from $815

7005

6505

3 BR, 2 bath, Grand Blvd. 5 appls hardwood, yard, fp, carport, nr schools, np, ns, 604-763-2580 3 BR home, Grand Blvd area, updated, d/w, f/p, $2100, Mar 1, pet ok 604-841-5970 3-4 BR. rec room, 2 bath, yard, fp, near Parkgate Mall, 5 appls, ns, immed, $2000, 604-988-6572

DEEP COVE 604-929-5191 - n/s - 2 BR seaside cottage $2275 - 3 BR large lot, quiet area $2075

DELBROOK 5 BR 4 ba, 2 kitchen 4 f/p, hardwood, decks $3495 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net SEMI-W/F OCEANVIEW near Whytecliff. 2BD, 3BR, w/d, n/s,n/p $3200 March 1. 604-789-7205 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification Required

ABBOTSFORD - 3262 Clearbrook Road, 3 bedrooms with 2 bedroom legal suite. Only $1,751/m. Low Down. Flexible Terms. (604) 626-9647 (604) 657-9422 www.wesellhomesbc.com

6565

Office/Retail Rent

DUNDARAVE OFFICE SPACE, Prime 417sq ft, $900 mth, avail May1st Pls call: 604-926-1010

Newish Feel Strip Mall 2 private offices plus big showroom 2 pkg a/c 960’ One block Fell & Marine 104-814 W. 15th $1995 www.manderrealestate.com Royal LePage 604-657-4508

6595

Shared Accommodation

6595-45

North Vancouver

1 BDRM, clean, in 2 br apt, C. Lonsdale, mature female. N/S N/P, $550, Avail 604-345-0842 1 BR IN spacious home for n/s female. Furn or unfurn, internet, w/d, $495 incl. 604-980-2106 1 BR large with ensuite, no pet, ns, no parties, nr Lonsdale & LGH $650 incl, immed 604-990-4257 1 BR spacious home, net, hottub, tv, yard, suit ns female, nr Cap Univ. $650 incl util, 604-765-8439 ROOM MATE to share 3 bdrm home shared laundry, near shop bus, Mar 1, $450, 604-929-9667

6600

Storage

AVAIL NOW! Lower Lonsdale storage space, 600sf, electricity $450, 604-983-9493

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RENTALS

HOME SERVICES

1 BDRM g/l bsmt, Central Location, heat & laundry incl, NS NP, $650/mo, March 1. 604-980-2656

EXP HOUSE CLEANER $22/hr, You supply the cleaning products. I DO THE WORK! 778-340-4019.

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BR bsmt, like new, Upper Lonsdale own entry, avail now, np ns, suit 1, $800 all incl 984-7010 1 BR bsmt ste, $895 + % util. Upper Lonsdale, nr bus, shared w/d, ns np, Immed. 778-989-7739

1 BR, clean as new, $900 incl. utils, share wd. Lower Lonsdale. Ns, np, immed. 604-984-2354 1 BR + Large Den, bright above grnd bsmt suite, gas f/p, gas cooker, d/w, private patio, n/s, np, Lynn Valley, $1075 + % util, avail Mar 1 or earlier, 604 506 1566 $1100 LRG 2 BDRM Bsmnt Suite on quiet Lower Lonsdale North Van Street. Available Immediately. Call 604-983-8518 for viewing.

6605

Townhouses Rent

2 BR + large Den, 2.5 Bath, family & living room. Private backyard. Secure u/g prkg. Near Cap Mall, School & Bus stop. Mar. 1, $1895 604-913-1811..778-893-0550

Don’t Miss THIS! 3 BR t/house in quiet complex, 1.5 baths, fenced patio, pool, playground, near bus & shops, $1650+utils, Dollarton & Seymour. Avail Mar 1. 604-929-6024

BEAUTIFUL CANYON MANOR (on Capilano Rd)

Luxury view townhouse, new reno, 3 bdrm, balcony, patio, 2.5 baths, 2000 sf, 2 wood f/p, 6 appls, 2 prkgs. 2 pools outside. Cable, heat incl. Peaceful, park-like setting. $2400. avail June 1. Mature bldg. No pets. 604-987-7813

2 BR, Bright above ground suite, spacious, new stainless appls. storage shed, insuite wd, Dundarave, $1900incl all utils, ns, np, avail now, 604-805-6111 2 BR + garden lvl, Mt Seymour Prkwy, 5 appl, prkg $1,400 + 1/3 utils Mar 1st, ns np,604-904-9305 2 BR, Lynnmour, 5 appl, own laund, fenced yrd, ns, pet neg. $1150+ util. Imm. 604-984-7933 2 BR Pemberton Hghts, 1,000 sf, priv garden, cable included $1,250 per mth 604-924-1410 2 BR Suite, new reno, immed, Ambleside, nr shops/beach, $1600, ns, pet neg 604-926-8896, 2BR BSMT suite, $1000+util, updated, full bath, fenced yard, parking, storage, NS, NP, avail now 604-904-1221 2BR UPPER-LONSDALE, new kit, priv entry, patio, bus stop, own lndry, util incl $1250, 6049244884 4 BR British Properties main flr, 2 bath, f/p, 5 appl, nr Sentinal school, prkg, storage, no pets. $2700 604-922-3499 WWW.EASYRENT.CA N. Vanc. 1048 Clement Ave. 3 br, 1.5bath, 950sf, fp, 5 appls, yard, 1 yr lease, ns, np $1650, now 604-662-3279

MOVE IN ALLOWANCE (1/2 mnth move in, 1/2 mnth renewal). 2 BR & 3 BR’s, 5 appls, 1.5 bath, variable lse term, NP/NS, Rent start/$1435. To view call 604-986-0511

TWIN LAKES ESTATES Private and luxurious 3 bdrm t/h, set amidst 10 acres of abundant evergreen woods and mountains, with 2 lakes & a stream, only 20 mins to d/town. A beautiful balance of unspoiled nature with the convenience of a fully modern t/home. $2,200.00 ($2,250 with pet) incl heat, hot water,cable, 2 prkg stalls. Pls call Daniel &Gloria btwn 11am-7pm at 604- 988-1838

6620

Warehouse/ Commercial

2 Blocks off Main & Mt. 1516’ whse & 650’ office Short or long lease now Grade loading/Overhead 1429 Dominion $2495 www.manderrealestate.com Royal LePage 604-657-4508

Moving Out?

Check the Rental Section

HOME SERVICES 8015

Appliance Repairs

NORTH SHORE Appliance Services At your place, great rates. Call Mike 604-307-2010

8020

Blinds & Draperies

BLACKOUT DRAPES. Cut light 100%. Save energy. Dampen sound. Innovative fabric in 42 colors. Free est. 604-506-6230

8030

Carpentry

Keen Projects Ltd, Doors to floors, framing to trim. Lic, insured, refs Landon 604-307-5628 A JOURNEYMAN Carpenter. 30 yrs exp. Small renos. mouldings. Refs. (WCB) Dale 604-984-6997 A TICKETED CARPENTER Windows, doors, int. finishing, WCB. Sean 604-290-5994 FRIENDLY, Professional, Crown mouldings, baseboard, casings rough framing. 778-233-0559 GENERAL CARPENTRY Finishing, decks, fences, floor installation. Ian 778-848-4807 Home & Yard Carpentry. Small jobs. Bsmt, floors, concrete form, tiles. Francisco 604-710-9837 www.chulavistalandscaping.ca

8030

Carpentry

QUALITY CARPENTRY Renos & baths. Insured, local references. Call Dave at 604-724-4342

8035

Carpet Cleaning

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

8055

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

Cleaning

Computer Services

COMPUTER REPAIR

• 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

Drainage

LONSDALE DRAINAGE & SEWER

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

604-973-0290

HENRY’S

HARDWOOD FLOOR SERVICES Sanding & Refinishing Installation Quality Workmanship Free Estimates Fully Licensed & Insured

604-771-8885

Hardwood, Lam. Prof. Install, Refinish, Stain. Non-toxic Finishes. Expert Advice... 604-715-8455 INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices. Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

8125

Gutters

8075

Installed • Cleaned • Repaired ADANAC GUTTERS- Installation of continuous gutters, cleaning & repairs. Call ....604-676-1085 North Shore Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-988-5294

8130

Handyperson

Renovate & Repair

Carpentry, Flooring, Drywall Painting, Exterios & more!

Specializing in Small Jobs

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

778.233.0559

RJR Small Projects Division Part of RJR group

Electrical

ALL YOUR electrical & reno needs. Lic’d electrician #37940. Bonded & insured 604-842-5276

604-202-6118

8100

Fireplaces

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

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

ENVIRO MAID INSURED and BONDED. Residential. Available on a regular basis. Excellent refs. Free est. $20 p/hr. 604-685-1344

Century Hardwood Floors

Repairs & Staining Installation Free Estimates

604-376-7224 www.centuryhardwood.com

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A.All Area Gardening Service Lawn Treatment • Maint. • Power Raking Pruning • Trimming • General Clean-Up Topping Trees • Free Estimates

Binder:

604-926-1526 604-726-9153

A.A. BEST PRO GARDEN SERVICES LTD.

604-726-9213 604-984-1988

604.682.1122 ON TIME, careful, free estimates & firm price. John 778-233-7329 or www.pointmoving.com TWO BROTHERS MOVING Local & Long Distance 604-720-0931 • bc.moving@gmail.com •

8193

2 EXP / reliable guys ready to help with your handyman / renovation needs. 778-840-4137 ABBA RENOVATION carpentry, plumbing, wiring, painting, tiling. Work guar, Refs. (604)986-4026/805-8463 AGRIOS HOME IMPROVEMENT Renovations, carpentry, painting & home repairs. Ikea kitchen installs. Michael 604.619.1126

ALL HOME REPAIRS semiretired master carpenter. Kitchen, stairs, sundecks, etc. All work guar. Karl 604-985-5144

All or any job, from inside to out. Cement, Drainage. Over 30 yrs exp. 604-354-9178 HANDYMAN SERVICES: European trained carpenter. Call Chase, 778-828-0285 PRECISION TOOLS, Handyman Service. Fix those nagging problems. Call Mike - 604-925-6381 SUNRISE PAINTING Drywall repair, textured ceiling & mouldings. Cell 604-657-6465

8135

Hauling

GEOFF’S HAULING. Fast, friendly service. Low rates. 604-328-9127, 604-926-8889

8140

Heating

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

8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

Interior painting, wallpaper Quality service, with a smile! Call Arlene...604-910-3270 MIKES PAINTING Prof & Reliable WCB • 30 yrs Exp. 778-833-4771 MILANO Painting 604-551-6510 Int/Ext. Good Prices. Free Est. Written Guar. Prof & Insured.

8220

Plumbing

Oil Tank Removal

SPECIAL WASTE SERVICES Pumping & Disposal Tank Detection Services Tank Removals Environmental Clean-up Flooded Basements 778-709-8265 604-227-1318

Moe 604-988-1011 ★ 3 Licensed Plumbers ★ 66 years of exp. 604-830-6617 www.oceansidemechanical.com

DELBROOK

PLUMBING & DRAINAGE

Garden Services

604-729-6695

Certiﬁed Horticulturists Design • Planting • Maintenance Spring Clean-ups. Call Scott. www.KatsuraLandscaping.ca

604-518-5661

A. A. Allwest Garden Service Lawn maint, general cleanup, power raking, moss control, etc. CALL SUKH free est. 604-726-9213 or 604-984-1988

PLUMBERS

TANKTECH Certified Oil Tank Removal & Remediation Specialists. res/com. Free est. 604-328-1234

Painting/ Wallpaper

ARCADIA STONEWORK bricks, blocks, natural, cultured & paving stones. Alex - 778-895-6170

8180

Home Services

BE COOL! COLD FEET? Talk to Someone You Trust.

CENTRAL AIR INSTALLED CONDITIONING FURNACES Sears also installs ROOFING, WINDOWS, WINDOW COVERINGS & CARPETING

LOCAL PLUMBER - Licensed, insured,GASFITTING, renos, Repairs. VISA 604-929-6956

8222

Pools/Hot Tubs

econo pool andspa.com Call Vince 604-760-7229

8240

TREES • HEDGES • SHRUBS Pruning.Shaping.Removal. Fruit Topiary. Wolfgang 604-738-4016

Masonry

HOT WATER TANKS & PLUMBING Max 604-506-6544

day service. 604-987-7473 Samy

Ny Ton Gardening yard & lawn maint. trimming, shrubs, hedging, power raking etc. 604-782-5288

8175

Water Lines (without Digging) Sewer Lines (without Diggging) Install. Draintiles. 604-985-4000

SAVE ON PLUMBING! Licenced Plumber/Gas fitter, $65/HR. Same

JAPANESE GARDENER Landscape & maintenance, clean-ups, trimming. Reas, free est, 25 yrs exp 604-986-8126

MASTER STONEMASON, Local, Experienced, fireplaces, facing, walls, stairs. Ivan 604-649-2271

DNE ELECTRIC Lic #89267 ALL Your Electrical Needs Reasonable & Affordable FREE Estimate 604-999-2332 LONSDALE ELECTRIC lic#1756 Panel changes & renos 604-988-7232, 604-842-0687

Lawn & Garden

Serafina Garden Services Maint. & design, decoration & cleanups reas rate 604-984-4433

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925

A LICENSED electrician #19807 semi-retired, small jobs only. 604-689-1747 pgr 604-686-2319

8160

Moving & Storage

Excellent Pro Painting Service 20 yrs exp, refs, warranty. Reas, res/comm Richard 604-618-0205

8195

Quality Work, Professional Service

# 1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & sm jobs, expert trouble shooter, WCB, low rates, 24/7. 617-1774.

8185

BATHROOMS PLUS. Kitchen & Bath renos. Visit our Showroom at: #103-828 Harbourside Dr, North Van 604-983-8766

COMPLETE GARDEN WORKS www.everfloweringgarden.com 604-603-2235

AFFORDABLE, Reliable, Quality Guaranteed. Boarding, Taping, Spraytex. Dave 604-984-7476

VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

Kitchens/Baths

604-876-4604

Drywall

ACE DRYWALL. Avail immed. Board, tape, spraytex, repairs. 16 yr exp. No job too small. Mike 604-808-2432, 604-985-4321

8150

Trim, Top, Prune. All types of lawn & garden applications. General Clean-Up. Call Sukh: Free Est.

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

Hardwood Floor Refinishing

HOUSE CLEANING, Honest and Reliable, Detailed, Reasonable Rates, 8+yrs exp. 604-722-9954

Flooring/ Refinishing

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

CAPILANO MAID SERVICES Residential/Commercial, Post Renovation Cleanup, Refs, Insured, WCB. Call 778-895-1919

HOUSE CLEANING, Home Care. Excellent rates, exc. experience & exc. job. Darlene. 604-724-5661

8105

~ Free Estimates ~

8080

BACH. suite ground level, bright, Upper Lonsdale. Quiet n/s, cat ok, Mar. $775 incl 604-983-3653 NORTH VAN. Reno’d 2 BR, g/lvl. Priv w/d, new appl. Ns/np. $1600/mo incl util. 778-773-0569

8058

8073

1BR AMBLESIDE, 500sf, suits 1, patio entry, fp, np, ns, $895 incl utils & prkg, now, 604-922-8475 2 BR. 700 sq/ft. Fully Renovated suite, brand new appls, W/D, private patio, N/S, bus stop, Edgemnt Village,Schools,Grouse Mtn $1550, 604-616-1629

8055

ADMIRAL PAINTING Residential - Strata - Business Fast & Reliable Service

Pressure Washing

Sidewalks - Buildings - Driveways

Call Bert for a FREE Est.

778-389-5077 PRIMO PAINTING

Interior & Exterior Interior Special Free Est. - 15 Years Exp. Insured /WCB

15% OFF

Renovations & Home Improvement

ADDITIONS & ALTERATIONS

General contracting Insured. References. 25yrs serving North Shore.

Phone Bill 604-785-8787 or Geoff 778-838-4367

BATHROOMS PLUS

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RICKY DEWAN PAINTING Interior - Exterior - Strata • Pressure Washing • Small Repairs

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8185

Moving & Storage

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BEST PAINTING, Int/Ext, Repaint Specialist, Repair Drywall, Free Estimates. 604-724-9953

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Renovations & Home Improvement

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a busy urban setting, the Mazda5 offers excellent fuel economy. The Mazda5 is powered by a new 2.5-litre, fourcylinder engine that produces 157 horsepower, replacing a 153-hp, 2.3-litre. A new 6-speed manual transmission is standard and a ﬁve-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission is

optional for $1,200. The 2012 Mazda5 is offered in two trim levels, GS and GT. The base retail price is $21,795 and for that you get a well equipped van with climate control air conditioning, power windows, locks and mirrors and a tilt and telescopic steering wheel with audio controls. There’s an optional

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easy — single finger — movement. Up front, it now sports the happy-face first seen on the new Mazda3. At the back, it has a more-sculpted fascia with revised taillights that wrap into the side panel and partially hide the hinge slot for the sliding door. The styling changes apparently do improve the overall aerodynamic efficiency (drag coefficient of .30) of Mazda5, which also translates into less drag and optimal lift characteristics at highway speeds. The inside Inside, it remains as spacious as before and comes with three rows of flexible seating for six. The seating is tiered theatre style to give all occupants better forward vision. The third row is designed as an occasional use seating position that folds flat when not in use. The seats configured for two, three, four, five or six passengers, or up to 857 litres of cargo space. A low profile fuel tank and a compact multilink rear suspension allow good legroom for those sitting in the second and third rows. Safety In addition to a standard electronic stability control system, the Mazda5 comes with dual front and side airbags for first row passengers and side air curtains that protect occupants in all three

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THE competition: the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe. straight-line stability at highway speeds. Despite its long wheelbase, Mazda5 also has an impressively tight turn circle of just 11.2 metres. The Score The 2012 Mazda5 is a great little passenger van that’s fun to drive and a well-kept secret whose time may have arrived, and it’s just waiting to be rediscovered. Quick Specs & Prices Power: 2.5-litre I4/ 157 horsepower. Transmission: 6-speed Manual / 5-speed automatic Fuel consumption (Man): 9.7/6.8 L/100 km (city/ highway)

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1. Go to nsnews.com/autoﬁnd 2. Search by stock# 3. Get details & photos of cars you choose

Contact the dealer, check out your new ride and drive home. Easy, right?

2007 Ford F-150

$23,990 71,835km White STOCK#

P8970

2009 Ford F-150

$35,990 50,074km White STOCK#

1F2767A

2010 Ford F-250

$39,880 11,861km Gold STOCK#

P8958

Cam Clark Ford Lincoln Ltd 604-980-2411

2010 Ford F-350

2008 Ford Focus

2006 Ford Fusion

2010 Lincoln MKX

2010 Lincoln MKZ

$52,990

Lariat 16,166km Green STOCK#

P8957

$12,990 46,453km Silver STOCK#

P9012

$13,660

SEL 40,398km Blue STOCK#

1ES4316A

$12,990

SE 37,189km White STOCK#

P8971

$11,990

SE 59,281km Gold STOCK#

P8997

42,900 16,099km Black STOCK#

P8950

$31,660 7,154km Black

STOCK#

P9007

Cam Clark Ford Lincoln Ltd 604-980-2411

2010 Lincoln Navigator

2006 Mazda Mazda5

2006 Mazda Tribute

2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK350

2008 Mini Cooper

2008 Mini Cooper S

2001 Nissan Maxima

$56,990 26,354km Black STOCK#

P9018

$14,660 96,606km Black STOCK#

P8977A

$18,995 60,162km Gray STOCK#

A4895A

$29,995 54,650km Black STOCK#

A4625A

$22,995 38,637km Black STOCK#

CV230

$23,500 655,116km Green STOCK#

B4952A

$9,990

153,802km White STOCK#

0EX2030D

Cam Clark Ford Lincoln Ltd 604-980-2411

Capilano Volkswagen 604-985-0694

Cam Clark Ford Lincoln Ltd 604-980-2411

2008 Volkswagen Eos

2010 Volkswagen Eos

2011 Volkswagen Eos

2001 Volkswagen GTI

2007 Volkswagen GTI

2006 Volkswagen Jetta

$31,995

2.0T 47,666km White STOCK#

B5064A

$36,995 4,889km Black

STOCK#

A4617

$40,900 2.0T 855km White STOCK#

B4944

$9,995

100,367km Red STOCK#

CV219

$21,995 79,902km Gray STOCK#

CV249

Call

58,777km White STOCK#

CV270

$16,995

2.5L 64,069km Red STOCK#

CV213

Capilano Volkswagen 604-985-0694

2006 Volkswagen Jetta

2007 Volkswagen Rabbit

2009 Volkswagen Tiguan

2008 Volkswagen Touareg

$17,995

2.5L 66,451km Blue STOCK#

CV216

Capilano Volkswagen 604-985-0694

$19,995 19,475km Silver STOCK#

CV254

Capilano Volkswagen 604-985-0694

$19,995 67,526km Green STOCK#

CV258

Capilano Volkswagen 604-985-0694

$13,995 89,231km Silver STOCK#

A4501A Capilano Volkswagen 604-985-0694

Call

Callkm Silver STOCK#

CV250

Capilano Volkswagen 604-985-0694

$26,995

2.0T 23,759km Blue STOCK#

K3331

Capilano Volkswagen 604-985-0694

$39,995

V6 59,244km Gray STOCK#

CV240

Capilano Volkswagen 604-985-0694

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From page 50

Man Goes To Great Lengths To Win Mini In Germany this week — there, now you know this is gonna be a weird one — a radio station announced a typical contest: whoever pulls the craziest stunt would win a Mini Cooper. So what would you do? Try to cram twenty people in a classic Cooper? Attempt to pull a Mini with your teeth? Spend an entire day in a Mini without leaving to go to the bathroom? Not bad, not bad, but you’re up against Andreas Muller, and you’ve already lost. What Mr. Muller did was to get the word “Mini” tattooed on . . . his . . . on his gentleman’s sausage. Now there are all kinds of reasons this is a bad idea, ﬁrst and foremost among them that tattooing is going to be extra-ouchy in that general vicinity, and indeed, the radio station broadcast Herr Muller’s screams of pain live. Ah, Europe. However, I’d say that it’d be even worse to end up with the word “Mini” on your ol’ fella. Talk about bad advertising.

L E S S

DON’T MISS THE 2010

A painful approach to winning a Mini So what do you suppose happens when they take on the world of vans? Well, among other things, they build the single ugliest personal conveyance I’ve ever seen. The regular NV is actually quite manly and looks like the offspring of a Mercedes G-Wagen and a Titan pickup, but the High Roof variants are as unsightly as plumber’s crack. But speaking of tradesmen’s posteriors, how’s this for a detail: the front seats in Nissan’s upcoming vans are beefed up to resist the wear of be-denimed arses leaping in and out of them all day. Plus, that ungainly high roof will let you stand up straight inside, even if you’re Tom Selleck. Only the Dodge Sprinter currently does that, and it’s a uni-body. There’s lots of other stuff to appeal to small business owners, the NV’s stated target market, such as magnetically-held doors and a no-charge graphics package. I’ll take the shortwheelbase, 5.6L V8 model with a lady in a chain-mail bikini riding a unicorn on the side.

C O S T

A52 - North Shore News - Friday, February 11, 2011

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