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Tempe neighbours fear cell tower Microwaves from proposed tower concern

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RESIDENTS of the Tempe Heights area of North Vancouver are broadcasting their concerns over a proposed cell tower slated for their neighbourhood.

Communications giant Rogers proposes to erect a 41metre pole that will hold up to six panel antennas and one round dish antenna on the Highway 1 right of way at the end of Tempe Glen Drive. have your say at nsnews.com

Across the street from the proposed site is the park where Ralph Johnstone takes his grandchildren to play, and he’s worried that scientists might not fully understand the impact the microwave frequencies in the area of the tower will have on the kids on the playground. “Way back when X-rays were kind of an unknown, eventually it turned out that was pretty NEWS photo Mike Wakefield bad (for people),” he said. “We don’t want to be sitting here RALPHJohnstone’scellphonemayworkbetterwhennewantennasareinstalledonatowerinhisTempeHeightsneighbourhoodinNorthVancouver, finding out that that’s really bad but the location — near where Johnstone is standing — overlooks a playground and he is concerned about the effect of microwaves. stuff.” Johntone has delivered a petition with 74 signatures on it to Rogers, raising concerns about the sightliness, the effect on property values and the perceived lack of consultation with most homeowners in the area. “Everybody from just Tempe Knoll there headed north is going Jane Seyd published in October 2007 that also detailed allegations by Wilson’s to have a grandstand view of the tower,” he said. “Everybody we jseyd@nsnews.com father-in-law Bill Lougheed that Wilson had exaggerated his business spoke to was totally opposed to it.” successes, that Wilson and his wife owed Lougheed millions of dollars and that Lougheed felt Wilson was unfit for political office. Rogers sent a public notification to homes within a radius three THE Province newspaper says it will appeal a B.C. At the time, Wilson’s wife Kelly was locked in an acrimonious times the height of the tower as required by legislation, as well as Supreme Court judge’s decision ordering a reporter battle with her father over her late mother Norma Lougheed’s some beyond that scope. However, Johnstone’s home wasn’t within to hand over the name of a source who provided estate. that radius and he said only a handful of those he spoke to had damaging information about then-West Vancouver The allegations in the front page Province article essentially received a package. MP Blair Wilson in 2007. spelled the end of Wilson’s political career. After the article was Rogers spokeswoman Sara Holland said the site was one of On Dec. 31, Justice Paul Williamson ordered reporter Elaine published, Wilson was forced to resign from the Liberal caucus. He several identified by the company that could improve service in a poorly served area along the Trans Canada Highway and the Tempe O’Connor to give up the name of the person who gave her a copy ran in the next federal election as a Green Party candidate and lost. Wilson was not charged following the Elections Act audit, which neighbourhood, but the other locations were turned down by the of an anonymous report alleging Wilson had broken the Elections concluded he had only made some minor errors in reporting. landowners — in this case the City of North Vancouver — and the Act by not listing campaign expenses properly. Those allegations — also sent anonymously to the Elections Act See Tower page 5 Commissioner and a political blogger — became part of a story See Source page 3

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Paving stone thefts mar memories

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ON a winter’s afternoon, it’s very still in Victoria Park, where a white marble sculpture stands out against the brown of nearby trees. An abstract human ﬁgure cradles branches and sky through an emptiness at its centre. have your say at nsnews.com

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ARC’TERYX employees Joanne Mayzes and Nancy Fedoruk wrap Harvest Project’s Kevin Lee in one of the insulated Gortex capes donated by Arc’teryx. More than 80 employees volunteered over three Saturdays to make the all-weather garmets from roll ends and left over fabric.

Super heroes give capes away Volunteers sew and donate rain gear for homeless

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IT was a nagging question for employees at North Vancouver-based Arc’teryx, which manufacturers outdoor wear: What to do with all the fabric that’s left over at the end of a product run? At ﬁrst, they thought why not give it away? Maybe universities or other groups could use it. Then, as designer Tara Latham explains, they thought a little bolder: Why not see if employees would volunteer to make it into rain gear for those

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who can’t afford what they normally produce? The resulting partnership saw 300 rain capes handed out through the Harbour Lights Salvation Army shelter in the Downtown Eastside last year. This year, with 560 capes of varying material and colours made over three days by 90 volunteers, they are expanding to North Vancouver’s Harvest Project. “We really didn’t want to see them go to waste, and we started thinking about who needed them most,” said Latham, who sits on the company’s volunteer environment committee. “It was really a grassroots thing.” It remains that way, with many of the employees showing up motivated by the fun they have doing the project, and others learning to sew alongside professional sewers.

The resulting capes are large enough to cover most of the body, waterproof and insulated, and can even double as a sleeping bag. The quality is exactly the same as everything else they make, she said, as is the material. They got lots of good feedback and plan to redo the design next year based on some of the ideas, said Latham. However, the biggest vindication that people like what they saw came from her seeing people wearing them. “I actually saw a few in my neighbourhood, which was really cool personally to see them out on the street being worn,” she said. Latham hopes other companies will jump on the bandwagon, since other clothing companies across the Lower Mainland also have similar product material left over that usually goes to waste. About 200 capes were earmarked for the North Shore this past Christmas, with the rest going to the Harbour Lights Salvation Army shelter.

Source identity claimed crucial to defamation suit From page 1

Wilson and Lougheed then became embroiled in a series of court battles. Lougheed sued Wilson for repayment of the debts he said were owing (much of that claim has since been abandoned by Lougheed), while Wilson sued O’Connor and the corporate owner of the Province newspaper — that also owns the North Shore News — for defamation. Wilson also named ex-Liberal MLA Judy Tyabji Wilson (no relation), her company Tugboat Enterprises, blogger Steve Janke and prominent federal Liberal Mark Marissen in the defamation suit, alleging they also played a role in either distributing or publishing the allegations that smeared his reputation. The defamation lawsuit is now scheduled for trial this fall. But the judge in the case has recently ruled in pretrial deliberations that O’Connor must hand over the name of her source, known only as “a citizen in the riding.” O’Connor has refused, saying the information was

given to her on the promise of conﬁdentiality, adding, “I fear that breaking such a promise would make it difﬁcult for future sources to trust me and provide information.” Williamson, however, said the identity of the source is crucial to the defamation case because it would address the question of whether the person who provided the report did so because it was in the public interest or whether they were motivated by personal or political “malice” towards Wilson. “Is the source a person who felt compelled by his or her civic responsibility to disclose inappropriate activity or wrongdoing in the political system, or is that source involved in a malicious intra-family squabble and promulgating information . . . for purposes related to personal gain and/or vindictiveness?” wrote the judge. “If the source is a participant in a scheme to favour the interests of one side in an acrimonious family dispute, or is a participant in a politically motivated scheme to damage and discredit an elected politician then the public interest in fostering the proper administration of justice outweighs the public interest in protecting a

journalist’s anonymous source.” Dan Burnett, the lawyer representing the Province in the lawsuit, said the paper is appealing the decision, saying recent higher court rulings have favoured the protection of journalist’s conﬁdential sources. “It’s an important value to protect,” he said. But Wilson’s lawyer Jay Straith said he thinks the judge made the right decision. People shouldn’t be able to hide behind a cloak of anonymity while deliberately setting out to destroy a reputation, said Straith. Wilson has long contended either personal or political animosity — or both — motivated the person who gave O’Connor the information. “What happened to Blair Wilson is the kind of thing that causes people not to go into public life because this is the kind of crap that can happen,” said Straith. He said Wilson now lives in another part of the Lower Mainland and consults on accounting. In a related decision the same day, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Ballance awarded Wilson’s wife Kelly Wilson a $5.5 million settlement from her late mother’s estate, following a lengthy court battle.

The sculpture, Enduring Love, was placed in the park last summer by the North Shore chapter of Compassionate Friends, a support group for parents whose children have died. Beneath the sculpture, a path of uneven paving stones holds words and pictures dedicated to those children’s memories. There’s a sailboat with a musical note, a teddy bear and a hummingbird hovering over a flower. “Sunshine” reads one of the stones. Another says “Goodnight moon.” Cathy Sosnowsky, leader of the North Shore group, said the stones deliberately didn’t contain the names of the children, many of whom have specific memorials elsewhere. “We wanted it to stay as a memorial to the love of children,” she said. But where two of the stones used to be set, brown dirt is now visible and only the outlines of the stones remain. One of the stones said “Love”, said Sosnowsky, while the other had a picture of a butterfly, drawn by the sister of a young man who had died. Sosnowsky said the missing stones were discovered just before Christmas, by a mother who went to visit the memorial on her deceased daughter’s birthday. Sosnowsky said it wouldn’t be hard to pry the stones loose. “It could have just been given as a Christmas present,” she said. Since discovering the missing stones, Sosnowsky said she’s been in contact with one child’s parents and has tried to reach the others. For a bereaved parent to come across their own child’s stone as missing, “It would be very upsetting,” she said. The sculpture and the stones as whole is “a tribute to our children,” said Sosnowsky. It’s also a public place for bereaved parents to gather or contemplate. “Sometimes as bereaved parents we feel like we’re shunned,” said Sosnowsky, who joined the group after her 17-year-old son Alex died after an accidental fall on his head 18 years ago. See Hoping page 5

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Hoping for a change of heart

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THESE carved stones in Victoria Park, North Vancouver, were placed by parents to commemorate deceased children. Two have been stolen.

“They want to think we’ve gotten over it. We haven’t,” she said. “We’re here. We love our children. We want them remembered.” Sosnowky said the sculpture captures what the parents wanted to show the community. “We wanted it to be not too sad, not too representational, not too abstract,” she said. “It’s lovely and can be interpreted in so many ways.” Some see the circular hole in the sculpture as emptiness, others see it as a window to what lies beyond, or a representation of inﬁnity. “We wanted it to stay as a memorial to the love of children,” she said. The group, Compassionate Friends, is for all parents who have lost children — whether those children are babies or adults. Some have died through illness or accident. Some have taken their own lives. “We meet to share our grief and support each other,” she said. Many members choose to visit the sculpture on signiﬁcant

Tower conforms to health regulations From page 1 Ministry of Transportation. “Our customers want to be connected at any time and any place and their needs are changing,” Holland said via email. The transmission tower meets Health Canada’s regulations. Scientiﬁc literature listed by Health Canada has found no danger of health impacts from that level of radiation. A spokesperson for Health Canada pointed the North Shore News to its website, which states “worst-case RF (radio frequency) exposure levels emitted from cellphone towers are typically thousands of times below those speciﬁed by science-based exposure standards.” This is the second tower of this type to be proposed along the Highway 1 right of way. Another proposal was made public a month ago for a tower near Taylor Way in West Vancouver. Linda Gold, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Transportation, said there has been a spike in the number of applications for cellphone towers on ministry land. “As the CRTC has allowed more cellular providers we have seen more of these types of applications.” Gold said new phones require more bandwidth and that carriers are trying to address dead spots in their networks. Currently, neither the ministry nor the City of North Vancouver have any policies relating to the placement of telecommunications

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towers, but Gold said that’s not a current concern. She said companies are required to meet roadside safety standards, provide safe access to the construction and consult the local municipality, but that the ministry leaves public consultation to the installing company. Mayor Darrell Mussatto said the city has held public meetings in the past about this issue, but the federal government can override any local decision on telecommunications towers. “We can’t say no,” he said, but in the same breath added he wouldn’t ignore the towers, particularly in this case. “We might have a little bit more opportunity to encourage more consultation, because they have to go through our land to get to it.” The design of the tower hasn’t been ﬁnalized or approved as of yet. Following the submission of the petition, Rogers agreed to extend the consultation period until Feb. 11. No public meeting is required in the consultation, however proponents are required to respond to “reasonable” concerns provided in writing, though concerns over health and property values aren’t within the boundaries of the process. Submissions can be sent to Kiersten Enemark at Standard Land Company, agents for Rogers, via email at commentsBC@standardland.com. Further information on the consultation process and regulations is available at www.ic.gc.ca/antenna.

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Head in the sands

ANADA’S new environment minister has a peculiar take on his job. Rather than safeguarding the natural world, he sees it as his role to make its destruction more palatable. Peter Kent went on national television Thursday to assure Canadians that everything is ﬁne. He acknowledged that climate change is a reality, but told his audience we’re right on track to solve it. We’re going to revise regulations for long-haul trucking, for instance. Oh, and our nation’s gas-belching oilsands are really not a problem. Such words from an environment minister are astonishing. Thirteen years ago, Canada and other nations signed a protocol to reduce greenhouse emissions to six per cent below 1990 levels. That was considered a modest and necessary ﬁrst step on a

you said it “Some Grinch stole the Christ out of Christmas.” Father John Brioux of St. Paul’s Catholic Church reacts to the theft of the church’s Baby Jesus ﬁgurine from an outdoor nativity scene sometime on or around Boxing Day (from a Jan. 7 news story). ••• “It’s not uncommon to see hoaxtype devices, but right now we’re treating it as real.” North Vancouver RCMP spokesman Cpl. Peter DeVries reacts to a suspicious package that was found on the front lawn of a home in the 500-block of East 17th Street. Two blocks were evacuated and the RCMP bomb disposal unit investigated, but the package turned out to be from a discarded Halloween costume (from a Jan. 2 news story). ••• “It was fundraised for by the community, built by the community and it should stay in the community.” Cindy Lanctot calls on the North Vancouver school district to move the special-needs play equipment from the defunct Fromme school to Lynn Valley elementary, where her children now attend. The district says new accessible play equipment will be installed later this year (from a Jan. 5 news story).

path to averting disaster. Since then, our emissions have climbed to 24 per cent above 1990 levels. With skyrocketing energy consumption and unwavering reliance on fossil fuels, we are showing no signs of turning that trend around. What Canada needs is a clear, comprehensive plan for systemic transformation. But Kent’s comments show he has absolutely no intention of delivering one. Instead, he is focusing his energy on convincing the public and the international community that there’s really nothing wrong. This, in and of itself, is terrifying. In any area of private industry, someone who so completely neglects the requirements of their job would be ﬁred. Come election time, the Canadian public should bear this in mind.

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Get involved in your community plan Dear Editor: For the first time in recent history, our children’s life spans may be shorter than our own due to our diet, our sedentary and stressful lifestyles and our environment. So how does this relate to the District of North Vancouver? The district’s low-density neighbourhoods offer limited choices for housing types and transportation. For the most part, district residents live in lower density neighbourhoods and rely on their cars to get around. Seventy-seven per cent of district residents drive to work, compared to 67 per cent of residents who live elsewhere in Metro Vancouver. This reliance on the car increases our risk of obesity and of developing chronic health conditions, such as cardiovasculardisease,diabetesand asthma.Additionally, every 10 minutes of commuting is associated with a 10 per cent reduction in civic engagement. The feelings of isolation and loneliness that ensue can lead to poorer health outcomes for some residents. In comparison, studies have shown that living in a mixed density neighbourhood provides more health and social benefits than previously thought. People who live in neighbourhoods where they can walk or cycle to meet their needs drive 58 per cent less often than residents who live in lower density neighbourhoods. Higher density neighbourhoods, too, are beneficial to the children who call them home. Research shows that children actually thrive in mixed income neighbourhoods due to the availability of more services and programs. These services and programs available equally to both affluent and lower-income families result in kids who are better prepared for school, emotionally, psychologically and physically.

For these reasons, it’s important that we design our communities so they promote and support active lifestyles, provide a variety of housing options and create opportunities for positive social interactions. To this end, the District of North Vancouver is revising its ofﬁcial community plan. At its heart, the OCP is about people — how and where we live, how we relate, recreate and socialize. The OCP is a roadmap that will help guide our community’s growth well into the middle of this century. The OCP is your plan. And to be effective, it needs your input. I urge you to get involved and provide to the

District of North Vancouver your new voices and new ideas about how your community should look 10, 20, 30 years from now. The OCP community meetings will be held in January, on two nights: ■ Tuesday, Jan. 11, 6:30 to 9 p.m. — Holiday Inn, 700 Old Lillooet Rd. ■ Saturday, Jan. 15, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd. For additional information about the OCP review process, go to dnv.org. Dr. Brian O’Connor Medical Health Ofﬁcer, North Shore

Building connections with nature

Dear Editor: As part of a Capilano University sustainability course, Project Change, a group of us chose to help students develop their own appreciation for nature. Welivein“Super,NaturalB.C.,”theself-proclaimed “Best Place on Earth!” Tourism commercials showcase outdoorsy Canadians exercising in their natural environment. But the sad reality is that many British Columbians don’t do such activities. In metropolitan areas especially, mankind’s connections with nature are fading. Countless individuals in the ﬁnancial district of Vancouver stare out of their windows at the magniﬁcence of the dramatic North Shore topography. Renting a bike and maneuvering the tourist-ridden sea wall or “exploring” the well-trodden paths of Stanley Park simply doesn’t

count as being one with nature. How many of us slave away in stuffy, expensive gyms? Many Vancouverites, myself included, often forget about the accessibility of the gorgeous, unspoiled forests of the North Shore. And here is the shocking part — hiking is free. Thus, we began to hike. We meandered at a leisurely pace along the Lynn Loop trail. A few weeks later we tackled Lynn Peak, getting an excellent cardiovascular workout with a breathtaking view at the summit as our reward. I feel that I have built my own connection with Vancouver’s North Shore. I can look at the spectacular scenery rising above me and see mountains neither daunting nor unfamiliar. The question is — when will you build your own connection? Rachelle Cadanao North Vancouver

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Madame Mysterioso explains it all for you OH, get off my back.

Your favourite horoscoptionist, Madame Mysterioso, may be a week late and $50 million short (curse you, Lotto Max), but she’s still here to do that voodoo that she does so well. In other words, ATTENSHUN, North Shore soldiers! Your marching orders for 2011 are about to be served. As usual, they’re organic, spring-fed and wine-dipped. Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20) You’ve got huge dreams for 2011. This year, your Goaty schlep to life’s mountain peak will be easier when you lose the suctioncups on the soles of your hooves. Patrick Dempsey (Jan. 13), look forward to quintuplets. Mel Gibson (Jan. 3), look forward to conniptions. Some birthday advice for you, soon-to-be Princess Kate Middleton (Jan. 9): Cultivate an appetite for public bile. In the meantime, Capricorns, enjoy the unprecedented attention. Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) Your humanitarian impulses are your best quality, but you’ll have to pick your battles in 2011. That know-it-all personality can get an ignoramus in big trouble — yes, I’m talking to you, Glenn Beck (Feb. 10). Genuine Aquarian smartypants will, as always, do all right. Did you know that Galileo was an Aquarian, not just some lyrical fragment in a song by Queen? A word to less-wise Water-bearers, like

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Kate Zimmerman Jennifer Aniston: Try dating homely or middle-aged folk rather than hunky airheads and hairy lunkheads. Librans Snoop Dogg (Oct. 20) and Jeff Goldblum (Oct. 22) are good choices.

Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) This year, your journey requires you to pack an extralarge money-belt. Benadryl will prove itself handy when it comes to the tail end of your seven-year-itch. Right now, Pisces is all over the map — for every fresh-faced, optimistic Justin Bieber (March 1), there’s a gloomy, deﬂated Gordon Brown (Feb. 20), and for every frisky, Timberlake-dating Jessica Biel (March 3), there’s a wildly ﬂailing Kelsey Grammer (21 Feb.). With all the confusion, try saying no to drugs, and an ecstatic yes to KFC’s 540calorie Double Down. Aries (March 21-April 20) Make 2011 your Ram-

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Notice is hereby given that the District of West Vancouver has entered into an agreement with Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities Inc. to lease District-owned land labelled as the “Proposed Development Site” on the sketch plan shown. The term of the proposed lease is 125 years and the rent for the term will be $14,500,000 to be paid in full on the commencement date of the proposed lease (the “Basic Rent”). The District will incur two contingent capital liabilities (the “Contingent Liabilities”) as follows: (a) the District must return to Pacific Arbour $13,050,000 of the Basic Rent (in the amount of $14,500,000) if the District terminates the lease as a result of a failure by Pacific Arbour to commence construction of its proposed development on the Proposed Development Site within 12 months of the commencement date of the lease (the $1,450,000 balance of the Basic Rent will be retained by the District as liquidated damages); and (b) the District must pay to Pacific Arbour 75% of the net proceeds that it receives when it leases the Proposed Development Site to another developer if the District re-enters the site as a result of a failure by Pacific Arbour to meet any of the other construction milestones in the lease, but the District will retain all of the Basic Rent (in the amount of $14,500,000). The above two Contingent Liabilities may never arise, and the exact amount of the second Contingent Liability described in (b) above cannot be determined at this time. The District may proceed with the proposed lease containing the Contingent Liabilities unless at least 10% of the electors of the entire District of West Vancouver sign elector response forms and submit them to the District by the deadline of 4:00 pm on February 11, 2011. If 10% of the electors sign and submit elector response forms by the deadline, the District must obtain the assent of the electors before proceeding.

Notice of Alternative Approval Process – Removal of Park Dedication

Notice is also hereby given that the District of West Vancouver intends to adopt Miscellaneous Parks Dedication Bylaw No. 1091,

In September, it was announced that the band would be taking a year’s hiatus, and it looks as though this could become permanent. “It’s been in a slow decline over the years,” said Roma Krusch, one of the band’s directors. “I think we did have one rough patch, but we managed to build it up. . . . We haven’t been able to recover on this one.” Despite being a non-profit, parent-run organization relying on membership fees and sponsorship, finances were not the root of the problem, according to Krusch. “(The band is) in hiatus photo submitted because we simply are not getting the kids to join. We IN years past, the North Vancouver Youth Band has been a regular fixture in North did a real blitz . . . advertising Vancouver’s Canada Day parade. and everything, and we got Over the years, the band has marched at the Calgary Stampede, in various B.C. parades and ceremonies and even in eight kids to sign up,” she says. “They’re just not out there.” Krusch says that although the directors and members New York at a parade to commemorate 9-11. Krusch says the trouble for marching bands is the benefits knew things were looking bleak, the magnitude wasn’t really appreciated until the summer, when the majority of children aren’t as exciting as for some sports and other after-school usually sign up to play. “It was quite surprising, actually . . . even opportunities for kids. The fact that travel can often be a perk of marching in a band doesn’t often occur to kids weighing up their our summer program floundered,” said Krusch. The youth band was founded in 1939, and is one of the few extracurricular options. “Kids just don’t seem to be interested marching bands that follows the traditional British military style. anymore. It’s gotten too old fashioned.” Krusch said that while the board of directors try to work The band teaches kids from ages eight to 21 to play a variety of different music genres for concerts and parades. There are on new ideas, they would gladly welcome any imput from three different tiers of bands set by ability. In former years, the the community to help keep the band going. Any ideas and suggestions can be emailed to info@nvyb.ca. organization had up to 60 band members.

1945, Amendment Bylaw No. 4670, 2010 (the “Park Dedication Removal Bylaw”). This proposed bylaw removes the dedication for park purposes, as set out in the District’s Bylaw No. 1091, 1945, of District-owned land known as John Richardson Park, legally described as parcel identifier 012-809-829, Lot 19, Block 4, East part of District Lot 554, Plan 3522.

least 10% of the electors of the entire District of West Vancouver sign elector response forms and submit them to the District by the deadline of 4:00 pm on February 11, 2011. If 10% of the electors sign and submit elector response forms by the deadline, Council must obtain the assent of the electors before adopting the Park Dedication Removal Bylaw.

General Provisions Applicable to Both of the Alternative Approval Processes

Sketch Plan of Proposed Development Site and reconfigured John Richardson Park

The Park Dedication Removal Bylaw would facilitate the reconfiguration of John Richardson Park (the “Reconfiguration”), without changing the size of the Park, for the purpose of (a) facilitating the creation of the Proposed Development Site (defined above); (b) creating park access from 22nd Street; and (c) correcting an anomaly in the configuration of the dedicated corridor for Marine Drive, all as shown on the sketch plan set out above. This proposed Reconfiguration requires that the park dedication be removed (the reconfigured park will then be rededicated by subdivision plan under section 107 of the Land Title Act). Council may adopt the Park Dedication Removal Bylaw unless at

The District estimates that 3,255 is the total number of eligible electors who would need to submit signed elector response forms for either or both of the above alternative approval processes in order to prevent the District from proceeding with the proposed lease or adopting the Park Dedication Removal Bylaw, as the case may be, without the assent of the electors. Elector responses must be in the form established by the District. These forms are available on request from the Municipal Hall, 750 17th Street, West Vancouver, BC V7V 3T3 (phone 604-925-7004). The only persons entitled to sign the forms are electors of the District. The agreement to lease, the proposed lease containing Contingent Liabilities, the Park Dedication Removal Bylaw and documents and records relating thereto are available (as of December 23, 2010) for public inspection at the West Vancouver Municipal Hall at 750 17th Street, West Vancouver, BC, on regular business days (Monday to Friday except statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.

Public Information Meeting

The District will hold a Public Information Meeting regarding: (a) the Park Dedication Removal Bylaw, the proposed reconfiguration of John Richardson Park, and the preliminary design plans for the reconfigured Park; and (b) the lease to Pacific Arbour, the Contingent Liabilities and Pacific Arbour’s proposed development on the Proposed Development Site. All interested persons are invited to attend. Meeting Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011 Time: 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Location: West Vancouver Memorial Library (in Welsh Hall) at 1950 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC Dated this 23rd day of December 2010 S.Scholes, Municipal Clerk, The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver.

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Buy the grow-a-brain kit, moody Cancers From page 7

Cancer (June 22-July 21) As the moody bimbo of the zodiac, you’re ﬁnally forced to explain yourself this year. Yes, Lizzie Borden (July 19), of course you can go ﬁrst, but put down that axe. Pamela Anderson (July 1), you’re next. After that, let’s hear from David Hasselhoff (July 17) and King Edward VIII (June 23), who threw over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales for that deeply discounted American, Mrs. Wallis Simpson. In 2011, Crabs, grow a brain. There’s actually a kit you can buy. Leo (July 22-Aug. 22) As usual, Leo, you’re splendid, headstrong and bossy. Be warned, 2011 is the one time you Lions won’t get your way. Dial it back, Mick Jagger (July 26) and Roman Polanski (Aug. 18), channelling your gentle, twee, inner Beatrix Potter (July 28). You’re “performers,” aren’t you? Challenge yourself with less glamorous roles. Rather than your usual shtick of chewing the scenery, consume more cabbage. It’s better for your colon.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Like Lance Armstrong (Sept. 18), it’s time for all Virgos to get off that high horse. You may be sticklers for perfection, but you make as many mistakes as anybody else, whether you’re Dr. Phil (Sept. 1), Mother Teresa (Aug. 27) or Gene Simmons (Aug. 25). So what if the dancing bears at your surprise birthday party “aren’t in synch”? Take a pill and reread your encyclopedia. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 21) Sufﬁce it to say, nobody appreciates your brilliance. You are perennially underrated. Johnny Appleseed (Sept. 26), meet comedian Zach Galiﬁanakis (Oct. 1) and Portuguese water dog Bo Obama (Oct. 9). This year, the Scales must cultivate an attitude of gratitude. While every Libran can’t be America’s First Dog, you can certainly warm to your own circumstances and thereby uplift them. Try to emulate Clive Owen (Oct. 3). Handsome and talented, yet rarely employed, he has no complaints. Scorpio (Oct. 22-Nov. 22) Repeat after me: I am not Adam Ant. Unless you are

Adam Ant (Nov. 3), you at least have that to be pleased about. Take the chip off your shoulder, Scorpions, and cultivate the charm of Grace Kelly (Nov. 12) or Matthew McConaughey (Nov. 4). After all, you’re not difﬁcult, you’re “complex.” You’re not pig-headed, you’re “determined.” Give that a whirl, genius — and I do mean you, Bill Gates (Oct. 28). The fact that Charles Manson (Nov. 12) is a Scorpio is mere coincidence.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) Always happy as clams, you Archers will ﬁrmly hit your targets in 2011. Sadly, you’ll miss the fact that right behind those targets are adorable big-eyed kittens. Consider laser eye surgery. And while your extreme sociability is usually an asset, if you’re preternaturally perky Dick Clark (Nov. 30), may we sweetly point out that at 82, retirement is a perfectly legitimate career option? So sayeth Mme. Mysterioso, still going strong at 143. Bonne chance, mes acolytes. kate@katezimmerman.ca

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BRIGHT LIGHTS

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Nancy Dixon dresses as a jellyﬁsh.

Naveen, Tara, Mac and Darius Parmar attend.

Ophir and Noam Barzilay show off their balloon hats.

Natasha and Ashleigh Kearns dress as masked crusaders.

Gary Comeau performs for the event’s mascot. The annual Penguin Plunge was held Jan. 1 in Deep Cove’s Panorama Park. Plungers and spectators alike enjoyed food and refreshments, a costume contest, as well as live music by Gary Comeau and the Voodoo Allstars. Proceeds from the event, presented by Deep Cove Outdoors and Deep Cove Canoe & Kayak with the help of a host of community groups, will support the Seymour Art Gallery.

Hayley Lindon, Julia Vodarek, Hannah Dubois, Kevin Dubois and Gillian Ramsay serve smokies and hot chocolate.

Joe Heilman brings critters Ben and Holly.

Jaycie Harris, Jaimi MacCara and Maja Muzur register plungers.

Forgotten presents Brant Carter and Jason Overend try to hitchhike their way back to the North Pole.

Brenda Mitchell and Paul Berrettoni enjoy the festivities.

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INSTEAD of the usual name and address, Lorraine Paquette’s email signature reads in bright blue lettering, “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”

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The North Shore resident has devoted her life to helping impoverished families in Tanzania and, so far, no storm has stopped her from pursuing her goals of helping some of the world’s most poverty-stricken communities. One threatening storm cloud is the financial support she needs for her non-profit organization, Wipe Their Tears, to continue. Paquette says that this year her charity has received absolutely no help from the community. “Having lived on the North Shore for over 20 years. . . I’ve been really disappointed,” she says. Paquette founded Wipe Their Tears in 2008 and since then has donated 90 per cent of her income to support her cause, even refinancing her own home. She organizes fundraising events throughout the Lower Mainland when she can. Paquette travels to Tanzania and single-handedly brings mosquito nets to villages and pays for children to get the hospital treatments and operations they See More page 13

WINTER is my favorite time of the year, especially like this year when there’s a thick blanket of snow on the mountains with regular powder days.

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WIPE Their Tears founder Lorraine Paquette is seeking donations to help improve the lives of residents of the Tanzanian village of Mchukuuni.

I spend six days a week off in the backcountry on snowshoes, skis and snowmobiles enjoying our amazing terrain and the opportunity it provides for personal reﬂection. If you’re a winter enthusiast like me, then I hope you recognize and know how dangerous it can be out there, especially if you don’t have the proper training or experience. If you don’t have the experience or knowledge yet, the best part is that gaining and learning that knowledge is super fun. If you’re a resort skier, the most important thing to remember is that the boundaries and closed areas were set by avalanche and ski patrol professionals who have years of experience in that terrain. There’s no excuse to push beyond those boundaries or closed areas, and many people who’ve done so See Be page 15

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need. She has also purchased land to build a care centre for orphans. Ever since she was a small child, Paquette has known she wanted to go to Africa. “I don’t know whether I saw something or saw a picture. . . but it was always, ‘I’m going to Africa. I’m going to build an orphanage one day.’” Paquette volunteered in Sudan during the ’70s and, despite witnessing death, famine and poverty unlike anything she had experienced before, she fell deeply in love with the culture and the people. Her determination to return and help was stronger than ever. Since her time in Sudan, Paquette raised a family in Canada. Now that her children are grown, she has returned to Africa several times, this time to Tanzania, where she volunteered in 2004. “I saw a lot of poverty, I saw starvation,” she says. “I knew Tanzania was going to be the country I was going to come back and help.” Contacts in southern Tanzania suggested she go to the northern villages that needed more attention. Paquette set off for a four-day overland journey to the village of Mchukuuni via local transportation. “I call it the forgotten vil-

lage,” she says “because if you have no reason to go there, you would never stop there. . . The people have nothing. I fell in love with that village and I knew on my own I would never have enough money to help them to the degree I wanted.” Paquette decided to found the charity Wipe Their Tears in order to raise enough money for the children of Mchukuuni and the surrounding villages. The charity is bare bones — Paquette won’t even rent a car with the money she has raised, preferring to use local transportation to keep costs low. Every cent she makes from donations goes straight to the village. She arrives alone from Canada, and hires local villagers to help her with her work, paying for their food, clothes and lodging along the way. Paquette’s greatest immediate concern is preventing malaria, one of the biggest causes of childhood mortality, and one of the simplest to help. “Last time, I purchased over 1,000 mosquito nets and personally delivered them mud hut to mud hut,” she says. Mosquito nets alone can reduce childhood mortality rates in poor countries by 20 per cent and large nets, big enough to protect four children at once, are available for between $8$10 a piece.

Paquette will be leaving for Mchukuuni again at the start of February, and hopes to raise enough funds to provide another 1,000 nets to families. She is currently saving as much as she can from her income to further the effort. On her next visit, Paquette plans to meet with the chairman of Mchukuuni village to organize a Swahili translation of AIDS prevention guidelines, to encourage teenagers in particular to use condoms. “I don’t think they have enough education about AIDS,” she says. “They’re not afraid of it enough.” When it comes to North Shore help, Paquette remains discouraged. Of the 70 letters she sent to local companies for ﬁnancial support, none have donated. The two main reasons cited were the weak economy and the fact that the cause is not in the local community. One particular company suggested help could be given once Paquette had established a bigger charity. “I actually said to them, ‘Why does it take a world disaster for corporations or people (to) give willingly and give generously?’” says Paquette. “The people in Africa live in a world disaster every day of their life.” Despite the lack of help, Paquette remains excited about her work and cannot wait to get

back to the eye of the storm. “It’s a dream, and honestly, when I get off that plane in Africa I feel I’m home.” Paquette is seeking volunteers to help her, to help from within B.C., aiding the fundraising effort and raising awareness. If you would like to get involved or make a donation, visit www. wipetheirtears.com.

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LIVE health notes From page 13 slogan “You probably won’t need a helmet today” at Mount Seymour, Jan. 15 and 16, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Grouse Mountain, Jan. 22, 10 a.m.-2

p.m. and Cypress Mountain, Jan. 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Info: www.preventable.ca. Wild Transformation Month: Wild Woman Workouts will offer pay by donation classes from Jan. 10 to 28 at Onedance Creative Art Centre, 286 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver.

Positive movement and ﬁtness for all ages and abilities. Visit www.studiowild.ca for current class schedule or phone 604-771-5683.

p.m. at Family Services of the North Shore, 101-255 West First St., North Vancouver. Info and registration: 604988-5281, ext. 202.

Couples Group: A free group for couples who are experiencing communication difﬁculties in their relationship, Tuesdays, Jan. 11-March 1, 6:30-8:30

The Midwest Centre will hold workshops for anxiety and depression starting Jan. 12 until the end of April, 7-9 p.m. Admission by donation. Info and

location: 604-418-3600. Stop the Cycle of Emotional Eating: Therapist Ina Stockhausen will speak about emotional eating, Wednesday, Jan. 12, mingling at 6:30 p.m. and speaker at 7 p.m. at John Braithwaite See more page 15

publicnotice Public Meeting

NOTICE is hereby given, under the provisions of the Local Government Act, that a Public Meeting will be held on MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011 at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, B.C.

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Public Hearing NOTICE is hereby given by the City of North Vancouver that a Public Hearing will be held on MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, B.C. to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700”.

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INTRACORP LONSDALE PROJECT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP/ RAMSAY WORDEN ARCHITECTS

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APPLICANT: A1 GROUP OF COMPANIES DEVELOPMENT LTD./AUGUSTINE HII ARCHITECTURE + BILL CURTIS & ASSOCIATES DESIGN LTD. This Public Hearing is held under the provisions of the Local Government Act. All persons who believe they may be affected by the above proposals will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written submissions to the City Clerk will be accepted up to the conclusion of the Public Hearing to be held on Monday, January 17, 2011 or by email to randerson@cnv.org. Submissions received after the conclusion of the Public Hearing will not be considered by Council. 7MP -+/-/*PQ "eIig* 2ie hP L0*-PR)PQ i) )MP /O&RP /O )MP !L)e !IP+J hP)gPP0 ><C\ i_2_ i0Q A<\\ -_2_a T/0Qie )/ Z+LQiea PfRP-) 8)i)()/+e X/ILQie*a O+/2 Vi0(i+e C )/ Vi0(i+e E?a D\EE_ WO e/( gL*M )/ 'LPg )MP 2i)P+LiI /0IL0P -IPi*P N/ )/ ggg_R0'_/+N] :(hILR XPi+L0N*_ :IPi*P QL+PR) L0,(L+LP* +PNi+QL0N "eIig* S/*_ >EC? i0Q >EB\ )/ V/RPIe0P :LP+RPea !/22(0L)e kP'PI/-2P0)a i) @\B`==\`BDC@ /+ K-LP+RPe$R0'_/+N_ 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver BC V7M 1H9 | Tel: 604-985-7761 | Fax: 604-985-9417

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Be prepared for avalanche in B.C.’s backcountry From page 11 have paid with their lives. If you choose to step off into the B.C. backcountry then you are more than welcome to, but only after you enroll in an Avalanche Skills Training Level 1 course. If not, you’re playing Russian roulette with a stacked house. Courses are available anywhere from mountain guides throughout B.C. and they will educate you about the equipment, avalanche terrain and how to mitigate the dangers. Check the Canadian Avalanche Association’s website (www. avalanche.ca) for a list of guides in your area as well as to check on current conditions. Secondly, you need to have all the right gear. You should always carry the 10 essentials, which consist of a compass, flashlight, knife, extra food and clothing, shelter, fire starter, map, communication device and a first aid kit. In addition, you also need proper avalanche gear, which consists of an avalanche beacon, probe and shovel. An avalanche beacon is worn on your body and transmits a signal when turned on. In the case of an avalanche, a beacon can be switched to search mode to find a buried beacon and person. Backcountry Access (www. backcountryaccess.com) makes one of the best, well-priced digital beacons on the market. Their Tracker and New Tracker 2 digital beacons are simple to use, making them ideal for all backcountry users. During an avalanche things can get pretty confusing so an easy-to-use beacon is what you want. I use Genuine Guide Gear’s (www.genuineguidegear.com) avalanche probe and shovel, as they were designed by top guides for top guides. A probe is a series of lightweight poles strung together

health notes

Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Register: 604-970-0555.

Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. Presented by the Canadian Mental Health Association. Admission by donation. Info: 604-9876959.

Healing Our Wounds: A yoga workshop, Saturday, Jan. 15, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Maa Yoga Studio, 489 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver. Admission by donation with funds raised going to Turtle Lodge. Info: www.maayoga.com. — compiled by Debbie Caldwell

From page 14

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by a steel cable to form one long pole. In the event of an avalanche, once you locate the area of the buried victim by beacon, you use a probe to pinpoint the body under the snow as well as see how deep they’re buried. This is where the hardest work comes in the form of shoveling. G3’s avalanche shovels are made of extremely durable aluminum and have a telescoping handle for good leverage. Avalanche snow and debris can be as hard as cement so if you have a plastic lightweight shovel, replace it with a proper aluminum one. I also use radio communication when I’m out in the mountains and ensure my whole group knows the plans for the day and know at anytime if they feel uneasy they can call it off and we will all turn back. Playing in the mountains is both fun and exhilarating, but it can also be very dangerous if you don’t treat it with respect. Brush up on your skills and then go play.

avalanche professionals for all they do. His mountain adventures are supported by Ski-Doo, Genuine Guide Gear and Mountain Hardwear.

Adventurer Dave Norona would love to thank search and rescue and

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publicnotice Public Hearing

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APPLICANT:

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER

This Public Hearing is held under the provisions of the Local Government Act. All persons who believe they may be affected by the above proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written submissions to the City Clerk will be accepted up to the conclusion of the Public Hearing to be held on Monday, January 17, 2011 or by email to randerson@cnv.org. Submissions received after the conclusion of the Public Hearing will not be considered by Council. 7MP -+/-/*PQ "eIig* 2ie hP L0*-PR)PQ i) )MP /O&RP /O )MP !L)e !IP+J hP)gPP0 ><C\ i_2_ i0Q A<\\ -_2_a T/0Qie )/ Z+LQiea PfRP-) 8)i)()/+e X/ILQie*a O+/2 Vi0(i+e C )/ Vi0(i+e E?a D\EE_ WO e/( gL*M )/ 'LPg )MP 2i)P+LiI /0IL0P -IPi*P N/ )/ ggg_R0'_/+N]:(hILR XPi+L0N*_ :IPi*P QL+PR) L0,(L+LP* +PNi+QL0N "eIig* S/*_ >ECB i0Q >ECA )/ !M+L* 4LIJL0*/0a !/22(0L)e kP'PI/-2P0)a i) @\B`==\`BD\@ /+ RgLIJL0*/0$R0'_/+N 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver BC V7M 1H9 | Tel: 604-985-7761 | Fax: 604-985-9417

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NV man rolls with the punches IT was 1930 and 16-year-old Laurie Norman needed a job.

“It was the Depression and jobs were scarcer than hens’ teeth,” he recalls. Norman knew about fowl anatomy, having been raised on a chicken farm. Norman found a job in the stores department of Burrard Dry Dock. For the next ﬁve years, he would make the daily journey from Burnaby to the shipyards, walking a mile and a half to the streetcar that would take him downtown in time to catch the 8 a.m. ferry to North Vancouver. “The stores supplied everyone, from electricians and carpenters to boilermakers and riveters,” he says. “I carried messages all over and I learned everything about that place. Or I’d get on the ferry and take patterns across the inlet to the repair yard at Coal Harbour or over to the foundry at Granville Island.” When he turned 21, Norman was let go. He was a single man who would be earning the wages of a married man. “Nobody wanted to do it but ﬁnally, Clarence Wallace

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Laura Anderson gave me $100 and I was gone,” he says. Norman had learned industrial first aid at the shipyards and had taken business courses at night school. Even so, it took six months of weekly visits in those Depression days for Norman to get on at Gordon and Belyea Ltd., wholesale hardware and ships’ chandlers. “I finally told them I was an orphan and that did the trick,” he says, with a grin. It was true. Norman and his two brothers lost their parents in the flu pandemic in 1920. Brothers Jack and Albert were raised by grandmothers and Norman went to his

great aunt Hilda and Uncle John Quinn and their chicken farm. The families lived within a mile of each other in the Lochdale area of Burnaby around Sperling and Hastings. Starting in the warehouse at Gordon and Belyea, Norman worked his way up through sales and management positions to secretary of the management committee. “We supplied all those companies — North Vancouver Ship Repair, Boeing out in Richmond and Burrard Dry Dock,” he says. Supply and expediting companies like Gordon and Belyea were essential links with the logging, mining, shipping and construction enterprises that opened up the province and developed Vancouver as a port and as an aircraft and shipbuilding centre during the Second World War. Norman’s work was deemed an essential service in the war. “Mr. Belyea found out I had been called up. ‘Yes, when the Queen calls, you go,’ I said. ‘Not necessarily,’ came the reply. ‘The Queen doesn’t know what you do. You’re needed here but to

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He retired from business in 1981, took up golf and tai chi and continued volunteering, earning accolades too numerous to list. He is a founding member of the B.C. Water and Waste Association, has been a Mason for almost 70 years, continues to be active in his church and, at 25 years, was Science World’s longest serving volunteer. At The Summerhill, his home for the past ﬁve years, Norman participates on almost every committee, calls bingo and helps out with the Spuds in Tubs program at Queen Mary elementary. He credits his longevity and good health to keeping active mentally and physically, keeping involved with his community and, most of all, keeping a good sense of humour at all times. As of next week when Norman returns home to Burnaby to be closer to his family, North Vancouver’s

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DANIKA Svetelj, 5, beats a drum during St. Clare-in-the-Cove’s Winter Solstice, a lantern-lit procession through the streets of Deep Cove on Dec. 21. following classes at the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver: Mastering Your Digital Point and Shoot Camera, Jan. 12 and 13, 7-9 p.m.; Mastering Your Digital SLR, Jan. 19 and 20, 7-9:30 p.m. and Editing and Sharing Your Digital Images, Feb. 8 and 10, 7-9:30 p.m. Fee: $60 per course. Registration: 604-925-7270. Info: www.ferrybuildinggallery.com.

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YOU’D have to be living under a rock not to know that this week saw the launch of this year’s Dine Out Vancouver promo, with the online unveiling of some 200 plus menus from participating restaurants, offered at $18, $28 and $38 for three courses — HST, tip and alcohol extra.

Now in its ninth year, it would be hard to call Dine Out revolutionary. However, there’s no doubt in our mind that the program’s immense success owes not a small vote of thanks to Vancouver’s unusually robust food and wine culture — all the more reason to note that one of Dine Out’s key ingredients is the partnership of the BC Wine Institute. The resurgence of B.C.’s wine industry has had a lot to do with the emergence of a distinct west coast Canadian culinary culture. In fact, to be blunt, you could say that there was no such thing as regional cuisine around these parts until the modern, in part VQA-driven industry blossomed in the Okanagan and elsewhere.

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Way back in the early ’90s, it was the BC Wine Institute (then under the leadership of now Haywire Winery owner Christine Coletta) who undertook the very first of Vancouver’s now plentiful food and wine promotions, in which restaurants offered a prix fixe menu combining BC salmon and VQA Pinot Blanc. For some major players it was a watershed moment, in which some restaurants wound up tasting B.C. wines for the first time and — gasp! — even deigned to include them on their French- and Californiadominated wine lists. BC Wine Institute executive director Miles Prodan also notes Dine Out’s remarkable growth. “In fact,” he says, “We

attribute events such as this with establishing B.C. wines in the key Vancouver market. It was wine and food pairing programs such as the earlier ‘Marriage made in BC’ and now the likes of Dine Out that got the consumer tasting B.C. wines in the ﬁrst place. Plus, every year we reach somebody new.” Like thousands of others, the Hired Belly also has been browsing Dine Out menus, though not just for the food, but for the wines as well. While there are some great dining deals, no question, the smart diners will also

pay attention to the wine programs being offered — if the prices are advertised. Judging from what we’re seeing, there’s a pretty brisk business going on in so-called “cachet” wines — the hardto-ﬁnd drops that may only show up on private wine store shelves. In one instance, we noted Tantalus Pinot Noir ’08 going for $17.50 a glass. Nice wine if you can ﬁnd it, usually at around $30 a bottle, which makes that a cheeky price, to say the least, even in the best of restaurants. And it’ll sure put a dent in any savings you might see on a $38 menu.

food calendar *B.A.C.I.O. — Because a Cure is Obtainable: Mangia E Bevi Ristorante presents Festa Invernal, a winter feast, until Jan. 30 at 2222 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. For each $40, three-course dinner menu sold, $5 will be donated to B.C. Children’s Hospital oncology research and $5 to the Lions Gate Hospital oncology clinic. Info: www. mangiaebevi.ca. Reservations: 604-9228333. *Cooking Classes: Maureen Goulet, a cooking instructor with 25 years

That said, there are still plenty of fair wine deals to be found. And several restaurants have gone to some length to come up with thoughtful food and wine suggestions that really highlight B.C.’s diversity. At Le Gavroche, owner Manuel Ferreira offers a $38 menu pairing option of three glasses of Tinhorn Creek Oldﬁeld Collection wines for an extra $28. This year’s slightly higher price reﬂects the top tier wines, says Ferreira — who, incidentally, will be running Miradoro, Tinhorn’s winery restaurant,

experience, hosts fun and educational cooking classes in West Vancouver. Next class is Wednesday, Jan. 12, 6:4510 p.m., featuring make ahead elegant entrees. Classes are held at Y Franks store, 503 15th St. Cost: $50. Info: www.ambrosiaadventures.com. Le Grand Vin: Vancouver’s CRU Restaurant will mix B.C. terroir and traditional Bordeaux winemaking techniques from winemaker Pascal Madevon with a four-course dinner, Jan. 12 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $85 per person plus taxes and gratuity. To reserve phone 604-677-4111. *Food and Wine Celebration: An evening featuring the wines of Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars, Monday,

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Jan. 17, 6:30-9 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel, 791 West Georgia St., Vancouver. Blue Mountain will celebrate its 20th anniversary with wines paired with cuisine from 12 of British Columbia’s most acclaimed restaurants. Proceeds from the event will support the British Columbia Hospitality Foundation. Cost: $90. Tickets: www.bluemountainwinery. com. *Bourbon Bounty: For those who love the complex sensory delights of a good bourbon, ﬁve exclusive bourbons will be featured with dinner at Brix Restaurant & Wine Bar on Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $75. Tickets: 604-915-9463. Brix is located at 1138 Homer St., Vancouver. — compiled by Debbie Caldwell

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WORK

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EVERYONE wants to throw a party that’s memorable — different from the rest. But ﬁnding ways to do that takes some effort. Sometimes it’s all in the details and other times it’s about something more substantial, like the choice of venue. In the case of the latter, one North Vancouver company may have just the thing — oneof-a-kind Saharan tents. Benita Marr, a decorator in the event planning industry, discovered the tents while

using Twitter for work. “I actually came across a gentleman who does this in U.K. and he is actually from Africa,” she says, adding the two began corresponding about business ventures. “I’ve always been kind of thinking about travelling and bringing stuff back and selling it here just because things in Africa are just so unique and nobody really has things like that over here. At ﬁrst it was just leather poufs and little furnishings and stuff.” Then, last Christmas Marr’s mother-in-law bought her a ticket to London to meet up with her Twitter acquaintance. The pair headed to Morocco

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PETS

Reign in a chubby puppy I will forever curse the person who placed the foot-long Toblerone bar under the Christmas tree this year, with my name on it!

cookies and let’s not forget the aperitifs. They aren’t paying the price of eggnog indulgence. Or are they? I’ve noticed a few wide loads waddling around alongside those cute Christmas puppies at the dog I put it in my freezer hoping park, and I’m not talking about to stay away from it, but the two-leggeds! Just like staying away from a foot-long humans, dogs should maintain Toblerone bar is like trying to an optimum healthy weight. stay away from . . . a foot-long Extra saddle bags hanging Toblerone bar! Keeping weight Canine Connection off their hips and mid section off during the holiday season lead to the same diseases as in Joan Klucha can be a challenge — we often humans: heart disease, diabetes let our ﬁtness routines take a mellitus (the canine version of backseat to shortbread and gingerbread men. insulin-dependent diabetes), hypertension (high It shouldn’t be that way for our hounds. They blood pressure), orthopedic injuries such as aren’t tempted with butter tarts, rum balls, sugar cruciate ligament rupture or patellar luxation —

which are fancy terms for blowing their knees out resulting in expensive surgery — osteoarthritis, respiratory disorders and various forms of cancer. All of these are preventable if we ease up on the food and treats we give our canine loved ones. We can’t blame the dogs, unless they have hypothyroidism. They don’t have opposable thumbs to open cupboards and handle the utensils to fix their own dinners. They can’t walk themselves everyday to burn off the calories. So how do you know if your dog is overweight or even obese? If you run your hands along your dog’s ribs and can easily feel them with gentle pressure; it feels like a T-shirt is covering the ribs and you can see a faint outline of the last rib or two, your dog is probably within the healthy normal range. If you need firm pressure with your fingers to feel ribs, it feels like your dog is wearing a polar fleece, you can’t see their ribs but their belly is hanging below their chest line, your dog is probably overweight. If your dog runs away from you because you are digging your fingers into their rib cage so hard

to ﬁnd their ribs that you are tickling them and it feels like your dog is wearing a down parka, your dog may be obese. The prescription for weight loss is familiar: cut back on calories, carbohydrates and sugar while increasing cardiovascular output; develop a regular routine of healthy eating and exercise so that it becomes a lifestyle. Chubby puppies lead to chubby adult dogs. It may seem cute to watch your puppy waddle around like a beached whale after a meal but it leads to obesity quickly. If a puppy is overfed at every meal it will expect it as an adolescent dog and will always give you a look that you will interpret as it being starving. Soon you feel bad that your dog “looks” hungry (hunger is a feeling, not a look), feed it more than necessary and soon you have a fat adult dog. An unhealthy body weight leads to increased vet bills and an early death. When you think about how much you adore your dog it is a shame to think something like unhealthy weight management (which is preventable) is what caused their early demise.

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Eagles win season-opener Highlanders drop late decision in hard-fought AAA contest

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IT’S already been an eventful new year for several of the North Shore’s professional hockey players.

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WITH both sides depleted by injury, Carson Graham’s senior boys basketball team ground out a 57-50 win against West Vancouver secondary in the two teams’ AAA seasonopener Jan. 4.

THREE TO SEE THIS WEEK BASKETBALL Senior girls premier season-opener ARGYLE vs. CARSON GRAHAM Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m., Argyle secondary CAPILANO vs. KWANTLEN Jan. 14, women at 6 p.m., men at 8 p.m., Capilano Sportsplex WRESTLING North Van All-Stars vs. West Van All-Stars Jan. 11, 6 p.m., Balmoral secondary

“Both teams probably have a lot more in store for the next time around,” said Carson Graham coach Michael Morgan. “We’ll take what we can from it, but I think both teams know it’s going to look pretty different later on.” The Eagles got on to an early lead, but foul trouble reversed the advantage in a physical, error-ridden contest. Trailing in the ﬁnal minutes, Carson fought to tie it up and were rewarded by a basket from the right baseline from Simon Tesfaldet, a shot that stood up as the game winner. Nik Termansen added insurance points as the clock ran out. “We had guys who haven’t been playing step up and make big plays and play in different aspects of the game,” Morgan said. “Simon had the conﬁdence to take the shot late in the game, and a lot of guys would have passed that up. We needed someone to score and he did.” Morgan credited his players with adapting to new roles while they wait to get back to full strength, and singled out Kevin Arkoncel’s three-point shooting. “That’s a major difference. Their defence was very good and he got free a couple of times and knocked in a couple threes.” “We’ve got to get healthy,” Morgan said of the path forward for Carson. “That’s the No. 1 thing right now. We can’t really do much until we’ve got all of our guys back.” It was a tough loss for the Highlanders, but one that left co-coach Chris Sumner with a clear picture of what needs tuning up for his side. “The key difference was that Carson shot 65 per cent from the free shot line, we shot 33 per cent,” he said. “That’s going to kill you in

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CARSON Graham’s Nik Termansen shows off some serious intensity as he drives to the basket during the Eagles’ 57-50 win over the West Van Highlanders. the long run. Both teams turned the ball over a lot. We turned it over 30 times. That’s a heckuva lot. Mind you they turned it over 25 times.” While Sumner gave full credit to the Eagles for their intensity and defensive play, he said West Van has to be smarter about holding on to the ball and keeping to the team strategy of low-scoring, defensive-minded play. “You want to run when there are opportunities, but you certainly don’t want to run when those opportunities aren’t there,” he said. “We’ve thrown the ball away unnecessarily or gotten a traveling violation because a player is trying to do more

than he should. When you play Carson there’s not a lot of time and space out there, so when you try to speed things up you’re going to turn the ball over or you’re going to travel.” But for a side with only three returning players, Sumner was pleased to see the work ethic his team showed. “The most important thing that we take out as coaches is that effort is never a question for us. Touch wood on that, but it hasn’t been a issue for us. Our kids work exceptionally hard. We don’t quit. Defensively, we’re doing a heckuva job and if we continue to do that, we’re going to win some games.”

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Carson Graham will host highly regarded Argyle on Wednesday, Jan. 12 in the Balmoral building, while West Vancouver visits Argyle Tuesday, Jan. 18. In AA action, the Windsor Dukes beat the Seycove Seyhawks 64-52 at home and Sutherland’s Sabres coasted to an 83-43 drubbing of Elphinstone. In senior girls basketball, West Vancouver fell 49-47 to Windsor and Sutherland edged Howe Sound 41-37 in Division One play. The three-team premier division opens its six-game season Tuesday, Jan. 11, with Carson Graham visiting Argyle.

In NHL action, North Vancouver-raised David Jones produced some heroics for his Colorado Avalanche team Jan. 4, scoring an overtime goal to lift the Avs over the Buffalo Sabres 4-3. Jones’ one-timer beat Sabres’ and American Olympic team goalie Ryan Miller with 43 seconds remaining. It was Jones’ first career overtime goal. He has 13 goals and 23 points this season. On the same day, North Vancouver-born hockey player Trevor Smith was traded from the Anaheim Ducks to the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 25-year-old centreman was assigned to the Jackets’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Springfield Falcons. In 35 games this season with the Anaheim affiliate team, the Syracuse Crunch, Smith notched 12 goals, 15 assists and 16 penalty minutes. Four of those goals were tallied in his farewell game. A product of North Vancouver minor hockey, Smith made his first NHL appearance as a New York Islander in 2008 and played seven games for the Eastern Conference team, scoring his lone NHL goal against Calgary Flames keeper Miikka Kiprusoff. Local media in Springfield see the six-foot-one, 195-lb Smith as a vital missing piece for the Falcons, who have lost several one-goal games this season and are currently battling for a playoff spot in the AHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Defenceman Nate Guerin heads to Anaheim in return. Elsewhere in the AHL, North Vancouver’s Martin Jones was lights-out in goal for the Atlantic Division-leading Manchester Monarchs. Jones is coming out of a fantastic 2010, when he was a World Junior Championships silver medallist and was also named the Canadian Hockey League goaltender of the year while playing for the Calgary See Jones page 26

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Top squash pros head to NV’s Evergreen Club Benjamin Alldritt balldritt@nsnews.com

LOWER Mainland squash fans are in for their annual treat on Tuesday, with the start of the 2011 Comfort Inn Squash Championships held at the Evergreen Squash Club through to Jan. 16.

But this year’s edition will be particularly sweet, featuring an extremely strong ﬁeld of

out of Orlando, FL, has played in more than 50 ﬁnal games on the PSA World Tour, and has 26 titles to his credit. “I am proud to have achieved this and it shows how consistent I have been over the years,” said Palmer in a PSA release. “Hopefully I can keep up there for another few more years and keep competing at the high level.” The other top seed, 10thranked Daryl Selby, won the North Vancouver event in 2009. There will be no shortage

players in the Professional Squash Association portion of the contest. “It’s a neat event. This year our top seeds are 10 and 16 in the world,” said Paul Marley, tournament chair. “One of them, David Palmer, is a twotime world champion and both of them spent most of the year ranked at nine or better. So it’s a pretty awesome spectacle. We’re really excited about it.” Palmer has been Australia’s top squash player for the majority of the past decade. The 34-year-old, now based

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Cancer June 21-July 22: The accent lies on relationships: partnerships, marriage, exciting prospects if single – and on opportunities, opposition, litigation, negotiation, relocation. Be patient if a legal matter gets in the way of a work project before Thursday: this barrier should fade by late month or March. Recent relationship intensity will lighten Saturday onward. This day starts a six-week period of investment in your career (via money, time, commitment, any of these). But avoid “pure investments” these six weeks – they might “burn cash.” Thursday/Friday bring social delights! Retreat, rest, plan Saturday. Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Another 11 days of work and health drudgery. But this trend is relieved by a nice, buoyant romantic breeze. After Saturday, too, life becomes so exciting you’ll forget that work surrounds you! However, you probably have lots of unﬁnished chores “hanging ﬁre” after a few weeks of neglect or misdirected efforts. Focus on those now, briskly clear away as much as you can. Don’t mix sex and romance before Thursday, nor creativity and “building,” nor investment and a gambling urge. Be ambitious, seek out higher-ups Thursday/Friday – luck accompanies you. Saturday brings social joys! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: The emphasis lies on romance, creative urges, speculation and a love of “risk,” children’s affairs, pleasure and beauty. You’re riding a winning streak! But don’t expect a lot of cooperation from spouse, others, regarding any property, security or family notion you have. They’ll only join in if there is an ambitious angle for them. Don’t try to seal any deals before Thursday. Though two weeks remain in this romantic phase, you’ll need to make your bid for intimacy now, as Saturday ends a long “sexual magnetism” streak. (Another, life-changing one comes Nov. 11 to July 2012.)

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2 BR $1495 & $1595 avail now; ocean view, reno’d, dw, ns, cat ok lower Lonsdale, 604-988-1939

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2 BR, family complex, 1 bath, rec fac. pool, wd, Westview, 1 prkg, ns np $1425 Feb 1, 604-921-4384 2 BR, hardwood, top flr corner, view, large patio, cat ok, Lonsdale & 19, $1250, ns, 604-986-4927 2 BR Large $1150, avail Feb. 1, Parklike Setting, Outdoor Pool, Playground. 960 sf, drapes, heat & prkg. incld. 1 yr lease. no pets 1228 Emery Pl., Lynn Valley 604- 987- 4922 2 BR Large 1st flr. E 10, $1030 incl heat & cable, ns, np, refs, well maintained quiet bldg. Feb 1, suit quiet tennant(s). 604-317-7425

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SENTINEL HILL 1 BR bright garden suite. W/d, $950 + 1/2 utils N/s. Avail Now (604) 922-3987 1 BDRM Recently reno’d 800sf, available in quiet waterfront building, exceptional ocean view, No pets, non-smoking. 2180 Argyle Ave. West Vanc. 604-913-1849 for viewing appointment

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Furnished Accommodation

1775 Bellevue Avenue HOLLYBURN PLAZA 2 BR - Avail Feb 1 $2000/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.

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

6522

Furnished Accommodation

DEEP COVE, 2 br, 2 ba, house. www.deepcovehome.com - Luxury, panoramic view, spa/jacuzzi, $4500, pets ok 778-829-6993 DEEP COVE, Short / long stay, 1 Br & den, ensuite, furn or unfurn close to beach, park, shops, w/d, n/s, incredible view, $1500 incl. avail now. 604-929-3364 WESTLYNN FURN 2 br, tv, lounge, kit & i/net, np ns suit family

1 BR fully furn studio suite, N. Van garden level, share W/D, N/S, N/P, $900 incls, 604-986-0625 1 BR, new designer, 900sf. min 2 mo lease, net cable, gas fp, dw, wd, avail Feb 1, British Property, W. Van $1300 604-926-7044.

www.blueridgeapartments.com

GREAT LOCATION! 145 West Keith Road.

HEALTH 4020

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

1 BR Lonsdale & W 4th, concrete building, secure prkg, bright, quiet & clean ste, Avail Feb1st, $1150+ heat. ns, np. 604-250-5803

1 BDRM, $825, 2 BDRM, $1150, Cent. Lons. nice quiet bldg, n/p, available NOW, 604-988-3227

1 BR, $855, large incld heat, laundry, np, ns, Lonsdale & Keith, Feb. 1, 604-929-5101 leave msg.

Apartments & Condos

2 BR, large apt character bldg hardwood, heat, hot water, cat ok! $1110, Feb. 1, 604-983-0423

2 BDRM Luxurious Townhome 2 bath, h/wood, rooftop deck, fully loaded, Like new, $2,200/mo pet neg. Feb 1st. 604-987-9867

1 Br, $845, corner unit, brick patio, Feb. 1. heat incl. quiet. drapes. gated or free prkg, no pets, 1 yr lease. 310 East 2nd, 604-904-0956

6505

1 BR Lonsdale, new reno, incl heat h/w , hardwood, ns, np, quiet bldg. $900. Feb 1, 604-904-9507

★ CENTRAL LONSDALE ★ Spacious 1 BR. Featuring large kitchen, lots of storage, heat/hot water incl. N/s, no pets.$970 Avail Feb 1. 604-983-0634

1 BDRM, newly reno’d, ground flr. large patio, facing south, non smoking bldg, upper Lonsdale, Feb 1st, $940. 604-725-5194

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max 1 child $1495 604-987-2691

Clean Sweep?

2 BR, 1 ba bsmt, full reno, Lynn Valley furnished, 5 appl $1500 incl int/cable. hydro, gas. ns, avail now 604-773-3595, 988-2699 3 BR VIEW quiet home Gleneagels W.Van, f/p, short term, ns np, $2900+util. 604-913-0960

A SHORT STAY Renos, family, execs, long term. 604-987-2691 www.vancouvershortstay.com AVAIL NOW - short term 1-6 mo 2 br/2 level Grand Blvd. $1700, ns grandmanor.net 604-988-6082 HOMAWAY INNS Specializing in furn accom at reas rates. call 604-723-7820 or visit www.homawayinns.com QUALITY SHORT TERM 1 - 2 BR mtn/city view suites www.lionsgatesuites.com

Sell it in the Classiﬁeds!

604

630.3300 Rentals

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RENTALS 6525

Garages

6540

Houses - Rent

560 SQ FT Garage, Lynn Valley, power, heat, extra parking off lane $650 mth, now 604-983-2365

6540

Houses - Rent

3 BR, 2 bath, Grand Blvd. 5 appls incl wd, large yard, fp, carport, nr schools, np, ns, 604-763-2580

AUTOMOTIVE Central Auto

The North Shore’s Best 2006 Jaguary XJ8 4dr, luxury sedan, auto, local, sunroof, only 26k, virtually as new. $28,850 2004 Mercedes Benz E500 4 Matic Station Wagon, auto/ Tiptronic, AWD, pwr tailgate, sunroof, leather heated seats, local, only 77k & spotlessly kept. $25,850 2004 BMW X3 3.0 SUV AWD, auto/Steptronic, local, panorama roof, only 91K, spotless. $19,850

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

3 BR character, N. Van, 3 ba, 2 kitchens, 2 f/p, updated $2500. 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net 4 BDRM, 2 living rms, mtn view, big yrd, Grand Blvd, avail immed. $2450. 604-812-7269 * 985-7269 4 BR+, 3 bath, W. Van. Upper Dundarave, city & ocean views, 3,300sf, wood fp, hardwood & tiles, garden, single garage + additional prkg, Nr. schools, storage. $3,450+utils. Min 1 yr lease, avail now, small pet ok, ref. 604-788-6944

2004 Mercedes Benz C240 4Dr Sedan, auto/Tiptronic, local, only $14,850 56k, spotless. 2002 Inﬁniti QX4 Luxury SUV, auto, local, leather pwr heated seats, sunroof, 3.5L V6 engine, All Wheel Drive, very well kept. $13,850

OPEN

Wed to Sat 9am - 5pm 2000 Lexus RX 300 AWD SUV auto, local, sunroof, leather heated seats, CD, only 79k from new, exceptional. $13,850 2003 Audi A4 1.8t Quattro, 4dr, auto/Tiptronic, leather heated pwr seats, sunroof, local, only 51k & spotlessly kept. $13,850 2002 Jaguar “X Type” 2.5 All Wheel Drive 4dr Sedan, auto, local, leather, sunroof, heated seats, only 49K, spotlessly kept. $13,850 1999 Mercedes Benz E320 4 Matic Station Wagon, only 141k, extremely well kept. $11,850 1999 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V6 AWD SUV auto, local, sunroof, only 168k, extremely well kept. $10,850 1997 Saab 900SE 2.0 Turbo Convertible, 5spd manual, local, leather pwr heated seats, only 71k from new, exceptionally well cared for. $5,850

Serving the North Shore for over 30 years!

• Trades Welcome • Leasing & Finance Available • Select Import Purchases • Open Wednesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm

843 West 1st St. N. Van

604-985-7759

6600

Storage

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

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BR 1100sf, grnd lvl, 5 min walk to Edgemont Village. $1000 + util. Feb 1, ns, pet neg. 778-340-0937 1 BR, BRAND NEW 7 appl, heat/ h/water/cable incl. priv entry, nr bus, np, ns, $1100 604-710-9820 1 BR bright, suit 1 quiet ns, Upper Lonsdale, share wd, np, no drugs. $800 incls, Feb 1, 604-987-3336

DEEP COVE 604-929-5191 - n/s - 2 BR seaside cottage $2275 - 3 BR large lot, quiet area $2050

1 BR bsmt suite, like new, Feb 1, np ns, suit 1, own entry, Upper Lonsdale, $850. 604-984-7010

Noma Townhome Near New! Central Lonsdale Attracts young singles/couples/ families Act 2 yr term begin in Mid February Be the first tenant! $2395/ B R E A T H E ... Howe Sound Furry Creek... An executive enclave of retirees/ vacationers or full time golf fanatics! Deal today 325 Furry Creek $2995/ Cypress Park, Contemporary 4 bed, 4 bth, Open High Bright Plan dble garage View $3995/ See ad in Friday, Jan 7, NSN Other listings available Call Alison or Helen 604-926-6011 Royal LePage Northshore

2004 Mercedes Benz C240 4dr Sedan, auto/tiptronic, local, sunroof, alloy wheels, only 63k, immaculate $14,850

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BR, Lynn Canyon, garden level, shared wd, np ns, $800 incls. available. 604-720-6045 1 BR ste 2 rooms, priv ent, full bath, fridge, ldry, priv home, prkg, ns, np, $625.Now 604-813-7312

1 BR bsmt ste, clean, newer Upper Lonsdale, ns, np, $800 incl heat/cable. Feb 1. 604-924-1284

2005 Mercedes Benz C230 4Dr Kompressor auto, local, alloy wheels, only 70k, spotless $15,850

2001 BMW X5 3.0 SUV auto/steptronic, local, sufroof, heated pwr leather seats, only 75k from new and spotlessly kept. $14,850

OFFICE FOR LEASE Avail now Furn, for 1 person. $455/mo, 1500marine.com 604-986-1500

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

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

2002 Mercedes Benz CLK 430 Sports Coupe auto/ tiptronic, local, Mercedes Benz serviced, only 102k, spotless. $14,850

Office/Retail Rent

410 sf, Office 277 Mtn. Hwy near 2nd Narrows with balcony. Avail Feb 1st. 604-341-1870

2004 Subaru Forester 2.5 XT AWD auto, local, sunroof, roof rack, only 57k, spotless. $16,850

2002 Mercedes Benz C320 4dr Luxury Sedan, auto/ Tiptronic, local, leather, sunroof, pwr heated seats, only 52k from new, spotless. $14,850

6565

1 BR, clean as new, $950 incl. utils, share wd. Lower Lonsdale. Ns, np, avail now. 604-984-2354 1 BR den ste spacious reno’d, Ambleside, walk to beach/shops, $1700 immed 778-881-2147

1 BR ground flr. suite, Tempe Heights, spacious, view, np, ns Feb 1, $900 incls 778-229-1022 1 BR lrg bsmt ste . Walk to sea bus & amen, NS, d/w, gas f/p, shared w/d, own patio &garden area. Respectful tenants. $1175 incls utils. Immed 604-837-6653 1 BR lwr Capilano Rd; $750 w/ loundry, utils (no cable); close to shops and bus. No Pets; avail Jan.15 604 987-9175

2 BDRM, 1000 sf, bright, ground floor, completely separate, gorgeous large private property in Eagle Harbour, sep laund, brand new carpet, new kitch & appl, incl d/w. $1500/mo incl util, cable, wifi, n/s, n/p, Feb. 1. 604-925-8795. 2 BDRM, 2 bath, g/l suite, ne whouse, legal, Nr Park Royal. N/S, $2000, Feb 1, 604-925-5090 778-896-3525 2 BR, Above Grnd Bsmt Suite. New reno’d. Bright. Green energy. Near Queensdale Mrkt. Quiet street. $1350/mth. DW, N/S. No pets. 604-988-2309. 2 BR + den, deluxe garden apt, Ambleside, steps to beach & Park Royal, $2100. Rob 604-818-2274 2 br. garden level, central Lonsdale, fully reno’d, enclosed garage.$1625 incl heat/light, dw, wd, fp, ns np. Available Immed. 604-925-1036 2 BR, Lynnmour, 5 appl, own laund, fenced yrd, ns, pet neg. $1150+ util. Imm. 604-984-7933

6605

3 BR. T/H Feb 1. Family friendly complex on Bowron Crt. 1 pet ok, pet deposit. $1285+ utils. email mslhs@telus.net 604-929-9499

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

Noma 728 W.14th St, 908-7368. 3 level, 2 BR, 2.5 baths, 2 prkg, roof deck, Feb 1. $2250.

Noma 728 W.14th St, 908-7368. 3 level, 3 BR, 2.5 baths, 2 prkg, roof deck, lease, $2250.

6620

2.9% OAC

Ask us for details Offer may change without notice.

816 AUTOMALL DRIVE, NORTH VANCOUVER Toll free: 1-888-602-9258 604-984-0331 www.paciﬁchonda.ca

604-831-6902

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

Rep: NWright Ad#: 1289346

8030

Carpentry

FRIENDLY, Professional, Crown mouldings, baseboard, casings rough framing. 778-233-0559

8055

Cleaning

Capilano

MAID SERVICES

• Eco-Friendly or Traditional • Low Rates, Quality Service • References, Insurance, WCB

778-895-1919

CAPILANO MAID SERVICE Eco-Friendly or Traditional, Low Rates, Quality service, Refs, Insured, WCB. Call 778-895-1919

PEMB HTS, bach bsmt suite, share w/d, $600, no pets/ smoking, hydro incl.986-7098

604-630-3300

9135

Parts & Accessories

4 AUDI RIMS. Spec size is 235/45R17. Will fit 225/45R17 or 255/45R17. FIT FOLLOWING VEHICLES: All A3, A5, A6, A8 or TT models. All S4 models to 2008. S6 models 2007-2009. S8 models 2007-2009. A4 - ONLY 2WD. 4 Alloy Rims & 20 Stainless Lug Nuts = $2867 retail. Mint condition $795 OBO 604-220-2269

Smarter Buyer. Better Car.

GEMINI CLEANING for 1 time & regular cleaning service. Insured. Free est. Refs. 604-988-4634

9145

Scrap Car Removal

Cash for junk cars! $100 to $1000 Ask about our $500 Credit!

Visit our website @ www.surreyscrap.com Free tow, no wheels, no papers no problem! Hassle free friendly service. 2 hr service in most areas.

604 628 9044

*FREE SCRAP CAR PICK UP* Pay $ for some complete cars. No wheels no problem. 209-2026

THE SCRAPPER

Drainage

LONSDALE DRAINAGE & SEWER

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

604-973-0290

SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL

CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES 2H

MAJESTIC CLEANERS Experienced & Honest 604-564-8484

8073

604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC

Place Your Ad On-line at https://webads.van.net or call 604-630-3300

EXP RELIABLE Cleaning Lady. Exc long term ref’s. Call Helen 604-616-2189

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

Domestic

DNE ELECTRIC All Electrical Needs Lic #89267, Panel Upgrading. Reasonable & Free Estimate. 604-999-2332 LONSDALE ELECTRIC lic#1756 Panel changes & renos 604-988-7232, 604-842-0687 ROUZ ELECTRIC #89724 Great rates, fast service, free est. Satisfaction guar. 604-765-3329 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

$18/HR. Quality House cleaning. 604-983-3477 www.qualityhc.com

To place your ad call

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

8087

3 BR Central Lonsdale upper flr, own entry, shr’d ldry, new ss appl, 2 fp, 2 decks, nr ammen. ns, Mar. 1 $2,600 pet neg 778-839-8432 3 BR top flr. 1.5 ba, dw,h/wd, 1200sf upper Lonsdale, bright, garage ns np, $1900 604-723-3313

Electrical

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

2BR$1100+UTILS.UPDATEDLOWERSUITE.NSNP shareWD.FEB1 604-904-1221

Do You Need to Rent Your Property? 3 Lines 3 Times

Warehouse/ Commercial

8080

KITCHEN SPACE CABINET AND BOOKING For:MILLWORK DAREN ENTERPRISES

NVAN 1487 Barrow St, 3266sf, W/H w/small office, large O/H door, 100 amp, 3 phase, great exposure, nr 2nd Narrows, avail Feb 1st, Call 604 929-9493 www.westrockproperty.com

1998 LINCOLN Mark 8, excellent condition, 82,000 km, $11,000 obo 604-988-0327

Rates From As Low As

Cabinet Making

A PROF Cleaning Lady & organizer available now. Reliable & meticulous. Call 778-886-2004 Between 5pm -8pm.

9125

• 7 days / 1000km exchange privilege • 100 point inspection • Carproof Vehicle History Report (carproof.com)

8025

www.darenmillworking.com

2BR + Den Blueridge, ground level suite, gas f/p, d/w, laundry off kitchen, ns, np, $1,200+utilities. Jan15 or Feb1. 604-512-1158

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

Townhouses Rent

HOME SERVICES

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

8075

one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal. Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865 604.649.1213 CEL 604.984.2313 Res/comm, Excavating, Bobcat, Trucking, Water Lines, Sewer Lines, Drainage, Landscaping. Hrly/Contract. Free Estimates.

8090

Fencing/Gates

FRIENDLY FENCE 778-386-3201.

Professional quality workmanship Fences, decks, arbors, stairs... www.friendlycarpenter.com

8100

Fireplaces

PRO GAS LTD Gas fireplaces. Service & safety inspection. 604-925-1341 www.progas.ca

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

ALL FLOOR COVERINGS Repair & Replace. Material Sales Dwight, 604-980-6048 I’ll show you the inexpensive route www.fccarpets.shawwebspace.ca ALL NEW FLOORS.COM Hardwood, Laminate. Professional Install/Refinish.. 604-715-8455

8125

Gutters A GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICE

• Gutter cleaning/repairs • Window cleaning • Power washing • WCB insured • Free estimates

604-984-4147

Drywall

Installed • Cleaned • Repaired

604-876-4604 NORTH SHORE GUTTERS

ACE DRYWALL. Avail immed. Board, tape, spraytex, repairs. 16 yr exp. No job too small. Mike 604-808-2432, 604-985-4321 AFFORDABLE, Reliable, Quality Guaranteed. Boarding, Taping, Spraytex. Dave 604-984-7476 PATCHING, TEXTURE / smooth ceilings, plaster walls. Small jobs. 25 years exp. Call 604-671-9901 VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

★ Sales & installation of 5’’ continuous gutter ★ Minor repairs ★ Cleaning

604-988-5294

established 1963

RAIN CENTRE LTD.

(since 1968) 4", 5" & 6 " continuous gutters Vinyl & aluminium siding soffits Install repairs and cleaning. Free Estimates! 604-874-8158 Check us out with the BBB

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HOME SERVICES 8130

Handyperson

Floors, Mouldings, Stairs, Renovations, Tiles, Drywall, Fences, Decks, Railings & Concrete Forms ★ Small jobs ok ★ Excellent references avail chulavistalandscaping.ca Francisco 604-710-9837

8175

Masonry

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

T-A STONEWALL. Rockwalls, paving stones, Allan block walls, etc. 987-8155 / 250-4117

8180

Home Services

Call ThE Experts WINDOWS & DOORS

Award-Winning Renovations ■ Rendering to Reality ■ ccirenos.com

■ 604.980.8384

Window and Door Specialists • Sales and Installations Owned and Operated on the North Shore

SEASONAL EXTERIOR HOME MAINTENANCE

Renovate & Repair

Carpentry, Flooring, Drywall Painting, Exterios & more!

Specializing in Small Jobs

Quality Work, Professional Service

778.233.0559

Complete Home Maint./Repairs Certiﬁed Trained Pros. For that small job. Rates you can afford. RJR Small Projects Division Part of RJR group

6 0 4 2 9 4 6 7 0 0 www.pomeroyconstruction.com

8185

1 to 3 Men

1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From

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

8135

Hauling

CHEAP LOADS Fast Reliable Service 604-922-5101

8140

Heating Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning Refrigeration

Licensed Insured & Bonded Free Estimates

604.925.2951 Cell 604.306.5021 PRO GAS LTD Furnaces, boilers, gas fitting. Service & installation. 604-925-1341 www.progas.ca

8150

Kitchens/Baths

Counter Tops, Custom Cabinets & Refacing • In business 50 years 604-879-9191

Superior Cove Tops & Cabinets

Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

FREE ESTIMATES Seniors Discount

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com TwoGuysWithATruck.ca Moving, Storage, Free EST 604-628-7136. Visa, OK

8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

JB’s PAINTING • 99/room – Int/Exterior $

•Professional, Reliable • Licensed & Insured • North Shore co. est. 2001

604-773-4549

A CLEAN PAINT JOB. Quality 1 room from $127. Int-ext, WCB 22 yrs exp. Cell: 604-727-2700 A LADY PAINTER, professional & color consult, 20 yrs on North Shore. exc refs. 604-961-3451

Interior painting, wallpaper Quality service, with a smile! Call Arlene...604-910-3270

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187

8220

Plumbing

A.A. BEST PRO GARDEN SERVICES LTD.

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

604-726-9213 604-984-1988

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

Plumbing

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

BATHROOMS PLUS

PLUMBERS

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

Kitchen & Bath Renos since 1992

Visit our Showroom at: 103 - 828 Harbourside Dr, North Van

604-983-8766

LOCAL PLUMBER - Licensed, insured,GASFITTING, renos, Repairs. VISA 604-929-6956 PLUMBING BY BILL Installation, repairs Honest & reliable 604-980-0993 SAVE ON PLUMBING! Licenced Plumber/Gas fitter, $65/HR. Same

day service. 604-987-7473 Samy

8225

Power Washing

604-773-4549 Winter Cleanups Driveways, walkways, etc. Get rid of that moss & mess around your home or work.

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

#1 BARGAIN rate on plumbing & drainage. No job too small.Ken 604-987-2890 cell 604-328-7439 #1 IN RATES & SERVICE Licenced local plumber. Plug Drains, Reno’s 1-877-861-2423

10% Off with this Ad! For all your plumbing, heating & reno needs. Lic Gas Fitter, Aman. 778-895-2005 ★ 3 Licensed Plumbers ★ 66 years of exp. 604-830-6617 www.oceansidemechanical.com BUDGET PLUMBING, No travel charge, No hidden fees. Guaranteed. Reasonable. 604-726-0474 COMPLETE PLUMBING, heating and gas services, new & old, hot water tanks, lic’d, ins. Quick response; friendly. 604-720-8805

DELBROOK

PLUMBING & DRAINAGE 604-729-6695

To place your ad in “Call the Experts" call 604-630-3300

HOME SERVICES 8250

Roofing

LONSDALE ROOFING Don’t Miss Miss This Don’t This One! One!

WAT E R I N G R E S S / MOULD

- Home Inspection - Repair Estimates - Full-scale Remediation 6 0 4 2 9 4 6 7 0 0 www.pomeroyconstruction.com

COMPLETE

RENOVATIONS + REPAIRS Basement Suites Bathrooms • Sundecks Fencing • Carpentry 35+ Years Experience Licensed, Insured, References

15% OFF

15% OFF (if booked before Feb. 15/10)

20 YEARS IN BUSINESS

604-929-7133 • Flat Rooﬁng • Flat Rooﬁng • Cedar Shakes • Cedar Shingles Shakes • Asphalt • Asphalt Shingles • Roof Maintenance • Roof Maintenance

604-929-7133 604-973-0290 #1 Rooﬁng Company in BC

R.C.K. CONSTRUCTION 604-970-8110

All types of Rooﬁng Over 35 Years in Business Call now & we pay ½ the HST

604-588-0833

SALES@ PATTARGROUP.COM

WWW.PATTARGROUP.COM

Renovations

from concept to occupancy

Winner of Gold & Silver Georgie Awards

FORTIF CONSTRUCTION INC Custom Renovations North Shore Company BBB, Reno Mark.ca. GVHBA.org Stefan@604-202-1264 free estimates www.fortif.ca

– Renovator Member of the Year

– Best Renovated Kitchen in Canada

Call today 604-328-5554 www.arnoldwendell.com

• General Contracting • Project Management • Consulting & Design • New Construction • Large or small Residential Renovations & Repairs

When your house is great except… ❏ The kitchen’s too

small ❏ You need another bedroom ❏ The carport could be a two-car garage ❏ One bathroom just isn’t enough anymore

We Fix The “EXCEPTS…”

AGRIOS HOME IMPROVEMENT Renovations, carpentry, painting & home repairs. IKEA KITCHEN INSTALLS. Michael 604.619.1126 2 OLD GUYS 2 YOUNG TO RETIRE WE DO IT ALL!

Call Marinko 1-855-929-9929

New Roofs ★ Roofing Repairs Quality Work at an Affordable Price 30 years experience North & West Van

604-980-1178

Cell 604-250-1178

BAMFORD CONSTRUCTION Ltd. Quality Renos & Repairs. 604-986-2871 www.bamford.ca

FINISHING CONTRACTOR Expert painting, tile setting, flooring: laminate/lino/tile/etc, decks, fences, landscape design etc. Reas, exc refs. 604-818-7536 dave_mac40@hotmail.com QUALITY PLUS, Kitchen, bath, sm / large renos, carpentry, tiles, electrical. Victor.. 604-889-2508

8255

Rubbish Removal

DALTON TRUCKING LTD. BINS & DISPOSAL

Dirt Fill, Concrete, Asphalt Brush, Demo, Const. Waste

SINGLE AXLE DELIVERIES

ACKER’S Rubbish Removal pick-up & deliveries. Quick. 7 day Fast / reliable. Spencer 924-1511 BELL MINI BINS 604-922-5101 Small or large household jobs & Mini bin service. 7 days a week Fast ★ inexpensive ★ reliable.

8295

Snow Removal

K & E’S 24 HOUR SNOW PLOWING & SALTING Commercial & Residential Fully Insured trucke2k@hotmail.com

604-937-6633 604-349-5533

8300

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

J. PEARCE STUCCO CONTRACTING. Residential / Commercial. 604-761-6079 Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small. 604-725-8925

8309

Tiling

TILE-RIFIC TILING & PAINTING Slate, Glass, Ceramic Specialist. Quality Work. 604-831-4013

CURTIS JOHN ROOFING (since 1978) Roof tune-up from $149. 24 hr repair. 604-985-1913

SOILS & BARK MULCHES

604-987-7325

$ BEST RATES $ Jerry 604-618-8585 Andrew 604-618-8585

A-1 TRI CRAFT TREE SERVICES (EST. 1986)

604-986-6944

We haul everything, no load too big or small, we do it all. Free est. 604-317-2500/ 929-7195

Tree Services

Dangerous tree removal, pruning, topping, hedge trimming & stump grinding. Fully insured & WCB

#1 TRAILER TRASH BOYS

8310

First Choice Roofing We specialize in flat roofs, fully insured. WCB, Miguel 778-231-7973

8315

Top Soil, Sand, Gravel, Dumpsites and more.

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

WESTCOAST ROOFING SYSTEMS

Complete Bathroom Reno’s Suites, Kitchens,Tiling, Skylights, Windows, Doors, 604 521-1567

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604-591-3500

ABBA RENOVATION carpentry, plumbing, wiring, painting, tiling. Work guar, Refs. (604)986-4026/805-8463

www.rjrrenovator.com

– Contracting –

20 year Labour Warranty available

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Since 1978

All Angles

Re-Rooﬁng & Repairs Specialists

H 604-986-3986 C 604-537-9452

BEARING WALLS removed, floors leveled, cathedral ceilings, garage leveled, door and window openings. 604-787-7484

604-987-5438

All Season Rooﬁng

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Winner of the National SAM Award

GLOBAL

PLUMBING LTD

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Binder:

8220

North Shore Co.

604-987-7473 604-721-6075

604-926-1526 604-726-9153

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

A.All Area Gardening Service

#145 - 4631 Shell Road Richmond, B.C. V6X 3M4

BASELINE PAINTING. Owner/ operator. Quality & competitive rates. Int/ext. 604-928-7284

#3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby

Lawn & Garden

Tel: 604.278.3838 Fax: 604.278.3086 Email: ernie@ultimateﬂoorings.com

Heating & Gas Fitting Licensed Plumber

8160

WINTER PROMOTIONS IN EFFECT

We Care

We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac

A-1 JOB by Arms and Minds

ABBA RENOVATION carpentry, plumbing, wiring, painting, tiling. Work guar, Refs. (604)986-4026/805-8463

Moving & Storage

AFFORDABLE MOVING

604-202-6118 Renos Carpentry cabinet, drs, laminate, tiles, drywall, paint. 761-7745

604.839.0636

www.northshorewindows.com • sales@northshorewindows.com

Inspection, cleaning & repair: - Roofs, gutters, windows, decks, patios, and more

★ ★ ★ ★

TREEWORKS

15 Years Experience Tree & Stump Removal Prunning & Trimming View Work

www.treeworksonline.ca Call 604 291-7778 or 604 787-5915

★AAA★ TREE SERVICE. Tree & stump removal, pruning/trimming. Ins & cert. arborist 604-987-8500 A.ALL AREA TREE SERVICE Topping, pruning & stump grinding. 604-926-1526 & 604-726-9153

8335

Window Cleaning

NORTH SHORE HOME SERVICES LTD

•Window Cleaning • Power Washing • Gutter Cleaning

604-988-5294

Serving the North Shore since 1963

You Want It We’ve Got It

Find Whatever You’re Looking for in the Classiﬁeds.

Top Soil

Compost-Based

Garden Blend – Turf Blend – Lawn Top Dressing. Variety of Mulches. Picked up or delivered Mon.-Fri. 8-5; Sat./Sun. 8-6

Fraser Richmond Soil & Fibre Ltd. 20 Riverside Dr., North Van

Beside Transfer Stn. 604-924-0261

Dalton Trucking Ltd. Top soil, Garden soil, Aggregates, Deliveries Trucking Dumpsites. Bins Services etc. 604-986-6944

Thinking of Renovating? Be sure to check the classiﬁeds It’s full of local listings that can save you money

604-630-3300

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