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Will Evelyn project ever get built out?

Receiver says zoning limitations make it unattractive to interested parties James Weldon

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WEST Vancouver’s long-delayed Evelyn project may have to be scrapped altogether if potential buyers don’t change their tune, according to the receiver in charge of overseeing its sale.

The troubled 20-acre Sentinel Hill development, which went into receivership effective March 15 after owner Millennium Evelyn Properties Ltd. ran into financial trouble, has attracted interest from several parties, according to receiver David Bowra. But many of those prospective purchasers may want to reshape the project from the ground up.

The property, whose value has been pegged as low as $75 million and as high as $115 million over the last two years, is saddled with $116 million in mortgages.

Bowra’s job is to get as much of that money out of the sale as possible and return it to creditors, but some interested parties are balking at the restrictions attached to the development, he said.

“This is a fairly complicated piece of property,” he said. “Who knows what it’s worth, but I don’t think it’s going to sell for $115 million, let’s put it that way.”

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WV tasering investigators back from Prince George James Weldon

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THE West Vancouver officers looking into the controversial tasering of an 11-year-old boy in Prince George have finished the initial stage of their investigation, but have still not spoken to the RCMP officers involved.

The two WVPD members flew back from the interior community last week to begin sifting through the statements and other information they gathered over a three-day inquiry into the incident, but it’s unclear when they will get to interview the subject of the investigation himself, according to police.

“It’s going to take time for these investigators to be fully prepared,” said Cpl. Jag Johal, a spokesman for the WVPD. “They need to have a grasp of every detail contained in the evidence they collected — witness statements, police reports — so they can build that solid interview plan.”

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Ignatieff pledges to fight for Kulisek Sarah Douziech The Province

LIBERAL Leader Michael Ignatieff vowed Sunday to defend the “human rights” of a North Vancouver man who has spent three years in a Mexican jail without trial.

During a campaign stop in North Van on Sunday, Ignatieff fielded questions that touched on topics from airport security and women’s rights to issues in the Middle East.

He spoke to a packed hall of more than 1,000 Liberal supporters during his second B.C. campaign stop.

Halfway through the meeting, Lauren Ellies asked Ignatieff why Canada sends troops to protect citizens of other countries such as Libya and Afghanistan, but hasn’t protected “one of its own.”

“We want to know what you can do for us to help get him home right away to his family,” Ellies asked, referring to Pavel Kulisek.

The North Vancouver man was vacationing in Mexico when he was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, but the charge was later dropped.

Kulisek, who attempted suicide in prison in March when hearings for his case were further delayed, was also accused of being a member of a criminal organization after he befriended a man who turned out to be a Mexican drug lord.

“This is an unconscionable violation to the human rights of a Canadian citizen,” Ignatieff said, pledging the cause would be one of his top priorities should he be elected prime minister.

“This is a case that needs direct prime minister to presidential See This page 5

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APPROXIMATELY 350 people gathered at Carisbrooke Park in North Vancouver for the “Walk for Justice” to raise awareness and pressure the federal government to take action for North Van resident Pavel Kulisek, who has been held in a Mexican jail for three years without trial.

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RCMP officer yet to be interviewed Issues and ideology divide From page 1 In addition to organizing and analyzing the material they already have, the investigators have to send the Taser away for examination to determine whether it was working properly, according to Johal.

Only when all the information is in place will they return to Prince George to talk to the subject, he said. “In this instance, there were a couple of days that went by before we went up (in the first place),” said Johal. “So there’s no immediacy or urgency to interview that officer right away.”

The tasering incident unfolded at about 5:30 p.m.

April 7 when RCMP responded to a reported stabbing at a Prince George home. The alleged assailant — the 11-year-old boy — had fled the scene by the time they arrived. Officers tracked the child to a neighbouring house, where they coaxed him outside.

When he emerged, he was tasered. It’s not clear if he was armed at the time.

The boy and the 37-yearold alleged stabbing victim were taken to hospital. Both are expected to recover.

The investigators’ final report will be reviewed by West Vancouver Chief Const. Peter Lepine, who will recommend what actions, if any, to take against the officer involved.

Options range from minor disciplinary action to criminal prosecution.

The boy lived in the home where the reported stabbing took place with two full-time dedicated staff, according to the Ministry of Children and Family Development, which supports the facility. It was not a group home.

Kay Meek Centre meeting Jeremy Shepherd newsroom@nsnews.com

THE Kay Meek Centre reverberated with the cheers and catcalls of national politics as seven candidates from the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding debated the environment, war and the legacy of the Harper government on Sunday night.

Conservative MP John Weston asked the audience to distinguish between programs generating real results and “flamboyant promises” doomed to fail.

“We’ll hear complaining and bickering about our Prime Minister Stephen Harper, but unlike Michael Ignatieff, he goes to work every day,” he said, eliciting laughter and hisses from the half-full theatre.

Weston, who seemed both popular and polarizing, focused most of his remarks on the economy. “Our government has the best GDP (gross domestic product) to debt ratio in the G7,” he said.

Weston repeatedly said the Harper government has created 480,000 new jobs since July 2009. He said the Conservative policy of cutting taxes was attracting investment to Canada and buoying the economy.

Liberal candidate Dan Veniez said Canada’s resistance to the recession was based on a strong commodities market, particularly coal, and was unrelated to the Conservative’s economic action plan, which he referred to as “smoke and mirrors.” He also warned about Canada’s dependence on China’s economy.

Veniez promised his party would restore the longform census and long-gun registry if elected. He

blasted the Conservative government for committing character assassination on political foes.

“If you’re voting in this election, it’s because you’re Canadian, period.

Whether you’re ethnic 20 11 or very ethnic,” he said, drawing loud applause.

Weston received the loudest audience reaction of the night when he asked: “Do we want to trust a government with (Bloc Québecois leader) Gilles Duceppe as the foreign affairs minister?”

The remark prompted shouting and cries of “Nonsense!”

Veniez accused the Conservatives of appealing to the worst in people with the party’s proposal for $12 billion in new prisons, an idea he said “scratches the underbelly of our fears and anxieties.”

Veniez was referring to Harper’s pledge to pass a large crime bill if given a majority government.

When the issue of the Conservative government being held in contempt of Parliament was broached, Weston reminded the audience of Liberal scandals.

“We still haven’t got our $40 million back from the sponsorship scandal,” he said, drawing cheers. “This was an unnecessary election triggered by coalition parties.”

On the subject of Liberals versus Conservatives, New Democratic Party candidate Terry Platt invoked Tommy Douglas’s Mouseland story, where mice vote for white cats or black cats. She encouraged the crowd to vote for one of their own.

Platt targeted the Conservative government with her opening remarks, as well as stressing the importance of trust. “Unfortunately, this is a government that has

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broken our trust.”

Weston disagreed with Veniez, Platt and Green Party candidate Brennan Wauters about Bill C393, which is designed to allow sick people in poor countries access to affordable generic drugs like HIV treatments. Weston said he was sympathetic to the cause, but the bill would break a patent and put the government in the middle of a political dispute between drug companies.

Platt said any delay would have dire consequences.

“Two years down the road? That’s a lifetime, and these children are dying today.”

Veniez and Wauters said the bill would not break any patents. After admitting he forgot his cue cards, Wauters used his opening remarks to explain the philosophy of the Green Party. “How can we use our knowledge of the environment to deal with every other issue?” he asked.

Later in the evening, Wauters discussed debt, which he said could be corrosive to morality and the environment. “A healthy economy is based solely on a healthy environment,” he said.

Libertarian candidate Tunya Audain used her opening remarks to make a case for smaller government and putting an end to what she termed “grants and handouts and rip-offs.”

“What happens with big government?” she asked.

“More corruption, and more opportunities for corruption.”

She explained her party’s philosophy was practical as opposed to ideological.

Canadian Action Party candidate Doug Hartt took aim at the 70 million gallons of petroleum transported through the Burrard Inlet on crude-oil tankers every week.

“Our future’s in eco-tourism, and it’s threatened as we speak,” he said, referencing the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and Exxon Valdez disaster.

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Design could change, but overall density is fixed From page 1

Millennium’s plan, which was several years in creation, called for the property to be developed into a series of “Arthur Erickson inspired” multi-family homes.

Building permits for three components of the first phase — two “cluster home” complexes of 12 and 26 units each and a 71-unit, seven-storey mid-rise — were issued by the municipality in September last year. Roughly a third of those had been sold by the time the company

failed, and none had begun construction.

No purchaser is required to follow that exact design, but whoever takes it over is required to stay within the zoning restrictions associated with it — the so-called “glass box,” which hems in development in terms of floor area, height and other parameters.

That, said Bowra, makes it a difficult sell with some prospective buyers.

Geri Boyle, manager of community planning for West Vancouver, said the municipality was watching

the process carefully. If a developer wanted to change the plan within the glass box, it wouldn’t likely be a huge undertaking, said Boyle — provided the proposed changes met certain performance criteria and were approved by council. Getting the zoning changed might be another matter, however.

“A change in the zoning is a far more significant issue,” said Boyle. “Given the community investment in getting it to where it is, I leave it up to others to link those two.”

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Mayors: Fund infrastructure!

PCP candidate focuses on military spending

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From page 3

Tessa Holloway

WHOEVER wins the federal election should commit to help pay for a new sewage plant on the North Shore — regardless of any deficit — say area mayors.

That’s the item at the top of a wish list for North Shore mayors, in particular because it was Ottawa that mandated the new plants be built when it toughened up standards for sewage waste that’s routinely dumped into the ocean.

Construction is expected to begin in 2016 on a new North Shore plant, one of two to be built in the region and paid for, at least partly, by utility fees levied on local property.

“I don’t think we’re going to, but we would love to see some kind of firm commitment from the provincial and federal government on that project, especially since they legislated the change,” said District of North

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“That is a massive project, very expensive, and we’re well aware that that’s going to be a challenge at all levels of government . . . ,” said Pam Goldsmith-Jones, mayor of West Vancouver.

That’s not the only infrastructure bill the cities are facing. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities estimates cities across the country face $123 billion worth of repairs to existing infrastructure.

The FCM is asking for $1.9 billion a year from the feds at

the same time the incumbent Conservative government has said the stimulus funds for cities is over and that there will be no replacement until the budget is balanced.

Walton likened federal funding patterns to “valleys and mountains,” while municipal governments don’t have the option of running a deficit and have to plan much further in advancethanfederalorprovincial money commitments.

“It’s that disconnect at our level that’s an ongoing challenge,” said Walton.

City Mayor Darrell Mussatto also said daycare and affordable housing are important areas the city wants to see addressed, and though he was pleased to see a Liberal promise to put $250 million a year into an affordable housing strategy, he said the money fell short of the need.

“We’re finding many of the people who work in the city can’t live here, so we’re going to need a strategy for housing in the city,” he said.

Goldsmith-Jones also said

‘This is huge,’ says Irina Kulisek From page 3

leadership,” Ignatieff said, adding he’d phone Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

Jirina Kuliskova, Kulisek’s wife, said outside the meeting she was encouraged by Ignatieff’s promise.

“This is huge,” Kuliskova said. “We all knew that it takes some interference, but I don’t know why (Stephen) Harper’s government chose not to do it for me.”

Kuliskova said Ignatieff’s pledge to call Calderón has renewed her hope of bringing her husband home and reuniting her family.

she was “very interested” in the proposal for a national housing strategy, but said more can be done by changing the tax code to encourage new secondary suites and rental housing.

All mayors said they expected new spending would be hard to come by considering the deficit is predicted to last several years.

Still, Mussatto said he didn’t believe the Tory assertion that no new money is available until the budget is balanced.

“I understand the current government wants to buy fighter jets for I don’t know how many billions, but we’re saying, ‘Listen, maybe we should be looking at our more immediate needs. . . .”

Progressive Canadian Party candidate Roger Lagasse called for Canadian troops to return home from “factional fighting” in Afghanistan. “They should be here to help us in case of disaster,” he said, mentioning a powerful earthquake as a scenario that would require the military.

Lagasse focused on military spending throughout the evening.

“This war in Afghanistan has taken $100 million out of this riding,” he said.

After watching the debate, audience member Maura Whittaker expressed a desire to see a change in government. “I think we feel it’s time for the Conservatives to go,” she said. “The government has to stop treating us like idiots.”

Philip McLeod said he was glad Wauters forgot his cue cards.

“I was mostly impressed by his answers. He was talking from the heart.”

Candidates Carol Lee Chapman from the Marxist Lenninist Party and Allan Holt from the Western Block Party did not attend the debate.

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.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark was probably finding it hard to keep the smile off her face Sunday following the NDP’s choice of old-style political scrapper Adrian Dix to lead their party.

Smiles, of course, being something thatClarkisknownforandDixdecidedly is not. Dix, the most left-leaning candidate in the NDP leadership race, is instead known for seeing the province through the lens of class divisions and for the backing of labour unions.

But on Sunday, he outgunned more moderate candidates John Horgan and Mike Farnworth. Reports suggest Dix accomplished this feat by signing up large numbers of new party members in areas like Surrey and Delta. T o credit Dix, he’s also a shrewd political operator who had a better

organization than his opponents.

That said, it’s hard to imagine what was in the minds of the NDP faithful when they chose him, other than an electoral death wish. The NDP leader will have to overcome a public perception of negative attacks, being business unfriendly and his association with Glen Clark.

Perhaps the NDPers felt the “mushy middle” hadn’t worked for the past decade and it was time to galvanize harder-line lefties with a clearer choice.

But how many of those are really out there?

Most ordinary voters do occupy that centre middle ground. The choice of Dix for leader demonstrates how ideology continues to trump common sense within the NDP. Liberals must be beaming right now.

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Road project will harm city

Dear Editor: I write regarding Port Metro Vancouver’s Lower Road expansion project. This raised overpass will have a huge negative effect on Moodyville Park, the last natural shoreline in the City of North Vancouver. This beautiful green space is home to 200 year old Douglas fir trees that are important and rare habitat for nesting raptors, including a very old eagles nest, which will likely have to be removed because it will be at the height of the road. This green space is such a relief for locals from the noise, diesel and grain dust, and overall unsightliness of the industry below. There are also approximately 30 rare Pacific yew trees in the park.

Has anyone been for a walk along the Spirit Trail to view the storyboards in Moodyville Park? They celebrate and commemorate the first sawmill town on the North Shore, Moodyville, that once thrived in that location. It was named after Sewell Prescott Moody, the first mill owner to export of lumber from our province. Sadly he drowned in the shipwreck of the S.S. Pacific in 1875, but the town lived on in his name, building the first school house, community hall and installing the first electric street lights. Moodyville Park is rich in our cultural heritage and placing a highway in front of it is a travesty! And what about the little pink house on the side of the cliff — will that need to be torn down? This house is more than 100 years old.

When Port Metro Vancouver designed their visual presentation with joggers and cyclists running along the overpass, did they know how suffocating the air quality can be there with all the train diesel exhaust and grain dust. Will people now have to deal with potash dust too?

I suggest that the short deadline for this federal infrastructure is an excuse for the lack of fair public consultation to the citizens of our city. This is a massive, disruptive project that strikes at the very

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heart of our heritage and quality of life. This project benefits only one side — the corporate industry. I sincerely hope that City of North Vancouver mayor and council do not agree to this project, because it leaves a legacy of destroyed habitat, diminished visibility of our unique cultural heritage and decreased quality of life for local citizens.

Elise Roberts, North Vancouver

Re-vision foreign aid policy

Dear Editor: Why aren’t we talking about Canada’s role in the world during this election? Our interests and future prosperity are intimately tied up in global networks and a respected international presence, yet hardly a word has been uttered by any of the party leaders about our global engagement.

Consider this: Canada spends $4.5 billion on foreign aid every year, and yet we have little evidence to show we’re achieving the greatest possible impact. Our approach to international development was designed more than 40 years ago and is rigid and overly bureaucratic.

Canadians should be asking our government to put into practice something that the private sector has embraced for years: risk-taking and innovation. In the business world, we pay for results and so everyone needs to innovate to remain competitive. The government should apply the same logic in how we undertake our international development efforts.

Canada needs to risk something and stop being so timid.

James Haga, director of advocacy, Engineers Without Borders

Amalgamation is worth studying

Dear Editor: I am writing in support of Elizabeth James’ call for an amalgamation study, made in her April 6 column, Let’s Study Amalgamation.

There are those who would argue that their taxes would increase and local autonomy would be lost.

These concerns are trumped by potential savings in both operating and capital expenses — with the largest savings coming from reductions in bureaucracy.

Oh, and while we are “out of the box,” why not the two school districts, especially in these times of tight funds?

One needs only to look at — and cost out — the senior manager positions in the “organizational charts” of the City of North Vancouver, the District of North Vancouver, the District of West Vancouver and School Districts 44 and 45 to realize the saving to the taxpayer.

The idea is not new and has been given “lip service” by some. Others have suggested that to do so would result in the sky falling — which is balderdash.

On May 2, when the tax notices arrive in our mail boxes, the question will be: “What can be done to contain costs?”

I say amalgamation is the right step toward financial sustainability.

But that’s just me.

Let the people decide in all three municipalities and both school districts this November.

Doug MacKay-Dunn Councillor, District of North Vancouver

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Trying to play by the rules

“When you strive for perfection, you discover it’s a moving target.”

Geoffrey Fisher, (1887-1972)

RELEVANT to today’s story is that I could not decide with certainty whether the truism above originated with Geoffrey F. Fisher, a former Archbishop of Canterbury, or with one of the other George Fishers cited by differing quote collections.

The difficulty that presents seems appropriate for this week’s topic.

In writing this column each week, I am blessed with a stern taskmaster — two actually — whose job it is to make sure that I and other North Shore News writers pay ethical attention to the reputation of others and to the rules of the Canadian Press Stylebook and other such guidelines for journalists.

But as I discovered twice last week, attempts to reach perfection can fast lead a writer to discover that some targets have moved.

For those who read last week’s column, the clip that gave rise to my first discovery referred to the employment history of Bruce Carson, the troubled former aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

That history, initially released to an eager journalistic world by The Canadian Press, cited several comments of “. . . five former colleagues who spoke separately (to CP writers) on condition of anonymity. . . .”

My taskmaster at the News, a man who adheres to the rules and strives for perfection more successfully than I, was not prepared to let me quote a once or twice-

and one such, again involving CP, led me to last week’s second discovery.

On April 11, I tuned in to the morning newscast on Global TV and heard that auditor general Sheila Fraser had sternly criticized the Harper government G8 Summit spending record.

Caught off guard, because I am on the contact list to receive Fraser’s reports when they are released, I went online to read more.

Unable to find the report online, I contacted the auditor general’s communications office to ask if a copy could be emailed to me — only to discover it had not been released.

After explaining to staff where I’d heard the news, which by now included CKNW radio and mainstream press outlets, I received a copy of Fraser’s official public statement in response to the leaked draft: “We will not release or comment on our audit report on the G8 Legacy Infrastructure Fund. Under the Auditor General Act, we can only present reports when Parliament is sitting.

“The office of the Auditor General of Canada remains the custodian of its reports until they are presented to the Speaker of the House of Commons for tabling. I strongly caution the public to wait until our final report on the G8 Legacy Infrastructure Fund has been tabled in Parliament and made public.

“We work very hard to

Just Asking

Elizabeth James removed anonymous source.

So the phrasing finally agreed upon was, “How could a talented man who had done well in so many positions — including a stint as researcher to the John Turner Liberals — come to such a pass?”

Lost in the compromise was a more enthusiastic evaluation of Carson’s research, said to have been conveyed to CP by one or more of his anonymous former colleagues.

For readers who may think such editing splits hairs, it does not.

Not only does it avoid the risk that a person might object to having incorrect words put into his or her mouth, such editorial niceties keep publications and people like me out of court.

So where does CP sit in all of this?

Its stylebook, while recognizing there will be need for exceptions, clearly states, “Readers need to see named sources to help them decide on the credibility and importance of the information.”

In the Carson article, CP writers (Editor: and their editors!) presumably felt the remarks were of sufficient relevance as to render their anonymous origins an exception to the rule.

But the bending of rules can lead to a slippery slope;

keep our reports confidential before they are tabled. There are indications that an early draft of this report may have been released by someone outside our office. Our normal audit process requires that we share early drafts of our reports with government departments. We do this so they can validate the facts on which our conclusions are based, provide any additional relevant information, and so they can prepare responses to our recommendations.

Sometimes during the process of fact validation, additional information is brought to our attention.

“Only the final report that is tabled in Parliament represents our audit findings and conclusions.”

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Hoping for help to find lost dog Stop ‘playing’ with oil

Dear Editor: Thank you so much for sharing the Hurley lost/found dog story. It is so nice to balance all the more serious news with these positive stories that illustrate how people and communities can come together to make a difference.

I’m hoping others will again help and keep a lookout for Haley, another North Shore dog, lost somewhere in the trails above West Vancouver.

Haley is a 12 year old spayed female keeshond. She went missing on March 10 at Brothers Creek trail in the 1100-block of Millstream. She is a little deaf, but loves people and other dogs. She may have wandered off looking for her brother and lifelong companion that had died just four days previously.

There was a sighting approximately two weeks ago. A professional bike guide was taking out a group of riders and parked his van in the small parking lot up Cypress Mountain Road that’s mainly used for the cabin dwellers on Hollyburn

Mountain (on the right and after the fourth switchback, 11 kilometres up). The dog jumped into his van. He got her out and she went under the van. The bikers went for a ride and she followed them, but eventually turned around and went back to the parking lot. When they came back from their ride she was still there and they waited for the owner. They eventually left, thinking the dog was probably owned by one of the cabin dwellers. A few days later he phoned Haley’s owner and said he had just seen the poster and was sure his encounter was with Haley.

This was heartbreaking, and now we are trying to get the word out all across the North Shore. We even want folks in Horseshoe Bay, Lions Bay and beyond to know about her being missing since Haley seems to be travelling west.

Check “Find Haley” on Facebook for more information.

Erin Pope North Vancouver

Dear Editor: I say no to oil tankers on the West Coast. Such a travesty! Grown men playing with the future of our provincial waterways. That’s all it is to these bodily grown men of mediocre minds: Play.

Play for money; play for the chance that nothing will happen.

Play for the damage that might — almost certainly will at some future time — be done to the environment, to a coastline that they don’t give a damn about. All they can see is the money.

All the care and attention that may be taken to build strong oil tankers will undoubtedly be for nought because laws will not be enforced, inspections will be suspect, money will be paid.

My great-grandchildren will suffer the consequences of an oil tanker running aground and fouling our waters.

Find another environmentally friendly way to power our world.

Ramp up the research on using roadway solar power — roadways, streets, parking lots and highways built of photovoltaic cells.

Save us from the “players.”

Gordi Moore, West Vancouver

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Give way to pedestrians on marked crosswalks QUESTION:

I have a couple of questions: There is a pedestrianactivated orange flashing light above a crosswalk that runs across St. Georges Avenue between Lions Gate Hospital and 14th Street close to the North Vancouver RCMP detachment.

I use that crossing several times weekly and notice that about 50 per cent of vehicles stop for that light. Do you have any comment or observation?

Also, please clarify the regulations concerning a left turn on a red light after stopping at a one-way street. I am referring to Thurlow and Nelson in Vancouver. Several times I have been honked at while waiting for the light to change.

Elizabeth Guilbride North Vancouver Dear Elizabeth: I am very familiar with that crosswalk. As do the other officers in the detachment, I use it any time I need to visit the hospital while on duty. Of course, I’m reasonably certain that the percentage of people who fail to yield to me while I’m in uniform is significantly lower than it is for you.

There are different types of pedestrian crosswalks, ranging

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Whatever the design, the purpose of a crosswalk is to enhance pedestrian safety by requiring vehicles and other traffic to yield. This works well when drivers notice crosswalk markings and obey the rules they invoke.

Although I don’t have specific statistics for your crosswalk, the North Vancouver RCMP issued 865 tickets in the past 12 months for intersection violations, including crosswalks, failing to yield, and disobeying red lights and stop signs.

I will follow up with our traffic section about your complaint and will be happy to report back to you with the results.

Although tickets act

as good reminders, in my experience they offer small comfort to anyone recovering in hospital after being run over by an unobservant driver.

All of this underscores an important point that I have made a number of times before — our roads are only as safe as the drivers who use them decide they will be. Drivers simply must consider their vehicles as potentially deadly weapons for which they are solely responsible.

Police officers are reminded of that sobering truth too frequently when they witness the horrific results of careless driving.

As for the left turn on a red light: You may turn left on a red light provided you turn onto a one way street, yield to traffic, and obey any signs that prohibit such turns (there are a number of them downtown).

Cpl. Peter DeVries Media Relations Officer North Vancouver RCMP Follow Peter on Twitter at www. twitter.com/rcmpdevries.

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A group of former trailer park owners who were kicked out by the Squamish Nation band council after they stopped paying rent to the band

have been told by a B.C. Supreme Court judge they have no right to the land where the trailer park operates.

Six member of the Baker family — including one woman who is also a band councillor — went to court recently to challenge the ownership of

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the land after the band council told the family it could no longer operate the trailer park without either an agreement or paying rent.

Members of the Baker family said the land was theirs because it was granted to them in a verbal contract by former chief Joe Capilano prior to the amalgamation of several tribes under the Squamish Nation.

But Justice Frits Verhoeven ruled there’s no evidence the land belongs to anyone but the band as a whole.

He also ordered the Bakers to pay the Squamish Nation about $500,000 owed in rent from May of last year.

Members of the Baker family operated the Capilano RV Park for 50 years. But when the last 10-year agreement ran out in 2008, and the band asked the owners to sign a final five-year lease, the family refused. The band has indicated

it intends to eventually develop the land.

In May of last year, the owners of the trailer park stopped paying rent, so the band filed a lawsuit against the Bakers claiming $500,000 in unpaid rent and asking the court to declare the land as rightfully theirs.

Verhoeven has now done that, saying the Baker family — who were not represented by a lawyer — has not raised any legitimate defence.

In making the decision, the judge noted previous lease agreements signed by the trailer park owners had been with the Squamish Nation as owners of the land and that nobody had taken issue with that before.

Chief Ian Campbell of the Squamish Nation said the band council hasn’t yet determined whether it will run the trailer park itself or enter into a lease agreement with new business owners.

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FOR the ninth year in a row, people will be lacing up their skates and practising their slap shots to raise money for treatment of a rare genetic disease.

The Canadian Society for Mucopolysaccharide is a national organization hoping to reach the $1-million mark in fundraising through this year’s MPS Fantasy Cup set for May 14.

“Finding a cure for MPS NEWS photo Cindy Goodman and its related diseases is what we’re working hard to achieve,” FORMER Canuck turned hockey analyst Garry Valk (left) and Nicklas Harkins, 15, says Kirsten Harkins, executive look forward to the MPS Fantasy Cup on May 14 at the North Shore Winter Club. The director of the Canadian MPS game allows amateur players to suit up with former National Hockey League stars.

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Palliative Care Program volunteer appreciation event

Guest speaker Brock Tully prepares for his presentation.

Candy Prescott and Susan Gadsby share a laugh.

Margaret St. Cyr and Florence Wallace flank Patricia Belvedere.

Family Services of the North Shore in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health hosted a volunteer appreciation event to recognize those involved with the North Shore Palliative Care Program at Lions Gate Hospital April 11.

Guests were treated to refreshments as well as a presentation by guest speaker Brock Tully. In 2010, 103 volunteers Volunteer program manager Janet provided more than 12,000 hours of compassionate care to the terminally ill and their families as part of the program, Quenneville and Lions Gate Hospital registered nurse Gillian Carswell attend. which is marking its 30th anniversary this year. The reception was also held during national Volunteer Week.

Volunteer Lois Thiessen and Family Services of the North Shore’s executive director Sue Bauman flash their smiles.

Volunteers Sandy Cullen and June Avis enjoy the festivities.

New volunteer Jeff Torres meets up with veteran volunteer David Petitpierre.

Sandra Caulder and Karen Henebury have a chat.

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Stylish Easter centrepieces Dig Deep

Todd Major

An intro to new plants in B.C.

Home Ideas

Barb Lunter SPRING is finally here so welcome it into your home with some simple and pretty decorating ideas.

GARDENERS are always on the hunt for new plants and normally I would list several of the newest and best plants from the great plant breeding organizations of the world, such as Fleuroselect from the Netherlands or Proven Winners from the U.S.

If you have time to colour your eggs a day or two ahead it will help save time when you are ready to set the table.

Peek-A-Boo I love this idea. I saw it done at a friend’s last year and thought it would be great to share with you. A simple white egg is coloured in yellow food colouring and dried for one hour. A cute nose is cut from coloured construction paper (or you can use felt) and black eyes are applied with an indelible ink marker. Crack a brown egg open and discard the contents. Rinse out and use as a holder for the chick.

Place in a basket or bowl of brown eggs. Place in the center of the table.

An Elegant Affair If you are looking for more of an elegant centerpiece try this green and brown arrangement. I used a green planter as the base but a green basket or other container will suffice.

Fill the planter with tissue paper and add fresh greens for the top layer. Green from your garden will work beautifully but if you are in a pinch you can substitute with leaves or fresh parsley from the grocery store. Colour a few white eggs in various shades of green using an egg colouring kit or paint them with acrylic paints. (If

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INCORPORATE eggs and chocolate to give your centrepieces an Easter theme. you choose to paint them then they will no longer be edible). Place a storebought chocolate bunny in the center of the planter and surround it with the coloured eggs. Finish off with a pretty ribbon.

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Set a stylish table this year with a little glitter, crystal and candles. This is a perfect Easter decorating idea for a fancy and romantic evening.

Instead of colouring your eggs this year, paint them with white, craft glue and sprinkle them with glitter.

Arrange them in pretty egg

holders and scatter candles around the base. Look for all kinds of egg holders on store shelves at the moment.

Remember, decorating your table for Easter need not be an elaborate task. Just a few key items will draw attention to a pretty table. lunter@shaw.ca

But before we look at those organizations’ new plants, let’s look at what’s coming ahead from a company right here in B.C. that is a leader in introducing plants from breeders around the world. Pride of Place Plants in Victoria (www. prideofplaceplants.com) has realized something that is lost on much of the horticulture industry. In their own words, “the nursery industry seemed to be left out of the promotional push to advance new products.

If we take a look at the industries that have captured our attention by effectively marketing their new trends and products such as the automobile, fashion, hitech and music sectors, the lessons they teach us could be applicable to the horticultural industry, and as these industries do, the horticulture sector should be rewarded for their hard See Pride page 18

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Authors and poets join together in their exploration of bothhistoricalandcontemporary gardens. Commentary from centuries past by garden lovers such as Murasaki Shikibu (9th century Japan) and France’s King Louis XIV (1638-1715) make for a fascinating discovery.

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Rick and Jean Sorenson are the owners of Pride of Place Plants and they have made it their mission to identify future buying trends in the horticulture world and to seek out the breeders with the newest varieties. Sorenson represents plant breeders across the world and brings the newest creations in woody plants, vines, perennials, conifers, and small trees to a network of grower nurseries across North America. Through licensing agreements and the establishment of commercial production schedules, the breeders and growers can develop and grow new plants to meet the consumer’s demand for new and better plants.

Some of the new plants that Sorenson is working on introducing include Echinacea purpurea, Green Envy, which has unusual lime-green daisy-like flower heads with rose pink rays towards the centers of the tepals. The large cone-shaped centre is dark and lime green. Growing up to 0.6 metres in height and width, Green Envy is ideal for full sun and drought conditions. As for its medicinal qualities, Green Envy has the same healing properties of the traditional purple Echinacea variety, but it’s even more active, according to testing conducted by an Echinacea expert at the University of Kansas.

Also in production is a new small shrub called Potentilla fruticosa “Marrob” (“Marian Red Robin”). Potentillas are small shrubs for sunny, hot locations and they require little maintenance once established. Marrob claims a superior brickred flower color with very little fading through the summer.

It is an improved variety to the existing Potentilla ‘Red Ace’ which has a red flower that fades to yellow in late summer.

Marrob is smaller than Red Ace and Marrob’s flower fades from red to orange in late summer. Potentilla Marrob was bred and is owned by Petrus (Laddie) deJong of Ireland.

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Akebias are great climbing vines that have vigour, interesting purple flowers and the characteristic five-leaflet-leaves. I grew a great big Akebia up the entrance archway at Park and Tilford while I was there.

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Older generations must embrace online world YOU might not think it’s important to get Mom on Facebook, in fact a lot of you may feel that having Mom anywhere near Facebook is a dangerous precedent that should be avoided the way the big 4 avoid Elizabeth May!

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It is, however, very Steve Dotto important that Mom, Dad, Aunt Mildred and everyone else engage in Facebook. The reason is simple — relevance. If you don’t understand the world you live in, you cease being relevant, and, (this is important, pay attention) the Internet is a place, not a thing. It is a place where much of our population spends an inordinate amount of time. If the adults in our society don’t understand that world, we can’t provide guidance and leadership in it, and even more important, if we don’t understand it we lose the respect needed to do our job.

When I was a kid, my Nona was an important part of my life.

Pretty much every Sunday we had dinner at her house. Many Sundays as we walked to the front porch I heard her shouting away, not yelling at someone, but shouting into the phone, trying to communicate with family back in Italy.

She could not comprehend that she could cover the vast distance without yelling into the phone (which actually was counter productive). I can remember trying to explain to her, as a 12-year-old, that she didn’t need to raise her voice, they could hear her just fine. My words fell on deaf ears, hardly surprising as she probably damaged her hearing with the caterwauling!

The sad part of this is that it marginalized Nona in my life. I didn’t stop loving her, but the respect needed for her to provide guidance was lost. After all, if she could not understand such a simple and basic thing, how could she understand the world I lived in and help me through it?

If we choose not to engage in the online world, because of

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IT’S important for older generations to embrace social networks in order to connect with youth. some sense of unease, or mistrust, or apathy, we run the risk of the same fate.

Do you remember when you were 17? We all thought our folks were stupid when we were 17. But the evidence was to the contrary, they were better at everything than we were. Better cooks, better writers, better drivers, better communicators.

When a 17-year-old today thinks their folks or grandfolks are fools, they have proof! Can’t text, can’t blog, can’t even use Facebook! How do we provide guidance or moral leadership with that reputation!

If we don’t choose to embrace the social technologies

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flowers more pink, making Amethyst Glow’s flower colour initially a soft coral-pink, changing to a light amethyst in its later stages. Mature height is nine metres.

Fleuroselect, the plant introduction and breeding organization in the Netherlands, introduces the FleuroStar Award 2010-2011 for Petunia x hybrida ‘Phantom’ from Ball FloraPlant in West Chicago, United States.

The unique flower colour combination of this novel Petunia captivated the international judges and won the award from among seven other entries. It was the unique colour of this petunia that won over the experts with a genuine ‘wow!’’ effect. The Phantom’s petals are velvety purple, almost black, with a striking, yellow stripe. Phantom was bred by Ball FloraPlant’s Jian Ping Ren. Phantom is an annual Petunia that is ideal for hanging baskets, containers and pots.

I am always looking for good plants, whether they are old or new varieties does not matter, as long as they have vigour, virtue and staying power. Not everything that is new in the plant world is necessarily good. There are some real dog-plants on the market.

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*Hanging Basket and Planter Demo: Learn how to create hanging baskets and herb planters and how to give proper care to the right plants April 23, 11 a.m. at Dykhof Nurseries, 460 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver. Free.

Registration: 604-985-1914.

Info: dykhofnurseries.com. *Spring Beginnings: Families with children ages five to 10 can explore the garden in search of signs of spring, Saturday, April 23, 10:30 a.m.-noon or 1:303 p.m. at VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak St., Vancouver. Fee: Non-member family $20, member family $10.

Registration required: 604-7185898 or familyprograms@vandusen.org. *Table Matters: A North Shore discussion about food security and urban agriculture Wednesday, April 27, 6:308:30 p.m. at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver.

Info: margaret.broughton@vch.ca. *Winter Gardening — Growing Food Through a West Coast Winter: Learn about growing hardy food in small urban spaces with gardener Mike Nassichuk in this GardenSmart workshop Wednesday, April 27, 7-8:30 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver.

Admission: $5. Registration: 604-990-3755. Info: www. gardensmart.ca. *Garden Sale Fundraiser: Irwin Park elementary will hold their annual garden

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PETE Nelson, The Treehouse Guy, sizes up a large cedar tree with Cleveland elementary students Sophia Turner and Cassandra Davis. Nelson recently put on a workshop at the North Vancouver school. sale Thursday, April 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2455 Haywood Ave., West Vancouver. There will be a large variety of bedding plants offered and hanging baskets.

Info: ippggardensale@shaw.ca. *Patio Veggies — Growing Great Food in Containers: An introduction to the flexibility and simplicity of container gardening with gardener Heather Nielson in this GardenSmart workshop Saturday, April 30, 10-11:30 a.m. at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Centre, 695 21st St.

Admission: $5. Registration: 604-990-3755. Info: www. gardensmart.ca.

Bird Survey: All levels of birders welcome on the first Saturday of the month, 8 a.m. at Maplewood Flats Conservation Area, 2645 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver. Info: 604987-5586.

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The District of West Vancouver is hosting a community consultation meeting on the proposed plans for Phase Two of the 900 Block of 21st Street (Kiwanis Seniors Housing Site).

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IRWIN Park elementary students Elizabeth, 8, and Jack Mathisen, 10, invite the public to the school’s annual Garden Sale, Thursday, April 28, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at 2455 Haywood Ave., West Vancouver. This is the school’s biggest fundraiser.

green guide From page 18 a.m. Meet in the parking lot at 2645 Dollarton Highway, North Vancouver. Info: 604987-5586. *Capilano Flower Arranging Club meets the second Wednesday of each month (except July and August), 7:30 p.m. at Delbrook Community Centre, 600 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. They have demonstrations, guest speakers and workshops. New members and guests welcome.

Info: Donna, 604-986-9360 or Heather, 604-987-5382. *Capilano Garden Club meets the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Canyon Heights Christian Assembly, 4840 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver. New members welcome. Guests: $5. For more information call 604-980-4964.

*Deep Cove Garden Club meets the fourth Thursday of each month (except July, August and December) from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Multicultural Seniors’ Room at Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver.

Meetings include speakers, workshops and field trips.

Info: Elaine, 604-929-2928 or Chris, 604-924-1628.

Delbrook Garden Club meets the fourth Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Catherines Church, 1058 Ridgewood Dr., North Vancouver. New members welcome. Guests: $5. Info: Flo, 604-985-4870.

Edible Garden Project Volunteer Orientation Night: A monthly meeting to learn about the projects the Edible Garden Project is running and how to get involved, will take place the second Monday of every month at 6 p.m. Location will be provided upon registration.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:30 p.m. Open house display 7:00 p.m. Presentation and discussion Pauline Johnson Elementary School (École Pauline Johnson) gymnasium, 1150 - 22nd Street, West Vancouver

Registration and info: www.ediblegardenproject. com or email volunteer@ ediblegardenproject.com.

Free Eco-Tours: Study the rich heritage and unique natural resources of the West Coast. These walking tours, some available in Mandarin, are designed to educate and promote healthy living. Explore your own backyard with Joseph Lin. For more information call 604-327-8693 or www.greenclub.bc.ca.

Guided Walking Tours: VanDusen Botanical Garden at 5251 Oak St., Vancouver offers tours every Sunday at 2 p.m. Meet at the information desk. Free for members or with garden admission. Info: www.vandusengarden.org.

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The Kiwanis Seniors Housing Society of West Vancouver is proposing to: • Demolish five older buildings containing 51 seniors housing units • Construct two new buildings of four and five storeys each containing 141 seniors housing units • Net gain of 90 low-income independent living seniors housing units • Underground parking and new landscaping • Access from 21st Street Please join us on April 27, 2011 to learn about and comment on the development proposal.

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That is one way to respond to the information that your friend is pregnant.

Unless she comes bounding up to you, grinning from ear to ear and doing a victory dance, you may not know how she is feeling.

So, rather than assume that you know what she’s feeling, you can ask and find out. Then you can respond in Parenting Today a way that is both appropriate Kathy Lynn and helpful.

Dealing with feelings can be a challenge. And if it’s tough for us, it’s really tough for our kids. We need to help them to understand the nature of feelings so they can better handle both their own feelings and those of other people.

Let them know that their feelings are OK. Feelings are normal and everyone has them. Sometimes there are so many things going on in their lives that they just can’t figure out how they should be feeling. Then they figure that these emotions are bad and that they should be able to get rid of them. It’s important for us to let our kids know that we all have feelings and that sometimes it’s confusing, but it’s acceptable and the trick is to learn how to express them in helpful and useful ways.

Most kids live in the present and don’t understand that feelings can change, that if they are sad now they won’t stay that way forever. They may be sad now because they can’t play with their dad who’s at work, but they may be happy later when Dad comes home and plays with them. Once they learn that feelings can change, it’s easier to cope with a lousy feeling because they needn’t feel that way forever.

It’s easy for kids to confuse feelings with actions, so we teach them that the two are different. It’s okay to be angry with Mommy but it’s not okay to hit her. The feeling is okay; the action is not. You teach them by pointing out the

difference. “It’s great that you love our puppy but you may not pull her tail, that hurts her.”

There are many ways to express feelings. Youngsters are often dramatic: crying, screaming or hitting. They can also be overly enthusiastic when feeling good by running around excitedly, speaking loudly or jumping up and down.

We can teach them other ways to demonstrate their feelings. We do it by talking to them but also by modeling.

If you spill milk on the floor you can say something like, “Oh, that annoys me, I’m going to count to 10 before I do anything else.” Then, after you count, you can announce that now you feel calmer and can clean up the mess.

Children also believe that everyone feels as they do. As we demonstrated with the example of the woman who has just discovered she is pregnant, different people have different feelings. It can vary by the personality or the specific situation.

So a child may be surprised to learn that her friend doesn’t like peanut butter cookies. After all, she loves them, so expects her friend to feel the same way. Once she learns that different people can have different feelings, she can be more flexible and understanding of other kids and their choices.

Everyone has feelings, but sometimes kids just don’t see what another person is experiencing. Unless another kid is expressing a feeling in a concrete way, it’s easy to miss, and kids just assume that others feel nothing.

So we can help them to see what’s going on with others.

“Look at the smile on Kayleigh’s face, she’s happy to be going with us.”

We can help our kids with their feelings when we understand that kids don’t always comprehend what’s going on around them. It is, as we say, all about them. So, point out what you see and soon your child will know that all kids have feelings and that they can vary in what they feel and how they express themselves.

Kathy Lynn, is a professional speaker, broadcaster, columnist and author of Who’s In Charge Anyway? How Parents Can Teach Children to Do the Right Thing. For information or to book Kathy for a speaking engagement, go to her website at www.

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Poetry and pictures capture imagination Legs. I didn’t actually count the number of legs in Daniel Salmieri’s delightful cartoonish illustrations, but the poems highlight over 50 animals from anaconda, auk and agouti to tiger, warthog and yak — some without legs at all. The short snappy poems perfectly match the whimsical artwork. Of

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the ocelot, Gibson writes: “It may be true that ocelot has got an awful lots of spots (an awful, awful, awful lot). But please don’t call them polka dots.” Favourites include the lumpety lump, grumpety grump, bumpety bump camel, the stamping, stomping, tramping, tromping elephant,

and the crocodile: “If you slosh through a bog, you may find it worthwhile — Stop and pause, are those jaws? (Or a log with a smile?)” Most poems are short and snappy as in the warthog: “Bless her heart, she tried her best, but never gets her beauty rest” and kangaroo: “Why hug the ground, when you can

bound?” The usual animals are here but have you also heard of bilbies? basilisks? hoatzins?

For a more lyrical and traditional collection of poems, try Sidman’s Dark Emperor.

Rick Allen’s outstanding linoleum block prints in blues, greens and browns surrounded in black immediately set the

mood. The first poem sets the tone: “The night’s a sea of dappled dark, the night’s a feast of sound and spark, the night’s a wild, enchanted park. Welcome to the night!”

Nature notes about nocturnal life accompany the poems. The

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THE League of Canadian Poets celebrate poetry month in April, and these new children’s picture books rhythmically balance words and art.

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Something for animal lovers From page 21 ‘dark emperor’ of the title is the great horned owl to whom the field mouse pleads: “O Dark Emperor of hooked face and hungry eye: turn that awful beak away from me; disregard the tiny hiccup of my heart as I flee.” This stunning collection of poetry shouldn’t be missed by nature lovers of any age.

For cat lovers, you will want to meet Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku.

Eugene Yelchin’s paintings help tell the tale of a Russian Blue adopted from a shelter (“Gypsy on my left, Pumpkin, my right. Together, we are all alone”), driven home (“Letmeoutletme/ outletmeoutletmeout. Wait — let me back in!”) and the adjustments he makes (“Scratching post? Haven’t/ heard of it. Besides the couch/ is so much closer.”). The haiku structure is brilliantly employed and never diminishes the tale-telling. Anyone with a cat will recognize the truth of this haiku: “Hel-looo. I’m waiting./ Put down that pesky pencil / and fetch the catnip.”

Other illustrated poetry collections for animal lovers: ■ Alphabeasts by Dick KingSmith. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.

■ Bugs: Poems about Creeping Things by David Harrison.

Drawings by Rob Shepperson ■ Butterfly Eyes and other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman and Beth Krommes.

■ Cats are Cats: Poems by Nancy Larrick. Drawings by Ed Young.

■ If Not for the Cat: Haiku by Jack Prelutsky. Paintings by Ted Rand.

■ Lizards, Frogs and Polliwogs

by Douglas Florian.

■ Looking for Jaguar and other Rain Forest Poems by Susan Katz. Pictures by Lee Christiansen.

■ Once I Ate a Pie by Emily and Patricia MacLachlan.

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■ Toots the Cat by Karla Kuskin. Illustrated by Lisze Bechtold.

■ Zoo’s Who by Douglas Florian.

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Preschool Creative Ballet: The next session of beginner classes runs Thursdays, April 21-June 23, 3:30-4:15 p.m. at North Shore Neighbourhood House, 225 East Second St.,

Easter at the Hospice: The North Shore Hospice will be hosting a family event for children ages three to 12 Saturday, April 23, 1-3 p.m. at 319 East 14th St., North Vancouver.

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Growing Up Green: Children’s entertainer Pamela Sunshine will share her music and songs from her Growing Up Green CD, Sunday, April 24, 11 a.m. at Ambleside Park, West Vancouver. This is part of the Earth Run event.

Info: www.earthrun.com/ northshore.html.

Booktopia: A free children’s literature festival will take place April 28-May 8 at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. The festival is intended to promote literacy, celebrate language arts and cultivate creative thought.

Events include author visits, illustrator’s workshops, poetry readings, storytelling and more. Schedule of events: www.booktopia.ca.

Questions, Questions — Caterpillar Crawlers: Children ages three to five accompanied by an adult will discover how colourful caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies through nature crafts, stories and outdoor exploration, Monday, May 9, 10:30-11:30 a.m. or 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver.

Fee: $8.25. Registration: 604990-3755. Info: www.dnv. org/ecology/.

— compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com. For our online listings, go to www.nsnews.com, scroll to Community Events and click on Add Your Event.

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NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

MULGRAVE School students Armaan and Ameeqa Ali recently organized a book drive at their school for the second consecutive year. The pair rounded up 2,500 titles suitable for kindergarten to Grade 12 readers as well as adult fiction and non-fiction and donated them to the Canuck Family Education Centre, which supplies books for children, students and families in need.

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Call for First Nations artists THE North Vancouver Community Arts Council is looking for First Nations artists to participate in Pushing Boundaries, an exhibition that will showcase contemporary First Nations artwork.

The exhibition will be held at the CityScape Community Art Space in North Vancouver from June 3 to July 2, and will be part of a tour organized for National Aboriginal Day on June 21.

For the month-long exhibition, the arts council is seeking artists who can create “contemporary work with traditional association using non-traditional mediums or traditional mediums with a contemporary edge,” according to a media release.

Any artists interested in participating are asked to submit: up to six printed photos, in JPEG or PDF format, of work to be juried; a list of work including the artist’s name, title, medium, size and price; a resume, biography and statement from the artist. Email submissions are not permitted.

Artists who are members of the North Vancouver Community Arts Council will be charged a $10 jury fee; non-members will be charged $15.

Deadline for submissions is Saturday, April 30 at 4 p.m. For more information, please call the arts council at 604-988-6844 or email exhibitions@nvartscouncil.ca.

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Fit to print

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

J. Carl Heywood celebrates the launch of his print, Remembering Paris, the latest addition to the Artists for Kids Gallery, at a reception held last month. Heywood is known for his strong architectural style.

Celebrate New Life this Easter and rejoice!

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April 24 10am A family celebration of the joy of the resurrection.

MT. SEYMOUR UNITED 1200 Parkgate Ave. (off Mt. Seymour Pkwy) 604-929-1336 www.mtseymourunited.com April 22 10am Good Friday Service April 24 Easter Sunday 7:30am Sunrise Service at Panorama Park 10am Easter Celebration Service

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April 21 7pm Maundy Thursday Jesus last evening with his 4pm Family Approach to Good disciples.

Friday Looking at the mystery April 22 10am from all angles for all ages.

Good Friday Service April 24 10am April 24 8:45am Easter Celebration Service Continental Breakfast April 22 10am Good Friday Service

April 24 10am Easter Sunday Worship with Children’s programs

West Vancouver NORTH LONSDALE UNITED CHURCH 3380 Lonsdale Ave. 604-9854911 www.nluc.org

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April 21 7pm Maundy Thursday Service

April 22 10 -11am Good Friday Service The End

April 22 12noon – 3pm Good Friday Service Three hour service of reflection, prayer and song remembering the hours of darkness as Jesus died.

April 22 3pm 40 Hour Prayer Vigil – Sunday morning.

April 24 10:00 am Easter Sunday Celebration

April 24 10am Easter Sunday The Beginning Finding Resurrection

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - North Shore News - A27

community bulletin board *Used Bicycle Drive: The Knights of Columbus will be collecting bicycles at the North Shore Mountain Equipment Co-op Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at 1341 Main St. North Vancouver. Bicycles, parts and

accessories in reusable condition will be refurbished for local free bike programs. Info: 604-708-4992 or onsafari@ shaw.ca.

Big Bike Give: John Henry Bikes and Bicycles for Hu-

manity are trying to collect 1,000 used bikes in 30 days to be donated to north-eastern Uganda. Give new life to an old bike by dropping it off at John Henry Bikes, 400 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver until May 14. Info: www.johnhenrybikes.com. *The Annual Chum Salm-

on Release will take place Thursday, April 21 at 6 p.m. in Bridgman Park, North Vancouver. Buckets and fish will be provided at this family friendly event. The release will be cancelled if there are heavy rains. Due to limited parking, it is suggested to park at Seylynn Hall and walk over.

*Easter at the Hospice: The North Shore Hospice will be hosting a family event for children ages three to 12 Saturday, April 23, 1-3 p.m. at 319 East 14th St., North Vancouver. There will be basket decorating, live music, refreshments, treats, an egg hunt and a visit from the Easter Bunny.

*Easter Egg Hunt: Hop on down to John Lawson Park in West Vancouver for the annual kids’ egg hunt hosted by the Lions Club, Sunday, April 24, noon-2 p.m. *Egg-Cellent Easter: The Easter Bunny will be visiting See more page 28

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Celebrate New Life this Easter and rejoice!

St. Timothy’s Church Holy Week & Easter Services Please join us.

Maundy Thursday – April 21 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist 6:00 p.m. Primate’s Soup Supper 7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist Good Friday – April 22 10:00 a.m.

Music and Meditation, “From Darkness to Light”, A Celebration of the Lord’s Passion

Easter Vigil Saturday,April 23 8:00 p.m.

“The Service of Light” A meditative Service as we await the Risen Lord.

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4773 South Piccadilly Road West Vancouver, BC 604-922-3531 www.stfrancisinthewood.ca

EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 24TH 6am Sunrise Service on Caulfeild Park Rocks

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Good Friday, April 22nd, 10 am Good Friday Service

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April 21 6:00 pm Simple supper with Eucharist at St. Clare-in-the-Cove 8:30 pm Stripping the altar at St. Clement’s April 22 9:45 am Brief interactive story time for children 10:30 am The Celebration of the Lord’s Passion childcare is provided during this service April 24 6:00 am Easter morning Vigil, Lighting of the New Fire 8:00 am Holy Eucharist

St Clare in the Cove 1384 Deep Cove Rd., North Vancouver PHONE:604-929-3855

9am Holy Eucharist (traditional) 11am Holy Eucharist (contemporary) @ St. Francis

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April 21 Maundy Thursday 6:00 pm Simple Dinner with Eucharist 8:30 pm Stripping of Altar & Vigil April 22 Good Friday • 10:00 am April 24 Easter Day 11:30 Eucharist

St. Agnes Anglican Church 530 East 12th, North Vancouver PHONE: 604-987-0432 April 21 6:00 pm Maundy Thursday Simple Supper 6:45 pm Eucharist, Stripping of the Altar April 22 10:00 am Good Friday, Eucharist April 23 8:00pm First Service of Easter and lighting of new light April 24 8:00 am Eucharist of Easter 10:00 am Sung Eucharist

St. Martin Anglican Church 195 East Windsor Road, North Vancouver PHONE: 604-985-5919

April 21 6:30 pm Maundy Supper 7:30 pm Maundy Liturgy April 22 11:00 am Stations of the Cross 1:00 pm Stations of the Cross with Hymns 2:00 pm Good Friday Liturgy April 24 5:30 am Great Vigil of Easter 8:00 am Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Holy Eucharist

St. Catherine’s Anglican Church 1058 Ridgewood Dr., North Vancouver PHONE: 604-985-0666 Monday–Thursday • 7:30 am • Meditation in the Chapel Monday–Wednesday • 7:00 pm • Eucharist Maundy Thursday • April 21 • 7:00 pm Eucharist with washing of feet followed by the traditional stripping of the Altar and then take a moment to sit and pray in the Chapel as we remember the Garden of Gethsemane. Joyful Voice will lead the music.

April 22 Good Friday 10:00 am Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Meditation on the Cross and Holy Communion 10:00 am The Story of Good Friday: music, stories and crafts for children April 24 Easter Day 8:00 am Festival Eucharist 10:00 am Choral Eucharist with activities for children

St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church 220 West 8th Street, North Vancouver PHONE: 604-986-1151 April 21 6:00 pm Maundy Thursday Service, Table Eucharist & Washing of Feet April 22 11:00 am Good Friday Service April 24 10:00 am Easter Sunday Service

A28 - North Shore News - Wednesday, April 20, 2011

community bulletin board From page 27 the West Vancouver Aquatic Centre at 2121 Marine Dr. for treats and games Saturday, April 23, 1-4 p.m. *Singles Socials 40+: Participate in an Easter buffet dinner and meet other likeminded single adults Saturday, April 23 at 5 p.m. Admission by donation. Location will be given upon registration. RSVP: 604-925-6767.

On Monday, April 25 at 11 a.m. meet at Bean Around the World, 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver for coffee and a walk.

Drop in, Log in, Learn: North Vancouver City library will offer free one-to-one tutorials for adult beginners in

what’s going on

— compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com. For our online listings, go to www.nsnews.com scroll to Community Events and click on Add Your Event.

The Ambleside Orchestra of West Vancouver rehearses Wednesdays at 3:15 p.m. in the Community Music Hall at West Vancouver Community Centre. All strings welcome.

Info: David, 604-922-1035.

Caroun Photo Club: Meetings are held the third Wednesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Visitors are welcome.

For more information go to: www.carounphotoclub.com.

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

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computer and related technologies, April 24, May 29 and June 26, 1:15-2:15 p.m. at 120 West 14th St. Technology savvy members of the library’s Teen Advisory Council will help with questions about computers, mobile phones, PDAs and other hightech devices. There is limited space and the sessions are on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information go to www.nvcl.ca.

SARAH Eno (left), Jack Wu, Dave McAnsh, Miles Chic and Samantha Smith, artists and students at Capilano University’s IDEA invite the public to their Reflections 2012 exhibit of original paintings until May 1 at the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. The artists will be in attendance on Saturday, April 23, 2-3 p.m. The gallery is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday and admission to all shows is free.

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West Vancouver’s Rockridge secondary and Chartwell elementary each won $1,000 for their video entries to the third annual B.C. Green Games, a province-wide competition managed by Science World that seeks to motivate green action in schools.

The contest saw 139 video entries — each documenting students’ environmental initiatives — from 39 school districts across British Columbia. A panel of judges selected the top 10 entries from both the elementary and secondary levels, and provided each school with $1,000 to put toward environmental initiatives. The contest’s viewer’s choice winners will also receive $500 for their schools.

Grade 11 Rockridge students Kelsey Dennison and Callum Keltin, who produced the school’s winning video with the help of fellow environment club members, said they wanted to capture all the different types of initiatives the club pursued over the last year.

“We really wanted to show everyone else all the work that we’ve been doing because we’ve achieved so much,” Keltin said.

“We thought we could be an example for other schools and show other schools that if we can do it, they can do it too.”

The three-minute video highlighted the club’s environmentfocused initiatives, including recycling and composting, and helping to incorporate composting into the Grade 8 Food Studies curriculum.

For Arlene Anderson, the Rockridge librarian who works with the environment club, the club’s push to integrate environmental consciousness into the classroom is a major success.

“One of our biggest breakthroughs is that teachers are now incorporating some of the things that began with our environment club into their curriculum,” Anderson said. “It’s becoming a culture in our school.”

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Creating a green future with Cool Drinks

Manisha Krishnan

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WE all know there are plenty of ways to go green, but sometimes we need a little help taking action.

That’s where Cool North Shore comes in. The non-profit organization is dedicated to finding ways to reduce the community’s carbon footprint, and that includes hosting monthly Cool Drinks

discussions that focus on practical ways of becoming more eco-friendly.

This month’s talk is all about green entrepreneurship, but that doesn’t mean you have to be a business owner to attend.

“What I want to do is talk about what I think are some of the exciting entrepreneurial ventures that participants might be enticed to pursue that I think will make a difference and also be enjoyable and give meaning to their lives,” says David Van Seters, the key speaker at the

event and CEO of Enerpro Systems, a company that provides energy solutions for retrofitted buildings.

The West Vancouver eco-entrepreneur, who previously operated an organic grocery home delivery business, says there are plenty of unique ways to start a green business. He cited distributing electric bicycles or using them as part of a delivery service as an example.

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YOUR THIRD TELEVISION GETS AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THE SMALL PRINT BELOW OUR LOGO. NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

JOAN Maurer, vice president of Cool North Shore, says the Cool Drinks series is intended to be interactive and to inspire action and ideas aong its participants.

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Chartwell students cut back on waste From page 29

According to Dennison, the club plans to put the $1,000 towards a number of upcoming projects, including the construction of an organic vegetable garden at the school.

“That way, the cooking class can use fresh produce, making the cooking more local,” she said. “The money is great for us.

It gives us the freedom to pursue the ideas we have to make community more sustainable.”

A group of Grade 7 students on the Chartwell Elementary Green Team focused their award-winning video on the school’s recycling and waste reduction efforts.

According to Michelle Turvey, a Chartwell teacher and leader of the Green Team, the students focused on reducing their waste during the Christmas season — making Christmas ornaments out of recycled material, re-distributing lightly used, unwanted toys amongst staff and students, and using recycled wrapping materials.

Schools across the province that participated in the B.C. Green Games will celebrate their eco-actions on Earth Day — Thursday, April 22.

KELSEY Dennison, left, and Callum Kelpin of the Rockridge Environmental Club stand at the site of the school’s future vegetable plot.

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Turn a flattering shade of green Ashley MacDonald

Three years ago, Colin and Louise Campbell started to look for eco-friendly items suitable for everyday life, and found there wasn’t a lot of choice in Canada, particularly when it came to style. They decided to launch their retail and online store as a onestop-shop for all things green, natural and local.

“We’re just regular people, and when you have kids you start thinking about all these diapers you’re producing, and the plastic containers that you get food in. Even when I got pregnant, I was thinking

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should I put this nail polish on?” said Louise.

That’s why the couple does extensive research to confirm that the items they choose to sell are non-toxic and biodegradable.

Here are a few of their popular sellers: ■ Biodegradable wheatware long golf tees. The perfect accessory for eco-conscious golfers is golf tees made out of surplus wheat. They break down and become soil after 90 days, so the forest floor isn’t littered with little white pegs.

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It is the little green steps that count

From page 31

■ Eco food covers. Made out of silicone, the Eco Food covers take the place of plastic or foil wrap to cover last night’s dinner. The advantage of these

is that they can go in the oven, microwave and dishwasher. Cost: $28.50 for a three-pack.

■ Glass drinking straws. The reusable glass straws are a beautiful alternative to plastic straws that normally get thrown out after one use. They are free of harmful

toxic chemicals and come with a lifetime guarantee against breakage. Available slightly bent ($9.50 each) or straight ($8.50 each).

While price will always be a barrier for some people, Louise refers to it as the “dilemma of going green.” Lavish means lovely and lime represents a shade of green,” she added. “It’s a shade of green because it’s the little steps that count.”

Find the spark to make big changes

From page 30

,'(%$ )'"+-$ $*- .!!-" #(-& Many people are unaware of the best way to recycle milk, cream and milk substitute containers.

Bringing them to the Return-It Depot guarantees they’ll be turned into something useful like cardboard boxes and tissue paper. So why not change your good habits. Return your milk containers with your refundable beverage containers. It’s easy. Quickly rinse them out and crush them.

Remove any caps and bring them too, because they get recycled separately. There’s no refund on milk empties because there’s no deposit when you buy, but you’ll be doing the right thing. So on your next trip to Return-It, bring the udder ones too.

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of the population is riding electric bikes and leaving their cars behind and using their bikes for work purposes, postal services,” he explains.

“Electric bicycles are much, much cheaper than a regular car and an electric car, and you can use them in many more situations than you can a regular bicycle.”

He also suggested starting up a website that could advertise rentals for anything a person isn’t using, from parking spaces to power washers.

“I want to entice people to think about possibly giving up their job and choosing an eco-entrepreneurial endeavor so they can stop just talking about it and get out there and actually do it,” he says.

That matches well with the philosophy of Cool Drinks, said JoAn Maurer, vice president of Cool North Shore. She feels one of the best things about Cool Drinks is that the speaker, called a “provocateur,” doesn’t just give a speech, but instead asks questions to spark a discussion.

“So it really is meant to be interactive and come up with actions,” says Maurer.

Some of those actions, including growing food locally and retrofitting homes to be more energy efficient, are already taking place on the North Shore, she added.

Green Entrepreneurship: Creating Your Green Future will take place tomorrow night, 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Le Bistro Chez Michel in 224 Esplanade West, North Vancouver. To register, email registration@ coolnorthshore.ca. Admission is $10, which includes snacks.

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Mulgrave seniors make a difference Ashley MacDonald

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ON top of having final exams and typical high school pressures to deal with, three Grade 11 students from Mulgrave School also have the earth on their shoulders.

Charlie Hart and MC de Beer, both 16, and Omar Aguilar Medina, 17, are the current leaders of the Green Team, an environmental group that was started by a former student and handed over to the three teens.

“It was more service-based for me last year. It was something to fulfill my commitment of my service hours, but as you join the club it becomes more important,” said Hart.

At the beginning of every school year, the team decides what the year’s goals are. Last year, they focused on carpooling to the campus to help reduce traffic. They also worked with the provincial Department of Fisheries to try to preserve a species of endangered frogs that live in a stream near Mulgrave.

This year’s goals are proving to be more challenging. The students are trying to convince the school cafeteria to stop selling plastic water bottles and to get approval to install more filtered water fountains on campus. As it stands, Mulgrave has two filtered fountains.

The group also recently helped promote Earth Hour, resulting in almost

all of the school’s lights being turned off for an hour during the day.

“We’ve been trying to encourage our members that it’s beyond a commitment. . . . We aren’t that close to the environment because it’s not that attractive. But once you get involved with us, you can be surprised at how many people can make a difference,” Medina said.

The Green Team currently consists of 10 members and they’re in the midst of recruiting new, younger students so that the club won’t end once they’ve graduated.

While none of the boys have figured out their future plans, they all agree that being part of the club has challenged them to think more about their environmental impact.

“It’s definitely changed the way I think about everything outside of classes,” Hart said.

Stella Ablett, principal of Mulgrave’s senior school can vouch for their hard work.

“They are carrying a rigorous academic program as well, because they are all in the International Baccalaureate program. They’ve really stepped up with their passions in the environment,” she said.

For those looking to be a little more eco-conscious, the students offer these three tips: make sure that leaky faucets get fixed to save water; turn off lights when you leave a room; and carpool to and from work or school.

News Photo Cindy Goodman

MULGRAVE Green Team students Charlie Hart, MC de Beer and Omar Aguilar promote recycling in their school. They encourage the student body to divide bottles, cans, tetra packs, paper and cardboard into their respective blue bins.

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✔ Plug all your related electronics, like your computer, modem, monitor and printer, into a single power bar, then switch them all off at once when you’re not using them. ✔ Switch to a laptop. A typical laptop computer uses 53 kwh/year compared to a typical desktop and monitor that uses 215 kwh/yr. ✔ Unplug your cell phone and other chargers as soon as the battery is topped up. ✔ If you’re in the market for a new TV, look for one with the ENERGY STAR® label – it will use as much as 30 per cent less energy than a less-efficient model. Also remember that bigger is not always better: generally, the larger the TV, the more energy it uses. Make sure your new TV is the right size for your room by dividing the distance between where you’ll be sitting and the front of the screen by 2.5.

“New and better products keep coming on the market all the time,” says Kari, “and we’re snapping them up. Who doesn’t want a sleek new flat-screen TV? But some people are just throwing their out-dated electronics in the trash, or simply putting them in a drawer or a closet because they don’t know what else to do with them. Some people, too, are just moving them to another room where they stay plugged in but unused, which is just wasting energy. We want to see unused electronics unplugged, then disposed of properly.”

Once you’ve done that, says Kari, there are a number of other things you can do to reduce your energy use. For example:

“Remember, too, that it can take more electricity per year to keep your DVD player in standby mode than it actually uses playing DVDs,” says Kari. “Unplug it or turn it off at a power bar and you’ll save energy. And as I said before, get rid of your unused TV! If just one in 3 households in British Columbia recycled one unused television, it would save enough energy to provide all of Revelstoke with electricity for a year.”

To find out more about the Return-It™ Electronics recycling program or to find a recycling depot near you, please visit return-it.ca/electronics.

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WANT TO RECYCLE YOUR UNWANTED ELECTRONICS? Here’s where you can recycle them safely and free of charge in North Vancouver:

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Salvation Army – North Vancouver 241 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver (604) 980-4413

WHAT IS THE ELECTRONICS STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (ESABC) PROGRAM? ESABC is a not-for-profit extended producer responsibility program set up by the producers and retailers of electronics in British Columbia to provide a province wide recycling system for unwanted electronics.

ISN’T IT IMPORTANT TO REUSE BEFORE RECYCLING? While the program is designed to manage unwanted electronic products that have exhausted their reuse potential, we strongly encourage users to first reuse their products. If you choose to donate to a charity, make sure you have backed up your data and wiped your drives clean prior to donation.

WHAT ARE THE ACCEPTABLE ELECTRONIC ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM? Effective July 1, 2010, the following items can be recycled free of charge at any Encorp Return-It Electronics™ Collection Site: display devices, desktop computers, portable computers, computer peripherals, computer scanners, printers and fax machines, non-cellular phones and answering machines, vehicle audio and video systems (aftermarket), home audio and video systems, and personal or portable audio and video systems.

HOW ARE ELECTRONICS RECYCLED? Electronics collected for recycling are sent to approved primary recyclers in North America. They are broken down using various manual and mechanical processes. Products are separated into their individual components for recovery. Through a variety of refining and smelting processes, the materials reclaimed from unwanted electronics are used as raw materials in the manufacturing of new products.

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BC recycles an astounding 80% of its beverage containers Encorp Pacific (Canada) believes we can still do better Environmental

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Let the Sunshine in CHILDREN’S performer Pamela Carr (a.k.a Pamela Sunshine) will be performing songs from her album Growing Up Green at Earth Run: North Shore, Sunday, April 24, 11 a.m. at Ambleside Park in honour of Earth Day. Earth Run is a five and 10kilometre run held in communities across Canada to raise funds for environmental organizations. The West Vancouver event will commence with a kid’s race at 10 a.m. followed a five-kilometre run at 10:30 a.m. Performances from Vancouver band Crown and Anchor and an Easter egg hunt will also be part of the festivities.

For more information go to www.earthrun.com/northshore.html.

Encorp Pacific aims to improve BC’s already high recovery rate for beverage containers. As one of BC’s largest Product Stewardship Corporation, Encorp’s mandate is to develop and manage a consumer friendly and cost effective system to recover end-of-life consumer products and packaging for recycling.

You probably know them best through the Return-It™ Depot system.

There are more than 175 independently owned and operated Return-It™ Depots and mobile collectors across BC. This system recovers and recycles approximately 80% of the beverage containers sold in the province.

That’s over one billion containers kept out of our landfills. But, there’s always room for improvement. To continuously increase the recovery of containers, Encorp develops specialty programs.

Bear-proof bins keep BC Parks clean Encorp has been busy keeping our parks free of littered containers. In the summer of 2009, they tested 57 bear-proof beverage recycling bins in three BC Parks: Rathtrevor Beach, Goldstream and Alice Lake. In 2010, Cultus Lake Park received bins as well.

The parks receive the deposit refunds and most are given to their favourite charities. So far 235,800 containers have been collected, refunding over $16,000 back to BC Parks.

Their School Recycling Program helps elementary and high schools raise money, while promoting environmental action. Now in its ninth year, the school program continues to grow. In the 2010 school year, Encorp beverage container bins were in 365 schools across BC. That means 151,000 students participated in the annual competition to collect the most containers. The schools raised over $291,000 in deposit refunds and the winning schools shared $13,500 in prizes.

Another way Encorp reaches kids is through its school tour and presentation. Last year, the Return-It Man team gave 33 presentations to nearly 6,000 elementary school students. The fun and entertaining presentations feature interactive sorting games, full audience participation and a “Recyclator” that shows kids what recycled containers turn into in their next life. Plus every kid gets to learn what it takes to become a recycling hero.

More containers recycled, less in our landfills The BC Parks and school programs arejustsomeofthetargetedinitiatives Encorp has in the works. It’s all part of their vision to divert even more containers from our landfills so they can be recycled into useful products.

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KAY Meek Centre’s executive director has been named Presenter of the Year.

According to a written statement, Paul Gravett received the honour April 2 during the

35th annual Pacific Contact, the B.C. Touring Council’s annual West Coast tradeshow and booking conference for the performing arts.

The award recognizes an individual who demonstrates commitment to artistic

and managerial excellence, community involvement and the highest degree of professionalism in presenting.

Gravett programs several music series with the Vancouver Recital Society, Early Music Vancouver and Capilano

POWER LINE TREE PRUNING AND HAZARD TREE REMOVALS – WEST VANCOUVER When: April 1 to July 29, 2011 Time: 7:00 am to 5:00 pm Trees are a significant cause of power interruptions. Contact between trees and power lines can also create a severe danger.

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Performing Arts Theatre. In addition, he organizes a film series, Arts Club at Kay Meek Centre, a speaking series in collaboration with the West Vancouver Memorial Library and numerous educational experiences with West Vancouver schools.

••• A North Shore doctor of optometry was recently elected to the executive board of the B.C. Association of Optometrists.

Dr. Pavan Avinashi, who practises in both North and West Vancouver, was one of three new directors named.

Also on the board is North Vancouver’s Dr. Antoinette Dumalo, who is past president.

••• Sam Steele, an Argyle secondary graduate, earned a spot on the Dean’s List at Boston’s Berklee College of Music for the fall semester.

To be eligible, a full-time student must achieve a grade point average of 3.4 or above and a part-time student a 3.6 or above.

The Berklee curriculum focuses on practical career preparation for the music industry and offers four-year degrees in performance, jazz composition, music production and engineering, film scoring, music business/management, composition, music synthesis, contemporary writing and production, music education, song writing, music therapy and professional music.

Send details, along with your contact information, for our regular Noteworthy Neighbours section to emcphee@nsnews.com.

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THE DISH North Shore scores high at the restaurant awards PAGE 38

YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to EXCEPTIONAL CUISINE

Time to cook up a happy Easter Angela Shellard

Contributing Writer

LIKE all holidays, Easter has its classic dishes that we prepare year after year.

I like tradition as much as anyone else, but once in a while it doesn’t hurt to try something a little different. Ham is a popular choice for Easter dinner but it’s not a favourite of mine, so I’ve included here a recipe for rack of lamb, the standard special-occasion meal at my house.

Hot Cross Scones 2 cups all-purpose flour 1⁄3 cup granulated sugar 4 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp allspice ½ cup cold butter, cubed ½ cup sultana raisins ¼ cup mixed candied peel 1 egg ¾ cup milk (approx) Icing: ½ cup icing sugar 2 tsp (approx) hot water Preheat oven to 425 degrees; line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients.

With a pastry blender cut in butter until it’s in coarse crumbs with a few larger pieces.

Stir in raisins and candied peel. In a glass measuring cup beat egg with fork; add enough milk to make one cup, stirring to blend. Remove two tablespoons and set aside.

Pour the remaining egg/milk into centre of flour mixture and stir with a fork just until dough comes together to form a wet dough. Shape the dough into a ball with your hands.

Transfer to a lightly floured surface and pat out into a three-quarter-inch-thick disc.

Using a floured two-inch round

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TRY adding some new dishes and flavours to this year’s Easter celebration. cutter cut out scones. Gently reroll scraps and cut again (discard scraps after second rolling). Place on prepared baking sheet and brush with reserved milk mixture. Bake until risen, golden and firm to the touch, about 14 minutes.

Cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack. Mix icing sugar and water into a thick glaze and drizzle a cross on the top of each scone.

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1 large onion, thinly sliced 1 tbsp vegetable oil 6 medium baking potatoes, peeled and cut in half crosswise 3 tbsp flour 4 tbsp butter Freshly ground pepper 3 cups homogenized milk 2 cups grated cheese (I like a combination of old cheddar, fontina and asiago, but you can use whatever you prefer) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small frying pan heat the vegetable oil and sauté the sliced onion until soft. Set aside. In a large pot of boiling salted water, boil the potatoes for about five minutes or until they are just starting to soften. Remove from heat and drain; set aside to cool. When cool enough to handle, slice potatoes as thinly as possible and set aside. While potatoes are cooling make the sauce. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; stir in flour and pepper and continue stirring until mixture is smooth and bubbly. Put milk in a large microwaveable glass measuring cup and microwave until warm. Gradually pour warm milk into butter mixture and stir constantly over heat until mixture thickens and starts to boil; reduce heat and very gradually stir in one cup of the grated cheese (if you don’t add it gradually you’ll get one big gloppy ball of cheese!). Pour about half a cup of the sauce into a two-quart glass casserole dish and spread evenly over the bottom. Top with one layer of potato slices and one-third of the sautéed onion. Ladle more sauce over and sprinkle with one-third of remaining cheese.

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LAST week, for the 22nd year in a row, Vancouver Magazine published its restaurant awards issue, and as always, it was a big day for the North Shore.

The party rolled on through the afternoon and night after the city’s biggest celebration of our dynamic culinary scene.

Nineteen food and wine professionals and writers throughout B.C. laid out plenty of effort in eating and drinking before voting. (I know this firsthand, as one of those judges.)

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La Régalade also scooped an Honourable Mention in the overall Best Casual French catgory for the city, and the North Shore-founded Cactus Club won Best Casual Chain once again.

North Vancouver-based Thomas Haas took the honours for Pastry Chef of the Year.

In other categories, big wins included the Restaurant of the Year, where the winner of Best Informal Restaurant, West Fourth’s La Quercia, took the top honour. La Quercia also won Gold in the Best Casual Italian category.

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Nico Schuermans was honoured as Chef of the Year for nurturing the burgeoning culinary scene on Beatty Street with Chambar, Café Medina, and Dirty Apron cooking school and delicatessen.

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Jack Evrensel, proprietor of the Top Table Group (Araxi, Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar, Cin Cin, and West), was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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CELEBRATIONS SEND us your picture for our Celebrations page. Enclose a

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The Celebrations page is a free service and there is no guarantee as to when submissions will be published. Text may be edited for length and editorial style. Photos will be available for pickup at our front desk three days after the publication date: 100-126 East 15th St., North Vancouver, V7L 2P9. Photos not picked up after one month will be discarded.

Shirley and David Shirley David and Shirley Shirley were married April 24, 1971. Their five children: Gina (Andrew), Krista, Aaron, Alexandra and Mariah and grandchild Aidan wish them a happy 40th anniversary!

Marie and William Karps William (Bill) and Marie Karps, shown here walking in downtown Vancouver, were married April 24, 1946. The couple have five children: Linda (Ken), Shirley (David), William (Joy), Susan (Val) and Geoffrey; and share their anniversary date with daughter Shirley and her husband, in the above right photo. They also have 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Happy 65th anniversary!

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what’s going on From page 28 Dare to be Heard, presented by the North Shore Writers Association, meets the first Wednesday of every month, 79 p.m. at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. The association invites writers of all genres, fiction and non-fiction, to read their work in a friendly, comfortable atmosphere and

to listen to other writers share their work and talk about the writing process. Readers are invited to attend to get to know established and new local writers. Free for members and non-members by donation.

Deep Cove Ladies’ Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second and last Wednesday of each month at Lions Garey Ham Court, 936 Bowron Court, North Vancouver.

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North Shore Chamber Orchestra meets Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Sutherland Secondary, 1860 Sutherland Ave., North Vancouver and is looking for new string players.

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CIARA McCormack, founder of the girlsCAN Soccer Foundation, visited Nigeria in November of 2010 to learn more about Maureen Mmadu’s girls soccer academy in Anambra State. A fundraiser for the Nigerian project at Taylor’s Crossing on Friday, April 22, 8 p.m. will include CIS and NCAA coaches, as well as current and former international female players, and Women’s Whitecaps. Tickets to the event are $25.

The Nigerian girls soccer camp is the player’s way of giving back, as the country’s most capped player and star of four world cups and two Olympics. The goal is to give players who otherwise wouldn’t have the chance to escape poverty the same opportunity she had thanks to her skill, and this summer 18 of those girls will also have the chance to visit and play in Vancouver.

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McCormack founded girlsCAN in 2002, and has been running summer camps for North Vancouver girls since the same year, as well as a Western Canada Soccer Showcase that brings

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From page 44 When McCormack listened Mmadu’s story of the academy, she saw an opportunity to collaborate.

The goal, said McCormack, is to give the players a chance to show their skills to university scouts and possibly pick up a scholarship. As well, it’s a chance to see the world and learn about a different culture, she said.

When she visited, she was impressed with not only their skill but also their eagerness to learn, despite the obstacles in their lives.

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This is also a big year for McCormack, as she’s making her return to the Whitecaps women’s squad in May after three years playing in Norway.

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One of the great souls to grace the earth left us far too soon on Wednesday April 6th. After surviving an ongoing battle with congestive heart failure from the age of 24, he died without struggle from a heart attack while snowboarding on Cypress Mountain, a place that brought him much joy and peace. He brought smiles and laughter to so many people, cultivating many beautiful memories we can now hold onto. When he walked into a room, he brought warmth, generosity and cheer to everyone’s hearts. He was the proud owner of Cork-It Winemaking, and was delighted to serve his customers over the past 10 years. He was also a pillar of the skate board community and found refuge on the pavement. Although he left us at the age of 34, he found his true love and lived everyday to the fullest doing exactly as he wished and was destined to do. He will be deeply missed by his wife Melanie, grandmother Frances, brother Chris and sister in law Maggie, foster parents Andrew and Wendy, brother in law Andrew and sister in law Jessica, his mother in law Lorraine “molaw”, aunt and uncle Bob and Betty, cousins Willow, Ron and David, and his huge community of friends and family that were honoured to have known him. He has made his journey back to his mother Florence whom he lost to cancer at a young age. Thank you to everyone for showing up to his celebration of life on Sunday April 10th. There will also be a gathering at Cork-It Winemaking Saturday April 16th 10am-5pm for the public. As wished

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If you think you’ve got what it takes, please send your resume and cover letter in confidence to Dee Dhaliwal, ddhaliwal@nsnews.com Closing Date: Monday April 25th 9.00am

VANCOUVER’S LARGEST Lawn and Property Maintenance Company pays $120-$360 DAILY for outdoor Spring/Summer work.

Hiring honest, competitive, and energetic individuals to fill our various 2011 positions.

Apply online @ www.propertystarsjobs.com

CAPILANO AUDI is looking to fill the following permanent position:

★ F/T Lot Attendant

Position requires a valid BC drivers license & a clean drivers abstract. Work schedule of 5 days/ week.

Experience an asset but not required.

We provide a competitive remuneration package, comprehensive benefit plan and a friendly working environment.

Please send your resume to: Capilano AUDI 813 Automall Drive North Vancouver, V7P 3R8 or email: susan@capvwaudi.com No phone calls please.

Molly Maid

North & West Vancouver Mature f/t housecleaners required Mon to Fri, days. $11 to $16/hr. Valid BC drivers licence required.

For interview.

Call 604-987-4112

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Hotel Restaurant

THE HURRICANE GRILL Hiring Experienced Servers, Hostesses & Line Cooks Excellent wages & tips.

Will train. Apply in person with resume to 999 Marine Dr., North Van.

To advertise call

604-630-3300

~ North Shore ~

Gain the skills and experience you need to find sustainable employment.

• • • •

Work Experience Opportunities Training Allowance Short-term Certificate Training Additional Support: work equipment and child care subsidy

Are you Eligible?

• Unemployed and non-student, 18 years and over • BC resident and legally entitled to work in Canada • Not eligible for Employment Insurance • Committed to a 10 week full-time program • Priority given to North Shore residents

Call 604-988-3766 to speak with a Case Manager

Funding provided through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Agreement

Looking for a New Career Direction?

www.nsnews.com

Discover a World of Possibilities in the Classifieds!

Take Your Pick from the

Call 604.630.3300 to Advertise

HOTTEST JOBS

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Medical/Dental CDA

Canadian Valley Growers requires a Vendor Rep to service their product in a big box retail store in Squamish ● Some knowledge of plants required ● Heavy lifting required ● Seasonal part time $14.00 to $15.00 per hour Please send resumes to Canadian Valley Growers Fax: 604-857- 0666 or mail to Box 1330, Aldergrove, BC V4W 2V1

JOB OPTIONS BC

Marketing Representative

North Shore Pediatric dental office requires a full time CDA (level II) immediately. MonThurs. Competitive wage/ benefits.

Please email resume to drgerry@shawlink.ca.

Introductory Career in Dentistry Dental Clinic in North Van is looking to train a young, cheerful, enthusiastic and well groomed person as a clinical auxillary.

Duties include developing xrays, sterilizing rooms and instruments, clerical duties and assisting staff in their duties. Mon-Fri 8-5:30,$12 per hour plus bonus & medical.

Email williamliebenberg@shaw.ca MEDICAL OFFICE trainees needed! Hospitals & doctors need medical office & medical admin staff! No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available.

1-888-748-4126 NORTH SHORE CDA Friendly, caring, competent individual for general practice in mosly prostho office. Not a ‘rinse and suction’ position. Join this team dedicated to quality care.

Prostho module, invisalign, perio and implant surgery. $25-$30/hr dependent on skill level. Email Williamliebenberg@shaw.ca.

OPERATING ROOM REGISTERED NURSES

for short and long term relief staff assignments. Canadian locations. Minimum 1 year experience with orthopedics an asset.

Visit www.travelnurse.ca to apply or call 1 866 355 8355

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Office Personnel

BUSINESS & ADMINISTRATION trainees needed! Large & small firms seeking certified admin staff now.

No experience? Need training?

Career training & job placement available. 1-888-512-7116.

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Office Personnel

RECEPTION/OFFICE ADMIN. Work close to home with this growing North Van Construction company. We are looking for someone to handle the front desk who likes to multi-task. Strong MS Word, Excel and file management skills required. You bring to this position an upbeat personality, 3 5 years office experience, prefer working in a smaller office environment where flexibility is key. We offer a competitive salary and benefit package. If this sounds like a position for you, email your resume to gc.employmentop@gmail.com

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Sales

EVERYDAY STYLE, a Canadian company, is expanding in your area. The market for our entertaining, cooking, and decor products is huge! Join us and earn money as a Consultant.

Visit www.everydaystyle.com to find out more.

INSIDE SALES Well established North Vancouver software company is looked for sales professional to follow up on leads do B2B telephone sales and on line sales presentations. Good base salary and commission structure.

Please email resume: rose@championsway.com INSIDE SALES Well established North Vancouver company is looked for seasoned sales professional to follow up on leads do B2B telephone sales and on line sales presentations. Good base salary and commission structure. Email adresponse@shaw.ca

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Trades/Technical

JOURNEYMAN MECHANICS required immediately, NW Alberta. Heavy Duty and Automotive positions, competitive wages, benefit plan.

Caterpillar experience.

More info: www.ritchiebr.com Fax 780-351-3764.

Email: info@ritchiebr.com.

Trades/Technical

THINK BIG! Heavy Equipment Service Technician Training. $1000. entrance scholarship.

Paid practicum with Finning. High school diploma and a mechanical aptitude required. On-campus residences. GPRC Fairview Campus. 1-888-999-7882; gprc.ab.ca/fairview

EDUCATION 1403

Career Services/ Job Search

APPLY NOW: Pennywise Scholarship For Women to attend Journalism certificate course at Langara College in Vancouver.

Deadline April 29, 2011. More information: www.bccommunitynews.com/ files/scholarships

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Education

FOODSAFE 1 DAY COURSES Guaranteed best value!

Nine Metro Vancouver Locations: Vancouver • Burnaby • Surrey • Richmond • Squamish • Langley • Coquitlam • Maple Ridge All our Instructors are also working local Health Inspectors!

Classes held each week & weekend! Course materials available in 12 languages. Same-day Certification. Visit our website at www.foodsafe-courses.com or call 604-272-7213 ADVANCE Hospitality Education – B.C.’s #1 Choice for FoodSafe & WorldHost Training since 2003!

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Education

FOODSAFE 1 Day Courses #1 in BC • $62 • 604-272-7213 www.advance-education.com LEARN SMALL ENGINE REPAIR. Hands-on training on ATV’s, snowmobiles, personal watercraft. Excellent Instructors and shop equipment. On-campus residences. Write apprenticeship exams. GPRC Fairview Campus.

1-888-999-7882; gprc.ab.ca/fairview.

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Tutoring Services

TUTOR DOCTOR NORTH SHORE Tutoring for All Ages and Subjects. Experienced & Qualified Tutors. 778.340.3100 ajonescox@tutordoctor.com www.vancouverhometutors.com

Looking for a career in

Trades/Technical

CONCRETE FINISHERS. Edmonton-based company seeks experienced concrete finishers for work in Edmonton and Northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; John@RaidersConcrete.com.

Cell 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-7103.

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Education?

Log on to working.com to find a job you’ll love.

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SUDOKU SUDOKU Fun By The Numbers

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Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a Sudoku, the numbers 1 through It Works: 9Here's must fill How each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box.

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You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

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Dogs

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Cats LAB PUPS yellow, chocolate & black, male/ female, vet checked. $550. Phone 604-701-1587

Beautiful 1 Year Old Neutered Male Pitbull

RAGDOLL KITTENS, 1ST shot & worming , raised underfoot & post trained. $450+. 604-581-2772

your Sudoku savvy to the test!

Here's How It Works:

Dogs

★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION !

604-724-7652

with some issues, couch potato want to be. Required experienced adult dog handler, no children, fenced yard.

Looking for love after a year of mistreatment.

Fur and Feathers Rescue 604 719-7848

PROVEN CHOCOLATE Lab for Stud. He is our family dog. Dad was a service dog, mom a hunter.

Big bodied, block head. $500 604-309-6506 YORKIE PUPPIES-READY May 20th, M-$900 F-$1200, call for info 604-751-2269 YORKIE X CHIHAUHAU, 8 wks old, paper trained, 1st shots, vet checked, $600. 604-931-1164

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

CHILDREN

Easter Eats & Treats Eggs served on Easter to symbolize a new beginning BREAKFAST NESTS Ingredients: 2 large potatoes (peeled and grated), margarine, 6 eggs and 1/2 cup shredded cheese.

Procedure: Generously grease a six cup muffin tin.

Press potatoes into each cup making an indentation in the middle. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

Break an egg into each nest and continue to bake for 15 minutes. Sprinkle cheese on top and cook until melted. Remove carefully and serve.

NO-BAKE COOKIE NESTS Ingredients: 4 cups chow mein noodles, 1/2 cup corn syrup, 1/2 cup sugar, 3/4 cup peanut or soy “nut” butter, jelly beans.

Procedure: In a large bowl, break noodles into small pieces.

Cook corn syrup and sugar over medium low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Stir in nut butter until smooth. Coat noodles evenly with hot mixture. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper, making indentation in middle of each. While warm, place jelly bean “eggs” in each nest.

Information provided by: North Shore Child Care Resource Program, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society: 604-985-7138

YORKIES PB Reg. microchip, 1st shot, fam. Raised $1200.00 604-857-0722 doriane@telus.net

Cares!

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

To advertise call

604-630-3300

MARKETPLACE 2010

Appliances

ILAC APPLIANCE & VACUUMS

1825 Lonsdale Ave

604-987-7330

KITCHENAIDE FRIDGE S/S stainless, ice/water, 25 cu ft. MINT $400. 33x66x30 604-987-0540

APT. & FULL SIZE

All Like New!

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For Sale Miscellaneous

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Furniture

2 ELECTRICAL BEDS, single, adjustable, good condition $50 ea. 604-922-8194 45’’ ROUND table, 4 suede like covered chairs, purchased Dec 2010, $300 obo. 604-563-3608

Fridge, Stove, Washer, Dryer, Stacker

DINING STE $950, kitchen tbl $ 75, King bed w/mattress $200 2 bookshelves $25 604-980-2066

Delivery/Warranty avail.

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

100 & up

$

604.306.5134 2060

For Sale Miscellaneous

4 1/2 FT Claw tub, door hardware, 2 ft steel door, 30x10 treated d/d deck 778-892-6958 A FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE - Get Your First Month Free. Bad Credit, Don’t Sweat It. No Deposits. No Credit Checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines Today Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464 CAN’T GET UP YOUR Stairs?

Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift. Call 1-866-981-6591.

VISION ELYPTICAL machine $400, 2 leather recliner chairs $300 ea., 56 in Panasonic rear proj TV $300, Whirlpool stackable w/d $350, Pioneer Home Theatre system $100. 604-987-2989

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WEIGHT LIFTING equipment, bench, squats, arms, etc. Lots of weight $350. 604-980-6487

RENOVATING!.. MUST sell couch, chair, 3 piece coffee table set, D/R ste incl buffet, hutch, 4 chairs. $500/all. 778-668-7301.

SKLAR PEPPLER sofa $990, Loveseat $690, like brand new.

604-783-1911 SOFABED, QUEENSIZE, blue patterned, $150. call 604-922-2116

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Garage Sale West Vancouver

91-DOWNSIZING MOVING SALE Sat Apr 23rd 10:30 - 1pm Highend furniture, leather sofa, ent unit, art, book shelves, some freebies.

4222 Rockridge Road exit 4.

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Lumber/Building Supplies

BUILDING SALE... Canadian Manufacturer Direct. 25x40 $6320. 30x40 $7370. 35x50 $9980. 40x80 $18,900. 47x100 $31,600. Ends optional. Many others. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers since 1980, 1-800-668-5422.

DO-IT-YOURSELF STEEL Buildings Priced for Spring Clearance - Ask about Free Delivery to most areas! Call for Quick Quote and Free Brochure 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170

Furniture

★ HOTEL FURNITURE LIQUIDATION ★ New treasures arriving daily!

Just arrived from the PACIFIC PALISADES HOTEL

Any Size Mattress $99, Headboards $50,Nite Tables$50, $50, Mattresses $100, Sofabeds $200, Armoires Dressers $100,Sofa Beds $200, Banquet Chairs $15, Sofa Chairs $50, Dining Chairs $20, Tables $50.

Lamps TV’smirrors $30, Armoires $100, 1000’s of$20, lamps, & art... andDrapes much $30 more!

Mini-bars $40 ...and much more!

We are Canada’s largest supplier of pre-owned furniture.

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Travel Destinations

RUTH LK 100 Mile 3 brm family cabin clean, well appointed, clear sandy bay, 5 acres waterfront & woods, canoe & motor $550wk 604.984.9664

DIAL-A-LAW OFFERS general information on a variety of topics on law in BC. 604-687-4680 (Lower Mainland) or 1.800.565.5297 (Outside LM);

www.dialalaw.org (audio available).

LAWYER REFERRAL Service matches people with legal concerns to a lawyer in their area.

Participating lawyers offer a 30 minute consultation for $25 plus tax. Regular fees follow once both parties agree to proceed with services. 604-687-3221 (Lower Mainland) or 1.800.663.1919 (Outside LM).

Clean Sweep?

Sell it in the Classifieds!

604

630.3300

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

2095

Lumber/Building Supplies

SAWMILLS – Band/Chainsaw SPRING SALE – Cut lumber any dimension, anytime. MAKE MONEY and SAVE MONEY In stock ready to ship. Starting at $1,195.00.

www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT

1-800-566-6899 Ext.400OT

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Musical Instruments

BABY GRAND Piano, Kawai, looks like new $5900. call 604-783-1911

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Recycler

2 MIRRORED sliding closet doors, all hardware 80 in x 71 in wide. You pick up.604-922-4459 DOUBLE BOXSPRING & MATTRESS, very clean, good cond. U pick up! 604-987-3226 ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA 1998 complete, 33 volumes. Perfect cond. Free 604-925-6111 FREE FIREWOOD, split.

FOR PICKUP CALL 604-987-5557 HIDE-A-BED, KOREHLER, good cond, beige, Free You pick-up 604- 922-4714 PATIO SET complete with umbrella, table, 4 chairs, 2 chaise lounges + pads for all.

604-986-6979 QUEEN SIZE mattress and bedframe, very clean. Can be delivered or you pick up. Call 604-716-8117

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 – North Shore News – A49

REAL ESTATE 7010

Personals

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full body rub • sauna & steam Sun-Thur 10-Midnight Fri/Sat 10am-1pm

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402-3701 Hastings St., Burnaby ATTRACTIVE mature European lady on North Shore for delightful bodysage. ANITA, 604-808-5589 DATING SERVICE. Long-Term/ Short-Term Relationships, CALL NOW. 1-877-297-9883.

Exchange voice messages, voice mailboxes. 1-888-534-6984. Live adult casual conversations-1on1, 1-866-311-9640, Meet on chatlines. Local Single Ladies.

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Lily’s Relaxation Centre Nice Oriental Massage

604-986-8650 1050 Marine Dr., North Van (by McKay) parking at rear

Meridien

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-02

Abbotsford

MOUNTAINVIEW VILLAGE in quiet end location. Family oriented complex in East Abby.

Has outdoor pool, club house, playground, pets allowed. This UPDATED 3 BR, 3 bath feels like a home. Spacious mn flr offering eating area/computer space off the remodeled kitchen w/new modern cabinet fronts & hardware, counters, tile floor & appls. Nice dining rm w/slider to private yard & patio. Good size living rm w/gas fireplace w/lam flrs. 3 BR up master has ensuite & walk in closet. Double side by side garage. Painted in trendy colours & close to visitor parking. Great place to call home! Easy access to Hwy 1, shopping, parks, and all levels of schools. $284,900. Call Pamela Stadnik, Remax Treeland Realty, 604-533-3491

Need a New Place?

6020

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Houses - Sale

6020-01

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-38

SPA LTD.

SRY, 7850 King George Blvd.

Looking for a beautiful dbl wide under $80,000? 55+ adult park.

Pet ok. Lorraine Cauley, Royal Lepage North Star, 604-889-4874

uSELLaHOME.com

MT. BAKER SKI AREA 2 cabins, 1 property. Rent one, use one. Gated community w/ amenities. 35 min. from border $374,000 U.S. Maryann Angus 360-224-6704 www.mymtbakerhome.com SHARED OWNERSHIP late model 40’ - 60’ cruising yachts moored on Vancouver Island & Lower Mainland. Sail & Power.

Professionally maintained.

604-669-2248. www.one4yacht.com

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Recreation Property

6065

Young North Shore Family seeks lakefront property to rent, lease or buy within 4 1/2 hours of Vancouver. Must be a swim/ski lake. 604-727-3557

Condos/ Townhouses

West Vancouver

Accounting/ Bookkeeping

BOOKKEEPING, ACCOUNTING Tax & Financial Planning Services 604-987-9783 BOOKKEEPING $25/hr H&R TAX & ACCOUNTING info@hrtax.ca 604-980-9668

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Computer/ Internet

COMPUTER TROUBLE? We can help! Call The Web Guides for help using your computer. (604) 771-9129 www.thewebguides.ca

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Financial Services

$500 LOAN, NO CREDIT REFUSED. Fast, Easy and Secure. 1-877-776-1660 www.moneyprovider.com.

Cut Your Debt by up to 70% DEBT Forgiveness Program Avoid Bankruptcy, Stops Creditor Calls. Much lower Payments at 0% Interest.

We work for You, not Your Creditors.

Call 1-866-690-3328 www.4pillars.ca

IF YOU own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS will lend you money: It’s That Simple.

Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

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Business Opps/ Franchises

#1 JANITORIAL FRANCHISE Customers, (Office Cleaning), Training and support. Financing. www.coverall.com 604-434-7744 info@coverallbc.com BE YOUR OWN BOSS with Great Canadian Dollar Store.

New franchise opportunities in your area. Call 1-877-388-0123 ext. 229 or visit our website: www.dollarstores.com today.

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Business Opps/ Franchises

FAMILIES EARNING MORE. Work from home part or full-time.

No selling. No inventory. No parties. No large investment or risk. Visit www.familiesearningmore.com. $$$ MAKE FAST CASH - Start Your Own Business - Driveway Sealing Systems, Possible payback in 2 weeks. Part-time, Full-time. CALL Today Toll-Free 1-800-465-0024. Visit: www.protectasphalt.com

5060

Legal Services

#1 IN PARDONS Remove your criminal record. Get started TODAY for ONLY $49.95/mo. Limited Time Offer.

FASTEST GUARANTEED Pardon in Canada.

FREE Consultation: 1-866-416-6772 www.ExpressPardons.com

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Mortgages

Bank On Us!

Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

Call 604-328-6409

ORIGIN HOME FINANCIAL PARTNERS Matt Sadler - www.mattsadler.ca

To advertise call

604-630-3300

1 BR, 3rd top flr May 15, 17th & Lonsdale, hardwood, ns, no pets $880 incl heat, 604-984-9367 1 br $890, Lonsdale & 21st, hardwood, quiet bldg, np, hw, heat, prkg May. 1, 604-990-4088

1 BR lrg, MOVE IN ALLOWANCE, Avail now, quiet/ clean blding. Rent Starts $1025.

Incls Ht/Hw. N/P, N/S, 1 yr lse, Cable/Park extra. 604-985-4272

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Money to Loan

Money to Loan

Need Cash Today?

NEED A LOAN - BAD CREDIT? Has your credit prevented you from getting a loan? Buying a home or having your own business? We can help you get up to 1 million business or mortgage loan and up to 200K personal loan with interest rates starting at 2.9% APR. Bad credit ok.

Apply now at: www.applyunion.com or call 1-877-500-4030

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6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

195 21st Street BELLEVUE TOWER 1 BR $1800, 2 BR $2100 Avail May 1 Prestigious bldg next to seawall.

Beautifully renovated, granite c/tops, h/w flrs, new appls, d/w new kitchen & bath rm cabinets, indoor pool. Facing NW w/ ocean views. Steps to community ctr, shops, transit & restaurants.

Sorry, No Pets.

Call 604-922-8815 to view.

2 BR, 2 bath, fp, avail now. 1 yr lease, 125 W 19th, no pets, coin wd, 778-554-0537 2 BR Apt, large, view, Lower Lonsdale, hardwood, heat/hw, prkg, $1150 ns np 778-230-0131 2 BR bright, hardwood, ns, np, near seabus, quiet bldg. $1300, 604-618-8338 2 BR, hardwood flrs, $1180 np, ns, avail May 1, 225 East 12th 604-786-3405 2 BR Large $1125, Parklike Setting, Outdoor Pool, Playground. 920 sf, drapes, heat & prkg. incld. 1 yr lease. no pets 1228 Emery Pl., Lynn Valley 604- 987- 4922 2 BR ste, full reno, incl d/w, w/d, 1 prkg, n/s, min 1 yr lse. $1,350/mth Immed 604-904-9461 2BR, Manager Special, $1045, Central Lons, patio, carpet, n/p, 160 E 20th. NOW, 604-988-3227 326 WEST 1st St. 1 bdrm $775 & up. Nr seabus, secure prkg, no pets. Avail immed. 604-983-6916

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1 BR view, incld heat hw & cable, now, fully renod, upper Lonsdale, large, ns, np, 604-987-8807 1 BR+DEN, view, quiet bldg, ns np, $1,150 incl heat/hw 120 E. Keith Rd. 604-985-9852 1 BRs, $925 & $975 + utils, reno’d, new hardwood, 240 St. Andrews, Immed. 604-551-0890 1 BR/studio. THE HILLRIDGE 170 E. Keith Rd clean, quiet, concrete Heat h/w incl. np ns 985-8405

in Lynn Valley, heat & hot water incl’d, ug prkg, some apts. are reno’d, near bus, shops & parks.

1 & 2 brs, quiet area, 1 cat ok, No dogs, No smoking 604-980-9219 Beautiful Large Suites 2 BR from $1315, avail now or May 1. Heat, h/w, prkg. Lease $300 move in allowance for 2 BR suite. 604-986-3866

Beautiful Views

1 bdrm- $1,025-$1250 Spacious, pool, storage, heat & hw, dw, quiet,

concrete, by shops, Cat Ok

North Vancouver

604-985-2926

Could You Use

?

$20, 20,000 $30, 30,000 SPACE

How About BOOKING

$

300, 300,000

For: CAPITAL DIRECT Rep: TAgrios Ad#: 1306773

If you own property Capital Direct can help.

CALL 604-430-1498

121 W 20th 1BR, main flr. hardwood, heat & hw incl’d, 1 yr lease np, $1000, now, 604-681-2521

144 W. 14th St MARLBOROUGH TOWER

Spacious Studios from $1125, 1 BR from $1250 & Penthouse from $1700 w/ balconies & spectacular views, well maintained, clean, quiet concrete highrise. Fabulous Central Lonsdale location, next to library, transit, shops & cls to schools.

Sorry, no pets. Heat & hot water incls.

Call 604-983-6920 to view.

1730 Chesterfield 1br, patio suite, dish washer, hot water incld, ug prkg avail, 604-987-5841

Could you use $30k or even $300k?

If you own a home, we can help.

Your credit/age/income is not an issue.

Independent lenders since 1969.

1 BRS $925 - $985 incl heat/hw& cable, 250 E 2nd. ns, np. now 1 yr lease large balc. 778-886-3250 BRIARS 126 E 12 St. 1 BR top flr, South facing. Heat & hw incl. np, ns.

Prkg avail, 604-983-2086

1520 CHESTERFIELD Rd. 2 BR $1,250 No pets. 604- 990-2971 or Wkends 778-340-7406

604.581.2161

6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

LYNN VALLEY, 3 BR top flr, hardwood, cat ok, $1400, May 1 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net MOUNTAIN VILLAGE APTS. 2 & 3 BR, Avail Now & May1 604-988-3828 www.mountainvillage.ca ST GEORGES PLACE, Quiet bldg, 1 BR Avail Now & May 1, Studio May 1, Carpets, drapes & h/w, gated prkg, N/P. $200 Signing Bonus. 604-987-9145

TIME BUILDING, 155 W 1st St, stunning views, Designer colours make this very large 2 br & 2 bath, Lower Lonsdale top flr condo ideal. Granite counter & SS appls, np ns, $2300. 1 prkg + storage.

Avail May 1. Tim 604-925-3171 VICTORIA PARK PLACE 615 St. Georges Ave @ E 6th St. 1 BR, bright, spacious, clean quiet bldg, np, ns. 604-980-9057 WOODCROFT 1 Br enclosed bancony, incl all utils, prkg, security, gym/pool $895 604-813-7312

WOODCROFT 1 BR spacious E. facing, balcony, $1050 incls utils, avail now 604-351-1962 WOODCROFT, big 2 br, 1 1/2 ba, 2 balconies, bright, security, rec facility. $1375 incl 604-813-7312

WOODCROFT. Large, updated 1 BR. $1,025/mo incl heat, h/w, u/g prkg, gated security. Pemberton bldg. Avail May 1. 604-671-2049 WOODCROFT- STUDIO PATIO, newer paint & carpet, rec facil, n/s prkg, n/p, $740 incl 778-865-7455

6505-12

West Van Apt. Rentals

2025 BELLEVUE Ave W.V. Oceanview 1 Br, cat OK, Senior Discount. 604-913-0734 AMBLESIDE TOWER Studio. 1 BR & 2 BR’s avail.

Move in Bonus. Excellent views, rents incl. heat & h/w.

Tennis courts, indoor pool, saunas, exercise & games rooms on premises. Walk to beach & shops. No Pets.

1552 Esquimalt . 604-922-8443

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1 BR 21/Lonsdale, bright reno incl heat hw hardwood, ns, np, quiet adult bldg. $900. 604-904-9507

www.ambleview.org 604-926-5634

TAX TIME 5005

1 BR $1175 May 1 large deck, avail now. both new kitchen/bath & carpet, dw, ns, cat ok lower Lonsdale, 604-988-1939

1 BR. large, $870. mountain view, now or May 1st.

Gated prkg, quiet, drapes, heat incl. no pets, 1 yr lease, 321 East 2nd. 604-987-5802

West Vancouver Equity Coop for active seniors (60+)

$217,000

1 BR - 111 W 5th St, large bright, corner ste, quiet bldg, sec. prkg, storage insuite laundry, walk-in closet, new paint, fridge & w/d. $1150 incl heat/hw 604-984-6151

1 Br. large, $825 1 Br. large, new carpet, $865, both: brick patio, now or May heat incl. quiet. drapes. gated or free prkg, no pets, 1 yr lease. 310 East 2nd, 604-837-0956

Escort Services

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

★ CENTRAL LONSDALE ★ Spacious 1 BR corner ste. Featuring large kitchen, lots of storage, heat/hot water incl. N/s, no pets.$980 May 1. 604-983-0634

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

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North Van Apt. Rentals

1 BR avail May 1st. 140 E 15th St. on bus route, $950+utils np 604-618-9259, 604-988-1956

604-985-4969

7015

Apartments & Condos

1 BR avail May 1, $865 central Lonsdale, suit quiet person(s), np, ns, 604-320-9238

One bedroom and den apartment – 726 sq ft.

Relaxation Massage Special Rates

6505

6505-11

Sell your home, only $99. 604-574-5243 Chilliwack 2.5yr old 2967sf 3 storey 4 br 2.5ba w/suite potnl $417,900 798-2511 id5344 Delta Price Reduced studio condo, 19+ complex, pool, park, $94,900 597-8361 id4714 Sry Bear Creek Park beauty 1440sf rancher, gated 45+ $275,900 306-931-3939 id5234 Sry Tynehead on Greenbelt 3600sf 5br 4.5ba 1/2ac GD lot $930K 575-7311 id5350 Sry Guildford reno’d 922sf 1br+den or 2br condo, private yard $219K 454-7050 id5353

6008

Mobile Homes

Real Estate

❏WE BUY HOMES❏

Find one in the Classifieds To advertise call 604-630-3300

RENTALS

2 BDRM, $1145 Central Lons, h/w flrs, balc, n/p, 160 E 20th.

NOW, 604-988-3227 2 BEDROOM: 365 East 2nd St., N Vancouver: Bright unit in quiet building w/ large storage area in unit, h/w & d/w. $1125/mo incl heat & h/w avl May 1st ph 604-726-4884

CENTRAL LONSDALE, large updated 1 BR, cat ok $975, 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net 1 BR, h/wood flrs, clean, 15th & Lonsdale, $840incl heat h/water

ns np May 1st. 604-323-4467

GREAT LOCATION! 145 West Keith Road.

1 BR Starting at $1050 Avail Now. Ocean view. indoor pool. Concrete bldg.

Heat & Hot Water incls.

Call 604-986-3356

1550 Duchess Ave, W. Van. Studio & 1 Br Move-in Bonus Fitness rm out door pool, nr shops, transit & Seawall. 1 yr lease, N/pets.

Heat, hw incl’d. Member of Crime Free Multi-Housing Program. 604-922-4322

Park Royal Towers Completely Renovated

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

2 BR (1070 sq. ft.)

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

604-922-3246 935 Marine Drive

KENMORE MANOR 140 East 17th St. A bright 1 bdrm Available. Heat & h/w incl. N/S, No Pets. 604-980-4554

BACHELOR, 2109 Bellevue. hardwood, hw & heat incl’d, May 1, no pets $880, 604-986-1294

LYNN VALLEY, 2 BR, top flr, d/w, cat ok, avail now $1250, 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

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RENTALS 6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-12

West Van Apt. Rentals

DUCHESS 590 - 17th St 1 Br d/w, n/p, n/s. Avail May1st.

By appt. 604-926-1010

6595

Shared Accommodation

6595-45

North Vancouver

1 BR IN spacious home for n/s female. Furn or unfurn, internet, w/d, $495 incl. 604-980-2106

Luxury Over The Seawall!

1 BR pool rec. rm, pet ok 2190 Bellevue Ave 604-926-6287

1 ROOM, nr Save-on/Marine Dr. own entry, wd, May 1, $440, 604-988-0624 or 778-688-4846

PACIFICANA 1480 Esquimalt Ave. 1 bdrm, ocean views, dw, n/p, n/s now or Apr 1st. By appt.

604-921-7800

FURNISHED 1 bdrm for 2 (females only), $350/ea, utils incl. To view. N/S N/P, call 604-985-4517

6522

Furnished Accommodation

★★★★★★★★★★

2 BR, Westlynn furn tv, kit & i/net. cbl, np$1190 incl util 604-987-2691

LYNN VALLEY 1 br furn, share accom, 2 pce bath, suits mature n/s male $140/wk, 604-780-1977 SHARE ACCOM. All inclusive.

North Shore. Suits Fem Student.

Imm. $460/mo 604-889-3597

6602 A SHORT STAY Renos, family, execs, 1, 2 br p/house 604-987-2691

www.vancouvershortstay.com

AVAIL IMMED. $850 gets pool, parks and wireless/HD TV. Clean, non-partier, ok with a dog. Shortterm ok! dlee @ 604.971.1111

FURN. BACH. suite, close to Cap Mall & Save-On Foods. May 1st.

NS NP $850 incl. 604-986-5941 HOMAWAY INNS Specializing in furn accom at reas rates. call 604-723-7820 or visit www.homawayinns.com HORSESHOE BAY May 1st, bright,furn studio ste, quiet street. $850 incl utils, ns ref’s, np, Pls call Karen or Glen 604-922-2700

6540

Houses - Rent

2 BR $1600 Lynn Valley Rd, 2 car gar-alley access, larg front fenced lawn, near bus stop, w/d, no pet, n/s. Avail May 1... 604-321-4864 5 BDRM, 2 bath, 2 kitchen, 21st & Chesterfield, ns, np, ref’s, $2,200 May 1st. 604-904-9507 5 BDRM Exec home, Upper Lons, nice view, quiet st, all appl, NS, NP, June 1, $3900 604-317-1727

5 BR, 2.5 bath, 2 level, Ballantree Rd. W. Van. 3385 sf, new reno’d, hardwood, 2 fp, avail Apr 15, ns, np, $3650, 604-469-1148

DEEP COVE waterfront cottage 2 br f/p, new hardwood, lrg sundeck garage, ns $2375 604-929-5191 FULLY RENOVATED Horseshoe Bay village cottage,1 br + loft, 1 bath, May 1. $1550 604-925-9562 *RENT TO OWN*

Abbotsford- 3262 Clearbrook Rd. HOUSE with 5 bedrooms, 3 baths.

Mortgage helper. Walk to all Schools and other amenities. Only $1,598/m.

Low Down. Flexible Terms.

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STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN ● No Qualification - Low Down ● ABBOTSFORD - 2087 Lonsdale Cr, HOUSE, 3bd w/ 2bd suite, quiet neigh., hot tub & pool.......$2,188/M CHILLIWACK - 9557 Williams, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town..... $888/M Call Kristen today (604)786-4663 www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca W. VAN, Dundarave (26th & Ottawa) 3 br, 2 bath, renovated $2850, June 1st. 604-762-2809 W Van, Dundarave 4 Br, 2 bath/ $3600/mth, 4 br, 3 bath/ $4600/mth details 604-319-7674

1 BDRM LIKE new suite in new house, 5 new appls, nr Edgemont Village, n/p, n/s, inclds heat/light, $1000 avail now. 604-830-7734 1 BDRM ste, Canyon Heights, garden level, h/w flrs, 5 appl, new w/d, all utils/cable/internet incl, ns np, May 1, $975. 604-537-4453 1 BR, 27th & Lonsdale, $800 incls utils, ns np, avail now 604-985-2464, 604-908-3895 1 BR, approx 900sf, new suite w/new appls & wd, np, ns, upper Lonsdale, $1300 incl cable & hydro, Immed, 778-558-7653 1 BR, bright, great view, Cent Lonsdale, ns np, May 1, $950inc Hydro, cable extra, 778-834-1801 1 BR view ste, Lynn Valley, priv entry, 4 appls, f/p, $850 + cable/ hydro ns np May 1. 604-220-2255 2 BR above ground ste, Lynn Valley, bright, shared wd, dog ok, $1200 +util May 1, 604-720-2421

9105

Auto Miscellaneous

$0 DOWN & we make your 1st payment at auto credit fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309.

9110

Collectibles & Classics

2 BR garden ste, Grd Blvd, bright, quiet, shared wd, nr bus, ns np $1180incl hydro, Refs, May 1.

604-990-9610, 2 BR grd lvl ste, new kitchen, near amens, avail now, ns np, $1000 incl utils. 778-227-7944 2 BR Pemberton Hghts, 1,000 sf, priv garden, cable included $1,250 per mth 604-924-1410

2 BR spacious suite, Seymour River, recent paint, fenced yard, patio, pantry, d/w, stone f/p, ns np $1280. 604-913-3109

2 BR ste, bright, part furn, priv Seymour River estate, nature paradise $1590+util 778-239-7416

2 BR+DEN grd lvl, $1,550 incl util, 6 appl, fp, patio,nr bus, May 1st Mt Seymour ns np604-924-9641 DEEP COVE 3 bdrm grnd flr, gas fp, share w/d, n/s n/p, $1325 incl utils. Immed. 604-924-9473 DUNDARAVE, BRIGHT, clean, 3 bdrm bsmt, nr seawalk, w/d, no pets, Now. $1400, 604-922-1614

6605

Townhouses Rent

sthis 3 BR t/house in quiet complex, 1.5 baths, fenced patio, pool, playground, near bus & shops, $1650+utils, Dollarton & Seymour. immed. 604-929-6024

Wanted To Rent

PROF FAMILY seeks 2 BR built green Leeds cert pref’d June 1st.

N.Shore ns, np. 604-929-3020

1991 ASTON Martin, 1-owner, all orig., only 27,000 km, immac. $45,000. 604-987-3876. D24627

9125

Domestic

2006 LINCOLN Zephyr 32,600 kms, excellent cond, lady driven $15,000 obo 604-929-1184

9145

Scrap Car Removal

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

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9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

2002 LAND Rover Discovery SE7 98,000 km, Sand/tan int. Exc cond. $11,750 604.687.2146

9160

Sports & Imports

2003 VOLVO S60, exc cond, all records, grt bike rack, 184,000 k, auto, $10,500 604-922-4338

Central Auto The North Shore’s Best for 35 Years

Call Ted (anytime)

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

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

Rates From As Low As

1.9%

2009 Infiniti EX35, moonroof, leather, alloys, only 10k, exceptional condition. $34,850

OAC

Ask us for details Offer may change without notice.

2007 Acura RDX Turbo SH AWD, local, only 50k, balance of factory warranty, exceptional condition. $25,850

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2005 Toyota 4 Runner Sport Edition, V8, AWD, side steps, auto, alloys, moon roof, 97k, immaculate. $22,850 2007 Honda CRV EX AWD, auto, leather, moonroof, alloys, only 52k, balance of factory warranty. $21,850 2007 Volvo V50 T5 Station Wagon, moonroof, leather, auto, only 41,600kms, immaculate. $19,850 Rare Diesel 1999 Mercedes Benz E300 Turbo Diesel, only 126k, local, one owner, complete MB service history, truly exceptional. $17,850 2002 Toyota 4 Runner SR5, 4x4, 123k, auto, a/c, pwr windows, local, alloys, hard to find. $13,850 Only 57,000kms 2004 Mercedes Benz C240 Classic, Auto, alloys, a/c, local, one owner, excellent value. $14,850 Special $12,850

2002 Dodge Dakota 4x4 Crew Cab SLT, alloys, auto, only 56,000 original kms, extra clean. $9,850

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1998 VW Passat turbo, auto 190,000 k, s/roof, air, lady driven, $4,200. W. Van 604-649-2285

HOME SERVICES 8030

Carpentry

CARPENTRY, ADDITIONS, decks, 32 yrs exp, licensed.

Call Ken, Cell: 604-928-3270 FRIENDLY, Professional, Crown mouldings, baseboard, casings rough framing. 778-233-0559

8055

Cleaning

$18/HR. Quality House cleaning.

604-983-3477 www.qualityhc.com QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs.

Res/com. Move in/out. Carpets + pressure wash’g. 778-895-3522 RAINBOW CLEANING! Exc references!

Eva 604-925-6676

8058 Call or visit us online today to discover the latest listings in your favorite neighbourhoods!

Sports & Imports

Only 81,000kms 1998 BMW Z3 Convertible, 6 cyl, 5 spd, alloys, very well serviced, a must see. $12,850

WITH ALL life throws at you, who has time to clean? Call Merry Maids. 604-980-6100

604-630-3300 • www.househunting.ca

9160

604-984-7714

2 BR bright ground level, fp, dw, share wd, Lynn Valley, new paint clean, June 1st. 778-846-0070

6615 WESTHILL LUXURIOUS Executive 4 BR 5 bath, pool $5995 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

Suites/Partial Houses

AUTOMOTIVE

Computer Services

Onsite Computer Repair FREE ESTIMATES Visa & M/card Call Chris 604-998-2273

8060

Concrete

ANY CEMENT Repairs rock walls patios, sidewalks, drainage. 30 + yrs exp. Exc Ref’s 604-354-9178

MORRISON CONCRETE Design, excavate, form & place all concrete. 604-988-2840

8073

Drainage

BAJ MINI EXCAVATING Sewer/storm, drains, oil tanks, paving, retain wall. 604-779-7816

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

8075

Drywall

8075

Drywall

A PLUS TAPING & DRYWALL High quality, reasonable rates.

Free estimates. 604-715-0400 ACE DRYWALL. Avail immed.

Board, tape, spraytex, repairs. 16 yr exp. No job too small. Mike 604-808-2432, 604-985-4321 ACME DRYWALL. Board, tape, mud. N. Shore 20 yr, avail immed Spraytext removal a specialty.

Kent 604-984-7171, 753-1116 *Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925

8080

Electrical

Small Jobs to rewires, lighting control, new houses, repairs. Insured & bonded.

Knob & tube replacement specialist. Lic. #23726.

Call Chris, 604-788-3864 A LICENSED electrician #19807 semi-retired, small jobs only.

604-689-1747 pgr 604-686-2319

8080

Electrical

FCE ELECTRIC - All types of electrical work - new construction & maintenance 604-861-2647

PUPIN ELECTRIC. Comm/Res. Bonded. Reas Rates. (#102091).

Professional Work. 604-719-8603 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8087

Excavating

8087

Excavating

TEEPEE CONSTRUCTION Ultra Mini Excavator Can access areas as narrow as 2’ 3’’ Concrete breaking, underpinning, trenching, stump removal, rock placement, landscaping 604-802-1156

8090

Fencing/Gates

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DIRECT FROM THE MILL 6x8 Fence Panels from $27, Siding, Decking, Roofing, Shed, Split Rail, etc...

We Install Chain Link & Cedar Fencing. Free Est. 7753 Edmonds St, Burnaby Call 604-520-7792 Timberlandforestproducts.com

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Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

HOME SERVICES 8090

Fencing/Gates

8155

Landscaping

Affordable Fencing & Decking Quality workmanship for 25 yrs. on the N. Shore, 604-929-6669

Design - Consultation- Installation 604-518-5661 KatsuraLandscaping.ca

HITECH ALUMINUM Railing & Fencing. 5 colors 4 designs.

604-983-3210

DHALIWAL GARDENING & Landscaping. Full yard mtce, trimming, pruning 604-889-0263

NORTH SHORE FENCES

GREAT CANADIAN LAWNS New lawns & repairs, lawn mtce, landscaping, lighting, patios 604-924-LAWN (5296)

Quality work by professionals Repairs and construction Call 604-230-3559

SERVICE MAGIC Affordable. Serving North Shore since 1978. Mike 604-783-9558

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

Greenworx Redevelopment Inc. Hardscaping & Landscaping.

Hedges, Pavers, Ponds & Walls, Returfing, Demos, Drainage, Jackhammering. 604 782-4322

Lee Gardener: Lawn maint. Free est. Spring clean-up, power raking, trim, Hedges 604-720-6578

CARPET, VINYL & HARDWOOD Repair & Replace. Material sales Dwight, 778-322-6048 I’ll show you the inexpensive route www.fccarpets.shawwebspace.ca

NORTH VAN LANDSCAPING Aerating, power raking, fertilizing, lawn mowing, garden cleanups.

778-340-LAWN

Century Hardwood Floors ★Hardwood flr refinishing ★Repairs ★ Staining ★ Free Estimate. Contact 604-376-7224

Paul Sato Gardening, Lawn Cut, Power Rake, Aerating, Fertilzer, Hedge Trim, Pruning, Weeding, Yard Cleanup. 604-298-5597

INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices.

Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508 DUST-FREE REFINISHING M & L Floors. BBB member. www.mlfloors.ca 778-988-4231

8125

Gutters

GUTTER CLEANING 20% off.

Affordahomeservices.ca, Call Tyler, 778-386-3783 North Shore Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-988-5294

8130

Handyperson

A-1 JOB by Arms and Minds Renos Carpentry cabinet, drs, lam-

inate, tiles, drywall, paint. 761-7745

ABBA RENOVATION carpentry, plumbing, wiring, painting, tiling. Work guar, Refs. (604)986-4026/805-8463 ABLE RENOVATIONS All home repairs & renos, large & small, North Shore only 604 319-2677 ALL TYPES of repairs including masonry. Hard working & honest.

Call Jamie at 604-805-1582 COVE RENOVATIONS flooring tile, drywall, painting, finishing 604-454-7978 cove-renos.com ★HUSBAND FOR HIRE★ Painting, Drywall, Laminate floors Fences, etc. Glenn 604-328-1059

8135

Hauling

ABSOLUTE PROFICIENCY DD Haul & Delivery. Loads from $30 each. David 604-512-7471 CHEAP LOADS Fast Reliable Service 604-922-5101

8150

Kitchens/Baths

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

Superior Cove Tops & Cabinets

#3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby ON SITE Reno’s. Bathrooms remodelling. Mike 604-351-9316 www.onsiterenovations.com

8155

Landscaping

8160

Lawn & Garden

Nick 929-7732

www.EnglishLawns.com

604-889-0263

Moving & Storage

1 OR 2 Men with big or small truck affordable moving, rubbish removal, Pls. Call 604-925-3186

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LAWNCUTS Free Estimates

Graig 604-986-3463 2011 Special incl aeration, moss control & fertilizer - all for $95 All Area Gardening 604-926-1526 /604-726-9153

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

PLUMBING & DRAINAGE

MICHELE’S GARDEN CONSULTING

Performance Garden Service

Plumbing

DELBROOK

www.VancityMovers.com

michelesgardenconsulting@gmail.com

8220

PLUMBERS

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

8193

Oil Tank Removal

ALL-PRO

OIL TANK REMOVAL

LOCAL PLUMBER - Licensed, insured,GASFITTING, renos, Repairs. VISA 604-929-6956 SAVE ON PLUMBING! Licenced Plumber/Gas fitter, $65/HR. Same

day service. 604-987-7473 Samy

8225

Oil Tank Detection Oil Tank Removal Soil Remediation FREE ESTIMATES BEST PRICE GUARANTEED

778-223-8265

Power Washing A GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICE

A.A. BEST PRO Lawn Maintenance, General Clean-Up, Power Raking, Moss Control, Aerating.

Trim, Top, Prune.

All types of lawn & garden applications.

Free Est.

★ Call Jungle George ■ Hedges ■ Trees ■ Pruning ■ Dumping yard cleanup. 604-317-3552

604-984-4147 CLEARVIEW MAINTENANCE SERVICE

GARDEN SERVICES LTD.

Call Sukh:

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A. ALL AREA Gardening Service

2011 Special $95 for Aeration, Moss Control & Fertilizer We also Prune, Top and do General Garden Clean-up — Binder —

604.926.1526 604.726.9153 Spring Services

Same Day Service, Fully Insured

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SEYMOUR LAWN MAINTENANCE • Gardening • Spring Clean-Up • Hedge Trimming • Lawn Installation • Weeding • & More!

SPRING PACKAGE

10999*

$

Aeration, Lime, Fertilizer, Moss Control

Lawn Cutting $2200* (*based on 2000 sq.ft. + gst)

604-990-1252

~ Any size job ~

DHALIWAL GARDENING & LANDSCAPING Full yard maintenance, trimming, pruning, new & re-landscaping Residential • Commercial

8185

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

www.seymourlawnmaint.ca

“The Grass is Greener”

Lawn & Garden

A. A. Allwest Garden Service Lawn maint, general cleanup, power raking, moss control, etc.

CALL SUKH free est.

604-716-8479604-726-9152

Junk Removal

• New Lawn Installs • Replace Old Lawn • Lawn Drainage • Landscaping • Paving

8160

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SEASONAL LAWN MAINTENANCE From

$20

Call Gabor

604-716-1662

20 15 yrs of Service on the North Shore!

8195 ★CNN Landscaping ★ Weeding ★pruning ★ all your garden needs Free est. Nick 778-840-6573

Painting/ Wallpaper

CANSTAR PAINTING

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Quality Work You Can Trust!

GREEN PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Hedge trimming, tree pruning, yard maintenance, removal, Mike 983-3586

Insured/WCB

North Shore Home Services.

Power Washing, Window & Gutter Cleaning. 604-988-5294

GALLERY PAINTING & Consultant LTD

POWERWASHING AT 20% off Affordahomeservices.ca Call Tyler 778-386-3783

JAPANESE GARDENER Landscape & maintenance, clean-ups, trimming.

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8175

Masonry

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

778-997-9582 Professional Painting Services Interior • Exterior Commercial• Residential Consulting • Advices 604.716.9527 mail@gallerypainting.net

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

PCM Seasonal Exterior Home Maintenance Roofs, Gutters, Windows, Decks, Patios & More Call 604-294-6700 www.pomeroyconstruction.com

8185

Moving & Storage

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■ Carpentry ■ Flooring ■ Painting ■Plumbing We Do it All. Small jobs welcome, Free est.

Call Robert 778-870-EURO (3876) www.eurostyledesigning.com

PCM Construction & Maintenance Water Ingress/Mould?

Home Inspection, Repair Estimates, Full-scale Remediation Call 604-294-6700 www.pomeroyconstruction.com

Interior painting, wallpaper Quality service, with a smile!

Call Arlene...604-910-3270

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EURO STYLE DESIGNING Reliable & Professional

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

Home Services

Renovations & Home Improvement

BAMFORD CONSTRUCTION Ltd. Quality Renos & Repairs.

604-986-2871 www.bamford.ca

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

8180

8240

ALL-WAYS PAINTING Quality work, affordable price. Int/ ext. Spring special 604-985-0402

NORTHLAND MASONRY. Rock, slate, brick, granite, pavers.

20 yrs exp on the N. Shore. No job to small.. Will 604-805-1582

★ STAFFORD & SON ★ Interior/Exterior. Top quality work.

Reasonable rates. 604-809-3842 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Painting - Firm estimates with references roofs to decks. Ins

Thomas 1.604.989.5222

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

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

DIMAN DEVELOPMENTS.

Renovations & Construction.

Mano, 604-990-1671/230-7970 www.dimandevelopments.com

Plumbing

WALTER’S PLUMBING & HEATING Providing Excellent Service on the North Shore for the Past 12 Years

★ Reasonable Rates ★ Free Estimates

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#1 Roofing Company in BC All types of Roofing Over 35 Years in Business Call now for Free Estimates

STRAIGHT EDGE VENTURES Leaky Homes & Condos Int/Ext Water damage etc. Repairs. 35 yrs N. Shore Co. 604-763-6423

DALTON TRUCKING LTD. BINS & DISPOSAL

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

SINGLE AXLE DELIVERIES Top Soil, Sand, Gravel, Dumpsites and more.

604-986-6944

#1 TRAILER TRASH BOYS

We haul everything, no load too big or small, we do it all. Free est. 604-317-2500/ 929-7195 BELL MINI BINS 604-922-5101 Small or large household jobs & Mini bin service. 7 days a week Fast ★ inexpensive ★ reliable.

DISPOSAL BINS: Starting at $99 + dump fees. Call 604-306-8599 www.disposalking.com ROD’S RUBBISH REMOVAL Prompt, reliable, reasonable. 7 days/week. Rod 604-985-7193

604-588-0833

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8300

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small.

604-725-8925

8309

Tiling

PTV HOME RENOVATIONS All types of reno’s, big or small.

20% off Tile. Call 778-235-1772

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8310

All Season Roofing

Top Soil

Headwater Management

Re-Roofing & Repairs Specialists

TOP SOIL, SAND, GRAVEL, etc.

Pick-up or Delivery

20 year Labour Warranty available

604-591-3500

175 Harbour Ave. North Vancouver

604-985-6667

Tried & True Since 1902

Call for a free estimate:

1.877.602.7346

8315

Visit us online to receive a special discount:

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Royal Castle Roofing - New & Re-roofing, Work Guar, 15% Senior. Disc. Jazz 604-725-9963

Tree Services

$ BEST RATES $

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

Fully insured & WCB

A Eastcan Roofing & Siding Ltd Re-Roof, Repair. Ins. WCB. BBB. 604-562-0957 or 604-961-0324

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Call John (cell 604-375-0979)

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604-512-7471

Save the HST & Book before April 30th

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Rubbish Removal

ABSOLUTE PROFICIENCY DD HAUL & DELIVERY meeting all your needs, ‘quality workmanship delivered with pride’.

Loads from $30 each Please call David

SPRING SPECIAL

PROFESSIONAL HOME RENO Kitchens, baths, flooring, tile, finishing. 604-763-1116, 617-8731

ROOFING/ FRAMING/ Flooring/ Renos or new construction. Acom Construction. Call: 604-240-1850 Acombc@gmail.com

8255

Roofing

CURTIS JOHN ROOFING (since 1978) Roof tune-up from $149.

24 hr repair. 604-985-1913

RENOVATIONS: FROM Rendering to Reality. Visit ccirenos.com and look for our listing on Sundays. 604-980-8384

604-987-7325

We are a registered builder Complete home renovations ★Kitchen ★Bath, ★Structural & Additions ★etc. 604-760-4130.

8250

Roofing

WESTCOAST ROOFING SYSTEMS

Trim Rite Interiors Home Reno’s 35 yrs exp. ‘‘We do it all for you’’ Lloyd 604-788-0947 North Shore

*Additions*Quality Work *Ref’s 604-720-1564 matco@telus.net

WWW.RENORITE.COM Bath, Kitchen, Suites & More Save Your Dollars 778-317-1256

8250

TEEPEE CONSTRUCTION. Forming, framing & underpinning.

35 yrs exp. 604-604-802-1156

MATCO DESIGN - Renovations

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

8220

Renovations & Home Improvement

Doug Robinson 604-985-4604

ENGLISH LANDSCAPER gardener, 30 yrs exp, complete garden maint. Les 604-209-8853

Interior & Exterior ★ UNBEATABLE PRICES ★ Free Est. / Written Guarantee

8240

Jerry 604-618-8585 Andrew 604-618-8585

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

★AAA★ TREE SERVICE. Tree & stump removal, pruning/trimming.

Ins & cert. arborist 604-987-8500 MORRIS THE TREE MAN LTD Removals, trimming, thinning. 5m insurance, WCB 604-985-2828

8335

Window Cleaning

NORTH SHORE Home Services Gutter & window cleaning, Power Washing Est 1963. 604-988-5294

Get Your Garden Ready To Grow Find Lawn & Garden experts in the Home Services section

A52 - North Shore News - Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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Lease & Purchase Financing

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2011 Reader’s Choice Platinum Winner

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816 Automall Drive, North Vancouver

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PLUS, GET A $750 GAS CARD WITH ANY CIVIC.

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With $3,526 down payment on approved credit. Includes freight and PDI.

$

27,880

MSRP** INCLUDES FREIGHT AND PDI

APR per Month for 48 Months

With $2,160 down payment on approved credit. Includes freight and PDI.

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*Limited time finance offer based on a new 2011 Civic DX 5MT/Accord SE MT/CR-V LX 2WD, model FA1E2BEX/CP2E6BE/RE3H3BEY and a 60/24/60 month finance term available only through Honda Canada Finance Inc. O.A.C. Finance example: $16,385/$26,340/$27,880 at 0.9%/0.9%/0.9% per annum equals $279.38/$1107.82/$475.37 per month for 60/24/60 months. Freight and PDI of $1,395/$1,550/$1,590 included. Cost of borrowing is $377.80/$247.68/$642.20, for a total obligation of $16,762.80/$26,587.68/$28,552.20. **MSRP is $16,385/$26,340/$27,880 including freight and PDI of $1,395/$1,550/$1,590. For all offers license, insurance, applicable taxes and registration are extra. Dealer may sell for less. Dealer trade may be required. #Limited time lease offers based on a new 2011 Civic DX 5MT/Accord SE MT/CR-V LX 2WD, model FA1E2BEX/CP2E6BE/RE3H3BEY. Lease example based on new 2011 Civic DX 5MT/Accord SE MT/CR-V LX 2WD, model FA1E2BEX/CP2E6BE/RE3H3BEY available through Honda Canada Finance Inc. £0.9%/3.9%/0.9% lease APR for 48/48/48 months O.A.C. Monthly payment, including freight and PDI, is $188/$298/$298. Down payment of $722/$3,526/$2,160, first monthly payment, environmental fees and $0 security deposit due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $9,745.84/$17,830.16/ $16,463.09. * 0.9% lease APR for up to 24 months on 2011 Accord models. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. 96,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometres. Retailer may lease for less. Dealer trade may be required. ¥$750 gas card offer applies only to retail customer purchase, lease or finance agreements on all new 2011 Civic models. Gas card offer includes HST/GST where applicable. Valid only on purchase, lease or finance agreements concluded at participating Honda retailers. Dealer participation required. */**/#/£/¥ Offers valid from April 1st through April 30th, 2011 at participating Honda retailers. Offers valid only for British Columbia residents at BC Honda Dealers locations. Offers subject to change or cancellation without notice. Terms and conditions apply. Visit www.bchonda.com or see your Honda retailer for full details.

With $722 down payment on approved credit. Includes freight and PDI.

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