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Lynn Valley to grow up in height Centre will get 8- and 12-storeys at ‘strategic’ spots JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
District of North Vancouver council adopted a plan for future development in Lynn Valley town centre Monday night that allows for building heights of between eight and 12 storeys to be considered in key locations. Council unanimously passed the plan that calls for
most building heights to be limited to five storeys, but allows up to eight storeys on several “strategic” parcels, including land on the north side of East 27th Street between Lynn Valley Road and Mountain Highway, and two blocks that abut the corner of Kirkstone Park. Council will also consider buildings up to 12 storeys on a “case by case” basis. The decision Monday night came after a long and emotional process, which has divided residents. Prior to the vote Monday, a number of residents spoke both for and against the plan for increased density. Those speaking for the See 2,000 page 3
Iconic Greenpeace vessel docks in NV
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The flagship vessel of world’s preeminent environmental group has dropped its gangplank on our shores. After spending the last four weeks crossing the Pacific Ocean, Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior III docked at the Burrard pier next to Lonsdale Quay on Tuesday evening and will be open to the public for tours on Friday and Saturday. Even though it’s the
first time the ship has ever been in Canadian waters, it is something of a spiritual homecoming for the Rainbow Warrior. Greenpeace was founded in Vancouver and its first environmental action — a 1971 voyage by founding activists to interrupt a planned hydrogen bomb test in the Aleutian Islands — left from Vancouver. Former North Shore News columnist Bob Hunter was a co-founder See Ship page 3
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Homelessness increasing: task force Major events planned for ActionWeek JULES KNOX newsroom@nsnews.com
More seniors and families are slipping into poverty, according to the North Shore Homelessness Task Force. Don Peters, a member of the task force, is trying to raise awareness for Homelessness Action Week, taking place from Oct. 10 to 19. “Evidence is grim,” he said. “The lineups at the Sally Ann are growing longer, they’re younger, and they are older as well,”
Peters said. “The shelters are full and it’s not even winter yet.” A count from 2011 estimated that there are 120 homeless people on the North Shore, but outreach workers estimate the present number is at least 300, Peters said. Over the last few years, the task force has worked to support shower programs, emergency shelters and resource cards. It has also created a roundtable for seniors at risk of homelessness, Peters said. A community employment developer has been hired by the Lookout Society — which operates the North Shore shelter, to help those in need develop job and life skills. “North Vancouver is a
major partner and player in all of these efforts, providing time and funds throughout the year,” said Peterson. “But there is a dark side because homelessness continues to increase. More people each year slip into poverty.” In B.C., poverty costs the government $2.2 to $2.3 billion annually, Peters said. “Society as a whole bears the costs of poverty through higher medical costs and policing and crime costs,” he said. “Surely a comprehensive poverty reduction plan in B.C. is something we need to look at.” On a municipal level, Peters asked for council’s continued support of the task force. “Look for and nurture housing champions
wherever you can find them,” he said. Council members expressed interest in meeting with local MPs and MLAs to address the issue. “We should be doing absolutely everything we can,” said Coun. Craig Keating. “Sometimes it’s going to be compelling people to build more social housing through our redevelopment application, sometimes it’s going to be taking on housing we have to provide . . . sometimes it’s going to be talking about the diversity of housing supply. “Ultimately housing is a commodity like any other commodity,” Keating said. “Its price rises because it’s being restricted. “This isn’t a problem of
another time and another people. It’s here, it’s now, and it’s us.” Community events, including dinners, movies and music are taking place throughout the week: ■ Oct. 10: Movie, dinner and discussion night, 6 p.m., AmblesideYouth Centre, 1018 Marine Dr., WV. ■ Oct. 14:Thanksgiving dinner, 5 p.m., Lookout Shelter, 705 West Second St., NV. Everyone welcome. ■ Oct. 15: Community dinner and music, 5:30 p.m., North Lonsdale United Church, 3380 Lonsdale Ave., NV. RSVP only to 604-985-4911. ■ Oct. 16: North Shore Connect Day (includes meals, health clinic, clothing vouchers, hair cuts,
employment programs, income assistance and counselling programs) 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 W. First St., NV. ■ Oct. 16:Youth dinner, 5 p.m.,Youth Safe House, open to present and past guests. ■ Oct. 17: Mothers and kids lunch, 11 a.m., Salvation Army, 105 W. 12th St., NV. ■ Oct. 18: Senior’s tea, 10 a.m., North Shore Neighbourhood House, 225 East Second St., NV. ■ Oct. 19: Street soccer exhibition game, 4:30 p.m., John Braithwaite Community Centre, , 145 W. First St., NV. Dinner for players hosted by Salvation Army.
Ship open to public tours From page 1 and part of the crew on the first voyage, and News founder Peter Speck, photographer Rex Weyler and accountant Bill Gannon were early directors and staff with the Greenpeace. While that first action never stopped the U.S. government from carrying out the test, it launched the Greenpeace name into households around North America and helped propel the organization to grow to the multi-million member organization it is today. Bill Darnell, one of the original members and the man who is credited with coming up with the term “green peace,” toured the Warrior Thursday. Asked if he wished the group had the vessel when it first began, Darnel put things into perspective. “I think we started in the right place, and it’s just amazing what they did over 42 years,” he said. This is the third incarnation of the Rainbow Warrior to enter the Greenpeace fleet.The first was bombed and sunk by the French government to stop it from interfering with nuke tests in the South Pacific.The second was retired in 2011 when Rainbow Warrior III was launched from a German shipyard.The $31-million vessel was paid for entirely by crowd-sourced donations from more than 100,000
donors. Unlike its predecessors, which ran on diesel engines, today’s Rainbow Warrior gets by primarily under sail. With the right wind, the 57metre, 855-ton yacht can hit 13 knots at sea. It also boasts its own ability to make fresh water from seawater and no waste goes overboard. Organics are frozen for later composting and recycling and what minimal garbage it produces is compacted for later disposal. Speck, today, reflects fondly on the early days of Greenpeace. “Our average donation size was eight bucks.We, at the time, had the image that we were going to get some heavy hitters who would help buy $20,000 worth of fuel, but when you look at the reality, it was those $8-donations that was keeping us going at the time,” he said. While he’s had his differences with the organization since its heady days in Vancouver, Speck still holds the ideals that spawned Greenpeace. “It was a wonderful time. It was a time of great change, a time of a dawning understanding of animals and the animal spirit.We’re all in this together, dogs, whales and people.We’re caught up in the net of life and time.This is it.This is not a rehearsal,” he said. The ship is open for public tours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
A crew member distributes new supplies aboard Rainbow Warrior III. The vessel docked in North Vancouver on Tuesday. Scan with the Layar app to see video footage of the ship. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
2,000 wanted 6-storey limit From page 1
plan said density is needed to ensure a vibrant local economy. “Most of the residents of Lynn Valley I’ve spoke to would like to see at least eight storeys or higher. Lynn Valley Mall is dying. The area needs to be revitalized,” said John Neumann. Others disagreed. Alex Schwartz presented council with a petition of more than 2,000 names of people
opposed to heights over six storeys. “We don’t want to be like NewYork City,” said Dianne Bogue. “We want to keep the character of Lynn Valley the way it is now.” According to a staff report that compared limiting future development to five storeys and allowing higher density, the higherdensity option would see about 2,100 housing units built in the town centre by 2030, while the lowerdensity option would mean
about 1,450 units. According to the report, the higher-density option would also mean between $16.3 and $19.8 million more revenue for the district in one-time payments — including community amenity contributions and development cost charges — than the low-density plan, plus $1.4 million more per year in ongoing revenue. Couns. Alan Nixon and Robin Hicks both called that a significant factor. Several councillors
said adoption of the plan does not mean automatic approval for buildings of 12 storeys. Projects must still go through a rezoning and public hearing process, said Nixon. The staff report originally suggested allowing a maximum height of 16 storeys — the height of Kiwanis Lynn Manor. Council voted to cap that at 12 storeys, at the suggestion of Coun. Lisa Muri. See a longer version of this story at nsnews.com.
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Cost of not housing H omelessness ActionWeek kicked off yesterday for the eighth time in Canada. Locally, a task force of community organizations, governments and volunteers have organized a number of events (see page 3) to connect the homeless with resources and services. Representatives from the task force have told all three North Shore councils that outreach workers believe the number of homeless on the North Shore has risen since a 2011 count identified 120 individuals. They believe the number could be as high as 300 or more on any given day. This week’s work is commendable, but the task force also exists to raise awareness with the public on the issue of homelessness and to start the conversation. This is a goal the province should not only be embracing, but leading.The City of Vancouver is suggesting a task force on mental health and addictions. Given the
recent pressures on Victoria to consider reopening or recreating a version of the Riverview Hospital, one might expect the B.C. Liberals would be all over Vancouver’s proposal. Those with mental health and addiction issues consume an out-of-proportion-totheir-numbers amount of funding and resources. If they are not cared for and supported, they will continue to do so. The HOpe Centre will increase diagnostic and treatment services for the mentally ill on the North Shore. But it will not be a care facility. Meanwhile, the province has said it has no plans to reopen Riverview.What is clearly needed in Vancouver and possibly in North Vancouver are more supported living facilities to provide stable environments for those who need them.The Lookout Society argues that it costs $37,000 to house a homeless person, but $55,000 to leave them on the streets. This is a conversation worth having.
Hurrah for common sense on council All praise to some West Vancouver councillors for a good night’s work Monday — stiffing a fool plan for Argyle Avenue, and elsewhere listening to Eden Place residents. Victories for good sense (a career specialty for Bill Soprovich, which explains his years of poll-topping) and neighbourhood sensitivity. And perhaps a harbinger, literally and figuratively down the Argyle road, for squashing the hugely unpopular art gallery on the John Lawson Park parking lot. Throw in Mayor Michael Smith’s tonguelashing of TransLink, and the good councillors earned their keep. On a tie vote — Smith, Soprovich and Michael Lewis (hurrah!) opposed, and Nora Gambioli, Mary-Ann Booth and
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or more radical types, when the automobile is wiped from the face of the earth and we live in a pure, 27-speed, Spandexclad, Birkenstock-shod, politically perfect Eden? “I’d be really embarrassed to vote against this plan,” Coun. Gambioli moaned, demanding that the names of the six supporting groups be reread — mouthfuls of grey eminences, mostly fronts for cyclists, whose radical wheelmen have become so detested that even the High Priest of the Environment, David Suzuki, recently slammed their excesses and law-breaking. Speaking of Eden, council paid close attention to several Eden Place homeowners — alerted to the issue only the previous Friday — whose peace and property values
would dive if the Milliken Development Corp.’s 110bed Maison seniors assisted living residence (old folks’ home) is built on Taylor Way at Keith Road. They got sympathetic ears. Council unanimously sent this one back for more study and neighbourhood consultation. They clearly want to weigh this one carefully. ••• Roy Peterson was the Beethoven of editorial cartoonists. A genius in the trade. No exaggeration. Roy’s technique was virtuoso. He won a ton of honours including more National Newspapers Awards, seven, than any individual ever — this in the golden age of Canadian newspaper editorial cartoonists, the age of the Toronto Star’s
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Courting ethnic votes a challenge
The sensitive and sometimes murky world of so-called “ethnic politics” continues to engulf both of B.C.’s major political parties. It’s been that way for more than a couple of years now, ever since both parties found themselves plunged into leadership races that involved mass membership sign-ups in ethnic communities. The B.C. Liberal government finds itself dogged by a controversy involving ethnic communities it thought had disappeared once and for all.The so-called “ethnic memo” controversy was big news before the May election.This involved government political staff making contacts in ethnic communities, compiling information such as membership lists etc. while on the taxpayer dime. The RCMP is investigating the matter after NDP leader Adrian Dix went to the police with information that he says may indicate some aspects of the Election Act had been violated through these activities. As someone who was part of a giant media groupthink that saw the ethnic memo scandal as being a much bigger deal than the voters ultimately considered it to be at election time, I’m reluctant to predict the RCMP investigation will lead to anything substantial. Anything short of implicating an elected official in illegal activities as opposed to now-departed political staffers is unlikely to inflict much political damage on the B.C. Liberals. Still, no government likes to have the RCMP rummaging around its dirty laundry. The whole thing is yet another reminder of just how beholden our two parties are to the interests
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of ethnic communities, and how courting their votes has become of paramount importance to them. In the last election campaign, for example, the B.C. Liberals strove to have a major presence in ChineseCanadian media through heavy advertising.That strategy appeared to pay off, as the party held at least two seats (Burnaby North and Vancouver-Fraserview) with a heavy Chinese-Canadian population it might otherwise have lost. Meanwhile, the NDP is about to revisit the sensitivities wrapped around that party’s relationship with ethnic communities.The reform-minded Forward B.C. NDP faction wants to limit membership signups for the leadership race to 10 people a week per person, according to the Georgia Straight newspaper. This would prevent what happened in the last leadership races for both parties. At that time, candidates or their representatives went into places like Surrey, Delta and south Vancouver and engaged in mass signups in places like religious temples and churches. It can be argued that a relatively small geographic region dictated the outcome of both races, and that both Adrian Dix and Christy Clark owed their leadership victories to this practice. Candidates from
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outside the Lower Mainland — notably John Horgan of the NDP and George Abbott of the B.C. Liberals — were penalized by the mass signups and were effectively frozen out of the selection process. There will be a predictable push-back from various ethnic communities to Forward B.C. NDP’s proposal.They will argue that members of their communities should not be limited in their potential participation in a democratic process. Perhaps it’s time for political parties to abandon the idea of giving every party member a vote in a leadership race and return to the days of convention delegates determining the winner of that race. While membership signups can inject some interest (and money) into a party leadership race, so too can a leadership convention, which carries with it several days of high drama and often an exciting outcome. A delegated convention would also ensure no particular region or community — ethnic or otherwise — has power disproportionate to its size when it comes to determining who the major political leaders are in this province. Unfortunately, I don’t see much evidence that either the NDP or the B.C. Liberals want to go back to the days of electing delegates to a leadership convention. This means the NDP faces an interesting dilemma: put the brakes on mass membership sign-ups, or allow a relatively small geographic region to play a dominant role in choosing the party’s next leader. Both the B.C. Liberals and the NDP are about to be reminded that ethnic politics is never far away. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca
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City of North Vancouver council unanimously agreed Monday to give city staff the power to reduce speed limits on select bike routes. Speed limits could be reduced to 30 kilometres per hour on local roads with bikeways and greenways and 40 km/h on collector roads, which are designed to handle more traffic. Arterial roads will not be affected. Lowered speed limits will be determined on a caseby-case basis, and public consultation would be held if necessary. The plan will also permit cycling on a sidewalk that is part of a bikeway or greenway where signage is posted.
Depending on the type of road, certain bike routes in the City of North Vancouver could see the speed limit lowered. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
The bylaw changes also reflect the expansion of the Spirit Trail by allowing skateboarding and roller-skating in areas such as Carrie Cates Court, Chesterfield Place and Chadwick Court, where these activities were previously prohibited. City council also received a report recommending that staff identify key north-south and east-west corridors
suitable for cyclists of all ages and abilities, known as AAA facilities, which could form the backbone of a future bicycle network. AAA facilities are usually separated from traffic by physical barriers or protected by lower speed limits.They include off-street, bike-only paths, neighbourhood bikeways along quiet local roads, separated lanes and multi-
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INQUIRING REPORTER This week, Hockey Canada unveiled the sweaters that our men’s, women’s and sledge hockey teams will wear when they hit the ice in Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics this February. Like every previous Team Canada jersey unveiling, there’s no shortage of reaction from armchair athletes and fashionistas. Making waves this year is the alternate black jersey, which may not look terribly Canadian at first glance, but it has a certain appeal among fans on the North Shore. What do you think? Take our web poll at nsnews.com. — Brent Richter
Wes Hooper North Vancouver “It’s a cool throwback. If they win the gold, they can wear whatever they want.”
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Carl Hicks Salt Spring Island “I like them. I like the black one. It makes us looker meaner.”
Garth Gendron New Westminster “I like the black one. Black is the killer. It’ll scare the other teams.”
Marius Nechita North Vancouver “It’s OK. I don’t like the black. It’s too much dark.”
Mary-Lew Marcoux North Vancouver “It is a bit plain. I do like the black.”
Peterson was a genius and a class act From page 6 of British Columbia. That failed — ironic, since Roy already had an Order of Canada. He was not only a selfless mentor but spurred demands for proper recognition and pay for his peers, illustrated by a splendid anecdote by Pete McMartin and John Mackie in a full-page Sun tribute last week.
He was a class act. His quiet manner and understated wit — he was amused by the shameless self-promotion of a profoundly-inferior eastern cartoonist — cloaked a steely core.Wife Margaret handled the business end of the enterprise. No team could be more devoted. Their children Laurie, Gillian, Lisa, Karen and Geoff were, in our other language, models of
bien élevé, well-raised. Margaret’s death was devastating. McMartin and Mackie have the clout to be truth-sayers, and they state Roy’s departure from the Sun in 2009, in a cost-cutting move — “no reason to sugar-coat this” — embittered him. It did. Roy had earlier reversals. A new editorial-page design painfully shrank the size of his cartoon, and the paper’s
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Residents asked to police attractants so bears will den BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
If you haven’t already done so, now’s the time to make sure your home and yard are free of anything that may tempt bears looking to fatten up before a long winter’s nap. This time of year, black bears are trying to take in about 20,000 calories per day to last them through hibernation, which typically starts at the end of October, according to Tony Webb, chairman of the North Shore Black Bear Society Attractants like fallen fruit from trees, bird feeders and garbage should be kept well out of reach or, even better, nose-shot of bears. “Of course, a bear can smell a bird feeder from
blocks away,” Webb said. “Never underestimate the climbing ability and the ingenuity of a bear.” The main attractant is, as per usual, neglected garbage, Webb said. Unlike fruit, which will rot and biodegrade, garbage is left outside in steady supplyyear round, which can alter a bear’s instinctive behaviour. “A bear will not go into hibernation if there’s food available. It will go into semi-hibernation, which is not good,” Webb said. Once bears become habituated to human food, they are usually destroyed, Webb said. Generally residents in bear-dense neighbourhoods have been getting the message, Webb said. Only one bear has been killed on the North Shore so far in 2013,
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FRANKIE & JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE Two character play, written by Terrence McNally, opened on June 2, 1987 at Stage II in the offBroadway Manhattan Theatre Club, where it ran for two weeks. Kathy Bates and F. Murray Abraham were the original cast. The first Broadway production, directed by Joe Mantello, opened on August 8, 2002 at the Belasco Theatre, where it ran for 243 performances, starring Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci (who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in Play). —Wikipedia
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Brave of heart ■ Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Oct. 16-19 and Oct. 23-25, 8 p.m., at the Kay Meek Centre Studio Theatre, 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Tickets: $25/$42/$50, available online at kaymeekcentre. com or by calling the box office at 604-981-6335. For mature audiences. CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com
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Terrence McNally will be staged in the centre’s intimate 148-seat studio theatre. The two-character show tells the very unHollywood love story of Frankie (played by Caroline Cave), a waitress at a greasy-spoon diner, and Johnny (played by Frank Cassini), a shortorder cook. As the curtain rises, the pair is discovered in bed after having just met several weeks ago on the job. Frankie, figuring this encounter is no more than a one-night stand, is hopeful Johnny will get dressed and leave. But Johnny, the more romantic of the two, is convinced he’s in love. “The audience sort of blends into the set, like, they’re right on top of
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us and our job is to take them on this ride in a way that they can keep up with the characters’ twists and turns,” explains Cave, a West Vancouver resident. The Gemini-Awardwinning actress has dozens of stage, film and TV credits under her belt, but admits Frankie is one of the most challenging roles she’s ever played. “The actor has to really expose herself in every way in order to play what’s asked of by the playwright,” Cave says, explaining she bares herself both physically and emotionally for the part. “The playwright begs of the actors that they go certain places that are not easy to go.” Originally from a blue-
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collar Pennsylvania town, Frankie lives in a walk-up apartment in the Hell’s Kitchen neighbourhood of Manhattan. It’s the late ‘80s and the onceaspiring actress has had more than her share of disappointments — romantic and otherwise — leaving her fragile and self-protective. “She’s extremely complex, she’s funny, but she’s not educated, so there’s an insecurity around her intellect which I find an interesting challenge,” Cave says. The entire play takes place inside her apartment and, through poignant dialogue, passionate outbursts and bittersweet humour, explores themes of love, fate, luck and
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Charles Wilkinson and Tina Schliessler set up shots during the filming of Oil Sands Karaoke. The documentary has several screenings at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival. Visit viff.org/festival for showtimes. PHOTO SUPPLIED
North Shore News: You’ve done both dramatic features and documentary filmmaking — what’s the difference in the two
approaches for you? CharlesWilkinson: That’s a good question and a complex one. Drama was
the direction everybody said the industry was going towards and documentary was dead. I started out
making documentaries but it was so hard to get anything financed whereas with drama it was relatively easy
which is kind of the opposite case now or at least it’s levelled out a bit. I noticed watching at
North Shore News: What drew you to the Oil Patch in Fort McMurray? CharlesWilkinson: On our last film, Peace Out, we ended up in the Oil Patch as it was about resource extraction in the Peace River corridor and of course the Peace River flows north and goes into the same watershed as the Oil Sands so that’s where we ended up. See Bailey’s page 17
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environment where there is a lot of alcohol involved you want to pay attention — and we’re small we’re a two-to three-person crew and there we are with all this complex equipment.We don’t want to get it smashed. And all the rights stuff — asking everybody if they didn’t mind being filmed that was complicated and a little bit nerve-wracking but also a lot of fun obviously.When you see the film you can see it’s a lot of fun.The out and about stuff — people in Fort
McMurray or any resource town for that matter tend to be pretty suspicious of anyone with a camera.They expect they are there to do a hatchet job that media frequently does on oil and gas. It took a long time for us to overcome that. North Shore News: How do you overcome the suspicions? CharlesWilkinson: By being straight and honest and by showing that you are there for the long term and you’re not just there to take cheap shots because
the typical media experience there is a team will go up for two or three days usually following some kind of celebrity and they’ll do all the usual shots.They will go out at night and try and shoot somebody who looks like a prostitute or a drug dealer and then they’ll go out and fly over the mines, pick the worst one and film that and then cobble it together.We didn’t do that. We were there for months and we told people as clearly as we could that that wasn’t what we were after.We were after something a little less
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superficial. And they could tell by our questions — we didn’t go in there asking, “Well how do you feel about destroying the planet?”We were much more interested in the personal side, the social side rather than the political side and I think that became clear after about a month of filming. North Shore News: Bailey’s is an escape from the reality and loneliness of Fort Mac with karaoke as the glue that holds everything together? What was involved in using the 24 songs we
hear in Oil Sands Karaoke? CharlesWilkinson: That’s incredibly complex. It would be a waste of time filming them singing stuff that you can’t get.We had music co-ordinator in Toronto Michael Perlmutter, who’s nothing short of a genius and he was working with Universal Canada and he made a package deal so we didn’t have to negotiate with each individual songwriter and/or publisher. We were constantly updating lists of the songs that we could have. I would call Michael and say one of
our guys loves singing “A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action” can we get that and he would go, “Oh I don’t know man.” He would come back and say, “We got it.” It was like a treasure hunt. One of my biggest disappointments was Brandy’s best song — Alicia Keys’ “Fallin.” She nailed it out of the park and it was amazing but we couldn’t get it. It’s not repped by Universal. For us to get the full rights to use 24 hit songs was nothing short of a miracle and it makes the movie so entertaining. Can you imagine how lame a karaoke movie would be if there was a bunch of songs nobody had ever heard of? North Shore News: Karaoke and Fort Mac make a strange mix — how did the screening go there? Charles Wilkinson: It went incredibly well. We got a standing ovation. They had a karaoke contest and Q&A after and people kept coming up to us and saying how happy they were somebody made a movie that wasn’t just a hatchet job.They saw we were critical and trying to understand how they got there, how they do what they do and how they feel about what they do.
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North Shore News: Oil Sands Karaoke is the second film in a proposed trilogy — can you tell us something about the concept? CharlesWilkinson: The first one was Peace Out and it was basically asking the question “Are we ripping up our natural world for energy?” and the answer was “Yes.” And this second film is a film that works within a context the context is that everyone who doesn’t have their head under a rock knows about the Oil Sands and will have a strong opinion about it one way or the other but the real question is “Given how perilous a situation we seem to be in we seem to be frozen? How come we can’t do anything about saving the world?”The answer in Oil Sands karaoke is we’re all concerned about saving our own worlds.That’s what we focus on rather than saving The World.The third film is going to be a positive one — it’s how we can deal with this stuff in a reasonable and happy and productive way so that our lives get better.
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Lynn Valley Lions Club members Members of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast team cycled into North Vancouver for a fundraising and celebratory barbecue lunch at the Civic Plaza Sept. 23. The tour ran from Sept. 18 to 26 and saw law enforcement and emergency services professionals take to their bikes and travel 900 kilometres along the coast as well as fundraise in support of children and families affected by cancer through the Canadian Cancer Society. North Shore riders included West Vancouver police Const. Nicole Hartwig and Const. Griffin Gillan, and North Vancouver RCMP’s Const. Marie-Eve Beaupré. copsforcancerbc.ca
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SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver.Tuesday to Sunday, noon-4 p.m. 604925-7292 silkpurse.ca Explorations in Coloured Pencil: Works by a variety of artists will be on display until Oct. 13. Colour Burst: An exhibition of paintings by Nasser Ghaderi andTherese Joseph will run from Oct. 15 to Nov. 3. Opening reception:Tuesday, Oct. 15, 6-8 p.m.
GALLERY 560 Seymour St.,Vancouver. Wednesday-Saturday, noon-6 p.m. satellitegallery.ca RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Travelling: Photographs taken by Dennis Badgley while travelling inTurkey and watercolours and pottery by Trevor Holgate will be on display until Oct. 27. SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com Art Party: A fundraising exhibition of original artwork by more than 50 local artists selling for $100, $200 or $300 will run until Oct. 5. Bio/Graphic — Autobiography in Comics: An examination of the craft of telling personal stories through comics by showcasing the work of sixVancouver artists will run from Oct. 9 to Nov. 16. Panel discussion: Sunday, Oct. 20-2-3 p.m. Reception: Sunday, Oct. 20-3-4:30 p.m.
WESTVANCOUVER MUNICIPAL HALL 750 17th St.,WestVancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. 604-925-7290 Art in the Hall: Claire Sower’s floral and landscape paintings will be on display until Nov. 15.
MAKING A KILLING Deep Cove Stage Society presents Making A Killing at the Deep Cove Shaw Theatre Oct. 11-12, 16-19 and 23-26 at 8 p.m. The thriller, written by John Nassivera and directed by Sadie Rose Trudelle, features actors Caroline Battista, Philip Richard Black, John Cousins and Cheryl Uphill. Tickets $18/$16 are available at deepcovestage.com or by calling 604-929-3200. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN SILENT POETRY ART STUDIO 1079B Roosevelt Cres.,
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The Royal Crescent, a street of 30 terraced houses designed by the architect John Wood the Younger, was built between 1767 and 1774 in Bath, Somerset, England. PHOTO SUPPLIED ANDREW RENTON
Bathe in the richness of Bath’s Georgian splendour Ancient Roman spa, Aquae Sulis, came into its own during 18th century ANDREW RENTON ContributingWriter
Dropping into the Avon Valley, Bath unfolds like a Georgian movie set. Could that be a rustle of crinoline? Perhaps a lady hiking up her tresses to step daintily into a waiting horse-drawn carriage — off to another social gathering? Bath can play tricks with your mind. Terraced houses, built of honey-coloured limestone, surround grassy squares and circles, neatly connected by broad treed avenues. Row upon row of chimney pots crowd roof ridges, each attached to a fireplace once attended by a bevy of scurrying maids. Apart from the River Avon which carves the city in half, nothing spoils the geometric pattern. In 1987 the entire city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Only Venice shares the same honour. The Romans came first in around AD 60.They built baths to capture the million
litres of hot water that spout daily from the ground. Edgar was crowned King of the English at Bath Abbey nine hundred years later. For a while merchants grew rich from the cloth trade, harnessing the river’s power to drive their mills. The fun stuff began in Georgian times. Ralph Allen, a wealthy quarry owner, had both the stone and the cash and to get things started. Architect
John Wood produced the design. Beau Nash, a penniless gambler and entrepreneur used his snake-oil charm to push the curative powers of the waters with promises such as: “Get rid of your rheumatism, palsies, convulsions, lameness, colic, consumption, asthma, jaundice, scurvy, the itch, scab, leprosy, scrofula, gravel as well as coldness and pain in the head, epilepsies, most diseases of the eyes, deafness and noise in the ears, running of the ears, palpitation of the heart, sharpness of urine, wounds, ulcers, piles, numbness in any part, and all the special diseases of women,
including infertility.” The threesome were a winning combination. Bath soon became a fashionable place to “do” the season. Suitable accommodation was needed to house aristocratic visitors and their entourage of servants. John Wood theYounger completed his father’s work on The Circus (a full circle of townhouses) in 1760 and designed the Royal Crescent with 30 magnificent fivestorey townhouses (they now run a cool 3 Million Pounds) in 1774. Wealthy people suffering from port-induced gout and other maladies brought-on
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Nearly Neil &The Solitary Band, will perform Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35.
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A30 - North Shore News - Friday, October 11, 2013
MUSIC
Madchild pushes for a positive vibe
New album full of a raw energy NICHOLAS M. PESCOD ContributingWriter
Shane Bunting was driving from Vernon to Kelowna to purchase $7,000 worth of OxyContin when he had an epiphany. “I was 55 pounds overweight, my lips were purple, and my left arm was numb. I had a panic attack driving by myself and I looked in the mirror and I was crying,” Bunting says. “I knew that if I didn’t change I was going to die.” Bunting, also known as Madchild from the four-time Juno Award winning hip-hop group Swollen Members, was in the middle of a brutal drug addiction that nearly cost him everything. “I talked to my family and I cried.They stepped in and saved my life,” he says.
Madchild’s Lawn Mower Man is out now on Suburban Noize Records. PHOTO SUPPLIED LOUIS KWOK “I wanted life and success and happiness. My family was more important than the
demon that had gotten ahold of me.” Bunting’s addiction
began sometime in 2006 with Percocets, and then eventually grew to
OxyContin. At one point he says he began to experiment with cocaine.
The former Carson Graham and Sutherland high school student has been drug free since 2010 and says he has no one to blame but himself for his addiction. “I’ve been drug free now for three years. I can’t blame who I was hanging around with on my drug addiction. I made my own choices,” Bunting says. In August Bunting performed in Vancouver at the Fortune Sound Club. As the first stop on a lengthy North American tour promoting his new album, Lawn Mower Man. He says the new album has more of a home studio recording feel to it. “You’ll hear a real vibrant energy, and I’m very excited. It has a lot of raw energy to it. I actually only mastered the album. I was mixing the songs and I didn’t like the way the mixes were coming out so I put it out mostly in demo form because I’d gotten used to the way the songs sounded and enjoyed that sound,” he says. See Early page 31
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Early success took its toll on rapper
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“You know when artists put out their first records and they do them in the basement. It has that kind of rawness to it. I felt like it was the right move and I am real happy I put it out that way.” Bunting explains that in his newest album he does not cram as many words into each line. Something he has done in previous albums. “For me it’s progression. Learning how to let the song breathe a little more and I came with a bit more of an aggressive approach,” he says. “To be honest with you I was a little nervous because it is definitely me and it is definitely who I am like Dope Sick, but there is a bit of step forward.” Before Bunting became a member of Swollen Members he started off as a solo artist competing in underground hip-hop contests. At the age of 20, he relocated to San Francisco to further explore the hip-hop scene where he worked various jobs to make ends meet, but was often homeless. After returning to British Columbia in the mid-90s, Bunting along with Moka Only and Prevail formed Swollen Members. Between 2001 and 2004, the group received four Juno Awards, three Western Canadian Music Awards, multiple MuchMusic Video Awards, and various other honours. “It was exciting and it was a lot of fun, but it was overwhelming. I was quite young and I don’t think I handled the situation properly,” Bunting says about the early success. “It all happened pretty quickly. I didn’t have a role model that is sort of at the place that I am at now in life.” During the height of Swollen Members’ success Bunting made some poor decisions. “I was misguided when I was younger in terms of things that I thought were cool, movies that I watched and music that I listened to and people that I surrounded myself with. I made bad lifestyle choices,” he says. “I may have left a bad taste in some people’s mouths. Maybe I was a little cocky and maybe I was a little bit of an a#!**@ to be honest.” When Bunting began taking painkillers in 2006, Swollen Members had already claimed three of
their four Juno Awards and had become a household name in the Canadian music scene. At the time, there was limited public awareness about how addictive drugs such as Percocet and OxyContin were. He says if he had known just how dangerous the drugs were he would not have even considered taking them. “The thing that I got addicted to is the thing that anybody could have gotten addicted to if they did it for too long. I just thought it was something that doctors prescribed and it just happened to be fun to take. It seemed harmless,” Bunting says. “It wasn’t until a year later when someone
told me that it was synthetic heroin and that’s when I tried to quit and experienced the first five days of being dope sick — which is the most horrible excruciating terrible feeling.You can’t fathom how horrible it is.” After three years of inactivity, Swollen Members managed to put out an album in 2009 called Armed to the Teeth.That same year Bunting also released the Mad Child EP. “I absolutely feel guilty for putting Swollen Members on hold, but I am not going to take responsibility for putting everybody’s life on hold,” Bunting says. Shortly after Bunting’s
epiphany, he began getting the help he needed. His addiction nearly cost him his life and took a massive toll on him financially. “I spent half a million dollars on just drugs alone, but I lost over three million dollars because of not paying attention to my investments and my money,” he says. Last year Purdue Pharmaceuticals, the makers of OxyContin, announced that they would replace the drug with a similar product called OxyNEO, which is designed to be harder to crush. Shortly after the announcement British Columbia, along with a handful of other provinces, decided to stop public
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you’re with that friend and end up in jail,” he says. “Why focus on hanging out with a bunch of people who are just trapped in negativity when you can do so many positive things,” he adds. Bunting’s positive lifestyle changes have not only had an impact on fans and total strangers but also his family. His younger brother began rapping about eight months ago. “He’s getting so good so fast.The fact that he wants to do the same thing that I am doing is because I am living a more positive lifestyle,” Bunting says. “I am so proud of him.That’s probably the biggest reward.”
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The husband and wife duo have signed with the Vancouver label File Under Music (Blackie and The Rodeo Kings, Dan Magnan) and released a seven-inch/EP Oct. 8, Forecast, featuring “When You Lose Your Mind” on the A side and “Actual Size” on the B. A fulllength album will follow in Feb. 11, 2014. Go to theroyaloui.com for more news and updated tour information. Also out this week is the latest from experimental sound artist Tim Hecker — Virgins on Kranky Records was “recorded during three periods in 2012, mostly in Reykjavik, Montreal and Seattle, using ensembles in live performance.” Up to now primarily an electronic musician, the Vancouver-born, Montrealbased Hecker, recorded his new compositions with live ensembles and mixed these sessions with composer Valgeir Sigurðsson, whose engineering and producing credits include fellow Icelanders Björk and Sigur Rós. For more on Hecker go to sunblind.net. Two new debut albums mark the emergence of talented artists who also happen to be making their live debuts in Vancouver this month: Haim (sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim with drummer Dash Hutton), are all over indie pop radio with several tracks from their new release Days Are Gone. They play a sold-out show at the Commodore Ballroom on Oct. 24. And Earl Sweatshirt, fulfilling the early promise of his Odd Future forays, will perform material from his brilliant Doris at an all-ages gig at the Vogue Theatre on Oct. 31.
CD releases Oct. 8 Anna Calvi — One Breath; Alex Chilton — Electricity by Candelight; Cage the Elephant — Melophobia; Sleigh Bells — Bitter Rivals; Patty Griffin — Silver Bell (Unreleased album recorded in 2000). Oct. 15 Cass McCombs — Big Wheel And Others; Tim Hecker — Virgins; The Avett Brothers — Magpie And The Dandelion; Linda Thompson — Won’t Be
Long Now; Paul McCartney — New; Shad — Flying Colours; Pearl Jam — Lightning Bolt. Oct. 22 Best Coast — Fade Away; Katy Perry — Prism. Oct. 29 Juana Molina — Wed 21; Julie Roberts — Good Wine And Bad Decisions; Kelly Clarkson — Wrapped in Red; The Arcade Fire — Reflektor; Sky Ferreira — Night Time, My Time; Unknown Mortal Orchestra — Blue Record; Yamantaka // Sonic Titan — UZU. Nov. 5 Bryce Dessner & Kronos Quartet — Aheym; Cut Copy — FreeYour Mind; James Blunt — Moon Landing; The Thing — Boot! Nov. 12 Susanna Hoffs And Matthew Sweet — Under The Covers,Vol. 3.
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Later this month, Lissie will be performing in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Switzerland and the U.K. to support Back to Forever. The North American portion of the tour starts in late November in Toronto. PHOTO SUPPLIED ANDREW WHITTON
Lissie Back to Forever Singer/songwriter returns with tougher edge on tunes
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One week before Lenny Kravitz was about to embark on his Love Revolution tour in 2008 Lissie Maurus was asked to join him as his opening act. “I was working with a guy who was managing Lenny at the time,” Maurus, known by her stage name Lissie, says. “Lenny was wanting to do a small theatre tour.The guy I was working with showed him my MySpace page.”
Kravitz liked what he heard from the Illinois folk/ rock singer and Lissie soon found herself performing in front of sold-out crowds in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Boston and New York. “It was the best thing for me to see how it all works. How touring works, how hard they work and how grueling it is to sing every night,” Lissie says. “It was a good lesson for me to observe them on tour. He was really friendly and
lovely to me.” Lissie releases her new album, Back to Forever on Columbia Records on Oct. 8. “It took me about a year and a half to write and record, after releasing and touring the first album,” Lissie says. “I think people who liked Catching a Tiger will recognize that Back To Forever is in the same musical world, but I think Back to Forever is a little bit tougher and the song writing is a bit more detailed.” “I am really excited for people to hear it. It’s more rock/pop and less folk in there as I think people are expecting, so I hope it doesn’t freak them out,” Lissie adds.
The Rock Island, IL, native began singing when she was five-years-old and at nine she played the title role in the musical Annie. “I wasn’t into acting as much,” she says. “I just really liked to sing for people. In junior high I learned to play the guitar but I didn’t get serious about it until I was 15,” Lissie says. “At 15 I started to write songs and teach myself guitar chords.” Growing up, Lissie listened to various genres and appreciated music by artists such as Courtney Love, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLaughlin, Janis Joplin and Sheryl Crow. See Songs page 39
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The power suit returns
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Dear Mattie: Is the suit in fashion? Seeking New Office Fashions in Seymour
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Dear Seymour: The power suit is in fashion this season.There is a sense of drama.The trend is mature and subdued.The look is professional without being over the top with fashion details. Accessories are strictly understated. The suit is simple and tailored, but not fitted.The silhouette is rounded at the shoulders and hips.The waist is nipped in, usually with a skinny belt. It is not an angular, edgy shape. There are two ways to wear a suit. One is the matching blazer with skirt or pant and the other is mix and matching your pieces. Both are in fashion as long as tops and bottoms co-ordinate.The suit pieces should not contrast. A matching suit means both the top and bottom are the same colour and/or pattern.The colours that are in fashion are dark, like black, grey, navy, green, and red.The patterns that are most in fashion are tweeds, houndstooth, plaids, pinstripe and Prince of Wales checks.There is room in these patterns for some personal expression as I have seen colour within the patterns. Pair a classic white blouse with your suit, or inject a colour.The shape of the blouse is fitted yet relaxed. It should fit under a blazer without bunching. The blazer is cut in a way that it is nipped at the waist.
Also, when you button the blazer, it will enhance this silhouette.The buttons may also be significant as they will be slightly larger and have styling.The blazer is shorter, in that it ends at your hip.This is not a boxy look. There are some straightcut blazers that are slightly longer; these are worn with a dress, much like a coat. This dress takes on the same colour and pattern properties as the suit. It is a simple, narrow cut. I have seen this look with contrast — where the dress has a coloured pattern and the blazer is plain, or vice versa.There is room for expression. I really like the style and cut of pants this season. Pants have a higher waist. You may even find some pleats to create a rounder hip.The leg is tailored; it is either straight or narrows to the ankle.Your shoes are on display, so make sure they are polished. The most popular skirt this season is the pencil skirt, which falls into this tailored silhouette.The other skirt is the full skirt with a waistband.This skirt is great when you don’t want to wear a blazer and a professionallooking blouse is all you need.The blouse must be tucked in. Both skirt styles are knee-length; this is not a mini look. Accessories should be minimal.This relates to the amount of jewelry worn and the size of each piece. Save the larger, bolder pieces for evening. Also, shoes should match your belt. Your handbag can be a personal statement. The power suit this season is wearable and chic.There are classic, clean lines that
Fashion File FOR THE GIRLS, a fundraising event, will take place next Wednesday, Oct. 16, during store hours at Prelude, 1441 Bellevue Ave.,West Vancouver, to kick off the women’s fashion boutique’s breast cancer awareness campaign. There will be special promotions, gifts with purchase and informal modelling. Prelude will donate a percentage of the day’s sales to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. The boutique will also be collecting old bras to display in the window to raise awareness. Bras can be old and ratty, frilly or plain — all are accepted! Customers who bring in a bra will receive a 20 per cent discount card to use toward a purchase at Prelude until the end of the month. THE WEDDING FAIR at Caulfeild Cove Hall is set for Saturday, Oct. 26, 2-4 p.m. at 4773 Picadilly South,West Vancouver. The hall is adjacent to St. Francis-in-the-Wood Anglican Church. Retailers and service companies will be on hand to offer advice and ideas. Details at caulfeildcovehall.ca.
Look polished in a power suit in herringbone tweed. ILLUSTRATION NORISA ANDERSON
can be encompassed by all women in all professions. Adieu, Mattie
Mattie is a freelance writer and fashion expert. Reach her through her Facebook page Mattie-a-la-Mode.
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Hydrating lip balm is essential for fall Beauty Spot CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com
With the chill of fall comes dry, chapped lips. Fortunately, there are hundreds of balms, gels and ointments on the market that promise to prevent and cure a parched pout. Two new items available in drug stores are Maybelline’s Baby Lips Electro Lip Balm ($4.99) and Live Clean (Lovely Lips) ($4.29). Both products come in convenient wind-up tubes, but that’s where the similarities stop. With neon graffitistyle lettering, Maybelline is obviously targeting a younger demographic with Baby Lips. The line comes in six flavours: Oh! Orange, Strike A Rose, Fierce N Tangy, Minty Sheer, Pink Shock and Berry Bomb. The product goes on smooth, has a pleasing scent and four of the
Fashion File From page 35 MOVEMBER During November, men are encouraged to register at Movember.com, start clean shaven and groom
New in stores, Maybelline’s Baby Lips (left) provides moisture with a punch of sheer colour, while Live Clean (Lovely Lips) uses only organic ingredients. PHOTOS SUPPLIED shades leave a touch of sheer pigment. The Baby Lips package advertises the inclusion of shea butter and vitamin E, though on the back of the box there is also a long list of unpronounceable ingredients. Live Clean (Lovely Lips) looks more like a traditional balm. It goes on thick, feels instantly hydrating and has a mild, natural scent. There is no pigment, but the practical product does
come in three formulas: soothing, protecting and moisturizing. All are USDA Organic Certified and made with organic ingredients such as jojoba oil and rosemary extract. The bottom line: if you have a serious case of chapped lips or are planning a ski trip, go with Live Clean. To perk up your lips for a casual night out, or if seeking a small gift for a trend-conscious tween, go with Baby Lips.
and grow their mo (slang for moustache) to raise awareness and funds for men’s health. In November, drop into Man Up Grooming (1083 Marine Dr., North Van) for Mo Maintenance to have that ’stache trimmed and tidied in exchange for a donation
to Vancouver Prostate Centre. On the last day of Movember (Dec. 1), visit for No’Mo, complimentary ’stache removable by donation. manupgrooming.com Compiled by Layne Christensen lchristensen@nsnews.com
FOR THE GIRLS Prelude owner Maureen Elliott will be collecting bras at her women’s fashion and accessories boutique in support of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Customers who bring in a bra to add to the display will receive a 20 per cent discount card to use toward a purchase at Prelude in October. Stop by the store (1441 Bellevue Ave.) on Oct. 16 for special promotions, gifts with purchase and informal modelling. Part proceeds from the day’s sales to be donated to Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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OCEANFRONT AND OCEANVIEW COTTAGE HOMES FROM THE HIGH $300’S* Located a mere 35 kilometres from downtown Vancouver, The Cottages at Seabright Farm in Point Roberts, Washington promises to become one of the most creative and valuedriven recreational neighbourhoods in the Lower Mainland. Seabright Farm is a planned cottage community that will integrate smoothly into the Point Roberts experience. In the words of the project’s renowned designer and visionary, Cal Srigley: “It won’t look really planned at all.”
THE COTTAGES AT SEABRIGHT: A DESIGN PHILOSPHY
Srigley explains the vision for Seabright Farm: “Historically, Point Roberts was a farming community with many of the simple, well-proportioned and practical structures common throughout the northwest. Farm buildings were constructed of wood and stone and nestled in groups into the landscape.”
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MUSIC
Songs take on a life of their own From page 33
“There were all these women who played guitars and were outspoken and wrote great songs and their looks weren’t overly girly or sexualized. I think that really inspired me,” she says. Lissie attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO, for two years. “When I went there it was the first time I was ever part of a music scene,” she says. “It gave me an opportunity to grow even more into what that live scene was all about. In high school I didn’t really know anyone that was in a band and we didn’t have that kind of culture. I got that culture in Colorado but I knew before then that I was going pursue music as a living. I was just waiting to figure out how it was going to happen.” In 2004, she collaborated with DJ Harry on a single “All My Life” which was eventually featured in episodes of The O.C., House,Veronica Mars,Wildfire and the documentary, Who Killed The Electric Car. “It feels really good and it’s validating and it’s also just cool to be part of a bigger narrative,” Lissie says. Lissie’s other songs have been featured in episodes of Melrose Place, Grey’s Anatomy, SoYou Think You Can Dance, Basketball Wives, One Tree Hill, and Californication. “I don’t really write songs knowing where they will be placed but it is fun to see how my songs take on a new life when they’re paired with a TV spot,” she says. Lissie moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and released her first EP on Lionboy Records. “I started out as a solo singer/songwriter who was writing folk music as well as pop music,” she says. “As I’ve played with different artists and worked with different producers it has given me different platforms to explore.”
In 2008, she co-wrote The Longest Road with DJ Morgan Page. The song reached number four on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club song chart. Later this month, Lissie will be performing in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Switzerland and the U.K. to support Back to Forever. “I’m excited. We’ve been doing a lot since May,” she says. “After taking some time off to make the record it’s going to be really fun to get back out on the road again. My band and I live for the hour and half that we are on stage. That’s what all the travelling and early mornings is all about it.” In late November Lissie starts the North American portion of her tour with a performance on her birthday in Toronto. She plays Seattle on Dec. 5 but so far has nothing booked in B.C. “I wish I was coming to Vancouver,” she says. “My sister lived there for a few years and we’ve been there and I think we will come there in the new year.” Lissie says that when she first started touring adjusting to time zones was very difficult for her. “When I first started doing it, it was really hard,” she explains. “I would be crying at six in the morning because I was so tired. There is something so bizarre about jetlag because it can not only make you tired but it can also make you emotionally tired.” Over the years, she has learned to adapt to different time zones overseas. “You can’t take a nap,” Lissie says. “If you get into Europe in the morning, you cannot take a nap regardless of how tired you are.You have to stay awake until about midnight and then you’re so tired that you sleep. If you take a nap on that first day you’re going to be screwed for like a week and a half.” For more information on Lissie visit lissie.com or follow @LissieMusic on Twitter.
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VISIBLE VERSE Curator Heather Haley celebrates a decade of videopoetry at Pacific Cinémathèque on Saturday, Oct. 12 with two events: a free afternoon discussion and Q&A with R.W. Perkins at 4 p.m. on the process of creating videopoems and the integration of modern filmmaking techniques, and later on at 7 p.m. a program of 37 video poems, from Canada and around the world. Tickets for the screening are $12/$10. For more information visit visibleverse.com. Use Layar app to view video and website. PHOTO SUPPLIED DEREK VON ESSEN From page 29 SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca The Music of France: Pianist Scott Meek and violinist Ching-Yi Lin will perform the music of French composersThursday, Oct. 10 at 10:30 a.m.Tickets: $15/$12. PianistWayneWeng, will performThursday, Oct. 17 at 10:30 a.m.Tickets: $15/$12. ST. STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 885 22nd St.,West Vancouver. 604-926-4381 Kentish Steele and the Shantelles, will perform with special guests the Capilano University Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35/$25.
Theatre
his latest workWednesdaysSaturdays, Oct. 11-26 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $18/$16.
CAPILANO UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 2055 PurcellWay, North Vancouver. 604-990-7810 capilanou.ca/nscucentre A Bedfull of Foreigners: A fast-paced British farce Oct. 16-19 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 19 at 2 p.m.Tickets: $22/$15/$10.
KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Frankie and Johnny in the Claire De Lune: A romantic comedy about the meeting of two lonely middle-aged restaurant workers Oct. 16-19 and 23-25 at 8 p.m.Tickets: $50/$42/$25.
DEEP COVE SHAW THEATRE 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 604-929-3200 deepcovestage.com Making a Killing: The story of an unsuccessful playwright who stages his suicide in the hope of getting recognition for
PRESENTATION HOUSETHEATRE 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. 604-990-3474 phtheatre.org Shakespeare: Anthony Holland will read famous See more page 44
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Whistler fest listens to its audience New reading events added for this year thanks to feedback from participants
NEVILLE JUDD ContributingWriter
Renewal will be in the air Oct. 18-20, when the 12th annual Whistler Readers and Writers Festival rolls into the mountain resort. “We heard from a lot of people that they felt renewed after last year’s festival,” says Stella Harvey, festival organizer and founder of the Whistler Writers Group, otherwise known as The Vicious Circle. “There are new elements to this year’s festival, based — as always — on feedback from participants.” This year that means three new reading events comprising poets, crime and mystery writers, and a main-stage reading featuring Giller prizewinning author Will Ferguson in conversation with best-selling author Jian Ghomeshi. Ghomeshi, a CBC Radio favourite, also hosts a Sunday brunch discussion with awardwinning authors Lisa Moore, Richard Wagamese, Jane Silcott, Meg Tilly, Genni Gunn and Whistler’s own Sue Oakey-Baker. “We’re always growing
to meet the needs of our audience and we have a mix of seasoned writers and new, emerging writers in poetry and crime and mystery,” says Harvey. Saturday afternoon’s Crimes of Fiction event will feature authors William Deverell,William Spano, E.R. Brown and Ian Hamilton. Also Saturday afternoon is Comes a Time: Past, Present and Future, a poetry reading and panel discussion with Evelyn Lau, Elizabeth Bachinski, Michael Crummey and Rona Shaffran. The festival is on course for record ticket sales of 400-plus this year, according to Harvey. Participants can look forward to a familiar mix of intimate fireside chats, readings, workshops and panel discussions. “Intimacy is a great strength of the festival, judging by feedback from guests and authors,” says Harvey, who hosted the first festival in her living room with 20 people! The Vicious Circle has since grown to about 150 members. The Fairmont Chateau Whistler will again be the venue for most of
Patrick deWitt and Janet Love Morrison are among the authors featured in the 12th annual Whistler Readers and Writers Festival taking place Oct. 18-20. PHOTOS SUPPLIED the festival, including an opening night jazz and books gala, hosted by local writer, Stephen Vogler. For more information about the 12th annual Whistler Readers and Writers Festival, and Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s Book and Bed Festival rate, visit theviciouscircle.ca/pages/ festival-2013.
101 skills that will make your next trip memorable ■ Cooks, Clowns and Cowboys by the editors at Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet, 216 pages, $22.99. The answer to the classic question of what did you do on your vacation is about to get a whole lot more interesting. If you have a desire to embrace the local culture at your holiday destination then this is a book filled with ideas for you. Drawing from the incredibly detailed information gathered for the various Lonely Planet books, the world leader in travel writing has gathered 101 unique things to do from around the world. Learn to fight like a gladiator in Rome, shear sheep in the Australian
Outback, paint Easter eggs in Ukraine or roast your own coffee beans in Guatemala. There are activities for every interest and activity level. Each one is presented in a full-page description and with an accompanying photograph. There are
seven categories for easy reference: music and dance, active, culture and language, flora and fauna, food and drink, mind and body, arts and crafts. To easily identify the type of activity the categories are designated by a badge that appears on the top of each page. Every account starts with information on the cost, location, duration, and then goes on to describe in detail what you can expect. So if getting out into the world excites you then why not join in something that will really make that trip memorable and be the first of your friends to undergo Cosmonaut Training in Moscow. — Terry Peters
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CALENDAR From page 40 Shakespearean speeches and soliloquies Oct. 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $23-$28. THEATRE AT HENDRY HALL 815 East 11th St., North Vancouver. 604-983-2633 northvanplayers.ca Zombies from the
Beyond: A musical comedy celebration of American ideals and foibles in the Eisenhower era Oct. 17 (preview, $9), 18, 19, 23-26 and 30-Nov. 2 at 8 p.m.Tickets: $18/$16.
Clubs and pubs
BEANS ON LONSDALE 1804 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Live music every
Thursday, 8 p.m. 604-985-2326 BREWSTER’S COFFEE 2436 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. 604-925-9820 CASA NOVA CAFÉ 116 East 14th St., North Vancouver. 604-983-2223 info@casanovacafe.ca ELECTRIC OWL 928 Main St.,Vancouver. 604-558-0928 A Concert Series that brings together Steve Dawson’s Black Hen House Band with special guest artists each month.Tickets: capilanou. ca/nscucentre or at the door. FINCH AND BARLEY 250 East First St., North Vancouver. finchandbarley. com JACK LONSDALE’S PUB 1433 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Live music every Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. 604-986-7333 LARSON STATION RESTAURANT Glenegales Clubhouse, 6190 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. 778279-8874 LA ZUPPA 1544 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-986-6556
Bullying damages our kids.
LEGION #118 123 West 15th St., North Vancouver. 604-985-1115 info@legion118.com NARROWS PUB1979 Spicer Rd., North See more page 45
Do something about it. CIBC and United Way are preventing bullying. Join us. uwlm.ca/preventbullying
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MASTER CLASS Indian classical dancer Sujata Mohapatra will teach an Odissi master class ($30 per person, limited to class of 30) on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. as part of this year’s Gait to the Spirit Festival taking place Oct. 18-21 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre. For more information visit mandalarts.wordpress.com. PHOTO SUPPLIED
In space no one can hear you scream From page 20
American Film Institute named HAL the 13th Greatest Villain of all time on their list of 100. HAL keeps the systems running on board the space craft, but he can also lip-read: so when he knows his days are numbered he sabotages the ship and sacrifices the lives of the crew members left on board, but not before they see monkeys and giant monoliths. Part of the scariness is the fact that no one seemed to know what the heck it all meant. Alien In space no one can hear you scream: doesn’t that say it all? In Ridley Scott’s benchmark sci-fi horror film, kick-butt heroine (Sigourney Weaver as Ripley) answers a distress call from an isolated planet, leaves, and
soon finds a nasty stowaway onboard. And the superb John Hurt helped spawn the most oft-repeated grossout Halloween costume in history: baby alien emerging from a bloody chest cavity. The eponymous alien is number 14 on AFI’s list. The Black Hole I was terrified of black holes for years after seeing this Disney film in the ’70s. A research crew is sent in to investigate the appearance of a missing ship right on the edge of a black hole. Robots B.O.B. and V.I.N.CENT were way cuter than HAL and I’m pretty sure you can see a string holding up a prop in one scene. Come to think of it, the only scary thing about the film may have been the funky jumpsuits worn by Anthony Perkins, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux and
Maximilian Schell. Event Horizon Paul W.S. Anderson brings us this tale of a ship that resurfaces in the year 2047, seven years after it went missing. A rescue ship captained by Laurence Fishburne is sent in to investigate, unaware that creepy Capt.Weir (Sam Neill) is withholding the truth, that a presence onboard the ship will mess with everyone’s minds in a big way. A B-movie bloodbath ensues. Moon Sam Rockwell’s time as an astronaut miner on the moon is almost up, and he appears to be cracking up, having only had a computer to talk to for the past three years. But the closer he gets to the reunion date with his wife and daughter back on
Earth, he begins to realize that the company he works for may have different plans for him. Is he hallucinating, or uncovering a sinister plot? Tom Cruise followed a similar path in Oblivion but made $84 million more doing it. Sunshine A worldwide blackout looms on Earth as the sun loses its power. It’s up to a good-looking crew (including Chris Evans, Rose Byrne) to jump-start the sun with a nuclear device before it’s too late. But when the Icarus loses contact with ground control, things really heat up.The crew faces trial by fire, water and zero oxygen, though director Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire) restrains himself from unleashing a zombie attack.
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CALENDAR From page 44 Vancouver. MIST ULTRA BAR 105-100 Park Royal,West Vancouver. DJs spin classic dance music from the ’80s, ’90s and today. 604-9262326 QUEENS CROSS PUB 2989 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. queenscross.com AdamWoodall performs acoustic music every Sunday, 7:30-11:30 p.m. THE RAVEN PUB 1052 Deep Cove Rd., North
Vancouver. theravenpub.com AdamWoodall performs acoustic music every Thursday, 7:30-11:30 p.m. RED LION BAR & GRILL 2427 Marine Drive,West Vancouver. 604-926-8838 Jazz Pianist Randy Doherty will perform every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m.
p.m. SAILOR HAGAR’S BREW PUB 235 West First St., North Vancouver. Live music every Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m.1 a.m. 604-984-3087 THE VILLAGE TAPHOUSE The Village at Park Royal, West Vancouver. 604-9228882. WAVES COFFEE HOUSE 3050 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver. The Celtic Medley Song and String Player’s
RUSTY GULL 175 East First St., North Vancouver. Live music Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; Mostly Marley performs every Sunday, 7
Showcase comes toWaves the first Saturday of every month 7: 30-9:30 p.m. Interested performers are asked to phone Doug Medley at 604-9855646.
Other events
CAFÉ FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 138-140 East Esplanade, North Vancouver. MondayFriday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. 778-340-3379 or cafeforcontemporaryart@ gmail.com Open Mic: Actors, musicians, poets and spoken word artists are invited to take the
microphone every second and last Friday of the month from 7 to 9:30 p.m. NewWorks: Readings of new work by local playwrights the third Thursday of the month, 7-9:30 p.m. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Movies at the Meek: A screening of Twenty Feet From Stardom Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $12. NORTH VANCOUVER CITY LIBRARY 120 West 14th St., North
Vancouver. 604-998-3450 nvcl.ca Painted Poetry:Visual artist Pari Azarm Motamedi will share her experience of encountering the poetry of Master Shafii Kadkani which inspired her to create 100 paintings and publish a book Wednesday, Oct. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m. PARK & TILFORD CINEPLEX ODEON THEATRE 200-333 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver. The North Shore See more page 46
NORTH SHORE’S
restaurant guide $ Bargain Fare ($5-8) $ $ Inexpensive ($9-12) $ $ $ Moderate ($13-15) $ $ $ $ Fine Dining ($15-25) LIVE MUSIC
AUSTRIAN Jagerhof Restaurant
BRITISH $$$
Best Little Schnitzel House in Town
71 Lonsdale Ave, N. Van. 604-980-4316
BISTRO Larson Station West Coast Bistro & Banquets $$$ For 2 or 200! Enjoy sweeping views through the 6th fairway,to the ocean at Gleneagles Clubhouse.Larson Station West Coast Bistro,a fabulous little restaurant and banquet facility, tucked away on the Gleneagles Golf Course.LIVE MUSIC Fridays & Saturdays BRUNCH on weekends. Family friendly & casual,with flavours of the West Coast.
6190 Marine Drive, West Vancouver 778-279-8874
Truffle House & Café
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The Truffle House & Café is truly a warm place to eat European cuisine with friendly service and reasonable price. Philippe & Fabienne Chaber have created a cozy and comfortable atmosphere and offer a delicious combination of French, Italian and West Coast specialties that your taste buds will love.Already well known for their brunch & lunch, the Truffle House is pleased to offer you DINNER! Join us Friday & Saturday evenings from 5-10 pm for delicious seasonal menus.
2452 Marine Drive, W. Van. 604-922-4222 www.trufflehousecafe.com
OPEN MIC/KARAOKE
The Salmon House
The Cheshire Cheese Restaurant & Bar
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Excellent seafood and British dishes on the Waterfront. Friday and Saturday, Prime Rib Dinner. Sunday, Turkey Dinner.Weekends and Holidays, our acclaimed Eggs Benny. Open for lunch or dinner, 7 days a week.
2nd Floor Lonsdale Quay Market, N. Van. 604-987-3322
CHINESE Neighbourhood Noodles House
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North Shore’s best variety & quality Chinese food.Serving Lunch & Dinner 7 days a week.Eat in,10% off takeout. Free delivery min.$20.00 order within 3 kms.
1352 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 604-988-9885
Chef Hung Taiwanese Noodle
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Critically acclaimed worldwide for its delectable beef noodle, Chef Hung has won numerous Championships in Taiwan and now crowned the Best Noodle House in Vancouver! Come see what all the excitement is about.
1560 Marine Dr., W. Van. 778-279-8822 UBC Wesbrook Village: 102 - 3313 Shrum Lane, Vancouver 604-228-8765 Aberdeen Centre: 2800 - 4151 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond • 604-295-9357 www.chefhungnoodle.com
FINE DINING The Observatory
DJ
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An epicurean experience 3700’ above the twinkling lights of Vancouver.
Grouse Mtn, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, N. Van. 604-998-4403
BIG SCREEN SPORTS $$$$
Serving spectacular views and fine, indigenous west coast cuisine for over 30 years. Lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Live entertainment in Coho Lounge on weekend evenings.
2229 Folkestone Way, W. Van. Reservations: www.salmonhouse.com or call 604-926-3212
FRENCH Chez Michel
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Classic French cuisine served in an elegant and graceful setting. For over 34 years, Chez Michel has treated guests to only the best. Traditional seafood and meat entrees, dressed in rich, tempting sauces, are specially featured alongside a superb selection of wines and a decadent dessert list. Superior service with a waterfront view helps complete your lunch or dinner experience.
1373 Marine Dr. (2nd flr) W. Van. 604-926-4913
GREEK Kypriaki Taverna
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For the BEST quality and the BEST prices, come visit or call for delivery today. Open everyday @ Noon for lunch.Voted one of the top 5 Greek restaurants in the Lower Mainland.With our outstanding food, reasonable prices, friendly service and candle-lit charm you will see why so many people call it their favourite restaurant. Call for delivery/ take out tonight or come in for a relaxing Mediterranean experience.
1356 Marine Dr, N. Van. 604-985-7955
WIFI
INDIAN Handi Cuisine of India
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Reader’s Choice 2006 Winner offering Authentic Indian Cuisine. Open for lunch and dinner,7 days a week.Weekend buffet,ocean view, free delivery.
1340 Marine Dr., W. Van. 604-925-5262 www.handi-restaurant.com Where one spicy sauce does not fit all.Readers’Choice award winning restaurant for 5 years! Open for Lunch & Dinner.Lunch Buffet $10.95.
116 East 15th St, N. Van. 604-986-7555 www.palkirestaurant.com
PUB $$
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL The Bear is your friendly, comfortable neighbourhood pub that is 100% smoke free.We have ample free parking, free taxi stand,Take-Out menu, daily drink and food specials.
1177 Lynn Valley Road, N. Van www.blackbearpub.com 604.990.8880
The Rusty Gull
Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub
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Offers an excellent menu, the best craft brewed ales & lagers in Vancouver, live music, satellite sports, pool table, dart boards & heated patio with a spectacular city view.
86 Semisch Ave., N. Van. 604-984-3087
Village Tap House
Palki Best Indian Cuisine $ $
The Black Bear Neighbhourhood Pub
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
Damn good pub! We try to take everything that’s good about a pub, and leave out what’s not, then add lots more good… Start with a comfortable room around a giant fireplace, add 20 ice cold brews on tap, really damn good food, some awesome events, and pretty much the most personable group of folks you’ll ever meet… and welcome to the Village Tap House! Come in for dinner, to catch the game on our dozens of high-def flat screens, or check the events page to see what’s happening this week.
1C - 900 Main Street, Village at Park Royal, West Vancouver 604-922-8882 info@villagetaphouse.com
SEAFOOD C-Lovers Fish & Chips
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The best fish & chips on the North Shore!
A Lower Lonsdale legend for 23 years. Home to the best in live music Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun nights. Great food selection that surpasses the norm. The best weekend breakfasts ‘til 2pm. Great selection of import draft. All Canucks PPV games on the big screens.
Marine Dr. @ Pemberton, N. Van. 604-980-9993 & OUR NEW LOCATION: 6640 Royal Ave., Horseshoe Bay, W. Van. 604-913-0994
175 East 1st St., N. Van. 604-988-5585
The fastest growing Fish & Chips on the North Shore.
Montgomery’s Fish & Chips$
International Food Court, Lonsdale Quay Market 604-929-8416
THAI Thai PudPong Restaurant
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West Vancouver’s original Thai Restaurant. Serving authentic Thai cuisine. Open Monday-Friday for lunch. 7 days a week for dinner.
1474 Marine Dr., W. Van. 604-921-1069 www.thaipudpong.com
WEST COAST The Lobby Restaurant at the Pinnacle Hotel
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Inspired by BC’s natural abundance of fabulous seafood and the freshest of ingredients, dishes are prepared to reflect west coast cuisine. Open 7-days a week for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late night lounge.We are located on the corner of Lonsdale & Esplanade. The Lobby Bar: We now have Live music every Friday night from 8-11pm!
138 Victory Ship Way, N. Van. 604-973-8000 www.pinnaclepierhotel.com
WATERFRONT DINING The MarinaSide Grill
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Enjoy your Waterfront dining experience with our extensive menu. From eggs benny to juicy burgers during our popular brunches to our famous prime rib,hot scallop salad, clam chowder,king crab,steaks, seafood style cordon bleu.Rooms available for private parties and free parking.Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner seven days a week.View full menu www.marinasidegrill.com.
1653 Columbia St, N. Van. (2 blks South of Main & Mtn Hwy under the bridge) 604-988-0038 www.marinagrill.com
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Play marks Cave’s return to the stage From page 13
JAZZ PLUS Experimental jazz trio The Bad Plus, known for pushing the conceptual envelope every chance they get, perform at Capilano University’s BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts on Monday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets $30/$27. PHOTO SUPPLIED CAMERON WHITTIG From page 45
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International Film Series: The North Shore Community Arts Council will screen Canadian, independent and foreign films throughout the fall, winter and spring. Amour will playWednesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. French with English subtitles.Tickets: $11. Info: 604-988-6844 or nvartscouncil.ca/events/north-
WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7407 westvanlibrary.ca Monday Movie Nights: A free screening of movies Mondays at 6:30 p.m. Schedule: Oct. 7,The Great Gatsby; Oct. 21, Quartet; Oct. 28, Standing in the
Shadows of Motown. Jazz Talk — The Great Piano Players: Neil Ritchie will explore the music of great jazz pianists Tuesday, Oct. 8, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Artists Confidential: Join Kay Meek Centre’s managing and artistic director Claude Giroux for a behind-the-scenes interview with Caroline Cave and Frank CassiniWednesday, Oct. 9 at 10:30 a.m.
SFU Philosopher’s Café: Randall Mackinnon will moderate a discussion, Friday, Oct. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to noon on the topic: “Stimulating food for thought (and dialogue) about life, love and learning” 778-782-8000 philosopherscafe.net. — compiled by Debbie Caldwell. Email information to listings@nsnews.com.
Six months later they were married and are now settled in West Vancouver with two children, aged one and three. “It’s about taking a risk,” she says. Frankie and Johnny marks Cave’s return to a Vancouver stage since moving home from Toronto in 2010.This production may not be suitable for younger audiences, she warns, but explains the instances of nudity, sexuality and coarse language are all necessary to maintain the raw honesty of the story. “That’s what it is and if you don’t embrace it then you’re betraying the play, but I also think it can be handled in a way that’s true.” Kay Meek’s managing and artistic director Claude Giroux, who is also directing Frankie and Johnny, says Cave was the perfect choice for this role. “It’s just such a strong female part,” he says. “It’s such a balancing act between fear and passion and I just thought that it was a role that Caroline was
ready to play and a role that was very appropriate for someone of her particular skills.” One challenge he faces as director is identifying the subtle nuances in McNally’s script.Without these emotional “hills and valleys” the play could easily turn into a screaming match or a “dark, ooey gooey mess,” Giroux says. “There is a lot of humour and pathos in this play and making sure to find those moments that make these people want to stay and want to figure this out is really important to making it all make sense,” he says. “The play is really about two people struggling to connect in a meaningful way when, to some degree, the odds are against them.” Looking ahead, Giroux says TheatreK’s second season, which includes productions of Driving Miss Daisy and Norm Foster’s On a First Name Basis, will appeal to a wide audience. “There’s a nice balance between musicals, dramatic productions and some comedy that I feel provides a great opportunity for folks to get a little bit of everything theatrically.”
“POETRY & JAZZ: A PARABLE OF THE SOUL” Free Public Talk
Fri. Oct. 18 at 7pm Speaker: Angus Stuart Co-sponsored by the Thomas Merton Society of Canada
FREE WORKSHOPS
Introduction to Lectio Divina (Don Grayston) Introduction to the Labyrinth (Susan Du Moulin) Sat. Oct. 19 from 10 am - noon Same workshops repeated from 1 - 3 pm Please call church office to register. Co-sponsored by the Thomas Merton Society of Canada
CANADIAN RED CROSS
Babysitting Course in a Day
Fri. Oct. 25, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Cost: $55 (includes manual & certificate) Registration: susancowan@telus.net or 604-988-8835
ENTER TO WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS
Email your name & phone number to contest@nsnews.com for a chance to win a pair of tickets.
Deadline for entries 5pm, Monday, October 21.
All programs held in the church building. Everyone welcome!
St. Andrew’s United Church
1044 St. George’s Avenue, North Vancouver 604-985-0408 • www.st-andrews-united.ca
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18-20 October 2013 Whistler, BC Fairmont Chateau Whistler Milennium Place Whistler Public Library Whistler Museum
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Tune locally, zoom globally BRENDAN MCALEER ContributingWriter
Design It’s somewhat fitting that the Honda Odyssey now comes with an on-board
Remember the New Beetle? No, not the current new Beetle, which is technically the new New Beetle, but the old New Beetle, which was the new version of the old old Beetle — oh never mind, I’ll just come in again. Remember the 1998 Volkswagen Beetle? Sure you do. It was that super kitschy, super retro, super cute faux bug that consisted of a Fisher-Price-styled three-hemicircle design running on the chassis of a Golf. It was a pretty successful machine, and despite somewhat questionable features like an on-board vase, and some odd forward visibility thanks to the three feet of dash mandated by the Golf underpinnings, it sold well. Seeing as it drove just like a Golf, that meant it handled pretty well, and did a good job as a practical daily driver with a hint of style. Yeah, so anyways, these guys in Langley? They built one with almost 500 horsepower. Let me set the scene for you. It’s 2001 and you’ve just bought yourself the Ferrari 355 you’ve always wanted. It’s gorgeous, perfectly proportioned in red, properly side-straked, and possessed of a sonorous
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The top-of-the-range Civic Si HFP has sleek, angular looks that cause some surprise when people discover it’s a Honda. Its grippy performance makes carving corners a blast but also offers a safe ride all year round. PHOTO SUPPLIED BRENDAN MCALEER
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It’s a recipe that’s pretty much impossible to screw up: take one small car, insert one large engine. Add gasoline. Mix well. Pretty straightforward stuff, but it’s produced everything from Carroll Shelby’s Cobra to the ‘32 Ford Deuce Coupe of the iconic Beach Boys song. And, in the 1990s, it was quite the thing to do with the humble Honda Civic. You had to speak the lingo in those days, you had to know your B16s from your B18s from your H22s, and you had to be able to rattle off the chassis codes with confidence.
Brendan McAleer
Grinding Gears
Fast Hondas flocked like swarms of hornets, laughed at by the guys in big-power Mustangs — right up until the lightweight Japanese pocket-rockets put the hurt
on them. There wasn’t any magic to it, it was simply that a focus on efficiency had made Honda’s prosaic people-mover into a light but sturdy shell that a revvy four-cylinder powerplant could transform into an autocross legend. But, with age and greater focus on safety and smoothness, the Civic got a bit middle-aged. They still sipped the gas, but the compact, nimble feeling wasn’t really there. In Frankfurt last month, I heard the head of Honda’s European division get up and quote Soichiro Honda at the crowd, speaking of
a return to Honda’s racing roots.The company’s moving back into Formula One.They’re competing in the World Touring Car Championship. They’re also bringing back the legendary Civic Type R, though for Europe only. So what does this new apparent focus on handling and performance mean for the hottest factory Civic you can buy here?
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at a car show, and raised several thousand dollars towards cancer research. Most of the things written on his car are hilarious. And unprintable. Both Sciroccos have around 565 h.p. from twin-turbocharged V-6s, allwheel drive and tuned-up dual-clutch transmissions. They are ridiculously fast, and ridiculously well put together. Almost every car in the HPA shop comes from far away. Along with the Texan car, there’s a GTI from New Jersey, another from Hong Kong, a Euro-only old-school Rallye Golf being built for an older collector out in NewYork. Another big-horsepower Golf sits in pieces on a lift, bound for Trinidad once it’s completed. HPA’s expertise at tuning a twin-turbocharged version of the venerable VW narrow-angle V-6,
chance to put a sign up. Instead, parked out front is a clear advertisement of the sort of hijinks these folks get up to: a slammed Audi TT coupe with a prominent big-brake kit, a bright red R32 Golf with a front-mount intercooler and . . . is that a brand-new Scirocco? How the heck is that legal? Marcel Horn, the dark-haired, gregarious, loquacious founder and president of HPA simply grins mysteriously when I ask how he’s able to have two examples of the sleek, Euro-only Scirocco on site. One car belongs to the company, the other wears Texas plates and a vinyl wrap covered in signatures. The owner of the latter, who has had the car shipped up for some tuning work, had the car wrapped in matte-white, but didn’t like the look. He charged $5 to sign the Scirocco
V-8 howl. Then some guy in a car with a dash-mounted flower-holder blows the doors off your Italian thoroughbred. I’m thinking that might be a little annoying — or hilarious. The mad scientists behind the hi-po Beetle are no hack-job homebrewers either.You might not have heard of HPA Motorsports — a small shop that’s been doing business out of the Fraser Valley since 1991 — but the world has, and it likes their cars. I took a trip down to their new headquarters to find out what they were up to. It’s a pretty innocuous looking building, a beige mass plonked in a business park, surrounded by gravel and concrete companies. The 12,000 square foot facility is a new home for the expanding company, and they haven’t even had a
the VR6, has led to an international following. Winning the aftermarket’s most prestigious event, the SEMA show, garnered one of their twin-turbo Golfs a place in the best-selling Gran Turismo gaming series, meaning that kids everywhere would grow up knowing what HPA is. There’s something satisfyingly Canadian about these cars — special effort is made to use locally sourced parts and expertise, with almost all the performance parts either fabbed up in-house or made nearby. HPA’s machines are certainly aggressive looking, but they’re as easy to drive as regular Volkswagens, with all-wheel drive and smooth-shifting dual-clutch automatics. Despite the big brake kits, most of the cars here are built to handle 18-inch alloys, meaning that fitting
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Instead of sucking down gas, the project Jeep runs clean, sipping diesel on its way down the highway to find the trailhead. It’s very different than the spare-no-expense nature of HPA’s lightning fast machines, built to be easily repairable and durable off-road, rather than dominant at the track. However, it’s the same idea as that first high-performance Beetle — an exterior shell with something unexpected underneath, all sewn together with care, made in Canada.
Brendan McAleer is a freelance writer and automotive enthusiast. If you have a suggestion for a column, or would be interested in having your car club featured, please contact him at mcaleeronwheels@gmail.com. Follow Brendan on Twitter: @ brendan_mcaleer.
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vacuum cleaner, as their best-selling car looks a bit like a DustBuster in twodoor mode. It’s all angular wedginess, standing out in a sea of more bulbous compact cars. I like it a lot. If you took the wheels off and added a rocket pod or two, this machine wouldn’t look out of place parked next to the Cantina on Mos Eisley. Being a Si model, this futuristic-looking machine rocks aerokit add-ons and a well-integrated rear spoiler. HFP stands for Honda Factory Performance, and if you forget that, there’s a badge to remind you on the rear trunk lid, and each of the multi-spoke 18-inch alloy wheels.You can only buy this special version in white or black, and just 200 of each colour will be sold in Canada this year.
The HFP Civic has a sport suspension that sits a little lower than the normal car, and with the larger wheels has a sleeker look. Even older folks seemed to like it, as I came back to find an elderly couple taking a closer look as it sat at the curb. “Oh!” they said in surprise, “It’s a Civic!” Presumably they were wondering whether the USS Enterprise had deployed one of its shuttles. Along with the visual add-ons, this HFP edition also has some underbody spoilers designed to reduce airflow turbulence, and comes with a set of four sticky Michelin Pilot Super Sport summer tires. More on how these functional modifications affect the car in a moment.
Environment I did manage to fit a rearfacing child seat into the back of the HFP coupe, but only just barely. However, if you’re looking at this machine as a safer but stillswift option to replace your tuned-up older Civic, then know that it can haul two adults plus kids with, well,
not exactly ease — with competence. It also took a running stroller into the entirely reasonable trunk space without too much difficulty, although with barely enough space left over for a Fruit Roll-Up. Like a regular Civic, this car still comes with split-folding rear seats. Up front the HFP cars get red floor mats, but before you roll your eyes, this minor change actually looks pretty good, and not at all boy-racerish. In fact, next to hooligan-type machines like the Mazdaspeed3, the Civic’s red and black patterned interior is borderline restrained. The seats aren’t quite as laterally supportive as you might wish, and the seating position is a bit too high, but both these compromises result in better comfort and forward visibility. Performance Grip. Grip grip grip. There’s some grip, and then there’s a little more grip, and just when you think you’re going to run out of grip — you guessed it — even more grip.
Priced right around the same level as the rear-drive Subaru BRZ, currently the darling of the automotive press in terms of inexpensive sports cars, the Civic Si doesn’t have either the low-slung feel or tendency to tail-happiness of its lightweight rival. Adding the HFP package, however, means that it out-grips the rear-drive machine six ways from Sunday. This is particularly noticing in the wet — gee, do you think that’d be an important consideration for the West Coast? — where the Civic’s sticky rubber and mechanical helical limited slip differential help it get off the line without the embarrassing one-tire fire that front-drive sportsters are so often prone to. Manual-transmissiononly, the HFP has one of the best shifters out there, though the feel of the clutch and steering might be too light for some tastes. Still, fling it down through a couple of corners, and find that it’s an incredibly easy car to drive quickly. The 2.4-litre fourcylinder makes 201
horsepower right at its 7,000 r.p.m. redline, with a solid 170 foot-pounds of torque coming in down low at 4,400 r.p.m. Unlike previous hot Hondas, that means you don’t need to wind out a screaming fourbanger into the stratosphere, and a lazy driver in traffic can take things pretty easy as the big engine is happy to loaf along in third gear. Dicing with traffic, the Si responded well to being short-shifted, and didn’t call much attention to itself while still being decently quick.The power can’t match its forced-induction rivals, of course, but there’s a pure, mechanical feel to the way it’s delivered, and with a proper limited slip rather than the electronic nannies of the Focus ST or the boost-limiter Mazdaspeed3, the Honda somehow felt livelier. Revving it up, therefore, turns out to be quite the treat. A somewhat cheesy gauge off to the left lights up a red LED indicator when Honda’s VTEC variable valve timing kicks over into power mode, and then counts forward to
four yellow lights until you bounce right off the rev limiter. Extracting that full 201 h.p. takes a bit of work — as the Civic’s free-revving powerplant doesn’t run out of steam in the higher rev ranges, there’s the feeling that it should rev even higher. And, in fact, perhaps a little sadness that it doesn’t – some of the engine’s character has been sacrificed here to give it that day-to-day torque that’s so handy. Taken all together, the HFP Si rewards all the standard front-wheel drive tricks from left-foot braking through to extracareful throttle application on corner exit and a bit of trail-braking going into the curve. It’s quite good fun, though perhaps a little less body roll could be wished for. However, in the rain, the very slight factory softness allows the car to settle and simply carve through, while the combination of the helical limited slip and the smooth progression of See Rear page 58
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the power lets the Civic really carve up the turns. You could really annoy the driver of some expensive, overpowered machinery in this thing — just the sort of stuff a hot Honda is supposed to be good at. Features As a top of the range car, the Si comes packed with satellite radio, Bluetooth connectivity, GPS-based navigation and a decent premium stereo. Everything’s easy-to-use, if not perhaps directly comparable to nextgeneration systems coming out in models like the Mazda3, but there’s a high level of on-board equipment
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Green light Grippy handling; frontwheel drive year-round practicality; high level of standard equipment. Stop sign Small rear seats; too-light steering; seating position a bit high. The checkered flag Just the extra grip the standard Civic Si could use. A proper mechanical driver’s car. Competitors Subaru BRZ ($27,295) A set of tires would
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transform this rear-drive lightweight as well, but then you might lose some of that chuckable, lightweight character that everyone seems to enjoy so much. It’s sharper than the Honda, and more fun as well.The seats are better too. However, even though the BRZ has a 2+2 configuration, it’s not really practical.The Civic has coupe looks, but still has much more usable space, and with a set of snow tires becomes an entirely usable winter vehicle.The Honda’s larger engine and more available torque is also considerably better at the cut-and-thrust of stop-andgo traffic. mcaleeronwheels@gmail.com
INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPER CARRIER DAY on October 12, 2013
The North Shore News salutes our newspaper carriers for making an important contribution to our community. This day recognizes the importance of newspaper carriers in getting newspapers into the hands of readers everyday and honours carriers all over the world, as they deliver the paper diligently in all kinds of environmental conditions. Thank you for all your hard work, each and every day!
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