North Shore News April 18 2014

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Residents sound off on Lynn Valley town centre JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

To redevelop or not to redevelop?

That question dominated Tuesday’s four-hour public hearing on the proposal to swap Zellers for residential towers at Lynn Valley mall — which will either rejuvenate an exhausted shopping centre or tighten the traffic stranglehold choking the North Shore — depending on who you believe.

It was standing-room

only in council chambers, with residents packing two nearby rooms and an atrium as more than 40 speakers took to the microphone to make their case.

If the project is approved, Bosa will demolish Zellers to make way for six towers between four and 12 storeys.

The height of the buildings ranges from 55 to 150 feet.

The 4.8-acre development includes 377 apartments and 22 townhouses. Four of the See Traffic page 3

Wedding guests robbed at gunpoint

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

An Edmonton couple in NorthVancouver to attend a wedding last weekend have been left wondering whether they were targeted through social media after being robbed at gunpoint inside their hotel room.

Justin Connor and Tamara Morie, both in their 20s, were back in their room following the wedding on Friday when a man they didn’t know — who introduced himself as a friend of a friend — knocked

on their door.

When they opened it, three men burst into the room — one of them brandishing a pistol — and demanded they hand over valuables.

One of the men also allegedly pistol-whipped Connor by hitting him over the head with the gun during the robbery.

The pair handed over their cellphones, wallets containing cash, jewelry and a iPad to the robbers, who quickly fled the scene.

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towers will sit on a onestorey podium — totalling 50,000 square feet of commercial space.

Besides the Zellers, the project would also swallow up the former District of North Vancouver library.

The project’s proponents have described the mall as a morgue, but Lynn Valley resident Marilyn Harkness questioned that assertion.

“It is currently difficult most days to find a parking space at the mall even though the mall is constantly being referred to as dead,” she said.

There are currently more than 1,000 units in various stages of consideration and development slated for Lynn Valley, which irked Harkness.

“I do not understand why all the development in the district has to occur at the same time. It is almost as though council has a rampant addiction to speed up the destruction of our treasured paradise,” she said.

Harkness was one of several speakers who suggested the towers would be too imposing.

“The proposed height and density are almost criminal and will destroy the ambience of the mountain community,” she said.

The entire project would have a floor space ratio of 2.36, which measures the development’s total floor space against the area of the lot.

Harkness concluded by saying there was no reason to expect greater public transit in Lynn Valley, given that Surrey’s major growth has not alleviated that city’s transit woes.

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Proponents noted the three plazas totalling more than 15,000 square feet and the design of the buildings, which incorporates timber and stone. Several speakers also suggested the site could accommodate downsizing seniors and young people shopping for their first home.

One-bedroom units would likely start at around $350,000.

As a Lynn Valley resident for more than 50 years, Maureen Bragg said the development offered a chance to maintain Lynn Valley’s trails and vistas.

“The only way we can keep this magnificent backdrop is to concentrate the density — that is inevitable — in the very centre,” she said.

The alternative is to watch houses creep up the mountainside, according to Bragg. “We do have to open our minds to compromise by accepting this opportunity to redevelop this land . . . which is no longer giving us its highest and best use,” she said.

The development offers a chance for the district to start solving its housing problems, according to Bragg. “Those who stock our grocery store shelves, mow our lawns, clean our houses, run our childcare

services, teach in our schools, work in our clinics and hospitals, our police and firemen: all these people need a place to live.They are Lynn Valley people,” she said.

The package also includes six units of affordable rental housing to be operated by a non-profit society. Each unit is slated to be sold at approximately $150,000 below market value.

Suzanne Klassen, an advocate with the North Shore Disability Resource Centre, supported the project.

Traffic congestion was a major theme among the project’s detractors.

Glenn Mackenzie asked council to consider

development throughout the District and City of North Vancouver when making their decision.

Calling Lynn Valley a “transit desert,” Hazen Colbert questioned the projections showing a modest increase in traffic.

“The traffic review fails to present the truck prohibition on Mountain Highway, so during the 10-year phased development period, trucks will only use Lynn Valley,” he said.

If the project is approved, Bosa would be on the hook for $4.5 million in district amenities, including $1.6 million in transportation improvements, $500,000 for public art, and other money for trail improvements.

N. Van City rolls out bike plan

All-ages cycling paths are key to $20M long-term vision NIALL SHANNON nshannon@nsnews.com

The City of North Vancouver has adopted a new long-term vision for the city’s bike lanes, which could cost in the neighbourhood of $20 million or more.

Called the All Ages and Abilities Bicycle Network, the AAA network builds off city council’s plan established in 2012.The AAA routes will be larger,

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wider and separated from car traffic with the intention of encouraging cycling and protecting both cyclists and drivers from harm.

Five options for the AAA network were presented to council by city staff, from the least to most expensive, with the fifth option suggested by staff as the best.

“Our estimated cost for option 5 could cost as much as $20 million, more than we currently have

allocated in our 10-year plan,” said Douglas Pope, a city engineer and director of the City’s Engineering, Parks and Environment department.

“Our current estimate is in the range of $9 to $20 million. There is such a large range in estimated costs, as the designs have not yet been completed. We will be looking at each block on the route individually and we expect some blocks can be implemented with minimal cost, while others will involve more significant road works,” said Pope.

The plan will feature AAA expansion on arterials

such as Chesterfield Avenue, Queensbury south of East Keith as well as East Keith itself, while also expanding along local streets like 14th and 13th, St. Davids, Jones and Mahon.

Overall, more than 15 kilometres will be added, at a projected cost of one million per kilometre.

Heather Drugge, a cycling advocate with cycling group HUB, said the cost would be stretched out over decades.

“If I’m alive by the time this thing is built out, I’ll be shocked.Well, I’d be pleased first, but second, I’d be shocked,” said Drugge.

Drugge, who presented the case for the AAA network to city council, said of the 2012 plan that the bike lanes were “just painted lines.”

“In painting lines, (Council) would just be throwing good money away,” said Drugge. “You’ll spend a million bucks just painting lines and all you get is the same people who already cycle.”

“Study after study shows that the reason people aren’t cycling isn’t because of hills or rain, its because they don’t feel safe,” said Drugge.

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for long.

When police arrived, Morie told them prior to the events she had Facebook conversations with a friend, who urged her to meet up with an acquaintance in North Vancouver.

A little social media sleuthing quickly revealed the acquaintance under an alias on social media as the same person the couple said was one of the men who robbed them.

Using that information, police executed a search warrant Sunday morning at a North Vancouver home where the man was believed to be living.Three men were arrested in the house with the help of the RCMP’s Lower Mainland emergency response team.

De Jong said a handgun was seized, along with stolen property belonging to the couple and a small quantity of cocaine.

All three men were taken into police custody.

Liban Mohammend Hussein Robleh, 25 — also known as Ahmed Osmand — faces 11 charges, including threatening, assault causing bodily harm, possession of stolen property and a variety of weapons charges.

The two other adult men were released without charges.

De Jong said as the investigation progresses, more charges are possible.

De Jong refused to say where the couple was staying, what security measures were in place at the hotel and where they carried out the raid on Sunday.

He said investigators are waiting to see if any security camera surveillance video is available from the hotel. Investigators are also talking to other friends and acquaintances who were at the wedding to see if the couple may have been targeted or set up for the robbery.

Robleh — who court documents list as also being from Edmonton — is being held pending a bail hearing in North Vancouver provincial court.

De Jong said the couple was shaken up by what happened, but also relieved that they got some of their property back.They have since returned to Edmonton.

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That’s the question parishioners at North Vancouver’s St. Agnes church are asking following the theft of six plants from the Anglican parish’s memorial garden.

The horticulturally minded grave disturber likely plucked the candytufts, heathers and euphorbia with the aim of re-planting them, according to Rev. Stephen Muir.

“They had come in with a trowel and taken out the plants quite deliberately,” he said.

The ashes of approximately 100 of the departed have been interred in the church’s plot since 1980, according to Muir.

“We try to make it a nice place so that people have a place to come when they want to remember their loved ones,” he said.

“Quite often people on the anniversary of a death will come and you’ll find them sitting on the bench in the garden.”

The botany burglar likely struck the night of April 8, making off with plants and soil, much to the dismay of the “pretty peeved” volunteer

gardeners who overlook the patch.

Muir said he hoped the thief didn’t know what they were doing.

“They don’t realize it’s kind of a sacred ground that’s used for a holy purpose. I hope that would discourage them.”

The reverend said he’s stung by the senselessness of the crime.

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But this week, B.C.’s privacy commission did just that, with a report that raises serious concerns about the kinds of information being shared by police with employers, schools and community groups that require police information checks.

The original idea behind the checks is obvious. A bank doesn’t want to hire employees who’ve been convicted of fraud.

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Gantry crane important to shipyard modernization Dear Editor: Re: ‘Unsightly’ Gantry Crane Disturbs Waterfront Vista, April 9.

An open letter to Mort Goulding: Thank you for your letter dated April 4, regarding Seaspan’s gantry crane, and your interest in Vancouver Shipyards’ modernization project in North Vancouver.

With community roots tracing back to 1886, Seaspan is a long-serving and proud member of North Vancouver. Our core value of care for the communities we serve is at the heart of everything we do, and we have a passionate and proven track record of acting local and conducting meaningful, transparent, two-way dialogue with our neighbours.

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March 3 to 14, we partnered with the North Vancouver School District to conduct an official crane naming contest, which called on more than 4400 students in grades 4-7 from 25 schools across North Vancouver to submit their proposed names.The response was overwhelming, with 228 original submissions.

The new crane is a really important piece of our Shipyard Modernization Project, a two-year $200million project, which once complete, will provide stateof-the-art facilities, allowing Seaspan to efficiently deliver non-combat vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard, and establish a world-class shipbuilding and ship repair centre of excellence on the West

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We also proudly believe it exemplifies Seaspan’s unwavering commitment to its investment in people, processes and equipment.

Once our new facilities — including the crane — are complete, Seaspan will begin construction on the NSPS non-combat build package, work that will create 5,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs over the next 20 years, produce almost $500 million per year in gross domestic product for B.C.’s economy, and mean thousands of young people will get the opportunity for an exciting

new career in shipbuilding.

As a North Shore resident, you may remember that as part of receiving the development permit from the District of North Vancouver, including the new crane, Seaspan conducted a formal public comment period which sought out feedback, questions and comments from the community, and included the hosting of a public information meeting.

Port Metro Vancouver also participated in the public information meeting to gather feedback on inwater work and parking lot upgrades.

In addition, Seaspan conducted a variety of public consultation notification activities, including advertising in the North Shore News, door-knocking

and hand-delivering public information meeting notices to surrounding residents, as well as ongoing communications with two community associations: the Norgate Community Association and Pemberton Heights Community Association.

Throughout the consultation period, we heard loud and clear that the local community — and its residents — were in support of our current and future plans, and clearly understood the community benefits that would result over time, over and above the economic spinoffs and job creation.

You may also be interested to know that Seaspan has been meeting on an annual basis over the past three years with

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Low-income families feel the pinch Every now and then an issue suddenly pops up in our political arena that leaves you scratching your head, wondering about the government’s apparent lack of compassion and common sense.

One of those issues materialized in the legislature recently, and it involves single parents, disability assistance and child support payments.

Here’s the situation: a single mother lives on a $1,240 monthly disability allowance and receives $200 in a monthly child support payment from her expartner.Yet the government swoops in and takes that $200 back.

That $200, of course, is much more precious to someone on such a low income. For someone getting $1,200 or so a month, that’s almost 20 per cent of their income.

The government argues this policy of deducting maintenance payment from income assistance programs “ensures that people are accessing all other forms of

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income before relying on taxpayer-funded income assistance.”

However, it is unclear exactly how people on disability assistance are expected to “access all other forms of income” given their particular disability may prevent them from actually working.

Thousands of people appear to be caught in this catch-22. Some presumably are having a far tougher time making ends meet than others, but most are mired in deep poverty.

Recently, six of those people — all single mothers

— came to the legislature to make their case. And the six women all had sympathetic tales to tell.

Surrey resident Rachel Goodine has a court order stipulating her ex-partner must pay $500 a month to assist their four-yearold daughter. But the government takes it all, leaving her with $1,241 in assistance that has to cover $800 in rent, leaving just over $400 to pay for food, clothing, toiletries, phone and transportation.

That $500 is supposed to assist in the raising of her daughter, but not a penny actually goes to help her.

And not a penny of Crystal Pennicard’s $145 monthly child support payment goes to help her two daughters aged five and 11.

Their stories were all fairly bleak. One Burnaby woman says out of desperation she stayed in an abusive relationship with a man because he provided enough food for her children (she left after a year because it became too much for her, and now is back to existing

on practically nothing).

Another woman admitted to reporters that she has been in such desperate straits that she once shoplifted diapers and baby wipes, resulting in her now having a criminal record.

One woman, Dianne Terrillon, found herself caught in a dire situation when her son’s father fell six months behind in his payments.To his credit, he eventually paid up almost $1,200 but the entire amount was then deducted from her next disability cheque, reducing her monthly payment to a paltry $49 to cover her family’s expenses for an entire month.

In the legislature chamber, NDP MLA Michelle Mungall cited the plight of these women and made a persuasive case that the claw back policy should be revisited. She pressed the issue with Social Development Minister Don McRae, to the point where he seemed to lose his temper during

question period.

Mungall also chastised Premier Christy Clark for her defense of the claw back, at one point accusing her of “smirking” about the whole thing (a comment Mungall was forced to withdraw).

McRae was more contrite with reporters afterwards, pleading the case that his ministry simply didn’t have a big enough budget to forgo the child support claw backs.

Eliminating the claw backs would cost $17 million annually, which is not an insignificant amount of money.

But perhaps the solution here is to establish some sort of financial threshold that would allow single parents (mostly mothers) on disability assistance to keep at least some portion of those child support payments.

Perhaps the threshold could be set at $200 a month, or $300, which represents a huge amount of money for someone trying to raise a child on a meager monthly assistance cheque.

Sometimes a government simply refuses to acknowledge a problem or a solution just because it has been raised by the Opposition. Hopefully that’s not what’s happening here.

The premier continues to insist her government is all about protecting the interests of families. She has a chance here to demonstrate just that, by revisiting a policy that hurts the most vulnerable of those same families.

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“We want the best return to our community in terms of successful transportation for all transportation users. . . . Drivers have the right to not feel like second-class citizens,” said Coun. Pam Bookham.

“Let’s take a look at transportation budgets over the last century and we’ll find out who are really second-class citizens when it comes to transportation,” replied Coun. Craig Keating.

City mayor Darrell Mussatto echoed Drugge’s sentiments that bike lanes are about safety for cyclists, as well as drivers.

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Drivers don’t need to fear hitting cyclists, either.” “(The new AAA plan) requires some creative thinking on behalf of our staff and council,” said Mussatto. “It doesn’t mean eliminating tons of parking or car lanes, as people have done in Vancouver.We can be more creative.”

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INQUIRING REPORTER It’s never too late to give up our prejudices and never too early to go negative.

With the federal election just a few short seasons away, Liberal leader and sometime shirt-taker-offer Justin Trudeau has been the target of a TV campaign that uses a little bit of editing and a very little bit of context to tar him as a nervous dope who would proudly serve as Prime Minister of Quebec. Should our parties bury their hatchets, or is character assassination a natural part of political life? Weigh in at nsnews.com.

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The event, sponsored by the Summit Negotiations Society and the University of the Fraser Valley, also saw Hadfield awarded the World Peace Tartan. Evening proceeds will support the launch of the non-profit Summit Negotiations Society and the establishment of the University of the Fraser Valley’s conflict and peace studies program.

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ADVENTURES IN RECORD COLLECTING: — Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting, the official book of Record Store Day 2014 from photographer Eilon Paz, showcases 130 vinyl collectors and features a foreword

by RZA as well as interviews with the likes of Gilles Peterson, FourTet and Gaslamp Killer.

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Considering the era of digital downloads, file sharing, BitTorrent and growing expectation that all forms of media should be free to the lumpen masses, it takes a brave person to open a brick and mortar record shop these days.

Combine that with an unproven and long-ignored location on the edge of Chinatown, and the endeavour sounds almost quixotic. But Dale Wiese is one such man, and Noize To Go is the cosy record

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store he opened several months ago on an eclectic strip of Union Street between Main and Gore.

“You’ve got Strathcona, you’re half a block from the Main Street corridor, a 10-minute walk from downtown and in historic Chinatown, which I can’t overstate how important I think Chinatown should be to the citizens of this city,” Wiese says of his new neighbourhood. “It’s a little gem that too many people have forgotten about that takes us out of our day-today routine. It’s like going somewhere (else) without leaving the city.”

As Wiese says this, a young (surprise) bearded customer flips through Bob Dylan records, ignoring the out-of-this world 1976 pressing of Parliament’s The Clones

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of Dr. Funkenstein inches from his scruffy head.

Wiese says his musical leanings veer towards punk, new wave and power pop of the 1970s and ’80s as evidenced by his black Pointed Sticks T-shirt.

And while the remnants of Vancouver’s underground

music scene can be found in every corner of the store, whether it’s a copy of Slow’s Against the Glass or an album from Art Bergmann’s former band Poisoned, Noize covers a lot of ground in a small amount of space.

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my tastes, since there isn’t anything here I wouldn’t mind having in my own collection,” Wiese says.

“Lots of classic rock from the ’60s and ’70s, new wave and punk, which is my formative years. I have some really good jazz records and some good country albums and R&B that I think most people would agree is a nice little selection. So other than classical, I have a bit of everything.”

While most of the records are used, Wiese doesn’t rule out carrying new albums in the future, noting that records vastly outsell CDs now. “Vinyl is the preferred format for someone who wants to build a collection and wants something tactile

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CALENDAR Galleries

NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of paintings by Alfonso Tejada and sculptures

by Majid Seikh Akbari until April 22.

NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of acrylic paintings of boats and bike trails

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Five years after the death of her husband Garrett (Harris), Nikki (Bening) is still haunted by memories.

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that her husband is dead, and nights spent waking up and looking for him.

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Seth MacFarlane goes way out west ■ A million ways to die in theWest by Seth MacFarlane, Ballantine Books, 211 pages, $26.95.

Arizona in the 1800’s was a formidable place, hot, dry, and dangerous.

“Everything that is not you wants you dead, “ Albert Stark would often say.

“Outlaws, Indians, angry gamblers, disgruntled prostitutes, wild animals, the weather, disease — hell, even a trip to the dentist means taking your life in your hands.”

With that view of the Wild West Stark is a man used to being called cowardly. In fact, he has embraced his cowardice as a shield against the many threats he sees around him.

When his public shaming at a one-sided gunfight results in him losing the only woman he’s ever loved Stark is thrown into a dark pool of despair.

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where his dry humour isn’t always well received.

There are no dull moments in the small town of Old Stump and soon Stark has a lot more to think about than lost love. Author Seth MacFarlane, well known for his comic work on the television shows, Family Guy and American Dad, and his film Ted, keeps the story rolling with his sharp wit and hilarious observations.

The book is based on the screenplay and the movie version will be released this summer.

— Terry Peters

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JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

There is no fandom quite like StarWars fandom.

Director and writer George Lucas created a world of mythic archetypes, space fantasy, and Chewbacca.

For those Jed-heads who preside over the galaxy far, far away, the suggestion Greedo shot first or the mention of midi-chlorians can provoke rage worthy of a Sith.

Inside that world of Star Wars fandom, Robert Bailey has become a star.

His original drawings of Yoda and Darth Vader and the faces and spaceships of the StarWars universe have fetched more than $1,000 when sold by dealers.

A fixture at comic conventions, the Stony

Plains, Alta. resident prices his drawings more modestly, selling them for to eager fanboys for $140.

The reason Bailey’s success seems unlikely is that up until a few years ago, he had no interest in Star Wars.

Born in Staffordshire, England, Bailey was heir to an artistic eye.Three generations of his family were dishware artists, painting the patterns on the Royal Doulton dishware.

Bailey moved to Canada at the age of 17, staying with relatives at the top of Lonsdale.

Bailey spent much of his working life penning human interest stories for the Calgary Herald.

He interviewed a Titanic passenger living in Vancouver and a survivor from the Wilhelm Gustloff, a repurposed ocean liner that was carrying wounded German soldiers when it was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine in 1945.

But after 14 years honing his craft Bailey found himself among the newspaper’s 200 layoffs in 1988.

“When I left the Herald I avowed that I would never be in a position where corporate issues would dictate whether or not I would be continuing in

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Bailey took to crafting Second World War lithographs signed by pilots and ground crews.

“I decided to start at the very top,” he says. “We released about five titles in about eight months, and lo and behold, the American galleries loved them and they were buying them in the hundreds, thousands even — it blossomed to the point where my wife and I were flying all around the world to Germany, Prague, all over the States, to attend reunions of these various fighter and bomber groups from the war.”

Business was spectacular until the market collapsed in 2008.

“It collapsed by about 98 per cent, and that was largely because of the fine gentlemen on Wall Street,” he says.

But just as business ran aground, Bailey discovered a fan.

George Lucas has always had an eye for aviation.

The spaceship shootouts in A New Hope are closely modeled on Second World War dogfights.

“I had a call from Industrial Light and Magic in San Francisco and they said, ‘George Lucas has been looking at your air combat website and he wants you to start doing Star Wars,” Bailey recalls. “I was totally taken aback and I said, ‘I’m wondering if you have the right person?”

The film pioneer

commissioned Bailey to create oil paintings featuring new alien architecture, creatures, characters and ships.

“I said, ‘Wow, I’ve got some homework to do,” because I hadn’t seen a Star Wars film for 20 years,” Bailey laughs.

Lucas eventually shipped Bailey a box “the size of the fridge,” featuring all manner of StarWars knowledge.

“It was like taking a university course,” Bailey says.

Asked if he ever locked horns with Lucas, Bailey pauses.

“He’s the kind of guy who won’t tell you in a thousand words why he doesn’t like something, he’ll just say no,” he says, laughing.

Bailey would present

between five and 10 pencil drawings, and Lucas would select his favourite — which Bailey would turn into an oil painting.

After 18 months, Lucas put his favourites into the book StarWarsVisions.

Equipped with an impressive portfolio and a newfound understanding of Star Wars, an acquaintance suggested Bailey attend the Edmonton Comic Convention, describing it as a Mardi Gras featuring lunatics in costume.

Bailey gave it a try.

Within an hour of setting out his drawings they were all gone.

“I thought: ‘Wow, I’m onto something,’” he says. “I also learned very quickly from the comiccons that the fans are not favourably disposed toward the prequels, so I’m staying mainly with the first three movies.”

The conventions can feel claustrophobic, but Bailey copes.

“I just zone out. I try to decrease my sphere of consciousness to the person with whom I’m speaking and ignore what’s going on in the background. It’s the only way you can survive eight hours a day.”

Bailey also fields questions about the upcoming movies.

“Everyone at every comic-con, every second person asks me (if I’m involved). And I say: ‘No, I’m not, but if I was I couldn’t tell you.”

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CALENDAR From page 18 RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Sustenance and the World Through Glass Beads: Glass beads needlework pictures

by Svitlana GerasymchukMulyk and figurative paintings in oil and acrylic on canvas

by Meg Troy will be on display until June 8.

SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 Start with Art: An annual exhibition of art for children by establishedVancouver artists will run until April 27.

The art can only be bought by those under 16 and is priced very moderately.

Ordinary Beauty: A historical exhibition with a selection of prints from the Burnaby Art Gallery by the Group of Seven artist L. LeMoine FitzGerald will run from April 30 to June 7.

Reception: Sunday, May 4, 2-4 p.m. Lecture by curator Ian Thom: Sunday, June 1, 2-4 p.m.

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SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Tuesday to Sunday, noon-4 p.m. 604925-7292 silkpurse.ca Cherry Blossoms — A Textile Translation: An exhibit featuring textile artists from fibreEssence and the Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts will run in conjunction with theVancouver Cherry Blossom Festival until April 20.

West Coast Magic: A collection of landscape paintings by local artist Leilani Finch will be on display from April 22 to May 11. Opening reception: Tuesday, April 22, 6-8 p.m.

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Fashion File POP-UP SHOP K-O.ME (pronounced kay-oh-me) is opening a pop-up boutique for one day on Saturday, April 19, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lawson Creek Studio, 1756 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. Clothing for women size XS to XXXL; prices from $12 to $180. k-o.me MAY MARKET A springtime gathering of B.C. artisans will take place Sunday, May 4, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the North Shore Jewish Community & Har El Congregation, 1305 Taylor Way,West Vancouver.

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Spotlight on student style CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

Fourth-year Kwantlen Polytechnic University fashion design and technology students are busy making the final nips and tucks to their yearend collections, which will head down the runway next week.

Among the up-andcoming designers are Alexandra Dean, who grew up in North Vancouver and attended Argyle secondary, and Shelby Gillingham, a former North Shore resident who graduated from Handsworth secondary.

As is the case every year, graduating students are tasked with developing a clothing line for a niche market.This year’s collections range from eco-friendly apparel for environmentally conscious tweens, to adaptive clothing for female wheelchair users, to casual attire for longboarding enthusiasts.

Gillingham’s line, NVRLND, consists of apparel for the female motorcycle rider. According to her designer statement, the clothing is “designed for the youthful-spirited, adrenaline-seeking female who likes to make a lasting impression.”

Through market research, Gillingham noticed that women riders looked masculine and bulky in their riding apparel. So she endeavored to combine the aesthetic of high-end sportswear with safety and functionality.

Dean’s collection, FORM, is inspired by Scandinavian design. It focuses on minimalistic design and is influenced by architecture and geometric shapes. In her designer statement, Dean says she strives to create timeless designs that live beyond the seasons.

“As a consumer, I’m always trying to buy

ethical pieces, however, in Vancouver, it’s particularly hard to find sustainable clothing that embody a contemporary style similar to mine,” she states. “I wanted to create quality pieces that are timeless yet edgy, something that is exciting.”

The year-end showcase of student work, simply dubbed The Show, will feature the designs of 37 graduating students. It takes place Thursday, April 24 at 1, 3, and 7 p.m. at the River Rock Show Theatre.Tickets are $18 for the afternoon shows and $38 for the evening show, available at kpu.ca/theshow2014

VENDORS WANTED The West Vancouver Community Centre is seeking artisans to participate in its Spring Jewelry Market on May 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the atrium.Those who design, create and produce their own jewelry are invited to send in a vendor application form. westvancouver.ca/ jewellerymarket CRAFTERS/VENDORS WANTED to participate in the St. Pius X Parish, East Seymour, Craft Fair on Saturday, May 24. Contact Carol Landy 604-929-6235 or Katie Lefebvre 604-9292930.

THRIFTY CHIC The Thrift Shop at Mount Seymour United Church (1200 Parkgate Ave.) is open Thursdays, 11 a.m.8 p.m. Half price sale on selected goods every week. mtseymourunited.com Compiled by Christine Lyon Send fashion event info as early as possible to clyon@ nsnews.com.

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On her new album, Southern Comfort, acclaimed jazz violinist Regina Carter travels back in time to the life of her paternal grandfather, a coal miner based in Bradford, Alabama.

While he passed away long before she was born, Carter, a Detroit native who currently lives in Maywood, New Jersey, has many memories of summers spent with her grandmother in their old house. Her father was one of 14 children, including two sets of twins, and cousins aplenty were also always around.

“It was extremely rural living,” says Carter. “It was very different than my life in Detroit but (I have) a lot of fond memories (of) being with family.

That’s so important for me. Especially as an adult, and as a middle-aged adult now, all of that is really important because this is the age where I find that I’ve lost and am losing several family members and also friends. And so I start

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Who are some of the people that helped make me who I am today? What are the struggles they went through so that I can have the things that I have today?

“Also, it makes me proud and it gives me an extra push on those days where maybe I don’t feel like doing anything or I start to question what it is I’m supposed to be doing while I’m here,” she says.

Carter released Southern Comfort last month and it’s an exploration of the folk music of the south. The 11 songs range from Cajun fiddle music to early gospel, coal miners’ work songs as well as more contemporary works. She’s currently touring in support of it and is set to play Capilano University’s BlueShore Financial Centre stage Wednesday, April 23. She’ll be joined by a backing band comprised of a number of the musicians who played on the record.

Southern Comfort is the third in a series of albums

exploring Carter’s family roots.

The first was 2006’s I’ll Be SeeingYou: A Sentimental Journey, featuring her mother’s favourite early jazz standards.

“That project was really a project of healing because I had just lost my mother and it was a way for me to get through that to honour her by choosing music that she had grown up listening to and it happens to be one of my favourite periods of music, the 20s and 30s,” she says.

Reverse Thread, released in 2010, features

compositions by artists from Kenya, Mali and Senegal, reimagined for violin, accordion, bass, drums and kora.

The concept for her new album came about naturally.

“I didn’t plan on Southern Comfort being a record but I had done my DNA test with Ancestry. com and gotten some really incredible information back with that,” she says.

“I started just digging in and trying to find out more information about my father’s family. Sort of in the midst of that, I

had the idea to record this record. Because when I do the research I’m always interested in the music that was going on as well. That tends to help me hold on to the information better, otherwise it’s just kind of loose information floating around in my brain,” she laughs. “That’s probably why I didn’t do well in history in school.”

Carter conducted extensive research for the project, including at the Library of Congress, listening to Appalachia field recordings.

“Some of them just struck something in me,” she says.

Carter eventually came up with 50 songs she wanted to record.

“My manager stopped me then,” she says. “He was like, ‘You’ve got to get in the studio.’”

While her next record will be something else entirely, her research into her family’s southern roots hasn’t stopped.

“That’s something that will be ongoing,” she says.

Carter was playing the Birdland jazz club in New York City a few weeks ago and was discussing her DNA testing results — 73 per cent West African and 13 per cent Finnish with some other European areas listed.

“There seemed to be a lot of Europeans in the audience . . . and a lot from Finland and they said, ‘Oh, maybe that will be your next record, you can come over and find your relatives.’

So I laugh at that, I doubt it, but who knows?” she says.

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— Red Cat Records — Dandelion Records — Vinyl Records — Beat Street Records — The Beat Merchant — The Main Street Vinyl Fair (May 17 and 18).

to look at and share with people.”

And Wiese should know. The veteran vinyl guru honed his chops at venerable disc dealer Track Records for 12 years beginning in 1986 on a stretch of Seymour Street once known as Record Row. At one point, the strip was home to Track, Sam the Record Man, Odyssey Imports, A&A Records, Collector’s RPM and A&B Sound. Track eventually morphed into Noize, then

Noize To Go, and was the last holdout on Record Row, outlasting A&B Sound by four months until getting “renovicted” in 2009.

Not surprisingly, Wiese is happy to get back in the vinyl saddle. “People have been surprised there’s a record store here, but that’s my job to make them less surprised.”

“It’s a nice amount of records for people who don’t have a lot of time,” he adds. “If you’re even modestly adept at flipping through records, you could go through the entire stock in about 20 minutes, although it’s always changing.”

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Cap Jazz — Southern Comfort: Violinist Regina Carter will meld melodies and techniques found in jazz, southern rock, country and gospel genresWednesday, April 23 at 8 p.m.Tickets: $35/$32.

Love and Fate: The North Shore Chorus will hold a performance featuring excerpts from Carmina Burana Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $20/$15/$10.

SPACE EMMARTS STUDIO 1432 Rupert St., North Vancouver. Wednesday and Friday, 2-5 p.m. and by appointment. 604-7702545 originals@emmarts.ca 195 STUDIOS — ARTISTS ON PEMBERTON 195 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver.

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WEST VANCOUVER MUNICIPAL HALL 750 17th St., West Vancouver. MondayFriday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

604-925-7290 Art in the Hall — Something Wicked This Way Comes: An exhibition of oil paintings on canvas by Hans Breuer will run until May 2.

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ANNE MACDONALD STUDIO 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver.

North Shore Folk and Blues Club: Acoustic musical entertainment the third Sunday of each month, 7-10 p.m. Admission: $10 at the door. 604-986-3078 CAPILANO UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. 604-9907810 capilanou.ca/ blueshorefinancialcentre/ Cap Global Roots: French acoustic chanson group Paris Combo will perform a mix of jazz, French pop, gypsy music, Latin and Middle Eastern rhythms Saturday, April 19 at 8 p.m.Tickets:

CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com The Music of Ralph Ford: TheWestVancouver Youth Band Junior, Concert, Symphonic Bands and Strings will pay tribute to composer Ralph Ford Tuesday, April 29 at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $23.50.

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Tickets: 604981-6335 kaymeekcentre. com The Jesse Peters Trio will perform jazz Friday, April 25 at 8 p.m.Tickets: $30/$25.

American Folk Singer Arlo Guthrie will perform Saturday, April 26 at 8 p.m.

Tickets: $55/$48/$25.

Johnny Clegg will perform Tuesday, April 29 at 8 p.m.

Tickets: $100 which includes a pre-concert reception.

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Schedule: April 18, Colin Eason of The Stranger Project and April 25, Bollywood.

Admission by suggested donation of $10.

PRESENTATION HOUSE THEATRE 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. 604-9903474 phtheatre.org Festival of Plays: The Theatre BC North Shore Zone Festival of Plays will begin May 5 and run to May 10 with a different play each evening at 8 p.m.Tickets: $108 for a weekly pass or $20/$18 nightly.There will be an Ice Breaker Party Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m. and presentation of awards and closing night party May 10.

SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Gina Williams, pianist, composer and vocalist will perform a selection of classical, soul and pop songs Thursday, April 24 at 10:30 a.m.Tickets: $15/$12.

ST. STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 885 22nd St., West Vancouver. 604-926-4381 JazzVespers: The Henry Young Quartet will perform rhythm and blues, rock and roll, big band and jazz music Sunday, April 27 at 4 p.m. Admission by a suggested donation of $10 at the door will be appreciated.

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com I on the Sky: A play

DEEP COVE SHAW THEATRE 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 604-929-3200 deepcovestage.com EatYour Heart Out: A

comedy where a waiter gets involved in the lives of his customers will run until April 19 at 8 p.m.Tickets: $18/$16.

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Fawlty Towers: Three epsisodes of this television comedy series will be brought

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On a First Name Basis: A love story, a social commentary and a mystery performed by Norm Foster May 5 at 2 p.m. (preview) and May 6-9 at 8 p.m.

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THEATRE AT HENDRY HALL 815 East 11th St., North Vancouver. 604-983-2633 northvanplayers.ca God of Carnage: A contemporary comedy will run until April 19 at 8 p.m.

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com Carmina Burana: Ballet Victoria will perform Friday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $40/$25/$20/$15.

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Killer Joe is the second production in Itsazoo’s premiere series, which presents site-specific versions of debut works by renowned playwrights.

Originally written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Letts in 1991, the American gothic crime thriller was first produced as a play in 1993. Letts later adapted a screenplay for the 2011 film of the same name starring Matthew McConaughey.

Killer Joe tells the sordid story of the Smiths, a dysfunctional Texas family who contract a killer in

a scheme to collect life insurance.

“It’s a really great script. The characters are incredibly intriguing and it’s a real page-turner.You always wonder what’s going to happen next,” Haberlin says.

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It’s billed as “trailer trash noir” and a “pitch-black” comedy — but a comedy nonetheless.

“The dialogue is so

witty and so honest, so the characters themselves, the things they say, are quite humorous,” Haberlin says.

The situations the characters get themselves into are so terrible it’s funny, she adds.

“You think, ‘Oh no, it couldn’t get any worse,’ and then it does and then you have to laugh because there’s no other way through it.”

With an audience capacity of just 37 people, ticket-holders will be treated to a “fly-on-thewall” theatre experience.

“They’re within inches of the action the whole time,” Haberlin says.

And before and after the performance, audience members are invited to grab a cup of moonshine at the Southern-inspired

concession stand and explore the replica trailer park.

“They can arrive a half-an-hour before the show and get a hot dog and get a cocktail or a beer and wander around and just experience the environment,” says Haberlin, adding that, yes, people are allowed to drink in their seats.

“I hope that they have a lot of fun, primarily, because it is so engaging, because it is so funny,” she says. “In my ideal world, whenever someone sees one of Itsazoo’s plays, if they leave saying, ‘I didn’t know theatre could be that,’ it would be awesome for me. We try to create theatre that isn’t just plays, but theatre that creates a full event for people.”

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Tickets: $10/$5.

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Movies at the Meek: Burt’s Buzz will be screened Tuesday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $12.

La Boheme: A Royal Opera House production cinema screening Sunday, April 27 at 2:30 p.m.Tickets: $20.

Other events

FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. 604-925-7270 ferrybuildinggallery.com Art Marketing Forum: This forum will cover topics of relevance to artists building their business, both exhibiting and selling Mondays, April 28 and May 5, 7-9 p.m. Fee: $25 for both evenings or $15

PARKGATE LIBRARY 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. 604-929-3727 x8168 nvdpl.ca Movies at the Library:

Iron Man 3 will be screened Thursday, April 24, 2:30-4 p.m.

WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Artists Confidential: Join Kay Meek Centre’s managing and artistic director Claude Giroux for intimate dialogue with playwright and actor Norm FosterWednesday, April 30 at 10:30 a.m.

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Excellent seafood and British dishes on the Waterfront. Friday and Saturday, Prime Rib Dinner.

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Reader’s Choice 2006 Winner offering Authentic Indian Cuisine.

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Classic French cuisine served in an elegant and graceful setting.

Neighbourhood For over 34 years, Chez Michel has Noodles House $ treated guests to only the best.

North Shore’s best variety & quality Traditional seafood and meat Chinese food.Serving Lunch & Dinner entrees, dressed in rich, tempting 7 days a week.Eat in,10% off takeout. sauces, are specially featured Free delivery min.$20.00 order within alongside a superb selection of 3 kms. wines and a decadent dessert list.

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The best weekend breakfasts ‘til 2pm. Great selection of import draft.

All Canucks PPV games on the big screens.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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clearly succeeds. Fully half of all Lexuses (Lexii?) sold in Canada are RX crossovers, either in hybrid trim as the 450h, or V6 only, as here.

The styling may be conservative, but it works, and the larger wheels pair nicely with the sheet metal.

Strong accent lines run along the beltline, and the folded-paper crispness of some of the angles is very Japanese. While it might not look radically different from something like a Venza in profile, it’s a pretty good-looking rig.

It should be noted that this shape has been with

Corvette chops roof off Z06 The Corvette Z06 is a track-only special, a hardcore, race-bred, brutally punishing machine that exists only to kick Porsches in the groin and shake its owner’s fillings out.

And now you can get one without a roof, for sunny, top-down cruising.

Say what?

The new ‘Vette Z06 convertible still looks the part, and still cranks out some eye-watering numbers. Its supercharged V-8 engine bellows in anger as it spins up to 625 horsepower, and power gets to the ground through a seven-speed manual or an eight-speed automatic.

Scratch that, power doesn’t get to the ground, it just vaporizes the tires.

However, turning a coupe into a convertible is always a compromise, no? What was once a specialized track scalpel suddenly becomes an overcooked pasta noodle for the Hawaiian shirt and medallion crowd.

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The concept of the corporate grille, as far as I can make out, is that it should allow passersby to immediately know what brand you’re driving, no matter whether sedan or SUV. Thus, we have BMW’s ever-broadening twinkidney grilles, propellersized Mercedes-Benz three-pointed stars, and now this.

This is what Lexus refers to as their spindle grille, a wasp-waisted design that adorns everything from the IS sedan up to the popular RX series crossover. It appears that its purpose is to frighten small children.

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Yikes! That’s quite an angry looking mug for such a formerly laidback cruiser.

Clearly, Lexus is anxious to inject some personality into their somewhat vanilla people hauler. It looks like it might actually bite you.

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However, somewhat disappointingly, there isn’t any more power on tap.

The engine, a silky smooth 3.5-litre V-6, still pumps out 270 horsepower and 248 foot-pounds of torque.

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The forward-mounted gated shifter is not a very modern-looking device — it’s a bit old school in here.

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It’s also, despite the declared sporting intent, a very comfortable vehicle.

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Third row gives MDX a unique advantage From page 40 Both are the sales leaders for each respective brand.

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Lexus boldly goes where everybody else is Launching at this week’s New York International Auto Show, Lexus is finally entering the lucrative and ubiquitous compact crossover market. Their machine is called the NX, and it will come with the first turbocharged engine Lexus has ever made.

Lexus quite famously created the luxury crossover with its RX line of vehicles, and it’s thus somewhat puzzling why it’s so late to the party here. Compact crossovers are a burgeoning sales segment, especially in Canada, and taking the fight to trucklets like the BMW X1 and Audi Q5 just makes sense.

What does not make sense to some folks is the way the intensely angry, aggressively angular styling of something like the IS350 F Sport sedan translates to a RAV4-sized crossover. Good heavens — don’t lean on it, or you might cut yourself.

Power comes from a 2.0-litre four cylinder turbocharged engine putting out an undisclosed amount of horsepower, and there’ll also be a hybrid version, the NX300h, en route. Inside, you can find more Lexus firsts, like a heretofore unseen wireless charging tray for smartphones.

Styling aside, there’s every chance this little rocket-pod could actually be really good to drive.

The zippy IS sedan shocked more than a few drivers used to Lexus’s position as a very conservative brand, and the rumours about the upcoming V-8-powered version have got everyone all hot and bothered.

If the NX is going to elbow its way into a sales segment already crowded with popular choices, it’s going to have to stand out for more than its styling.

Stay tuned.

Jeep concepts bow in Moab, Utah While other concept cars might be pushed on stage by handlers where they can spin on a welllit dais, Jeep does things a little differently. As usual, they’re releasing their concepts into the wild, doing nine full days of rough roads and rock crawling over the Easter weekend.

This is a 12-year tradition for Jeep, who obviously knows their fanbase all too well. But, where last year was a bit of a tease with stuff like the Forward Control concept which you couldn’t actually buy, this new batch of specially prepped Jeeps are more down to Earth.

Take, for instance, the Wrangler Level Red (great name), which is less a concept than a fully built two-door. It gets crate Dana axles, a lower rockcrawling gear, and minor intake and exhaust power bumps. In short, it’s the sort of thing you could build yourself through the Mopar accessories catalogue.

The treatment also extends to the Cherokee, where the best-looking ride is probably the Dakar.

For a crossover, this thing looks the business, with jacked-up suspension, 33-inch tires, full armour plating along the belly, and cut down bumpers for better angle of attack. Now that’s the kind of compact crossover you can love.

Tesla involved in lemonslinging match California’s Lemon Law is an odd piece of legislation: essentially, it’s supposed to provide protection for customers if they buy a new car and find that it has to go into the shop constantly.

See Tesla page 43

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Tesla gets sour over Lemon Law challenge From page 42

However, legal wranglers are occasionally able to use the law as a loophole to return cars they didn’t actually want — or couldn’t afford — by claiming problems, or even affecting sabotage.

Currently, Tesla is embroiled in an Internet war of words with one Model S owner who’s trying to return his car under the law. Their response to a suit brought against the company went up on the Tesla blog site last week.

Aside from listing all the accolades the Model S has won from just about everybody, Tesla notes the above-and-beyond efforts of its service team to rectify the two issues mentioned in the suit: namely, malfunctioning door handles and a fuse that keeps blowing.

They also insinuate some improper legal rulefollowing, and note that when engineers applied no-tamper tape to the fuse — hey presto — the issue vanished. Their position: our car is perfectly fine, and there’s something fishy here, especially with a lawyer nicknamed the “Lemon Law King” involved.

Vince Megna, the lawyer in question, has fired back, accusing Tesla of taking the “big corporation approach” to discredit the owner, rather than dealing with a problematic car. He points out recent recalls across the entire industry, and wonders why it’s so impossible that Tesla might have produced one car that wasn’t up to snuff.

Black and white?

Hardly. When I drove a Tesla Model S last year, it was lovely and wonderful — and the rear door handles were malfunctioning. While there’s something suspicious about the way no-tamper tape suddenly “cured” the fuse issue, it’s not completely unbelievable that the car could have had a glitch or two, especially in these days of ever more complex automobiles.

However, the problem is more simple than that.

Rather than posting up

on blogs, Tesla should simply have bought back the car, quietly squashed the nuisance claim,

Watch this space for all the best and worst of automotive news, or submit your own auto oddities to brakingnews@gmail.com.

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*All payments & prices net of all rebates plus taxes & documentation fee of $598. Loyalty bonus of $1500 on discounted GM models. Loyalty bonus of $750 for current car owners. Pick up owners $2000 loyalty on cash purchase and $1000 loyalty on finance or lease. Vehicles not exactly as shown.

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Kerry Renaud

5

Denzil Owen

49,110

$

9,310

$

2,000

$

carter

NORTHSHORE PRICE

5

YEARS/160,000 KM POWERTRAIN WARRANTY

Louie Liu

John Proctor

37,800

$

YEARS/160,000 KM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE

Derrick Bergman

Nino Decottis

604-987-5231

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Prakash Panchal

A44 - North Shore News - Friday, April 18, 2014

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$

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OR FINANCE:

$

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• Sport • 4x4 • Soft Top

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FROM:

$

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FROM:

$

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$

OR FINANCE:

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FROM:

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$

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B/W

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FROM:

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OR FINANCE: STK#14265

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