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Two band councillors suspended Squamish band leaders in talks with police over ﬁnance affair

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

The Squamish Nation council has sent a notice to band members stating two band councillors whose actions have

come into question in a ﬁnancial audit have been “suspended” from their elected positions. The notice added band leaders are also talking to the North Vancouver RCMP about a preliminary

review of the situation that pointed to almost $1.5 million of Squamish Nation funds not properly accounted for and “we anticipate they will conduct a full investigation.” The recent notice follows a decision by the Squamish Nation council last month to strip Krisandra Jacobs and Glen Newman of authority over

ﬁnancial matters after an investigation revealed a signiﬁcant portion of $1.5 million from the band’s “emergency fund” wasn’t properly accounted for over the past two years. The investigation by lawyer Nazeer Mitha revealed Jacobs and Newman spent hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from the fund without

keeping proper records about who was given the money or what it was used for. The notice states the band council is considering further action but added, “we must continue to follow due process as we take additional administrative, legal, political and ﬁnancial steps.” The moves also follow

votes at two Squamish Nation general meetings requesting that Jacobs and Newman be removed from their elected roles. Band members also turned out to a band council meeting this week to voice their concerns. Clarissa Antone said she wants to see a full See Commercial page 5

Historic ski lodge to be restored CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

For 16 years, the Hollyburn Heritage Society has been advocating for the restoration of the historic Hollyburn Lodge and their efforts are ﬁnally paying off. The District of West Vancouver, Cypress Mountain and BC Parks announced this week that reconstruction of the aging landmark will begin next spring, with a targeted 2015/16 ski season opening. “There’s a feeling of joyfulness that we’re getting the job done,” says Don Grant, chairman of the heritage society. “The lodge is dearly loved by so many people. It’s such a unique place — it’s a place that retains the character of a time that is no longer here.” The one-storey, gableroofed, wood-frame ski See Ski page 3

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Students sleep out at STA for homeless youth CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

Reached for comment, Taffara stated in an email: “I am shocked and dismayed by the actions of the district and am currently seeking legal advice.” District staff will soon be issuing a request for proposals to ﬁnd a new operator for the restaurant, which McDonald said will ideally be up and running by the spring of 2015. Larson Station was still

A handful of high school students and staff chose to forgo their cosy beds Monday night in favour of the cold, damp ground. Nine students in grades 8 to 12 and three teachers from St. Thomas Aquinas secondary took part in the Covenant House Sleep Out fundraising event on Nov. 24. Each participant was asked to raise $200 — the cost of sheltering one youth for one night at Covenant House — and to spend a night outdoors to better understand what it’s like to be young and homeless. The St. Thomas Aquinas crew surpassed their fundraising goal, collectively raising $4,000 for the youth shelter. “We’ve been fundraising for them for years and it’s kind of a good fit, youth helping youth,” says campus ministry co-ordinator Michelle Robertson, one of the staff participants. “It’s a great organization, Covenant House.” The high school edition of the Covenant House Sleep Out is a new initiative modelled after the non-profit’s Executive Sleep Out events, which see business professionals and public figures take on the same challenge. The North Vancouver teens were allowed to bring a backpack and a sleeping bag, but no pillow, sleeping mat or snacks.They were permitted to carry a phone,

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Ski lodge dates back to pioneer days From page 1 lodge opened on Hollyburn Ridge in 1927 and to this day remains a popular rest stop for cross-country skiers and snowshoers. According to the heritage society’s website, several commercial ski lodges were built on the

North Shore mountains before 1960, but all those lodges, with the exception of Hollyburn, were eventually destroyed by ﬁre or dismantled. Society members have been working with Cypress Mountain for several years to determine the funding

model for the restoration. Under this partnership, Cypress will retain the asset on their park use permit and Cypress’s ownership group, CNL Lifestyle Properties, will contribute the bulk of the capital needed to rebuild. “Our goal is to move the lodge

from a one-season to a two-season facility open to the public,” said Cypress Mountain general manager Bobby Swain. Cypress’s commitment, along with Olympic legacy funds held by BC Parks and ﬁnancial contributions from the District of West

Vancouver, put the present restoration budget at $800,000. Additional fundraising by both the district and Cypress is underway. Donations can be made through the West Vancouver Foundation at westvanfoundation.com.

Larson Station operator sacked District cites contractual problems for Gleneagles restaurant closure BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The District of North Vancouver has torn up the contract and evicted the operator who had been running the Larson Station restaurant and concession stand at the Gleneagles

Community Centre. Council voted to terminate the contract at a recent in-camera meeting on the advice of staff after months of negotiations with hospitality contractor Enzo Taffara. At issue was Taffara not meeting the minimum operating hours as required in the contract resulting in

complaints from community centre patrons and golfers, according to Jeff McDonald, district spokesman. “He generally was open from late morning or noon till early evening whereas the operating agreement and the posted hours required that he open basically as soon as the golf course was open,” McDonald said. “The district is not happy to have taken this move and did so reluctantly, but it was necessary given that golfers

at Gleneagles Golf Course and patrons of Gleneagles Community Centre were not receiving basic services that they expect, and contractual obligations were not being met despite our repeated requests that the operator meet those obligations.” Operating hours at the concession stand were even worse, McDonald said noting it had been opened once from Sept. 2 to Nov. 9 this year.

Accused’s child porn collection was massive, court hears JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A 30-year-old NorthVancouver man who downloaded a massive collection of “abhorrent” child pornography over ﬁlesharing networks should go to jail for 16 to 18 months, a Crown prosecutor told a judge this week. Crown counsel Adrienne Lee asked for the prison term Monday in North Vancouver provincial court during a sentencing hearing for Bradley Nicholas

Wray Demarco, who has pleaded guilty to one charge of possession of child pornography. Demarco’s huge collection of child pornography was discovered in January 2014 during an online sting operation conducted by an officer in the RCMP’s child exploitation unit.The officer tracked the IP address of a person downloading videos and images of child pornography over a peer file-sharing network to Demarco’s home.

When police executed a search warrant at the house on Jan. 23, 2014, they had to knock loudly several times and threaten to break the door down before Demarco opened it, said Lee. She said later examination showed “just prior to the police gaining entrance into the house the accused had tried to delete the folder containing child pornography.” Lee said Demarco wasn’t able to do that because the folder was too large. When police analysts

examined a computer hard drive, they found 360 video ﬁles and almost 40,000 images that met the deﬁnition of child pornography, said Lee, which had been collected over a three-year period. Lee described the images and videos as “abhorrent, disturbing, repulsive” and “upsetting.” “It is extreme in terms of its graphic nature,” she said. “These are real children that are being violated and sexually assaulted.” She added the young

age of the children is an aggravating factor in the case, as is the volume of child pornography collected. A psychological report put Demarco on the “low end” of a moderate risk to re-offend. Defence lawyer Peter Whyte asked for a shorter jail sentence. Whyte described Demarco as a man with a “dark secret,” who was depressed after being ﬁred from his job when he ﬁrst came across child pornography by accident.

Whyte said his client still struggles to understand his own actions. He has only been allowed access to his own infant son under supervision,Whyte added. “There are few offences in the criminal code that attract more abhorrence,” he said. Whyte asked the judge for a sentence of three to ﬁve months in jail. Conviction now carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 90 days in jail. Judge Steven Merrick has reserved his decision until next month.

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forensic investigation of all Squamish Nation departments going back 15 years. “You have to respect what the people want. They want the audit to go through,” she said. Band member Bev Brown said she also asked if the pair are being paid their council salaries while they are suspended, and whether the suspensions are temporary or permanent, but hasn’t been able to get an answer from the band council. “They don’t answer direct questions,” said Brown. Both Brown and Antone said they’ve also been raising their concerns

outside of the Squamish Nation, including with politicians and the Association of B.C. Indian Chiefs. About $14 million of the band’s $57-million annual budget comes from the federal government. Antone said she’s concerned there could potentially be more money that hasn’t been properly accounted for. “I believe there’s way more than what they’re showing,” she said. Cpl. Richard De Jong, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP, said the commercial crime unit is now looking into the issue, starting with an examination of the thirdparty audit. If a full forensic investigation is warranted,

it could take weeks, months or even years, he warned. Meanwhile, Brown and Antone said they are concerned no one in the band’s ﬁnance department, which issued large numbers of cheques to Jacobs and Newman without proper oversight, has faced penalties or been investigated further. Shellene Paull said the band council has known for years that greater ﬁnancial controls were necessary but did not take action to put them in place. “We could have avoided all this,” she said. Reached by phone, Krisandra Jacobs said she had no comment on the situation. Newman could not be reached.

but only for the purpose of promoting the fundraising campaign via social media — no gaming or entertainment allowed. Far from ideal camping conditions, the rainy November weather helped the students better understand the plight of homeless youth, Robertson says. “This kind of weather is really when you learn about what it’s like to be on the street,” she says. “I don’t think it would have the same impact” holding the event in the spring, she adds. Monday’s events kicked off with guest speakers, activities, an educational video about youth homelessness and discussion. Participants then headed onto the school

Police ask for help in finding missing man BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

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North Vancouver RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout for a North Vancouver man who hasn’t been seen in more than a week. Andrzej Stanczak, 57, was last seen on the afternoon of Nov. 22 leaving his residence on east Keith Road, according to the RCMP.

“We’ve checked all the usual contacts and locations where he may be — friends, business, banking records. Everything’s been gone through to see if there’s any connection to anything,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “He’s still missing. His family’s still concerned, as we are, so we’re asking for the public’s help.”

Stanczak doesn’t have a vehicle or a cellphone, De Jong noted. Police describe Stanczak as a Caucasian male with a slim build. He is balding and wears glasses. He was last seen wearing a black Nike jacket, grey cord pants, and white Adidas running shoes. Anyone who has seen Stanczak or may know his whereabouts is asked to call North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311.

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uditor General Michael Ferguson released a report this week that found one in five military veterans suffering from the mental wounds of war are not getting timely access to the care and benefits they need. It’s the latest in a years-long series of shameful recognitions that the veterans of today are slipping through the cracks. More Canadian soldiers have died from suicide in the last 10 years than were killed in combat in Afghanistan. The New Veterans Charter, put in place by the government in 2005, remains the subject of a class action lawsuit from wounded vets who receive less compensation than veterans of all previous conflicts received. There’s also the closing of veterans services offices, making it harder for those in need to actually reach the services they are entitled to.

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This voter will be keeping tabs on promises Dear Editor: Mixed (election) results on the North Shore.The City of North Vancouver returned the same slate which has driven development and congestion and the district has tilted slightly to lower and slower growth based on the platforms of those elected. Development and congestion will be the main issues for years to come.When the Upper

Levels Highway was built in the ’50s it handled the population quite well.The growth of the North Shore and the region in the past 70 years have contributed to massive bottlenecks as the North Shore has been left out of signiﬁcant upgrades. The recent announcement of a 3.5-year plan for the Mountain Highway interchange leads one to believe that the piecemeal direction of easing the ﬁve

bottlenecks (trafﬁc funnels of three lanes turning into two) could take up to 20 years. As we blindly follow growth patterns established in various OCPs, will we ever have the proper roadways and transportation methods (i.e. transit) to deal with the growth we already have and the future growth everyone says is inevitable? I have seen OCPs tinkered with regularly so I would ask the newly elected district council

members to be cautious in proceeding with everything laid out in the OCP. Don’t operate in a vacuum. Consult with the province and when there is some agreement on proper road widening (and eventually the two bridges) then proceed with growth at a reasonable pace. Unfortunately, citizens in the City of North Vancouver want more of the same based on the re-election of the

same crew.We can expect more bike lanes (I don’t mind them; however, side streets and greenways are better situated than putting them on main through roads.) and more expensive planters in the middle of intersections under the guise of roundabouts. TransLink continues to ignore the North Shore but keep up the good ﬁght. I am sure they will take the already constructed third

SeaBus out of mothballs within 10 years. It is needed sooner. Finally, as a district voter, I have saved all of the elected members’ position statements on density and congestion. It will be interesting to keep tabs on whether or not you will all deliver on your statements. Infrastructure catch-up is badly needed. Darryll McDonald North Vancouver

Teachers should decide for themselves whether to apply for Chevron funds Dear Editor: Re:Teachers Put Brakes on Program, Nov. 23 news story It was with disappointment, but not surprise, that I read

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Turnout hints at provincial shakeup

The municipal election results in three key areas should cause alarm bells to ring in NDP circles, and celebration fireworks to go off in Green Party ones and perhaps among B.C. Liberals as well. InVancouver, Surrey and the capital region, voter turnout increased significantly —but relatively few of those new voters opted for NDP-linked candidates. Instead, the Green Party and centre-right parties were the chief recipients of the flood of new voters. Those in the left in Vancouver are tearing their hair out because they think that the far-left COPE party split the vote and costVision Vancouver support, but that‘s not necessarily what happened.The real story is that the NDP is not getting new voters out, and that has dire implications for the party in the next provincial election if that trend holds. InVancouver, for example, the Green Party‘s Adrienne Carr shot to the top of the council polls as she increased her support by more than 25,000

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View from the Ledge votes, which is somewhat staggering.The right-leaning NPA boosted its council vote by roughly 12,000 votes. But while incumbent Mayor Gregor Robertson boosted his own totals slightly, theVision/NDP vote was essentially stagnant, as its top candidate this year got slightly less than its top candidate in 2011. The party also ﬂatlined in the vote for school board, and lost control of the park board (this, even though 37,000 people voted who did not vote in 2011). It’s hard to see a credible argument that if COPE were to disappear tomorrow, all of

its supporters would flock to Vision. A significant number would, of course, but I fail to see any evidence to suggest most would. In fact, the vote for COPE city council candidates actually dropped in this election, despite all those new voters. No, the story inVancouver is that the Green Party was able to greatly increase its support, while the NPA also boosted its vote by a significant amount (the Greens also elected two parks board commissioners and hold the deciding vote on the school board, as their support shot up by 10,000 to 15,000 votes). InVictoria, the outcome was slightly more encouraging for the NDP, but the party lost the seemingly impregnable mayor’s chair to a Green-like candidate. Lisa Helps beat incumbent Dean Fortin, despite the fact the capital region’s NDP MLAs all strongly endorsed him and publicly campaigned for him. Helps’ victory sent a number of New Democrats reeling. UnlikeVancouver,Victoria’s municipal scene is less

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almost won the federal byelection inVictoria two years ago, Helps’ win shouldn’t come as a total surprise.The capital region saw other Green candidates elected, including a new mayor in Central Saanich. These events suggest the NDP has work to do to consolidate one of its traditional strongholds. But I’d say right now, the odds favour the Greens stealing at least one more seat in the capital region in the 2017 provincial election.

In Surrey, the centreright Surrey First party steamrolled to victory in both city council and school board races, as again more new voters backed that party than any of the other alternatives.This put a big smile on the faces of B.C. Liberals, who know Surrey — notVancouver — is one of the keys to them holding power in this province. There are two dozen provincial ridings spread

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North Shore cyclists are eager to get their ﬁrst look at planned safety improvements to the Stanley Park Causeway. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is debuting its preliminary designs for the 2.2-kilometre stretch between the Lions Gate Bridge and Lost Lagoon at a public consultation meeting on Tuesday afternoon. “We haven’t seen the actual design but of course we had a list of things we

wanted to see in the design,” said Heather Drugge, a North Shore spokeswoman for HUB, the Lower Mainland cycling advocacy group. “We’re totally expecting it would at least include a barrier between the vehicle trafﬁc and the actual sidewalk, which would obviously be a massive improvement.” In May 2013, a 61-yearold North Vancouver woman died when she fell from her bike and into the path of a West Vancouver bus on the causeway.The incident spurred a petition from cyclists and fast-tracked

safety improvements from the province, the Vancouver Park Board and the City of Vancouver. The preferred option primarily focuses on widening the sidewalks and installing safety fencing to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians, according to the province. Still, cyclists would like to see some form of separation between themselves and pedestrians who move much slower and are often unable to hear cyclists’ bells. The causeway has become more popular for both in recent years, leading to more

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for its sidewalk widening project.The east sidewalk is expected to remain closed until January and the west sidewalk is scheduled to close soon after. “That could be awkward but at the same time, I’d

conﬂicts between cyclists and pedestrians, Drugge said. Also of concern is the construction schedule, with the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing partly out of commission

rather see the changes go forward,” Drugge said. Tuesday’s public consultation meeting takes place at the Coal Harbour Community Centre at 480 Broughton St from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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the current government look bad.The FuelYour School program website clearly states that there will be absolutely no advertising in the schools, nor is there anything on the website suggesting a requirement by teachers to promote Chevron in the classrooms. Mr. Stuible is also quoted as saying that Chevron “is a big corporation which clearly, probably (sic) has ulterior motives.”While Mr. Stuible’s grasp of proper grammar in this quote may be tenuous at best, he is correct. Chevron is a “for profit” organization, and they have a duty to their shareholders. Could it just be possible that the “ulterior” benefit to which Mr. Stuible refers, is simply the hope that drivers will choose to fill up at Chevron instead of their competitors, knowing that, if they fill up at Chevron, some of the money being paid is going back into the community? The vast majority of teachers are passionate about their work and many are frustrated about the limited resources available in order to do their job as well as they would like to do it.The prolonged teachers’ strike last spring, summer and fall, which caused

hardship to many teachers, students and parents, made it obvious that the government is not going to easily hand over more of the taxpayers money to the schools. So now we have a taxpayer in the community ready to step up and ﬁll that void and the local chapter of the BCTF is advising its members not to accept it. Hopefully, Mr. Stuible’s and the BCTF’s views will prove to be inconsistent with those of the vast majority of teachers who really do have

the best interests of their students as their top priority when teaching.The BCTF should forget about politics and champion those that are willing to contribute to our education system without asking anything in return, other than the hope that consumers, which we all are, will choose to buy products from retailers that are giving back to the community over those that are not. Jonathan J. Lazar North Vancouver

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— Rebel Music —

Off the Cuff Top 10 Playlist

— A weekly gleaner of Internet sources and other media —

10 Frederic Rzewski’s “36 Variations on The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” performed by Ursula Oppens (http:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=k40HVQJZYLM). Piece based on the Unidad Popular coalition song ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! by Sergio Ortega and Quilapayún (http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm62K9tL7M) written in Chile between 1969 and 1973, prior to the overthrow of Salvador Allende. 9 The Special AKA — “Free Nelson Mandela” (ﬁrst run through of song: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=zmkTAvtneYw). Band released track as a single “Nelson Mandela” / “Break Down The Door” in 1984 as a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela by the apartheid South African government. Elvis Costello produced session. (http:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU).

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Derrival arrive ■ Derrival plays two shows this weekend: Friday, Nov. 28 with Morning Show and Fraser Maclean at The Media Club, 695 Cambie St., Vancouver. Doors 7 p.m., tickets $10. And Sunday, Nov. 30, 11:30 a.m. at Jack Poole Plaza as part of the Grey Cup Fan March. Free, all-ages. CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

Adam Mah has watched many of his favourite bands play at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom, so to perform on the same historic stage that has hosted everyone from B.B. King and David Bowie to Coldplay and Lady Gaga was a thrill for the 19-year-old member of indie rock band Derrival. As one of three ﬁnalists in the Peak Performance Project music contest, Derrival played a grand ﬁnale concert Nov. 20 at the downtown venue along with Good For Grapes and North Vancouver-based The Tourist Company. “It was pretty incredible and pretty surreal being able to play that stage,” Mah says. Although it was Surrey’s Good For Grapes

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that walked away with the $102,700 grand prize, Derrival took home a cool $75,000 for their second-place ﬁnish. The band is “over the moon” with the result, Mah says. “Our goal from the get-go was to get into the top three, so just doing that alone was amazing.” And they already have a rough plan for their winnings. “We really want to record a full-length album, so we’re just in pre-production for that right now,” Mah says. “We’re also looking at touring the States after that album’s released.” The Peak Performance Project is an annual artist development program and battle-of-thebands style competition launched by radio station 102.7 FM The Peak that is designed to educate, promote and launch the careers of upand-coming B.C. musicians. Past winners have included We Are the City, Kyprios, Current Swell, Dear Rouge and Rykka. This year’s top-12 artists attended a week-long bootcamp in the Okanagan led by industry professionals and performers. Mah was pleasantly surprised to learn that, despite the music industry’s money-hungry reputation, building meaningful relationships is critical for success.

“People want to work with people that they’re friends with and people that aren’t just all about the business side of things,” he says. He was also happy to find out just how many grants he is eligible to apply for. Derrival — a portmanteau of “departure” and “arrival” — consists of Mah (lead vocals/ rhythm guitar), Glen Jackson (lead guitar/ vocals), Dan Kozlowski (drums), Deven Azevedo (bass/vocals) and Shane Stephenson (keys/vocals) — all of them between the ages of 19 and 21. Mah and Jackson are both in the Arts and Entertainment Management program at Capilano University, but they’ve been playing music together since high school. Mah, Kozlowski and Azevedo met at Langley Fine Arts school and connected with neighbours Jackson and Stephenson of nearby D.W. Poppy secondary in 2009 to form their fivesome. “I think when most bands start out you kind of try and emulate who you’re listening to a lot and you don’t really explore different sounds all that much,” Mah says, citing the Februarys, The Kooks, The Strokes and Modest Mouse as early influences. “But I think we’ve sort of See Derrival page 15

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CHURCHILL HOUSE RETIREMENT RESIDENCE 150 West 29th St., North Vancouver. Student Art Show: Twenty students will be showcasing watercolour paintings Sunday, Dec. 7, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Originals, prints and cards will be available for purchase. CITY ATRIUM GALLERY 141 West 14th St., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.604-9886844 nvartscouncil.ca NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present an art display of creatures from the deep by artist Larissa Blokhuis until Jan. 19. Info: cnv.org/ deepseaart.

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POWER LINE TREE PRUNING AND HAZARD TREE REMOVALS NORTH VANCOUVER When: November 17, 2014 to March 16, 2015 Time: 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Trees are a signiďŹ cant cause of power interruptions. Contact between trees and power lines can also create a severe danger. Over the next few months we will be pruning and removing trees in the North Vancouver area.

Boundaries: North: Highway 1 East: Fell Ave South: Burrard Inlet West: Capilano River Trees are pruned using the best arboriculture (tree care) practices. Skilled workers employed by BC Hydro are trained in both electrical safety and tree care. Only correct and proper techniques are used to eliminate any safety hazards. For more information about this work, please call Brian Priest at 604 983 8293. For more information on our vegetation management practices, please visit bchydro.com/trees.

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CALENDAR From page 14 sale at this fundraising event and group exhibition until Dec. 20.All artwork will be priced at $100 and the artist will remain anonymous until after the purchase. The Gift Box: Buy local from two display cases dedicated to local artisans who specialize in high quality, hand-crafted and unique gift items. Art Rental Salon: An ongoing art rental programme with a variety of original artwork available ranging from $10 to $40 per month. DISTRICT LIBRARY GALLERY 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. nvartscouncil.ca NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present artwork by Squamish Nation Band member Gigaemi from Dec. 10 to Feb. 10. Opening reception: Saturday, Dec. 13, 2-4 p.m. GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.WednesdayFriday, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Adult admission by donation/children free. 604-998-8563 info@ smithfoundation.ca Gallery Tours: Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. Registration required. PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY 333 Chesterﬁeld Ave., North Vancouver. Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 604-986-1351 presentationhousegallery.org Lee Friedlander’s photographs and books will be on display until Feb. 8. Opening reception: Friday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m. PRESENTATION HOUSE SATELLITE GALLERY 560 Seymour St., Vancouver.WednesdaySaturday, noon to 6 p.m. satellitegallery.ca The Port/Matthew Buckingham: Obscure Moorings: An examination ofVancouver’s role as a port city and its relation with the maritime worker will run until Dec. 6. RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Art and Deco: Abstract compositions by Michael Jeffery and Christmas decorations by Parkgate Ceramic Studio

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members will be on display until Dec. 7. Blue Sky Meets Fired Earth: Landscape paintings by Cathy Roddie and ceramic forms by Liz De Beer will be on display from Dec. 7 to Jan. 11.

Charlie Brown Christmas, Cabaret and more Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 8 p.m.Tickets: $15/$10/$5. Winter Harp: An ensemble of harps, ﬂutes, medieval instruments and percussion combine for a concert of carols, poetry and song Dec. 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $37/$34.

SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com Winter Gift Gallery: The gallery will be selling a selection of holiday gifts by local artists until Dec. 24, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Curator’s Talk: Every Thursday at noon there will be a 20-minute curator’s talk with background on the current show in the gallery. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver.Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Exhibition: Embellished watercolour works by Donna Polos and pottery and sculpture by Bica Gomes will be on display until Nov. 30. Silent Auction: Capilano University IDEA students will hold an auction of paintings from the Reﬂections 2015 calendar series. Bidding will open Dec. 2 and close Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. Opening reception: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 6-8 p.m. WEST VANCOUVER

MUNICIPAL HALL 750 17th St.,West Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604925-7290 Art in the Hall: Landscape paintings by Jane Clark will be on display until Nov. 28. WEST VANCOUVER MUSEUM 680 17th St.,West Vancouver.TuesdaySaturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-925-7295 westvancouvermuseum.ca Harry and JessieWebb: — Artists inVancouver’s Jazz Age: An exhibition that draws from the artists’ estate will run until Dec. 6.

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CAPILANO UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. 604-9907810 capilanou.ca/ blueshoreﬁnancialcentre/ Cap Classical and Choral — The French Connection: Capilano University Chorus and Capilano University Singers will perform a choral repertoire from France with a professional instrumental ensemble and soloists Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 30 at 3 p.m.Tickets: $25/$20/$10. MusicallyYours: Cap Classical and Choral will present a lighthearted evening of musical excerpts from A

CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com Fast Forward —West Coast Celtic at the Speed of Joy: The North Shore Celtic Ensemble will perform a musical extravaganza highlighting connections, past, present and future Saturday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $25/$15. Tribute to the Great Polish Composers: Pianist Katarzyna Musial will perform Sunday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m.Tickets: $29/$19/$10. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver.Tickets: 604981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com It’s Still Only Rain, Dear: Jazz Connexion and the Sea to SkyWind Ensemble will perform a double-bill beneﬁt concert for North Shore Search and Rescue Saturday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m.Tickets: $15/$10. Nava Intercultural Orchestra will perform

Monday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. Admission: $20.Tickets: 604985-6282. Year End InVoice: Pandora’sVox and Espiritu will perform their annual Christmas concert Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 6 at 2 and 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $32/$28/$24/$20/$12. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Classical Concert Series — Medieval Carols: Soprano Elspeth McVeigh, harpist Rebecca Blair and lutenist Nathaniel Hurvitz will perform Thursday, Dec. 4 at 10:30 a.m.Tickets: $20/$15. Classical Concert Series: Sarah Jane Scouten will play a striped down set of seasonal folk tunes Thursday, Dec. 11 at 10:30 a.m.Tickets: $20/$15. ST. ANDREW’S

UNITED CHURCH 1044 St. Georges St., North Vancouver. 604-985-0408 st-andrews-united.ca ChristmasWith Bach: The Laudate Singers will perform with a baroque orchestra Sunday, Dec. 7, 3-5 p.m.Admission: $35/$30/$15. Tickets: 604-729-6814 or laudatesingers.com. ST. FRANCIS-IN-THEWOOD 4773 South Piccadilly Rd., West Vancouver. The Magic of Christmas: An unplugged evening of Christmas music featuring Michelle, Monique and Michael Creber, Gabriel Brown,Andrea Libman, Edith Wallace, the Cypress Singers and other special guests Sunday, Dec. 7, 7:30-10 p.m. Admission: $90/$45/$25. Info: magicofchristmas.com. WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr.,West See more page 17

Derrival working on sound From page 13 found our sound and we’re starting to get inﬂuenced by things that aren’t just music,” he continues, explaining the group has been experimenting with electronic drum sounds and mixing synth with

more traditional rock. To date, Derrival has released a two-song seven-inch featuring “The Autumn Game” and “Modern Age Kids” (2011), an extended playlist called Youth Captured (2013) and the single “Original Script” (2014).

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It’s easy to imagine Lee Friedlander aiming his camera at snow-marbled peaks in the Rockies, shaking his head, and walking behind a tree to shoot through gnarled branches instead. Anyone could photograph the petals of a ﬂower. Friedlander, 80, did an entire

series on the stems. His indefatigable iris has blinked at decapitated mannequins, slumbering jazz greats and the desert from the passenger window of a rental car. Presentation House Gallery is set to unveil ﬁve decades from photography’s most surprising octogenarian beginning Nov. 29. “He’s a force,” says PHG curator Helga Pakasaar, who describes him as “ferociously” putting out new works. Friedlander hasn’t been the subject of a major exhibition in Canada since the 1970s, making the exhibit a “bit of a coup” for Pakasaar. While some photographers take pride in a painterly approach, Friedlander is more of a pinball player, relinquishing control in order to just react — shooting piles of pictures and sifting through the stacks later.

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CALENDAR From page 15 Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca TheVancouver Bach Choir along with two guest soloists will perform excerpts from Handel’s Messiah as well as a selection of traditional carols Friday, Dec. 12, 7:308:45 p.m.There will also be a short audience singalong. Family Concert: The Laudate Singers will perform

a concert of choral music including seasonal favourites with a singalong and active participation Sunday, Dec. 14, 2-3 p.m.

for North Shore Crisis Services Society Friday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m.Admission: $15/$10.Tickets available at the door or 604-926-1812.

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the early days of the rust bowl as steel mills and tire plants halted production and laid off workers in the late 1970s. Friedlander reportedly offered trumpet genius Miles Davis a mirror to ease his nerves during a photo shoot and captured the words God Bless America beneath a sign for burgers in the same picture; apparently without leaving his car. Choosing pictures for the PHG show was “quite pragmatic” according to Pakasaar. The gallery came into contact with a private

collector who commissioned Friedlander’s Canadian Rockies series and discovered he had a cache of other Friedlander shots. Most of the photographs hanging in the gallery are on loan from the collector. Friedlander’s willingness to insert himself into his photos plays like the equivalent to gonzo journalism.We glimpse Friedlander in reﬂections on storefront glass or in the shadow falling across a woman’s back. Some photographers are inseparable from their cities or from certain beats. Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, belongs

to a NewYork of neon and shadows that only existed between dusk and dawn. For Aberdeen,Wash. native Friedlander, the connection to his town is more tentative but still seems present in his work, according to Pakasaar. Friedlander’s preference for swarming foreground images that block out mountains may have been the result of living in Aberdeen. “His immediate environment would’ve been a rainforest,” Pakasaar explains. “You don’t get a vista.” Even when shooting in the expansive spaces of Arizona or New Mexico,

Friedlander refrains from showing us the horizon. “He was drawn to the desert but then what he does with that is not give these wide-open perspectives,” Pakasaar notes. His love of nature is also apparent in his pictures. “I think he has an affection for the natural world that is very deep,” Pakasaar says. “I don’t know for sure except that I do know from looking at his photographs that he’s very comfortable in natural environments. He’s not distant from it, he’s very engaged.” The exhibit is scheduled to close Feb. 8, 2015.

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French disaster flick hits too close to home ■ Force Majeure. Directed by Ruben Ostlund. Starring Johannes Bah Kuhnke and Lisa Loven Kongsli. Rating: 8 (out of 10) JULIE CRAWFORD ContributingWriter

A wayward bat once got into our house and ﬂew wildly around the living room for what seemed like an eternity. I’ll confess: I immediately abandoned my two toddlers and dove behind the sofa. I’ve often worried that that event was an indicator of my ability to protect my children in a real — nonbat-related — crisis. We all like to think that we would throw ourselves on top of the ones we love but who’s to say we wouldn’t run in the other direction? Ruben Ostlund mulls over this question in Force Majeure, opening tonight at the Vancity Theatre.The ﬁlm, which took the Grand Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, is a thoughtful psychodrama about family and gender roles, the role of the modern patriarch in particular.

Workaholic Tomas (Johannes Bah Kuhnke) arrives with wife Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli) and two young children for a much-needed holiday in the French Alps.The Swedish family is picture-perfect, quite literally: the family poses for several magazineworthy glossy portraits in an opening scene. The surroundings are breathtaking but ominously so. Almost completely devoid of score or soundtrack, much of the ﬁlm occurs in nearsilence, with only the squeak of the rope-tow or the far-off booms of charges detonating to signal trouble to come. On day two of the vacation the family is sitting at lunch on a patio with a million-dollar mountain view.The food has just been served when a controlled avalanche comes perilously close to the building.When the snow clears Tomas is nowhere to be found, having run for his life to save himself while Ebba protected Vera and Harry. Ebba is shaken. She can’t reconcile the fact that while she grabbed the kids,Tomas grabbed his

cellphone and ran.Tomas’ response of “you seem irritated” does nothing to ease the tension. “You ran away from me and the kids,” she says later, at dinner with new acquaintances.Tomas’ abandonment pales against the fact that he refuses to acknowledge Ebba’s version of events. Suddenly even mundane acts like toothbrushing seem angrier, the mountain’s grooming equipment more menacing. There are nighttime conversations in the hotel hallway out of earshot of the children, who are acting out, knowing something is amiss. The debating continues when an old friend arrives at the resort (Kristofer Hivju) accompanied by his much-younger girlfriend (Fanni Metelius). Now Tomas isn’t the only one whose manhood is called into question. What follows is a painfully realistic examination of conscience by Tomas, emasculated by the realization that he ran, and a reckoning by Ebba, who ponders the need for a husband who can’t be

counted on when it matters. Acting is uniformly great, the players conveying as much of their struggles using body language as with words, while Ostlund’s white-out scenery is both majestic and alienating.You can’t help but leave Force Majeure questioning your own familial usefulness, and chilled by the possible outcomes.

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Celtic Ensemble set to celebrate 15th birthday Students performing Fast Forward at Centennial ■ Fast Forward, presented by the North Shore Celtic Ensemble in celebration of its 15th anniversary, Saturday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at NorthVancouver’s CentennialTheatre. Tickets: $25/$15, visit centennialtheatre.com. Info: nsce.ca. ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

For the co-founders of North Shore Celtic Ensemble, the last 15 years have passed in a ﬂash. From grassroots beginnings, the non-proﬁt organization has continued to evolve musically and attract talented young players, all the while maintaining a strong focus on social responsibility and community involvement. In acknowledgement of the quick passage of time and the organization’s accomplishments to date,

the Celtic ensemble will take the stage at North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre tomorrow night for an anniversary performance entitled Fast Forward. “It’s a little bit of the impression that we have, that it’s just a big blur.We always look forward to the next project, the next project and then suddenly it’s been 15 years,” says co-founder and artistic director Claude Giguère. The origin of the group was the result of a recording done by Giguère, a professional violinist, and Jay Knutson, a founding member of Spirit of theWest. Having met through a friend, they collaborated on a Celtic album, Entrelace, released in 1998. “That CD was the blueprint almost for the Celtic ensemble,” says Giguère, a NorthVancouver resident. Following its release, when Giguère was teaching music at theVancouver Waldorf School as well as privately, he came to realize just how many young players abandon their music lessons upon hitting their teenage years, something he wished to change.

“Celtic music seemed to be a great way of keeping kids doing music together,” he says. Calling on Knutson to help out and play rhythm, they used their album as the basis for a Celtic-focused youth group and started working with a few students, mainly Giguère’s charges from theWaldorf school, doing a few concerts here and there. “That kind of blossomed and it started expanding,” says Knutson, a longtime North Shore resident who recently moved to Kitsilano. He also serves as co-founder and artistic director of the ensemble. Based on the positive responses garnered from the youths themselves and audiences, the duo continued on, expanding their group to include members from outside of theWaldorf school, and the North Shore Celtic Ensemble was formed.The organization was registered as a charity in 2002, increasing its eligibility for various funding sources, and from then on, things have continued to take off. Today, the Celtic ensemble is comprised of approximately 60 students

from across the Lower Mainland divided into four different levels based on ability. In addition to a regular rehearsal schedule, members go on retreats, perform regularly and go on tour. Members have travelled to Scotland and the East Coast multiple times over the years. The program has been designed as an alternative program for young musicians.Their approach, which Giguère describes as “orchestral Celtic,” is not commonly seen, having many ﬁddlers on stage at once with backing instruments. All the players perform from memory and can pick up pieces by ear. “It’s about composition, it’s about improvisation as well, it’s about collaboration and it’s about playing in a group situation. It’s quite different than playing in an orchestra for instance,” he says. Giguère and Knutson work to offer their students hands-on experience with being a professional musician.They’ve sought to create an environment of friends, allowing See Group page 41

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CALENDAR From page 22 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $20. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Movies at the Meek: Le Week-End will be screened Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and The Overnighters will show Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m.Tickets: $12. LYNN VALLEY LIBRARY 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. 604-9840286 x8144 nvdpl.ca Book Launch Soirée: Fifty!With a Fabulous Future will be launched in

celebration of the library’s 50th anniversary Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m.The event will include appetizers, wine, music and a copy of the book. Admission: $50.Tickets: booklaunchsoiree.eventbrite. ca. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca North Shore Cric Crac Storytelling Evenings: How music came to the world will be presented by the North Shore Storytellers Sunday, Dec. 7, 7-9 p.m.Admission: $9/$7. Info: 604-985-5168, northshorestory@gmail.com or vancouverstorytelling.org

WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Opera With Nicolas Krusek: A series on beloved operas by Czech composers Bedrich Semtana, Antonin Dvorak and moreWednesday, Dec. 3, 12:30-2:30 p.m. SFU Philosopher’s Cafe: Everyone is welcome to join a discussion with moderator Randall MacKinnon Friday, Dec. 19 at 10:30 a.m. Topic:What are the pros and cons of philanthropy? Info: 778-782-8000 or philosopherscafe.net. — compiled by Debbie Caldwell. Email information to listings@nsnews.com.

Showtimes From page 19 The Equalizer (14A) — Fri, Mon-Thurs 9:40; Sat-Sun 3:40, 9:40 p.m. Corner Gas:The Movie (G) —Wed-Thur 7, 9:45 p.m. Royal Opera House: I Due Foscari — Sat 10 a.m. PARK &TILFORD Interstellar (PG) — Fri 6:30, 10; Sat-Sun 2:50, 6:30, 10;

Mon,Wed-Thur 8;Tue 4:15, 8 p.m. Dumb and DumberTo (PG) — Fri 7:20, 10:05; Sat-Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 10:05; Mon, Wed-Thurs 7:20, 10;Tue 4:50, 7:20, 10 p.m. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay,Part 1 (PG) — Fri, Mon,Wed-Thur 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10; Sat-Sun 12:40, 1:10, 3:40, 4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10;Tue 3:40,

4:10, 6:40, 7:10, 9:40, 10:10 Horrible Bosses 2 (14A) — Fri 7:40, 10:20; Sat-Sun 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:20; Mon,WedThur 7, 9:50;Tue 4:30, 7, 9:50 p.m.Thur 1 p.m. Penguins of Madagascar (G) — Sat-Sun 12:15 p.m.Thur 1 Penguins of Madagascar 3D (G) — Fri, Mon,Wed-Thur 7:30, 9:55; Sat-Sun 2:50, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55;Tue 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 p.m.

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City of North Vancouver Finance Committee Meeting Set 2015 Utility Rates City Hall, Council Chamber Monday, December 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm

The Finance Committee will hear a presentation on the proposed water, sewer, drainage, solid waste, eco levy and recycling utility rates for 2015. The information will also be available on the City’s website at www.cnv.org and a link is available to forward comments at www.cnv.org/2015utilityrates. The community is invited to join the Finance Committee at the meeting where there will be an opportunity to comment on the utilities overview.

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Get into the holiday spirit with this charming production of dancers aged 3-18. Over 100 students perform this classic after the hard work of over 80 hours of prep and practising. The Nutcracker is one of the world’s favourite ballets, and with Seymour Dance’s version- you’re in for a treat! This fairytale bursts with bewitching dancing, magical sets and the prettiest costumes imaginable. Tickets are available from Centennial Theatre and the costs are Adults $23, Student/Senior $20 and Children (2-12 year) $18.

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f you haven’t heard one already, you probably will. Stores are gearing up for the holiday season and Christmas songs are already filling the airwaves. We asked staff at the North Shore News to submit their favourite holiday song and compiled the results into the following list. While most choices weren’t surprising, the quiet person in the office who chose the sultry Eartha Kitt version of “Santa Baby” was. As the debate over the preferred version of Band-Aid’s classic “Do They Know It’s Christmas” rages on, take a look at the videos we have posted with this story to the North Shore News website and maybe you’ll find a new favourite.

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You’re invited to a FREE MAGICAL STAGE SHOW ﬁlled with non-stop entertainment from the RNB dancers, the funny Freddy Fuddpucker band and a host of whimsical Christmas mascots as the amazing magician, Matt Johnson brings Santa and snowﬂakes to Lynn Valley Centre. THE FIRST 400 CHILDREN RECEIVE FREE GLOWSTICKS and after the show enjoy balloon creations and follow Santa to his new Gingerbread House as he begins visiting and taking photos. The Christmas Choo-Choo starts up after the show with all proceeds to the Food Bank.

Don’t be late – come out and enjoy the show!

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CHRISTMAS TREE WALK - LIGHTING CEREMONY Lynn Valley Community Association Presents: Ofﬁcial lighting of the Christmas Trees 4:30-5:30pm Mayor will light the Christmas trees at 5pm Join us for this fun family event! Performances by Bobby Smith, Children’s Activities.

Lynn Valley Village gratefully acknowledges support from the North Shore News.

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Cornucopia perfects the art of eating Whistler food seminars turn Chateau into culinary lab MICHELLE HOPKINS ContributingWriter

I’m walking through the foyer of the Fairmont Chateau Whistler and gingerly carrying several objets d‘art — a strawberry Christmas bear, snowman and reindeer as well as a ﬂower centerpiece — all made out of chocolate. My partner Brent and I had just attended the hotel’s interactive seminar dubbed The Art of Edible Centrepieces and were heading back to our room to drop off our creations when it happened. I’d just been bragging to Brent about how proud I was of my artwork when seconds later my ﬂoral arrangement slipped out of my hands and crashed into

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for the last weekend of the 18th annual Cornucopia — a festival celebrating the best of food and wine. Right after our fun chocolate-themed class

with pastry chef and chocolatier Laurent Bernard we headed for The Art of Holiday Cooking. The 20 or more “student chefs” standing

in the Chateau’s kitchen settle into a collective hush as Chef de cuisine Kreg Graham takes command of the room. Graham ties his apron on, nodding and

smiling, as the attendees eagerly wait to learn some of the tricks of the trade. The interactive-themed cooking classes were a new addition this year for Cornucopia in Whistler. Over the course of threeplus hours, we completely immersed ourselves in Graham‘s tutelage. After a few introductions and pleasantries, we donned our aprons. Each couple is given their own personal work station and kitchen tools for slicing, dicing, chopping and blending. After all of the courses had been prepared, we headed to one of the hotel’s elegant dining rooms, which were beautifully festooned for the holidays, to consume what we had learned to make. As platter after platter of food made its way onto the table, we “chefs in the making” enjoyed the fruits of our labour. Every course was paired with appropriate wines. Our home for the weekend was the Fairmont See Exploring page 40

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to FASHION & STYLE

Fashion File HOLIDAY BAZAAR The North Vancouver Holiday Bazaar takes place Nov. 29 and 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Carson Graham secondary, 2145 Jones Ave. The bazaar will feature vendors, Christmas music, food stands, refreshments and more. Admission: $2. nvholidaybazaar.com POP-UP SHOP Browse jewelry by Melanie Auld, luxe toss pillows by Pillow Fight and resort wear by Anna Kosturova on Wednesday, Dec. 3 from 4 to 9 p.m. at Windsor Gallery, 248 E. 1st Ave., Vancouver. Shoppers will get a sneak peak of the gallery’s winter show.

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the year in the professional Canadian beauty industry. Meanwhile, Andree Rodrigues of Zazou Salon & Spa in Lynn Valley won the Student/Apprentice Hairstylist of theYear Award. Produced by Salon Communications, the awards ceremony took place earlier this month in Toronto at a gala hosted by Noah Cappe of the Food Network’s Carnival Eats. In total, 24 Contessa trophies were handed out. The awards are open

to all beauty professionals across Canada. Each year hair, nail and makeup professionals are invited to submit their best work in 23 categories. Four separate blind judging panels of independent industry experts evaluate the photographic submissions on originality, creativity, fashion appeal, model suitability and technical execution. The identities of entrants remain anonymous at all times. A number of other North Shore hairstylists

were among this year’s Contessa ﬁnalists, including Lyseng, who was also a contender for the Master Colourist Award. Her Supernova colleague Travis Battaglia was a ﬁnalist in the Texture Hairstylist and B.C. Hairstylist categories. Rodrigues’ co-workers at Zazou were also shortlisted for awards: Shaun Hewitt in the Men’s Hairstylist category, and Matthew Vanity in the Student/Apprentice Hairstylist category.

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The Observatory $$$$ www.grousemountain.com Grouse Mtn, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, N. Van. | 604-998-4403 A thrilling and epicurean experience 3700’ on Grouse Mountain above the twinkling lights of Vancouver. The Salmon House $$$$ www.salmonhouse.com 2229 Folkestone Way, W. Van. | 604-926-3212 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. FRENCH

Chez Michel $$$ www.chezmichelvancouver.com 1373 Marine Drive (2nd ﬂr), W. Van. | 604-926-4913 For over 34 years, Chez Michel has delighted guests with his Classic French cuisine. Seafood & meat entrees, a superb selection of wines & a decadent dessert list. Superior service with a waterfront view completes an exemplary lunch or dinner experience. CASUAL

Northlands Bar and Grill $$ www.golfnorthlands.com/bar-grill 3400 Anne MacDonald Way, North Vancouver | 604.924.2950 ext 2. Casual West Coast dining where nature is your dining partner. Sweeping views of Northlands 18th hole.

The Black Bear Neighbhourhood Pub

Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub

www.blackbearpub.com 1177 Lynn Valley Road, N. Van | 604.990.8880 “Favourite North Shore Neighbourhood Pub” 18 years running. Our daily commitment - provide a fun, safe, friendly eatery. We do great food, not fast food. Reserve your Christmas party today.

www.sailorhagarspub.com 86 Semisch Avenue, N. Van. | 604-984-3087 Spectacular view of Vancouver harbour & city, enjoy great food in a Brew Pub atmosphere. 18 beers on tap including our own 6 craftbrews. Live music, satellite sports, pool table, darts & heated patio.

Village Tap House $$ www.villagetaphouse.com 900 Main Street, Village at Park Royal, W. Van. | 604-922-8882 Start with a comfortable room, a giant ﬁreplace, add 20 ice cold brews on tap, really damn good food, some awesome events, & the most personable group of folks you’ll ever meet…welcome to the Tap House! SEAFOOD

C-Lovers Fish & Chips

www.c-lovers.com Marine Drive @ Pemberton, N. Van. | 604-980-9993 6640 Royal Ave., Horseshoe Bay, W. Van. | 604-913-0994 The best ﬁsh & chips on the North Shore!

Montgomery’s Fish & Chips

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Pier 7 restaurant + bar $$$ www.pierseven.ca 25 Wallace Mews, N. Van. | 604-929-7437 Enjoy dining literally ON the waterfront with our inspired West Coast boat-to-table choices & extensive wine list. We’ve got 5 TV’s so you’ll never miss a game. Brunch until 2:30 weekends & holidays. The Lobby Restaurant at the Pinnacle Hotel $$$ www.pinnaclepierhotel.com 138 Victory Ship Way, N. Van. | 604-973-8000 Inspired by BC’s natural abundance of fabulous seafood & the freshest of ingredients, dishes are prepared to reﬂect west coast cuisine. Breakfast, lunch, dinner & late night lounge, 7 days/week. Live music Fridays 8 - 11 pm. WATERFRONT DINING

The MarinaSide Grill

www.marinasidegrill.com 1653 Columbia Street, N. Van. (Under 2nd Narrows Bridge) | 604-988-0038 Waterfront dining over looking Lynnwood Marina under Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. Open every day at 8 am. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Brunch weekends and holidays serving eggs benny to juicy burgers, hot scallop salad, clam chowder. Happy Hour everyday from 3 - 5 pm.

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Chateau Whistler. Rising above Whistler’s Upper Village, this grand madam possesses an air of grace that is hard to duplicate. Nestled at the base of Blackcomb Mountain, it sits as a stately landmark. As soon as you enter the grand lobby, with its high ceilings and clusters of impossibly comfortable chairs and sofas around a river rock ﬁreplace, you know you are in for incomparable elegance. Our weekend began with a winemaker’s dinner at the Sidecut Modern Steak in the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Whistler. The executive chef Jean Pierre Boulet prepared a four-course menu using locally-sourced ingredients (as much as possible). Our culinary journey included caramelized scallop in a sunchoke ragout, a Consommé de boeuf with poached quail eggs and for our entrée a foraged mushroom stuffed-veal loin. As we sat sated, chef brought out dessert — a quince and goat cheese mousse tart. Each course was perfectly paired with

local wines by Lillooet’s ﬁrst winery, winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s award of Excellence in B.C. wines — Fort Berens. I was surprised to learn that there was a winery in Lillooet. We started off with its Chardonnay, then a smooth Pinot Noir, followed by its Cabernet Franc and ﬁnally a late harvest Riesling. The term “weekend getaway” and “bon appétit” have never been so well paired! At a Glance: ■ Fairmont Chateau Whistler website: fairmont. com. Standard amenities include coffeemakers, satellite television, mini bars and the Globe and Mail newspaper. Daily early evening turndown service with a weather forecast. ■ Sidecut Modern Steak in the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Whistler. To make a reservation, visit sidecutwhistler.com or call 604-966-5280. ■ Fort Berens Winery: fortberens.ca. ■ For more information visit Tourism Whistler’s website at whistler.com.

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CALENDAR

Group continues to evolve From page 20

members to work together on projects, record, tour, perform, contribute to new arrangements and pieces, in addition to improving on their respective instrument. In terms of musical genre, their interests have continued to evolve. “We started out with a fairly traditional Celtic music style of repertoire. Over the years that repertoire has changed tremendously,” say Giguère. From incorporating different genres — jazz, blues, Cajun and Scandinavian — as well as new arrangements and works by the co-founders and students, choices are made to showcase the talents of the current membership. They’ve been further challenged through a number of collaborations undertaken over the years. The North Shore Celtic Ensemble has worked with a host of groups, including Lions Gate Sinfonia, Laudate Singers, a marimba band as well as a youth orchestra from the Netherlands. “The collaborative aspect, I think that, over the years, it’s been a strong forte of our group,” says Giguère. “For the kids it’s wonderful because they get to connect with a number of different youths from other groups and different professionals from other groups as well in all styles,” he adds. Every few years, the ensemble does a new recording and so far has seven full length albums and

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give back. “We’ve always really tried to stay connected with the community,” says Knutson. The Celtic ensemble performs regularly at the North Shore Hospice, seniors homes as well as community events, offering them increased performance opportunities, while enriching the lives of audience members.The organization formalized this continued interest by launching a Community Concert Series. Giguère and Knutson are looking forward to tomorrow’s anniversary concert, a chance to reﬂect on the past, while continuing to move forward. “As we play more as a group, like any group, there is that development of sound. So every couple of years as we go through these shifts dynamically between the students that come and go, those that graduate and move on, there is a perceivably different feel and interpretation to songs that we had done prior to

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that had their own unique stamp from that time,” says Knutson. For Fast Forward, they’re bringing back a few alumni to share the stage with current members, and during rehearsals those shifts have been apparent, a rewarding experience for all involved. The evening’s program is a collection of repertoire from over the years, representative of the different eras of the organization. It’s been great to reconnect with some of their former students, instilling the important role the group has played in their lives. “It’s meant to be more than just being part of a community band,” says Knutson. Many have maintained the bonds they forged as youths, maintaining friendships into adulthood. Whether they’ve gone on to pursue a career as a professional musician or not, the majority seem to have music in their lives in some fashion. “They all ﬁnd their own paths, but they’re able to take that with them,” says Knutson. Further inspiring is that some Celtic ensemble alumni are currently working with the organization as faculty. “To think that it can continue after our tenure with this group is done, that would be really great,” says Knutson. New members are welcome. For information on joining the North Shore Celtic Ensemble, visit nsce.ca.

Off the Cuff: Rebel Music From page 13 8 Billie Holiday — “Strange Fruit” (youtube.

com/watch?v=YbcZstt8ACY). Holiday sings iconic song on BBC TV show Chelsea at 9 in Feb. 1959. She ﬁrst introduced the song into her live act in 1939 at New York City’s Café Society (pophistorydig.com/topics/ %E2%80%9Cstrange-fruit%E2%80%9D1939/). Bob Marley and The Wailers out in East Kingston, up in Oxford Street, down on Spanish Town Road and then over to Trench Town and the rest of the world. BBC Caribbean Nights documentary goes deep into Marley’s story and ends with him performing “Redemption Song” (youtube.com/watch?v=EBEWS0OyaK4). 7

6 Fela Kuti. Rare early footage (shot by Ginger Baker)

featuring Fela & Afrika 70 performing on a rainy night in Calabar, southeastern Nigeria shortly after the end of the civil war (youtube.com/watch?v=p-SQH94Pifc). Fela Kuti live at the African Shrine, Lagos: “Teacher Do Not Teach Me No Nonsense” (youtube.com/watch?v=e8_EHfGqg-k). Fela Kuti & Egypt 80 live on Catalonian Arsenal TV3 in 1987 (youtube.com/watch?v=gFY-6x1qTzU). 5 Charlie Haden and The Liberation Music

Orchestra performing “Sandino” live on Night Music TV program in 1990 (youtube.com/ watch?v=kCw8RP9k7Ko).

4 Robert Wyatt sings Elvis Costello’s “Shipbuilding”

on UK TV in 1983.Written about the Falklands War (youtube.com/watch?v=MZ2DdrTPY58).

3 Bob Dylan performs “Maggie’s Farm” and “Like

A Rolling Stone.” The opening songs from his historic electric set at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965 (eyeneer.com/video/rock/bob-dylan/maggies-farmlike-arolling-stone; http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ dylan-goes-electric-at-the-newport-folk-festival). Dylan’s idol Arlo Guthrie — “This Land is Your Land” (youtube. com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s). 2 Public Enemy — “Fight the Power” (youtube.com/

watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk) written for Spike Lee’s 1989 ﬁlm Do the Right Thing. Flavor Flav as vodou trickster. Gil Scott Heron — “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” (http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vwSRqaZGsPw). Small Talk at 125th & Lenox. 1

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Design The Jaguar XF is possibly the best looking executive sedan. It features an aggressive stance with sleek and aerodynamic bodywork. The classic Jaguar rectangular grille is centred between the modern headlights with “J-blade” LED daytime running lights. The smooth shoulders ﬂow into

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Here’s my pick for our official vehicle Did you know the official flower of Burnaby is the rhododendron? I certainly didn’t up until five minutes ago, but when I googled “North Shore Official Flower,” that little tidbit popped up to take its place in my brain and push some other piece of information out my ear. Probably something important too, with my luck, like when my wedding anniversary is. Is it May? June? Uh-oh. Anyway, the perfectly good reason I was looking up official city plants was so I could lead into this piece with a nice clean introduction. “Our official city flower is the Venomous Australian Triffid,” and so forth. However, I have no idea what North and West Vancouver have as their official petal-based mascot. See Tough page 50

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There is no pure manual option but there are paddle shifters mounted to the steering wheel for some manual control. The standard layout is rear-wheel drive, but XF 3.0 models come all-wheel drive. The AWD system has a rear bias which keeps the Jaguar feeling lively, yet the traction is there for all-weather driving. The base four-cylinder is the only engine without start-stop technology. While this system helps save fuel, re-starting can be a bit abrupt and I’ve never been a big fan of this system. Just keep your foot a bit lighter on the accelerator to save a few percentage points on gas. The Jaguars of the past had soft, plush road manners, but recent generations are among the most fun-to-drive in this segment. Still very comfortable, the XF is responsive and balanced with good feedback through the steering and brakes.

Environment The cabin of the Jaguar XF is airy and luxurious. It has all the leather upholstery and wood trim expected from a British

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might have a chat about the ofﬁcial four-wheeled symbol of the North Shore.There are plenty to choose from: is it the Tesla Model S, now so plentiful in West Vancouver that there is one for every

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to our jobs in Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, or even rhododendron-obsessed Burnaby? Well, I have a suggestion. The official vehicle of the North Shore — and we should have it emblazoned on our city coat of arms — is the Toyota 4x4. Imagine, a 4Runner and Tacoma flanking an escutcheon emblazoned proudly with noble snowy peaks, an off-leash collie, a mountain bike, and a leaf that might be maple but looks suspiciously like cannabis. Omnia Vincit Toyota. Now, I know what many of you are thinking, and it’s that a strongly worded letter to the editor about that unleashed dog is probably in order. But desist for the moment, and let’s have a look at this pair of mudspattered ‘Yotas. Not everybody on the North Shore drives a Toyota four b’ four — in fact, most of us have regular cars, sedans or hatchbacks or coupes. Plenty of people drive vans or full-size pickup trucks for work, and the farther west you go, the more likely you are to be nearly run over in a crosswalk by a elfin person driving a Range Rover the size of Balmoral Castle. We’re not talking about the vehicle that’s best for everyone that lives here, we’re talking about the one that best represents our way of life. So what is that way of life exactly? Well, to me, it is the marriage of the indoors and the outdoors. There are many reasons to come live on the North Shore: a desire to be among the trees, a predilection for paying enormous property taxes, the simple joy to be found in eating your body weight in Persian pastries, a complete allergy to any kind of sunlight. However, greatest of these is the idea of escape. Whether you live in a highrise in Lower Lonsdale, or tucked away in some glittering fortress on the upper slopes beyond the British Properties, you can be both in the city and not in it.We’re close to downtown, but the wilderness is just minutes away: rock climbing and windsurfing in Squamish, skiing in Whistler

and on the coastal peaks, downhill mountain biking on Seymour and Cypress, hikes through Lynn Canyon. Basically, if you like to play outdoors, this is the place to be.You can work in a concrete jungle from Monday to Friday and curse out a black bear for eating your garbage on Saturday. The Tacoma and the 4Runner are perfect for this sort of blissful, Gortex-based existence. If such a thing were possible, MEC would sell versions of them. Not that you can’t use a Taco or a 4Runner for working duties, but every time you see one decaled out in company livery, that company is a bike store, or a snowboard outfitter, or an adventure tour company, or something to do with either craft beer or fair-trade coffee. They have a dual-purpose nature, small enough to be somewhat efficient, but big enough to be able to haul a quintet of downhill bikes up to the top of Seymour as an ersatz gondola.They’re good enough off-road to get out into the backcountry, but not so rugged that they’ll splinter your spine or deafen you on the run-up the Seato-Sky.They’re a bit on the thirsty side when if comes to fuel, but thanks to a solid reputation for reliability, have resale values that beggar belief. Best of all, for the most part, they always seem to be getting used. Sure, you’ll see the odd shiny one, but most North Shore Toyota 4x4s are usually scratched and dented, like a pair of old skis used for late-season rockshredding. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a 20-year-old liftie behind the wheel or an accountant cracking the half-century mark, the owners like to get outdoors and get dinged up, and the trucks follow suit. An admirable pursuit, surely, and something that lets you turn your nose up a little at the hugely lifted, smokestack-equipped brodozers you see from time to time, the ones with the flawless paint that’s never seen a day’s hard use. Our official flower and bird? Well, that’s up to the botanists and ornithologists.The official transportation? A pair of muddy hiking boots, and a Tacoma with a huge dent in the rear fender. Brendan McAleer is a freelance writer and automotive enthusiast. Email: mcaleeronwheels@gmail.com

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sloping rooﬂine, headroom is limited. Standard on the XF is a seven-inch touchscreen that commands all infotainment options. The top-of-the-line Meridian surround sound will please audiophiles. Regardless of which

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Features Ranging in price from $53,500 to $104,500, the Jaguar XF spans a wide spectrum. Standard equipment includes heated front seats, dual-zone automatic climate control, automatic headlights, rear parking aid and a sunroof. Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include keyless entry, navigation system with voice control, blind spot monitor, autodimming mirrors and

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