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Seymour slide creates new lake Twin Bridges under water, hikers warned to stay away

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Shore residents and visitors need to start getting used to the idea of a lake where much of the Seymour River used to be.

Following Sunday morning’s rock slide near Twin Bridges, it took just six hours to form a new lake that extends 850 metres north from the slide site and six metres down at its deepest point.

“The (geotechnical engineers) are really saying it is what is now.The rocks are not moving.They’re just settling down a little bit but that feature will be there,” said Mike Mayers, Metro Vancouver’s superintendent of environmental management. “It’s the largest rock fall I’ve heard of on the North Shore in a long time.” The impact is a

permanent change to the geography of the North Shore.The new lake where canyons and rapids used to be has claimed at least two hectares of nearby forest, low-lying sections of the Fisherman’s Trail and, as of Wednesday night, the Twin Bridge was submerged. “We’ve got ﬂooded forests.Those trees are going to die.They’re going

feature. It’s a lake, not a river and you usually put a bridge over a river,” he said. As a precaution during the heavy rains this week, Metro closed all of the trailheads that lead to the Seymour.The fences and guards should be gone by Friday but Metro is going to be stepping up efforts to

to be falling over.We have ﬂooded trails.The water is coming up and down and up and down.We’re probably going to lose a few of those. They’re going to completely wash away,” he said. Metro crews are now trying to ﬁgure out how the bridge can be removed and possibly salvaged. “We have no other option. It’s a permanent

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PST hike proposed in transit question JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Lower Mainland residents, including those on the North Shore, will be asked whether they support a 0.5 per cent increase in the Provincial SalesTax within the region to support $7.5 billion in transit improvements over the next 10 years. The mayors’ council on transportation voted Thursday to put that question in a mail-in referendum ballot seeking voters’ approval for a new source of transportation funding. The mayors opted to ask for a regional increase to the existing seven per cent sales tax over other revenue sources including vehicle levies and carbon taxes, saying it would provide the fairest, most affordable and steady source of cash for TransLink expansion. See Smith page 3

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keep people away from the slide site and Twin Bridges area, which remain very dangerous, Mayers said. “There are hundreds if not thousands of trees that are under water.They’re coming down all the time. The trail is underwater,” he said. “We’re going to be putting in place very

permanent closures of that very impacted area.” Over the long term Mayers said he expects Metro will look at rebuilding the sections of trail lost to the new lake.That’s something the North Shore Mountain Biking Association is looking forward to, according to Vince Beasse, association president. “We’ll have to start

working together on what we’ll do to put something back or what the future holds for it.They’re the land manager, we’re the advocacy group so we always collaborate very closely together to come up with some solutions,” Beasse said. “We’ll be making a plan to restore those community assets.” There’s already chatter on

the internet about what the new lake should be called, Mayers said. He has an early suggestion. “Personally, I’m more about the features that created it. At the north end of it, Boulder Creek ﬂows right into it and a big boulder fell down and created it. I’d go with that really imaginative name –— Boulder Lake,” he said.

Lions Bay in water crisis after storm BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Three days of heavy wind and rains have left the Village of Lions Bay in an extreme water shortage. The village’s two main water intakes were hit by debris slides on Wednesday, knocking one ofﬂine entirely and damaging the other. The village has set up an emergency operations centre and phone line at 604-834-3404 for updates during the water crisis. “Resident compliance will be critical over the next several hours” was the latest message from the village on Thursday afternoon. “Aerial assessment of the site by helicopter has revealed Magnesia intake is badly damaged and nonoperational. Harvey intake is back online at reduced capacity. It is unclear if the Harvey intake will remain online. . . . Staff are in the process of sourcing trucked water in an effort to help ﬁll Harvey tank tonight.”

It is unclear when staff will be able to fully assess the problem and begin work on repairs. “The degree of damage and the stability of the site is severe enough that public works crews are not currently able to access by foot due to safety concerns,” said Mandy Koonts, the village’s chief administrative ofﬁcer in an email to residents early Thursday. Students from Lions Bay Community School have been sent to Gleneagles Ch’axáý elementary in West Vancouver for Thursday and Friday, according to West Vancouver school district spokeswoman Bev Pausche. Comparatively, North Vancouver and West Vancouver both dodged a big wet bullet. Municipal crews put in long hours keeping drains clear and putting up sandbags near swollen rivers. But as the series of storms wound down on Thursday, there was little damage to tally. West Vancouver experienced some

localized ﬂooding in Ambleside and a power outage on Wednesday morning in the area around Gleneagles Community Centre. “Even though it’s been heavy rain and it’s been a lot of work crews, overall I would say we got a little easier than was forecast,”

said Jeff McDonald, West Vancouver spokesman. Still in recovery from a storm that ﬂooded roughly 40 homes and businesses in November, the District of North Vancouver also only saw minor issues. “We had lots of localized See Sandbags page 5

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Smith votes ‘no’ to tax question From page 1 If passed in a vote this spring, the sales tax hike would become the first regional sales tax in the country, although such taxes are relatively common in the U.S. The tax hike is expected to cost the average household about $128 per year, while the poorest households would pay about $50 a year more, according to the mayors’ council. Not all political leaders were in favour to taking a new sales tax to the public. West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith joined Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan in voting against it, pointing to wasteful spending by TransLink and a flawed governance model as reasons to reject the proposal. “How can I vote yes when I look at what’s gone on in the past three years?” he said. “It’s something I can’t support.The blunt basic reality is the public is not being well served, and has not been well served on the transit file” Both North Vancouver mayors voted in favour of taking the referendum question to the public.

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increase to the public. “The challenge is what is really fair,” he said.Walton said while he acknowledges TransLink’s governance problems, if a new source of funding can’t be found: “There is no Plan B at all,” which would leave the region — and the estimated one million new residents who will come here in the next 10 years — struggling. Walton said regional mayors have already rejected a further property tax hit. He said business groups like the B.C. Chamber of Commerce are supporting the question because they understand the impact of gridlock on the economy. Smith voted against the tax question, saying he’s troubled by the waste and inefﬁciencies at TransLink that municipal leaders have

no control over. “The harsh wind of economic reality that has blown through the private sector should blow through TransLink,” he said. Smith added he’s concerned the federal and provincial governments — which are being asked to put up about $1.5 billion each toward the plan — haven’t committed to the funding. If accepted by the provincial government, the referendum on the regional sales tax hike would be held through a mail-in vote in March and April. The referendum question will include a general description of some of the transit improvements TransLink wants to fund with the cash — including improved SeaBus service and more frequent bus service on the North Shore.

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catch basin plugs and some ponding on the streets. The rivers were ﬂowing very fast,” said Gavin Joyce, the district’s manager of engineering. “We’ll be taking a step back and looking at our operational side but I’m very pleased with our response.” Residents are also owed a big thanks for helping with cleaning the catch basins

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esterday, the Mayors’ Council on transportation found itself in the awkward position of voting to ask the public to approve a tax hike. It certainly wasn’t the ﬁrst choice of municipal leaders, who’ve spent much of the last three years lobbying the province for a new funding source for transportation improvements. No dice, said the province — recognizing a politically unpopular move — unless voters agree. Which is how we arrived at Thursday, with municipal leaders wedged between a proverbial SeaBus and a SkyTrain. TransLink is not beloved by voters. Criticisms of it as wasteful and unaccountable have merit. So does Derek Corrigan’s description of it as “a beast that eats money.” But transit capital projects are expensive and require a lot of cash.

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The decision of the Mayors’ Council to ask for a small increase to the Provincial Sales Tax is a savvy one under the circumstances. It spreads the pain out over a wide group, ensuring no disproportionate hit for any particular constituency. Is it a perfect solution? No. But that’s no reason to reject it out of hand. The presence of heavyhitter business groups joining forces with labour and environmentalists to promote a yes vote shows how important reasonably funded transit is to both the livability of the region, and the economy. Life is sure to get a whole lot tougher if we relegate transportation improvements to bridges to the suburbs and schedule public transit upgrades based on when we feel like it. Let’s not blow it.

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Pedestrian crossing rules confusing Dear Editor: Re: Decoy Pedestrian Raises Ire, Nov. 30 new story. Reading Mr. Duff’s comments about being ﬁned for failing to yield for a pedestrian “properly” raises a few questions.The entrapment part of his complaint bothers me not at all; if you break the law you deserve the ﬁne. However, should he be charged for

not yielding to a pedestrian who has already crossed in front of him and reached a median? Was he supposed to wait until the pedestrian reached the far curb? I can only imagine the trafﬁc tie-up that would cause in Dundarave. I am a very active walker. When I need to cross the street and have stepped off the curb I expect trafﬁc to stop for me. If I have not

stepped off, I do not expect trafﬁc to stop. Frequently I can see there is only one vehicle on the street and it is far simpler for me to wait until it has passed and I can cross the street at my own pace. Why should a driver have to waste gas stopping and waiting when it is obvious the pedestrian can cross after he has passed? I have been so annoyed by drivers stopping

when I am just watching the trafﬁc for a good opportunity I have started to turn my back so they can see I have no intention of crossing in front of them. I also am a frequent driver. I stop for pedestrians who have or are stepping off the curb. If they have crossed in front of me and are on the other side of the street walking away from me I proceed. Sounds like I am

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Keep bike lanes clear of debris and free of hazards Dear Editor: I’d like to thank the motorist who assisted me when I crashed at the bottom of Third Street hill on my daily commute Thursday night, Nov. 27. I told him I was OK, but

now realize that’s about all I remember about him, except that he gave me a hand when I needed it. Aside from a few nasty scrapes and bruises I didn’t sustain any serious injuries, although my

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of limited visibility, but it’s hard to see debris in the bike lane, even with a light. During the extended construction period the ﬂag persons have been very helpful assisting cyclists as they make their way

through the construction areas, but when I returned the next morning to survey the location a portable toilet had been placed in the bike lane and there See Light page 11

Dear Editor: I fail to see where spending $20 million of my tax dollars in Singapore (Dec. 3 news story) for a new SeaBus is preferable to having $22 million in circulation in the B.C. economy. If I were a dignitary, I would be ashamed to participate in any ceremony at the launch of said morally tainted vessel. Ron Espin North Vancouver

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Ticketing overhaul a progressive move After a series of controversial moves, B.C. Ferries finally seems to have embarked on a significant policy change that will likely prove popular. The beleaguered company is propelling itself into the 21st century by finally moving to a digital ticketing method. Imagine that: buying a ferry boarding ticket on a website, via your smartphone or other device. Gone will be the days of the uncertainty surrounding a mad dash to a ferry terminal (although the new ticket system will be confined, at the start, to only the major ferry routes) only to find out there’s a two-sailing wait and the chances of you getting to your in-laws for dinner have been dashed (which may be a good thing, in some cases). In the future — starting in 2017 if all goes as planned — ferry tickets will be purchased online like an airline ticket (virtually all airline tickets in Canada are now purchased online). You’ll even be able to buy a seat in the buffet restaurant

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on a ferry and book a hotel room and presumably a golf game for your trip. In other words, B.C. Ferries is ever so slowly evolving into a comprehensive travel offering, at least for those travelling on its major routes. Another potentially appealing aspect of the looming overhaul is differential ticket pricing. Travelling in off-peak times will be cheaper than boarding a ferry during peak travel times (i.e. Friday and Sunday evenings). The ticket prices haven’t been set yet, of course, and

it may very well end up that peak-time travelling may prove to be more expensive than it currently is, but that could be offset by much lower fares at other times. B.C. Ferries thinks the changes will result in higher ridership and higher revenues for the company. Let’s hope so. A big question is why it’s taken B.C. Ferries so long to move in this direction. It has spent billions of dollars upgrading and replacing its large ﬂeet of vessels, but practically nothing on things like upgrading the digital side of the company. So far, the proposed overhaul is being hailed by most of the folks who normally assail B.C. Ferries over all kinds of issues. Brian Hollingshead, a cochair of the Ferry Advisory Committee, welcomed the overhaul and hopes it eventually spreads to encompass smaller routes. As far as I can determine, only the Opposition NDP doesn’t like the proposed new approach. Too expensive, it says (it will cost B.C. Ferries

between $10 million and $15 million to implement the new computer system and overhaul the website) and the new way of buying tickets will cause too much confusion, according to MLA Claire Trevena, the party’s critic for B.C. Ferries. The NDP’s criticism in this case is off the mark, as is so often the case when it comes to its take on B.C. Ferries (the party also bizarrely wants to reduce

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Driver who was rear-ended shoulders blame JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Forgetting to switch on her car’s hazard lights left one driver shouldering 60 per cent of the blame for a 2009 car crash, following a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling last month. Donna Langille was heading north over the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing

around midnight on Dec. 13 when she rear-ended a stationary vehicle in the centre lane. She got out to talk to the other driver, leaving her running lights on but failing to switch on the car’s fourway blinkers. Minutes later, Hailey Marchant drove over the crest of the bridge, not noticing Langille’s car “until it was too late to take evasive

action,” according to Justice Peter Willcock. Marchant tried to swerve into the curb lane but collided with Langille’s car, sending it spinning. Marchant’s “inexperience and inattention were partly to blame,” according to the judge, who noted Marchant was distracted by the lights at the end of the bridge. Langille appealed the original judgment from

H. Bay terminal requires changes From page 7

smaller coastal communities for reducing service on comparatively little-used ferry routes, as it struggles with its bottom line. Another looming issue is the growing headache that is the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal. It requires enormous changes

to its docks and other infrastructure, which will cost in the neighbourhood of $200 million. You can bet when those renovations do occur, they will lead to inconvenience and disruption for many ferry users, thus resulting in more complaints against the company. Ferry service will

always be a hot-button issue in many of B.C.’s coastal communities. But at least, with the overhaul of the ticketing system, the company is ﬁnally trying to shuck off some of its oldschool, outdated ways. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC Keith. Baldrey@globalnews.ca

Willcock agreed the trial judge put an “inappropriate burden” on Langille. There was no shoulder on the bridge and moving the car probably wouldn’t have reduced the risk of an accident as the vehicle Langille rear-ended was still

August of 2013 that left her with the lion’s share of the blame. Part of the initial verdict centred around Langille’s failure to move her car — which was still drivable after the ﬁrst crash — into the curb lane.

in the centre lane. Despite those factors and despite Marchant’s inattention, Langille’s failure to switch on the hazard lights still constituted a risk for herself and other drivers, according to Willcock, who upheld the initial ruling.

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INQUIRING REPORTER The wheels on the bus won’t go round and round unless Metro Vancouver voters pay for it. The Mayors’ Council proposed boosting the PST half a per cent to help ﬂoat a $7.5-billion transit enhancement that includes more frequent SeaBus service and a subway along Broadway. West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith, who has peppered his assessments of TransLink with the word “dysfunctional,” was one of three mayors to vote against the proposed referendum. Can you spare some change for an old transit system, or are you ﬁnished greasing TransLink’s wheels? Have your say at "!".-!*+'$. — %.#.$/ ,(.&(.#)

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BRIGHT LIGHTS

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Dundarave Festival of Lights

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c^ John Weston .S) /X\] Donna Weston The annual Dundarave Festival of Lights kicked off on a sunny, clear and crisp Saturday afternoon, Nov. 29, as local service groups, community organizations, businesses and individuals gathered seaside in West Vancouver to decorate dozens of Christmas trees in a festive beach party atmosphere. Live music is being presented every Saturday up to and including Dec. 20, which will also feature a Bonﬁre Night. All funds raised from the Dundarave Festival of Lights go towards the Lookout Emergency Aid Society’s North Shore Shelter. The festival has raised more than $120,000 over the last ﬁve Christmases. dundaravefestival.com

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Jackie DeShannon Ace Records Discography YouWon’t Forget Me: The Complete Liberty SinglesVolume 1 (2009) Break-A-Way:The Songs Of Jackie DeShannon 1961-1967: Various Artists (Songwriter Series 2010) Come And Get Me: The Complete Liberty and Imperial Singles Volume 2 (2011) Keep Me In Mind: The Complete Imperial & Liberty Singles Volume 3 (2012) She Did It! The Songs Of Jackie DeShannon Volume 2: Various artists (Songwriter Series 2014)

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Tower of song ■ Various Artists: She Did It!The Songs Of Jackie DeShannonVolume 2 (Songwriter Series). Ace Records. JOHN GOODMAN jgoodman@nsnews.com

Jackie DeShannon writes songs the way some people draw breath. “WhenYou Walk in the Room,” “Put A Little Love inYour Heart” and “Bette Davis Eyes” are just a few of the hundreds of compositions that she’s written for herself and other musicians such as Al Green, Annie Lennox,Van Morrison,The Carpenters, The Temptations, Marianne Faithfull,The Searchers,

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on Liberty Records making her a valuable addition to the show. The tour, which included a stop in Vancouver on Aug. 22 at the PNE, also featured the Memphis rockabilly of The Bill Black Combo, the Leiber and Stoller R&B of The Exciters and blue-eyed soul stylists The Righteous Brothers. The night before they played in Vancouver, DeShannon celebrated her birthday in Seattle dancing the night away with the rest of the tour group in Ringo and George’s suite at the Edgewater Inn (nsnews. com/entertainment/music/ the-beatles-invented-therock-n-roll-tour-in-thesummer-of-64-1.1319148).

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CAROUN ART GALLERY 1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver.Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m.778372-0765 caroun.net. The Winter Group Exhibition will run until Dec. 14. Caroun Photo Club Annual Group Exhibition will take place Dec. 16-29. Opening reception: Saturday, Dec. 20, 4-8 p.m. CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, noon-5 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca Anonymous Art Show: Hundreds of works by hundreds of artists will be for 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. DISTRICT LIBRARY See more page 15

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CALENDAR From page 14 GALLERY 1277 LynnValley Rd., North Vancouver. nvartscouncil.ca NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present artwork by Squamish Nation Band member Gigaemi until Feb. 10. Opening reception: Saturday, Dec. 13, 2-4 p.m. FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver.Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays.604-925-7290 ferrybuildinggallery.com Great Stuff Art Sale: Giftable art by 37 local artisans, jewellers, potters and craft artists will be for saleTuesdaysSundays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. until Dec. 14. Late night shopping Fridays until 8 p.m. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Keel Blocks: A photography exhibition by MikeWakeﬁeld of 20 large colour photographs of the NorthVancouver shipbuilding industry will run until Jan. 19. NORTHSHORE AUTO MALL

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104-788 Copping St., North Vancouver. Throw MarkWeave: Four artists (Vincent Massey Pottery, Cheryl Massey Baskets, Lisa Geddes Paintings and Erica Massey ChicaVerde Jewelry) will show their works of pottery, paintings, baskets and jewelry Dec. 12 from noon to 9 p.m., Dec. 13 and 14 from noon to 5 p.m. Info: vincentmasseypottery. com.

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Divorce, fragile gender roles, frigid climes and descents into madness all figure prominently in this year’s top 10 list; thank heavens for Lego bricks and talking trees! Here are 10 films you should have seen this year: 1. Boyhood The 12-year odyssey of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is an exercise in filmmaking patience, not to mention a serious gamble (what if one of the actors got sick, backed out?). But Linklater is to be commended for more than just his perseverance; the story of how Mason (Ellar Coltrane) navigates comingof-age as the son of divorced parents (Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette) flows naturally and is remarkably seamless. Coltrane even looks a bit like Hawke by film’s end.The year’s quietest

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Norton, Emma Stone, Zach Galiﬁanakis, Amy Ryan), Riggan is ﬁghting off the gravel-voiced directives from his old character, Birdman, who won’t let the glory days die.The camera is an interloper to these very talky, delightfully clever proceedings, following characters around to all the theatre’s nooks and crannies, glimpsing them at their most vulnerable. 3.Whiplash The scariest movie of the year may have beenThe

Babadook (see below) but the most intense was Whiplash, the story about a mentor-musician relationship perverted by power and ego. Andrew (MilesTeller) is a freshman at the most prestigious music school in the country, who idolizes Buddy Rich and wants to be one of the greats. Instructor Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons, a lock for Oscar) is the sadistic instructor who cajoles and debases his students – who isn’t happy until there’s blood on the drum kit – all in the name of cultivating greatness. 4.The Grand Budapest Hotel It’s weird, it’s colourful, it’s wonderful:The Grand Budapest Hotel, from outof-the-box impresarioWes Anderson, tells the story of a fading European hotel and the intrigue brought about by concierge Monsieur Gustave’s (Edward Norton) liaison with an elderly guest (Tilda Swinton). Ever-loyal junior lobby boy Zero (Anthony Quinonez) never leaves his side.The production design is akin to an ultra-strange and candycoloured children’s book, See The Babadook page 21

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DeShannon made demos for Metric From page 13 the Room riff?’ And then of course I became totally paralyzed and couldn‘t play anything.” DeShannon’s reputation preceded her.The Beatles were well aware of her work through demos she’d recorded for Metric Music, the publishing arm of her L.A. label Liberty Records. “Dick James was the representative of Metric Music in England so Paul said he had heard quite a lot of my demos in the early days because they would float over there and they would play them for different artists to record.When I first had an opportunity to meet them at the Cow Palace, which was our first date in San Francisco, I tried to introduce myself, I was very nervous. He said, ‘I know who you are.” Back in the day most people knew who DeShannon was. Even though she was their contemporary in age, by the time DeShannon met The Beatles she had already been a professional musician for more than a decade as both a performer and songwriter. Born Sharon Lee Myers,

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DeShannon was immersed in gospel and country music from an early age. “I grew up in Kentucky until I was around nine,” she says. “When the weather was nice people would come over and we would sit around and there’d be guitars, banjos, ﬁddles — I just grew up with that music all around me.When I was three I was singing at fairs and in church. I sang with a gospel group on radio when I was six. I’ve always been pretty much surrounded by that.” Trying to establish an identity in the music industry, she began performing under different pseudonyms such as Sherry Lee and Jackie Shannon. Early on she also began writing her own songs. “I was always kind of fooling around with poetry and writing some things but it really kicked into gear when I was a teenager because I was making records and doing lots of stuff all over the

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Gone label in both 78 rpm and 45 rpm versions and performed the tunes on Alan Freed’s Big Rock ’n’ Roll Show in 1957. “I was very fortunate to be around at a time when there were really no walls put up musically,” she says. “You can take any song and have it recorded by a country artist and then you take it and give it to someone else who’s pop and give it more of a rock feel. It’s really the

instrumentation behind the song, how you direct the music for the song. I didn’t really have any barriers and I came up that way.” Rocker Eddie Cochran, not long for this world, met DeShannon while on tour in the Midwest and suggested that she should head out to the West Coast. He introduced her to his girlfriend Sharon Sheeley in L.A. Sheeley had cowritten Cochran’s 1959

hit “Somethin’ Else” and was also with the rocker in England on April 16, 1960 when he died in a car crash. After returning to L.A. Sheeley began a songwriting partnership with DeShannon. The two young women, just barely out of their teens, wrote a string of hits together in a very short period of time, including Brenda Lee’s “Dum Dum” and “Heart in Hand,”The Fleetwoods’ “He’s The Great Imposter” and Irma Thomas’ “Breakaway.” “I think we really had a connection and I’m really proud of so many of the songs that we wrote together,” says DeShannon of her time with Sheeley. DeShannon and Sheeley were part of an assembly line of musicians, writers and producers looking for the next hit record for their record label. “Liberty had artists ready for your songs,” says DeShannon. “Basically the publishing companies would be on notice as to who was going in the studio. They would call me and say, ‘Hey, so and so’s going in — would you like to submit a song for them?’ Or we would say, ‘Wow this artist is great I would love to have them record a song of mine.’ It was a nine-to-five job but it was a love fest at the same time. “If there were people that we really loved I would just get in there and write specifically for them, a la Brenda Lee, who was so significant in my See Label page 19

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Label developed young L.A. sound

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songwriting. She gave me the first hit song I ever had which was “Dum Dum” and then she went on to record “So Deep” and “Heart in Hand.” Brenda was really my guardian angel, in a sense that she really put my songwriting on the map.” Liberty Records, one of the most successful independent labels of the post-World War II period, was comfortably ensconsced in L.A. with one foot in old school Hollywood and the other in the youth pop market. Launched in 1955 at the dawn of rock’n’roll, the label’s first release was an orchestral composition by film composer Lionel Newman. Liberty’s owner Si Waronker was a violinist who had worked for many years with Lionel and his brother Alfred in the 20th Century Fox Orchestra. Waronker’s son Lenny, who would later on become president of Warner Bros. Records and produce some of L.A.’s most iconic artists (such as his childhood buddy Randy Newman, Ry Cooder,Van Dyke Parks and Little Feat) started out as a publicist working under Snuff Garrett at Liberty Records. Originally from Texas, Garrett was a disc jockey in Lubbock,Texas, when he met Buddy Holly. He was the man responsible for loading up Liberty Records with rock’n’roll talent such as Cochran and Johnny Burnette. Garrett’s recording sessions included the cream of the crop of young L.A. hotshots such as pianist Leon Russell and guitarist Glen Campbell. He also stole Phil Spector away from Atlantic Records and gave him a big desk and carte blanche to create walls of sound. With all of their success on the charts, thanks to Snuff Garrett’s rock’n’roll roster and some novelty hits (such as “The Chipmunk Song — Christmas Don’t Be Late” which sold 4.5 million copies at Christmas-time in 1958), Liberty Records set up Metric Music to tap into publishing profits and keep as much as possible in-house. “Metric was in a building on LaBrea,” says DeShannon. “They had offices there and above some of the offices there was a little studio and that

f.*VX] :]GY.SS9S /.3 XS)1*2]) XS29 2Y] G9SZ/4X2]43 h.UU 9\ 6.T] XS j"!"% h]4 U.2]32 .U,1T' )TX 0R6 H$' X3 .0.XU.,U] 9S =*] H]*94)3 >;8X(X8-(6&=8-="O<Q;8ORX>6X&T;KK-K(% ^h`F` GE^^dg8: was the studio where the songwriters made their demos. Many folks were in and out of there.We only had three or four hours.We had to produce it, arrange the background, arrange the vocal background, sing the song and mix it. In an hour.You had to move on. Considering the time we had to do the demos there were some really great things that came out of there.” DeShannon regularly worked with musicians such as Leon Russell and Glen Campbell on song demos and on her own recording sessions. Russell and Campbell were part of a group of young studio regulars, loosely called The Wrecking Crew, who worked on many of the pop hits that came out of L.A. in the ’60s.

“I was very spoiled,” DeShannon says. “I had the Wrecking Crew. I had all these great musicians to work with and I just basically took it for granted. They were amazing and I got to work with them for most of my early career as a recording artist. “They could play anything.When I would play them a little riff like ‘When You Walk in the Room’ I was full of pep and I would say just play it the way I did and don’t play anything else. They would all laugh and play but when they played it, it sounded a heck of a lot better. It was just great.” While DeShannon recorded her share of songs under her own name she was also called upon to record material from other

songwriters. One of her biggest hits, “What the World Needs Now Is Love” was actually written by Burt Bachrach and Hal David. Another “Needles and Pins” came to her from Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono. A minor hit in the States at the time it went to number one in Canada on Toronto’s CHUM radio station in 1963. “I met Jack through his ﬁrst wife Gracia,” says DeShannon. “She was one of the background singers I used on many of the demos, along with Darlene Love. I was really lucky. I had great people to work with because they were doing a lot of stuff themselves so I had really good people around me at all times. She said, ‘My husband’s a big fan. Could

I bring Jack to one of the demo sessions?’ He came and we started talking about music and we found that we were definitely on the same page. He was a very dear friend and I felt that he was one of the few people who really understood all the genres that were inside of me and knew how to bring the vision that I had forth and help me get the record that I wanted out of my song. “It was difficult for women, for me, because you always had to be with a guy in the studio — not like today where everybody does what they want. I was one of the first women, especially on the West Coast, to produce and write, yet when I went in the recording studio I was basically under the umbrella of a producer. Although many of my songs were just copies of my demos with bigger arrangements.” DeShannon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010, a year after Ace Records began their series of albums focusing on her recorded legacy as both a performer and a songwriter. The fifth album in the collection, She Did It! The Songs Of Jackie DeShannon Volume 2, came out in 2014 and compiles 26 tracks recorded in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. Everything is superb but aside from Kim Carnes’ 1981 rendition of “Bette Davis Eyes” (which was one of the biggest hits of the decade and won Grammy Awards for Song of theYear and Record of the Year) most of the tracks are rarities or obscure versions of songs associated with other artists. Some of the material on the album is even new to DeShannon. “I’ve kind of worn it out and I’m kind of embarrassed to say how much I love it,” she says. “I didn’t know that The Ronettes record was before they hooked up with Phil. And I’ve just been blown away by this Gerry Diamond recording of “I’m Breaking the Law.” I had to pull over to the side of the road: ‘What is that?’ I had never heard it.The publishing company really didn’t keep us informed of who was recording what. “So many of the things I love. I actually love everything on here.To have a lot of the older stuff and then to move in to these great recordings by Karen Carpenter and Rita Coolidge and Kim — they just tear

your heart out. I have to say I love everything on there and that’s a terrible thing for me to admit. I love everything. I‘m just so knocked out by what was going on back in the day.” There’s a lot of history in the music which connects just as strongly now as it did back when the songs were ﬁrst recorded. DeShannon co-wrote the Marianne Faithfull track “WithYou in Mind” in England with Jimmy Page back in 1965. She wrote and produced Delaney Bramlett’s “You Have No Choice” before he formed Delaney and Bonnie and Friends. At one point DeShannon was partnered with Randy Newman, an iconoclast who has rarely worked with other songwriters. She Did It includes one of the songs they wrote together “You Don’t Understand Him Like I Do” recorded by country singer Jeannie Seely. DeShannon also did her own version of the song, which is included on the Breakin’ It Up on The Beatles Tour, an album Liberty released to capitalize on the live dates.That 1964 album also features another DeShannon/Newman song “HoldYour Head High.” “Randy Newman was around with a lot of other songwriters at that time,” DeShannon says. “They would always try to hook us up with different people so they suggested we do a couple of things together and I was very fortunate to meet him very, very early on and I think we wrote a couple of great songs together.” Two of the tracks on She Did It have not been previously released.Tammy Grimes recorded “The Greener Side” with Nitzsche for some project that never saw the light of day back in the ’60s while “Love Forever Stay” was a demo DeShannon recorded on her own.The type of tune she would put down on tape to make the publishing rounds. There’s a story behind every song. “I look back at my catalogue and I go ‘Who is this mess? What happened there?’ ” DeShannon laughs. “It was very exciting because it was all brand new. Instead of watching history I think we were all making history. To be around and to be part of that I just treasure it because it’s something that’s not going to happen that way ever again.”

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Ten titles worthy of your attention TERRY PETERS tpeters@nsnews.com

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin, Viking Publishing, 260 pages, $30. Into the lonely life of widowed bookstore owner A.J. Fikry comes a small child who provides the path for renewal and a second chance at life. Gabrielle Zevin delves into the turbulent waters of lost love, loneliness and tragedy but discovers friendship, trust and redemption. She brings a well-rounded cast of characters to life and makes us care about them. Her story spans years but is such a wonderful tale that it feels like it is over far too soon. Melting Away by Camille Seaman, Princeton Architectural Press, 160 pages, $68. This collection of breathtaking photographs provides a view of the Polar Regions that make even the icebergs seem alive. Drawing from a decade’s worth of journeys to both poles photographer Camille Seaman shares these fabulous images. Seven essays spread throughout the book offer insight into her initial attraction and eventual passion for their preservation. We Animals by Jo-Anne McArthur, Lantern

Books, 206 pages, $44.66 Jo-Anne McArthur takes the hard photos, the ones that we don’t always want to look at, but through her talent with a camera, she presents them so artistically that we are drawn back to see both the image and the message. Animal’s lives in captivity, their treatment and ultimate deaths are where she trains her lens. As challenging as her photos of animals kept in tiny cages their whole lives are, the flip side of animals who’ve been rescued and lived out their remaining years in peaceful surroundings are as rewarding. These magnificent animals should no longer be used for our entertainment at pathetically small zoo or aquarium enclosures. Nor do we still require their fur to keep us warm when we have so many alternatives. Her message that we have a moral obligation to act in a responsible manner towards the creatures we share this planet with is presented thoughtfully and passionately. This isWarhol, by Catherine Ingram, Illustrations by Andrew Rae, Laurence King Publishing, 80 pages, $18.95. Catherine Ingram has taken the concept of artist profiles and turned it upside down by

rolling with his sharp wit and hilarious observations.

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using a collaboration between words and illustrations to create something brand new. The illustrations add an air of graphic novels to these books and bring a contemporary feel to the presentation. There are plenty of fascinating details on his career, such as the 1962 painting of a Campbell soup can that became a pop culture icon. A MillionWays to Die in theWest by Seth MacFarlane, Ballantine Books, 211 pages, $26.95. Gunfighters, escaping sheep, Apache warriors and women all conflict with cowardly Albert Stark who keeps looking for a way out but in the end must face up to the realities of the old west, 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

Kevin Red Star by Daniel Gibson & Kitty Leaken, Gibbs Smith Publishers, 192 pages, $62. It’s a long way from the Crow reservation in Montana to European art galleries but Kevin Red Star has made the journey. Red Star’s paintings speak for themselves and explain his rise to one of the most successful Native American artists working today. Brilliant colours leap off the canvas while the subjects often stare silently outwards. Red Star’s portraits vary dramatically in overall appearance but their eyes maintain a consistent presentation of a calmness and wisdom. Mickey Muennig, Gibbs Smith Publishers, 192 pages, $62. The rugged landscape and the isolated building locations of Big Sur suited Mikey Muenning’s sensibilities and he savoured those inﬂuences. The homes he designed deﬁned aWest Coast post modernism that melded with the landscape. His style embraced the unique qualities of each location, sometimes sitting lightly on a rocky precipice, other times burrowing into a slope to become a part of the grounds and the natural surroundings. With colour photos,

architectural drawings and Muennig’s own descriptions, 23 buildings are brought to life in this stunning collection. Burning Man:Art on Fire by Jennifer Raiser, Race Point Publishing, 208 pages, $39. Sand and fire have been synonymous with the Burning Man festival from the beginning.What began as a small group gathering on a San Francisco beach to burn a wooden figure has grown into a seven-day festival of art and alternative lifestyles held out on the Black Rock desert in Nevada. Jennifer Raiser profiles a collection of artists who are responsible for many of the most memorable pieces that have been erected on the playa.The descriptions provide a fascinating look behind the scenes and at the complexity of the work. From the smallest solarpowered LED sunflower standing alone on the desert floor to the massiveTemple that is always located at the top of the city, the creations are both remarkable and inspirational. Summertime. Edited by Joanne Dugan, Chronicle Books, 144 pages, $34.95. Warm breezes, children’s laughter, waves lapping the shoreline, these are just some of the things that come to mind when you

think of summer. Joanne Dugan sought the help of international photographers to contribute to this collection.The images offer a broad cross-section of memories and while they may hold specific connections for the photographers, they all share in a more universal appeal and follow the summertime theme beautifully. Hollywood Frame by Frame by Karina Longworth, Princeton Architectural Press, 208 pages, $35. Throughout this era of film cameras the contact sheet was the standard medium for viewing the images, allowing you to see the entire roll of film reproduced onto one page. It is this contact sheet that is the vehicle for the behind the scenes look offered in this book. Movies dating back to The African Queen in 1951 all the way forward to The Crow in 1997 are presented in chronological order. Through the images on the contact sheets we see not just the publicity photos but also those pictures taken when the cast was relaxing together or those moments when the actors confer with the director. Accompanying the images is background information that fills in the blanks on the history of the 71 films that are featured.

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The Babadook scariest movie in years From page 17 populated by a ridiculously impressive cast. 5. Ida Every black and white shot in Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida is like an exquisitely lighted portrait; the imagery here often says more than words can express. A young woman raised in a Polish orphanage during the Nazi occupation learns the truth about her history just a week before she is to take her vows.The revelation could change everything. It’s a mystery, a rumination on loss and lineage and the infallibility of faith.The ﬁlm stands on the strength of its principal actors, Agata Kulesza and Agata Trzebuchowska. 6.The Babadook Written and directed by Australian Jennifer Kent in her feature debut, The Babadook is the scariest ﬁlm in years. Kent’s story of a sleep-deprived single mom (Essie Davis), her troubled son Samuel (Noah Wiseman) and the monster they unknowingly conjure from a children’s book circumnavigates many horror movie clichés while presenting a real-world portrait of trauma and unresolved grief. Davis gives a potent portrayal of a woman sliding into madness; the child actor who plays Samuel is unnervingly convincing. The

Babadook is guaranteed to have you looking under the bed. 7.The Lego Movie “Everything was awesome” in Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s The Lego Movie, which faced the bias of critics who initially viewed it as yet another toy-tomovie franchise money grab. Ordinary Lego figure Emmet (Chris Pratt) is mistaken for the Master Builder, the only one who can overthrow tyrant Lord Business (Will Ferrell). Along with Batman, Green Lantern and Abe Lincoln, Emmet bumbles through a (star-studded) rescue mission, with hilarious results. Packed with puns, on-point satire and a wow factor absent from recent kids’ films, The Lego Movie was a standout. 8. Snowpiercer One of the most interesting flicks of the year was Snowpiercer, a futuristic action thriller with a decidedly art-house vibe, from director Bong Joonho (The Host). In the near future, and 17 years after an experiment to curb global warming has gone awry, the lone survivors of the planet huddle together in a perpetually moving train, circling an icy globe.The masses are crammed in the back, eating dubious gelatin bricks while the well-to-do eat sushi and get massages in the front cars.The film

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have the makings of a top10 contender. Guardians, however, proved to be one of the most entertaining ﬁlms of the year, breathing new life into the superhero genre, which was, frankly, taking itself too seriously. Chris Pratt (The Lego Movie) again stars as a reluctant hero, accompanied by a motley posse of dogooders (Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper,Vin Diesel et al) wise-cracking their

way through the universe. 10. Force Majeure Ruben Ostlund asks an uncomfortable question in his Force Majeure: when push comes to shove, is your mate up to the task of protecting the family? Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli) ﬁnds out just what her workaholic husband Tomas (Johannes Bah Kuhnke) is made of during a ski holiday in the French Alps.When an

avalanche threatens,Tomas bolts, leaving Ebba to save their two children. Ostlund’s white-out alpine scenery is both breathtaking and foreboding. Much of the ﬁlm occurs in near-silence, though the body language of an emasculated Tomas and a disappointed Ebba speaks volumes. Expect the debate about responsibility, family and gender roles to continue long after you leave the theatre.

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2015 Dog Licence Renewals are due and payable by January 5, 2015. If you purchased a 2014 Dog Licence from the City of North Vancouver, a renewal notice was mailed to you during the last week of November. Under the Dog Tax and Regulation Bylaw, 2010, No. 8113, dog owners are required to purchase an annual Dog Licence for dogs older than four months. A ﬁne of $150 will be levied to dog owners found without a valid Dog Licence in the City of North Vancouver. If you did not purchase a 2014 Dog Licence, or for some other reason do not receive a statement by mid-December, please contact: Finance Department at 604-983-7316 2015 Dog Licence Fees: Spayed/Neutered: $25 Un-Spayed/Un-Neutered: $59 For New Dog Registrations, proof must be provided for spayed and neutered dogs. For renewals, online payments are accepted at: www.cnv.org/business (Business Licences) and www.cnv.org/dog (Dog Licences) North Vancouver City Hall 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC V7M 1H9 Tel. 604.985.7761 | Fax. 604.985.9417 | www.cnv.org

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oodborne illness (food poisoning) is caused by eating food contaminated with certain bacteria, viruses or parasites. These bacteria are sometimes found in or on the following: raw and undercooked meat, poultry, ﬁsh and their juices, the surfaces of and/or in the juices of raw fruits and vegetables, unpasteurized (raw) milk and (raw) milk products, like raw milk, soft and semi-soft cheeses, and raw and lightly cooked eggs. Since these foods are often part of the menu at many holiday meals and parties (e.g., cheese, fruit and vegetable platters, seafood, turkey, tourtière, baked goods, eggnog and cider), it is a good idea to take extra care when preparing, cooking, serving and storing food during the holiday season. Health Canada notes that there are four basic steps you should always follow to help reduce the risk of foodborne illness: v RciFQ^ Wash hands, contact surfaces (like kitchen counters) and utensils often to avoid the spread of bacteria. a [iMFLFJi^ Keep raw foods separate from cooked and ready-to-eat foods to avoid cross-contamination. ` ROOd^ Make sure you kill harmful bacteria by cooking foods to the proper internal temperature. Eat hot foods while they are still hot. _ Rfecc^ Keep cold foods cold.

Bacteria can grow rapidly when food is allowed to sit in the so-called danger zone: between 4° C (40° F) and 60° C (140° F). Throw out perishable food that has been allowed to sit at room temperature for more than two hours. You cannot tell whether food is contaminated with surface bacteria by the way it looks, smells or tastes. When in doubt, throw it out! sOcejFl EIhhiJK^ Use warming trays, chaﬁng dishes or crock pots to keep hot foods hot. Keep cold foods cold by putting serving trays on crushed ice. If food remains at room temperature for more than two hours, throw it away. Also, do not add new food to serving dishes that are already in use. Instead, use a clean platter or serving dish each time you re-stock the buffet. Provide serving spoons and tongs for every dish served. Even ﬁnger foods like cut vegetables, candies, chips, nachos and nuts should have serving tools to prevent contamination between guests. ZLFHicceQg GeJf hOOj^ Keep hot foods hot (at or above 60° C /140° F) and cold foods cold (at or below 4° C /40° F). For more details and food safety tips for the holidays, visit the Health Canada website.

Royal City Youth Ballet Company Society proudly presents, for the 26th season, the full length ballet, the Nutcracker.

The longest running Nutcracker ballet performance in Canada!

Don’t miss your opportunity to see this unique show that delights audiences of all ages.

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Q&A with the gypsy jazz band Van Django ’Tis the season for lots of holiday shows on the North Shore. We recently caught up via email with Cameron Wilson, who plays violin for Van Django (seen in the photo at right), ahead of the band’s two local holiday performances of Van Django Bells. sOG GOIcj lOI jiKDLeEi Jfi JlMi Oh bIKeD Jfi EFQj McFlKU Van Django plays a style of music that is commonly referred to as gypsy jazz. It contains elements of gypsy folk motifs and melodies combined with American swing jazz from the 1930s. Wfl jej lOI GFQJ JO jO F RfLeKJbFK KfOGU The band loves Christmas music and playing it, and this is an opportunity to bring our own take on this music , adding a bit of swing jazz magic to yuletide favourites and other great tunes. We want to do something new and unique at Christmas and share it with everyone who comes to our shows. WfFJ eK lOIL hFHOILeJi RfLeKJbFK KOQg JO McFlU At the moment, I think our favourite is “You’re a Mean One Mister Grinch” simply because we are all fans of the Grinch and that song is rarely heard or played during the holiday season. It’s a real treat to play. We also love “Christmas Time is Here” by Vince Guaraldi from the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. It’s a beautiful melody and one that (many) people recognize and love. It really gets people into the holiday spirit. WfFJ GFK lOIL hFHOILeJi RfLeKJbFK KOQg FK F DfecjU Personally, I always loved “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” and “Let it Snow.” They are tunes I grew up singing and playing with my family at home. I also love our swinging version of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” which I believe people will love as it’s a fresh, energetic version of the classic. sOG jej lOI DfOOKi Jfi KOQgK hOL lOIL KfOGU The whole band had a hand in choosing the songs we’re playing. Everyone had their own best tunes they wanted to include. That’s what makes for an eclectic night of music, from Christmas classics to classical songs to pop tunes all performed in that swinging gypsy jazz style! And because we all have such diverse musical tastes our arrangements are unique and fresh-sounding as we mix and match styles within the gypsy jazz genre. We had such a great time working out these arrangements of these wonderful songs. I suppose it’s a greatest hits Christmas list from the six of us. WfFJ DFQ Jfi FIjeiQDi inMiDJ FJ lOIL mOLJf [fOLi KfOGKU The audience can look forward to having a fabulous evening, pure and simple. Our show offers something for everyone, for a wide range of musical interests, young and old alike. It’s a feelgood, old fashioned Christmas show with a gypsy jazz twist. Think old-time radio variety show live, with fabulous music and great singing. Folks will leave the show feeling satisﬁed and happy and ﬁlled to the brim with the holiday spirit. WfFJ eK lOIL hFHOILeJi RfLeKJbFK bibOLlU I have two

favourite memories. One as a child, waking up very early Christmas morning and seeing Santa at my bedroom door. The other: my ﬁrst Christmas in Ireland with my wife Ita (who is Irish). She comes from a big family and it was so amazing to be part of the energy of her family in such a beautiful region of the world. In closing, it is our hope that this Van Django Christmas variety show will create new memories for young and old alike who attend our shows.We’re so looking forward to performing for all who come to our concerts. Van Django Bells is in North Vancouver at Presentation House Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20/$16, phtheatre.org, 604-990-3474; and Saturday, Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m. at Mount Seymour United Church. Tickets $20/$16, available at the door. MTN5N 73MMQS<=

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T he special people in your life deserve a beautiful gift. Show them how much you care when you give a gift certificate from the Sanctuary. Alternatively, come and see our display of innovative gift combinations. You will find a gift idea for all of your loved ones at the Sanctuary – your place of refuge. Back Massage $36 (reg. $42) 30 minutes of sheer relaxation made for tired, sore muscles after too much shopping. The Head Holiday $70 (reg. $76) Life’s stresses ease away while your scalp, neck, shoulders and back are massaged with soothing essential oils. Paraffin wax is smoothed across your shoulders giving you a deep heat penetrating treatment while your feet are massaged with aromatherapy creams. Pedicure Delight $72 (reg. $79)

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Manicure and Pedicure Bliss $110 (reg. $128) Enjoy a full manicure and pedicure treatment with paraffin wax for added moisture and comfort, then add a scalp massage for severe relaxation! Ready for the holidays! Collagen Facial with *FREE Collagen Lifting mask to take home! $120 (reg.145) This instant, anti-aging treatment uses natural marine collagen to promote the production of your skin’s own natural collagen, leaving your skin smooth, deeply moisturized and radiant. *Receive a FREE Pro-Collagen mask to take home and treat yourself at a later date. Hydradermie Facial with Eye Treatment $110 (reg. $130) Our #1 treatment, with an international reputation. Includes a full shoulder, neck and facial massage along with a hand and full scalp massage while masking. Enjoy the added bonus of a specific eye treatment to firm, tone and hydrate the delicate eye area. Your skin will glow with renewed radiance and you will feel completely rejuvenated.

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BUDDHA-FULL 106West First St., North Vancouver. CD Release Show: Alex Balanko will kick off his new album Distance Saturday, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m.

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. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver.Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 604925-7292 silkpurse.ca Gifted: An exhibit of works by the volunteers who work at the Silk Purse will run until Dec 21.

CAPILANO UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 2055 PurcellWay, North Vancouver. 604-9907810 capilanou.ca/ blueshoreﬁnancialcentre/ Winter Harp: An ensemble of harps, ﬂutes, medieval instruments and percussion combine for a concert of carols,

vancouversymphony.ca. Gloria! A Christmas Celebration: Lions Gate Sinfonia will perform traditional carols followed by a singalong Saturday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $39$35/$18/$12.

poetry and song Dec. 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $37/$34. CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com Candlelight Carols: The VancouverWelsh Men’s Choir will perform a Christmas concert accompanied by choirs from Argyle secondary Friday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $30/$27/$12. ATraditional Christmas: TheVancouver Symphony Orchestra will perform holiday music Friday, Dec. 19 at 4 and 7:30 p.m.Admission: $42/$37. Tickets: 604-876-3434 or

DEEP COVE COFFEE HOUSE Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., NorthVancouver. 604-3635370 jane@nsrj.ca Pearl: Kathy Francis and Andrea Smith will perform “cool” tunes, harmonies and multi-instruments Friday, Dec. 19 at 9 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. and warm-up acts start at 7:30 p.m.Admission: $10 which

proceeds will support Cystic Fibrosis Canada. I Sing AlongWithYou: Dastan Ensemble and Jamal Kurdistani will perform Persian classical and Kurdish music Saturday, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. Admission: $45.Tickets: 604985-6282.

includes coffee and goodies. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver.Tickets: 604-9816335 kaymeekcentre.com Winter Express: Harmony House Music School and HarmonyTraining and Performance Society will present an evening of artistic expression of contemporary music Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m.Tickets: $20/$15/$10. Celebrate the Love at Christmastime: Amanda Wood will perform her annual Christmas concert featuring guest artists and musicians Friday, Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $30/$20. Partial

PRESENTATION HOUSETHEATRE 333 Chesterﬁeld Ave., North Vancouver.Tickets: 604-9903474 phtheatre.org Van Django Bells: Van Django string, swing, jazz quartet will perform a Christmas variety show See more page 31

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to FASHION & STYLE

Clothes feature art and quotes

Nomi pieces intended to motivate and uplift women CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

CLINIQUE SUITE Makeup palette inspired by classic Christmas ballet. page 28

When her mother passed away, Jullianna Smith found her sketches everywhere. Strewn about the home, inside the silverware drawer and underneath couch cushions, Smith discovered dozens of her “artistic hippie” mother’s whimsical and spiritual drawings. “As soon as I saw these sketches I was immediately taken back to my childhood,” Smith says. To her, the images represented the freedom of a child sailing through life without inhibitions or social pressures. “The one that spoke to me most was of a little girl with long, ﬂowing blonde hair riding on the back of a condor,” she says. “That reminded me of myself as a little girl.” Unearthing these illustrations inspired Smith to start a clothing line dedicated to motivating and empowering women through art. The brand name, Nomi Designs, is a fusion of her mother’s name, Naomi, and the words “know me.” Smith, a former North Vancouver resident now based in Tsawwassen, just released her ﬁrst collection for spring 2015 and expects a larger fall collection and yoga line to be available in the new year.

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and just sort of remind ourselves, as women, to be independent and unique,” Smith explains. The just-released spring collection uses mainly organic ﬁbres in natural tones such as ivory, stone and pale rose. “I’m trying to go for sophistication with a whimsical, spiritual element,” Smith says. “You can be stylish, but still know in the back of your head there’s that little inner hippie child in you.” Smith had an unorthodox upbringing, spending parts of her

childhood living in teepees and school buses. The frequent moves helped her become independent, she says, and she would help her mother outfit their abodes with second-hand furniture she would find at garage sales and spruce up. The same was true of her wardrobe. “I would find clothes and I would repurpose them and rework them, redesign them, that sort of thing.” As an adult, Smith pursued a career in interior design and says that fashion has proven to be

a natural extension of her creativity. She hopes women who wear Nomi garments feel beautiful, inspired and original — no matter what life throws at them. “If you need that little reminder, you just look down at your sleeve, look in the lining of your jacket,” she says. “I’m trying to give you some uniqueness and individuality by owning an original piece of art that you can wear.” The Nomi collection is currently available online only at nomidesigns.ca.

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GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT Entertaining & Thought Provoking DARK SEED is an exciting high concept thriller that tackles one of the big issues of our time – GMO’s. “…tight and fast-paced action. This thriller’s premise of corporations controlling the food supply and sacrificing human health for the sake of profits is so plausible that it is horrifying. Readers will find themselves rapidly turning the pages to see what happens next in this disturbing “OMG this could really happen “novel.” Chanticleer Book Reviews

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A Christmas classic inspires Clinique’s holiday collection. The Nutcracker Suite, available only at Hudson’s Bay and for a limited time, promises a dazzling dance of colour in two acts. The collection was inspired by the characters, costumes and scenery of the performance — “the tulles and velvet fabrics in vivid pinks, glittering whites and vibrant purples,” Clinique’s senior VP of global product development Janet Pardo states in a release. The ballet’s dance of the snowflakes inspires the Nutcracker Act 1 colour compact ($46), an eye shadow quad in soft pinks and muted greys with a powder blush in Plié Pink. A Chubby Stick Baby Tint moisturizing lip colour balm in Budding Blossom ($19) and blended face powder in Snowflake Dreams ($29) complement the collection. These soft, shimmery shades are ideal for a holiday party, yet subtle enough for everyday wear. Our product tester debuted her Nutcracker Suite at a performance of the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcracker. Let one of these four productions inspire your own holiday look:

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add a little Canadiana to this Christmas classic. Seats start at $35. rwb.org ■ Royal City Youth Ballet’s Nutcracker showcases young, upand-coming dancers from our region and is a delightful way to introduce little ones to this holiday classic, Dec. 21 at North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre. Seats start at $25. royalcityyouthballet.org ■ This

is the farewell season for Paciﬁc Northwest Ballet’s Stowell and Sendak Nutcracker, to Dec. 28 at Seattle’s McCaw Hall, with sets and costumes by the celebrated authorillustrator of Where the Wild Things Are. Seats start at $45. pnb.org

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VISUAL ARTS

Burgers keeps her sense of wonder WV artist unveils latest work at BauXi Gallery

■ Bobbie Burgers: The Lure of Magical Thinking at Bau-Xi Gallery (3045 Granville St.) until Dec. 24. For more information visit bau-xi.com. JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

The idea is at the back of her mind but it won’t stay there. It’s getting stronger, pulsing and repeating, threatening to swim through the artist’s mind and into the acrylic she’s splashing over her canvas. Over hours and hours of painting, the idea always wins. “In my painting, even if I’m trying to be very loose and free, there’s still an underlying form that I need,” explains West Vancouver artist Bobbie Burgers. Burgers speaks to the North Shore News while getting ready to unveil

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her newest exhibit, The Lure of Magical Thinking at the Bau-Xi Gallery on Granville Street in Vancouver. Whether magical

thinking manifests in crossed ﬁngers or seeing a connection between the cracks in the sidewalk and your mother’s spine, it’s something we’re supposed

to grow out of. Burgers ruminated on childlike play and the draw of leaping over logic as she painted the dying anemones and bleeding

roses of her newest collection. “There is no meaning and there’s no structure,” she says of the way young children play. “It’s more just about pure expression and experimentation and the thrill of that.” Burgers recalls a similar thrill in creating her ﬁrst paintings. “It’s almost like, ‘Look what I can do! Oh my god!’You surprise yourself all over the place,” she explains. But as experience piles up that initial thrill is muted. The new exhibit is Burgers coming “full circle” to magical thinking. After 18 years with a brush in her hand, Burgers says she’s expressing herself better than ever, able to translate emotions, “not with ease but with assurance.” “Only now, in the last couple of years and especially with this show, do I feel like Pandora’s box has opened and there’s all these possibilities out there.” One of those possibilities is the threedimensional works that help populate The Lure of Magical Thinking.

Besides being more monochromatic than her previous showcases, the exhibit is highly thematic. In her artist statement, Burgers discusses balancing experience with magical thinking by “examining flowers on the precipice of decline.” While some artist focus on young buds and The Rolling Stones were taken with Dead Flowers, Burgers looks at flowers that have just begun to slump and slacken. Choosing dying flowers is a way for Burgers to break barriers, she explains. Female artists often bear a stereotype and female artists who paint flowers tend to labour under even more restrictive stereotypes. “I really want to break through and show them in a different way,” she says of her flowers. “They’re not something pretty and refined and calm and sweet. I want them to be larger than life and show a lot of energy and wind and movement.” To get that effect, Burgers employs brushstrokes that border on aggressive with a brush See Burgers page 32

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MUSIC

Venture Opera inspired by pop art Young NewYork City company performing at Kay Meek Centre ■ Venture Opera presents Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Friday, Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Tickets are pay what you can ($20, $30 or $40), available at kaymeekcentre.com or at the door. An afterparty featuring The Boom Booms will follow at 10 p.m. Tickets sold separately. CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

Mikayla Sager is coming home for Christmas and she’s bringing her opera company with her. The 23-year-old West Vancouver native will showcase her soprano voice in front of a hometown audience at Kay Meek Centre for one night only on Dec. 19 when she plays the

role of Norina in Venture Opera’s presentation of Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti. Currently in her senior year at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, Sager has performed on the Kay Meek stage before, but never in a full-scale production such as this. “It will be really nice to be back home and especially for my friends and family to see what we do,” says the Rockridge secondary grad. Don Pasquale is an Italian “opera buffa,” or comic opera, that tells the story of a wealthy old bachelor who wants to ﬁnd a wife. At the same time, Pasquale is angry with his nephew Ernesto for wanting to marry the young widow Norina, whom he disapproves of, and threatens to disinherit him. What unfolds over the

course of three acts is an elaborate scheme, dreamed up by the cunning Dr. Malatesta, to outwit Pasquale, recover Ernesto’s inheritance and unite the two young lovers. “The show is very much a comedy and there’s a lot of movement,” Sager explains. “It’s definitely not boring, it happens really quickly.” In a modern twist, this production will be set in the swinging 1960s rather than the 1840s when the opera was originally composed. Inspired by pop art, Mad Men and The Velvet Underground and Nico, the mid-century setting is mainly reflected in costuming since the travelling show requires a simple stage design. Making the trip to West Vancouver next week is a cast of five singers plus a director and stage manager, most of them current or former conservatory students in their 20s. See Sager page 32

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CALENDAR From page 26 Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $16-$20. ST. DAVID’S UNITED CHURCH 1525TaylorWay,West Vancouver. A Christmas Story: Musica Intima will perform traditional holiday favourites and contemporary works Saturday, Dec. 20 at 2:30 p.m.Admission: $35/$30/$10.Tickets: 604-7316618 or musicaintima.org. WESTVANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr.,West 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, 7:30-8:45 p.m.There will also be a short audience singalong.

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DEEP COVE SHAW THEATRE 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 604-929-3200 deepcovestage.com Rumpelstiltskin: A pantomime version of this classic fairy tale will run Dec. 17-19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, Jan. 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. with matinees Dec.

20, 21, 27, 28 and Jan. 3 at 3:30 p.m.Tickets: $15. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Don Pasquale: An opera performed byVenture Opera of NewYork Friday, Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m.Admission: $40/$30/$20. Following the opera there will be an after party featuringThe Boom Booms from 10 to 11 p.m.Admission: $40/$30/$20. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca ChristmasWith Charles Dickens: Festive theatre and musicThursday, Dec. 18, 10:30 a.m.Admission: $20/$10.

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North Vancouver 604-985-3911 Interstellar (PG) — Fri, Mon, Wed-Thur 8; Sat-Sun 12:45, 4:15, 8; Tue 4:15, 8 and Dumber To (PG) — Fri 7:20, 10:05; Sat, Tue 4:50, 7:20, 10:05; Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 10:05; Mon, Wed 7:20, 10 p.m. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (PG) — Fri 7, 10; Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:05, 7, 10; Mon, Wed-Thur 7, 9:55; Tue 4, 7, 9:55 p.m. Horrible Bosses 2 (14A) — Fri 7:15, 9:55; Sat 11:15, 2, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55; Sun 2, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55; Mon, WedThur 7:10, 9:50; Tue 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 p.m. Thur 1 p.m. Penguins of Madagascar (G) — Sat 10, 12:30; Sun 12:30 p.m. Thur 1 p.m. Penguins of Madagascar 3D (G) — Fri, Mon, WedThur 7:30, 9:55; Sat-Sun 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55; Tue 5, 7:30, 9:55 p.m. The Theory of Everything (G) — Fri, Mon, Wed-Thur 6:50, 9:45; Sat 10:10, 1, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45; Sun 1, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45; Tue 4, 6:50, 9:45 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb — 7, 9:30 p.m. The Metropolitan Opera: Die MeistersingerVon Nurnberg — Sat 9 a.m.

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From page 31 CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com Winter Concert of Dance: AnnaWyman School of Dance Arts will perform Saturday, Dec. 13 at 4 p.m.Admission: $25/$17/$13/$5.Tickets: 604926-6535. Hansel and Gretel: Paciﬁc DanceArts along with Coastal City Ballet will bring this fairy tale to life Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2 and 5 p.m.Admission: $30/$22. Nutcracker: Royal CityYouth Ballet will perform this holiday tradition Sunday, Dec. 21 at 1 and 4 p.m.Tickets: $35/$25.

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as wide as her hand. When she was at the easel 10 years ago her biggest brush was the width of her thumb. “My whole way of painting has completely changed,” she says. “It keeps the work fresh.” Burgers’ work is largely about maintaining her

sense of wonder and discovery while secluded in her West Vancouver studio. The canvasses often nudge the studio’s low roof but ﬂoor to ceiling windows allow a view of a “private Zen courtyard” replete with ﬁg and quince trees. “You have to go into a different dimension,” she explains. “If anybody’s

watching or near me, I become a different person, I don’t go into that space.” Solitude is as essential for Burgers today as it was when she dropped out of a painting course at the University of Victoria nearly 20 years ago. “Being surrounded by other people’s opinions and thoughts, whether they’re good or bad, would affect

me,” she explains. “Even when I go and I see work that I truly love and admire I can only be around it for a very short period of time.” While it might be nice to be more involved in the art community, Burgers has no plans to step away from her enclave. “I like being in bubbles.”

“(Venture Opera) is essentially a chamber opera company that is for young artists, created by young artists,” Sager explains. While there are other companies out there for emerging opera singers, she says, most are designed for pre-professionals in their late 20s and early 30s. “There’s not that many opportunities for people who are early or mid-20s. Surprisingly there is a really big gap between the two (age groups),” she says. Along with its mandate of giving performance opportunities to young singers, Venture Opera also tries to collaborate with stage directors to create theatrical productions as opposed to “stand and sing” style performances. Sager hopes the active staging and comedic nature of Don Pasquale, combined with Venture Opera’s youthful cast, will make the show approachable for young audiences. “The goal of the company, like any opera company these days really, is to bring in a younger crowd because opera is so important to us and we don’t want it to die out.” The Dec. 19 event is being presented by Sager’s father, Mark, a longtime Kay Meek Centre supporter and the former

mayor of West Vancouver, in honour of his mother, who passed away in September. “She really loved that I was pursuing (music),” says Sager, explaining her grandmother was a music lover who used to sing on the radio in the 1940s. Sager ﬁrst discovered her voice when she was in Grade 3 at Eagle Harbour elementary and tried out for a solo in the school choir’s Christmas show. Wellknown West Vancouver music teacher Bernice (Bunny) Pearce happened to be at the audition and was impressed by the youngster’s pipes. Soon after, Sager started taking voice lessons and had the chance to attend a summer music program at UBC while she was in high school. “I got there and everyone was much older and actually knew what they were doing and I had no idea, but I thought it was really cool and I really wanted to do it.” After Sager graduates next spring, she plans to stay on the East Coast, take private voice lessons, continue auditioning and try to make a name for herself in the New York opera scene. “There’s a lot of competition,” she says, “but there’s also a lot of opportunity.”

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On Nov. 29, in broad daylight on a sunny day in mid-morning traffic, a young girl was hit by not one, but two cars while attempting to cross West 3rd between Lonsdale and Chesterfield Avenue. Stepping out between two parked cars, not at a marked crosswalk, she was hit first by a westbound car, then a second eastbound vehicle. Now, where do your sympathies lie? With the driver? With the injured girl? A recent column in our sister publication the Vancouver Courier condemned what it saw as a focus by ICBC and the VPD on warning pedestrians to wear bright clothing and make themselves seen, instead of a campaign to make drivers more aware, but did either driver really have a chance in this situation?

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New 2 Series competes with small and sporty sedans From page 44

parking sensors, adaptive headlights, lane departure and collision warning, and onboard Internet. Fuel efﬁciency numbers (litres/100 kilometres) for the 228i with the eightspeed auto are 8.7 city, 5.4 highway and 7.2 combined. Automatic M235i models return 10.0 city, 6.4 highway for 8.4 combined.

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Drivers need to expect the unexpected

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It’s hard to say: West 3rd has a relatively low speed limit, but who can tell what speeds either vehicle was travelling at. Moreover, if the teenager in question really did dart out without warning, would even a slow-moving vehicle have had time to react? Rather than assessing blame, my thought as a parent of a toddler is: a decade from now, what if my own child were to make such an error in judgement? Human beings are fallible, both behind

the wheel and on foot, but nobody deserves this kind of punishment. Not the injured child, not the parents, not the drivers who stuck her and now have to live with that hollow feeling in the pit of the stomach. As a motorist, you can take this well-publicized incident as a reminder to expect the unexpected. It’s also well worth pointing out here that many drivers could also do much better at expecting the expected, preparing to stop at crosswalks and remembering — as so few

indicate that we just aren’t paying enough attention behind the wheel, and that we could do a better job. But here’s a question for you: what if our cars could be doing a better job as well? Currently, we’ve got anti-lock brakes to help out when we need to stop in a hurry in poor conditions, vehicle dynamic control to haul on the reins when our car slips in the snow or ice, blind spot warnings when we don’t check our mirrors carefully enough, and lane-departure and collision warnings when our attention wanders.

do — that any intersection, whether marked or not, is a crosswalk where a pedestrian has the right of way. Even if you have to stop eight times instead of four on your way across the city, the net add to your travel time is perhaps ﬁve minutes or so, so you might as well be prepared to stop. Currently, that’s all we can do to prevent such an occurrence from entering our lives. That, and remind ourselves that something like 75 per cent of pedestrian collisions occur in a marked crosswalk or intersection. Stats like that

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There is a school of thought that all these driver aids actually hinder us from becoming better drivers, and move attention away from better driver education. However, even if we immediately made getting your driver’s license more demanding, it’d take an entire generation to make much of a difference on the roads. In the meantime, manufacturers are already responding with next level collision avoidance systems. In the case of the accident we’re talking about, these theoretically would have reacted swifter than any human reflexes and simply stopped the car before it hit anyone. There’d have been a few choice words, I’m sure, and a honk or two, but nothing permanent except for a fright. Well, maybe. Pedestrian detection and avoidance systems have come a long way recently, but fresh in most people’s memories are the several times in which demonstrations have failed somewhat spectacularly.You’d find few volunteers to stand in front of a driverless, onrushing Volvo, for instance. However, Volvo’s latest urban-friendly collision avoidance technology, set to debut on the upcoming XC90, does look like its got the bugs worked out. Ford also is debuting a system in their European models that can detect pedestrians and cyclists, and will automatically brake to avoid a collision with them. Part of the success of new auto-braking systems is a growing prevalence of high-sensitivity cameras and the ability to combine them with radar detection for better accuracy. At first, these will be luxury features, but as costs come down, next generation driver assists will become as widespread as rearview cameras now are.

There’s also some assistance from the crashtest regulators. Last year, the IIHS introduced a category evaluating vehicles on their ability to avoid having a collision in the ﬁrst place. Adoption of technologies like these is always somewhat slow, starting out with available packages on the luxury brands, and spreading out when bundled with adaptive cruise control and other features. However, now even cars as basic as the sub-$10,000 Nissan Micra come with stability control, so it may only be a matter of time before automatic pedestrian avoidance is readily available. It’s one of those things you think you might not need but would be perfectly happy if everyone else had it on their vehicle, particularly when you set foot off the curb. In the meantime, the hope is that last month’s accident isn’t just a reminder to pedestrians of their vulnerability, but a reminder to drivers of the consequences of a moment’s inattention on behalf of either road user. The days are short, the evenings are dark and wet, and even when we do have a rare sunny day, you have to keep your eyes open. For now, we’ll wish that young girl a speedy recovery, and express the hope that everyone makes it through the busy holiday season without another story like this one. If you’re on foot, think twice about jaywalking. If you’re behind the wheel and approaching an intersection, check twice. The responsibility lies with all of us. Brendan McAleer is a freelance writer and automotive enthusiast. If you have a suggestion for a column please contact him at mcaleeronwheels@gmail.com. Follow Brendan on Twitter: @brendan_mcaleer.

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