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Candidates promise health-care fixes

Parties present their platforms for a system stressed by aging population BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

It’s one of the biggest of big-ticket items in the federal budget. Healthcare costs are high and expected to climb higher as the system faces new

demands from an aging population. The Canada Health Accord, a major 10-year health funding deal between the feds and provinces expired in 2014, leaving a wide-open ﬁeld for Canada’s four major parties to

VOTE 2015 establish their platforms for a system in stress. The NDP’s plan is to increase the corporate tax rate for large businesses by

two per cent in order to fund more front-line health-care providers. “Three hundred million dollars for 200 clinics… 7,000 doctors and nurses. We’re going to target communities with shortages and we’re going to enable ﬁve million more people to access a family doctor, which of course is an ongoing problem,” said Carol Baird Ellan, NDP candidate for

Burnaby North-Seymour. The party also plans to spend $2.6 billion to establish a national pharmacare program, thereby completing the health-care system Tommy Douglas once envisioned. “There are lots of old people and new people who can’t afford their prescriptions and are simply not taking them and that’s just not acceptable,” Baird

Ellan said. The Green Party also supports a national pharmacare plan, which West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country candidate Ken Melamed said would cost about $300 million per year in the federal budget, but end up saving $11 billion for Canadians. See NDP page 5

Enrolment up in NV and WV school districts JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

NET WORTH Adam Thodos (in front), Ryan Gowe and Fernando Cabranes of the Handsworth senior soccer team celebrate a goal against the Argyle Pipers during a North Shore league game Tuesday at Cleveland Park. Argyle had the last laugh though, scoring a 2-1 shootout win. The first-place Pipers will take on West Vancouver Oct. 13, 4 p.m. at Boulevard Park. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

The popularity of specialty sports academies plus programs like French Immersion and International Baccalaureate are continuing to boost school enrolment ﬁgures across the North Shore. Enrolment is up in both North Vancouver and West Vancouver school districts for the second year in a row. In North Vancouver schools, about 250 more students than expected registered this fall, bringing the total number of students to 15,260, compared to just under 15,200 last year. That number doesn’t include a number of students who are completing courses online, which will add another 130 students to the count. It also doesn’t include over 700 fee-paying international students. The story is similar in West Vancouver, where numbers are up about 200 students to 6,790 this year. The West Vancouver School District also has about 600 additional fee-paying international students. Enrolment ﬁgures are important for school districts because a large portion of provincial education funding is tied to those numbers. School districts receive $7,390 for each full-time student enrolled. Administrators in both school districts See more page 3

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French immersion a draw in W. Van From page 1 say the increase in students is spread throughout the grade levels. Increases are due to students choosing to remain in the local public schools because of specialty programs offered and students who live outside the school districts enrolling in those programs. About 1,000 of West Vancouver school students come from other areas of the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver and North Vancouver, said West Vancouver schools superintendent Chris Kennedy. French Immersion is one hugely popular program in West Vancouver schools, said Kennedy, with almost 1,000 students from kindergarten to Grade 12 registered. “We have the highestever French immersion numbers,” this year, he said. More students who start French immersion in elementary school are continuing with the program in high school through to graduation, he added. Specialty academies offered as fee-paying high school programs in both school districts are another draw. In North Vancouver, there are about 530 students now registered in those academies, said North Vancouver schools superintendent John Lewis. Soccer and volleyball are the most popular, but others include digital media, dance and hockey. Some of the enrolment increase is also due to

families moving into North Vancouver from areas like downtown Vancouver, said Lewis. The increase in enrolment isn’t spread evenly throughout either school district. In North Vancouver, schools in the more central urban area of the City of North Vancouver and points north of that have the highest enrolment, while the student population in the more eastern Windsor and Seycove catchment areas is still falling. New schools like Carson Graham and Sutherland also tend to attract enrolment, said Lewis. In West Vancouver, schools on the eastern side of the district tend to have fewer empty desks. The western side of the district – farther away from transportation corridors and with less dense housing development – tends to have fewer students. Both North Shore school districts have fewer English Language Learners than many other school districts in the Lower Mainland. But in West Vancouver, that trend is changing. There are now close to 1,000 ELL students in West Vancouver, a number that’s grown from about 400 in the past decade. Mandarin is the ﬁrst language spoken by most of those students, followed by Farsi and Korean. “It speaks to the changing demographic,” said Kennedy. North Vancouver school district also has close to 1,000 ELL students – about 6.5 per cent of the total student population.

All-candidates meetings CIVIC ASSOCIATION OF IRANIAN CANADIANS will host candidates for election in the North Burnaby-Seymour riding for a debate Saturday Oct. 10, 1:30-4:30 p.m. at Cameron library, 9523 Cameron St., Burnaby. 604788-7766 NORTH VANCOUVER CITY LIBRARY’S SENIORS’ GATHERING will host an all-candidates meeting Tuesday, Oct. 13, 10-11:30 a.m. at 120 West 14th St., North Vancouver. Meet the candidates from both North Vancouver ridings as they talk about themselves and what they can do for seniors. There

will be a short question-andanswer period. 604-9983460 mwiedmann@cnv.org EDGEMONT AND UPPER CAPILANO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION will host a debate for all candidates in the North Vancouver riding on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 7-9 p.m. at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd. 604-988-5594 BURNABY NORTHSEYMOUR riding will hold an all-candidates meeting Thursday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m. at Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Van. 604-929-7957 listings@nsnews.com

PURPLE POWER Amir Bagheri, building services and facilities supervisor with the City of North Vancouver, strings lights on trees at the civic plaza for the third annual #lightuppurple event for World Mental Health Day in collaboration with the Amanda Todd Legacy Society. The lights outside the library will glow purple this Thanksgiving weekend to show solidarity in the fight to de-stigmatize mental health issues and depression. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

Calls about problem bears hit record number

Residents urged to manage potential food sources around the home JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Conservation officers on the North Shore say they’ll be blitzing residential neighbourhoods with warnings to keep the garbage and bird feeders locked up after a record number of calls about bears were received recently. In the first few weeks of September, conservation officers received almost 250 calls about problem bears in North Vancouver and West Vancouver, said Sgt. Simon Gravel of the B.C. conservation office. “That’s a lot of calls,” said Gravel. And those calls haven’t let up yet. This year, the situation was made worse by the summer drought, which meant an early and lacklustre berry crop in the alpine. “If there’s no natural food they’ll look for non-natural food,” said Gravel. Too often, bears are

Conservation officers recently set a trap for this bruin caught on camera taking a dip in Blueridge in August. PHOTO SUPPLIED ﬁnding that, he said – in the form of garbage left out overnight, trees with ripe fruit that hasn’t been picked and birdfeeders brimming with seeds. That’s a recipe for bears to become habituated to human food sources, he said – a situation that rarely ends well for the bear. Once a pattern becomes established, it’s hard to break, said Gravel, and relocating the bear is often only a short-term solution. Once a bear has decided he’s found a good food source, “sometimes it takes a day, sometimes it takes ﬁve days, he’ll come back.” The key is for residents to get rid of possible food sources that could attract bears. Many new residents

in West Vancouver may not even be aware that there’s a bear problem, said Gravel. “We have to keep hammering that message.” Gravel said there’s a bear family of a sow and two cubs that have been very active in the British Properties this fall. Other areas where bears have been active include Keith Road and drainages leading into Lighthouse Park. “It’s a natural corridor for wildlife,” he said. Off-leash dogs can also present problems for bears at this time of year, said Gravel. One off-leash dog recently chased a bear in the British Properties. When the owner got involved, he was scratched by the bear, which was reacting defensively, said Gravel.

In North Vancouver, conservation officers recently set a trap for a bear caught on camera taking a dip in a swimming pool. That bear had been previously trapped and relocated and had been getting into fruit trees and garbage. Most recently, the bear took up residence under a house, said conservation officer Todd Hunter. The bear ran away before conservation officers managed to tranquilize it. Turns out, a bear deciding to take a dip in a pool isn’t that unusual. Bears have also been known to like hot tubs – primarily because of the Styrofoam hot-tub cover, which has a scent that mimics that of an ants’ nest. “I’ve seen many bears destroying them,” said Gravel. Managing potential bear attractants is a perennial issue at this time of year. Sometimes people will store their garbage in their garage before pickup day – but leave the garage door open. Once they smell food, “It’s very easy for a bear to climb a six-foot fence or even a 10-foot fence,” said Gravel. Residents who persist in not getting the message about managing bear attractants can be hit with a $230 fine.

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NDP, Greens pitch pharmacare

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Also in the Greens’ plans are: Free dental care for low-income youth under the age of 18, which would include about 700,000 Canadians, a $43-million-per-year dementia strategy, putting a new tax on toxic chemicals and providing a guaranteed livable income supplement, because poverty is a key determiner of health, Melamed said. “We shun the approach that has been taken by the Conservative party, which is to tie health-care funding to GDP and basically disregard the premises in the Canada Health Accord.” West Vancouver’s Liberal candidate Pamela Goldsmith-Jones said the ﬁrst thing Candidates debate election issues before a full house Wednesday at West Vancouver Seniors’Activity Centre. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD the Liberals will do is get provincial and territorial premiers back to the table with an aim to discussing issues. “It’s been more than a decade since a Canadian prime minister sat down with support to the provinces. It’s not expired. It’s not being cut. It’s not even static. It’s projected to increase.” the provincial and territorial premiers to talk about health Weston said future health-care costs can be avoided by care, let alone the challenges. It’s a signiﬁcant burden to all keeping Canadians healthy and active, especially as they get provincial and territorial governments,” she said. older. “That’s where I like to promote our health-care system As for new initiatives, the Liberals are promising to put as opposed to our sick-care system and I support programs more of an emphasis on mental health and $3 billion over and services that promote that,” such as ParticipACTION, four years into home care for seniors. “That’s to address the the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Public Health Canada, he fact that, obviously, living in a hospital is not the best use of said. resources, nor is it the best way to live,” she said. Steve Morgan, professor in UBC’s population and public The Liberals too have plans to use the federal and health program, said there are four key issues he’d like to provincial governments’ buying power in reducing drug see addressed in the parties’ platforms: a strategy to deal costs, but they stop short of calling it a pharmacare plan. with Canada’s aging population, modernizing the healthWest Vancouver Conservative candidate John Weston care delivery system to shift the emphasis off sit-down visits said health funding is not facing any current threat as it with doctors and onto a more integrative approach involving stands right now. “Because we have a strong economy, a team of medical practitioners, and the inclusion of a we’ve been able to cover the costs of the $150 billion per pharmacare program. “If any party was able to land on all of year health-care system,” he said. “It’s really misleading those points, I think from the perspective of a health policy for my opponents to promote the expiry of the health-care expert in this country, they would be doing very well,” he accord because there’s a solid commitment by the federal said. “The very least you could do from the federal level is government. Six per cent, year after year, right through 2017 and beginning thereafter, a long-term formula with minimum agree to meet on a regular basis with the provinces to discuss issues around the health-care system.” three per cent increases per year that will continue to provide

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his week a coroner’s report into the death of a 16-year-old exchange student on Grouse Mountain recommended the province consider making helmet use mandatory on all B.C. ski hills. Snowboarder Luca Cesar died in 2013 after suffering traumatic brain injuries when he apparently went off a ski run. He wasn’t wearing a helmet at the time. The report noted trauma doctors say using helmets can signiﬁcantly reduce traumatic injury and death. Head injuries accounted for 20 to 26 per cent of snowboard and skirelated deaths between 2007 and 2013. The Canadian Paediatric Society has come out in favour of ski helmets. Yet predictably, there’s push-back, mostly from groups associated with ski resorts, who don’t like the idea that they’ll have to enforce regulations making helmet use mandatory. There’s also the argument that helmets won’t protect against the most serious injuries – say

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Conservatives on track to take top spot

The Conservatives will win the election. Could get a majority. They’ll win on the economy (the Globe and Mail recently ran a glowing double-page spread, declaring “the West Coast is on a roll” while “much of Canada’s economy sputters”). They’ll win big on the terrorism and revoked citizenship issue — the big-city media buried the pulled citizenship of the leader of the Toronto 18, who merely planned to explode truck bombs in the city centre, and of another who plotted to decapitate staff of the (stupid, irresponsible) Danish paper that printed cartoons mocking Muhammad. Are the leftist parties and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association OK with defending convicted terrorists’ citizenship “rights”? And they’ll win on the niqab issue at citizenship

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ceremonies, which Tom Mulcair absurdly linked to women’s rights.“They can wear anything they like,” intoned The Eyes, whose Marxist backroom backers’ manifesto, which a wit called Tommunism, was also hastily buried by the media. Justin Trudeau is deﬁnitely attractive, especially striding up mountain slopes in his ads. Stephen Harper will again be the choice of the

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old. They Twitter not, neither do they Facebook. They vote. Even the young have had a bit of a leg-up. In this riding the job signs are up, from Blenz in Horseshoe Bay to Fresh St. Market and beyond. Outside a Tim Hortons pleading for help was a knot of loaﬁng youth, brilliantly described by a veteran backroom Conservative as “workdeniers.” And I believe Harper has a powerful ally: Harperhaters. Their viciousness goes beyond anything I have witnessed since, in junior reporter days, standing touching-distance from John Diefenbaker right after his stunning upset in 1956. Example: The Vancouver Sun recently ran as its top-placed letter this missive by Geoff Snell, Richmond: “The Harper government is a lying, mean-spirited, vindictive,

climate-change-denying, fundamentalist, immigranthating government, run by a two-faced, bitter, twisted little shell of a man.” No paper in this land would run such a letter about a serial killer or murderer of his own children. Snell and his ilk are handing a lovely backlash to calmer voters. Harper faces ﬁve opposition parties: Liberals, New Democrats, Bloc Quebecois, Greens, and CBC Radio. Granted its charms, CBC Radio has a newsroom and public affairs staff that doesn’t even make a pretence of hiding its hatred of small- or cap-C conservatives. Locally: Conservative John Weston has had to defend government actions, many unpopular — everyone in this country knows how to run the government, except those

who actually do it — which he’s done civilly, a harder task of course than opposition parties having no record and gasbag promises. Green Ken Melamed shamelessly pandered, at a West Vancouver secondary students’ meeting, to halfbaked teen notions (we were all half-baked then; we may live long enough to be blackened by overcooking), advocating lowering the voting age to 16 (screaming applause) and legalizing pot and making it a rich business (rockin’ applause). Scratch Melamed. As for his party, Elizabeth May is the real reactionary — the Greens are promising a creaky, olde-British Labourite-style guaranteed livable income, with no guaranteed national income of course, and free university tuition, the working poor and struggling new immigrants stuck with the bill.

The NDP’s Larry Koopman, a former drummer with a rock band, speaks valiantly among the polished pols, pretty hopelessly in this riding. And speaking of polished pols, there’s Pam Goldsmith-Jones. She and I got off badly after her ﬁrst mayoral victory when I reported a grumbler’s claim she was an unadmitted Liberal. Furious denial. Then the controversial term of police chief Kash Heed, including his astonishingly loose talk about a criminal investigation to a West Vancouver Police Board member. When he resigned in February 2009, ex-ofﬁcio WVPB chair GoldsmithJones claimed total surprise. So no severance, right? Lo, Heed emerged as a provincial Liberal candidate – and, shockingly, the board See All’s page 8

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Tight three-way race now down to two

With less than two weeks to go before voters head to the polls, it’s worth asking whether the perceived frontrunner at the beginning of this long election campaign can ﬁnd a way to be competitive again. I’m referring, of course, to Tom Mulcair and the federal NDP. The heady days of late July and early August, when they enjoyed the rare status of topping pretty well every opinion poll, seem long ago. Now, the party has taken itself out of a seemingly tight three-way race. It has slumped in the vitally important and riding-rich provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and now runs the risk of being leap-frogged by Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, a seemingly unthought-of scenario just a few weeks ago. The party still appears to be strong in B.C., but the Conservatives also seem ready to protect most of their turf here and it is the federal Liberals who may gain the most at the Conservatives’ expense,

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not necessarily the New Democrats. So what the heck happened? First of all, Trudeau’s outside-the-box announcement that he would abandon balanced budgets in the short term in favour of billions of dollars in stimulus spending for infrastructure caught the NDP ﬂat-footed. With Mulcair already ﬁrmly committed to bringing in balanced budgets, Trudeau’s move not only separated himself from the other two leaders, but he effectively shackled Mulcair to Harper’s side

when it comes to budgeting. As a result, even though the two of course differ widely on any number of issues, Mulcair’s cautious stay-the-course approach left him open to being labelled “Harper Light.” But a bigger reason for the NDP’s slide can be found in Quebec. The Conservatives have relentlessly pushed its ban on wearing the niqab during citizenship ceremonies, a vote-determining issue really only in Quebec, which unfortunately for the NDP is the province that is home to most of the party’s seats. Mulcair has been lauded by many for saying the wearing of the niqab during citizenship ceremonies is a matter of personal choice, even though that position is widely unpopular among Quebeckers (who overwhelming support the ban), and perhaps more than any other issue has led to NDP’s major slump in the polls. And rebuilding hopes in Quebec is likely behind Mulcair’s risky move to oppose the Trans-Paciﬁc

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Partnership, a massive free-trade deal involving Canada and 11 other nations formally announced Monday. Mulcair announced the NDP would oppose the pact without even seeing its details. While opposing the deal seems aimed directly at appeasing Quebec dairy farmers, who may be adversely affected by it,

blocking a free-trade deal doesn’t seem to be reﬂective of Mulcair’s determination to modernize the party’s economic philosophy. While slumping fortunes in Quebec have been the NDP’s biggest problem, it has not been helped by a surprisingly good campaign by Trudeau and by a well-deﬁned but almost grossly cynical campaign

NORTH VANCOUVER

October 9, 2015

Reflections on Campaign 2015 It’s hard to believe it’s been sixteen months since all this began. Since my nomination as the Liberal Party of Canada’s candidate for Member of Parliament in North Vancouver, time has passed with astonishing speed. With voting day now in sight, I’ve caught myself beginning to reﬂect on the experience – on those rare occasions when my schedule these days allows for a quiet moment. I have been grateful for the respect and civility that has characterized the interactions between the candidates in North Vancouver.

Having the opportunity to spend time with Justin Trudeau during his frequent visits here has allowed me to see an inner strength and clarity of purpose that leaves me with no doubt that he has what it takes – and more – to lead and inspire us all to build a better Canada. Energy source But perhaps my biggest surprise has been this: the thing I thought would most tire me out has actually turned into my biggest source of energy – door knocking.

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by Stephen Harper and the Conservatives. And Mulcair hasn’t been helped by sniping by his own side at his attempts to shift the party more to the political centre. Of course, there are still almost two weeks left in the federal campaign so there is still time for Mulcair to pull

My thanks to the thousands of you who opened your doors and were welcoming and respectful even though you may not have exactly been focused on politics in the heat of August or did not support the party I represent. I met very few “what’s in it for me?” people at the door. Most expressed broader concerns and interests that are guiding their vote decision-making.

Considerations like: • Canada’s current and future role in the world • The use of science and data in informing public policy • The health of Canada’s democracy and respect for our democratic processes and institutions • Poverty in Canada • Sustaining quality health care • Climate change and other environmental concerns • The strength and direction of the economy – both in the short term and over time • Access to affordable housing • And of course, in North Vancouver these days, trafﬁc congestion There’s been a shift Since Labour Day particularly, I’ve seen a shift. Voters who want to see Stephen Harper defeated are coming to the view that the Liberal Party is best positioned in North Vancouver to defeat Mr. Harper’s candidate. This shift relates not only to recent voting history in the riding. Nor does it relate only to an assessment of the various local candidates. I hear people really responding to the fact that the Liberal Party has run a positive campaign focused on uniting Canadians rather than dividing them – because we all know that united, we can do so much more as we build a better Canada. Sixteen months. Whatever the outcome, I am grateful to have had this experience and this opportunity. Jonathan Wilkinson is North Vancouver’s Liberal candidate in the upcoming Federal election. He is a Rhodes Scholar, former cleantech CEO and North Shore soccer coach. Authorized by the ofﬁcial agent for Jonathan Wilkinson.

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All’s well with Harper NDP needs From page 6

Mary, fitness fanatic PARC resident

paid his salary until election day three months later, in May 2009. (Heed won but his campaign was fouled by illegalities. His political career was destroyed.) Add: The secretive in-camera council allowing the “bus shelters” resisted by previous mayors. The reversal of her predecessor council’s vote on the Sea to Sky Highway improvement, protested right to jail time by some. The uproar over 500-odd dog violation tickets issued by a zealous bylaw ofﬁcer: She called a meeting, some older dog-owners wept, she sympathized and many

must have left thinking how nice she was, not noticing she offered no refunds … a textbook case of skilfully reaping political capital from disaster. Back to the larger picture: In the voting booth people forget the national interest. They vote their personal interest. Canada’s story is rife with scandals, deals, favouritism. Essentially ungovernable, it has bungled along, but, under Harper and his predecessors, the people have laboured, largely prospered, and nobody is beating down walls and commandeering boats to ﬂee to a better place. rtlautens@gmail.com

Life’s better here

“My life is so full.” She stretches like a 20 year old. Lifts weights several times weekly. Mary also plays duplicate bridge and attends symphonies. With life going full-speed, she couldn’t be happier at Westerleigh PARC. That’s how it is here: residents stay active and pursue passions. They eat healthier and laugh more. And with PARC’s focus on Independent Living+, it’s easy to see how life’s just better here.

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things together and regain the momentum he appeared to have at the beginning of the campaign. But every day becomes more precious now, and that remaining time can disappear very quickly. And for now, what was once a tight three-way race seemingly being led by the NDP has become a twoparty affair, with the NDP relegated to the status it was mired in for decades: third place. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. Keith. Baldrey@globalnews.ca

Friday, October 9, 2015 - North Shore News - A9

City sets bike lift study in motion Norwegian system considered for North Van’s steep hills JUSTIN BEDDALL reporter@nsnews.com

The plan to bring an urban bike lift to the City of North Vancouver moved forward at Monday’s council meeting, but it still faces an uphill road. CNV council voted 4-3 in favour of working with the team that built a similar lift in Trondheim, Norway – the only one of its kind in the world – to study the feasibility of installing a similar lift in the city. Council ﬁrst discussed a bike lift in 2010 and in July instructed staff to prepare a preliminary report assessing the costs and opportunities associated with such a system. “Leading the way presents some obvious challenges but it also makes a statement about the City’s commitment to expanding cycling,” reads the staff report. Trondheim’s 130-metre

North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto tests out a bike lift in Norway in August. PHOTO SUPPLIED TV-ADRESSA

bike lift began operation in 1993 and cost approximately $300,000. In 2012 it was replaced by an updated design called “CycloCable.” The system is similar to a ski lift but it’s designed for bikers, who put one foot inside a “footplate” while a pulley system gently lifts them uphill. The CNV staff report notes the feasibility study needs to consider regulatory and safety standards associated with the lift, as well as potential liability concerns. Rough estimates from

the manufacturer’s website, project the system costing between $2,400 to $3,200 per metre to install. Originally, Trondheim defrayed capital and operating costs by charging $20 for an annual pass but the service is now free. City staff identiﬁed four possible locations for the lift: Spirit Trail along East 4th (Kennard to Heywood); West Keith Road (Bewicke to Jones or Chesterﬁeld); East Fourth Street (Heywood to Hendry); and Queensbury (Spirit Trail to East Third Street).

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Cost estimates for the different routes ranged from $250,000 (Queensbury) to $1.9-$2.9 million (West Keith Road). Staff recommended adding $60,000 to the revised 2015 budget to be used to assist with the study. In August, Mayor Darrell Mussatto paid his own ticket to Trondheim to try the lift. “It’s very effective in Trondheim – not just for cyclists going to school and work and such but for tourists as well,” he told council. “They have people as young as ﬁve years old all

the way up to 85 or 90 years old using this.” Coun. Rod Clark voted against the feasibility study. “No other municipality in the world – in the world – has partnered with these people to do such a feasibility study, so why does the little City of North Vancouver have to be the one that wades in? It doesn’t make any sense to me whatsoever. Until we address Harry Jerome and a number of other very major recreation capital expenditures, which we have on our horizon, I will not support this kind of lunacy.” Coun. Pam Bookham, who also voted against the motion, described the lift as a “novelty transit option” and said what riders want are safer routes. “I can’t support this particularly in light of the fact that the technology around electric bicycles is improving all the time and becoming much more efﬁcient and easier to use and being picked up by people of all ages,” she said. “I don’t understand why we would spend sixty thousand dollars to see if we should spend a signiﬁcant number of millions of dollars to

provide a lift assist on one small uphill section within our community given the nature of the city with its many, many hills.” Mussatto, who agreed the study should consider the emergence of electric bikes, said municipalities must get creative to solve transportation issues. “How do we get people out of cars and (using) other types of transportation, which is walking, cycling and public transportation,” he said. “I think this is a very tangible way to show that.” Mussatto said the lift is a way to get average cyclists – “not diehard Olympictype cyclists, they ﬂy up the hill” – commuting to school or work or for general recreation for families and individuals of all ages. And while the mayor noted there are some major issues that need to be answered before committing to a lift, he’s pleased that the idea will be studied. “I think this is an opportunity to sort of move that cycling culture and make us a healthier and happier city – that’s why I brought it forward, that’s why I spent my own dollar and I’m very proud of what I’ve been able to do.”

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INQUIRING REPORTER In the wake of a 16-yearold snowboarder’s death on Grouse Mountain two years ago, the B.C. Coroners Service has released a report recommending mandatory helmet use on all B.C. ski hills. The report’s author say it’s unclear if a helmet would have prevented the youth’s death. One ski industry expert says helmet use should not be legislated as educating skiers and snowboarders seems to already be working, with 85 per cent compliance in B.C. We asked: Should helmets be mandatory for skiers and snowboarders? Have your say at nsnews.com. - Maria Spitale-Leisk

Andrea Gordon North Vancouver “I have two kids that have Grouse (winter) passes and they both wear helmets. Why wouldn’t you protect them if you could?”

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Geoff Harrington North Vancouver “I’ll go along with statistics; whatever statistics back. I support wearing helmets for extreme and backcountry skiing in certain situations.”

Daphne Pokasuwan North Vancouver “Yes, wear helmets. I have two kids and one was in the hospital with a concussion for not wearing a helmet.”

Beverley Harris North Vancouver “Oh deﬁnitely, it should be mandatory. I mean, that young man died for not wearing a helmet; it’s such a simple thing to do.”

Fred Smith North Vancouver “Of course not. It’s a good idea to wear a helmet when you cross the intersection, but it shouldn’t be mandatory.”

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Fundraising effort at halfway mark

Deadline looms for museum planned for shipyards site JUSTIN BEDDALL reporter@nsnews.com

It’s turning into a fundraising campaign for the history books. Working on a tight timeline, volunteers working to secure a new North Vancouver Museum and Archives at the Shipyards in Lower Lonsdale have now raised $2.5 million, meaning they are 50 per cent of the way to reaching their goal of raising $5 million. If that lofty target is achieved by Dec. 31, 2015, the City of North Vancouver will match all non-municipal cash contributions up to $5 million. In July 2013, the museum and archives received conditional approval from city council to develop a museum inside the Pipe Shop at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue. Since then the time has been ticking down. At Monday’s council meeting, campaign

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Shipyard Sal and Sam, historical characters with the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, entertain the audience at a federal funding announcement event in July. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD chairman Don Evans was optimistic the group would meet their target by the end of December to create a new waterfront museum. “We’re working hard and we’re making progress,” Evans told council. “Our commitment is still to reach the $5 million we have to raise by the 31st of December 2015… and we

believe that we will achieve that.” When Evans last updated council in July, the group had raised approximately $200,000. The new total includes $2.2 million from the federal government. The new museum at the shipyards is planned as an interactive cultural history museum. At the

new location, the museum would nearly triple its square footage and be able to deliver expanded programs and exhibits. The campaign for a new museum at the shipyards is being led by a 10-person campaign cabinet, all of whom have strong local roots and have personally contributed to the

fundraising effort. The drive has also been supported by members of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Commission. As well as the major donor portion of the fundraising effort, there’s also a public campaign with a target of raising $100,000 that is between 20 to 30 per cent complete.

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Mount Fitz Roy and its satellite peaks jut out of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field like a row of jagged dog teeth. Located on the border between Argentina and Chile, Fitz Roy is a modest height compared to the world’s tallest mountains, but its sheer granite faces and notoriously treacherous

weather conditions make it one of the most technically challenging summits for climbers to tackle. A relatively small number of intrepid alpinists have ascended the main peak over the years, but it wasn’t until recently that two men conquered all seven summits of the Fitz Roy massif in one go. In February 2014, American climbers Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold completed the ﬁrst ascent of the Fitz Roy traverse. They chronicled their journey across the dramatic ridgeline in the 37-minute documentary A Line Across the Sky, which is being screened as part of the Reel Rock 10 world ﬁlm tour. “It’s just an extraordinary mountain range. It’s one of the most iconic skylines in the world,” Caldwell says.

The crossing took five days and covered five kilometres and close to 4,000 metres of vertical gain. Southern Patagonia is known for its unpredictable weather, so Caldwell and Honnold had to wait for the forecast to predict a few consecutive days of highpressure and low winds. They packed very little, whittling their gear down to just the bare minimum. A pocket-sized point-and-shoot camera was used to collect film footage. Caldwell, 37, is a professional rock climber who lives near Yosemite National Park. Prior to attempting the Fitz Roy traverse, his alpine experience was limited. He had, however, travelled to Patagonia on three previous occasions and, on one of those trips, followed a route

called Línea de Eleganza up the east face of Mount Fitz Roy, so he was familiar with the area. “I did grow up in the Colorado Rockies where the weather is pretty harsh,” he adds. “I did a lot of rock climbing in really cold conditions.” He and Honnold, 30, knew each other through the pro climbing community. In 2012, the pair completed a free climb of Yosemite’s three biggest walls — El Capitan, Half Dome and Mount Watkins — in one day. Honnold had even less alpine experience than Caldwell, but that didn’t deter the climbing duo from the mission at hand. So they made the trip down to El Chaltén village, near the base of the Fitz Roy range, accompanied by

Caldwell’s wife, Rebecca, and the couple’s one-yearold son Fitz (named after the mountain, of course). Conditions were tough. Due to an unusually wet summer, a lot of snow and ice had built up in the cracks and on the ridges. “It was pushing it for me,” Caldwell says, remembering one particularly difﬁcult stretch where they had to climb through a half frozen waterfall as darkness set in. His clothes were soaked through to the skin and chunks of ice were falling all around him. “It was maybe one of my ﬁrst experiences in climbing where I got into something and got to a point where we really couldn’t just turn around and make it easier,” See Duo page 16

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CALENDAR Galleries

Hajni Yosifov: The artist’s recent body of work representing a conversation between stillness and passion will run until Nov. 1.

ARTS IN VIEW ON LONSDALE BlueShore Financial, 1250 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Water: An exhibition showcasing artwork from local artist Anne Grifﬁths as well as artists from the First Nations will be on display until Dec. 31.

WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca In the Gallery: An exhibition that demonstrates the wide variety of media, styles and approaches used by West Vancouver School District art teachers in the creation of their own work will run until Oct. 19.

CITY ATRIUM GALLERY 141 West 14th St., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-9886844 nvartscouncil.ca Perceptually Uniform: Artist Mark Ollinger shares his sculptural work until Jan. 11. 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 Pushing Boundaries: A biennial exhibition highlighting emerging and professional First Nations’ artists will run from Oct. 9 to Nov. 14. Call for Artists: The North Vancouver Community Arts Council seeks visual artists to participate in the Art Rental Programme and will hold a jury day Sunday, Oct. 18. Work may be dropped off between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. and artists must return between 2 and 3 p.m. for results. 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 FOYER GALLERY 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. MondayFriday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil. ca Art Exhibit: Works by

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: Large ﬂoral paintings by artist K. Sally Willcock will be on display until Oct. 17.

Concerts

CAP JAZZ Drummer Ted Poor brings his quartet to the Western Front on Wednesday, Oct. 14 as part of this year’s Cap Jazz series. The band, featuring Eric Revis on bass, Bill McHenry on tenor sax and Josh Roseman on trombone pays tribute to the great Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry quartets of the early ‘60s. PHOTO SUPPLIED photographer Jules Stirling and 3D mixed media by artist Christine Hood until Nov. 3. DISTRICT LIBRARY GALLERY 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. nvartscouncil.ca The North Vancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of paintings by Lorn Curry titled From Palate to Palette — The Contemporary Food Still Life until Dec. 1. FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. TuesdaySunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-9257290 ferrybuildinggallery.com Song of the Earth: Sculptured ceramics by jewelry designer and artist Karl H.

Stittgen will be on display until Oct. 18. Jurors’ Choice: A mixed media exhibition with various artists will run from Oct. 20 to Nov. 8. Opening reception: Tuesday, Oct. 20, 6-8 p.m. Meet the artists: Saturday, Oct. 24, 2-3 p.m. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Art Display: Prints by nature and landscape photographer Mark Daly will be shown until Oct. 31. MAISON MUSÉE ROEDDE HOUSE MUSEUM 1415 Barclay St., Vancouver. Tuesday-Friday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. 604-684-7040 roeddehouse.org

Souvenirs of Howe Sound: An exhibition on the history of local tourism will run until Nov. 1. Admission: $5. PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY 333 Chesterﬁeld Ave., North Vancouver. Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 604-986-1351 presentationhousegallery.org BC Almanac(h) C-B: Photographs, ﬁlm, mixed media works and ephemera that features Almanac artists will run until Nov. 8. RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Nature Translated: Paintings with subjects of nature by Janna Kumi and

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ceramic sculptures of birds by Greg Kawczynski will be on display until Oct. 25. SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com 30 Years: Textiles artist Ruth Scheuing will show her work in celebration of the gallery’s 30th anniversary until Oct. 24. 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. 604925-7292 silkpurse.ca

CAULFEILD COVE HALL 4773 South Piccadilly Rd., West Vancouver. 604-8127411 caulfeildcovehall.ca Wanna Dance?: Souled Out will perform music to dance to Saturday, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $28. CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com Piano Extravaganza: Lions Gate Sinfonia will perform with guest pianist Ian Parker Saturday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $39/$35/$18/$12. North Shore Classics — Impressionist Masterworks: Pianist Angela Cheng will perform a program conducted by Darrell Ang Monday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. Admission: $28-$42. Tickets: 604-876-3434. DEEP COVE COFFEE See more page 17

Please vote Monday, October 19 nsnews.com/election-2015

Ruth Yang, North Shore Resident Who I choose to vote for this October will not only lead our federal government, but they will have a serious impact on the life of my community. When I vote, I make choices that will have a very direct and concrete effect on our daily lives. It is important to vote because decisions made by politicians affect everything, your income, family, education etc. I think it is the duty for every eligible voter to cast their vote because the choices you make will matter.

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Goodnight Mommy nurtures nightmares ! Goodnight Mommy. Directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. Starring Susanne Wuest, Lukas Schwarz and Elias Schwarz. Rating: 9 (out of 10) JULIE CRAWFORD Contributing Writer

Ripped straight from the pages of your therapist’s notebook, Goodnight Mommy is a thoroughly terrifying fairy tale with a killer twist. You may or may not see said twists a mile away but you will doubt yourself, which is more to the point. Self-doubt and disturbance on several levels, those are the key elements employed by directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, who carefully reveal bits of the narrative layer by layer, much as gauze is removed. Young twin boys Elias and Lukas (Elias and Lukas Schwarz) are See Horror page 15

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Things go from “She’s so different” to “you’re not our mom” pretty quickly. The boys do some sleuthing, put a few clues together and decide to take charge of their own fate. Now we sense that a few years down the road, the boys could be the sadistic participants in Michael Haneke’s Funny Games. The power shifts from the mother to the twins, and do our loyalties shift, too? The home’s austere Euro interiors are cold and creepy and in stark contrast to the bright, welcoming outside world (gloriously shot by Martin Gschlacht), although even playtime – in the ﬁelds, on the trampoline – is tinged with dread. Things get necessarily disgusting, sullying that pristine interior. And it all plays out in near silence, with little music (save for Brahm’s lullaby) and scant dialogue. Sound, when it is used, is effectively employed. Life is viewed through blinds, through tightly wrapped gauze, mirrors, and through masks, which

play a significant role. Outsiders occasionally venture into the chaos, to darkly comic effect and as a reminder of the trio’s isolation. Elements in the film play on almost every phobia in the book; pick any element of the motherson dynamic, and it’s here. Grimm’s Hansel and Gretel had a mother who left her children in the woods because she didn’t want to share: stepmothers can’t take all the flak. Add touchstones of, loss of innocence, the person we become after cosmetic surgery, fear of parental abandonment, fear of twins (duomaieusiophobia, geminiphobia, take your pick) and withheld affection, for starters. Goodnight Mommy demands a second watching, to see the details you missed the first time. First-time feature filmmakers Franz and Fiala have crafted a film where waking moments are as nightmarish as the ones that take place in the dark, and where blood ties make for a hellish kind of bondage.

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adventure “a mind-blowing experience.” “We lived through it, which was great.” A Line Through the Sky documents an extremely challenging feat riddled with frightening moments, but Caldwell says the film has a humorous side too. “We’re doing a pretty hardcore adventure, but it’s sort of a bromance in this funny way and I think that’s what people connect to. We’re doing something super hardcore but we’re laughing through it.” Both Caldwell and Honnold appear in other films being screened at Reel Rock 10. Honnold is in Showdown at Horseshoe Hell, which is about 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell, an annual endurance rock climbing competition held each year in Jasper, Arkansas. Meanwhile, Caldwell is also in Dawn Wall: First Look, a preview for a feature film slated for release next year that follows him and Kevin Jorgeson as they make the first free ascent of the Dawn Wall in the Yosemite Valley.

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(Sara Vickruck) sings her upcoming set — under some duress — during a sound check to distraught Lillian (Deb Pickman) who inveigles her way into the all-but-empty club, listens and takes notes. While the music is Justine’s, the lyrics come from Nicole’s diary — a series of poems that tell of her leaving home and eventually hooking up with a badass called Brian. Lillian, hearing Justine’s songs on the radio, has picked up on place names in Justine’s songs, realized that the lyrics are not Justine’s but Nicola’s and is prepared to do anything to get to the truth about her daughter. Justine and Nicola are somehow connected. So Love Bomb is a musical but not like anything you’ve heard before. And you’ve never seen or heard anything like Vickruck, either. Built like

Firehall Arts Centre hosts world premiere of Love Bomb through Oct. 10. PHOTO SUPPLIED a little soccer player with a crazy haircut, work boots and black jeans, she’s simply dynamite. I don’t know where director Renée Iaci found her, but Love Bomb is loud and proud with her. In fact, she’s what Shameless Hussy Productions is all about: strong, rebellious women “telling provocative stories about women to inspire the hand that rocks the cradle to rock the world.” Vickruck can belt a song, croon a song and massage

a song into existence — and she can act, too. It’s a fantastic combination. And for all of Justine’s bravado, Vickruck lets us peek into her character’s psyche to see a young woman not fully conﬁdent but letting ‘er rip, anyway. While Gardiner wrote the book and lyrics, Steve Charles wrote the music and some additional lyrics. It’s important to listen hard to the lyrics — not always easy — for therein are the clues to Nicola’s

whereabouts. Vickruck performs 11 songs on three different guitars; the Firehall has seldom rocked quite like this. Drew Facey’s set is an exposed brick club — empty except for Lillian and Justine; Itai Erdal’s lighting really takes off in the ﬁnal moments. It’s a pretty spectacular curtain ringer. On top of it all, it’s an important play — especially for parents. As hard as it often is to keep our teenaged children close, it’s a nasty world out there waiting for young adults — frequently young women — who feel abandoned or unloved. How many Nicks or Nicolas are there out there? And how few, like Justine, manage to escape? Love Bomb is a very strong opener for the Firehall Arts Centre and, without suggesting it’s exclusively for young adults, it would make a great touring show throughout the school system.

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background, Edward started taking lessons thanks to the generosity of a teacher who lived down the street. Approaching her one day and expressing his interest in learning to play, but explaining he couldn’t afford to pay her, the woman said not to worry and committed to teaching Edward the piano anyhow. One day, Edward, who continued to excel at the instrument, was practising at his teacher’s house when there was a knock at the door. There stood another woman who, after complimenting him on his playing, said she had two daughters in need of lessons and that she wanted him to be their instructor. Edward attempted to set her straight, saying he wasn’t a teacher by any means, but the woman refused to take no for an answer and said she’d see him Tuesday. “Tuesday, lo and behold, these two girls showed

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CALENDAR From page 17 Cap Global Roots: Songwriter Greg Brown will perform folk style music Saturday, Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. Admission: $33/$30. Tickets: capilanou.ca/blueshoreﬁnancialcentre/. HUGO’S RESTAURANT 5775 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-281-2111 Live Music every Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. Schedule: Oct. 10, Ted Von Dehn and Darin Diligenti (Indie rock); Oct. 17, George Armishaw (country/rock); Oct. 24, Brian Denhertog and Jill Russell (folk); and Oct. 31, Double Helix Guitar Duo. Flamenco Dancers will perform Friday, Oct. 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. Open Mic Jam every Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. JACK LONSDALE’S PUB 1433 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604986-7333 Live Music: Every Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. QUEENS CROSS PUB 2989 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. queenscross.com Adam Woodall will perform acoustic music every Sunday, 8-11 p.m.

MAD MUSICAL Capilano University theatre students rehearse for their upcoming musical production of The Rocky Horror Show. The Exit 22 company will perform in The BlueShore at Cap with shows scheduled for Oct. 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 16 and 17 at 7:30 and 11 p.m. Props and“throwing things”will be permitted at the 11 p.m. shows only. For more information and to order tickets ($22/$15/$10) visit capilanou.ca/blueshorefinancialcentre/15-Rocky-Horror-Show/. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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TRAVEL

Kingfisher takes you to where the fish are Canadian Princess Resort hosts saltwater adventures DAVID WISHART Contributing Writer

You have to like getting up early to go ﬁshing. I mean, they start serving breakfast at 4:30 a.m. But I made sure I was on the dock at 6 a.m., keen to try the new Kingﬁsher boats at the Canadian Princess Resort at Ucluelet. “Step aboard,” said Keith, our skipper. “Not with that banana,” said my buddy, cringing from the fruit I had brought from my room. “Huh? You don’t like

bananas?” They are bad luck at sea, I was told. “Don’t worry, said Keith.” He had two bananas. So we sailed, bananas and all. And we fished for four hours, just south of Tofino and Long Beach, amid the splendor of the Broken Islands group on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Around us, other boats were catching fish. We drank coffee and enjoyed the cozy, heated cabin of the Kingfisher. Keith and I also eat our bananas. Then, zing . . . a line

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halibut of 33 pounds, catch of the day and worth, if you’re counting, $490 at a ﬁsh shop. The others also got more salmon, and a 28 pounds halibut — all of this on barbless hooks. Which makes a morning’s ﬁshing here a good investment if your luck’s in. Rates start at $159 for a ride on Canadian Princess’s two deep-sea Delta boats, which can take

about a dozen anglers. A step up are the resort’s Boston Whalers, superb boats for two rods and a guide. Top of the range are the new Kingﬁshers, with powered downriggers and all the best technology to outwit ﬁsh. The real brain though, is Keith, who has been guiding around this wild coast for 35 years. Twice we

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE

FASHION & STYLE

Parkgate library gets dolled up Artisan group meets monthly on North Shore

CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

FASHION FILE Our weekly roundup of fashion and beauty events and activities. page 31

Don’t let their small size fool you. Every single one of the dolls on display at Parkgate library is the result of countless hours of intricate handiwork. “It’s not hard to put 100 hours into one,” says Doreen Marlor, a member of the Coast Character Doll Artists. The North Shore-based artisan group creates ﬁgurative sculptures using a variety of materials and techniques. About a dozen Halloween-themed dolls and recycled-material dolls created by group members are on display until Nov. 2 at Parkgate branch, located at 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. “We’ve been doing it now for a couple of years and people seem to really enjoy it because the library’s always really pleased when we’re coming,” Marlor says of the exhibit. She’s been involved with Coast Character Doll Artists since 2005. An avid sewer since childhood, it wasn’t until later in life that she learned about art dolls. “I saw a book and it had all these fabulous dolls in it and I just never knew there was such a thing and I was really excited about it,” she says. When she retired, she begin exploring doll-

Members of the Coast Character Doll Artists group Robin Reid, Anne Love and Doreen Marlor show off a few of the handmade figures on display at Parkgate library until Nov. 2. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD making and was pleasantly surprised to discover the Coast Character Doll Artists meet right here on the North Shore. “And it turned out there were people in it that I already knew,” she says. The group has about 20 members from across the Lower Mainland with a variety of backgrounds in textile arts. “Most of us, I guess, started out sewing and then some went into doing more surface decoration,

embellishment, some people went into beading and so on,” Marlor says. This hobby appeals to ﬁbre artists, she says, because it combines sewing, sculpting, beading, embroidery and a host of other skills all in one project. “All your talents go into one thing,” she says, noting the group holds regular workshops where members can share their skills and expertise. Typically, a doll’s body

is made from cloth, Marlor explains, while the head is either cloth or polymer clay. Most group members make their own figure and clothing patterns, though there are many books and websites dedicated to doll patterns and tutorials that can be accessed. Marlor keeps many of her figurative creations on display in her home and sells others, though she admits the market for art dolls in the Pacific Northwest isn’t as large as

that in the Eastern United States. “It’s also quite big in Australia and in Britain and in Russia,” she says of the craft. “It’s a worldwide thing.” Coast Character Doll Artists meet the fourth Wednesday of each month on the North Shore. New members are welcome. For more information, call Monique Choptik at 604-569-3374 or Doreen Marlor at 604-9848540.

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LOOK Fashion File HANDWARMERS WORKSHOP Fibre artist Dana Sitar will help participants create their own pair of felted handwarmers in the colour and design of their choice Saturday, Oct. 10, noon-4 p.m. at Seymour Art Gallery, 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Cost: $65, includes materials. No previous felting experience necessary. Register by calling 604-9241378. seymourartgallery.com HATS FOR HOMELESS Made By Me Sewing Studio is hosting a Hats for Homeless Night on Thursday, Nov. 6, 6-9 p.m. at 108-949 West Third St., North Vancouver. Sewers of all ages and abilities are invited to come to the studio and make ﬂeece hats to be donated to local homeless shelters. There is no cost and all materials will be supplied by the studio. Call 604-971-0940 to register for this session or to donate fabric. madebyme.ca

STYLE SHOWCASE Residents of Revera’s Hollyburn House model clothing from Carda Creations during an afternoon fashion show at the West Vancouver retirement residence on Sept. 24. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

VOLUNTEER HAIR STYLIST The Lipstick Project is seeking a volunteer hair stylist to

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Felted handwarmers by Dana Sitar. join its team at the North Shore Hospice every other Monday afternoon. Lipstick Project volunteers provide free, professional spa services to people facing signiﬁcant health challenges. thelipstickproject.ca NORTH SHORE NEEDLE ARTS GUILD Needlework/embroidery, both traditional and modern, is enjoyed and shared by a friendly group every second Thursday of the month at St. Martin’s Anglican Church Hall, 195 E. Windsor Rd. North

LIONS GATE QUILTERS GUILD meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s and St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, 2641 Chesterﬁeld Ave., North Vancouver. New members are welcome. 604-926-7098 or lionsgatequiltersguild.com PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Vancouver. Beginners welcome. 604-990-9122 THRIFTY CHIC The Thrift Shop at Mount Seymour United Church,

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A R A R E CO L L E C T I O N O F WAT E R F R O N T H O M E S A limited collection of townhome and apartment residences has come to the North Vancouver waterfront, alongside magniďŹ cent Cates Park and near charming Deep Cove.

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Seymour Village celebrates the North Shore The contemporary architecture was designed to embrace the natural beauty that surrounds SeymourVillage

he North Shore has long had a reputation as one of nature’s leading playgrounds, surrounded as it is by ski hills, mountain biking and hiking trails and endless ocean views. This is where Seymour Village - a masterplanned community comprising of West coast inspired townhomes in the heart of the North Shore – has found its niche. These are some of the reasons so many locals, young/older professionals and outdoor enthusiasts choose to live here – another includes the fact that it is home to some of the Lower Mainland’s best schools. Now they have another reason – Seymour Village. This Saturday, Aquilini Development and Takaya Development releases Phase 1 - a collection of 49 three and two level, three bedrooms townhomes, ranging from 1,608 square feet to 1,760. However, the surprise might be when prospective buyers discover how well-priced these are compared to everything else in North Vancouver. The smaller townhomes

start from just $689,900. “We have a list of more than 850 on our data base of people who have expressed interest in Seymour Village,” says Deren Akinci, project manager Rennie Marketing Systems. “People really see the value that Seymour Village has to offer, this type of product for these prices can’t be found anywhere else on the North Shore.” Coming from renowned, award-winning architect Nick Bevanda of CEI Architecture, Seymour Village was designed in response to the West coast way of life. The firm’s idea was to “marry the lifestyle to the site.” Every element has been well thought out and planned – from the interior layouts to the selection of West Coast-inspired materials – to redefine what North Shore living is all about. The contemporary open concept floor plans feature two designer colour schemes as well as quality finishes such as laminate flooring, an electric fireplace, plush carpeting in the bedrooms and expansive windows to allow for lots of

natural light. The sleek kitchens are showcased by a large island that doubles as an eating bar, custom built white cabinetry, engineered stone countertop with porcelain Statuario backsplash and a stainless steel appliance package, which includes a gas range and microwave. Meanwhile, on those balmy evenings residents can head out onto a spacious deck and patio or the centrally located landscaped communal green space to socialize with neighbours and friends. Seymour Village comes from Aquilini in partnership with Takaya Development. The award-winning developer has built a reputation as a trusted builder in the construction industry. With more than ﬁve decades in the industry, Aquilini has a diverse portfolio of properties, including downtown Vancouver’s Richards and False Creek’s The Maynards Block condominium projects. Much the same can be said about Takaya, a trusted developer which has been

instrumental in building more than 1,500 homes in the Raven Woods neighbourhood for more than two decades. Seymour Village is minutes away from downtown Vancouver and nearby urban amenities such as Nester’s Market, Maa Yoga Studio, Shoppers Drug Mart and the Parkgate Library. It is also situated a short distance to shops and boutique cafes in Deep Cove’s picturesque seaside village. Seymour Village’s Grand Opening happens this Saturday, October 10th from noon to 5 p.m. at its Presentation Centre, 590 Raven Woods Drive, North Vancouver. They invite neighbours, merchants and prospective buyers to come, enjoy appetizers and discover what Seymour Village has to offer. The sales centre is open daily from noon to 5 p.m. (except Friday). For more information, call 604.924.0818, email info@seymourvillage.com or visit www.seymourvillage.com. Tentative occupancy is slated for spring 2017.

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CALENDAR AUSTRIAN Jagerhof Restaurant 71 Lonsdale Avenue, N. Van. | 604-980-4316 Old World Charm - Featuring Alpine Cuisine from Austria, Germany, Switzerland and South Tirol/Northern Italy with an extensive import beer selection.

BISTRO Hugos, Artisanal Pizzas and Global Tapas www.hugosvancouver.com 5775 Marine Drive, W. Van | 604-281-2111 Showcase your musical talents Thursday evenings in our beautiful chateau-style room or simply enjoy our reopened heated patio. Global fusion menu inspired by our love of travel, warm atmosphere inspired by our love of the community.

Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub 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 craft-brews. Happy Hour Specials Every Day 11am – 6pm! Satellite sports, pool table, darts & heated patio.

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Kendel Carson and Barney Bentall (left) perform “Honky Tonk Women” as part of Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! Rich Hope and Steve Dawson (right photo) on stage at West Vancouver’s Kay Meek Centre during the Oct. 2 show. PHOTOS SUPPLIED PAUL WINSTANLEY

Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out at Kay Meek Centre

Epic Stones’ tribute ! Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!, Kay Meek Centre, Oct. 2 and 3. JOHN GOODMAN jgoodman@nsnews.com

The collaborative projects that Capilano University’s Fiona Black and musician Steve Dawson dream up keep on getting bigger and bigger. Their latest, a live reworking of the Rolling Stones album Get Yer YaYa’s Out!, featured almost a dozen vocalists taking turns singing with Dawson and his Black Hen Band during a two-night stand at West Vancouver’s Kay Meek Centre last weekend.

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Dawson opened Saturday night with the Robert Johnson blues “Love in Vain” and then spent most of the rest of the evening stage left directing the proceedings. The ﬁrst set featured the album in its entirety

while the second set was made up of favourite Stones songs from the Ya-Ya’s era chosen by the performers. Even though he grew up within spitting distance of Edmonton’s Whitemud Freeway, Rich Hope – equal parts Jagger, Richards and Joe Strummer – was born to play music from the Stones’ book. Having Hope close out the ﬁrst set with “Street Fighting Man” and do “Sway” in the second was a no-brainer. Other performers were not as obviously set in Stone: Ndidi Onukwulu tackled “Midnight Rambler” like a young Billie Holiday giving what she called the “pervy”

lyrics another dimension. Her intense rendition of “Gimme Shelter” early on in the second set was a jaw-dropping, showstopping performance. Dustin Bentall had the unenviable task of going on after Onukwulu in both sets Saturday night but acquitted himself well with the rock’n’roll rawness of “Carol” and “Jigsaw Puzzle.” Bentall’s partner Kendel Carson didn’t sing herself but was an integral part of the evening weaving her violin in and out of songs for much of the evening. Shawn Hall (of The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer) sang one solo and backed up others

with his blues harp. Craig Northey did two songs himself and stuck around to help out on guitar and vocals. Shaun Verrault (who only performed on Saturday night) has actually opened for the Stones with his band Wide Mouth Mason and had a couple of hilarious stories about almost losing his shirt to Charlie Watts and almost locking lips with Mick Jagger. Those brushes with celebrity served as intros for his takes on “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Prodigal Son.” (A full set list from Saturday’s show and who performed what appears at the end of the article).

Following the weekend extravaganza Fiona Black talked to the News about how the production was put together. North Shore News: You and Steve Dawson have collaborated on several projects over the years — what are the logistics of putting together a massive show like Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out? Fiona Black: Months and months of planning. Steve does a lot of his work at his home in Nashville to get the tunes ready and a lot of the collaboration between artists is done remotely of course. See Dawson page 42

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Dawson showcased Vancouver talent From page 40

We were extremely happy with the strong positive response from the artists. You could tell on stage they revere Steve Dawson. He is no longer living in Vancouver so it was a rare opportunity to work with him. It also meant getting the right mix of artists that would make it an artistic success. We want to work with a variety of artists and we want to work with artists who are open to being creative. It was a re-imagining of the Rolling Stones and we really wanted these nights to be a tribute to the great talent on the West Coast. We had one artist (Roxanne Potvin) from Montreal but by and large the rest were local.

Ndidi Onukwulu performed “Midnight Rambler” and “Gimme Shelter” at the Ya-Ya’s shows plus sang backup on many other songs. PHOTO SUPPLIED PAUL WINSTANLEY

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with picking the repertoire. We did the album Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! in its entirety for the ﬁrst set and Steve would make suggestions as to what they would do from that album. It was a little bit of juggling making sure everybody was happy with their choices but Steve gave them the parameters to choose from three records from the time period — Let It Bleed, Beggars Banquet and Sticky Fingers. They all chose their own songs from those three records so we had what we felt was the golden era of the Stones. Set two was like an extension and it ended up being a super-epic show of over three hours long but everyone hung in there and seemed to enjoy it. I sure didn’t have anyone complaining about the length. If anything people were cheering for more encores. For people who were there for both nights the shows were subtly different – just the fact they got to do a second show they were tighter and looser at the

same time on night number two, if that makes sense. The ﬁrst night was really fun and there was a surprise element. Colin James was our surprise guest – it was wonderful to have him there for both nights. I spoke with Colin after and he said it was great to be a sideman. He doesn’t get to do that. He loved just being on stage and he got to play his mandolin which he rarely plays on his own material. And he got to reconnect with old friends. He’s good friends with Craig Northey and Steve Dawson. It became a real reunion and because we had the luxury of doing two nights together we got to spend a lot of time together. It was very special to see the camaraderie get stronger and stronger because we basically had three days together. We rehearsed everything on Thursday so this was all put together in one day. North Shore News: This was your ﬁrst thematic production with Steve and

his band at Kay Meek. How did that work out? Fiona Black: Beautiful. We loved the theatre, the crew there are wonderful to work with, the sound in that room is really nice. They’ve got a beautiful stage, it was luxurious to have that much space. It accommodated the show really well.

North Shore News: You’ve done several thematic shows with Steve over the years. How did those get started? Fiona Black: I think the Mississippi Sheiks was our ﬁrst big production like that and it actually inspired us to do the Black Hen Music Series at the Electric Owl which had a nice run. We invited a different guest for a number of shows. I think we did maybe 10 to 12 of those performances together before he left for Nashville. Our very ﬁrst guest artist in that series was Colin James and so it See Four page 44

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Four albums in running for 2016 From page 42 was Steve Dawson and the Black Hen Band with Colin James. It put that series at the Electric Owl, which was still a pretty new venue at that point, really on the map. ‘Wow, Colin’s playing a little club

that holds 300 people.’ We gave parameters to the guest artists that it was a collaboration between them and Steve and the Black Hen Band – ‘We’re going to do a different take on your favourite covers. Pick those songs you’ve always wanted to do but

don’t do in your normal repertoire.’ Colin loved that. I think for artists it gives them a new challenge. Jill Barber came in and did a night of country classics. She did Hank Williams and Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline and nailed that material. North Shore News: What was different about Ya-Ya’s from the previous productions? Fiona Black: For the Ya-Ya’s we had the luxury of two nights. We talked about how this would be so good to bring on the road across Canada. The chemistry between everyone was really good. The vibe was great, everybody was having a blast. Everyone was sending congratulations and thank-yous after the show. Roxanne Potvin was like, ‘Can’t we do this every weekend.’ She came all the way from Montreal. She’s worked with Steve before. It’s a testament to how much all these artists respect Steve as a musician and as a producer and their trust of him that they would just dive in: ‘If Steve’s involved it’s going to be great. We’re in.’

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North Shore News: Backtracking a bit, Steve said on stage originally you were thinking of a Beatles album this year instead of the Stones. Why did you switch it? Fiona Black: We were thinking of Revolver. We were both on board. When Steve delved into the material for Revolver it was quite complex more than he imagined. So when I went to visit him in Nashville it was part of

our agenda that we were going to sit down and discuss Revolver and just all the logistics of pulling it off. Steve started the conversation, ‘I’m not sure we should do Revolver ‘and I’m like, ‘What?’ because I thought it was a good choice. So then we started talking about other bands. The Band was mentioned at that point but the conversation came around to the Rolling Stones. I threw out Exile on Main St. and he said, ‘It’s a double record it might be a bit long.’ In the end it probably wouldn’t have been given that we did two full sets. It was Steve’s suggestion to do Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! I love that idea that we’re actually honouring a live record with a live performance. It seemed to ﬁt and we loved the repertoire. We felt we could augment the record with more from that era and I think it worked out really well. The repertoire is all over the map for the Stones and it’s really fun music to perform live. Steve works hard to be creative with the arrangements so you’re getting a fresh take on this classic material.

Ya Ya’s Night Number 2: Set 1 – Ya Ya’s 1) Love In Vain (horns) Steve Dawson 2) Honky Tonk Women (horns) – Barney Bentall 3) Little Queenie (horns) – Colleen Rennison 4) Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Ralph Shaw 5) Midnight Rambler – Ndidi Onukwulu 6) Carol – Dustin Bentall 7) Stray Cat Blues – Colin James 8) Under My Thumb (horns) - Roxanne Potvin 9) Live With Me (horns) – Craig Northey 10) Sympathy (horns) – Shaun Verrault 11) Street Fighting Man (horns) – Rich Hope Set 2 – Not Ya Ya’s 1) Monkey Man Craig Northey 2) Sway – Rich Hope 3) You Gotta Move Steve Dawson 4) Gimme Shelter (horns) – Ndidi Onukwulu 5) Jigsaw Puzzle (horns) Dustin Bentall 6) No Expectations – Colleen Rennison 7) Prodigal Son – Shaun Verrault 8) Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’ – Roxanne Potvin 9) Let It Bleed (horns) Ralph Shaw 10) Bitch (horns) – Shaun Hall 11) You Got the Silver Colin James 11) Salt Of The Earth Barney Bentall Finale: You Can’t Always Get What You Want

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four albums (The Band’s eponymous second album; David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars; The Beatles - Rubber Soul; The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo) in the lobby people could vote on as possible options for next year. Fiona Black: All four albums got quite a lot of votes. It was great to have the input from the audience and it created this really nice buzz in the lobby. We have great momentum and we want to keep this going. We’re not sure where we’ll go with it. I’m not at liberty to say because it’s so preliminary. People made other suggestions too but I think we’ll keep it to those four choices.

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very vicariously because I had the talent, I had the music, I had the business sense and I had that soloistic personality that (made him say), ‘Wow, here’s a reincarnation of myself 50 years later,’” he says. Edward was continually interested in his son’s training, which included completing bachelor’s and master’s degrees at The Julliard School, and subsequent professional life. Ian recalls his dad’s frequent check-ins, always armed with a multitude of speciﬁc questions, like how Julliard was going, how was the day’s lesson, did he practise, and what did his conductor think of his playing as of late. “A lot of the reasons why I went as far as I did is because of that propulsion that I had from my dad,” says Ian. Ian is pleased with the opportunity to pay tribute to his father at Piano Extravaganza, Lions Gate

Sinfonia’s 2015-2016 season opener, Saturday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m., at North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre. Ian is the evening’s featured soloist and Edward will be in attendance at the concert, which will see Ian perform Grieg’s “Piano Concerto.” “It’s a very special event in many ways because my dad is turning 85 on that concert – He’s got very deep dementia and advanced Alzheimer’s, however he can still play – One of his favourite pieces of all time was the Grieg “Piano Concerto” and that’s actually a concerto that he performed with the Vancouver Symphony back in the ’50s. It’s kind of a bittersweet thing to bring in because he’ll deﬁnitely recognize the music and enjoy it, but he may not know it’s me up there, but that doesn’t matter. So it’s a very special event in a personal way for myself because of that but also I don’t know if he’ll ever hear me in concert again,”

says Ian. This marks Ian’s ﬁrst time performing the work locally, which he says has been a celebrated success since its debut. “The Grieg concerto is one of the cornerstone, most beautiful, most loved, most celebrated concertos of the romantic era. Grieg himself wrote some of the most beautiful and memorable melodies. What was a bit of a shame is that he spent his whole life tweaking and ﬁxing up this one-and-only concerto instead of writing another one,” he says. Also on the program is Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D minor.” The concert is similar to one Ian did with Lions Gate Sinfonia back in 2013, also launching the North Shore orchestra’s season as well as highlighting the talents of North Shore Registered Music Teachers’ Association students. Ian, reached Tuesday by the North Shore News, was looking forward to

working with the students the following day, set to lead a master class to help them prepare for the performance and to play with the orchestra. “To work with these kids and then to see them go up on stage and do that, some of them for the ﬁrst time, is priceless,” he says. Other Lions Gate Sinfonia 2015-2016 season highlights include: The Magic Flute with guests Sarah Jackson, principal piccolo for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the 20-member Capilano Flute Choir, Nov. 7; A Very Sinfonia Family Christmas featuring Monique Creber and Family Dec. 19; East meets West with Pars National Ballet, barbat player Hossein Behroozinia and principal horn player Duncan Shaw, Feb. 27, 2016; and Majesty and Meditation with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Ariel Barnes and Lions Gate Sinfonia concertmaster Andrea Siradze, April 23, 2016.

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looking like it’s trying to earn its Flying Spurs, so to speak. However, it’s not an imitation – the 300C has a character all its own here. The side proﬁle is big, but not too big, with a trunk that’s not overlong. The 300S version – the sport model – is a bit more aggressive, complete with spoiler; however, the 300C’s silhouette is a bit more reserved. It’s certainly not a shy car. Environment Cavernous is the word that springs to mind, especially in the 300C’s rear seat. This is a proper big car, and would only need bench seating to be able to sit proudly on the dealership lot in the late 1960s. Of course, things are far more modern up front. A huge 8.4-inch Uconnect touchscreen is the main control surface, and that includes the controls for the heated seats and steering wheel. Here, as elsewhere, Uconnect proves to be one of the easier systems to immediately jump right in and use. Voice commands pick up your instructions quickly and without making repeated errors. Aside from the dominant

central screen, the 300C hasn’t changed much with the redesign. There’s a new rotary-style gearshift controller, operating much like a Jaguar XJ, a two-tone steering wheel, and neat features like heated and cooled cupholders. It’s nice enough, with quilted-look doorcards, but is starting to get surpassed by high-option trims of the refreshed Charger.

Performance Under the 300C’s long hood is the main event, a 5.7-litre V-8 making 363 horsepower at 5,200 r.p.m. and 394 foot-pounds of torque at 4,200 r.p.m. Yeah, it’s got a Hemi in it. Thing is, I’m not sure you really need it. The V-8 is stoutly powerful and provides wonderful rollon acceleration (and the soundtrack’s pretty great too). However, most buyers would be perfectly well served by the standard V-6, which is also thriftier at the pump. Having said that, the 300C doesn’t penalize you much for wanting a proper V-8 cruiser. The transmission is now an eight-speed unit that shifts in less than half the time of the old ﬁve speed. Not only does this make the car far

livelier in a straight line, but it helps keeps revs down low when you’re just sailing on down the highway. And that’s what this big ol’ girl does best. While perfectly capable of dusting off its heels at a stop light, the 300C is more a longdistance machine, ﬁtted with plenty of passing power. Road noise is not quite as serene as could be hoped for, and we’ll lay the blame on the 245 millimetre allseasons. A touring tire might cut down the road noise a bit. Additionally, that eightspeed transmission operates smoothly when warm, but will occasionally jar a bit off the line when it’s cold out. The steering provides more feedback than you’d expect from a machine from the old school, but it’s not really happy threading through the twisties. Spec a 300S for that work. Instead, simply hum along the Trans-Canada or a U.S. interstate, headed for sunshine and maybe a deckchair by the beach. It’s that kind of a car, relaxed and relaxing, but with power reserves aplenty to get past that tractor-trailer blocking the view.

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