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B.C.’s oil spill readiness challenged Anne Watson awatson@nsnews.com

THE Ministry of Environment says the province is not ready in the event of an oil spill, according to recently released documents.

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The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, are from new minister Mary Polak’s briefingbookanddealspecifically with “the expansion of oil and gas transport through B.C. (such as the Northern Gateway and the Kinder Morgan pipeline in the Lower Mainland) and the risks to B.C.’s environment from oil spills.” According to the document, “The Ministry of Environment — as the ministry responsible for preparedness, prevention, response and recovery for spills — is not adequately staffed and resourced to meet the existing and emerging expectations to address spills. Even a moderatesized spill would overwhelm the province’s ability to respond and could result in a significant liability for government.” See B.C. page 5

ICBC wants 4% auto insurance hike Anne Watson awatson@nsnews.com

SOME car owners could see their insurance rates go up on their next renewal.

ICBC announced on Friday it is ﬁling an application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission to increase its basic auto insurance rate. If approved, customers could see their basic insurance rates increase more than four per cent starting Nov. 1. “We put forward capital management framework to the BCUC for their approval and what that’s doing is saying we want to contain rates within 1.5 per cent of what was approved the previous year,

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making rates more predictable and stable,” said Mark Blucher, CEO and interim president of ICBC. For customers with optional coverages, such as collision and comprehensive, rates will decrease by four per cent. ICBC is raising the basic rates due to the increase in bodily injury claims. “The number of claims that we’re actually receiving is a result of more crashes where drivers are being distracted behind the wheel

using their smartphones, (and) more pedestrians and cyclists, we’re getting more claims from them,” said Blucher. “When we pay those claim amounts to our customers, the amount we’re actually paying is increasing as well.” He said there are two reasons for the increase in claim amounts; high medical costs and lawyer-represented claims. Ian Tootill, co-founder of Sense B.C., a group that advocates for motorists, said the timing of the announcement was cynical and deliberate right before the long weekend. “On the one hand they’re telling us that all the changes that they made to the Motor Vehicle Act and all this clobbering they are See Liberals page 5

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WV matchmaker strives for compatibility Anne Watson awatson@nsnews.com

It all happened within a week. Sheree Morgan left the guy she was dating and the company she was working for. Tired of having to answer for somebody else, she decided she wanted to start her own business. “Everything that I’ve done over my life has sort of led me in this direction,” says Morgan, a West Vancouver resident. “If all those things hadn’t happened at the same time, I probably wouldn’t have ended up here. It’s great when a very strong positive comes out of a negative.” Sheree Morgan is a matchmaker. She’s the real life equivalent of Cupid, though she carries a sense of humour instead of a quiver of arrows. Morgan started her company, Match-Works Matchmaking, in 2006. She had ﬂown to Los Angeles and Mexico for a vacation and along the way she read a book that changed her life. “In the airport in L.A. between going to Mexico, I was looking for a book to read to distract me and the book Rich Dad Poor Dad fell on my head.” Having wanted to read the ﬁnancial independence how-to book for a while, she decided to buy it. “It’s interesting to look at the book — it’s margarita stained, it’s tear stained, I dropped it in the water, but I read it from cover to cover,” she says. “I came back and I went ‘I have got to start my own business.’ I didn’t know what it was going to be, I just knew I wanted to work with people, I wanted to do something that mattered and I wanted to do something that nobody else in Vancouver was doing.” Back at home, she was walking along the Seawalk with a friend when they began talking about Morgan’s recent breakup. She met the guy through online dating, she says, after a guest dared her to on the online radio show she co-hosted. Her friend asked her if she would ever consider online dating again and Morgan was quick to answer. “I hated it for so many reasons. It brings a throwaway mentality. It doesn’t work for relationships,” says Morgan. “Then we started talking about the other options and so on, and I said, ‘Dating services don’t work; they just throw dates at you. The only thing that would work is somebody who really sat down, spent the time with you, got to know you on a very personal level as a true matchmaker would but there just isn’t anybody like that in Vancouver.’” Once Morgan uttered the words, she knew that’s what she wanted to do. “That was it. Two weeks later, I had designed my business card, had my business name and was building my website,” she says. Match-Works is not a dating service, Morgan says, and she’s adamant that people recognize the difference.

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SHEREE Morgan owns and operates Match-Works Matchmaking. She began her business in 2006 after deciding that dating services did not spend the necessary time to get to know their clients properly. She aims to match mutually attractive couples on similar paths with common goals. “The way you can tell the difference between a matchmaker and a dating service is a dating service sells you a number, so they sell ﬁve, eight, 10, 12 dates, that’s they’re contractual agreement. A matchmaker will never sell you a number because a true matchmaker will only introduce you to someone that’s a good possible match on both sides.” Morgan says it’s not just what you are looking for, but you have to be what the other person wants for it to be a good possible match. “I like to explain that online dating is the phone book. Lots of people in the phone book, there’s probably a good

couple of possibilities in there. Good luck ﬁshing through all of it because there’s a lot people to go through and there’s a lot of false advertising,” she says. “A dating service will sell you one of those pages, doesn’t mean it’s the right page but that’s how you get a page. A true matchmaker such as myself will only introduce what would be considered in sales a good, fully qualiﬁed, screened lead. So you’re dealing with quality matches versus quantity.” There are a plethora of online dating sites but only a handful of companies in Vancouver that claim

to be matchmakers. Morgan has been very successful, she says, and has been contacted not only locally, but also all across Canada, the United States and even internationally. “Most people ﬁnd me through a Google organic search. I do have a fair amount of referrals that come in as well,” says Morgan. Media coverage and referrals from other matchmakers in different cities have also propelled her business, but she is reluctant to say too much more. “I can’t give away all my secrets,” she says, adding her competitors often keep a watchful eye on her business. “They do always try and ﬁnd out

exactly what I’m doing.” Match-Works has two membership options: the gold membership that is the top tier and the silver membership. “My gold members tend to be those professionals, executives, entrepreneurs and so on,” she says. “My silver members tend to be a little bit of everybody.” The gold membership not only allows Morgan to search through all of her members and the thousands in her database, but also outside of that. For the silver membership, Morgan will only search through her gold and silver members to find a possible match. “There is a very big price difference. I don’t quote my prices over the phone because people that don’t know the difference between a matchmaker and a dating service really don’t know, and then they tend to compare apples and oranges,” Morgan says. “I am absolutely not the cheapest but I’m definitely the best, and that’s what I strove for when I started my business.” When someone contacts MatchWorks, Morgan will meet with them in what she calls a prescreening before she decides to take them on as a client. “We talk a little bit about the matching and what they’re looking for, but on a whole it’s mostly for both of us to get to know each other a little bit,” she says. She asks them questions to use on their basic search and takes notes throughout the meeting. “It’s also an opportunity for them to get to know me, decide if they want to work with me, and me to really get to know who they are.” It’s this process that allows Morgan to gain a better understanding of a potential client and decide if she wants to work with them. Morgan says although she wants to help people, she’s learned over the years that she can’t help everybody and she wants to maintain her good reputation. “I take great pride in what I do, so I’m not going to shoot myself in the foot and take on somebody that I know I can’t get what they’re looking for or if I don’t feel like I can represent them,” says Morgan. “I also won’t take somebody on if I think the timing is wrong, or I think their expectations are unrealistic and I can’t get them what they’re looking for.” She says people will often send her their profile beforehand, but it’s not enough to truly understand what they are like. “It has all sorts of facts on it, but it doesn’t tell me anything about them,” Morgan explains. “I learn more about them by 15 minutes in front of them, but I usually spend about an hour prescreening beforehand.” Once both sides have decided they want to work together, a background check is required, something Morgan insists on for everybody. Then it’s a consultation and a walkabout. “I want to know who they are physically attracted to as well as the consultation of what they’re looking for in a person. You need to have a balance of a little bit of both, otherwise the most I can give them is a really good friend,” she says. “When you’re picking just on chemistry and not looking for the balance in their life path, similarities and so on, you tend to get something that is hot and heavy, but it also has a lot of issues and problems along the way, not necessarily See Most page 8

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B.C. not buying NV oil skimmers From page 1 Christianne Wilhelmson, executive director of Georgia Strait Alliance, a marine environmental protection group, said the most recent news does not surprise her. “We have been telling the government this for years, so it’s actually quite disturbing that the government’s been saying that we are prepared when in fact their own staff have been telling them exactly the opposite,” said Wilhelmson. “This to me indicates that decisions are being made on a political level and not being made based on facts, because the staff who are working on these issues every day, they know better than probably anybody how prepared or not prepared we are for an oil spill.” NigelBennett,co-founderofAquaGuard Spill Response Inc. in North Vancouver, said that fortunately there have been no large spills yet considering the news. “Our feeling from the outside looking in (is) that they are under-equipped,” he said. “Everybody’s doing the best they can with what they have, we just don’t have the budget.” Aqua Guard specializes in designing and supplying oil spill response equipment and

services. He said they just completed 10 days of demonstrations and testing at the dry dock in Lower Lonsdale for their latest oil skimming system. Many of the major oil companies attended as well as MSRC, the largest oil response group in the United States, but there was a lack of local interest in their product. “One of the sad things is that we design and manufacture all this equipment in North Van,” said Bennett.” I can’t see any slated here for our coast, which is kind of an ironic thing.” He said Canada is one of their smallest markets for oil spill response equipment. “Ninety per cent of all of our business is outside Canada. We’re heavily into South America, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, you name any country that’s moving or transporting oil on the surface of the water,” said Bennett. He said diluted bitumen, something that is included in the ministry’s documents, is “something that’s a little more alien” and the technology needs to be there to deal with it. “There should be a budget for this kind of thing,” said Bennett, adding that it shouldn’t take a major spill, such as the Enbridge spill in the Gulf of Mexico, to

bring the government into action. “The environment is going to suffer.” Wilhelmson said the effects of recent government budget cuts would not help the situation. “I know we all love hearing about tightening belts, but remember that there is a cost on the ground,” she said. “When you cut people in the public service you are cutting service to the public and that includes our ability to deal with an oil spill along with a variety of other services that are being cut.” Wilhelmson adds that the government should stop talking about increasing shipping traffic, specifically bitumen. “Staff are trying to tell the political leaders what’s going on, and they’re not being listened to,” she said. “It’s completely reckless on the part of any government to approve more tanker traffic when we’re not ready for what we have now.” Liberal MLAs Jane Thornthwaite and Naomi Yamamoto were unavailable for comment.

doing of motorists is resulting in safety beneﬁts,” said Tootill. “And then in the next breath they are telling us that no, in fact injuries have gone up and claims have had to be paid out because of that.” If approved , the increase will net ICBC approximately $114 million. Tootill said the increase could be due to the provincial government trying to balance its own books by transferring money from ICBC. According to the ministry of ﬁnance’s review of ICBC in

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UCH as we’d like to, there’s no denying that the leaves are starting to change and the blackberries are appearing on the vine — both unmistakable signs of the passage of time. The Labour Day long weekend also marks the beginning of a predictable school year of grad parties. Local police agencies dust off press releases warning about the dangers of underage drinking and the havoc out-of-control ragers tend to bring. Newspapers take calls from angry residents who have been kept up all night or found the woods or ﬁelds near their homes buried in beer cans. Inevitably, there will be some who take things too far and someone will end up in the back of a patrol car, an ER or worse. Then everyone will be able to say,

“I told you so.” Of course they’re right to do so, but it seems no level of indignation, stern warning or certainly a newspaper editorial can change what is a part of local culture. We don’t condone this activity, but short of putting everyone under 20 under a strict police-enforced curfew, it’s going to happen. So it’s upon us then to manoeuvre however we can to mitigate the risk and mess. That means keeping minds and lines of communication open, and taxis on speed dial. Soon-to-be grads tend to go overboard with these things because they believe, quite wrongly, that this will be the greatest time of their lives. It wouldn’t hurt to remind them how much better life gets after high school.

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Dear Editor: I would like to respond to your Aug. 28 editorial about the wireless industry, Wave Action, that has some incorrect information in it. First and foremost, at Telus we don’t shy away from competition. We say “bring it on.” What we are advocating for is the chance to compete on a level playing field. The current rules set out by the government do not allow for that and, in fact, hand taxpayer-funded advantages to huge foreign firms — in Verizon’s case a firm with three times as many customers as the entire population of Canada. They can afford to compete with us head-to-head. Competition in the Canadian wireless market is fierce and we go head-to-head with all wireless carriers on a daily basis for customers’ business. We recently introduced SharePlus plans, building on a

drive to put customers at the core of pricing plans that began with Clear and Simple plans launched in 2009 — the ﬁrst wireless plans in Canada to do away with the system access fee. Since then, Telus has eliminated activation fees, introduced data notiﬁcations and caps to eliminate bill shock when travelling, introduced device unlocking, re-written contracts in plain language, added caller ID and voicemail as standard on all Telus rate plans and eliminated contract cancellation charges in favour of a device balance. It is incorrect to write Canadians pay skyhigh prices. It is a myth. The latest OECD report out just this year actually proves, once again, the prices Canadians pay for wireless services are about average for developed countries and that Canadians have access to some of the best wireless networks

anywhere in the world. Report after report ﬁnds the same thing. The recent CRTC-sponsored Wall Report, the Jeff Fan report issued in March, the 2011 Nordicity report, even the 2011 OECD report all found Canadian pricing is about average in the developed world, and in most cases lower than in the U.S. Telus has invested $102 billion in technology and operations since 2000 across the country. We are not perfect, but we are getting better. All we want is the chance to compete fairly. Unfortunately, all Canadians will be affected by the federal government’s current policy framework that offers unfair advantages to massive foreign organizations. Lisa LaMothe, general manager, Telus, North Vancouver

So many construction lane closures at once frustrate

Dear Editor: I am certain anyone living in North Vancouver is well aware that developers have been allowed (encouraged?) to run amok. This comes with a myriad of negative side effects, and one in particular in the city has been driving me to distraction of late. Do we as taxpayers not employ some sort of trafﬁc management “professionals” at city hall? Why have developers seemingly been given the green light to do whatever they like, with no consideration whatsoever to their surroundings, and how their construction activity affects things? Marine Drive, along with Keith, Bewicke, Welch and other streets all have developer-driven lane closures in close proximity, some as many as two in one city

block. This has been ongoing for some time. Is there no planning at all? Does the city simply rubber stamp every application that comes in? Why has none of this work been staggered, so as to mitigate the gridlock it causes? Add in street work on Forbes and other locations, and getting anywhere without becoming incensed by this is practically impossible. The current situation is not acceptable, and needs to be remedied and not repeated. The residents and general road users deserve better than this. We should dispense with paying trafﬁc management individuals if this is the result of their “management” Chris Cullen, North Vancouver

You said it “I noticed an air conditioner dripping water down and I thought if there’s a way that we could contain that it would be helpful for everybody.” Splash Water Canada vicepresident Phil Fraser discusses the inspiration that led to the atmospheric water harvester, a device which stores and puriﬁes drinking water from the air using a process similar to a dehumidiﬁer (from an Aug. 30 news story). ••• “As long as spending limits are as high as they are, it freezes out the third parties and the independents.” Former NDP MLA David Schreck bemoans the price tag of becoming an MLA after noting that most successful candidates in last May’s provincial election spent between $60,000 and $90,000 (from an Aug. 28 news story). ••• “It’s hard to eat concrete.” North Vancouver’s Edible Garden Project manager Heather Johnstone says bees are threatened globally by pesticides and disappearing food sources (from an Aug. 25 Sunday Focus story).

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Stodgy old Quebec is no longer a cool cat Matthew Claxton Contributing writer

EVERY province tries to be cool in its own way. You’ve got your Albertan version (tough cowboys), your Maritime version (ﬁddleplaying Celtic folks with weird accents), and your B.C. version (stoned slackers). For years, it seemed like Quebec had a lock on being the coolest province. You could buy beer and wine in the corner stores! Everybody spoke French and the cities had great architecture. Best

of all, they were constantly sticking it to Ottawa. Then, they started taking themselves a little too seriously. Threatening to take your ball and go home maybe works once, but if you do it half a dozen times over 30-odd years, people just start rolling their eyes. Worst of all has been the weird habit of constantly claiming to be a victimized minority, while increasingly trying to stomp on nonFrancophone minorities. Earlier this year, we saw the Quebec Soccer Federation ban players from wearing turbans or other

religious head coverings on the pitch. Now the Parti Québécois is proposing a ban on any religious head coverings or sizeable religious symbols for all public employees. It’s like PQ leader Pauline Marois was stung by one wasp, and then decided to wear an entire hive as a hat while jumping up and down vigorously. Obviously, this new proposed law is stupid, racist, and if it was held up to the values of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, would stand as much chance of surviving as a delicate origami

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Dear Editor: Regarding your Aug. 21 story, Union Backs Call for 2nd WV Ambulance: In December 2012, an 87-year-old woman in Toronto died after waiting three hours for an ambulance to come to her aid. She reported abdominal pains, and the ambulance had been re-routed three times “due to limited resources.” Seniors and all families in West Vancouver are subject to exactly the same risk given the government of British Columbia’s understaffing of our ambulance service. One ambulance may have been enough for a younger, smaller population. One ambulance simply won’t cut it today. Our firefighters, heroic as they are, are prohibited by the province’s regulations from

basic interventions including administering insulin injections. Additionally, West Vancouver ﬁre trucks are often reassigned out of the district and unavailable to serve us. During the provincial election, standing as the independent candidate for West VancouverCapilano, I pushed our incumbent MLA and all of the candidates to make the ambulance and ﬁrst-responder services in our community a central concern. It is time for Ralph Sultan, now returned as our MLA, to show his mettle and integrity in championing the needs of our community. He must secure for us the ambulance services we need, so that no one will suffer the appalling fate of the gentle lady in Toronto. Michael Markwick West Vancouver

crane placed inside the engine of a large jetliner. Why is this law being proposed in the ﬁrst place? Marois has defended the so-called Charter of Quebec Values as part of the unique Québécois culture of secularism. Well, I’m so full of secularism it’s coming out my ears, and that’s a load of steaming horse manure. The freedom of people in Quebec to practise their religion or culture should only end when it causes demonstrable harm to others. Let’s say that I ﬁrmly believe that I must, at all times, wear a bedazzled purple pirate hat. Is this belief backed up by centuries of religious philosophy and tradition? Nope. Is it a statement about a proud cultural heritage? Nope. Should the government be

allowed to say that I can’t wear my spangly purple hat? Absolutely not. The point of freedom of religion means even freedom for dummies like me to believe whatever we want. This law is not about bringing Quebecers together and uniting people in la belle province, as Marois and her supporters have claimed. It’s about staking out a tribal enclave and making it clear to those who aren’t white, pure laine Francophones that they aren’t welcome. Quebec has turned from a cool young rebel of the 1960s, with its Quiet Revolution and radical politics, into a stodgy, aging, xenophobic old twit, shaking his cane at the kids and telling them to get off his lawn. So basically, it’s doing what all the other old hippies have been doing since the 1980s.

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three municipalities, with males making up roughly 20,580 and females about 18,790. Morgan says that although women are more proactive in seeking her out, her client base is fairly equal when it comes to the sexes. “Right now I have a very good balance, but I work on that balance,” she says. “What happens is, let’s face it, we’re in Vancouver and men in Vancouver tend to be a little lackadaisical and women are proactive — usually, again these are generalizations and not always true of everybody.” She says she does not pursue clients. “I just create awareness for men specifically, so I’m really fortunate in that I get a really good balance of 50-50,” says Morgan. “You start your business, you pay attention, you adapt and evolve through what you see coming in.” Match-Works has been successful in making matches and Morgan says the results for her gold members are particularly good. “I tend to get my matches by the second or my third introduction,” she says. “But I’ve had 17 couples that I’ve got on the very first time — that only happens when you do the work. “The only reason that everybody else doesn’t do it is because it’s a lot of work, it does not happen easily. I have to spend a lot of time with my clients,” says Morgan. “I know them all personally and I have to spend a lot of time doing the cross-matching and the pre-screenings for them beforehand, before I introduce somebody to them. There’s nothing immediate about it, but the results are good.” Morgan says she has learned all she knows from life experience and learning from her mistakes. “I always got the lesson the first time,” she says. “I have always believed that any success and failure in relationships always has two sides and that the only person I was in control of was me.” Interviewing experts when she co-hosted an online dating and relating radio show, as well as reading numerous self-help books, also helped mould Morgan’s education on relationships. “EverydayIlearnsomething new,” explains Morgan. “If you’re in this business you have to love talking to people, and part of talking to people is really listening.” When she began her business, Morgan was not interested in finding someone for herself. “I just don’t think you can focus that much on starting a business and starting a new relationship, and like I said, one of the number 1 things I’m looking for always is timing. Now it’s finally timing but I can’t date my clients, it’s a conflict of interest. “So quite honestly, I could use a matchmaker for me,” she laughs. “I kid about that, I’m doing OK. I’m just now to the point where it’s like ‘now it’s the time to take care of me.’ “So yes, the matchmaker is looking for a match at the moment.”

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Judge ﬁnds for Collingwood Jane Seyd jseyd@nsnews.com

A neighbour of West Vancouver’s Collingwood School who has complained about the impact of traffic and school construction on his Glenmore neighbourhood has lost a bid to force the municipality limit the number of students allowed at the private school. Andrzej Lepiarczyk filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court asking a judge to force the District of West Vancouver to make the school abide by the original 600-student limit in the zoning for the school’s Morven campus. Lepiarczyk was among a number of Glenmore residents who raised concerns about traffic volume, parking and construction associated with the school over several years. “All parties agree that in 2007 the

school had significantly more students than the District of West Vancouver’s zoning restrictions allowed,” wrote Justice Heather Holmes in her decision of Aug. 14. School officials acknowledged at one time there were 718 students enrolled, wrote Holmes. Grade 7 students were later moved to the school’s Wentworth campus, bringing numbers at the Morven site down — most recently to 568 students. In the meantime, after discussions with the school, the District of West Vancouver changed its bylaws to allow a maximum of 600 students at the Morven campus, provided the school operated as a “combined” elementary/secondary school. In court, Lepiarczyk argued the school is not really a “combined” school, because it takes students in grades 8 through 12 — and therefore should be considered a secondary school, subject to tighter enrolment restrictions. But the judge noted district bylaws define “secondary school” as grades 9 through 12. The judge also rejected Lepiarczyk’s

request to toss out West Vancouver’s decision to grant the school at permissive tax exemption. Lepiarczyk argued the district had not given enough public notice before making the decision. But the judge noted under the Community Charter, public notice is not required for the granting of tax exemptions for private schools. Earlier this month, Lepiarczyk went public with complaints the district has not been enforcing rules requiring construction trucks working on the school not stop in front of neighbours’ homes. Construction of a new 75,347square-foot wing to the school with 150 underground parking spaces started in June 2012 on the Morven Drive campus. District of West Vancouver spokeswoman Donna Power said recently the bylaw department has had a strong presence on the site and issues tickets to truck drivers whenever there has been a violation. But Lepiarczyk said the tickets have done little to deter the trucks from continually stopping on the street.

Go-kart stolen from shed in North Van yard Anne Watson awatson@nsnews.com

THE North Vancouver RCMP is asking for the public’s help in locating a stolen go-kart. The vehicle was taken from a residential shed in the 300-block of East 16th Street between Aug. 13 and 18. “The guy had it in his out building, like a small shed, and he doesn’t go to it every day so to speak, but during those dates he ﬁgured it went missing,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP. “He noticed the gate was left unlocked at one point, so probably when he was gone during the day

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Organizers Leon Kozlov and Murray White and his son Andy, with a photo of Murray’s wife Linda Rossetti, Andy’s mom. The third annual Prints show was held at Lynn Valley Village on Aug. 14. The gallery night featured more than 70 photographs available at silent auction to raise money for cancer care. Every photograph was a donation by the photographer, with all proceeds going to InspireHealth: Integrative Cancer Care in memory of Linda Rossetti, who passed away in 2010. Along with draws and door prizes, the event raised more than $6,000.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to ACTIVE LIVING

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CAMILLA Boisvert (second from right), a job developer with WorkBC, hangs out on Grouse Mountain with Lauren Deutschmann (left), William Nahanee, Jim Tarves, Daphne Nguyen, Lorraine McLatchie and Siann Montgomery.

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CAMILLA Boisvert is a fairy godmother of sorts. She does not have a wand but an ability to connect people, speciﬁcally employers and job seekers with mental or physical disabilities. Boisvert is a job developer at WorkBC Employment Services Centre - North Shore Youth through YWCA Metro Vancouver. “I have been working on the North Shore for ﬁve years now through the Canadian Mental Health

Association,” says Boisvert. Three years ago she received a phone call from an employee at Grouse Mountain who was in what she calls “an employment crisis.” “She asked us if we could work with Grouse to provide job coaching for her,” says Boisvert. Boisvert also spoke to a Grouse supervisor about doing in-service training for their staff on workplace accommodation for people with disabilities. “They embraced the idea and so I went up, provided one-hour in-service training to their supervisors, kitchen and housekeeping,” she says. “Last May, they contacted me again because of new staff, so I went back up to provide session two.”

According to the WorkBC website, the centre “provides services, programs and support to assist individuals who are legally entitled to work in Canada ﬁnd meaningful employment.” “The Employment services centre at the YWCA North Shore is here to work with businesses and the community to provide a rich diverse labour force,” says Boisvert. “Grouse Mountain is good proof that it works.” She says the process usually involves refreshing the employee’s memory about their job description. “I’ll go on site with an employee, so if they’re See Employees page 12

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having issues with either the task that they must do or time management,” Boisvert says. “I’ll work on a job list for the employee or suggest ways for the company to provide accommodation such as the job list, time management — like a checklist of duties that the employee would have throughout the day or their shift.” She says this year to date she has helped around 25 employees, and not just at Grouse. “As a job developer the most challenging aspect of the work is to convince employers that even though clients have disabilities, they have skills and abilities and they are capable of being part of the workforce,” says Boisvert. A lot more North Shore businesses, she says, could be utilizing the skills of people with disabilities. “Perhaps they’re not aware of the programs that WorkBC has to offer through either extra training or in-service training for their employees, additional training for new skills,” Boisvert says. “Because WorkBC does offer that.” The most fulﬁlling part of Boisvert’s work is having a successful outcome.

“It’s placing a client and that the client keeps the job and they love it and they ﬂourish,” she says. Grouse Mountain has been using the centre’s program for many years before she got involved, says Boisvert. “They don’t look at disability as a challenge,” she says, adding that in circumstances such as wheelchair accessibility, which is more of a problem at the top of the mountain, Grouse will make adjustments for the employee. “They will accommodate situations like this. They’re very responsive, they want the ongoing in-service for more education on how to support.” Boisvert also works with numerous other employment agencies. “All of us are supporting, are preparing, providing skills to clients who are job ready,” she says. “We would love to work with employers on the North Shore.” But, Boisvert says, there is still a lot of work to be done in creating more awareness. “There’s a lot of education that has to happen with employers, companies, about hiring people with disabilities,” she says. “Unfortunately for a lot of these clients, because of the barrier that they deal with, they need an advocate.”

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Come play Trying out wine tourism with us! Older regions taking a page from new book

THE new and old worlds of wine share as many differences as similarities, which goes partway to explain why, in Burgundy at least, wine tourism as we know it is a relatively new phenomenon. However, in a region where food and wine are so inextricably intertwined it comes as no surprise to discover that wine-inclined accommodations and dining are very much on the rise. Hospitality in Burgundy enjoys a variety of styles, whether your tastes (and budget) lean towards dining in a Michelin one-star, tracking down less-celebrated cellars or exploring how glorious Epoisses cheese is made, this remarkable and historic region has it all. Few have borrowed from the New World playbook as astutely as Olivier Leflaive. Aside from owning highly regarded Domaine Leflaive, with his brother Patrick, he operates a thriving restaurant and luxury boutique hotel, on the treed village square in venerable Puligny-Montrachet. When I arrive for my tour I’m offered a choice of French or English: each brother escorts a group according to preference. After a short walk through the village and a brief history lesson we arrive at the winery where it doesn’t take me long to realize that Olivier Leflaive is a born entertainer. Even for the most determined tourist, visits to fermentation tanks, barrel cellars and bottling lines can sometimes seem just a tad repetitious, but Olivier’s explanations are liberally sprinkled with cheeky, sometimes wicked humour that rarely fails to elicit a chuckle from his audience. It’s easy to see why people come from all over to stay at the hotel. In fact, we share our lunch table with a visiting chateau owner from Bordeaux, who’s dropped by to have a

Notable Potables Tim Pawsey

good look at just what the two do so well. Part of their success is owed to offering realistic choices. Lunch can be accompanied by one of three tasting flights, each designed to appeal to a different level of interest, experience and budget. All are well paired with an excellent menu. The glasses arrive first to allow you to taste the wines alone before each of the three courses. Each level offers good value. Our 10-taste, “Prestige” (45) spans a range that includes four Leflaive Premiers Crus, including the floral, intensely mineral Puligny-Montrachet Champ Gain 08 (92 points) and the extraordinary, complex, stone fruit, citrus and mineral streaked Corton Charlemagne

09 (94 points). The rooms in the 17thcentury building are exquisitely furnished; perhaps not surprising considering the geniality of hosts who truly go above and beyond when it comes to welcoming their guests. Later, I watch a short film in which the renaissance Olivier (a former professional musician) narrates and plays classical guitar. It documents the harvest, and I discover that same genuine hospitality is extended to the pickers and harvest teams who are well fed and feted in their arduous work. You can find a selection of Domaine Leflaive at B.C. Liquor Stores, and if you are Burgundy bound be sure to book a meal or even a stay at Maison Olivier Leflaive: (olivier-leflaive.com) ••• Belly’s Budget Best Anko Los Cardones Torrontes 2012 This white from Argentina’s high-altitude northern Salta region (which is almost on the Bolivian border as the label depicts) sports floral and orange aromas with subtle spice, stonefruit, minerality and good acidity on the palate (BCLS $16.99, 90 points). info@hiredbelly.com

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GranFondo Cycling Event Saturday, September 7, 2013

Traﬃc Pattern Changes: Highway 1 and Sea-to-Sky Highway 99 The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure notifies the public of a planned cycling event taking place on Highway 1 and Highway 99, between Vancouver and Whistler. Riders in the RBC GranFondo Whistler cycling event will start at 7:00 a.m. in Vancouver, travel over the Lions Gate Bridge and up Taylor Way to Upper Levels Highway 1 en route to Highway 99, to finish in Whistler. This event will result in temporary traffic pattern changes, delays and some stoppages on Saturday, September 7, 2013, as follows: WestVancouver: Highway 1, Upper Levels Highway - Eastbound Lanes Closed Horseshoe Bay toTaylorWay - Highway 1, two eastbound lanes closed from 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. *Use Marine Drive eastbound as an alternate route. Downtown Vancouver — 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. North and West Vancouver — 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Squamish — 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Whistler — 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Motorists are asked to allow extra travel time or plan alternate travel routes. Please exercise caution, watch for traffic control personnel and follow all signs along the route. Your patience during the event is appreciated.

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SENIORS

Living will in debate

Patient’s family disagrees with treatment IS a living will worth the paper it is written on?

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MAVIS Burton (left), Mary Chenier and Reta Dixon, known as The Happy Divas, arrive at the Concert in the Square Aug. 25, held at Shipbuilders’ Square. The event featured entertainment from the Dal Richards Orchestra, seven-year-old singer Tyson Venegas and more. Strawberry shortcake was also served to those in attendance.

We are about to ﬁnd out. The Supreme Court is expected to clarify end-oflife rights of patients and the obligations of health providers within the next year. We can thank the Bentley family for that. Eighty-two-year-old Margaret Bentley, who has Alzheimer’s disease, is currently being spoon fed by her care staff contrary to the wishes she expressed in her living will. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the age of 68 in 1999, Bentley has been institutionalized since 2005 and has been in a “vegetative” state for at least three years. Bentley made out a living will in 1991 and speciﬁed she was to receive no nourishment or liquids if there was no reasonable expectation of recovery from extreme physical or mental disability. Despite those instructions, and over the objections of her family

Older & Wiser

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and her physician, Bentley continues to be spoon fed at her care home. Bentley’s family is asking the court to recognize her Statement of Wishes as a valid and enforceable advance directive under the Health Care Consent Act. Anyone who is competent has the right to consent or refuse medical care. That’s not in dispute. The care facility housing Bentley, which operates under the Fraser Health Authority, takes the position that it is obligated to provide necessities of life for patients. Ten years ago, most of us had no idea what an advanced directive or living will was. Now many Canadians have resorted to living wills because we fear

being kept alive in a hospital or nursing home beyond the point that anyone would choose to endure. It would be useful, I suppose, to know if the right to refuse medical treatment includes the right to refuse ordinary care such as food and water. I suspect the public is more interested in knowing if they are going to be allowed to make decisions around when they want to die, if they want to die and how they are going to die, if they are facing a terminal illness from which there is no hope of recovery. How the court will rule here is difﬁcult to say. I would expect the court to uphold the provision that fully informed and competent patients have the right to make individual treatment decisions including not accepting treatment even if that decision is likely to result in death. I think that the court may rule that there is no legal requirement to continue any form of medical treatment where treatment is considered to be medically useless and not in the best interest of the patient. This is sometimes referred to as heroic or extraordinary See Finding page 19

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NOTICES Grandparents’ Day: The Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia will host a free family program in partnership with the Young Naturalists’ Club Sunday, Sept. 15, 1-3 p.m. at the Heritage Centre, 1620 Mount Seymour Rd., North Vancouver. Grandparents and grandchildren are invited for a nature walk followed by a dream catcher workshop. Info: elderscouncilforparks.org. Registration required: info@ync.ca. SOCIAL GROUPS AND OUTINGS Chinese Seniors Outreach Group: A free program to learn and connect with the community and make new friends. Languages: Mandarin, Cantonese and English. The group meets Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30

p.m. at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-982-8333. Circle of Friendship: For women 50+ offering companionship, discussions, guest speakers, and more, Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. Drop-in fee: $2 for members/$3 for non-members. Info: 604-925-7280 or westvancouver.ca/seniors. Coffee Talk: Topical discussions about current events, history, holidays and more, the ﬁrst Monday of every month, 1:302:30 p.m. at Mollie Nye House. Drop-in fee: non-members $4/ members $2. Info: 604-9875820. Coffee Talk: Mondays, 11 a.m.-noon at West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre. Free. Info: 604-925-7280 or westvancouver.ca/seniors. Community Kitchen Lunch: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. Fee: $6 for non-members/$5 for members. Info: 604-9836350 or myparkgate.com. Coronation Street Chat: The last Sunday of the month, 12:30-2:30 p.m. at West Van-

couver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. Drop-in fee: $2. Info: 604-925-7280 or westvancouver.ca/seniors. Coronation Street Regulars: Spend time with others who watch this British soap, the ﬁrst Friday of every month, 2-3 p.m. at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Drop-in fee: non-members $4/ members $2. For more information call 604-987-5820. Diner’s Club: Tuesdays, 5-6 p.m. at Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. A shuttle bus is available for Lions Manor, Roche Point Towers, Bowron Court and Atrium. For more information call Andrea at 604904-6483. Fee: $6. Lunch and Bridge: Tuesdays, noon, at the North Shore Volunteers for Seniors, 275 21st St., West Vancouver. Cost: $5. Info: 604-922-1575, info@nsvs. ca or nsvs.ca. Lunch and Games: Wednesdays, noon, at the North Shore Volunteers for Seniors, 275 21st St., West Vancouver. Cost: Free. For more information call 604922-1575, or email info@nsvs. ca or nsvs.ca. Multicultural Program: Seniors meet to discuss areas of

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Doctor visit

BRIAN Davies (left), a naturopathic doctor with Westcoast Integrative Health, and Chris Rothfelder, a trainer with Team Fitness, talk about elder care and rehabilitation at a free presentation Aug. 15 at John Braithwaite Community Centre. The event was part of a free health and wellness series. interest and participate in various ways such as singing, playing games and discussions with guest speakers, Fridays, 3 p.m. at North Shore Volunteers for Seniors, 275 21st St., West Van-

couver. Info: 604-922-1575, info@nsvs.ca or nsvs.ca. — compiled by Debbie Caldwell

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Finding a balance could be a challenge From page 18

treatment, and the question of if treatment once started must be continued is a bit of a grey area. I think it is unlikely that active euthanasia will be accepted or made legal in Canada except perhaps in the province of Quebec. What is needed here, in my opinion, is for the courts to make a clear ruling on whether or not

a prior statement, such as a living will, must be respected ﬁrst and foremost in a patient’s decision and choice to terminate ordinary care. The challenge facing the court is to ﬁnd a balance between personal autonomy and the protection of human life. Even if we could agree that no one should be kept alive against his or her wishes, does an individual have the right to require others to bring about death?

The courts will need the wisdom of Solomon to sort this one out. Let’s hope for Margaret Bentley’s sake, and indeed for all of us, that the court hears this case soon.

Tom Carney is the executive director of the Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. Ideas for future columns are welcome. Contact him at 604-985-3852 or send an email to lions_view@telus.net.

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THERE was once a time when I taught obedience classes where the main focus of my training was having a dog sit for 10 minutes then heel around the other dogs. In general this type of dog training is valuable because when the dog owner applies what they have learned in class to their everyday life, a dog is given structure and it learns how to live happily within healthy boundaries of leadership. But during the last decade I have dropped the classroom setting and have begun working with people and their dogs individually, addressing their needs and their dogs’ needs on a personal level. The goals of the owners are not to win an obedience trial, but rather to have a dog that is polite, social and willing. A companion that is welcome wherever it goes by whomever it meets. During the training, we follow the natural evolution of the dog’s maturity and development. Whatever problematic behaviours arise during this time, I try not to “ﬁx” them per se, but rather have the owner learn from

them, much like the Buddhist proverb, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” In the case of working with dogs, the dog is the teacher and the owner is the student. So what exactly does this mean? Well, more often than not, dog trainers are called upon to fix problems. A dog is misbehaving, the dog is at fault and the owner wants it to stop. Sometimes a more Zen-like approach is required: what is it about yourself that is becoming irritated by your dog that you need to fix? As an example, I had been called to the home of a woman whose dog was constantly chewing on her shoes. She had wanted me to fix the problem because the dog had eaten most of her footwear. Upon meeting the dog, I noticed the dog was filled with exuberant joy. It was so peacefully happy it would grab whatever was on the floor — be it a toy or a shoe — and proudly trot around the house with the item in its mouth making a cooing noise. My first question to the woman was, “How do you feel when your dog runs around the house like this?” Her response was, “It makes me so happy because he is so joyful.” My next question was, “How do you feel when he destroys your shoes?” Her response was, “I get angry, almost enraged. I loved those shoes and I worked hard to buy them and it angers me that they are destroyed by him.” My next question was, “So the shoes brought you joy and their absence brings you anger, and you are blaming

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your dog for making you more angry?” “Yes!” she said. I could sense her irritation beginning to grow. She had a difficult time wrapping her head around this next part. “Your dog is not chewing your shoe out of spite or boredom, he is chewing it because he is forcing the emotion of anger to shine within you, so you can recognize it and heal it. Once you stop being so angry and begin to truly be present and enjoy life — as he does — he will stop chewing your shoes!” Her homework was to place all footwear in closets and leave out the dog’s toys. When the dog grabbed a toy she was to participate in the dog’s joy by playing with him. If an accident did occur where a shoe got destroyed she was to remind herself that she absent-mindedly forgot to put her shoes away because she was not being present — it’s not the dog’s fault. If she felt anger, she was to look within and find the reason. After a few weeks she confided in me, saying she realized that she had created a false sense of self-worth from her expensive footwear and this lack of authenticity had made her angry. Once she began to love her dog as he was, those loving emotions began to override her anger and the dog stopped chewing her shoes. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. What is your dog trying to teach you? Joan has been working with dogs for over 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation. Contact her at k9kinship.com.

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FORGET about wondering what dogs would say if they could talk and get a load of what they would write if they could get their paws to work a keyboard. This whimsical wandering into the poetic souls of our canine friends is the delightful follow up to Francesco Marciuliano’s bestseller I Could Pee on This. Poetic license is taken to new levels as we are treated to dog tales that will get you howling with laughter. Canine outlooks on topics like going to the park, the doorbell, dinner, chasing balls and many more are presented in this collection. Accompanying the poems are a wide variety of photographs showing dogs of all shapes and sizes.

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WEST Vancouver’s Harry Jones ﬁnds some running room during a 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying match against the United States held Aug. 24 at Toronto’s BMO Field. Canada topped the States 40-20 in their two-game series to book their spot in the World Cup.

Canada earns World Cup berth North Shore stars play key roles as rugby team tops USA

Andy Prest aprest@nsnews.com

NORTH Shore players featured prominently as Canada booked their ticket to the 2015 IRB Rugby World Cup by beating the United States 40-20 in aggregate score over home and away games played recently in South Carolina and Toronto.

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West Vancouver’s Harry Jones and Ryan Hamilton, North Vancouver’s Jason Marshall and Squamish’s Jamie Cudmore, a former Capilano Rugby Club player, all suited up for the men’s national team as they battled to a pair of wins over the American Eagles. The series started Aug. 17 in Charleston, S.C., and Canada took a commanding lead by scoring a 27-9 victory away from home. The Canadians took an early lead in the game off of a nifty try from Phil Mack who tracked down his own chip-kick to make it 7-0 with a James Pritchard conversion. Pritchard added two penalties to make it 13-0 at halftime but U.S.A. got on the board with a penalty early in the second. That’s when Jones, making his third national team start at flyhalf, stepped up and put an end to any American momentum. The Rockridge grad turned heads with his tackling and command of the Canadian backs and then, in the 50th minute, finished a powerful Canadian move by smashing through two tacklers to score a back-breaking try. DTH van der Merwe scored the final try of the game, pushing Canada home with a big advantage. The second leg was played Aug. 24 at a raucous BMO Field and, although it wasn’t pretty, the home side did what they needed to clinch a World Cup berth for the eighth time in eight tries — Canada has qualified for every World Cup since the tournament’s inception in 1987. In Toronto the Americans put up more of a fight, scoring the first try of the game and putting pressure on the Canadians for much of the first half. The tide turned near the end of the half, however, when Pritchard kicked in a penalty and then crossed over for a try after taking a nice feed from Jones off of a lineout. An American penalty kick made the score 8-8 at halftime, keeping the aggregate lead at a healthy-but-not-unreachable 18 points with one half to play. With the win in the balance it was again time for a North Shore player to step up as Marshall smashed over the line to score the only try of the second half. U.S.A. kicked a late penalty but the final score of 13-11 gave Canada another win over their North American rivals and sent them to England 2015. Cudmore, Hamilton and Marshall have all suited up for World Cups in the past but

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WEST Vancouver’s Harry Jones (left) and North Vancouver’s Jason Marshall (right) both scored important tries for Team Canada. for 23-year-old Jones the tournament in England would be his first. “Stoked to be qualified for the 2015 RWC,” Jones posted on Twitter following the win. “Great to finish off the trip with another win!” Canada was the first country to win direct qualification into the tournament, joining 12 other teams who earned automatic berths. With several spots already filled, the Canadians already have an idea of what their schedule will look like. They’ll open the tournament against Ireland on Sept. 19, 2015, before moving on to face Italy, France and another team that will emerge from the European qualifiers. The Canadians have moved past the World Cup opening round just once in their seven appearances at the tournament. ••• Another North Shore link helped Canada to a strong finish in men’s national team sevens play. North Vancouver’s Adam Zaruba suited up for Team Canada as they earned bronze at The World Games held in Cali, Colombia last month. Canada defeated Hong Kong and Colombia but lost to South Africa to finish second in their pool. They then knocked off Brazil in the quarterfinals but lost to Argentina in the semis to wind up in the bronze medal game. With a medal on the line the Canadians rallied for a 26-14 win over France. The World Games, first held in 1981, are an in international, multi-event competition featuring sports that are not part of the Olympic Games. The 2013 World Games were the final appearance for rugby sevens as that sport will be contested at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

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DAVE Baldwin of Team B.C. takes aim during the ﬁnals of the Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships held last weekend at West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club. Scan with the Layar app or visit nsnews.com to see more photos from the ﬁnal.

B.C. bowlers roll at North Shore-hosted nationals

BRITISH Columbia rolled to the top of the medal standings as the North Shore’s West Vancouver and North Vancouver Lawn Bowling Clubs cohosted the country’s best bowlers last week at the Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships.

Gold medal ﬁnals were held Saturday at the West Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club with grandstands placed beside the three championship lanes to create an intimate and intense bowling experience. British Columbia used their home turf advantage to score six medals in the six divisions, including two golds, three silvers and a bronze. North Vancouver club member Malcolm Taylor got in on the winning action, scoring silver in the men’s triples division with the B.C. Team B that included teammates

German Santana and Mel Eccles. Host province gold medals went to the B.C. Team B of Marlene Cleutinx, Josephine Lee and Rita Patterson in the women’s triples division and the B.C. Team B of Dave Baldwin, Christie Grahame, Stanley Chow and James Chen in men’s fours. The B.C. Team A of Diane Fulton, Jenny Siu and Shirley Choi took silver in the women’s triples division while the B.C. Team B of Kinon Lau and Francis Yau took silver in the men’s pairs division. The women’s fours team of On Kow Au, Rainbow Lung, Lisa Cheung and Gigi Chan took home bronze for the host province. This was the ﬁrst time that the men’s and women’s doubles, triples and fours nationals were held at the same location at the same time, making it the largest Canadian Championships ever staged, according to event organizers. — Andy Prest

West Van’s Overholt wins bronze at swimming world juniors Andy Prest aprest@nsnews.com

WEST Vancouver teen Emily Overholt continued her summer siege on the aquatic world Monday, winning bronze in the 400-metre individual medley at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Overholt, 15, clocked a personal best and set a 15-17 age-group Canadian record with her time of 4:42.03 seconds in the final. She finished 2.01 seconds behind winner Ella Eastin of the United States with Eastin’s U.S. teammate Rebecca Mann coming second in 4:40.26. “I’m definitely surprised but excited by this medal,” Overholt said in a Swimming Canada release. “I could see the Japanese girl (fourthplace finisher Emu Higuchi) beside me and I think my training just kicked in at the end to help me get third.” Janusz Kaczmarek, Overholt’s head coach at the West Vancouver Otters Swim Club, was in Dubai with his young pupil.

“Emily is a very determined girl and very focused,” he said. “She wanted to get that medal. We started preparing for this six months ago and she worked very hard this summer. She came into these worlds very well prepared.” In July Overholt won gold in the 200m butterfly at the senior women’s Summer Nationals, following that up with three golds and a silver at the Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que., earlier this month. Overholt just missed a second World Junior medal Monday when Canada finished fourth in the 4x200-m freestyle relay. She still managed to score a personal best in the race, clocking a time of 2:00.66 to start things off for Team Canada. Overholt, a Collingwood School student headed into her Grade 11 year, also competed in the 200-m butterfly at the World Juniors, finishing 10th in the preliminaries and missing the final. Her meet ended with another agonizing fourth-place finish with the 4x100-m freestyle relay team. TheWorldJuniorSwimmingChampionships, held every two years, are for girls age 14-17 and boys age 15-18. Overholt is young enough to attend the Championships again in 2015.

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