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Mayors, province at ballot impasse Two levels of government at odds over TransLink BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The province and the Lower Mainland’s mayors have reached an apparent stalemate on the future of the Lower Mainland’s transit and how to pay for it.

Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone held a press conference Thursday to say the province is committed to holding a referendum on future transit projects and funding, and that it will be up to the TransLink mayors’

council to come up with a question.The statement followed news that the mayors’ council had met and agreed to formally oppose the referendum plan. “They are the mayors. They have the responsibility to lead as a region.While the mayors have put numerous ideas out there in terms of what the priorities should be for each of their respective communities, to date, they have not agreed on a

common vision, a total price tag for that vision or how to speciﬁcally pay for it,” Stone said. A Broadway SkyTrain line, light rail lines in Surrey as well as improved bridges, more bus capacity or more frequent service are all on mayors’ wish lists, Stone noted. Currently, mayors can only inﬂuence the amount of money TransLink raises from residential and commercial

property taxes and passenger fares. Anything beyond that, like vehicle levies, road pricing or a new sales tax to be spent exclusively on transportation infrastructure would be up to the province. Stone said the referendum is meant to put that decisionmaking power in the hands of taxpayers. Speaking at a North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce function on Thursday, both North

Vancouver mayors expressed frustration at the province’s intransigence on TransLink funding. “Somebody has to have the guts to go to the public and talk about all the various sources of funding and do all of the groundwork,” said North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton, also chairman of the mayors’ council. See Raising page 5

Loss of 90year-old WV cottage lamented JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

A 90-year-old West Vancouver waterfront cottage and its 50-yearold garden are gone following the district’s decision to level the property. Godfrey Lynum, 83, called the cottage home for more than 60 years after buying it from his father in 1946. He paid approximately $30,000. Lynum sold the cottage to the district in 2008 for $3.5 million. “I’m very disappointed in what they did because I’ve been lobbying to try to save the house and the secret garden for between ﬁve and 10 years,” Lynum said. West Vancouver has acquired 29 of 32 waterfront parcels since 1975 in an attempt to usher modest development to the beachside. See Home page 5

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Community policing fills gap

Volunteer programs help to keep neighbourhoods safe ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

Marge Millar’s list of volunteer work is impressive, but there is one organization missing from her resume. “If I was young again you know what I’d volunteer to do? North Shore Rescue,” she says. “I like excitement.” A longtime resident of North Vancouver, Millar is a retired nurse who loves to travel and has spent time working in the Middle East. She says she’s an outgoing person and that’s probably why she enjoys volunteering so much. “I like being out and about with people,” she explains, adding now that she’s a widow the volunteer work “ﬁlls in a lot of that empty space.” Four hours a week, and in between a plethora of other commitments, Millar can be found looking in car windows at local malls, aiming speed guns at passing cars, or talking to local business owners about fraud. Millar is a community policing volunteer and participates in programs such as Speed Watch and Lock Out Auto Crime. Speed Watch helps collect data for police about speeding and distracted drivers. As part of the Lock Out Auto Crime program, Millar and other volunteers check cars in mall parking lots for exposed valuables and leave information for those car owners about how to prevent theft from autos. A friend introduced Millar to the community policing volunteer program about ﬁve years ago, and although she has never had any real interest in a career in law enforcement, she jumped at the chance to help out. She says she can’t understand why more people don’t get involved, especially retirees who are looking for something to do. “It just broadens your scope, your mind,” she says of working with a diverse group of volunteers. Volunteering with the RCMP is another way of serving the community, she adds, and notes: “I feel

at some point in time I’m going to probably need some of this (policing), or (will) feel safer living in the Lower Lonsdale area if there’s people out and about trying to make it a safer place to live.” While statistics show that the North Shore is relatively safe, crime still happens and police can’t be everywhere all the time. That’s where community policing helps to ﬁll the gap. “It just goes hand in hand because it’s the eyes and ears, it’s the feet that we don’t have,” explains Cpl. Richard De Jong, media relations ofﬁcer with the North Vancouver RCMP. “If you look at community policing it’s really a way of policing rather than a part of policing.” He says it reinforces what police already do. Community policing has been on the North Shore in various forms for some time. “I think historically it was never labelled as community policing,” says De Jong. “We’ve given it a title that acknowledges the work that has been happening for years.” That work included the contact with the community that police on foot patrol used to make naturally just walking down the street talking to people. De Jong says foot patrols are community policing at its grassroots. Even farther back in history, RCMP connected with the community to access local knowledge about the area and its people. “It’s not something that we do externally, it’s who we are,” says De Jong. “It truly is the community enhancing and supporting police.” Community policing in its more structured form has been in North Vancouver for 20 years. The current RCMP programs are active in both the City and the District of North Vancouver and are supported by both municipalities. (West Vancouver does not have an RCMP detachment, so is not involved in these particular programs.) “Community policing

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are addressed,” explains Doug Gavin, who has been a community policing volunteer for six years and is the co-ordinator of the Business Link program. The program currently has about 300 member businesses in both the city and the district. Gavin recounts an example of when the Business Link network helped quickly spread information to its members: About a year ago, a prankster was calling restaurants in the area and telling staff they needed to test their fire suppression systems. Improperly testing a fire suppression system could have resulted in flooding and extensive damage to the restaurants. Business Link volunteers received the information

from the RCMP and were able to inform local restaurants before they got the call. Although community policing volunteers receive comprehensive training so they can work in a variety of community policing programs, they are not trained as police and are not members or employees of the RCMP. They are never armed. “We don’t have any police powers, we’re not the police,” explains Gavin. Patrol vans are clearly marked and volunteers do not apprehend criminals or suspects. For example, when members of the Citizens Crime Watch program are patrolling into the wee hours of the morning, they

do not get out of their vehicle. They watch for signs of specific crimes (such as theft from autos) that have been identified as a potential problem in certain areas and report any relevant observations back to police. The vans are out on strategic nights but De Jong won’t say exactly when. “They’re out in a timely, organized fashion,” he notes, adding they are “extra eyes and ears” for police. The group has four vans in total, paid for by the City and District of North Vancouver. Although they do not apprehend criminals, Citizens Crime Watch volunteers have in the past helped when they came across injured people. Once they assisted an assault victim they encountered on one of their patrols. Volunteers represent a variety of ages and backgrounds, and Gavin says although they have had volunteers who went on to careers in law enforcement they are not wanna-be cops. The volunteers are retired seniors, post-secondary students and others who simply want to be involved in their community. “The diversity of our volunteers is just amazing,” says Gavin. “It’s a terrific way of putting something back into your community and also have the privilege of working with the RCMP.” When asked what type of skills would be good in a volunteer he responds quickly: “Enthusiasm.” “Enthusiasm and dedication,” adds De Jong. Michael Chen is a North Vancouver resident who became enthusiastic about law enforcement as a possible career after attending an information presentation hosted by the Vancouver Police at the Justice Institute of British Columbia about two years ago. The speaker at the presentation offered a list of the qualities needed to be a good police officer, which included altruism, integrity, accountability, professionalism and respect. The list appealed to Chen. “I felt those values are what make someone a good person,” he explains. “Basically I think the reason See Programs page 11

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Home could have been clubhouse From page 1 “To preserve the house probably wouldn’t have been the best use for it in the context of activating Ambleside,” said district communications director Jeff McDonald. Lynum met frequently with the district’s parks department, including senior manager Andrew Banks, about plans for the property. There were no assurances the cottage would be saved, but Lynum said he hoped someone would devise an imaginative solution. Featuring Philippine mahogany and a woodburning ﬁreplace built by a stonemason, Lynum said the cottage could have become a teahouse or a clubhouse for boaters. He’d even offered to put up $30,000 for repairs. “It was like a very good friend of mine,” he said. As a former forester, Lynum said the destruction of the garden was “terribly ironic.” “I didn’t spend a lot of time planting and nurturing the trees to have some damned idiots from the See Trees page 10

Raising tax not ‘equitable’

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Without looking into any new sources of funding, they will have no choice but to raise residential and business property taxes to pay for the multibillion-dollar projects. “Our view is that’s not equitable. It’s not the right way to move. It needs to be a relationship between how far and how frequently people travel and what they pay to subsidize the road system and the transit system,” he said. The road pricing model, Walton said, is “textbook” all over Europe. Timing the referendum with November’s municipal elections also creates an impractical deadline without giving the mayors any tools to educate and consult with the public on the options before them, Walton added. It took 32 months of consultation with Los Angeles residents before they approved a .5 per cent sales tax, which passed with 67 per cent support,Walton noted. “It can’t be done in nine months with a forced referendum date without a plan and without any leadership. It simply is poor planning. It doesn’t matter whether you’re in

d831Z D-S)80/_3 9X213X)1 e-c83 HX)Z-3( C-U18S$ government or you’re in business. It just isn’t the right way to go about it. Simple as that,” he said. North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto joined in, noting that the mayors have asked three successive premiers to introduce a vehicle levy to fund transit, and each turned

down their request. “We come up with solutions and they won’t let us implement them.That’s not good governance and that has to change,” Mussatto said. The SeaBus and Lonsdale Avenue busses are frequently full to capacity and are badly in need of reinvestment, Mussatto said. Despite the impasse with no solution in sight, Stone stressed the importance of getting transit “right” for the Lower Mainland. “There’s a tremendous amount riding on this.We all can agree on the fact there’s upwards of a million more people expected to be in the region over the next 20 or 30 years.We can all agree on the fact that from a livable communities perspective, getting transit and transportation expansion right is critically important

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he perpetual morass that is TransLink planning is again veering off the rails thanks to the province. Provincial transportation ministers love to blame local mayors for not being able to get their acts together and agree on TransLink priorities. But the fact is, whenever the mayors have agreed, the province has no problem wading in and overruling them. Now with the province and Metro mayors unable to agree on how to pay for transit in the future, the province is insisting on a referendum — although what it will ask, nobody yet knows. North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton, chair of the mayors council, has called it ‘terribly thought-out legislation.’ We’d say ‘thought-out’ is being overly charitable.

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The referendum is likely doomed to fail. Most people reﬂexively feel they pay too many taxes (a thought that is absent when they have to cross a bridge or turn on their taps.) Asking people if they’d like to pay more has predictable results. The history of asking people to vote on cherry-picked initiatives isn’t one rife with success. California has been driven to the brink of bankruptcy and inability to function by what’s been deemed ‘ballot-box budgeting.’ The basic problem remains that transit is expensive. It costs a lot of money and nobody wants to wear that. Particularly the province, in whose jurisdiction the most sensible solutions lie. That will likely continue to be the case, regardless of what does or doesn’t get asked on the ballot in November.

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LEC leads in low rates, innovation Dear Editor: Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the Jan. 15 letter to the editor, “LEC Ignores Tomorrow’s Creative Solutions.” While a provocative headline, unfortunately, it represents the opposite of the Lonsdale Energy Corporation’s direction, mission and achievements, and we are pleased to clarify. The primary purpose of building an energy network and ensuring that in-building heating systems are designed and built to be compatible with LEC’s system, is to ensure that buildings will be heated with the most appropriate source of energy whether it is available currently or in the future.

LEC is very proud of the fact that it can proactively utilize various heating sources and alternate their use with no impact to its customers. Compared to the alternative of using stand-alone in-building conventional boilers, the use of centralized boilers provides significant energy and emission reductions. In addition to highefficiency condensing natural gas boilers, for the last five years, LEC has been successfully using solar panels located on the roof of the city library to produce heat. For two years, LEC has also been providing cooling services. In this way, LEC can recover and use in its network the heat generated during the cooling process.

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its rates for the ﬁrst time in a decade. The letter stated that LEC discourages the application of individual metering and resource conservation. In fact, LEC encourages both. Developers and users are charged on the basis of their capacity requirement and consumption. Developers that invest in energy conservation to reduce a building’s demand beneﬁt by being charged a lower connection fee. With regard to individual metering, LEC has made several attempts to have such meters installed. However, at present, both users and developers express concern with the cost of installing and monitoring these devices. LEC remains

hopeful that as the cost of energy increases, the beneﬁts of monitoring individual consumption will outweigh those concerns. The Lonsdale Energy Corporation continues to receive industry accolades and interest from municipalities across Canada. We appreciate that misunderstandings may arise due to the newness and complexity of district energy, and we are always available to address any concerns or confusion. LEC enters the new year celebrating its 10th anniversary, and we encourage the community to learn more about the city’s award-winning district energy system. Ben Themens director, LEC

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“If he followed the book there would be a lot of people who wouldn’t be here today.” North Shore Rescue volunteer JeffYarnold recalls late team leader Tim Jones’ tendency to assemble the team ﬁrst and get authorization later (from a Jan. 22 news story). “Count the number of empty storefronts. Half of them are empty.” Lower Lonsdale business owner Joel Posluns, citing the squeeze faced by LoLo establishments in challenging his assessment (from a Jan. 19 news story). “It showed the law had teeth.” Heritage advocate AdeleWeder applauds a court decision to temporarily halt the sale of WestVancouver’s Binning House (from a Jan. 24 news story).

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The message that shook mountains North Shore Rescue team member John Blown didn’t plan on spending Sunday night crafting a message to tell the world about the death of his mentor, leader, and very good friend. No, John Blown had just spent a day skiing on Grouse Mountain with his nephew and was getting ready for bed, a busy work week ahead. Then his pager went off. As an 11-year veteran of the search and rescue team, Blown was used to the pager buzzing and taking him away from whatever he was doing. It’s what volunteer searchand-rescue team members the world over do: someone gets lost or hurt in some dangerous corner of the landscape and they go ﬁnd them and bring them back to safety. This message was different though. Check your email, it said. Blown then opened the email from his NSR teammate Simon

Andy Prest Jackson.What he read didn’t just shock him, but very nearly put him literally into shock, shutting his body down. Tim Jones was dead. After a few minutes Blown started to regain his senses and realized that he would have to be the one to spread the news of the death of the man who built NSR into one of the greatest search and rescue outﬁts in the world, the man who had gone into those mountains hundreds and hundreds of times to ﬁnd those in danger, the man who embodied

more than anyone else the rugged passion of the mountains that give the North Shore its identity. There were two NSR members who were typically responsible for getting messages out on social media. Blown was one, a natural choice given his day job as the managing director of the marketing company that he co-founded.The other was Curtis Jones,Tim’s son. Curtis would be even less able to function than he was, Blown realized. It was time. Rumours were already leaking out and Blown was now receiving queries from media outlets. But how do you announce the sudden and shocking death of someone who was not just a community hero but also a great friend? A year ago Blown made a personal plea to Jones to come help him during the dangerous rescue of snowboarder Sebastian Boucher.They miraculously found Boucher at the

bottom of a waterfall two days after he went missing, and Jones was the last one lifted to safety by an Armed Forces helicopter. In 2007 Blown spent two nights in a claustrophobic snow cave with Tim Jones and an injured snowshoer as avalanches tumbled around them during the famous Theta Lake rescue. “You go through that with someone and you definitely develop a special kind of relationship and special bond,” says Blown. Now that he was staring at an empty Facebook box that needed to be filled with a death notice, Blown didn’t know what to do. “Even writing a coherent sentence at that time was difficult,” he says. In the end the message was blunt, much of it copied and pasted from the original email that was sent to him by Jackson. “It is with great sadness and shock that I report that Tim Jones passed away tonight. . . .”

Hitting the “Post” button was tough though, as if the news might somehow change as long as it wasn’t spread to too many people. But it had to be done. Click. Even though he was the one who wrote the words, there was a part of Blown that was hoping it would turn into one of those Internet hoaxes, that he’d show up at Jones’ house the next morning and there would be Tim ready for another rescue, cussing Blown out all the while for getting the story wrong. “I was almost hoping it was some huge, huge mistake,” he says. “When I sent it out I was almost not believing the message myself.” Since that night the members of North Shore Rescue have stopped talking about how Tim Jones died and instead focused on how he lived. Not only did Jones go out on most of the calls NSR received, but he also was a very loud voice in

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Port nixes call for health impact study City hoped for assessment of coal, grain expansions

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Port Metro Vancouver isn’t prepared to commit to a full-blown health impact assessment for its expansion projects on the North Shore as requested by the City of North Vancouver. But the port’s management is willing to co-operate and share study data to help assuage public concerns. Residents who live near the Low Level Road are having to contend with the expansion of Neptune’s coal export terminal and Richardson’s grain silos as well as more rail lines and train trafﬁc. But the projects were approved by Port Metro Vancouver without ﬁrst showing the neighbouring residents what it would mean for their health. Vancouver Coastal Health’s chief public

health ofﬁcer Dr. Patricia Daly sat in on a recent meeting of the Low Level Road and Port Area Community Liaison Committee and joined in the call for more scrutiny. “I was asked whether I would recommend a study be done and the answer is yes,” Daly said. “In order to answer the public’s questions about whether there are any potential impacts for health from the expansion of the coal terminal at the port, there would need to be a study.” The port commissioned its own environmental assessments before allowing the expansion projects, but the data in those studies hasn’t been analyzed by the health authority and there may be gaps in the methodology, Daly said. Paying for any further study, reporting or follow up should come from the coffers of the projects’ proponents, she added. “We’re not talking about millions of dollars or hundreds of thousands of dollars. It just needs to be able to answer some key questions and use appropriate data,” she said.

But many of the answers the city, health authority and the public are seeking are contained in the environmental assessments, which showed no heightened risk from port expansion, said Darrell Desjardin, the port’s director of environmental programs. “Those projects did go through an environmental assessment that did include an assessment of the projects’ impacts on human health, which were focused on air quality, noise and light,” Desjardin said. “For those projects that already exist, we say we’ve done that work.” The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act of 2012, which Port Metro Vancouver and its tenants are subject to, requires proponents demonstrate their projects have no signiﬁcant adverse environmental effects. Although there are no plans to “re-open” the original environmental assessment studies, the port would be glad to share the data and invite Vancouver Coastal Health to join in monitoring and analyzing data collected, Desjardin said.

“If (the health authorities) want to participate in the followup monitoring and compare the measured concentrations to assess human health risks, we’ve said we’re perfectly open to that,” he said. “What we’ve said is we’re going to be open and transparent. We’re going to share the results of the air quality monitoring and the noise monitoring to demonstrate that these projects are either resulting in a decrease of air emissions or, in the case of noise,

being neutral.” The term “health impact assessment” is relatively new in Canada and there are no set standards on how one should be conducted, Desjardin said. Generally, he said, they are understood to look at health impacts, taking into account more than just emissions or particulate, but also how the project ﬁts into the health of the wider community including what beneﬁts it may bring economically. The news comes as

a disappointment to committee chairman Tony Valente. “If they’re not going to do it and they’re not going to do what council and our committee has requested, it sounds like they’re going to have a difﬁcult time giving Dr. Daly the tools that she needs to answer the people’s questions about ‘what are the impacts of this on public health?’ he said. “They have done a lot of great work but I think people want to know the answer to that question.”

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parks branch . . . slaughter them,” Lynum said. The lot had been verdant with sequoia, Cornelian cherry, willow trees, hawthorns and ﬁg trees, Lynum said. Some of them were upwards of 30 years old, including a few that were

to McDonald. “They were in very poor condition,” he said. “They had not been maintained very well.” The district arborist described the garden as “a forested condition where the trees, due to lack of maintenance, were all competing with each other,” according to McDonald. Dan Jepsen, a former

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all they can to stop people from getting themselves into trouble, and when trouble inevitably arrives they’ll be the ones crawling out of bed, skipping out of work or racing away from their kid’s soccer game to pull strangers to safety. Tim Jones would insist upon it, says Blown.The man who built North Shore Rescue into a tower of strength also did everything he could to ensure it would stay standing once he was gone.That’s a message we can all take comfort in. aprest@nsnews.com

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it appealed to me was because it was a career that reﬂected my values.” Not long after that, Chen was reading a story in the North Shore News about an RCMP summer student program and decided to sign up. Although he was 19 at the time and a university student, he was allowed to participate in the program, which was generally designed for high school students.While there, he heard about community policing and knew he wanted to give it a try. “The reason I got involved was because I felt it was a great way to give back to the community,” says Chen. “The work we do, we’re pretty much citizens who are concerned about communities, so the reason we go out there every day is because we have the interests of the community in mind.” Chen is now taking law enforcement studies at the Justice Institute and hopes to one day become a police ofﬁcer. “I think the community really appreciates the work of the RCMP and the work that we volunteers do as well.” He says he feels humbled when people give him and the other volunteers a thumbs-up or a wave of support at a Speed Watch or Intersection

Watch site. And when drivers pull over to tell them how they appreciate the work they are doing Chen says it’s clear that many people want to help make their community a better place. Unfortunately, not too many people are aware of community policing, says Gavin, and the programs are in need of more volunteers. Among other requirements, community policing volunteers must be 19 years of age or older at the time of their application. They must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants and they must commit to at least four hours of volunteering a week. That’s not a lot of time, notes Millar. “If you can just give us four hours, just for four hours, it makes such a difference.” De Jong agrees that despite the fairly long list of programs already in place, community policing has great potential to grow. “If we had twice the volunteer staff we could be twice as effective in our community and have twice the impact.” For more information about community policing and how to volunteer, visit the RCMP website or one of the two community policing ofﬁces located on Third Street in Lower Lonsdale or on West Queens Road.

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Marjan Watt -S( Ralph Townsend Representatives of the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre hosted their 36th annual Robbie Burns Dinner on the evening of Jan. 15 to honour the memory of the famous Scottish poet. The Kyle Ceilidh Band provided Scottish musical ﬂavour, as did a piper leading the haggis procession. Guests took part in a bevy of toasts, participated in sing-a-longs and dancing as well as took in a performance by the Gleneagles Scottish Country Dancers.

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■ Book Launch: BreakUp Breakthrough and Learning to Love Again, by Jo-AnneWeiler, Feb. 6, 7-9 p.m. atWestVancouver’s Ferry Building Gallery. Proceeds from the evening’s book sales will supportYWCA family programs. joanneweiler.com ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

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AWestVancouver clinical counsellor has released a new book intended to help those experiencing the pain of a break-up or lost love by offering a step-bystep way out of grief and into life so they can love again. Jo-Anne Weiler, president of Therahealth Network Ltd., was inspired to write Break-Up Breakthrough and Learning to Love Again by her own experiences, and those of family, friends and clients. The North Shore News recently caught up with the ﬁrst-time author to ﬁnd out more: North Shore News: What’s your background? Weiler: I have a masters in psychology and in my clinical psychotherapy practice, I see individuals and couples who are learning how to love each other better. North Shore News: What inspired you to write this book? Weiler: In my practice I have seen people repeat the same patterns over and over again. Relationship break-ups are so hard to process at any age — as a teen, early adult,

adult, mid-life and later life. As human beings we want to feel better as soon as possible so we tend to jump into the next relationship right away and miss the stage of selfdiscovery that should happen during the healing process. It is why we see such a massive percentage of ﬁrst marriages fail in the current statistics, which suggest 40-50 per cent of all marriages will end in divorce and 75 per cent of second marriages will fail as well.This tells us that people are not learning how to love again, they tend to just jump into the same dynamic and repeat the same sad patterns. At the end of the day, we need to learn about how to love who we are so that we have the capacity to love someone else. North Shore News: What did you hope to accomplish in writing this book? Weiler: This book is designed to help people move on and learn to love well again. It is sad to think of the number of people who miss out on life and can’t fully be present in a new relationship because they have lost trust in themselves and others.This book is designed to help people feel more solid in themselves so they become relationshipready after their relationship failed. North Shore News: What are the common emotions experienced by people going through break-ups? Weiler: Sadness, feeling overwhelmed, anxiety, anger, frustration, peaceful, surprise — is there any emotion you don’t feel? Many people go through the stages of grief.

North Shore News: What are some of the mistakes people make when trying to move on? Weiler: So many people tend to repeat relationship patterns over and over again. It’s so helpful to know your part in what went wrong so you can get better for your next relationship. It’s a mistake to get stuck in resentment and blame or shame. This book helps you fall in love with your core self so that you aren’t so reactive. You will be able to say what you feel and what you need. It embraces attachment theory, family systems and takes the reader right into the process of dating again. North Shore News: What are some things people going through break-ups should do or keep in mind to stay positive? Weiler: This is the only time in your life you will get to sit back and discover being with you again! Embrace this time in your life. Go slowly through the stages of grief and deepen your personal learning so you can get better at giving and receiving love.When you reﬂect on all the people you

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social media, and becoming more conﬁdent sexually. Everything you need to know is in the three parts of Break-Up Breakthrough and Learning to Love Again. North Shore News: What can friends and family do to support a loved one going through a break-up? Weiler: Be a good listener. Try to get your friend or family member out for a walk or a hike to let them talk or just take in the bigger world.When a person is in the early stages of a breakup they often feel somewhat See Positive page 14

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frozen emotionally while they are in the denial stages of grief. It helps so much to engage them in some type of 20-minute cardio habit, preferably working towards some type of group activity — for example, things like a running group that North Shore Athletics provides, where people can come and

be with others in a positive outdoor activity. North Shore News: Who do you think could beneﬁt from this book? Weiler: Actually, who wouldn’t? People from teens, early adult, adult, mid-life to later life go through breakups and they are all painful. We are meant to be in relationships. No one should miss out on life because they

haven’t regained trust in themselves or others. Even if you are in a committed relationship right now, read the book. It will help you deepen your connection. Statistics tell us that you will live longer if you are in a committed relationship. Research supports these stats because if you have a healthy relationship you have less stress hormones and

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ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT (ACT) The North Shore Schizophrenia Society will hold a free public education presentation Wednesday, Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium at Lions Gate Hospital, 231 East 15th St., North Vancouver. Learn about ACT Teams that serve clients with serious mental illnesses that are complex, and who have signiﬁcant functional impairments.The program facilitates community living, psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery for persons who have the most serious mental illnesses. 604-926-0856 northshoreschizophrenia.org SOUL POWER GROUP Learn to self-heal and heal others through simple but powerful techniques Wednesday, Jan. 29, 7 p.m. at the Silk Purse, 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. Heal the soul ﬁrst, and the mind and body will follow. Admission by donation. 604-928-7781 See more page 15

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Heritage advocates float plan for ship stern JULES KNOX ContributingWriter

Protesters outside North Vancouver’s city hall on Monday night called for council to reverse its decision to scrap the Flamborough Head. City council voted unanimously in September to spend $250,000 to dismantle the waterfront landmark. Heritage advocates have campaigned to preserve the Victory ship stern since the results of the closeddoor meeting were made public. “It’s my belief that this iconic piece of

history belongs not only to the citizens of North Vancouver but to all Canadians,” said Jennifer Clay, vice-president of the North Shore Heritage Preservation Society. “This last remaining Victory ship represents not only the important role of Canada in World War II as a major supplier of these vessels, but she also represents a major change in society when women were ﬁrst allowed into the workforce as employees of the Burrard Dry Dock. A decision to scrap the stern without any public consultation is wrong, she said. “With just a little

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Darrell Mussatto said council’s decision is not going to change. “It’s a difﬁcult decision because this is a liability issue,” he

said. “The cradle was built as a temporary structure. “If we’re going to keep the ship stern, we have to put a lot more money into it . . . Otherwise we have to dismantle it.” Local resident George Pringle called for the release of the staff report presented during the closed-door discussion. The public should be aware of the expected costs of maintaining the stern, he said. “I think that residents need to have all the facts,” he said. Peter Miller, president of North Shore Heritage Preservation Society,

asked council to consider relocating the stern to the waterfront from its current position outside the Pinnacle Hotel. “The decks can offer an exhibit on the dockyards, the Flamborough Head itself and a viewing deck with spectacular views across the Vancouver harbour and city skyline,” he said. Jay Straith, former president of the Artiﬁcial Reef Society, said that the Flamborough Head is the last bit of that kind of technology in the world. “When this goes, all that is gone and it’s gone for good.”

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THE ULTIMATE TRAVELLER — REMOTE ISLAND WORLDS A series of travel talks accompanied by photographs with world traveller Peter Langer Wednesdays, 7 p.m. at the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. Schedule: Impressions of Sulawesi and Papua, Jan. 29; Impressions of East Timor, Feb. 5; Impressions of the Philippines, Feb. 12; Impressions of Madagascar, Feb. 19 and Impressions of Sri Lanka, Feb. 26. Fee: $15 per session. 604-925-7270 ferrybuildinggallery.com DRAFT OCP AND DENSITY BONUS POLICY A brief public presentation followed by a question and answer session will take place Thursday, Jan. 30, 4-5 p.m. at North Van City Hall, 141 W. 14th St. 604-990-4240 cnv.org DRAGON TAMING — HELPING KIDS MANAGE ANXIETY Learn how to help an anxious child Thursday, Jan. 30, 7-8 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Discover some simple anxiety relieving techniques. Registration required. 604987-4471 x8175 nvdpl.ca IDEA PARTY Find your passion and live your dream with host Joyanna Anthony, Barbara Sher’s Canadian director Thursday, Jan. 30, 6-9 p.m. at ING Direct Cafe, 466 Howe St.,Vancouver. Free. theideaparty.ca Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email info for your non-proﬁt, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@nsnews.com.

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West Vancouver Tiller Girl steps up

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“Can you shoulder your leg?” Once she had completed the rigorous training required of every Tiller Girl, Mary Coker could demonstrate the afﬁrmative. Her ability to grasp her leg by the heel and extend it straight up in the air assured her entry into the exclusive company of John Tiller Girls. In 1890, a Manchester cotton merchant with theatrical ambitions launched a dance company that became the phenomenon known as the Tiller Girls. In the British music halls of the day, dancers in the chorus were part of the scenery, a backdrop for the stars. Their performances were generally unorganized and somewhat ragged until John Tiller made history with a simple observation: when the dancers linked arms, they formed a straight line. The possibilities inherent in that straight line led to what is known today as precision dancing and brought the chorus line up front and

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troupes were performing all over the world.The concept inspired many imitators but the Tillers were the originals. There would be no highstepping Rockettes at New York’s Radio City Music Hall had the Tiller Girls not stepped out ﬁrst. “Apparently, I was dancing as soon as I could toddle,” recalls Mary. She was born in 1930 in Grays, Essex, moments after her twin brother, John.Together, they weighed just more than six pounds and spent their

ﬁrst few days of life swaddled in cotton batting and eiderdowns, a comfort that was short lived. Mary and her siblings grew up in the Depression years and when the war came, they joined the ranks of Britain’s child evacuees. When the family was reunited, Mary and John performed with their parents’ band, the Silver Star, which played the music of the old fashioned English dances.The twins and their parents would form the ﬁrst

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encouraged her to try out for the Tiller Girls. At the age of 20, groomed, polished and precise, Mary Coker stepped onstage at the Grand Opera House in Belfast in her ﬁrst appearance as a Tiller Girl. Mary’s collection of memorabilia includes a program from Sky High, a lavishly staged revue that See Dancer page 18

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to England and remain in South Africa. Management declined. Back in England and between engagements with the Tiller Girls, Mary danced where she could. Performing with the Sherman Fisher Palladium Dancers, she befriended a rising comedian named Benny Hill. At the Coconut Grove club, she was invited to dance by Clark Gable and was famous

for refusing a date with Robert Mitchum. “He’s not my type,” the newspaper headlines blared. It took three years to earn a return ticket to the land of sunshine and bananas. Mary continued her dance career until she married. When she became a single mother, Mary returned to secretarial work and then to a more rewarding job as a manufacturer’s

representative, visiting jewelry shops across South Africa. When her son immigrated to Canada, Mary joined him in 1999 and a new chapter in her life opened.Today, Mary is still very polished and very ﬁnished in appearance and very certain that “coming to Canada was the best decision I ever made.” lander1@shaw.ca

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A20 - North Shore News - Sunday, January 26, 2014

WORK

Examine flip side of scary statistics

Of course you have to plan for retirement, whatever your age — as the wealth of RRSP advertising reminds us every year around this time. But don’t be panicked by sales pitches like “Four in 10 Canadians aren’t retiring when they want,” and “Twenty-eight per cent of fully retired Canadians feel they hadn’t retired ‘at the right time’.” Turn those statements

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Money Matters around and 60 per cent of Canadians are retiring when they want, and 72 per cent of retired Canadians felt they did retire at the right time. Nevertheless, you should take an active rather than a passive role in planning your ﬁnances to make sure you are indeed in those majority groups. And it’s worth looking at the survey results behind the sales pitches to see what you can learn from the experiences of your contemporaries — or future contemporaries. “While 80 per cent of Canadians nearing retirement believe they will choose when they leave their careers, in reality 41 per cent of retirees say they left sooner than expected,” says advisor.ca, citing RBC’s 2013 Retirement Myths and Realities Poll. Some 41 per cent said

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A petition against the Local Area Service has been mailed to owners of parcels beneﬁtting from the work. ALL persons desiring to petition AGAINST THE UNDERTAKING of this construction must do so on or before Tuesday, February 25th, 2014. Council can only be prevented from proceeding with the work if more than 50% in number of the owners, representing at least 50% of the assessed value of the lands involved for this project, respond against the undertaking. In the case of joint ownership, both owners must sign, and where two or more persons are the owners of the property, a majority of them must sign the petition. Where the property is registered in the name of a limited company, an ofﬁcer of the company must sign the petition and show his or her position in the company. If this initiative is successful, the pending Local Area Service Charges will become a charge against the property. These pending charges should be disclosed to prospective purchasers of the property. Please direct inquiries to Brian Willock, Engineering Parks & Environment at 604.982.3929 or bwillock@cnv.org.

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employers asked them to leave, while 22 per cent cited health issues for their earlier departure date. Two-thirds of the retirees said they had one year or less notification; 20 per cent had one month or no advance notice before retirement. According to the poll, here are the top strategies used by retirees if they needed to supplement retirement income: n Downsize accommodation (including selling and renting), or stay in the home but live frugally (tied at 79 per cent of respondents). n Stay in the home and sell assets (44 per cent). n Borrow against home equity (presumably including a reverse mortgage; 38 per cent). n Return to paid work (29 per cent). n Rent out part of home (16 per cent). n Take out a loan but not against home equity (10 per cent). n Ask a family member for financial help (five per cent).

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TASTE

Aussie wine fortunes appear to be on the rise

Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables One sure sign a country’s fortunes are on the rise is when they hold a tasting and half the city turns out. Such was the case last week when the Aussies decided to celebrate Australia day in style, and poured more than the odd drop to keep everyone happy. Few countries have had to bear the brunt of the recession as has Australia, which has seen its fortunes fade in the face of over-supply and what many perceived to be a homogenization of the industry compounded by a parade ofYellow Tail wannabees.

However, this most recent tasting suggests that it wouldn’t be too hard to rekindle our love affair with Down Under for quite a few reasons, some of which may surprise you.While the predictions of doom and gloom were swirling, Australian winemakers were taking a long, hard look at what they could do better. And doing it. I’m not here to diss Shiraz. Chances are it will always be king, and there were some killer wines here to prove that. But these days they’re much less extracted (“Less Parkerized,”quipped one winemaker), more regionally focused, and in many cases much more drinkable (make that foodfriendly). The ﬁrst surprise of the day came early on when everyone (as far as I could tell) was wowed by the beautifully balanced cherryand plum-toned, gently spicy Yangarra Estate Old Vines Grenache 2011 (McLaren Vale). It was supple, rounded and elegant, perhaps further enhanced by its concrete egg ferment. And, if you’d poured it a decade ago, it

would have probably been dismissed as un-Australian. Grab it at BCLS $25.99, 91 points. At times it seemed Australia was awash in a sea of Cabernet Merlot, based on a ﬁrm belief in some quarters that Cabernet was “incomplete” as a single variety. Referred to as “the doughnut” it was remedied with a good (sometimes excessive) dollop of Merlot. Not only has that changed but there were likely more bottles of Aussie Cab here than we’ve seen in the entire last 10 years. Case in point: Jim Barry’s “The Cover Drive” Cabernet Sauvignon 2011. Vibrant red and black notes on top followed by a wellbalanced plummy palate with some bramble and cedar notes before a long close. A blend of Clare and Coonawarra fruit. (BCLS $29.99, 90 points). On the topic of Cabernet, here’s a worthy bargain Jacob’s Creek Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2012. From Australia’s most celebrated Cabernet region comes this value-priced drop that delivers good varietal

expression with some classic minty notes and solid cassis notes. Not fancy but very drinkable at BCLS $16.99, 89 points.Also not to be missed: Coldstream Hills Pinot Noir 2012 (Yarra Valley). From one of the earlier “cool-climate” areas that prefaced the shift to more regional wines, this is a medium-bodied pinot with lifted cherry and raspberry notes on top followed by

a silky palate with cherry and earthy notes to close (Everything Wine $29.99, 91 points). It was also good to reconnect with an old stalwart that has also broken the mold since Day 1: Chateau Tahbilk Marsanne 2011.This stalwart’s been around the Aussie shelves almost as long as there’s been an Aussie section. Interestingly, this remains

one of the largest, if not the largest, single plantings of Marsanne in the world. Look for honeysuckle and other ﬂoral notes on the nose, with citrus and juicy acidity on the palate. Drink it with rich seafood such as scallops or lobster. Put some away for a few years and you’ll be very well rewarded (BCLS $19.99, 90 points). info@hiredbelly.com

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A22 - North Shore News - Sunday, January 26, 2014

NEWS AROUND THE WORLD

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TRAVEL

Dim sum star rolls with the praise Michelin sees much to admire in Hong Kong restaurateur

PETER NEVILLE-HADLEY MeridianWriters’ Group

HONG KONG:When the both revered and feared Michelin Guide gave tiny backstreet dim sum specialistTim HoWan one of its coveted stars, no one was more surprised than the restaurant’s chefowner, Mak Kwai Pui. In the early 2000s, Michelin was criticized by everyday gourmets and by professional critics alike for ignoring streetlevel excellence in favour of glamorous, tower-top restaurants with equally stratospheric prices. The company denied paying any attention to this, but when it published its 2009 Hong Kong Macau guide (its ﬁrst bilingual guidebook) included in it was a section of lower-priced restaurants.Tim Ho Wan, a 49-seat hole-in-the-wall in Kowloon’s Mong Kak district, became possibly the cheapest Michelin restaurant ever.Two could easily eat their ﬁll there for under $20. “It was incredible,” grins chef Mak. “I’d never thought my tiny restaurant could get such recognition.” Mak is not, however, entirely new to the blessings that can be bestowed by the famous French guidebook series. Prior to starting Tim Ho Wan he was the dim sum master at the Four Seasons Hotel’s Lung King Heen

restaurant, holder of three Michelin stars. Even before Michelin discovered him, his premises had line-ups. Few Hong Kong people were interested in the views of some foreign guidebook, but the consequent media coverage brought him a broader clientele and spurred the opening of a second, slightly larger branch in Sham Shui Po, across Victoria Harbour from the original, although one no more glamorous than the first. In both, square melamine tables are covered with paper tablecloths, and patrons tick off selections on a menu sheet printed in both English and Chinese. The offerings are a mixture of classic dim sum, including some very traditional items not much seen elsewhere. Oldfashioned gelatinous rice pancakes rolled and stuffed with liver sit alongside chef Mak’s own innovations, and perhaps the most popular of these is his version of the classic barbecued pork bun, whose fragrant meat now comes in a sweet and crisp pineapple bun shell. Mak’s inspiration goes well beyond Cantonese traditions. Pretty little red jujubes and white osmanthus flowers float in cubes of jelly given a golden hue with brown sugar are similar to items that more commonly melt in the mouths of Shanghainese. Everything’s tempting, but be sure to leave room at the end for the jelly-like tonic medlar and petal cake. “I don’t make things in the ordinary way,” says Mak. “I just make them the way I like them.” It’s clear that not just

Michelin reviewers, but many other people like what Mak likes. Here in Mong Kok, in the middle of the afternoon, despite the undistinguished side-street location and light-industrial neighbours, there’s a queue outside. People sit patiently on violet-coloured plastic stools ticking off on sheets of paper what they want to eat. At this branch the wait is about one hour. At the one in Sham Shui Po, it’s much longer. A third branch opened in 2011 under the IFC Mall in Central, and in mid-March 2013 Tim Ho Wan went international, opening in Singapore. If you go: Tim Ho Wan’s three Hong Kong locations: — 8, 2-20 Kwong Wa Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon (phone 2332 2896) — 9-11 Fuk Wing Street, Sham Shui Po (phone 2788 1226) — 12A Hong Kong Station (podium level), Central (phone 2332 3078) For information on travel in Hong Kong visit the Hong Kong Tourism Board website at discoverhongkong.com. — culturelocker.com

Hong Kong celebrates The Year of the Horse approaches and, for the 19th year, Hong Kong is planning a night parade through the streets on Jan. 31. For more information on New Year Party @ World City visit discoverhongkong.com.

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A24 - North Shore News - Sunday, January 26, 2014

PETS

Dogs communicate without words

It was very unusual to ﬁnd my dog Piper waiting at the front door when I walked into my home. Normally he lounges on his bed until I walk into the bedroom to greet him. Typically it is my youngest dog Raider who is anxious to see me when I come home. “What’s up Piper?” I asked as I rubbed his soft, liver-coloured head. He looked at me with great eagerness in his eyes and ran up the stairs a few steps then looked back over his shoulder at me. It was almost as if he was asking me to follow him, so I did. He ran up a few more steps then, again, looked back to make sure I was still there, so I continued to follow him. At the top of the stairs

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Canine Connection he began to slowly walk down the hall, looking back every few steps checking to make sure I was right behind him. Giggling to myself as I witnessed him luring me to the bedroom, I inquired, “What’s going on bud?” Then at the entrance Piper stopped. He looked up at me then back into the bedroom. It’s almost

as if he was standing with his paws on his hips saying, “Look, just look at what that little hooligan did!” While I was out Raider had gotten into the bathroom garbage and dragged its contents into the bedroom. He had shredded Kleenex, cardboard tissue rolls and cotton swabs all over Piper’s bed and Piper’s nose was obviously bent out of shape! I laughed out loud, gave Piper a huge hug then cleaned up Raider’s mess. I just love my dogs and after 10 years with them I love even more how they have learned to communicate with me and how I have learned to listen! Piper is not an anomaly in his communication abilities. All dogs try

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on a daily basis to communicate with us and as humans we are either aware of it, or not. Unfortunately most dog owners fall into the “or not” category and over time their dog simply gives up making the effort. To dogs, body language is their ﬁrst choice of communication. The placement of a tail, ear or position of a body means far more to a dog than a bark or a whine. And when those barks, whines and growls are combined with body language what they are communicating is different than what they are saying by using their bodies silently. At times I am in great awe of the canine species. Here is a group of creatures who, just like humans, differ on the outside in shape, size and colour, yet they are able to speak so clearly to one another without saying a word and, unlike humans, they all understand. Humans are gifted in so many ways in our ability to communicate with

one another, yet we fail miserably. Conflict, anger, greed and deception are daily occurrences between humans, whether it’s two neighbours or two countries. We just can’t get along. We let judgement cloud our vision. Competition guides our souls and domination is our goal. When words no longer work we pull out weapons. The bigger the weapon, the louder the voice and the demand to be heard. Yet dogs solve so much with no words at all. A turn of a head and looking the other way can end conflict within seconds and two adversaries can become tolerant of each other, even friendly. I’d like to say they put their egos aside, but dogs have no ego. When a dog shows arrogance or intolerance, it is always a reflection of its owner’s inner ego — always. If the owner of an intolerant dog is aware enough of their emotions and how they create their

own issues, they will look within themselves and realize that they live their lives silently expecting conflict. In times of quiet reflection, instead of seeking peace and resolution, the ego that is left unchecked runs through scenarios in the brain, either reviewing conflict, creating it, or finding ways to seek it. There is a saying that, paraphrased, goes something like this: There are two wolves living inside of us, fighting to survive. One seeks conflict, one seeks love. The one who wins is the one you feed. Without human intervention a dog will choose peace over conflict, every time. As a human, which one are you feeding? Joan Klucha has been working with dogs for more than 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation. Contact her through her website k9kinship.com.

The Regular Council Meeting of MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014, will take place in the format of a Council Workshop.

DEVELOPER INFORMATION SESSION

Topic: Date: Time: Place:

Early Public Input Opportunity 725 Marine Drive (Rezoning Application) and 843-855 West 1st Street (Rezoning Application and OCP Amendment)

Central Waterfront Area Vision, presented by Roger Brooks International February 3, 2014 6:00 pm City Hall, Council Chamber, 141 West 14th Street

Purpose: In the fall of 2013, the City launched a vision and branding exercise focused on the Central Waterfront Area. Following a public consultation process, led by Rogers Brooks, a vision for the Central Waterfront Area has been created and a draft proposal will be presented for Council’s consideration. The Workshop is open to the public. North Vancouver City Hall | 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC | V7M 1H9 | Tel: 604.985.7761 Fax: 604.985.9417 | www.cnv.org

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Darwin Properties Ltd. and Dick Irwin Group invite interested members of the public to attend a Developer Information Session for an early opportunity to review the proposal and offer comments.

Date: Time: Location of meeting:

Tuesday February 4th, 2014 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. North Shore Kia 725 Marine Drive, North Vancouver

Darwin Properties Ltd. and Dick Irwin Group are proposing to construct a new car sales and service centre at 843-855 West 1st Street. Once built, the existing North Shore Kia at 725 Marine Drive will be closed and a new 5-storey (plus loft) mixed-use building comprising 100 residential units and commercial space on the ground floor will be constructed on the site. Parking will be provided via an underground parkade accessed from the new Mosquito Creek bridge plus surface parking via Marine Drive.

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Applicant Contact Brad Howard Darwin Properties Ltd. T: 604-929-7944 brad@darwin.ca

Helen Besharat Besharat Friars Architects T: 604-662-8544 hbesharat@besharatfriars.com

City of North Vancouver Contact Christopher Wilkinson, Planner Community Development Department T: 604-990-4206 cwilkinson@cnv.org

This is not a Public Hearing. Council will receive a report from staff on issues raised at the meeting and will formally consider the proposal at a later date.

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Sabres look sharp at AAA Diverse roster helps Sutherland climb up B.C. ranks ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

THREE TO SEE THIS WEEK Sr. boys basketball Sentinel @WestVan Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m. PacWest basketball Douglas @ Capilano Jan. 31, 6 & 8 p.m. Langara @ Capilano Feb. 1, 6 & 8 p.m. PJHL hockey Grandview @ NVWolf Pack Feb. 1, 7 p.m., Harry Jerome Arena

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The Sutherland senior boys basketball team has seemingly found a winning mix. With a team made up of a bunch of top-notch athletes, very few of whom call basketball their No. 1 game, the Sabres so far are firmly entrenched in the top 10 rankings for AAA schools in B.C. and are looking like true contenders for the provincial crown. The team’s success is a testament to the multi-sport prowess exhibited by this particular group of Grade 11 and 12 Sutherland boys, said head coach Brad Thornhill. The basketball team includes four players from the Sabres soccer team that won provincial AAA gold in the fall. “We’ve got some great soccer guys, we’ve got some great rugby guys, our ultimate team is outstanding and there’s a bunch of them on the team,” he said. “We have an elite baseball pitcher playing for us. It’s kind of a cool mix of a bunch of the guys from the neighbourhood.” Making it all work, however, is one hoops fanatic who claims ball above all. Grade 12 standout Graddy Zubaidi averages nearly 30 points a game while shooting more than 60 per cent from the floor and leading the team in rebounding. “He’s always been a very good athlete and a very good player but this year he’s just taken it to a completely other level,” said Thornhill, who has stuck with this group of players since they started playing junior ball in Grade 9. “Graddy has a chance of being a top two or three scorer all time at our school, while leading the team in rebounding and playing very unselfish basketball.” With an inside-outside game, Zubaidi is a very

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like Windsor did, he goes inside and scores layups. If you put a big strong guy on him, he takes him outside and goes by him.” With Zubaidi as the centerpiece the team is ﬁlled out by a bunch of strong athletes. Grade 12 point guard Cole Keffer runs the show, a role he is very familiar with from his stints starring as a distributor in other sports. Keffer captained the Sutherland soccer team that won gold and is also an elite

rugby player. “He’s basically the batteries of our team,” said Thornhill. “He gets our engine running. He’s been amazing for us.” Braeden Toikka plays a key role as well, taking his talents to the hardwood when he is not starring for the North Shore Twins in baseball. Last summer Toikka was dominant in leading the Junior Twins to their ﬁrst provincial title, and he’s transferred his pinpoint precision to the

basketball court. “He’s our best threepoint shooter, best free throw shooter,” said Thornhill. “He’s also driving to the basket — he’s sort of developed that allaround game. He’s scoring a bunch for us.” The Sabres are also helped out by a brand new tier system that breaks the province into four groups instead of three. In recent years the Sabres See New page 26

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SPORT

New tier system gives Sabres more bite

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have struggled against the biggest schools in B.C. but

now there is a new AAAA league that takes the top dogs into a new category, leaving the Sabres to scrap

with opponents their own size. “In the past we’d be with the big boys, the schools

with a ton of athletes,” said Thornhill. “We were playing against 6-9, 6-10 guys on all those teams. We’d have a hard time with those guys — Graddy is our biggest guy at 6-2. But at AAA we’re playing schools that are our size and it’s a great ﬁt. I’m really glad they made it four tiers. Now we have a good, competitive chance of going to the B.C.’s and doing well.” The new system also shrunk the size of the North Shore leagues, leaving Sutherland to compete against just Windsor, Rockridge and Carson Graham for one provincial berth at AAA. The Sabres have beaten them all once already but it will be a season-long struggle to get that one B.C. berth. The teams will all meet again in regular season play and then go through a doubleknockout playoff. “Beating one team once is easy,” said Thornhill. “But beating the same team three or four times — everybody gets to know each other so well — it’s a lot tougher.” If they do emerge

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group of guys that all work hard, they all support each other, they’re all totally coachable and totally willing to share together,” he said. “It’s as true of a team as I’ve ever seen.”

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Overholt owns the podium down under The Quinn Keast Foundation is offering Canadian hoops fans a chance to win a trip to see two homegrown talents battle it out in an NBA game in Los Angeles. North Vancouver’s Robert Sacré and his Los Angeles Lakers will host Kamloops native Kelly Olynyk and his Boston Celtics on Feb. 21 and two lucky British Columbians will be there to see it live. The Foundation is rafﬂing off a prize pack that includes airfare for two from Vancouver to Los Angeles, two night’s accommodation in a hotel, two tickets to the game, autographed jerseys from each player and, based on player availability, a meet and greet with the two Canadians. Both Olynyk and Sacré starred for the Gonzaga Bulldogs following dominant high school careers in B.C. Sacré played at Handsworth with Quinn Keast, a passionate player who was killed on the night of his Grade 12 graduation when he was struck by a bus.

Tickets, $20, will be on sale until Feb. 7 at various locations around the Lower Mainland or online. Entrants must be at least 19 years old and residents of B.C. Proceeds from the raffle will go to Basketball B.C. For more information on the foundation or how and where to purchase tickets, visit quinnbasketball. net/raffle. ••• West Vancouver swimmer Emily Overholt won a pair of medals at the 2014Victorian Open Championships held last weekend in Melbourne, Australia. Overholt, competing as part of the 15-member Canadian junior team, claimed bronze in the women’s 400-metre individual medley on Jan. 17, finishing in a time of four minutes and 45.18 seconds. It was the 16-yearold’s second fastest career time in the event. “It was a good race considering we are in the midst of some hard training,” Overholt said in a Swimming Canada release. “I went out very fast and

it was deﬁnitely hard to maintain that pace the whole time.” One day later Overholt climbed two steps up to earn gold as part of Canada’s 4x200-m freestyle relay team along with Lili Margitai of Edmonton, Frédérique Cigna of Montreal and Kennedy Goss of Toronto. They scored a time of 8:11.34,

ﬁnishing more than three seconds ahead of the second-place Australians. ••• Vancouver rugby fans will get a chance to see Canada’s best, likely including a few North Shore standouts, when the senior men’s national team hosts Japan at Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium June 7 as part of the Paciﬁc Nations Cup. Japan, ranked 14th in the world, handed 15th-

ranked Canada its only defeat during the 2013 Paciﬁc Nation’s Cup at a match played in Nagoya, Japan. The two teams have also met in each of the last two World Cups with both matches ending in ties. The rosters will not be announced until much closer to game time but several North Shore players have starred for the national team in recent years. Last August West Vancouver’s Harry Jones

and Ryan Hamilton, North Vancouver’s Jason Marshall and Squamish’s Jamie Cudmore — all of whom have suited up for the North Shore’s Capilano Rugby Club — helped Canada earn a berth in the 2015 Rugby World Cup by topping the United States in a two-game series. — Compiled by Andy Prest Email info about upcoming sporting events or recent results to aprest@nsnews.com.

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