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Pit bull attack raises concerns German shepherd recovering after being charged, bitten BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
A North Vancouver woman is in shock after her elderly dog was “torn to pieces” in an unprovoked attack by an off-leash pit bull. Lisa Granger and her 10year-old, partially crippled German shepherd Natasha were in the front yard on the 800-block of East 14th Street Thursday afternoon when the neighbour’s pit bull pushed through the fence. “She didn’t even know it was coming. She was sleeping in the sun in my yard and it charged through the fence,” Granger said. “She was a completely defenseless victim. . . It’s just the most horrifying thing I’ve ever seen. She lost chunks of leg down to
the bone.” It took five people — one of them using a spade — to pry the pit bull’s mouth open, to get the aggressive dog off. But it circled around and attacked Natasha again, Granger said. “The only thing that finally saved my dog was, when we got the pit bull off the second time, the owner had thrown herself on the dog and was screaming at us to get our dog out of there or it was going to go again. She couldn’t hold it,” Granger said. Three hours of surgery and a $3,000-vet bill later, Natasha is back at home but she can no longer stand up and will require constant care and daily trips back to the vet while she heals. Granger too suffered bites in the incident.
“My finger’s been sewn back together and I have massive bruising down the back of my legs and I have bruising down the inside of my left arm,” she said. RCMP officers attended the scene, but turned the matter over to the District of North Vancouver’s bylaw officers, who handle animal control issues. Granger then learned this is the second time the pit bull has attacked another dog. “It’s the second offence and they didn’t seize the dog. My vet was horrified,” Granger said. Officers told Granger the dog was only visiting the home next door, but that it spends most of its time with its other owner on Premier Street. While the bylaw investigation is expected to last a few more days, staff have contacted the pit bull’s owners. “We’ve given them See Owners page 8
West Vancouver budget calls for tax hike, utility increases ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com
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Property owners inWest Vancouver could see a dent in their household budgets after council prepared to approve hikes to both property taxes and utility rates this week. The municipality’s budget, presented Feb. 17, showed an increase of almost three per cent to property taxes. The district’s financial
plan also included increases of 11 per cent to sewer rates and five per cent to water rates this year. Some council members defended the tax hike. Coun. Nora Gambioli said the municipality has passed two budgets in a row with no increase to tax rates. “I think that politically speaking perhaps we’re not very smart by having a 2.9 per cent increase in an election year — but then you
could also argue that we’re not trying to be political by actually digging down and having enough gumption to suggest a 2.92 increase in an election year.” Gambioli remarked that after reviewing municipal taxes on assessed values in other jurisdictions,West Vancouver taxpayers are still getting the best deal. “If you owned a piece See WestVan page 8
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achievement awardwinners announced earlier this week. Both the District and City of North Vancouver handed out awards in council chambers Monday, in recognition of Heritage Week, Feb. 17-23. There were no heritage awards in District of West
Vancouver this week. Instead, the municipality recognizes heritage achievement at its Community Awards in the fall. This year, the district presented seven awards to recognize both heritage advocacy and preservation of district heritage homes.
Award recipients are selected by the district’s community heritage committee, whose members include architects, building restoration specialists, a historian and local heritage advocates. Recognized for heritage advocacy were Len Corben, author of A Century Plus of North Shore Sports Stories;
Selwyn Pullan, photographer of modern heritage on the North Shore, and archival researcher A.L. (Dick) Lazenby. Receiving awards for maintenance and renovations to a heritage register residential structure were homeowner Susan McKilligan and Synthesis
Design (Ken Best, architect) for the interior renovation of the Moon Residence, a circa 1950 West Coast modern style home by Fred Thornton Hollingsworth, the architect most responsible for the look of post-war North Vancouver. Also See Restoration page 11
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Tough on reality A B.C. judge recently ruled the one-year mandatory minimum sentence for repeat drug trafficking violates Canada’s Charter of Rights. In rejecting the mandatory minimum, recently brought in by the Tories, Judge Joseph Galati said it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment for a large group of offenders. The court decision is just the latest example of the Conservatives’ ideology on crime coming up against reality. Under the Tories’ new laws — motivated by a vote-getting desire to show how the government is cracking down on evildoers — anyone convicted of drug trafficking more than once in 10 years gets a minimum one-year jail sentence. That, of course, likely applies to the majority of those involved in drugs. Because many low-level dealers are also addicts.
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Illegal daycares won’t solve problem Dear Editor: Elizabeth James’s column regarding an illegal daycare home closing that you titled “Daycare Regulations Limit Parent Options” was a complete misunderstanding of the complexities involved. The issue of too few spaces is not that regulations are too tight,
it is a problem of too few spaces overall in B.C. We have only enough licensed spaces for 20 per cent of children and yet upwards of 80 per cent of mothers are in the paid workforce. That’s a huge gap and not one that we should even begin to suggest should be filled by leaving our precious young children
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options. That is why the City and District of North Vancouver, along with 24 other municipalities and 1.6 million British Columbians, support the $10/day Child Care Plan for B.C. which will see parent fees reduced, an increase in licensed spaces to meet demand and better training and wages for early
childhood educators. Leaving more children in unregulated settings or watering down standards so that operators can make more of a profit is not the right answer for B.C.’s youngest children. The $10/day plan is the answer. cccabc.bc.ca/plan Sharon Gregson Vancouver
Booze sales in grocery stores not such a great idea Dear Editor: I really appreciated your article “Liquor Changes on Tap for Grocery Stores” in the North Shore News Feb. 9. I appreciated your thorough discussion and realistic look. My view: I say no to liquor sold in grocery
stores. It is totally unnecessary. Most liquor stores are already within a short range of grocery stores. I agree, it would raise the liquor price to consumers and limit choice. Independent stores would go out of business.
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Sochi 2014’s winners and losers
Today marks the end of another Olympic Games, and this cheesy Putin special sure gave us a lot to talk about. Here are the winners (commemorated with a festive “Rainbow!” in honour of the noble fight for rights in Russia) and losers (denoted as “Toilet,” in honour of the greatest calamity in the history of the Olympics, according to journalists working the Games). Rainbow!:The Internet I remember what it was like trying to watch live sports on an Internet feed during the early days of online streaming. It was a lot like trying to watch live sports on a toaster.These Games, however, I’ve spent a lot of time hiding from my family, watching CBC’s online streams and have been blown away by the quality.This, really, is how to watch the Games. No more fear of missing out on some obscure event that doesn’t make it onto the big screen. It’s all there now, accessible for anyone with a basic computer setup. Well, it’s not accessible on my work computer.To be fair though, my work computer is so old that hotmail is not accessible. I
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Laugh All YouWant wish that was a joke. Toilet: Ice dancing So the French sports newspaper L’Equipe published a story before the Games saying that the United States and Russia had swung a deal so that their figure skating judges would make sure Russia won the team competition and the U.S. pair won ice dancing. You’ll never guess what happened next. The judging in the team competition was a little sketchy.The judging in the ice dance short program was downright felonious.The announcers described all the strange determinations used to come up with an ice dancing score — I can’t remember all of them except something aboutVenus being
in retrograde, a complicated Rob Ford blood-alcohol metric, and long-distance phone calls to Oprah. I was about to get all indignant about the scandal but then I realized that getting mad at something as abstract as “ice dance judging” would be like getting mad at “donkey firetruck shuffleboard.” The take-home message here is that the United States is in bed with the Reds. Lord help us if they ever make a baby — it’d be big and loud and stink of guns and beets. Rainbow!: Gilmore Junio Junio is the Canadian long-track speed skater who gave up his spot — or was pushed out of his spot, depending on how you read between the lines — in one of his two events so that faster teammate Denny Morrison, who fell at the Olympic trials, could skate. Morrison went on to win silver and Junio went on to win gold for “most pats on the back.”There was even buzz that Junio should carry the Canadian flag in the closing ceremony (an honour not yet bestowed as of the writing of this column). Toilet: Unhappy Gilmores Not everyone was
pumped about Junio’s sacrifice though.Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno called the skater switch unCanadian. “I hope Gilmore Junio tells the Canadian Olympic Committee to shove their flagpole where the sun don’t shine,” she wrote. So let me get this straight. Mad that Junio gave up a rare opportunity that most ordinary folks can
only dream of, DiManno’s advice to him would be to turn down an even rarer opportunity that most extraordinary folks can only dream of. Got ya. Thanks, though, for bringing back “where the sun don’t shine,” a term I hadn’t heard since my buddy took a street hockey slapper to the nards circa 1991. Rainbow! Toilet:
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dog should be kept alive. Even if it’s never at this property, what’s to stop it from attacking somebody else over by Premier Street?” The district has that option,Walker said, but it requires a court order to show a dog “killed or seriously injured a person or a domestic animal.” “We’ve got some public concerns of that nature but it’s still a little bit early. We’re still conducting interviews,”Walker said. While the incident has been troubling, the district does not believe the public is at risk,Walker said. “In our experience, a dog that’s aggressive to another dog doesn’t necessarily become aggressive to a human. It’s quite rare that transfers over that way.”
West Van still a ‘deal’ From page 1 of property that was worth a million dollars in North Vancouver district last year, you were paying $2,370 in property taxes,” said Gambioli. “If you lived here you were paying $1,688 in property tax and if you were living in Squamish for some unknown and amazing reason, you were paying $4,742.That’s quite mind boggling.” Coun.Trish Panz said she also supported the increase. “I’ve never really been a big fan of zero,” said Panz. She said a small, predictable tax increase tied to increases in the consumer price index makes more sense. Panz also pointed to West Vancouver’s high reliance on residential property tax, which stands at 92 per cent of the overall tax base. She compared that to the District of North Vancouver, where residential taxes make up 78 per cent of the tax base. Other councillors still had reservations about the budget. Coun. Craig Cameron voiced his concerns about what he called the “infrastructure deficit” the district had been incurring by not putting enough money aside to fund capital costs in the future. “We ultimately haven’t been putting money away to maintain our facilities, not nearly to the extent that we should have,” he said. Second and third readings of the budget bylaw passed unanimously. Final adoption is expected next month.
Sunday, February 23, 2014 - North Shore News - A9
Neighbours weigh in on Lucas site
Residents point to high-density housing as worst-case option ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com
THERE was no shortage of ideas Wednesday night at the latest public meeting on the future of
the school district’s Lucas Centre site in North Vancouver. Between 30 and 40 residents, consultants and North Vancouver school board members were in
attendance to exchange ideas and share concerns about what might inhabit the site in the future. Dialog Design, the firm working with the school board to collect public input, conducted its first public meeting last month and will hold another one in either March or April. John Lewis,
superintendent of schools, said one goal of the meeting was to reassure the community that there were no predetermined outcomes for the site. Lewis said the school district and its consultants are very open to hearing what the public would like to see for the future for the Lucas site.
Lewis confirmed the school board has received inquiries from different groups, including real estate companies. “We said this is a process, we invite them to participate in this process providing input, that’s the stage that we’re at and encourage them to attend,” he said. The public meeting invited residents, including
those of the surrounding Hamilton Heights area, to post their comments on information boards in the Lucas Centre gymnasium, and fill out forms voicing their concerns and any suggestions they may have for the development of the site. The school board is accepting comment forms until the end of February. See Seniors page 10
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The Lucas Centre, previously Hamilton junior secondary, closed as an enrolling public school in 1982 and has since been used to support educational programs. Pamela Pike, spokeswoman for the Hamilton Heights Neighbourhood Association, said densification of the site is a major concern for the surrounding homeowners. “(The) worst case for us (is) high density housing. I mean that’s just atrocious,” said Pike. “We have one of the old time neighbourhoods, I like to call it. Kids can still play on the streets, they ride their bikes around, families don’t have to be out with an eagle eye . . . so we’re lucky in that respect and we’d like to maintain that sort of family-friendly neighbourhood.” Pike said ideas from residents for what should happen on the site have ranged from a seniors care facility to park facilities and even an urban farm.
“The ideas are pretty wide ranging,” she said. “It’s a very desirable piece of land. I hope that our neighbours and our area residents who we feel are the primary stakeholders of the area can come out and express their opinion and maybe provide some great ideas . . . and be heard. Because there’s nothing worse than feeling like you’re not heard.” Hamilton Heights resident Heather Priest said there is fear the area will become “a total traffic gridlock” if high-density housing is built there. “It would change the area totally,” said Priest. Priest said she would like to see the playing fields retained and have a seniors housing facility where the current Lucas Centre building stands. “I think that would be a great balance of age groups for the location. It’s not exclusively one or the other,” she said. “And I think that would actually produce the least amount of traffic.” Christie Sacre, school board trustee, said she’s
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Kudos to West Vancouver’s golden girl From page 7
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Book gives love a legacy Writer opens up about losing her boyfriend to cancer ■ Megan Williams will sign copies of her new book, Our Interrupted Fairy Tale: A True Story, March 9, 1-4 p.m. at Indigo Park Royal South. ourinterruptedfairytale. com ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com
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When Megan Williams lost her boyfriend, well-known North Shore tennis player Chad Warren, to cancer, in tribute to him, she vowed to not let the disease destroy her as well. “To be able to stay positive, what was really important for me was that cancer didn’t kill anybody else. Chad lost his battle, but I wanted to stay the girl that he fell in love with. He would be so angry with me if I had let this devastate my life to a point of not being able to function or to not be the person that he believed I could be,” she says. Despite what she’s gone through, having lost someone she loved at such a young age, the 29-yearold North Vancouver resident has continued to stay positive. Out of an interest in offering solace to others navigating their own respective cancer journeys, she has just released her
first book, a memoir entitled Our Interrupted Fairy Tale: A True Story.The book was released on Feb. 11, Warren’s birthday. The couple met on the tennis court when Williams was 16 and Warren was 26. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the blood, a few days later. Warren continued to undergo treatment for his illness and eventually, more than three years later, the pair started dating. Warren succumbed to cancer at age 34, in November 2009. “I wanted there to be a place in time where between two covers of a book our story can exist and I wanted to give our love a legacy,” says Williams, who works as a communications co-ordinator for B.C. Transplant. The best-case scenario for her would be for copies of her book to find homes on people’s bookshelves and 35 years from now be picked up and read again. “First and foremost, anybody who is interested in a good love story will hopefully love this. It’s written with an antagonist of cancer, but it’s first and foremost a love story,” she says.
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Warren’s voice is present throughout as Our Interrupted Fairy Tale draws upon emails, letters and cards the couple exchanged over the years,Williams’ diary entries, as well as their respective blog posts. “You hear about Chad’s life through Chad’s words,” says Williams. Their story is told honestly, and is reflective of the ups and downs they experienced, and challenges they faced, both personally and in their relationship. “It’s a real story, it’s got real flaws in the characters and it’s documented in real time, so you get to read about the frustrations that happen, both on my part or on Chad’s part.” While Williams hopes Our Interrupted Fairy Tale has wide appeal, she also hopes it resonates with young patients battling a disease, or partners or spouses who are witnessing someone they love struggle with their health. She hopes the book proves therapeutic, showing them they’re not alone. Williams also hopes her book brings further awareness to the foundation Warren launched with his family prior to his passing, intended to help others diagnosed with his disease, and to help find a cure for multiple myeloma and other blood cancers. “It’s a great opportunity to be able to bring light to
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LIVE Upcoming winter event round up
Snow battles to races abound We’re lucky, living on the wet coast, that local warm winter temperatures allow for a variety of outdoor recreation opportunities year-round. The following is a round up of what’s going on on the North Shore in the coming weeks, both high up on the mountains, as well as at lower elevations.
Canadian Cancer Society Yukigassen — Snow Battle Vancouver Representatives of the Canadian Cancer Society invite community members to register for Yukigassen — Snow Battle Vancouver, being held Saturday, March 1 at Mount Seymour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Created in Japan, the tournament-style event sees teams of seven participants play in three, three-minute snow battle matches. The objective is to eliminate opposing team players through snowball hits or to capture the opposing team’s flag. Snow Battle Vancouver champions will have the opportunity to represent Vancouver and compete in the upcoming Yukigassen Canada National Championships. The event is familyfriendly and will feature carnival games as well as will be a fun spectator sport. Participants are encouraged to fundraise $200 for the society. convio.cancer.ca/ yukigassen
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silent auction will follow. Registration gets underway at noon. Cost: $100 a person or $350 for a team of four. Proceeds will support the foundation. Mount Seymour is currently seeking auction items. In addition, businesses making a donation of more than $250 will receive recognition at the event and on its website. itsasnowday.ca West Van Run Runners and walkers of all levels are invited to the annual five- and
10-kilometre running race of the District of West Vancouver, being held Sunday, March 2, at 8:30 a.m. at Dundarave Park. This year’s event has a retro ’60s-’80s theme, and is offering a one-km course option for kids at 8 a.m. Proceeds will support Special Olympics B.C. — North Shore as well as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada. Cost: $35/free for seniors and youths. westvanrun.com KazLaw mountain biking community award
Representatives of the B.C. Bike Race and KazLaw Injury Lawyers are looking to give away an entry to this year’s edition of the seven-day stage race that’s currently sold out. The KazLaw Community Foundation is providing the spot to a B.C. resident who makes mountain biking happen in their community. Community members are asked to nominate a deserving rider, someone they feel has earned this
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A NorthVancouver family is inviting community members of all ages to Hope, Sweat and Breathe, a yoga fundraiser and retail trade show to benefit MPS II research, Saturday, March 1. Deb and Ryan Purcell have long been advocating and fundraising for the cause following their son Trey’s diagnosis with MPS II Hunter Syndrome, a rare and progressive disease, just before his second birthday. The couple feared the worst, told that as a result of Trey’s condition, his hands would curl, his joints would stiffen, his airways would narrow, his heart would begin to fail
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The Purcells have hosted a number of MPS II fundraisers over the years — Tacos for Trey for instance.This year, in light of Deb’s job as a North Shore yoga instructor, they’re holding their first family yoga fundraiser.The inaugural event is set for March 1, which is Trey’s 10th birthday, at Lynn Valley elementary. “When I actually think back to everything that we’ve gone through and where we’re at now, it’s a huge big deal,” says Deb. Tickets are by-donation. Exhibitors will be on hand from noon to 5:30 p.m. and a variety of yoga classes get underway at 1 p.m. Deb is pleased with the high-calibre of yoga teachers coming to the event, including Mike Nichols, Chris Duggan, Lindsay Collins and Melissa Donohoe. Funds raised from the event, which will also feature live music and food, will support The Isaac Foundation, MPS II Research Fund. treypurcell.com
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“We welcome the public. We are a public facility inside a private club, which means that people will feel welcomed, and see familiar faces if they chose to come regularly but are not required to sign a contract. Members receive substantial discounts, and the public will pay rates comparable to other local studios. We offer drop-in, a Well Card 10-class flex pass and session sign up. The price gets lower the more classes you commit to.” Justine is committed to helping others enjoy the health benefits of this unique facility.
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After 12 years of dedicated service, the current executive members of the North Shore Chapter of Osteoporosis Canada have decided to step down from their posts and are hopeful a new crop of volunteers will come forward to continue the group’s mission. Member Marion Poliakoff says the timing is right and that she and her peers feel they’ve fulfilled their mandate of education related to the treatment and prevention of the disease characterized by low bone mass and deterioration of bone tissue, and support to local residents. “After all these years, everybody is getting older and busy with family and grandchildren and just
feel it’s time to move on and hope that we can find younger people who might be interested,” says the 90-year-old West Vancouver resident. Poliakoff has been with the chapter since its founding, following her own diagnosis with osteoporosis. She was also able to put her journalism background to work, serving as secretary and was responsible for public relations. Poliakoff says she enjoyed her involvement, feeling fulfilled as a leader, as well as grateful for the information she’s been privy to, allowing her to continue to lead a healthy, active life. A main focus of the chapter was to organize and promote monthly lectures, most recently in partnership with the West Vancouver Memorial Library. The educational events
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Counting down to next week’s Vancouver International Wine Festival, it’s apparent that this will be one of the most well attended in the festival’s 36 years. How come it’s so popular? A couple of key reasons: Arguably North America’s most important combined consumer and trade wine gathering, it’s a great opportunity for wineries to meet their customers face to face in a thriving food and wine town, which our visitors say, year after year, has few peers. The other drivers in 2014 are France, as the theme region, and Champagne/sparkling wine as the global focus. Not to mention strong showings from several other regions. While most of the minglers, dinners and panel tastings are now sold out, there are still tickets to the International Festival Tastings. If you’re even a “parttime” wine drinker (you buy wine, even occasionally) you owe it to yourself to go. How can you make the most of these tastings (which can feel quite overwhelming)? Here’s a few tips: Once you’ve bought your ticket, spend some quality time with the online guide (playhousewinefest. com) to develop a plan. Use the time to be adventurous and discover new wines outside your comfort zone; maybe concentrate on one or two wine regions that are unfamiliar. And pick two or three varieties on which to focus. Start out with sparkling wine, and when your palate gets tired, taste some more. Don’t forget to spit. And write down what you like or photograph the label on your smart phone. Don’t be shy about asking questions. And be considerate by making way for others who also
Meet the shy and retiring Brian Lyn, proprietor, who will tell you why Coonawarra makes the best Cabernet in the world and pour you some sparkling Shiraz. Summerhill (Okanagan, B.C.) Ezra Cipes pours four different sparkling wines (including the awardwinning Ariel 98), proving Summerhill has fully embraced this year’s global focus Monte del Frá (Veneto, Italy) Marica Bonomo, owner, pours wines from her estate that grows only indigenous native vines, including Lena di Mezzo Amarone 07. Graham’s (Porto, Portugal) Meet and taste with proprietor Rupert Symington, one of Port’s most knowledgable and celebrated personalities.
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YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T. — Gord Gin does not give up easily.We are cruising Graham Lake in the NorthwestTerritories, desperately seeking moose. Our small group includes Kay from Australia who, no surprise, has only heard stories of the largest species of the deer family that may weigh more than 300 kilograms and top two metres in height. She wants to see one. In a small boat, under a bright blue sky, we motor into serene bays, constantly scanning the shoreline for signs of wildlife. Gin is our host atYellow Dog Lodge, a fly-in fishing lodge about 55 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife. He assures us that bear, wolves, lynx, wolverine, porcupines and yes, moose, live in the Arctic taiga around us. But today they’re hiding. As much as we would love to see a postcard-perfect Canadian moose, we three visitors are pretty happy with our stay.We leftYellowknife via floatplane to land at Yellow Dog Lodge and sure enough, before the engines had stopped on the Air Tindi Cessna 208, Casey, a large, friendly Labrador retriever, had wagged his way down the wharf. Everything aboutYellow Dog Lodge was welcoming: the lack of formalities, the cabins, the lakes and the fact that you couldn’t see another sign of civilization. Gord and Kathy Gin took over the lodge in 2006. In the 1970s it had been owned by Duncan Pryde, a fur trader, member of the territorial legislature and author of Nunaga, My Land,
My Country, a story about life with the Inuit. Pryde was one of those largerthan-life northerners.There are plenty of tales about him; Gord related a few one morning as we hiked. Accompanied by Casey we did a loop, starting uphill on crunchy moss, through stands of spruce, past juniper and wild cranberry bushes. We stopped on rocky ledges and looked down at the lodge and the lakes. Later we trolled for trout on Duncan Lake. In less than 10 minutes, two of us caught silvery, one-to-two-kilogram fish.Then Gord did what is apparently mandatory on a fishing trip: he brought out the beer and we bobbed in the boat, pondering such important questions as would the MackenzieValley Pipeline ever be built in this peaceful neck of the woods and why weren’t more fish biting? It was a great morning, rounded off by having those fish we did catch for lunch back at the lodge. As for our moose hunt, we were unsuccessful. But when we cruised up a marshy channel of the Nicholson River we did get to hop out and hike to a waterfall tumbling from yet another peaceful lake. Two things to note about a trip to the Northwest Territories: this is the place to go if you are starved for sunshine; in summer it averages 23 hours of daylight. And don’t even think of hiking without a net over your head — I swear the mosquitoes save themselves for visitors. If you go: For more information visit yellowdoglodge.ca. For information on travel in the NorthwestTerritories visit spectacularnwt.com.
Mistura mixes things up Peru plays host to the largest food festival in Latin America
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LIMA — In Spanish, the word mistura means “mixture,” which makes it the perfect name for Peru’s annual culinary festival. After all, the South American country serves up the world’s first — and arguably finest — truly global fusion food. Over the five centuries since the Spanish arrived here, the simple grainbased cuisine of the Incas has been flavoured by waves of African, Asian, European and Middle Eastern newcomers. Combine that with the bounty of 85 climatic zones and 12 regional cuisines from coast, sierra and jungle, and you have an astonishing “mistura” indeed. More than half-amillion people visit the Mistura festival during its 10-day run in early September making it the biggest culinary event in Latin America. Chefs from throughout the Spanishspeaking world and as far away as Italy, Belgium and Australia come to prepare dishes before appreciative audiences. Academics and politicians attend forums to debate such topics as “Andean Grains and Nutrition” and “Amazonia, Gastronomy & Biodiversity.” Mistura is about more than just food, though. It is also a celebration of culture: a festival of vibrant
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with our food we could seduce everyone in the world.” The centrepiece of the festival is the Grand Market, where more than 250 small farmers and large producers from across Peru showcase the fruits of the Pachamama (Mother Earth).That includes ancient grains (such as quinoa, kiwicha and cañihua), coffee, cacao and estimated 3,000 varieties of potatoes for which Peru is famous. Another festival highlight is the Pisco and Coffee Salon, where visitors can discover the subtleties of Peru’s brandy, pisco, and inhale the aromas of coffees from across Peru. At the Chocolate Stand more than 30 exhibitors demonstrate the various uses of Peruvian cacao, from hot chocolate to ice cream. In the Bread Corner, bakers produce more than 50 types of bread, made of everything from potato to cheese.
And of course there are the festival’s food stalls, where one can savour a range of dishes, from chow mein to sushi to ceviche, all prepared with a Peruvian flair. Whatever it is you’re hungry for, Mistura almost certainly has some, and the appetite for it seems to just keep expanding. Says Acurio, “We started to show people what food could do for our country. And then one day, magic happened.” If you go: The official website for Mistura is mistura.pe, which is in Spanish, but has downloadable information in English. Numerous tour companies organize visits around Mistura; among them is Gourmet Tour Peru, gourmettravelperu.com. For information on travel to Peru, visit peru. travel/en/. — More stories at culturelocker.com
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Raider makes backwards circles — which literally means he turns circles backwards, leading with his butt instead of his nose (he’s a bit weird) until the door opens. I haven’t discouraged this because it’s kind of funny. In the country, I let them chase things. In the city, I restricted their expression of their prey drive to things like tracking, fetch and maybe the occasional squirrel that ran the fence line. They were quite fulfilled with this. But out here, rabbits eat my garden vegetables and squirrels dig up my flower bulbs. The first time Piper saw a rabbit run across the back pasture he turned and looked at me and I said, “Go for it buddy.” The expression on his face can only be described as disbelief followed by sheer joy. The gleeful yelps that came out of him as he raced after that rabbit brought tears to my eyes. He never caught it, nor will he ever. Those rascally rabbits are fit and fast out this way. In the city I always leashed my dogs when approaching a horse, even though they were socialized with them. Being leashed, I managed their behaviour and they never learned that, despite its
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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE
to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
A Royal father and son
Handsworth’s coach, point guard share more than a last name ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com
THREE TO SEE THIS WEEK Basketball playoffs Senior boys AAAA Sentinel @ Handsworth Feb. 24, 7:45 p.m. Basketball playoffs Senior boys AAAA Howe Sound final Teams TBD Feb. 26, 6 p.m. at Sutherland PJHL playoffs Game 5 Delta @ NVWolf Pack March 1, 7 p.m. Harry Jerome Arena
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Point guards are often expected to be a coach on the floor, a direct link between the man on the sidelines with the clipboard and the four other players in shorts and sneakers. Handsworth basketball coach Hanif Karmali, leading the school’s vaunted senior team for the first time this season, believes that he has a point guard that he can absolutely trust, a player that really is connected to the coach, able to take the game plan off of the page and put it into motion. It’s no wonder that he has a strong connection to his point guard because that point guard is also his son, Adam. The two aren’t just connected by blood either. Hanif was also a point guard back in the day, suiting up for a King George secondary team that played in the provincial championships. Now Adam is the one with the ball, attempting to lead the Royals to a win in the Howe Sound championships and their own berth in the big dance. “He’s smart on the court,” Hanif says of Adam, who led the North Shore league in scoring, averaging around 27 points per game. “He almost thinks like a coach. He’s a little me, just better.” Adam is quick to agree with that assessment. “Definitely me,” he says with a laugh when asked who is the better baller, adding that their father/son, coach/player dynamic works really well for this Handsworth team. “He knows what I’m thinking on the court. When he tells me to do something I already know that he was going to tell me that. I’m one step ahead, he’s one step ahead. We can figure out defences, the other team. It’s perfect, it works out well.” The duo has managed to stay out of the traps that can arise from a father-son dynamic such as showing favouritism or, as more often happens, being overly harsh on the kid. “We get along,” says Adam. “We think the same way, so we see the game the same way. We usually agree on most of the stuff. We do have some disagreements but we work them out. It works.” Naturally, Dad agrees. “He understands the role and
g.R*3/942X 32.4 =*.S d.4S.TW T\.*3 XW3 2\.S /XWT\ XW3 +9.+X' .R* [.2X\4' g.RW[ d.4S.TW T99U3 9R% EX\ [.2X\4 .R* 39R *19 X.3 T\* 2X\ G9`.T3 29 2X\ a9% ! 4.RUWRY X\.*WRY WR29 2X\ g9/\ F91R* 7T.`9[[3% ]g_E_ CINDY GOODMAN we don’t get into arguments,” he says. “He’s very coachable, and I’ve heard that from other coaches too. He treats me like a coach more than a father, which is nice. Sometimes when you get father/ son you can get into those battles, but when I’m talking he sees me as a coach.” It doesn’t hurt that Adam is the most dynamic player in the league, the undisputed Grade 12 leader on
a young Handsworth team that is peaking as they enter the playoffs. Adam is the point guard, but he does much more than handle the rock, says Hanif. “He plays defence — sometimes if a guy is really burning us he’ll say ‘I got him,’” says Hanif. “He does a lot for us, but he’s surrounded by guys who know their roles and they don’t mind him doing that. They’ll rebound,
they’ll pass, they’ll get open for layups. . . . (Adam) gets the whole team involved, which is really neat. He’ll get the ball moving, he doesn’t want to hold onto it for too long.” The Royals will need everyone on the team to be at their best if they hope to repeat as Howe Sound champions. They opened See Karmali page 30
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the tournament with a 62-35 win over rebuilding Argyle but will face a much stiffer test Monday against Sentinel. The Spartans are coming off a scrappy 57-48 win over West Vancouver Thursday and the doubleknockout championships look to be shaping up as a tough three-way battle between Handsworth, Sentinel and West Van. Handsworth beat Sentinel in the final last
year and the Spartans are looking for revenge led by their six-foot-six leader Austin Penrose. “Austin is really tough to check,” says Hanif. “He’s got a nice shot from the outside, he’s so athletic and he blocks everything. It’s almost like we say if we get the ball inside and he’s there, just kick it back out. Because he’ll block it.” West Van, meanwhile, likes to pump up the three point shots and can be dangerous when they catch
on fire. “West Van, if they’re open, they’ll shoot it,” says Hanif. “If they’re on, they’re on. They’re very offensive minded. . . . They all have tons of confidence in their shooting. If they get on, people are in trouble.” The tournament resumes Monday with a double header at Handsworth. Argyle will play West Van at 6 p.m. while Sentinel and Handsworth will battle at 7:45 p.m.
The tournament final is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Sutherland secondary. “It’ll be a dog fight,” says Hanif. Adam, of course, agrees. “We’ve got to come out with good defensive intensity because West Van can shoot the ball, Sentinel has got big guys inside that they can go to,” he says. “We can’t underestimate any of the teams. . . . There are always good games in the Howe Sound playoffs.”
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