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Trail users say large cats have been stalking them BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Shore professional dog walkers are warning the public of likely cougar activity in the trails above the British Properties. There have been numerous close calls in recent weeks, especially on the District of West Vancouver’s Ballantree Trail, according to Barry Rueger, spokesman for the North Shore Professional Dogwalkers’ Alliance. “We tend to be up in that area a lot,” Rueger said. “The walkers have pretty much got it covered. They know what’s up. It’s just that over the holidays, there are likely to be a lot more of the general public hiking up there and taking their dogs up to go for walks. It’s probably good for them to know there might be an animal up there that could be a risk to them.” Stef Launay, a dog walker with Release the Hounds, has had two frightening encounters. Three weeks ago she was walking a group of dogs when one of them bolted off trail after he caught the scent of something interesting. When she caught up with the dog, she found a disturbing scene. “It was a fresh, huge, deer carcass — totally intact, its face and everything, except its

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They may get challenged to the odd inebriated boxing match for doing it, but police are zeroing in on drunk drivers anyway. The North Vancouver RCMP took more than three dozen drunk drivers off the road in one night, according to a release

from the detachment. Two drivers are facing criminal charges and 18 motorists are looking at 90-day roadside prohibitions stemming from a crackdown on Friday, Dec. 12. “Especially during this holiday season police want motorists to be safe and happy, free of any impaired driving consequences,”

stated North Vancouver RCMP Supt. Chris Kennedy in the release. On average, 86 British Columbians die every year due to impaired driving, according to a release from the West Vancouver Police Department. North Vancouver police took 53 impaired motorists off North Shore roads between Dec. 3 and Dec.

12, including one Alberta driver who allegedly challenged police to duke it out in a boxing match, and another impaired motorist who is accused of driving his 10-year-old daughter three blocks for an errand. Police also handed a three-day immediate roadside prohibition to a See Operation page 5

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Popping more questions 1. Not one of the North Shore’s mayors is planning to run for office again in three years. Why not? 2. This type of undercover police operation, which shares its name with a popular chocolate bar, is now presumed inadmissible in court. What is it? 3. “You can’t catch it.” A North Vancouver server won a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal award after being fired from her job because she had which productive medical condition? 4. The city put in three years of work on a draft official community plan that will guide population and economic growth over approximately how long?

7. “I’m not with Wendy anymore.” After parting ways with one fast food chain, Tim Hortons opted to become a member of which monarchist company’s ﬂamebroiled commonwealth?

16. High and dry: Starting in 2015,West Vancouver is planning to stop providing what to Montizambert Wynd residents?

8. “If you can make it there. . . .” Prime Minister Stephen Harper skipped a United Nations climate summit in NewYork in September.What city was Harper in at the time?

17.What Deep Cove Brewery golden ale — which shares its name with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain — exclusively beneﬁts the Tim Jones Legacy Fund?

9. A British Properties homeowner launched a lawsuit against his neighbour in September to address “injury and losses” related to what type of environmentally friendly but view-obstructing forms?

5. Several North Vancouver teachers were aghast at drawing funding for classroom projects from which “town pump?” (Ding, ding.)

10. Questions without answers:What two Middle Eastern countries, which both begin with the letter I, did Conservative MP Paul Calandra appear to conﬂate during question period in September?

6. Outgoing Lt.-Gen. Stuart Beare, Canada’s point man on multiple military operations, called on Canada to put more emphasis on what D word? (Not defense.)

11.West Vancouver astronomer Brent Tully is also a resident of Laniakea, a neighbourhood he thinks has about 100,000 of these. They’re even bigger than the Fords with which they

seven for opposing an LNG project?

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Cup, and the opening of Parliament was televised live for the ﬁrst time.What was the year?

18. North Vancouver RCMP believe which common item was the key to $100,000 in automotive damage discovered at two car dealerships over the B.C. Day long weekend?

14. “Put me in. . . .” It might not be the ﬁrst choice when ﬂying, but both North and West Vancouver residents can now live in what kind of homes?

19. Casting call: A group of six, who were out for a run, started doing this when the rising Capilano River threatened to submerge their island.What were they doing? (Hint: the worst day of doing it is better than the best day of working.)

15. Not the Magniﬁcent Seven? John Weston, MP for West VancouverSunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, made the unprecedented move of chastising which group of

20. In 1983, North Vancouver’s Presentation House Gallery auctioned off a photo for $5 — now valued at between $40,000 and $60,000 — of which 1950s movie star? (Hint:

This performer seemed more natural than two co-stars when playing a woman in the 1959 comedy Some Like it Hot.) Bonus question: What is the most North Shore Rescue will charge to retrieve a hiker, provided a helicopter is used? ANSWERS 1. Mayors and councillors now serve four-year terms. 2. Mr. Big stings. 3. She was pregnant. 4. Zero days. Council voted down the draft OCP in September. 5. Chevron. 6. Diplomacy. 7. Burger King’s. 8. NewYork. 9.Trees. 10. Iraq and Israel. 11. Galaxies. Laniakea is a newly deﬁned supercluster. 12. A right leg. 13. 1995. 14. Coach homes. 15.WestVancouver council. 16.Water. 17. Shredder. 18. A key. A suspect allegedly keyed 47 vehicles. 19.They ﬁshed for a salmon run. 20. Marilyn Monroe. Bonus: Zero. NSR does not charge for rescues.

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Sightings not confirmed From page 1 started screaming in the middle of nowhere,” she said. At ﬁrst, she thought it may have been a coyote or something else but then she heard a growl come from the bush. She quickly gathered the dogs and started heading back down the trail but whatever made the growl continued following them, growling twice more on the way. She later cross referenced the sound

she heard with an audio recording of a cougar’s growl she found online. “I wanted to make sure I knew what it was and it was exactly what a cougar sounds like: very, very low. Very cat-like,” she said. “It was pretty incredible, to be honest.” Rueger himself had a similar experience recently as he was coming back down the trail. “You hear it, following along beside you. In my case it was uphill above us for a good 20 minutes,”

Rueger said. “Basically, I got all (the dogs) in quite close and we moved more quickly and made a heck of a lot of noise. That’s pretty much the limit to what you can do.” Despite the worrying incidents, the province’s Conservation Officer Service hasn’t been able to confirm the cougars. “We’ve had no confirmed kills or any confirmed sightings of cougars,” said conservation officer David Stanford. “It’s possible. I wouldn’t

say there aren’t cougars in the area because it is a wildlife corridor. There are bears, cougars, coyotes, bobcats — all that kind of stuff.” Anyone who sees a cougar or evidence of one is encourage to call the province’s hotline at 1-877952-7277, Stanford said. The district also asks anyone to report dangerous wildlife so staff can put up signs, or even close trails if necessary, according to West Vancouver spokesman Jeff McDonald.

Operation Red Nose needs volunteers From page 1 driver who was allegedly impaired while taking his sixmonth-old infant and eight-year-old child to the airport. But while police are making sure impaired drivers don’t stay behind the wheel, the volunteers at Operation Red Nose are doing their best to make sure impaired drivers never get behind the wheel in the ﬁrst place. The North Shore arm of the national volunteer organization is currently looking for safe, sober drivers to help get inebriated people home on Dec. 31. “We’re always short on New Year’s Eve,” noted Jim Godey, co-ordinator for Operation Red Nose on the North Shore. The organization probably needs about 30 volunteers to help bring in the new year, according to Godey. The service is for anyone who feels they can’t drive safely, either due to alcohol consumption or fatigue.

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hat do you get for someone who doesn’t understand this newfangled email thing? Apparently, the post of Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services. That’s the job Amrik Virk was handed after news broke that the former minister of advanced education was involved in a secretive pay scandal at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. The former police inspector was part of the Kwantlen board that sidestepped provincial rules in paying $120,000 in moving and research expenses to a vice-president who was already getting a ceiling-hitting salary of $170,000. Virk’s perpetually hazy memory cleared only after incriminating emails surfaced. Those emails stayed buried because Virk claimed to be unable to access his old account while “co-operating” with an

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Consider waste for a skunk’s sake Dear Editor: I am sure no one purposely disposes of plastic cups and lids for cold drinks in such a manner that they can harm skunks, but it does happen. Skunks, like most wildlife in our backyards, have a keen sense of smell and like sweets as much as the person who purchased the cold

drink.This results in them sticking their heads into the containers, which can end up around their necks with no hope of easy removal. We have seen two skunks in the last year running through our yard with plastic around their necks.The ﬁrst one was loose enough that with some ingenuity we were able to hook the plastic, lift

the skunk up slightly and he slipped out free. The second one, we could tell, had the plastic embedded into its neck. After a trip toWildlife Rescue in Burnaby and numerous attempts to trap the skunk should it return, we did trap and release an unhappy cat, and ﬁnally succeeded in getting the one we wanted

with, thankfully, no spraying. We took her toWildlife Rescue in Burnaby where she was operated on, given antibiotics, worried over because of a bone infection, and hopefully will recover and be released back to the wilds of the North Shore. This rescue association is a phenomenal resource in MetroVancouver but sees

animals too often suffering from a similar fate and not all will survive. So I ask you to think twice (about) how you discard these plastic cups and lids. Cut them up if you can, bring them home to recycle securely in your bins and save a skunk.Thanks. Nick Petryszak NorthVancouver

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“He thought he’d have a power nap.” NorthVancouver RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong discusses a man who allegedly took a snooze midway through a break-in (from a Dec. 21 news story).

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“If they would have included both municipalities, we would have been number 1.” NorthVancouver Chamber of Commerce president Louise Ranger discusses North Vancouver’s No. 2 ranking in a study of B.C.’s best places to work (from a Dec. 24 news story).

Dear Editor: Our parents and grandparents had the foresight to support the construction of a network of hydroelectric dams that now supply us with some of the cleanest, lowest cost

“It’s almost like Vancouver was running a fever.” Tyler Hamilton, a meteorologist with TheWeather Network discusses the unseasonably warm weather (from a Dec. 26 news story).

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Montage sparks memories of home It’s that time of year when night after night there seems to be a movie on TV designed solely to get all of us crying our eyes out. They’re called classics for a reason. It’s aWonderful Life, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and, of course, Corner Gas: The Movie. Wait, Corner Gas?Yeah Corner Gas.There were no Christmas ghosts or angels in the movie spinoff of the folksy Canadian sitcom (although, awesomely, a robot versus werewolf fight), but CTV gave it a primetime spot about a week before Christmas, broadcasting it across Canada head-to-head against the big Christmas movies. The Corner Gas movie doesn’t have anything to do with Christmas — in keeping with the sitcom, it doesn’t really have much to do with anything — but that didn’t prevent me from feeling some seasonal mistiness as I tuned in. It wasn’t the stirring, Jimmy Stewart-esque performance of show creator Brent Butt that got my emotions running. It was, in fact, the opening credits. As they rolled by, the camera cut to a series of beautiful aerial shots of the wide-open Prairies. Power lines. Grain elevators. Small-town crossroads. And whooo boy, the canola. I’d deck the halls with that yellow crap any day. By the time the little montage was finished I was swimming in a field of emotions. And no, I wasn’t delirious or drunk.Well, maybe a little drunk — it’s kind of a mandatory thing

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Laugh All YouWant for watching Corner Gas. Pilsner, anyone? Folks who didn’t grow up on the Prairies won’t really get this. (The grainfed nostalgia, I mean, not the Corner Gas movie itself. Although city slickers probably won’t really get that either.) I grew up out there on the flatland, and seeing those shots took me right back to those wide and wild lands.Those images got me thinking. I spent all of my childhood Christmases in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and though I’ve lived on the West Coast for 10 years now, five of them on the North Shore, I still feel the pull of the Prairie winter at Christmastime. Now that I have kids of my own I’m torn even more. In the past we’ve taken them on the often treacherous trip over the mountains to visit family, but this year we stayed in North Van. My kids are growing up with traditions completely different than mine.They’re much more likely to be holding an umbrella than a toboggan on Christmas morning. They’re North Shore kids. And, the odd canola flashback aside, I’m

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said. “Tim Jones!” My younger son, not yet two years old, got an umbrella for Christmas. He freaking loves umbrellas. And the boys go absolutely crazy for sushi. Not much call for sushi in Saskatchewan. I guess old traditions fade while new passions start to blaze. As we head towards another new year,

here’s hoping we can all remember where our roots are planted while at the same time look ahead to mountains waiting to be climbed. Aw heck, here I am getting all mushy again.Too many movies I guess. Where’s the damn Pilsner? Happy NewYear, and all the best in 2015. aprest@nsnews.com

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Few things in life are certain, but the residents of a North Vancouver cul-de-sac know they can count on a homecooked meal, a tacky gift exchange and good, neighbourly fun at the end of each December. Saturday, Dec. 20, marked the 25th consecutive year the families on Theta Court have gathered for a progressive Christmas dinner. The quiet street, tucked behind Dorothy Lynas elementary in Deep Cove, is lined with just 16 houses, most of them built in the late 1980s. Christine Thomas and her husband John moved into their home in 1989. She recalls the ﬁrst time she and her new neighbours met up for an impromptu Christmas party. “We sat at the bottom of the street and had hot chocolate and a big bag of

pressies for the little ones on the street,” Thomas says. Ellen Muirhead and her husband Peter had also just moved in. The couple previously lived in an area of Waterloo, Ont., where all the homes had identical ﬂoor plans. The residents there would hold progressive dinners, a style of party that moves from house to house over the course of the evening. “We just really liked that idea and we came out here and we didn’t have any immediate family out here and so it’s just a really nice way to connect with our neighbours,” Muirhead says. “Everybody was really keen on it.” The Theta Court dinners started out as three-house safaris: appetizers at one residence, a sit-down dinner at the second, and coffee, dessert and a cheesy gift exchange at the third. For the last decade, though, the parties have been scaled back: a buffet dinner at one house and an after-party at

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of suspension. In some conditions, this works great — and many people would argue that in cross-country and all mountain situations, they are the bomb. However, downhillers might still prefer 26-inch rims for their fasttwitch directional change capabilities and because they allow for forks with more travel.

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If you’re like a lot of people, you spend a good part of your time exploring ways to improve and maintain your health. North Shore Taekwondo has been gaining a reputation as a centre of excellence for people 14 years of age and older looking to get and stay healthy.“We promote physical well being by focusing on cardio conditioning, flexibility, and muscle strength though our martial arts training,” says Master Tony Kook.“We also place a heavy emphasis on good mental and inner health through the practice of self defense. We discuss how, even as adults, we can put into practice the ideals of focus, confidence, setting and achieving goals, and indomitable spirit.” With a selection of classes in the morning and at night, there’s a chance for people of all levels of ability to fit it in to their schedule. “Our morning classes have a higher percentage of parents and older adults and our evening classes have a good mix of young and older adults. Since all classes have multiple instructors on the floor, every student is given the required attention

for a safe and fun workout. We offer adult programs for all levels of skill. We encourage the participation of women, men, and grandparents because everyone can benefit from the training of martial arts.”

Once considered the realm of ‘tough guys’, the benefits of martial arts training are becoming an important facet of mainstream health and fitness. What you will find is a program that focuses on your body and your mind. “Our classes emphasize the positive attributes of out students, helping them gain self-esteem and achieve higher goals. Our Black Belt Martial Arts School emphasizes discipline and the value of persisting until goals are reached. We believe in following high standards of values to bring out the good and increase the quality of life. We train both the mind and body to achieve great health. Regular training in our Adults program will result in stress reduction, improved health, and sharp focus.”

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Keep ahead of shoulder pain Recent and chronic sufferers alike often imagine the entire cause of their shoulder pain to be excess joint strain, but the true culprits are very frequently poor posture and a weak, unbalanced back. Luckily, addressing these triggers can help keep you head and shoulders above your pain. Turn shoulders out more and in less Overuse of the arms can certainly cause problems, but one of the most common littleknown causes of shoulder pain is prolonged internal shoulder rotation. In

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several other common activities, like biking, golﬁng and cooking, virtually require this posture. With so much time spent in internal rotation, it is little wonder shoulder pain is so common. The primary antidote, of course, is externally rotating the shoulders toward a more neutral position. To achieve this posture, ﬁrst stand straight with your arms hanging loose. Then rotate your palms outward so your thumbs point away from your hips, while also allowing your chest to rise slightly.Your shoulders should naturally move

into a healthier posture. You can use this trick throughout the day to reset your shoulders and avoid excessive internal rotation. When in doubt, stretch them out Active stretching is another key to undoing the damage of sustained internal rotation. There are many great stretchingbased ﬁtness programs available, including yoga, pilates, and tai chi, and each includes the opening of the chest muscles through shoulder extension. Short on time? The doorway stretch is your best bet. Start by placing the inner elbows at shoulder height on both sides of a door. Next, move your chest forward to the comfortable limit and hold for 15 seconds. For an easier stretch, begin by placing your palms on the frame just below hip level instead. Either way, the stretch is felt across the chest and shoulders and can be

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performed two to three times per day, or even once every few hours. Strong, balanced backs take load off shoulders Increasing back strength can also help reduce shoulder pain. There are many great back exercises to choose from, such as rows, bandresisted external rotations and prone thumb raises, but each is too often performed incorrectly to target mainly the upper back. This can cause muscular imbalances that can actually increase your shoulder pain. To ensure proper targeting of the middle back, keep your shoulders lowered during all back exercises. The natural tendency is to compensate for a weaker middle back by shrugging the shoulders up, so you might need to decrease the resistance level to avoid doing this.

WRAP IT UP RED CAMPAIGN Canadian Blood Services is asking for Canadians to donate blood during the holiday season. Upcoming clinics include: Saturday, Jan. 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at North Lonsdale United Church, 3380 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Appointments: 1-8882donate or blood.ca. KARATE CLUB at Queensbury elementary, 2010 Moody St., in North Vancouver, meets every Tuesday and Thursday, 7 p.m. for eight to 10 years and 7:30 for 11 years and older. $70 per month. Michele, 604-983-7237. KARATE North Vancouver Shidokan, a member of the Japan Karate Association, teaches kids and adults over the age of seven. Classes are held in the St. Pius X school gym, 1150 Mount Seymour Rd., North Vancouver. 604-710-1988 Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-proﬁt, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@nsnews.com.

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To the many volunteers who helped make our events, services and projects a success in 2014. By working together, we are dedicated to building not only community spirit but an empowered and engaged community of which we can all be proud. Thank you to everyone in the community for the incredible support. Your participation contributes to the tremendous community spirit that we all enjoy here in Lynn Valley.

Thank you for a memorable 2014. › Record attendance at Lynn Valley Days › Earliest Lions Christmas trees sell out ever › Parade of Christmas trees bigger than ever › Lynn Valley has its ﬁrst community garden › Local schools raised thousands of dollars through a new partnership

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Energy stocks come with elevated risk Many of you have witnessed the dramatic drop in the price of oil and watched in awe as Canadian energy stocks have given up almost half their value since September. Investors like you want to know a few things, mainly, have we found a bottom yet in the price of oil? Is now a good time to buy energy stocks? Is now a good time to sell energy stocks? And who will take home the Season 7 crown of NBC’s reality TV show, The Voice? I’ll spare you any suspense in the interest of time and give you my shorthanded answers to each question proposed above: it looks like it, no, probably, and Craig Wayne Boyd. Before we go any further, let’s ﬁrst recap what’s happened so far

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this year within the energy complex. The price of oil peaked in the summer at more than $100 per barrel, but slowly began to fall in July. The drop was not dramatic though and we seemed to ﬁnd a bottom around $90 a barrel in September. Why did the price come off? There were a few reasons. First, we saw extra supply come onto

the market from places like Libya and Iraq. This is simple economics 101 — increased supply, all else being equal, will put pressure on prices. Next, geopolitical concerns from places like Ukraine and Iraq (remember how ISIS was going to take Baghdad?) which were supporting prices, eased. The ﬁnal blow came from a surge in the value of the U.S. dollar. Oil (and all commodities for that matter) is priced internationally in U.S. dollars, so when the U.S. dollar rises, it causes the price to fall. But oil did have one last life line. OPEC, a cartel of oil producers responsible for about a third of global oil production usually moves to support prices in times of weakness by cutting production to balance

out supply and demand, as they did in 2008. This time around OPEC, and the Saudis in particular, seemed more concerned with defending market share than the price of oil. Once OPEC formally announced they would not cut production to support prices, oil took another tumble. These factors were the catalyst for the decline, but the overarching theme for the weakness in oil is an oversupplied world. Put simply, the world is producing more barrels of oil each day than it’s consuming. The price action for oil is the market telling producers to get things in order, or in other words, get supply in line with demand. This is the fundamental basis for the old proverb, the remedy for low prices is low

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Helping teens focus on fitness

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If they’re not active yet, the teen years are a good time for kids to start building ﬁtness habits that follow them into adulthood. And a North Vancouver program aims to ensure they get off to a safe start. First Time Fitness is a program designed for teens who are new to ﬁtness and weight training. “We just feel it’s part of our responsibility to help them create a healthy lifestyle and part of that is understanding (their) body,” explains Samantha Morrison, a recreation programmer with the North Vancouver Recreation and Culture Commission. The program is open to youth ages 13-17, and features about six participants in each group so the instructor can provide lots of personal attention.

Morrison says the program involves a lot of education and also some myth-busting since many teens are exposed to media with confusing messages about fitness and health. The certified kinesiologist who heads the class helps sort through the muddle. For six weeks, participants meet with the trainer for an hour and learn about core, strength, endurance, and stretching among other fitness topics. They also learn about effective and safe use of the weight room at the community centre. The instructor gives the participants a strong orientation of the weight room and how to use all the equipment. Sometimes youth don’t understand the mechanics of lifting, notes Morrison. For example, they may not know how to balance muscle development rather than just working on building biceps. Since young bodies are still

growing and developing, it’s important to be aware of lifting weights in such a way that doesn’t injure backs and joints as well. In addition to safe use of the weight room, youth are also introduced to weight room etiquette. The weight rooms are regularly used by many different groups, including young people, seniors, seasoned athletes, and novices, so knowing proper etiquette is important, says Morrison. The First Time Fitness program gives youth an alternative to screen time, she says. “It’s a bit like personal training and PE put together.” At the end of the program participants should feel confident to sort through fitness literature, and to have realistic goals for their fitness, explains Morrison. They should be able to understand general fitness terms like strength

and endurance, and understand how that translates into their workout. Learning more about fitness in general may also help participants choose other fitness and sports activities they may want to try. First Time Fitness starts again in January, and arrangements can be made for groups of friends who want to take the course together. In addition to weight room training, North Vancouver Recreation also offers other youth programs, including yoga and spin classes. There are a variety of membership options to choose from, and all classes have a $2 try-it offer in January. In addition, there are financial assistance options for those who qualify, and support options for youth with disabilities. For more information visit northvanrec.com.

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Cat, chair, cobra, cow, giraffe, tree and ﬂower. These are just some of the names given to poses taught in yoga classes specially designed for kids. While you may be more familiar with downward facing dog, warrior and lotus poses, kids classes often incorporate animal and other child-friendly names to help young yogis learn different postures. It also injects some playfulness into the lessons. Although some of the names may be different, and there may be some animal noises added in, kids still enjoy the same exercises as an adult yoga class. “Kids do the same yoga as adults but there’s more playfulness,” explains Sadie Harvey, program coordinator for yoga programs for children and youth at WestVancouver Community Centre. Harvey, who has been doing yoga since 2000 and

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people do yoga, says Harvey. “For me it’s just a nice calm opportunity just to breathe, to connect with my body. And it really helps me relax,” she adds. TheWestVancouver programs generally see a mix of different types of kids, and Harvey says, “It’s a nice place for people to come together.” All equipment is provided, although some people prefer to bring their own mat, and drop-in rates are available. WestVancouver Community Centre offers child yoga programs for two different age groups: ﬁve to nine, and nine to 12. The new winter term starts in January, and will include a new location at Chartwell elementary called the Properties Family Hub, which is closer for families in the British Properties area than the community centre. For more information about yoga programs for children and youth, visit the Parks and Recreation section at westvancouver.ca.

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The holidays are in full swing — I hope your turkey still tastes good here on Day 3. Here’s a tip: put gravy on everything. What other time of year can you get away with gravy wafﬂes? Anyway, to help you soak up that last little bit of holiday magic we’re presenting Part 2 of our three-part North Shore sports year in review. In this issue we look back at the top moments from July to December. Dig in!

YEAR IN REVIEW Check outWednesday’s North Shore News for Part 3 of ourYear in Review in which we reveal our picks for the top 5 North Shore sports stories of 2014

July Those fancy mountains we’ve got here on the North Shore aren’t there just to look pretty — they’re also there to breed champions. North Shore riders cleaned up at this year’s Canadian Mountain Bike Downhill Championships held at Sun Peaks resort in July. Vaea Verbeek of North Vancouver led the way, winning a Canadian title in the elite women’s category. Other first-place finishers included North Van’s Daniel Shaw, who won the junior men’s (U19) division and Michael Mooney, who took top spot in the master men’s 50+ category. Silver medals went to North Van’s ColinYarrow in the master men’s 40-49 group and West Vancouver’s Henry Fitzpatrick in the cadet men’s (U17) division, while Martin Newman of North Vancouver scored bronze in the master men’s 40-49 division. ••• West Vancouver’s Susan Clarke can legitimately claim to be the fittest 5559-year-old woman in the world after winning that category at the CrossFit Games held in July in Carson City, Calif. The annual competition pits amateur athletes from around the globe against each other with participants all completing the exact same exercises in an effort to qualify for the big show. The competition at this year’s Games was heated — literally. Temperatures in California were pushing near 40 C on the competition field. “The equipment was smoking hot,” said Clarke. “I think everybody has burns on their hands from

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the pull-up bar. Literally it was so hot that it blistered our hands.” This was the 55-year-old audiologists first trip to the Games. Clarke led a strong contingent of North Shore masters competitors at the event, including Debby Brouwer, who placed ninth in the same division that Clarke won as well as Terry Peters and Richard Roston who finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the masters men 60+ division. August North Vancouver gymnast Scott Morgan landed on the podium four times at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer, claiming two golds, a silver and a bronze. The Flicka Gymnastics Club member won gold on back-toback days to finish off the gymnastics competition, first winning on the rings and then flying back to the top of the standings in vault. “It was spectacular to get up there on the podium and hear the Canadian anthem,” said Morgan. “It’s something you dream about as an athlete.” Morgan’s silver medal came in the floor event while his bronze came in the team competition as he helped lead the way for the Canadian men as they finished third behind England and Scotland. Morgan wasn’t the only North Shore athlete to hit the podium in Scotland. Swimmer Emily Overholt, then just 16-years-old, helped her team win silver in the 4x200-m freestyle relay. ••• The North Shore Twins came about as close as you can to winning a championship in August without actually scoring the coveted gold medals. The Twins fought their way to the final of the B.C. Premier Baseball League championship tournament in Whalley where they fell in extra innings to the No. 1-ranked Langley Blaze. Trailing 2-1 and down to their final out in the

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following the game. “We showed what it means to be North Shore Twins . . . we went out as lions.” ••• Marcos Baghdatis won his second Odlum Brown VanOpen tennis tournament in August, showing off his strong defensive game and sumptuous drop shots to beat Farrukh Dustov of Uzbekistan 7-6 (6), 6-3 in the ﬁnal. The Cypriot, who has beaten the sport’s best in his long career,

ﬁrst won the VanOpen in 2009. Injuries dropped his ranking in 2014 so he needed to pick up some points at smaller events, but he also had fond memories of 2009 in his mind when he decided to come back to the Hollyburn Country Club hosted event. “The vibe,” he said, when asked what he liked about the event. “The vibe of the people and the atmosphere here. It’s honestly one of the best See Rugby page 28

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events, there’s so much energy going on throughout the week here.” In the women’s final Australian Jarmila Gajdosova topped Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) in a match that started quietly but built to a dynamite finish capped off by a third set tie-breaker. “I just kept fighting and in the end I came back,” Gajdosova said after accepting her championship trophy. “I knew she was going to be a tough match.” ••• North Vancouver’s Cole Keffer helped Canada score a thrilling 17-16 win over the four-time defending champs from the United States to claim gold at the World Junior Ultimate Championships held in Italy in August. In the final the underdog Canadians took a slim lead and held it throughout the contest. The Americans, however, eventually tied the game 16-16 forcing universe point (that’s ultimate’s exciting way of saying next point wins). And then, just like that, it was over — one quick throw and then a long

bomb to Canada’s Darren Wu who soared above two U.S. defenders to grab the winning point. “You could hear the crowd go crazy over his catch, ” said Keffer. “It’s kind of surreal. The moment that we won was one of the best moments of my life. And then after, thinking about it, it’s a surreal feeling — we’re the best team in that age group in the world.” ••• It was an early Sunday morning in August but the crowd that packed into the Capilano Rugby Club, 140 strong, was fired up to see some World Cup history. Three of their own — Andrea Burk, Hilary Leith and Mandy Marchak — were in the starting lineup as Canada was taking on England in the final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup. Canada started out well, taking it to England in the first 10 minutes of the game. The tide soon turned, however, as the experienced and hungry English — they lost in the final of the past three World Cups — slowly pulled away, building an 11-0 lead in the first half. Canada fought back to make it close before a fast and bruising run from Emily

Scarratt — a dominant player throughout the game — sealed the win for England and ended the greatest World Cup run in Canadian rugby history one step short of the ultimate prize. The party inside the Capilano club mellowed as the clock ticked down to the ﬁnal whistle but once the game was over, all that was left was an enormous amount of pride for the players and team. “For us it’s just overwhelming to get those three on the team,” said club president Ken Robinson. “That was absolutely spectacular. I know full well how much work they’ve had to put in.”

September North Vancouver’s Lauren Wilkinson helped Canada win silver in the glamour event of the 2014 World Rowing Championships, the women’s eights. The Canadians ﬁnished second behind the United States at the championships held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The 1-2 ﬁnish mirrored the podium placements for the two countries at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. “It’s not what we

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wanted, but we fought hard,” Wilkinson said. “We are going to go home and train, there is still a lot of speed to be gained.” October In October the number of Reinharts with NHL experience doubled as Sam and Grifﬁn debuted on back-to-back nights, joining their older brother Max and father Paul in the league’s ledger. Sam made his NHL debut for the Buffalo Sabres in their season

opener Thursday, Oct. 9 at the age of 18, less than four months after being picked second overall in the 2014 NHL draft. One day later Grifﬁn made his debut with the NewYork Islanders. “It means my parents are busy,” joked Sam when asked what it meant for him and his brother to make their debuts on backto-back nights. Sam was sent back to the WHL after a brief stint with the Sabres while 20-year-old Grifﬁn has split his time between the Islanders and the

AHL’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers this season, picking up one assist, a plus-one rating and six penalty minutes in eight games with the big club. ••• The Carson Graham Eagles and Handsworth Royals battled in an alltime classic Buchanan Bowl that came down to the wire with Carson securing a 49-48 victory. The Royals erased a twotouchdown deﬁcit in the See Pipers page 29

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fourth quarter, scoring their final major in the last minute of play to make it 49-48. Handsworth elected to go for the win with a two-point convert rather than kicking for a tie, and their bid for the end zone fell short. Carson ended up going the furthest of all the North Shore senior football teams this season, winning their opening round playoff game before losing to Mission, the eventual silver medalists, in the quarterfinals. ••• North Shore/Burnabybased Mountain United Football Club scored their first ever Canadian Soccer Association National Club Championships medal in October and it came from a surprising source. The club’s U17 boys won bronze at a national tournament they weren’t even supposed to be at: the U-18 Cup held Thanksgiving long weekend in Surrey. The team, comprised completely of underage players for the U18 division, was given a late invite to the tournament after Newfoundland and Labrador dropped out. The Mountain squad more than held its own against older teams, blasting its way into the medal round and securing bronze with a penalty shootout win over Alberta after a 0-0 tie in the thirdplace match. North Vancouver’s Dzenan Bezdrob scored five goals in the tournament, earning a share of the Golden Boot award. November The North Van Wolf Pack racked up an incredible 17-game win streak that spanned all of October and most of November. The run for the PJHL junior B team started with an 8-1 win over Port Moody Oct. 1 and didn’t end until a 4-1 loss to Richmond Nov. 29. “It was just getting everybody to buy in,” head coach Matt Samson said about the streak. “We have good players — they’re highly skilled and can get us out of trouble. But I think now we’ve just been working on really getting

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ranks and commenced mowing down opponents, winning the North Shore banner before going on to claim the provincial title with a thrilling overtime win against Burnaby Central. Most of the players from that team returned this year and the Sabres stayed hot all the way to the 2014 provincial final where they finally met their match. Kerman Pannu put on a virtuoso performance for Panorama Ridge, scoring a golden hat trick to give the Thunder their first ever provincial AAA title. The Sutherland run may have been a surprise for outside observers but it wasn’t for those close to the team. “A lot of these boys we’ve coached since they were five or six years old,” said coach Bill Mahon. “We knew when these guys were going into Grade 8 there was a good nucleus here. It didn’t come as a surprise.” ••• The Argyle Pipers senior girls volleyball team put on a powerful display to win the B.C. AAAA title in See Manny page 30

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Cranbrook in November, dominating the competition to claim the school’s first ever provincial volleyball banner. The Pipers, boasting an entire starting lineup made up of Grade 12 players, only dropped one set while bashing their way to seven straight match victories to take the title. The clincher came in a 3-0 sweep over the No. 2-ranked Riverside Rapids from Port Coquitlam. “This team has been a really special team from the get go,” said Kathy Finch, Argyle co-coach along with John McGowan. “It’s very exciting for these girls to win the school’s very first provincial volleyball banner. . . . The girls have earned their spot on that trophy for sure. They put a lot of time into volleyball.” Outside hitter Anna Price was named tournament MVP while outside hitter Kendra Finch and middle blocker Sarah Haysom were named to the tournament’s first

all-star team. ••• North Vancouver’s Manuel Osborne-Paradis came flying out of the gates to start the 2014-15 World Cup ski campaign, scoring silver in the season-opening downhill held in Lake Louise, Alta., Nov. 29. The man known as Manny actually tied for second with France’s Guillermo Fayed, just 14 hundredths of a second behind winner Kjetil Jansrud of Norway. The podium placing was Manny’s first in nearly five years, his last top-three coming with a silver in Switzerland in January of 2010. The national team veteran was thrilled to make it back onto the podium. “It feels really good,” he said. “I was nervous today because I knew I could podium and this was the best chance I have had in a long time.” ••• Moments after he won his first ever Canadian Cross Country Running championship Nov. 29 in

Vancouver’s Jericho Beach Park, North Vancouver native Chris Winter was asked how he was able to catch up to rival Kelly Wiebe in a frantic ﬁnish and pull away for the win. His response: “I unleashed the bear.” Recalling the quote later, Winter says he has no idea where it came from. “After you run 10 kilometres you’ve got a lot of adrenalin and endorphins going,” he said with a laugh while trying to come up with a few more exact words to describe how he chased down Wiebe in the ﬁnal kilometre, sprinting through shindeep mud and snow to earn a narrow victory. “Honestly, I dug deeper than I ever have before.” With 600 m to go the runners were emerging from the sloppy course onto the grass of the home stretch where cheering fans, including a vocal crew of Winter’s family and friends, were waiting. Winter passed Wiebe with 500 m left and held to win by four seconds.

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Living with Terminal Illness, Bereavement or Disability? FIND SUPPORT THROUGH COMPANIONING COMMUNITY CARE. Family Services of the North Shore is pleased to announce the introduction of Companioning Community Care, a volunteer program which offers complementary on-site and in home programs for adults living with terminal illness, bereavement or disability, or the severe effects of cancer treatment. Discover Ways to: • Boost your sense of well-being, • Find support in a welcoming, comfortable and respectful setting, • Learn techniques to positively impact your quality of life, and connect with others who have faced similar challenges

Programs Relaxation Program

Gentle touch or therapeutic touch treatments are offered twice monthly to promote relaxation and a sense of well-being. Upcoming sessions in January and February 2015.

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S U NR O BA N UA

52 MPG HIGHWAY

2014 CRUZE LTZ WITH RS PACKAGE SHOWN

5.4 L/100 KM HWY | 8.2 L/100 KM CITY9

2014 TERRAIN AWARDED “HIGHEST RANKED COMPACT SUV IN INITIAL QUALITY IN THE U.S.”16

2014 TRAX UP TO

50 MPG HIGHWAY

5.7 L/100 KM HWY | 7.8 L/100 KM CITY9

3 250

$ ,

IN TOTAL CASH CREDITS ON SELECT MODELS.5

- 1.4 L TURBOCHARGED ENGINE - AIR CONDITIONING - STABILITRAK ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM

2014 TRAX LTZ MODEL SHOWN

2014TERRAIN

$2,000 CASH CREDITS $ 750 HOLIDAY CASH1

UP TO

FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS

+ $ 500 BOXING WEEK BONUS

4,250

INCLUDES:

ON SELECT MODELS

YEARS/160,000 KM POWERTRAIN WARRANTY 14

3,000 CASH CREDITS + $750 HOLIDAY CASH

FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS*

+ 500 BOXING WEEK BONUS

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YEARS/160,000 KM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE 14

2014 TERRAIN DENALI MODEL SHOWN

CHEVROLET.CA

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ON SELECT MODELS**

BOXING WEEK BONUS ENDS JAN 2ND

BOXING WEEK BONUS ENDS JAN 2ND Burnaby Carter Chevrolet Buick GMC Cadillac 604-291-2266

IN TOTAL CREDITS ON CASH PURCHASE.

INCLUDES $

- CRUISE CONTROL - ONSTAR® - SIRIUS XM RADIO™ - BLUETOOTH®

ALL 2014s COME WITH CHEVROLET COMPLETE CARE:

YEARS/40,000KM COMPLIMENTARY OIL CHANGES 13

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