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Missing teen found in Braemar Park Urgent search for distraught 16-yr-old leads to his rescue BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
It was an extremely close call for North Shore Rescue volunteers who successfully found and saved a missing teen who’d spent more than 36 hours in a backcountry creek bed. North Vancouver RCMP alerted the public to the 16-year-old’s disappearance on Wednesday after he left home, distraught, at 11 p.m. Tuesday night. NSR volunteers left their day jobs to join in the search around Princess and Greenwood parks on
Thursday, based on some GPS co-ordinates the RCMP and Rogers picked up from the last time the teen’s phone pinged local towers. When the team got more exact co-ordinates on Thursday afternoon, Danks pulled all the teams out of the field and redirected them to the location in Braemar Park, just above the Baden Powell Trail. Though the search was carried out with urgency, rescuers didn’t have much expectation their subject was still alive. “Our field teams persisted and they were super keen to find this guy. It was a super important thing for us and when our first team made contact with him, it was incredible. Right away, the (search manager) said ‘I’m with the subject. He’s alert. He’s SeeWord page 9
Park causeway to get $7M bike lanes MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com
Cyclists commuting to and from the North Shore will soon be able to roll through the Stanley Park causeway more safely, after the province committed $7 million this week to an upgrade project. Preliminary plans for
improved pedestrian and cyclist safety unveiled last winter show a reconfigured causeway with widened northbound and southbound cycling lanes separated on opposite sides of the road. The east sidewalk will be widened by 1.9 metres and be designated for See Causeway page 5
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‘Gamergate’ and gendered harassment Exploring a culture of sexism in the online world NICHOLAS WELLS Contributing writer
Two months after Burnaby police showed up at Ashley Lynch’s door, she’s still getting over the instability caused by online harassment. Police showed up about midnight on her birthday in January to see if she was storing any weapons or explosives in her house. She immediately knew what had happened. Lynch doesn’t have a criminal record. She alleges the anonymous tip police received has its roots in a sexist gender divide which sprung out of the video game community. “This messes with the sense of stability and dayto-day,” the designer said. “When I leave my house, I started looking both ways to make sure no one was hanging out.” Lynch’s experience comes from the Gamergate phenomenon. Gamergate was created out of backlash against several female video game designers in the summer of 2014.The unfolding drama resulted in threats of rape, murder and the threat of revealing personal information such as where a person lived or worked. The name “Gamergate” comes from the hashtag used on Twitter to discuss the issue. It soon spread to encompass targeting people on the basis of gender, sexual orientation or differing viewpoints. Gamergate itself is a new way of expressing old hostilities towards minority groups both online and in the real world, says a university instructor. “It’s not unique to online, it’s just reflecting hostilities in the larger culture. However, the Internet sort of allows people to organize in different ways and gives them social permission and anonymity to act on it,” said Devon Greyson, an instructor with Capilano University’s school of women’s and gender studies, who organized a panel
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and the dominant role it plays in campus life. Lynch’s personal information was released to the world all because of someone she followed on Twitter. She followed someone on Twitter who had angered Gamergate supporters. When they failed to unearth that person’s private information, they turned their collective attention to the Twitter followers. Since then, Lynch says she’s been targeted for standing up for other writers and people in the video game community. Lynch says she still receives several tweets a week mocking her appearance and her views from people who identify themselves as Gamergate supporters. She receives magazine
subscriptions and mail addressed to her which anonymous online users signed her up for. The 40-year-old maintains that what she experienced is a form of terrorism that people are just starting to understand. Johnson was also exposed to the wrath of online users due to Gamergate. Johnson is co-owner of Silverstring Media, a media and design production company based in Vancouver that was the victim of several viral attacks. Johnson had his home address, phone number and other personal information posted to Twitter. Designers he worked with were also targeted; with the companies they work day jobs for being told about their work for the game
design company. Then the conspiracy theories started. Johnson says people online accused his company of resembling a cult, holding retreats focused on promoting a feminist agenda and in one bizarre situation controlling various media publications such as Gawker. He says the intentions of the movement are apparent. “Gamergate makes it clear (it has) straight, white, misogynistic intentions,” he said. His tactic was to go silent on social media feeds and implement stricter security features on emails and online accounts to stop the leak of personal information. Now every time he logs on to Twitter he has to use a two-step process to confirm
his identity. All of the panellists spoke of their troubles in the online world and the role their gender has played in defining their interactions. Smith spoke of her continuing concerns about the hold social media has on campus and students. She says there remains a fear amongst people in both genders of having their personal secrets being “outed on social media” causing public embarrassment. One student had an embarrassing photo unknowingly taken of her while at the library. The photo was shared on Facebook with students posting derogatory comments about her appearance, while the subject of the photo was helpless to have it removed. In a more personal case, Smith says she had pushed for help for homeless students on campus while she herself was homeless. The fear of having her secret spread to the outside world dominated her life for a period, with worries about people changing their opinion on her because of it. All of them spoke about the battle being waged to make people aware of how people are judged on their gender alone. According to Greyson, Gamergate could be over within a year, but the underlying issues of being mistreated and insulted because of gender, race or sexual orientation have deep roots. “It’s important for educational institutions to be in touch with what is happening outside of academia,” she said. “Although our students experience gendered online harassment, many faculty and staff are personally insulated from, and unaware of, things like Gamergate.” As for Lynch, she says she will continue to talk about the issue and raise awareness. “It’s dedicated me towards a path of antiharassment and antibullying. It’s taken over my life in a way,” she said. “There was a moment when I talked about the (plan) and how (Gamergate supporters) try to get trans-women to commit suicide and I saw everyone’s eyes widen. Most people are blissfully ignorant of this.”
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and pedestrians, we will be improving safety for all users on the causeway, and are helping to promote alternative modes of transportation on a very busy corridor,” stated B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone in a press release. Cycling advocacy group HUB is among the stakeholders contributing input on the project, along with the Vancouver Park Board, the City of Vancouver and local First Nations. The causeway design plan meets the needs of both cyclists and pedestrians, according to HUB spokeswoman and North Vancouver resident
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he Low Level Road project is finally complete. In 2011, Port Metro Vancouver managers came hat-in-hand to the city and touting the great benefits that would flow if council voted it through — slope stabilization, less noise and pollution from trains, bike lanes, public art, safer crossings and important connections for the Spirit Trail. Facing an unreasonably short federally imposed deadline, a split council agreed, even though there were many big, lingering questions. Controversy soon followed — a displaced eagle’s nest, construction noise, the “Great Wall of Richardson,” high-voltage power lines, the loss of trees, massive expansions of port terminals without health impact assessments. Many of the headaches could have
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TransLink governance needs change Dear Editor: Besides the claims and counter-claims by Yes and No sides in the upcoming Lower Mainland vote, much anger has been directed at the “appointed TransLink board of directors.” Of the nine directors, only two appear to have any background or experience in the field of Transportation: Ms.(Marcella) Szel and Ms. (Lorraine) Cunningham. The other seven directors include: two accountants, one lawyer, two with either investment or food services backgrounds plus
the mayors of Surrey and Vancouver. They are basically well qualified in many varied fields but not in transportation. These are the folks who say “turnstiles are too expensive” and would cost more to install than the revenue lost by non-paying riders. (The transit systems in London, New York, Singapore or Madrid probably don’t share that opinion.) The TransLink board don’t have a solution to the two million non-paying bus passengers who are “clocked-in” by drivers — rather than confront them.
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New job support plan for single parents strikes a balance Dear Editor: Re: A Step Up, March 13 editorial. Raising a family isn’t easy. As British Columbians, we all come from different places in life, and we all face different obstacles that we have to overcome. For some of us, we need a little extra help to get our families over those hurdles. And that’s nothing to be ashamed of. That’s why I applaud the recent B.C. Liberal Single Parent Employment Initiative, which
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Hey there, millennials - vote Yes, obvi OK, young adults — I’m speaking directly to you now. I have an important call-to-action for you that will effect your future happiness. Can you see me over here? I know, I know — you haven’t picked up a hard-copy newspaper since you used one to make a papier-mâché Pokémon in kindergarten. Don’t worry — I’ll post this online so you can read it while avoiding face-to-face interaction with your family. Speaking of old people, you can read this too, older adults, but please save your tsk-tsking for Facebook where no one under the age of 30 will ever see it. Anyway, here’s your call-to-action, you wrinklefree young wonders: you need to voteYes in that transit plebiscite your poli sci professor keeps yakking about, and you need to convince everyone you know to do the same. Why? Well, let’s take
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VIEWPOINT
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Tell those transit vote naysayers not to be h8trs From page 7 Yes side is the 18-34 group. That’s us! (I’m 34, just made it.) Good job, us! But it appears we need to do more.Way more. If you still need to be convinced thatYes is the right way to vote, ask yourself whom you would like to align yourself with. On theYes side is the David Suzuki Foundation. “(VotingYes) is the biggest thing you can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Metro Vancouver,” the foundation stated in a recent release. Then there’s North Vancouver-born author Charles Montgomery, the guy who practically wrote the book on happiness. Seriously — he has a book
on urban planning called, would you believe, Happy City. In a National Post op-ed Montgomery argued that “by most measures, a No result in the plebiscite will make the average person poorer, sicker, less free, more frustrated and, yes, less happy in the long run. Yet this is exactly where the polls show the city is headed.” Montgomery also noted that people who live in car-dependent neighbourhoods tend to die four years sooner. Thanks for the pep talk, Captain Bringdown! OtherYes proponents include the B.C. Federation of Labour and B.C. Chamber of Commerce, Port Metro Vancouver, Disability Alliance B.C.
and, awesomely, the B.C. Ready-Mixed Concrete Association, among dozens and dozens of other organizations across the political and social spectrums. So who is actually pushing for the No side? The biggest name on that ledger seems to be the Canadian Taxpayers Association which, as far as I can tell, is just an old Speak & Spell that has been programmed to say taxes bad over and over. “Taxes! Bad! Taxes! Bad! Taxes! Bad!” And so forth. It seems like an easy choice, right? Sure, TransLink has flaws and it’s weird that the SkyTrain can break down just because it’s run by a computer that’s older than Justin Bieber
and just as temperamental. But this money is not earmarked for TransLink in particular but rather to build very specific things that will make our region better in many ways. Find your ballot and voteYes. Find any old person you know who wants to vote No and ask them why they want to — in the wonderful parlance of our time — throw so much shade at us young people just trying to get by in a world we can’t afford. Tell them not to be such a h8tr.Then give them a wink, a knowing smile, and tell them you know they’ll do the right thing to help the future of this beautiful chunk of land that we all love. aprest@nsnews.com
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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to ACTIVE LIVING
Power your performance
Game-day nutrition planning can contribute to better results MICHELLE NEWTON Contributing writer
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Spring training is well underway for many teams and athletes on the North Shore. Having trained hard through the winter months, they’re strong and their skills are developed, but have they considered their nutrition requirements and how these will affect their game? Too often I’ve seen athletes run out of steam or teams fade in the last minute of games due to improper hydration or nutrition, an occurrence that can be avoided.When followed, a game-day nutrition plan will elevate athletes’ performance and provide them with enough fuel to finish the game strong.Whether you’re an endurance athlete or a sprinter, the same rules apply: the muscles require proper fuel to fire properly and get the job done. Without the right balance, athletes can’t perform at their peak level. A few simple rules apply in sport nutrition, and when implemented will leave athletes energized, stronger than their competition and able to recover quickly for their next event.The window for game-day nutrition is the 12 hours leading up to and including the event and the
critical 30-minute post-event recovery phase. For the evening meal before the competition, athletes should be consuming at least 65 per cent of their meal in carbohydrates, with a combination of complex and simple carbohydrates. Complex carbohydrates should be in the form of vegetables. Examples of simple carbohydrates include pastas, rice or potatoes.The purpose of the high carbohydrate meal is to refuel the muscles for the next day. As well, there should be a lean protein (approximately the size of the athlete’s palm), such as chicken or fish, and some healthy fats. Protein is important as it will help sustain athletes’ energy levels for the next day. Fats have a significant role in that they are critical for optimal health and vitamin absorption, as well they help athletes consume enough calories to meet their daily energy needs. Following an eight-hour sleep the body has essentially been in a fast and the energy stored in the muscles is exceptionally low. For this reason it’s important to eat a healthy breakfast to replenish these stores. Ideally breakfast should be consumed three to four hours before activity as
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DIVORCE CARE SUPPORT GROUP All are welcome to this support group with facilitators that have experienced the pain of divorce Tuesdays until April 21, 7-9 p.m. at West Vancouver Baptist Church, 450 Mathers Ave. Learn how to deal with the pain of the past and look forward to building your life.This is an ongoing group and participants can start at any time. $35. 604-922-0911 westvanbaptist.com
NORTH SHORE SPORT AWARDS will take place Tuesday, March 24, 7 p.m. at West Vancouver Community Centre, 2121 Marine Dr.The awards are a celebration of sport achievement at all levels and they include categories for coaching, volunteering and fair play.
SOUL POWER HEALING Join certified soul healer and teacher Sara Baker to learn self-healing techniques Wednesday, March 25, 7 p.m. at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave.West Vancouver. Admission by donation. See more page 16
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LIVE Health Notes From page 14 604-928-7781 YOGA IN THE GALLERY A free gentle hatha style yoga class for all levels Wednesday, March 25 from 11 a.m. to noon at the Seymour Art Gallery, 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Registration recommended. 604-924-1378 THE B.C. BALANCE AND DIZZINESS DISORDERS SOCIETY SUPPORT GROUP will
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Sunday, March 22, 2015 - North Shore News - A19
Making inroads
COMPLETION OF THE LOW LEVEL ROAD PROJECT AND A NEW SECTION OF THE NORTH SHORE SPIRIT TRAIL
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The Low Level Road Project has enhanced rail and port operations and significantly improved safety and efficiency for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians
Low Level Road Project Complete
North Shore travellers can now fully utilize the $100 million in transportation and recreational improvements to the Low Level Road and Spirit Trail.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT Port Metro Vancouver, along with its funding partners - port industry, Transport Canada, CN and CP Rail, Translink and the City of North Vancouver - wish to thank the local residents, the North Shore community, businesses and First Nations for their valuable input during planning and construction of the Project. We trust that the extensive consultation conducted prior to construction, and the ongoing dialogue we had with all stakeholders to fine-tune project details and address unforeseen circumstances, resulted in a road infrastructure project that addressed most of the needs of our stakeholders and the community. The Low Level Road Project included the elevation and realignment of the Low Level Road to the north, addressed slope stability issues, eliminated three at-grade rail crossings, improved road safety and accelerated the City of North Vancouver’s Spirit Trail Master Plan. This project increases the internal competitiveness of the North Shore Trade Area by improving the efficiency of Port operations while addressing community concerns.
For more information Contact us at: Web: portmetrovancouver.com Email: public_affairs@portmetrovancouver.com Call: 604-665-9066
A20 - North Shore News - Sunday, March 22, 2015
Making inroads
Low Level Road project completed ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com
On Thursday, the announcement of the completion of the Low Level Road Project and official opening of a new section of the Spirit Trail
marked the end of an enterprise in the City of North Vancouver that started three years ago. Although actual construction only took 18 months, plans for the project had already been in the pipes for a while by
Mission Accomplished The Low Level Road is complete and delivering benefits to our community. The extended Spirit Trail and new bicycle paths are already popular. We thank the partners who made this possible, and special thanks to the community for your patience during this major engineering feat.
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2012 when it was approved by city council on June 18 of that year. The project was formally pitched to council by Port Metro Vancouver, the federal agency that has jurisdiction over the land along Low Level Road that houses three port businesses: Richardson International, Cargill Canada, and Neptune Terminals. After various iterations of the plan, it eventually came to council in the form of a $104-million project that included the realignment and elevation of Low Level Road between St. Andrews Avenue and Cotton Road/ East Third Street. This was the part of the project that required city council’s approval. The cost of the project was shared between various funding partners, including $31.6 million from Port Metro Vancouver, $10 million from Canadian National Railway, $5 million from TransLink, $4.8 million from Canadian Pacific
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Making inroads
Mayor says new road improves safety, noise From page 20
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deliver significant benefits to the community. “This signature new road is now a landmark that will greatly improve congestion, and its redesign addresses safety, noise and pollution. The extension of the Spirit Trail and addition of dedicated bicycle paths will provide lasting health benefits to the community. Many thanks to all for your patience during this major engineering feat,” he noted. In order to build the new road inland, the city donated about 2.4 hectares of land to move Low Level Road starting at Esplanade down to where it meets Main Street. Along with the new road, the project also pitched slope stabilization in that area. The city was already planning to do the slope stabilization, but as part of the Low Level Road Project would then receive a significant amount of funding toward the expensive task. Sound barriers to mitigate noise from grain elevators and train shunting were also part of the project, as well as public art on the wall that runs along Low Level Road. In addition, new crossings into the Port Metro Vancouver properties via overpass were built to replace at-grade crossings. Previously, those entering the port properties had to drive over existing train tracks. The new overpass crossing allows for a safer entrance above the tracks, which also means train drivers won’t have to blow their whistles as often, according to information from Port Metro Vancouver. Blowing train whistles had been a concern voiced by some Moodyville residents in the past. Moodyville is the neighbourhood directly above Low Level Road, and some residents have voiced concern about the new project, specifically about the timeline for approval, as well as air quality, noise and viewscapes related to the upgrade of Neptune Terminals and
expansion of Richardson International, which were also part of the project plans. The relocation of Low Level Road was essentially done to allow for expansion of rail lines through the port properties. “The Low Level Road project is designed to enhance rail and port operations as international trade See Construction page 22
The North Vancouver Chamber congratulates everyone involved with the completion of the Low Level Road. Now the North Shore is an even better place to do business.
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Cargill – Proud Partner of the Low Level Road and Spirit Trail Project Congratulations to the City of North Vancouver on the completion of the Low Level Road and Spirit Trail project. Completion of this project has improved the pedestrian, cyclist and driver safety of our employees who commute to work every day, while allowing Cargill the opportunity to improve our rail processes to reduce diesel and noise emissions at our facility. Cargill looks forward to further enhancing the Spirit Trail greenway by working with the City of North Vancouver to plant additional trees along the trail over the next year. As a member of the community, Cargill would like to thank the City and residents of North Vancouver for the opportunity to help building this unique and picturesque trail that will benefit residents and visitors to North Vancouver.
For more information on the North Vancouver Terminal Rail Improvement project, visit CargillAg.ca
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A22 - North Shore News - Sunday, March 22, 2015
Making inroads
Construction completed in about 18 months From page 21 continues to grow,” explained Justin Pedley, director of infrastructure delivery at Port Metro Vancouver. The project also addresses longstanding community safety and traffic challenges, including slope stability in the area, intersection improvement and safer cycling paths, he added. Information from the city noted that Port Metro Vancouver, in conjunction with TransLink and the City of North Vancouver, undertook community consultation for the proposed project between January 2011 through to June 2012. On May 23, 2012, the city conducted its own public information session and public meeting prior to endorsement of a proposed detailed design phase presented by Port Metro Vancouver in July 2011. Based on community input from the spring 2012 consultation program, Port Metro Vancouver developed a preferred design for the proposed project. In June 2012, city council then provided approval to Port Metro Vancouver to proceed with the Low Level Road Project. “The project was challenging. One thing the port’s pretty proud of (is) that we kept traffic going through the corridor throughout the 18 months of construction,” said Pedley. “That was a pretty big challenge. It would have been a lot easier to build the project if we just shut down Low Level Road and went at it but we committed to the community to keep it open.” The road was opened in one direction last August and in both directions last October. “In terms of the project that the port was delivering we’re basically 100 per cent complete,” noted Pedley. In addition to road changes, the project involves the completion of the Spirit Trail pedestrian walkway from St. Georges Avenue to Kennard Avenue, including See more page 24
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Making inroads
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Spirit Trail quick facts ■ The Spirit Trail is a multi-use, fully accessible greenway for pedestrians, cyclists, inline skaters and people with wheeled mobility aids ■ It runs across the North Shore from Horseshoe Bay to Deep Cove ■ The trail network is a shared initiative between
the federal and provincial governments, the North Shore municipalities, First Nations, and other agencies. ■ Completed sections include: Harbourside West Overpass (Section 0); Kings Mill Walk (Sections 1 & 2); Bewicke (Section 4); Squamish Nation
Waterfront Greenway (Section 6); Waterfront Escarpment to Moodyville Park (Sections 11 & 12). ■ The first District of North Vancouver sections of the trail extend between Whonoak Road (at the western border of the district) and Mackay Road. — information from the City andDistrictofNorthVancouver
A24 - North Shore News - Sunday, March 22, 2015
Making inroads
Finished project includes new bridge, bike lanes From page 22 structures over two creeks in Moodyville Park and an overpass at East Third Street near Heywood Street, according to information from the city, which also notes that the new roadway offers wider bike lanes, green walls, public art, and improved safety by separating rail and road users. Three new pedestrian bridges have been built along the Spirit Trail alignment, as well as an arch steel structure at East Third Street and two timber structures within Moodyville Park. “I think it’s a beautiful project and it’s a great new amenity for North Vancouver, and North Vancouverites are going to benefit as a result of, first of all better traffic flow in that area,” said North Vancouver MP Andrew Saxton. “We have three new intersections that have been reconfigured. We also have an elevated railway crossing instead of atgrade, which means there will be less train noise for
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pedestrian overpass as well, which is all part of the project.” Saxton said the project will benefit North Vancouver, all of Canada and the export sector. “It’s a win-win-win
situation. I think it’s good news for everybody. And I know that there were some concerns in the beginning, but I think the end result speaks for itself. It’s a great amenity for North Vancouver.”
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Restaurateur moves up the ranks Training in France leads to the establishment of a belovedWest Vancouver culinary destination It’s Saturday morning, lunchtime, at West Vancouver’s Chez Michel restaurant. The napery is crisp and white, glassware and silverware gleams. Host and owner Michel Segur presides, as he has done for 36 years. Segur learned his trade at home in France, literally. Yes, he graduated from an exacting and prestigious school and perfected his skills in Canadian restaurants, but it all began in the kitchen of his family home. He was always in the kitchen, preferring to stir pots and chop vegetables at his mother’s side to playing sports with his brothers. Since the age of nine, Segur knew there would be cooking in his future. The first culinary opportunity came with a summer job at a small hotel in the Vosges Mountains. The village of Val Claret is all the way across France
from Michel’s home village of Drémil-Lafage, just outside Toulouse. As it happened, the local priest and his mother were going to Luxembourg.The village was on their route; they would drive Segur.This they did, following a road accident during which, he recalls, “I was ejected from la voiture, which was destroyed.” The travellers carried on by taxi to the hotel.The next morning, stiff and sore, Segur started working. That work experience helped Segur get accepted into the Ecole Hôtelier des Midi-Pyrénées in Toulouse. At 14, Segur was among the youngest of 40 students chosen from 365 applicants for the three-year program. “We learned the hospitality industry, from making pastry and cooking to waiting tables to hotel management,” he says. After graduation, Segur followed the advice of the school’s chef de cuisine: to
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explore, experiment and learn from as many chefs in as many restaurants as he could. He arrived in Quebec in October 1969, having just turned 18 and planning to devote a year to developing his skills. Four years later, still in Canada, Segur moved further west. Arriving just as Vancouver was awakening to the pleasures of fine dining, he worked as a waiter in most of the city’s good restaurants, including his own, a short-lived venture in partnership with Michel Balleger. He also decided to make Canada his permanent home, becoming a citizen in 1975. In 1977, a better opportunity came along for
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Drive in West Vancouver. For those who may remember, this was the site, for many years, of Stan’s Grocery. The two Michels set about planning their new restaurant. Michel Segur designed the kitchen and Michel Balleger designed the front.They created the menu together.That menu, a model of classic French cuisine, is displayed on a plaque created to mark Chez Michel’s 20th anniversary. Chez Michel opened in February 1979. “We were a success right from the beginning,” recalls Segur. “Every seat was occupied from the time we opened until closing.” It seemed 1979 was a good year to dine out in West Vancouver. Chesa and the Ambleside Inn opened that summer and La Belle Sole opened in the fall.The cumulative addition of 250 seats in Ambleside provoked some friendly culinary competition and created a legion of loyal customers. For Segur, his restaurant provided more than the
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opportunity to do what he loved. It brought him love, marriage and a family. He and Sylvie Bienvenue, a nurse at Lions Gate Hospital, married in 1985 and raised their two children, Gabrielle and Julien, in West Vancouver. That year, Philippe, the only other Segur brother to take up a culinary career, arrived in Vancouver. Together the brothers
opened Le Bistro Chez Michel, which operated for a dozen years in North Vancouver. When recent health challenges prevented Michel from giving his full attention to Chez Michel, Julien, Philippe and the restaurant staff rallied round. As spring approaches, Michel is taking up the reins again, a little more each day. On this Saturday morning, the sun sparkles
on the waters of Burrard Inlet and glints off the silver and glassware at Chez Michel. The menu for the day, as always, is authentically French with a modern flair. Michel Segur welcomes his guests, greeting most of them by name. Their tables are waiting.
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And especially if you have a family, also review the Canada Revenue Agency’s “Top things families should know about taxes” at cra-arc. gc.ca/nwsrm/txtps/2015/ tfsk08-eng.html If any of the following relate to you/your family, make sure they are included on your tax return — whether or not you complete and file it yourself. In some cases, if you missed claiming a credit or deduction in the past, you might be able to go back to claim the money. Going forward, you
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Notable Potables This week’s column was supposed to be all about bargain wines. But that will have to wait. As of April 1, the term “bargain wine” will take on a whole new meaning, as B.C. formally unveils its new pricing structure on, perhaps fittingly, April Fools’ Day. Under the current system, B.C. already suffers among the highest wine markups (a euphemism for taxes) on the continent, or just about anywhere in the world. Under the new system all indications are we will be paying even more. (The government was set to reveal its actual retail pricing only on March 20, after my deadline for this column.) The biggest thing you’ll notice is that products will
be shelf priced without GST (five per cent) and PST (10 per cent for alcohol), which will now be charged at the till. That “bargain” bottle may look like a good deal until you get to the cash: shell game. Behind the scenes a curious scenario has been unfolding with the government attempting to establish an across-theboard wholesale price. The blame game has already begun, with accusations flying between the ministry and importers as to who is responsible for the expected price increases. The Import Vintners & Spirits Association points to several factors, not the least of which is the current disparity between the Canadian and American dollar. The IVSA says it is short-sighted and misguided to suggest that liquor importers/ distributors and their suppliers are arbitrarily taking advantage of the change to wholesale pricing to raise prices. All of Victoria’s crowing about “leveling the playing field” turned out to be a bunch of hot air. Private wine stores have had their discount cut in half and still will not be allowed
to sell beer and spirits. Their prices are likely to increase considerably. And although the government itself will set the wholesale price that all retailers will pay, government liquor stores’ operating costs will continue to be fully subsidized. Nobody (from private wine stores to wineries and restaurants) has anything positive to say about the government’s plans. And as for consumers? Well, as they say, stay tuned. . . . As usual in B.C., there’s no shortage of rhetoric surrounding the topic of liquor sales. Kudos to MLA John Yap, who conducted the most comprehensive Liquor Policy Review, with every stakeholder able to air their views and wishes. Once Yap handed in his recommendations, however, while most surrounding the actual sale and broader availability of liquor were adopted, in matters of pricing it would appear that deep inside the gullet of government nobody had been paying attention. After the farcical rollout regarding the initial wholesale formula, on which the government was forced to backtrack, the
process began to unravel. You’ll hear no shortage of commentary in the coming days, but here are three key issues that underscore Victoria’s problems. Secrecy: After Yap’s very open process, the government has gone to great lengths to conceal the crucial Ernst & Young report on which it (presumably) has based many of its decisions. Despite being asked repeatedly in the legislature to release it, Attorney General Suzanne Anton has refused. So much for transparency. Dining: Wine and food are the lifeblood of tourism. But restaurants, who requested the right to buy locally and at a real wholesale price, have been ignored. They’ll be forced to pass on their much higher cost to you and me. So much for an economy driven by tourism. Convenience: The new licensing program involving grocery stores is at best highly convoluted, and its impact on the marketplace is far from clear. As for the preference given to placing only B.C.-grown wines on open shelves, the free-trade driven, legal response from
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one of the country’s leading Malbec specialists) yields up-front red and black fruit, followed by a juicy, vibrant palate with some mocha notes and a lingering end (around $15$17, at private stores). Tim Pawsey writes about wine for numerous publications and online as the Hired Belly at hiredbelly.com. Contact: info@hiredbelly. com.
A30 - North Shore News - Sunday, March 22, 2015
TRAVEL
Oil tycoon’s railroad ran over the sea
Line turned Florida Keys into a tourist destination MITCHELL SMYTH MeridianWriters’ Group
PALM BEACH, Fla. — “Flagler’s Folly” his critics called it, when Henry Morrison Flagler announced that he planned to run a railway out to sea, down the Florida Keys all the way to Key West. But Flagler persisted and seven years later he was aboard his private railcar on the first train into Key West. That was in 1912. That railcar, No. 91, its livery polished and its brasses gleaming, a sumptuous relic of America’s Gilded Age, stands in an enclosed pavilion in the Flagler Museum in Whitehall, the mogul’s former mansion here in Palm Beach. Some 80,000 visitors every year tour the museum, where they learn how Flagler’s east coast railways opened Florida to tourism in the third quarter of the 19th century. When the rails reached Miami, in 1896, everyone thought it was the end of the line. But Flagler wasn’t done yet. He set his mind on what he called his “OverSea Railroad” — another 250 kilometres to the tip of the Keys, just 145 kilometres from Cuba — and in 1905 work began. The project wasn’t entirely a folly: in those days there was considerable passenger and freight traffic between the U.S. and Cuba. Artifacts, photos,
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across 29 islets, some of them kilometres apart. And the workers would have to fight heat and bugs and disease and tides, even hurricanes. It can’t be done, some said.Yes it can, said Flagler. “All you have to do is build a concrete arch and then another and pretty soon you’ll find yourself in Key West.” “Henry, you need a guardian,” a friend said. What Flagler needed, instead, was 5,000 men
and $27 million of his own money, for no one else would back his dream. He got the men, he had the money, and more to spare for Standard Oil of Ohio had made him and partner John D. Rockefeller fabulously rich. His railway would transform the Keys, that ribbon of coral and limestone islets on the southern tip of Florida, from a godforsaken wilderness into the tourist haven it is today.
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Flagler’s railway is no more. As the museum records, it was destroyed in the killer hurricane of 1935, but much of the rest of what he built a century ago is still in use. The roadbed that his men levelled and banked is now the basis of U.S. 1, the auto route that runs all the way to Key West, carrying some two million visitors a year. The bridges that they built carried U.S. 1 until the 1980s, when new bridges were erected.
(Some of the old bridges are now super-long fishing piers.) If you go: For more information, including details on exhibitions, visit the museum website at flaglermuseum.us. For information on travel in Florida go to the state’s Visit Florida website at visitflorida.com. — More stories at culturelocker.com
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1984: With the jump to three papers a week, production at the News takes another leap forward with the addition of a Linotype 8600 typesetter that produced galleys and headlines on a waxable paper. These “galley”sheets of stories were then cut to the size of the space on the page they were intended to fill before being waxed and rolled onto full page flats.
1986: In less than 20 years, the North Shore News developed some of the elements that have become its signature. Three issues a week, the front page features a large full colour photograph, and the Friday paper includes a full Real Estate section. The staff celebrated a Canadian Newspaper Award and a young Tim Renshaw started writing about North Shore restaurants in his Table Hopping column.
1989: Switching to a five column format for the first time, the News celebrated its twentieth year of publication with a great contest: Bring in a 1969 issue of the News and win $2,000. An employee from 1969 came in with a copy of the December 1969 issue and receive a nice, albeit delayed bonus from the News.
Sunday, March 22, 2015 - North Shore News - A31
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A guide to being a good dog owner Over the last few weeks I have either been personally confronted by or received emails from readers regarding bad dog owners. Like, I mean, so bad you wonder why they have a dog at all. I think the universe is trying to tell me something. So I thought I’d put together a checklist of how to be a good dog owner. You can take it to heart or tongue-in-cheek, whatever floats your boat. To be a good dog owner the biggest challenge you are going to face is taking responsibility for your dog. This goes beyond the standard protocol of providing food, shelter and making a lifelong commitment, but also absolving yourself of narcissism. Narcissism and good dog ownership do not go hand in hand. It’s more like a fire and gasoline combination — yeah, you get the picture. Just because you have the privilege of having a dog, does not mean that everyone automatically is going to like your dog and enjoy having it invade their space uninvited. The person your dog
Joan Klucha
Canine Connection is annoying may seem polite as your dog jumps on them, but inside they are cursing your dog’s existence. Please don’t be so self-absorbed that you are unable to recognize how you and your dog negatively affect other people’s lives. Acceptance is another biggie.You are going to make mistakes. We all do. I do every day. Some days those mistakes are bigger than others. The point is to recognize that a mistake was made and make the effort not do it or allow it to happen again. This means that you do not expect others to manage your dog’s behaviours because you don’t have the courage to admit you
made a mistake. As one of my favourite sayings goes, “Cowboy up!” Manage your dog’s behaviours and when things go wrong (and they will, because your dog has a mind of its own and is capable of making its own choices if not guided properly), then admit the mistake, apologize and make things right. It’s OK to love your dog, but don’t be blinded by it and become arrogant. Arrogance is another thing that should be left in your dog’s poop bag after you pick it up. Don’t become so arrogant that you think your dog is the smartest and most well-behaved dog around, because it isn’t . . . trust me. This means that you have to train your dog. It will be
a better behaved dog and you will love it even more. Stop judging. Be kind to fellow dog owners. Instead of judging another person who you might see as having trouble, ask them if they need help in a genuine manner, not a judgmental way. We all have to start somewhere and you were that confused new dog owner at one time who knew very little but wanted to know more. Unless you were raised by a pack of dogs, you knew very little when you got your first dog. Walk your dog every day. Even if you have a dog walker, your dog wants to spend time with you, because it lives with you and you are its world. Give it that time. Say good night to your
dog every day. Even after you’ve crawled into bed and gotten comfortable, get out of bed and do it. There will be a day, sooner than you realize, when your dog will no longer be here and you will wish you had one more chance to say good night. The same thing applies to good mornings. Don’t buy dogs (or cats) from pets stores. Many of those animals come from puppy mill situations and when you purchase one, you are directly contributing to the pain and suffering of the dogs who are being housed there as breeding animals. Consider rescuing or adopting before buying. There are so many rescue organizations offering every kind of breed and
mix, from puppies to adults and the often overlooked senior dogs. Finally, donate to a shelter or a private rescue group every year, even if you didn’t get your dog from one. Their help to the dog world is invaluable. This donation could be food, beds, leashes, toys, financial support or even your time. Try going a step beyond your comfort zone and offer to be a foster family for a dog in transition. Contribute something other than an opinion. 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.
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A32 - North Shore News - Sunday, March 22, 2015
YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Titan senior girls take silver
North Shore hoops teams in action all over B.C. ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com
SPORT AWARDS The North Shore Sport Awards will be held Tuesday, March 24 starting at 7 p.m. at theWestVancouver Community Centre. Admission is free.
North Shore girls teams battled all over the province over the past few weeks in B.C. high school basketball championships with a couple of teams scrapping onto the podium. At the senior girls level the only North Shore squad to grab a medal was the Mulgrave Titans at the A provincials held in Lumby. The top-seeded Titans won their first three contests to make the final, including a 64-44 semifinal victory over the Similkameen Sparks that included a near triple-double from Anniqa Karmali who scored 27 points, including five three pointers, to go with 11 rebounds and nine steals. In the championship game the Titans took on the second-ranked Langley Christian Lightning in a back-and-forth battle that ended as a 78-63 win for the Lightning.The
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in the fourth quarter.The free throw line helped tell the story as Langley got 36 trips to the line while Mulgrave took only 16 freebies. Emme Lee scored 16
points with three rebounds and one steal to earn Player of the Game honours for the Titans while graduating senior Christina Catliff also had a monster game, scoring 17 points with 15
rebounds and six steals in her last game as a Titan. “We didn’t win gold but it was one heck of journey that both the girls and I See Carson page 33
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SPORT Carson girls second at Grade 9 tournament From page 32 will never forget,” Mulgrave head coach Claude Leduc told the North Shore News. “We are happy with our silver medals. Our returning players — including three of our starters — are looking forward to another shot at gold next year.” Catliff was named the tournament’s Top Defensive Player while Grade 11 stars Karmali and Lee were both picked as first-team all-stars. The rest of senior girls action was under one roof at the Langley Events Centre. At the senior AA level two North Shore schools took part with Seycove scoring a sixth place finish and St.Thomas Aquinas close behind in eighth place. Sixth-ranked Seycove knocked off Southridge 7560 in their opener but fell 73-63 to No. 3 St.Thomas More in the quarterfinals. The Seyhawks then split a pair of matches against Ballenas and Duchess Park to settle into sixth and match their pre-tournament ranking. Seycove’s Sage Stobbart averaged 19 points and 9.8 rebounds per game through the four contests while Claudia Hart put in 16.8 points per game. Both were named second-team all-stars. Meanwhile STA, ranked 13th, scored the tournament’s biggest upset, knocking off fourthranked Holy Cross 67-63 in the opening round.The Fighting Saints couldn’t keep the magic rolling the
rest of the way, however, losing to Little Flower Academy, Duchess Park, and Ballenas to finish eighth. STA’s Siearra Scheffer was an all-star honourable mention, averaging 17.8 points per game. At the senior AAA level Handsworth was the North Shore’s lone representative and finished ninth. The sixth-ranked Royals were upset by No. 11 Charles Best 62-50 in their opening game but rebounded to score wins over Burnaby Mountain, Fleetwood Park and Maple Ridge to win the consolation side of the bracket. Grade 12 guard Allana Martin was one of five players to receive a Telus scholarship at the tournament. Seycove was the lone North Shore representative at the junior girls provincial championships and the team finished 10th. Kayla Krug was named a secondteam all-star. At the Grade 9 provincial championship the Carson Graham Eagles finished second behind the Immaculata Mustangs. Carson’s Tanis Metcalfe and Alex Walker were named first-team all-stars while Chloe Brebner made the second team. Argyle and Handsworth also took part in the tournament, finishing ninth and 10th. At the Grade 8 provincial invitational championships Seycove and St.Thomas Aquinas met in the fifth-place game with the Seyhawks scoring a 3228 win.
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The Collingwood Cavaliers senior boys basketball team fell just short of the medals at the AA provincial championships held last weekend at the Langley Events Centre, losing 73-70 to Southridge in the bronze medal game. The Cavs scored a tight 59-55 quarterfinal win over Valleyview to make the final four but their title hopes were derailed by St.
Michaels, the eventual tournament champions who knocked off the Cavaliers 60-32 in the semifinals. In the bronze medal game Hunter Welsh led the way with 17 points and eight rebounds while Aman Mehat put up 16 points with six rebounds and four assists. Welsh was named a tournament first-team all-star. The Bodwell Bruins also took part in the AA tournament, losing their first game but winning their next three to claim the consolation side and place ninth overall. Edward Ahanmisi led
the way with averages of 17.8 points 6.2 rebounds. At the AAAA level the West Vancouver Highlanders stumbled early, dropping their first two games, before bouncing back to win their final two games to finish in 13th spot. Ryan Fonseca led the Howe Sound champs in scoring, averaging 12.3 points per game in the tournament. In AAA Windsor placed 12th with a 1-3 record. Big man Brandon See Collingwood’s page 34
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A34 - North Shore News - Sunday, March 22, 2015
Public Meeting for Capilano Water Main Project DATE:
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