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School districts face $1M in cutbacks Schools ordered by province to chop administration budgets JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

School districts on the North Shore have been told by the province they must collectively cut more than $1 million

in administration costs from their budgets in the next school year and $2 million the year after that. Both school districts recently got the bad news as part of a provincial

order to cut $29 million in school administrative costs across B.C. this year and $54 million the next year. For the North Vancouver school district, the cut amounts to about $770,000 the ﬁrst year and $1.5 million the second year, while the smaller West Vancouver school district will have to carve out $330,000 the

ﬁrst year and $760,000 in year two. Administrators for both school districts say they don’t know where the money will come from. “It’s a concern to our board,” said West Vancouver superintendent Chris Kennedy. “We weren’t expecting this. It was out of the blue.” Both school

superintendents put current administration costs at between three and four per cent of their total operating costs, which are about $140 million annually in North Vancouver and $72 million in West Vancouver. “We’re talking about an area that’s already a very small piece of the budget,” said Kennedy.

School districts ﬁrst heard the news in the provincial budget last month, when the province announced an increase in education spending of nearly $110 million — but then told trustees they’d have to cut back on administration. Education Minister See Cost page 5

Labour dispute looms at Cap U BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

There’s a tense atmosphere on Capilano University campus as the Capilano Faculty Association and university administration have run out of labour mediation sessions and students have been told to prepare for the possibility of a strike. CapU faculty members voted more than 80 per cent in favour of a strike on March 9 and 10 but the two sides have continued to meet in mediation sessions. After their ﬁnal scheduled meeting session together on Friday morning, the faculty association informed the administration its members would be meeting in the afternoon to discuss what, if any, type of job action would follow. Both sides

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FOCUS Women’s rates of alcohol use are a social problem not often discussed

The ‘pinking’ of a problem JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

In the dark times in Ann Dowsett Johnston’s life, alcohol was the uninvited guest at the table. As Dowsett Johnston has described it, he starts as an elegant stranger in the corner, but turns into a stalker you can’t escape, no matter how many times you move or change the locks. When you’re an addict, alcohol will ﬁnd you. He found Dowsett Johnston early. As the daughter of two alcoholics, she learned young about the demon booze. She knew it wasn’t always found on skid row or under a bridge. “I grew up in a home with lots of Group of Seven paintings on the wall,” she says — and a mother who was addicted to both alcohol and Valium. It was classic Betty Ford territory. As an adult, she thought she knew enough about booze and its destructive path to protect herself. But alcohol knew better. Dowsett Johnston was a high achiever — an award-winning journalist at Maclean’s for much of her career. Then in her 50s, after she had become vice-president of McGill University, she was hit with loneliness and depression. At the end of a long workday, she’d pour herself a glass of wine. “One or two became three or four,” she said. “I drank way more than I should have and probably a lot less than you’re thinking,” she told a West Vancouver audience at the Kay Meek Centre recently. She isn’t alone. According to ﬁgures from B.C.’s Centre for Addiction Research, rates of alcohol consumption among both men and women shot up between 1998 and 2008 — before starting to fall again after the economic recession hit. In the province as a whole, addiction researchers have seen estimates for the number of drinks consumed annually go from about 480 per adult in 2002 to 492 in 2013. Those numbers vary considerably by region. In the local health region in

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poster girl for the modern alcoholic because she looks like me.” It’s a message Dowsett Johnston wants more people to hear — especially women and those who make public policy around alcohol. Women are driving up rates of drinking in most countries at an alarming rate, she said. Many of those women are highly educated, professional people — not what people think of as a “typical” alcoholic. In fact, wealthy middleaged people are more likely to be regular drinkers than those with lower incomes, according to the Centre for Addictions Research. “We tell women they have to be perfect at work and perfect at home and perfectly thin and perfectly behaved,” said Dowsett Johnston. When the pressure gets too much, a lot of women reach for a drink, something Dowsett

Johnston calls “the modern woman’s steroid.” “For a lot of women it’s becoming a problem,” she said. “We don’t think of the fact that in these homes all around us there are many alcoholics.” That’s something Dr. Marie Durnin, a physician who works with addicts, can attest to. “Behind closed doors there is a lot of abuse of alcohol going on,” she says. Women in high-powered jobs with family obligations at home drink to cope, she says. “None of us have the time to deal with things in the old-fashioned way, like taking the dog for a long walk. We go home for the second shift.” While men more often drink to heighten positive feelings and combine their drinking with social situations, women who are heavier drinkers often do so to deal with negative feelings like stress and

depression. Durnin says many middle-class women who fit that profile will mix alcohol with anti-anxiety drugs like Atavan and Xanax. In that situation, “It isn’t just one plus one makes two. It’s one plus one makes four,” she says. Dowsett Johnston has first-hand experience with being a secret drinker. She hid it so well that “My best friend thought I was lying when I went to rehab,” she said. “There’s a massive amount of shame involved.” That stigma is something Brenda Plant, executive director of the Turning Point Recovery Society, says she’s constantly battling. “I promise you there are women sitting in the British Properties who are drinking all day and probably popping the odd benzo who are terrified of asking for help because they are so afraid of being

stigmatized,” said Plant. “As the nurturer and the mother and the parent, it’s just that much more shameful. “It’s a complicated social issue to address,” she said. “What are our attitudes to women in society in general? Then add alcohol to that.” Turning Point opened the ﬁrst nine-bed recovery centre for women on the North Shore in August of last year, offering three to ﬁve month residential treatment programs. More than 30 women have gone through the program so far and there are another 31 on the waiting list. Plant estimates about 60 per cent of the women who attend the recovery centre are from the North Shore. The average age of those seeking help is 40. Over a third of them have university degrees. In 2011, Dowsett Johnston was awarded See Teen page 11

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A 90-year-old woman who hit the gas instead of the brake, plowing her car into a fence in West Vancouver, will likely have to take her driver’s licence test again.

West Vancouver police responded to a call from a member of the public about the accident in the 1600-block of Marine Drive Monday morning after the elderly driver accidentally struck a metal fence in a parking lot. Police said it appears the driver mistakenly hit the accelerator instead of the brake, causing her to smash into the fence and resulting in extensive damage to the vehicle. Fortunately there were no injuries to either the

driver or bystanders; however, police have submitted a request to the superintendent of Motor Vehicles to retest the driver. “We’ll examine whether or not there was a mechanical problem with the vehicle, but at this point the investigation indicates it was possibly a driver error,” said Const. Jeff Palmer, West Vancouver police spokesman. Palmer said accidents like these involving elderly drivers are not

uncommon in the area. “It doesn’t happen every day but we have had a number of investigations over the years involving the accidental acceleration that have involved elderly drivers.” He said anyone concerned about another person’s ability to drive are welcome to contact authorities confidentially with their concerns, who will then submit them for review by the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles.

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Cost-cutting measures on the table From page 1 Peter Fassbender said at the time school districts should look at saving money by sharing legal and payroll services or pooling resources to buy supplies in bulk. But school administrators say a number of those moneysaving measures are already in place. North Vancouver schools superintendent John Lewis pointed to use

of digital media to cut down on paper, targeting energy efﬁciency to reduce fuel and Hydro costs and delaying hiring of replacement staff as some of the changes that have been made. Some measures — like combining payroll for school districts with differing staff contracts —are much easier to talk about than they are to put in place, he added. Kennedy said West

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hat did you get up to in the dark last night? We’re referring of course to Earth Hour, the 60 minutes starting at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night when everyone was supposed to turn their lights out in the name of energy conservation and — by extension — saving the planet from climate change. Did you look down the street to check out which of your neighbours had managed to tear themselves away from Netﬂix for an hour of candlelight conversation? Thought not. Chances are, if you’re like most of the population, the event passed with little notice. Earth Hour was once a “thing”. Cities competed for the darkest skyline. It was socially shameful to be the one house on the block with your lights on.

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Earth Hour was a laudable effort, reminding us of how much energy we use, how dependent we are on it and how individual choices can make a difference. The problem is the larger changes needed fall not to individuals but to the collective. And government policy has not followed suit.While they may be happy to dim the lights for an hour, not only has our federal government failed to take action with policies that would curb climate change, they are either ignoring or actively dismantling most of the past progress in this area.The feds have scaled back environmental regulations, ignored Canada’s commitment to international greenhouse gas reduction targets and sent a chill through groups advocating for more attention to climate change by sending in the auditors — and spies. In Parliament, the lights are on, but the trouble is nobody’s home.

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WV highrise report worth a read Dear Editor: There have been several mentions in your newspaper recently with respect to the proposed redevelopment of the former White Spot site at Park Royal. In the interest of being fully informed, I’d draw your reader’s attention to the District of West Vancouver’s staff report on the proposal that addresses most if not all of the concerns that have been raised. The report notes, for example, that the property “does not serve as a precedent” for future development as there are no other similar properties in West Vancouver. In fact, it is already surrounded by other highrises like the West Royal

and Park Royal Towers. And in terms of the official community plan review, it says, “Nothing to be undertaken during the OCP review would provide more insight into the suitability of this proposal.” The report acknowledges that traffic is a major concern at Marine Drive and Taylor Way; however, it also notes that the proposal’s location “indisputably enjoys the most frequent and highest capacity transit service within the district.” According to the traffic study, it says this mixed-use development “would generate less traffic than a fully commercial project that complied with the existing zoning.” It also notes “that the vision for this site should not be

overridden by nearby trafﬁc conditions that are in essence generated in aggregate by the entire North Shore.” Although generally supportive of the proposal, the district staff recommends slight reductions in density and height before it proceeds further, which indicates they are responsive to community input. I urge your readers to gain clarity and a more complete picture by reading this timely and comprehensive report on the District of West Vancouver’s website. Mary Lou Gazeley West Vancouver

Needlessly complicated transit system one of its problems Dear Editor: Envy of Canada? I don’t think so. Instead of telling us who’s stupid and who isn’t when it comes to public transit, I suggest letter writer Neil McGregor researches his home transit system.TTC offers a service from Pearson International to downtown Toronto, same distance asYVR to Capilano University, with one transfer,

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his last transfer, if he uses the SeaBus, has a 30minute window before expiry, 18 minutes if he uses buses from downtown, which is one of many complaints Vancouverites have about their public transit system. It’s needlessly complex. Obviously not fully understood by Mr. McGregor. John Stoddart Lions Bay

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Dear Editor: Re: Plan B for Transit Needed, March 1 Mailbox In his support of the sentiments in the Jan. 28 letter Slap Developers with a Cost Charge to Help Pay for Transit, Alex Jamieson perpetuates the villainization of developers as both the source and the potential solution to most of the ills that beset us. Jamieson, like the earlier writer Bryant, seems unaware of the number of charges already borne by developers. These include development cost charges to upgrade and replace infrastructure arising from their new projects, off-site servicing fees to cover a host of other discretionary charges levied, along with community amenity charges designed to provide the broad resident population with amenities (community centres, daycare facilities, etc.) that would have to otherwise be carried

as capital items on the property tax levy of all residents. Ultimately, however, all of these charges become cost components of the end product of business and are reﬂected in the cost of housing.The potential for abuse and lack of transparency of this method of revenue generation has even caught the eye of senior government ofﬁcials focused on the unaffordability of housing in Metro Vancouver. As District of North Vancouver Coun. Robin Hicks commented at the time of a public hearing for Larco’s Cap West project, with its community amenity contribution of approximately $16 million, “What did we do before CACs?”The answer is that the municipality borrowed the money through issuing bonds. As a strategy for alleviating existing residents from the full cost of home ownership the plan has

worked wonderfully; from 2002 when developers’ fees averaged three per cent of Metro Vancouver municipal revenues, these fees climbed to nine per cent by 2012, with a corresponding decrease in the property tax revenues (source: Fraser Institute). One can fairly regard these developer fees as alleviating the tax burden for existing homeowners. Recent ﬁnancial projections from the district’s ﬁnance department also reveal the critical role of development — including permit fees, levies and future tax revenues that are to be gained from development and the crucial role of development projects anticipated — and necessary — under the OCP in order

to provide district residents with a future of maintained facilities and infrastructure. Without these revenue sources, homeowners will face signiﬁcant tax increases to maintain the services and support for their single family homes. Sadly, for many, these costs will mean economic exile from the North Shore — they will simply not have the money. Tragically, even at this date, few are aware or willing to contemplate the economic future of a low density and aging district without the socio-economic engine of the OCP. Any who think that such a plan can be abandoned without cost and consequences need to be called upon to sign binding commitments to

the lifestyle and attendant costs they want to shuck onto developers. That idea — of someone else will have to pay for transit — is unfortunately running rife from the provincial elected ofﬁcials to residents of the North Shore. There is a cost to the life that we say that we want. It is simply uncomfortable when lunch is eaten and we see the waiter approaching with the bill. Better to turn the conversation to gushing remarks about the plot of a new horror movie, with an evil developer who sucks the blood out of thousands of helpless victims — a tired and hackneyed story, but it always gains an audience. Douglas Curran North Vancouver

Is it really a million in 10? Dear Editor: So our population in Metro Vancouver is going to grow by a million in the next decade. Says who? The municipal councils who continually approve development beyond what the infrastructure can handle? Or is it the developers who make money but don’t live in their small units or battle trafﬁc during peak times? Stop the outrageous speed of development in Metro. And stop telling us that it is fact that a million people will move here in the next 10 years. Every development proposal must stand alone, and they do not all need to be approved. Talk to your municipal politicians. Wendy Qureshi North Vancouver

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Lack of information fuels campus tension From page 1 however, remained mum at North Shore News’ deadline. Whether a strike takes the form of picketing, rotating strikes, withdrawing from some work outside the classroom or an outright halt to work, the teachers must still give the administration 72 hours’ notice before starting any form of job action. “The university’s primary goal is to minimize disruption for our current and prospective students,” stated an email from the university registrar to students on Friday morning. “The potential outcome and impact of strike action is difﬁcult to predict. For these reasons, the university is considering various scenarios and preparing solutions to minimize the possible

in the dispute are wages, clawbacks of beneﬁts, the university’s increased reliance on part-time teachers and increased teacher assessment. The university’s negotiators have said any increases in costs in the new contract will have to come from elsewhere in the collective agreement. The tense situation hasn’t been helped by a lack of information coming from the administration, said communications student Catrina McCrae. “(The registrar’s) email is the ﬁrst piece of information I have received regarding it — everything else has been word of mouth,” she said. “Overall, I think that there needs to be more communication, as well as more accountability, on the impacts that an impending strike could have on students.”

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Teen binge drinking a disturbing trend From page 3 the prestigious Atkinson Fellowship to research and write a series of articles on women and alcohol, published in the Toronto Star. But she didn’t tell her own story until she published a book on the topic, Drink:The Intimate Relationship BetweenWomen and Alcohol in 2013. There were those who warned her not to go public. But Dowsett Johnston — who spoke earlier this month at a talk hosted by Bowen Island’s Orchard Recovery Centre and West Vancouver MP John Weston — thinks the increasing rates of women’s drinking is an issue that needs to be publicly discussed. Women are playing catch up to men in rates of alcohol consumption worldwide. But women’s bodies don’t process alcohol in the same way as men. Not only are women smaller, with a greater percentage of body fat but we also have much less of a key enzyme in our stomachs that helps metabolize alcohol, she said — meaning for women, more alcohol enters the bloodstream than it does for men. “We become addicted faster and we suffer the consequences faster.” Women’s drinking can take a variety of forms — from steady, daily drinking more common among

women in their 40s and 50s to the “weekend warrior” pattern of binge drinking in younger women. Both are exacerbated by deliberate marketing of alcohol to women — what Dowsett Johnston calls “the pinking of the market” — that’s been going on since Carrie Bradshaw downed her ﬁrst Cosmopolitan in Sex and the City. It’s continued as the Real Housewives staggered their way from their West Vancouver mansions to their Whistler condos with their champagne and vodka. It’s progressed to the likes of Skinnygirl cocktails and Happy Bitch wines. Women go to book clubs, which have become “wine clubs.” Some young women think of booze like a food group when it comes to counting calories, said Dowsett Johnston. But most women don’t know more sinister facts about alcohol consumption, like the one linking 15 per cent of breast cancer cases to alcohol consumption, along with several digestive system and liver cancers. In the United Kingdom — which Dowsett Johnston calls the Lindsay Lohan of the international community because of the country’s rates of alcohol consumption — some young women are even dying of end-stage liver disease — usually an old man’s disease. It’s no coincidence alcohol is

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A free program being offered on the North Shore for the ﬁrst time is seeking to empower local children and their families to lead healthier lives. The program, entitled MEND, an acronym for Mind, Exercise, Nutrition . . . Do It!, is being presented by North Vancouver Recreation & Culture, and is targeting children ages seven to 13 who are considered to be above a healthy weight. Children attend accompanied by their family. Not a weight loss program, rather MEND is intended to help participating families institute lasting lifestyle changes with a focus on improving children’s physical activity levels, nutrition and self-esteem. “We’re always wanting to support families and individuals to live healthy lifestyles as part of our mandate.We know that kids today are not as active as they need to be.You hear a lot about chronic disease and sedentary behaviour,” says Samantha Morrison, a programmer at North Vancouver Recreation & Culture. “We know that it’s hard to raise kids today, families are busy, there’s a lot of information out there, and this is a free program to help parents sort out how they can help their families live healthier,” she says. The 10-week program will launch April 8 and will be offered twice a week,Wednesdays from

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FAMILY CAREGIVER NETWORK GROUP John Wallstrom will teach exercises for laughter yoga and brain ﬁtness at the monthly meeting Thursday, April 2, 7 p.m. at North Shore Community Resources in Capilano Mall, 203-935 Marine Dr., North Vancouver. These approaches are intended as a helpful way to boost energy and release stress while encouraging optimal brain function. 604-982-3320 MOVE MORE ON THE SHORE A 12-week spring session to get active, eat well and be more healthy Mondays, 7-8 p.m. and Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m. at the West Vancouver Community Centre, 2121 Marine Dr. Find out more See more page 15

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for seven years and is a founding director of Faces and Voices of Recovery Canada. She encourages everyone — but especially women — to take an honest look at their relationship to alcohol. Drinking “cost me my self-respect,” she said. “It cost me enormous peace of mind, and a goodly

number of years in my 50s” — things she has fortunately been able to rebuild. That’s one of the reasons she’s willing to be public about her struggles — to help those who are still hidden. “Long before you’ll tell your best friend, you’re lying in bed at night worried,” she said.

Better at Home is a non-profit program that helps seniors with basic, non-medical support. Services are delivered by a mix of volunteers and paid contractors, and fees are based on a client’s income. If you are interested in receiving these services or if you would like to volunteer to help seniors in our community please call North Shore Community Resources at 604-985-7138 for more information. NS Community Resources 201 - 935 Marine Drive North Vancouver

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Heed these financial advisor red flags Many Canadians are not sure what to look for in a financial advisor and simply hope they have chosen to work with one of the better ones. However, not all financial advisors are created equal so you need to be able to recognize some warning signs that will alert you to whether you are dealing with one who won’t serve you well. Some of the most important red flags are: They don’t stay in regular contact. As a client, you deserve to receive a certain level of service. I always say “you can’t manage a client’s wealth if you don’t know who they are.” This requires your financial advisor to stay in contact with you both by telephone and in person

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at a minimum of at least once a year, preferably more. Even if you don’t follow the markets, it is important that you know how your portfolio has performed and also discuss any changes to your current ﬁnances or lifestyle as these may warrant making a change to your investments. If your advisor only seems to contact you to place a trade (and

generate commission), it would be a red ﬂag.

to get the clariﬁcation and answers you need.

They confuse you by using a lot of financial jargon in your conversations. A financial advisor needs to explain things to you in “your language” when reviewing your portfolio. If they aren’t, it would be a red flag. Many advisors use jargon because they may not be knowledgeable about the subject so they use jargon to sound like they are. It can also be used in order to distract you from understanding something because they know that you are not going to like what they have to say, such as your performance was not good last year. If this is ever the case, never feel embarrassed to ask direct questions or for a more clear explanation in order

Increasing the risk in your portfolio more than what you are comfortable with. If your ﬁnancial advisor wants you to buy speculative stocks even though you have been invested in blue chip stocks, this would be a red ﬂag.There should be an open discussion on what the motivation is for your advisor to change course and purchase investments you are unfamiliar with or unaccustomed to.These types of investments are only for sophisticated investors.

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only able to sell their firm’s products, whether it be mutual funds or GICs. The advisor is required to be biased and cannot allow the client to have access to other options and diversification. They are not transparent about fees. This may be the biggest red flag as you deserve to know what you are paying for the service you are given.There are many high-cost mutual funds out there and, unless the advisor has disclosed the amount you are paying as well as what they are getting paid, I would recommend changing advisors or not working with them in the first place. ••• There are also many great financial advisors. It

is important to do your due diligence before signing on with an advisor and ensure that you are well informed and are completely comfortable with your choice. A bad ﬁnancial advisor can not only make you frustrated, but their lack of sophistication or service can potentially impact your returns as well. Lori Pinkowski is a senior portfolio manager and senior vice-president, Private Client Group, at Raymond James Ltd., a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund.This is for informational purposes only and does not necessarily reﬂect the opinions of Raymond James. Lori can answer any questions at 604-915-LORI or lori. pinkowski@raymondjames. ca.You can also listen to her every Monday morning on CKNW at 8:40 a.m.

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Community Bulletin Board THE NORTH SHORE CANADA DAY PARADE committee is now accepting applications for the 2015 event. Look at the website for information, including a downloadable application form. The site also includes information for people wanting to volunteer. canadadaynorthshore.org nsparadechair@telus.net

CAPILANO WATER MAIN PROJECT Learn more about this project that will be constructed along Capilano Road between Cleveland Dam Road and Edgemont Boulevard at a public meeting Tuesday, March 31, 6-8 p.m. (registration 5:30 p.m.) at Canyon Heights Church, 4840 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver. 604-432-6200 icentre@metrovancouver.org metrovancouver.org WEST VANCOUVER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BREAKFAST Minister of State Maxime Bernier will discuss small business and tourism Tuesday, March 31, 7-9 a.m. at Hollyburn Country Club, 950 Cross Creek Rd., West Vancouver. $40 non-members/$30 members. 604-926-6614 westvanchamber.com MEMBER ORIENTATION A review of the member services and programs of the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, April 1, 4-5 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. Open to new members and those in need of a refresher course. nvchamber.ca

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USED BOOK SALE The North Shore Unitarian Church will be holding a used book sale Sunday, March 29, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 370 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Artisan Farmers Market Society, which operates the Lonsdale and Ambleside markets, will hold a dinner followed by an AGM Thursday, April 23, 6 p.m. at Gordon Presbyterian Church, 7457 Edmonds St., Burnaby. RSVP by April 1 to artisanmarkets.board@gmail. com or mogmundson@gmail. com.

MONTESSORI VISITOR DAYS Meet Eagle Harbour’s staff, tour the school and see ﬁrsthand the materials and strategies used to learn about language, math and culture Thursday, April 9, 9-10 a.m. at Eagle Harbour Montessori School, 5575 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Contact Val Stevenson, vstevenson@ sd45.bc.ca, 604-981-1380.

PARKGATE MEN’S SINGERS A casual barbershop-style singing program April 1 and May 6, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver.

NEIGHBOURS OF THE WILDERNESS Discussion and action roundtables on the topic Food Saturday, April 11, 1-3:30 at St. Clement’s Anglican Church, 3400

Institute Rd., North Vancouver. Free; everyone welcome. ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER Soroptimist International of North and West Vancouver are inviting the public to attend an event recognizing women from the North Shore community Wednesday, April 15, reception 6:30 p.m., dinner 7 p.m., at Hollyburn Country Club, 950 Cross Creek Rd., West Vancouver. Tickets $45, includes buffet dinner. Complimentary parking available. Reservations and information gillsanto1@ gmail.com, 604-922-5664. STAY SAFE AND SECURE ONLINE Discussion on how to stay safe and secure in the online environment, from creating good passwords to recognizing spam and sophisticated scams Thursday, April 16, 7-8:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Free, no registration required. westvanlibrary.ca/techtalks

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SENIORS

Track club targets seniors and adults

Athletes 35+ wanted for program launching April 9 ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

Based on the success of a pilot eight-week Intro to Track & Field program for seniors and adults 35+ last year, representatives of the West Vancouver Track & Field Club are moving forward with an expanded six-month version for 2015. The club’s co-ed Masters Program, serving seniors and adults 35+, is intended to offer a safe, social and inclusive environment for participants to learn and practise a variety of track disciplines, including javelin, shot put, hurdles, sprints, long jump, triple jump and hammer throw. “Last year was all about a very basic intro. . . . But this year we want to have a permanent training program for the same age group of athletes, so folks who want to train with us six months of the year, whether they have personal goals, for example: to

compete at the 55+ B.C. Games; or improve their health,” says Marcus Wong, club president. The program marks the club’s interest in serving the rapidly growing demographic of people aged 55 and over on the North Shore, and offers an alternative to existing programs serving the age group. Participation is open to community members of a variety of track and ﬁtness backgrounds and levels. “Some of the folks last year had done track when they were in high school or when they were younger. Some were completely brand new but were still interested in trying it out because they just never got around to it, or never had the chance. It’s certainly a program for everyone of all skill levels,” says Wong. The program will get underway April 9 and will be held twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the

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Graduating as an RN inToronto, she worked in a variety of hospital units, including Intensive Care and saw ﬁrst-hand the importance of the bond between families and care givers. In business nationally since 1984, We Care has been helping people of all ages on the North Shore for 19 years and has expanded and grown to include serving the Sunshine Coast, Squamish and Whistler.

We Care Home Health Services has become a valuable resource for families because of the care they take matching your family member with the person who will provide care.

“We match client personalities to our caregivers so people get caregivers that they can relate to and talk to,” says Barb.“Our caregivers enjoy helping people.Whether it is to stay in their homes as independently as possible, or getting back on their feet as soon as possible...whatever is ‘normal’ for them.” The bottom line is that We Care North Shore has been helping BC families for a long time.Their motto is ‘Helping you. Live your life’ and they mean it.

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SENIORS Seniors Calendar OPEN HOUSE Chartwell Churchill House Retirement Residence

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stage dementia and their care partners to explore the journey ahead in a positive, informative and supportive environment Saturdays, April 11-May 2, 1-3:30 p.m. in North Vancouver. Learn about dementia, explore strategies for coping with changes and maximizing quality of life, review information on

planning for the future and meet others who are going through similar experiences. Location will be given upon registration at 604-9848347. SENIORS’TENNIS ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH SHORE Players 55+ are invited to play tennis Mondays-

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TASTE

B.C. cider offering has distinct tartness

Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables For about as long as I can remember, cider in B.C. has been a proverbial crapshoot. But recently things have been looking up, even more so with the unveiling of a new cider produced by B.C.Tree Fruits. BCTF is an Okanagan Valley co-operative of more than 500 growers, which was established almost 80 years ago. BCTF says Broken Ladder has been years in the works.The name Broken Ladder is a cute reference to the often precarious wooden ladders that were once standard issue for Okanagan pickers.There’s

more to that back story: in the early 1930s it was apples, not grapes, that kick started B.C.’s commercial (as opposed to sacramental) wine industry at both Calona Wines and Victoria’s Growers. I grew up in cider country in Somerset in the southwest of England. In fact, I experienced my ﬁrst brush with drinking and “driving” when a friendly policeman gently suggested that maybe my friend and I shouldn’t have been trying to cycle down the white line of the local main road after a pint of scrumpy cider. The ﬁrst time I tasted what passed for cider in Canada I was in shock. It was sweet and tasted processed. For a while I consoled myself with Strongbow but eventually gave up on that as it seemed to become increasingly sweet. Here in B.C. we’re blessed with a small number of excellent, smaller craft cideries.When Al Piggott opened Cobble Hill’s Merridale Ciderworks in the 1990s I was blown

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news that proliﬁc fruit winery Elephant Island is poised to open Naramata Cidery. Overall, though, when it comes to widely available, more commercial cider there’s been a void in drier styles that don’t taste like someone dropped in a bag of Aspartame. Happily, B.C.Tree Fruits Broken Ladder has no sweeteners or other additives. Not surprisingly,

apple is what you get on the nose, followed by a light, refreshing more Gala than Granny Smith palate (although I have no idea which six kinds of eating apples are used, as it’s not divulged). It’s crisp and clean, if not very complex, which it doesn’t have to be. At one point a simple style of Riesling crossed my mind. It’s also light and airy, nicely effervescent without being gassy. But don’t let it sit too long. As for sweetness, I hope they keep Broken Ladder where it is and come out with a tart, more dry option for us acid freaks. Look for B.C.Tree Fruits Broken Ladder at B.C. Liquor Stores (and others) as of April 1. (BCLS $11.49 per four pack.) ••• Coming Friday, April 17 is the ﬁfth annual Malbec World Day with a wealth of free tastings at a number of stores, private and public throughout the month. On the day itself, stores will pour at least six different wines, including Malbecs and Malbec blends. Private

stores will also be serving samples of traditional Argentine food. In addition, select B.C. LDB stores throughout the province will offer free tastings of Argentine wines throughout April.There’s no time like the present to raise a glass to Argentina’s now globally popular grape and prime the pump for barbecue season. ••• Belly’s Budget Best Gunderloch Fritz’s Riesling 2013 (Rheinhessen) This juicy, peachycitrus and even appealingly viscous Riesling (named after globe-trotting winery owner Fritz Hasselbach), with nice fruit-acid balance, will get you in the mood for spring by just looking at the label.Think grilled pork chops and apple sauce or even shuck a few oysters, or just sip it (BCLS/Everything Wine $17.99, may vary after April 1, 90 points). Tim Pawsey writes about wine for numerous publications and online as the Hired Belly at hiredbelly.com. Contact: info@ hiredbelly.com.

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French Polynesia revives ancient art

Tapping into tattoo tradition JOHN MASTERS MeridianWriters’ Group

Polynesian migration French Polynesia as we know it today was one of the last places on Earth to be settled by humans. Scientists believe the Great Polynesian Migration happened around 1500 BC as Austronesian people went on a journey using celestial navigation to find islands in the South Pacific ocean. The first islands of French Polynesia to be settled were the Marquesas Islands in about 200 BC. —Wikipedia

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PAPEETE, French Polynesia — Philippe is getting a tattoo. Not a colourful butterfly or a bit of stylish Japanese lettering or his partner Magalie’s name, no. Philippe is going for something with more . . . heft. Philippe’s been absorbing South Pacific culture, figuratively, since he moved toTahiti from France two years ago. Now he’s decided to absorb it more directly, through his skin. For those who like the idea of an inked epidermis, but feel that something so permanent ought to have more gravitas than, say, a big dollar sign on the back of one calf and Captain America on the other, the Polynesian tattoo has special allure. The origin of the tatau, rendered as “tattoo” by English explorers when they first came upon it in the 18th century, goes back millennia. It was used to identify your group, record your family history and tell tales of 75^S+Z _:UbS^4X/S 3/33::X43 >5:T/ G/UT:S 0:5V4 :S _ZXUX88^% FZ^ 3/33::' 0ZX+Z 0XUU +:1^5 T:43 :] 3Z^ 5X\Z3 /5T /S* 3:54:' 0XUU \X1^ your life. It was esthetic, _ZXUX88^ T/S/ ?/23Z:5X3b' 85^43X\^' 84b+ZX+ 8:0^5) 4/b4 G/UT:S% _iaFa GE__eh9; JOHN MASTERS/MERIDIAN WRITERS’ GROUP protected you against evil and enhanced your sexual attractiveness. cover most of his right arm and a great deal of the When the English and French missionaries in the designs”). front and back of the right side of his torso. Not came to Polynesia in the early 1800s, tattoos were “Designs have a power,” says Salmon.The all Polynesian tattoos are so massive. Magalie, for one of the things they banned.They also taught tattoos he’s is giving Philippe include a turtle — a Polynesians to dress more demurely, and since example, has just a simple, fernlike design gracing major South Pacific symbol — as well as tiki eyes, you need a lot of naked skin to get the most out her upper arm. She has no desire for more, she says ears and nostrils.The tattoos will confer spiritual of a Polynesian tattoo, that, too, helped the art to — unlike Philippe, who, when he’s recovered from protection, but more importantly, “this tattoo this bout, is coming back to have his other side wither. is going to give him mana.” Mana is authority, done. Its revival started in the mid-1980s with people prestige, psychic power. “When you have mana, NB: If you want maximum graphic choice, like Aroma Salmon, the man working on Philippe. you succeed in everything.There is no doubt, no come during the PolynesiaTatauTattoo After so many years, “it’s not easy to re-appropriate fear.” Convention (April 4-6, 2015 at the Musée de the traditions,” Salmon says. He, like others of Salmon’s shop,TakihiriTattoo, is one of a the first new generation of French Polynesian Tahiti et des îles, 15 kilometres south of Papeete), half-dozen in Papeete, French Polynesia’s capital tattooists, is largely self-taught.There’s an upside featuring 35 local and 15 international tattooists. and largest town.Takihiri (it means “blood”) is to this: in re-inventing, modern tattooists have For information go to worldtattooevents.com/ west of rue Cook on Papeete’s waterfront main polynesia-tatau-tattoo-convention/. greater freedom. “I can’t always explain what I street, boulevard Pomare.There’s also Siméon do,” Salmon says. “I feel it.” A Salmon tattoo may Tattoo, on rue du 22 Septembre across from the If you go: use a fusion of the region’s styles, from Marquesas public market; and Mana’oTattoo Shop on rue For information on French Polynesia visit the (“bold, heavy, geometrical”) toTuamotu (“many Leboucher just south of avenue du Prince Hinoi. TahitiTourisme website at tahiti-tourisme.pf. lines”) to Society Islands (“light, with more fluidity The tattoo Philippe is having inscribed will

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PETS

Control your dog’s weight While viewing the Facebook page of one of the rescue groups I follow, I was met with a photo that absolutely shocked me. When I ﬁrst saw the image of the dog, I could not believe what I was seeing was real and not a Photoshopped picture of a dog that had been abused. This poor dog was not abused in the typical way we consider abuse, but in a way that was just as horrible. This poor dog had been fed into morbid obesity. The dog, an Australian shepherd, should weigh approximately 55 pounds, but this dude tipped the scales at 180 pounds. My ﬁrst thought was that it had an untreated medical condition such as hypothyroidism, which slows down the body’s metabolism and may result in weight gain. But the information provided stated the dog’s blood work was normal . . . it was just fat! Most people’s reaction to something like this would be to wonder what was wrong with the dog that caused it to eat so much? But let’s remember, this dog did not feed itself, this morbidly obese dog got this way at the hands of humans. Obesity in dogs is caused by owners. Medical conditions aside, obesity in dogs is a human problem, not a canine one. Obesity is the result of too much input and not enough output. It’s a pretty simple concept, really. In simple terms, it means too much food and not enough exercise, both of which are provided by humans. Being a responsible dog owner not only involves

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Canine Connection training and managing your dog’s behaviour. It also entails providing adequate exercise and monitoring its nutrition so that it maintains a healthy body weight ensuring optimum health. Yes, your dog’s health is also your responsibility. As humans, we have a plethora of food options at our doorstep.We can choose any one of those options: processed food, fast food, organic food, non-organic food, etcetera, to feed ourselves. But our dogs have only one choice and that is the one that we, as dog owners, provide for them. Fortunately, humans also have a plethora of feeding options for their dogs, all of which will either beneﬁt their dog’s overall health, or not. Most people opt for processed commercial food because it is inexpensive and convenient, much like the food we purchase for ourselves at drive-through restaurants.We all know of the long-term health issues caused by eating too much of this type of food.The same health issues apply to dogs. I’m not implying that all commercial food is bad. There are healthy options within this category, just like

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there are healthy fast food options for humans. But humans have to make the choice to buy it and feed it to their dogs. Personally, I prefer to feed my dogs a raw diet that consists of raw meat, bones and vegetables. It’s not for everyone and if you are the kind of person who doesn’t want to know how your steak gets to your plate or even touch it when it is uncooked, then feeding your dog raw is probably not the best route. Regardless of which food you choose, portion size also needs to be considered. If you follow the guidelines suggested and your dog starts to get fat, then cut back. If your dog is getting too thin, feed it a bit more. It’s just like feeding ourselves. But placing your dog on a raw diet or even on a super high-quality commercial food diet is not going to

guarantee your dog stays fit and trim.You still have to provide the other half of the equation — exercise. Gosh, humans dislike exercise. I also work in the fitness industry and the excuses I hear as to why people can’t work out can be downright embarrassing. You may be able to justify skipping a workout, but it’s not fair to put your exercise drama on your dog. Given the chance, a dog will choose a walk over a sandwich every time . . . humans, not so much. If your dog is fat, don’t point your finger at your dog. Point it at yourself and begin to make the necessary changes that will benefit both you and your dog. 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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Agility team prepares to take on the world Two North Vancouver residents, one of them of the four-legged variety, are heading to Europe next week to represent Canada on the international dog agility stage. Wendy Alexander and her border collie, Chili, are among 20 humancanine teams selected for the Agility Association of Canada’s National Agility Team.They will compete on obstacle courses against

dogs from all over the world at the IFCS World Agility Championships April 7 to 12 in Voghera, Italy. “This will be our third time representing Canada on a national team and we are ecstatic to be given this opportunity again,” Alexander said in a press release. “Chili is almost ﬁve and although we had many challenges early on, she continues to surprise and impress me as we grow as a team,” she adds.

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It’s not about the broom

Great results helping Jane Channell outrace wacky crash that went viral ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Scan the photo at the top of this page with the Layar app or visit nsnews.com to see the video that went viral of NorthVan’s Jane Channell hitting a broom during aWorld Cup skeleton run.

Jane Channell is in a bit of a strange spot. She’s just come off a rookie season spent rocketing down icy slopes and rocketing up the skeleton World Cup rankings, but all anyone wants to talk about is that darn broom. “That’s all that people were messaging me about for the next while,” Channell said with a laugh when the North Shore News caught up with her last week. “And even now I still get people saying, ‘Oh you’re the one that got hit with the broom.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, that was me.’” So let’s get the broom out of the way — which is what should have happened in the ﬁrst place. The North Vancouver native was just starting a run at a World Cup skeleton event in Igls, Austria, in early February when a track worker dropped a broom onto the icy chute, right in

Channell’s path. “It happened so quick,” she said. “The track was clear and when I was coming out of the grooves it put me in the wrong direction so I was leaning to my right and then all of a sudden this broom comes out of nowhere. It was just reaction time. It wasn’t like I had time to plan what I was going to do. It deﬁnitely took me by surprise. It was a big shock but after it got me I thought to myself I still have a run to do, so I just refocused and made my way down the track as best I could.” The video went viral and soon Channell was ending up as light-hearted chuckle fodder at the end of sportscasts around the world. What’s even more ridiculous is that it wasn’t even the ﬁrst time Channell had hit something weird this season. At an earlier race held in St. Moritz, Channell blasted into a

stick that fell onto the track. “It was lying straight across the track,” she said. “It wasn’t like I could steer around it or anything so I just ended up running over it. I knew it wasn’t big enough to do any damage to me. Maybe my sled and the runners, but there was nothing I could have done about that.” You’d think, given Channell’s experiences, that skeleton racers smack into stuff all the time. But that is not the case at all. “It’s rare to hit anything on the track,” she said. “It never really happens.” What was obscured in all the branch-andbroom-related news was the results Channell was putting up on her ﬁrst try at the sport’s top circuit. St. Moritz was only the fourth World Cup race of her career but she cracked the top 10, ﬁnishing seventh (she got to re-do See Channell page 34

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her branch-interrupted run — “I wasn’t really having the best of runs leading up to hitting it. It was like, ‘yay, someone’s looking down.’ I shouldn’t be happy that I hit something, but out of any run it was a good run to hit something on,” she said). She also finished seventh in Igls and then scored her big breakthrough at the World Championships held March 6 in Winterberg, Germany, where she finished fourth, just 0.06 seconds off the podium. “I was extremely happy with it,” she said of her World Championship showing. “To be able to put everything together for the big race at the end of the season was really exciting for me. . . . Going into worlds I had confidence, which is important when you slide. I used the start to my advantage and just focused on that and then let my sled do the work the rest of the way down the track.” This season is now over but Channell, 26, is hoping that more big results will come in the next few years as she sets her sights on the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. Like many sliding athletes, she started out in other sports, competing in

soccer, basketball and track and field at Handsworth secondary. Channell continued her sprinting career at Simon Fraser University but always had the sliding sports in the back of her mind. After graduating with a bachelor of science degree in physical geography Channell went to a Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton identification camp where she was told to gain some weight for a bobsleigh career. “They wanted me to put on 30 pounds. I said no,” she said with a laugh. “Skeleton was what I always wanted to do.” To hear Channell describe the sport, it’s no wonder she’s enthralled with skeleton. “What is it like? Oh my gosh, it’s like nothing else,” she said. “It’s like you’re flying down a giant ice slide hitting upwards of 130 kilometres, sometimes 140 kilometres per hour with your face an inch off the ice — sometimes dragging on the ice. . . . It’s like sliding headfirst on a glorified cookie sheet down a giant ice slope.” Like several other highspeed sports, the irony of skeleton is that the wilder the ride gets, the more you need to relax. “That’s what I always

have to tell myself,” she said. “Your sled will respond to you if you’re relaxed or if you’re tense. The more relaxed you are on your sled, the more your sled will work for you rather than against you.” Channell, who now lives in Calgary, was up in Whistler last week to help promote the 2010 Olympic track as a venue for future events. Canada announced bids to host World Cup events starting as early as next season as well as the World Championships in 2019. The winning bids will be announced this summer. “It’d be unreal to have it back on the World Cup, let alone having it back for world championships,” Channell said of the track where she was ﬁrst introduced to the sport. So is Channell hoping she’ll have ﬁnally left the broom behind her by the time the world comes back to Whistler to compete? “I am,” she said with a laugh. “But in light of it I guess it has brought more attention to the sport itself so kind of any attention for such an unknown sport is good attention. It brings more public awareness and intrigue to it. As unfortunate as it was, you have to take the good with it too.”

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