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Tagging tracks steelhead after slide

Scientists study impact of Seymour slide on ﬁsh

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December’s massive rock slide that temporary blocked the Seymour River and created a new body of water may be posing a serious threat

to the river as spawning habitat for salmon and steelhead trout. The slide dumped 50,000 cubic metres of granite into the river about one kilometre north of Riverside Drive, which has resulted in a series of new

waterfalls. Fisheries biologists from the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations have begun radio-tagging winter steelhead in hopes of ﬁnding out whether they can make their way up the

more of the ﬁsh in May and June to see whether they can reach the spawning ground as the ﬂow rate changes. As for what happens if they can’t get through, those plans are still in

river to spawn. “As of this point there is no movement upstream but that’s probably due to the low ﬂows we’ve experienced lately,” said Kenji Miyazaki, ﬁsheries biologist with the ministry. Staff are planning to tag

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Alcohol a factor in West Van rollover MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

There were some frightening moments Thursday evening following a rollover collision between a 17year-old new driver and an impaired motorist in West Vancouver. Around 10:30 p.m. two teens in a Volvo travelling west on Marine Drive T-boned a Lexus SUV coming south through the intersection at 21st Street. West Vancouver Police Department Sgt.Tim Kravjanski said it’s still unclear who had the right of way. The Lexus ﬂipped and rolled over during the incident. A couple in their mid-50s were taken to Lions Gate Hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries. Police said the Lexus driver was found to be impaired by alcohol and was given a three-day immediate roadside prohibition. “It’s unclear if it (alcohol)

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FOCUS NorthVancouver shop gets auto relics in show shape

Classic cars brought back to life BRENDAN MCALEER Contributing writer

It is five o’clock in the morning on a small industrial side road in North Vancouver. The pre-dawn light is grey and thin, the businesses are closed and the street is empty. There is nothing to catch the casual observer’s eye except, perhaps, the golden gleam leaking out from the bottom of the bay door of an otherwise nondescript concrete building. With a hum, the door goes up. There’s the whirr of a starter motor, the crackle and bark of combustion. With a clank and a rumble, the Mona Lisa creeps out into the early morning and goes for a drive. There’s no other real way to describe performing a shakedown run on one of the coachbuilt pre-war cars that RX Autoworks resurrects: it’s irreplaceable art, out for a stroll. The machines that roll out of that door have gone on to collect trophies from the prestigious Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach to Villa d’Este, on the shores of Lake Como. They have been judged by both professional and the public alike, and come away with bushels of ribbons and banquet sets of silver trophies. From the outside, this shop looks like it should be fixing lawnmowers. They don’t really fix anything at RX, they restore art. What might you spot on such a morning? A Figoni-bodied Alfa Romeo 6C? An Aston Martin Lagonda V12 Rapide? A 1947 Rolls-Royce? Perhaps this time it’ll be something like the twin-supercharged 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C stretching its legs, a highspirited thoroughbred that mechanic Rob Fram says left a turbocharged Mazda Miata chase car for dead. Like art, the value of these cars can’t really be properly expressed. The cost is in the multiple millions, of course, but it’s not really representative of what the cars are all about. The Figoni-bodied Alfa 6C, for instance, is a genuine LeMans

,.: /)<R@ HYUa (<BS.) <Q6 L<Q 1<gaB <)a %[a %)Y. %[<% R<Ua "- %[a 8.)a ._ ,f 4"%.e.)U'> competitor with a lengthy racing pedigree. It was assembled in Paris by Alfa Romeo’s Frenchregistered arm (a tax dodge), competed and won its class in the 1935 24 Hours of LeMans with a lightweight racing body, and wears its Figoni et Falaschi coachbuilt bodywork like an athlete in a tuxedo. Even if every character on Downton Abbey pooled their inheritances, they probably wouldn’t have been able to afford this thing new. It is rare, and it is beautiful, and it is a part of history. When RX was bringing it back to life, they removed bodywork to ﬁnd the marks of the original craftsmen literally written on the woodwork: French instructions on re-skinning a door, a joke or two scrawled hastily and then hidden behind polished and painted metal for decades. When I arrive at RX to ﬁnd out just how some

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of the most beautiful and valuable cars in the world have passed through the hands of a little shop in North Vancouver, the staff are somewhat apologetic: Sorry we don’t really have anything interesting in here right now. A green Rolls-Royce with a placard identifying it as the oldest Rolls in Canada is sitting in one

corner with its entire body removed. A 1937 Alvis Speed Special, resplendent in bare metal, is having its brakes ﬁddled with. There’s a full-race Mini Cooper up on the hoist. Right. Not interesting. RX is formed of three core craftsmen, each a specialist in a particular discipline. Fram is the mechanic, a team member

since 1999. He owns a Mini Moke, but otherwise seems like a perfectly sane and well-adjusted fellow. Mike Taylor and Ian Davey have been friends since their early teens, and formed the genesis of RX when they started working on cars. Davey already had experience as a panelbeater. “A guy named Dan Kirby showed me how, he deserves credit,” and showed Taylor how to weld and shape metal, working on the latter’s Datsun 510. Taylor also experimented on his Morris Minor. “That’s it up there,” he says, pointing to a baremetal body perched up in the rafters. The pair honed their skills the old-fashioned way, by doing. “Most people excel in things they like,” Taylor explains, and there’s clearly a love here for the challenge, the puzzle, and the craft. These days, Taylor is

the metalwork expert, with Davey handling paint and ﬁnishing. Fram came on board eventually after ﬁrst attracting attention for his mechanical skills in assisting in the restoration of a Jaguar XK140. There have been other staff, but these three form the three legs of the stool, each working on their own sections of the car, moving as a team, coming together in the crunch before a big show. The restoration of an important car like the coachbuilt Alfas isn’t straightforward in any way. “There’s no manual for them,” Fram says. Many of these cars are one of a kind, and replicating a part can take hours of archival research. Photos are measured against existing parts, fabrication techniques are researched; it’s a pursuit both of authenticity and perfection. See Thousands page 9

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The City is holding an Open House to begin the process of adding an artificial turf sports field in Mahon Park. The two potential locations are Fen Burdett Stadium and Kinsmen Grass South. At the Open House we will share background information and conceptual plans, and discuss opportunities for both locations. We look forward to hearing from the community about this exciting new addition to the City.

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Jane’s Walks in the City MAY 1 - 3, 2015 ACROSS THE CITY Join Mayor Mussatto as he hosts a Jane’s Walk in the City. He will lead an informative community walk through Lower Lonsdale on the Spirit Trail as part of the Jane’s Walk Festival. Jane’s Walks were inspired by urbanist and author, Jane Jacobs. Anyone can join a walk or setup their own. So come on out and learn something new about where you live. Details at: cnv.org/JanesWalk

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North Shore voters start to return ballots

Voter turnout rates between 15 and 22 per cent locally MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

Between 15 and 22 per cent of North Shore voters have cast their ballots for theYes or No sides in the region-wideTransLink vote. Local residents fall in the middle of the pack for interim voter turnout in the TransLink plebiscite. As of Friday, 15 per cent out of about 34,300

eligible City of North Vancouver voters had turned in their ballots, while their district counterparts fared a bit higher at 20 per cent participation for about 60,600 eligible voters, according to Elections BC. In West Vancouver, 22 per cent of about 30,100 potential voters have cast their ballots. The non-binding vote asks whether or not Metro Vancouver residents would support a new 0.5 per cent increase to the provincial sales tax to be dedicated to the mayors’ transportation and transit plan. The City of Vancouver currently has one of the higher participation rates at

25 per cent, which is close to the overall 22 per cent voter turnout across the Lower Mainland. One factor affecting turnout is the timing of when packages were sent out, which was staggered over a two-week period starting March 16. North Shore residents should have received packages the following week, between March 24 and 26. District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton said he isn’t sure how relevant the North Shore’s numbers are when compared to the rest of the region. Walton said a bigger concern is his understanding

that Elections BC was at one point a month behind in processing people wanting to register to vote.Walton said he learned that while canvassing students at Capilano University. In a close vote, that could be an issue,Walton said. Elections BC spokesperson Don Main disputes the one-month backlog saying the most new voters had to wait was a week. He said it took a few days longer to process the voters who registered online as opposed to those who phoned in for packages. Jordan Bateman with the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation said it might be too early to judge voter

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is a causal factor, however there was alcohol involved,” said Kravjanski. Speed is not believed to be a factor in the crash and trafﬁc conditions in the area were normal at the time, according to Kravjanski. “On a Thursday night it wouldn’t be heavy, no. It would be light trafﬁc,” said Kravjanski. The intersection on Marine Drive near the West Vancouver Community Centre was shut down

brieﬂy while police investigated the scene. Kravjanski said District of West Vancouver Fire and Rescue crews helped cut the couple out of their damaged Lexus. Kravjanski said the accident reinforces the message about the dangers of drinking and driving. “Anywhere, anytime if you are impaired you shouldn’t be on the road, no matter how busy or how quiet it is, because either you are going to crash yourself or you could crash into

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here’s no more sacred or noble exercise a citizen can perform than casting a ballot. Except when they don’t bother to do it. That’s the case with roughly 80 per cent of North Shore residents who have received their TransLink plebiscite ballot package and promptly done nothing with it, according to numbers released as we hit the half-way point of the voting period. The point of a mail-in ballot was that it was supposed to be the most convenient way legally possible for someone to cast a vote. No ﬁnding your polling station. No waiting in line. Just mark your X, mash the envelopes together and push them in one of those red boxes at the side of the road. Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the question of whether we should

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Dear Editor: In September 1973, the container ship Sun Diamond sliced into the Erawan off Point Grey in broad daylight, ripping a 30-foot hole and rupturing one of the fuel tanks. There were many inches of oil on Ambleside Beach and students were called out to clean up with hay bales. The accident was blamed on human error and miscommunication between the pilots and the costs from the accident bankrupted the new shipping line that owned the Sun Diamond. English Bay has up to 20 anchorages for grain ships dropping the hook waiting to load grain. Sailing ships back in the 1800s used these same anchorages — to the delight of scuba divers who have found artifacts in the

silt below. Freighters have been torn from these anchorages in strong winds and forced up on the beach of English Bay. This is a busy port, and accidents happen, there will be spills. Many years ago the fuel barge off Stanley Park exploded and a weekend sailor smoking a cigarette lost his life while filling up his boat. The explosion threw fuel drums into the air, and burned all day. The old fireboat which was used to put out the blaze was later sold to San Francisco, replaced by smaller, faster fire boats. Float planes have lost power while taking off, with one plane crashing into the waters off Stanley Park and the loss of all the passengers’ lives. The revenue from this busy port helps drive

our economy. There will always be incidents like the recent container ﬁre at Centerm that require fast response times and adequate resources. The Kitsilano Coast Guard station should not have been closed, but expanded with more oil spill equipment on hand and faster response capabilities. Whether it is more oil tankers plying the coast, or a barge losing power during fog and crashing into the rail bridge at Second Narrows closing it for weeks, anyone thinking accidents will not continue to happen at this port is smoking too much of B.C.’s local crop. Barry Miles North Vancouver

Transit is more affordable if you use fare saver option Dear Editor: Re: Letter Flags Fare Evasion, North Shore News, April 1. Writer Allan Goudling states Neil McGregor committed an offense because he paid only $2.75 (rather than $9) for a two-zone public transit trip fromYVR to Capilano University. However, as

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correct, that amounts to $2.75 per trip. Perhaps, that is what Ontario writer Neil McGregor did and thus not subject to a fare evasion summons? I would encourage other seniors to use a fare saver book and the upgrade option. Ken Levine North Vancouver

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Light rail system would beneﬁt North Shore Dear Editor: While I realize Elizabeth James’ Just Asking column on North Shore light rail transit published Wednesday, April 1, in the North Shore News, was an April Fool’s hoax, I do not ﬁnd it so far fetched! In fact, I would be far more favourably inclined to voteYes on the Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite if the above was indeed on the table! It was on June 12, 2013, while in the heat of the 1300-block of Marine Drive Grosvenor Development

debate, that I wrote a letter to West Vancouver mayor and council with the following excerpt: Cruise ship and Rocky Mountain Tours tourists passing by must often wonder what this charming municipality consists of? Make this a tourist destination with a pretty hotel for them to stay in.Tourists going to Whistler could break their journey.This will bring life and vibrancy from which to build around with interesting gift shops, etc. In time perhaps, there could be a small station for the train to drop off tourists,

and a ferry from the cruise ship terminal to bring over their passengers. Think outside the box of more condos, more of the same shops that already exist in Park Royal. Bring in some tourism dollars. Our beautiful waterfront will give tourists a chance to stretch their legs and breathe in our ambiance, enjoy what we are lucky to have. Let us capitalize on what we have, our natural attributes! As a senior, I am looking at the day when I will be giving up my car. More so, with the ever increasing

Decision on 50-metre pool must rest on more than ‘hassling’ Dear Editor: I was disappointed to read that Coun. Craig Keating has decided that a 50-metre pool on the North Shore is a B project based on the fact no one has “hassled him on the street.” I would be available to hassle him on a more frequent basis if I didn’t need to drive to Richmond, Vancouver, Coquitlam and New Westminster in order to access adequate swimming facilities. Our sports and fitness facilities should not be considered optional. Health and fitness is an equation where fitness creates good health, while poor health creates more pressure on our already strained medical system. A 50-metre pool that can accommodate multiple groups at the same time should be considered essential to the health and well-being of our community.

I would urge Coun. Keating to look past the casual street harassment and understand that there are limited opportunities and spaces to build facilities that most other Lower Mainland

Marine Drive/Taylor Way trafﬁc bottleneck with the proposed 752 Marine Drive monster development! I and many others, would be absolutely thrilled to ride small light-rail transit between Deep Cove and Horseshoe Bay. (At the moment, I rarely, if ever, drive to Deep Cove or Horseshoe Bay) This light rail would be wonderful

for getting out and about for shopping and dining. With convenient stops from Deep Cove and, including, at Ambleside, John Lawson, Dundarave and Horseshoe Bay parks. It would also enable families with young children fun excursions! The small carriages could be prettily painted and decorated and become a colourful delight

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a hatchery system but it’s still in a state or restoration or repair,” Miyazaki said. “We put a lot of effort into trying to get the steelhead as healthy as we can but the slide has deﬁnitely put a wrench in our plans.” Fisheries and Oceans Canada will be running its own studies to see how salmon fare on the stoppedup waterway. Metro Vancouver, meanwhile, is moving on from the emergency steps taken to keep the area safe post-slide and is now trying to ﬁgure out what will happen with the trails in the area. “Fortunately for all of us, where the rock slide came down has been determined

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Thousands of hours go into each restoration From page 3 For instance, the wiring on the Alfa 6C was originally coated in shellac that was a few shades darker than is available in modern times. Fram mixed his own recipe to match, and carefully coated each wire. Thousands and thousands of hours go into each restoration, a process that goes in ﬁts and starts as each new obstacle reveals itself and is surmounted. As a big show like Pebble Beach approaches, the team can end up working around the clock, sometimes shipping the car at the very last moment. And what’s it like to see the product of your hard work win the accolades? “I was so nervous (at Villa d’Este),” Taylor says. “That was my baby up there they were judging. I had to take a walk. I felt like I was going to throw up.” But the win came times three: best in show by jury, public, and select committee. “Pebble Beach is my holiday,” Fram says with a grin. “Your eyes just can’t take in all there is.” It is perhaps surprising

on things. “You can hit the car with a hammer,” he says with a grin, “but you can’t hit the client.” When I ask if there’s anything else coming soon from RX, everybody gets a bit evasive. Oh, well, maybe, perhaps — that sort of thing. No speciﬁcs. But you know that come one morning, the door will go up again, and a piece of rolling sculpture will roll out to shatter the silence with straight-cut gears and the roar of history. That’s the thing about art: you hang it on a wall and it moves you. Here, the beauty is in the motion and the noise and the entire experience. Were it not for a place like RX, cars like these might become forgotten relics or, worse, parodies of their former elegance. Happily, here, they are given life again: shine and beauty, sound and speed. L<Q 1<gaB [<)6 -"%' %[a PQ<S -.SY'[ .Q %[a -<QaS' ._ <Q 0?%B-a K<]"<)> to learn that, given the level of skill concentrated in this perfectly kempt shop, that RX followed the restoration of a rare Alfa Romeo with a BMW Isetta. But there’s

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than what is being restored. They’ve taken in humble projects for good clients and turned away big-dollar stuff when the vibe wasn’t right. Davey, chuckling, has a more tongue-in-cheek take

Brendan McAleer is an independent automotive writer and photographer based out of NorthVancouver. He is a member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, and contributes weekly to Rev, the North Shore News’ automotive section.

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Two North Shore organizations are teaming up to present an interactive forum offering community members an opportunity to learn about end-of-life issues, and walk away feeling less afraid and better prepared for when it unfolds in their own lives. Representatives of Family Services of the North Shore and the Paul Sugar Palliative Support Foundation are presenting Demystifying the End-of-Life Journey, a panel discussion, Wednesday, April 29 at 7 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre. “We used to have babies at home and we used to die at home, and people are supported to die at home now, but often end up in the hospital or in a hospice residence, and so we’re not passing down our wisdom in the same way for us to be comfortable with the dying process,” says panelist Barbara Morningstar, program director of the Surrey Hospice Society. “What often happens is people push the subject away because they’re afraid of it, and then somebody in the household gets sick and they’re in the middle of a very heightened emotional time and they’re not even aware of the services that are available, which

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When Stephen Sanderson gets dressed for next Sunday’s BMO Vancouver Marathon, he won’t just be lacing up a set of runners, rather he’ll be outfitting himself from head to toe in full firefighting gear — air tank included. He’s taken on the challenge of traversing the 42.2-kilometre course weighed down by an additional 45 pounds, in an effort to raise funds for Muscular Dystrophy Canada (muscle.ca). Proceeds will benefit support services, mobility and medical equipment, and research focused on finding a cure. “Part of being a firefighter, you’re supposed to be involved in the community and support your community,” says the 28-year-old North Vancouver resident.

An aspiring firefighter, having completed his training last summer, Sanderson was further inspired to lend his support by his mother’s career as an educator working with people with special needs. Sanderson was introduced to Muscular Dystrophy Canada while undergoing his training at the Justice Institute of B.C. A representative gave a presentation about the work that they do and he felt compelled to take action. The upcoming initiative follows one Sanderson led in September 2014, seeing himself and a group of fellow firefighter recruits ascend the Grouse Grind, also in their turnout gear. They raised approximately $7,500 for the organization. Sanderson will be tackling the BMO Vancouver Marathon, his first, on Sunday, May 3 with the support of his brothers, Matt and Andrew, and friend Dylan. While

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In the summer of 1941, Bob Swannell was in a naval convoy, steaming across the North Atlantic, destination unknown. Having turned 17 when the Second World War started in 1939, Bob served in the British Home Guard until he could train as a pilot. From his home village of Woodford Bridge, he saw the bombers ﬂying overhead and the docks of London in ﬂames. By 1941, Bob had completed training with the Royal Air Force’s Initial Training Wing at Stratfordupon-Avon, where hotels servicing the Shakespeare industry had been converted into classrooms and dorms. His next stop was Iceland. The convoy was a few days out from Reykjavik when a slim blue pamphlet was distributed among the future aviators. In 12 pages, WhenYou Go To Canada revealed their destination and introduced the customs and habits of Canadians. Under the Empire Air Training Scheme, British aircraft and personnel were transported en bloc to the wide prairies and wider skies of Canada. Here in the vastness of the Dominion, far from the battleground of Europe, pilots and aircrews could be trained and aircraft tested. Bob and his mates boarded a train in Halifax, travelling in the colonist cars built to carry immigrants after the First World War. Imagine, he says, coming from England where, “you couldn’t turn around without running into another town,” to a land with a horizon so distant that, “a dog could run away forever.We had no conception of the size of Canada. I know we were moving, but the train never seemed to get anywhere.”

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On April 22,1942, Bob got his wings and a new assignment. Pilot Officer Swannell would not be returning to England the fray. He would remain in Canada, assigned to train pilots for the RAF. “I was devastated in a sense but also proud to be considered able to train,” he says. Before he entered instructor training, Bob went on leave to Vancouver. “We were at the Devonshire hotel until a lady in uniform approached us, explaining she was there to help service people. ‘Wouldn’t you be more comfortable in a home?’ From that home in Kerrisdale, we made our way across to West Vancouver, where we hiked up the mountain and went skiing for the first time,” he says. Bob was posted to Moose Jaw as a flight instructor. On Aug. 21, 1942, at a dance at Temple Gardens, he met Dorothy Moulding.That dance led to an engagement and a marriage of 66 years. In 1944, Bob was assigned to return to England and fly operational missions. “Should we marry or stay engaged? It was a tough decision.We’ve had such a run of luck, what if our luck ran out? We decided to wait until the war was over, whenever that might be,” he says. Back in England, Bob trained on the Lancaster and Warwick bombers and wrote to Dorothy every day. By the time this training was complete, the war was mollienyehouse.com

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to Chemainus where Bob found work at the sawmill. “That was the beginning of my career with H.R. MacMillan and 40 years later I retired,” he says. Bob and Dorothy raised their children in towns across Canada, settling in West Vancouver in 1961, close to the mountain where he skied back in 1942. Certified to fly fighter planes, transports and bombers, Flight Lt. Bob Swannell never flew an operational flight during the war. He taught the pilots that flew in battle and he built a life for his family in the “great country of Canada that was so generous and welcoming to us.”

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Building a tax-efficient investment portfolio Tax time is here! The most exciting time of year (just kidding). Remember, if you owe the government taxes make sure you file your return before the deadline to avoid paying late filing penalties. It’s a good habit to review your personal tax return each year and compare it with the previous year. It gives you an idea if you are paying more or less in taxes than the preceding year. This brings me to the next topic: tax efficiency for your portfolio. As a portfolio manager, part of what we do is create taxefficient portfolios for our clients. If you are an investor owning both registered and non-registered assets, there’s a strategy you can deploy to reduce the tax liability of your portfolio. Fixed-income assets, such as bonds and GICs, pay interest and this type of income is fully taxable at the same rate as your employment income. This type of income is taxed at your highest marginal rate so it is best to invest these holdings into tax sheltering RRSP or RRIF accounts. On the other hand, stocks that pay dividends are taxed more favourably due to the Canadian

Options for Volunteers The following is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society. FOOD BANK VOLUNTEERS Volunteers are needed ﬁve days a week to help with organizing donated food items, lifting boxes and moving shelves at the North Shore Salvation Army. TEAM CAPTAIN A team captain is needed for North Shore Meals on Wheels Society. The team captain ensures there are enough drivers for the delivery routes in West Vancouver, distributes route lists to

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Making Cents

dividend tax credit so investing in them outside of your registered account can be beneﬁcial.You should attempt to hold most equities in your non-registered accounts because only half of the capital gain realized from selling the stock would be included in income. Also, if there is a loss on a position you are able to offset any gains in the previous three years. Of course, this isn’t always practical as every investor’s portfolio mix differs. Some people will have more invested in RRSPs and others will have more in non-registered accounts (i.e. corporate, joint or personal accounts) but tax-efﬁcient asset allocation should always be considered. Since we are on the topic of portfolios, let’s talk about the management

each driver and gives them any updated information, cancellations, where to leave the meal, etc. On occasion, the team captain may need to deliver meals on a route if no spare is available, therefore, they should have a valid driver’s licence and agree to have a police check if needed. WEB DESIGNER North Shore Polish Association Belweder is looking for a volunteer to create a website in two languages, English and Polish, and to keep information on the website up to date. VARIOUS VOLUNTEER POSITIONS North Shore Schizophrenia Society offers various volunteer positions. Visit the website for more information at: northshoreschizophrenia.org BUS DRIVER Volunteer driver is needed for seniors’ bus trips to local attractions around the Lower Mainland (often

fees you pay and how they can help reduce your tax bill. Fees can be deducted against taxes if you pay for advice for buying or selling investments or to cover the cost of managing your investments in a non-registered portfolio. Fees charged for managing RRSP and TFSA assets, for example, are not tax deductible but fees paid on non-registered accounts are deductible against your income. If Clint Eastwood gave you tax advice, the following would be the good, the bad and the ugly on fees. Those mutual fund fees you pay (but probably don’t see) are “ugly” because they are not deductible against income. The “bad”? That goes to investors who are paying management fees but not deducting them on their tax return, not because they don’t want to reduce their tax bill but because nobody ever told them to! The “good,” of course, is paying management fees that are fully deductible and claiming them on your tax return. Paying an explicit monthly management fee is cheaper after tax in non-registered accounts than paying a hidden mutual fund MER. Seeing clients save on fees and boost investment

returns makes me happy . . . and it may even cause Clint Eastwood to crack a smile! This year, many taxpayers will also have to complete the T1135 reporting requirement. This can apply to investors owning foreign investments in nonregistered accounts that had a market value above $100,000 any time during 2014. This requirement also applies for assets such as real estate outside of Canada, bank accounts held abroad and debt or shares of foreign corporations. Investing in a taxefﬁcient manner and ﬁling your tax return can be a frustrating process, so I recommend you hire a tax professional.

weekdays, during the daytime). Driver would also assist active seniors in getting on and off the bus.

opportunities to share and learn from each other.

VOLUNTEERS Volunteer to work at a wellness drop-in for seniors 55plus. Currently seeking retired nurses who would like to do blood pressure monitoring for participants. BEACH ACCESS CLEANING WORK PARTY Beach access clearing in a group setting takes place in various locations, approximately once per month. For more information contact Maureen at 604-985-7272. INTERGENERATIONAL GARDEN MENTORS The Edible Garden Project maintains two urban farms and multiple organic garden plots on the North Shore. The vision is to connect older folks with children to create intergenerational gardens with

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.

GOOD STUFF CONNECTION VOLUNTEER Receive, sort and ticket items for this non-proﬁt store. Sort and bag items that are being passed on to other non-proﬁt agencies. Volunteer position does not include working in actual thrift store but preparing items for store. FAMILY FUNDAMENTAL PROGRAM VOLUNTEER Support families of young children as they learn about a healthy relationship with food and exercise. Help facilitators set up, prepare snacks, play with children, engage with parents and clean up. If you are interested in these or other possible volunteer opportunities, call 604-9857138.The society is a partner agency of the UnitedWay.

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Okanagan wine fest set to impress again

It’s spring in the Okanagan Valley, which is bursting with promise. The days are already warm and sunny, with temperatures nudging the mid to high 20s. Bud break is in full swing and bloom is just around the corner. It’s also time for the 21st annual Okanagan Spring Wine Festival (April 30 – May 10), which this year features the largest number of wineries (120 participating to date). Looking back over two decades, it’s amazing to see how the spring festival has evolved into such a valley-long celebration, with dinners, barbecues, cooking classes, brunches, barrel blending and more. I wonder how much people remember that the genesis for a spring festival actually came about when a small number of wineries were making noises that the timing of the fall wine festival was challenging as it coincided with harvest. At the time there was even considerable pressure

Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables to move the now highly successful fall wine festival completely. Even if the inaugural spring wine festival was actually somewhat of an experiment, it proved extremely popular and, of course, became the forerunner to summer and winter wine festivals that have turned the Okanagan into “wine festival central.” One of the major components of the spring festival is the Best of Varietal Wine Awards, which I was lucky to help judge on Thursday.

While these awards may not enjoy quite the same proﬁle as the fall B.C.Wine Awards competition, they are growing in popularity, and keenly contested by the industry.Witness the record number of 479 entries this year, which marks an increase of 30 per cent over previous years. These Best of Varietal awards started back in 1994. Then they were known as “The Winemakers Awards” and included only three red and three white wine categories. Last week’s competition (the results of which will be announced at a special Festival kickoff event on April 30) spanned 25 different categories. The judging, carried out by sommeliers, educators, media and others, usually involves about 30 entries per category.The judges evaluate and whittle down the group to half a dozen wines before deciding the overall winner. As of now I can’t tell you the results, which are embargoed until the

([a EU<Q<]<Q #<SSaB Y' 8"))aQ%SB -)a-<)YQ] _.) Y%' -.-"S<) '-)YQ] eYQa _a'%Yg<S> announcement (and besides, even the judges don’t know which wines we were tasting).What I can tell you is that lovers of Okanagan Syrah are in for a real treat as the 2012s are released. Much of the reason for that spike in entries is probably due to the fact that wineries have clued in to the value of the bragging rights the awards convey. Being able to boast that your wine is the best of its category carries considerable weight

and prestige. Stay tuned for the highlights of the results. I’m told there are some interesting winners and some “surprises.” For more info about the Spring Wine Festival check out thewinefestivals.com. Belly’s Budget Best Liquidity Pinot Gris 2014 (Okanagan Falls) If I were looking for a benchmark B.C. Pinot Gris (from an insanely wide range of styles) this would surely be one. I tasted it

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at last week’s Okanagan Falls spring release event. Up-front tropical and citrus with a juicy palate deﬁned by lively acidity, apple and grapefruit with a clean end. Think lighter seafood dishes, pork tenderloin or goat cheese. Delicious! ($20, 91 points). Tim Pawsey writes about wine for numerous publications and online as the Hired Belly at hiredbelly.com. Contact: info@ hiredbelly.com.

Recipes recommend less sugar Baking with Less Sugar, by Joanne Chang, Chronicle Books, 200 pages, $34. TERRY PETERS tpeters@nsnews.com

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Joanne Chang admits to having a sweet tooth. That is a big part of what motivated her to pursue her passion for baking and open the Flour Bakery & Café. After 14 years of running the bakery she says in her book BakingWith Less Sugar, “It still makes me giddy at how gorgeous a full counter of beautifully prepared baked goods can be.” Sugar has always been a key ingredient in baked goods, but Chang has

found her interest growing in baking with less or no sugar. She suggests that not focusing on sugar allows more alluring, complex ﬂavours to come out. Using natural ingredients like honey, maple sugar, dark chocolate and fruit, it is possible to create tantalizing foods

that are healthier to eat. Chang prepares readers for this approach by providing information on why it’s a good idea to reduce the amount of sugar used. She also suggests items for stocking a kitchen, techniques on baking with sugar alternatives, and the science of sweets. The recipes in this book are presented in ﬁve chapters based on the type of sweetener used. Chang includes personal comments in many of the recipes as she guides readers through the creation of these delectables. Throughout the book are gorgeous photographs by Joseph De Leo that will make readers want to start baking right away.

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Weekend in Portland

Riding the rails MICHELLE HOPKINS ContributingWriter

Some of my most memorable travel experiences have taken place on trains — that brilliantly sunny day when my beloved father and I took a memorable ride to Whistler months before he passed away; or the years we’d hop on the train from Nova Scotia back home to Quebec after spending the

summer at the beach. So, when I was invited for a weekend getaway to one of America’s hippest, most eclectic, food-crazed cities — oh, and let’s not forget a top 10 best local microbrew city according to Travel + Leisure, I didn’t hesitate. Whether you call it P-Town, Stump Town, the City of Roses or Bridge City, Portland boasts some of the most lauded food trucks (600 and counting)

and eateries, a multicultural blend of residents and a booming art scene. Even the buildings exude a mix of heritage and an avant garde aesthetic. Meanwhile, there is something fundamentally “old world” about traveling by rail. We headed to the Vancouver’s Paciﬁc Central Station to board an early morning Amtrak Cascades train for our eight-hour trip.

We took our seats and soon pulled out of Vancouver. Within less than an hour as we snaked towards Bellingham, the landscape changed from cityscape to rural. There’s nothing quite like watching the countryside roll by from the comfort of your seat — sipping a glass of wine, smiling at the thought of those stressedout car commuters stuck in trafﬁc jams.

We soon befriended fellow rail-rider Shannon Sweeney. She was looking forward to a girls’ getaway and opted for the train for the same reason as we did — avoid trafﬁc congestion and relax and enjoy the views along the route that one can only see by railway. We also met Charles, a transplanted Portlandite who was more than happy See Portland page 22

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Portland emphasizes artisan culture From page 21 to talk about the city’s best attributes: “There is a common saying about Portland Keep Portland Weird and the city lives up to this in so many ways.We have one bronze sculpture of a naked lady in the centre of town that drew lots of negative comments when it first went in over 30 years ago. It’s now a very popular photo opportunity.” Charles went on to say: “Portland is a walkable, clean and well laid-out city, and if one doesn’t prefer to walk there are ample options for public transportation that are easy to use. I love architecture and good design, and Portland has done a fine job of re-developing its old warehouses and factories into a district of great restaurants, cool bars, farmer-style markets and many places to shop that emphasize the artisan culture that Portlandites embrace.” As we bid adieu to our new friends, the arrival into Union Station is a wonderful first impression for any traveler who appreciates history and architecture. When in Rome: You know those one-ofa-kind eateries that are so authentic; those beloved hangouts that you just have to pry the names out of from the locals? Portland is filled with favourite local haunts

and we were given front row seats to a few of them. Here’s just a small sampling: A self-professed carnivore, my companion Brent reluctantly agreed to dine at Natural Selections in the Alberta Arts district. This part of town is still being gentriﬁed and it’s a diverse mix of little shops and small intimate restaurants. Brent perused the bill of fare with a resigned look on his face as he checked out such entrees as the kale and Asian pear salad, winter squash tartar and roasted sunchoke with fennel and apple jus. After cajoling him to try them, he dug in forgetting that we were supposed to be sharing. Chef Aaron Woo came over and Brent had to admit that his creative team of cooks changed his outlook about vegan dining. Another night, we went to one of the most touted hotspots in the city, Andina. This upscale authentic Peruvian restaurant assaults all of your senses in the most delicious way.The dishes and ﬂavours carry stories all their own, as does the music and art work.Words such as adventurous, modern, inventive, and tickle your taste buds can be used to describe the cuisine.You know those eateries where you just don’t want the culinary journey to end? That’s Andina. Nestled in the Pearl District, Nuvrei Patisserie

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What do Arnold Palmer, Memphis Maﬁa and Maple Bacon have in common? They are names of some of the fried holy cakes at Voodoo Donuts.They are nearly a religion here. If there was ever a business that captured the quirky spirit of Portland, it’s Voodoo. Where to Stay in Portland: Portland is one of those

cities with a strong sense of self.With its funky, whimsical and exciting art and design scene, many hotels here are nothing short of unique.We stayed at the Hotel Monaco in the heart of downtown, close to the Pearl District, the famous Powell’s Books (you can lose yourself for hours in this landmark literature institution) and Pioneer Square.The plush bold fuschia lobby is a great

place to be for its nightly lobby complimentary wine and beer socials. (Fabulous appies too and some nights feature a local pianist). ■■■ — For an interview with Portland Food Cart Stories author Steven Shomler visit http://bit.ly/1Eka3VM. — For more information on Portland’s food cart scene visit http://bit.ly/1bz7tk0.

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NEWS AROUND THE WORLD Going on a trip? Take the North Shore News with you and we’ll try to publish your photo in our News Around the World feature (there is no guarantee photos will be published). Due to the amount of photos received, it may take several weeks for your photo to appear in the paper. Take a photo of yourself outside (keep close to the camera with the background still in view) in a location outside the province holding a copy of the paper. Send it to us with the ﬁrst and last name of everyone in the photo (left to right) and a description of where the photo was taken. Email to rduane@nsnews.com, or drop off a copy at the North Shore News building.

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Buyer beware of puppy mill dogs I think if people actually had an idea how difficult it is to raise a puppy mill puppy and how behaviorally challenged these dogs can be, they might be less inclined to act impulsively and buy one from a pet store, or flea market, or online or the classifieds. That is a paraphrased quote from a client of mine who purchased a puppy at a flea market four months ago. Esthetically, Pepper is the most adorable dog you will ever see. “She is a ‘designer’ mix. That’s what the guy at the flea market told me,” my client said proudly when I first met him three months ago. Pepper is a cross between a Staffordshire terrier, a Jack Russel terrier and a blue heeler (Australian cattle dog). She is the size of a Jack Russel, built like a Staffordshire terrier and has the markings of a blue heeler. She is a gorgeous dog, which is why my client and his wife fell for her. But when they brought her home, her physical beauty wore off pretty quickly when they realized the dog had no idea of . . . anything. The seller of the puppy told my clients that she was three months old. But upon viewing her teeth, it was apparent she was at least six months. Pepper was heartbreakingly terrified of everything — and I am not exaggerating when I say everything. She hid under

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Canine Connection the couch for an entire week. My clients fed her by lifting the couch, picking her up and putting her in her crate to eat. Once she was in the crate, they had to cover it with a blanket so she would eat. If they didn’t, she would stand, shiver and drool endlessly. All Pepper had ever known before my clients bought her was darkness. We surmised she had never seen the light of day because of her reaction to anything outside, which was to run away from it as fast as possible. Can you imagine what it would be like to run away from daytime? She had never been touched by humans, except for maybe the basic act of picking her up out of a box and handing her to my client. She would run and hide if anyone even looked in her direction, never mind tried to pet her. She would poop and pee where she stood, never attempting to show the instinctual indication of circling and snifﬁng. When I placed

Honesty and integrity for over 25 years.

a collar the weight of a shoelace on her, she froze. She did not move while I discussed the problems her new owners would be having and what they could expect from her. She stood quivering, eyes closed, nose almost touching the ground. After 30 minutes she found the courage to sniff one of the treats I tossed to her and that is when I took the collar off. At the end of my consultation it was clear I had burst their ﬁrsttime dog owner bubble. I suggested a visit to the vet to discuss pharmaceuticals or homeopathic remedies to help her cope with her extreme fears. Since Pepper was dog friendly, I suggested they get a second dog that was super social, laid back, wise and gentle to show Pepper how dogs interact with people. My clients looked at each other and asked me, “Can you take her with you?” I did not judge them for their request. “No,” I said, “I can’t. I can help you re-home her once you’ve given it your best shot. She is a special needs dog. If your daughter was special needs, would you give up on her?” Four months later Pepper has progressed. She now eats like all dogs. She is happy to meet people who come to the house but still won’t let anyone new touch her. She still hides under the couch. She still poops and pees where she stands, but her owners have her on a tight schedule and accidents are minimal. She can spend time in the yard without

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dog. Dog ownership is not supposed to be like this. Puppy mill breeders don’t care about the quality of life Pepper lives. They don’t care about the quality of your life when you have a dog like

this. They just want your money. Joan Klucha has been working with dogs for more than 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation: k9kinship.com

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

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Sutherland rugby coach Brad Thornhill admits that his knowledge of the sport was pretty limited when he ﬁrst started a Grade 8 program at the school in 2008. “All I knew about rugby back then was run forward, pass backward,” he told the North Shore News Friday. Thornhill himself went to school at Vancouver’s Magee secondary in the 1980s when it was a relative rugby powerhouse but, lacking a bit of size, he was much more likely to be in the stands watching the games than on the pitch playing them. “I went to the ﬁrst rugby practice in Grade 8

in 1982,” Thornhill said. “We had a full-contact practice, full tackle, no mouth guards, nothing. I went to tackle one of the biggest kids in the Grade, went head-to-head with him. . . . My buddy was playing badminton, so I joined the badminton team.” That lack of ﬁrst-hand rugby knowledge, however, did nothing to stop Thornhill from starting up a program when he arrived at Sutherland as a teacher. He got rugby going simply because he saw a need for another sport, he said. “When I ﬁrst got to Sutherland there were soccer guys and there were basketball guys, and that was kind of it,” he said. “I noticed that there were guys

graduating that you could tell were good athletes but soccer or basketball wasn’t necessarily their game. Guys were graduating without really having played a lot of sports. Getting rugby in there provided another opportunity for a different kind of athlete. It just gave guys another option to play sports.” That first year was rough though. Playing in the North Shore Grade 8 league against teams with long, proud rugby traditions, the Sabres lost their first eight games, some by massively lopsided scores. Their season came down to a showdown against Windsor, another fledgling See Coach page 26

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team that also had a 0-8 record. “We won 10-0 in just a clash of the Titans,” said Thornhill with a laugh. “It’s funny though — the guys had lost eight games in a row leading up to that game. Winning that last game, they fell in love with rugby. That’s kind of where it all got started. The next group coming in the next year, there was more excitement about rugby. We had a better season, and it’s just kind of gone from there.” Over the next few years there was a steep learning curve for everyone, including the coach. But Thornhill, already installed as one of the school’s go-to basketball guys, said that coaching is coaching no matter what the sport. “Just like I learned basketball and other sports, you study up, you talk to other coaches, there’s so much online that you can learn,” he said. “I ﬁnd the rugby coaches on the North Shore, they’re

all totally happy to share their expertise. It’s really collegial, I find. Each year I peel off another layer and learn more and more. It’s been a lot of fun totally learning a new sport.” The school was also gifted with a couple of elite talents including provincial team players Jake Knapton and all-around star Cole Keffer, who has suited up for Canadian national teams in both rugby and ultimate and is now a starter as a freshman on the UBC rugby team. Due to the ebbs and flows of the new rugby program, Keffer only suited up for two Sutherland rugby teams and never got to play at the senior level. His presence at the school, however, helped elevate the sport. “Even though those guys only played two years of rugby, all these younger guys saw what Cole and those guys did and I definitely think it helped with the momentum,” said Thornhill. “(Now) this is a totally different crew of guys and they’re into it. They’re having a blast.” This year is the first that Sutherland has fielded a senior team and it has done very well so far, posting an undefeated record in the Lower Mainland Tier 2 league against other new-ish programs. That success stems from years of competition at the younger age groups against elite North Shore teams, said Thornhill. “The North Shore league is so competitive,” he said. “Now that we’re crossing the bridge and playing those other (Tier

2) teams, all those tough games in Grade 8, 9 and 10 against Rockridge, and Carson, and Collingwood — all of them are really good teams — we cross the bridge and all of a sudden it’s like, ‘Hey guys, we’re actually quite good.’ We just happen to be playing in what is, I think, the toughest league anywhere. Every game that we play in Grade 8, 9 and 10, they’re going up against kids from the (Capilano) Rugby Club, or they have coaches who played premier or Canada rugby, or have been coaching rugby for 30 years, or did both. The competition level here is so good that playing against all those guys in Grade 8, 9, and 10 — anybody else that we play against, we’re going to be ﬁne.” The Sabres now have a few high-level players such as Ty Powell, a junior member of the Capilano Rugby Club, on the roster, but for the most part the players are not rugby experts, said Thornhill. “We have guys who are just good athletes who want to come out and play,” he said. “What I love about this team is we have a bunch of Grade 12 guys in their ﬁnal sports season saying, ‘Hey, I haven’t really done a lot at Sutherland. I want to play on a team.’ They’ve never played rugby before, they just want to give it a try. . . . They’re good athletes and they pick things up quickly and they’re competitive, so they’re doing great out there.” Thornhill is hoping the team will jump into the dog-eat-dog world of Tier 1 rugby soon, although he

knows they’ll have their work cut out for them against the North Shore’s best. “I think we do need to challenge ourselves and going Tier 1 is the next step, I hope,” he said. “Just like with any high school sport you’ve got to keep promoting it and keep working at it. If you get comfortable and relax for a year or two, your sport falls. Kids come and go so quickly, you’ve got to constantly keep working and try to get better.You can’t let it slip. . . . If we can get more players and more coaches involved — there are so many great athletes at this school, I think things would just take off.” No matter where the program goes from here, Thornhill has thoroughly enjoyed watching it grow so far. “It’s awesome, I love it,” he said. “There’s something about the game of rugby — it really brings teams together. The camaraderie of the guys on and off the field, it’s really special. All these guys who maybe never would have been friends are now like best buddies because in the middle of a rugby game you have to support your teammates. They’re supporting each other, and that feeling definitely carries off the field. It creates great bonds between all the guys.” The senior Sabres will take on the B-team from St. Georges, the defending AAA champion school, in an exhibition match next week before jumping into the Lower Mainland Tier 2 playoffs beginning May 6.

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