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Survivor praises WVPD’s ‘silent heroes’ WestVancouver couple salute victim services volunteers MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

Jim Graham collapsed two metres across the U.S. border from a massive heart attack while his wife Barbara was sitting at home in Caulfeild,

blissfully unaware that her husband was clinically dead. Jim, 67, was biking from Tsawwassen to Point Roberts on June 7 with his good friend Andy, who he has known just as long as his wife, when the chest pain hit

hard. “He got five feet across the border and dropped dead,” said Barbara. A Point Roberts border guard who had just recertified his CPR training the week prior rushed over to Jim within one minute and began trying to bring him back to life. Point Roberts firefighters and paramedics arrived shortly after and worked on Jim for 45 minutes.

Not knowing if his best friend was going to make it, Andy was instructed by a ﬁrst responder at the scene to not call Jim’s wife of 47 years to tell her what happened. Instead he had to drive two hours to West Vancouver to give Barbara the bad news. At 1:25 p.m. on Sunday, June 7, Barbara opened her front door and there was Andy, accompanied by a

stranger. “Andy fell into me, saying Jim has had a heart attack,” recalls Barbara. Then everything went blurry for her. “Surreal. Absolutely surreal. It’s one of those moments that goes into the memory bank forever and time is frozen,” said Barbara. The next thing she remembers is Darren putting his arm around her for comfort — Darren, a

victim services volunteer with the West Vancouver Police Department, and a complete stranger to Barbara. “He (Darren) was very solid. He was very kind. He was very supportive and started telling me things I needed to do: Get your passport, pack an overnight bag, call immediate family. SeeVictim page 11

Shrinking daylight strands hikers MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

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After another busy week plucking people from the backcountry, North Shore Rescue is now reminding backcountry enthusiasts that as summer comes to a close, darkness can creep up on the unwary. Such was the case Thursday when three women in their mid-20s were stranded on the treacherous Suicide Bluffs trail on Mount Seymour after nightfall. The trio’s intention was to hike Dog Mountain but they became disoriented in the dark on their way back down and found themselves on Suicide Bluffs, an area with massive cliffs and complex terrain. “Oh man, Suicide Bluffs has three (hundred) to 400-foot cliff bands — so signiﬁcant,” said NSR team See Hikers page 9

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Children of tomorrow “Prior to contact, a population of up to several thousand Tsleil-Waututh people were living within eastern Burrard Inlet by actively and expertly managing the rich natural resources of Burrard Inlet and surrounding areas. Indeed, the entire Coast Salish cultural pattern of living in large houses and large villages could only be supported by such a pattern of regular intensive use.This essentially Coast Salish pattern of dense settlement and corresponding intensive regular resource use has been welldemonstrated to have been established for the last 2,500 years or so (at least) for Coast Salish ancestors generally, and Tsleil-Waututh ancestors speciﬁcally. ” — Jesse Morin, report: Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s History, Culture and Aboriginal Interests in Eastern Burrard Inlet JOHN GOODMAN jgoodman@nsnews.com

nce upon a time, not that long ago, Downriver Halkomelem was spoken here on the north shore of Burrard Inlet.

The Tsleil-Waututh (People of the Inlet) shared the distinct Coast Salish dialect with their neighbours the Musqueam,Tsawwassen, Kwantlen, Qayqayt, Kwikwetlem and Katzie First Nations in a regional social network. The tribes lived in an area we now know as the Lower Mainland of Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with populations numbering in the tens of thousands prior to European contact. Eastern Vancouver Island and Strait of Georgia groups speaking an island variant, as well as an Upriver dialect spoken by the Sto:lo, were also part of the Halkomelem language axis. Although each group was a separate cultural entity they

co-operated at times during the year to harvest the region’s incredibly rich array of resources. Through intermarriage they were kin, members of extended families in cultures where family meant everything. They partied together and would have been among the first to get invites to the next potlatch. Anthropologist Jesse Morin has done extensive research into traditional Coast Salish practices while preparing an expert report,Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s History, Culture and Aboriginal Interests in Eastern Burrard Inlet, to accompany the Tsleil-Waututh’s Trans Mountain Assessment Report, which was released in May. Morin says that within the Halkomelem-speaking cultures all members of a tribe held collective territorial and resource rights within their own area. “However, Coast Salish people were highly mobile (canoe-borne) and practised a seasonal round that brought most families beyond their tribal territory for at least part of the year.The most notable examples of this are Straits Salish groups travelling to Point Roberts to harvest sockeye and all Halkomelem-speaking groups (from as distant as Vancouver Island) partaking in the Fraser River sockeye fishery. Because of their sophisticated canoe technology, Coast Salish peoples could transport their house planks, storage boxes, and extended families considerable distances. Travel from Cowichan toYale (a distance of approximately 200 kilometres) by canoe was not unusual during the latesummer sockeye fishing season.” Prior to European contact, and going back millennia, the Tsleil-Waututh considered all of Burrard Inlet, as well as lands north to Indian River, south to Point Grey and east to Port Moody, as part of their traditional territory. Post-European contact, and especially after the smallpox epidemic of the late 18th century, things changed considerably as populations were decimated by disease and entire villages disappeared. Nearly all members of the modern Tsleil-Waututh Nation can trace their ancestral roots back to a single

common ancestor, Chief Waut-salk I (c. 1750-1800), who lived primarily at Tum-tumay-whueton (near present-day Belcarra) in the late 18th century. The Tsleil-Waututh leader is said to have actually met Captain George Vancouver in June 1792, while the English Royal Navy officer was charting the Pacific Coast for King George III.Vancouver was one of the first Europeans to enter Tsleil-Waututh territory and in honour of the occasion he named the main body of water between First and Second Narrows “Burrard’s Canal” as a tribute to one of his officers, Harry Burrard.The previous year Spanish naval officer José María Narváez had already rechristened the Tsleil-Waututh inlet as “Boca de Floridablanca” but that place name only existed on a few obscure maps. Somewhere up the colonial corporate ladder Spain ceded the region to Britain, making Vancouver winner of the name game without even getting out of his boat. A two-headed serpent once lay across the Inlet blocking all that wanted to pass.To paddle up the Inlet, they had to carry their canoes around Say Nuth Kaw. It is said that on the ground over which his frightful body crawled as it travelled to Lake Beautiful (Buntzen Lake), no living thing has ever grown. Not a blade of grass or moss could survive.” — adapted from story told by Annie George (1966) The sacred nature of water is very much on the minds of photographer Nancy Bleck and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation in their project, Children of Tomorrow. Currently on view at North Vancouver’s Seymour Art Gallery, the work addresses issues concerning the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project in terms of an indigenous cultural worldview that takes into account the traditional Tsleil-Waututh cultural practice of stewardship of resources and the impact See Tsleil-Waututh page 30

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Kudos to councillors on tower stance Dear Editor: Re: Ambleside Highrise Quashed, Split West Van Council Sends 15-storey Tower Back to Drawing Board, July 29 front-page story. Only in West Vancouver would the mayor castigate councillors for properly doing the job that they were elected to. Brieﬂy, the proposal’s call for the width of the building to be extended by 11 feet beyond what West Vancouver currently allows for the ﬁrst 10 storeys was a source of contention for Couns. Craig Cameron and Bill Soprovich. Soprovich reasonably asked the architect why the IBI Group did not stay within the bylaws ... and received an almost poetic response: “the extra width allows for a more interesting architectural

form that would be visually appealing to the neighbourhood.” However, Cameron observed from the project renderings, the bulk of the extra width would affect the residents of single-family homes north of the site who would have their views of the water blocked by a building 10 per cent wider than the current allowance. Cameron also ﬁgured the developer would be saving approximately $1.6 million by not including the extra 43 (parking) spaces that is currently required. He also mentioned that future owners likely would have more than one car, adding to the existing shortage of street parking. Gee, maybe the original residents would be competing with the new residents for street

parking — complete with staking out “reserved spaces” with trafﬁc cones, as is occurring in North Vancouver. It should be noted that Coun. Cassisdy was of the same opinion as Cameron re: parking. Mayor Smith said he was shocked by how unreceptive the other councillors were to the project. “We have a tough problem attracting really quality developers to come into West Vancouver.” Perhaps he should apply the same rationale to the “quality” developers of new single-family homes in West Vancouver. If he would like to be challenged, he should give me a call and I can show him an abomination of a quality developer project. Harry Mayor West Vancouver

Last stop for North Shore Express: Lions Bay Dear Editor: Re: All Aboard the North Shore Express Train, Aug. 12 Other Voices. I would love to be in touch with the author, Rocky Lis, and actually start a North Shore Express Rail Coalition! I’ve often thought of rail ending in North Vancouver by the SeaBus,

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The mighty trunk on our gnarly family tree I love to be surprised by my children, but I was kind of hoping the surprises would stop while my family attended a recent funeral. Nope. My wonderful grandmother, the toughest woman I’ve ever met, ﬁnally let Father Time win earlier this month. She was the regal age of 96. As we waited for the funeral to begin, my boys — both under the age of ﬁve — joined with the other young children in attendance in a united effort to terrify all of the parents. My older son kept up the curious, cringeworthy questions that he had been positing since we had learned of the death, questions I was sure would earn him a stern tsktsking from a great aunt or mortician. “Where’s great grandma now? Is she in the box? Why is she in the box? Is it comfortable in the box? Is she still dead?” Meanwhile my two-yearold was up and down the halls playing a game loosely based on hide and go seek, at one point making

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Laugh All YouWant a beeline into the chapel on what looked like a sure collision course with the casket. After pulling my son’s parachute just before impact I earned a nod from another dad who was also keeping a sharp eye on his brood. We shared a quiet chuckle, acknowledging how much life changes when you become a parent. Life is different, we agreed, and yet ironically the day-to-day is always the same. Whether you’re at a Tim Hortons, on a playground or in a funeral home, you’re focused on one thing and one thing only: trying desperately to hold back the chaos and

destruction. Kids don’t discriminate, we concluded, even at a funeral. This thought gave me some concern because in just a matter of minutes I was slated to give the eulogy to start the service. My boys had never seen me speaking in public like that before. How would they react? Would my youngest son jump the pews to try to give me one of his patented flying hugs? Would my older son keep the questions flowing in front of the packed chapel? Thankfully none of those things happened. The eulogy went well enough — frequent readers of my column aren’t going to believe this, but I managed to fit a few jokes into it. I was later told that my grandma would have been proud. Looking back, It was one of the great honours of my life. As I returned to my seat, not yet knowing exactly how it had been received, I landed into one of those famous hugs and held it for the remainder of the service. It was the perfect place to be. As I held him, my youngest son was

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Whatever your age, fitness level and training preferences, North Vancouver’s newest Personal Training studio“Elevate Training, Health and Wellness”offers a wide range of training programs in their brand new location at #103-130 Pemberton Avenue. With state of the art equipment and a combined 26 years of experience, owners Wesley Williamson, Chris Rothfelder and nutritionist Cheryl Wahl build on a framework of programs and tailor them to meet your specific fitness needs. The Elevate Personal Training

“It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do, or how far you have to go. Bring your determination to succeed, and we promise you, we’ll do the rest,” Wesley explained. “Your progress and successes will be tracked and you’ll receive advice on healthy eating and lifestyle choices that will help to get you where you want to be.” Even more exciting is that the studio employs the latest heart rate technology which enables all Elevate programs to help you burn more

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Whatever you do, don’t ride a bike! From page 13

for them cross. Instead, the troop waited for the other car, crossing when it was safe. As they crossed, the driver inched her way towards them and made the motion of putting a gun to her head, pulling the trigger as she sped past. An awesome road rage performance.Two thumbs up. Another way to deal properly with sluggish pedestrians is to cut them off. Squeal your tires a bit if you can. For those of you riding bicycles on the sidewalk, slip past strollers close enough that they can touch you and then say excuse me after you are two bike lengths past.You’ll know you have done it right when a kid drops their doll, an elderly person starts, a dog becomes entangled in your spokes and someone else on the sidewalk yells unkind things at you. For drivers, here is how to deal with bikes ahead of you that cannot accelerate as fast from a signal and make you wait a second or two. Honking is encouraged and if you miss the light as a result, when you do catch up to them, a rude gesture out the window is mandatory. Swearing, while encouraged, is optional. Four: How do you let the rest of the world know you

have awesome road rage skills? Simple! On top of any dents write “One less bike” or “One lessYugo” or “One less student” or whatever else fits your rage profile. No dents? For you proud crosswalk marauders, keep a running tally of hits and near misses. Scorecard kits are available on the shopping channel — works for bikes, cars, motorcycles and buses. We at Pedal Pushers trust that you now know all you need to become an accomplished road rager.We look forward to seeing you all rage during the Capilano water main replacement starting this August. Just think, there will be detours, new signals, reduced speeds and flag people — the perfect conditions. If you are co-operative, polite, plan a bit, leave early, chill with a nice coffee, or smile at the traffic sign person you will undo all we have tried to teach you. Who knows — you might even hop on your bike and get some good endorphins going.We certainly would not want that.

The Pedal Pushers are Dan Campbell,AntjeWahl,Anita Leonhard and Heather Drugge, North Shore residents who use their bikes for transportation. northshore. pedalpushers@gmail.com

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Health Notes From page 14 STEPTEMBER CHALLENGE A fourweek health and wellness team challenge to raise funds for cerebral palsy will run

from Sept. 2 to 29. Once registered, each participant will receive a kit with a pedometer. As participants record their daily step count (or other ﬁtness activity) their team will be moved up a virtual mountain on a personalized web page with the aim to reach the top by the last day of the challenge.

Good hearing but trouble with conversation? A lot of people have trouble catching what people say, especially in group situations, despite having good hearing. What a lot of people don’t know is that this may be caused by damage to the so-called motor or amplifier function of special cells in the ear. A new type of hearing aid can help balance this out. A great many people have difficulty hearing others clearly on a daily basis. Bad acoustics, unclear pronunciation, background noise and music often make it challenging to catch what people say. This results in them having to repeatedly ask questions, straining to hear and perhaps increasingly avoiding discussions in large groups. As mentioned earlier, this may be caused by malfunctions in special cells in the ear. According to a theory proposed by hearing researchers, “motor cells” are a type of hair cell responsible for amplifying quiet sounds. They vibrate up to 20,000 times per second. If these hair cells do not work properly then

good solution for most people.

Hair cells in the ear move very rapidly and can act as an amplifier or dampener. If these cells are damaged, they can no longer properly amplify speech and dampen loud noises. quiet sounds are no longer naturally amplified in the ear and loud sounds no longer dampened. This leads to more difficulty in hearing what is said in a lot of situations. If the hair cells have been damaged by noise or blood circulation problems, hearing aids that amplify quiet speech and dampen loud ambient noise can be a

This improvement in hearing can be achieved for some clients through the new Phonak Audéo V’s hearing aids. This cutting-edge hearing technology comes in a miniature casing that can significantly enhance the user’s ability to hear speech in company. The hearing aids attune to the person you are speaking to and can also recognize if ambient noise increases in the background. Connect Hearing is currently looking to improve hearing for people who experience these challenges and want to try this new technology. We are particularly interested in candidates who have trouble hearing speech in the situations discussed above and can benefit from a demonstration to see whether they notice an improvement. Interested people can register for a free hearing evaluation and a no-obligation demonstration of the Audéo V hearing aids by calling 1.888.408.7377.

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CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS The Marcus Mosely Chorale, which performs gospel music with a jazz ﬂair, is looking for motivated singers. Basic music reading skills are required. Rehearsals take place Mondays at 7:15 p.m. Contact Val, auditions co-ordinator at musicmomma56@yahoo.ca for further information.

BOOK CLUBS ARE BACK The North Vancouver District Public Library will host a year of monthly meetings with a choice of ﬁve clubs at three locations. Space is limited. Registration opens Aug. 27 and is available by phone or in person. Registration numbers: Lynn Valley, 604984-0286; Capilano, 604987-4471; and Parkgate, 604-929-3727. $25. nvdpl.ca

E-READER AND TABLET CLINIC Get one-on-one help with ebooks and ereaders, tablets, email, digital content and apps Thursday, Aug. 27, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library,

LEARN ENGLISH Build conﬁdence in English speaking and writing skills with beginner and intermediate classes offered at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley

Rd., North Vancouver starting in September. Assessments will be held Aug. 27 and 28 and take approximately 30 minutes. Register through nvrc.ca or 604-987-7529. $90 for six 90-minute classes. NOW PLAYING AT THE LIBRARY A young married woman from Montreal’s Orthodox Jewish community ﬁnds freedom from the strictures of her faith through her relationship with a young man who is mourning the death of his estranged father in Felix and Meira Friday, Aug. 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. For adults. Registration required. 604929-3727 x8166 See more page 18

Come celebrate BCAA’s one year anniversary at Park Royal South Join us on Friday, August 28th between 10am–4pm for an open house celebration with free coffee and refreshments. We’ll have exciting give-aways, prizes and lots more! Everyone welcome. Location: 710 Main Street Park Royal South Tel: 604.268.5650 TAYLOR WAY

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Wetmore Motors Experience Matters Providing The Same Great Ser Service Since 1946

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Specializing in VW and Audi Wee are no longer in the business of selling vehic vehicles, but continue to provide outstanding auto service as we always have, at a reasonable price. Open: Monday thru Friday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm

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INTERNET PLUS Learn advanced tips and tricks to get the most out of time online Thursday, Sept. 10, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. This class is designed for those who are already comfortable with computer basics and internet browsing, and will cover history, tabs, keyboard shortcuts and more. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca

From page 17 POLISH FESTIVAL VANCOUVER Celebrate Polish culture, food, music, singing, folk dancing and more Sept. 6, 1-6:30 p.m. and Sept. 7, 1-5 p.m. at Lynn Valley Village, 1255 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver.

NETWORKING BREAKFAST Join the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce for a breakfast, networking and a kick-start to business after the summer break Friday, Sept. 11, 7:159 a.m. at the Holiday Inn and Suites, 700 Old Lillooet Rd., North Vancouver. $25 Members, $35 Non-members nvchamber.ca

COMPUTER BASICS A gentle introductory class on how to use a mouse and keyboard, open and close a program, use Windows and take a ﬁrst step onto the Internet Thursday, Sept. 9, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. No experience necessary. Register at the Community Computing Centre. 604-925-7400 THE BANK OF MOM AND DAD: MONEY, PARENTS AND GROWN CHILDREN Author Derrick Penner will discuss the ﬁnancial issues that families are currently facing and provide suggestions for clear, honest communication Wednesday, Sept. 9, 7-8:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400, westvanlibrary.ca LET’S TALK Develop English skills while discussing current events Wenesdays, Sept. 9, 16, 23 and 30, 7-8:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400, westvanlibrary.ca DEMOCRACY CAFE-WORKSHOP 1: CIVICS 101 Discuss the characteristics of the Canadian system of government and democracy Monday, Sept. 21, 7-9 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Registration is encouraged and begins online at 8:30

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a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. westvanlibrary.ca DEMOCRACY CAFE-WORKSHOP 2: DEMOCRATIC VALUES, EXPERIENCES AND CURRENT ELECTION ISSUES Share personal experiences and discuss current federal election issues Monday, Sept. 28, 7-9 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Registration is encouraged and begins online at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. westvanlibrary.ca CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMENNORTH VANCOUVER Meeting will feature

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WHAT IS MACULAR DEGENERATION AND WHO IS AT RISK? Dr. Bart McRoberts will discuss macular degeneration and its long term effects, including its symptoms and the latest research Thursday, Sept. 10, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca

BEER BY THE PIER An evening of local craft beer tasting, live music and food Saturday, Sept. 12, 610 p.m. at The Pipe Shop at Shipbuilder’s Square, 115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver. Tickets: $60 each or two for $100. In support of Family Services North Shore. RSVP at familyservices. bc.ca or contact Frederica 604-988-5281 x242 ngf@familyservices.bc.ca. ilovefamilyservices.com/ beerbythepier Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-proﬁt, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@nsnews.com.To post online, go to nsnews.com, scroll to Community Events and click on AddYour Event.

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information and sign-up for interest groups and a report on this year’s session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women Thursday, Sept. 10, 7 p.m. at Royal Canadian Legion, 123 West 15th St., North Vancouver. Guests welcome. 604-980-1274 cfuwnvwv.vcn.bc.ca

ENGLISH CORNER Enjoy English conversation while making new friends Fridays, Sept. 11, 18 and 25, 10-11:30 a.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca

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6 p.m. 2015 Council Meeting start Public notice pursuant to section 2.8 of Council Procedure Bylaw 4730: the District of West Vancouver Council has amended its schedule to change the start time of regular Council meetings to 6 p.m. for September through December 2015. Regular Council meetings are held on Mondays in the Council Chamber on the scheduled dates unless Council resolves otherwise. The schedule is available: at Municipal Hall, 750 17th Street, on the external bulletin boards and in the Legislative Services Department on business days between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.; and at westvancouver.ca. Enquiries: Legislative Services Department 604-925-7004 info@westvancouver.ca

Sunday, August 23, 2015 - North Shore News - A19 ADVERTISING FEATURE

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BC Games Mission:

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EVENT VENUES & LOCATIONS

To improve the health, lifestyle and image of British Columbia’s 55+ population

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS* THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH

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Archery (PRACTICE)

Loutet North

1:00pm–5:00pm

Archery

Loutet North

8:00am–2:45pm

Archery

Loutet North

8:00am–3:00pm

Archery

Track & Field

Swangard Stadium

9:00am–4:30pm

Track & Field

Swangard Stadium

8:30am–4:30pm

Track & Field

Swangard Stadium

8:00am–4:30pm

Track & Field (ROAD RACE) Seymour Demo Forest Road

9:00am–11:00am

Badminton

Memorial CRC

8:00am–4:30pm

Badminton

Memorial CRC

8:00am–5:30pm

Badminton

Memorial CRC

8:00am–2:00pm

Badminton

Memorial CRC

8:00am–11:30am

Badminton

Mickey McDougall CRC

8:00am–5:00pm

Badminton

Mickey McDougall CRC

8:00am–5:30pm

Badminton

Mickey McDougall CRC

8:00am–2:00pm

Badminton

Mickey McDougall CRC

8:00am–11:30am

Darts

Memorial CRC, Capilano Room

9:00am–3:30pm

Bridge Duplicate

Delbrook CRC

9:00am–4:30pm

Bridge Duplicate

Delbrook CRC

9:00am–4:30pm

Bridge Duplicate

Delbrook CRC

9:00am–12:30pm

1:00pm–5:30pm

Bridge Social

Delbrook CRC

9:00am–4:30pm

Bridge Social

Delbrook CRC

9:00am–4:30pm

Cycling (HILL RACE)

Parkgate CC/Mt Seymour

6:30am–10:00am

Carpet Bowling

Argyle Secondary School

Carpet Bowling

Argyle Secondary School

Darts

Memorial CRC, Cap Room

9:30am–10:30am

Dragon Boat (PRACTICE) Burnaby Lake Five-Pin Bowling

North Shore Bowl

10:00am–1:00pm

10:00am–4:00pm

Ice Curling

Vancouver Curling Club

8:00am–4:30pm

Cribbage

Silver Harbour SAC

Ice Hockey

Harry Jerome CRC

9:00am–4:00pm

Cycling (TIME TRIAL)

Canlan Ice Sports N. Parking lot 10:00am–11:30am

8:15am–3:45pm

Cribbage

Silver Harbour SAC

Cycling (ROAD RACE)

Canlan Ice Sports N. Parking lot

10:00am–4:00pm

Loutet North

8:00am–1:30pm

Five-Pin Bowling

North Shore Bowl

10:00am–1:00pm

Ice Curling

Vancouver Curling Club

8:15am–2:30pm

Darts

Memorial CRC, Capilano Room

9:00am–3:30pm

Darts

Memorial CRC, Capilano Room

9:00am–3:00pm

Ice Hockey

Canlan Ice Sports North Shore

Dragon Boat

Burnaby Lake

8:30am–3:15pm

Dragon Boat

Burnaby Lake

8:30am–2:30pm

Slo Pitch

Inter River Park

9:00am–4:00pm

Equestrian

NS Equestrian Centre

9:00am–5:00pm

Equestrian

NS Equestrian Centre

9:00am–5:00pm

Soccer

Loutet North

Inter River Park

8:00am–5:30pm

Five-Pin Bowling

North Shore Bowl

Loutet North

9:00am–3:00pm

Floor Curling

Argyle Secondary School

Ice Hockey

Karen Magnussen CRC

8:00am–4:30pm

Lawn Bowling

NV Lawn Bowling Club

11:00am–6:15pm

Pickleball

North Van Tennis Centre

Slo Pitch Soccer

10:00am–1:00pm

Five-Pin Bowling

North Shore Bowl

9:00am–4:00pm

Floor Curling

Argyle Secondary School

10:00am–1:00pm 9:00am–3:00pm

9:00am–1:00pm 9:30am–11:00am 7:30am–3:45pm 9:20am–12:00pm 9:00am–1:00pm

Soccer

Sutherland Secondary School 11:00am–1:00pm

Swimming

Harry Jerome CRC

7:30am–11:45am

12:00pm–4:00pm

Golf

Northlands Golf

7:00am–1:30pm

Golf

Northlands Golf

7:00am–1:30pm

Table Tennis

Parkgate CC

9:00am–12:30pm

Table Tennis

Parkgate CC

9:00am–5:00pm

Golf

Seymour Golf CC

7:00am–1:30pm

Golf

Seymour Golf CC

7:00am–1:30pm

Tennis

North Van Tennis Centre

8:00am–12:00pm

Tennis

North Van Tennis Centre

8:00am–4:30pm

Horseshoes

Mahon Park

9:00am–4:30pm

Horseshoes

Mahon Park

9:00am–4:30pm

Tennis

Murdo Frazer Park

8:00am–11:30am

Tennis

Murdo Frazer Park

8:00am–4:30pm

Swimming (PRACTICE) Harry Jerome CRC

*Schedule at time of printing.

Ice Curling

Vancouver Curling Club

8:00am–4:30pm

Ice Curling

Vancouver Curling Club

8:00am–4:30pm

Ice Hockey

Harry Jerome CRC

9:00am–4:00pm

Ice Hockey

Harry Jerome CRC

9:00am–4:00pm

Ice Hockey

Karen Magnussen CRC

8:00am–4:30pm

Ice Hockey

Karen Magnussen CRC

8:00am–4:30pm

Lawn Bowling

NV Lawn Bowling Club

8:00am–3:45pm

Lawn Bowling

NV Lawn Bowling Club

8:30am–3:45pm

Pickleball

North Van Tennis Centre

9:00am–5:00pm

Pickleball

North Van Tennis Centre

9:00am–4:30pm

Slo Pitch

Inter River Park

8:00am–5:30pm

Slo Pitch

Inter River Park

8:00am–5:30pm

Soccer

Loutet North

9:00am–3:00pm

Soccer

Loutet North

9:00am–3:00pm

Swimming

Harry Jerome CRC

7:30am–3:00pm

Swimming

Harry Jerome CRC

7:30am–3:00pm

Table Tennis

Parkgate CC

9:00am–5:00pm

Table Tennis

Parkgate CC

9:00am–4:00pm

Tennis

North Van Tennis Centre

8:00am–4:30pm

Tennis

North Van Tennis Centre

8:00am–4:30pm

Tennis

Murdo Frazer Park

8:00am–4:30pm

Tennis

Murdo Frazer Park

8:00am–4:30pm

Whist

Silver Harbour SAC

9:00am–3:25pm

Whist

Silver Harbour SAC

9:00am–2:45pm

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND COMPLETE SCHEDULE, INCLUDING MEDAL PRESENTATIONS, GO TO: www.55plusgames.ca

WELCOME TO ALL ATHLETES, THEIR FRIENDS & FAMILIES!

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Lenora Gilchrist is expecting to have a lot of fun at the 55+ B.C. Games. But she also admits it’s not all fun and games. “I hope to win,” she says with a laugh. The North Vancouver swimmer is set to compete in six events starting on Thursday: three backstroke events and three freestyle events. Pacing will be important in every race and different depending on the length. “In a 25 (metre) it’s pretty well all out,” she explains. “In a 100 you have to know when to break.” Gilchrist started swimming at the age of 12 and entered her ﬁrst national competition when she was

14. Coincidentally, that competition was held at the pool at Mahon Park in 1951.The pool is no longer there, but Gilchrist fondly remembers the event. She won her age group and set some Canadian records. It was the start of a long career of competing for Gilchrist, who went on to swim in the Helsinki Olympics in 1952 and the British Empire Games in 1954. She won a gold medal in the 1955 Pan American Games. These days, Gilchrist owns a swimsuit store in Vancouver, and tries to swim two or three times a week. The backstroke has always been her specialty. “I have long arms and long legs,” she reports, noting it helps for that type of stroke. But the form has changed over the years. “They’ve actually improved the stroke a lot and made it more

efﬁcient.You swim more like a ﬁsh now, or a seal,” she notes. She says swimming is a great form of exercise, and is easier on joints, which makes it especially appealing to older people. “It’s amazing how you can stretch out and move (in the water).” Gilchrist is looking forward to the start of her events next week and expects the relay to be particularly fun, but she also expects to bring home a few medals. “Oh, I hope I win the backstroke events. I’m going to make a big effort anyway.”

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Kyla Beyer remembers wandering down to Dundarave beach as a child with her two siblings and collecting starfish, clams, and bullheads in their buckets. She also remembers her mom sending them right back to the beach to return the items when they tried to take them home. Beyer grew up in a wooden house at 25th Street and Lawson Avenue. It was a house her grandfather built, and it’s still standing. Her dad also grew up in the same house, her mom close by at 26th Street and Heywood Avenue. Her parents met when they were 13 years old and fell in love. Beyer says growing up in Dundarave was “wonderful.” She describes the neighbourhood as “a picturesque, oldfashioned village with a lot of charm.” Everyone knew each other, everything they needed was within walking distance, and neighbours looked out for one another, she notes. Just this week Beyer ran into a former neighbour who had told on her when she was in Grade 8 and got her first kiss at the top of Lawson Hill. Beyer insists there are no hard feelings now. When she was 15, Beyer got an earful from her kindergarten teacher who happened to be driving by and caught her smoking at a bus stop. It was difficult to get away with much back then, but they managed. Beyer admits that she and some other mischievous friends used to change the Big O tire sign for fun.They would rearrange the letters to spell things like “Black sock Sunday,” and a few other silly phrases. “We all support the shop now as we feel we owe him for giving him so much grief,” says Beyer, who now lives on Eagle Island. The boundaries of Dundarave are 22nd Street on the east, 28th Street on the west, and then travel north from the waterfront to the Upper Levels Highway. Originally called Newcastle after a castle in Scotland, Dundarave started out as a place for summer cottagers. The area was originally the territory of the Coast Salish people and their descendents for generations. European settlement moved into the area and by the early 1920s there were 300 permanent new residents.That number would swell to 1,000 during the summer, according to the book From Cottages to Community,The story ofWestVancouver’s Neighbourhoods by see page 25

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from page 24 Francis Mansbridge. DundaraveVillage underwent a decade of revitalization that started after the opening of Park Royal, and by 1988 there were new sidewalks, trees, planters, and oldfashioned street lamps in place, according to the book. Marny Peirson has watched Dundarave change over four decades. She knew she wanted to live in the area after a bus tour of North America in 1963, and eventually moved toToronto from England and then on to Dundarave with her husband in 1967.The couple bought a house for $39,000, where they raised

their three children. “We thought we were coming for a couple of years but we are still here,” notes Peirson. Houses were smaller then, no mansions. None of her children can afford to live in Dundarave now, she notes. “I liked the fact that it was non-pretentious. It was cute and charming,” she says of the area when she first moved in. Peirson enjoyed watching the passing Royal Hudson and taking her kids to the beach. She now takes her grandkids there. What she liked then about the neighbourhood is what she still likes: “its proximity to everything that’s useful,” including schools, beaches, stores, and bus routes. Although she still enjoys living in Dundarave, Peirson says the old neighbourhood is changing. Bigger houses are being built and many new homeowners in the area don’t seem to be interested in being a part of the neighbourhood.They don’t seem as friendly, she notes. Beyer says she thinks the neighbourhood is as friendly as she left it, but admits there are a lot more larger homes. And while she doesn’t like to see her childhood neighbourhood change too much, she is looking forward to some growth, at least in business. Beyer is no stranger to business in the neighbourhood. Her aunt’s family used to own Peppi’s restaurant (which later became the Beachhouse), and if Beyer got good marks at school (Irwin Park elementary), she got to go there for spaghetti. Although she moved out of Dundarave in her 20s, she returned five years ago with her business Limelight Floral Design, a flower and gift shop. “I’ve always loved Dundarave,” says Beyer. “It just has that nice, old neighbourhood feel to it.” While Beyer says business for her is good and she sees the

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It’s not surprising that local running legend BJ McHugh will be participating in the 55+ Seniors Games next week. What is surprising is that she won’t be running. Instead, McHugh will be lighting the torch at the opening ceremonies on Wednesday. “I was totally surprised,” she says of being asked. “I was quite honoured.” She thought about competing in the Games this year, she has done so about eight times in the past running the 800-metre, 10-kilometre and relay events, but she’s currently training for the Honolulu Marathon in December and can’t risk getting injured. In 2014, she set a new record in the single-age, 87-yearold category in that race and hopes to compete again this year with her son and granddaughter. McHugh, who holds multiple world records in distance running, recently injured her knee and is currently on a walk-run training program, topped off

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before, or so I thought. One day, a group of rehabilitation specialists arrived from Japan.They were here for Expo ’86 and only the tour guide spoke English.We started the tour at the kitchen.Typical questions here would be “did many of the patients have special diets?” (yes) or “did they have a choice of when See Don’t page 28

with regular visits to the gym to use an exercise bike and stair climber. Injury is something she is familiar with and something she knows how to work through. “The ﬁrst time I had an injury before a marathon I was just choked. I just couldn’t believe it was happening to me. Now I just sort of take it in my stride.” McHugh didn’t start running marathons until the age of 50. “I never dreamed in my wildest dreams I’d ever run a marathon,” she notes. But she set a goal for herself to do so and made it happen. Perseverance is a big theme in her 2011 memoir My Road to Rome (available on Amazon). Born during the Depression, the Second WorldWar was in full swing when it was time for her to go to high school.With her brothers serving overseas, McHugh had to leave school early to help on the family farm. She says she worked extra hard to make sure she could get back to school. “My goal was to be a nurse,” she says, adding it’s important to set goals. “If you have a goal you’re more apt to work at it.”

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today? We’ve freed ourselves from a contract with IBM at a cost to taxpayers of at least $150,000 in legal fees and $40,000 in mediator costs.That’s in addition to the $72 million paid to IBM for a system, several systems actually, that don’t work, are not compatible or upgradable and probably can’t be ﬁxed. Still, that’s chump change when you consider the cost for the eHealth initiative is estimated to be $842 million. McKinsey and Co., in a separate review, found that those responsible for the eHealth project in Vancouver had an insufﬁcient understanding about how to deliver a megaproject on time and on budget. Cerner Corporation, the government’s new partner on the eHealth project, had bookings of $1.29 billion in

the second quarter of 2015, an all-time high. I expect they will do even better next year. The rest of my tour with the group from Japan didn’t go much better. It was painful but I learned a lot that day. Our trip to Europe was a lot more fun. Many of the European nations are in a severe economic downturn.What they have in abundance is what the French call joie de vivre, or the joy of living.Whether it be sharing a bottle of wine at a sidewalk cafe in Paris, hiking in Switzerland or ﬁlling the concert halls in Salzburg, Europeans know how to enjoy life. Too bad, I thought to myself as our trip neared an end, that we couldn’t bottle some of that up and bring it back home. tomcarney@telus.net

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Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables With B.C.’s earliest ever harvest already underway, perhaps there’s no better backdrop for this week’s milestone tasting,The Judgement of B.C. Led by wine guru and educator D.J. Kearney, with celebrated British wine expert Steven Spurrier, this event (in which the panel will blind taste 12 B.C. wines and 12 acknowledged global benchmarks) promises to be signiﬁcant. A major force in the wine world, Spurrier is most widely known as the man who organized the 1976 Judgement of Paris, in which French judges blind

tasted top tier Chardonnays, ﬁrst growth Bordeaux and Cabernet Sauvignon wines from France and California. When all was done, the judges picked Californian wines as the best in each category. In doing so, they lent much needed credibility to the American wines, and effectively launched the California industry internationally. A leading wine merchant in Paris and a Bordeaux specialist at the time, Spurrier (who Jancis Robinson says on her website: “ironically, could hardly be more pro-French wine”) originally thought the Californians had little chance. Robinson also suggests that Spurrier himself is a whole lot more interesting than the actual tasting and describes him as “the unsung hero of wine.” She points to his vast experience, calls him a “man of exceptional wine knowledge,” and notes that he set up the highly regarded Christie’s Wine Course. He’s also published three authoritative books

on wine.The format has since been replicated scores of times around the world, as various wine regions seek to position themselves in comparison to top tier French wines. The very nature of competitive judging demands a winner and, no doubt there’s a jingoistic element that will drive plenty of interest to see which B.C. wines can knock off international stars, as may or may not be the case. However, as the organizing B.C.Wine Institute says: “The goal of this tasting is to honestly assess the current state of grape growing and winemaking in British Columbia in order to provide a clear perspective of the distinct characteristics of the wines of British Columbia in relation to global standards. . . .” Above all, though, at the end of the day, beyond the results, my hunch is that everybody will be listening very closely to what Spurrier has to say. At least they should be. It should be

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an interesting time. ••• The following list has benchmark blends that prove to be perennially exciting and that come from three notable Okanagan producers. Although B.C. blends are nothing new, I’ll call them benchmark because they underscore a maturing of the B.C. industry that’s moving consumers well beyond the idea of single varietal wines. Tinhorn Creek Two Bench White 2014 This truly ﬂagship blend of Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc,Viognier and Muscat adds up to one plain delicious drop.This is the ﬁrst year that the Sauvignon Blanc has been barrel fermented in new French oak with native yeast, and the result is a more complex wine.Tropical tones with smoky hints, followed by citrus, stone fruit and zesty notes on a palate of structure and acidity with elegant, viscosity ($19.99, 93 points). Joie Noble Blend 2014 The idea behind this “cocktail” of a blend is

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exuberant as its fun label suggests. Up-front notes of citrus and stone fruit carry through the vibrant, zesty, lemon-toned generous palate with lingering lemon and lime in the end. I’m thinking this would be perfect with a late-summer gazpacho ($24.90, 91 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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of the proposed TMX pipeline on future generations. The Tsleil-Waututh refer to Burrard Inlet as Tsleil-Wat. In Morin’s report accompanying the Trans Mountain Assessment, Gabriel George — a TsleilWaututh shxwla:m (shaman) — is quoted as saying that translation can only give a poor approximation of what the Halkomelem words mean. “Tsleil is the inlet . . . English isn’t the same as how we translate it. It’s an attempt to translate it.That ending ‘uth,’ something that’s long gone, something that we own.Tsleil is the water, the salt water.” Tsleil-Waututh Nation councillor Charlene Aleck, a granddaughter of Chief Dan George, remembers the waters of Burrard Inlet as a constant presence during her childhood. Even though her family lived in Mission where her father worked, they spent much of their time on the North Shore. “My mom is from Sleil-Waututh (village) and my dad is from Cheam out in the Valley. We lived out there but we’d come to Burrard every summer. Growing up here we would always be swimming in the inlet. My mom was an avid swimmer so we would hear stories of her and her cousins swimming across the inlet and back for a race. And then digging clams, going fishing up in Indian River. “There was no way that we could pick clams anymore and we were only allowed to go swimming once in a while but we’d always hear these wonderful stories about oysters and cockles and clams and just the abundance of food.We weren’t allowed to go down to the beach sometimes because there was a spill that happened in the ’70s. I remember swimming a lot and then trying to sneak down there with my cousins and stuff.” Aleck’s mother, Irene George, was the fourth of six kids.The days of the seasonal rounds were long over but the George family still managed to do their fair share of camping. “Grandpa and grandma still did that even though it wasn’t for traditional ceremonial reasons,” says Aleck. “My cousin and I were just talking about that.We always travelled together whether it was with the canoes or just family days going fishing or whatever. Our aunts and uncles bundled all of us up and set a tent up for the day — just going places whether it was picking berries or fishing or whatever, picking clams, we’d always be travelling together. Grandpa, mom and dad, my aunts and uncles, Auntie

wasn’t viable for us as a nation. In Children of Tomorrow we’re just trying to tell our story of how we’ve been stewards of the land for many years and that has sustained us as people.We’ve lived off this land for years. Since industries have affected us we haven’t been able to harvest out of the inlet.We want to get to that point where we tell that story of how much that means to us. In our creation story we are derived from the inlet. Our ﬁrst grandmother came from the inlet — it gives us the strength and the life that we need to survive as a people.Telling our story, telling about the inlet, about water what it means to us as a traditional First Nations people in a contemporary world. Having all those traditions and then bringing them forward. “Our leaders used to make decisions for our people with the mindset of looking back seven generations to see what sustained them and looking seven generations ahead to see how they would be affected. Looking at these big corporations in our territory we make decisions with our youth and our elders on our minds.We always make decisions for our children of tomorrow.The Kinder Morgan translation of Children of Tomorrow is a spooky coincidence. It really clicked.”

4 ,.($(<Y$ ._ 4RD Oa.(]a@ <S&. UQ.fQ <& '<5<[ c](<Q6R.$[a(C> Rose and Uncle Les, Uncle Bob and Auntie Kathy, and all their kids.We’d all travel together.” Aleck particularly remembers the fun times her family had making annual visits to relatives in the States. “We’d go ﬁshing and pick berries and get crabs.We had relatives there as well in the Nooksack Lummi area. We went down there every year.They are related from grandpa’s side — he had seven brothers and the family that lives down there are children of one of his brothers.” Like her grandfather, Aleck became an actor and for much of her childhood and

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young adult life starred in The Beachcombers TV series. She also followed Chief Dan George’s footsteps into the public service sphere and is one of ﬁve elected councillors working with elected chief Maureen Thomas as a representative of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. One of her portfolios is the Sacred Trust initiative which is mandated to oppose and stop the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project. “We’ve been opposed to it since Day 1,” Aleck says. “Even at the lowest level when there was no project outline.We just said it wasn’t viable for our people, it wasn’t viable for our land and it

“We have a sacred, legal obligation to protect, defend, and steward the water, land, air, and resources in our territory ...The Tsleil-Waututh Nation, along with other Coast Salish Nations, signed the International Treaty to Protect the Salish Sea which, among other things, afﬁrms that our ancestral laws place upon us the sacred responsibility to protect the Salish Sea and requires us to take all lawful actions necessary to protect the Salish Sea.” — excerpt from Tsleil-Waututh Nation Council Resolution May 21, 2015 “It’s such an eye-opening experience to see how Tsleil-Waututh operate as a government,” says North Vancouver photographer Nancy Bleck. “They put so much of their resources into culture, housing, education, elders’ programs, daycare. It’s such a good example of what good government looks like. I was already so disheartened by the Harper government and how we’re losing our environmental protection. I just got so inspired by how the Tsleil-Waututh work and what their values are. I just feel so grateful to live See Call page 31

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Call to action inspired photography project From page 30 where I live. I feel like I live in paradise. I didn’t grow up here, I grew up in Toronto and I can tell you it’s nothing like this place. There’s just something really worth protecting. I feel so grateful to the TsleilWaututh for their commitment to protect what they have for everybody. They make that clear. They say this is just not for them, this is for everybody.” Bleck teaches photography, social practice and community arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Born in Toronto she developed her interest in photography at an early age. Her mother worked as a specialist in darkroom technology and both of her parents supported her interest to the point where they had a darkroom installed for her in their basement. Bleck originally visited Vancouver after winning a photography contest at Expo ’86. She eventually studied at Emily Carr and also spent three years documenting the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. For Bleck, socially-engaged art practice is as important as the photography. “It’s a greater part of where I spend my time,” she says. “It’s like artistic research. For me it’s as important to be an active member of the community as showing the photos. The photos are kind of the shell of an experience, the real experience is the community building, the friendships, the kind of family that you form in the making of the work. It’s not really about the end result of the photographs, in fact it’s the other way around. The photographs are just kind of a residue of the experience.” Between 1997 and 2007 Bleck worked with mountaineer John Clarke and Squamish Nation hereditary chief Bill Williams on the Uts’am Witness Project. The trio drew attention to part of Squamish Nation territory in the Elaho Valley, known at the time as “Tree Farm License 38,” that was threatened with logging. Through their epic efforts (documented in the book Picturing Transformation Nexw-áyantsut) the area was not only protected from logging but returned it to its ancestral name of Nexw-áyantsut, which means ‘place of transformation’ in the Squamish language. The way in which the Tsleil-Waututh participated in the First Nations Kinder Morgan protest on Burnaby Mountain in November 2014 first caught Bleck’s attention. “I’m a little bit weary of protests because with Witness we took a different approach,” she says. “For me the key was about non-violence, it was about taking up a non-violent practice that you could bring people in from all walks of life and inspire them and bring them into ceremony with an authentic experience on the land so that you’re not actually giving any rhetoric to anybody — they’re figuring it out for themselves. And figuring out for themselves because the land is speaking through them.” The situation is different in an urban environment, according to Bleck. “How do you inspire people in Vancouver who already live here? I was so inspired by how the Tsleil-Waututh Nation stood up and very beautifully in a ceremonial way said, ‘No.’ I was inspired by Charlene Aleck, by Amy George, by Rueben George — the way the three of them were standing (together). I just loved the way that they took their culture and their spiritual ways and they put it into practice. It wasn’t about a protest. What they did was use their cultural protocols and their cultural ways to say no. And

Kinder = Children Morgen = Tomorrow — German to English translation “It’s really ironic the children of tomorrow could have nothing.” — Deanna George

'&SaYS?!<"$"$[ aS6a(& 0(Qa&$ Oa.(]a <Q6 1a<QQ< Oa.(]a &,a<U $. $[a D."$[ ._ $.6<D .Q < &."Q6 ,Ya8a R<6a _.( $[a 2[YS6(aQ ._ '.R.((.f ad[Y:Y$> EMF'F )%EEIL01 NANCY BLECK they did it as protectors.” The Kinder Morgan proposal of additional oil shipments coming through the West Coast motivated Bleck into action. The TMX plan calls for installation of 987 kilometres of new pipeline from Edmonton, Alberta to Burnaby to transport bitumen oil to an expanded petroleum storage facility. The expansion would mean roughly a seven-fold increase in the frequency of tanker departures from Burrard Inlet, from about once a week to once or more each day. “I thought I cannot sit back and do nothing. I have to do something and what I do is I pick up my camera. For me it’s a conscious-raising tool in a kind of gently inspiring way to get people to wake up and say, ‘Hey this is what’s happening.’ I like to create beautiful images but I also like to create images that invoke a kind of eyeopening reality. A lot of people go about their comfortable lives but they don’t necessarily want to get involved because it seems daunting or they don’t know what to do. Even myself at times I’ve felt very helpless in the face of this horrible government.You think you are going to be taken care of in some shape or form by our leaders but at some point you realize it’s not happening and we have something amazing to protect here. This is a unique part of the world. We have something worth protecting.” Steeped in a technological world of pre-digital photography Bleck used three cameras in the Children of Tomorrow project: a Cambo 8X10 large format camera, a Hasselblad medium format camera and a Fujica 617 medium format panoramic camera. “I prefer large format

just because I love the quality,” she says. “I really like slowing down my process. I find the world is such a rush anyway that for me working with large format helps me to go into a zone of almost a meditative space.” Usually Bleck takes very few images with her cameras. The Fujica 617 is limited to four shots on a roll while portrait sessions with the Cambo only require three or four exposures. “It used to be done like that with plates and glass,” she says. “It’s like a box camera with bellows and it looks like something from the 18th century. In fact that’s what Ta’ah (Amy George, the daughter of Chief Dan George) said when I photographed her for the exhibition. She laughed and said it looked like something from the 1800s because I have to go under a dark cloth and everything is upside down and backwards when I look at it through the glass.” Bleck uses film and then scans the negatives to make digital prints. “There aren’t labs that will take my film anymore and create a seed print unless I do that myself. So I’ve switched over but I still prefer the look of film and even in some of the images you’ll see some of the grain of the film even though it’s digitally scanned. The information is on the material.” The photographer travelled with a group, including Tsleil-Waututh Sundance Chief Rueben George, his son Cedar Parker and environmental activist Desiree Wallace, to the Alberta Tar Sands to document that aspect for both the Children of Tomorrow project and another series of photographs she is working on for the German Biennale in Sustainable

Arts. The photographs will be exhibited in Hamburg for the International Year of Soils (2015) with a few of those images shot in Alberta also included in the Seymour Art Gallery show. The panoramic shots featured in Children of Tomorrow are interspersed with portraits of the Tsleil-Waututh community that continue around the art space in a long, uninterrupted line. “They go all the way around the gallery like a pipeline,” says Bleck. “You walk through an opening in the pipeline and for me that’s also a metaphor of the doubleheaded serpent which is a strong symbol in the Tsleil-Waututh culture. There’s an image of Rueben George in the Tar Sands wearing a Warrior Up T-shirt. For me it’s like creating that metaphor of the serpent slayer.” A 10-minute sound piece, created in collaboration with Métis-Cree media artist Kamala Todd, features TsleilWaututh elders Deanna George and Ernest George talking about the past, present and future of Burrard Inlet and its environs. The continuous testimonial loop of what once was and what has been lost adds an overwhelming poignancy to the photographic display. Artwork always takes on a life of its own for Bleck and the Children of Tomorrow project was no different. “I didn’t know what it would look like or how it would be shaped but I asked for direction (and the focus became) about Kinder Morgan and what it’s doing with our water. It’s directly across from where we do sweat lodge. We share the same water. If you use toxic water it changes everything. It’s the most sacred thing, the water — it’s who we are, where we come from. “Our bodies are made of water.You think of how we’ve evolved, it’s because we have water on this planet that we are even here. If you think of it in terms of the bigger picture, in terms of our whole evolution as humanity, the water is the most sacred thing and if we cannot keep it fresh and pure and clean we’ve got nothing.There’s no tomorrow, there’s just nothing. Everything will die. It’s so critical. It is life or death. Tsleil-Waututh Nation get that.They unanimously said as a whole community that they agree to oppose Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion carrying bitumen oil from the Alberta Tar Sands. It was Amy George (also known as Ta’ah) who famously invoked the community to warrior up. She said ‘This is the moment.’ And what that looks like is not necessarily what people might think — what that looks like is a spiritual strengthening but also a strengthening of mind, body, spirit, heart where people work together as one.” Photographer Nancy Bleck and TsleilWaututh Nation councillor Charlene Aleck will talk about Children of Tomorrow in the gallery on Sunday, Aug. 23 at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow. For more information, visit seymourartgallery.com and twnsacredtrust.ca.

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Time with animals sparks reflection I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus from life the last few weeks, spending my days with my animals in the quiet solitude found in the silence of nature. It was during this time of escape that I came to realize the best parts of my day are spent with my animals. Everything else in between is just stuff — the people, the events, the daily grind — it’s just stuff. It’s stuff that I have to endure to spend time with my animals. Oh, I enjoy what I do and the people that I do it with, but the real quality time that brings a smile to my face, a light to my eyes and warmth to my heart is the time I spend with my animals. I also came to realize that if I could spend my entire day with my animals without the interruptions of all this extraneous life stuff, I would. I’d leave the stuff behind and ﬁll my day with endless quality time with my animals in a heartbeat. It’s not as though I have to be doing any particular activity with them. Just being in their presence is fulﬁlling enough. I love

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Canine Connection hiking with my dogs, but also I love watching their noses lift and twitch at a scent on the breeze as they rest on the deck. I especially love it when they curl up beside me while they sleep. I love riding my horse, but I also love watching him snooze in the sun and I especially love listening to him eat. Any horse owner will tell you there is something magical about the sound of a horse crunching hay. I can’t explain it, but for some odd reason that sound has a calming effect on the brain. It is during these times of quiet observation that I gain the most from my

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animals. While watching their peacefulness as they partake in the simplest of natural behaviours, I am able to dissolve any negative attachments to my interactions with the world and the people in it. Humans are such an odd species. We have the ability to create such incredible and positive things with our minds, but for some odd reason we often choose negativity and hostility. And it is a choice. How we see the world is fed by the thoughts in our minds and the emotions they invoke. Judgment, anger, resentment, prejudice . . . these are all such toxic human emotions that are so prevalent in our daily lives. Everything we do as we interact with each other is fodder for judgment as we struggle with our personal demons. If we don’t recognize that the negative voice in our head has taken over, something as simple as a greeting from a passing dog and its owner might be judged and taken personally. We don’t consider that maybe this person has their own internal war they are struggling with and we are just self-absorbed. This self-absorbed judgment of an innocent comment

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moment I catch sight of my dogs’ happy smiles when I walk in the door. It is like they wave a magic wand with their wagging tails and hostility is replaced with joy. This is the stuff I physically escape from when I sit on the back of my horse and allow him to take me into his world, a world that completely revolves around seeking comfort and peace. At times, I need a complete hiatus from this stuff and can only achieve this by immersing myself

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The North Shore Twins came one win away from topping their dream season with a national title last weekend in Quebec, claiming silver at the Baseball Canada 18U National Championships. The Twins, who had already won the B.C. Premier Baseball League regular season title and provincial championship crown, weren’t able to send their full squad to the Sherbrooke region for nationals but they were still gunning for gold. The quest ended, however, with a 6-1 loss to Quebec in the ﬁnal. “We went for a gold, we wanted the gold,” said Twins general manager Rick Elstone. “We couldn’t

beat the Quebecers — that’s why we got a silver.” It was an impressive feat to even make the ﬁnal considering that none of the team’s four starting pitchers who had dominated all season were available for the tournament. Braeden Toikka was too old for the 18-and-under format, Robert Hemer was nursing an injury, and Will McAffer and Matteo Vincelli were both away on duty with the Canadian Junior National Team. To ﬁll the void the Twins brought along a couple of solid BCPBL starters in Carter Loewen from Abbotsford Cardinals and Cooper Misic from Langley Blaze, but the team was still searching for arms by the end of the tournament.

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walks in a ﬁve-inning, 10-0 mercy rule win. That win put the Twins in the ﬁnal where they faced a tough task against an elite squad from the host province. “Quebec sent an allstar team, which was not

real level with (the club teams) everyone else had sent,” said Elstone. “They had a nice lefthander who pitched a nice game, he handcuffed us…. They had a real strong team. They See Two page 34

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played everything well — they played defence, they hit. Not much you can do.” Elstone wondered what could have been if his club had been able to field its full squad. “I think if we had our Twins full roster we would have beat them,” he said. “But that wasn’t to be.” Twins slugger Nick Favaro was named the tournament’s top catcher while Elstone also credited outfielder Geoff Ehresman with leading the team in Quebec. “Ehresman was lights out. He just hit everything well. He pulled a ball down off the fence, threw a guy out at third from right field, had a home run. He’s a real good player…. He even came in at the end against Quebec and struck out the side. He’s a real fierce competitor, he hates to lose. He’s an intimidating guy. He had a great series.” One disappointing note for the Twins was that longtime coach John Haar, a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, had to go in to hospital with a chipped vertebrae and was not able to make the trip. “The kids really respect him,” said Elstone.

“They recognize he’s the backbone of the franchise, so it was a shame he couldn’t come. He loves the game and he loves the competition, but there was just no way he was going to make it.” This was the first time that the Twins have ever gone to the Baseball Canada national championships — a tournament that is not affiliated with the BCPBL — and Elstone said he wasn’t sure if they would go back again in years to come, adding that the timing of the tournament doesn’t work well with players’ schedules. “At this point in the year we’ve got guys that are off to college, guys that are off to the national team,” he said. “We’ve got guys that are just worn out. We thought when we lost the first game (in Quebec) that the guys were just tired, they’ve kind of had it. But they rebounded again. But it’s not easy. We had a hard time assembling the team.” Elstone added that the players still consider their win at the BCPBL championships in Victoria in early August the peak of their season. The Twins outscored the rest of the elite teams in B.C. 6919 while compiling a 5-1

playoff record, including an 18-7 win over the Nanaimo Pirates in the provincial ﬁnal. That tournament saw the Twins offence catch ﬁre but the team was always led by its elite starters, said Elstone. “We had an incredible pitching staff in McAffer and Hemer and Toikka and Vincelli.You don’t get that very often where you’ve got that many lights-out starters. They were so good, we didn’t get into the bullpen a lot.” It all added up to what he believes is the best ever season for the team. “They were the best team I’ve seen and I’ve been around the Twins for about 15 years,” said Elstone. “That performance in Victoria with the offensive explosion, nobody has ever seen that. We just annihilated the rest of the guys. That’s pretty hard to do…. It was quite a year, quite a team.” ••• The action continues for McAffer and Vincelli who are currently in Australia playing a series of exhibition games with the Junior National Team. The squad is gearing up for the WBSC U18 World Cup scheduled for Aug. 28-Sept. 6 in Nishinomiya, Japan.

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Home Grown Freshness

+ Dep., recycling fee where applicable

Organic Hot House Peppers

473 ml

/ea

Boulder Canyon Potato Chips

$ .48 Selected Varieties 600 g

$ .28

/lb

Mini Cinnamon Buns

Apetina

$ .98

Grown in

Western Canada

$ .88 $ .98 6 for

Italian Wine Salami

$ .38

In-Store Baked

/100 g

$ .98

Imported, Big Pack 17.59/kg

Wk 35

Jalapeño Cheddar Buns

$ .58

Nesters Own Hot Italian h Sausage Made Freres

600 g

1.94/kg

Freybe

Big Pack

/ea

/lb

Pepper Ham

6 Centre Cut, 2 Rib End, 1 Tenderloin End - 6.57/kg

Honey Garlic or Smokehouse Back Ribs

88¢

Deli & Bakery

Pork Quarter Loin Chops

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First of the Season!

/100 g

Meat

Home Grown Freshness

B.C. Grown

$ .20 $ .98

No purchase necessary.)

/lb

Fresh

Wild Coho Salmon Fillets

(One a week for 3 weeks.

$ .28

$ .98 15.39/kg

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In-Store Baked

Canadian Big Pack

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Selected Varieties

$ .98 /ea

/lb

Produce Selections

Coronation Grapes B.C. Grown

1 lb Clamshell

$ .98 /ea