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First child born at LGH in 2014 a boy Vancouver couple deliver at Lions Gate when St. Paul’s, Women’s wards full on Jan. 1 JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

New momTrisha Manio was as surprised as anyone when her baby boy Parker became the North Shore’s NewYear’s baby Jan. 1. For starters, Parker wasn’t due until Jan. 9. Manio, who lives in Vancouver with her husband Herman, had also planned to have her baby at St. Paul’s Hospital, where her midwife usually works. But fate has a way of intervening. When Manio’s water broke and she went into labour eight days early in the wee hours of Jan. 1, she and her husband arrived at St. Paul’s maternity ward to ﬁnd it already full. “We arrived with all our bags, ready to check in.There was a queue of three ladies long,” said Manio. Her midwife met the couple and told them it was a busy night, and they might have to go elsewhere. Women’s Hospital was also full of labouring women. The next closest hospital was Lions Gate. “We’d never been there,” said Manio. “We didn’t even know how to get there.” But with contractions coming about three minutes apart, she had other business to attend to. After being deemed safe to make the trip, Manio and her husband got back in their car and zoomed over to the North Shore around 5:30 a.m.,

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Seymour rescue raises concern JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

The North Shore Rescue team safely plucked a young British woman from the slopes of Mount Seymour Monday evening, just days after suspending a search for another U.K.

tourist in the North Shore mountains. Team leader Tim Jones said while he’s relieved they got the woman out safely, the latest rescue is part of a worrying trend of tourists getting into serious trouble in the mountains. “We’re seeing a pattern of

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people getting on a bus and thinking they can just get off and wander up a trail,” said Jones. In the latest incident, the young tourist stepped off a transit bus near Parkgate Community Centre. From there, “She just started wandering up the trail

system of lower Seymour,” said Jones. She eventually found herself stuck near the snow line with darkness setting in. Luckily, the woman was warmly dressed and had a charged cellphone that she See Search page 3

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Baby Jesus nabbed on New Year’s Nativity scene robbed of prized ﬁgure BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Deep Cove Catholics are praying someone will return their ﬁbreglass saviour. When worshipers arrived for the traditional New Year’s Day mass at Saint Pius X Catholic Church on Mount Seymour Road, they found the manger in the Christmas nativity scene empty. The theft likely happened between 10 p.m. on Dec. 31 and 7 a.m. on Jan. 1, according to parishioner Kevin Smith. “I’m sure it probably is just revellers, walking through, although they had to go to a bit of work because it was actually wired into the crèche it sat in and straw was around it. It wasn’t like you could just pick it up,” Smith said.

While the amusement of the prank has likely worn off, parishioners — especially kids in the congregation — are saddened by the loss, Smith added. The nativity scene used to adorn front of St. Vincent’s hospital in Vancouver before it closed. When Father John Horgan took over at St. Pius in July, he brought the antique figures with him. This was their first year on display on the North Shore. North Vancouver RCMP members attended the scene and have opened a file on the theft but so far, there’s little to go on. “Our members, along with 15 others from the parish, searched the surrounding wooded areas with negative results. We’re certainly advising our members to be on the lookout for it,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “We’re hoping someone, out of good conscience, returns it to its rightful manger.”

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NorthVancouver RCMP have identiﬁed the body pulled from Lynn Creek Friday afternoon as that of David Liu, the 43-year-old White Rock man reported missing on Dec. 12. A hiker spotted Liu’s body in the water about a kilometre south of Twin Falls. RCMP members used an aerial extraction team to retrieve the body before handing it over to the B.C. Coroner’s Service, which is tasked with identifying remains and investigating cause of death in sudden or unexpected fatalities. “The investigation into David Liu’s disappearance and death does not indicate anything suspicious, and foul play has been ruled out,” an RCMP press release states. Liu’s family has been notiﬁed and is requesting privacy.

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They haven’t issued their final cut yet, but the District of North Vancouver may fade out of their decade-long relationship with the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. The district approved grants for a dozen cultural events Monday, but stopped short of passing a $14,000 funding request for the film fest — at least for the time being. Council is planning to revisit the issue at a Jan. 20 meeting. “Every group doesn’t get a continuous trip to the trough,” said Coun. Roger Bassam. The district initially funded the festival with the notion that the grant was seed money, which would enable the event to be selfsufficient, said Bassam.

The festival typically screens between 40 and 50 films and includes a speaker series and photo competition, drawing approximately 5,000 moviegoers to North Van theatres. The festival’s estimated budget is $153,500. The funding request was strongly recommended by an advisory committee working through the North Vancouver Arts Office. Council’s relationship with the committee provided a point of contention for council. “I won’t simply blindly rubber-stamp committee reports when it comes to spending money,” Bassam said, adding that he thanked the committee for their work. Recalling a previous incident where an advisory committee resigned after clashing with council, Mayor Richard Walton urged his colleagues to approve funding for the festival. “We’re second guessing them publicly,” he said of the arts office committee. The committee simply

worked within the guidelines provided by council, according to Coun. Mike Little. “I would vote against it if there was evidence they had not followed policy, and there is no evidence of that here,” he said. “This is an advisory committee, it isn’t a dictating committee,” disagreed Coun. Alan Nixon. Nixon said he despaired at granting $14,000 to the ﬁlm festival, particularly in light of how many free events are offered. Council also elected not to grant $5,000 to the Kay Meek Centre for On A First Name Basis, a new play by Norm Foster.The request to fund a West Vancouver event vexed many councillors. “It galls me quite frankly when the District of West Vancouver can blow its horn (about) a zero per cent tax increase, and yet doesn’t have enough money to fund Kay Meek,” Nixon said. Many North Vancouverites make trips to Kay Meek, according to Walton. “When it comes to the arts . . . there are no

boundaries on the North Shore,” he said. All grant costs are slated to be split between the City and District of North Vancouver. Council approved 12 funding recommendations at Monday’s meeting, including granting $12,000 to the Capilano University Foundation for North Shore Jazz. The Smith Foundation received $8,500 for the upcoming Gu Xiong exhibit. The Lynn Valley United Church saw its grant request declined.The church was planning to put $5,000 toward a weekly performance series dubbed Friday Night Live.The jury cited lack of accountability as a reason for the rejection. The Vancouver Waldorf School was also left singing an unhappy tune Monday. Facing ﬂagging membership, the choir applied for $1,000 to subsidize a recruitment drive. Noting the plethora of choral options in North Vancouver, the jury elected to turn down the request.

used to call for emergency assistance, said Jones. The woman also had a flashlight, which she used to signal a hastily scrambled helicopter team that allowed searchers to pinpoint her location. “That was critical to finding her,” said Jones. Following the rescue, the hiker, Luci Cadman, took to social media to thank her rescuers, saying, “These guys saved my life tonight, no doubt.” She also vowed never to hike alone again. Jones said that’s advice more people need to pay attention to, along with golden rules like always letting someone know where you are going. This weekend, North Shore Rescue suspended a search for missing British tourist Tom Billings who disappeared while hiking in the mountains in November. On Saturday, a team of 30 searchers, RCMP dog teams and helicopter crews searched two of three areas where searchers said Billings may be. A search of a third area — a boulder field covered in snow and small crevasses — was deemed too risky. Jones said the most disturbing part of the search on the weekend was encountering two young men apparently intent on doing the same hike Billings was attempting when he went missing. The pair was heading to Crown Mountain without an ice axe or crampons and only one pair of snowshoes between them, he said.When searchers spotted them, they made contact with the pair and told them to go no farther. But as soon as the helicopter left, the two men dropped their packs and started hiking up the steep slope, said Jones. Searchers were so concerned they continued to monitor the pair, with Jones making contact via a megaphone and demanding they stay put, then retrace their steps in the morning. Jones said he was so upset with the pair of hikers that he phoned their parents to let them know what had happened and suggested the duo take a mountaineering course that would help them understand the risks they were facing. Searchers were set to go and find the pair the next morning if they didn’t come out of the trailhead by 1 p.m., Jones added.The two hikers came out with half an hour to spare.

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A disgruntled taxi driver who took his employer to court over a more than 14-day suspension had his case dismissed by a judge Dec. 4. North Shore Taxi suspended Mosayeb Nazari, owner and operator of a taxicab with the company, of driver’s privileges after he used foul language when talking to the dispatcher. Nazari ﬁled a Notice of Civil Claim on Oct. 17, 2012, denying allegations that he used abusive language or behaved inappropriately and seeking damages for loss of income and costs.

North Shore Taxi had suspended Nazari’s dispatch services, or de-authorized him, at the end of January 2012 for more than 14 days. Nazari argued the company had no evidence for the suspension. When a driver is deauthorized, their taxi does not receive computer messages from the dispatch computer, leaving the driver responsible for ﬁnding his or her own fares and unable to accept payments by credit card. De-authorization applies only to driver and not to vehicle, allowing another driver to take over operation of the taxi. The general manager informed Nazari that he would have to appear before

the safety and operations committee on Feb. 1, 2012.When Nazari failed to appear, he was asked again to appear on Feb. 10. After failing to appear yet again, Nazari’s taxi was deauthorized for a second time. On Feb. 15, 2012, Nazari ﬁnally appeared before the committee but was deauthorized for a third time after the committee deemed his conduct inappropriate. In a letter from the general manager to Nazari dated March 2, 2012, the company asked Nazari to enroll in an anger management program and to provide proof of completion. Nazari attempted to appeal to North Shore Taxi’s board of

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rime Minister Stephen Harper’s friendly Vancouver Board of Trade chat about “pipelines, Paciﬁc Gateway and pucks” was upstaged Monday. Despite having the most expensive security detail in Canadian prime ministerial history, two climate activists donned simple serving staff clothing, strolled onto the stage and got within arm’s reach of the big man himself. And what happened next? Nothing that would harm the PM physically. Not even a pie in the face. Before they were gently ushered off stage, the protesters held up pieces of paper with messages calling for action on climate change. The PM handled the temporary embarrassment with a graceful joke, the talk carried on and Vancouver police have decided no charges will be necessary.

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That makes this about the most Canadian security breach in history. Let’s be thankful that the greatest threats our leaders face is being lampooned on This Hour Has 22 Minutes or being spotted in an old photo alongside Rob Ford. And that someone who breached the PM’s security would end up on the evening news, not in prison or worse. But let’s not forget Harper invites this kind of behaviour. By sealing himself off from the media and the public in any circumstance he can’t control, he dares activists to attempt this kind of stunt. And it’s much more embarrassing when it happens. If the PM would loosen his white knuckle grip on his image and message control, incidents like this would be a lot less newsworthy. Scan this editorial with the Layar app to see video of the protest.

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City of North Van in a rush to densify Dear Editor: In light of recent letters to the editor, editorials and opinions pieces in the News we at North Van City Voices urge residents to pay attention to the final stage of the City Shaping process. Knowing that you strive to present balanced opinions, we haven’t seen anyone commenting how happy they are with the increased traffic, bus waits, the notions to block the waterfront with a ferris wheel, a gambling establishment and the loss of the little heritage remaining etc., etc. We also urge some councillors to get in touch with reality — case in point Coun. Buchanan’s statement that Harbourside is a five-minute walk from

Marine Drive, a transit line. We’ve timed the walk and a reasonably fit individual can do it in about 14 minutes; however, no one with mobility challenges, or pushing a stroller would be able to use the Fell overpass. The other access option is a level rail crossing. The next phase of “community engagement” will be open houses, feedback forms and a town hall meeting scheduled in March. Previous engagement opportunities have been biased in favour of rapid densification. We told council last year that we believed the process was being stage-managed to achieve the predetermined goal to accelerate the densification in the City of North Vancouver.

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exceeding the regional growth strategy targets. With the planned development already, we are at 29 per cent of the 2041 targets.Yet there has still been no attempt to ask residents if they

are satisﬁed with the rush to densify. Judging by the letters to editor printed recently, they are not — and the major developments coming up (1308 Lonsdale Ave., 101 Lonsdale, 161 East Keith,

Harbourside, two Polygon applications) have not yet started construction. We urge residents to speak up — are we big enough yet? Toni Bolton North Vancouver

LynnValley United working with daycare owner Dear Editor: Thank you for the Dec. 18 article about the proposed redevelopment by Lynn Valley United Church of its current site.The church has been working with District of North Vancouver staff on this project for about ﬁve years now and it is exciting to see it ﬁnally come before council. It will be wonderful both for us and for the community to have

a beautiful new church and attractive housing on this site; presently, it is a bit of an eyesore and not worthy of the good things that go on inside of it. The article noted that, “the reduced site space may put the future of the church’s childcare space in jeopardy.” While the church is not the owner or operator of the daycare, but simply the landlord, we have been

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existing aging building and crumbling parking lot with a 75-unit low-rise apartment building and new church designed to meet the needs of the congregation and wider community. In addition, four of the units will be sold at 50 per cent of market value to the North Shore Disability Resource Centre to provide See New page 7

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read it and then look around me. So deserving of far more help than local groups can hope to offer alone. In 2012, the Fistula Foundation spent 85 per cent of its funds on its programs that included 2,919 fistula surgeries. Management, operating expenses and raising funds took only 15 per cent. Heal.ca is updating its website where you can find its financial statements. In short, these groups have their priorities straight

Ideally, there would be no need for the work Amanda Halliday and DeborahWoodley do with HEAL Canada but as things are, these caring WestVancouver residents are making a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable people in a troubled part of Africa. In 2014, they plan to target their efforts toward supporting the challenging but successful work of local peer-educators in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, shortly before Christmas, they shared some of their own experiences and those of fellow board member Judy Anderson. Halliday and Woodley both witnessed the tireless work of Congolese doctors and visiting physicians at the 400-bed Panzi Hospital. They told me that when one woman is helped to recover her health and given the skills she needs to care for her children, we create a hundred similar voices in her community. This is no easy task in a region where, according to the Fistula Foundation, “rape of women is widely used as a tool of war.” Simply referred to as DR Congo or DRC, the region is still dealing with the chaotic ebb and flow of millions of internally displaced people who have been fleeing ongoing violence since October 1990 when the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front first invaded the territory. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, IDPs “are among the world’s most vulnerable people” and UNHCR statistics show that DRC’s refugees represent more than 10 per cent of the estimated 26.4 million IDPs worldwide. These are people who “have not crossed an international border to find sanctuary but have remained inside their home countries.” As noted by HEAL, by fistulafoundation.org and by workers in local nongovernment organizations, the most vulnerable of all are the women. Obstetric fistulas — painful holes torn

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They might also have asked, “How can we prevent ﬁres when we must huddle together around our cook stoves under leaky but ﬂammable tarpaulins that are our walls and roofs?” Or, “How can we prevent rape when the men come into our shelters to use their weapons of war?” These are simple needs for people who are doing their best to fend for themselves — many of them on less than $1.25/day. So simple, I was ashamed to

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Battle lines drawn in BIA question Proposal levies LoLo businesses to pay for area improvements BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Business owners in Lower Lonsdale are asking themselves if they need a Business Improvement Area working for them in the new year, and whether they can afford to pay for one. Unless a majority of

commercial property owners within the proposed BIA’s catchment area register their opposition with the City of North Vancouver, the BIA will come into being and have the power to levy businesses to pay for promotion, events and beautiﬁcation projects. If it passes, the roughly 600 businesses in Lower Lonsdale will pay a levy of 89 cents per $1,000 in assessed value to create a ﬁrst year budget of about $385,000. For Joel Posluns, owner of North Vancouver Aikikai martial arts studio on East First Street, the BIA levy would be an unwelcome cost in an area already under-served by the city. With property assessments going ever higher, the city’s attempts to freeze businesses taxes and shift more of the burden onto residents won’t do anything to keep the actual tax bills down, he added. “Compared to all these

other issues, me spending another $1,000 going right to my bottom line that I know in advance isn’t going to help me or my business one iota; that doesn’t work for me,” Posluns said. “The people I talk to think it’s an absolute waste of time and a boondoggle and a waste of their money.” Posluns, who worked in advertising for 20 years, said the BIA’s proposed levy is high enough to hurt the viability of some LoLo businesses, but the budget won’t be enough for any meaningful promotion. The $385,000 would be a drop in the bucket for an advertising campaign or beautiﬁcation project, he said. “Every time you hear about the cost of doing anything in the city, it’s always got ﬁve zeros after,” he said. The services a BIA would offer should already be taken care of with the See Mayor page 9

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Fraud charge goes to court Mayor supports LoLo BIA proposal JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

From page 8 tax bills paid by businesses, including the $20,000 he paid last year. “That’s the problem here.The city expects us to do their job on everything and that’s not right,” he said. But the proposed BIA has equally impassioned supporters, including Iani Makris, third-generation restaurateur at Anatoli Souvelaki at the foot of Lonsdale, who argues the area needs revitalization. “Look at Lower Lonsdale. It has zero identity,” he said. “There’s zero signage.There’s tons down here but nobody knows about it. . . .We want people down here.We want this area booming because there’s so much potential. Look atYaletown, look at Gastown.” After ﬁve years, the BIA’s members will be asked to vote on whether they want to continue funding the organization.That all of the province’s BIAs are still intact is a testament to their usefulness, Makris said. “In all of British

Columbia there are 72 BIAs, two were voted out. Within one year, they were voted right back in,” he said. “People are always going to be opposed at the beginning until they can see the beneﬁts and start reaping the beneﬁts.” If the BIA does get the go-ahead, Makris will be lobbying for the organization to start with some signs outside the SeaBus station to direct tourists to LoLo and remind residents what they have at home on the North Shore. “When you get off the SeaBus, you see the most terrible bus loop in the world. It’s so disgusting. If was a tourist, I’d get right back on the SeaBus and go back downtown,” he said. As for the cost, Makris estimates most businesses’ levies will be between $600 and $1,000, which should be affordable. “Nobody’s going to lose their business over $1,000 and if they do, then maybe they should,” he said. Mayor Darrell Mussatto said he became a supporter of bringing a BIA to Lower

Lonsdale after studying other municipalities and seeing the link between business success and quality of life. Putting the spending decisions in the hands of the BIA’s members makes more sense than having council guess at what LoLo businesses want, he said. As for Posluns’ complaints, Mussatto said he’s not wrong to be frustrated. “We’re trying to stretch our tax dollars as best we can. I hear him. I empathize with him.We’ve been doing improvements in Lower Lonsdale.The trouble is they’re really expensive,” Mussatto said, noting the re-paving of Lonsdale between Esplanade and Third Avenue. “But if the BIA wants to do something in addition, more power to them.” Business owners will be notiﬁed during the counter petition period when it starts later this month. Check the loloinfo. ca website for upcoming meeting dates and more information.

A Burnaby couple has been charged with fraud after allegedly swindling a NorthVancouver property management company out of $360,000. North Vancouver RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong said the charges come after an almost fouryear investigation by the department’s economic crime unit. De Jong said police began investigating after receiving a call from Unique Real Estate Accommodations, which manages rental properties in Vancouver and on the North Shore.

De Jong said owners discovered things did not appear to be adding up after the company’s former ﬁnancial controller left in November 2009. “These are lengthy, intensive, very timeconsuming investigations,” said De Jong. He added the alleged fraud involves one of the higher dollar amounts his department has investigated. Charged with fraud and theft over $5,000 is Arthur Wong, 50, of Burnaby.Wong worked for the real estate company from May 2007 to November 2009. His wife Jessie Wong, 44 — who worked as an accounting assistant for the company during the same time period — has also been charged

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As we begin 2014 it’s interesting to discover that the trends of necessity may have more staying power than the trends of fancy, and converging factors may shape the year ahead in gardening and society. To help reveal some of those, here are some highlights of my research into 2014 gardening trends taken from news organizations, the Internet and government. ■ From worldwatch.org comes the growing trend that corporations of all sizes are starting to pursue a “triple bottom line” mindset. In other words, the cost or effect on people, the planet and proﬁts are being accounted for in the production of goods and services, not just proﬁt alone. This is good news for everyone and it will likely lead to more sourcing of locally produced goods, less reliance on poisonous chemicals to produce those goods and a greater focus on doing business in way that sustainably harvests from mother earth versus the archaic way of the last century where resources and products were produced regardless of the impact on

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Winter on the North Shore offers many wonderful birding opportunities from a fine diversity of waterfowl to raptors and small birds. You can go snowshoeing in the mountains to look for treasures like the pine grosbeak, white-winged crossbill or grey-crowned rosy-finch.There are trails to explore, like those at the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats’ Otter Point and west pond. Interestingly there were otter signs at Otter Point recently, a traditional haul out for otters. From Otter Point you can watch for ducks, like the harlequin, northern pintail, gadwall, American wigeon and green-winged teal.There is a viewpoint alongside the salt marsh, which is out of bounds for human traffic due to the sensitive nature of the vegetation. But here you can search for raptors like the merlin, peregrine falcon, Cooper’s hawk, SeeWinter page 12

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red-tailed hawk, and bald eagle. Shorebirds you might encounter here include the black oystercatcher, killdeer, and spotted sandpiper (rare in winter). Offshore, watch for loons, grebes and cormorants. Freshwater ponds — like Maplewood’s west pond and Ambleside’s duck pond — are good places to watch for interesting ducks like the ring-necked, bufﬂehead, common goldeneye, scaup (lesser and greater) and mergansers (hooded and common).The red breasted merganser, a third sawbill species, is more commonly seen in marine habitats. Mergansers are called sawbills because their bills have serrated edges to grasp slippery ﬁsh, their chief food. Other waterbirds seen in fresh and salt water habitats are grebes, loons and cormorants.The piedbilled grebe (fresh/brackish water), and the horned grebe (saltwater) are our two most commonly seen species, but watch also for

western, eared and if you’re very lucky, Clark’s. The common loon, known as the great northern diver in Europe, is our most common North Shore loon species but from time to time birders are rewarded by sighting a red-throated loon or Paciﬁc loon, especially off the public pier at Ambleside. Be aware that grebes and loons are in their winter plumages until spring. For example, the red-throated loon doesn’t have a red throat in winter and the common loon doesn’t look like the bird on the Loonie coin.With a little practice however, they’re not hard to identify. In winter, the North Shore’s streams offer some very exciting birding, in particular, sightings of the American dipper.The dipper or water ouzel is a remarkable songbird that is right at home in frigid swirling streams. It will often jump right into rapids, hopping onto a rock downstream. Naturalist John Muir called the

dipper the hummingbird of blooming waters. It does not have flashy plumage but it’s one of the most beautiful songsters of all birds. Its babbly cheery voice is simply amazing. The Capilano, Seymour, and Maplewood Flats’ McCartney Creek are three good areas to watch for the ouzel. Insect larvae (stoneflies, caddis flies) are some of its main foods, but don’t be surprised to see one come out of the water with a fish. A songbird that fishes, it’s true! Another habitat to explore for winter birds is the tidal flat, like Maplewood Flats’ mud flat.Time spent here can be rewarding as you scan the ducks, geese, gulls and more. Ducks seen in shallow water, like the mallard, pintail, wigeon, and green-winged teal are sometimes called paddle ducks. Others, like the goldeneyes, scaup, and scoters are called divers and occupy deeper water. Check carefully through the gulls because they’re not

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Practical Geek In late November I was a guest on a Calgary radio talk show answering questions about cutting the cable cord. The show’s host, who noted a recent study suggested the rate of cable cutters in Canada was tiny (less than four per cent), asked me what it was like to be “cable free.” My reply: cheap but aggravating. As we enter 2014, the same still holds true and is unlikely to change soon.You’ll save money and ﬁnd new freedom in deciding when and how to watch TV and movies.You’ll also ﬁnd new ways to shout profanity at

your computer. Maybe you’ll just read more books. I saved substantially in 2013 by not having cable while still gaining access to just about everything I was interested in. But my cordcutting costs also increased this past year as my needs got more demanding. In 2012, I paid $8 a month for Netflix, $4 a month for a commercial VPN to bypass geographical content boundaries, and $130 buying TV episodes from Xbox Video and iTunes. My total cost for the year was less than $300. In 2013, in addition to those costs I added a Hulu Plus subscription at $8 a month and experimented late in the year with a DNS redirect service for $5 a month. My total cost to watch TV in 2013: more than $400.That’s much less than staying with Shaw or Telus, but nevertheless my costs rose significantly over the previous year.Why? The answer is simple: I want my TV on an actual television and I want current shows that Netflix lacks. Most of the Canadian broadcast networks offer

their current shows for free — heavily laden with repetitive advertising — either on their websites or through specialized apps on platforms like Windows 8 or iPads. But aside from digital stores like iTunes, which at $3.50 for a single episode of a TV show gets expensive fast, they do not offer their online content in a way that’s easy to see on a proper television set. You can hook up your laptop to your TV but it’s not very convenient and the streaming quality of video on web-based sites looks terrible on a big screen. In contrast to the mediarich world in the United States, apps offering free or inexpensive TV content on gaming consoles or media boxes are non-existent in Canada.There are a couple of exceptions. My Xbox 360 has Radio-Canada’s decent Tou.TV app, which offers French language programming. It also has the horrible Rogers Anyplace TV app, which is crippled unless you are a Rogers subscriber and pay for its specialty cable channels. That’s why some

Canadian cord cutters end up with Hulu Plus. Hulu is an American-based portal for watching online TV and movies, and Hulu Plus is the name for its array of apps, which stream in high deﬁnition on devices like the Apple TV, Xbox and PlayStation. It’s annoying in that it requires $8 a month and yet still interrupts your viewing with ads. But it’s also the cheapest, easiest and best-looking legal way to get current programming on a real TV short of receiving cable. Getting Hulu Plus requires a bit of trickery in convincing Hulu that you are both American and physically watching from south of the 49th. It’s also why I started trying out DNS redirecting services (an extra cost) since my VPN service does not work directly on my gaming consoles, which are my primary Hulu Plus platforms.Yes, that’s getting techy. Most Canadian cord cutters can happily get by with Netﬂix and a media box like the Apple TV or Xbox that provides an online digital video store. Some

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Footsteps honouree in the athlete/coach/builder category for her lifelong commitment to the game of softball. She’s held (and continues to hold) a variety of roles, including player, has coached others to provincials, regionals and nationals, as well as worked to make the sport accessible to all, according to a written statement.West Vancouver’s Dominique Falls also received the 2012 Bobbie Steen Legacy Foundation Award for her work in the soccer community.

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Avoid telling the kids what not to do

Kathy Lynn

Parenting Today We are very excited when out little one begins to talk. He says “Mama” and we beam, particularly if he’s actually looking at Mom when he says it. We ﬁnd it unbearably cute when he holds up his arm and opens and closes his ﬁst, or actually waves his hand, and says, “bye bye,” when someone is leaving the house. But then he starts to say “No.” Suddenly it seems that all we hear from him is “No.” I was playing with a 13-month-old the other day. I picked up a toy and shook it. She laughed and took the toy and imitated me. This game went on for some time. It reminded me that kids learn by imitation. So, when our child is saying no all the time, it

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is likely because she has heard this multiple times. Once children are mobile their curiosity kicks in big time and they want to touch, manipulate and taste everything they see. So, we spend the day saying, “No, don’t touch. No, that’s not a toy.” No, no, no. It becomes our mantra. Find other ways to let her know what she can and cannot touch without saying no. You can usually simply distract a toddler. So when she moves toward a breakable object, simply and calmly take her hand and redirect her steps to something equally interesting. This isn’t usually too difﬁcult as young kids are interested in anything new and particularly in things they are allowed to handle. If she continues toward the forbidden object, say, “That’s not a toy, this is a toy. Here, play with this.” If she can be careful, you can let her touch the object that has caught her interest, then redirect her. The more you can baby-proof the play areas in your home, the easier it is. Her curiosity is not only boundless but also important. It is how she

learns. So if she can safely move around the living room or playroom and safely handle everything in reach, she will be happier and learn more. And you will be relaxed and not constantly saying no. Kids don’t listen to our complete sentences. They react to the last word. So, when you are out with Devon and say “Don’t run,” he only hears the word run and reacts accordingly. Instead of telling him what not to do, give him information. What do you need him to do? “When we are in the library, I need you to walk.” Now, he knows what’s expected of him. When you tell him what he can do, he is more likely to comply. Cody is playing with his friend while you are having coffee with his mother. When it’s time to go home, he asks if he can stay longer. Instead of saying, “No,” acknowledge his feelings. “I know it’s hard to leave when you are having fun but we need to go home now.”You are clear on the decision to leave, but when you recognize his feelings he is more likely to respond positively. Substitute a no for a yes by explaining the situation.

West Vancouver Community Centre. Call Capilano Community Music School at 604-984-4901 for details and to book your space.

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RHYME TIME Sing, laugh and learn.This early literacy program is for parents or caregivers and newborns to 12 months Wednesdays, Jan. 15-Feb. 27, 10:30-11 a.m. at

CY^R *YWT)3^R 2-b ZR8X 3^6^-1^)Tb' W1 W2 TWU^Tb +^*-02^ 1Y^b Y-/^ Y^-3) 1Y^ .83) S0T1W6T^ 1WS^2% F3b 1^TTWR[ UW)2 .Y-1 1Y^b *-R -R) *-R#1 )8 .W1Y801 2-bWR[ ZR8%X 5he7 _iaFa MIKE WAKEFIELD At 5 p.m. Carla asks for a cookie. Instead of saying, “No, it’s almost dinner time and you will ruin your appetite,” you can say, “Yes, you can have a cookie for dessert after dinner.” Explaining the reason for a decision not only allows us to avoid saying no, it also helps our child learn about our reasoning. Jason asks you if he can go and visit Grandma and instead of simply saying, “No,” you can say, “I need

to ﬁnish this laundry today because we need the clean clothes. How about we phone Grandma when I ﬁnish folding these clothes and arrange a visit for tomorrow?” There will be times when we will need to say no. In times of danger or accident we’ll say no and there are occasions when the issues at hand are too complicated for our child to understand, but if we say no sparingly they will listen

and know it’s important. Changing no to yes can be a challenge at ﬁrst, but it will soon become easy and you and your children will beneﬁt.

Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. nvdpl.ca/children

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TAG MEETING Make a difference and have your say in teen collections and programming. Meetings are held on a drop-in basis Wednesday, Jan. 15, 7-8:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Refreshments provided. 604-925-7408 westvanlibrary.ca PETER PAN A pantomime

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TEEN ADVISORY GROUP Grades 8-12 interested in getting involved with the library, looking for volunteer hours and wanting to help plan events for teens are invited to a meeting Thursday, Jan. 16, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Lynn Valley library,

Kathy Lynn is a professional speaker and author ofWho’s In Charge Anyway?, But Nobody Told Me I’d Ever Have to Leave Home and Vive la Différence. If you want to read more, sign up for her informational newsletter at parentingtoday.ca.

PRO-D DAY MAKER MANIA Children ages eight-12 can spend the afternoon tinkering, playing and creating projects like BrushBots and duct tape sculptures Friday, Jan. 17, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7408 westvanlibrary.ca See more page 23

OPEN HOUSE

JANUARY 14, 2014 Vancouver College, a K-12 Catholic school for boys established by the Christian Brothers in 1922, is holding its annual Open House for prospective students and families on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at 5400 Cartier Street, Vancouver, BC, V6M 3A5. For more information call 604-261-4285 or visit www.vc.bc.ca (Applications are available online or from the Main Office)

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Kids Stuff From page 22 PRO-D DAY MOVIE MATINEE Watch a screening of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Friday, Jan. 17, 1-2:30 p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. No registration required. 604-9293727 x8166 nvdpl.ca/children YOUNG NATURALISTS’ CLUB — WINTER TRACKING Children ages ﬁve-13, accompanied by an adult, will search for signs of winter animals in Lynn Canyon and learn how to use all senses to discover what animals are doing Sunday, Jan. 19, 12:30 p.m. at Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver. Club membership (visit ync.ca) and registration required. 604-990-3755.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE

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Chris Dagenais

The Dish

ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents a few healthy recipes for the start of a new year. page 26

The bills are in the mail. Few other statements offer such certain and universal truth this time of year. In a culture that is prone to excess, December is the apex of immoderation, a time when credit cards and belt buckles are pushed to their limits in an eggnog-fuelled frenzy of indulgence. We milk the season dry, wringing every last ounce of its exorbitance until its final seconds are upon us and we begin the countdown to January, a time of self-imposed frugality and self-discipline. Ten, nine, eight . . . . Kypriaki Taverna Mediterranean Grill, the nearly 40-year-old Greek institution on Marine Drive in North Vancouver, is a haven for those of you who, like me, wish to avoid making ill-fated resolutions of complete austerity while nevertheless exhibiting some manner of spending restraint in the New Year. A mail flyer from Kypriaki announced a new, value-priced menu. This is the sort of marketing jargon that usually doesn’t sway me, but a quick scan of the flyer suggested that there was indeed some truth to the advertising, with the wide range of entrées rarely crossing the $15 mark. Armed with a hearty appetite on a rare, child-free evening, my wife DJ and I recently visited the restaurant and discovered that Kypriaki does, in fact, over-deliver on the quality and quantity of its food while surprising on the pricing front. My biggest issue with Greek food is that I pretty much like everything, making menu selections challenging. There is something about the interplay of fragrant citrus and olive flavours with the pungency of ingredients like garlic, feta, squid and lamb that appeals to me

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The ﬂavour of the roe, which is conventionally cod or carp, is subtle and makes for a delicious ﬁrst course, particularly when paired, as DJ and I did, with nicely chilled retsina. Restina is the traditional Greek white wine that is produced with the addition of pine sap to the grape must (“grape must” is the juice from the grape that contains skins, seeds and stems of the fruit) prior to fermentation. The wine is bright, aromatic, unmistakably unique, and serves as a great conversation piece when served to

the uninitiated. Next up was an order of Kypriaki calamari, consisting of grilled squid with capsicum peppers and artichoke hearts in a ﬂavourful tomato sauce with a touch of chili heat. This dish was the star of the evening and undoubtedly one of the best preparations of squid I have tasted in recent memory. The small, tender morsels of squid were remarkably tender and were greatly enhanced by the rustic and simple tomato sauce. For those who have only ever experienced calamari in its more common

North American breaded incarnation, this dish is an absolute must try and will likely forever transform your perspective on this versatile cephalopod. For her main course, DJ ordered spanakopita, which can be upsized from its appetizer portion to an entrée for $6. The entrée version includes two generous servings of densely packed spinach and feta cheese pies served with lemon roasted potatoes, rice, Greek salad and tzatziki. The freshly made pies were light and See Seafood page 26

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Diet season calls for moderation on smaller plates (the size used for salads). Make each meal an event: set the table with your best silver, pretty linen napkins and crystal goblets of mineral water with a slice of lemon and, voilà, you’ll have the feel of a spa experience without the hefty pricetag.

Angela Shellard

Romancing the Stove Once again, ’tis the season to be dieting. To help ease into your new routine, imagine you’re at a magniﬁcent health spa with a worldrenowned chef whipping up gorgeous, palatepleasing meals. The secret of spa cuisine is moderation rather than deprivation. Use the best ingredients you can ﬁnd and focus on foods that you really love. Because your portion sizes will be modest you won’t have to mortgage the house to afford luxury ingredients. Serve your creations

Tomato, Herb & Goat Cheese Spaghettini 4 Tbsp low-sodium chicken broth 2 tsp olive oil 2 tsp minced garlic 2 cups of cherry or grape tomatoes, halved or quartered (depending on size) 3 Tbsp chopped fresh basil 2 Tbsp minced fresh Italian ﬂat-leaf parsley 4 oz semi-soft goat cheese (chevre), crumbled Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 8 oz spaghettini, cooked as per package directions and kept warm Heat one tablespoon

broth and two teaspoons olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and saute for two minutes; add cherry tomatoes and cook until just softened, about one minute. Add the remaining broth and heat through. Add the tomato mixture to the cooked pasta and toss to combine. Add the herbs and the goat cheese; toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Makes four approximately one-cup servings, each about 300 calories. Chicken & Asparagus with Melted Gruyère

½ lb asparagus, trimmed and cut into one-inch pieces 2 ⁄3 cup low-sodium chicken broth 2 tsp plus ¼ cup allpurpose ﬂour, divided use Four 4-5 oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 Tbsp vegetable oil 1 shallot, thinly sliced

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until combined (don’t over mix). Pour into eight fourounce custard dishes. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Refrigerate for two to three hours before serving. Makes eight servings, about 125 calories each. Add a tablespoon of whipped cream for an additional 15 calories. Angela Shellard is a selfdescribed foodie. She has done informal catering for various functions. Contact: ashellard@hotmail.ca.

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½ cup dry white wine 1 ⁄3 cup low-fat sour cream (don’t use fatfree) 1 Tbsp chopped fresh tarragon 2 tsp fresh lemon juice 2 ⁄3 shredded Gruyère or Swiss cheese Steam the asparagus in a steamer basket until just tender, about three minutes. Remove from heat and set aside. Very gradually whisk the chicken broth into the two teaspoons of flour in a small bowl until smooth; set aside. Place each chicken breast between two pieces of plastic wrap and pound until one-half-inch thick (if the pieces become too large cut them in half). Place the remaining onequarter cup of flour in a shallow dish; season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper, then dredge both sides in the flour, shaking off any excess. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook until golden brown, three or four minutes per side, adjusting heat to prevent chicken from scorching. Transfer chicken to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm. Add the wine, shallot and reserved chicken broth mixture to the pan; cook, stirring, over medium heat until thickened, about two minutes (if sauce gets too thick add a little more chicken broth). Reduce heat to low and stir in tarragon, lemon juice, sour cream and the reserved asparagus. Return chicken to the pan and turn to coat with the sauce. Sprinkle cheese evenly over the chicken; cover pan and continue cooking until cheese is just melted,

When Antonio Sauro, Doug Grisdale and Rob Parrott opened Mangia E Bevi in 2007 they wanted their restaurant to give back to the community. Cancer was a shared experience amongst the partners; all their families had been touched. Doug’s mother and Antonio’s mother-in-law, Daphne Grisdale had died from cancer in July 2006 and Rob Parrott’s 9-year old daughter Julia had been battling cancer for 2 years. From this, BACIO, which means “kiss” in Italian, was developed to support the fight against cancer. Since 2008 BACIO has raised $193,000 benefiting onconology research at BC Children’s Hospital and the Lions Gate Hospital oncology clinic.

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flaky and contained enough spinach filling to easily serve as two meals. My entrée, the seafood trio, consisted of a hearty fillet of tender Pacific halibut, two enormous tiger prawns and two plump and succulent scallops in a garlic and white wine butter, served with the same assortment of sides found on DJ’s main. Kypriaki’s kitchen brigade

did a commendable job of ensuring that the seafood, each item requiring different cooking temperatures and durations, arrived hot and tender. Our meal of three appetizers, two entrées and a one-litre bottle of retsina (which we were able to re-seal halfway through and take home as per B.C.’s relatively recent liquor law changes) was an exceptionally good value

at $90 before taxes and gratuity. Kypriaki Taverna Mediterranean Grill is located at 1356 Marine Dr. Phone: 604-985-7955. kypriaki.ca Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. A self-described wine fanatic, he earned his sommelier diploma in 2001. Contact: hungryontheshore@gmail. com.

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What’s On Wednesdays AMBLESIDE ORCHESTRA rehearses Wednesdays, 3:15-5:30 p.m. at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. Intermediate level of musicianship required. Bring a music stand. David, 604-922-1035. CHESS CLUB All levels are welcome to play chess Mondays and Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m. at Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. 604-983-6350 myparkgate.com DEEP COVE LADIES’ LIONS CLUB meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second and last Wednesday of each month at Lions Garey Ham Court, 936 Bowron Court, North Vancouver. New members are welcome. Sally Scott, 604-924-1923. MEALS ON WHEELS needs volunteers on Monday, Wednesday or Friday mornings. 604-922-3414 northshoremealsonwheels.org NORTH SHORE TOASTMASTERS ADVANCED LEADERS meet every third Saturday

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Thursdays BETWEEN THE SHEETS This Deep Cove book club meets the ﬁrst Thursday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. Each member recommends a book and they take turns hosting discussions in their homes. New members welcome. Adele, 604-9295621 billadele@shaw.ca CHANCEL CHOIR New members are invited to join the choir, which practises on Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. No experience necessary. 604985-0408 st-andrews-united.ca COMMUNITY

CONNECTIONS PROGRAM Make a newcomer feel more welcome in the community. North Shore Multicultural Society (207-123 East 15th St., North Vancouver) is looking for volunteers to participate in a variety of community events with newcomers. Recruitment is ongoing. 604-988-2931 or sochellr@nsms.ca ENGLISH CLASSES: Free English as a second language (ESL) classes are held Thursdays from 6:30-8 p.m. and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 941 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. 604-657-0908 GOSPEL CHOIR AT MOUNT SEYMOUR UNITED CHURCH Marcus Mosely leads a spirit raising gospel experience one Thursday per month at 7:30 p.m. and the choir sings at the service on the following Sunday at 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. Check the website for dates. All voices are welcome and music reading is not required. mtseymourunited.com

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE

to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

STA Saints on the march

Top-ranked senior girls host hoops tournament this week ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

NORTH SHORE SCORES PJHL hockey Jan. 4-5 Port Moody - 2 NVWolf Pack - 5 NVWolf Pack - 3 Grandview - 1 Sr. boys basketball Jan. 6 Bodwell - 48 Windsor - 50

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Basketball season is barely a month old but the St.Thomas Aquinas senior girls have already managed to cram a lot of surprising success through the hoop. The Fighting Saints started the year off by scoring bronze at the prestigious Telus Basketball Classic back in early December, beating their crosstown rivals from Windsor secondary in the consolation final held at UBC’s War Memorial Gym. STA rolled into the semifinals but their quest for gold at the tournament was halted by the world-beating Brookswood Bobcats, the No. 1 team in the provincial AAA rankings.The Saints rebounded to beat their AA rivals from Windsor 59-58 in overtime to take home bronze. STA then followed up that success by beating AAA powerhouse Handsworth 49-42 in a North Shore premier league game. STA head coach Anthony Beyrouti had a hard time recalling the last time the Fighting Saints had knocked off the Royals, one of the most successful programs in the province. “First time in probably 20 years,” he said. “At least 20 years, maybe more.” Next STA took their show on the road, spending their holiday break in Brooklyn where they got to practise on the home court of the Brooklyn Nets before winning all three of their games in a local tournament. The team then returned home to another first — a No. 1 provincial ranking. The Saints will have a chance to reinforce that ranking this Thursday, Friday and Saturday when several of the top-ranked girls teams hit the court for a tournament hosted by STA. The Saints will open the tournament Thursday

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Beyrouti. “The top three (AA) teams in the province are coming.That’s pretty cool. . . . It’ll be bumping in there for sure.” Semiﬁnals are scheduled for 10:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. of Friday with the ﬁnal tipping off at 5:45 p.m. Saturday. Once the tournament is over STA will get back to

work in the North Shore premier league with their sights set on a couple of big tournaments on the horizon: the B.C. Catholics and the provincial AA championships. The Catholic championship, hosted by Holy Cross Jan. 15-18, is always a highlight of the STA season, said Beyrouti.

“It’ll be a jungle in there. Last year I think the ﬁreﬁghters had to cap the number of people — there were too many people in the building. It’s a pretty cool atmosphere.” Once the provincial AA championships roll around in early March the Saints See Battle page 31

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Canada misses medals ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Golden hopes were dashed for West Vancouver brothers Sam and Griffin Reinhart at the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships as Team Canada failed to win a medal for the second straight year. This was the first time since Hockey Canada implemented its Program of Excellence in 1982 that Canada has missed the medals in two straight world junior tournaments. Canada finished first in their pool in this year’s tournament held in Malmo, Sweden before topping Switzerland 4-1 in the quarterfinals. That was the high point, however, for Team Canada as they were routed 5-1 by Finland in the semifinals and suffered a tough 2-1 loss against Russia in the bronze medal game on Sunday. The Reinhart boys showed well in the tournament despite the disappointing result. Sam, ranked by many as the top prospect heading into

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in this year’s NHL draft, scored two goals and added three assists in seven tournament games. Older brother Grifﬁn was forced to sit out the ﬁrst three games of the tournament due to a suspension that carried over from last year’s championships but when he returned he notched a goal and assist in four games and earned player of the game honours in Canada’s playoff win

over Switzerland. The defenceman was drafted fourth overall by the New York Islanders in 2012 and is playing for the Edmonton Oil Kings of the WHL this season. Canada has now gone ﬁve straight tournaments without winning gold following a string of ﬁve straight golds from 2005 to 2009. Sam Reinhart will be eligible for next year’s tournament hosted by Toronto and Montreal.

Field Notes

Sensational streak not enough to keep North Van’s Jones in NHL

It appears that having one of the greatest opening acts in NHL history was not enough to actually keep NorthVancouver’s Martin Jones the NHL. The 23-year-old goalie was sent back to the minors by the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday despite winning his ﬁrst eight career starts, becoming only the second goalie in NHL history to accomplish that feat. Jones still leads the league in goalsagainst-average (1.41) and save percentage (.950) and is tied for second in the league in shutouts with three. Jones was called up from the AHL’s Manchester Monarchs to back up second-stringer Ben Scrivens following an injury to starter Jonathan Quick in early

November.When Quick, a Conn Smythe trophy winner, returned over the weekend the Kings’ crease became overcrowded and Jones was the one pushed out. Scrivens has also put up outstanding numbers while ﬁlling in for Quick. ••• A new North Shore twist in the RBC GranFondo Whistler will take 500 riders up and down Cypress Mountain this year, adding 30 kilometres to the popular road cycling race. Named the GranFondo Forte, the detour will add 800 metres of vertical to the route, bringing the total vertical climb to 2,500 m for the extended race.The 152 kilometre Forte now complements the 122 km

GranFondo and 55 km Medio. More than 300 riders have already registered for the 2014 Forte, scheduled to begin one hour before the GranFondo on Sept. 6. “We are truly excited about adding the Forte to the 2014 RBC GranFondo Whistler” said GranFondo founder Neil McKinnon in a release. “It represents a unique challenge for the seasoned rider and places this event as one of the most challenging in North America.” The Forte was added to mark the ﬁfth anniversary of the race. — Compiled by Andy Prest Email info about upcoming sporting events or recent results to aprest@nsnews.com.

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THE MARK ANDREASSEN MEMORIAL SKI RACE

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Battle between Saints and Dukes could last all season From page 29

will be looking to erase some disappointing memories from 2013 when they made a run to the provincial semifinals but dropped their final two games to finish in fourth. The team is led by Grade 12 point guard Vanessa Botteselle who has shown she can come up big in important games — she scored 24 points with 10 rebounds, seven assists and three steals as STA lost 5453 to Vernon secondary in last year’s provincial bronze game. Other key Grade 12 pieces on the senior-heavy roster include post player Angela Clarke and twin wing players Kate and Claire Mockler, crossover volleyball star Kathleen

Konar and defensive stopper Valerie Schmidt. “We’ve got a lot of kids who are really contributing right now. It’s more of a team effort than it is a singular effort,” said Beyrouti. “Defensively we’re very strong, we play tough as a team. It’s more of a team game than it is an individual game for us because we don’t have any big time stars on our team.The other team usually has a player who is better than our best player but we as a group kind of compete as a whole better. It’s more of a team-focused, defensive effort kind of thing that we’ve got going.” The Saints will get all they can handle this season playing in the North Shore premier league against the likes of Handsworth and Argyle.

“We don’t have any easy games,” said Beyrouti. “Everything is hard, we’re battling every day. It’s not easy, ever.The kids are putting in the time and they get to be challenged every day that we play.” The closest rival, however, will likely be Windsor.While the Saints topped the Dukes in overtime at the Telus Classic,Windsor returned the favour a few weeks later when they scored a twopoint win in regular season action. The two teams could battle again in this weekend’s tournament and will have another league matchup Jan. 21 at STA. Following that there could be playoff battles as well as a possible meeting at provincials. “It’s going to be a

war all the way down to the end of the season for sure,” said Beyrouti of the healthy Windsor-STA rivalry. “They’ve got a lot of athletes.They’ve got a couple of players that can really, really play. . . . It’s a good rivalry that we’ve got going right now.” The path already appears to be laid out for the two North Shore AA powerhouses on the road to provincials, but Beyrouti was quick to add that his team is not going to get ahead of itself. “We just need to make sure we take care of business every day and we go to practice and work hard,” he said. “Hopefully at the end of the year all of that stuff takes care of itself and we’ll be in a good position to win a championship.”

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