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Council punts OCP to September City delays public hearing to seek more staff, community input

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City of North Vancouver planning staff are easing back on density in most neighbourhoods while looking at increasing it

for Moodyville in the last proposed changes for the ofﬁcial community plan. Among the changes staff are recommending before the OCP comes up for a council vote: reducing height limits on the London

Drugs site and Telus building in central Lonsdale from 15 storeys to eight and six, respectively, establishing a height limit of 16 storeys on First Street and reducing total allowable density in Lower Lonsdale as well as making the city’s density bonusing policy more restrictive. Since starting the CityShaping process more

than three years ago, council has had more than 4,500 responses from the public, almost double the original goal.Trafﬁc, infrastructure, the pace of development and loss of views have been the most frequent concerns, according to a staff report, but 75 per cent of those surveyed either agreed or agreed strongly with the overall OCP directions.

Monday’s meeting drew a contingent of Moodyville residents who asked council to grant their neighbourhood more density than what the draft OCP envisions to offset the harm done to the neighbourhood as Port Metro Vancouver tenants expand industrial activity thanks to the Low Level Road project.

While council had plenty of questions and comments about the changes pitched by staff, most of the debate centred around the “when” of the OCP, not the “what.” In a series of split-votes, council passed motions to hold two more meetings about the OCP in May or June with an aim to See Revised page 11

Mathers residents bemoan tree cuts JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

The District of West Vancouver is considering the need for a bylaw that would regulate tree cutting on private property after residents on Mathers Avenue complained about the chopping of mature cedar trees in their neighbourhood. Laurie McNeil, who lives at 1130 Mathers Ave., said she was appalled when the new owner of the property next door to her chopped down a number of large trees on his lot that had been part of the neighbourhood character for decades. “This neighbourhood has residents who have been here 30, 40 and 50 years,” she said, who have been shocked to see the sudden changes. See Citizens page 3

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Citizens urge heritage tree protection From page 1 The loss of large trees in the neighbourhood affects privacy, noise, shade, habitat for wildlife and possibly slope stability, said McNeil. McNeil said she recently wrote to council about the issue after becoming concerned about the pace of tree removal in the municipality — an issue that has also attracted attention recently in the City of Vancouver. Without a tree-cutting bylaw to regulate what happens on private property, “What’s going to happen in 10 years?” said McNeil. “It’s not ﬁve and it’s not 10 and it’s not 20 (trees being taken down in the municipality each year). It’s more like 100.” Rainer Fassler is another neighbour on Mathers Avenue who says the municipality should do more to protect heritage trees on private property. Fassler said when the house sold recently, he was happy to hear the new owner intended to renovate rather than knocking it down. “Next thing you know there’s a major logging operation and (the trees) get chopped down,” he said. Fassler said it’s time the municipality looked at greater controls. “If West Vancouver had a bylaw that dealt with trees on private property, there would at least have been a conversation,” he said. “Not every tree would be saved,” he added. But he said at least there would be checks and balances. Currently, “a totally arbitrary decision can be made by an owner that affects the whole neighbourhood,” he said. Fassler said he also worries about increasing numbers of trees in West Vancouver being cut down in the interests of unobstructed views. “There could be a future where we look up or down the hill and there’s just houses,” he said. “What’s a good view?” he added. “A good view can be interrupted by some trees.” In the most recent

example on Mathers Avenue, the municipal arborist was called out to investigate after the company that had been cutting the trees began to limb branches on trees that were on nearby public property. “Residents don’t have the right to cut trees on municipal property,” said Jeff McDonald, spokesman for the municipality. Unless the trees are near a creek, there are no bylaws in West Vancouver that regulate tree cutting on private property, unlike a number of other municipalities that have varying levels of restrictions. The District of North Vancouver, for instance, requires permits to cut trees with diameters larger than 75 centimetres and trees of certain species. A similar bylaw might be considered for West Vancouver, given the “emotion and passion that trees arouse in this community,” said McDonald. “It’s an issue a lot of people in West Vancouver care about.” Staff are now examining the issue and coming up with recommendations. At a recent West Vancouver council meeting, the issue prompted some discussion. “The standard modus of the builders is you knock everything down on the lot and you start from scratch,” said Coun. Craig Cameron on April 28. “I don’t think the present situation where we have absolutely no tree-cutting bylaw is something we should continue without seriously examining it.” Cameron noted the loss of trees in the City of Vancouver over the past 10 or 15 years has been shocking. He said he’d like some options to consider for changing the status quo. Coun. Bill Soprovich warned the issue of treecutting bylaws could be very contentious with homeowners. “It’s going to be a hard, long ﬁght to come to a conclusion,” he warned. “We can do it, but it’s not going to happen tomorrow.”

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West Bay cedars raise ire Residents call on council to hasten removal JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

One councillor had some sharp words for the WestVancouver parks department April 28: It’s time to rev up your chainsaws. A row of unkempt cedar trees at the entrance to West Bay Park has dominated views and shadowed

residents for 12 years, according to a delegation of Radcliffe Avenue and Maple Lane residents who spoke at the council meeting. As the trees fall outside the parks master plan, Coun. Michael Lewis suggested the parks department hasten the removal process. “Get the chainsaw out, get them the hell out of there, let’s be done with it,” he said. The removal of the trees has been contentious in the past, according to senior manager of parks Andrew Banks. See Residents page 5

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B&E artist gets lengthy sentence JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A man previously deemed a high-risk offender who was thwarted partway through a West Vancouver break-in has been handed a 5½-year jail sentence — on top of four months already spent in custody — on account of his criminal past. North Vancouver provincial court Judge John Milne recently handed the federal sentence to Douglas Paul Ehret, 49, for breaking into a home in the 800block of Margaree Place in the middle of the day on Dec. 29.

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month sentence for unlawful confinement handed to him in Kelowna in 2000 as well as a twoyear sentence and five-year sentence for break-ins in that city, handed down in 2005 and 2007. Ehret has also been the subject of several public warnings by police who have said he has a history of randomly targeting women who are alone. He has had his parole revoked previously for violating conditions including the need to report all interactions with girls or women to his parole officer. Ehret has been

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“The removal of trees is not the issue, per se.That can happen very, very fast. It’s more in how we handle . . . the landscape of the area where trees are removed.” There is also no money for the removal, according to Banks, who said the parks department may end up looking to the neighbours to pay the bill. For neighbour James Marshall, the council meeting was one more step in a lengthy process. “This has been going on for so long that some of the neighbours that wanted

the work done have passed away,” he said. There was a landscaping plan and partial funding in place to remove the trees but the plan was never executed, according to Marshall, who spoke on behalf of his neighbours. “The enjoyment of their home has been replaced by a toxic, stressful, never-ending runaround by the district,” he said. The trees take the sun from her garden, according to Olga Kempo. “The parks board planted but never ever trimmed or cared for this so-called hedge,” she said. “I seem

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rime Minister Stephen Harper can’t seem to buy a win in the courts these days. His bid to reform the senate without the support of the provinces, the case to have Vancouver’s supervised injection facility Insite shut down, his ﬁght to preserve Canada’s prostitution laws, his attempt to appoint Marc Nadon to the highest court, and pieces of his toughon-crime legislation beyond count have all been crushed under judges’ gavels. Like a ﬂy repeatedly bouncing off a window, the PM has been slow to learn that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the supreme law of the land. So it’s understandable, though not excusable, that his frustration boiled over into a PMO press release casting aspersion on Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin last week. Harper and Justice Minister Peter

Mackay are now being raked over the coals by the Opposition, law professors, the Canadian Bar Association, and editorial boards across the country for lashing out. McLachlin and the courts were only doing their jobs. And with the prime minister’s reputation as an ideologue and leader with little interest in the constitutional limits of his power, it is more important than ever that we have a robust, unﬂinching branch of government willing to assert its independence and put a check on executive’s power. Prime ministers and their governments come and go — even Harper’s Conservatives. The role of our laws and courts is to make sure the institutions and foundations the country is built on aren’t legislated away by just 155 whipped MPs.

Refinery a safer solution, says Black DAVID BLACK Contributing writer

I am a reasonably sensible and conservative B.C. businessman, not an alarmist.This is the first of two columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime. All of the information in this column can be confirmed from public sources. The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years. Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if sediment is present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough Environment

:.0W) <T.*U Canada study published on November 30 2013. Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitumen. Given the abundance of sediment along B.C.’s coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admission the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10 per cent over the next 50 years. Others say that it is much higher.We are in agreement

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with the position taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable. The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989 is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be; however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse.The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tanker load. The light oil ﬂoated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10 per cent of it was recovered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the ﬁshery has yet to fully recover. Bitumen is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink

to the bottom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact. Imagine if we lost a full tanker load. Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today.They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gentle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position. All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS came along.The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instruments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Marine disasters regularly occur and a quick search of the Internet shows

human error is most often the problem. Undoubtedly there will be many more marine accidents in future. Our grandchildren will not thank us if we willingly risk the destruction of the BC coast on our watch. Fortunately there is a solution that is beneficial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a refinery.The refinery will convert bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate when spilled. Often little or no spill remediation is required.These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the devastation caused by bitumen. The second part of this op-ed will run in the next issue. It will discuss the enormous value-add benefits and environmental advantages of a modern green refinery.The pipeline

from Alberta and the tanker fleet to export the refined fuels will also be considered. Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in B.C. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers. If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers, please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian government makes a decision on this in the next few weeks. David Black has proposed building a refinery near Kitimat. Part Two of this column will run May 9.

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A long road for palliative care strategy

“Palliative care development follows a public health model developed by theWHO that emphasizes policy, education, medication availability and implementation. . . . Types of policies needed include: laws that acknowledge and deﬁne that palliative care is part of the healthcare system…” – WHO and the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance, Jan. 28, 2014 On May 14,TimminsJames Bay NDP MP Charlie Angus will ask Parliament to approve his private member’s motion M-456 to establish a Pan-Canadian Palliative and End-of-life Care Strategy.TheWorld Health Organization would applaud the initiative. First tabled on Oct. 21, 2013, the motion arose out of Angus’ participation in a 49-member cross-party parliamentary committee studying the Canadian experience on the issue. “I will continue to speak with Conservative and Liberal MPs on the importance of Parliament speaking up on palliative

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care,” said Angus, who believes support from the 30 Conservative committee members will be crucial to success of the motion. One of those Conservatives is West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast MP John Weston who said, “If the strategy is the right one, supported across Canada by stakeholders and the people who need it, I would support it.” That multi-part caveat might have too many loopholes for anyone already wondering why the motion has taken over six months to reach this point. A peek at the 20-year history yields clues:

In June 2010, thensenator Sharon Carstairs tabled her report, Raising the Bar: A Roadmap for the Future of Palliative Care in Canada.The report was the culmination of Carstairs’ work on the issue, which began with her appointment to the Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in 1994. That committee’s June 1995 report, Of Life and Death, marked the beginning of Canada’s 20year journey to Motion M456 — a cross-country saga of in-depth research, reports and recommendations through a succession of federal and provincial governments. The discussions that led to the 1995 report changed Carstairs’ focus to such an extent that, in her foreword, the then-senator said she had become “convinced that before we could have a debate about euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada, we should be providing equitable access to quality, integrated palliative care.” Professionals, associations, a growing

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number of hospices and palliative care units, families and caregivers — all those and more contributed their knowledge and experience to those years of Carstairs’ “work in the ﬁeld of public policy relating to palliative care.” Following substantial milestone reports in 2000 and 2005 that reviewed progress made on myriad recommendations, Carstairs now says that, despite

“signiﬁcant improvements in providing quality palliative care . . . there are still Canadians needlessly dying in pain and with unnecessary suffering.” If M-456 is approved, are we there yet? Regrettably, the answer is no; approval of the motion would be one small step. In order to turn that success into a giant leap for Canadians, federal and provincial governments

would need to buckle down and write the legislation. And the first major hurdles will relate to definitions and cost. In May 2012, the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association recognized that “90 per cent of Canadians who die can benefit from palliative care.” More recently, the Feb. 8, 2014 editorial Palliative

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the motion into law could do worse than turn to CHPCA and other organizations for some of the numbers. M-456 does say Canadians should be encouraged to “discuss and plan for end-of-life care.” That must surely apply to the 70 to 84 per cent of sufferers who, according to CHPCA, do not yet have access to or receive the “hospice palliative and end-of-life care” discussed in the March 2014 update to its 2012 Fact Sheet (chpca. net/projects-and-advocacy/). The motion tabled by MP Charlie Angus is but the latest milestone reached after a costly 20-year struggle by a multitude of dedicated individuals and organizations — including many here on the North Shore. It is up to Canadians — to us — to urge our MPs to support this milestone and ensure that struggle does not go in vain. rimco@shaw.ca

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hold a public hearing in September. Council members will hold an informal “shirtsleeves” session with staff to get lingering questions answered before putting the revised version of the draft OCP out to the public and hold one more public meeting. The new timeline produced anxiety for city staff who had concerns about whether the delays would hurt the feasibility of getting the OCP approved. “It seems like a long ways away when we talk about September, but in fact this is very tight in terms of trying to create these two events,” said Gary Penway, director of community development. Coun. Pam Bookham

said she was prepared to see the OCP become an election issue, or even see it voted on by new council after the November election. “I see no problem with having a discussion about the planning for the future of this city in the lead-up to an election and with respect to public input, there is nothing like an election as an opportunity for people to weigh in as to whether they share a particular vision or not. It seems to me, there are some who would be happier to see it all put to bed prior to the time when our electorate is deciding who they want to uphold that OCP in the years to come,” she said. Coun. Craig Keating retorted it was good to see a “frank statement” about what was behind the delay.

“The problem here is that council has decided to meddle in affairs to come up with a time that works for their schedule.This issue is not what our schedule is.The issue is what the community’s schedule is,” he said. Mayor Darrell Mussatto agreed and pointed out that the city had already scheduled three extra town hall meetings meant to give everyone one last round of input before the OCP is revised and presented to council for ﬁrst reading. “I’m very frustrated with this as well.We had an unbelievable amount of input from the public,” he said. “More than we’ve gotten on any other issue. . . .We know what the issues are. It’s just political differences now.”

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May on the North Shore is indeed a merry month for those who love nature’s colour and song. Every day brings new and wonderful discoveries from wildflowers, to birds not seen or heard since last year. And nowhere on the North Shore is this more evident than at The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats. Rufous hummingbirds are back from their Mexican wintering grounds in good numbers. It is said that they time their arrival when salmonberry and red-flowering currant are blooming. Both plants are nectar sources for them. Black twinberry, a honeysuckle family shrub, is another fine local hummingbird plant. In fact, one spring, the sanctuary was buzzing with excitement when a beautiful Calliope hummingbird was spotted feeding at twinberry flowers. Three hummingbird species are on Maplewood’s list — Anna’s, Rufous, and Calliope (rare).

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ﬂycatchers, the Western tanager, and black-headed grosbeak.The challenge is to remember their voices from last year. In mid-April there were good numbers of yellow-rumped warblers at the conservation area. Some “butter-buts” have yellow throats (Audubon’s) and some white throats (Myrtle). For a long time they were classiﬁed as separate species, then they were lumped. The yellow-rumps have a

lovely song characterized as a simple warble and a call that sounds like “whit or flit.” Other bird songs can be classified as trills, or warbles. For example, our local purple finch’s song is a rich warble, while the spotted towhee trills. One thing is certain, our warblers don’t warble! Warblers (properly wood warblers) to watch for in May are orangecrowned, black-throated gray,Townsend’s, yellow,

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MacGillivray’s,Wilson’s and the common yellowthroat. Wilson’s warbler will be arriving on the North Shore in good numbers soon and are commonly seen in local gardens.The bright yellow male is unmistakable with its black cap.Wood warblers have been called the butterflies of the bird world as they’re so colourful and amazingly beautiful. Other migrants to watch and listen for include the warbling vireo, Hammond’s flycatcher, Pacific-slope flycatcher, western tanager and black-headed grosbeak. Local (resident) species add their beautiful voices to spring’s symphony, including the spotted towhee, dark-eyed junco, black-capped chickadee, house finch, and purple finch. For example, two chickadee species occur on the North Shore, chestnut backed and black-capped. The sweet “tea-time” notes is the song of the latter, the former lacks the “tea-time” (or is it “cheeseburger” song). The best time of the day to really appreciate the richness of bird song is at sun-up when you can be thrilled by the dawn chorus. I love to hear the lovely “cheerily, cheerily, cheer-up” song of the robin in the early morning. Robins always sing in May and all the birds with them. On Saturday, May 24 See Dawn page 20

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Gardening myths growing like weeds The gardening myths of May are as plentiful as the weeds but, unlike weeds, myths are hard to purge. As I see it, I have a responsibility to provide some scientiﬁc clarity to help dispel the myths of gardening. So here’s my advice to help you avoid gardening myths common around this time of year. Myth: It’s spring and time to prune Many people incorrectly believe that just as growth begins in April and May we should prune trees and shrubs to control growth. May is one of the worst times of the year to prune because the sap reserve stored in the roots during winter is just making its way up to the opening leaves.Therefore, many types of plants will bleed if pruned in May. And, when a plant bleeds it hurts and is damaged. Much of the normal pruning required in residential gardens is best done in January, February or June, July and August. Myth: Everything is

early-June is the best time for the simple reason leaves and roots will then be in contact with each other and the fertilizer can actually be taken up by the roots. And, there is less rainfall in June meaning less fertilizer will be leached into rivers and oceans.You do like salmon don’t you?

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growing so it must be time to fertilize This myth was conjured up by opportunistic marketers who realized that as people go out to work in their gardens during spring the opportunity to sell fertilizer was dramatically higher than at most other times of the year. Fertilizing, as an annual ritual, is simply an emotional need that humans externalize on their plants. Advertisers understand the psychology and take advantage, using it to sell fertilizer. Fertilizer does not necessarily make plants healthy. Only rich and diverse soil, sunshine and water can.

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the long-range weather forecast before planting out annuals. Hardy trees, shrubs and perennials can be planted anytime of the year except during freezing temperatures or high summer temperatures. Myth:The lawn is growing and needs lime Have you tested the soil’s pH? Or did you just stick your tongue in the ground and ﬁnd the soil to be sour? Liming on a schedule is nothing more than proactive marketing.Test it or forget it. Myth: Neighbourhood cats roll in my Nepeta This is true actually, because Nepeta, or catmint, is a form of plant with a scent that is attractive to

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Your mom would probably be happy with a simple phone call from you on Mother’s Day. However, why not go the extra mile for the woman who, when you were young, read you The Cat In The Hat every single night for an entire month until you fell asleep? This, among other things, makes your mom a star and this Mother’s Day she should be treated like one. She was there when you lost your ﬁrst tooth, got your ﬁrst scrape on your knee and she consoled you when you found out you didn’t make the soccer team. We all love our moms.

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her kitchen and remind her of you? This little arrangement is a snap to make and provides a burst of fresh colour to any room. Materials One tin can (label

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(optional) Two bunches of fresh ﬂowers Choose your mom’s favorite ﬂower for this arrangement. I used ranunculus for this photo, but tulips and roses also work beautifully for this idea. Method

Paint your can in a complementary or similar colour to the flowers you’ve chosen. Let dry. Meanwhile, clean your flowers of any debris and remove the lower bottom section of leaves. Give the stems a cut on an angle with a sharp knife and place in water in another container until you’re ready to add them to the can. Cut out a five- by three-

centimetre card to use as a nametag for the front of your arrangement and glue it to the front of the painted can. Fill the can halfway with room temperature water and add your ﬂowers. Barb Lunter is a freelance writer with a passion for home decor, entertaining and ﬂoral design. barb@lunter.ca lunter.ca

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Mac vs. PC debate over Computers gather dust as mobiles lead the charge A couple of weeks back a few editors and I in our chain had a brief email debate about Macs versus PCs. Someone had heard that our IT department was suggesting replacing some of our aging Macs with newer Windows-based machines. Most of the other editors were horriﬁed, and that’s typical of journalists, who are Apple-centric. I was the only one not bothered by the idea, since I use Apple at work,Windows at home and am happy with both. But I didn’t argue very hard, and for one reason: it felt a bit like debating the merits of Catholicism versus Protestantism.Which branch of Christianity was better might have been a going concern a couple of centuries ago, but now no one cares. Not even the Catholics and Protestants. The same is true of the equally theological and seemingly as ancient Mac versus PC schism.Wave your precious Macbook Pro or Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon around all you want because whether you like it or not, the world has moved on. Apples and oranges are both fruit Years ago, we used computers as overpriced, overcomplicated typewriters. (I’m talking about normal

people as opposed to geeks who used them to crunch vast reams of data.) As the machines got better and the interfaces improved, we added spreadsheets, presentations, photo editing, and games. And a whole bunch of other pieces of software, from Quicken to QuarkXpress. They were still overpriced, and often overcomplicated, but became steadily more useful. Once we added the Internet, from email to the web, they turned into the most profound communication devices ever invented. All of that work was done intimately through the computer we used and the interface it hosted, whether it was designed by Apple or Microsoft. Both the Mac and PC camps attracted adherents, and, in a way that seems stupid and shallow now, we strongly identiﬁed ourselves by the company of the computers we kept. A one button mouse versus a two-button mouse? That mattered! Now think of what you do with your computer today: send email, check Facebook, play Words With Friends, perform routine banking. Almost all of that you likely do through a web browser, and I’m not going out on a limb by suggesting the experience of these

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gathering dust in the corner. It has far more power than anyone needs. Like the Inquisition or the leaders of the Reformation, that big, expensive computer just doesn’t matter anymore and goes a long way to explaining the decline in traditional computer sales. The old Windows versus Mac debate will continue in isolated pockets, among, for example, creative professionals like journalists, who have special technical needs and neuroses to match when it comes to their tools. As for the rest of us, the theological debate in tech has moved to smartphones and tablets and whether iPhones/iPads versus Android gets you to social media heaven faster. But even this debate is dying down. Facebook, Gmail, Instagram and even traditional desktop stalwarts like Microsoft Ofﬁce are making their way to almost all smartphones and mobile devices. Smartphones, like the PCs and Macs before them, are becoming remarkably alike, as anyone who looks at new phones can see. A touchscreen, some buttons to push, and the same group of popular apps. And that’s not a bad thing, because the real things in life to argue about are not phones, iPads and operating systems. Barry Link is editor of the Vancouver Courier newspaper and a geek enthusiast. blink@ vancourier.com @trueblinkit

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HOME Dawn chorus walk set for May 24 From page 13 there will be a dawn chorus event at The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats at the double gates just before the main entrance to the parking lot at 6 a.m. Along with birds, spring also brings many other wonderful discoveries. Recently butterﬂies, including the beautiful Mourning Cloak were spotted sunning themselves on the pathways. I should also mention that there was great excitement in April when

a mountain bluebird was sighted at the conservation area and the ospreys are back! How wonderful it is to be out on a fine spring morning at the conservation area to watch the swallows and martins swooping over the marsh, hear the music of birds, see eagles, vultures and hawks soaring overhead, and to enjoy the company of all those who love nature — all kindred spirits. To help with bird songs, calls and identification, get a good field guide, or

app. Check with your local wild bird shop for the best advice. See you on the trail. Al Grass is a naturalist with Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia, which offers free walks at The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats on the second Saturday of every month.The next walk will be Saturday, May 10 starting at 10 a.m. where participants will search and listen for the early birds that call the area their summer home Meet atWBT’s site ofﬁce, 2645 Dollarton Hwy.Walks go rain or shine.

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Family Fun Day @ Britannia Mine Museum Saturday, May 10th

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Dr. Behmard & staff are pleased to welcome Sharon Lam-Smith, RDH to the Park Royal Village Dental Centre. Sharon has been a hygenist on the North Shore for the past 12 years. We are excited to have her join our team.

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Community Bulletin Board AUTHOR TALKS AT THE LIBRARY — A CALL TO NURSE Launch of a book of memories of life on and off duty in a hospital training school from 1901 to 1978 Wednesday, May 7, 7 p.m. at Lynn Valley Library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Registration required. 604984-0286 x8144

NORTH SHORE STORIES North Vancouver City Library will host an evening of storytelling to celebrate Mother’s Day Wednesday, May 7, 7-8:30 p.m. at 120 West 14th St. Featuring participants from the My Mother’s Story project that focuses on the extraordinary lives of ordinary women. Registration required. nvcl.ca SCREENING FOR THE FRONTLINES The

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PUBLIC HEARING Bylaw Amendment to Prohibit Medical Marijuana Production What:

A proposal to prohibit medical marijuana production and distribution within the District.

When:

7 pm, Tuesday, May 13, 2014

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Council Chambers, North Vancouver District Hall, 355 W. Queens Road

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This proposal requires an amendment to the Zoning Bylaw.

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We welcome your input Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at 7 pm. You can speak in person by signing up at the Hearing or you can provide a written submission to the Municipal Clerk at input@dnv.org or by mail before the conclusion of the Hearing.

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The City is considering rezoning the current One-Unit Residential (RS-1) zoned properties highlighted in grey, as indicated on the map, to a new Two-Unit Residential (RT-1A) Zone, so that the zoning for these properties is aligned with the permitted use in the City’s Ofﬁcial Community Plan and to enable property owners to potentially redevelop their lots as duplexes in the future without going through a rezoning process. A summary sheet comparing the proposed zoning designation to the existing zoning designation is included below.

The Subject Parcels are designated “Level 2: Low-Density Attached Form” in the City’s Ofﬁcial Community Plan and the proposed rezoning of RS-1 lots to the new RT-1A Zone will mean that the zoning for the properties will be consistent with that designation, but will not necessitate the redevelopment of any of the sites. Many properties in the vicinity already have achieved Two-Unit ‘Duplex’ (RT-1) Residential zoning through individually realized rezoning processes.

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To facilitate this rezoning, the City is proposing to designate a new Development Permit Area, which would require that all new duplex development in this area comply with design guidelines to encourage design excellence, sensitivity to existing character and enhanced livability of new duplexes and suites.

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Monday, May 12, 2014 at 6:00 pm Council Chamber at City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC

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“Ofﬁcal Community Plan, Bylaw, 2002, No. 7425, Amendment Bylaw, 2014, No. 8347” (a Bylaw to Introduce a Duplex Development Permit Area [Design Controls]) and “Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700, Amendment Bylaw, 2014, No. 8351” (Mid-Block RT-1A Rezoning, Schedules 113 and 114)

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Proposal: Rezone all existing RS-1 lots (Subject Parcels) in the mid-block area to RT-1A to allow for one-unit or two-unit uses in the future and apply design guidelines to new duplex development in this area.

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This Public Hearing is held under the provisions of the Local Government Act. Persons who believe they may be affected by this proposal will be heard in person and/or by written submission. Send submissions to the City Clerk at kgraham@cnv.org or by mail. Electronic submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm on Monday May 12, 2014. Once the Public Hearing has concluded, no further information or submissions can be considered by Council. The proposed bylaws and material may be viewed at City Hall from May 1, 2014 or, if you wish to view the material online please visit http://www.cnv.org/MidblockAreaRezoning. Please direct any inquiries to Michael Epp, Planner II, Community Development, at mepp@cnv.org or 604.982.3936.

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Local women nominated CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

Several North Shore women have been nominated for YWCA Metro Vancouver Women of Distinction Awards, which honour individuals and organizations who contribute to the wellbeing and future of the community. From North Vancouver, Deanna Loychuk, founder of 30 Minute Hit, has been nominated

in the Entrepreneurship category; and Sarah Shandl, founder of Vancouver, We Love You Great Adventure Club, has been nominated for Health and Wellness. From West Vancouver, Carmen Thériault, partner, wealth preservation, Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, has been nominated in the Business and the Professions category; Nassreen Filsoof, president and founder,

Canadian Iranian Foundation, has been nominated for Community Building; Deborah Jacobs, education department head, Squamish Nation, has been nominated for Education, Training and Development; and Shehla Ebrahim, doctor, Ambleside Dermedics, has been nominated in the Entrepreneurship category. In addition to the 10 nomination categories, the individual nominees are eligible for the Connecting

the Community Award where they select a YWCA program area in which they are interested and use social media to garner votes. The public can cast votes until May 23 and the nominee with the most votes will receive the award. Scotiabank will donate $10,000 to the YWCA program area of her choice. Award recipients will be announced June 3 during a gala at the Westin Bayshore Hotel.

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Nicole Robins thought she was prepared to be a mom. But now that her son Tyler is 10 and her daughter Marlee is seven, she admits motherhood was not quite what she expected. “I just knew it was always something I wanted to do. I was always certain it was going to happen,” she says of becoming a mom. But once her kids arrived she says she wasn’t quite prepared for the ups and downs her kids experienced, and having to go through

that with them. “You’re experiencing the highs and lows through their eyes,” she says. “It’s hard when the kids are going through something really difﬁcult, it’s almost doubly painful. I don’t think that I was prepared for that.” When Tyler experienced some challenges early in school due in part to an undiagnosed eyesight problem, Robins says the resulting needed intervention, including regular vision therapy out of town, was a strain on the whole family. Her son is now doing well in school, and Robins is conﬁdent it

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routine, they change,” reports Sull. When asked what the best part of being a mom is she answers quickly: “A lot, lots. Too many to count.” She is able to name a few: Random hugs and kisses, and when her boys ask her to sit with them to do a puzzle or watch a movie. Sull says one of the lessons she learned from her parents that she wants to pass on to her kids is the value of family. “Our families are extremely important to us, we’re there for each other all the time.” — Rosalind Duane

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tells her son half-jokingly, “I’ve already been through Grade 5, I don’t need to do it again.” The journey from babyhood to childhood has been a huge learning curve, she notes. “And as they grow older their issues and needs change and the requirements change and you sort of learn and grow with them.” Robins says her parenting style is similar to her own mom’s style, which was “pretty laid back” and really relaxed. “We were given a lot of freedom but we always knew what the rules were,” recalls Robins. “And that’s something that I really tried to model after is that you can’t expect your children to trust themselves in their decisions if you don’t show them trust. So if you don’t allow them the space and the time to make safe mistakes then they won’t know to trust their own judgment.” Robins says she still turns to her mom for advice, and she also likes to compare

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Parenting Today Another issue is finding a camp that you know is safe, with qualified staff and quality programming.The BC Camping Association offers an accreditation process for all camps that have been running for at least one year. Knowing that the camp you’ve chosen is accredited is a great way to know that it has met the basic standards in terms of training, programming and safety.The BC Camping Association website (bccamping.org) lists all the accredited camps.The website also explains the accreditation process. Once you have chosen a camp, be sure to attend the parent information night. Talk to the staff. Ask about the camp philosophy. Ask them to walk you through a typical day. Good camp people love to talk to parents and you can get a sense of the camp by asking questions. Trust your instincts. Does this sound right for your child? If they don’t want to talk to you or hedge, then find another camp. It’s also a good idea

to talk to parents whose children have attended the camp.When you tell your friends and colleagues that you are considering sending your child to camp you will get lots of advice and recommendations. The most consistent complaint from parents about camp is religious content in the program. If you’re looking for a religious orientation that’s fine, but when it’s a surprise parents find that sometimes the kids come home from camp talking about being “born again” or about daily Bible study. If you don’t want this for your child, ask the staff. Listen to the description of the day’s activities and choose accordingly. In recent years, some camps have installed video cameras to enable parents to keep an eye on their kids. It may sound great, but I’d avoid such a camp. For kids, the whole point of going to camp is to have a chance to succeed away from their folks. If they know their parents are checking them out online every day, they may as well be at home. Choose the right camp. Do your homework.Then let your child go. Kathy Lynn is a professional speaker and author. She will be leading a free workshop about child discipline courtesy of Tom Thumb Parent Participation Preschool on May 13, 7:30-9 p.m. at St. Philip’s church, 3737W. 27th Ave.,Vancouver. RSVP to fionaswinning@gmail.com. Sign up for Kathy’s newsletter at parentingtoday.ca.

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trademark humour with its amusing text and largerthan-life repulsive insects. On the title page a cheerful louse holding his luggage prepares for the move onto the head of a hapless schoolboy. When mom realizes there has been an invasion she goes crazy and prepares to wage war. After the boy wonders what the lice are doing in his hair we are treated to an extreme close-up of a vampire louse and told it is feasting on his blood. Interesting facts about lice habits and suggested treatments are included. Kids will get a big laugh

at the proposed cures, the scenes of jolly bug mayhem and the ﬁnal plot twist. Good reading for the picture book crowd, but expect some headscratching from the audience. How Do Dinosaurs Say I’m Mad? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague (NewYork, Blue Sky Press) $18.99 This is the latest picture book in a big series about dinosaur behaviour and kids will relate to the cranky actions of grumpy or enraged dinosaurs who act out inappropriately in response to parental dictates. A variety of dinosaurs (all identiﬁed by name) slam doors, grumble, pout and chuck their toys around after being told to go to bed, settle down or refrain from some activity. The adults, who are tiny in comparison, are not happy and give reproving stares which are ignored until the tantrums end. When the dinosaurs take a deep breath and sort themselves out mom is there to give a big loving hug. Reassuring fare for kids who can’t always control their feelings.

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Chris Dagenais

The Dish

ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents recipes for sushi, miso soup and a Japanese cheesecake. page 32

I’ve long subscribed to the belief that life is about the journey, not the destination. When we recall a particularly fond moment, the story of how we arrived at that moment is invariably more interesting than the moment itself. In the scheme of my experience with food, for example, I feel like I have amassed an inventory of very specific interactions that give me license to call myself a foodie: an oyster plucked from a boat in the Arcachon Basin near Bordeaux, sushi from the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, spicy goat kebabs eaten street-side in the sweltering heat of Delhi in the late afternoon. I wouldn’t trade any of those experiences, but when I think about them closely, it is the broader context of those moments that define me as a person. Largely, this broader context is marked by challenges: the challenge of learning about these foods in the first place, the challenge of seeking them out and travelling to them, the challenge of understanding their significance, cultural, economic, or otherwise. It is a rare phenomenon these days for a meal to present me with the sort of profound challenges that make my interaction with the food itself seem trifling

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Now, I’m not vegan. However, it seems to me that there is absolutely no reason why I ought not to enjoy vegan cuisine. I eat everything, after all. And herein lies the ﬁrst challenge presented to me by Café by Tao: vegan cuisine is not just another culinary style, it is part of a much broader perspective on the world and the rights of all of its inhabitants to a self-deﬁned existence free from both harm and the whims of the human appetite. I respect the discipline required of vegans and, on a certain level, I agree with some of their principles. Nevertheless, I could not escape feeling a sense of culinary voyeurism

as I partook of Tao’s vegan fare, as if I was some sort of interloper, a spy from the barbecue camp sent to gain intelligence on the other team. Tao’s new space is welcoming, bright and spacious with alluring scents of herbs and spices and the warm chatter of patrons who seem right at home in the updated digs. I found the menu fascinating, ﬁlled with items that sounded familiar to me, like lasagna, falafel, pizza, and burgers. This familiarity, however, turned out to be in name only and presented me with the second major challenge of my meal: forcing myself to consider my pre-conceptions

about what constitutes foods that bear familiar names. The falafel, the first item in my meal, was a flavourful, artfully crafted dish, comprised of house-made falafel, nut cheese, tomato, cucumber and sprouts, all wrapped in a supple, ruffled lettuce leaf.The dish was a success overall, but so dramatically departed from my understanding of falafel, with its traditional tzatziki, hot sauce and pita bread conventions, that it left me considering how powerful language can be in setting false expectations. Next up was a bowl of borscht, served here cold See Lasagna page 33

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Sushi doesn’t have to be hard to make a) Use only fresh, sushigrade tuna. b) Use a heavy stainless steel pan to sear the tuna. Don’t use a non-stick pan because they don’t caramelize food as well as steel pans. c) Don’t overcook the tuna. Only about one-quarter inch of the outer surface should be cooked. To make the carrot and jicama slaw, I highly recommend investing in a julienne cutter, which is a little gadget that looks a bit like a vegetable peeler but has small serrated teeth that create thin julienne strips. Most good kitchen stores carry them, and they only cost a few dollars. The miso soup recipe below is a quick and easy version that doesn’t require the traditional dashi broth, which contains ingredients that might be a bit difﬁcult to ﬁnd. And don’t be misled by the word “cheesecake” in the dessert title.This isn’t like some other cheesecakes. It’s light and not terribly “cheesy.”The secret to a good result is to use the

Angela Shellard

Romancing the Stove The thought of making sushi at home can be intimidating as the techniques required to turn out a reasonable facsimile of what you’d get in a good sushi bar are quite advanced. However, there are a few Japanese recipes that don’t require samurai-level knife skills or the third hand you seem to need when rolling sushi.Tuna tataki is a delicious dish of seared tuna cloaked in a vinegary, gingery sauce, and it’s easy enough for a novice cook to master. Here are a few basic tips to help:

soup isn’t hot enough you can reheat it very gently over low heat, but don’t let it boil. Makes four servings.The miso will separate from the broth as you eat it, just stir it to mix it back together. Tuna Tataki with Carrot & Jicama Slaw

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Bring the vegetable broth to a boil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat and reduce heat to simmer. Add the green onions and kale and simmer for ﬁve minutes. Add the tofu and simmer for an additional ﬁve minutes. Remove saucepan from heat (miso shouldn’t be cooked). In a small bowl, stir about half a cup of the hot liquid into the miso.Whisk to mix thoroughly, then add miso paste back into the saucepan of broth. Stir to mix well and serve immediately. If the

½ lb sushi-grade ahi tuna, one-inch thick ½ cup black or white sesame seeds, or a combination Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Peanut oil or other neutral vegetable oil 2 large carrots, peeled ½ of a medium jicama, peeled Sauce: 1 ⁄3 cup rice wine vinegar 1 ⁄3 cup low-sodium soy sauce 1 tsp Asian toasted sesame oil 1 tsp brown sugar 1 Tbsp ﬁnely grated fresh ginger 2 green onions, ﬁnely sliced (garnish) Combine all of the sauce ingredients in a medium

bowl and stir to combine; set aside. Place the sesame seeds on a shallow plate. Rub both sides of the tuna with a little oil. Season generously with salt and pepper, then press each side into the sesame seeds. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a sauté pan over high heat.When pan is hot, add the tuna and sear on all sides until tuna is opaque for about one-quarter of an inch on each side (use tongs to hold the edges of the tuna on the pan to get them seared). Remove seared tuna to a plate and set aside to cool slightly at room temperature. Using a julienne cutter, cut the carrots and jicama into very thin shreds. Place the shredded vegetables on a serving plate and drizzle about one third of the sauce over top; toss to coat evenly. With a very sharp knife, cut the seared tuna into quarter-inch thick slices and arrange them on top of the vegetables. Pour the remaining sauce evenly over top and sprinkle with chopped green onions. See Substitutions page 33

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Lasagna features zucchini strips in place of pasta

From page 31

and presented without the usual dollop of sour cream. The soup was fantastically colourful, the bright beet pinkness preserved with a splash of vinegar, an essential ingredient in conventional

borscht that added a welcome acidity to Tao’s earthy rendition. After the soup came lasagna, for me the biggest head trip of the meal.While I tend to build lasagna with layers of ricotta, ﬁor di latte, broad noodles, and sometimes even béchamel sauce, Café

by Tao fashions theirs with thin strips of zucchini in place of pasta, interspersed with nut cheese, marinara, marinated mushrooms, and spinach.The raw vegetable lasagna is served cold and the ingredients retain their natural crunch and ﬂavours. In retrospect, I think this

lasagna was a touch too ambitious for someone like me. Firmly rooted as I am in the conventions surrounding that dish, its rawness challenged my threshold for innovation.While the lasagna was clearly well thought out and delicately executed, my palate was ultimately

frustrated by the paucity of dairy richness and unfamiliar temperature. It is worth noting, however, that upon completion of my meal, I didn’t suffer a feeling of overindulgence, which is so often associated with these items when prepared by more traditional methods.

Café by Tao is located at 131 West Esplanade in North Vancouver. taoorganics.com

Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. Contact: hungryontheshore@gmail.com.

Substitutions are not recommended

From page 32

Makes four servings. Japanese Cotton Soft Cheesecake The ingredient quantities are a bit strange because they were converted from a British recipe. Remember, use exactly the ingredients the recipe calls for to achieve best results. 9 ounces cream cheese (one large block plus 1/8 of another one, or ¼ of a small package), room temperature 4 Tbsp butter 1 ⁄3 cup homogenized milk 6 eggs, room temperature, separated into yolks and whites ¼ tsp cream of tartar ½ cup plus 2 Tbsp ﬁne granulated sugar (usually called “berry sugar” or you can pulse regular granulated sugar in a

food processor until grains are finer) 1 ⁄3 cup plus 1 tsp cake and pastry flour (don’t use regular all-purpose flour) 3 Tbsp cornstarch Icing sugar and fresh berries or sliced mango to garnish In the top of a double boiler or in a bowl set over a pot of simmering water (don’t let bottom of bowl touch the water), melt together the cream cheese, butter and milk. Stir until well combined and smooth. Remove the bowl from heat and let it cool, whisking vigorously if mixture gets lumpy.When the mixture has cooled, lightly beat the egg yolks and fold them in along with the flour and cornstarch until completely incorporated. Preheat oven to 325° F. Lightly grease an eightinch springform pan and

line the bottom and sides with parchment paper. Wrap the bottom of the pan in a double thickness of heavy-duty aluminum foil, extending foil right up the sides of the pan. In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and continue beating, adding the sugar gradually until soft peaks form (meringue should fall back on itself when beaters are lifted). Add about one-quarter of the egg whites to the cream cheese mixture and stir until batter is lightened, then gently fold in the remaining egg whites until well incorporated (a few little visible specks of egg white are okay). Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and place into a large roasting pan. Fill the roasting pan with boiling water until water reaches halfway up

the sides of the springform pan. Loosely tent a piece of aluminum foil on top of the springform pan to prevent the cake from overbrowning. Bake for one hour and 10 minutes. After that time open the oven door a crack, remove foil from top of pan and continue baking with door open for another 10 minutes. Carefully remove the pan from the water bath; remove foil from bottom of pan and place pan on wire rack to cool completely (cake will pull away from the sides of the pan). Remove springform ring; dust top of cake with icing sugar if desired, and serve with berries or sliced mango alongside. Makes eight to 10 servings. Angela Shellard is a selfdescribed foodie. She has done informal catering for various functions. Contact: ashellard@ hotmail.ca.

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Historic Langara a worthy test

Mark Hood, contributing writer

British Columbia golf history began in the late 1800s with the construction of the Jericho Beach golf course in Vancouver in 1892 (no longer operating), followed by the Victoria Golf Club in 1893.

In the decades that followed, courses began to pop up around the province, including the Vancouver Club in Coquitlam, the Lower Mainland’s oldest continually operating course, which opened for play in 1912 followed by the Qualicum course in 1913. All were private, for members and guests only. The First World War put further development on hold, but in the post-war years, course development resumed spearheaded by a talented B.C. golfer, himself a wounded veteran from the battle of Vimy Ridge. Arthur Vernon Macan was born in Ireland and moved to Victoria in 1912. There, he was an outstanding

member of the Victoria club and won the B.C. Amateur in the same year. He then began a career in golf course architecture that would go on to span five decades. From his initial course design at Colwood on Vancouver Island, he went on to design dozens of courses throughout B.C. and down the Pacifi c Pacific Coast. Clubs that bear his signature include Marine Drive in Vancouver, Gleneagles in West Vancouver, the University Golf Course in Vancouver, Gorge Vale in Victoria and the current course at Shaughnessy in Vancouver, opened for play in 1957.

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British Columbia golf history began in the late 1800s with the construction of the Jericho Beach golf course in Vancouver in 1892 (no longer operating), followed by the Victoria Golf Club in 1893.

In 1924, Macan was engaged by the Canadian Paciﬁ c Railway, a major Paciﬁc Vancouver landholder, to develop an 18-hole course on a piece of property in South Vancouver bounded by 49th Avenue in the north, West 58th to the south, Ontario Street to the east and

Standing on the tee boxes at Van couver’s Langara Golf Course, designer A. V. Macan’s philosop hy of openness and playability are much in evid ence.

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clubhouse was added, but the essential Dan Foster, and we were eager to rst few halting steps of a character of the course remained. add to the fi first Now under the administration of new golf season. They called it Langara and it was Monaghan Golf, the team that manages Standing on the fi rst tee, Macan’s first the first public golf course in British Fraserview, its driving range and golf philosophy of openness and Columbia, opening for play in 1926. academy, their focus is on maintaining playability were in evidence. At 325 Over the years as a good pace of yards from the tips, Number One is Vancouver grew so play and keeping a slight dogleg left descending the did the need for space playing surfaces in slope from the clubhouse. There were Langara was the first and the club’s owner, top condition. trees down the left of the fairway but public golf course the City ofVancouver, suffi cient property to accommodate It had been a sufficient in British Columbia, modified the layout number of years all but the most wayward opening opening for play in 1926. to accommodate the since I had played salvos. new Langara College Langara and a A small bunker on the left front of the in 1970 and a group recent trip in late green was more of a distraction than a of townhouses along 49th Avenue in April revealed a course as lively and danger and the putting surface was a 1979. challenging as any course within reach series of green velvet breakers, rolling Through it all, the course has remained of the North Shore. away from the forward edge. It was a much as Macan envisioned it. He liked It was a glorious spring Saturday, commendable introduction to what wide open fairways and believed sunny and breezy, blue sky dappled was to follow. that the new North American course with billowing cumulous clouds, It had rained two days earlier and designs featured too many bunkers. ebbing and flowing on the wind. New been dry the day before, but we were His aim was to design courses that cherry blossoms danced in the gusts all amazed at how dry the course allowed ordinary working people the and birds blissfully surfed the updrafts was in general and the greens in opportunity to enjoy the game he loved. and eddies. particular. It was early in the year but For him, it was all about adventure I was joined that day by a classic North the putting surfaces were slick and and his greens were where the Shore trio: Steve Jones, Kim Muir and what looked like a maximum two-putt action was. He succeeded in creating putting surfaces with hogsbacks and The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation has provided golfers with undulations, dips and rises to test the a free smart phone app that allows you to book tee times and lessons, skill of players of all levels. Cambie Street to the west.

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shot is over a large pond, one of two water hazards on the course.

That afternoon, it was alive with waterfowl. Convoys of mallards and buffleheads scuttled back and forth, Judging distances has been helped while above a bald eagle soared like dramatically by new technology. a string-less incandescent kite against The Vancouver Board of Parks and the clouds and bright blue sky, and a Recreation has pair of coyote pups provided golfers with ambled playfully up a free smart phone app the 6th fairway in the On the fourth hole, that allows you to book distance. your opening shot is tee times and lessons, Photoshop is no keep your score and over a large pond, one match for Mother statistics, and use GPS Nature. of two water hazards to determine distance on the course. On the 5th hole, an to the hazards and holes on all three of their championship continued on page 38 courses: McLeery, Fraserview and Langara. It’s a free download at the iTunes app store and a big help. From the fi rst green to the first eighth tee, Macan tightens the screws. Number 2 is a 189-yard par three leading farther down the slope, and 3 and 4 traverse west-east and east-west back up the hill. On the fourth hole, your opening

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a spectacular day e afternoon sunlight, Bathed in golden lat round at Langara. leads to an enjoyable

uphill 380-yard par 4 dogleg left, you come to one of the most interesting greens on the course. Shared with the 9th hole it’s a large, multi-tiered, uphill-sloping collection of breaks and ridges. Pin placement will make your approach shot one of the most crucial on the front side and disaster is a misjudgement away.

Langara’s 17th hole leads back up the slope to the 18th hole and the clubhou se beyond.

Number 7, rated toughest on the course, is a 435-yard downhill par 4. Trees dot the left edge of the fairway with a small grove at the left and right of the landing area. The green rises up on a mound at the base of the slope and a fringe of thick tangled rough left, right and behind the putting surface awaits to grab your hosel as you try to right the ship. On the back 9 the second difﬁcult hole, the most difﬁcult 527-yard par-5 11th, runs

parallel to the 7th fairway and about 80 yards toward the tee. extends, back and front, by close Bathed in golden late afternoon to 100 yards. It is another long sunlight, it seemed the most trip and while the fairways are peaceful place on Earth. Ducks generous enough, the green makes and geese drifted quietly along up for it. Two bunkers guard the the water and the silence was front right and broken only by the overall lack the rumble of jets With its unique place of bunkers gives from the airport them a startling in B.C. golf history, in the distance quality when and an occasional convenient location they ﬁnally do profanity. and very modest appear. Putting out on green fees (adult Yet while Macan the 18th green, weekend rates are taketh away, we each felt currently $46 plus he also giveth. privileged to Number 7 is tax) Langara has got have enjoyed followed by the to be a mainstay in a round at benign 142-yard Langara on such your course rotation. par-3 8th and the a spectacular day. 11th is followed With its unique by the 180-yard place in B.C. golf history, par-3 12th. convenient location and very For my money, one of the prettiest modest green fees (adult weekend spots on this lovely course was rates are currently $46 plus tax) standing on the tee of the 326- Langara has got to be a mainstay yard par 4 13th. The second water in your course rotation. hole on the course, the green on Number 13 is fronted by a smallish Give them a call or download the pond that runs from mid fairway free app and get swinging. It’s a ! to the left boundary of the course whole new season. and from the front of the green for

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very even, competitive game (Wednesday).They have lots of good players and good coaching. I’m sure they want it as much as we do. It will be a good game.” Pellerud knows a thing or two about big games. She grew up in soccer mad Norway, moving to Canada in 2000 with her husband Even, who came to take on the head coaching job with Canada’s national women’s team. Even stepped down from his role of as Canada’s coach in 2008 but the family, including twin daughters Hedvig and Tora, was by then entrenched on the North Shore.The twins are now Grade 12 students at West Van and Anne has been coaching at the school ever since she signed up as a volunteer during the teachers’ strike in 2012. Today’s game is a big one for West Van and the Pelleruds, even though the soccer is not at all like it was back in Europe. “School soccer is pretty relaxed,” said Anne with a laugh. “You want to be demanding but you just

As far as regular season high school soccer games go, they don’t get much bigger than the one that will take place this afternoon between the Argyle Pipers and West Vancouver Highlanders. The Pipers lead the Highlanders by just a single point heading into Wednesday’s regular season ﬁnale, meaning that if either team can come away with a regulation time victory tonight they will claim the North Shore regular season title and the smoothest path to the provincial championships. An Argyle overtime win would also seal the deal while a West Van overtime win would leave the teams deadlocked, forcing tiebreakers into play. “It’s a big game for sure,” said West Van head coach Anne Pellerud, whose Highlanders beat Argyle by identical 3-2 scores in their two previous meetings, once in regulation time and once in an overtime shootout. “It’s been two even games. . . . I expect a

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West Vancouver native Sam Reinhart’s sterling season got even shinier last week when the Western Hockey League named the Kootenay Ice captain the league’s Player of the Year and the Most Sportsmanlike Player. The 18-year-old centre scored 36 goals and notched 69 assists for 105 points in just 60 games, registering a +24 rating while picking up only 11 penalty minutes in the process. Reinhart finished tied for fourth in the WHL in points despite playing the fewest games of any of the top-10 players. His 69 assists established a new record for the team as the Ice finished fifth

in the league’s Eastern Conference. The numbers conﬁrm Reinhart’s value to the team — he scored or assisted 45 per cent of the team’s goals and was held off the score sheet only nine times with the Ice losing each of those nine games. He also put together a league best 22game point streak. “Being named player of the year is a huge honour and a direct reﬂection of my team, my teammates and the opportunity I was given,” Reinhart told Postmedia News. “Coming into this year, consistency was a big focus of mine and I think that was a big asset of my game this year.With the sportsmanlike award, I’ve always taken pride in playing the right way and being

smart. I always felt you can get a couple of more shifts in a game if you’re not in the penalty box.” Winning the WHL’s Player of theYear award also made Reinhart the league’s nominee for CHL Player of theYear, which will be presented at the 2014 Canadian Hockey League Awards during the 2014 MasterCard Memorial Cup in London, Ont., later this month. Reinhart, a former Hollyburn Husky, suited up for Team Canada at the 2014 World Junior Hockey Championships where the team ﬁnished fourth. In the WHL playoffs Reinhart helped the Ice knock off the Calgary Hitmen four games to two in the opening round before losing a

the No. 3 prospect in NHL Central Scouting’s ﬁnal list of the top North American skaters eligible for the draft. Sam is the youngest member of a royal hockey family headed by father Paul Reinhart who played 11 seasons in the NHL with the Calgary Flames and

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It’s been a busy couple of weeks of accepting awards for NorthVancouver track and ﬁeld star AndyWhite. The Argyle grad was named the Association of Independent Institutions Conference athlete of the week while also earning a Paciﬁc Western Brewing Community Foundation Hometown Heroes bursary. White’s athlete of the week nod was for the

period of April 21-27 in which he posted stellar results for the University of British Columbia team in their Achilles Cup dual meet against Simon Fraser University. White dominated the men’s javelin competition at the meet, winning with a throw of 68.73 meters, an Achilles Cup record which was just shy of his all-time best. Along with the javelin,

he also won the men’s shot put at the Achilles Cup with a toss of 12.47 meters and placed second in the men’s high jump with a leap of 1.80 meters, both personal bests. White was back in the spotlight May 5 when he was one of four B.C. natives to receive a $2,000 bursary from Paciﬁc Western Brewery at a ceremony held at Vancouver’s Terminal City

Club.White was recognized for his work as a track and ﬁeld athlete as well as his campaign to honour his mother, Linda Rosetti, who died of breast cancer during his ﬁrst year of studies at UBC. “Her only wish of me was to always follow my dreams,” White said in a PWB release. “All my life I have dreamed of representing Canada at the Olympic Games, and

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is an ongoing program aimed at selecting 16 B.C. natives to receive bursaries in the leadup to the 2015 Canada Winter Games which will be held in Prince George, the home of Paciﬁc Western Brewing.The program is open to athletes, coaches or others involved in community sports mentoring. Applicants must be at least 19 years of age. For more information or to ﬁnd application forms visit pwbrewing.com. — Andy Prest

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can’t.You have to relax. . . . It’s a great group of girls, and I think their strength is that they just enjoy being together and having fun together.We have some good strong players and we have some players that don’t play soccer. But that’s the beauty of the game, that they can all be part of it and have fun together.” There is, however, important playoff positioning at stake. Whichever team ﬁnishes ﬁrst will get to take on

Burnaby’s No. 1 team on Monday with a berth in provincials on the line.The second place team will have a tougher road, needing to beat Burnaby’s No. 2 on Monday and then face the loser of the battle of No. 1s on Wednesday.With that smooth path to provincials on the line, Pellerud is hoping for a big showing from her Highlanders. “It will be very important,” she said. “I hope they are up for a big challenge.” Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. today at Ambleside E.

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