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Crown seeks jail time for ‘sextortion’ NorthVan man threatened to post explicit video on social media JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Crown prosecutors are asking a judge to send a North Vancouver man to jail for his actions in a “sextortion” case

eerily similar to what happened to Amanda Todd. Crown counsel Adrienne Lee said 23year-old Mark Webber should go to jail for threatening to release a

sexually explicit video of a young woman to a list of her Facebook friends unless she sent him nude photos of herself — and then carrying out the threat within two days when she didn’t comply. Webber also sent the video to a pornographic website. His actions caused severe psychological

damage to his victim, and distress to her family, Lee told the judge. “It’s an Amanda Todd situation,” Lee said outside the court. In the courtroom, Lee asked Judge Steven Merrick to send Webber to prison for nine months in order to send a strong message that such actions are criminal

and unacceptable. “It’s about sending a message to other likeminded persons that if they use social media to threaten, extort or put at risk vulnerable people, they will be dealt with severely by the courts,” she said. The sentencing hearing Tuesday was held after Webber pleaded guilty

to the unusual charge of extortion. According to the prosecutor, Webber — who did not have a relationship with the victim — found the video on a cellphone belonging to the victim’s boyfriend after that phone went missing. He then tracked down the young See Lawyer page 3

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Multiple rescue agencies spent the night in the North Shore backcountry looking for a pair of hikers who became lost Monday afternoon. Twelve South Korean hikers were planning to hike to the Lions on the challenging Howe Sound Crest trail Monday morning but two members hiked ahead of the pack and became separated. When the rest of the group made it back to the Cypress Bowl parking lot, they realized their compatriots were nowhere to be found and called 9-1-1. The dispatch roused four full search teams and mutual aid from North Shore Rescue, Coquitlam Search and Rescue, Ridge Meadows and Lions Bay Search & Rescue. See Hikers page 9

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Off-leash signs raise hackles Dog walkers lash out against leash laws at Bridgman

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The place hasn’t gone to the dogs, and that’s the problem. Six new on-leash signs popped up in Bridgman Park recently, much to the dismay of North Vancouver animal owners who prefer their dogs off the chain. “People are furious. They’re not doing it,” said dog devotee Dave Holden. Holden has been strolling down the riverside trail south of the Keith Road bridge for 10 years and said he’s rarely seen Bridgman dog walkers observe the area’s leash laws. “There’s no reason to say this area is on-leash. It’s a trail, it’s not near houses,” Holden said. “Why not go with what the people want, the majority, and make it off-leash?” The area’s leash bylaws have not changed, according to district communications coordinator Stephanie Smiley, who pointed out there are adjacent off-leash areas in Lynnmouth Park to the south and in the north end of Bridgman. The district’s focus is on educating dog walkers,

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The signs are an unreasonable incursion into a canine social club, according to Holden. “If we want dogs to behave well they need to socialize like this off-leash,” Holden said. From time to time a couple dogs might growl or nip at each other, but owners tend to defuse the

incidents quite quickly, according to Holden. “Every once in a while . . . someone who has a complete fear of dogs decides to take a walk through the park, which is kind of a strange place if you’re terriﬁed of dogs,” he said. “I wouldn’t walk down the middle of a train track if I was scared

of trains.” The owner of two weimaraners, Holden refers to their Bridgman Park excursion as “their daily exorcism.” “I have big dogs and they need their exercise and that means running, that doesn’t mean a little prance around the block,” he said.

NDP and Greens round out WV ballot IAN JACQUES AND JOHN GLEESON editor@coastreporter.net

The four major political parties have now selected their candidates for the next federal election in the riding of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country. On Saturday in Gibsons, Larry Koopman was elected by the members of the federal New Democrats to carry the party’s banner. Koopman beat out Gibsons resident Elizabeth Nordlund for the nomination. He now joins incumbent Conservative MP John Weston, Liberal Pamela Goldsmith-Jones and former Whistler mayor Ken Melamed who won the Green Party nomination

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Koopman said. “I’m honoured to have the conﬁdence of the members and supporters to go forward with this.” Koopman said the party is under no illusions that winning the riding will be an easy task. “Certainly it is a tough riding and we know that it is going to be a very big challenge, but I am and the party is up for the challenge,” he said. “We ﬁnished a strong second last time and we have been increasing our votes in the riding.We certainly remain hopeful and we are going to do our best.” Melamed told the Coast Reporter he plans to go after Weston’s record in the riding. “It’s going to be easy to attack Mr.Weston in the nicest way possible.

He’s not a bad guy, he’s just ineffective and he represents a party that has done tremendous damage to Canada,” he said. After nine years on Whistler council, Melamed served two terms as mayor, from 2005 to 2011, but was defeated in his third attempt. Weston won the riding in 2011 with 45 per cent of the vote.The NDP’s Terry Platt and Liberals’ Dan Veniez ﬁnished with 24 and 23 per cent, respectively. Since that election, the federal government has redrawn the riding by hiving off the Powell River portion and joining it with northern Vancouver Island. — with ﬁles from Brent Richter Ian Jacques is editor and John Gleeson reporter at the Coast Reporter newspaper in Sechelt.

woman on Facebook and made the threats under a fake identity. Police investigators eventually traced him and over a year later — in May of 2013 — executed a search warrant on his parents’ home, where Webber had been living in a basement suite, and seized his computer. Webber then gave a lengthy statement to ofﬁcers, confessing his actions. Lee said because Webber’s crime was one that caused severe psychological harm, under new laws he isn’t eligible for a conditional sentence that would allow him to serve a jail sentence in the community. Webber’s defence lawyer Michael Mines asked the judge for a suspended sentence, noting Webber was 20 years old at the time of the offence, was depressed and socially isolated, spending his time playing video games all day. Mines said Webber has no criminal history and his actions were completely out of character. “He is socially a different person today than he was when he committed this offence,” said Mines. He added his client is very remorseful. Thanks in part to highproﬁle cases like Todd’s, Webber now has a much better understanding of “the effects of sexual cyber bullying,” said Mines. But “once you hit ‘send’ on the Facebook friends, it’s out there,” he said. “Mr. Webber can’t get those messages back.” In court, Webber offered an apology to his victim, whose identity is protected under a publication ban. “Knowing what I know now makes my heart sink to think of what I’ve done to you,” he said. “I know what I did was very wrong.” Lee said Webber’s actions went beyond typical online bullying. “This is not a case of cyber bullying,” she said. “This is a case of criminal extortion.” Merrick has reserved his decision.

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t’s beyond hard to watch the level of unrest coming out of Ferguson. The Missouri town has been in a near-constant state of protest and heavy-handed police response since an unarmed black teenager was shot by police more than a week ago. But with drastically differing police and civilian accounts of the shooting, we are left to guess what sparked this. New technology makes it entirely feasible for ofﬁcers to wear miniature cameras on their uniforms and studies have shown that police forces that use them experience a drastic drop in useof-force and complaints against police. Rightly or wrongly, police face a perception that they protect their own. It doesn’t help that there have been some very high-proﬁle cases where photos or footage captured by a civilian bystander was the only way

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Hacker attacks a global problem Dear Editor: In reference to the Aug. 13 story entitled West Vancouver Shores Up Online Defences. As a District of West Vancouver resident, George Pajari is well within his rights to express his opinion on any matter that affects the district and its residents.The district welcomes and encourages

residents to participate in well-informed discussions. However, Mr. Pajari’s harsh criticism of the District of West Vancouver’s preparedness for efforts to hack our databases is poorly informed and unfair.We take information security extremely seriously, and the district’s security measures met industry standards for what we knew at the

time. Mr. Pajari could not know enough about our internal information security procedures to suggest otherwise, because for security reasons, we don’t discuss them in detail publicly. Many other Lower Mainland municipalities were targets of the same attack and reported security breaches that day. In fact, any organization worldwide

running the Coldfusion web application platform could have been targeted. Hacking is a global problem, and while we wish it were otherwise, the District of West Vancouver joins the NewYork Times, NASA, Facebook, JP Morgan, Apple Computers and hundreds of other companies and governments unable to stop

recent efforts by hackers to access their systems. The good news is our highly trained and vigilant information technology staff were able to contain the damage and no residents’ information was compromised. Michael Koke Chief Financial Ofﬁcer, District of West Vancouver

overthrow of a tyrant’s yoke that would enslave others. “Freedom is not free …” Just recently, on the 100th anniversary of Canada joining the First

Dear Editor: I agree with the reader who requested more coverage of our First Nations’ rich heritage in the North Shore News. (Margo Running, Friday, July 25.) Just in case there is no follow-up forthcoming, I would like to try and direct that reader to the Legends of Vancouver: 100th Anniversary Edition by Pauline Johnson. The lost salmon run is an event which deserves to get publicity, as the ﬁsheries department has promised us a big run this year. By chance, I read recently in the Vancouver Sun under the bestsellers book list that The Curve of Time by M.

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New Cates Park war memorial is not a children’s climbing gym Dear Editor: On Aug. 4, 1914, Canada became part of the bloody carnage of the First World War. Out of a nation of only eight million people, 620,000 military personnel were mobilized.

Per capita, Canada contributed more than any of her allies to that war. Of these warriors, 173,000 (28 per cent) were wounded, and one in ten never returned. Entering that war

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Mine disaster points to lack of regulation “The top of the organization doesn’t listen sufficiently to what the bottom is saying.” — Anthony Hayward, 2006 Why is an eight-yearold comment by BP Oil CEO Anthony Hayward relevant in British Columbia today? Well it’s because, four years before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and began spewing 210,000 US gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico, Hayward expressed his concern about the company’s habit of ignoring employees who had warned cost-saving cutbacks to inspections and maintenance would cause trouble. In 2014, that syndrome is at the root of two disturbing news stories that erupted on Aug. 4. As many of you know, biologist Alexandra Morton began her struggle to protect a vital part of British Columbia’s pristine environment in 1989. For 25 years she has tenaciously rung the warning bells about the danger Norwegianowned fish-farms pose to the survival of B.C.’s wild salmon. Enabled by provincial permits, the industry thumbs its nose at Morton’s work. Provincial and federal regulators have not only ignored her warnings, the Harper government pared down the Department of Fisheries and gagged the scientists who remained. News of the latest round in her battle arrived by email on B.C. Day, when Morton alerted me to a significant fish die-off at

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Grieg Seafood’s opencontainment operations near Gold River. When pressed for the cause, Grieg CEO Morten Vike attributed it to an algae bloom and said, “the fish in Nootka Sound are otherwise healthy.” Then, after Morton and a camera crew visited the farms, confirmed the die-off and took water samples for testing,Vike contacted the industry’s communications group IntraFish and said her “allegations” were “utter nonsense.” Undaunted, Morton wrote to company owner, Mr. Per Grieg.You can read the letter and decide who to believe as you watch events unfold at: alexandramorton. typepad.com Morton’s persistent attempts to be heard at ‘the top’ are not just about wild salmon.They’re about all the other species that depend on wild fish for their own survival – bears, eagles and our forest resources to name a few. When land-based fish-farms are a proven alternative, it speaks ill of us and our governments that we continue to allow foreign corporate bullies to deride Morton’s expertise and to defile B.C. waters

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with impunity. In any other ‘war’ she would be hailed as a patriot. Then, last Sunday, Morton unknowingly reinforced the connections I had drawn to the second part of my story: “Fraser River First Nations I work with asked me to visit the Imperial Mine disaster,” she wrote. “What I saw yesterday

was deeply disturbing. Earthen berms don’t hold water.Yet the warnings, engineering, even common sense were ignored.This is the behaviour I deal with over salmon-farm virus. Warnings are ignored.” Globally, there have been at least nine signiﬁcant breaches at other mines since 2009. So why did the Mount Polley Mining

Corporation and the province pay insufﬁcient attention to repeated warnings that ongoing monitoring was essential at its Likely, B.C. operation? Were corporate costcutting and pared-down government inspections responsible? Imperial donated over $1 million to get the premier and her government re-

elected. But whether or not the mining industry “has enjoyed far too cosy … ties with government regulators” as President Obama said of the oil industry, we know “the bottom” had spoken early and often about the tailings pond at the Mount Polley mine. SeeWhere page 8

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World War, a national war memorial was unveiled and dedicated at Cates Park/ Whey-ah-Wichen. In the form of a large jade boulder, and intended as a focal gathering point for the annual Remembrance Day service held there, it stands in

silent tribute to honour all Canada’s fallen warriors who died that we may enjoy the freedoms that we now take for granted. However, children have often been seen climbing upon the memorial, a sign of disrespect of which doubtless the children are unaware. I would politely ask

parents to use the memorial as an educational tool to explain its purpose to their children, that they may understand the principles of freedom and peace that Canada’s war dead died for, and take them to the park’s nearby playground for their climbing activities. Mick Webb North Vancouver

Several sources reported that warnings stressing the need for monitoring began in 2009. Those red ﬂags were repeated in 2011 by consultants Brian Olding & Associates and in a Feb. 10, 2011 sign-off letter from Knight Piésold, the mine’s departing engineer of record. (knightpiesold.com) Over the joint signatures of KP’s President and Managing Director, the letter was sent to the Mount Polley mining company and to the provincial chief inspector of mines. Most telling was this comment: “The embankments and the overall tailings impoundment are getting large and it is extremely important that they be monitored, constructed and operated properly to prevent problems in the future.” To any reasonable person, the letter reads as

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dam? Where was ministry oversight to ensure ongoing compliance? Although union spokesman, Paul French, couldn’t reveal personal information, when I called former employee Larry Chambers, he said he believes his repeated comments about the embankment played a part in his termination. “No doubt,” he said, “and if there’s more problems, they’ll have 300 more whistleblowers to deal with.” Disgruntled shareholders are contemplating a classaction lawsuit over the decreased value of their investments. How about we do likewise for the damage done to our environment and wildlife — because if you don’t care about this heartbreaking destruction, then you shouldn’t be living in British Columbia. rimco@shaw.ca

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Hikers not prepared for trek From page 1 Not long after one crew of volunteers returned to the rescue staging area at the Cypress Bowl search and rescue station and another team headed in, the missing pair made their way out of the woods in Lions Bay — tired but uninjured. “It’s really steep in there and we’ve had a lot of

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The group, all Korean post-graduate students visiting Vancouver, were scheduled to fly home Monday night. “It was really poor planning.The hike was at least a six-hour outbound and six-hour return and they had a flight back to Korea last night,” Palmer said. “Presumably, they’ve got a new flight to book.” This is the second time

this summer North Shore Rescue members have conducted an all-night search effort only to have the rescue subjects make their way out on their own. In late July, 16 volunteers spent the night searching for missing hikers who made their way back to Grouse Mountain after becoming lost in the steep, dangerous terrain of Crown Creek.

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West Van lawyer to head tribunal Thomas heads to Ottawa to lead national organization ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com

For David Thomas, his new career choice was all about serving his country and doing his part to make it a better place. On Sept. 2, the West Vancouver resident will begin his appointment as the new chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in Ottawa. The Department of Justice announced Thomas’ appointment in late June. “There were a number of people that did apply for the position,” said Thomas. “And I was one of I think ﬁve ﬁnalists who were interviewed for the job.” Thomas has been a member of the tribunal since early 2013, working

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the ﬁrst case, which is “a massive, massive case” that has been brought up on behalf of a First Nations group. “It’s taking three members on the panel and it’s taking a very high proportionate amount of the resources of the tribunal to manage,” he said. “We’re under the impression that we’re going to have quite a few more cases like this coming down the pike towards the tribunal and the big challenge for me and for the others will be how do we manage this.” Thomas is no stranger to

heading up organizations. He has served as director and executive member of the Sovereign Order of St. John, director of the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and is current director of the CanadaKorea Business Association. He also has his own law ﬁrm, David L.Thomas Law Corp. in North Vancouver and is a partner at the Dundarave Mortgage Investment Corp. His background, he said, will hopefully help him bring a fresh outlook and viewpoint to management. “One of the things that makes me a little bit different is that I’m a

complete private-sector individual, apart from my part-time employment over the last year, I’ve never worked for the government before,” said Thomas. “I’ve been in a private law practice for 25 years and I’ve also started up and operated a number of small businesses along the way as well. So I have what I like to think of as a very pragmatic private-sector viewpoint, which I think has not always had its voice heard at the higher levels in government in Ottawa.” Thomas has an extensive background as an active member of the community. He was chair

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Online shopping may be the downfall of a Vancouver man who was arrested Aug. 11. Daniel Paquet is facing nine charges including breaking and entering, theft and fraudulent use of a credit card. The investigation was spurred when police pinpointed a stolen laptop being used to buy items online with a stolen credit card. Police pursued the lead to a Vancouver address

after discovering the laptop had been swiped from a vehicle that was broken into on the 1600block of Capilano Road on July 30. “That’s what took us to the house and got us the grounds for the search warrant,” said North Vancouver RCMP spokesman Cpl. Doug Trousdell. When combing the residence, police came across a credit card bearing a familiar name. Just a month earlier, the card had allegedly been stolen from a vehicle

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You have chosen the date, planned the menu and calmed the child. It’s time again for another joyous birthday party. One of the most arduous tasks is trying to come up with ideas that will impress the kids and the parents. Birthday parties can be stressful. That’s why they invented Dollar Stores. A one-stop shop for everything you need and on a very affordable budget.Whatever did we do without these glorious stores? This year there is no need to stress out about the theme of the party.Why not just keep it fairly generic and have a few fun-themed items prepared ahead of time? If you have time for anything . . . focus on the table. Loot bags for the little ones are always appreciated but the table should be a primary focus. Dollar stores carry everything from the decorations to the paper plates, cups and craft items you may need to make the place settings. Here’s a simple and fun idea you can do with the kids to decorate the table and give as a gift for the little ones to take home.

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Millions spent on war we’ll never win The silence was deafening after my June 18 column on invasive plants. All of my detractors had suddenly gone dark after I presented some basic ecological and ﬁnancial realities of the war on invasive plants in this province. If you don’t think it matters, the war is being fought using our tax dollars at the expense of our environment. Global colonization by plants and animals is a reality of nature. Camels were once native to North America. Ginkgo fossils have been found in Washington State. And I could go on. It’s a reality of plant succession and evolution. It seems the dinosaurs who are supposed to be our leaders are still caught in a 1950s time warp where they believe that the old cold war rhetoric of good versus bad will rally the troops to their cause of stopping invasive

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plants. And they further believe that pesticides will save humanity from the onslaught of those plants as well as controlling insect pests and plant diseases. How tragic. As I previously stated: Not one single nonnative or invasive plant has been eradicated from “continental” British Columbia despite trying for the past 100 years. But we still continue to pour millions of dollars and thousands of litres of pesticides into our

environment trying to control invasive plants. And the more we spray poisonous pesticides, the more plants and insects genetically evolve and mutate to develop resistance to the very chemicals we are using to ﬁght the war. But you never hear chemical companies or invasive plant groups talk about weed resistance. Despite the fact that more than 100 North American weeds are now resistant to multiple herbicides, including Roundup, due to over-use in the last 60 years. There are more than 15 invasive plant species groups in B.C. dedicated to controlling non-native plants, and they are not winning the war. But they are spending millions of tax payer dollars ﬁghting for the cause. The District of West Vancouver states on its website: “Invasive plants are non-native plants that have been introduced to British Columbia where we lack the insect predators and plant pathogens that help keep them in check in their native habitats. They are the second greatest threat to global biodiversity, after habitat destruction.” I found research to the contrary: A review of extinction threats in Canada found introduced species to be the least important of the six categories analyzed: habitat loss, overexploitation, pollution, native species interactions, introduced species and natural causes (Venter et al. 2006). The District of North Vancouver states on its website that knotweeds reduce biodiversity, reduce

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and apply for a freedom of information request to get some answers. Why should you care? Pesticides have damaging effects on children, ﬁsh, frogs, soil organisms, birds and even native plants near to the spray operation. Pesticides drift in the air during spraying and leach into the soil and may even translocate to contaminate adjacent plants, like blackberries. And let’s not forget the cost to tax payers that amounts to millions of dollars annually, only to be repeated every year into the future. How tragic. How futile. We need you now Ms. Carson. And David Suzuki, would you please weigh in? Todd Major is a journeyman horticulturist, garden designer and builder, teacher and organic advocate. For advice contact him at stmajor@ shaw.ca. THREE TIME WINNER OF

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I miss spelling. Photos that meant something because they were rare. Real mail. Much has been gained with digital technology and I for one don’t want to go back to the time before it existed. The social, creative and political beneﬁts are too good to give up. But some things I grew up with have been lost, and I mourn their passing. Spelling: When I ﬁrst started using computers and word processors in the late 1980s, I turned the spellcheckers off. I was a good speller and as a point of intellectual pride I was damned if I was going to let a machine erode that skill and euthanize my language-related neurons. Now I use spellcheckers for everything, including for writing this column. Blame sheer volume for that: I edit thousands of words a day for an audience that for print remains stern in pointing out errors. (Online audiences either shrug off mistakes or don’t see them thanks to the shiny things distracting them on the web.) So I need machines to help me out. Spellcheckers are in every app now, including email and browsers, and I’ve given up turning them off. On smartphones and their clumsy screen-based keyboards, I can’t type

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Practical Geek out a coherent sentence without machine help and it shames me. It’s like my brain is forced to use a walker. Photos: I remember as a kid seeing photos in the homes of my grandparents. Mainly portraits of family, they were mounted on shelves and walls, where they were displayed for years. They had pride of place because they pretty much were the only photos they had because until a decade ago, photos were rare, expensive and difﬁcult to produce for ordinary people. Consider my greatgrandfather August Link, an ethnic German immigrant from Ukraine who, stories go, raised horses for the tsar, refused military service for his sons, crossed the ocean, travelled by wagon in the American west, founded churches, farmed as a pioneer,

survived three wives with whom he sired a litter of children and was married to a fourth at his death when he was buried with his tobacco. And I have seen exactly one picture of him.You can imagine the power of that sole image. To this day, I don’t even know if a digital copy of that picture exists since I’ve only seen physical reproductions. Now consider that the other day I was at a Vancouver Canadians game. I took a picture of my lunch — my lunch! — and blasted it out to the world on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. I also took pictures of my colleague Michael Kissinger doing the chicken dance. Last night I took a picture of my cat. Today, one of my laundry. And that’s light use compared to most people armed with a phone connected to social media networks. We drown in a sea of instant imagery. August would want to throw me a life preserver. Mail: When Canada Post announced not long ago that it was ending home delivery for most Canadians, I shrugged. I get nothing in the mail of value. It’s bills, pitches from realtors and endless piles of advertising crap. Even packages or purchases now come largely through

private delivery companies. It wasn’t that way for me before. As a kid, I’d get cards from relatives on my birthday and at Christmas. I’d wait for weeks for books and games I’d ordered by mail. As I grew up, I became a prodigious letter writer, and so did my friends. Letters took time to write (usually by hand), time to arrive and time to read. The waiting for important letters — from close friends, girlfriends, colleagues I was collaborating with in faraway cities — was painful, anxious, frustrating . . . and wonderfully so. The mail carrier’s coming was a celebration. Now it’s email and social media and more messages and forms of communication than I can handle in a day. Even my mom sends weekly updates to the family by email. They’re warm and well written, but not the same as getting a letter from mom. And in an era of keyboards, I couldn’t pull off a handwritten letter if I tried. I can barely ﬁll out a cheque, which I also use less of thanks to ubiquitous credit card terminals. My world is poorer for these lost experiences. What have you lost to the digital world? What do you miss? Let me know. blink@vancourier.com

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NORTH VAN HIGH 60TH REUNION Grads, family, friends and other students are welcome to attend a reunion on Thursday, Sept. 18, 11:30 a.m. at Capilano Heights Chinese Restaurant, 5020 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver. Info: 604-9876550 SALSA BY THE SEA Outdoor (weather permitting) salsa dance classes take place Thursdays until Aug. 28, 6:30-7:30 p.m. followed by open free dancing until 8:30 p.m. at Ambleside Landing, West Vancouver. $6. 604-925-7290 ferrybuildinggallery.com

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY In honour of the North Vancouver District Public Library’s 50th anniversary they will be holding a competition in the style of the one held in the children’s classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a book that is also celebrating its 50th anniversary. Fifty golden library cards will be hidden throughout the three libraries and those who ﬁnd them will be entered for prizes. Contest closes Sept. 27. nvdpl.ca AUTHOR EVENT North Shore hiking expert Norman Watt will give a talk and show slides about his recently updated edition of Off the Beaten Path which features 39 routes through the North Shore’s wilderness

Wednesday, Aug. 20, 78:30 p.m. at Lynn Valley Library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Registration required. 604984-0286 x8144 nvdpl.ca ON THE WATERFRONT Western Stevedoring will host tours for the community to see ﬁrsthand the work that takes place at Lynnterm Thursday, Aug. 21, 9 and 11 a.m. and Saturday, Aug. 23, 11 a.m. at Lynnterm East Gate, 15 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver. Reservations: 604-9042800. PERSIAN BOOK CLUB Read and discuss classical and contemporary Persian literary prose Aug. 21 and Sept. 18, 2-4 p.m. at See more page 18

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HOP INTO HOOPLA TRAINING SESSIONS Learn how to stream or download movies, television shows, music albums and audiobooks from Hoopla, a Netﬂix-like service for North Vancouver libraries, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2-3 p.m. at Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Registration

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Putting the Community on the Right Footing Celebrating their fourth anniversary in West Vancouver at Park Royal, Chic Angels is a children’s shoe store born out of a desire to make sure kids get proper footwear from an early age. Owner Upane Vadhera left the world of business development and finance to make a difference. “The birth of our daughter was the inspiration to make the transition from the corporate world to small business owner,” says Upane,“especially when we realized how difficult it was to find good quality shoes and clothing for little kids.” Five years ago, an opportunity came up in Victoria and Upane took the plunge. “We took over the struggling Scallywags Children’s Boutique business in downtown Victoria. Our mission is to provide the best selection of quality footwear from around the world, ensure that each child gets properly fitted and provide exceptional service to have our customers keep coming back for their footwear needs.” “As the idea that resonated with parents”, the business grew and expanded to a second location in West Vancouver “We opened at Park Royal under the Chic Angels banner in 2010 at the former Kiddie Kobbler location that had . served the North Shore customers for over two decades.” Here, they carry on both Kiddie Kobbler’s reputation for service and add their own understanding of what young children need.“We have expanded to a third location this summer and are now open on South Granville at 12th . We are really excited to be able serve our Vancouver area customers from this central location.“

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“We work with several local schools and organizations to support the arts, education, sports, and just plain fun. Children mean the world to us and we want to help bring the world to them. If you are doing something special at your kindergarten or school or in your community contact us to see how we can help.” If you have an active youngster in the family, a trip to Chic Angels can help make sure they get off on the right foot. Visit them at their new Park Royal showroom beside Osaka Supermarket, upstairs at Park Royal South or check them out online at www.chicangels.ca.

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Vancouver-based author Kallie George brings us an easy reader with the warm, classic feel of Frog and Toad and Little Bear, but starring a dragon who needs to control his ﬁrebreathing abilities. Grade 2 Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett, illustrations by Matthew Myers, Simon & Schuster A two-layered story, one sweet and saccharine and the other raucous and pell-mell, that make this the perfect pick for an energetic child who is feeling conﬁdent about reading independently. Grade 3 Bowling Alley the Bandit (The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut #1) by Laurie Keller, Henry Holy and Company This chapter book/comic hybrid in the same vein as Frankie Pickle and Diary of a Wimpy Kid is pure silliness starring a doughnut named Arnie who acts as a faithful pet (or a “doughnut-dog”). Grade 4

Circus Dogs of Prague by Rachelle Delaney, Puffin Canada This sequel to The Metro Dogs of Moscow is a terrific pick for animalcrazy kids who have graduated from the Critter Club series or enjoyed E.B. White’s animal stories. It also makes a superb family read-aloud. Grade 5 A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd, Scholastic Magic unmelting ice cream, a precocious heroine who sees words in the air, and a smalltown mystery make this one of the most feelgood, delicious stories of the year. Fans of The Penderwicks and Wonder will love this one. Grade 6 Mouseheart by Lisa Fiedler, illustrations by Vivienne To, Margaret K. McElderry Books A young pet store mouse named Hopper barely escapes the jaws of a hungry snake and runs away to find himself in a complex society of

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This coming school year, it will be BYOD at West Vancouver Secondary. Students will be encouraged to bring their own laptops to school as part of a broader program of using technology in classrooms. The name of the new initiative is Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and it’s an approach that has been used in other school districts. “The ability to use one’s own device opens up learning beyond the walls of the classroom, and certainly beyond the Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 3:30 structure. We feel it is another step toward a more personalized, more ﬂexible learning environment, and one that will prepare students for an ever-shifting future,” explains Sean Nosek, director of instruction, technology

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and innovation for West Vancouver School District. He says there are plans to expand BYOD to other West Vancouver schools. However, aside from providing calendar apps and Word doc programs for typing homework, using technology in a meaningful way in classrooms is still an area of some discussion. There are also logistical challenges faced by public schools, such as the cost of providing technology for students who can’t afford their own, infrastructure costs (such as installing wireless networks), and supplying teachers with devices so they can be in the mix. In an era when many kids and teens already spend most of their out-of-school time online trolling social networks and perusing the internet, there is also concern by some that

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too much computer time will take away from more traditional roles of classroom teaching and social development elements of education. “We’re all aware that we don’t want our students to have too much screen time, and I think our teachers are very aware of that, so while technology certainly has a key role to play it will never replace the sort of magic that is the face-to-face dialogue and interaction, which will continue to happen and be emphasized at school,” says Nosek. He explains that the discussion about technology in education circles is increasingly about blended learning. It’s an approach in which schools try to emphasize the best of the face-toface as well as the digital elements of learning. “And that’s always a dance, and I don’t suggest that it looks the same in

every classroom or that we have it down to an exact science or art yet, but I think striking that balance is the place that we’re looking to get to,” says Nosek. Technology may also be used differently in primary and secondary levels. The biggest difference is that there can be more content control in the elementary level as there is typically one teacher with the same group of students for an entire school year. So depending on the curriculum being covered and the activities planned, it may be easier to include more thematic study and integrated learning than in a high school setting where students typically have several teachers per semester, notes Nosek. With so much information available these days about the use of technology in classrooms, some parents may feel overwhelmed,

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Can you leave your child home alone? When is it OK to leave your child home alone? On this subject, the St. John Ambulance notes that every situation is different and every child is different. I certainly agree. So, when can you run out to the store, go off to a meeting or join a friend for lunch and leave the kids alone? “This is a fair question to ask and one that many parents struggle with, because it’s not a matter of common sense, like leaving a three-year-old is an obvious ‘no’, and leaving a 16-year-old alone is an obvious ‘yes’,” states a St. John Ambulance press release. “The line

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asked to speak to her sister, her niece explained that her mom was in the bath and would call back later. Mom was actually out running errands and the child was home alone. My friend was quite impressed that her niece was so clear that she wasn’t to tell people she was home alone that she didn’t even mention it to her aunt. When you have determined that your child is ready to be home alone, start with short outings and it’s best to start in the daytime when it’s light outside.

Run an errand or two for 30 minutes or an hour and see how it goes. When you get home, does your child seem calm and organized or is she sitting by the door waiting anxiously? Make sure you set some clear rules abut your expectations when she is home alone. Can she invite a friend over to play? You may be comfortable with her having a particular friend over but no more. When you know that child well and understand the dynamics between the children you can make a

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PARENTING Kids Stuff BOOK BUDDIES Children ages six-12 will play literacy games and practise their reading skills with teen volunteers Saturdays until Aug. 30, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Snacks will be provided. Registration required. westvanlibrary.ca READERS THEATRE CAMP Children ages eight and up who love performing and stories are invited to attend this camp every Wednesday in August, 2-4 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Free. Registration required, space limited. 604-9874471 x8175 nvdpl.ca STORYTIME All ages are invited for an outdoor storytime (weather permitting) Wednesday, Aug. 20 and 27, 10:3011 a.m. at John Lawson Park, West Vancouver. westvanlibrary.ca SUMMER READING CLUB CELEBRATION Kids ages 6-12 are invited to a party celebrating all the great reading that is going on as part of the 2014 Summer Reading Club Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 2-3:30 p.m. at Lynn Valley Library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd. Free, no registration required. READ ALONG Children under the age of ﬁve are invited to get caught up in

the magic of Kellie Haine’s ventriloquism at the reading club wrap-up party Wednesday, Aug. 20, 1:30 at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. 604-998-3450 nvcl.ca HOT SUMMER NIGHTS Chill out with the North Vancouver City, District and West Vancouver Fire Departments from 6:30 to 8 p.m. (weather permitting). Ask the crew questions, check out the ﬁre trucks and equipment, try some hands-on activities and more. Kids may want to bring a change of clothes as there will be lots of fun with water. Schedule: Aug. 21, Panorama Park; Aug. 22, Semisch Park; and Aug. 28, Horseshoe Bay Park. IMAGINE AND EXPLORE — INSIDE OUT Children ages three to six, accompanied by an adult, will discover the incredible world of Lynn Canyon’s invertebrates Saturday, Aug. 23 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver. $8.25. Registration required. 604990-3755 LEGO DROP-IN Join the library for a fun and fantastic program just for kids ages six to 12 Saturday, Aug. 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Parkgate Library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. Lego is provided. Play, create and experiment as you choose. No registration required. 604-929-3727 x. 8166

SUMMER READING CLUB Kindergarteners to Grade 6 are invited to Dixie Star’s interactive storytelling show at the wrap-up party Saturday, Aug. 23, 1:30 at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. 604-9983450 nvcl.ca BABYSITTING IN A DAY An interactive and fun course that teaches youth ages 11-15 the business of babysitting Aug. 29, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. Learn the responsibilities of a babysitter, how to get along and care for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and schoolaged children, and how to handle emergencies and provide basic ﬁrst aid. $55 — includes the Canadian Red Cross babysitter’s manual, babysitter wallet card and babysitter wall certiﬁcate. 604-988-8835 susancowan@telus.net IMAGINE AND EXPLORE — DINO PLANTS Children ages three to six, accompanied by an adult, will learn about ferns, the dinosaurs of the plant world Saturday, Aug. 30 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver. $8.25. Registration required. 604-990-3755

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What’s On Wednesdays GLENEAGLES SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Classes every Wednesday starting Sept. 10 from 7:309:30 p.m. at Hollyburn Elementary, 1329 Duchess Ave., West Vancouver. 604-925-9333 ESL BOOK CLUB A free club to read and talk about Canadian novels Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Registration required. 604-925-7403 westvanlibrary.ca LET’S TALK Develop English skills while discussing current events Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. No registration required. 604-925-7403 MEALS ON WHEELS needs volunteers on Monday, Wednesday or Friday mornings. 604-922-3414 northshoremealsonwheels.org NORTH SHORE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA meets Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Sutherland

secondary, 1860 Sutherland Ave., North Vancouver, and is looking for new string players (especially bass players). 604-980-3132 jeanaireland1@hotmail.com NORTH SHORE CHORUS meets Wednesdays, 7:15-9:45 p.m., at Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. New members are welcome. 604-9852559 nschorus.com or audreyowen@shaw.ca SPEAKERHUB TOASTMASTERS meets every Wednesday, 6-7:45 p.m. in the Silver Harbour Seniors Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver, to help participants improve their public speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment. Guests are welcome. speakerhub.ca

Thursdays BINGO: Every Thursday, 6-10 p.m. at the North Shore Alano Club, 176 East Second St., North Vancouver. 604-987-4141 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM North Shore Multicultural Society (207123 East 15th St., North

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NVCAC to take over Art Crawl The North Shore Art Crawl Society has decided to dissolve its non-proﬁt society and has asked the North Vancouver Community Arts Council to take over the Art Crawl. “The board of directors for the North Shore Art Crawl Society have put in so much work to make the Art Crawl a reality, but we are all artists and running an event like this takes so much time that we haven’t been able to spend time on our art,” stated Norman Vipond, president of the North Shore Art Crawl Society, in a press release. “We were ready to close the event last year, when the North Vancouver Community Arts Council offered to run the event for a year, so we could have a break. They did

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Kebab not just good in Glasgow

Chris Dagenais

The Dish

ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents a menu of three meals that can be made without using an oven. page 31

I awoke with a start from a dream in which I was a pita bread mogul, an entrepreneur who had parlayed a small artisanal pita shop into a veritable ﬂatbread empire. Despite my success, the work was still grueling, somehow, and was fraught with early mornings, hot ovens and a sore back. My forearms were the size of Popeye’s from stretching all that dough. Through blurry eyes I spied a plastic fork stuck upright in a small dollop of hummus, relegated to the corner compartment of a Styrofoam takeaway container perched precariously on the edge of the table in front of me. I had fallen asleep on the couch. Efforts to sit upright met with some resistance from my fuzzy brain. It had been a late night and visions of a group visit to a kebab shop on Sauchiehall Street slowly returned; the evening before had been my ﬁrst in Glasgow and the post-pub foray into a highly regarded all-hours kebab shop was the brainchild of my soon-tobe brother-in-law,Tom. I cursed his name thoroughly but somewhere deep down I recognized that my ability to function at all was largely due to that amazing takeaway meal. The late-night kebab is a staple in the U.K. and a tradition I actively seek

whenever I find myself over there.While others relish the nightclubs and seemingly bottomless pint glasses, the thing I appreciate most about a good night out in Scotland is the requisite tray of delicious and satisfying Middle Eastern and/or Mediterranean take-away fare. I must confess I have mixed feelings about writing this review.You see,Yummy Donair Kebab, a treasure of a shop tucked well away from the main thoroughfares of North Vancouver on the corner of West 16th Street and Hamilton Avenue, has become a go-to destination for me and a place I consider my little secret (despite the fact the restaurant is never without a healthy crowd of the initiated). Open late seven nights a week,Yummy is the closest thing I have found on the Shore to a U.K.-style kebab take-away. I have tried everything on the menu a few times over and now find myself periodically daydreaming about their chicken donair platter, a magical combination of goodies that I have systematically introduced to friends over the years, following an appropriate period of evaluating their moral fibre. It is worth taking pause to remark on the name of this establishment, a brazen invitation for scrutiny if ever there was one. Proprietors must be confident in the quality of their donair product if they are to call their restaurantYummy. Happily, this joint delivers in deed as in name. Yummy’s menu is straightforward: patrons choose from falafel or donair, available as both wraps and platters.The latter features the chosen protein (falafel, chicken, lamb or beef), saffron rice,

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shaved, succulent, grilled chicken accompanies every donair platter.The chicken is shaved from a big spinning skewer that effectively barbecues the meat at a slow and even pace.The result is a caramelized, tender incarnation of very lean chicken that marries nicely with a mountain of Persian saffron rice and salad. For those seeking a proper kebab, I recommend the Vaziri, a duo of chicken and beef kebabs cooked to order over an open ﬂame on menacingly large metal skewers. Grilled tomato and fresh basil provide a fresh Mediterranean ﬂavour accent to a proven late-night favourite. No dish onYummy’s menu exceeds $10.99 and Sunday specials typically

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Meals can be made without starting up stove

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Romancing the Stove

On nights when the mercury hovers around the 30-degree mark, the thought of turning on your oven is less than appealing. Fortunately it’s not all that difﬁcult to turn out a great meal without using your stove. The menu below requires only a brief blitz on the barbecue for the salmon and nothing else requires cooking. So put on your shorts and tank top, pour yourself a long, tall, cool one and relax in the knowledge that dinner’s in the bag without you or your house suffering a meltdown. Black Bean & Corn Scoops 1 bag scoop-shaped tortilla chips 1 cup chunky salsa

1 can corn niblets, drained ½ cup canned black beans, thoroughly rinsed 2 green onions, ﬁnely chopped ½ avocado, diced 1 Tbsp chopped cilantro Juice of half a lime

leaves or mesclun (designer greens), or a combination of the two 2 cups thinly sliced raw zucchini 2 cups thinly sliced red bell pepper 3 Tbsp toasted chopped pecans

In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients except the tortilla chips, stirring to combine well. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow ﬂavours to combine. Spoon mixture into chips using a slotted spoon to leave juices behind (or alternatively just serve chips alongside the bowl and let everyone scoop their own). Makes about eight appetizer servings.

In a small saucepan, combine the balsamic vinegar, water, cranberries and apricots. Set pan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer uncovered for five minutes. Strain liquid into a bowl; reserve fruit. Whisk the mustard, honey and oil into the liquid. Heat barbecue to medium high; season salmon fillets with salt and pepper and grill until cooked through, about eight to 10 minutes (depending on thickness of fish). Meanwhile, place two cups of spinach on each of four plates. Top each plate with one-half cup of zucchini and one-half cup of red pepper. Drizzle each serving with some of the dressing, reserving about one-quarter cup. Place a salmon fillet on top of each plate and sprinkle with one-quarter of the pecans. Spoon some of the reserved dressing over each piece of salmon and top with one tablespoon of the reserved

Grilled Salmon Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette Dressing: ½ cup balsamic vinegar ½ cup water 1 Tbsp dried cranberries 8 dried apricots, cut into thin slices 2 tsp Dijon mustard 2 tsp honey 2 Tbsp olive oil Salad: 4 salmon ﬁllets, each weighing 4 to 6 ounces Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 8 cups baby spinach

cranberries and apricots. Makes four servings. No-Bake Cheesecakes with Fresh Berries 3 Tbsp butter, melted 1 tsp sugar 2 ⁄3 cup graham cracker crumbs One 250-gram package cream cheese (regular or light, not fat-free), softened ½ cup granulated sugar 1 cup heavy cream, whipped to firm peaks ½ tsp finely grated lemon zest 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 firm-ripe banana, sliced ½ cup each fresh raspberries, blueberries and sliced strawberries Additional whipped

cream (optional) In a small bowl, mix together the melted butter, teaspoon of sugar and graham crumbs until the crumbs are evenly moistened. Press an equal amount of crumbs into the bottoms of four eightounce dessert glasses or ramekins, using the back of a spoon to press. In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir in the lemon zest and the vanilla. Gently fold in the whipped cream; spoon an equal amount of the cheesecake mixture into each of the dishes. Refrigerate for at least three hours. To serve, top each dessert with the mixed berries and a dollop

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It was an early Sunday morning start but the crowd that packed into the Capilano Rugby Club, 140 strong, were fired up to see some World Cup history. Three of their own — Andrea Burk, Hilary Leith and Mandy Marchak — were in the starting lineup as Canada was taking on England in the final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup. The seats were all full and a row of youngsters, none much more than five years

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a bit disappointed,” said Robinson. “In the previous game when we tied England (earlier in the tournament), we put a tremendous amount of pressure on their backﬁeld and consequently caused some turnovers and errors and things, and this time they did the same thing to us. We had a few too many handling errors. Really we were in it right to the end.” Robinson gave credit to the English side for having a plan and executing it well. “They were the stronger side on the day, I don’t think there’s any doubt about it,” he said. “On the day they just had that little bit of edge.” Once the game was over, however, all that was left was an enormous amount of pride for the players and team. Club members were still trying to wrap their heads around the fact that three of their own had played in the World Cup ﬁnal, making up a full 20 per cent of Canada’s starting lineup.

“For us it’s just overwhelming to get those three on the team,” he said. “That was absolutely spectacular. I know full well how much work they’ve had to put in. They all three have had to basically move to Victoria, give up their families, give up their jobs. . . . For them to get that high, through that amount of effort, I think is just outstanding. They’re just great role models for the rest of our club. Two of my daughters are both playing club rugby at Cap and know those girls quite well. They’re all personable, all humble. It’s just really special for us.” All of Canada’s games throughout the tournament were shown live on TSN or TSN2 and generated a lot of social media buzz. The run included the 13-13 opening round tie with England that sent them both to the semifinals as well as Canada’s thrilling win over the host French team in the semifinals, making this the first Canadian team to ever

b-P(` b-3)W-S >)\P13\' )\R\+3-1\2 .U1W 1\-QQ-1\2 -[1\3 :-P-(-#2 1W3URRUPY .UP 8/\3 53-P)\ UP 1W\ @8Q\P#2 E0Y+` @83R( :06 2\QUIP-R$ ]g_C_ DB]]cf79 IAN MUIR/RUGBY CANADA play in a Rugby World Cup ﬁnal. The win over France featured an incredible, 80metre try from Harvey that was set up by passes from Marchak and Burk. The play ended up as TSN’s Highlight of the Night. After the ﬁnal Marchak tweeted out her thoughts on the wild ride the Canadians had just been on. “No we didn’t win the World Cup, but I’m damn proud of what we have achieved together as a team. That being said, never settle!” she wrote. “Thank you Canada. We had a whole country and beyond that was behind us, that connection was felt over seas!” All of the publicity generated by the tournament might give the

sport a nice little boost, said Robinson. “You see what’s happened to women’s soccer with people like Christine Sinclair and that team doing as well as they did in the Olympics — that ignited soccer,” he said. “I think this is going to have some of the same effects. . . . I think that being able to get the publicity from that game, to have the viewers appreciate what kind of skill and commitment these guys make, it’s going to lift the game. I think we’re going to see more youngsters, more girls coming down to the mini programs at the club.” This World Cup showing may just be the start of great things for the program, said Robinson, adding that the Canadian

women are poised to contend for a medal when rugby sevens makes its Olympic debut in 2016 and should be strong contenders for the World Cup again four years from now. “We’ve never been in the ﬁnal, and to get that close — and in fact tying the winning team a week before — that deﬁnitely makes us No. 2 in the world. That’s a tremendous accomplishment,” he said. “It’s just a great moment for Canadian rugby. I don’t want to leave out the fact that it’s a national team. I certainly take pride in what our (Capilano) girls did, but the whole national program has taken a huge step. It’s just fabulous. I’m really proud of what they’ve done.”

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