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Density, traffic debated in Lynn Valley MARIA SPITALE-LEISK Contributing writer

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Tough questions relating to traffic congestion, density and housing affordability were tackled by an eclectic group of District of NorthVancouver council hopefuls at a packed allcandidates forum Friday evening. The Lynn Valley Community Association hosted the first of a series of debates leading up to the Nov. 15 municipal election. After brief introductions, the 14 councillor candidates answered questions put forward by audience members at the Lynn Valley Community Recreation Centre. Acclaimed Mayor Richard Walton was also in attendance. The topic of transportation, specifically the perennial bottleneck at the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, weaved its way into most of the debate.The congestion conversation hit close to home for a good lot of the candidates, 11 of whom live in Lynn Valley or the Seymour/Deep Cove area. Incumbent Roger Bassam spoke about Seylynn traffic solutions already in the works, including the district’s recent $5-million dollar purchase of the shuttered Keith Lynn school site to be used as part of a

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Squamish members push for resignations JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Members of the Squamish Nation are demanding that two of their elected band councillors resign from their positions and that the band conduct a more far-reaching audit in the wake of an independent ﬁnancial investigation conducted for the First Nation. More than 300 band members gathered for several hours on Sunday to discuss the recently released ﬁnancial report at a general community meeting. See Squamish page 3

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Armed robbery charges dropped Suspect pleads to ammo charge after victims refuse to co-operate JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A man originally charged with the armed robbery of wedding guests at a North Vancouver hotel has been handed a sentence of six months already served in jail after pleading guilty to a less serious charge of possessing prohibited ammunition. Judge William Rodgers of the North Vancouver provincial court handed the sentence to Liban Mohammed Hussein Robleh, 26, who had been in custody since his arrest April 13.

Robleh was sentenced after pleading guilty to possession of a magazine holding 10 rounds of ammunition for a Glock pistol. Police found the gun and ammunition with Robleh’s DNA on them in Robleh’s bedroom when they exercised a warrant to search his North Vancouver apartment. Robleh was originally facing trial on a number of more serious charges — including armed robbery, threatening, possession of a prohibited ﬁrearm and assault causing bodily harm — connected to a violent armed robbery that allegedly took place at

North Vancouver’s Holiday Inn, April 12. An Edmonton couple in North Vancouver to attend a wedding that weekend called police to say they had been robbed at gunpoint inside their hotel room. The couple, both in their 20s, told police at the time they were back in their room following the wedding on Friday when a man they didn’t know — who introduced himself as a friend of a friend — knocked on their door. The couple told police when they opened it, three men burst into the room — one of them brandishing a pistol — and demanded they hand over valuables. The pair said at the time one of the men also

pistol-whipped the male hotel guest by hitting him over the head with the gun during the robbery. Police were able to get a search warrant after some social media sleuthing led them to a possible suspect. Prosecutor Lindsay Heron was forced to drop charges connected to the alleged robbery, however, after the victims in the case refused to co-operate. The couple, who live in Edmonton, “did not really want to co-operate any further,” said Heron outside of court. “There was no evidence to prove the other charges without them. They’re the ones who called police.” Heron and Robleh’s lawyer Matthew Nathanson gave a joint

submission to the judge recommending a sentence of time served. Nathanson said the time in jail has given his client “significant time to reflect on the impact his choices have had. The impact of these offences and the consequences are not lost on him.” Robleh, who is originally from Edmonton, moved to the Lower Mainland two years ago. Rodgers ordered the gun police seized from a box in the Robleh’s bedroom — a 10 mm Glock pistol — be forfeited and issued Robleh a lifetime firearms ban. Robleh has a previous conviction for sexual assault with a weapon in 2009.

130 rental units coming to Lonsdale BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Construction is set to begin on a 14-storey tower adjacent to City of North Vancouver municipal hall — one of only a handful of purpose-built rental projects started in the city in decades. Hollyburn Properties is set to break ground on the 130-unit Marlborough Tower 2 at the southeast corner of Chesterﬁeld Avenue and 14th Street this week. You’re forgiven if you don’t remember it coming to council. Paul Martin was prime minister and the NHL season was cancelled due to a labour dispute when the city and Hollyburn inked See Building page 5

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Three people were rushed to Lions Gate Hospital Saturday night when they went into medical distress after taking the illegal party drug GHB before heading out to a North Vancouver bar. Emergency help was called around 11 p.m. Saturday after bar staff found a woman collapsed in a bathroom in respiratory distress. By the time ambulance crews arrived, another woman and a man who had also taken the drug were showing signs of being in medical trouble as well. All three were rushed to hospital where they received emergency medical treatment including ventilation to help them breathe, said Cpl. Richard De Jong, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP. “The doctors said it was quite serious,” said De Jong. All three — a 21-year-old West Vancouver woman, a 30-year-old North Vancouver woman and a 23-year-old Abbotsford man — were kept overnight for observation and released the next morning. De Jong said it appears the trio took the drug before they went out. GHB is an illegal recreational drug that ﬁrst gained notoriety as a “date rape” drug. At higher doses, the drug can cause nausea, dizziness, unconsciousness and amnesia along with depressed blood pressure and slowed breathing. In smaller doses, the drug is said to bring on euphoria and lowering of inhibitions, similar to alcohol. Effects can last from 1.5 to three hours, with the drug taking about See Number page 5

Squamish chief promises stricter financial controls

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Many of those present weren’t happy about what the report revealed, said Bev Brown, a Squamish Nation member who attended. “There were a lot of unhappy community members,” said Brown. “For us it’s a big, big deal.” Two members of the Squamish Nation’s elected council — Krisandra Jacobs and Glen Newman — were

recently stripped of their authority over any ﬁnancial matters after an independent investigation revealed a signiﬁcant portion of about $1.5 million from the band’s “emergency fund” was not properly accounted for over the past two years. The investigation by lawyer Nazeer Mitha revealed Jacobs and Newman spent hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from the Squamish Nation’s emergency

fund without keeping proper records about who was given the money or what it was used for. Joanne Nahanee said that hasn’t sat well with many band members who voiced their concerns at Sunday’s meeting. Nahanee said Jacobs spoke at the meeting, telling members that her actions were taken to protect the conﬁdentiality of those seeking assistance. But Brown said some

band members were upset they had to go through an ofﬁcial process to be granted — and in some cases, turned down for — emergency funds, while others were directly handed cash by Jacobs. “It’s crazy to have a policy if you’re not going to follow it,” said Brown. “People were in an uproar.” Nahanee said she’d still like to see both Jacobs and Newman step down from their elected positions.

Chief Ian Campbell said the meeting was an opportunity for band members to discuss the report and raise issues. Now the council will have to consider their comments and decide what to do, he said. Campbell said unless people in elected positions resign, there is no mechanism for removing them from ofﬁce. Both Nahanee and Brown said they’d like to

see a more extensive thirdparty examination of band finances. Members are questioning the conduct of the Squamish Nation’s finance department, which issued large numbers of cheques to Jacobs and Newman without proper oversight, said Nahanee. Campbell said the Squamish Nation is committed to seeing that stricter financial controls are followed in the future.

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2014 Local Government Election District of West Vancouver & West Vancouver School District (SD45) PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the District of West Vancouver and West Vancouver School District (SD45) that an election

by voting is necessary for the ofﬁces of Councillor and School Trustee (Michael Smith, for the Ofﬁce of Mayor, was elected by acclamation pursuant to section 76 of the Local Government Act) and that the persons nominated as candidates for whom votes will be received are:

For the Ofﬁce of Councillor

six to be elected for a four-year term: BAXTER Joanna West Vancouver BC BOOTH Mary-Ann West Vancouver BC CAMERON Craig West Vancouver BC CASSIDY Christine West Vancouver BC CLOUGH Max 1575 Taylor Way, West Vancouver BC EVISON Michael 4087 Rose Crescent, West Vancouver BC FINKBEINER Jim West Vancouver BC GAMBIOLI Nora West Vancouver BC JOHNSON Jon West Vancouver BC LAMBUR Peter 1060 Clyde Avenue, West Vancouver BC LEWIS Michael 4485 Ross Lane, West Vancouver BC MALLAKIN Ali West Vancouver BC PLATT Terry 1555 Fulton Avenue, West Vancouver BC REYNOLDS Carolanne 2545 Queens Avenue, West Vancouver BC SOPROVICH Bill 1203-2180 Argyle Avenue, West Vancouver BC

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for West Vancouver School District (SD45) ﬁve to be elected for a four-year term: BOYD Jim 1395 Camridge Road, West Vancouver BC BROADY Carolyn 1520 Rena Crescent, West Vancouver BC BROWN Nicole 2025 27th Street, West Vancouver BC DONAHUE Sheelah West Vancouver BC DORSMAN Pieter Lions Bay BC INMAN Rob West Vancouver BC LESCHERT Irene West Vancouver BC STEVENSON Dave 2270 Haywood Avenue, West Vancouver BC

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Saturday, November 15 is general voting day in British Columbia (BC). Eligible electors will vote to elect Councillors for the District of West Vancouver and School Trustees for the West Vancouver School District (SD45). Voting places for November 15 are as follows; all are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Eagle Harbour Montessori School 5575 Marine Drive * Gleneagles Community Centre 6262 Marine Drive * Hollyburn Elementary School 1329 Duchess Avenue * Irwin Park Elementary School 2455 Haywood Avenue Presbyterian Church 2893 Marine Drive Ridgeview Elementary School 1250 Mathers Avenue * Rockridge Secondary School 5350 Headland Drive * Seniors’ Activity Centre 695 21st Street * Sentinel Secondary School 1250 Chartwell Drive * Westcot Elementary School 760 Westcot Road * Ambleside Youth Centre 1018 Pound Road Wheelchair access and curbside voting are available at all locations. Locations marked above with * are most accessible.

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Building to remain as rental

Number of cases unusual

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12 hours to completely clear a person’s system. But as with any illicit drug, it is often difﬁcult to know how much of the drug will have what effect on an individual, said De Jong. The three people taken to hospital told police they took one capful of the drug. But “there’s some indication one or two of them may have taken more,” said De Jong. He added that taking the drug in combination

a 2005 agreement that saw Hollyburn swap its property where the City Library now stands for the land that had been a commercial parking lot. After leaving the property as a commercial parking lot for nine years, Hollyburn opted to apply for a building permit this year. “We’re sort of in an environment where it’s a perfect storm of economic factors that allow for rental construction today that weren’t really available nine years ago,” he said, noting construction costs have come down and stabilized, the rental market has strengthened and ﬁnancing for construction is at all-time low interest rates. The building will house 70 one-bedroom suites, 50 two-bedroom suites, six penthouse units and 10 houses at street level and 0.75 parking stalls per unit. There is additional parking

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Sander said he expects the units will be mainly sought by local professionals and young people who won’t be buying on the North Shore.

“I hope that we get a lot of hospital workers and people from city hall and a lot of police because those are the major employers in the area,” he said. The city has been trying to encourage construction of purposebuilt rental units as developers have mostly favoured condominium projects in the last decade, according Emilie Adin, the city’s deputy director of community development. A 2012 study conducted by Metro Vancouver estimated that 23 percent of the city’s rental housing stock is at moderate or high risk of redevelopment, Adin said, and the city has obtained 242 purpose-built rental units since 1980. “Prior to that, virtually all of the rental units were built in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s so they’re nearing end-of-life and that’s why it’s really important now for the city to support construction of rental units,” she said.

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with alcohol can further depress the body’s heart rate and respiratory system and be potentially very dangerous. “You can get as low as four to six breaths a minute,” he said. As well as the immediate medical dangers, there is also the risk of someone being robbed or sexually assaulted while they are unconscious, he said. De Jong said he’s not aware of other drug overdoses from GHB on the North Shore, but added three cases in one night is unusual.

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uring the ﬁrst round of election debates, a West Vancouver council candidate put forward the ultimate remedy for your morning commute: a tunnel under Burrard Inlet. While the debates have generally resulted in a healthy exchange of ideas, we’ve been troubled by the amount of applause elicited by some far-fetched notions for eliminating gridlock. We’re all frustrated by an afternoon spent blinking at brake lights, but it doesn’t make a billion-dollar transportation project any more feasible. Residents across the North Shore should be congratulated for showing up in droves to the debates, but we encourage holding your applause until the prospective councillors and mayors explain how they’ll pay for their grandiose plans.

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Please don’t be swayed by a candidate’s passion unless it’s balanced with a spirit of diplomacy. Every mayor who has been subjected to TransLink’s dysfunctional, undemocratic hierarchy has doubtless entertained fantasies about holding board members by their ankles until new buses and a SkyTrain extension fall from their pockets. But tough-guy rhetoric isn’t going to form the basis for any meaningful co-operation — whether it’s with TransLink, Victoria or Ottawa. During the next two weeks, the North Shore’s politicians will be open to questions — probably more so than at any time in the last three years or the next four. Take advantage. Ask to see the numbers. And on Nov. 15, don’t vote until you’ve seen the whites of their eyes.

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Panorama decision supported Dear Editor: I was floored to read in the North Shore News letters to the editor the complaint of a non-resident of the District of North Vancouver re: Residents Parking Only on Panorama Drive. The residents of Panorama Drive brought to mayor and council our concerns about the safety of our street and access of emergency vehicles. Our dead-end street had become a major traffic site with drivers going back and forth looking for parking so that they could hike the Quarry Rock trail. After a year of working with council and the traffic department, a solution was found that would respect our neighbours in the district up Indian Arm and the actual residents of Panorama Drive — a case of our mayor, council and district staff working to alleviate a safety and livability issue for residents.

Reading that a resident of the Belcarra area felt that their commuting should be considered as part of the solution and the rant against what many of us feel has been a ﬁrst-class council for many years shocked and surprised me. Our mayor, council and district staff are responsible for the safety and well-being of the people that elect and employ them. They have performed that responsibility admirably in Deep Cove and continue to do so with the ongoing trafﬁc study. Thank you Mayor Walton, councillors and district staff for the work and effort that came together to provide a Panorama Drive that seniors can walk on and youth can cycle on.We, your residents, are grateful. J. Paul Stevenson North Vancouver

Curler calls on recreation commission Dear Editor: Thank you very much for your article on public space for curling (Public Curling Leaves the House) Sunday, Oct. 19. I just started curling this year. However, I am ﬁnding I am enjoying the sport immensely. It is a great way to meet new people. And, most importantly, it is a sport that almost everyone, of all ages and backgrounds, can play.With the

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Attention antsy drivers: The Cut is not a freeway Dear Editor: Re:Take the Slowpokes off the Highway, Oct. 19 I am curious as to what (letter-writer) Dave Gosse considers the “normal speed of trafﬁc” on the Cut. I have an explanation for him as to why he has to travel at less than warp speed during rush hours. It’s called volume. It makes me wonder if he is one of those morons who tailgates every car in the left-hand lane, expecting them to move to the already bumper-to-bumper right so he can get to work on time. Or perhaps he is one of those weavers who makes dangerous lane changes that cause people to hit the breaks when they are cut off, causing a chain reaction and possibly an accident that he has left in the dust.

Maybe that “slow” driver up ahead is trying to keep a safe distance in heavy trafﬁc. The Cut is not a freeway. People use it to drive their kids to school, get to work and generally to get around the North Shore.There are many merges that cause the trafﬁc to slow down naturally for safety. The number of drivers who travel well over the speed limit, expecting everyone to get out of their way is mind-blowing.They are the people who need to be ticketed. Mr. Gosse’s suggestions to the minister of transportation are laughable. I hope he got his frustrations out in writing his letter and not on the road. H. Hunter North Vancouver

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“Contributions to local government election campaigns must be limited to resident natural persons, who are also registered electors in the community. Contributions from unions, corporations, political parties/elector organizations and non-residents should be prohibited.” — J.D. Roy, Recommendation 4.01, April 14, 2010 Shortly after I called Corrie Kost to chat about campaign donations and the pros and cons of term limits for municipal councils, he sent me a link to J. Douglas Roy’s reportThe Revolution (Delayed):Why it’sTime for REAL Change in B.C. Local Elections. As is usually the case with material from Kost — a veteran council-watcher in the District of North Vancouver — the four-yearold report was right on the money and relevant to our 2014 North Shore elections.

Correction In Trevor Carolan’s Oct. 26 column, under the headline Europe’s Troubling Seismic Shakes, a reference was made that connected District of North Vancouver council candidate Wayne Hunter to comments made on behalf of the oil and gas industries and the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. This was a mistake.Wayne Hunter said in a letter to the News: “I have repeatedly stated my “no” position with regards to their current plans for expansion.” John Hunter is a local energy expert who has written and spoken out in support of the oil and gas industry; his position was incorrectly attributed to Wayne Hunter.The North Shore News and Trevor Carolan apologize to Wayne Hunter for this error.

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Not only did Roy’s recommendations about local elections include a pertinent discussion of the consequences of uncontrolled campaign donations during and prior to civic elections, he also discussed the need for term limits and stated unequivocally that, “The current procedure of holding local elections every three years should be retained.” (my italics, for emphasis) So who is James Douglas Roy? Why did he write the report? Roy was unavailable to speak to at the time of

writing. He has a master’s degree in public administration. Starting in 2004, he acted as research ofﬁcer for the group British Columbians for a Single Transferable Vote. Later, his expertise was put to good use as a research ofﬁcer for the B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission. Most relevant to this story, is that his April 2010 report was written as a detailed submission to the B.C. Local Government Elections Task Force. Among the report’s recommendations:

Corporate vote: Basing his argument on the principle of “no taxation without representation,” Roy suggested that consideration be given to allowing corporations a vote according to strictly controlled criteria. Although it may not be widely known, a nonresident property owner may vote twice — once as a resident of the municipality in which s/he lives and

once as a non-resident property owner in the municipality where the other (commercial?) property is located. I have no problem with the second idea but would need more information before I could agree to the corporate vote.

Campaign donations: A 12-page Feb. 2, 2012 statement prepared by counsel to the Board of Governors of the University of British Columbia draws no distinction between “conflicts of interest and commitment” and “perceived conflicts of interest.” It goes on to say such conflicts “undermine the public’s confidence” and affect the person’s ability to act “devoid of bias and personal interests.” Transposing that legal opinion to the municipal scene, voters should have

a right to know details of candidates’ campaign donations – before they go to the polls on Nov. 15, not after. It is useless to discover months into a four-year term — as did City of North Vancouver residents — that members who received hundreds or thousands of corporate, union or personal dollars are now charged with making a decision that could beneﬁt the donor(s). Perception being everything, it simply isn’t good enough to acknowledge the donations and then remain at the council table to discuss and vote on the matter. Furthermore, although not addressed in Roy’s recommendations, what I’d like to see are the threads that may connect one apparently single donor to other donors on the list.

It is truly disturbing that the provincial government rode roughshod over Roy’s emphatic recommendation to retain the three-year election cycle. As we have seen in all three North Shore municipalities, development applications and costly large community projects like Harry Jerome, waterfront “visions,” and West Vancouver’s municipal and police station facilities have spanned more than one term of the councils involved. The same applies to school district administrations in the throes of upgrading or rebuilding schools and selling off publicly owned school land assets. Why ask experts for their professional opinions if you do not intend to heed the advice?

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Teachers in North and West Vancouver schools are hoping to fuel up their classroom projects with a new source of funding next month. Both local school districts recently signed on to a program that links teachers’ classroom wish lists with donations from Chevron — based on how much gas drivers buy from the company within the school district’s geographic area. Under the program, Chevron contributes $1 to the school needs program for every ﬁll-up of at least $30 in North Vancouver or West Vancouver during the month of November. North Vancouver

projects are eligible for up to $100,000 of potential funding, while West Vancouver schools could see up to $40,000.The program, which focuses on science and technology, looks to provide “extras” not covered in regular funding. That could include anything from a high-end microscope to a robotics kit. Books, musical instruments and science supplies could also be eligible for funding. “It’s a broad program,” said Victoria Miles, spokeswoman for the North Vancouver School District. Among the projects that local teachers are hoping to fund are two tents for an outdoor education program at Sutherland and a vacuum press for a woodworking class at Argyle. Both cost

about $1,000. Both local school districts are leaving it up to teachers to decide if they want to apply for the money. The program was ﬁrst tried out in B.C. last year in the Surrey school district, where schools received $200,000 in funding from the program. “We had good feedback from them” about the program, said West Vancouver schools superintendent Chris Kennedy. The program has been more controversial in some school districts.The Vancouver school board rejected the corporate funding earlier this year, after the company requested that it co-ordinate requests, saying the company was offering the money “with

strings attached” since the FuelYour School logo would appear at local gas stations. But neither North nor West Vancouver school districts have had a problem with the program.There is no advertising of the program in schools and no promotion of products through the school system, said Kennedy. “It didn’t raise any concerns.” The Chevron program works in conjunction with My Class Needs, a Canadian non-proﬁt organization that crowdsources money for school projects. Anyone can go online and also donate money to the projects put forward for the FuelYour School funding.

Stay informed to make your vote count From page 7 or referendum, we must swallow a four-year election cycle, then terms limits must be put on the table well before the 2018 election. I used to worry that restricting councillors to a two-term limit would risk “throwing out the good with the bad.” I’ve changed my

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reconfigured Highway 1 interchange system — and the widening of the Keith Road bridge. “It’s going to give us an opportunity to create an east-west flow of traffic, which is really what everyone has desired,” said Bassam, the district’s liaison to the committee working on the plan. Political newcomer Mathew Bond, a professional engineer with transportation experience, offered a fresh perspective on the traffic puzzle. “What we can do is we can make real alternatives to driving the car,” said Bond, who suggested residents part ways with their second vehicle. He pledged to place a priority on “vulnerable road users,” pedestrians, cyclists, seniors and students walking to school. Longtime council watcher Hazen Colbert has been studying Sydney, Australia and San Francisco’s water taxi systems. Colbert said he is working with the Bay Area’s harbour commissioner on a series of recommendations for expanding North Shore’s water transit system, to be presented to district council and TransLink.

Connie deBoer told the crowd that answers may lie in a future federal and provincial-funded study on how to twin the local stretch of Highway 1. Incumbent Robin Hicks suggested creating more affordable housing to attract professionals to both work and live in North Van. Candidates were later asked what their approach to density in the district would be going forward. Amelia Hill, a 20-year-old student, said there should be housing options for young people and seniors on ﬁxed incomes. “I believe things such as laneway houses create a great opportunity for affordable housing for people to have their families close by,” said Hill. Kevin Macauley spoke about sticking to density targets, with some room for re-evaluation, set out in the district’s ofﬁcial community plan, which he says included ample public input. “I think slow, thoughtful growth, density where it’s appropriate, and where the services can handle it … has its advantages; it also has some disadvantages,” he said. Macauley said rapid growth in Lower Lonsdale, for example, has resulted

in property value declines, prompting a closer look at density as a whole. According to Jim Hanson, with the current traffic problems, we shouldn’t bring a lot more people into the district. “So, my comments on densification in the short term: Let’s put on the brakes, let’s focus on transportation infrastructure,” he said. “Once that has been accomplished I personally, generally do support the philosophy and themes of the official community plan that involves concentration of peoples in areas of transit corridors.” Mortgage broker Linda Findlay broached the idea of having the next council explore creating a policy for rental-purpose buildings. “There is right now, with the way that interest rates are, … a window of opportunity for some rental-purpose builds to be done by private owners,” she added. Incumbent Lisa Muri said district growth involves careful assessment and planning to allow infrastructure to catch up. “As a councillor, my concern is that we are moving too quickly,” said Muri. “We need to retain land use

control and not be pressured by market conditions.” On the subject of pedestrian safety, Wayne Hunter would champion using a portion of community amenity contributions from new developments to improve the district’s walkways. “I think maybe the crosswalks we have here should be better lit,” said Hunter, generating applause from the audience. Longtime district resident Len Laycock said with his diverse business background he has seen all kinds of budgets, and understands financial struggles. He wants to be the voice for change at city hall. Fellow longtime resident Glenn MacKenzie, a high school teacher, considers himself a fiscal conservative who supports a low-cost, low-spending and low-tax district. Incumbent Doug MacKay-Dunn, who is seeking his fifth term, spoke of his past successes, including championing North Van’s first artificial turf field, and the building of the North Shore’s first addictions recovery house for women. The next district allcandidates debate is Nov. 4 at Capilano branch library.

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Ask your children, regardless of their age, this simple question:Where do fruits, vegetables and meat come from? Perhaps the question should be: If there were no grocery stores, how would we get food to eat? And see how your children answer. It is a sad commentary on society’s advancement that many city-dwelling children think food comes from the local grocery store without any background understating of how to grow plants. Douglas Justice, the associate director of the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden once said to me, “Learning how to grow plants is a life skill that everyone should have.” His comment still resonates with me and in this age of food security concerns his comment is relevant now more than ever. I am not alone in my concern about our current generation’s lack

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of focusing childhood learning primarily on math, science and English still dominates our education system.There’s nothing wrong with teaching those important basics, it’s just not enough today and not everyone is capable of being a scientist or even wants to. Teaching children how to grow plants is arguably the responsibility of parents. I completely understand that parents may not have time, the ability or the interest to teach their children about food security. Fortunately, the people at the Edible Garden Project at North Shore Neighbourhood House are always working to teach young and old alike how important food security is to humanity.

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of academic learning outcomes applied in real world situations are invaluable for preparing our children for the world they will inherit. Children also learn interpersonal skills, in particular co-operation, as they work together applying knowledge to grow something in a communal setting supervised by teachers and experts. Intelligent, long-term incorporation of those concepts into existing school curriculums along with acceptance by school administrators is necessary for such programs to excel. And traditional learning outcomes can be

accommodated within the operation of schoolyard gardens, if some thought and innovation is applied. I could go on for hours, but I digress. Those behind the Sutherland Schoolyard Market Garden are currently crowdfunding their project. It’s a sad commentary that funding for such worthy projects is not easily available from banks or other traditional lending sources. Most people can easily get a loan to buy a car, furniture or a house. But if you want to get a loan to build a garden to make money and feed people, the answer is usually, “It’s not the type of project we normally get involved with.”

So if the status quo won’t grow, people ﬁnd another way, like crowdfunding.The Edible Garden Project’s own stated purpose of the initiative is, “Imagine going to a high school with an organic vegetable farm instead of a sprawling front lawn, and having the opportunity to learn science or languages among the vegetable beds. Imagine a place where neighbours meet to buy fresh produce, learn new skills, and participate in making their community a vibrant place.” Those are worthy goals that these days seem to be standard jargon for many organizations with few of them actually living up to the promise. Fortunately,

the Edible Garden Project always puts its food where its mouth is. The one-third of an acre market garden project at Sutherland school has raised $7,419 of its $15,000 goal. The campaign started Oct. 1 and closes Nov. 10. More than 139 individual funders have already contributed to the project, but more help is needed.To help this garden grow, go to indiegogo. com/projects/sutherlandschoolyard-market-garden or, ediblegardenproject.com, and please help grow a garden and our children. Todd Major is a journeyman horticulturist, garden designer and builder, teacher and organic advocate. stmajor@shaw.ca THREE TIME WINNER OF

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seawater conditions. Partnering with Ocean Networks Canada and UVic’s department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, the school is a location for an underwater-monitoring station that streams images and data in real-time that students then analyze in class. Being able to interpret data, ﬁnd correlations, investigate patterns and make predictions becomes far more relevant when the source is one’s own backyard. Specialist courses are available such as software engineering where students creatively design their own game engines, and robotics where students build collaboration and problem-solving skills as well as robots. Whatever the course, teachers endeavour to engage students with technology, to leverage learning opportunities and help them develop the tools they will inevitably need in an increasingly digital world. The faculty works to supply and optimize the students’ toolkit of skills used to develop digital literacies and the conﬁdence required to succeed in a technology-rich environment.

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Leaving a positive digital legacy part of the IPS program Digital citizenship, digital legacy and digital literacy. These three competencies are the foundation of the digital technology program at Island Paciﬁc School. It is designed to reﬂect, and get ahead of, how information exchange in the world is evolving socially, in education, in the workplace, and in the way data is stored. The world is going online in ways we are not even aware of and students need to be digitally agile to respond to the future. Technology teacher

Christian MacInnis helps students understand that digital citizenship “is a package of skills that mirror how we deﬁne normal citizenship: like being an active player and a positive contributor to a community. By its nature the Internet is a new space for true democracy. We have had critical thinking tools for hundreds of years, now we are applying them to a digital model; we are teaching critical thinking skills within a digital learning space.” A positive digital legacy, the impression and footprint you leave

online, is consistently emphasized throughout the curriculum. Digital literacy begins with the ability to use hardware in combination with a deliberate use of useful software. All students and staff use Google Apps for Education and they effectively act as the school’s “digital backbone” for the majority of the school pedagogy. Students produce YouTube tutorials and learn through teaching. All IPS students maintain an E-portfolio that is a platform to

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Community kept up to date at LGCA The story of Lions Gate Christian Academy over the past 10 months has been akin to The Little Engine That Could. If you recall the children’s book, the Little Engine never gave up and successfully delivered circus animals to town although the task seemed herculean. At the close of the school year last June, the LGCA community faced the task of moving the entire school. Not just the desks and chairs, but entire buildings. An impossible task in a few short months? Yes, but we never gave up and successfully started this school year in our new location at 919 Tollcross Rd. We would like to thank the neighborhood for their patience during a hot, dusty, noisy summer as the site was being prepared to reopen again as a school. What does this have to do with technology? This story sounds more like bricks and asphalt. Technology played an important role as our school community watched

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Engagement at St. Edmund’s The most vital component of digital education is digital citizenship, and our students are taught to treat technology, especially social media, in a manner that maintains St. Edmund’s strong values of safety, respect for self, and responsibility as members of school, local, and global communities. Digital technology has become an integral extension of the classroom in our upper intermediate grades. Shared class websites have become a useful tool for collaboration in applying 21st century skills. The Grade 7 Dragon’s Den Marketing Unit enables students to research data, conduct business forecasts, create

print and video ads and post product information. Students also create cooking videos, recipes, and dining room designs in preparation for our live cooking event similar to Iron Chef. Online journaling is a regular component of the language arts program in the upper grades, as students design, maintain and update their own blogs, with a focus on spiritual reﬂection and community-building thinking. The Novel Writers’ Club uses digital technology to enhance publishing skills through sites such as Amazon, in addition to allowing students the opportunity to view supportive feedback from their peers and teachers.

Our primary grades have the opportunity to use our classroom set of iPads on a weekly basis. They use a variety of apps that practise letter recognition, phonetic awareness, hand-eye coordination, math facts, listening and reading skills, and reading comprehension. Students are also introduced to responsibly using this technology to research facts and information about various topics being studied in class. Technology has provided our students with opportunities to collaborate and express their understanding and creativity through several project-based activities. Technology has enhanced learning that is

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Coding at Collingwood Collingwood School students in Michal Hodal’s Data Science 12 ﬁle into the science lecture theatre and open their laptops. On a large TV screen, Hodal shows his students a CT scan and a topography map all created with Python, a programming language utilized by Google, Facebook and NASA. Hodal’s students are learning the coding language to chart, graph and manipulate raw data of their own.The course grew out of Collingwood’s coding club and encourages students to think critically about how data is presented.The students analyze and interpret publicly available data and create a research question. This fundamental skill leads students to develop a major research project, conduct the research and present their ﬁndings, Hodal said. “Mike’s course is allowing (the students) to play with data,” said Stephen Garland, dean of Instructional Growth and Faculty. “They’re doing real research.They’re already ahead of the game and they don’t even know it.” With an increasing number of university programs requiring a competency in a coding language, choosing Python, an opensource introductory language, was a natural starting point. It’s also a versatile language used in web development, robotics and data analysis. “The cool thing is it’s up to the students

what they want to analyze,” said Hodal. “I’m giving them a very powerful tool they can use whether they go into science or engineering.” Collingwood’s newly constructed Morven Campus is an ideal setting for the course with large smart TV displays in every classroom.The curriculum immerses students in new technology to prepare them for success in a global economy requiring advanced programming and data analysis. “I think a lot of people don’t know how useful this could be for them. Programming teaches logic,” said Hodal. Rica Jin, a Grade 12 student who aims to study medicine next year, started the course without any programming knowledge. “Now I know how to read code and graph. I’m hoping this will help with presentations at university,” she said. “I want to look at diseases, their past development and the technology that helped cure them.”

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While CEFA Central does house a large volume of downloadable resources that teachers can print and use, its strength comes from the community of users that motivate each other to come up with new ideas of fun and engaging activities used to teach our students. As new CEFA Early Learning schools continue to open from Caufeild to Surrey, Langley, Kelowna and eventually across Canada, CEFA Central will remain an essential resource for CEFA certiﬁed teachers to connect, motivate and inspire one another.

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has been drinking. The walls between the rooms, however, can be moved.These represent the changes we make as our children grow and mature. A one-year-old is limited to playing in a child-proofed and safe space, a four-yearold has run of the house but can’t jump on the couch, while a 14-year-old has a key to the front door and can come and go within certain time limits. Sometimes just wanting our children to be happy gets in the way of setting reasonable limits. Eighteenmonth-old Justin is a happy little boy and his parents want him to remain happy at See Consistent page 30

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ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents recipes for Halloween. page 32

In my career I have been on both the issuing and receiving ends of countless news releases; I understand their value as modes of information transmission. Once you strip away the superlative language, a wellconstructed news release often provides some kernel of useful information. As a regular food columnist, I am on multiple PR mailing lists and receive my fair share of restaurant news tips. I relish these updates, especially when they give me the head’s-up on a new restaurant opening, the appointment of a new chef, the launch of a seasonal menu, or any other development that might provide substance for a future column. I did not receive any formal communication about La Tasca, the small Mediterranean lounge on lower Lonsdale Avenue that opened a month ago. That’s because no such communication was issued. Nor was any signage placed in front of the restaurant proudly proclaiming “Now open.” There was also an absence of print or digital advertising, direct mail, or any of a number of other conventional promotional methods employed by new businesses. I learned of La Tasca’s existence quite by accident through an indirect acquaintance on an

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has chosen to employ a delightfully old-school method of promotion: word of mouth.With a simple menu served by a laid-back and accommodating chef in an unassuming room, La Tasca is surely poised to become a neighbourhood favourite, converting one unsuspecting diner at a time into a regular patron. DJ and I felt at home at La Tasca right away, occupying two of only 12 seats in this tiny room with minimal décor, which includes a hand-written essay on happiness on one wall, urging diners to laugh and to love to the fullest of their capacity, leaving no regrets at the end of their one shot at life.

The menu is varied, almost eclectic, ﬁnding some cohesion in a loose Mediterranean undercurrent. I get the sense that chef Prego cooks what he enjoys and avoids the constraints of rigid labels. Breakfast is served all day and features mainly eggs prepared according to various international culinary styles, including Mexican, English, American and Greek. DJ chose the latter for her lunch and was pleased with the light and fresh ﬂavours of two scrambled eggs loaded with feta cheese and still-crisp spinach, accompanied by toast. An

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Romancing the Stove When the banshees howl and the zombies prowl, Halloween can’t be far away. Scare up some ghoulish goodies for your festivities on All Hallows Eve, severed ﬁnger food anyone? No nightmarish ingredients are required for these easy appetizers. It’s all about the presentation and the more gruesome the better! Set the scene with a cobwebdraped table and scary uplighting. Some bare branches will cast spooky shadows and provide a cosy home for your collection of shrunken heads and bleached bones. Cheesy Jack-O-Lantern 4 thin, round slices salami or other deli sausage

(the darker in colour the better) Two 250-gram packages cream cheese, room temperature 2¼ cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided use 2 green onions, finely chopped 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper ¼ cup finely chopped red peppers ¼ cup finely chopped black olives 1 small dill pickle Kale or lettuce leaves for serving

the salami to form eyes and nose, and several smaller triangles to place in a row for the mouth; press salami pieces onto the cheese ball. Insert the dill pickle in the top of the cheese ball to form a stem. Serve with assorted crackers; makes about 24 servings.

In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Stir in the green onions, 1¼ cups of the cheddar, the Worcestershire sauce, pepper, red peppers and black olives until well combined. Refrigerate mixture for one hour. Form chilled cheese mixture into a pumpkinshaped ball; roll ball in remaining cup of shredded cheddar to cover completely. Place kale or lettuce leaves on a serving plate and place the cheese ball on top. Cut triangles from

Preheat oven to 375º F. Cut each hot dog in half crosswise. Unroll the entire sheet of crescent roll dough and separate into triangles. Cut each triangle into narrow lengthwise strips. Wrap a strip of crescent dough around each halved hot dog to resemble mummy wrappings (be sure to wrap a strip over the top of the hot dog’s “head,” the rounded end of the hot dog, but leave some of the hot dog showing to form the mummy’s face). Place the mummies about an inch apart on a lightly greased bak-

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The dream had to end at some time, didn’t it? The Argyle Pipers senior football team, winners of just one regular season game in three seasons since rebooting their program in 2011, couldn’t start this season by winning their first five league games, including back-to-back wins over both of last year’s provincial AA finalists, could they? No, they could not. But they came pretty close. The dream run ended Friday when the Pipers were pulled back to reality by a fired up Carson Graham Eagles squad. Before that loss to the Eagles, however, the former doormats had been battering rams, knocking off four straight wins including a massive 13-12 upset Oct. 17 over the then No. 1-ranked John Barsby Bulldogs, last season’s provincial champs. Six days later Argyle was aiming to take out Carson Graham, last year’s runnerup, but the Eagles were not interested in letting the Cinderella story continue, smacking down the Pipers 34-7. “Just too many

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huge upset win on the road over Barsby. “That was a fantastic win for us,” he said. “But it was kind of funny — as well as we played that game, it was the opposite today.We were ﬁred up, we executed, we didn’t make any mistakes. Today was the exact opposite. . . . Last week a lot of good things, this week there’s a lot of stuff that we need to work on.” That the Pipers are even in the conversation at this point in the season is a testament to their massive

turnaround.The school resurrected football after a 30-year hiatus in 2011 and the team went on to lose all their games against low-level teams in the Tier 2 league that season. In 2012 the team managed to win one exhibition matchup but lost all of their league games, failing to register a single point in ﬁve out of six of them. Last year the team got that elusive ﬁrst league win — 37-0 over Sentinel, another new program — but that was it for the season. Coming into this year

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Carson set to host Barsby in championship rematch From page 35

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a group of players that had been playing youth league together for years, the Argyle juniors put up respectable numbers right from the start and were given the opportunity to grow together.Those players have now graduated to the senior ranks,Wayne Theobald moving up with them for his ﬁrst year as senior coach, and the B.C. football world is seeing a whole new side to the Argyle Pipers. “A lot of these kids have played football for a long time,” said Wayne. “It’s a different group.”The team also plays a fun, freewheeling style, chucking the ball all over the ﬁeld with an offence run by co-ordinators Leif Penn and Bill Stanger. “We’ve got two good offensive coaches, good receivers, good quarterback,” said Wayne. “We like to throw.” With their fast start the Pipers have thrown themselves into a logjam in the Western AA Conference. Barsby, Argyle and the Ballenas Whalers are all tied at 4-1 with Carson right behind at 3-1 with a game at hand.This week’s matchups will sort most of the questions out with Barsby coming to the North Shore Thursday to take on Carson Graham and Argyle heading to the Island to battle the Whalers Saturday.

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could help us with our draw. We’re hoping to go far.” The dream is over. Long live the dream. ••• Carson Graham employed a balanced attack in their win over Argyle Friday, getting more than 200 yards on the ground and through the air. Quarterback Mike Worthen went 15 for 22 for 201 yards and three touchdowns while Russell Tolentino rushed 17 times for 145 yards and two touchdowns. Lucas Bill led the receivers, catching nine passes for 127 yards and two touchdowns, including an impressive 49-yard deep bomb late in the fourth quarter to seal the deal. The Eagles will battle the Bulldogs in a rematch of last year’s provincial ﬁnal Thursday starting at 2 p.m. at Carson Graham.

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