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Engineers monitoring Twin Bridges site where house-sized boulders tumbled into river BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Geotechnical engineers say the massive rock slide into the Seymour River on Sunday occurred naturally. But it could be some time before we know the full impact of the slide on the local ecology and trails that flank the river. Sometime around 5:30 a.m. Sunday, upwards of 50,000 cubic metres — or 500 dump truck loads — of rock gave way and landed in the river about one kilometre north of the top of Riverside Drive. “This was actually a significant portion of the canyon wall that was sheered as it came down.These were very large rocks — the size of houses,” said Bill Morrell, Metro Vancouver spokesman. The boulders created something of a natural dam, causing water to form a new pond above the slide area but, Morrell said, water is still flowing through. “One of the bigger rocks slumped a bit

overnight which in fact increased the size of the channel so water’s actually ﬂowing better past what was a partial blockage,” he said. “That said, it’s raining like hell so there’s all sorts of water coming down from the watershed.” Geotechnical engineers say the slide was years in the making as small fractures in the rock grew with pressure from seeping water. “At some point, the crack is large enough and the weight is enough that the slide lets go into the canyon,” said Mike Mayers, Metro Vancouver’s superintendent environmental management. “It’s been evolving over a long period of time. . . . Not weeks but years and years and years.” The good news is the worst of the damage in the canyon appears to be over, he added. “They’ve assessed where the slide came from and determined they don’t see any other fractures in that area,” he said. The consultants are now focused on determining how stable the boulders in the river are and whether they’re likely to be dislodged by high river ﬂows.The North Shore is expected to be under a heavy rainfall warning until Thursday. Metro Vancouver has closed access to virtually all of the trailheads that lead toward the Seymour River while it swells with extra See Pooling page 9

Pemberton Heights house fire destroys family dogs BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

A Pemberton Heights house ﬁre Sunday has left at least six dogs dead and two seniors out of their home. District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services and North Vancouver City Fire Department both responded to the home on the 1000-block of West Keith Road around 10:30 a.m. By that point, the home was already engulfed and a plume of smoke

was visible from across the North Shore. “City crews were down by the (Northshore) Auto Mall doing some practising and they could actually see the smoke when they were leaving,” said Jim Bonneville, assistant chief with the district’s ﬁre department. “They went part way into the home in the basement to extinguish what they could but it was very, very heavily involved with lots of ﬁreload — as it’s called

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NV City silences whistles at Forbes

Couple safe, house a total loss From page 1 — inside,” Making matters worse, the basement was extremely cluttered, giving plenty of fuel to the fire and making it hard for firefighters to move. The homeowners, a husband and wife in their 70s, were taken to Lions Gate Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, Bonneville said, possibly because they had attempted to rescue their pets inside. There were six or seven dogs in the house, according to Bonneville. “All the dogs had perished. . . .We managed to recover five of them.There were possibly one or two more in the home at some point, possibly upstairs, but we couldn’t get anywhere near it.The fire broke through the floors and it was just too dangerous for crews to go inside.” The house is a total loss. Because it is structurally unsafe, a security guard will be posted to the site until the investigation is complete and the home demolished, Bonneville said Though it is apparent the fire started in the basement, Bonneville said it’s unlikely that fire investigators will find the exact cause. “It’s hard to know at this time,” he said. “Even the investigator couldn’t get too close to the house.” The intense and destructive blaze should be a reminder about what to do if you find yourself in a burning building, Bonneville said. “Get out as soon as you can. Call 9-1-1. Don’t go back. Just don’t. ... It was unfortunate for them with their pets.They’re obviously pretty upset, but it could always be worse,” he said.

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Municipal crews on high alert for next bout of wind and rain BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

It was “so far, so good” after the ﬁrst day of heavy wind and rains on the North Shore. Staff at all three municipalities have been on high alert since Monday— the ﬁrst in a three-day subtropical storm expected to deliver another 100 millimetres of rain by Wednesday night. With crews on patrol checking problem areas all night, there was little

damage to report on Tuesday, said Gavin Joyce, the District of North Vancouver’s manager of engineering, parks and facilities. “The rivers are high and continue to rise.We had some localized ponding and pooling in streets and some minor plugged catch basins area but in essence, the night went without incident,” he said. But staff are remaining vigilant, especially along the Seymour River.The B.C. River Forecast Centre issued

a flood watch warning for the North Shore and Howe Sound on Tuesday and staff are bracing for high tides in the morning by putting up sandbags along the lowlying areas of the river on Riverside Drive. In early November, parts of Lynn Valley and Deep Cove flooded when 164 millimetres of rain fell over 24 hours, causing Kilmer Creek to swell above the road level. As of now, there are not specific concerns about landslides, Joyce said, but staff will also be monitoring the amount of soil saturation. Residents and business

owners are being asked to help by checking the storm drains near their properties and clearing any leaves or debris that may be blocking them. After-hours emergencies should be reported to the district by calling 604-9903666. Beyond the storm posing a risk of ﬂooding, the North Shore’s creeks and rivers are expected to be especially dangerous. “Please exercise extreme caution and keep yourself and your pets away from the water’s edge.We are expecting elevated water levels, swift moving currents and possible bank erosion,”

a warning posted to the district website stated. West Vancouver crews also staved off ﬂooding by keeping drains clear overnight, but staff too are concerned about a possible king tide (an especially high tide) on Tuesday morning. “Depending on the wind, we could have a situation similar to the one a couple weeks ago where we had to close the Seawalk,” said Jeff McDonald,West Vancouver spokesman. “It’s always something we’re monitoring and prepared to do if we have to do.When we do that, of course, we ask residents to respect those barricades. Sometimes they don’t.”

Cyber stalker’s victims troubled by renewed interest JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A NorthVancouver man who cyber-stalked several young women he had previously stalked when they were teenagers will spend ﬁve more months in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of criminal harassment. Judge Joanne Challenger handed the sentence to Stephen Christopher Hoy, 54, in North Vancouver provincial court Dec. 4.The ﬁve-month sentence is on top of nine months Hoy has already spent in jail.

Crown counsel Jason Krupa described how Hoy began sending “bizarre and disturbing messages” to several young women over Facebook between July 28 and Dec. 13, 2013. In one message, Hoy told one of the women he was going to show up “as a man that knocks on your front doorstep and bites your bottom lip off before you can say a word.” Hoy told another girl in a message he wanted to “lift you around to see how heavy you are” and “go for a drive … with the windows rolled down.” He told another “I

seriously hate you.” He also sent one of the women a message directing her to his Facebook page where he had posted a collage of recent photos of her and her friends. Krupa said the messages were all sent to young women in their early 20s who Hoy had previously stalked ﬁve years ago in North Vancouver when they were teenaged girls. At that time, starting in 2007, Hoy had followed the teens’ activities on Facebook, sent them disturbing emails and knocked on the door of one girl when she was home alone. Hoy’s victims

also reported other strange interactions. Hoy was eventually convicted of criminal harassment in that case and sentenced to ﬁve months in jail. Krupa said none of the young women had heard from Hoy in years until the strange behaviour started up again last year. He said all of the women who received Hoy’s recent messages were afraid and “deeply disturbed” to be contacted by him. “It’s happened before and it’s happened again,” one of them wrote in a victim impact statement. Other

victims said they were afraid to be on public transit, feared opening their email and had turned down night shifts at work, said Krupa. He noted Hoy has a history of mental health problems including paranoia but has not been diagnosed as delusional and is not taking medication. Hoy’s lawyer Michael Smith said his client acknowledges his behaviour was inappropriate. In handing down her sentence, Challenger said she was not surprised Hoy’s victims were fearful.When offenders act in “bizarre and inexplicable ways” it often

causes greater fear than when they act in “ways that can be understood,” she said. In addition to the jail term, Hoy must serve three years probation. During that time he must not contact any of his victims and must not be alone with anyone under 18, except for his own daughter. He was also ordered to stay away from public parks, pools and rec centres where children under 18 are likely to be present, attend the forensic psychiatric outpatient clinic and take reasonable steps to ensure his mental health doesn’t pose a danger to himself or others.

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approval of tonight’s whistling prohibition,” he said prior to the vote. Residents throughout Lower Lonsdale have been hit with the train whistle blues, according to Ausman. “The committee found that loud, jarring train whistling at uncontrolled level crossings — causing health problems when sleep is disturbed — was residents’ greatest complaint,” he said. The short-short-longshort whistles at the Forbes crossing carried a great distance and were sometimes wrongly attributed to the train at the Chesterﬁeld crossing, according to city staff. Train whistling is largely unnecessary, given the elimination of three at-grade crossings as a result of the Low Level Road project. The whistling will be replaced by the installation of ﬂashing lights, bells and crossing arms.Train operators can still blow the whistle if there’s an imminent safety risk. However, extra fencing has been erected to deter trespassers. The ban on whistling is “a milestone,” accord-

ing to Coun. Rod Clark, who recalled discussing the issue — along with former councillor John Braithwaite — during his days with the Waterfront Industrial Noise Control Committee. Following the passage of the bylaw, Clark asked Mayor Darrell Mussatto to call Braithwaite and let him know what they’d done. Mussatto assured Clark he would. A city staff report found unanimous support for the ban among the 12 residents who responded to the request for public input, with a general community sentiment that the prohibition was long overdue. Speaking about the issue in 2013, Lower Lonsdale resident Per Christensen discussed the annoyance of late-night whistles. “It’s been going on for a lot of years and the complaints have been ongoing . . . nothing has changed there,” he said. City staff is designing similar improvements for the crossing at Bewicke Avenue. Work is tentatively slated to begin next summer. The prohibition at Forbes was made possible by cooperation between the city, Squamish Nation, CN Rail and Port Metro Vancouver.

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he report by the U.S. Senate committee on the torture that went on inside secret CIA-run black sites paints a terrifying picture of a rogue organization that operated beyond any laws — either domestic or international. It sets out in shocking detail what the world has known for a decade.The report records pain, humiliation and death that ultimately resulted in no useful intelligence, but transformed the CIA into a frightening para-military organization where its relationship to political overseers became one of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Especially don’t tell. The descriptions of waterboarding, death by hypothermia and other horriﬁc practices are hard reading, even in summary. It’s difﬁcult not to be reminded of practices of the Nazis. It’s hard to imagine any way such torture wouldn’t be considered a war crime. But so too

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Dear Editor: I would like to express my appreciation to the City and District of North Vancouver for the cycling infrastructure that has been built and is being planned for the community. I have been bicycle commuting one or two days a week, during all four seasons, across Lower North Vancouver for more than 10 years.

The improvements to bicycle lanes and paths has been dramatic. It is safer and much more enjoyable to ride a bike through the busy parts of North Van than it has ever been. With climate change threatening our way of life, riding a bicycle to reduce the number of car trips an individual makes is something we can do to make a difference.

Cycling instead of driving your car reduces your carbon and pollution footprint, and improves your health. The work that the municipalities in the Lower Mainland have been doing to improve cycling infrastructure is impressive and I applaud everything that has been done. If you are not an avid cyclist, but are curious

about cycling to get to your place of work or for transportation, I encourage you to explore the possibilities. Check online for the bike route map for your area. If you are nervous about riding in trafﬁc, drive or walk the route to ﬁnd the least busy way to get to where you need to go. Go to a bike store and talk bikes.

You don’t need a fancy bike or gear to get started, check out the consignment stores and start with a used bike. Once you start don’t give up. The first few months may be painful at times, but keep at it. Pry yourself off the couch and get on your bike.Your strength, confidence, and your fitness levels will

all improve. One day you will be riding along in the elements and you will feel connected to your bike, you will feel powerful as if you and the bike could go anywhere, and you will feel alive. After that there is no going back — it’s all downhill. Happy riding. Pete Willis Bowen Island

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pedestrians get hit. They wear dark clothing and the cars can’t see them. It is just as simple as that. When I am driving at

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An $8-billion question looms over the province “Aboriginal title confers on the group that holds it the exclusive right to decide how the land is used and the right to beneﬁt from those uses, subject to one carve-out – the uses must be consistent with…the enjoyment of the land by future generations.” — Supreme Court of Canada, June 26, 2014 Shortly after the Supreme Court of Canada found in favour of theTsilhqot’in First Nation’s claim to Aboriginal title over Crown land within its territory, the Fraser Institute called it a “game changer” and well it might be. The decision sets a precedent for any Canadian First Nation that can prove “regular and exclusive use” of its claimed territory “before the assertion of British Sovereignty in 1846.” As an aside and purely to satisfy my curiosity, it would be interesting to know whether the issue of a statute of limitations was settled during the court’s deliberations.Whatever the answer, I predict there will

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be an avalanche of Canadian and international court cases citing the Supreme Court decision. Indeed, as News reporter Jeremy Shepherd noted on Nov. 23, the supreme court declaration of Aboriginal title for the Tsilhqot’in has already cooled Ministry of Forests’ inclination to award controversial logging rights on Gambier Island. Logging cannot happen now without ﬁrst consulting the Squamish Nation. For now, though, the $8 billion question looming over the province is this:What effect might the supreme court decision have in the Peace River Valley where

Treaty 8 and two Alberta First Nations have already filed suit against the Site C proposal? West Vancouver Coun. Craig Cameron, a lawyer who specializes in aboriginal issues, said, “Other First Nations still have many legal, evidentiary and practical challenges ahead of them to prove their claims to title in court, especially in cases where two or more bands have overlapping claims to a territory.” From another perspective, what value might the Supreme Court place on the title to farmland that has been held in fee simple for almost 100 years by Renee Ardill and earlier generations of her family? Ardill and her farming neighbours Ken and Arlene Boon are members of the Peace Valley Landowners’ Association that has filed a B.C. Supreme Court petition to quash the Oct. 14 environmental assessment certificate that would allow BC Hydro to flood 13,000 hectares of farmland — nearly 4,000 hectares of which is in the Agricultural

Land Reserve — in order to build Site C. The PVLA and First Nations have an unexpected ally in their opposition to the project — an ally who may wake up everyone in the province as to the consequences of the dam project. Saying BC Hydro has not made a sound business case for Site C, the Association of Major Power Customers of B.C. strongly opposes the project. Executive Director Richard Stout — formerly a chief regulatory officer with BC Hydro — said the association has “absolutely no confidence that (Site C) is the least-cost plan.” This suggests that, if/when the intensive power use by AMPCBC members results in significant increases in cost of production, those costs would be passed on to residential and commercial consumers who are already being hit with higher rates for the electricity they use in their homes and small businesses. Now let’s continue the discussion about the potential for geothermal

energy as an alternative to Site C that I began two weeks ago. The day before that column was published, the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association released its 58-page report: Geothermal Energy:The renewable and cost-effective

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Materials Plain, clear glass ornaments (available at Michaels) Acrylic craft paint (assorted colours) Paintbrush Adhesive glitter miniature letters and numbers Silver or gold hooks Method Begin by spreading out sheets of newspaper as a work area. Remove the clear glass ornaments from their container and set aside. Carefully remove the metal clasp that holds the wire from the glass ornament. Open the acrylic paint container and slowly pour the paint inside the glass

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Defend your lawn from chafer grubs Some gardening experiences are common to anyone who grows a garden. In a recent batch of emails from the readers of Dig Deep, I noticed a prevalent problem in the garden. Top among recent email questions was how to deal with chafer grubs in lawns. It seems chafer grubs in affected lawns are making tasty snacks for crows, raccoons, skunks, seagulls and other critters that tear up the lawn to eat the grubs. Chafer grubs will gradually move throughout the Lower Mainland wherever lawns are grown — it is an inevitability. But, as one reader told me, “I have removed lots of lawn and turned it into beds or walkways but I am not willing to get rid of the rest, at least not yet.”This is a common sentiment of many Dig Deep readers. So what is the best way

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to manage the problem of chafer attack in the lawn? The best advice I can offer is resistance or reduction. Infestations seem to occur more often in grass that is closely cut. The height of the grass may affect the ability of the adult chafer beetle to reach or not reach the lawn surface to lay eggs. Recent experience suggests that longer, fuller grass is better able to withstand chafer beetle egg laying and

therefore infestation. It is important to know that chemical fertilization keeps the lawn continually juvenile and growing soft tissue.Those conditions are favourable for chafer infestation because soft grass is easier to access and tastier to eat. Some chafer resistance success has been demonstrated on lawns grown without the use of chemical fertilizer or herbicide. Organically grown lawns contain higher concentrations of beneﬁcial soil organisms that may eat the developing chafer grub. And lawns grown with manure or compost generally grow harder tissue that is more robust and less susceptible to environmental stress or insect attack. Many readers asked about using nematodes for chafer control. Chemical companies have long been See Turf page 14

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Turf is the only long-term fix From page 12 feeding us the ideology to treat the symptom (chafer grubs) with a product. Or as I like to call it, “Spray long and proﬁt.”The real solution is to treat the problem of too much grass region-wide with much of it being grown unnecessarily lush and soft. Spray nematodes if you want, follow the label and keep it up to see if the problem goes away. But nematode application and life cycle timing is critical and only occurs in late July or August. Lawns that contain a diverse range of plants are also better at resisting chafer attack.To start with, grow a diverse lawn with more than one grass species. Diversity does mean growing other plants besides grass. But it does not mean we should all plant dandelions and clover in our lawns, as beautiful as that would be. Instead, a diverse lawn should contain some smaller, less aggressive plants such as ajuga reptans, low-height clovers or some purple speedwell or other compatible plants.

In short, the overly manicured, mono-cultured and short-cropped lawn is more likely to be infested versus a longer, more ecologically diverse and organically grown lawn. When it comes to removal of chafer-affected lawns, you can replant a new lawn, replant with some other landscape element or consider artiﬁcial turf. Planting groundcovers to replace affected lawns is a good solution.There are many groundcovers to choose from and they are particularly well-suited to boulevard and roadside areas.There’s always the option of replacing grass with walkways, patios, planting beds or other features. Ultimately, if you must have a lawn and chafers are a problem in your area then artiﬁcial turf is the only long-term solution. I know there are people who are upset that I am supposedly organically minded and here I am recommending some plasticized version of a garden. I prefer alternatives to lawn but people want options.The modern

artificial lawn made only for residential use, not for sport use, will last a long time, is low-maintenance and has a moderate environmental impact. Would Todd install artificial turf in his yard? No, I would not. But I have installed it for some residential clients. I have almost no grass in my yard except a patch 10 feet square for my wife.There’s more clover, ajuga reptans, forget-me-nots and other small plants growing in the lawn than there is grass. We are back where we started: resist the chafer or replace its food source. And while the recent snowfall has quieted the attack of crows and critters searching for chafer grubs in the lawn, the peace is only temporary. Hopefully the snow has also clarified the landscape, leaving impressions of beauty in the garden and decisions about the future of the lawn. Todd Major is a journeyman horticulturist, garden designer and builder, teacher and organic advocate. stmajor@ shaw.ca

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How to rein in the wish list Does it seem that every time you turn around your children are asking for more and bigger gifts? The wish list just seems to explode until you are in a blind panic trying to ﬁgure out how to get your little darlings everything they want for Christmas. You shouldn’t be surprised. Christmas toy advertising starts to rev up after Halloween so your children are being constantly exposed to the latest, greatest, must-have toys and games. While there are a number of things you can do to reduce your children’s acquisitive nature, the simplest (but for many, most difﬁcult) way to handle the problem is to learn to use just one little word. No. He doesn’t need all that stuff. Her life won’t be ruined if she doesn’t always have the latest, newest and greatest thing. In fact, her life is more likely to be ruined in the long run if she does get everything she wants exactly when she wants it. If we teach our children to sometimes go without, we

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are doing them a favour. This will not make you at all popular, but parenting is not a popularity contest. It’s your job to sometimes say no and live with that, but not give in to your unhappy child. Help him learn how to set priorities. If he could only have one of the many things on his list, what would it be? Why? Ask why so you can work with him to ﬁgure out if he’s being bamboozled by advertising or if it’s something he would really use and like. Speaking of advertising, teach your kids to be savvy viewers.Watch toy commercials with them and

make a game out of trying to determine how they made that toy look so good? Do they think it’s really that big? Does it need batteries and how can kids afford to pay for them? Once kids are seven or eight they love the game of ﬁguring out what the advertising is doing to make things look so good. You can even take them to the toy store to look at the toy and see how the reality is sometimes quite different from the ad. Involve your children in gift purchases.They should use some of their own money to buy gifts for their parents and siblings.When they only receive and never give, they miss half the joy of the gift exchange.When my children were young, each year we all headed off one Saturday morning in December (hint: downtown is pretty quiet until noon, even in December). I took one child and John took the other.Then we traded so each child could buy for their parents and keep it a secret.There was one rule: the child got to choose the gift. So we got some strange

and unusual offerings but we joyously received them from our kids who were so proud of their purchases.We truly modelled, “it’s the thought that counts.” Getting involved in some level of charitable giving is also helpful. Have your kids buy a toy for a needy kid and take it to the food bank or a toy drive. Or, if they have lots of toys that have barely been played with, have them donate that. Let them choose some foods to donate to Christmas hampers. The point is you don’t have to be a slave to the advertising.You choose how much your children will have and you choose how they will receive it.That’s part of your job as a parent. It’s fun to buy, make and provide great playthings for our kids. And you will enjoy it all the more when you are not resentful about the outrageous costs and instead excited about the positive choices you (and Santa) have made. Kathy Lynn is a professional speaker and author.To read more, visit parentingtoday.ca.

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Seasonal decorating tips

oliday style is about adding an extra layer of happiness to every space in the home. Bringing the outdoors in fills the room with a beautiful, natural scent. Even small spaces can accommodate ornaments or a tree with a little creative thinking. Then a stage is set to entertain neighbours, friends, and family who may drop by to spread some cheer. Stephanie Vogler from The Cross Décor and Design is a former North Vancouverite. She shares the following holiday tips. wwY sV WspYqwi Use neutrals as a backdrop and layer on textures and small touches of holiday sparkle. I collect classic white, silver and gold ornaments and add pops of colour in my holiday decor depending on my mood that season. This year it is coral and blush tones. }Srw sV YwXW[]Sqi I like to create pretty vignettes with things I already own and dress them up to be more festive. Add bits of sparkly ribbon or simple greenery to your everyday decor for a holiday vibe. VPW Sqq SR[UV Vtw YXwWw]VSVs[]i It’s all about the presentation. Even the gifts under your tree should reflect your personal style. For a budget-friendly giftwrap I buy brown craft paper and splurge on the ribbon or use Christmas stamps for DIY paper. etw VXwwi Since we don’t get a lot of snow I splurge on a flocked tree for my kids. It’s a nice way to bring some of the white stuff indoors. ~SzwX Vw|VUXwWi Layers of whites and cream offer a suggestion of winter with layers of soft and cosy textures. fpSqq V[UQtwW TsVt Rsu spYSQVi Try strings of white twinkly lights casually draped for a festive but relaxed vibe. dWw w|sWVs]u YswQwWi Turn an everyday counter top into a bar or serving buffet to be ready for impromptu entertaining from afternoon to evening. You can easily add a tray and fill it with barware and party goodies to get guests in a festive mood. 83=LOKS 8<S<@87@O N:U26:JFW aWaVaU2F6J 420AaU24 QFVa4 SF62WaJI @2ZJF OFA\FI @UUF PFUdZ4B\a6I MF2a >0UAFWI FUA MF2\FU 8:Da624 6a\aF64a _:6 2\aZ6 9WFJ 80A:W9\ 2\a 8aAHM:4aA 8aZUAaa6 2\F2 2\aJ dZWW Da 9a6_:6VZU] :U 5\064AFJI =aBG CCI F2 CXC^ FUA [ 9GVGI ^bCE 7:U:6F =6GI M:62\ 1FUB:0ea6G @AVZ44Z:U Z4 DJ A:UF2Z:UG } ~f~ NRP< /@P<;R<O=

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ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents her top three favourite recipes from the past year of her column. page 28

I consider myself a better than average cook. Immodest as that sounds, the opinion is informed by countless plates that have been virtually licked clean by discerning dinner guests and ofﬁce colleagues who think I have cheated at the annual Christmas potluck by bringing in restaurant food. Okay, so maybe these evaluation criteria fall a little shy of the weight of Michelin standards or of the pressure of a nightly audience of social media savvy restaurant guests that the pros have to contend with every day, but nevertheless, I feel conﬁdent that I can hold my own with the best of the weekday home dinner warriors. What I am not, is a good baker. Owing perhaps to a hopeless incapacity to understand the fundamentals of chemistry (how could something called a mole be a reasonable unit of measurement?), the precise ratios that can make or break the success of baked goods remain both a mystery to me and a source of no little shame. My wife DJ is an excellent baker. Before continuing this column, one that considers the creations of Gretchen

Robinson at her Gretchen’s Here and Now bakery in North Vancouver, I need to establish for the record that my wife’s polvorones (a nutheavy Spanish shortbread often called Mexican Wedding Cakes in North America) are the best I have ever had. Let me reiterate, DJ’s are the best I have ever had. Okay? With that point ﬁrmly established, I can now safely tell you that Gretchen’s polvorones are the second best.The dense and crumbly, sugar-dusted rounds of pecan-laden dough are uncontestably delicious and are on offer through the holiday season at the bright and airy, infectiously happy new bakery nestled on the corner of Copping Street in North Vancouver, right across the train tracks at the bottom of Bewicke Avenue and a stone’s throw from Black Kettle Brewing Company. Gretchen’s Here and Now has a number of seasonal specialties currently available as well as an ambitious roster of regular features, including the thick-as-a-brick Pretend It’sYour Birthday chocolate cake, an indulgent and satisfying creation that is worth a try on the basis of its name alone. Made with buttermilk and coffee, freerun eggs, butter, whipping cream and mountains of chocolate, the cake is a resolution-prompting affront to moderation and temperance. “You must get up at four in the morning to get all this stuff made,” suggested a fellow patron sitting at the edge of one of only two tables in the bakery one recent Saturday morning. “Yes, most days,” replied the eponymous chief baker, Gretchen, with a knowing smile.

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as a full pie), a four-inchesacross round of rich and flaky pastry packed with tart, barely sweetened winter apples. Also outstanding was a firm and heavy Road Trip Bar, a soft and chewy homemade oatmeal bar packed with peanut butter and chocolate; I would happily forfeit any future consumption of trail mix for an endless stash of these quick-boost-of-energy bars. The Tropic of Capricorn cake, made of almonds, coconut, orange zest and rice flour, was wonderfully rewarding for a glutenfree confection. Its unusual coarse texture and perfumed citrus notes reminded me of some of the best sweet creations of the Middle East. A slice of lemon and poppy seed poundcake made a great accompaniment to morning coffee, the dense and buttery cake brightened by bracing lemon notes and

the savoury bitterness of the seeds. On our way out of the bakery,The Boy and I split an OMG, an aptly named, small sandwichlike goody comprised of two miniature cookies of oatmeal, raisins and chocolate pressed against either side of a creamy chocolate ﬁlling. Gretchen’s Here and Now bakery lists all of the ingredients of its creations on little placards next to the displayed goods.The bakery shows a commitment to organic, non-GMO, and ethically produced local ingredients. It is located at 700 Copping St., North Vancouver. hereandnowbaking.com Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. A self-described wine fanatic, he earned his sommelier diploma in 2001. Contact: hungryontheshore@gmail. com.

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Favourite recipes feature baked treats love baking, so much so that over the years I’ve come to be known as “The Dessert Lady” to my family and friends. Whenever there’s a potluck dinner, it’s a given that Angela will bring the dessert. Here are three of my “keepers” from 2014.

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Romancing the Stove As the 2014 draws to a close, I thought I’d recap a few favourite recipes from this year’s columns. If you read Romancing the Stove regularly, you’ve probably noticed that I

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½ cup icing sugar ½ cup toasted slivered almonds In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream until it begins to thicken. Gradually sift the cocoa and icing sugar into the cream while beating until stiff peaks form (it should be thick and spreadable but not curdled looking). Place the cake on a serving plate. With a serrated knife, cut off the top third of the cake and set it aside. From the bottom, gently remove pieces of cake with your fingers to form a trench, leaving a one inch border on the sides and the bottom.You’ll have to come up with another use for the cake you remove but I’m sure that won’t be difficult! Carefully fill the trench with some of the chocolate cream, then replace the top of the cake. Frost the cake all over with the remaining chocolate cream; refrigerate until ready to serve. Sprinkle the toasted almonds evenly over top just before serving and slice with a serrated knife. Makes eight to 10 servings. (Note: this cake doesn’t keep well so it’s better to eat it all in one sitting. Ask for volunteers.) Fresh Strawberry Cake

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A30 - North Shore News - Wednesday, December 10, 2014

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Reda headed to the Hall

Organizer part of Canadian Football Hall of Fame class of ’15

STEFANIA SECCIA sseccia@nsnews.com

NORTH SHORE SCORES PJHL hockey Dec. 4, 6 NVWolf Pack - 4 Richmond - 8 Mission - 5 NVWolf Pack - 4

Senior boys basketball Dec. 2 Elphinstone - 20 Bodwell - 60

Senior girls basketball Dec. 4 STA - 67 Carson Graham - 51

Following a lifetime dedicated to amateur football as a player, coach and administrator, North Vancouver’s Larry Reda is being inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in the Builder category. Reda said he started passing around a football when he was only 14 years old, and he’s been playing laces out ever since. “I used to live close to Victoria Park and throw the football around,” he said. “Then I started going to games and watching people play. Then when I got to high school I started to play for North Van high, which is no longer there.” Reda played quarterback in high school until moving on to play juvenile and junior football on the North Shore. But in 1956, as he was joining the ranks of the local fire department, he was also starting his coaching career in minor football with the Gordon Sturtridge Football League (now known as the GSL/North Shore Football League). Reda then became head coach of the North Shore Wildcats and won B.C. championships in 1960, ’61 and ’63. He would then go on to coach at Delbrook high school and for the North Shore Cougars. But in 1969 he moved on to become the director, and then the president, of the Big 4 Junior Football Conference. “I had so much opportunity to be involved with an awful lot of people,” Reda noted. “I was able to move up the ladder and I had people who tutored me and gave me direction.” Reda was former president of the B.C. Amateur Football Association (now Football BC), executive director of the B.C. Secondary School Football Association, chairman of the Subway Provincial Championships and co-chair of the Subway Bowl Championships. There were a few times when he tried to quit the administrative side of things, but his passion for football always brought him back in, Reda said. Now he’s in his second term as president of Football BC. “I’m close to 30 years now working with high school football,” he added. “That has been a real privilege to work with an organization or a group of guys that are dedicated.” In 1988, he retired as assistant fire chief, but he continues to keep in touch by being the general manager of the B.C. Firefighters Flag Football

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Reda also started the Western Canadian All-Star Football Camp at Simon Fraser University. He ran the camp for 23 years until he sold it, but it continues on. The camp was for ages 12 to 18, and Reda said he’d always try

to emphasize the values that came along with playing football to the kids. “After school, there’s lots of kids walking the girls down to the malt See Reda page 31

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Reda grew the game in B.C.

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shop, we still have those I think . . . or whatever it is,” he said. “Whereas, if you play football you’ve got to go to practice. Not only that, but when you’re ﬁnished practicing and go home, you’ve got to do your homework because education is a major part of our thrust because you can’t go to university without it and if you want to play pro

football, you’ve got to go to university. “That’s the values that football brings to the table for young men.” Reda was inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2011, and has won many awards including the CFL Commissioner Recognition Award, Bob Ackles Lifetime Achievement Award, and the NFL Seattle Seahawks 12th Man North Award, among others.

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Although the Nov. 15 deadline that would decide whether or not the North Shore Winter Club would toss out curling to make way for hockey has passed, no ofﬁcial decision has been made yet. In October, the club announced it would transform the curling rink to accommodate hockey instead in April 2015 if 360 curlers did not sign up for a limited athletic membership

by last month’s deadline. David Long, general manager of the private North Vancouver club, said they’re still “looking at it,” but could not give a timeline of when a decision is expected. When the club announced the deadline, it argued that it was subsidizing public curling at the expense of its members due to an agreement it has with the North Vancouver Recreation Commission. The agreement, from the late 1990s, provided a space for public curling at the

club when the commission decided to replace the curling rink at Harry Jerome Recreation Centre with the Flicka Gymnastics Club. If the club decides to oust the curling rink, it would effectively end public curling on the North Shore as no other facility exists for it. The athletic membership offered to the more than 500 registered curlers on the North Shore included an initial fee of $900 and a monthly rate of $113. — with ﬁles from Andy Prest

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