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North Van City revives OCP debate Council votes 4-3 to dust off draft community plan

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, or perhaps more like a zombie rising from the grave depending on how you look at it, the City of North Vancouver’s ofﬁcial community plan is back. In one of its ﬁrst serious debates of the new term, council voted 4-3 on Monday night to revive the high-level planning document and hold a new

pubic hearing — albeit with some signiﬁcant changes. The CityShaping OCP has been caught in a legislative no-man’s-land since it was voted down by the previous council in September 2014 after being in development for more than three years. But unlike the version of the plan that went down to defeat, the one resurrected on Monday night includes a number of provisions that were stripped out by a deeply divided council last July. The draft OCP before council now will allow for single-family homeowners to add both a secondary suite in the main house SeeVision page 5

W. Van floats public safety building design JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

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While still behind schedule, WestVancouver’s new $36 million public safety building is moving ahead — just not as quickly as the mayor would like. Council unanimously supported soliciting public input on the project but remained split on the design, which accommodates police, municipal hall and ﬁre and rescue services on one site. West Vancouver’s

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outdated and almost embarrassing “rabbit warren of ofﬁces” is in dire need of replacement, according to Smith. “It’s ridiculous that we’ve got communications staff working in an ex-living room down the road.” The municipal hall also falls short of seismic building standards. “It would fall down with a relatively mild earthquake,” Smith said. “(Previous councils) have been See Plan’s page 3

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Donovan Park plan quashed Estate can keep 2.85 acres willed to district as parkland, judge rules

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JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

The District of North Vancouver won’t be getting a new park on Wellington Drive. That’s the end result of a recent B.C. Supreme Court case that hinged on the last will and testament of Evelyn Winnifred Donovan. Upon her death in 2011, Donovan left her home at 875 Wellington Drive, assessed at $3,570,000 based on redevelopment potential, to the District of North Vancouver. The bequest was made on the strict conditions the land would be used in perpetuity as a park and the municipality would forgive all deferred property taxes. The district’s attempts to take the 2.84 acre parcel were soon stymied when the estate’s executrix and Donovan’s daughter, Delma Lynne Dennis, voiced concerns the estate

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aspect, its primary purpose was to “advance the ﬁnancial interests of the estate by creating a potentially signiﬁcant tax advantage,” she wrote. Donovan’s will also clearly granted discretion to Dennis, according to Arnold-Bailey. The court doesn’t interfere in discretionary decisions unless the executor has acted unfairly or in bad faith. “The evidence supports the conclusion that she has acted fairly and in good faith,” Arnold-Bailey stated. Dennis was under no obligation to give the land to the district despite the district’s unfortunate pursuit of the bequest,

according to Arnold-Bailey. “With the benefit of hindsight the district would have been well advised not to have accepted the bequest in the first place without additional safeguards in place,” she ruled. Donovan first approached the district about bequeathing the densely forested parcel to the municipality in 1997. Council jumped at the offer, passing a resolution thanking Donovan and reimbursing Donovan and her husband for $3,400 in legal and accounting expenses. “If this bequest proceeds, it would be the first of its kind and

could serve as a model for others,” stated the district’s property negotiator Helen Baxter at the time. After Baxter’s death in September 2011, district council moved to accept the bequest in late January 2012. Before council made their move, Donovan announced plans to sell the property. Discussions regarding the district’s ability to satisfy the conditions of the will lasted through most of 2012. At a 2012 meeting, one of the estate’s beneﬁciaries indicated the family wanted to keep the property. The district had planned to rename the parcel Donovan Park.

A North Vancouver woman was among the three backcountry adventurers who died in a fall near Pemberton on Sunday. The B.C. Coroners Service conﬁrmed the identities of the three deceased mountaineers Tuesday, including Elena Cernicka, 35. Cernicka, along with Neil Charles Mackenzie, 31, and Stephanie Grothe, 30, were part of a larger group that travelled to Joffre Lakes Provincial Park on Jan. 11 to spend the night in See Three page 5

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negligent in not maintaining this building.” West Vancouver’s hall lags behind every other city hall in Metro Vancouver, according to Smith. “You just have to drive down to North Vancouver and see their Taj Mahals and Surrey with their $50-million ediﬁce to Dianne Watts and the council there,” he said. “This should be fast-tracked. . . . The time for talk is over and the time for action is now.” West Vancouver’s Police Department needs to vacate its quarters on Marine Drive by the drop-dead date of Dec. 31, 2017 to make way for Grosvenor development group. After initially planning to start construction in early 2014, staff is hopeful to have shovels in the ground in June. While council supported the project in principle, Coun. Nora Gambioli made it clear she couldn’t vote for what she characterized as

a sprawling design. “We’re effectively looking at wiping out the rest of the block with these two buildings,” she said. Coun. Craig Cameron suggested staff explore a taller building with a smaller footprint to avoid sprawl. He also advocated a construction plan that would accommodate an additional storey if needed. Council split on the current plan to provide free parking for police, which Gambioli said “ﬂies in the face” of West Vancouver’s transportation and climate action plans. “At about $40,000 per parking spot that is $2.2 million that taxpayers are being asked to spend to enable our staff in this building to park for free.” Providing parking for police is essential, argued Smith. “Our police drive from Squamish and Langley, Cloverdale and Maple Ridge because they can’t afford to live in the community.”

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order to protect personal data and police property. Goerke faced questions from Coun. Christine Cassidy about the centre’s 1,600-square-foot gym, which would be shared with municipal staff. “I’m all for physical ﬁtness, but in a sense we’re asking the taxpayers to subsidize a gym

for the use of police force and municipal staff.” A gym is important for injury-prevention and ensuring police ofﬁcers are ﬁt enough to deal with physically demanding situations, Goerke countered. “I would argue that the taxpayer actually saves money,” he said.

While council was divided on the public safety building, Goerke praised the project. “It sets us up really well for several decades.” The public safety building headed back to the drawing board in the summer of 2014 after an audit scored the building’s design efﬁciency as low.

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Vision plan’s public consult was extensive as well as a coach house, though any new units still require the correct zoning and council’s approval. The defeated version of the plan speciﬁcally prohibited that kind of combination of rental units. The plan also restores more potential development density in Moodyville. Though the document spans 128 pages and eight chapters dealing with land use, development, transportation, health and recreation, a disproportionate amount of debate was over how to redraw the neighbourhood in the wake of massive changes brought by the Low Level Road project and expansion of Richardson International’s

grain silos. Under the latest iteration of the OCP, the south side of East Third street will allow for condos of up to four storeys, with medium density townhouses on the streets below. The failed version of the plan only foresaw low-density duplexes with potential for suites, which was favoured by residents above Third Street. Coun. Pam Bookham urged council to pursue the less dense version of Moodyville, arguing that duplexes with suites provided a critical midmarket option for young families looking to upgrade from a condo. And, Bookham charged, the planned density increases have come on the assumption that Third Street will one day have

Keating agreed. “This is the beginning of the end,” he declared. “We can ﬁnally get this going and have a visionary document that indeed does give us the innovation, the opportunity to build a better community for everybody who lives here for decades to come.” Other differences between the two plans include the potential for slightly taller towers of up to 12 storeys on the 1500block of Eastern Avenue and 200-block of East 15th and a special study into Site 8, which is largely a surface parking lot between Carrie Cates Court and West Esplanade. It could potentially go higher than the 75 feet currently allowed, at council’s discretion. Couns. Don Bell, Rod

rapid transit in the form of B-line buses, which may never come if voters don’t approve new transit funding in the referendum coming in March. But the majority on council, including Mayor Darrell Mussatto and Couns. Linda Buchanan, Holly Back and Craig Keating, found the higher density to be the better ﬁt. That position was bolstered by the unprecedented amount of public feedback that went into shaping the OCP — “probably at least 25 or 50 times more than the last OCP revision,” Mussatto noted. “This has been the most extensive public consultation that I’ve been involved in. We heard very clearly from the public,” he said.

Three hikers were roped together before fall From page 3 a backcountry cabin. When Cernicka, Mackenzie and Grothe didn’t return to the cabin, their colleagues went out looking, ﬁnding one body near the bottom of a gully. The group contacted Whistler RCMP, who called

in Pemberton Search and Rescue. Searchers found the remaining bodies the next morning, approximately 600 metres below the main couloir at Joffre Peak. Cernicka was a patient safety learning system coordinator with Providence Health Care.

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est Vancouver’s public safety building should be built quickly and it should be built right. Putting cops, firefighters, mayor and council on the same plot of land seemed simple when council was getting set to cash Grosvenor development’s $36million cheque for the 1300 block of Marine Drive. Back then, the prospect of paying for the much-needed public safety building with what seemed like found money tantalized the district’s elected officials, a few of whom govern according to two sacred precepts: 1. Don’t raise property taxes. 2. Seriously, don’t raise property taxes. Construction on the public safety building is now a year behind schedule and council seems like they’d need Mapquest to arrive at an agreement. But despite council’s division,West Vancouverites are invited to have a

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fulsome discussion about the building — if they can hear each other over the ticking clock. The police department absolutely, positively has to get every badge and baton out of Marine Drive by Dec. 31, 2017 to make way for Grosvenor. With an estimated 18-month construction schedule for the public safety building, that gives council just ﬁve months for public engagement, debate and approval. Council was split on the development that necessitated the public safety building and split on how to pay for the building, but councillors need to ﬁnd consensus on this one.This will be the most important structure in West Vancouver and it will stand for decades. It’s now impossible to build it quickly, so all that’s left is to build it right. Tick tock.

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Silence the chirping over ‘double dipping’ Dear Editor: Regarding the hyperventilation and gas being expended over the so-called “double-dipping” of publicly funded jobs, I’d like to take a few lines here to try to educate those who clearly do not understand the reality of what is taking place here, or perhaps, like the proverbial grasshopper, have frittered their RRSPs away making bad ﬁnancial

decisions and are envious of those who have not. Firstly, almost every career job these days contributes money to a pension plan as part of the employee’s base compensation. Many of these contributions go right into employee RRSPs, other folks have company pension plans. In all cases, the employee has earned that money: it is theirs as part of their overall compensation,

their pay for work done. Note this well: that money is hard-earned over many years, and it is theirs to keep. Secondly, at some point, an employee is permitted to draw on their hard-earned pension or RRSP money. Or they may choose not to. It is certainly nobody’s business what anyone does with their earned pension money, or when they choose to collect it, whether they are private

workers or public ofﬁcials. Thirdly, people can, and often do, work well into their 60s or 70s, earning a full salary doing what they have become masters at over their many work years, continuing to be productive members of society and justiﬁably earning their money and paying taxes as a result.That they may also be drawing on their previously earned pensions at the same time or

not is no business of anyone, at any time.This is their money, their savings. I have been repeatedly astounded by the ignorance of those who continue to write letters to this paper decrying this buzzword “double-dipping.”These uninformed, fuzzy-thinking letter-writers seem to be operating under the misapprehension that the public is somehow being

made to pay twice for a service, when in fact they are not. Any pension that a person draws is theirs to spend as they see ﬁt: it is essentially money saved for a rainy day, and the envious “grasshoppers” that continue to chirp away claiming that money from the public purse is being misspent need to get over it and give it a rest. Nick Bryant North Vancouver

Service clubs still play a vital role in our community Dear Editor: Last month my Kiwanis club made $20,000 of disbursements to worthy charities in our community. This is something that just a mere handful of active members are able to do a

few times a year! However this is not what I wish to draw your attention to.What I want to point out is that small service clubs and other organizations contribute a heck of a lot to our community

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to lack of active members when there are so many remarkable and talented people on the North Shore. Please consider joining such a group. It doesn’t have to be my Kiwanis club (although you would be very

welcome!).There are many worthwhile organizations from Lions, Rotary, Legion, etc. that support any number of worthy causes from youth sports to the local hospital and everything in between.

If you know just how much these organizations contribute to our community you will realize that we cannot afford to lose any of them. Scenery Slater West Vancouver

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Public art is more than decoration MIRIAM BLUME Contributing writer

This past spring, the Vancouver Biennale expanded its exhibition to North Vancouver with two public art installations along Upper Lonsdale, the headless Walking Figures and Meeting with its crouching red monks, as well as an indoor pavilion of Brazilian art in Shipbuilders Square. The Biennale art was quick to get the attention of many, including a favorable write-up in the LA Times travel section featuring North Vancouver as an exciting cultural tourism destination. Didn’t hurt that the Gordon Smith Gallery also got a mention because of the Biennale sculptures situated in front of it. Closer to home, the Georgia Straight published a positive review of the Brazilian pavilion, and thus began the pilgrimage between the hugely popular OSGEMEOS Giants mural at Granville Island over to North Vancouver via the

SeaBus to continue the Biennale experience across the water. Having visitors discover your community and its shops, eateries and other cultural attractions through public art is always a good and lucrative thing. Media aside, those reading the Mailbox section of the North Shore News will be quick to point out that the spectrum of opinion within the community has been as diverse as the community itself. That’s the thing about public art; it gets interpreted through the lens of the people experiencing it, and provides a window on the times in which we live. Love it or hate it, art in public space creates a dialogue through which we learn about ourselves, our neighbours and the world around us. Nothing exempliﬁes this more than the debate over Walking Figures. The artist, herself a survivor of the Holocaust, is exploring democracy and the sometimes precarious balance

between the faceless anonymity of equality and the uniqueness of individualism. Her headless ﬁgures have been celebrated and exhibited throughout the world, including a permanent display of 106 in Chicago’s Grant Park titled Agora, apropos of the ancient Greek city centre where crowds gathered for commercial and political activity. The North Vancouver installation of Walking Figures has generated some strong complaints: they frighten our children, we hear enough about beheadings on the news, we want to get away from images of terror. It’s an interpretation completely unintended by the artist, but probably a moot point to those calling for their removal. It’s hard not to think about the irony of defending this particular installation, while at the same time preparing for the next Biennale installation by Ai Weiwei, one of the most inﬂuential artists and human rights

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textbook could ever be. The Vancouver Biennale Big Ideas program is a case in point. With each exhibition, teachers are invited to participate in the award-winning education program that uses art featured in the exhibition as the basis for multigrade, multi-discipline curriculum, learning resources and artist-led workshops in schools. See Public page 9

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Wintering woodpeckers in abundance I think it’s true to say that for many people, woodpeckers, like owls, hold a special fascination. It’s interesting to note that the B.C. Checklist (Biodiversity Centre for Wildlife Studies) lists 14 species. Some, like the white-headed woodpecker of the Okanagan, are very rare indeed (in B.C.). It’s my jinx bird. Many birders have a jinx bird, a species that after much effort remains elusive. I’ve narrowly missed seeing the

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HOME Green Guide WEST VANCOUVER SENIORS’ CENTRE GARDEN CLUB A vibrant group that brings together both new and experienced gardeners to engage in a wide range of activities to get their hands in the dirt, expand their gardening knowledge and make new friends Thursdays, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. wvscgardenclub.blogspot.com

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the flowing sap attracts hummingbirds, butterflies and other wildlife species. Sap only flows for a limited time of the year.What do sapsuckers do then? They fly catch, probe, and feed on fruit and inner tree bark.Watch for their wells on hemlocks and birches — two favourite local sapsucker trees. The spectacular pileated woodpecker with its red top knot is our largest woodpecker. Ants, especially carpenter, are a favourite food, but beetles, grubs and termites are also eaten.Watch for its distinctive squarish- or rectangular-shaped feeding holes. Its call is loud and has been described as a laugh. Woodpeckers need old trees in which to feed and nest. A dead tree, it has been said, is full of life — a cafeteria of sorts for woodies! Watch and listen for woodies in the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats’ woods — hairy, downy and pileated — with flickers seen in more open habitats, often perching on a tree top or pole. Enjoy the chisel-bills and all our wonderful birds. Keep safe. Al Grass is a naturalist with Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia, which offers free walks at The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats on the second Saturday of every month. Meet atWBT’s site office, 2645 Dollarton Hwy, NorthVancouver.Walks go rain or shine. wildbirdtrust.org

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Winter is prime time for vines From page 13 the act of an uninformed barbarian. Restructuring evergreen shrubs is done by pruning (thinning) down to lower growths on the primary and secondary stems to redirect growth into the chosen buds or branches to develop the new form or size. Heading cuts are used in this process, but sparingly. For large, robust-growing evergreens, like cherry laurel, height can be reduced by onethird to half as long as cuts are made above healthy buds on the stem. How far down you cut depends on the health of the plant. Weak plants respond to this procedure by dying. Healthy plants respond by regrowing new foliage in spring as a result of invigoration and redirection of energy. So choose your plant and cut carefully. I have reduced the size of large laurel hedges by five or six feet in width and height using this procedure, but only on healthy plants. When it comes to winter pruning rhododendron and camellia, care must be taken to avoid cutting off the spring blooming buds or permanently damaging form. As a general rule, rhodos and camellia should never be sheared or pruned between June and March to reduce their height. Pruning during those months will remove flowering wood and the developing flower buds. If the plant in question is too

tall then move it, lose it or let it grow tall. Shearing those plants into some kind of Chia Pet is ugly. Larger-growing rhodos and camellias are often incorrectly pruned because they have been planted in a location that does not allow them to fully grow to mature size. In such cases a person should adjust the planting design and the owner’s perception of size to facilitate a taller, layered and underplanted design. Height layering is a fundamental method of designing beautiful gardens. And transplanting and redesigning are long-term alternatives to pruning the same plant year after year. January and February are also prime months to prune woody vines, such as wisteria, kiwi, grape, Boston ivy, Virginia creeper and honeysuckle. It’s difficult to explain woody vine pruning without diagrams or field training. The general rule is to retain old wood while pruning back young wood. Old wood, for most woody vines, means two years or older wood, which is required to produce flowers and fruit.Young wood is not physically mature enough to reproduce (to flower or fruit). Vine pruning in winter allows a good look at the leafless branching structure to help make pruning choices easier. Older, non-flowering wood can be cut out if needed, but be sure to leave a bud or two

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As a new year dawns, it’s only natural to look ahead and try to find ways to make this year better than last. For many people that comes down to getting fit. Just over the Iron Workers Bridge at 3433 East Hastings, Maximum Core Cardio Studio is a comprehensive, full service fitness facility that gives you everything you could ask for in a clean, no-nonsense environment. “I wanted a family environment, friendly staff, and guidance when needed,” says owner Rocco Dipopolo. “I didn’t want a social club, which I feel is what the other gyms offer. I wanted a facility that focused on fitness and offered a range of fitness to choose from.” Open Monday to Thursday from 6 am to 11 pm, Friday from 6 am until 9:30 pm, Saturday from 8 am until 8 pm and Sunday from 9 am until 5 pm, there’s something that fits your schedule.

With their focus on cleanliness, convenience, affordability and plenty of free parking, it’s a great option for people on the North Shore who work over town. “What we have available are three months, six months, one year and two year contracts. We also offer a punch card drop-in system that includes classes for people that don’t want to commit right away.” If you need flexibility, committed, personable staff and a healthy environment, check out Maximum Core Cardio Studio for you New Year’s fitness program. “We are a humble, family-run gym with no attitude and no corporate backing. It is the right place to be – if you are looking for fitness we are built for fitness. This is where you want to be to get yourself healthy and fit.”

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PARENTING

New year inspires wish list for children

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time to enjoy their children. Our children are fun, interesting and stimulating. Let’s enjoy them.

workplace are honoured for the work they are doing in raising the next generation of adults.That they are supported and recognized for both their paid employment and the parenting work they do. n That parents take the

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free from hunger and pain. That something as simple as a school lunch program be a priority for all parent committees in all schools, particularly the afﬂuent ones. Should we not feed all the children before we fundraise for computers or soccer sweaters? My dream is that in this land of abundance our children

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all levels consider the needs of children when legislating. n That teens be recognized as young people with different needs from their younger counterparts. But that doesn’t mean they don’t need parenting. They need limits, rules and parental expectations.They need to be welcomed in our communities, not shunned. A group of teens is simply a group of people and we need to look on them and smile, just as we would if they were preschoolers or older folk. n That the streets and parks become safe places for children to run and play. Children need play areas and we need to work to change our attitudes toward fears of abduction which deny our children their freedom. n That parents in the

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have enough to eat but also that food banks be a need of the past. n That all our children be free from sexual, emotional and physical abuse. And that we understand that physical punishment of children is antediluvian and unnecessary.That our children need to be protected, nurtured, raised and cared for by responsible and loving adults who would never dream of hurting them. n That children become a priority for all of society. That parents understand that they need to meet the needs of their children ﬁrst, not last or even second. n That communities understand that the children of their community need their neighbours to care and watch out for them.That governments at

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We are now into a new year and it’s the time for New Year’s resolutions. But for me it’s also a time to allow my dreams and wishes to be articulated. I want to see a better world for our children and it can happen. It’s simply up to us to decide what we want to see and get moving to realize our desires. Yoda (from StarWars) would say, “Do. Or do not. There is no try.”We need to simply decide to do what we need to do for our children. Kathy (from Parenting Today) would add that we need to think big. If we do not dream of a better world for our children it simply will not happen. So I have wishes and dreams for our children in 2015. I dream: n That all our children be

Electronic submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm on Monday, January 19, 2015, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Hearing. Once the Public Hearing has concluded, no further information or submissions can be considered by Council. The proposed amendment bylaw and relevant background material may be viewed at City Hall between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from January 8, 2015. It may also be viewed online at www. cnv.org/publichearings Please direct all inquiries to Wendy Tse, Planner 1, Community Development, at wtse@cnv.org or at 604.982.3942.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE

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Chris Dagenais

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Café Ca Va, a stylishly appointed room recessed from the sidewalk on Marine Drive and 18th Street in West Vancouver, is like a French culinary superhero: affable, mildmannered bakery by day, swish, confident bistro by night. After a recent dinner there, I, for one, will sleep easier knowing that Café Ca Va is tirelessly fighting the good fight to uphold bold, sophisticated flavours on behalf of eager palates everywhere. Godspeed, brave bistro, may your baguettes be ever crusty and your tables eternally full. From 9 a.m. daily, Café Ca Va dishes up sweet and savoury crepes, fresh baked pastries and desserts, as well as soups and sandwiches. In the late afternoon, the restaurant closes briefly to prepare for its evening service, emerging at 5:30 p.m. donning a cape and mask, ready to chase away dull, bland and insipid foods, the scourge of any city’s dining scene. I entered the café just after 7 p.m. and had my

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and short vignettes of French landscapes, from yellowed wartime photos of Normandy to the Pont de L’Archeveche over the Seine. For once, I welcomed televisions in an elegant dining room; the sharpness and beauty of the imagery they projected enhanced, rather than detracted from, the thoughtful decor. Service was swift and friendly, efﬁcient but never rushed. As I reviewed the menu, a loving tribute to

the many iconic dishes that have helped thoroughly install French cuisine in our collective global consciousness, I sipped a stiff pour of Ricard Pastis, the potent anise distillate that turns cloudy when you add water. The menu presented a genuine struggle for me. Jam-packed with so many dishes I hold near and dear, I fought the urge to pull a passerby from the sidewalk out front to join me in sampling one

of everything. In the end, with the helpful advice of my server, I selected just three dishes, forfeiting the enjoyment of conﬁt duck, Oyama chicken sausage coq au vin, slow braised beef brisket, ratatouille, onion soup, and Nicoise salad on this occasion. My meal began with a rustic and hearty terrine of pork and foie gras served with a host of delectable house-made pickles. See Preparation page 20

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pickled beets and carrots supplied excellent textural complexity. The foie gras content of the terrine was minimal, though not detrimentally so, and so my request for a small glass of Sauternes (the legendary sweet semillon and sauvignon

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blanc wine of Bordeaux that is a classic pairing for foie) turned out to be a miscalculation on my part; a fragrant dry white or light red would have married better with the predominant pork ﬂavour of the terrine. Still, it is hardly a burden to consume a glass of stunning Sauternes and I greatly appreciated the server’s willingness to provide it for me, given that it is not listed by the glass on the wine list. Alongside the terrine, I enjoyed a generous appetizer of mixed olives, served warm and topped with a subtle garnish of lemon zest and chili ﬂakes. For my main course, I opted for one of the alltime greatest bistro dishes ever conceived: moules frites, or mussels with fries. Anyone who eats mussels with any regularity will agree that no matter how fresh the seafood, there is more often than not at least one rogue mussel in every order that is marked by a pungent and off-putting skunkiness that makes

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will surely avert disappointment. My meal of two appetizers, a main and a beverage to accompany each course, was $72 before gratuity. Café Ca Va is located at 1860 Marine Dr. in West Vancouver. cafecava.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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PARENTING Kids Stuff PRO-D DAY FUN WITH SCRATCH! In this introductory computer programming class, kids aged nine to 13 will learn how programming language differs from everyday language using the Raspberry Pi, a credit card-sized computer Friday, Jan. 16, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Please register each child separately. For more information call 604-9257408 BABYTALES Free drop-in storytime for newborns to 24 months Wednesdays starting Jan. 14, 10:30-11 a.m. and 2:15-2:45 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. nvdpl.ca TAG MEETING Teen Advisory Group is a forum for West Vancouver teens to have their say in teen collections and programming Wednesday, Jan. 14, 7-8:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Refreshments provided. westvanlibrary.ca

TODDLETALES Free drop-in storytime for children ages 24-36 months Wednesdays beginning Jan. 14, 10:30-11 a.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. nvdpl.ca

22-24 at St. Martin’s Hall, 195 East Windsor Rd., North Vancouver. Adults $17, seniors/students $13 and kids 10 and under $10. For tickets call 604-7670665. smpdramatics.com

PYJAMA STORYTIME Bring a teddy bear and wear pyjamas for a fun evening of stories and songs Thursday, Jan.15, 6:45-7:15 p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. All ages. Free, no registration required. nvdpl.ca

STORYTALES Free dropin storytime for children ages three to ﬁve Fridays beginning Jan. 16, 10:30-11 a.m. at Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. nvdpl.ca

BABYTALES A free dropin storytime for newborns to 24 months Thursdays starting Jan. 15, 10:30-11 a.m. at Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. nvdpl.ca

FUN WITH LEGO Play, create and experiment in a fun and free program Saturday, Jan. 17, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. Ages ﬁve to 12. No registration required. Lego provided nvdpl.ca

STORYTALES Free dropin storytime for children ages three to ﬁve Thursdays beginning Jan. 15, 10:3011 a.m. and 11:15-11:45 a.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. nvdpl.ca

FUN IN FRENCH Children aged three to eight will enjoy French stories, songs and more Sundays, Jan. 18 and 25, 1:30-2 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. westvanlibrary.ca

SPACE:THE PANTOMIME A sci-ﬁ show in the style of Star Wars and Star Trek that follows the traditional story of SnowWhite Jan. 15-17,

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Community Bulletin Board BACIO (BECAUSE A CURE IS OBTAINABLE) Mangia e Bevi Ristorante will hold its eighth annual charity event beneﬁting Lions Gate Hospital oncology clinic and BC Children’s Hospital oncology research. Until Jan. 31 a three-course dinner menu will be offered for $40. For each dinner sold, $5 will go to each hospital. Mangia e Bevi Ristorante is located at 2222 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. mangiaebevi.ca.

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WHERE:

161-165 East Keith Road, legally described as lots 12 and 13, except the east 10 feet now lane, Block 114, DL 274, Plan 878, and a portion of a closed road

WHEN:

Monday, January 19, 2015 at 6:15 pm in Council Chamber

Notice is hereby given under the provisions of the Local Government Act that a Public Hearing will be held to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendment to Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700: ZONING BYLAW, 1995, NO. 6700, AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2014, NO. 8354 will have the effect of reclassifying the said property: 5 17 0

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GRADE 7-8 TRANSITION An information meeting for parents and students on the secondary school enhanced programs Thursday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m. at Sutherland secondary, 1860 Sutherland Ave., North Vancouver. 604-903-3444 sd44.ca

HIGHLANDS PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE Highlands Preschool will be holding an open house for fall 2015 registration Thursday, Jan. 15, 6-8 p.m. at 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. Preschool tours Jan. 16 and Jan. 21, 10:15 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. To RSVP email director@ highlandspreschool.ca. Registration runs Jan. 1630. For more information visit highlandspreschool.ca KEYNOTE BREAKFAST The North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce will be holding a networking breakfast Thursday, Jan. 15, 7:15-9 a.m. at Earls Tin Palace, 303 Marine Dr., North Vancouver. Guest speakers Gordon Wilson and MLA Mike Bernier will give an overview and answer questions on BC’s LNG strategy. Members $25, non-members $39. business.nvchamber.ca HANDLING HOLIDAY TECH Discuss how to get the most out of gadgets that were left under the tree Thursday, Jan. 15, 7-8:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial

PERSIAN BOOK CLUB Read and discuss classical and contemporary Persian literary prose Thursday, Jan. 15, 2-4 p.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Participants must be ﬂuent in Persian. westvanlibrary.ca SAVE THE FERNS In preparation for the construction of a new parking lot on Mountain Highway, the North Shore Mountain Bike Association and the District of North Vancouver are hosting an event Saturday, Jan. 17, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. to dig out and pot ferns for future use. Meet at 9 a.m. at the water towers at the base of Mt. Fromme.Tools will be supplied by the DNV and NSMBA but may be limited. EARLY YEARS FAIR Find information and chat with representatives from preschools, daycares, businesses and program providers Saturday, Jan. 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West 1st St., North Vancouver. 604-982-8300, jbcc.ca Email information for your non-proﬁt, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com.To post online, go to nsnews.com, scroll to Community Events and click on AddYour Event.

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THE ULTIMATE TRAVELLER A series of travel talks accompanied by photographs with world traveller Peter Langer Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m. at the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. Schedule: Jan. 14, Experiencing Indonesia through its textile arts; Jan. 21, A railway journey through the Andes of Ecuador; Jan. 28, A journey through Mongolia during the Naadam Festival; Feb. 4, An African safari in magical Kenya; and Feb. 11, Exploring Mexico City and surroundings. $15 per

GETTING STARTED WITH LIBRARY EBOOKS-KOBO Learn how to use the BC Libraries ebooks website, place holds and check out ebooks with a library card Thursday, Jan. 15, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Please bring Kobo and library card to the session. Registration is required and available online.To register call 604-925-7405 or visit westvanlibrary.ca

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GRADE 8 INFORMATION SESSIONS for West Vancouver School District. Schedule:West Vancouver secondary at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m.

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act, all persons who believe they may be affected by the above proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written or electronic (email) submissions should be sent to the attention of the City Clerk at kgraham@cnv.org or by mail to City Hall. Electronic submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm on Monday, January 19, 2015, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Hearing. Once the Public Hearing has concluded, no further information or submissions can be considered by Council. The proposed amendment bylaw and relevant background material may be viewed at City Hall between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from January 8, 2015. It may also be viewed online at www.cnv.org/ publichearings. Please direct all inquiries to Michael Epp, City Planner, Community Development, at mepp@cnv.org or 604.982.3936. 141 WEST 14TH STREET / NORTH VANCOUVER / BC / V7M 1H9 T 604 985 7761 / F 604 985 9417 / CNV.ORG

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What’s On

604-988-2931 or sochellr@nsms.ca CONTRACT BRIDGE Every Monday and Thursday, 12:30-3 p.m. in the Cedarview Room at Delbrook Community Centre, 600 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Drop-in fee: $1. 604-9877529

Thursdays BETWEEN THE SHEETS This Deep Cove book club meets the ﬁrst Thursday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. Each member recommends a book and takes a turn hosting discussions in their homes. New members welcome. Adele, 604-9295621 billadele@shaw.ca

DADS PARENTING: Westcoast Family Resources Society offers a free group on Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. 604417-3407

BINGO: Every Thursday, 6-10 p.m. at the North Shore Alano Club, 176 East Second St., North Vancouver. 604-987-4141

DUPLICATE BRIDGE Every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 to p.m. in the Cedarview Room at Delbrook Community Centre, 600 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. $3. 604-9877529

BYOV (BRING YOUR OWN VOICE) COMMUNITY CHOIR rehearses Thursdays (except July and August), 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Lynn Valley United Church, 3201 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver.The choir sings a broad range of music with a focus on fun and the love of singing. $40 per term. 604-987-2114 lynnvalleychurch.com

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CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN The North Vancouver chapter of this national organization that focuses on improving women’s status and human rights meets

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CHANCEL CHOIR New members are invited to join the choir, which practises on Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. No

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What’s On From page 23 newcomers. Recruitment for this program is ongoing. 604-988-2931 homas@nsms.ca FAMILY OF ORIGIN PARENTING Westcoast Family Resources Society North Shore offers a free group on Thursday mornings. 604-417-3406 IMPROMPTU is a community rock choir that sings classic and contemporary rock, pop and Motown songs and operates on a drop-in basis.There is no need to have any musical experience.The group meets each Thursday night at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. Gathering from 6:30 and singing from 7:30 to 9 p.m. $10. 604-613-6842 impromptumusic.ca

MAKE CYCLING BETTER: HUB —Your Cycling Connection meets the second Thursday of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. All are welcome to join this group to help improve local cycling facilities. northshore@ bikehub.ca or bikehub.ca

Fridays ARGENTINE TANGO Learn to dance the Argentine tango Fridays, 8:45-9:45 p.m. at Presentation House, 333 Chesterﬁeld Ave., North Vancouver. $10. 604-6000657 argentinetangolab.com ENGLISH CORNER Practise English conversation Fridays, 10-11:30 a.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Free. No registration required. 604-922-5152

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ENGLISH CORNER Practise English Fridays, 1-3 p.m. in the Activity Room, North Shore Neighbourhood House, 225 East Second St., North Vancouver. 604-929-4788 ENGLISH CONVERSATION A weekly conversation class to practise English meets every Friday, 1-2:30 p.m. at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. $2. 604-9875820 FRIENDLY FRIDAYS An informal group that meets every Friday, 9:3011:30 a.m. for coffee and conversation at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Participants work on their own knit, crochet or other small projects. $4/$2. 604987-5820 mollienyehouse.com ROOYESH GROUP meets every second Friday to discuss matters such as psychology, immigration, teenagers, music, poems, cultural issues and more. Meetings are in Farsi with English translation available, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Room 203, Capilano Mall, 935 Marine Dr., North Vancouver. Free. Zara, 604980-1290 ROTARY CLUB OF LIONS GATE meets every Friday at noon at the North Shore Winter Club, 1325 East Keith Rd., North Vancouver. Members of the public are welcome. 604837-2362 Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-proﬁt, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com.

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NORTH SHORE SCORES PJHL hockey Jan. 11 Aldergrove - 5 NVWolf Pack - 2 PacWest volleyball Jan. 9-10 Men Capilano - 1 CBC - 3 Capilano - 0 CBC - 3 Women Capilano - 3 CBC - 1 Capilano - 3 CBC - 0

Scan this photo with the Layar app or visit nsnews.com to see more photos of Quest vs. Capilano in PacWest women’s basketball.

There comes a time when a young college sports team ceases to be young and is left only with the hard reality of proving itself against the league’s best. The Capilano women’s basketball team is at or near that point, featuring a lineup loaded with second year players as they enter the second half of the 2014-15 season. The Blues were in rebuilding mode last season on a team that featured eight rookies. Most of those players stuck around this season, however, and now the stakes are much higher. They’ve lost the safety net of the term “rookie mistake.” Capilano, sporting a 4-3 record, faced a daunting test Friday night at the Sportsplex where they hosted 7-0 Quest University, the ﬁfth-ranked team in the country. For 30 minutes the Blues, with a starting lineup of four second-year players along with fourth-year guard Michelle Errico, stayed right with the bigger, more experienced Kermodes, a team that started no one younger than third year. Late in the third quarter the score was 44-43 for the Kermodes and it was anybody’s ball game. But then Quest turned up the pressure, cranked out an 11-1 run to take a commanding 55-44 lead early the fourth. Capilano closed the gap to four points in the dying minutes but a couple of timely hoops and some accurate free throw shooting gave the Kermodes a 69-56 win and dropped the Blues to .500. It’s nights like this that remind Capilano head coach Ramin Sadaghiani that his young-ish team — made even younger when ﬁfth-year point guard Jennafer Palma tore her

3>-YS>Q/6' 3[aS'a> 2aUSaa) :[>)]a' ->'% ."a'%6' (a''> Gaa8[>R YQ E>:!a'% >:%Y/Q 0)Y8>D >% %[a 3>-YS>Q/ *-/)%'-Sac@ ."a'% e/Q %[a ]>Ra \VA^\ %/ )aR>YQ "Q8a_a>%a8 YQ Sa>]"a -S>D >Q8 8)/- %[a 4S"a' %/ `A`@ EMF(F PAUL MCGRATH ACL in the preseason — still has some lessons to learn. “We were right there — ughh.” he said after the game. “It’s just part of the maturity of our team, I guess. We’ve obviously improved a lot from last year but we’ve just got to

get over that hump where we have the maturity to beat a team like that. We had a good game, but it wasn’t good enough to take down a team like Quest.” The Kermodes outrebounded the Blues 63-52 on the night while always playing tough defence to

limit the Blues to 25 per cent shooting from the ﬂoor. “Their size is a challenge for sure,” Sadaghiani said of Quest, adding that the Blues will need to do a better job of closing out games if they want to beat the best teams in

the league. “Tonight’s a perfect example. We just don’t get over the hump, kind of put it in another gear against an older and more mature team like Quest,” he said. “I think it’s just believing SeeWilliams page 27

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Simmerling doubles down on ski cross silver

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West Vancouver’s Georgia Simmerling is off to a scintillating start to the

World Cup ski cross season, scoring silver medals in each of her ﬁrst two races. Simmerling opened the 2014-15 campaign with a

second-place showing at Nakiska in Alberta Dec. 6 and followed that up with another silver last Friday in Val Thorens, France. In both races Simmerling ﬁnished behind her Canadian teammate Marielle Thompson, the 2014 Olympic champion. Friday’s race was

particularly tight with Thompson reaching out to beat Simmerling in a ﬁnger-tip photo ﬁnish. After the race Simmerling seemed happy with her showing but also tipped her hat to her talented teammate. “I stayed calm, caught the girls’ draft ahead of me,

made some sweet moves over a set of three jumps in a row, and flew into first,” Simmerling stated in an Alpine Canada release. “(Marielle) then got into my draft, made a slightly better move than I did over the final jump, and got me at the line.” The following day

Thompson won again for her third medal gold in three races while Simmerling missed the big final but won the small final to earn fifth-place points. The next World Cup ski cross race will be held Jan. 24-25 in Kreischberg, Austria.

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in ourselves that we can do it. It kind of comes with our youth — just believing in ourselves and taking our game to the next level. A lot of it is mental. I think physically, and with the skill that we have, we have the players to get the job done. . . . Once we ﬁgure it out and get over that hump we’re going to be really tough to beat.” Errico led the Blues in scoring with 15 points Friday night, a role the veteran guard often plays. “We depend on her quite a bit to do a lot of things for us,” said Sadaghiani of the Windsor secondary grad. “Offensively she’s really tough to guard. She can hit the three, she’s got a great dribble pull-up, she does a

bit of everything.” Errico is option 1A on a balanced Blues attack that doesn’t rely on any one player. Options 1B and C and D can change from game to game. Second year Argyle grad Chelsea Dekleer plays opposite Errico on the wing and can also fill it up from deep. Ashley De La CruzYip and Francis Penafiel share point guard duties while Karyn Nelson, Carmel M’Bikata and Cassidy Kapaiwai provide the muscle inside. All of those players listed above are second years with the exception of Penafiel, a third year, and Errico. The Blues, however, will be adding some more experience — and muscle and talent — in the near future with Elise Horton rejoining the team. The fourth-year player from

Coquitlam led the team in scoring and rebounding last season and was named to the PacWest league’s ﬁrst all-star team. The former University of Calgary player didn’t attend school in the fall term this season but couldn’t resist the call of the ball, rejoining the team for the second term. She’s expected to make her debut this weekend during a pair of road games against Columbia Bible College and Kwantlen. With Horton back in the mix and the sophomores growing ever stronger, the Blues are aiming high during the second half of the season. There’s no clear-cut favourite for second-place in the league behind Quest — a spot that comes with an opening round playoff bye — and Sadaghiani thinks Capilano

has the talent to grab that spot. “We’re still young, but we have high expectations. We’ve set our goals pretty high,” he said. “We know it’s a long season and we’re now in the process of getting ready for the playoffs.” Beyond that, Sadaghiani is hoping that the members of his young, talented team stick around long enough to eventually become an experienced, talented team. “The sky is the limit next year and the year after,” said Sadaghiani. “Hopefully the program can get to the point where it’s a contender every year. I think the core group that we have right now can really do some special things down the road for CapU women’s basketball.” Capilano’s next home games will be held Feb. 5 against Kwantlen and Feb. 7 against CBC. Game times are 6 p.m. for the women and 8 p.m. for the men. ••• Capilano University recently named Milt

Williams manager of athletics and recreation in charge of the school’s six varsity teams. The North Vancouver resident has worked at Capilano for 22 years in positions ranging from coaching, management, communications and athletics. He spent the past 10 years as Capilano’s sports information director. “I am very excited about the opportunity Capilano University has given me as athletics manager,” Williams stated in a recent release. “I look forward to working with the studentathletes, coaches and staff and continuing the great work we have accomplished at CapU.” Williams becomes only the third athletic director in 47 years of Blues athletics, following Neil Chester and Joseph Iacobellis. Williams takes over for Iacobellis who served in the position for 22 years and was named the CCAA athletic director of the year for 2008-09. Iacobellis recently took a medical leave but has now returned to Capilano to

Milt Williams work on various projects on a part-time basis. “I am very fortunate to follow in the steps of Neil Chester and Joseph Iacobellis,” said Williams. “It is upon their good work that I will be able to add to the rich and successful championship history at Capilano University.” To date Capilano has racked up 57 provincial titles and 15 national titles. Williams received Capilano University’s Spirit Award in 2014 and the Exceptional Service Award in 2012.

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