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Inglewood care aides face layoffs End to contractor’s agreement shocks unionized workers

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

More than 230 health care workers at West Vancouver’s Inglewood Care Home will face potential layoffs this

spring after the company subcontracted to provide staff announced it will end its agreement with the facility’s owner in May. The move means an uncertain future for

unionized staff at the residential care facility. Most of them are care aides who provide personal care, including help with bathing and dressing, to seniors at the care home. Now those workers will be laid off when the contract ends and will have to reapply for their jobs. “They’re shocked,” said Bonnie Pearson, secretary-

business manager for the Hospital Employees Union that represents workers at Inglewood. “There is a very high level of anxiety amongst the workers right now.” The decision to end the agreement by the contracted care provider comes as the union is attempting to negotiate its ﬁrst contract for workers

and after the union issued strike notice in December. It also comes while the Labour Relations Board has yet to rule on a decertiﬁcation vote that has been challenged by the union. Last month, employees at Inglewood held a rally to protest what they said are low, stagnant wages. Care aides earn about $16 an

hour at the facility — about the same as what they were paid 20 years ago. Dean Malone, director of operations for Carecorp — which provides services to a number of care facilities throughout B.C. — said the company’s decision to end the contract with Inglewood See Concern page 7

Bobcats and beavers, oh my! BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

WestVancouver’s 15th Street corridor has been looking more like a HinterlandWho’s Who than a posh neighbourhood and shopping district this week. Ottawa Avenue resident John Ruddick was enjoying his backyard view Sunday afternoon when he spotted a bobcat enjoying his garden. “It was just this weird-looking cat that my neighbour pointed out,” Ruddick said. Ruddick fetched his camera to grab a few shots of the big cat, which wandered around his garden for about half an hour before it skittered away. “It’s quite powerful. It jumped up over my compost and into the See Beaver page 5

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PGE station in trouble, councillors say

Historic structure languishing while its future site in limbo BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Some members of City of NorthVancouver council are getting anxious for the city’s historic PGE Railway station, as it languishes in a vacant lot and suffers vandalism and neglect. The building, which was the ticket ofﬁce for the Paciﬁc Great Eastern railway at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue more than 100 years ago, has been sitting at 449 Alder St. since April 2014 when council had it moved to make way for a revitalization of the Cates deck.The site will eventually be home to the new Presentation House Gallery. Information surfaced during some procedural housekeeping at Monday’s council meeting that the building wasn’t faring well at its temporary home in Moodyville. “I was very concerned when I received a phone call from someone on Alder Street reporting that since

the station was moved to its temporary location, it has been subjected to squatters and graffiti. I don’t think we want that kind of thing to go on. It’s important that we find an appropriate place,” said Coun. Pam Bookham. City council members had debated whether the historic structure should be brought back to sit on the rebuilt Cates deck or whether the city should find another home for it elsewhere. Heritage preservation advocates lobbied the city to keep it as near to its original location as possible in order for it to maintain its heritage context. Though Bookham and Coun. Don Bell fought to keep it near its original site, Waterfront Park surfaced as the next most likely new home. City staff have drawn up a conceptual plan to move it there, but there are no immediate plans to move it. Coun. Rod Clark urged city staff to step up the pace. “I don’t want it to

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N. Shore Rescue aims to raise $6M JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

North Shore Rescue members have tackled snowstorms, freezing temperatures and avalanche danger to find missing hikers and skiers in the 50 years the team has been in operation. But one of their biggest challenges isn’t out in the mountains — it’s finding the money to pay for the equipment and training that goes into those rescue missions. “We’re very passionate about what we do,” said Mike Danks, team leader for North Shore Rescue. “Our biggest challenge is funding.” Danks and other rescue team members were on hand Thursday when North Shore Rescue received a major corporate donation of $40,000 from the Marcon development company. Marcon has pledged another $35,000 for the team, and is challenging other corporations to get behind the searchers as the team marks its fifth decade with a renewed drive for a stable source of funding through the Tim Jones See Team page 5

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If you felt particularly warm and damp this past weekend it’s because the North Shore was experiencing some record-setting warmth and more than its share of dampness. On Monday, West Vancouver hit 16.6 C, the highest temperature ever recorded for Jan. 26, according to Environment Canada Meteorologist Jennifer Hay. The previous high for that date is 13.4 C. Sunday, too, broke previous standing records by hitting 14.2 C, beating the old Jan. 26 record of 11.8 C. The warm temperatures were preceded by some heavier than usual precipitation. Friday saw 77 millimetres of rain measured from Environment Canada’s West Vancouver station over a 24-hour period. B.C.’s south coast was treated to what meteorologists call a Pineapple Express. Though the name might sound like it, it’s not a Hawaiian drink with plenty of rum. “That means we have a very strong ﬂow right from south to north. The air and moisture that’s coming up is originating near the Hawaiian Islands,” Hay said. Other than some pooling water, the North Shore largely escaped damage from the storm though the Mountain Highway underpass ﬂooded temporarily on Friday afternoon, cutting off access to the industrial area below Main Street. When that happens, the District of North Vancouver contacts CN Rail to activate a pumping system to clear out the low-lying street. Environment Canada is calling for continued above-seasonal temperatures for the rest of the week and an end to the rain until Super Bowl Sunday.

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realized it was a beaver and oh my god, what’s a beaver doing there?” said Const. Jeff Palmer,West Vancouver Police Department spokesman. Other ofﬁcers started redirecting trafﬁc while Palmer and nearby citizens tried to shoo the rodent to nearby John Lawson Park, where there is a stream and pond where beavers are known to hang out. “We started beaver herding. He wasn’t super eager to go,” Palmer said. Palmer put the word out on social media and quickly found his smartphone “blowing up” with social

media alerts as the story spread around the Lower Mainland and beyond. “People love that national symbol there,” he said. There are plenty of beavers that call the nearby streams and ponds home but they tend to stay off of busy streets, according to conservation officer Simon Gravel. “It’s the first time I’ve heard of that in 10 years here,” he said, noting that the species is nocturnal. “He was probably going home for sleeping after a busy night. . . . It was a kind gesture of the police to stop traffic and just let the beaver go back to his habitat.”

Much like beavers, bobcats also have a healthy population on the south coast, but sightings are rare as they tend to make a point of not being seen, Gravel said. After seeing Ruddick’s photos, Gravel said the bobcat was likely a juvenile. “He could have been separated from his mommy or, maybe he’s in his ﬁrst year of adulthood and starting to do his own thing.” There’s never been a recorded case of a bobcat attacking a human, but they have been known to “push their luck” and go after pets, Gravel said.

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hether it’s drug abuse, crime or terrorism, it seems the Conservative government would rather buy punishment by the pound than prevention by the ounce. This is particularly apparent as Prime Minister Stephen Harper gets set to sell the Canadian people on a bigger stick for the RCMP and CSIS to wield. New legislation, scheduled to be put before Parliament Friday, aims to prevent attacks like the Ottawa shooting that resulted in the death of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo. The Parliament Hill attack was revolting and frightening, but what it wasn’t was a terrorist network’s wellorchestrated plot. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was a crack addict who drifted in and out of homeless shelters in the years before the shooting. He never went through a

real detox program or got mental health treatment. If he had, it’s hard to imagine he would’ve been moved to murder by the online babbling of an armchair extremist. The Canadian criminal code already allows for pre-emptive arrests if there’s reasonable grounds to suspect a terrorist act is imminent. That makes us wonder what additional powers could possibly be enacted that wouldn’t hip check due process and the rule of law. We might all be a little safer if the federal government spent half as much time examining solutions for poverty, mental illness and addiction as they do on enhancing already enhanced security measures. By some estimates, there are 90 potentially radicalized Muslims in Canada. On the North Shore, there are 119 homeless people.

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Dear Editor: Re: Home Assessments Up in Most Areas, Jan. 9 news story. Contrary to the assertion that “single family homes are seeing the biggest increases across the North Shore,” my land value has declined this year in comparison to previous assessments with like neighbouring properties.

I live in a single-family home in the City of North Vancouver. I contacted BC Assessment in January 2014 to say that I had noticed my land value was the same as the property directly to the west of me.That had been the case for years. I argued that the building, constructed by a previous owner, with

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Property assessment prompts site visit a variance, set it farther back on the property than all other houses on the street and had affected my westerly views. BC Assessment reviewed the satellite image and agreed that they would do a site visit prior to the next assessment. In September 2014, the City of North Vancouver

approved a Level B coach house directly to the south of me, across the lane. Built with a variance, it affected my southerly view as the rooﬂine is higher than the original home. BC Assessment did their site visit in mid-October and agreed that my land value was worth ﬁve per cent less because of the loss

of my views. All residents should question the impact construction has had, or will have, on their own land values, as property assessments can be affected to the negative.Take the time to appeal or to request a site visit. Before approving onesize-ﬁts-all coach houses

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cost of expanded transit that their developments demand. All residents would then need only pay for the ongoing costs of operations and maintenance.This is a fair way to address this impasse while still allowing densiﬁcation to continue, but only where local communities desire it.

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Concern over quality of care

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was unrelated to the union issues. “It was a business decision,” he said. None of the employees at the other sites where Carecorp provides support services work under a collective agreement. Pearson said the changing of contractors is a situation that has been repeated often at Inglewood since workers at residential care facilities lost protection against contracting out of support services. Since 2003, Unicare — the company that owns Inglewood — has had ﬁve different subcontractors providing care at the facility, including three providing personal care to residents, said Pearson. Each time the contract for support staff ends and is started again with another company, the union’s bargaining unit is dissolved and employees must reapply for their jobs. “It is a rare situation

where everyone is rehired,” said Pearson. While contracting out of services is common at care facilities, the number of contract changes at Inglewood is unusual, said Pearson. “There’s a real concern about quality of care,” said Pearson. “This is a bit of an unprecedented level of ﬂipping.” The union is asking Vancouver Coastal Health, which regulates care facilities, to look into the issue of frequently changing contractors at the care home, saying it causes disruptions for both residents and workers. The health authority pays $11.6 million annually to Inglewood to provide the 235 long-term care beds at the facility. “We think it’s time they took a look at this operation,” said Pearson. Viola Kaminiski, spokeswoman for Vancouver Coastal Health, said their staff ensures health, safety and licensing

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Driver fined for hitting house, claims he was asleep JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

of May 5, 2013, without waking up. A woman who was home at the time, around 7 a.m., said she heard a loud bang that sounded like a car hitting the house.When she went to investigate, she noticed drywall was cracked in a corner of the home and bricks were knocked off the facade outside, said Crown prosecutor Lindsay Herron. Another neighbour who saw Dunn clip the front of a vehicle parked on the street wrote down Dunn’s licence plate. When police tracked him down, Dunn told ofﬁcers he had been asleep at home when he was woken up by a phone call from a friend

A 29-year-old Langley man pled guilty to driving without due care and attention after telling police he was asleep when he drove across a front lawn and smashed his vehicle into the front of a NorthVancouver house. William Michael Dunn was handed a $1,500 ﬁne and a three-month driving prohibition. Dunn told ofﬁcers he managed to drive into the front of the house at 4581 Underwood Ave. on a residential street in Lynn Valley, then back out again, in the early morning hours

in the early hours of the morning, asking him for a ride. Dunn said he was still groggy after he dropped that person off and was driving back home when he apparently fell asleep behind the wheel. Herron said there was no alcohol in his system when Dunn was asked to blow into a breathalyzer. Dunn’s defence lawyer told the judge his client has very little recollection of what happened. “He was still half asleep. He was in a haze,” said the lawyer. “He doesn’t recall hitting a house.” Dunn was also ordered to pay a $225 victim ﬁne surcharge.

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Let’s get our country back I want our Canada back. These ﬁve words explain why I am running for Parliament as the MP for North Vancouver. I am deeply encouraged by the number of people throughout the North Shore and beyond who tell me they feel the same way – that we’re heading down a dangerous path of no return, where the Canada we believe in is changed forever.

Drifting out of reach

I write – with regret - about our Canada in the past tense. It is not gone yet, but it is drifting further and further out of reach under Stephen Harper. I believe his mean-spirited politics are at odds with the fundamental historic character of Canada and Canadians. Four more years of this is not a future I can easily envision for my children.

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• A democratic country where debate and – yes – dissent were encouraged in matters of public policy…where government scientists were not muzzled and decisions were made on the basis of fact rather than ideology; • A country where Parliament actually mattered…and elections were about communities delivering the message to Ottawa rather than Ottawa delivering the message to communities; • A compassionate country which was inclusive and strove to provide opportunity for all its citizens regardless of income, race, age or gender.

My wife Tara and I are raising our two daughters in North Vancouver. Like you, we are so grateful to call this community our home. Through our example, we hope to instill in our children a strong sense of right and wrong and the courage to act when they know something is wrong.

Compelled to act

I have faith that Canadians know that what is happening in this country under Stephen Harper’s watch is fundamentally wrong. And that is why I feel compelled to act and do what I can on behalf of the people of North Vancouver to help get our Canada back. I’m all in. I hope you’ll join me.

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They are big, usually green, often overbearing, and sometimes tattered and not doing their intended job. The ubiquitous hedge of modern suburbia is so widely planted that if hedges were outlawed tomorrow, many landscape maintenance companies would notice the loss of hedge pruning business. Hedges are also controversial and in 2013, the City of North Vancouver reviewed the possibility of regulating hedges within the city based on citizen request. The city did not enact a bylaw due to several factors, including a problem with deﬁning “what constitutes a hedge?” Cost, practicality and staff resources were also contributing factors in the city’s decision. Only two municipalities within the Metro Vancouver region have hedge bylaws, the City of New Westminster and the District of Maple Ridge. Many property sizes and shapes do not suit hedging as a design choice. With some gardens it’s a matter of shade cast by the hedge. For a growing number of people hedge maintenance is something to be avoided. And with the advent of smaller lots and laneway homes, a new slimmer and smaller growing hedge plant is

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Is your gas fireplace ready for storm season? Cold temperatures during the winter months can have us turning on our gas fireplaces more frequently. Properly maintaining your fireplace should be at the top of your to-do list at the beginning of each winter season. The experts at Valor Fireplaces offer many useful tips for homeowners when it comes to taking care of gas fireplaces. One of the most important steps to take

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the last time you had yours checked, now is the time. When a storm hits and the power goes out, many of us head for the ﬂashlight and candles. But sometimes we forget about heat and if the power goes out for a number of hours, then the house can get very cold. If you own a natural gas furnace remember that it will not operate during a storm that has caused a power outage. Natural gas furnaces require electricity to power the fan, which blows the heat throughout the home.

Therefore, your natural gas fireplace may become your source of heat. If batteries power your gas fireplace’s controls, it’s important to replace them at the beginning of each heating season.You may have a set in your handset as well as in the receiver inside the gas control compartment of the fireplace.These batteries should last a full season or more; however, depending on usage and other factors it’s always good practice to check them routinely. Cleaning the glass fireplace window is always a common complaint of gas fireplace owners.The dirty glass is likely caused by the sulphur content in the fuel. A buildup will in all likelihood occur over time and it’s recommended to stay away from glass cleaners such as Windex. Fireplace glass is ceramic and quite similar to a glass cooktop on a stove.Therefore, it’s best

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Diligent research is paramount when picking out a new roof, according to Terry Stone, the owner of Affordable Quality Roofing.

“If they hire someone who doesn’t have all those things, when they come onto the house (the homeowner) becomes the actual general foreman,” explains Stone, adding if anything happens to a worker the homeowner could be sued and held liable because they contracted them. Affordable Quality Roofing regularly keeps safety staff on the job site to monitor the roofing crew, says Stone. While shingles can come with warranties ranging up to 50 years, those guarantees can be voided if the wrong roofers do the installation,

“Most people’s houses are the most important, most expensive asset they own, and they don’t get that a cheap roof can destroy it,” he says. Located on Mountain Highway, the North Vancouver company has been putting lids atop houses and stratas since 1986. “At the end of the day, roofing is not a cheap thing to do,” says Stone. The overall costs can be eased by choosing a highquality roof and a high-quality roofing company.

If a company doesn’t have the proper insurance in place, the homeowner can be on the hook for more than the price of the roof.

Once a company’s track record is established, few things are as revealing as customer referrals. Stone recommends trying to track down a customer who hired the company several years ago in order to see how the roof has fared over years of snowfalls and rainy seasons. “Check with the (Better Business Bureau), make sure

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“Make sure the guys are ticketed and trained to install products,” says Stone. The installers should have a diploma or ticket from the roofing manufacturer, proving they’ve been trained to install that particular shingle, according to Stone.

Stone says there are a lot of companies out there that have a pickup truck, a name and a cellphone, and undercut everyone because they don’t have the insurance He advises customers to phone the manufacturer and confirm the roofing company is an approved installer. and the liability. Simply checking the roofing company’s phone number and address to make sure they’re based in the community can be worthwhile, according to Stone.

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“When a customer comes into our place, our diplomas are all sitting on the wall,” says Stone. Roofers should also be mindful of the importance of ventilation, noting without proper ventilation, homeowners can lose a third of the life expectancy of the roof. Minimizing the temperature difference between inside and outside will extend the life of the roof. Good air flow will also reduce condensation in the attic. A homeowner can usually extend the life of their roof with regular maintenance, says Stone. “A couple of times a year, they should have someone go up with a leafblower, blow the leaves off.”

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Consider other privacy options growing plants provide quick cover though often grow too large for the space. Slow-growing plants are less likely to outgrow their space but do not provide cover soon enough. The choice comes down to the maintenance level you are willing to accept. Quick cover means more maintenance, slower cover means less maintenance. Alternative plant forms to use as hedging. Most hedges are pruned to maintain shape. But many plants make good hedges as long as you are willing to accept a looser hedge-like form versus the traditional box form hedge. Rhodos, for example, make good hedges where there is enough room. The regular Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina domestica) makes a good narrow hedge to four or ﬁve feet tall. A carefully chosen species of bamboo also makes a good hedge, but you must choose clumping forms of which there are several. Many common plants, like purple smoke bush or the winged burning bush, can also be used as hedges. Ultimately, it is a matter of envisioning how any plant could work as a hedge. If not a hedge then what? The most common alternative to hedging is

fencing. For most people this is the preferred option. However, over the past few years I’ve seen more lattice-type fencing being used in front yards to provide entrance areas or screen along driveways. Lattice fencing can also be used effectively around backyard patios and decks especially when combined with climbing vines. Carefully choose any climbing vine to be planted on lattice. Some vines, such as kiwi and wisteria, are strong enough to crush lattice with their twining growth. Larger growing vines also require more maintenance. Smaller vines, like clematis, honeysuckle or annual vines like sweat peas, are easier to maintain and enjoy. The landscape berm, popular in the 1970s, was widely used as a hedge alternative. Berms are combined with trees and shrubs to create a visual or noise barrier. The newest alternative to the hedge is a green or living wall. These walls take some skill to build but they occupy a foot of width and can be built higher than fence height. The walls are planted with perennials, small shrubs, annuals and vegetables. Drip irrigation is usually added on the top of those walls to provide easy watering. The shared hedge.

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Preschoolers enjoy co-operative play In November 2014, I wrote about how you can help your babies and toddlers be school ready. Janice Beesley, who is a retired daycare supervisor, preschool teacher and kindergarten teacher, helped me with this project. We now want to take a look at preschoolers. Today we’ll talk in general about that age group and next week we will talk about ﬁnding and enrolling your child in a preschool. One of the big changes with three-year-olds is that they have moved beyond parallel play to co-operative play. They need guidance when it comes to taking turns and sharing but are ready for this learning. They are more able to sit and listen to stories in a group setting. They have developed enough language to engage in small discussions and share their ideas. They begin to focus their attention for longer periods of time and stay at a speciﬁc activity. The

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more next week. Kids are learning more about numbers and beginning to learn the upper case letters of the alphabet and the letters in their name. So magnetic numbers and letters are a great toy. They can organize and sort them on the fridge and learn not only how to count and recite the alphabet but how to match the spoken number or letter with the written one. Appropriate use of markers, paintbrushes, chalk and pencils will help develop ﬁne motor skills needed for future writing. Outdoor experiences are still very important to provide background knowledge needed for future learning. Outings on public transport, the park, farm, aquarium, beach and forest all help develop language speciﬁc to the activity. No matter where you are going or what you are doing, talk about it and if you have books that match the activity this is the time to read them. After we visit

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short story. They should be able to participate in singing songs using actions and recite many nursery rhymes. They should know all the basic colours and shapes, numbers to at least four, the letters in their name and many of the upper case and, if possible, some lower case letters of the alphabet. They should be able to write some letters of their ﬁrst name and should have a good basic pencil grip. If they don’t already have some responsibilities for chores it is time to start. They can help put away groceries (cereal boxes on low shelves), put clothing in the hamper and help sort the socks when they come out of the dryer. They can pick up toys and take their empty plate to the kitchen. And they love to help cook. Preschoolers

can tear lettuce for a salad or mix the dry ingredients for a cake. The four-year-old should be able to put on a coat unaided and fasten it with a little help. They should be able to put on and take off their shoes, wash hands and go to the toilet themselves. They can roll, catch and bounce a ball, climb stairs, jump and run. They should be able to communicate their needs using appropriate language and have few temper tantrums. This child is ready to be successful in kindergarten.

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ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents recipes featuring mushrooms. page 22

I recently visited Gilaneh Grill House for the first time. While I had driven, cycled or walked past the place on a few occasions and had tried to make a note in my mental calendar to check it out some time, its location on the far southern strip of Pemberton Avenue, a principally industrial and wholesale business part of town with a strong focus on the automotive sector, failed to keep it top of mind for me. The restaurant is unassuming from the outside, a two-storey house with a large covered patio on the ground floor and an entrance around the side; from the road, it is hard to get a sense of what awaits you inside. I would never have guessed, for example, that smack in the middle of the dining room is a tile pond with bright orange fish swimming around a bouquet of brilliant pink flowers set in the centre. I would also not have anticipated the intricate, ornate bas-relief sculpture that adorned most of the walls, or the imposing marble columns that give the room a certain gravitas. Gilaneh’s interior design is conversation-worthy and demonstrates just enough restraint to avoid being kitschy; it is definitely more Caspian Sea resort than

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an uncarbonated drink of yogurt seasoned with salt, pepper and mint. I have had doogh before (it is often available in bottles at Persian take-out joints) but it has generally been carbonated. I have to say I prefer the still version, its velvety yogurt texture is better preserved without the CO2 and makes for a decidedly more quaffable refreshment. As I sipped my doogh, a cold appetizer of Borani Bademjan, or yogurt with eggplant, arrived, accompanied by a basket of ﬂat bread, a handful of ﬂat leaf parsley sprigs, a moderately hot, marinated chili pepper, and two dainty squares of smooth and briny sheep’s feta. Seconds later, a hot appetizer called Mirza Ghasemi was presented.

This latter is a traditional preparation of grilled eggplant with garlic, onion, tomato and spices, sort of like ratatouille, but with a wonderfully pronounced, perfumed tartness from the aubergine. I was won over by its tremendous depth of flavour, achieved in no small part through the use of slowly, meticulously caramelized onions. The Borani Bademjan, made from decadently thick yogurt, took on a faintly smoky quality from the finely chopped, grilled eggplant it contained.The small squares of sheep’s feta, presented as more of a garnish than a feature, were exceptionally tasty and lent a welcome element of saltiness to the first course.The two dishes, priced at $3.99

and $5.99 respectively, represented exceptional value relative to the quality and quantity provided; both would easily have been suitable for two diners. For my main course, I selected Ghormeh Sabzi, a herb stew that vies with a handful of other foods for the title of Iran’s national dish. Tender cubes of lean beef are immersed in a thick and coarsely textured sauce of vibrant green herbs, including fenugreek leaves, the essential, defining ingredient.The dish was proficiently seasoned, but nevertheless presented subtle, reserved flavours; no ingredient emerged as dominant and my taste See Sweet page 22

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Though I’m definitely not a vegetarian, one veggie menu staple I adore is the marvellous mushroom. I can happily make a meal of sautéed mushrooms on toast or a mushroom omelette. Add garlic to the equation and you’re combining two of today’s superfoods. We all know that garlic enhances virtually any savoury recipe, while the earthy flavour and meaty texture of mushrooms make them great additions to all kinds of side dishes. They’re a natural complement to rice and pasta, and best friends with any kind of cheese. The ideal medium for cooking mushrooms and garlic is a combination of olive oil and butter. The oil prevents the butter from burning. I prefer to use brown crimini mushrooms as I think their flavour is superior to the standard white button type, but either kind can be used in these recipes. Garlic Parmesan Mushrooms 1½ lbs mediumsized brown crimini mushrooms 3 Tbsp butter 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 tsp minced garlic Freshly grated Parmesan cheese (quantity depends on how much you like cheese) Freshly ground black pepper ½ tsp garlic salt (or use more or less according to taste)

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your taste) 1 Tbsp fresh thyme, chopped 1½ Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste ¼ cup ﬁne fresh breadcrumbs (easy to make in a food processor) Preheat oven to 400º F. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; fry mushrooms cap side down for about 30 seconds, just until golden brown. Arrange mushrooms in a shallow baking dish, stem side facing up. In a small bowl, mix together the butter, garlic, thyme, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Spoon a little of the garlic butter on top of each mushroom, then press breadcrumbs on top. Bake for 10 minutes; serve immediately. Makes four appetizer servings. Garlic Mushroom Quinoa 1 cup quinoa 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 Tbsp butter 1 ⁄3 cup diced onion 1 lb brown crimini mushrooms, thinly sliced

1 to 3 cloves garlic, minced (again, use whatever quantity suits your taste) Pinch of dried thyme Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 2 Tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese Cook quinoa according to package directions; set aside. Heat the olive oil and butter in a large sauté pan over mediumhigh heat; add onion and mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent and mushrooms are golden brown. Add the garlic and thyme and cook, stirring, for another two to three minutes, taking care not to let garlic burn. Season with salt and pepper to taste; stir in quinoa until well combined and continue to stir gently until quinoa is hot. Sprinkle cheese over top; serve immediately. Makes six side servings. Angela Shellard is a selfdescribed foodie. She has done informal catering for various functions. Contact: ashellard@hotmail.ca.

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grain rice, both white and saffron-infused, was served on a platter alongside the stew. Once again, the portion was generous and I ended up taking half of my meal home, along with an order of Persian baklava for dessert, a sweet and heavily

perfumed treat featuring toasted pistachios and rose water syrup. My meal of two appetizers, a main, dessert and doogh, was $28 before gratuity. Gilaneh Grill House is located at 222 Pemberton Ave. in North Vancouver.

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Trust fund helps Trousdell family MARIA SPITALE-LEISK newsroom@nsnews.com

The Trousdell family lost their loving husband and father last week, while the North Shore will now be without a one-of-akind teacher, great Lynn Valley neighbour and avid beekeeper. West Vancouver secondary teacher Gord Trousdell passed away Wednesday, at the age of 34, after a year-long battle with brain cancer. Plainly and painfully aware that Trousdell was in his ﬁnal days, the community rallied around his family to give back to this “amazing man” and “incredibly generous human being.” Trousdell’s Lynn Valley neighbour, Jessica Stanley, set up a trust fund earlier this month that has since raised just over $28,000. Part of those donations will support Trousdell’s wife Lilian and their kids,Tesla and Harry, ages 4 and 2 respectively. “When I look at (Trousdell’s) wife and his

Gord Trousdell children, they are losing their husband, their partner and their father and they still have to go on with their lives . . . I set up the fund to try and create some ease following Gord’s death,” said Stanley. While Stanley has many memories of her neighbour’s good deeds, she recalled one in particular:When Trousdell came over to tap the maple trees in her yard, and made maple syrup with her kids. “Any time you needed help, he would come running,” said Stanley of

Trousdell, who received the 2013 Lynn Valley Good Neighbour Award. An urban agriculture and food sustainability champion,Trousdell built a garden in his backyard, where he also kept bees and chickens. His enthusiasm for environmental sustainability spilled over into the classroom at West Vancouver secondary, where Trousdell taught physics and math. He pioneered an urban agriculture program, with beekeeping and gardening components, that received national media attention. “Gord is a natural teacher and imparts knowledge in such a way that people want to learn from him,” said Stanley. “Besides making learning fun and engaging, you also see his students felt like he really cared about them.” You don’t have to look much further than the Students of Mr.Trousdell Facebook page to see Stanley’s words ring true. There are hundreds of messages written by West Van students for their

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Two of the biggest stars in the history of North Shore high school basketball have reunited for one ﬁnal shot at a championship with the UBC Thunderbirds. The circumstances that brought KrisYoung and Diana Lee back together aren’t ideal — a debilitating back injury for Lee that eventually led to surgery — but the end result is that the two are back together making magic happen on the court. It’s a reunion that didn’t seem likely after the pair’s incredible run at Handsworth.Young and Lee ﬁrst met in Grade 4 on a Steve NashYouth League team, became great friends in Grade 8 when they both started going to Handsworth and then started to make big waves in Grade 9 when head coach Scott Palmer wanted to not only put them

on the school’s senior girls team, but contemplated inserting them into the starting lineup. It was an unprecedented idea that raised a lot of questions, but ultimately the move went through and it soon became clear that it was the right choice:The pair were dynamite. By Grade 10 they were both already picking up all-star honours playing in tournaments against the best senior teams in B.C., and in Grade 11 they won their ﬁrst provincial title with Lee earning MVP honours. One year later they defended their crowns, this time withYoung getting the MVP nod. The following year they went their separate ways withYoung joining CIS powerhouse UBC and Lee jumping into the deep waters of the NCAA with Boise State.That seemed like the end of their run together — aside from a fun stint with the Canadian

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leading the team to the title game. One year later she was named the Canada West league MVP and earned allCanadian status. Lee, meanwhile, carved out a signiﬁcant role with the Broncos but a back injury slowed her down and eventually forced her off the court.The diagnosis eventually came in as two herniated discs and, though she tried many different treatments, it became clear that surgery was the only option and Lee went under

the knife on Feb. 26, 2014. It was a scary time. “It was a long, grueling process to ﬁgure out things that might help me get better and get back on the court,” she says. “There were deﬁnitely some doubts of whether I’d ever come back, but once I made the decision that surgery was the last resort I just went ahead and did it and hoped that it would get me back on the court at some point.” See Injury page 26

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Then came the silver lining. Despite her injury, Lee finished up her social science degree in Boise, leaving her basically a basketball free agent with only three years on her eligibility odometer. Last summer she decided she wanted to give hoops another shot and started testing the waters at various schools looking for a place where she could play while also working on a kinesiology master’s degree. WhenYoung found out that her old friend was looking for a place to play, she went into a hard sell for UBC. “I don’t know how much of it took, but I definitely put a lot of effort in,”Young says about her recruiting drive. “I just thought it would be a good fit. She knows a lot of the girls here, we’re really good friends. Even our parents coming out to games — they can carpool. It just made sense. I was like, ‘why would you go to any other school?’” Young topped off her sales pitch with a friendly

threat — she told Lee that if she chose another CIS school,Young would make her life hell on the court whenever they played against each other. “I don’t think she wanted to play against me,”Young says. “Deﬁnitely not,” Lee quickly answers. “That was also a factor.” In the end the decision was a fairly easy one. “It just kind of worked out,” says Lee. “Throughout the struggles and the low points that I had throughout that year and a half that I was out, it came with a great opportunity afterward with being at UBC, getting two years of eligibility and pursuing a master’s while playing with Kris — that’s quite the bonus.” So far it’s been mostly smooth sailing.The Thunderbirds are 11-3 in league play and tied for ﬁrst in Canada West’s Pioneer conference.They’re also ranked No. 3 in the country withYoung and Lee leading the team in minutes per game.Young, a dynamic wing player, is putting together her usual

stellar lines, averaging 17 points and 6.7 rebounds per game while chipping in other stats across the board. Lee, the point guard, is still recovering from her surgery but is already commanding the floor, leading the league with a 3.6 assist-to-turnover ratio, miles ahead of the second-ranked player. Her shooting hasn’t been up to her high standards but it’s also starting to come back. “It’s still a work in progress,” says Lee. “It’s been a bit frustrating but my teammates and coaches have really helped me through it. I’m still learning a few things, but it’s just been awesome to be back on the court playing.” “She’s making improvements every game,” saysYoung. “She fits into our offence and our style of play so well. She plays well with everyone here.” Lee, meanwhile, says it’s been eye-opening to see what a leaderYoung has become. “It’s just really fun to be able to play with her again and to see how she’s grown over the five years,” she says. “She’s become such a great

player, but she’s still the same person that I know from when we left high school. . . . A lot of people ask us if it’s weird being back on the ﬂoor together. I think that it feels so normal. Maybe that’s what’s weird — there was no transition there.We just kind of picked up where we left off, just having a great time.” Their old Handsworth coach Scott Palmer has been out to see the pair play and he likes the look of the team with Lee at the point. “It’s taken some pressure off Kris. Diana can certainly handle the ball for them and get it up the court, so Kris has had to worry less about that,” he says. “It’s fun to see the two of them playing. It brings back old memories.” Palmer still marvels at his luck in getting two transcendent players on the same high school team. “I don’t know if you’ll see two together like that — every team has one of them every 20 years or so,” he says, adding that the pair came back to Handsworth last month to run a clinic for this year’s senior team. “It was fabulous to have them

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