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West Van hockey dad arrested Parental scuffle follows on-ice brawl among players BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
West Vancouver police had to step in and make an arrest Saturday night after fans at a minor hockey game got into an off-ice scuffle. The Hollyburn Huskies AAA bantam team was facing a visiting Semiahmoo team at the Hollyburn Country Club for a playoff game when
an argument between a 45-year-old West Vancouver man and a 67-year-old Langley man got physical. “Two males representing family members from opposite sides of the playoff game began arguing and then the allegation is one male suddenly escalates the argument by grabbing the person’s clothing on the upper body and starting to shake the person while they’re arguing,” said Const. Jeff Palmer, West Vancouver police spokesman. The Langley man was left with some bruising and soreness and police are recommending the Crown lay one charge of assault See Black page 3
North Van mayors pitch for yes side BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
If you had an unfamiliar voice in your ear Monday night telling you to vote yes in the upcomingTransLink funding referendum, there’s no need to see a shrink. It was probably one of NorthVancouver’s two mayors. City Mayor Darrell Mussatto and district Mayor Richard Walton spent the evening on a “telephone
town hall,” stumping for a yes vote in the coming plebiscite. Joined by former CKNW host Bill Good, the mayors called up thousands of households and invited residents to listen and ask questions. Lower Mainland voters will be asked if they approve of a .5-per cent sales tax increase to fund the improvements in the Mayors’ Council vision. See Fare page 3
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Fare cheats, Plan B questioned From page 1 For the North Shore, that would mean a new SeaBus for more frequent trips, 30 per cent more bus service and rapid B-line buses connecting Phibbs Exchange to Dundarave, Capilano University to Metrotown and a third from Lynn Valley to downtown Vancouver. That would put 50 per cent of North Shore residents and 70 per cent of North Shore jobs within walking distance of a B-line rapid bus route, Walton said. Those and other projects will be needed as a million more residents are expected to live in the Lower Mainland in the next 30 years, 65,000 of them on the North Shore, along with 45,000 new jobs,Walton said. “Do we do nothing and watch as traffic congestion gets worse? To me, that is a very, very big risk and the wrong direction for the North Shore and indeed, for the whole region,” he said. The most oft-repeated concerns by skeptics and novoters Monday night were familiar ones:TransLink’s credibility, assurances the money would be well spent and whether the North Shore would receive a fair share of the benefits compared to the rest of the region. Mussatto stressed that funds collected would be heavily audited and under the supervision of business leader Jimmy Pattison who has volunteered to oversee the project free of charge.
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/.(P^( 2HE! X.&$ 3VQQ M..6 8X<$& bV$X E.($X #<O8."e^( 1V&$(V8$ F<B.( +V8X<(6 !<Q$.O <O6 2V$B .\ E.($X #<O8."e^( F<B.( 1<((^QQ F"&&<$$. <$ < $^Q^,X.O^ $.bO X<QQ .O $X^ $(<O&V$ (^\^(^O6"P F.O6<B OVZX$= CKD'D )%CCGJ01 “I want to be clear.The money is not collected by TransLink. It’s collected by the province and can only go to the projects in the mayors’ 10-year capital plan,” he said. “This means every penny goes into better buses, new rapid transit, road and bridge upgrades and safer walking and cycling.” Still for some, that was cold comfort. “You’re telling me all this money is going to get turned over to Christy Clark? Cripes,” said a caller named Ron. Caller Margaret wanted to know what other options were on the table if the “Hail Mary pass” of a referendum doesn’t work.The answer, Walton said, wouldn’t be popular.
“There are certainly other options. I think the premier herself indicated property tax is an option,”Walton responded, but he added, the mayors have unanimously agreed not to raise property taxes any higher to fund TransLink. On the question of why North Shore residents should vote yes, when subway and light rail projects in Vancouver and Surrey threaten to swallow up much of the new funding, the mayors said cheaper, less capital intensive projects like growing the bus fleet will likely be the first to come online. “It’s our fair share if not more compared to what other areas are getting,” Mussatto said.
Other callers questioned why the money couldn’t be collected by raising fares and going after fare evaders. “Apparently they’re losing millions of dollars to people riding for free.That’s why I’m voting no. If you’re going to talk about funding, the people who use it should be paying,” said a caller named Earl. That was one Good opted to field himself. “I asked the same question for about 20 years when I was on the radio. I was always told by the people who were in charge it had been determined it would cost more to set up a turn-style system, which I happened to have believed in for a long time. But it would actually cost more to capture
the revenue than was being lost,” he said. Mussatto added it was the province that forced the ill-fated fare gate system on TransLink. Mayors from around the Lower Mainland have been taking turns doing telephone town halls to address their constituents’ concerns. North Vancouver mayors had the unlucky task of working the phones on the day polling firm Insights West released statistics showing 55 per cent of more than 1,600 Lower Mainland residents polled planned to vote no, compared to 33 per cent planning to vote yes. Ballots start arriving in the mail on March 16 and must be returned to Elections B.C. by May 29.
Washroom voyeur escapes jail sentence NorthVan man with fetish won’t have criminal record MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com
A NorthVancouver man with an “entrenched” sexual fetish for watching women urinate has escaped jail time and a criminal record after pleading guilty to voyeurism. Jonathan Stringer, 28, was handed a suspended sentence and put on three years probation after pleading guilty to the charge in North Vancouver provincial court Tuesday. Stringer was arrested in Whistler July 20, 2014, after he planted a camera phone
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in a washroom stall at the Carleton Lodge and covertly recorded a woman who was using the toilet. After noticing the illuminated screen and red recording indicator light, the victim, with the help of a female companion, removed the phone from a vent above the toilet. The woman then turned the phone over to Whistler RCMP officers, who found 18 seconds of shaky video footage taken inside the bathroom that also showed Stringer’s face as he secured the camera. At first, Stringer told police the incident was a
prank. Later he admitted to videotaping the woman for sexual purposes. “It’s so creepy and traumatizing knowing that someone would go out of their way to do this,” the woman told the North Shore News shortly after the July 20 incident. Crown counsel Lori Ashton called for 90 days jail time, noting psychiatrists have diagnosed Stringer with an entrenched fetish for watching women urinate. Stringer started acting on those fantasies when he was 24, Ashton noted. She noted Stringer has two previous convictions for similar offences — for which he received suspended sentences. She also said numerous mental health assessments that determined
Stringer was at a moderate risk to reoffend. “He must be given the strong arm of the law to say that this is absolutely inappropriate and you cannot be putting these women at risk,” said Ashton. Stringer’s defence lawyer Nancy Adams characterized him as someone who is “significantly developmentally delayed” with a low IQ — a factor that she said contributes to his voyeurism tendencies. Stringer graduated from high school and had been working for 10 years stocking shelves at a grocery store. He was fired after his arrest, but has since been employed as a dishwasher at a North Shore restaurant. Since his arrest, Adams noted, Stringer has attended
a psychotherapy outpatient program and scaled back his alcohol and pornography consumption — factors doctors have found to fuel his addiction. During the investigation, 10 saved videos were found on Stringer’s phone from a voyeurism website featuring covertly taken videos of woman urinating. Stringer sat with his head bowed during the sentencing hearing. In handing down his sentence, Judge Steven Merrick told Stringer, “I accept that you are genuinely ashamed.” Conditions of Stringer’s probation include not being allowed to possess a recording device, with the exception of a phone with the video function disabled.
against the West Vancouver man. He is due in court in May. There was just over a minute left in the game when a brawl broke out between the 13- and 14-year-olds on the ice, according to Jack Cummings, Hollyburn hockey co-ordinator. The incident in the upstairs viewing area happened shortly after and the referee pulled the plug on the game. “The game wasn’t called because of anything on the ice. The game was called because of what was happening with the parents upstairs,” Cummings said. “As soon as there’s parents fighting, the game is over.” Discipline for the on-ice behaviour has already been handed down by the B.C. Hockey Association. “We lost a sportsmanship point at the end because of the fight and that cost us the banner to be honest,” Cummings said. The Huskies played again on Sunday, albeit with four players suspended for fighting. Four of the Semiahmoo players were also suspended, as was the team’s coach, Cummings added. The incident has been a black mark for the sport, Cummings said. “I certainly think all parents involved, whether they’re Hollyburn or Semiahmoo, really regret what happened,” he said. “It does get emotional and it happens quick. I’m sure everybody is really embarrassed about it. It’s an embarrassing moment for minor hockey. It’s one of the most disappointing things I’ve been involved with, that’s for sure.” Calls to break up disturbances at hockey arenas are quite rare in West Vancouver, Palmer said, but he has some advice for minor hockey spectators when they get agitated. “It’s a minor game. Watch the game. If something in the game upsets you, remember it’s a minor hockey game,” he said. “Enjoy it in full recognition of the fact that it’s a game and it’s being played by kids. Conduct yourself accordingly.”
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It’s time to break out the golf clubs and sunglasses and rev up the annual daffodil counts. Hot on the heels of an unseasonably balmy West Coast winter, the prediction for spring is more of the same. Meteorologists are predicting spring weather that is warmer and drier than usual. A large scale ridge of high pressure that’s been sitting over the West Coast for most of the winter, sending winter storms packing, is likely to remain there, said Lisa Coldwells, a meteorologist from Environment Canada. “It’s like a big giant bubble,” she said. “It deflects all the weather systems from the Pacific. “It does look like Western Canada will stay in the above normal temperature regime,” she said. A very warm pool of water in the Pacific Ocean that recurs once every 10 years is adding to the warmand-dry trend, she said. Looking at mean temperatures, the months of December to February
made up the secondwarmest winter on record, said Coldwells, with a mean temperature of 6.1 degrees at Vancouver International Airport — two degrees warmer than usual. (The warmest winter was in 1957.) At the other side of the country, Eastern Canada found itself facing the opposite condition — a broad scale weather trough. “It allows all the cold Arctic air to descend into it,” said Coldwells — with predictably chilly results. But enough about them. On the West Coast, the same amount of rain fell as usual this winter, said Coldwells, but it may not have felt that way because most of that tended to come in concentrated deluges. “We did tend to get most of our precipitation during these subtropical Pineapple Express events,” she said. Certainly for the last half of February, “the tap was turned off,” she said. Precipitation is more difficult to predict than temperature, but both Coldwells and Elena Lappo, meteorologist for the Weather Network, are putting their money on a drier than normal spring.
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alling Saturday’s dust-up among hockey parents at a local rink an embarrassing moment is an understatement. When police get called to a teen hockey game over antics of adult spectators, you’re skating on thin ice in terms of acceptable behaviour. Alarmingly — and likely not coincidentally — the shoving match broke out after an on-ice brawl erupted between young players. This is not the game Stompin’Tom sang about in “The Hockey Song.” But you can’t assign all the blame to the kids when this is the behaviour their parents demonstrate. Hockey certainly isn’t the only sport that’s been plagued with distinctly overzealous parents.What blew up on the weekend is a small but persistent part of sports culture, especially at the elite level.
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Wealth from overseas drives up prices Dear Editor: Re: Monster houses — and rising costs — where are we going? Recently, a District of West Vancouver council meeting brought forth a plethora of different views on this subject — a complex issue the council has been struggling with for years. The main concerns from a packed audience were new houses being built to the maximum
allowed within a lot size and the consequent loss of the normal “character” of neighbourhoods, the resulting loss of views, loss of asset value, the construction noise, local disruption for extended periods of building and the continuing rise of house prices. A key issue in this whole process is the rise of house prices. While the district is a superb and
attractive place to live in, unfortunately it is attractive to many wealthy overseas immigrants, particularly when they are persistently wooed by our real estate industry. The result of their actions is driving up the prices of houses and the need for monster houses. David Mulroney, past ambassador to China, just wrote of his concerns about Chinese money boosting housing costs in cities like
Vancouver. Right now large houses are being built across Cypress Mountain. So the questions are: How can this be dealt with? How can the young locals or the retiring senior compete against this? How can these people continue to live in this district against these odds? So, where are we going? Is council going to come up with some really innovative thoughts to encourage
builders/developers to build lower sized and lower cost properties so that “locals” can continue to live here? Are our federal, provincial and municipal governments going to instigate any controls against this insidious sale of all our properties to richer foreigners as other countries are doing? Patrick Hill West Vancouver
Hazing ‘prank’ inWestVan no laughing matter Dear Editor: Re:WV Police Respond to Hazing Incident, Feb. 27 news story. I felt uneasy after reading this article about an “abduction prank.” Police said it didn’t meet
the elements of a public mischief charge because there wasn’t an intent to deceive authorities. I am still left wondering if there was a more serious offence relating to the abduction in this hazing.Was it truly
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Courtesy seen on NV trails Dear Editor: I would like to second the comments of Debra Dunne in the Sunday, March 1 edition of the North Shore News regarding the supposed “bad blood” between hikers and bikers. I have hiked the North Shore trails extensively over the last 10 years while researching and writing summer hiking columns for the North Shore News, followed by two editions of my hiking book; I have never had a negative encounter with mountain bikers. I generally enjoy Trevor Lautens’ columns, but I think in this instance he has overreacted; common courtesy and common sense usually prevail on the trails. Norm Watt North Vancouver
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Where Mark Bentz goes, Mindy goes. From his home in North Vancouver to his job at a downtown health clinic, from Starbucks runs to workouts at the YMCA, Bentz is accompanied by his new guide dog, a 19month-old black Lab. Bentz has a progressive retinal degenerative condition that has left him with only two per cent of his vision. He’s used a guide dog for almost 10 years. When his previous canine companion, Victor, reached retirement age, he quickly found a successor in Mindy, who graduated last month from the B.C. & Alberta Guide Dogs training program. “She’s pumped to work, loves to work, just can’t get enough of it,” Bentz says. “I pull that harness out, she’s doing back flips.”
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Two real estate developers who illegally raised almost $2 million from investors for a Delbrook-area condo project have been fined and banned from the securities market. A B.C. Securities Commission panel issued the penalty against Michael Jerome Knight and Jeffrey Karl Wiegel after determining they illegally raised $3.6 million for two separate condo projects — including a $1.9 million project in North Vancouver — from investors who didn’t properly understand the risks they were taking. Neither of the men were registered to sell securities
when they approached potential investors of The Brook development in North Vancouver, plus another Vancouver condo development, between 2006 and 2010, a British Columbia Securities Commission hearing panel found last September. Wiegel is the sole director and officer of 835 Ltd., the company that eventually built the 24-unit Brook project in 2010. A total of 31 investors who bought in lost their money. The developer duo also illegally raised $1.7 million from 19 investors of the Vancouver-area development. Losses for individual investors in the projects ranged from $50,000 to $100,000.
Also troubling, the panel wrote, in the case of the North Vancouver development, investors did not understand they left themselves liable for amounts owed to secured creditors at the end of the project. That development included large construction loans taken out on the project. Knight and Wiegel and the corporations that built the projects have now been jointly ordered to pay the $3.6 million illegally raised back to the securities commission. In its decision, the panel also levied a $300,000 administrative penalty against Knight, who was the general manager of Streamline, an umbrella development company overseeing the projects. In addition to not being properly licensed to sell securities, Knight
fraudulently sold shareholder loans secured against a Vancouver property that he did not own, according to the decision. Knight, who also contravened a previous BCSC order against him, has now been permanently banned from selling securities in B.C.’s capital markets. “We had already had him banned from the market and he went back and engaged in the market — that’s a definite nono,” said B.C. Securities Commission spokesman Richard Gilhooley. “Knight has been permanently banned — so that’s as serious as it gets for us.” Wiegel was fined $100,000, has been banned from selling securities in B.C. for 10 years, and must resign any position he holds as an officer or director.
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A North Shore native and his partner are among the competitors on an extreme new home renovation show where to the victors go the ultimate spoils, in this case a home and property in Canada’s priciest housing market. Premiering March 17, on W Network, Game of Homes is an eight-part series which sees four pairs of contestants putting their design and carpentry skills to the test on four Vancouver tear downs. Each duo is tasked with designing and carrying out an extensive overhaul of a home, which will be judged by critics. Competitors include former West Vancouver resident Sean Duncan and his partner Charlotte Fenton, neither of whom expected to be picked when the show was seeking candidates last summer. “I didn’t think we were going to get on the show but then we ended up on it. Basically the auditions were July 10 and we saw the ad on July 9,” said Duncan, who grew up near Whytecliff Park though now calls Vancouver home. Although renovation materials were paid for by the show, Duncan said the time frames were very tight, with some teams staying up all night just to meet the strict completion deadlines. Each team was given the assistance of one contractor who was not allowed to give any advice. “You were given 24 hours to do
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This year’s early spring is turning out to be a blessing and a bit of curse. Forsythia, magnolia and camellia have been blooming and many perennials are already starting to grow. Spring is three to four weeks early depending on your geographical location and who you talk to. In my garden my Gunnera manicata, or giant rhubarb, has been poking through its wintery mulch since Feb. 12 — that’s a month earlier than normal. It’s a blessing that my Gunnera, or “Gunny” as we call her, is growing earlier in the year. It means I will be able to grow two or three flushes of leaf growth instead of the normal one or small two. And, I will be able to grow leaves eight or nine feet in diameter that reach up five metres or more into the air. This spring’s curse for me has been covering Gunny every night to protect her new leaves and flowers from frost damage. And each morning before I go to work, I go out and remove the blankets on her ever-expanding leaves. It’s a prehistoric and captivating experience in the mist of morning.
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With early spring comes early opportunity. Here’s what to do in the garden to take advantage of an early spring. Cover those beds Use mulch to protect and enhance all planting beds and stand alone trees. Mulch provides nutrients that are released through long-term microbial digestion. Worms, bacteria, fungi, sow bugs and other organisms eat the mulch and turn it into food for plants — kind of like a living carbon digester that produces fertilizer. A good mulch cover also prevents drought and freezing stress on plants and soil organisms. One of the main benefits of mulch is weed suppression. Applied at least three to four inches thick, mulch will prevent
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Nematodes (Heterorhabditis bacteriophora) are naturally-occurring, microscopic roundworms that travel throughout the soil, feeding on insect larvae as they go. Harmless to beneficial insects and earthworms, nematodes are available at most garden stores and should be applied on well-watered lawns according to directions – most often in June/July at a rate of 70,000 per sq. foot – 750,000 per sq. metre of lawn.
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Getting into the spirit of St. Patrick On March 17, many people around the world will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Traditionally this holiday is held to honour the Irish patron saint, St. Patrick. However, you don’t have to be Irish to celebrate this special day. Setting a St. Patrick’s Day table can be easy and fun for the kids. Here are a few ideas to help you do so in a way everyone can enjoy.
Cutlery Holder I have done this with split peas and it looks just as pretty if you are in a pinch for time. For this version I used three different sizes of green, glass beads. Place a handful in two to three glass vases and tie your cutlery with green ribbon. Place each set of cutlery in the vases and place in the centre of the table or along a buffet. Try using this idea for pillar candles placed in cylinder vases as well.
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St. Patrick’s Day Flower Arrangement There are many different green combinations you can do for a table centre piece flower arrangement but here are two easy ideas. The first is to use an ordinary, square, clear, glass vase and fill it with room temperature water three-quarters full. Cut two to three large, green granny smith apples in half and place them in the water with the cut sides facing out. Place a small
arrangement of green chrysanthemums and other green and cream flowers into the vase with the apples. Another simple idea is to fill different sizes of clear apothecary jars with limes and place on the table. If you don’t have these jars on hand you can use other flower vases or large glass bowls. Scatter tea lights around the jars and illuminate just before dinner is served.
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The difference between teasing and bullying Has this ever happened to you? You are with close friends and do something silly.This first thought that pops into your mind is: “I’m never going to live this down.” I was a university student and had just prepared a spaghetti dinner for my boyfriend. It was the first time I had ever cooked for him and it all turned out wonderfully. I put the pasta on the plate, ladled the sauce on top and sprinkled it all with cheese. I was so excited and pleased and anxious to serve the meal. I quickly moved the plate toward the table and then it happened.The plate moved just fine but the pasta stayed in place. It was suspended for a split second (which felt like and eternity) before it hit the floor with a splat. And there are times when, 46 years later (yes, we did get married and have had many spaghetti dinners which have made it from stove to table with no problem), I still get teased about that meal. Teasing is a fun thing that adults and children do with friends. But sometimes we overreact and can’t determine the differences between teasing and p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. For children aged five to 12. No registration required. LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! FUN WITH IMOVIE For ages eight
bullying. Your daughter, Ella, comes home from school and says that some of her friends have been ribbing her. She seems fine but you wonder if you should be concerned. The first consideration is whether there is a power imbalance between the kids. If Ella is equally comfortable teasing her friends then it is teasing. So listen to her stories. Are they two-sided? Teasing is not intended to harm anyone, it’s all in fun, but taunting or bullying is intended to harm the victim. Teasing maintains the basic dignity of the person and pokes fun in a lighthearted way. So, if we have company for dinner and I serve spaghetti with meat sauce my husband,
John, might tell the dropped spaghetti story. It would be clear that it was funny, that the look on my face as it fell was worth the accident and that this doesn’t mean I am and have continued to be a lousy or clumsy cook. I am just thankful that this happened before smartphones. Imagine that astonished look on my face immortalized for all time. If I were being humiliated or demeaned in the story it would be taunting. But, as it is, it’s simply a funny story. Laughter is the result of teasing and both parties are laughing. It’s simply a funny incident in the course of the day.Teasing is only a small part of any relationship. If Ella is being teased constantly, that can be a problem and should be addressed. Generally though, with children, it’s simply a case of overexcitement on the part of the teaser.The kids are having fun; the teaser is enjoying her ability to be witty and clever and doesn’t pay attention to the fact that enough is enough. But when it’s pointed out she will apologize and the kids will get back to their regular activities. So, if you hear from your child that she is tired of being teased help
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her practice with words to tell her friend to ease up. Good-natured ribbing about a close friend’s foibles can be fun and a positive part of the relationship. Topics such as race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical attributes and mental ability are all off limits with teasing. Kids do need to learn how to handle legitimate teasing and how to laugh at their own mistakes and foibles. The next time you have an experience which leads to you to think, “I’m never going to live this down,” start thinking about some smart remark you can make to respond to any teasing. But also know that your friends are teasing because it’s likely an unusual event. I have never again moved a plate full of pasta faster than the food would allow. But I do laugh when I remember the one time the meal ended up on the floor. Kathy Lynn is a professional speaker and author ofVive la Différence, Who’s In Charge Anyway? and But Nobody Told Me I’d Ever Have to Leave Home. If you want to read more, sign up for her informational newsletter at parentingtoday.ca. welcome. No registration required. nvdpl.ca DIY ANIMATED GIFS Plan, stage and execute mini scenes to be animated into GIFs using an openSee more page 19
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From page 20 program March 12 and April 1 and May 6, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. Lyrics and music for popular songs, mostly from the 1940s and ’50s, will be provided along with piano accompaniment. Registration required. 604929-3727 x8166 nvdpl.ca 5 DAYS FOR THE HOMELESS CAMPAIGN A nationwide campaign to raise awareness about homeslessness and atrisk youth runs until March 13 at Capilano University, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Donations of clothing, non-perishable food items and personal hygiene products can be dropped into the donation box by the main entrance on campus, or at Hollyburn Family Services Society, 255 West First St., North Vancouver. 5days.ca ONE-ON-ONE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE Sign up for half an hour of personalized help with the Internet, email, word processing, social media and more Friday, March 13, 1-4 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Register at 604987-4471 x8175. KAREN MAGNUSSEN TRIBUTE: A BENEFIT SHOW Showcasing 100 competitive skaters from Connaught Skating Club Saturday, March 14, 6 p.m. at Stadium Rink Minoru Arena, 7551 Minoru Gate, Richmond. Silent auction starts at 5 p.m.
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NEIGHBOURS OF THE WILDERNESS Guest speakers, discussion and action roundtables on the topic of water Saturday, March 21, 1-3:30 p.m. at St. Agnes’ Anglican Church, 530 East 12th St., North Vancouver. Free, all welcome. NOROUZ GALA The Canadian Iranian Foundation will present its annual spring celebration Saturday, March 21, 6:30 p.m. at Coast Coal Harbour Hotel, 1180 West Hastings St.,Vancouver.The event will include a buffet dinner, live and DJ music, dance performances, silent and live auctions. Black tie optional. 604-346-6213 info@cif-bc.com. Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com.
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ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents recipes for French Toast. page 24
The term “Chinese food” is an example of the West’s tendency towards oversimplification. The celebrated and proud methods and styles of Chinese cooking are not easily summed up under a neat and clear label. Broadly speaking, however (and still oversimplifying greatly), cuisine from China can be classified according to eight long-standing regional traditions. These traditions are: Guangdong, Sichuan, Shandong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Hunan, Anhui, and Zhejiang.Within each of these eight widely acknowledged Chinese culinary traditions, significant variations still abound based on more precise local geography, available ingredients and microclimates, and evolving preferences.The first of the traditions named above represents the cuisine of the region of Guangdong, once known as Canton. In North America, what we typically mean when we use the sweepingly broad term “Chinese food” is actually food from this region, which we still most commonly refer to as Cantonese-style. The complexity of the conversation is compounded by the widespread adaptation of Cantonese culinary traditions to suit Western palates by chefs who
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have emigrated from Guangdong. For those of you who, like me, have never been to China to experience the nation’s various regional cuisines first-hand, it may be difficult to speak intelligently about the authenticity of what is on offer here in Vancouver. What I can say with confidence is that Vancouver restaurants operating under the handle of Cantonesestyle food vary dramatically in their approaches to the cuisine. For my palate, the best examples employ bold flavours and simple, light-handed preparation techniques; I am not a fan of dishes bogged down by sweet or sticky sauces, rendered insipid through the use of pedestrian, flavourless cuts of meat, or made palatable to the broadest possible audience through timid seasoning. Of all my Cantonese restaurant experiences here on the North Shore, my recent sampling of dishes at the newly opened KK BBQ House in Central Lonsdale offered the most exciting, satisfying meal. KK is a specialist in siu mei, the name assigned to the succulent, spit-roasted meats of Cantonese cuisine that are particularly popular in Hong Kong. I dropped in a bit late on a weeknight to find the small, brightlylit restaurant close to wrapping up service. Still, I was greeted warmly by the friendly staff and was invited to have a look at the variety of amber-hued, temptingly glistening meats hanging on display in the restaurant’s glass-walled warmer. Regrettably, the restaurant had sold out of barbecue duck (one of my favourite examples of siu mei) earlier in the evening. However, a nice selection of
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and scallion.The noodles packed rich flavours of garlic and soy and completely sidestepped the all-too-frequent tendency of chow mein to stick together in clumps bound by glistening, soupy sauce. The container with the three meats I had selected was astoundingly full. Each of the moist and tender morsels of roasted pork was capped with a thin layer of crispy, caramelized skin in the fashion of crackling.The meat’s understated seasoning permitted the subtle pork flavours to shine through. The honey barbecue pork had a more pronounced glaze and I was able to pick up fragrant notes of five-spice and garlic.This selection was comprised of strips of darker, more toothsome meat and was a great addition to forkfulls of chow mein. The small and pleasantly chewy spare ribs were the most generously sauced of
the three meats and had a sweet and tangy flavour that made me long for more when I had finished them. The pan-fried squid dish was a winner with its long, plump strips of tender, spice-dusted cephalopod topped with deeply browned slivers of garlic and spicy green chili peppers. A similarly prepared vegetarian dish of spicy tofu revealed surprising depths of flavour. Each triangle of bean curd was coated with a crunchy, salty golden skin that gave way to a soft, spongy interior. It has now been close to a week since our meal and DJ has consistently told North Shore friends that KK BBQ House supplied the best Cantonese meal she has had since moving to Canada from England some 19 years ago. Our meal was $55 before gratuity. KK BBQ House is located at 1442 Lonsdale Ave. 778-340-8866 hungryontheshore@gmail.com
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plate.With a pastry brush, generously coat each side of the French toast slices with melted butter, then dip each side into the cinnamonsugar mixture. Serve immediately with warm maple or chocolate syrup. Makes four servings. Overnight Crème Brulée French Toast ½ cup butter 1 cup packed light brown sugar 10 to 12 one-inch thick slices of French bread 5 large eggs 1½ cups light cream 2 Tbsp maple syrup 1 tsp vanilla 1 Tbsp orange liqueur or 1 tsp finely grated orange zest Pinch of salt Fresh berries, whipped cream and warm maple syrup for serving In a small saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar together, stirring until smooth. Pour the mixture into a lightly greased rimmed baking sheet or jelly-roll pan approximately 18x13 inches (rim should
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be one inch high); spread the mixture evenly over the bottom of the pan using a spatula. Arrange as many bread slices as will fit in the pan in a single layer on top of the brown sugar mixture, covering the pan as completely as possible. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs for one minute, then whisk in the cream, maple syrup, vanilla, liqueur or zest and salt. Spoon the mixture evenly over each slice of bread. Cover the pan and refrigerate for at least eight hours or overnight.When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350° F. Bake uncovered for 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly golden, then flip each slice over and broil until the tops are golden. Serve with fresh berries, whipped cream and a drizzle of maple syrup. Makes four to six servings. Check out this column online in the Taste section (under the Living tab) at nsnews.com for an additional recipe of Peanut Butter and Banana Stuffed French Toast. ashellard@hotmail.ca
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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY
Manny steps up for silver
Headclearing walk leads toWorld Cup medal ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com
PACK COMEBACK The NorthVanWolf Pack dropped Game 1 of their PJHL conference final series against Grandview but came back to win Games 2 and 3 over the weekend. Game 4 goes tonight at 7:15 p.m. at Burnaby Winter Club. Game 5 is Friday night, 7:45 p.m. at Harry Jerome Recreation Centre
In terms of famous “introspective walks” in Canadian sports, this one is right up there with the Seawall stroll Roberto Luongo took while searching for his lost confidence. North Vancouver’s Manuel Osborne-Paradis went for a long walk last week to ponder his future in the crazy world of downhill skiing. The 31-year-old racked up World Cup podium spots at a fast pace as a younger skier but a 2011 crash tore up his knee and derailed his career. He appeared to regain his form at the start of the 2014-15 season, placing second in the opening downhill in Lake Louise for his first World Cup medal in nearly five years, but since then he’s crashed out of five races and bailed another time in training, cracking the top20 only once. “Everybody was asking me, ‘Why am I not pushing?’” he recalled during a conference call
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Kvitfjell, Norway. “I was thinking, ‘Your mind is not into the skiing, you’re scared, you’re skiing scared,’” he said. “Let me tell you, when you’re going 140 kilometres an hour and you don’t want to be going 140 kilometres an hour, that is a scary, scary time in your life. . . . I was thinking, is this how my career ends? I have a couple of crashes and I just ski my way out of the top 30?”
At the end of the walk the man known as Manny ended up challenging himself. “Find your courage, find your will to win.” Challenge accepted. On Saturday Manny laid down a sweet run, finishing second behind Austria’s Hannes Reichelt by just three-tenths of a second to win his 11th career World Cup medal. “I’m so happy that it
worked out and happy to be on the podium,” Osborne-Paradis said. “I want to get good results and I want to be part of the show and it’s fun when you actually are.” Manny, in fact, registered the fastest speed on the course, clocking in at more than 150 kilometres per hour through one of the radar See Manny page 26
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Atchison at 60 kg and sixth for Dana Harlos at 51 kg. On the boys side silver medals went to Sentinel’s Joseph Huh in the 60-kg class and Windsor’s Hunter Manness at 38 kg while STA’s James Sutherland added a bronze in the 66-kg class. Fifth-place finishes went to Collingwood’s Tristan Langer at 45 kg and Carson’s Keita Dueck at 70 kg. Staying on the mat, Carson Graham grad Brandy Perry finished third in the women’s 67-kilogram division at the CIS wrestling championships held Feb. 27-28 in Edmonton.The University of Alberta wrestler was also named the Female Rookie of the Year for the Canada West conference. Fellow Carson alums and current U of A wrestlers Marlen Figueroa and Cholena Horne also faired well at the CIS championships with Figueroa winning bronze in the women’s 82-kg division and Horne finishing fourth in the 59-kg class. — Andy Prest
Manny erases early mistake From page 25
stations. He made a mistake coming out of the starting gate and was well back at the first interval but his blazing speed shot him up the leaderboard in the lower stages of the race. As he crossed the line, however, he didn’t feel like he’d put down a worldbeating time. “I was kind of in shock at the bottom,” he said. “I didn’t celebrate at all. I was just kind of like ‘Huh, I can’t believe that that was the second-place run,’ because it felt like all the other runs I’ve had.” His silver showing did eventually sink in though — winning is always the best way to erase any doubts. “I’ve been dealing with multiple issues, falling a lot and my body not being 100 per cent,” he said. “It’s just been a couple of races for my mind to realize that my body is 100 per cent and I should be pushing hard. I wrapped my head around it today. I was shocked seeing the video when I came down. I got down and I’m in second and I thought ‘no way.’ It’s just great.”
Aside from offering great scenery for contemplative walks, Kvitfjell has also been home to some of Manny’s best performances. He won two World Cup downhill medals — gold and bronze — there in 2009 and picked up a silver at a lower
tier FIS Super G race in 2013. “I like the course.You can take the risk,” he said. “It’s not a death-defying race by any stretch.You have to know when to push it and when you can just take it easy. It’s a great course for me.”
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - North Shore News - A27
14 2014’S REMAINING
UP $14,500 84 2.99 FINANCING TO MONTHS & TO IN DISCOUNTS % UP
OFFER EXPIRES MARCH 31ST
2014 CHEVY SILVERADO CREW CAB
2014 GMC SIERRA 4X4 CREW CAB
2.99% H NT 84 MO CE FINAN
BRAND NEW
CARTER PRICE
23,998
$
with the purchase of a vehicle
BRAND NEW
Air Condition, Locking Differential, 4.3 Litre V6, Power Locks & Much More. Stk# 818990
MSRP $33,255
CHOOSE 1 OF 5 GIFTS
2.99% H NT 84 MO CE FINAN
March 1st to March 31st
Air Condition, Bluetooth, Trailer Pkg, Locking Differential, Power Windows, Power Locks, Tilt & Much More. Stk# 8632870
MSRP $39,755
2014 CADILLAC SRX
30,498
$
CARTER PRICE
2014 CADILLAC CTS
PreMiuM edition all Wheel drive
all Wheel drive luXurY
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DEMO
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MSRP $61,730
CARTER PRICE
53,500
$
Navigation System, Power Sunroof, 18” Aluminium Wheels, Heated Leather Seats & Much More Stk# CD91290
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2014 CHEVY CRUZE LTZ 2.99% H NT 84 MO CE FINAN
2.99% H NT 84 MO CE FINAN
BRAND NEW
CARTER PRICE
SMOKER
BBQ
25,488
$
Power Sunroof, Leather/Suede Interior, Rear Camera, 17” Aluminum Wheels, 6 Speed & Much More, Loaded Vehicle. STK# SC62490
BRAND NEW
20,998
$
CARTER PRICE
SPRING LOADED INCLUDES
MSRP $22,645 CARTER PRICE
17,988
$
More Standard Features and Leading Technology in Every Vehicle
EVENT
$2,500
TOTAL CREDIT
ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS RECEIVE UP TO $1,500 IN OWNER CASH.†
2015 TRAX LS FWD
FEATURES: √10 STANDARD AIR BAGS √ REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY √ POWER WINDOWS, √ ONSTAR 4G LTE WIFI* LOCKS, MIRRORS
ADDITIONAL FEATURES: LTZ MODEL SHOWN
BAR FRIDGE
1.4 Liter Turbo 4 Cyl Engine, Bluetooth, Air Condition, Power Windows, Power Locks, Tilt, Cruise & Much More. Stk# Q46310
2.99% H NT 84 MO CE FINAN
BRAND NEW
MSRP $27,125
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2014 CHEVY CRUZE LT
2014 CHEVY SONIC RS
This Vehicle Is Equipped With All Available Options, Including Navigation, RS Package, Heated Leather Seats, Sunroof, & Much More. Stk# Q86820
MSRP $31,315
50,900
$
CARTER PRICE
√ AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION √ AIR CONDITIONING
STARTING FROM
LS AIR & AUTO
17,995 20,995
$
OR STEP UP TO
$
INCLUDES $2,000 CASH CREDIT $500 OWNER CASH, FREIGHT & PDI.
INCLUDES $2,000 CASH CREDIT $500 OWNER CASH, FREIGHT & PDI.
2015 EQUINOX LS FWD FULLY LOADED WITH THE FEATURES YOU WANT: √ AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION √ AIR CONDITIONING √ POWER WINDOWS, LOCKS, MIRROR √ REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY
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√ BEST-IN-CLASS REAR LEGROOM** √ FUEL EFFICIENCY 7.3L/100KM HWY
STARING FROM
22,995
$
INCLUDES
INCLUDES $4,200 CASH CREDIT $750 OWNER CASH, FREIGHT & PDI.
All prices are net of all programs and are plus taxes, levies and doc fee of $598.
LTZ AWD MODEL SHOWN
604-987-5231
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$4,950
TOTAL CREDIT
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A32 - North Shore News - Wednesday, March 11, 2015
HAPPINESS IS UNLOCKING YOUR HONDA
2015 CIVIC DX * LEASE FOR $
42
0.99 APR $0 down %
#
‡
Weekly on a 60 month term with 260 payments. MSRP $17,245** includes freight and PDI.
Features available on select models: • Honda Lanewatch Blind Spot Display™ • Multi-angle rearview camera • 7” Display Audio System with HondaLink™ Next Generation
Model shown: Civic Touring FB2F7FKNX
2015 ACCORD LX LEASE $ 1.99 APR FOR 65 @ 0 down *
%
*
$
#
‡
Weekly on a 60 month term with 260 payments. MSRP $25,745** includes freight and PDI. Model shown: CR2E3FE
2015 FIT DX LEASE $ 2.99 APR FOR 40 @ 0 down *
%
*
#
‡
$
Weekly on a 60 month term with 260 payments. MSRP $16,070** includes freight and PDI. Model shown: GK5G3FE
Features available on select models include:
Standard features include:
• LaneWatch™ blind spot display • Lane Departure Warning and
• Earth Dreams™ technology powertrain • Multi-angle rearview camera
Forward Collision Warning
• 60/40 Split 2nd Row Magic Seat®
• Rearview camera (standard)
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*Limited time weekly lease offer and all other offers are from Honda Canada Finance Inc., on approved credit. #The weekly lease offer applies to a new 2015 Accord LX model CR2E3F3/Civic DX model FB2E2FEX/Fit DX model GK5G3FE (“Specified Models”) for a 60-month period, for a total of 260 payments of $64.90/$41.91/$39.97 leased at 1.99%/0.99%/2.99% APR based on applying $450.00/$350.00/$1,175.00 “lease dollars” (which are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes). ‡In order to achieve $0 down payment, dealer will cover the cost of tire/battery tax, air conditioning tax (where applicable), environmental fees and levies on the 2015 Accord LX, Civic DX and Fit DX only on customer’s behalf. Down payment of $0.00, first weekly payment and $0 security deposit due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $16,874.00/$10,896.60/$10,392.20. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. 120,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometres. **MSRP is $25,745/$17,245/$16,070 including freight and PDI of $1,695/$1,495/$1,495 based on new 2015 Specified Models described above. License, insurance, registration and taxes are extra and may be required at the time of purchase. */#/**Prices and/or payments shown do not include a PPSA lien registration fee of $30.31 and lien registering agent's fee of $5.25, which are both due at time of delivery and covered by the dealer on behalf of the customer on Specified Models only. Offers valid from March 3rd through 31st 2015 at participating Honda retailers. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Offers valid only for British Columbia residents at BC Honda Dealers locations. Offers subject to change or cancellation without notice. Terms and conditions apply. Visit www.bchonda.com or see your Honda retailer for full details.