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JOIN US FOR AN INFORMATION SESSION AND OPEN HOUSE Saturday, April 30 from 1pm - 3pm District of North Vancouver Fire Training Centre, 900 Denis Avenue The City of North Vancouver and the Districts of North and West Vancouver are hosting a joint Information Session and Open House to promote firefighting as a career. If you are community-minded with a positive attitude, energetic, active and looking for a fulfilling career as a professional Firefighter, please join us to learn more. Online applications for Firefighter positions will be accepted from July 4 to July 27, 2011. Details at www.cnv.org/careers.

Celebrate Earth Day! COMMUNITY IVY PULL AT LOUTET PARK Saturday, April 30 from 10am - 1pm at Loutet Park Rufus Avenue and East 14th Street Join the City of North Vancouver, Edible Garden Project and the North Shore Mountain Bike Association for a community Ivy Pull in celebration of Earth Day. Meet your neighbours and help clean invasive plants from our park. Tools and light refreshments will be provided - you bring the energy! This is a great opportunity to learn more about the transformation happening at Loutet Farm and the new Loutet Bike Skills Park. Details at www.cnv.org/EarthDay.

Dogs in City Parks Open House #3, Kings Mill Walk Tuesday, May 3 from 5pm - 7pm John Braithwaite Community Centre This Open House will be focused on potential new dog amenities at Kings Mill Walk, located south of the Northshore Auto Mall at the foot of Fell Avenue.

Based on comments received at the first two Open Houses, a revised and expanded off-leash area at Kings Mill Walk has been developed for consideration. Please join us to review the plan and provide feedback.

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Given that Shaw installed the telephone system that was hacked, Hassan Firouzbakht thinks the company should investigate the $2,244 bill he received for calls he never made. Rob Newell photo

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n mid-February, local businessman Hassan Firouzbakht received an unexpected, worrisome phone call at his North Vancouver office.

It was from Shaw, his company’s phone and Internet provider. He says he was told there appeared to be a lot of long distance calls “originating from his phone,” and that someone had likely hacked Firouzbakht’s system.

“I asked [the Shaw employee] how this could be possible.

Obviously I was worried; no one wants to see a situation like this.”

It wasn’t until early March, however, that a bill arrived. But when it did, Firouzbakht says it didn’t make him feel any better — his company owed Shaw $2,244. He quickly scanned the pages-long invoice, noticing reams of long distance calls to Freetown, Sierra Leone and other African cities. At the end of the lengthy list of connections, he adds, is a $1,081.78 charge for “other calls.”

He says a Shaw representative asked him whether or not his company, Central Touch Technology, used a private bank exchange network (PBX) — a phone system where employees have individual extensions in addition to a company’s central number — because such installations have been known to be targets of hackers in the past.

Firouzbakht says his company doesn’t use a PBX. Firouzbakht says he quickly requested a Shaw representative come out to his office and examine the box Shaw installed, but was told it wasn’t possible for the company to send anyone.

He says he isn’t satisfied with such an explanation. His service, he says, was installed and monitored

by Shaw. Firouzbakht says he has nothing to do with that side of the service.

“We were only told to contact our

insurance company because they will pay it,” says Firouzbakht, noting he has also contacted the North Vancouver RCMP. “But we’re not paying a cent until Shaw comes. At least, for the sake of argument, send someone, something here. Why not? I believe they don’t feel responsible at all. If they did, someone would come.”

One potential reason for the problem, he suggests, is that a hacker entered Shaw’s system and arbitrarily used his phone number to make the calls. Firouzbakht says that from the box installed for his phone service, one cable is connected directly to Shaw. The other is connected to a modem for his Internet service. From his modem, he says one cable again goes to Shaw while the other is connected to his television. If it’s a security issue on Shaw’s end, he says, then he may not be the only one seeing such charges.

Lindsay Meredith, a Simon Fraser University business professor whose consulted communication firms on privacy concerns in the past, says regardless of who is at fault in these situations service providers are accountable to address a customer’s concerns.

“When you’re the little guy, the first place you look is to the larger company. And when notified of irregularity you should move on it quickly,” says Meredith. “These situations involve very sophisticated players, and you can’t lock down the street. But a company should be responsible for its own piece of technology.”

After numerous calls to Shaw’s community relations and head offices, a senior staff member, who doesn’t have the authority to be quoted in the media, contacted The Outlook to confirm the issue will be immediately re-examined in the hopes of assisting the affected company. skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/seankolenko

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North van residents worry about proposed Low Level Road changes, want longer, more transparent consultation SEAN KOLENKO S TA F F R E P O RT E R

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orth Vancouver resident Brian Windatt agrees the Low Level Road could use a facelift. And he understands the financial interest that Port Metro Vancouver has in such work.

But the re-alignment design the port has presented to the public, he says, is “a neighbourhood killer.”

“This is a game-changer,” says Windatt, whose front door is steps from the proposed noise wall that will separate the Moodyville community from a new, raised Low Level Road.

“But there must be an alternative to get the job done without destroying the livability of both the immediate and surrounding areas.”

The proposed realignment of the road that’s caught the ire of Windatt, and a number of residents in the area adjacent to the Low Level Road, is a project currently being tabled by Port Metro Vancouver.

Initial design concepts, presented at a porthosted open house at the Pinnacle Hotel in February, focused on the 2.2-kilometre stretch of road between St. Andrews Avenue and Cotton Road. The port is proposing to elevate the road above the height of the trains, construct two overpasses at the Neptune and Cargill terminals and St. Patricks Avenue and add dedicated bike lanes, sidewalks and new lighting and drainage systems.

In an interview with The Outlook last month, Dennis Bickel, senior manager for gateway competitiveness at Port Metro Vancouver, said port staff has been busy since the February open house synthesizing comments and suggestions from those in the community and studying traffic noise in the area so they can provide specific design revisions to council.

On April 4, port representatives returned to city hall to provide an update before their scheduled presentation on May 9, at which time council is expected to vote on the large-scale project.

The presentation consisted of details of the ports’ community engagement — a small group meeting attended by 49 people, 170 attendees at the open house in February, participation of nine residents in two meetings with the port and the

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The proposed Low Level Road changes would “destroy the liveability” of the Moodyville community, says resident Brian Windatt. Sean Kolenko photo city, 97 feedback forms and four written submissions — and the responses from that consultation.

The main concerns are the potential noise increases of a raised road and the pollution concerns of vehicles travelling closer to adjacent homes.

The noise monitoring data collected, say port officials, suggests the new road will present zero increase in noise levels. Coun. Bob Fearnley questioned how no increase could be possible, if the impetus for the new road is to improve and expand the roadway. Bickel answered the information they have acquired to date is incomplete and there is further data to come.

Coun. Pam Bookham, while expressing similar concerns to Fearnley, wants a town hall meeting on the project built into the engagement process, since Moodyville residents will be affected by it.

At a community meeting hosted by Alder Street resident Judy Craig last weekend, approximately 20 concerned residents gathered to discuss what they could do be a part of the discussion before council votes on the Low Road project next month. Only two of the participants say they received something in the mail alerting them to the open house; the rest say they had no idea it took place.

More community engagement, whether facilitated by the city or the ports is necessary, they

say. The potential for significant drops in property values, residents add, is of major concern and should not be taken lightly.

Other participants also questioned why only one design for the road was presented. Michael Bratty, a resident of Bidwell Street, circulated a proposal at Craig’s house outlining the possibility of building underpasses instead of overpasses and lower heights the road could be built to.

In an interview with The Outlook, Coun. Guy Heywood said the project has merits, but says the port’s presentation was “half-baked.”

“The Low Level Road points to a detriment to the lack of engagement. We expect some reasonable standard of transparency,” says Heywood, noting the April 4 council agenda consisted of a discussion of the Civic Engagement Task force he was a part of.

“The inadequacy of the Port Metro process has been a detriment to us. We’re not saying no, but this needs to be fleshed out and we [council] reserve the right not to approve it if it’s not well done.”

Port staff have been instructed to engage residents before its next presentation. skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/seankolenko

Squamish Nation rejects new land code

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quamish Nation members rejected a policy which would place more control of their lands in their council’s hands.

On April 7 and 8, the community voted on whether to enact the Squamish Land Code — a document which would take Squamish Nation land out of the Ministry of Indian Affairs and North Development’s governance and into that of the Nation’s council. If passed, the code would have allowed Squamish Nation to exercise control over its own jurisdiction, including reserve lands and resources.

But Squamish Nation member Jo-Ann Nahanee Mazie Baker said a lack of understanding of the technical 112-page document and a mistrust of council led to the code’s downfall.

“The people have shouted out ‘you need to listen to us,’” she said.

Before the vote, Baker was among a group of concerned members who thought the code gave council and chief too much power. She warned that under the code, council would have governed all reserve land, which includes members’ homes.

“What [council] needs to do is find another way to progress,” Baker said.

Squamish Nation has already started that process, Chief Ian Campbell said. The next step is to go back to the people and see if they want to work on amending the land code or completely drop it, he said.

“I hope that the dialogue continues,” Campbell said.

Like Baker, Campbell thinks the complexity of the issue and depth of information led to the

no vote. By voting down the code, the Nation has missed an opportunity to manage its reserve lands, he said. The code has checks and balances in place to make sure power is not abused, Campbell added.

“Accountability would not be to the Indian Act, it would be to the membership,” he said.

Although the code would have provided options for the Nation’s development plans, such as the 2004 Capilano Plan which featured residential apartments between Park Royal South and Ambleside Park, its rejection doesn’t mean construction won’t go ahead, Campbell said.

“It’s business as usual. We will continue to work with the existing process,” Campbell said. raldous@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/rebeccaaldous

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“They are magnificent creatures,” the British native says. “They are very intelligent.”

But that doesn’t mean he wants them in his backyard. In fact the North Van resident has dedicated a large chunk of his life to making sure people don’t attract them into their neighbourhoods. Last year on the North Shore, 10 bears who had become habituated to humans and their waste were killed.

This year Webb wants to get that number down to zero.

“This is probably the last place on earth where we have a chance to do it right,” he says in regard to coexisting with nature.

Black bears start to come out of hibernation around March. So far, Webb, who chairs the North Shore Black Bear Network, knows of four North Shore bear sightings. He’s

Four locations on the North Shore have already reported bear sightings. Tony Webb wants to make sure that those don’t share the same fate as the 10 bears that were killed last year. File photo placed signs letting people know a bear is on the roam at four North Shore locations, including Mill Street up Mountain Highway and near North Vancouver’s Evelyn Park.

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“A bear is basically a nose on four legs,” Webb says.

Residents can help save bears’ lives by simply putting out garbage the morning of pick-up, he notes, adding that bear-resistant garbage containers are also a good idea. These specialized cans are available from the District of North Vancouver and are approved for pick-up service in the district.

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North Van songwriter pens Canucks playoff anthem In first 24 hours online new Kyprios song draws 15,000 Vancouver hockey lovers 3 QUESTIONS: KYPRIOS Q: What are your predictions for the first round of the playoffs?

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A: Kesler: All day, every day. You can ask anybody that. Kes is my dude.

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“It’s not that I don’t love all of that, but it’s not as much fun as releasing things... as putting things out there for the public to enjoy,” said Coles.

So far reaction to the song has been overwhelmingly positive, although there have been a few naysayers, including those who criticize Coles’s decision to change the word “won” to “one” in the title.

“It’s meant as a play on words to suggest unity,” explained Coles. “As we go on I think we’ll see that far more provinces and people will start identifying with this squad.”

The song has even caught the attention of local radio stations, the national sports press, and the Vancouver Canucks organization.

To date, four different stations have given it airtime, and it was also played at Rogers Arena during last Thurday’s home game against the Minnesota Wild.

Whether it becomes a playoff tradition or not remains to be seen.

But that’s certainly the dream, he says.

“As a huge Canucks fan, that would be amazing.”

To hear the new Kyprios song “How the West was One” visit www.kyprios.com or check out the online version of this story at www.northshoreoutlook.com. The song is also available for purchase on iTunes, with a portion of proceeds going to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. ghoekstra@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/greghoekstra

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t could be the battle anthem that serenades the Vancouver Canucks to the team’s firstever Stanley Cup victory.

At least, that’s the dream, says North Vancouver-born songwriter David Coles.

Coles, better known to most as hip-hop artist Kyprios, recently recorded COFFEE a new track called “How WITH the West was One,” with his Greg Hoekstra brother, Kevin, and Swollen ghoekstra@northshore Members producer Rob The outlook.com Viking.

Last week the song, which pairs a hip-hop beat with trumpet right out of a spaghetti western film, was released online. Within 24 hours, it received upwards of 15,000 hits, spreading like wildfire on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

“We kind of just posted it, emailed it to a few people, and said ‘let’s see what it can do,’” said Coles Monday, during a tour stopover in Banff.

“I didn’t think it would take off like it did. We just kind of sat there and watched it happen.”

Once they realized “it had legs,” he said, they posted it to iTunes, and pledged to donate partial proceeds to Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.

A lifelong Canucks fan, Coles started working on the song to “commemorate the playoff run” of one of his favourite teams.

After opening for artist T-Pain at the Nanaimo Convention Centre at the end of March, Coles began penning lyrics on the ferry the next morning, working in the name of past and present players alike.

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Every week leading up to the May 2 election, the Outlook will be asking the federal candidates three questions.

Do you have a question you’d like to ask? Email editor@northshoreoutlook.com Andrew Saxton, Conservative The federal government is legislating improvements to municipal infrastructure, such as sewage treatment requirements. Should the federal government help pay for the costs of these projects?

Building municipal infrastructure is clearly the responsibility of municipal governments. But a responsible federal government should be willing to assist municipalities with large projects. That is why our government doubled and made permanent the Gas Tax Fund — which funds municipal infrastructure such as roads, water systems and public transit, including a brand new SeaBus. We also established the $8.8 billion Building Canada Fund, which has so far contributed $50 million to building the Seymour-Capilano Water Filtration plant in North Vancouver. In contrast, the Michael Ignatieff Liberals have promised to eliminate a $1 billion infrastructure fund that supports community infrastructure.

Have you ever felt like not voting in an election and why? No. I have voted in every election that I have been able to, and never seriously considered not doing so.

If you could travel in a time machine, where would you go? I would travel to the year 2015 - the same year that Marty McFly visited in Back to the Future II. I am unlikely to see flying cars, hoverboards or holographic billboards, but I will witness a Canadian society where families pay lower taxes, the budget is balanced, criminals are off the streets, human smuggling is a problem of the past, our sovereignty is asserted, and Canadians feel a renewed sense of pride, excitement and confidence resulting from the progress made after four years of a Stephen Harper majority government.

Taleeb Noormohamed, Liberal The federal government is legislating improvements to municipal infrastructure, such as sewage treatment requirements. Should the federal government help pay for the costs of these projects?

Yes. However, local government was not involved enough in decision-making in the most recent infrastructure program.

Our infrastructure program needs to include a strategic component that takes local needs into account to include arts, cultural and recreation facilities. Finally, public buildings such as community centres are vital to our emergency plans — as, if properly built and maintained, they will be serving as shelters in the event of a natural disaster such as an earthquake.

Have you ever felt like not voting in an election and why? No. I’ve been engaged in, and excited to contribute to, public life since a young age. I think it is vital to engage youth in public policy as we’re making decisions today that will impact their future. That’s why I’d like to focus on restoring the reputation of Canadian politics. By doing a better job of providing vision and showing a positive plan for the future, we can restore trust in the political process.

If you could travel in a time machine, where would you go? North Vancouver in 50 years to see how the decisions we are making today impact our future. I am excited about our community’s potential and look forward to increased access to recreational facilities, better amenities for seniors, more quality child care spaces, new arts and cultural spaces, more affordable housing for our citizens, better collaboration with our local First Nations communities, seeing the growth of Capilano University, and quality jobs in new industries using clean technology we cannot yet imagine.

Michael Charrois, NDP The federal government is legislating improvements to municipal infrastructure, such as sewage treatment requirements. Should the federal government help pay for the costs of these projects?

New Democrats believe it is unfair and unacceptable for the federal government to tell municipalities to make improvements to water and sewage treatment plants without providing them with either funding or the means to raise the mandated funds. The Canadian Federation of Municipalities had this to say in response to Jack Layton’s platform announcement: “We welcome the NDP’s commitments to upgrade water systems and invest in northern highways. These proposals should be implemented as part of a long-term plan to protect and expand municipal infrastructure investments. Forty per cent of core federal investments in municipalities will expire in the next 36 months. Today the NDP clearly laid out how it would work with municipalities to address this challenge.� Jack Layton and BC’s New Democrats are the only ones who can be trusted to work with municipalities to maintain and enhance our shared public services.

Have you ever felt like not voting in an election and why? No. I love democracy, especially direct democracy like the HST petition, and I take advantage of every opportunity to vote. From government elections, non-profit society boards, changes to union by-laws and even telephone surveys, I love to give my opinion.

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And this federal election vote is special because it not only represents my opinion it also carries two dollars with it. When you vote, $2 goes to the party that shares your ideals and that money is used to work for your objectives all year long, even between elections.

If you could travel in a time machine, where would you go? I would love to go back to that day in the summer of 1992 when I auditioned for Clint Eastwood’s film Unforgiven. I would love to know what I did right that day to land that part in the Academy Award-winning best picture of that year because I could use a couple more hits like that if I’m ever going to have any chance of retiring.

Greg Dowman, Green The federal government is legislating improvements to municipal infrastructure, such as sewage treatment requirements. Should the federal government help pay for the costs of these projects?

The Green Party is dedicated to finding support for municipalities to repair crumbling infrastructure in cities in desperate need of upgrades and replacement. We will engage in helping to fund common amenities in communities: The need for recreation, transportation, arts and culture, waterworks and with this, sewage treatment for example is included in these improvements. Together with local expertise we all can and must do municipal infrastructure improvements sensibly and sustainably.

Have you ever felt like not voting in an election and why? I felt like not voting when I was young. I thought politics and the people involved with politics were irrelevant and distant. Since then I have learned that the process of voting is a unique opportunity to help direct and shape the nation without fear of intimidation or harm. It isn’t perfect with our ‘first-past-the post� representation at the moment. However if all of us persevere and press for electoral reform we will eventually realize the greatness of working together. Now consider the exclusion of the Greens from the leadership debate. We pay the Green Party through the voter subsidy program to run as a federal party in this election. Do we not have a right to hear what those tax dollars are purchasing for us as the electorate? If this exclusion isn’t some sort of overt censorship as seen in some dictatorial countries, then what is it?

If you could travel in a time machine, where would you go? I would go to a time in the future on Earth where we had solved the issue of climate change as this underscores the ability of humanity and the world to thrive. I would like to see that politicians had overcome their adversity to one another to ‘grow up’ in parliament, work together and cooperate because the future for us our kids and their kids and indeed the world depends on this entirely.

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Fish Tale One group and one fish is helping to change our local waters REBECCA ALDOUS STAFF REPORTER

(top) Live herring eggs under Squamish Terminal. (left) A Squamish Streamkeeper views dead herring eggs on a creosote piling.

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here’s a change in Howe Sound.

Residents in Lions Bay have spotted them. People in West Vancouver and on Bowen Island are talking about them. Then there’s the boaters who have watched them play out in the waves.

Scientists are trying to figure out why the Pacific white-sided dolphins are back. But there’s speculation it can be partly contributed to a small group of marine enthusiasts and a fish.

This fish story starts in the early spring of 2006. West Vancouver resident John Matsen had been told herring were spotted around the Squamish Terminals. Historically, herring are no stranger to Squamish’s shoreline. In the mid-60s, 2,000 tonnes of the silver-coloured fish came up Howe Sound to spawn. But runoff from the community’s former wood preservative plant killed hundreds of thousands of them and by the 70s the herring had all but disappeared.

So when the co-ordinator of Squamish Streamkeepers got the call that they were back, he was pretty excited. But when they went in search of the herring, what they found instead was a mysterious orange slime covering the pilings under the Squamish Terminals.

“We questioned whether it was fungus,” Matsen says.

Matsen turned to the Internet to find out what the slime was. He found his answer in a report about San Francisco’s subtidal habitat. The document, written by several marine biologists, highlighted the need for the removal of creosote pilings from the bay. In it were notes on how creosote kills herring eggs and how, when the eggs are dead, they turn into an apricot-coloured goo.

That's when Matsen realized that what they'd seen on the pilings were millions of dead herring eggs. The herring had returned, laid their eggs on the pilings but the eggs had been killed by the creosote.

The Streamkeepers set about changing this.

The next year, with the permission of Squamish Terminals, the Streamkeepers wrapped 60 of the east dock’s creosote-covered pilings with various

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materials. In March, when they returned, the organization discovered the eggs on the black landscaping fabric had successfully hatched; the eggs laid on plastic material didn’t boast the same survival rate.

“Each year [since 2006] we have doubled the amount of wrapping we have done,” Matsen says.

Last year, the herring switched their spawning location to the large concrete pilings under the west dock. Concrete has also proven to kill herring eggs. Fortunately, the Streamkeepers had wrapped 30 of these piles the year before. Between February and mid-April, the piles were spawned on four times. This year Matsen expects three spawnings.

What’s even better news is that the herring that spawned in 2007 have returned.

“We had great expectations when we started this, but we didn’t quite expect this would happen so dramatically,” Matsen says.

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big indicator that the Streamkeepers initiative is working are the dolphins.

“We originally had the idea to bring herring back for the salmon,” Matsen says. “We had no idea it would bring back the dolphins.”

During much of the 20th century, Pacific whitesided dolphins were thought to be an open-water species, says Andrew Trites, UBC’s director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit in the university’s Fisheries Centre. Before 1984, they had not been reported in the Strait of Georgia, but were common along the outer coast. However, scientists did know that they once called the inner waters their home since archaeologists had discovered Pacific white-sided dolphin bones in First Nation middens – domestic waste dumps – along the strait.

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Erin Rechsteiner is the first person to collect fish scale samples from dolphins feeding in the Strait of Georgia. Submitted photos OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK bers of the original pod or different groups that have ventured in from the Pacific is unknown, Trites says. There is some speculation that the main group of approximately 100 dolphins is a residential pod based around Nanaimo, but scientists don’t know for sure. Nor do they know why they returned or what they are eating. Herring would be a good guess, Trites says.

“We have more questions than answers,” he says. “They haven’t had a lot of people studying them.”

Erin Rechsteiner is one of the few people in B.C. trying to find answers. It’s speculated that the Pacific white-sided dolphin population along B.C.’s coast sits at 24,000, but without enough information it is difficult to back that figure, she says, adding that estimates range from 12,000 to 50,000. What is known is that the survival rates among the young are low, Rechsteiner notes.

Last summer and early this year, the UBC student started a report on the diet, distribution and food requirement of the Pacific white-sided dolphins. By looking at the mammal’s dinner plate and how many calories it needs to function, Rechsteiner hopes to find clues to their lifestyles and possibly figure out if the dolphins are following specific prey types along the coast.

Dolphins need four to five times more calories per day than humans, Rechsteiner says. Herring are high in calories and lipids, such as Omega-3 fatty acids. Before they spawn, the fish’s fat count is at its highest, Rechsteiner says.

“I am learning a lot about fish,” she jokes.

For five weeks last summer, Rechsteiner spent 12 hours a day trawling the sea on the hunt for feeding dolphins. When spotted, she would drag nets behind the boat which would pick up the scraps from the dolphins' meal, allowing her to figure out their menu. Rechsteiner is the first

person to ever collect fish scale samples from dolphins feeding in the Strait of Georgia. It is the same technique adopted by zoologist Kathy Heise, who studied Pacific white-sided dolphins for years after they caught her attention in 1986 while working as a lighthouse keeper.

Some of Rechsteiner’s most successful sightings occurred after her pilot field work project. On Jan. 28, around the same time that the herring were spawning in Squamish, Rechsteiner was out on a boat in Howe Sound surrounded by more than 150 dolphins. While no one can say for sure that the dolphins are back because of the growth in herring runs, it’s certainly a good guess.

“The dolphins are a good indicator of ecologic health,” she says. “My guess is if there are a lot of dolphin around there is a lot of herring around.”

By learning more about the dolphins we could learn more about the health of our local environment, but without funding Rechsteiner is not sure if she will be able to continue her field work. She is currently on the hunt for grants.

“There is just so little known about them,” Rechsteiner says of her flippered friends.

As for the group behind the possible the surge of life in local waters, Matsen is now one of the world experts in herring spawning material, he jokes. Jokes aside, the Streamkeepers' work has caught the attention of the Department of Fisheries, among other organizations. A group of residents in Lions Bay is also interested in wrapping creosote pilings and Matsen has been in discussions with the Rotary Club in Pender Harbour. The creosote piles are a problem, but a problem that can be fixed, Matsen says.

“The best part of this fish tale is now we know the dynamics in the ocean are there,” Matsen says. “We are just help nature do its job.” raldous@northshoreoutlook.com

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And it will include a hard look at ways to collect more cash from motorists while simultaneously encouraging transit use and controlling congestion.

“People’s gut reaction to some of these will be extremely negative and hostile,” predicts North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton, who chairs the Mayors Council on Regional Transportation.

Road pricing, regional tolling or a yearly vehicle levy are among the potential options, he said, and each comes with multiple variations.

A vehicle levy – which TransLink briefly proposed last fall but shelved – could charge more or less each year depending on engine size, carbon footprint or mileage driven.

Tolling schemes can apply to just specific lanes rather than the entire system, or tolls could vary depending on the time of day to encourage travel at off-peak hours.

“There’s a whole supermarket of options you can look at,” he said.

Walton hopes public attitudes soften as people realize they may be able to change how they travel and avoid paying tolls, or choose to pay and benefit from improved travel times.

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Mayors last December refused to pass an expansion plan tabled by TransLink’s board that would have seen property taxes jacked significantly as an interim step.

The mayors had been pressured by the province to okay the tax hike to start paying TransLink’s promised share of the costs of the Evergreen Line, which is supposed to begin construction this year.

Walton is canvassing new transportation minister Blair Lekstrom to gauge the Christy Clark government’s willingness to approve new cash streams. The mayors previously wanted TransLink to get a share of future carbon tax increases, an idea that remains on their agenda.

Also to be considered, Walton said, is whether the province’s tolling policy should change.

B.C. currently allows tolls to be introduced only on new or significantly improved roads or bridges and only if there’s a reasonable free alternative. That blocks any kind of tolling or road pricing scheme that would charge consistently across the region.

Many South Fraser residents and politicians say it’s unfair that bridges into Surrey are so far the only ones tolled or expected to be tolled.

But Walton said the North Shore would be “outraged” if their only crossings were tolled without improvements and any free alternative.

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After watching her kidney function plummet over the course of five years, Jacks was given a new organ last year by her brother, Billy, sparing her from years of ongoing health problems and hardships.

“In 2009 my kidneys took a nosedive and I had no choice but to either go on dialysis or receive a transplant,” says Jacks, a former West Vancouver resident and renowned Canadian singer-songwriter.

“Dialysis will keep you alive, but it’s so hard on your body. Some people can’t even deal with it. It’s definitely not your best option.”

One year later and Jacks says the change in her quality of life has been dramatic.

“Now that I’ve gone through it I feel great. It’s such an amazing difference. I have so much more energy than I had before,” she says. “After a transplant you feel alive again. Before it was a feeling of just hanging on.”

Because of that, she’s now using her musical talents to raise awareness about the need for more organ donors in Canada.

“Like most people out there, I had no

idea about kidney disease. I didn’t know anyone who had kidney problems, and I certainly didn’t know anyone who had a kidney transplant,” says Jacks in an interview from her Sechelt home.

“But there are people out there who are desperately waiting for a kidney. I don’t think people are aware of how much organ donation is needed,” she says.

Many people live on dialysis for years before a suitable donor is found, says Jacks. But it doesn’t need to be this way.

A healthy person can easily live on one kidney, she says. In fact, many people are born with only one kidney and never know it.

“I was affected not only physically, but emotionally. I felt like I was so lucky, and that I owed it to all the people I’d see in the clinic,” she says.

The Juno nominee has recorded solo albums and with the Poppy Family, as well as her first husband Terry Jacks.

They may be known best for their album, Which Way are You Goin’ Billy?, named after the same brother who gave Jacks her new kidney.

This Sunday, Susan Jacks will do her part to help by playing a benefit concert for the Kidney Foundation at Coquitlam’s Red Robinson Theatre.

The show, she says, is primarily to spread the word that people can give the gift of life by registering as organ donors.

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“When you come face to face with your own mortality, some things change.

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Since the writ was dropped on March 26, the federal election campaign has assumed top spot in the national media, but as another 7.1-magintude tremor shook ravaged northeastern Japan late last week, the now month-long devastation suffered by the island nation has some continuing to talk about measures B.C. has to address to ensure effective earthquake response. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help, anyone I think, but be rattled with what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing in Japan, and we know how important it is for us to keep people safe,â&#x20AC;? says Taleeb Noormohamed, federal Liberal candidate for North Vancouver. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the federal government that should take the lead on creating a comprehensive strategy that includes all levels of government for disaster response.â&#x20AC;?

Noormohamed, who worked for the Ministry of Public Safety between 2005 and 2007, says Ottawa needs to connect at the municipal level and discuss with cities located in potential earthquake zones â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like those on the North Shore â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about what infrastructure upgrades could be supplied through various funding agreements.

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A significant aftershock in Japan is a glaring reminder that high-level measures must be taken in order to protect British Columbians, says Liberal candidate Taleeb Noormohamed

The provincial government has an extensive 15-year, $1.5-billion seismic school retrofit program underway, but Noormohamed feels port facilities, for instance, is one area the feds can become a player in earthquake preparedness. Funding to ensure structures such as large gantry cranes are secure or oil spill technology are potential avenues for investment.

The 9.0-magnitude earthquake on March 11 closed port facilities in Yokohama for 24 hours but resulted in little damage. A 6.8-magnitude quake in 1995, however, destroyed cranes and port berth infrastructure in Kobe.

Retired Admiral Roger Girouard, former commander of the Canadian Pacific Fleet and commander of Maritime Forces Pacific in Victoria, says ports present difficulties in emergency preparedness because of their multi-jurisdictional nature.

Even in the relatively smaller case of a fire, he adds, response teams may have to deal with the RCMP, customs or the Department of National Defense. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agencies, large or small, have a legislated responsibility to be ready and everyone has a response plan right down to the town hall,â&#x20AC;? says Girouard, â&#x20AC;&#x153;But they all exist as little silos that need to be integrated. It presents a huge vulnerability but I believe also presents an easy fix.â&#x20AC;?

Girouard believes â&#x20AC;&#x153;the best return on investmentâ&#x20AC;? for large-scale emergency strategic planning is a provincially-mandated cell that oversees emergency preparedness, specifically any action beyond the first responders of police, fire or ambulance.

Port Metro Vancouver has an emergency plan that considers federal, provincial and munici-

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n 1963, Dan Miscisco, “Dyanimic Dan” to many, found himself in a very different world than the one he had grown up in. A childhood on the baseball diamonds of East Vancouver had taken the then-teenager south to Georgia to cut his teeth in the American minor leagues.

He was quite the pitcher in those days and the goal, like it was for many who toiled in those competitive farm systems, was the pros. Although the Civil Rights Movement was well underway, the team’s rickety bus still made two stops after each game – at one hotel for the black players and another for the white teammates.

“It was eye-opening,” he says, blue eyes looking down for a moment. “Coming from Vancouver I just wasn’t into not liking anyone.”

By 1965, Miscisco was back in Canada, playing for the Winnipeg Goldeyes. There he roomed with Steve Carlton, future four-time Cy Young winner and hall-of-famer.

Carlton was eventually called up to the big club, the St. Louis Cardinals, and Miscisco went back west.

He took a teaching job at St. Anthony’s school in West Vancouver and quickly became the school’s basketball coach.

Always the consummate competitor, Miscisco asked that first squad a seemingly simple question – “do you want to be the best?”

They answered yes, and decided to commit to two weeks of training that summer. It proved so popular amongst the youngsters that the neighbours started inquiring about whether their kids could take part.

And thus began the now 42-year run of Miscisco’s All Star Camps.

Taking place in schools across the North Shore, the camps offer participants week-long sessions in football, basketball, volleyball and strength and conditioning. Camps

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are held Monday to Friday for three and a half hours, either in the morning or the afternoon. Also offered are select all-day “combo camps,” where athletes have the chance to try their hand at a couple of sports.

It’s a substantial logistical undertaking – Miscisco offers more than 40 individual camps at six locations – but he says in the four decadesplus since he hatched the summer camps he’s seen three generations of kids, some from the same family, take part. And if they keep coming, he wants to be there.

“I’m now beginning to realize there have been hundreds of kids through these programs,” he says.

“And I realize I’ve been able to provide some inspiration to them.

And I’ve loved being able to do that. It’s keeping me young.”

For those more comfortable in the classroom than the hardwood or the gridiron, Miscisco, 67, also offers “success” camps, where participants learn goal setting, motivation and budgeting, amongst other lessons. Miscisco says all involved help plan and host a “success fair,” highlighting what they’ve learned throughout the week.

“It’s one of my core values; I always want to do a good job,” says Miscisco. “And I want to teach kids a recipe to succeed. If you want to be good, you’ve got to work. You have to find out what you’re willing to do that others won’t do. I guess I’m a pretty old-fashioned guy like that.”

All lead instructors for the camps are teachers. Fees include a snack; lunch is provided for those in the multi-sport or combo camps.

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Best thing about your coach? “He’s easy to talk to and he’s really funny. I’m in his math class and he makes math fun too.”

Best thing about Collingwood? “I’d have to say the teachers. They really care about your success. They always have time for you.”

Favourite athlete? “Kobe Bryant. He pushes himself to be as good as he can be. I really look up to a player like that. I’ve seen the Lakers play twice; the last time was at spring break with my family.”

Plans after Grade 12? “I’m considering [U.S.] Division I schools for the [tennis] competition, Division III for academics. I haven’t decided.”

Best advice you’ve been given? “Always be the aggressor. Never hang back. Be the leader. Take charge. That’s the best advice given.”

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So we’re talking hockey, right?

Well, yes, except the Luongo this story is about is not Roberto. The name is Lorenzo (Larry) Luongo.

It was Larry – not Roberto – who was the first Canucks Luongo when he began a 15-year career with the Vancouver club in 1972, shortly after captain Orland Kurtenbach and the boys began playing in the National Hockey League in 1970.

It’s true that this Luongo never wore goaltender’s pads, slipped on a goalie mask or laced on skates for the Canucks. No, he was the one who expertly repaired those pads and masks and sharpened all the skates. He was, as you can see, the team’s equipment manager.

And Larry even invented the goalie neck guard. Ahh, but we’re getting way ahead of ourselves.

Lorenzo Luongo was born in the south of Italy and arrived in the Vancouver area at 19. A shoemaker with Ralph’s Shoe Repair at Brentwood Mall for a few years, he ventured out on his own with Larry’s Shoe Repair in Westview Shopping Centre in 1968.

“I love to do things with my hands,” he acknowledges as we chat the other day. “Being a shoemaker – creating and making shoes for people that have a problem with their feet – that was my trade. I made all kinds of shoes from scratch. Fancy shoes for bands, for dancers, for you name it, I did it. I was the first guy to make shoes with denim.”

So he made shoes for the likes of Vancouver’s Andre Boudrias, Dennis Vervegaert, Don Lever and Bobby Lalonde (to say nothing of Bobby Orr and other NHLers as far east as Montreal, New York and Boston).

“They all used to come to me to get shoes made and they brought their equipment to me for repair.

“So Mr. Pat Dunn [who would be the Canucks’ trainer for 15 years] came to me and he said, ‘Larry, why don’t you work with us?’ I knew the old Griffiths family [Frank owned the Canucks from 1974-94]. They used to come to my shop and take me out for dinner. They wanted me to take care of the team. They convinced me to work for them. They would pay me and everything. They

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were very, very good.

“The Canucks got me a seat right in the press box. To me I was an ordinary guy. I didn’t need to be in the press box but they got me seated in the press box.

“But [at first] I didn’t want to travel because I had a young family and a business and my business was doing well.”

However, after three years working off and on with the Canucks without doing any travelling, he decided to go on the road as well.

“I was doing everything for them. I used to sharpen all their skates; do all the repair. I was buying equipment from Bauer, Cooper, Sherwood, every company. I used to get all the sticks made for the guys. I used to curve their sticks, file their sticks. I used to get their pads made for them. The whole thing.”

His first trip was in January 1976 to Detroit, Washington, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Atlanta. North Van’s Ralph Bower of The Vancouver Sun, the only photographer who ever really travelled with the team, was on that trip as well, and so the two got to know each other and became friends.

“I used to go on the road and help with our head trainer,” Luongo adds. “I was an assistant to Pat Dunn with injuries and stuff like that. I had my wife to run the store and I had my staff. I used to have good people, good shoemakers working for me. I would say, ‘I’m away for five days’ or ‘I’m away for three days.’ That’s how we did it. We did very well. We were good tradespeople, good shoemakers. It’s too bad that it’s a dying art.

“In the old days, I used to sharpen skates for Karen Magnussen and every pro you could think of. When she was in Boston, she used to fly her skates to Vancouver and her mom, Gloria, and her dad would being them to me to fix them up and sharpen them and send them to her.”

How about some Canuck road stories? “Well,” he says, “Dressing rooms, hotels and airports. That’s what we did. It was fun. We spent a lot of time together in every place. Detroit was a very scary city but other than that we enjoyed every city we went to.”

And, oh yes, the neck guard.

“I remember we were playing in Vancouver and somebody shot the puck and [goalie] Gary Smith got hurt on his neck. I went into the dressing room right away and wrapped up a piece of foam with a piece of towel and made a neck guard for him. And guess what happened? The equipment companies patented it right away. I should have done it and made a million dollars. Now every goalie wears a neck guard. But I was the first guy to create a neck guard for the NHL.” Luongo’s world changed dramatically on the evening of Dec. 31, 1985, when several businesses in the Westview mall went up in flames, including Larry’s Shoe Repair and Larry’s Sports.

“The Chinese restaurant next door to us caught on fire. The whole [east end of the] complex there burned down.

Davis Insurance was above us. When the store burned down, I lost everything.

We had all kinds of jerseys and pictures.

I had jerseys from Bobby Orr and every guy you could think of. But with the fire, I lost them all. It’s too bad.

“I moved Larry’s Sports to 2029 Lonsdale, just across from London Drugs and opened in 1986 in May.” So the shop has been there 25 years now and his boys, Frank and Danny, run the place. Larry drops in only occasionally. You see, for the past 16 years, he and business partner, Maxine Burrows, have been running a wine and spirits importing company out of an office on West 15th, just off Marine Drive.

It’s called Burrows, Luongo and Associates. With the NHL playoffs beginning and Alex Burrows, Roberto Luongo and the rest of the team the toast of the town, you can’t get more Canuckish than that, can you?

This is episode 417 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.

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“The artist community on the North Shore is very strong, and the quality of work is very, very high,” says Vipond, current president of the North Shore Artists’ Guild. “But not everybody realizes that.”

Vipond says that’s why he decided to launch the North Shore Art Crawl — a free community arts festival in which artists and galleries open their doors to the public and showcase their work.

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Windsor secondary students continue 50-year tradition of musical excellence with Little Shop of Horrors

Windsor secondary students Nicky Walsh, Jared Suitor and Devon Busswood (from left) rehearse a scene from Little Shop of Horrors on Monday. The play runs nightly from Wednesday to Saturday at Centennial Theatre.

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In the corner, two women are chatting and running fabric under sewing machines, while dozens of teenagers trickle in and out of dressing rooms in dental office uniforms, leather jackets, and leafy green face paint.

At stage level, tables are covered in colourful flowers, costumes, cables and theatre lights.

A city skyline is projected on a blue backdrop, while an old aluminum watering can rests on the checkerboard floor of what will soon be Mushnik’s floral shop.

With only two days remaining before opening night of Windsor secondary’s performance of Little Shop of Horrors, energy is at an all-time high.

For half a century, Windsor has upheld a reputation as one of the North Shore’s finest schools for the fine arts.

Since opening its doors in 1961, the school has put on hundreds of performances, including seven full-scale musicals such as the one currently in the works.

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With more than 60 students performing on stage and another nine in the pit band, it has taken a small army of volunteers - mostly comprised of parents - to pull together all the props, costumes, and set materials needed.

In additional, Windsor is also fortunate to have a number of highly regarded professionals working on the play, including theatre instructor Majorie Dunn, professional opera singer Adam Kozak, orchestral conductor Risa McDonell, and choreographer Julie Tomaino.

“For a high school performance I’d say it’s really professionally done,” said Grade 11 student Nicky Walsh on Monday, from beneath layers of makeup and drawn-on wrinkles for his role as Musnik the florist.

“Ms. McDonell in the pit band is phenomenal.

She’s the best conductor I’ve ever worked with.”

Grade 12 student Jared Suitor, who plays the leading role of Seymour Krelborn, couldn’t agree more.

As a musician in a local rock band, Suitor has performed on stage many times in the past, but this is his first time acting.

“It’s different than playing music, because you have to focus on staying in character at all times, but I really like it,” he said. “I’ve really enjoyed working with our choreographer [Tomaino].

She’s incredible.”

Devon Busswood, who plays the leading female role of Audrey, has been in a number of previous performances, including Footlight Theatre’s The Sound of Music earlier this year and a past production of Oklahoma!.

She said what stands out for her about Little Shop is the play’s humour, quirkiness and the diversity of the musical numbers.

“It’s such a great, unique show and not enough people know about it,” said Busswood. “And we have an all-star cast. It’s not just a couple of lead characters. Everyone stands out, everyone is so talented.”

Little Shop of Horrors runs nightly at 7:30 p.m. to Saturday, April 16 at Centennial Theatre.

Tickets, which are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students, are available online at www.centennialtheatre.com or through the box office at 604-984-4484. They can also be picked up at the school, located at 931 Broadview Drive in North Vancouver.

For more information on Windsor secondary, including a list of 50th anniversary celebrations scheduled to take place May 12 to May 15, visit www.nvsd44.bc.ca/schoolsites/windsor.aspx. ghoekstra@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/greghoekstra

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The jury is in...

On May 2, the North Vancouver Community Arts Council is holding a jury for its upcoming craft fairs. All exhibitors must be members of the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. Exhibitors’ art or crafts will be subject to the approval of a jury to ensure they are handmade by the submitting artist.

Only arts and crafts accepted by the jury may be sold or exhibited.

The jury will take place at CityScape Community Art Space, 335 Lonsdale Ave. in North Van. To book an appointment please call the North Vancouver Community Arts Council at 604988-6844 or email programmes@ nvartscouncil.ca. Jury spaces are on a first come, first served basis.

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GetOut TO APRIL 17 • Body and Soul: Mario Armitano’s sculpture and Georgina Farah’s oil on canvas at Ferry Building Gallery. Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission to all exhibitions free of charge. 1414 Argyle Avenue, West Vancouver.

• A Textile Translation: Textile works by Fibre Essence, a textile collective of 14 artists, celebrating the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Silk Purse.

Donations to Japanese relief.

TO APRIL 26 • 1001 Funny Things You Can Do With a Skirt: Elizabeth Dancoes and Eleanor Hannan

www.northshoreoutlook.com A list of upcoming arts events on the North Shore

showcase original stories in poetic from alongside related drawings, paintings, embroideries and digital art. www.

SeymourArtGallery.com.

APRIL 14-16 • Biloxi Blues: A young WW II army recruit goes through basic training and learns about Life and Love with a capital ‘L’.

Deep Cove Shaw Theatre, 4360 Gallant Avenue. 8 p.m. Tickets: $16/$14 available at www.deepcovestage.com, in person at Deep Cove Pharmacy, or by calling 604-929-3200.

APRIL 14-16 & 20-23 • If We are Women: Play by

Joanne McClelland Glass, The Theatre at Hendry Hall, North Vancouver. 8 p.m. $16 ($14 seniors/youth 18 and under).

Reservations www.northvan players.ca or 604-983-2633.

APRIL 15 • Music festival: NS Registered Music Teachers presents the 40th North Shore Music Festival at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, North Vancouver.

Final concert, 7 p.m. Admission to concerts: $5 and $10.

Information: Alice 604-987-1067 or Diana 604-929-1592.

APRIL 16, 17, 30 & MAY 1 • Adult Art Workshops at Maple Wood House: Well established, professional artists Nurieh Mozaari (www. nurieh-mozaari.com) and Leslie Redhead (leslieredheadart.blogspot.com) lead weekend workshops on abstract expressionist

painting and watercolour for beginners respectively. $150, supplies not included. Go to www. nvartscouncil.ca to register or call 604-988-6844.

APRIL 16-29 • Caught in the Net: The sequel to Run for your Wife is a comedy about a bigamist who is living two completely separate lives quite successfully until his children from both families meet on the internet. He plunges into a hole of his own making in an attempt to keep them apart. 8 p.m. Thursdays to Saturdays in the Kay Meek Centre.

APRIL 18 • North Shore Writers’ Association: Guest speaker Annabel Lyon, author of The Golden Mean. Capilano Public Library, 7 to 9 p.m. Free for members, $5 for non-members. www.nswriters.bc.ca.

APRIL 21 • The Camino: Katy Hedalen, soprano, and Steven Charles, guitar, celebrate Easter week at the Silk Purse. Follow along on the sacred journey of the Camino told through stories, songs and images. 10:30 a.m. Tix. $12/15.

Reservations 604-925-7292 APRIL 19 TO MAY 1 • Blossoming: Jennifer Lamb and Maryam Vancouver join together for a colourful celebration of floral beauty at the Silk Purse Gallery. Opening reception Tuesday, April 19, 6-8 p.m.

APRIL 20 TO MAY 28 • Jennifer Harwood Waterworks: Landscape paintings thematically linked by the geographical setting of beaches in and around Vancouver. Lynn Valley Main Library. Opening reception Saturday, April 23, 2 to 4 p.m.

Successful Women Always Network Samantha Mason and I urge you to try on some “Finnspiration” too.

See you there! ~ Michelle Alford, President

update Message from our Executive Inspiration can come in many forms - a prayer, a sunset, a kind word.

It is deeply personal and I guess it depends greatly on where you look and what you are looking for. It seems that every once in a while I come across someone who truly inspires. I don’t mean someone who gives me a great idea or what they are doing gives me the thought: “Hey, I could be doing that too”. Those are really important too. But, what I really mean by ‘inspiration” is a jaw-dropping, eyes welling-up, chokedup feeling. It is more of a feeling than a thought.

It is an interesting process to look at where those feelings are initiated in your life. What resonates? What sticks and what doesn’t? This month, I am honoured to say our guest speaker is a cherished friend of mine, Sam Sullivan, who spreads “Finnspiration” and whom I admire greatly.

She brings a message from TEAM FINN and she has what I consider great “sticking power” in the inspiration realm.

There are always lots of reasons for a visit to SWAN. There is always a warm friend. There are great business relationships and a whole room full of opportunities. This month, I am positive you will be touched by

Your North Shore favourite for over 20 years

Guest Speaker Sam Sullivan will share her experiences of Finnspiration - a term born out of the life and lessons of her son, Finn Sullivan who died at age 3 of a rare form of childhood cancer. Finnspiration is a tribute, an energy and a determination that has the power to bring together a growing community to make a difference in others’ lives.

Finnspiration is the possibility of turning the unimaginable into the incredible.

The mantra of Team Finn is: RUN JUMP BOUNCE DANCE SING SMILE LOVE RIDE as these are the things he loved. The colour is pink simply because he loved pink. The polka-dots are taken from Uniqua a Backyardigan’s character because that was his favorite. And the message is quite simple too. What inspires you? What can you do to make a difference? You may choose to ride to Seattle or you may be able to do something else that is also incredible. We all have the power to make a difference. By embracing life and the lessons we learned from Finn, Team Finn has turned the unimaginable into the incredible.

We welcome you to learn more about Finn, Team Finn and Finnspiration at www.teamfinn.com

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Lovely Parkgate Place At the foot of Mt Seymour Provincial Park, and steps to Northlands Golf Course, Parkgate Place offers quality apartment living! Heritage Country Architecture & graciously spacious suites, your move from a larger home will be very easy! This 1200 sq ft home offers two bedrooms, two full baths, a large, functional kitchen & a living room that opens onto a huge covered deck from which to enjoy westerly sunshine &

views to the 13th hole at Northlands. A superb Master suite has his ‘n hers closets, double vanity and separate tub & shower. You will have the beneÀt of peace of mind here in an exceptionally well run building, with great neighbors, in a great location, within easy walking distance to Parkgate Centre, the library, rec centre, transportation & gorgeous walking trails.

Your pet is welcome. An extremely desirable home!

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Beautifully remodelled from bottom to top that beats a new house in one of the most demanding area, in Delbrook, almost 3000 sqft of high quality which fits 2 families, 2 brand new open kitchens with S/S appliances, new dark H/W floors for the entire house ,new windows with high-end coverings ,new plumbing & wiring, new roof and hot water heating system. Sitting on a newly Land Escaped lot, finally enjoy an out-door swimming pool on newly fenced and private backyard.

480 Evergreen Pl., N.V. NEW LISTING

Enjoy unobstructed view of ocean, island, and mountain from this specious two bedroom and Family room in Stonecliff next to Cypress Provincial Park, high end finishing, hardwood flooring, granite counters, S/S high end appliances, over sized washer and drying, designer window covering, A/C system. Club house with two guest suites, fitness center, spa, fireside lounge with full kitchen and conference room. Comes with two secured parking stall.

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The ultimate in luxury. This gorgeous Penthouse is being offered for the first time on the market. The private elevator will lead you into the foyer and into the lap of 3300+ square feet of luxury. You wont believe your eyes as you gaze upon the best view in West Vancouver from every room. Step onto a 1500 square foot veranda to breath in the fresh mountain air. It almost goes without saying that only the best quality finishes and fittings are featured in this home as every upgrade imaginable was ordered.

301-2255 Twin Creek Pl, W.V. $1,348,000 102-2255 Twin Creek Pl, W.V. 101-2255 Twin Creek Pl, W.V.

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SOLD Upper Lonsdale View property , 5 Bedrm plus 3 Bath, over 3000 sqf on the north side of the street, high ceiling with triple garage from the back-lane close to Hwy 1 and all the amenities.

$1,648,000 252 West 26th St., N.V.

$1,195,000

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Gorgeous, bright and beautifully-designed 4 bed/4 bath 1/2 Duplex just steps from the seaside in West Vancouver. Enter through new gates to a private and pretty landscaped garden and patio. Lovely beech wood floors lead you through a modern open-plan living space, with living room, dining room, 2-piece bath, 2 fireplaces, thoughtfully-designed kitchen and great room, all with quality finishings. A large deck off the great room provides a perfect extension for entertaining.

Outstanding 2 bdrm,2 bath in concrete bldg – feels like a house. Totally renovated in the last 2 years. Custom kitchen with cabinets to ceiling, pot lighting, quartz countertops, built in cabinets under breakfast bar. New bamboo flooring. Heated floors in both baths. Ensuite has custom cabinets and Quartz counters. New wide crown moldings throughout. 5” baseboards. New gas fireplace and facing.

2 enclosed useful decks with electricity & mesh privacy blinds. Living room and master bdrm fit large scale furniture. Floor to ceiling windows. Lots of light.

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TOP FLOOR, south facing spacious and bright one bedroom unit with balcony. JUST RENOVATED! This beautiful apartment comes with a brand new kitchen and new flooring; one storage locker and secure underground parking.

Strata fees only $201.13 includes heat, hot water and the use of free laundry facilities. Great central location, just off Lonsdale Ave shopping, rec centre, public transit.

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INDIAN RIVER - NEW LISTING Family friendly “Parkside Townhome” with plenty of room for that growing family.

Excellent location close to schools, shopping and transportation. This 3 bedroom 3 bathroom has it all. Sunny SW patio off family room, second deck off living room and a private rooftop sundeck. Built-in vacuum, 2 fireplaces, full ensuite off master, walk-in closet, island kitchen with eating area, tons of storage and an attached double garage.

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This is a tidy package. An immaculate, open plan two bedroom suite with a huge sundrenched deck and views to the city. Add laminate Áoors, in suite laundry, gas Àreplace and radiant in Áoor heating and what else do you need? How about no worries – completion of building envelope maintenance program is in the works and at no cost to you. Very pro-active council, pet friendly, maintenance includes cable and internet, quiet side of the building, huge locker etc.. All of this is minutes to Seabus, restaurants and all the amenities Lower Lonsdale has to offer. Check it out. A smart buy!

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Library comes alive with free programs

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he West Vancouver Memorial Library is offering a series of free events in the coming weeks. The library is at 1950 Marine Drive.

English Corner Come practice English conversation! Free, no registration required.

Fridays, May 6, 13, 20, 27, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Silver Surfers Day Thursday, May 5. Learn a new skill, expand your knowledge of technology, or just get your feet wet! Sessions include: Computers for Absolute Beginners, Library e-Books, Digital Photos for Beginners, Windows 7, Email, Twitter & Tweet, Ancestry Library Edition, Consumer Reports and Press Display. Call the Community Computing Centre at 604 925-7405m to register.

Opera Lecture Series with Nicolas

Krusek: Great Baroque Operas This series will introduce listeners to some of the best-loved Baroque operas, such as Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell. Attendees will also explore several of Handel’s finest masterpieces, including Julius Caesar and Xerxes.

Wednesdays, May 4,11,18, 25 and June 1, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

BOOKtopia Children’s Literature Festival promotes literacy, celebrates language arts and cultivates creative thought.

Feels So Write: Teen Authors Read BOOKtopia is delighted to host an evening of readings by secondary students from West Vancouver. This entertaining event will feature poetry and prose readings, lively music, and good food and drink. This event is open to all. Bring friends and family (and courage) and stand up in front of an audience to

perform your work. Friday, May 6, 6:30 to 9 p.m.

BOOKtopia Puppet Show The librarians of West Vancouver Memorial Library’s Youth Department have a reputation for their fabulous puppet shows, and this year’s show offers an exciting twist on the beloved children’s folktale Little Red Riding Hood plus much more. Perfect for ages three and up. This event is free and open to all.

Space is limited. Saturday, May 7. Doors open at 10 a.m.; show at 10:30.

BOOKtopia Goes to the Movies Free Sunday afternoon screenings of kids’ movies in the library. See your favourite children’s book on the big screen.

Flipped, Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m. Tangled, Sunday, May 8, 2 p.m. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Sunday, May 15, 2 p.m.

Complimentary popcorn will be served by the library’s Teen Advisory Group.

TransLink increases service for Sun Run participants, spectators

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he annual Vancouver Sun Run takes over downtown Vancouver on Sunday April 17 and, as usual, the TransLink family of companies is providing additional service to the event.

The event is expected to draw 55,000 runners, plus spectators, to the downtown core and with numerous street closures during the morning, public transit will be your best bet for getting downtown and back.

Because it’s a Sunday, Transit customers need only pay a single-zone fare of $2.50 for

adults and $1.75 for children, high school students with a valid GoCard, seniors aged 65 or better and HandyCard holders.

Canada Line will launch at its usual time of 5:05 a.m. and will provide additional service for inbound crowds.

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West Van police host family carnival at Park Royal

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The event is at the back of the Park Royal South Mall behind Extra Foods. All families and youth are invited to attend and enjoy midway games, rides and treats.

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Friday, April 15 from 3 to 11 p.m.

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MAY 7 â&#x20AC;˘Burrard Yacht Club Sailpast: Ceremonies and reception at the clubhouse, 10 Gostick Place, North Vancouver. Call 604-9880817 or email info@burrardyachtclub.com if you plan to attend.

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Metro Van waste diversion meeting

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hile the Metro Vancouver region as a whole has a current garbage diversion rate of 55 per cent, the waste diversion rate for the multi-family residential sector is only 16 percent.

With the majority of our growing population expected to live in multi-family residential, how do we accelerate waste diversion in this sector? The multifamily residential sector faces unique challenges such as shared garbage bins, limited space for adding containers to collect recyclables or organics, and limited access for recycling collection vehicles. How do we overcome these challenges and who needs to be involved?

These questions and others will be explored at a Future of the Region Sustainability Dialogue about multi-family recycling.

The event is April 19 at the Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver.

Lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to noon, with the panel discussion to begin at noon.

The panelists are: • Ken Carrusca, division manager, Metro Vancouver • Tony Gioventu, executive director, Condominium Home Owners’ Association (CHOA) • Ralph D. McRae, chairman, Northwest Waste Solutions • Marg Gordon, CEO, BC Apartment Owners and Managers Association • Allen Lynch, Manager, North Shore Recycling Program • Raqib Brian Burke, Zero Waste recycling pilot program coordinator, Quayside Village Cohousing.

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Firefighter recruitment on the North Shore

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A variety of rewarding careers exist within the fire services departments which may include firefighter, fire inspector and mechanic.

Fire personnel and municipal staff will be on hand to provide information on the role of firefighters, qualifications required (e.g. skills and abilities, education), steps in the application process, and to answer questions about employ-

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