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The City’s Annual Municipal Report (AMR) enables Council and the public to measure the City's progress toward established goals and objectives, while identifying successes, challenges and new opportunities. Copies of the AMR are available at City Hall or at www.cnv.org.
- Residential Heritage Conservation - Commercial Heritage Conservation - Small Scale Heritage Improvement - Heritage Awareness Achievement - Heritage Project Achievement Additional information, including nomination forms are available at www.cnv.org/ Heritage. The submission deadline is December 3, 2010.
Saving Energy Just Got Easier Did you know that items such as televisions, computers, microwaves, lamps and coffee makers continue to draw power even after you turn them off? An energy monitoring device can help you measure and track the amount of electricity used by various appliances and electronic devices in your home. Two different energy monitoring devices - The Kill A Watt Meter and The PowerCost Monitor - are available from the City Library for a three-week loan period. Check them out today, the results might surprise you! Details at www.cnv.org/ EnergyMeters.
2010 United Way Campaign a Success! The City has surpassed its fundraising goal for the United Way, raising over $35,000. The success of this year’s campaign was supported by a proactive staff program that encouraged financial participation through raffles, fundraising events and a salary contribution program. Thank you to the numerous individuals and local businesses for your generous support.
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REMEMBRANCE DAY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 OBSERVE, HONOUR AND REMEMBER
On the North Shore we welcome all veterans and the public to attend the memorial service of your choice. Please gather at either the Memorial Arch in West Vancouver or the Cenotaph in North Vancouver, between 10:00 and 10:30am. Two minutes of silence will be observed at 11:00 am. Throughout the year, Canadians will honour, remember and teach our youth about the contributions and sacrifices of our veterans.
Remembrance Day Services will be held at: Memorial Arch, 20th Street at Marine Dr., West Vancouver.
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Scottish-born veteran Bob Maley has been involved in planning the North Vancouver Remembrance Day Parade since 1982. Still, he insists this story shouldn’t be about him. Cat Barr encounters princesses, superheroes witches and more as she searches for tricks and treats at the Lonsdale Quay’s special Halloween afternoon.
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t’s about hope, says Jane Webley. Admittedly it is not a word people often equate with death, but it is something the Vancouver Coastal Health palliative care manager strives to achieve every day. Above (L-R): “We can't choose when we die, Hospice project but we can change how we die,” manager Wendy she says, as she reaches North Peare, GM Allan Shore Hospice’s main hall. Turner and Jane Two years ago Webley moved Webley, manager from England to Canada, specifiVancouver Coastal cally to work on crafting the North Health Palliative Shore’s first hospice facility. Care. Right: Chef Built on Lions Gate Hospital Richard Buchner. property on East 14th Street, the Rob Newell photos $8-million project was funded by donations. Every little detail of the 1,400-square-foot building — from the level of the windows so that patients can look outside while lying in bed to the sound-proof counselling room — was combed through with the help of Webley. It has been an exciting journey, Webley says. Yesterday (Nov. 3) the first patients moved in, but on Monday Webley was busy with finishing touches. “Where do the boulders go?” asks a man in a hard hat. With the exception of the water piece and apparently some boulders, the garden is complete. The 15-bed facility smells new, a meld of leather furniture and clean carpet. Adjacent to the pristine white hall are two entertainment rooms complete with flat-screen televisions. At one end of the long high-ceiling room, is a large open window. It provides a glimpse into an immaculate stainless steel kitchen. The kitchen serves an important roll in the building, Webley notes. Most palliative care patients don’t feel hungry, but with scheduled baking and continuous creation of goodies, Webley says the kitchen will aid in encouraging patients to eat. “We are hoping that the smells of the food will whet their appetites,” she says. Besides the chef, the facility includes a hairdresser and spa. There is also a hydro therapy bath tub, which uses sound waves to massage muscles. And near the building’s entrance is a sacred space blessed by nine different religions. “They all came at once,” Webley says of the religious authorities. “They watched each others rituals. It was very moving.” The new Vancouver Coastal Health-run hospice will offer programs for end-of-life patients living at home, as well as caregivers and people who have lost loves ones. It’s really more than just a building, Webley explains. Every year, there are approximately 450 deaths of people in the organization's program. The support also impacts the countless family members and friends who are left behind. “We basically want to help people live until the day they die,” Webley says.
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Looking after all the animals is no small task. A single cat costs the branch approximately $475 per stay. Dogs’ fees average $485 per stay. The West Vancouver branch has approximately 60 animals under its care at any given time. Currently, there are 17 puppies being raised at the facility. They will be up for adoption in the coming months. For more information on the West Vancouver SPCA call 604-922-4622 or visit www.spca.bc.ca.
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est Vancouver council is involved in some serious trash talking. On Monday night, councillors reluctantly endorsed Metro Vancouver’s Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Plan, a program that comes with increased bills. The B.C. Environmental Management Act requires regional governments to submit solid waste plans for provincial approval once every five years. Because of the 1995 guidelines, Metro Vancouver was able to divert 55 per “(Metro Vancouver) are cent of recyclable and compost waste from landfills. This year’s plan up the out of control and our anti to a planned 70 per cent diverrate by 2015. taxpayers are the ones sion While the sentiment is right, Coun. Soprovich noted Metro’s five-year that have to pick up Bill goals result in a net average annual of $130,000 for West Vancouver. this tab.” cost Taking that into account, district staff Bill Soprovich expect next year’s solid waste utility WV councillor charges to increase by $15 to $20. “(Metro Vancouver) are out of control and our taxpayers are the ones that have to pick up this tab,” Soprovich said. Metro estimates garbage tipping fees will rise from $97 per tonne in 2011 to $185 per tonne by 2015. The organic waste service’s increase is smaller, jumping from $65 per tonne next year to $75 by 2015. There are also costs associated with next year’s municipal-wide expansion of yard trimming pickup to include food scraps. Add to that the transition bill related to reducing garbage pickup to a bi-weekly service by 2012. To meet the new targets, the district anticipates the North Shore Recycling Program — a three-way North Shore municipality partnership —
TALKIN’ TRASH - Metro Vancouver’s Integrated Solid Waste Resource Management Plan was endorsed by West Van council earlier this week, but not without criticism over increased costs and tipping fees from mayor and councillors. File photo
will have to hire an additional staff member. Overall, Metro and all member municipalities expenditures will total $170 million in one-time capital costs and $40 million in annual operating costs. Metro heavily relies on tipping fees to cover garbage services, a system that needs to change, Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones said. As the volume of garbage drops, the price to collect it climbs, she noted. “Metro is going to have to redo its financial delivery for the long-term to not rely on that,” Goldsmith-Jones said. The continuous increase seen in Metro bills is not sustainable, she said. On principal, Goldsmith-Jones was one of six Metro Vancouver directors to vote against Metro’s 2011 budget — a vote in which both North Vancouver city and district mayors raised their hands in favour. The district’s 2011 solid waste utility rates will be presented to council in the coming weeks.
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$200,000 bill needs to be vetted through budget process, councillors say. REBECCA ALDOUS S TA F F R E P O RT E R
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est Vancouver artists will have to stay put a little longer before making a proposed jump to the seaside. The Klee Wyck community arts centre needs a new home. This summer, the district warned it may be forced to close the historic estate in the coming year. The main building, located at 200 Keith Rd., doesn’t meet municipal safety standards, according to a staff report. At Monday night’s council meeting, staff proposed to spend $200,000 to bring municipallyowned houses at 1756 and 1758 Argyle Ave. up to code and relocate Klee Wyck’s arts and cultural groups to the seaside lots. The plan solves the problem of finding a
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place for Klee Wyck users, while reaffirming the district’s respect for the arts, Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones said. Klee Wyck would require more expensive upgrades in order to stay open, she added. “If we don’t (do this), we have an even bigger problem,” Goldsmith-Jones said. Passing the request would be jumping the gun, Coun. Michael Smith warned. It needs to go through the upcoming 2011 budget process with other capital expenses, he said. While in support of local arts and the expansion of a cultural hub in Ambleside, Smith said the report didn’t consider the ongoing costs of running the facility, who would call the new site home and how much rent would be charged. Coun. Shannon Walker agreed with Smith. She questioned whether Klee Wyck’s reloca-
tion should be included in an overall arts master plan. Although in support of the move, the report needed a little more meat, Walker said. “We’ve had stronger debates over $15,000,” she said. In the end, council voted in favour of including the request in budget discussions. Considering that process is taking place over the next couple of months, the decision will not unduly delay Klee Wyck’s move, deputy chief administrative officer Brent Leigh said. Included in the reports, was a recommendation to spend $150,000 over the next five years on the Ferry Building Art Gallery, the Music Box and the Silk Purse, of which $14,000 is proposed to come from next year’s budget.
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Lest we forget Bob Maley is the man behind the largest Remembrance Day parade in Canada.
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he working title of this article may have body, they’re here in spirit.” been “Coffee with Bob Maley,” but that is One such person is Reg Lewis, an honoured misleading, for two reasons. and highly-revered member of the North Shore Firstly, there wasn’t any java involved when this Veterans’ Council Canada (NSVCC) who passed reporter sat down with Maley on a park bench in away only days before last year’s parade. Lewis was Victoria Park near the North Vancouver cenotaph. a former flying officer with the Royal Canadian Air And secondly, this story, insists Maley, isn’t about Force. Even as he grew sick with cancer in his midhim. It’s about Canada’s veterans and the sacrifices 80s, he continued to march proudly at the front of they’ve made for our country. the parade, refusing to ride in a vehicle. “Put it this way, I wouldn’t be “It’s hard to lose sitting here today if it weren’t for people from one year them,” says Maley bluntly. “They’re to the next,” says Maley. the ones that deserve all the credit. “When we lost Reg there Not me.” was a big hole that can’t For the past few months, be filled. He was like a Greg Hoekstra Maley has been working dilifather to me, he was the ghoekstra@northshore gently on plans for next week’s one who got me to join outlook.com Remembrance Day parade and the Legion many years celebration. The job of parade ago.” marshal means a great deal of As a member of the work and it takes a disciplined veterans’ council, Maley man to manage the team that organizes the most has been involved in the parade’s planning for 28 well-attended Remembrance Day ceremony in years. Seven years ago, he was appointed parade Canada. marshal by the City of North Vancouver mayor and Yes, you read that right. Last year North since that time he has seen the parade swell in size Vancouver’s Remembrance Day parade drew — a surge he thinks is due to increased media covupwards of 10,000 people and a contingent of 120 erage and Canada’s mission in Afghanistan. Mounties — larger than even the ceremony at the “Since 2002 it’s been getting a lot more expoNational War Memorial in our nation’s capital. sure,” he says. “People are coming out. They’re With that in mind, Maley says it’s usually this proud of their veterans.” time of year that his nerves kick into overdrive. Still, arranging a large event is always a chal“I start getting goosebumps. There are a lot of lenge, both logistically and financially. Both the sleepless nights,” he says. city and the RCMP do make contributions, but the On the morning of Nov. 11, Maley will be up bulk of the money is raised through private donors before dawn, ready to report to the park by 6:30 and corporate sponsors, like The Eagles Club, the a.m. Once there, he rolls up his sleeves and starts Black Bear Pub and the Queen’s Cross Pub. helping city staff set up. Not exactly in the parade But, as much work as the volunteers put into the marshal’s job description, but he’s been doing it for parade, it’s paltry in comparison to the sacrifice years. made by Canada’s war heroes, and Maley makes “I get my hands dirty with the rest of the guys, that clear, time and time again. then I go home, get changed, and come back in my “I’m not looking for gratitude, it’s not about uniform,” he explains. “I wear many hats.” me, it’s about carrying the torch for the vets,” he Maley — a Scottish-born vet who served with reminds me as our interview comes to an end. the British army during the terrorist attacks in “It’s important work, and I’ll continue to do it as Northern Ireland and a peacekeeping mission long as I can breathe.” in Cypress — says his admiration and respect for Canada’s war vets has grown daily since he immi–The North Shore’s Remembrance Day ceremograted to North Van in the late 1970s. nies take place next Thursday, Nov. 11, beginning He also thinks Canada deserves a great deal of at 10:45 a.m. The parade forms on East Keith credit for recognizing Nov. 11 as a statutory holiRoad at Chesterfield Avenue and continues on day — something he can’t say of his former hometo the Victoria Park cenotaph prior to the serland. vice. Following the service, the parade reforms on “I think Canada has it right. It’s very important Lonsdale Avenue at East 12th Street and marches that we keep the memory of [veterans’] sacrifice to the 6th Field Engineers (JP Fell) Armoury. alive,” says Maley. “Although they’re not here in
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There’s plenty to pay for More than a few eyebrows went up last week with the news that British Columbians will see their provincial income tax bills trimmed by 15% to make up for the harmonized sales tax. Whether you think Premier Gordon Campbell is buying votes or simply making good on his promise to deal with the discontent over the so-called Hated Sales Tax, it hardly matters. The real question is can the B.C. government afford the tax break or will we pay in other ways? After a diet of bad budget news and less than stellar economic predictions, it seems now isn’t the best time for a tax break. Health care is struggling, the education system is strained and money is scarce for important transit improvements. Can these important government institutions be sustained when the treasury will bleed by $568 million next year? It’s true that an extra $30 to $50 a month might help on the spending end for individuals whose household budgets are continuously being hit by higher costs. And the province says it can afford to give some cash back because corporate balance sheets are recovering, resulting in $2.1 billion in additional government revenue over program spending over the next three years. But even if government coffers do fill up, is a quick refund for angry taxpayers the way to go? Perhaps enhanced investments in education, healthy care and transit might do more good. In education, for example, school districts are continuing to struggle to meet class size and composition regulations under Bill 33. There are doubts the basic education needs of students are being met at the same time as the province is rolling out fullday kindergarten, Strong Start programs and other initiatives that will require significant ongoing investments. In health care, hospitals struggle with waiting lists for elective surgery and have to fundraise constantly to keep up to date with technology. The Tri-Cities doesn’t have a full-time homeless shelter, in part because there’s no money to operate it. Transit is also at stalemate. TransLink has yet to develop a sustainable funding base, the Evergreen Line is still short of cash and the cities are fighting over where rapid transit should go next. Cash back or re-investment? That’s a question that deserves more discussion. –Black Press
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— LET TERS TO THE EDITOR — Preserving Canada’s military history Editor, This year marked the 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. As a member of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program and its Operation Legacy, a group of committed young people who are dedicated to preserving Canada’s military heritage, I would like to highlight this anniversary by making the public aware of The Canadian Army Newsreels being released on DVD by The War Amps. In cooperation with Library and Archives Canada, The War Amps is making the complete set of The Canadian Army Newsreels available to the public for the first time, as part of its Military Heritage Series. Featuring more than 20 hours of footage, this six-DVD set contains 106 newsreels filmed and produced by the Canadian Army Film Unit. Army cameramen documented the Canadian troops in training and on the front lines. They scooped the world on major events; including the invasion of Sicily and D-Day.
As an example: With over-population at crisis levels the world over, population projections just released by BC Stats show that B.C.’s population in 2036 will still only be 6.1 million, or 6.5 people per square kilometre. Even with so many people seeking the fantastic opportunities that B.C. has to offer, 6.1 million people hardly constitutes overcrowding because B.C. has the land and the resources to absorb this increase. B.C. also has a nearly-unparalleled desire to meet the needs of this population growth in environmentally sustainable ways and with respect for our natural spaces. A lot of thought has been going Kendra Blakely, into answering questions like how Operation Legacy Member we can power our homes, our stoves, and our TVs in the future and how we can do so sustainably. Luckily, B.C. has the potential Lots to be thankful to generate three for times the clean Editor, energy There was so much You can comment on BC hydro to be thankful for this currently Thanksgiving in B.C. any story you read at produces, No matter how northshoreoutlook.com and that’s you measure it, we way more are truly among the than luckiest people in the n what is needed to world. Members of Operation Legacy are donating The Canadian Army Newsreels to their local libraries to help spread the message of remembrance to their communities across Canada. A vignette about the Canadian Army Film Unit, and samples of the newsreels, can be viewed on The War Amps YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/warampsofcanada or at waramps.ca. The newsreels and all documentaries in The War Amps Canadian Military Heritage Series are available at a cost-recovery price by calling 1 800 250-3030 or visiting waramps.ca.
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Return of the cottage? Michael Geller’s proposed housing project would redevelop three singlefamily properties in West Vancouver with three smaller ‘cottage-style’ duplexes and coach houses.
Michael Geller argues that the key to affordable housing is to make more efficient use of land. He proposes that this singlefamily lot could house two residences in a cottagestyle duplex, plus one more unit in a carriage house over the garage. Rob Newell photos
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ocean views. And, if well-known local designer Michael Geller gets his wish, the return of the Craftsman Cottage will soon be upon us, harkening back to the those early, seemingly simpler times. “What I have in mind is a ‘downsizing but not downscaling’ demonstration project in the block bounded by Esquimalt, 20th Street, Fulton and 21st
Street,” says Geller, over a cup of tea. “It’s really infill housing, but making maximum use of the available space in a fashion that fits into the character of the neighbourhood or ‘gentle densification’ that would allow two or three homes to be built on one appropriately located lot.” Geller’s proposal has been going through the planning and approval process in West Vancouver for some time. Known as Bowling Green, the properties sit adjacent to the West Van lawn bowling club, next to the seniors’ and community centres just off Marine Drive. Geller describes this location as a “most suitable” place for this type of housing. His proposal is to redevelop three single-family properties with three smaller
duplexes and three coach houses. West Vancouver city planner Stephen Mikicich explains that the cottages – which are really just duplexes and coach houses – will average about 1,400-square-feet, with one larger unit at 1,700-square-feet. But after several public meetings, he says the community seems split on the proposal. “There has been some concern expressed about changes to the character of the neighbourhood and about parking,” he says. “Also, will it set a precedent for other projects? But there has also been a lot of interest in new housing like this and a lot of people have told us they like it.” City staff will report to council in December or January about changes to the Official Community
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Plan (OCP) amendment effecting this particular block. Any rezoning will not set a precedent for other sites in the city. In order for this type of housing to be built, Geller says, the proposal will need some help. Required first are both an amendment and a rezoning. Rather than “spot-zone” just these three properties, the District of West Vancouver, with the support of the adjacent property owners, is proposing to amend the OCP) for the full block. This will allow council to consider re-zoning for the remaining properties, which could be redeveloped over time with similar forms of housing providing they respect the surrounding neighbourhood’s single-family character. “I am hopeful that this project will be approved in order to help people understand what ‘gentle densification’ could look like in West Vancouver,” says Geller. On May 18, West Van hosted a public forum on housing titled: “Housing that Fits Us and Fits In,” focussing on the topic of infill housing which said infills could include a detached modest-sized dwelling (1,500-sq.-ft.) added to a property with an existing single-family property. It could also be two smaller houses sharing one lot. Or, Michael Geller a smaller house on a smaller Architect and land developer subdivided plot. A modest-scale attached dwelling units in a duplex (two units) or triplex (three units) would also fit the bill. As discussed in the forum, infill housing is seen as “bridging the gap” in housing choices between the two most prominent options in West Vancouver, a single-family house or an apartment in a multi-family residential building. “The demand is huge, and there are two main target markets for this sort of development,” Geller explains. “First are the owners of large lots and large houses where the family has left. These ‘empty nesters’ may wish to move to a smaller unit, but they don’t want to move to an apartment or townhouse. Then there are those owners of small houses on small lots. Either way, there is a demand for a new type of housing in West Vancouver. I use the word ‘infill’ because that’s what it really describes.” Nowhere in the discussions about densification and retaining neighbourhood character is there any mention of another, more serious, subject of aging. West Vancouver is one of the oldest communities in Canada, and there remains a huge need for appropriate accommodations for those people who have outgrown the homes in which they have always lived. Geller says he has given this topic much thought, and incorporated his thinking into the overall design of the cottages. Not only will there be front porches to put up one’s feet and space to raise one’s rose bushes, but each of the two-bedroom duplexes will have its own ensuite bathroom. Not for unwanted offspring to hang around beyond their past due date, but just in case one’s spouse happens to snore or you might need a caregiver nearby. When it comes to building quality infill developments in choice locations, it helps to think of everything. newsroom@northshoreoutlook.com
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fter 96 years, the gleaming silver King George sword found its way home. It shines under the lights of the North Vancouver’s JP Fell Armoury. Its long pointed blade is smooth to the touch, its craftsmanship combining elegance with power. Etched on its surface is its owner’s name — Percy Ward. The sword was given to the 6 Field Engineer Company captain before he boarded a ship headed for the muddy trenches in France during the First World War. Combat was nothing new to the British War historian Brian Seward displays the sword native. Twelve years earlier, before he called that belonged to Percy Ward, a North Van North Vancouver home, Ward had battled resident who belonged the 6 Field Engineer on the hot plains of South Africa in the First Company. Rebecca Aldous photo Anglo-Boer War. And so the sword awaited Ward’s return, safely stored in his house at 219 tiny Edmonton pawn shop even discovered medLonsdale Ave. als belonging to Ward’s brother, John. But how the sword found its way back to “I paid $50 for them,” he says. “It was kind of Ward’s First World War training base is a tale a shot in the dark.” that took place only last month. Percy Ward is an important figure in the It starts with Brian Seward, a diligent North armoury’s history. He was one of the first to sign Vancouver resident who for the past 50 years has on with the company in 1911. Ward trained men been preserving the stories of soldiers who have at the base and by the end of the First World marched with the 6 Field Engineer Squadron. War, he returned to the North Shore a major. Three years ago, Seward opened a small Ward was also a big name in North Vancouver. museum on the ground floor of the armoury. In 1909, he started the district’s first real estate His collection began with a few boxes of records business. After the Great War, he went on to be and pictures, marked for the garbage bin dura North Vancouver alderman for four years. In ing building renovations. It has grown to include 1935, Ward was awarded the King George Medal medals, weapons, uniforms, flags and other dayfor his service to the community. to-day items soldiers used during battle. Ward was also known as Mr. Hospital because Seward is always on the hunt for memorahe was a government advisor and leading authorbilia pertaining to the North Van squadron. He’s ity in hospital administration in North America. found medals in garbage cans, been sent inforSo when his grandson, Gary Silverton, called mation from soldiers’ long lost relatives and in a Seward having seen an article about him in a newspaper, Seward was, understandably, very enthused. When Silverton offered Seward Ward’s sword, he was moved. “It is exciting for me because I believe in keeping history alive so it doesn’t happen again,” he says. Ward gave Silverton the sword and some army gear from when Silverton joined the reserve army. Until that moment, Silverton knew nothing of Ward’s involvement in the military and Ward hadn’t offered anything up. Reflecting upon it, Silverton guesses Ward didn’t want his name use for any kind of gain. “It’s typical,” Silverton adds. “No one wants to tell the story of building bridges in a war zone and being shot at.” As for donating the sword to the armoury, Silverton says it just felt like the right thing to do. “It was sitting in the house. I didn’t look at it,” he says. “If people will get something out of looking at it, that’s great.” Now it rests in the museum, besides a picture of Ward and his brother’s medals. raldous@northshoreoutlook.com
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Rarely Available Detached Luxury Townhome RIDDLE
Kasha Riddle 604 803.7070 Video @ www.kriddle.com Just listed, an immaculately kept free standing 3 BDRM, over 2600 SQ FT townhome in a quiet and prestigious Edenshaw. It boasts an open fl oor plan with dramatic vaulted ceilings, spacious bright rooms, quality fi nishing and high end kitchen appliances. This beautifully appointed home is situated in a private setting with lovely vistas - there are peek-a boo –views from sunny terrace and patio and throughout the home and
the house itself, truly more like a house than a townhome. Just minutes from Caulfeild Village, Caulfeild Elementary, and Rockridge high school as well a gorgeous walking trails and quaint beaches, this home is quiet stated elegance. A wonderful treasure in an exclusive neighbourhood! Take advantage of this special, best West Vancouver offering and call Kasha Riddle for a private viewing.
#16-5110 Alderfeild Place, Caulfeild, West Vancouver
$1,349,000
Serving Borrowers and Investors Since 1978
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Fantastic Ground Level Paradise
• Oceanic Gardens
• Cul-de-sac rancher
• 914 sqft Penthouse
• 7200 sqft property
• Only 14 suites
• 3 bedrm, 2 bathrm
• 2 bedrm, 2 bathrm
• Bonus Upstairs OfÄce
• Wonderful ocean views
• Private Back Yard Oasis
#303-2242 Marine Dr. West Van
$765,000
1723 Medwin Place, North Van
Turns Out It’s Fantastic!
Even Better With You In It... • Desirable Upper Blueridge • 60 x 135 property
• Cul-de-sac of Äne homes • Stunning open plan
• Baden Powell Trails
• 3 level, 4 bedrm, 3 bathrm
• Blueridge Elementary
• City, harbour, ocean views!
$929,000
4456 Regency Place, West Van
$1,475,000
A Dream Did Come True...
Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
• Completely rebuilt in 2009
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• 3,345 sqft home • Custom Built in 2010
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• Corner property w/ views
• Corner 40 x 150 Property
• 3800 sqft home
• 4 bedrms, 5 bathrms
• 3 level, 4 bdrms
• 1 bedrm Legal Suite
• Self-contained in-law suite
575 E 17th Street, North Van
$1,679,000
Watching The Sunrise
890 Anderson Cr., West Van
• In the Heart of Caulfeild
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• Great Family Home
2422 Hyannis Drive, North Van
N OPEN U S 2-4
New Listing $899,000
768 Grand Boulevard, North Van
$1,799,000
Beauty That Feeds Your Soul...
• Sentinel Hill Tudor
• Headland Park
• Unobstructed city views
• Hollingsworth Design
• Elegantly appointed
• 3,274 sqft 3 bdrm, 3 bthrm
• 3 levels, 5 bdrms, media rm
• Outstanding Ocean Views
• 11,765 sqft property
• Coming soon
(New Listing) $2,150,000
4997 Meadfeild Wynd, West Van
$2,850,000
Chocolates for Breakfast
Entertaining For Life!! • No HST! • Headland Park • Architecturally designed
N OPEN SU 2-4
• Whitby Estates • Spectacular city views • Custom built in 2001
• Built 2007, 3981 sqft
• Elevator, 3 levels
• 3 bdrm + den, 1/2 Duplex
• 13,179 sqft property
4942 Meadfeild Rd. West Van
$3,275,000
2379 Constantine Place, West Van
L L L RE/MAX
LIONEL LORENCE
CLAYTON LORENCE
604.644.3700
604.644.0500
#200-1455 BELLEVUE AVENUE, WEST VANCOUVER
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New Price $3,850,000
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L L IONEL L ORENCE L It’s the experience! This Will Move You...
Hell Yah It’s a 10!
• Bosa’s Paramount II • Only 6 suites per Åoor!
• Upper Blueridge
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• 4 level split Family Home
• 1,058 sqft 2 bdrm, 2 bthrm
• 11,000 corner property
• North, South & West Views
• Backing onto Trillium Creek
• Steps to Metrotown #1704-5899 Wilson Ave, Burnaby
$449,000
• In-Law Accommodation 2760 Walpole Cr., North Van
Country Elegance...
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• Dundarave 1/2 Duplex
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• 3 levels
• Vintage 1950’s Tudor Style • 32,452 sqft, 0.745 Acre lot
• in-law accommodation
• 5 bedrm, 4 bathrm
• MagniÄcent ocean views
• Downtown Views
$1,275,000
What A Menu...
1138 Millstream Rd. West Van
$1,449,000
Today... Tomorrow...Everyday...
• Edge Harbourfront Lofts
• Architecturally designed
• 1400 sqft, 2 levels
• Ocean & mountain views
• 600 sqft terrace
• 19,000 sqft property
• Meticulously Redesigned
• 3835 sqft home
• 2 bedrm, 2 bathrm
• 3 bdrms, 3 bths
#624-289 Alexander St, Vancouver
$1,799,000
5924 Eagleridge Dr. West Van
$1,995,000
Incredible Views...
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• British Properties Estate
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• 3 bedrms, 4 bathrms
2323 Bellevue Ave. West Van
SOL
$1,049,000
• Brand New Phase II
• Modern contemporary
• By Russell Hollingsworth
• Re-designed
• 4652 sqft of luxury
• By Brian Hemingway
• Panoramic views
• 4775 sqft, ocean views
• Headland Park
• 3 level, swimming pool
4989 Meadfeild Wynd. West Van
$2,800,000
6008 Eagleridge Dr. West Van
One Of A Kind Waterfront Estate
$2,950,000
Incredible Views...
• 30,500 sq ft property
• West Van Waterfront
• 400 sq ft of waterfront
• 21,000 sqft property
• 4 bedrm, 3 baths
• 2352 sqft home
• Breathtaking Views
• 2 levels
• Amazing opportunity
• 3 bedrms
Address & Price Upon Request
6261 Taylor Dr. West Van
L L L RE/MAX
LIONEL LORENCE
CLAYTON LORENCE
604.644.3700
604.644.0500
#200-1455 BELLEVUE AVENUE, WEST VANCOUVER
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$4,800,000
LIONEL
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When Fashion is Before You....
• Prestigious Altamont
• $700,000 interest free loan
• Vintage Circa 1950’s
• 1300 sqft penthouse
• 91 x 132 Level Property
• False Creek views
• Great Building Potential
• 2 bdrms, 2 bathrms
• West Bay Catchment
• Steps to Granville Island
1380 29th St, West Van
$1,049,000
#1102-1485 W 6th St., Vancouver
Fairmont Pacific Rim Residences • The Fairmont PaciÄc Rim • 1307 sqft apartment
$1,265,000
Mr & Mrs Good Times • Award Winning Edenshaw
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• 2700 sqft, great views
• 2 bedrms, 2 bathrms
• 3 bedrm, 2.5 baths
• Luxurious details
• 2 Levels, 3 Fireplaces
• South West city views
• Steps to Caulfeild Village
#4004-1011 W Cordova St. Vancouver
$1,575,000
#3-5110 Alderfeild Place. West Van
Busting with Possibilities...
$1,799,000
Everyday is Something New...
• Deep Cove Waterfront
• Brand new luxury building
• Deep water moorage
• 1621 sqft, 3 bdrm + den
• 11,000 sqft property
• Waterfront, SW Corner
• Breathtaking views
• Exceptional quality
• 3055 sqft, 4 bedrms
• City & Harbour views
1840 Naomi Place, North Van
$1,999,000
#802-133 E Esplanade Ave. North Van
Perfect Waterfront Escape...
$2,185,000
Rocky Top • Brand New Phase II
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• Seawalk Place • Premiere waterfront
SOL
• By Russell Hollingswoth
• 1557 sqft 2 bdrm, 2 bthrm
• 3100 sqft of luxury
• Fantastically redone
• Panoramic views
• SE corner suite
• Headland Park
#6E-111 18th Street, West Van
$2,500,000
4987 Meadfeild Wynd. West Van
Exclusive & Luxurious
$2,600,000
Watch The Sun Go Down...
• Headland Park • Hollingsworth Design
• Waterfront estate
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• Custom built 2003
• 3,306 sqft 3 bdrm, 3 bthrm
• 8084 sqft, 8 bedrms
• Outstanding Ocean Views
• Outdoor pool
• Coming soon
•22,000 sqft property
4995 Meadfeild Wynd, West Van
$3,500,000
8935 Lawrence Way, West Van
L L L RE/MAX
LIONEL LORENCE
CLAYTON LORENCE
604.644.3700
604.644.0500
#200-1455 BELLEVUE AVENUE, WEST VANCOUVER
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L L IONEL L ORENCE L It’s the experience! Stop Thinking, Just Do It!
Changing Lights
• Building site • Eagleridge area
• 1,938 sqft, 3 Levels
• 25,000 sqft property
• 2/3 bedrm & 3.5 Bathrm
• Cul-de-sac of Äne homes
• City & Harbour Views
$750,000
331 East 8th St, North Van
West Coast Architectural Masterpiece • Private Cul-de-sac
$895,000
Take Your Chance... • British Properties Estate
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• 3480 sqft
• 28,000 sqft property
• 4 bed, 3.5 bath
• 2400 sqft, 2 levels
• Bonus Artist Studio!
• Swimmimg pool
• Sensational Ocean Views
• 3 or 4 bedrms, 2 bathrms
160 Sunset Drive, Lions Bay
$1,050,000
181 Stevens Dr. West Van
Classic Architecture
$1,100,000
Dundarave By The Sea
• Arthur Erickson
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• 1/2 Duplex, Built in 2007
• Great views
5912 Eagleridge Dr. West Van
SOL
• Central Lonsdale Location
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• Dundarave 1/2 Duplex
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• Custom built in 1963
SOL
• Ocean & harbour views
• 23,000 sqft property
• Renovation in 2009
• Gorgeous outdoor pool
• 2535 sqft home
• Ocean & island views
• 3 levels, 3 bedrms
5185 Keith Rd. West Van
$1,599,000
2325 Bellevue Ave. West Van
$1,765,000
Raise Your Sensations...
Lighting Up The Party • Ambleside location
• Custom Built
• Custom build in 2006
• Altamont, contemporary
• 3,702 sqft 3 level home
• 20,000 sqft property
• Exceptional detail
• 4269 sqft, 3 levels
• Spectacular home
• 4 bedrms, Den
1165 Haywood Ave. West Van
$2,195,000
1770 29th St. West Van
$2,850,000
Celebrate Your Success
Unique Mountain Top Paradise... • Headland Park
• Lions Bay Waterfront
• Hollingsworth Design
• 17,000 sqft property
• 3,283 sqft 3 bdrm, 3 bthrm
• Ocean & mountain views
• Outstanding Ocean Views
• Rancher, 2039 sqft
• Coming soon
• Swimming pool
4999 Meadfeild Wynd, West Van
$2,950,000
70 Lions Bay Ave. Lions Bay
L L L RE/MAX
LIONEL LORENCE
CLAYTON LORENCE
604.644.3700
604.644.0500
#200-1455 BELLEVUE AVENUE, WEST VANCOUVER
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$3,250,000
LIONEL
ORENCE
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Stunning internationally acclaimed Hulbert architect-designed 5400 s.f. 4/5 bedroom 6 bathroom contemporary on a private forested 1.27 acre Rockridge Estate with breathtaking panoramic ocean and city views, huge outdoor pool, hot tub, bbq area, cabana and patio.
Freshly updated, wonderful West Coast style 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom Caulfeild home nestled on one of the most gorgeous, 17000+sqft beautifully landscaped private lawns & gardens.
4230 Rockridge Cres., Rockridge, West Vancouver $3,788,000 MLS®#V848432
4650 Rutland Road, Caulfeild, West Vancouver $1,395,000 MLS®# V848513
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Calling all Artists - SEMI-WATERFRONT opportunity! Your own private ‘Shangri-La’ 2 bedroom cottage & 3 storey cedar & glass artists studio, high above W.V Yacht Club & Marina over rocky cliffs to sea, sky & Arbutus trees.
Sought-after Gleneagles, in the area of multi million dollar homes, 2009 sleek & welcoming West Coast remodel. 2 level, 3-4 bedroom, 2 full bath, 2500sqft home sparkles on manicured 14,000+ sqft property right above Gleneagles Golf course, future expansion possible. 20 mins to downtown.
5809 Marine Drive, Eagleridge, West Vancouver $1,188,000 MLS®# V847808
6266 St. Georges Avenue, Gleneagles, West Vancouver $1,139,000 MLS®# V845193
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Super south facing 7400 sqft property, adorable 1930’s 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom “Buttercup Cottage”, perfect for future development in an area of multi million dollar homes on prominent Erwin Drive, “the golden circle”.
Wow! Just under 4000 sq. ft. Bright spacious 4 bedroom tudor style classic,fabulous family home with large bedrooms up including master suite. Cross hall formal living room/dining rooms off grand foyer, a spiral staircase. Large open plan kitchen and family room with new (08) stainless steel appliances & fireplace. Opens out to large deck & mountain views. Lower level one bedroom suite plus games room & rec room. Furnace & Hot Water tank (2009). Suite (2007). Great value here.
Peace and tranquility, this gorgeous & bright 2500 sq.ft. 2 bedroom & den, 4 bathroom townhome has peek-a-boo ocean views of breathtaking Howe Sound, and your own backyard. A mere 20 min drive from West Van.
4311 Erwin Drive, Cypress, West Vancouver $1,125,000 MLS®#V836176
541 Tempe Crescent, Upper Lonsdale, North Vancouver $999,000 MLS®#V847286
2 Beach Dr, Furry Creek $869,000
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★ 3,850,000 2379 Constantine Place ................. Sun.2-4
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District Crossing is in North Vancouver at the centre of an urban community along Marine Drive that is growing in a friendly sort of way. With many independently owned shops, it’s an area where you can get all that you need, and get to know your neighbours. District Crossing is a vital part of this new urbanism offering West Coast contemporary style residences with high quality finishes throughout, but at a pleasantly affordable price. Call, go online, or stop by our Presentation Centre today.
Homes priced from $306,900 including net HST. 604.985.1665
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Panoramic oceanviews from this beautifully updated 4bed, 3 bath home. hardwood Åoors, new custom kitchen, spa like ensuite. Bonus mtge helper. V833662
Lovely oceanviews and Great value in this family home with bonus mtge helper. 4 bdrms, 3 baths, level driveway and yard, great covered view deck for those summer bbq’s.V840976 490 Upper Bayview Rd, Lions Bay $835,000
40 Panorama, Lions Bay $890,000
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Spectacular views from this one owner custom home in lower Kelvin Grove. 4400 sq feet, 4 bedrms+ofÄce, 3 baths, incl in-law suite. 5 min walk to the beach... awesome! 15 Sweetwater, Lions Bay $1,095,000
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Sweeping views of Howe Sound from this westcoast contemporary home. 3582 sq ft, 5 bdrms, 4 bathrms, open plan kitchen/living rm. Bonus in-law suite with views...
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Lions Bay’s ecclectic beachside neighbourhood. This home exudes the special charms of a westcoast retreat;expansive decks, custom wood windows and detailing,3 bdrms,3 full baths, great room with stone Äreplace, seperate Coach house for guests or private ofÄce, an irreplacable package. Easy to show!
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Introducing Spirit Trail Ocean Homes,a distinctive new floathome community designed and built in the Lower Mainland. Experience urban waterfront living with all the conveniences of shopping,transportation, and recreation at your doorstep. We are pleased to present one to three bedroom plans from 885 to 1,580 square feet, with pricing from $265K - $475K. Interior features include EnergyStar appliances, a tankless hot water system, and en-suite washer dryer units. Enjoy all the benefi ts of the waterfront lifestyle without sacrifi cing convenience: all Spirit Trail Ocean Homes include natural gas connections and waste link-ups to city sewage. Imagine relaxing on your deck removed from the buzz of city life, yet be just minutes from the Lonsdale Quay and Seabus service to downtown Vancouver.
Mosquito Creek Marina Ocean Home Sales 604.987.4113 ext. 230 Or contact Judy Ross, Royal LePage Westside Exclusive agent for the Spirit Trail Ocean Homes 604.878.0680 judy@vancouveruniquehomes.com
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e are excited to announce that starting today, the North Shore Real Estate Weekly will be paged and printed as part of The Outlook community newspaper. We will maintain a solid real estate presence within The Outlook of course: the name will stay the same, and the same poster-front will introduce the real estate “section” each week. The Real Estate Weekly is an integral part of the North Shore community. Now, by merging with The Outlook, we will establish a more tangible connection to the news, arts, business, sports and headline stories that make the North Shore so unique. And that means expanded readership. In addition to regular Real Estate Weekly readers, your ads will now be seen by the devoted readers who regularly pick up the award-winning Outlook.
Rarely Available Detached Luxury Townhome RIDDLE
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e had wings on his feet as a skier and wore RCAF wings on his chest as a World War II fighter pilot in the early 1940s. His name was Art Coles and this is his story. Before flying off to war in Europe, the North Van-born and raised Coles had some other flying to do, down steep slopes at four major skiing championships beginning in midFebruary of 1940. The high points during the next five years would be sky-high, the low points about as bad as they could get. A member of Grouse Mountain’s Tyee Ski Runners Club (from which he would receive honourary life membership in 1954), Coles was coached by Peter Vadja, the designer of the first Grouse Mountain chairlift and grandfather of current Canadian ski stars Britt and Michael Janyk. Coles was called “The Vancouver Thunderbolt” and for good reason. He captured the combined (slalom and downhill) title at all four of those 1940 competitions: Rocky Mountain Championships, Alberta Provincials, Canadian Championships and Far West Kandahar. He claimed the Dominion championships (as the Canadians were called then) on Mt. Norquay near Banff March 1-2 by finishing first in slalom and second in downhill. This was the same weekend the great Depression-days racehorse Seabiscuit won his final race, the Santa Anita Handicap, to become the all-time money winner to that time. At the Far West Kandahar April 6-7 on fog-shrouded Mt. Hood in Oregon, Coles came back from 18th in the slalom to cop top spot in the downhill and an overall first-place for the fourth meet in a row. Arthur Campbell Coles was the youngest of five brothers and the sixth of the eight children of Charles Petley Coles, born in London, England, in 1873, and Anna McGillivray (Campbell) Coles, born five years later in Joplin, Missouri. Charles, whose first wife and child died in childbirth, was living in California’s Bay area at the time of the great San Francisco earthquake on April 18, 1906, and helped fight the resulting fires. The deaths and quake were only the first of many tragedies that would face the Coles family. However, on a happy note, Charles met Anna on a boat sailing to Hawaii while he was on a business trip and she was heading to Honolulu to teach kindergarten. They corresponded for about a year before marrying in 1909, according to records shared by family historian Judy (Coles) Mordy, the youngest of Art’s three daughters who still lives on the same street she grew up on in the Edgemont Village area. After Charles’ and Anna’s first two offspring were born in Sausalito, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, the family moved to North Van in 1912, living initially at 204 East lst and eventually building a home at 249 East Kings while Charles established a grain and shipping brokerage. INSTANT Art was born Sept. 30, 1917, three weeks before the eldest Coles boy died of scarlet REPLAY fever at age 7. While the three Coles girls Len Corben (Edith, Louise and Alice) all went to North lencorben@yahoo.ca Star Elementary and at least two graduated from North Van High, Art and his surviving brothers (Don, George and Bruce) attended Kingsley, a small, private boys’ school which operated from 1920-51 in the 200-block of East Carisbrooke during its first decade and later around the corner on St. Mary’s in Upper Lonsdale. After the family returned from two years in Portland (192628), Art took Grades 8-12 at North Shore College – another school for boys located from 1926-56 in the 300-block of West Queens – where he was captain of soccer and cricket teams, a boxing champion and a 1933 graduate. Art and several siblings were still living at home when their mother died of cancer at 59 on Dec. 13, 1937. This was two months after Art began working for the Aetna Life Insurance Company where Bruce was already employed. However, following Canada’s declaration of war on
THE VANCOUVER THUNDERBOLT - They gave Art Coles (left and below) the Thunderbolt nickname as the Dominion ski champion of 1940. Soon afterwards he was actually up there in the sky over Europe piloting a Spitfire and shooting at the enemy during World War II.
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We care about your safety on the road Germany in September 1939, Art left Aetna with the intention – should the conflict in Europe still be going on – of enlisting in the war effort after training in Alberta with Peter Vadja for the ski season’s various championships. Of course the war intensified and Coles enlisted June 15, 1940, taking his training in Toronto, Vancouver and Saskatoon where he received his wings. Before heading overseas for combat duty in late 1942 where he would eventually fly Spitfires with 412 Squadron, he was a flying instructor in Trenton, Ont., and Moncton, N.B. Moncton is where Art met his future wife Jean Crandall. She was in a friend’s wedding party and when he saw her coming down the aisle, he is said to have remarked, “That’s the girl I’m going to marry.” Much would happen to put that prediction in jeopardy. Meanwhile, in 1941, Art’s brother George also enlisted with the RCAF and joined 617 Squadron. The two spent time together in London which Art recounted in a letter to their brother Bruce, dated Aug. 14, 1943: “The couple of days I have just had with George are by far the best I have had in England.” But the days ahead were tumultuous and would change their lives forever. The Vancouver Daily Province of Aug. 21, 1943, reported, “Flt. Lieut. Arthur Coles, well-known North Vancouver skier, was credited with downing one of three German planes shot out of the skies by the RCAF fighter wing in sweeps over France and Holland Thursday [Aug. 19]. “The famous Vancouver athlete chalked up his first destroyed plane by getting a Messweschmitt-109 south of Abbeville [France]… “Art, who was known here as one of the most dashing skiers on the American continent, swept aside all competition in the winter of 1939[-1940]… “A brother, Pilot Officer George, a bomb aimer, has made numerous trips over Germany and Nazi-occupied territory, and a sister, Edith, is with the Canadian army nursing staff in South Africa.” That was good news of course. But then the Coles family received a more unsettling report that George was missing following a raid on the Dortmond-Ems Canal near Ladbergen, Germany, after taking off from their base at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England, in the early hours of Sept. 16, 1943. He was on board one of eight Lancasters, five of which were hit by flak and went down. His crashed on the canal banks, the immediate results of which were unknown. This is episode 398 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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t’s been several years since the dramatic rescue of an injured hiker at Theta Lake, but Peter Murray still remembers it as though it were yesterday. As darkness began to settle over forested green slopes of Mount Seymour, Murray — the owner and chief pilot of Talon Helicopters — nervously searched the dense cloud cover for an opening, any opening, that he could slip through with his chopper. Spotting a small, tunnel-like break in the clouds, Murray lunged forward with his aircraft, flew over the mountain, and came down on the eastern side where two rescuers needed to be dropped safely on a snowy ledge before Murray could return home. Looking back on it now, Murray says it was one of the most challenging, yet rewarding, missions he’s flown in all his years with North Shore Rescue (NSR). “After I dropped the guys off I had literally a minute and a half of daylight to get out of there,� he recalls. “It was a stressful time... I remember thinking ‘Why am I still doing this kind of work?’� But the Theta Lake rescue is just one of many the pilot has flown with search and rescue teams across B.C., in communities such as the North Shore, Squamish, Whistler, Chilliwack and Coquitlam. All in all, NSR search manager Tim Jones estimates that Murray donates tens of thousands of dollars every year in flight time for search and rescue missions. “Peter is a rare breed,� says Jones. “A commercial pilot who gives so much back to his community.� Earlier this year, Murray received a national exemplary service award from the Department of National Defense, in recognition of his more than 20 years of search and rescue experience. Speaking to reporters at NSR’s Bone Creek station last week, Murray said he was honoured to have received the award, but was even more touched that the NSR members chose to nominate him. “I appreciate all the work they did to nominate me,� said Murray. “It shows that the rescue team appreciates what I do.�
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he North Shore is the last area within Vancouver Coastal Health’s (VCH) service region to offer a needle exchange program, but that hasn’t stopped some business owners in the Lower Lonsdale community from worrying about what effects the service will have on their shops. The needle exchange, which the VCH office at 132 W. Esplanade began offering in the summer, was the main topic of discussion at a Lower Lonsdale Business Association meeting on Oct. 27. Feelings toward the new service ranged from acceptance to skepticism to outright dismissal among the gathering’s 16 attendees. “I’m worried about different people coming into my store and I don’t want to add more than I need,� said Frances Martin, owner of Francesca Boutique located at 106 W Esplanade. “I’ll be fighting this all the way. Maybe it helps, but it is in the wrong area.� Donna Hollaran, manager of community and family health for VCH, was at the meeting to explain what
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