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Letter grades falling out of favour Changes to student assessment piloted in report card projects JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

For most students, the coming week is report card time in local school districts. Traditionally, that’s been when Mom and Dad found out how many As and how many Cs their kids were getting in social studies and whether little Johnny had scored 55 or 80 per cent in math. But the way students are being assessed by their teachers is changing. In many schools, teachers are moving away from an emphasis on letter grades and percentages as a way to track

student progress. The changes are part of provincial change in direction under the new curriculum that stresses core skills like critical thinking. Along with that change, parents of a number of students in both elementary and high school classes on the North Shore won’t be getting a traditional report card. Instead, they may be told whether their kids can work independently or not, in areas like “social skills” and “community” as well as more familiar reading and math. In some cases, report cards aren’t even called report cards anymore. The new approach doesn’t mean parents won’t know how their kids are doing in school, say administrators working on the program, but See Student page 3

Black bears heading for hibernation BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The North Shore’s black bears are packing it in for the winter. “For the bears that are still out and about, I’m only getting calls on a couple of them. I think some of them have selected their dens and they’re pretty quiet,” said Christine Miller, education co-ordinator with North Shore Black Bear Society. According to conservation ofﬁcers, six

bears were destroyed on the North Shore this year, one sow in North Vancouver and four cubs and a sow in West Vancouver. “A lot of people were thinking the situation was desperate for bears because the berries dried up early. I expected a lot more calls than I got,” Miller said. Another ﬁve cubs were taken for rehabilitation at the Critter Care Wildlife Society in Langley, See Cub page 5

HOLIDAY HELPER Bill Chalmers, of West Van’s Cypress Park neighbourhood, gets set to cart off 500 wooden trucks and other wheeled wonders that he has created for Family Services of the North Shore’s Christmas Bureau. Each year, the retired butcher crafts something new. The Scottie dogs are a nod to his Scottish heritage. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD O PE N H O US E SA T 24

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DNV policy stokes fears of censorship Missive meant to put a stop to harassing messages BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Ann Echols, Simone and Jon Carrodus, Sandi Goldie, JoAn Maurer and Karl Ireland, members of the Highlands Climate and Environment Action Group, work on posters they will be carrying over the Lions Gate Bridge on Sunday to raise support for action among global leaders at the Paris climate summit which starts on Monday. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Environment action group has hope for climate talks JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A group of North Shore citizens will march over the Lions Gate Bridge this Sunday to join a larger march in downtown Vancouver calling for urgent action on climate change. Jon Corrodus, one of the organizers for the Highlands Climate and Environment Action Group, said his group is marching to let national

leaders taking part in the Paris climate summit next week know that drastic action is needed to help save the planet for future generations. Corrodus said he’s hoping new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take the message to heart. Under the previous government, Canada’s role in addressing climate change “has been quite dismal,” said Corrodus. “Our previous prime

minister once received a Fossil of the Year award for his lack of action.” Corrodus said he’d like to see a Canadian carbon tax instituted as well as an increase to British Columbia’s existing carbon tax, established by former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell. “We have to encourage people to turn away from carbon as quickly as possible,” he said. “It’s going to be difﬁcult for people to make those

kinds of switches. But that will be less difﬁcult than suffering the effects of catastrophic climate change.” Corrodus said his call to action has been inspired by thinking of what kind of world his grandchildren and their children will inherit. “I’m over 70 years old so I’m not going to see the terrible effects of what could happen See Trudeau page 5

The District of North Vancouver is looking to rein in “inappropriate, offensive, misleading, harassing or threatening” letters and emails sent to district staff and council members. The move however has some council watchers crying censorship. Under the policy, which has already been approved in an in-camera meeting, any letters or emails sent from individuals or groups who council has deemed violated the policy will be forwarded to the municipal clerk who will “review all correspondence … and only forward to the appropriate member(s) of council or staff correspondence that addresses, in an appropriate civil tone, a legitimate business request, question, comment or suggestion.” The ban on direct communication would be reviewed after one year. Hazen Colbert, council watcher and frequent critic, worried this would result in his messages being censored. Too much is left up to interpretation under the policy, Colbert said at the Nov. 9 council meeting. “What are inappropriate words and a civil tone? If I say loudly and provocatively, ‘A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe,’ some people would consider it inappropri-

ate in content and tone,” he said, quoting author Pierre Burton. “Others would say it’s perfectly fine.” Colbert warned this could result in citizens being deprived of their right to direct access to their elected leaders. “If council wants to apply to censor someone go right ahead, even though I say is not permitted under the Community Charter, but go right ahead – in a court room, in front of a judge where the person who is being censored at least has the right to respond and to challenge the decision,” he said. Council watcher Corrie Kost said he didn’t believe the municipality was trying to spare itself from receiving “any lip,” but he urged council to step carefully and have the policy vetted by the public before putting it in action. But the intent of the policy isn’t to censor, according to chief administrative officer David Stuart, and the district will meet all of its legal requirements to ensure staff and council receive the communications intended for them. “Most residents, even those who are critical of us, are respectful and rational. This is not about being defensive of criticism and it’s not an attempt to censor anybody,” he said in an interview. “It’s really directed at a very, very small number, and I want to emphasize this, who repeatedly cross the line in correspondence.” Stuart was not prepared to cite specific examples but said things that cross the See Offenders page 5

Student progress assessed on scale of 1 to 8

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how that’s communicated may look different. Under existing rules set by the ministry of education, letter grades are mandatory in grades 6 to 12 and optional in grades 4 and 5. Teachers must also provide percentages in courses at the grade 11 and 12 level. Younger students in the primary grades don’t get letter grades but are assessed in terms of whether they meet expectations for their grade level. But pilot projects now underway on the North Shore are taking another

look at much of that, in collaboration with the province. Last year, kindergarten students in West Vancouver got their report cards in a new format, based on the new curriculum – with an emphasis on “core competencies.” Parents were given a chance to provide feedback, and most were very positive, said Lynne Tomlinson, an administrator in the West Vancouver School District who has been working on the new ways of reporting to parents. This year, there are more pilot programs underway at the grades 1, 2 and 4 level in West Vancouver.

As part of that pilot, West Vancouver Grade 4 students won’t get letter grades but will receive a report card in a new format, developed by local teachers. Most parents who’ve come to meetings about the changes are “very enthusiastic that we’re moving away from grades,” said Tomlinson. “They like the fact that it’s more personalized.” Parents will also get a chance to weigh in after the fact on a survey in the spring. In the North Vancouver School District, changes to report cards have been taken a step further at Carson Graham secondary school.

A provincial pilot program running at Carson – an International Baccalaureate school – has ditched traditional report cards and letter grades for students in grades 8 through 10, in favour of a more complicated IBendorsed structure, which assesses students’ progress on a scale of one to eight. (Similar pilots at Queen Mary and Capilano elementary IB schools in North Vancouver assess students on a four-point scale.) For parents who grew up knowing what a C+ versus an A translates to, the new report cards that put the IBstyle reporting into a formal

structure can take some getting used to, said Kathleen Barter, district vice-president of learning services for North Vancouver School District. “We have an educated sense of what (letter grades) mean,” said Barter. But in reality “it doesn’t give that much information.” Some parents are curious about the changes, while others are concerned, said Barter. But many of those concerns are addressed when they ﬁnd out more about how the new assessments work, she added. “I think the biggest fear parents have is the unfamiliar.” Greg Tweed, vice-chair

of Carson Graham’s parent advisory council, acknowledges the new report cards are more complicated than letter grades. “It’s not necessarily the easiest thing to understand,” he said – for either parents or students. But Tweed said he thinks it’s worth putting in the effort. “It’s a better indicator of overall children’s accomplishment in school and where they can improve,” he said. “I see the value in it. There are multiple ways to assess somebody.” So far there are no changes planned for the grade 11 and 12 graduation program report cards.

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Cub removed from Lonsdale

Offenders to be warned before ban

From page 1 including three in the last two weeks. The bears have shown good timing as Critter Care has no more room at the inn. On Wednesday, North Vancouver RCMP and conservation ofﬁcers shooed an 8.6-kilogram (19-pound) bear out of the Central Lonsdale neighbourhood and tranquilized it. “Where he came from, I have absolutely no clue. We’d had not sightings reported to me of any family groups in the city,” Miller said. Another small female was transported to Critter Care from behind the Salmon House on the Hill in Panorama Village on Nov. 22. Last week, Critter Care accepted a cub that was found snooping around the Beach House restaurant in Dundarave. The Beach House has since opted to sponsor the cub’s rehabilitation at the non-proﬁt. The cost of rearing a bear for the winter is about $5,000. Miller said she knows of two other orphaned cubs still showing up on the North Shore, one that spent the last three days in a tree in Lynn Creek and another small one on its own near the beach in Deep Cove. Their chances of survival aren’t high, Miller said, although a mild winter will better their odds. “It depends on their weight. These ones that are so light, I don’t think they

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Christine Miller, of North Shore Black Bear Society, cradles a malnourished bear cub tranquilized by conservation officers in the Central Lonsdale area Wednesday. PHOTO SUPPLIED

could possibly make it through their winter,” she said. Miller said she’d like to see North Shore residents maintain the good habits they’ve developed in keeping their yards free of attractants and being diligent with garbage, as bears are known to venture out for a mid-winter snack from time to time. “The North Shore has had just a remarkable change in how our people are dealing with their household waste,” she said. Miller said thanks are also owed to the conservation ofﬁcers who have worked hard to rescue cubs.

Trudeau at Paris climate talks From page 3

but the children and grandchildren of the world are going to have to face them,” he said. “They are going to face a pretty bleak prospect if we don’t do something quickly.” Anyone who wants to take part in the march

should meet at the south side of Park Royal at the Spirit Trail entrance at the end of Taylor Way at 11 a.m. Sunday morning. Dress warmly and ready to walk. Organizers aim to leave at 11:20 a.m. and join the Vancouver march at 1 p.m. The Paris climate

summit with world leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, gets underway on Monday. Observers are waiting to see if Trudeau announces new targets for Canada to lower its carbon emissions.

line included inappropriate references to council members’ sexuality, threats of frivolous lawsuits, libellous and warrantless accusations that council members are accepting bribes, suggestions that they will visit council members or staff’s families at their homes or in the community. The district already has a policy that condemns “bullying” behaviour from within district hall, as is required by WorkSafeBC, Stuart said, and the new policy simply builds on that. “While it’s somewhat of a departure to include council, they are, in effect, employees of the district. They are servants of the public and I think they have a right to expect that the dialogue and discourse they have with the public is civil, reasonable and respectful,” he said. The district will only apply the policy after “signiﬁcant issues have arisen” and the offending letter writers have been warned. City of North Vancouver council drew similar criticisms when it brieﬂy considered ending its weekly public input period on the grounds that presentations were often “off-topic, accusatory, repetitive, untrue, promoted goods and services and, at times, included electioneering.” City council members ultimately voted to keep the two-minute public input period.

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t’s late November. It’s dipping below freezing at night. The stores are blaring Christmas music. And the United Way’s annual National Report Card on Child and Family Poverty has found one in ﬁve children in Canada is now living below the poverty line. For the umpteenth consecutive year, B.C. has topped the federal average. For the social Darwinist among us who’d advise that their parents simply “get a job,” it’s worth noting almost 40 per cent of those children have a parent who works full time. Wages just aren’t keeping up with the cost of living. The report makes a number of sadly familiar recommendations that include increasing the minimum wage and providing access to affordable child care. Not surprisingly, housing cost is one of the biggest factors. According to another study released this week, 45 per cent of

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renters are spending more than 30 per cent of their gross household income on rent. Almost a quarter now spend more than 50 per cent. The average rental rate in B.C. is $988 but lots of luck ﬁnding anything under $1,200 on the North Shore. Single moms, First Nations and immigrants tend to have it the worst. For the most part, at all three levels of government, our elected leaders have largely chosen to stand back to oohh and ahhh as rental rates for limited stock have climbed ever higher and home ownership has gone well out of reach of even decent wage earners. The newly elected federal government has promised a national housing strategy and a return to investing in affordable housing. But even if that were to begin today, things are projected to get much worse, according to the study.

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A simple Saturday would be satisfying Dear Editor: As Black Friday looms, followed by the impending Christmas season, I begin to worry about my days. I am fully in support of various causes and events of awareness but 24-hour slots are quickly being consumed by “special days.” Failing to stem the tide, we risk ﬁnding ourselves with a day shortage. Cyber Monday, Toonie Tuesday, Superbowl Sunday and Seniors Thursday leave only Wednesday, Friday and Saturday unclaimed. “Floater” days remove a vast number more. Boxing Day, Halloween, Valentines Day, Worldwide Celebration of Weights and Measures Day, Wookie

Life Day and others are quickly eliminating ordinary 24-hour stretches. Weeks are also falling prey to unilaterally declared causes – Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Global Entrepreneur Week, Worldwide Breastfeeding Week are examples. With fewer weeks available, conﬂicts are arising. The UN-declared World Space Week ﬁnds itself at odds with the Marijuana Users Association, which wants to use the same time slot for World Spaced Week. Geography Awareness Week organizers however have gone into talks with their counterparts at the Directionally Challenged

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competition sees Banana Pudding Lovers, Pecan Eaters and Novel Writers all vying to have this same slot as their own. Future conﬂict can be assured. I submit that we end this penchant for special days, weeks and months. To have a simple

Saturday where there are no concerns other than sitting would be satisfying. A mundane Monday where I do no more than mumble about the morons around me would be marvellous. Weeks without World Alliance groups waving

TransLink plan leaves students cold Dear Editor: Yesterday as I was waiting for the buses that are expected to replace the 258 express bus, should TransLink cancel the 258 express bus to UBC, I thought how effective the argument would be to maintain the 258 bus if the TransLink ofﬁcials were to stand beside me and the

other shivering students in the cold, wet, windy weather waiting for one of three buses I had to take to get home. For me the last straw was that which is usually a 41to 45-minute ride was just under two hours. All of us that work or attend UBC and take the 258 express bus believe that

the proposed cancellation is an ill-advised idea that sends the wrong message to our students and the general public about how to deal with public transportation issues simply by discouraging people to use public transit. My feet get cold just thinking about the idea. Bill Brymer West Vancouver

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Edgemont’s refresh really no surprise

Edgemont Village is the Centre of the Universe. Precise location: A bench on the corner of Edgemont and Highland by the clock. I’ve often wondered how to get my name engraved on the clock, but not that hard as I’m sure I could secure my legacy for a fee. I remember when I ﬁrst encountered the Village, tucked away in the upper reaches of Capilano Highlands. It was 1989, but felt more like 1959, in a good way. Quiet, leafy, ringed with mountains, featuring bunches of funky little shops that appeared randomly assembled. If you were in the market for a saddle, wind chimes or a laundromat, you could get it all done in a single visit. Change came slowly to the village, but it came. Some of the places that were there in ‘89 are still there, but many have gone and new ones have taken their place. I still miss the English stuff store, but how many

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The North Side wine gums and week-old newspapers do you need? Then there`s the Bakehouse. Mike McMaster, come back, wherever you are. I`m suffering from apple raisin mufﬁn deﬁcit. One thing that`s stayed pretty much the same is the pace. Oddly, it doesn`t matter how crowded it gets, everyone still moseys. I think that`s the correct term. They mosey to the bank; they mosey to the grocery store; they mosey to Delany’s. Edgemont Village may be the last

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place in the world where you can mosey across the street and the cars will stop for you. Most of them anyway. Some people are worried this is all about to change, and not at the usual stately rate. There are four developments underway at various stages of approval: Baybridge Senior Living, Grosvenor Edgemont, a residential development near Edgemont Villa and a new residence at Ridgewood Drive and Edgemont Boulevard. Add the water main installation on Capilano Road and all the rerouting through the village, and you’re looking at a fouryear bulldozer rodeo. “It’s as if,” says Grig Campbell, the stalwart Scot of the Edgemont Upper Capilano Community Association, “somebody pulled the cork out of the bottle.” Grig explains that development in the village was on hold during the revision of the District of North Vancouver ofﬁcial

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community plan, followed by the Edgemont Local Area Plan “refresh” process and that together took four years and wasn’t complete until last April. Once the refresh was approved, the developers got the certainty they needed on height, density, parking, etc. and ﬂooded the District with their marvellous/nefarious plans. “No one should be surprised by any of this,” says Grig. “We’ve had umpteen public meetings.” Refresh workshops, developer public information meetings, District public hearings, council meetings: yikes! A week does not go by without a public meeting, most of them at Highlands United, the world’s most publically engaging church. Once the construction dust settles, what comes out the other end? Well, the number of mosey-ers will increase. Grosvenor and the two other residential projects will add about 130 new

homes, and we can’t forget another 100+ seniors, who have no equal when it comes to moseying. To some, all this means more noise, trafﬁc and nonsense. Cute little businesses such as Peter Rabbit, which has been a village ﬁxture since Beatrix Potter was still breathing, could be lost. Yet Grig believes the character of the Village will prevail. And he’s backed by all the weight and authority of Dan Milburn, the deputy general manager of planning & permits at the District. Thanks to intense public input, no building will rise above three and a half storeys. Architecture will remain “eclectic,” which everyone assures me is not a fancy word for random. There will be more even more benches from which to scan the universe. But it’s all about the pace. If you can still mosey across the street without getting turned into a speed

bump, the operation will be a success. Journalist and communications consultant Paul Sullivan has been a North Vancouver resident since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of Madonna. p.sullivan@ breakthroughpr.com

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Return of long form not wanted Dear Editor: I was a Census Canada representative for the 1986 census which included the long form. This was the worst job of my entire working career. As a citizen opposed to the “long arm of government” in the lives of private citizens, I have been incited to hatred of the policies of this current regime in Ottawa. Sally Hogg North Vancouver

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Site C poses problem for B.C. NDP Few issues are as challenging for the New Democratic Party than energy-related ones, and proof of that can be seen in two recent moves by the party both here in B.C. and right next door in Alberta. In Alberta, NDP Premier Rachel Notley just launched an ambitious plan to bring in an economywide carbon tax, phase out coal-ﬁred electricity and cap activity in the oil sands at current levels. Notley’s plan has been hailed as visionary, groundbreaking and a model for other provinces. However, it also tacitly embraces the existence of the oil sands industry, which apparently is why some oil companies there were quick to sign off on her new policy. Presumably, the Alberta NDP has its eye on surviving the next election, which may partly explain why it is not turning its back on oil pipelines or the oil industry itself. Introducing a carbon tax in tax-phobic Alberta may be risky, but if the NDP’s

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View from the Ledge political opposition remains fractured and broken that may not matter. Contrast her government’s energy shift to how its B.C. counterpart is trying to shape its own energy policy. Last week, the B.C. NDP unveiled what it’s calling “Power B.C.,” which outlines what it sees as priorities in that sector. So things like emphasizing more renewable resources such as wind and solar power, offering more incentives for energy retroﬁts, and “maximizing” existing B.C. Hydro dams are at the core

of the plan. It’s hard to argue with much of it, although there are very few details being offered, and one of its underlying themes is that these measures would help negate the building of the Site C dam. But this is where things get a lot trickier and fuzzier for the B.C. NDP. In some ways, the Site C dam (and, for that matter, the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline and the practice of fracking for natural gas) are the equivalent of the Alberta oil sands in terms of challenges for the B.C. NDP. But while Notley may have found a way to stickhandle around the oil sands in her province, the B.C. NDP has yet to do that with Site C, which on paper it opposes. Here’s the problem: construction of the dam will be well underway – and billions of tax dollars will have been committed through signed contracts – by the time the next provincial election rolls around in May 2017.

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Party leader John Horgan, in media interviews after he unveiled his energy plan, left the door open to walking away from the project should his party form government, but he also left it open to having construction proceed. Horgan is, reasonably and prudently, making the point that until he sees how far the project has proceeded and how much money has actually been committed, he can’t very well be expected to state explicitly what he will do 18 months from now. However, that stance is not going to cut it with the environmental wing of his party. Eventually, the ardent Site C opponents (and no, Horgan is not in that camp himself) within the NDP are going to smell a rat and will demand a more clear-cut position that kills the dam no matter how many billions of tax dollars may go down the drain. The environmental wing will also be demanding the party continue to oppose Kinder Morgan no matter

what, and to take a strong position against fracking and LNG. This will eventually put Horgan and the NDP in the kind of energy box that Notley may have found a way out of. If he states during an election campaign that he will shut down the Site C dam halfway through construction, B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark will set a speed record in getting to the dam site (wearing her industrial hard hat of course) to point to a giant hole in the ground, and make the obvious comments about billions of tax dollars being poured into it, courtesy of the NDP. So while Notley may have found a neat way to deal with the elephant that is in her party’s room, Horgan has yet to ﬁnd a way to deal with the one in his, no matter how much his party prefers to talk about things like wind power. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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INQUIRING REPORTER Black Friday earned its name, according to a recent theory, because the day after American Thanksgiving is when retailers are “in the black” and no longer in the red. The binge shopping frenzy heated up in 2008, when parity of the Canadian dollar spurred homegrown retailers to offer their own sales. Despite the current weak Canadian dollar, it seems many Canucks are desperate for a deal: 1.2 million Canadians plan to take a “sick” day Friday to satiate their shopping bug, according to a IPG Mediabrands survey. We asked: will you shop on Black Friday? Weigh in at nsnews. com.

Gillian McDonald North Vancouver “No, because it’s a disgusting holiday. It seems so gluttonous. And I don’t need anything.”

Taylor Cahill North Vancouver: “No. There’s no point waiting for four hours in a lineup for a bit of a discount on something we don’t need.”

Will you be doing any Black Friday shopping?

Carrie and Avery Patraschuk North Vancouver “Actually, possibly. He (her son) needs a car seat. Unfortunately, we can’t wait until Boxing Day.”

Cherie Malo Vancouver “Oh, yes. We’re going to Old Navy to buy a winter jacket.”

Levi Seiferheld Oldenburg, Germany “Yeah, I go to Seattle today. (I will buy) electronics stuff maybe. I can’t buy so much because my backpack is full.”

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— A weekly gleaner of Internet sources and other media — Haida carvers Gwaai Edenshaw and Jaalen Edenshaw interviewed: http://bit.ly/1XjciDH

Deep Cove filmmaker Charles Wilkinson is presenting his new documentary, Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World at Vancity Theatre.

Polygamy vs. the State explored in Vancouver Opera’s Dark Sisters: http://bit.ly/1Q1dgij

Haida Gwaii draws a line in the sand to protect environment

Edge of paradise

Tsukiji Fish Market documentary: http://bit.ly/1NRkHDY Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets cover “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday”: http://bit.ly/1NeIZvn Jerry Granelli Trio perform “Linus and Lucy” from A Charlie Brown Christmas: http://bit.ly/1XtStEC Elﬁ Mikesch’s Fever screening at European Union ﬁlm Festival (trailer) : http://bit.ly/1XtSDvu

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The tagline on the poster for the new documentary Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World is “maybe we’re not screwed.” “And that’s basically what it’s about. It’s about a group of people who have come together to create a model for how the rest of us could chart our way towards some sort of sustainability,” says director Charles Wilkinson, who created the documentary with his partner Tina Schliessler. This is the third in an eco-trilogy created by the couple, that also includes Peace Out and Oil Sands Karaoke. The first two, admits Wilkinson, didn’t offer the same sort of optimism about the crusade to save the environment as his latest doc, which has already won tons of praise, including top prize at the largest documentary film fest in North America. “Yeah, just by definition it ends up being kind of depressing,” he says about Peace Out, which set out to answer the question, “Are we

destroying our backyard for energy?” “The second (Oil Sands Karaoke), I mean it’s a ton of fun to see how fun a karaoke contest is in the oil sands – I mean people had a lot of fun up in Fort Mac, not so much today, but they have had. But the conclusion you’ll come to when you get to the end is ‘God how is it possible to party on when something this devastating is taking place right there.’ So it’s also not particularly cheerful.” What’s happened in the ruggedly pristine Haida Gwaii archipelago in northwestern B.C., however, should leave filmgoers with a sense of optimism about the future of the planet. “We went to Haida Gwaii to their film festival for one of the shows and just spent some time there and saw that it’s a remarkable place. It’s pretty interesting to note that Haida Gwaii is world famous amongst environmentalists – for a place that managed to draw a line in the sand and stop unsustainable development.” “That was the appeal of the place for us and that is what the film is about,” said Wilkinson. For Wilkinson, who has lived with his wife in Deep Cove since the late 1980s and taught

filmmaking at Capilano University, a keen interest in the environment, comes naturally. He was born in Western Canada and grew up in a family that loved the outdoors. “I grew up around the campfire listening to my parents and uncles talk about the electrification of Western Canada,” he says. “At that time the W.A.C. Bennett Dam was going in (northern B.C.) and they really talked a lot and I found it unforgettable about some of the costs associated with building that dam. You know some of the First Nations peoples whose lives were completely destroyed and yet at the same time, it was pretty clear that the electrification of B.C. made this a ‘have’ province and it had been a ‘have-not’ province, so I really grew up appreciating the conflicts and the contrasts between stuff we have and stuff we need.” The story of the Haida Nation and the magical islands they call home is a fascinating tale. “That’s their story and that’s the narrative that people around the world find so captivating,” he says. “The Haida Nation was decimated by smallpox, their numbers had shrunk to about one per cent of previous

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ARTEMIS GALLERY 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Tuesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 778-233-9805 artemisgallery.ca ARTS IN VIEW ON LONSDALE BlueShore Financial, 1250 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Water: An exhibition showcasing artwork from local artist Anne Grifﬁths as well as artists from the First Nations will be on display until Dec. 31. BINKLEY SCULPTURE STUDIOS 535 East First St., North Vancouver. 604-984-8574 michaelbinkley.com BUCKLAND SOUTHERST GALLERY 2460 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-922-1915 bucklandsoutherst.com CAROUN ART GALLERY 1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver. Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. 778-372-0765 caroun.net See more page 13

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EUROPEAN UNION The European Union Film Festival kicks off tonight at Pacific Cinémathèque with its annual showcase of new films from across greater Europe Nov. 27-Dec. 9. This year’s event features entries from all 28 of the EU member states including 2014’s Fieber from director Elfi Mikesch starring Fassbinder and Herzog actress Eva Mattes. For complete schedule visit thecinematheque.ca/eufilmfestival. PHOTO SUPPLIED.

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UNPLUGGED SERIES Musart presents the launch of its Unplugged and Interactive Series at Mount Seymour United Church on Saturday, Nov. 28 at 6 p.m. featuring John Mann (left), Angela Harris (right) and other special guests. For more information visit musart.ca/index.php/unplugged-series. PHOTOS SUPPLIED From page 12 Figure: A painting exhibition with the works of Fereshteh Shahani Nov. 17-28. CENTENNIAL THEATRE LOBBY GALLERY 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. In Search of Light: Works by photographer Adrian Zator that capture the natural wonder of North Shore environs will be on display from Nov. 17 to Dec. 31. Photo Exhibit: Members of the North Shore Photographic Society will display a variety of work by different members in an ongoing rotating exhibit. CITY ATRIUM GALLERY 141 West 14th St., North Vancouver. Monday-

Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca Perceptually Uniform: Artist Mark Ollinger shares his sculptural work until Jan. 11. CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, noon5 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca Anonymous Art Show: Hundreds of original works will be for sale for $100 each and the artist will remain a mystery until after the purchase until Dec. 19. The Gift Box: Buy local from two display cases dedicated to local artisans who specialize in high quality, hand-crafted and unique gift items. Art Rental Salon: An

ongoing art rental programme with a variety of original artwork available ranging from $10 to $40 per month. COASTAL PATTERNS GALLERY 582 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island. WednesdaySunday, noon to 5 p.m. or by appointment. 604-7624623, 778-997-9408 or coastalpatternsgallery.com COVE CREEK GALLERY 4349 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. DENE CROFT STUDIOS 118 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver. 604250-5562 Grand Opening with painting and drawing demos Saturday, Nov. 28 from noon to 9 p.m. See more page 16

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FILM

Victor Frankenstein frankly not up to snuff ! Victor Frankenstein. Directed by Paul McGuigan. Starring James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe. Rating: 4 (out 10) JULIE CRAWFORD Contributing Writer

Frankenstein was the doctor, not the monster. That much will be a revelation to some folks, and maybe for them this ill-conceived origin story will satisfy. Not so for anyone bred on classic horror, those who read Mary Shelley’s classic novel in school, or just about anyone looking for a credible story with some sort of an emotional core. There’s certainly a lot of story going on in Max Landis’ adaptation, to the screenplay’s detriment. (Landis should know the genre, being the son of John Landis, director of Twilight Zone: the Movie and American Werewolf In London). When we ﬁrst meet the as-yet-unnamed Igor (Daniel Radcliffe), he is a performing circus clown with a terrible hunch. Of course, we couldn’t let Radcliffe run around with a hunched back AND that horrible hair, so Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy), who happens to be trolling the circus for spare body parts, ﬁxes the clown’s deformity and saves a lovely acrobat (Jessica Brown Findlay, Downton

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playing the moral compass against Victor’s vision of cooking up a human being from his own special recipe. Also fretting over the morality of their endeavours is a Scotland Yard detective (Andrew Scott), who lectures the boys on the consequences of playing God while chasing them around a grey and dreary London in order to inject a false sense of energy and dramatic urgency into the plot. “Chased by monsters and hunted by the police!” complains Igor. “Well, if you’re going to concentrate

on the dark side…” whines Victor in response. Ah yes, Victor. Speaking of that bloated story, we are also treated to a kind of psychoanalysis of Victor’s childhood trauma; we meet his disapproving dad (Charles Dance) and unearth his motivation to disprove God’s existence by creating life out of dead debris. McAvoy is a ﬁne actor but his Victor is a spoiled, egocentric mess. He and Radcliffe take turns vying for Best Overacting in a Dramatic Role, particularly during the “it’s alive”

moments where creature(s) jerk and writhe and the boys yell and duck –andweave in and out of machinery. There is plenty of superﬂuous goo in director Paul McGuigan’s ﬁlm, and one or two sudden scares. When the computergenerated “monster” does appear, he’s none too happy to be there. None of the poignancy that made Shelley’s monster, Boris Karloff or even Robert De Niro a sympathetic character. And so this is no one’s

film: not the monster’s, nor a cocky and unlikable Victor, and especially not Igor, who starts off being the potential narrator of the film and ends up being an ineffectual bystander. With no one at the heart of the story it’s difficult to stay interested for long. “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.” The timing is fitting, I suppose, for a new origin story of Shelley’s classic novel to come to the big screen: but there all logic ends.

Showtimes LANDMARK CINEMAS 6 ESPLANADE 200 West Esplanade, North Vancouver 604-983-2762 Secret in their Eyes (PG) — Fri-Thur 6:30, 9:30 p.m. Trumbo (PG) — Fri, Mon-Thur 6:45, 9:40; Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 p.m. Love the Coopers (PG) — Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:40 p.m. Spotlight (PG) — Fri, Mon-Thur 6:50, 9:45; Sat-Sun 12:35, 3:35, 6:50, 9:45 p.m. Victor Frankenstein (PG) — Fri, Mon-Thur 6:40, 9:50; Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:50 The Night Before (14A) — Fri, Mon-Thur 7, 9:55; SatSun 1, 4 p.m. The Night Before (14A) — Sat-Sun 7, 9:55 p.m. Creed (PG) — Fri, Mon-Thur 6:35, 9:35; Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:35, 9:35 p.m.

PARK & TILFORD 333 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver, 604-985-3911 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 (PG) — Fri 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20; Sat 12:10, 3:20, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:40, 10:30; Sun 12:10, 12:50, 3:20, 4:00, 6:30, 7:10, 9:40, 10:20; Mon, Wed 6:30, 7:00, 9:40, 10; Tue 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:40, 10; Thur 6:30, 10 p.m. Thur 1 p.m. The Martian 3-D (PG) — Fri-Thur 9:30 p.m. Spectre (PG) — Fri-Sun 7:00, 10:10; Mon, Wed-Thur 6:40, 9:55; Tue 3:30, 6:40, 9:55 p.m. Spectre (PG) — Sat/Sun 12; 3:15 p.m. p.m. The Peanuts Movie 3-D (G) — Fri, Mon, Wed 7:20, 9:55; Sat-Sun 12:25, 2:50, 7:20, 9:55; Tue 4:30, 7:20, See more page 16

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DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca The North Vancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of photographs by David Young and wire sculptures by Frances Solar until Jan. 5.

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BOOKS

The stories of Muriel Lindsay, shown as a child with her family in West Vancouver (left) and North Vancouver’s Jennie Conroy (right) are included in Eve Lazarus’new book Cold Case Vancouver: The City’s Most Baffling Unsolved Murders. PHOTOS SUPPLIED KENT LINDSAY/NORTH VANCOUVER MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Eve Lazarus investigates unsolved murders in Cold Case Vancouver

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In her latest book, Cold Case Vancouver, Eve Lazarus goes beyond the tabloid headlines to learn more about the murder victims and their personal stories in some of the city’s most infamous crimes. Lazarus’ conducted new interviews with family, friends and police who were connected with the cases at the time. Her writing brings an immediacy to stories that in some cases have been forgotten for decades. She’s chosen to look at crimes between 1944 and 1996 including ﬁve with North Shore connections. The North Vancouver writer spoke to the North Shore News about her book and some of the work that was involved in researching the cold cases. North Shore News: You specialize in history in your writing. What drew you to the subject matter in Cold Case Vancouver? Eve Lazarus: I’ve written about murders in each of my last three books, so I’ve probably been collecting murder stories for over a decade now. I found the ones that really disturbed me were the unsolved ones. When I was writing about the Pauls murder for Sensational Vancouver I came across a woman called Evelyn Roche who had been murdered in 1958 about three months before the Pauls. It really bothered me what happened to her and I wanted to ﬁnd out what happened to her two kids. I really wanted to write a book about people and not just their murders but who they were and what happened to their families

afterwards and to put it all in a historical context.

North Shore News: There’s literally hundreds of unsolved murders how did you narrow it down to the ones you cover in the book?

QA and

Eve Lazarus: They almost chose me. There’s a lot of gang and drug-related murders and I took those EVE LAZARUS out not because (they were any less signiﬁcant) but what I really found chilling was people in the wrong place at the wrong time: children who were abducted, a gay man who was killed in 1954. Just random acts which are really the hardest to solve for the police. Nine out of 10 victims know their murderer but I’m looking at the one per cent who didn’t. North Shore News: Senseless and psychotic are two words that come to mind when reading the individual stories. One thing that’s missing in each case is the identity of the killer. Every story is different but they all have that in common. At some point you think there is going to be some sort of resolution but there never is. Eve Lazarus: The last chapter is actually a solved murder. I did that for a number of reasons. It does get really gruesome reading all these stories with no ending and also I didn’t want it to be a police-bashing book. The last chapter was really fascinating to me because it was a cold case about a 15-year-old boy who was killed in 2000 and the police ended up solving the case several years later. This case shows the lengths that police will go to in solving a murder, particularly when there is a child

involved. In this case they had a partial ﬁngerprint from the murderer, they had his DNA and they ended up doing a Mr. Big sting operation because they didn’t have enough evidence to bring him to trial.

North Shore News: There are theories about guilt attached to some of the crimes with fairly solid leads such as the abduction and murders of the three seven-year-old girls. Those are chilling accounts which suggest a serial killer was involved. Eve Lazarus: In the ’70s a lot of young women were murdered and the RCMP did form a group looking for a serial killer as it seems there were a few operating at that time. North Shore News: The ﬁrst story in your book was the last you worked on — the Jennie Conroy case. That story has a little bit of everything. Eve Lazarus: Yes, it came to me from the North Vancouver Museum and Archives. North Shore News: Were you familiar with the case before they brought it to your attention? Eve Lazarus: I’d never heard of it before. I wrote up an item for my blog Every Place has a story: about how the archives had come into possession of this “mystery” album and the little that they’d found out about it. That Jennie Conroy had owned the album, that she was murdered in 1944, and that her murder was never solved. The next day Jennie’s niece Debbie, got in contact with me, told me that Jennie was an unwed mother, and put me in touch with Mary, her adopted daughter, who was living in New Zealand. See Friends page 18

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Friends and family want stories to be told From page 17

North Shore News: In the Jennie Conroy case there was a suspect, a grocer, but the police seemed either inept or indifferent and nothing was ever done about her murder. Eve Lazarus: That was a story that came up in the ‘50s where a former police officer who had worked on the case mentioned that he was a viable suspect in the case but the police had never pursued it. Mary, Jennie’s daughter, visited Vancouver in 2003. When she talked to the police they told her that the file had been lost decades ago. North Shore News: In several of the stories you talk to family members. What approach do you take in your research with people who were close to the victims? Eve Lazarus: I think in almost all of the cases they wanted to have the story of their loved one out there. Not just the murders but the stories about them. A lot of the victims were treated really badly, especially Jennie Conroy, who was an unwed mother. When police leaked that to the media they almost blamed her for her own murder, suggesting that she somehow deserved it. In the Evelyn Roche murder, the media printed that she had a drink or two before she went out, making it sound like she was an unfit mother who went out to party. North Shore News: Jennie Conroy is one of five cases that involve

From

North Shore victims. In a couple of the cases you know people who were connected to the victims.

Eve Lazarus: Rhona Duncan’s 16-year-old boyfriend at the time is a former neighbour of mine, his daughter is good friends with my daughter. It was really interesting to talk to him about how the police treated him as a suspect at ﬁrst, and how when DNA came on the scene in the 1990s they reinvestigated the case. North Shore News: Even though Rhona Duncan was murdered in the ’70s there’s an immediacy about the story. All the locations still exist it’s as if it happened yesterday. You can picture her walking home after the party, after the police kicked everybody out. Eve Lazarus: I think of her when I drive down past Larson and Bewicke. That’s where she was killed. It seems so real nothing has really changed around that area. North Shore News: You change some of the names in retelling her story. Eve Lazarus: The girl who held the party wanted her name changed and there were a couple of others who didn’t want their names mentioned. They were at the party with Rhona and there’s still a lot of guilt left, a lot of them felt they should have been able to do something to stop her murder. I was talking to another neighbour and she said, ‘I was in her French class at Carson Graham. I didn’t really know her but I knew

Carson Graham Grade 11 student Rhona Duncan (left and left in front row of group photo) never made it home after an East Queens Road party on July 16, 1976. PHOTOS SUPPLIED CARSON GRAHAM YEARBOOK/GORD CURL who she was to say hello to.’ She gave me the annual for that year, that’s where the photo came from, so it was really closely connected. North Shore News: A lot of people will be familiar with that story. Eve Lazarus: I think so. Shawn, her boyfriend at the time, says a group of friends still get together and try to ﬁgure out who murdered her, and why certain people refused to give their DNA. North Shore News: In that particular case it seems like the police had almost too much information as you say there was DNA of hundreds of suspects but no one has been caught. And not everyone gave their DNA because they cannot be forced to do that. Eve Lazarus: The Good Earth murder was a random act that devastated a Deep Cove family. Brenda Young

lived there and worked at Lower Lonsdale. The murderer was probably the man who was seen by witnesses in the store but there was never an arrest made. I was talking to an RCMP officer earlier this year and he said they thought they may have found her murderer. This guy was in jail for murdering at least one other woman, he wouldn’t tell me how many. The officer said in the time they discovered that he was a viable suspect and went off to interview him, that he died in jail. I asked him why he couldn’t just take a DNA sample because she was stabbed in the store, but he said that hadn’t kept any of the evidence, that there was nothing to compare it to. North Shore News: The one suspect who was caught was through fingerprints. Eve Lazarus: That was through luck, serendipity basically. The murder was

in Kamloops and it had gone cold and they had a partial fingerprint and some DNA on duct tape. There was a snatch and grab on Davie Street by a guy who tried to snatch a woman’s purse. A policeman had just happened to be there on the scene at the time. He caught him took him in and had him fingerprinted. The fingerprint was sent back to Ottawa and the same woman that had got the partial print from the murder in 2000 also processed this print and remembered it. It wasn’t a full match but it was just enough for her to send it back to the police in Kamloops and they agreed to reinvestigate this murder. North Shore News: Muriel Lindsay grew up in West Vancouver. Her story is all about context and the randomness of fate. Her family was really connected to Vancouver’s history including the murder of her great-grandfather.

Eve Lazarus: That was a particularly sad one. I talked to her brother. Everybody felt that her case wasn’t well investigated. She was a bipolar woman having difﬁculties and it was thought the police could have put more into it than they did. North Shore News: The Masee case is different than most of the other stories in that there were people who probably were out to get them. They may have had enemies through Nick Masee’s work. Eve Lazarus: Police still don’t know if the Masee’s are missing or murdered, because their bodies were never found. Conceivably they could be sipping Mai-Tais in Hawaii, but Nick Masee had some sketchy connections at the Vancouver Stock Exchange and it sounds more likely that he had got into something shady or a deal had gone bad.

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Library foundation chairwoman Margaret Rosenfeld and director of library services Jenny Benedict flank internationally acclaimed author, actor, playwright and broadcaster Ann-Marie MacDonald Master storyteller Ann-Marie MacDonald was the perfect choice for this year’s edition of West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundation’s signature fundraising An Evening With. . . series. Held at Capilano Golf and Country Club Nov. 19, the elegant evening included live music, a book-signing reception, delicious buffet dinner, and an intellectual yet earthy, humorous, and highly engaging performance at the podium by MacDonald. She read from her books, provided hilarious insight into her writing process, and was very connective in sharing scenes from her private and literary life. It was adult storytime at its best!

Foundation vice-chairman Ken Burnett and library trustee Deb Ryan

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CALENDAR From page 16 Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Adult admission by donation/children free. 604-998-8563 info@ smithfoundation.ca At What Cost? An exhibition guest curated by Hilary Letwin that explores the theme of environment, and its impact on Canadian artists will run until April 16. GRAFFITI CO. ART STUDIO 171 East First St., North Vancouver. TuesdayFriday, 1:30-6:30 p.m. or by appointment. 604-9801699 or gcartstudio@shaw. ca GRIFFIN ART PROJECT GALLERY 1174 Welch Ave., North Vancouver. LIONS BAY ART GALLERY 350 Centre Rd., Lions Bay. Monday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-921-7865 lionsbayartgallery.com Featuring established and upcoming artists. LYNNMOUR ART STUDIO AND GALLERY 301-1467 Crown St., North Vancouver. Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. or by appointment. 604-9294001 nsartists.ca/garyeder Contemporary and Abstract Paintings by Gordon Oliver, Robert Botlak and Gary W. Eder. THE MUSIC BOX 1564 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. MYSTIC MASK ART STUDIO 319 West 28th St., North Vancouver. NAVA ART CENTER 1355 Main St., North Vancouver. Monday-

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CALENDAR

PUBLIC HEARING 115 & 123 West Queens Road 14 Unit Townhouse Project

What:

A Public Hearing for Bylaw 8149, a proposed amendment to the Zoning Bylaw, to enable the development of a fourteen unit townhouse project at 115 and 123 West Queens Road.

When:

7pm, Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Where:

Council Chambers, District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC

Proposed* ART FOR AID Artist Friedrick Peters has donated over 20 large watercolour paintings to raise money to help Syrian refugees. The North Shore and Howe Sound scenes will be on sale for two days during Art for Aid at West Vancouver Baptist Church (450 Mathers, West Vancouver) on Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Dec. 13 from noon to 6 p.m. All proceeds will go to help Syrian refugees establish a new life in Canada. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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* Provided by applicant for illustrative purposes only. The actual development, if approved, may differ.

What changes?

Bylaw 8149 proposes to amend the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Zoning Bylaw by rezoning the subject site from Residential Single-Family Residential 6000 Zone (RS4) to Comprehensive Development 89 Zone (CD89) to allow the development of a 14 unit townhouse project.

When can I speak?

We welcome your input Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 7 pm. You can speak in person by signing up at the Hearing or you can provide a written submission to the Municipal Clerk at input@dnv.org or by mail to Municipal Clerk, District of North Vancouver, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC V7N 4N5, before the conclusion of the Hearing. Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public concerning this application after the conclusion of the public hearing.

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Relevant background material and copies of the bylaw are available for review at the Municipal Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office or online at dnv.org/public_hearing from November 18 to December 1. Office hours are Monday to Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm, except statutory holidays.

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CALENDAR From page 21 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Raymond Bradbury and Ellen Bang will display their abstract paintings until Nov. 22. Reﬂections 2016: Capilano University IDEA students will hold a silent auction of paintings from their calendar series Nov. 24-29 with bidding closing at 4 p.m. Winning bids will be notiﬁed on Nov. 30. The Soulful Season: An exhibition of established and emerging artists will run from Dec. 1 to 20 . Opening reception: Tuesday, Dec. 1, 6-8 p.m.

Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com Carousel: The North Shore Celtic Ensemble will perform

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From page 23 com Autumn Serenade: The Philippines Canada Trade Council will present a performance of light classics Nov. 27 at 6 p.m. Tickets: $35. Woza Afrika An evening of song, music, story and dance with Ann Moritfee, Michael Conway Baker, Cecil Hershler, Astrid Sherman and Pro Arte dancers Saturday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. All proceeds will support Education Without Borders. Tickets: $55/$35. LYNN VALLEY COMMUNITY ROOM 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Friday Night Live: Lynn

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Mitch and Murray Productions knocks it out of the park — again — with Gina Gionfriddo’s Rapture, Blister, Burn, a ﬁnalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Any female over the age of 17 or 18 considers this: “Shall I give up a career (or the possibility thereof) to marry and have children?” or “Shall I forgo marriage and children to pursue a career?” Some of us think we can have it all. We can, but there’s a price to pay — and it’s called sanity. Once the kids have left home, the married women wonder if they made the right choice. The career women, once they retire, wonder if they missed out on a family. It’s about the grass being greener on the other side of the career/marriage divide. Gionfriddo gives us three generations of women: Alice (Anna Hagan), in her 70s — the generation of women that warned their daughters against sex before marriage with, “Nobody buys the cow when the milk is free.” Then there’s her daughter Catherine (Moya O’Connell), early 40s, unmarried, childless, an accomplished academic who teaches and writes about feminism and the politics of pornography. Gwen (Lori Triolo), also early 40s, was Catherine’s best friend in grad school, but when Catherine went

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Lori Triolo, Robert Moloney and Moya O’Connel star in Gina Gionfriddo’s Rapture, Blister, Burn, which runs until Nov. 28 at Studio 16. PHOTO SUPPLIED to London, Gwen married Catherine’s boyfriend Don (Robert Moloney). He smokes dope, watches porn, is under-employed and is the father of their two children. And then there’s 21-year-old Avery (Courtney Shields), Don and Gwen’s babysitter, who thinks she has the world by the balls. These three generations aren’t just “gaping” — they’re gaping. Catherine, the academic, does go on about Betty Friedan and Phyllis Schlaﬂy, but if you were there and conscious in the ’60s, you’ve read them both or are familiar with their position vis-à-vis feminism. Friedan, of course, was the great liberator: freedom of choice for women. Schlaﬂy wrote that the world would end if women went to work and gave up homemaking and child rearing. The script gets a bit dense, but it’s so smart. And

for Catherine, Gwen and Avery, the stakes — as it turns out — are high. I believed in every one of these characters. Triolo, as Gwen, is so desperately “wired.” A recovering alcoholic and miserable stay-at-home mom (with a graduate degree), she’s unfulfilled. Triolo almost hyperventilates when telling Catherine how great everything is. What else can she say in the face of Catherine’s success? O’Connell wears Catherine’s confidence like a scarf she can put on or take off. But when that scarf is off, she’s just as miserable as Gwen. It just takes her longer to spill the beans. Shields’ Avery actually is confident with a boyfriend she’s sleeping with but not even considering marrying. Children? No way. Shields gets most of the best lines, and her character

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Childhood Christmas memories inspire Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen ! Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen, Dec. 2-20 at Presentation House Theatre. Tickets: $16-$36, available online at phtheatre.org or by calling the box ofﬁce at 604-990-3474. CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

Many people keep boxes of shiny baubles and strings of lights tucked away in the closet until the holiday season arrives, but Edgemont Village resident Bill Allman needs a bit more storage space for his collection of festive decorations. The self-professed “Christmas nut” is the proud owner of a full-sized one horse open sleigh. curtain “The same kind that Santa Claus ﬂies,” he explains. His sleigh is out of storage now and will appear on stage in the holiday musical Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen at

Presentation House Theatre throughout December. Co-written by Allman, along with Alan Marriott and Kevin O’Brien, the show premiered at Presentation House back in 2013. The upcoming remount is being produced by GTI Theatrical Productions Society with the support of Famous Artists Limited. As the title suggests, Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen focuses on the often-overlooked matriarch of the North Pole. “It’s Mrs. Claus’s chance to ﬁnally get out from Santa’s generous shadow and have her own show,” Allman says. As the story goes, Mrs. Claus (played by Lucia Frangione) is feeling underappreciated at home, so when Jonathan Brooks (Matt Ramer), the New York CEO of Megabake Inc., seeks to capitalize on her baked goods, she’s initially tempted by his offer. But See Modern page 39

Lucia Frangione stars in Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen at Presentation House Theatre from Dec. 2 to 20. Set on the cusp of the 1960s, when modern Christmas really came of age, the musical takes a fresh look at the holiday season. PHOTO SUPPLIED JEFF GIBBS

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Ditch those drugstore readers North Van eyewear designer teams up with Susie Wall

NIKI HOPE Contributing writer

City frames in Ballet Slipper Pink, from the C4 collection.

Take a peek at the affordable and chic readers and sunglasses collaboration between Vancouver style icon Susie Wall and West Coast eyewear brand Claudia Alan. The capsule collection of fashionable frames, called C4: Canadian Creative Collaborative, also includes a charitable component, with $5 from every eyewear purchase going to the Cause We Care Foundation, a Vancouver-based foundation created by women for single mothers and their children. “Ditch those dingy drugstore readers and slip on C4s,” Wall, a member of the board of directors for Cause We Care, said in a media release. “Every detail of the collection has been designed with so much thought – from the online shopping experience to the packaging that arrives on your doorstep. And I’m so thrilled that every pair purchased gives single mothers in need the hand up they so desperately need via Cause We Care.” The Claudia Alan brand of eyewear, designed by North Vancouver’s Carla Taylor, has long had a tradition of helping others. “I started my company in 2003, and I’ve always had a mission of giving back,” says Taylor. “Beauty and giving back are centre to what I do.” Through her iconic

AYA line, Taylor collaborated on an eyewear collection with First Nations artist Corrine Hunt, co-designer of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic medals. Partial proceeds from the unique art-inspired eyewear collection go toward a breakfast program for First Nations children in Ontario. Her company has donated more than $90,000 to the charity over the years. The inspiration for her most recent collaboration with Wall started when Taylor discovered beautiful custom Italian-designed acetate. “I was captivated by the material; it was so luxurious, I thought, ‘I would like to bring something like that to market,’” she recalls. Eventually, the designer asked Wall, who has served as an inﬂuencer for Nordstrom Canada, Smythe, Ted Baker London, and J. Crew, to help devise a collection that would make use of the gorgeous materials she came across on her travels. During the creative collaboration, the team looked at inspirations, ideas, what worked, what didn’t, eventually coming up with a capsule collection of luxurious readers and effortlessly cool shades – all with a classic, ever-stylish feel. Keeping the line at an affordable price point, the acetate materials were designed in Italy, but manufacturing is done in Asia. The line is optical

Style icon Susie Wall and North Vancouver eyewear designer Carla Taylor, of the Claudia Alan brand, have launched a new capsule collection of readers and sunglasses called C4: Canadian Creative Collaborative. Five dollars from every purchase goes to the Cause We Care Foundation. PHOTO SUPPLIED KLIK PHOTOGRAPHIC ready, meaning they can handle a prescription lens. The collection harmoniously balances beauty, function, price and charity – which may sum up Taylor’s personal ethos.

“It makes me feel good,” the designer and mother-of-two says about the charitable aspect of her company. “I’m very rewarded by the fact that I can help with charities.”

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People lined up inside the new West Vancouver Simons store on a recent weekend, but it wasn’t to pay for their purchases at the cash register. They were waiting for a chance to get digitally scanned by artist and novelist Douglas Coupland and take home a ﬁvecentimetre-tall 3D printed bust of themselves. Coupland was at the Park Royal store Nov. 14 and 15 to gather material for his new crowd-sourced art project. Between 2015 and 2017, he will visit Simons stores in seven cities across the country to scan Canadians (West Vancouver was his fourth stop). The project will culminate when Coupland unveils 3DCanada, a sculpture made of hundreds of 3D printed busts, which will be installed at the future Yorkdale Simons store in 2019. “3DCanada is a cross-country portrait of Canadians 150 years into nationhood,” Coupland said in a press release. “What do we look like now and where are we going with technology?

3DCanada will present a glimpse of what a group portrait can look like in the 21st century.” The 3DCanada art project is the second

collaboration between Simons and Coupland. His colourfully striped Bow Tie sculpture hangs above the elevator in the Park Royal store.

BLANKET CAMPAIGN Urban Barn, which has a location at Park Royal, is running its fourth annual Blanket the Country in Warmth campaign until Dec. 6. For every $5 instore donation, Urban Barn will deliver a new ﬂeece blanket to Bloom Group and Covenant House.

by Dream, is collecting shoeboxes ﬁlled with various items – lotion, hair care, makeup, personal care products – to give to women in shelters. Vancouver’s Shoebox drive runs until Dec. 12 with a goal of providing 800 boxes to eight shelters, including the Lookout Society of North Vancouver. More info at shoeboxproject.com/ vancouver.html.

Cove into a pop-up shop for 12 days starting Dec. 8. In addition to Paper Label apparel, shoppers will ﬁnd goods from East Van Lights, Kermodi Living Art, Vancouver Candle Co., Pillow Fight, White Lies Jewelry, and Rosel Heim. The store is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week, at 104C 4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver.

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GOT CRAFT? hosts its 18th indie show at a brand new venue: The Pipe Shop Building in North Vancouver. Eighty makers and indie craft designers will showcase organic bath and body products, accessories, home décor items, toys, greeting cards, and more Dec. 12 and 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets: $3 online at gotcraft.com; $5 at the door.

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Modern Christmas era came into its own in ’60s From page 31 when Mrs. Claus witnesses Mr. Brooks’ troubled relationships with his young son (Nathan Piasecki) and elderly mother (Susan Anderson), it falls on her and her magical baking to draw the family back together. This second production of Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen has been reworked and features a few new tunes, a lot more elves, and a 10-piece orchestra led by music director Matt Grinke. In creating the original script, Allman says he and his fellow writers were inspired by their own childhood Christmas memories, which is part of the reason the show takes place in the 1960s — that’s when all three of them were born. “We felt that was really when modern Christmas came of age,” Allman says, pointing to all the seasonal TV specials and Christmas songs that came out in the ’60s and remain just as popular today.

A tremendous amount of research went into Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen, Allman adds. Among their ﬁndings, the writers dug up some pre20th-century literature from the eastern U.S. that gives Mrs. Claus the same clout as her much-loved husband. “She was very much a partner, she was an equal, and that has faded away through the 20th century,” Allman says. “We felt Mrs. Claus deserved her own show, and we felt very strongly about that because she’s a compelling character.” With so many Christmas classics in heavy rotation at this time of year, the writers felt compelled to pen a new tale for modern audiences. “We wanted to write a gift to the families of today for Christmas.” Their musical emphasises the importance of family, and going to the theatre just happens to be an activity families can do together. “Live theatre now is competing with Netﬂix and

cat videos on YouTube,” so any new production “has to be excellent,” Allman notes. “And Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen is excellent. You can’t download this experience.” The story is one that all generations can relate to, he continues, because it touches on so many different relationships. “We wanted something that families could come to and go, ‘I recognize myself in that, and I recognize my grandmother or my mother or my father in that.’” It’s the fond memories of being with his own family at Christmas that stick with Allman today: visiting live reindeer at Oakridge mall, going for car rides to look at the neighbourhood lights, and settling in to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas with his parents year after year. “Those are the things that endure,” he says. “Everything I remember, all the best moments, were the times I spent with my family doing anything.”

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TRAVEL

Taking in the tuna action at Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market Only a lucky few get to see live auctions CATHERINE HAYES Contributing writer

The wake-up call came in to our Tokyo hotel room at precisely 3 a.m. I rolled over, looked at my slumbering eightyear-old and thought: “This is a risky game.” My son, William, and I were on the last few days of an October monthlong vacation in Japan. We were wrapping up travels in Tokyo and the one event I was desperate to attend was the tuna auction at the Tsukiji Fish Market – the largest fish and seafood market in the world and hailed by Time magazine as the No. 1 thing to do in Tokyo. We were told if we didn’t arrive by 4 a.m. we would not get in to the 5:15 a.m. auction. In the last five years this free to visit live auction had become such a popular tourist stop that the number of foreigners allowed in per day was capped at 120 — a much smaller number than the number who want, and try, to go. Quite simply the aging infrastructure was built for business not for throngs of tourists. The weeks leading up to this early morning I had been essentially selling this to William, who wasn’t as enthusiastic as I, that it was going to blow his mind. Of course I had never been, so my information regarding the mind blowing was coming second hand through books, documentaries (Jiro Dreams of Sushi) and word of mouth — three excellent sources to be sure. In 2013, I raved to William, a 489-pound tuna sold for $1.7 million. Like all business, markets fluctuate, this tuna being the most expensive on record. My sales pitch of money and size facts luckily piqued his interest. At this point we had been away from home for nearly 20 days and my son had been a good sport this far. I had booked apartments through VRBO and Airbnb so that meant

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(lie) he grumpily wrassled himself up so as not to disappoint ﬁctitious cabbie. One cool thing about 3:30 a.m. on a Tokyo morning that impacted us both was this: despite the 38 million people who call it home, this pre-dawn stepping through Tokyo streets afforded us a rare quiet view of the cityscape. Arriving at Tsukiji after a 30-minute taxi ride (no subways run this early) our semi-peaceful journey was halted. The number of cabs arriving at Tsukiji with foreigners ﬁling out was alarming. Though there was no running, it certainly turned into the speed-walking zone. No one wanted to be turned away at 3:45 a.m. And if we didn’t get in, I did not anticipate making a second attempt. Once through the Fish Information Centre registration desk we were awarded . . . ahem . . . afforded, green pinnies that indicated we were part of the lucky 120. I have never been so happy to slip into an ugly

green pinny. In fact, even at 3:50 a.m., we were numbers 101 and 102. I thanked the Universe and plunked us down on the tiny holding room floor where we sat for another 90 minutes, shoulder to shoulder, back to back, leg to leg, with 118 others. We had a list of rules to peruse that would be strictly enforced: no flash photography, no lifting arms, no sandals or heels, no loud talking or laughing, no interfering with what is a booming business. The list of ‘no’ also included children. I don’t know any more about this except William got in, and he was the only small person among the group. Finally at 5:40 we were ushered out of the holding room by a security guard through alleyways, fish-packed polystyrene containers, speedy turret trucks (small forklifts) and the bustle of employees — this big business employs approximately 60,000 to See Bells page 44

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Bells signal beginning of auctions in market From page 43 65,000 Japanese a year - to the tuna warehouse where the magic happens. Inside we were met abruptly by a squall of fish smell: hundreds of frozen tuna bodies littered the wet cement floor in neat rows, and painted on their bellies was a red number inside a red circle for identification. Just as many gumbootwearing potential buyers carrying large metal hooks to check the quality and weight of the fish roamed freely through. With pocket knives eventual bidders can chop a small piece of tuna tail to check the quality, record their desired numbers, and then move to the live auction zone. There are at least 10 auctions happening at one time and each auctioneer stands on an old wooden crate with a hand bell and a clipboard, with a

cluster of buyers gathered around him. An echoey jingle of that bell signals the beginning of a loud, singsong-like auction that lasts maybe a minute. The auctioneer causes such an animated and unexpected commotion and the bidders, like most things Japanese, are so calm, organized and controlled it’s hard to tell who “wins.” Which is part of the reason why we tourists are cordoned off behind a rope: the slightest raise of a hand is an interference and we’d be trying to ﬁgure out how to pack home a 400-pound blueﬁn tuna. Not the purchase I was wanting to make. As soon as the auction wrapped up, we as a group (actually broken into two groups of 60) were ushered promptly out of the market and weren’t allowed back until after 9 a.m. At this time it is best to visit the exterior market to have the freshest sushi

ever prepared. During our month in Japan this was my No. 1 highlight. (William marked it No. 3, after Kyoto’s Arashiyama Monkey Park and Nara’s Todaiji Deer Temple.) Once outside the market I suggested a sushi breakfast and although my kid is fairly adventurous I got two thumbs down. So at 8:30 a.m. as we waited for the train out of Chuo neighbourhood back to our temporary home in Shibuya, rather than fresh sushi we dined on ice-cream cones out of a vending machine. This felt only fair after dragging my little boy out of bed pre-sunrise without any guarantees. If you are considering this trip, note that the market is scheduled to move to Toyosu district in early November 2016. The market does have some holiday closures so refer to japan-guide.com.

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Fiat unveils a beefed-up 124 roadster A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird:

Fiat 124 Spider is sushi carbonera From the crowded floor at the beginning of a whole new silly season, it’s the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. Your humble correspondent is pleased to report that traffic in L.A. is still stupefyingly bad (seriously. There are people who’ve been stuck in six-lane stop-and-go since the mid-1980s), but that the sunshine state is still firmly in love with the automobile. Befitting an Italian automobile, the Fiat 124 announced its rebirth by way of a leak. Even before the wraps came off on the podium, we’d all had a good chance to gaze over the official press photos and details, which snuck out early. In person, this new Fiat droptop is something of an acquired taste. The bones are the new Miata MX-5 through and through, from chassis to infotainment. The styling is intended to imbue the little Japanese roadster with a little Latin flair. I’d have to say it’s not been entirely successful, depending what colour you choose. The Fiat is longer than the MX-5 and looks a little more bulbous. That’s not really what you want in a hot little Italian sportster. Under the hood, the

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Mazda’s 155 horsepower 2.0-litre four-cylinder is gone in favour of a Fiat 1.4-litre turbocharged engine making 160 h.p. That’s not really that big of a change, but the bump in low-end torque to 184 foot-pounds will make the automatic-equipped version a sunny cruiser. Be that as it may, it’s not the pulse-raiser Fiat would have you believe. For that, you’ll have to wait for the upcoming Abarth version. Car thieves drop off kid at school You’re not supposed to leave your kids in the car, and certainly not when it’s running. Still, sometimes there’s the temptation to just dash in and out solo. For one Virginia mother, that temptation proved too much, as she reportedly left her eightyear-old son in the car listening to music as a regular part of running errands at the beginning of the day. A pair of

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well that ends well. Just remember, don’t leave ‘em in the car, kids or keys. Lincoln goes nuts with MKZ Odds are you don’t even know what an MKZ is without looking it up – that’ll be the entry level one, analogous to the Ford Fusion. The twin-wing front grille might be an acquired taste, but the car’s overall bones were pretty good. Well, Lincoln’s refreshed their littlest sedan with a brand new grille and some nip and tuck

work to the sheetmetal. Never mind that, because it’s what’s underneath the hood that counts. Gone is the peppy little 3.7-litre normally aspirated V-6, and in its place is a completely nutty 400 h.p. twin-turbo Ecoboost V-6. Has Lincoln gone mad? These are the people behind the Town Car – lengthy luxury, best driven slowly. Now, all of a sudden, they’ve bolted together a machine to give the Audi S4, BMW 335i, and Mercedes-Benz C400 heart palpitations. Throw in the same

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Bi-Xenon headlights on the outside. That’s it – this is as spartan as a single apple for lunch. Happily, the Boxster’s got some pretty reasonable cabin space, and if the cupholders are next-door to useless, the glovebox is pretty good. The spacious front trunk is as good as any 911’s, and there is extra hidden storage underneath the large rear clamshell, though you have to partially open the roof to get at it. Performance And the question most of you are asking: “Who cares? What about the drive?” Well first, let’s get that top down. In an MX-5, it’s a two-second manual turn and squash. With a normal Boxster, it’s a power-folding one-touch that’s quick and easy. The Spyder is a blend of the worst bits of both: first, open the electronic latch; next, get out of the car and release the two buttress latches (this can take a bit of a struggle); then, manually fold the top into the space, taking care to tuck everything properly into the confined space; last, move the tabletopsized clamshell into place, taking care not to get anything misaligned. It can take five minutes, it can take 15. It’s not the sort of thing you want to See Top-down page 56

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TODAY’S DRIVE

The interior of the Spyder is surprisingly spartan. It comes with Bluetooth and USB connectivity but leather is extra and there’s no satellite navigation. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Top-down driving is what makes the Spyder special

be wrestling with during a sudden squall. Happily, the alternative to fiddling with the roof is just to go faster, and at this, the Spyder is an absolute beast. The six-speed manual shifter is better than the 911’s seven-speed stick, and bolting it to the torquey 3.8-litre engine just makes things even better. This is as easy a manual car to drive through traffic as any, with plenty of low-end power for you to lazily upshift early and downshift late. The flat six, a directinjection all-aluminium affair, makes 375 horsepower and 310 footpounds of torque. It’s the defining characteristic of the Spyder – while the car is lighter, this car is all about the bigger, lustier engine, and it pulls, pulls, pulls hard to redline. The gears are racetrack long, so your chance to dance to redline in third and fourth shouldn’t happen in the public sphere, but if you’re going to track your Boxster from time to time, it’ll absolutely fly. Everything likeable about the Boxster remains, just with a bigger heart to motivate things. Turn-in is sharp and direct, a livelier, more reactive experience than your average 911 drive. Grip is incredible, well above 1.0 g. The flaps open on the sports exhaust to snap and growl and backfire on lift-throttle.

With the top up, visibility isn’t great, but most of the sound and fury is still there. With the top down, following the curves of a coastal road, it’s sheer bliss, the kind of elemental experience every Porsche should deliver. Leave Sport+ alone and handle your own heel-toe downshifting, and the Spyder starts to make perfect sense. Porsche isn’t going to make very many of these and yes, it’s more difﬁcult to live with than the standard Boxster. That doesn’t mean it isn’t special.

Features Not much, should be the subheader on this column. The Spyder comes with Bluetooth and USB connectivity, and other basics you’d expect from an entry-level compact car. No heated seats though, nor climate control, nor memory position seats. Big deal: just buy gloves and a hat and don’t let anyone else borrow it. Running on premium fuel, and preferably the 94 octane you only get at Chevron stations, the Spider gets a best economy of 13.3 (litres/100 kilometres) city and 9.9 highway. Like most Porsches, it’ll actually do it, and if you mine the bigger engine’s torque on a longer trip, it’ll hit the highway rating with ease.

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Spyder raw and quick From page 56

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The checkered ﬂag Outstanding to drive, slightly ﬁddly to drive everyday, wonderful when conditions are right. One last thrill before turbocharging marches through Porsche’s lineup.

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From page 52 avoiding safety systems has self-driving capabilities almost as a side-effect. In L.A., Volvo didn’t even preview a whole car, but a sliding seat arrangement accompanied by a digital rendering of a self-driving crossover. As you might expect from Sweden, the furniture looks great, but here there are several modes. The ﬁrst, standard position is the selfexplanatory Drive. The second is Create, which slides the seat back and deploys a small table for

you to bust out the ol’ laptop. The Relax mode is even more laid-back, with a deployable ottoman. Imagine having access to this kind of tech on a rainy day in rush hour, managing to get work done instead of battling trafﬁc. And by “getting work done,” I of course mean improving your Angry Birds score. Watch this space for all the week’s best and worst of automotive news, or submit your own auto oddities to mcaleer.nsnews@gmail.com. Follow Brendan on Twitter at @brendan_mcaleer.

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