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Crown wants jail time for ‘cat burglar’ JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A Crown prosecutor has asked a North Vancouver provincial court judge to send an unusual cat burglar to jail for a year.

KING OF THE SHORE Ashby Waugh plays at the shoreline at John Lawson Park Wednesday morning. Accompanied by twin brother Ansel and his dad, the youngster came to see the king tide. King tides are extreme high tides that happen when the moon is closest to the earth. In early December, the district placed a “tiger dam” around nearby Silk Purse Arts Centre to protect it from potential flooding. No flooding was reported this week. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Crown counsel Violet Allard asked that 37-year-old Travis William Aschert of Surrey be sent to prison for 12 months after Aschert was caught red-handed by police stealing a catalytic converter from a Toyota 4Runner in North Vancouver. A subsequent investigation showed prior to being caught, Aschert had sold 66 catalytic converters to a Surrey scrap metal yard over a four-month period. Police first began investigating after a rash of 39 catalytic converter thefts were reported in North Vancouver

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EDUCATION: CANADA’S HIGHEST COURT TO HEAR UNION’S APPEAL OVER CLASS SIZE, COMPOSITION LEGISLATION

Teachers greet Supreme Court case BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The 14-year dispute between the BC Teachers’ Federation and province will be settled once and for all by the Supreme Court of Canada.

The top court announced Thursday morning it would hear the teachers’ case. At issue is whether it was a violation of the teachers’ right to freedom of association under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms when the province stripped out provisions in their negotiated contract for class size and composition. The teachers sued and won at a lower court in 2012. The province appealed the decision and the teachers’ case was quashed in 2015, with the BCTF promising they

would request their case be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. Rob Millard, president of the West Vancouver Teachers’ Association, greeted the news warmly. “I had high hopes. My expectations were tempered. You don’t want to get overly optimistic. Anything can happen but I’m obviously really pleased the Supreme Court has chosen to hear our case.” Education Minister Mike Bernier responded with a statement soon after the news broke. “We’ve always said that the BCTF’s application to have their case heard in the Supreme Court of Canada is part of the democratic process. We are confident in our legal position and appreciate any further guidance the court may provide,” it stated.

Should the teachers be successful, it will come with significantly higher costs for B.C. residents, the province has warned in the past – somewhere in the ballpark of $500 million in retroactive liabilities. “If we got our class size language back that was stripped back in 2002 when Christy Clark was the minister of education, they would have to hire more teachers. That would be good for students,” Millard said. “We’d have more specialist teachers. We’d have more classroom teachers. Obviously, that would increase services to students, which is what it’s all about.” Bernier said since inking a strike-ending agreement with the teachers in 2014, the relationship has “never been

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New initiative to save Squamish language SFU to debut full-time program in Squamish language immersion

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A decade ago the Squamish Nation language was in jeopardy, with only 10 fluent speakers remaining, many of them elderly.

At that time, Khelsilem, a Squamish Nation member, was a 16-year-old student at Carson Graham secondary. Rather than taking French or Spanish as a language elective, he signed up for Squamish. “I remember feeling like we need to do more,” he said. “I was really worried about what would happen to our language if we didn’t do more.” He’s done a lot more since then. First learning to speak Squamish himself, then teaching others at his father’s home through informal language nights and then starting a nonprofit called Kwi Awt Stelmexw that’s focused on the language, cultural and artistic revitalization of his community. The latest step is a new partnership with Simon Fraser University to launch a two-year full-time Squamish Language adult immersion program that’s now accepting applications for the 2016-’17 school year. The program’s goal is to graduate 15 speakers of the language each year with the

hope of adding 150 fluent Squamish speakers by 2027. There will be space for 15 students each year, who will spend 1,000 hours of classroom time taught exclusively in Squamish language. “I think that the road to a thriving language community is still a long road from here. I believe that our goal as a community should be to have a minimum of 10 per cent of the community being able to speak their Squamish language as their first language. And I think that everything that we do from now until that point is all part of the collaborative and collective work that we’re doing together to achieve that,” said Khelsilem. Khelsilem’s road to fluency in Squamish began with a master apprentice program led by Squamish Nation member Vanessa Campbell that included 300 hours of language immersion with her through a program offered by the First Peoples’ Cultural Council. “I was able to really rapidly increase my proficiency and fluency in the language. I still have more to learn of course, there’s always more to learn. That was a big change for me – I became a speaker of the language later on in life, not as child but as a second language

I became a speaker of the language later on in life, not as child but as a second language speaker.” — Khelsilem speaker.” Khelsilem’s grandmother was a fluent speaker of Squamish before she was sent to a residential school. “She left the school after 10 years and wasn’t able to speak it anymore.” But she spent summers with her grandparents who only spoke Squamish, so she retained some of her language. “So when I was growing up she would share with me the pieces that she did know and she still does to this day and was kind of the inspiration for feeling that the language was really important.” Applications for the program are being accepted until March 18 at 5 p.m. On March 11, Kwi Awt Stelmexw is hosting a gala to raise funds for a scholarship for students of the program. The gala takes place at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre and features keynote speaker Hana O’Regan, a Maori language educator. For details,visit KwiAwtStelmexw.com.

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in the summer of 2014, similar to other catalytic converter thefts in the Lower Mainland. Toyota 4Runners were the primary target, said Allard. Catalytic converters, which are part of a car’s exhaust and pollution control system, are targeted by metal thieves because they contain small amounts of precious metals, said Allard. The higher amount of platinum in a 4Runner’s catalytic converter has made that model a favourite target for metal thieves, said Allard, who make about $200 for each converter

they sell. She said it costs an owner or ICBC about $1,000 to $1,700 to replace a catalytic converter. After researching past thefts of catalytic converters, police set up surveillance on Aschert, whose past convictions for similar crimes and description matching that of a man seen near one of the thefts put him on the RCMP’s radar. On the night of July 2, 2014, police followed Aschert as he drove from his home in Surrey to a neighbourhood near Capilano University in North Vancouver. Aschert parked near a housing complex on

Percival Way, turned out the lights and sat there for several hours. Just after 2 a.m. on July 3, officers watched as he entered a garage with tools and listened to the sound of “metal on metal.” After 20 minutes, Aschert emerged carrying the catalytic converter. After a scuffle with police, Aschert was arrested. He later admitted to “cutting a couple of cats” and fencing some others, said Allard. Later, one scrap metal yard provided police with invoices showing the number of catalytic converters Aschert had sold in previous months. “Sometimes he would come

in with three in one day,” said Allard. The prosecutor noted Aschert has a number of previous convictions for stealing the vehicle part. In October 2008, he was found under a car, after the vehicle fell off a jack and pinned him while he was trying to steal a catalytic converter. In June 2011 Burnaby police nabbed Aschert under a Toyota 4Runner while he was attempting to steal the catalytic converter. He was searched and found to be carrying three more catalytic converters, along with a pipe-cutting tool. “This is not a hapless

thief,” said Allard. “He’s got skill.” The Crown noted Aschert was in possession of the drug fentanyl when he was nabbed by police, adding his crime sprees are usually linked to his drug addiction. Defence lawyer Jacqueline Percival asked the judge for leniency. She said Aschert’s drug problems started with a series of tragic events in his life, including a suicide attempt when he was brain damaged after surviving a jump off the Patullo Bridge, and a pool house fire where he suffered burns to 80 per cent of his body. He suffered

another head injury in a car accident when the vehicle he was travelling in was hit by a train at a railway crossing, she said. Percival said Aschert was “self-medicating” with a mixture of crystal meth, cocaine and heroin at the time of the thefts but added he has been off drugs for a year. Aschert has a good job working at a scrap yard in Surrey, seven days a week, she said. Going to jail would be “very disruptive” to his attempts to turn his life around, she said. Aschert’s sentencing has been adjourned until Jan. 27.

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The new museum planned for the Pipe Shop building in the Shipyards development at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue would include artifacts and interactive displays depicting community history. The facility would be three times the size of the museum’s current location at Presentation House Arts Centre. GRAPHICS SUPPLIED

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: SUCCESS OF SHIPYARDS MUSEUM PLAN HINGES ON RECENT FUNDRAISING DRIVE

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The end-of-December deadline has passed for the $5-million fundraising drive for a new museum at the Shipyards but campaign organizers aren’t sharing the results until later this month.

Campaign chair Don Evans said the group will make a presentation at the Jan. 25 City of North Vancouver council meeting. “I really don’t have a lot to tell,” Evans said. “Until we present to council we’re not releasing anything. We obviously want to talk to them first and we have to do that properly.” In mid-December, Evans told the News the group was 80 per

cent of the way to reaching its goal with three weeks remaining until the deadline. In July 2013, the North Vancouver Museum and Archives received conditional approval from council to develop a museum inside the Pipe Shop at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue but there was a caveat: the group needed to raise $5 million by Dec. 31, 2015. If that target was reached the City of North Van pledged to match all non-municipal cash contributions up to $5 million. Evans said the group continues to raise funds. “The fundraising process isn’t a click one day and someone gives it. With the larger (donors) it takes time. So there are things still in process and gift agreements being done.” Prior to the start of this past Monday’s council meeting,

representatives from the Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation strongly endorsed the plan for a new museum at the Shipyards. “I was delighted to hear that,” Evans said, who was in attendance. The museum at the Shipyards is planned as an interactive cultural history museum. At the new location, the museum would nearly triple its square footage and be able to deliver expanded programs and exhibits. The council-endorsed Central Waterfront Development Plan for Lot 5 development, created by Roger Brooks, includes a spot for the museum, which it describes as including “rotating interactive exhibits and will be open into the evening hours setting the standard for museums across the country.”

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Teachers want closure, union rep says From page 1 better” – something Millard largely corroborated. “I guess we’re in a good place. It’s calm. Teachers are happy. There’s no issues to deal with. We’re back to work. We’ve got a contract until 2019 and

that’s exactly what teachers want,” he said. “Obviously we disagree on money. We think that there should be more funding, but as far as the day-to-day business of education, I think the relationship is pretty good.” But the court case has loomed over many fraught

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hey’re off to the big leagues now. The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the BC Teachers’ Federation’s case, arguing it was unconstitutional for the province to strip class size and composition provisions out of their collective agreement. Famously, the Supreme Court never says why it chooses to hear the cases it does. Only about three per cent of would-be appeals make the cut but the supremes tend to opt for cases that address major questions about our fundamental freedoms. The basic question here centres on to what extent can teachers freely negotiate these types of working conditions into their contracts and whether governments have the ability to opt out of contracts when it becomes politically expedient. And the Supreme Court justices’ ruling

will become the law of the land, so no doubt, public sector unions and all three levels of government Canada-wide will be watching the case closely. Without getting into the minutia of the legal arguments or even whether smaller class sizes are a benefit to students, it will be nice to have some level of closure. Every round of contract negotiations between the BCTF and the province and every painful labour dispute since 2002 has been coloured by this unfinished business. Thankfully, things between the two sides appear to be more collegial now but this acrimonious chapter in the relationship between B.C.’s government and its teachers can’t be closed until the court has ruled. No matter what the outcome, we’re glad to see this appeal will be heard at the highest level. A battle this long deserves a definitive end.

Sailing club a lightning rod for waterfront debate Amy Baird grew up going to the Hollyburn Sailing Club every summer. Her mother, Anne, was its first woman commodore. “As a young girl I was so proud of her. Still am,” Amy says. The club was “a great way to meet new kids and to learn a valuable skill. … Too many people buy big boats without learning to sail on a smaller dingy where you really need to know the rules on the water. “Hollyburn is such a valuable asset to this community for people of all ages.” Amy Baird will be lending her voice to protecting that asset at a Jan. 27 meeting on the waterfront’s future, organized by the Ambleside and Dundarave Ratepayers’ Association at the West Vancouver Seniors Centre. Jim Bailey will be blooded — as opposed to bloodied — in his first major public appearance since inheriting Bob Sokol’s role as West Vancouver’s planning director last September. He will give a presentation followed by Q&A from the floor. Bailey won initial approval

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This Just In Trevor Lautens from one of council’s bluntesttalkin’ critics, Scenery Slater: He “gets points in my book for readily agreeing to attend our preferred “town hall” format. … I like him. I don’t always agree with him, but so far I have found him honourable and honest.” For her part, Amy Baird has at least one councillor, Bill Soprovich, on side (not all had a chance to respond to my invitation to comment): “The sailing club absolutely should be kept and revitalized. There’s real heritage value there.” There are many other issues: Proposed parking

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under the tennis court. Protection of three beautiful nearby trees. Fate of the Silk Purse. Role if any of the Spirit Trail (as a recent serious Stanley Park accident confirmed, whoever thought mixing pedestrians and cyclists is a good idea wins the dumb-dumb award). Holdouts from town offers to purchase of two beachside houses, one owned by multibillionaire Jimmy Pattison, that in my view deserve retention as beacons of safety when the beach becomes a different place after dark. And should CAAD, the proposed Centre for Art, Architecture and Design that can’t get a nickel from Ottawa or Victoria, be part of the discussion? Soprovich says no: “To involve it now with the waterfront plan I think is wrong, it’s an entirely separate consideration,” he declared at a November council meeting. Coun. Christine Cassidy disagreed: “It’s again what’s been happening in this community, which is … the horse is always coming after the cart.” Coun. Michael Lewis’s

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But the only opinion with the power to push the issue — and the sailing club to some new location — is Mayor Michael Smith’s. He wants a restaurant-cumbistro suitable for Grosvenor’s glitterati. The clubhouse has an appealingly jaunty, weatherbeaten-grey look, remindful of the preciously protected oceanside houses of Cape Cod. But I don’t detect a hair of heritage interest in the mayor. At a meetingby-invitation last year on WV development, where some knowledgeable souls questioned him hard, Smith detailed how valuable the site is, deriding its present use. At one point he scorned the “negative Nellies” — and his finger darted directly at my good self. (I responded with my customary calm good sense.) Amy Baird and others with fond memories are likely to be left with just that. !!! Appropriately minutes before Dal Richards would have extended his

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Taxes: are we getting what we pay for? Dear Editor: As our property assessments have arrived, I presume our various North Shore councils will be increasing our property taxes, as is usually the case. However, I believe that our property taxes should be decreasing. Let us look at the situation where a plot of land was occupied by four or ﬁve single-family dwellings. These were demolished and a highrise containing approximately 64 suites was built on this same plot of land. The owners of these suites have to pay property taxes. Multiply this by the number of highrises and condominiums built in the last few years and the increases to the municipal coffers must be huge.

(This is not counting the developers fees, which must be substantial.) Is it going to infrastructure? Apart from extending the corners at intersections, constructing roundabouts (which must be a nightmare for truck drivers) and providing cycle lanes, I see very little to warrant an increase in our taxes. The above are supposed to be for pedestrian safety, and yet, from my observations, street lighting is a major concern for both drivers and pedestrians. Drive down St. Georges Avenue on a dark, rainy night and you will be lucky if you can see some of the marked crosswalks. The dash into density, is in my opinion the main cause of trafﬁc problems

Seniors need protection Dear Editor: I like so many are concerned about the recent B.C. land assessments, as seniors it is a serious problem. I sold my property in Vancouver after my wife died in 2012 and moved to North Vancouver to a smaller house. My lot in Vancouver in 1964 was assessed at $10,000 and when I sold it was assessed at over $600,000; that is about 60 times greater. I was earning just under $4 per hour in 1964 and 60 times $4 would mean that I would have to be earning $240 per hour to keep up to the assessments in 2012. The old age pension was $75 per month in 1964; therefore our pensions would have to be between $4,000 and $7,500 per month to keep up to assessments. I have a lady friend and because they have built monster houses near her, her assessments went up from $940,000 to $1.29 million in one year. This is probably going to make her ineligible for the homeowners’ grant. She has a basic pension. She is in her late 80s and has worked hard to own and keep up this house which is about 1,100 square feet. She loves

her home and is finding this situation very stressful. She has a pacemaker and her condition has me worried. It was suggested to her to defer her taxes. This is an option, but I do not think she wants to do this. Our governments are making us all live beyond our means, and I think that they are out of control and are going to far. I also think that according to the Confederation agreement as written by our founding fathers in 1867 that what they are doing is illegal. I personally think that we need a grandparent clause that will protect seniors from these highly inflated assessments as they have no connection to the real value of property and are just driven by the market, foreign investment and the aspirations of our government. The government should have to live like the rest of us and live within the means provided. We who have our assets paid for had to be frugal to avoid debt, now the government wants to force us into debt. The only winners are the real estate industry and of course: the taxman!! Hank Pierce North Vancouver

on the North Shore. As I mentioned at the beginning, you cannot replace five houses with 64 suites and not expect a huge increase in vehicles just from that one plot of land. Apart from the new Keith Road Bridge (which I believe was funded through us via TransLink) just where are our taxes going??? And where will our traffic nightmare end??? I am sure that turning the North Shore into a traffic-snarled mini Manhattan is not what the original residents envisaged or wanted. An explanation from the powers that be as to where our taxes are going would be welcome. John Rowlands North Vancouver

System favours foreign millionaires over taxpayers Dear Editor: I am flabbergasted at the huge increase in property assessments. We live in an older, 1,045-square-foot townhouse and we have been assessed a value which is some six times higher than all the previous years assessment amounts. All in one year! I know that B.C. is a rip-off province and taxpayers are being milked for all they are worth by an uncaring government who seems to be more concerned in the financial rewards of foreign millionaires investing in our real-estate market than in Canadian families. They in turn will flip their purchases, realizing a nice profit making thus the price of homes even more unaffordable for average Canadian families. With the destruction of affordable housing and the stratospheric home prices, I foresee our homeless industry becoming even larger. At election time, watch how these assessments, besides other things, will come down to more reasonable levels. John Bueno North Vancouver

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INQUIRING REPORTER: Has the falling loonie affected your day-to-day life? The loonie is limboing lower and lower, on its way to US 59 cents, financial experts are predicting. Yes, gas is cheaper, thanks to the drop in oil prices, which also benefits Canadian manufacturers. But for the average consumer, the loonie’s 13-year low means we may have to tighten our belts when it comes to the extras such as travel and frivolous spending. We hit the streets to find out how the falling loonie has had an impact on your day-to-day life. Tell us what you think. Weigh in at nsnews. com. — Maria Spitale-Leisk

Varun Bhakoo North Vancouver “No, not really.”

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Skiers enjoying evening runs on Cypress Mountain found themselves suddenly swooshing down the slopes in comparative darkness Sunday after a power circuit tripped in one of BC Hydro’s highvoltage Lower Mainland transmission lines.

DRIVING FORCE Parker Thompson, 17, of Red Deer, Alta., spoke to students at West Vancouver and Rockridge secondary schools Jan. 7 about the dangers of distracted driving, as part of his #DriveToStayAlive campaign. Distracted driving is the second leading cause of car crash fatalities in B.C., according to ICBC, and under the graduated licensing program, anyone with a Learners or Novice licence is not allowed to use an electronic device behind the wheel, including hands-free headsets or speakerphones. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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Lights illuminating the slopes for night skiing at the resort flickered off at about 7:30 p.m. following a “bump” in BC Hydro’s power system that caused electrical breakers on the mountain to reset. Joffrey Koeman, spokesman for Cypress, said most skiers on the mountain at the time “hunkered down” and waited for the lights to come back on – about 10 minutes later. Skiers weren’t plunged into pitch darkness, he said, because of the reflection off the snow itself. Others whose electricity feeds off the same transmission line may have noticed a flicker in their lights or had their surge-protection equipment kick in Sunday evening, said Mora Scott, spokeswoman for BC Hydro. “It’s an extremely rare kind of event.”

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Ann Hamilton Realtors Reverse Draw It was a jovial, festive scene on the upper floor of the Tap & Barrel at the Shipyards, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, as 150 Realtors, administrators, managers and staff came together for the Annual Royal LePage Sussex Reverse Draw and Christmas Party Fundraiser. The evening included a wine and beer reception, dinner, the sale of 50-50 fundraising tickets and a Reverse Draw. Prizes included items like wine, gift baskets, a Louis Vuitton ladies wallet and a 52-inch television. The big winners, however, were some pretty worthy local charities, as the proceeds, approximately $10,000, were slated to benefit Dress for Success Vancouver, North Shore Crisis Services Society and Sunshine Coast Community Services.

Realtor Daniella Williamson suits up for the fundraising cause to sell 50-50 tickets with proceeds to Shelter Foundation charities.

Members of the Royal LePage Sussex Social Committee Sari Lundberg, Noreen Starnes and superstar organizer Susan Lee did an amazing job of making sure everything was just perfect and a good time had by all.

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DAVID BOWIE

Iconic artist left this world too soon GEOFF OLSON Contributing writer

Last December, scientists announced the discovery of an Earth-like world out beyond our solar system.

A Harvard university astronomer who helped find the planet is seeking a better name than GJ 1214b, its clunky scientific designation. For a short time, Wired magazine solicited readers for suggestions, but I think we’ve had the right name since Monday. ‘Ziggy.’ Or ‘Stardust.’ Or ‘Ziggy Stardust.’ I say the ocean-covered planet, 1.5 times larger than ours, should be graced with one of the trippy nom de plumes of the late singer/ songwriter David Bowie, who first rocketed to fame with his 1969 hit, “Space Oddity.” In the early '70s, young Bowie convinced a few working class British musicians to don platform boots and put on eyeliner for live performances (they were sold when they found out how women went crazy for the look). Led by a scrawny extraterrestrial named Ziggy Stardust, the Spiders From Mars thunderously annotated Bowie’s themes of oddness, otherness, and alienation. Bowie didn’t invent glam rock — that credit goes to Mark Bolan from T. Rex — but his introduction of high fashion and performance art gave some gravitas to glitz. He dropped Ziggy for a succession of androgynous fleshsuits: Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke, and the blonde dandy of his Let’s Dance phase. Trained in mime, Bowie was the first artist of the 20th century to actively play with the persona — Greek for “mask” — in a

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Food for thought ! Seeds, a documentary theatre style reenactment of a famous Canadian farming legal battle involving GMOs, runs Jan. 19 – 21 at the Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Tickets: 604-981-6335, kaymeekcentre.com. MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

Saskatchewan’s beloved son, acclaimed actor Eric Peterson, stars in a theatrical reenactment of the famous faceoff between a small-town Prairie farmer and agricultural biotech giant Monsanto — in a role that hits close to home for the thespian.

Peterson, of TV’s Corner Gas fame, plays Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser in Seeds, the dramatic retelling of the legal battle between Schmeiser and Monsanto Canada, which accused the small-town farmer of patent infringement for planting their genetically modified canola seed without a licence. “I was fascinated by this story, and I always say that any kind of theatre part or film part or television part that’s got somebody my age from

Saskatchewan, I should get first dibs on it,” says Peterson with a hearty chuckle, when reached Tuesday in Montreal, where he’s in final rehearsals for Seeds, produced by theatre company Porte Parole that’s based in the Quebec city. The travelling production will make its way to West Vancouver’s Kay Meek Centre where Seeds will open on Tuesday. Being from small-town Saskatchewan himself, specifically Indian Head, in the southeast corner, Peterson was well acquainted with the Schmeiser case. In fact, when Peterson returned to the heartland, most notably to film Corner Gas in the mid 2000s, he said he was amazed by the apparent shift in farming practices that had changed from when he grew up in the Prairies in the 1950s. Genetically modified organism wasn’t part of the agricultural vernacular until the ’80s, when Monsanto scientists were among the first to genetically modify a plant cell, and later a herbicideresistant gene for the canola plant, called Roundup which the company patented. After Roundup-resistant canola inexplicably cropped up on Schmeiser’s farm in 1997 — he claims it was by accident — Monsanto sued the

grower for patent infringement, because Schmeiser refused to pay them a licence fee, saying he owned the seeds harvested on his property. Schmeiser, a soft-spoken senior, successfully countersued the international biotech giant all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, in what became a bona fide David versus Goliath tale and fodder for the Seeds documentary theatre show. As far as being a farmer and having a right to use your own seeds, this is a “pretty revolutionary situation,” describes Peterson. He promises the complexities of the case — the legal, science, genetics and agricultural jargon — are executed in an entertaining fashion with a lot of multimedia elements and sounds effects. Audiences are pulled into the story, explains Peterson, because it’s one that concerns the ordinary Canadian citizen. Seeds asks the question, “Who Owns Life?” “I’d have to say in many cases audiences come with a pretty biased opinion against Monsanto and multinationals,” says Peterson. The play is not a polemic, however, but rather attempts to give as much information on both sides

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PUSH FESTIVAL Vancouver’s annual PuSh International Performing Arts Festival returns Jan. 19 with three weeks of visionary work at various venues around the city. The festival showcases international, Canadian and local artists with opening night this year featuring England’s Aakash Odedra Company performing Inked and Murmur at the Vancouver Playhouse and Rick Miller doing his one-man show BOOM at the Arts Club on Granville Island. For complete schedule visit pushfestival.ca.

Galleries CONNIE SABO / PETER ASPELL / JUDSON BEAUMONT North Shore galleries kick off the new year with three stellar shows: Connie Sabo’s site-specific installation at the City Atrium Gallery, Peter Aspell’s unique take on portraiture at the West Vancouver Museum and Judson Beaumont’s surreal furniture pieces at the Gordon Smith Gallery all set the bar high for 2016.

Music VILLAGE VOICE PAZZ & JOP POLL Two B.C.-born artists, Carly Rae Jepsen and Grimes, get lots of love in this year’s Pazz & Jop poll. The Village Voice released its annual music critics’ poll earlier this week (villagevoice.com/pazznjop) with Kendrick Lamar’s album, To Pimp a Butterfly, topping the list, with Courtney Barnett’s, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit, coming in second. Jepsen’s Emotion followed in third place edging out Grimes’ Art Angels which finished in fourth. A heady start to the new year for both Canadian musicians.

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TWISTS AND TURNS Connie Sabo installs her work Information + Impression in North Vancouver’s City Atrium Gallery. Made completely out of newspaper, Sabo’s artwork will be hanging in the space at City Hall from now until April 11. An artist’s talk is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 12:15 p.m. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

THE REVENANT / CAROL Two must-see masterworks from contemporary filmmakers are currently on view in North Shore cinemas: Alejandro Inarritu’s The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is screening at Park & Tilford, while Todd Haynes’ Carol is playing at Landmark 6 Cinemas on Esplanade. The Revenant cleaned up at the Golden Globes and is on track to do the same thing at the Oscars. Carol, equally brilliant in its immersion in old Hollywood storytelling, (via Sirk, Hitchcock and Highsmith) is getting the cold shoulder. — John Goodman

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JULIE CRAWFORD Contributing writer

Things we’d like to see in 2016, in no particular order: ! Hollywood takes itself way too seriously, true, and Ricky Gervais has previously been a breath of fresh air in a boozy, over-oxygenated, heavily Botoxed room. But I sincerely hope that the Hollywood Foreign Press books a new host for next year’s Golden Globes: Gervais smugly threatened poisonous barbs but only managed one killer lob (at Ben Affleck/Matt Damon), while a vicious attack on Mel Gibson went on three times longer than it should have. When Gibson comes off as the victim, it’s definitely time for Gervais to retire. ! I hope Liev Schreiber changes his name or becomes a welder, either one. I hate how his name autocorrects to “Live” every time I type it, and apparently it isn’t even his first name. Plus, Ray Donovan would rock that welder’s mask and de rigueur sleeveless vest, I’m sure. ! I pray that Zoolander 2 is awesome. The original Zoolander, 15 years ago (!), may be the most important film of all time, if you go by the number of times that “the black lung”, “school for ants” and “eugoogaly” jokes have been uttered in my household. Ben Stiller himself is directing and Justin Bieber is among the star-studded supporting cast. — I hope that Shia LaBeouf gets help, and three days’ worth of him watching his own movies in NYC does not count as therapy. ! I’m hopeful that Howard Shore’s music for Martin Scorcese’s film Silence, about Jesuit priests forced to recant their faith in 17th century Japan (Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver), is as awesome as Ennio Morricone’s score for Roland Joffe’s The Mission (Jesuit missionaries in South America). Because it’s been a while since we had some decent conversion-to-the-faith music. ! Superhero movies have become superboring of late, and at least one spectacularly self-destructed (poor Fantastic Four). So let’s hope that Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool remains true to his character’s interiormonologue roots, and that the movie doesn’t suck. I also hope that you don’t need a master’s degree to follow all the

Zoolander 2 opens Feb. 12. PHOTO SUPPLIED intertwining other-Marvel-movie plotlines in Captain America: Civil War. And that X-Men: Apocalypse is worthy of Oscar Isaac. Also that Batman vs. Superman offers some hope along with all that property damage, and maybe throws an Oscar bone to Ben Affleck, if only to get back at Gervais. ! Let Alicia Vikander star in just one great movie, not two. This year she’s likely to cancel herself out in the Oscar race after worthy performances in both The Danish Girl and Ex Machina.

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From page 14 CAROUN ART GALLERY 1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver. Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. 778-372-0765 caroun.net Painting Exhibition: Drawings and paintings by Torang Rahimi will be on display from Jan. 16 to 28. CITY ATRIUM GALLERY 141 West 14th St., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca Information + Impression: The North Vancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of works created entirely out of newspaper by Connie Sabo until April 11. Artist talk: Thursday, Jan. 19, 12:15-12:45 p.m. DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. MondayFriday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca The North Vancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of paintings by Laurel Swenson and crystalline porcelain by Pat Schendel and Brandon Martin until March 15. DISTRICT LIBRARY GALLERY 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. nvartscouncil.ca The North Vancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of paintings by Stephen Dittberner: Our Rivers Rock until Feb. 9. FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. TuesdaySunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-9257290 ferrybuildinggallery.com Wit & Whimsy: A mixed media exhibition with Sharon Greig, Lisa Klepak, Saul Miller and Isabelle Procter will run until Jan. 31. Meet the artists: Saturday, Jan. 16, 2-3 p.m. Love in any Language: A juried mixed media exhibition in honour of Valentine’s Day will run from Feb. 2 to 21. Opening reception: Feb. 2, 6-8 p.m. Meet the artists: Saturday, Feb. 6, 2-3 p.m. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Abstract Art Exhibit: Paintings by Marlise Witschi will be on display until Feb. 5. PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 604-986-1351 presentationhousegallery.org My House: An exhibition that brings together the work of artists Mike Kelley and Ryan Trecartin will be on display until March 3.

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RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Mystification and Reality: Nancy Cramer will show her pottery decorated with found objects like driftwood and seaweed and Trevor Holgate will present his newest watercolours from France until Feb. 21. SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com Line: An annual juried “Discovery” exhibition for new and emerging artists until Jan. 30. Poetry meets art: Sunday, Jan. 17, 2-4 p.m. WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca In the Gallery: Paintings of nature and influences from other lands by Mong Yen and Monika van Wollen will be on display until Feb. 15.

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West Van Museum explores unique work of Peter Aspell

! Peter Aspell: Saints and Sinners, Mystics and Madness, on now through March 26 at the West Vancouver Museum. For more information visit westvancouvermuseum.ca. ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

A key member of a group of artists that emerged in post-war Vancouver, credited for their contributions to the development of contemporary art, Peter Aspell charted his own path.

While painterly abstraction was the trend of the day, Aspell chose to focus on something else entirely. “He was primarily concerned with the figure when he was painting in the 1950s. For a brief time he departed towards abstraction, but really came back to the figure. He either worked from models or he worked from memories or what he would say impressions of people. He would often depict a portrait, it may not be an actual person, but it may be a type, or a character type, and create a portrait of a person based on that impression,” says Darrin Morrison, director and curator of the West Vancouver Museum. Aspell’s works were further informed by his interest in and continued exploration of

art history and cultural references. “He really expanded his vocabulary and in some ways that pursuit is what has made him stand apart from the prevailing trends in the Vancouver art scene,” says Morrison. Aspell’s alternative approach is being celebrated in an exhibition that opened Tuesday at the West Vancouver Museum entitled Peter Aspell: Saints and Sinners, Mystics and Madness. The show offers a unique opportunity to view Aspell’s works as while he exhibited regularly in commercial galleries around the globe, it marks the first public gallery or museum exhibition dedicated to the artist, who lived for much of his life in the Lower Mainland before passing away in 2004, in 50 years. “The museum has been exploring artists that were connected to the development of contemporary art in Vancouver. Peter is one of that group and certainly as an extension of the programming we’ve been offering around art and architecture, it was a good fit. And I’ve also always been interested in his work because it is quite distinct and I would say stands outside of what was prevailing trends in contemporary art in Vancouver in the 1950s,” says Morrison. Peter Aspell: Saints and Sinners, Mystics and Madness will remain on display through March 26 and it’s one of two concurrent exhibitions focused on the artist being offered in the Lower Mainland this winter. The second, Peter Aspell: the Mad Alchemist,

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“The Ferry Boatman” (2002) is one of the works featured at West Vancouver Museum in Peter Aspell: Saints and Sinners, Mystics and Madness. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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rock ‘n’ roll setting. Even before his Ziggy period, the guy was doing some pretty outlandish things, like posing in a dress for the cover of his 1970 album, The Man Who Sold the World. Skating across gender boundaries in public was about the most alien thing you could at the time, short of boarding an actual flying saucer. The transgressive singer-songwriter became something of a patron saint to successive generations of kids who felt different, misunderstood, or left out — LGBTQ or otherwise. He forged a new kind of cool from a kiln of high strangeness. The razor-thin performer was cast as an alien in Nicholas Roeg’s 1976 science fiction film, The Man Who Fell To Earth. He wrote a sequel of sorts to “Space Oddity” with the 1980 single “Ashes to Ashes,” and continued to touch on spacey themes through the remainder of his career. Of course, none of this showmanship would have worked — or been all that

interesting — without great music to back it up. Bowie was as much a musical as theatrical chameleon, shifting gears from acoustic folk to hard rock to Philly soul to electrofunk. The only time I saw him perform, at the Plaza of Nations site in 1997, he looked like he was having the time of his life: a man playing (and playing with) the role of art rock’s elder statesman, relaxed in between reinventions. He was known for his sense of humour. In a documentary on guitarist David Gilmour’s 2006 performance at the Royal Albert Hall, the youthful-looking singer tells the camera he first saw Pink Floyd with his parents when he was six. “I think he’s exaggerating the age a little bit,” Gilmour tells the camera. “Alright, I was ten,” the backstage guest responds with a grin. The man certainly had his share of musical missteps (and his mannered singing was easily lampooned, as in the affectionate sendup “Bowie’s in Space” by the comedy troupe Flight of the

Conchords). But consider this: few of us will read any given book more than once. We might look at a painting or sculpture with appreciation a few times before it becomes familiar territory. But most of us will listen to a chosen piece of music from certain performers over and over, for decades. How many times have I heard Bowie’s mid-seventies anthem to escape, “Heroes?” Certainly dozens, perhaps hundreds, of times. Yet it still gives me goosebumps. (Walter Pater was right: “All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.”) The 69-year-old David Jones exited this world way too soon, just two days after the release of his album Blackstar. He had come full circle with the video for the title track, back to his youthful themes of surrealism and space. Name the planet after the guy, already. We’ll even accept “Major Tom.” — Geoff Olson writes for our sister paper the Vancouver Courier (geoffolson.com).

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DEEP COVE SHAW THEATRE 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Fundraising Concert for First Impressions Theatre: Babe Gurr will perform with her full band Saturday, Jan. 23 at 8 p.m. Admission: $30. Tickets: 604-929-9345 or firstimpressionstheatre.com. GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-998-8563 info@

smithfoundation.ca Musical Morning in the Gallery: A tour of the current exhibit followed by a classical music concert with Janelle Nadeau: Harp & Voice Tuesday, Jan. 19, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tickets: $10/$7. LYNN VALLEY COMMUNITY ROOM 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Friday Night Live: An improv comedy variety show for all ages every Friday at 7:30 p.m.

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WHAT: “Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700, Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8460” (M-4) WHERE: 217 / 219 East 1st Street WHEN: Monday, January 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC Notice is hereby given that Council will consider the following application: Zoning Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8460 to rezone 217 East 1st Street from a Comprehensive Development 059 (CD-059) Zone to an Industrial Commercial (M-4) Zone to allow for the consolidation of 217 / 219 East 1st Street, to permit a two-storey 1,208 square metre (13,000 square foot) industrial and commercial building. Council will also consider Development Variance Permit DVP2015-00012 to vary the maximum permitted height from 4.6 metres (15 feet) to 8.5 metres (28 feet). In accordance with Development Procedures Bylaw, 2001, No. 7343, the Public Meeting has been waived.

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WHO: The Rusty Gull Neighbourhood Pub Ltd. / Christopher Bozyk Architects Ltd.

City of North Vancouver

All persons who believe they may be affected by the proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written or email submissions should be forwarded to Jennifer Ficocelli, Deputy City Clerk, at jficocelli@cnv.org or by mail to City Hall.

Proposed Lease of 16,760 square feet to the British Columbia Photography and Media Arts Society for the Polygon Gallery A Portion of 105 Carrie Cates Court, legally described as: PID 029-093-554, Lot A of the Public Harbour of Burrard Inlet and of the Bed and Foreshore of Burrard Inlet, Lying in Front of DL 271 and DL 274, Group 1, NWD Plan EPP30712

Submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm, Monday, January 25, 2016, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Hearing. Once the Public Hearing has concluded, no further information or submissions can be considered by Council.

In accordance with sections 26 and 94 of the Community Charter, the City intends to enter into an agreement to lease 16,760 square feet of space located at 105 Carrie Cates Court. The term of the lease will be for 50 years with 4 renewal terms of 5 years each. Basic rent for the lease is $1.00 per year plus a Common Area Expenses Fee of $3.16 per square foot of the Gross Floor Area of each commercial retail unit.

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WHO: Fina Development Group Ltd. / Karl Wein & Associates

WHO: D. Porter and C. Enns / C. Moorhead Architect

WHAT: “Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700, Amendment Bylaw, 2015, No. 8456” (CD-668)

WHAT: “Zoning Bylaw 1995, No. 6700, Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8461” (CD-662)

WHERE: 210 East 18th Street

WHERE: 1753 Grand Boulevard

WHEN: Monday, January 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC

Zoning Amendment Bylaw, 2015, No. 8456 to rezone the property from a Two-Unit Residential (RT-1) Zone to a Comprehensive Development 668 (CD-668) Zone to reduce the minimum lot size to allow for a front-to-back duplex at a Floor Space Ratio of 0.5 times the lot area. The project includes a request to increase the maximum envelope height from 4.6 metres (15 feet) to 4.9 metres (16 feet). Two parking stalls will be provided at the rear of the lot with access from the lane.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8461 to rezone the properties from a One-Unit Residential (RS-1) Zone to a Comprensive Development 662 (CD-662) Zone to realign the existing parcels to retain the heritage house in its current location on the lot fronting Grand Boulevard with one parking stall. The new lot will front East 18th Street with a new single family home with space for two parking stalls, accessed from the abutting lane.

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orth Vancouver’s Tomahawk Barbecue has survived the Great Depression, a world war, the fast-food revolution, the diet craze, progress, regress, life, death and dry rot. More than survived, it’s thrived. Generations of customers keep coming back for the “Yukon-style” bacon and eggs (Yukon-style means “big”), the fresh turkey sandwiches (turkeys cooked onsite nightly), the Skookum Chief Burger (that’s organic beef from a ranch in Salmon Arm, B.C.) and a selection of freshly baked pies made from 100-year-old family recipes. But an institution like the Tomahawk doesn’t rest on its laurels. For a home-style restaurant to work for nearly 100 years, it has to constantly adapt and evolve with tastes and the times. So these days you’ll also find on the Tomahawk menu a Granola Yogurt Medley, a

selection of green salads and a veggie burger comprising mushrooms, brown rice and low-fat cheeses – along with fresh tomato and lettuce. “We really are a dinosaur,” says a grinning Charles Chamberlain, whose dad Chick opened the Capilanoarea diner in 1926. It was the region’s first drive-in – before burgers, it offered “sandwiches in the car,” a novelty in 1920s-era Vancouver. But Chick Chamberlain’s timing couldn’t have been much worse. The stock market crashed and the Depression kicked in just three years later. Still, the family persevered. Those principles of perseverance, adaptability and patience to do things right have stayed with the business through thick and thin. “ We’re definitely not complacent about it,” says Charles – Chuck to his family, friends and customers. “As with anything, you’ve got to stay on top of things.” The Tomahawk is part-

museum, and features an impressive collection of West Coast native artifacts donated or traded by local Squamish and other First Nations with whom Chick Chamberlain, the son of British immigrants, had close relationships. Chick fell in love with the coastal peoples and culture. In tough times, he’d provide meals on barter, or less, collecting the odd piece along the way. “During the Depression, everybody had to help one another – it didn’t matter colour, race, creed, anything,” says his son. Eventually, Chick started serving on the local band council — the first white man to do so — and the only one for years. Now descendants of those First Nations friends bring their grandchildren into the restaurant to see the work of their forebears. Charles (Chuck) Chamberlain started his apprenticeship at the Tomahawk when he was just seven years old, clearing carhop trays on

How working together can help keep kids safe from digital dangers Carol Todd remembers when teenagers’ insults were written on the bathroom wall or on paper and could be washed away or torn up. Then, bullying was a schoolyard event. The trials of adolescence stopped at the bedroom door, and that room was a refuge from the outside world. Now, bullying is a wider, more enduring problem through the use of technology and social media, says Todd. “Something physical or face-to-face could happen at school and they come home, turn on their devices and, boom, it’s right there — pictures, videos, words, the story. And it isn’t just one-to-one anymore. It’s one-to-100,000.” Todd knows how difficult growing up in the digital age can be. Her daughter Amanda took her life on Oct. 10, 2012 — just before her 16th birthday — after relentless online

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phone Education, or Telus WISE. Cyberbullying, says Todd, can affect anyone. Nearly 75 per cent of American adults have witnessed online harassment and 40 per cent have experienced it, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. Cyberbullying among kids is intensifying. Recently, Telus, with partners MediaSmarts and PREVNet, surveyed 800 Canadian youth. Forty-two per cent said they had been cyberbullied in the previous four weeks; 60 per cent had witnessed cyberbullying in that period. What’s more, 33 per cent of youth said they do not report cyberbullying because they don’t believe adults give advice that helps – suggesting adults must educate themselves on the issue and how to equip youth with methods to intervene.

weekends. He’s 7 1 now and still works 17-hour days, seven days a week except Christmas and Boxing Day, when the place closes and he and his 24 staff – some of whom have been there more than 20 years – take a much-deserved break. By 1960, dry rot was getting the best of the original log building, so the family moved the business to a new building across the street. Business took a nosedive in the 1980s with the rise of various diet crazes. “That was just horrendous,” says Chamberlain. “Not just for me, but other restaurants, too. Nobody was eating any bacon or toast, the mainstays of the business. But we carried on. We didn’t change too much.” These days, the Tomahawk goes through a tonneand-a-half of bacon a month. The Mixed Grill, a menu item spawned by a customer who’d bring in a baking sheet after his Sunday soccer game and ask Chick Chamberlain to “load ’er up”

with whatever was available, serves up nine slices of bacon along with two free-range eggs, two slices of Klondike toast, an organic hamburger patty, aged cheddar cheese, a wiener, onions and fresh sautéed mushrooms. In an era of cheap fast food, never-ending deadlines and a relentless demand for instant gratification, the alcohol-free Tomahawk just keeps chugging along like it’s in some sort of time warp. On weekends, customers

queue for more than 30 minutes to enjoy servings that cost from $8 to $15 a plate. Robert Mackay is 83 years old and he’s been coming to the Tomahawk since 1950. He’s down to once a month now, but the Yukon-style breakfast remains his favourite. “We love the novelty of the place,” he says. “We enjoy the atmosphere. It hasn’t changed much. They’ve modernized the restaurant . . . but the food is still just great. It’s always been great.”

Early on, Carol Todd recognized where the change would have to begin. Speaking in 2013 at a Winnipeg roundtable sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, Todd said it couldn’t be left to police and governments to prevent cyberbullying; social media and organizations like telecoms needed to take a leading role. Telus WISE hadn’t been created, but as a long-time customer, Todd knew the company and its reputation well, and admired its presence and practices. When it launched Telus WISE, she says, “It was really good to hear that a telecom was taking control and doing something positive.” Todd signed on as a program partner and ambassador. Telus WISE is the brainchild of Darren Entwistle, company president/CEO, who believes social responsibility is both a duty and a sound business practice. Entwistle recognized that creating an educational, actionable and

free resource to help all Canadians, not just Telus customers, would be critical to helping people adopt the most current Internet and smartphone safety practices. Program director Shelly Smith, who has been with Telus WISE since its inception nearly three years ago, says the multilingual effort has reached hundreds of thousands of Canadians through workshops, seminars and online resources. “We’re all aware of the benefits that connected technologies bring to our work and personal lives, but we also have to be aware of and prepared for the risks,” says Smith. Telus WISE addresses issues such as cyberbullying, identity theft and smartphone safety in classroom visits, adult education programs, information guides and online at telus.com/wise. “We need to make sure there are safety nets in place, and those include education,” says Todd. “It needs to be ongoing, and we need to educate adults just as much as we

need to educate the kids.” Solving issues confronting smartphone users is a threepronged effort requiring prevention, intervention and reaction, says Todd. She believes Telus is doing an outstanding job on prevention, particularly through its WISE workshops. Most youths have an Internet-connected device and multiple social media accounts. Kids today may be tech savvy, says Todd, but they are as naive and vulnerable as ever. “When your child turns 16, you don’t give the car keys to them and tell them to go drive to their heart’s content. You give them lessons. You make sure they’re safe. We should be doing the same thing with mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.” Don’t lecture, she urges parents. And don’t be quick to punish mistakes. “The keys are communication and trust,” she says. “Parents and their kids need to have open conversations – conversations without judgment.”

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Chuck Chamberlain, owner of North Vancouver’s Tomahawk Barbecue, jokes with servers Leona De Lange Boom and Kyla Majeau. The iconic restaurant has relied on sterling customer service to thrive for nearly a century.

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Freshen up a dreary winter wardrobe This Free People floral tapestry peasant blouse, $151 at Hudson’s Bay, is the perfect hue to brighten up any outfit – whatever the time of year.

This sophisticated Luisa Cerano cream jacket, $795 at Marilyn’s in Caulfeild, is neutral enough to wear with anything, and versatile enough to move from season to season effortlessly.

The Goods Niki Hope Winter blahs got ya down?

I suggest hitting the refresh button on your winter wardrobe. Here are a few pieces currently available on the North Shore that will help give your closet a boost and, hopefully, your spirit as well. The mid-season investment pieces will transition easily from winter to spring in style. PHOTOS SUPPLIED AND MIKE WAKEFIELD

Expect platforms to be huge this year. These Vince Camuto Elric studded platforms in toffee, at Hudon’s Bay for $195, can be paired with cream-coloured tights, or for an edgier look wear with socks in the winter, and without in the spring and summer.

Lonsdale beauty mecca Kiss and Makeup carries an array of beauty products (and fashion, for that matter), but this Tata Harper lip and cheek tint, $41, in “Very Sweet” is a true standout. Brighten up your smile and your mood with this lovely hue.

Wide-leg, high-waisted, cropped flairs are the mustown style for spring. The new shape is everywhere, but I like the Rayner denim from J Crew, $182. With a deep-black wash these pants are versatile enough to wear to the office and dinner, this season and next.

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Pieces transition from winter to spring From page 29

Add a little colour to our grey winter weather with the Colter poncho in beige, at Moulé for $245.

We might see our share of grey, damp days, but we still need some cool shades on hand for when the sun does actually peek through. Pick up these classically styled Abigail shades, $125, from the C4 X Susie Wall collection (a collab between the style maven and North Shore brand, Claudia Alan).

This creamy, dreamy dress from Wilfred, on sale for $199, would look darling with creamy tights or over a pair of flairs during the cool months, then with sandals or platforms when the weather warms up.

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From page 21 Schedule: Jan. 15, Camillo the Magician. Tickets: $10 at the door. MOUNT SEYMOUR UNITED CHURCH 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. City Soul Choir will perform a fundraising concert hosted by the cycling team Deep Cove Divas Friday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. There will be a silent auction and social following the show. Admission: $20/$10. All proceeds will go to the BC Cancer Foundation. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Classical Concert Series: Pianist Libby Yu will perform a solo recital Thursday, Jan. 21 at 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $15. WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Friday Night Concert: Latin band Locarno will perform a blend of Mexican folk, Cuban son and Latin soul Jan. 29, 7:30-8:45 p.m.

Theatre KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Seeds: A retelling of the legal battle between a Saskatchewan farmer and an international bio-tech giant Jan. 19-21 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $50/$39/$25.

ST. MARTIN’S HALL 195 East Windsor Rd., North Vancouver. Hickory Dickory Dock: The SMP Dramatic Society will perform its annual pantomime Jan. 15, 16, 22, 23, 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. with matinees Jan. 16, 23 and 30 at 2 p.m. Admission: $21/$18/$14. Tickets: 604-7670665 or smpdramatics.com.

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Peterson began acting career in Vancouver From page 13 of the debate and uncovers both Schmeiser’s and Monsanto’s “deep philosophical differences,” adds Peterson. Seeds has been performed across the country for three years now, and not surprisingly the subject matter touched a nerve in the Prairie provinces. “It was very interesting to play it in Calgary … because of the connection to that locality and to the big farming as part of the economies of those places,” says Peterson. Weighing in on the GMO debate, Peterson says: “You can’t but help but see this play and become super aware of what we are eating and where it comes from and how it’s made.” As for using art as a vehicle for social commentary, Peterson figures it’s an excellent way to open up the dialogue. “I think that theatre requires the audience to participate in an imaginative way. That is, they have to suspend their own disbelief,” he says, adding there is a connection between the audience and actors that enhances what you are hearing when you watch a live show. Peterson also credits his SEEDS co-stars, who play multiple characters, for keeping audiences engaged with their acting ability. “So, it’s great fun to watch them change characters. Women are playing men, men are playing woman, et cetera, et cetera, at some point in the storytelling of this play,” explains Peterson. The veteran actor and Canadian icon is no stranger to Vancouver — it’s where Peterson launched his career. “I got my start out there, yeah,” he says with an excited tinge of reminiscence to his voice. In the early 1970s, Peterson helped found an experimental theatre collective in Vancouver, called the Tamahnous Theatre. He later co-created and starred in Billy Bishop Goes to War, which premiered at

the Vancouver East Cultural Centre in 1978 and went on to tour internationally, earning Peterson accolades on Broadway and in London. Peterson’s theatre career spans more than 40 years, with hundreds of plays under his belt. Canadian audiences also got to know Peterson as the curmudgeon patriarch Oscar Leroy on the award-winning Corner Gas, which depicts small-town life in Saskatchewan. The series ran from 2004 to 2009. “I think first and foremost it was damn funny,” says Peterson of the show’s success. “I think that it was very well written. I totally tip my hat off to Brent Butt and all the writers on that show.” For Peterson it was a homecoming of sorts filming Corner Gas in Regina. He had left Saskatchewan because “nobody had been an actor from there and there was no acting going on.” “So, it was very thrilling for me to come full circle back and do something in that province which was my home, that I was so proud of being part of too and gave people so much pleasure,” says Peterson. To this day people stop him in public to talk about the ‘Dog River’ days and his oftused insult on the show. “I can be walking down the street and people will go, ‘Call me a jackass, OK,’” says Peterson, laughing. “And I’m happy to call them a jackass. It’s just satisfaction for me that people liked the show.” While Peterson has other TV show roles in the pipeline, it seems the stage will always be his first love and where he plans to spend most of his time. “You know, film and television is fun, but there’s something very special (about theatre), says Peterson. “In such a virtual world we now live in, encounters with people watching live events — I’ve kind of rediscovered a whole new excitement about it.”

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is being offered by the Richmond Art Gallery from Jan. 23 to April 3. The West Vancouver show features 27 of Aspell’s works as well as some preliminary drawings, all of which were completed from the late-1980s through to the time of his passing. “Peter, I would say, primarily was noted to be a master colourist. His use of colour was quite extraordinary, but also the sheer joy that I think he had with paint is quite evident in his work. At the same time, some of the subject matter, not all the time, but often had a dark undercurrent,” says Morrison. Aspell painted a number of works that were critical of abuses of power, for example those that featured images of industrialists, popes and cardinals, dictators, generals and other people of influence. “They are not always flattering renditions,” says Morrison. The Richmond show will feature 19 works by Aspell, a number of which are much larger in scale than those being shown on the North Shore, partly due to space constraints but also just in light of the way the organization of that particular exhibition unfolded. Working on the show has been enjoyable for Morrison, having given him an opportunity to engage with members of Aspell’s family as well as various art collectors and lenders. “People are passionate about Peter’s work. Since we’ve announced the show and we’ve had some media coverage already, we’ve been contacted quite a bit from people that either studied under him or knew him or modelled with him, so it’s really nice to see how these kinds of shows bring people together around this important period and around these artists who really did contribute in major ways to the development of the Canadian art scene,” he says. As part of the exhibition, the West Vancouver Museum is offering a guided bus tour to the Richmond Art Gallery Feb. 27, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Led by the two exhibitions’ curators, Morrison and Richmond director Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, participants will explore both the West Vancouver and Richmond shows, as well as stop for a dim sum lunch at the Shanghai River restaurant in Richmond. Cost: $45, visit westvancouvermuseum.ca.

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Car show season already in high gear A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: The XC90 smooths out the traditional boxy Volvo shape into a handsome new package, but there are still plenty of little touches – can you see Thor’s hammer in the headlights? – to let you know where this car comes from. It is available at Jim Pattison Volvo in the Northshore Auto Mall. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

2016 Volvo XC90

Volvo thinking outside the box

BRENDAN MCALEER Contributing writer

Europeans like to sell bricks.

Example A: Lego. Example B: Volvo. But wait - what’s this? Yes, the stalwart Volvo 240/740/940 has been dead for ages, and in its place a curvier sort of Swede has sprung up. No longer are Volvos merely a rectangular resting place for a

labradoodle and a “Coexist” bumper sticker, they’re now supposed to be svelte luxury cars with a premium feel. To anyone who stomped through the snow in a 544, raced a 122S at Westwood, or hauled a load of firewood home in the trunk of a 240 wagon, the shift upmarket may come as a bit of a surprise. However, old Volvo’s rough-and-tumble image has largely been co-opted by Subaru, so the Swedes

now tout safety and comfort above all else. It’s a tough go against the likes of BMW and Mercedes; the German brands would seem to have the market sewn up tight. However, Volvo’s renaissance is arriving with a distinctly different flavour, something to differentiate itself from the aggressive styling and big engines of the Teutonic titans. So no, they don’t sell bricks any more, but in the

new XC90, Volvo’s got something that’s far beyond the ordinary.

Design

Probably the prettiest Volvo of all time was the Italian-designed P1800 coupe, the car popularized by Roger Moore’s The Saint. While Volvo has relied on outside help from time to time to give their cars a little pizzazz, this new handsome crossover is distinctly Scandinavian in form.

And that means the old Norse gods are going to show up. Check out the XC90’s headlights and you’ll see a T-shaped LED bar that’s meant as a nod to Thor’s hammer. The diagonallyslashed grille and that iconic badge (the symbol means “rolling strength”) lets you know it’s a Volvo right away. The shape makes the most of the footprint, and the

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It’s that time of year again, already, oh dear. Car show season kicks off early in 2016 with the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It’s been a mix of big reveals and relative quietness for this show, and while there’ve been a few surprises, it’s mostly a soft start to the year. Fewer wild concepts, however, means more in the way of production machines you can actually buy. Here’s a look at some of the newsmakers out of Detroit.

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greenhouse is large enough that young rear-seat passengers will actually be able to see out – remember that, kids? Really though, the main takeaway from the XC90’s outward appearance is an air of reserve. The roof-to-midtailgate rear taillights have the same basic shape that’s been there since Volvos of the 1990s, but the overall silhouette of the car borders on anonymous. It’s well-cut clothing without the obvious labelling: no fender gills, no crazy side-surface styling. Taken as a whole, the XC90’s appearance is businesslike and unfussy. You can tell it’s not a German car, but only because it’s not shouting about it.

Environment

If the exterior whispers, then the interior murmurs. Volvos have always had some of the best and most

comfortable seats in the business, and this car takes that comfort to a higher level with an infusion of subtly simple style. The digital dashboard (and expect to see one of these in every new luxury car by next year), is bright and clear, and the central touchscreen is both quick and powerful. Actually, the latter - Volvo calls their infotainment system Sensus - is one of the best things about the car. Essentially an iPad in touch-and-swipe operation, it both has an endless amount of adjustability for vehicle systems, and an ease-of-use that’s simpler than a dial controller. The use of unpolished wood trim throughout the cabin and a multi-faceted starter and drive-select knob add a certain laidback flair to the ambiance. Carbon-fibre trim would feel gauche in here: the XC90 is warmer and more welcoming than the fighter cockpits

you find elsewhere. Passenger-carrying capacity is very good, including third-row seats that’ll actually work for carrying larger kids. Step-in access is a little tricky though, so keep adults out of the back unless you don’t really like them. Out back, the XC90’s 615 litre cargo-carrying capacity will rate an impressed nod from that old 240. Perhaps the best trick it pulls is what happens when you’re only using part of the space: a flip-up cargo divider with elasticated band for securing loose objects works better than almost anyone else’s solution. It’s the sort of thing you’d hope to find in any car.

Performance

While the XC90 is a large and heavy machine, the only engine offering is a 2.0-litre four-cylinder. On paper, that doesn’t seem like enough at all. Sure, the old Volvos

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Pickups arm themselves for war of the trucks coupe, the Q60. Yes, we know, nobody can figure out the naming nomenclature yet, but just remember that the Q50 is the sedan and the Q60 is the two door. It’s a good looking car, if slightly fussier than the pretty simplicity of the original G35. The big news here, however, is how comprehensively the Q stomps all over competition like the BMW 440i and the Mercedes-Benz C450. Gone is the old naturally aspirated V-6, a big hearted lout that many loved. In is a new 3.0-litre twin-turbo six that looks to have picked up a trick or two from the mighty Nissan GT-R. Total power output for top-trim variants? 400 horsepower and 350 foot-pounds of torque. That’s most of the way towards an M3, and unlike the fastest Bavaria offers, you can get the Q60 with all-weather friendly allwheel drive. Eighty more horsepower than the Teutonic competition? You can bet the engineers are scrambling.

Chrysler brings back Pacifica as a minivan

And now, as they used to say on Monty Python, for something completely different. Never mind the heating up horsepower wars, here’s Fiat-Chrysler’s replacement for the Town and Country minivan. The original Pacifica was a crossover intended to take the place of your

average minivan, so having a refreshed van with the name somehow makes a strange sort of sense. Peep closer at the sort of options the Pacifica redux offers, and things get even better. For one thing, the baseengined minivan comes with available all-wheel drive, something Canadian hockey parents will love. For another thing, the Pacifica is the first plug-in hybrid minivan to market: mixedmileage fuel-consumption for the van is just 2.94 litres/100 kilometres. For those looking to have a single vehicle that does it all, a hybridized minivan just makes sense for the school run. All the Pacifica needs to do now is get past that minivan stigma.

Nissan Titan Warrior takes on the Ford Raptor

Where trucks are concerned, subtlety takes a back seat to raw brawn and body armour. Both Nissan and Ford came out swinging in their efforts to get a bigger share of the bro-dozer market, with Ford’s newly refreshed Raptor taking on Nissan’s Warrior concept. This latter is just as aggressive as the semi-Bajaprepped Ford F150 we’ve all started to get used to. Lifted and widened, it’s got the same literally enormous street presence, but with a distinctly Japanese flair. Nissan even calls their matte grey paint job “Thunder,” and describes the additional skid plates and fender flares as body armour. While it’s only currently

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Chevy Bolt gets 320 km range

While the big rigs posture and preen for the camera, over at Chevy a much quieter revolution is taking place. Their Bolt compact car – not to be confused with the Volt – is a pure EV that cracks two major milestones in electric car manufacture. First, it can go 320 kilometres (200 miles)

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However, as a practical choice for the rest of us, the Bolt makes a pretty compelling case, and should easily outperform the Nissan Leaf, currently the EV sales volume leader. Add in a sprint to 100 kilometres per hour in less than seven seconds, and this little Chevy has very few real-world drawbacks.

on a single charge; second, after rebates, it should cost right around $30,000. Unlike the Tesla Model S, which owes much of its success to the prestige of having an early adopter car with great acceleration and luxury car looks, the Bolt is a far more pragmatic option. Buy this, GM says, as an alternative to that compact hatchback you were thinking of. It’ll pay for itself by saving at the pump in just a few years. Well, in the United States, making your money back is going to take a little longer. Part of the reason those gargantuan trucks are so popular is current extremely low pump prices.

Henrik Fisker unveils rebodied Viper

Less pragmatic is the VLF Force 1 V10, a Dodge Viper made even more insanely aggressive looking by noted designer Henrik Fisker. Fisker, you may remember, is the man behind such gorgeous cars as the BMW Z8 and the Aston-Martin DB9.

However, the line between genius and madness is apparently a thin one, and Mr. Fisker seems busily involved in dipping his toe across it. The Force 1 is the car nobody asked for: a Viper that’s even more ludicrous? I think Dodge’s SRT division already had that covered. VLF hopes to sell 100 or so Force 1s per year, pricing each one around the same as a Lamborghini Huracan. Good luck, Henrik, you madman.

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soldiered along with a stout four-banger, but no one ever expected much performance out of them. Unless they were turbocharged. If there’s one thing Volvo knows about getting their cars to display a little maximum bork, it’s adding forced induction, and plenty of it. The XC90’s diminutive powerplant is actually twincharged: supercharged and turbocharged. The former adds low-end torque, while the latter spools up as

you charge down an on-ramp. Once at cruising speed, it’s back to four-cylinder fuel economy. That’s the theory anyway, but it is surprising to experience how lively the big ‘90 feels when on the move. In regular driving modes, it reacts smoothly and leisurely, and if you’ve turned the radio off, you can hear the whistling and whirring of all those fans pumping air into the engine. It’s not an unpleasing sound, though lacking the

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The XC90’s interior is more welcoming than some of the fighter-plane cockpits found in other luxury offerings.

Taken as a whole, the XC90’s appearance is businesslike and unfussy. The large windows offer nice visibility, even for young children sitting low in their car seats. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD

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character of the old straightfive and straight-six engines Volvo used to sell. Pop things into dynamic and the XC90 wakes up a bit. The old car was never a driver’s delight, even when V-8 power was on the option list. This new one feels considerably lighter on its feet, thanks in part to the new architecture underpinning everything, and thanks in part to the solid reserve of low-end torque. Power ratings for the twin-charged 2.0-litre are a useful 316 horsepower, and 295 foot-pounds of torque from 2,200 r.p.m.

As mentioned, the XC90’s central piece is its 9.3-inch touchscreen. Icons are large and clear, and side-swiping through the various submenus is just as easy as using the tablet or smartphone you’re already used to. Other optional niceties include a 360-degree camera for making parking that much easier, and a suite of heated features (everything from steering wheel to windshield washers) that you’d expect to come out of a Scandinavian country. The XC90 starts off at $61,300, which is competitive with the usual suspects from the German brands. Add in a few options and it’s more like

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Twincharging helps the XC90’s modest 2.0-litre engine reach a power rating of 316 horsepower. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Price comparable to luxury competition a $70,000 car, although that’s again competitive. Despite the XC90’s large size, the twincharging trickery results in more reasonable fuel mileage. Official figures rate 9.4 (litres/100 kilometres) on the highway, and 11.8 in the city. Realworld economy hovered between 10 and 11, excellent for such a large car.

Conservative, yet handsome; beautiful interior; solid infotainment.

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Like all luxury offerings, options get expensive; premium fuel required.

Volvo thinks outside the box – and it works.

The checkered flag

BMW was one of the earliest companies to jump on the crossover bandwagon, and their X5 remains one of the more compelling offerings in the segment. If you’re looking for a sportier drive, the X5 really does drive in a way that physics says it shouldn’t be able to: it’s heavy, but it’s still a BMW. Even if you couldn’t separate the two on esthetics or driving style (which you can, of course), the X5’s overwhelming popularity might just work against it. Want to stand out? Better go for the less-common Swede.

Competition BMW X5 ($66,300)

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