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Fraudster bilked NV business of $400K JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A Burnaby man who passed himself off as a certified general accountant then used his position of trust to defraud a North Vancouver business out of almost $400,000 should go to jail for between two and three years, a Crown prosecutor has argued.

BANNER DAY District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton raises a flag at district hall that celebrates the municipality’s 125th year. The district has planned a number of festivities, including a summer parade and September wrap-up party. Details at dnv.org/125. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Arthur Tat-Yue Wong, 52, drove around in a Porsche, went on vacations to Disney World and Las Vegas, and managed to get a mortgage approved on a home in Burnaby worth more than $775,000 – all while using the company he worked for as his personal piggy bank, prosecutor Ian Hay told a judge Tuesday.

“He obtained a job he wasn’t qualified to do,” said Hay. “He took from his employer whenever an opportunity arose.”

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MUNICIPAL BUDGET 2016

Property taxes going up 3% in DNV

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

District of North Vancouver property tax rates are going up three per cent this year.

District council passed its 2016-2020 financial plan, including its operating and capital budgets Monday night.

For a typical homeowner who saw their $1-million home assessed the average 15.7 per cent higher in 2015, that should amount to a $60 increase in their municipal taxes. The cost will

Inflation, aging infrastructure, climate change driving costs be disproportionately higher for homeowners whose property assessments grew beyond the average.

Residential property owners will be expected to pay $2.11 for every $1,000 in assessed value on their homes (although that does not include utilities or taxes going to Metro

Vancouver, TransLink or the North Vancouver school district).

The district is anticipating water, sewer, recycling and garbage pickup to cost $1,541 for single-family homeowners.

By comparison, the District of West Vancouver’s tax rate went up by 6.87 per cent and the City of North Vancouver’s went up 3.9 per cent.

Of the three-per-cent increase, two per cent will go to inflationary costs in the district’s operating budget, largely due

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PAUL SULLIVAN: IT’S CHECKMATE FOR PARK ROYAL CHESS NERDS PAGE 8

DNV to study backyard chickens

Hens already allowed in West Van, CNV

Dad called into action for baby’s delivery

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She’s only one week old, but baby Leah has all the makings of a Daddy’s girl.

District of North Vancouver council is taking a farm-fresh look at its bylaw that bans backyard chickens.

The request came Monday night from the Canadian Liberated Urban Chicken Klub, or CLUCK, a group advocating for backyard hens.

More than a source of fresh, organic eggs, the chickens provide natural fertilizer and aeration for gardens and the coops give residents a tangible connection to agriculture and a learning experience for the neighbourhoods that welcome them, the group argued.

“My mom says that food is expensive and we could eat their eggs. Eggs are a good source of protein and will help me to grow,” said nine-yearold Ben Dyment, a CLUCK member who wants to be a farmer when he grows up.

Council was last asked to consider backyard chickens a half-dozen years ago but those plans were scrambled in a split vote. At issue for council at the time were concerns the coops would act as unwanted wildlife attractants and the chickens would end up poached by predators like cougars, bears and coyotes.

But, opposition to backyard chickens may no longer

Nine-year-old Ben Dyment has asked the District of North Vancouver to allow backyard chickens like the Americauna he holds here, from a flock of friendly fowl in the City of North Vancouver. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH be so hard boiled. In 2012, CLUCK successfully lobbied City of North Vancouver council to amend its bylaws to allow up to eight backyard hens and earlier this year, chicken activists came out sunny side up in West Vancouver.

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were warm to the suggestion Monday night, although getting the animal control bylaw changed is something that may not go over easy, as many of the same concerns linger.

Public health and safety wouldn’t need to be compromised, the CLUCK members argued, as long as owners

are responsible.

“The chicken coop will be safe from other wild animals like raccoons. I researched predators of chickens and bears were not even on the Top 10 list. Why does West Vancouver get chickens and we don’t? Squamish has a lot of bears and they allow

backyard chickens, so please, please, please can we be allowed chickens?” Dyment asked.

District staff are expected to research the bylaws in place for other communities that allow backyard chickens and report back at a later meeting.

That’s after her father, North Vancouver’s Adam Dodds, stepped in to deliver his daughter at home after the baby’s unexpectedly fast arrival April 22.

The North Vancouver couple, Adam and Seungmi Dodds, had planned a midwife-assisted home birth at their Pemberton Heights home – the same way their now-two-year-old daughter Anna was born.

Their older daughter was born after a 12-hour labour and the couple had no indications it would be much different this time.

“We didn’t plan to do it ourselves,” said Adam.

When Seungmi woke around midnight with contractions, the couple contacted their midwife, who told them to check back when labour was a bit further along.

But that’s when things suddenly began speeding up. Soon, Adam realized he was going to have to deliver their baby as the birth was imminent.

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Fraud resulted in office closure and staff layoffs

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Wong did well through the two and a half years he defrauded his employer, a North Vancouver-based property rental company, Unique Accommodations, said Hay, while his employers had to close one of their offices, lay off staff and struggle to survive.

After he was caught, Wong showed a lack of insight into his actions and lack of empathy for his victims, Hay added.

“He felt self-entitled to other people’s money.”

Wong appeared at a sentencing hearing in North Vancouver provincial court

this week after pleading guilty to fraud over $5,000 and committing false pretenses.

Hay told the judge Wong was hired by Unique Accommodations by business owners Mark Teasdale and Nina Ferentinos in May 2007.

The company was expanding in the lead-up to the 2010 Winter Olympics and the owners felt they needed someone with a strong financial background to keep tabs on the business.

Wong falsified his resume and credentials. After winning the owners’ trust, Wong set about overpaying himself and his wife, who worked as a parttime assistant in the office.

He also wrote 75 cheques to himself, supposedly to cover “expenses” – which he was never entitled to. He also wrote cheques directly from his employers’ account to cover his personal credit card payments – which he used to charge everything from groceries to gasoline and clothing.

Wong also got the company to sponsor a lease for the Porsche, saying he’d deduct the monthly payments of more than $1,000 from his paycheque – which he never did.

He also wrote cheques of more than $14,000 for “petty cash” and rented a storage locker under a company account for more than

$6,000 to store his personal possessions.

Wong also used his position to falsify letters of employment and T4s for himself and his wife, inflating their salaries in order to qualify for a mortgage on a Burnaby home and to get a line of credit worth almost $200,000 just days after he was fired, said Hay. “He drove a Porsche, travelled, he invested and he saved,” said Hay. “Mr. Wong was thriving.”

Meanwhile, his employers’ business was driven to the brink of ruin.

In a victim impact statement read out to the court,

Ferentinos said she and her husband are small business owners who worked hard to build their company. Their misplaced trust in Wong allowed him to defraud them “from almost the moment he walked in the door,” she said.

As a result of the fraud, the company had to close its Squamish office and lay off five staff.

The fraud and its financial fallout had a huge emotional impact on her family, said Ferentinos. “He violated our trust. For us it was all we had worked for.”

Wong’s lawyer urged the judge to consider a conditional sentence to be served in the

community, saying Wong does not have a criminal record and had complied with terms of his bail for the past two and a half years.

Teasdale and Ferentinos also sued Wong in civil court for the money he took from them. Wong ended up paying the couple approximately $210,000 of the $365,000 he’s alleged to have taken in an outof-court settlement, according to related court documents.

The province also went after the Wongs’ Burnaby home as a proceed of crime under B.C.’s civil forfeiture law.

The judge has reserved his decision on sentence until next month.

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Dave Way sorts through a dumpster of unsold items left over from the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre Flea Market. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Dumpster of ‘usable stuff’ a nasty Earth Week find BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

One charity’s trash could be another man’s treasure.

A West Vancouver man is hoping to see the District of West Vancouver be a little bit more prudent with what it does with unwanted goods after finding a dumpster full of items left over from the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre Flea Market.

Dave Way attended the market, which ran at the West Vancouver Ice Rink two weekends ago, but when he passed by the next week, he was put off by the amount of stuff being thrown away.

“I saw people with sledge hammers smashing a desk or chest of drawers or something into bits,” he said.

Way spoke with the organizers, who told him they were trying to place as much of the unsold goods as

possible with other charities but, he said, there were still many good finds bound for the dump.

“They told me only totally unsellable junk was going into the dumpster but I had a peek on the Wednesday because it was filled right to the brim and there was what looked like five-year-old hockey skates… and flippers – lots of usable stuff,” he said. “We ended up taking an ice cream maker away that was thrown away and worth $90, completely functional.”

It was particularly irritating that it happened during Earth Week, Way added.

“It just seems to me that one would reflect on all that solid waste and find another home for the stuff,” he said.

But organizers estimate 75 per cent of the items at the flea market were sold, and the majority of the rest was either donated or recycled.

Only a small amount is

tossed out, according to Jeff McDonald, spokesman for the District of West Vancouver.

“Having said that, there are items that cannot be sold that require disposal – those are plastics that can’t be recycled because they’re cracked or broken … broken picture frames, broken or cracked chairs. Helmets are not accepted by charities. Car seats, strollers, high chairs and cribs are not accepted by any charities – and Christmas decorations that are in poor condition.”

Among the charities that get first crack at the leftovers are Developmental Disabilities Association, Covenant House, West Vancouver Adult Day Centre, a women’s shelter, Shelter to Home, the Lions Gate Hospital thrift store, the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, which took 11 loads.

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North Vancouver’s Seungmi and Adam Dodds and big sister Anna welcome newborn Leah after a dramatic birth at home before a midwife could attend. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

that takes over you. I knew I had to catch this baby,” he said.

“The next thing I knew the baby was sliding into my arms.”

Their 7 lb. 8 oz. baby girl was healthy, and born without complications.

Dodds described the birth of his daughter as a magical moment.

“When life throws you some unexpected curveballs, go with it,” he said.

“Out of six billion people on Earth, most are not born in hospital.”

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to negotiated wage increases and higher contracting costs. The other one per cent will be set aside for the $124,000 million in capital projects and replacing aging infrastructure. Major items on that list include $18 million for completion of the new Delbrook Community Recreation Centre, $4.9 million for completion of the Keith Road and Montroyal Boulevard bridges, $5 million for new garbage and green bin carts for residents, $4.8 million for the annual water main replacement program, $4.3 million for road rehabilitation, $3 million to replace culverts and install debris basin improving creek and watercourse management.

The district has roughly $100 million worth of assets in poor or very poor

condition and climate change is driving up costs as storms are leaving more damage in their wakes, according to staff.

Of the $94 million in taxes collected this year, about $602,000 will be coming from new developments.

Council passed the budget and tax increase with little debate at the council table, save for a few comments on the district’s prudence in setting aside extra money for depreciating capital assets.

“I’d just like to comment that North Vancouver district really leads the province when it comes to work done to document fully the condition of its assets to prepare.

We are leaders in this and we’re well ahead of the pack,” said Mayor Richard Walton.

“We should be in good shape for the future going forward, certainly better than

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axes are up in all three North Shore municipalities this year.

West Vancouver is leading the way at 6.89 per cent, thanks in large part to some hefty maintenance bills that council had been putting off for years.

The City and District of North Vancouver are slightly more modest at 3.9 and three per cent respectively, accounting for inflation and some money for the capital kitty.

No surprise, negotiated wage increases with unionized staffers are a significant part of why costs go up year after year. Municipal workers’ wages and benefits are red meat for groups like the Fraser Institute, Canadian Taxpayers Federation and the Canadian Federation of Independent Business who excoriate councils letting costs and taxes outpace what people in the private sector

can earn.

But those penny-pinching watchdogs don’t have the burden of providing services to a demanding public. Councils clearly find it easier to go back to the taxpayers’ well than to endure a public sector strike. People may grumble about taxes but when the garbage starts piling up, or the sewers get clogged, there’s hell to pay.

It’s not so easy to defend the ballooning salaries enjoyed by our municipal managers, who it seems are the only people whose take-home pay has kept up with the cost of housing.

And when it comes to deciding what programs and projects could be cancelled to save a few bucks at budget time, there is no groundswell of public opinion advising council what to cut and what to save. If you’ve got some suggestions, they’re all ears.

It’s checkmate for Park Royal chess mates

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There were times over the last month when I felt compelled to mount a kind of North Shore PR rescue to extract Park Royal’s big foot out of its big mouth and get it to leave the indigenous chess players of the mall food court alone.

I can only conclude that Park Royal management collectively lost its mind on or about March 22 when it sent a letter to the folks who had been peacefully playing chess in the mall for 50 years, ordering them to stop taking up valuable food court space or they will have to “reach out to the West Vancouver Police Department.”

Of course the story went national, as Park Royal earned the distinction of committing the worst PR blunder since CP Rail

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Of course the story went national, as Park Royal earned the distinction of committing the worst PR blunder since CP Rail decided to make a point and start bulldozing community gardens along the Arbutus rail corridor...

The North Side Paul Sullivan decided to make a point and start bulldozing community gardens along the Arbutus rail corridor, leading to vivid footage of decimated gardens and sobbing children on the six o’clock news.

Both disasters are characterized by the sheer bone-headed image-blind brutality and insensitivity of the perps.

There was no need to resort to the PR equivalent of tear gas and truncheons – both situations were eventually resolved reasonably as anyone with an ounce of patience or foresight knew

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they would be, so taking a grievous, if not fatal, hit to the brand could have been avoided.

In Park Royal’s case, it kept going from bad to worse. Bad when the West Van cops reasonably responded that it was not a police matter, turning it back on Park Royal to do its own dirty work. Worse when West Vancouver Presbyterian Church announced it was planning a sit-in at Park Royal in solidarity with the players.

When God abandons you then actively turns against you, it’s time to concede.

And that’s what Park Royal did this week by agreeing to move the players to a spot 100-150 paces away

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from where they were doing all that damage. Some are calling it a draw; clearly it’s checkmate by the players.

But first Park Royal had to add insult to injury by offering the group $500 to go away, as if that would appease either the players or the universally appalled peanut gallery, who took to bad-mouthing Park Royal on Facebook, Twitter, the Sun, the Globe, and above all, the North Shore News. In short, everywhere. For nearly a month.

If we try to look at it from Park Royal’s point of view, the constant irritating presence of a bunch of rumpled chess nerds, increasingly out of place at a fancy fashion mall (as Park Royal

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now likes to see itself), must have seemed like a situation that needed solving.

They were the antithesis of fast food … lingering tea or something.

No matter that they represented a colourful West Van tradition, a living remnant of a simpler, slower time. Stable, serene, civilized. Represented by the staunch senior citizen George Ingham, who’s been playing chess at the mall for half a century. Who is also immensely quotable, with a twinkle in his eye that translates well onto the page.

It’s like something out of Dickens: Mr. Mall Scrooge, meet Mr. Chess Fezziwig. We all know what happens next.

The bad guy gets haunted into submission.

It was so unnecessary.

Another more enlightened jurisdiction might have seen a PR opportunity: a way to offset crass retail considerations with the softer messages of community, harmony and charity – the real kind, not the $500 buzzoff model. Another more

enlightened jurisdiction might even commission a bronze statue of two chess players in eternal contemplation of the next move.

Oddly, Park Royal is capable of enlightened thinking: witness the Village, which has become a destination for families. On a warm day, it doesn’t take long before all the kids are wading in the ornamental fountain.

Charming, sun-dappled, nonretail behaviour.

I hope the Mr. Scrooge (or Mr. Hyde, if you like) side of the mall doesn’t feel compelled to call the West Van police to clear the fountain of potential customers or the children of customers.

A plea: if you’re itching to restore order on the plaza, call me first.

I’ll tell you what not to do for free.

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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Does Christy Clark deserve a raise?

Premier Christy Clark’s annual salary of $192,000 has apparently left the former radio personality strapped for cash.

Clark has made ends meet by supplementing her yearly wages with up to $50,000 in “car allowance.” Travel is presumably costly given her schedule of criss-crossing B.C. to accept money from donors at exclusive dinners. Should the supplement be stopped or do we need to accept that even our premier is touched by today’s high cost of living?

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Lidia Wesolowska North Vancouver “No, I think she gets enough money from multiple sources.

I think I deserve a raise.”

Heather Moore North Vancouver “No, she makes enough as premier.”

Josh Gardiner North Vancouver “Off-hand I would say no, but I also don’t know the ins and outs of her work.”

Martin Johnson North Vancouver “No. It always feels like you’re giving to politicians.”

Oksana Szulhan North Vancouver “She’s a public servant and she’s way overpaid.”

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Density brings housing options Dear Editor: Having just read the letter (April 20 Mailbox) from Bob Rasmus, a former local builder who I do know, I felt compelled to respond.

Firstly, there is no moratorium (on development) in the Seymour area, there is a scarcity of viable building land, but this council has been looking for potential developable land in Seymour (including district owned) for ground-oriented family housing, seniors housing and even some forms of affordable homes. In addition, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation are actively developing (land for housing) in partnership with the Aquilini Group.

Secondly, we have three married councillors (for the

District of North Vancouver), including myself, who live in Lynn Valley. Our wives, whilst maybe getting frustrated with traffic backups – and sometimes their husbands – certainly appreciate and support this council’s direction guided by the OCP in supporting development near transit hubs. We have a choice in either allowing this community to remain as a very high-priced, exclusive residential area affordable only to the very wealthy or building smaller and denser forms of housing, in specific areas as outlined in the OCP, to allow younger people and families to locate here.

The first alternative is frightening – declining growth in families and children,

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potentially school populations decreasing (school closures), an even greater average age and less vitality.

Business land will grow more unaffordable, more retail and service sector employees will add to traffic volumes as they will be forced to commute.

I myself believe this council is working for our children and their children and a sustainable future in this district.

The next election is in November 2018, but my energy now is focused on the benefits for families and children growing up here, and what happens in November 2018 is entirely irrelevant to my philosophy.

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EDUCATION

Former business dean to lead Capilano University this fall BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Capilano University has named a former dean of its faculty of business and professional studies as its new president.

J. Paul Dangerfield will be taking the top job this fall after current president Kris Bulcroft retires in July.

Dangerfield said he is looking forward to the homecoming.

“Of course, I have a direct connection in that I started my academic career at Capilano. They gave me my start in teaching,” he said.

“It’s a wonderful university with great faculty. I found the students, when I was there, tremendous. I still am in

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touch with them many years later.”

The university formed a search committee in 2015 and managed to woo Dangerfield from his current position as executive director and campus dean of the New York Institute of Technology’s Vancouver campus. Previously, he was the vice-president of education, research and international with B.C. Institute of Technology from 2009 to 2014.

The committee selected Dangerfield, in part, because of his reputation as a team builder, problem solver and developer of leadership, something Dangerfield said he looks forward to doing at Cap. “(It’s) being able to provide leadership when there’s a lot of noise going on, when there’s a lot of chaos. The world that we work in is very complex,” he said. “What I’ve done over a number of years is help provide some clarity to those complex situations and help teams solve the problems to be able to deal with those complexities.”

Dangerfield will be taking the reins after a few rocky years at Cap, which saw a series of budget shortfalls, course cancellations, student protests, a lawsuit from the faculty, teacher and staff strikes, and a harsh ruling from the Canadian Association of University

Teachers chastising Cap for violating academic freedom.

While he’s mindful of the “pitfalls of the past,” Dangerfield said he comes into the position with an eye to the future.

“My focus will be on moving forward. I think there’s been a lot of lessons learned but there are a lot of other lessons to be learned out there from other universities and colleges who are pushing the envelope in academic excellence and educational Fr technology and new ways of delivering programs and new ways of supporting students,” he said.

Many of Cap’s challenges will still exist when he takes the job, especially with it remaining one of the lowest funded post-secondary schools in the province. But, Dangerfield said, there is room to build on the school’s strengths.

“I think what we all realize is we can’t keep doing things the same way and hope to get different or more positive results when you’re dealing with resource constraints,” he said. “I think we need to be able to be able to build that capacity to identify future trends in education and industry, business, the arts and develop more relevant programs for the future.”

And, Dangerfield said any

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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new directions the school moves in will be done with stakeholders, on and off campus, helping chart the course.

“I would never arrive at a university or any organization saying ‘Here’s our vision for the future.’ A vision is always a shared activity that you work on with the community,” he said. “As a general approach, something I think we’d all agree on to work towards over the next five years is that Capilano is a university recognized well beyond the North Shore for its excellence in teaching, very relevant programming and also its support for the community.”

Capilano Faculty Association president Brent Calvert said the union’s members are excited to have Dangerfield in the position.

“Paul brings past experience with Cap … so he understands the existing culture here. Since he’s left Capilano he’s had tremendous leadership-building experiences and during the search process, we were really impressed with his ability and interest in capacity building.”

New leadership should be able to help “reinvigorate the Capilano brand,” Calvert added.

While the school has its new president lined up, it has also named a new ceremonial leader.

David T. Fung, international entrepreneur and North Shore resident, will be the school’s new chancellor in time to preside over the 2016 convocations.

As a member of both Capilano University’s board of governors and the senate, the chancellor serves as an ambassador for the university and confers degrees to graduates.

“Serving in the role of chancellor is a great honour, and as a North Shore resident, I’m especially pleased to have this opportunity to engage with the local community,” says Fung. “I look forward to serving as an ambassador for Capilano University, helping to encourage students to become leaders in a rapidly changing world.”

Fung was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Capilano University in 2014. Today, he is the chairman and CEO of ACDEG Group of Companies, a global tech firm.

The board of governors appoints the chancellor on the recommendation of the Capilano University Alumni Association for a three-year term.

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Zoning Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8480 would rezone the properties indicated on the map from RS-1 to the CD-669 Zone and permit an average density of 1.25 FSR. 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.

Submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm, Monday, May 9, 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.

The proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaws, including background material, will be available for viewing at City Hall between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from April 29, 2016, and online at www.cnv.org/publichearings.

Please direct all inquiries to Suzanne Smith, Planner 2, at ssmith@cnv.org or 604-990-4240.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Streamkeepers Seaside Social Representatives of the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society held their sixth annual Seaside Social at Ambleside’s Hollyburn Sailing Club on the evening of April 15. Members of the organization, friends and local government representatives gathered for wine and cheese, and a discussion about the organization’s work and plans for the future in a social atmosphere. Presentations of salmon surveys from 2015, photo displays of the society’s Rogers Creek Estuary project, plans for the West Vancouver Nature House and improvements for Lawson Creek salmon enhancement were also on display along with portions of the society’s 2016 work plan. westvancouverstreamkeepers.ca

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Society treasurer Bill McAllister, president John Barker and North Construction’s Ryan Morrison

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MLA Ralph Sultan and Jay Timmerman

Society board member Bill Chapman with Brianne and Jamie Robb of Capilano Golf and Country Club

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Lynn Valley mom Karen Barre (with Addison, 7, Nathan, 1 and Joshua, 5) takes the microphone tomorrow at St. James Hall as part of Listen to Your Mother.

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Listen to your mother ! Listen to Your Mother, Saturday, April 30, 7:30 p.m. at St. James Hall, 3214 W 10th Ave., Vancouver. Tickets are $20 at eventbrite.ca. More info at listentoyourmothershow.com.

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Karen Barre was never officially diagnosed with postpartum depression, but looking back on the dark time after she gave birth to her second child, just 21 months after welcoming her firstborn into the world, there’s no denying how scared and alone she felt.

Three years later, when the Lynn Valley mom was pregnant with her third child, she was terrified she’d once again fall into the same depression, so she made an appointment with a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist advised her to carve out two hours for herself each week and dedicate that time to

doing something she loved.

“I couldn’t think of one thing that I loved to do. Even if I could get a babysitter or I could find the time, I didn’t even know what I would do,” Barre recalls. “That’s so sad.”

A friend, amused by Barre’s funny Facebook posts about motherhood, suggested she write a blog. So she decided to give it a go, spent some free time at the library with her laptop, and launched Spill it Mom (spillitmom.com) in the spring of 2015. The blog offers a bluntly honest and humorous take on life with three young children, who are now seven, five and one.

In addition to carving out writing time, Barre also joined a North Shore mothers group and quickly learned that she wasn’t the only one who felt exhausted and overwhelmed.

“They totally supported me and they were honest with me about how they suck at mothering and how they fail,” she says with a laugh.

Through her blog, Barre hopes to create a similar community

online for new moms who may not have the same social support network. The positive feedback she receives from readers who appreciate her candour and can relate to her daily ups and downs keeps her motivated to continue writing.

“I didn’t experience any depression with the third (child),” Barre says. “I don’t know why – there’s probably lots of reasons – but I know for sure that some of it is to do with the community of women that I had through that mom group, and also doing something for myself that I loved and writing.”

Many of her blog entries feature light-hearted parenting confessions: the time she bribed her daughter with unhealthy snacks to make her watch more TV; the time her resourceful baby found an empty beer bottle in the recycling bin and turned it into a new toy; or the time her kids were fighting over stale crackers that had fallen between the couch cushions and then they cried when their

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AUTHORS FOR INDIES: MARK WINSTON

Bookstores nurture a lifetime of reading ! Canadian Authors for Indies Day, Saturday, April 30, at 32 Books, 3185 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver, featuring authors Kerry Karram, Cathie Borrie, David J. Smith and Mark Winston.

For more information visit authorsforindies.com.

JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

The Great Pyramid of Giza, your uncle’s career advice, and apiaries have one common characteristic: the power to slow down time.

For author Mark Winston, the clock’s relentless march falters to a meander the moment he’s surrounded by hives. The buzz of a bee before flight, the tangy scent of honey and the site of legions of workers seen through the tint of smoke create a sense of awe for the scientist.

“Underlying all the physical sensations are collaboration and order, communication and common purpose,” he writes in his 2014 nonfiction book Bee Time.

Winston is hoping to achieve a similar sense of communication and common

Mark Winston will participate in Authors for Indies Day at 32 Books on Saturday, April 30.

PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

purpose Saturday when he spends the day at 32 Books and Gallery in Edgemont.

When he hit the road to promote Bee Time, Winston says he was fearful he’d find “a desert of bookstores that had been swamped by the e-books and the big box stores.”

Like weeds blossoming between concrete blocks, many independent bookstores have found a way to survive, Winston notes.

“The ones that have made it through the last decade or so have pretty strong business models.”

He saw an example of the bookstore’s enduring power when 200 readers packed 32 Books for Winston’s Bee Time reading.

“I’m extraordinarily grateful to the independent bookstores, well, just for existing,” he says.

“A lot of the success the book

has had has been because of their support.”

While he may get into a conversation or two about the value of bees Saturday ($217 billion according to a 2008 study based on the amount of crops that benefit or depend on bee pollination) Winston says he’ll spend his shift as a bookseller steering customers to some of his favourite works.

Unsurprisingly for a writer who has studied insects in Kansas, French Guiana and New Zealand, Winston is partial to stories about the natural world. Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert provide some of the best-written, most important books in that arena, according to Winston.

Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History examines mass animal and plant loss. Bill McKibben’s most recent offering, Oil and Honey, offers a new perspective on climate change.

However, lest it seem that Winston is going to spend his day in front of one shelf, he’s also an admirer of Ann Patchett’s terrorist standoff novel Bel Canto, and may even be able to recall the plots of some of the Hardy Boys stories he devoured in his youth.

Growing up in a suburb

on the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio, Winston avoided the centre of the city dubbed The Mistake on the Lake.

“Nobody went into downtown, it just wasn’t done.”

But when the burgeoning scientist hit 12, the lure of a “beautiful, dusty, old, twostorey used book store,” was too much to resist.

“We’d go into the basement and just find all kinds of treasures,” he says.

He found J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novels as well as The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer.

“I think it’s the same thing as Lord of the Rings,” he says of Shirer’s book. “It was good versus evil.”

It was a lifetime of reading that allowed Winston to distill the evolution of bees – it’s been 125 billion years since nectar-gathering insects evolved from predator wasps – into a single readable novel.

“I love data. I’m very much a nerd that way but I don’t discount the power of emotion and the power of story,” he says. “Science done well is telling a story.”

Both stories and science are set to be discussed April 30 at 32 Books.

Michael K. Myers

Photograph courtesy of Sugarman Design

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GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Wednesday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Adult admission by donation/children free. 604-9988563 info@smithfoundation.ca Readymades: An exhibition of 11 artists with contemporary responses to the challenges and opportunities presented by Marcel Duchamp’s concept that readymade objects could be reconsidered as art objects May 6-Aug. 27 Exhibition opening: Thursday, May 5, 7-9 p.m.

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Fundraising Concert: The Universal Gospel Choir performs a concert in support of the Spectrum Mothers Support Society Saturday, April 30, 7-10 p.m. Admission: $20/$15. Tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/universal-gospelchoir-concert-for-spectrummothers-support-societytickets-21740874541.

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FESTIVAL OF PLAYS: PRESENTATION HOUSE THEATRE

Companies compete for provincial honours ! Theatre B.C. North Shore Zone Festival of Plays, Monday, May 2 to Saturday, May 7 at North Vancouver’s Presentation House Theatre.

All Performances at 8 p.m.

Weekly pass: $90/$75.

Individual performances: $20/$18. Tickets and info: phtheatre.org.

ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

“You start with words in a book,” says community theatre veteran Mike Jarvis, reflecting on the incredible creative journey a production takes.

Once a play is decided on, cast and crew are assembled, a rehearsal schedule is set, lines are memorized, sets, lighting and sound are added, costuming and marketing is completed and then finally it’s opening night. The countless hours logged by dedicated volunteers and passionate players pays off and the talents of those involved take centre stage, showcased for all to see.

The magic of community theatre and its ability to bring people together has long captivated Jarvis. “You see youngsters coming in and vying, you see people who always wanted to be in theatre and they try maybe when they’ve retired from business and now they say, ‘I’ve always wanted to do that.’ Of course there is no age barrier because it covers life. The play may cover a retired couple, it may be young people getting married but then they’ve got

Travis Woods, Todd Weitzel and Harvey Spivey are featured performers in Art. The Between Shifts Theatre production will be staged Friday, May 6 at Presentation House as part of the Festival of Plays. PHOTO SUPPLIED fathers and mothers. It’s something everybody can join into,” says the Deep Cove resident.

That magic is set to be celebrated in spades next week as Jarvis is among the members of the local theatre community coming together for the annual Theatre B.C. North Shore Zone Festival of Plays, running Monday, May 2 through Saturday, May 7 at North Vancouver’s Presentation House Theatre.

Tuesday through Friday will see a different play performed by member clubs of the zone (one of 10 in the province and includes groups from Deep Cove to Pemberton).

Productions will compete for

a number of awards, ranging from best director to best actor, and the best overall production will move on to the annual provincial theatre festival, Mainstage 2016, being held at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre, July 2-9.

“You’re always going there with the hope that you’re going to do well,” says Jarvis, who has been part of the Theatre B.C. North Shore Zone Festival of Plays for the last two decades.

That said, participation is more about the joy of being involved.

“If you win it’s like valueadded. It’s a bonus,” he says.

“The beauty is when we get

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together and meet and compete as such. We compete but each one is individually doing their own show each night and that’s the joy of going and seeing what other groups from the North Shore (are doing).

“A lot of people, we all know each other from over the years and it’s the one time of the year when we do get together. And, you meet new people who are into theatre. It’s great coming together and it’s fun to do,” he adds.

This year’s festival is being adjudicated by Anthony Ingram. The adjudication process offers a tremendous learning opportunity for all involved, both through

receiving feedback on their own works, as well as through listening to the critiques of others, offering general tips they can take with them moving forward.

Last year Jarvis served as festival chairman, though this year he’s serving as a member of the festival committee as Relatively Speaking, a production he directed for Deep Cove Stage Society (of which he is also president), is among the 2016 festival contenders.

Relatively Speaking, a comedy by Alan Ayckbourn, will be performed Tuesday, May 3.

“It’s a fun job,” says Jarvis.

Wednesday, May 4, will see North Vancouver Community

Players present their production of Lee Blessing’s Two Rooms, a political drama. North Vancouver Community Players was last year’s North Shore Zone Festival of Plays Best Production. Their entry, Rabbit Hole, also fared well at the Mainstage festival, winning Best Production and awards for Best Director (Peter Zednik), Best Actress (Tamara Prescott and Mersiha Musovic) and Best Set Design (Peter Zednick).

Burnaby’s Well Planned Theatre Company is presenting another work by Blessing, Down the Road, Thursday, May 5. Art a comedy by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton, will be presented Friday, May 6 by Between Shifts Theatre from Squamish.

Saturday, May 7 will see the festival awards given out as well as entertainment by West Vancouver secondary students.

“We try to encourage that because that’s the future,” says Jarvis, of the festival’s interest in cultivating and supporting local youths’ passion for the medium. The students are planning to perform a production entitled Crushed.

Jarvis encourages community members to take in the festival performances, offering top-notch productions with theatre groups putting their best foot forward.

“Everybody wants to do the best they possibly can. Really the audiences that come are going to get the full advantage of that. You’re going to see these people at their best,” he says.

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MOTHER’S DAY

Movie night makes the perfect gift for mom JULIE CRAWFORD Contributing writer

With his film Mother’s Day, ensemble-cast impresario Garry Marshall has created the perfect Mother’s Day gift: a movie night out with mom that’s all about her (no overpriced bouquet needed).

Jennifer Aniston stars as a single mom looking for a new start; Kate Hudson is a woman looking to strengthen the relationship with her own mother; and Julia Roberts is a TV presenter focusing on her career.

Co-starring Jason Sudeikis and Timothy Olyphant, it’s the story of four families who come together and fall apart in the week leading up to Mother’s Day. And while you’re in the mommy mood, here are some other films to dig out that celebrate and vilify the mothers in your life: Edward Scissorhands When she discovers a pale-faced monster (Johnny Depp) with gardening shears

for hands living alone on the fringes of her neighbourhood, Avon lady Peg (Dianne Wiest) goes into full ‘50s sitcom-mom mode, bringing him home to live with her family – much to the initial chagrin of rebel daughter Winona Ryder – and setting him up with some great Avon products. A mother’s love is a monster’s salvation in this Tim Burton fairy tale, even when a judgmental society threatens to slash it all to pieces.

The Kids Are Alright Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star as a couple whose kids (Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson) go on a quest to find their biological father in this Best Picture contender.

Dad (Mark Ruffalo) proves to be more than the family had bargained for. An uplifting family comedy-drama.

Sophie’s Choice A young Holocaust survivor’s story unravels in flashbacks during the course of the film, culminating in the famous, horrific choice that

no mother wishes to make.

Upon boarding the trains for concentration camps, a Nazi commander propositions Sophie (Meryl Streep) and tells her she may keep either her young son or young daughter, not both. Sophie breathes but is barely alive, tormented by a mother’s worst nightmare.

Terms of Endearment Shirley Maclaine and Debra Winger are mother and daughter who frequently clash, especially after a marriage that mom disapproves of. As mom Aurora navigates her own new relationship with a neighbour (Jack Nicholson), daughter Emma gets sick, and apologies and deathbed amends need to be made in the weepiest movie ending ever.

Mommie Dearest Come on, it had to be mentioned! Nothing will make you feel better about your relationship with your own mother than watching Faye Dunaway go gaga over wire hangers in this 1981 biopic about Joan Crawford.

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Agnès Varda’s debut feature, La Pointe Courte (1955), rarely seen but “certainly the first film of the French nouvelle vague” (Georges Sadoul), screens May 1 and 4 at Pacific Cinémathèque as part of a week-long retrospective of Varda’s seminal oeuvre (thecinematheque.ca). PHOTO SUPPLIED 12:55, 3:50, 6:30, 9:50 p.m.

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mom ate them all (What? She was starving).

“I just think that humour is a way to reach people that’s really non-threatening and can break down walls really fast,” Barre says. “If you’re laughing about your day or the hard things that happened, it melts people’s defensiveness and it’s a way to connect with people.”

Between the humorous blog posts, Barre also shares her experience with the darker side of parenting. This Saturday, she’ll read a very personal piece she wrote about postpartum depression at Listen to Your Mother, a one-day live staged event that gives local writers the opportunity to share their stories of motherhood.

Hosted by children’s entertainers (and moms) Robyn Hardy and Lorraine Pond of Bobs & LoLo, the event is being produced locally by the Good Mother Project, in partnership with the Listen to Your Mother national organization, and will feature readings from 13 writers and bloggers (hailing from the North Shore are Barre and North Vancouver screenwriter Pamela Jones).

Since its inception, Listen to Your Mother has spread to 41 cities across North America, each hosting similar events on or around Mother’s Day. Partial proceeds from this inaugural Canadian production will go toward the Pacific Post Partum Support Society.

Barre has only just grown comfortable with putting her writing online for all to see, so the thought of reading such a deeply personal story in front of a live audience is admittedly nerveracking. But her goal in presenting at Listen to Your Mother is much the same as her goal in writing a parenting blog.

“I hope there’s a mother or two in the audience who needs to hear that she’s not the only one that is struggling or that’s having a hard time and that she’ll get through it, and her kids will be OK, and she will be OK,” Barre says.

Though post-partum depression is something she would wish on no one, it’s an experience that she believes has helped her build a better self.

“I feel like going through that made me a stronger person, and so I just want to offer encouragement to moms who feel like they’re not doing great.”

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Frankenstrap leather goods built to last Ian Chung is bringing his creations to the Pipe Shop CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

North Vancouver’s Ian Chung was seven years old when he discovered the durable and versatile nature of leather.

His uncle had a tack shop in the Cariboo region of B.C. and while he was busy working on saddles and harnesses, Chung would experiment with the tools and scraps lying around.

He’d punch his initials into small bits of leather and his uncle even helped him make a few simple items, like an archery quiver.

Chung’s fascination with leather work grew from there. When he was older, he made guitar straps for himself and his bandmates and he soon branched out and started making wrist cuffs and belts. In 2010, Frankenstrap leather goods was born.

“I slowly ballooned from there, just expanded what I did,” he says.

His sister, Adea Chung, the designer behind Billy Would handmade wooden jewelry, was a frequent craft fair vendor and pushed him to participate in one. So he did. His next event is Got Craft? which takes place May 7 and 8 at the Pipe Shop in North Vancouver and features more than 70 makers and indie craft designers showcasing bath and body products, accessories, home decor items, toys, greeting cards, and more.

In the Frankenstrap studio behind Capilano Mall, Chung creates a wide range of leather goods: wallets, belts, cuffs, tote bags and coin pouches – even elaborate suits of armour.

“There’s an underlying fascination with what I can do with it. Especially with the armour and stuff like that,” Chung says of his creative medium. Not to mention the esthetic beauty of a completed leather project.

“Definitely the process is fun too, but I really like looking at it when it’s all done and all the edges are finished.”

Chung drafts his own patterns and handpicks his hides from both local suppliers and U.S. companies.

“I personally like some marks and scars on the hide,” he explains. “I try to find the nicest and the most unique colours.”

He then cuts, dyes and sews everything to his desired specifications.

Chung ventured into body armour a few years ago after meeting someone involved with the Society for Creative Anachronism who organizes historical re-enactment combat events in the Lower Mainland. He says his Roman suits are engineered much as they would have been in ancient times, with a few modifications for practical purposes.

“It’s all hardened fairly

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FASHION FILE GRAD SHOW Graduates of Vancouver Metal Art School, a West Vancouver jewelry design school, will host a grad show April 30 and May 1, 1-5 p.m. at The Music Box, 1564 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Free admission. vancouvermetalartschool.ca

British Pacific Properties (BPP) invites you to participate in its first phase of community engagement for the future Cypress Village in West Vancouver’s Upper Lands.

To kick things off, BPP and its consultants are hosting two public forums to gather input from the West Vancouver community on the strengths, issues and priorities of the study area.

WALK FOR WATER West Vancouver-based designer brand Obakki is partnering with Holt Renfrew to host Walk for Water, a fashion show featuring top Canadian and South Sudanese models, on Tuesday, May 10, 7:3010 p.m. at the department store. Tickets are available at walkforwaterbenefit.eventbrite.

LIONS GATE QUILTERS GUILD meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s and St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, 2641 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. New members welcome. 604-926-7098 or lionsgatequiltersguild.com Send North Shore fashion info to clyon@nsnews.com.

Each forum will be formatted as a structured workshop with a short introduction to start. Both of the forum options will cover the same content. We look forward to seeing you!

TREASURE TROVE Denise Loranger and Evelyn Dreiling show off some of the jewelry, clothing, art, books, toys, kitchenware, sporting goods, home decor and many other items that will be available at the West Vancouver United Church Spring Flea Market on Saturday, May 7, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 2062 Esquimalt Ave. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Got Craft? set for May 7 and 8 From page 23 traditionally,” he explains.

Chung also does custom projects: he’s made kidney belts and knife sheaths for fans of ancient combat, and he recently finished a commission for a shoulder sling that holds 15 harmonicas.

At Got Craft? he’ll have a sampling of all his work on display. “Usually I bring a variety of everything and I usually have one of my suits of armour set up in the back just so it sees the light of day,” he says.

Looking back on the last six years, Chung

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is pleased at how Frankenstrap has grown.

“I started off with one belt design – I didn’t even have wallets – one guitar strap, and a couple different types of cuffs in two colours,” he says. “It’s a hobby, I love doing it, and I want to continue doing it for a long time.”

Visit frankenstrap.com for more info or to shop online. " " "

Got Craft? takes place May 7 and 8, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pipe Shop, 115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver. Tickets: $3 online at gotcraft.com; $5 at the door.

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BISTRO Hugos, Artisanal Pizzas and Global Tapas www.hugosvancouver.com 5775 Marine Drive, W. Van. | 604-281-2111 Showcase your musical talents Thursday evenings in our beautiful chateau-style room or simply enjoy our reopened heated patio. Global fusion menu inspired by our love of travel, warm atmosphere inspired by our love of the community.

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BRITISH The Cheshire Cheese Restaurant & Bar $$ www. cheshirecheeserestaurant.ca 2nd Floor Lonsdale Quay Market, N. Van. | 604-987-3322 Excellent seafood & British dishes on the waterfront. Dinner specials: Wednesday evenings - Grilled Cod lemon basil sauce, served with rice and vegetables.

Thursday’s Pot Roast. Friday & Saturday- Prime Rib. Sunday - Turkey. Weekends & holidays, our acclaimed Eggs Benny.

Open for lunch or dinner, 7 days a week.

MOM’S THE WORD Vocalist Ingrid Mapson performs

a special Mother’s Day concert at the Silk Purse in West Vancouver on Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m. For more information visit ingridmapson.com. PHOTO SUPPLIED TODD DUNCAN

ARTSCALENDAR From page 15 Jazz Waves: The annual festival runs until July 23, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Schedule: April 30, Jennifer Scott; May 7, Leora Casche Quartet; May 14. Tickets: $20.

Classical Concert Series: Tenor Brian Lee performs with pianist Karen Lee-Morlang Thursday, May 5 at 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $15.

Mother’s Day Concert: Vocalist Ingrid Mapson performs light pop, light jazz and showtunes with pianist Dennis Enns Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m.

Admission: $21.80. Tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/ingrid-mapsonmothers-day-concert-tickets22642497319?aff=eac2.

WEST VANCOUVER UNITED CHURCH 2062 Esquimalt Ave., West Vancouver.

Songs From the Heart: Pandora’s Vox and Espiritu Vocal Ensembles perform a Mother’s Day concert Sunday, May 8, 2-4:15 p.m. Tea will follow the show. Admission: $30/$26/$15.

Tickets: pandorasvox.ca or 604922-2513.

Theatre CAPILANO UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. 604-9907810 capilanou.ca/ blueshorefinancialcentre/ Snow White: Saint Thomas Aquinas high school students present this classic until April 30 at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $16/$11.

Tickets: 604-987-4431.

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Fawlty Towers: Theatre West

Van presents three more episodes from the iconic British comedy series until April 30 at 8 p.m. with a matinee April 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $23/$21.

PRESENTATION HOUSE THEATRE 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Tickets: 604-9903474 phtheatre.org North Shore Zone Festival of Plays: Five days of theatre at its best May 2 to7 at 8 p.m.

Schedule: May 2, opening night party (7 p.m.); May 3, Relatively Speaking; May 4, Two Rooms; May 5, Down the Road; May 6, Art; and May 7, Crushed. Tickets: $90 for the week or $20 nightly.

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NORTH VANCOUVER CITY LIBRARY 120 West 14th St., North Vancouver. 604-998-3450 nvcl.ca Celebrating Japan: TomoeArts presents and evening of Japanese traditional music and dance Tuesday, May 3, 6:30-8 p.m. Free.

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HUGO’S RESTAURANT 5775 Marine Dr., West Vancouver.

604-281-2111 Live Music Saturdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Schedule: April 30, The Tobacco Browns.

Variety Show: Karen Fowlie and Friends perform a “fools” themed show Friday, April 29, 8-10 p.m. Admission: $20/$15.

Tickets: fowlieandfriends. brownpapertickets.com.

RED LION BAR & GRILL 2427 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. 604-926-8838 R & B Singer Dutch Robinson performs Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m.

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CHINESE Neighbourhood Noodle House www.neighbourhoodnoodlehouse.com

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Haida Sandwich www.haidasandwich.com Haida Sandwich 121 East 15th, North Vancouver | 604-971-6021 Bored of the same old sandwich?

Famously BIG hot & cold sandwiches.

Or try the loaded pizzas, choice of 8 salads & fresh juice to go. Open late 7 days /week.

Catering available.

SEAFOOD C-Lovers Fish & Chips www.c-lovers.com Marine Drive @ Pemberton, N. Van. | 604-980-9993 6640 Royal Ave., Horseshoe Bay, W. Van. | 604-913-0994 The best fish & chips on the North Shore!

Montgomery’s Fish & Chips International Food Court, Lonsdale Quay Market, N. Van. | 604-929-8416 The fastest growing Fish & Chips on the North Shore.

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FINE DINING The Observatory $$$$ www.grousemountain.com Grouse Mtn, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, N. Van. | 604-998-4403 A thrilling and epicurean experience 3700’ on Grouse Mountain above the twinkling lights of Vancouver.

FRENCH Chez Michel www.chezmichelvancouver.com 1373 Marine Drive (2nd flr), W. Van. | 604-926-4913 For over 36 years, Chez Michel has delighted guests with his Classic French cuisine. Seafood & meat entrees, a superb selection of wines & a decadent dessert list. Superior service with a waterfront view completes an exemplary lunch or dinner experience.

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INDIAN Handi Cuisine of India www.handicuisineofindia.ca 1579 Bellevue Avenue, W. Van. | 604-925-5262 A North Shore News Reader’s Choice 2006 Winner, offering Authentic Indian Cuisine.

Open for lunch and dinner, 7 days a week.

Weekend buffet, free delivery.

PUB The Black Bear Neighbourhood Pub www.blackbearpub.com 1177 Lynn Valley Road, N. Van. | 604.990.8880 “Your Favourite North Shore Pub” 20 years running. We do great food, not fast food. Full Take-Out menu. Reserve your party of 15-30 ppl except Friday’s. Monday night Trivia. Glen Pearson plays Sat. May 14th.

Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub www.sailorhagarspub.com 86 Semisch Avenue, N. Van. | 604-984-3087 Spectacular view of Vancouver harbour & city, enjoy great food in a Brew Pub atmosphere. 18 beers on tap including our own 6 craft-brews.

Happy Hour Specials Every Day 11 am – 6 pm!

Satellite sports, pool table, darts & heated patio.

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Thai PudPong Restaurant $$ www.thaipudpong.com 1474 Marine Drive, W. Van. | 604-921-1069 West Vancouver’s original Thai Restaurant. Serving authentic Thai cuisine. Open Monday-Friday for lunch. 7 days a week for dinner.

MSG

Woon Lee Inn www.woonleeinn.com 3751 Delbrook Ave, N. Van. | 604-986-3388

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THAI

1352 Lonsdale Avenue, N. Van. | 604-988-9885

We offer the best variety and quality Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese cuisine with no MSG or additives at a very affordable price. Family owned and operated for over 18 years. Conveniently located in central Lonsdale.

$

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WEST COAST Pier 7 restaurant + bar $$$ www.pierseven.ca 25 Wallace Mews, N. Van. | 604-929-7437 Enjoy dining literally ON the waterfront with our inspired West Coast boat-to-table choices & extensive wine list. We’ve got 5 TV’s so you’ll never miss a game. Brunch until 2:30 weekends & holidays.

The Appleback Grill www.gleneaglesclubhouse.com/appleback-grill 6190 Marine Dr, West Van. | 604-281-1281 West Coast fare, craft brews and BC wines, served by welcoming staff, overlooking spectacular views.

Daily specials Appie Hour: 3 - 5 pm Daily Weekend Brunch: 10:30 am - 2:00 pm.

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The Lobby Restaurant at the Pinnacle Hotel $$$ www.pinnaclepierhotel.com 138 Victory Ship Way, N. Van. | 604-973-8000 Inspired by BC’s natural abundance of fabulous seafood & the freshest of ingredients, dishes are prepared to reflect west coast cuisine. Breakfast, lunch, dinner & late night lounge, 7 days/week. Live music Fridays 8 - 11 pm.

WATERFRONT DINING

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The MarinaSide Grill www.marinasidegrill.com 1653 Columbia Street, N. Van. (Under 2nd Narrows Bridge) | 604-988-0038 Waterfront dining over looking Lynnwood Marina under Ironworkers Memorial Bridge.

Open every day at 8 am. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Brunch weekends and holidays serving eggs benny to juicy burgers, hot scallop salad, clam chowder. Happy Hour everyday from 3 - 5 pm. Free parking.

$ $$ $$$ $$$$

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CYPRESS VILLAGE SPEAKER SERIES British Pacific Properties is beginning the Cypress Village planning process. In partnership with three West Vancouver non-profit institutions, we invite you to attend this thought-provoking speaker series at the Kay Meek Centre for the Performing Arts.

Three distinguished thinkers are coming to explore our community’s future as part of the Cypress Village planning process. Please join the dialogue.

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well-being.

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Grinding Gears Brendan McAleer

Today’s lesson: How to stop There are two four-way stops between my house and my daughter’s school.

The Toyota 4Runner delivers impressive capability, excellent longevity and strong resale value, three traits that helped convince auto reviewer David Chao to purchase one for himself this year. The 2016 version is a comfortable, reliable daily driver that can also take you out on the dusty trails. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Built on a foundation that delivers impressive capability, excellent longevity, and strong resale values, the Toyota 4Runner stays true to its reputation year after year.

Relying on its 70 years of truck-building experience,

Toyota kept refining the 4Runner until it was almost perfect, particularly as a true off-roader.

Body-on-frame SUVs are a dying breed, but there are still a few that compete with the Toyota 4Runner: the Nissan Xterra, Jeep Wrangler, and the much more expensive Land Rover LR2.

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just about every car and truck sold in North America, I was impressed enough with the ever-strong 4Runner that I recently purchased a brand new 2016 4Runner Limited. If a picky automotive journalist like myself selects this vehicle, you know it has to be pretty good. One of the big factors for my decision is that the 4Runner keeps an

amazing level of resale value, year after year.

The 4Runner is built at the award-winning Tahara plant in Japan, where many Lexuses are also manufactured.

DESIGN Toyota released an updated 4Runner back in 2014, and therefore not much has changed on the outside

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We of course walk, no matter the weather, because taking the time to talk is important, and so is a little light exercise, and besides – how else would I get her to listen to my really terrible dad jokes?

As we walk, we like to look at the cars and the people as they pass. The road is narrow but relatively busy, so there’s a chance to see all sorts of stuff, recognize the regular commuters, and maybe get a glance at an oddball. My kid is getting pretty good at memorizing all the makes and models of anything interesting. “A Toyota badge,” she declared one day, “looks like a man wearing a cowboy hat.”

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models lose the sharp intakes and add a chrome bumper to divide the grille for a more luxurious look.

Carrying on the style of its predecessors, the 2016 4Runner retains a boxy overall shape. All models come standard with a roof rack, but the Trail Edition adds a hood scoop and higher ground clearance.

configurations.

PERFORMANCE The 4Runner gained its popularity through strong performance and its reputation as being indestructible.

This is something the 2016 model continues to offer.

In that effort, the 4Runner is built around a proven and powerful yet efficient 4.0-litre V-6. At its peak, it generates

Inside, the high quality materials make the 4Runner feel comfortable, but not quite at the level of the Highlander. The blocky layout reminds you the 4Runner is based on a truck, though there is plenty of usable storage.

The 4Runner is basically a five-passenger vehicle but the more luxurious Limited model is available in either fivepassenger or seven-passenger

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one person who habitually comes down a side-street towards the main street and hangs a right turn while barely slowing. I’ve made eye-contact with her before through her entire turn – which means she’s not even looking where she’s going.

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people who come to a complete stop at the stop signs. I have been making this walk for several years, and I would like to report that the number is now up to a grand total of five.

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behaviour I observe regularly is the Canadian standoff. In a Mexican standoff, grimacing gun-wielding types threaten each other until one makes the first move. In a Canadian standoff, it’s a case of “After you,” “No, after you,” “No, I insist,” “No, it is I who insist.”

Meanwhile, traffic behind backs up all the way to Squamish.

Let me break it down for those who’ve forgotten.

The first driver to arrive at the intersection and make a complete full stop gets to go first. If two vehicles arrive at the same time, the one on the right has right of way: surely that can’t be that hard to remember. If two opposing vehicles arrive at the same time and one is turning left, the turning vehicle must yield.

Wave if you must, but simply following the rules of the road is being polite enough as it is.

Even for Canada.

Furthermore, at what point did an amber light suddenly start meaning, “Activate maximum throttle immediately?!”

If you’re approaching a stale green light, you should be expecting the change, and prepared to make a judgment call. It’s like those people who

wait for the cashier to ring up and bag every item and reach for their wallet or purse at the last possible moment, as if surprised they have to pay for their groceries.

If you’re unsure, use the pedestrian signals to give you a clue. If there’s a countdown timer, you can see how long you might have, and if the red hand is solid, be vigilant and prepared to stop if it’s safe.

As a father, I of course must model good behaviour for my child, and thus restrain myself from heaving bricks at people who blow right through stop signs either through obliviousness or entitlement. But I gotta tell ya folks, sometimes she’s looking in the other direction and there’s a tempting looking chunk of masonry sitting right over there. No, I mustn’t.

Shouldn’t. I’d better stop myself.

Brendan McAleer is a freelance writer and automotive enthusiast.

If you have a suggestion for a column, or would be interested in having your car club featured, please contact him at mcaleeronwheels@ gmail.com. Follow Brendan on Twitter: @brendan_ mcaleer.

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270 h.p. and 278 foot-pounds of torque, but what it does best is balance power delivery and efficiency across its operating range.

Although the latest technology features six or seven speed gears, the 4Runner is equipped with a proven fivespeed super ECT automatic transmission. Using a transmission cooler, it delivers confident acceleration and endurance in any weather or driving condition, while also returning a combined fuel economy rating of 12.8 litres/100 kilometres.

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seats fold flat into the floor to reveal nearly 90 cubic feet of cargo space. It does raise the trunk floor in terms of height somewhat, making it a bit awkward to load and unload.

Bolstered with more standard features, the base 2016 4Runner should be adequate for most families. It boasts Toyota’s 6.1-inch display audio system with eight speakers, Bluetooth capability, navigation, and a power moonroof, among many other features.

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Fuel efficiency numbers (litres/100 kilometres) are 14.2 city and 11.1 highway.

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THUMBS DOWN If you expect your SUV to ride like a “sport” utility or cross-over, the 4Runner’s truck-like handling won’t impress. It also isn’t the most affordable on the market.

THE BOTTOM LINE The 2016 4Runner is rugged enough to please its loyal fans, and its high resale value and top-notch reliability make it an easy purchase decision.

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PLEASE READ THE FINE PRINT: Offers valid until May 02, 2016. See toyota.ca for complete details. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between Toyota prices, rates and/or other information contained on www.getyourtoyota.ca and that contained on toyota.ca, the latter shall prevail. Errors and omissions excepted. *Lease example: 2016 RAV4 FWD LE Automatic ZFREVT-A with a vehicle price of $27,125 includes $1,885 freight/PDI and fees leased at 1.99% over 60 months with $0 down payment (after application of the $1,500 cash back), equals 130 bi-weekly payments of $130 with a total lease obligation of $16,868. Applicable taxes are extra. Lease 60 mos. based on 100,000 km, excess km charge is $.10. $1,000 stackable cash back can be combined with advertised lease offer on the 2016 RAV4 FWD LE Automatic ZFREVT-A only. Up to $1,000 non-stackable cash back available on select other 2016 RAV4 models cannot be combined with advertised lease offer. **Lease example: 2016 Corolla CE Manual BURCEM-6M MSRP is $17,610 and includes $1,615 freight/ PDI and fees leased at 0.99% over 60 months with $0 down payment (after application of the $1,500 cash back), equals 130 bi-weekly payments of $77 with a total lease obligation of $9,955. Applicable taxes are extra. Lease 60 mos. based on 100,000 km, excess km charge is $.07. $1,000 Stackable cash back available on select other 2016 Corolla models and can be combined with advertised lease rate. *** Lease example: 2016 4Runner SR5 V6 Automatic BU5JRA-A with a vehicle price of $45,975 includes $1,885 freight/PDI and fees leased at 3.99% over 60 months with $2,925 down payment equals 130 bi-weekly payments of $230 with a total lease obligation of $32,819. Applicable taxes are extra. Lease 60 mos. based on 100,000 km, excess km charge is $.15. †Finance offer: 1.99% finance for 48 months, upon credit approval. †† Stackable cash back offers on select 2016 Corolla models are valid until May 2, 2016. Non-stackable cash back offers on select 2016 RAV4 models are valid until May 2, 2016 and may not be combined with Toyota Financial Services (TFS) lease or finance rates. If you would like to lease or finance at standard TFS rates (not the above special rates), then you may be able to take advantage of cash back offers by May 2, 2016. Cash incentives include taxes and are applied after taxes have been charged on the full amount of the negotiated price. See toyota.ca for complete details on all cash back offers. †††Bi-weekly lease offer available through Toyota Financial Services (TFS) on approved credit to qualified retail customers on most 60 month leases of new and demonstrator Toyota vehicles. Down payment and first bi-weekly payment due at lease inception and next bi-weekly payment due approximately 14 days later and bi-weekly thereafter throughout the term. ‡Aeroplan miles: Vehicle MSRP greater than $60,000 earns 20,000 Aeroplan miles plus 5000 Aeroplan bonus miles for a total of 25,000 miles. Miles offer valid on vehicles purchased/leased, registered and delivered between April 01, and May 02, 2016. Customers must be an Aeroplan Member prior to the completion of the transaction. Offer subject to change without notice. Some conditions apply. Other miles offers available on other vehicles. See Toyota.ca/aeroplan or your Dealer for details. ®Aeroplan and the Aeroplan logo are registered trademarks of Aimia Canada Inc. Visit your Toyota Dealer or www.getyourtoyota.ca for more details. Some conditions apply; offers are time limited and may change without notice. Dealer may lease/sell for less. Each specific model may not be available at each dealer at all times; factory order or dealer trade may be necessary.

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The Xterra is available in two models and has a starting price of $34,013.

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SUVs now range from high luxury to trail terrors everywhere in supreme comfort, though the LR2 is getting old in design.

Land Rover LR2 starting prices range from $39,990 to $48,190. editor@automotivepress.com

The LR2 has historic Land Rover DNA, taking drivers wherever they want to go in supreme comfort.

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†Based on Global Automakers of Canada New Vehicle Registrations in British Columbia for calendar year 2015 for the Subcompact (Fit), Compact (Civic) and Intermediate (Accord) Car segments and Subcompact SUV (HR-V) segment.††Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). *Limited time weekly lease offer and all other offers are from Honda Canada Finance Inc., on approved credit. #The weekly lease offer applies to a new 2016 Civic 4D LX 6MT FC2E5GE/CR-V LX 2WD RM3H3GE1/Fit DX 6MT GK5G3GE for a 60-month period, for a total of 260 payments of $56.52/$71.96/$43.80 leased at 2.99%/1.99%/2.99% APR based on applying $294.80/$338.80/$448.80 “lease dollars” (which are deducted from the negotiated selling price after taxes). ‡Down payment of $0.00, first weekly payment and $0 security deposit due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $14,695.20/$18,709.60/$11,388.00. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. 120,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometres. **MSRP is $20,650/$28,015/$16,385 including freight and PDI of $1,595/$1,725/$1,595. License, insurance, registration and taxes are extra and may be required at the time of purchase. */#/**Prices and/or payments shown do not include a PPSA lien registration fee of $30.31 and lien registering agent's fee of $5.25, tire/battery tax of $25, or air conditioning charge (where applicable) of $100, all of which are due at time of delivery.

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