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Homeless man’s dog on death row Pit bull’s aggressive behaviour disputed at courthouse

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

A homeless Downtown Eastside man is hoping to save his dog from being destroyed after it was seized by the District of West Vancouver’s bylaw officers.

The district is seeking a court order to euthanize Jairo Augusto Gonzales’s pit bull Kora after several incidents of unprovoked aggression, according to court documents, though Augusto Gonzales and several advocates dispute the district’s version of events. Between October 2015 and March 2016, the district’s bylaw officer made several visits to the 500-block of Craigmohr Drive in the British Properties where Augusto Gonzales and Kora were temporarily living with a friend. Neighbours complained she was running at large and off leash. On at least two occasions, they claimed she was lunging and barking aggressively. On March 26, with a West Vancouver police officer on the scene, Kora again charged, the district alleges, causing the officer to draw his gun. Four days later, the bylaw officer returned with a warrant to seize Kora and take her to the West Vancouver branch of the SPCA. There was one other incident in which she lunged at a child from her kennel there. “The animal control officer believes that Kora is likely to

Daniel Stadt and his pit bull King Kong sit outside the North Vancouver provincial court Wednesday. The District of West Vancouver is seeking to have King Kong’s mother Kora destroyed after alleged incidents of unprovoked aggression against neighbours. Stadt showed up in support of Kora. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD kill or seriously injure a person as a result of her unprovoked aggression to neighbours and strangers, and the inability or unwillingness of the respondent to ensure that Kora is properly secured at all times,” the district’s application to the court states. Augusto Gonzales and his

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City of North Van to consider tree cutting bylaw MARIA SPITALE-LEISK AND JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

If a tree bylaw falls in the City of North Vancouver, does it make a sound? The city will investigate

instituting a tree cutting bylaw later this year following a council meeting Monday, but whether any new rules take root remains to be seen. “While there may be some pros, there’s also some costs and some cons,”

said Mayor Darrell Mussatto on the possibility of a new tree bylaw. Unlike neighbouring North Shore municipalities, City of North Vancouver homeowners – barring a land covenant – are free to chop till they drop. That

absence of regulation has allowed the city to be more efficient, according to Mussatto. “We haven’t had to have a lot of staff time go into regulating trees, and we can

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ENVIRONMENT: ROCK SLIDE CLEANUP

Floating fish fence to aid Seymour salmonid BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The Seymour Salmonid Society is expecting to hear any day now whether they’ll have permission to begin using low-velocity explosives to break apart the 50,000 cubic metre rock slide that made the Seymour River impassable for fish.

Members of the Seymour Salmonid Society and the Coho Society atop the massive rock slide that threatens the Seymour River as fish habitat. The Coho Society recently donated $8,000 towards mitigation efforts, which include the temporary installation of a fish fence. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Metro Vancouver, which has jurisdiction over the river, is the only remaining agency yet to sign off on a five-year, $1.25-million plan to crack the boulders open and allow the natural flow of the river to disperse the debris into the canyon below. In the meantime, the society is headlong into a stop-gap measure that will help the salmon and steelhead survive and spawn until the river is open again. “We were lucky enough to get a financial grant from the Pacific Salmon Foundation and the fish fence now is being built with the use of volunteer labour,” said Shaun Hollingsworth, Salmonid Society president. Volunteers are hoping to install the fence on the river near Maplewood Farm by the end of this month – in time for this summer’s returning coho salmon. In 2015, volunteers kept the river’s life cycle intact by physically trapping and trucking fish up above the land slide. The fence should make that job much easier. “The fish got up into the canyon and we had a terrible time retrieving them with nets,” Hollingsworth said.

An already working fish fence installed on the Alouette River in Maple Ridge.

Seymour Salmonid Society volunteers work on the fish fence due to be installed on the Seymour River later this month. PHOTOS SUPPLIED

“This year, we’ll put the fence up and that will stop the fish from going any farther.” The artificial barrier will be adjustable with an inflatable bladder, which will allow kayakers and debris to safely pass over the top. The fence is expected to cost just under $30,000. It’s being built on nearby Squamish Nation land. First Nations are partners in the project, along with the District of North Vancouver, the province, the federal government and Metro. As for the blasting

proposal, the federal government has put up $70,000 for the project so far, and North Vancouver’s two MLAs recently arranged for another $50,000. The society has been attempting to raise the rest of the funds through grants and donations to save the river, which the Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C. added to its list of most endangered rivers this year. Since the rock slide salmonid crisis, the society has ballooned to roughly 800 volunteers offering to help out.

Drug dealer’s immigration status nets shorter jail term

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A North Vancouver drug dealer originally from the Philippines has been handed a more lenient sentence by a judge in order not to jeopardize his immigration status.

Mark Ian Suerto Abude, 29, was recently sentenced to just under six months in jail in B.C. Supreme Court after pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine in a dial-a-dope operation

between July and October 2012 in North Vancouver. According to court documents, Abude sold a total of more than 52 grams of cocaine to undercover police officers for $3,890 in eight different transactions between July 20, 2012 and Oct. 11, 2012. The largest transaction was for 27 grams of cocaine, which he sold to undercover officers for $1,800. Abude told B.C. Supreme Court Justice William Ehrcke his drug dealing was financially

motivated. At the time, the father of three children was working as an apprentice in the construction trades and making $12 an hour. He said he got involved in the dial-a-dope operation after being approached by strangers who told him he could make some extra money. A Crown prosecutor in the case asked the judge to impose a sentence of 12 months in jail, pointing out Abude had sold more cocaine than four other people who were nabbed by police in the undercover operation. But Abude, a permanent resident of Canada

who immigrated when he was 14, asked the judge to consider a sentence of under six months, saying that would make it possible for him to appeal a deportation order. The judge agreed, calling the threat of deportation, a “collateral consequence” of the conviction “which may justify a slightly lower sentence than would otherwise be imposed for this offence.” “Were it not for your immigration status, I would have imposed a lengthier sentence,” he added.

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COMMUNITY UPDATE New uses debated for Lynn Creek industrial area

District to seek public input on rezoning in Main Street area BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The industrial area in the Lynn Creek neighbourhood may find itself home to some new types of businesses if District of North Vancouver council follows through on a plan now up for debate.

District staff have been consulting with business owners north of Main Street between Mountain Highway and Charlotte Road, on how the area can evolve as a residential town centre grows up to the immediate east. The area is currently home to about 100 businesses on 39 properties, many of them auto mechanic shops, blue collar trades businesses and fabricators. Although light industrial jobs would still be priority, the district is considering more flexible uses including

auctioneering, and retail sales of building supplies, equipment and garden supplies, as well as the sale of products that are made or assembled on the site. The new zoning would also allow for one residential suite for a caretaker at each property. Council unanimously supported taking the matter to a public hearing – but not without some serious concerns being aired first. Coun. Roger Bassam cautioned it may be a case of, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.’ “Typically government responds to conditions and is looking for solutions to a problem,” he said. “Of course, there wasn’t really a definition of what the problem is down there. As a matter of fact, things are functioning quite well. There’s near 100-per cent occupancy of all of the buildings down there that provide a wide range of services.” Changing the zoning could have the unintended consequence of pushing up rents and displacing existing business, who may be

replaced by lower-paying retail employers, he warned. Coun. Lisa Muri too supported sending the proposed changes to a public hearing but also expressed great trepidation. The district has already lost light industrial land thanks to the construction of the Canadian Tire in the neighbourhood, and more businesses south of Main Street will be lost if G3’s proposal for a new grain terminal at Lynnterm West Gate goes ahead. “We continue to degrade, in my opinion, the amount of light industrial land that is existent in the District of North Vancouver. I remember how very vocal we were when the City of North Vancouver rezoned a piece of light industrial land on Brooksbank at Cotton for the Mountain Equipment Co-op store. I remember we were very concerned about that and indeed, it’s coming east to the district, that same feeling,” she said. The public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday May 17 at 7 p.m. at district hall.

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advocates, including former Vancouver Park Board commissioner Sarah Blyth, say Kora was never violent. “I don’t understand under what grounds she believes that Kora is likely to kill or injure someone. Kora just barks. That is what dogs do,” Augusto Gonzales wrote in a response to the district application. And Augusto Gonzales was working to train Kora and provide an enclosure for her, they say. Aggressive behaviour is totally out of character for Kora, Blyth said. “She’s been up and down the Downtown Eastside living there for many years, or at least visiting in the past few years. The market we operate has hundreds of people. She comes and hangs out there. There’s children there. We’ve never seen her act aggressively,” she said. It is possible her behaviour could be related to her recently having had a litter of puppies, Augusto Gonzales suggested. During a brief court appearance in North Vancouver Wednesday, district lawyer Francesca Marzari said she was still waiting for the

completion of an assessment of Kora’s behaviour, and that a trial for the dog would likely have to happen in July. But Marzari said in a brief comment afterward, the district would prefer to resolve the matter with a solution everyone consents to – if one can be found. Outside the court, Augusto Gonzales said Kora is critical

to his protection on the street and his mental health. “I need my dog to protect me and to protect my family,” he said. He produced a letter from his psychiatrist stating the importance of her companionship to him. “I have post-traumatic stress disorder caused by war in Colombia. I was tortured in jail,” he said. “My psychiatrist

recommended for me to have somebody who will listen to me. That is my dog.” In the meantime, Augusto Gonzales and his advocates are hoping they can persuade the SPCA to release Kora to their care, pledging they’ll have her spayed and keep her leashed or in a fenced yard. “We’re willing to work with the SPCA and the District of

West Vancouver so that she’s got a good home,” Blyth said. Emeric Le Morvan, who lives at the Craigmohr Drive home, also vouched for the dog. “I’ve known Kora since she was very young,” he said. “Kora is not just a beautiful dog. She’s family. She’s got a lot of people caring for her and

a lot of people want what’s best for her.” Kora was licensed to live at the Craigmohr home and bylaw officers were not aware that Augusto Gonzales was homeless until the Georgia Straight ran article about the dispute on Tuesday, according to the district.

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hat would you do if you had only 10 minutes left in your home before evacuating, possibly never coming back? Our jaws drop at the images of Fort McMurray’s people desperately fleeing the flames along a congested highway as their world literally burned around them. And our hearts go out to the thousands who have lost so much. Many of them are young trades workers who have made their way there from parts of the country where a career and living wage can’t be found. The best way to help is to donate through the Canadian Red Cross. Still, we are heartened that there have been no reports of injuries or fatalities as emergency crews mobilized and evacuated 80,000 residents to safety.

It is sadly poetic this is playing out as we mark Emergency Preparedness Week in B.C. This is about as stark a reminder as they come. We talk a lot about “the big one” but we too live on the edge of a forest that turns to kindling in our increasingly hot, dry summers. We too would face a daunting and slow exile if our mountainside were to burn. This weekend, take a few minutes away from your backyard bliss and put together your emergency preparedness plan. That means knowing what you’ll grab at a moment’s notice and what you’ll need for at least seven days after. It’s best if you’re co-ordinated with family and neighbours so everyone is pulling together should all hell break loose. And, as they say, don’t be scared, be prepared. The province’s PreparedBC web page is an excellent place to start.

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ey, let’s have some benefit to show for West Van’s fat 6.87 per cent property

tax rise. First, restore the trash cans – why were they removed? – at each littered end of the 5400-block Marine Drive. Sure, that’s my block, and why not exploit my dandy print pulpit for selfish interests now and then? Second, bring back the portable toilet during baseball season at Cypress Park and other such sites. I’ve sometimes been obliged to take a whiz in toilet-scarce West Van woods, inviting charges of exposing myself. Which would be embarrassing, considering my dignified age and status, harrumph. !!! The North Shore Zone Festival of Plays at Presentation House Theatre is an annual week-long treat that deserves higher recognition – and attendance: Affordable, and no bridges to cross. The intimacy and

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This Just In Trevor Lautens yakking of the festival crowd come at no extra cost. It’s not too late. Tonight’s play is Art, tomorrow’s a stage reading by West Van secondary school students of Crushed, and announcement of awards. Weird: West Van Theatre just closed a second edition of Fawlty Towers, a sold-out smash – but for years hasn’t taken part in the festival. Why? Fear of winning. Can’t afford to go to the provincial competition (this year in Chilliwack, Jill-of-all-theatretrades Anne Marsh reports). There’s a film/play comedy

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script lurking in there. !!! Mayor Michael Smith is delighted that the Grosvenor development will include an Earls restaurant – which will grant a reprieve to the mellow Hollyburn Sailing Club. Not his original vision, but the pieces fell neatly into place. “Earls is a positive step for Ambleside and makes a development at the sailing club less of a priority,” Smith notes. “I would expect the facility to remain as it is for some time. Earls will bring a lot of people into Ambleside ... a key part of our plan to develop a restaurant offering.” Any jubilation was stepped on by the coincident protest over the Earls chain switch from Alberta beef suppliers to U.S. sources with greener practices – cleaving the Canada-first left from the environmentalist left. !!! A touch of irony: While Park Royal Shopping Centre was making ill-considered

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moves in the Big Chess Match that became nationwide news of an unwelcome kind, the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce anointed the centre’s longtime executive Rick Amantea as its Business Person of the Year. Amantea – who was not, repeat not, the exec who ordered the chess players to move out – is publicly sensitive to Ambleside business concerns, personable, and always accessible to the undersigned. A worthy choice by his chamber peers. !!! All praise for Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang – in real life, note, a UBC psychology professor who teaches and does research on the causes of mental illnesses – and rare kudos from this observer for Vancouver authorities too for not backing down from the city’s closure notices to aberrant marijuana shops. Of course the protesters defy the law. It’s what they do.

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Hardened law-breakers. As the marijuana business wafts upward from small-fry shops past ex-police chiefs and old pols who have seen the light, like Kash Heed and Mike Harcourt, toward greedily waiting “respectable” corporate oligarchs and stuffy banks offering marijuana business loans, what a farce that what the media call “activists” are plain and simple business operators and promoters. Is the president of Ford an activist for car ownership, or just selling cars? Predictably, pot legalization is in a confused legal and health snarl. The claim that the “war on drugs” was a failure that wasted police resources is as hollow as the drugpushing mind: The cops will have plenty of employment patrolling under-age kids, stopping stoned drivers, and chasing a continuing, I’d predict expanding, illegal market. On that point: A longtime regular but light pot smoker told me he opposes

legalization – because prices will explode under state regulation and government employees’ union wages. Bizarrely, the stuff he buys illegally costs about the same as legal but maxitaxed pipe tobacco – 50 grams of which, about two ounces, cost an astonishing $55, nearly $500 a pound, at Victoria’s elegant 1892-founded Morris Tobacconists. Where is legalizationpusher Vancouver Sun columnist Ian Mulgrew, now that we really need him to defend the mare’s nest of consequences of the normalization of marijuana as just another consumer commodity? Maybe he feels outflanked by his and my former colleague Pete McMartin, who recently urged legalization of all drugs. All? Including the currently in-the-news killer ones? To resurrect the oncetrendy question: What have you been smoking, Pete? rtlautens@gmail.com

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Are you prepared for an emergency? It’s Emergency Preparedness Week across the nation. The message is more poignant this week as residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray scramble to leave their homes. Here on the North Shore we are overdue for a major earthquake. But are residents prepared? The Red Cross recommends stocking your home with enough emergency supplies to sustain your family for 72 hours. We hit the streets to ask: Are you prepared for an emergency? Weigh in at nsnews.com. — Maria Spitale-Leisk

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Affordable housing in the City of North Vancouver is quickly becoming a thing of the past as today’s City council approves tax increase after tax increase. We need a return to the days when our City council considered taxpayer’s income limits, remembering that endless spending is driving us from our own homes and community.

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Response to letter highlights ‘misinformation’ about firs Dear Editor: Re: Tree Protection Bylaw Invites Disaster, May 1 Mailbox. A response to J.R. Thomson’s letter is important before the misinformation in his letter takes on a life of its own. There are many oldgrowth trees on residential lots in West Vancouver, almost all Douglas firs. Most are located above the rocky foreshore of Burrard Inlet. Why is this the case when there are very few along the foreshore of the City and District of North Vancouver?

The reason is that it was too difficult to fell a tree on the rocky bluffs that form much of the West Vancouver foreshore without damaging the tree. It was also difficult to bring a large log to tidewater for loading onto a vessel. Douglas firs are not top-heavy and shallowrooted. They are, in fact, more deeply rooted than the hemlocks that are the usual victims of blow-down and breakage due to dwarf mistletoe infection. The old-growth trees in the parks referred to in the Thomson letter are not decadent.

This is an argument that has been promoted by the logging industry for decades to justify logging of oldgrowth forests. West Vancouver should protect its old-growth Douglas firs for their natural heritage and esthetic value, as well as for the fact that old-growth Douglas firs are the preferred nest trees of bald eagles as well as their preference for tall trees for what is called perch-hunting where the birds conserve energy by spotting prey from a high vantage point.

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Vandals should reflect on actions Dear Editor: I read the story (OffDuty North Vancouver Cops Repair Teens ‘Fence Bowling’ Damage, April 26) with great interest. It always amazes me how something so negative can turn into something positive. Many thanks go to the RCMP and others who took their spare time and resources to help rebuild the fences that were

destroyed by vandals at 2 a.m. I can only hope that the parents of these vandals start by questioning what their darlings are doing out at that time, what they are doing and with whom. Parents need to start taking some responsibility for the actions of their children. It may mean that something good can happen again, once these young “adults” feel some guilt about what

they have done and give back to their community. Possibly cut the couple’s lawn at no charge or stain the fence until they work off the expenses? Who knows if that would work, but I guarantee that they will not have as much free time on their hands and plenty of time to reflect. Just a thought.

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Longtime emergency volunteers recognized by province BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Lifeline Volunteer Awards. Milsom joined North Shore Rescue in 1996 and, within a year, became the team’s training officer. After four years, Milsom became the first woman to lead the team in North Shore Rescue’s history. She was also highly involved in the BC Search and Rescue Association for 12 years, director for training of the BC and Yukon Saint John Ambulance, and a life member of the First Aid Ski Patrol. Merchant was a founding member of the North Shore Amateur Radio Club and the

Two North Shore residents and one of its most revered former volunteers are being feted by the province for their contributions to public safety and emergency preparedness.

Bridget Ann Milsom, a 20-year veteran of North Shore Rescue, and George Merchant, a pioneer of local ham radio and emergency communications, have both been bestowed 2016 Public Safety

British Columbia Amateur Radio Co-ordination Council, a province-wide group that brings HAM clubs and individuals together, and he has been a member of the North Shore’s Emergency Communications Team since its creation. Also last week, the province recognized the late Tim Jones posthumously with the BC Parks Volunteer award for his contribution to saving lives, promoting outdoor safety and advocating backcountry awareness. North Vancouver’s two MLAs, Jane Thornthwaite and

Naomi Yamamoto, presented the posthumous Volunteer Legacy Award to Jones’ widow, Lindsay at the third annual Tim Jones Legacy Fundraiser. “There are more than a thousand people alive today because of Tim and the team he led at North Shore Rescue,” Thornthwaite stated in a press release. Added Yamamoto: “Tim made North Shore Rescue what it is today and worked tirelessly to mentor future leaders, ensuring the team will be ready to take on life-saving calls for years to come.”

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Police look for rightful owners of tools, ring BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

West Vancouver Police Department’s storage room is starting to look like a pawn shop, with jewelry and power tools waiting to be claimed.

The department is trying to reconnect some lost and/or stolen goods with their rightful owners. On Sunday, a resident reported a heap of power drills, saws, grinders and nail guns having been left on a front lawn of a home on the 1500-block of Esquimalt Avenue. The location is just around the corner from where the police department’s new headquarters are being built. There are also several residential construction projects in the neighbourhood, but a canvas of the nearby contractors found no takers, according to Const. Jeff

Palmer, West Vancouver police spokesman. Investigators ballpark the value of the tools at around $10,000. “That was a little unusual – just a whole bunch of tools piled on a lawn and not to the knowledge of anyone in the immediate neighbourhood,” he said. “I can’t imagine someone would forget that many tools, whether it’s discarded stolen property or not, I don’t know.” Then on Tuesday morning, a pedestrian stumbled upon a diamond ring, possibly an engagement ring, while walking through the intersection of 16th Street and Bellevue Avenue. Police are not releasing an image or description of the ring. Anyone with information about either of the cases is asked to call the West Vancouver police nonemergency line at 604-925-7300.

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put more money into putting trees in the ground,” he said. “I’m leaning towards what’s been working so far.” West Vancouver passed its first-ever tree protection bylaw last month, prompting Coun. Don Bell to look at the city’s regulations. There is a “public interest” in at least having city

staff study the issue, said Bell, who put forward the motion. While the city’s higher density development has made private property tree bylaws less of a priority than in West Vancouver or the District of North Vancouver, Bell stressed that residents still come to the city for its trees. “If they wanted flat

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said Keating, adding new regulations could potentially create unintended consequences. West Vancouver’s new bylaw protects trees that are 75 centimetres in diameter or larger and carries a fine as high as $1,000 for those in violation of it. The District of North Vancouver first enacted tree cutting regulations in 1993, within

an environmental protection and preservation bylaw. District council passed a tree protection bylaw in 2012, under which homeowners can cut down a large tree on their property so long as they have a permit and either replace the tree or pay a $500 fee. Couns. Rod Clark and Pam Bookham did not attend the meeting.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Women of Achievement Awards Representatives of Soroptimist International of North and West Vancouver held their Women of Achievement Annual Awards Ceremony and Dinner at Hollyburn Country Club on the evening of April 20. The event, hosted by CBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kathryn Gretsinger, featured a silent auction and 50/50 draw as well as a presentation by guest speaker Heather Mackenzie, co-founder and co-executive director of the Cinderella Project, and the awarding of signature Soroptimist Awards. The volunteer organization for business and professional women works to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment. soroptimistnvwv.org

Bonnie McLaren Award recipients Hannah Rahim (Aga Khan Foundation), Lara Gillatt (North Shore Youth 4 Mental Health Council) and Ronak Davani (Immigration Services-Refugee Sponsorship)

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A Bunch of Actors (Morgan Misic, Sabrielle McCurdy-Foreman, Rose McNeil, Alexander Lowe, Julian Legere and Darren Adams) make their collective debut with Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

A Bunch of Actors find their sweet spot in The Importance of Being Earnest

Something Wilde ! A Bunch of Actors presents The Importance of Being

Earnest, May 13 and 14 at the Anne Macdonald Studio at Presentation House Theatre, 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver; and May 15 in the garden at 1950 West 18th Ave., Vancouver. Tickets: $20 at brownpapertickets.com.

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To prove it is she, and not Cecily Cardew, who is rightfully engaged to marry Ernest Worthing, Gwendolen Fairfax pulls out a small journal and flips to a recent entry. “I never travel without my diary,” she says. “One should

always have something sensational to read in the train.” It’s the witty dialogue and farcical nature of Oscar Wilde’s 1895 play The Importance of Being Earnest that drew Katherine Alpen to the work when she first read it in high school. Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People” the play satirizes Victorian society as it follows two well-to-do bachelors, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who both assume fictitious personas in order to court the respective objects of their affection. Alpen delved further into Wilde’s life and career as a student in the musical theatre program at Capilano University. “The more I’ve learned, the more I’ve come to appreciate him as a writer and also as an artist,” she says. It’s at CapU where she met friends Julian Legere and

Sabrielle McCurdy-Foreman. The three of them, all recently graduated, had starred in a production of Pride and Prejudice and discovered their mutual appreciation for British drama from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. “I think it was there that we kind of bonded and discovered that we all really love classical theatre,” Alpen says. When the friends found themselves with fairly open schedules this spring, they decided to take the opportunity to form their own theatre company, simply called A Bunch of Actors. It wasn’t hard to choose their inaugural production. “I’ve always wanted to do The Importance of Being Earnest and I’ve also always wanted to try directing just because I was

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“Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700, Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8483” (CD-672)

WHERE: 233 West 5th Street WHEN:

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Zoning Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8483 to rezone the properties from Two-Unit Residential 1 (RT-1) Zone to a Comprehensive Development 672 (CD-672) Zone in order to permit a Three-Unit Townhouse contained in one building at a maximum height of 34 feet with four off-street parking spaces. The proposed density is 0.6 times the lot area (FSR).

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Submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm, Monday, May 16, 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 Bylaw, 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 May 6, 2016, and online at www.cnv.org/ publichearings. Please direct all inquiries to David Johnson, Planner 2, at djohnson@cnv.org or 604-990-4219. 141 WEST 14TH STREET / NORTH VANCOUVER / BC / V7M 1H9 T 604 985 7761 / F 604 985 9417 / CNV.ORG

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING WAIVED Priority Permits Ltd.

WHAT: Development Variance Permit No. DVP2016-00004 WHERE: #140 - 879 Marine Drive WHEN: Monday, May 16, 2016 at 6:30 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver Notice is hereby given that Council will consider:

“Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700, Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8486” (CD-631 Text Amendment)

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ARTSCALENDAR Thursday, May 5, 6-8 p.m. Info: nvartscouncil.ca/events/may-artmonth. PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 604-986-1351 presentationhousegallery.org NANITCH: A display of early photographs of British Columbia from the Langmann Collection runs until June 26. Exhibition tour: Thursday, May 12, 7:30 p.m. RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 If the Shoe Fits ... Animate: Jacquie Manning shows a series of paintings with shoes and Carolyn di Pasquale shows sculptures of dogs, cats, mice and some pottery until June 5. SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery. com Start With Art An exhibition where established artists who work in a diverse variety of media have artwork hung at “kids-eye-view” and priced in a kid friendly range runs until May 7. Canadian Frame(lines): A video exhibition of 74 films made by 11 small and rural Canadian towns May 11-June 18. Artist talk: Sunday, May 15, 2 p.m. Reception: Sunday, May 15, 3-4:30 p.m. Deep Cove films screening: Saturday, June 18, 2 p.m. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Ronald George Straight’s oil

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SONGS OF LIGHT The Vancouver Cantata Singers will perform three world premieres in Lux Antiqua/Songs of Light at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre’s Star Theatre on Friday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m. including “Ave Maris Stella” by composer Kathleen Allan (above image), Peter Hannan’s “The Time Between” and Craig Galbraith’s “Axis Mundi.” The vocal ensemble will also sing “Lux Antiqua” by North Vancouver composer Jordan Noble in their final performance of the 2015-2016 season. Tickets $30/20/10 available at vancouvercantatasingers.com or by phone: 604-730-8856. PHOTO SUPPLIED paintings of animals in nature are on display until May 15. VISUALSPACE GALLERY 3352 Dunbar St., Vancouver. 604-908-8485 visualspace.ca Shadows and Light: North Shore artist Lil Chrzan’s work is on display May 6-8 from noon to 6 p.m.

WEST VANCOUVER MUNICIPAL HALL 750 17th St., West Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604-925-7290 Art in the Hall — A Glimpse of my World: Acrylic paintings by

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The fire rushes through California’s forest, leaping up redwoods and growing with every gust of wind. One of Marin County’s firefighters will battle the blaze, saving lives and homes. When she’s done, she’ll go back to her cell.

The firefighter/convict is one of the subjects of Brett Story’s disturbing documentary The Prison in Twelve Landscapes. The film never shows us the firefighter’s face, nor does it take us inside a prison. The movie is less about the physical structure of a prison and more about a system whose tentacles stretch across the country like an H.P. Lovecraft monster. Rather than a traditional jailhouse movie about guilt redeemed or innocence recognized, Story focuses her documentary on the people outside the walls, and on the prison-industrial complex. When U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was

Nahshon Thomas never seems to strain as he passes his days winning $5 chess games in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park. Brett Story’s The Prison in 12 Landscapes screens at Vancity Theatre, May 14 at 9 p.m. as part of DOXA. PHOTO SUPPLIED readying to leave the White House in 1961, he punctuated his parting speech with a dire warning. “The total influence: economic, political, even spiritual, is felt in every city, every state house, every office of the federal government,” he said. “The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist.” He was talking about the military-industrial complex, but this movie shows he could have just as easily been discussing the country’s multibillion dollar prison system.

Story introduces us to one St. Louis ex-con whose crime was improperly securing the lid of a garbage can. Unwilling to pay the steep fine, she goes to prison. “These municipalities are funding their garbage collectors through over-fining poor black residents,” Story says. Approximately a quarter of the world’s prisoners, 2.2 million criminals, are doing time in United States jails and prisons. The incarcerated population has grown 4.5 times since 1980, primarily due to drug arrests, according to an article from

U.S. News and World Report. Prisons are also expanding in Canada, with plans for nearly 500 new bunks for offenders in minimum-security prisons around B.C. “I was really interested in how prisons themselves are farther away and harder to access than ever before,” she says. “They’re actually expanding and yet we don’t see them and therefore don’t think about them.” Utilizing wide shots of bleak landscapes and intimate portraits of her subjects, Story takes the viewer from eastern Kentucky to

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Detroit to Ferguson, Missouri to the chess tables of Washington Square Park in Manhattan. In Kentucky, a long-time resident walks across a valley that was a mountaintop until a coal-mining company levelled it and stripped the ground. Unburdened of mining jobs, the community’s biggest employer becomes its prison. “It’s recession proof,” a Kentucky man explains to Story. “You close a factory and you ship the jobs overseas. You can’t do that with a federal prison.”

U.S. President Barack Obama made headlines last year when he tweeted: “We could eliminate tuition at every public college and university in America with the $80 billion we spend each year on incarcerations.” The president’s notion of squandered talent comes to life when we meet Nahshon Thomas as he appraises his chess opponent over the turret of a castle. He strategizes but never seems to strain as he passes his days winning $5 chess games in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park. As an audience, we wonder if his intellect couldn’t be put to some other use. “It’s really an invitation for people who think that their lives don’t have anything to do with the criminal justice system,” Story explains. “Those of us who think we’re outside of it somehow, that it has nothing to do with our lives, to actually feel implicated.” Sometimes we’re implicated directly, like when we hear messages left for prisoners in Attica, and other times we’re left to make our own connections, such as when Story guides us through a mortgage loan company spearheading an Fr urban revitalization project in Detroit. Bruce Schwartz acts as a spokesman for Quicken Loans, showing us how safe downtown has become while

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REVIEW: CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

Marvel expands its super franchise ! Captain America: Civil War. Directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo. Starring Chris Evans. Rating: 7 (out of 10) JULIE CRAWFORD Contributing Writer

Maybe it’s because the fictional Captain America is better than the current real-life presidential candidates, or maybe it’s because superhero movies are multiplying at such a rate that we half expect Meryl Streep to be nominated in some kind of Super-Spidey-BatHulk spinoff…

Twelve Marvel films in a row have opened in the number-one box office spot. We’ve grown to accept the formula and swallow the superfood, that mélange of skull-crunching CG action, tasty bon mots, comic-world incest and spinoff potential served up several times a year now by the studios. And by that standard, Captain America: Civil War is pretty decent. The trend this year is to forgo the villains altogether and have the heroes do battle against each other. Collateral

The political images are clunky but the action is a doozy as The Avengers implode in Captain America: Civil War. PHOTO SUPPLIED damage is again the impetus for division in the superhero world: after a particularly nasty body count, Secretary of State (William Hurt) decrees that all super-folk submit to the will of the United Nations. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), guilt-ridden about that event and others (remember Ultron?) agrees; however,

Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) cleverly foresees the perils of putting superpowers in the hands of any government, and demurs. The Avengers quickly take sides, among them Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), War Machine (Don Cheadle),

Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olson), Vision (Paul Bettany), and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). But wait, there’s more… Adding to the everexpanding universe of Marvel characters is Chadwick Boseman (42, Get On Up) as T’Challah, aka Black Panther, who will get his very own

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Ken Lavigne focuses on building repertoire Experimenting with writing own material ! An Evening of Song with Ken Lavigne and the British Columbia Boys Choir, Saturday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m., at North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre. Tickets: $28/$25/$23/$21, visit centennialtheatre.com. ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

It took a few years before Vancouver Island singer Ken Lavigne gained enough confidence to share a personal song he’d penned, “Keep Holding On,” with the public.

The piece tells the story of a family moving forward from tragedy, inspired by his own family’s experience in the wake of an accident that left his brother-in-law a paraplegic, suggesting that there is a community of people around all of us all that can lend support. Eventually, Lavigne mustered the courage to start performing the song and it made its way onto his 2013 album, serving as the title track. Little did he know just how much “Keep Holding On” would resonate with listeners. “Over the course of performing it and reaching out to audiences with this particular piece of music, I’ve had so many letters from people saying not that it just touched them, but it made them think

Island tenor Ken Lavigne is currently gearing up to enter the studio in August to work on his next full-length album. PHOTO SUPPLIED upon and reflect upon their own lives. In a way, there’s no higher compliment when people take what it is that you’ve written and it inspires them to either write their own music or it makes them feel something and they walk away changed from having that experience. That’s kind of a goal really,” he says. These days the founding member of The Canadian

Tenors (and a member during the group’s inaugural seasons), is much more focused on creating and promoting his own original pieces. “I come from that tradition of classical singers where basically every song you perform is a cover song of some sort, but I’ve been moving into experimenting with my own sound and wanting to write my own material. I’ve always

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been writing my own material, but usually been a little shy about releasing it,” he says. A Victoria native, the Chemainus-based performer is currently gearing up to enter the studio in August to work on his next full-length album. While he of course plans to record a couple of old favourites, new material will definitely be a major focus. “My sound is hard to pin

down because I’m a product of a bunch of different genres. I love the classical side, that’s what I trained vocally to do, but I grew up as a musical theatre nerd and I formed my own rock band when I was 14. … So I draw from a bunch of different materials that I think really showcases and highlights the versatility and the beauty of the tenor voice,” he says. Lavigne plans to do some recording on the island where he has built strong relationships over the years, as well as experiment with some different selections and potentially travel to work in new studios in Vancouver, Toronto and Nashville. “I’d like to draw from different sources and have those different experiences because you make relationships in the studio that really last a long time and I’d like to sort of branch out,” he says. He hopes to have the record ready for release by the fall. Lavigne is also hard at work organizing an upcoming Christmas season tour, and is looking ahead to 2017 when Canada will mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation. In honour of the milestone, he’s planning to undertake an initiative he’s referring to as “The Great Canadian Songbook.” “This is a project that would be focused entirely on covers and some of the music that helped shape and forge and define Canada as a nation. We’ll be moving through different genres, collaborating with many different artists and this will be a recording/

performance tour,” he says. Potential covers include songs by Joni Mitchell, Neil A un Young, Gordon Lightfoot and Leonard Cohen. In terms of his current per- Concer formance schedule, Lavigne C 2300 has just wrapped a tour throughout the western UnitedVa States, and he’s set to take the ce A stage at North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre Saturday, Br May 14 for an Evening of Song Ens joined by the British Columbia using marimbas Boys Choir, conducted by noon. Edette Gagné. Lavigne’s backby ing band members will include be Casey Ryder, bass, Llowyn Ro Ball, violin, and Andrew Slade, co piano. band Lavigne has been conKe nected with the B.C. Boys studen Choir in recent years, having Thur toured with them briefly a Ti couple of Christmases ago. D “We had a successful tour M and they helped during the 1200 launch of my latest Christmas Va album,” he says, referring to nsrj. 2014’s Comfort and Joy. “I was Ra never a B.C. Boys Choir alum- Ma nus though I’ve seen the great 7 work that they’ve been doing 7: over the past 50 years. It’s include amazing. I would have relished the opportunity … to be a part of that organization,” he says. Next weekend’s performance will be focused on romantic songs as well as pieces inspired by Mother’s Day. “It’s going to be exciting music and it’ll be a lovely time. We’re drawing from a bunch of different repertoire, a bunch of different genres to shape the show, and I think there’s going to be definitely something there for everyone,” says Lavigne.

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Brockton World Music Ensemble performs a concert using primarily African-style marimbas Wednesday, May 11 at noon. The show will be followed by a meat or veggie pie and a beverage. Tickets: $25/$22/$10. Rock the Salish Sea: A rock concert featuring The Wilds band with Holly Arntzen and Kevin Wright performing with students from St. Mary’s school Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $10. DEEP COVE COFFEE HOUSE Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. 604-363-5370 jane@ nsrj.ca Ralph Shaw performs Friday, May 13 at 9 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. and warm-up acts start at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $10 which includes coffee and goodies.

SKETCH WALK Join artist Emma Fitzgerald for a sketch walk in collaboration with Jane’s Walk on Saturday, May 7 at noon in front of the Ferry Building Gallery in West Vancouver. The launch for her new book, Hand Drawn Halifax, takes place later that evening back at the Ferry Building from 6-8 p.m.

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Style profile: Samantha Dempster

Building a better closet with basics

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One might expect a style maven’s closet to be overflowing with the latest clothing and accessories, but for North Vancouver fashionista Samantha Dempster, when it comes to her wardrobe at least, less is more.

Getting dressed each day is all about mixing and matching a few quality pieces to create different outfits for different occasions. That’s the fashion philosophy Dempster passes on to her clients as a certified image consultant. It was also the theme of the style presentation, entitled Seven Pieces Seven Ways, that she gave last week at Kiss and Makeup on Lonsdale Avenue. The seminar demonstrated just how much you can do with only a handful of versatile garments. “I have pieces that I’ve worn hundreds of times just because I love the fit and I love the way it makes me feel,” Dempster says. So what exactly is an image consultant? It’s a question Dempster hears often and is all too happy to answer. Essentially, she visits clients’ homes, goes through their closets and helps them decide what to keep, what to give away, and what to purchase that will best suit their lifestyle, personality and body type. “It’s just about finding what works for that person and making them feel confident,” she explains. Dempster has worked with women who are changing careers, have just had children, are reentering the workforce, are going through divorces, or are just too busy to shop. Whatever their age, size or clothing budget, her ultimate

goal is to teach them how to create a wardrobe that works for them personally. “It’s to educate them so that they know how to do it on their own,” she says, adding that the closet consultation experience makes people much more conscious when they go shopping, allowing them to avoid impulse purchases, identify when to splurge and when to save, and hone in on the right pieces. “You don’t have the same experience when you go into a store because you’re extremely selective,” she says. Dempster worked for many years in the fashion industry in visual merchandising and retail, but took a break to start a family. Her kids are now aged four and one. “Becoming a mom, all of a sudden you don’t have time to put yourself together.” Fortunately, she found a style that worked for her – a look she has dubbed “casual luxe.” “I put in the effort, but I always think about comfort and versatility. Having two kids, I would love to look polished and put together, but I also have to be realistic about my day and what I’m taking on.” Other moms would often ask her, “How do you have time to put yourself together?” Wanting to share her simple approach to dressing, she launched a blog called The Family Jewels (thefamilyjewels.ca) in 2012 where she shares fashion tips, lifestyle and beauty brand picks, and recipes. Around that same time she attended a North Shore moms social group. The guest speaker that day was an image consultant and

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Contest supports local moms Salon and photo studio team up for Mother’s Day

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Supernova Salon and Studio Two Photography are hosting a contest in support of Spectrum Mothers Support Society.

Any client who receives a service at Supernova until May 7 can enter themselves or another mom to win an Elegance Session from Studio Two – a photo shoot valued at $875 with a printed and framed photo to take home. Supernova will provide complimentary hairstyling and makeup application for the winner and her family, a package valued at more than $300, so everyone looks and feels their best at the shoot. From May 1 to 7, the salon

is donating $1 from each appointment to Spectrum Mothers Support Society, a North Vancouver-based nonprofit agency that provides support for women who are caring for their children in challenging situations. Additionally, Studio Two Photography will be donating $150 from every Elegance Session booking in the month of May. “As women in business we feel a strong commitment to supporting our community and women in challenging times of their lives,” said Supernova owner Dana Lyseng in a press release. For more information visit supernovasalon.com or studio2.ca.

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Ensemble sink their teeth into roles From page 13 curious about it,” Alpen says. Alpen is making her directorial debut and co-producing the show, which runs May 13 to 15. The cast is made up largely of recent CapU grads from the musical theatre and acting for stage and screen programs. While there are plenty of opportunities for young performers to take on roles in summer theatre productions and with the larger

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Darren Adams as Algernon Moncrieff Julian Legere as Jack Worthing Michelle Collier as Lady Bracknell Sabrielle McCurdy-Foreman as Gwendolen Fairfax Morgan Misic as Cecily Cardew Rose McNeil as Miss Prism Alex Lowe as Dr. Chasuble/Lane/Merriman

Vancouver theatre companies, those roles aren’t always major, Alpen says. “There’s a lot of

opportunities for ensemble parts first off, but less so for leads,” she explains, “so doing a small show where everyone has a fairly big part, that’s a pretty neat experience to have because it might be a couple of years before you get that kind of a part in a company.” In the Lower Mainland, she says it’s common for young artists and recent theatre grads to produce their own work in order to fill the gaps between gigs and to sink

their teeth into meatier roles. “There’s not a lot of waiting around for something to happen. There’s a lot of people making things happen, which is great.” Looking ahead, Alpen is already considering what other classic works A Bunch of Actors might tackle. “I think there’s definitely a chance that we will do another show, possibly something Shakespearean or something like that down the road,” she says.

BEHIND THE SCENES Actor Jay Brazeau joins Nicola Cavendish in an Artist’s Salon fundraiser hosted by Kay Meek Centre in a private West Vancouver home on May 12 (6:30 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. start). The duo will discuss Tales of Canadian Performance – unplugged, uncensored, unscripted. Only 50 seats available. Contact the box office at 604-981-6335 or online at kaymeekcentre.com. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Civil War propels the plot From page 20 Soldier, hoping, no doubt, to finally have someone to talk to after all these years. The other vital relationship in the Captain’s life is his flat-lining bromance with Iron Man/Tony Stark, after details are revealed (in clever flashbacks) about

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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.

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.

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.

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Nissan didn’t go nuts with its 2016 refresh of the Altima, but a new V Motion grille gives the popular mid-size sedan a more aggressive look, while other vents and covers have been added to lower the car’s drag coefficient and improve fuel economy. The Altima is available at North Vancouver Nissan in the Northshore Auto Mall. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

2016 Nissan Altima

Altima stays ahead of the curve

MALCOLM GUNN Contributing writer

It’s no longer enough for automakers to just mildly retouch their lineup halfway through each model’s production cycle. That’s especially true for midsize sedans, including the 2016 Nissan Altima. It’s common that buyers are being wooed with significant sheet-metal changes,

content updates and performance enhancements at about the three- or four-year mark of a typical six- or seven-year model run. Chevrolet even launched a new-from-thewheels-up Malibu a mere three years after the previous model hit the streets. Nissan didn’t go quite that far with the Altima, but there is plenty of “new” in view, starting with different frontand rear-end designs that

mimic Nissan’s current design language that’s featured on much of its lineup. In particular, the V Motion grille is more aggressively shaped and the headlight pods, front fenders and hood have been altered. In addition, grille shutters have been added that divert airflow around the car (instead of trapping it inside the engine compartment) at higher speeds. Under-floor aero covers similarly keep

the air moving along. The net effect is a lower drag coefficient and improved overall fuel economy. Along with fresh looks, the revised interior includes a new control panel and centre console inspired by the Murano and Maxima. The five- and optional seven-inch touchscreens (depending on the model) are also set up for the optional navigation system (with 3-D map views) as well

as for Google’s subscriptionbased Online Search. Lastly, more soft-touch materials and new seat fabrics and trim pieces provide cabin enhancements. Back again and essentially unaltered is the Altima’s engine duo. The starting point is a 2.5-litre four-cylinder that produces 182 horsepower and 180 foot-pounds of torque. If stretching your fuel dollar is the priority, the 2.5 is now

rated at 8.7 (litres/100 kilometres) in the city and 6.0 on the highway, a slight change from the previous 8.7/6.2 rating. Nissan points out that over the past decade, Altima’s highway numbers have improved by about 25 per cent. Available on the top-level 3.5 SL only is a 3.5-litre V-6 that puts out 270 h.p. and 251 foot-pounds of torque. The

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engine isn’t nearly as thrifty as the 2.5, but 9.0 l/100 km in

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connects to both engines, which might be a drawback for some who prefer actual gears to belts. The engines might be familiar, but the Altima’s suspension and steering systems have had work done, with new shocks and rear springs for better ride control and handling. For the sporty SR iteration (also new for 2016), there are thicker stabilizer bars that are designed to reduce body roll in the turns (part of the sport-tuned suspension package). The SR also arrives with darkened headlight covers, a rear-deck-lid spoiler and unique wheels as well as power front seats with special stitching. The SR can be had with either engine. If you want your Altima more on the basic side, the S model that sells for $25,750, including delivery charges, comes with the usual power and climate control content, but you’ll have to settle for 16-inch steel wheels (instead of 17-inch alloys) and miss

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The Altima’s revised interior includes more soft-touch materials and new seat fabrics and trim pieces to provide an enhanced cabin environment. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN out on most of the convenience and audio connectivity features that kick in on other trims. You also have to move up to get the latest active safety software, such as backup alerts and blind-spot and lane-change warning. The revamp of the Altima is not as drastic as it was for the Malibu, but the Altima has never been as harshly criticized as the Malibu, either. Updates like this keep the Altima ahead of the curve, likely ensuring a drastic revamp doesn’t happen.

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Type: Four-door, front-wheeldrive mid-size sedan Engines: 2.5-litre DOHC I4 (182 h.p.); 3.5-litre DOHC V-6 (270 h.p.) Transmission: Continuously variable (CVT) Market position: Mid-size sedans are the backbone of the auto industry, which makes it one of the most highly competitive categories. More rapid improvements and updates are now the order of the day in this class. Points: Redesigned front and

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