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Mercedes driver pleads guilty in smash with supercar JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A West Vancouver speed demon had a strong drink in his system and two children in the back seat of his car when he smashed into the back panel of an Audi Spyder convertible on Aug. 23, 2014 after dangerously overtaking 10 other cars on the wrong side of the road.

Immediately after the impact, the driver was hit so hard by hot gas-filled airbags that deployed in his Mercedes, the three-point logo was imprinted into

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BRASSY BUT CLASSY Members of the North Vancouver Community Band rehearse for their upcoming concert benefitting victims of the Fort McMurray fire Sunday, June 12, 2:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Presbyterian Church, 2893 Marine Dr. Admission is free with a donation of $15 or more to the Fort Mac Relief Fund, care of the Canadian Red Cross or Presbyterian World Service and Development. For more information, call Bob Alexander at 604786-3741. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

GAMBLING: BCLC LOOKS TO EXPAND

Province asks North Shore to mull casino BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The province is trying its luck at convincing the North Shore’s three local governments and two First Nations to considering hosting a new casino.

The B.C. Lottery Commission, which regulates casinos and community gaming facilities, announced on Wednesday that it was seeking expressions of interest from the North Shore as well as south of the Fraser River.

There is a demand for local gambling that’s currently not being met on the North Shore, according to the BCLC, which routinely does marketplace assessments that take into account population trends, transportation access, estimated revenue

B.C.’s lottery corp rolls dice again in pursuit of gaming facility in North or West Vancouver potential, and tourism among other things.

“We know most people like to gamble at a facility close to their home and there is no facility on the North Shore. Some residents are travelling to other facilities for example in Vancouver or Burnaby but for other people, they just won’t even bother.

They’ll stay on the North Shore,” said Angela Koulyras, BCLC spokeswoman. “We determined there is revenue potential of approximately $25 million to $40 million that is currently not

being captured on the North Shore.”

Any jurisdiction that hosts a gaming facility gets to wet its beak, receiving a 10 per cent share of net gaming revenue generated, less operating costs. According to a marketplace assessment by BCLC, that would mean about $1.5 million to $2.2 million annually for one lucky municipal or band hall.

Because the assessments contain “competitive information” they cannot be released to the public, even under Freedom of Information of Information legislation, Koulyras said “It could harm our interests and the interests of our private sector service providers,” she said.

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Neighbours rebuff heritage proposal Carisbrooke subdivision to go to public hearing BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

District of North Vancouver residents are being asked to weigh in on a proposal that pits retention of a heritage home against a neighbourhood’s affinity for large lot sizes.

The owner of the Thomson House at 360 East Windsor Rd., was set to have the 1913 cottage bungalow demolished and replaced with an almost 10,000-square foot home.

But, at the district’s request, the owner considered a new proposal that would see the original home restored and given permanent heritage protection in exchange for allowing the 100-foot lot to be subdivided and a new 3,200-square foot home be built on the new property.

Similar heritage revitalization agreements have been used to protect character homes across the North Shore in recent years.

The original home’s heritage value is based on its connection to pre-First World War growth on the North Shore and its Craftsman style

A rendering of the 1913 Thomson House on East Windsor Road (left) and a new home proposed if the lot is subdivided. Neighbours are unhappy with the heritage proposal. IMAGE SUPPLIED architecture, according to an assessment from heritage consultant Donald Luxton.

Heritage advocates, including members of the North Shore Heritage Preservation Society, turned out to council Monday to speak in favour of the project but so too did a large contingent of Queensdale neighbours who argued that any subdivision of the lot would be an assault on a much cherished community.

Large lots create a “parklike setting” and subdividing the lot would mean increased population density without the amenities to accommodate more families, more traffic on side streets with

no sidewalks, neighbours told council. There was also concern that subdividing the lot could set a precedent for the rest of the area,.

“It’s a neighbourhood, as everyone has said, Mr. Mayor and council, that we’re trying to protect here. This is preservation of a neighbourhood as-is, where-is,” said Scott Sweatman. “We appreciate that we’re in an era of densification. It’s a reality but not in this neighbourhood. And that sounds like NIMBYism and I don’t apologize for it,” he said.

The current owner Donato D’Amici, urged council to follow through on the heritage preservation agreement, lest

something else even more disruptive to the community take the Thomson House’s place.

“The truth at hand here is if the HRA proposal does not work, I’ll be forced to sell to foreign developers who could care less about our heritage and our community.

The new home they build will have no design guidelines, no landscape plan. It will be allowed to be 80 feet wide and up to 9,100 square feet,” he said. “This new home will be unaffordable to anybody in the community.”

Coun. Roger Bassam moved to send the proposal to a formal public hearing so council could solicit the

entire community’s comments before making a decision.

“Clearly there’s lot of interest in this – a divided community who is looking for lots of ways forward to preserve heritage, to preserve neighbourhood character,” he said.

Coun. Robin Hicks too supported sending the proposal to a public hearing but warned that keeping the status quo may not be an option.

“Generally speaking, it would be nice to have these homes and lots protected as-is but our heritage protection bylaw doesn’t have the teeth to do that and we’re subject to the vapours of the marketplace and the investors and the builders,” he said.

“So, however much we’d like to preserve our environment in perpetuity, that’s not going to happen. So when things change, we have to see that they change in the best way possible.”

Coun. Lisa Muri attempted to have the plan tossed out but citing “significant, overwhelming opposition,” couldn’t find anyone else on council to support her motion.

Instead, Muri pushed council to find other incentives that would preserve the home and lot and others like them in “our little Shaughnessy in North Vancouver.”

The public hearing is scheduled for June 21.

Snowy trails still a danger, NSR says BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.cojm

With three more rescue notches on their belts in less than a week, North Shore Rescue says people aren’t getting the message that winter conditions are still making backcountry trails dangerous.

“We’ve seen that in several calls this spring. It’s kind of the theme. People are going to hike and not realizing there’s still a lot of snow back there and then losing the trail,” said Doug Pope, North Shore Rescue search manager.

The team scrambled in bad weather Wednesday evening when they received a report of a 32-year-old woman lost in the backcountry. She had made it out of still-closed Hanes Valley, despite not being prepared for the snow, but lost her way on Dam Mountain, just north of the Grouse Mountain chalet.

Luckily, she had some cell reception from where she wound up in the treacherous Drifter Creek drainage on the steep slope heading down to Capilano Lake. The team was preparing to long-line her out but the bad weather turned

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Crown asks for 3-year driving ban From page 1 his arm.

Crown counsel Arlene Loyst read those details from witness reports about the crash in North Vancouver provincial court Tuesday during a sentencing hearing for Andrew Alan Hromyk, a 50-year-old West Vancouver father of two.

Hromyk is being sentenced after entering a guilty plea in court to a charge of dangerous driving.

He was originally charged with the more serious counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm and dangerous driving causing bodily harm. Crown counsel intends to drop those charges in exchange for the guilty plea to the less serious offence.

Witness Chris Barrett described the Mercedes passing his vehicle on the narrow, winding stretch of Marine Drive “like they were standing still . . . ripping down the opposite side of the road, passing everybody,” said Loyst.

Another driver, Stephan Diett, saw the Mercedes swerve to narrowly miss two motorcycles, said Loyst, telling police, “It appeared to be completely out of control.”

North Vancouver’s Bassam Moubarak was heading east in the Audi when he saw the Mercedes coming at him in his lane, fishtailing, with smoke coming from the rear tires.

Moubarak only had time to yell, “Oh my God!”, said Loyst, before his vehicle

was hit on the rear passenger side by the Mercedes, sending the Audi into a spin and causing it to hit a telephone pole before ending up in a hedge.

Nearby resident Steven Ross ran outside after hearing a loud bang, to where the Mercedes had come to a stop, near 31st Street. The whole front end of the vehicle was smashed in and the car was leaking fluid, Ross told police. Ross reported that a man who had been a passenger in the car quickly whisked the children away from the accident scene, said Loyst, while Hromyk appeared to stagger and be unable to stand up straight.

Another witness, Devon Ashworth, arrived at the accident scene and confronted Hromyk when he

saw him tossing what Ross believed were bottles into the bushes, said Loyst.

Ashworth told Hromyk, “’I’m putting you under citizens’ arrest,’” and threw him to the sidewalk.

When police arrived on the scene, one of the officers noted Hromyk appeared drunk and smelled strongly of liquor. Hromyk failed a roadside breath demand and was taken back to the station, where he blew Breathalyzer readings of .130 and .120 about three and a half hours after the crash, said Loyst.

The prosecutor asked the judge to impose a threeyear driving ban on Hromyk and a one-year conditional sentence, with house arrest for the first six months.

She noted Hromyk’s

A West Van police photo shows damage to a Mercedes involved a high-speed collision on Marine Drive in 2014. PHOTO SUPPLIED driving record includes 24 speeding tickets and six previous 24-hour roadside suspensions.

Hromyk’s defence lawyer Mark Jette asked the judge to consider a less stringent conditional sentence, saying if Hromyk was placed under house arrest for six months it would have a significant impact on his business as an investment manager, which

requires frequent travel.

Jette asked the judge to consider a conditional sentence of six to 12 months that would only involve house arrest for three months, noting that Hromyk is of otherwise good character and has already been humiliated by publicity about his actions.

The sentencing hearing will continue June 17.

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Proposed G3 terminal could grow by 58%

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A citizens’ group campaigning against G3’s proposal for a new grain terminal on the North Vancouver waterfront is warning the project may become substantially bigger than it was initially planned to be.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is due to make a decision in “early June” on whether to approve the Manitoba-based firm’s application for 48 silos capable of holding 180,000 tonnes of grain at the foot of Brooksbank Avenue.

But a geotechnical report filed with the application indicates it could grow significantly.

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future 8 pack (4 wide by 2 long) and future 20 pack (4 wide by 5 long) to the south of the 3-16 packs that extend into the ‘south portion’ of the site,” the report’s executive summary reads.

“We were just glancing through it and saw that it was there,” said Holly Cole, spokeswoman for the Stop G3 in North Vancouver group.

The potential 58 per cent increase in size from the original proposal brings with it new concerns about the impact on the surrounding neighbourhoods, Cole said. And it is troubling, given 48 silos was the understanding upon which the public consultation was done, Cole added.

“I’m not an environmental assessor. I don’t

know the impacts of what that would be as far as air emissions and noise and construction and lighting and more trains. We don’t have the answer to that and until we have the answers to those questions from the port, we can speculate 28 would mean a lot more,” Cole said. “It’s a substantial number of more silos. That’s for sure.”

No one from G3 was available for an interview but a statement from the company indicated the application currently being vetted by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is for the original 48 silos and any expansion would require a new application.

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Child porn viewer gets 90 days in jail JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A 56-year-old former North Vancouver man has been handed a 90-day intermittent jail sentence after pleading guilty to accessing child pornography.

Christopher Paul Johnson was handed the sentence by a judge in North Vancouver provincial court for accessing

the child pornography online between June 2009 and May 2012. Johnson was nabbed during an FBI investigation into online child pornography after an undercover officer posed as someone interested in accessing child porn on a peer-to-peer file sharing network.

The online name used by Johnson was tracked to an IP address in North Vancouver and handed over to the

RCMP, who obtained information about the subscriber’s address from Shaw Cable.

A police investigation revealed Johnson had downloaded sexual images and videos of prepubescent boys over the file-sharing network.

In addition to the jail sentence, Johnson was placed on 18 months’ probation and will have his name on the sexual offender registry for 20 years.

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West Van students craft trail markers From page 4

worse and rescuers had no choice but to drop a team in on foot. During the ascent up the rocky cliffs, one of the members twisted and injured his knee, hampering the effort.

“He was in quite a bit of pain but he was able to continue,” Pope said. “It took several hours.” Despite the injury, getting the cell call out and the rescuers in might have been fateful.

“It was pouring rain and cold all night. ... She would have been hypothermic (Thursday) morning,” Pope said. “Without cell contact, I don’t think she would have gotten out of there on her own and it would have been difficult for us to find her.”

A Seattle man was rescued Sunday afternoon from

Hollyburn Mountain after he lost his way in the snow.

Later that night, two hikers wound up in trouble on Mount Seymour. They were well prepared hikers but after nightfall, they lost the trail, thanks again, in part, to the snow.

“They were following tracks in the snow to help them stay on trail but they ended up following a bear’s tracks down a gully of Suicide Creek,” he said. “Luckily, they didn’t run into the bear.”

In an effort to aid the team, West Vancouver secondary woodworking students have been making trail signs.

“It’s been great. They’ve been making them for us for free and we’ve been co-ordinating with them on what we want put on the signs and the key areas we find people lost,” Pope said.

North Shore Rescue veterans Wally Kerchum and Peter Haigh oversee West Vancouver secondary woodworking students, who have been making signs to help keep backcountry hikers on trail. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Casino pitched earlier to Tsleil-Waututh From page 1 he’ll take direction from his council members on how to greet the pitch from BCLC. But, he added, if the past is prologue, there won’t be a lot of appetite.

“We’re really a suburban community and a lot of our residents feel they don’t want a casino in close proximity to them and if they want to gamble, well, it’s just across the bridge in Burnaby,” he said. “If there’s a change in the general consensus, it’s incumbent upon me to talk to council and

get direction from them if they want to hold a meeting.”

City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto was not available for comment but in 2015, city debated and turned down a request to overturn its bylaw forbidding commercial gaming.

District of West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith too was not available for comment, although in March, he told the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce members “It would take a very brave man” to come to West Vancouver and pitch a casino project.

Neither the Squamish Nation nor Tsleil-Waututh Nation responded to a request for comment on the proposal.

Should one or more of the governments step forward and offer to host a casino, it remains very much an open question who the casino developer would be.

Previously, Playtime Gaming was given exclusive rights by BCLC to the North Shore territory. That prompted a lawsuit from North Vancouver-based Pinnacle Gaming Solutions.

The company’s owner David

Moretto stated in his suit against BCLC that he had been working with the TsleilWaututh Nation since 2007 on a proposal for the nation’s land. During numerous meetings with BCLC, the regulator’s officials indicated their TsleilWaututh project would likely be approved, Moretto alleged.

In response, BCLC denied those claims.

Playtime Gaming was later sold to Burnaby-based Gateway Casinos, in December 2015. According to BCLC, that “extinguished” Playtime’s exclusive rights.

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t’s not often that debates in Parliament involve issues of life and death. But they are at the centre of the current debate on doctor-assisted dying. They are difficult issues that speak to our core values. Like the abortion debate a generation ago, opinions on the issue are deeply polarized.

But while only half the population may face the prospect of an unplanned pregnancy, all of us will one day die.

And our discomfort in talking about sexual matters pales in comparison to our aversion to talking about our own mortality. Discussing the end of life is still a deeply held taboo. It should come as no surprise then that the issue has not been an easy one for politicians.

The Supreme Court paved the way for the debate by declaring laws prohibiting doctor-assisted suicide unconstitutional.

The bill now under discussion didn’t

incorporate many more controversial recommendations of a parliamentary committee that studied the issue.

The government’s justice and health ministers have defended it as a moderate first step, with room for potential changes.

That position is likely one supported by the majority of Canadians.

Issues like allowing doctor-assisted suicide for “mature” minors and for those suffering mental illness are incredibly complex and likely need further study.

Deciding when and how it is OK to help end a life should be a hard discussion. It is difficult to fault the government for taking a cautious approach.

Also needed is a broader conversation about how we treat those at the end of life, including ways to make their remaining days as comfortable as possible. That is at least as important as debating ways to end them.

Bah! to batty bully-boy bicycle backers

You may have heard – or bellowed yourself – something like: ‘‘By Jing, that moron Coun.

Thimblehooper! I’ll never vote for that idiot again!’’

The Thimblehooper moment has come in West Vancouver.

Because only a council of Thimblehoopers could consider for one New York minute voting for a project contemptuously hostile to West Van interests as this: Turning over a chunk of Argyle Avenue to the cyclist lobby’s Spirit Trail.

In all earnestness, I think better of councillors MaryAnn Booth, Bill Soprovich, Christine Cassidy, Craig Cameron, Nora Gambioli and Michael Lewis, and Mayor Michael Smith. I personally like every one. There have been dud councillors. Not in this lot.

Because it would be an act of certifiable insanity to surrender to the bully-boy bicycle lobbyists – who arrogantly jammed motor traffic to intimidate Vancouver into

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This Just In Trevor Lautens bowing to their demands – and their enablers among the busy-bee bureaucrats in WV town hall. A total loser.

Just for starters: Closing Argyle to motor traffic would strip away 104 parking spaces. From a downtown screaming for parking already! Bellevue Avenue businesses, for years spotted by struggles and closures, would especially be further hurt.

As for businesses on Ambleside’s one-block-over Marine Drive, which Mayor Smith for years has thrown a ton of political might and

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muscle into reviving – do you think losing those 104 parking stalls would help? And would the sweaty Lycra-andspandex crowd patronize Chez Michel, Daichi Sushi, Carmelo’s, Blue Eyed Marys and other good restaurants, let alone pause to drop a dime on the street’s fine furnishing stores, women’s fashions, jewellers, florists, gift shops, and so forth?

Exercise? What a good thing. But exercise vendors Steve Nash, Trevor Linden and Ron Zalko don’t ask citizens to subsidize their businesses, especially by donating publicly funded thoroughfares to an interest group that pays zero for the surfaces they move on.

Even worse, the proposed Spirit Trail section imposed on WV’s gorgeous Seaview Walk – a paved surface, night lighting, and, most unbelievable of all, clear-cutting of Tantalus Park, tucked in near the traffic circle above Horseshoe Bay, were initially suggested – threatened an outrageous environmental wound.

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Town hall ran a couple of meetings. The opponents were as defiantly rude as any I can recall. Their written responses could fill this space. One, close to my heart: “That the importance of off-leash (for dogs) is not listed under the key themes is a gross oversight.’’ No oversight, I’d have said: Dogs, leashed or unleashed, would get in the arrogant cyclists’ way.

But, to be fair, and a hopeful signal for the Argyle issue: This time town hall materially backed down.

No paved surface, no lights, no clear-cutting, dogs still allowed off leash – a mixed benefit because a potential danger to man and beast, and still not a desirable sharing with cyclists.

Western Residents Association co-chair Chris Adshead, and all credit to his and similar sincere views and to WRA’s determination, acknowledges that the staff’s Seaview discussions “started off very poorly” but “we were later pleased by the way the district has

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consulted and listened,” and the work so far done “has not altered the rustic feel of the trail.”

Apart from the foregoing, there are more than enough questions about town hall’s waterfront vision.

Some West Vancouver Community Arts Council members are grieving over the proposed destruction of their charming Silk Purse building. Smith has mused that an all-new combined arts building, situated eastward, is an idea. One that I’d predict the artists, musicians and (presumably) concert attendees would resist.

Notionally, the arts may be a fit. In fact music through the walls while painting or teaching would be, put gently, a distraction.

Spirit Trail and waterfront change critics: Crowd in to council chambers at the crucial June 13 meeting. By the way, what ever happened to Coun. Thimblehooper? !!!

And this just in: As Jeremy Shepherd reported

Wednesday in these pages, North Van City council dumped – barely, 4-3 – the Mussatto Party’s insane fantasy of a $4.24-million bicycle tow lift (yearly maintenance, $133,000) for the sad exercise buffs who sweat pedalling up Keith Road.

Applause for councillors Rod Clark, Holly Back, Don Bell and Pam Bookham. Scorn for Mayor-for-Life Darrell Mussatto and his unbreakable political machine. !!!

Two North Shore theatrical home runs in a row: Theatre West Van’s second version of Fawlty Towers at the Kay Meek and North Shore Light Opera’s The Merry Widow at Presentation House – which drew a rave review from highly experienced opera critic and musician Hillary Clark – sold out. I tried love and money and couldn’t get tickets to either. I’m aiming for Mary, Mary at Hendry Hall, on stage till June 11. rtlautens@gmail.com

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Should we change the lyrics to O Canada?

Canada’s national anthem may be getting a rewrite. With the wage gap showing no signs of narrowing, a Liberal MP is chasing symbolic equality by replacing the line “all thy sons,” with the more inclusive, “all of us.” He’s been branded a politically correct zealot but he’s not advocating a change, rather a change back. The line “all thy sons” was inserted in 1913, possibly as a gesture to the women’s suffrage movement. Changing the song wouldn’t raze heritage, it would lower a middle finger.

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Argyle street closure welcomed negotiating the obstacle course of Marine Drive, Bellevue Avenue and the CN tracks, must surely welcome the opportunity to use a formalized crossing of the trail rather than the free-forall that prevails on Argyle at present. It’s 2016 after all and much has been learned about safe intersection design as well as the dangers of angled parking bays. It’s evident that the interests of “gentle strollers” and parking lot users are not coincidental. On the other hand, a dedicated walking path along the shoreline, and separated lanes for the walkers and cyclists on Argyle would be a significant improvement although there may be some that will mourn the absence of tinkling bicycle bells cautiously threading a way among the earbudequipped walkers.

Ambleside’s severely limited public space must be shared among users equitably

and managed safely. The district staff’s attempt to facilitate safe cycling for all ages and abilities in this context is to be applauded. The demand for safe cycling does not arise from a careless “Spandexclad” fringe group. The West Vancouver Seniors' Activity Centre alone supports four seniors’ cycling groups with nearly 300 members (including myself) who benefit in numerous ways from collectively cycling some 150,000 kilometres annually, mostly on the safe regional cycle path network, and especially on the Spirit Trail, on which our municipal neighbours also continue to invest so much. Closing the gap in the trail through Ambleside could help to release considerable social and economic benefits to the district and to the region. What is so terrifying about that?

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Highway accident tow response baffles Dear Editor: Once again, traffic is backed up to Taylor Way because of an accident involving two large cube trucks at the bottom of The Cut eastbound on Highway 1.

I don’t understand why I just watched a Mitchell’s tow truck get into traffic on the highway at Westview with his lights on when there is once again a towing company basically just around the corner

from this accident. Can’t these accidents be cleared in a more timely fashion if we started to use our closest resources?

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Dear Editor: Trevor Lautens’ apocryphal contributions to your columns rarely fail to raise a smile. However, his mischievous attack on the generally well received Ambleside beach improvement proposals (May 20) was less-than-amusing in its clichéd disdain for the splendid Spirit Trail concept — a multi-use pathway for nonmotorized users relatively free from toxic vehicular effluvia and which some day will unite Deep Cove with Horseshoe Bay and beyond — a potentially world-class, traffic-free recreational facility sure to attract a great many users (and customers to Ambleside).

Intelligent detailed design of the trail through Ambleside as envisaged by the plan will minimize the risks that Mr. Lautens would have us believe are so terrifying.

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Bike registry gains West Van police support website and registration system intended to align police, cyclists, universities and bike shops in an effort to weed out theft and recover stolen bikes.

The news comes on the heels of the launch of the RCMP’s Get Your Bike Back database, a similar system which allows cyclists to sign up at nvgetyourbikeback@ rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

While there are currently no plans to work together, there could be future collaboration, according to Project 529 founder J Allard.

“We haven’t been

Free app to aid in recovery of stolen bicycles

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West Vancouver cyclists worried about thieves snatching their spokes can now store their bike in the safety of an online database.

The West Vancouver Police Department recently joined 529 Garage, an app,

approached by North Vancouver about their system or integration at this point, but we would absolutely work together with them,” he wrote in an email.

Garage 529 will likely reach out to North Vancouver RCMP in late summer or early fall, according to Allard.

“In any event, (North) Vancouver riders would be well served to register with us as stolen bikes often jump postal codes.”

North Van RCMP recovered 228 stolen bikes in 2015, but many weren’t returned

because there was no way for police to determine ownership.

The 529 Garage program includes a unique decal for each bike intended to ward off thieves.

The system also allows bike shop proprietors to do a quick search to find out if a bike’s been reported stolen.

The registry includes 5,000 bikes in Vancouver and approximately 50 shops that sell or repair cycles.

Registration with the 529 Garage is free across Canada at 529garage.ca.

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City street banners celebrate Canada’s 150th

Student artwork shows best of Great White North JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Four new banners celebrating Canada’s people, places and puckhandling abilities will be unfurled along Lonsdale Avenue by the end of June.

More than 400 North Vancouver students between kindergarten and Grade 12

participated in the project, intended to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Canada’s confederation.

The artists used crayons, felt pens and paints to answer one question: “What makes Canada great?”

Accompanying his drawing of a hockey player stickhandling across a frozen pond, Grade 2 Boundary Elementary student Charley Watson identified water, freedom and sports as some of the best things about the Great White North. “Lots of different kinds of people

move here and have a great life, like my mom and dad did,” he wrote.

Diversity was paramount for Sutherland secondary Grade 11 student Isobel Korres, whose boldly coloured design pays homage to Canadian artists like Emily Carr. “We are able to live in harmony with our different cultures, beliefs and perspectives. With different perspectives comes unique art, so I tried to incorporate the styles of various Canadian artists into this piece,” she explained in her

artist statement.

With a piece envisioning global unity, Grade 12 Bodwell School student Paloma Iglesias Gonzalez focused on Canada’s inclusivity.

“What makes Canada

unique is multiculturalism,” she wrote. “Nature is also an important component of what makes Canada great.”

Canada’s wildlife was the subject of Grade 4 Alcuin College student Mychael Winkler-Hart’s banner, which

depicts a nighttime gathering of ducks, bears, elk and wolves. “I think the animals make Canada great,” he wrote.

The banners are expected to flutter on Lonsdale until mid-2017.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Sailpast 2016 The 80th anniversary of the Deep Cove Yacht and Sports Club was celebrated at the annual Sailpast, marking the start of the boating season, under beautiful warm conditions May 7. Sail and powerboat skippers took to the waters of Deep Cove to salute this year’s commodore, Gayle Robson. Signalling the end of the sailpast, the club’s cannon fired, echoing across Indian Arm. As boats returned to dock, the commodore was piped ashore by a bagpiper and those in attendance enjoyed a reception, offering an opportunity to look ahead to the new season of activities, such as learn to sail programs, regattas and social events, based out of the Deep Cove clubhouse as well as the club’s outstation at Iron Bay at the end of Indian Arm.

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West Vancouver composer Anne Leader has long had an interest in the practices of yoga, meditation and chanting. On June 11 she will participate in an immersion retreat with Jambhavan, a kirtan chant group, and yoga practitioner Jen Owens. For more information on Leader and her music visit anneleader.com. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Composer Anne Leader connects through her music

Into the mystic ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

West Vancouver musician, composer and music teacher Anne Leader has a hard time answering questions about her creative process.

“It just arises. I feel like I have very little to do with it actually.

I even feel funny saying it’s my music. It’s just like I happen to hear something that was floating by. I remember Pete Townshend describing writing like that once. He would say, all these melodies, everything is swirling out there. It’s just who is receptive to what is floating by and who reaches out and grabs it. I think he was on to something when he said it like that,” she says.

With three albums released in the last two years, the

56-year-old remains firmly attuned to her surroundings and is continuing to adhere to her organic and rather spontaneous creative process.

“It’s very unscientific, it’s all experimental and I just begin to hear melodies. I even hear instruments playing them ... It’s like this trail I keep following and sometimes it goes somewhere and sometimes it doesn’t,” she says.

Leader’s recent focus on her own recording projects follows a lengthy and prolific career writing for television. Funnily enough her first credit was a 1999 co-write on an episode of Baywatch.

“It’s funny to me too,” she laughs. “Although when I get a royalty cheque it’s super cool to see – yeah it’s out there being played.”

Her career continued to evolve from there and she wrote for a

variety of networks including Global, APTN, CBC, CTV, Knowledge Network and Slice.

“Writing for television is a wonderful discipline because a composer is writing what they think will really support the emotional arc of a show. If you take a horror scene and write comedic music to it, it becomes a funny scene. That’s the power of music,” says Leader.

In recent years she’s been successfully focusing on her personal recordings and has been rewarded with “a huge creative outpouring.”

Among her recent recording projects is Stillness, an album of four 16-minute tracks that’s ideal for yoga classes or healing

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Nordic thriller serves up chilling revenge Kjersti Steinsbø builds story’s intensity with masterful touch

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One look at the idyllic fjord-side location and a glance at the film’s title from an English-language-centric perspective and you might assume that Kjersti Steinsbø’s first feature – Hevn – is a pretty drama about those impossibly chic Norwegians.

Look closer: Hevn means “revenge” in Norwegian; the vertical forests at the water’s edge are more claustrophobic than scenic, and the icy fjords are, ominously, more than a kilometre deep.

It’s into this setting that a woman arrives unannounced, claiming to be a travel writer on a spontaneous assignment. She has no notebook, tape recorder or luggage, just a butcher knife in her handbag. Rebekka (Siren Jorgensen) is here to avenge the rape of her younger sister years before, and to make hotelier Morten (Frode Winther) pay.

The contrast of horrific subject matter with glorious scenery was a purposeful decision on Steinsbø’s

In Kjersti Steinsbø’s Hevn, a woman returns to the icy splendour of a Norwegian vacation town to wreak vengeance on the man who destroyed her sister’s life.

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The end result is perfect, a bright and optimistic start that turns darker as Rebekka’s motives and true identity are slowly revealed.

Steinsbø similarly had to go to a dark place when she was writing the script, based

on Ingvar Ambjornsen’s novel The Doll in the Ceiling.

“I have so much respect for the novelist, it took me some time to write him off, for lack of a better word, and make it my own.” She wrote in “a small cottage by the sea” by herself. “I’m not a sad or dark person, I had to go down to the basement to dig out the black sides of myself.”

Producer Kristine Knudsen fell in love with the book and sent it to Steinsbø, who initially said no to the project. She imagined that her first feature would be on

the lighter side, a bittersweet comedy, “something closer to home.” But she says she couldn’t let go of the main character: “I love the ambivalence… she’s a heroine and protagonist, but you sometimes feel she goes too far.”

Rebekka’s violent intentions change when she’s introduced to Morten’s wife Nina (Maria Bock) and baby Astrid. Nina offers Rebekka both a glass of wine and the clothes off her back… literally. The two generate a

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Women make up most EDGEMONT VILLAGE of the cast and crew

fast – if one-sided – friendship. “I wanted to play around with sisterhood,” says Steinsbø.

After Rebekka’s younger sister dies she doesn’t expect to have another relationship with a woman. The closeness makes Rebekka more manipulative and mean, she says, even as she thinks she’s saving Nina. “But she doesn’t do it on Nina’s terms.”

Europeans and Westerners like to think of themselves as more progressive than people from countries with a more public and pervasive rape culture. Yet, the female characters in Hevn illustrate why women are still reluctant to report abuse: teenaged Sara’s (Kine Bortheim Jentoft) father shrugs off his daughter’s intuition about Morten; town “troublemaker” Maya (Helene N. Bergsholm) turns to booze and drugs because no one will believe her. “I think in Norway we tend to think of ourselves as a great, well-functioning society,” says Steinsbø, who points to the country’s drug problems and “elderly people rotting away in homes” as counters to that statement. “There are so many rapes that are not even reported because girls don’t have the courage to … and very often the punishment doesn’t fit the crime or the abuser is not punished at all … it’s a huge problem.”

The director didn’t have to go far when researching the film to gather stories from rape survivors and their families: “Unfortunately I think we all know people who have experienced these things.”

The cinematographer, producer, production designer, casting director and many other crew members on the Norway-Canada co-production are women, some of whom Steinsbø has worked with previously; the estrogen-heavy set was not a deliberate decision. “(The crew) happen to be talented and they happen to have a vagina,” she laughs, admitting that at some point she had to bring more men into the mix to even things out.

The male characters in the film, including Morten, bartender Bimbo (Anders Baasmo Christiansen) and town doctor (Trond Espen Seim) have their moments, but it’s Jorgensen

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CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca Harana: A serenade to the rich culture and heritage of the Philippines runs until July 2.

DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca The North Vancouver Community Arts Council presents Peter Manning’s oil paintings and STAGES (Supported Transition Adult Group Education) of Creativity’s artisan birdhouses until June 14.

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p.m. or by appointment. 604947-2454 biac.ca GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. WednesdaySaturday, noon-5 p.m. Adult admission by donation/children free. 604-998-8563 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 runs until Aug. 27.

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.

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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.

So Africa and Yukon Journey: Liz de Beer presents her new ceramic works inspired by Africa and Painter Michael Howey shows his sketches from Yukon June 5-July 17.

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Leo Awards gala rolls out the red carpet

Weekend ceremonies recognize the best in B.C. film and television ! The 2016 Leo Awards continue June 4 and 5 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver.

The first awards night took place May 28. Visit leoawards. com for more information.

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“That is really true – that’s the big prize,” says Sood, who is hosting the second night of the 2016 Leo Awards, which celebrate the best in B.C. film and television. “All week you’re excited, you get to dress up and play princess for a day, and it’s really exciting to go and do the red carpet and have a nod from the community giving you the kudos for your nomination.”

No stranger to the Leos, this will be Sood’s third time hosting the glitzy event. She’s also been a nominee and won the award for Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series in 2006.

The first night of the Leos took place May 28 and the awards continue June 4 – the evening Sood is hosting – and culminate with the Gala Awards Ceremony June 5.

Within a few days, Sood says most guests will have forgotten who won and who didn’t, but the atmosphere and energy of the event will stick with them.

“It’s really fun because it’s the one day of the year – well, three days of the year – where the entire film community can come together outside of work,” she says. “Normally it’s a pretty grubby looking group of people when we’re all at work on a movie set, unless you’re starring in something where you look fabulous.”

This year, leading the nominations in the motion picture category are The Devout (14 nominations), Numb (12 nominations), and The Birdwatcher (nine nominations). Big titles in the dramatic series category include Motive (17 nominations), The Romeo Section (14 nominations), and Blackstone (seven nominations). While

Veena Sood emcees the Leo Awards ceremony on June 4 at the Hotel Regency Vancouver. people can catch many of the nominated TV shows on basic cable, Sood says it’s much harder to access the lesserknown productions in other categories, such as short drama or documentary.

“The difficulty with any Canadian awards show is you’ve got this room full of people who all work together, who all know each other, congratulating each other for shows of the other person that they’ve never seen,” Sood says. It’s all too common for nominees to pat each other on the back and say, “Good for you. I’m sorry I never saw it.”

One of her favourite B.C. shorts of 2016 was One Last Ride, a production for which her brother, actor Manoj Sood of Little Mosque on the Prairie fame, is nominated for Best

Capilano University theatre graduate Al Miro is up for a Leo Award for his role in the film Daddy’s Boy. Performance by a Male in a Short Drama.

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An experienced emcee, Sood hadn’t done much prep work when reached by the News a week before the big night. But she’s not too worried. With a background in improv, her strategy is not to overthink things.

“What is spontaneous and arriving in the moment is usually much funnier than anything I could script and rehearse.”

The most important thing to remember going into any emcee gig, she adds, is that it’s not about her.

“People aren’t there to see me perform my brand of comedy,” she says. “It’s about the nominees and, for the live audience there, they just want to see the show keep moving, so the most important

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When it comes to hosting a glamorous soiree like the Leos, Sood has less trouble figuring out what to say than deciding what to wear.

“That’s, to me, the most stressful part of this kind of a thing,” she says. “It’s a lot to put yourself together for an event like this. Everything has to be tucked and primped and plucked and poked and straightened and curled.”

Fortunately, she’s narrowed it down to a couple of gown options and she’s excited to take the stage on Saturday as the event host, and again on Sunday as an award presenter.

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North Van crafter vies for cash prize

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Ten thousand dollars could buy an awful lot of fabric and thread.

One North Vancouver sewer is in the running to win the sizeable chunk of change after being named a finalist for the 2016 Etsy Awards.

Sandy Turton, who runs the online shop Sew Sandy Sew, is one of 60 Canadians shortlisted for the awards, which recognize excellence in design and craftsmanship among makers who sell their goods via the Etsy online marketplace.

All 60 finalists are eligible for the Community’s Choice Grand Prize of $10,000, which will be decided by a public vote.

“I’m so pleased to have got through to the final and I’ve had so much support from friends and family,” Turton says. “I feel like I’ve won already.”

The finalists are broken up into five categories. As one of 12 entrants shortlisted under the Kids and Baby category, Turton is also up for a $1,000 prize. The five category winners will be decided by a judging panel, while online public voting for the Community’s Choice Grand Prize closes June 6. All the winners will be announced June 20.

Turton is a self-taught sewer who sells children’s and baby items, such as bandana bibs, blankets and fabric dolls, through her Etsy store, but also creates a range of other textile products and accessories to sell at local craft fairs.

She and her husband moved to North Vancouver from the U.K. in 2011. Overseas, Turton worked as a naturopath and reflexologist, but her health wasn’t so good at

the time of her move and so she was looking for a career change that would allow her to work from home. She had always liked sewing and fabrics and thought “maybe I could make things.”

Turton learned to sew by needle and thread as a little girl and was fond of making things like cardboard doll houses and farmyard scenes. Other than sewing a few blouses as an adult, she hadn’t practised the craft much in years when she arrived in Canada. But she decided to dive back in, bought a new sewing machine and laughs about the “really awful” things she initially churned out. Her skills quickly improved though and she started selling her products at local craft markets and set up her Etsy shop in 2012.

“I do lots of craft fairs, the (Etsy) shop’s doing well, I’m just about to start teaching some classes and workshops on the North Shore,” she says, but notes she’s still ironing out the details of her forthcoming pop-up sewing classes.

Sew Sandy Sew does about 40 craft fairs per year, mostly on the North Shore, and Turton has become a well-known face among local artisans.

“It’s been a wonderful way to meet people on the North Shore because my husband and I knew nobody when we came.”

Her focus has always been on making gifts, accessories and kids items that she can’t find in stores and she employs a range of different techniques, such as applique, patchwork, quilting and embroidery, “but all in a very modern,

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Jeweller awards scholarship Edgemont Village Jeweller has given a $500 scholarship to an aspiring designer.

Sharon Bradley, a first-year student in the jewellery art and design diploma program at Vancouver Community College, is the recipient of this year’s Edgemont Village Jeweller’s Award of Excellence.

The North Vancouver business has set up a scholarship fund for three years and grants $500 towards tuition to one student per year. Selected

by VCC instructors, the winner

is a first-year student “with creative ingenuity, technical excellence and strong presentation skills,” notes a statement from Edgemont Village Jeweller.

The current staff at the Edgemont shop are all graduates of the VCC jewellery arts and design program and store owner Sherry Violette Klassen “is a firm believer that the students who graduate from the program are eager to learn and dive into the industry and bring fresh creative ideas to the table.”

Left to right, student Sharon Bradley receives her scholarship from jewelry designer and gemologist Caitlin Bilton, Edgemont Village Jeweller owner Sherry Violette Klassen, and jewelry designer Sofia Rizo. PHOTO SUPPLIED

FASHION FILE Colourful bags by Sew Sandy Sew.

ZAZOU HAIRPALOOZA All proceeds on services booked Sunday, June 12 will be donated to Team Zazou for the Ride to Conquer Cancer. The day-long event from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. will also include a DJ, refreshments, a silent auction, prize draws, palm readers and more. Zazou Salon and Academy is located at 3033 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver. zazou.ca

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Find Turton Fridays at the night market From page 23 bright, appealing design.”

To enter this year’s Etsy Awards, Turton had to submit one product from her store and chose a handmade doll inspired by some colourful men’s shirts which she upcycled. She named him Arnold after an eccentric character in a book she was reading at the time.

This is the first year of the Canadian Etsy Awards with

concurrent competitions taking place in Australia and New Zealand, Germany and Austria, and the U.K. and Ireland. To vote for Turton, visit etsyawards.com.

Shoppers can find her store at etsy.com/shop/ sewsandysew.

Offline, Turton can be found selling her creations every Friday evening until September at the Shipyards Night Market in North Vancouver.

MAKER FAIRE The sixth annual Vancouver Mini Maker Faire will take place at the PNE Forum June 11 and 12, bringing together makers, performers, workshop leaders, and speakers from across a wide range of disciplines. North Shore participants include Coastline Robotics, Eco Books 4 Kids, MCKids Academy, Zen Makerlab, and Brainstem Learning.

General admission: $12 in advance at makerfaire.ca; or $15 at the gate.

QUALITY QUILTS Lions Gate Quilters Guild members Norine McCaffrey and Betty Clarke sell raffle tickets at Lions Gate Hospital June 1 to support their Community Quilts Program. The guild hosts its 2016 Lions Gate Quilt Show June 10 and 11, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Capilano University Sportsplex, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Visit lionsgatequiltersguild.com for more. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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DANCE GALA Ballet Russe British Columbia dance students (including Jade Reid, Annika Louie, Olivia Anniccharico, Sofia Redford and Julia Reder) will be performing in the upcoming Gala Excelsior 2016 at the Kay Meek Centre on Sunday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m. Students six- to 16-years-old and professional guest artists will take part in the event. Tickets at kaymeekcentre. com or 604-981-6335. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH From page 17 a live six-piece band perform Saturday, June 4 at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $30/$27.

DEEP COVE COFFEE HOUSE Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. 604-363-5370 jane@ nsrj.ca Karla Mundayperforms Friday, June 10 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.

HIGHLAND’S UNITED CHURCH 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver.

African Skies: Carousel Chorus, a 35-voiced community choir, performs a choral concert of traditional African and Africaninspired popular music Sunday, June 5 at 7 p.m. Admission at the door: $15/$10.

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Circle of Song: Julie Blue and Singspiration present soulful songs to celebrate summer Saturday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $25/$15.

LOIG’S MUSIC LAB Kerry Place and Delbrook Avenue, North Vancouver.

Music Lab Festival: A year-end concert with a block-style party atmosphere Saturday, June 4, 4-11 p.m. Admission: $10.

LYNN VALLEY COMMUNITY ROOM 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver.

Friday Night Live: An improv comedy variety show for all ages every Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Schedule: June 3, Will Stelfox (magician); and June 10, Skip Prest (final show for the summer). Tickets: $10 at the door. Info: fnlnorthvan.com.

SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE

1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Jazz Waves: The annual festival runs until July 23, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Schedule: June 9, Don Hardy and the Guilty Pleasures; June 11.

Tickets: $20.

Classical Concert Series: Percussionist Nick Apivor and pianist Karen Lee-Morlang perform a concert of world music Thursday, June 9 at 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $15.

WEST VANCOUVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2893 Marine Dr., West Vancouver.

Fort McMurray Benefit Concert: The North Vancouver Community Band performs in support of the Fort Mac Relief Fund Sunday, June 12 at 2:30 p.m. Admission: $15 or more. Info: 604-786-3741.

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DEEP COVE SHAW THEATRE 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 604-929-3200 deepcovestage.com Chapter Two: A comedy about the challenge of love the second time around June 10, 11, 15-18 and 22-25 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $18/$16.

THEATRE AT HENDRY HALL 815 East 11th St., North Vancouver. 604-983-2633 northvanplayers.ca Mary, Mary: A romantic comedy June 3, 4, 8-11 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $18/$16.

Dance CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com A World of Dance: New and seasoned performers alike take to the stage for a live performance Sunday, June 5 at 1 and 3:30 p.m. Tickets: $20/$12.

Celebration Gala — Fête du

Printemps: WestCoast Ballet presents an annual year-end performance Monday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $36/$26.

Velocity: Shift Dance Academy year-end performances June 8 at 4:30 and 7 p.m. and June 9 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $$21/$16/$13.

Tap In, Tap Out: A year-end performance presented by Vancouver Tap Dance Society Friday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $$25/20/$15.

Summer Concert of Dance Anna Wyman School of Dance Arts presents its annual year-end performance Saturday, June 11 at 4 p.m. Admission: $25/$17/$13/$5.

Tickets: info@annawyman.com.

Beauty and the Beast Dance Showcase: Seymour Dance presents a year-end performance featuring ballet followed by a showcase of various dance styles Sunday, June 12 at 1 and 5 p.m. Tickets: $23/$21/$18.

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Gala Excelsior 2016: Ballet Russe British Columbia performs an inaugural year-end show featuring mixed repertoire and original works by students Sunday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets: $35.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Ballet Bloch Canada performs this Shakespeare play as a full length ballet June 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $30/$15/$10.

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Games Day!

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The Ambleside Orchestra gave the world premieres of Anne Leader’s orchestral works, “Chronicles,” “Luba” and “Shoot the Puck” at Highlands United Church on May 27. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Latest album incorporates the sounds of humpback whales From page 13

environments like acupuncture or meditation sessions.

Stillness was released under the name Jambhavan, a kirtan (a call and response pattern of chanting) group that’s a partnership between Leader (harmonium and lead chant) and Vancouver resident Fred Ghatala (mridangam).

Jambhavan is presenting an upcoming immersion retreat with local yoga practitioner Jen Owens June 11 in North Vancouver, offering participants an opportunity to experience a day of yoga and chanting, community and nature (Info: jenowens.ca).

Leader has long had an interest in the practices of yoga, meditation and chanting.

“I’ve always been very

interested in what we can’t see and touch and the mystical side of life. I can remember being five years old and having a burning curiosity about all of this,” she says.

The second album Leader released in the last two years is Healing Hope, which took just over a year to make. Much of the record was written during the final days of the life of her beloved canine companion Luba, who passed away at age 12, including “Luba’s Song,” the first notes of which she played after returning to the piano upon Luba’s passing.

Leader’s most recent album, In Deep, was inspired by the sounds of humpback whales, which she incorporated into the music.

“It was really emotional because I felt like the whales

were guiding me through this process and I just felt like I was under the water with them and I just felt so privileged to listen to these sounds so microscopically. It was amazing the connection I felt to them as creatures. It was very powerful.”

For her next recording project, Leader plans to release an album of solo piano work.

“I haven’t performed in a long time and I really feel that that’s what I’m supposed to do next,” she says.

Another recent focus of the artist is orchestral composition and the world premiere of her inaugural works, “Chronicles,” “Luba” and “Shoot the Puck.”

The music was performed as a suite May 27 by the members of the Ambleside Orchestra at Highlands United Church. Her

mother, Grace, a clarinet player, was a founding member of the ensemble and was in attendance at her daughter’s debut.

“It was really lovely, very well-attended. I was so touched by the number of people who came out,” says Leader, adding she’s grateful to the orchestra’s music director, Nicolas Krusek, for his efforts to help bring the suite to fruition.

“We would meet at Starbucks and he would bring his red pen and, ‘this is wrong, this is wrong, this is wrong.’

And then I would go back home and I would make the changes.

We would meet again and the corrections were less and less each time. Finally the score was good enough where he said, ‘OK, now it’s ready to be printed.’ That was just a thrilling moment,” she says.

SHOWTIMES From page 14 PARK & TILFORD 333 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver, 604-985-3911 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (14A) — Fri, Mon, Wed 7:10, 9:40; Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40; Sun 4:20, 7:10, 9:40; Tue 4:50, 7:10, 9:40 p.m.

The Angry Birds Movie (G) — Sat-Sun 1, 3:30; Tue 4:10; Thur 6:40, 9:40 p.m. Thur 1 p.m.

The Angry Birds Movie 3D (G) — Fri-Wed 6:40, 9:20 p.m.

The Nice Guys (14A) — Fri, Mon, Wed 7, 9:50; Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50; Tue 4:20, 7, 9:50 p.m.

David Rimmer’s film Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper (1972) is included in the Cinémathèque’s West Coast archives.

X-Men: Apocalypse (14A) — Fri, Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:35; Sat-Sun noon, 3:10, 6:30, 9:35 p.m.

X-Men: Apocalypse 3D (14A) — Fri 6:50, 10; Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10; Mon,

Wed-Thur 6:50, 9:55; Tue 3:40, 6:50, 10 p.m.

Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG) — Sat-Sun 4; Tue 4:40 p.m. Thur 1 p.m.

Alice Through the Looking Glass 3D (PG) — Fri, Tue 7:20, 10:10; Sat-Sun 1:10, 7:20, 10:10; Mon, Wed 7:15, 9:55; Thur 7:30, 10:15 p.m.

Warcraft 3D (14A) — Thur 7:20, 10:10 p.m.

The Conjuring 2 (14A) — Thur 7, 10 p.m.

Now You See Me 2 (PG) — Thur 7:10, 10:05 p.m.

The Shakespeare Show — Sun 12:55 p.m.

PACIFIC CINÉMATHÈQUE thecinematheque.ca Archive Day — Saturday, June 4, free day of screenings of films from the archives including West Coast Film Collection Shorts.

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ARTSCALENDAR 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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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.

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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.

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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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.

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.

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KMC Fundraising Gala: Theatre troupe The Second City perform sketch comedy and improv Friday, June 3 at 8:30 p.m. There will be a welcome reception prior to the show at 7 p.m. with appetizers and dessert following.

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Film: Grandma will be screened Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m.

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Fresh Air/Plein Air: Develop watercolour painting skills in the outdoors with internationally acclaimed artist and instructor Alfonso Tejada Saturday, June 4, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fee: $105.

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604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Monday Movie Night: Brooklyn will be screened June 6 and The Intern will show June 13, 6:30-9 p.m.

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Comedy Open Mic with Clive Scarff Wednesday, June 15 at 8 p.m.

Open Mic Night every Thursday 7-9:30 p.m.

RED LION BAR & GRILL 2427 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. 604-926-8838 Jazz Pianist Randy Doherty performs every Friday and Saturday starting at 7 p.m.

WAVES COFFEE HOUSE 3050 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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Tegan and Sara’s new album, Love You to Death, is released today on Vapor Records through Warner Bros.

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TEGAN AND SARA: LOVE YOU TO DEATH Out today: 31 minutes of magnificent pop sheen from the Quin twins. Again working with producer Greg Kurstin (who has also collaborated with the likes of Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry) Tegan and Sara make their move into the mainstream even more explicit. The trick is not to lose what brought them to this point and they don’t. Kurstin’s own musical education is grounded in jazz (Jaki Byard, George Coleman) and other alternative sounds (Beck) blurring the lines between one genre and the next.

The perfect musician to help Tegan and Sara translate their tunes into the next thing. The duo also put on fantastic live shows that adds another dimension to their music. Oct. 5 they swing through Vancouver for a gig at the Q.E. Theatre (http://bit.ly/25CQcjC).

Vision MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART Like a Douglas Sirk 1950s Hollywood melodrama (Written on the Wind, The Tarnished Angels, Imitation of Life) filmmaker Jia Zhangke sinks his teeth into familiar material looking for something new. The director has worked with Chinese actress Zhao Tao over and over again to tell one long, sublime story. Mountains May Depart, the next chapter in Zhangke’s oeuvre, opens tonight at Vancity Theatre at 8:30 p.m. for an extended run (viff.org).

Word FUTURE LIBRARIES David Mitchell’s latest work, From Me Flows What You Call Time, will not be read until the next century. He is the second writer chosen to contribute to Scottish artist Katie Paterson’s Future Library project.

Each year for the next 100 years one new piece will be buried in Oslo’s Nordmarka forest where 1,000 trees were planted two years ago. In 2114 the trees will be used to make paper for an anthology of the 100 texts. Margaret Atwood was invited to inaugurate the project last year and handed over Scribbler Moon. The texts will be held in a specially designed room in the New Public Deichmanske Library, Oslo (katiepaterson.org/futurelibrary).

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The Mazda MX-5, formerly the Miata, is entering its fourth generation with a 2016 model that loses some horsepower and gains some efficiency while keeping nearly all of the driving characteristics that have long made it one of the most fun rides on the road. The MX-5 is available at Morrey Mazda in the Northshore Auto Mall. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Mazda MX-5 still a rewarding drive Miata is an old High German word meaning reward.

Grinding Gears Brendan McAleer

As a name for a little two-seater roadster that embodies all the best bits of top down motoring, that’s about as good as you can get.

The genius of the original was in taking the essence of the British sports car and then performing a sort of exorcism on it: “Lucas, Prince of Darkness, I cast thee out!”

At time of writing, this simple blend of Japanese reliability and lightweight fun has found more than a million fans in the world, with this new fourth generation car passing the million car landmark this spring.

And, considering that a first generation MX-5 can have up to 20 owners in its lifetime, the number of people who have enjoyed a little cornercarving in one of these things

is probably equivalent to the population of Canada.

The only problem is that each successive generation of Miata/MX-5 has been slightly worse than the one before. The first generation is the reliable Lotus Elan, the second generation is a bit more of a serious sportster, the third generation brought added power and weight.

And here’s the next chapter in the story, with fewer

horses under the hood and greater efficiency. Has Mazda flipped the book back to the beginning, or lost the plot?

DESIGN First, no more Mr. Cute Miata. The scowly little face of the new MX-5 neither grins nor smiles, instead choosing to glower like a little robot dogfish. The designers did as much as they could to inject a little aggression into the

car, and you can give them a little credit for not overdoing it.

While the new MX-5 looks fierce, with its curving sheetmetal and impossibly low nose, there are a few angles on the car that don’t quite work. The rear seems a bit hiked up in the air, like a cat about to spring. Also, any number of people have

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A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird:

ROOKIE ALEXANDER ROSSI WINS INDY 500 If you followed the race over the weekend, you already know the results of the Indy 500. To those not used to the strategies of pit stops and plotting fuel-economy, the result must have seemed utterly surprising: in a come-from-behind victory, rookie racer Alexander Rossi squeaked out a win against some of the world’s best Indy car drivers. He ran his car completely out of gas in the process, coasting across the line without power.

Coasting home in an empty car to avoid a fill up?

Typical millennial, am I right?

Anyway, Rossi’s surprising win galvanized the press, but the day wasn’t all soaked in glory. James Hinchcliffe ran a tightly contested battle for the podium, leading the race for more than two dozen laps, but running low on fuel and tire grip caused him to slip to a seventh-place finish. Such is the luck and heartbreak of endurance racing.

Braking News Brendan McAleer Still, with the 100th running of the race now over, and nerves still jangling from the ups and downs, perhaps next year will be even better.

RCMP CAMERAS CATCH TEXTING DRIVERS The police have long used spotter scopes to watch for bad driving behaviour, but now they’ve got a new tool in the battle against texting drivers. Their latest device, distributed to several locations throughout the Lower Mainland, is a sort of long-range camera, such as a wildlife photographer might use. The idea is to capture drivers on film, such that any protests fall

flat against the evidence.

Be warned, this new device doesn’t work to catch you texting while you’re on the move, but when you’re stopped at a stop sign or red light. This is the most tempting time for many drivers to quickly sneak a look at a text, or scan for an email, particularly during the worst of rush hour, when traffic isn’t moving anyway.

So leave the phone alone if you’re in the driver’s seat, even when it seems safe-ish to take a peek at why your phone buzzed. The easiest thing to do is just throw it in your glovebox so you aren’t tempted.

very well-behaved, but for those speed merchants who might be tempted to sneak out for a couple of 1990s-style highway runs, the cops have a trio of 370Z police cars, fitted out in that iconic blackand-white Japanese cop-car livery and V-shaped light bar.

It’s likely that the Zs will be used more for promotional activities, rather than actual pursuits. Like most police forces, the Tokyo police know that speeders can’t outrun a radio signal, nor a helicopter if it comes to that. Still as a link to the past, there’s something neat about a Z all dressed up in its police uniform.

TOKYO POLICE GET 370Z PATROL CARS Nissan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department have had a long relationship, stretching all the way back to when the former supplied the latter with Z432 patrol cars – a Datsun 240Z with the straight-six out of a GT-R. Think your souped up Sunny can outrun the Japanese cops? Guess again, 1970s miscreant.

Traffic in Tokyo is mostly

APPLE CONSIDERING MAKING EV CHARGERS According to Reuters, mega-corporation Apple is looking at working together with several companies that make chargers for electrical vehicles. The speculation is that the tech giant is looking for a way to charge their own autonomous car, which may or may not exist. It’s all very secretive.

However, what a horrible vision of the future. Picture

this: you’re being piloted through downtown traffic when suddenly your car makes the bing-bong noise that it’s about to run out of batteries.

“What the heck?” you say, “I was just on 45 per cent five minutes ago.”

Still, not to worry, you’ll just direct the car into the local Apple fuelling station, right? A guy with giant holes in his ears wearing a polo neck that says “Genius” shakes his head sadly.

“Sorry, dude,” he says, “That’s an iCar4S you’ve got.

We just upgraded all our connectors to iCar5. You’ll need to update your software and buy a new connector.” $150 later, you’ve got a new plug, but the software update has deleted all your music and replaced it with a new album released by U2, who are all now just heads floating in jars. What a kick in the dongle.

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS TURNS 15 Simultaneously the worst car movie ever, yet also super-quotable and lots of good fun, The Fast and the

Furious has a lot to answer for. It spawned a whole new generation of car enthusiasts and a multi-million dollar franchise, but it also glamorized street racing and bad dialogue. I know the former is far worse, but man, some of that dialogue. ...

To celebrate 15 years of “Danger To Manifold,” the film will be briefly re-released in theatres on June 22. Check your local listings, and take your primered Civic with a bodykit and stock steel wheels on down.

CARBS AND COFFEE THIS SATURDAY For those interested in a little more accurate depiction of the car enthusiast life, this Saturday is the second Carbs and Coffee meetup, 7-10 a.m. at the Park and Tilford Centre. All are welcome (yes, even you, Mr. F&F Civic), and there are a few other dates coming. If you can’t make this one, try for June 18.

Watch this space for all the best and worst of automotive news, or submit your own auto oddities to mcaleer.nsnews@ gmail.com.

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complained that it looks a bit too much like a Jaguar F-Type.

Too much like an F-Type?

So what? Draped in Soul Red paint and fitted with the optional Sport Package’s

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accessible to any driver. In its lowest position, the seat should just about fit people who are a bit above six feet tall, and the clever way the seat tilts as it raises should suit much shorter drivers as well.

The rest of the cockpit looks pretty standard Mazda fare, including the screen mounted atop the dashboard instead of in it. As a driver, you’ll like the way the cockpit fits like a glove; as a passenger, you’ll note that the MX-5 can give Porsche a run for the world’s worst cupholders award. The way the body colour seems to flow over the top of the front doors is a neat feature.

With $4,400 sport pack, you get very grippy Alcantara and leather Recaro seats.

These are simply excellent, although it should also be pointed out that the standard MX-5 seats are just as good for most use.

Other things to like include a couple of USB chargers up front where it’s easy to plug in your phone and get the tunes flowing, and a relatively deep cargo compartment between the seat backs. The trunk, while

As a driver, you’ll like the way the MX-5’s cockpit fits like a glove. As a passenger, you’ll wish Mazda would figure out how to get some decent cupholders in there. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD relatively narrow, is actually big enough for a weekend getaway if you ever played Tetris in your youth. Total capacity is 130 litres, which is good enough for two smallish suitcases. Load ‘er up, flip the top down, and off you run to the mountains.

PERFORMANCE The MX-5’s new 2.0-litre engine makes 155 horsepower at 6,000 r.p.m. and 148 foot-pounds of torque at 4,600 r.p.m. These numbers might seem fine to you, but at the time they made a lot

of people very angry. Less power than the outgoing model? Sacrilege!

What nonsense. The Miata (sorry, MX-5) has never been about raw power, but about the ability to row through the gears and get your blood flowing without worrying too much that you’re annihilating the speed limit. If you want to drag race, buy a Camaro SS. If you want to dance along some of British Columbia’s hidden backroads at a far more civil pace, go for the MX-5.

Let’s start with the folding

top, which is so good it makes a mockery of every other convertible on the market. Pop the latch, swing your arm around, and you can have it down in less than five seconds. Get going at 50 kilometres per hour or above, and rain doesn’t come into the cabin – throw in some pretty powerful heated seats and a strong heater fan, and you should essentially never have the top up.

We hit the road up to Darcy, past Pemberton, for a

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Popping the top provides instant smile From page 38 little post Sea-to-Sky exploration, and found complete wonder. The MX-5’s electric steering is as good as this technology offers for feedback, and the chassis is perfectly composed. There’s more body roll than hardcore sports car fans will expect, but this just contributes to the MX-5’s composure over crazed pavement and the odd pothole; it also lets you feel the weight transfer a little better.

Everything’s just about perfect, from the fizzy fourpot running to redline, to the snick-snick six-speed gearbox, to the easy heel-toe modulation of the pedals.

And, because the top comes down and the great outdoors comes in, you don’t really need to have the Laguna Seca racetrack tattooed on your forearm to enjoy it. The MX-5 is rewarding for the driver, but it provides the same rewards for any driver. Even if you’re just shuffling along in the automatic version, it’d still put a mile-wide grin on your face.

FEATURES The sport package’s addition brought the total for this

week’s mid-grade GS tester to a little more than $40,000 before freight and taxes.

That’s not cheap, and even the more basic GX starts at $31,900. No MX-5 is heavy on technology loadout, but the seven-inch touchscreen and rotary dial combination is relatively easy to use.

With its low gearing, the previous generation MX-5 often burned more fuel than you’d expect from a lightweight four-cylinder car.

The new one is much better, easily hitting its official 8.9 litres/100 kilometres city and 6.5 l/100 km highway figures.

GREEN LIGHT Light, balanced, revvy and peppy; easy to use folding top; sharp new styling.

STOP SIGN Wonky cupholders; options can make things expensive.

THE CHECKERED FLAG For its fourth generation, Mazda has created a machine that rewards just as much as the original did.

Competition SUBARU BRZ ($27,395) If convertibles aren’t your

The designers of the new MX-5 did as much as they could to inject a bit of aggression into the car. You can give them a little credit for not overdoing it, although the rear does look a little too hiked up. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD thing, or you need a little 2+2 practicality to go with your revvy four-cylinder fun, the BRZ might just be the car for you. Slightly cheaper than the MX-5, it’s also got a bit

more carrying capacity, with rear seats able to fit kids and the like. The seats fold down, and the wide trunk opening is just big enough to be able to bring four new tires home.

While the BRZ has 200 h.p. to play with, don’t be fooled – it’s not actually any quicker than the MX-5. It’s also a little rougher around the edges, and takes a little longer to fall

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