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The man who masterminded a series of arsons and shootings around the Lower Mainland – including at the former home of a West Vancouver Police Department chief – was given a lengthy prison sentence Wednesday.

Vincent Cheung has been handed a sentence of 13 years and six months after pleading guilty to 14 charges of arson and four of discharging a firearm. Cheung engaged in a 10-month “bizarre, malevolent enterprise,” targeting people connected to the Justice Institute of B.C. in New Westminster, including former West Vancouver Police chief Scott Armstrong. On Jan. 13, 2012, someone firebombed Armstrong’s previous residence in West Vancouver. Armstrong was working for the JIBC police, firefighter and paramedic training school in 2011. The West Vancouver

BANNER DAY City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto admires the artwork of Charley Watson, Isobel Korres and Mychael Winkler-Hart (pictured) and Paloma Iglesias Gonzalez (not shown), winners of the city’s “What Makes Canada Great” street banner design contest. The banners have been installed along Lonsdale and Esplanade avenues in anticipation of Canada’s 150th anniversary and will hang through 2017.

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Tenants coping with fire’s aftermath Displaced residents learn their three-storey strata destroyed by blaze may take 2-3 years to rebuild

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A fire that claimed one life and nearly engulfed a three-storey strata July 18 has left its former residents searching for both housing and a sense of normalcy.

Second-storey tenant Zennia Miorin had just sold her strata unit and was intent on moving her young family to more spacious accommodations in Campbell River when the fire ignited.

The family made it out safely but their sale has since collapsed, Miorin reported. “We’re basically married to this (strata),” she said laughing. “It’s like a curse.”

With the fate of the building at 357 East Second Street uncertain, Miorin and her family are staying across the street in a “friend of a friend’s” apartment. “It’s nice to be offered a home in the community,” she said. The aftermath of the fire has presented a hardship for 84-year-old strata resident Del Nichol, reported her son Bruce. “She had her life set up really well,” he said. “Now she’s displaced and she’s confused.”

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District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton and fire chief Victor Penman congratulate Captain Kit Little for rescuing a senior from East Second Street earlier this month. Fire crews from across the North Shore saved several residents as well as a dog while keeping the early-morning blaze from spreading. Walton characterized the co-operation of three fire services as “incredible.” PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD

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Del is staying out of town after a landlord went back on a handshake deal to rent her a place in Lower Lonsdale, according to Bruce. “The whole experience is an ugly experience,” he said, characterizing the landlord as showing “zero compassion.” Del suffers from arthritis and kidney problems but forged a steady routine in her strata following the death of

her husband. She wants to live independently in her neighbourhood but Bruce isn’t sure that’s possible as he estimates the strata may not be ready for two to three-and-a-half years. “Once her apartment is ready, it’s going to have to be sold,” he said. For Sandra Hanson, a member of the strata council, nothing is certain at the moment. “We’re all just in limbo,” she said, explaining she was

waiting to hear from her insurance provider. Asked if the 29-unit building could be repaired or would need to be rebuilt, Hanson said she had “no clue.” Miorin is still wondering what she can salvage from her smoke and water damaged suite. She still has a load of laundry waiting in the building’s basement as well as boxes of baby clothes and vintage books packed up in her home.

“I’ve invested in some borax and vinegar and laundry detergent,” she said. “I know that they’re just possessions … but I hate buying things twice.” The displacement has been particularly difficult for Miorin’s four-year-old daughter, who’s struggling to cope with the upheaval following the fire, Miorin explained. “When we drive past our building she closes her eyes.” But while there have been

challenges, Miorin also experienced surprising support. The children’s entertainment company My Little Princess Events reached out to Miorin following the fire, staging a party for a few of the affected children at a nearby park. “They took an hour of their time – for free – and came and helped these kids out,” Miorin said, counting Cinderella, Captain America, and Anna from the movie Frozen among the attendees. “It isn’t all

doom and gloom. There are silver linings.” Firefighters responded to the early-morning blaze, rescuing several residents from their balconies and dousing the wood-frame building before the fire could spread. The crews received a commendation from District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton, who credited the responders for their “tireless work ethic, compassion, and bravery.”

District debates affordable housing solutions Council opinion divided on sale of district lands to fund options JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

While they agree on the need to create low-cost housing, the District of North Vancouver council remains somewhat divided on what they can afford to do in the name of affordability.

History will carry a harsh judgment for elected officials who are feckless in the face

of the housing crisis, according to Coun. Jim Hanson, speaking Tuesday at a special meeting of council. “We’re in danger in North Vancouver District of finding ourselves without a whole class of citizens,” he said. While council was united on expanding the supply, diversity and affordability of housing – particularly around transit hubs – there was a schism on the topic

of selling district-owned, single-family lots. While he was sympathetic to the reticence of his colleagues, Hanson argued selling some land to fund affordable housing in town centres was justified by the ongoing crisis as well as the fact the district would be acquiring other land, making it more of a trade than a loss. Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn said he would sooner borrow money than sell land. “(Land) is going to do a heck of a lot better than the

stock market.” MacKay-Dunn ultimately supported the option of selling a few district-owned parcels but recommended leasing land to non-profit organizations instead – similar to the arrangements with Turning Point Recovery Centre. “Once you make that arrangement and you put the land on the table, then the senior governments have a tendency to come to the party with a chequebook.” The District of North

Vancouver is “all over the map” on their vision for affordable housing, according to a very frustrated Coun. Roger Bassam. “We have no idea what we’re trying to get done here,” he said. Part of the district’s plan is to work with partners to build family-oriented affordable housing on Oxford Street, in the transit-oriented Lynn Creek town centre slated for major redevelopment – but council’s bickering doesn’t bode well, according to Bassam.

“This first project is literally a drop in the bucket and will do nothing in the large scheme of things to create housing affordability in the market, it will do nothing to provide housing for all the service workers who don’t make enough money to live on the North Shore,” he said. The district is exploring providing as many as 1,400 rental units over the next decade – although not everyone on council is convinced the municipality can support

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13th and Lonsdale tower goes to public hearing Council votes 5-2 to send Hollyburn Properties project for public input JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

A 190-foot tower slated for the west side of the 1300-block of Lonsdale Avenue is heading to public hearing, likely this September.

The Hollyburn Properties project breezed through council recently – despite misgiving from at least two councillors. “I think the impact, in terms of the 18-storey request, is too high for that particular site,” Bell said. While he would prefer a 12-storey project at 1301 and 1333 Lonsdale, Bell lauded the project for creating 144 new rental units without demolishing any old ones. With a total of 32 two- and three-bedroom units, the tower would help fill a void in the city’s rental stock, according to a city staff report. The project would provide

0.75 stalls per unit – which wasn’t enough for Coun. Rod Clark. “Admittedly it’s on transit … but there’s already a parking problem (in the neighbourhood),” he said. Besides parking, Clark expressed concern about the project’s density. The tower would have a floor space ratio – which measures the building’s total floor space against its lot size – of 4.76. The site is currently zoned for an FSR of 2.6 The city could allow a 4.0 FSR, making up the remaining density with a transfer from the civic centre. At developer Hollyburn’s request, the city had earlier designated 1301 and 1333 Lonsdale as a special study area, noting the site’s importance in defining the city visually. The proposal includes 14,118 square feet of commercial space spread over a two-storey podium. While there are concerns over height, the tower would have very little shadow impact on the city plaza, according to a staff report. The project would also

be consistent with nearby developments of 20, 24, and 18 storeys on Chesterfield Avenue, East 14th Street, and the 1300-block of St. Georges Avenue. A study prepared by Hollyburn envisioned some mountain views being obscured. However, the building’s extra height (the site is currently zoned for a maximum of 120 feet) would not play a factor in blocking views. Parking, density, and the affordability of the project were the top concerns of nearby residents. Most residents who have weighed in on the development “were not supportive” of anything taller than 15 storeys on the site, according to a staff report. “Generally, staff find the proposed height and density to be suitable in this location though note that there is significant public concern with regard to the application,” wrote city planner Michael Epp. Council voted 5-2, with Clark and Bell opposed. A public hearing is pencilled in for the fall.

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him through his car speakers. Cheung’s lawyer had argued 10 years would be a more appropriate sentence, given that Cheung pleaded guilty, had shown remorse and stopped taking the drugs that led to his paranoid delusions. But, at the time of the arrest, he was found to have multiple weapons and ammunition in his home, Justice Austin Cullen noted.

As well,the risk to human life and lasting trauma he caused merited a lengthier sentence. “His motives were rooted in delusions. His responses to those delusions are very real and very dangerous,” Justice Austin Cullen said. The Crown had been seeking a sentence of 15 years. Because of time already served behind bars, Cheung has another 12 years left on his sentence.

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very time we publish a story about North Shore Rescue we make sure to include a public safety lesson. What went wrong? How could this call have been

avoided? Nine times out of 10, it’s the case that hikers went into the backcountry unprepared. Frequently, they didn’t bother to research the trail they attempted and wound up biting off way more than they could chew. Oftentimes, they went out without any of the necessary safety gear or attire. Too often, they went out alone without letting anyone know. And sometimes even the most experienced among us wind up in trouble and need a long-line out. Last year, the team set a record for the number of rescue missions they carried out and they faced volunteer burnout as a result. This year, they’re on pace to smash that record. We have on many occasions called for better provincial support for our

run-ragged volunteers and we will continue to. This plea, however, goes to you. Give these guys and gals in red coats a sorely needed break this B.C. Day long weekend. We’d never argue that you should avoid a hike in our fabulous North Shore Mountains, but please – do everything that’s in your power to stay safe. That means carrying the 10 essentials: a light, a signalling device, lighter, extra clothes, a knife, shelter, food and water, a first aid kit, navigation tools including a map, compass and GPS as well as a cellphone or radio. Let someone know where you’re going and when you’ll be back. Bring a friend. And if you do run into trouble, stay put and don’t wait a minute to call 911. Maybe you have no plans to head into the woods this weekend, but we bet you know someone who does. Don’t be afraid to nag them. Do it for their sake and for North Shore Rescue’s.

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columnist’s secondto-last crutch is My Amusing Family. A columnist’s last crutch is Our Cottage Holiday. So Our Cottage Holiday began with my loading the van in the morning gloom and treading on the corpse of a slug that should have been removed in daylight, repositioning the unattractive blotches throughout the house. Not an auspicious start, would you say? Once under way, the cat, Hobbes, a newish acquisition, complained for 45 minutes without taking a breath of imprisonment in his cat carrier. To no avail, as novelists used to write. Whereupon Hobbes stepped up his protest to a distinkly – not a misprint – higher level. The odour from his deposit penetrated air,

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(both Juilliard grads) and a local pianist and accordionist – enchanted the audience with Elgar, Beethoven, Schubert. And with the usual intermission complimentary treats. Don’t get that at the QET. And in a few days we socialize more than in a year at home. John Kane, the quintet leader, asked if there were cellists in the house. The inauspicious woman beside me held up a hand. Later we talked. Years ago she had an audition planned with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Ten days before, she fell and permanently injured the third finger of her left hand. Career over. Discoveries. Stories. People open up on a small island. Did I mention this is Saturna, pop. 352? It has deeply felt history too.

Spaniard Jose Maria Narvaez was the first European sailing these waters – he named the island’s east point Saturnina – in 1791, less than a year before George Vancouver. This month a fine ceremony was held unveiling a federal heritage plaque for the nearby lighthouse’s fog alarm building, made into a stunning historical/interpretative centre led (to invite the inevitable omission of many hands) by Richard Blagborne, an outstanding architect (with Arthur Erickson) and planner (various international Expos) and delightful storyteller over a beaker, with brilliant displays by artist and professional photographer Nancy Angermeyer. Former cabinet minister Patricia Carney – in retirement resuming her

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INQUIRINGREPORTER If you had to choose … Trump or Clinton? As our neighbours are faced with the worst choices since the new Coke and Crystal Pepsi, Canada watches from between a hard place and an avalanche. Donald Trump wants to rip up NAFTA and treat NATO countries like unemployed moochers sleeping on his couch. Hillary Clinton might adjust NAFTA, but will likely extend current policies. In a campaign where low standards and high walls have dominated the discourse, do we want more of the same, or something new, and potentially much worse? Weigh in at nsnews.com. — Jeremy Shepherd

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Sorting fact from fiction key part of BIA petition process Dear Editor: Re: Lower Lonsdale BIA Counter Petition Process Rankles, July 24 Mailbox. Mr. (Joel) Posluns states that the business improvement levy is an additional tax, an unjustifiable money grab, a downloading of the cost to businesses for the city’s poor street maintenance, and the BIA process breaches the city charter. None of these are true, but are fiction spread to Lower Lonsdale businesses. Here are the facts: Every penny of every business’ annual BIA levy goes to their Business Improvement Association,

where Mr. Posluns, and all other business operators, will vote on how their money is spent. That’s not a tax or money grab in any sense. The city cannot download costs to the BIA as it does not control how the BIA’s money is spent. If the city has been reducing street maintenance at Mr. Posluns’ location, his BIA is the very advocate he needs to tackle city hall officials to get them to restore that maintenance. The counter-petition process has created all 73 BIAs in B.C. over the past 26 years. This process is set out in the Community Charter, B.C.’s legislation

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No time to wait for a ‘perfect plan’: mayor From page 4 that much growth. A recent decision to kibosh a coach house proposal with negligible neighbourhood impact did not inspire confidence in the community’s willingness to take on the housing crisis, according to Bassam “I don’t think our community cares about affordable

housing to a large degree. There’s a small group of people who are being displaced, who are going through tremendous hardship … but I think, by and large, most people in our community don’t care.” While he didn’t dispute Bassam’s reasoning, Coun. Mathew Bond reminded council of their role as community stewards. “Whether or not our community cares about this issue, we should care as a council,” he said. “I’d rather move forward with good initiative now … and see something happen, then wait for a perfect plan that may never come.” Mayor Richard Walton prefaced his comments by saying he disagreed with most of Bassam’s points. “It’s not just about who’s living here now and it’s not just about the current voters,” he said, explaining the line of cars streaming onto the North Shore each morning rush hour would probably like to live here. The District of North Vancouver represents about 3.5 per cent of all Metro Vancouver. “To what extent we’ll be successful … depends on the other 96.5 per cent,” he said. However, even if council’s measures only make a “small dent” in the problem, Walton said it would be worth it. The affordability crisis has been exacerbated by “the pace of all this development,” according to Coun. Lisa Muri, who pointed to displaced families at soonto-be-redeveloped Mountain Court as evidence. Muri supported putting affordable units in every new development, an idea that received “very tepid support,” from her colleagues

District of North Vancouver Coun. Roger Bassam on council, she noted. “We do have the ability to hold the hammer … and require (developers) to put affordable units in town centres,” she said. While Coun. Robin Hicks stood with Muri in opposing the possible sale of districtowned lots, he disagreed with her on the root of the problem. “I think it’s totally illogical to think that the pace of development has contributed to the problem. It’s the lack of the pace that has caused the problems,” he said. Before mentioning that he “better not say” what he really thinks, Hicks wondered if council could truly find a workable solution. “I think we’re not going to be able to make much of an impact unless we change our thinking on density,” he said. In order to foster greater affordability, council is examining income-testing potential renters to ensure affordable housing is provided and to negotiate for affordable units in centralized developments. Council will also negotiate density and height bonuses on a case-by-case basis and incentivize rental and affordable housing by offering parking reductions.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Carrie Marshall Beer By The Pier The second annual Beer By The Pier was held June 18 and attracted 520 community-minded guests who gathered in support of Family Services of the North Shore at the Pipe Shop, a historic warehouse setting on North Vancouver’s waterfront. The evening featured local craft beer tasting, live music from the Adam Woodall Band and a barbecue dinner. Event sponsors, local craft beer breweries, the Artisan Wine Shop, silent auction donors, event committee members, volunteers and guests helped raise $59,157 for North Shore families in need, lifting spirits and sharing hope.

Members of the Sawchyn Family, Brent, Alex and Leigh volunteer.

Family Services of the North Shore board president Neil Alexander and executive director Julia StaubFrench flank MLA Jane Thornthwaite.

Fraser Cameron, City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto, Rob Neudorf and Debbie Cameron

BlueShore Financial’s Taryn Stickney, Caoimhe O’Donovan and Marni Johnson serve Spa Water to guests.

Michelle Tice and event co-chairwoman Jaci Edgeworth

Dave Brown and Leigh Stratton, of Bridge Brewing Company, with Brian Newlands

Event committee members Julia Staub-French, Marnie Carsky, Sue Chow (co-chairwoman), Rik Bjornson, Alex Sawchyn, Kate LeGresley, Frederica Ng, Diana Cowden and Sarah Siska

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On B.C. Day, Terence Jack will bring his blend of indie and folk rock to the West Vancouver waterfront as part of the annual Harmony Arts Festival. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Hit the road Jack ! Terence Jack performs at the Harmony Arts Festival, Monday, Aug. 1, 8:45-10 p.m. at Millennium Park, West Vancouver. harmonyarts.ca

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An ornamental guitar given to Terence Jack’s mom as a gift gently wept in one corner of their White Rock home while he was growing up.

Ornamental meaning the guitar was never played – until Jack picked it up and brought it to his Grade 7 band class. “There were four or five boys learning guitar in the class and we were all kind of competitive with it, which was a great way to kick it off. Yeah, I got really into it right away,” says Jack, fondly recalling when he first really discovered music.

The riff-offs with his buddies kick-started a musical growth for Jack. “Oh man, we did Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton’s Unplugged, yeah, I mean I was into Hootie & the Blowfish too,” he says. Jack, who gravitated to songwriting pretty quickly, set up a ska band in Grade 8 with a couple of his friends. They were all listening to Sublime – a lot – at the time. After high school, Jack joined up with some other bands for a while, but now he’s gone solo. “I chose to go the solo route because it’s a bit like being in a marriage when you’re in a band,” says Jack. “Just with all the bands that I’ve seen in Vancouver and the bands that I’ve been in that break up. Because in Vancouver, it’s hard to just be a musician, everybody is in a hundred bands and everybody’s got side gigs.” So with musicians subbing in and out all the time, how does Jack know who he will jive with?

“I think for me I would bring in a player, like a friend, and the friend would be like, ‘Hey, I know this guy or this guy and he’s a really good dude and he’s a great player,’” explains Jack. “You’ve kind of got to try and hit both because if you don’t … when you’re on the road for so long, you’ve got to get along with the guys you play with.” Jack chugged east across Canada last fall on Via Rail – all the way to Halifax and back home – collecting inspiration for his music along the way. “Travelling by train has always been one of my favourite means of travelling and so this is a very special trip in particular,” says the 31-year-old. “Visions of Prairies and the colours of fall through the Rockies and pulling into Halifax with the old Maritime buildings. Meeting people of all ages from all over the world and sharing stories and lessons.”

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ALONG AMBLESIDE’S SPECTACULAR WATERFRONT For complete schedule of events see our Festival Guide online.

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Marina Club Stage, Ambleside Landing, 1414 Argyle Avenue UPCOMING PERFORMANCES INCLUDE: Friday, July 29 6 p.m. The Piano Men 8:45 p.m. Malcolm Aiken w/DJ Flip Out Saturday, July 30 6 p.m. The Piano Men 8:45 p.m. Sax on Wax Sunday, July 31 6 p.m. Vancouver’s Dueling Pianos 8:45 p.m. Malcolm Aiken w/DJ Flip Out

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Enjoy singing along to performances by duelling piano acts, followed by dancing to Vancouver’s top DJs playing nightly on the Marina Club Stage.

Monday, August 1 6 p.m. Vancouver’s Dueling Pianos 8:45 p.m. Sax on Wax

Moms go wild in new parenting comedy

The already high expectations placed on moms has reached stratospheric heights thanks to the Internet: social media posts with photos of scrubbed, perfect offspring; mommy bloggers who posit doom-and-gloom scenarios if you aren’t parenting just-so; status updates that trick women into thinking that everyone else is having a ball while you’re a ball of frantic emotion and post-baby goo-belly (even years after delivery). And so continuing the latest TV and movie theme, that gals can sink as low and

get just as nasty as the guys can (think Trainwreck, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, TV’s Odd Mom Out), is Bad Moms, wherein a trio of moms call bullshoot on the quest for parental perfection and let loose for a change. On the surface Amy Mitchell (Mila Kunis) has it all: well-adjusted, high-achieving kids, a handsome husband (David Walton) and a cool job at a fair-trade coffee startup. But she has sacrificed all for her family since she was 19, hubby isn’t as perfect as first thought, and now Amy is stretched so thinly that she’s ready to snap. Snap-time comes courtesy of PTA president Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate), as she delivers the litany of no-nos for the upcoming bake sale (no gluten, no wheat, no MSG, sesame, soy, butter, milk, eggs, sugar, nuts, etc.). Bake sales are touchy subjects with moms (Sarah Jessica Parker had a similar meltdown trying to achieve pastry perfection in I Don’t Know How She Does It) and after Amy’s protest she finds

kindred spirits in hot-to-trot Carla (Kathryn Hahn) and mousy Kiki (Kristen Bell), who is never free of baby spit-up. The three go up against Gwendolyn and her lackeys (Jada Pinkett Smith, Annie Mumolo), the elder Mean Girls at William McKinley School. And, fittingly, in an election year, it all comes down to a PTA showdown: an opulent affair at Gwendolyn’s mansion versus a jello-shotsand-pizza-hangout on Amy’s side. Complicating things for Amy are the attentions of hot single dad Jesse Harkness (Jay Hernandez, Suicide Squad), who is made even more lovable in the school moms’ eyes thanks to his widower status, and the never-ending demands of her kids (Emjay Anthony, The Jungle Book, and Oona Laurence, Pete’s Dragon). “We all work too damn hard to make our kids’ lives amazing and magical,” moans Amy. “Their lives already are amazing and magical.” It’s about moms who

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Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and Kathryn Hahn let loose in the new comedy Bad Moms, written and directed by the same team who brought us The Hangover. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Expect an amped-up raunch factor From page 14 decide to get a life and take care of themselves first, advice no mother has followed, ever. This marks the first time these women have taken a breath and some time for themselves, and reconnected with people outside their own gene pool.

Bad Moms is written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, the guys who brought you The Hangover, so expect an amped-up raunch quotient. There’s one very funny description of Kiki’s sex life with her husband, unprintable here. Another scene has the women in hysterics

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First there was silence.

Not the murmur of a library or the hush that overtakes a pub when the song cuts off and every conversation simultaneously halts. This was Joan Haggerty’s silence, as noiseless as anything beneath that 100-kilometre threshold where the atmosphere thins into outer space. Silence. And then, music. Haggerty is the author of The Dancehall Years, a generational drama beginning in 1939 that swirls around Bowen Island, always returning to the dance hall of the title. The book often feels as though the experiences have been lived rather than imagined. As the story begins we meet Gwen, a girl setting off for a summer on Bowen Island with her idealized aunt. The descriptions of turquoise water and the shadows of thimbleberry leaves and Neapolitan ice cream all feel like they’ve been transcribed from childhood photos. “Yes, I did spend summers as a child there and we still have our cottage, but it’s still a novel,” Haggerty clarifies. “There’s a lot of me in Gwen, there’s a lot of me in all the characters, but …” It’s a novel. While Gwen is the protagonist, the book’s main character is the dance hall. “Our family cottage was below the dance hall, and it was like a giant music box to me on the top of the hill,” Haggerty says. The image stayed with her until Haggerty decided it would be a “wonderful locus to let the story spin off” from the hall. “If you read it carefully, you’ll see that you’re constantly having do-si-dos and various attempts at ironic balancing situations between the various couples,” she says. “There’s dance steps throughout the entire book.” During the interview, I mention just having started the novel and Haggerty immediately

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The sky still showed bright light sneaking through cracks in the wall of billowy clouds that blanketed much of the western sky. The air was cooling but there were still swimmers in the ocean. It was an almost typical summer evening scene at Ambleside Beach one evening this week. Two young kids played at the water’s edge, wading in just deep enough to wet their knees, oblivious to a large harbour seal rolling its fat body just mere feet away. Farther out, past the red, round swimming buoys, a small boat was anchored and a group of five friends took turns

jumping off the back of the pleasure craft. Their laughter and conversation heard but its detail lost in the wind.

Sitting on the rocks just before the Welcome Figure, was a good vantage point to take in the scene at West Vancouver’s popular beach area that night. Families still lingered on the grassy areas, long after their charcoal grills had cooled. Skateboarders roared around the skate park, and the nextdoor basketball court was busy, a game in full swing. But there was something different this night. A long row of young people sitting along the low wall lining the sidewalk with their eyes glued to their phones. Occasionally a few of them would break from the pack and head in different directions, holding

up their phones, searching. Suddenly two teens ran up to a waiting mom-type and practically shouted in excited tones, “Gerald just found a (insert unusual name here) at the other end of the pier,” and they took off at full speed, presumably to track down Gerald and the Pigglypuff or other creature he had found. It then became obvious what the difference was this evening on the beach: It was “go” time. Pokémon Go. And though it may be hard to understand the enthusiasm with which some of the players dug into this new game, it was an enjoyable sight to watch the myriad of different users on this one evening at one of the most beautiful beaches on the North Shore, just one of many local outdoor areas waiting to be explored this summer.

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SOUTHWESTERN GRILLING RUB 4 Tbsp kosher salt 1 Tsp freshly ground black pepper 2 Tbsp toasted cumin seeds 1 Tbsp ground oregano 2 Tbsp granulated onion 1 Tbsp granulated garlic 2 Tbsp ground ancho chiles or regular chile powder 1 Tbsp ground chipotles (if you can’t find this, substitute cayenne) Combine the ingredients. It’s better if it sits for a few days, but it’s fine at the moment you make it.

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The strip loin steak is a lovely cut of beef, less marbled than its chubby cousin, the rib eye, but redeemed by great flavour and a shiny ribbon of fat along one side that crisps up nicely on the grill. Best part: the fatty tip at the narrow end of the steak. Because it’s small and more exposed to the fire, it’s not only fatty but also perfectly crispy. Thank goodness my family members think it’s yucky. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve asked my wife and kids, “are you gonna eat that?” How to treat it: Grill the strip loin with a supersimple but flavourful rub, and finish it with a spoonful of crazy-good salsa verde.

SIMPLE BUT SUPER DELISH RUB 4 Tbsp good sea salt like Maldon or Fleur de Sel 4 Tbsp fresly ground black pepper 2 Tbsp crushed dried red chiles 1 Tsp granulated onion 1 Tsp granulated garlic

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6 anchovy fillets, chopped 1 garlic clove, peeled and finely chopped 1/2 c. chopped flat leaf parsley 1 Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary 1-1/2 Tsp chopped fresh sage 1/3 c. chopped fresh celery leaves 1 Tsp pickled capers 1-1/2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice 1 Tsp finely grated lemon peel 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar or rice vinegar 1/2 c. extra virgin olive oil Give the ingredients a quick whiz in a food processor or a good pestling in a mortar. Refrigerate till ready to use.

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you want to get fancy, spoon on a dollop of home-made salsa or a pat of herbed butter.

5. Remove from the grill and let the steaks rest, loosely tented in foil, for about five minutes. 6. To serve, drizzle with a little olive oil and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, or, if

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Kosher salt to taste

The great thing about a T-bone steak is you get two cuts for the price of one. One one side of the bone is a nice hunk of strip steak, and on the other is a tasty serving of tenderloin. And it comes with it’s own after party – a bone to chew! How to treat it: Here’s one of my favourite dry rubs.

to medium, cover the grill, and cook for a few more minutes, turning often, until the steaks become slightly springy to the touch and the internal temperature reads 120 - 130F depending on whether you like medium rare or medium doneness.

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The Harmony Arts Festival kicks off today and tens of thousands of visitors are expected to flock to the West Vancouver waterfront over the next 10 days to check out a host of visual, culinary, literary and performing arts.

Once again, Argyle Avenue will be the site of the festival’s signature Art Market, sponsored this year by ABC Senior Services. The open-air market runs on both weekends, July 29 to Aug. 1 and Aug. 5 to 7, and will feature more than 70 artisans selling photography, textiles, jewelry, glass and woodwork, paintings, ceramics, mixed media, sculpture and metal work. Some of the highlighted artists who are participating include: Yutal Jewelry Fusion Diane Tordjman and Ehud Mader are a husband and wife creative team who make jewelry inspired by the classical designs of traditional Yemenite jewelry from their native Israel. Mader is an eighth-generation goldsmith and Tordjman studied technological jewelry making in Tel Aviv before moving to the West Coast of Canada. Their contemporary art is a fusion of classical influences tempered by the West Coast landscape and culture. Tordjman and Mader will be at the Art Market both weekends of the festival.

Bettina Matzkuhn Bettina Matzkuhn has worked in textiles for more than 35 years and especially enjoys experimenting with embroidery and fabric collage. Her creations continue the tradition of using textiles to tell personal stories, and many of her works illuminate hiking experiences, events in her neighbourhood and a variety of strange but true stories. Matzkuhn is also an awardwinning filmmaker whose three projects for the National Film Board explored intersections between animation and textile imagery. Matzkuhn will be at the Art Market during the second weekend of the festival. Bill Jamieson of Anthony Jamieson Design Studio Bill Jamieson has been creating works of art using glass for more than 20 years. Since he began working with the medium, Jamieson and his partner, Michael Anthony, have been fascinated with the way light and the alchemy of heat, movement and timing, combined with luck and technical precision, come together to create a piece of art. Creating architectural glass by sandcasting in the kiln, Jamieson’s work strives to challenge and reflect perceptions of the world around us. Jamieson will be at the Art Walk both weekends of the festival. For a complete list of participating artists and the dates they will appear at the festival, visit harmonyarts.ca/ art/art-market.

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A Jesuit with wolf’s hair on his face and rotting-meat breath leans over the young Iroquois girl – and then she sees it. The likeness of Jesus Christ swings around the Jesuit’s neck. In that likeness she sees her father lying in the snow with his arms outstretched and a circle of blood around his head. She sees him as alive. She tries to kiss her father but he swings away. It’s difficult to imagine anyone other than author Joseph Boyden crafting such a striking intersection between Canada’s First Nations people and the missionaries hell-bent on converting them. Boyden describes himself as having “mixed blood,” not only because he is of Irish, Scottish and Anishinaabe descent, but because of the double life he’s lead. He had a “very Catholic” upbringing but credits the Cree people of the western shore of James Bay and in Attawapiskat for giving him

Award-winning Canadian author Joseph Boyden is best known for his novels Three Day Road, Through Black Spruce, and The Orenda. He speaks in West Vancouver Aug. 4. PHOTO SUPPLIED his writing career. Coming out of the University of New Orleans, Boyden had a notion he might inherit the stream-of-Benzedrine-and-consciousness mantle vacated by Jack Kerouac, and was even plugging away on a “really bad” manuscript called Motorcycle Boy. All that changed when he went to James Bay and saw plastic sheeting being used for windows and homes without running water. It was isolated geographically but also politically and socially. But for Boyden, there was abundance amidst the poverty. “The discombobulation

for me was how amazing these people were at the same time and how just full of life and laughter they were.” “If I hadn’t have gone up to James Bay to teach for those couple years, I don’t think I’d be the writer that I am now.” The effect was nearly instantaneous. Instead of being damned with the faintest of praise and criticism at writing workshops, he saw readers moved by short stories populated by characters who might have been romantic but were never romanticized. “Any kind of romanticization that I might have been prone to … was dashed when

I moved up to James Bay and I saw the hard, cold reality of living conditions,” he explains. While his stories sometimes stride into the minefield of Canadian history, Boyden always has the same readers in mind. “First and foremost, it’s my family,” he says. While he doesn’t write to educate, Boyden says he harbours a hope his readers might come away from his books with a little more knowledge, or even with some anger. “If I’m writing and everyone is happy … then I’m doing something wrong,” he says.

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Jack has spent several lifetimes travelling the globe, infusing his road-worn exotic experiences into his music. He lived overseas for a big part of his 20s, going back and forth to Southeast Asia, which holds a special place in Jack’s heart. “A lot of locations over there and people I’ve met, travellers I’ve met, have made their way into the

songs and the stories. That’s been a huge part of the inspiration,” he says. Jack wrote “Eastern Rise,” from his new album Never Get Back, in Java, an island in Indonesia, on a surf break. “And I was surfing all day every day and I wrote “Eastern Rise” on the beach there, and just got away from the whole world and turned off my phone and turned off all my devices and

got (in) my own headspace.” A lot of songs Jack writes are about the road and about love, “just kind of the story of humans on the planet,” he says. “A lot of it is stuff that happened a long time ago that comes out. I don’t like to write about the current situations.” Jack is currently in the midst of a cross-Canada tour. Calgary was his first sold-out show on the road outside of his hometown, and it was

“awesome.” “We had one girl crowd surfing, which was a first for us,” says Jack with a laugh. On B.C. Day Jack is looking forward to bringing his blend of indie and folk rock to the Harmony Arts Festival stage. “It’s the best thing ever,” he says. “Being outside, they usually put the stage in the most beautiful spot, so it’s super surreal and dreamlike.”

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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.

Haida Sandwich www.haidasandwich.com 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.

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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.

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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.

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 at the Pier $$$ www.pinnaclepierhotel.com Located at the corner of Lonsdale and Esplanade 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.

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.

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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CAROUN ART GALLERY 1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver. Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. 778-372-0765 caroun.net A Summer Group Exhibition runs from Aug. 1 to 13. Opening reception: Saturday, Aug. 6, 4-8 p.m. A Summer Photography Exhibition by the Caroun Photo Club runs from Aug. 16 to 27. Opening reception: Saturday, Aug. 20, 4-8 p.m. CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca International Watercolour Biennale: North Shore watercolour and plein air artist Alfonso Tejada brings watercolour painting from around the world to Vancouver until July 30. Art Rental Show: Rent or buy artwork right off the gallery walls in a salon-style exhibition of over 400 pieces of original artwork created by over 100 local artists Aug. 3-Sept. 4. FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-925-7290 ferrybuildinggallery.com FERRY BUILDING GALLERY AND ART TENTS Foot of 14th Street, West Vancouver. Harmony Arts Festival — ArtSpeaks: Talks, demonstrations, workshops, hands-on classes and multimedia presentations from July 29 to Aug. 7 in the gallery and art tents. Most classes are free, but register in the Ferry Building Gallery office for any classes with a fee. Info: harmonyarts.ca. Harmony Arts Festival — ArtSpeaks Showcase Exhibition: A collection of mixed media works that will feature many of the ArtSpeaks workshop facilitators will be on display from July 29 to Aug. 14. Opening reception: Friday, July 29, 6 p.m. Info: harmonyarts.ca. Grand Prix Plein Air Challenge: A traditional plein air painting competition will take place Friday, Aug. 5, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in the art tent. Painters must originate, paint, complete and frame a painting that has been created outdoors. $35 (includes coffee and muffins and a wine and cheese reception). Paintings will be available for sale after judging. Registration required in the Ferry Building Gallery. Info: harmonyarts.ca. Mexico — Traditions & Contradictions: A mixed media exhibition in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico features the works of 14 Mexican-Canadian artists and runs from Aug. 16 to 28. Opening reception: Tuesday, Aug. 16, 6-8 p.m. Meet the artists: Saturday, Aug. 20, 2-3 p.m. RON ANDREWS

COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Exploration in Colour: Deborah Stephan shows her paintings and fine prints and Meg Troy shows her landscapes and digital art compositions until Sept. 4. SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com Chase the Setting Sun: An exhibition of recent ceramic sculptures, clay tablet prints, sketchbooks and a collection of graphic design work by the late Ben Lim runs until Aug. 13. Sales will support the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation, B.C. Women’s Hospital Foundation and the Seymour Art Gallery. From Here: Heather Johnston and Laura Wallace combine graphic black and white photographic images of Metro Vancouver alongside large scale colourful screen-printed images Aug. 17-Sept. 10. Reception: Sunday, Aug. 21, 2-4 p.m. Artist talks: Sunday, Sept. 4, 2 p.m. SUGAR CUBE GALLERY 461 Bowen Trunk Rd., Bowen Island. Rooted: Shane Tweten and Jesse Toso exhibit their wood sculptures from Aug. 1 to 7, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Opening reception: Monday, Aug. 1, 2 p.m. Chainsaw carving demonstrations: 3 p.m. daily. WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Requiem Notations: An exhibition celebrating the contradictions and tensions deeply embedded in Pierre Coupey’s abstract canvases runs until Aug. 31. 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: Paintings by Riita Peirone are featured until Sept. 2.

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MOUNT SEYMOUR UNITED CHURCH 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. Blueridge International Chamber Music Festival: A series of concerts at 7 p.m. Schedule: Aug. 13, Breath of Heaven; Aug. 14, Wrath and Redemption; Aug. 20, Makrokosmos; and Aug. 21, Elixir. Admission: $20/$10. Tickets and info: blueridgechamber. org or brownpapertickets.com/ profile/1126156. ST.ANDREW’S UNITED CHURCH 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. 604-985-0408 st-andrews-united.ca The New York Handbell Choir performs Sunday, July 31 at 10 a.m. — Compiled by Debbie Caldwell

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We miss carl…his smile, laugh, kindness to all, his knowledge, his giving nature, his quirky ways, his zest for life, and his love. carl is remembered with happy memories and he is missed beyond words. it is comforting to know he is not alone and is now with carolyn, John, audrey, grandma & grandpa busby, grandpa little and all those who carl loved but passed before. July 25th will be yet another hard day but we will embrace the life of carl, my husband and best friend and all the wonderful moments shared by cori, David, alexandra, Jonathan, tonya, myself, our family & his close friends he left behind. The kids and I want to thank you for your love and support during this very difficult year.

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June is survived by her children lynn (brian) Doctor, nancy Kern, bob (Frances) Matthews, steven (Diane) Matthews and grandchildren Matthew, Michael, leah, Kenny, sean, Diane, Floriann, Julie, spencer and shanelle. she is also survived by six great-grandchildren. June resided at cedarview lodge for the final eight years of her life where staff cared for her with unceasing kindness and respect.

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HAWK (nee L’Ecluse), Martha Elodie 1918 - 2015

June will be buried with her husband Jack at the osoyoos cemetery on July 29, 2016. a memorial service will be held at a later date. in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in June’s memory to the charity of your choice.

Al was born in Merritt, BC and died peacefully at Lions Gate Hospital surrounded by his family. He is predeceased by Margaret, his loving wife of nearly 70 years, and survived by his children Dan (Deb) Rollins, Brenda (Mark) Spilker, Sharon (Dan) Muzzin, eight grandchildren, and four great−grandchildren. Al retired after a respected career as a Steam Engineer In Ocean Falls and Campbell River, and valuable contributions to the development of boiler safety standards in BC, and to the Campbell River School Board. He and Margaret enjoyed many world travels before settling in Kelowna and more recently in West Vancouver to be closer to their family. Al valued education and hard work, enjoyed discussing current events, and took great pleasure in observing the natural world (birds and marine life were particular favourites). He enjoyed deciphering the inner workings of machines and could repair everything from cars and watches to an antique cuckoo clock. He had a keen interest in boats, building his first one when he was 14, and later took his family on many boating adventures through the waters of the Pacific, from Alaska to the US gulf islands. Al will be remembered as a quiet, independent and intelligent man with a wry sense of humour, a remarkable memory for details, and as a loving father, grandfather, and great− grandfather. A private family service will follow. In lieu of flowers donations to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation are welcomed.

it is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Martha on January 18, 2015. MarthawaspredeceasedbyherhusbandDwightandone granddaughter. she is survived by her daughter Jerry (Dave) sharpe of Kamloops, her sons bob (Heather) of north Vancouver and ted (susan) of north Vancouver, seven grandchildren and one great grandson. Martha was a 75 year resident of north Vancouver. she was the last remaining member of her family.

SHARP, Richard Granville February 16, 1944 - July 19, 2016

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NUNNS, Jeanne Elizabeth October 23, 1918 - July 2, 2016 it is with great sadness that we announce that Jeanne passed peacefully at lynn Valley care centre where she was cared for gently in the last year of her life. Jeanne was born in Vancouver to parents george and nellie gall. she received her degree in nursing in 1941 and went on to achieve her Masters in nursing in 1962 and worked until retirement in 1980 in the public Health system.

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June Matthews pulford died peacefully on July 23, 2016 at cedarview lodge in north Vancouver. June was born on august 3, 1924 in edmonton, alberta and married Jack Matthews of West Vancouver in 1943, while he was serving in World War ii for the Royal canadian air Force. after the war, in 1947, June and Jack moved into the capilano Highlands area of north Vancouver when it was first being developed. they built a home on crescentview Drive and raised their family of four children there. in 1962, the family moved to osoyoos, b.c. where they bought and operated inkaneep lodge. Jack died in 1964 and June continued to manage inkaneep lodge for ten more years. in 1974, June moved back to north Vancouver and lived in her cherished home on braemar avenue for about 35 years. June worked as a journalist and as a realtor for Mitten Realty in north Vancouver for many years.

ROLLINS, Rhenault Albert November 3, 1923 − July 6, 2016

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We will mourn the loss of her wisdom, guidance and good humour. she is survived by her dearly loved husband, barney and her only daughter, nancy Mackie of Victoria. a Memorial service will be announced at a later date. Donations in her memory may be made to the ubc school of nursing or a charity of your choice.

Richard passed away peacefully in his sleep after a challenging illness. born in london, england during an air raid, he was raised in auckland and Mississauga before moving to West Vancouver in 1959. Richard was predeceased by his parents, Richard H.a. sharp and Veronica sharp (bartram), and his brother Donald. He is survived by his loving wife louise of 42 years; his in-laws phillip, Richard, and charmaine; brother tony; and cam bartram (Heidi). Richard’s career was in sales and marketing. He was always active in the community, whether it be in Rotary international, Vancouver aM tourism, or RcMp auxiliary. For many years, he enjoyed creating spicy dishes in the kitchen/bbQ, gardening, and watercolour painting with the north shore artist guild. His wonderfully cheerful attitude and sense of humour gave him the ability to put smiles on faces wherever he went, and some say his jokes will be missed. there will be no service. a celebration of life will be held august 7 at the black bear pub in lynn Valley centre, north Vancouver from 2-4pM.

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2016 Infiniti QX60

Crossover offers smooth sailing Grinding Gears Brendan McAleer

Like pretty much every luxury company out there, Infiniti sells a lot of crossovers.

Specifically, they sell a lot of this crossover, the QX60. But maybe you don’t know what a QX60 is? Perhaps you’d know it better by its old name, the JX35. Infiniti went through a pretty comprehensive re-naming strategy not long ago, with all their cars getting Q-based variants. Q means sedan, QX means crossover or SUV. The QX60 sits right in the middle, with the QX50 below and the QX80 above. No, you can’t use any of these names to get a Scrabble high score. The idea behind this sort of marketing strategy is to get people saying they drive an Infiniti rather than a G35 or a JX35 or what-have-you. Call it whatever you will, the QX60 is the backbone of Infiniti’s range: fully one-third of Infiniti’s yearly to-date sales are of this seven-seater crossover. A rose by any other name, as The Bard said, would smell as sweet. So

The 2016 Infiniti QX60 offers buyers a smooth ride; a bright and useful interior; as well as value-friendly options packaging. It’s available at Infiniti North Vancouver in the Northshore Auto Mall. PHOTO LISA KING what kinda whiff do we get off the QX60? Design: Infiniti’s design language may be best described as swoopy. Where Lexus gets

all angular and aggressive and BMW goes nuts with M-badges and a glue gun, Infiniti makes its presence known with a little more feminine flair. It’s no secret that the

bones of the QX60 can be found in the more ruggedlooking Pathfinder. Parent company Nissan takes that mud-spattered platform, hoses it off, gives it a haircut, takes it to the spa for a

mani-pedi, and takes it shopping for some fancier duds. The makeover is pretty good, especially on the front end of the car. Both Lexus and Acura really feel like they’re trying too hard

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The QX60 has a number of improvements over the old JX35, while retaining the latter’s sensible packaging. The maple wood trim is subtle but pleasing to the eye, there’s extra padding in the armrests and elsewhere, and a giant pair of moonroofs add further airiness to the cabin. the little squiggle at the rear glass of the car. This is a design feature that Infiniti is working into all of their models, a similar feature to BMW’s long-running Hofmeister kink. On the QX it feels a little forced. But that’s just nitpicking. Overall the QX60 is nicely cohesive, with 18-inch alloys as standard and 20-inch on the optional Touring trim.

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EYE-CATCHING East First Street, between St. Georges and St. Andrews Avenues was blocked off in front of the Pebble Beach-winning restoration shop RX Autoworks for a Classic Car Appreciation event July 10. A mix of classic cars and motorcycles were exhibited to the delight of local auto aficionados. At left, Gaye Siegmann sits atop a 1955 Chevy Bel Air convertible her husband has owned since 1977. Below, Helen Poon celebrates her arrival with a cigar in her 1937 Rolls-Royce 25/30. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN

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Brainchild of Fifth Gear presenter terrifies A weekly round-up of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird. THE WORLD’S FASTEST ROAD-LEGAL EV IS A HORRIBLE LITTLE BRITISH CAR FROM THE 1970S You might know the name Enfield better as Royal Enfield, a British manufacturer of rifles and, later, motorcycles. However, for a brief period during the 1970s, an offshoot also made electric vehicles. They were homely little things, with plastic bodies and feeble eight horsepower powertrains. One just ran the quarter mile in 9.86 seconds, about as fast as a million-dollar Porsche 918 Spyder. Obviously heavily modified, the wee orange oddball is the brainchild of Jonny Smith, a British motor journalist bestknown as a former presenter on Fifth Gear. He calls his

beastly little electric machine The Flux Capacitor, and with its dragstrip feat it’s officially just earned the title of the world’s fastest road-legal EV. Everything about this car is crazy. It has a runty 1.7-metre wheelbase, a pair of twin nine-inch DC motors coupled directly to the wheels, and a set of military-spec batteries of the same kind used in the Super Cobra attack helicopter. Horsepower is somewhere around 800 h.p., and torque about 1,000 foot-pounds. It weighs 850 kilograms, less than a first generation Miata. Even more terrifying, Smith feels like there’s maybe a little bit more speed to be found by tweaking the gear ratio and getting the motors to spin a little faster at the top end. Talk about your Brexit stage left. POKEMON GO PLAYER DRIVES INTO POLICE CAR

Braking News Brendan McAleer If you haven’t heard of the latest mobile gaming craze Pokemon Go, you must have been living under a rock. In a cave. In a remote forest. In North Korea. If you thought people were distracted by smartphones before, then the latest fad-and/ or-plague takes things to an entirely new level. People have been walking into poles, bumping into each other, and

wandering out into traffic. It’s ridiculous. However, nothing’s quite as ridiculous as using a smartphone while driving, and trying to catch imaginary monsters while you’re supposed to be driving is pure, undiluted dumb. Happily, for one Maryland driver, justice was near at hand. So near, in fact, that they drove into it. Three Baltimore police officers were standing next to their patrol car at night,when an SUV appeared in the distance, and proceeded to drive directly into the back of the cruiser. Oops. The unnamed driver, apparently unharmed by the low-speed collision, got out of the car, phone in hand, and apologized for being distracted. Baltimore police subsequently issued a warning to both drivers and pedestrians to pay more attention to their surroundings. The NHTSA has piled on as well, issuing advice like, “Eyes up, Poke Balls down, people.” Your humble author doesn’t know much about how Pokemon works, save that you’re supposed to catch these things and collect them, and that as they grow they undergo evolution. Funny, that, as news stories like this probably have Charles Darwin

hitting about 7,500 rpm in his grave. MEET GRAHAM, THE HUMAN EVOLVED TO WITHSTAND CAR CRASHES Speaking of evolution, what if human beings adapted as quickly as cars did? With thousands of people killed every year on our roads, would we perhaps change thanks to the pressures of unnatural selection? Australia’s Transport Accident Commission seems to think so. Known for their shocking, bloodily realistic traffic safety advertisements, TAC recently contacted an artist, a trauma surgeon, and a road safety engineer to come up with what people might look like if we were built to survive crashes. The result has a massively thick skull, no neck at all, an overpadded torso and built-in airbags. The point of the grotesque rendering is to show how fragile ordinary human beings are, and to remind us to slow down. It’s a clever idea, although now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure I ran into this guy at an all-you-caneat buffet in Las Vegas. THE PORSCHE 911R HAS APPRECIATED LIKE CRAZY

Nothing relating to Porsche makes sense anymore. Take a look at the 911R, an enthusiast-special that takes the running gear from the wild GT3 RS and shaves off all the aerodynamics. The result is a limited edition car that is as fast as the racing special, but is more prone to sliding around – it’s also only available with a manual transmission, while the GT3 comes with a dual-clutch gearbox and paddle-shifters. Originally, the 911R sold for under $200,000, which isn’t cheap. However, because Porsche only built 991 of the things, restricted supply has created insane demand. Currently, in the used market, 911Rs are selling for as much as $1.3 million. That’s crazy, but maybe there’s some good advice here for the average consumer. If you’re looking at getting a sporty machine, make sure you buy the rarer manual version, even if the self-shifter makes the most sense. It might not be worth millions in the long run, but driver-focused stuff seems to have lasting value. Watch this space for all the week’s best and worst of automotive news, or submit your own auto oddities to mcaleer.nsnews@gmail.com.

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New QX60 is a sensible choice From page 35 seem to be aimed at taking a bit out of BMW’s performance-based image. As an example, the new Q50 sedan can be got with a twin-turbocharged V-6 making 400 horsepower – that’s like a luxury version of the mighty GT-R! The QX60, on the other hand, gets a transverselymounted 3.5-litre V-6 making 265 h.p. at 6,400 rpm and 248 foot-pounds at 4,400 rpm. Those power figures aren’t too bad, but then Infiniti attaches their V-6 to a continuously variable gearbox. So, if you grew up driving a Nissan 350Z or a G35 coupe, and are looking at the QX60 to provide some of those same thrills while hauling a couple of kids around, lower your expectations. Such is not this crossover’s mission. Instead, the QX60 backs up its comfortable seats and feature-laden interior with a supple suspension and muted engine noise. The suspension and steering have been tuned this year for a little more poise, but there’s still little sportiness to be found. Your kids, busy catching Pikachus and Squirtles, will thank you for the way the QX60 sort of irons out your driving, the shiftless CVT working smoothly with the V-6. There’s no choice but to settle back in your seat; while the power available is enough to accelerate up to highway speeds on an onramp, the way that power is delivered is relaxing. Features: Along with a wellpolished drive, the QX60

sets itself apart from the competition with a laundry list of features in relatively affordable packages. The basic car is $47,400, but for around $52,000, you’ve got one equipped with navigation, voice-recognition, keyless entry and the excellent 360-degree Aroundview camera system. CVTs aren’t the performance enthusiast’s choice, but they do deliver solid economy. Official ratings for the QX60 are 12.2 litres/100 kilometres city and 8.9 l/100 km on the highway. Observed economy in mixed driving was smack in the middle. Green Light: Smooth ride; bright, useful interior; value-friendly options packaging. Stop Sign: Not very sporty handling; acceleration only adequate for the class. The Checkered Flag: Popular for a reason, the QX60 is nice enough to wear an Infiniti badge, but still a sensible choice. Competition Acura MDX ($53,690) A favourite of Canadian families since its inception, the MDX is arguably more important to Acura’s identity than its reborn supercar, the NSX. Like the QX, it’s a V-6-powered three-rower with seating for seven. Unlike the QX, the Acura’s actually a bit of a performer. While it can’t match the forward steam of turbo-charged BMW and Mercedes offerings, the MDX is quite a sprightly drive for such a large car, and light on its feet. It’s a little less cushy than the Infiniti, and the QX does have a simpler approach to onboard infotainment. mcaleer.nsnews@gmail.com

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