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A cyclist has been gravely injured in a head-on collision with an SUV on Marine Drive in West Vancouver.

A 76-year-old Vancouver man suffered serious head trauma, broken bones and possible internal injuries in the crash just east of 29th Street Wednesday afternoon, according to Const. Jeff Palmer, West Vancouver police spokesman. After an investigation by Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service as well as interviews with witnesses at the scene, it appears the collision was caused by the driver of a commercial truck towing a trailer and turning left from Marine Drive onto 29th. The cyclist had no choice but to dodge into the oncoming lane to avoid the

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WATERFRONT WELLNESS “Ecstatic yoga” participant Kristen Landgraff partners up and screeches with delight in a session led by Karma Teachers founder Emerson Lim during the Catalyst Movement Festival last Sunday in the Pipe Shop at the Shipyards. The free public event included workshops in gymnastics, dance, circus and martial arts. See more images and a video at nsnews.com/living. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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Local real estate agents say they know of several multimillion-dollar real estate deals collapsing and predict the hot North Shore housing market will cool slightly in the wake of a new 15-per cent provincial tax on property purchased by foreign buyers.

“It’s one of the most shocking events that’s ever arrived in our industry,” said Brent Eilers, a longtime West Vancouver Realtor with Re/Max. “Nobody really knows how it will unfold.” Eilers said the new foreign buyers’ tax is bound to have an impact, particularly in markets like West Vancouver and North Vancouver, which have been “incredibly dependent on offshore

Real estate industry awaiting full impact of province’s new 15% property tax for foreign buyers money or new money” that’s come from sales to foreign buyers in other areas of the Lower Mainland. On July 25, the province announced it was putting the new 15-per cent tax on property purchases by foreigners in place in response to growing concerns that offshore money has fuelled exponential increases in housing prices in the Lower Mainland putting home ownership beyond the means of most working people.

Statistics released by the province showed that in a five-week period between June 10 and July 14, about 10 per cent of residential real estate deals in Metro Vancouver involved foreign buyers. Anecdotally, real estate agents have estimated a significant number of deals at the higher end of the market in North and West Vancouver have involved foreign buyers. So far, nobody knows what the long-term impacts of the new tax will be, say local Realtors. “Everybody’s sitting back and waiting for the repercussions,” said Allan Angell, another longtime West Vancouver Realtor. “The repercussions could be huge or people could just sit back and say we don’t care.”

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An artist’s rendering shows how the Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant planned for the foot of Pemberton will look. The federal government has mandated its completion by 2020.

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Infrastructure projects lack provincial funds Where’s the money? North Van mayors ask province BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Work is underway for two major North Shore infrastructure projects but municipal leaders are getting nervous about whether provincial funds will arrive to help pay for them.

The new Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant is in its design phase and must be online by 2020. Work crews are already clearing trees and excavating for the Mountain Highway interchange project. Typically, the costs for major infrastructure projects like these are divided three ways between the municipalities, the province and the federal government. The federal government committed $212.3 million for the roughly $700-million sewage plant in the 2016 budget and Metro Vancouver’s municipalities have settled on a formula for how the Lower Mainland municipalities will pay their share but the province hasn’t yet committed funds, said City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto, also chairman of Metro Vancouver’s utilities committee. “We have been liaising with the province for the last couple of years and it’s gone from one ministry to

Mountain Highway north of Keith Road will be closed this weekend for relocation of a gas line at the Highway 1 overpass. During this time, the off-ramp towards Lynn Canyon will remain open but the off-ramp towards Keith Road will be closed. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD another in terms of responsibility,” Mussatto said. “We are just anxiously awaiting a response from the provincial government.” Without a significant provincial grant, finishing the plant would result in a big hit to local utilities bills over a 15-year-ammortization, Mussatto said. “We have made it known to them that it’s the No. 1 priority in the region for Metro Vancouver,” he said. “It has been for at least three years now.” The North Shore’s MLAs have been supportive, Mussatto said, but the critical step in getting the project funded is having it come before the Ministry of

Finance’s treasury board, a committee of government MLAs headed up by Finance Minister Mike de Jong. Mussatto said he’s cautiously optimistic that will happen this fall. “They might want to be getting the best bang for their buck so to speak, get it closer to the election,” he said. “If they’re going to announce significant dollars, do you do it in the summer when people are away on holidays and not really paying attention to news? Or do you do it in the fall?” Despite not being able to pin down a location, Victoria’s sewage plant already enjoys a one-third commitment by the province, Mussatto noted.

Mussatto added the new federal Liberal government has “reinforced” the 2020 deadline. North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Naomi Yamamoto said she and her fellow North Shore MLAs have had more meetings about the treatment plant than on any other subject. “We know that this is a real important project for the region,” she said “We’ve met with folks in government to let them know how important this is to us. … It does have to go through the treasury board cycle but I’m not at liberty to comment when that happens.” And unlike Victoria, the North Shore has selected a location – at the foot of Pemberton Avenue in the Norgate neighbourhood

– and received buy-in from neighbouring residents and businesses, Yamamoto added. In the case of the Mountain Highway interchange, the province has already committed $23.5 million for its share of the $50-million project. But in 2015, the two sides began investigating a new design, which physically separates express lanes headed for the bridge from collector lanes intended for use by people heading for the interchanges at the bridgehead. In order to do that, the old orange Lynn Creek Highway 1 bridge would have to be replaced with a wider option. The province wasn’t intending to replace the 1960 bridge, however, for another 10 years.

District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton said he questions the wisdom of proceeding with work on the old designs when it’s unclear whether the province will fund the new one. “The district’s position is quite clear – that we don’t think it makes sense to move ahead without … widening the orange bridge simultaneously,” Walton said. “It just doesn’t make any sense. Obviously, if you’re going to try to improve the traffic flow through there, you need to deal with the one choke point that seems to be causing a lot of problems.” North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite said she believes staff and elected members from all three levels of government are on board for a new bridge, but determining the cost and how much each level will pay is expected to take some time. “I know that everybody would like to do it and my understanding is that our people are talking to the federal government in addition to the municipality. It’s definitely not off the table. It would be compatible with the construction that’s going on right now because the ministry has made sure that anything that comes available in the near future can be easily incorporated into what they’re doing now.” As part of the project, Mountain Highway will be closed for the entire weekend from 7 a.m. Saturday, until 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15 while FortisBC moves a natural gas pipeline.

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The District of North Vancouver turned 125 years young on Wednesday.

On Aug. 10, 1891, the first and only North Shore municipality, stretching from Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay, was incorporated by the province. The first municipal election 10 days later saw Charles John Peyton Phibbs elected reeve for the district’s 250 residents. Today’s Mayor Richard Walton, (who coincidentally shares the same birthday as the district) marked the auspicious quasquicentennial (Google it) with a flag-raising ceremony Cates Park/Wheyah-Wichen in the morning. The district followed up with a little birthday selfreflection in the form of a

history lecture at district hall in the afternoon. The event drew DNV emeritus staff, including some who were around to help plan the 100th anniversary in 1991. Daniel Francis, author of the recently published Where Mountains Meet the Sea, an Illustrated History of the District of North Vancouver, summarized the pivotal and the trivial moments that helped shape the district. As white settlement goes, the district largely began in the 1870s as “Shaketown” a logging village in Lynn Valley, named for the cedar shake shingles produced there. In 1907, a group of landowners and developers successfully petitioned the province to carve the City of North Vancouver out of the district, beginning the era of two North Vancouvers. The District of West Vancouver followed in 1912, establishing the municipal boundaries that we still observe today. A referendum to amalgamate the two North

Vancouvers failed in 1968 with 90 per cent of district residents approving of the plan but only 50.5 per cent agreeing in the city. The rules of the vote called for a 60 per cent majority in the city to pass. The rest of Francis’s lesson touched on the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations’ thousands of years of presence here and the growth of the district as industrial port, a destination for adventure-seeking tourists and, with the help of bridges and ferries, a commuter suburb of Vancouver. Those who missed the sum-up of our local history can hear Francis give a talk Saturday, Oct. 1 at the Community History Centre. To cap off the anniversary, the district is hosting a bash at Cates Park on Saturday Sept. 17 from 3 to 8 p.m. The event is scheduled to include all-ages entertainment including live music, dancing, an improv comedy review of the last 125 years, as well as food trucks and fireworks.

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the money for. Meanwhile, the West Van couple has already bought another home on the North Shore. Until the closing date, said Taylor, “They have to sit and hope for the best.” Since the new tax went into place, the housing market on the North Shore – particularly for detached homes – has been eerily quiet compared to the buying frenzy and bidding wars seen in the spring. So far, Realtors say it’s unclear whether that’s a result of the tax, a general cooling of the market or a seasonal summer downturn. There have not been “anywhere near the normal pace of sales” since June, said Eilers. The number of sales for detached homes in July were down 45 per cent over last year and down 15 per cent in

North Vancouver for the same time period, said Eilers. The 44 West Vancouver sales in July 2016 contrast with the 74 sales in 2015 and the 153 sales there in February 2016. August has shown an even more pronounced dropping off. The average number of August sales in West Van is about 60. Last year there were 80 sales for the month. So far this month, there have been two. “Things have slowed down dramatically,” said Eilers, adding that doesn’t necessarily mean the pattern is permanent. The fall buying season is typically busier than the summer. “Everybody’s taking a time out. Everybody’s going to be holding their breath the first couple of weeks of September.”

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Two 70-centimetre-long Masai arrows, said to be tipped with poisonous arrowheads, were recently handed over to the local detachment by a North Vancouver resident. The man told police the antique arrows had been given to him by his late father, who brought them back from Kenya in the 1940s. The senior told police he considered the arrows dangerous weapons and didn’t want to have them in his home anymore. Cpl. Richard De Jong, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP, said the man was always told while growing up not to touch the arrows

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because they were poisonous. De Jong said police don’t know if the arrowheads do contain any poison, but they have been handled as though they might, just in case. The Masai tribe is known for using poison-tipped arrows. Rather than destroy the arrows, De Jong said officers contacted staff at the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology, who plan to have a curator take a look at the arrows before deciding whether to take them on as part of the museum’s artifact collection. Although everything from Second World War rifles to illegal handguns have previously been turned over to the North Vancouver RCMP, De Jong said the arrows are definitely among the more unusual weapons to be handed over.

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The real estate industry has criticized the province for applying the tax to deals that were already finalized but had a closing date after Aug. 2 – when the tax took effect. “The biggest frustration we had was they did not grandfather existing contracts,” said Dan Morrison, an associate broker with Re/Max Crest Realty in North Vancouver and president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. While a number of buyers and sellers were able to move up the closing date of their deals and avoid the new tax, others weren’t – leaving foreign buyers with a significant extra cost they didn’t anticipate, said Morrison. On a $2-million house sale,

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the new tax means an extra $300,000. “They’ve given foreign buyers a financial incentive to walk away,” said Morrison. “Then the domino effect starts.” Eilers said he knows of several “sizable purchases” where the real estate deals may fall apart. “There was a $13-million house in West Van that just got nailed with it,” he said. “It’s hard to see in some of these transactions there’s a clear path to the finish line.” Realtor Steve Taylor of MacDonald Realty in West Vancouver recently sold a house for a retired couple in Ambleside to buyers from mainland China for about $2.5 million. But the deal is now subject to the new tax, adding a significant cost, which the buyers say they don’t have

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espite appearing infinitely large, the World Wide Web is getting thinner with each election cycle – as evidenced by a recent university paper penned by Stephen Harper’s former communications director. Dimitri Soudas, who managed mediums and messages for the then-prime minister, is the author of a recently released master’s thesis that lays out the tactics Canadian politicians can wield to manipulate their electorate through social media. As more of us get our news from Facebook friends, retweets, and algorithms based on what we’ve read before, we run the risk of trading unpleasant information that might challenge our thinking for the comfort of being proved right. We’ve seen examples of the growing primacy of social media close to home with NDP leader John Horgan bypassing traditional media in favour of prominent

bloggers. Likewise, Premier Christy Clark has stirred her base by reaching supporters directly through Facebook. The trouble in all this is that so much of social media exists in silos where competing viewpoints are seen as enemies. We may disagree on how our province and country should be governed, but our disagreement should always be based on facts and expressed with respect. In parts equally terrifying and prescient, Soudas’ thesis is critical of Canadian politicians for failing to use social media as effectively as their American counterparts. Given Donald Trump’s fact-free bile that has been spewed over Twitter recently, we can’t imagine a worse evolution for Canadian political discourse. It’s likely true that whichever political party uses his techniques will wield a tremendous advantage. The only disadvantage will be borne by democracy.

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And, less comfy but wonderfully safe, the leatherpadded judge’s chair, from which justice is (judiciously, of course) dispensed. Not to overlook the columnist’s perch on a privileged work chair where one can sit in pyjamas and slap together words telling the council, the legislature, the world, how things should be run. And, when things go wrong, as they sometimes painfully do, how easily the above-named, and many ordinary Joes and Jills around the supper table or watching the six o’clock TV news, can decide what the cops should have done. In that split second of decision. Faced, say, by an unsmiling man (feminists won’t object to this gender

This Just In Trevor Lautens stereotype) sporting a gun, or a knife, sometimes with terrified, wrong-place-at-thewrong-time people screaming and ducking and fleeing (or dying) – a chaotic scene to which the cop has been urgently assigned. Arrives cold. Has to sum up what’s happening – what’s happening by whom to whom – in one quick sweep of the

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situation. What if the cop shoots? A shot – as much luck as skill – that hits his moving flesh target? What if his assailant stops, winged, but gun still in hand? Is a second shot justified? If he buckles to his knees, or sprawls flat, how about three, four, five? And of course this officer is required to be utterly professional. Detached. Cool. Steely nerves. Just as you and I would be, right? Haven’t we seen enough movies and TV murder operas to know how to react flawlessly to instant peril? But life, like love, isn’t Hollywood. There are no second (or 17th) takes. On the instant social emails, on the evening news where editors shape the court of public opinion to a jury in armchairs, and in the papers whose columnists

dissect the simplified morality tales of right and wrong that are the media’s meat, and months later from the bench or around the inquiry table, the officer’s action will be weighed. In the calm light of day. Will it be determined exactly how many shots the cop should have stopped at? And also the line that separates his sworn duty to protect the threatened public from the constitutional rights of the threatening individual? Now ratchet up the challenge – admitting what follows is a crude model, glossing on what the president of France called a war, a war unlike any in our own history. Suppose the security police are grappling with protracted world-wide terrorism by radical Volcanovians. Most Volcanovian immigrants

are peaceful. But a fringe group harbours grievances – colonialism, racism, poverty imposed by rich nations. The cops infiltrate. They compile lists, concentrically ranging from hard-core potential terrorists to sympathizers just mouthing off. Or are they? The police have limited personnel, dollars, Volcanovian-speaking infiltrators. They must make knife-edge judgment calls: Drop investigating all-talk X; concentrate on dangerous Y. But what if X’s radical maunderings later ripen into plans for action? Joining others – ideologically-pumped students, maybe – who acquire guns or grab bombmaking instructions off the Internet. With terrorizing success. A shocked nation would rip the cops from top to bottom. Bunglers. Incompetents. Fools. Why didn’t they collar

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X early on? But if they had? Stupid. Repressive. Fascist. Why, they didn’t have enough on X then for a dog-licence conviction. Ever hear of individual rights? Consider the organizational pressures. Up the managerial line, halt the investigation and many lives might be lost. The human factor: Ideals, careers, egos entwined with a thousand years of the rule of law pitted against gangster mind-set. You can relax the whistling after passing the graveyard. In real-life Canada, no story has been dropped into the forget-hole as swiftly as that of gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and was shot by security guards including Kevin Vickers in the very

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FortisBC gets OK for pipeline Ministers grant environmental assessment certificate JENNIFER THUNCHER/ SQUAMISH CHIEF Contributing writer

Minister of Environment Mary Polak and Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman issued FortisBC its conditional Environmental Assessment Certificate Tuesday afternoon.

The certificate paves the way for the proposed Eagle Mountain to Woodfibre Gas Pipeline Project. The pipeline expansion is required because of the natural gas that will be needed for the Woodfibre LNG export facility slated for Howe Sound. The pipeline project would involve placing 47 kilometres of new pipe from north Coquitlam to the Woodfibre site southwest of Squamish, as well as

a new compressor station in Squamish. “It is a step forward, but there is still a lot that has to happen,” said Trevor Boudreau of FortisBC on Tuesday shortly after the decision was released. He said the company would be reviewing the decision and then implementing conditions into the project design. Conditions include the company developing an access management plan to reduce impacts on wildlife, mitigate impacts to wetlands and compensate for any permanent loss of wetlands, as well as continuing to consult with First Nations and the public. The proposal has been controversial from the start with recent concerns centred around the placing of the compressor station 1.8 kilometres from the Valleycliffe neighbourhood. Some area residents have raised concerns and vowed to fight the location of the compressor. The Reasons for Ministers’ Decision

acknowledges the concerns raised in Squamish. “We note the concerns of the public related to noise and air quality effects, and greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Mount Mulligan compressor station,” reads the decision, but the ministers felt the concerns were not well founded. “We recognize (Environmental Assessment Office’s) conclusions that any noise levels generated by the station would not cause changes to the existing baseline sound levels and that increases in air emissions would be localized and well below the BC Ambient Air Quality Objectives.” The parent company for Woodfibre LNG, Pacific Oil and Gas Limited, has yet to make its final investment decision. The Squamish Chief contacted Squamish Nation Chief Ian Campbell, the Concerned Residents of Valleycliffe and My Sea to Sky immediately following the decision but had no response by press time.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Ann Hamilton Book launch Local history was brought to life during an after-hours champagne and chocolate event at the North Vancouver District Public Library’s Lynn Valley branch June 25. The occasion was hosted by representatives of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, the District of North Vancouver, and the NVDPL in celebration of the District of North Vancouver’s 125th anniversary and the launch of author Daniel Francis’ new book Where Mountains Meet the Sea. Enthusiastic readers – some clad in period costume – attended along with special guests and local leaders, including District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton. A storytelling hush settled in the room when Francis stepped to the mic, captivating the crowd with his warm and interesting illustrated talk. Local independent bookseller 32 Books & Gallery made it possible for fans to obtain copies and autographs. Additional festivities included refreshments, a photo booth, costume contest and trivia.

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Rich Hope and his Blue Rich Rangers perform a free show at Lynn Valley Village on Friday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. The band will be playing tunes from the likes of Gram Parsons, Waylon Jennings, Doug Sahm, Freddie Fender and the Stones all rolled into one big country soul stew with a few originals thrown into the mix as well. Hope also plans to return to the North Shore next month as part of Steve Dawson’s two-night tribute to David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album at Kay Meek Theatre on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. PHOTO SUPPLIED DAN TOULGOET

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A familiar looking man – slender with well-coiffed hair and tattoos – is giving another man a dry shave in a vintage barber’s chair at The Belmont Barbershop. Located on Broadway just a block off Main Street, the space gives the impression that it’s been a well-preserved bomb shelter for the past 50-plus years.

From the seafoam green walls and classic coloured leather

barber chairs to its fare of classic shave kits, soaps-on-a-rope, and enough tins of wax pomade to make George Clooney’s character in O Brother, Where Art Thou salivate, the basement barbershop is frozen in time as far as aesthetics are concerned. As for the familiar looking man? Swap out the razor for a guitar and audiophiles in Vancouver recognize him as Rich Hope, the rockabilly king of Main Street. “I reflect sometimes and I’m really happy that whatever I do, I trade my skills for money,” Hope says in his shop, which he co-runs with master barber Dustin Fishbook. Since opening in 2005, Fishbook took on Hope as an apprentice and the pair partnered up to bring Mount Pleasant dwellers a clean shave and an experience that harkens back to Coca Cola’s heyday. “If you need me to cut your hair, you can give me some

money. If you need me to sing you a song, gimme some money. And sometimes I might do either of those for free,” Hope laughs. The Edmonton-born musician, known for his rock and roll acts Rich Hope & His Evil Doers and the Blue Rich Rangers, spent some time working in Whistler before making Vancouver’s Main Street his home in the late ‘90s. That, he says, is when his career really began to get traction. “I wanted to snowboard for a while and I just used to play cover gigs for a living in [Whistler] bars,” he explains. “Ground zero was ’97. I moved out to Main Street and put out a record right there and then, and that’s kind of when everything started to get going. The move to the city was that I wanted to actually write my own music and actually do this.

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U.K. director celebrates the American way

Director David Mackenzie taps into rich tradition in Hell or High Water JULIE CRAWFORD Contributing Writer

Hell or High Water is set in West Texas, a hardscrabble part of the U.S. with land so scorched you feel you have to shake off the dust as you leave the theatre. Pretty much the last place you’d expect British “navy brat” David Mackenzie to have developed a fondness for. The director now calls Glasgow home but was drawn back to the region after spending time there a few years back. “This is the land where Giant was shot … I love the cinematic poetry of it.” “Here was an opportunity for me to make a proper American film: as an outsider who has loved American cinema all my life and enjoys Americana in general, it was a gift that just felt right.”

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reunite in time to put the plan into action. Toby is a divorced father determined to leave a better life for his son; brother Tanner, not

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reluctant retirement, as well as his partner Antonio (Gil Birmingham). It’s an old-style western dunked in contemporary issues: the land has been ravaged by drought and subprime mortgage foreclosures, and no one is shedding any tears for money that the bank might have lost. The film’s release date a few months ahead of the U.S. election is welltimed: “I don’t think the film is taking sides and I don’t think it’s deliberately not taking sides,” says Mackenzie, “but it’s bringing up conversations along areas that seem to be fault lines in American culture at the moment.” The director admits to wearing cowboy boots and a Stetson for the duration of the shoot (“I am totally Method in every way”) and says that country music playing before and during shooting helped the actors rapidly assimilate into the culture. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis collaborated on the soundtrack, which also features Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt and Chris Stapleton.

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Bridges is a well-known music aficionado: he reportedly sent co-star Birmingham a CD of his music before filming began. The two actors jammed between takes on set and their onscreen chemistry is borne out of their love for music, says Mackenzie. The director himself produced the music on his last film but insists he is a non-musician: “I was kind of playing up and down one string of a guitar while the others tried to follow me, Jeff and Gil helped me!” Was Jeff Bridges his first choice? “Everyone was my first choice, short answer,” he says. “But yes, Jeff is a brilliant actor and I’ve admired him in many of his early films … he’s a generous person and an incredibly creative guy.” His character Marcus is abrasive and offensive to his half-Cherokee, half-Mexican partner, abuse that disguises a depth of affection shared by the two men. There is one scene where Bridges’ character is tasked with an extreme act and his Marcus chokes back tears, laughs and has a palpable rush of adrenaline all at once. “That’s one of my favourite scenes in the film too,” says Mackenzie, “that’s the magic of Jeff Bridges. We were on top of a mountain, we had one or two takes, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.”

Bridges comes full circle with this film: the first bank robbery in Hell or High Water takes place in Archer City, where The Last Picture Show – the 1971 Peter Bogdanovich film starring Bridges and Cybill Shepherd – was set. “There’s a rich seam of really strong cinema that I’m totally tapping into with this film,” he says, counting Billy the Kid, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Bridges again in Fat City, Hal Ashby movies, those American films of the late ‘60s and 1970s with “very humanistic, free-wheeling attitudes to things” as influences. “I love that period of cinema and how much it loved its characters: you had great movie stars doing quite small films and quite realist films, going away from the studios into the real world. I think American cinema has kind of lost that because we’re going back to big movies that are more event-based, and I think it’s a real shame.” Mackenzie was under the gun to get the shoot done, especially with the scenes featuring Pine, who was only available for two and a half weeks before Star Trek was scheduled to start. “It was mad!” he admits, but he never saw anyone other than Pine playing the role. “Chris usually plays kind of swashbuckly, handsome leading men so to take an actor who’s well known for that and scruff him up

and make him quiet and uptight… For Chris to have the cajones to play it down and not to play it for leadingman kicks, I think he was very bold.” And opposite Pine’s brooding, weighed-down character is Ben Foster’s Tanner, a loose cannon going for broke. “Ben is superb at harnessing that kind of chaos. It’s a beautiful combination, that brotherly Odd Couple.” Supporting characters are no less meaningful and memorable in Mackenzie’s film, from the old-timer who witnesses a robbery to the waitress (Katy Mixon) who refuses to give up her $200 tip as evidence. “When you have this road movie kind of thing, it’s a picaresque: (supporting characters) have one or two scenes to come alive,” Mackenzie says. “I was definitely very conscious of the fact that the film would live or die by the convincingness and strength of these minor characters.” The director’s love for the Texas landscape is evident but with three kids in school back in Scotland Mackenzie says he isn’t ready to convert and recite the Pledge of Allegiance just yet. That doesn’t mean he wouldn’t hesitate to return to Texas for another movie shoot. “I’d like to wait and see what happens in November,” he says, hinting at the election. “But I would definitely consider it… if you’ll have me.”

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It was a fleeting moment – like when you’re not sure which train is leaving and which is staying; or when you see a beautiful woman clutching a parasol floating away on the New Jersey ferry – and you don’t say a word. It was 1985. Everyone in Hayley’s Grade 1 class was naming their favourite bands. All she had to do was name a band – any band – and she could be cool, too. Only she didn’t know any. (Duran Duran sounded redundant, REO Speedwagon must’ve been that new car company and Dire Straits were certainly nothing to joke about). “When it got around to me – I had never heard of any band in my life – so I said: Peter, Paul and Mary. That was kind of the end of my hopes for popularity at school for the rest of time,” Hayley says, laughing. Thirty years later, Hayley is a renowned soprano singer with a repertoire that extends from Bach’s Joy to Schonberg’s Les Miserables. Her interview with the North Shore News comes during a brief break from her role overseeing temperaments, temperatures, high art and highballs as artistic director of the Blueridge Chamber Music Festival. “It’s this magical place where you go and you stay with other musicians and everybody drinks and parties all the time,” she says. “In three weeks or four weeks there you get more done than in an entire year of studies.” A veteran of the Vancouver Bach Children’s Choir, Hayley attended her first summer music festival at 17. The bands have been jumping and the living’s been easy ever since. Unlike the disaster of her first piano lessons (unhappy

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Alejandro Ochoa accompanies soprano Dorothea Hayley as they rehearse for the Blueridge Chamber Music Festival. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD with her mother’s tutelage, a six-year-old Hayley threatened to move out) the festival was a revelation. “There’s this heightened energy of creativity that affects everybody. It affects the students, it affects the professors and it affects the audiences. There’s this sense that everybody is united in this suspended, magical moment where the outside world doesn’t really exist.” Much like a summertime cousin, Hayley kept showing up at the July and August festivals, and each summer made its mark on her. “I certainly would not have ended up being a professional musician without those experiences.” Being a professional is largely about a “willingness not to do anything else,” Hayley explains. “I think that being a professional, in some way, has to do with embracing the lifestyle of being an artist, which

is this life that’s a little bit difficult. Your ego is subjected to so many ups and downs. You are at the mercy of your health … and of course you don’t make any money,” she says. “You become still more committed to creating art and to creating beautiful moments.” That’s why she founded the festival and why she chose the North Shore, Hayley says. Concerts are scheduled for the evening, when fading summer sunlight should be peering through the windows of Mount Seymour United Church. “There’s that smell, that beautiful smell of the North Shore in the summer, of the pine trees kind of cooking,” Hayley says. “That’s kind of what I’m after with the festival. I want to create this atmosphere that doesn’t exactly exist anywhere else.” To help create that atmosphere Hayley plans to

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Sylvia passed away peacefully with her husband and daughters by her side. She was born in North Bay, Ontario to parents Art and Adele Olson, and spent her childhood growing up in many small towns throughout BC. She graduated from high school in Needles, BC, and worked as a secretary with the newspaper in Revelstoke. Sylvia relocated to Vancouver when she took a job in the steno pool in the C.P. Rail office. Sylvia met the love of her life, Milton Harvey, at a YMCA dance, and they were married in 1961. They built a house and settled in North Vancouver, where they raised their two daughters. During these years, Milt and Sylvia formed many lifelong friendships with families in the neighbourhood. Sylvia was a passionate badminton player and treasured the times spent with her many badminton friends. Throughout the years, she and Milt enjoyed traveling, both camping and cruising, including numerous trips to Mexico and Europe. They also enjoyed walking with friends, neighbours, and each other. Sylvia is survived by her husband of 55 years, Milt, daughters Christine (Martin) Andrews and Nicole (Alastair) Hill, grandchildren Holly and Fraser Andrews, and Jenna and Griffin Hill, as well as her brother Jack Olson and his wife Jean. At her request, no service is being held.

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Following the war he joined Scouts Canada where he was a member for over 65 years, receiving his Silver Acorn. He was a Life Member of the Royal Canadian Legion receiving the Meritorious Service Medal. Tom was also a founding member of the Stoney Creek Environment Committee. As a result of this work, he was awarded Burnaby’s Citizen of the Year. Recently Tom was awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honor from France for his service to the people of France. Although a quiet and unassuming man, he touched many different lives in many different ways. Dad will be dearly missed.

LEWIS, Michael James May 8, 1950 − August 6, 2016

It is with great sadness we announce the death of a beloved husband, father, son, brother, friend and community advocate. Michael James Lewis passed away early on the morning of August 6th, after a short illness. He was surrounded by family as he peacefully bid us farewell. After retiring from a long and fulfilling career at BC Tel/Telus, Michael devoted his energy and passion to family and public service. He’ll be remembered as a fierce advocate for the healthcare rights of children with autism across the country, through his role as President of both the Autism Society of BC & Canada. A lover of the arts, Michael served as President of the British Columbia Boys Choir for eight years, also acting as a chaperone on several international tours. In 2008, he was first elected to West Vancouver District council and was subsequently re−elected in 2011 & 2014. Michael considered it a privilege to serve his community through his work on council, along with numerous boards and committees. Above all, Michael was a dedicated father and husband. We already miss his unwavering guidance, wisdom and affection. He is survived by Jean, his wife of 31 years, sons James and Aaron, mother Audrey and brother Kevin. A private family service will be held Monday, August 15th − followed by a public Celebration of Life from 2:00−4:30PM at the Gleneagles Golf Course Clubhouse (6190 Marine Drive, West Vancouver.) In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to "Medicare for Autism Now" society at www.medicareforautismnow.org

Muriel finished her journey here on July 2, 2016. She leaves her sons Dr. Richard Olson of California and Dr. David Olson of North Vancouver, sister Audrey Grisdale of West Vancouver, brother Ken and wife Joan Cope of Calgary and grandchildren Karey Rappos, and Julian, Jonathan, Delaina and Marissa Olson. Muriel was born in Wainwright, Alberta, daughter of Fred and Dorothy Cope. Schooled in Calgary, she became a comptometer school instructor and was the first woman in Canada to belong to the National Office Managers Association. During WWII she served in the Red Cross and at war’s end married Hugh Frank Olson. The couple lived in Alberta until coming to Vancouver and the North Shore in 1962 to raise their children. They owned and operated the Queensdale Pharmacy and Muriel, aware of the need to showcase quality Canadian artwork, focused on opening the Queensdale Shop at Lonsdale and Queens, which led to the successful Queensdale Gallery on Esplanade and Hugh and Muriel helped form the Lower Lonsdale Business Association. She had a wonderful rapport with local artists and craftspeople, whom she represented in her gallery and whose artistic endeavours she supported through her gallery. Quality was her main concern: she was proud of the many art pieces that found their way around the world. She retired and closed the Gallery in 1997. The family thanks Dr. Nancy Crossen and the Lynn Valley Care Centre staff for their kind, caring concern and support. In lieu of flowers, donation in memory of Muriel Olson may be made to the Pacific Spine Research and Education Foundation, c/o Dr. Don Nixdorf, 10020 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, V7A 1W4, or online at pacificspine.ca/fundraiser.aspx?asset=90. A memorial service will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, August 27 at the First Memorial Boal Chapel, 1505 Lillooet Road, North Vancouver.

SMITH, Lisa Mary May 20, 1959 - July 26, 2016 Lisa’s life ended peacefully, at home, surrounded by the people she loved most: her husband Rob and her five children, Samantha, Hannah, Jesse, Haley and Joel. Her passing was a respite after a 16 month struggle with terrible, mortal illness, but it leaves a space in the hearts of all of us who loved her which feels boundless and empty. Lisa was born 57 years ago in Port Alberni daughter of Joan and Sidney Forstrom, beloved sister of Susan, Bill, Nancy, Margo, and John. From the outset, her unique personality announced itself as a force of nature within the family - not with the sound and fury of a storm, but rather the irresistible determination of the tide. Lisa had very particular ideas about how things should be done, and a singular talent for seeing things done her way. Yet the extraordinary force of her personality was never (well, rarely) overbearing. Lisa was thoughtful, intelligent, energetic, funny and gregarious. Her focus was not her own comfort, but rather the desire to make things better for the people around her. Problems encountered at home, work, school, on the sports field, in the kitchen or anywhere else became puzzles which Lisa took a delight in studying and solving. Lisa loved her life. Whether raising a child, planning a party, or caring for an aging parent, Lisa threw herself into each new challenge, never content with adequate, but determined to find the best possible outcome. Lisa was passionately devoted to the welfare of her friends, and above all her f a m i l y, a n d w e a r e a l l b l e s s e d w h o h a d t h e opportunity to know her. Lisa was too young to die. We will always love her, and will miss her terribly. The family would like to extend special thanks to the many health care professionals who provided advice and assistance during Lisa’s illness. Your caring and compassion made the unbearable less so. In lieu of flowers, we invite friends and family to make a donation to the BC Cancer Agency or a charity of your choice in Lisa’s memory. An event to remember and celebrate Lisa’s remarkable journey through life will be held at The Pinnacle Hotel at The Pier in North Vancouver on Friday, September 23 from 4pm-7pm.

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What’s the deal with the Ford Focus RS, a compact hatchback that sells for the same price as a 5.0-litre Mustang? The secret is in those two little letters at the end of the name, the RS designation letting you know that this is no ordinary family car – this little guys is made for racing. PHOTO SUPPLIED BRENDAN MCALEER

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What we have here is a compact hatchback for the same price as a 5.0-litre Mustang. Bang for your buck? The fastest Ford? Well, no. However, there’s a very good reason why everyone’s going crazy over the Focus RS, and it’s all about those two little letters at the end of its name. While they’re a new designation on this side

of the pond, an RS badge has long heralded the arrival of the baddest, scrappiest, most hooligan-grade products the Blue Oval brings to market. So, is the Focus RS a sensible choice? I think I can safely tell you at the outset that the answer is a resounding no. Wait, that’s not loud enough: NO! If you want sensible, buy a Ford Escape. If, however, you want the meanest hot hatchback on

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TESLA AUTOPILOT SAVES A LIFE While controversy continues to swirl around whether the world is ready for fully autonomous vehicles, the semi-autonomous car is already beginning to prove its worth. Tesla is currently fighting off a storm of criticism over crashes involving its Autopilot driver assist (most of which seem to be human rather than computer error), but in at least one case, the system seems to have made the difference between life and death. According to Slate.com, attorney Joshua Neally was headed home from work to his house in Branson, Mo.,

Braking News Brendan McAleer when he suffered a pulmonary embolism. Luckily for Neally, he happened to be behind the wheel of his Model X, with its Autopilot system on. Despite having his driving capabilities severely reduced, Neally was able to use Autopilot to get him 30 kilometres down the road and into the parking

lot of a hospital just off the highway. The car’s driver assist functions helped him navigate despite the crippling pain. Never mind the self-driving car, this is an example of how the semi-autonomous car will end up saving lives. With an aging population behind the wheel, the ability of a car to make up for an incapacitated driver will become ever more important. Maybe far off in the future, that car will know enough to drive you right to the hospital itself, but in the more immediate present, at least the smartest cars out there can help prevent a crash. JAPAN APPROVES THE MIRRORLESS CAR In other tech news, Japan has approved the use of

camera-based systems in cars to replace the side mirror. While no manufacturer has yet steeped forward to take advantage of the recent update to Japanese road requirements, there are any number of advantages to going mirrorless. For one thing, a physical side-view mirror causes a significant amount of aerodynamic drag on a car. They also generally provide a limited amount of viewing area, and can have blindspots if improperly set. A camera could show a number of different views, including a wide-angle to eliminate blind-spots. With tough new efficiency requirements coming in the next decade, the reduced drag will help automakers reach economy targets. Of course, it’s also just another thing to break, and you still have to get drivers to actually use them properly. Still, look forward to not having to squeeze around all those mirrors on the car deck of a B.C. Ferry some time in the not-toodistant future. PORSCHE CROSSOVER COUPE TESTER SPOTTED And now for some

distinctly less pleasant news from the future. Instead of working on a svelte new sporting machine, Porsche appears to be developing a coupe-styled four-door crossover that’s a cross between the Panamera and the Cayenne. Oh no. Not another one of these stupid things – what’s wrong with just a regular Cayenne? Are companies required by law to build less-useful versions of cars that are perfectly fine in the first place? Why not spend the money on a compact sedan to compete with the BMW 3 Series? Or a reborn version of the 928? Well anyway, brace yourself for a Cayenne Coupe, cutting you off in traffic sooner than you expect. CAMARO ZL1 ARRIVES, IS RIDICULOUS As we wait for the future to arrive, Chevrolet and Ford continue to offer the past as well. Not too interested in self-driving electric cars or camera-based mirrors? How about a 650 h.p. Camaro then? The ZL1 Camaro gets a supercharged 6.2-litre making 650 h.p., 650 foot-pounds of torque, and a whole

lotta noise. You’ll be able to get a manual version, of course, but there’s also a new 10-speed automatic transmission. The combination is capable of running through the quarter-mile in a claimed 11.4 seconds. The ZL1 should also handle really well too, thanks to GM’s still and light Alpha platform, magnetically adjustable suspension, and wide high-performance tires. It’ll pull more than a g in the corners, and can stop from 100 kilometres per hour in about 33 metres. Ford, meanwhile, isn’t taking all this supercharged Chevy stuff lying down. The GT500 version of their Mustang has been spotted roaming around Dearborn, Mich. The old GT500 had 662 supercharged horsepower, but wasn’t much in the handling department. The new car has the same bones as the track-special GT350 – will it be enough to best the Camaro? The war started in the 1960s still rages. 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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Corolla. And things don’t get any less crazy when you move inside. ENVIRONMENT The Focus RS comes with the most ridiculous seats ever fitted to a factory-spec car in the history of the world. Well-bolstered doesn’t cover it: these are essentially racing seats with a recline option. Made by Recaro, they grip your ribs like the hand of a man-eating giant. In the United States, these race buckets are an option, but they’re standard North of the border – Canadian Ford enthusiasts will probably have to skip a few helpings of poutine to fit. Aside from the seats, a modicum of blue stitching, and a trio of low-profile gauges mounted on the dash, the RS is essentially just a very high-spec Focus with a bunch of boost under the hood. Thus, it’s a useful hatchback, though one with a slightly smallish trunk because of the all-wheel-drive system. I fit two child seats in the back and a running stroller in the trunk without issue. The navigation system, while

occasionally confused by the odd side road, was relatively simple to use. Even the stereo was decent. If you’re considering the RS as a sort of five-door family-wagon alternative to a specced-out Mustang, then good news: it works. Now let’s talk about the really fun stuff.

PERFORMANCE At more than $50,000 after freight, the RS is not just the cost of a V-8 pony car, it’s more expensive than either a Subaru STI or a Golf R. It makes its case, however, with a distinct character: the Subaru is the rally car, the Golf R is the city slicker; the RS is the tarmac terror. Power comes from a reworked version of the 2.3-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine found in the Ecoboost Mustang. Here, it makes 350 horsepower at 6,000 r.p.m. and 350 foot-pounds of torque at 3,200 r.p.m. Please note that attaining these peak figures requires a tank of fuel with at least a 93 octane grade. You can run 91 or 92, but you’ll make a little less power. The RS’s four is muscular from low revs, but really

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Fun of the Focus RS comes from its excellent handling While the steering can be darty and frenetic, mostly the RS just feels eager. Even the standard driving mode urges you on, and there are both Sport and Track modes for even more vigour. There’s also something called Drift mode, which will let you smoke the tires around an autocross like you just signed a sponsorship deal with Michelin. The twistier the road, the better the RS gets – the suspension does a great job of absorbing bumps, and Ford has put the button to adjust

See Hatch page 38

There aren’t many interior design details, aside from some blue stitching and low-profile gauges, to set the cabin of the Focus RS apart from its less powerful siblings.

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The Focus RS does its best work when the needle pushes past 4,000 r.p.m. PHOTOS SUPPLIED BRENDAN MCALEER

These Recara racing seats, standard in the Focus RS, are more gripping than a John Grisham novel.

Hatch can handle traffic or the track From page 37 the dampers on the left-most stalk. You can have the throttle and engine programming in its most aggressive mode, yet soften the suspension to deal with choppy pavement. On a tight tarmac course, even a supercar might not be able to touch this riotous little hooligan. It’s the ultimate hot hatch of the moment, the king of the hill – for now. FEATURES Equipped with everything from satellite navigation to a sunroof, the RS only comes very well equipped. You just pick your colour and you’re done. Fuel economy isn’t too bad, with official ratings at 12.1 litres/100 kilometres city and 9.3 l/100 km on the highway. It can probably handle your commute just fine, but the RS will certainly tempt you into worse consumption.

GREEN LIGHT A blast to drive; still a useful hatchback; genuinely tough enough to handle multiple laps. STOP SIGN Expensive; requires maxoctane fuel; seats won’t fit everyone. THE CHECKERED FLAG Loud, fast, fun – a riot with four doors and a hatchback.

Competition VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R ($39,995) Less unhinged than the Focus RS, the Golf R is still really fast. On paper it makes nearly 60 h.p. less than the Ford, but still manages to put down acceleration times that are within a couple of tenths of a second. Moreover, it’s much less shouty than the Ford. While 19-inch alloys and quad exhaust pipes don’t sound very reserved, the Golf R is otherwise just a Golf. Get one in grey and blend into the crowd. mcaleeronwheels@gmail.com

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~2016 RX 350 Luxury Package/2016 IS 200t F SPORT Series 1/2016 NX 200t F SPORT Series 1 shown: $64,519/$46,018/$51,269. ^$3,000 Delivery Credit is available on the purchase/lease of new 2016 Lexus IS models, and will be deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price after taxes. ‡ $2,000 Lease Assist is available on the lease of new 2016 Lexus RX models/2016 NX 200t models, and will be deducted from the negotiated lease price after taxes. *Lease offers provided through Lexus Financial Services, on approved credit. *Representative lease example based on a 2016 RX 350 sfx ‘A’ on a 39 month term at an annual rate of 1.9% and MSRP of $56,919. Monthly lease payment is $549 with $7,040 down payment or equivalent trade in, $0 security deposit and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Payment calculation includes $2,000 Lease Assist. Total lease obligation is $28,468. 65,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.20/km for excess kilometres. *Representative lease example based on a 2016 IS 200t sfx ‘A’ on a 39 month term at an annual rate of 0.9% and MSRP of $42,018. Bi-weekly lease payment is $199 with $3,340 down payment or equivalent trade in, $0 security deposit and first bi-weekly lease payment due at lease inception. Total of 84 bi-weekly lease payments required during the lease term. Total lease obligation is $20,197. 65,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.20/km for excess kilometres. *Representative lease example based on a 2016 NX 200t sfx ‘A’ on a 39 month term at an annual rate of 1.9% and MSRP of $44,719. Bi-weekly lease payment is $249 with $2,170 down payment or equivalent trade in, $0 security deposit and first bi-weekly lease payment due at lease inception. Total of 84 bi-weekly lease payments required during the lease term. Total lease obligation is $23,249. 65,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.20/km for excess kilometres. MSRPs include freight and PDI ($2,045), Dealer fees (up to $395), AC charge ($100), Tire charge ($25), and filters. License, insurance, registration (if applicable), and taxes are extra. Fees may vary by Dealer. Lexus Dealers are free to set their own prices. Limited time offers only apply to retail customers at participating Lexus Dealers. Dealer order/trade may be required. Offers are subject to change or cancellation without notice. Offers expire at month’s end unless extended or revised. See your Lexus Dealer for complete details.

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