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Grinch steals truckload of noble firs from charity tree lot BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
Life imitated a Dr. Seuss’ Christmas classic last Friday when some Grinch cut their way into a charity Christmas tree lot in Lower Lonsdale, and made off with a load of tannenbaums.
For the last 20 years, Aunt Leah’s Place has been using volunteer-run Christmas tree lots to raise money for programs aimed at preventing children in foster care from becoming homeless, and young mothers from losing custody of their children. When volunteers arrived at the relatively new lot at 123 Carrie Cates Ct. on Dec. 2, they found that someone had cut the fence open and stolen a swath of trees. The thief targeted the choicest seven- and eight-foot noble firs, which sell for $16 a foot. With roughly 30 gone, plus the cost of purchasing them wholesale, Aunt Leah’s is out roughly $5,000. “This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, said Angelina Oates, Aunt Leah’s director of social enterprise. “It basically means we’re just going to have to (raise funds) that much harder throughout the year after Christmas to make up for the loss. We rely a lot on our fundraisers to
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Spencer Dodge, volunteer with Aunt Leah’s Place charity Christmas tree lot in Lower Lonsdale binds some fir trees ready to be purchased. Someone broke in and stole 30 choice trees on Dec. 2, hurting the charity’s bottom line. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
Property assessments to rise 30-50% JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
Homeowners on the North Shore should brace for some sticker shock when they receive their property assessment notices next month.
Many single-family homeowners in both North Vancouver and West Vancouver will see their property assessments rise between 30 and 50 per cent over the previous year, the B.C. Assessment office is warning. “Those would be some of the higher increases in the province,” said Jason Grant, area assessor. “I’ve been in this position 12 years. It’s certainly the highest increase I can recall in the past decade.”
Letters warning of even greater hikes go out to 4,500 homeowners Assessment hikes on the North Shore are similar to increases being seen throughout the Lower Mainland, said Grant. They also come on top of the 15 to 25 per cent increases in assessments a year ago. Grant said it’s important to remember that “large increases in assessments do not always translate into large increases in property taxes.” How much property taxes increase for individual
owners has more to do with how that property’s increase in assessed value compares to the average increase in their area, said Grant. Those whose increases are much higher than the average can expect to pay higher taxes. Homeowners who fall into that category will see early notification letters arriving from the assessment office within the next week. Only property owners whose assessments have gone up 15 per cent higher than the average increase in their community will receive a letter. About 4,500 homeowners out of a total of 70,000 property
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Terry Beech says he needs more time for reflection TEREZA VERENCA AND JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
Burnaby North-Seymour constituents will have to wait a little while longer to hear where their MP stands on the recent Kinder Morgan pipeline decision.
Liberal MP Terry Beech said he’s currently working on a “more substantive statement” including a YouTube video explaining his thoughts on the pipeline approval. “I spent a lot of time thinking and working on this issue and I have a responsibility to this constituency to make sure that I put their best interests first, and part of that is going to be making sure that sharing how I feel about this matter is done with reflection,” he said prior to hosting an open house at his constituency office Dec. 3. “Right now, I’m totally focused on having conversations with constituents so that it can help inform my own decision on that.” On Nov. 29, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his government’s approval of the proposed $6.8-billion Trans Mountain expansion project, which will triple the Edmonton-to-Burnaby pipeline’s capacity from 300,000 barrels a day to 890,000 barrels a day. Shortly after,
Terry Beech, Liberal MP for Burnaby North-Seymour, speaks with constituents during an open house on Saturday. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER/BURNABY NOW
Beech told media that he was reserving comment until he fully reviewed the information. He has been publicly silent since then. Beech has been in a tough position because his riding straddles both sides of the Burrard Inlet where tanker traffic is expected to increase nearly seven-fold. During a presentation to the Trans Mountain ministerial panel, Beech shared how his constituents stood opposed to the project. On Saturday, Beech admitted he didn’t realize how
“emotionally exhausting” the Kinder Morgan decision would be. “As an MP, you wear three hats, you have to represent your personal values, you have to be able to look yourself in the mirror every day, you have to represent your constituency values, you have to fight for your local community and then you have to look at the national interest. I try to balance that as best as I can and I will continue to try,” he said. At least a couple of those who attended his open house
said they felt some sympathy for Beech although they disagreed with the pipeline decision. Kai Nagata, spokesman for the Dogwood Initiative which campaigned against the pipeline, said Beech appeared “shell shocked” by the decision at the open house. “I think it hit him hard,” he said. Nagata said he doesn’t blame Beech for the decision because he thinks the MP did all he could to lobby caucus against the approval. “There’s no doubt as to his sincerity and his investment
in the issue,” said Nagata. “I know how hard he worked on the report he took to the ministerial panel. The (calculation) from the prime minister’s office was to throw him under the bus. ... He did everything he could.” Rene Dansereau, who also attended the open house, had similar thoughts. “Most of us were saying we were very upset with the government. They’ve badly misjudged this particular issue,” he said. But Dansereau said he doesn’t blame Beech. “I got the impression he was a genuine
person who was actually interested in what we had to say.” A steady flow of people came through the doors during the daylong open house. Burnaby resident Glenn Vockeroth stopped by to tell Beech he was “more than disappointed” with the announcement. Burnaby Mountain resident Carol Clarke said her community never gave consent. Clarke’s husband John, said he feels “absolutely betrayed” and that Beech has been “hung out to dry” by his party. “His best move would be to make a statement and set out as an Independent. That way he has some possibility of being re-elected,” he added. John Clarke noted when the ministerial panel in charge of reviewing the Kinder Morgan file came out with its report in November, he was feeling “fairly positive” about a no decision. “It’s clear to me they (the cabinet) probably read it, looked at it, (it) didn’t turn out the way they thought it would, and simply said ‘to hell with the truth,’” he said. Not all open house attendees were naysayers. Doug Payette dropped in to tell Beech he’s in favour of the project and its economic opportunities. “I believe it is way safer than rail movement,” he said. “I believe in the built-in safety of the double-hull tankers and all those things; they’re going to do the best they can, and I think they’re going to be certainly watched, so they’re going to have to go to the highest standards.”
COURT: DANGEROUS DRIVING SENTENCING
Driver handed house arrest and 3-year driving ban JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
A West Vancouver investment manager who crashed his Mercedes into an Audi Spyder after a high-speed drive down a narrow stretch of Marine Drive has been handed a nine-month conditional sentence, including three months of house arrest and a three-year driving ban.
Andrew Ian Hromyk, 50, was sentenced by Judge John Milne in North Vancouver provincial court Nov. 29 after
pleading guilty to a charge of dangerous driving. Earlier in the sentencing hearing, Crown counsel Arlene Loyst described how witnesses reported seeing Hromyk’s vehicle racing down a winding stretch of Marine Drive on the evening of Aug. 23, 2014, overtaking a number of cars on the wrong side of the road. Court heard that soon after, the Mercedes smashed into the rear passenger side of the eastbound Audi, sending that car spinning into a nearby hedge. Two children and another passenger were
in the Mercedes when it crashed. Witness Steven Ross ran outside after hearing a loud bang near 31st Street. Ross told police the front end of the Mercedes was smashed in and that Hromyk appeared to stagger and be unable to stand up straight, said Loyst. Court heard during the sentencing hearing that earlier in the afternoon before the crash, Hromyk had been socializing on a boat where he was handed a strong vodka-based drink. When police arrived on the scene, Hromyk failed
a roadside breath demand and was taken back to the station, where he blew Breathalyzer readings of .130 and .120 about three and a half hours after the crash, said Loyst. She pointed to alcohol consumption before the accident as an aggravating factor in the case. Hromyk was originally charged with the more serious counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm and dangerous driving causing bodily harm but those charges were dropped in exchange for the guilty plea to the less serious
offence. Loyst noted in court Hromyk’s driving record includes 24 speeding tickets and six previous 24-hour roadside suspensions. Hromyk’s defence lawyer Mark Jetté told the judge Hromyk is of otherwise good character and has already been humiliated by publicity about his actions. Just prior to sentencing, Hromyk apologized to the court. During the 90 days of house arrest, Hromyk is allowed out for work between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., for completion of 50 hours of community work service,
and other times agreed to by authorities. For the remainder of the conditional sentence order, he is to obey a curfew between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. Hromyk is also banned from drinking alcohol during the sentence, must pay a $5,000 fine and a $1,500 victim fine surcharge. Hromyk also faces a civil suit stemming from the accident. Bassam Moubarak, driver of the Audi hit by the Mercedes, is suing Hromyk for lost wages, pain from back and neck injuries and depreciation of his vehicle caused by the accident.
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Prosecutor Oren Bick asked Judge Bonnie Craig of Richmond Provincial Court to consider handing Walter James McCormick, 52, a longer jail sentence than usual for other types of drug dealing, precisely because the drug is so dangerous. “It is a very powerful drug. It is a very dangerous drug. People are dying more and more from overdosing on it,” Bick told the judge in court Tuesday morning. Bick argued a new standard needs to be set for sentencing of fentanyl dealers because while the drug results in the same type of high and addictiveness as heroin, it has a much higher potency, is more difficult for dealers to cut in a safe manner and is
Eight thousand fentanyl pills and 956 grams of crystal meth seized from McCormick’s home. PHOTO COURT EXHIBIT more likely than heroin to kill. A fentanyl dealer should therefore get a longer sentence than a dealer who traffics a drug like cocaine, Bick argued. McCormick is being sentenced after pleading guilty Aug. 29 to five charges including one charge of trafficking fentanyl in North Vancouver and four charges of possessing drugs, including fentanyl, for the purpose of trafficking in North Vancouver, Langley and Richmond. McCormick was arrested Feb. 17, 2015 in one of the Lower Mainland’s first major fentanyl trafficking busts that followed a lengthy undercover police investigation under the name “Project Tainted.” According to circumstances of the case described
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Homeowner grant reform urged From page 1 owners in North and West Vancouver will receive a letter – about 6.4 per cent of the total. Provincewide, about 4.5 per cent of owners typically receive the early notifications, said Grant. Last year, just more than 2,100 homeowners on the North Shore received the early warning letters. He added the early notifications go out every year and are not connected to the particular increase in Lower Mainland property values this year. Detailed property assessment notices will go out to all homeowners at the beginning of January. But those who are curious don’t have to wait until their assessment arrives in the mail. Property owners can
go online to the B.C. Assessment website and check their own assessment – and anyone else’s – starting Jan. 3. Another feature that allows anyone to check for sales in their neighbourhood is already active on the website. Grant said the free online tools are extremely popular. As usual, the assessed values being released in January are based on what property values were almost six months prior – on July 1, 2016. This year, that means assessments will reflect property values as they were near to the peak of the real estate market, while values of single-family homes on the North Shore have been falling since then. Grant said if values continue to slide, those changes
will be reflected in next year’s assessments. The latest figures from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver still put the sale price of an average single-family home in West Vancouver at more than $3 million and an average single-family home in North Vancouver at more than $1.6 million last month. Those who disagree with the assessed value of their property also have the option of appealing, said Grant. Typically only about one per cent of property owners appeal their assessment. In response to the jump in assessments, this week, Metro Vancouver politicians announced they will urge the province to consider changes to the way the homeowner grant is calculated in the future.
Local politicians have voiced concern that the skyrocketing assessments have left many Lower Mainland homeowners out of luck on the homeowner grant. That has resulted in Lower Mainland property owners collectively receiving a smaller slice of the grant money handed out, despite a rapidly growing population. A study commissioned by Metro Vancouver has suggested several alternatives to the way the grant is calculated, including having different municipalities set different thresholds of assessed value for receiving the grant, providing different grants depending on how long owners have owned their properties and scrapping the program entirely in favour of supporting more affordable housing.
Volunteers hope for surge in tree sales From page 1 support all these moms and babies and foster kids.” North Vancouver RCMP investigators said they would canvas the area for any surveillance footage but so far, it appears there were no witnesses to the tree theft. “There are no suspects. It’s not like the trees are tagged or marked or anything. Certainly it’s one of those Grinch stories,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “One wouldn’t think there’s a black market for stolen
Christmas trees but who knows what they’ll do.” Oates said she prefers to think the trees will wind up in the homes of needy families, rather than on the private lot of some competitor looking to “make a dime.” Volunteer Lisa Morris said she hopes the public will rally around Aunt Leah’s, heart to heart and hand in hand. “Not many people know they exist down there,” she said. “They need charity donations. This is an opportunity to buy your Christmas tree from this spot. It might
help in making up this money they lost. ... If the public knew and they knew they could help just by buying a tree, it might be a benefit.”
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as buyers scrambled to complete sales before the province’s new foreign buyers tax came into effect on Aug. 2. Metro Vancouver’s politicians are now calling for reforms to the homeowner grant to make the system more equitable. But those now feeling burned by the spring’s hot housing market should remember there were voices calling for the province to take action sooner. A big part of the reason the party continued was the province relied heavily on the advice of the real estate industry itself. That and the tax bonanza it brought in. If you’re feeling particularly aggrieved by your assessment, you can appeal it. The province also allows anyone over the age of 65 to defer their taxes indefinitely at a token interest rate. And remember, there are worse problems to have than owning a multimillion-dollar home.
Kinder Morgan: the agonies of ambiguity
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his is not a column for people who find it easy to make up their minds. Those people who take one look at Justin Trudeau’s decision to let Kinder Morgan expand its pipeline to Burnaby and instantly know what to think: 1) This is a disaster, locally and globally. An accident in Burrard Inlet will forever damage a fragile ecosystem and the greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands production and export to Asia are unacceptable to a world on the brink of climate change disaster. Worthy people such as Green Party leader Elizabeth May are prepared to go to jail to prevent this from happening. 2) This is a great victory for the Canadian economy, securing our futures and
The North Side Paul Sullivan paying for critical health care, education, and social services. Combined with other initiatives such as capping coal-fired electricity generation, Canada will be able to keep its promise to reduce greenhouse gas emission and pay its bills. Worthy people and declared environmentalists such as North Shore MPs Jonathan Wilkinson and
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Pamela Goldsmith-Jones are promoting this decision. 3) The Internet: Trudeau is a bum (and worse). 4) The Internet, too: Trudeau is a hero. No, this column is for the rest of us who go through the agonies of ambiguity on something like this. We stew over pros and cons while our more resolute friends and neighbours are no help. In fact, our efforts are met with the following scorn: “Get that picket out of your butt and stand up for something.” Well, millions of words have been expended by the made up minds, so I get to spend 750 on some primetime dithering: Item A: There has never been a spill in Burrard Inlet since tankers started shipping oil from the existing facility in the Port of Vancouver in 1956.
Item B: The pipeline company has reported 82 spills since 1961 (no word about the period before that date). It says 69.5 per cent of those occurred at pump stations or terminals. Is that good? Obviously, the company thinks it’s good. Another 21 per cent occurred along the pipeline, which stretches from the Alberta oil fields to the sea. According to the company, only nine incidents exceeded the reporting threshold of 1.5 metres cubed, and only three of those have occurred in the last 35 years. Is that good, too? Item C: The number of tankers entering Burrard Inlet will increase by approximately one a day and they will be double-hulled, fortified against accidents. Spills may “happen all the time” in Burrard Inlet, but not – so
far – from the holds of oil tankers. Item D: Rachel Notley, the premier of Alberta, was in Vancouver this week to promote the pipeline extension. Notley, it is worth noting, is a member of the NDP. B.C.’s NDP leader John Horgan is firmly opposed to the pipeline. So here we have the spectacle of civil war among people who we’d expect to be leading the opposition against the pipeline. It’s understandable, considering the alleged value of oil sands bitumen to the Alberta economy, but are all principles grounded in geography? Item E: Andrew Nikiforuk, a journalist for whom I have the utmost respect, has written a piece in the Tyee with the following headline: “Kinder Morgan Approval Insults Democracy, Science and Economic Logic.”
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It insults democracy, he writes, because the National Energy Board process recommending the decision was skewed to favour approval, and Trudeau’s promise to overhaul the board and redo the review process is basically a lie. Andrew says it insults economic logic because potential customers such as the Chinese refineries can’t even process the oilsands bitumen, and “how can Kinder Morgan dump 540,000 barrels of diluted bitumen in Pacific markets and not have any impact on global oil prices. …” It insults science because allowing Alberta to increase oil sands production to grow by 40 per cent will make it absurdly difficult for Canada to reduce its emissions by 30
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everyone involved. Texting/ talking (on a smartphone) while walking is a quick way to the emergency room. There are lessons to be learned here and a word to the wise is sufficient. More than 50 per cent of the overall incidents occur during the daylight hours, but most of the serious injuries and fatalities occur on rainy nights when drivers don’t see the pedestrian in time to slow down. So here are some simple, cheap, easy actions that you can do to keep safe when walking at night: 1. Put the phone away and take the earbuds out. (Drivers too!) Not answering that missed call or text may
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Wade through pipeline propaganda From page 8 per cent. There’s a lot more where that came from, but you get the idea. Item F: It’s worthy to note that B.C.’s Premier Christy Clark has yet to endorse Trudeau’s decision. But it seems less a question of can the B.C. Liberals be bought
than, OK, what’s the price? Item G: I have this sinking feeling that facts have been forever poisoned by politics, so figures lie and liars figure. Nonetheless, it’s the job of each of us, especially the good citizens of the North Shore and Burnaby, stewards of the shoreline, to wade through the propaganda, extract that strategically located picket,
and decide for ourselves. Ambiguity is not an option … is it? Journalist and communications consultant Paul Sullivan has been a North Vancouver resident since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of Madonna. p.sullivan@breakthroughpr. com
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sentence handed down in 2000 for trafficking in multiple kilograms of cocaine in the United States, a six-year sentence he received in 2002 after pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine in Surrey and a 20-month sentence handed down in 2012 for trafficking 3 kg of hashish in North Vancouver. Bick told the judge McCormick was a mid-level dealer with “a wide customer base” who has not been deterred by previous jail sentences. Provincial court Judge Bonnie Craig has reserved her sentencing decision until the new year. Charges against McCormick’s former spouse Karen Marie Armistead, a registered nurse, were withdrawn by the prosecutor on the same day McCormick pleaded guilty. B.C.’s director of civil forfeiture has filed a claim against the Poplynn Drive home, registered in Armistead’s name, as well as a condo in Oliver and 3.4acre waterfront property on Gambier Island, saying those properties were all connected with, or bought with the proceeds of, McCormick’s drug dealing. Armistead’s lawyers are fighting the forfeiture.
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Bick said previously outside court he’s asking the judge to stake out new ground with her sentencing decision. But McCormick’s defence lawyer Lawrence Myers rejected what he called a “horrific sentence.” Making an example of McCormick won’t solve B.C.’s fentanyl death crisis, said Myers. “This notion that this problem is somehow going to evaporate because of a sentence is illusory,” he told the judge. Myers said 40 years ago authorities advocated stiff sentences for marijuana and heroin dealers but, “We know now it does not work.” Myers said examples such as the U.S. prove “lengthy periods of incarceration do not deter people.” Myers urged the judge to base her sentence on “what is law and what is real in our community” and impose a jail sentence of between eight and nine years for all of the offences. According to details of the case described by the Crown prosecutor in court, McCormick supplied fentanyl pills to a dealer who then sold them to an undercover police
This police surveillance photo of Walter James McCormick in the parking lot of a North Van gas station where drugs were dealt was one of many photographs entered as evidence at his sentencing hearing. PHOTO SUPPLIED COURT EXHIBIT officer posing as a mid-level dealer from Yellowknife. Two exchanges, observed by police surveillance officers, happened at a gas station parking lot on Mountain Highway in Lynn Valley. When police raided McCormick’s home on Poplynn Drive and a storage locker on Main Street, they turned up huge quantities
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The Beachhouse Restaurant at the Dundarave Pier hosted a sold-out crowd on Nov. 24 for the fifth annual Christmas on the Shore, a fundraiser for Family Services of the North Shore. Presented once again by the Fuller family, the evening’s 100 guests mixed fun with philanthropy, getting into the spirit of the season with donations that will help out North Shore families in need this Christmas.
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Sandra-Mae Luykx and Alan Marriott are featured performers in The SantaLand Diaries on stage now at Presentation House Theatre. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
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The secret lives of elves ! The SantaLand Diaries, Presentation House Theatre, Dec. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 17 at 2 and 8 p.m. For more information visit phtheatre.org. ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com
Sometimes to find your own humanity you have to kick out Tiny Tim’s crutch.
So says Bill Allman as he explains part of the motive behind his latest theatrical venture, The SantaLand Diaries. “You need to deflate some of the seasonal traditions in order to find the genuine emotion behind it,” notes the director and producer of the somewhat sardonic yet witty play on now until Dec. 17 at Presentation House Theatre.
The SantaLand Diaries is loosely based on author and American radio personality David Sedaris’ employment as a Macy’s department store Christmas elf. Originally written as a short story, it was adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello, best known for his work on the Broadway play Wicked. Allman read the short story years ago and saw Sedaris perform different material at the Vogue theatre this year. Although Sedaris didn’t read from The SantaLand Diaries during the Vancouver show, Allman was impressed. “I looked at the audience’s reaction and went, ‘Oh, well, as a producer I can tell you this is gold.’” When the idea was floated to mount a production of The SantaLand Diaries, Allman was keen to bring the story to local audiences mainly because of the humour. “One of the great things about this piece is we all find ourselves
laughing consistently throughout it,” he says, but warns it’s a departure from traditional heartwarming seasonal fare. “This has some edge to it, this has some bite. It’s a backstage pass into the secret lives of elves.” However, although the tone is somewhat cynical, it’s not all bah-humbug. “Every single Christmas story has a little redemptive quality to it,” says Allman. “It’s a dark Christmas comedy with heart, which is why it works and I think is what attracted me to it.” It’s a tricky business balancing a sarcastic script; too much sarcasm and it may come across as plain mean. But Allman says as a writer Sedaris has a gift for knowing exactly where to draw the line.
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exhibition runs until Dec. 17. All artwork is priced at $100 and each piece is divided 50/50 between the artist and NVCAC. Registration is now open for the North Shore Art Crawl that takes place March 4 and 5. All artists and artisans who work and/or live on the North Shore or are members of the North Vancouver Community Arts Council are invited to open their galleries and studios to the community. Deadline for registration: Monday, Jan. 9, midnight. DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca You Are Here: Wall calendars containing 12 images created by 10 local artists depicting North Shore scenes are on display until Feb. 6. Proceeds from sales support the North Shore Cultural Mapping Project. Calendars
are available at CityScape Community Art Space and the Silk Purse Gallery for $22. DISTRICT LIBRARY GALLERY 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. nvartscouncil.ca A Cow Named Daisy: A series of acrylic paintings by Sharka Leigh of dairy cows from around the world whose names are Daisy are on display until Dec. 31. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, 2-4 p.m. 604981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Paintlove Artwork Exhibition: Liz May, diagnosed with non verbal autism, displays her abstract paintings until Dec. 20. Info: lizsartdesign.com. RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922
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ART IN CLAY Helen Weiser and Ronna Ander create pieces for the Art in Clay Holiday Pottery Show and Sale in the Great Hall at Gleneagles Golf Course on Saturday, Dec. 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ceramic work from more than 25 artists will be on display. For more information visit westvancouver.ca/gleneagles. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
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Lukas Henne Top 10 Albums 1. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (Matador) 2. Mitski - Puberty 2 (Dead Oceans) 3. Noname - Telefone (Mixtape via SoundCloud) 4. Anderson .Paak - Malibu (Steel Wool) 5. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (Columbia) 6. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree (Bad Seed Ltd.) 7. A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here Thank You 4 Your Service (Epic) 8. Solange - A Seat at the Table (Saint Records/Columbia) 9. Pinegrove - Cardinal (Run For Cover Records) 10. Charles Bradley - Changes (Daptone) Liam Starnes Top 10 Albums 1. Gord Downie - Secret Path (Arts & Crafts) 2. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (Columbia) 3. Death Grips - Bottomless Pit (Harvest Records) 4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree (Bad Seed Ltd.) 5. Bon Iver - 22, A Million (Jagjaguwar) 6. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (Warp) 7. Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee (Merge) 8. Anderson .Paak - Malibu (Steel Wool) 9. Noname - Telefone (Mixtape via SoundCloud) 10. Anohni - Hopelessness (Secretly Canadian) Eli Teed Top 10 Albums 1. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (Matador) 2. Parquet Courts - Human Performance (Rough Trade) 3. Anderson .Paak Malibu (Steel Wool/OBE/Art Club/EMPIRE) 4. Whitney - Light Upon the Lake (Secretly Canadian) 5. Black Mountain - IV (Jagjaguwar) 6. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound (Domino Recording Co.) 7. Angel Olsen - My Woman (Jagjaguwar) 8. Kevin Morby - Singing Saw (Dead Oceans) 9. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (Warp Records) 10. Okkervil River - Away (ATO Records) John Goodman Top 10 Albums 1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree (Bad Seed Ltd.) 2. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (XL Recordings) 3. Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée (Deutsche Grammophon) 4. Lydia Loveless - Real (Bloodshot) 5. Solange - A Seat at the Table (Saint Records/Columbia) 6. Blood Orange - Freetown Sound (Domino) 7. Jessy Lanza - Oh No (Hyperdub) 8. Lori McKenna - The Bird & the Rifle (CN Records) 9. Essaie pas - Demain est une autre nuit (DFA Records) 10. Angel Olsen - My Woman (Jagjaguwar) John Goodman Favourite Reissues/Archival Recordings 1. Big Star - Complete Third (Omnivore Recordings) 2. Paul Bowles - Music of Morocco (Dust to Digital) 3. Bob Dylan - Live 1966: Complete Live Recordings (Legacy) 4. Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions (Atlantic) 5. Steve Reich - The ECM Recordings (ECM) 6. Sun Ra - The Singles (Strut) 7. The Bangles Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Bangles! (Omnivore) 8. Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box 4CD set (Universal) 9. Autechre - Incunabula/Amber/Tri Repetae (Warp) 10. Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land (Blue Note/Music Matters vinyl)
Omnivore Recordings’ Cheryl Pawelski worked for a decade piecing together Big Star’s Complete Third.
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COURTING CHAOS: CHERYL PAWELSKI COMPLETES BIG STAR’S THIRD
Archival project brings Alex Chilton masterpiece to life JOHN GOODMAN jgoodman@nsnews.com
Big Star never got to make a third album. Back in 1974 Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens and friends recorded more than enough material to put something out but little of it was heard until earlier this year when Omnivore Recordings released Complete Third.
It’s brilliant stuff. The “critics’ darlings” from Memphis outdid even themselves in laying down track after track of sublime southern gothic pop filtered through Chilton’s singular genius. Big Star released two classic albums in 1972 and 1973 (#1 Record and Radio City) that very few people actually listened to back in the day. The band (originally consisting of Chilton, Stephens, Andy Hummel and Chris Bell) rarely played live although for one memorable gig they played to a room full of rock critics.
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In some respects Chilton didn’t know how to do anything else. An unlikely pop star at 16, fronting The Box Tops on the massive Top 40 hit “The Letter,” he’d seen it all way too soon. On Complete Third the edgy angst-ridden performer wrestles with personal demons while still attempting to create the perfect pop tune. Fragile deconstructions like “Holocaust” and “Kanga Roo” were a tough sell in a radio-friendly environment but Chilton was always searching for something darker anyway. There is some speculation that the recordings he made with producers John Fry and Jim Dickinson were never meant to be a Big Star record
and were instead intended as a Chilton solo album. At some point he seems to have lost interest in the material or was pushed out of the way and the tunes languished for decades on the shelves in Memphis’ Ardent Studios. Thanks to Omnivore Recordings and Cheryl Pawelski we now get to hear Chilton’s work in context from roughs through to demos and finished tracks. For more than two decades Pawelski has worked on the preservation of archival recordings. Before co-founding Omnivore in 2010 she held positions at Rhino Entertainment, Concord Music Group and EMI-Capitol Records producing recordings, reissues and boxed sets for a wide range of artists. Last year her work on previously unreleased Hank Williams material, The Garden Spot Programs, 1950, was recognized with a Grammy for Best Historical Recording. Pawelski has built her
career helping artists to create definitive statements of their music. This week she spoke to the North Shore News about Omnivore’s epic efforts to reconstruct Big Star’s Complete Third into a coherent record. North Shore News: How did you get my dream job? Cheryl Pawelski: (laughing) Well, I started as a temp. I quit a job after college I had back in Milwaukee and I went to work at a record store so I could learn more about distribution and then I moved to L.A. I became a temp at Capitol Records and I was there for 12 years. North Shore News: You’ve seen the music industry go through many changes including the shift from analog to digital, from vinyl to streaming. Cheryl Pawelski: It’s funny when I first started I was doing
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GROUNDED IN REALITY: THE YEAR IN PICTURES
Celebrating cinematic highs in a year of changes JULIE CRAWFORD Contributing writer
If there’s a thread that connects these best films of 2016, it’s the inevitability of change and our desire to cling to the old life we knew.
Make of that what you will in a year of atomic shifts in government south of the border and abroad, of the loss of so many cultural icons, and a general feeling that all is not well in the world. Even the technicolour joy of La La Land and the furry cuteness of Zootopia were grounded in reality. But all that restlessness generated a wellspring
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of excellent filmmaking this year, both on the festival circuit and in the multiplex. So turn off that inflammatory news network and head to the movie theatre and enjoy some of the cinematic high points of 2016. Best Musical: La La Land Who writes a contemporary musical? Damien Chazelle
proved masterful with Whiplash; La La Land shows us he’s downright magical. Starring Emma Stone as an aspiring actress in L.A. and Ryan Gosling as a struggling jazz musician, the film is a riot of colour, songand-dance numbers and stylish verve. The opening sequence in an L.A. traffic jam should be required viewing before your commute every Monday morning. Honourable mention: Sing Street Best Drama: Manchester By The Sea How to coax humanity back out of someone who has lost
it: that is the crux of Kenneth Lonergan’s outstanding drama. Already lost in grief, Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is sidelined by the death of his older brother and becomes reluctant guardian to his teenaged nephew (Lucas Hedges). The story of why Lee can’t return to his ex-wife (Michelle Williams) and the seaside town of Manchester unfolds with surprising humour and devastating sadness, aided by Lonergan’s effortless dialogue and a career-best performance from Affleck. Honourable mention: Fences
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Moonlight shines with stellar performances From page 17 Best Science Fiction: Arrival The category is a bit of a misnomer, since Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival spends more time dealing with the fragile communication between humans than with the aliens who arrive unannounced, hovering above the earth in what appears to be a mammoth, smooth, black pebble. Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is a linguist sent to communicate and gauge the visitors’ intentions, both buoyed by this new discovery and hindered by grief and loss. Now if only she could get the boys to put down their guns and listen. An unexpectedly touching, time-bending film that demands a second viewing. Best Coming-of-Age: Moonlight It’s misery watching Chiron (played by Alex Hibbert then Ashton Sanders) navigate boyhood in the Miami projects with an addict mama and bullies waiting for him every day after school. He finds an unlikely ally in a local drug dealer (Mahershala Ali) but still hasn’t reconciled his identity and sexuality by the time he’s grown (Trevante Rhodes). Barry Jenkins wrote
Mahershala Ali (left) stars in the marvelous Moonlight. Natalie Portman plays the titular role as the iconic Jackie. the screenplay and directs, but all hinges on the depth of the performances, which are fathoms deep across the board. Honourable mention: Hunt For
The Wilderpeople. Best Horror: The Witch An otherworldly film about possession steeped in realism
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– right down to the 17th-century scripting – that will scare the bonnet off you. At the centre of Robert Eggers’ feature debut is a family banished from their New England community and left to starve or survive at the edge of a forest. That turns out to be the easy part as infants go missing, animals speak and religious zealotry cries witchcraft. Honourable mention: 10 Cloverfield Lane. Best Western: Hell or High Water David Mackenzie’s film is an old-style western dunked in contemporary issues: the Texas landscape has been ravaged by drought and subprime mortgage foreclosures, so when two estranged brothers go on a robbery rampage no one is shedding any tears for the bank. Tenuous family connections are examined amidst a world that is changing too fast. Chris Pine and Ben Foster play the brothers, Jeff Bridges is the grizzled Texas Ranger with one last case before he rides into the sunset. Best Animated: Zootopia It was a banner year for kids’ flicks but the best was Zootopia, the story of a peaceable kingdom where predators and prey live side by side in biblical harmony. That peace is shattered when some of the carnivores suddenly start reverting to their basic-instinct selves. While kids will love the spunkiness of rookie-cop Judy Hopps, adults can’t miss the sly race relations, politics and prejudice at play. Honourable mention: Kubo and the Two Strings.
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Best Foreign: The Handmaiden Another kinky offering from South Korean director Park Chan-wook, this one is a love story and revenge thriller set in the 1930s about a con man (Ha Jung-woo) who, with the help of an orphaned pickpocket (Kim Tae-ri) marries a young Japanese heiress (Kim Min-hee) with a view to having her committed to an insane asylum, all in the name of fortune and revenge. But then the women fall in love, sort of. Nothing is what it appears to be, and the graphic sex and violence are just stops along a very twisty, decadent journey. Honourable mention: Elle. Best documentary: OJ: Made In America Officially a mini-series that also played on the big screen, the epic from Ezra Edelman chronicles the environment that created the handsome, superbly talented football star, the man who never wanted to be a symbol for his race. With never-seen archival footage and new interviews, Edelman takes a fresh look at events leading up to the trial that polarized the nation. Honourable mention: Life, Animated. Best Period Piece: Love and Friendship Part drawing-room intrigue, all sharp-tongued comedy, with a tour-de-force performance from Kate Beckinsale. Directed and written by Whit Stillman and based on Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan, the film looks at what one widow must do to survive in society with
young fools and men who are “too old to be governable, too young to die.” Stealing every scene is Tom Bennett; Chloe Sevigny also stars. Honourable mention: Sunset Song. Best biopic: Jackie Pablo Larrain directed both top films in this category, Jackie and Neruda. His Jackie is an intimate portrait of the days between the shooting of JFK and his funeral procession through the streets of Washington. A frank conversation with a reporter (Billy Crudup) fills in the gory details – yes, motorcade shooting included – but a steely Jackie (Natalie Portman) insists on the Camelot legacy. Remarkable performance by Portman in a film that keeps us as off-kilter as the widow herself in those first few bleak days. Honourable mention: Neruda. Best Whatever-You’d-Call -The Lobster The weirdness and coal-black humour of The Lobster makes the list. After his wife leaves him, a man (Colin Farrell) tries to navigate a world where coupling is an imperative: single people are sent to an asylum where failure to find a mate in 45 days means you are turned into the animal of your choice, or you try to escape and be shot. Things get more urgent for the singles (including John C. Reilly and Ben Whishaw) until the man’s escape to the woods, where he meets another loner (Rachel Weisz). Unique, right to the unspeakably brutal – but weirdly romantic – ending.
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IQ by Joe Ide, Mulholland Books, 337 pages $30.40. It is a welcome surprise to see a new author invigorate an already overloaded genre and that is exactly what Joe Ide does to detective fiction with his impressive debut novel. Isaiah Quintabe is unlike any character you’ve met before. His story of growing up in South Central Los Angeles is intertwined with the search for his brother’s killer. IQ’s history weaves through a case he has taken on concerning a murder attempt on a rap star and Ide skillfully keeps us intrigued on every level. Hopefully there’ll be a follow up released soon. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Schuster, 512 pages, $39. Anyone who has seen Bruce Springsteen perform live can attest to the staying power he has. Three hour long shows are the norm and when he is on stage you feel like he’s holding nothing back. Springsteen brings that same level of honesty to the pages of his memoir. From his childhood through his first bands and on
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to the release of his first album he shares the trials of a young artist trying to get his first big break. The years of touring and struggles within the band are all told from the heart right through to his current life in this well written book. The Pharos Gate by Nick Bantock, Chronicle Books, $34.95. It has been twenty-five years since Nick Bantock drew us into the fantastic world of Griffin and Sabine. These unlikely lovers brought us joy and sadness, hope and despair as we took a voyeuristic look into their relationship through the incredibly clever presentation Bantock created. In this final installment in their struggle to be together we are privy to their correspondence, once again provided through postcards, letters that we take from the included envelopes to open and read,
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Tom Kundig study and Flynn Berry fiction were among this year’s best reads.
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Story of Moby Doll one for the ages John Goodman Top 10 Nonfiction Books 1. Mark Leiren-Young – The Killer Whale Who Changed the World (Greystone) Leiren-Young has been researching the story of Moby Doll for many years. He won a Jack Webster Award in 2015 for a CBC Ideas radio documentary on the subject and his new book puts all of his work in context. Many of the people featured in Moby Doll’s story (including
longtime Vancouver Aquarium director Murray Newman, who passed away at the age of 92 in March of this year) lived on the North Shore. The killer whale himself (a young male, at first misidentified as female) was first brought to North Vancouver in 1964 after being captured off Saturna Island. A fantastic read. For some of the back story visit: nsnews.com/entertainment/ dossier/moby-doll-of-thesalish-sea-1.1021436.
2. Francis Wilson – Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De Quincey (Bloomsbury) 3. Lesley M.M. Blume – Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises 4. Joshua Hammer – The Bad-Ass Librarians of TimbuktuAnd Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts (Simon & Schuster) 5. Hannah Sparling and Meg Vogel – Finding Home (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
6. Jean Stein – West of Eden: An American Place (Random House) 7. Colson Whitehead: The Underground Railroad (Doubleday) 8. Arthur Lubow – Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer (Ecco) 9. Olivia Laing – The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Picador) 10. Bob Mehr – Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements (Da Capo Press).
Princeton Architectural Press, 300 pages, $88. With imagination and ingenuity Tom Kundig has earned a special place in modern architecture. His take on modernism has transcended the cold, impersonal spaces so often presented as contemporary homes. Instead he has created visionary buildings that connect the interior spaces to the world outside in fascinating ways that make each one unique. Many of the sites he has built on are blessed with incredible views and Kundig removes the barriers to them by incorporating amazing mechanical gizmos to move entire walls to open the space to the outdoors. Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry, Penguin Books, 222 pages, $22. A planned weekend at her sister’s home is brought to a shuddering detour as Nora walks in to a murder scene. As
she struggles with the loss of her sister Nora is fueled by a need for vengeance that goes back to an incident when they were teenagers. Berry has crafted a very skillfully layered novel that keeps its suspense to the final pages. They Drew As They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Golden Age by Didier Ghez, Chronicle Books, 208 pages, $54. The 1930s was a fascinating era for Walt Disney Studios. After hiring the best artists from all around the world Disney went a step beyond the establishment of an amazing talent pool and hired a group of concept artists. These men and women would be the talent to lead the way into the future. The pages are filled with drawings of fantastic scenes and characters. Much of their work evolved into Disney creations but many of the drawings are seen here for the first time as original illustrations.
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HOLIDAYHAPPENINGS GREAT STUFF ART AND GIFT SALE The Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver, presents its annual holiday sale offering unique and affordable gift items created by 34 Vancouver artists and artisans. The show runs Tuesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.6 p.m. until Dec. 18. ferrybuildinggallery.com AUNT LEAH’S TREES This seasonal lot at Lonsdale Quay, 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver is open Monday-Thursday, 1-8 p.m. and Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. until Dec. 21. Sales benefit children in foster care and help young mothers maintain child custody. auntleahs.org SCOUTS CHRISTMAS TREE SALE West Vancouver scouts will be selling their 2000 holiday trees until Dec. 23 while supplies last Monday-Wednesday from noon to 8 p.m., Thursday-Friday from noon to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m.-8 p.m. at Taylor Way and Clyde Avenue. SEYMOUR SCOUTS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE FUNDRAISING SALE will take place until Dec. 23 at Parkgate Village shopping centre at the corner of Mount Seymour Parkway and Mount Seymour Road, North Vancouver. Hours: Dec. 9, 1-9 p.m., Dec. 5-8, 1-8 p.m., all Saturdays and Sundays, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and Dec. 12 onwards, Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Friday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. All proceeds benefit various scout programs. THE CHRISTMAS SHOW The North Shore Artists’ Guild will hold a show and fine art sale WednesdaysSundays, from noon to 6 p.m. until Dec. 24 at Brushstrokes Gallery, 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver. nsartists.ca DOG HANDLERS’ PET FOOD AND SUPPLIES DRIVE Local professional dog walking companies will once again be collecting pet food, supplies and funds until Dec. 24 for the Pacific Animal Foundation and Dogwood Rescue Society, who will then distribute them to needy animals. Drop offs can be made at Village Pet Food & Supplies, 5323 Headland Dr., West Vancouver. WINTER GIFT GALLERY The Seymour Art Gallery
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PEACE ON EARTH Roxie Giles (left), Alex Marshall, Pete Duyker and Marcus Mosely of the Marcus Mosely Chorale perform Peace on Earth at Highlands United Church in Edgemont Village on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. Call 604-770-1088 or visit themarcusmoselychorale.ca for tickets. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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CONNECT PEOPLE WITH CHOCOLATE We believe that chocolate has unlimited potential to be combined with ingredients from all over the world to create exciting new flavor options. In our shop, you will find a wide selection of chocolates in surprising innovative flavors such as Green tea, Lemon Basil, Tomato just to name a few. We keep challenging “the world of infinity” in search of the next taste to be discovered. Our regular selection includes 27 kinds of chocolates and the flavours will vary with the seasons.
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The Love Nest has been helping you bring sexy back into the bedroom for 30+ years. You’ll find something for every adult in your life – stocking stuffers, novelties, sexy lingerie, books, massage oils, adult toys, lovers gift sets, body waxing, hosiery & stockings, cards and gift certificates so they can choose what they love!
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Two Daughters Bakeshop is a local bakery with a passion for baking made-from-scratch, high quality, gluten-free vegan goodies. We will be offering a selection of traditional Christmas treats this season - Buttertarts, Pumpkin and Apple Pies, Nanaimo Bars, Christmas cookies and Gingerbread House Kits. Pre-order your Christmas baking on line at twodaughtersbakeshop.com or call 604-836-2229.
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HIS HISTORIC WATERFRONT NEIGHBOURHOOD STRETCHES FROM LONSDALE QUAY UP TO KEITH ROAD, WITH THE MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES LOCATED IN THE LOWER 4 BLOCKS, AND 2-3 BLOCKS EAST AND WEST OF LONSDALE. CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A WATERFRONT RENEWAL PROCESS, LOWER LONSDALE OFFERS YOU A VARIETY OF CUISINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, LOVELY BOUTIQUE SHOPS OFFERING THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HANG OUT, RELAX, AND TAKE IN THE BREATHTAKING WATER VIEWS.
Just in time for the holidays, this holiday inspired serum is designed to support all kinds of holiday revelry. Contains caffeine, loads of vitamin e, and lavender to firm and hydrate your skin so you can stay on-the-go and continue to glow. Apply under your moisturizer morning and night during peak celebration season. Our holiday recovery serum joins our joyful holiday classics that will keep you glowing through the holidays. Our popular warm vanilla, brown sugar scent is only available for the holidays.
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Fishworks is a seafood restaurant that utilizes the bounty of fresh seafood from our unique and celebrated West Coast. Timeless classics and contemporary, modern cuisine. Fishworks, located in a heritage building just up the hill from North Vancouver’s revitalized waterfront. Chef Shallaw’s cuisine is truly “Westcoast” in its style, combines influences from all over the world with the freshest of local produce available to us.
SAY OOH LA LA AT BOO LA LA! The largest costume store in Western Canada is right around the corner. Fabulous rental and retail costumes for holiday parties, Christmas events and glitzy NYE Gala’s! Come by and say “hi” because LIFE’S MORE FUN IN COSTUME!
BOOLALA COSTUMES 152 EAST 2ND STREET, 2ND FLOOR 604 986 4880 BOOLALACOSTUMES.COM
FISHWORKS RESTAURANT 91 LONSDALE AVENUE 778 340 3449 | FISHWORKS.CA
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At Tao everything is handcrafted in house: vegan, gluten friendly, sugar free, with many options where food sensitivities are no obstacle. We pride ourselves on using strictly organic ingredients, buying from our local farmers first. We offer plant based cuisine, deliciously prepared without cooking, literally from garden to plate. Curious?
CAFÉ BY TAO 210-150 WEST ESPLANADE ABOVE SHOPPERS DRUG MART 604 971 5108 | TAOORGANICS.COM
Pretty and perfect from day till night or need to just save time for the busy holiday season? Whatever your reason, semipermanent lash extensions are the answer. Durable, wearable and just oh-so-glam! Full Set services start at $95 and can last up to 8 weeks! Noir Lash Lounge is North America’s premier lash destination specializing in semipermanent eyelash extensions with over 100 lash varieties to lash you luscious.
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ABOVE AVERAGE LINGERIE & FASHIONS 115 EAST 1ST STREET 604 988 0445 | ABOVEAVERAGE.CA
5% OFF ENTIRE STORE STARTING DEC 12 TO THE 2 24 IN THE RAW... Food for Dogs and Cats Inc. has been a staple taple in this community for the past 16 years. We are a specialty retailer dedicated to the education and feeding of healthy RAW FOOD diets for your pets. All of our foods are locally produced or sourced and we have a wonderful selection of eco-friendly toys, beds and accessories.
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HOLIDAY SALE EXTRA 10% OFF DEC 17-31 Complete selection of Designer Eyewear Sunglasses, prescription sunglasses, contact lenses. In store eye exam by Doctors of Optometry. Contact lens fitting and eyewear repair. DaVinci Optical carries the most popular brands of eyewear. Come in and browse the many famous names in contact lenses, sunglasses and eyewear. BUY ONE GET ONE FREE Extra 10% off 2nd pair non brand name frames single vision lens only FAMILY LOYALTY CARD PROGRAM First 3 frames 40% off Receive 4th frame Free single vision lens only
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OXYGEN YOGA & FITNESS 1524 LONSDALE AVENUE 604 306 9642 (YOGA) OXYGENTRAINING.CA
Lonsdale Pharmacy owned and operated by Fehmina Lalani (Pharmacist) and husband Arif taking care of your prescription and health needs. Designed around a replica soda fountain and bistro seating allowing patients a peaceful wait. Lonsdale Pharmacy is about getting to know patients, old fashioned service, and competitive prices. Transferring your prescriptions is easy...let us do all the work!
We take care of every customer like they are a member of our family. A full service repair center, we fix PC’s, Mac’s and Linux based systems. Whether you are a home user with one computer, or a network business environment with 100+ computers we are here to support you and all your technology needs. On-site service also now available call today to book an appointment.
HIS FAST GROWING AREA OF LONSDALE AVENUE RUNS FROM KEITH ROAD NORTH TO THE FREEWAY, AND STRETCHES WEST TO CHESTERFIELD AND EAST TO ST GEORGES. WITH THIS GROWTH COMES A NEW INFUSION OF GREAT SHOPS, CONVENIENT SERVICES AND FANTASTIC NEW RESTAURANTS. CENTRAL LONSDALE IS A VIBRANT, BUSTLING COMMUNITY THAT OFFERS EVERY PRODUCT AND SERVICE YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED, AND TONS OF GREAT SPACES TO SIT, RELAX AND TAKE IN THE FEEL-GOOD COMMUNITY VIBE.
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DAVINCI OPTICAL 1456 LONSDALE AVENUE 604 985 5367 | DAVINCIOPTICAL.CA
A TREASURE TROVE is tucked away at 1433 Lonsdale. For over 35 years we have been specializing in discontinued China and Silverware. We also have beautiful English cups and saucers, cake plates, vintage jewelry, unique one of a kind gifts and more... Browsers are always welcome. Hours: Tues- Sat 9-5pm
ECHO’S CHINA AND SILVER | #121-1433 LONSDALE AVENUE 604 980 8011 | ECHOSCHINA.COM
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HOLIDAYHAPPENINGS From page 22 THE EMPEROR’S NEW THREADS A tale for children in the pantomime tradition Dec. 8-11 and 15-18, Thursdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 and 4 p.m. at the Theatre at Hendry Hall, 815 East 11th St., North Vancouver. $12/$6. Reservations: 604-983-2633 or northvanplayers.ca. MEDIEVAL CAROLSSoprano Elspeth McVeigh will sing timeless seasonal songs Thursday, Dec. 8, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. $15. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca MOUNTAINSIDE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS MARKETwill take place Thursday, Dec. 8, 3:30-8 p.m. at 3365 Mahon Ave., North Vancouver. The event will include craft tables, a silent auction, baked goods and second-hand shop featuring gently used items. Proceeds will go to a scholarship fund. Tables available for rent at 604-903-3333 or dbagshawe@ sd44.ca. THE SANTALAND DIARIES A holiday comedy based on the true chronicles of David Sedaris’ experience working as a Christmas elf in a Macy’s department store Dec. 8-10, 15-17 at 8 p.m. with a matinee Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. at Presentation House Theatre, 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Admission: $25/$20. Tickets: 604-990-3474 or phtheatre.org.
TALES OF A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMASThe Gerry Granelli Trio recreates classic music from this animated show Friday, Dec. 9, 8 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. $38/$32/$29/$15. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS The Vancouver Welsh Men’s Choir will perform Christmas music with Argyle school’s choir Friday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. at Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. $32/$29/$12. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com ART IN CLAY A holiday pottery show and sale with works by more than 25 artists displaying original and functional pottery in contemporary and traditional designs Saturday, Dec. 10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Gleneagles Golf Course, 6190 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. westvancouver.ca/ gleneagles CEDAR GARDEN CHRISTMAS FAIRwill take place Saturday, Dec. 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at 1250 Cedar Village Close, North Vancouver. There will be silent auction items, homemade crafts, baking and a large selection of jewelry. FOREST OF MIRACLES In response to housing insecurity and homelessness on the North Shore, the Dundarave Festival will host a display of decorated trees at Dundarave Beach in West Vancouver in support of the Lookout Society’s North Shore
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STRING SESSION Members of the North Shore Chamber Orchestra performed at Hollyburn House seniors residence in West Vancouver last weekend. The ensemble’s annual Christmas concert will take place at the Lynn Valley Village Community Room on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. Tickets at the door by donation. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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Bonnie Hammond found her heart in San Francisco, leading to a love affair with vintage jewelry.
“It was a total fluke, I bought a key necklace in San Francisco and fell in love with the idea,” says Hammond of her hobby upcycling “little bits and pieces” of things she finds in her travels into conversation-starter jewelry. A one-time North Vancouver resident, Hammond scours flea markets and antique shops in her quest to find funky pieces she can fashion into jewelry for her venture called Bits and Keys. “Anything I can fit on a chain, I will make jewelry out of,” she vows. Hammond will take an old-fashioned pocket watch, frozen in time, and display it as an offbeat pendant on a chain. Other times Hammond will tinker with broken-down watches and pull out their miniature parts. She then takes the tiny gears and glues them onto tiny tea trays before stringing the intricate creation on a necklace. “It seems punky, but it’s not,” says Hammond, referring to the steampunk cultural movement. “I don’t feel that I have the right to claim my stuff is steampunk, but I think it’s pretty cool, so I dipped my toe in it.” Sometimes Hammond will learn the fascinating history
behind the antique items. For example, her mom’s best friend was a librarian at the Matsqui prison in the 1970s and gifted Hammond with some skeleton keys from the jail cells. Or some people, when their loved ones pass away, bring Hammond the contents of a junk drawer for her to sort through and find something she can turn into keepsake jewelry. For one wedding Hammond was commissioned to make jewelry, the bride had 11 bridesmaids and a thing for dimes. So, Hammond drilled holes into 11 dimes and strung them all on a chain in a whimsical manner – 11 dimes on each string for each of the 11 bridesmaids. Inspiration can strike anywhere in the world for Hammond, who loves to travel. During a road trip recently, Hammond stopped in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and hit the hipster jackpot. “It turns out (Coeur d’Alene) is a hipster mecca. There are four main streets of antique shops as far as you can see,” says Hammond. Her best find that day was a 200-year-old bosun’s whistle, a pipe with a narrow tube typically used on naval vessels to give commands to the ship’s crew. Another time, Hammond found herself with an hour to kill in Chemainus on Vancouver Island. “So I Yelped shopping and found this amazing antique shop,” says Hammond, who dropped
Jewelry maker Bonnie Hammond tinkers with an antique metal frame that she will later string on a necklace. $1,000 in 45 minutes that day. Hammond held on to a sentimental trinket from her childhood and turned it into some jewelry for herself. Taking a miniature teacup and saucer – Hammond’s first purchase with her own money – she fashioned a necklace and pair of earrings, which have since inspired a tiny porcelain tea cup line. “For the tiny teacups I get a lot of ‘awws,’ even from big burly dudes,” says Hammond with a laugh. The miniature teacups
come from doll houses, explains Hammond. In the 1930s salesmen would go door to door with 1:3 scale samples of patterned bone china teacups. Hammond, who has a degree in tourism and a minor in math, has never taken an official metalsmithing or jewelry-making class. Her dad was the president of a local lapidary club, so it could be argued that some of her talent is inherited. “I know a little bit, like there are different pliers for
jewelry than for plumbing,” says Hammond. This holiday market season, Hammond’s creations can be found at the North Shore Green Markets Christmas Market at the Pipe Shop Venue at The Shipyards from Dec. 14-23 and in Vancouver at Enchant Christmas Light Maze and Market. The rest of the year Hammond sells her jewelry at North Shore Green Markets retail shop in Lower Lonsdale, which has a curated
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collection of handmade items from local artists and where Hammond also helps out a couple days a month. “We have bumblebees in the ceiling and a family of baby raccoons underneath the building,” says Hammond of the quaint shop in the 1908era building with a vintage feel. If only Hammond could string it on a necklace chain. For more information on the Green Christmas Market, visit northshoregreenmarkets. com.
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WINTER CONCERT Dancers (Marfa Ardalan, 5, Salabowa Li, 6, Ivana Mei, 5 and Brianna Tang, 6, in above photo, and 11-year-old Ili Nayeri, at right ) rehearse in Anna Wyman’s West Vancouver studio for their Winter Concert of Dance at Centennial Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 4 p.m. Tickets available at annawyman.com. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN From page 34 Shelter. There will be free family entertainment on Dec. 10 and 17. dundaravefestival.com FOWLIE&FRIENDS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL A tribute to the TV Christmas special with live music and comedy Saturday, Dec. 10, 6:30-9 p.m. at Caulfeild Cove Hall, 4773 South Piccadilly Rd., West Vancouver. Admission starts at $15. There will also be a free craft fair from 1 to 5 p.m. fowlieandfriends. com GOT CRAFT CHRISTMAS MARKETEighty vendors in a wide range of categories such as hand printed T-shirts, ceramics, jewelry, paper goods and more will sell their wares Dec. 10 and 11, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Pipe Shop, 115 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver. gotcraft.com A MAGNIFICENT CHRISTMASNorth Shore Chorus will perform selections from Bach’s Magnificat in D major and John Rutter Saturday,
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worried about Complete Third because it had been 10 years of listening to all this material. I was going through the test pressing for Volume Three the other day listening to the original masters for the first time in a long time and I was like ‘I don’t remember that being on there.’ It’s just a bizarre experience but it’s happened before. When you’ve lived with something for so long and you don’t have to go back to listen to the released version it all sounds bizarre. So this one turned inside out. I was really worried there wasn’t anything there.
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side splits for cassettes and LPs and now I’m back to doing side splits. That’s how this business is. To quote Fairport “It all comes round again.” North Shore News: Omnivore Recordings seems like it was built to handle all aspects of the industry. You’re like a one-stop shop for all musical formats. Cheryl Pawelski: We like to say we are format and genre agnostic. If there’s great music why not put it out? And if people want to buy it one way or another way – great. It’s never made sense to me to not get as much music out there. I’ve never wanted to be stuck in one genre. If it’s good music, it’s good music. North Shore News: You collect records yourself. Cheryl Pawelski: Occupational hazard. Ever since I was a kid. My grandma used to work at a department store and she offered to buy me something one day when I was there. I could have got anything but I pinched her for two records. I remember these little wire racks in the back in the electronics section of the store and I still have them. I bought an Anne Murray record, “Snowbird” and “The Candyman” by Sammy Davis Jr. with “I Want to Be Happy” on the flip side. Both of them were budget reissue titles. I’ve always been fascinated not just by the music but the thing, the artifacts. How things are constructed both soundwise and in the packaging and how decisions are made to put music out. I like to collect all kinds of things – I have everything from reel to reels to digital minidiscs and all that other stuff that came out. North Shore News: A lot of formats had short life spans. Cheryl Pawelski: Because people could put a lot of digitized music on a thing they tried. I got pitched all kinds of stuff when I was at Capitol. There was one guy who came in with something just a little bit bigger than the size of a quarter and he was very proud, he said, “I can get 300 songs on here. Don’t you think people would want to buy this?” I said, “Well, A, it’s going to get lost and, B, if you can get 300 songs on there you have to pay royalties on 300 songs so the price is going to be exorbitant. I think that’s why those thumb drives didn’t work so well, they’re just too expensive. Royalties still have to be paid. North Shore News: Mastering engineer Michael Graves writes on his blog about
Alex Chilton never saw the release of the Third material during his lifetime. He passed away in March of 2010. going back to the sources on the Hank Williams set (Hank Williams The Garden Spot Programs, 1950) to make new transfers. It seems like your projects involve a lot of detective work. Cheryl Pawelski: Once we started Omnivore I got to explore more of that part of the business. When you work at a label your job is to work with the assets that the label owns but once we started Omnivore I got to sleuth things out more which is really fun. Leads like this come from all over. The Hank Williams was a really wonderful project. A friend of mine is a DJ in Dallas and a big music collector. He buys collections and he wound up buying this giant collection that had these transcription discs in them and one thing led to another – the next thing you know I’m sitting in Nashville with Jett Williams, Hank’s daughter, pitching a project. Thankfully my friend was willing to let Mike borrow the original transcription discs because Mike is one of the greatest restoration guys out there. He did an amazing job. I love working with Mike and the whole detective thing is made even better because we have him as a resource. He can make stuff sound pretty great as long as there is information on the tape or the disc or whatever is there. North Shore News: Do you consider Omnivore’s approach different than say Rhino’s? Is what you envisioned about starting a label played out?
Cheryl Pawelski: My last port of call was at Rhino, in fact all the partners at Omnivore have had some affiliation with Warner Music Group. I was the head of A&R there before we started Omnivore. Rhino’s job, as part of the Warner Music Group, is to work with the assets of the Warner Music Group. With Omnivore we just have so much latitude to work with anything that we want. That’s the biggest difference. We’re only limited by our imaginations. I’ve been able to run a little wilder, within reason. I mean we still have to try to make a living. It’s been kind of a freeing experience creatively for me. North Shore News: That’s how some people think Chilton felt around the time of the Third sessions. He wasn’t tethered to label expectations. Omnivore Recordings is all over the Big Star story. How did you originally make the connection? Cheryl Pawelski: I was at Concord between Capitol and Rhino. Stax had distributed the first two Big Star records. They were purchased masters. When I got to Concord we were working on Stax’s 50th anniversary and I was going and back and forth to Memphis a lot, which is not a bad thing. I was always a big fan of Big Star but the fact that they were just purchased masters means that at the time the artists sold the LP and whatever associated singles there were. Any outtake material and stuff still belonged to the artists. As I
went from Concord to Rhino (I discovered) Rhino had a license on Big Star’s Third through their acquisition of Ryko. It was just like with Stax. Concord had acquired Fantasy and the Atlantic distributed years of (the Stax label). It was a similar thing to the first two albums. One piece of it resided at Concord and one piece of it resided with Warner Music Group. I was able to do something that hadn’t been done before because I had relationships at both places and we were able to do more comprehensive releases of Stax material. I think Stax 50th may have been one of the first compilations to include both sides. When I landed at Rhino I had already been talking to (producer) John Fry because at Concord I was sort of the custodian of the catalogue. When I got to Rhino I said, “Now we can start putting this stuff together.” It was fortuitous that I went between the two entities that had the rights to all of the material. North Shore News: Despite it’s chaotic history Third has a lot of material. Is that unusual? Cheryl Pawelski: No, not really. Some artists go into the studio and record the 12 songs they need but there might be demos or preproduction demos. With Third you obviously know the history of that record, it was a little bit crazy. There should actually be more. That’s the sad thing. Alex apparently had a tendency to grab just any old tape off the shelf and
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start recording. Just like The Basement Tapes, right? They recorded over stuff and you’re missing things so who knows what happened. It took awhile to find more of the material. I was on the hunt for awhile and thankfully Jim Dickinson’s estate was forthcoming with some tape that I kind of had a feeling existed but it wasn’t sitting in any vault that I’d crawled through. They were really helpful. We were able to pull it more together. That’s when I knew we had a more complete picture of Third because Jim’s rough mixes were really revealing. It would have been a much different record if he’d finished it. North Shore News: Is the Dickinson material the second volume in the Complete Third? Cheryl Pawelski: It’s at the tail end of Disc One into Disc Two and then in the middle of Disc Two Fry’s mixes start. You can hear the record being pulled more toward the finished masters in John’s mixes. I was thrilled when we found Jim’s stuff because it was like the little missing chunk between the demos and what little bit of session material we had. I was fascinated by that. It’s funny, I get involved in these projects that take so long that I don’t remember what the original tracks sound like. If you just threw out a Band song title I probably wouldn’t be able to tell you what record it’s on because when you work with the outtake material so much you just kind of lose perspective. I was kind of
North Shore News: You’ve been working on Third for 10 years. At what point did you discover Jim Dickinson’s rough mixes? Cheryl Pawelski: Within the last two years. I was looking everywhere that I thought they could be once I was able to talk to the Dickinson’s and they really went over and above because it’s just a bunch of tape. They had to get it to Ardent. I’m in L.A. They’re in Mississippi. Somebody had to get the tape there. They were amazing. North Shore News: What form were the tapes in? Cheryl Pawelski: Multi-tracks and quarter-inch. Except they were pretty rough. We did the best we could restorationwise but the tapes were in really poor condition. There were a couple of things that we couldn’t salvage unfortunately. North Shore News: Would you have put the project out without the Dickinson mixes? Cheryl Pawelski: That was part of the thing. Kicking this around for a long time. When John was still alive it was really something he and I put a pin in. We did the test pressing of the vinyl as the first Omnivore project. I said to him at the time, “you know at some point we should pull all the Third stuff all under one roof” because we had put some out on the Keep an Eye on the Sky box set on Rhino. Some of the stuff was on the documentary soundtrack, there were bits and pieces of it all over the place. I said, “you know it’s a fascinating record because it’s not really a finished record, we should tell the story.” And he agreed but we just couldn’t finish while he was still alive. Once I pulled all that stuff together it still felt like there was a hole. And so Adam (Hill) at Ardent and I were asking people who were still alive at he time where there might be more sources. And the Dickinson thing came very late. I was
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Dickinson mixes were missing chapter in completion of Third From page 40 struggling with it as a release until we got that material. It was a missing chapter. I don’t know if I would have put it out. North Shore News: You seem to be about the only person who could have put the album together. You knew the backstory and where everything might be hidden under layers of other stuff. It’s almost like a documentary film telling a story, following a linear progression from the rawest of raw demos to finished tracks. You were able to do that because you were able to piece together all the different sources. Cheryl Pawelski: It felt like that was the way to kind of watch the record being made and I use the word ‘record’ loosely because it wasn’t a record it was a bunch of sessions. I felt once we had the two sets of rough mixes it had that arc building to finished masters. It made sense to me to tell the story that way. Stuff was just taped over. They weren’t keeping pristine tracking sheets. North Shore News: The record was never actually a record but Dickinson and Fry were apparently shopping something and Chris Stamey actually bought a bootleg of tracks at the time. Cheryl Pawelski: Jim and John took it around to all the labels. Famously they got responses from heads of labels saying things like, “Do I have to listen to this again?” It didn’t go over so it sat. They made a concerted effort to get it out in the world and then just put it up on the shelves. North Shore News: You mentioned you are working on the vinyl issues right now?
At some point Alex Chilton was cut out of the recording process and others took control of the session tapes. PHOTO PAT RAINER Cheryl Pawelski: We’re just finishing up Volume Three. Some people like to buy big expensive box sets of vinyl – I think that’s just cruel. Not everybody can afford them so we broke it up into three double albums. Each one represents a disc in the box. North Shore News: Is the third volume what maybe a finished Third would have sounded like? Cheryl Pawelski: It depends who would have finished it. The finished master that they were shopping – the test pressing – I don’t know who chose the songs that went on there, I guess maybe John would have, maybe Jim. It seems to me, just because I remember those first two Big Stars records were purchased masters. They sold the record as it was. My argument here is that they might have done that with the test pressing. Everybody has their favourite sequence of these songs but because those first two were
purchased masters I thought maybe they were shopping the test pressing and they would have sold it as it was. That’s why I used it as sort of the foundational sequence because some of the people who were involved in the sessions – maybe not Alex because he was famously cut out of the end process – but some of the people that were involved with it thought that was a good thing to shop around. So I have to imagine that that was probably the record they wanted to make. The choices are strange though considering all of the material that’s there though so who knows? If you look at the track list on there it goes from “Stroke it Noel” to “Downs.” Songs one and two and then into (a cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Femme Fatale”). Who thought that was a good idea? There were so many other options. There is so much wonderful music that was recorded. The songs are
beautiful. The original PVC went from “Stroke it Noel” to “For You” which maybe works better? I don’t know. When you’re listening to the original demos the songs are glorious – for me to go from “Stroke it Noel” into “Downs” is like, wow, what? North Shore News: Are there many projects like Third that take such a long period of time to produce? Cheryl Pawelski: It’s kind of funny because they float around for a long time. A project takes its own time. I feel if I try to force something into release sometimes it doesn’t run out the way it should. I always talk about them like they are animate objects. They get to be released when they want to be released. They swirl around in their various stages. Some things are just ideas and then I will be in a record store or I will read something and another piece will be added. For me they kind of happen when they want to.
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Watching Jay Knutson play guitar is a bit like seeing Groucho Marx slip innuendo past the Hays office or noticing Rickey Henderson’s grin after he steals second base; it’s witnessing the joy of someone who’s getting away with something.
Beyond his dexterity and sense of melody, what’s most striking in Knutson’s playing is his delight – he has to stop smiling long enough to sing. The guitarist has a musical career that stretches back to the days when Spirit of the West was known as Eavesdropper (they changed their name after being inexplicably billed as Eavesdroppings), he’s been an instructor at Simon Fraser University, helping helm their logarithm and blues class, and a founder of the North Shore Celtic Ensemble. Speaking from his Kitsilano home as the few snowflakes drift to the beach, Knutson reflects on the gigs and glory that piled up in the rear-view mirror. “Every man’s got to know when it’s time to hang up the skates,” he says. “It’s been a good kick at the can doing what we’ve done.”
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In early 2017, Knutson is planning to move to Salt Spring Island and while his musical career won’t stop, it will likely sound a little fainter on the North Shore. But before he packs his bags, Knutson is doing his annual Christmas Crawl show at the End of the Line Store this Sunday. It’s a casual show, but it’s difficult to imagine the performance won’t carry a little more gravity this time around. “I’m not saying we’re shutting it down,” Knutson says. “Hopefully the tradition will continue, but it might be without my participation.” Knutson also took his final bow from Centennial Theatre’s stage with the North Shore Celtic Ensemble, an assembly of dozens of talented young musicians who’ve all come to be indoctrinated in the melodies and
tales of Scotland and Ireland. Asked about that performance and that venue, Knutson laughs before drawing in air as though someone just stepped on his ribs. “Oh,” he says, “it was a bit emotional.” Despite being excited about the next chapter of his life – what he’ll do and where he’ll go – the Centennial show reminded him of the generations of kids who picked up fiddles over the past 18 years. “I was putting on a very brave front to begin with and then towards the end it kind of sunk in a little bit. … But it was a great night,” he says. “It was definitely a high note.” But just because he hit that high not doesn’t mean he’s getting off the stage – or that he’ll never set foot on the North Shore again. “It’s not like we’re moving
to a different country,” he explains. “I still want to be a part of the community.” Knutson is hoping to find a little more breathing space on Salt Spring. “The city’s just getting a little tighter and tighter every year,” he says. At this point in his life, Knutson says he wants to get out of the city and “take the foot off the gas,” literally and figuratively. There are also ballooning costs that come with packing musicians and gear into a van and heading up the highway these days. On Salt Spring he hopes to do shows “without incurring that couple hundred bucks every time you get in your car to go back and forth.” Transportation is less of a problem in Lynn Valley, where the order of the day is instruments you can carry without risk of a hernia. Over the years, the show has stretched from the End of the Line Store to the Lynn Valley Legion and sometimes even into Lynnmour, but things will be a bit more compact this year. “With the legion not there anymore we figured the crawl pretty much just starts and finishes at the End of the Line,” he says, explaining they hope to raise money for the Harvest Project. “In the grand scheme of the fundraising season it’s certainly not CKNW or CBC but at the same time we do what we can.” Joined by musicians William Ross Chernoff and Gabriel Dubreuil, the setlist is designed to be elastic, ranging from Celtic songs to Spirit of the West tunes to seasonal takes on familiar melodies. “It’s not like you want to go in and perform a stock show,” he says, explaining
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until Dec. 18. WEST VANCOUVER MUSEUM 680 17th St., West Vancouver. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-925-7270 westvancouvermuseum.ca A Decade of Collecting Art: An exhibition that provides an overview of the breadth of the museum’s art collection and highlights recent donations runs until Jan. 14. YEATS STUDIO&GALLERY 2402 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 778-279-8777 yeatsgallery.ca Celebrating Decades — Palette Knife Painting: See Craig Yeats at work while viewing his most recent works of Caulfeild, Ambleside and Howe Sound outlooks until Dec. 10.
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every Friday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 at the door. Info: fnlnorthvan. com. ST.STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 885 22nd St., West Vancouver. 604-926-4381 Jazz Vespers: The Mighty Fraser Big Band, a group of 19 high-energy jazz musicians performs Sunday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. A donation at the door will be greatly appreciated.
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they’ll likely feel out the room and “go with the wishes of the people.” Asked about surprise guests, Knutson laughs. “Quite often they’re a surprise to us,” he says. For Knutson, the show is a way to ring in the season. “It’s not like you have to come for two hours. The whole idea is that you stop by, come inside, have a nice
cup of tea, sit down, listen to a few tunes, maybe help out a little bit with a contribution towards Harvest House, and continue on with your Sunday.” While this may be Knutson’s last Christmas Crawl performance, he’s careful to leave the door open for a return. “That’s going to be a tough severing but at the same time, I don’t feel like it’s that far away.”
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333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. 604-990-3474 phtheatre.org Bodacious: A monthly reading series of new plays by and about women the last Saturday of every month at 8 p.m. Admission by donation. PRESENTATION HOUSE THEATRE 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Tickets: 604-9903474 phtheatre.org ST. MARTIN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 195 East Windsor Rd., North Vancouver. Beauty and the Beast: A traditional pantomime show Jan. 12-14, 20, 21, 27 and 28 at 7:30 p.m. with matinees Jan. 14, 21 and 28 at 2 p.m. Admission: $21/$17/$14. Tickets: 604-767-0665 or smpdramatics.com.
DEEP COVE BREWERY 170-2270 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver. Dino DiNicolo performs a solo show Friday, Dec. 9 from 7 to 10 p.m. GUILT & CO.
1 Alexander St., Vancouver. Emily Chambers, R&B/soul singer, releases her debut EP Magnolia on vinyl Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $12/$10. Tickets: eventbrite. com. HUGO’S RESTAURANT 5775 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-281-2111 Open Mic Night every Thursday 7-9:30 p.m. RED LION BAR & GRILL 2427 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. 604-926-8838 Celebrate New Year’s Eve with R&B singer Dutch Robinson and guest musicians Rob Nuemann, Chad Mathews, Zack Brannon, Amber Mae and Randy Doherty Saturday, Dec. 31 Jazz Pianist Randy Doherty performs every Friday and Saturday starting at 7 p.m. WAVES COFFEE HOUSE 3050 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver. Music Medley Showcase comes to Waves the first Saturday of every month, 7:309:30 p.m. Anyone interested in performing can phone Doug Medley at 604-985-5646 or musicmedley@gmail.com. — Compiled by Debbie Caldwell
Elf experiences the season’s dark side From page 13
“And as experienced comic types, Alan and I know exactly where the line is,” he adds, referring to actor Alan Marriott who stars as Crumpet, the main character. Marriott shares directing duties with Allman, who says the pair work well together because of their shared professional history, such as co-writing two musicals, including Mrs. Claus’s Kitchen (with Kevin O’Brien), which has run at Presentation House Theatre over Christmas since 2013. After working on the sweet seasonal tale, Allman was interested in tackling something a little less sugary. “I like that it’s not traditional Christmas sweetness. I like that it’s emotional insulin for the sweetness overload that we get at this time of year,” says Allman. During the course of the show, Crumpet the elf experiences a journey of sorts to find where the good is as he faces both the light and dark side of the holiday season. As well as being attracted to the material itself, Allman felt some camaraderie with the lead character. Many years ago, during his “checkered employment history,” Allman enjoyed a brief stint as a costumed mascot called Admiral Quackers, a big duck with orange tights. “Kids punch you and you develop a bit of a rapport with the other mascots who are in
‘Tis the Season the same fairs and the same parades as you are, and you all have these dark little stories that you tell each other,” he recalls of the experience. But while lifting the cheery veneer of Christmas (and the world of mascots) is part of The Santa Land Diaries process, it is perhaps not the end goal. Although he doesn’t want to give away any spoilers, Allman says this about the show: “The audience will come out having laughed themselves silly and still feeling Christmas is pretty cool.” The show also features musical flourishes throughout by multi-instrumentalist Sandra-Mae Luykx, who also appears in a variety of supporting roles. The SantaLand Diaries is on now at Presentation House Theatre through Dec. 17. The show is not recommended for kids. Tickets: adults: $25; seniors (65+): $20; students (with valid student ID): $20. Tickets can be purchased online at phtheatre. org, by phone at 604-990-3474, or in person at the theatre, 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver.
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GILMOUR, Sheila June 20, 1926 - December 4, 2016
Peter was born in 1932 in Waisenegg bei Birkfeld, Austria, the fourth of five children to Maria and Matthias Durlacher. He leaves behind his wife Erika, children Kim and Ken, grandchildren Taylor and Carter, his sister Maria (Hans), and several cousins, nieces and nephews. Peter immigrated to Canada in 1952, quickly adopting his new homeland. He first worked in the logging industry, then as a tradesman plumber, as well as embracing his love of skiing and people through teaching at Mount Seymour Ski School and the Toni Sailor summer ski camps. He retired from his plumbing career in Vancouver in 1993 to assist Erika full time in running the Durlacher Hof Country Inn in Whistler. Peter will always be remembered for his kind and gentle spirit, patience, and generous heart. A selfless person, he always strove to make others around him happy. The family wishes to thank the Whistler Adaptive Sports Program, Dr. Karin Kausky and the entire Coastal Health healthcare team, Father Wladyslaw Karciarz, and the many friends for all their personal care, kindness and support. As an expression of sympathy, donations to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC are sincerely appreciated.
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Gran, and matriarch, Sheila Gilmour. Born in Southend-on-Sea, England in 1926, Mom became a nurse after WWII, and carried on her career in Canada in 1954. After working in Montreal and Parry Sound, Ontario she travelled west and met Bob in Quesnel, BC, where they started their family. In 1969 they moved to North Vancouver with their 4 children where she lived for the rest of her life. The recipient of the Lt Governor’s BC Community Achievement Award, Sheila helped found, and or worked on numerous volunteer organizations in a long career of community service; among them the NS Disability Resource Centre; the North Shore Community Foundation; Capilano Community Services; Lionsview Seniors Planning Society and The North Shore United Way. Predeceased by her husband Robert (2003), daughter Susan (2001) and granddaughter Rebecca (2006). Mom leaves behind her children John (Susan), Elizabeth (Jim) and Chris (Sue-Ann), grandchildren Matthew, Harry, Daniel, Jenny, Ben, Liam and Aidan, as well as her extended family in Canada and England. A celebration of her life will be held at St. Martin’s Anglican Church, 195 East Windsor Road. North Vancouver, at 11am, Friday, December 16, 2016. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Marie Pearce Founders Fund at the North Shore Community Foundation, Box 37104, Lonsdale, North Vancouver, BC. V7N 4M0.
A funeral mass will be held Saturday, Dec. 3 at. 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church in Whistler with a reception to follow at Durlacher Hof.
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JONES, Elsie Ruth 1921 - 2016 Elsie (Mum, Nana, Grammy) born in London, England on July 2nd, 1921. Passed away suddenly and peacefully on November 30th, 2016 surrounded by her loving family at her bedside in Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver. Predeceased by Harry, her beloved husband of 57 years. Elsie leaves her three children Pam (Fran), Peter (Pauline), Cliff (Jane); nine grandchildren, Jacki (Warren), Paul, Ben, Charlie (Candice), Claire, Harry (Krista), Nell (Cam), Amy, and Sophie; five great-grandchildren, Samuel, Mathieu, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Audrée. Elsie married her beloved Harry in 1944 and to the end pictures of him surrounded her favourite chair. They emigrated to Canada in 1988 with their daughter Pam and her family, to be closer to their two sons and their families. Family meant everything to Elsie, she was steadfastly loyal to her family and friends. She was a people person taking genuine interest in everyone she met. She would greet you with a beautiful, disarming smile and her laughing eyes. Elsie had a long life full of the riches and joys of an adoring family who will miss her immensely. The family would like to thank the doctors and nursing staff on Ward 2East for their kindness and accommodation at the end, a sad and emotional time that was somehow wonderful as well, lots of weeping, even some laughter, a group of people helping each other through a difficult time. A private service and cremation will be held. Friends and acquaintances are invited to join the family at a Reception/Celebration of Elsie’s Life on Saturday, December 17th, 2016, 4pm - 7pm at West Vancouver Yacht Club, 5854 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC
GOUGH, Patricia A. September 10, 1926 − December 1, 2016
BRYDON, Kenneth W. March 19, 1933 − November 23, 2016
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Patricia "Patsy" passed away with her loving daughter by her side on December 1 in White Rock after 90 amazing years. She is survived by daughter, Susan Mary (David). Mom moved out to BC from Saskatoon with her parents, Herb and Mary Knight, after completing school. Mom did some travelling then shortly after she met the love of her life (Basil) in Vancouver. They were married on April 2, 1955. Mom was predeceased by Dad in 1989 and their infant son Kevin in 1961. Mom will be terribly missed as she continued to be a bright light to the many who knew her. Her humour and quick wit will be fondly remembered. There are no words to describe our gratitude to Jenny Guelos for her immeasurable care and companionship that she shared with Mom. Special thanks to Dr. Manraj Johal, without your care and support I don’t think we would have made it this far. There will be a Memorial Service at St. John’s Church, December 17 at 1:00 PM, 220 W 8th Street, North Vancouver. Donations "In Memory" can be made to The Wildlife Rescue Association in Burnaby or The Alzheimer’s Society of BC. No flowers please.
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The 2017 GMC Acadia is smaller, lighter and more manageable than the outgoing model, changes that make it look pretty slick while also greatly increasing its agility. The downsizing has a few drawbacks as well, including reduced cargo space and towing capacity, but overall the Acadia is an even more capable and comfortable family mover. PHOTO SUPPLIED GMC
Acadia gets slimmer and sleeker
MALCOLM GUNN Contributing writer
Losing weight and consuming less is a good plan for most people.
It’s also good for most automobiles, and the new 2017 GMC Acadia that’s now on sale is an ideal case in point. It’s smaller, lighter and more manageable than the outgoing model, which will
continue to be sold for the time being as the fully loaded Acadia Limited. Why is the new 2017 Acadia smaller, then? Because the previous version was even larger in most key dimensions than the more rugged body-on-frame Yukon. It made many people ask what the point of Yukon was when the Acadia was bigger, roomier, had a better ride, cost far less money and
used less gas. Now there is a point to the Yukon: the Acadia is smaller. Although it can still be had with three rows of seats, the 2017 Acadia is 18 centimetres shorter, nine centimetres narrower and shrinks by more than 15 centimetres between the front and rear wheels. There is a downside to this downsizing, too. The folding third-row seat is more kid- than adult-friendly, cargo
capacity has shrunk by quite a bit and maximum towing capacity has been reduced to 1,820 kilograms from 2,365. With a smaller base powerplant, the new Acadia also weighs about 320 kilograms less. That, plus its trimmeddown dimensions, places it squarely in the mid-size bracket where the Ford Explorer, Honda Pilot and Toyota Highlander jockey for position.
The Acadia’s smaller, lighter platform is also used for the 2017 Cadillac XT5 and will also wind up underpinning the next Chevrolet Traverse. As you might expect, the 2017 Acadia looks quite different, even though the design is reminiscent of the Explorer from the sides and Durango from the front. In other words, the Acadia doesn’t break new styling
ground, but it still manages to look pretty slick. Inside, the dashboard – especially the touch-screen display – is clearly influenced by other General Motors vehicles. The seating configurations vary when optioned with individually folding second-row buckets that also slide forward to make thirdrow access a bit easier.
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There’s still life in the rotary engine
Delivering a lump of coal in the stocking of any rotary-engine enthusiast, Mazda CEO Masamichi Kogai responded to questions about future product rather negatively.
In an interview with Automotive News, he was asked if there were plans for a larger sports car than the MX-5. The answer? A blunt “No.” The story was reported all over the interwebs, with many people wondering why a small contingent of fans were upset by the news. After all, Mazda’s RX-8 – the last rotary-powered Mazda sports car – was not exactly what you’d call a hot seller. It was also relatively thirsty, didn’t supply a great deal of torque, and had a few quirks such as oil consumption. However, the RX-8 had at least as many fans as it did detractors. Its rotary engine was smooth and compact, the latter trait allowing it to be packaged far back in the engine bay without compromising cabin space. The result was a sweet handling little 2+2 coupe that’d please those who wanted a Miata but had to haul a couple of kids from time to time. Before the RX-8, there was
Grinding Gears Brendan McAleer the RX-7. In its third generation it was, and still is in my opinion, one of the finest sports cars ever made. With a sequentially twin-turbocharged twin-rotor engine, it made around 280 horsepower in its final model years, and was far more razor-edged than many of its rivals. It could match pace with an Acura NSX, and made the ferocious Toyota Supra Turbo look clumsy in the corners. Of course, both the Acura and Toyota products were much easier cars to own. The RX-7 suffered from early cooling issues, and an incautious owner could easily blow out one of the apex seals. Located at each of the three tips of the internal rotor, these were more sensitive to spontaneous combustion (engine
knock) than a regular piston engine, and helped give the RX-7 a reputation for being fragile. Many people now swap the Chevrolet LS-code V-8 into the chassis to make a sort of Japanese Corvette. So: potentially fragile, quirky, not very fuel efficient, and gutless at low revs. Also, an engine that consumes oil at a high rate isn’t exactly going to pass emissions tests easily. Thus, Mazda retired the rotary along with the RX-8, and hasn’t made a single rotary-powered production car since. Except, the rotary rumour mill refuses to die. Part of the reason the rotary engine is so popular among its fans is that it couples an underdog image with genuine sporting prowess. In a racing car, weight is the enemy, and having a compact turbine-like engine you can mount far inboard is exactly what’s needed. It’s part of the reason Mazda was able to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans some 25 years ago. The potential for victory isn’t just limited to the prototypes either. Dig up some old footage of racing at Westwood, and you’ll doubtless see a few early RX-7s and RX-3s cleaning the clocks of
The RX-7, a showpiece for Mazda’s rotary technology, had a reputation for being fragile but also for demolishing opponents on the race track. PHOTO SUPPLIED THOMAS H./WIKIMEDIA heavy hitters with big V-8s. Uncorked, the rotary makes an unholy banshee scream. However, not everything that works in racing translates over to the street. The rotary engine’s ability to provide power and flexibility high up in the powerband is great when you’re out there
with your right foot always planted, but doesn’t work in a street application. It’s a bit like turbocharging in that regard: initial applications had a bit of lag, but the manufacturers soon worked it out. The trouble is, only Mazda is really interested in the rotary engine, which
means they have to stretch out a tiny R&D budget to solve a small-batch problem. Meanwhile, they’ve got to keep improving the CX-3, CX-5, and CX-9 crossovers that are the company’s lifeblood right now.
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MODELS EQUIPPED WITH EYESIGHT
Vehicles navigate the snow and slush in North Vancouver during Monday’s storm. A little planning and precaution can help you stay safe in nasty weather. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
Winter driving tips Got the winter driving blues?
Navigating our suddenly icy streets is easier if you follow these helpful tips released this week by ICBC: SLOW DOWN Posted speed limits are for ideal conditions only. Adjust your driving in winter conditions. Allow yourself at least twice the normal braking distance on snowcovered or slushy roads. HEADLIGHTS ON Use your headlights in poor weather and reduced visibility – not only at night – to help you see ahead and be seen by other drivers. WATCH FOR OTHER ROAD USERS Look twice for pedestrians crossing the road
particularly when visibility is poor. PREVENT A SKID Black ice is commonly found on roads with shaded areas, bridges, overpasses and intersections where car exhaust and packed snow freeze quickly. If you drive over black ice and start to skid, ease off the accelerator, and look and steer smoothly in the direction you want to go. Don’t brake – this will make the situation worse. You may need to repeat this manoeuvre several times until you regain control. CHECK YOUR VEHICLE Prepare your vehicle for winter driving. Make sure your tires are properly inflated. Check the condition of your windshield wiper
blades and replace them if they’re worn out. Top up wiper fluid for clearer visibility and carry extra washer fluid in your vehicle. Fill up your gas tank. Pack an emergency kit and make sure it includes a flashlight and extra batteries. PLAN AHEAD Check road and weather conditions on drivebc.ca before heading out. If you don’t feel confident about driving in winter conditions, staying off the road can be a less stressful and safer option. Instead of driving, you may want to consider taking public transit if available, carpooling with a friend who’s a confident driver, taking a taxi or working from home.
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LEASE/FINANCE 24 MOS. AS LOW AS
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500
$
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ON ALL NEW SUBARU MODELS
Rotary engine might look nice next to a battery pack From page 50 One potential application Mazda’s been looking at is using a rotary engine as a range extender to support an electric vehicle. Here, the rotary’s compact space makes a lot of sense; also, when used as a generator, a rotary can run at whatever r.p.m. gives peak efficiency, and then simply shut off. I’ve driven a prototype EV with a rotary range extender, and it worked very well. The packaging for the whole unit was compact, and fit into a Mazda2 without eliminating much of the trunk. An electric Mazda3 with one of these power packs would work just fine. However, Mazda’s CEO has definitively said that he’s
not interested in producing a sports car above the MX-5 with a rotary extender. Hang on a second – let’s take a look at that question more closely. Automotive News: “No plans for a larger sports car entry with a range extender?” Kogai: “No.” Mazda’s CEO hasn’t said no to a reborn RX-7, as everyone is currently reporting; he’s said no to an RX-7 successor that’s an EV with a range extender. I’ve met Kogai, and this is just the sort of carefully worded answer he might give without dropping any hints. Imagine an RX-7 positioned as a hybrid with a turbocharged rotary engine, similar to the current NSX. The electric drive could help provide the torque the rotary
lacks, but the heart of the machine would still have that signature rotary sound. Fret not rotary fans, I’ve a feeling that the next RX isn’t quite fully dead. The answer wasn’t no, it was maybe.
Brendan McAleer is a freelance writer and automotive enthusiast. If you have a suggestion for a column, or would be interested in having your car club featured, please contact him at mcaleeronwheels@gmail. com. Follow Brendan on Twitter: @brendan_mcaleer.
2017 STARTING FROM
LEASE/FINANCE 24 MOS. AS LOW AS
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†Ratings are awarded by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Please visit www.iihs.org for testing methods. *Pricing applies to a 2017 Forester Touring Package (HJ1TP)/2017 Outback Touring Automatic Transmission (HD2TP) with MSRP of $32,690/$34,790 including Freight & PDI ($1,675), Documentation Fee ($395), Tire Levy ($25) and Air Conditioning Fee ($100). Taxes, license, registration and insurance are extra. Dealers may sell for less. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Vehicles shown solely for purpose of illustration, and may not be equipped exactly as shown. **0.5%/0.9% lease and 0.5%/0.9% finance rates available on new 2017 Forester/2017 Outback models for a 24/24-month term. Financing and leasing programs available through Toyota Credit Canada Inc. on approved credit. **Offers valid until January 3, 2017. See Jim Pattison Subaru Northshore for complete program details. Dealer # 40224.
1235 Marine Dr, North Vancouver, BC JPSubaruNorthshore.com | 1 (888) 483-6079
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ICBC getting out of the supercar biz The North Shore has been branded the supercar capital of Canada, but those owners will need to make some high speed adjustments following an announcement from the B.C. government.
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone recently announced that the government will soon introduce legislation to have ICBC no longer insure high-end luxury cars worth $150,000 or more. Drivers will still be required to carry a certain amount of coverage to protect themselves and other drivers, but it will not be provided through ICBC’s public insurance plan – owners of these cars will be forced to seek out private insurance. The high-end luxury car market is growing, with 3,000 cars insured this past
year, a 30 per cent increase compared to three years ago, according to a government release. The changes are meant to ensure that the general public is not subsidizing the supercar owners, said Stone. “Right now, whether a person drives a $15,000 Honda Civic or a $300,000 Ferrari, their basic insurance premiums are similar,” Stone stated in the release. “If owners of high-end luxury cars can afford a high-priced car, they certainly can afford to pay higher premiums to cover the real cost for their repairs. This policy needs to be fair for all British Columbian ratepayers, and we want to ensure that the regular everyday driver is not paying for the additional repair costs of these cars through their insurance rate.”
The average private passenger car in B.C. is worth approximately $15,000. When high-end luxury cars get into a crash, it costs approximately six times more to fix them, according to the release. Last year the average repair cost for a high-value luxury car was approximately $13,000, compared to the average repair cost of approximately $2,500 for a typical private vehicle. While the cost to repair a supercar is substantially more than the everyday car, the basic insurance rates of about $1,000 per car are about the same, according to the release. The new rates will apply to private passenger cars only, and not commercial trucks, pick-up trucks, collector cars or limousines. The new rule also will not apply to RVs.
JIM PATTISON VOLVO OF NORTH VANCOUVER
THIS IS THE MOSTAWARDED SUV OF THE CENTURY.
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone announces changes that will get ICBC out of the business of insuring vehicles worth more than $150,000. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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Acadia’s cargo space down, but agility way up From page 49
PLEASE READ THE FINE PRINT: Offers valid until January 3, 2017. See toyota.ca for complete details. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between Toyota prices, rates and/or other information contained on www.getyourtoyota.ca and that contained on toyota.ca, the latter shall prevail. Errors and omissions excepted. 1. Lease example: 2017 Corolla CE Automatic BURCEM-A MSRP is $17,905 and includes $1,615 freight/PDI and fees leased at 0.99% over 40 months with $795 down payment, equals 172 weekly payments of $46 with a total lease obligation of $8,749. Applicable taxes are extra. Lease 40 mos. based on 60,000 km, excess km charge is $.07. 2. Finance offer: 0.99% finance for 36 months, upon credit approval. 3. Lease example: 2017 Corolla iM Automatic KARJEM-A with a vehicle price of $24,255 includes $1,715 freight/PDI and fees leased at 0.99% over 40 months with $2,395 down payment, equals 172 weekly payments of $60 with a total lease obligation of $12,663. Applicable taxes are extra. Lease 40 mos. based on 60,000 km, excess km charge is $.07. 4. Finance offer: 0.99% finance for 36 months, upon credit approval. 5. Lease example: 2017 Camry LE Automatic BF1FLT-A MSRP is $26,785 and includes $1,815 freight/PDI and fees leased at 0% over 40 months with $2,050 down payment, equals 172 weekly payments of $55 with a total lease obligation of $11,570. Applicable taxes are extra. Lease 40 mos. Based on 60,000 km, excess km charge is $0.10. 6. Up to $2,000 incentive for cash customers is available on select 2017 Camry models. 7. Incentives for cash customers on 2017 Camry models are valid until January 3, 2017 and may not be combined with Toyota Financial Services (TFS) lease or finance rates. If you would like to lease or finance at standard TFS rates (not the above special rates), then you may be able to take advantage of cash incentive offers by January 3, 2017. Cash incentives include taxes and are applied after taxes have been charged on the full amount of the negotiated price. See toyota.ca for complete details on all cash incentive offers. 8. Weekly lease offers available through Toyota Financial Services (TFS) on approved credit to qualified retail lease customers of new and demonstrator Toyota vehicles. Down payment and first weekly payment due at lease inception and next weekly payment due approximately 7 days later and weekly thereafter throughout the term. 9. ®Aeroplan miles: Earn up to 5000 Aeroplan miles. Miles offer valid on vehicles purchased/leased, registered and delivered between December 01 and January 3, 2017. Customers must be an Aeroplan Member prior to the completion of the transaction. Offer subject to change without notice. Some conditions apply. See Toyota.ca/aeroplan or your Dealer for details. ®Aeroplan and the Aeroplan logo are registered trademarks of Aimia Canada Inc. 10. Visit your Toyota Dealer or www.getyourtoyota.ca for more details. Some conditions apply; offers are time limited and may change without notice. Dealer may lease/sell for less. Each specific model may not be available at each dealer at all times; factory order or dealer trade may be necessary.
Decreasing the overall size of the Acadia has also decreased the cargo space, and tightened things up a bit for passengers in the third row. The new Acadia can still seat seven, although the back is best reserved for children. PHOTOS SUPPLIED GMC
COROLLA SE WITH UPGRADE PACKAGE SHOWN MSRP INCL. F+PDI $23,520
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For the new 2017 Acadia there are two engine choices instead of one. The new base 2.5-litre four-cylinder makes 193 horsepower and 188 foot-pounds of torque. Optional is a 3.6-litre V-6 that’s rated at 310 h.p. and 288 foot-pounds of torque compared with 288/270 for the 3.6 in the 2016 Acadia. The four-cylinder is the fuel-economy champ of the duo, earning a rating of 11.0 (litres/100 kilometres) in the city and 9.2 on the highway (FWD). A six-speed automatic transmission is standard for both engines. All-wheel drive is a popular staple in this class and is available with both the fourand six-cylinder engines. Under normal driving, AWD disconnects the rear axle to save on gas, or it can be switched to 4x4, Sport, Off Road or Trailer/Tow modes by adjusting the consolemounted selector knob. Pricing for the base SLE trim starts at $36,800 including destination charges. For that sum you get tri-zone climate control, keyless open and start, rear-vision camera and a front-centre airbag that deploys from the right-hand side of the driver’s seat to separate the driver and front passenger from each other during a side-impact collision. The SLE-2 and SLT trims add a variety of drivetrain and luxury content, leading to the sporty five-passenger All Terrain model that’s heavy on the black paint and blacked-out trim and is specially equipped for offroad travel. The pinnacle of Acadia extravagance is the Denali, with a chromed-up exterior trim, hands-free power liftgate, wood and leathercoated interior bits, heated and cooled seats, 20-inch wheels (18s are standard)
and a variety of active safety systems to prevent collisions. With GMC’s full-size tallwagon bases covered by the Yukon lineup, repurposing the Acadia as a mid-size family hauler makes sense. It now hits a sweeter spot with buyers seeking lots of space and comfort in a more manageable size.
The specs TYPE: Four-door, front-wheel-drive or allwheel-drive mid-size tall wagon. Engines: 2.5-litre DOHC I-4 (193 h.p.); 3.6-litre DOHC V-6 (310 h.p.) TRANSMISSION: Six-speed automatic MARKET POSITION: General Motors’ GMC division does the smart thing and downsizes the full-size Acadia, thus bringing it in line with other hot-selling foreign and domestic brands that can carry up to seven passengers. POINTS: All-new sheetmetal is attractive and falls into line with the competition. Dashboard could be from a number of other GM models. Base four-cylinder engine is thrifty, but for serious towing and hauling stick with the V-6. New All Terrain model looks cool, adds off-road competency. Cargo and stowage capacities are reduced, but agility increases, big-time. ACTIVE SAFETY: Blind-spot warning with cross-traffic alert (optional); active cruise control (optional); emergency braking (optional); pedestrian detection (optional); lanekeeping assist (optional). BASE PRICE (including destination): $36,800 – Wheelbase Media
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^AWD Credit will be deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price after taxes and is available on the purchase/lease of select new 2016 and 2017 Lexus vehicles including 2017 Lexus RX 350 AWD models ($2,000 on suffix A only), 2017 Lexus NX 200t AWD models ($2,000 on suffix A only; $1,000 on all other suffixes). *Lease offers provided through Lexus Financial Services, on approved credit. *Representative lease example based on a 2017 IS 300 sfx ‘A’ on a 40 month term at an annual rate of 1.9% and Complete Lexus Price of $45,518. Bi-weekly lease payment is $219 with $4,230 down payment or equivalent trade in, $0 security deposit and first bi-weekly lease payment due at lease inception. Total of 86 bi-weekly lease payments required during the lease term. Total lease obligation is $23,248. *Representative lease example based on a 2017 NX 200t sfx ‘A’ on a 40 month term at an annual rate of 1.9% and Complete Lexus Price of $45,319. Bi-weekly lease payment is $219 with $2,540 down payment or equivalent trade in, $0 security deposit and first bi-weekly lease payment due at lease inception. Total of 86 bi-weekly lease payments required during the lease term. Total lease obligation is $21,557. *Representative lease example based on a 2017 RX 350 sfx ‘A’ on a 40 month term at an annual rate of 1.9% and Complete Lexus Price of $58,369. Bi-weekly lease payment is $279 with $2,670 down payment or equivalent trade in, $0 security deposit and first bi-weekly lease payment due at lease inception. Total of 86 bi-weekly lease payments required during the lease term. Total lease obligation is $26,893. 60,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.20/km for excess kilometres. Complete Lexus Price 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 (but may not be available in certain circumstances). 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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¥ $1,500 Holiday Bonus consumer incentive dollars are available on all new 2016 Fit and HR-V models. $750 Holiday Bonus consumer incentive dollars are available on all new 2016 Civic models. Holiday Bonus consumer incentive dollars are for eligible vehicles in addition to any other programs and will be deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. # The 0.99% APR lease/finance offer applies to all new 2016 Fit, HR-V and Civic models for a 24/24 month period. Limited time APR offers available only through Honda Canada Finance Inc. Ω Limited time lease offers available only through Honda Canada Finance Inc., on approved credit. 2016 Fit DX lease example $16,385 at 0.99% per annum equals $300.06 per month for 24 months (includes $1,595 freight and PDI), with $0 down payment. Total lease obligation of $7,201.44. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. 48,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometres. † Limited time finance offers available only through Honda Canada Finance Inc., on approved credit. 2016 HR-V LX finance example $22,515 at 0.99% per annum equals $947.83 per month for 24 months (includes $1,725 freight and PDI), with $0 down payment. Cost of borrowing is $232.92, for a total obligation of $22,747.92. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. ** Selling price is $16,385/$22,515/$17,750 based on a new 2016 Fit DX 6MT GK5G3GE/2016 HR-V LX 2WD MT RU5G3EX/2016 Civic DX 6MT FC2E2GE including $1,595/$1,725/$1,595 freight and PDI. Prices and/or payments shown do not include tire/battery tax of $25, or air conditioning charge (where applicable) of $100, all of which are due at time of delivery. Additional charges for waste disposal fees, environmental fees and handling charges (all of which may vary by dealer and/or vehicle) may apply. Offers valid from December 1st, 2016 through January 3rd, 2017 at participating Honda retailers. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Offers valid only for British Columbia residents at BC Honda Dealers locations. Offers subject to change or cancellation without notice. Terms and conditions apply. Visit www.bchonda. com or see your Honda retailer for full details.