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The City of North Vancouver is looking to contend with some new challenges in Moodyville as the neighbourhood gradually empties out of old residents to make way for new development.
North Vancouver City Fire Department members were called to put out a fire burning in a vacated home on Monday afternoon. A letter carrier spotted smoke coming from a home on the 500 block of East Second Street and called 911. “It appears the back door was open. There was a squatter. Somebody had gone into the house and lit a minor fire there, probably to keep themselves warm,” said fire Chief Dan Pistilli. It’s the third such fire at a vacated home in Moodyville since November. Following the fires late last year, Pistilli pushed for the developers to hire security guards, who now patrol the site but more will likely have to be done as redevelopment in the area is just beginning. The entire neighbourhood, which was one of the first colonial settlements on the North Shore, has been in transition following the Port of Vancouver’s Low Level Road project and expansion of the waterfront grain terminals. The city opted to redraw the area in the official community plan to allow for medium density
North Vancouver City Fire Department Chief Dan Pistilli stands outside a vacated home in Moodyville. There have been three fires at similar abandoned houses since November. Squatters have been moving in as residents move out in advance of the neighbourhood’s redevelopment. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD condominiums and townhouses, and developers have been assembling properties for rezoning. The largest assembly, by Seacliff Properties, brought together 52 of the 60 properties south of Second Street east of St. Davids Avenue to be rebuilt as 340 units of stacked townhouses. Dozens of other homes on both sides
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Westcot, West Bay score a perfect 10 JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
The open door philosophy at Westcot elementary swings both ways, says principal Cathy Ratz. It’s about welcoming people in to the school who have passions and knowledge to share with students but
also about encouraging families to get involved in West Vancouver’s wider community.
Whether that’s high school kids from Sentinel helping students with storytelling or getting students involved in a science project to launch worms into outer space, it’s obviously working.
Westcot, a school of about 360 students at the base of the British Properties, is one of only two public schools in the province – along with West Vancouver’s West Bay elementary – to gain top marks in B.C., along with 20 private schools, in the Fraser Institute’s annual report card on academic performance.
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Both Westcot and West Bay earned a 10 out of 10 score on the controversial report card, which bases its rankings on grade 4 and 7 scores on the Ministry of Education’s standardized Foundation Skills Assessment tests in math, reading and writing.
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At left, demolition debris sits on a property awaiting redevelopment. At right, graffiti taggers have left their mark on a former home on Third Street. The City of North Vancouver is trying to keep the homes occupied or get them demolished sooner as the neighbourhood empties out. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD
Area a ‘bit unfriendly’ in transition From page 1 of Third Street are awaiting redevelopment for other medium density residential projects. “They might have to start securing them one by one as they’re vacated. That’s what we’re dealing with right now,” Pistilli said. More than an area of concern for firefighters, Moodyville is also providing new challenges for the North Vancouver RCMP, according to spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong “We’re certainly aware of the increase of homeless people to be inhabiting these places. Technically, they are trespassing. Technically they would be considered breaking and entering,” De Jong said, although, he added, it’s very unlikely those types of charges would be pursued. “Strategically, it’s on our radar. We have, no pun intended, hot spots, and we would categorize that area as a hot spot just to be on the lookout for. Our members would do an extra patrol at night just to see if there are any lights or anything in buildings that shouldn’t be there.” Residents in a neighbourhood that was once known
A developer’s fence blocks access to a Third Street property. for its affordable Second World War-era homes are also noticing the less tangible effects of its hollowing out. Once such resident is city Coun. Rod Clark. “Yes, it’s feeling a little bit unfriendly down there,” said Clark, who has lived on East Second Street since before the Port of Vancouver’s Low Level Road project. “It’s got a very vacant kind of a feel. It’s not a good feel. ... It had a very neighbourly sort of feel to it for a lot of years.” Clark said he’s concerned by the fires and he also receives word from his remaining constituents below Third Street about vagrancy. And it seems, as two-legged inhabitants move out, four-legged ones are
moving in. “The rodent population has gone up significantly, to my direct knowledge. I saw a pretty nasty looking wharf rat coming up the steps as I was leaving one morning,” he said. The city has written to all of the developers who own land assemblies in Moodyville, informing them that properties shouldn’t be left abandoned for more than 60 days, according to Gary Penway, the city’s director of community development. “We’ve been pushing people to either keep them occupied, secure them, or get on with demolition of them. And we were pushing some people to the point we
City of North Vancouver Fire Chief Dan Pistilli keeps watch outside a decaying home on Second Street. were close to issuing tickets but they got active with their demolition process,” he said, noting some former homes have already been levelled on the north side of Third Street and more demolition permits are on the way for
projects on the south side. But demolition is more complicated now than it used to be, now requiring a hazardous materials report and the removal of any contamination before the city can issue the demolition
permit, Penway added. Of the 52 properties assembled by Seacliff, 18 are now vacant, Penway said. While the property has been rezoned, the developer hasn’t filed for building permits, meaning the buildings will likely still be empty until the end of the year. “We’re going to be meeting with them. They’re going to increase the security for those properties and we’ll be pushing them to either get on with reoccupying the buildings or get on with demolition,” Penway said. Meanwhile, Clark, who lives in a home not up for redevelopment, said he’s hanging on. “I’m living in hope that the type of redevelopment, which has been mandated by council is actually going to be nice and livable. However, I have great concerns,” he said. “My whole thing is I’m looking for a better day in Moodyville. I’ve been there for a while and we’ve gone through this long process. Let’s make the better day happen sooner rather than later.” A spokesperson for the North Shore Lookout Emergency Aid Society, which employs homeless outreach workers, was not available for comment.
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Voters in West Vancouver-Capilano now have a clear look at who’ll be on the ballot come the May 9 provincial election.
All three major parties have nominated candidates in the riding that has long had a reputation for electing the B.C. Liberals. Liberal MLA Ralph Sultan has been acclaimed by the party to seek a fourth term. “I like the job, and am willing to continue to give it the 24-7 attention it requires. A broad cross-section of the community seems to want me to run again,” he said in an email. “West Van-Capilano deserves an experienced, thoughtful, and knowledgeable person representing it in Victoria. After four terms, I know what is needed to protect North Shore interests in the legislature, and how to accomplish that within government.” If elected back into government, Sultan said his party would continue “the unparalleled track record of fiscal responsibility and low taxes,” increase the availability of seniors care, (and) continue to ensure the province’s K-12 and post-secondary education system remain near the top in international rankings. “These things don’t
happen by accident, but are due to excellent staffing, thoughtful policies,” he said. Sultan also listed housing as a priority. “The extraordinary runup in real estate prices is causing extreme problems of affordability, community character, and unintended tax consequences, which needs sorting out,” he said. Local NDP members have nominated Mehdi Russel, a medical doctor and pharmaceutical consultant, to run for them. Russel said he was inspired to enter politics after seeing his daughter leave the country in search of a better career with a lower cost of living. “As a father who raised three daughters here, I can see the issues around and I would like to take part in politics to see if I can help and make B.C. a better place for the next generation,” he said. “We can’t have affordable housing for our kids. We don’t have enough jobs for them and at the end of the day, they can’t stay here on the North Shore, here in Vancouver, here in Canada and be together as a family.” The province must do a better job bridging the concerns and conversations happening between the rich and poor, Russel said. In addition to increasing health-care spending, including for dental and PharmaCare, Russel said he would push for the $10-perday childcare. “The average they pay right now in this area is about $1,500 (per month). Looking generally at the North Shore, there are many working class families and
paying that amount is a big issue for them,” he said, The Green Party has chosen Capilano University communications professor Michael Markwick to run for them. Markwick, who once ran as an independent in the riding, said he has been courted by the Greens since he met party leader Andrew Weaver in 2013. What clenched the decision was Weaver’s ruling that the party would not accept corporate or union donations and that MLAs would not be whipped. “That really does cut the Gordian knot that’s been preventing accountable and honest politics in the province,” he said. “It seems to me this is the promise of a new political era and that’s what got me interested in joining a political party for the first time in my life.” His top priority, he said, is a meaningful discussion on affordable housing for West Vancouver. “We’ve got business owners who have a hard time keep their doors open, literally, because their staff have to commute from the back and beyond to get to the community to work,” he said. “This is not a nice-tohave. It is an existential need for the community.” Sultan won the seat in 2013 with 67 per cent of the vote, the highest margin of any in B.C. The NDP’s Terry Platt placed second with 22 per cent. The Greens did not have a candidate in 2013. The Liberals have held the riding in every election since the Social Credit era came to an end in 1991.
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Westcot’s lunchtime math club challenges students From page 1 Word of mouth about the school’s academic achievements is spreading. A number of students come to the school from homes outside of the West Vancouver school district. When registration for next year’s kindergarten class opens on Oct. 15, Ratz knows her phone will start ringing. Unlike the top-ranked private schools in the province, Westcot has a significant number of English language learners among its student population – almost 28 per cent, according to ministry data. “That’s the nature of all of our schools,” said Ratz. “The face of our community is a multicultural face.” The school makes it a priority to invite families in, through events like its annual ELL parent tea – and to encourage them to get involved in the larger community. “We see that as critical to success – being on the soccer team or the field hockey team or going to our West Vancouver library,” said Ratz. “We know if our students are involved in the community … they’re going to do better.” Academic achievement is also a focus. Professional development has centred on math teaching, and students who are keen are supported through participation in Caribou Math Club, an online contest run by Brock University. Students can also log on to the online tool Math
IXL to practise. The school tracks students’ literacy progress formally twice a year “to see if we hit the mark,” said Ratz. “We are constantly reflective of our practice and looking at ways we can improve.” Westcot and West Bay aren’t the only schools that scored at the top of the annual report card. Other elementary schools that score at or near the top of the academic list included Cedardale, Chartwell, Pauline Johnson, Caulfeild and Ridgeview public schools in West Vancouver, Collingwood and Mulgrave private schools in West Vancouver, and Cousteau, Holy Trinity, St. Pius X and Brockton Preparatory schools in North Vancouver. North Vancouver’s Upper Lynn elementary was also acknowledged in the report as the third fastest-improving school in the province, as measured by the FSA test scores. Student scores in Grade 4 math and reading, Grade 7 math and the overall percentage of students whose results met provincial expectations for their grade level improved dramatically at the school over the past five years. Both the Fraser Institute’s annual report cards and the provincial FSA tests on which those are based remain controversial, with many educators arguing the rankings give preferential treatment to private schools, only represent a snapshot of academic achievement and ignore other skills being measured by classroom teachers all the time.
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o the chagrin of many educators, the Fraser Institute’s rankings of elementary schools came out this week. We understand the discomfort over this ordering of schools based on certain academic test scores that puts some at the top and many others…further down. Those rankings by themselves lack context. The Fraser Institute’s use of the data as an inroad to promotion of private schools over public is also off-putting. But we would urge everyone not to toss the baby out with the bathwater. Scores on the Foundation Skills Assessment tests themselves still provide our education system with valuable data on competencies that remain key to students’ future success in school. Along with other information, the data helps administrators know if there
are problems and where resources should be focused. At a provincial level, it helps academics and policy makers identify areas of concern, possible solutions and trends over time. The scores may also point to successes and the reasons for them. On a micro level, parents, while embracing the “big ideas” of the new curriculum, still want to know if their kids are learning to read, to write and do math in accordance with standardized expectations. It would be ideal if the school system itself could find a way to publicly present this kind of data in a way that was less politically loaded. Until that day, expect parents and others to continue to have a morbid curiosity for the Fraser Institute’s rankings. We might not like their take on it, but we should not be frightened of the information on which it is based.
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The North Side Paul Sullivan afford to live in your community. It has a huge impact on schools and other public facilities such as recreation centres and libraries. Not to mention taxpayers. West Van may be Canada’s wealthiest postal code, but if the tax base keeps shrinking, it will become Canada’s most expensive postal code to boot. Somebody has to pay for those flower baskets on the
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per cent, so the District looks to be coming down with West Van syndrome; it just hasn’t fully succumbed yet. These three little numbers tell an expressive tale. With the exception of the City, which is growing like gangbusters, the North Shore is a tale of stagnation while all around it a city explodes both up and out. For example: Langley Township was the fastest growing community with 12.6 per cent growth from 104,177 to 117,285 in five years. Surrey is next with an increase of 10.6 per cent between 2011 and 2016, cracking the half million barrier from 468,251 to 517,887. Plainly, the expensive districts are shrinking discreetly while the last bastions of affordability are filling up fast. I have to admit, I’m a bastion of ambivalence when
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However I was very clear during the 2015 election campaign and since that no political party should attempt to unilaterally change the electoral system - to do so would invite legitimate criticism that such a change was being made solely to further the interests of that particular party. A country’s electoral system is intimately tied to issues of democratic process and integrity. To change the electoral system in Canada, in my mind, requires - at a minimum agreement and support between at least two of Canada’s three major parties.
In search of consensus A significant attempt was made by parliamentarians of all political stripes to find a basis for consensus. With a personal passion and academic background in this area, I invested many hours seeking to find areas of common ground that would enable progress.
“Local newspapers support democracy,” writes John Weston, ex-MP for West Vancouver. PHOTO SUPPLIED social media consolidators, such as Google and Facebook. As he pointed out, they don’t produce what we read. They just organize and distribute it. We have fewer and fewer sources of reliable information. The propagation of fake news should make us all suspicious of the Internet. Those of us who rely upon Wikipedia for research should give our heads a shake. Local newspapers support democracy. Readers can play a role in supporting both by communicating to the federal government our collective interest in preserving a robust network of local papers. John Weston West Vancouver Editor’s note: Ex-MP John Weston is praticising law and government relations at McMillan LLP and McMillanVantage. His book Seeking Excellence in Leadership will be ready by May 2017.
However, after many months of effort at many levels, it was clear there is currently no consensus regarding which electoral model Canada should adopt if in fact we were to change the system. The NDP was unrelenting in its support of a particular form of proportional representation – a system that would require far larger constituencies (and thus less local representation) and would strengthen the power of political parties to themselves choose some MPs. The Conservatives opposed any change. And Liberal MPs held views that ranged from support for a preferential ballot system to modified versions of proportional representation. The lack of any political consensus on the
horizon was debilitating to efforts to move the issue forward at this time. Amongst Canadians themselves as was evident at the Town Hall Meeting I hosted in North Vancouver in September - there were disparate views as to which principles were most important in choosing an electoral system and which alternative would be best for Canada.
Promises and change Governments should be accountable for the platforms on which they campaign – and this government should indeed be held to account for this unfulfilled campaign pledge. At the same time however it is - in my view - essential that as circumstances change, as views are clarified and as new issues and realities emerge, governments must also be flexible. A responsible government and a healthy democratic process must be prepared for the possibility that priorities and campaign promises are subject to re-evaluation if in fact circumstances change. Governments clearly must be able to explain and justify such changes, but some such flexibility is a critical element to the effective functioning of a parliamentary democracy. Some have suggested that the government should have driven forward, in the absence of any cross-party agreement, to force a referendum on the country. However, is debating the Canadian electoral system really what Canadians want to be the focus of the next 12-18 months? Is it a sufficiently high priority at a time of great uncertainty with regard to international affairs, trade, the economy, climate change, child poverty and the critical needs of indigenous communities? The answer of this government is, no - not at this time. And, as personally disappointed as I am with the lack of consensus with regard to a path forward on this matter, I believe this decision is the correct one. Looking to the future, I intend to continue the discussion of electoral reform with my colleagues from all parties to see if, over the medium term, we may come up with ideas and concepts that could enable the emergence of a broader consensus.
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NEWSBRIEFS SURVEY GEAR SWIPED North Vancouver RCMP are on the hunt for some stolen pieces of land surveying equipment worth about $15,000. Police say someone let themselves into an unlocked vehicle parked in the alley of 100-block East 12th Street between 2 and 3 p.m. on Feb. 2 and made off with a red plastic box and grey/green backpack containing a Leica CS10 3.5G Field Controller and Plus Smart Antenna. It’s possible the thief may not even know the value of
their ill-gotten gains, or what to do with them, according to a police press release. No one should leave their vehicle unlocked, officers added in the release. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact RCMP. – Brent Richter VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR HOMELESS COUNT Metro Vancouver and the BC Non-Profit Housing Association are looking for some North Shore volunteers to help in the 2017
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government policy and nonprofit services. About 1,200 people have been recruited across the region so far but there haven’t been enough sign-ups locally. “In particular, we need about 30 more volunteers on the North Shore,” said Greg Valou, Metro Vancouver spokesman. “It’s a tangible way for people to get involved with solving homelessness in the community. For people who are concerned about it, it’s a good way to actually get out there and do something that
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Province promises to share wealth of projected $2.2B budget surplus LINDSAY KINES/ TIMES COLONIST Contributing writer
The upcoming provincial budget will provide B.C. taxpayers with some form of “financial relief,” Premier Christy Clark’s Liberal government announced in its annual Speech from the Throne Tuesday.
The 15-page document offered no details of the promised assistance, but said government is prepared to share the wealth in advance of the May 9 provincial election. “After years of sacrifice by all of us in British Columbia through challenging times, working together with a plan, your government is now in a position to pay you back,
to relieve some financial burdens, and to invest in your household and in your families,” stated the speech, read by Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon. The province is projecting a budget surplus of $2.2 billion and the throne speech maintained that the money belongs to taxpayers. “And in the coming budget your government will provide financial relief to taxpayers, while continuing to make investments in the services people rely on.” The rest of the speech mostly recounted past government accomplishments and reiterated its commitment to growing the economy and creating jobs. It warned that “risk is all around us” in the form of a weak global economy and the rise of protectionism in the United States and Europe. On that front, Clark has announced that former federal cabinet minister David Emerson will be the province’s new trade envoy to the United States. He will work with the Canadian and U.S. governments to get a new softwood lumber deal. The throne speech
devoted only a few paragraphs to the planned liquefied natural gas industry that Clark trumpeted in the last provincial election. The speech said that “unforeseen headwinds have created challenging conditions” and that “bringing home the generational opportunity of LNG remains with reach.” The speech launched a pre-election sitting of the B.C. legislature that promises clashes over the deaths of children in care and party financing. B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan has said his party plans to hold the government accountable for yet another damning report on the province’s child-welfare system. Bernard Richard, who is expected to be confirmed as the new representative for children and youth this session, released a report last week on the death of Alex Gervais, an 18-year-old Métis youth who took his life at an Abbotsford hotel where he had been living for 49 days while in care. Horgan said the Opposition will be “trying to get a straight answer” from
C’EST LE FUN! The image of a bear reveals itself from a block of ice at the hands of ice sculptor Harold Sawatszy during Carnaval, Feb. 6 at école Braemar elementary in North Vancouver. Both French immersion and English students participated in the school-wide celebration of bilingualism and French Canadian culture. The event was supported by the local chapter of the national non-profit group Canadian Parents For French. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD the government on why such tragedies keep happening in B.C. The Liberals have pledged to act on all of Richard’s recommendations. “But they need to have the resources to do that,” Horgan said. “They need to be candid with the people of B.C. with the challenges we face with children at risk.” The Opposition also plans
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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Lisa King LGH Community Cares Gala Members of the North Shore’s Asian community showed their love for Lions Gate Hospital Foundation by raising $120,000 at the second annual LGH Community Cares Gala. Close to 200 guests attended the event held on Chinese Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 11, at Capilano Golf and Country Club where they were welcomed by the Collingwood Jazz Trio. The evening was organized by the foundation’s Asian advisory committee and hosted by Omni TV anchor Karen So. Proceeds raised from the evening, including the silent auction, will be directed to the North Shore Hospice Expansion Campaign, a $2-million project that will turn the facility into a central point for palliative treatment and include a new outpatient clinic. The expansion is expected to be complete by December 2017.
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Old-timey bluegrass ensemble the High Bar Gang (Kirby Barber, Rob Becker, Shari Ulrich, Wendy Bird (seated), Colin Nairne, Dave Barber and Barney Bentall) plays Centennial Theatre on Friday, Feb. 24. Their album, Someday The Heart Will Trouble The Mind, released by True North Records, has been nominated for a 2017 Juno Award. PHOTO SUPPLIED KAREN WALKER CHAMBERLIN
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Her siblings got piano lessons. She didn’t.
Almost 60 years later Shari Ulrich still doesn’t know why. (“They weren’t musical, maybe that’s why they needed the lessons,” she says of her siblings with a laugh.) But she remembers skulking outside their practice room, intercepting melodic transmissions like a Russian spy and sitting at the piano to translate her intel into keys and chords. It’s early Friday morning and Ulrich is narrating as she stirs milk into her coffee. “I’ve almost got my first sip of coffee in me so I’m hoping my brain will work,” she says. The coffee is effective.
One sip and she’s off and running, talking about why she prefers Joni Mitchell to Jimi Hendrix, leaving home at 18 with a violin and her sister’s flute, and the challenge of writing music (“We aren’t great friends, me and songwriting.”) But when the conversation circles to the “core music” that insinuated itself into her genetic code as a teenager, Ulrich answers in a word: “Beatles!” She then quickly offers that she “never had fantasies about Ringo and George.” Ulrich is part of a dispersed musical tribe that trace their ancestry to Sgt. Pepper and the Ed Sullivan Show like a river of origin. Their music pulled her in, quite literally. “I put my head into the speaker of my mother’s suitcase stereo to hear the harmonies,” she recalls. These days Ulrich is harmonizing with the High Bar Gang, a bluegrass ensemble consisting of Barney Bentall, Dave Barber, Kirby Barber, Rob Becker, Wendy Bird, Colin Nairne and Ulrich. But while Nairne is a bluegrass student who nursed visions of an “original, hardcore bluegrass” band for years, Ulrich classifies
herself as “not really a student of anything.” Still, much like Kool or Scooby, she joined the gang. “I find that in my career I generally always say ‘Yes.’ Particularly if I’m scared.” She stayed scared. “I felt like a complete sham,” she explains. Bluegrass, she felt, was something “only the most brilliant players can play.”
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Musical pioneer Bill Monroe once remarked: “Bluegrass is wonderful music. I’m glad I originated it.” The sound was distilled in the Appalachian hills like a vat of ‘shine, infused with the folk music of Scottish and Irish immigrants who held onto melodies while fleeing poverty and Oliver Cromwell. Monroe gave the genre its name, and with fellow Blue Grass
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MURDER SHE PODCAST Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff, two lifelong fans of true crime stories, host a weekly podcast, My Favorite Murders, on the Feral Audio network. The duo will perform live at the Vogue Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 10 p.m., as part of JFL NorthWest, a comedy festival running through Feb. 25 at various locations. For more information visit jflnorthwest.com. PHOTO SUPPLIED
MYFAVORITEMURDER Podcast duo Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff are performing live at the Vogue Theatre tomorrow night as part of JFL NorthWest: feralaudio.com/show/my-favorite-murder. HIGHBARGANG “Jailer, Jailer” recorded live off the floor at the Little Red Church on Bowen Island: bit.ly/2kNL07I. ONLYAVISITOR “East and West” video. Excellent experimental pop band performing at Winterruption fest on Feb. 19. See story page 22: http://bit.ly/2lmciWp. WERNERHERZOG New documentary, Lo & Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, screening at Vancity Theatre tonight as part of KDocs: bit.ly/2bx83B8. LAILABIALIWITHSTING Laila Biali singing in the chorus with Sting in A Winter’s Night concert at Durham Cathedral: bit.ly/2lSCoh2. See story page 20. PUERTOESCONDIDO Wave action off Mexico’s Oaxaca coast. See story page 30: bit.ly/2lX15Ij. TENNIS Band performing at Biltmore March 1. Live on KCRW: “Ladies Don’t Play Guitar”: bit.ly/2lSTtHv and “Never Work for Free”: bit.ly/2lPCdGm. THECOURTNEYS The Courtneys II out today on Flying Nun Records. “Silver Velvet”: bit. ly/2lWRlxP. Band play live at the Biltmore on March 14. MARCELPROUST Quebec Université Laval prof Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan discovers in Canadian National Cinema Centre archives what is thought to be the only known film footage of Marcel Proust (at the 1904 wedding of Élaine Greffulhe, daughter of the Countess of Greffulhe, who was one of Proust’s close friends and the principle inspiration for his character Oriane de Guermantes in À La Recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time): bit.ly/2lSOc2K. TRUMPONOMICS When covering Donald Trump investigative journalist Carl Bernstein says to follow the money: cnn.it/2jHSwV4. The Guardian reports on German Deutsche Bank’s connection to Trump finances: bit.ly/2ktvz8v. – John Goodman
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Anna Galvin stars as Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan’s play The Audience. The production is on stage at The Stanley until Feb. 26.
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Play gives monarchy the royal treatment ! The Audience is at the Stanley until Feb. 26. For tickets, call 604-687-1644 or go to artsclub.com. JO LEDINGHAM Contributing writer
Actor Anna Galvin does a fine job of portraying Queen Elizabeth II in her adult years from her brisk, slightly bristly manner right down to her sensible shoes. Bernard Cuffling makes a toffee-nosed but softhearted Equerry showing off the (imagined) Hepplewhite furniture in the Audience Room of Buckingham Palace where the Queen meets every Tuesday with a progression of prime ministers. And Galvin’s daughter, Bianca Sanchez
Galvin, making her professional debut, is a precocious young Elizabeth before she becomes Queen. But Navi, Link, Pumpkin and Bacon — four adorable Corgis — steal the show right out from underneath everyone on the Stanley stage. On opening night, applause immediately rang out when first one, then two and finally all four Corgis ran onto the stage. Over her 65-year reign the Queen has owned 30 Pembroke Welsh Corgis, about whom she blithely commented in a televised interview, “They bite, you know.” Response to Peter Morgan’s The Audience will depend on where you stand vis-a-vis the monarchy. The January 2017 Toronto production was soundly trashed by
the Globe and Mail’s Kelly J. Nestruck who wrote, referring to Morgan, “He’s not written a comedy or drama or even history, but a hagiography.” Arguably, that’s true. Morgan’s Elizabeth II shows few, if any, warts. But for those who think the Queen serves a purpose, persevering through thick and thin and rising above scandal, The Audience is entertaining, even educational. The Queen has held these weekly conversations with 13 prime ministers since her coronation in 1952, and Morgan’s play gives us a brief sketch of eight of them. For those who are caught up watching The Crown, perhaps The Audience will seem like thin gruel. Obviously the Arts Club staging is spare
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compared to the lavish setting of the Netflix hit. But I liked the play and this production. One after the other, the various prime ministers enter, are greeted by Her Majesty and begin their conversations. Joel Wirkkunen’s Winston Churchill gives advice to the young queen: “The duty that has befallen you is an honour.” She bridles upon recognizing the truth of her situation: “You (the prime ministers) have all the power and I have none.” John Major, portrayed by Ted Cole, “only wanted to be ordinary” and confessed he had passed only three of his O Levels to which the Queen responds she passed no examinations at all, never having been to school but was
always tutored at home. David Marr reveals “the ruffian” in working class Harold Wilson while Tom McBeath, as Labour leader Gordon Brown, almost insults the Queen who responds, amused but not annoyed, to his inadvertent negative comment with, “That started off as a compliment and went somewhere else.” From Chris Britton’s prickly Sir Anthony Eden to casual Tony Blair (Jay Hindle) and David Cameron (Hindle again), Elizabeth II proves she does her homework and makes her opinions known. Of all the prime minsters, the most aggressive and the least respectful is Margaret Thatcher (Erin Ormond) who barely manages to be polite in the Queen’s presence. Yes, The Audience is
an unabashed homage to Elizabeth II. Directed by Sarah Rodgers, The Audience finds little fault with the little girl who grew up to become the queen at the tender age of 26 and has doggedly stood her ground. And, yes, playwright/ screenwriter Peter Morgan has been milking the monarchy for material for years. So don’t go to The Audience if you think the Royal Family is irrelevant. Do go if you think, in changing times, having a stalwart, gracious, wellspoken, committed, dog-loving Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth is something to hold onto. Navi, Link, Pumpkin and Bacon are a bonus. – Jo Ledingham writes for our sister paper the Vancouver Courier
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Proposed Amendment to the Environmental Assessment Certificate for the Woodfibre LNG Project Invitation to Comment The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) invites the public to comment on an application for an amendment to the Environmental Assessment Certificate (EAC) granted to Woodfibre LNG Limited (Certificate Holder) on October 26, 2015, for the construction and operation of the Woodfibre LNG Project (Project).
proposed amendment are identified for consideration as part of the assessment process. All comments within the scope of the application for amendment will be considered as part of EAO’s review.
The Project is located approximately 7 km west-southwest of Squamish, British Columbia, involves construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the previous Woodfibre Pulp and Paper Mill site, which would have a storage capacity of 250,000 m3 and would produce 2.1 million tonnes per year of LNG.
The Decision Statement under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, issued by the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change on March 17, 2016, contains conditions regarding Woodfibre LNG Limited’s obligations in regard to Project changes. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency will consider comments received by EAO regarding potential adverse environmental effects from the proposed project changes and the proposed mitigation measures.
The Certificate Holder is proposing the following design changes:
EAO accepts public comments through the following ways:
• Changing from seawater cooling to air cooling of the plant;
BY ONLINE FORM: eao.gov.bc.ca/pcp/index.html
• Upgrading an existing intake on Mill Creek rather than constructing a new intake; and,
BY MAIL: Michael Shepard, Project Assessment Manager Environmental Assessment Office | PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9V1
• Short-term use of water from Woodfibre Creek during construction.
BY FAX: Fax: 250-387-0230
The proposed changes would require an amendment to the EAC under British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Act. The purpose of the amendment is to enable the Project to proceed with these proposed changes.
An electronic copy of the Certificate Holder’s EAC Amendment Application is available at: EAO website: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/epic/html/deploy/epic_project_home_408.html
There are 30 days for the submission of comments by the public in relation to the EAC Amendment Application, from February 9, 2017, until March 11, 2017. During this period, the public is invited to submit concerns regarding new or additional potential effects that might result from the proposed amendment.
Certificate Holder website: http://www.woodfibrelng.ca/
The intention of seeking public comments is to ensure that all potential effects – environmental, economic, social, heritage and health – that might result from the
NOTE: All submissions received by EAO during the comment period in relation to the proposed Project are considered public and will be posted to the EAO website.
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REVIEW: A MAN CALLED OVE
Swedish Oscar entry humanizes the town grouch ! A Man Called Ove. Directed by Hannes Holm. Starring Rolf Lassgard, Bahar Pars, Ida Engvoll and Filip Berg. Rating: 7 (out of 10) JULIE CRAWFORD Contributing writer
We all know a man called Ove. That old man who yells at you to clean up after your dog (before it has even befouled anything), who chides children playing, who enforces the archaic bylaws in your townhouse complex and is ever on the lookout for disturbers of the peace. Only, for inflexible men like Ove, there is no peace.
Sweden’s entry for Best Foreign Film at this year’s Academy Awards is the light and tender A Man Called Ove, based on Fredrick Backman’s best-selling novel. It stars Rolf Lassgard as Ove, an unhappy widower. Ove is fired from his engineering company after 43 years and immediately launches a new routine: he buys flowers daily to place at his wife’s grave, and he makes daily rounds in his housing development, acting as honourary recycling enforcer, parking lieutenant,
Rolf Lassgard stars as an unhappy widower in Hannes Holm’s comedy A Man Called Ove. PHOTO SUPPLIED rule stickler and general curmudgeon. One day Ove puts on his best suit and decides to kill himself. This is where we see a young Ove (Filip Berg) meet Sonja (Ida Engvoll), the love of his life, and witness the litany of great joys
and misfortunes that have molded Ove into the chunk of stone that he is today. “There was nothing before Sonja and there is nothing after her.” The flashbacks come just in time to humanize a character we might easily have
given up on, while director Hannes Holm manages the tricky balance between dark subject matter and the silly, occasionally weird Wes Anderson-style vignettes of the past. In addition to his relationship with Sonja there is the
friendship and a longstanding feud between Ove and Rune (Borje Lundberg), a tiff not caused by religion or politics but by the impassable crevasse that exists between Volvo and Saab owners. The reverie – and suicide – are interrupted by the ruckus
of a new family moving in across the street. Heavily pregnant Parvaneh (Bahar Pars) arrives with her clueless husband Patrick (Tobias Almborg) and two daughters, dissolving the community’s tenuous order and giving Ove a reason to live, at least long enough to yell at them about their shoddy parking job and excessive noise. No-nonsense Parvaneh isn’t deterred: she has seen hard times and sees through Ove’s tough exterior. But it’s the children who first coax humanity out of the old man, as children often do. With apologies to his dead wife, Ove keeps finding reasons to delay ending his life and soon finds more reasons to live than to die. There’s no doubt that the narrative is predictable but it’s also universal, and anchored by a lovely performance by Lassgard, who manages to be moving even as his character is immovable. And when Ove does finally break down with longswallowed tears, it is with a grief we can all relate to. A Man Called Ove has done a great service to the grouches of the world, who might just be given some leeway after people watch this film.
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Laila Biali returns home for CapU concert
Handsworth grad performs with NiteCap Ensemble ! Cap Jazz Series presents Laila Biali with NiteCap, Friday, Feb. 24, 8 p.m. at the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Tickets and info: capilanou.ca/centre or 604-990-7810. MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com
Laila Biali has been living in her own jazz-laden La La Land – making music with Sting and having an audience with jazz greats – since graduating from Handsworth secondary two decades ago. When she steps on stage at the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts for the Cap Jazz Series next Friday, it will be a homecoming of sorts for Biali. And the Juno Awardnominated vocalist, pianist and songwriter couldn’t be more excited. “That’s why this is such a milestone for me because I’m originally from North Vancouver and I’ve never actually played a headlining show at a venue like this,” says Biali, on the line from Toronto where she now lives. “So it’s pretty cool to be coming back and doing this.” Biali’s family will be in the audience at Capilano University, along with some
old friends who have connected with her through Facebook. “So it’s going to be a reunion for sure,” says Biali. Handsworth was where Biali met a music teacher who changed the trajectory of her life. “Yes, in fact, he’s the reason I’m pursuing music full time,” explains Biali, referring to Bob Rebagliati, who was at the helm of Handsworth’s music programs for many years. Life had dealt Biali a different hand shortly after she arrived at Handsworth. Once a classically trained pianist with lofty aspirations to study at Juilliard, Biali injured her right arm which put her out of piano-playing commission for a while. Later, while on a path to study sciences postsecondary at UBC, Biali took a complete left turn into jazz – thanks to Rebagliati, who set her up with a jazz piano teacher. At the same time Biali was introduced to one of Rebagliati’s protégés at Handsworth, Canadian jazz great and multiple Juno Award winner Renee Rosnes, who helped connect classical with jazz music for Biali. “You can really hear the influence of her classical training in both her playing and her compositions,” says Biali of Rosnes. Breaking out of the jazz box or genre and finding her own niche in the music world was not an easy transition for Biali. “This idea of improvising and creating your own melodies within the framework of
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a Great American Songbook piece of music or what we call jazz standards was very foreign and very challenging for me initially,” she says. “So it wasn’t immediately a natural fit.” Slowly but surely Biali built a name for herself. Her first big break came in January 2001 while Biali was still in music school – she had received a scholarship to attend Toronto-based Humber College’s jazz program. Biali signed up to audition for an international collegiate competition called Sisters in Jazz – and was chosen to join the program which catapulted her into a career as a jazz musician. Besides performing before jazz industry pros, Biali was coached and mentored by leading musicians and other industry folk. She got to rub shoulders and have an audience with some great jazz legends including Oscar Peterson and Nancy Wilson. “It was really fast … it was a baptism by fire in a way for me,” recalls Biali. “Still a student and here I was performing on international stages.” Biali’s next lucky break came at the time she needed it the most. “I was living in New York struggling to make ends meet because New York in the best of circumstances is a difficult city and here I was as a freelance musician trying to get by,” she says. Biali called her dad and told him it was time for her to move back to Canada and
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Laila Biali credits former Handsworth teacher Bob Rebagliati with getting her involved with music as a full-time career. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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Sting encouraged Biali to broaden her range From page 20
“just be sensible about this whole thing.” It was literally within 24 hours later that Biali got a call from Grammy Award winning artist Lisa Fischer, who was a backup singer for a number of famous artists, including Sting, Luther Vandross and Tina Turner. Fischer was searching for singers to record with Sting. “So I was one of the singers she called and she left me this message that had me laughing out loud, totally incredulous,” says Biali. Within a couple of days of Biali almost giving up on New York, she found herself in a rigorous audition process which ultimately led to her being chosen as one of four singers to make music with Sting. “It was incredible,” effuses Biali of that experience. “Within a month we were flying to Sting’s villa in Tuscany, rehearsing with him there. We were with him 10 hours a day, staying at his home and eating meals with him and then going into his studio there to rehearse. I mean it was like a fairy tale for me because he was one of my bucket list artists (to work with).” Sting of course imparted some of his wisdom on Biali. She recalled one particular meal during which the “Every Breath You Take” singer was talking poetically about how he believed all of his songs already existed in some shape or form.
“He feels that songs are already out there and they already exist in some way and as an artist you are pulling these melodies, and these ideas and these lyrics out of this collective creative consciousness, which I thought was really interesting,” says Biali. Sting encouraged Biali with her songwriting journey and helped her shed the jazz label and move more mainstream, which Biali says took some courage as with any genre you have some people who are purists. “So I think that was the most difficult hurdle, overcoming the judges in my head as well as critical feedback from people in that world as I was trying to explore crossing those boundaries,” she says. Being as authentic as she can is how Biali breaks free and then goes “where the music takes you.” Sometimes what feels most natural for Biali in times of sorrow is for her to sit at the piano and write. “When difficult circumstances arise and we have to respond, usually there’s a powerful emotional reaction and that will sometimes translate into a song,” says Biali, who has penned lyrics about her personal life. Biali has recorded six records to date, earned world-wide recognition for her music and performed at prestigious venues including Tokyo’s Cotton Club and NYC’s Carnegie Hall. Her studio recording, Tracing Light,
received a Juno nomination in 2011 for Best Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. She has toured with Grammy Award winners Chris Botti, Paula Cole and Suzanne Vega. Biali and Cole were in a band together, along with drummer Ben Wittman who Biali later married. Her second original music album is set to be released later this year. “It’s wonderful to cover other people’s songs – you can be a very powerful interpreter of other people’s music – but I do think that there’s another level of connection that can exist when you are creating your own work,” she says. The upcoming album is inspired by recent events in Biali’s life and around the world. There’s a song about the Syrian refugee crisis, Biali’s love letters from the road to her husband and son, and emotions evoked from watching Biali’s Brooklyn neighbourhood go through gentrification and the resulting “demovictions” of multi-generations of families. Biali is fresh off a European tour, which she is hailing as a success. She sold-out a Tuesday night show in Zurich, “a delightful surprise,” says Biali. Then in Poland she received multiple standing ovations and encores and ran out of CDs, which sold like hotcakes. “It was totally unexpected and left me soaring,” says Biali. Biali is curious, looking
Laila Biali plans to release her second album of original material later this year. PHOTO SUPPLIED ahead to her performance next week with NiteCap, the premier vocal jazz ensemble of Capilano University’s Jazz Studies degree program lead by Réjean Marois, who’s prepared some special arrangements of Biali’s songs and other people’s music. Biali is excited to see what Marois has come up with. The first set will feature Biali on vocals/piano, Adam Thomas on bass/vocals and Joel Fountain on drums/ vocals, as Biali takes the best of pop, rock, classical, world, and soul and infuses it with her jazz experimentation. Biali will also debut a couple
of brand-new songs from the upcoming album. These days Biali divides her time between New York and Toronto, where her sixyear-old son Josh has joined the Canadian Children’s Opera Company. Biali believes her son shows a precocious interest in singing because she was touring with Sting when she was pregnant with Josh, thereby exposing him to music while in the womb. “And Sting used to always joke about my husband Ben and say he’s the father of my baby,” says Biali with a laugh, adding she’s still in
touch with Sting, who always asks how Josh is doing. Sting sings Biali’s praises and is quoted in a press release promoting the Cap Jazz Series event as saying: “It is the ultimate task given to the musician, whether as singer or instrumentalist, to create a unique signature or fingerprint that is instantly recognizable as their own. What is surprising and delightful in Laila Biali is that both as vocalist and pianist she accomplishes this with equal aplomb. She is an exciting and unique talent, and I admire her greatly.”
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Only A Visitor find a home at Winterruption
Band finishes new album, ready to head out on tour
! Only A Visitor at Performance Works as part of Winterruption Festival 2017, Sunday, Feb. 19, 1 and 2 p.m. For more information visit granvilleisland.com/winterruption. BEN BENGTSON Contributing writer
It has been a busy new year so far for Only A Visitor, a Vancouver-based band with strong North Shore roots.
The group is squaring up to perform at Granville Island’s annual winter festival, Winterruption, on Feb. 19 and is also looking to head out on tour this summer. Having spent the first part of February recording Lines, the quintet’s second album, bandleader Robyn Jacob expresses excitement about the current project and upcoming tour gigs, but is most enthusiastic for what’s to come. “It’s just a matter of putting it down,” Jacob says about recording the new album. “We
haven’t recorded in almost two years so a lot of this material is stuff we’ve toured with. It’s very comfortable.” Allowing its musical ideas to gestate and grow stronger through extensive live performances has been key to Only A Visitor being able to quickly record and mix the new record, the followup to 2015’s lush and experimental debut Tower Temporary. Jacob says the band would have likely put out the new record this year no matter what, but a grant received from the Canada Council for the Arts at the 11th hour near the end of January has certainly allowed the project to come to fruition with greater ease. “We were going to do it all anyway, which would have been fine. But it would financially been very challenging for me,” Jacob says. “I’m so grateful to have this because it really makes so much more possible for us. It helps us pay for recording and making the album, putting it out there. We’re so lucky here in Canada to have a fair amount of government funding.” Jacob grew up in West Vancouver and attended Sentinel secondary. While in high school, she played in a
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Only A Visitor performs at Granville Island’s Winterruption Festival on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 1 and 2:10 p.m. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca Limited Editions – The Art of Printmaking: An exhibition showing the artistry, processes and techniques of contemporary printmakers Mariko Ando, Elisabeth Sommerville and Richard Tetrault runs until March 18. Artist demonstration: Saturday, March 4 from noon to 4 p.m. North Shore Art Crawl: Explore artists’ studios and galleries from Lions Bay to Deep Cove March 4 and 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. See artists at work at 70 locations. Free. Map and info: nvartscouncil.ca/nsac/. FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. TuesdaySunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-925-7290 ferrybuildinggallery.com Configurations: An exhibition of mixed media works by Diane Isherwood and Tannis Turner and oil and board and shell by Audra Ann Ricketts runs until Feb. 19. Beyond Surface: An exhibition of acrylic on canvas by Sylvia Bayley, mixed media on rag paper and hand-coloured etchings by Ingunn Kemble and textiles by Fariba Mirzaie runs from Feb. 21 to March 12. Opening reception: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 6-8 p.m. Meet the artists: Saturday, Feb. 25, 2-3 p.m. Art Sunday: Join artist Ingunn Kemble and create your own masterpiece to take home Feb. 26, 2-4 p.m. Free. RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Realms of the Imagination: Painter Antonio Dizon presents his newest abstract compositions on canvas and Kate Whitehead and Connie Cunningham show their pottery and whimsical creations in clay until Feb. 19. My West Coast: Painter Elizabeth Austin shows her acrylic on canvas landscapes of the West Coast and potter
INDIGENOUS DANCE Dancers of Damelahamid host the 10th annual Coastal First Nations Dance Festival, a celebration of indigenous stories, song and dance from Canada and abroad, at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology Feb. 28 – March 5. For more information visit damelahamid.ca. PHOTO SUPPLIED Jochen Schliessler shows large vases, jugs, bowls and planters Feb. 19-April 9. SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery. com I Spy Wild/Life: Artist Sarah Ronald shows new drawings, paintings and installations which spur viewers to seek out the contradictions around our relationships with wild animals until March 5. Artist talk/tour: Sunday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m. Free dropin landscapes workshop: Sunday, March 5, 2-4 p.m. SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Spectrum: A celebration of the varied and diverse artists in the community runs until March 5. Storm: A series that explores
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Band experiment with pop framework From page 22 band called The Tangerine, a rock trio she describes as playing “bluesy, surfy pop music.” It was there that Jacob became a veteran performer on the North Shore with gigs with The Tangerine at the Ambleside Youth Centre and Harmony Arts Festival. After high school, Jacob attended UBC to study music. But while she left the North Shore to take her musical evolution to the next stage, many of her future Only A Visitor bandmates were getting their start over here. The band is currently comprised of vocalists Emma Postl and Celina Kurz, bassist Jess Gammon and drummer Kevin Romain. With the exception of
Romain, the other members all either studied music at Capilano University or lived on the North Shore at one time. Jacob notes that the strong jazz education many of her bandmates received complements her classical training, leading to arrangements and songs with Only A Visitor that fit neatly into a pop music framework but are also complex and original. “Everyone in the band is jazz trained but I’m classically trained. It was quite different. I can’t really shred through charts as well as they can. It’s kind of like a different music world that we come from,” she says. Although the bandmates have advanced training in music, Jacob stresses that they
are not a jazz band per se. “I don’t even really know where to put our music. We write songs, they’re a little bit weird. I usually just say we’re arty-pop music. I don’t really want to call us jazz,” she says. Although the band just finished recording its new album, Jacob seems most excited about the planned next record, an even more experimental piece she says she’s had drafted in her mind for quite some time now. “I’m excited about where it’s going,” she says. Prior to the release of the band’s second album in June, however, Jacob says she’ll be spending much of her time applying for more grants, trying to book shows and generally figuring out where the
group’s next big push will be. She mentions there are tentative plans to try and get the band some tour dates up in Haida Gwaii. The plans sound fitting for what seems to be Only A Visitor’s viewpoint, a band that sees the privilege and preciousness of performing and respects the environment around themselves. “I really believe that here on this planet we are only visiting and I feel like to hold yourself the amount of respect as you would if you were a guest in someone else’s home is really, really important to me. I just sort of hold that sentiment,” Jacob says. Granville Island’s Winterruption festival is being held Feb. 17-19 this year.
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Looking smart through the ages CFUW celebrates 60 years with clothing retrospective
MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com
Hemlines have risen and fallen since the West Vancouver chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women started 60 years ago.
And to celebrate its anniversary, the CFUW will take a look back at the duds through the decades through a fashion retrospective at West Vancouver United Church Feb. 24. Hosting the fashion flashback is Ivan Sayers, a Vancouver fashion historian who specializes in the study of women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing from 1650 to the present. Sayers, a one-time Vancouver Museum curator of history, has one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of historic clothing in private hands in Canada. He commonly jokes that his collection is so vast, he sleeps in the dining room of his three-bedroom home. Sayers will showcase some vintage pieces from his collection during the Feb. 24 fashion show that will have attendees incredulously reaching for their rib cages when the corset
comes out. Divided into two parts, the program starts with a live demonstration of a model going through an early 1900s-era dressing sequence involving a corset, bustle, three petticoats and various layers right through to the finished silhouette. The look is completed with a hat, gloves and handbag. “That’s to examine the way things used to be in the olden days,” says Sayers. The most time-consuming part, of course, is adjusting the corset and lacing it up “so it’s as small as it should go.” The second part of the fashion retrospective intentionally starts in 1957 to pay homage to the West Vancouver CFUW’s inception. “The rest of (the show) is the evolution of modern fashion and the emancipation of truly restrictive clothing,” says Sayers. “We’ll cover basically the principle looks over the last 50, 60 years.” Sayers will show the clothes on dressmaker dummies, accompanied by slides that explain changes in women’s fashion over the decades and the influences of politics, economics and social attitude. “We’ll talk about the ‘50s and the exaggeration of femininity. The image of movie stars like Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor,” says Sayers of the fashion that was on trend when the CFUW started in West Vancouver. That womanly look,
explains Sayers, evolved gradually into a more youthful style, after the birth of the Barbie doll. Later comes the miniskirt and the model of the day is Twiggy. “So gradually the look becomes even more youthful until it gets to the point where it’s almost childish because Twiggy had such an undeveloped figure,” says Sayers. Throughout the ‘70s, clothing became a bit more modest and the hemlines longer. Lady Diana and her fashion style becomes iconic towards the end of the decade. Moving into the ‘80s, shoulder pads and power suits – “consequences of the women’s movement” – ruled the runway. “You were expected to look powerful and be powerful,” explains Sayers. The ‘90s saw more experimenting – theatrical fashions, Japanese designers and the modern punk and new wave fashions of Vivienne Westwood, along with the introduction of goth. Sayers will cap off the show discussing the current preoccupation with bright colours, sparkle and “sequins in the middle of the day.” “So we’ve got lots to talk about,” he says. “Every period has successes and failures, that’s the truth. At any given moment there are designers doing wonderful things and there are designers doing things which I
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Vancouver historian Ivan Sayers will host a fashion retrospective Feb. 24 at West Vancouver United Church, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the CFUW in West Van. FILE PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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Sayers collects history behind garments From page 25 think are ugly. Everybody likes something different.” Sayers sources historical clothing items from around the world including France, Germany, England, the U.S., Japan and even closer to home. The corset Sayers will be using he got from a Salvation Army thrift store in Vancouver in 1965. “I do try to get the histories attached to the garments because it means more,” he says. “My real focus is history and I use clothing to examine history.” Sayers looks at the broader history of the day as well as the personal history of the garment’s owner. Clothing is often saved from special occasions or milestone moments in people’s lives. “The obvious thing is a wedding dress,” he says. “A lot of the clothes are saved because they are reminiscent of a particular moment in a women’s life.” Among the treasured fashion items Sayers has inherited and learned the backstory of over the years are a first evening dress; a first pair of shoes – costing a fortune – that a woman purchased for her first job; a pantsuit, because it was the first time she could wear pants to work. The West Van fashion event is intended to raise funds for the CFUW’s 60th anniversary scholarship. The CFUW’s main goals are to benefit the community and advance human rights and improve the status of women through education. “One of the things that we do is try to give scholarships to women in fields where women aren’t represented,” says CFUW past president Ieva Cornford, who is chair of the 60th anniversary committee. As for why the CFUW decided to host a fashion retrospective, Cornford says the committee thought it would be fun. “So it’s our 60th anniversary and we thought it would be interesting for Ivan to show fashion from ’57 to now because in a way fashion and architecture and music kind of goes with the times. And it will be interesting to see how it changed,” says Cornford. The CFUW anniversary event will include refreshments and door prizes, along with the fashion show. More information is available by calling 604-925-8445 or emailing cfuw.westvan@gmail.com.
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them how to use knives properly. We spend a lot of time so that they know how to hold the knife, and how to use it efficiently, how to walk with it safely. We usually do a bunch of soups because there is a lot of chopping.”
Well, this spring break you can give them a chance to hone their chef skills at a cooking camp presented by Well Fed, a North Vancouver food studio famous for preparing healthy ready-togo meals.
The message of good nutrition is key in every lesson. “We make everything from scratch so they know how to make things – simple things they can repeat at home.” Rideout noted that the kids also have a lot of fun doing the packaging, like, for instance, putting soups into mason jars decorated with their name on the top. “Take home’s that they can share with their family.”
“With the Food Network and other shows kids are really into cooking these days,” said Ann Marie Rideout, owner of Well Fed. “They really come with some knowledge from TV. Their excitement level is pretty contagious.” Rideout came up with the concept of Well Fed because she wanted to serve up nutritious, delicious food solutions for time-starved families and busy professionals. That means natural, antibiotic and hormone-free beef, chicken and pork, wild salmon and free-range eggs, all sourced locally. Her company has been running cooking camps for kids for the last two years and the feedback she gets from parents is overwhelmingly positive. “I really think the difference between our camp and lots of others is the emphasis on eating well,” she said. “We have fun with the classes but we also want the kids to learn about making balanced meals. We want to focus on recipes that they can use as a life skill when they do live on their own
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Well Fed’s top baker and chef teach at the cooking camp. During the week, the kids focus on different courses and there’s usually some “take home” food for kids to share with their family. On the first day of the camp, the focus is on baking and the young chefs will learn to make homemade power bars. “Homemade granola bars that are a good healthy snack, especially for
The spring break camp for kids aged 7-12 runs March 13-17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $380. Summer camps run the week of July 10, July 17, July 24, August 7, August 14 and August 21. Classes sell out quickly.
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From page 24 the beauty in disaster by painter Tiffany Blaise runs from March 7 to 19. Opening reception: Tuesday, March 7, 6-8 p.m. WEST VANCOUVER MUNICIPAL HALL 750 17th St., West Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604-925-7290 Art in the Hall: Mixed media paintings by Monica Gewurz are on display until March 1.
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Hidden gem retains traditional character Oaxaca’s Puerto Escondido on Mexico’s southwest coast keeps its fishing village charm
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On the South Pacific coast of Mexico there is a little gem that has resisted the trend to give way to large mega-hotel/resort destination that are so common to Mexico’s tropical paradises. Against the odds, Puerto Escondido has managed to retain its cute, quaint fishing village charm to this day.
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Perhaps it is partly due to its name, which when translated to English is “Hidden Port.” The first time I traveled to Puerto Escondido (PE) was 29 years ago. My hotel was on the beach in the middle of the village and the only restaurants available were a few palapas (temporary shelter) where fresh grilled fish was plentiful. Today it is a little larger, but still qualifies as a small town. It retains that quaint fishing village feel, with the local people being warm and friendly. Changes that have happened are all positive with the addition of a variety of ethnic restaurants and the bonus of more activities available to experience. Puerto Escondido boasts wonderful year round warm temperatures of 25C to 30C, refreshing sea breezes and a complete lack of rain from December through June make it a welcomed break from our wet and bone-chilling winters. Even in summer the rainy season is very pleasant with the lowest risk of hurricanes in all of Mexico. In the town you will find local markets where fish, meat, organic vegetables and fresh tortillas can be found. Check out the many stands
that sell local Oaxaca cheese, dairy products and sweets. It is easy to pick up all the ingredients for your own cosina (kitchen) if you desire to be your own chef. In the evening explore the tourist walking street, Alfonzo Perez Gasga, where you can find all sorts of Oaxacan artisan crafts, souvenirs and food carts with traditional delicious snacks. During my stay, I had lunch at Espadin Restaurant, overlooking the Playa Carrizalillo. The view of the clear, shallow emerald bay below was breathtaking. To start off I ordered a fragrant mint mojito – certainly a wonderful way to ease into the afternoon as you drink up the scenery. For lunch we were offered the catch of the day – a huge grilled fish on a platter, covered in a roasted pepper sauce. We couldn’t leave without trying their famous coconut prawns and pecan crusted fish – as promised by our guide Jesus it was amazing! After lunch we walked down a stone pathway to the pristine beach below. The
water was warm and the fine sand felt soothing on the feet. Between the crashing of the waves the air was full of laughter of children playing in the sea. Many palapas populate the white sand cove and you can purchase snacks, fresh coconut water or other refreshments. Be sure to return to Espadin for happy hour refreshments and an evening meal to experience it’s vantage point for the best sunset viewing in town (reservation recommended). The next evening we had the pleasure to have dinner at Fresh Restaurant & Lounge in the centre of town on Zicatela Beach. The energetic couple that runs the restaurant are originally from Comox, B.C., and have lived in PE for 12 years. Their bearded, soft spoken 17-year-old son was our waiter. I recommend to start off by trying one of their specialty cocktails – frozen mojito or a Margarita Tamarindo, while enjoying the wonderful relaxed atmosphere. Their food is amazing – ceviche, coconut prawns, grilled tuna, steak and extra rich cheesecake for dessert. Make sure to try some local rich Oaxacan coffee with your dessert. I could have sworn I heard Jimmy Buffett’s “ Margaritaville” song drift
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High Bar Gang immerse themselves in bluegrass From page 13 Boys Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, helped define it. But that banjo Earl Scruggs’ picked so expertly may have originally been borrowed from a gourd instrument played by African American slaves and taught to white southern musicians, according to Appalachian State University instructor Cecelia Conway. Usually featuring an upright bass, fiddle, guitar, mandolin and banjo, there’s something simple about bluegrass, even inside its rapid tempos and alternating solos. “It’s music that finds its way deep into your soul because it’s strings vibrating against wood and nothing else,” bluegrass singer Alison Krauss once noted.
JAZZ DIVA Five-time Grammy Award winner Diane Reeves performs at UBC’s Chan Shun Concert Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. There will be a pre-show talk with Nou Dadoun at 7:15 p.m. in the Chan Centre’s Royal Bank Cinema. For more information and to order tickets visit chancentre.com. PHOTO SUPPLIED From page 29 DEEP COVE SHAW THEATRE 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. The Marvelous Wonderettes: A musical featuring over 30 classic ’50s and ’60s hits WednesdaysSaturdays, Feb. 23-March 10 at 8 p.m. with a matinee Saturday, March 11 at 2 p.m. Admission: $20. Tickets: 604-929-9456 or firstimpressionstheatre.com. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Arts Club on Tour: A production of Bittergirl: The Musical, a comedy about getting over getting dumped Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $50/$43/$29/$15. THEATRE AT HENDRY HALL 815 East 11th St., North Vancouver. 604-983-2633 northvanplayers.ca Charley’s Aunt: A period English farce Feb. 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $18/$16.
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about jail, god, trucks, ex-cons and following mother to the graveyard. The one song she thought she’d turn down was “Sinners,” a tune exhorting bad folks to pray or find a flame-retardant soul. “I have no Christian roots whatsoever,” she says. “I thought, ‘I can’t sing this.’” But sing it she did, along with a collection of gospel tunes that became the High Bar Gang’s first album. The group’s second release, Someday the Heart Will Trouble the Mind, may be a prelude to a third album of murder and mayhem, according to Ulrich. “When you have seven people in bluegrass music, you’re not doing it for the money, that’s for sure,” she says. “We love playing together and we love the music.”
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ARTSCALENDAR From page 31 QUEENS CROSS PUB 2989 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. RED LION BAR & GRILL 2427 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. 604-926-8838 Jazz Pianist Randy Doherty performs every Friday and Saturday starting at 7 p.m. ST. JAMES HALL 3214 West 10th Ave., Vancouver. THE VILLAGE TAPHOUSE The Village at Park Royal , West Vancouver. WAVES COFFEE HOUSE 3050 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver. Music Medley Showcase comes to Waves the first Saturday of
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CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 nvrc. ca/centennial-theatre Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival: A series of extreme adventure films and presentations runs until Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $21/$19. Schedule: vimff.org. The Best of Iranian Cinema: The Mobarak shows Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. and Helen shows at 5:30 p.m. Farsi with English subtitles.
GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Van. Night at the Museum: A celebration of the past, present and future at a fundraising event in support of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Friday, Feb. 24, 6:30-10 p.m. The event includes live entertainment, food and live and silent auctions. Admission: $50. Tickets: nvma.ca/programs. KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Longshot: A screening of the story of former West Vancouver basketball coach Brian Upson as he leads his team in competing
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Excellent seafood & British dishes on the waterfront. Dinner specials: Wednesday evenings - Grilled Cod lemon basil sauce, served with rice and vegetables. Thursday’s Pot Roast. Friday & Saturday- Prime Rib. Sunday - Turkey. Weekends & holidays, our acclaimed Eggs Benny. Open for lunch or dinner, 7 days a week.
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“Your Favourite North Shore Pub” 20 years running. We do great food, not fast food. Full Take-Out menu. Reserve your party of 15-30 ppl except Friday’s. We now allow children and minors for lunch Mon-Fri. 11am-2pm when accompanied by an adult. Our weekend & holiday family periods remain unchanged 11am until 4pm.
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Surfers head for Zicatela Beach From page 30 through the fragrant evening breeze as I took in the complete evening experience on the beach. Modern day Puerto Escondido has a variety of activities to keep you busy. Picturesque beaches for paddle boarding or surfing and protected emerald sea coves that are perfect for snorkelling and swimming are easily accessible. To the south of the town is the surfing zone of Zicatela Beach, which is rated as No. 3 in the surfing world. Other activities in and around the town include horseback riding, deep sea fishing, ocean safaris, botanical gardens and a half day tour on the lagoon. I decided on a couple of activities. First was a half day boating excursion on Laguna Manialtepec. An absolute treasure of bird and wildlife make their home there. During the tour we saw many bird species and witnessed their stealth hunting abilities and beautiful courting flights. At the northern end we traveled the meandering river leading to the ocean with it long lush green reeds – leaving only a narrow waterway for our small boat to travel at times. During the rainy season from August to November the lagoon swells until the river overflows the beach head. At that moment the lagoon level will drop over one metre. This would be quite a sight to witness. We stopped for a while at the beach and drank fresh young coconut juice from straight from the huge green shells in the shade under a palapa. In the noon heat nothing could have been more satisfying. Jesus, our guide, suggested to return again for a night time tour to witness the famous bio-luminescence light show in the lagoon. An hour later we returned back to our launch site and had a delicious lunch at Puesta del Sol restaurant consisting of traditional Mexican empanada’s filled with all sorts of tasty fillings of cheese,
seafood and meat. Lodging in PE can range from backpack hotels to luxury condos and villas. I stayed outside of town at Vivo Resort. The concept and design is from the creative mind of Canadian Olympian, visionary and developer Cary Mullen. This luxury resort offers condos from studios to two bedrooms that give a real at-home feel to luxury. Situated 14 kilometres north from PE – Vivo Resort beautifully fits in to the local warm coloured scenery. Pamarito beach is pristine and offers uninterrupted access for many kilometres in each direction. The majority of the staff come from the nearby village of Chila. One of the things that attracted me to the resort is their foundation work in the local community. Part of the work of the Vivo Foundation is to support the Palmarito Turtle Camp. This great organization offers protection from local natural predators and poachers to ensure successful cultivation of the turtle eggs and safe release of the babies. Guests are welcome to participate in their release. On average, this usually happens once a week. On my last day a notice was posted at the resort that there would be a turtle release at 5 p.m. It was amazing to see day-old baby turtles getting their orientation on the beach and then disappearing into the surf. Not one went the wrong way! Since starting the program over three years ago there have been over 300,000 turtles released. The other area that gets high marks is donations to the local orphanage and sports teams, Vivo really is an active partner in PE’s society. With the devalued peso and the small town existence, Puerto Escondido retains with great value and the traditional beach resort feel of decades ago. Whether you choose to be in town or in the more secluded Vivo Resort, you are sure to hear “Margaritaville” singing along through the refreshing breeze.
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GILGUNN, Brian Patrick July 12, 1945 − February 11, 2017
Brian Patrick Gilgunn died on February 11, 2017 after living with cancer for over four years. He will be dearly missed by his wife, Maureen (née Harris), daughters Jenni (Nate) and Meghan (Kasel), grandson Ronin, extended family, and many friends. Brian was born in Hamilton, Scotland on July 12, 1945, the third oldest of seven children: Anne, Michael, Joseph, Thérèse, Kathleen, and Daniel. At age 19, after a failed first attempt to leave his country of birth (waylaid by a particularly fun goodbye party), he traveled to St. Catharines, Ontario and eventually made his way out west. Landing in Vancouver, Brian lived in a number of residences with a motley crew of international lads, many of whom remained close friends for the rest of his life. During this time, he also traveled the province in his beloved blue ’69 Mustang working as a butcher for Super Valu. The job brought him to Nanaimo and a cute co−worker named Maureen who became his wife of 41 years. The two eventually settled in North Vancouver, where they raised their daughters and where Brian continued working as a butcher with Safeway until his retirement in 2013 after 55+ years in the industry. Throughout his life, Brian took great pleasure in traveling, discussing local and world events, sipping early morning coffees while perusing the newspaper, regaling guests at his dinner table with stories about his youth, and in being a father and, more recently, a grandfather. Brian will be remembered for his impeccable style, fabulous dance moves, enduring love of Purdys chocolates and Grand Marnier, and for so many other idiosyncratic reasons. Respecting Brian’s wishes, no service will be held. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the North Shore Hospice in his name.
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RAGLIN, Anna Gudrun February 12, 1919 − February 10, 2017
Mum left her family a legacy of love as she passed away quietly, surrounded by her children, on February 10th, just 2 days before her 98th birthday. She was predeceased by her husband, Gordon, and her eldest son Richard, and is survived by her children Bill (Rose), Jamie, Signi (Michael), Susan (Robert) and David (Tran). Her grandchildren and great grandchildren will miss her soft hands, open heart and blue, blue eyes; Michelle, James, Lisa, Odin, Gus, Emma, Gavin, Jane, Cameron, Nicholas, Olive, Meredith, Andrew, Asta, Anna, Holly and Gordon Jr. She was a kind and generous Grandma. Anna was a loving and compassionate sister to her large extended Laxdal family and she will be missed by her many nieces and nephews. Anna was born in Kristnes, Saskatchewan and was the eldest of ten children. She studied music her whole life and qualified as a school teacher at the Winnipeg Normal School where she met Gordon. They married in Vancouver during war time. During her early teaching years, she taught at a one− roomed school house on the prairies and then to Vancouver, Kaslo, Creston and ultimately West Vancouver. Her years in Kaslo, Creston and West Vancouver were busy raising children, and life focused on her lovely garden and involvement in the community of West Vancouver United Church. She was the strongest and most capable woman who made our home comfortable and welcoming. Anna’s friends were of every generation and the Raglin house was well known for gatherings around the piano − especially on Christmas Eve where it was the only place to be and you better join in! She was a cultured and well−read person who was very generous with her musical talents. She was always ready to accompany school choirs, community choirs, weddings and family events. Mum touched many lives with her grace. Her love will sustain us for our lifetime. In the last year, mum was lovingly cared for at Hollyburn House under the watchful eyes of Susan, Jamie and David. Anna’s family is so appreciative and touched by the love and professionalism we witnessed by the caring staff of Hollyburn. Thank you. If you wish to make a donation in Anna’s memory, please consider First United Church, Vancouver or West Vancouver Memorial Library. Celebration of Life − March 11th, 2:30 PM, West Vancouver United Church.
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Our family is sorrowing because of the passing of Ernie. Ernie and Millie shared 55 years of happy marriage. They were blessed with 2 children, Bonnie (Mike) and Bob (Ana). They have 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Ernie is survived by 2 sisters, Velma and Audrey (Barry) and 2 brothers Loyd and Ted (Eleanor). There will be a memorial service at Broadway Church, Vancouver on Friday February 17, 2017 at 2PM.
Martinique was born in Edmonton, Alberta on April 6, 1960, the 2nd youngest of 6 children. Spending most of her childhood in Chilliwack her family moved to Port Coquitlam where she graduated from Port Coquitlam Senior Secondary. Eventually she moved to North Vancouver, which she has called home since.
RUTHERFORD, Kelly Kelly Rutherford passed away November 27, 2016 at age 65 due to cancer. He will be fondly remembered by his family and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held this spring. For more information, you may text Jack at 604.809.5005.
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WALKER, Martinique April 6, 1960 - January 24, 2017 Martinique (Nee: Martinuik, Darlene) passed away peacefully on January 24, 2017 in North Vancouver at the age of 56.
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It is with deep sorrow and regret that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved son Andy Somody. Andy is survived by his mother Irene, father Albert, sisters Julia and Katherine, uncles Gabor and Anthony, his aunt Margaret, and grandmothers Anna Masczinska and Lenke Csutak. Andy was a very intuitive person, full of loving kindness, quirky humour, exceptional intelligence and what seemed limitless energy. He was born in North York General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. He lived his early years in Willowdale and Oakville, Ontario where he attended a school for gifted children. His family moved to West Vancouver in 1990 where he attended Irwin Park Elementary, Hillside Middle School and West Vancouver Secondary. Andy received a full scholarship to attend Simon Fraser University and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering. Staying true to his love of nature and his desire to help people, Andy continued his studies and graduated in 2009 from the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine. Andy practiced as a boardcertified Naturopathic Physician in Port Coquitlam, Vancouver and the North Shore. He was beloved by his many patients for whom he worked long hours to create specifically personal remedies. Andy was an adventurous entrepreneur, a moving speaker and dedicated teacher. Andy had many eclectic interests including music, singing, astronomy, research, the stock market and spirituality. Where he shone the most was in his big heart. He will be dearly missed. A Celebration of Life will be held at the West Vancouver Yacht Club, 5854 Marine Drive in West Vancouver on Thursday, February 23 from 5:00-7:00 pm.
SCOTT, James Alexander August 20, 1964 − February 4, 2017
With sorrow, we announce the passing of James. He died peacefully, surrounded by family. He is survived by his wife, Amy, children Jacqueline and Reuben, his mother Margaret, and sister Norleen (Ken). He is predeceased by his father, Tom, who died in 2007. James grew up in Deep Cove but lived in Summerland, BC for most of his adult life. He loved music, building things, and his family.
Martinique is survived by her son Ben, mother Shirley, and siblings - Lorraine (John), Lorne (Serena), Bruce (Patti), Sande (Bill), and Russ (April); and stepsisters Linda, Cindy, Wendy and Sandra; plus many nieces and nephews. A gifted singer/songwriter and artist, Martinique will be truly missed by family and friends alike. A celebration of her Life will be held on Sunday, February 19th, at 1:00 pm at Boal Chapel, 1505 Lillooet Road in North Vancouver.
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Not many vehicles better represent the urban mountain playground vibe of Vancouver’s North Shore than the Toyota Tacoma, writes reviewer Brendan McAleer. The 2017 TRD Pro version will cost you something like $55,000, but you get a lot of street cred, both on-road and off, for that cash. It is available at Jim Pattison Toyota in the Northshore Auto Mall. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
Tacoma built for the North Shore If ever there were a car to represent the North Shore, it’d be the Toyota Tacoma.
Grinding Gears Brendan McAleer
In fact, perhaps we should update the city coat of arms to include a lifted Taco’ with four mountain bikes hanging off the tailgate, and change the motto from “Montes Rivique Noris Inspirant,” to “Like, Sick Vertical, Bro.” But I digress. Suffice
to say that when this latest Pro-grade version of Toyota’s pickup truck graced my driveway, I found myself temporarily elevated to outdoors royalty. Forget the Rolls-Royce – if you want to grab eyeballs on the mountains, you show up in a Tacoma with big muddy boots on. Because of its popularity, the Tacoma absolutely refuses to depreciate in
value. Shopping around for a good deal on a slightly used one is a waste of time, as it’s often not much more to just finance or lease a new one. Toyota has watched its pickup truck grow and maintain a loyal following that stretches all the way back to Marty McFly’s wicked little black pickup with the yellow KC light covers. Further, Toyota has also seen owners
deck their trucks out with all kinds of aftermarket gear. Because Toyota is not stupid, they’ve realized that if people are willing to pay for aftermarket add-ons, then they’ll probably be willing to shell out for factory gear. The result is the TRD Pro, which retails for a brain-boggling $55,000. It’s cool as all get out, especially here, but is it worth the steep price tag?
DESIGN When Toyota completely redesigned the Tacoma a few years ago, it pretty much stole the title away from Porsche for “most conservative update.” Even more so than the classic teardrop shape of a 911, you don’t mess with a winning recipe. Thus, the new Tacoma
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There are a lot of basic, rubbery plastic surfaces inside the Tacoma, which is just how many no-nonsense fans of the truck like it. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD
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inside and fairly basic.
looks almost identical to the old one. What this TRDspec version brings to the table is chunky 16-inch TRD alloys, wheel arch cladding, a giant heritage-style front grille that yells an all-caps TOYOTA, visible skid plating, matte-black badging, and LED lower fog lamps. Taken all together, this is one good-looking truck, aggressive in its stance, but not overly high. It’s the automotive equivalent of a really good outdoor jacket, ready to take on the elements even if you’re only wearing it to go downtown.
PERFORMANCE Let me first say what pretty much every Toyota pickup truck fan has been saying for the past three decades: why don’t you offer a diesel engine, Toyota? If the market can digest $50K+ for a midsized truck, then surely they’ll pony up the extra $2,000-$4,000 for a stout and indestructible diesel four-cylinder. But Toyota is not quite ready to send a diesel our way, so we’ll have to make do with one of its ubiquitous
ENVIRONMENT On the inside, Toyota has festooned the Pro’s interior with all sorts of TRD jewelry, including a shifter that seems unnecessarily large. However, what you notice first is the space, or the lack thereof. Like the previous generation truck, the Tacoma comes with seats that are comfortable for some, but probably a little short for taller drivers. Actually, tall drivers are going to have a bit of an ergonomic struggle with the Tacoma’s cabin, which can seem cramped at times. The crewcab, however, does provide enough space out back for car seats to easily slot into place for your little shredders and shredettes. Further, the more you drive the Tacoma around, the better it seems to fit. There’s a reason Toyota hasn’t changed much here: people like their Tacomas rubbery on the
3.5-litre V-6 applications. Here, the engine makes 278 horsepower at peak power and 265 foot-pounds of torque at 4,600 r.p.m. The transmission is a conventional automatic six-speed, or you can also get a manual. While the power figures look fine on first glance, the Tacoma is not exactly a speed machine. If pressed, the V-6 climbs up in the revs and provides the needed power. However, if you’d prefer effortless low-end shove, it doesn’t
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The inside of the Tacoma Pro includes some outsized features to match the TRD model’s outsized nature, including a rather large shifter.
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FRAUD ALERT Provincial Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone addresses the media at a press conference held at ICBC’s North Vancouver headquarters. Stone was on hand to introduce a new high tech tool that can be used to detect cases of suspected fraud. The fraud analytics technology uses data, algorithms and statistical methods to help spot cases where the facts don’t seem to add up to an honest claim. ICBC estimates that new fraud-finding tools could save the province up to $44 million a year by 2019. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
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quite deliver. Sometimes the automatic transmission is also slow to upshift, which further reinforces the driving experience that a little more down low power could be used. Cough diesel cough. Ahem. However, the takeaway experience of driving the TRD Pro over a wet and snowy week was one of general compliance. With a decent turning circle thanks to the short bed and enough power to zip up the Sea-to-Sky without feeling
overtaxed, the Tacoma was about as difficult to drive as a RAV4. It wasn’t as efficient as a four-cylinder crossover, obviously, but when you factor in the way the Tacoma holds its value, you have to wonder whether it isn’t just as cheap to operate. Also, the Tacoma TRD is just fun. My two kids insisted on taking the truck everywhere, because they thought it looked cool. When I took it up to some Squamish backroads, it further proved its mettle with shift-on-the-fly
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The Tacoma’s 3.5-litre V-6 will give you all the power you need, although it would be nice to have the option of a four-cylinder diesel to provide a little more low-end grunt. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
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828 Automall Drive, North Vancouver, BC , V7P 3R8 Tel: 604.929.6736 | northshoreacura.com Suggested selling price is $55,735 // $67,835 on a new 2017 Acura MDX (YD4H2HJNX) // model shown, a 2017 MDX Elite (YD4H8HKN) including $2,045 freight and PDI. License, insurance, registration, options, applicable fees, duties and taxes (including PST/GST) are extra. †Limited time lease offer based on a new 2017 Acura MDX (YD4H2HJNX) // model shown, a 2017 MDX Elite (YD4H8HKN) available through Acura Financial Services on approved credit. Representative lease example: 0.9% // 0.9% (3.08% effective APR) lease rate for 30 months (30 payments). Monthly payment is $628 // $870 with $6,850 // $6,850 down payment. 20,000 km allowance/year; charge of $0.15/km for excess kilometres. Total lease obligation is $25,690 // $32,950. Offer includes Federal Air Conditioner Fee ($100), Tire Duty ($25) and PPSA ($26.50). License, insurance, registration, options and other applicable fees, duties and taxes (including PST/GST) are extra. ‡$2,500 Cash Rebate (CCR) is available on new 2017 MDX Tech (YD4H6HKN), MDX Elite (YD4H8HKN) and MDX Elite 6P (YD4H0HKN) models when registered and delivered before February 28, 2017. Total incentives consist of: (i) $2,500 that cannot be combined with lease/finance offers. All incentives will be deducted from the negotiated selling price after taxes. ^To qualify, purchase, lease or finance a new, unregistered 2016 or 2017 Acura MDX model from a participating authorized Acura retailer in Canada between February 1, 2017 and March 31, 2017. Acura will cover the cost of parts and labour only for regularly scheduled maintenance services in accordance with the vehicle’s Maintenance Minder program for a period of fifteen (15) months from the date of the original purchase/lease of the vehicle by the original owner/lessee or 30,000 km (whichever occurs first). Restrictions, exclusions and conditions apply. For complete details, visit: www.acura.ca/owners/maintenance-calculator. Some terms/conditions apply. Model shown for illustration purposes only. Offers end February 28, 2017 but are subject to change or cancellation without notice and are only valid for BC residents at BC Acura retailers. Retailer may sell/lease for less. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. While quantities last. See North Shore Acura or www.northshoreacura.com for full details.
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Zamboni plow plan iced by Canadian cops A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird:
Marko Kardum fires up the Zamboni he and a friend tried out as a snowplow on a steep cul-de-sac in Saanich on Vancouver Island. The plan worked well, until the police arrived. PHOTO DARREN STONE/VICTORIA TIMES COLONIST
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CANADIAN HERO TAKES ON SNOWY CONDITIONS WITH ZAMBONI It’s a story that features everything that’s best about our country: wintry weather, the desire to help your neighbours, and a Zamboni. Looking for a way to help move the heavy snow from in front of his aunt’s house, 32-year-old Saanich resident Marko Kardum fired up a Zamboni he’d bought for $300 and went to work. Kardum, who has a farm in Central Saanich, was soon pulled over by the local police. And we do mean local; according to the Times Colonist, the officer who apprehended the make-shift snow-clearing operation knew Kardum by name. Next, to complete this little Canadian vignette, the police politely asked Kardum to take his Zamboni home, and so he did. There were no guns drawn, no massive fines issued, just some common sense policing applied to a not-much-common-sense problem. The Zamboni in question is now strictly confined to farm duties. More’s the pity. SMART TO PHASE OUT GASOLINE MODELS When the cute little city cars marketed by MercedesBenz first hit our streets, they made a lot of sense. Easy to park and equipped with an optional thrifty diesel engine, they were perfect for the urban commuter. However, with limited practicality, seating for two only, and the elimination of the diesel engine, the Smart for two began looking a lot less smart. Further, the first generation cars have the worst automatic transmission of any modern car, a lurching, bucking semi-auto that makes the driver feel like they’re on a pogo stick. Thus, despite the quirky appeal of the Smart, sales remained low. The Car2Go car-sharing network has provided Mercedes-Benz with something to do with the Smart, but in terms of appeal, the brand still needs a boost. With the new electric Smart, it looks like Mercedes is betting an electric future is the way. In the United States at least, this will be the last year you’ll be able to buy a gasoline-powered Smart. With a range of around 120
Braking News Brendan McAleer kilometres, and a torquey 80 horsepower engine, the electric Smart should be zippy and useful in city traffic. It’ll also be one of the cheapest ways to get into an electric commuter, especially once British Columbia’s EV tax credits are factored in. Suddenly, Smart looks smart again. MERCEDES APPLIES THE MAYBACH TREATMENT TO THE G-CLASS From a brand called Smart to a sub-brand that could best be described as Stupid. The new G650 Landaulet is a huge, lifted, portal-axleequipped offroad machine with a 630 h.p. twin-turbo V-12 and a folding rear softtop. It exists because Mercedes is aware that there are many people out there who have more money than sense. The Maybach subbrand launched last year for full-size versions of the S-Class. Conceived of as the luxury equivalent to AMG, the Maybach designation is reserved for only the most opulent and/or taste-free Mercedes. In this case, that means sumptuous reclining rear seats with tables and the ability to employ a power divider so you don’t need to speak to the driver. Only 99 of these machines will be made, each one of them perfectly prepared for the off-road adventures they will never go on. Useful, perhaps, for running over peasants at your local anarcho-syndicalist commune, but other than that, very, very silly. DEALER LEAKS DETAILS ON NEW ULTRA-CAYMAN Most Porsche fans have known that the Cayman/ Boxster are the real sports cars in the Porsche lineup. The 911 is more the 2+2 grand tourer – even though it costs more, can be optioned with more powerful engines, and basically defines the
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From page 40
brand, the 911 isn’t quite as balanced a drive as a Cayman. Porsche seems to have finally admitted that the little-brother two-seaters are as good as they are, finally equipping them with the full-force flat-six engine. The previous Cayman GT4 was thus a revelation to drive: manual transmission only, a screaming 3.8-litre flat-six, and perfect balance. It was a riot to drive, and they sold
every single one, with a long wait list. However, Porsche being Porsche, there’s got to be an even more dynamic version, if only so they get to make a lot of press releases about dynamic sporty emotional dynamism. Mostly, the new Cayman GT4 has been kept under wraps, but dealers seem to have the details. One, Porsche Centre Brisbane, accidentally Instagrammed a picture that had a few not-yetreleased secrets. The new model looks to
get a 4.0-litre flat-six, similar to that in the 911 GT3 RS. If it also gets the rest of the RS treatment, that’ll mean even more aggressive aerodynamics, stickier tires, and stiffer suspension. SUBARU STARTS TESTING SELF-DRIVING CARS Part of Subaru’s current and continuing market gains are the result of the brand’s reputation for safety. Basically, Subaru stole Volvo’s playbook, making sure they always mention their top
safety ratings across the line. Add in all-wheel drive, and they’re the North Face jacket of the automotive world. However, despite all the outdoorsy imagery, most Subarus end up living the same sort of lives as a Honda Civic. That means they spend a lot of time in boring stop and go traffic, or trudging along the highway in rush hour. Knowing that their buyer base now extends beyond people who have multiple pairs of Birkenstocks, Subaru
is hard at work coming up with new ways to appeal. They’ve just secured an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles, a special license required to test out fully and semi-autonomous features. Working with their camera-based eyesight system, Subaru reportedly hopes to have automatic start and stop in slow traffic, and automatic steering through corners. Currently, eyesightequipped Subarus already
have automatic cruise control and lane-keeping systems, but the latter tends to wander around in your lane. One wonders what owners will do with all the extra time on their hands if their Subaru goes autonomous. Shop for Coexist bumperstickers on eBay? Comb your labradoodle? It’s a brave new world. Watch this space for all the best and worst of automotive news, or submit your own auto oddities to mcaleer.nsnews@ gmail.com
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Tacoma is cool, simple, effective
Toyota definitely followed the ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ approach with the design of the new Tacoma.
PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD
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diesel; expensive.
four-wheel drive and a locking rear differential. The TRD stomped around in the puddles, getting better looking the more mud there was on it. I’d like there to be a diesel offering, and I’d bet the standard TRD version would be just as effective for most of the light off-roading owners will do. Even so, it’s hard to fault this truck for the grin it puts on your face.
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FEATURES Kitted out with Toyota’s simple-but-effective Entune system, the TRD Pro was faultless at day-to-day stuff like Bluetooth calls and audio streaming. The navigation is easy to use as well. Fuel economy is much improved over the old 4.0litre V-6, though the Tacoma is still relatively thirsty. Official figures are 13.2 (litres/100 kilometres) in the city and 10.7 on the highway, but mixed-mileage results were more like 13.0.
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Competitor CHEVROLET COLORADO ZR2 ($TBD) General Motors isn’t shy about wanting to steal sales away from the market segment leader. The thought of all that sport-truck money just sitting there is enough to have its accounting department salivating. But it’s not GM’s accountants Toyota needs to worry about, it’s the engineers. Chevrolet’s performance division have come up with a nasty little truck that’s far more aggressive in its offroad intentions, a compact pickup that’s basically a smaller version of the Ford Raptor. It comes with locking differentials front and rear, hugely altered bodywork, and factory rock-sliders. And you can get it with a diesel. Expect the Tacoma to keep fans for being reliable and steadfast, but expect the Colorado ZR2 to steal a little thunder when it debuts. mcaleeronwheels@gmail.com
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The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia will soon be chipping in a lot more for windshield repairs.
ICBC recently announced that they will soon offer windshield repair coverage to improve the value and services for customers across the province and, at the same time, help reduce the costs which are putting pressure on insurance rates by approximately $8 million per year, according to a press release. Starting this spring, customers who purchase ICBC’s optional comprehensive coverage will be able to have a chip in their windshield repaired for free, as long as it is safe and appropriate to do so. “This program shows ICBC is listening to feedback from its customers and business partners,” Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, stated in the release. “Windshield repairs cost significantly less than replacements, which will help ICBC reduce its material damage costs while improving service for more than 2.5 million customers across the province.” In recent years, ICBC would replace a damaged windshield rather than offer to repair it because repaired windshields would often still need to be replaced a short time later. Today, repairs can last substantially longer due to improvements in the technology and materials used. In 2016, ICBC handled approximately 109,800 windshield replacement claims – a 17 per cent increase in frequency and a 28 per cent increase in average replacement costs compared to 2010. The average cost of a windshield replacement in 2016 was approximately $820, whereas typically a windshield chip repair costs less than $70. “Moving toward
windshield repair rather than full replacement – when possible – is something that will hugely benefit residents in my community and more rural parts of B.C.,” said Donna Barnett, Minister of State for Rural Economic Development. “Not only will it make dealing with a chipped windshield more convenient, but it will contribute toward lowering the pressures on insurance rates, which is a win-win.” “This new program truly demonstrates our commitment to listening to the feedback we have received from customers and stakeholders on ways we can make our services better, while doing everything we can to reduce our costs and help alleviate the pressure on insurance rates,” said Mark Blucher, ICBC’s president and CEO. “The new program will have many benefits for our optional customers, including having no impact on their claims history or deductible.” The new windshield repair program also demonstrates ICBC’s commitment to the environment – it is estimated 8,000 fewer windshields will be in B.C.’s landfills each year as a result of this initiative. The new program will be included in ICBC’s comprehensive coverage for private passenger vehicles as well as many light commercial vehicles – those with a gross vehicle weight of less than 8,800 kilograms. ICBC will be working with its business partners, including the Automotive Retailers Association and the New Car Dealers Association, in developing the new program and more details will be announced closer to its implementation this spring.
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BI-WEEKLY LEASE PAYMENT FROM
39 MONTHS
DOWN PAYMENT $4,830*
1.9
%*
209
$
*
AWD CREDITS OF
$
1,000
^
PAYMENT INCLUDES $1,000ˆ AWD CREDIT.
Northshore Auto Mall 845 Automall Drive, North Vancouver, BC
LEASE APR
BI-WEEKLY LEASE PAYMENT FROM
39 MONTHS
DOWN PAYMENT $2,420*
1.9
%*
219
$
*
AWD CREDITS OF UP TO ^ $
3,000
PAYMENT INCLUDES $3,000ˆ AWD CREDIT.
604-982-0033
www.jimpattisonlexus.com
D01130
^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 IS 300 AWD models and 2017 Lexus IS 350 AWD models ($1,000 on all suffixes), 2017 Lexus RX 350 AWD models ($2,000 on suffix A only, $1,500 on all other suffixes), and 2017 Lexus NX 200t AWD models ($3,000 on Suffix A only, $2,500 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 39 month term at an annual rate of 1.9% and Complete Lexus Price of $45,518. Bi-weekly lease payment is $209 with $4,830 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 $22,525. *Representative lease example based on a 2017 NX 200t sfx ‘A’ on a 39 month term at an annual rate of 1.9% and Complete Lexus Price of $45,519. Bi-weekly lease payment is $219 with $2,420 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 $20,960. *Representative lease example based on a 2017 RX 350 sfx ‘A’ on a 39 month term at an annual rate of 1.9% and Complete Lexus Price of $58,469. Bi-weekly lease payment is $279 with $3,730 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 $27,339. 52,000 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.