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Cougar attacks dog in British Properties backyard BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
Conservation officers are warning the public after a cougar attacked a dog in West Vancouver Monday.
FAMILY FUN Eleven-month-old Amelia Phillips, held aloft by her dad, gets a bird’s eye view of the Easter egg hunt at John Lawson Park on Sunday. Children raced to collect chocolate eggs scattered by members of the Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club. Turn to page 4 for our photo spread of weekend Easter events and activities across the North Shore. To view more images, go to nsnews.com. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
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Nikki Johnson and her fiancé were doing yard work at her uncle’s rented home on the 600 block of Stevens Drive just before noon when they noticed his weimaraner Grayson had wandered out of eyeshot. As they moved into the backyard, which adjoins Hadden Creek, they heard Grayson yelp. That’s when they spotted the cougar just steps from the back porch. “(Grayson) was crying but he was able to run to us. My boyfriend just looked the cougar straight in the eye and it decided to turn around and go back into the bush,” Johnson said. The commotion even drew four coyotes out of their nearby den. “It was really weird,”
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Candidates highlight health care
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Vancouver-Lonsdale. “We know that nine out of 10 seniors care homes throughout the province do not receive an adequate level of funding to provide a basic minimum level of care,” she said. The NDP will boost that funding, she said, as well as increase funding for home support and increase the scope of
services provided so seniors can stay at home longer. The NDP is also critical of what they call the Liberals’ failed plan to increase access to family doctors. “We know it hasn’t worked,” said Ma, citing the approximately 700,000 people in B.C. who still don’t have a family doctor – “myself
included.” The party plans to address some of that demand for health care through the creation of new “urgent care centres” which would include nurse practitioners and other health care professionals as well as doctors. But so far, NDP leader John Horgan
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Olivia Stewart pockets an egg during an Easter egg hunt at John Lawson Park put on by the Ambleside Tiddlycove Lions Club on Easter Sunday. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN AND PAUL MCGRATH
Kids ages two through nine take off in search of Easter eggs at Heywood Park in North Vancouver on Saturday. Arts and crafts and a bouncy castle helped round out the event.
North Shore play spaces were hopping on Easter weekend with plenty of family fun
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Children race to collect chocolate eggs scattered at John Lawson Park in Ambleside on Sunday.
Arina Halavi shows her decorated paper Easter eggs, part of a holiday celebration put on by Lonsdale Quay Market.
Sophie Jang designs an egg during the Easter festivities at Lynn Valley Village.
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Esme Guillen-Cohen catches bubbles at the Heywood Park Easter holiday celebration on Saturday.
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Cap U teacher gives keynote address to NASA leaders BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
What does a room full of NASA engineers and astronauts have to learn from a blind man? Perhaps, ironically, a point of view.
Capilano University creative writing instructor Ryan Knighton is the keynote speaker at a leadership forum at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland this week. “They reached out to me and, as you can imagine, I was shocked that NASA wanted to talk to a blind guy because I can’t even drive a car let alone look at the sky,” he said. But, rather than asking for advice on rocketry or space telescopes, like the kind engineers develop at Goddard, the forum’s organizers are hoping Knighton can teach them a thing or two about valuing diversity in the workplace. “Mostly we think about the issues of difference in the
workplace around ideas of accommodating people and helping them fit in and greasing the wheels so everybody can work together,” he said. “But I think there’s something gained by the friction of difference that you have a point of view that is jarring and different and it can open up other possibilities around you.” To illustrate his point, Knighton’s keynote draws on his world travels “for sensory experiences other than sightseeing.” Among them: diving for clams with a Japanese sushi chef, using only touch in the murky water to identify clams, or travelling to South Africa to go on safari where he could only hear and not see what nature offered. At first, he was skeptical of the idea but his editors tracked down a guide who had experience taking a blind person out among the wild animals. “It completely changed the way he did safaris so they sent me into the bush with him and it was utterly amazing. It was just incredible,” he said. It bodes well that NASA would take an interest in his message and find a way to apply it to the complex problems they work to solve both in and out of our atmosphere.
“I think it’s a testimony to the fact NASA is very much driven by curiosity and they don’t limit themselves to the specificity of their mandate that way,” he said. Outside his career as an instructor and travel writer, Knighton is acclaimed for his TV and feature film screenplays and award-nominated books Cockeyed, a memoir about growing up and going blind, and C’mon Papa: Dispatches from a Dad in the Dark. It was one of Knighton’s stories about blind fatherhood that NASA organizers heard him telling on the popular NPR show This American Life that got him the invite. The story involved an ostensible run-in with a bear while attempting to get his daughter to daycare on the Capilano campus (It turned out the bear she was trying to tell him about was of the stuffed, teddy variety). The value of a fresh point of view is something that also applies in the classroom at Cap, where Knighton has been teaching since 1998. Each week, he gives his students a challenge to tell him something they think that he wouldn’t know. Invariably, they find visual things to fill him in on, like
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Greens pledge dollars for preventative care From page 1 hasn’t said how many of those centres would be built or where. The party also plans to create a new ministry of mental health and addiction, to focus on those issues. MSP premiums – which the party points out have increased over the past decade of Liberal government – would be scrapped. The NDP would fund its increases to the current $18-billion health-care budget by increasing taxes on individuals who make over $150,000. Jane Thornthwaite,
Liberal incumbent for North Vancouver-Seymour, says most people she hears from about health care are concerned about mental health – particularly for children and youth. Thornthwaite points to the HOpe Centre dedicated to mental illness and recent opening of the Carlile Centre for youth with mental illness and addictions at Lions Gate Hospital and plans for a onestop shop for youth in Lower Lonsdale as important steps in the right direction. “I feel pretty good we’re on the right track,” she said. Thornthwaite added in response to a report from
B.C’s seniors advocate that pointed out shortfalls in residential care homes, the Liberals announced $500 million in extra funding to ensure 3.36 hours of care per day for each resident. Like the NDP, the Liberals plan to increase access to primary health care partly through expanding the scope of what other professionals, like nurse practitioners, can offer to patients. Earlier this year, the Liberals announced plans to cut MSP premiums by 50 per cent and phase out the premiums at some point in the future.
On Tuesday, the Green Party also released its health care platform, focussing largely on prevention of health problems. Among the party’s promises are a commitment to a ministry responsible for health promotion and active lifestyles, as well as a ministry dedicated to mental health and addictions. Like the other political parties, expanded access to primary health care through professionals other than doctors is on the Greens’ to-do list. The party also plans to take a careful look at the balance between funding acute health-care needs
and preventative health care – with the goal of shifting more health care dollars into prevention. That just makes sense, said Richard Warrington, the Green Party candidate in North Vancouver-Lonsdale. “Healthier people have to use the health-care system a lot less. Sixty is the new 40.” The Green Party also plans to bring in measures to discourage tobacco and alcohol consumption – although it doesn’t say what those measures would be. “Personally I think that would be a heck of a good idea,” said Warrington.
Conservation officers note bobcat sightings From page 1 Johnson said. Grayson was bleeding from a number of claw and tooth punctures in his hindquarters. They took him to the vet where he received about $500 in stitches. The pup is now convalescing at home following the run-in. “He’s on antibiotics,” Johnson said. “He’s able to walk and he’s eating. He’ll have the cone on for 10 days and then he’ll have the stitches taken out.” Conservation officer Kent Popjes visited the scene, although, he said, there isn’t much the service can do but warn the public. “From our standpoint, we attended and were unable to locate the cougar. It is natural as far as cougars go with taking on a dog as a potential
West Vancouver weimaraner Grayson recovers at home after being attacked by a cougar on Monday. PHOTO SUPPLIED food source. For the public, we want to get the reminder out: there is wildlife in the area. There are cougars and coyotes. Keep your pets on leash and monitor your pets and children,” he said.
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Space flight centre tour to follow From page 5 peculiar fashion trends. “It’s sort of funny because it puts them in a place where they have to adopt a different point of view. It defamiliarizes the world around them. They were just sort of shocked to realize, ‘He doesn’t know what anybody is wearing right now.’” Once his talk is complete, Knighton has been invited for a tour of the facility, where he hopes to gain an appreciation of the work NASA does that has little or nothing to do with what can be seen. “I think they do a lot of deep space listening so maybe I’ll hear some interesting clicks,” he said with a laugh.
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t long last, Canadians have gotten a look at the federal bill that will make recreational marijuana use and possession legal, come July 1, 2018. The new legislation takes a middleof-the-road approach, making access to marijuana safer and easier for adults, and stepping up penalties for those caught selling to minors. So, all in all, a fairly textbook Liberal bill. Critics point out, however, those selling to minors are also likely to be minors themselves and not the criminal kingpins the legislation is meant to cut out of the drug trade entirely. Civil libertarians are also warning that the provisions allowing for mandatory roadside drug tests without reasonable suspicion by police are likely setting up Justin Trudeau’s government on a collision with the Charter of Rights
and Freedoms his father wrote. The Supreme Court of Canada was all too happy to quash a number of tough-oncrime measures enacted by the previous Conservative government. And the bill doesn’t do anything for the hundreds or maybe thousands of Canadians who may find themselves answering to a judge about simple pot possession in the next year or so. We look forward to a robust and thoughtful debate on how the provinces are going to deal with the challenge of becoming government-sanctioned weed dealers. In any case, we’re glad to see the bill tabled. It represents a departure from 85 years of a war on drugs that wasn’t successful in anything but bunging up the criminal justice system and making gangs rich and violent. It’s high time we took a different approach.
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he current election campaign marks the first time in a long time that the election platforms of B.C.’s major political parties have differed so much in terms of philosophy and direction. In each of the past several election campaigns, the NDP offered a slightly inflated version of the B.C. Liberal platform. The party has taken the ruling party’s budget, added a few bells and whistles and sprinkled it with some fancy imagery and then has sat back only to watch the electorate emit a collective yawn and allow the status quo to carry the day on voting day. Not so this time, and the party is hoping the dramatic change in direction will result in a much different election outcome. NDP leader John Horgan has opted to roll the dice and
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Then, as now, the party targeted corporations and singled out banks for special tax hikes. Then, as now, it promised to freeze B.C. Hydro and ICBC rates. It’s a populist, classwarfare strategy that has worked for the party in the past (well, sort of: the party won in 1991 and 1996 only because of a significant “split” in the centre-right vote). Now, you can drive a truck through Horgan’s claim that his plan to get rid of all bridge tolls, to offer a $1,000 grant to post-secondary graduates, to find hundreds of millions of dollars of “wasteful spending” (a page right of the 1991 NDP platform under leader Mike Harcourt) and a number of other spending promises will still result in a balanced budget. But I don’t think the NDP particularly care whether
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Hey, millennials - boomers tired of your blame game Dear Editor: Re: Mayor Mike’s Chamber Chat Falls Short on Solutions, April 5 Mailbox. It would appear that I too am part of the “toxic mix of an aging demographic of residents in combination with rising property values” so “eloquently” referred to in a recent letter to your Mailbox. I don’t know about others in the so-called “Silver Tsunami,” “baby boomers” or whatever label is wished upon us, but I for one am getting incensed by being labelled as part of the problem in progress moving forward today by various levels of government, amongst others. Since when has “respect for your elders” been cast aside? Face it – most humans are one day going to become a senior. This does not mean that we should be so disrespectfully denigrated for our very being. Many of us are your parents or grandparents. Many of us have survived a world war and its aftermath of struggles. Many of us immigrated with a government restricted amount of currency in our pockets. We endeavoured to integrate and, minding our dignity and abilities, took whatever work we could find. We eventually saved and borrowed to buy
homes, raised families and generally did our best to contribute to society. Today, as now seniors, we still have the same work ethics but in volunteering, belonging to various (nonprofit) organizations, minding grandchildren and making donations to various charities. We still contribute in as many ways as we can. Imagine what society would be like without our volunteering contributions? But, it appears that we are resented for living in valuable homes and being a burden and not moving on. To where – the grave?! Interestingly and sadly, it was reported in the Vancouver Sun recently, that half of B.C.’s seniors are living on only $25,000 a year or less. Not all seniors are a homogenous group of well-off retirees. (I quote in part.) Buying a property 50 or 60 years ago was as much of a daunting hardship to us then as it is to others today. Except today, when I watch young people on television looking at properties to buy, there are constant complaints of, “It’s not big enough, there are no stainless steel appliances, the kitchen is too small, the bathroom is too small, it won’t fit a king-sized bed” and so on. We seniors were only too
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Dear Editor: Oh dear, these articles (ongoing articles re: corporate donations to the Clark government) have shattered my childlike faith in democratic government. Here I thought these donors were simply showing their appreciation and support for a well-run government (not my opinion, but ... no accounting
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pleased to get into a home no matter what. Seniors pay their share of taxes to all levels of government, paying the very wages to some of those who choose to complain about them. Seniors no longer require schools for themselves. Seniors cause little need for police intervention or incarceration. Seniors get out and vote and yes, many are interested in what is going on around them. Seniors drive less. Seniors are loyal to their service providers and shop as locally as possible. Seniors pay their bills. And, yes, seniors keep medical professionals employed. Seniors have paid their dues to society. Seniors are as much a part of a contributing society as are all other age groups. Treat them with respect and stop denigrating them for who they are or what they have, for you too with luck, will be a senior one day. Christine Ballantine West Vancouver
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We are taking the fun out of youth sports MATT YOUNG Contributing writer
It is widely understood that youth sports is a dress rehearsal for life.
Inside a relatively safe environment are many of life’s essential lessons: winning, losing, roles, responsibility, feedback, communication, teamwork and more. Few would argue the positive impact youth sport has on building community, the village it takes to raise our children. Yet despite the evidencebased benefits, youth sport has come under increasing pressure over the past decade through what many are calling the monetization and specialization of play. We’ve turned play into work for millions of kids, and in doing so are now watching millions of kids stop working. Socially, youth sport was built on the foundation of fun, an opportunity to try new pursuits over new seasons, meet new friends and engage in friendly competition. If you were to head down to the local diamond, pitch or, most notoriously, arena, you may be hard pressed to call what’s unfolding in front of your eyes “fun.” You’d likely see a large percentage of kids sitting on the bench as coaches try to get the youth-sport-career-definingwin; a large percentage of parents yelling at their kids, officials or coaches over youth-sport-career-definingmoment-misses; and a large percentage of youth sport organizations doing things ‘the way they’ve always been done’ in a world that now changes weekly. There is no bigger threat to the sustainability of youth sport than the well intentioned, uninformed parent, coach or director. Youth
sports are supposed to bring the community (and its residents) together … not drive them apart. Developmentally, youth sport (0-12) is designed to support an active start, building FUNdamental skills and learning to train in accordance with Canada’s Long Term Athlete Development pathway, which has been adopted by every local, provincial and national sport organization but lacks any proper mechanisms of accountability. Instead, what we’re seeing is the focus shift to the standings, the score and who scored – what gets measured becomes what matters. Many of our youth sport systems are no longer about development (the process), they are about the victory (the outcome). We’re watching the early specialization of sports where single sports are condoning year-round programming under the guise of greater rewards on the other end. Statistics are showing the exact opposite. The very college institutions we have made the focus for our 10-year-olds have gone as far as publishing articles outlining how they prefer to recruit multi-sport athletes. Economically, many are now thriving from the business of youth sport specialization: prestigious camps, private lessons, elite clubs and now academies where, for the right price, you can increase your kid’s chances at getting to the big leagues starting at age 12. Sadly, few parents (the decision makers) educate or care to educate themselves on the reality that less than six out of every 100 high school athletes will go on to play a college sport, and less than two per cent of those will continue to the next level. On the North Shore alone there are two public hockey associations, two private clubs
and two academies selling the dream to those willing to pull out their pocket books. Hockey is now a year-round staple on the North Shore (as is soccer), and if parents don’t like what they see here, kids are shipped to other communities to get that elusive “edge.” With this, what steps should we be taking to support youth sport development in our communities? The following are five of my top recommendations: 1. Focus on fun. Don’t ruin our kids’ youth sport journey by making their experience feel like “work.” 2. Enjoy watching your kids play. In the big picture, it’s a small window, so as often as possible let your child know how much you enjoy watching them play sports. “I love watching you play” is the most powerful sentence you can speak. 3. Educate yourself. There is research and science on Long Term Athlete Development. Use it to inform your decision making as an athlete, parent, coach or organization and hold people accountable. 4. Recognize the process of athlete development versus the immediate gratification of outcome/score. The score reveals very little about how athletes are progressing. 5. Introduce/expose your kids to as many sports as possible. Avoid being pressured or fooled into believing there is only one sport for them. Our youth sports systems are integral aspects of the community ecosystem. We must consider doing more to preserve their existence and future sustainability. Matt Young is a passionate community coach, Top 40U40 Business Award recipient and member of the B.C. and Canadian Physical Literacy Strategy groups.
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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Mulgrave’s senior art show West Vancouver’s Mulgrave School held its art show, Clustered: The Art of Play, on the evening of April 6, with senior students in Grade 11 and 12 exhibiting their projects in a variety of art disciplines, such as visual arts, music , theatre and multimedia, while exploring the theme of light projection combined with traditional art media. The students worked with the support of Amy Claire-Huestis, a featured artist with the Vancouver Biennale.
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Worms in space
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From West Vancouver, four young scientists watched (and one likely slept) as 5,000 kilometres away the Falcon 9 rejected gravity’s grip and took their worms to the stars.
On Feb. 19, SpaceX’s rocked blasted off from the same Florida launchpad where the Apollo missions of the 1960s turned science fiction into science fact. The launch was historic, but for Grade 7 and 8 students Kristopher Kirkwood, Griffin Edward, Shania Farbehi, Vesal Farahi, and Joseph Piovesan, it was also just part of their class science project. “It was awesome,” Kirkwood says of the launch. “Finally,” Farahi echoes. “I just forgot about it completely,” Piovesan says. “I think I was sleeping.” In an effort to find out if worms could play a role in a zero-gravity garden, the team put in hours of work, consulted local experts and dug into the Westcot Elementary dirt for astro-earthworms. But as that rocket soared out of Cape Canaveral they could only look up and imagine how
Young scientists Joseph Piovesan Kristopher Kirkwood, Griffin Edward, Shania Farbehi and Vesal Farahi along with Westcot Elementary vice-principal Matt Trask were responsible for an experiment that sent West Vancouver worms from the soil to the stars. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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Hellebores are one of my favourite flowers. Often out in the winter when most of the garden is sound asleep, they have so much going for them, truly a great garden plant for our zone.
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the blossoms come in several colours, most survive torrential downpours with no damage to the blossoms, they tolerate dry shade (one of the hardest areas to grow in), self-seed readily, and are easy to care for. We see four types commonly in local gardens, Corsican hellebore (H. argutifolius), a large upright plant with pale green flowers. It is a gangly plant, its interest lying in its unique tall prickly looking foliage. Stinking hellebore (H. foetidus) a compact plant with finely cut leaves; Christmas rose (H. niger), a compact grower, flowering in early winter with white flowers which often fade to pink and later green. Often sold before Christmas, they are a good decor plant in pots which will
be placed in covered areas for protection from rain and snow. I usually move the plants on to the garden when the flowers begin to fade. My favourite Hellebore is Lenten Rose, (H. orientalis), which is widely hybridized resulting in a wide range of flower colours and forms. A nice way to show off these plants before they make their way into a permanent spot in the garden is on surfaces near eye level to fully appreciate the downward facing flowers. I leave the blossoms on the plant and enjoy the colour as it changes slowly to green and then sets seeds. I have had great luck with hellebores self-seeding. I remove
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Plants ‘relatively pest free’ roots attached. I don’t usually divide because I have such good luck with seedlings. I have not had any of the double varieties in gardens long enough to see if they will seed, and if they do, what flower type will result. I am betting the seedlings, if there are any, will be true to one of the grandparents, not the parent plant. If you want to buy the fancy double varieties, visit the local garden centers frequently as the fancy flowering types get snapped up quickly. Relatively pest-free, some years the new growth and flowers are bothered by fungus on the leaves and flowers (Coniothyrium hellebori), again, remove and dispose of
From page 14 the old leaves when they start to look bad in the early spring and chop them up as mulch around the plant, this provides a nice shelter for the seedlings. If there are signs of fungus on any of the stems, leaves or flowers these parts should be removed and disposed of in the green waste. Seedlings can be transplanted when they are two years old. They are too fragile before then. Division is best done in early fall by cutting through the woody base with a sharp knife. Be sure to get some of the crown with a growth bud and some of the rhizome with
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Space worms’ location remains mystery From page 13 in science, engineering and math. The top prize for the program, which came to the West Vancouver school district largely through the efforts of Westcot vice-principal Matt Trask, was a chance for students to send their experiment into space. After compiling what Edward described as “at least 10 Shakespeares worth” of research, the Westcot team edged out about 100 similar groups across West
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Pistachio chicken curry and garlic and pesto naan are a few items on the menu at Vaades the Indian Restaurant in North Vancouver. Manager Ram Adhikari displays vegetarian biryani while owner Kapil Grover holds the coconut prawn curry. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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Takeout Baigan Bartha packs punch I have a chef friend who is originally from Kolkata, a city I visited about a decade ago and one that I had the extraordinary privilege of exploring for a couple days in the company of a local, the cousin of my chef friend, who took time out of his busy schedule to ensure I was able to see the best of his city.
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megalopolis, it is possible to find regional fare from all of India there. Food factored heavily during all of my Kolkata explorations. I remember very distinctly that my unofficial guide, Sunil, said to me at one point that the ubiquitous Butter Chicken, a staple of Western Indian restaurants, is like the macaroni and cheese of India, an international export with universal recognition, but a dish that is considered timid, even pedestrian, in its place of origin.
I have to admit, I avoid the dish for this reason. I pride myself on having an adventurous palate and I will often gravitate towards the rare and exotic by way of challenging myself to experience new flavours. However, I have found that butter chicken is an excellent dish to segue children into bolder and more complex Indian preparations. It’s like Indian Cuisine Light, an accessible and widely pleasing creation that packs just enough of the signature flavours and
textures of curry to prepare budding palates for bolder fare. Such has been the case with my kids, who cite butter chicken among their all-time favourites. Using it as a gateway dish, I have been able to introduce The Boy to lamb methi and Bengali fish curry, Blondie to Goan prawns and palak paneer, and my youngest, Little N, to channa masala (spicy chickpeas), a meal in which she recently delighted, exclaiming between mouthfuls: “It’s just
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flavour-forward style of cuisine, I can say it was a miss on my part. I try to avoid takeout as much as possible for these columns in order to report on the experience of dining in the space being reviewed, but in the case of Vaades I was too intrigued by their online ordering system to resist. Diners can place their meal orders through Vaades. com, adding notes for special requests and modifications
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As far as first impressions go, they don’t get much better than the one made by North Vancouver’s Jake Ruby in his debut with Canada’s national U17 soccer team.
Ruby first suited up for Team Canada last November in an exhibition match in Kingston, Jamaica, and the team must have been pleased with what they saw from their new right fullback – Ruby was named Man of the Match as Canada dispatched the host team 3-1. “It was the best feeling ever, so cool,” he said of sporting a Maple Leaf on his jersey for the first time. “I was having so much fun that game. The adrenaline was pumping.” The stakes will be even higher this week as Ruby and the rest of the Canadian boys are in Panama fighting for the chance to live a soccer dream: playing in a World Cup. The 2017 CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 Championship runs April 21 to May 7 at the Estadio Marcana de Panama. Teams from 12 countries – including powerhouse squads from the United States and Mexico – will be vying for four berths in the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup scheduled for October in India. “It would be one of the best feelings ever,” Ruby said of what it would feel like to suit up in a World Cup. “Especially in that kind of environment, the fans and stuff. It would be so cool.” Ruby has already packed a lot of excitement into his short soccer career. He started at age seven with the Lynn Valley Soccer Association and then North Vancouver FC before bumping up to Mountain United in the BC Soccer Premier League. Ruby now gets daily action in the Whitecaps residency program where he caught the attention of the national team, earning an invite to a Canadian U17 camp last fall.
Jake Ruby makes a play for the Whitecaps youth team. The North Van soccer star is in Panama for the CONCACAF Under-17 Championships this week, hoping to help Canada qualify for the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup. PHOTO SUPPLIED EMILIE RAUSCHUETZ/VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC Ruby was a multi-sport star, playing hockey, lacrosse, basketball and volleyball, before soccer took over his life when he joined Mountain United. “I played a ton of sports. I just love sports. But soccer is the main one,” he said. “It’s just the speed of play, I love playing on the ball. It’s so much fun.” Soccer specialization has put him on the move lately, as he has bumped from Argyle Secondary over to Burnaby Central where the Whitecaps residency program is headquartered. The budding soccer stars will move
once again next year when the Whitecaps centralize their training program at a UBC facility, moving the youth players to University Hill Secondary. “It’s a sacrifice, but it’s totally worth it,” Ruby said of the nomadic soccer life he lives. He’s hoping the hard work will pay off down the road with promotion to the Whitecaps first team and the senior men’s national team program. First, however, he’ll be guarding the backline in Panama. Canada opens the CONCACAF tournament on Saturday against Costa Rica before facing Cuba April 25 and
Suriname April 28. The final is scheduled for Sunday, May 7. When Canada hits the pitch Ruby will be intent on working both sides of the ball. “Keeping a clean sheet is the biggest part, but from my position at right fullback I want to be up and down the wing at all times, getting crosses in and winning my one-on-one battles,” he said. “I think we have a very good chance of making it through. … We need to stick together, play as a team, keep it strong at the back but also get our attacking game strong up front and score goals.”
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West Vancouver’s Harry Jones had his fingerprints all over everything, including the championship trophy, as Canada’s men’s sevens team won its first ever HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series title Sunday in Singapore.
West Vancouver’s Harry Jones heads for the end zone during Canada’s 26-19 win over the United States en route to the team’s first ever World Rugby Sevens Series title Sunday in Singapore. PHOTO SUPPLIED MARTIN SERAS LIMA
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Canada claimed a piece of history with a 26-19 victory over the United States, finally winning a Sevens Series title after 140 tournaments on the circuit. “It’s huge,” Jones said after the match. “We’re still a developing country in rugby. It’s massive for the little kids watching. … It’s huge for Canadian rugby. Those grassroots kids, younger rugby – that’s what we need right now.” The Capilano Rugby Club alumni was heavily involved in the win, setting up Canada’s first try with a slick pass to Matt Mullins who raced away for a score. Moments later Jones went for a weaving run before passing off to captain John Moonlight, who soon slotted a pass back to Jones who streaked through the defence untouched to give Canada a commanding 12-0 lead. Jones also had a hand in Canada’s third try, punching the ball away from an American attacker leading to Lucas Hammond kicking the free ball into the end zone so that Mike Fuailefau could pounce on it for a commanding 19-0 lead. The Americans fought back fiercely, scoring three straight tries to tie the game at 19, and appeared ready to take the lead but Jones teamed up with Justin Douglas to stop the United States from scoring the go-ahead try with a great defensive effort on the goal line. Hammond then picked up the winning points with less than two minutes to go, weaving through traffic to score the biggest try in Canadian men’s sevens history. “It’s all about possession,” said Jones about the team’s tactics in the win. “We’ve shown that we can be deadly with the ball, we just need to get it.” Jones, who acted as captain earlier this season when Moonlight was out with injury, hoisted the trophy along with Moonlight and Man of the Match Nathan Hirayama. “It feels great,” said Jones. “I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet, but to do that here against a rival like the States – they’re playing so well too – we made it interesting there but I’m so proud of the boys right now.” Canada scored big wins over Russia and Hong Kong on Day 1 of the tournament before getting blown out 35-7 against Fiji. They did enough, however, to get into the championship playoff draw, and they lit up Day 2, beating New Zealand 26-14 and England 17-5 to make the final. The win over the United States gave them victories over three of the top-five ranked countries in the world on one day.
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Big step for rugby sevens Girls high school rugby sevens took a smashing new step last week with the first ever provincial zone qualifier tournament on the North Shore.
Hugh McRoberts, Handsworth and Chatelech grabbed provincial berths at the eight-team tournament held April 11-12 at Mountainside Secondary. It was the first time that there were enough teams for a qualifying round, with West Van, Sentinel and Rockridge taking part in sevens for the first time. Rugby sevens made its Olympic debut last year, with the Canadian women winning bronze in Rio.
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ALLISON (EDGETT), Vera Alice February 25, 1920 - March 29, 2017
ELLIOTT, Diane Louise January 27, 1961 - December 8, 2016
With a tremendous sense of loss we announce the passing of Vera Allison at her home on March 29, 2017 at the age of 97 years. Known as Mom, Nana, Grandma, Vera Mom, Great Grandma she joins her beloved Denny and leaves behind daughter Carol, son Mike (Rande), granddaughters Heather (Eric) and Delaney.
Beloved daughter of William and Jean Elliott, sister to Bill Elliott Jr., has been laid to rest too early in life. A celebration of Diane’s life will be on April 29th at 2 pm at the Caulfeild Cove Hall at St. Francis in the Woods Church.
Born on February 25, 1920 in Vancouver, she grew up an adventurous and independent spirit and remained so throughout her life. She attended Kitsilano Secondary School, visited California and Mexico, worked in a film exchange and married her RCAF hero Denny. Settling in North Vancouver the Allisons were one of the original families of Pemberton Heights. Vera is lovingly remembered by generations of extended family - Clarinda, Peter, Melina, Janice, Nerissa, Bel, Ron, Steve, Annette, and the Neale family. She will also be missed by countless friends and dear neighbors. We loved her wry, sharp wit, stylish snow white hair, adventurous spirit and independent nature. She was an active bowler OSIMIA! and was known to bless the bingo cards at the old Avalon Hotel. She credited her good health and long life to keeping a great sense of humour (no tears, your bladder is too close to your eyes!), enjoying her own company, saying her prayers every night, embracing challenges and being content with her full and vibrant life. Enjoy a 5 o’clock gin and tonic for Mom. A celebration of life will be held later this summer. Flowers gratefully declined in favour of donations to Honour House Society (honourhouse.ca). Online condolences may be left at: www.legacy.com/obituaries/nsnews
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Joyce Agnes Schmidt, our lovely mother, now lies peacefully after a multi-year struggle with myeloma. Through this difficult time, her bravery honored us and her dignity never faded. As her daily life had become so fragile and precarious, we must alleviate our anguish with solace knowing that she rests in a more peaceful place. Mom had a love for painting, a passion for music, and a zeal for swimming and card games. Her life’s work as a nurse for sick children mirrored her compassion and devotion towards family and friends. Capturing many hearts with her elegance and charismatic kindness, her absence leaves much disenchantment. In time, this will reawaken into warm memories of the wonderful soul she possessed.
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HAWKINS, BILL 1927 - 2017
Bill Hawkins, a man known for his warm smile and gentle nature died peacefully in Penticton on April 11, 2017 with family by his side. He had recently celebrated his 90th birthday in the typical Hawkins style with his 5 children. Bill will be lovingly remembered by his children, Tom (Susan), Katherine, Kerry (Todd), Mike, Chris (Cathy) and grandchildren, Nicole, Luke, Jason, Jessica, Ethan, Steven, Sean, Amy and Lily, his sisters, Mary and Paddy and many more extended family. He was predeceased by his wife Sheila, sister Margie and brothers Bud and Jack. Bill was born on February 15, 1927 in Brantford, Ontario. Like many young men of the day, Bill volunteered to serve his country in 1945 in the footsteps of his two older brothers, one of whom, Bud, was killed in action in Italy in the battle of Ortona. Following the war Bill embarked on a career in finance and eventually the lure of the west coast led him to Victoria, BC. There he discovered his love of sailing on Cadboro Bay. On a road trip to San Francisco in 1955 to visit his sister he met the love of his life, Sheila. They married in 1956 and with stops in Edmonton and Saskatoon, Bill and Sheila eventually settled in North Vancouver with their five children. Bill had an entrepreneurial spirit and successfully opened and operated a marine business in Vancouver. After spending their early retirement years in North Vancouver, Bill and Sheila left the west coast for sunny Penticton in 2003. Bill enjoyed woodworking, golf and visits with all his family. Bill was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother. He is fondly remembered for his caring disposition and compassionate spirit. A celebration of Bill’s life will be held by family at a later date. Messages may be sent to the family care of www.everdenrust.com Everden Rust Funeral Services 250-493-4112
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Late Justin Thomas Nordlund Kutxumkin / ‘Jnords’ Sunrise: August 3, 2000 Sunset: April 10, 2017 It is with great sadness we advise that on April 10, 2017 Justin Thomas Nordlund passed away unexpectedly. Justin was born to his mother Jessica Ann Baker and father Christopher Thomas Nordlund on August 3, 2000 in North Vancouver. He proudly descended from the Fraser/Nordlund families of Scotland and Sweden; and the Nahanee/Baker family of Hawaiian Island and Kwakwaka’wakw, Cowichan and Squamish First Nations. Justin attended Xwemulchstn’ Littlest Ones, Collingwood, Norgate Elementary and Carson Graham Senior Secondary and was known as quite a social butterfly. He volunteered for the Squamish Nation Pow Wow, the Justin Baker Memorial Golf Tournament, worked in a Daycare Centre and was an avid dog walker. He had a tremendous love for pets and all animals. Justin was affectionately known as ‘Jnords’ by close friends and team mates and can best be remembered for his mischievous smile and big heart and how he enjoyed helping people. He will be genuinely missed by his classmates at Carson Graham Senior Secondary, the Rez boys and girls at Xwemulchstn, and team players in football, w r e s t l i n g , r u g b y, l a c r o s s e , a n d f r i e n d s f r o m snowboard circuits on local mountains. His favourite pass time was to fish both Capilano and Squamish Rivers with his papa Hook’em Joe, and his Dad and him loved to vacation in Hawaii. Justin will be deeply missed by his great grandmother Alfreda Nahanee; grandparents Wilfred & Jan Baker, Thomas & Gail Nordlund; parents Jessica and Christopher; brother Shawn; best friend Joseph; girlfriend; Celine; aunts Naida and Michelle; uncles Wilfred Jr., Darin, Daniel and Bryan. Online condolences may be sent to www.glenhavenmemorialchapel.com
SLIM, Bryan A. May 5, 1941 − April 9, 2017
Bryan was born in Staffordshire and educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham; Royal school of Mines, London; The University of the Witwatersrand and Simon Fraser University. His early career was spent with Anglo−American in South Africa and Ashanti Goldfields in Ghana. In Canada he worked extensively in BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan before forming his own consulting company and becoming involved in mining projects world−wide. He was an avid reader and seeker of knowledge, whose interests ranged from fly−fishing to genealogy to DIY. His enthusiasm for home handyman projects provided his sons with skills they put to good use to this day. They will also remember him for hair−raising wheel barrow rides, camping trips and bike rides in Fish Creek Park. He loved long walks, good food, music − and someone to share them with. Bryan is survived by his wife, Jennifer, sons Nicholas, Julian and Adam, five dear grandchildren and his sister Christine Stott in England. No service is planned, his ashes will be laid to rest in England.
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presented by designer Aida Ziari Saturday 2pm - 2:45pm Kitchen Renovation:
Material choices, proper kitchen lighting, color themes
Sunday 2pm - 2:45pm Bathroom Renovation:
Material choices, proper layout, proper lighting, colours
Sponsored by:
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IDEAL HOME SHOW April 21, 22 & 23, 2017 Harry Jerome Ice Arena
(LONSDALE & E. 23RD)
FREE ADMISSION For more information, call 604-984-4307
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017
LIST OF EXHIBITORS RENOVATE
YOUR KITCHEN WITH HIGH END CABINETRY, INSTALL SOLAR POWER OR BUILD A NEW HOME
All Weather Windows Renovations ■ We Do Bathrooms Ltd. ■ Canadian Renovations Inc. ■ BWP Millwork Ltd. ■ Rikur Energy ■ Gandy Installations ■ Urban LaneHomes ■ Renewal by Andersen, Window Replacement ■
Lyle Construction Ltd / Pacific Peak to Peak Plumbing ■ Penfolds Roofing & Solar ■ AJ’s Electrical Service & Repair ■ Bath Fitter Vancouver ■ Affordable Quality Roofing ■ True North Comfort ■ The Design Den Homes Inc. ■ South-West Roof Restoration ■
REJUVENATE
REORGANIZE YOUR KITCHEN, INSTALL RECLAIMED WOOD FLOORS AND MILLWORK, OR REPLACE YOUR FURNITURE
Vivint Smart Home ■ Home Color Renovations ■ Molly Maid ■ Water Group ■ J&S Reclaimed Wood Custom Furniture ■ Home Makeover Centre ■ Stylux Design & Construction ■ ShelfGenie of British Columbia ■ British Custom Furniture ■ Certa Pro Painters ■ Investors Group Financial Services Inc. ■
RENOVATE
Granite Transformations ■ College Pro Painters ■ Canadian Home Style ■ SPINALIS CHAIRS ■ Hiddenbed Canada Direct ■ Keystone (Cabinet) Painters ■ C+L Flooring ■ Aerus Electrolux ■ Laura Morrison Royal LePage ■ ADT Security Services Canada ■ Cutco Cutlery ■ Damiami Fine Foods ■ PLASMABED ■
REVITALIZE REJUVENATE
REVITALIZE
YOUR YARD WITH A NEW HOT TUB, LANDSCAPE DESIGN, SUNDECK OR FENCE
Lee Valley Tools ■ Level Best Concrete Lifting ■ Atlas Vinyl Sundecks ■ Luxury Tandoors ■ Katsura Landscaping Ltd. ■ 21st Century Landscapes ■ Vancouver Premier Contracting ■ North Vancouver Sundecks Ltd. ■ The Splash Hot Tubs & Pools ■ Urban Planters ■ Bartlett Tree Experts ■
Pigeon Patrol Products & Services ■ Citadel Stone ■ Eco Paving ■ Surviormate Ind. Ltd. (Emergency Kits) ■ Easy Build Structures ■ Umbrella Property Services ■ Sea to Sky Fencing ■ Amazing Florals ■ District of North Vancouver ■