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Rental crunch: housing at crisis levels Residents vulnerable to evictions in battle for available suites BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Residents at the Mountain Court rental complex will be putting up Christmas decorations in their aged but affordable apartments for the last time this year.

The 75 units will be demolished in 2016 to make way for 246 condos and 75 rental apartments, beyond the budgets of pretty much all the existing residents. And with less than 0.7 per cent vacancy in North Vancouver, the families

know there’s almost nowhere for them to go.

“It’s really hard to find a place. The prices are astronomical,” said Yvette Mercier, one of the residents who led the fight to stop the project. “We haven’t found anything yet that’s suitable or that takes cats. Everybody is feeling the same.”

It was among the most controversial redevelopments in the District of North Vancouver in recent years but what happened at Mountain Court is just the symptom of a larger problem being felt across the country.

The current rental crisis has been coming at us in slow motion for the last 30 years.

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Anniversary of music promoter’s murder sparks plea BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

It’s been two years since someone walked up to the door of Rostam Poulad’s Upper Lonsdale home, shot him and left him to die.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is hoping a fresh plea for information from his grieving family will encourage someone from

the Persian community to come forward with information that will open up the cold case.

Poulad was a popular Persian concert and cultural event promoter in the Lower Mainland.

Police believe the suspect may have come to the home on the 4000-block of St. Georges Avenue on Nov. 30 under the guise See Family page 8

BRIGHT NIGHT Rabbi Shmuel Birnham and nine-year-old Cameron Roseman admire a menorah all aglow at the Har El synagogue in West Vancouver. Today marks the start of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, which lasts for eight nights. See story page 16. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN ON GOLDEN MILE

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Aging rental stock in need of reinvestment From page 1

What the numbers say A first-of-its-kind, wideranging study released last month by the B.C. NonProfit Housing Association paints a bleak picture of the country’s rental market.

Using data from Statistics Canada, the study examined incomes relative to rents, the number of residents paying more than 30 or 50 per cent of their income for rent and utilities and the total incidence of overcrowding based on the national occupancy standard.

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., along with most other housing agencies, recommends that people not spent more than 30 per cent of their pre-tax income on housing. Any more than that and people tend to start foregoing other necessities, like proper food, saving for retirement or education for themselves or their children, said Brian Clifford, one of the policy analysts who worked on the study.

The City of North Vancouver ranked 510 out of 521 municipalities overall, among the most critical in Canada.

Thanks to higher than average reported incomes, the district fared better but when you look at the bottom 50 per cent of wage earners, the same troubling patterns appear.

Renters comprise roughly 45 per cent of the city’s 22,790 households.

The average household income is $44,306 while the average rent was $1,226 (regardless of the number of bedrooms). For those who listed retail or hospitality as their industry, the average income falls to $33,239 and $22,869 respectively.

Forty-three per cent of households are paying more than 30 per cent of their monthly income to cover the lease, plus gas and electricity. Almost a quarter have more than 50 per cent of their paycheques going to the landlord alone. People under the age of 30 and over the age 65 are disproportionately represented among those paying more than they can afford and it stands to reason, Clifford said, so are single moms, people with

disabilities, immigrants and First Nations members.

There were also 1,585 cases of overcrowding, about 15 per cent overall.

Now, time for a major caveat: These numbers are all the product of the 2011 national household survey.

No secret to anyone in the Lower Mainland, the housing market both for ownership and rental has continued to be thrust into the stratosphere since then.

A search of onebedroom apartments listed online shows a price range between $800 for basement suites to $1,200 for something above ground.

For two beds, the range is closer to $1,200 to $1,800.

When the index is updated following the results of 2016’s long-form census, we can expect a rude awakening in the results, said Clifford.

And the study indicates things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.

“Something’s got to give,” said Penny Gurstein, director of the school of community and regional planning at UBC. “I’d say people should be marching in the streets and saying, ‘We are in a crisis situation.

Do something about this.’

Government has to do something.”

update and maintain their apartments in exchange for rent controls.

How can we get out?

How did we get into this mess?

It’s rare in the study of complex systems that academics, politicians, bureaucrats and the private sector so uniformly agree. It’s simple supply and demand, and it’s the federal government’s fault for cutting off the supply.

Most people take it for granted but almost all of the purpose-built rental housing stock in Canada was built entirely because of federal subsidies and tax incentives in the 1960s, ’70s and early ’80s.

The Assisted Rental Program provided construction subsidies to developers building rental housing and the MultiUnit Rental Program granted tax deductions to high-income individuals if they financed rental housing starts.

Those two programs accounted for nearly 358,000 units of housing, about 56 per cent of all market rental housing built since the mid ’70s and early ’80s.

Hollyburn Properties director David Sander outside the BridgeWater construction site.

It’s the first all-rental highrise built in the city in more than 30 years. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD “It worked. It was very successful. It did exactly what it was intended to do. It built a lot of quite affordable housing and people got tax writeoffs from it,” Gurstein said.

But both programs came to an end in 1984 when Brian Mulroney’s Conservative government cut them as a cost-saving measure, bringing about the genesis of today’s crisis.

“When the federal government axed that program, it killed all rental development across the country,” said David Sander, director of Hollyburn Properties, one of the largest rental firms in Canada. “There needs to be continual redevelopment and increase of rental supply in order to have a healthy

rental market. We’re at the stage where we haven’t had any rental built in 30 or 40 years and everybody’s all of a sudden wondering why it’s so unaffordable.”

In 1993, Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien stopped the federal spending on building social housing stock. Up to that point, more than 600,000 apartments had been built for low-income people.

The homelessness seen in Canada’s major cities has grown out of this as a direct result, Clifford added.

Making matters worse, many of the old walkups are reaching the end of their useful lifespans and developers are eager replace them with condos, much like Mountain Court, further diminishing

the supply of the most affordable suites.

“Many of those buildings are well kept and have been well cared for and are in great condition – and many aren’t,” Sander said. “I think councils should spend the time to go through their rental stock and ask themselves: ‘Is this an important part of our housing in the community and should we reinvest in it? Or should we let it slowly fall away and deteriorate?’ ” The owners of Mountain Court said the building needed plumbing and electrical upgrades that would have resulted in tenants being evicted and rents going up regardless.

For a time, Ontario did offer incentives for rental building owners to

Despite the lack of federal help, there have been a handful of purposebuilt rental buildings started in the last few years, including Hollyburn Properties’ 14-storey BridgeWater tower now under construction at corner of 14th Street and Chesterfield Avenue, near North Vancouver City Hall.

Hollyburn received the pre-zoned land from the city in a convoluted land and density swap that saw developers fund the construction of the new city library, renovated city hall and plaza linking the two. Hollyburn opted to break ground in 2014, despite having the land for a decade. Demand for rental units had been steadily increasing while interest rates dropped and construction costs stabilized, Sander said, finally making the project feasible.

So far, about 240 people have signed up to apply for one of the 130 units in the building when it is completed in the fall of 2016, and that’s without doing any marketing beyond posting signs outside the construction site.

Hollyburn has another proposal filed with the city for 19-storey mixeduse commercial and residential building with 144 rental units (mostly one-bedroom) on the northwest corner of 13th and Lonsdale.

But the prices for brandnew units are far higher than what the old woodframe walk-ups could fetch. The 500-square foot studios at BridgeWater will start at $1,300 per month.

“What gets built today is going to get charged out at market and that’s the way it should be, otherwise, developers won’t build it but 20, 30, 40 or 50 years from now, that then becomes the affordable rental,” Sander said.

Some new strata units also end up on the rental market, although their prices tend to be at the high end of the range.

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Pretty vacant W e are in a full-blown rental housing crisis.

Thanks to the feds abandoning purpose-built rental housing in the early ’80s, vacancy is almost non-existent and rents are swallowing up untenable amounts of people’s paycheques. It’s happening all over but particularly in North Vancouver.

The fact is, if we want to solve this problem, we need more purpose-built rental apartments and we need a lot of them.

No doubt, this assertion will unsettle the stomachs of the sizable contingent of North Shore residents who are adamant we’ve already had enough development.

This is an opinion commonly held by people who do not have to choose between substandard housing and back-breaking rent, which is really no choice at all.

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And it’s crystal clear we need the feds back in the housing game. We know now what the alternative is. So do the families, young people, service workers and seniors who are being pushed out of our community.

We got into this mess by leaving it to the free market to decide what gets built.

We’d also ask the province for more aggressive rent controls on existing buildings to prevent gouging.

If the current trends continue unabated, we’re looking at a very bleak future.

How will people transition to ownership when they can’t save for a down payment?

How will small businesses survive when there’s no disposable income? How will people live in their senior years with no savings and no equity?

More than putting renters into misery, these are serious threats to the economy.

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Dear Editor: Walking four blocks up Burrard Street in Vancouver, just after 1:30 p.m. on a cold, damp December day, from Georgia Street to St. Paul’s Hospital, I saw at least three bundles of raggedy sleeping bags or blankets with a lump of what I assume was miserable, invisible humanity inside.

There were two more desolate-looking beggars sitting on the wet sidewalk. Two hours later, walking back on the other side of the street, I saw another bundle of sleeping humanity in a doorway and two others downtrodden. Does no one care?

A walk on Burrard, Hornby and Howe streets is nothing compared to a walk along Hastings Street where there are hundreds of distressed and disheveled souls wandering around, sitting on the sidewalks, bargaining, arguing, staring into space,

perhaps wondering where they will sleep that night.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Trudeau promises $2.65 billion to developing countries to help them to combat climate change and to aid so-called “climate refugees” which are, by definition, “people displaced across borders as a result of climate change.” What an irony. Our homeless people, in every city and remote community across Canada, need accommodation and mental and physical care, every bit as much as the folks in those developing countries – possibly more so, in view of our harsher climate. Cold weather kills.

This kind of money spent in Canada would boost our economy and alleviate this shameful blight on our society. Unfortunately, an announcement of additional funding for our own homeless does not

offer the same photo-op as a multi-billion-dollar announcement of funding for climate refugees at a major international conference.

We can be quite certain that a large proportion of the money promised by Trudeau to solve a potential climate-change problem in other countries will end up in the hands of undeserving people high up in the chain of command in these countries.

Mr. Trudeau, with your two taxpayer-funded nannies, come to our Downtown Eastside and see a world remote from the fancy restaurants, resorts, expensive wines and luxury cars; think again about your preening gesture. Charity begins at home.

Come here and wave your magic wand.

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Dear Editor: Really great article on the rehabilitation work on MacKay Creek!

I live at Fifth Street and Chesterfield Avenue and often jog along the waterfront and then sneak up the trails beside the paved walkway to take pictures of the birds (and sometimes plants, etc.).

I have been doing this for at least three years

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and have watched with great interest the progress of the rehab work – so good to see the shared efforts of governments, community groups, and individuals.

I have a blog where I often post pictures and comments about what I’ve seen there(onthejog. wordpress.com). It may be eagles on the cranes by the creek or mergansers heading into the creek

from the inlet, or killdeer along the muddy banks at low tide. It’s a very rich area overall and a healthy creek really contributes to that.

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Interchange plan underserves Lynn Valley Dear Editor: Re: Council OK’s Highway Interchange Plan, Nov. 13 front-page story.

In November 2014 the North Shore News featured an article complete with a picture showing the proposed $50-million Mountain Highway Interchange.

I noted that the plan did not include a direct access from southbound Mountain Highway to eastbound Highway 1. I expressed my concerns to the District of North Vancouver engineering department with a written submission that included a sketch showing a possible access. I was assured by staff that this would be looked into. Several

months later, I spoke to Coun. Roger Bassam. He assured me that the new plans included a direct access.

A year later, in the Nov. 13 edition of the North Shore News, there was another article about the same interchange and it shows that there is still no direct access for the southbound Mountain Highway traffic to access eastbound Highway 1.

Instead, all the southbound traffic from Mountain Highway is forced to access the highway via Keith Road travelling through seven traffic lights between Arborlynn Drive and the highway entrance.

This is the same access that is currently in use and

it does not work; it will be even worse when an additional 5,000 residences are built in Lynn Valley.

The widening of Keith Road between Brooksbank Avenue and the highway entrance will not solve the problems created by the need to travel through a series of controlled intersections.

I would hate to see such a major project being built to fail. I think that before this $50-million

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Family wants closure to ‘nightmare’ From page 1 of purchasing tickets to a Persian concert.

Neighbours told police they saw the man with an athletic build, about six feet tall, with short dark hair jog across the street following the shooting, and then take off in a silver or grey import vehicle.

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and Lions Gate Bridge for two hours in hopes of cutting off the suspect’s escape but to date, there have been no arrests.

IHIT released a video this week featuring Poulad’s daughter Niloo tearfully asking for help in the case.

“Our dad befriended everyone and opened his home to all. Anyone who knew him, knew that he loved being involved in the Iranian community.

We believe someone in the Iranian community has some information about my dad’s death and we ask you to please come forward to help,” she said. “Finding the murderer who did this crime will not bring back my dad but it will bring closure to this nightmare that haunts us every day, every minute of our lives.”

The video was also shot in Farsi and has been distributed to Farsi media outlets around North America.

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Ashton said police have theories as to the motive, but so far, they are only guesses.

“We don’t have a reason. That’s what we’re hoping to get to – that person who can say, ‘There was a dispute’ or something that might lead us in a direction,” she said.

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National housing strategy anticipated

City of North Vancouver – Rental Affordability

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Municipalities like the city will also allow developers to build more density if a portion is guaranteed to remain rental.

“Municipalities are starting to understand, I think, that they need to provide incentives to facilitate the development of rental,” Sander said.

“The alternative is that developers don’t build rental and if you look at what rental does for a community, it fulfils a very important housing need.

It helps employers attract employees. It’s more affordable than owning.

People transition through the housing continuum.”

Municipalities have also added to the supply by allowing secondary suites and coach houses.

The city has added about 510 rental units this way.

The district has 4,212 registered secondary suites (almost four times as many suites as purpose-built rental).

“It’s not a huge amount,” Gurstein said, looking at the big picture.

“It’s significant and it’s a good thing these suites were legalized ... but it can’t take the place of purpose-built rental housing.”

As for whether the feds will return to the housing market, that was something promised by the Liberals in the run-up to

Mountain Court, an aged but affordable rental housing complex in Lynn Valley, will soon be demolished to make way for condos and more expensive rental units.

PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

their October election win.

North Vancouver’s newly elected Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson said he expects his government will begin rolling out its promised national housing strategy within the next six months, although the details of what it will include are still being worked on.

“The national programs really will include a number of things we talked about during the campaign, including things like prioritizing investments in affordable seniors facilitates, in building new housing units, giving support to municipalities to maintain rent-geared-to-income subsidies and co-ops and those kinds of things,” he said. “What we talked about there was removing

all GST on new capital investments in affordable rental housing. That basically is injecting about $125 million in tax incentives.”

More than wooing the private sector back into the rental business, Wilkinson said the feds have a role to play in providing social housing as it once did.

But even if market forces and government intervention align and cities start ushering in new rental units in the thousands, we still have a growing population that will be clamouring for limited rental stock.

“This is that issue of having 20 years of disinvestment from the federal government,” Clifford said. “We have this public backlog of housing that needs to

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In the meantime

Not being able to resolve the rental crisis on their own, municipalities have been seeking to soften the blow on renters displaced by redevelopment. The city recently developed a policy that states owners

of rental buildings up for redevelopment must provide two months’ notice, three months’ rent, a tenant communications plan, access to tenant relocation co-ordinator to find three comparable suites for the displaced tenants and give existing tenants the first right of refusal to live in the new building.

In Mountain Court’s case, developer Polygon agreed to put off the evictions and demolition until the end of June so kids could finish the school

year. They also offered relocation packages to compensate renters but the catch is, you must stay until the very end, Mercier said, meaning July 2016 is going to see renters with some very stiff competition, indeed.

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A 2016 calendar hitting the shelves this week was launched not only as a means of supporting a North Shore institution, but out of an interest in bringing the trail running community together.

Jeff Pelletier, a sponsored trail and mountain ultra runner, has long wanted to find a way to help North Shore Rescue, a volunteer mountain search and rescue team that’s celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

“As runners we recognize how important they are to keeping not only tourists and the community at large safe, but also people like us who spend a lot of time in the backcountry,” says the Vancouver resident.

Interested in doing something to raise funds and awareness for the organization, Pelletier decided to draw upon his personal contacts within the trail running community,

Kintec’s Tim Smith (left) gets set for 2016 with Chloe Gendron, Morgan Mallett and Jeff Pelletier, who collaborated on the Run Wild Vancouver calendar. Money raised through sales of the calendar, which features images of North Shore and Sea to Sky trails and runners, will be donated to North Shore Rescue. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH in addition to his skill sets.

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inaugural initiative of Run Wild Vancouver, a group of volunteers from the trail running community who joined Pelletier for the project. He expects Run Wild Vancouver to continue to evolve, making the calendar an annual event as well as growing to offer more events and undertake more initiatives.

“The trail running community doesn’t have a local trail running association or group in the same way that say the

mountain bike community does. I saw this project as hopefully the first in many that can bring the community together around a great cause and sort of rally us together,” he says.

Pelletier is pleased to see that’s been happening thanks to the project. He’s grateful for the enthusiasm of his dedicated team of fellow volunteers, and excited to see that competing brands and race organizations have similarly banded together in support of the cause.

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the ground – and cover initial production costs, generate buzz and gauge interest – Pelletier ran a crowd-funding campaign earlier this fall. Within five hours it had exceeded its $2,200 goal.

The calendar’s art was donated by local photographers.

“We’re really thankful to them for supporting the project. All the photos feature runners on some of our favourite trails as well. We’re showcasing a lot of our favourite trails from around the North

Shore and the Sea to Sky corridor,” says Pelletier.

The 2016 Vancouver Trail Running Calendar’s release was celebrated at a launch party Dec. 3 at the Village Taphouse in West Vancouver.

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FROSTY’S FINISHING TOUCHES Charmayne Shaw, Laura Patrick, and Angus MacKay, from Jump Gymnastics and Kids Physio, decorate their tree (using cotton to make it look like a snowman) at Parkgate Library’s community Christmas tree display. The display was part of the Parkgate Tinsel, Trees and Treasures event, with crafts, a sing-along, hot chocolate, and more. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Christmas Standing on the shoreline watching a flotilla of brightly coloured carol ships parade past in the Panorama Park in Deep Cove is a longneighbourhood time tradition for local residents. “(It’s) unbelievable, it’s so cool,” says Roger Williams, a Deep Cove Yacht Club member, who looks forward to the carol ship festivities that take place in mid-December.

A number of boaters belonging to the Deep Cove Yacht Club join in the flotilla’s formation as they trace their way through the cove and up to the Woodlands neighbourhood.

“They go from largest to smallest,” explains Williams, adding some people put a lot of effort into decking their boats with holiday lights.

Williams remembers one carol ship in particular from a past event that was adorned with a Santa Claus and a dolphin. The twinkling Christmas lights that stretch to the top of the sails cast a holiday glow on the water.

Many Deep Cove waterfront residents enjoy a front-row view of the carol ships from their decks, while others huddle around the annual bonfire at Panorama Park and watch the boats sail by.

This holiday season the carol ships are coming to the cove on Saturday, Dec. 19 from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

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Hanukkah traditions have deep roots, meaning MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

Rabbi Shmuel Birnham is a selfdescribed anomaly when it comes to his own Hanukkah history.

“My parents were Jewish, but secular and somewhat anti-religious,” reveals Birnham, a rabbi at the Har El synagogue in West Vancouver.

The Long Island, New York native first celebrated Hanukkah as a 27-year-old when he lived in Israel for a year.

“It was lovely,” recalls Birnham. “It was beautiful. In Israel many people have a glass box outside their front door and that’s where they put the menorah, so it’s really quite moving and beautiful.”

Hanukkah, while seemingly a popular holiday, is actually a minor event on the Jewish calendar. Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur have more prominence, especially the latter as it’s the holiest day of the year.

“In Israel, Hanukkah is a nice holiday, but it’s a minor holiday,” says Birnham.

“In the West, especially in North America with Christmas so close by, we think this is what elevated the importance and the place that Hanukkah plays.”

This year Hanukkah begins on the evening of Dec. 6 and, of course, runs for eight nights as is the tradition. People who celebrate Hanukkah, for the most part, observe the holiday at home with their families.

Traditional foods are prepared with a focus on fried fare such as jelly doughnuts (sufganiyot) and latkes, which are pancakes

made out of potatoes and onions.

“It’s a lovely smell at this time of year, the potatoes and the onions and the oil. All these things cooking permeates the house,” says Birnham.

Then comes the lighting of the menorah, a nine-branched candelabrum illuminated on each of the eight nights.

The menorah is then placed in a home’s window to advertise “the many miracles that happened.”

“It really is inspiring because Hanukkah is in the dark, dark time of the year, and you’re bringing light,” says Birnham. “Any spiritual understanding to bring light to the dark is really powerful.”

Traditional Hanukkah foods are cooked in oil to honour the miracle of the “one jar of oil,” explains Birnham.

According to Jewish religious stories, after many battles destroyed the temple in Israel during the second century BCE, it was reclaimed and rededicated, but when the congregants went to light the menorah in the temple they discovered there was only one jar of oil. To get more of the sacred olive oil they needed to travel four days away.

“And the miracle that happened is that one jar of oil burned for eight days until the new jar came back,” says Birnham, adding it’s a story many people are familiar with.

During Hanukkah, kids also play games such as spin the dreidel, which involves a four-sided top with a Hebrew letter on each side. Older generations might remember receiving a small gift every night of Hanukkah, culminating in a large present on the eighth night “in the same way that

Rabbi Shmuel Birnham and nine-year-old Cameron Roseman display a menorah at the Har El synagogue in West Vancouver. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN Christmas has become commercialized,” says Birnham.

Instead of gifts, though, Birnham encourages his congregants to donate to a charity and to focus on equality, patience, gratitude and deepening that awareness in their lives.

There will be a public lighting of the menorah in the West Vancouver Community Centre’s atrium on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 6:15 p.m., the third night of

Hanukkah. Everyone is invited to enjoy jelly donuts, hot chocolate and some singing, says Birnham, who is expecting a couple hundred people to attend including the mayor and some other local dignitaries.

The Har El Hebrew school children look forward to Hanukkah, says Birnham, explaining how there is an annual celebration and plays they put on.

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At Panorama Park people can enjoy a festive evening filled with musical entertainment, roving performers, free craft workshops, the blazing bonfire and, of course, the beautiful lights. Santa himself might even stop by.

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Holiday happenings PET PHOTOS WITH SANTA at Korna Natural Pet Supplies on Sunday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 1174 Marine Dr., North Vancouver. Minimum $10 donation. Proceeds will support local rescue groups.

Montroyal elementary Grade 4 students Evan Tsisserev (as The Grinch), with Joe Kanuka (as Max) and Anika Hemmes (as Cindy Lou) rehearse for the school’s upcoming production of the popular holiday kids book by Dr. Suess: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, on Tuesday, Dec. 8 and 10, with matinee performances by the Grade 4 class at 1:15 p.m. and evening performances at 7 p.m.

Admission is by donation. The school is located at 5310 Sonora Dr., North Vancouver. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

HOLIDAY CRAFT & BAKE SALE Bring the whole family for a fun visit to the SPCA and shop for unique crafts and baked goods created by volunteers, at the West Vancouver BC SPCA shelter on Sunday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

WEST VANCOUVER YOUTH BAND is hosting its annual Christmas concert at Mulgrave School theatre on Dec. 6, 3 p.m. Admission is by donation.

The concert will feature the beginner, junior, concert, and symphonic bands.

CHRISTMAS TENNIS SOCIAL The annual STANS (Seniors Tennis Association of North Shore) Christmas Social and Round-Robin will take place at the North Vancouver Tennis Centre (280 Lloyd Ave.) on Sunday, Dec. 6, 6:30 p.m. registration; 7-9 p.m. play; 9 p.m. social. Everyone welcome. Cost: $10 for players, $4 for party only. Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP: Ron: ronranq@hot mail.com, or 604980-2911. facebook.com/stanstennis CHRISTMAS IN DUNDARAVE: World Christmas: Saturday, Dec. 12, noon-dusk, a free music jamboree with local artists presenting a song and dance. Christmas Wassail and bonfire: Saturday, Dec. 19, noon-dusk, at Dundarave Beach, with music and carolling.

LYNN VALLEY CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING: Sunday, Dec. 6, 4:30-6 p.m., at Lynn Valley Village. This free event is open to all ages, and will feature music, carols, crafts, face painting, and more. Visitors are encouraged to bring a toy for the Lynn Valley Legion toy drive.

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MINGLE OF THE JINGLES A holiday variety show and silent auction featuring musical and dance talent, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m., at Kay Meek Centre.

Special guest this year: Valdy. All proceeds to North Shore Connexions Society, which works to create opportunities for people with special needs. Tickets: $20, general admission, at the box office, online, or 604981-6335.

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LOCAL GIFT IDEA

A book fit for foodies ! The North Shore Foodie

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As any local foodies can tell you, the North Shore punches above its weight when it comes our restaurants, bakeries, breweries and bars.

The book North Shore Foodie captures a swath of our local overachievers and presents, quite beautifully, their histories and, more importantly, the recipes that have helped give their businesses staying power.

It’s evident that author Brad Hill has aimed for diversity in both geography and cooking styles while curating who would be featured in the book.

Think of a neighbourhood from Deep Cove to Dundarave and your favourite dish to get there, and there’s a pretty good chance it made the list. At the decadent end of the spectrum there are more than a couple of confits to attempt from Cafe Ca Va and Sebastian & Co.

For those who enjoy meals more when they know the ingredients are healthy, there are raw, vegan and organic options from Cafe Tao and Ethical Kitchen.

For more utilitarian crowdpleasers, there’s Palki’s famous butter chicken or the Soup Meister’s cream of chicken soup. There’s also an amusing tutorial on beer making delivered in cartoons and pictures from Hearthstone Brewery, North Vancouver’s latest entry to the craft beer scene.

Accompanying each recipe and story are beautiful photos, not just of the meals, but also of their chef lovingly crafting them. Beyond that, the book is loaded with images depicting the North Shore’s most idyllic sites and history, making the book as appropriate for the coffee table as the kitchen.

Not just entrees, the book features breakfasts, drinks, desserts and snacks that will result in serious bragging rights if pulled off at home.

The book is available at local bookstores, restaurants, cafes, and online.

Holiday happenings TOY DRIVE Royal Canadian Legion #114 is holding its annual toy drive Dec. 9 and 15, 7:3010:30 p.m., at the Royal Canadian Legion #114,1630 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Cash donations are also welcome. Enjoy coffee and a muffin on the Dec. 9 drop-off day.

KIDS ACTIVITIES AT THE QUAY Christmas crafts 12:50-5 p.m., and visits with Santa 1-5 p.m. on Dec. 12. Photos with Santa are done for a suggested minimum donation of $2 with all proceeds collected donated to Aunt Leah’s Place; cookie decorating on Dec. 6 and 13, 2-3 p.m.; Dec. 12: Christmas Dance Show by Perform Art Studios on the retail level bridge.

COOKIE DOUGH MAKING FOR KIDS Learn how to make cookie dough to take home and bake during the holidays from chef Ann Marie Rideout from Well Fed Food Studio, Saturday, Dec. 12, 10:30 a.m.-noon at Caulfeild Cove Hall. Event fee: $20 per child.

TEEN TEAM Grace Bradshaw, Gabby Wagner, Dominic Wagner, and Keira Norman help pack gifts for the third annual Bridge Church Christmas hamper donation. The Deep Cove church will donate the hampers to the North Shore Christmas Bureau to be delivered to 24 families. More than 150 volunteers participated in packing the hampers on Nov. 28 at the St. Pius X school gymnasium.

Each hamper contained an individual gift for each family member, a $50 grocery gift card per family member, and other holiday treats. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH CHRISTMAS WITH VIVALDI featuring Laudate Singers and instrumentalists, including an 11-piece Baroque orchestra, on Sunday, Dec. 13, 3-5 p.m., at St. Andrews United Church,

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Beware of scams during this season

Canadians typically spend in the range of $30 billion dollars over the holiday season, according to a press release by the Better Business Bureau.

Scammers know more spending is likely to happen at this time of year. BBB warns that as people tend to be more giving and free with their cash at this time of year, it can lead to being more impulsive and less cautious with how money is spent and who it’s given to. BBB offers the following tips: Charity scams ! Do your research. ! Give to organizations you’ve given to in the past. ! Be the instigator. ! Be wary of new crowdfunding links. ! Check with the Canada Revenue Agency for a charity’s legitimacy and financials.

Christmas E-card scams ! If you don’t know who it’s from, don’t open it. ! Make sure there is a real family name instead of a generic message such as: “From your Son!” ! Contact the person who sent it to see if the actually did. ! Don’t click on any links if you are uncertain.

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Drying process key to region’s flavour

Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables Every wine region likes to celebrate what sets it apart.

And most do enjoy their own personality, based on terroir, wine styles and

more. However, there’s no doubt in my mind that Valpolicella (in Verona, in the centre of northern Italy) in particular, is truly different. And it starts at harvest in the winery.

Anyone who’s been on a winery tour knows the form: you walk your way through from the crush pad eventually to the cellar. And then there are all those jokes about looking at the bottling line.

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where appassimento (a drying process) takes place.

This process concentrates the juice and maintains the sugars, lending more structure, body and colour to the finished wine.

About two-thirds of the Valpolicella harvest undergoes drying, with the grapes finally pressed (usually in January) to make Amarone, which, fully fermented, is a dry wine.

Recioto, the sweet dessert wine, is made by arresting Amarone’s fermentation.

Recioto and Amarone skins are also used to make Valpolicella Ripasso, refermented on the “must” (freshly pressed juice).

Ripasso (the process of “repassing” wine over grape skins and “must” to gain more body and colour) most likely dates from the 18th or 19th century.

Another difference is that the vast majority of Valpolicella’s grapes are indigenous to the region.

Varieties such as Corvina, Rondinella, Corvinone, Molinara and Negrara are dominant among 18 or so, with only four per cent being “international” such as Merlot or Cabernet.

However, it’s that appassimento drying tradition (and Ripasso) that distinguishes the region, as it has for centuries. In fact nobody could really tell me when it originated, although there’s evidence the custom started in Roman times. The indigenous varieties used in drying are chosen for their thick skins that make them ideal for aging.

The key is to get the grapes to dry without rotting, so you need plenty of air circulation. Ideally the fruit will lose up to 40 per cent of its moisture content over about three months.

The old way was to string

Nicola Scienza of Rubinelli Vajol winery shows off some traditional appassimento drying racks. A drying room at Cantina Valpolicella Negrar is shown in the photo below. At left is a glass of Zonin Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 2013. PHOTOS TIM PAWSEY them up. But eventually drying racks using bamboo (river reeds) and wood were introduced. The curved shape of the reeds allowed for air to circulate beneath the bunches. These days most wineries use openweave, plastic baskets, which are stackable and allow for lots to be kept separate.

Some wineries have spacious rooms at the top of the building that are naturally ventilated through open or closed shutters.

If rain and humidity become an issue, fans and dehumidifiers are brought to bear. Some wineries

have massive storage areas with computer-controlled humidity. Valpolicella makes an impressive range from 700 hectares of member vineyards, producing about 40 varieties of grapes. The vineyard parcels and soil origins are also all kept separate, with about 20 different “crus” (vineyards) to manage.

Three enormous spaces house thousands if not millions of baskets for drying. More on the uniqueness that is Valpolicella in the coming weeks leading up to Vancouver International

Wine Festival.

My pick of the week: Zonin Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 2013, a blend of mainly Corvina, with Corvinone, Rondinella and Molinara, yields up-front cherry notes, generous mouthfeel and structured palate with hints of savoury and chocolate notes through a dry finish (90 points, BCLS $20.49).

Tim Pawsey writes about wine for numerous publications and online as the Hired Belly at hiredbelly.com. Contact: info@ hiredbelly.com.

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In the spring of 1918, the Hounds, “a group of us fellows who chummed together,” decided to set up a summer camp. The writer is Jack’s father, Jack Cruickshank senior. In later life, he wrote of days at the beach and midnight swims in the altogether, of the West Vancouver Amateur Swim Club and the annual Swim Regatta founded by the Hounds.

The Hounds – Jack Cruickshank, Harry Thorley, Wally Hunter, Bill Strang, John McGillivray and Herb Ballantyne – set up the Kennel in a tent at 17th Street and Fulton Avenue, where West Vancouver’s municipal hall now stands. Cutting it close to, or sometimes past, departure time, they frequently finished dressing aboard the ferries on their daily commutes to their city jobs. In 1920, the Hounds shifted the Kennel to Dundarave and there they summered every year until the pack dispersed in1924.

In 1921, Mary Holt purchased a lot at 2586 Marine Dr. with money saved from the housekeeping allowance.

Her sons cleared space for a tent and later for a cabin where daughters Bess and Marjorie lived when they worked at the B.C. Telephone Company at Marine Drive and 17th Street.

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He gave his son a knife in 1983. It came with a letter describing the presentation of the knife to his father, George Cruickshank, in 1875. By 1891, George and Isabella Cruikshank were living in Vancouver, friends with a CPR porter named Joe Fortes. Calculating from today, the knife and those family stories reach back 140 years.

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Jack was introduced to Alice Price by his sister Diane and her husband, orthodontist Art Fraser.

They married in 1967 and, with son David, lived in North Vancouver before settling in West Vancouver.

Jack rose to senior mechanical designer for D.W. Thomson consulting engineers, retiring in 1996.

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Miles Gailiunas of the Argyle Pipers senior boys soccer team slides in for a challenge during the AAA provincial championships held last week in Burnaby. The Pipers scored silver with a starting lineup that featured four Grade 10s and Gailiunas, who is in Grade 9. PHOTO SUPPLIED PAUL YATES/VANCOUVER SPORTS PICTURES

Pipers prove their worth Young squad scores surprise silver at provincial AAA soccer championships

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There were more than a few surprised onlookers when the very young Argyle Pipers senior boys soccer team made it all

the way to the provincial AAA championship final last weekend in Burnaby.

The team fielded a starting roster that included four Grade 10s and one Grade 9, leading to some disbelief when the

youngsters won their pool with ease before knocking off Tamanawis in the semifinals to book a trip to the finals against the topranked Blue Devils from Coquitlam’s Dr. Charles Best secondary. You

can’t include the Pipers themselves, however, in the group that was surprised by their performance.

“Lots of people keep coming and saying (how surprised they were), but I believed that we were capable the entire time and I think our boys believed.

We’re a good team,” said head coach Darren Rath.

“I’m not going to take away

any credit from what our boys did. ... They proved to everybody that they deserved to be there.”

The Pipers continued to wow the crowd early in the final, scoring first against a Blue Devils squad that had breezed through the tournament, scoring 16 goals while allowing

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just two prior to the final.

Charles Best boasted a starting lineup made up almost exclusively of players from the Coquitlam Metro-Ford team in B.C. Soccer’s High Performance League, a squad that has racked up two national club championships in recent years.

“When we came out and were very competitive and then we took the lead, I think that surprised a lot of people and it gave our boys a lot of confidence,” said Rath.

The surprises, however, were over before halftime as the Blue Devils scored two goals late in the first half to head to the break with a 2-1 lead. The Pipers threw everything they had at the Blue Devils in the second half but that left them vulnerable at the back and Charles Best took advantage, potting three more for a 5-1 win.

“They’re a very good team. They’re stacked,” said Rath. “I asked the boys if we wanted to play one way or if we wanted to just open up and get that goal back and go for it. The boys wanted to go for it, so we went for it and gave it our best shot.”

The Pipers were led

throughout provincials by Grade 12 co-captain Troy Townsend, who was named to the Commissioner’s 16 tournament all-star team.

Townsend finished the season with 17 goals and 11 assists. Grade 12 defender and co-captain Sina SeyedAli and goalie Andre Balzer helped solidify a strong Pipers defence made up of many players who were playing out of position, said Rath.

The Grade 12 core was bolstered by the talented and hungry group of young starters on the team, including Grade 9 midfielder Miles Gailiunas and Grade 10s Alex Wallace, Jake Ruby, Thorben Stock and Declan Confortin. Grade 9 Owen McBride and Grade 10 Graham Dumars were also expected to play significant roles but missed the tournament due to injury.

“It’s very rare to have a Grade 9 player make the team,” said Rath. “It’s very rare for us to have this many grade 10s be able to make the team. In boys soccer one year makes a difference. But the players that are in Grade 9 and 10 on this year’s team are exceptional players.”

Add in Grade 11 star Matthew Miki, who has played in the Vancouver

Whitecaps youth system, and it looks as if the Pipers won’t be surprising anyone if they make any return trips to the provincial final in the next few years.

“The future is very, very bright with the strength and quality of the up-andcoming players,” said Rath, adding that the young team should take great pride in what they accomplished this season.

“They’re the second best team in the province,” he said. “They really came together as a tight-knit group. I don’t think any of them had experienced being part of a team that’s so tight. That contributes to their success. Every single player had major contributions to the success of the team in their own individual ways.”

Their performance this year was helped greatly by the way they all bonded, regardless of age, said Rath.

“If you walked into a room, you wouldn’t know the differences – there’s no segregation,” he said.

“You’d see a table of four that had a Grade 9, a Grade 10, a Grade 11 and a Grade 12. … How they accepted each other and worked together on and off the field – that makes special teams.

And this was a special team.”

No Regrets for hoops tournament BEN BENGTSON reporter@nsnews.com

The North Shore Invitational Tournament is no more.

Instead, the longstanding high school basketball tournament has partnered with the Quinn Keast Foundation for the brand new No Regrets Basketball Tournament.

The new tournament hopes to re-energize the annual competition by packing gyms, adding more teams, and awarding scholarships to outstanding players, according to Tom Keast, president of the Quinn Keast Foundation.

“We’re hoping for as many people as possible,” he said. Keast compared the enthusiasm at many basketball season openers to what he hoped the No Regrets tournament could achieve.

“What Handsworth and a few other schools do is on the first basketball game

of the year, or close to the first game, they try to get students into the gym and fill it.”

The tournament’s title is inspired by Quinn Keast, an all-star high school basketball player who was also Tom’s son. Quinn was killed in a pedestrian car accident on the night of his high school graduation in 2006. His sudden death inspired the “No Regrets” mantra, a phrase that Quinn deeply believed in.

“That was Quinn’s philosophy,” said Tom. “He wanted to give basketball everything he possibly could and not have any regrets about it.”

The No Regrets tournament will host 16 boys’ teams and, for the first time in tournament history, a girls’ bracket. Eight girls teams will take part.

At the end of the threeday tournament, which will feature teams from across Western Canada, scholarships will be awarded

to players who display dedication to the sport.

“We’re going to award two $500 scholarships at this tournament,” said Keast. “Each coach has been asked to nominate one person from their team.”

Winners of the scholarship will have to demonstrate a strong basketball work ethic and a good attitude.

“The on-floor demeanour tells you a lot about the character. That’s what we’re looking for,” said Keast. He’s hoping the tournament will become an annual competition.

“We’re in this for the long haul,” he said.

The first annual No Regrets Basketball Tournament runs Dec. 10-12 with games taking place at Carson Graham, Collingwood, Handsworth, and West Vancouver secondaries.

For more information on the tournament visit noregretsbball.com.

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SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 – DEC 21 Health goals become more pressing as various issues weigh on your mind, Sagittarius. Work with a doctor to develop a plan for moving forward in a healthy way.

CANCER

JUN 22 – JUL 22 Cancer, although you may want to swoop in and help a friend in need, give this person the space he or she needs right now. In the long run, this approach will prove more helpful.

CAPRICORN DEC 22 – JAN 20 Capricorn, you may be catching glimpses of what is around the corner, but you’re not ready to take the first step in that direction. This will happen soon enough.

Answers: A. oven B. baking C. dessert D. treats Answer: Flour

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MAY 22 – JUN 21 You have several different ways to express your creativity this week, Gemini; you simply have to find the outlet that works best for you right now. Experiment with different options.

LEO

JUL 23 – AUG 23 You have a chance to push limits and boundaries this week, Leo. Take every opportunity that comes your way to try something new.

You never know what you will discover.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 – FEB 18 Your moods are fluctuating regularly, Aquarius. Voice your feelings and it will help you address any insecurities or other issues that are on your mind.

VIRGO

AUG 24 – SEPT 22 Virgo, you may not be able to escape all of your daily responsibilities right now, but you can certainly daydream some of them away. Take this chance to clear your mind.

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MAR 21 – APR 20 Aries, a conversation takes you to a place you did not expect. Now that it’s out in the open, you may be able to breathe a sigh of relief. Don’t hesitate to express yourself.

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