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Trans Mountain hearings begin BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Final arguments have begun for local governments, First Nations and environmentalists into Kinder Morgan’s proposal for a new pipeline from Alberta to the Burrard Inlet.

PYRAMID POWER Ten-year-old Andrew Chan looks at a hologram of a jellyfish, created by placing a plastic pyramid over an iPad screen. Youth learned how to turn their smartphones and tablets into hologram projectors at a Jan. 20 workshop at North Vancouver City Library. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

The National Energy Board, which must eventually recommend approval or rejection of the Trans Mountain pipeline, has been holding hearings for groups granted intervenor status in Burnaby this week.

The Squamish Nation led its final arguments on Thursday, stressing that the Trans Mountain proposal posed a direct threat to the nation’s traditional way of life, which is still practised and tied critically to the surrounding environment.

“From a Squamish world view, you cannot separate cultural and spiritual values from the lands and waters.

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DEVELOPMENT: WALKABLE COMMUNITY WITH LIVABLE STREETS ENVISIONED FOR AREA ABOVE LOW LEVEL ROAD

Neighbourhood plan for Moodyville East JUSTIN BEDDALL jbeddall@nsnews.com

Imagine a walkable, rideable European-inspired neighbourhood, replete with built-in amenities, greenways and trail access, car-sharing and unique sustainable housing types geared towards families.

Welcome to Moodyville East.

Brent Toderian, speaking on behalf of developer Seacliff Properties, made a presentation to council Monday updating plans for the swath of land located east of St. Davids

Massive land assembly touted as ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity

Avenue and south of East Second Street that’s a sub-area of the larger Moodyville planning area.

“We describe it as perhaps a once-in-a-generation opportunity and maybe these kinds of conditions don’t even come along that often,” he said. “We start off with this unprecedented land assembly… as a city planner I’ve referred to this kind of opportunity as a unicorn in the past because it

almost doesn’t exist.”

Seacliff has assembled 52 of the 60 lots in the 8.5-acre area and preliminary plans call for the creation of 340 new units.

“I think it’s going to be a very interesting opportunity that other jurisdictions will look to because the common narrative is that you can’t assemble single detached lots and do this type of thing and the City of North Vancouver may be the first municipality to prove that suggestion

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Academies at front of new learning trend JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

In a downstairs room at the back of West Vancouver secondary, two groups of teens are bent over a collection of wires, gears and sensors, built into what look like parts from a Meccano set.

“Can you rubber band it?” calls over teacher Todd Ablett, as Joshua White and Jesse Diaz, members of the after-school robotics club puzzle over how to attach the next part of the ‘bot.

On the table in front of them are containers with screws, steel bushings and gears, extension wires and motor controls that they’ll use to put together their ball-shooting robot for their upcoming robotics competition.

Diaz, in Grade 11, said he’s tinkered with electronics before but “this is the first year I’ve tried competitive robotics. I like to have ideas and turn them into real physical objects.”

Ablett, a teacher who has recently come to West Vancouver after years of building a successful robotics program in the Vancouver School District, recalls how he started getting interested in similar topics as a kid. “I was the first kid on my street to have any Lego,” he said. “I think that was the start of a mindset where I just wanted to put things together and figure out how they work.”

Both White and Diaz say they’re considering studying engineering when they graduate from high school.

The robotics club – which can easily run past 6 p.m. most nights – is a place where kids can experiment with turning their ideas into working machines – building, tearing them apart when they don’t work and trying a different approach.

About 15 kids – both boys and girls – are regulars in the after-school robotics club.

Next year, those who choose will be able to take their interest a step further, by incorporating robotics into their school program, as

– sometimes on high-performance sports teams – outside of school. The academies offer those students a chance to boost their skills with highlevel coaches, and in some cases prepare to win spots on national teams.

Two West Vancouver hockey academy graduates – Griffin Reinhart and Morgan Rielly – were selected fourth and fifth overall in the 2012 National Hockey League draft (by New York Islanders and Toronto Maple Leafs, respectively). Rielly is now a mainstay on the blueline for the Leafs while Reinhart was traded to the Edmonton Oilers last summer and was recalled by the club on Friday after spending some time in the minors.

Colton Sissons, a graduate of the North Vancouver hockey academy, has played games for the Nashville Predators.

And two graduates of North Vancouver’s volleyball academy – Shae Harris and Sarah Chase – are now members of the national senior women’s B team while also playing NCAA volleyball on full scholarships.

Not all kids who sign up for the academies are destined to make national teams or go on to elite levels in the field.

“You might not be an Olympic athlete but you might be a coach, or a referee,” said Nelson. They also learn skills like leadership and working in a team that will help them in other career paths.

There are tryouts for some sports academies– like soccer, basketball and hockey – so kids can be grouped according to their skill levels. Several academies have separate streams for elite-level athletes.

Students registered in academies are expected to keep their marks up. But there are also less tangible requirements. “For me the biggest piece is the social responsibility,” said Nelson.

More than 200 students are enrolled in West Vancouver academies. In the North Vancouver School District, that numbers is up above 500 – and growing. “I had a call from Germany this week from a student who is interested in being in our international program and interested in being part of our basketball academy,” said Arlene Martin.

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Students Jesse Diaz and Joshua White work with teacher Todd Ablett to build a robot at West Vancouver secondary’s afterschool robotics club. A new robotics academy will be offered in September. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH robotics and three other programs – dance, field hockey and rugby – become the latest offerings in popular specialty “academies” in the West Vancouver School District.

West Vancouver – one of the pioneers in offering specialty programs – now offers 10 different fee-paying “academies” for students attending any of its three high schools, including programs in hockey, soccer, baseball, basketball, rugby, field hockey, tennis, fencing, dance and mechatronic robotics.

North Vancouver School District also offers academies – in hockey, basketball, dance, field hockey, soccer and volleyball – as well as in digital media and the Artists For Kids studio.

The academies combine regular academic courses in the morning with intensive high-calibre training in their specialty area in the afternoon.

The West Vancouver hockey program, run out of Hollyburn Country Club, was the first academy to get off the ground in 2003.

Diane Nelson, a former owner of a professional

Fencing students Emi Kelly and Nicola Cheng practise their form. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN women’s hockey team who is now district principal of academies, found the idea got an enthusiastic reception from the West Vancouver School District when she proposed it.

Today, hockey academies are still hugely popular programs in both school districts.

Thirteen-year-old Windsor student Andrew Martin is among 70 students enrolled in North Vancouver’s hockey academy this year. Martin has been playing hockey since he first stood on skates at North Vancouver’s Karen

Magnussen arena and has played defence with teams in the North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association for seven years. Martin said he signed up for the academy because he wanted to get more ice time to work on his skills in areas like slap shots, skating backwards, power plays and carrying the puck. So far, he says, it’s working.

Most of the academies in both school districts are focused on team sports. But there are also other offerings, like Argyle’s digital media

academy – where students learn about animation including instruction from pros at companies like Electronic Arts – the new robotics academy at West Vancouver secondary, plus dance and arts programs.

Offering students an opportunity to excel in areas they are passionate about fits in with an increasing emphasis in schools on individual learning, says Arlene Martin, district principal who oversees the academy programs for the North Vancouver School District.

The two school districts have slightly different rules for their academies.

Students registered in other school districts and in private schools can sign up for academies in North Vancouver, although they don’t make up a huge number of students – about 40 overall.

In West Vancouver, students must be registered in one of the local high schools, although occasional exceptions are made for some private school students.

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Over 700 students now registered for programs At a recent open house for academies in North Vancouver, about 800 people showed up – including families with kids still in grades 4 and 5 and parents from other school districts. “They’re all interested in finding ways to challenge their children,” said Martin.

For most of the athletic academies, the school districts partner with organizations experienced in offering students highlevel training in their sport.

Other programs – like West Vancouver’s new robotics program – have been developed locally.

The fencing academy in West Vancouver, taught by Canadian national champion and World Cup medallist Igor Gantsevich, is the only one of its kind in Canada.

One student was so passionate about the sport he moved from Alberta to West Vancouver to participate in the academy.

“The sport attracts very unique kids,” said Gantsevich – often including high academic achievers. One student who was in the program last year was a nationally ranked chess player – perhaps not surprising as fencing involves “a huge mental component,” said Gantsevich, “in terms of mental preparation and dealing with pressure.”

In the Eagle Harbour Montessori School gym this week, about 14 students were

learning that calm concentration as they tried to score points on their opponents.

There was the clack, clack of metal on metal as fencers parried, half crouching, their feet shuffling forward, their épées (swords) seeking an opening. Students wore white Kevlar fencing jackets and large metal fencing masks for protection. Thin wires ran from the tip of their épées to a lead attached to an electronic scoring system. There was a sudden run, a lunge and the scoring system beeped.

Emi Kelly, a Grade 12 student at Rockridge, said fencing teaches how to move fast on your feet – both literally and metaphorically.

Fencers also know they can’t use the same strategies with different opponents – learning how to adapt quickly is another skill.

Hunter Morris, a 16-yearold Sentinel student, started fencing with a North Vancouver recreation program when he was nine. This year, he was one of the top eight fencers in the world at a recent European world circuit event and has qualified for the national team for the third year in a row. He’ll represent Canada at the upcoming Pan American championships and the world championships in France.

Fencing is a unique sport because of “the thinking it requires,” he said. “It’s like physical chess” – which

non-coincidentally, he’s also pretty good at.

There’s no getting around the fact the academy programs come with significant costs. The programs are run on a break-even basis, but full-time programs in West Vancouver can still set families back $525 a month (or $5,250 a year). In North Vancouver, where academies run every other afternoon, the top fees are $2,500 a year.

That money goes to cover costs of equipment, rental of facilities, coaching and bussing. Programs that run less often or have fewer coaching and equipment costs are slightly less expensive.

“I won’t deny these programs are expensive,” said Nelson. “We do all we can to keep the costs as low as we possibly can.”

Rob Millard, president of the West Vancouver Teachers Association, said teachers are supportive of the academies.

The programs help attract students to local school districts, which translates to more funding for local schools in general, he said. In an ideal world, such programs would be publicly funded, he said.

But that’s not reality.

Those lucky enough to afford it can reap serious rewards in terms of confidence and a sense of community with others who share their passion, said Nelson: “These kids are transformed.”

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wrong,” said Toderian, of Toderian Urbanworks.

According to the city’s community development department, the assembly of lands in the area represents the largest assembly in the city since the early 1980s and creates special opportunities for the city and the applicant. “...there’s an opportunity on the City’s side to increase neighbourhood walkability and to provide enhanced universal access on the Spirit Trail between Lower Lonsdale and Moodyville Park.”

During his presentation, Toderian discussed the idea of “amenities built in.”

Along with working with city staff on a realigned and improved Spirit Trail in the area he discussed incorporating the Dutch “woonerf model” in the development — which creates living streets as shared social spaces that are used by pedestrians, cyclists and cars.

“The idea of treating lanes as not just places to move and park cars but an actual amenity area particularly for families — we are very excited about piloting this maybe for the first time a Canadian city to do a true woonerf,” Toderian said.

Plans also call for creating community green spaces, such as gardens, and breaking up larger blocks through pedestrian pathways and connections and greater greenway passages linking to the Spirit Trail.

“So the point is we are trying to build amenity into the neighbourhood. As we densify we make this that density is livable through these kinds of amenities.”

The project is also focused on being a model green community and is exploring the possibility of incorporating “passive housing,” which are ultra low-energy units.

“We want to take an approach that looks at the best ideas for a made-in-North Vancouver solution to something that could be a model not only for the city but beyond.”

Also important, said Toderian, is offering a rich variety

of housing types, including stacked townhouses, row houses and townhouses, affordable options lock-off suites “We’re emphasizing families in particular but also methods of affordability.”

Coun. Rod Clark worried about the loss of affordable housing in the Moodyville Seacliff’s proposal is for a family-oriented community of two- and four-storey townhouses and threestorey row houses east of St. Davids between Second Street and the Spirit Trail. IMAGE SUPPLIED area with new development.

“Going forward I would not only soften that impact, address issues through the like to know what you will have in the way of rental units design of the units… and essentially reorient the relationand how affordable they are going to be.” ship inward towards the neighbourhood because it used to Coun. Pam Bookham asked about the plan to address be views outward and now we are looking for a design that’s the issue between the residential interface and the waterabout amenities internal to the neighbourhood. So it’s a bit front industrial areas “which basally gave rise to this whole of rethink,” said Toderian. change.”

Moodyville pre-zoning will be brought to a public hearing “We’re trying to do a design that recognizes that the in early 2016. Specific details on the southeast Moodyville neighbourhood used to look in that direction, the view has sub-area development and design controls will be available now been affected, the intensity of the industrial uses has when bylaws are brought to council for first reading. been increased and so we’d be looking for creative ways to

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here were likely some sighs of relief in cramped offices across the country this week as the federal government announced it is winding down the political activity audits of charities begun and continued with great zeal by the former Conservative regime.

An end to this particular ideological witch hunt is long overdue.

The controversial $13-million program was launched by the Harper government in 2012, not coincidentally at a time when Conservatives were feeling aggrieved at environmentalists for poking sticks at their favoured pipeline and energy projects.

Revenue Canada was the government arm used to wield the hammer on groups the Conservative regime considered a pain in the political butt. But the rules were never evenly applied. Conservative-leaning groups granted charitable status – like the Fraser Institute – were not placed under

the auditors’ microscopes in the same way as left-leaning charitable groups were.

Environmental groups were targeted first. But later the audits expanded to include groups involved in issues like poverty and human rights as well.

Revenue Canada never defined what constituted the verboten “political activity.” But it was clear that some animals were always more equal than others.

The premise that charities shouldn’t be involved in political activities seems ridiculous to begin with. Most groups involved in helping to alleviate social harm or promote social good are also involved in advocating their causes to those in a position to make change.

Governments in other countries recognize this and allow political activity as long as that is part of providing a benefit to society at large. We welcome the news this issue will also soon be the subject of further consideration and review by Ottawa.

Learning to love pets in a dog-eat-dog world

Pet lovers, I finally get where you're coming from.

You choose your favourite type of domesticated animal, buy a whole pack of them and then let them loose in the house. You feed them, make sure the conditions are ripe for growth and then watch them develop, learn, explore, and slowly eat each other until one champion emerges.

And then you love that one forever. Right? At least that’s how it went for me.

Maybe I should back up a bit.

I’d never owned any type of animal until last month. My parents weren’t pet people so we never had one in the house while I was growing up.

I was happy with this arrangement – owning a pet never seemed like a good idea.

I had lots of friends who had dogs and when I’d visit their houses it always struck me – and I mean no offence here – that their dogs were about as smart as your average potted fern. But much louder.

Typical visits went like

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It always struck me – and I mean no offence here – that their dogs were about as smart as your average potted fern. But much louder.

Laugh All You Want Andy Prest this: I’d ring the doorbell and the dog would immediately start barking like mad as if it couldn’t in its wildest dreams imagine that this bell that rang many times a day was RINGING AGAIN RIGHT NOW! Barkbarkbarkbarkbark!

This insane barking was immediately accompanied by the sound of paws blasting across linoleum and a loud thump as the dog slammed into the door and attempted to solve the age-old riddle of how to open it. I know – claw it! Scratchscratchscratch!

Eventually the door

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would open – the scratching worked! – and the dog would start applying the same jumping/clawing/barking treatment to my leg. Bigger dogs could reach nearly up to my waist, which was slightly terrifying given that, as a male youth, my brain was located very close by.

My host would finally clue in that I was not enjoying all the attention after I washed my hands for the 37th time, and then the dog would be locked in a basement so that we could focus our attention on the important boyhood work of sharing burps and suppressing feelings.

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And don’t even get me started on rabbits, animals that also can kill me with their dander (from the French word dandere, meaning “skin soup”) but also a species that is so seemingly daft and sex-craved they could pass as senators.

As an adult my stance has softened a little bit as I’ve gotten to know pets owned by friends. My neighbours own a cat that is very friendly to my family and spends most of its time jumping from treetops to rooftops like a character from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.

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middle of the night I suspect I would find the crook in the morning lying in our garden moaning incoherently about a fur-ninja.

I’ve even cuddled up to a dog or two. You pretty much have to learn how to do that if you’re going to have any kind of social life in the Vancouver area where they hand out free dogs at the airport to anyone who can prove ownership of a pair of yoga pants.

This all led up to my first-ever pets. As is often the case, it was a Christmas gift for my kids, but I ended up assuming the role of primary caregiver. The animals? A pack of tadpole shrimps (Latin name triop, meaning “hell no, you’re not going to grow those in my kitchen”).

The gift appeared to be nothing more than a bag of dirt, but after a few days in a small tank of water the little swimmers miraculously appeared. The instructions warned that the triops needed heat and light, and that on occasion one of the

group would grow faster than the rest and then eat all of its buddies.

That’s what happened in our tank, and I fell in love with our little triop champ, a.k.a. Shrimp Bizkit. One day while I was at work his heat lamp got turned off by mistake. I came home to find him lying motionless on the bottom of the tank.

Through tears I disposed of him the only way I knew how – tossed in a light garlic butter sauce.

Just kidding. I flushed him.

No one in the family seemed to mind the loss much except for me. Maybe, after all these years, I’m a pet man after all.

Some of those super dogs can do amazing things like help kids learn to read or sniff out bombs. It’d be neat to have one of those. Or maybe I could start smaller, stick with the sea creatures. On my last trip to the grocery store I noticed some live lobsters swimming around. Some of the best pets, I’ve heard, are sold by the pound. aprest@nsnews.com

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Braemar, Argyle parents: ‘We are stronger united’ An open letter to the parents, students and staff of Argyle secondary: Dear Neighbours: An intense and uncomfortable conflict has existed between our communities over the past three months.

With the decision by the District of North Vancouver council to reject the rezoning application of Braemar elementary, we hope we can proceed forward and mend fences rather than widen the divide.

We may have opposing views on this issue, but we have a common goal: the well-being of our children and community. We are not your adversaries but rather your friends, colleagues, and most of all, your neighbours.

A lot has been said between our communities during the process and we believe these words have been fuelled by a lack of open and accountable consultation. For Braemar catchment residents, consultation by the North Vancouver School District began and ended in September 2006. We have had no responses from the NVSD to our legitimate concerns over the impact of land sales

while you have been engaged as recently as October 2015.

To put it in another sense, all the Braemar students who were in kindergarten at the time of our only consultation are now in high school. A lot has changed in the past nine and a half years, but our opposition to the sale of public lands has never swayed.

Regardless of the accuracy of the information you received or the lack of information we received, it is time for a new and constructive dialogue – one that strengthens our community and values.

As a starting point, we know we can agree on three basic facts: 1. Argyle secondary needs to be rebuilt immediately.

2. The responsibility for funding such capital projects is that of the provincial government.

3. Public lands are a finite asset, held by the public for the use of the public.

We understand and support your drive to have Argyle rebuilt. The provincial government has acknowledged 128 schools throughout British Columbia, including several others in North Vancouver, are

seismically unsafe, yet has refused to act. This inaction is unconscionable.

Instead, the provincial government has deferred their funding responsibilities to local school districts; agencies with limited means to raise money. This has led many school districts across the province to sell their limited public assets to make up the shortfall. We oppose such a strategy and worry about what this strategy means for future generations, especially in the face of projected population growth.

We are stronger united than we will ever be divided.

Imagine the impact we could have if instead of arguing amongst our neighbours over unpopular proposals, we banded together and sent a very clear message to the provincial government that they can no longer defer their responsibility to the taxpayers and future generations.

We will stand with you, shoulder to shoulder, and yell this at the top of our lungs so that our unified voice can echo though the halls of the legislature.

Chris Martin for Braemar elementary catchment parents and residents

School land sales not the answer Dear Editor: I was disappointed by your Jan. 20 editorial Old vs.

New School supporting the proposal to sell school lands to a developer in order to partially fund the rebuilding of Argyle school. I do agree with the position of the North Shore News, however, that the underlying problem is the lamentable underfunding of education by the provincial government. But selling off North Vancouver public lands is not the answer, in my view.

The fact that the school district is struggling to find

funds to rebuild Argyle demonstrates that once public lands are sold off, comparable lands will never be purchased to replace them.

Once public lands are sold to the private sector, they’re gone forever. And the unfortunate precedent of selling public lands to meet budget shortfalls will only encourage future councils to sell capital assets to meet short-term budget problems.

In support of selling off the lands, the editorial states that the “land in question, after being purchased by

the school district in the 1960s, had never been used as anything but a deciduous backdrop for the neighbours.” Hurray for the visionary school district of a half century ago, which realized that future demands on public lands are unknowable; and a Bronx cheer for the News, which, apparently, can’t imagine that future North Vancouverites might want the land for a good public purpose that we can’t yet imagine.

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK: If we don’t know about those things, it can snowball and we can have an incident where someone is injured or killed as a result.”

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From the Squamish perspective, you can’t just count the fish in an area and call that a value to be assessed and determine whether the effect is adverse or not by the number of fish that may be killed by the project,” said Aaron Bruce, a Squamish Nation lawyer. “Only Squamish can truly understand it. We want to have that conversation with the Crown and industry so we can protect these values in the best way possible. It’s our sacred duty as Squamish to protect these values for future generations.”

The Squamish Nation was never consulted about those values prior to the review process being drawn up, Bruce said. The proposal to

triple the amount of diluted bitumen being shipped via Burrard Inlet also unrealistically minimized the risks of a catastrophe, Bruce said, and did not focus on the impacts.

In its presentation on Friday morning, the District of West Vancouver urged NEB to reject Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion plan, saying increased tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet would mean increased risks, costs and environmental damage to the municipality without benefit.

Municipal lawyer Maegan Giltrow told the panel the way authorities dealt with the relatively small-scale oil spill from the Marathassa in April 2015 gave the municipality no confidence cleanup of an oil spill would be properly handled.

It was not until almost 22

hours after the spill was initially detected that the Coast Guard provided information to the municipality on the extent of the spill, said Giltrow. By that time, she said, “the spill was 500 metres from the shore of West Vancouver.”

Federal authorities in charge of the cleanup only agreed to make sure globules of oil were removed from the beach after the municipality insisted, said Giltrow. West Vancouver beaches weren’t reopened by local health authorities until three weeks after the command centre in charge of the spill cleanup had already been shut down, she said. Giltrow said with the seven-fold increase in tanker traffic expected if the pipeline is approved, “the evidence is the risk will go up.”

West Vancouver is also concerned about the potential impact of increased noise, light and air pollution from tanker traffic that will pass by the municipality and anchor in front of its shores.

Environment Canada has concluded the pipeline proposal has significantly underestimated the level of particulate and nitrous oxide that would be released into the air if the pipeline expansion goes ahead, according to Giltrow.

The City of North Vancouver will deliver its final arguments against the project on Monday morning; Tsleil-Waututh Nation and the District of North Vancouver are scheduled for Tuesday; North Shore NO Pipeline Expansion for Wednesday.

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ongoing NEB process, which is currently receiving final arguments from intervenors and is scheduled to end in late May with a recommendation from the board either to approve or reject the pipeline, is not yet clear.

“That’s something the courts identified as a

problem,” said Eugene Kung, lawyer for the nation’s Sacred Trust Initiative. “I think it is an important disconnect to see the federal government on one hand asking the court to stop this process while moving ahead with the other process.”

The pipeline review ought to be more along the lines the one the Tsleil-Waututh Nation conducted themselves,

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It was a letter that Global B.C.’s Kristi Gordon couldn’t shake.

Handwritten, unsigned and unaddressed, the writer urged the then visibly pregnant senior meteorologist to cease being on-air immediately, referring to her growing body as “gross,” and comparing it to the “Hindenburg,” among other negative characterizations.

No stranger to viewer feedback, the veteran broadcaster had heard it all; however in this case found herself troubled by the writer’s view on both a personal and societal level.

Gordon decided to discuss the letter with her co-workers as part of a post-Global BC News Hour web-only segment, called News Hour Plus, which offers audience members a glimpse behind the scenes as well as a chance to experience the on-air hosts in a more conversational atmosphere. The resulting conversation, had between Gordon and supportive peers Squire Barnes and Robin Stickley (filling in for regular anchor Chris Gailus that evening), immediately went viral. Posted in March 2015, the video, News Hour Plus: Kristi Gordon Deals with a Hater, currently has logged millions of views.

“At the time I mentioned that yes, we’re not listening, but to be honest, I went home that night after getting the letter and I double-checked myself in the mirror to make sure that my butt wasn’t too big and asked my husband, ‘Am I not seeing it? Am I getting too big for television? Should I get off TV? Am I really looking disgusting. . . . or do I just look like a normal pregnancy?’” recalls the North Vancouver married mother to two boys, ages four and six months.

Global B.C. senior meteorologist Kristi Gordon, Laurie Kohl, director, community and provincial programs, Family Services of the North Shore, and PEDAW campaign spokeswoman Sioned Dyer show off their Love Our Bodies, Love Ourselves wristbands, a symbol of acceptance of oneself and also of support for those who struggle with eating disorders. They invite community members to participate in Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Feb. 1-7. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD “You start to second guess yourself even if you think you’re the most confident person and you can handle it,” she adds.

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While Gordon doesn’t have any experiences with an eating disorder, she’s lending her voice to the event as a public figure who experienced weight stigma. “What I bring to the table for this discussion is my experience with body shaming and bullying from that side of things,” she says.

Looking back, Gordon realized she had experienced similar body shaming four years prior during her first pregnancy, albeit on a smaller scale as she had been on a different show at the time.

“People have a tendency to write in and complain sometimes. But it was more so when I was pregnant, I would get quite a few letters. And at

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I was a bit ashamed I guess and hurt by them. But again, you’re not in this industry unless you can handle that kind of thing. You have to be strong and confident otherwise you just wouldn’t get anything done,” she says.

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Heat and ice are effective painkillers Personal Best Shaun Karp Heat and ice packs are common remedies used at home to treat injuries, either before or after professional therapy.

They are generally used to treat traumatic soft tissue injuries, such as whiplash from a car accident, or joint issues, such as rotator cuff strains to the shoulder, ligament injuries to the knees, or for general back pain. In many cases heat and ice application will help to relieve pain, but it is important to know how to apply these two effective painkillers.

In general, cold packs can be applied as soon as an injury occurs. When injuries are treated immediately with cold packs the treatment has several benefits: bleeding is

reduced, it stops or reduces inflammation, muscle spasms are reduced, and the cold numbs the area where the pack is applied so the pain is reduced. The advantage of ice over medicinal painkillers is that it can be applied locally to the injured area. In addition, it does not have the sedative effects common with painkillers.

Ice packs can be applied safely for 10 to 20 minutes; however, care should be taken not to let melted ice water drip over the injured area, particularly if there are stitches or the wound is exposed. There is danger of infection setting in if the water is allowed to drip on the raw wound, so it is advisable to use a plastic cover for the pack.

Injuries should only be treated with heat packs after a few days. Heat produces a vasodilatory response in the blood vessels causing more blood to rush in. When there is swelling in an injured area there is already a surplus of blood, so adding heat can increase the pressure on the pain fibres.

It is usually safe to apply heat packs after 48 hours, but ensure all the swelling is gone, and that can take as long as a

week. There are many types of heat packs, heat lamps, heat pads, deep heat cream or even ordinary hot water bottles.

The benefits of applying heat are various; it can reduce pain, the increased blood flow helps in the healing process of the tissues that are damaged, and it really can feel great!

Heat is especially effective at reducing muscle stiffness and is generally more effective

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Moist heat can penetrate more effectively than dry heat, so try using a hot water bottle wrapped in a few moist warm towels.

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Showing some respect for fruit wines Notable Potables Tim Pawsey It occurs to me that fruit wines don’t always get the respect they deserve, although in many cases there may well be good reason.

However, a consistent and prolific exception is Elephant Island Orchard Wines who make a remarkable array of both orchard fruit and grape wines, as well as a few other things. Even though B.C.’s fruit wine industry continues to spawn wineries in some remarkable places (one of the newest is in Prince George) few display the range and depth offered by this qualitydriven Naramata producer, which depends very much on its own, home-grown fruit.

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You could add it to sparkling wine, splash some over ice cream, or pair it with a dark chocolate tart. Then again, you could also just sip it in front of a fire ($18.99, 92 points).

Not to be overlooked are the grape wines, including the following:

I Told You So Viognier 2014: Lifted orange, peach

and floral notes before a fleshy and quite viscous, generous palate with tropical and spicy notes wrapped in juicy acidity, with an assist from a splash of Sauvignon Blanc ($20, 91 points). Think sautéed scallops with a dash of orange butter. A rising star in the South Okanagan, another winery that continues to impress is Maverick Estate, which has just released its first Syrah. The Rhone variety is proving to be a winner for

Columnist Tim Pawsey calls Maverick Estate a rising star in the South Okanagan. The winery has just released its first Syrah, which Pawsey describes as well-balanced. PHOTO TIM PAWSEY the folks in the Okanagan who know how to do it right, and that would now very definitely include Bertus Albertyn at Maverick.

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on the map. It has that classic rose petal that you hope for in the aroma, along with tropical notes, followed by a lush palate of lychee and ginger spice, and a touch of citrus and a spicy hint to close (BCLS $15.99, 92 points). Think spicier plates.

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Time to review your bank arrangements It can pay to check your banking arrangements – especially in these days of very low interest rates.

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Civilian keeper of community’s cultural heritage

Memory Lane Laura Anderson “I may be the only civilian in West Vancouver who was shot at – not once, but twice – during the war.”

Of Ian Macdonald’s first encounter with the Canadian military, a youthful escapade involving the Lions Gate Bridge, the less said the better. He is more forthcoming about the second episode.

“Old Man Forbes was a beachcomber. His name was Norman but everyone knew him as Old Man Forbes, and he always called me ‘kid.’

One summer day he said,

‘Come out after supper, kid. We’ll get some logs off Passage Island.’”

Ian’s job as apprentice beachcomber was to row, or swim, to the logs and tie on a rope. Forbes would haul the logs off the shore in his tugboat and add them to his log boom at West Bay. Dusk was shading to dark when the tug and its tail of logs passed Point Atkinson light station and the army camp.

“There was a cannon on the point, a small one, and we could see the soldiers were aiming that cannon at us. They fired across our bow and a geyser of water blew up 40 or 50 feet in front of us.”

Next came a patrol boat to remind Old Man Forbes to use his running lights.

“There’s a war on, you know.”

Three Macdonalds had settled in West Vancouver before Ian arrived in 1931.

His father’s brother and sister were already living

When Ian Macdonald retired from International Forest Products in 1991, he learned to express his love of the natural world in art, with wood as his medium. This cedar and copper mask was made after he found a piece of cedar on the beach at Courtenay. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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in homes carved out of the forest west of Sentinel Hill.

Together, Ian’s father Donald and his uncle built the house in West Bay where Ian would grow up.

Ian bussed to school and back home every day.

With children attending either Pauline Johnson or Hollyburn elementary schools, and converging at West Vancouver high school, lifelong friendships were formed in classrooms and on playgrounds. In the summers, Ian and his pals would be at the beach, not a parent in sight all day long.

After school, they would stop at the Hollyburn Grill or Penguin Dairy before going off to play ball at John Lawson Park or to a rehearsal with the West Vancouver Boys Band.

“The best thing about growing up in West Vancouver is that you knew everyone. It was a more innocent time,” Ian reflects.

On the bus going home to West Bay for supper, “we knew all the bus drivers by name, everyone riding the bus and their stops.”

Ian graduated from West Vancouver high school in 1949, going into forestry like his father before him, spending his career flying in and out of logging camps along the B.C. coast, frequently at the controls of his own aircraft in the early years.

“I saw so much of the West Coast in my work.

The loggers and tug boaters intrigued me and their stories got me interested in history. I joined West Vancouver Historical Society because of my interest in

history and because I love West Vancouver.”

When Ian retired from International Forest Products in 1991, he learned to express his love of the natural world in art, with wood as his medium. Of a cedar and copper mask he made, Ian says, “I found this fine piece of cedar on the beach at Courtenay. I like working with things from nature.”

Ian’s interest in history and love for West Vancouver led him to give back to his community. For almost two decades, he served on commissions and committees for parks, environment and heritage. He belongs to the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society and is a life member of West Vancouver Historical Society.

This level of public participation carries its own history – another gift to the community Ian served so well.

The Ian Macdonald of today – pillar of the community whose volunteer contributions helped shape West Vancouver, gifted artist, and great grandfather several times over – is the boy who rode the bus to school and back to his West Bay home every day. Like others of his vintage, Ian is a keeper of West Vancouver’s cultural and social heritage.

Their stories and memories, unique to each individual, are the irreplaceable threads in the tapestry that is West Vancouver, each one contributing to the legacy we bequeath to future generations.

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Heinz Berger, recognized internationally for introducing the concept of adventure

playgrounds, and for his pioneering work in the horticulture industry, died Jan. 14 at his home in West Vancouver. He was 92.

West Vancouver would not look the way it looks, if not for Heinz Berger.

The seawalk. The pitch and putt golf course and the fitness circuit at Ambleside.

The recreation complex and seniors’ activity centre.

Parks and children’s “playscapes” from Glenmore to Horseshoe Bay. Heinz Berger was responsible for creating or improving these amenities, and for many other innovations that defined the community during his 22 years with the municipality’s parks and recreation department.

A founding member of the B.C. Society of Landscape Architects (Life Member No. 0004), Heinz and colleagues Philip Tattersfield and Ernie Pitt developed the horticultural apprentice curriculum at BCIT, the foundation of B.C.’s landscape and production training programs.

His friend Frank Kuruscz worked with Heinz in West Vancouver’s parks and recreation department.

“Heinz Berger was a pioneer in using natural materials and highly respected across Canada for his work in parks. The best use for the community was always his priority.”

A celebration of Heinz Berger’s life will take place Feb. 25 at 3:30 p.m. at Amica at West Vancouver.

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Gordon was incredulous.

As the video segment on the letter continued to increase in views, reaching countless people around the world, the conversation continued. While of course some people had more negative things to say, the majority of the responses Gordon received were positive. For example, she heard from teachers in China who had used the example as a means of teaching their students about gender inequality.

“As much as there is this weight stigma out there, a lot of people care and want to help,” she says.

“One of the things that came out of this is the conversation of weight stigma, size stigma and how image is presented. And these days on social media, it’s a whole

different beast,” she adds.

While magazines have long been criticized for presenting a specific look of models, the emergence of social media, whether it be Instagram or Twitter, sees users continually bombarded with pictures of perfectly styled, coiffed and made up individuals. “It’s not real life, real life happens in between all of those images,” says Gordon.

“That type of an image or that type of a person and what they’re portraying I think does a disservice to women. I think that we need to start to be more real, and I say that, but I think we are starting to be more real,” she adds.

Gordon is inspired by the many people working to turn the tide, referencing various voices on Twitter and mommy blogs that are showcasing the realities of womanhood, weight and body image, as well as a similar movement among youths.

North Vancouver’s Sioned Dyer is pleased with the work undertaken by the PEDAW campaign, calling those involved’s efforts incredibly valuable. Acting as a spokeswoman this year, she first heard of the initiative through

Family Services of the North Shore, which supported her in her own recovery from an eating disorder many years ago.

“I just think their efforts with education and prevention and really supporting anyone who struggles with their body image and self-worth, not only individuals who are struggling with eating disorders but young people in particular who face a lot of media messaging, telling them they need to look a certain way to be accepted. Their work around that is something that I really

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The PEDAW campaign is a province-wide effort to raise awareness around prevention and early intervention of eating disorders as well as media literacy, resiliency, building healthy body image and self-esteem. Jessie’s Legacy Eating Disorders Prevention Program at Family Services of the North Shore leads the initiative in collaboration with Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre, Looking Glass Foundation, St. Paul’s Specialized Adult

Eating Disorder Program, B.C. Children’s Hospital Eating Disorders Program, Healthy Minds, Healthy Campuses and Project True.

Saturday’s panel is just one of the many events and initiatives being presented by the PEDAW campaign during Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Examples of other initiatives include the #Purple4PEDAW event, Feb. 5, a day designed to bring awareness to eating disorders.

Various landmarks across the province will turn purple,

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Community members are encouraged to wear purple and show their support for the campaign via social media.

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What’s Going On ANNUAL WRITING CONTEST The North Shore Writers’ Association will run its 20th annual writing contest for fiction, non-fiction and poetry. First prizes of $100 will be awarded in each category.

Entry deadline is Feb. 29. nswriters.org RETAIL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ADULTS Ages 15-30 are invited to a free three-month program that provides immigrant young adults with employment process knowledge and retail-specific training starting Monday, Jan. 25, 9:30 a.m. at the YWCA WorkBC Employment Services Centre, 106-980 West First St., North Vancouver. Registration required. 778-927-2931 YOUR SECOND FIFTY RISE ABOVE THE FEARS OF AGING A premier screening and Q&A with director Laurent Goldstein at Kay Meek Centre,

1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver, on Monday, Jan. 25.

Networking 5 p.m., screening 7:15 p.m. Admission $10. kaymeekcentre.com MULGRAVE SCHOOL LECTURE SERIES What is human consciousness? A field review of Dr. Sam Parnia, Tom Shroder and Robert Lanza will be presented Monday, Jan. 25, 1:20 p.m. at 2330 Cypress Bowl Lane, West Vancouver.

B.C. CLIMATE LEADERSHIP PLAN The Cool North Shore Society hosts a facilitated and interactive discussion on B.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 6:30-9 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Admission $10. climateleadership.eventbrite.ca CAPILANO UNIVERSE LECTURE SERIES — FROM EDEN TO ISIS A presentation on the eternal war for control of the imagination, revealing some of the ways that imagination’s power has been

used through the centuries and some of the battles for control of this power Tuesday, Jan. 26, 7-8:45 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca AUTHORS IN OUR COMMUNITY Local author Houchang Zargarpour will discuss his new book Human Rights and Spirituality Wednesday, Jan. 27, 7-8:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca WHY IT MATTERS TALK Author, educator, environmentalist and former college president Mitchell Thomashow will talk about the future of environmental learning at the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Thomashow will explain how educators and citizens alike can meet the environmental challenges

BIRD’S-EYE VIEW Nature enthusiasts, including Al Grass (left), gathered at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver on Jan. 9 to take part in the first monthly bird count of 2016. More than 40 naturalists took inventory of the different bird species wintering in the area. Join Al Grass the second Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. for a free guided nature walk at the conservation area. Meet at the Wild Bird Trust site office, located at 2645 Dollarton Hwy. Visit wildbirdtrust.org for more information. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH of the coming decades. Free. capilanou.ca GREEN NECKLACE OPEN HOUSE The public is invited to review the revised concept design and provided thoughts and ideas for the next section of the Green Necklace trail system Wednesday, Jan. 27, 5-8 p.m. at Ridgeway elementary, 420 East Eighth St., North Vancouver.

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COMPUTER BASICS A gentle introductory class on how to use a mouse and keyboard, open and close a program, use Windows and take a first step onto the Internet Friday, Jan. 29, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Register at the computing centre. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYORS LUNCHEON A conversation with North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto and District Mayor Richard Walton on issues and hot topics of the season affecting business Friday, Jan. 29, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at Seymour Golf & County Club, 3723 Mount Seymour Pkwy., North Vancouver. $69/$49. nvchamber.ca

HIGHLANDS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN’S SALE The largest used children’s toy and clothing sale on the North Shore takes place Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m.noon at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. highlandspreschool.ca NORTH SHORE SINGLES 50+ SOCIAL If you would like to meet and socialize with mature, single men and women in a friendly setting join in, Saturday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. This Mexican buffet is at a private home in North Vancouver, admission by donation. 604-417-2117 meetnewsinglefriends@gmail. com VANCOUVER WALDORF SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE Learn about education at Vancouver Waldorf school Saturday Jan. 30, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 2725 St. Christophers Rd., North Vancouver. The event will include a puppet show, classroom tours and activities and a high school display. 604985-7435 x200 vws.ca HOMELESSNESS FORUM ON THE NORTH SHORE For all ages, this lunch presentation and discussion on the invisible problem of homelessness takes place Sunday, Jan. 31, noon-2 p.m. at the Lynn Valley Community Centre, 3590 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver. Admission by donation. Info and registration: 604-987-2114 or lvuc@telus.net.

THE WRITER’S STUDIO Author E.R. Brown will be available for 45-minute consultations to give opinions

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Seniors UNDERSTANDING MEDICATIONS FOR DEMENTIA CARE Learn about the different types of medications used in dementia care, key things to know about medication routines and how changes in the brain affect behaviour and ability Monday, Jan. 25, 4-6 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Free. 604-9823320 karyn.davies@nscr.bc.ca NORTH SHORE NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE BUS TRIP Join a trip to New Westminster for outlet shopping and a stop for lunch Tuesday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Meet at 225 East Second St., North Vancouver. Arrive 15 minutes before departure time. Cost: $16. Lunch is not included in the price. nsnh.bc.ca MEMORY AND THE AGING BRAIN Cognitive fitness facilitator Gail Roxburgh will discuss the primary differences between normal age-related memory loss and memory loss that requires medical and psychological attention Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2:45-4:15 p.m. at West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. Learn that memory loss is not an inevitable part of aging.

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Scot dreamed of ruling his own fiefdom Gregor McGregor’s utopian plans for taking over Amelia Island were short-lived MITCHELL SMYTH Meridian Writers’Group

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — Gregor McGregor helped Simón Bolívar wrest Venezuela from the Spanish. This gave him big ideas.

After Bolívar was proclaimed president of Venezuela in 1813, the ambitious Scot decided he wanted to rule his own country, too. So he sailed for Florida. “And he did have his own country. For a while,” says Steve Sansbury, Amelia Island historian and guide in the local historical museum.

It was a small country, admittedly: 20 kilometres long by three kilometres wide. McGregor called it the Republic of the Floridas; today it’s known as Amelia Island, on the northeast coast of Florida, just south of the Georgia state line.

Sansbury points to a flag – a green cross on a white ground – on the wall of the museum. “That’s Gregor McGregor’s flag,” he says.

“Or should I say Sir General Gregor McGregor? He was fond of titles, some of them self-bestowed.” He had been a general, at 25, in Bolivar’s army, but the knighthood was entirely fictitious.

His Amelia Island adventure began in 1817.

“McGregor arrived one June morning with 50 men” says Sansbury. “But the Spanish, who had a garrison here, had been told that he had a thousand soldiers; they gave up without firing a shot.”

Just like that, McGregor had his own country. But it seems he soon got bored with it – and he ran out of money, so his men couldn’t be paid. And he couldn’t control the pirates, who roamed Amelia Island at will. So after a few months he took down his flag and left, “to become a corsair, which was a nice word for pirate,” Sansbury says.

(To this day Amelia Island thrives on its piracy legacy.

The gift shops are full of buccaneering tourist junk, and manikins of pirates are all over the place.)

At least when he was ruler of the Republic of the Floridas McGregor had a genuine piece of real estate.

His next venture featured a fictitious land. He sailed for London, where he appeared in an extravagant uniform,

calling himself the Cazique of Poyais and selling dreams of a non-existent country in Central America.

For those buying in, Poyais “was to be their Utopia, a place where they could make plenty of money without having to work,” says Sansbury. In Poyais, McGregor promised, he had established a capital city. All he needed now was people.

He sold bonds, commissions in the Poyaisian army, trade contracts and land lots to English and Scottish would-be emigrants, raising what would today be millions of dollars.

And so, in 1822, two ships departed from England, crowded with eager settlers.

“But there was no Utopia.

McGregor dumped them in the jungle,” says Sansbury.

Some made it back to England to blow the whistle, but the Cazique had skipped the country.

Not only was McGregor never brought to justice for either his Poyais fraud or his piracy but, after more buccaneering adventures, he asked for and, thanks to his previous service to Bolívar, was granted a pension in

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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD From page 24 MEN’S CLUB Senior males are invited to a free health and wellness workshop on the importance of sleep Wednesday, Jan. 27, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. A soup and sandwich lunch will follow for $6.50. 604-982-8325 nsnh.bc.ca NORTH SHORE NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE BUS TRIP Join a trip to Steveston to check out the winter farmers’ market and a stop for lunch Sunday, Jan. 31, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Meet at 225 East Second St., North Vancouver.

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Health Notes SHRED FOR THE CAUSE Ladies are invited to ski or snowboard for a minimum donation of $10 Mondays, Jan. 25-March 28, 6-10 p.m. at Mount Seymour. Guests can donate more if they wish, but $5 from every ticket will support Powell Place and Springhouse women’s shelters.

Guests can join the Women’s Park Jam in the terrain park from 7 to 9 p.m. followed by apres ski in the lodge. 604-9862261 x212 mountseymour.com NATURAL MEDICINE AND BRAIN HEALTH A free talk on naturopathic treatment options and prevention of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and stress Tuesday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m.

at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver.

There will be a discussion on some of the common causes of these mental health conditions and what nutrients and naturopathic treatments help.

NORTH SHORE PROSTATE SUPPORT AND AWARENESS GROUP A cancer support group where you can hear about the latest medical information will meet Tuesday, Jan. 26, 7-9 p.m. at Lions Gate Hospital, 231 East 15th St. New members welcome. 604-9869361 rdunsford@telus.net FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC NURSING PRESENTATION The North Shore Schizophrenia Society will host a public education lecture with Carol Hobson, Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the HOpe Centre atrium, 1337 St. Andrew’s Ave., North Vancouver.

Hobson will discuss the complexities of her work and what B.C. has to offer forensic patients and challenges with public perception.

No registration required. northshoreschizophrenia.org THE NORTH SHORE SUPPORT GROUP OF THE BC BALANCE AND DIZZINESS DISORDERS SOCIETY will meet Thursday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. at the Summerhill PARC retirement residence, 135 West 15th St., North Vancouver. Kintec Footwear and Orthotics’ Matt Neufeld will give a talk on effects of footwear on gait and balance. Everyone welcome.

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Beat the blues with canine therapy They call it Blue Monday, the third Monday in the month of January.

It’s not called Blue Monday because the day is actually blue – but it sure would be nice to see some blue sky at this time of year!

Rather, it is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. There is even a bizarre mathematical equation that was used to come to this conclusion.

Blue Monday may or may not have any true merit worthy of a designation, but I have to admit, the January blues do get to me. Being a sun-worshiping, outdoorliving, animal-loving country girl, it’s challenging for me to remain indoors while the rain pelts down endlessly around me. I’d rather have blue skies and cool temperatures than grey skies and balmy weather. “The cold never bothered me anyway,” Frozen’s Queen Elsa so eloquently said before turning and slamming the door on the world.

Escaping into my animalfilled world is my go-to therapy when it comes to battling the blues and making that seasonal depression run in the opposite direction with its tail between its legs. There

Canine Connections Joan Klucha is a quote often attributed to Winston Churchill that goes, “The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man.”

I’ll take that one step further and add dogs to that equation. The outside of a dog is good for the inside of anyone.

Dogs have long since been linked to easing the effects of, and even curing, mild to moderate forms of depression, be it clinical or seasonal. There are many reasons for this and, not surprisingly, the one at the top of the list is the uncomplicated love factor.

Complicated, dramatic relationships with friends and family can often leave one feeling frayed and unvalued.

A relationship with a dog is not complicated and dogs are more than willing to give us warm, fuzzy feelings of

acceptance and love without the head-spinning drama.

Depression makes a person pull away from loved ones, creating a feeling of isolation and loneliness. When you share your life with a dog, you are never alone.

Heck, try going to the bathroom and leaving the door open with a dog in the house and you are sure to learn that you are never alone.

Dogs are also social icebreakers. Depression can create a fear of interacting with people in social settings.

But hanging out at a coffee shop with a dog at your side or going to a dog park will certainly help you get over any feelings of seclusion and gain confidence to meet new people in social settings. No one can resist saying hello to a happy, friendly dog and other dog owners love to talk about their dogs.

Studies on depression show that people feel better when they are able to have physical contact with others. Studies have also shown that dogs are just as good, if not better than other humans, at elevating the serotonin level in the human brain. Stroking a dog lowers the heart rate and cortisol levels, and increases

feel-good endorphins.

Sleep quality is often affected by depression and, fortunately, sharing your life with a dog has been shown to improve your quality of sleep. A study at the Mayo Clinic on sleep disorders found that people who slept with their pets felt more secure, relaxed and content when their pets slept close by, which led to falling asleep faster, staying asleep longer and an overall better quality of sleep.

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Sibling rivalries are an age-old phenomena, particularly amongst twins, but not many battles play out on remote mountain tops perched above sheer cliff faces and jagged rocks.

For West Vancouver’s Tom and Liam Peiffer, however, the rivalry doesn’t travel to the top of the cliff but carries right over the edge and down the mountain at breakneck speed.

Both brothers, 18-yearold identical twins who graduated from Rockridge secondary last year, are right at the top of the rankings of the best junior freeride skiers in Canada.

The twins were born in Utah and their family moved to Switzerland for two years when Tom and Liam were in elementary school. That’s where Liam picked up freeride skiing, a style popularized by snowboarders but since adopted by skiers as well that sees competitors perform runs on natural, un-groomed terrain without a set course, goal or rules.

Tom, however, stuck mostly to racing in Switzerland, only moving on to freeride when the family moved to West Vancouver when the boys were 11.

Tom and Liam learned the ropes in Whistler’s Mountain Adventure Program before moving up to the Whistler Freeride Club where they’ve honed their skills for the past five years.

Throughout that time, Liam was always a little bit ahead of Tom. Tom didn’t like that.

“We both were equally good at skiing but he always did a little better in competitions, he was always just a little bit ahead of me,” said Tom. “Coming home from a ski comp, (people would ask) ‘How did Liam do?’ He won.

West Vancouver skier Tom Peiffer gets set for a training run less than a week before he was scheduled to leave for Andorra and the Freeride Junior World Championships. Tom is making the trip one year after his twin brother Liam competed in the same event. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD ‘How did you do?’ I got third.”

The gap between the two skiers was particularly noticeable last year when Liam earned a spot on Team Canada for the Freeride Junior World Championships held in Andorra, a tiny mountain principality perched between France and Spain.

Tom, meanwhile, missed the cut by one spot and was forced to watch from home as Liam placed 18th at the championships.

“I was the next guy in line.

I just missed it,” said Tom, adding that he was still proud of the way his brother performed. “He skied an amazing line, awesome skiing, and then on the last cliff came up a ski-length too short on the landing.”

The tables began to turn soon after, however, as Tom

earned his first big win at a competition at Red Mountain Resort in Rossland.

“Last year when I landed my first first-place at Red Mountain, that was kind of when it clicked,” Tom said.

“That’s where the playing ground leveled out for us. We both build off each other at the end of the day.”

While Tom took gold, Liam finished out of the medals. Since then the rivalry has only grown.

“Skiing with a sibling, you definitely have that competition, just because you don’t want to be second place in the family,” said Tom with a laugh. “Especially in competitions, I notice it from a competitive standpoint. Sure you want to do as best you can amongst the entire field of skiers, but you also have

to worry about your brother. … It’s just kind of one of those things where we both want to win, but there’s only one first place.”

Adding to the intrigue is that when they’re staring down a cliff face, the two brothers often have very different ideas about the best way to get down.

“I’d say I’m more a smooth style, like to use my edges and turn. Kind of a lot more fluid,” said Tom. “Liam definitely will choose that ‘go big or go home, put it all on the line’ ski run. That’s kind of his style. It works really well for him because he pulls it off a lot of the time. He definitely likes to go big. I’m not saying I don’t, but I definitely have the more racer technicality in my skiing. … It’s awesome watching him ski like

Tom Peiffer carves a daring line during a recent freeride competition. PHOTO SUPPLIED that because you definitely see some pretty cool stuff happen.”

Though their styles are different, they also take inspiration from each other

– neither one wants to be left behind.

“We definitely build off of each other,” said Tom. “He

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does something, I’ll want to do it. I’ll do something, he’ll try to do it.”

There are, however, limits to how far each of them will go. That’s probably a good thing when sibling rivalry spills out onto a cliff face.

“We both know our limits and boundaries,” said Tom. “Some things look fun for him to hit and I look at them and I’m just like, ‘Dude, don’t do it. This is ridiculous.’ And then he miraculously pulls it off. And then I’ll be on top of a line and he’ll be like, ‘You’re an idiot,’ and then I do it. That’s where there’s a fine line.”

After all these years Tom finally has the upper hand, earning a berth in this year’s Freeride Junior World Championships scheduled for Jan. 26-29 at the exact same Andorra venue that Liam competed at last year.

Liam isn’t too broken up about not making the final

cut this year though – he’s going along this year as Tom’s chaperone.

That’s going to be a lot of fun, Tom said, while also adding that it could be a big advantage for him when it comes time to compete.

“It’s going to be really nice to have someone who has skied the terrain before, they know the mountain, they know what it’s like,” he said. “Where I’m starting to get nervous is I haven’t done a competition this big, and I don’t know (the terrain). It’ll be nice because he knows it.”

While it’s been neat for each twin to get a crack at the world juniors, both are hoping to carry on in the sport and make a mark in the senior ranks. Tom doesn’t see this rivalry ending any time soon.

“It definitely just gets more competitive and more intense the harder the competitions get and the bigger they get,” he said. “That’s kind of where the fun of it is.”

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