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District of West Vancouver council is looking to silence the chainsaws – although maybe not as fast as some would like.

Nic and Sharon Tsangarakis and Farzana Logan have added their names to a petition signed by West Vancouver residents concerned about the lack of tree-cutting bylaws in the district, in an effort to halt clearcuts on private properties like this one on 2000-block Inglewood Avenue. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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A limo bus driver who bear-sprayed a group of drunk passengers after taking them on a terrifying ride during a birthday party celebration gone “badly wrong” in North Vancouver has had convictions for dangerous driving and assault with a weapon upheld by a B.C. Supreme Court Justice.

The charges against Hardyal Dhanoa, 61, stemmed

from the night of March 3, 2013, when he picked up a group of drunk young adults in downtown Vancouver to drive them home to the North Shore.

But when the party bus got to Deep Cove, “things went badly wrong” noted B.C. Supreme Court Justice Christopher Grauer.

One passenger, who was leaving the bus at Lima Road to get more booze, insulted Dhanoa with an ethnic slur. Dhanoa demanded the rest of the group get off the bus too, but they refused.

Dhanoa then lurched the bus forward several

times and sped off up Mount Seymour Parkway, swerving both within his own lane – striking a curb and median – and into the oncoming lane of traffic.

One of the passengers on the bus described the journey on the careening bus as “terrifying” during the trial, adding “we were all in fear for our lives.”

Two of the young men on the bus then tried to get at the driver – one of them launching himself through a partition that separated Dhanoa from the

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A group of West Vancouver residents appeared as a delegation before council Monday night to request the district acknowledge there is a problem with sweeping clearcuts of mature trees on lots and challenge council to develop a policy that would be “win-win” for tree-loving West Vancouver residents and property owners looking to rebuild. The district currently has no bylaws protecting trees on private property.

“We believe there needs to be a combination of both disincentives as well as incentives with a view to encouraging the right type of decision-making as well as behaviour from our residents,” said Nic Tsangarakis, a 17th Street resident.

Beyond reining in the destruction of mature trees, Tsangarakis also asked council to help replenish the supply of trees that had been lost. He pointed to the City of Vancouver’s example of aiming to plant 150,000 more trees by 2020, which should up the city’s tree canopy density by more than 20 per cent.

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The new pharmacy was located in the Northmount Medical Centre on East 13th Street, then the tallest building in North Van, and the young pharmacist behind the counter was a UBC grad named Bob Mason.

Mason eventually bought the pharmacy and began specializing in compounding – the art and science of preparing customized medications for patients to better fit their needs, such as altering its strength, form or taste to make it easier to apply or ingest.

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That caught the eye of the chief medical officer for the VancouverWhistler Olympics who selected Northmount as the official pharmacy of the 2010 Games.

Nearly 50 years after it opened a lot has changed, but Northmount Pharmacy and Compounding Lab is still located inside the same medical centre on East 13th and it still has the reputation as “the pharmacy with the answers.”

When Mason, named PCCA Canada’s 2010 Compounding Pharmacist of the Year, decided it was time for retirement after 30-plus years behind the counter, he wanted the right pharmacist to carry on Northmount’s tradition as a customer-focused independent pharmacy.

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“Roberto carries right on with this; he’s got a very good background in compounding,” says Mason, who continues as a part-owner of the business. “He is a smart, well-

Bob Mason (left) retiring after 30 years and welcoming Roberto Conte to carry on the Northmount tradition.

trained pharmacist and we’re very happy to have him on board.”

Conte, a pharmacist for a decade, shares Mason’s keen interest in speciality compounding and is proud to carry the torch.

“They are the pioneers on the North Shore. There are only a handful of places that people think about in the Lower Mainland when you mention compounding and Northmount is one of them,” said Conte, who lives in Lynn Valley with his young family.

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“They are the pioneers on the North Shore.

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Members of the Handsworth Royals senior football team square off against the West Vancouver Highlanders during a high school league game last season. The Royals played the entire 2015 season wearing protective decals on their helmets designed by a team from Simon Fraser University led by Daniel Abram, shown in the photo at right. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH/ SUPPLIED SFU

Second in a two-part series on changing attitudes to concussions in sports

Head games: Science hits back

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The sporting world’s concussion crisis, which seemingly grows and changes every week with a new shocking story, has taken up permanent residence in the mind of Jay Prepchuk, head coach of the senior football team at North Vancouver’s Handsworth secondary.

“Every day, every second that I step on the football field I think about it and worry about it,” he told the North Shore News during a recent interview. “I just lose sleep over it sometimes, just making sure that the kids are well protected and taken care of.”

That attitude is a welcome change. For decades concussions in sports, particularly at the professional level, were just another part of the fun. Announcers laughed about a player getting his “bell rung” and staggering back to the bench. Many Canadians who are becoming parents now grew up watching Don Cherry’s popular Rock’Em Sock’Em Hockey videos.

Re-watching the first video, released in 1989, offers a glimpse into the prevailing attitudes of the time.

“OK folks, let’s just sit back and enjoy!”

Cherry belts while introducing his “favourite part” of the video, the Hit List. Over the next four minutes and 40 seconds viewers are treated to shots of dozens of hockey hits, several of which result in players being unable to get up. The camera lingers on a few players who are completely motionless lying on the ice.

“Boy, weren’t those beauty hits. Thanks for watchin’!” Cherry bellows at the end of the segment, flashing his trademarked thumbs up.

Few people, however, would find such replays entertaining now considering what the

world has learned about head injuries. The movie Concussion, starring Will Smith, is the latest instance of the crisis going mainstream, but the call for change has been growing for more than a decade. In 2012 beloved football player Junior Seau added his name to the list of former NFL stars who committed suicide by shooting themselves in the chest so that their brains could be preserved and examined for signs of permanent damage from concussions. Last year Seau was inducted, posthumously, into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The concussion horror stories are impossible to ignore for anyone who has at least a passing interest in sports.

Research studies are coming fast and furious now too, the latest of which, published in February’s edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that adults who suffer a concussion are three times more likely to die by suicide than the rest of the population.

Football and hockey, popular sports that emphasize aggressive physical contact, are two of the sports that now spend the most time under the microscope. Jay Prepchuk knows that – it keeps him up at night.

But maybe, due to a new innovation, Prepchuk is sleeping a little better these days.

At the start of the 2015 football season the Handsworth Royals added a seemingly simple piece of equipment to their helmets – a pair of decals, each approximately one millimetre thick and sporting the Handsworth logo – as part of a trial set up by researchers at Simon Fraser University. With those decals on their helmets the senior Royals went through an entire season of games and practices without a single concussion. It was the first time that the team had gone an entire season without a concussion during Prepchuk’s time as head coach,

which started in 2003. Most years two or three players got concussions, sometimes more. But in 2015: zero. “It was amazing,” said Prepchuk. !!!

Concussions may be big news these days but that doesn’t mean athletes, coaches, parents, league officials or even doctors are being equipped with the latest information to deal with the problem.

“It’s the Wild West out there,” said Linda Drake, a chiropractor and homeopathic physician who specializes in treating concussions at The Foundation for Integrated Health in North Vancouver. “There’s a lack of education on the parent’s part, and kids are lying (about their symptoms so they can stay in the game), and coaches are just going along with it.”

Help may be on the way, though, as scientific researchers are stepping into the void to devise products, protocols and tests to help take the guesswork out of concussion prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

For the SFU team led by Daniel Abram, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Mechatronics Systems Engineering, an interest in concussions began six year ago with a simple inquiry: how are helmets designed and how do they protect the head? What they found was disturbing.

“In the last 50 years they have been designing helmets only for compression,” said Abram.

“And then they test it and certify for compression as well. Yet compression is only half of the problem when it comes to head injuries. The other half is sharp twisting.”

Compression force is the result of straighton contact, but sharp twisting is just as dangerous when it comes to head injuries. Hits almost never occur straight on, there is always rotation of the head.

“They have done research on this matter and they’ve found that the human brain is way more sensitive to sharp twisting than to compression,” said Abram. “It makes sense because the membrane of the brain is one million times more sensitive to shear force than compression force. You can see that once you are dealing with rotation it causes a lot of shearing force to the brain, which is very dangerous.”

Abram’s team set out to change how helmets react to hits. They built their own testing facility complete with dummy heads, finely tuned sensors and high-speed cameras. What they came up with is Brainshield, a thin decal made up of four micro-engineered layers that divert the impact of a hit to the helmet, reducing the rotation of the head.

“Imagine a banana skin on the floor, and then you step on it,” said Abram. “What happens is that that banana skin causes the friction force between the sole of your shoes and the surface that you’re walking on to be reduced.

That’s why you slip. Now imagine the same movement of slippage when you are dealing with Brainshield. There’s an impact – the helmet is hitting someone else’s helmet, or hitting a pole, any obstacle, any barrier – and what Brainshield does is by just allowing these layers to move on each other, they don’t allow the force to be applied freely to the helmet.

They cause that slippage. That way it diverts the impact, disengaging the helmet’s outer shell from the impacting surface.”

The decals were tested on the SFU football team in 2014 with positive results – concussions dropped from 14 the previous year to four in 2014. That led Abram – who is now chief technology and operating officer at Shield-X

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Handsworth goes a full season without a concussion From page 4 Technology Inc., an SFU spin-off company established to develop and manufacture Brainshield – and his team to introduce Brainshield to a pair of high school teams in 2015, including Handsworth.

Abram’s team celebrated alongside the Handsworth coaching staff when the Royals went through the season without a concussion.

“We were ecstatic,” he said.

The decals – which can be applied to any type of helmet ranging from biking to skiing to everything in between – are designed to shear right off in an intense impact. The Brainshield designers estimate that a player will go through at least a couple of pairs each season, depending on the level of contact the player encounters. Abram was delighted every time he saw a player come off the field with a damaged Brainshield.

“When I see that (the decal) is damaged I become more happy,” he said. “I see that it has worked. Instead of somebody’s head got damaged, Brainshield got damaged. It’s replaceable.”

A pair of Brainshield decals for one football helmet costs less than $25, and Abram is hoping to get 10 or 20 more high school teams wearing his product next season.

“We see it works. What we need is more teams to be involved and then that way we can have a larger pool of data and see how effective it is on average,” he said, adding that he’s hoping to make his endeavour a win-win situation in which his business thrives while also providing an invaluable safety feature for young athletes.

“Almost every part of the human body can be replaced but your brain,” he said. “You can have a new heart, new liver, new kidney, but you can’t transplant a brain. It’s you.” !!!

Four months ago hockey mom Julia Gerbrecht lived out a scary moment that is all too familiar for many parents. Her 13-year-old son Adam was playing a game with a North Shore Winter Club bantam team when an opponent nailed him with a late hit, cross-checking him headfirst into the boards.

“You just get a sick feeling in your stomach,” said Julia. “I

wasn’t sure, you’re never sure.

Sometimes they get up and they’re good, and sometimes they shake their head a funny way and you think, this isn’t good.”

This was one of those times that was not good. On the ice, Adam (who had suffered a concussion two years earlier) felt a change in his body.

“I do remember falling to the ground and just lying there thinking something about me just didn’t feel right,” he said. “I got up and I went to go skate and start playing and my balance was just like – immediately I could feel a change in how I was skating.”

Adam quickly got off the ice and stayed on the bench for the rest of the game, a headache growing as the bright lights of the arena started to bother his eyes.

A visit to a clinic led to a prescription of rest, but as the days wore on and the headache remained, the family decided they needed something more.

That’s when they headed to the Foundation for Integrated Health, one of two North Shore clinics – along with North Vancouver’s Trimetrics Physio – certified with Complete Concussion Management, a national research company that educates health-care practitioners on providing concussion programs and rehabilitation to athletes and concussed patients at clinics across Canada.

The core of the concussion management program is conducting comprehensive baseline tests on healthy athletes so that if they do suffer a head injury a practitioner can redo the tests until they are sure that the athlete is fully healed before they return to play.

The power of the system is that it takes the decision out of the hands of athletes, coaches, parents and even doctors and gives it to an objective set of tests.

“It’s not subjective, it’s completely objective,” said Drake, who runs the concussion management program at the foundation along with chiropractor Aleem Remtulla.

“It’s the only way to make sure that a kid is protected not only from them lying and not understanding, but everyone else too who wants them to

get back in the game because it’s the big game and yada yada yada.”

The gold standard for many doctors treating a concussion is rest and, if the athlete remains symptom-free for two weeks, it’s time to get back in the game. That’s not good enough, said Drake.

“If you don’t have that baseline and someone says, ‘Oh, yeah. Two weeks. You’re healed. Off you go,’ and they’re not healed … you’re playing Russian roulette with a loaded gun. Yay, they didn’t get hit for the first two months. But if they get clocked, (it’s) their second impact.”

A second impact coming before a previous concussion is fully healed is where the danger really starts, said Drake, citing the example of teenager Rowan Stringer, a high school rugby player in Ottawa who hid concussion symptoms from her coaches and parents. Stringer died after taking a big hit in a game just four days after a hit that likely gave her a concussion.

“Her friend was begging her to go see someone the day before she went and played in this game and died,” said Drake, adding that stories like this reinforce the notion that the return-to-play decision must be taken out of the hands of players, parents and coaches. “When you’ve got a kid’s brain on the line, it doesn’t matter what the parent says, the coach says, anyone says – it’s what the testing says.”

Adam started to feel better after his first session at the Foundation for Integrated Health. Practitioners immediately went to work getting his eyes tracking again, a key first step in recovery. The practitioners at the clinic don’t rely simply on rest, said Drake.

Instead, they slowly ramp up activity at levels that don’t trigger any symptoms.

“The headaches started to go away after the first couple of sessions,” said Adam, who returned to game action about a month after sustaining the injury. After another month he went back to the clinic to do baseline testing, information that now travels with him on a tag attached to his hockey bag. As part of the Complete Concussion Management

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system, Adam can locate clinics across Canada if he takes a hit while on a road trip and the practitioners will be able to access his baseline test scores immediately.

“My brother got a concussion when he was in a hockey tournament, and that could very well happen to me,” said Adam. “I travel quite a bit for hockey. If you’re in (a new) place you’re kind of scrambling a bit. ‘Oh, do I go to a doctor?’ Now that I have this, I know where to go.”

Having that baseline information gives extra peace of mind to mom Julia as well.

“More than anything it gives you reassurance that they’re ready to go back,” she said. “You don’t know otherwise – it’s in their heads. It’s not like a wound or a sprain – you have no way of knowing.” !!!

Handsworth’s concussion-free football season is generating buzz. A BBC camera crew came to the school in January as part of a documentary on concussions.

Prepchuk, a highly regarded coach who just took the B.C. provincial team to Las Vegas for an all-star tournament, is heavily invested in keeping the sport safe and prosperous.

“Everything we do on the football field is based around safe football,” he said. “With all the benefits you get from being on a team and understanding the importance of teamwork and ... working really hard to attain a common goal with a group of guys that have to work together, football is a game like no other.”

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North Shore Winter Club hockey player Adam Gerbrecht goes through a concussion protocol reaction test with chiropractor Aleem Remtulla at The Foundation for Integrated Health in North Vancouver. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH The Handsworth team will be wearing the Brainshield decals again next season.

Everyone involved in the sport, however, knows that nothing can guarantee safety.

In fact, the Handsworth junior team wore the decals in 2015 and two of their players suffered concussions.

The makers of Brainshield know it isn’t a cure, but rather one more safety feature in a growing arsenal that includes rule changes, equipment changes and increased awareness of concussion issues.

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to players that ‘Oh, now I can hit harder,’” said Abram. “It’s kind of like seatbelts for your car. You want to have it, but you’re hoping that you never use that. But it’s there for you when everything else fails.

You can’t say, ‘Hey, I have a seatbelt on so I can go 150 km/h and hit the wall.’ It’s just there to add one more layer of protection for you.”

More help is likely on the way right here in the Lower Mainland. For the past two years, researchers at the University of British Columbia have followed several volunteer players on

the UBC football team who wore impact sensors, known as the xPatch, taped behind their ears during games and practices. Researchers are still analyzing the data and will release preliminary results this spring. The hope is that the technology will become reliable enough that one day all players might be outfitted with sensors that could instantly alert team officials to potentially harmful impacts.

Anything that makes sport safer and keeps children active is welcome news for Drake. The alternative solution – children sitting all day, parked in front of a screen – is potentially just as harmful.

“No one wants to keep kids home on the couch,” she said.

“We all want our kids to go out and enjoy sports.”

Adam Gerbrecht is back enjoying hockey. The dream of every young player is to make it to the NHL, but Adam admits he’s got more attainable goals now. He wants to play hockey at a college or university while studying design.

He already has a passion for it. “I enjoy designing layouts of houses, exteriors of houses,” he said.

His mom worries about what head injuries could do to those dreams. “I don’t worry about the hockey as much, I worry about school,” said Julia. She’s happy to have Adam on a concussion program now, though, so that they’ll know that whenever he’s on the ice he’s as ready as he’ll ever be. That way, when it comes time for the next phase of his life, he’ll be free to design his own future.

“He’ll need a lot of brain cells for that,” she said.

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Lamppost stops limo’s wild ride

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“I think that is a wonderful goal, an auspicious goal and I think we can be doing something similar,” he said.

Tsangarakis and his supporters had also gathered 273 signatures for a petition.

While council was largely receptive to the ideas, residents will have to wait until the fall before they can get a look at some proposed bylaws that would target tree retention on private property.

For some on council, however, the fall can’t come fast enough. Coun.

Bill Soprovich questioned whether council could put in place a moratorium on tree cutting until the new policy is finalized. Council didn’t opt for Soprovich’s chainsaw ban, but others did note that while they deliberate and consult, more trees are being lost.

Coun. Craig Cameron referenced a letter and photos of a yard looking like a clearcut that had been delivered by a resident.

“It just underscores the urgency of the problem because while we mull these things seemingly endlessly – certainly for a longer period of time than I would like – this is what happens and so there’s a real cost to delay,” he said, adding that many of the felled trees were outside the building envelope and therefore did not need to be cut. “I’m really very concerned about the time

passengers while the other tried to grab him. During the altercation, Dhanoa sprayed bear mace at the passengers.

The limo eventually came to a stop after hitting a lamppost.

During the trial in North Vancouver provincial court, Dhanoa told Judge Joanne Challenger the passengers had robbed him, taken his phone and that the passengers had produced the bear spray.

But the judge didn’t believe him, describing his version of events as “fabricated, exaggerated and embellished.”

The judge noted Dhanoa could have hit the alarm button and called police to help with his unruly passengers.

Instead, she said, he chose to speed away and swerve the bus on purpose after losing his temper.

In those circumstances, the passengers were entitled to use force to bring the bus under control, she said.

Dhanoa appealed his convictions, saying the judge hadn’t properly assessed the credibility of the witnesses or the issue of self defence.

But Grauer rejected that, upholding the convictions.

Farzana Logan (centre) and Sharon and Nic Tsangaraki want the District of West Vancouver to enact tree protection bylaws to prevent the further loss of mature trees on private property like this one on Inglewood Avenue. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD this is taking us to come to this issue and I want to see something substantive and enforceable in a period of weeks or a month or two, not six months or eight months.”

Still, a measured process is better than a knee-jerk response, argued Coun.

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“There is substantive community consultation that’s taking place around this issue and our response will be measured and well thought out, as identified, early this fall. I think we mustn’t forget the potential for unintended consequences – the issue of property rights,” he said.

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s soon as we ran our story about Fran Flann, the 82-year-old cancer patient in a homeless shelter, our phones rang off the hook and our inboxes filled with messages from folks, both local and from across Canada, offering to pay for Flann’s hotel costs and help her get back on her feet.

It was a heartening display of community.

But Flann’s happy outcome isn’t the norm for people in her situation. In some senses, Flann was lucky compared to many other vulnerable people and seniors. She had a dogged advocate in friend Robyn Brown. She had a media circus. She had politicians namedropping her in the British Columbia legislature.

Many in similar situations don’t have access to the kind of action-inducing public outrage her story generated.

Nobody knows about them.

In Flann’s case, B.C. Housing also offered to pay for a hotel but only after the excrement hit the air-con.

It shouldn’t take a scandal.

There are still many questions not answered to our satisfaction about how this was allowed to happen.

Flann’s case is a maddening mashup of holes in the provincial safety net: Not enough protection for renters. Not nearly enough temporary or low-cost housing. Too much reliance on non-profits with too little funding to fill the gaps.

And this case was a shot across our bow. We’ve got an aging population and there are plenty of Flanns coming down the pipe – people who could be your neighbour down the street, your brother or your mom.

We need to decide now what we’re willing to invest to see that this doesn’t happen again.

Do your worst, Vancouver: I’m not leaving

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ime to once again prove what a loser I am. I’m going to … gulp … continue living in Vancouver.

Phew, that was tough to admit. It’s obviously not a trendy position. These days you can’t swing a sack of dead salmon without smacking at least three people who are at that very moment writing an angsty “Why I’m leaving Vancouver” blog post.

One writer in the wildly popular Vancity Buzz online media source started her gripe list with the assertion that she’s fed up with Vancouver because “it’s coooooold.”

It’s weird that this author wants to leave Vancouver – it seems to me that once she explains how cooooold it is in Vancouver to anyone in the rest of Canada she’ll be looking for soft foods such as Vancouver’s famous sushi that she can eat with no teeth.

She goes on to lament that “In Canada, we don’t really have any trains, so you get

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That’s odd – I always thought getting ‘Vancouvered’ meant spilling coffee on your yoga pants while stuck in a traffic jam listening to your hockey team lose in the playoffs. We’ve all been there.

Laugh All You Want Andy Prest into a car and drive for four hours in any direction and you’re in a forest.”

You know, she may have a point there. Whenever I’m out on the open road in Canada I see our rail lines crowded with random rolling cargo and passenger wagons coupled together, pulled along by some sort of motorized iron horse and I always think to myself, why don’t they just use a damn train?!

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Another writer in the wildly popular Huffington Post online media source complained that one of the worst things about Vancouver is that when you have parties, no one comes to them.

“You can plan a party, have a dozen people RSVP, and then have every one of them cancel an hour before the party.”

The writer said this scenario happens so much to him that he gave it a name: getting “Vancouvered.”

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Now I know this is not a competition, but I have never thrown a party and had no one show up, and I’ve never been to a party where no one else has shown up. They do say that people who are good friends have good friends.

That bar might even be a bit high – I’m a mediocre friend at best and I have wonderful friends.

All the Leaving Vancouver essays eventually do come around to the one legit, nontrain-related complaint about the city: housing prices.

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the good sense to be born 20 years earlier so that I could get into the housing market before it went full Kanye West crazy, it is kind of depressing to watch investors and realestate agents play property ping pong while politicians sit on the sidelines yelling “wooooo, great shot!”

When I was growing up I assumed I would at some point buy a house, but I’ve come to accept that as long as I’m living here that will not happen. And I’m not even in Vancouver proper, but one of our two beloved North Vancouvers (city, I think).

But I’m not about to let my housing status determine my happiness. I can afford my rent, although it doesn’t leave a lot of extra spending money.

A lot of my friends back home in Alberta do seem to have extra cash for things like giant trucks, houses and boats. They all have freaking boats! Which is weird because I’m the one that lives by the ocean.

But then again, I live by the ocean! If I knew how to

ski, surf, or sail, I could do all of those things in one day and then open up a craft brewery.

There are warnings now that the skyrocketing house prices and absentee owner/ investors are going to turn this into a ghost town, a “husk of a city” the pundits call it.

Really? You mean there won’t be thousands of families wrestling for good spots on the beach? There won’t be hour-long lineups for the bridge? Please tell me more about this husk of a city thing. It sounds like paradise.

I’ve made my choices in life, I understand the consequences. And maybe one day I really, really won’t be able to afford to live here. Or maybe someone will offer me a million dollars a year to work in the Northwest Territories.

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Home sellers’ greed fuels shadow flipping practice Dear Editor: As a Realtor in Vancouver’s heated market, I was pleased to see Kathy Tomlinson’s (Globe and Mail). article. She exposed truths others are afraid to, but I was troubled to see the public quick to jump in and discredit an entire profession – one my team and I take pride in as we navigate our clients through the unpredictable landscape of what was once all of our backyards.

Where there is money, bottom feeders arrive to exploit the situation. The article paints a picture of shrewd unethical Realtors as the perpetrators with buyers and sellers simply as victims, but what of their own greed?

Greed fuels this fire; without it there is no deal. Many sellers think of themselves when someone comes knocking – a perfectly legitimate way of finding a client since the Fuller Brush Co. back in 1906.

Many of us Realtors in business before the latest foreign investment phenomenon, have built our trade on reputation and service. We understand integrity and take seriously our fiduciary duty to our clients.

We have watched our clients turn to services of a foreign Realtor/brokerage because they believe they have an artery to foreign money.

These “poor Canadians,” as one commented, don’t consider ethics, trust and experience from those of us who didn’t just hang up a shingle to take advantage of the situation.

We warn our clients of the “assignment clause” written into most contracts and explain what might happen if they accept a long close. But the money is there, it’s very attractive and not surprisingly they take the deal along with the risk.

What if another buyer pays more? We must consider a free market versus a regulated one. I’m frustrated that home ownership is a distant goal for my kids. I’m sorry to see my neighbourhood replaced with vacant homes and my community lack the cohesiveness I once knew.

It’s obvious who is doing right and wrong. Our real estate board should step up and eliminate these people – 14-day suspensions are a joke.

But we are not all a group of “morons,” as some (readers) commented. I love my job; it’s satisfying helping our clients move to the next step through the valley of their life.

Name a profession without a rotten manipulative selfserving member permeating the core? Not all humans are created equally. The moral: find someone ethical you can trust. There is a choice.

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District councillor’s ‘forward thinking’ makes impression

Dear Editor: Re: DNV Mulls Affordable Housing, Feb. 5 front-page story.

I am very impressed with the forward thinking of Coun.

Jim Hanson of the District of North Vancouver.

While we in the City of North Vancouver are stuck with (a mayor and council) who favour developers of

highrise condos and block creative thinking, the district mulls over an affordable housing project, even though they are not responsible for providing housing.

I am also impressed with the district’s reunification study. It’s way past time we became “North Vancouver” and not two regions with double the costs for the

salaries and expenses of two mayors and two councils and two city halls.

Florence L. Nicholson North Vancouver Editor’s note: It was also noted in the Feb. 5 story that the City of North Vancouver is building up its supply of below-market housing in exchange for extra density in new condo projects.

Rethink real-estate commissions

Dear Editor: After reading so many letters about house affordability and the continual dollar increase as a house is sold, as I see it, Realtors get a hefty sum by percentage of the sale.

So it is no wonder that as a house is resold the owner wants to retrieve some of his previous costs. Is it not time that sales (commissions) should be at a fixed rate to combat this, rather than the

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CAT SCRATCH FEVER District of North Vancouver staff are warning residents to keep an eye out after several cougar sightings in Mosquito Creek Park over the last three weeks.

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A mouse infestation and mould in the Lynn Valley Legion Branch 114’s food area has led to another investigation for the club already dogged by allegations of financial irregularities.

On Feb. 10 a Vancouver Coastal Health food inspector ordered the legion be shut down after following up on a same-day complaint about unsanitary conditions in the kitchen and bar area.

“The inspector found signs of an infestation in terms of numerous mouse droppings in the bar area,” said Steve Chong, VCH environmental health program manager. “That in combination with the poor sanitation in the bar area led to the closure.”

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The Lynn Valley legion executive has referred the North Shore News’ request for comment on both investigations to B.C./ Yukon Command. While not commenting specifically on the Lynn Valley legion’s failed food inspection report, B.C./Yukon Command & Foundation executive director Inga Kruse stated in an email they are “continuing to review all issues and have no updates before we inform the membership.”

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Digital Media Youth Expo The fourth annual Digital Media Youth Expo hosted by the North Vancouver school district’s Digital Media Academy at Argyle secondary took place on the afternoon of Feb. 13 with more than 1,000 students and family members checking out the latest digital media education and career options for youth. More than 35 information booths featured technical and artistic demonstrations, and displays showcased a wide variety of industry players in visual effects, makeup, robotics, animation, movie and TV production, and digital game design, as well as the National Film Board of Canada. A large contingent of post-secondary and private schools were represented, including Think Tank, Rainmaker, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, Emily Carr University of Art + Design and Capilano University. Presentations were also given by local professionals in the industry including Disney animator Mark Pudleiner and North Shore News photographer Mike Wakefield. The DMA program is now in its seventh year and continues to grow at a fast pace, allowing grades 11 and 12 students to explore their dreams of careers in digital media.

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Local mom balancing business and family Upcoming Healthy Family Expo to focus on active, eco-friendly options ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

Heather van Mil’s daughter Adri is doing very well these days.

Born with a congenital heart defect, Adri underwent open heart surgery at just 17 days old.

“That was definitely a rocky start to parenting to go from no kids to a critically ill child,” notes Heather.

Now seven years old, Adri is quite well. “She’s very healthy,” says Heather. “We’re really lucky.”

Adri now has a little sister as well and Heather says being a mom continues to come with some surprises.

“I think it’s probably a lot more humbling than I expected.

You have to let a lot go. I can’t worry that my house isn’t clean all the time, I can’t worry about a lot of different things.

And I have to also let a lot go in terms of letting my kids make their own choices,” she says.

Even without a medical crisis, parenting in general can be challenging and sifting through the digital deluge of information these days can add to the effort.

“I love information. I’m an information junkie. I’m constantly Googling things. And so I like to learn, I like to find out new ideas and then I talk to people,” says Heather.

But sometimes it’s hard to know what information and advice to follow, she notes.

“You really need to trust your instincts and find out what works best for you and understand that it’s not necessarily going to be the same as your best friend or as your co-worker.

You have to really, really trust that you can figure out what’s best for your child.”

She says after her second child was born it got easier to accept that there wasn’t a “one-size-fits-all” answer to parenting questions.

Just two years ago, Heather started her own business focusing on social media marketing called Word of Mom

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“It’s definitely a challenge,” she says of being a parent and starting her own business. “Juggling is definitely a good word.”

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Matching shoe type to activity The wide array of shoes available is no marketing gimmick. Rather, many shoes are designed only for specific activities. For example, most runners stride with a heel-totoe strike, so running shoes usually include extra heel padding. Then again, some now advocate a toe first running stride, but this requires shoes with a minimal sole.

Personal Best Shaun Karp Meanwhile, traditional crosstrainers provide all-around support and are best for gym workouts, aerobics classes, and short duration cardio.

quickly stop providing proper support. A good rule is to replace your regular workout shoes every six to eight months if you exercise at least five times per week and every 12 months if you exercise less regularly. Dedicated runners should replace their shoes based on the distance travelled in them, which is another great reason to keep a running log. A good time to begin considering replacement is after 500 kilometres, or about 100 five-km runs!

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Kids zone will include bike races From page 13 vendors and for the expo itself. I am their target demographic, I am their audience. I’m the people who they want to talk to so I can really help make that a meaningful conversation.”

Heather explains that parents are inundated with messages about what they should or shouldn’t do for their kids and much of it follows a hard line. Militant advice is not easy for families to follow, suggests Heather, noting the expo instead promotes businesses and services that offer small steps and simple solutions towards active, eco-friendly living.

Heather says all the participants have been vetted by the show’s two producers to make sure they fit the expo’s philosophy. “What the expo aims to do is to bridge that gap and to show families you don’t have to do it all.”

The Healthy Family Expo is on Sunday, March 6 at the Vancouver Convention Centre and will feature businesses, products, suppliers, and food and drink sampling, as well as a 10,000-square-foot active kids zone with rock climbing wall and run-bike races.

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Watch for winery VIPs at fest One of the main features that has always set next week’s Vancouver International Wine Festival apart is the insistence that a winery principal be in attendance.

I often think that this is one of the most undervalued aspects of the festival. From a consumer point of view, what could be more interesting, educational and, above all, fun than to taste with the person who made the wine or owns the winery on hand?

Italy will be here in spades next week. Here’s a short list of who to look for:

Marilisa Allegrini, owner and CEO of Allegrini

When not in Valpolicella, you might find her in Poggio al Tesoro in Bolgheri or in Montalcino at San Polo. But next week she’s here. Don’t miss: Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2010.

Stefano Benini, international export director/ family member, Marchesi de’Frescobaldi

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Met the 30th generation of the Frescobaldi family, who shaped one of the first ItalianAmerican partnerships, in the wine business in Luce della Vite between the Frescobaldi and the Mondavi families.

Don’t miss: Frescobaldi Nipozzano Vecchie Viti Chianti

he oversees Antinori in 142 countries around the world.

Look for Antinori Badia a Passignano Chianti Classico 2010.

Francesco Ricasoli, president, Barone Ricasoli

Notable Potables Tim Pawsey Rufina Riserva 2012.

Pio Boffa, owner, Pio Cesare

This is one of Italy’s most travelled and important influencers who’s worked around the world and truly helped to modernize the industry.

Must tastes: Ripasso Bosan Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC, Il Bosco Amarone Classico.

Luca Currado, ownerwinemaker, Vietti

Another globetrotting family member, who’s worked at Simi Winery, Opus One, Long Vineyards and MoutonRothschild. A true innovator.

Taste: Roero Arneis 2014, Castiglione Barolo 2011.

Stefano Leone, global export director, Marchesi Antinori A seasoned ambassador,

The 32nd Baron of Brolio left a career as a successful photographer to buy back his family’s business after more than 20 years of foreign ownership. Another major player, taste with him: Colledlia Chianti Classico DOCG Gran Selezione 2011.

executive vice-president, Zonin 1821 One of Italy’s major players, Zonin is the country’s largest privately owned grower and producer. Taste: Zonin Ripasso Valpolicella Superiore 2013, Castello d’Albola Chianti Classico Riserva 2011.

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Sergio Zingarelli, ownerproprietor, Rocca delle Macie

If you’re going to the Acura International Festival tasting room, you’ll want to have a plan: it pays to know in advance where you want to go and what you want to taste.

In addition to Italy there are also considerable California and contingents here this year.

Also new, the Buy the Case program. If you do discover a wine you absolutely must have (to drink now or put away) you can order a case right at the tasting table and have it shipped free of charge to your local liquor store.

Other tips: Eat beforehand.

Wear comfortable shoes. Don’t use aftershave or perfume.

Take transit or a cab. And move away from the table so that others can taste without waiting. Cheers! See you there!

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Riccardo Tedeschi, owner, Tedeschi Winemaker of this very hands-on, family-run winery, who blends modernity with a passion for indigenous varieties. Taste: Tedeschi Amarone della Valpolicella 2011.

Ruffino winemaker Gabriele Tacconi

One of Chianti’s foremost authorities comes to Vancouver for the first time.

Taste with him: Ruffino Riserva Ducale Oro Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2010.

Another globetrotting ambassador who very much put his family winery on the world map. Taste: Rocca delle Macie Roccato Toscana 2010.

NOTICE DISPOSITION OF MUNICIPAL LAND In accordance with Section 26 of the Community Charter, the District of West Vancouver (the District) gives notice of its intention to sell in fee simple a parcel of municipal land legally described as Lot 6 Block 10 Capilano Estates Plan 8872, PID: 009-903-780 (the Parcel). The Parcel is shown in black and labeled Subject Site on the sketch below. The District intends to sell the land to Jeffrey and Nancy Palffy (sometimes spelled Palfy) for the purposes of consolidation with their adjacent land located at 385 Hidhurst Place, legally described as PID: 009-903-844, Lot 7 Block 10 Capilano Estates Plan 8872.

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WV chef honed his craft with the finest Gianni Picchi rose to the top and went on to train the next generation of artists Gianni Picchi, chef and restaurateur, was born in the village of Cagli in the Marche region of Italy 71 years ago today and raised a few kilometres away in Umbria, in the village of Norcia.

The food on the family’s table came from their garden, from the fields and the forests. With their mother, a professional chef, Gianni and his sister Graziella would forage for truffles, the black and the elusive white, and for the wild herbs and greens that are staples in the local cuisine. Graziella has a doctorate in rural sociology and is an authority on those wild herbs and greens, plentiful in those days, increasingly rare today, but her brother had no notion of making food his career. In fact, Gianni was to be apprenticed as a stonemason, destined to live out his life in Norcia.

Then a door into the wide world opened for young Gianni. Older boys

who had left the village returned, well dressed, with lire to burn and stories to tell. They worked in restaurants and hotels. They travelled the world. “They were going places, literally, and I liked that. I didn’t want to breathe marble dust all my life.”

Gianni studied hotel management in Assisi and in Venice, acquiring a foundation in all aspects of the business, from “the front” to the kitchen, along with the ability to communicate in English, French and German.

Among his instructors and mentors was Rigamonti, who had worked with the legendary chef Escoffier and Ferrera, formerly the maître d’ at the equally legendary Hotel Danieli.

“The knowledge these men had acquired firsthand and passed on was like gold,” says their student. Gianni has vivid memories of standing at a table he had set for dining, his instructor sighting along its length, alert

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Gianni’s first job after school was in Guernsey, the tiny Channel Island closest to Brittany, where he met Carol Boulter, the love of his life, “in a little nightspot called the Cellar Club.”

After five years at Guernsey’s finest restaurant, Gianni came down with a fever. “I had cabin fever.

Guernsey is not much bigger than Bowen Island, after all.

I wanted to go to the biggest country in the world, well, not Russia, the next biggest.”

Gianni, Carol and son Roberto made their way to Toronto, Ont., where daughter Andrea was born.

In Canada, Gianni spread his wings and his career in the food and hospitality industry took off – literally, again, as the family Picchi made its way across the country. He got his start at Winston’s, working at the legendary restaurant until he was lured to B.C. by the

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At age 71 Picchi is not ready to enter retirement just yet From page 18 where Gianni worked with Umberto Menghi for another decade. The two are friends, colleagues and amicable rivals, raised not far from each other back in Italy, with career trajectories almost parallel.

Gianni was executive chef and restaurant manager with Umberto, most notably as Il Giardino became the dining mecca

for Vancouver’s rising film and television industry. At last came his own restaurant, Gianni’s, located on Granville Street where Szasz’s restaurant once stood and is now occupied by West.

In Gianni’s kitchen, in Umberto’s and in others of that time, a great number of Vancouver’s restaurant force was trained to standards in the tradition of Escoffier and the Hotel Danieli. Today, as one former

apprentice named David Hawksworth is doing, they are putting their mark on the industry and mentoring the young chefs who will come after them.

At 71, Gianni is not ready to retire, though he is comfortable in his West Vancouver home, enjoying his 50th year of marriage with Carol. “I’m still building my life,” he says. Chefs at this level are artists, born with a combination of talent, focus and

showmanship found in no other profession that shines brightest in a restaurant setting.

The time for Gianni to write his memoirs, in the company of art and music and his family, will come, perhaps after one, or two, more restaurants.

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LIVE SHOW The Capilano Community Services Society Seniors’ Hub offers a monthly social tea and entertainment program at Capilano House in North Vancouver. The program is supported by many dedicated volunteers who either drive, bake for or help out on the day. At left, The Londoners perform at the February Valentine’s Day-themed event.

Above, Maggie Gibbons applauds for guest singer and guitar player Sheryl Greenfield at the January gathering. capservices.ca/seniors-hub PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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SENIORS CALENDAR EXERCISE FOR MOBILE SENIORS The Keep Well Society offers free classes at seven different venues on the North Shore. The program includes one hour of exercise followed by blood pressure checks and health coaching, massage, speakers and social times. keepwellsociety.ca ELDERCOLLEGE — A DAY IN THE LIFE SPEAKER SERIES Hear the stories and experiences of some of the Lower Mainland’s most fascinating people Mondays

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Conservationist receives Tim Jones award The third annual Tim Jones Community Achievement Award was awarded to Shaun Hollingsworth at the opening night of the 19th annual Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival Feb. 12 at Centennial Theatre.

Seymour Salmonid Society president Shaun Hollingsworth accepts his Tim Jones Community Achievement Award from North Shore Rescue’s Curtis Jones at the opening night of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

The award is co-presented by VIMFF and North Shore Rescue and is intended to recognize the exceptional contribution or achievement of an individual or a couple in any aspect of the local community.

“For decades Shaun Hollingsworth has volunteered his time towards environmental stewardship and conservation initiatives on the North Shore. As current president of the Seymour Salmonid Society, Shaun’s outstanding work ethic and care for the community has led the Seymour Hatchery’s efforts towards ensuring safe and sustainable fish passage on the Seymour River. These efforts are especially critical given the 2014 rockslide on the Seymour River, which partially blocked the river and has threatened passage for all fish species,” according to nominators Brian Smith and Jeremy Appleton of the Seymour Salmonid Society.

Hollingsworth holds a large

number of additional past and current volunteer roles ranging from Canadian co-chairman of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission to coach with the North Shore Girls Soccer Association.

“As a relentless supporter of community efforts on the North Shore, Shaun Hollingsworth embodies a work ethic and camaraderie reminiscent of Tim Jones. He constantly encourages community members, North Shore politicians, government agencies, and non-profit organizations to work together in achieving common stewardship goals,” wrote Smith and Appleton.

Hollingsworth was chosen from a group of nominees that included Randy Scott, Andrew Wilson, Ean Jackson and Sibylle Tinsel, Rich Wheater, Kevin Vallely, Sara Manlove and Katelynn Potter, Corey Longeway, Greigh Gjerdalen and Enzo Federico.

MEC Adventure Grant The winners of the MEC Adventure Grant were awarded Friday night at the VIMFF MEC Canadian Adventure Night at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver.

According to the VIMFF website, the festival partnered with the retailer

for the new grant program to enable local explorers and adventurers to undertake their dream expeditions.

The initiative awards funds to local individuals or teams to support Canadian adventures at home or around the world. Recipients are asked to share their resulting story at a future edition of the festival.

This year’s winners include: % 14/-&:8#!)04>#, $=&<&?!4$=#!+ filmmaker and paraglider Benjamin Jordan, who, in XBC, hopes to complete the first self-supported crossing of the province (west to east) by paraglider. % 14/-&:8#!)0&!/ 4/, 7":43;>=) based Evan Guilbault, a Coast Mountains explorer, ultra runner, peak bagger and rock climber, who hopes to repeat John Baldwin and Clarke’s Great Skyline Traverses and pioneer new skyline traverses throughout the Coast Range. % *&6#55 9;8#!(> 2#!#3' .;55;43> and partner Stuart Kohut, who grew up in the Cariboo Chilcotin. Calling their adventure In the Shadow of the Mountains, they plan to complete a self-propelled bush-crash adventure from the Pacific Ocean (Bute Inlet), through the Coast Mountains some 130 kilometres inland to The Chilcotin Plateau.

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Nominees sought for BC Health Care Awards Nominations are open for the 10th annual BC Health Care Awards.

LOCAL HEROES Staff and physicians from across the North Shore filled the Lions Gate Hospital gymnasium Jan. 21 to see their colleagues honoured at the Ninth Annual North Shore Health Care Awards for Outstanding Achievement. This year’s winners, shown above, include: Workplace Inspiration – Andra Grigore, RN, operating room, LGH; Dr. Les Janz Leadership Award – Cindy Hartley, manager, neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatal, LGH; Spirit of Philanthropy – Christie Manlolo, RN, pediatrics, LGH; and, Clinical Practice – Gill Walker, occupational therapist, HOpe Centre. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Nominations will be accepted online at BCHealthCareAwards.ca until Feb. 26.

Health care colleagues and members of the public – including patients and their families – have the opportunity to recognize and thank health care employees in their communities

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Health Minister Terry Lake said in the statement that, as we continue to invest in the health of all British Columbians and foster a system that is truly patient-centred, it’s important to recognize the contribution of health care professionals working to deliver extraordinary health care to the people of this province.

British Columbia has among the best health care in the world, and for the past 10 years the BC Health Care Awards have showcased this in all corners of the province, he added.

Since the awards were launched by the Health Employers Association of B.C. in 2007, 101 Gold Apples and 77 Awards of Merit have been awarded to health employees.

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Threats to finances increase with age

What happens when you can’t trust yourself or a close family member to do the right thing by your finances? That’s a scary prospect.

As RRSP season once again focuses attention on retirement planning, I’ve noticed several newspaper articles along the lines of the one in The Wall Street Journal headlined: “How to Protect Your Future Self From Financial Abuse.”

The problem: Trusted but self-serving family members,

Money Matters Mike Grenby impatient to inherit, could influence an elderly relative

to turn over funds. And such a relative – most commonly it’s a son – with power of attorney could simply take the money.

Dishonest financial institution employees could recommend actions that benefit them rather than their clients.

Scam artists and other criminals could convince people – and this is certainly not restricted to only the elderly – to invest or spend unwisely.

And finally we ourselves

could become mentally incapacitated or simply not as aware and knowledgeable as we used to be – bad enough in itself but disastrous when combined with any of the other threats to our financial well-being.

The solution: Being aware of the risks is a start. Then make a list of all your investments and other assets. Try to simplify – for example, close little-used accounts and otherwise consolidate your finances.

Choose a trusted

individual who knows about your finances – somebody (family member or professional) both you and your advisers can turn to in case of any unusual events caused by the threats listed above.

While nobody will take as great an interest in, or be as affected by, what happens to your finances, it’s important to take every step possible to safeguard those finances.

You protect yourself in many ways already – from something as simple as

taking an umbrella with you in case of rain to car and other insurance to perhaps a security system in your home.

Now it’s time to make sure you also protect your finances. Your future depends on it.

Mike Grenby is a columnist and independent personal financial adviser; he’ll answer questions in this column as space allows but cannot reply personally. Email mike. grenby@gmail.com

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How to identify a responsible dog breeder

I found it rather timely that the world of purebred dogs was brought front and centre this week with the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, while the topic of puppy mills and breeding dogs for profit continues to circulate in the media.

This year’s winner was CJ, a German short-haired pointer (GSP) – my favourite breed by the way. I have always been reluctant to declare publicly what my favourite breed of dog is out of concern that

Canine Connections Joan Klucha someone may interpret it as a suggestion that they acquire

one. I will declare this: GSPs are a very challenging breed to own and not for first-time dog owners.

Unfortunately, with the Westminster winner’s rise to fame, the ugliness of humanity will come out. Specifically, backyard breeders and puppy mills will be ready to capitalize on those who want the latest popular breed or the latest “designer” mixedbreed dog, often charging more money than reputable breeders.

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owners have to do investigative homework to ensure they are buying from a reputable breeder, especially when they will be paying thousands of dollars for a purebred dog.

I spoke with the breeder of Piper, my GSP of 12 years, to get an idea of what a reputable breeder goes through to create a litter of high-quality purebred dogs worthy of the price tag.

Laura Stillin, owner of Seadrift Kennels, had this to say: “As a reputable breeder of quality purebred dogs, let

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me explain what good breeders go through ... First a dog must prove it is of quality for reproducing, which entails being of sound temperament, able to do what it was bred to do, and as close to the breed standard as possible.

This is why you will find that reputable breeders will make sure both parents are titled in conformation and working title (what it was bred to do). For GSPs, that would be hunting.

“Once the female has matured and it is worthy of being bred, the health testing starts. Tests are typically done on hips, elbows, eyes and heart, plus whatever health issues might be related to a specific breed. If health tests are clear, researching bloodlines to find a stud dog begins. The stud dog will also have a conformation title, working title, as well as all health tests. With luck, the stud dog is local and a natural breeding can be done.

However in most cases the stud dog is not local and the female is sent to the stud or artificial insemination or trans-cervical insemination is done with frozen or chilled semen.

“As you can see, the costs add up very quickly and the puppies have not even been born yet. Once the breeding has been done, it’s hurry up and wait to see if there are puppies. Around day 42, the female will get an ultrasound done to see if there are puppies. Around day 55 the female will get X-rays to see how many puppies to expect.

At day 63 the puppies are ready to arrive. Once the pups

are born and mom and babies are doing well, a vet check is done to confirm mom is still healthy and her milk is good.

Now the fun begins! As puppies grow and eyes/ears open, it is time for mom and breeder to help with mental development. Games are played, puppies learn to climb, explore and build confidence and house training starts.

“At approximately six weeks, the puppies will go to the vet for another checkup, first set of vaccines and tattoo or microchip or both for identification records.

Around week eight to nine puppies are ready to go to their new homes that have been sourced out before the breeding even takes place.

“When all is said and done, there is very little money left over for profit. As a responsible breeder, if anything does not work out, the puppy will return back to the breeder.

Responsible breeders also offer a health guarantee, as well as emotional support for the life of the dog.”

You will never see any reputable breeder selling their dogs online, in the newspaper or in a pet store. A reputable breeder will never cross-breed their dogs to create a designer dog. A reputable breeder will also support rescue groups for their breed, encouraging potential buyers to adopt before buying a puppy.

Reputable breeders have their dogs’ best interests at heart, not their bank account.

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Basketball action: Howe sweet it is

Four champions will be crowned this week It’s time once again for basketball nirvana on the North Shore as four levels of senior boys Howe Sound championships are now underway, culminating in final showdowns this week.

The tightest race may be at the top AAAA level where crosstown rivals West Vancouver and Sentinel seem to be on a collision course with only one winner able to earn the North Shore banner as well as a trip to the provincial championships.

The West Vancouver Highlanders have won the Howe Sound title two years in a row and appear to be in the driver’s seat again coming off an 8-0 season in North Shore league play. But the 6-2 Spartans have played the Highlanders extremely tough, including a Feb. 12 meeting in which the Highlanders eked out a 63-62 win.

The North Shore News contacted West Vancouver head coach Greg Meldrum to break down the AAAA Howe Sound championships and, in an email message, he stated that Sentinel “could be the team to beat.”

“They have arguably the most talented player on the North Shore in Grade 12 Triston Matthews. They

have depth at every position and are peaking at the right time. They have an excellent coach in Ransford Brempong and he has them playing with energy and passion. They will be very difficult to beat twice in the tough double knockout format of the Howe Sound tournament.”

Sentinel got their tournament started Thursday by knocking off third-ranked Handsworth 80-59, while West Vancouver defeated fourth-ranked Argyle 63-41. That sets up a showdown between the Highlanders and Spartans Tuesday starting at 7:30 p.m. at West Vancouver secondary with the winner advancing straight to the championship final. On the lower half of the bracket Handsworth and Argyle will play Tuesday with only the winner earning the right to play another day.

The lower-ranked teams, however, can’t be taken lightly, said Meldrum. Two years ago West Vancouver won the title after finishing third in league play, while Argyle made a spirited run all the way to the final last year after finishing

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fourth in league play.

“Argyle and Handsworth could potentially pull off some upsets,” said Meldrum.

“They are both dangerous squads that are capable of beating better teams on their day. Argyle is a defensiveminded team lead by Grade 12s Troy Townsend and Max Whitworth. Handsworth have excellent leadership in Bryce McLean and Michael Gajdics. They also have a strong Grade 11 post in Amir Hajisafar and a smooth shooting swingman in Copeland Jandrisch who can pose problems for the opposition.”

Meldrum also pinpointed some players to watch in the tournament, led by Matthews who filled up the stat sheet for the Spartans with averages of 23.9 points, 13 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. He’s a “smooth shooting Grade 12 guard that has NBA three-point range,” said Meldrum, adding that teammate Andrew Davis provides the muscle for Sentinel as “a strong power forward, who can rebound, defend and score from the post or the perimeter.”

Argyle’s Townsend led the league in scoring with an

average of 25.5 points per game, a “great point guard and leader who can finish in traffic and shoot from beyond the arc,” said Meldrum.

Whitworth, meanwhile, works down low for the Pipers with averages of 13.1 points and 8.

5 rebounds per game.

Handsworth’s McLean was one of four players to average more than 20 points per game in league play, pouring in 22.7 per game. “(He’s) an athletic swingman who attacks the basket well in transition and can shoot from beyond the three-point arc,” said Meldrum. Gajdics quarterbacks the offence from the point guard position.

As for the Highlanders, their balanced attack is led by a trio of Grade 12s.

“Josh Pinton is our point guard and emotional leader,” said Meldrum. “He really gets after it on the defensive end and covers the court from baseline to baseline as fast as anyone in the province. Nick Broady is a 6-6 post that can dominate the game on the glass, can score the ball in the low post or from the perimeter, and can alter a lot of shots with his length. Grady Huskisson is a tough-nosed shooting guard that plays with incredible energy. He

often provides a spark with his athleticism.”

Pinton led the team with an average of 16.6 points per game and was tops in the league with 6.4 assists per game, while Broady was right behind Pinton dropping 16 points per contest.

Only four Highlanders are back from the team that won the Howe Sound title last season and went on to finish 13th at the provincial championships.

“We have lost a few key guys, but we’ve worked incredibly hard to fill their

void,” said Meldrum. “Other guys have stepped up in their place and have put us in a good position leading up to the playoffs. … Our goal from Day 1 has been to defend our North Shore Championship.

Our strong play in the regular season has put us in a good position to achieve this.

We know that playoffs are completely different and that other teams will up their game.” !!!

Howe Sound Championship action will be scorching at four gyms this week. At the

AAA level Windsor will be the host site with Sutherland taking on Howe Sound secondary Monday starting at 6 p.m. followed by the host Dukes taking on the topranked Bodwell Bruins in a showdown for a spot in the final.

At the AA level the tournament will be hosted

by Collingwood, a team that went undefeated against North Shore competition this season, including exhibition wins over AAAA schools Handsworth and West Vancouver. The Cavaliers

are led by Grade 12 swingman Jaden Narwal who was the MVP of last year’s Howe Sound AA tournament.

Narwal kept up his stellar play this season, averaging 27.2 points, 10.2 rebounds and 7.2 assists in league play.

The Howe Sound A-level playoffs, featuring North Shore schools Mulgrave and Lions Gate Christian Academy along with Mount Currie and Pemberton, culminate in the final Friday starting at 3:30 p.m. at Mulgrave.

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WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21-27, 2016 ARIES

MAR 21 – APR 20 Excitement surrounds any get-together you are involved in this week, Aries. This puts you in a good mood for some time, and the positive energy can bring about change.

LIBRA

TAURUS

APR 21 – MAY 21 Taurus, this week you may find yourself in the right mood to organize your home or office. If high-tech equipment will be part of the project, enlist a friend to help out.

SCORPIO

GEMINI

MAY 22 – JUN 21 Gemini, if you’re feeling particularly amorous this week, schedule a few date nights or even cuddle time with that special someone. A new person may come into your life as well.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 – DEC 21 A sense of adventure may find you booking a vacation, Sagittarius. Otherwise, you may be looking to dive into an exciting new relationship.

Be impulsive because you deserve it.

CANCER

JUN 22 – JUL 22 Plenty of projects around the house need your attention this week, Cancer. Take advantage of some slower days to devote time to repairs and other tasks on your to-do list.

CAPRICORN DEC 22 – JAN 20 Capricorn, you may be drawn to flashy colors and high energy this week. Plan a fun and energetic date or take in a movie with a lot of special effects.

LEO

JUL 23 – AUG 23 Leo, important new information may come your way this week. This could be the catalyst for new professional ventures or even provide new ways to network.

AQUARIUS

VIRGO

AUG 24 – SEPT 22 Virgo, a job you have put a lot of effort and time into is completed successfully this week. You now can enjoy the fruits of your labor and the praise coming your way.

PISCES

LAST SUNDAY’S ANSWERS: A. valentine B. hearts C. truffle D. restaurant

WORD SCRAMBLE Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to birds.

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SEPT 23 – OCT 23 Communication improvements with your romantic partner have you feeling optimistic about the future, Libra. Don’t make any definitive plans, but start thinking ahead.

OCT 24 – NOV 22 Scorpio, an unexpected raise has you spreading the wealth to others. You tend to be good about sharing your good fortune, and that is why so many people look up to you.

JAN 21 – FEB 18 Aquarius, you’ve adopted the attitude that life is an adventure and you’re ready to face any challenge that comes your way with an open mind. This may prove to be a busy week.

FEB 19 – MAR 20 Do not be surprised if big changes lie in store for you this week, Pisces. You may end up with a new job or begin thinking about relocation.

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SERVICE, SELECTION, VALUE - SINCE 1969

KITCHENAID SALES EVENT

COOK UP THE SAVINGS FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 30, 2016

SALE STARTS THURSDAY!

25

% INSTANT * SAVINGS

on the purchase of 5 or MORE qualifying KitchenAid® Appliances**

20 15

%

%

INSTANT SAVINGS*

on the purchase of 3 or 4 qualifying KitchenAid ® Appliances**

INSTANT SAVINGS*

on the purchase of 1 or 2 qualifying KitchenAid ® Appliances**

LIMITED TIME OFFER: FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 30, 2016 Some restrictions apply. See Sales Associate or visit KitchenAid.ca for details and list of qualifying models. *Instant savings (before taxes) on qualifying KitchenAid® major appliances purchased from October 1 to October 28, 2015. Savings will be deducted at the time of purchase. **All qualifying KitchenAid® major appliances must be purchased from the same participating authorized KitchenAid® appliance dealer at the same time. Offer excludes accessories and food waste disposers.

Offer is open to Canadian residents only. Offer is not available to second channel, dealers, builders or contractors. No substitute appliances qualify. Offer cannot be combined with any other KitchenAid® appliance offer.

All qualifying models may not be available at all dealers. † Dealer prices may vary. Dealers have sole discretion to set retail prices. ®/™ © 2015 KitchenAid. Used under license in Canada. All rights reserved.

SERVICE, SELECTION, VALUE - SINCE 1969

COLONY

Major Appliance & Mattress

WAREHOUSE

(604) 985-8738 colonywarehouse.com

1075 Roosevelt Crescent, North Vancouver Mon-Sat: 9am-5:30pm • Sun: Noon-4pm

WINNER OF THE 2015 READERS’ CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST NORTH SHORE APPLIANCE STORE

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LAST E CHANCT TO GE

9 DAYS TRUCK CLEARANCE EVENT

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2016

EVERY MARKED 2015 D TO BELO OWN W DEALER INVOICE

FEBRUARY 21ST TIL FEBRUARY 29TH NO EXTENSIONS!!

0

%

PURCHASE FINANCING UP TO 84 MONTHS

OR

$10,000

UP TO

OFF IN TOTAL CASH CREDITS AND LOYALTY ON SELECTED MODELS

ON REMAINING NEW 2015 CHEVY SILVERADO’S AWD GMC SIERRA’S

2015 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4 DOUBLE CAB VE

YOU SA $10,000

Air Condition, Bluetooth, Power Windows, Power Locks, Tilt Wheel, Trailer Tow Package, OnStar, Locking Differential & Much More.

MSRP $40,330

CARTER NORTHSHORE CASH PURCHASE PRICE

2015 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4 CREW CAB

Air Condition, Bluetooth, Trailer Tow Pkg, Running Boards, Power Windows, Power Locks, OnStar, Tilt Wheel + Much More.

BRAND NEW

$

36,700

STK#860360

2015 GMC SIERRA 4X4 DOUBLE CAB Elevation Edition, 20” Aluminum Black Out Wheels, 5.3 Litre V8 Engine, Trailer Tow Package, Air Condition, Bluetooth + Much More.

BRAND NEW

CARTER NORTHSHORE CASH PURCHASE PRICE

MSRP $44,400

$

35,770

STK#8600780

SLE Premium Pkg, Rear Camera, 10 Way Pwr Drivers Seat, Remote Start, Air Condition, Pwr Group, Trailer Tow Pkg + Much More.

BRAND NEW

2015 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4 CREW CAB Z71 Heated Leather, Seats, Navigation, Trailer Brake Control, 5.3 Litre V8 Engine, True North Edition, Trailering Pkg, Loaded With Options.

BRAND NEW

MSRP $54,740

$

45,900

2015 CHEVY SILVERADO 4X4 CREW CAB LTZ Ltz Plus Package, Leather Heated/Cooled Seats, Power Sunroof, Navigation, 20” Chrome Wheels, Driver Alert Package, Z71 Off Road Package, Trailering Pkg, Loaded Vehicle All Available Options.

STK#84894A

BRAND NEW

MSRP $63,718

$

53,900

2015 GMC SIERRA 4X4 CREW CAB SLT Heated/Cooled Leather Seats, Z71 Off Road Package, Navigation, Power Sunroof, 20” Chrome Wheels, Driver Alert Package, Locking Differential, Loaded Vehicle All Available Options.

STK#821920

BRAND NEW

CARTER NORTHSHORE CASH PURCHASE PRICE

CARTER NORTHSHORE CASH PURCHASE PRICE

$

STK#870120

CARTER NORTHSHORE CASH PURCHASE PRICE

2015 GMC SIERRA 4X4 DOUBLE CAB MSRP $45,190

30,330

$

CARTER NORTHSHORE CASH PURCHASE PRICE

CARTER NORTHSHORE CASH PURCHASE PRICE

MSRP $43,750

COMPANY DEMO

35,900

STK#8G41600

MSRP $62,930

$

52,900

STK#8616910

SIMILAR SAVINGS ON ALL 59 REMAINING 2015 MODELS NEW & DEMO’S-HURRY IN FOR THE BEST SELECTION

INCLUDES COMPLETE CARE

• Complimentary Oil Changes • Bumper to Bumper Warranty • Powertrain Warranty • Roadside Assistance • OnStar

604-987-5231

*All cash purchase prices plus taxes and documentation fee of $598.

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