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It’s prom season. Congrats. The world is your oyster. But if you or someone you love has turned 19 without getting a Dogwood Diploma, or nailing the prerequisites for post-secondary education, that oyster’s shut tight. The BC Government used to be committed to eliminating barriers to learning, giving learners 19 or older tuition-free basic education. But Christy Clark’s BC Liberals have betrayed this legacy, keeping the shell and chucking the pearl. Take a moment to show your support for everyone who wants to keep learning. Sign, snap and Tweet this letter to the Premier, @christyclarkbc.
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Hon. Christy Clark Premier of British Columbia West Annex, Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Dear Premier: Let’s open the doors.
Failure to complete high school limits job and career options and is often associated with poor life outcomes such as higher criminality, poorer health and a greater dependence on social services. It holds individuals back from realizing their potential. It holds back our collective, economic and social progress. The public interest in eliminating barriers to participation in post-secondary education requires that no tuition be charged to any adult learner seeking to upgrade their education by completing high school courses. — GEOFF PLANT, Campus 2020
British Columbians need our public post-secondary system to provide free, fair and equitable access to adult basic education. Eliminate barriers to post-secondary education: make sure any learner 19 years or older who needs secondary school graduation or upgrading can secure a better future without having to pay tuition. Make adult basic education free again. Your government had it right the first time.
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Since 1989, Artists For Kids has been creating an extensive art education for the children and youth of British Columbia.
Since 1996, it has run a fashion photography program, called the Artists for Kids Photo Enrichment program. This year, organizers have made the change from fashion to landscape photography. Artists For Kids program coordinator and North Vancouver school district teacher Sean Clancy says “a few things led to the move.” One of the reasons he stated was, “The weather in April is unpredictable at best, which is fine for nature photography, but nerve-racking for fashion.” Landscape photography captures the spaces in our world, whether they are vast or small. This year’s Artists For Kids Photo Enrichment program’s theme, “Near and Far,” captures the essence of that. Students travelled to several outdoor locations to shoot, along with Clancy, fellow Artists For Kids program coordinator Daylen Luchsinger, and professional nature and landscape photographer Jess Findlay, to help with any technical or creative problems they might have. Michaela De Ciantis-Wong, an
Argyle secondary student, says she “had one the best experiences of [her] life.” I agree. This program pushed me, a predominately urban photographer, out of my comfort zone and into a completely new style of photography. We went to many beautiful locations, including Lighthouse Park and Cypress Falls, to shoot. The experience taught me, again in the words of De Ciantis-Wong, “You just have to look a little deeper, or turn around, or move a bit to your left or right, and BAM! the best picture is right there.”
In my, admittedly limited, experience, the best way to find the shot you’re looking for is by experimenting. Findlay says he “really enjoyed working with all the students. Their enthusiasm and creativity was infectious!” The teachers were with the students every step of the way, taking and editing their own photos, learning new tricks they hadn’t seen before, and supporting us from all sides as we learned and experimented. Clancy, who has been with Artists For Kids for 11 years, says,
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“It was exciting to do something new, with no idea if it would be a success or not.” Whether the change from fashion to landscape photography is permanent or not is still under debate, Luchsinger says. “That is the question percolating in my mind currently. I think there are some definite areas as a teaching group we can improve on and make landscape photography even better next year, but there is also the draw to switching it up again to maybe something like urban or forgotten spaces.” Clancy says he’d “like to continue
with this program or a slight variation of it.” Findlay says he’d love to return if they continue with landscape photography, as would I. The change was a major success, for the students involved as well as the instructors. I feel like I came out of the course with more skills as a photographer and a bigger perspective on the photography world as a whole. Sierra Kolkman is a Grade 11 Argyle secondary student and has been part of the Artists For Kids Photo Enrichment program for one year.
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Hikers might want to be a tad cautious when heading up the Grouse Grind this week after a cougar was allegedly spotted halfway up the rocky staircase Tuesday.
The animal displayed “no aggression, no predatory behaviour, no stalking,” according to B.C. conservation officer Robin Sano. Despite having the power to kill a moose, cougars tend to avoid humans, said Sano. “You have a better chance of probably being hit by lightning or a meteor than anything happening to you by a cougar, if you’re looking at it statistically,” he said. Deaths from bee stings are far more common than cougar-induced fatalities, according to the Ministry of Environment. Cougar sightings are more common in late spring and summer, as young cougars tend to look for
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One of the enduring missing persons cases of hikers lost in the North Shore mountains has been solved.
The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed Friday the remains of Tom Billings, the British tourist who triggered a massive manhunt in December 2013, have been found. According to the coroner, a hiker found the 22-yearold’s body on April 11 on Hollyburn Mountain. The
coroner confirmed Billings’ ID through DNA testing and made the announcement Friday morning. “It’s just such a sense of relief that finally this family will have some closure and they’ll be able to move forward,” said Mike Danks, North Shore Rescue team leader. The team spent weeks searching for Billings in December 2013, mostly in the Hanes Valley where Billings had inquired about hiking when he was last seen. Billings was a seasoned traveller and avid hiker who had been spending eight weeks travelling in North America. No one knew he was missing until he failed to complete his travel plans
a bid to crowdsource leads. “It was a massive, massive effort,” Danks said. That was, in part, because of the commitment that late North Shore Rescue team leader Tim Jones made to the Billings family. It was also the last major search Jones was a part of before he died in January 2014. “We stayed in very close contact with them since Tom was reported missing. It started out with Tim establishing a strong connection with them. They went through the loss of Tim. They came over here many times to show support to us and to Tim’s family,” Danks said. Vancouver Police Department members spoke with Billings’ family for two
a week later and the search didn’t begin until 10 days after Billings disappeared, something Danks said underscores the need to make sure someone knows where you’re hiking and when to expect you back. “Ten days is a long time to be in the backcountry on the North Shore. During that period we had some very, very cold weather and some fresh snow that had accumulated,” he said. North Shore Rescue put in more than 5,000 volunteer hours, searching trails and gullies across the North Shore. Billings’ family hired a helicopter to record video footage of the mountains, which was then scoured by amateur searchers online in
Wildfire exercise a success, agencies say North Shore residents and homes may be a little safer from disaster following Operation Dry Lightning II.
The all-day exercise took place in the Grousewoods neighbourhood Thursday. Led by the North Shore Emergency Management Office, the exercise brought together a number of agencies including
North Shore Rescue, Metro Vancouver, the B.C. forest ministry, B.C. Ambulance Service, Grouse Mountain and all three North Shore fire departments, to test how co-ordinated their response would be, should the mountainside burn. The exercise was deemed a success, according to Dorit Mason, director of the emergency management office.
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Rocking The Hip all the way to the finish
Right around the time Prince died, my brother and I had a slightly cynical conversation about celebrity deaths.
What was the deal with everyone and their dog pouring out their grief on social media and news outlets? Like, literally dogs – they have Twitter accounts too now: “Nooo, not Prince! I loved chasing his little red Corvette. Life is so ruff!” Did hearing about the death of someone famous really hit all those people that hard? Sure it’s sad, but on the other hand, have you ever actually met David Bowie? There had to be some faux sentimentality bordering on click bait masquerading as real grief in all those anguished posts. Then my brother asked me what I would do if a celebrity that I truly admired and respected died. Would I not feel the need to share my feelings with the planet so everyone would know that our world just got a little less fun, a little dimmer? He then went
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I’m guessing there are a lot of people between the ages of 30 and 50 sadly nodding their heads right now. The Hip made music that everyone could love... Laugh All You Want Andy Prest searching for just that person, the one entertainer I’ve seen in person more than any other, a man whose words “provided the soundtrack to my youth,” as the cliché goes. He ended his hypothetical inquiry like this: “Would you cry if you heard Gord Downie died?” Gulp. One month later I was settling in at my desk for a busy morning of work when I got another text from my brother. “Remember when I picked Gord Downie for our hypothetical thought experiment….” Three things came to my
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mind when I went online to read the Tragically Hip’s announcement that Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer: 1) I’m sitting in a crowded newsroom, so … don’t cry. 2) My brother might be a wizard? 3) F--- cancer. As my co-workers filed into the office, many of them – particularly those in their 30s – came over and commiserated. “How are you holding up?” “Tough day.” I wondered how they all knew that I’d been rocking The Hip since I was 13 years old. Did they know I’d seen them eight times? Did they know the quote in my high school yearbook was “You can’t be fond of living in the past, ’cause if you
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a secret bonus track, and wondered just what Gord had ingested before his epic “killer whale tank” live rendition of “New Orleans is Sinking.” I’m guessing there are a lot of people between the ages of 30 and 50 sadly nodding their heads right now. The Hip made music that everyone could love. For the patriotic types, no band was more fiercely Canadian. There’s a photo floating around of the band meeting Prince Philip at a Royal Gala. Gord is wearing a jean jacket. For the jocks, nothing rocked a crowded rink harder than a Hip jam, including the many songs written about hockey. For the artsy indie crowd, Gord’s lyrics were treasures to be unfolded and smoothed out, like an intricate hand-drawn map on the hood of a Cadillac. For the bangers, well – just watch what happens at any show after Gord sings the lyrics “Yeah I can get behind anything.” The Hip were our musical moral compass, and Gord was
our strutting, shouting, off-ona-tangent, finger-gun-shooting North Star. I now understand the outpouring of grief from true fans when their favourite star dims. It turns out my brother was right, I couldn’t let this news pass without commenting on it for the world to see. But I’ve got it all wrong here – I’m using the past tense. The beauty of it is that Gord is still here, The Hip are still here. The day after news broke, the band announced the dates for one final tour across Canada, including a stop at Roger’s Arena in Vancouver July 24. The band’s manager said Gord is determined to “blow people’s minds” on the tour. That’s a strange turn of phrase considering the brain cancer, but I have no doubt that it’s true. These shows will be epic, and Gord will be up there singing and strutting his heart out. If this really is it, it sounds like a hell of a way to make an exit. There very well may be tears, but not yet. Let’s just see what tomorrow brings. aprest@nsnews.com
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Beaches are for enjoying nature Dear Editor: Quick – what are the first three words that flash through your mind when you hear the word “beach”? Swimming? Picnics? Boating? How many of you flashed on “indoor art gallery?” Or “trendy restaurant?” Swimming, french fries (with a sprinkle of sand), seagulls squawking over a dropped bit of hot dog bun, boating: these are summer beach associations. The indoor art gallery, trendy eatery and other associated development ideas, while having some appeal to some people, do not belong on this stretch of waterfront. Over several decades previous West Vancouver councils worked at acquiring and returning the Ambleside area waterfront into an inviting nature space. This constitutes revitalization of the area. Construction of new buildings, especially for-profit, constitutes commercialization. The Dundarave beach already has a waterfront restaurant. West Van does not really need one every few kilometres. Visiting an indoor art gallery is for viewing the art work displayed, not gazing outside. Visiting the beach/ parks/forest trails is for restoring oneself, appreciating nature and as a reprieve from commercialism. For the Ambleside area, please limit buildings and businesses to north of the railway tracks. The historic Ferry Building and sailing club may be grandfathered but any further building added to the area negates the efforts of earlier councils in providing this wonderful stretch of open green space. Lucille Hoover West Vancouver
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Stand tall against space-hogging artists Dear Editor: Re: Ambleside Art Studios Must Go, April 3 Mailbox. I, for one, applaud Mr. Riley’s bold stand against those elite, space-hogging artists. He is absolutely right that West Vancouver residents should be able to enjoy unfettered access to the waterfront without having two tiny artist-dedicated cottages impede their enjoyment of the acres of West Vancouver public space. Cultural spaces and works of art that make us think critically are the last thing we North Shore residents want getting in the way of our fitness regimes. I also agree that any empty waterfront houses should be torn down immediately and under no circumstances be used to provide subsidized
housing for fixed income seniors that might make their lives a little better. It is brave men like Mr. Riley who recognize our waterfront public spaces can only accommodate space efficient and widely inclusive activities like golf and field hockey. Rarely will you find any of Mr. Riley’s “minorities” at either of those two hard-to-find facilities. I appreciate that it is a Sisyphean task Mr. Riley has taken on speaking out so forcefully against the overwhelming tide of public opinion in support of community artists and arts groups. I only hope he, and others of his ilk, have the fortitude to stand their ground in the difficult days ahead. Cory Kinney North Vancouver
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QUOTES OF THE WEEK: There seems to be no lid on it and no stopping it.” — North Vancouver resident Anita Preiswerck describes the rapid changes in her neighbourhood ushered in by the frenzied real estate market (from a May 22 Focus story).
I’m sure Fort McMurray didn’t expect for that to happen either.” — District of North Vancouver public safety manager Fiona Dercole discusses the municipality’s risk of fire in the areas where forest touches urban development (from a May 25 news story).
She couldn’t go up, down, or to the side.” — North Shore Rescue team leader Mike Danks recalls a challenging long-line rescue near the summit of St. Mark’s (from a May 27 news story).
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In the summer of 2015, a mountain biker needed to have his spleen removed after taking a spill on a remote part of Mount Seymour.
With the popularity of downhill biking on the upswing, Vancouver Coastal Health is reminding cyclists to slow their roll this summer, promoting the issue through their Shred Safe campaign. “Check the trail, check the bike and slow down,” said Dr. John Carsley, medical health officer for Vancouver. While a majority of last season’s approximately 100 mountain biking injuries happened in Whistler, North Vancouver’s collection of criss-crossing trails were the site of the second most injuries, with about 13 crashes resulting in surgery. Approximately 89 per cent of mountain bikers hospitalized last year were male. Carsley said drugs and alcohol may have been a factor in some falls.
“It’s like any sport. You don’t want to be either drunk or high when you do it,” he said. Besides avoiding a crash diet, Carsley recommends monitoring trail conditions and resisting the urge to push past the point of fatigue. “It’s like skiing,” Carsley said. “I’ll just get this one last run in. Well, maybe you shouldn’t.” Unfounded confidence can also cause injuries, noted North Shore Mountain Bike Association administrator Christine Tetrault. Some riders head downhill believing they possess “an elevated skill level that they don’t actually have,” she said. Overall, the rise in injuries is a byproduct of mountain biking’s burgeoning popularity, according to Tetrault. NSMBA’s membership has more than quadrupled in two years, Tetrault said, adding the group likely accounts for fewer than 10 per cent of all riders. Tetrault touts “riding with a buddy,” particularly a buddy with first-aid training.
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“We think that there could be greater investment in protective gear, because we see a lot of bikers who are not wearing protective gear beyond the helmet.” Cyclists of all stripes and speeds can benefit from extra tutelage, according to Tetrault. North Vancouver rental and tour operator Endless Biking is offering a twohour lesson as part of the
Vancouver Coastal Health campaign. Endless Biking tries to keep cyclists away from terrain that leaves them “focused on trying to survive,” noted the shop’s general manager Chris Simm. Instead, the courses help cyclists find optimum body position and a greater understanding of the mechanics and balance of the bike, according to Simm.
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Blink and you’ll miss it. Blink again and you’ll miss the next one two seconds later.
As another blur of colour crosses the screen with a roar, spectators sitting too close to the action react in awe. This is the International Isle of Man TT motorcycle race, an annual two-week event that features a 37-mile mountain course weaving around the outside edge of the island that sits between Great Britain and Ireland. A seven-minute YouTube video, which has more than 32 million views, features impressive footage from the race starting with a harrowing shot of fans lining the sides of a two-lane country road as racers fly by at speeds between 180 and 200 miles per hour. The riders are reduced to a flash, a flurry. The video ends with an exhilarating POV helmet cam tour of part of the course. Considered one of the top three international motorsport events, the Isle of Man TT attracts only the most experienced riders. “Just to get in to this event
is a big deal,” notes Darren James, who this week is fulfilling a lifelong dream to compete at the race. “I’ve been preparing for this, to be honest with you, my whole life.” Raised in Deep Cove, James still lives there with his wife and 11-year-old twin daughters. He will be the only Canadian competing at the Isle of Man this year. The race runs May 28 to June 10 and features one week of practise sessions and one week of racing, with multiple bike classes including a Sidecar category. This is not a track race. This is a road race (public roads are closed for the event), and the route includes more than 280 corners, along with plenty of natural bumps and some stone walls and poles peppered throughout for good measure. “For me as a newcomer I have to approach this very, very carefully,” explains James. “You really have to build into your speed at this place because the speeds are so great.” The consequences of making a mistake are serious. Between 1907 (when the race started) and 2015 there have
Darren James navigates a corner in a recent race photo. The Deep Cove resident is set to compete at the International Isle of Man TT event this week. He is the only Canadian on the roster. PHOTO SUPPLIED been 141 competitor fatalities during official practices and the race. “If they had asked me 15 years ago to come and do this I’m sure my sponsors and everybody around me would have said ‘hell no’ because I
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abilities. I’ve been doing this a long time and I have race craft and I’m a little bit older so I have some self-preservation in mind also,” he says. “I feel really good. This is the kind of place that if you had doubts in yourself and your abilities you really, really, really, and I can’t stress this enough, you should not be here.” The Isle of Man TT is a time-trial format, so racers compete in qualification order and results are based on overall average time. “It’s more that you’re racing the mountain and the circuit as opposed to battling with the guy next to you,” explains James. “The biggest thing about racing a race like this compared to racing any other race is when I go to a short circuit I attack, and I mean I attack. I go as hard as I can into every corner, I go as deep as I can on the brakes . . . you’re pushing absolutely to the limit of your motorcycle, your abilities, your tires, everything. In this riding (at the Isle of Man) you build into it. You go out there and you have to build into your speed.” Although he grew up as part of a motorcycle family, James was a relative latebloomer when it came to racing. (His father is Canadian Motorcycle Hall of Famer Don James and his godfather is fellow hall-of-famer Trevor Deeley, who together grew Vancouver’s Trev Deeley Motorcycles and Harley Davidson retailers across the country.) Riding bikes since he was five, the junior James was exposed to the industry at an early age, but racing came much later. James says he got into some trouble when he was a teen and by 16 was
encouraged to find something to do during the summer away from Deep Cove. He found work travelling cross country with the Harley Davidson Canada demo program. The five-year gig was his first hands-on exposure to the industry and a stint with subsidiary Buell Motorcycle Company followed that included a year in the U.K. as a comparison rider for the company. His exposure to the track in Europe continued when he returned to Canada and landed in Ontario before heading back to the North Shore. At a friend’s urging he competed at a nearby national race track in the area and finished fifth. “I was hooked,” notes James. Racing became his new focus. “The first three years were full of broken bones and lumps and bumps but then I started winning,” he recalls. After five years competing as an amateur, he went pro in 2005. He is a four-time Canadian Thunder Champion
among other titles, and is now the racing co-ordinator for Deeley Harley Davidson Canada and the owner of Ruthless Racing Inc. (named after his mom Ruth). “I’m very fortunate in my racing career, I’ve been surrounded by some amazing racers,” says James, noting Jeremy McWilliams and Ryan Farquhar (both well-known in racing circles) as two of the impressive names on his list of teammates and mentors. But his biggest support is closer to home. “My biggest fan and my manager is my wife Caroline,” says James. “Without her and her support I would have failed at this years ago. I could never have done it without her.” Despite his need for speed on the race track, James says he isn’t a thrill-seeker or adrenaline junkie in general. “I really love my little quiet lifestyle in Deep Cove with my wife and kids.”
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Rio Solsona, 5, here with his brother Nash, 7, was the inspiration for his parents’ design of a new type of kids boot called Muddy Munchkins. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN “They’re having to use their feet in ways just to keep the boot on rather than navigating the trail and stuff,” she says. A waterproof rubber sole and seamsealed upper help keep the water out and Solsona says the boot is “trans-seasonal” and works in colder temperatures and snow with the addition of an optional fleece liner. In April of last year, Solsona and her family appeared on the TV show Dragon’s Den with the Muddy Munchkins boot. “It was really exciting,” she says of being on the show. The segment they taped didn’t air until about 11 months later, and Solsona says a lot happened during that time in terms of changes to the product line and
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Focus groups open to youth and adults or caregivers From page 16 other for their families, facilitated by Cooke, seeking to gather data, stories and insight that will be useful in the development of potential new programs. “More often than not people are just provided with a buffet of what they can have and they don’t often get a choice or a say in the matter. … Any community advocate will tell you that those are the kinds of things that they want, that, ‘You need to ask us, you need to engage us in this discussion.’ And Family Services is certainly leading the way in doing that,” says Cooke. A youth focus group for participants ages 13 to 18, is being held Wednesday, June 1, from 4 to 6 p.m., and a parent or guardian focus group is taking place Monday, June 6 from 5 to 7 p.m., both at Family Services of the North Shore. Transgender identifying youth are statistically more vulnerable than other groups of youth by far, says Cooke. Last year’s Canadian Trans Youth Health Survey suggests some of the issues facing transgender identifying youth are as follows: 66 per cent reported discrimination, 70 per cent reported sexual harassment, 66 per cent reported self-harm and suicidal ideation, 30 per cent had attempted suicide and 70 per cent felt their families didn’t understand them. “We are here for all children and youth for all of the issues. When we see and we understand that there’s a certain segment of our population on the North Shore and these children, youth and their parents are dealing with this, we need to be here for them. We cannot hear that 30 per cent of trans youth have
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Produced by the North Shore News in partnership with North Shore Community Resources, the directory packs a lot into its 62 pages. Scanning the table of contents we find listings and information on finances; health and support services; housing services; legal resources and personal security; meal programs and shopping services; social, education and recreation programs; transportation; and volunteer opportunities. There’s a handy service index in the directory, a new index for advertisers and a page to make notes. The value of the seniors directory becomes apparent when we look at the results of the B.C. Seniors Survey: Bridging the Gaps recently released by the B.C. Seniors Advocate. The advocate undertook the survey to find out what seniors know about the services that are available to them. For those interested, the methodology used for the survey can be found on the Seniors Advocate’s website, seniorsadvocatebc.ca. Here’s a sampling of what the advocate found. Senior homeowners with household incomes less than $30,000 are least likely to be aware of the Provincial Property Tax
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Seniors missing out on supportive services From page 20 the seniors who are often most vulnerable and in need of services to support and care for them. The lessons here, as the advocate rightly observes, are twofold. Important information on services and programs and the benefits of those programs are not getting to those who need it most and it is not sufficient to just offer or provide supports. We also need to make sure that seniors are connected to those supports. How can we do that? The seniors directory isn’t much good if it is sitting on a shelf. We need to get a copy into the
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up and, at the corner of 7th and Fremont, on the site of a Motel 6, the Container Park. The Container Park is the crown jewel of the Downtown Project, a $350-million investment by Internet entrepreneur Tony Shsieh (pronounced “Shay”) to re-invigorate Downtown Las Vegas. Four dozen shipping containers have been piled atop one another, two and three storeys high, around a courtyard. The entrance to this architectural singularity is guarded by a 12-metre tall praying mantis that randomly shoots flames skyward. Inside the compound, nearly 40 small businesses sell everything from home decor to hair treatments. Bin 702, a wine shop and charcuterie, has been there since the park opened in 2013. It’s where Taryn Vazquez works. “They did a really good job of making sure there was a real eclectic mix of businesses,” she says. She reckons the clientele is about half tourists, half locals. “All the time, I hear people saying how cool this is. Everybody finds it super-interesting.” An occasional customer is Hsieh himself. He always drinks Fernet-Branca and Coke Zero — one indication of how unusual he is. (Another is that, despite being worth an estimated $820 million, he lives in a 19-square-metre trailer in Airstream Park, which he also owns.) After selling his Internet start-up to Microsoft for $265 million in 1999, Hsieh became the CEO of
Las Vegas — When she was growing up here, Taryn Vazquez remembers, Downtown Las Vegas, “was filled with homeless people and syringes. A really bad part of town.”
Downtown Las Vegas, where Nevada gambling began in the 1930s, reached its apogee in the 1940s and ’50s. But in the ’60s new mega-resorts along the Strip, south of Downtown, began to steal business and by the 1990s it had become the seedy place Vazquez describes. The first major effort to revive the area put a vaulting roof studded with millions of LEDs over five blocks of casino-lined Fremont Street, creating light shows accompanied by loud music. Some 17 million of Las Vegas’s 41 million annual visitors now take in the Fremont Experience. Live acts perform and zip lines give the more adventurous an aerial view of the milling crowds. But until very recently, few went beyond the security and glitz of the Experience into Downtown itself, and for good reason. The eastern reaches of Fremont Street are still a bit of a motel graveyard: places like the Travelers (“Your best bet in Vegas since 1936”) sit forlornly behind dusty chainlink fences. Closer to the Experience, though, bars, cafés and even art galleries have begun to spring
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Built from four dozen shipping containers and guarded by a 12-metre-high praying mantis that shoots flames, the Container Park is home to nearly 40 small businesses and showcases the rebirth of Downtown Las Vegas. PHOTO SUPPLIED JOHN MASTERS/MERIDIAN Zappos.com, an online shoe seller that Amazon bought for $1.2 billion in 2009. The Zappos headquarters is in Downtown Las Vegas — hence Hsieh’s interest in fixing the place up. There’s still room for lots of improvement Downtown. But the children’s playground in the Container Park is often busy, suggesting that families are now willing to venture here. And Taryn Vazquez says, “It’s somewhere I
can work and feel safe as a young, small woman. I can walk to my car at night.” If you go: For more information on the Downtown Project visit its website at downtownproject.com. For information on Las Vegas visit the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority website at lasvegas.com. More stories at culturelocker.com.
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THE GREAT HOWE SOUND RECOVERY The David Suzuki Foundation will present information about the positive changes in the marine ecosystem after decades of pollution Tuesday, May 31, 7 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. The event will feature four original short films and an opportunity for audience members to talk about their visions for Howe Sound. Admission: $5. Tickets: eventbrite.ca
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CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT CAR WASH TO FIGHT CANCER Drive your vehicle to 165 East 13th St., North Vancouver, on Saturday, June 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and have it washed for a cause. There will also be a barbecue and T-shirts for sale with donations going to the Canadian Cancer Society. cnv.org
NORTH SHORE CELTIC ENSEMBLE OPEN HOUSE Young violin and viola players with at least one year of experience are invited to Upper Lynn elementary, 540 Coleman St., North Vancouver, on Tuesday, May 31, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bring your instrument, learn about programs, meet the directors and other players and engage in a set of tunes
ST. PIUS X ELEMENTARY’S 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Everyone in the community is welcome to celebrate St. Pius X’s 20th anniversary, Saturday, June 4, 1-4 p.m., 1150 Mt. Seymour Rd., North Vancouver. BLUERIDGE GOOD NEIGHBOUR DAY Everyone is invited to the 19th annual event June 5 that begins with an internationally themed costume and decorated bicycle parade. Meet for a
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DOROTHY LYNAS ELEMENTARY SPRING CARNIVAL Join the fun at the spring carnival, Saturday, June 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 4000 Inlet Cres., North Vancouver. Admission is free but there is a small fee for food and activities. All proceeds support the school. Activities include carnival games, foam dance pit, bouncy castle, climbing wall and interactive reptiles. dorothylynas.com
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The North Shore Girls Soccer Club made a little history Saturday, becoming the first Canadian team to play a match in the Women’s Premier Soccer League.
The NSGSC squad hung tough with perennial league powerhouse OSA Football Club from Kent, Wash., for much of the game, taking a 1-1 tie into halftime before OSA struck a pair of late goals to wrap up a 4-1 win. The WPSL is billed as the “largest women’s soccer league in the world,” boasting more than 100 elite amateur teams across North America
playing at a level that is one step below the professional National Women’s Soccer League. The North Shore team did well in their debut, considering that many of the new players had to introduce themselves to each other before the game, said NSGSC technical director and head coach Jesse Symons. “It was a good test on the opening day for sure, to see what the level will be like in our league. It’s very high,” said Symons. Katelyn Erhardsen had the honour of scoring the first WPSL goal for the North Shore squad, knocking in a cross from Margaret Hadley. “The talent level is going to be there,” Symons said about his squad. “(We) definitely
played a little bit individually, which was to be expected, and we were a little bit I’d say naïve from a defending perspective, but that will come as the players play together more and start trusting each other more and start learning our defensive schemes and expectations. Overall it was a very good opening day. We were in it for about 75 minutes. Our legs got a little tired.” The NSGSC team will play a 10-game regular season against the WPSL’s Northwest Division featuring teams from Washington and Oregon, including sides aligned with MLS’s Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounder. The decision to form an elite squad to play in an international league under the NSGSC banner was influenced by the success of last year’s FIFA Women’s World
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Cup, which culminated in a championship game played at Vancouver’s BC Place. “It was a fantastic event and there was so much positivity,” said Symons. “Vancouver as a city really got behind the whole event, especially the national team. We want to keep that going, we want to keep being able to inspire girls every year to want to keep playing and pushing up to the highest level they can.” The North Shore club got in on the World Cup action last year, putting together an all-star team to take on the Cameroonian national team for a pair of exhibition matches before the tournament. That taste of action helped convince club brass that they could field an elite team in the WPSL. “As a large female club that’s really motivated to grow the game from the grassroots level all the way up to the senior level, we thought there was a need for high level women’s soccer in Vancouver,” said Symons. “I think that overall, having young girls able to see the highest level of soccer available in North America at the amateur level is a very big win for everyone in our
community.” The NSGSC squad consists mainly of current and former NCAA and CIS players, including several that have represented Canada on the international stage either as youth players or with the national team. Leading the squad into battle this year are defender Brienna Shaw, midfielders Jaclyn Sawicki, Taylor Shannik and Chelsea Harkins, and forward Selenia Iacchelli, who was on the Canadian roster but did not appear in a game at the 2015 World Cup. There are also a handful of North Shore natives on the team, including Sutherland grad Rachel Jones, St. Thomas Aquinas grad Rebecca Defer and Handsworth grad Rheanne Sleiman, all of whom played on Saturday with Defer getting the nod as the team’s starting goaltender. The talent is there to field a very competitive team, said Symons. “It’ll take time,” he said. “The Northwest is very deep in talent. It’s going to be a learning year for us as a club to organize games and also for the players to learn the level. But we’re definitely in every game and I think we’re going to do well.” More than 200 fans took in Saturday’s opener at North Vancouver’s Kinsmen Park.
The club is hoping that a loyal fan base will be built starting with the players on their own youth teams. “The Kinsmen field park has such a great history, but it’s also a fantastic location,” said Symons. “It’s got mountains in the background, grass field, very enclosed, you’re right on top of the field, pretty much.” Each game day the club will host an on-field clinic before the match and provide opportunities for young players to meet the women on the team, tour the locker room and get autographs. “Seeing the young girls watching the game and smiling and interacting with the players, an autograph session after – it’s already showing that it’s going to be a very positive season and a very positive program for years to come,” said Symons. “The mindset of the club is to be leaders for female soccer in Canada. We want to keep progressing the game and giving opportunities to players that do hit that highest level, and also have young players aspire to that level. We’re going to keep hopefully growing this and seeing what can come of it.” The NSGSC team hosts ISC Gunners FC today, May 29, at 4:30 p.m. at Kinsmen Park.
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WEEK OF MAY 29-JUNE 4, 2016 ARIES
MAR 21 – APR 20 Aries, expect others to pay attention to what you have to say this week. It may seem like no one is giving your thoughts much mind, but they’re not falling on deaf ears.
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SEPT 23 – OCT 23 Libra, some intense social interactions may have tapped into your reserved energy. If you’re feeling tired and out of sorts, laughter and good friends can help.
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SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 – DEC 21 Sagittarius, devoting your energy to pleasurable things instead of work has found you falling behind on some important things. It’s time to finally buckle down.
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LEO
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AQUARIUS
JAN 21 – FEB 18 Aquarius, stop midweek and assess just how much you have accomplished already. You will be amazed at just how much you can do in a short amount of time.
VIRGO
AUG 24 – SEPT 22 Virgo, instead of thinking everything through to the most minute of details, take a much simpler approach. You’ll rest easier knowing you cut out most of the drama from your days.
PISCES
FEB 19 – MAR 20 You are quick at the start, Pisces. But unless you pace yourself, you are going to fizzle out before the end of this week. Try to be more steady.
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