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Tiny homes: Living large in a small space

A millennial’s big dream of home ownership is a little part of a new movement taking shape

This is where my community is and this is where I want to work on issues to do with sustainable agriculture. But I can’t realistically live here and own my own home.”

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”

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She’s been looking for a parking spot for six months – but not for a car.

Fresh from university, Samantha Gambling is an aberration among millennials: a homeowner.

While her peers take decades to save for a down payment, Gambling is nearly halfway to having her house paid for.

There’s just one catch: she’s not sure where to park it.

The University of British Columbia graduate is the proud owner of a 10- by 22-foot home – a structure closer to a doll’s house than a West Vancouver mansion in both size and price.

Gambling wants her mobile mini to be the first legally parked tiny house in North Vancouver, something she playfully equates with: “the first stage of a nonviolent revolution.”

“This is where my community is and this is where I want to work on issues to do with sustainable agriculture,” she says. “But I can’t realistically live here and own my own home.”

When the last nail has been pounded, Gambling estimates her tiny home will cost $80,000 – about six per cent of the cost of an average house in Metro Vancouver.

At the moment, Gambling has her eye on a Lower Lonsdale backyard as a potential parking spot.

Builder Ben Garratt of Westcoast Outbuildings and Samantha Gambling make small talk outside Gambling’s tiny home. Gambling is hoping to spur a movement of similarly small-minded people in North Vancouver. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD “If I don’t get the land that I’ve been looking at …

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It wasn’t that long ago tiny houses were a punchline: “Your house is so small you had to go outside to eat a large pizza.”

“When your momma dropped a Kleenex she had wall-to-wall carpeting.”

But when homelessness in Seattle reached a crisis point recently, with a one night count documenting 3,772 people without shelter, the city invested in tiny homes.

The Emerald City’s third tiny house encampment for homeless people opened in Rainier Valley last March.

In the private sector, a 2015 Seattle Times article listed 2,380 tiny homes in various stages of development.

While there’s no study delineating the risks and benefits of tiny houses specifically, it’s a truism that more affordable housing is good for public health, said North Shore public health officer Dr. Mark Lysyshyn.

Once outfitted with reclaimed windows and second-hand French doors, Samantha Gambling’s 10by 22-foot home will likely cost the UBC grad $80,000. PHOTO SUPPLIED “You’ve got to be the right type of person,” Lysyshyn advises. “You put a four-person family in one of those and probably that’s going to lead to some conflict.”

For someone who can

work in a cafe and resist the lure of the couch, a tiny home could be just the right fit, according to Lysyshyn.

After spending the last decade as a student – a period that saw her paying rent in a Vancouver

attic that may make her tiny home feel spacious – Gambling is adamant she wants to go small and go home.

“I may not have a full-time income (from volunteering and working with

NGOs) and I’m OK with that as long as this tiny house gives me the freedom.”

That freedom can come with literal and figurative costs, notes Zee Kesler, one of the artists behind the Magic Trout Imaginarium tiny house at Trout Lake in Vancouver.

After listening to tree branches scrape paint off a tiny house’s roof while looking for a place to park and shelling out cash for the towing fees that piled up when she had no place to put her tiny house, Kesler has no shortage of tips.

Besides not painting the roof, Kesler recommends incorporating the waste systems, water and heating into the design early.

Homeowners should also be wary of guests who don’t move out.

“I’ve heard that people really like living in them until they have their first or second kid,” she says.

While rural towns may take a relaxed approach to zoning, city regulations are stringent, Kesler warns.

“Don’t count on parking it in somebody’s backyard.”

Not only do backyards present a logistical challenge for parking, there’s also the prospect of neighbouring homeowners not taking kindly to tiny interlopers.

“Be aware that there’s probably going to be some tension.”

The City of North Vancouver is doing their best to ease that tension, according to city planner Michael Epp. “At a staff level, a tiny house is basically just a

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really small coach house,” he said. “They’re not scary, it’s not going to cause neighbourhood change that’s worrisome.”

City regulations forbid parking mobile homes on private property, but a little decking could be added to hide the trailer, Epp explains.

The tiny house would need staff approval – not council approval – to park.

“We are looking for innovations on housing affordability,” Epp says. “If somebody can make it work, I think the city’s interested in helping them.”

That’s good news for Gambling, who has saved and salvaged to make the home a reality. She found French doors in online classifieds, scavenged windows bound for the dump, and grabbed old fence boards for her home’s panelling.

While she was initially propelled into the tiny home in the hopes it would take her off the grid, Gambling laughingly acknowledges some of her dreams were “being popped.”

Building codes nixed a compost toilet and a wine barrel shower, and the city assured her she needed to connect to municipal services.

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It’s more than a house, it’s a movement, she explains, a new way of living and new concept of normal.

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$950K in funding cuts restored to school districts Schools argue they’re still facing huge cost pressures

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has given conditional approval to G3’s application to build a massive grain terminal on the North Vancouver waterfront.

The government takes.

And sometimes the government gives back.

In an about-face this week, Education Minister Mike Bernier announced school districts will get to keep the $25 million the province previously ordered cut from their budgets in “administrative savings.”

On the North Shore, the change of heart means the North and West Vancouver school districts will collectively get back about $950,000.

North Vancouver schools will get back just over $665,000 while West Vancouver schools will see a little under $285,000 returned.

North Vancouver schools superintendent John Lewis said the return of the money means “the board will now be able to direct some of those funds to priorities identified in our budget consultation process.” He said decisions on where the money will go will likely be made in September.

Unlike some school districts faced with the prospect of closing schools or making deep cuts to programs, both the North Vancouver and West Vancouver school boards balanced their budgets for the

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A new $650,000 roof for Cove Cliff elementary is just one of the capital projects that will go ahead in the North Vancouver school district this year. FILE PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH coming school year without resorting to such measures.

In the case of North Van, that is partly because a number of schools were closed in the district about a decade ago.

Both North and West Vancouver school districts also drew on accumulated surplus from previous years to help balance their budgets.

In the case of West Vancouver, the return of the money previously cut from school funding means the district will draw on about $1.3 million in surplus to balance the budget, rather than the previously anticipated $1.5 million, said Julia Leiterman, secretary treasurer for the West Vancouver school district.

Leiterman noted, however, the West Vancouver school district has “minimal” reserves left now to help balance the 2017/2018 budget, and school

districts are still being asked to absorb increased costs for Hydro, MSP premiums and management salary increases without extra funding from the province.

John Horgan, leader of the provincial NDP, said in a statement the decision to give back the money previously taken away from school funding is “the least that Christy Clark could do” and called it a “cynical election ploy” to try to “make bad headlines go away until after the election.”

Both North Shore school boards also recently approved capital projects that will be completed this year with annual facilities grants.

In North Vancouver, where the board received $2.3 million for capital fixes, projects include a $650,000 roof replacement for Cove Cliff elementary, spending $100,000 to make washrooms wheelchair

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accessible at Canyon Heights and also renovating the library at that school to become two classrooms at a cost of $75,000.

Other projects include spending $222,000 at Montroyal to replace windows that don’t close properly and are causing mould, replacing rotting doors at Brooksbank for $50,000 and spending about $90,000 on lighting, energy conservation and duct issues at the school district’s administration building.

The district is also spending money to assess and remove potential danger trees at a number of school properties including Mountainside, Cove Cliff, Braemar, Lynnmour, Carisbrooke and Montroyal schools.

West Vancouver will also spend about $700,000 in capital funding for a roof replacement at Ridgeview.

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The port announced the approval on Friday morning along with 74 permit conditions G3 must abide by “to ensure the project does not result in significant adverse environmental effects, including impacts to the surrounding community, stakeholders and Aboriginal groups.”

Among those conditions, G3 must file plans related to lighting, fuel spill response, archeology, environmental management during construction, marine mammal monitoring, and construction traffic management.

Construction will be limited from Monday to Friday, 7 a.m.-8 p.m.

Should the project go ahead, it will consist of 48 14-storey grain silos, a 264-foot tall work building, and a rail loop capable of holding three trains of up to 150 cars each, at the foot of Brooksbank Avenue.

Brett Malkoske, vice-president of business development for G3, said he is confident his company can meet the port’s conditions.

“We are really happy with this major milestone in the process,” he said. “We do hope

to make a final investment decision shortly.”

The exact cost of the new facility hasn’t been finalized but Malkoske said it is “north of $500 million” and the company expects to employ 50 workers upon completion.

A citizens’ group had collected more than 700 signatures for a petition raising concerns about the project’s grain dust and noise, as well as rail and shipping traffic. Those concerns should be addressed though the port’s permitting process, Malkoske said.

“The port is a very professional outfit. We have the utmost respect for the technical folks on their staff.

We’ve spent a lot of time, a lot of energy, a lot of money making sure that ... impact on the community is minimized. We want to be a good neighbour,” he said.

Peter Xotta, vice-president of planning and operations for the port, expressed a similar sentiment. One of the 74 conditions is additional communication with the surrounding community on mitigation efforts, he said. “We believe that the 74 conditions are those which will, to the extent necessary and possible, address the vast majority of all of those legitimate issues,” he said. “As we said to the (Stop) G3 folks, we understand that living adjacent to industrial activity can generate some issues. We’re working as hard as we can to address those issues.”

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The popular beach volleyball courts at The Shipyards have closed to make way for the Lot 5 development, which will include a public plaza with skating rink and water play feature, retail and restaurant space and a boutique hotel. FILE PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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The City of North Vancouver is getting a net increase in Kings Mill Walk Park.

Council voted unanimously to use leftover sand from Lot 5 and leftover money from a bocce court renovation to fund two beach volleyball courts on the lip of the water just south of Harbourside Drive.

With the nets at Lot 5 folded up in anticipation of

the outdoor skating rink and water play feature to be built on The Shipyards, council decided to relocate the city’s setters and spikers just east of the off-leash dog area at Kings Mill Walk.

The cost of trucking the sand over to Kings Mill will be borne by The Shipyard project as Quay Property Management gets set to remediate the site, according to a staff report.

The courts could be moved to Waterfront Park in 2018, assuming the completed

Shipyards usurps Waterfront Park’s status as the city’s go-to venue for festivals.

“For the interim, I think this is an excellent location,” said Coun. Linda Buchanan.

While parking at Harbourside during the week remains “a challenge,” the courts will likely be used in evenings and weekends, according to staff.

The $37,000 price tag on the courts will be paid for out of the $100,000 budget council earmarked for renovating the bocce courts at Ray Perrault

Park in 2015. The scope of that renovation narrowed, resulting in a $55,000 surplus.

While workers haven’t finished the bocce court, there will be enough money left to do the job properly, according to a staff report.

“We’ve got a solution here before us and I think it’s good value,” said Coun. Craig Keating.

As soon as the nets came down on Lot 5 Keating said he had emails from volleyball players “wondering where they could go.”

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Homicide investigators have concluded a man whose body was found Sunday in Lynn Creek did not die as a result of foul play.

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he BC Lottery Corp has announced it’s willing to bet – literally -that the North Shore is ready for its very own casino.

We haven’t noticed a clamour rising up from citizens about this inexcusable lapse in ways to part with their cash.

But the lottery corporation says otherwise, and having noticed an unusually affluent and untapped market, is planning to go all in. Lottery folks were at pains to point out the distance from other gambling venues may even result in some North Shore residents not bothering to gamble at all. Presumably they’ve managed to fill those empty hours coaching soccer, hiking with friends or spending time with their families - activities that don’t directly put dollars into provincial coffers.

But the lottery corporation is here to fix that.

The province, of course, ranks as one of the biggest gambling addicts out there, having grown reliant on the royal flush of over a $1 billion that the lottery corporation brings in annually.

For the province, the winnings are obvious - it gets most of the financial benefit whenever a casino sets up shop.

Local communities get to take on most of the risk.

We’ve already seen a dry run of the discussions involved when the City of North Vancouver debated the pros and cons of allowing slots on the waterfront.

The city eventually decided to fold its cards on that idea.

But the lottery corporation is doubling down, and this time all three municipal governments and two First Nations are being asked if they’d like to roll the dice.

Chances are good that sooner or later, someone will say yes.

We’d bet the house on it.

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Moodyville air quality study warrants closer look Dear Editor: If you had just read the North Shore News headline Moodyville Air Study Shows Clean Results (May 4 front page) and seen the mayor’s declaration that the mobile air monitoring unit “showed air quality in Moodyville was very similar to other areas in Metro Vancouver and below the levels it needed to be,” one might deduce that whether you lived in the backyard of the port or you were snuggled up against the mountains in Grouse Woods, we were all breathing the same beautiful mountain fresh North Shore air.

The news story and the mayor’s platitudes are largely based on three of the four key points gleaned from the executive summary of the report. Yes, the monitoring study showed that pollutant levels in Moodyville were below Metro Vancouver’s air quality objectives and levels of carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ground level ozone, fine

particulate matter and black carbon were similar to other areas. Finally, Moodyville did register higher levels of inhalable particulates during the air quality advisory due to forest fires for a short time in August.

However, what the story downplayed but is most concerning for the neighbourhood is that, after the smoke had cleared, the MAMU detected “generally higher monthly concentration averages of inhalable particulate matter compared to other network stations” (Metro Van Report, page 21).

The report concludes that the higher levels were due to a combination of local construction, road dust and industrial emissions. And while Roger Quan of Metro Vancouver cautioned in the North Shore News that the science behind measuring the coal content in these inhalable particulates is not perfect, the mere fact that coal levels are elevated is significant and should not be

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at the School of Population and Public Health at UBC’s Faculty of Medicine, coal export environmental impact assessments generally rely on the flawed assumption that there are safe levels of exposure to these pollutants below which no impact will occur. In Brauer’s assessment of the Moodyville air quality study, he says, “the neighbourhood is not unusually poor or unusually clean, although there is clearly some influence of marine vessels and industrial activities more generally and some influence of the coal dust specifically that would not be seen in other areas.”

He goes on to say that “while the ‘coarse’ particulate matter produced from mechanical processes is generally less hazardous, it is certainly not completely benign compared to particles from combustion sources.”

While Brauer assures that the overall air quality is good, he recommends the community continue to advocate

for measures to reduce the local impacts from industrial sources and associated activities, including ships and the coal terminal itself.

As the resident of Moodyville who arranged for the MAMU to be deployed on our street, long before the City of North Vancouver council became involved through the Low Level Road Committee, it is my hope for the few longterm residents and the 4,000 new ones moving in that they will not tolerate the mayor’s cherry picking of the study’s results to suit his redevelopment agenda.

The residents will need to use this vital data to continue to fight for a cleaner airshed.

After all, they will have been sold on a new sustainable community in which they do not expect to breathe in the diesel and coal dust from the port while they furiously wash it off their carbon neutral townhouse decks.

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Dear Editor: It seems to me the fastest way to fix all that ails TransLink is for all the mayors to quit the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation. This will force the province to take over. The province will have one year to come up with and present a plan, not only in running TransLink but also to grow and fund expansion.

We the people of the Lower Mainland will have a true referendum, the next election, on what the province does with TransLink. Of

course, we will also consider other issues that we feel need provincial improvement, such as: an economic justification not only on the bridge to replace the Massey tunnel, but also on any resource and infrastructure development; have the B.C. Utilities Commission review Site C dam; robbing Crown agencies to bring a balanced budget; outlaw politicians from receiving additional pay but what their salaries are; outlaw dinner fundraising (we want our politicians to make unbiased decisions);

stop using meaningless terms, example, “world class” in oil spill response.

As for the poor mayors, they may lose the mayors’ council salary, but they will gain respect from their respective electorate whether they seek re-election or go to higher political office. Were I a mayor (no intention of being), I would be happy to have done something that my electorate would respect me for.

Good luck mayors, earn our respect.

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Gone were the Spandex-clad cyclists who sweep through the neighbourhood shouting

tales of their two-wheeled exploits and how the latest leg waxing techniques have shaved seconds off their personal bests. And gone were the sports car aficionados who seem to feel that wealth entitles them to rev those motors and tear up the residential speed limits at any time of the day.

There have been times lately when it seemed that we had lost one of the simple

joys of life on the North Shore: the pleasure of a quiet and peaceful neighborhood.

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One more than the Von Trapp family, two more than the Jolie-Pitts.

Catherine Schaff laughs when it’s suggested that having eight children is a lot.

Five daughters and three sons. That’s what Catherine had, that’s what her mom had, and that’s what her grandmother had.

“There were a lot of children born in those days,” she notes. “It was just a different time.”

It was 1955 when Catherine and her husband John packed up their six young kids and drove from Saskatchewan to the North Shore. They weren’t planning to have any more kids at that time, recalls Catherine with another laugh. But life had other plans, and the Schaff family later welcomed two more children to the clan.

The family of 10 bought their first home on Canyon Boulevard for a couple thousand dollars.

“We had sold a cow with twin calfs and we had gotten $350 for that and that was

the extra money that we had for a down payment on our first house,” explains Catherine.

Life on their farm in Saskatchewan had been difficult. “Sometimes you have a crop, sometimes you don’t,” she says.

One week they were told by a close relative that there was a job for John if the family could get to North Vancouver by the weekend.

“So we more or less piled in the car and came up,” recalls Catherine.

John worked for the District of North Vancouver from then until he retired.

Housing was so cheap at that time that the family always had a home, says Catherine. And after living in North Vancouver for many years, they relocated to West Vancouver more than 40 years ago for their youngest daughter who was taking figure skating at Hollyburn.

“It was quite a different place,” says Catherine of West Vancouver then. The kids enjoyed playing in the neighbourhood and at the beach.

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Serving as army driver just one of many interesting jobs from page 11 John passed away in 2005, but Catherine still lives in West Vancouver. Three of her daughters also live on the North Shore. Her three sons live up north.

Catherine turned 90 in May. “To me it was just a number,” she says of reaching another decade milestone. “I don’t feel any different.”

She is still very busy: She volunteers weekly at the Silk Purse gallery, she still

drives, and she exercises daily.

A celebration for her birthday was held at St. Christopher’s Church where there are two new brass plaques hanging in honour of two of her daughters who passed away: one at the age of 36 from a heart condition, and one just two weeks shy of her sixth birthday from leukemia.

Although she has had her share of ups and downs (10 years ago, she was successfully treated for stomach

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cancer), Catherine reflects on her life fondly.

“I enjoyed my life and I wish I could go back to those years when we were all together, but life has been good.”

Her story features many twists and turns, and even includes serving in the army as a driver during the Second World War. Continuing a family history of military service (her father had fought at Vimy Ridge during the First World War), Catherine was posted

as a driver to the Maritimes and served for three years until the war ended. She mainly drove officers around and admits she met a lot of interesting people in that job.

John was serving overseas at the time and saw action in England, France, and Belgium. He ended his service helping to liberate Holland. He didn’t talk much about his experiences in the war. Too many bad memories.

Before she had turned

18 and was able to join the army, Catherine worked as a “bomb girl” in a munitions factory in Ontario.

Later, while she was raising her kids on the North Shore, Catherine also worked evenings and weekends at the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Centennial Theatre, and Inglewood Care Centre while her husband held down the fort at home. The care centre was her favourite, and she worked there until she had to retire at 65. It was

mandatory back then.

But she enjoyed all of it and admits: “It was kind of fun for me to get out and away.”

Since then, more kids have been added to the Schaff family, which now includes 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, soon to be 16.

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The couple, who bought the business in January, wasn’t planning on taking on such a venture but did it for a unique reason: they wanted a sustainable source of funding for dog rescue organizations. To that end, they are donating 25 per cent of their overall profits to dog charities.

“It’s going very well. We have a lot of support in the community,” says Monica, who has a fulltime job as a chemical engineer.

Initially the idea was to rent a space with commercial ovens just once or twice a week to bake some items to sell as a fundraiser for dog rescue groups. When they inquired with a friend about her daughter-in-law’s bakery, they found out it was for sale, so they decided to buy the bakery rather than rent it.

Boris manages most of the day-to-day operations of the business as Monica still works as an engineer. But her interest in helping dog rescue organizations was sparked years ago, and led to her teaching herself how to knit.

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TAKING ACTION The spring is a busy time for many North Shore community members, motivated to do their part to help a variety of causes. Examples of local residents currently taking action include David Brear and Woldy Sosnowsky (above). The two men, posing with photographs of their late children Ashley and Alex, respectively, invite fellow bereaved fathers to a special sharing session timed with Father’s Day being offered at the upcoming meeting of the North Shore Compassionate Friends support group for bereaved parents, Wednesday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m., at North Lonsdale United Church. Info: 604-770-4570.

PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH Upper right, North Shore Dragon Busters team members Penny O’Rourke and Denise Finamore invite community members to their breast cancer survivors dragon boat team’s fundraising Float our Boat Bingo Night, Saturday, June 11 at 7 p.m., in the Holy Trinity elementary gym. Tickets ($30) email p.orourke@shaw.ca. dragonbusters.ca PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH Lower right, soloist Janice Beaudan rehearses with the Harmony Mountain Singers in the lead-up to their Thursday, June 9 concert at St. Clement’s Church at 7:30 p.m., in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. karlamundy.com/hms PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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Residents enjoy all-inclusive living and peace of mind knowing that our team is there for them around the clock today and if their needs should change. We have three distinct neighbourhoods to suit seniors’ needs: Our Independent Living neighbourhood is perfect for people who want to enjoy all-inclusive living among friends knowing that care and support is there if ever needed.

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We also offer respite stays for people who want or need support for a short time.

Edgemont Senior Living offers a wide variety of on-site services and amenities.

Make the most of your day by taking advantage of our social spaces, dining areas and special services, including a theatre, a demonstration kitchen, landscaped gardens, self-serve bistros and a beauty salon with spa services.

We are a pet-friendly community and your small pet is welcome to come live in your suite with you.

There’s always something to do during the day and throughout the evening.

We arrange daily programs and weekly group outings for residents in each of our three neighbourhoods. We attend special events, entertainment venues, museums, and many other interesting and fun places.

Call 604-929-6361 or stop by our Presentation Centre - we are open 7 days a week. Or visit us online at edgemontseniorliving.ca

Trust, respect and dignity are the three goals of customized care provided by Living Well Home Care Services.

“What I enjoy most about this profession is the opportunity we have to maintain quality of life for those most in need of care; to assist seniors to age in the place they call home; and my ability to offer rewarding and important work to our Living Well staff,” explains owner Christine Smith.

Founded in 2003 by Smith, who felt there were too few agencies providing the quality of care she believed clients deserved, Living Well offers home support and personal care services on both hourly and live-in basis.

Smith emphasizes that Living Well is committed to working with clients and their families to develop comprehensive healthcare services including dementia, palliative, respite and postsurgical care in a variety of settings, including assisted living or residential facilities, a client’s home or hospital.

She believes that offering choice in care options suited to a wide range of issues associated with aging and disability helps with maintaining dignity and quality of life.

After almost 4 years of preparation and hard work, Living Well was awarded Accreditation with Commendation by the national standards organization Accreditation Canada. The agency has 100+ caregivers that are registered with the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry, and its supervisors are Licensed Practical Nurses. Living Well is an active member of the start-up Home Care Service Providers Association of B.C., and holds positions on several committees with special focus on a “Standards” Committee.

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Community service key to volunteer’s story LAURA ANDERSON Contributing writer

Three North Shore community service agencies are celebrating significant anniversaries this year.

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The North Shore Disabilities Resource Centre turns 40 and Lionsview Seniors Planning Society, 25.

North Shore Volunteers for Seniors is West Vancouver’s oldest nonprofit society at 55 years.

The three share more than a birthday and a commitment to community service. They share in the wisdom and experience of Anita Dadson.

Anita is a founding member of the North Shore Disabilities Resource Centre and Lionsview Seniors Planning Society. She serves as president for North Shore Volunteers for Seniors.

“I feel honoured to belong to each one of these indispensable organizations,” she says. “Volunteer-based service is the backbone of every community. Working to make life better for everybody, that’s what it’s all about.”

Anita’s career as a community service volunteer began when she and her husband Phil left the Ottawa Valley and returned home to the West Coast. They wanted family support for their daughter Sydney, who was born with cerebral palsy.

Syd, like every Canadian baby born in 1967, received a silver spoon from the federal government but in those days few resources were available to families with disabled children. The future for people with disabilities meant existence in an institution. Anita and Phil were determined Syd’s life would be different.

Home was the North Shore.

Anita’s roots reach back to 1911, when her grandparents pitched a tent in a patch of forest that is now Memorial Park in West Vancouver. Her grandfather, Peter Johnson, was a captain on the commuter ferries. Her mother, Marjorie,

was a nurse who served with the Victorian Order of Nurses, the North Shore’s first home health service. Anita worked summers at the cannery, at Cliff House in Whytecliff Park, and at the Bowen Island Hotel to pay for her education in social work.

In North Vancouver’s Highlands area, the Dadsons found the right house for their family needs: one level and wide hallways for Syd’s wheelchair. At Carefree, a daycare program for Syd, Anita met Sheila Gilmour, a lifelong friend and partner in the quest

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Everything we offer has been developed for those who appreciate the finer things in life.

Our Professional Care Team are selected because they love to work with seniors and focus on understanding and meeting the needs of each resident in our two living areas: Assisted Living and Memory Care.

Our dedicated Assisted Living floors are designed to provide a first-class experience for every resident. With a wide array of activities, dining options, and attentive service, you will always feel at home.

On our secure Memory Care floor, we’ve created a welcoming, enriching experience for residents with dementia or memory loss. Rest assured your loved one will be supported around the clock,

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An Individualized Wellness Plan is developed for each resident by our Professional Care Team and adapted to their unique personality and situation. This helps us support each resident in living each day to the fullest.

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Connect, Have Fun, and Stay Active!

Always wanted to pick up a paintbrush or learn a new language? Looking to keep fit or understand your computer better? Need to talk to a lawyer or get a ride to an appointment? We have a program for you!

In fact, Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre offers more than 70 different programs and services for local seniors.

We provide a large variety of activities including physical fitness, indoor sports, games, visual arts, performing arts, languages, cultural groups, and computer classes. We also host plenty of special events, bus trips, and informative seminars. People say our programs are fun and friendly, with lots of opportunities for learning and socializing.

Silver Harbour provides a number of important services such as legal advice, low-cost meals and refreshments,

information and referral, affordable clothing and household goods, and transportation. If you have a question or need some support, please give us a call.

And if you’re want to get involved and give back to your community, don’t forget that Silver Harbour has a wide range of volunteer opportunities for all ages – from leading programs to helping in the garden, from serving meals to driving seniors to local appointments. We’re very proud of the caring and supportive environment our volunteers help create.

So if you’re looking to connect, have fun, or stay active, get in touch with Silver Harbour!

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Telefriend program connects seniors over phone ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

Pets, kids, and the weather.

Popular topics of conversation for many people, these are some of the common subjects covered in chats between local seniors who have become “telefriends.”

Telefriends is a free program run through the Capilano Community Services Seniors

Seniors Hub program co-ordinator Melanie Macauley (right) and volunteer Ness St. Arnaud at the Capilano Community Services office. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Hub that connects local seniors with a volunteer for regular phone conversations.

Participants can receive many calls or fewer, depending on what they prefer; once or twice a week, or even once a month.

The tone of the conversation is casual and the topics are general, but Melanie Macauley, program co-ordinator for the seniors hub, says for some participants it could be the only person they talk to that day. The program is open to any senior on the North Shore, but many of those who participate are housebound. Many are frail or isolated, and although they may still live at home they can no longer drive and can’t get out much.

Many of their friends have died and they may not have family connections or their family members don’t visit often.

West Vancouver resident Esther Roach has been volunteering with the Telefriend program for 15 years. Macauley calls Roach a “perfect example of what a telefriend can be.”

Roach first became involved with the program when a friend could no longer volunteer and asked if she would take on the position. She agreed to give it a try and has chatted with many telefriends over the years.

At 92, Roach admits she is slowing down a bit but remains quite busy and has enjoyed her work as a volunteer. She says she thinks the Telefriend program is “a very good idea.”

Macauley notes that participation in the program has declined in recent years, probably due to the growth in the number of seniors centres, residential homes, and care facilities on the North Shore where seniors can stay connected to other people.

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But she worries there are still seniors living in their homes who could benefit from the program but may not know about it. For

more information or to sign up to receive a telefriend, call the seniors hub at 604-9887115 ext. 29.

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Although children requiring personal care were not permitted in the school system, Anita and Phil were determined that Syd would attend regular school. Once she was accepted into a specialized site called Progress

Centre, Anita and Sheila worked to have it included in Larson school. From there, Syd moved on to Handsworth secondary, integrated successfully into the school system.

The next step was to make an independent home for Syd, one that would accommodate her disability in an inclusive community setting under the protection of a dedicated

agency. Community living, the alternative to consigning people to institutions, would provide the right environment.

The North Shore Disabilities Resource Centre, established in 1976, was the right agency.

When the first group home on the North Shore opened in 1978, Syd was among the first residents. For years, Anita used her skills as a social

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worker to develop resources for people with disabilities.

Energized by the commitment of volunteers, families and individuals, she made connections with community social support organizations and with all levels of government.

Along the way, Anita and Sheila joined a group of people organizing to provide services to seniors. Lionsview Seniors Planning Society was established to plan and co-ordinate services for seniors in transportation and accessibility, affordable and appropriate housing, preventative care and inclusion in the community.

The MAPS program (Making Access Possible Safely) was a Lionsview initiative close to Anita’s heart for its link with disability issues. Pedestrians can thank the Lionsview volunteers for the curb ramps at North Vancouver’s street intersections.

Six years ago, Anita returned to West Vancouver.

Although Syd left this world in 2001 and Phil departed in 2012, life brought time with son David, bridge afternoons and travel. A search for a

Anita Dadson is a founding member of the North Shore Disabilities Resource Centre. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD yoga class led to Anita’s most recent volunteer commitment.

She found the class and an opportunity to volunteer at North Shore Volunteers for Seniors. Their centre is about the same distance from Anita’s home as Memorial Park, where

her grandparents pitched their tent back in 1911. Anita’s life, well lived, has come full circle.

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LITERARY READINGS Read your story, poem or memoir during this free drop-in session at the North Vancouver City Library Monday, June 6, 6:308:45 p.m., 120 West 14th St. nswriters.org ANNIE JR. Gleneagles Ch’axay elementary presents Annie Jr., based on Little Orphan Annie, June 8 and 9, 7 p.m. in the school gym, 6350 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Special dress rehearsal for seniors June 9 at 11 a.m.

Park, West Vancouver. Cost is $15 and $40.

Options for Volunteers

TASTE OF BOWEN Sample food, receive discounts, discover where to shop and what to do on Bowen Island Saturday, June 11, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. westvanchamber.com

The following selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations is made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of

North Shore Community Resources Society.

FESTIVAL VOLUNTEER The Harmony Arts Festival takes place in West Vancouver July 29-Aug. 7 and offers a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for all ages and skill levels.

WEBSITE SUPPORT VOLUNTEER Are you a website whiz? Want to add to

your work experience with volunteer hours? A North Shore charity needs help to keep its Wordpress website maintained and current. Small time commitment but big help.

DRIVERS Volunteers are needed to help deliver healthy food for the Salvation Army.

Drivers are needed Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. to pick up and distribute food across the North Shore.

KITCHEN VOLUNTEERS Kitchen volunteers are always needed at Silver Harbour Centre to support food services.

Duties include preparing sandwiches, dishing up food, making coffee, cashiering (optional) and cleaning.

If you are interested in these or other possible volunteer opportunities, call 604-9857138. The society is a partner agency of the United Way.

FOODSAFE The Level 1 course will be offered Friday, June 10, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. $60. Registration required. 604-988-8835 susancowan@telus.net LIONS GATE QUILT SHOW 2016 Over 200 quilts will be displayed at the Capilano University Sportsplex June 10 and 11, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver.

Cost is $7; children under 12 are free.

CHARITY GARAGE SALE The fourth annual garage and bake sale in support of Fanconi Anemia takes place June 11 and 12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at 5736 Cranley Dr., West Vancouver.

If you have items to donate to the sale, please contact Mark or Lisa at mingo.ritchie@gmail. com or 778-280-8015.

CLASSIC BOAT AND CAR SHOW View a selection of vintage wooden boats and classic automobiles Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Burrard Yacht Club, 10 Gostick Place, North Vancouver. burrardyachtclub.com DRAGON BUSTERS BINGO NIGHT Join the North Shore Dragon Busters dragon boat breast cancer survivor team for an evening of bingo, food, cash bar, silent auction and more, Saturday, June 11, 7-11 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church, 2727 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Tickets $30.

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Prepare your pooch for off-leash freedom

In my last column, I wrote about how allowing a dog off leash too soon can create unwanted behavioural problems.

There is no specific age that determines when a dog is ready to be off leash, but rather a degree of reliability that comes from consistent positive results training.

Also, I want to stress that I am not an advocate of dogs being off leash at all times.

There is a time and place for dogs to walk freely, which is determined by designated bylaws and an owner’s personal responsibility for their dog. If you are not mature enough to accept responsibility for your dog’s behaviour, you should not be allowing your dog off leash.

Canine Connections Joan Klucha When transitioning a dog of any age from on leash to off leash, the biggest problem is distractions, whether they come from other dogs, people or wildlife. When a dog is off leash and gets distracted, the challenge is getting its attention back. That is why

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working on maintaining a dog’s attention amidst distractions while leashed and developing a solid training foundation is necessary to achieve the reliability that is required for off-leash walking.

If a solid training foundation has been established, begin off-leash work in areas of low distraction. This does not mean avoiding popular trails, but when distractions are high, the dog should remain on leash to avoid unwanted behaviours being rewarded. When distractions are low, the dog can be let off leash for training, but not allowed to wander around willy nilly.

Start the training by determining how far away you are going to let your dog walk from you. My comfort level is about 15 feet. I set that distance with my dogs through training and now they know to check in with me when they get close to that distance. This is practised in areas of little or no distraction by starting with the dog’s recall from 15 feet away.

Ask Fido to stay, then step 15 feet away from the dog, turn and call him.

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to stay, and the scenario is repeated three or four times.

Note: if your dog cannot do a sit/stay at a distance, this means there is no solid training foundation and it is not yet ready for off-leash work.

Next, allow Fido to walk ahead of you. When he is close to the 15-foot mark, stop walking and call him.

When he comes, reward him with praise and a super treat. Repeat this scenario three to four times.

Now comes the test.

Allow Fido to wander ahead of you. When he gets to that 15-foot mark, stop walking. At this point, if your foundation training has been consistent, Fido will stop and look over his shoulder at you, expecting the call. When Fido looks, give your recall immediately and reward just as quickly.

Practise this scenario three to four times, then put Fido back on leash.

It’s not punishment to leash your dog after training, but rather an opportunity to reinforce that solid foundation.

The leashed training foundation should include stop and sit (or coming into

heel) upon the approach of another person. With consistency, this will teach your dog to sit (or heel) by your side and not jump on people when they pass by.

When it comes to off-leash work, Fido will transform into a dog that automatically comes to you, without his recall, when he sees a person approaching.

The best feeling ever is seeing your dog come to you when it notices a person up ahead instead of running towards that person.

Create distracting situations while Fido is leashed by allowing him to sniff and investigate an area. When he lifts his head, you have about a two-second window

of opportunity to get his attention. Call Fido and, if necessary, run backwards a bit, away from the distraction, then reward him when he comes. You can do the same thing while off leash and Fido will start looking for you after a momentary distraction.

Remember, don’t put a time limit on your dog’s ability to learn this information. Be patient, but test his off-leash abilities from time to time to see how he has retained the information.

Joan Klucha has been working with dogs for more than 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation. Contact her at k9kinship@gmail.com.

North Van pet supplies store hosts celebration Korna Natural Pet Supplies is holding its annual customer appreciation day at its North Shore location on Sunday, June 5.

There will be a barbecue, DJ, bouncy castle, storewide sale, free samples and treats,

draws by donation, face painting and goody bags.

The event runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the store, located at 1174 Marine Dr., North Vancouver. Korna will host a similar event at its Coquitlam location on June 12. Visit kornapet.com for info.

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Isaac Davies of the Collingwood Cavaliers tennis team loads up a shot during last week’s provincial AA championships. Davies was named the boys singles MVP as the Cavaliers knocked off Brentwood College in the final played Saturday at the UBC Tennis Centre. PHOTOS SUPPLIED RYAN TOBIN/COLLINGWOOD SCHOOL

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The Collingwood Cavaliers tennis team sent soon-to-be-retired head coach Al Rose out on a high note last week, winning their ninth straight AA provincial title and 10th in Rose’s 11 years at the school.

The Cavaliers edged previously undefeated Brentwood College 6-5 in a tight championship final, played indoors at the UBC Tennis Centre to escape Saturday’s stormy weather.

The action heated up quickly in the final as Brentwood took the first two matches before Collingwood battled back, winning six of the next

seven to lock up the title.

“It was a great win,” said Rose. “It was very, very close the whole way. I really wasn’t sure when it started how it was going to shake down. …

The kids were a little nervous I thought at the start overall, but they calmed down and started to play the kind of tennis that I’m familiar with seeing the last couple of months.”

The Cavaliers were led

by Grade 10 Neeki Alavi, named the AA girls singles MVP; Grade 11 Isaac Davies, the boys singles MVP; and Grade 12s Brendan Artley and Liam Huebner, named the boys doubles MVPs. All of the MVPs were undefeated throughout the provincials, with Artley and Huebner

completing a perfect season by winning all of their matches in the North Shore league, playoffs and provincials.

Rose, a former coach of the junior national team, created the high school provincial tennis championships 41 years ago. Though he is set to retire from teaching at the end of the school year, Rose couldn’t stop himself from looking down the road towards more tennis titles for Collingwood. “(I’m) always planning for the future,” he said with a laugh. “We’re going to be losing some key senior players but … there’s still lots to work with there. Who knows who might come out of the woodwork in the next couple

Retiring head coach Al Rose shares a few words of wisdom during the provincial championships. The Cavaliers sent Rose out with his ninth straight title. of years too. We’ve got some kids in Grade 6 and 7 who are into tennis. Hopefully that will keep it going.”

qqq At the AAA level Sentinel secondary claimed bronze for the second year in a row. The

Spartans, West Vancouver’s other tennis dynasty, claimed six straight provincial AAA titles from 2009 to 2014.

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Field notes

Tiger-Cats grab North Van’s Mitch Barnett in CFL draft

North Vancouver’s Mitch Barnett was taken in the seventh round, 59th overall by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 2016 CFL Draft held last month.

“I was getting a little nervous,” Barnett said about sitting through six and a half rounds of the eight-round CFL draft. “Then my agent called me and told me I had been drafted. It was surreal.”

The Handsworth grad was a key cog in the UBC Thunderbirds team that claimed the Vanier Cup last fall. The linebacker was second in the Canada West league in 2015 with 53.5 total tackles and third with 4.5 sacks during the regular season. qqq West Vancouver’s Trevor Wiersma was named the Mountain East Conference Rookie of the Year and a conference first-team all-star following his freshman baseball season with NCAA Div. 2 school Concord University.

The former North Shore

Twins player hit .361 with four home runs and 47 runs batted in, finishing second in the league with 18 doubles and fourth in the league in RBI. The West Vancouver secondary grad started 35 games at first base for the Mountain Lions, based in Athens, W. Va. qqq A pair of North Vancouver athletes heard their names called when Cross Country Ski de Fond Canada announced its national teams last month.

Emily Weekes earned a spot on the para-nordic development team after posting strong results in just her second season on skis. The former elite wrestler took up cross-country skiing after suffering an injury that left her with nerve damage in her right arm.

Katie Weaver raced her way onto the junior national ski team for the 2016-17 season. The Capilano University student finished second in the university women’s sprint while placing third overall in

Mitch Barnett (No. 9) celebrates a play with his UBC teammates during a Canada West game last season. The North Vancouver native was picked by Hamilton in last month’s CFL Draft. PHOTO SUPPLIED RICH LAM/UBC ATHLETICS the university women’s aggregate at the Haywood 2016 Ski Nationals held in Whitehorse in March.

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