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North Vancouver RCMP Const. Joey Starr chats with a group of canoeists, and checks that they have their safety gear, near the north end of Indian Arm earlier this month. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD

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The law of the Arm MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk

Patrolling the placid waters of Indian Arm is no chore for North Vancouver RCMP Const. Joey Starr, who grew up on the ocean.

“I enjoy it. I enjoy the water, being out here,” says Starr, shouting over the roar of the motor as the RCMP boat, a 22-foot Titan, bumps along the waves on a warm mid-August morning. “Just like any position within the RCMP, if you have a passion for something you’ll educate yourself more in that field. So for me, I love the outdoors.” Starr’s affinity for the outdoors started when he was a teenager in the Gitxsan First Nation village of Kispiox, located 13 kilometres north of Hazelton, B.C. He would go salmon and halibut fishing with his dad and uncle in the waters off of Prince Rupert. Starr first started patrolling Indian Arm in 2009 as a member of the North Vancouver RCMP’s Integrated First Nations Unit. He’s one of 13 officers from the local detachment who are trained to operate the police boat. But it goes beyond the call of duty for Starr – this part of his job is a passion. Starr knows North Van’s famous fjord like the back of his hand, pointing out various landmarks on our way up the Arm. We cruise by the old Buntzen power station

that stands like a fortress and was designed by Francis Rattenbury, the architect behind Victoria’s famous Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel. Midway up the Arm, Starr spots an orange marking on a cliff face and brings the boat close to shore. Starr is sure it’s an aboriginal thunderbird symbol, but he doesn’t know how or when it got there. Starr, a jovial guy, gives a wave to passing boaters. He knows all the regulars, like Camp Jubilee’s maintenance guy who shouts across the water to Starr and jokingly asks if he’s going to chase him in with lights and sirens. “I should,” Starr shouts back with a hearty chuckle. Later Starr stops alongside a group of young canoeists from one of the summer camps in the area and checks to make sure they have their safety gear. “So, is everyone actually paddling or do you have some lilly dippers in there?” he asks. They laugh. “All right, guys. Well, you guys have fun and be safe,” says Starr. Starr’s presence on the Arm is about making sure everyone has fun and plays by the rules. Mainly he’s looking for federal fisheries violations in the area, which is a hotbed for crabbing. “Because the way I look at it, if we don’t protect it we’re going to lose it,” says Starr.

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Massive algae bloom puts Howe Sound in the green CONCERTS & CULTURE SERIES PRESENTED BY

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in the sound is caused by the coccolithophore’s limestone-like shell, Schultz noted. Schultz wasn’t certain if climate change is responsible for the verdant wave. “It’s possible because we haven’t seen it before, but it’s also possible that it’s something that just happens on a longer time scale,” she said. The colour presented a puzzle for Katy Campbell, the owner of Sea to Sky Sailing in Howe Sound. Campbell was cruising back from the Gulf Islands with a boatload of United Kingdom tourists when she noted a “bright and dramatic” border. “There’s just this line in the water between the dark blue and the bright green,” she said. “We’ve seen algae blooms before, just maybe not quite this dramatic or sticking around for quite this long.” The blooms don’t seem to have hurt business, Campbell said. “They just thought it was really pretty,” she said of the tourists. “It’s a bit reassuring when the environment has some surprises for us.” The granny-smith hue is the latest surprise in a summer previously filled with marvelous sites, according to Campbell, who said she’s seen more orca and humpback whales this season than ever before.

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Visitors to Howe Sound have been seeing green recently, and it’s not due to envy.

Microscopic algae are reproducing rapidly, lending an emerald colour to the waters of Howe Sound, according to Jessica Schultz, manager of the Howe Sound research program with the Vancouver Aquarium. “This is a little bit unusual because this is a different type of algae that we don’t normally see around there.” While the colour is

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A lime-coloured wave sweeps the waters off Whytecliff Park. Reproducing algae caused the colour. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN reminiscent of the dive tank at the Rio Olympics, the algae is non-toxic and presents no health risk, according to Schultz. Ocean acidification is the likely cause of the green bloom, which is more common on the west coast of Vancouver Island,

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North Vancouver RCMP are looking for a suspect who threw a liquor bottle through the window of a moving cab, injuring the driver.

The incident happened just before midnight Thursday when the cabbie was taking a passenger east on 29th Street toward Lynn Valley. The 375-millilitre bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin smashed through the window and hit the cabbie in the face. He suffered cuts and a broken tooth in what police are calling a serious assault. “He luckily or miraculously was able to pull over safely to the side of the road after having this gin bottle break his side window and hit him in the head,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. The passenger was shaken but not injured. The suspect then fled, possibly north up the trail leading to Princess Park.

Investigators at the scene found a bag of tomatoes, which the suspect may also have been throwing at cars. Police believe a skateboard found abandoned at the scene may also belong to the bottle tosser. They’re hoping someone in the neighbourhood, most likely a parent, will recognize it and help lead police to their suspect. “Alcohol impacts thought, mood and judgment and we’re assuming it’s a younger person with some peer pressure and a total lack of judgment. At this point, it becomes criminal. Police are concerned that this could have turned out to be a whole lot worse, as far as the driver swerving, a head-on collision – the scenarios are many,” De Jong said. Police are looking forward to school starting again, De Jong added. Anyone with information about the assault or the skateboard left at the scene is asked to contact North Vancouver RCMP or, to remain anonymous, call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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The Crown has dropped its case against a youth accused of an assault in Horseshoe Bay last year.

The case was set to go to trial this week but some latein-coming evidence led Crown to drop the charges. The youth was originally charged with assault causing bodily harm following a fracas with a store owner in November. Crown prosecutor Jean McPherson said there were a number of factors that led

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rovincial elections serve the same function for politicians that Santa Claus serves for young children. There’s no better guarantor of scrupulous behaviour than the reminder someone is watching. Less than a week after the B.C. Liberals released their first campaign commercial, the government refrained from collecting its customary $160-million dividend from ICBC. We hope to one day understand why forgoing the dividend is a bad idea in non-election years. B.C.’s insurance provider is planning to raise annual rates by $42, partly due to ICBC’s dismal investment portfolio and the higher cost of fixing newer cars. But the biggest reason we’re paying more is because there were 40,000 more crashes in 2015 than in 2013. While we raised our eyebrows when

Transportation Minister Todd Stone claimed B.C.’s “growing economy” is responsible for the uptick in collisions, his point about the dangers of distracted driving is well taken. Our phones have gotten smarter. We haven’t. About 25 per cent of fatalities on the road are related to distracted driving. We also exhibit selfish habits like running yellow lights, darting between lanes, speeding and otherwise driving like jerks. If the province is serious about reducing the number of costly collisions, the best thing they can do is reduce the number of people on the roads by investing in transit infrastructure (not holding it hostage to a referendum). There’s plenty of blame to go around for the state of ICBC. The fault is in our cars, in ourselves, and in Victoria.

Pressing Trudeau on his electoral reform pledge MURRAY MOLLARD AND MEGAN DIAS Contributing writers

ustin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada made more than 106 promises during the last election. Many of these promises generated a lot of excitement amongst Canadians, and coverage in the media. Providing homes for Syrian refugees, kick-starting our economy, reducing climate change, and other such issues are things Canadians care deeply about. One promise that hasn’t garnered the same level of public engagement is electoral reform. This is concerning. Changing our electoral system, as the Liberals have promised, would significantly change which political parties form government. It would affect which politicians are elected,

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OTHER VOICES how government is formed, and which promises and policies are enacted. Because of the important impact electoral reform will have on our democracy, Canadians should take note, learn about the issues and join the discussion. But before deciding on one electoral system or another, we must ask ourselves what we want an electoral system to achieve. No system is perfect. There will be tradeoffs between each system. The key is learning about these tradeoffs, and deciding which ones we are willing to make. Canadians have to decide if we want the system to be simple and easy to understand. Do we want it to create strong majority governments or coalitions that share power among different parties? How important is local Member of

Parliament representation? Should political power be distributed proportionally according to percentage of voting support – if the Greens or another party receive 10 per cent of the vote, should they win 10 per cent of seats in Parliament? Should the system make it easier to elect more women and candidates from diverse backgrounds? What about a system that gives independent candidates a better chance of being elected? For example, first past the post (our current system), gives us strong local representation. There is one MP per riding, and that MP is supposed to represent that riding specifically. FPP is not proportional, however. That is, winning 10 per cent of the vote does not guarantee that you win 10 per cent of the seats.

And parties can form majority governments -– gaining more than 50 per cent of the power -– when they only win 39 per cent of the vote. Conversely, a proportional representation system would give us a “fair” translation of votes to seats – you win 10 per cent of the votes, you gain 10 per cent of the seats. But it would lose, or dilute, the local representation that FPP affords. Similarly, a ranked ballot system – like alternative vote – might lead to parties with more inclusive platforms. Under alternative vote, parties need not only be the first choice for many voters, but also the second choice for a significant number. This means the platforms they run on might be more inclusive, in an attempt to appeal to a wider range of voters. It might also mean that parties end up running on watered-down platforms that, while offending

no one, excite no one either. Ultimately, each electoral system presents tradeoffs. In choosing a system, Canadians need to be mindful of what tradeoffs exist, and of which ones they’re willing to make. The Liberals have promised to consult Canadians before reforming the system. Over the summer and fall, there will be opportunities to learn about and contribute your views and preference for one election system or another. A Parliamentary committee responsible for reviewing the issues and hearing from experts, and Canadians will prepare a report for Parliament to consider later in 2016. North Shore Community Resource Society is hosting Democracy Café 2.0 to provide North Shore residents with a real opportunity to learn, share and participate in a free, interactive, non-partisan

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Foreign buyers tax long overdue Dear Editor: “Kudos” back to Tom Dodd (Foreign Homebuyers Tax Poorly Implemented, Aug. 14 Other Voices opinion piece) for enlightening us peasants on real estate transaction policy and selling schedules. If a foreign buyer can come up with $4 million

cash, then surely they can find a mere $600,000. Todd asks: “...what kind of responsible jurisdiction applies that kind of punitive taxation retroactively?” Well, there will always be transactions in the works so when would be the most opportune time to introduce the tax according

to Mr. Dodd? This should have been done years ago. Unfortunately for the seller, they may have to lower their price to appeal to local buyers, which is the whole point of the tax. Hopefully, this tax will curb the greed that is infecting this country. Richard Rodak West Vancouver

Moodyville’s Brian and Jaclyn are real heroes Dear Editor: I would like to thank Brian and Jaclyn for finding me in the dark at Moodyville Park at night after my bike crash (on Wednesday, Aug. 17). They called 911. They stayed with me, waiting for the paramedics and fire

department. Jaclyn offered me her sweater to keep me warm. If it wasn’t for those two, I don’t know what would have happened to me because there was no one around in the park. I’d like to say: they are real heroes. My family and I will

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always be grateful for their heroism and their courage. I am out of the hospital. I am home. And very lucky to be alive. I have a long road to recovery but I hope to make the climb up that hill. Eliot Greenberg North Vancouver

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Kevin Hill Mixology Night on the Pier Harmony Arts Festival’s newest culinary event, Mixology Night on the Pier, debuted Aug. 4 along Ambleside Pier. The annual West Vancouver waterfront festival celebrated the rebirth of cocktail culture at the inaugural event, which saw a number of the province’s top bartenders entice participants with an array of creative and daring new drinks. The 26th annual Harmony Arts Festival, a 10-day celebration of music, performance, cinema and art, was presented by Odlum Brown Limited and took place July 29-Aug. 7.

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Hundreds of people from the North Shore and further afield are expected to descend on the plaza at Lynn Valley Village next weekend to watch folk dancers, listen to live music and chow down on perogies.

The annual Polish Festival returns for its fourth instalment on Sunday, Sept. 4 from 2 to 7:30 p.m. This year, the event is as much a celebration of folk tradition as it is contemporary culture. To offer visitors a glimpse of modernday life in Poland, there will be an exhibit entitled Polska.Architecture, a photographybased showcase of design-forward buildings in the central European country. Urszula Sulinska, president of the North Shore Polish Association Belweder, which organizes the festival, says the association decided to include the exhibit with the hope it might change the oft-held perception that Poland is the same place it was during its many years under communist control. “We are trying to show people that Poland is a very modern country now and that we build a lot of modern architecture,” Sulinska says. Poland has attracted much international attention this year: the city of Wroclaw was designated a 2016 European Capital of Culture and, earlier this summer, Krakow hosted World Youth Day, a gathering of hundreds of thousands of young people organized by the

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Members of the Polonez Polish-Canadian Dance Society, Sebastian Petelski, Nicole Dziarmaga, Olivia Johns and Pawel Niemirski, will perform at the fourth annual Polish Festival on Sunday, Sept. 4 at Lynn Valley Village. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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WHAT’SGOINGON ARGYLE CLASS OF 1976 REUNION Reminisce about the past 40 years with Argyle secondary classmates of 1976. Early tickets available until Sept. 1 with the party taking place Saturday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn and Suites, 700 Old Lillooet Rd., North Vancouver. argyle76.com

CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION Instructor Evelyn Sun leads a class at the Genome BC Geneskool Summer Camp held earlier this month at Capilano University. The week-long program saw 26 high school students use scientific techniques to solve a mock murder mystery. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

INVASIVE PLANT PULL Friends of Hunter Park welcome the public to a plant pull and re-planting Saturday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m.-noon. Meet at the Tennyson Road entrance in Lynn Valley. The event is rain or shine so wear suitable clothing and bring garden gloves. Tools will be supplied. OPENING RECEPTION View new art by Lori Bagnérès, talk

with the artist, and enjoy light refreshments Saturday, Sept. 17, 2-4 p.m. at the Lynn Valley library gallery, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver.

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TERRY FOX RUN The 36th annual Terry Fox Run will be held at Inter River Park, 1301 Lillooet Rd., North Vancouver, Sunday, Sept. 18, 10 a.m. Register at the lacrosse box parking lot beginning at 9 a.m. Run or walk the revised routes, anywhere from one kilometre to 10 km.

THE DISTRICT OF NORTH VANCOUVER: A COMMUNITY OF COMMUNITIES Join author Dan Francis for a free illustrated talk on the District of North Vancouver Saturday, Oct. 1, 2 p.m. at the Community History Centre, 3203 Institute Rd., North Vancouver. Registration recommended. 604-990-3700

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE An improv comedy variety show for all ages takes place every Friday, 7:30 p.m. at Lynn Valley Community Room, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Schedule: Sept. 23, Wes Mackey (blues guitarist) and Sept.

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Catholic church that was attended by Pope Francis. “A lot of things are happening there and we just want people to know about it because here, unfortunately, we’re far away, so we don’t see too much in the press,” Sulinska says. Curated by Ewa Porebska,

Polska.Architecture has already toured a number of countries. In her written introduction to the show, Porebska explains that, in recent years, many significant public buildings have been created in Poland, from museums and concert halls, to sports facilities and educational buildings. “They are becoming symbols of contemporary

life not only on a local or national scale, but also on the international stage,” she writes. The exhibit focuses on 20 newly constructed or revitalized objects. In addition to public buildings, there are also offices, residential construction and public spaces featured. Highlights include the Philharmonic Hall

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The Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw is featured in Polska.Architecture, an exhibit that will be on display at the Polish Festival in Lynn Valley next Sunday. PHOTO SUPPLIED such as sausages, perogies and pastries. “We try to show the best of our culture,” Sulinska says. The volunteer-run North Shore Polish Association Belweder was founded almost 15 years ago and works to promote Polish culture and heritage and represent the local Polish community. Last year, Sulinska won a District of West Vancouver Community Award in the Arts and Culture category for her

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Kaleidoscope Fest to transform Shipyards New event puts mental health in the spotlight ! Kaleidoscope Fest: Friday, Sept. 2 and Saturday, Sept. 3, 6-11 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 4, 6-10 p.m., with projections lighting up at sunset, at the North Vancouver Shipyards. Free. Info: kaleidoscopefest. ca. Tickets for the festival’s VIP Lounge, featuring premium viewing areas of the main attractions, are $79, visit eventbrite.ca. ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

An inaugural 3D light and art festival set to transform the North Vancouver Shipyards over Labour Day weekend into an illuminated outdoor art gallery hopes to shine a much-needed light on mental health.

Kaleidoscope Fest, taking place over three evenings, Friday, Sept. 2 through Sunday, Sept. 4, will offer community members an opportunity to experience 3D projection mapping, visual DJing, living art exhibits and live music as well as enjoy food trucks and other vendors. The free, non-profit event is intended to raise funds for the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation’s youth mental health campaign, which is aiming to build a

new youth mental health unit in North Vancouver’s HOpe Centre that will serve teenagers, ages 13 to 18, faced with mental health and substance use challenges. Festival organizer and creator Ingrid Letkeman says the purpose of the event is to help remove some of the stigma that can exist surrounding mental health, evident in her choice of event title. “‘Kaleidoscope’ basically represents the fact that mental health can take on many different shapes and forms,” says the North Vancouver resident. By focusing on light and illumination Letkeman hopes festival attendees, particularly those experiencing mental health issues, either personally, or in their friend and family networks, walk away with a sense of optimism and start to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel. “There’s always hope. You can pull through things. I feel that everyone’s been in touch with mental health in some way or form … there’s always some connection. The more that we reach out to one another and communicate to one another, the easier and better dealt with this will be,” she says. Letkeman is presenting Kaleidoscope Fest through her company, Stand Out Events, which organizes entertainment and corporate events. “I always wanted to give back to the community. I’m very passionate about this issue,” she says. “Basically I

wanted to take my creative energy and abilities and work with a good charity that can really draw some attention to this issue. That’s why I focused on this festival. I thought it could really bring something new, unique and fun to the North Shore as well.” The festival’s concept was derived from Letkeman’s 25 years spent living in Sydney, Australia, home to the annual Vivid Sydney, described as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas. More than 2.3 million people attended the 2016 edition, held earlier this year. “It started off in 2009 with just projecting onto the

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pr we tion volunteerin students will showcase their and talents as well. “They’ve developed a full We body art exhibit that they’ll 30th be putting onto their models.re It’s basically them reflecting Gayle how they feel about mental school away health,” says Letkeman. expanded Festival goers are also invited to take advantage of that the VIP Lounge, a ticketed Married area lit up with LED contemporary furniture from iLED, and offering food and drinks, intended to raise further funds for the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation’s youth mental health campaign, open for all three nights of the festival. “It looks really fantastic. It’s right there in the middle of the whole festival and it’s got 360-degree views,” says Letkeman.

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Sydney Opera House but now it has spread throughout the whole city and it’s in other suburbs as well,” says Letkeman, who attended many times over the years. Wanting to offer the North Shore a taste of the impressive display, Letkeman was compelled to put mental health at the forefront of her version due to her previous work experience in the field, having been tasked with organizing events and seminars on an array of related topics, opening her eyes to some of the challenges faced by those who are struggling. “When I came over here I just saw that there was a huge lack in information and help for those people that suffered

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mental health (issues). The whole point of this festival is to try and generate more interest and communication,” she says. Kaleidoscope Fest will kick off on the Friday of the Labour Day weekend at the North Vancouver Shipyards, centred around Burrard Dry Dock Pier, Wallace Mews archway and the Shipyards Stage, beginning at 6 p.m., with the projections lighting up at sunset. Festival goers can also browse the weekly Friday Shipyards Night Market offered at the site, and are invited to take in the main festival attraction, which is projection mapping of specially created art pieces on one of the buildings at the pier, lighting up Saturday and Sunday evenings as well.

“The projection team that I’m working with, which is Go2Productions, they’ve been doing this a long, long, long time. They’re very talented and very creative,” says Letkeman. A work by Burnaby-based artist Taslim Samji is among those being prominently featured. “She has created a piece that symbolizes Vancouver city, it’s actually based off van Gogh’s The Starry Night. Van Gogh himself suffered from mental illness. Basically she’s put various symbols of different religions and cultures, symbolizing faith and hope. Her perspective is that mental health does not discriminate, it touches everybody,” says Letkeman. Blanche Macdonald

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NORTH SHORE ELDERCOLLEGE CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY

Ed Kry takes learning into his own hands

Memory Lane Laura Anderson Ed Kry had a big dream and he made it come true.

Thanks to Ed and a group of dedicated volunteers, the North Shore still has an ElderCollege. The story of how this came about began a couple of years ago. Like many stories, however, its origins reach much farther into the past. Not too far back. Ed’s West Vancouver boyhood and his Ukrainian roots will go unexplored for now. We begin 20 years ago with Ed’s first open heart surgery. Sometimes, when we prevail over life’s challenges, we want to express appreciation for our life. Ed did so by volunteering with the Heart and Stroke Foundation. A blessing came next. At West Vancouver secondary’s 30th grad reunion, Ed was reunited with Gayle Watson. Gayle recognized her high school sweetheart right away, though he might have expanded slightly and the hair that remained was pony-tailed. Married since 2000, Ed and

Ed Kry, of North Shore ElderCollege, invites community members to an open house Sept. 8. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN Gayle appear to be enjoying a permanent honeymoon. In 2002, they said goodbye, to work, that is, and embarked on life’s next adventure. For them, that means travelling the world and dividing their time in B.C. between a condo in North Vancouver and another at Tofino. Even so, Ed had room in his life for more. He found it at ElderCollege. “I enrolled in three programs that first year. Now, I’m one of the presenters of our Incredible Journeys travel course. I always say it is difficult to describe

ElderCollege. Once you’ve come to one of the courses, it all becomes clear.” Ed chaired the ElderCollege board during Capilano College’s transition to university status. He was there when ElderCollege was among the community outreach courses cancelled as the university struggled to meet funding deficits. The loss of such a significant contributor to the community did not sit right with Ed. He retired to his coastal retreat and thought about it. The vision of a North

Shore ElderCollege arrived quickly. Ed set about evaluating the possibilities and scoping out the logistics. “In every aspect of the planning, I couldn’t find failure. Everything was green light and go. I needed to take the next step but I didn’t know what that step would be.” Picture a burly, pony-tailed silhouette contemplating the booming surf at Tofino, then cut to Bed Bath & Beyond in North Vancouver and a chance encounter with Kate Weiss, friend and former colleague at Capilano College. Weiss: “What are you up to?” Kry: “I’m thinking of resurrecting ElderCollege.” Weiss: “I can help you.” Kry: “I can’t pay you.” Repeat the preceding two lines. Weiss: “Let’s get busy.” It turned out the next step for Ed was to invite others to help make his dream a reality. In Kate, Ed found the essential partner. Together, they recruited directors for the society and restored the partnership with PARC Retirement Living established with the former ElderCollege. “We spent a year on planning. The focus was to make ElderCollege volunteer-driven and North Shore-centric. Courses are designed with the community in mind and are available right across the North Shore. With all revenues returning directly to the nonprofit society we created, and course costs balanced with course revenue, North Shore

ElderCollege is affordable to fixed-income adults even with the lower pricing we are able to offer.” When North Shore ElderCollege opened its doors in January, registration for the modest number of courses offered was at 84 per cent capacity. For this semester, beginning Sept. 15, the course offerings will have doubled. What’s in it for Ed and Kate, and the team of volunteers that make North Shore ElderCollege run? The same rewards every participant at ElderCollege receives. “I truly believe that along with nutrition and exercise, we need mental and social stimulation. At ElderCollege, we’re

exercising our brains and our hearts. How many people have I met through ElderCollege who have become friends? We share similar interests, after all.” Learn more about learning, and celebrate North Shore ElderCollege’s first birthday, at an open house, Thursday, Sept. 8 at PARC Education Centre at the Westerleigh, 2225 Marine Dr., West Vancouver, from 10 a.m. to noon. Registration for North Shore ElderCollege’s fall semester begins Sept. 6 at 778-245-6737 or nseldercollege.org. Laura Anderson works with and for seniors on the North Shore. seniorsconnect@shaw.ca

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Chelsea ‘a florist shop that goes on forever’

London flower show focuses on Health, Happiness and Horticulture MIKE GRENBY Contributing writer

LONDON: If you have ever stopped to smell the roses, take a moment now to close your eyes – to imagine a place where thousands of plants and flowers and all kinds of gardens surround you with their myriad colours, shapes, fragrances.

Now open your eyes: You are at the world famous Chelsea Flower Show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London. (And Canada has a starring role. The Royal Bank’s water appreciation show garden won a silver-gilt award, placing between silver and gold.) What a treat. Outdoors, you can visit more than 30 show gardens, artisan gardens and theme gardens

Some 300,000 individually hand-crafted poppies covered nearly 2,000 square metres in front of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, which houses war veterans, in a display sponsored by Australia’s Victoria State Government – based on an original project by Lynn Berry and Margaret Knight to crochet 120 poppies to “plant” at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. PHOTOS SUPPLIED MIKE GRENBY

– plus several hundred garden-related businesses. You admire their creativity – whether it’s a Winnie-the-Pooh sculpture, rotating trees or a clothing store’s mannequins with flowers for heads. Indoors, the Great Pavilion

features some 200 flower, plant and related displays. You marvel at four dozen dark yellow, pale yellow and white single and double daffodil varieties, you breathe in the fragrance of a dozen colours of hyacinths or of a

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rare orchid, you smile at the “slide salad” display promoting healthy eating by featuring a variety of salad veggies on a playground slide, you inspect the yellow/cream nodding heads of the Clematis chiisanensis AMBER which was chosen as the 2016 Flower of the Year. The sponsoring Royal Horticultural Society has 445,000 members who spend an average of 10 hours a week gardening. No wonder the show, now in its 103rd year, regularly sells out. (Scalpers were asking around $2,000 for a ticket, 20 times its face value.) Greening Grey (rather than Great) Britain for Health, Happiness and Horticulture has been the theme of this year’s five-day show. “We believe everyone should benefit from growing plants to enhance lives, build stronger, healthier, happier communities, and create better places to live,” said Sir Nicholas Bacon, RHS president, and Sue Biggs, RHS director general. Amid heightened security because of recent terrorism incidents, several royal family members visited the show. Queen Elizabeth attended her 50th show which featured several displays honouring her 90th birthday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William and Kate Middleton) visited for the first time to admire the Princess Charlotte chrysanthemum named after their daughter. Following my visit to the show several years ago, I described it as “a florist shop that goes on forever.” Only a shop that big could feature so many and varied attractions.

For example: – Some 460 flowers, ferns, grasses and bulbs (plus 100 hours of labour) went into the M&G Dress a model wore to reflect the theme of the variety in the M&G woodland show garden, which won one of the show’s seven gold medals. – The Modern Slavery fresh garden also won a gold medal – the first time a black designer has created a garden at the show. Tanzanian-born Juliet Sargeant’s garden contrasted a bright exterior with a darker centre to hint at the “hidden reality: people are being kept in captivity and

forced to work in every part of the U.K. today.” – Several young Einsteins took measurements and checked calculations in the Winton Beauty of Mathematics show garden which featured a flowing copper band etched with plant growth algorithms representing an emerging seedling. – The award-winning Royal Bank of Canada show garden drew on the Mediterranean pine habitat of Jordan, one of the most water-short countries, to show how arid landscapes can have beautiful flora requiring minimal rainfall. – Some 300,000 individually hand-crafted poppies covered nearly 2,000 square metres in front of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, which houses war veterans, in a display sponsored by Australia’s Victoria State Government – based on an original project by Lynn Berry and Margaret Knight to crochet 120 poppies to “plant” at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. – Sculptures, large and small, in bronze, stone, wood and various other materials celebrated everything from scenes in famous children’s books like Alice in Wonderland to horses and other animals created out of various pieces of naturally twisted wood. – Health featured in several displays like The Low Allergy Garden, with a variety of flowering plants, shrubs and trees not linked to allergies in humans. And Coventry University’s Healthy Garden, Healthy Gardener, with skeletons demonstrating the results

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460 flowers, ferns, grasses and bulbs (plus 100 hours of labour) went into the M&G Dress a model wore to reflect the theme of the variety in the M&G woodland show garden, which won one of the show’s seven gold medals.

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Middle Mountain Mead founder Helen Grond pours samples for visitors to the meadery’s tasting room, on a deck overlooking the Strait of Georgia and Texada Island. PHOTO SUPPLIED JOHN MASTERS/MERIDIAN WRITERS’ GROUP

You can drink like a god on Hornby Island JOHN MASTERS Meridian Writers’Group

HORNBY ISLAND, B.C.: Nearly all of British Columbia’s Gulf Islands have sizable creative communities – craftsfolk producing pots and paintings, bowls and embroideries.

On Hornby Island, whose winter population of 1,000 swells to five times that in July and August, much of this output is on display in a charming summer market set up in the woods. But here the artisanal gene extends further, to libations: a winery, 19a fruit winery, a distillery and a meadery. That’s a remarkable number of liquor makers for such a small community, but only the last item is truly unusual. While even distilleries have become rather common in the past decade, a meadery is still a rare beast. Middle Mountain Mead is down two dusty gravel roads, through a forest of fir and cedar trees. Helen Grond, a geologist by training, started it in 2005 on 3 1/2 hectares she and her then-partner bought in the 1990s. Grond had been planting herbs, especially lavender, which she sold at the local market, and was looking for other ways

to make use of her crops. Her research led her to mead. “A drink I took of the magick mead,” says Odin, chief of the Norse gods, in Runahal, a saga written in 1220, “and then I began to know and to be wise, to grow and to weave poems.” Mead, made from fermented honey, was the drink of the gods – not just the Norse ones, but of Greek, Celtic and non-European deities too, Grond learned. There were many different types, including a category called metheglin (Welsh for medicinal liquor), which used herbs. Just what Grond was looking for. Today, Middle Mountain makes nine meads, whose alcohol content ranges from 12 to 20 per cent. From Wednesday to Sunday throughout the summer (1-5 p.m.), visitors can sample them at the on-site tasting room, sipping while seated on a large deck looking north across the Strait of Georgia to Texada Island. Either Grond or her husband, Steve McGrath, is usually on hand to pour and explain. You might start with Cyser, a cider-like applehoney wine that was the first thing they made, continue on to the Mead of Inspiration, Grond’s favourite and their

closest product to red wine, and, if you’re lucky, conclude with Rosemeade, made from rose petals and similar to ice wine. Along the way, your pourer will tell you what you’re drinking. The Mead of Inspiration, for example, has more than 30 ingredients including 10 herbs, some with “mildly psychotropic effects,” says Grond. Green Tea Elixir can be heated like saki and contains stinging nettle and ginger, which have healing properties. Grond says that alcohol is a much better solvent than water for releasing the active ingredients of herbs. Middle Mountain only makes about 6,500 litres of mead a year. Aside from the tasting room, its products are available at private liquor stores in B.C., and Grond can ship across Canada (but not internationally). Have they had any orders from, say, the Lethbridge Druid Society, wanting to consecrate a new ring of standing stones? Not yet, she says. If you go: For more information on Middle Mountain Mead visit its website at middlemountainmead.com. For information on travel in British Columbia visit the Destination B.C. website athellobc.com.

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of motion capture technology to measure and analyze the effect of gardening on muscle strength, joint flexibility and postural stability. – The Harrods British Eccentrics Garden featured trees and flowers – plus

vegetation and other items that periodically spun around, bobbed up and down and performed other mechanical feats – more eccentric than one would expect from the venerable London department store sponsor. But there’s nothing eccentric about this year’s theme

at the flower show, nothing cliché about taking time to smell the roses. Both can grow your health and happiness. – North Shore News money columnist and travel writer Mike Grenby teaches journalism at Bond University on Australia’s Gold Coast

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Building bridges with basketball

Level 10 academy teams with Squamish Nation ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

A new basketball academy starting play this fall has the lofty goal of not just teaching bounce passes and back-door cuts, but also bringing communities together to help kids shoot for their dreams.

North Vancouver’s Level 10 Fitness is partnering with the Squamish Nation to present the Level 10 Basketball Academy based out of the Nation’s newly refurbished Chief Joe Mathias Centre. The academy is set to begin sessions Sept. 19 for players in Kindergarten up to Grade 8, with high school programs scheduled to begin in the spring of 2017. The goal is to offer athletic movement training and life skills, with a focus on basketball, while building a bridge between First Nations and non-First Nations communities. “I‘ve worked in this field and understand what’s out there, and I think we genuinely have something unique here,” said academy head coach Ryan Lenarduzzi, who has worked with Level 10 founder and owner Anthony Findlay to develop the academy’s athletic program. “The goal is not to be the biggest club, we want to be a club that is known for maybe (developing) a different approach for guiding athletes and people.” It’s a monumental partnership for the First Nation’s community, said Wilson Williams, a Squamish Nation councillor who is also the interim department head of recreation for the Nation. “This is precedent setting for our community,” Williams said about the resource-sharing potential of the program. “But also we’re taking this step because we’re part of the mainstream community too and we want people to feel that way as they visit

Level 10 Basketball Academy head coach Ryan Lenarduzzi and owner Anthony Findlay join with Squamish Nation councillor Wilson Williams to introduce their new joint effort, which will begin play at the refurbished Chief Joe Mathias Centre in September. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH the Chief Joe Mathias Centre or they just come through our territory. Our doors are always open to working with other organizations to really build on programs and services and make the community stronger.” The academy will be open to all young athletes who want to join, but Williams added that holding the sessions at Chief Joe Mathias Centre is a great way to encourage First Nations athletes to get involved in sport. “I’m a firm believer in bringing the sport to our community, and then our people will be more engaged,” he said. “The ‘If you build it, they will come,’ kind of theory. … Bringing it to the Chief Joe Mathias Centre is bringing it to the Squamish Nation. It’s in our territory. Hosting this type of program is meaningful because we’re hosting them

but also our people will participate. Not only the athletes, but parents will get involved, they’ll see the structure.” Academy participants will also get to use a revamped facility that includes new artwork as well as a new hardwood floor with a customized paint job. “When you come in, you feel you’re in a First Nations community,” said Williams. “The beauty of the hardwood floor and the artwork – it’s a good feeling.” Sessions for younger athletes will focus on movement and basic basketball skills, ramping up to more complex skill development for older players. “The basis of our stuff is in athletic movement,” said Lenarduzzi, who will be working with Level 10 trainers at the sessions. “Maybe we can do better and re-think how

we work with athletes at the community level – teaching them a little differently, spending a little more time on teaching life skills and trying to teach them how to move properly, prevent injury, those types of things.” The name of the academy’s head coach is obviously familiar to most North Shore sports fans. Ryan Lenarduzzi is, indeed, the son of Canadian soccer legend Bobby Lenarduzzi. The younger Lenarduzzi, however, forged a different path than his footy-loving father. “Basketball has been my passion,” says Ryan Lenarduzzi, who starred at Handsworth and Capilano University before moving on to coaching and sports administration. “I’m blessed to have had basketball provide me with really good coaches, great trainers, and that’s taken me to a level

where it’s opened doors for me to learn from more great people. And now I’m really excited about the opportunity of taking that accumulation of knowledge and giving it to that kid who was me 15 or 20 years ago.” One of those trainers who guided Ryan Lenarduzzi as a young basketball player was none other than Anthony Findlay, whose work with Olympians such as Maëlle Ricker and big-time athletes in all the major professional North American sports has made him into a celebrity on the workout circuit. Findlay also does a lot of work within the local grass-roots sports scene, said Lenarduzzi, and it was his connections that brought Level 10 and the Squamish Nation together for the basketball academy. “He’s a great community asset and he always has been, and I think that’s why

opportunities like this arise,” said Lenarduzzi. “He’s always been part of the community, a real member of the community. I think that opens doors over time, and I think that’s why we have this opportunity.” As for Lenarduzzi, he often gets asked why he didn’t follow his father onto the pitch, instead choosing to bounce over to the hardwood. “My dad played all-star basketball right up until he had to leave for England to pursue his soccer career. Ironically he loves the fact that I played basketball. It was like the path that he didn’t get to explore,” said Lenarduzzi, before letting out a laugh. “At least, that’s the way he tells it in retrospect.” For more information on the Level 10 Basketball Academy visit level10fitness. com/basketball-academy-2.

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FOLLOW THROUGH Owen Kim tracks his shot during the Ambleside Junior Golf Tournament played at the Ambleside Par 3 Aug. 19. The annual tournament is presented by the District of West Vancouver. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Masters athletes rise high at Crossfit Games Two North Shore athletes put themselves to the test against the world’s best at the 10th annual World Crossfit Games held last month in Los Angeles.

Scott Tasaka and Terry Peters both made repeat trips to the Games after going through the grueling qualification process that sees athletes from around the world doing the exact same workouts – including running, rope climbing, lifts, box jumps and a host of other fitness movements – in hopes of making it to the Games. In Los Angeles Tasaka, competing in the 45-49 age category, improved his placement from last year’s 10th place showing, moving up to fifth overall this year. “Every year it is more difficult to make it but I’m so glad I did this year. It’s just a real privilege to be there,” stated

Tasaka in a press release. This was Tasaka’s second shot at the big stage and he picked up his first ever event win this year. “That was definitely a big highlight for me,” he said. “Being there for a second time I had a better idea of what to expect. I didn’t feel like a deer in the headlights.” For Peters it was his fourth time competing at the Games and his third time in the 60+ division. His fifthplace showing was his best ever at the Games. “I was thrilled to qualify this year and did my best to not put a lot of pressure on myself but to make sure that I took the time to appreciate where I was,” said Peters. “It’s amazing to be surrounded by all these incredible masters athletes. Everyone is so encouraging and are all such great examples of how fitness

At the U18 Girls Championships held in Brampton, Ont., two different B.C teams hit the podium. B.C. Blue claimed gold with a 2-0 win over Ontario in the final. North Vancouver’s Leina Dueck and West Vancouver’s Justine Balen, Madison Connell, Natalie Dalton, Rachel Spouge,

Michelle Taylor, and Alissa Wong all earned the title of national champion in the win. In the same tournament B.C. White claimed bronze with a 2-0 win over B.C. Yellow. North Vancouver’s Hana Davis, Rosie Delmotte, Anna Gosney, Rylee Pearson, Audrey Sawers, Maddy Shandro, and Chloe Walton and West Vancouver’s Tessa Johnston, Madison Macmillan and Hannah Schoenroth all claimed bronze with Yellow. At the U16 level North Vancouver’s Aaron Foong

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North Shore players were all over the pitch as team British Columbia picked up a ton of hardware at National Field Hockey Championship tournaments held last month.

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suited up for the U15 Boys B.C. Blue team as they topped Alberta 2-1 in the championship game at the national championships held in Calgary. On the girls side the B.C. Blue U16 squad claimed silver, losing 1-0 to Ontario in the championship game. North Vancouver’s Grace Delmotte, Tara Hamilton, Joy Henry, and Kristjana Walker and West Vancouver’s Rachel Tidball and Madeline Wong all suited up for the provincial team in the tournament. – Andy Prest