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Local hills celebrate banner ski conditions JUSTIN BEDDALL jbeddall@nsnews.com

A blast of fresh snow followed by clear blues skies has locaal skiers and boarders heading for the hills in record numbers.

Cypress, Grouse and Seymour mountains all report ideal conditions, with well over 150 centimetres of new snow falling over the past week.

Lisa Coldwells, a meteorologist for Environment Canada, said a vigorous storm through the Christmas weekend brought a significant amount of snow to the North Shore mountains.

“All totalled right now the various ski hills have a lot of snow up there,”

she said. “You’re looking at amounts of snow that we certainly didn’t see last year.”

Coldwells’ forecast for the coming week is modified Arctic air coming from the Interior resulting in continued clear conditions and cool temperatures – a weather pattern that should last until Jan. 3.

On Tuesday, Mount Seymour reported receiving 157 cm of fresh snow over the last seven days, giving the skill hill a 315-cm total at the summit.

“Fantastic, soft-packed groomed snow and loads of sunshine, minus two, absolutely perfect,” See Record page 5

Home saved from Christmas Day fire BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

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When crews arrived, they found heavy smoke billowing out of the home’s exterior wall and See Fireplace page 5

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NEWS QUIZ 2015

Heritage advocate Peter Miller on the North Vancouver waterfront. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

What water crisis? The City of North Vancouver hosted a 1,000-foot waterslide in August amid a severe water shortage.

Thankfully, the city had access to some H2O not covered by Metro Vancouver watering restrictions. PHOTO LISA KING

The second in a two-part news quiz

Testing, testing...

1 All sorts of backcountry adventurers need a little help out of the North Shore mountains from time to time. What did North Shore Rescue use to get exhausted four-year-old yellow lab Fraser home safe?

2 What’s in a name? The District of North Vancouver officially renamed the Lower Capilano and Lower Lynn neighbourhoods, as well as the under-construction replacement for the William Griffin Recreation Centre.

What are they called now?

3 A 10-year-old retiree was rescued from the riptide off Ambleside Beach by the Vancouver Police Department marine unit.

What was his career before retirement?

4 It was just 4.5 centimetres big but it made us all late for dinner for a few nights in August, and put us in a generally crappy mood. What was it?

5 In the midst of a prolonged drought and watering restrictions, the City of North Vancouver hosted a 1,000-foot

Justin Trudeau and an entourage made their way up the Grouse Grind in September. Do you remember what his Grind time was? PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN waterslide in August. Where did the 50,000 litres of water come from?

6 The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation got its largest ever donation in 2015 - $25 million from a former plumber. Who was the donor?

7 The “crimson tide” washed over most of Canada on Oct. 19. How

many seats did the Liberals win in the election?

8 North Shore Rescue was called out to rescue people more than 130 times in 2015. What was the most they charged any of their rescue subjects?

9 Seycove secondary students successfully lobbied school administrators for a place to

do business that’s accessible to everyone – a first of its kind on the North Shore.

What is that place?

10 We all know how he finished in the election, but in the real test of one’s mettle, what was Justin Trudeau’s time on the Grouse Grind?

11 We’re used to traffic tie-ups thanks to incidents

on the bridges but in late January, this rodent stopped traffic on Marine Drive in West Vancouver.

doozy, thanks to the reboot of this beloved sci-fi show being shot at North Shore Studios.

12 North Vancouver students are falling behind their Vancouver counterparts with only 62 per cent meeting Vancouver Coastal Health’s recommended standards in this area.

17 Though amalgamation is a tantalizing thought for many in the two North Vancouvers, past attempts at it in other jurisdictions have only wound up costing more money, this venerable think tank warned.

13 Bird watchers were unmoved when this rare, endangered crane was chased away from the North Vancouver waterfront by members of city council.

Why?

18 West Vancouver police began building a case against a man they arrested with a back seat full of this popular Danish toy set, allegedly stolen in Squamish.

14 This Olympic medallist nicknamed Mighty Mouse who originally comes from the North Shore made headlines in 2015 while visiting North Vancouver.

19 A B.C. conservation officer on Vancouver Island was transferred out of his job for this unpardonable offence.

15 More than 300 visitors and staff were stranded overnight in this lofty lodge in December when high winds made travel unsafe.

16 North Vancouver posted a record year for film shoots in 2014, and 2015 is shaping up to be another

20 Global warning: The City of North Vancouver scored headlines around the world when it became the first jurisdiction to announce it would mandate these kinds of warning labels.

Part 1 ran in our Sunday, Dec. 27 edition.

ANSWERS: 1. A wheelbarrow and helicopter. 2. Lions Gate, Lynn Creek and Delbrook Community Centre. 3. Seeing eye dog. 4. The Lions Gate Bridge “bump” 5. An Abbotsford bottled water company. 6. Keith Plumbing and heating owner Paul Myers. 7. 184 seats (including three representing the North Shore). 8. Nothing. North Shore Rescue is opposed to charging for rescues. 9. A gender neutral washroom. 10. 54:55. 11. A wayward beaver. 12. Vaccinations. 13. It was a vintage shipbuilding crane. 14. Two correct answers: Snowboarder Maëlle Ricker who announced her retirement and swimmer Elaine Tanner who published a children’s book. 15. The Grouse Mountain chalet. 16. The X-Files. 17. The Fraser Institute. 18. Lego. 19. Not killing two bear cubs. 20. Climate change warnings on gas pumps.

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Left: Simone Loch snowshoes at Cypress Mountain with daughters Gianna and Sophia Dec. 21. Right: Ayden Liang flies down the toboggan hill at Cypress, Dec. 21. PHOTOS KEVIN HILL

Record day for Grouse From page 1

said Simon Whitehead, Seymour’s marketing and communications manager, about the current conditions.

It’s a major bounceback season for the North Shore ski hills that were hit by poor weather conditions last winter.

“It’s absolutely spectacular,” said Whitehead, calling the past week a “banner Christmas.”

All the mountain’s runs are open and the current forecast should keep the hills busy over the Christmas school break.

“Wall to wall sunshine until Tuesday (Jan. 5).

The forecast is blue sky,” said Whitehead.

With so many snow revellers flocking to its slopes, Seymour is now offering free shuttle bus service from Parkgate Community Centre and

Lonsdale Quay until Jan. 3.

Grouse Mountain is also celebrating the pristine winter snow conditions.

“We have 369 centimetres of snow so far this season so the conditions are fantastic,” said Julia Grant, communications manager for Grouse.

“The snow is the some of the best we’ve seen in a while.”

And skiers and snowboarders have been taking full advantage of the conditions.

Grant said Monday was the busiest winter day in the mountain’s history.

With all those visitors, the mountain has added a free shuttle bus that runs from Prospect Road up Capilano Road to the mountain’s parking lot.

Joffrey Koeman, Cypress Mountain’s director of sales and marketing, says it’s rare for the mountain to have

all its runs open before Christmas, but thanks to this year’s stellar conditions they have been able to. “(There’s been) almost 16 feet of snowfall this season which is fantastic,” he said. “Everyone’s grinning ear to ear.”

Coldwell’s forecast for the start of next week, when kids return to school, is a gradual weather shift, with the cold and sunny period ending and more “typical normal conditions” starting.

That means rain for most of the North Shore, “although it’s not warm enough to rain on the tops of the mountains,” said Coldwells.

So more snow could be in store for the North Shore mountains.

But the spectre of El Nino - the weather pattern that usually brings warmer winter temperatures to the Lower Mainland - lingers.

Fireplace a possible cause From page 1 roof, according to assistant fire chief Mike Cairns.

“We were able to open up the side of the wall and access the fire. We used chainsaws and axes and tools,” he said. “We were able to contain it. It was just starting to get into the attic space.”

No one was hurt but the home was left with significant damage, Cairns said, and Christmas celebrations were dampened.

“They were planning to have a small dinner. Their son was there. It was a

small family get-together but those plans were changed,” he said.

The fireplace is being looked to as the likely cause, Cairns said.

“It was an older home and the back of the fireplace had broken down over the years. They were doing some renovation work there as well so the heat from the fireplace had caused the wall behind to catch on fire,” he said.

District crews were called to tackle another wall fire, on the 2500-block of William Avenue in the early morning of Dec. 29.

The fire broke out on the stovetop around 1:30 a.m. The owner believed he’d put it out with an extinguisher but called district fire to be sure.

They quickly saw the fire was active and spreading, Cairns said.

“The fire had worked its way through the vent system and was burning in the ceiling and roof structure,” he said.

No one was hurt but the home was damaged.

Cairns said the owners should have called 9-1-1 to report the fire before trying to fight it themselves.

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othing says get ready for a new year like the annual hit to the pocketbook that clicks over on

Jan. 1.

That may seem odd, given how constantly we are reminded of our low tax rates by politicians.

And it’s certainly true that middle income earners – those earning between $45,000 and $90,000 – can look forward to a federal tax cut this year.

So far, so good.

The bad news is that cash is as likely to get handed back to Victoria and local government as it is to go into anyone’s personal piggy bank.

The provincial government has a particularly bad habit of claiming to lower taxes while raising premiums, user fees and fares that pay for collective services.

It’s an approach that tends to hit those

MAILBOX

with the least ability to absorb increases especially hard.

For instance, medical service premiums – which have risen almost 40 per cent in the last seven years – will be going up again. That means a larger monthly outlay towards health care for most families, individuals or their employers.

B.C. Hydro rates – another unavoidable expense for most families – are also slated to rise.

Probably some of the largest sticker shocks this year will come at the local level – as property assessments are likely to rise significantly. Those on the high end of the bell curve will be hit hard at property tax time.

While there are many levels of government and many types of taxes, there’s still only one taxpayer – us.

Expect to dig deeper in 2016.

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Skyrocketing house taxes hurt seniors Dear Editor: I have just received my B.C. Assessment notice.

The fact that my assessment has jumped 25 per cent in the last 12 months does not surprise me.

A third of the properties on my block have now been replaced with larger homes.

My wife and I are on fixed incomes. We have no plans to sell the house. We have not made any major improvements to this house, since we moved in 25 years ago.

Yet not only has the assessment of our property gone up 25 per cent but the valuation of this old house has

increased by $20,000!

This will result in the taxes that we have to pay being increased commensurately.

Something is very wrong and quite unfair in this arrangement.

The fact that others are able to buy, rebuild and sell homes for profit in our neighbourhood should have no relation to us as existing homeowners having to pay more taxes.

This iniquitous situation has to be remedied.

We need to lobby our MLAs. They must amend the legislation as follows:

1. Any increase in tax rates must only apply to properties which have been improved.

2. Existing householders to be exempt from any such increases.

3. If and when such properties are sold, the sales amount will be subject to those taxes as will the future assessment of the property.

I will be sending this message to my MLA and I would encourage others to feel free to “cut and paste” and do the same.

Peter Miller West Vancouver

Information lacking on NV bus service interruptions Dear Editor: Monday, Dec. 21 was one nightmare for a transit rider. I boarded the #228 bus to Lynn Valley at the SeaBus terminal around 3:40 p.m. The bus didn’t leave the terminal until 4:05 p.m. without the driver informing us as to what was going on. He was just sitting there minding his own business.

Is it really that difficult to inform the bus riders that the bus won’t leave until a certain time? This is a constant

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problem with North Shore buses especially when there is an accident on the Lions Gate or (Ironworkers Memorial) Second Narrows bridges – or heaven forbid both.

I have called TransLink customer service about this several times over the years and all they can tell me is that “one can certainly check their website” about updates – what about those who don’t have access to Internet?

Whatever happened to their customer service – do we blame this on lack of funding as well?

Apparently, it costs a lot of money to put electronic signs at the SeaBus terminal for bus service updates. I am challenging the provincial government (to address) the lack of funding for TransLink. If there is $3.5 billion in funding to replace the Massey Tunnel without public consultation or referendum, why not for a good public transport system for a greener future?

Roman Florendo North Vancouver

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Crashes should be cleared efficiently Dear Editor: Over the last week the section of Highway 1 on the North Shore has been hit with seemingly daily traffic interruptions on or approaching the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge (Second Narrows crossing). While this is nothing new to daily users of the bridge, the recent tie-ups I’ve been stuck in – as well as improved visibility of the affected areas via apps like Waze or Google Traffic – shed a new light on the impact these problems cause and also how long it takes to clear these accidents up.

In the case of non-life-threatening injury or environmental damage (i.e. a spill), why

does it take so long to get traffic moving again?

For instance, the huge mess on Dec. 21 allegedly caused by a couple of dump trucks eastbound west of the bridge was first reported in one of the apps at 3 p.m., and I heard that it may have actually occurred sometime before 1 p.m. So why is it that by 5:30 p.m., the highway was still blocked to one lane? Eastbound traffic was backed up to the Cypress exit according to Google Traffic.

On a recent Saturday night, there was a westbound blockade on the bridge deck caused by a fire truck in the middle lane

blocking a single, stalled, undamaged car.

It took an hour to get from First Avenue (in Vancouver) to the middle of the bridge for that one.

While the use of the at-the-ready pusher trucks operated by a service provider are definitely a step in the right direction, it strikes me that many of these giant jams could be alleviated or avoided entirely through more efficient clearing of the highway with the right equipment and on call personnel.

Perhaps an equipment upgrade to assist moving heavy trucks to the side faster or a crane truck to lift disabled vehicles onto flat

deck trucks quickly would help.

It’s all well and good if it’s an isolated case – accidents are accidents – but with all the proposed residential density increases the district is planning, it’s not going to get any better. The proposed highway upgrades won’t be increasing bridge deck capacity.

Who is being held accountable for the time it takes to clean up non-lifethreatening crashes?

Shouldn’t we strive to do this more efficiently?

Rob Stevenson North Vancouver

Study on urban bike lifts a waste of taxpayers’ money

Dear Editor: I wish to thank Joyce Taylor for the Letter to the Editor, Bike Lift Study an Unnecessary Expense, published on Dec. 20.

This type of insight into the activities of the City of North Vancouver council is very much needed. The urban bike lift has already received some limited attention, but it appears that the broader public

is unaware of its status.

The North Vancouver city council voted on Oct. 5 to enter into negotiations with a Norwegian project team to perform a feasibility study on installing urban bike lifts. This matter was bundled with many minor bylaws and as such wasn’t noted by many who pay some attention to the activities of our elected representatives. Couns.

Craig Keating, Linda Buchanan, Holly Back and Mayor Darrell Mussatto voted for, while Couns.

Pam Bookham, Rod Clark and Don Bell reasoned against and opposed. I believe it is important to mention the names of councillors who support reckless spending of our taxpayers money on Mayor Mussatto’s pet project which was discovered

during his travels to Europe.

Have those councillors who voted for spending $60,000 (or more) on a feasibility study applied any common sense before taking that vote? Can they say that these lifts classify as an essential investment compared to other needs faced by the city? It is just impossible to see that such lifts would offer any tangible benefits to the broader

population. So, if it does not pass a simple common sense test, why to spend any funds on feasibility studies?

It begs the question – what are the priorities of this council?

It appears that some councillors have not displayed the basic quality of a responsible stewardship. It is important to know who those councillors are for future

reference when watching their performance and also during the next election cycle. I believe that an informed electorate can make the difference between a reckless local government and a supportive one, which understands priorities and truly cares about taxpayers’ money.

Danek Kilinski North Vancouver

TransLink editorial is bang on with opinion Dear Editor: Brilliant editorial: Stuck in Neutral, Friday, Dec. 18.

You nailed everything perfectly. It is a wonder that the B.C. Liberals were re-elected in 2013 after the many scandals and the HST fiasco.

The state of TransLink has been at issue for far too long, yet Christy Clark and her minions fail to address the problem.

Just as they fail to address the problems

related to our children in care and how they are hypocritical when it comes to big business and the environment.

You sum it up: “And it’s clear now: No amount of logic, lobbying, clear public opinion or newspaper editorial is ever going to lead to a change in how TransLink operates.

An election might, though.”

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TransLink is offering free service starting at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31 up until 5 a.m. Friday, Jan. 1. Bus service will run on usual weekday schedules with some routes running additional evening and late-night trips after their regular itinerary. The SeaBus will run an extra hour than normal, with the last sailing departing from Lonsdale Quay at 2 a.m. and Waterfront Station at 2:20 a.m.

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BRIGHT LIGHTS

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Jackie Swanson, Maureen Collins and West Vancouver Coun. Mary-Ann Booth

Chamber executive director Leagh Gabriel and president Gabrielle Loren The West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce presented a Christmas dinner on the night of Dec. 2 at the Capilano Golf and Country Club. The evening started off with a champagne reception followed by a sit-down buffet dinner before the evening’s auctioneer, Brian Coxford, a former Global B.C. reporter, started the bidding action for items such as a two-night getaway to Victoria and tickets to a Vancouver Canucks hockey game.

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Board member Kristy Gill and staff member Debbie Janson

Susan and Peter Kvarnstrom, chamber board member and North Shore News publisher

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to HOME & GARDEN

Transition to a healthier garden

Todd Major

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The end of another year has arrived and while most people like to look back to review their year in the garden, I prefer to look forward.

The path forward to a more sustainable, caring and regenerative way of gardening and farming is a challenging one.

Sustainable progress is being actively blocked by big “C” conservative, profit-driven, selfimportant dinosaurs of the last century whom largely control today’s gardening and farming industries.

And those people are poisoning our food supply and gardens by pushing all manner of toxic pesticides and genetically modified organisms as the gospel of modern technological salvation.

Fortunately for my children, there is much hope for the future. Divine editorial intervention

A sitka spruce, with its fish-scaled bark, is surrounded by fallen leaves, fertilizing the surrounding soil as nature takes care of its own. The new year is a perfect time to take a look at your gardening style and whether there are some steps to be taken to transition to a healthier and more environmentally friendly way of gardening in 2016. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD from diva and divas alike, is helping us to find the way forward.

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Ring in the new year with an impressive table Are you expecting guests this New Year’s Eve? Why not ring in the New Year with this very simple and elegant table arrangement?

Most of the materials for this arrangement may be found at your local grocery and dollar store.

Grocery floral departments normally carry blocks of wet floral foam for sale.

Materials 1 large glass, square or round vase

This floral arrangement is perfectly suited to New Year’s Eve in its elegance and is easy to assemble.

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Faux aspidistra leaves or other fresh green leaves White or red roses Wet floral foam Sharp scissors or paring knife Decorative accessories Adhesive glitter numbers (optional) Method Begin by soaking your wet floral foam for one hour in room temperature water.

Once the foam is thoroughly soaked, place it in the glass vase and fill the vase halfway with room temperature water.

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department at your local grocery store if they have pieces of faux aspidistra leaves. They will normally sell them in individual pieces.

Wrap the wet floral foam in the green leaves to hide the foam from the outside of the vase.

Fill the vase completely with water.

Cut your rose stems on a sharp angle approximately one inch from the base of the rose head and place inside the floral foam.

Continue to fill the entire surface of the foam with the roses until it is completely full.

Add your decorative accessories, such as glittered pinecones and miniature baubles.

Attach the adhesive glitter numbers “2016” to a miniature sign and insert into your arrangement.

Scatter tealight candles around the base of the arrangement on your table.

Happy New Year!

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Winterizing tasks range from small to big, but each can protect a home and its inhabitants and some can even save homeowners a substantial amount of money. The following are four simple ways to winterize your home.

1 PLUG LEAKS Leaky windows and doorways can cost homeowners money year-round, allowing cold air to escape on hot summer afternoons and letting cold air in on brisk winter nights.

When such leaks aren’t fixed, homeowners are more liable to turn up their air conditioners or heaters, unnecessarily padding their energy bills along the way. Before winter arrives, check areas around windows and door frames for leaks, as well as any additional openings, such as chimneys, that may allow cold air in. Use caulk or weather strips to plug these leaks, and enjoy your warmer home and lower energy bills as winter weather gets colder and colder.

2 INSPECT YOUR CHIMNEY If your home has a chimney, chances are you have not used it since last winter. During that time, the chimney has likely accumulated some dirt and grime, and may even have served as home to some uninvited critters. As the season for fireside chats approaches, have your chimney serviced by a

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Community Bulletin Board FAMILY FIRST NIGHT Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Mount Seymour Thursday, Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. The event will include winter activities, live entertainment, hot apple cider, s’mores and an early countdown at 9 p.m. with fireworks. $20/$15. mountseymour.com/familyfirst-night

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It’s one thing to know how to navigate social media, it’s quite another to know what goes into building such a site.

While many kids and teens tend to be able to operate digital media well, not many actually know how to create it and how to create with it.

North Vancouver City Library is offering a few different options for teens and tweens to become more familiar with the inner workings of computers.

Teen services librarian Kate Longley explains that the library is rolling out more hands-on programs and workshops

Saketh Poori works on a card with LED lights featuring a button battery and copper strips at a recent North Vancouver City Library workshop called Arts & Electronics. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

this year that will focus on coding and electronics to let kids explore the field in an interesting and fun way and consider if they might want to pursue it.

Kids Code HTML workshop for kids ages nine to 15, on Saturday, Jan. 23, 1:30-3:30, will focus on HTML coding.

Participants will learn about how coding is used for computers and the Internet, and they will also learn how to build their own webpage using HTML. Longley says teens in particular have shown an interest in learning more about coding, and it’s a popular subject for tweens as well. She wasn’t surprised that game design was also a popular topic among teens, but she was surprised to hear from parents that they wanted a beginner computer workshop for pre-teens.

“I was really surprised to see how much interest we got in that basic computing workshop,” says Longley. She notes there is an impression that all kids are techies because they can use smartphones and computers in general, but many kids don’t have access to computers on a regular basis, so they only know basic navigation.

Another successful program that was held recently was a month-long (one session a week) 3D animation workshop led by Emily Carr University students, and using Maya animation software.

“It was fun because they got to design a 3D animation,” says Longley. And it was the first time many kids got to use professional-level software.

DIY Wednesdays are another unique program offered by the library that serves as an introduction to electronics for kids in grades 7 to 12. In the upcoming workshop on Jan. 20, participants will learn how to make smartphone holograms using various materials, including old CD cases. The workshop is meant to pique curiosity in the field of electronics, and Longley explains that the ongoing DIY Wednesday program

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Longley calls it very tactile.

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Part of the DIY program involves combining crafts with electronics, such as making bracelets with LED lights.

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DIY Wednesdays encourage kids to learn more about basic electronics while creating crafts, and since there is an overall push in schools and industry to try to attract more girls and women into coding and engineering, this is a great introduction, notes Longley.

Along with its upcoming workshops, the library also has a new program for students in grades 7 to 12 that allows them to use iPads after school that are loaded with creative apps and other programs, such as Office, that they might want to explore.

On Thursdays, there are also special laptops available in the library’s mini digital lab that are loaded with more software than their regular library computers.

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Although the location of it (often in public spaces) can sometimes be controversial, graffiti is a unique art form.

Sometimes it is used to convey social or political messages, but at its core contains creative expression that can be shown using different mediums.

Graffiti: Express Yo Self is a 10-class program at 4Cats Art Studio in North Vancouver that teaches kids the techniques behind “street art” using acrylic on canvas painting.

Instructor Jessica Devenport, who is also the owner of both the Queensbury and Edgemont Village locations of the studio, says each student is given a water colour field book to work in while learning graffiti-style shapes and composition, including contour line drawing, abstract faces, monsters, and zig zags, with lots of colour and shape. After working on projects in their field books each class, they then apply those new skills to a large painting in the final few weeks of the program.

“With graffiti they get to explore their individuality a bit more,” says Devenport.

A painter and photographer herself, Devenport says anyone can learn to be a good artist.

“It comes naturally to some people but it can be learned,” she says, noting it’s just like any other skill that can be taught

through a step-by-step process. Although she tends to prefer to create abstract work herself, Devenport enjoys teaching a wide range of art styles, particularly realistic painting.

“I like to show how to blend, and I like to show how to do shadows and light,” she explains.

Over the years, Devenport has seen some interesting work created at her studio and has bought a number of pieces from students. One of her favourites was a Picassostyle cat. “It just looked really professional. It was done by a 10-year-old girl. It was really bright. I really like a lot of colour and a variety of colours in paintings.”

The 4Cats studio offers classes and workshops for kids, adults, and families.

Devenport says teaching kids and adults can be different.

“Kids are more open to trying new things, adults want to see exactly what to do. They like to follow the exact step-by-step, which is why we show that,” she explains.

Regardless of current skill level or knowledge of art, Devenport says anyone can learn art techniques.

“Art is for everyone,” she says. “Everyone creates their own individual style once they get the feel of what they’re good at.”

Graffiti: Express Yo Self is for kids ages eight to 12.

For more information visit the website 4cats.com.

HELLO SNOW There was plenty of snow on Grouse Mountain last week for enthusiasts like these two. Thanks to a good dumping of the white stuff, all three local mountains are enjoying a good start to the season with Grouse, Mt. Seymour, and Cypress Mountain offering a variety of lessons and courses for skiers and snowboarders from beginner to advanced in both private and group lessons. PHOTO CLARE WAKEFIELD

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Instructor Jessica Devenport works with kids at her 4Cats studio in North Vancouver. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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PARENTING

Learn to really listen to your teenager “She never tells me anything.”

That’s a common concern for parents of teens. It seems that they hit puberty and simply clam up.

“They never listen.”

Teens on the other hand will say that their parents never listen and just don’t understand what’s going on in their lives.

Ironically, teens do want to talk to their parents, they actually know that their friends are not always a source of wisdom and they need the advice their parents can offer.

Kathy Lynn

Parenting Today The challenge for parents is knowing that when communicating with teens, listening is much more important

than talking. The life of a teenager is complex and often confusing and the teen simply needs to vent and we, their parents, need to stay quiet and listen.

So how can we encourage teens by listening? We need to make time available.

This can be by having family dinners when we foster good conversation that includes our kids.

Driving kids places is a great time to listen. Teens will often talk in the car because they don’t need to make eye contact and they know exactly when the conversation will end.

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Doing chores with teens also works as a great time to listen.

You need to really listen and let your child know by your body language that you are paying attention. If you have your smartphone in your hand or are looking at the clock they know you’re really not there for them. If you’re really busy, say so and arrange a time to talk and it should be sooner than later.

As you listen try to be neutral and just listen, in other words no judging.

If you’re making faces or rolling your eyes or clearly keen to jump in and criticize, your teen will shut down and you’ll never know what’s going on. Try not to show any emotion including anger, disappointment or laughter. Listen to the whole story and then comment.

Let’s say 16-year-old Kenley is telling you about how her friend Sam got drunk at a party last night.

Now, I know you want to jump in but hear her

out. When she’s finished ask her what she thought about what happened.

And, again listen. You can certainly ask whether there is usually alcohol at parties and whether the host’s parents were present. This is also a good time to let her know that if she’s ever in a situation in which the person to drive her home has been drinking she can call you for a ride home, no questions asked.

The life of teens is more separate from our life than ever before. But it’s important to find out what’s going on in their lives. Visit the school and know who their teachers are, ask them about what music they like and why.

As you listen to your teen it is likely that you will be thinking that despite all the changes in the world, being a teen today is not that different from when you were her age. You immediately recall a story of something that happened to you which is relevant to your teen’s situation.

Stay quiet. If you start a

sentence with, “When I was a your age….” you will likely hear a groan, get the classic eye roll or a glassy-eyed stare which means she has tuned you out. No matter how relevant your story, this is her story and she doesn’t want to hear your anecdote from the past.

If you’re told something in confidence, keep it to yourself. If you know that you will tell your spouse, let your teen know up front. You can say something like. “When it comes to parenting, your dad and I are a team so I will talk to him but not to anyone else.”

Of course, listening is not the whole picture when it comes to communicating with our teens and next week we’ll talk about talking.

Kathy Lynn is a professional speaker and author of Vive la Différence, Who’s In Charge Anyway? and But Nobody Told Me I’d Ever Have to Leave Home. Sign up for her informational newsletter at parentingtoday.ca.

Kids Stuff PRO-D DAY FAMILY MOVIE MATINEE All ages are invited to wear their pjs and bring a stuffy to a screening of Winnie the Pooh Monday, Jan. 18, 2:30-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Drop-in but space is limited. Children under 10 must be accompanied by a caregiver. westvanlibrary.ca TEEN ADVISORY GROUP (TAG) meets once a month to discuss teen collections and programming at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. New members always welcome. Next meeting Monday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m. westvanlibrary.ca BOOK BUDDIES Children ages six-12 play literary games and practise reading skills with teen volunteers during this program Saturdays, Feb. 13-March 5, 2:30-3:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Kids must be school-aged and able to read some English on their own. westvanlibrary.ca

BOOK LAUNCH Author/illustrator couple Diane and Dave Welch sign copies of their children’s holiday book Mr. Nobody’s Christmas Treasury at Indigo on Marine Drive in North Vancouver. The Welches have self-published three Mr. Nobody books to date. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN Professional soprano Catherine Affleck McPhail beats the January blahs with an eclectic mix of music and chat including works by Mozart, Andrew Lloyd Weber and Robbie Burns Thursday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion, 123 West 15th Street, North Vancouver.

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CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYORS LUNCHEON North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto and District Mayor Richard Walton discuss issues affecting business Friday, Jan. 29, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at Seymour Golf & County Club, 3723 Mount Seymour Pky., North Vancouver. $69/$49. nvchamber.ca

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WINTER TALES Librarian Michelle Callahan reads to youngsters at the Winter Stories and Stuffie Sleepover event at the Capilano branch of North Vancouver District Public Library earlier this month. Kids listened to winter-themed stories then tucked their plush toys into bed for an overnight stay and picked them up the next day. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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ART CLUB Practise your creative arts in a welcoming group Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 885 22nd St., West Vancouver.

In addition to traditional art projects, knitters and fabric artists are welcome.

BISTRO LUNCH All ages are invited for a homemade soup and sandwich lunch every Wednesday and Friday, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. $6.

CHESS CLUB All levels are welcome to play chess Mondays and Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m. at Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. 604-983-6350 myparkgate.com

CIRCLE DANCE Learn easy dances with music and steps from many traditions the third Wednesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. (arrive 6:45 p.m.).

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DEEP COVE LADIES LIONS CLUB meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second and last Wednesday of each month at Lions Garey Ham Court, 936 Bowron Court, North Vancouver. New members are welcome. Sally Scott, 604-924-1923.

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What’s On From page 22 NORTH VANCOUVER KIRTAN Singing and chanting heart opening songs from various parts of the world, joyful and easy for participants. Meet every second Wednesday, 7-8:30 p.m. Admission by donation and for location and details phone: 778-822-7757 or email: poppymoonlight@gmail.com

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SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER is a global women’s organization that meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. from September to June.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE

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Chris Dagenais

The Dish

ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents appetizer recipes for New Year’s Eve

Have you ever noticed that the staff at Ayoub’s Dried Fruits and Nuts is always bundled up in warm layers, irrespective of the season?

Employees do this because the shop is kept deliberately cold at all times. The low temperature helps maintain the integrity of the thousands of nuts that occupy the elegant, handcrafted upright bowls placed throughout the store.

This tight temperature control is just one of many tricks of the trade employed

by Ayoub’s and comes from knowledge hard won over the course of more than 30 years in the retail nut business.

Ayoub’s, named after founder Ayoub Hosseini, began in Tehran three decades ago. The small startup eventually grew into a large, thriving institution in Iran’s capital city. A decade ago, with the help of his son Amir, Hosseini set up a North Shore outpost of Ayoub’s, emphasizing the shopper experience as much as the quality of the nuts, constructing a lush and sophisticated atelier-like space on bustling Lonsdale Avenue.

I met up with Amir one recent Saturday and

Amir Hosseini, owner of Ayoub’s Dried Fruits and Nuts, displays some freshly roasted almonds at his Lonsdale Avenue store. Nuts are roasted on site using an artisanal roaster. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH he walked me around his flagship North Shore store, pointing out little details that I would not have spotted myself but that have been integral to Ayoub’s success; the burgeoning nut empire now claims five retail locations and a central warehouse on Old Dollarton Highway.

One such detail was the flawless shape of the roasted almonds. Amir betrayed his deep-seeded pride as he showed me a plump

and pristine nut specimen, pointing out its discernible ridges, even colour and unmarred edges.

“It wasn’t always like this,” he explains. “We have leverage today, bargaining power to secure only the top grade of nuts from our suppliers.”

The volume of nuts purchased by Ayoub’s puts the retailer in prime position to reject inferior products.

On average, Amir shared, the shop sells one pallet of

almonds, or approximately 1,130 kilograms, per month.

As a result, the specimen I inspect, a Californian nonpareil almond in the 1820 (almonds per ounce) size range (the largest available) is representative of his entire almond inventory.

Nuts are roasted on site at every Ayoub’s location using a traditional gasfuelled dry roaster located in the back. Looking at the machine, which resembles a miniature cement mixer

with its tilted barrel and narrow opening, I was struck by the absence of dials, gauges, screens or blinking doodads of any description. Roasting here is an artisanal affair with success wholly contingent on the experience of the roaster, who must rely on visual and olfactory cues to determine when the nuts are ready; taste is a poor indicator as it is subject to See Dried page 26

Appetizers appropriate for New Year’s Eve

Parmesan Baguette Toasts are one of many appetizer options for New Year’s Eve. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

One of my favourite ways to spend New Year’s Eve is to have a couple of friends over for drinks and appetizers, and to play cards or board games as we ease into another year.

I’d rather eat appetizers than a big meal any day.

I love choosing from a selection of savoury bites.

Here are a few ideas for great, easy appies you’ll enjoy serving to your guests as 2016 makes its debut.

I wish a joyous new year to you all. May the coming 12 months be happy, healthy, and full of deliciousness!

Angela Shellard

Romancing the Stove Baked Mozzarella in Marinara

2 cups purchased marinara sauce (or good

quality plain tomato-basil pasta sauce) 1 clove garlic, minced 8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, cut in one-inch cubes 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil Ground black pepper ¼ cup torn fresh basil leaves Parmesan Baguette Toasts (recipe below) Heat oven to 350° F. Mix the minced garlic into the marinara sauce and pour into a large, shallow ovenproof dish; top with the See Mozzarella page 26

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Dried fruit mixture features pear, peach, plum

From page 25

dramatic change upon cooling and drying.

I share these details with you because, for me, the back stories of our local food and beverage businesses are often every bit as interesting as the actual products they sell.

Ayoub’s, like a number of other North Shore specialists with a hyper-focus on a single area of expertise (I’d include Olives on Tap, Masa’s Salmon Smokehouse, The Cheese Man, Moja Coffee, Tea Time, and Sons of Vancouver Distillery in this category) are directly responsible for setting the standard for foodstuffs on this side of the water.

As Amir and I walked around the shop, I selected a number of items to sample, focusing on nuts and dried fruits (the shop offers a large selection of Persian specialty confections as well). A number of roasted nuts at Ayoub’s are finished with a light coating of lime juice, saffron and sea salt, a traditional Persian flavour combination that is the shop’s signature offering. I chose pistachios and cashews finished in this mixture, delighting in the slight bite of citrus that subtly offsets the rich butteriness that is the hallmark of these nut varieties. Saffron, an ingredient that can dominate if not doled out sparingly, is handled deftly at Ayoub’s and offers only the faintest hint of perfumed pungency.

I also tried a new flavour of cashew, Curry Lime, which

Roasted Kernel Mix is one of the selections at Ayoub’s Dried Fruits and Nuts. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH revealed fragrant notes of fenugreek and turmeric.

One of the most remarkable flavour sensations in the shop can be found in Ayoub’s dried fruit mixture, which includes desiccated pear, apple, melon, orange, mango,

banana, persimmon, peach, kiwi and sour red plum. This is a spectacular mixture, brimming with intense, concentrated flavours and has instantly become a new favourite snack in my house. The kiwi and plum components are bracingly, face-contortingly sour but find their antidote in the ripe round melon, persimmon and mango. Rings of tart orange hold the whole combination together, offering welcome structure in their acidity, reserved bitterness and chewy texture.

A Spicy Mix of nuts, featuring finely ground chili powder and paprika, has a nice bite but is not overwhelmingly hot.

This mix would make a great beer snack. Ayoub’s dried vegetable mixture, which includes beets, carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans, squash and taro, is a crunchy and flavoursome offering but, I must confess, is just a touch too righteous for my taste, especially when sampled in the same sitting as all the indulgent, spicy and salty nuts.

A sweet mixture, a seasonal offering of dried dates, figs, nuts and generous cubes of Turkish Delight (here flavoured with lemon and coconut and topped with a toasted walnut), was my final selection and was a hit with the kids.

My diverse sampling of nuts and dried goods was $56.

Ayoub’s Dried Fruits and Nuts is located at 1332 Lonsdale Ave. ayoubs.ca 604-982-9682 hungryontheshore@gmail.com

Mozzarella lightly browned under broiler is added to marinara From page 25

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Bake for 20 minutes or until the mozzarella is melted (I like to turn the broiler on briefly until the cheese is slightly browned). Remove

dish from oven and drizzle the olive oil over top, then sprinkle with black pepper and fresh basil.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

Emily Overholt cruises through the heats in the 400-metre individual medley at the Pan Am Games. She won the final but lost the gold on a disqualification. Overholt went on to win gold in the 400-m freestyle race, setting a new Pan Am record in the process. PHOTO SUPPLIED SCOTT GRANT

2015 Sport Year in Review

Superstars emerge

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We’re all set to ring in the new year, but before we leave 2015 behind let’s have a look back at the biggest North Shore sports stories of the past 12 months.

We’ll start right at the top with our No. 1 story, a teenaged swim sensation

who in 2015 showed she can keep up with, and beat, the best in the world.

1. Hello, Emily Overholt The year 2015 basically consisted of one strange low and many wild highs in the pool for West Vancouver’s Emily Overholt. The teenager, who graduated from Collingwood School in June, was

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Blues have a ‘crazy year’ From page 27

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directing her attention to the scoreboard which now listed her not at the top as the gold medal winner but at the bottom, disqualified.

“Wait, what?” Overholt said, before being whisked away to learn more about her unfortunate fate. The verdict: a judge ruled that Overholt had performed a seldom-called illegal turn, using a “nonsimultaneous touch” during the breaststroke leg of the medley.

Overholt was crushed by the decision but showed great poise in diving back into the fray just a few minutes later to swim the opening leg of the 4x200-m freestyle relay, staking Canada to an early lead that was soon gobbled up by the United States and Brazil.

Canada finished third, giving Overholt her second medal of the Games.

Overholt capped her wild week with another incredible swim, winning the 400-m freestyle final in thrilling fashion less than 24 hours after her disqualification. Racing out of lane eight after grabbing the last spot in the final during the qualification heats, Overholt clocked a Pan Am Games record time of 4:08.52, out-touching Venezuela’s Andreina Pinto by a quarter of a second.

“Last night was heartbreaking, and I wanted to win so badly today to

make up for it,” Overholt said moments after the race. “I’m so happy right now.”

And her breakout campaign wasn’t quite finished yet. In August Overholt capped off an unbelievable summer of swimming with a bronze medal in her first-ever appearance at the FINA World Championships held in Kazan, Russia.

Still just 17 years old at the time, Overholt clocked a Canadian record time of 4:32.52 in the 400-m individual medley to finish third behind Katinka Hosszu of Hungary and Maya DiRado of the United States.

The results were amazing, but what resonated for many observers was the way Overholt handled herself after the DQ, accepting the decision with grace while regrouping to help her team win a relay medal.

“That shows the character of the young lady, that she had that happen, dust yourself down and get back up for the relay, lead the relay off in the manner that she did,” said Swimming Canada highperformance director John Atkinson in an interview during the Pan Am Games.

With a wild 2015 now in her wake, Overholt is racing into 2016 with confidence and credentials that will make her one of Canada’s medal favourites at the

Olympic Games in Rio.

2. Wolf Pack win first title The North Van Wolf Pack junior B squad claimed the first PJHL title in team history in 2015, completing an impressive championship turnaround that began when the once-struggling franchise relocated from Squamish before the 2011-12 season.

The Pack have improved their win total in each season since making the move, and in 2015 they went right to the top, finishing first in regular season before beating the Mission City Outlaws four games to two to claim the championship trophy.

Five-foot-seven fourthline rookie Ian Creamore broke a 2-2 tie against the Outlaws seven minutes into the third period of Game 6 of the finals with what turned into the championship-winning goal in a tense 3-2 win for the Pack. Major credit for the team’s championship run went to the top line of Mitch Crisanti, Spencer Quon and Brodyn Nielsen.

Crisanti set a blistering scoring pace, firing home 19 goals in just 15 games.

His point total of 36 was tops in the playoffs, followed by Quon who racked up 32 points, including 25 assists, in 13 games. Nielsen, the team’s captain, finished tied for third in scoring with 26

points in 15 games.

Credit also goes to the father and son duo of CEO Dean Samson and head coach/general manager Matt Samson who founded the team in Squamish and made the move to North Van, bringing junior hockey back to the North Shore with a franchise that appears built to last. In a strange twist Matt Samson left the team following the championship win to take a coaching job in the BCHL, but the Wolf Pack continues to prowl.

Despite losing the top seven scorers from last year’s championship team, North Van currently sits in first place in the PJHL with 45 points in 30 games played before the Christmas break.

3. Blues turn to gold Things couldn’t have started much worse for the Capilano University men’s soccer team in the 2015 season. The Blues began their campaign with a record of 0-5-1 in September, planting themselves firmly at the bottom of the PacWest standings. The coaches and players, however, didn’t panic. It was assistant coach Desmond Tachie who coined a phrase that summed up the situation.

The Blues, Tachie told the team, were the best 0-5-1 squad he’d ever seen. And for the rest of the year, the See North page 30

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team proved him right.

The Blues finished with a 9-11 record in October, completing their amazing turnaround with a 2-0 win over Kwantlen in the PacWest championship final on Halloween night.

“Crazy year,” said Capilano head coach Paul Dailly after the PacWest final. “We just kept believing in each other, kept believing in the system, the guys we had in place. We got a couple of bounces here and there and that just seemed to steamroll things for us.”

The Blues then capped their season by finishing second at the CCAA national championships held at Champlain College SaintLambert in Saint-Lambert, Que. The Blues appeared poised to take gold at nationals when their opponents, the Humber Hawks, lost two players to red cards in the first half but Capilano couldn’t capitalize and ended up losing in a shootout following a 0-0 draw.

Sutherland grad Krisitan Yli-Hietanen was named an All-Canadian after winning the PacWest Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards.

4. Twins pull off a double play The North Shore Twins have

had a lot of success over the years, including three straight B.C. Premier Baseball League championships from 2007 to 2009, but in 2015 they hit heights they’d never reached before.

This summer the Twins won the regular season title in the highly competitive BCPBL for the first time in franchise history, racking up a 34-10 record to finish first in regular season play. They then followed through in the playoffs, winning the championship in emphatic fashion. The Twins outscored the rest of the elite teams in B.C. 6919 while compiling a 5-1 playoff record, including an 18-7 win over the Nanaimo Pirates in the provincial final.

In August the Twins came one win away from topping their dream season with a national title, claiming silver at the Baseball Canada 18U National Championships. It was their first time ever attending the national tournament, which is not affiliated with the BCPBL. The national silver was an impressive feat considering that none of the team’s four starting pitchers who had dominated all season were available for the tournament. Braeden Toikka was too old for the 18-andunder format, Robert Hemer

Spencer Quon of the North Van Wolf Pack pulls away from a Mission City Outlaws defender in a PJHL championship finals game. The Pack fell behind 0-2 in the series but came storming back to tie it up through four games. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN was nursing an injury, and Will McAffer and Matteo Vincelli were both away on duty with the Canadian Junior National Team.

Despite the loss in the last game of the year, 2015 was the best-ever season for the Twins, according to longtime general manager Rick Elstone.

“They were the best team I’ve seen and I’ve been around the

Twins for about 15 years,” he said. “That performance (at the BCPBL championships) with the offensive explosion, nobody has ever seen that. We just annihilated the rest of the guys.

That’s pretty hard to do. . . . It was quite a year, quite a team.”

5. Sam scores gold West Vancouver’s Sam

Reinhart didn’t wait long to make his mark in 2015 as he rang in the new year by helping Canada win gold at the World Junior Hockey Championships in early January. Reinhart scored the game-winning goal as Canada topped Russia 5-4 in a thrilling championship final held at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. His deft second period tip-in of a Max Domi shot gave Canada a 5-1 lead in the final and stood up as the winner after Russia mounted a rapid-fire comeback.

At the championships Reinhart scored five goals and notched 11 points to tie for the tournament lead in each category while registering a tournament-best plus-13 rating.

Following the tournament Reinhart was chosen by the coaches as one of Canada’s topthree players and also selected by the media as a tournament all-star.

The win may have given Sam bragging rights in the talented Reinhart family.

Sam’s older brothers Max and Griffin have played in the NHL and represented Canada internationally, as has their father, Paul, who won two world championship bronze medals See Carson page 31

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SPORT

At left, Cole Ensing of the North Shore Twins takes a cut during an 11-3 win over the Whalley Chiefs at Parkgate Park. The Twins wrapped up league play, finishing with a 34-10 record to claim their first ever BCPBL regular season title. PHOTO LISA KING At right, Sam Reinhart powers to the net during a pre-tournament game heading into the World Junior Championships.

Reinhart scored 11 points — tied for the tournament lead — as Canada claimed its first World Juniors gold since 2009. PHOTO SUPPLIED MATTHEW MURNAGHAN/HOCKEY CANADA

Carson Graham Eagles football set record totals

From page 30

in the 1980s. This win, however, might be the biggest in the Reinhart family so far, Paul admitted after watching Sam win gold.

“I think that this is the most high-profile one,” he

said. “Whenever you’re putting the Canadian jersey on you recognize that it’s a special moment. . . .

There’s a different vibe and a different element of success involved in it. Combined with the Canadian flag, it’s obviously something that

every player is proud of.”

Sam, who turned 20 in November, is now a fixture with the Buffalo Sabres, scoring 15 points in 35 games so far in the 201516 season, including three game-winning goals.

Bonus big-time

performance The Carson Graham senior football team got a huge performance from quarterback Tyler Nylander who rushed 26 times for an incredible 368 yards and seven touchdowns as the Eagles beat the Abbotsford Panthers 53-34

to win the AA provincial championship at BC Place Dec. 5. The yards and touchdowns are both believed to be record totals for B.C. High School Football championship finals.

Honourable mentions:

• Handsworth wins senior girls AAAA volleyball title; • Derek Mayson wins Pan Am and World Championship gold as a member of Canada’s national softball team; • 2010 Olympic champion Maëlle Ricker retires from competitive snowboarding.

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