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A promising hockey player and college student from North Vancouver is being remembered by friends and teammates this week after he was killed in a shocking double murder-suicide in upstate New York this weekend.

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Matthew Hutchinson, 24, graduated from Sutherland secondary in North Vancouver and was known locally as a talented hockey player who won the respect of his teammates.

“He was a hardworking honest player. He competed hard,” said Billy Coupland, who taught Hutchinson at Sutherland and coached him when Hutchinson played in the Bantam division with the North Shore Winter Club.

“Everybody respected him.

He was just a good kid.”

Hutchinson went on to play with several junior A

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SCHOOL LANDS: DOWNSIZING OF ARGYLE REBUILD NOW LIKELY

District nixes Braemar development

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The eventual rebuilding of Argyle secondary will likely have to be scaled back after the District of North Vancouver voted against rezoning an unused portion of the Braemar elementary land to be sold.

The North Vancouver school district was counting on the $2.4 million from Wedgewood Developments for its portion of the preferred size of the $51.5-million rebuild of Argyle. The province has committed only enough funds for a $37.8-million

seismic upgrade of the school. The rest must be raised by the school district.

In June 2014, the previous council voted down Wedgewood’s plan for seven single-family homes on the unused, wooded piece of the property. The new proposal had shrunk in size by about one-third and featured only four single-family homes, each with a secondary suite, as well as green corridors buffering the project from both the school and immediate neighbours.

But when it came time for a vote, half of council could not stomach moving the process any further, either on the

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principle that public land shouldn’t be sold to fund rebuilding schools, or because it had simply become too divisive.

Couns. Lisa Muri, Jim Hanson and Mathew Bond voted against sending the proposal to a public hearing while Couns.

Robin Hicks and Roger Bassam along with Mayor Richard Walton voted in favour. Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn was unable to attend due to illness. Under the B.C. Community Charter, a tie vote is considered defeated.

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Polygon Gallery breaks ground Chan family donates $750K towards construction of premier photo arts facility

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As if emerging from the darkroom, Presentation House Gallery’s new home at the foot of Lonsdale developed into sharp focus on Monday.

Dignitaries and donors gathered at the site to hold a ground-breaking ceremony for the premier photographic arts destination. Guests at the nearby Lonsdale Quay Hotel poked their heads out of their windows to watch as Squamish Nation representative Sheryl Fisher performed a traditional blessing.

There’s a sense of thrill in the arts and culture communities “to see something getting built in an era when we’ve seen a lot of attrition of other cultural facilities,” said gallery director Reid Shier. “We’re seeing, I hope, the dawn of a new era when cultural facilities and culture take more prominence.”

Funding for the gallery comes from a variety of pots.

The City of North Vancouver is putting up $2.5 million and the land for the gallery as well as $2.5 million in provincial money left over from the abandoned National Maritime Centre project. The feds chipped in a $2.5-million grant.

When it opens in late summer 2017, it will be renamed the Polygon Gallery thanks to $4 million in donations from the Audain Foundation and

Polygon Homes and the lobby will be named in honour of the Chan family after a $750,000 donation announced Monday.

The design of the building is one of a kind, using a multilayered, perforated metal façade, which has at its rearmost layer, a mirror meant to reflect light and the surrounding buildings.

“It actually has a bit of scintillation and reflects the sky. It’s unique to this building.

It will be the first time that this particular cladding has ever been used,” said Patkau Architects partner John Patkau.

The outer layer is the same metal used on docks and gangways, meant to metaphorically reflect the location’s long-ago life as a shipyard.

The ground floor will feature all glass walls, opening up the building and viewscapes to all at street level.

“This is such a public space right here. It’s surrounded by people coming and going. We wanted to make sure it was as transparent as possible, as active as possible with it representing both the gallery as well as the community,” said Patricia Patkau, partner in the design firm.

Shier is now looking ahead to the grand opening exhibition, although his only hint is that it will be about North Vancouver but international

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Squamish Nation member Sheryl Fisher drums and sings a traditional blessing at the ground-breaking ceremony for Presentation House Gallery’s new home on the North Vancouver waterfront. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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Scaled-back Argyle rebuild may hold fewer students From page 1 is being underfunded. I respect those who say that the children who are suffering from this underfunding should not be the ones who pay the price and I respect the motives and intentions of those who seek to take value from these lands for the purpose of educating North Vancouver school attendees and for the Argyle project in particular,” Hanson said.

“However, it would violate my conscience to vote in favour of a matter going to public hearing when what is at stake

is the repurposing of public lands for private use.”

Muri too acknowledged that Argyle needs to be rebuilt but she said highrises had come up for council approval without stoking such unrest. She challenged the full council gallery to apply the same level of lobbying to the province.

“I want the province to tell me why I have to make this decision because they don’t want to adequately fund our schools and our communities,” she said. “If you can ramp up for a four-lot subdivision like this, ramp up and

challenge the MLAs. There’s an election coming up.

Challenge how we are funding our schools in this province because it makes no sense. It has not made sense for years.

They are pitting our communities against one another.”

But council was being premature in voting the proposal down before holding a public hearing, Bassam and Walton charged.

“There’s an awful lot of voices tonight that aren’t here. We can complain about the province. We can complain about the divisiveness. I don’t think the school

district particularly wanted to pit one part of the community against the other...,” Walton said. “By not going to public hearing, I think we’re denying a lot of voices who would have an opportunity to be in on that discussion.”

Bassam reminded his council colleagues that voting to hold a public hearing is by no means a vote in favour of the project.

“You don’t have to vote for it at the end of the day but you do have an obligation as an elected official to listen to all the people,” he said.

Following the meeting,

North Vancouver school district superintendent John Lewis said the decision will impact future Argyle students and the Braemar and Lynn Valley communities.

“We’re deeply disappointed in really a lost opportunity to convert an unused school district asset for the direct benefits of the immediate community for traffic, parking and student safety and for the students of North Vancouver,” he said.

“The boards of education have had to make extremely difficult and challenging decisions and they’ve been able

to do so by maintaining a pri- Fr mary focus on the needs of all 16,000 students that we serve and the general public.”

With $2.4 million less to spend, the new Argyle will have to be about 10,000 square feet smaller, likely coming from the portions of the school that the general community also uses, Lewis said. It may also reduce classroom capacity in one of the district’s fastest growing neighbourhoods.

The school district will continue to consider its options for the Braemar land, Lewis said.

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Fire chief says murdered man a ‘role model’ to kids teams in the B.C. Hockey League, including teams in Quesnel, Chilliwack, Surrey and Coquitlam. He was also drafted to the Prince George Cougars in the Western Hockey League.

Hutchinson later went to college in New York, where he was a defenceman for the Geneseo Knights college hockey team. He also worked for the B.C. Wildfire Service in the summer and had looked forward to career in that area after he graduated from college this year.

“I saw him in the summer,” said Coupland. “He was excited about moving on to the next stage of his life.”

Coupland said he was shocked to learn on Sunday that Hutchinson had been killed.

Hutchinson was one of three young adults found dead in a house rented by students in the college town of Geneseo, New York state, around 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The bodies of Kelsey Annese, 21, a fellow student and member of the college’s women’s basketball team, and Colin Kingston, 24, a former student and former basketball player for the college, were also found.

Geneseo police department spokesman Jeffrey Szczesniak said Monday Kingston apparently stabbed Hutchinson and Annese to death with a large knife in the early morning hours, before turning the knife on himself.

Szczesniak said Kingston was apparently distraught over his breakup with Annese,

Matthew Hutchinson was to graduate from college this year. PHOTO SUPPLIED his former girlfriend.

Police were called to the home after Kingston’s father called 9-1-1, saying he had just received a call from his son, who told the older Kingston he had harmed his former girlfriend. All three were dead by the time police arrived.

At the time of his death, Hutchinson was in his senior year at the college, studying geography and business, as well as playing hockey.

He was also a member of Geneseo’s volunteer firefighting department.

While he grew up in North Vancouver, Hutchinson played hockey at the North Shore Winter Club and later for the North West Giants and B.C. Junior Hockey League’s Coquitlam Express team.

Jon Calvano, who coached Hutchinson with the North West Giants, recalled him as “a great kid” and “a great young man,” on Monday. “He wore a letter with us. He had great leadership skills,” said Calvano. “His teammates all respected his worth ethic and his dedication to his

teammates.”

“He was an honest, tough, physical defenceman,” he said, describing Hutchinson as “kind of an old-time hockey player” in style.

Off the ice, Hutchinson “was a funny kid with a good sense of humour, but he also knew how to be serious and focused,” said Calvano. “He was an overall great guy. He was a kid who if you had a daughter you wouldn’t mind your daughter marrying.”

Calvano said he was in “disbelief and shock” when he heard that Hutchinson had been killed on Sunday. “He never was a kid who was in the middle of anything.”

Andrew Chanler, chief of the Genesco fire department where Hutchinson volunteered, described him as a “role model” and his death as “a tremendous loss for our department.”

Those who knew Hutchinson took to social media this week to express their condolences. “My son played junior hockey with Matt. He was a talented player and a nice young man. A senseless tragedy,” wrote Ken McNamara.

An online fundraising appeal started by Hutchinson’s sister Katelynn to help his parents attend memorial events in New York and bring Matt’s body back to Canada had raised $14,000 by Tuesday morning.

Coupland called Hutchinson’s death “heartbreaking” and said, “It’s going to take a long time for a lot of people who cared about him and loved him to try to make sense of it.

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“One of the things that the gallery has always prided itself on is the eclecticism of its program, the fact that we can combine historical work with contemporary work and the fact that we can be local and international,” he said.

Following ceremonial soil turning, Mayor Darrell Mussatto beamed as he pointed to big improvements on their way to the rest of the area, saying it will soon be the “heart of the city.”

To the immediate east of

the building at the very foot of Lonsdale, there will be a new public plaza and water feature as well as a new Tap & Barrel patio leased from the city. The multi-use Spirit Trail along the waterfront is on track to open in the spring and city council is closing in on the bigticket items planned for the Shipyards.

“Three different companies have bid on that site to do the outdoor ice rink, to do the water park and to add more hotel rooms. Those decisions will be made in the next month or two,” Mussatto said. “Once we pick a preferred developer,

we will then negotiate with them for the specifics and they’ll start designing and building this year.”

There is some lingering uncertainty, however, for the historic Pipe Shop. The North Vancouver Museum and Archives has been fundraising since 2013 to take over the spot, but there is some question over whether they’ve been able to meet their fundraising commitments.

“We’re still discussing whether the museum goes in there or not. You’ll hear in a couple weeks what decisions we make,” Mussatto said.

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Couple chronicles addiction struggles Documentary airs on CBC’s Nature of Things tomorrow MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk @nsnews.com

The personal story of a North Vancouver addictions therapist who himself battled alcoholism until he was homeless on the Downtown Eastside is the subject of a CBC TV documentary airing this Thursday.

In fact it was Mike Pond’s partner, documentary filmmaker Maureen Palmer, who hit “Record” on her iPhone while Pond was in the throes of a relapse after being five years sober – an uncomfortable moment that couldn’t be “faked” later.

“I woke up in the morning with the worst bloody hangover. I had forgotten what a hangover felt like,” said Pond, who was also sick with shame and regret.

The Central Lonsdale couple was at this point a few months into chronicling Pond’s struggle with overcoming alcoholism, for a documentary called Wasted set to debut on CBC’s The Nature of Things with David Suzuki. Instead of being angry, Palmer wanted a scientific explanation for why Pond relapsed.

Getting behind the science of alcoholism aided in Pond’s quest for answers and a new treatment for his addiction, that goes beyond the standard 12-step approach. The couple crisscrossed the United States and went across the pond, over a nine-month period that started last January, speaking to renowned professors and scientists in the fields of behavioral

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Rescue donation warms the head and the heart Senior knitter says thanks for mountain rescue 27 yrs later JUSTIN BEDDALL jbeddall@nsnews.com

Vuokko Liisa is knitting it forward.

The 75-year-old North Van retiree recently donated 10 colourful, hand-knit toques and several neck warmers to North Shore Rescue, a volunteer group that once came to her aid after a trailskiing accident on Cypress

Mountain left her with a broken fibula and ankle in 1989.

One of the young rescuers who arrived that day was Tim Jones, the legendary team leader who passed away in 2014. She recalled that Jones visited her in the hospital afterwards.

“North Shore Rescue has done so much over the years,” she said. “They do so much for other people – and they are volunteers.”

Liisa’s grandmother taught her to knit when she was four. But a busy life spent raising children, having a career and crosscountry skiing in the local

backcountry didn’t allow her to seriously start knitting until after she retired.

Since then she’s been making up for lost time, making frequent trips to Michaels craft store for more wool. She also knits hats and scarves to give to North Shore homeless shelters and local seniors.

She won’t accept payment for her handmade toques, which take around three hours to complete. She makes around 250 per year.

Some people splurge on a coffee, she splurges on wool.

“It’s coming right from my heart, said Liisa.

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Each toque she knits is unique and the only pattern she has is stored in her head.

For the rescue hats she decided to use bright coloured yarn “so they can be seen.”

North Shore Rescue team leader Mike Danks was appreciative of the donation – not only the small cash donation she made, but also the considerable effort she took to make the toques and neck warmers for the rescue members. “(They are) something that we all use in the backcountry. A good wool toque can save your life.”

Wood chipper stolen from Seymour roadside BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Vancouver RCMP are hoping a tip from the public can help pair an industrial wood chipper back with its rightful owner.

According to police, the owner parked the wheel-mounted wood chipper on the 300-block of Seymour Boulevard on Jan. 11.

When he came back to that spot on Jan. 14, the $30,000 chipper was gone.

Police say the machine is conspicuous so it shouldn’t be hard to spot.

“This is a very specialized piece of

industrial equipment,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.

“It will be difficult to just leave it hidden somewhere. The thieves may attempt to use it or sell it online at a fraction of its value.”

Police remind citizens it is a criminal offence to purchase stolen property.

The 2014, Model BC 1000, Vermeer wood chipper trailer is described as orange in color and having B.C. licence plate #55103D. Anyone with information about the theft of the wood chipper’s whereabouts is asked to contact North Vancouver RCMP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS).

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t’s a no-win situation. Keep school lands in the public trust or rebuild seismically unsound schools to meet the needs of our communities.

The District of North Vancouver opted for the former on Monday night, turning down the rezoning of an unused chunk of Braemar elementary and halting the $2.4-million sale of the land to help rebuild Argyle secondary.

As school land sales go, this one is about as innocuous as they come.

The impact on the quality of life in the neighbourhood with four extra homes with secondary suites would have been negligible. The land in question, after being purchased by the school district in the 1960s, had never been used as anything but a deciduous backdrop for the neighbours.

Apparently forgetting what they signed up for when filing their

nomination papers, a few councillors shied away simply because the issue has become too divisive.

At the very least, this should have gone to a public hearing.

Argyle will still get its rebuild, just smaller and likely with fewer of the public amenities that make a school truly part of a community.

Of course, we have the province to thank for this mess. Despite giving school boards almost no tools with which to raise money, they’re now expected to come up with millions of dollars to pay for capital costs. We agree it’s a sick practice that should stop immediately.

But you can only play the blame game for so long before someone needs to take responsibility. It was the District of North Vancouver council who had that job Monday night and they shirked it.

Affordable housing advocates: stand together “Please Elizabeth write something on (affordable housing) as people have short memories! Before election they promise to help the poor and middle class; after that, it’s ‘goodbye.’ People believe these politicians who say they have vision for B.C.” – All regular citizens

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What I found most intriguing – and exciting – was that I received the letter one day before I was to meet with Capilano University professor Michael Markwick to discuss a Housing Affordability Assembly planned for Family Day, Feb. 8 at St. Catherine’s

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Just Asking Elizabeth James Church in Edgemont Village.

The event, which will run from 1 to 2:30 p.m., is being organized by the North Shore branch of Metro Vancouver Alliance, metvanalliance.org.

Markwick and I agreed “regular citizens” are overwhelmed by the scope of the problem and the feeling they cannot win ground against the corporations behind skyrocketing real-estate prices.

“The alliance believes organized people can, indeed, trump organized money; but they do need to be willing to organize,” he said.

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“One of the best ideas to come out of our efforts is to encourage formation of community land trusts along the lines of the work being done in the U.S. and in East London in the U.K.,” he explained.

And that brings me to these questions: Why do anonymous “regular citizens” trust me to make a success of carrying their message to politicians and corporations who, for the most part, pay me no heed?

If those regular citizens are serious about their concerns, did they vote at the last municipal election? If so, why did they return to office many of the decision-makers who encourage over-development and the renovictions from lowcost housing?

Lastly, why would a reader of this paper believe anything I write could have more effect than just another drop of water on the stone when compared to the superbly detailed Nov. 20 North Shore News opinion piece, Housing Crisis Needs Federal Action Now, by Don Peters, chairman

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of the local Community Housing Action Committee; or compared to North Shore News reporter Brent Richter’s excellent Dec. 6 analysis: Rental Crunch: Housing at Crisis Levels?

When it comes to standing together to take concrete action on the dire straits being faced by homeless citizens on our streets, you don’t need to be religious to remember the question, “Am I not my brother’s keeper?”

“We have to organize to make sure the seniors who built our community and the youth who are the future of our community can remain in our community,” urged Markwick who knows firsthand that some of his students have slept rough because they had no place to call home.

Before you ask whether I have set an example to follow, I confess that beyond buying the odd sandwich for a panhandler, I have not. Like 30 to 50 per cent of regular citizens, I have been too engrossed with keeping my own head above water to make anything

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more significant than a small donation here and there to salve my conscience.

And that’s why I found Markwick’s patient explanations about the community land trust idea so exciting – most especially so because at least three of our five North Shore councils have already taken some steps in this direction. “We need our communities to mobilize and back those politicians who have the integrity to work with us, to give them the benefit of the courage of our convictions,” he said.

In brief, as political attendees at the Feb. 8 presentation will hear, the general idea is to follow the pattern of gradual land assembly purchases, a variation of the waterfront property acquisitions process undertaken by West Vancouver council. Land would be transferred to a community trust to be managed in cooperation with audit-worthy non-profit groups who would build affordable – truly affordable – accommodations.

While I don’t know if this

would be part of the equation, what I would like to happen is for councils to also turn over to the non-profits any dollars they extract from developers as part of their density-bonusing schemes.

That would leave a more significant legacy than using the money to build ferris wheels on the waterfront or, even, a bike lift on Lonsdale Avenue.

As Methodist Minister Paul Regan put it in London, “When so much is being sold out of public ownership (think “surplus” schools – EJ), it drives a spiral of decreasing supply and increasing demands. It is a vicious circle in which investors can only see there are profits to be made.”

So if you take one thing only out of this story, let it be this: Organized citizens can trump organized money.

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he B.C. Liberal government’s annual budget usually contains little drama, as the bulk of it is made public as part of the three-year fiscal plan that accompanies the budget presentation every year.

But this coming year may be slightly different. Premier Christy Clark has dropped hints that a few nuggets that are not currently in the fiscal plan may be added when her finance minister brings down the budget on Feb. 16.

Those nuggets (whether they qualify as “goodies” remains to be seen) will deal with home buying, Medical Service Plan premiums, and funding for the children and families ministry.

I wrote in this space a couple of weeks back that the time had come to revisit how those MSP premiums are paid, as they have evolved into a financially onerous “flat tax” for far too many families.

It’s unclear whether they will be tied to income levels (as I and others, such as B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver, have suggested) but Clark has pledged to make them fairer and more affordable. They won’t be eliminated of course (the premiums are forecast to bring in more than $2.5 billion next fiscal year), but hopefully the playing field is made level.

Clark has also hinted about helping first-time home buyers, who are facing enormous obstacles (as in: insanely high housing prices) in Metro Vancouver when it comes to making any purchase. But the premier and her finance minister have also rightly expressed concern over taking any action that leads to an unintentional consequence: harming the existing financial equity thousands of people have built up in their homes.

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be to increase resources for them.

Will the kind of funding increase needed to address these problems be granted by the usually tight-fisted Finance Minister Mike de Jong? Clark has expressed some sympathy, but we’ll have to wait and see whether that translates into more dollars.

There is little to indicate there will be more unforeseen measures. The B.C. Liberals have been able to stick to the spending side of their fiscal plan fairly closely the past few years, which means, among other things, that the health ministry will get a budget increase of about a half billion dollars (yet people talk about “cuts” to health care).

Most other ministry budgets will see minimal increases, as health care alone continues to gobble up about half of all new spending.

And the budget will likely be balanced, even as the world economy teeters on the edge of what could be a serious downturn (although revenues from natural resources may continue to plummet). As for taxes, don’t expect anything substantially new on this front, although various fees will continue to climb.

And, almost paradoxically, the provincial debt will continue to climb, as the government continues its aggressive capital spending program (which includes building various schools, hospitals, roads and that controversial dam in the Peace River valley).

B.C.’s finance minister is known for his predictability and cautiousness. We’ll see if he adds a few of those new nuggets to the fiscal plan he unveiled two years ago.

View from The Ledge Keith Baldrey trickier sea to navigate than restructuring MSP premiums.

Taking even a small step when it comes to regulating a red-hot market like Metro Vancouver’s housing market can have all kinds of repercussions.

The third “nugget” may be a higher-than-expected budget increase for the children and families ministry.

As it is, the three-year fiscal plan shows the Ministry of Children and Family Development is due a paltry $6-million funding hike (on a $1.38-billion budget) in the coming year.

However, Bob Plecas, a former deputy minister in the province’s children and families ministry, was brought in to review some ministry operations and he has recommended a more significant funding increase of more than $50 million.

There is ample evidence that child protection workers (among the most valued of all civil servants) are underpaid and overworked. Their case files are too long, and their decision-making is often second-guessed.

Then there is the problem of a lack of foster parents.

That recent controversy over putting kids in care into hotel rooms has highlighted the need for more resources in this area, and one way to attract more people to become foster parents would

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At Stanford University Pond learned how alcohol and drugs hijack the brain’s reward circuitry. Early on in his addiction, Pond would bring two bottles with him when he went mountain biking: one with Gatorade and the other, Gatorade and vodka, for the downhill reward.

In the documentary, Pond undergoes alcohol trigger testing at a medical university in South Carolina, confident, after being shown images of alcohol, he has no cravings.

His brain scans, lit up with activity, paint a different story.

“I was shocked by how my brain, even after all those years of sobriety, still got really excited about seeing pictures of alcohol,” says Pond, realizing the part of his brain that controls addiction is not wired like an average person’s.

Pond’s alcohol addiction took hold about eight years ago. He later learned there was a genetic factor. It didn’t help that he was living in Okanagan wine country and immersed in that culture. The stress of

running a thriving therapist practice, and dealing day in and day out with his patients’ traumas, fuelled Pond’s addiction. He lost his home, his practice – and his wife and sons. A penniless Pond left Penticton on a bus that spit him out on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where he slept in back alleys and ate out of dumpsters.

Pond later wound up on the streets of North Surrey which he found to be unkind, and then bounced between “wretched” addictions recovery homes for two years.

The real wakeup call was when Pond ended up in the intensive care unit and almost died. Then on the path to recovery he met Palmer who wasn’t put off despite Pond revealing his past demons by the second date.

The more Pond told Palmer over the months the more she wanted to document his story. “It’s not just about choice and willpower; there’s so much else going on here,” says Palmer. The couple wrote a book together: Wasted: An Alcoholic Therapist’s Fight for Recovery in a Tragically Flawed Treatment System.

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He, along with an addictions specialist interviewed for Wasted, likens this approach to “medical malpractice” if other therapies are not being explored.

The couple says there is a laundry list of medications that treat addiction that either doctors don’t know about or the drugs aren’t available in Canada. Pond travelled to Bellingham, Wash., for a series of five pricey injections of the drug Vivitrol, which blocks opiate receptors in the brain and “extinguishes” the addiction over time.” The effects were immediate for Pond. “It took away that kind of agitation and the restlessness and the anxiety that we get.”

The couple will continue to lobby the powers that be to pour money into addictions research funding, and to have doctors equipped with “an expanded tool kit” to treat addicts, who Pond says are still stigmatized in the health-care system. ``It`s not a moral problem – it`s a medical problem,” adds Palmer.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Nutcracker on Ice The Vancouver Skating Club held its fourth annual The Nutcracker on Ice holiday gala at Karen Magnussen arena in North Vancouver on Dec. 19, 2015. Some 500 spectators attended the show, which started with solo performances prior to the feature presentation. Dozens of skaters of all skill levels performed a variety of musical numbers on ice, telling the beloved story of Clara, the Nutcracker Prince and the Mouse King. After the show, the ice surface opened up for a family skate with Santa.

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Library service helps preserve memories Digitization station set to open Jan. 27 CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

So, you have stacks of home videos documenting everything from family vacations to high school reunions and children’s birthday parties, but your VHS player bit the dust in the late-’90s and you haven’t watched those tapes in 20 years.

Good news: old and obsolete media storage – including VHS tapes – can be digitized, so you can revisit those cherished (or cringeworthy) moments and share them far and wide.

To help people preserve the contents of outdated media, North Vancouver City Library is opening a digitization station on its third floor on Jan. 27.

Supported by private fundraising, the station is equipped with a computer and special software and hardware that will allow library patrons to convert all manner of old media – vinyl records, eight-tracks, audio cassettes, CDs, et cetera – into a digital format. The station also has an advanced flatbed scanner that will convert 35mm slides, film strip negatives, photographs and paper documents, such as old letters.

“This is a really practical service for the library, helps us do a little education around technology, and starts people on the process of learning how to become their own curators of their own memories,” says Christopher Koth, head of digital services.

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Trendy throwback makes creative place setting

Vinyl is back in vogue in the music world.

Although, if you ask my husband he will say it never went out of style. It’s great to see the revitalization of the old hits playing on the turntable as well as new artists releasing records on vinyl.

Bring this new trend into your home at your next dinner party. Theme dinners are always fun, especially after the holiday season.

Here are a few ideas to dress up your next dinner party and have some fun with vinyl. The best place to find inexpensive vinyl records are at second-hand record shops.

You can find these shops scattered around the Lower Mainland. The records are very economical and you may find some of your favourites along the way.

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on each label or have some fun creating your own label using a software program to design a round label and attach it to the centre of the record.

If you prefer to handwrite and design your own labels then you will need to trace the template on coloured paper and cut out each label individually. Glue the label to the record and place the vinyl record at each table setting.

Add some miniature black, round chalkboard clip-ons (available at craft stores) to use as napkin holders. Place an adhesive rhinestone sticker in the centre of the chalkboard clip to give the appearance of a miniature vinyl record.

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Recent bouts of frost add beauty to garden Fog is my least favourite weather, but in our recent bout of “fog warnings” I found great joy in appreciating the heavily frosted grasses, twigs and flower heads that remained in the garden.

I am an advocate of leaving as much garden material as possible in the garden (leaves are called leaves because we are supposed to LEAVE them).

I love the look of frost or snow adorning flower heads, and even more interesting and rewarding is the sight of birds feeding in the garden!

This dormant time before the spring flowers begin to emerge from the ground is a great time to take stock of your garden and see if there is enough structural contrast, plant variety, interesting shapes and habitat contribution to be truly eye-catching.

Design In Nature Heather Schamehorn We often count mostly on our trees and evergreen shrubs to be the backbone of our plantings, but many smaller shrubs, subshrubs and perennials can provide visual interest well into the winter. Especially attractive in our frosty fog are Mahonia nervosa (dwarf Oregon grape) and Skimmia japonica, both of which caught the frost crystals all along the leaf edges. Euonymus japonica

‘Aureomarginata’ was a lovely contrasting companion to groups of grasses, and Arctostaphylos uva ursi (kinnikinnick) was the star performer flowing out of containers on the deck.

Even the overly aggressive bamboo, Phyllostachys aurea, looked elegant and beautiful.

Many perennials, with their seed heads left on, create interest of form, especially when frosted.

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Japanese anemone flower heads are attractive long into the winter when they open up and expose their fluffy, white seeds. Several other plants do double duty in the winter garden.

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Do you have a child who is always bumping into things, spilling his milk and dropping his toys?

Relax, he’s typical.

Many children between two and six are clumsy. They are developing their co-ordination and are not yet skilled at handling themselves or their things.

It’s more obvious when a child is going through a growth spurt. Think about it: when a child is growing they are not clear on where their arms and legs begin and end because the length of their limbs is changing.

For the same reason, clumsiness is also a problem

Parenting Today Kathy Lynn for teens. No one changes as dramatically as a toddler or teen. So the trick is to figure out ways to be helpful.

With your little ones

provide safeguards – padding on furniture edges they may crash into and cups with lids and plastic dishes. Put all your precious breakables out of reach until they’re able to handle them with care.

Help her develop grace by enrolling her in gymnastics, dance or a sport. Almost any activity will aid a child in developing motor skills. But make sure it’s a fun activity.

If they’re going through a clumsy stage, it’s not a good idea to get them involved in a competitive arena where they are likely to stand out as a failure.

You can accomplish the

same thing at home by taking them swimming, tossing a ball around or dancing together in the living room.

It’s fun and good exercise for both of you.

Interestingly, toys and games that focus on small motor skills will also help large motor skills. So puzzles, sticker books or playdough are great ways to allow her to develop the skills and have fun at the same time.

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Look at klutziness from the perspective of your child From page 18 to see if her clumsiness is a result of poor vision or motor development problems.

One of the offshoots of clumsiness can be breakage.

So what do you do when he breaks your lamp?

First, find out why.

Kids don’t break things on purpose, so was he just careless, angry or distracted? Or was he trying to do something he just hasn’t the skills to accomplish? Once you know the reason it’s easier to move forward and deal with a solution.

While you acknowledge that it was an accident, he still needs to take responsibility for his actions. If he’s

old enough, have him do the research to find out the value of the item. He can do a search online or call the stores. If he’s too young for this, you can do the online search and show him the results.

It’s up to you to figure out whether he will pay the whole cost of repair or replacement. It really depends on how much money he has access to, his age, the cost and the reason he had the accident.

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When it’s your teen who is clumsy, it’s important to avoid teasing him. Let him know that growing and changing is tough and that you understand how challenging it can be for him to have his body changing so quickly. Just acknowledging his reality will be helpful because teens going through growth spurts often feel totally out of control and wonder when it’s going to all stop.

When we look at clumsiness through the eyes of our children it’s easier to support and help them.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WHO: The Rusty Gull Neighbourhood Pub Ltd. / Christopher Bozyk Architects Ltd. WHAT: “Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700, Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8460” (M-4) WHERE: 217 / 219 East 1st Street WHEN: Monday, January 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC Notice is hereby given that Council will consider the following application: Zoning Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8460 to rezone 217 East 1st Street from a Comprehensive Development 059 (CD-059) Zone to an Industrial Commercial (M-4) Zone to allow for the consolidation of 217 / 219 East 1st Street, to permit a two-storey 1,208 square metre (13,000 square foot) industrial and commercial building.

Council will also consider Development Variance Permit DVP2015-00012 to vary the maximum permitted height from 4.6 metres (15 feet) to 8.5 metres (28 feet). In accordance with Development Procedures Bylaw, 2001, No. 7343, the Public Meeting has been waived.

All persons who believe they may be affected by the proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written or email submissions should be forwarded to Jennifer Ficocelli, Deputy City Clerk, at jficocelli@cnv.org or by mail to City Hall.

Submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm, Monday, January 25, 2016, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Hearing. Once the Public Hearing has concluded, no further information or submissions can be considered by Council.

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WHO: Fina Development Group Ltd. / Karl Wein & Associates

WHO: D. Porter and C. Enns / C. Moorhead Architect

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WHAT: “Zoning Bylaw 1995, No. 6700, Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8461” (CD-662)

WHERE: 210 East 18th Street

WHERE: 1753 Grand Boulevard

WHEN: Monday, January 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC

WHEN: Monday, January 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm Council Chamber, City Hall 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC

Zoning Amendment Bylaw, 2015, No. 8456 to rezone the property from a Two-Unit Residential (RT-1) Zone to a Comprehensive Development 668 (CD-668) Zone to reduce the minimum lot size to allow for a front-to-back duplex at a Floor Space Ratio of 0.5 times the lot area. The project includes a request to increase the maximum envelope height from 4.6 metres (15 feet) to 4.9 metres (16 feet). Two parking stalls will be provided at the rear of the lot with access from the lane.

Zoning Amendment Bylaw, 2016, No. 8461 to rezone the properties from a One-Unit Residential (RS-1) Zone to a Comprensive Development 662 (CD-662) Zone to realign the existing parcels to retain the heritage house in its current location on the lot fronting Grand Boulevard with one parking stall.

The new lot will front East 18th Street with a new single family home with space for two parking stalls, accessed from the abutting lane.

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All persons who believe they may be affected by the proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written or email submissions should be forwarded to Jennifer Ficocelli, Deputy City Clerk, at jficocelli@cnv.org or by mail to City Hall.

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Planning key to success From page 16

Ever-bronze carex looks good all year round and three of my favorite North American native grasses are good food for songbirds.

Nassella tenuissima, formerly Stipa tenuissima (Mexican feathergrass), I particularly love for the movement it creates in the garden and its delicate blades. Although deemed an invasive species in California and Oregon, it only gently seeds itself here and is not a threat.

One caution: it needs to be in a well-drained location, a hillside or slope is ideal, as well as a full sun exposure.

Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’ (Heavy metal switchgrass), a North American Prairie grass, is a bit more tolerant of location. It can tolerate average to wet soils and sun to part shade. This is a good seed producer.

It is a warm season grass, which means it starts growing in late spring when the weather and soil is warm.

This grass has a deep root system and is used for soil conservation and stabilization. This is a much better

choice for a steep sunny slope than lawn grass.

Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem) another Prairie grass, has soft blue-green blades in summer and turns a coppery orange colour in fall, remaining through the winter. Another warm season grower, it can be cut down before the new growth starts in late spring.

This grass is best in full sun and well-drained soil. These three natives all keep good form and seed well into the winter.

Garden planning in the southern coastal areas is becoming more and more critical as we face drought, heavy rainfall, water restrictions and an array of new pest problems. New construction often leaves smaller garden spaces than ever before, placing even more restraints on the plant choices that will be practical for the long term.

Lifestyle choices of late often leave little time for garden care and maintenance, so when planning your garden, it is important to choose plants whose mature size will fit the space. Read the tags, and

remember that if it is grown and tagged in California, it may grow much larger and more quickly here in our area due to higher rainfall and moderate temperatures.

As well, plants tagged for shade in California will often tolerate more or even full sun here.

Never one to discourage experimentation or creativity in the garden, I do caution against spontaneous purchases, as often the exciting new plant comes home, gets carried around the garden several times before getting planted (in what may or may not be an appropriate place), sometimes sitting in its pot for months or years until it dies. Having an idea of your goals and what you need for your garden is a great beginning for a beautiful garden that you will enjoy all year long, even in blankets of sparkling frost!

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“I’m embarrassed to say, I have some disco records that are just not available on iTunes, and quite frankly shouldn’t be,” he says with a laugh.

Meanwhile, head of collections Walter Zicha successfully digitized an important piece of family history.

“He’s been hanging on to this very fragile, wilting, about-to-fall-apart recipe book from a great-great-grandmother. He’s the only one in his family spread across Canada, the U.S. and Europe that has this and it’s really a significant piece for their family,” Koth says. After scanning the pages, Zicha was able to enlarge the text enough to be translated and shared.

“That’s kind of incredible that this family artifact is now going to be able to be shared amongst all these different people, literally all over the world,” Koth says.

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After all, vinyl records get scratched, photographs fade and cassette tapes wear out with extended play.

“So there’s different vulnerabilities to traditional analog media that digitization helps to avoid,” Koth says. “Not that digitization is perfect, but it at least helps you have an alternative capture.”

Digital formats are also far easier to transport and share. Gone are the days of carrying a milk crate full of 78s to a friend’s house (although vinyl has certainly been enjoying a renaissance in recent years).

Koth says the new digitization station is all part of the library’s commitment to digital literacy training.

“We recognize that information is not just something that people can access through books and so on, that it’s being created and collaborated on and shared and transferred through digital media,” he says, “If we don’t give people the opportunity and the exposure to seed an interest in that, they’re going to be sort of left behind.”

To use the digitization station, library customers will need to schedule an orientation before booking time in the station to work on their projects independently.

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Memories of Murchie’s reach back three decades It may be common knowledge that the human olfactory sense is firmly tied to memory, but sometimes I still get positively bowled over by the intensity of remembrance evoked by an aroma.

Such is the case with Murchie’s, the tea and coffee merchant that has earned the distinction of being one of our province’s longest-operating specialty food purveyors.

Chris Dagenais While today’s incarnations of Murchie’s are more polished and posh than they were when I visited them when I was very young, the shops still reveal hints of the powerful and heady scents of flavoured teas, coffee bean oils and exotic spices that exist just beneath the pristine veneer of 2016’s minimalist interior design esthetic. These scents immediately transport me back to childhood, to a period of time in the late ’70s and early ’80s when my father lived in a stunning twobedroom flat in the West End on Thurlow Street, between Davie and Burnaby streets. The kitchen, which was separated from a gorgeous dining room by French doors, had a massive pantry in which my father kept delicious sundries like pistachios, chocolate-covered espresso beans and tins of smoked oysters. When I stayed with him on weekends, it was not unusual for us to walk down Thurlow (northbound) to Murchie’s, which was situated on the 1,000-block of what was commonly called Robsonstrasse then. In those days, Robson Street wasn’t the fashion runway it is now; there were many more family-run, independent and eclectic shops.

Walking into Murchie’s today provides a much more restrained version of the sensory assault that it offered nearly 40 years ago. Accordingly, I find the experience of shopping there to be at once comforting and melancholy; comforting in the business’s continued familiarity to me, melancholy in its longevity, which has borne witness to so much change, including the wholesale reinvention of central Robson Street as a corporate retail haven more than a community-oriented thoroughfare.

A new Murchie’s shop has recently opened on Lonsdale Avenue and is a small outlet, neat, impeccably ordered and maybe even a touch austere. The shop is populated with elegant tea paraphernalia, from strainers to cups and saucers, as well as a wall of loose teas, shelves of tea bags that celebrate the company’s Commonwealth heritage (Prince Charles, Balmoral, and Golden Jubilee are among the blend names), ground and whole bean coffees, and boxed confection such as biscotti. As the new location is located right next door to the iconic Canadian coffee and doughnuts giant Tim Hortons, it is not licensed to sell ready-to-drink coffee to consumers. Instead, it serves various tea-based beverages and, primarily, high-quality teas and coffees for home brewing.

I emerged from my recent foray into the Lonsdale location with a handful of teas and a bag of Murchie’s Best whole bean coffee, this latter priced quite competitively for small batch,

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Operations manager Krista Holthe displays some of the loose tea options at the new location of Murchie’s on Lonsdale Avenue. The tea and coffee merchant has been in business in the province for decades. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD locally roasted java at just $13.95 for a 400-gram bag. The 100 per cent Arabica blend is subtle, with earthy, nutty notes and a hint of smokiness. On the topic of smokiness, the Baker Street blend of Ceylon, Keemun, Gunpowder, Jasmine and, in an unavoidably dominant role, a touch of smoky Lapsang Souchong, proved to be complex and rich. However, despite my unflappable love for Islay malts, I cannot warm up to the intense wet campfire, blue smokiness of the Lapsang. I would rather cure salmon in this tea than drink it on its own.

A lush Ginger Chai powder, to which one adds milk, sugar and a teaspoon of strong black tea (in my case, loose leaves of Murchie’s malty, tannic Scottish breakfast) yielded a spicy and eminently delicious cup of milky, frothy goodness. Roasting spices for a cup of Indian-style chai can be a time-consuming process, so Murchie’s ready-to-go solution is a great alternative.

The Editor’s Blend, selected in honour of my esteemed colleagues who keep this publication ticking, elicited a very favourable review from my English wife DJ, my go-to morning tea aficionado whose practiced palate does not suffer mediocrity gladly. She described the tea as tart but firmly tannic, balanced and bold. A final selection of Caramel Rooibos was like crème brulee in a cup. Round, creamy and decadent sugary notes overlay the Rooibos’s well-known floral, almost medicinal flavour.

These various tea blends and bag of coffee were $40.

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until Jan. 31, the annual festival that encourages locals to get out and try their neighbourhood eateries in what is typically a slow, shoulder season for dining, boasts the largest participation ever this year with a record-setting 288 restaurants signed up for the event. To put that number into perspective, when Dine Out started back in 2003 there were just 57 participating restaurants.

Participating restaurants offer set menus designed to showcase their culinary style, with options available at $20, $30 and $40 price points. Typically, the set menus offer exceptional value to the diner as the intention is to expose the restaurant to new clientele that will come back and revisit the menu at some point again over the course of the year. On the North Shore, there are 19 participating restaurants. These are: Anatoli Souvlaki, Arms Reach Bistro, Bravo Cucina, Cactus Club Café (Park Royal), The Cheshire Cheese, The District Brasserie, Feast Neighbourhood Table, Fishworks, Hurricane Grill, The Lobby at the Pinnacle at the Pier, The Observatory, Olive & Anchor, Pier 7, Salmon House on the Hill, Troll’s, Vaades, The Village Table, The Village Taphouse, and Zen Japanese.

More details, including restaurant contact information, are available on the official festival website dineoutvancouver.com.

Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. A self-described wine fanatic, he earned his sommelier diploma in 2001. He can be reached via email at hungryontheshore@gmail.com. North Shore News dining reviews are conducted anonymously and all meals are paid for by the newspaper.

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What’s Going On IMPROMPTU An informal community drop-in choir that sings classic and contemporary rock, pop and indie songs meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. On Jan. 21 the group will meet at its new location at Presentation House Theatre, 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. There is no need to have any musical experience. $10. 604-613-6842 impromptumusic.ca IPAD LEARN AND LOAN A two-hour introductory tour of iPads Thursday, Jan. 21, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Participants must have a valid West Vancouver library card to borrow an iPad for two weeks. Register online. westvanlibrary.ca PERSIAN BOOK CLUB Read and discuss classical and contemporary Persian literary prose Thursday, Jan. 21, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca WINTER ART CLASSES — CASUAL FRIDAY NIGHTS The North Vancouver Community Arts Council will present two hours of creativity and socializing on Friday evenings, 7-9 p.m. at Maplewood House, 399 Seymour River Pl., North Vancouver. The first class on Jan. 22 will be modern macramé. $35. Registration is required. Call 604-9886844 or visit the website at nvartscouncil.ca/education

UPPER LONSDALE PRESCHOOL will hold an open house Saturday, Jan. 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at 3380 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Families interested in enrolling their children are invited to attend. upperlonsdalepreschool.com MULGRAVE SCHOOL LECTURE SERIES What is Human Consciousness? A field review of Dr. Sam Parnia, Tom Shroder and Robert Lanza will be presented Monday, Jan. 25, 1:20 p.m. at 2330 Cypress Bowl Lane, West Vancouver.

B.C. CLIMATE LEADERSHIP PLAN The Cool North Shore Society hosts a facilitated and interactive discussion on B.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 6:30-9 p.m. at the North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Admission $10. climateleadership.eventbrite.ca CAPILANO UNIVERSE LECTURE SERIES — FROM EDEN TO ISIS A presentation on the eternal war for control of the imagination, revealing some of the ways that imagination’s power has been used through the centuries and some of the battles for control of this power Tuesday, Jan. 26, 7-8:45 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca AUTHORS IN OUR COMMUNITY Local author Houchang Zargarpour will discuss his new book Human Rights and Spirituality Wednesday, Jan. 27, 7-8:30 p.m. at West Vancouver

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COMPUTER BASICS A gentle introductory class on how to use a mouse and keyboard, open and close a program, use Windows and take a first step onto the Internet Friday, Jan. 29, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Register at the computing centre. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYORS LUNCHEON A conversation with North Vancouver City Mayor Darrell Mussatto and district Mayor Richard Walton on issues and hot topics of the season affecting business Friday, Jan. 29, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at Seymour Golf & County Club, 3723 Mount Seymour Pkwy., North Vancouver. $69/$49. nvchamber.ca HIGHLANDS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN’S SALE The largest used children’s toy and clothing sale on the North Shore takes place

TWO-STEP RNB dancers Samantha Olivier and Maddi Pastilla demonstrate some hip hop moves at the opening celebration of RNB Dance’s second location at Lynn Valley Village Square Jan. 9. The free community event featured dance demonstrations, cake, and a ribboncutting with District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m.noon at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd. North Vancouver.

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Carol and Gianni Picchi

Carol and Gianni Picchi are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Jan 12. They were married in the Channel Islands in 1966 and immigrated to Canada. They have two children and three granddaughters, and have lived on the North Shore for more than 24 years. Their family and friends congratulate them on this milestone.

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David Hunden was born on Feb. 2, 1916.

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Michael and Marlene Thorpe were married on Jan. 20, 1956. Family and friends congratulate the couple on their 60th wedding anniversary.

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North Vancouver’s Jane Channell blasts off on her way to a silver medal in a World Cup skeleton race Saturday in Park City, Utah. The silver showing gave Channell her second-ever World Cup medal and set her up for a potential breakthrough performance this weekend when the World Cup circuit comes to Whistler. PHOTOS SUPPLIED BOBSLEIGH CANADA SKELETON

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Skeleton racer hits podium in Park City, Utah ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

With the world on its way to Whistler for a World Cup skeleton race, North Vancouver’s Jane Channell has shown that she will be blasting face first down her home track with an eye on grabbing gold at the bottom.

On Saturday Channell slid to her second ever World Cup medal, scoring silver in Park City, Utah.

Channell parlayed explosive starts in both of her runs into a second-place showing behind Germany’s Tina Hermann. It was Channell’s second ever World Cup medal in her second season on the circuit – she

took home a World Cup bronze medal in Winterberg, Germany in early December.

“Winning the silver feels amazing,” Channell said in a Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton release. “It’s reassuring that I’m taking steps in the right direction having slid two relatively consistent runs.

Park City is a short, pushers track so being able to have a strong push gives me the upper hand and a bit of a buffer in case things don’t go as planned down the track. It is a confidence booster knowing that out of the gates I’m the one being chased.”

Channell, a former sprinter with Simon Fraser University, blasted out of the blocks in Park City to record the fastest two starts of the

day. The Handsworth grad was in second place following the first round after posting a time of 50.34. With racers going in order of slowest to fastest in the second round, Channell was in the unfamiliar position of being one of the last ones left in the start gate.

“I’ve never been second last off at the World Cup level,” she said. “The men were in the start house so I wasn’t alone up there. My teammates and the other sliders were great. Their small distractions helped me to stay relaxed before my second run.”

Channell finished with a total time of 1:41.49, trailing only Hermann who posted a time of 1:41.08. Austria’s

Janine Flock finished third with a time of 1:41.58.

Hermann, first overall in the World Cup standings, also finished first the last time Channell was on the podium in Winterberg.

The silver-medal showing bumped Channell up from fourth to third overall in the World Cup standings heading into the first World Cup race to be held on the Olympic track since 2012.

Channell will be one of Team Canada’s top medal hopes in the lone stop on home soil this season as the Whistler Sliding Centre will host the world’s best Jan. 22-23. Tickets are available for $10 at whistlerslidingcentre.com, or at Guest Services.

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Skeleton racer Jane Channell celebrates her second career World Cup podium Saturday in Park City, Utah.

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Charleson earns junior longboard world title ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

North Vancouver’s Alex Charleson was crowned the world junior longboarding champion for 2015 after putting together a stellar season on the International Downhill Federation longboard racing circuit.

In six IDF junior races Charleson finished fifth five

North Vancouver’s Alex Charleson rips down a course on the downhill longboard junior world circuit. Charleson won the overall title for 2015. PHOTO SUPPLIED

times and second once, scoring 5,611 total points to run away with the overall title.

Canada’s Leo Sartor was second with 5,169 points while Edward Kiefer of the United States was third with 5,143.

Charleson, a Grade 12 student at Carson Graham, also raced in the men’s open division and showed well, placing 11th overall for the

season.

Charleson also scored big victories in non-IDF races, winning the junior division and finishing second in the open men’s division of the Britannia Classic held just up the Sea to Sky Highway in May. In September Charleson won the Santa Gnarbara race in California, his first victory in a major open men’s event.

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The Handsworth grad totalled 32 points in the road win, shooting 9-18 from three, 10-21 from the field and 3-5 from the free throw line while also grabbing six rebounds.

The final score wasn’t close but the Clan was only leading by seven with nine minutes left in the game. Homer helped SFU find another gear,

hitting a three to push the lead back to 10.

“Homer is playing with a lot confidence right now,” said Clan head coach Bruce Langford in an SFU release.

“Everybody in the conference knows she can shoot the three and now she is getting even better at reading screens and knowing when to pop back and take the three. … Tonight she made a lot of tough shots, and what’s just as impressive, is she also picked up six boards – that’s sweet.”

Homer tied a GNAC record for made three-pointers shared by Kelsey Burns of Seattle Pacific and Sasha King of Alaska Anchorage.

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CRUZ-ING TO VICTORY Ashley De La Cruz Yip of the Capilano Blues women’s basketball team shrugs off a defender during a 68-39 win over Columbia Bible College Friday at the Capilano Sportsplex. The Blues topped off their weekend with a 76-38 win over Kwantlen to push their record to 9-2, putting them one game behind Vancouver Island University and Douglas College who are tied for first with identical 10-1 records. Visit nsnews. com to see more photos. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

Wolf Pack adds another top dog for playoff push The North Van Wolf Pack continues to lead the chase in the junior B Pacific Junior Hockey League and have added another sharp shooter for the playoff push.

The Pack picked up North Vancouver native Cole Todd from the junior A Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League at the PJHL trade deadline Jan. 10. At the time of the deal Todd was leading the Oil Barons in points with eight goals and 16 assists in 29 games.

Todd made an immediate impact after arriving in North Van, scoring two goals in his first game, a 6-2 win

over the Delta Ice Hawks Saturday at Harry Jerome Arena. The win moved the Wolf Pack to 26-8-0-1 on the season, eight points ahead of the Grandview Steelers for first place in the Tom Shaw Conference. North Van is tied with Mission and Abbotsford for first overall in the PJHL, having played three fewer games than both of those clubs.

North Van players also had their fingerprints all over a 12-10 win for the Tom Shaw Conference over the Harold Britain Conference in the PJHL all-star game held Jan. 11 in Mission. Nyshan Basra notched a hat trick to lead all scorers while

Jackson Tadey fired home a pair of goals. Ram Brar picked up a goal and five assists to earn player of the game honours.

The Pack will also be well represented at the PJHL prospect game scheduled for Jan. 25 in Abbotsford with goalie Brock Leach-Moore, defenceman Shane Kime and forwards Aiden Wagner and Alex Uryga named to the team.

North Van’s next home game will be Saturday against the Richmond Sockeyes, third in the conference with a record of 18-11-2-4. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. at Harry Jerome Arena.

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