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Trail users sickened by mass tree kill

Girdling of 110 trees near Mosquito Creek defended by BC Hydro

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Upper Delbrook residents and District of North Vancouver staff are left with unanswered questions after BC Hydro crews “ringed” more than 100 trees along Mosquito Creek.

North Vancouver resident Derek Rockhill says he was horrified when he saw more than 100 trees “ringed” or girdled along Mosquito Creek, leaving them to die. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

Teen girl allegedly assaulted at unsanctioned grad party

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A 16-year-old youth is in custody, facing serious charges, and a teenage girl was rushed to hospital after an unsanctioned weekend grad party organized by North Vancouver high school students went horribly wrong.

Police were called to the Encore Dance Club on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday night after receiving word that a teenage girl had been violently assaulted.

She was taken to hospital by ambulance and has since been released. It’s unclear how the incident started.

Police arrested the 16-year-old boy at the scene.

He has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and forcible confinement and remains in custody pending a court appearance.

The youth has not entered a plea to the charges.

None of the charges has been proven in court.

Const. Brian Montague said police spoke to a number witnesses at the event and will be reviewing video surveillance footage as part of

their investigation.

The violent incident happened at a private grad party apparently organized by high school students from North Vancouver.

No liquor was served at the event, but “in many of these cases where we have grad parties, it’s very difficult to prevent people from drinking beforehand,” said Montague.

Deneka Michaud, spokeswoman for the North Vancouver School District, said the event at the

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Melanie Rockhill first noticed the dozens of trees that had been cut with chainsaws when she was walking her dog along the nearby trail where it meets the Baden Powell Trail on Feb. 19.

By severing the bark around the tree, nutrients can no longer flow up from the root system, effectively killing the tree, though it make take several months for the foliage to fall off.

Melanie said her reaction was one of “shock and horror.”

“I’m a huge advocate of maintaining trees and the forest and the environment,” she said. “And I was sickened because I know what that is. I know what the ringing of trees does. I was horrified, especially at the quantity. There were so many. It wasn’t half a dozen.”

More than the loss of some beloved trees, Melanie and her husband Derek are worried about the impact on the surrounding environment and trail.

“We live off the creek as well. We’re quite concerned

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Jane Thornthwaite MLA North Vancouver - Seymour

Jane joined Minister of Advanced Education Andrew Wilkinson in a tour of Capilano University School of Motion Picture Arts’ world-class facility, the Bosa Centre for Film and Animation, with Murray Stiller, Director - School of Motion Picture Arts, and Michael Thoma, Chair/Faculty - School of Motion Picture Arts.

A message from Jane, The B.C. advantage is back! B.C. tabled our fourth consecutive balanced budget, displaying the best fiscal management in the country. In reaffirming B.C.’s triple-A credit rating, Moody’s observed, “the province has presented a credible plan of consistent balanced budgets with little risk that the debt burden will exceed current forecasts.” By comparison, if we had Ontario’s debt-to-revenue ratio and credit rating, instead of saving $500 million, we would be paying an additional $2.45 billion in annual debt costs. Highlights from Budget 2016 include: a new full exemption on the property transfer tax for newly built homes up to $750,000. This will help people like my kids get into the market and save $13,000 on a new townhome or condo. Also, individuals who purchase property will need to identify themselves as Canadian citizens or permanent residents. If they are neither, they will be required to disclose their citizenship. Citizenship disclosure was required with land transfers until 1998.

B.C. film just finished one of its most successful years. In fact, many in the industry said this past summer was their busiest ever, thanks to the low dollar, competitive tax rebates and the extension of the digital animation or visual effects tax credit to the post-production sector of the industry.

Transportation is the number one top priority for my community, and alleviating congestion and improving traffic flow is of particular importance to our residents and my neighbours. The $150-million Lower Lynn Improvement Project plan will include the construction of new interchanges at Mountain Highway, Fern Street and Dollarton, which will greatly enhance safety and improve east-west traffic flow along the biggest and busiest bottlenecks in the region. The plan also includes a new pedestrian, cyclist and emergency vehicle structure at the Crown Street overpass.

Construction is set to start soon!

Jane and Premier Christy Clark with Suzanne Thompson, Chair of the Vancouver Post Alliance, and Liz Shorten, VP at the Canadian Media Production Association celebrating B.C.’s booming film industry.

One of my priorities as Parliamentary Secretary for Child Mental Health and Anti-Bullying is to promote two schoolbased programs, BC FRIENDS Program and the ERASE Bullying Strategy. Both of these programs are available, right now, in every school in the province.

FRIENDS is a school-based anxiety prevention and resilience initiative and provides programming from kindergarten to grade 7, with activities and lessons ranging from healthy eating and sleeping habits to empathy-building and mindfulness exercises. This comprehensive video highlights the importance of FRIENDS and includes perspectives from B.C. children, teachers and parents who have benefited: www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/mental_health/friends.htm ERASE Bullying is a comprehensive prevention and intervention strategy that has made B.C. a leader in addressing bullying and harmful behaviours. At erasebullying.ca, you can find a series of videos that student safety experts Theresa Campbell, Jesse Miller and I developed for parents to help keep their kids safe online. Through these videos, parents can learn preventative actions and techniques they can take to protect their kids, and what to do if their child is the target of cyberbullying.

Jane attended the Mountain Highway Interchange Public Open House for the first phase of the Lower Lynn Interchange Project.

Initiatives like this help us create a more welcoming, tolerant and understanding school environment and reduce the hold anxiety and other forms of mental illness have on so many British Columbians.

Animal cruelty is unacceptable. We recently took another step toward enhancing the protection of pets by targeting irresponsible commercial breeders of cats and dogs. By adopting a regulation under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, we will recognize the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association’s Codes of Practice for both Kennel and Cattery operations. The Ministry of Agriculture is also engaging in consultations this spring with the SPCA, veterinarians, responsible breeders and other key stakeholders to develop new laws assisting the SPCA to monitor and take action against irresponsible cat and dog breeders, with legislation anticipated next year. B.C.’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act has the toughest provincial penalties in Canada.

I hope to you see at one of my upcoming “Join Jane” coffee meetings at Parkgate or Lynn Valley.

Jane presented Mike Danks, Team Leader of North Shore Rescue, and Taylor Jones, daughter of the late Tim Jones, $10,000 for the construction of a helipad on the soon-to-be-renamed Tim Jones Peak.

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Jane hosted her fellow North Shore MLAs, Ralph Sultan, Jordan Sturdy and Naomi Yamamoto, and the newly elected North Shore MPs, Terry Beech, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones and Jonathan Wilkinson, for the inaugural meeting of federal/ provincial North Shore elected officials.

Jane joined Keli Anderson, President & CEO – National Institute of Families for Child and Youth Mental Health to announce $850,000 in funding to the F.O.R.C.E. (Families Organized for Recognition and Care Equality) Society to support child and youth mental health in British Columbia and help parents navigate the system.

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Jane joined Premier Christy Clark, the BCSPCA and local responsible breeder Catherine King in announcing enhanced protection of animals by targeting irresponsible commercial breeders of dogs and cats.

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Burrard Inlet action plan unveiled Tsleil-Waututh Nation shares plan to restore health of inlet JUSTIN BEDDALL jbeddall@nsnews.com

Generations ago, Tsleil-Waututh Nation members had a saying: “When the tide went out, the table was set.”

It was a reference to the abundant fish, shellfish and wildlife that inhabited the Burrard Inlet area that contributed to the nation’s subsistence economy.

But that’s changed over the decades. Pollution caused the closure of shellfish harvesting in the early 1970s, salmon stocks have dwindled and access to other inlet resources is now limited.

In an effort to restore the health of Burrard Inlet the North Vancouver-based First Nations group recently released a science-based draft plan entitled: Burrard Inlet Action Plan: A TsleilWaututh Perspective.

“The history of who we are is directly related to the Burrard Inlet. Burrard Inlet in our language is TsleilWaututh,” said Reuben George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

George said 85 per cent of his ancestors’ diet was harvested from Burrard Inlet – year-round salmon, clams, crab, trout, seals and even whales.

“It was just abundant.”

But a locally harvested ocean diet is no longer possible.

Reuben George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation says 85 per cent of his ancestors’ diet was harvested from the Burrard Inlet.

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“It’s brutal because of the fecal coliform level, the pollution that’s in there, it’s all affecting what we have,” said George. “I’m only one generation removed from a traditional diet. My grandfather was still eating a traditional diet.”

Biologist John Konovsky, one of the authors hired to write the draft environmental stewardship report on Burrard Inlet, said the intent of the plan is to start a community stakeholder dialogue about how to best improve

environmental conditions of the inlet.

“We want to get to a point where everyone around Burrard Inlet can support the plan,” he said.

In an effort to gather more input, the report is scheduled to be discussed at the Burrard Inlet Science Symposium May 19 at the Stanley Park Pavilion.

Atop the list of six priority actions in the report is updating water quality objectives for Burrard Inlet.

“Water quality objectives

for Burrard Inlet are very outdated and don’t protect everything Tsleil-Waututh wants to protect,” said Konovsky.

Other priorities include installing scientific instruments to monitor water quality in Burrard Inlet; reducing pollution from storm-water runoff; mapping nearshore habitats and fish spawning beaches; conserving critical nearshore habitat complexes; as well as recovering shellfish beds.

“We want to think

about dealing with it from a holistic perspective and make some strategic choices that will benefit the inlet and increase access to resources, you know clean beaches . . . shellfish. . . .

Yes we can go out on the beach and dig clams but most places around Burrard Inlet they are unsafe to eat,” Konovsky said.

Konovsky is optimistic that the health of the inlet can be restored over time.

“If you’re speaking about shellfish in particular it’s

sooner rather than later,” he said.

George says the TsleilWaututh Nation is dedicated to protecting the environment and actively investing in green energies like solar power and wind turbines.

George always remembers a documentary in which his grandfather, Chief Dan George, sat on a beach in Tsleil-Waututh lamenting that his children will not experience the water like he has.

“And I say that. In my short lifetime I’ve seen significant differences,” George said.

But he’s optimistic that efforts to restore balance to nature can reverse some of the damage.

He points to his nation’s project to reintroduce elk to traditional territories. That project has helped bring back wolves, grizzlies and even certain types of singing birds. The returning singing birds have been accompanied by certain species of flowers.

“It’s starting to complete the ecosystem of how it originally was just by introducing one species. So when we rehabilitate it’s bringing back what our community wants. What our elders want.”

George said that just a decade ago the nation’s local salmon count was under 6,000 but has since rebounded.

“I was up there this year and counted over 1.2 million salmon in one day up in Indian Arm,” he said.

“We can reverse some of the things that have been happening and it’s really, really important to us.”

District not advised of hydro plan to girdle trees From page 1 because there’s been floods in the past and these trees were cut right down to the edge of the creek. Over time, that’s going to cause erosion when these trees are gone,” said Derek, adding “There’s no way any professional person would actually ring a tree like that just to rot and fall on people. That’s a hiking trail.”

While the land is owned by the District of North

Vancouver, BC Hydro has a right of way and mandate to manage the vegetation under its transmission lines for safety, according to Richard Boase, environmental protection officer. But the Rockhills’ concerns, as well as a host of others, are ones shared by district staff who say they were not given any prior warning by BC Hydro.

“We have a whole number of items that we’ve invited Hydro to sit and meet with us on for further discussion

around their choice of this particular methodology. Did they have the information the district has regarding the various nature and sensitive areas in and around the creek? Boase said. “This particular site is subject to wildfire protection, slope hazards, creek hazards, and streamside protection.

Those are the issues we would have liked to have had the chance to have dialogue around the work before it takes place.”

Responding to a request for an interview, BC Hydro spokeswoman Mora Scott sent a statement saying the decision to ring or “girdle” the trees was made in order to retain as much cover as possible.

“A biologist, forester and certified arborist surveyed the area and determined, after careful consideration, that girdling was the best prescription to treat the trees that were at risk of growing into our power

lines,” she said. “There is less impact on the stream as the canopy opens up gradually to more sunlight and it provides site stability on steeper slopes because the root structures of the trees are maintained for longer periods of time than full tree removal.”

Beyond that, girdling increases low-growing forage for wildlife and provides habitat for small mammals and birds, and creates a wildlife tree that can be used

by woodpeckers, squirrels and bats, Scott said Only coniferous trees were determined to be a risk and deciduous ones were left to grow, Scott said.

Topping trees would have, over time, posed more of a risk to hikers, she added.

“Our staff patrol the power lines twice a year and will closely monitor these trees and remove any girdled trees that pose undue risk to public safety,” Scott added.

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OPEN HOUSES Climate Change: Focusing on Solutions A Council approved working group is developing a Community Energy and Emissions Plan (the CEE-Plan) for West Vancouver.

The working group has drafted strategies and actions which would contribute to reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from housing, transportation, land use and waste. The strategies are targeting actions which would have additional benefits to the community such as public health and fitness, protection of nature, generational diversity, economic vitality and transportation efficiency.

A pile of life jackets at Sunset Beach in Vancouver Saturday highlighted the dangers faced by Syrian refugees while crossing the Aegean Sea to get to Greece. PHOTO SUPPLIED HANNAH DUBOIS

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NV volunteers ask gov’ts to support safe passage JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

For a group of North Vancouver volunteers who spent time this fall helping exhausted Syrian refugees who arrived on the beach of Lesvos, the rubber raft that came ashore on Vancouver’s Sunset Beach Saturday was eerily familiar.

The similarity was intentional, as demonstrators representing refugee families had donned life jackets and climbed into the small craft for the journey across False Creek.

The event, one of two in North America and many around the world, was called Safe Passage, and was intended to highlight the continuing dangers faced by desperate Syrian refugees as they make their way by unseaworthy rafts from Turkey to the Greek islands in hopes of asylum.

North Vancouver volunteers including Laurie Cooper, Erian Baxter, Ellen Fulton and Hannah Dubois are all too familiar with the risks taken by refugees to reach safety.

In November, the women flew to Lesvos and spent two weeks volunteering with local aid agencies who are helping the refugees upon arrival.

They said families pay smugglers for the passage, who rarely make the dangerous journey themselves. More

often, one of the passengers is appointed the captain at gunpoint and the refugees are left to fend for themselves during the crossing in often stormy seas.

Many of the life jackets supplied by smugglers – for an additional cost – aren’t even functional, said Baxter.

“They have bubble wrap or straw inside of them,” she said. “They wouldn’t float.”

The North Vancouver women are among a group of about 15 Lower Mainland volunteers who have made the trip to Lesvos to help the refugees.

After getting together to share their experiences over a Greek meal recently, the group decided to take part in the international event held Feb. 27 to raise awareness of the ongoing refugee crisis on the Aegean Sea. “You have the right to seek asylum if your country’s at war,” said Baxter. But for refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, there’s still no right of safe passage for refugees to actually reach a country that would take them in.

On Saturday demonstrators called on governments around the world to rally to that cause. “You can’t let people be dying like they are,” said Baxter.

It was the image of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian boy who drowned while trying to make the crossing, that

galvanized people around the world into recognizing the Syrian refugee crisis last summer. It also prompted the North Vancouver women to decide to volunteer in Lesvos.

Since then, the refugee crisis and their arrival on the Greek islands has faded from international headlines. But Baxter said the numbers of people arriving is only growing. Last month, over 30,000 refugees arrived on Lesvos alone, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

“The percentage of women and children are increasing in the boats,” said Baxter, and the refugees are coming over “in really horrible circumstances.”

Refugees are still dying on the crossing, she said.

Several hundred people have drowned trying to reach Greece in recent months.

On Saturday, Angela Harris, a North Vancouver singer, performed “O Canada,” a song about Kurdi, at Sunset Beach as part of the event.

Baxter said it’s important to keep the Syrian crisis in the minds of the public.

She said while she’s happy that Canada has accepted 25,000 Syrian refugees, there is still much more the international community needs to do to help.

“The reality of the situation is there’s millions of people who need help,” she said. “We all need to step up.”

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Two arrested for Lower Lonsdale garage break-ins BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Just because your car is in an underground parkade, doesn’t mean you should leave it unlocked with valuables inside.

Two men are facing charges after police say they were caught in the act rummaging through vehicles in a Lower Lonsdale apartment garage. A witness heard a disturbance coming from the underground of her building on the 200-block of West Fourth Street around 5 a.m.

Jan. 25 and called 9-1-1.

“We’re still taking some statements and finding out exactly what happened but suffice to say, they were caught in the act by the time police got there,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.

The suspects fled on foot but police caught and arrested them after a short chase. Without a witness calling police, the two likely wouldn’t have been caught, De Jong said. Among the easy pickings left in unlocked vehicles: personal ID, a phone

and wallet.

“Don’t leave valuables in your car and leave your car locked. That’s two key things for this kind of offence,” De Jong said.

Investigators are looking to see if any other vehicles were targeted during the night, De Jong said.

Jackson Leo, 27, is now charged with breaking and entering, possession of breakand-enter tools, identity theft, resisting arrest and breach of a court order. Collin Campbell, 19, is charged with breaking and entering, resisting arrest and breaching a court order.

The two were in custody pending bail hearings on March 2. Both are known to police, De Jong said.

Police are preparing a campaign targeting similar types of property crimes, which tend to go up in the spring. “We’re at that time of year when the days will get long and the weather’s going to warm up. People are out walking around more,” he said. “Right now we’re looking at bicycle theft and (theft from autos) as our priority for prevention and enforcement.”

WASTE WATCHERS Metro Vancouver education co-ordinator Tanya Melanson watches as Charlie Dempster learns about wastewater treatment with an interactive display at Metro’s public open house for the Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is federally and provincially mandated to be operational by 2020. Construction is expected in 2017. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

Parents urged to talk to teens about grad From page 1 dance club was “not a school sanctioned event.”

Michaud said the school district strongly encourages families to speak to their teens about only attending officially sanctioned grad

events, which the school makes parents aware of.

Those events can include boat cruises, dinner dances and even white-water rafting trips. But school officials are also aware that grads sometimes organize their own events, she said.

Michaud said the school district has made counsellors available to teens who may need to talk about what happened and has tried to answer questions from parents in the community who have phoned to express their concerns.

Montague also encouraged parents to talk to their teens.

“It’s important for parents to have conversations with their children about issues like this and it’s important for people to realize that violence and violence against women is unacceptable,” he said.

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West Vancouver council approves asset levy New tax will cost most homeowners an extra $186

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The District of West Vancouver has over $1 billion worth of community assets – from rec centres to public piers – and now the municipality wants residents to buck up in order to maintain them.

Last week council approved a new asset levy of 5.25 per cent that will be applied to both residential and business properties and used specifically for the maintenance and replacement of the municipality’s community assets.

For the average assessed residential property, that will cost homeowners an extra $186 dollars on their property tax bill.

Council also approved an operating budget increase for 2016 of 1.62 per cent, which means an increase of $56 on the average-priced residential property.

Combined, the two levies amount to a 6.87 per cent increase in property taxes for West Vancouver residents.

“We have not done this properly for 100 years, ever since this community was established,” said Coun. Nora

West Vancouver Coun. Bill Soprovich cast the lone vote against introducing an asset tax, while Coun. Mary-Ann Booth said the change will surprise some residents. FILE PHOTOS Gambioli, discussing the asset tax. “And I think that past councils need to take the blame; I think that those of us on council who have been here for a while also need to take the blame, but I’d like to stop it here and I’d like to start paying for the assets to be maintained.”

Coun. Bill Soprovich was the only councillor to vote against introducing an asset tax because he wanted more details on the municipality’s asset inventory before making a decision.

In a presentation to council, Isabel Gordon, director of financial services, said over the past two years the municipality has been identifying, categorizing and assessing the condition of every asset in the district – many of which will need to be replaced over the next 50 years.

Gordon said to properly

maintain and replace the entire list will cost around $300 million dollars over the next 20 years, an average of $13.9 million annually.

Other Canadian municipalities have built asset gap levies of between 15 and 20 per cent of tax levels over many years, starting in some cases in the 1990s, she said.

Gordon said it was important to separate the operating budget and capital budget.

“If there is a problem balancing the budget, one of the things that has happened in the past is that the amount available for assets maintenance has been reduced in order to make the operating budget possible to deliver,” said Gordon. “That means there have been cuts to assets management because operating revenues are insufficient

to deliver the services.”

Gordon said the review of the municipality’s assets show there are assets that are reaching their critical point and asset management needs to be addressed. “There’s a myriad of assets and each one of them has a different maintenance schedule and costs.”

As an example, Gordon said over the next 20 years it will cost around $17 million to maintain the West Vancouver Aquatic Centre.

Coun. Mary-Ann Booth expects that the new asset tax will surprise some residents.

“It hasn’t been done historically and is going to come as a shock,” she said.

“This is a change for this community. In the past we’ve paid as we’ve gone, and you ran a building into the ground, like the police station. And that seemed to be what the plan was: Pay as you go, don’t maintain it, run it into the ground and then sell land and build a new one. Well, this is not sustainable.”

Coun. Soprovich and Mayor Michael Smith bristled at the suggestion the municipality hasn’t properly maintained assets over the years.

“We have been spending money on infrastructure, $7 million at least every year so it’s not accurate to say that we have been ignoring the assets in the municipality,” said Smith.

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D

uring the last Conservative government’s years in office, there was arguably no greater thorn in Stephen Harper’s side than Kevin Page, the parliamentary budget officer.

Page was usually the first to point out when the Harper government’s numbers didn’t add up. He even went to court to seek orders for government departments to open their books to him.

Now out of the office, Page has some words for the new reigning Liberals in Ottawa, telling CBC they have been even less transparent with their finances than the Tories were. Specifically, it relates to the government’s economic forecasts and, by extension, just how deep our billion-dollar deficits are going to go in the coming years.

No doubt, this is a kick in the shins

for Justin Trudeau who, when he was in Opposition, would seize on Page’s comments and use them to hold the Tories’ feet to the fire in question period.

The “sunny ways” and fresh attitude brought in by Trudeau have been a welcome change from an era marked by a culture of opacity and a stranglehold on information. In some ways, Trudeau has delivered with the reinstatement of the long-form census and unmuzzling of civil servants and government scientists. But Page’s recent remarks show old habits die hard.

The temptation to continue the old, deeply cynical way of governing must be tremendous. But campaigning against the Tories’ apparent distaste for the free flow of information was partly how Trudeau elevated himself to the big office.

And so we deserve better.

ABA provides lifeline for autism families

“The thousands of children with autism in B.C. deserve access to applied behaviour analysis — the single, most research-supported treatment.

However, the need for ABA services is far out-stripping the supply of certified analysts who can provide it.”

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utism is a complex, genetically based neurobiological condition that, mildly or severely, affects about one in 68 children across North America. Although incidence appears to be on the rise that may well be due to evolving diagnostic guidelines.

More definitively known as autism spectrum disorder, symptoms usually become apparent when the child is around age two. While there is no known “cure” in the usual sense of the word, early and consistent teaching intervention with applied behaviour analysis has been proven to have a significant beneficial effect on the lives of affected individuals.

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Just Asking Elizabeth James ABA, or Applied Behaviour Analysis, is a science-based intervention that teaches the communication, social, academic and functional skills necessary to enable a child or adult with autism to reach their full potential.

Autism Canada says these behaviour modification techniques can be used by every member of the care “team” — parents, counsellors and ABA practitioners.

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caregivers, to enable them to use them in their daily interactions with their affected child?

Happily, the answer for today’s North and West Vancouver parents is that there are some impressive programs and people resources right on their doorstep: Co-ordinated by Richard Stock, the ABA-Autism department at North Vancouver’s Capilano University offers a unique bachelor’s degree and post-baccalaureate diploma in ABA and autism.

“We are attracting students from across B.C. and Alberta and help to connect student therapists with families,” Stock explained when we met.

“In that way, we build practicum placements and, ultimately, increase local ABA service capacity to meet the needs of families and children with autism,” he said.

In addition, Stock says the CapU program generates a 100 per cent employment rate for graduates.

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Do they ever!

Autism was not the focus of the Woodgate study. Yet, for parents like Anne Millerd and Capilano ABA graduate Allison Angus, that comment is remarkably relevant when applied to families affected by the disorder.

The North Vancouver parent of a teenage son with autism, Anne has taught school in North and West Vancouver, continues to provide her son with ABA tutoring and has also taken some ABA-autism courses at Capilano — all while doing the things every other parent does in a family with four children.

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Allison has worked with Anne’s son since he was in Grade 3 and says she’s still on Anne’s “home team.” She has graduated from Capilano’s ABA bachelor’s program and, in addition to working with the Vancouver Canucks’ Autism Network, is currently focusing on autism and ABA as she pursues her master’s degree in special education at UBC with a view to pursuing her interest in supported employment.

If the thought of all those years of dedication and intensity leaves you breathless, you are not alone.

Acknowledging it was a challenge to keep Anne’s son interested, Allison says, “he’s just like any other kid who isn’t that motivated by school work.

“I was so excited when he began to read independently; when he began to read the street signs from the car, I nearly drove off the road!” she said.

Allison says she feels nothing but pride as she watches her pupil grow — “he is so motivated to be a part of

the work force and become independent.”

“When you work in a family home, you are working with the entire family, not just the child with ASD. Watching him and his siblings grow from little kids into mature, successful teenagers is definitely the best reward,” she said.

In 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down a July 2000 B.C. Supreme Court decision that ABA was a medically necessary intervention that should be funded by government.

Today, having heard about its results with Anne’s son, I have to believe that a challenge to both courts to declare ABA instruction to be a fully funded educationally necessary program might just succeed.

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G3 terminal expansion feels like a done deal Dear Editor: Re: Bulk Grain, Potash Exports Hit New Records, Feb. 24 news story.

The president and CEO of Port Metro Vancouver, Robin Silvester, thinks the proposed G3 export grain terminal is “a good story.”

How can the public have any confidence that the port is conducting an objective evaluation of G3’s application when the president, months in advance of its approval, is unabashed in his support of the proposal and more port development?

Does the port not have an obligation to the residents of

North Vancouver to conduct a meaningful, impartial review of the G3 terminal proposal?

Is it not good, ethical business practice to publicly share the concerns that have been raised by residents and local governments and then commit to addressing those major concerns?

This should be Mr. Silvester’s primary responsibility – ensuring neighbourhoods and businesses in close proximity to any new proposed development continue to prosper. Many would agree this is not the outcome of much of the recent port expansion plans on the North Shore.

Mr. Silvester needs to understand that while he is concerned about encroaching residential development, many residents are concerned about the unconstrained power of the port and how each decision that is made affects us all for decades to come, whether we like it or not.

It’s time to make Port Metro Vancouver more accountable to the people so when it comes to a proposal like the G3 grain terminal, it doesn’t feel like a done deal before the so-called consultation phase even begins.

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Lonsdale highrise a concern Dear Editor: Further development is coming to 13th and Lonsdale and it is not good. We are to say farewell to Home Hardware, Kerrisdale Camera, Nando’s Chicken and other long-term tenants to make way for a 19-storey highrise that is to be built hard up against the Lonsdale sidewalk. The lot is relatively narrow, bounded on the south by 13th Street, north by the Bank of Nova Scotia and west by the lane next to city hall. The proposal is for approximately 125 rental housing units and the developer is likely to be Hollyburn

Properties. These units are not low-cost housing; rather, they will command premium rental costs. There are several problems with this development. Firstly, the density.

Secondly, the height – whatever happened to the height restrictions in the OCP (official community plan)? Thirdly and most importantly, there is likely to be insufficient parking for the 125 units. Where are the unlucky tenants with no parking supposed to go?

Hollyburn Properties has a long-standing relationship with the city. How did they get planning permission for 19 storeys?

Hopefully, city residents will rise up and veto this proposal before it’s too late.

Angus Mitchell North Vancouver Editor’s note: The site is included as a special study area within the OCP. Both the OCP amendment request and the rezoning application are subject to public and council review. A town hall meeting date has not yet been set. For project details, including a view assessment, go to cnv.org/ Property-and-Development/ Projects-and-Developments and click on “1301 Lonsdale Ave.”

FSAs help to measure school effort Dear Editor: It beats me! Every year the teachers’ union mounts a campaign urging parents to remove their children from standardized tests of basic skills.

Sure enough, a quarterpage ad appeared in a recent issue of this paper, urging parents to exempt their children from Foundation Skills Assessment. The ad is co-sponsored by the public school teachers of North and West Vancouver.

Since education of the

young is compulsory, I always find it distressing that teachers oppose testing of the basics, which are the first stepping stones children must reach in their continuing learning. The FSA is a government initiative and serves a number of purposes.

One purpose is to inform parents if their children are achieving the basic skills and if not, it signals to parents that they might need to get more support or hire tutors. Another purpose is to inform the school if their programming is

successful. A third reason for FSAs is to show taxpayers that public funding is — or is not — achieving intended results.

It’s truly time that reliable measurement of public school efforts was seen as an essential step in the provision of a quality service.

This opposition to FSAs seems like an avoidance of accountability and can very well serve to actually undermine public confidence in the public education project.

Tunya Audain West Vancouver

This community rag worth reading Dear Editor: I moved back to North Vancouver after being in Ontario for 17 years. Of course, it wasn’t too long before the first North Shore News appeared on my doorstep . . . uninvited. I had completely forgotten about the community rag and I was slightly dismayed. As usual, they started to pile up in my

home and my rather bizarre ritual of picking up the newspaper and putting it in my recycling bin resumed.

However, at some point a year or so ago I sat down with the paper and read a few of the articles and I had an epiphany. This paper covers my community! I am now an avid reader of the North Shore News and thoroughly

enjoy getting up to date on events in my community.

Also, features like Love on the North Shore are an awesome opportunity for people.

Thank you to everyone at the North Shore News who make this publication possible.

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Five community members will be selected by NVRC based on their experience and expertise in any of the following areas: visual and performing arts, community celebrations, events, community public art projects, and the local not-for-profit sector. Committee Members will be appointed for a two-year term and can be appointed for a maximum of two consecutive terms. It is expected that the Committee will meet approximately 4 to 8 times per year to review grant applications. Committee members must be residents of North Vancouver.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Mike Wakefield National Cupcake Day City of North Vancouver staff hosted and participated in a National Cupcake Day event on Feb. 24. The cross-country fundraiser encourages community members to sell cupcakes for donations to SPCAs and humane societies, raising money for animals in need. The 2016 edition was marked nationally Feb. 29, but the city held their event last Wednesday, and staff participated through their Charitable Giving program. Employees indulged in gooey, animal-themed treats and pet some furry friends on hand for cuddles. Overall, the event raised approximately $900 for the B.C. SPCA.

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“We actually had a great example almost the day we launched it,” says Deb Koep, deputy director of the West Vancouver Memorial Library, speaking about a new online learning tool available for free to North Shore residents.

Since last month, the West Vancouver and City of North Vancouver library systems have offered Lynda.com, a web tool that gives patrons access to thousands of self-directed online training courses. Lessons are delivered through a series of videos and cover a range of topics, including computer software, business, management and design. Courses are suitable for beginners and those with a general interest in exploring a subject area or learning a new skill (like how to use a tablet or build a website), as well as working professionals. For example, engineers or architects who are in need of specialized support or are looking to upgrade their skill sets would find many courses of interest.

Koep explains West Vancouver library staff were pleased to see the new offering prove impactful right out of the gate after a woman approached a librarian asking for help. Previously working in banking, she had taken some time out and was interested in re-entering the workforce. However, she realized before she would be ready, she needed to tune up her skills and wondered if the library might have some books that could help.

“One of our staff was able to say, ‘Actually, there’s this brand new resource: Lynda.com,” says Koep.

The woman and the librarian explored the site together and were overwhelmed by the abundance of useful courses. Those

West Vancouver Memorial Library’s Deb Koep raises awareness of the new digital training tool called Lynda.com being offered by both the West Vancouver and City of North Vancouver library systems. The website offers a variety of self-directed courses and is free for anyone with a West Vancouver or City of North Vancouver library card. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD on accounting, desktop applications, spreadsheets, e-commerce, web conferencing and a series on leadership that could help her get up to speed on current management practices were among those that caught her eye.

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Now as we sit at the cusp of spring, there is a distinct dawn chorus, consisting of early risers like the song sparrow, spotted towhee, black-capped chickadee, varied thrush and robin.

I love to hear the robin with its “cheerily, cheerily, cheer-up,” sometimes even before dawn. These are resident birds, but in the coming weeks, migrants will arrive, and we’ll again be thrilled to hear voices that we haven’t heard for a year. When you’re trying to learn birds by their voices, it’s actually very helpful to first get acquainted with songs of resident birds before the vireos and

Wild About Birds Al Grass warblers, etc., arrive from their neo-tropical wintering grounds.

Birds can change their behaviour as nature prepares them for their parental duties. For example, the spotted towhee is usually seen on or near the ground. “Towhee” mimics one of its calls, but

in spring it will often sit high up in a tree to sing its lovely trill. This is done in order to help its voice carry further because it’s using its song to help establish territory.

Sounds do not carry well low down in the bushes.

There is a distinct difference between calls and songs. Calls are used for a number of things such as warning of danger or keeping in contact with other members of the flock (like twittering bushtits). Songs, on the other hand, function to establish territory, and to find or impress a mate.

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Installing an inexpensive tension rod in a cupboard from which to hang spray products maximizes space as it allows for smaller items to be stored below. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD kitchen and utility areas.

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Are you looking for an affordable way to downsize into a smaller home? Would you like to provide self-contained accommodation for adult children or parents? Or do you simply need revenue from an income property to offset some of your mortgage payments?

Whatever your reason may be for considering an alternative to having a secondary suite in your home, Les Brown and Paul McKinney of North Shore Carpentry & Construction would be happy to review the coach house solutions that may be possible on your property.

Known as ‘laneway homes’ elsewhere in Metro Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver and the Districts of North and West Vancouver have each established guidelines and bylaws that describe the types and sizes of homes that may be built and the properties most suitable for this type of accommodation.

“The decision to downsize, or to provide a safe and adequate home for relatives or renters is not an easy one,” McKinney said.

“Our job is to work within our clients’ budgets and to ensure their secondary home is built to code and within municipal bylaws,” he explained.

Although bylaws differ from community to community, some items are important to all: the owner of the property may not rent out both accommodations and must occupy either the primary home or the coach house. The coach house may not have a basement and neither home may be stratified or sold separately.

Total footprints on the lot, height, number of storeys, setbacks from adjacent properties and parking requirements all vary but, generally speaking, a coach house will provide about 1,000 square feet of secondary accommodation.

McKinney says building costs vary according to the design agreed upon with the client.

“Depending on needs and design extras, a well-equipped laneway home takes about six months to build and can run from $200,000 to $500,000,

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with about 20-25 per cent of that accounted for by permitting, code requirements and the groundwork on foundations and underground services,” he said.

Solar roofs, while slightly more expensive can also offset some energy bills.

Costs aside and even though municipal taxes will increase along with the increase in assessed value of the improvements, the market value of the property will be vastly improved over that of an older home with a suite in the basement. Rental income can range from $1,800 to $2,500/month or higher.

Overall, if you are considering a coach house solution, why not call North Shore Carpentry & Construction at: 778-338-3979 or visit www. nscarpentry.ca

“We’ll be more than happy to tell people about the work we’ve already done, answer the many questions they will have and discuss the options available to them in their own community,” McKinney said.

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Spring flowers attracting different species of birds

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we’re treated to the most wonderful warbled song.

In wetlands, like the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats at the West Pond, red-winged blackbirds

sing their beautiful “onk-aree” and if you’re patient (and lucky), you may hear the “kidick-a-dick” of the Virginian rail. If you’re even luckier you might even get to spot one. You’ll also hear ducks “quacking,” but did

you know that not all ducks quack? The best “quacker” is the female mallard (the male (drake) sort of grunts.

Male American wigeon on the other hand make their “rubber ducky” call (here the female growls!), and

green-winged teal sound like crickets. It’s all wonderful.

Take some time to just sit for a while – look and listen, and let nature come to you.

Spring flowers are bursting forth including Indian plum, skunk cabbage, salmonberry and red flowering currant. Both salmonberry and currant have lovely pink flowers that attract hummingbirds. In fact, it’s often stated that the rufous hummingbird times its northward migration from Mexico to arrive here when salmonberry flowers bloom. Hummingbirds aid in pollination, which helps to provide more raspberry-like fruits that many birds love.

Did you know that salmonberry comes in two

colour forms: red and yellow?

These are genetic differences.

In other words, berries don’t turn from yellow to red (or orange), to ripen.

In spring, deer come to feed on the fresh new leaves of the salmonberry, and later birds will nest in their bushes. Interestingly, many birds eat flowers like cherry and salmonberry blossoms.

House and purple finches are well-known for this, but other birds, like the song sparrow and spotted towhees, also dine on blooms. It’s not surprising since flowers contain energy-rich nectar and protein-rich pollen.

Mornings at the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats are filled

with colour and sound. The feeding station provided

by Wild Birds Unlimited is always active with a variety of wonderful birds, like slatecoloured junco and common redpoll both seen recently.

Enjoy the birds and keep safe.

Al Grass is a naturalist with Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia, which offers free walks at The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats on the second Saturday of every month. The next walk will be Saturday, March 12 when participants will search for early spring arrivals. Meet at WBT’s site office, 2645 Dollarton Hwy, North Vancouver. Walks go rain or shine. wildbirdtrust.org

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A Taste of Cedar Springs PARC Cedar Springs PARC, in the tranquil Seymour Area, invites you to join us on Sunday, March 6th to see for yourself how life’s better here. Our very own Chef Josef, of the duo that won last year’s Harmony Arts Best of the West gastronomic competition, will be creating samples of the culinary delights our residents savour each day. Enjoy tasting stations as you tour our luxurious display suite, library and fitness centre, and live music in the Bistro.

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containers. If your pantry is like mine, it is probably full of half-empty pasta boxes.

A great way to clearly view your pasta supplies is to use the clear glass containers that may be found at local dollar stores.

These are great because they can be stacked on top of each other to alleviate space in your pantry.

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Online learning comes long way “The folks who are delivering learning in that way have learned a lot and have applied a lot of research and they have changed how they teach so that the courses actually work much better, so I think it’s worth looking at,” she adds.

Lynda.com is just one of the online learning tools available to patrons at both the West Vancouver Memorial Library and North Vancouver City Library.

The West Vancouver library also offers: the Learning Express Library, which offers support for exam preparation and provides practice tests and tutorials for things like citizenship, LSAT and TOEFL exams; and Mango Languages, which offers lessons in 65 different languages. The North Vancouver City Library’s online learning tools include Pronunciator, which offers instruction in 80 languages.

In addition, both library systems offer links to other online university level courses, known as MOOCS (massive open online courses), in addition to a variety of other digital services like streaming movies and music, and downloadable ebooks and audiobooks.

The District of North Vancouver library system is also committed to supporting community members in online learning. Currently, its libraries offer links to a number of useful educational and entertainment-focused databases like BC Stats, Ancestry Library and Academic Search Elite, and is currently exploring adopting some online learning tools of its own.

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networks, says Koep. People complete formal educations through their K-12 years and then at the post-secondary level, but learning no longer stops there.

“The world is changing so fast and there’s so much coming at us and we’re all learning constantly. Just finding ways to support that learning is becoming a primary role for public libraries. So a tool like Lynda.com allows us to start with what we offer within our walls – our expert staff and some of the materials (and introductory courses) that we offer – and then build on those and give people opportunities to pursue their interests further,” says Koep.

Libraries are committed to making sure they’re where their community needs them to be.

“People continue to read for pleasure and we continue to support that need both with physical books and with great collections of ebooks,” says Koep.

The same goes for the universe of nonfiction and libraries continue to house large collections of textbooks and manuals. “(However), the skills and the knowledge are changing so fast and appearing so quickly that that kind of publishing almost can’t keep up. Being able to offer to people new ways of learning and ways of learning independently on their own time, at their own pace, in a way that works for them, that’s just part of continuing to be

part of people’s learning networks and ensuring that they’re connecting to the information they need in whatever form that needs to be. If it needs to be a book, great, we can help with that. If it needs to be articles or newspapers or a database, we can do that. If it needs to be people in the community, or organizations in the community, we can help with that. And if it needs to be online then we have that piece now too,” says Koep.

Lynda.com was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Carpinteria, Calif. It takes its name from co-founder Lynda Weinman and was recently acquired by LinkedIn. The site allows users to search on a particular subject, for example, creativity, business skills, spreadsheets or drawing, and then filter by skill level.

All of the courses are curated, the instructors are considered experts in their respective fields and the offerings are constantly updated.

Community members can access the site by coming into either the West Vancouver or City of North Vancouver library, or at home by logging in with their library cards.

Online learning has come a long way, says Koep.

“Folks who’ve been in formal education recently, this is nothing new to them but for folks who maybe their last formal education experience was 10 or 15 or 20 or more years ago, they might be surprised to see how much better the online learning environment is now,” she says.

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Brooklynn Kornafel (8) Ross Road elementary ART TEACHERS: Angelee Bulsara and Denise Esterer FAVOURITE ART: pastel and watercolour FAVOURITE ARTIST: Vincent van Gogh HER TEACHERS WRITE: Brooklynn’s art shows attention to detail. In her Van Gogh reproductions, you can see her eye for colours that go together and different shapes.

Young Artists of the Week are selected from North Shore schools by Artists for Kids for displaying exceptional ability in their classroom artwork. For details, visit the website artists4kids.com. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

WATERMAIN FLUSHING The watermain maintenance process may cause cloudiness, simply run the tap until water is clear.

From March through May, the Utilities Department will be flushing sediment from the District’s watermains to maintain good water quality and system performance.

Temporary discoloration and cloudiness in tap water may result, due to particles being stirred up by the flushing process.

Although the sediments are not harmful, the District will increase chlorination as necessary to ensure safe drinking water.

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Help ease the transition to a new school You are going to be moving house and you have two children who are nine and seven.

They are doing well in school and happy with their teachers and now they are going to need to change schools. It’s a challenge.

When I first started thinking about this situation I spoke to some military parents. They are the experts on how to move with children because they need to pack up and move whenever their posting changes. They had lots of good advice for me and I am happy to pass it on to you.

Older children, particularly those in high school, find it particularly challenging to change schools. That being said, there are some steps we can take to make school change easier for all ages of children.

Ironically, it’s often easier for them to change midyear. The rule of thumb has often been that we should have kids start at a new school in September, but that can actually backfire. In September, all the students are new to the teacher so she won’t know that your child is new to the city or neighbourhood and possibly

Parenting Today Kathy Lynn knows no one in the class.

Even if you make the time to visit the teacher and let her know that your kids are new to the area, the teacher is busy figuring out the status of every kid in the classroom.

There may be other kids new to the school, some who have special needs or some dealing with particularly difficult home situations. And the teacher needs to accommodate all the children in the class.

If your child enters the school later in the year, he will stand out in the teacher’s mind. The teacher will be able to help him to meet kids and settle in more easily. This is more difficult when your kids are older because they don’t have a single teacher to

help with the adjustment. But a good homeroom teacher or counsellor can ease the transition. You can support the teacher by meeting with her, explaining your child’s school history to date, how they feel about this move and if they have any particular worries or concerns. Then the teacher can focus her support and help your child with the transition. The teacher may also be able to identify a child who would be a good match for your son or daughter and pair them up on a project or activity.

Kids who have a transferable interest or skill will have an easier time. If they play soccer, love working on the school yearbook or have an interest in drama, you can quickly help them find a group or team they can join.

This is a great way to fit in and make friends. If possible, find out what activities are available for your child in the new school and register her for the appropriate sports team or activity.

Do the research to find out about the school before you actually move. Involve your children in the move. If you’re moving to a new city, check out the tourism sites on the Internet or write away

for brochures. If you’re just changing neighbourhoods, drive around the new area, stop for a pizza and check out the local parks.

Once your kids are settled in the new school, encourage them to invite friends over

to your new home. When you do this, it’s also a good idea to introduce yourself to the parents. The more you all connect with the school and community, the more comfortable you will all feel in your new place.

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.

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Illustrated book emphasizes teamwork Soccer Sami and the Big Meanie Coach by Stooart (www.stooart.com), 2015

North Shore author Stewart McKenzie has selfpublished a small picture book about the importance of teamwork.

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walrus coach, who in real life would have been drummed out of North Shore Soccer for bad coaching, can’t stand inept playing or fooling around. At one point he roars, “This is little league soccer!

This is no place for fun!!” It is a wonder Sami perseveres but she does and gets her chance to save the day during a championship game. The Grinch-like coach has a personality transformation due to a kind gesture on the part of

the team and the story ends on an upbeat note. A snappy little tribute to all those players who just want to get out there and enjoy the game.

Fran Ashdown was the children’s librarian at the Capilano branch of the North Vancouver District Public Library. She stood on the sidelines for many a soccer game when her kids were younger.

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SOFT CIRCUITS In this twopart workshop for students in grades 7-12, teens and tweens will learn about soft circuitry and experiment with conductive thread, copper tape and LED lights to make their own wearable electronics Wednesday, March 2 and 9, 4-5:30 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Register: nvcl.ca.

BOOK SIGNING Author and illustrator Stewart McKenzie will read and sign his children’s book Soccer Sami and the Big Meanie Coach Saturday, March 5 from 11 a.m. to noon at Indigo Books in Park Royal South, West Vancouver.

FAMILY THEATRE – THE LITTLE PRINCE Monster Theatre presents The Little Prince Saturday, March 5, 6:30 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave, West Vancouver.

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SWEET TREATS Patrick Demers of Squamish-based Maples’ Sugar Shack helps students Jonah Lee and Olivia De Santiago Muir make their own maple syrup suckers at the annual Winter Carnival at Braemar elementary. Hosted by the school and North Vancouver Canadian Parents for French, the event celebrated French culture. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD TWEEN ADVISORY GROUP Do you want to make the library awesome? Students in grades 5-7 are invited to have fun sharing their ideas and planning cool events Tuesday, March 29, 7-8:30 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Register: nvcl.ca or at the children’s info desk.

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The difference, he said, is in the approach, “There are only so many ways to kick and punch, but a great martial arts school is going to use those as tools, use those as means to develop life skills,”he says. “In other sports they’re going to learn respect in indirect ways.

We do it in a very, very direct way.”

Kook says that teaching life skills is at the core of his school’s martial arts curriculum. Rather than using mat chats to talk about confidence in the abstract, the school discusses concrete examples of how students can integrate the theme into their daily lives, such as putting their hand up in school when they know the answer or saying no to peer pressure.

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What’s Going On DISTRICT DIALOGUERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB Improve your speaking skills and gain confidence every Tuesday, 12:05-1:15 p.m. at North Vancouver District Hall, 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Guests and new members welcome. districtdialoguers.com EXPLORE CAPILANO Explore post-secondary options at Capilano University’s information night Wednesday, March 2, 6-8 p.m. in the Birch Building, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver.

There will be an information fair and presentations. capilano.ca/explore LET’S TALK Develop English skills while discussing current events at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Beginners: Tuesday, March 8 and 29, 1-2:30 p.m.

Intermediate: Wednesdays, March 2, 9 and 30, 7-8:30 p.m.

604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca NORTH SHORE PRO LIFE SOCIETY’S AGM Guest speaker Emily Ryznar will talk during the meeting being held Wednesday, March 2, 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas secondary, 541 West Keith Rd., North Vancouver.

AN ADDRESS ON SMART AND CARING COMMUNITIES BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA The Sea to Sky Foundations present Gov.-Gen. David Johnston

Thursday, March 3, 4-6 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave, West Vancouver.

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ENGLISH CORNER Enjoy English conversation while making new friends Fridays, March 4, 11 and 18, 10-11:30 a.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca 1960S SATURDAY Harry Jerome Community Centre will celebrate its 50th anniversary Saturday, March 5, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. with retro pricing on all public admissions all day at 123 East 23rd St., North Vancouver. There will also be lots happening with special 1960s-themed activities, costumes, deejay, cake and a photo booth. 604-987-7529 nvrc.ca

Catherine’s Anglican Church will celebrate World Day of Prayer Saturday, March 5 at 11 a.m. at 1058 Ridgewood Dr., North Vancouver. The service, World Day of Prayer 2016, written by the women of Cuba with the theme “Receive Children. Receive Me,” will be followed by refreshments. scadmin@shaw.ca INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATION AND BENEFIT Join the North Shore Women’s Centre at The View, 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver on Saturday, March 5, 7-9 p.m. for a fundraising evening. A group of women will speak and the first annual Woman Warrior Award will be presented in honour of the late Maureen Johnston. Tickets: $50.

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ALOHA BEACH PARTY FUNDRAISER The Seycove Auction and Gala supporting Cove Cliff, Dorothy Lynas and Sherwood Park elementary schools and Seycove secondary takes place Saturday, March 5. Tickets: $50. seycoveauction.org

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR CHILD CARE WORKERS A workshop designed for child care workers Tuesday, March 8, 7-9 p.m. at North Shore Emergency Management, 147 East 14th St., North Vancouver.

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ESTATE PLANNING AND DISCRETIONARY TRUST WORKSHOP Financial security advisor Bill Murdock offers his expertise Saturday, March 5, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. northshoreschizophrenia.org

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HOT LATIN NIGHT Elizabeth Forrest, Tim Zhang and other members of the West Vancouver Youth Band will perform with Vancouver Latin band Mazacote and special guests at Hot Latin Night on Saturday, March 5, 7:30 p.m. at Centennial Theatre. Tickets: $28.50 (kids under 12 free), at centennialtheatre.com. The concert is a fundraiser for WVYB. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

TIME TRAVELLER Construction workers complete the frame of West Vancouver Memorial Library in the late 1940s. The library moved from its humble beginnings in small book lending shops in Ambleside to land donated by council across from the Memorial Arch.

A 1947 public referendum determined the library would be the official war memorial to West Vancouver’s fallen soldiers. The West Vancouver Historical Society will hold a general meeting Wednesday, March 16, 7 p.m. at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at Marine Drive and 21st Street. There will be a presentation on the history of West Vancouver Memorial Library. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WEST VANCOUVER ARCHIVES/SUBMITTED BY THE WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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In the district, there were four recipients for heritage advocacy: Donna Sacuta for the Blair Rifle Range Historical Research; The North Shore Museum and Archives for the exhibit Walter Draycott and the Great War; Dave Obee for his book Fifty! With a Fabulous Future: A History of the District of North Vancouver Public Library; and Squamish Nation Education, Squamish Language Elders and Dr. Peter Jacobs for their Squamish-English dictionary.

Meanwhile, the city presented heritage plaques to six protected heritage homes: Residence at 254 East Keith Rd.; Baker Residence at 650 West Keith Rd.; The Aberdeen Block at 88-90 Lonsdale Ave.; The Commercial Block at 277-279 East 8th St.; The McEwan Residence at 346 East 8th St.; and The Pain Residence at 217 East Keith Rd. The plaques are handed out in co-ordination with the North Vancouver Museum and Archives.

The city presented its Heritage Awareness Award of Honour to A.L. (Dick) Lazenby in recognition of his voluntary research efforts on the early development of the North Shore and the donation of his research to the North Vancouver Museum and Archives. The city’s

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The District of West Vancouver handed out a Heritage Award to Dave Barker of the West Vancouver Historical Society as part of its annual Community Awards last fall.

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International Women’s Day 2016 Celebration and Benefit Saturday, March 5th, 2016, 7:00-10:00pm The View on Lonsdale, 2121 Lonsdale Avenue Tickets $50/each (Includes appetizers and glass of wine) To Purchase: 604.984.6009 or info@northshorewomen.ca • Speaker: Former BC Provincial Court Chief Judge, Carol Baird Ellan • Storyteller: Marylee Stephenson • Musical Guests: Beverley Elliot, Joani Bye and Linda Kidder • First Annual “Woman Warrior Award” presented in honour of Maureen Johnston You won’t want to miss out on an exciting silent auction featuring art, getaways, gourmet food and more!

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Potato, Sardiniana, and Prosciutto Con Pomodori pizzas are on the menu at Colosseum Pizza, now open in its new digs on West First Street in North Vancouver. Owners Debra and Peter Milcak are seen in the photo above right. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN

REVIEW: COLOSSEUM PIZZA AND VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL

Old favourite now open in new digs

When it was situated on East 12th Street just off Lonsdale Avenue, a spot it occupied for what seemed like forever, Colosseum Pizza was known as an industry hangout.

That means that those of us who worked in restaurants designated it one of our go-to spots for post-shift drinks and eats and that we knew the staff there on a first name basis. We ordered the best stuff they had Chris Dagenais on the menu, left good tips and were always respectful of the time; when it was time to go, often in the wee hours when the staff had finally reached exhaustion, we went, no arguments.

I first heard about Colosseum’s plans for wholesale

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reinvention in early 2015 when I dropped by for a pizza. The place had just reopened following a protracted hiatus from operation that began in 2014 and around which very little seemed to be known by anyone. During that visit I was told that the restaurant would be downsizing dramatically and focusing on take-out business somewhere in Lower Lonsdale, timing to be determined.

I recently noticed the Now Open sign in front of Colosseum’s brand new digs down on West First Street, straddling the alleyway by neighbouring business Buddha-Full Juice Bar and quite literally across the street from another pizza institution, Doc’s.

The new Colosseum, a bright, modern but diminutive space is not going to be an industry go-to anymore, given its hours of operation, limited seating and take-away focus, but I am happy to report that the restaurant’s pizza is every bit as good as it ever was with a menu that, thankfully, still includes one of Greater Vancouver’s all-time best pizza creations, the Patate Con Aglio.

I have seen copycat versions of this pie pop up here and there over the years, but let it be said, no one does it like these guys.

The Patate is a tomato-less, thicker crust pizza topped with thin slices of skin-on potato, translucent rings of white onion, hefty doses of roasted garlic, plump sprigs of rosemary, crumbled feta cheese and cracked black pepper. It is, quite simply, inspired.

Having eaten this pizza countless times, I was happy to note that it has not changed in any way despite it being issued from a shiny new kitchen, and that it still pairs brilliantly with a glass of good sauvignon blanc, preferably a bright and herbaceous iteration from the Loire Valley.

The Patate was one of four pizzas in my recent takeout order, which also included a very simple cheese and tomato sauce job, (that was a good showcase for Colosseum’s denser, decidedly not Neapolitan-style crust), a pepperoni pie, a generously topped affair that would make a great game and beer accompaniment, and Prosciutto con Pomodori, a rich and savoury blend of thinly shaved prosciutto, bell peppers and wedges of fresh tomato.

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Vancouver International Wine Festival It was Vancouver International Wine Festival time again last week and I managed to carve out an evening to experience one of the famed International Tasting events at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The tasting took place in one of the centre’s grand ballrooms and involved more than 150 wineries pouring samples of select bottles to attendees.

The festival is one of the largest wine events on the continent and is certainly a boon for our city’s reputation as a great place to eat and drink. I was accompanied to the tasting by my friend Gil, who works in the restaurant industry and is very familiar with the protocols of these major events.

On the topic of protocols, I just have to rant for a moment about a couple of things that never cease to amaze me at wine tastings. The first is the absurd amount of perfume/ cologne that people wear to these things. Half of the wine tasting experience is delving into the nose of the wine that you have been poured; so much is to be learned from the scent of the wine. A thick fog of Axe Body Spray at the front of the tasting table is offensive and actually detracts from the experience of others in a significant way. The other thing that rubs me the wrong way is the propensity of people to stand chatting right in front of the spit buckets that

Italy was the theme of this year’s Vancouver International Wine Festival, which featured tastings, workshops, luncheons, seminars, and more. PHOTOS CHRIS DAGENAIS are on each table. Now look, not everyone spits at a tasting.

I get it, it can be awkward for the novice and social mores are so thoroughly ingrained that it feels almost barbaric to spit so openly in front of others. Also, some of the wines poured at a tasting are very special and it may be difficult to reconcile spitting out a $10 splash. That said, many of us who are there to try a wide range of products simply must spit out the samples or risk being dragged from the event slurring and semi-conscious.

Blocking the spit buckets is simply poor form.

OK, with that off my chest, on to the highlights. Every year the wine festival features a theme country around which the tastings and other events around the city (winemakers’ luncheons, educational seminars, etc.) are organized.

This year’s festival, the 38th annual event, featured Italy, with producers showcasing wines from all major growing regions ranging from Veneto in the North to Puglia down near the southern heel of the country’s distinctive boot.

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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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A dense and chewy red with an opulent red stone fruit and toasty oak palate from Croatia was a true revelation. Gil and I nodded in emphatic appreciation of Coronica’s 2011 Gran Teran, a gorgeous showcase of the Istrian varietal, Teran, a grape in the Refosco family that is seen more commonly in Italy and has tremendous potential to produce intense, enduring wines. Coronica only produces the Gran Teran in years when the fruit is deemed suitable for this special designation.

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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD From page 23 West 14th St. First-come, firstserved, limit 12 computers per class. 604-998-3450 nvcl.ca PLANNING FOR YOUR NEXT STAGE — FINANCIAL TIPS AND TRICKS Explore how to realistically size-up and maximize profits and options for assisting children as well as strategies to maximize retirement income and wealth transfer Tuesday, March 8, 7-8:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca TECHNOLOGY TALKS Learn how to manage Microsoft programs, Facebook and iPads from a trained tech tutor Tuesday, March 8, 3:305 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Registration required. 604-987-4471 x8175 nvdpl.ca INTRO TO MS EXCEL A hands-on computer class to learn how this program is used and how to make it more efficient Wednesday, March 9, 7-8:30 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. First-come, firstserved, limit of 12 computers per class. 604-998-3450 nvcl.ca CREATIVE ESCAPES Bring your knitting project, colouring book, creative writing or other artistic project and join in on the last Thursday of each month for informal evenings of imagination and socializing.

The next Creative Escape date is March 31, 6-8 p.m. at CityScape Community Art Space, 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Free admission.

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Builders’ Association 22nd Annual Home Buyer Seminar, presented by the Homeowner Protection Office branch of BC Housing, is scheduled for Wednesday, March 2, 5-8 p.m. at SFU’s Harbour Centre Campus, 515 West Hastings St., Vancouver. Register: gvhba.org/buyingseminar GARDENSMART WORKSHOP — BACKYARD FRUIT TREE PRUNING 101 Learn how to help fruit trees thrive in a hands-on workshop Saturday, March 5, 1-3 p.m. at Queen Mary Community Garden, Keith Road and Mahon Avenue., North Vancouver. $8.25.

Registration required. 604990-3755 gardensmart.ca BE AWARE FAIR The Handsworth Environmental Club will host a fair to educate the student body and community on local and global ecological and climaterelated issues Wednesday, March 9 at 1044 Edgewood Rd., North Vancouver.

THE SOCIETY OF CROWS — A GLIMPSE INTO CORVID CULTURE Biologist Rob Butler will talk about the clever minds of crows and the city habits of large flocks that now reside in Vancouver Thursday, March 10, 7 p.m. at the Bosa Theatre, Capilano University, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver.

TUG OUT THE TYRANTS Help remove invasive plant species from Capilano University campus grounds Thursday, March 10, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. RSVP at gardenpatchworks@ capilanou.ca UPPER LONSDALE GARDEN CLUB will host Josh Yu speaking on butterfly gardening Thursday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. at St. Martin’s Anglican Church, 195 East Windsor Rd., North Vancouver. New members and guests welcome. The

PAINTER’S POINTERS North Shore artist Dene Croft leads a painting seminar called Classical Portraiture in Oil at Opus Art Supplies in North Vancouver recently. The workshop focused on composition, setup, lighting and technique.

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WEST VANCOUVER GARDEN CLUB This garden club meets on the first Wednesday of each month to July at West Vancouver Presbyterian Church, 2893 Marine Dr. Guest speakers and beverages. New members and guests welcome. $25 annually, $35 per couple or drop-in $5. westvangardenclub.com Compiled by Debbie Caldwell

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You are invited to attend a meeting to discuss the project.

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The applicant proposes to rezone the site from Light Industrial (I3) to a Comprehensive Development Zone, to permit a mixed-use development with 63 residential units and ground level retail uses. 88 parking stalls are proposed.

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Advocates hit the slopes to promote safety “You probably won’t need a helmet today.”

Those were the words adorning the jackets and snowboards of representatives from the Community Against Preventable Injuries who headed up the North Shore mountains the last two

weekends of February to help prevent head and neck injuries during the ski season.

The Preventable team made the rounds at Cypress Mountain, Grouse Mountain and Mt. Seymour, asking fellow skiers and boarders to “Have a word with ourselves”

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Preventable is a nation-wide multi-partner organization that aims to raise awareness of preventable injuries, and to get people thinking about the attitudes and actions that directly lead to those injuries.

Up the local ski hills, the team encouraged people to Tweet or Instagram a photo of themselves wearing a helmet for a chance to win $50.

They also handed out safety pamphlets and coupons for $40 off helmets.

“Head and neck trauma is the leading cause of death among skiers and snowboarders,” stated Preventable spokesperson Dr. Ian Pike in a press release from the organization. “This campaign encourages riders to stop and think about their attitudes and behaviours and educates them about some of the staggering statistics linked to helmet safety.”

According to data provided by Preventable,

helmets have been linked to a 35 per cent reduction in head injuries for skiers and snowboarders and reduce the risk of traumatic brain injury by as much as 60 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Ski Council reports that B.C. has the lowest helmet usage in Canada at only 66 per cent.

In addition, only 59 per cent of Canadian skiers and snowboarders between the ages of 25 and 34 wear helmets.

In 2013, B.C. Children’s Hospital had about 51 visits to its emergency department because of snowboarding injuries, and 82 visits related to skiing for those aged 17 and under.

Among all ages in B.C., there are more than 700 skiing and snowboarding injuries that require hospitalization annually, according to the B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit.

Preventable collaborated with the Insurance Bureau of Canada on its “Have a word with yourself” campaign.

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Tori Erickson and Amanda Porcheron from the Community Against Preventable Injuries visit Mt. Seymour Feb. 27 to encourage helmet use. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

Fraudulent claims take a toll on B.C. drivers

While most B.C. drivers are honest when it comes to making insurance claims, there are a few that are hurting things for the rest of us in the province.

Industry studies estimate that about 10 to 20 per cent of all insurance claims contain an element of fraud or exaggeration. Applying those estimates here means fraud is costing us up to $600 million per year, or more than $100 annually on every auto insurance policy.

Fraud cheats everyone and comes in all shapes and sizes.

Some fraud is organized and orchestrated by a group of individuals, namely, staged accidents and stolen vehicle rings.

Other types of fraud are less obvious. Fraud like this includes exaggerating the extent of an injury, misrepresenting a previous medical condition or slanting the situation when reporting a claim. It s not unheard of for people to embellish

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their claim by including vehicle damage unrelated to the crash, or to claim they can t work when they re actually back on the job. These tactics may not make the news, but the costs add up and come out of all of our pockets we all end up paying for those who cheat the system.

ICBC combats fraud with their Special Investigation Unit, which last year looked at more than 5,000 claims Hles. This includes a cyber unit that employs information publicly available on the internet and social media to investigate suspected fraudulent claims. They re in the process of increasing their focus on investigations, including training and analytics technology that Gags patterns and predictors of fraud.

By stepping up efforts to reduce fraudulent and exaggerated claims, along with managing injury claims costs, ICBC is working to take pressure off rising insurance rates.

Fraud. It cheats us all.

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Blues gunner gets assist from a sister

Erricos aim for PacWest gold ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

There’s no knowing what will transpire during the PacWest Basketball Championships running Thursday through Saturday at Capilano University except for this one undeniable truth: the Errico family will end up in tears.

“There will be tears, good or bad,” confirmed Michelle Errico, a fifth-year guard who is ending one of the most prolific basketball careers in Capilano history.

“She’ll cry, and then I’ll cry, and then mom will cry, and then dad will cry,” added Sherrie Errico, Michelle’s younger sister who is a second-year player for the Blues. “Everyone will cry.”

The Blues, ranked No. 3 in the province, will be hoping to move up to claim gold on their home court and, if they do, the Errico sisters will likely play a huge part. They’ve already done a lot to get the team to this point, with Michelle leading the team in scoring with 14 points per game while shooting a robust 37 per cent from behind the three-point line.

Sherrie, meanwhile, has played big minutes for the team both as a starter and off the bench, also shooting the ball well from three and pitching in with points, rebounds and assists from her wing position.

Sherrie’s biggest assist, however, may have come during the offseason when she helped convince Michelle to come back to Capilano for a fifth and

final year. The Errico family believed that last year’s provincial quarterfinal loss was Michelle’s last ever collegiate game. Sherrie, who was a first-year player at the University of Victoria at the time, watched Michelle play that final game and saw the tell-tale tears.

“I could see in her last game it was super emotional, she was like bawling her eyes out,” said Sherrie. It was around that time that a plan was born: Sherrie would leave UVic, where she was a bench player before being sidelined by injury, and come to Capilano to play one glorious season with her older sister.

“I knew that if I didn’t play (at Capilano) this year, Michelle probably wouldn’t play this year,” said Sherrie.

“She just loves basketball, I wanted her to have another year. I’ve always wanted to play with her. I went to UVic last year, loved UVic but kind of felt bad at the same time, I wondered if I would regret it if I never played with Michelle.”

Michelle, who had one foot out the door at Capilano, turned right around when Sherrie told her that she wanted to come home.

“Because Sherrie wanted to play I was like, let’s go for it,” said Michelle.

“I’m only 23, I’ve got tons of time to get a job and do all that kind of stuff, I might as well play out my years. It’s something that’s really important to me.”

The sisters grew up in a sports-mad family in North Vancouver’s Seymour

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Capilano University leading scorer Michelle Errico takes control during a recent PacWest game. Errico will end her college career this weekend with sister Sherrie by her side. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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area. Older sister Leslie got the ball rolling in a junior basketball league with Michelle soon following. Sherrie has a twin sister Nicole who also got in on the act, although as the years passed it was Sherrie and Michelle who formed the tightest basketball bond. Their father slapped a backboard onto a wooden post on their driveway. It wasn’t pretty but it was home to countless games of one-on-one or 21.

“Our driveway is on a slant and the basketball hoop was slanted,” said Michelle with a laugh.

“Maybe it made us a bit stronger having to shoot uphill,” said Sherrie, adding that she was inspired by the things Michelle could do on a basketball court. “I would always watch her games when I was younger. … I just wanted to be like her.”

With their age difference – Michelle is now 23 and Sherrie 20 – they never got to play together on an official team before this season, but now that they are on the same squad they are closer than ever. The two are quite similar on the court, filling out the two wing positions with Michelle relying on her sharp three-point shot and Sherrie going to pull-up jumpers a little more frequently. The league knows all about Michelle – who ended her regular season career last Friday, finishing with the fifth most points in PacWest history – but this year she’s had a bit more breathing room on the nights that her sister gets hot, she said.

“On nights where Sherrie goes off like that they have no idea what to do,” she said.

“They’ve got to decide who they’re going to guard. … They’d be really close on me and then Sherrie would score. And then they’d close out on Sherrie a little tighter and I’d be a bit more open.”

The sisters are closer than ever off the court as well.

“I think that playing with Sherrie has made this year so much fun, I’m excited to go to practice all the time, I’m excited for games,” said Michelle. “We take classes together!”

“We spend too much time together,” said Sherrie with a laugh. “It’s definitely brought our relationship closer. We’ve always been close, but now if we get in a fight it can’t last because we have to forget about it on the court. If we hate each other before practice, after practice it’s like, ‘Ohh, I love you!’”

That the Blues are hosting the provincials this year makes this final season even sweeter for Michelle.

“I’m so excited,” she said. “I’m so happy that it’s my fifth year and I get to host it at Cap. It’s really exciting for me, and we definitely play a lot better at home. … It would be the best way that I could go out. I want to win. And we totally can do it. We have the team to do it.”

Sherrie, for one, is all fired up about getting the opportunity to send her sister off into the sunset with a PacWest medal.

“Obviously I really want to win, but the fact that it’s Michelle’s last year, it really makes me want to win,” she said. “I just want it so bad for her. She’s put in so much work, so much energy for the team. I know she wants it, and that I can be there to help her just makes me super happy. … Either way she’ll cry at the end of the game.”

“I’m crying a little right now!” said Michelle. !!!

The Capilano women will play No. 6 Camosun in the PacWest quarterfinals Thursday starting at 6 p.m. at the Capilano Sportsplex.

The No. 4 Capilano men will follow at 8 p.m. against No. 5 Douglas College. Updates: pacwestbc.ca/championships/basketball.

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Sherrie Errico plays big minutes for the Blues, but her biggest assist may have been convincing sister Michelle to play one more year. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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