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Transport Canada is investigating after a wayward paraglider became snagged on power lines Monday night, putting roughly 2,800 properties in Canyon Heights and Edgemont in the dark.

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The incident happened just after 8:30 p.m. on Montroyal Boulevard at Ranger Avenue.

“I noticed this paraglider and I’m thinking ‘This guy’s totally off course. He needs to be going farther south.’ But he just kept gliding lower and lower to the ground,” said Jabeen Jussa, who was driving down Montroyal at the time.

“I see him literally land right on the power lines, landing as if he’s lying in a hammock.”

Another paraglider landed in a nearby backyard.

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Interim bylaw will prevent cutting of very large trees during a jam-packed four-hour council meeting.

Most West Vancouver lots were clear cut in the 1940s and ‘50s, pointed out Brent Wolverton, who requested freedom for homeowners to cut down a few trees each year.

“Let’s be clear, all the trees in West Vancouver are mature

landscaping, they’re not old growth,” he said.

For the past 60 years, people have been cutting down big trees and replacing them with smaller trees, he said.

“It’s a perfectly good cycle,” he said.

The new bylaw will prevent the cutting of large trees on private property unless an arborist deems them hazards.

Wolverton was one of a few residents who warned that arborists can be less than prescient in predicting which trees pose

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Wet concrete blamed for damage

LoLo woman in dispute with developer

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A Lower Lonsdale woman says she could be out thousands of dollars thanks to wet concrete raining down on her car from a nearby construction site.

Maggie Andrews has been in an ongoing dispute with Kamcon Investments over the company’s development of the Anchor on the 100block of East Third Street since demolition began in 2014.

At times, she agreed to Kamcon’s request to move her vehicle from her rented spot in the lane adjacent to the building site when construction might put it at risk.

But Andrews said she could rarely get a straight answer as to when she needed to move her car. Sometime in 2015, she noticed her 2004 Honda Civic was splattered with wet cement and the windshield was cracked.

When she took it up with Kamcon’s owners, they offered to have the car detailed but that would only be a temporary fix, one detailer told her. ICBC told her the $5,000 paint job the car needed would be more than the $3,500 car is worth and so it would have to be a writeoff.

The developer offered to buy her a similar year and model car as a replacement if she agreed to give them her old car.

But because Andrews stands just four feet tall, she would still have to pay an extra $2,000 required to have

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North Vancouver woman Maggie Andrews points to a blob of concrete on her 2004 Honda she says came from a nearby construction site at 123 East 3rd St. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN custom adaptable pedals installed, she said.

“I would lose money. I didn’t want to lose my car, which was running fine, and be out of pocket a couple thousand dollars. To me, that just didn’t make any sense,” she said. “I’m 25, living on my own in Lower Lonsdale. I work full time as a hairdresser. I don’t make a ton of money.”

As a last resort, she filed a $5,584 claim in court to cover the costs of a full paint job and new windshield.

Kamcon responded saying Andrews hadn’t proven the damage was caused by their work, and that her claim for more than the car’s value would create a windfall she is not entitled to.

In an interview, Kamcon president Kam Tafreshi said he didn’t know about Andrews’ special needs until last week. The two have never met in person and Andrews said she didn’t make an issue of it because she’s spent her whole life trying to get by without allowing her height to define her.

Tafreshi said he expected the matter to be settled over more discussions and that he was waiting for Andrews to get back to him.

“Instead I got served with a small claims lawsuit,” he said.

Tafreshi maintains Andrews should have at least tried having the car detailed to see if it would

work before filing a suit.

“Another person from that same building came to us with that same complaint and I sent her to a car polish place. She had it done and her car was perfectly fine.

It cost us $300. She was fine with it. We were happy and that was the end of it,” he said.

Tafreshi said he would still prefer to resolve the dispute through negotiation, although the court system will bring with it the burden of proof.

“There’s a lot of he-saidshe-said but there needs to be facts,” he said. “Yes, I am willing to work with her as I was willing to work with her months ago before she filed a lawsuit against me. I’m not

a bad guy.”

On Friday, Andrews is due to meet with two of Kamcon’s lawyers for a mediation session. If an agreeable outcome can’t be reached, the case may proceed to a trial in small claims court.

Andrews said she was tempted to drop her complaint against Kamcon out of sheer stress and frustration but opted to pursue it on principle.

“I was sick of it. I think it probably happens a lot more than people know,” she said.

“A 2004 Honda Civic isn’t maybe the nicest kind type of car, but to me, it is my car.

I paid for that with my own money, which I don’t have a lot of. … All I want is my car fixed.”

While he couldn’t say if it broke a record, Monday’s temperature of 28 C in West Vancouver was likely the hottest ever for April 18, according to MacDonald.

Vancouver also smashed a 50-year-old record with a high of 25.3 C Monday, three degrees hotter than the previous mark set in 1962.

By the time the mini heat wave ends, more records could be broken, MacDonald said.

“We’re definitely going to flirt with it,” he predicted.

A huge ridge of high pressure that allowed hot air to sweep up the coast from California will likely weaken Wednesday, according to MacDonald. The drop will likely lead to showers and temperatures in the range of 16 C. “Wednesday will be the last hurrah of this beautiful stretch,” MacDonald said.

“This treat comes to an end.”

The high temperatures are likely not a prelude to drought this summer, in part because of a hefty snowpack on the mountains, said MacDonald.

The conditions that led to the drought of 2015 were “truly exceptional,” he added.

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TransLink planning changes to four bus routes

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

TransLink is tinkering with a number of its North Shore bus routes affecting transit users who ride to Upper Lonsdale, Lynn Valley and Horseshoe Bay.

First on the list is the removal of a number

of stops from the 257 express route between downtown Vancouver and the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal. Starting in May, passengers may no longer board or get off at the Bute Street, Broughton Street and Cardero Street stops in Vancouver, at the onramp to the Lions Gate Bridge, at

15th Street in Ambleside or at any of the three stops in Horseshoe Bay before the ferry terminal.

The change is meant to make travel time quicker for the 85 per cent of express bus riders who use the remaining stops, according to Tim Savoie, TransLink’s vice-president of

transportation planning.

In June, TransLink will be chopping all of the 242’s stops north of 29th Street and reroute the bus directly to Lynn Valley Town Centre, similar to the N24 night bus.

Eliminating the upper Lonsdale loop part of the route ought to ensure more consistent early morning

service between Lynn Valley and downtown before SeaBus operations start, Savoie said. Those cut out of the route will still have access to the 230 bus and the ability to transfer to the 242 bus.

Later this year, big changes are coming to the 254 and 256 routes that

serve the British Properties.

Rather than being one-way loops through the properties, TransLink will introduce two-way service. Roughly 4,000 to 5,000 people per day ride the two routes and the two-way service is expected to help local students,

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Mac started delivering the North Shore News one day a week when he was old enough to inherit the paper route from his brother. Mac has expanded his delivery from one day per week to every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. He appreciates the opportunity to work outdoors and visit and pet as many of the neighbourhood dogs as possible.

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New tree rules criticized as too strict and too lenient From page 1 safety hazards. “(If) you won’t let me cut it down and it falls on my house.

I’ll be suing you, and I will win,” he promised.

But retired biologist David Cook cautioned against swapping old trees for new.

“Replacement trees do not replace the ecology associated with a mature or old growth tree,” he said.

Part of the district’s problem with trees has been the commodification of West Vancouver homes in recent years, according to Coun. Bill Soprovich, who decried the mentality of: “Get as much money as they can, to heck with the neighbours.”

Soprovich supported the bylaw, but not without misgivings.

The bylaw will only protect trees that are 75 cm in diameter or larger, he cautioned.

“The rest will be gone.”

Residents who violate the bylaw can be fined as much as $1,000, an amount Coun. Nora Gambioli termed “a joke.”

The provincial government forbids harsher fines, but Gambioli said she recently sidled up to Liberal MLA Ralph Sultan in the hopes of changing that. “I can’t promise anything soon because the provincial government’s even slower than local government,” she said.

Some tree-huggers in the gallery were hoping the diameter of protected trees could be reduced to something they could get their arms around, Gambioli noted.

“Reading into staff’s mind, the reason that the 75

cm number was chosen is because, quite frankly, they didn’t think they would have a majority of councillors … who would support anything smaller.”

To illustrate her point, Gambioli put forth an amendment that would have protected trees as small as 75 cm in circumference – approximately one-third the size put forth by staff.

Mayor Michael Smith was displeased with the suggestion. “To have council start making bylaws on the fly, is to me just a horrific precedent,” he said.

Facing trepidation from staff and opposition from colleagues on council, Gambioli withdrew her amendment.

The bylaw covers most of West Vancouver with the exception of the Upper Lands – much to the chagrin of Sterling Lorence.

“During my whole life I’ve watched British Pacific Properties clear cut the entire West Van,” he said.

Both the 6,000 acres above the highway and heritage area Lower Caulfeild are exempt from the bylaw because they have their own regulations governing tree cutting.

The bylaw won an endorsement from former councillor Rod Day – albeit with one caveat. “I wish council would just go ahead and do this and take the word ‘interim’ out of it,” he said, requesting the bylaw become permanent.

Council took the unusual step of passing the interim bylaw because of the urgency of the situation, according to Coun. Michael Lewis.

“The reason this has been

accelerated is because we saw the chainsaws coming out,” he said.

Coun. Mary-Ann Booth agreed. “As soon as we started talking about a tree bylaw, people were going to start cutting trees,” she said.

The mayor tried to soothe residents who were fearful the bylaw infringed on the rights of property owners.

“If anybody thinks that this bylaw is going to significantly negatively impact their enjoyment of their homes, they should take a couple of Aspirins and they’ll feel better in the morning. This is a very soft entry,” Smith said.

Many speakers described trees as an integral part of West Vancouver, providing scenic beauty and reducing erosion.

“Those who stand up to protect the trees here today are standing up for everyone.

Those who oppose it are standing up for themselves,” said speaker Gavin Froome.

Froome was one of a few speakers who advocated that architecture to be tailored to the landscape and not the other way around.

“By having no bylaws in place, we’re allowing our communities in West Vancouver to be developed as investment portfolios, not neighbourhoods,” he said. “It’s time to embrace our history of architecture and start building within the trees again.”

The interim bylaw also shields Garry oaks and arbutus trees with a diameter of 20 cm or greater.

Staff is scheduled to report back to council with plans on a permanent bylaw Nov. 15.

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glide down to Cleveland Park.

Neighbours called 9-1-1 and drivers stopped to offer assistance. Emergency crews arrived a short time later. North Vancouver RCMP members secured the scene from the gathering crowd while BC Hydro and District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescues Services members de-energized the lines and did a high-angle rescue using a hydro bucket truck to get the dangling man an area resident in his 50s - and his chute down.

“Once he was removed from the lines, he was checked by B.C. Ambulance personnel and released,” said assistant fire chief Dave Burgess.

“He seemed uninjured and eager to leave.”

Despite his precarious situation, the errant glider remained calm, Jussa said.

“He was not panicked. He was fine. He did not hit his head, thank God, on the stop sign’s pole. He was just hanging out there having a good ol’ time,” Jussa said. “Definitely not something you see every day, although living on the North Shore, I see paragliders all the time – just not landing at a stop sign.

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back on before 10 p.m.

The case is very troubling, according to Margit Nance, executive director of Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada.

“It’s illegal to fly after dark.

Transport Canada is very strict about that and we observe that scrupulously,” Nance said.

Paragliders must be members of the association in order to use Grouse Mountain’s take-off point and the man in question wasn’t a member, Nance said.

“It’s a very treasured site and so we work very closely with Grouse Mountain resort.

There is a particular membership list of people who are allowed to fly there, whose skill level and whose currency in our association is checked on prior to being allowed up,” she said.

“How this happened, I have no idea.”

In a statement, Transport Canada confirmed its involvement in the case.

“All hang gliders and paragliders are expected to fly safely and legally. Transport Canada will look into this incident and will take appropriate action if non-compliance with the rules is found,” the statement read.

Grouse Mountain did not respond to a request for comment.

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Today, as you may discern from the shortage of snack foods in Vancouver’s downtown core, is 4/20.

We have long applauded the annual pro-pot gathering as a mellow wail against an unjust law.

But precisely because of such civil disobedience and the changing societal attitudes they have represented, the need to draw political attention through smoke-ins is drawing to an end.

Fashion aside, a great deal has changed since 1977, when only 19 per cent of Canadians favoured legalization. It has been a slow and incremental process, but reached a tipping point when lawmakers in the U.S. blazed a smokey blue trail down that path in recent years.

There are two medical marijuana dispensaries in Lower Lonsdale today.

Proponents of ending prohibition include doctors, North Vancouver city councillors, and a former West Vancouver police chief. Even some who view marijuana as harmful see it as less distasteful than the beatings and murders that result from rival gangs waging war over the profits that stem from the plant.

Pot is almost legal, but not quite yet.

Justin Trudeau is on record calling for police to enforce existing rules around marijuana until new laws are in place.

In the spirit of continuing to speed change, we support today’s 4/20 rally while congratulating Canada’s activists for making legalization an election issue, challenging the antiquated War on Drugs, and helping Canadians cultivate new laws governed by common sense rather than outdated fears.

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sk most British Columbians what they expect from BC Hydro and the answer would likely be “keep my power on and keep my rates low.”

Because the Crown corporation does just that — although the electricity rates continue to climb — it is viewed in mostly positive ways. Anyone who has had a BC Hydro lineman come to their house in a windstorm to reconnect a power line (you can put me in that crowd) is understandably grateful for and even admiring of much of the services BC Hydro offers.

Indeed, a recent survey by BC Business Magazine ranked BC Hydro the most influential brand in all of the province, even giving it a high “love” score from the public.

However, BC Hydro is owned by the provincial government and increasingly, the government’s use (or misuse) of the corporation raises some serious questions that go beyond keeping the lights on in everyone’s home.

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BC Hydro is owned by the provincial government and increasingly, the government’s use (or misuse) of the corporation raises some serious questions that go beyond keeping the lights on in everyone’s home.

View from The Ledge Keith Baldrey Questionable accounting practices, costly budget overruns and an avoidance of independent oversight on some matters have led critics to accuse the B.C. government of using BC Hydro as a whipping post to suit its political interests.

Historically, one can make the argument this has always been the case, to varying degrees. The Social Credit government of W.A.C. Bennett created BC Hydro after nationalizing B.C. Electric for political purposes.

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The NDP government of the 1990s also used BC Hydro for political purposes, and became the first one to extract an annual financial dividend from the Crown corporation. It also deferred much of the spending required for maintenance and refurbishment of BC Hydro’s various assets, which is part of the reason so much is being spent in that area now.

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Of course, there is the massive Site C dam project, which the government has refused to send to the B.C. Utilities Commission for an independent assessment. As a result, the project’s $8.5 billion estimated cost seems to be a best-guess estimate more than anything.

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Then there is the shell game going on with what is known as deferral accounting. Simply put, BC Hydro is “deferring” billions of dollars of spending to future years so that massive spending doesn’t show up on the books in any current year.

Yet the B.C. Liberals continue to take that annual dividend — more than $800 million over the next three years — even though the corporation isn’t actually making money and so has to borrow to pay the government.

NDP energy critic Adrian Dix led a forceful critique of these practices in the legislature this past week, peppering his questions during spending estimates for BC Hydro with words and phrases like “manipulation,” “bait and switch” and “fudge the accounts.”

Energy Minister Bill Bennett, naturally, didn’t agree with Dix’s take on things. The two politicians had a number of heated exchanges, both during spending estimates and

during question period, where Bennett accused Dix of “lying,” a parliamentary no-no.

Say what you want of Dix’s performance as a party leader, but don’t underestimate his effectiveness as a knowledgeable and dogged critic of the government’s handling of BC Hydro. For his part, Bennett keeps insisting all is well and that all this creative accounting actually keeps hydro rates lower than they might otherwise be.

But all this borrowed money will catch up with BC Hydro customers (i.e. you and me) eventually.

Bennett has promised to end the borrowed dividend scheme by 2018, but the B.C. Liberals are clearly banking on a forgiving public that sees keeping the lights on — and not worrying about accounting shell games — as its top priority.

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More logic needed in development decisions Dear Editor: Re: DNV Debates Traffic vs. Affordability on Parkway.

On Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. I was inching my way along Arborlynn Drive trying to get to Mountain Highway so I could then get to the shops at Lonsdale Quay. My lack of progress gave me lots of time to think. I thought first of an alternate route and realized I could be doing the same thing on Kirkstone Road trying to get onto Lynn Valley Road.

I next thought about the article I had read in the North Shore News on April 6. The article told about the virtual moratorium on development in the Seymour area. This led to my thinking that if there is to be no development in the Seymour area, in order to make living in the District of North Vancouver affordable we must then develop other areas.

It seems that several of the councillors live east of the Seymour River and one of those councillors has a wife who complains about the traffic congestion so it makes sense that it wouldn’t be prudent to develop there.

I then thought of the future in my community and realized that we have not begun to see the reality of the rapid development in the Lynn Valley area. Wait until the developments at Seylynn and the Lynn Valley Centre are completed. It would appear that what we need is a few councillors who live in Lynn Valley, one of whom has a wife who is not happy with the traffic congestion. We might even get our own on ramp at the highway!

By the way, my next thought is: when’s the next election?

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Take your loud, annoying cellphone calls outside

Dear Editor: Today, while waiting in line at the post office in Dundarave, I asked a woman behind me if she would mind continuing her cellphone call outside. She scowled at me. She moved a bit farther away and continued talking loudly on her phone about personal matters I couldn’t seem to block from my ears no matter how hard I tried. When she finished her call, she tapped me on the shoulder and told me how rude I was to make her lose her place in line (more people had come into the post office by then). I don’t think it dawned on her that she was actually bothering anyone nor did she seem to care about why I and another person suggested she take her call outside the establishment. She continued to berate me and pointed out to everyone in line just how important her call was, all the while forgetting that we all have important calls but can choose to take

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I do think there is a solution for entitled (annoying) cellphone users who disturb others with their “I am so important” work or personal cellphone calls in lineups, stores, doctor’s offices, really, most enclosed public spaces. Perhaps we could take lessons from smoking bylaws. Create an insulated cellphone room where cellphone users can talk in peace in close proximity to other cellphone users discussing work or personal matters no one else wants to hear. We could create a bylaw prohibiting talking on cellphones within six metres of any door — noise pollution you know – and send out bulletins/flyers to educate people to have some class and realize that talking on a cellphone in close proximity to others is actually really rude and inconsiderate to others.

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Dear Editor: I was delighted to read in your story about the City of North Vancouver tax hike that there are councillors in office willing to take a stand against the constant and insane increases in property tax. This, despite the huge increases in new housing and its subsequent larger tax base, permit fees etc. Kudos to Couns. Rod Clark and Pam Bookham. The problem always with

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There are a couple of scurvy dogs the RCMP would like to toss in the brig after their marine patrol vessel Inkster was set adrift from a dock at Lonsdale Quay Thursday night and into the path of the approaching SeaBus.

North Vancouver RCMP and the Coast Guard were called out shortly before midnight after the SeaBus captain and crew reported the police vessel was drifting into its path in Burrard Inlet,

not far from shore. A Coast Guard crew was able to board the vessel and tow it back to the North Shore dock.

The Inkster, a high-speed patrol vessel based on the North Coast, had been tied up at the dock around 11 p.m. Thursday night as the crew stopped to speak with members of the North Vancouver RCMP, said Cpl. Geoff Harder, spokesman for the detachment.

Harder said police reviewed video surveillance and determined two men deliberately untied the vessel from its mooring and set it

adrift – possibly as a prank.

But the police are not amused. Harder said the incident could have been extremely dangerous if the vessel had collided with another boat like the SeaBus in the dark.

Police are investigating the incident and are looking to identify the two suspects. Anyone with any information relating to the incident is asked to call the North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311.

Harder said the vessel wasn’t damaged in the incident.

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The port officially rebranded last week, shedding its old moniker.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Cindy Goodman Start with Art The opening of the annual Start with Art exhibition was marked April 10 with a reception at the Seymour Art Gallery. Now in its 12th year, this unique kid-focused exhibition features a variety of works by a number of different artists and aims to encourage young people to appreciate, collect and curate their own art collections as well as be inspired by all forms of art. Kids can make winged creatures at a free drop-in art session with featured artist Kate Whitehead this Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m., or attend a free concert with award-winning singer-songwriter Jessie Farrell and band May 7 at 2 p.m. The show runs to May 7. seymourartgallery.com

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Kelly Konno Dance Cardio

Dancer steps it up to get more people moving ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

People just don’t dance like they used to.

“It’s so sad to me,” says Kelly Konno.

“People don’t have the opportunity to dance anymore. Back in the day in the ’50s they had sock hops and social parties and dances, whereas we don’t have that anymore.”

Having continued to reap the benefits of dance since childhood, Konno, a professional dancer, choreographer and actor, has decided to take matters into her own hands. On May 2, she’s launching a weekly Kelly Konno Dance Cardio class in North Vancouver, drawing on her industry experience and using dance steps to make participants sweat. “Dance should be a part of everybody’s life. I’m using this class to not only bring dance into people’s lives but it’s a great workout and it makes you feel like you’re not working out and who doesn’t want that?” she says.

Born in Alberta, Konno, 42, moved to B.C. at age 12 and grew up in Surrey. “We came from a family of dancers and so naturally my family put us in dance. I just remember loving it and wanting to do it all the time. If we had a choice to go to dance or go to a birthday party, I would choose dance and it became my passion at a very young age even without me knowing it. I just loved it and I didn’t want to do anything but,” she says.

After graduating from high school, Konno moved to Los Angeles where she pursued a career as a professional dancer until age 30 when she returned to the Lower Mainland. During those L.A. years she worked with recording industry giants like Janet and Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Prince, Pink and ’N Sync. She went on a number of world tours and performed live on shows like the Grammy Awards and Saturday Night Live to name a few.

“It happened quicker than for most people for myself but I

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Plantain (Plantago major), is such a valuable plant. Early colonists brought plantain to North America as one of their favoured healing remedies. The Latin generic name means “sole of the foot”

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and it is often found growing along foot paths or roadsides in compact soil. Widely known for its many uses, all parts of the plant are edible and medicinal, and is said to be beneficial for almost every ailment from snake bites to diarrhea, including quickly stopping bleeding and encouraging the repair of damaged tissue. Gardeners know this plant best for use as an antidote to stings and bites. I have many times been thankful to know where to quickly find a plantain plant and mash up a leaf to use as a poultice when stung by a wasp while gardening.

Travellers often take the pulverized seeds (psyllium) along on trips in case of intestinal troubles.

The buzz on social media this spring is all about cautions against pulling out dandelions as they are an important food source for early pollinators. The botanic name of Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is thought to be derived from the Greek words taraxos, meaning disorder, and akos, meaning remedy. Dandelion’s

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America and the native people soon recognized its value as a medicinal and nutritious herb. Dandelion greens have become very popular in high end grocery stores in the last few years, and rightly so after many years of suffering the scorn of the masses because their beautiful yellow flowers “spoil” the look of the golf green perfect “lawns” made popular by big chemical companies intent on selling poison to the masses for corporate gains.

The entire plant is important as a general tonic, particularly as a liver tonic. It

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Fresh leaves may be added to salads (before the blooms appear) or cooked as a green vegetable. My first memories of dandelions are as a young child picking the flowers with my mother to be made into wine. Flower buds make a nice addition to a stir fry, and the flower petals can brighten up a salad or vegetable dish.

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FRIENDLY AFFAIR Park and Tilford Friends of the Gardens’ Jocelyn Wade and Ann Pentland take inventory in preparation for their upcoming spring plant sale. Unique plants suitable for our West Coast climate will be on sale and Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer any questions during this 18th annual event, Saturday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine at North Vancouver’s Park and Tilford Gardens. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Raspberries will thrive in poor soil From page 14 compost. The juice extracted from the stem and leaf is the most potent part of the plant for medicinal purposes. It has been used to eradicate warts and soothe calluses, bee stings and sores. Infusions of dandelion blossoms have been used to refresh and beautify the skin. The roots are harvested in the fall after a hard frost. When harvesting

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Any plants intended for consumption need to be protected from pets from early spring until harvest time is finished. A few bamboo

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Raspberries! What is to say? Everyone loves raspberries so plant the everbearing ones for berries in both spring and fall. They will grow in a narrow space with poor soil, are easy to care for, they only need support, adequate water while fruiting and removal of dead canes.

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Editors note: Heather’s first column on laneway gardens, “Public planting helps foster community,” ran March 23.

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Children’s books explore a dark time in Canada’s past Much attention has been paid to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 2015 report on Canadian residential schools and the terrible treatment of aboriginal children.

The report makes for tough reading because it is difficult to comprehend how this cultural genocide ever began and continued for so long. One of the report’s many calls to action is to educate Canadian children about the history of residential schools. As a result, B.C. schools have added kindergarten-to-Grade-12 content on aboriginal history. For those interested in learning more about this topic, some excellent memoirs and nonfiction overviews have been published in the past few years that will resonate with young readers.

Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools by Melanie Florence (Toronto, Lorimer) $34.95 Part of an excellent series that covers the topic with numerous photographs, source material, maps and links to video clips and other online resources. Includes the text of the government’s apology and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action.

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When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton; art by Gabrielle Grimard (Toronto, Annick) $9.95 This picture book and its sequel, Not my Girl, were both adapted from chapter books for middle-grade readers due in part to the developing interest in the residential school experience. Olemaun is an Inuit girl who longs to learn to read, even if it means travelling far from her Arctic home on Banks Island. Margaret does indeed learn to read, but

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Residential School. All of these books are powerfully compelling reads and will serve to enlighten those who wish to learn about this dark period in Canadian history.

Fran Ashdown was the children’s librarian at the Capilano branch of the North Vancouver District Public Library. She remembers her parents pointing out Christie Residential School on the west coast of Vancouver Island. For more information check your local libraries.

HOME IDEAS Yves St. Hilaire of Sticks and Stones Furniture displays one of the fire pits his company manufactures at the Ideal Home Show, which took place April 1-3 at the Harry Jerome Ice Arena in North Vancouver. Dozens of home and garden businesses set up information booths at the annual exhibition. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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These are just a few of the wonderful books available for children now. Read Larry Loyie’s As Long as the Rivers Flow and Sylvia Olsen’s chapter book for older readers, No Time to Say Goodbye, which tells the stories of B.C. aboriginal kids who were sent to Kuper Island

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Dance cardio classes open to people of all ages and levels

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I never took it for granted. ...

I would never take advantage ... I think that’s why I stayed around for so long because I was a good person to hang out with and work with and I think that plays into everything that I do in my life, even up until this day,” she says.

Since moving back to the Lower Mainland, Konno, who currently lives on Bowen Island, has continued to work as a choreographer, including appearing on the TV series Canada Sings, and continues to be active with Triple Threat

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Acting is another focus and her career has taken off in the last couple of years.

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Recent credits include a part in The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story,

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With so much of her life focused on other pursuits, Konno decided to start offering dance cardio classes on Bowen Island in February.

“I act now as a profession and I choreograph so I don’t get to dance on the daily like I used to. So it’s really important for me to be able to dance and keep myself in shape as well as share the experience with people that wouldn’t normally get a chance to take a

class like this or from a person like myself,” she says.

Konno also views the classes as an opportunity to do something for her community and plans to continue expanding her offerings throughout the Lower Mainland. “I want to branch out to cities that mean something to me,” she says.

First up is North Vancouver and in addition to her regular Bowen Dance Cardio offerings, she’ll now be offering weekly one-hour classes Mondays at 9:15 a.m. at Perform Art Studios at Lonsdale Quay.

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commonly asked is, “I have two left feet, can I come?’ and I’m like, ‘Yes, this is exactly for you.’ Half the people that say they have left feet don’t. They actually are pretty good. They just have this warped idea in their mind that they’re uncoordinated. We’re not really, if you give your body a chance to just break it down properly and repetition, anybody can get it.”

One of her favourite aspects of her classes is the freestyle dance circle portion.

“It allows me to dance with different people that want to join me in the centre of the

room. The older people are the ones that are more apt to get in there with me. Dancing across from a 70-year-old man or somebody in their 60s that’s just loving life? I just look at their faces and I would never get a chance to dance with these people if it wasn’t for this class. So for me, I’m just like are you kidding? Is this my life? I get to rock out with people of my community of all ages, male, female? I still can’t believe it and I treasure every class that I teach,” she says.

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GREEN GUIDE SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY Learn how you may contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle. North Shore organizations and groups will share ways to collectively tackle climate change and energy security Thursday, April 21, 7-8:30 p.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. westvanlibrary.ca SPRING HOME SHOW WEST VANCOUVER Learn the latest trends in home improvements Friday April 22, 5-9 p.m.; Saturday, April 23, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; and Sunday, April 24, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the West Vancouver Ice Arena, 786 22nd St. Parking and admission: free.

GARDENSMART WORKSHOP: NATIVE POLLINATOR HABITAT GARDENS Discover how to design a garden that’s friendly to native pollinators with instructor and North Shore News columnist Heather Schamehorn at the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver, Saturday, April 23, 1-2:30 p.m. Cost: $8.25 Register: eventbrite.ca or 604-990-3755.

VIABLE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS Cool Drinks North Shore answers questions regarding conventional energy systems versus contemporary technologies with presentations from Rob Baxter and Ben Themens, Tuesday, April 26, 7 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver.

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BEE TIME WITH AUTHOR MARK WINSTON Join Mark L. Winston as he presents his reflections on bees from his 2015 Governor General’s Literary Award-winning book Bee Time, Wednesday, April, 27, 7-8 p.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. westvanlibrary.ca WORKBEES FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES The Edible Garden Project invites families with children aged five-12 to help out at Loutet Farm Wednesday, April 27, 4:30-7:30 p.m. RSVP: jillian@ediblegardenproject.com.

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This means that over the past thirty years Success has consistently offered the widest range services designed for the ever-changing desires of the North Shore dog owner. Today, in addition to offering infinitely customizable grooming by appointment, they offer numerous services on a drop-in and while-u-wait basis--including express baths, nail trimming, and even full bath and brushes for many breeds.

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CELEBRATIONS!

Gloria and Edward Maquignaz Gloria and Edward Maquignaz were married on March 10, 1956, in Montreal. Their family, including their four children, 12 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren send their love for the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary.

Roger and Cecilia Smith

Roger and Cecilia Smith, seen on their wedding day in the photo at left and a recent photo at right, were married on March 31, 1956, in the U.K. They moved to Canada in 1967. Their family and friends congratulate the couple on their 60th wedding anniversary.

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Antonio and Maria Rosa De lucrezia celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on March 12. They were married in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and have lived on the North Shore for 37 years. Their family and friends, including their children and grandchildren congratulate the couple and send them lots of love and best wishes.

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Popiah, vegetable wraps with crushed peanuts, and Chicken Satay are on the menu at John 3:16 Malaysian Delights on Lonsdale Avenue. The name of the restaurant refers to a biblical verse, and the food is Malaysian-themed. The eatery recently moved to North Vancouver from its previous Richmond location. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH

REVIEW: JOHN 3:16 MALAYSIAN DELIGHTS

Cuisine considered complex and bold

I wrestled with this one, to be honest.

I wanted to treat the subject respectfully, with maturity and aplomb. I wanted to offer pithy observations and profound insights wrapped in a colourful and intricate quilt of searing wit. I hoped to reveal with clarity and precision deep philosophical connections heretofore obscured from the uninitiated. Alas, reader, I’ve Chris Dagenais got nothing.

Why is the new Malaysian restaurant on Lonsdale Avenue called John 3:16? Why is the biblical verse to which the name refers (“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes

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in him shall not perish but have eternal life”) inscribed in large lettering on the central wall of the main dining room? What is the connection between these aged words and the complex, bold cuisine that has contributed Nasi Goreng, Roti Canai and Sambal to the world of food? I don’t know.

From casual conversation with John 3:16 Malaysian Delights staff, exploration of the restaurant’s Facebook page and general online commentary, the best I can conclude is that the owners wished to create a Christian environment in which to showcase their food and have a personal connection to the eponymous verse. So that’s that. No further revelations will follow, I’m afraid.

I hope to compensate for my deficiency in unearthing John 3:16’s conceptual roots with commentary about their menu, which I had the pleasure of sampling recently with my wife DJ and good friend Gil. John 3:16’s food is, on the whole, outstanding. We enjoyed a cross-section of the restaurant’s menu via take-out, as the room was largely occupied on our Friday evening visit. Of the

seven items sampled, none disappointed even remotely, though clear favourites emerged. Chief among these was the simply delicious Halibut Sambal. The amount of halibut (a perennial favourite of mine but something I feel is an indulgence due to its high cost) supplied in this $18 was generous. Large chunks of the fish were lightly battered and stir-fried in spicy sambal with onion, red peppers and tomato. Sambal, of which there are countless variations, is, broadly speaking, a spicy paste made of hot chilies, garlic, shallot, shrimp paste and fish sauce, ginger or galangal, and an acidic component like rice vinegar or lime leaf.

I usually find sambal tests my threshold for spiciness but here, on the fish, it was pleasantly hot but wholly manageable, not once overwhelming the delicate halibut. Each morsel of fish was moist and tender and the batter, perfectly proportioned, served only to absorb the tasty sauce, not weigh down the dish. Generally speaking, I would suggest that those with a zeal

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Another recurring theme, most of the serious Island players have turned their attention to sparkling (either méthode traditionelle or Charmat) in some form or other. They’re tough to track down although you can find Salt Spring Vineyards brioche and yeasty-toned, leesy Karma at Everything Wine (91 points).

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The overall tenor of wine tourism has been raised exponentially with the unveiling of the new Blue Grouse and Unsworth Vineyards (which offers some of the best winery dining around). Also not to be overlooked, the picnic patio at Averill Creek, with its views down to the ocean.

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for spice ought to ask the kitchen to dial up the heat, as nothing in the meal pushed this agenda very far.

Beef Rendang, a dry-style curry of coconut milk and complex spices, revealed the signature heady, luscious flavour of kaffir lime leaf with every bite and, following the halibut’s lead, was generously portioned. My only complaint with this dish is that the exceptionally lean cubes of beef tended to be overcooked, with scarcely a vein of pink to be found within.

Still, the creamy and fragrant curry sauce, more of a paste, really, added back some requisite moisture. This dish represented good value also, in my opinion, at $16.

As a fan and amateur home cook of Nasi Goreng (Malaysian stir-fired rice), I was compelled to order John 3:16’s version and was impressed with the depth of flavour it showed. Decent chili heat was complemented by shrimp, strips of squid, egg, corn, carrot, peas, and anchovies, fresh cucumber and sambal as garnish.

This was a filling selection and was an ideal accompaniment to a more traditional, gravy-based curry, such as the Kari Chicken, another dish in our takeout order.

Lean cubes of chicken were suspended in a thick, rich and perfumed, orange-hued coconut curry sauce, topped with slivers of green beans. Here, the meat retained its moisture throughout.

A Vegetable Sambal dish

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Daniel Chew, owner of John 3:16 Malaysian Delights, stands by a sign featuring the biblical verse that inspired the restaurant’s name. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH was comprised of green beans, eggplant, okra, and onions, all stir-fried in the spicy chili sauce. The okra was exceptionally good in this preparation, cooked al dente and saturated with spices and flavour. The eggplant, while tasty, presented a challenging texture, stringy and limp, as if it had been cooked separately and added later as an afterthought. A side of Roti Canai, supple disks of layered, crepe-like bread that is a Malay culinary staple, served as a welcome resource with which to mop up significant quantities of delicious sauces.

John 3:16 Malaysian Delights relocated to the North Shore from their original spot in Richmond; the latter was only open from July of 2014 until the restaurant’s recent move. I hope their thoughtful, wellprepared and ambitious menu (our sampling of six dishes barely scratched the surface

of a deep menu that includes many as-yet unexplored, appetizers, seafood dishes, noodle specialties and even desserts) finds favour here on Lonsdale and that they endure the crucial first year of operation in their new home.

That Halibut Sambal needs to remain available to this writer for some time to come.

Our meal of five entrees, Roti Canai and a side of steamed rice was $93 before gratuity. John 3:16 Malaysian Delights is located at 1933 Lonsdale Ave. 604-770-3833 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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Your North Shore Guide to the games people play SPORTS NEWS? Contact sports editor Andy Prest at 604-998-3538 or email aprest@nsnews.com

Basketball club has high hopes No charge for North Van-based hoops program ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

In an age when participation in high-level sports can leave families with bills that quickly run into the thousands each year, one new North Vancouver-based basketball club is attempting to change the game with an elite program that is free for all who make the cut.

VK Basketball was founded by long-time North Shore hoops coach Anthony Beyrouti and is already up and running with five girls teams hitting the gym in the past few weeks, ranging from U13 to U17. The spring/summer program, slated to include trips to tournaments as far away as Oregon, Oakland and Los Angeles, is fully funded by sponsors and donations, led by the Onni Group, a development company owned by the North Shore’s De Cotiis family.

“We just want to provide a platform for kids to be able to work hard and get better and grow their games without having to worry about the financial restrictions that might come up,” said Beyrouti, an entrepreneur whose ticket brokerage company VenueKings.com is heavily involved in the club (hence the VK Basketball moniker).

“Instead of charging kids to play basketball, we’re getting corporate sponsorship to cover the cost of the programming so the kids don’t have to pay and it’s affordable and accessible for everyone. … We’re trying to take the business mentality to the non-profit sector so we can have the efficiency that would allow it to grow substantially faster than a traditional model that non-profits have to run with.”

Beyrouti said he’s had some explaining to do to people who can’t fathom how a program could run without charging players for transportation, hotels, practice times or tournament fees.

Players and coaches of the newly formed VK Basketball Club pause for a group shot on the High Knoll in Coquitlam’s Minnekhada Regional Park. The North Vancouver-based club is offering free play for five girls teams. PHOTO SUPPLIED “It’s different, right?” he said with a laugh.

“It’s something new. Whenever something is new people have questions, but we’ve answered them. It’s an opportunity for us to give back to the community we’ve been a part of our whole lives. It’s a bunch of local people getting together and trying to

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Sports have always been a big part of his life, said Beyrouti, and he and his partners want to help others experience that same thing.

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played in elementary school to help in the rest of my life.

If I learned those lessons from sport, we want to be able to pass those down to other people in the future, and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

The club has recruited an impressive group of coaches led by basketball co-ordinator Paul Langford, head coach of the powerhouse senior girls program at Port Coquitlam’s Riverside secondary, and managing director Jenna Ralston, who was named a CCAA AllCanadian and the PacWest Player of the Year when she played for the Capilano Blues in 2013. Paul’s brother Bruce, head coach of the women’s team at Simon Fraser University, is also on board along with other big names such as Quest University women’s coach Dany Charlery, SFU assistant Jessica Wallace, and Chris Kennedy, the former B.C. boys high school basketball president who is now superintendent of the West Vancouver school district.

The teams have already been selected with some

big North Shore names on board, including Georgia Swant who scored 44 points for Argyle in the junior girls provincial championship final last month, and Kayla Klug who helped the Seycove senior girls win silver at the AA provincial championships.

The long-term plan for the club is to create a sort of pay it forward mentality where families that go through the program will make donations that will create an endowment for future growth that could include more teams as well as a boys program, said Beyrouti. “(Traditionally) you pay for your kid, and when they’re done it’s over. What we want is we’re going to pay for your kid, but if you want to donate, your money will now pay for generations of kids to play in the future.

This isn’t a one-year thing, we want it to be a long-term thing. We want to take the money that you donate and we want to make it so that you can help not just your kid, but several kids.”

Beyrouti said they’ve already had a good response from the public with donations coming into

WINDSOR WIN Kristen Kellman of the Windsor Dukes senior girls soccer team shoots clear of a trio of Seycove Seyhawks during a North Shore AA league game April 13 at Windsor. The Dukes outlasted the Seyhawks 4-3 in a high-scoring shoot-em-up to improve their record to 2-0. The Dukes will host Collingwood, also sitting at 2-0, in an early-season first-place battle tonight starting at 4 p.m. Visit nsnews.com to see more photos of Seycove vs. Windsor. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH the program from corporate sponsors as well as individuals.

“It’s kind of a changing of the business model. We still

need to raise more money and we still need to continue to grow, but it’s nice to see people give voluntarily,” he said. “What we want to do

is make it so that it lasts forever. So far we’ve had some good buzz, it’s been great.

We just want to keep the train momentum going so

that three or four years from now we’re self-sustainable and we can just build and grow and have more kids playing.”

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†Based on Global Automakers of Canada New Vehicle Registrations in British Columbia for calendar year 2015 for the Subcompact (Fit), Compact (Civic) and Intermediate (Accord) Car segments and Subcompact SUV (HR-V) segment.††Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). *Limited time weekly lease offer and all other offers are from Honda Canada Finance Inc., on approved credit. #The weekly lease offer applies to a new 2016 Civic 4D LX 6MT FC2E5GE/CR-V LX 2WD RM3H3GE1/Fit DX 6MT GK5G3GE for a 60-month period, for a total of 260 payments of $56.52/$71.96/$43.80 leased at 2.99%/1.99%/2.99% APR based on applying $294.80/$338.80/$448.80 “lease dollars” (which are deducted from the negotiated selling price after taxes). ‡Down payment of $0.00, first weekly payment and $0 security deposit due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $14,695.20/$18,709.60/$11,388.00. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. 120,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometres. **MSRP is $20,650/$28,015/$16,385 including freight and PDI of $1,595/$1,725/$1,595. License, insurance, registration and taxes are extra and may be required at the time of purchase. */#/**Prices and/or payments shown do not include a PPSA lien registration fee of $30.31 and lien registering agent's fee of $5.25, tire/battery tax of $25, or air conditioning charge (where applicable) of $100, all of which are due at time of delivery.

Additional charges for waste disposal fees, environmental fees and handling charges (all of which may vary by dealer and/or vehicle) may apply. Offers valid from April 1st through May 2nd, 2016 at participating Honda retailers. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Offers valid only for British Columbia residents at BC Honda Dealers locations. Offers subject to change or cancellation without notice. Terms and conditions apply. Visit www.bchonda.com or see your Honda retailer for full details.