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Off-duty cops repair ‘fence bowling’ damage BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Some off-duty and retired North Vancouver RCMP members gave up their weekends to mend a fence they say was wrecked by Deep Cove teens engaging in “fence bowling.”

The area has seen a spate of mischief since the weather began to warm up and a disproportionate amount of it has been targeted at the Strathcona Road home of two seniors, according to Sgt. Warren Wilson, North Vancouver RCMP response officer. “(They) were being plagued by late-night incidents, mostly to do with youth coming from parties in the Deep Cove area, hammering the fence that the neighbours had surrounding their property,” Wilson said.

In one case, they uprooted one of the District of North Vancouver’s “share the road” signs – no small feat as they’re anchored underground with a concrete ball – and used it as a battering ram to take out more sections of the fence.

Making matters worse, they returned to the scene of the crime the next night, Wilson said.

“They were seen taking selfies of themselves in front of the destruction they had wrought,” he said.

Unfortunately, police didn’t have any patrol vehicles in Deep Cove at the time and other units were already tied up, so Wilson sought

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A busker who clashed with the City of North Vancouver in a battle over freedom of expression and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is now suing the city for $140,000.

Megan Regehr, who is better known by her stage name Babe Coal, filed a civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court last month claiming the city’s bylaw officers harassed her,

Singer seeking $140K in lost income from municipality misrepresented her in the media, trampled her freedom of expression and damaged her career.

In 2012, Regehr used to croon jazz music in the city’s plaza. But because she used a microphone and amp to be heard over the traffic noise, she received six $100 fines

for running afoul of the city’s noise bylaw, which bans amplification.

In March 2014, Regehr had her day in court and attempted to have the city’s noise bylaw declared unconstitutional, arguing her mic and amp were integral to her freedom of expression. Instead, Justice Heather Holmes set aside the charter rights argument, “though carefully argued and certainly not frivolous,” and tossed out Regehr’s tickets after

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City reviews draft housing action plan Consultant’s report addresses housing gaps, emerging needs JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Neighbours and RCMP officers make repairs to a Deep Cove fence after teens knocked most of it down “fence bowling.”

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Homeowners grateful for off-duty police work party, cleanup effort From page 1

out a way to make something good come of the senseless destruction.

“Maybe we didn’t catch the bad guys but maybe the police can help out somehow and so I marshalled a few resources,” he said.

Over the next three weekends, a group of retired and off-duty officers led by

retired inspector and amateur carpenter Mike Arnold, as well as neighbours, reset the posts and rails and hammered in the replacement fence boards.

Wilson estimated it would have cost the couple at least a couple thousand dollars to have it professionally replaced – but they all managed to have some fun in process.

“(The neighbour) brought out donuts because he heard cops like donuts,” Wilson said.

Homeowner Tony D’Eon said he and his wife were grateful for the response.

“I appreciate the help they gave us, definitely. I realize it’s very difficult for them to solve these things. They happen in the middle of the night and it’s becoming very

annoying,” he said. “I just don’t understand it. … Who are the parents who let their kids out at 2 a.m.?”

In the meantime, anyone with information about what Warren describes as “a bunch of ne’er-do-wells out there wreaking havoc, fueled by booze and engaged in all sorts of buffoonery” is asked to call North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311.

The City of North Vancouver embarked on what the mayor termed the “issue of a generation” April 18: creating affordable housing.

Could city-owned land on Alder Street, East First Street, or at Harry Jerome be turned into an affordable haven for wayward renters? Should the city offer tax breaks to developers who provide lowincome housing?

The easy decisions have been made, leaving council with only controversial options of how best to accommodate an estimated 2,300 new residents over the next decade, said Mayor Darrell Mussatto.

“A lot of the easy, lowhanging fruit has been picked,” he said, reflecting that a way of life would have to change.

“We may not all be able to

live in a single-family home as we grew up in,” he said. “It can be just as good or better, but it means different.”

The city’s collection of Second World War-era bungalows could be situated at the rear of lots and turned into coach houses, according to CitySpaces, a consulting firm specializing in housing.

That notion rankled Coun.

Rod Clark, who said the modest homes in his Moodyville neighbourhood would “face the wrecker’s ball before we have any sort of housing plan.”

While new towers go up, rental fees tend to shoot up with them, noted Coun. Pam Bookham.

“How can we … discourage wholesale redevelopment of our older but still viable housing stock?” Bookham asked.

There is a “potential risk” of higher prices, said Jada Basi, a social policy planner with CitySpaces. However, new developments should help alleviate the lack of rental supply elsewhere in the city, according to Basi.

“I’ll believe it when I see it,” Bookham responded.

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New measures aimed at preventing fentanyl deaths JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

What started as a costcutting measure employed by drug dealers has turned into a public health disaster.

Provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall declared an unprecedented emergency earlier this month in an attempt to stem the rapidly rising levels of fentanyl-related deaths in B.C. “We’re definitely in the middle of a crisis,” said North Shore public health officer Dr. Mark Lysyshyn.

January was B.C.’s worst month for fatal overdoses in at least a decade, in large part because of fentanyl. The

synthetic painkiller was a factor in 36 of the 76 overdose deaths during the first month of the year, according to B.C. Coroners Service.

Rather than buying heroin, cocaine or oxycodone, drug users are increasingly being swindled and sold a drug that’s been laced or replaced with fentanyl – which is 50 times as toxic, according to a statement from Vancouver Coastal Health.

There have been seven fentanyl-related deaths on the North Shore since 2013, including the Lower Lonsdale parents of a two-year-old son.

Hardy and Amelia Leighton, 31 and 30, were suspected to have lost consciousness after snorting fentanyl-laced drugs

in July of 2015. At the time of the couple’s death, health officers only had access to information on fatal overdoses. The new measures give officers up-to-date data on all overdoses, allowing for preventative treatment.

“We need to know exactly where people are dying so that we can make interventions,” Lysyshyn explained.

In the event a drug user walks out of a hospital after being treated for an overdose, health officers can investigate for conflicting prescriptions, offer treatment, and provide naloxone, an antidote to opioid overdose.

“Are they referring people to take home naloxone programs, are they getting

them into drug treatment programs?” Lysyshyn asked of hospital staff. “We don’t know if they’re doing those things.

Sometimes I’m sure they are, and other times not.”

In 2012, five per cent of overdose deaths in B.C. involved fentanyl. By 2015, that number shot up, with the B.C. Coroners Service pointing to fentanyl as a factor in 31 per cent of overdose deaths.

There have been 64 fentanyl-related deaths in the first three months of 2016.

That figure is 73 per cent higher than the first three months of 2015. One of the reasons for the drastic uptick is that a few fentanyl capsules can be imported into Canada and turned into “100 times” as

many pills, said Lysyshyn.

Some cutting-edge fentanyl compounds are legal to import, added the doctor. “They’re so new that they’re not even incorporated into Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.” Fentanyl is prescribed to control severe pain, but illegal versions of the white powder are showing up in liquid, powder and pill form, according to Vancouver Coastal Health.

The crisis may prompt Canada to change the way it deals with addiction, according to Lysyshyn.

“There’s various legal barriers to us doing some of the things that we think would help prevent death,” he said, identifying

Conservative-backed Bill C-2 as a hurdle to setting up supervised injection services.

“Hopefully, declaring an emergency like this … will break down some of those legal barriers to being able to help people.”

Signs of an overdose include severe sleepiness, slowed heart rate, trouble breathing and cold, clammy skin.

Naloxone shields brain receptors from opioids for up to 90 minutes, preventing brain damage. The antidote does not work for overdoses of cocaine, alcohol or nonopioids. Naloxone is available at the Health Connection Clinic, on East 15th Street in North Vancouver.

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More affordable, familyfriendly housing needed From page 4 Three-storey walk-ups have a limited life span, pronounced Coun. Holly Back.

“When they’re done, we have to admit that they’re done,” she said. “What are we going to do to replace the affordable? I don’t have the answer.”

Parking proved a divisive issue at council, following CitySpaces’ suggestion to do away with parking entirely on low-cost rental buildings near the SeaBus. Instead of requiring the standard 1.2 parking stalls per unit, the city should only ask for 0.3 stalls per unit on rental buildings within 400 metres of transit, according to CitySpaces.

That idea may amount to discrimination against car owners, countered Coun. Don Bell.

“If I wanted to move down next to the SeaBus I can’t have a car, because I’m not going to find parking anywhere, that’s for damn sure,” he said.

The city should explore creating a rent bank, which would offer loans to renters facing eviction or homelessness, according to Basi.

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Coun. Linda Buchanan: “Doing nothing is a choice, but it’s not the right choice.”

Coun. Pam Bookham: “How can we … discourage wholesale redevelopment of our older but still viable housing stock?”

The rent bank would be overseen by the municipality and operated by a non-profit, she explained.

“There are a small amount of loans that aren’t paid back, so usually the business model has a contingency built into it to cover those costs,” Basi said.

CitySpaces also recommended requiring a higher percentage of three-bedroom units in new buildings to create homes for more families.

While she appreciated the goal of creating affordable housing, Bookham was concerned council might be conflating density with affordability.

“If all (the plan does) is get

us additional density but they don’t solve any of these housing challenges, we would be better to simply admit we’re allowing market forces to basically determine who will be living here,” she said.

The city needs to reach out to seniors and low-income residents to get their input on the plan, according to Coun.

Linda Buchanan.

“Doing nothing is a choice, but it’s not the right choice,” she said.

Council paid $50,000 to create the housing action plan to provide more homes for families, seniors, youth at risk of homelessness and low-income earners, particularly around one-parent households.

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Funding supports isolated seniors

Family Services of the North Shore is receiving $750,000 in federal funding to tackle social isolation among seniors.

The money will be used to support some 1,500 volunteers and 500 service providers who work with seniors, according to a government press release.

As lead for the Volunteers as Navigators and Connectors project, Family Services will co-ordinate with North Shore Neighbourhood House, North Shore Multicultural Society, Burnaby Seniors Outreach, Seniors Services Society, 411 Seniors Centre Society and Mosaic. Their plan is to create a shared curriculum and organize workshops and a regional conference to support those who work with seniors 75 and older who have disabilities, low incomes, or are new immigrants. Training topics will include identifying and understanding social isolation issues and connecting seniors to resources and services.

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City denies singer’s claims From page 1 concluding the city’s bylaw wasn’t intended to apply to amplified music. “…finally after adjudication, I could no longer physically or emotionally perform under the constant harassment and threat of North Vancouver city officials,’ Regehr’s claim states.

“The result of the City of North Vancouver’s unlawful and malicious actions have caused me to be in poverty and has had a great and negative effect on my physical, emotional and financial well-being. As well it had a negative effect on the joy of my life, which is performing and has made me wish at times to not be Canadian.”

Regehr is now seeking $140,000 for four years’ loss of potential income, based on tips and CD sales during her 45-minute performances, five times a week, 50 weeks a year. She’s also seeking unspecified punitive damages for how her reputation and career have suffered – and to serve as a warning to other municipalities that may

“unlawfully stop people from benefiting from their charter rights and freedoms.”

Regehr and her manager Mitch Barnes served the city with the claim in person during the April 4 council meeting.

In its statement of defence filed last week, the city denied all of Regehr’s claims.

“If the plaintiff suffered any injury, loss, damage or expense as alleged or at all, which is not admitted but is specifically denied, then the alleged injury, loss or expense was not caused or contributed to by any act, omission, breach of duty, statutory or otherwise, on the part of the city and/or its agents, servants or employees,” it states.

Further, the Local Government Act states that legal action against a municipality must be filed within six months of an alleged wrongdoing, the city’s lawyers argue.

The city has asked that Regher’s suit be dismissed and that costs be awarded to the city.

Megan Regehr, better known as Babe Coal, performs in the City of North Vancouver’s civic plaza in August 2012.

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ur 4,700 or so Coast Mountain Bus Co. drivers and mechanics will hold a strike vote Thursday.

Notwithstanding the issues involved in bargaining with their employer – as TransLink’s largest contractor – there would be a certain tone-deafness if they proceed to job action, as evidenced by the 61 per cent No vote in last year’s transit funding plebiscite.

Rightly or wrongly, TransLink is an organization a swath of our populace loves to hate. Expect an angry response to radio call-in shows about the workers’ already generous pay, bus drivers’ discourteous road manners and, for some reason, semiworking fare gates.

Of course, we don’t want to see it come to a strike. It was hell when the drivers last walked off the job in 2001. But we admit to having a bit of morbid curiosity about the

inevitable fallout.

Of course, it would be a day-ruining inconvenience to the people who rely on transit for work, child care, hospital visits and shopping. And it would also be a crowbar to the ribs of the local economy, stalling the movement of goods, forcing people to cancel non-mandatory outings.

But even one day without our transit network in operation would serve as a quick reminder to the happy 61 per cent that they too are big beneficiaries of a welloiled transit machine.

And with the traffic and parking nightmare that would surely come with a strike, it might just spur people into more cycling and carpooling whenever possible – things we should be doing more of already.

Then maybe after a dose of transportation havoc, we could start a new conversation about how TransLink is “inefficient.”

Habitat offers affordable housing model

“Our mission is to mobilize volunteers and community partners to build affordable housing in order to promote home ownership as a means to breaking the cycle of poverty.”

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or at least 60 years, the North Shore has been considered an affluent place to call home. While that still may be so, especially in West Vancouver, there is a hidden but growing community of residents throughout all three municipalities who are either house-rich but cashpoor, or otherwise living in or on the edge of poverty.

Along with the rest of the region, few municipal initiatives have managed to come anywhere close to stemming the skyrocketing real-estate prices and rents that are increasingly driving people out of their homes and communities. In fact, it can be said that outdated provincial real-estate legislation coupled with development North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph 111 of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by North Shore News a division of LMP Publication Limited Partnership and distributed to every door on the North Shore. Canada Post Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement No. 40010186. Mailing rates available on request.

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Just Asking Elizabeth James decisions by many local governments have exacerbated an already critical situation.

Undaunted, the largely volunteer Habitat for Humanity of Greater Vancouver is working with some municipalities in the region to offer a different model of affordable home ownership. This is meant to add to, not replace, municipal efforts to bring the private sector to the table with a few suites in every high-density project they approve.

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— six single-family homes with suites — project in Richmond is due to get underway this spring.

The most encouraging news about the Habitat model comes from The Boston Consulting Group in a report commissioned by Habitat Canada. At its most basic level, the report by author Kilian Berz noted that for every dollar invested in a family, $4 in societal benefits are returned to the community. In 2014, those donor investments returned $39 million to society.

Not the least of those benefits accrue to the provincial level because when a partner family is able to move out of social housing, that makes affordable housing available to another family.

In brief, if you have never heard of the organization, Habitat Canada was founded in 1985 and now has 56 affiliates across the country, according to their website.

As of 2015, the organization and its volunteers and family partners have built over 2,500 homes nationwide.

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During that time “300,000 volunteers have logged over 11 million hours on build sites.”

Habitat says “homes are sold to pre-approved families with no financial down payment and interest-free mortgages.”

In the Greater Vancouver area, which reaches as far as Squamish B.C., “… safe and affordable housing has been provided for 31 families, including 45 children, and 12 new families are currently being selected for the new homes in Richmond,” according to Habitat Canada.

What is required of the families is a minimum of 500 hours of volunteer time – sweat equity – and the ability to pay an agreed-upon monthly amount for rent or mortgage.

“We calculate that amount annually based on total family income and, whether the family rents or buys the home, we make sure the payment does not exceed 30 per cent of the family’s income,” said Habitat’s director of operations and fund development, North Vancouver-born

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“Significant to our model is that all funds paid by partner families are held for them. So, once becoming financially stable, should they wish to move into the traditional market, their contribution will be returned to them as a cash lump sum to use as a down payment on a market mortgage, thus freeing up an already built home for a new partner family.”

Volunteer hours can be a mix of construction hours or working in Habitat’s ReStores or distribution centres throughout the region. Members of the community are also encouraged to volunteer in either of these ways if you have time to share.

Our North Vancouver ReStore has just moved to a larger space at 340-344 Lynn Ave., just off Main Street.

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t would have been unheard of mere months ago, but there’s a chance a new political triumvirate is emerging to dominate the energy policies for this country.

The troika may soon consist of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and B.C. Premier Christy Clark.

To say it’s an example of politics making strange bedfellows doesn’t quite capture this group. It features a left-of-centre federal Liberal, a left-wing government that tilts right in Alberta and a coalition B.C. government that alternates between liberal and conservative traits in this province.

Whether these three actually form a common front remains to be seen, but it appears the groundwork is being laid to accomplish just that.

B.C. and Alberta are now in exploratory talks that may eventually provide a linkage between the sale of B.C.’s green hydroelectric power to Alberta to oil pipelines running from Alberta through this province to tidewater. It’s early days on this complex file, so who knows where this is headed.

But it’s important to remember that Notley – or any Alberta political leader for that matter – desperately needs at least one more pipeline leaving her province.

The oil sands development is critical to that province’s economic future.

The federal NDP’s decision to bring the far-left, anti-oil Leap Manifesto into the party for some kind of debate has cast Notley adrift from her traditional political allies, and she’s looking for new ones.

And Clark, as I’ve noted before, would love to see a twinning of the Kinder Morgan pipeline proceed if the five conditions for approval set down several years ago are met. Selling BC

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View from The Ledge Keith Baldrey Hydro power to Alberta as a form of quid pro quo would presumably meet one of them: the requirement that a “fair share” of the economic benefits of the project will come to this province.

There is a misconception in some quarters (largely residing outside of B.C.) that the five conditions were set by the B.C. government as sure-fire barriers to ensure the Kinder Morgan pipeline is never built. Quite the opposite in fact: they are designed to require the company to meet tests at both the environmental and First Nations levels.

Enter the prime minister.

If Trudeau’s government green lights the Kinder Morgan pipeline, he may then be pressured to meet what could be the lone remaining condition required by B.C.: a “world class” marine oil spill capability has to be in place, and that is largely a federal responsibility.

The other conditions, if you recall, are successfully getting the project through the environmental review process, establishing “world class” spill response capability on land (the B.C. government is drafting legislation creating a potential blue print for achieving that), and ensuring that aboriginal rights have been accommodated.

Another potential layer to the energy file would be added if the Trudeau

government approves LNG projects, particularly the Pacific Northwest LNG project near Prince Rupert. If that approval leads to the project actually going ahead – which remains a big “if” – it would cement ties between the federal government and the B.C. government like few issues ever have before.

Just a few years ago, Trudeau wasn’t taken seriously as prime minister material. Clark appeared destined to be thrown onto the political scrap heap, and the notion that Notley would become the premier of Alberta was laughable.

But all three have emerged as leaders, and circumstances may push them together to deal with one of the most pressing and challenging issues – energy – facing the country. It’s safe to say few folks saw this one coming. ___ Two well-liked and wellrespected MLAs – the NDP’s Kathy Corrigan, who represents Burnaby-Deer Lake, and B.C. Liberal Don McCrae, who represents Campbell River – have announced they won’t be seeking re-election next spring.

There will be plenty more joining them in leaving the political arena. I suspect at least a half dozen MLAs from both major parties won’t be running again (probably a few more New Democrats than B.C. Liberals this time around, as the government side went through a major revamping of its caucus relatively recently in the 2013 election).

Politics is a tough business, and don’t begrudge any of those leaving for choosing to do something else with their lives.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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Chess back on at Park Royal mall JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

After an ill-fated attempt at exile, Park Royal welcomed back kings and queens and the chess players who command them last Sunday.

The mall did a complete reversal less than one month after management sent out a missive that threatened loitering chess players with arrest.

The loosely affiliated rook club will now play their games at an exclusive spot on the second

floor of Park Royal South. The new space constitutes a “winwin,” according to Sentinel Hill resident George Ingham, who has played chess at Park Royal for half a century. “It’s not a case of having a war, it’s a case of having some peace.”

While he reprimanded the Park Royal letter writer, Ingham said he also tried to kaibosh two food court protests because he didn’t want to hurt Park Royal. “Once you destroy something you can’t get it back,” he said.

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be able to accommodate 28 players, according to a release from Park Royal.

Ingham said he’s hopeful the spot can handle the group’s swelling membership.

At least 15 new players have shown up in recent weeks with chess boards in hand.

“We don’t know whether we doubled our numbers now or not,” Ingham said. “We’re quite happy to have everybody there.”

The mall’s about-face is great news, according to frequent chess player Terry

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by Park Royal. “This is about more than playing a game, it’s about a location to socialize and build community amongst friends, new and old,” he stated.

Management at Park Royal agreed. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement that will see chess continue to be played at Park Royal,” stated mall vice-president Rick Amantea in the release.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Parkgate volunteer appreciation Parkgate Community Centre held its annual Volunteer Appreciation Event on the afternoon of April 14.

Dozens of community-minded volunteers, and their family and friends were in attendance, celebrating the more than 23,000 volunteer hours contributed by 363 volunteers in 2015. Snacks and appetizers, along with freshly blended smoothies, were enjoyed as guests mingled prior to the presentation of special awards, including the Anne Mooi Volunteer of the Year and the Parkgate Community Services Society Student Volunteer Awards. New this year was the Al and Jan Argent Community Service Award, named in honour of an active local couple, and to be offered for five consecutive years.

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Opening up a world of outdoor adventure CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

Have you ever wanted to climb an old-growth tree, throw an axe, or build an igloo in the Mt. Seymour backcountry?

Or perhaps your taste in recreation is less extreme and you’d rather hike to Norvan Falls, stand-up paddleboard at Granville Island, or tour Stanley Park.

Whatever the required skill level, all the activities offered on Guiides.com are created with the same goal: to increase access to outdoor adventure. Founded by Capilano University business administration student Daniel Dubois, a BCBusiness Top 30 Under 30 recipient, the website officially launched last week.

It lets people search for and book paid activities led by local outdoor enthusiasts or certified guides, depending on the risk factor involved.

“We really feel like there’s a trend toward adventure travel and also wanting to experience new areas as if you’re a local,” Dubois says.

An alternative to big bus tours and travel packages, each of the activities on Guiides.com is designed to be “a true local experience,” Dubois says – hence the unique spelling of the website.

“The whole reason we have two ‘i’s is to represent two people getting outside for an authentic adventure.”

Guiides.com takes 15 per cent of each booking fee and the rest goes to the trip leader. The website is affiliated with Dubois’ outdoor equipment sharing company, ShareShed, which is “like Airbnb, but for outdoor adventure gear,” he explains. Those who may feel discouraged from trying a new activity because they don’t own a kayak, mountain bike or crampons, for example, can rent the equipment through ShareShed.

Dubois began organizing stand-up paddleboarding events at Spanish Banks a while back to get a sense of demand. The “just show up” model, where people arrive empty-handed and can rent gear on site, proved popular.

“What we realized was people weren’t necessarily coming out because they had easy access to boards, but because we built a community and there was a sense of belonging there,” he says.

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Capilano University business student Daniel Dubois is the founder and CEO of Guiides.com, a new website that connects local recreation guides with those seeking outdoor adventure. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH the barriers to getting outside.

“Doesn’t matter if you don’t have friends that are going out and doing it, or if you don’t have gear, or the right skill set.”

He trialled a snowshoe excursion at Joffre Lakes, with a goal of getting 15 people to register for the paid trip. “A week before the event, we had 55 sign up and pay,” he says. Evidently, the demand was there.

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Method These little trays can be made in many different sizes.

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and remove the cardboard backing, papers and glass plate. Clean the glass plate with a glass cleaner if necessary. Set aside.

Place the handles on each side of the frame where you would like them to be. Mark the small drill holes with a pencil and set them aside.

Using your power drill, carefully drill two holes on each side of the frame. Attach your silver cabinet handles with the included screws. Be sure these handles are strongly attached.

Measure your decorative paper to fit the inside of the plate. In most cases you will require two sheets of paper to fill the entire glass plate.

Carefully measure and cut the paper making sure to match patterns if necessary. If you are using photographs then you will need to have a background page to apply them.

Replace the glass plate and the cardboard backing. Bend over the wire supports.

These little trays are quite sturdy however they are not meant for heavy items.

Barb Lunter is a freelance writer with a passion for home decor, entertaining and floral design. She also runs Blu Dog Staging & Redesign. bludogstagingandredesign.com

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A change of schools for the three children relocated this family from South Surrey to North Vancouver. “The Winton House project was a continual work in progress with new ideas and designs flowing constantly throughout the project” said Joe Geluch, GVHBA member and President of Naikoon Contracting Ltd. “Naikoon Contracting enjoys working with clients to find solutions for the better outcome of the project.”

Homeowners Travis and Beth have varying tastes - Travis has a taste for cool gadgets and modern technology and prefers modern architecture, while Beth prefers a warm “Whistler chalet” style.

Recently announced Custom Home Builder of the Year at the GVHBA Ovation Awards, Joe shared examples of solutions to this award-winning home. “Compromises were made from both sides in a very fun way throughout the project. Travis wanted concrete floors, Beth wanted wood. Beth won that one, except for a small area of polished concrete at the base on the crazy custom staircase running through all 3 floors. A warm cozy farmhouse kitchen next to sleek model folding doors and window out to a concrete deck with West Coast modern flair and exposed timbers, speakers, LED lights and patio heaters

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Relocation followed by a Renovation

This house was purchased with the intention to do full renovation. The couple had a vision of a modern “Vancouver Special” in mind. Bought as is, rot repair was anticipated. Barrett Group Custom Builders – 2016 Residential Renovator of the Year (Small Volume) Ovation Award Winners, worked with a team of professionals to restore and realize the homeowners’ dream.

The existing building had no overhangs, rotten wood siding/ framing and the existing windows and solarium were major sources of heat loss. The exterior underwent extreme changes to achieve a cube-like symmetrical look with added glass, stain grade clear cedar siding, and complete new building envelope to protect this building for numerous years.

Inside, partition walls were removed on the main floor, with new structural beams added for an open concept kitchen in the dining/living area. The house was completely gutted to the studs for this rebuild. Exterior decks were added to front and back, more than doubling the exterior living space.

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How to help your teen land a summer job Summer is just around the corner and your teen is hoping to find a summer job.

Parenting Today Kathy Lynn

While he’s sort of talking about wanting to work, he is really planning to get around to it later in the spring. He needs you to sit him down and talk to him about job hunting now! You know if he waits too long he’ll be out of luck.

Let him know that it’s

important for him to develop a job search plan and that you’re going to help him.

You can start by having him look online. Let him take the lead. After all, getting information from the Internet is second nature to him.

Besides what he can find online, encourage him to collect information from friends, neighbours and relatives about their job experiences.

Have him tell his friends

who have good jobs that he is looking so they can notify him if a job comes available.

It’s quite common for kids with jobs to recommend their friends to their managers.

You can also talk to your friends who may be in workplaces that hire summer students.

You may also have friends who would spend 10 minutes with your child in an information interview to help him

determine what he would like to do. This is generally more common with older kids who will be looking not just for a summer job but for work that will help them when they are finished with their schooling and looking for full-time work.

It may help them determine what post-secondary education or training that they will need.

Once they identify some likely prospects the work

begins in earnest and for most of our kids, this will be a new experience. Let them know what they might expect in a job interview. Have them practise some basic answers concerning their skills, availability and experience.

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they done babysitting, cut a neighbour’s lawn, helped dad with home repairs or been involved in a major project at school? Their experiences do not have to be paid engagements, simply times when their responsibility and accountability were brought into play.

Let your teen know that he will need to produce his social insurance number, driver’s licence number, health card number, and depending on how he will be paid, banking information. But he should not produce any of these until he actually has the job.

The most challenging role for parents is to insist that the child dress professionally for the interview. Even if the job is to be as a dishwasher or in construction, first impressions count.

If he strikes out and can’t find any work, it is time to become creative. Parents in the neighborhood will be looking for reliable teens to care for their school-aged kids. Lots of parents prefer teen sitters because they are more likely to be active with

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Prepare some flyers, deliver them door-to-door and ask to place them in local stores, the library and community centre.

Finding work can be a

challenge, but with a plan and some forethought it can happen.

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Teens talk about their team hockey experience Madison Mould is 13 years old and has been playing hockey since she was eight.

Madison: To be a good hockey player you need to be strong physically and mentally, you need to have a good work ethic and work well with others.

Julia: I think you need to be a good skater and need to always work hard at practices so you can become better.

You also need to be mentally and physically ready for every practice and game.

The North Vancouver teen plays left defence on the West Coast Express Elite team. The team has three practices and a gym session with a trainer every week. Teammate Julia Lee,12, also from North Vancouver, started playing hockey when she was four years old. She is a forward on the team. We asked Madison and Julia some questions about playing their favourite sport.

NSN: What’s your favourite hockey memory?

Madison: Spending 12 days in Quebec this year participating in the Quebec international hockey tournament.

Julia: My favourite hockey memory would be my first travel tournament in Victoria.

It was a great experience and a lot of fun.

North Shore News: What was the hardest part of learning to play hockey?

Madison Mould: Probably learning how to take a proper slap shot that was accurate and hard.

Julia Lee: I would have to say learning how to skate and how to stick-handle and shoot with accuracy.

NSN: What was the easiest part of learning to play hockey?

Madison: Learning how to be a good teammate.

Julia: The easiest part for me was skating as I already knew

West Coast Express hockey team players Zoe Leas, Madison Mould, Madison Weibe, and Julia Lee get ready for a team practice at the North Shore Winter Club. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN how prior to playing hockey.

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NSN: What would you like other teens to know about playing on a hockey team?

Madison: Believe in yourself!

And if you haven’t already, give hockey a try. You’ll most likely love it. I mean, we are in Canada, eh!

Julia: It’s a great way to make friends and teaches you about teamwork.

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Young music man playing with passion ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

Augustin Wright pauses when asked what he likes about playing music.

It’s a difficult question to answer, he admits. After some thought, though, one word emerges: emotion. He likes the emotion music can portray.

“It’s like another language almost,” he says.

Augustin has been playing piano since he was five years old and cello since he was six.

Now 13 (he will be 14 at the end of April), he is an accomplished performer in both and has won multiple scholarships and

competitions. Most recently, his solo performance won silver at the International Passion for Music competition, and a gold for his performance with his chamber music trio. The prize was a trip to Carnegie Hall in New York to perform at a special concert on April 17. Augustin says he was pleased with the results and is looking forward to his next competition in May. Top prize for that one is a chance to play a concerto at the Orpheum Theatre.

“I really want to win that one,” says Augustin.

The West Vancouver teen has been training at Vancouver Academy of Music in Kitsilano since he started playing music,

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and now practices about one to four hours a day depending on his schedule.

Over the March Break, he was preparing for the May competition and was in the studio rehearsing for up to 10 hours a day.

Augustin says he doesn’t get nervous before a performance.

“I don’t take matters too seriously,” he notes.

Have a quick chat with him about music, though, and you’ll soon realize he certainly takes his music seriously.

Augustin has a passion for music and for performing. He talks about the history of classical music and makes specific distinctions between the instruments used in the 1700s versus the 1800s.

The romance era of classical music started around the year 1800, he explains, and that’s his favourite type of music from that era, with composers such as Mendelssohn, Chopin and Liszt among his top picks.

When he’s not studying the classics, Augustin listens to a wide range of music, including pop and even EDM. Anything on his playlist is fair game.

“I think it’s particularly bad to listen to only one type of music,” he explains. “Then you get all your knowledge about music from just one type of music.”

“It gives you the ability to be able to relate more,”

West Vancouver teen Augustin Wright is an accomplished pianist and recently performed at Carnegie Hall in New York. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN he says of listening to more variety. Learning to play two different instruments can be a challenge, but Augustin says he is glad he learned both piano and cello because it has given him more opportunities to play.

Most orchestras don’t have a piano, but most do have a cello.

Although he enjoys both, he does have a favourite: “I think piano is more fun to play because piano really clicks with me and I learn pieces really fast, well pretty fast.”

But there are pros and cons for each instrument.

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Augustin wants to be an orthodontist when he grows up, and he wants to attend a combined Julliard-Columbia post-secondary program in which he could earn a science degree and a master’s degree in music.

Although it has taken a lot of hard work to get to where he is today with his music, Augustin thinks anyone can learn to play an instrument.

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There is more freedom for placement of fingers on a cello, which allows for semitones. Playing runs (fast notes up and down) is not too hard on a piano but is on a cello because there’s more movement involved.

And playing the cello is more tiring because it involves a lot more shoulder movement and using two arms in different ways as opposed to two arms in the same way with the piano.

There’s a lot more co-ordination that has to happen with playing a cello.

But cello music is easier to learn because there is only

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A family-run martial arts school that’s been providing lessons on the North Shore since 1997 It’s all about family at North Vancouver’s Sunny Kim Taekwondo.

Grandmaster Jong Seol Sunny Kim (8th degree black belt) started the North Shore marital arts school in 1997.

He was later joined by his son, Master DaeYoung Danny Kim (5th degree black belt), who now manages the family-run dojang (school) and is the main instructor.

Master Danny’s mother, Ruby, handles the school’s administration and younger sister Julie is also a black belt (4th degree).

“We are one of the few schools in B.C. that is run by all members of the family,” says Master Danny. “It’s a closeknit community, a very friendly environment for families to come to learn.”

The school just moved into a brand new facility on Pemberton Avenue and 16th Street and offers traditional and sport taekwondo programs for kids and adults, as well as martial arts related fitness programs such as Taekwon Dance, Basic Weaponry, and Performance Martial Arts.

Master Danny says taekwondo classes are beneficial for kids for a variety of reasons.

“We like to focus on the traditional side with our younger age groups (4-6 and 7-9) which has not only the physical aspect of it but is also about building character, having discipline, building respect for one another, being a great friend in and outside of class, and being a responsible student, not only in taekwondo but also at school and in other institutions or academies.”

For older kids and their parents, the sport side of taekwondo combines a great cardio workout with the techniques and strategies of sparring.

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Starting April 27, you can register for the school’s popular Summer Camp Program. For more information call 604-990-1331, visit www.sunnykimtkd.com or email info@sunnykimtkd.com. Sunny Kim Taekwondo is located at #101, 102 – 1209 West 16th St. (at Pemberton Avenue).

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“My first Mandarin duck was pretty good, it wasn’t too

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Another one of his earlier drawings, done at about the same time, was a bird of paradise. Birds of paradise are known for their colourful and elaborate feathers. Animals, and especially birds, are one of Owen’s favourite subjects to draw. He also enjoys drawing

mythological creatures. The nine-year-old particularly likes to work on fine detail and adding colour.

“I like drawing with pencils and coloured pencils. I really like making details, but I also like pastels,” he explains. “I don’t really like painting, you can’t do details.”

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Other projects he really liked doing with the community arts council include drawing a parrot on black paper and drawing on some sort of gelatin material. One weekend course he took featured a trip to Maplewood Farm to draw the animals there. That was a bit more work than drawing an animal from a picture on an iPad, notes Owen. “They were walking around and it was harder to draw them.”

Once he starts a project, Owen really likes to finish it and he keeps pretty much everything he makes. His drawing notebook is threequarters full. “I literally keep everything I do. If I start

Nine-year-old Owen Fitzpatrick finishes one of his latest drawings in his room. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN something and I don’t like it I keep it anyway,” he says.

Learning to draw has been easy for Owen, and he continues to learn new techniques.

“Sometimes I just doodle stuff,” he says.

Sometimes he even doodles on his work at school, he admits with a laugh.

North Shore Taekwondo Camps give kids fitness and fun this summer!

If you have busy, active kids and a full time job, you’re probably looking for healthy ways to keep them occupied this summer.

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Running Monday to Friday throughout the summer, the week long camps combine Taekwondo training with exciting and engaging outdoor activities to give children as young as four a chance to learn self-defense skills and street-proofing.

Each day will offer fun and exciting Taekwondo drills and challenging games designed to promote team work and individual focus. “Students will learn practical self defense skills, from dealing with bullies to street sense and stranger safety. Some of the organized afternoon activities we have planned include bowling, laser tag, swimming, outdoor games and gymnastics.’’

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Chef and owner Tamera Clark is busy in the kitchen at Bjornbar Bakery making meringue squares. The new Edgemont eatery focuses on a variety of flavours mainly presented in bar form, hence the name. They also offer savoury items, such as tarts and sausage rolls. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD

REVIEW: BJORNBAR BAKERY

New Edgemont bakery raising the bar

Chef and owner Tamera Clark’s Bjornbar is a welcome addition to Edgemont Village.

The stylish new bakery boasts some delicious and unique treats and the room is elegantly designed, emanating both sophistication and warmth. Bjornbar also boasts something rare in this city: a rooftop patio.

Accessed via elevator, the semi-circular patio affords Chris Dagenais a bird’s-eye view of the bustling village below; an umbrella-equipped patio table there is sure to be a coveted spot this summer.

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I would like to register my displeasure about one thing, however, and that is the distracting smell of baked confections that emanates from this space in the early morning hours. I sometimes run through Edgemont Village before work and have found recently that the aromas of caramelized sugar and fresh, hot pastry take me out of my game a bit, prompting me to consider forfeiting the inevitable climbs ahead in favour of a strong shot of espresso and a Brulee Bar, possibly my new favourite treat in the neighbourhood.

My wife DJ and I descended on the new bakery with our sleeping baby in tow one recent weekday afternoon and picked up a selection of goodies to sample in the name of research and thorough reporting (it’s a tough life, I know, but please don’t pity me). We headed up to the roof (nearly empty, despite the teeming crowd down in the shop) to tuck into the treats. As the name suggests, Bjornbar bakes a number of things, though certainly not all, in bar form.

More accurately, I’d say they bake a lot of squares, a fitting

shape for goods of such precise and considered symmetry of flavour and texture. There is certainly some magic coming out of Bjorn’s kitchen, though a few of the items cast a stronger spell than others. The aforementioned Brulee Bar, for example, is quite simply flawless. A dense square of tangy cheesecake provides the foundation upon which sits a crunchy, copper-hued glaze of torched sugar (just like atop crème brulee). The combination of rich caramel and slightly tart, faintly citrusy cheesecake is inspired.

Similarly delicious is the eponymous Bjornbar, a chocolate and hazelnut square with a silky smooth texture studded with crunchy, deeply toasted nutty bits. Imagine a Ferrero Rocher sent off to a world- class finishing school and you’ll approximate the Bjornbar; the rain in Spain definitely stays mainly in the plain for this tasty number.

Another clear winner, outstanding in its simplicity, is the

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TID BITS The North Shore’s diminutive ode to tapas, El Matador, is gone, not with a bang but a whimper. The sign still hangs but the room is gutted and there is no notice posted to announce what’s next. I dropped in to visit this place early last summer following the restaurant’s separation from The District Restaurant Group and was told a new menu was in the works.

I had high hopes that El Matador would be able to capitalize on the remaining summer months with their small plates and nice by-the-glass wine pours but no new menu was forthcoming. El Matador’s phone number, still widely published online, yields no ring when dialled.

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In happier news, a proper sign is now installed at the front of the Hearthstone Brewery’s space on Marine Drive and Mackay Road. As reported last year, Hearthstone intends to open a small restaurant and tap room, but had been delayed

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Butter Lane Bake Shop, the embattled afternoon tea and baked treat shop that was forced to close its Lynn Valley location following a dispute with the landlord, has triumphantly reopened its doors, this time in the community of Horseshoe Bay. Their grand opening event took place on April 23. Stay tuned for more on this reopening in the coming weeks. blbakeshop.ca 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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For my taste, the Tiger Bar, a creamy and exceedingly rich peanut butter-based square, was enjoyable for about two bites, after which point the sweetness did my palate in.

Savoury items abound here as well and I can vouch for the deliciousness of the pesto, gruyere and artichoke tart, a flaky and flavourful, light appetite lunchtime meal. Bjornbar’s sausage roll, also very tasty with its densely packed, nicely seasoned sausage meat tucked into buttery pastry, is perhaps a touch steep at $5.75, but is likely to fill you quicker than most other items of equal size. Bars are typically in the $3.50 price range. Other goods include meringue, quiche, mac & cheese, soups, scones, cake and more.

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West Van teen on the fast track Fitzmaurice earns two jr. national track cycling titles ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

West Vancouver teenager Cam Fitzmaurice has ridden the sloped curves of the velodrome all the way to a pair of national junior titles and a berth in the UCI Junior World Championships.

The Sentinel secondary Grade 12 student was an aspiring crosscountry skier when he was swept up by the North Vancouver-based TaG cycling program aimed at putting talented local athletes on a fast track to success in the cycling world.

Fitzmaurice won junior national titles in the points race and the scratch race at the Canadian Track Championships held earlier this month in Milton, Ont. The scratch race is a simple 10 kilometre ride on the velodrome track, winner take all.

The junior championship scratch race came down to a sprint between Fitzmaurice and John Wilcox, another TaG rider from Victoria.

“It was fun,” Fitzmaurice said of racing his friend for a national title. “I was below and he was trying to come around me – and coming around is harder because you have to go a bit farther. He wasn’t quite able to come around. … It came down to a sprint in the end. It was just a dash for the line. That one was pretty close.”

The points race is a more complicated event that involves several sprints throughout one long ride with racers earning points for winning the sprints.

“I was tied for the majority of the

West Vancouver’s Cam Fitzmaurice leads the pack during a race at the Canadian Track Championships held earlier this month in Milton, Ont. Fitzmaurice won two junior titles and earned a berth in the world junior championships. PHOTO SUPPLIED ROB JONES/CANADIANCYCLIST.COM race until the guy who was tied with me crashed out,” Fitzmaurice said about his points win. “That was sort of sad.”

Fitzmaurice also won silver in the kilo – a one-kilometre time trial on the track – and bronze in the

individual pursuit. The pursuit was a bittersweet event as his qualifying time put him into the consolation final rather than the gold-medal dual, but it was also fast enough to meet the qualification standard for the world championships.

“My main goal was to just go faster than the time standard, and I went two seconds faster than it so I was happy with that,” he said. “That was exciting, but it was mixed emotions because I also knew I wasn’t going to be in the A final in that race.”

The strategy of bike racing is one of the things that drew him into the sport in the first place, said Fitzmaurice, adding that individual pursuit is not one of his favourites.

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“It’s just going as hard as you can for three minutes. It’s not the most fun event.”

It did, however, earn him a trip to the world championships scheduled for July 20-24 in Switzerland. It’ll be the first time in his career that he’s competed internationally for Team Canada.

“I’m excited for the kit, the clothing,” he said with a laugh.

“It’ll be interesting racing against the best juniors in the world. I’m excited to see what it’s like.”

It’s been quite a ride for the young rider who just a few years ago was focused on his cross-country ski career. The TaG program, cofounded by North Vancouver Olympian Lesley Tomlinson, was created to give athletes like Fitzmaurice a chance to try cycling as a cross-training sport or to zoom right into cycling competitions if the fit is right. Fitzmaurice and a few friends went to a TaG session and pretty soon he was hooked.

“Without TaG I probably wouldn’t be racing at all,” he said. “They helped give us these opportunities to go out to nationals and race to qualify for the big events like worlds.”

Last year he skied and biked but this year he put away the wax to focus solely on cycling. The two sports have some interesting similarities and differences, he said.

“They’re similar in that they’re both really intense training – basically all fitness without much skill,” he said with a laugh. “Skiing involves

technique but you have no tactics while you’re racing, whereas biking is more tactical and less technique. … I really enjoy trying to be able to outsmart people on the bike.”

He’s not in completely new territory either – Fitzmaurice is drafting off his father Mike who was a CAT 1 level cyclist, having raced in top North American events such as the Gastown Grand Prix.

“He was my biggest training partner until recently,” said Cam, adding that he’s

finally edging past his pops in the speed department.

Both won their age categories at last year’s GranFondo Whistler, with Cam winning the junior title and Mike claiming the 60-69 age group – “the old men category,” Cam says with a laugh. Remarkably Cam and Mike rode completely separate races with different start times yet posted finishing times that were less than eight minutes apart for the 122-kilometre course.

Cam said his racing has hit a new gear since he hooked up

with Richard Wooles, a North Vancouver-based coach who has worked with some of the best cyclists in the world.

“He’s awesome,” said Cam. “It’s crazy how much I’ve learned in the short couple of months that he’s been coaching me. His knowledge is insane about all aspects of cycling.”

TaG teammates Maggie Coles-Lysterof Maple Ridge, Tyler Davies of Vancouver and Wilcox also earned berths in the world junior championships.

ROYAL RESULT Destiny Lutz of the Handsworth senior girls blasts a shot while under pressure from Argyle’s Mya Fraser during a 1-0 win for the Royals in North Shore AAA league action April 20 at Boulevard Park. There’s a logjam atop the standings with Handsworth, Argyle and Sentinel separated by just two points through four games. Play continues today with Handsworth and Sentinel squaring off at 3:30 p.m. at Ambleside D and Argyle playing West Vancouver at 4 p.m. at Boulevard. More photos: nsnews.com. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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To kick things off, BPP and its consultants are hosting two public forums to gather input from the West Vancouver community on the strengths, issues and priorities of the study area.

Each forum will be formatted as a structured workshop with a short introduction to start. Both of the forum options will cover the same content. We look forward to seeing you!

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When: Thursday, May 5th Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm Venue: Welsh Hall, West Vancouver Memorial Library (1950 Marine Drive)

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The first annual Caregiver Expo kicks off BC Family Caregiver Week May 9-15.

This expo provides unpaid caregivers an opportunity to feel celebrated while learning about the various support services available on the North Shore – for themselves, and for the ones they are caring for.

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