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Homicide team investigates Lynn Creek body JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

The RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating after the body of a man previously reported missing was found in shallow waters of Lynn Creek Sunday morning.

A dog walker spotted the body around 9:30 a.m. near a train bridge close to Harbourview Park, just west of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing. On Monday, IHIT investigators confirmed the identity of the dead man as 34-year-old Jastinder Athwal. Police said an autopsy is being completed to determine the cause the death and whether or not foul play is considered a factor. In a Twitter posting earlier Sunday, IHIT described the death as “suspicious.” Last week, North Vancouver RCMP requested

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LOCK ’N’ ROLL Grade 4 student Slater Clark was among 175 kids at Lynn Valley elementary who cycled to school Monday for a celebration marking the kick-off to Bike to School Week. Presented by HUB Cycling as a means to encourage active transportation, Bike to School Week runs until Friday, June 3 and coincides with Bike to Work Week. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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City scraps Keith Road bike lift plans JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

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City of North Vancouver council voted to scrap both the plans and the possibility of a Keith Road bike tow after a staff report estimated the cost at $4.24 million. Faced with the prohibitive capital cost for the lift – which allows cyclists to put one sneaker on a footplate and be helped uphill – staff recommended keeping a portion of Keith

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Council votes 4-3 against plan that would allow for future installation Road clear for future installation. Council decided cyclists will have to keep both feet on their pedals, defeating the motion 4-3 with Couns. Holly Back, Rod Clark, Pam Bookham and Don Bell opposed. Coun. Linda Buchanan, herself an electric bike owner,

appreciated the idea of keeping Keith Road clear for the lift. “It’s not a commitment to say we’re moving forward with the lift today, tomorrow, or even in the next several years. It’s just providing us with the flexibility of having that space available,” she said. Approximately $133,000 in annual maintenance costs plus steep capital costs make the plan “a non-starter,” according to Clark.

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Fire camp ignites girls’ potential Three spots reserved for North Shore teens

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You really don’t know what you’re capable of until you’ve charged into a burning building to knock down a fire.

That’s the spirit behind Camp Ignite, a four-day camp Lower Mainland fire departments are putting on for girls, aged 16 to 18. Though they’ll be getting four intense days of hands-on experience training in things on a typical firefighter’s agenda like CPR, high-angle rescues, hazardous materials, auto extrication and a live fire exercise, the camp’s real aim is to develop teamwork and leadership qualities that will serve the young women no matter where they choose to take their lives. “The idea is that we are providing up to up to 20 teenage girls the opportunity to explore unique challenges, to learn more about where their limits are, to learn new skills, to strengthen their self-esteem. We’re giving them exposure to strong

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North Vancouver City Fire Department inspector Rebecca Hathaway and captain of fire prevention Haida Siegmann are inviting North Shore teen girls to apply for an exclusive firefighting camp. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD female role models,” said Cpt. Haida Siegmann, a North Vancouver City Fire Department fire prevention officer and one of the organizers of Camp Ignite. “We’re hoping that, as a result of going through this process … that they’re going to come away from camp feeling like they can do anything they want to do.”

Siegmann said she’s seen numerous girls come out of their shells and overcome fears thanks to the encouragement and mentorship they get while at Camp Ignite, now in its sixth year. “It’s very, very obvious in some of the girls,” she said. There’s also some hope the camp will be a catalyst to inspire the young women

to consider a career in firefighting. Currently there are only about 80 women working with fire departments across B.C. The three North Shore fire departments are sponsoring up to three local teens to attend Camp Ignite, which runs Aug. 11 to 14 at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.

While admission is free, the would-be firefighters are expected to write a 500-word essay describing a person they admire. Applications forms are available at campignite.com and should be emailed to Siegmann at HSiegmann@ cnv.org as soon as possible. The cut-off date is June 15.

Police were dispatched to a home on the 5600block of Keith Road in Eagle Harbour around 9 a.m. May 26 after two men attempted to serve papers related to a family court matter and the situation escalated violently. “They’re still investigating but at this point, it appears a male attempting to serve the document arrives at the door, confrontation erupts between that person and other parties in the house,” said Const. Jeff Palmer, West Vancouver police spokesman. “Definitely punches, kicks – allegedly a baton (was) used. Fortunately, the injuries are not critical. There was significant bruising and laceration.” The fracas and ensuing police response resulted in a brief lockdown at nearby Eagle Harbour Montessori. “We contacted the school

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Educators react to curriculum changes

Parents asked to weigh in on proposed changes for grades 10-12 JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Scrapping some provincial exams and potentially changing the way students’ progress is reported to parents are just two of the changes being introduced by the province as the Ministry of Education moves into the next stage of rolling out its new curriculum.

Education Minister Mike Bernier announced Thursday that starting next school year, high school students will only be required

to take two provincial exams to graduate – one in math in Grade 10 and one in English. Currently, students take five provincial exams to graduate, including exams in English, math and science in Grade 10, social studies in Grade 11 and English in Grade 12. Most provincial exams are worth about 20 per cent of a student’s mark, with the final English exam worth 40 per cent. Bernier said the province is getting rid of some of the exams because the emphasis on memorizing particular subject content is at odds

with the new curriculum, which stresses core competencies taught in different ways. Kathleen Barter, district principal with the North Vancouver School District, said teachers will still assess students and assign percentages in the senior high school years, which are needed for university admissions. More of that assessment will be done by a classroom teacher, however, and less will be through standardized testing. Representatives from both the North Vancouver Teachers Association and North Vancouver’s District Parent Advisory Council said it was too soon to

comment on the changes. The B.C. Teachers Federation has issued a statement saying it is “generally supportive” of the changes announced. One high school teacher said not everyone thinks the changes are a good idea. Norm Nichol, a social studies teacher at Sutherland, said some of his colleagues fear the changes could spell reduced academic rigour and less ability to assess a class’s or a school district’s performance in particular subject areas. Nichol said he thinks large changes to the education system should come after wider consultation with the public, not as a result of decisions made

by groups with “vested interests” in the education system. Along with the reduced exam schedule, the province is also asking parents this summer to speak up on how they’d like to see their kids’ progress at school reported back to them. The province is considering changing the way report cards are handled – including requiring reports from teachers to parents more often. Some of those reports, however, may no longer be in traditional letter grade form in the future. Barter said more frequent reports may allow for parents to be alerted earlier if students are struggling in a particular area.

“Most times parents would like to have an understanding at an earlier time,” she said. “What we’re trying to do is making the system better.” Parents will have a chance to comment from the end of June to October. A new course in career education will also be introduced in 2017/2018 as a required course for graduation, which will replace other existing career courses. This fall, the new curriculum will be in place in all classrooms in kindergarten to Grade 9. The introduction of the curriculum will begin in grades 10 through 12.

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Monday, July 4 West Vancouver property owners, avoid paying late penalties. Make sure you don’t miss the property tax payment deadline! Property tax notices were mailed out at the end of May. If you do not have yours, please contact us immediately. You are still responsible for making your payment by the due date, regardless of whether or not a tax notice is received.

CLA IM YOU R HO MEOWN ER GR A N T No matter how you pay your taxes, it is your responsibility to claim your grant. It’s easy to claim online at westvancouver.ca/ehog, or fill out the form and submit it to Municipal Hall by the deadline. PEN ALTIE S A five per cent penalty will be added to current taxes outstanding after Monday, July 4, 2016. A further five per cent penalty will be added to the current outstanding after Thursday, September 1, 2016. Picnickers enjoy the balmy weather at Kings Mill Walk Park in the City of North Vancouver’s Harbourside neighbourhood. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

ENVIRONMENT: SEASONAL FORECAST

Warm start to summer expected

No repeat of long drought in forecast as normal conditions return JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Despite the deluge over the weekend, expect a warmer and drier first half of summer, say meteorologists.

An exceptionally warm dry spring was book-ended by a day of torrential rain on Saturday. Almost 70 millimetres of rain fell in North Vancouver on the weekend – most of that in 24 hours. “It’s probably the wettest day so far this year,” said Matt MacDonald, meteorologist with Environment Canada. The soaker of a day on May 28 came at the very end of what has otherwise been an unusually warm and balmy spring. Average temperatures in the Lower Mainland were 1.7 degrees warmer than normal for March, said MacDonald, and 2.5 degrees warmer than normal in April. “It was the warmest April on record,” said MacDonald. Temperatures during the first half of May followed a similar pattern. “That was following a winter that was also warmer than normal,” said MacDonald. “I’m

starting to sound like a broken record. All of our seasons for the past three years have been warmer than normal.” April and May were also much drier months than usual – with the notable exception of last Saturday. April received only about 20 per cent of normal rainfall. Until last weekend, less than 6 mm of rain had fallen in May. The end of an El Nino winter is likely responsible for the warm weather pattern this spring, said MacDonald. “It was the strongest El Nino on record.” El Nino peaked in late January, but “the ocean temperatures are still slightly warmer than normal,” said MacDonald. Expect to see the warming trend continue for the first half of the summer. Looking ahead, “There’s a good chance that June and July will be warmer than normal,” he said. But by the end of the summer, the coast should be back to near normal summer weather. That still means generally warm, sunny weather for August, he said. But the end of El Nino and the breakup of a large “blob” of warm water off the West Coast that contributed to last summer’s long, hot drought mean the unbroken weeks of scorching temperatures experienced last summer will be less likely

this year. Dayna Vettese, a meteorologist with the Weather Network, agreed. Compared to last summer, this summer’s weather patterns are likely to be more changeable, she said, with heat waves alternating with cooler, wetter temperatures. “We’ll see that happen throughout the summer.” After last summer’s long drought, this year lawn sprinkling restrictions came into effect two weeks earlier – on May 15, in an attempt to moderate water consumption early in the season. Lower Mainland water reservoirs are at about 96 per cent full – considered normal for this time of year. Province-wide, snowpacks started at relatively normal levels. But according to the B.C. Rivers Forecast Centre, that snowpack has been melting at a rapid rate because of the warm spring temperatures. The forecast centre stated that mid-May snowpack levels were typical of what is usually observed in mid-June, putting the snow melt about four weeks ahead of normal. Snowpacks that feed into the Metro Vancouver watersheds are at about 46 per cent – well above what they were last year. Late spring and early summer rain is usually considered more important than snowmelt to the local water supply.

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City staff had been working with Leitner-Poma, a gondola and chairlift company that built a similar bike lift in Trondheim, Norway. Mussatto, who flew to Norway at his own expense and tried out the tow last summer, seemed disappointed by the decision. The mayor had touted the lift as a creative way to get people out of the cars, suggesting the lift benefited adults heading to work, kids going to school, and tourists. The lift would have served an estimated 15,000 cyclists each year, taking riders 620 metres from Bewicke Avenue to Jones Avenue – with stops at Delbruck and Forbes – in about eight minutes. Powered by 7.5-kilowatt engines, the lift would be broken into three segments

Early estimates suggested the lift might cost as little as $2,400 per metre, but a recent staff report pegged the actual cost at slightly more than $6,800 per metre. “I think it’s time we put a stake in this craziness,” Clark said. Bookham agreed, suggesting the city would be better served by a Highway 1 overpass for pedestrians and cyclists. The plan falls short in a cost/benefit analysis, agreed Bell. Mayor Darrell Mussatto argued council should keep the Keith Road corridor clear just in case the bike lift technology became more affordable or, “the electric bike isn’t everything we thought it was going to be.”

and move at approximately walking speed. Staff recommended eschewing lift tickets and letting cyclists ride for free, possibly selling advertising along the route to help fund the lift. The B.C. Safety Authority would not regulate the lift, leaving the city to take full responsibility for safety. But it wasn’t all bad news for the two-wheel crowd Monday, as council voted unanimously to petition the province to restore the PST exemption for electric bikes. Council has also pencilled in an electric bike rebate program for the 2017 budget. The rebate program would be similar to the cash offered back for homeowners who install high efficiency, low-flow toilets.

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ity of North Vancouver council marked the start of Bike to Work Week by voting down a plan for a mechanized bike lift that would give cyclists a hand (or rather, foot) up the West Keith Road hill. At $4.24 million in capital costs, plus more than $130,000 per year in maintenance and legal liability resting with the city, this is a plan that’s best left on paper for now. Novel as the idea was, there are probably better ways to beat the hill. Electric assist bicycles are becoming wildly popular, especially with the older crowd, because they eliminate geography as an excuse. While we won’t mourn the bike lift, we will say the city is absolutely on the right track with its other initiatives aimed at getting more cyclists on the road. All three North Shore councils appear to be

committed, to some degree, to helping us shift to more active commuting habits. The most effective thing they can do is ensure we have safe and accessible routes that are inviting to travel. The reward will be a healthier population and less traffic congestion. Of course, cycling won’t be a viable option for everyone at every time. Not even the most diehard cyclists believe that. But there’s no question we could be doing more. Desirable bicycle infrastructure is only part of the equation, however. We must challenge ourselves, especially the biggest critics among us, to give it a go. Before the week is out, if you haven’t already, dust off the old Raleigh, put some air in the tires and make use of some of the fine bicycle infrastructure we’ve already got. You might just surprise yourself.

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o just how important is it to folks for the B.C. government to balance its annual budget? It’s a question that is worth asking now that NDP leader John Horgan has suggested that a balanced budget may not be part of his party’s election platform next spring. In an interview with The Vancouver Sun, Horgan said he thinks “politics is changing and the focus on the annual budget is changing.” He said a balanced budget is a priority only for a select few: “The voters are not as insync as the gnomes in Zurich and the bond raters about the importance of making sure everything comes out aligned in the end.” Bold, provocative words. Also, a potentially very risky position to hold. But where there is risk, there is sometimes also a reward. The NDP has gotten absolutely nowhere in elections that have seen the party simply adopt a “B.C. Liberal-lite” budget as the underpinning

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View from The Ledge Keith Baldrey of its election platform. Doing so allows only minor tinkering — a bit of spending here, a small tax shift there — from the existing B.C. Liberal platform, with little room for major changes that would provide a clearer contrast between the two parties. For example, the NDP wants to get rid of Medical Service Plan premiums, which sounds nice until one realizes doing so would blow a huge $2.5-billion hole in the annual budget. However, if balancing the budget is no longer a goal, such a move

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Lions Gate Hospital Gala The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation’s 16th Annual Gala, presented by Goldcorp, took place at the Capilano Golf and Country Club on the evening of May 6. The event started off with a champagne and cocktail reception, silent auction and raffle and was followed by dinner. Colorworks’ Don Konantz served as MC, Adesa’s Marc Bergevin as auctioneer and Dr. Steve Mathias gave a special presentation on the foundation’s youth mental health campaign. After dinner and a live auction, music by The Hairfarmers got gala goers onto the dance floor. The event raised $1.3 million (net) towards the foundation’s $5 million goal toward building the province’s first dedicated inpatient youth concurrent disorders unit in the HOpe Centre.

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Our mild West Coast winters provide fantastic winter growing conditions. Whether or not you have cold frames or a greenhouse, you will be able to grow a variety of vegetables through the winter months. I know it may seem counter intuitive to think about it now, just as your garden is starting to fill out, but the winter garden requires some planning ahead. You will need to plan to find a place to put your winter vegetables as you harvest summer crops, and to ensure your winter crops are old enough to thrive as the temperatures dip. The effort is well worth it! I remember my first foray into winter growing – a single purple sprouting broccoli. I planted a 10-centimetre tall seedling in the middle of my recently

The Edible Gardener Emily Jubenvill harvested garlic patch sometime in early August and wished it well. I was discouraged when by October it had only filled out a bit, and I assumed my experiment would fail. However, sometime in February when the rest of my garden was still sound asleep, this broccoli started to grow ... fast! By the end of March it was waist high and four feet wide with prolific

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A number of North Shore builders and projects were awarded at this year’s Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association 2016 Ovation Awards Gala.

The annual event, the 2016 edition of which was held April 23 at the Marriott Pinnacle Hotel in downtown Vancouver and was hosted by Fiona Forbes, is intended to recognize excellence in renovation, new-home construction and design in

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GardenSmart winter gardening course set for Thursday From page 11 and flavourful purple broccoli sprouts. I harvested and ate these for weeks and they are still my favourite vegetable. There are a few important things to know about growing winter veggies. First, my rule of thumb is to expect extremely slow to no growth between Halloween and Valentine’s Day because this is when we have less than 10 hours of sunlight a day. Second, there are two categorizes of winter vegetables: over-wintering and winter harvest. The over-wintering vegetables are ones that provide a very early spring harvest (like my purple sprouting broccoli). They are planted as seedlings in the late summer and reach maturity in the

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ODDBALL EDIBLES Go beyond berries and learn what you can eat from the temperate rainforest Sunday, June 12, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver. lynncanyonecologycentre.ca STORYTIMES North Vancouver District Public Library (nvdpl.ca), North Vancouver City Library (nvcl.ca) and West Vancouver Memorial Library (westvanlibrary.ca) offer a variety of free storytimes for children. Visit their websites for locations and schedules.

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Food trucks back at the foot of Lonsdale Annual Shipyards Night Market season starts up

It has been precisely three years since my first Dish column.

The first piece I wrote was about the burgeoning food truck scene down at the Shipyards Night Market at the bottom of Lonsdale. That column was a trial run for me, assigned by the editor. Let’s see if this Chris guy can string a coherent sentence or two together about foodie stuff. I showed Chris Dagenais up for that assignment with my little spiral-bound notepad and camera, feeling a sense of exhilaration as I ordered food from people who had no idea that in a short few days my impressions of their dishes would appear in print. It was a rush and I really couldn’t believe that I had a shot at this gig. Who wouldn’t want to try out all the new restaurants on the Shore and then wax lyrical about them? This is every bit as fun a job as it was back then. In fact, it’s become even better as North Shore dining continues to evolve into its own distinct thing. Each meal now feels like a new piece in an epic puzzle, one of those intricate mosaic ones in which every piece is a self-contained image that contributes, in turn, to a much bigger picture. The Night Markets have kicked off again for the season and it felt like a fitting way to mark my three-year anniversary with The Dish to visit the food trucks, which have grown exponentially in number and globally in culinary cultural representation since that first column. On this visit, the sky was angry and blueberry-sized drops of rain hammered everything underneath them, ricocheting off the pavement and soaking every living being in sight from the knees down. Despite North Vancouver’s signature meteorological phenomenon, eager diners queued at the trucks, taking shelter under narrow pop-up awnings. I joined the queues, which were admittedly a bit smaller than those you’d encounter on a sunny Friday evening, with my rain slickered family. We were out to try completely new fare from trucks we hadn’t yet frequented over the years. There were a number of businesses I had not encountered before, including newcomer Island Time, specialist in Guyanese cuisine. The truck’s owner and operator was keen to find new audiences for his fare and offered up generous samples to me and my son, The Boy. He tempted us with a chicken wing each, which prompted us to pick up a 10-pack

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Pizza is fresh out of the oven at Urban Wood Fired Pizza at the Shipyards Night Market. The annual arrival of food trucks rolls in Friday nights from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on now and through the summer. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH of them for our stroll through the lane of trucks that line the Shipyards. The wings were deep brown in colour and boasted rich, caramelized flavours of a simultaneously tart and savoury marinade made with what I suspect was caraseep, a spice-infused, cassava-derived browning and flavouring agent common in dishes from Guyana. It was $10 for the wings. My daughter’s appetite craved something a bit tamer and comforting for our rain-soaked stroll, so she chose a Monsieur Fred crepe, filled with egg, ham and mozzarella cheese, acquired at the diminutive, jellybean-shaped pop-up cart, Chouchou, that specializes in traditional French crepes. The Monsieur Fred was $8. My wife DJ and I shared a positively phenomenal dish, the Crack Salad from Chinese street food vendor Le Tigre. The

salad featured Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, cabbage, capers, cracked chillies, lemon juice, and parmesan cheese. The salad was an explosion of flavour, crunchy, salty, tangy, fresh and earthy, rich and round, and was a great deal at $8 for a generous takeaway box. Le Tigre chefs and operators recently opened a successful bricks and mortar restaurant, Torafuku, on Main Street near National Avenue in Vancouver. DJ picked up a Melt City Classic grilled cheese sandwich from the eponymous Melt City truck. Asiago, Monterey Jack and havarti filled two light, buttery and perfectly toasted slices of sourdough bread. Sriracha mayo tipped the scales from ordinary to extraordinary on this sandwich, which was

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$8. The Boy went for one of his favourite meals, butter chicken, this time in naan kebab format from popular food cart, Soho Road. I was woefully indecisive about my meal, so opted for two treats: first, it was back to Island Time for an order of densely packed, silky and satisfying homemade Tilapia Fish Cakes served with a simple but tasty side of fluffy rice and beans. My second “main,” a close contender for best in show next to the Crack Salad, was a dish of 48-hour Achiote Pork with fried polenta, heirloom tomatoes, peashoots and pickled onions from Pressure Box, a self-styled “progressive mobile eatery.” This was a magical combo of flavours, with the luscious, beautifully browned and tender pork lifted emphatically by the pickled onion and tender, springy cornmeal cake. The dish was $10. Friday Night Market at the Shipyards runs from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. through the summer.

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In last week’s column on Seb’s Sandwich Shop,

I referenced the previous occupant of Seb’s space, The Sandwich Shop. I would like to clarify that the original owner of The Sandwich Shop, Shallaw Kadir, proactively sold that operation in a profitable business venture. Kadir is also the chef and owner of North Vancouver restaurant Fishworks. 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.

Chicken wings from Island Time (top left), and pork with fried polenta from Pressure Box (top) are among the offerings at this year’s Shipyards Night Market. PHOTOS CHRIS DAGENAIS

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The Carson Graham senior girls rugby team won the provincial title over the weekend, rebooting a dynasty after three years of heartbreak.

The Eagles won eight championships in nine years starting in 2004, including seven in a row from 2006-2012. Then there was a three-year title-drought – nearly an eternity for such a powerhouse program – that was broken in dramatic fashion in Kamloops on Saturday when Carson Graham got a try in the dying minutes to knock off Courtenay’s G.P. Vanier 11-10. “We’ve been knocking on the door,” co-coach Brad Baker said of Carson Graham’s golden quest. “These girls this year had special motivation within their own minds. They wanted to get us back on the winning track.” It was, however, no easy task to get back on top of the podium. The Eagles opened the provincial tournament with a blowout win over South Kamloops but were pushed to their limits in a semifinal matchup against Surrey’s Semiahmoo secondary. The game was tied 8-8 through

Members of the Carson Graham senior girls rugby team celebrate their win at the provincial championships Saturday in Kamloops. It was the first title win for the Eagles since they claimed seven championships in a row from 2006 to 2012. PHOTO SUPPLIED BRYAN BAKER/CARSON ATHLETICS regulation time and most of two five-minute overtime periods until Carson’s Lyric Atchison, who is also an elite wrestler, grabbed the victory with a sudden-death try. “We scored pretty much on the last play of the second overtime period to win,” said Baker. The Eagles had extra

motivation heading into the final as they took on Vanier. The Towhees were looking to cement their own dynasty following championship wins in 2014 and 2015. Last year’s title came at the expense of the Eagles – Vanier beat Carson Graham 39-14 in the 2015 championship final. “After getting thumped

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and our plan was to keep the ball in tight.” The Towhees battled back again, scoring a crucial try to take a 10-6 lead with only five minutes left in the game. Baker was in the endzone with his players when Vanier took the lead late in the game and

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he could see that the Eagles weren’t going to go out like that. “We were saying to the girls, ‘There’s three or four minutes left. There’s lots of time to score – don’t give up.’ You could just tell the desire on these kids’ faces. They wanted it.”

It took only two minutes for the Eagles to regroup and score their own late-game try. Atchison again played a part, driving the ball down the field to put Carson into position to score. Scrum half Heather Ranger then scooped up a loose ball and found open space, setting up a two-on-one with Devan Baker, who took a pass and dove into the corner

Evan Godsall of the Carson Graham junior rugby team rips off a run during a win over Rockridge in the North Shore final. The Carson juniors claimed B.C. silver. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

of the endzone with defenders at her heels. Vanier again fought back in the last minute but the Carson defence held fast and the whistle blew on a one-point win. After the game Carson Grade 12 winger Stephanie Julio was named to the President’s 15 tournament all-star team. “She’s a hard defensive player,” said Baker. “She encompasses Carson Graham rugby – her heart is so large. She plays to defend the goal line at all times. She works so hard.” Only three players in the starting lineup for Carson Graham were in Grade 12, meaning there should be a lot of returning players next season as the Eagles go hunting for a new title streak. “They want to start one,” said Baker. “We always talk about motivation and the heart of Carson rugby.” ppp The Carson Graham boys just missed making it a senior sweep for the Eagles, claiming silver in the AAA Tier 1 senior championships played last week in Abbotsford. The Eagles battled to the championship game where they lost 17-0 against the hometown Yale Lions. Handsworth also hit the podium at the AAA championships, claiming bronze with a 19-5 win over Lord Tweedsmuir in the consolation final. West Vancouver rounded out the North Shore contingent at the tournament with a fifth-place

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Members of the Carson Graham and Argyle senior boys teams battle during a North Shore league game. Both teams medalled at last week’s B.C. championships. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN showing, edging Kelowna 20-19 in their placing game. Carson’s Christoph Stangl, Handsworth’s Ela Jahevery, and West Van’s Joseph Hwang all earned spots on the Commissioner’s 15 tournament all-star team. Collingwood struck silver at the senior boys AA Tier 1 level as the Cavaliers fought their way into the provincial final where they fell 17-3 against Victoria’s St. Michaels University School. Collingwood knocked off their

West Vancouver neighbours Rockridge secondary 22-10 in the semifinals. The Ravens bounced back to claim bronze with a 36-0 win over Brentwood. Collingwood’s Max De Pfyffer and Rockridge’s Jag Sun earned spots on the Commissioner’s 15 team. It was also a silver story at the AAA Tier 2 level as Argyle finished second, losing 10-3 against Elgin Park in the championship final. Declan Stewart earned the nod as the

team’s representative on the Commissioner’s 15 team. Silver was also on offer for Carson Graham at the first ever junior boys provincial championship rugby tournament played last week in Abbotsford. The junior Eagles knocked off South Delta 17-15 in the semifinals before falling 29-3 to powerhouse Shawnigan Lake in the championship game. Luke Woolridge was named Carson’s Commissioner’s 15 player.

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