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First Nations chiefs lobby Ottawa to stop pipeline plan JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Chiefs of the North Shore’s Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish nations joined Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and a Musqueam nation councillor in Ottawa this week to lobby the federal government against approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project.

The First Nations leaders and Vancouver mayor plan to meet with federal ministers and members of the Liberal caucus to drive home their opposition to the project.

Last month, the National Energy Board recommended approval of the company’s plan to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline as long as 157 conditions are met.

The federal government is expected to make a final

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Bellevue tower proposal toppled

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A midrise development was toppled in West Vancouver council chambers Monday – despite the objections of the mayor.

The pitch for an eight-storey residential tower on the north side of Bellevue Avenue’s 1700 block and 15 new parking spots for the public was sent back to the drawing board after councillors objected to both the building’s height and the project’s failure to provide adequate community benefit.

The development should have been able to at least proceed to public hearing, according to Mayor Michael Smith.

Developer’s plans for a 20-unit condo project at Masonic Hall site sent back to drawing board

“A lot of people think that the community can stay the way it was in 1970 when they moved here. It can’t,” Smith said. “We’re going to lose our commercial district unless we do something.”

That something is adding density, according to the mayor, who noted the recent closure of Blue Eyed Marys restaurant.

“You wonder whether or not (the restaurant) would’ve

been able to make it if we made these 20 units built and occupied by people that could walk out the door and go to Ambleside.”

The defeated project, which would have replaced the two-storey, 1950s era Masonic Hall, was slated to include 20 residential units averaging 1,665 square feet, as well as 2,900 square feet of ground floor commercial space.

However, giving the project a green light would have meant changing the site’s community use zoning, which did not sit well with Coun. Christine Cassidy.

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City puts brakes on trolley idea

‘Hop on, hop off’ shuttle in competition with TransLink

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Vancouver Coastal Health is planning a new 180-bed seniors’ facility in the Lynn Creek neighbourhood.

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One councillor’s plan for a Lonsdale Avenue shuttle limped to a stop May 30.

The city should keep pushing for a rubber-wheeled trolley that would ferry commuters from Lower to Central Lonsdale, benefit merchants and complement bus service, argued Coun. Don Bell at the Monday council meeting.

“I have no doubt at this point that there isn’t a lot of interest from TransLink … but I think we should continue to pursue it,” Bell said.

The city would only be pursuing a “classic boondoggle,” warned Coun. Rod Clark.

“It’s not going to happen,” he said. “Put yourself in TransLink’s shoes: if they give this to us, how many municipalities in Metro (Vancouver) are going to be right at the door asking for exactly the same thing?”

While the notion of a “hopon, hop-off” shuttle service from 23rd Street into Lower Lonsdale might be fantastic, Mayor Darrell Mussatto reminded council TransLink

180-bed seniors’ care coming to Lynn Creek

concerns, she said the situation was complicated by the province not “stepping up and doing the job.”

The city’s rapid pace of development has made transit increasingly crucial, according to Bookham.

“That transit isn’t there, it’s not there in the foreseeable future, we don’t have a plan to fund it,” she said. “I don’t want to see this idea simply put on the shelf.”

Bell called on council to

The health authority announced June 1 that it had signed an agreement with Trellis Care to build Creekstone Care Centre, a six-storey building on eight Oxford Street lots just east of Mountain Highway.

Of the 180 beds, 150 will be funded by Vancouver Coastal Health, which also regulates and licenses care homes.

Those beds will be filled based on community needs. The remaining 30 rooms will be for Trellis to rent out on a private basis. All will come with 24/7 nursing care and support.

The District of North Vancouver’s official community plan foresees low-density apartments built on that site although, due to the size of the project, it may require an amendment of the official community plan, according to Dan Milburn the district deputy general manager of planning and permits.

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Streetcar #153 heads northbound on Lonsdale Avenue at Esplanade in this 1946 photograph by American streetcar operator Bob Loewing. The image is one in a set of portraits showing streetcars from the Capilano, Lonsdale and Lynn Valley lines that are viewable in the archives database at nvma.ca/collections/archive-collections. PHOTO COURTESY NORTH VANCOUVER MUSEUM & ARCHIVES was “emphatic” about not supporting any service that competes with their buses.

Before the rubber-wheeled trolley could meet the road, TransLink would have to approve the project.

Any transit service that threatens to decrease TransLink’s revenue or create more cost for the transit provider is barred under the Independent Transit Service policy.

While some municipalities have rolled out independent transit, neither New

Westminster’s pilot shuttle to River Market nor White Rock’s now defunct trolley significantly overlapped with major transit routes.

Conversely, at least eight buses are scheduled to make hourly runs up and down Lonsdale.

The trolley would cost between $200,000 and $300,000 annually, and would chug up and down Lonsdale three days a week at forty minute intervals.

Any sum would be too much for the city, according to

Coun. Craig Keating.

“My bottom line is this: we’re not paying for it,” he said.

Keating, a former MLA candidate with the NDP, bashed the province for continuing to “play games” with transportation funding.

“I’m not in favour of the City of North Vancouver paying anything for public transit beyond what is coming out of the TransLink budget,” he said.

While Coun. Pam Bookham was sympathetic to Keating’s

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community use,” she said.

“You can build an apartment building anywhere you want in West Vancouver.

You cannot get community use anywhere in West Vancouver.”

Had the project been approved, the district would have received a community amenity contribution of $1.605 million, as well as parking spots worth approximately $375,000.

“In the scheme of things that’s nothing,” Cassidy said.

Cassidy’s comments appeared to rankle Coun.

Mary-Ann Booth, who supported sending the project to public hearing.

“That’s all I hear is: ‘Don’t close any parking spots,’ and now parking is not a valued amenity?” she asked.

Council eventually sent the developer, Newport Development Corp., back to the drawing board with a request to include space for a community group, like a youth centre, in the project.

“The Ambleside Youth Centre is basically falling down,” noted Coun. Craig Cameron. “Where are those tens of millions of dollars going to come from?”

If the project incorporates a room or two for community use, the community will pay for it in lost community amenity contributions, Booth responded.

“It’s not free, it’s not being given to us,” she said.

While Booth allowed nothing would warm her heart more than a new youth centre, council doesn’t have a plan or even know if young people would be comfortable

Coun. Mary-Ann Booth supported sending the project to public hearing. PHOTO SUPPLIED on Bellevue Avenue, she said.

If necessary, the district could pay market value for space in the project, according to Cameron.

“I guarantee you we won’t be selling it for less than we bought it,” he said.

Stretching up 82 feet – more than three storeys taller than the district allows – the project would have required council to amend the official community plan, something that did not sit well with Coun.

Bill Soprovich, who voted against moving the project forward.

While the building’s height is out of step with the OCP, district staff noted the project does support the OCP’s aim of spurring economic development in Ambleside.

“Its location will encourage residents to use local businesses,” agreed resident Michelle Vaughan, who also touted the project’s organic roof and ground level gardens.

“It increases property tax revenues, it creates six new

commercial spaces, which create business and increase commercial tax revenues,” she said.

The project also adds 20 units to a community “desperately” in need of greater housing choices, Vaughan said.

“If we don’t do something now I can’t imagine what’s going to become of Ambleside in the next 10 years,” she said. “The tax burden on residents is going to be monumental and we’re going to lose businesses.”

Cassidy disagreed.

“We can’t even fill the commercial space that we have. You drive along Marine Drive and the favourite sign now in the windows is For Lease. So, we need more competition? I think not.”

While she wasn’t opposed to developing the site,

council watcher Melinda Slater said the community “can do a whole lot better.”

“Even I can see far more potential in this site than what’s on offer: a few lousy parking spots and some cash in our pocket,” she said.

Slater was one of several residents who asked council to withhold approval until staff conclude their review of the OCP. “Why in heaven’s name would we not wait for a community endorsed plan for Ambleside?” she asked.

Council shouldn’t drag its feet too long, warned resident Gordon Holly.

“I think we’ve got to be careful about turning the screws to developers. At some point they just go, ‘You know what, West Van’s not the place we want to develop,’” he said.

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Moodyville’s post-Second World War bungalows are bound to be replaced by 1,800 townhouses stacked on 256 lots. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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Moodyville densifies, population to quadruple CNV to take in $30 million following Moodyville’s massive rezoning JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Moodyville is changing too much for some and not enough for others – but it’s changing.

In a split vote on May 30, City of North Vancouver council gave final approval to a rezoning that will quadruple the waterfront neighbourhood’s population and replace the collection of Second World War-era bungalows with 1,890 wood-frame townhouses.

Despite supporting the project in a previous vote, Coun. Don Bell expressed disappointment developers were following the exact specifications of the current neighbourhood.

“What we’re creating was not what I’d hoped,” he said.

The development employs a “fairly unimaginative” grid pattern that “simply takes existing streets … and replaces the homes with stacked townhouses,” Bell said.

That replacement will greatly benefit the city, according to Coun. Craig Keating.

Not only will the rezoning help assuage the dearth of ground-oriented townhouses

across Metro Vancouver, but the outgoing bungalows are selling for between $1.2 and $1.6 million.

“If that’s the kind of affordability that people want to preserve, I say, have at ’er,” he said.

Coun. Pam Bookham disagreed.

“The loss of affordability in this area is a tremendous loss in this community,” she said, adding the city does not yet have the transportation to handle 3,000 extra residents.

“Once the developers got wind of the proposed changes, it became a free-for-all.”

Bookham and Coun. Rod Clark criticized the rezoning for failing to find a more sensitive interface between industrial land on the port and the nearby residences.

The chugging of grain elevators and other noise from the port has awakened residents on 11th Street and Ridgeway Avenue, according to Clark, himself a Moodyville resident.

“You can imagine what it’s like on First, Second or Third,” he said.

Everyone planning to move into a Moodyville townhouse or apartment should know exactly what they’re buying into, noted Coun. Holly Back.

“If they’re going to buy into it and then complain about the port, they don’t make any sense, they shouldn’t have bought in,” she said. “It’s kind

of like the nightclub. I buy the apartment, then I complain the nightclub’s there.”

While the grid will be static, the new neighbourhood should be greener and better connected to biking and hiking trails, said Coun. Linda Buchanan.

Having previously described the new neighbourhood as a look at the future, Mussatto reminded council how the rezoning began.

“A large majority of people in the Moodyville area were the ones that came to us as a council and asked for this rezoning.”

The city is set to take in $30.8 million through density bonus contributions and development cost charges.

Approximately one-third of that money is earmarked for utility upgrades and neighbourhood features in Moodyville, but the rest could go toward Harry Jerome Recreation Centre or other city projects, according to a staff report.

During the discussion, Keating teased a future motion which would make rebuilding a large home a little more arduous.

Keating suggested rebuilding a 5,000-square-foot home should require a public hearing. Conversely, homeowners looking to build two singlefamily homes on a subdivided lot could be readily awarded building permits.

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Stuck truck results in lineups, six cancelled ferry sailings

Crews wait for high tide at Horseshoe Bay to tow off wedged trailer of hay JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A truck that got stuck trying to load on to the first ferry of morning at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal Sunday resulted in six cancelled sailings and long lineups for travellers heading to both Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast from West Vancouver.

The truck pulling a large trailer of hay became wedged on the loading ramp while trying to drive on to the 6:20 a.m. Queen of Oak Bay ferry to Nanaimo, said Deborah Marshall, spokeswoman for B.C. Ferries.

Marshall said extreme tides on Sunday changed the angle of the loading ramp and made it more difficult to judge the clearance needed. Crews thought the hay trailer would have enough room to clear, she said.

Turns out they were wrong.

The only solution was to wait about 12 hours – until after 7 p.m. -– when high tide changed the angle of the ramp sufficiently to have the truck towed back off the loading ramp.

The stuck truck resulted in four sailings on the Nanaimo route and two sailings between West Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast being cancelled as B.C. Ferries had to bring in a substitute ferry to replace the Queen of Oak Bay. When the truck got stuck, unable to either back off or drive forward, there were already 15 cars on board the vessel, said Marshall. Crews got 10 of those off before deciding the angle of the loading ramp made getting the remaining five cars off too dangerous. Two of those customers took B.C. Ferries up on its offer to deliver their vehicles to Nanaimo later that evening.

Three others received free taxi rides to other destinations in the Lower Mainland and returned to pick up their vehicles in Horseshoe Bay Sunday evening.

Marshall said the incident is “extremely rare,” adding crews will be doing a full debriefing on how and why the truck got stuck to avoid similar situations in the future.

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f you had a little extra bounce in your step on Tuesday, it may have been because June 7 marked Tax Freedom Day in British Columbia.

That’s the day the Fraser Institute says the “average” family with an income of $105,000 has paid all of their federal, provincial, municipal and sales tax burdens for the year.

The Fraser Institute uses its annual report on Tax Freedom Day to bemoan taxes generally and the higher rate the top 20 per cent of earners pay specifically. Of course, for some of them, Tax Freedom Day could have been celebrated on Jan. 1. As revealed by the Panama Papers, hundreds of Canadians and Canadian companies set up firms in tax haven countries where they could stockpile cash away from the snooping eyes of the Canada Revenue Agency.

The not-so-between-the-lines message

the Fraser Institute brings year after year is that we’d all be better off if the government would leave our hardearned tax dollars alone and let the all-wise and benevolent free market provide the services society needs. Always absent in the Fraser Institute’s criticism is the concept of value for dollar.

We welcome this week the substantial provincial investment of our taxes in a new care home for seniors in the developing Lynn Creek area.

But even with this new facility, we’re still far short of what will be needed to ensure the coming glut of seniors requiring residential care can enjoy the quality of life we all agree they deserve in their golden years. These are people who could not afford adequate care at the private sector’s rates.

The bottom line is, we get what we pay for – all year round.

Annual fee for uninsured health services rankles “Our core philosophy has always been to provide excellent health care for our patients. This has become increasingly challenging due to years of erosion of fees paid by government to physicians coupled with escalating operating costs borne entirely by physicians.”

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hat was the opening paragraph of an April 24 letter to patients by a group of practising ophthalmologists who, from personal experience, provide excellent eye care.

Nonetheless, I and other North Shore residents who contacted me have a real problem with the solution these practitioners have adopted – in part because added fees hit the most vulnerable patients right where it hurts the most.

In brief, the physicians have engaged the services of Toronto-based Doctors Services Group to

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Just Asking Elizabeth James administer many of the functions of our doctors’ offices.

As DSG sells itself to interested physicians at doctorsservices.ca, clients “implement our services to outsource the administrative burden associated with independently managing an Uninsured Service billing program.”

Discussed also are the ways in which DSG can help physicians “increase revenue, enhance efficiency and improve doctor-patient communication,” as well as

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the need for patients to be “educated about uninsured services.”

So now, whether or not patients use any of the uninsured services listed, DSG will be authorized to bill individuals an annual fee of $95. Couples are given a slight discount at $185.

The gamble for patients who balk at the fee is that they may end up having to pay item by item if the required services occur.

So what are some of the uninsured items included in the annual fee?

• Completion of drug benefit form for a third-party insurer - $71.40 • Conversation with an office RN - $82.50/15 minutes (limit 15 minutes/year) • Letter to another physician at patient’s request - $75-$150 • Request for medical records – up to 20 pages/ year – by the page • Revenue Canada disability form - $75.

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Now let’s take a look at the doctors’ side of the issue: For decades now, whenever doctors’ fee disputes with government have been discussed in public, it has been common for fingers to be pointed claiming doctors already earn enough.

To that, I always wanted to respond that out of those seemingly high annual salaries, doctors must pay for very expensive equipment and liability insurance, office rent and staff salaries. Physicians also spend longer hours doing often gruesome work that most of us wouldn’t dream of doing.

So even if medicine is their chosen profession, can we manage without them?

Despite that grateful support for the care physicians provide, I still have a problem with the DSG solution.

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lies with their own negotiating bodies, not in the pockets of their patients?

Every time a for-profit group inserts itself into the health care system it is the patient, “educated” or not, who pays the piper.

Recently, cash-strapped British Columbians have complained about increased MSP premiums and well they might – not because doctors are paid too much, or because those premiums don’t give value for money but because the entire system needs to be overhauled.

If people were to demand that premiums be folded into, say, the income tax system, millions of dollars in collection costs could be put to better use.

Lastly, anyone who already pays $85/month-plus for an extended health plan, should ask what care they get for those dollars as compared to the vast array of services they could receive from an expanded universal health care system.

Understandable or not, this annual fee idea is just another toe in the door to a privatized health care system – a toe we should stomp on right out of the starting gate.

And on that sad note, we come to the close of my final column for the North Shore News. I cannot end without saying a sincere “thank you” to you and some other very special people: To Martin Millerchip who began it all by seeing in me potential I had not seen for myself. To the reader who said she felt my columns talked to her, not at her. To all of you who, by sharing your experiences and expertise, trusted me to tell your stories.

Most important of all, my thanks to North Shore families with children and youth who, faced with redevelopment evictions or learning challenges, still struggle to make their way in our often obstructive world; I will never forget your courage.

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B.C.’s election campaign has already begun

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retty well everything the provincial government (and, to a lesser degree, the official Opposition) does these days has to be framed against the backdrop of the looming election campaign.

Recent case in point: the bolt-from-the-blue announcement by Education Minister Mike Bernier that school districts would be able to keep $25 million in administration “savings” they had taken out of their budgets. The money could now be spent on what the districts wanted, whether it was directly in the classroom or on administration duties.

The announcement itself was met with mixed reaction by school trustees. Some were happy to see any kind of money, while others dismissed the funding move as either a case of too little too late, or simply a government stunt that gave school districts money that was theirs all along anyway.

But what was telling about the minister’s announcement was where he made it and where two other B.C. Liberal MLAs made the same announcement simultaneously.

Bernier was in Surrey, a pivotal battleground in the election campaign. The burgeoning municipality is having one riding added within its boundaries come the next vote, giving it nine seats.

Education is a hot-button issue in Surrey, and the situation there is unlike anywhere else in the province. While other districts wrestle with the sensitive issue of closing schools because of declining enrolment, Surrey is in precisely the opposite situation.

The population growth in Surrey is escalating, and with that comes more development, which creates more residences, which attract more people and the result is

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Bernier has recently met with a delegation of Surrey parents, and seems to have secured approval for more capital spending to build more schools at a more rapid rate than first envisioned.

The B.C. Liberals currently hold five of Surrey’s eight seats, and one of them was won by the tiniest of margins and another is a swing riding. Based on the 2013 voting results, the new riding should be in the B.C. Liberal win column, but intensely local issues — such as education funding — can be a voting determinant and catch wild-fire with the electors.

Hence Bernier’s sudden and intense interest in talking about education in Surrey, and handing some money over at the same time.

While the minister was doing his thing in Surrey, two backbench MLAs were busy on the same file. Dan Ashton, the MLA for Penticton, and Linda Larson, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen made the same announcements in their hometown ridings regarding the administrative savings manoeuvre.

Ashton won his seat by

less than 1,500 votes in 2013 and Larson by less than 1,300. Education is a big issue in both ridings right now, and Larson’s riding in particular is in an apparent uproar over the closing of the high school in Osoyoos.

Presumably, the B.C. Liberals want to shore up their support in both ridings and for both MLAs, which explains their heightened profile on the education issue in their hometown media.

As we get ever nearer to the beginning of the official election campaign, keep in mind we are in the unofficial one right now and the intensity of it will begin to ramp up.

So expect more off-thecuff government spending announcements, probably focused on the geographical areas the NDP need to score a breakthrough to have any chance at forming government in 2017.

Surrey is one of those places, as is the Southern Interior. So too are: South Vancouver, Burnaby, the TriCities, Maple Ridge and Delta North.

That’s where the B.C. Liberals’ hold on seats is most tenuous, and therefore potentially susceptible to an NDP takedown. The ruling party will no doubt craft policies and promises specifically designed to woo what are largely suburban voters and keep them in the party fold.

Education is one of those issues. Others likely include crime, seniors’ health care, transportation and perhaps housing affordability.

Don’t be surprised if a cabinet minister or MLA near you suddenly pops up to talk about those issues, and has coincidentally also brought a government chequebook along.

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Ottawa Tuesday morning, Chief Ian Campbell of the Squamish Nation repeated the band’s position of “vehement opposition” to the Kinder

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Campbell hinted that if the federal government approves the project, it will likely end up in the courts. “We will use every opportunity to challenge this project,” he said.

Campbell said while the vocabulary about consulting with First Nations has changed since the election, “now we need to see tangible results and the actions that go along with that.”

“We are here to encourage Prime Minister Trudeau and (Energy Minister) Jim Carr and others to make the right decision.”

Chief Maureen Thomas of the Tsleil-Waututh also spoke at the news conference, stressing concerns that an expanded pipeline would present environmental risk to everyone in the Lower Mainland. “We

can’t assume somebody else is going to look after us,” she said.

North Burnaby Seymour Fr MP Terry Beech met with the group in Ottawa this week.

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Extended care facility to open by fall of 2018 From page 4 director for the residential rejuvenation project, said she isn’t expecting a difficult time at district council, which must approve the rezoning and issue permits before construction can begin.

“It’s a very old neighbourhood down there that’s been waiting for developers to come along for a long time,” she said. “The company’s been in contact with the district all the way through this process and there’s been nothing unfavourable in terms of the usage of the land for the purposes of residential care.”

The OCP includes a directive to council to encourage

more seniors’ facilities.

Seniors who move in when the facility opens in 2018 will find a different kind of extended care facility than most are used to, Lorimer said. On the inside, the building is oriented like a group of small, 16-home “neighbourhood” units. Residents will have single-bedroom suites with ensuite bathrooms. Each unit will share a communal dining and living area.

“It’s taking the place of outdated, poorly used facilities that we’ve not had a chance to do for many, many years.

So we’re really excited about the fact we’re getting an upto-date, modern design and a place residents will feel more

at home and it will be a superb place for staff to (work),” Lorimer said.

Mary Ackenhusen, president and CEO of VCH called it “part of the biggest improvement of residential care facilities in VCH in the past 50 years.”

The province announced agreements to build five other care centres around the Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast at the same time, part of a $40-million effort over 10 years to boost the number of residential care beds.

Trellis operates care homes in Kamloops, Prince George and Penticton. VCH is aiming to have Creekstone open by the fall of 2018.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Lisa King Re-Image Gala 2016 Representatives of Alcuin College, a North Vancouver K-12 school, held a fundraising gala May 7 at the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier. The event had a James Bond 007 theme and included dinner, live and silent auctions, a roulette wheel and a tongue in cheek opportunity to pose for photos with Bond himself and his car.

The school opened in 2011 with 17 students and has grown to include approximately 90. Having outgrown its current facility, the gala was intended to raise funds for a new home to house the educational institution.

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Graduation a family affair for mom and kids North Shore trio celebrates spring convocation at CapU CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

When 21-year-old Lindsay Yeager graduated from Capilano University this week, her mom, Sandi Hamson, was there to cheer her on.

Sandi wasn’t watching from the audience though.

Rather, she was lined up to cross the stage too.

Both mom and daughter received their legal administrative assistant certificates at a convocation ceremony on Tuesday. Sandi, 51, who has worked in CapU’s School of Legal Studies for more than eight years, started her coursework part-time last year while continuing to hold down her job as a divisional assistant. She completed the program in December. Lindsay, who says she was inspired to enrol in the certificate program after hearing her mom talk about it for years, started full-time in September and finished up this spring.

During the fall semester, the two had classes together and didn’t hide the fact they were related.

“We were very open about it, we sat together, we studied together, it was really fun,” says Lindsay.

Watching from the audience as the pair received their certificates on Tuesday was Sandi’s other daughter, Jordan Yeager, 23, who has her own reason to celebrate this week.

On Monday, she donned a cap and gown and graduated from CapU with a certificate in documentary filmmaking.

Over the past school year, Jordan didn’t run into her sister and mom much on campus because their classes were in different buildings, but the three would often carpool in the morning and afternoon to get to and from campus from their Deep Cove home.

“First of all we thought it would be cool that we’d all be coming here every day together, and then when I was able to take classes with Lindsay that was even more fun,” says Sandi.

Having years of work experience under her belt made it easier for Sandi to go back to school as a mature student, she says. But she continued to

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Sandi Hamson (centre) admires her legal administrative assistant certificate with daughters Lindsay Yeager (left) and Jordan Yeager (right). The three women all graduated from Capilano University this week. Lindsay also earned a legal administrative assistant certificate, while Jordan received a documentary filmmaking certificate. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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June is a migration month and you can always expect the unexpected (rarities).

There was great excitement at the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats recently when keen birders spotted two long-billed curlews – wonderful! This large wader (shorebird) breeds in native grassland habitats in B.C.’s Interior. It can be found wintering on the beaches of southern California and Baja (Mexico).

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shorebirds. Again, it was a wonderful discovery and the warm days of spring and summer will bring all kinds of amazing discoveries. Birds don’t have to be rare to be amazing, all are wonderful and have something to delight and teach us.

The ospreys have returned to Maplewood and other sites on the North Shore. The first thing they needed to do at the Conservation Area is evict a pair of Canada geese. Purple martins have also returned and what a thrill it is to hear their beautiful voices once again as they swoop through the air catching insects in flight. Martins (a swallow) winter in South America (Brazil), making an incredible 22,000 kilometre round trip annual journey.

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Warm weather also means the return of neo-tropical migrants like warblers, vireos, flycatchers, the western tanager and black-headed grosbeak. In the early mornings, the air is filled with their beautiful voices not heard since last spring. Resident birds, like chickadees, robins, towhees and sparrows, bring cheer to the outdoor traveller.

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Many birds start singing well before dawn. Their collective voices are known as the “dawn chorus.” Some of the birds that are heard early in the morning at Maplewood include the yellow-rumped warbler, common yellowthroat, American robin (a real early bird), purple finch,

The marsh wren is among the many birds that start singing well before dawn, their voices collectively known as the “dawn chorus.” PHOTO JOHN LOWMAN black-capped chickadee, marsh wren and Pacific wren.

Different habitats feature different birds – the wetlands are where to listen for rarities like the Virginia and sora rail. The sighting of sora rail at Maplewood was another wonderful discovery as this secretive marsh bird is rarely seen. The wetlands at the sanctuary are breeding habitats for the little Pacific tree frog. It is lovely indeed to hear them singing on the still warm evening air or early in the morning. May the tree frogs always sing!

Watch around the edges of the ponds for birds like warblers as they’re flycatching – nabbing insects in mid air!

Rufous hummingbird returned to the North Shore (some in late March) from wintering grounds in Mexico. They join the Anna’s hummingbird as the most commonly seen local species, but keep watch for rarities like the Calliope hummingbird.

Look for hummingbirds doing their display flights or sitting atop a bush flashing their throats like a signal mirror.

Nature’s calendar is full of exciting things to enjoy in June from bees to birds and butterflies – a feast for the eyes and ears. Keep safe.

Al Grass is a naturalist with Wild Bird Trust of British

Columbia, which offers free walks at The Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats on the second Saturday of every month. The next walk will be Saturday, June 11 starting at 10 a.m. Participants will look for ospreys and martins.

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It’s a tale as old as time, and this summer kids are going to revisit the popular story of Beauty and Beast as part of the Summer Youth Conservatory at Kay Meek Centre.

For the past five years, the musical theatre camp has hosted kids ages eight to 18, in a unique program that focuses on one production each term for each of the two age groups.

This summer, kids in the eight- to 12-year-old range will be mounting a production of Peter Pan, while the older kids, ages 13 to 18, will be working on a production of Beauty and The Beast.

“It’s pretty intense,” explains program director Kimberly Markarian.

In a professional setting, productions can be mounted in three weeks, but actors will arrive to rehearsals already knowing the music. In this program, the kids learn everything from scratch.

Markarian notes that they prefer to call the program a conservatory and not a camp because it’s more about learning.

Participants do not have to audition to get in, and every child gets a part in the production. In addition, they all get a moment

in the spotlight. Markarian explains that whether it’s as part of a small line, or a duo or solo, each kid gets a moment to shine, so it’s not just a handful of leads backed by a chorus.

The origins of the camp reach back to a West Vancouver school district camp that was only two weeks long. Markarian was involved in that program for eight years until the Kay Meek Centre got involved and use of the centre’s theatre meant they could mount a full production with sets and costumes.

The current program is six weeks long, culminating in two performances of each musical. Participants work with industry professionals, and Markarian says it’s geared toward kids who are keen and interested in theatre.

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Joseph Huh has a simple answer when asked what he wants people to know about wrestling: “I’d say that it’s the greatest sport in the world.”

The Grade 12 Sentinel secondary student has been wrestling since Grade 8. He was introduced to the sport by his school’s rugby coach who suggested he try wrestling during the off-season.

Huh says he decided to give it a try and fell in love with the sport.

He continued wrestling and by the end of Grade 9 realized he wanted more training on top of his school team, so he starting working out with the Capilano Wrestling Club. Last year, his wrestling coach moved to Elite Olympic Martial Arts in North Vancouver and co-founded a wrestling program there.

Huh followed his coach and is now an instructor at the dojo, teaching wrestlers ages four and up. His first adult student was a 24-year-old, 235-pound body builder.

“That was an experience,”

Sentinel Grade 12 student Joseph Huh practises with fellow wrestler and Sentinel Grade 12 student Robert Lum at Elite Olympic Martial Arts in North Vancouver. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH notes Huh with a laugh, noting despite the size difference (Huh is 135 pounds), he was able to find a method of teaching that worked.

Wrestlers compete in weight classes, and Huh explains that winning is not

necessarily based on bulk and who is the biggest on the mat.

“It’s a game of strategy,” he says. “Whoever comes in with the superior strategy usually wins.”

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“More than anything wrestling’s a mental game. If you can beat your opponent mentally and break them mentally then you’ve pretty much won,” explains Huh. “It’s really just one person’s will against another’s.”

Wrestlers sometimes focus on one of three main forms: throwing, leg shots, or defensive moves. Huh says he employs all three methods in competition and that gives him an edge. When pressed to reveal his favourite move, however, Huh admits he likes throwing because “it’s flashy and you get a lot of wows and cheers.”

He’s quick to add, though, that the audience reaction is not all about getting the glory, it is a mental boost during a match when the audience is cheering.

In September, Huh plans on attending UBC for English and writing and hopes to help develop the wrestling program there.

He enjoys teaching others about the sport and says anyone who is interested should give it a try. Traditionally a male sport, many girls and women are also involved in wrestling and Huh says more female wrestlers went to the nationals this year than male wrestlers from the North Shore.

Although matches are fast and demand focus, wrestling is a safe sport, notes Huh, because moves are controlled and good technique is emphasized. But he admits that learning the sport takes time. Every new move requires practice to perfect, and it is physically demanding.

“You have to activate all these little muscles that you never knew you had,” explains Huh. Young kids who are just starting out focus on building fundamentals, and when teaching Huh uses games to explain central ideas and the theories of wrestling. Other exercises help develop motor skills and get kids moving and more aware of their bodies.

Huh calls wrestling a niche sport, but says it has a unique appeal.

“It’s special because you compete solo, you’re out there alone, but you train as a team and you’re very much a team and you’re always working co-dependently, so that aspect is very cool.”

Joseph Huh practises with fellow wrestler Robert Lum at Elite Olympic Martial Arts in North Vancouver. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH Huh says wrestling is an adaptive sport that almost anyone can do, and while training and practice are important factors for success, there is one other key element: “The best wrestlers are the people who just don’t give up.”

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Final exam advice for parents The weather is lovely and we all, adults and children alike, want to be out in the sunshine.

There is only one problem. The kids need to be indoors studying for their final exams. June is the final month of the school year and it’s also the most stressful. The older the child and the higher the grade they are in, the higher the stress levels. Final marks count, particularly if the student is planning on post-secondary studies.

It’s easy to find yourself nagging your kids to settle down and study. And all that accomplishes is tension and bad feelings and the child is actually less likely to engage in any worthwhile studying.

So what can you do?

Studying and writing exams is the job of the student. In fact, once kids are getting homework it’s theirs, not yours. Your job is to support them but not do their work.

It’s not up to you to ensure they learn everything that they need to know.

But there are ways you can support them.

The first is to relieve

Parenting Today Kathy Lynn them of their regular chores.

Tell them you understand they will be unusually busy with school work so until the end of exams you will do their chores to free them up to study. This lets them know you’re supportive and believe that studying for finals is important.

Cook nutritious meals for them and have them sit at the table and eat properly. If they don’t eat well, they won’t be able to think properly and the time they spend studying just won’t be efficient. Besides meals, bring them snacks while they work. Just slip in, put a drink or some fruit on the

desk and leave quietly. Or on a hot June day quietly enter the room and put down an icy cold glass of lemonade with a cookie or two and slip out. This is a great treat and really appreciated.

While putting the emphasis on study, understand the need and value of some leisure to reduce the stress. It’s not a bad thing to take the occasional break. Watching a favorite TV show, going for a run, or chatting with a friend on the phone are positive, and not wasting time. If you’re worried that she is going to watch TV all night a simple comment such as, “Taking a short break eh?” is helpful.

When parents are bugging their children to study every second, they can easily go into their rooms and goof off. Many actually study far fewer hours than if they are allowed some breaks.

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When they are tired, encourage them to get enough sleep. All-night study sessions are not very healthy.

Mind you, with the older kids it may happen and if it does just be supportive and caring.

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With your support they will do their best and can then enjoy the summer and look forward to the fall with energy and excitement.

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Celebrations in order for family of grads From page 13 work, and also has two sons, so life was busy.

“Being a single mom of four and then going home to do homework, it certainly added a bunch of time to my day, so I was glad to be done,” she says.

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Butter Lane Bakery’s Katie Linley toasts the top of a s’mores bar as her mom and bakery owner Amy Symonds looks on. S’mores bars and cake pops are just some of the sweet treats on offer at the newly opened Horseshoe Bay location of the bakery and tea house. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH

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Sweet trail extends to Horseshoe Bay

Top notch baking has emerged as another North Shore specialty, it seems.

I have had the pleasure of visiting and reporting on a number of remarkable bakeries and confectioneries from Deep Cove to Dundarave. The sweet trail has been extended further west recently with the triumphant return of Butter Lane Bake Shop and Tea House in Horseshoe Bay. Butter Lane, you may Chris Dagenais recall, was a charming and welcoming little space on Mountain Highway at Lynn Valley Road, the life of which was prematurely truncated following some tenancy agreement

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issues. The mother and daughter team of Amy Symonds and Katie Linley used to toil in a diminutive kitchen in their former space to produce delicious baked goods that could be taken out or enjoyed via demi and full afternoon tea services in a recessed and unexpected tea room at the back of their shop. I enjoyed a couple of tea services there and found that tucked-away back room to be a welcome oasis from the city bustle, although I sort of wished already back then that the space had capacity for more patrons and perhaps a window or two through which to watch the world go by as I sipped a cup of fine loose leaf tea from the shop’s extensive list.

Well, ask and you shall receive (sometimes). The new Butter Lane is a lovely space on Royal Avenue, a stone’s throw from the B.C. Ferries terminal. The entire room, considerably larger than Lane’s first iteration, is now a proper tea space, with elegant sideboards and cabinets, shelving with dainty teacups, thoughtful, ambient lighting, and front and centre: a colourful display of Symonds’s and Linley’s sweet creations, including delicate,

pastel-hued macarons, meringues, cakes, tarts, scones, bars, cookies, and more. A single, royal blue wall next to the kitchen is emblazoned with an oversized application of Butter Lane’s logo, more of a crest or coat of arms, in this case, rendered in regal gold paint. On my recent visit to these new digs, I got the sense that Butter Lane has matured considerably since its early days in Lynn Valley, discovering its identity and really hitting its stride in every way. My experience there, on a damp and grey Sunday afternoon with my family, left me nodding my head in appreciation of the sophisticated palates that are clearly at work behind each treat we sampled.

For example, a slice of Victoria sponge, drawn from a narrow, towering white cake dripping dramatically with streaks of bright red berry butter cream, was discreet, understated even, in its sweetness. The cake component, dense and rich, did not reveal even a hint of the cloying and overbearing sugar levels that so

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Currently you can find an excellent selection of rosé on local shelves as both B.C. and Provence wines are plentiful.

Both at home and in France 2015 was a very warm year, resulting in early harvests and requiring winemakers to move quickly to capture the acids and clean fruit flavours they needed.

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Butter Lane Bakery owner Amy Symonds slices into a cake at the store’s new Horseshoe Bay location. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

often plague lesser attempts at this classic high tea confection. Instead, fresh and bright strawberry jam and a thin layer of the aforementioned butter cream added just enough sweetness to capture the sublime spirit of this favourite dish.

Both lemon and Earl Grey tea macarons we sampled revealed mastery of this complicated confection. They were light and airy, with subtle chewiness, artful colouring and concentrated flavour. The floral bergamot character of the Earl Grey was beautifully captured in this two-bite treat.

A simple scone, buttery and clearly very fresh in its springiness, was served with a ramekin of berry jam and pats of butter. Other common scone additions like currants, chocolate or berry fruits were rightfully omitted from this creation; they would have only hampered the pure expression of this classic pastry that was at play in Butter Lane’s version.

The piece de resistance of our visit, however, was a slice of Coconut Sponge cake, another towering creation but this one marked by a silken tropical character. Three tiers of indulgent sponge cake (of a similar variety to the Victoria sponge detailed above) were separated by ample layers of coconut-infused cream, and the whole affair was topped with a generous coating of snow-white desiccated coconut flakes.

For those who cook Thai food at home from time to time, the flavour of this cake approximated that impossibly delicious and smooth solidified layer you encounter upon opening an unshaken can of good quality coconut milk. Simply amazing.

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Columnists Chris Dagenais says this “moody, sophisticated image” taken by his young son at Butter Lane Bakery captured “the vibe of the place,” especially on the rainy Sunday they visited. PHOTO LIAM DAGENAIS My wife DJ had a pot of Earl Grey to accompany her treats (all teas are loose leaf, served in tea-cozied teapots) and I tried a most remarkable Café Caramel Pu-erh tea, a complex and rewarding combination of earthy, smoky, and round flavours. My son thoroughly enjoyed a raspberry and coconut cream cheese tart topped with a fresh raspberry, which was like his own mini cheesecake.

Demi tea (available any time) and high tea (by advance reservation) are on offer as well and include both savoury items (like smoked Atlantic salmon, cream cheese and rocket finger

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Differentiate herbs in creative fashion If you’re planning to put together a herb garden this year, you may want to give some thought to how you would like to label your herbs.

There are many ways to organize a herb garden.

A pretty collection of terra cotta pots is always nice in the corner of your garden or perhaps on your windowsill in your kitchen. An outside version close to your kitchen is always convenient as long as you can keep them protected from wildlife.

Whatever design you choose, be sure to label the herbs with attractive markers.

The herb garden becomes a part of your indoor or outdoor decor during the summer months.

Here are a few ideas that may inspire you and will only take minutes to assemble.

Home Ideas Barb Lunter Metal Rim Key Tags These tags are best for indoor gardens. You can find these little tags in stationary and craft stores. Be sure to pick up some adhesive letters as well. Simply spell out the name of the selected herb for the tags and carefully apply each letter one by one.

Bend a small wire to hook the key tag on and place in

your herb garden.

Cork Tags Great for outdoor and indoor herb gardens, simply save up your used corks and use a black Sharpie (waterproof) marker to write each herb name on the side of the cork. Insert a wooden skewer and place in your garden.

Clothes Pegs I’ve always loved the versatility of the clothes peg. To use it as a herb marker simply write the name of the herb on the side and clip it to a small twig. Insert into your pot or garden. For a colourful effect, give the clothes peg a coat of waterproof paint before applying the herb’s name.

Bricks I saw this in a friend’s garden last year and thought it was such a cute idea. A simple brick is given new life with a handwritten herb name using

Metal rim key tags are a great means of marking herbs growing in indoor gardens.

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waterproof paint. Place the brick at the back of each herb row. These can be used year after year and will withstand all weather.

Chalkboard Paint Not the best for outdoor herb gardens but really cute

for the indoor, potted variety.

A simple wooden stick (such as a Popsicle stick) is dipped into chalkboard paint (available at your local paint store or craft store). Then the herb’s name is written on the side of the stick with white or

coloured chalk.

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

2016 parade of homes includes five North Shore projects The Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association is gearing up for the Parade of Renovated and Custom Homes, showcasing 16 professionally renovated and custom-built homes in Metro Vancouver, including five on the North Shore, Sunday, June 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A unique opportunity to view the latest custom home and renovation design trends and the science behind building, this annual one-day event offers consumers both inspiration and education with glimpses into

award-winning projects, according to a press release from the GVHBA. Admission is by passport, available at each home for $10 per person. Children 17 and under are free.

Passports can be purchased at any home, and then used for entry to the remaining homes.

A portion of the proceeds from passport sales will help fund the purchase of tools, building materials and safety gear for a carpentry training program offered by Guildford Park and Frank Hurt secondary

schools in Surrey.

Viewing time is limited to six hours so make sure to plan your personal parade.

Before heading out, go to gvhba. org for this year’s parade map, photos and location details.

This Blue Grouse Way home in North Vancouver had its kitchen, powder room and living room renovated by CCI Renovations. It’s one of five North Shore homes participating in the 2016 Parade of Renovated and Custom Homes on Sunday. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Don’t miss the Joseph Ribikoff Trunk Show June 16.

“We are super excited,” says co-owner Colette Bennett. “It’s an amazing shopping experience. You have to check it out.”

Little Pink Door has received some great new summer styles from Desigual, Bella Amore and Pretty Woman.

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Every summer for 16 years, Pete’s Okanagan Fruit Stand was a fixture at the corner of Lower Capilano Road and Welch Street in North Vancouver, just south of Marine Drive.

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CHARITY GARAGE SALE Mark Ritchie and his eight-year-old son Dylan show off some of the items up for grabs at their fourth annual Garage and Bake Sale for Charity June 11 and 12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at 5736 Cranley Dr., West Vancouver. All proceeds will support the U.S.-based Fanconi Anemia Research Fund and its Canadian arm, Fanconi Canada. Fanconi Anemia, which affects Dylan, is a rare inherited blood disorder that can lead to bone marrow failure and cancer. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

ANNIE JR. Gleneagles Ch’axay elementary presents Annie Jr., based on Little Orphan Annie, June 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. in the school gym, 6350 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Special dress rehearsal for seniors June 9 at 11 a.m.

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DRAGON BUSTERS BINGO NIGHT Join the North Shore Dragon Busters dragon boat breast cancer survivor team for an evening of Bingo, food, cash bar, silent auction and more, Saturday, June 11, 7-11 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Church, 2727 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Tickets $30. 604980-0084 MEC RACE THREE 15K-55K MEC North Vancouver hosts its first 55-kilometre ultra marathon alongside a 15-km run Saturday, June 11, 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. beginning at Ambleside Park, West Vancouver. Cost is $15 and $40.

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Your North Shore Guide to the games people play SPORTS NEWS? Contact sports editor Andy Prest at 604-998-3538 or email aprest@nsnews.com

Royals rise up to claim silver Strong surge ends in B.C. final ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

The longer they played, the more the Handsworth Royals senior girls soccer team needed to adjust their goals. Raise them, in fact, as high as they could go.

Coming off a 2015 season in which the team won just one game in North Shore league play, the Royals set the modestly optimistic goal of making it to the provincial championships this season.

When they qualified for the tournament, they upped the ante a little by aiming for a top-three finish. And when their remarkable run saw them make it all the way into Saturday’s championship final in Delta, it was gold that was on their minds.

That last bump, however, was the one that tripped them up as the Royals ended their season with silver medals around their necks following a 1-0 loss to Surrey’s Fleetwood Park, a powerhouse program playing in its third straight AAA provincial final.

“From my point of view, once we knew we were in provincials, everything after that was kind of a bonus,” said first year head coach Brian Gibbard, who moved up to senior this season after coaching the Handsworth junior team the past three years. “On the one hand I

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sights needed to be set higher than simply making it to provincials.

“Having to play three sudden death, knockout games – they really started to play as a team, they really got gritty,” said Gibbard. “It showed that the girls have a lot of heart. As (assistant coach Scott Christie) says, they seem to play best when they’ve got a gun to their head.”

The high scoring routine ended, however, when the Royals got to provincials. They opened with a 0-0 tie against Chilliwack’s Sardis secondary followed by a tight 2-0 win over Victoria’s Reynolds secondary to set up a showdown against Richmond’s McMath to round out pool play. The winner would claim top spot in the pool and advance to the semifinals while the loser would drop to the consolation round.

The game once again ended in a scoreless draw, but someone had to advance and so they went to a shootout. That’s where Handsworth goalie Danielle Desrochers took over, stopping three of the six shots she faced to send the Royals into the semifinals.

“I’ve never had a goalie do that before,” said Gibbard about his goalie’s shootout shot stopping. “(She) was outstanding.”

Handsworth took on Surrey’s Elgin Park in the semifinals Friday afternoon and caught the Orcas at a good time – it was grad night in

Surrey, and that meant all of the team’s Grade 12s were out of commission. Goals were still scarce but Handsworth controlled the play en route to a 1-0 win and a berth in the final where they’d be hunting their first provincial title since 2009.

The game against Fleetwood Park was tight throughout but again the Royals couldn’t connect on a goal while the Dragons found the net once to claim their second title of the past three years.

“They got half a chance on a scrambling play and put it in,” said Gibbard. “We had a couple of clean, wide-open shots and missed. And that was the difference in the game.

I though we dominated possession and played really, really good soccer.

We just couldn’t put it away.”

Following the final Desrochers, who gave up just two goals in five games at the championships, was named to the Commissioner’s 16 tournament all-star team. Other standouts for Handsworth at the tournament included Jamie Foot, Olivia Hatch, Chelsey Fang and Hanna Davis.

“There were a lot of tears, of course, after the game – including me,” said Gibbard. “I’ve never done that – I’ve been coaching youth soccer for 15 years and I’ve never been teary after a game, but I was. … The team got better every game. They never gave up, they played right to the last whistle in every game.”

Gibbard said he and the rest of

Handsworth goalkeeper Danielle Desrochers springs for a save during a shootout win that sent the Royals into the provincial semifinals. Desrochers was named a tournament all-star. PHOTO SUPPLIED SCOTT CHRISTIE the Handsworth staff are aiming to get the Royals back to their normal status as a perennial provincial contender.

“We’re trying to create a program for girls Grade 8-12, one soccer program that all of the soccer players want to be part of,” he said, adding that the first goal is to make sure the players are having fun suiting up for the high school team. “I think we took big steps on that this year.

There’s already enthusiasm for next year. … I think from our first preseason game right to the final our team got better and better. By the end of the tournament they looked like they were a very tight

crew – they looked like 20 sisters out there. It was really fun to watch.”

The Royals will lose six Grade 12s to graduation this season but a strong core will be back next year with several talented juniors moving up, said Gibbard. Next season the goals will likely be higher right from the start.

“I think now that these kids have seen how much fun that provincial tournament is, they aren’t likely to be satisfied with anything less than getting into the tournament and doing well once we get there.” !!!

Argyle also took part in the AAA provincial championships, putting

up a 3-2 record which included a 2-1 victory over South Kamloops in the seventh-place game. Argyle’s Mya Fraser was named to the Commissioner’s 16 all-star team.

At the AA level the Seycove Seyhawks finished fifth at the provincial championships held last week in Campbell River. The Seyhawks finished second in their pool – losing to the eventual champs from L.V. Rogers secondary in Nelson – before winning their two playoffs games, including a matchup against Valleyview in the fifth-place game.

Chloe Parker was Seycove’s representative on the Commissioner’s 16 team.

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Celebrate summer at our biggest party of the year! The annual event returns with sunset yoga, axe-throwing, a headlamp hike and live entertainment until dark. Visit website for details.

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Thinking about getting a pass? Now you can try before you buy: visit using a day ticket, then simply pay the difference to upgrade your ticket to a summer or annual pass. Call 604-892-2551.

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Muhammad Ali playfully squares off against North Vancouver city clerk Ron Gibbs during a visit to city hall prior to his fight against George Chuvalo in 1972. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Muhammad Ali made his mark in North Vancouver The reach of Muhammad Ali, who died Friday at the age of 74, extended all over the world, including into North Vancouver.

After Ali passed away, North Shore News reader Stu Gibbs sent in the above photo, showing The Greatest playfully squaring off against Ron Gibbs, Stu’s father. Ron was North Vancouver’s city clerk for nearly three decades, and his office was used for a CBC interview with Ali prior to his bout against George Chuvalo in 1972.

North Shore sport historian Len Corben wrote about the encounter in his column with the North Shore Outlook newspaper. According to Corben, Ali was training at the Northwest Eagles gym in North Vancouver and went across the street to the old city hall on West Fourth Street to do the radio interview. After the interview the ever-playful Ali emerged from

Gibbs’ office holding a rose while also putting up his hands in a sparring position. Gibbs, an accomplished athlete himself in his younger days, returned the pose, although the camera caught him a little too early, making it almost look as if he is thumbing his nose at the champ.

“Ali was a very polite and outgoing person,” Gibbs wrote in letter that was displayed with the photo at city hall. “I always look back with pleasure to the day I met a great boxer and a great humanitarian.”

Ali topped off his visit by signing the city’s guest book, complete with the address and phone number of the New Jersey house he was living in at the time.

The full story is collected in Corben’s book Play It Again! A Century Plus of North Shore Sports Stories (Little Lonsdale Publishing Company, 2013).

– Andy Prest

NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS Greater Vancouver Regional District Sale and Exchange of a Portion of Derby Reach Regional Park for Other Land to be used for Park Purposes Bylaw No. 1233, 2016 Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Local Government Act and the Community Charter, the Greater Vancouver Regional District proposes to adopt the bylaw referred to above for the purpose of exchanging one independent legal parcel (0.44 hectares/1.1 acres) of the Derby Reach Regional Park, located on the south side of Allard Crescent, which is surrounded by an adjoining private cranberry farm, for the farm’s isolated 0.1 hectare parcel and additional market compensation to GVRD for the difference in value.

The area to which this approval process applies is the Greater Vancouver Regional District, including Abbotsford.

The Greater Vancouver Regional District Board may proceed with the adoption of the said bylaw unless, by the deadline set out below, at least 10% of the electors of the area indicate that the Board must obtain the assent of the electors before proceeding.

Elector responses must be given in the form established by the Board. Elector Response Forms as well as copies of the proposed bylaw are available at Metro Vancouver offices located at: 4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, British Columbia, or from the Metro Vancouver website at www.metrovancouver.org/boards/elections.

Completed Elector Response Forms must be received by the Corporate Officer at the address set out above or via fax or email no later than 4 pm on Thursday, July 14, 2016. If you are submitting this form to GVRD by facsimile (fax) or by email, it is your responsibility to ensure that the form has been received.

BLOCK PARTY Former Capilano Rugby Club star Jamie Cudmore chases down an opponent during a recent game with the Canadian senior men’s national rugby team.

Cudmore will be a key cog in the Canadian lineup when they take on Japan in a Summer Series exhibition match at BC Place Saturday. The game against 10th-ranked Japan will be the first ever test match held at BC Place. PHOTO SUPPLIED COLIN WATSON/RUGBY CANADA

The only persons entitled to sign the elector response forms are the electors of the area described above to which this approval process applies. The number of elector responses required to prevent the Board from proceeding without the assent of the electors is 163,748.

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