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Bus drivers reach deal after one-day strike Blue Buses back on road, union to vote Thursday
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Buses in West Vancouver were back on the roads Tuesday morning, following a one-day strike on Monday that left 18,000 regular Blue Bus riders scrambling for other ways to get to their destinations.
The union representing West Vancouver’s bus drivers and mechanics announced buses would be back on the roads after the two sides in the contract dispute reached a tentative deal Monday evening. Picket lines at West Vancouver’s bus depot came down Monday night. No details were available about the deal, although sticking points in the talks over the past two months have centred on benefits for union workers. “It came to a satisfactory ending for both parties,” said Geoff Devlin, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 134. Devlin said he is recommending that union members accept the deal. That ratification vote is expected on Thursday. Bus service in West Vancouver ground to a halt Monday as unionized bus drivers staged a full-scale strike. The sudden stop in service Monday morning left many would-be passengers stranded. Nanaimo resident Karen Dibblee was heading home from participating in a half-marathon in Vancouver Monday morning and was caught off-guard by the strike. She took a cab from Park
West Vancouver Blue Bus drivers and mechanics set up picket lines around the municipality’s transit yard at 221 Lloyd Ave. in North Vancouver Monday as the union staged a one-day strike. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD Royal to the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal at a cost of $32. Both taxi cabs and private shuttle buses offering to take passengers downtown for a premium price did a brisk trade at the ferry terminal Monday. Beth Stewart, a 79-yearold resident of the Kiwanis assisted living home in West Vancouver, said the Blue Bus
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Split CNV council gives Hollyburn tower approval JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
Tower power prevailed in the City of North Vancouver Monday, as council approved a 187-foot, 144-unit rental project in Central Lonsdale. The 1301-1333 Lonsdale
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Coun. Holly Back. “I’m afraid my heart goes out to the people who need housing,” she said. Addressing concerns about neighbourhood gridlock, Back said she anticipated increased transit service from TransLink. “This building has public transit right at its front door. Well, it doesn’t get better than that.”
Coun. Pam Bookham disagreed. North Vancouver’s has a 0.4 per cent vacancy rate but Bookham contended the “small, geographically constrained” community couldn’t be expected to fill the affordable housing void left by senior levels of government.
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Moved modular to provide extra classroom space JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
A large modular building that had been sitting empty at the former Cloverley school site in North Vancouver has been moved to Ridgeway elementary, where it will provide additional classrooms and daycare space.
The modular will eventually house six classrooms at the school plus a daycare made up of the equivalent of two classroom areas. The portable was moved from Cloverley in sections earlier this month and reassembled with a crane at Ridgeway last week. Work on the project is expected to continue over the next few months and be completed sometime in January. The school district was not successful in getting a $500,000 grant from the Ministry of Children and Families towards the project, but opted to go ahead with it anyway. The total cost of the project is $1.6 million. The school district plans to issue a request for proposals soon for daycare operators interested in running out of the space. The move comes at a time when space available within schools for child care has been shrinking, putting a squeeze on existing child-care providers. Introduction of the full-day kindergarten program in recent years, plus increased enrolment in elementary schools, means there are now far fewer classrooms available for uses like child care and
preschools. In the past, school districts could designate 15 per cent of space within schools under construction or renovation as neighbourhood learning space which allowed room for child-care programs. But the province no longer provides for that extra capital funding in school construction projects. Top Drawer Daycare is one of those interested in the new daycare space, after losing their former daycare space in Brooksbank elementary this past summer. The daycare was told it had to move after Brooksbank needed the classrooms back. The program provides before- and afterschool care for more than 40 families. Top Drawer has found a temporary home by renting classroom space at Brockton private school in Lynn Valley, which also provides space for Bee Haven childcare. Owner Lorraine van der Poel said the school has been very accommodating, and families have adapted to a new routine of transporting kids back and forth to Brooksbank school in shuttle buses. Ideally, however, van der Poel said she’d prefer to have a dedicated space for the daycare, instead of sharing it with a regular classroom. In addition to seven StrongStart early learning centres, 11 preschools, nine full-day child care programs and 14 before- and afterschool programs operated from North Vancouver school sites in 2015.
A modular building that was sitting empty at the former Cloverley school site is reassembled at Ridgeway where it will provide new classrooms and daycare space. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
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Squamish Nation wins change in Woodfibre LNG cooling system JENNIFER THUNCHER/ SQUAMISH CHIEF Contributing writer
Pressure from the Squamish Nation chiefs and council has led Woodfibre LNG to change its planned cooling system for its plant on Howe Sound.
Squamish Nation Chief Ian Campbell confirmed to The Squamish Chief that Woodfibre LNG has switched plans for its liquefied natural gas export facility from a seawater-cooling system to an air-cooling system. “Squamish Nation Council voted on Wednesday to approve air-cooling as the cooling technique for the proposed Woodfibre LNG Project,” Campbell said. Byng Giraud, vice-president of Woodfibre, said the company’s respect for the Nation is at the heart of the change. “This was a Squamish Nation decision and a Squamish Nation process,” he said. “The reason we do this is because we respect
our relationship with the Squamish Nation and it was a contractual obligation we made to them.” The Squamish chiefs and council approved the air-cooling option after earlier rejecting the seawater cooling option as harmful to fish and marine habitat, Campbell said. Liquefaction of natural gas creates heat, which can be removed by either seawatercooling or air-cooling. Local governments and environmentalists have strongly opposed the seawater system since first proposed for several reasons: that it would heat the ocean water around the underwater system; small fish could get caught in the pipes; and concern that chlorine used in the process would impact sea life. The Squamish Nation set out 25 conditions in October 2015 on which their approval of the liquefied natural gas export facility was based. Dealing with concerns over seawater-cooling was one such condition. “Through our independent
Squamish Nation process, we directed Woodfibre LNG to take a second look. As we have repeatedly said, the project will simply not get built unless valuable land and marine environments are protected,” continued Campbell. Giraud said the air-cooling system, which simply stated works like a radiator, would be a fundamentally closed loop system. In previous presentations Woodfibre LNG has said air-cooling was expensive and less energy efficient. The air-cooling system will cost the company more, Giraud said. “There’s a production loss that results from this decision,” he said. “But we accept that… It is something we think we can overcome.” The cooling decision is a condition that Woodfibre is legally bound to comply with, according to Campbell. “The Nation has strong legal remedies such as going to court and revoking the Environmental Certificate,” he said. “This is an important step in the process. But by no
means should it be interpreted as a done deal.” Squamish environmentalist and citizen scientist John Buchanan greeted news of the change positively. “Great news, that Woodfibre LNG is choosing to turn their backs on the damaging seawater-cooling idea,” he said Friday. Buchanan, who has done herring surveys in Howe Sound for more than seven years, sent his records to Squamish Nation chiefs and council when the Nation was deliberating on the project. “Personally, seven years of freezing… in the field conducting herring surveys is totally worth it,” he added. Tracey Saxby, co-founder of My Sea to Sky, offered more muted praise. “I think it is a fantastic success story for the herring, but we still have all of the other issues that are associated with this project like the safety concerns, and the air pollution and all of the issues we have raised throughout are still there.”
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Ideas launched for DNV’s Delbrook Lands BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
District of North Vancouver residents are hoping the Delbrook Lands in the near future will be occupied by green space, indoor facilities for child care and seniors, and affordable housing – but only if someone else pays for it.
Those are the results of a public input process meant to help council decide what to do with the 1.7-hectare site on Queens Road once the new Delbrook Community Centre, replacing the old William Griffin Centre, opens in 2017. The district held a day-long “deliberative dialogue” with 89 residents from around the district in June to collect and refine ideas. If any of the land is to be used for affordable housing, it should fall to the province, the federal government or a non-profit to cover the cost, the residents strongly felt. “Participants weren’t interested in seeing part of the land sold to fund their own recommendations. If we take them at their word, they’re willing to accept less on the site in order to retain public ownership and, in a strong way, they told us they weren’t interested in selling the land to meet other
Coun. Lisa Muri supported community interest in retaining public ownership of the Delbrook Community Centre site. PHOTO SUPPLIED district financial priorities,” said Robin Prest, program manager for the SFU Center for Dialogue, which led the consultation process. District council was largely receptive to the recommendations and have asked staff to start a detailed analysis of the recommendations, including financial implications. “From my point of view, the findings of this group of 89 North Vancouverites are common sense recommendations. The desire to achieve a multi-use arrangement emphasizing green space and community amenities
with an open mind to nonmarket housing – housing that’s required by North Vancouver families if that can be organized through partnership with non-profit organizations and senior levels of government,” said Coun. Robin Hicks. Others on council expressed relief that the land, which the district purchased from the school district in the 1960s, would remain owned by the public. “This land is owned by the residents of the District of North Vancouver. They’ve paid for it and they want to keep it,” said Coun. Lisa Muri. But Coun. Mathew Bond cautioned council that counting on extra funding may result in having to reevaluate the plans for the site. “It seems people would like a lot of things – green space, seniors care facilities, child care facilities and, potentially, non-market housing but the support for some of those potentially more expensive, costly initiatives is only there if someone else pays for it,” he said. “If someone else isn’t there to pay for it, then what happens to the site?” A more detailed report on options for council to consider is expected later in the fall.
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Lonsdale tower to include 4 low-rent apartments From page 1 “We will reach a breaking point where people will simply say, ‘No. No more.’ And there will be a political price to pay, which is probably the least of the reasons (to reject the proposal).” It would be “the easiest thing” for a politician to ignore the rental problem and reject Hollyburn’s project, according to Coun. Craig Keating. Keating differed with many in the gallery as well as fellow Coun. Rod Clark on the role of the city’s official community plan. “The central issue is not how we as politicians hold in our hands as a sanctified document that we ourselves made. It is dealing with the real-life situations of people who are desperate to find a place to live,” he said. With one million residents expected to make their home in Metro Vancouver by 2040, Clark said he was “torn” on the project, but ultimately aligned himself with residents hoping for a more modest project. “I haven’t forgotten the promise we made to the community,” he said, referring to the passage of the OCP. Coun. Don Bell dubbed Hollyburn’s tower “an excellent project … in the wrong location.” With as much as 40 per cent of the city’s rental stock reaching the end of its life, there’s “no doubt,” there’s a need for rental housing, Bell noted. However, the city is “carrying our fair share” of
Lower Mainland rental problems, he said. The project will contribute to a “canyon effect” on Lonsdale, according to Bell, who joined Bookham and Clark in opposition. The city needs social infrastructure that will support the service workers who constitute 45 per cent of the population, according to Buchanan. If those workers can’t live in the city, they’ll either work and live and elsewhere or “spend hours on the road trying to get here,” she said. Mayor Darrell Mussatto noted the shifting dynamics of bridge traffic during the morning rush hour. Approximately 56 per cent of traffic on the Iron Workers Memorial Second Narrow Crossing are commuters driving onto the North Shore. Only five years ago, 30 per cent of morning bridge traffic was driving onto the North Shore. “People are coming onto the North Shore to work,” he said. Addressing OCP concerns, Mussatto pointed out the site was designated as a special study area, meaning density could be concentrated in the area. “It’s not like we’re just springing this on people,” he said. The gallery was packed and largely divided, with slightly more than half of 44 speakers opposing the project, citing traffic, quality of life, and height that would overwhelm the view of the mountains. However, there was strong support for the project among
residents of the neighbouring Bridgewater project on 14th Street, North Vancouver’s Chamber of Commerce, the Lower Lonsdale Business Association, and Phil Chapman, retired planner with the District of North Vancouver. “I’m here tonight as a concerned parent with two millennials I can’t get rid of,” he said. To underline the housing crisis, Chapman submitted two ads from a recent North Shore News: one which offered a $1,500 basement suite in Lynn Valley and another advertising a $3,100 two-bedroom in Lower Lonsdale. “There is no choice for our millennials,” he said, extolling the project as: “exactly what they want.” The project will not help solve the rental crisis, according to Linda Hayes.
“Building more market rental units does not solve affordability. Trickle-down economics doesn’t work, and trickle-down housing doesn’t work.” As someone who has benefited from density, Justin De Genova said it would be “somewhat hypocritical” for him to oppose the development. “We can’t even address (affordable housing) until we have available rental housing,” he said. According to statistics from Fred Dawkins of North Van City Voices, there are more than 5,000 units in some stage of development in the city over the last five years. “We are over-building this city beyond the carrying capacity of our roads, bridges and public transit,” he said. While some speakers blasted the project for its lack of affordability, the project
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.C.’s representative of children and youth, Mary Ellen TurpelLafond, whose second and final term is coming to an end, didn’t make a lot of political friends during her 10 years of advocating for the most vulnerable kids in our province. But it wasn’t her job to be popular. Like other independent officers of the legislature, her job was to call the government to account. She took on that task relentlessly and unflinchingly for the past decade. She issued nearly 100 reports and made 200 recommendations. Her words were not often easy to hear. She chronicled horrifying circumstances, often involving the deaths of and harm suffered by kids in government care. Her reports have highlighted issues like the practice of housing children in hotels, the woeful inadequacies in mental health supports for kids and the
plight of teens who “age out” of foster care. Too often, her reports have pointed to our collective failure to help those most in need of it. She did not mince words or sugar-coat. Not surprisingly, Turpel-Lafond has not been a favourite of those on the government benches. Her candid assessments are ones many politicians would seek to avoid. Yet in exposing those failures, TurpelLafond was able to bring pressure on government to fix them. We suspect the government will be in no rush to replace Turpel-Lafond with an advocate who could prove to be an equal thorn in the Liberals’ side. The delay in naming a replacement speaks loudly. Meanwhile, Turpel-Lafond should have our thanks for shining a light on some very dark places and for fighting so tirelessly for those who have no voice.
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.C. has enjoyed the services of a lot of independent officers of the legislature – ombudsman, privacy commissioner, auditor-general etc. – but none have made their mark quite like the one who leaves her post this week. Mary-Ellen Turpel-Lafond is stepping aside as the representative of children and youth after nearly a decade at the helm, and to say it’s been a rocky ride is putting it mildly. She has proved to be unflinching in her criticism of government and relentless in her demands for change to better improve the plight of children, particularly those in care of the government. Turpel-Lafond has clashed with cabinet ministers, front-line social workers, First Nations care agencies, and retired deputy ministers over the years. Her tenacity is
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criticism of its handling of a child custody case. But even that does not detract from the fact that for almost 10 years she held government’s feet to the fire in ways that produced change and highlighted gaps in the system. She produced 90 reports containing more than 200 recommendations, and close to three-quarters of them have been implemented. It’s been a grinding job – she jokes her hair went from brown to white during her tenure – and that takes an emotional toll, but Turpel-Lafond has stuck with it longer than originally expected (she is serving her second term). Still, for all her success, it begs the question of whether things have really improved all that much. In fact, in her exit interview with me for Global BC recently, I asked her to assign a letter grade
to the government’s performance when she first took office and one as she leaves the office. She says the government has gone from a “D” grade to a mere “C” one. “They (the government) have moved up,” she told me. “It has taken 10 years and it’s been tough. But I have seen some good work. I think we have changed the culture and British Columbians know more about how the system really works and they expect to know the details.” Still, she is not confident things will continue to improve in any significant way. A big problem, from her perspective, is a chronic lack of resources. “I do worry about the future. Will we have a public service in the future. There are offices that have been emergency staffed for decades and they have never
taken steps to pay them appropriately, to recruit and retain. It is a drop in the bucket,” she said. She did single out one minister – Mary McNeil, who chose not to seek re-election in 2013 – for particular praise and credited her with essentially rebuilding the ministry. She said McNeil was “remarkable,” a word she doesn’t use when talking about other cabinet ministers she’s dealt with. “Things slowed down after Mary left. When you are privileged to work with great ministers who love the topic it’s good,” she told me. “Minister (Stephanie) Cadieux has been good to work with on the issues we see eyeto-eye on like adoption. But government often feels quite allergic to oversight and they do want to treat an independent officer as a member of the opposition at times.”
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Jamie McLaughlin spent nearly three decades behind the bar at the Lynn Valley legion hall before his firing earlier this year. An arbitrator ruled he’d been unfairly terminated. FILE PHOTO
Valley legion’s continued closure rankles residents Dear Editor: Re: Lynn Valley Legion Bartender ‘Unfairly Fired,’ Sept. 20 front-page story. Mr. Shepherd’s article was most enlightening. I am not a member of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 114 but I know many members who are and they are upset that their branch has still not been reopened by Marc Tremblay, president of B.C./ Yukon Command. The Royal Canadian Legion, and this branch in particular, provide support to veterans and their families and raise a great deal
of money for the community – in particular, Lions Gate Hospital, through various fundraisers and their annual volunteer poppy tagging campaign. Branch 114 was closed on Feb. 4 and no monies have been generated since. The Sept. 20 members' meeting was cancelled due to the large turnout of members, some who came from as far as Trail, B.C., who could not fit into the room. It’s been a month and B.C./Yukon Command has not been able to find a venue to reschedule the meeting? As a non-member
“outsider,” watching things play out, I’m drawn back to Mr. Shepherd’s article: “The legion hall, which has occupied the same site since 1951, has an assessed value of $2.3 million. About $2.2 million of that value is in the land, according to the arbitrator’s report.” Does B.C./Yukon Command have plans to close this branch permanently and sell the land to a developer? Has this entire, prolonged process been orchestrated to that end? Iris Blanchett North Vancouver
ONLINE COMMENTARY NSN STORY: Lynn Valley Legion Bartender ‘Unfairly Fired,’ Sept. 20 front-page story Janice Lamb Molson: I am not a member but my father has been a paying member for over 45 years. Although my parents have attended events at this Legion only a handful of times, they support this hub of the community 100% – as do I. I know personally and through my employment many of the long-term active members and have always appreciated the LV Legion’s participation in a variety of annual community events. Three generations of my family and many other families no longer have the opportunity to enjoy, and/or access this valuable local forum. Lynn Valley is an aging community with a high proportion of seniors who no longer have this important location to gather. It is bad enough that the municipality has decided to eliminate most other beneficial venues for seniors. I really hope that this unfortunate situation is resolved in a positive, efficient and timely manner so that the rhythm of the neighbourhood gets back on track. Perhaps, instead of passing blame, the “B.C./Yukon Command” should take some fiduciary responsibility for the four reported years of unaudited financial statement losses and initiate a new regime for the future of annual accountability with double-checks in place for daily money management.
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As most people who follow my work on this issue for the last seven years know, fixing the traffic problem in North Vancouver was the number one reason why I ran for provincial office in 2009. Back then, it was mostly those of us who live east of the Seymour River who were consistently affected by accidents on the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge or stalls down “the Cut”. As someone who lives East of Seymour, but commutes daily to my office in Lynn Valley, I’m stuck in it every day. We simply can’t get in or out of the area without getting tied up with bridge or Cut traffic. Over the last few years, while countless studies and consultations have occurred, traffic in both directions has increased. While the highway on the south end of the bridge has substantially improved, the traffic on the north end has become increasingly worse – often with no accident or stall in sight. Since being elected in 2009, I have worked with our local school boards, municipal council, federal governments, and our provincial transportation ministers. Last year, I was able to secure $150 million from three different levels of government for the Lower Lynn Interchanges Project. The B.C. Liberal government contributed $56.7M, while the federal government and the District of North Vancouver contributed $46.6 million and $46.7 million, respectively. Construction has begun on the first phase, the Mountain Highway Interchange. You can see the clearing of the land around the old Keith Lynn School, which will be the site of the newly constructed interchange. The Provincial Government is in charge of Highways. At a public open meeting earlier this year, hosted by the Provincial Government’s Ministry of Transportation, we took in feedback from the community. I also received feedback in my constituency office and at the doorsteps. Since those meetings, the Ministry has gone back to the drawing board and is looking at their plans to better meet the needs of local commuters. Stay tuned for another public open house. Some of the most prominent feedback from constituents calls for an expansion of the Lynn Creek Bridge (Orange Bridge), which would allow for East-West travel in North Vancouver without getting stuck in Highway traffic, and for a direct southbound access to the Highway from Mountain Highway (Lynn Valley). It is our hope that in the coming months the best possible solution will be agreed upon. My thanks go out to our two new local MPs, our District Mayor and Council, the North Vancouver School Board, and our three other North Shore MLAs, for our collective cooperation throughout this project to bring it to fruition. I can honestly say I can finally see the end of the tunnel.
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strike Monday meant she had to cancel a hearing test because she couldn’t figure out how to get to her appointment. “I live here on my own. I don’t have lots of help,” she said. “I depend on that Blue Bus for my life.” The tentative deal was reached Monday after West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith intervened directly and called a meeting between senior district managers and union executive members, setting the stage for direct negotiations that began Monday afternoon without a mediator. “I’ve been around the block enough to know you can’t get anything settled if you’re not talking,” said Smith.
“I felt there’s no point letting the strike go on for a few days before we meet to discuss it.” Smith said after bus service was halted Monday, he called the union president and said, ‘I’d like to see the talks resume this afternoon. I’d like to get this thing resolved.’” Smith said the deal involved compromise by both sides. “Both parties had to make concessions and move off their original position in order to get a deal.” Devlin said the deal was reached after “the district came to their senses. ... It came to a satisfactory ending for both parties.” Smith said members of the public expressed relief Tuesday morning that the buses were back on the road. “I dropped off my dry cleaning
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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Cindy Goodman Shipyard Social The Pipe Shop at Shipbuilders’ Square was transformed into a turn-of-the-century public hall Oct. 2 courtesy of the North Vancouver Community Arts Council, the City and District of North Vancouver, BooLaLa Costumes and the North Vancouver Museum and Archives. The event, held during North Shore Culture Days, featured live ragtime music by piano player Matt Grinke, two burlesque dance performances by Lamondance and 1900s-inspired food and drink, including pickled eggs, pepperoni sticks, lemonade and beer.
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When asked what she enjoys most about her role as a community engagement co-ordinator and peer navigator at the Kelty Dennehy Mental Health Resource Centre located in the lobby of North Vancouver’s HOpe Centre (offering in- and out-patient mental health services), Bita Ardakani says it’s the opportunity to arm people with information, helping to instill a sense of hope. “If you don’t have hope, then there’s nothing else,” she says. Regularly staffing the resource centre, which offers free mental health information, community resources and support, means Ardakani engages directly with community members, including those diagnosed with mental illness, those interested in supporting a loved one in their recovery journey, as well as service providers looking to point clients in the right direction. “People come through with teary eyes and they don’t really know what to do. They feel really helpless and have no hope. And just by sitting down and talking to them, that makes a big difference,” she says. “A lot of times people are frustrated with trying to get help or sometimes they come in and their family is upstairs and they have no idea what’s happening to them, so just talking to them and telling them what exists in the system and how the system works is very helpful,” she adds. The Kelty Dennehy Mental Health Resource Centre had a soft opening last year and was officially opened in May thanks to support from the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation, which was created by Whistler’s Kerry and Ginny Dennehy who lost their son, Kelty, in 2001 at age 17 as a result of depression.
Sandra Severs and Bita Ardakani invite community members to visit the Kelty Dennehy Mental Health Resource Centre at the HOpe Centre in North Vancouver, offering a lending library and free, one-to-one, confidential assistance to those looking to understand their mental illnesses or support individuals in their recovery journeys. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD The foundation also helped establish the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre at B.C. Children’s Hospital, a provincial resource centre offering information, resources and peer support to people of all ages across the province. “One of the things that Kerry and Ginny wanted to do was to provide access to information, which they had not been able to find for themselves when their own son was dealing with his mental health issues,” says Sandra Severs, executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association North and West Vancouver branch. The branch operates the North Shore resource centre, and receives additional support from Vancouver Coastal Health, the North Vancouver City Library
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VOLUNTEERS WANTED APPLY BY 4:30 P.M. ON NOVEMBER 14, 2016. The District of West Vancouver is looking for nine citizen members for a new Tree Bylaw Working Group. The working group’s purpose is to review options, engage the community and make recommendations regarding the development of a bylaw to regulate trees on private property that balances tree management best practices with community interests. We are seeking people who are interested in taking a collaborative approach to resolving community issues, and without bias on this particular issue. If you are a good listener, a consensus builder, possibly with facilitation skills or research skills, or have experience leading meetings, we would like to hear from you. Meetings will be held monthly until fall 2017. During public consultations, meetings may be more frequent. All members of the community will be able to contribute to this working group’s findings and final report via public consultation meetings and other methods.
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University, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. capilanou.ca/earthworks TREETOP TALES Seasonal stories with a nature theme the first and third Fridays of each month for kids, 11 -11:30 a.m. at Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver. Drop in by a suggested donation of $2 per person. 604-990-3755
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Described as the “show for every home,” the annual event is where big ideas, trusted advice, and fresh inspiration unite, according to organizers in a press release. This year’s edition is set to showcase more than 350 brands and local companies
(a number of which are from the North Shore), as well as well-known names in the industry, including HGTV’s Mia Parres and Rob Evans of The Expandables, W Network’s Todd Talbot, co-host of Love It Or List It Vancouver, and Colin and Justin of W Network’s Game of Homes and Cottage Life’s Cabin Pressure. Vancouver Home + Design Show features for 2016 include presentations, a chance to get schooled by the city’s top chefs on the cooking stage and a lounge
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Library looks to expand From page 13 inquiries by phone and email. Visitors to the centre are encouraged to browse the variety of available resources, including books they can check out on a variety of mental health topics, ranging from Aboriginal resources to eating disorders, made possible through a partnership with North Vancouver City Library. “The library collection here is a result of conversations with the City of North Vancouver public library who helped us get it set up and who share with us a database. You can be a patron of a library of the North Shore and come here and borrow books using your library card. You can search for items specific to mental health and have them identified in the city’s library system, which says they’re part of the HOpe collection. We’ve been intentional about creating that,” says Severs. Centre visitors are also encouraged to browse information on community
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mental health resources, learn about the local mental health system overall, as well as find out more about upcoming educational events, support group meetings and workshops, many of which are offered out of the centre – art, walking, knitting, piano minilesson, and Farsi-speaking groups included. All of the upcoming events are listed on the resource centre’s website (hopementalhealth.ca/events). “Bita’s done really great work at pulling in community resources so that it’s not just what CMHA offers or even what this space is, it’s that we can point people to other resources in the community. Sometimes in a system that’s really confusing to navigate, it’s good to have a place where you know that there’s some intentional effort made to find out what else is being offered across the North Shore,” says Severs. The CMHA is currently looking to the community to help flesh out the lending library and available resources in advance of next
year’s anticipated opening of the Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre in the HOpe Centre. “One of our challenges I think now moving forward is this building has been for adult mental health and for us now to actually make sure that we have the resources available for families of adolescents who are dealing with mental illness and substance abuse,” says Severs. “We’re in a process of development here, in terms of building out the collection and the things that we are able to do. Our operating funding is provided in part by Vancouver Coastal Health, but also donations. ... VCH pays for most of the staffing, but building out the resources, the website and the library collection depends on the generosity of the North Shore community. There are opportunities there,” she adds. For more information on the Kelty Dennehy Mental Health Resource Centre or to offer a donation, visit hopementalhealth.ca.
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contemporary homes. Instead he has created visionary buildings that connect the interior spaces to the world outside in fascinating ways that make each one unique. The Seattle-based architect has long pursued a style of modernism that maintains a strong exterior to stand against the elements while the interior is filled with light from the expansive windows. His layouts embrace the concepts of shared space and private spaces, allowing for both to exist as sanctuaries but be connected. Many of the sites he has built on are blessed with incredible views and Kundig
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rockton School (JK-grade 12) is the independent school you’ve been searching for, offering all that you might appreciate about an independent school, without the aspects that you might not. Embracing the benefits of a small school community, Brockton is an inclusive and authentic school that aims to find ‘genius everywhere’; it is a place where every student is respected, valued and special.
The engaging and challenging International Baccalaureate framework supports Brockton to inspire students to want to learn. Students don’t simply answer questions at Brockton, students discover the questions to ask. With small class sizes, outstanding teachers
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Ten things to look for in a great independent school A private or independent school will provide your child with an academically rigorous environment in which education infiltrates all aspects of his or her life. However, for many parents, choosing the right private school is challenging. The most important things to look for in a private school depends primarily on the student’s needs. As such, the majority of the following items (without a particular order) represent subjective things for you to consider when selecting a private school. 1. Reputation What do current and former students think about their education? Do alumni believe that their private school prepared them for the next stages of their lives? Do parents believe that they received appropriate value for their tuition? 2. Academic offerings Learn as much as you can about the school’s educational program. What curriculum is used? How does it go beyond the BC curriculum? Are you seeking a specific discipline (i.e. biology, engineering, math, visual arts, physical education)? Does the school specialize in a certain discipline? Does the school offer Advanced Placement classes? Is it an International Baccalaureate institution? Does your child require English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction or are you looking for a bilingual education? 3. The school’s philosophy What is the school’s general stance on education? Numerous private schools have educational outlooks that diverge from the mainstream. So, you should identify how a given school educates children and whether you agree with that approach. What are the policies on evaluation and assessment? Homework? Standardized testing, why or why not? 4. Size of school Consider where your son or daughter would work best. Are you more comfortable in a big sea or a little sea? What is the school’s average class size?
5. Feeder schools Plenty of elementary schools have affiliate high schools. Such an arrangement could help ease the transition between these two levels of education. The lower level school could significantly reduce the stress of going to high school, while the upper level institution will have an excellent grasp on what your child’s former teachers taught him or her. Also ask about which schools students move onto after graduation. 6. Cultural background of the students Sending your child to a school with a students from various cultural backgrounds could expose him or her to new lifestyles, languages and cultural traditions that can help expand their knowledge of the world and foster acceptance. 7. Tour impression When on tour, ask to sit in on a couple of classes. What is the relationship between patrons and teachers? Teachers and students? Were you impressed with the school when you visited it? How did it make you feel? Did your child seem comfortable there? Your gut instincts will tell you a lot about the fit of a school for your family. 8. Extracurricular activities These programs are an important part of a wellrounded education. Does the school have a wide variety of extracurricular activities? Do you think that your child would be interested in any of them? 9. Cost Is it affordable? Are there any extra costs beyond tuition? Could you work out flexible payment plans with the school? 10. Your child’s opinion Does your child like the school? You should allow him or her to have a say in the decision. Our Kids is Canada’s trusted source for information on private and alternative school options, has a great introductory guide to help you get started on your search, and hosts the annual Vancouver Private School Expo. Get the information and feedback you need at ourkids.net.
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pertinent a part of the discussion as any other option. The trick is to work with your teen to determine her interests and skills. Talk to others who know your children. Their caregivers, grandparents, teachers or coaches will have noticed traits you may not have identified. Simply paying attention works well. We get so busy with the day-to-day hustle and bustle of simply getting out of the house in the morning and homework, dinner and bedtime in the evening, that we miss just simply watching our kids. If you want to identify your kids’ talents, pay particular attention to how they handle different situations and the choices they make. When does he seem happiest? When is he really focused and engaged? Then listen to him. Take him out for lunch and ask him what he thinks he’s good at. What school subjects does he love or hate? What books does he like best? Why? What hobbies would he like to pursue? Let him talk while you simply listen. As he talks he may find himself discovering
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A black rice mango roll with tuna, mango, salmon and avocado is artfully presented at Momiji Japanese Cuisine on Mount Seymour Parkway. Restaurant owner and executive chef John Cheong creates a Momiji Island dish of spicy scallop, torched salmon and tobiko. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH
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Chef creates fun and creative fare Irassharu is a particularly polite verb in Japanese, referring only to others (never oneself) and can mean, depending on the context, to go, to come, or to exist.
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In its honourific form, directed to someone with whom one is not well acquainted, the verb is conjugated as irasshaimase (“ee-ras-shy-mas-eh”). This is what you hear when you enter a Japanese restaurant;
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recent rainy weeknight, the greeting was particularly exuberant, echoing through the otherwise quiet space like a battle cry on a sprawling field. Dining alone, I opted to sit at the sushi bar located just inside the main door. This is typically my favourite seat in the house in any sushi joint, as I love to watch the chefs at work, deftly wielding their surgically-sharp Damascus steel
blades and communicating with each other through practiced, intuitive motions more than words. The chef behind the sushi bar (who, I discovered through conversation later in my meal, was Momiji executive chef and owner John Cheong) took my order directly, quietly relaying instructions to his sous-chef and to the nearby kitchen. My meal began with two pieces of uni nigiri, fresh sea
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additional piece at the end of my meal as dessert. Next up was a duo of tuna nigiri, prepared in the de rigueur aburi style, meaning the fish is lightly torched before it is served, bringing natural oils and aromas to the surface and raising the temperature of the morsel slightly. Quite often aburi sushi is garnished with unconventional, “new world” flare like chillies, lime, or cilantro; this is probably a nod to the progressive, contemporary Peruvian style of sushi made famous by renowned chefs like Nobuyuki Matsuhisa. Here, it was topped with pureed ginger and scallion. One general observation applicable to most of what I ate is that Momiji’s portions are very generous; the aburi tuna morsels were cut long and wide, still manageable as a one-bite affair, but certainly not dainty. My next course, Hamachi sashimi, was similarly wellportioned with five thick-cut triangles of exceptionally fresh fish. Hamachi is often called yellowtail tuna, but is not, in fact, in the tuna family at all; it belongs to the jack fish species. The sashimi was elegantly served atop a bed of finely crushed ice and minimally accompanied by pale, thinly sliced ginger, wasabi, a round of lemon and a bouquet of pea shoots. My other observation about Cheong’s cuisine is that it is generally colourful and artfully presented. On his recommendation, I tried the Aburi Salmon Fire Roll, featured on the menu’s panel of specialty rolls, all of which afford the chef the opportunity to flex his creative muscle. The roll in question was comprised of tempura prawns, crab and avocado wrapped tightly in rice and
nori, generously topped with a layer of salmon and garlic mayo, seared dramatically with two blowtorches, topped with a spoonful of bright red tobiko, sliced, and then set atop a thin pond of teriyaki sauce. The slices of the roll were arranged in a circle around a simple mound of greens and pea shoots. Cheong, who has worked for more than 25 years as a sushi chef, including a considerable stint working with accomplished Vancouver sushi master Yoshi Tabo, explained to me that the relentless fascination with tuna and salmon among local diners has prompted him to push the boundaries of creativity using those items as the focus, rather than trying to introduce new and unusual fish. Cheong explains that in his experience unless a sushi restaurant is committed to a high-end, niche
The Momiji Island dish. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
audience, most diners are not all that keen on the unfamiliar textures and flavours that often mark other fish widely used in Japan. I am pleased to report that while the specialty rolls on Momiji’s menu are indeed fun and creative, they are not gimmicky; at their core, they are based on proven combinations of flavours and textures.
When my Fire Roll arrived, I was relieved to see that it had not been set aflame as some piece of edible theatre. An amply portioned piece of unagi (barbecued eel) nigiri accompanied my sea urchin “dessert”. My meal, which included a small bottle of Kirin and an order of hot sake, was $56 before gratuity. Momiji (which means maple leaves, incidentally) is located at 3720 Mount Seymour Parkway. 604-929-0990 Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. He earned his sommelier diploma in 2001. He can be reached via email at hungryontheshore@ gmail.com. North Shore News dining reviews are conducted anonymously and all meals are paid for by the newspaper.
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PROPOSED PERMIT: Proposed Temporary Use Permit 16-073 would allow for temporary vehicle parking at 752, 756 and 764 Marine Drive for Park Royal mall customers, for up to three years, with approximately 144 parking spaces. Access to the proposed parking lot would be from an internal mall access road from Park Royal South. There is no vehicular access to the proposed parking lot from Marine Drive or Taylor Way. Prior to permit expiry the site would be restored in accordance with the Temporary Use Permit terms. Council will consider resolutions regarding the proposed permit at the date, time and place described above. PROVIDE YOUR INPUT: Council welcomes your input. You may speak or present a written submission at the November 7, 2016 meeting. Prior to the meeting written submissions may be: emailed to Council at mayorandcouncil@westvancouver.ca; mailed to Council at Municipal Hall, 750 17th Street, West Vancouver BC V7V 3T3; or delivered to the Legislative Services Department at Municipal Hall. Written submissions must be received no later than 3 p.m. on November 7, 2016 to ensure their availability to Council for the meeting. Written submissions will be included in the public information package for Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consideration. GET MORE INFORMATION: The proposed permit and other relevant documents may be inspected at westvancouver.ca/ home-building-property/planning/major-applications and at Municipal Hall, October 21, 2016 to November 7, 2016 Monday to Friday (except for statutory holidays), 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Copies may also be inspected at the Memorial Library at 1950 Marine Drive, or at the meeting. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The applicant is hosting a Development Application Information Meeting prior to Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consideration in order to provide an opportunity for residents to learn about the proposed permit and ask questions of the applicant, as follows: Development Application Information Meeting Tuesday, November 1, 2016 | Open House: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Unit #1008 (next to Sport Chek) Park Royal South, West Vancouver, BC QUESTIONS? Lisa Berg, Senior Community Planner lberg@westvancouver.ca | 604-925-7237
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Kids Stuff HALLOWEEN HOWL WITH NORMAN FOOTE Norman Foote and Big Voice Orchestra perform Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m. at Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver. ctcboxoffice@ nvrc.ca POP-UP LIBRARY AT GLENEAGLES Bring the entire family to Gleneagles Community Centre, 6262 Marine Dr. West Vancouver Thursday, Oct. 27, 10 a.m.-noon for some Halloween fun with West Vancouver librarians, all ages welcome. westvanlibrary. ca HALLOWEEN PUPPET SHOW Kids ages three and up visit the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Friday, Oct. 28, 10:30-11 a.m. and 4-4:30 p.m. for a spooky puppet show. Register online: westvanlibrary.ca EXPLORE AND CREATEChildren ages three-12 are invited to use a variety of materials to create wonderful works of art at the Gordon Smith Gallery, 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. The workshops are free however parents must accompany children. Abstract Landscapes Saturday, Oct. 29, 2-4 p.m. followed by further classes Nov. 5, 19, 26 and Dec. 3 and 10. Register 604-998-8562 or gallery@smithfoundation.ca WATERCOLOUR SUNRISE Try your hand at a watercolour landscape painting under the tutelage of artist Frank Townsley Saturday, Oct. 29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost including materials is $75. 399 Seymour River Place, North Vancouver. Register by phone 604-9886844 or online: nvartscouncil. ca KID’S TOY AND CLOTHING SALE The Lynn Valley Community Association presents a sale of gently used toys and clothing for infants and children Saturday, Nov. 5, 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Lynn Valley Community Centre, 3590 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver. Admission: $2, children are free. lvca.ca SCAT, BONES AND SKULLS Jenna Rudoloph from Soaring Eagle Nature School inspires youth with animal signs. Kids learn about icky and intriguing animal identification Sunday, Nov. 6, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, North Vancouver. lynncanyonecologycentre.ca STORYTIMES North Vancouver District Public Libraries (nvdpl. ca), North Vancouver City Library (nvcl.ca) and West Vancouver Memorial Library (westvanlibrary.ca) all offer a variety of free storytimes for children of all ages. Check out their websites for locations and schedules.
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Midwife Assoc. Pres expects growth Midwives to attend 1/3 of B.C. births
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At the family home in Northern Ireland, heading to a hospital to have a child was rarely considered and never acted upon.
“My grandmother had all her babies at home,” notes Alix Bacon, president of the Midwives Association of B.C. That “family influence” was part of what led her to catch babies for a living. Bacon was in North Vancouver recently ahead of
Wednesday’s annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Midwives. Midwives are present at the birth of one in five B.C. babies, according to Bacon. But despite increasing popularity, the profession is still somewhat misunderstood. “We’re still fighting to address some misconceptions that have been around for a long time,” Bacon says. Midwives provide care in hospital as well as in home births, Bacon says, and aren’t as averse to anesthetics as some believe. “You can certainly have an epidural if you want one,” she says. With access to maternity wards limited in some of B.C.’s northern climes, Bacon says
MABC has a goal of having a midwife assist on 35 per cent of births in the province. “If we could have midwives doing 35 per cent of the births by 2020 we believe we could really improve maternity care and alleviate stress on the (medical) system overall,” Bacon says. The rate of death immediately before and after birth was significantly lower in planned home births than in hospital births attended by a physician, according to a fiveyear study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The rate of death was 0.35 per 1,000 among midwife-attended home births and 0.64 per 1,000 among physician-attended births, according to the study,
published in 2009. Women who planned to have their babies at home were also less likely to require obstetric interventions, suffer perineal tears or postpartum hemorrhaging, according to the study. More midwives assisting more expectant mothers means shorter hospital stays and a lighter burden on B.C.’s medical system, according to Bacon. More mothers are also looking for care “close to home” during the birth and immediately thereafter, she says. “I think (mothers) are also looking for more personalized care,” she says. “They really love that we come see them at home in the first week.”
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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
Last shot for Captain Capilano
Devan Woolley has been going full out for five years ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com
It didn’t take long for Capilano University men’s soccer coach Paul Dailly to get inside the head of young recruit Devan Woolley, planting the seeds that would help him blossom into a hard-hitting anchor on defence for the Blues for years to come.
It was the summer of 2012 and Woolley, recently graduated from Sutherland secondary, was trying out for the vaunted Blues team. In his mind, it wasn’t going all that well. “The first training camp I was super nervous,” he says. “I was thinking for sure I wasn’t going to make it because there were a couple of super-skilled players. I wasn’t sure, I didn’t know the coaches.” Coach Dailly didn’t know Woolley all that well either, but he noticed that while the young player was still raw, he was also powerfully built and full of effort and energy. As the tryouts were winding down near the end of August, Dailly told Woolley he was “on the bubble.” The coach needed to see a little bit more out of him. “What do I have to do?!” Woolley thought to himself, before crafting a plan. “I know that Paul likes the skill, obviously, but he loves the guys that are going to put their body on the line and give you 110 per cent every game. Considering that I’m not the most skilled player, that’s what I tried to bring to the table. Apparently it paid off.” It most certainly has paid off. Woolley made the team, and now, five years later, he’s the captain of the squad, the only fifth-year player
on a Blues team that will try to win PacWest gold for the second year in a row. Capilano is hosting the provincial championships this weekend at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex, looking to win back-to-back titles as well as a second straight trip to the CCAA national championships. The Blues will be favoured this weekend – they’re currently ranked No. 2 in the country, having run away with first place in the PacWest league with a 10-0-2 record, scoring 34 goals while allowing just six. If they do make it back to nationals, the centre back out of Sutherland will play a huge part for the Blues. “It’s been cool coming full circle from barely making the team, to getting half a game (as a sub), to getting the armband and playing 90 minutes,” says Woolley. “With our team I don’t even need to be that classic captain who’s ordering (people) around. I’m just another guy – I try and lead by example, but we’ve got so many role players on our team that I think that we could easily have more than one captain. Having the armband on a team that is so close like that is pretty cool.” Dailly would probably politely disagree with Woolley’s assessment that he’s “just another guy.” Over the past five years Dailly has watched him grow from a raw recruit to a polished maestro who controls the Blues from the back and is always ready to seek out dangerous attacks and blow them up. “He leaves it all on the line – he doesn’t shy away from anything,” says Dailly. “He kind of plays like every game is his last – that’s his mindset, and it shows on the field.
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Capilano University’s Devan Woolley shows off his touch during a PacWest game earlier this season. The fifth-year captain will lead the Blues into the playoffs this weekend in Burnaby. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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Blues host finals this weekend From page 36
It’s contagious – the guys see their captain, their leader doing it and they jump on board and they want to do it too. … He’s such a leader back there. He’s just one of those guys you want to have on your team. If you could clone him, you would.” As the Blues begin their playoff run, Woolley is coming to grips with the fact that one of these matches will, in fact, be his last with the Blues. On Friday everything will be on the line in a provincial semifinal matchup against fourth-place Quest University. The loser will drop to the consolation final, while the winner will move on to the PacWest final while also securing one of the league’s two berths in the national championships. The ultimate goal is to win nationals, an objective that has extra meaning for Woolley and the rest of Capilano’s veteran players. The Blues made the national final last year but couldn’t grab gold, losing to Ontario’s Humber Hawks in a shootout following a 0-0 tie. Woolley admits that the low of losing in the national final outweighs the high of winning provincials last year. “As much as I’d love to say it’s the high, I’ve got to say the thing that sticks with everyone the most is the sting of losing in the bitter end,” he says. “We’re that close again this year, so hopefully we can get it done. … This year being my last year, I just want it
that much more. I want to win nationals so bad.” That drive to win and team-first mentality are what make Woolley a quintessential captain, says Dailly. “He’s one of those guys who doesn’t want any accolades,” he says. “If we win championships and he doesn’t score a goal in five years, he’d be happy with that.” If they do win a title, however, Woolley will enjoy celebrating with the coach who helped him unlock his potential over the past five seasons. “We’ve gotten really close,” Woolley says about what it’s been like playing for Dailly for five years, including winter seasons now spent together with the West Vancouver Soccer Club’s dominant premier men’s team. “I consider him a friend-coach – he’s almost more friend than coach. That’s been really cool – I can go to him with anything. … I can’t believe it’s been five years. It’s flown by.” qqq The Blues men will play Quest University in the PacWest semifinals Friday starting at 3 p.m. The championship final is scheduled for Saturday at 8 p.m. On the Women’s side the fourth-ranked Blues play top-seeded Douglas College Friday at 12:30 p.m. with the championship final scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Saturday. All games will be played at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West.
TOP OF HER FIELD North Vancouver’s Rachel Donohoe gets into the action during a CIS field hockey game with the UBC Thunderbirds. The fourth-year midfielder, an Argyle grad, was recently named the Canada West Player of the Year following a stellar season with the T-Birds. Teammates Hannah Haughn and Stephanie Norlander, both from North Vancouver, joined Donohoe on the Canada West all-star team, as did West Vancouver’s Sabrina Wong of the University of Calgary Dinos. UBC won the Canada West title and will now head to the University of Toronto Nov. 3-6 looking for their sixth consecutive national championship. PHOTO SUPPLIED RICH LAM/UBC ATHLETICS
Ruby runs with U17 national soccer team North Vancouver’s Jake Ruby is one of 23 players taking part in an evaluation camp for Canada Soccer’s men’s national U17 team this week in Toronto.
The players, all born in 2000 or later, are all gunning for a spot on Canada’s roster for the CONCACAF U17 Championships scheduled for April 21-May 7, 2017 in
Panama. The top-four teams from that competition will advance to the FIFA U17 World Cup to be played next year in India. Last year Ruby helped the Argyle Pipers win silver at the high school senior boys provincial AAA championships before moving on to the Vancouver Whitecaps residency program this season.
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