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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Vancouver Monday to announce a $1.5-billion plan to protect Canadian coasts from oil and fuel spills – a plan that is short on spending details and which does not include a moratorium on oil tankers along the North Coast.
At a press conference held in Stanley Park at the HMCS Discovery Royal Canadian Navy reserve division, Trudeau announced an Oceans Protection Plan that he said will give Canada “one of the best marine safety and emergency preparation systems in the world.” “Today’s announcement represents the most significant investment ever made to protect our oceans and coastlines,” he said. “Our Oceans Protection Plan will result in a truly world-class system for marine protection and emergency preparedness – one that will meet or surpass the world leading safety practices of Alaska and Norway.”
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Suspect loose after alleged indecent acts BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
West Vancouver police are warning the public after two disturbing incidents involving a naked man performing lewd acts in public.
The incidents happened in the early morning hours on Sunday around Ambleside. Samantha Collier was walking the Seawalk near Park Royal with a friend before 6 a.m., when a man wearing only an open shirt and some kind of wrap on his head approached them, masturbating. “He was so brazen to just come right up to us. He stopped, he looked at us and then he bolted at us,” she said. “It was a horrifying experience – absolutely terrible.” Collier’s friend yelled at the man, calling him a pervert, and told him they were calling police. The two then ran towards Ambleside and dialed 911, mid-sprint. Police
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SQUASH! Firefighters and families took part in the third annual Pumpkin Drop, a whack-o-lantern tradition that benefits the District of North Vancouver Firefighters Charitable Society. The Deutscher family with Devin, 4, Juniper, 2, and mom Alli (behind Juniper) and dad Darcy watch as 340 milligrams of potassium and 2.8 grams of sugar splatters on the concrete below. Go to nsnews.com for the full gallery. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
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Squamish Nation members gather in the atrium at Park Royal Friday in solidarity with activists at Standing Rock Sioux Reservation currently attempting to fend off construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised a “world-class” marine protection plan at Monday’s announcement in Vancouver. PHOTOS (LEFT) PAUL MCGRATH , (RIGHT) DAN TOULGOET /VANCOUVER COURIER
Pipeline decision expected by next month From page 1 The new plan includes boosting the Canadian Coast Guard’s presence on the coast and increasing towing capacity for coast guard vessels, better monitoring of marine traffic, the creation of a new fund to finance coastal habitat restoration and partnerships with First Nations to co-manage coastal protection programs. Whether it will meet the B.C.’s government’s definition of a “world-class” marine protection and response plan remains to be seen, however. The federal plan announced Monday is short on the kind of details that B.C.’s own demands laid out as part of its five conditions for approving new oil pipelines, including
Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, which is due for a federal decision in the coming weeks. Responding to the announcement, B.C. Premier Christy Clark said there aren’t enough details to judge whether it meets B.C.’s demands for a worldclass oil spill response plan. “This looks like a proposal that will meet needs that we have today,” she said. “It’s no secret to British Columbians that we don’t have the Coast Guard response that we need right now.” Even if the federal government approved the Trans Mountain pipeline project, Clark said the province needs to do its own environmental assessment, as per a B.C. Supreme Court decision.
“So there is still a lot of work to do, should Kinder Morgan be approved,” she said. In making the announcement, Trudeau took pains to avoid any link between Ottawa’s new plan and the pending decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline twinning project. A decision on that project is expected by mid-December. When asked about the link between the new plan and oil pipelines, like the Trans Mountain project, Trudeau suggested the new plan should be put into place, regardless of whether new pipelines are approved, and pointed to the diesel fuel spill in Bella Bella as one recent example. Local critics, however, say the timing of
the announcement seems to be paving the way for an approval of the Trans Mountain application. “Absolutely, the timing is pretty obvious right there,” said Janice Edmonds, founder of North Shore NOPE, one of the local groups that spoke against the project at the National Energy Board’s hearings. Edmonds said she welcomed the funds for increased marine safety, but she cautioned, it will do nothing to mitigate the risk the Trans Mountain pipeline project would pose to the Burrard Inlet. “If he’s prefacing his announcement of the approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline with this increased marine response thinking that it will make a difference, it won’t. “Diluted
bitumen sinks,” she said referencing a report by the National Academy of Science from 2015. “You can’t recover it. It will be at the bottom of the ocean and on the beaches for decades after.” And a spill would also mean chemicals vapourizing into the local atmosphere, impacting air quality. “You can’t put a boom around the air,” Edmonds added. Local First Nations, Including the Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish, are also opposed to the pipeline. On Monday, a group of Squamish Nation members went to Park Royal to put on a show of solidarity with activists at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation currently attempting to fend off construction of the Dakota
Access pipeline. “The red, the black, the white, and the yellow – they’re all being brutalized,” said Sam George, Squamish Nation elder. “Because of the expenses, we can’t make it there so we show our support by doing what we did at Park Royal.” George said we could expect similar protests to erupt here if the government moves to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline. “I could almost guarantee that,” he said. “It’s not just the natives. It’s a lot of people who don’t want to see it because we’ve all seen the devastation that it can do. ... I would be there. I would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the people that protested.” – with files from Brent Richter, North Shore News
REAL ESTATE: LUXURY PROPERTIES SEE MOST DRAMATIC SHIFT
Home sales dip towards a buyer’s market
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Six months after a red hot real estate market on the North Shore peaked at scorching highs, a dramatic cooling has sent sales into the deep freeze and prices are falling.
“We have a completely collapsed activity level,” said Realtor Brent Eilers of
Remax Masters Realty in West Vancouver. “What the market’s done since Aug. 1 is dramatic.” Expensive properties at the high end of the market in West Vancouver have seen some of the most dramatic shifts. According to recently released statistics from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, West Vancouver
sales of single-family homes between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31 of this year were down 72 per cent over the same time period in 2015, from 266 to 75 – the biggest drop in sales in the Lower Mainland. Only 22 singlefamily homes sold in West Vancouver in October – the same number as sold in September. In October last year, there were 116 sales of
single-family homes in West Vancouver. The pattern in North Vancouver was similar but less dramatic. Sales of single-family homes there between Aug. 1 and Oct. 31 this year were down 47 per cent from the same period last year. Particularly at the high end of the real estate market, a new 15 per cent tax
on deals involving foreign buyers, a luxury tax on properties worth more than $2 million and tightening of the rules around contract assignments, have had a significant impact, said Eilers. As an indication of that, there were 130 sales of West Vancouver properties worth more than $5 million between Jan. 1 and July 31 this year, he said, but only
10 sales of properties in that bracket since Aug. 1. According to statistics released by the provincial government, foreign buyers were involved in only 1.3 per cent of real estate transactions in Metro Vancouver since Aug. 1. Before the tax was brought in, between June 10 and Aug. 1, foreign
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The White Spot restaurant at Marine Drive and Taylor Way will be demolished to make way for temporary parking following a council decision Monday. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
More parking for Park Royal at White Spot site Tower development question lingers BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
It may one day be residential towers, but for now, the corner of Taylor Way and Marine Drive in West Vancouver will just be parking.
District of West Vancouver council voted unanimously Monday night to approve Park Royal’s request to demolish the old White Spot restaurant and revamp the space to hold an additional 38 spaces as well as improve the landscaping around the site. The temporary parking permit granted Monday night is valid for up to three years with the option to extend for another three-year term. The mall’s management has for years been looking to redevelop that corner of the property, with the last proposal being for 27-storey and 12-storey towers containing 251 condo units. But in April, council told the developers to come back with a proposal for shorter towers and a more robust traffic reduction plan. That application is now effectively in stasis until the developers come back with a
Park Royal VP Rick Amantea plan more in line with council’s wishes. “The old White Spot is a forlorn building and it’s only going to improve things to take it down and provide more parking in the shortterm and we’ll see what happens in the medium to long-term,” said Coun. Craig Cameron. Although every member of council was in favour, Coun. Nora Gambioli expressed disappointment that the temporary parking use runs counter to the district’s transportation goals, in that it simply encourages more use of single-occupancy vehicles without any consideration for reserving space there for carpool parking, or car-sharing services. Park Royal does have longterm plans for such things, including bike sharing and a bicycle valet, as part of its larger strategy for the area, according to Rick Amantea,
Park Royal’s vice-president. “At this stage of the game, it’s really about getting a derelict building off that corner and improving the landscaping and just making it a little bit more hospitable than it is today,” he said. Park Royal does already offer park-and-ride spots and hosts transit shelters on its property, Amantea added. Frustration about the existing bottleneck of vehicles trying to cram onto the Lions Gate Bridge remains, particularly for Coun. Bill Soprovich who was dismayed to hear from staff that rejigging the traffic signals at Taylor Way and Marine Drive is not on the table, as it is a provincially controlled intersection that borders on Squamish Nation land. “What about the people that are sitting in gridlock all the time, which is getting worse? Are we not obligated in West Vancouver to step up in relationship to the situation we have with … transportation and growth in the area? Is it not some of our responsibility, rather than say it’s other jurisdictions?” he asked. The Ministry of Transportation won’t “lift their finger” to do anything about nearby traffic patterns, he added and similarly, there are no solid plans for improved transit coming to West Vancouver.
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Homeowners and real estate agents in West Vancouver are being warned that one lookie loo was checking out more than marble countertops and high-end appliances at recent open houses.
Local agents were recently sent a warning after valuables in three West Van homes went missing following public open houses. The first time an open house was interpreted rather literally was in July, when jewelry and a laptop computer went missing following a real estate open house in the 300 block of Mathers Avenue. The pattern was repeated on Oct. 2, when a laptop, watches, credit cards and other personal items apparently walked away from an open house in the 2300 block of Lawson Avenue. Someone also took the opportunity of attending an Oct. 9 open house in the 4800 block of Vista Place as an invitation to check out more than the million-dollar view. A tablet computer, costume jewelry, rings and watch all vanished from the home following an open house there. “We are investigating,” said
Const. Jeff Palmer, spokesman for the West Vancouver Police. But he warned homeowners that it behooves them to be cautious if they don’t want to see their possessions pocketed by strangers. “You are inviting strangers to come to your home and wander around and have a look,” he said, which means people with criminal intentions also have “a lawful way of seeing a house and seeing what’s in there.” Homeowners should make sure they stash all valuables in secure storage if they don’t want to risk those items walking out the door, said Palmer. “We certainly recommend not to have any personal items of value out,” he said. “Even if someone signs in, you don’t know it’s their real name.” Police are interested in identifying a man captured on surveillance video after he stopped in at another open house in the area. That person may have also been present at one or more of the three homes where items went missing. The man is described as Persian, in his late 20s to early 30s, who wore sunglasses and carried a cellphone. At one open house in early October, real estate agents reported the man made comments about his wealth and made some inquiries but appeared to quickly lose interest when told the home had been staged and didn’t contain owners’ personal possessions.
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new low for newsworthiness. It boasted $271,000 for funding new fire alarms at six West Vancouver schools, complete quotes from the MLAs and a line praising the government’s balanced budget. To quote many a sarcastic parent: “What do you want? A cookie?” Here is a news flash for the province. You don’t get extra credit for ensuring schools have adequate fire alarms. You just get safe kids. Another release the same day announced a North Shore school would have new windows installed. Meanwhile, some other very deserving projects that would absolutely warrant a media circus remain unfunded. The new Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant must be online by 2020 but it desperately needs a one-third cash commitment from the province. As long as we’re waiting on pennies from Victoria, that badly needed project could use about 21.2 trillion of them.
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investment decisions on hold for who knows how long. Still, the event Clark was at was indeed marking one of those long-awaited investment decisions in an LNG project (this one was the Woodfibre project near Squamish, and it’s still a long ways from being built). So expect Clark to use that announcement again and again during the upcoming campaign as proof that the industry is indeed coming to life and riches lay ahead for the province. Even with only one (and relatively small) LNG project being given the green light, she won’t be straying far from that issue (plus, that hard hat is very much embedded in her public image). Considering NDP leader John Horgan was quick to lend his support to the project (a move that will no doubt infuriate the environmental wing of his party) takes some of the sting of any forthcoming NDP
attacks on the LNG front. In fact, there is a real possibility that Horgan’s positive position on Woodfibre turns the simmering tensions that exist within his party between pro-industry and pro-environment views to full boil, much to Clark and her party’s delight. Just a few hours after the LNG announcement, the B.C. Liberal party’s final convention before the election kicked into gear. The convention was more evidence the party is already into full campaign gear, with most candidates in place and the party awash in money and members. Clark’s pep rally-type speech to more than 1,300 adoring members touched on the themes that form the core of her party’s election platform. Her emphasis on consistently balancing the government’s annual budget, on keeping taxes and
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platform to put in front of the voters early next year. Will it be as narrowly focused as the B.C. Liberals’ version, or will it be more broadly based and thinking outside the box? Horgan has said he is looking for “bold” initiatives to put in that platform. It’s shaping up to be a contest of two starkly different visions on how best to lead the province. One embraces improving the economy as the way to provide more services, while the other is leaning towards redirecting existing taxes – and introducing higher taxes on higher-income earners – to expand services, particularly for those less well off. There’s no question a clear choice is coming into view for British Columbians.
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Three facts you will never hear from anti-oil types Dear Editor: Don McBain in his (Oct. 28) letter about an oil spill concern from the Kinder Morgan project has every one of his facts wrong. If he reads the National Academy of Sciences January 2016 report, probably one of the most complete and best balanced reports on the behaviour of diluted bitumen (dilbit) spills, he will find that it does not say that dilbit sinks in salt water, but that it “may” or “can” sink in certain circumstances. For example, at Kalamazoo, Mich., the river was in flood (hence much sediment to which oil tends to agglomerate), and very warm fresh water (which tends to encourage oil sinking). The recent (summer 2016) Natural Resources Canada study confirms this behaviour. Our tankers run in cold salt water. His claim that an oil
company would make a profit from a spill is sheer nonsense. Ask Enbridge after their $1-billion-plus cost to clean up Kalamazoo. Loaded tankers leaving the Kinder Morgan docks leave at high slack water – little current, high tide. The clearance under the hull is not 1.5 metres, but about 13 m (Chamber of Shipping). The escort tugs have not two as a crew, but anywhere from two to five, depending on the task and vessel. This, according to my information source Seaspan Marine, is not a change. I would encourage Mr. McBain to do his own research and not just rely on the anti-oil faction propaganda. I would also remind residents of three facts that you will never hear from the anti-oil types: Firstly, in the century-plus
of oil tanker operations in B.C. waters – much or most of it before radar, GPS, double hulls, coastal pilot, escort tugs, and so on – the only spill incident from an oil tanker in B.C. waters was a loading accident with canola oil in Vancouver Harbour. Secondly, there has never been a serious incident with a crude oil tanker in Canadian waters, other than war related. There have been tanker fuel oil spills, the two major ones being on the East Coast decades ago. Thirdly, oil tankers in Canadian waters have been so safe that they ply the Great Lakes, the source of drinking water for several U.S. states and Ontario. This is no guarantee there will never be an incident, but this does to me suggest it is a bit early to set our hair on fire. John Hunter North Vancouver
Purported poisoning Bus drivers not bridges is reefer madness Dear Editor: Re: Possible Pot Roach Sends Pup to Vet, Nov. 2 story. It appears it may be some time yet before our society’s reefer madness is finally cured. Neither (dog owner) Amanda Birrell nor (veterinarian) John Bratty has any idea what her dog ate that made it so sick. In fact, Birrell admits she didn’t even see her dog eating whatever it was that it ate in an environment apparently rife with mushrooms – and yet her speculative and unlikely assessment (since it’s highly unlikely that a dog would get that sick from eating a roach, not to mention that cannabis consumption in humans does not cause diarrhea or vomiting) is considered worthy of a story.
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And John Bratty’s unsubstantiated assertion that, after paying good money for cannabis products, consumers routinely discard them in alleys or toss them over fences, rather than consuming them, is beyond ludicrous. Further, instead of engaging in wild speculation about the cause of the dog’s illness, Bratty could have simply ensured that he captured some of the dog’s urine in his clinic, and then had it tested for metabolites of marijuana. The reality is that neither Birrell nor Bratty has any idea what that dog ate that made it so ill, so this incident was hardly worthy of a major article, assuming it was worthy of being mentioned at all. George Kosinski Gibsons, B.C.
An open letter to Jane Thornthwaite, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour: Since you and your government are implementing more roads for more cars, perhaps it is time for this government to provide more buses and more bus drivers, as most cars going over the bridges have at most times only one or two people in them. It would make more sense to have more public transportation. Does your government intend to build two more bridges over the inlet, and if they did would there be enough parking stalls for all these cars in Vancouver? Parking is already tight now. It is not going to get better in the next 10 years or so. Claire Plewes North Vancouver
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arrived quickly afterwards but the suspect couldn’t be found. When Collier spoke with police, she learned it was the second time that morning such an incident had happened. The first call came in to police around 5:30 a.m. when a resident on the 1400 block of Esquimalt Avenue, about one kilometre away, reported a man “engaged in an indecent act” outside. When police arrived, they detained the suspect but did not have enough evidence to take him into custody or lay any charges, according to West Vancouver police spokesman Const. Jeff Palmer. The witness’s view was obscured by a fence, making it difficult to prove what was really happening. In Collier’s case, because it was so dark, she couldn’t get a clear view of the man’s
CNV council delays LoLo BIA vote Anyone waiting for council to vote on Lower Lonsdale’s pending Business Improvement Area will have to wait a little longer.
The previously deferred vote was delayed until Nov. 14 after City of North Vancouver council opted not to proceed without all seven elected officials at the table. Coun. Craig Keating did not attend the meeting. The proposed BIA breezed through the negative petition process after 68 per cent of the area’s property owner did not oppose the organization. However, final approval was delayed when Coun. Holly Back asked for details on how much the BIA’s levy would cost business owners. The motion presently up for final adoption refines the definition of “market commercial” to mean 10 or more retail stores in a complex that provide pedestrian access or a public plaza and is built in conjunction with a hotel. The levy charged on hotels and market commercial properties is 50 per cent of the tax due from other area properties. A development proposal for 59 stratified residential units over a commercial podium at the corner of West 15th Street and Bewicke Avenue was also moved to Nov. 14.
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face. Collier could say the man stood about five foot 10 inches, and had fair skin. “Putting the two together, investigators are confident we can identify the male dealt with in the first incident as a person of interest in both circumstances. We’re short of what we would require to proceed with a charge recommendation,” Palmer said. The department has made sure all their patrol team members know about the incidents, Palmer said, and anyone else who experiences something similar is asked to call 911 immediately. Despite the two witness accounts not producing enough hard evidence for charges, police don’t recommend witnesses attempt “any action that puts themselves in any closer contact or higher risk in dealing with a criminal suspect,” he said. “There are additional
steps to be taken but we couldn’t say with certainty whether or not those would get us any closer to a charge recommendation,” he said. Collier spread the word in a local Facebook mom’s group with more than 2,000 members because she wants others to be wary as long as the suspect remains on the loose. “If I had been alone and seen him, I don’t know what I would have done,” she said. “I just feel it could have been so much worse.” Collier said she would like to see some more police presence in the area as well as more lighting along the trail, something she said might have dissuaded their aggressor. “It has changed what we do. We’re no longer going when it’s dark,” she said. “It takes a lot to shake me. This has really shaken me. I bought coyote spray from Canadian Tire.”
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buyers were involved in 13.2 per cent of residential property deals in Metro Vancouver, compared to 3.6 per cent in the rest of the province. Since the tax was imposed, “What we’re seeing is local buyers,” said North Vancouver Realtor Satnam Sidhu, a former president of the Canadian Real Estate Council. “The builders have backed right off building lots,” he added. The sales-to-listing ratios have also fallen significantly on the North Shore since this time last year, meaning far fewer homes are selling for each one on the market. Prices are beginning to fall, said Eilers, who added those who want to sell their house now will likely get between 10 and 20 per cent less than they might have got at the earlier peak of the market. Many of the homes selling have “greatly
reduced their price to get the home sold.” “That’s a big shift in the mood of the market,” he said. “Now the pressure’s on the seller. There are a lot of people who are overexposed financially.” Those include builders who built houses on spec, those who own multiple properties including investment properties, people who bought new homes before they sold and baby boomers who were counting on the equity from their homes to finance their retirement. “I’ve noticed a number of properties that closed six months ago that are back on the market at a lower price than what the people paid for them,” said Sidhu. Both Realtors said it will likely not be until the first few months of 2017 that the market becomes clearer, as traditionally there is little activity in November and December.
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Laura Ledas is passionate about nutrition.
The Inglewood Care Centre registered dietitian is pleased to be part of a movement to ensure both staff and residents of the West Vancouver retirement community where she has been employed since December 2015 are encouraged and enabled to eat well. Inglewood recently launched a monthly farmers market open to staff and family members of residents that features organic produce donated by a variety of farms across B.C. and the western United States. Each month, Inglewood staff pick up the produce, ripe and ready to be consumed, from Burnaby’s La Fontana Café at Hastings and Boundary, and bring it back to the centre. “Staff can go down and pick and choose what they want, fill up a plastic bag, pay $7 and then go home with some very good quality organic food,” she says. In addition to the benefits of improving access to affordable healthy food, the farmers market is intended to help stimulate staff engagement and incite conversations about eating well. “As a dietitian I’m always interested in hearing what people are going to make with it and inspiring people to eat healthy at work,” says Ledas. The market was modelled after a similar initiative she had heard about that was running at another North Shore
Inglewood Care Centre registered dietitian Laura Ledas (at right) gets some help from resident Vale Hambleton at a recent onsite farmers market. The new initiative is offered monthly and serves staff and family members of residents as a means of encouraging healthy eating, raising funds for local charities and supplementing the West Vancouver retirement community’s food budget. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH long-term care site. Like that market, the Inglewood version operates as a fundraiser with 75 per cent of sales going to a variety of local, grassroots initiatives and charities with a focus on specific groups and individuals in need. The remaining 25 per cent of what’s raised goes to Inglewood to supplement its food budget.
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Wild About Birds Al Grass (like the sub-alpine of local mountains) is usually heard making “ticking” sounds, but once in a while will fill the air with a delightful “air.” The spotted towhee, said to be a “well-dressed sparrow” (since it’s not a “little brown job” or LBJ), can frequently be heard giving its kittenlike (to me) meowing calls. In fall, we find towhees scratching around in places like blackberry thickets, but in spring, it often sits atop trees and shrubs, head tipped back, singing its fine thrilling song. Red-winged blackbirds love to celebrate sunny mornings with their distinctive and delightful “onk-a-ree,” but they also have a chatter – like many blackbird related birds. Feeder watchers are thrilled when a flock of 15-20 (or more) bushtits land on their suet feeders. Listen carefully for their quiet twittering calls as they keep in touch with each other, and
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Feeding station attracts lovely voices From page 16 Here you will be able to get close-up views of a fine variety of birds, such as juncos and finches. Listen too for their lovely voices – close your eyes and just listen for a while. November is full of nature’s wonders. There is so much to see and hear, from the “rattle” of a kingfisher, to the “chirp chirp” flight calls of crossbills. And yes, the Pacific chorus (tree) frog are also calling. Air smells so good on a cool fall morning. It is all wonderful and ours to enjoy. 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, Nov. 12 starting at 10 a.m. Participants will look for the birds of fall. Meet at WBT’s site office, 2645 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver. Walks go rain or shine. wildbirdtrust.org
Juncos are among the birds that can be found at the feeding station at the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats, a great place to get close-up views of a fine variety of birds and to listen to their lovely voices. PHOTO SUPPLIED JOHN LOWMAN
First impressions count with home buyers From page 14 evergreens, such as boxwood or cedar, look nice in simple black pots framing the front door. The plants will add a little life and texture to the area, and the greenery will give off a nice, soft aroma. Illuminate Homes always look tidier and more
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1503-1519 Crown Street MASTER TITLE Six-Storey Residential Building What:
A Public Hearing for Bylaw 8192, a proposed amendment to the Zoning Bylaw to permit the development of a six-storey residential building at 1503-1519 Crown Street.
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Where: Council Chambers, District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, BC
Inglewood Care Centre registered dietitian Laura Ledas harvests lettuce earlier this year. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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What changes?
Bylaw 8192 proposes to amend the District’s Zoning Bylaw by creating a new Comprehensive Development Zone 96 (CD96) and rezone the subject lands from Single Family Residential (RS4) to CD96 to permit the development of a six-storey residential building.
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or canned. Residents eat three times a day and the dining experience is an important part of their social life and their daily routine,” she says. In time, Ledas hopes to increase the frequency of the farmers markets as well as find a means of involving residents a little more, as many “have spent their whole lives going grocery shopping, cooking food and preparing food,” she says. Some residents help with the set up and sale, and eventually Ledas hopes to have a couple accompany staff to do the produce pick ups, offering them an opportunity to get out into the community, maybe stopping for a coffee along the way, in an attempt to normalize their day-to-day lives, getting them back to what they used to do prior to coming
into care. Ledas is also pleased with the success of Inglewood’s inaugural vegetable garden that was launched this past summer and yielded a number of crops, including tomatoes, beets and lettuce. “We had some residents involved in watering. Lots of residents go on walks around the property, so it was something that they could check out and see how it was growing and evolving. Once we harvested, I would bring it through the dining rooms and use it as a topic of conversation with residents, asking them: ‘Did you used to garden? What do you think of this lettuce – check out the smell?’ Or, ‘Give this a taste.’ So it was a sensory experience for them as well and it just stimulated a lot of conversation. Then we would use it in our salads just to improve the quality
and availability of fresh, local, organic produce in our menu,” she says. Ledas has also recently started a menu focus group and meets with residents regularly to discuss Inglewood’s menu and gauge whether there are any areas of potential improvement. One request she received was for more fresh foods. This, mixed with her interest in improving food quality and nutrition at the long-term care facility, is what she credits with her motivation to get the market and garden up and running as well as continue to look to the future to consider what else can be done. “I want to make sure they’re getting enough good food that keeps them healthy. A lot of them have different chronic diseases or things like that that good nutrition can support them with,” she adds.
GREEN GUIDE SEABIRD DATAJoin Dr. David Bradley as he presents an analysis of seabird data representing the past 18 years and discusses seabird numbers in B.C. Saturday, Nov. 12, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. westvanlibrary.ca CAPILANO GARDEN CLUB SPEAKER SERIES Speakers Elspeth Bradbury, Katie McIntosh and Elaine Hickin will provide gardening information Monday, Nov. 14, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Canyon
Heights Christian Academy, 4840 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver. Cost: $5 for non-members. CREATING A CLIMATE FOR CHANGE Tzeporah Berman will discuss the economic and environmental actions of climate change Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. at the Bosa Centre at Capilano University, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. capilanou.ca Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email listings@nsnews.com
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Protect children, feed the future Sparing the rod doesn’t spoil the child National Child Day has been celebrated across Canada since 1993 to commemorate the United Nations’ adoption of two documents centered on children’s rights: the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child on Nov. 20, 1959, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on Nov. 20, 1989. It’s a good time to reflect on what we wish for our children. To use an old cliché, our children are our future. How we care for our kids today
Parenting Today Kathy Lynn will determine the health of the next 60 years in this country. And, of course, these are the young men and women who will care for us as we age. In thinking about what our children need and deserve in our country, my top priorities would be proper nourishment, personal safety and
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security, and the ability to experience the world through their free play. Proper food is number one. Kids need to eat and they need nutritious meals. Without food nothing else can happen. It’s a national shame that as we read this article, there are kids in schools, daycares, preschools and in their homes who are hungry. And that’s here in our prosperous country. We must deal with this. Kids can’t stay healthy, can’t play and can’t learn when their stomachs are empty. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has offered comments about children. In their sixth call to action they asked for the repeal of section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada. That is the section which permits the legal hitting of children. A national campaign dubbed, Corinne’s Quest: End Physical Punishment of Children (full disclosure, I am the national chair of this group) comments that the hitting of children should be prohibited by the law.
Instead, we have section 43, which lays out when parents can hit kids, how they can hit them and under what circumstances. That is appalling. We see ourselves as a peaceful country, we abhor violence but we still permit children, our most vulnerable citizens, to be hit. This despite the fact that this causes us to be in contravention of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and that we have decades of research to show the real risk factors connected with the hitting, swatting and spanking of our kids. To learn more go to corinnesquest.ca. Children need to play. Even our children who are very active are often not getting a chance to play. Activity is generally good for children but they also need play. Play is voluntary, freely chosen, controlled by the child and fun. So let’s look at activity. Often, when our kids are involved in sports or playing a game we see them as being engaged in play. If you look at the actual components of play, you will see that in sport the child doesn’t choose
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what he will be doing, is not in control of the activity but hopefully is having fun. In sports kids learn how to work as a team member, how to follow the rules, how to learn from coaches and how to be both a gracious winner and a good loser. All important lessons. In play our kids take charge. There are no set rules, they can play alone or in a group. They tend to learn problem solving, activity creation, and rule making so play is creative and free flowing. Kids need both. Food is essential for our children and as a country we need to ensure that every child is eating. It’s simply not acceptable that there are hungry children in our land of plenty. Children need to be protected from all forms of violence. We know for certain that kids who are being hit at home run the risk of emotional problems, self-esteem issues, relationship concerns between them and their parents and
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KIDS STUFF MUSIC WITH MARNIE Join Marnie and her friends for a free concert ideal for children ages two to eight at the West Vancouver Community Centre, 2121 Marine Dr., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2 p.m. KIDS IN THE HALL Children and families will be celebrated during the second annual CNV4me Kids in the Hall event Saturday, Nov. 19, 1-4 p.m. at the Civic Plaza, 141 West 14th St., North Vancouver. Arts and crafts, live music, dance, displays and more. cnv.org WHERE DO THE ANIMALS GO? As the hours of daylight shorten and the water cools, animals have to adapt. Learn what they do at the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre Saturday, Nov. 19, 1-3 p.m. Cost is $8.25 Preregister 604-990-3755 or lynncanyonecologycentre.ca WII TOURNAMENT FOR TEENS The North Vancouver City Library brings back its popular Wii Tournament Saturday, Nov. 19, 1-3:30 p.m. Open to teens in grades 6-10, the top three players win great prizes from EB Games and there will be pizza and door prizes. Registration required and gaming starts at 1 p.m. sharp. nvcl.ca
Sleep study seeks sleepy recruits JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
A UBC professor is embarking on a Canadawide study to help children who have spent too many nights avoiding the Sandman’s dust.
Approximately 25 per cent of children experience insomnia, according to UBC nursing professor Wendy Hall. Hall is part of a team of sleep experts spearheading an online program dubbed Better Nights, Better Days,
which examines the elements of healthy sleep, common problems, and methods to help children drift off. The study is for children between one and 10 who have had sleep problems for at least one month. Children with significant medical disorders such as epilepsy, severe asthma, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder or a medically based sleep disorder such as narcolepsy are not included in
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AGENTS FOR CHANGE Queensbury elementary classmates Sadie Augustin,
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Discipline different from hitting From page 22 obviously, aggression. We also know that kids need discipline but that hitting them simply should not be anyone’s definition
of discipline. Play is the essence of childhood and our kids need the time and space for regular free play. Let’s make National Child Day count for all of our children.
Kathy Lynn is a professional parenting speaker and author of Vive la Différence, Who’s In Charge Anyway? and But Nobody Told Me I’d Ever Have to Leave Home. Sign up for her informational newsletter at parentingtoday.ca.
Friday, November 11, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Victoria Park Cenotaph at Keith Road and Lonsdale Avenue Following the ceremony, a gathering is planned at the Lynn Valley Legion #114 for members and the community to join in remembrance over coffee and light refreshments. Linda Jones will be performing at Legion branch #118 from 1pm to 3pm.
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Read your way to salad in new non-fiction book
Book Buzz Fran Ashdown Enough Water? A Guide to What we Have and How we Use it by Steve Conrad, Richmond Hill, Ont., Firefly Books, $24.95
Frankly, I found the facts in this book terrifying and plan to implement some of the water-saving tips into my lifestyle immediately. Even though we live in a rainforest we need to reduce water usage to preserve our most precious resource.
Steve Conrad, the associate director of the Pacific Water Research Centre
at SFU, uses infographics to highlight just how much water is used by consumers on a daily basis. Seeing a drawing of the amount of water needed to produce one kilogram of beef boggles the mind (almost 1.5 times the volume of a concrete mixer truck)! Compare that to the mere eight bathtubs of water needed to create a salad and the positive impact of a vegetarian diet on the environment is immediately evident. Kids will very quickly be able to visualize the importance of water. Who knew it takes 910 litres of water to produce one smartphone or a whopping 4,165 litres to produce one integrated circuit board for a handheld game? Or 3,000 litres of water to produce one kilogram of paper (the reviewer’s not-so-subliminal message here: read more books).
A list of water-saving tips, a glossary and a bibliography are included. Interestingly, most items in the bibliography are accessible online, making them immediately available for further learning or teaching. Parents and children will find much of interest in this well-organized and nicely presented book. Fran Ashdown was the children’s librarian at the Capilano Branch of the NV District Library. She now turns off the tap while brushing her teeth. For more information check your local libraries.
Stress stems from sleep loss From page 22 the study. Participating parents should have an Internet connection and a browser with Google Chrome 7.0 or higher. “Even a small amount of sleep loss is associated with behavioural difficulties or learning
disabilities,” Hall stated in a press release. She added that a lack of sleep often results in physical and mental stress for the parents of nocturnal children. “Addressed early on, parents can break the cycle of poor sleep,” Hall stated. Parents interested in learning more can go to betternightsbetterdays.ca.
FRIENDS OF EDDIE COIL Arabelle Richar dons a little scale mail at the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre recently. The centre welcomed the Westcoast Society for the Protection and Conservation of Reptiles, giving one delighted seven-year-old a chance to hold and learn about the snakes. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
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The Dish Chris Dagenais The Tomahawk restaurant has an unmediated relationship with its history.
The older I get, the more I come to appreciate how vital it is to keep history close at hand, to keep the past alive through knowledge of it and afford it the ability to inform and, where appropriate, guide the present. We are not blank memory cards inserted into an indifferent machine, but rather subjective navigators of an existing context, a world into which we are thrust and the customs of which we inherit before we can shape it. I was recently watching cartoons with my kids on a Saturday morning. My son, The Boy, put on some classic Looney Tunes, a selection of cartoons from the catalogue that populated Saturday morning children’s programming when I was a boy, when my father was a boy, and when his father was a boy before that. Looney Tunes are still the property of Warner Bros., the studio that produced them from the 1930s through the 1960s. Today, however, when you tune into
Second generation Tomahawk owner Chuck Chamberlain poses with some local artifacts that his family has collected from patrons along the way since opening the North Vancouver institution in 1926, on the eve of the Great Depression. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD the cartoons, they are prefaced by a disclaimer exhibited on a static golden title card that effectively says these animated shorts are the product of a bygone era, influenced by the prevailing cultural attitudes of the time and do not reflect the current views of
Warner Bros. The disclaimer is meant to provide a buffer between the studio and its content, as if to say “we know this stuff is a bit questionable by today’s standards, so don’t freak out on us if you choose to watch it anyway.” Despite the litigiously
conscious disclaimer, I think the decision to continue to air the content is the correct one. To bury the cartoons in some archive would be to gloss over the fact that they existed, to suggest that what we know now can somehow be divorced from what it took
to get us here. I have been to Tomahawk a number of times, principally for breakfast. For the purposes of this column, however, I wanted to try something different, particularly given that the restaurant makes all of its dishes from
scratch and sources ethically produced ingredients (like organic beef and eggs) wherever possible. The Dagenais family thus descended on the restaurant between meal services, around 3 p.m. on
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a Sunday. The time was strategically chosen; the place was quieter than I have ever seen it and I was able to observe, unhurried and with quiet reflection, the esthetic of the room. Tomahawk is filled wall to wall with art and artifacts drawn from regional First Nations. The Tomahawk story is well known and oft published: the restaurant’s founder, Chick Chamberlain (father of today’s owner/ operator Chuck Chamberlain) opened the eatery in 1926, on the eve of the Great Depression. Despite offering dishes like barbecued beef sandwiches for 10 cents, cash-strapped North Shore residents sometimes couldn’t afford to dine. In exchange for a meal, patrons would sometimes offer Chick artwork. Many of these handmade goods remain in the restaurant today and so much of what adorns the rustic diner are authentic and traditional items that help tell the story
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of the community that it has served for 90 years, contributing to the venue’s unofficial status as an important museum of regional tradition. Some of the images, symbols and designs, however, particularly those that serve branding and way-finding purposes, may seem archaic and anachronistic to the contemporary observer, outmoded in the same way certain installments in the Looney Tunes oeuvre are today. But just like Warner Bros., Tomahawk has decided not to temper or shy away from these relics; they coexist with the rest of the artifacts to paint a richer and more accurate picture of where we have come from to get to where we are today. This is what I mean when I say Tomahawk has an unmediated relationship with its history. My older kids, The Boy and Blondie, both had burgers. Upon visiting, you’ll note more than 20 years’ worth of
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Wine tastings come in all sizes. But last week’s comparison of kegged vs. bottled wines at Earls Restaurants was particularly revealing.
Only the packaging was different, with one glass of wine poured from a standard 750 millilitre bottle and the other from a nine litre poly bag and keg system. The glasses were mixed up so as not to give it away. The big reveal is that it the wines tasted almost identical. In fact most of the winery principals on hand had a tough time picking out their own bottled wine. Sometimes, the keg wine was slightly less aromatic in the glass. And perhaps displayed a little less intensity of fruit and length. But the difference was barely discernible. And all the wines showed pretty well. Earls has widely adopted the “one way” Torr system. Wineries fill specialized plastic bags, usually at the same time they’re bottling. The nine litre bags (equivalent to a case of a dozen 750 ml bottles, are shipped in pairs, in a corrugated cardboard container.
means four out of five customers are more than content to order wine by the glass. And probably don’t give it a second thought. Here are four of those Earls’ on tap, great value stalwarts, which you can easily find.
Notable Potables Tim Pawsey When the bags reach Earls they’re ready to place inside a cylinder, which looks like a small beer keg. When installed in its tap dispenser the keg locks onto a valve and is pressurized. That’s important, because at no time is any inert gas or other medium introduced to the wine. With the bag under pressure, the wine flows easily once the tap is opened. The pressure ensures there’s little, if any, liquid left in the bag when it’s empty. And the cardboard box the wine came in also goes in the recycling. Earls sales of bottled wine have declined to around 20 percent of the total. That
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House pie antidote for rainy day From page 28
North Shore News Reader’s Choice Award plaques lining Tomahawk’s entrance, alternately denoting the restaurant’s prowess in the provision of breakfast and hamburgers. Their burgers are perfect examples of diner fare, simple and classic, not topped with anything esoteric, and made here with organic beef. My wife DJ had a veggie sandwich, a cold-style sarnie consisting of spinach, Swiss cheese, tomato, roasted red pepper, cucumber and special house sauce on a whole-wheat bun. The sandwich was filling, but not overwhelmingly so,
offering a relatively guilt-free centerpiece around which to place fries, included with the dish. I opted for a house-made beef and mushroom pie served with mashed potatoes with gravy, steamed vegetables and, for no apparent reason beyond rendering an already huge meal enormous, two slices of thick-cut garlic bread. The pie was generously stuffed with mushrooms sliced into quarters and plenty of cubed beef. The sauce and mashed potato gravy were dark and deeply concentrated, making the whole affair a filling option for the rainy season ahead. We finished our meal with a towering slice of tart,
spongy lemon meringue pie With juice and/or soft drinks for all, our meal was $70 before gratuity. Tomahawk Restaurant is located at 1550 Philip Ave. in North Vancouver. tomahawkrestaurant.com 604-988-2612 Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. A self-described wine fanatic, he earned his sommelier diploma in 2001. He can be reached via email at hungryontheshore@gmail. com. North Shore News dining reviews are conducted anonymously and all meals are paid for by the newspaper.
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A nine-litre pouch of Seven Terraces Sauvignon Blanc, the equivalent to a case of 12 bottles, tucks into a keg for easy dispensing at Earls restaurant. PHOTO SUPPLIED TIM PAWSEY
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be the weakest next year. Unfortunately, this disclosure doesn’t always have the desired effect. When it comes to performance chasing for managed investments, it’s normal for people to wish they had put everything they owned with the highest returning manager. However, while rebalancing your portfolio to sell the underperforming positions to buy the top performers may be a natural response, it’s not wise. It’s important to avoid putting too much emphasis on short term performance when making decisions on your long-term investment strategy. It’s preferable to focus on results with five, seven and 10 year returns. It allows you to see how consistently the manager has performed in different market conditions. While a threeyear return is better than one year, even three years should be taken with a grain of salt. It’s not unusual to see commodity investments take the top spot one year, only to come in last the next. Market dynamics change from year to year and there is downside in any strategy. If your manager underperformed in any given year, it could be because they took less risk or market conditions favoured strategies that focused on a narrow (but higher risk) sector of the market. This is why diversifying your portfolio
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Fentanyl forum set for Nov. 23
Anyone hoping to learn more about B.C.’s fentanyl crisis is welcome to attend a forum Nov. 23 at Centennial Theatre.
North Shore medical health officer Dr. Mark Lysyshyn is scheduled to be joined by members from North and West Vancouver’s police departments. Fentanyl was detected in 302 overdose deaths in the
first eight months of 2016 – more than three times as many as the same period in 2015. Fentanyl is approximately 50 times as toxic as heroin and frequently sold in its place. In an effort to assuage the unprecedented overdose levels, coroners and health officers have begun sharing more information in the hopes of better understanding where
to safe injection sites and takehome naloxone kits are most needed. Fentanyl overdoses can be treated with an injection of naloxone, a medicine that can prevent brain damage if administered in time. Staff in Lions Gate Hospital’s emergency department are now offering take-home naloxone kits for patients who were admitted
with overdoses. Firefighters across the North Shore are also being equipped with naloxone kits. Naloxone is available at the Health Connection Clinic on East 15th Street in North Vancouver. The forum also includes a question-and-answer period with representatives from the North and West Vancouver school district as well as North Shore youth workers. -Jeremy Shepherd
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Judge managers by their bad years From page 30 to include a few different managers can improve your risk management without hurting returns. Two different equity managers may have each made nine per cent annually over seven years but the actual year over year performance of the two could be quite different. A reason to include both is because without a crystal ball, there’s no way to know what the market conditions will be. Studies have shown that trying to switch between managers based on short term performance results in underperformance. If you’ve done your due diligence and chosen managers with consistent, long-term returns, your three-to-five year returns should reflect that. When we interview
other managers and review their investment strategies, the number one question we have is: “How will they perform in a bad year?” Scrutinizing bad market years like 2008, 2011 and 2015 can be enlightening. It’s also important to look at other risk metrics like maximum drawdown (the biggest per cent decline the fund has experienced from a peak), time under water (how long did it take to get back to the high water mark) and standard deviation (volatility of the returns). The Sharpe ratio is a good indication of risk adjusted returns because it gives you a ratio of return per the unit of risk taken. Putting it together, you can get a much better understanding of manager skill by going beyond returns and looking at other metrics. It’s impossible to beat
the market every single year. But there are managers who consistently outperformed the market on a longer-term, risk-adjusted basis. The best strategy is to focus less on what the market is doing and instead, develop an investment plan that targets the returns you want within a risk level you are comfortable with. Then you can develop a financial plan to ensure your targeted return will allow you to achieve your financial goals. The bottom line is that performance chasing has been proven to actually lead to underperformance. Stay focused on the longer term results and you’ll be better positioned to stay on track with your financial plan while sleeping soundly at night. lori.pinkowski@raymondjames. ca.
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The Nominations and Election Committee is seeking Vancity members to fill three director positions in the 2017 election. Each position is for a three-year term, commencing after the Annual General Meeting on Thursday, May 4, 2017. Prospective candidates are strongly advised to attend an information session which will be held at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at Vancity Centre, 183 Terminal Avenue, Vancouver. Please contact the Governance Department at 604.877.7595 by no later than noon, Tuesday, December 6, 2016 to register for this session. Prospective candidates are required to submit confirmation of their intention to run by no later than noon on Thursday, January 5, 2017. Interviews will be scheduled shortly thereafter. Specific details about running for election can be found in the Candidates’ Package posted on our website, vancity.com
a.m.-2 p.m. at 195 East Windsor Rd., North Vancouver. AUTHOR PRESENTATION The Miracle Mile: Stories of the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games written by Jason Beck will be presented Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7-8:30 p.m. at the North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. nvcl.ca
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Silver and bronze for North Shore at AA finals ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com
It was silver and bronze for North Shore teams at the AA provincial field hockey tournament, as one perennial powerhouse kept its reserved podium place while a newcomer grabbed a piece of hardware for the first time in school history.
The Collingwood Cavaliers, last year’s champions, made it back to the final before losing to their Vancouver Island private school rivals Crofton House 1-0 in the championship game. The Seycove Seyhawks, meanwhile, made it to the final four for the second time in school history – last year was the first – but this year they took one more step, claiming bronze with a shootout win over St. Michaels University School in the third-place match. “I think for them winning that bronze medal was honestly just as good as coming first,” Seycove head coach Melanie Reid said about her team’s first ever provincial medal. “There were lots of happy tears, they were very excited. It was also
Collingwood co-captain Madison Connell takes control during a game against Argyle earlier this season. Two North Shore teams hit the podium at the AA field hockey provincial championships last week, with the Cavaliers claiming silver and Seycove earning bronze. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH an emotional game being so many players’ last games together at our high school.” The bronze-medal win capped off a mad rush to end the season for the Seyhawks, who only played four regular season games due to cancellations and then
had to travel to Victoria for a three-way showdown for one wildcard provincial berth. In the wildcard tournament Seycove beat Little Flower Academy in a shootout and then topped Glenlyon Norfolk School 3-0 to earn a trip to the provincial championships
running last week in Trail. At provincials the excitement continued as Seycove beat the host team, J.L. Crowe secondary, in a quarterfinal shootout before pushing powerful Crofton House to the limit in the semifinals, losing 2-1 on a goal scored after
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regulation time had expired in the second half. “It was a bit of a heartbreaker, but I was happy that we played so well against the top team,” said Reid, adding that the Seyhawks quickly refocused and came into the bronze medal game excited
about claiming the team’s first ever medal. “They were very fired up. … Every game they played they seemed to get better and better.” Seycove carried much of the play against SMUS
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although they couldn’t find a breakthrough as the teams were deadlocked 0-0 heading into the shootout. With a medal on the line star goalie Emma Menchions was stellar once more as Seycove blasted their way to bronze. Grade 9 star Kate Rogers and Grade 12 Kendra Kerr led the way as the team’s dedicated field hockey players, said Reid, while the rest of the team – mostly elite soccer and basketball players moonlighting as stick swingers – brought athleticism to the pitch. The medal was a long time coming for a school, always better known for its soccer team. “I played as a student there – we were terrible,” said Reid with a laugh, speaking about her stint on the Seycove field hockey team in the mid-2000s. The Seyhawks nearly broke through last season when they finished fourth, and with most of the players back for one final shot this year they took the next step. “We kind of had the goal coming in that we wanted to medal,” said Reid. “We knew they came fourth (last year) and I think they kind of felt that they might have been lucky to end up fourth – you know, stars aligned and everything kind of worked out and they ended up fourth. This year it was just different in the fact that they were like, ‘No, we are a good team, we deserve to be here and we want a medal.’” As for the Cavaliers, they faced the same foes as Seycove in the final four with the same results. Collingwood took on SMUS in the semifinals and got all they could handle from Anna Mollenhauer, a player on the senior national team who scored all three goals in a 3-3 tie that sent the game to a shootout. Collingwood star goalkeeper Natalie Dalton got her revenge in the shootout, stopping Mollenhauer and all the other SMUS shooters as the Cavs took the shootout 3-0. In the final Collingwood continued their long-running battle against Crofton House
– the two teams met in last year’s final with Collingwood claiming gold. The roles reversed this year, however, with Crofton House cracking in a goal with two minutes left to claim a 1-0 win. “It feels like every year we face them. It was a great fight right to the end,” said cocoach Ashleigh Gold. “We got chances, and they got chances. It was a pretty good battle.” Sarah Bruner, another co-coach along with Catherine Underwood, credited Dalton with keeping the score close. “Natalie was absolutely phenomenal,” she said. “It could have been six or seven nothing. Luckily she had her A-game on and held them until the last three minutes there.” While Dalton kept things close in the crease, the Cavaliers were led on attack by Grade 12 midfielder Madison Connell. “She has this never-give-up attitude on the field, and because of that it increases the level for everybody,” said Gold. “Nobody is going to give up when they are playing with Maddie because of the amount of heart and soul she leaves on the field.” In the end, however, it wasn’t enough to topple Crofton House in the final, and the Cavaliers were left with silver. It wasn’t the colour they were looking for, but it did continue their impressive podium streak at provincials: the Cavs have claimed a medal in nine straight provincial championships, including four golds, three silvers and two bronzes. This year’s silver stings, said Gold, but the players should be proud. “The girls were obviously devastated to not come out with the win. They were heartbroken. But when we talked to the team at the end of game, we asked them if they gave everything and left everything on the field, and their answer was a resounding ‘yes, we did.’ That’s all that we can ask from a team. We were really proud of how hard they played, how well they played – just the amount of heart and soul that they have for this sport and for this team.”
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PLAYOFF PUSH Ben McMichael of the Windsor Dukes drags a few tacklers with him during a 42-16 win over Nanaimo in senior AA football Nov. 4 at Windsor. Three North Shore teams are ready to keep their seasons rolling with playoff matchups this Friday. Windsor finished third in the AA Western Conference and will travel to Vernon to take on Clarence Fulton, while Argyle will visit Kamloops to take on Vanderhoof’s Nechako Valley secondary after finishing third in the AA Eastern Conference. At the AAA level, Handsworth finished second in the Pacific Division and will take on South Delta at McLeod Athletic Park in Langley. Visit nsnews.com to see more photos of Nanaimo vs. Windsor. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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