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Burned body found near Lynn Creek trail ID’d JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
A 41-year-old homeless woman has been identified as the victim of a November homicide in North Vancouver.
Lisa Dawn MacPherson of North Vancouver has been identified by the RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team as the victim whose burned body was discovered in a wooded area near East Keith Road and Mountain Highway Nov. 28. RCMP were called out shortly before 10 a.m. that day after a badly burned body was discovered in a shelter along the Bridgman North Trail near Lynn Creek. MacPherson’s family,
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Homeowner grant threshold upped to $1.6M
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Thousands of homeowners in North Vancouver will get to keep the provincial homeowners grant after the government announced Tuesday it is raising the assessment threshold at which owners no longer qualify for the help.
Finance Minister Mike De Jong made the announcement Tuesday morning in Vancouver. The change raises the threshold at which owners begin to lose the grant from $1.2 million to $1.6 million of assessed value, an increase of 33 per cent from last year. “We made the decision people who qualified for the grant last year should qualify for the grant this year,” said De Jong at a press conference Tuesday. On the North Shore the change means thousands of
New measure aimed at helping ease tax burden on those whose property values soared owners in North Vancouver – and some condo owners in West Vancouver – who stood to lose their grant will now get to keep it. “It certainly is good news,” said City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto, who added he’s heard from a few homeowners concerned they might be losing the grant. District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton echoed those comments. “Obviously it’s good news for our homeowners, especially for those on fixed income,” he said. According to information provided by the data company
Landcor, those mostly likely to benefit on the North Shore include owners of detached homes in areas like Blueridge, Calverhall, Lynn Valley, Lonsdale, Norgate, Queensbury, Hamilton and Seymour, where average assessed values have risen above $1.2 million but are still just under the new $1.6 million threshold. Condo owners in Dundarave and Horseshoe Bay will also benefit. Even so, the percentage of owners who qualify for the grant on the North Shore remains much lower than that of the rest of the province, thanks to skyrocketing assessments. Last year, about 34,600 homeowners – whose properties had to be valued below $1.2 million – qualified for the grant, out of approximately 70,000 owners on the North Shore overall. That’s about half of all property owners compared to between 90 and 94 per cent of property owners provincewide who qualify for the grant. Of those who qualified last year, only about 13,900
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Transit driver facing charge in bus rage case Onboard recording of near miss with cyclist key evidence in trial JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
A court case that has pitted a bus driver against a cycling advocate in a case of alleged road rage has almost reached its final stop in North Vancouver provincial court.
A judge will then decide if a TransLink bus driver was driving dangerously during a near miss with a cyclist – and whether a monologue captured by the bus’s recording system has any bearing on that decision. Christopher Charles Heward, 49, of North Vancouver, faces a charge of dangerous driving stemming from the incident on March 31, 2015, in which his bus passed a cyclist on the left-hand side as it headed down Third Street in North Vancouver towards Second Street, ending up in a turning lane for oncoming traffic. In court, prosecutor Joe Marin suggested Heward decided to cut off the cyclist in a moment of road rage because he was angry at seeing the cyclist in his lane of traffic rather than on a nearby cycling path. “I will suggest you wanted
Cyclist Greg Robinson leaves the courthouse in October after hearing the case against a North Vancouver transit driver charged with dangerous driving stemming from a March 2015 incident involving the cyclist. PHOTO SUPPLIED to scare that cyclist. That cyclist had pissed you off from the moment you saw him and you wanted to send a message,” Marin said to Heward during cross-examination before Judge John Milne in North Vancouver provincial court Jan. 4. Marin suggested during the cross-examination that the move was dangerous and motivated by “animosity toward cyclists.” A key piece of evidence
presented during the trial has been a video and audio recording taken inside the bus in the moments leading up to the move by the bus driver. “Isn’t it nice how they built you that bike path that you don’t f***ing use?” Heward can be heard saying on the tape, apparently commenting about the cyclist. “You are not making any f***ing friends,” Heward can be heard saying, before adding, “Oh here you go. F*** you then,” and
concluding, “Dude, you’re mistaken. You don’t understand the rules of the road.” Under questioning by Marin, Heward testified he was “a little irritated” to see the cyclist not using the bike path but maintained he acted out of concern for safety, not anger. Heward said he was surprised to see a cyclist suddenly move into his lane, in front of the bus, and had to make a “split-second decision” about the safest course of
action to avoid hitting him. The incident came to the attention of authorities after cyclist Greg Robinson called North Vancouver RCMP to report it. Police then seized the bus’s internal video and audiotape from the Coast Mountain Bus Company. Robinson, who testified in court in December, said he was “dazed,” “aghast” and “shaken” after the near miss with the bus. Under cross-examination,
however, Heward’s defence lawyer Mark Slay suggested Robinson had exaggerated his fear over the incident because as a cycling advocate, he wanted to see the bus driver punished. “You’ve held strong views about cycling and cyclists for a long time now, haven’t you?” Slay asked, pointing to a letter Robinson wrote to the Georgia Straight six years ago in which he described motorists as perpetuating “hate crimes” and acts of “terrorism” on cyclists. “Your hope is a conviction in this matter will put you into the limelight of cycling advocacy,” Slay suggested, adding Robinson wanted the conviction to perpetuate a “political agenda.” Slay summed that up as “cyclists good, motorists bad.” “I don’t know that the concept of justice equates to a political agenda,” Robinson replied. Other witnesses who testified in the trial have included a police officer and a local contractor who was driving a truck ahead of the bus and told the judge he saw the cyclist swerve to avoid the bus in his rear-view mirror. Heward testified in court that Coast Mountain Bus later gave him a three-day suspension for his actions. Outside the court, a spokesman for TransLink said in an emailed statement Heward no longer works for the company. Final arguments in the case are expected at the end of March.
Free ride abides at West Vancouver’s park parking lots BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
West Vancouver council has let the air out of the tires on a plan that would have seen visitors charged for parking at the district’s most popular parks.
At council’s request, staff had prepared a report on the potential revenues that could be raised for upkeep at Whytecliff Park, Lighthouse Park, and the Nelson Canyon Park/Whyte Lake trailhead starting in 2017 with an eye to possibly expand pay parking to Ambleside, Dundarave and John Lawson parks after consulting with the
Ambleside and Dundarave Business Improvement Association later in the year. But the plan didn’t make it out of council chambers Monday with the majority of the councillors present panning the idea. Coun. Craig Cameron said he regretted that the idea had even resurfaced after being debated and rejected in 1997 and 2003. “I’m trying not to be hyperbolic here but this is probably the most unappealing proposal that has come before me in five years on council,” he said. Pay parking would just push park users into nearby residential neighbourhoods in search of free parking, and
the bureaucracy required to enforce the new rules would probably be more trouble than it’s worth, he added. If West Vancouver residents were to be exempted, which the proposal called for, parking revenues would be just more than $30,000 per year at the three parks, which would take six years to break even once the meters had been purchased and administrative costs paid, Cameron added. “I mean, that’s ridiculous,” he said. Cameron suggested there are probably other areas of the budget that can be cut if parks maintenance is suffering. Charging for parking
would be tantamount to penalizing people for enjoying nature, Coun. Bill Soprovich argued. “I think ... we should be leaders in West Vancouver and say to the Lower Mainland municipalities and to the province that a walk in nature should be free,” he said. Much like the proposals from 1997 and 2003, Soprovich suggested “that the report be put on the shelf and collect dust.” Only Coun. Nora Gambioli spoke in defence of the proposal, making the distinction that providing free temporary storage for a one-tonne SUV is not the same as free access to the park.
“The fact is, there are a lot of people coming from outside West Vancouver who are bringing their vehicles and bringing their takeout food and bringing their families, and it costs West Vancouver residents, at the moment, a lot of money to clean up garbage cans, keep the washrooms clean, maintain the parking lots and fix the trails,” she said. The options before council, she added, were to raise West Vancouverites’ taxes, charge visitors to parks or let them fall into disrepair. The vote was applauded by members of the Ambleside and Dundarave Business Improvement
Association. For them, scarcity of parking in the business district is already a sore point and they bristled at the hint of waterfront park users hogging free customer parking closer to Marine Drive. Instead, BIA executive director Stephanie Jones pushed council to develop a “holistic parking strategy” that addresses the area’s needs over the long term, including the creation of a feasibility study for building a new parkade in the neighbourhood. Coun. Christine Cassidy, a big proponent of pay parking, was not at Monday’s meeting. Neither was Coun. Peter Lambur.
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Exactly what led to the collision, though, isn’t clear. Port Mann Freeway Patrol, which has jurisdiction over the Highway 1 as far as the Capilano River, has not responded to a request for an interview. The westbound lanes were closed by the Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service until 8 p.m. Single-lane eastbound traffic opened within an hour.
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Homicide victim led ‘transient lifestyle’ From page 1
which includes siblings in the Lower Mainland, have been notified of her death, said Cpl. Meghan Foster, spokeswoman for the RCMP’s homicide team. But police still don’t know what led up to MacPherson’s death and are appealing to the public for information. Foster said MacPherson was last seen alive on Nov. 24, a few days before her body
was found, in the City of North Vancouver. MacPherson “led a transient lifestyle”and had recently stayed at a homeless shelter, said Foster. Foster said police want to speak with anyone who knew MacPherson, who might be able to shed light on her friends or activities that would lead investigators to understand what led up to her death. “We need to speak with
those people who knew her,” said Foster. MacPherson was white, about five-foot-four, 130 pounds, with shoulder-length blond hair. Anyone with information is asked to contact the IHIT information line at 1-877551-IHIT (4448), or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca. Anyone wanting to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800222-TIPS (8477).
Police are appealing to the public for any information on homicide victim Lisa Dawn MacPherson, last seen alive in the City of North Vancouver on Nov. 24. PHOTOS SUPPLIED
Seniors hardest hit by loss of grant From page 1 were owners of detached homes. In the District of North Vancouver, only about 60 per cent of homeowners qualify for the full grant, said Elio Iorio, manager of revenue and taxation. Even with the change in the threshold, about 1,200 homeowners will likely lose some or all of their grant this year, he added. De Jong said the grant is intended to recognize people
like seniors who “bought their home 30 or 40 years ago” and have seen its assessed value soar but who are living on a fixed income and don’t have the ability to absorb large property tax increases. “That’s the target” of the threshold change, said De Jong, adding loss of the grant – which is $570 for a basic grant and up to $845 for seniors – would be “very problematic” for those people. But NDP housing critic David Eby said in terms of
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o nobody’s surprise, on Tuesday the province raised the threshold for the provincial homeowners grant, thereby ensuring a sizable percentage of property owners – and voters – provincewide continue to benefit from the program. On the North Shore, thanks to sky-high assessments, a smaller percentage of owners benefit. But it’s a popular program and no wonder. Who doesn’t like getting free money to help pay their taxes? Local mayors also like the grant because it cushions the impact of tax hikes. Politicians mess with such programs at their peril. The 60-year-old grant was brought in by the Socreds to encourage the buying and building of homes in the post-war years. But times have changed a tad since then. A grant of $570 or $845 is unlikely a big factor in buying a $1-million home.
Other families will never own a home, through no fault of their own. And they also struggle with housing costs. Why should they be excluded from government largesse? Of course, just because a person is asset rich doesn’t mean they aren’t cash flow challenged. Currently, however, there is no means test to help determine who would benefit most from the grant – a considerable oversight. There are many reasonable questions that could be asked about the grant and who should receive it, but don’t expect that discussion anytime soon. Successive governments of all stripes have shied away from reforms over many decades. Politicians recognize a no-win situation when they see one. In an election year, especially, there’s no appetite for messing with what many voters feel isn’t broken.
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The superintendents estimated what it would take to meet the classroom requirements should the language be restored in the contract, which is what the BCTF fought for for more than a dozen years. The superintendent of Surrey, for example, said it would take the construction of 51 more portables (at a cost of $4.75 million) to meet the class size and composition standards set out in the old language. While this school district is the most crowded and fastest growing, it is by no means the exception to the rule. Abbotsford’s superintendent said 21 more portables will be needed, while Langley figures 17 portables should fit the bill. And on and on it goes, across the province. The final numbers of portables (or school expansions, or even the re-opening of closed schools) won’t be
known for some time yet, as talks continue between the government and the union of how to accommodate the old language (or at least most of it, as some of it may prove to be unreachable). The fact an interim agreement was reached so quickly after the Supreme Court of Canada’s embarrassing smackdown of the government’s case speaks volumes of the strength of the BCTF’s position here. The BCTF estimates about 3,500 teaching positions (which includes classroom teachers, librarians, counsellors, special education teachers etc.) were eliminated across the province when the old language was scrapped. The interim deal restores almost one-third of those positions. It’s unclear whether all of the rest will be restored, but it’s clear the lion’s share of them will be.
And there will be a final deal, although it may take some time to reach one. In the meantime, I expect the government to include funding for the final agreement (probably around $300 million, not including the costs for portables) in the spring budget (although hidden in contingencies and the like). The interim deal also contains a new spirit of cooperation between two sides that have historically been at each other’s throats when it comes to control of the classroom. Now, a school district superintendent will sit down with the local union president to strike a joint committee that will oversee how to put all those teachers back into class, and which classes will be affected. In other words, no arbitrary power wielded by the employer and a willingness on the part of the union
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Increase upstream funds to help solve opioid crisis Dear Editor: Gold star to Tom Littlewood, program director at Dan’s Legacy. His (Dec. 27) letter to the editor on the opioid crisis is right on target. Solving the opioid crisis requires that we address the catastrophe of child and adolescent trauma that is pervasive in our society. People use substances to manage their dysphoria. That’s a Latin word for “feeling bad.” One of the most common reasons people feel psychologically unwell can be traced back to trauma that was done unto them when they were innocent and unable to defend themselves. Whether the trauma was physical, emotional, sexual, neglect or chaos matters not. I’m no expert when it comes to trauma, but I see it in my practice every day. And when it comes to providing
long-term, effective treatment, we don’t have many options. People with the financial means can get expert psychotherapy from many clinicians on the North Shore for $150$250/hour, but those without means, i.e. the vast majority of those caught in the maelstrom of opioid addiction, do not get access to this care. We can do better. I don’t know the answer, but my best educated guess is as follows: The government needs to provide funding to give people access to trained therapists, just like they do to psychiatrists. If you can find a psychiatrist who does trauma-informed psychotherapy on the North Shore, and does not have a one-year waiting list, let me know. I know that asking for more money for health care is like yelling into the wind.
But let me put it another way: increasing the funding for downstream responders like firefighters and police to do the job (I read it in the Vancouver Sun) is about the most expensive way, with the least return on investment. So it’s not that we need more money, we just need to redirect it, upstream, to those who can most effectively make a difference. This would include trauma-informed clinical counsellors, social workers, psychiatric nurses, psychologists and family physicians. If you want to look way upstream to prevent and treat the (most common) causes of substance abuse, this is where you look. This is where you put your money. Dr. Anthony Ocana Co-director, North Shore ADHD and Addiction Clinic North Vancouver
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Dear Editor: MP for North Vancouver Jonathan Wilkinson has provided a lengthy justification for the Trudeau government’s decision to approve the Kinder Morgan pipelines, but his rationalization doesn’t deal with issues that are important to many British Columbians and North Vancouver residents. The Kinder Morgan pipelines to Burrard Inlet are intended to service the expansion of the oilsands with the mining and shipping of bitumen, which cannot be cleaned up and could have lasting detrimental impacts on ocean life. Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Wilkinson appear to see Ms.
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Notley’s plan to “cap” oil production at 100 (megatonnes in annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2030) as a win for the environment, but actually the Alberta plan will increase emissions from close to 70 megatonnes in 2014. And the plan sees Canada reverting to its old role of exporting its raw resources without any added value. Come on folks, it’s nearly 2017! Canada imports oil from Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and several other countries, but we are losing our ability to refine oil products, and this is increasing the energy insecurity for Canada. What about building refining capacity in Alberta, creating real jobs here in Canada and freezing
the level of oil production to keep greenhouse gases at or below the current levels? I have no doubt that the transportation of crude oil will continue for many years; what I adamantly oppose is a pipeline dedicated to the shipment of bitumen (also known as tar) when we know that spills and leaks will happen and will cause untold damage to B.C.’s coast by impacting First Nations communities and B.C.’s tourist industry. We need to be eliminating tax breaks and other subsidies to the fossil fuel industry and providing more help to alternative energy production. Alison Watt North Vancouver
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Teachers on the North Shore are applauding an interim deal between the province and the teachers’ union that will see money going toward more classroom help within the next month.
On Thursday, Education Minister Mike Bernier announced the province will spend $50 million to hire teachers and provide more classroom supports between January and June of this year. The interim deal comes out of talks between the province and the B.C. Teachers Federation’ following a Supreme Court of Canada decision in November. The
court ruled the government infringed on teachers’ rights when it ripped up contracts in 2002 that set limits on class sizes and the number of special needs student who could be placed in each classroom. So far the government has not announced how much each school district will get of that $50 million but the money will be distributed roughly according to student enrolment figures. Martin Stuible, president of the North Vancouver Teachers’ Association, said he’s hoping that will translate into approximately $1.5 million for North Vancouver that could be used to hire between 30 and 40 more teachers for the rest of this school year. Because most classes
have already been set for the school year, Stuible said it’s likely most of the money in this round of funding will go to providing additional help for classroom teachers, especially in those classes with a number of special needs students. “There’s many classes in this district that have four, five, six, seven, eight (special needs students),” said Stuible. According to statistics from the Ministry of Education, in North Vancouver last year there were 336 classes with more than four special needs students in them. Of those, 183 classes had seven or more special needs students. A total of 246 classes had four or more English language learner students, including 61 classes
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with seven or more ELL students. There were also 141 classes with more than 30 students. Rob Millard, president of the West Vancouver Teachers’ Association, agreed that dealing with class composition is a top priority for teachers. One solution might be hiring “itinerant” teachers, who could “help out where needed,” said Millard. Both warned, however, that hiring more specialist teachers may be easier in theory than in practice. “It will be a challenge because over the years a lot of people have chosen not to go into teaching,” said Stuible. Teachers who are experts
in supporting students with special needs and others such as French immersion teachers are always in demand, he said. “Those teachers are going to be in demand by the other districts as well,” said Millard. “There’s going to be a bit of a hiring binge.” Millard added West Vancouver faces a special challenge because 60 per cent of its teachers don’t live on the North Shore and may be tempted if offered jobs closer to their homes. “If you live in Coquitlam or Port Coquitlam that may make more sense,” he said. Over the longer term, school districts may also find themselves dealing with
a space crunch as schools adapt to smaller class sizes and therefore possibly a need for more classes. “We will need more classroom space,” said Stuible. “They are going to have to look twice at (the plans for the replacement of) Argyle.” The $50 million equals about 1,100 teachers provincewide, according to the ministry. The funding will go towards hiring more classroom and specialist teachers “where it is feasible to do so.” Where that is not practical, school districts can also use the money to upgrade qualifications of existing teachers and recruit new hires.
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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Cindy Goodman Community grants reception The North Shore Community Foundation awarded more than $80,000 to 17 different local organizations in a ceremony held Dec. 6 at the District of North Vancouver municipal hall. The wide range of groups receiving funding included those dedicated to helping less fortunate members of society, health and well-being, animal welfare and more. The foundation has provided more than $1.5 million to charitable initiatives since its inception 30 years ago.
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Edgemont hub for perinatal services launched
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If it truly takes a village to raise a child, then a newly transformed space specializing in perinatal practices is poised to become be a big help to expectant or new parents on the North Shore.
The Village Workshops and Wellness, envisioned as a hub for several different services and supports during the childbearing year, is now up and running in Edgemont Village, with practitioners in birth planning, prenatal education, hypnotherapy and more using the facility to host classes and clinics. “It’s kind of one-stop shopping and the idea of a team,” explained founder Jill Colpitts, a doula and first-aid trainer. “We’re practitioners that are mainly from the North Shore, so it’s really like a community venture to try and bring a whole bunch of services under one roof, cross-promote for each other and lift each other up.” Colpitts said she’s had the vision for The Village for “several years,” but the idea was only recently able to become a reality. She and her husband also own a company called Canadian Birth Products, but had sold an associated online midwifery store and were left with an empty office space. “I’ve been working in the perinatal field for about 10 years and just really feel like the North Shore needs a more concentrated effort in that respect,” Colpitts said. Herself a mother of two, Colpitts began reaching out to other local practitioners to see if they’d like to run recurring or one-off workshops and classes, and received an encouraging response. “People wanted to come together and share their craft,” she said. The Village lists nine practitioners on its website as part of the facility’s team, including acupuncturists, yoga instructors, and others offering holistic-centred supports. The facility was once a residence and although it has since been renovated and rezoned as a commercial space, it still looks like an apartment, complete with a kitchen and living room.
The Village Workshops and Wellness founder Jill Colpitts is joined by sister and fellow practitioner Holly Choi at the Edgemont facility, where a variety of services and classes for new and expectant parents are now being offered. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD That setup is ideal for the services it now houses as The Village, and one that Colpitts said brings a “real community feel.” “It’s a very versatile space,” she said. “It can be a wideopen, empty room for yoga, or we can lay down a rug, throw down some BackJack chairs and have some tea on the floor.” Programming at The Village kicked off in earnest on
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Planner perfect for foodies and growers In these days of modern technology, it can be difficult to pull away from our laptops, tablets, computers and phones.
Some days I find myself inundated with alerts, beeps and never-ending notifications. It seems that there are applications for everything and it can be a little overwhelming. Once in a while, it’s nice to take a breath and walk away from technology – to write a handwritten note to a friend, send a card in the mail or perhaps jot down your weekly and monthly calendar in an actual paper notebook. Former North Shore resident Natasha Asselstine, a holistic nutritional consultant, is an advocate for wholesome living and believes that wellness may be achieved by breaking it down into small,
Home Ideas Barb Lunter bite-sized steps. Asselstine is a creative director at Heirloom Publications and has recently launched her In-Season 2017 Day Planner. This planner was designed to inspire users to live in harmony with the seasons. Asselstine has combined her passion for local food, seasonal living and beautiful design into a clean and
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Parents: step away from the helicopter Allow children their final frontier: space I live in a highrise and one day I was in the elevator with a mom and her 10-year-old son. The boy asked if he could travel from the lobby to their suite on his own. His mom was clear: no, that was not going to happen. He might be grabbed.
Who, I wondered, in the enclosed confines of our building is going to abduct one of our boys? I was floored. In our building, she worried that her child couldn’t travel the elevator. My goodness. Our building has a lovely backyard. There are trees and grass and it is quite private. It is also empty. Our children are not out there running around, throwing Frisbees and balls, playing hide and seek. I imagine that boy in the elevator, like all too many kids, is supervised every moment of every day. And his mom does it because she wants to be a good mother. I get it, but she is not doing him any favours. He is not learning how to look after himself, how to problem-solve, or how to complete an action independently. He is also being denied the chance to learn
Parenting Today Kathy Lynn from his failures, to feel successful, to build self-esteem and to see himself as someone who can cope. Not only should this boy be able to move freely throughout our building, he is old enough to travel on foot, to cross streets safely, to run errands in the neighbourhood or go from our building to his school. He simply needs to be taught the route. We are creating an atmosphere of paranoia. We are afraid to do our job as parents, which is to allow our kids to grow up, to become independent. How is a child who can’t ride an elevator in a safe building where he lives going to become a teen who can head out and get a part-time job or become a young adult who goes off for post-secondary training or go downtown for a job in his chosen field? Teaching our kids how to negotiate the minefield that is life is our job. And it
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is a process. When they are babies it’s easy. We allow them to work through the method of learning how to walk. We have to let them fall down, get up and try again. And over time they become kids who are nimble and running through the house. We need to use this model throughout their lives so that they learn how to learn, how to move forward, how to slowly become independent adults. It’s not only a case of letting them go places as they become ready. It’s also a case of letting them do for themselves what they can do even when it takes longer and is frustrating for them and us. So, standing back while our preschooler dresses herself, having her take her dishes to the kitchen, or expecting her to pick up after herself are all parts of this journey to adulthood. Another area of overinvolvement with our kids is school. As I mentioned, kids need to learn how to get themselves to school. Ideally, other kids in the neighbourhood will be walking with them. They should own their homework. That not only includes the actual work but also planning the time to do the job. When we sit them down, watch every step of the job and ensure that they have it right we are teaching them to be directed, not to take responsibility for their
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North Vancouver martial arts school celebrating 20 years on the North Shore the students (from beginners to black belts), awards, prizes and more.
Next month North Vancouver’s Sunny Kim Taekwondo will host a special “Taekwondo Gala” at the Joe Mathias Centre. “It will also be our 20-year anniversary. My father Grandmaster Jong Seol Sunny Kim first started his taekwondo school in West Vancouver in 1997,” explained Master DaeYoung Danny Kim, a 5th degree black belt. Master Danny joined his father at the family taekwondo school since 2002 and he’s now the main instructor and manager of the dojang (school). Grandmaster Sunny Kim (9th degree black belt) still oversees everything for the North Vancouver location, but mainly teaches at Kitsilano Community Centre and at Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre (contact the centres for more info). “I’ve learned a lot from him,” said Master Danny. Master Danny’s mother, Ruby, handles the administration at Sunny Kim Taekwondo and also teaches Korean language classes at the school on the weekends. “We truly are a family run business,” he added. The inaugural Sunny Kim Taekwondo Gala takes place February 25 at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre in North Vancouver from 3-5 p.m. The event will include performances from all
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for the students to showcase their skills,” he said. Sunny Kim, which recently moved into a brand-new facility on Pemberton Avenue and 16th Street (right behind McDonald’s), offers traditional and sport taekwondo programs for both kids and adults. The school also teaches martial arts-related fitness programs such as Taekwon Dance, Basic Weaponry and Performance Martial Arts. The school also recently added Jump Rope classes, which are very popular in Korea for martial arts training.
he said. “For the younger students it’s very beneficial for their coordination. I’ve also noticed that it also helps prevent some injuries, like rolling ankles, for instance, because the athletes gain strength.” Master Danny says taekwondo classes are beneficial for kids for many reasons. Classes for young students (ages 4-6 and 7-9) focus on the traditional side of the martial art, and aim to develop physical skills as well as building character.
Along with getting fit and learning how to defend themselves, kids also learn valuable life lessons about respect, courtesy, concentration, persistence and setting and achieving goals.
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Master Danny, who recently took advanced jump rope classes in Korea, says the activity provides an amazing cardio workout. “A lot of athletes, like boxers, MMA fighters and Olympians, jump rope because it gives them physical stamina and helps their breathing efficiency,”
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community is invited to feel an 8.0 earthquake in the quake cottage simulator and attend an information session on how to link the school plan into their home plans. Emergency kits will also be sold. montroyalpac.com PERSIAN BOOK CLUB Read and discuss classical and contemporary Persian literary prose Thursday, Jan. 19, 2-4 p.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Participants must be fluent in Persian. westvanlibrary.ca CREATIVE ESCAPES Bring your watercolours, knitting project, sketch book or other artistic project for an informal evening of imagination and socializing Thursday, Jan. 26, 6-8 p.m. at CityScape Community Art Space, 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Free. nvartscouncil.ca
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Look in crabapple trees for winter birds From page 14 that – as nature recordist John Neville describes on his excellent birding CD – is like someone drawing their thumb across a plastic comb. With siskins, or by themselves, in birch trees, you might be lucky enough to spot some brown-striped birds with pinkish crowns – you’ve discovered redpolls. The redpoll species we see on the North Shore is the common redpoll. Numbers vary widely from year to year, but there are always a few waiting to be discovered. A large and spectacular finch that used to be seen more often in winter is the evening grosbeak. As its name suggests, it has a huge beak. The male is bright yellow with a white forehead; the female a gentler yellow. Its loud “chirp, chirp” is very distinctive. We don’t think of finches as fruit eaters, but they are. The purple finch can often be found in Pacific crabapple trees – a good place to look for all kinds of birds in winter. The pine grosbeak male is a lovely pinkish colour, while the female is a soft grayish. Hawthorn fruits are a winter favourite, but seeds are also enjoyed. Cross-country skiers and snowshoers should watch for pine grosbeaks along winter trails. “Kip, kip, kip,” is the distinctive flight call of the red crossbill and, yes, it does have a crossed bill – some to the right, some to the left! The crossed bill is an adaptation for extracting seeds from conifer cones. Interestingly, at the Conservation Area at
The house finch is a common find on the North Shore. PHOTO SUPPLIED JOHN LOWMAN
Maplewood Flats, crossbills are sometimes seen on the seashore (maybe getting salt) or feeding on tree buds. The white-winged crossbill is a rarer species to be watched for along mountain trails on the North Shore. Speaking of the North Shore mountains in winter, there is a very lovely species called the gray-crowned rosy finch. Seeing it is always such a thrill. It is sometimes seen pecking along the sides of roads and trails. A good place to observe finches up close is the feeding station at Maplewood Flats. Feeders and seeds supplied by Wild Birds Unlimited attract many wonderful species of birds. Enjoys your birds. 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, Jan. 14. Meet at WBT’s site office, 2645 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver. Walks go rain or shine. wildbirdtrust.org
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Review of North Van’s Mehman Restaurant Mehman Restaurant operates in a highly competitive space on the North Shore.
Persian cuisine is popular over here and offerings range from ultra-casual takeout to more formal sit-down. In these pages alone, I have reviewed eight Persian-themed businesses and have personally come to deeply appreciate my education in this nuanced culinary tradition. Chris Dagenais I had guests over for dinner during the holidays and it was a no-brainer for me to wow them with some takeout Vaziri (kebab combo), with its fresh and fragrant accompaniments of basil, purple onion, sumac, sangak bread and, for good measure, some creamy, tahini-heavy hummus. Like sushi, however, the ubiquity of the cuisine sometimes makes it difficult to write about. There are only so many descriptors for dishes that have appeared in several of my columns before, and I sometimes struggle to discern the subtle familial, regional, or creative nuances that differentiate the same items from menu to menu. Not so at Mehman Restaurant, a most welcome discovery for me this early in the new year. Mehman means “guest” in Farsi and the word is appropriate for this business on many levels. First of all, it suggests that the guest enjoys a spot of primacy in the dining experience. This was most certainly my own experience as I entered Mehman a bit later than I would have liked on a truly frigid weeknight. The place was empty (as were most businesses on Lonsdale, from what I could tell that night, the cold-averse North Vancouver population presumably seeking warmth at home) and the sole front-of-house staff member was tidying the place up, possibly in preparation for early closure. In these cases it is not uncommon for me to encounter something approaching an eye roll from fatigued staff, but at Mehman I was warmly welcomed and the cleaning supplies were promptly stowed so I could enjoy my meal. Mehman offers a small selection of Afghan dishes, which themselves seem to be respected guests on the otherwise heavily Persian menu. This guest cuisine was a big draw for me as I am woefully ignorant about Afghan food. Based on my admittedly small sampling of it on this occasion, I have to say, I’m a fan. I tried something called Ashak, a delicate,
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Mehman Restaurant co-owner Ahmad Mohebbi presents a plate of Qabuili Palaw, roast lamb covered in rice and topped with carrots, raisins, and almonds. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH refined and complexly understated dish of handmade dumplings filled with tender gandana, an Afghan leek with a fragrant, scallion-meets-citrus flavour, topped with a hearty, delicate lentil and tomato stew (not unlike dal), yogurt and chopped herbs. I was very impressed with the dish, which reminded me of ravioli, only made with lighter, suppler pasta. I gather that Ashak is typically made during the holidays due to its time-consuming preparation, so it makes it that much more special that it is a Mehman menu staple and priced very reasonably at just $13. I also tried a second main from the Afghan selections, Kabuli Pulaw with Lamb, a weighty, stick-to-your ribs dish of slowly braised lamb shank buried under a massive portion of seasoned rice, topped with raisins, strips of carrot and herbs. The little side ramekin of lamb-braising liquid that was
provided was wonderfully rich and tasty, a thoughtful accompaniment to an already impressive amalgam of flavours and textures. Kabuli Pulaw is apparently the national dish of Afghanistan and it is clear to me why: it is at once complex and accessible, sophisticated and honest. With a few bites I detected a note of something very perfumed and pungent, which I suspect was rose water, an ingredient for which I have low tolerance, but one that this time didn’t overshadow the Kabuli Pulaw’s overall success. My favourite dish of the meal, however, was KashkBademjan, a traditional Persian appetizer of deep-fried, mashed eggplant topped with dark brown, fried onions and crispy, pleasingly bitter deep-fried mint leaves. The dish was
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Fest features best sommeliers panel of high-powered judges. The sommeliers have to excel in all areas, from being put on the spot for their knowledge during simulated table service to successfully identifying a flight of wines and a cocktail poured blind plus suggest appropriate wine and food pairings. They also need to be able to point out some pretty geeky errors on a carefully contrived wine list (again in front of the crowd) in a matter of minutes. At the end of the day it was Shane Taylor (wine director at CinCin) who walked away with top honours. He goes on to represent B.C. at this year’s nationals. There is no praise like a salute from your peers: “Watching Shane was like a master class in service,” notes fellow competitor Peter Van de Reep, (Upstairs at Campagnolo).
Notable Potables Tim Pawsey If you ever needed proof of the robust health of Vancouver’s wine culture, you should have been at this year’s CAPS Best Sommelier of B.C. Competition to drill down for the province’s top sommelier.
On Monday afternoon, more than 150 industry pros packed into swank surroundings at Rogers Arena to take in the climax of the competition, which featured finalists Todd Prucyk (Hawksworth), Mathew Landry (Stable House) and Shane Taylor (CinCin). This is a truly gruelling contest. Not only do you have to know your stuff (finalists have to place in the top three in a tough written exam), but you have to be able to serve and speak about the wines flawlessly in front of that pretty tough crowd, not to mention a
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The Wine World is here, and a lot of them are coming from Canada. Even as recently as a couple of decades ago it would have been unthinkable to suggest that Canada would be in the spotlight at the hallowed Vancouver International Wine Festival. But that’s precisely the case at this year’s festival, which rolls out at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Feb.
Creamy chickpea hummus preferred From page 19
The action in the tasting room at the 2017 Vancouver International Wine Festival will feature 180 wineries and their principals serving an array of 780 wines. PHOTO TIM PAWSEY 11-19. Canada is indeed the country theme, as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of confederation in true style. That said, there’s also no shortage of top wineries also on their way from around the world. After the glitzy launch at the Bacchanalia Gala Dinner and Auction, the main portion adds up to eight days of 54 events, including dinners, educational seminars and, of course, the International Tastings, with 180 wineries and their principals serving a mind boggling array of 780 wines, including regional tasting stations from Australia, British Columbia, New Zealand, Nova Scotia and Spain. For comprehensive event details and booking options go to vanwinefest.ca.
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This week’s pick: Cassini
Cellars Aristocrat Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Textbook varietally correct, precise and elegant Cabernet with up-front plum and cassis notes followed by a well-structured palate, juice of red berries, and excellent length, wrapped in spicy oak and firm acidity. Drink or hold for a few years (92 points, $40). Blue Mountain Pinot Gris 2015 This wine stands out for its complex texture and layers that come from 40 per cent of the wine being fermented and aged in French oak. The result is a luscious, orchard-fruit and peach-toned drop with great structure and length, underpinned by juicy acidity. B.C. has a lake of Pinot Gris but this one takes the cake (93 points).
Tim Pawsey writes about wine for numerous publications and online as the Hired Belly at hiredbelly.com. He can be reached via email at info@hiredbelly.com.
Shane Taylor, wine director at CinCin, recently won B.C.’s Best Sommelier for 2017. PHOTO TIM PAWSEY
astounding in its depth of flavour, elevating one of my least favourite vegetables to unmatched heights. Mint takes on an entirely new dimension when it’s deepfried, enhancing its fragrant qualities while introducing a unique savoury character. This warm eggplant dip was served with triangles of soft pita bread, which I also employed to eat my second appetizer, an order of velvety smooth, sesame- and citrus-studded hummus. I now prefer the thoroughly blended, creamy approach to hummus that I encounter in most Persian restaurants to the coarse, “smashed chickpea” phenomenon that is de rigueur on many menus right now but feels like the preparation was interrupted by a power outage. My sampling of two appetizers and two mains was $42 before gratuity and fed me for 2½ meals. Mehman Restaurant is located at 1451 Lonsdale Ave. 778-340-0200 mehmanrestaurant.ca Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. A self-described wine fanatic, he earned his sommelier diploma in 2001. He can be reached via email at hungryontheshore@gmail. com. North Shore News dining reviews are conducted anonymously and all meals are paid for by the newspaper.
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Big changes, big wins for Blues men
Capilano fights through early turmoil to reach first place ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com
It wasn’t the best news Capilano Blues men’s basketball coach Cassidy Kannemeyer had ever heard. The timing wasn’t so great either.
On the eve of the new season, Kannemeyer learned that his starting backcourt from the year before – PacWest league-leading scorer Martin Bogajev and point guard Brendan Bailey – would both be out for the 2016-17 season due to eligibility issues. The team had spent the entire summer and preseason gearing up to play with sharp-shooting Bogajev and speedy Bailey leading the way, and in a flash they were both gone. “We had an intrasquad scrimmage with both of them, and then the next day I found out that both of them (were out),” said Kannemeyer. “The day before the season started.” They weren’t the only departures either. A captain from the previous year’s squad was now in firefighter training. A few more players were cut or moved on. When the season tipped off, there were only four players left from the 2015-16 team. So how did they handle all the turmoil and turnover? Impeccably, it turns out. The Blues have ripped off a 7-1 record so far in PacWest play, blasting to the top of the league standings while cracking the top-10 national rankings. Their record includes one close loss at Quest University as well as road victories over powerhouse teams from Langara College and Vancouver Island University.
So what’s carried them all this way? Their legs, said coach Kannemeyer. “We play really hard, and we maintain that level of intensity, especially into the second half,” he said. “I think that as teams begin to get tired, we continue to just go all out. … We just keep doing it, we keep diving for loose balls, we keep trying to take charges, we keep contesting shots at every spot on the floor, we keep getting critical rebounds. Those little things, I think they wear teams down. All those little possessions that we gain by playing well defensively, knowing the scout, knowing the plays of the opposing teams – it just doesn’t stop. We just keep coming with it.” Kannemeyer credited one player in particular with ratcheting up the intensity for the whole team. Thirdyear forward Greet Gill, an Osoyoos native, transferred to Capilano this year after playing two seasons of U Sports ball with UBC Okanagan. Through eight games Gill is averaging 23 points and 10.9 rebounds per game, both marks placing him top-three on the league’s leaderboards. His contributions, however, go deeper than the numbers, said Kannemeyer. “All week he is a very tenacious practice player,” he said. “Our practices were really competitive last year, but it’s just at another level now. We knew that Greet was that kind of player. When one of your best players is also your hardest worker, it’s infectious.”
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Capilano’s Greet Gill muscles through traffic during a PacWest win over Douglas College Friday. Gill has helped lead the Blues to top spot in the league. More photos: nsnews.com. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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Undefeated weekend for Cap basketball and volleyball From page 21 The 6-foot-4 forward also knows when to take the team into high gear during games, said Kannemeyer. “He feels when the game is ready to be grabbed by the horns. He has that sort of instinct,” he said. “Tie game or down two, he makes three plays in a row and boom, we have the lead. He has that timing to do that.” The Blues got more bad news to start the winter term as second leading scorer Caden Rowland, an Iowa native, didn’t qualify academically and has left the team. The wins have kept coming, however, as the Blues opened the second term with victories over Douglas College Friday at home and against Columbia Bible College on the road on Saturday. Capilano has taken a committee approach to filling in the gaps left by departed players, with several players stepping up each game. EJ Mabone, currently sidelined by injury, and Wayne (Wowie) Untalan slid into the starting guard spots, while several others have stepped up throughout the season. Overall the Blues lost some talent, especially in the shooting department with Rowland and Bogajev missing, but they’ve added a lot of size and athleticism throughout the lineup. “I would never say that last year we didn’t work hard, we just didn’t have the size that we do this year,” said Kannemeyer. The proof is in the results. The Blues have several impressive wins, none more so than a 70-67 road victory in Nanaimo against VIU. “We’re the first team to win at VIU since Langara did (in the 2013-14 season), and Langara won the national championship when they won at VIU,” said Kannemeyer. “It’s a credit to the guys. In a million years I wouldn’t think that our team would
win that game. You just don’t win there. They’re so good there. All week I tell the guys ‘You’re not going to get any calls. Don’t talk to the refs. Don’t think anything is going to go your way, because it never does.’ I basically tell them they’re going to lose, all week. And then they went over there and won.” The Blues have thrived while playing a tough schedule as well, with six of their first eight games coming on the road. They’ll start a five-game homestand this weekend with games against Camosun Friday night and VIU Saturday afternoon at the Sportsplex. Capilano is in top spot now, and could stay there if they perform well on their home floor, but Kannemeyer hasn’t set any championship-or-bust goals, and he’s not going to anytime soon. “My goal is just to keep working hard,” he said. “I think with our athleticism and our team speed and our leadership, if we work hard we can put ourselves in a position to compete with anybody in the league.” !!! It was a clean sweep for Capilano teams as the men’s and women’s volleyball and basketball teams went 8-0 in PacWest play to open the second term. The Blues women are also on fire on the basketball court, sitting in top spot with a perfect 8-0 record this season. This Friday the action starts with the women taking on Camosun at 6 p.m. followed by the men at 8 p.m. On Saturday the Blues women will hit the floor against VIU starting at noon followed by the men at 2 p.m. The Capilano volleyball teams will also be in action at home on Saturday with the University of the Fraser Valley coming to town. The women will start things off at 6 p.m. with the men to follow at approximately 8 p.m.
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Amber Kavanagh of the Capilano Blues loads up an acrobatic shot during a win over Douglas College Friday. More photos: nsnews.com. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH
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LAMPSHIRE-JONES, Ieuan Capt. February 22, 1923 - December 30, 2016 It is with great sadness, we announce the passing of Captain Jones. He was born in Aberarth, Wales, UK. Captain Jones joined the British Merchant Navy, went on to become a Master Mariner and was presented with eight service medals for participation in: The Battle of the Atlantic, including a Clasp denoting participation in D-Day landings at Juno Beach, The North Africa Invasion, Burma Invasion, Italy Invasion, to name a few. Captain Jones emigrated with his family to North Vancouver, February 1969 where he became a Principal Surveyor and Manager - Marine and Consultant for SGS Supervision Services Inc. Captain Jones was a member in a number of associations including the Company of Master Mariners of Canada, the Royal Institute of Navigation at the Royal Geographic Society, London UK, past president of the Welsh Society of Vancouver and a number of others. He was an Avid Musician and gardener. Captian Jones is survived by his loving wife Philomena; daughters Christine, Susan and Jill; grandchildren Nicholas, Adam, Nina and Kaleigh; great grandchildren Charity and Nicola. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Boal Chapel at 1505 Lillooet Road, North Vancouver BC from 10:00am to 1:00pm. Please come and share your memories and /or sign the guest book at www.legacy.com. In lieu of flowers, donations would be welcome at the BC Cancer Society. On the Ship of Life, He Stood His Watch Well
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