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North Vancouver Recreation and Culture staff are the next to face mandatory vaccinations against COVID-19 to stay on the job.
Following decisions by all three North Shore municipalities and the West Vancouver Police Department, North Van Rec leadership told their 650 full-time, part-time and casual staff and volunteers last week they will need to have two doses of vaccine by March 31 if they want to keep working. North Van Rec director Heather Turner said the intent is to maximize the health and well-being of staff, who will now face the same rules as most clients coming to use North Van Rec facilities or classes, and to minimize staff downtime due to illness or hospitalization from COVID-19. “Being a responsible employer, we want to make sure that we are doing everything that we can. We’re following all the orders. We’re doing all the health and safety protocols. This is one more step in that process,” Turner said. Continued on page 16
HIGHER LEARNING Sarah Peden and her two-year-old son Hudson play at the Capilano University child-care centre. A new oncampus facility for child care and early childhood education was approved last week. Read our story on page 5. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN
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High demand for real estate combined with lack of homes for sale has made for a hot pandemic market on the North Shore, with sale prices and assessed values in some neighbourhoods up substantially more than the
average in 2022.
In North Vancouver, while an “average” single family home was up 22 per cent in assessed value this year, an average assessment in Westlynn Terrace, bordering Lynn Canyon, was up almost 45 per cent, jumping from approximately $1.3 million to over $1.9 million, according to data
provided by Landcor Data Corp., which analyzed information from BC Assessment. Homes on the Deep Cove waterfront were also up about 45 per cent in assessed value, rising from an average of $2.5 million last year to $3.7 million this year. Homes in Grousewoods, at the very top of North Vancouver, were also up over 40
per cent in value, according to Landcor data, going from an average value of $1.6 million last year to just under $2.3 million this year. Single-family homes in many other areas of North Vancouver also showed an increase in average assessed value of more Continued on page 14
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North Vancouver’s Jeff Smith understands first hand the strains that exhausted healthcare workers and first responders are under.
Starting in 2000, Smith worked for almost 20 years as an ambulance paramedic all over the Lower Mainland. Working as a paramedic was a natural fit for Smith. “I come from a family of first responders,” he said. “My brother is a firefighter. My mom was a nurse.” He enjoyed solving medical problems and admits he was “a bit of an adrenaline junkie.” Smith’s passion for the profession also led him to work as an instructor at the Justice Institute of B.C. and a field trainer for new paramedics. But under the surface, things weren’t going well. In the last few years of his career, Smith worked the Downtown Eastside, at a time when B.C. was already in the grip of its first health crisis – overdoses from toxic drug supply. His hardest call had come earlier, however, in 2009, when he attended a horrific traffic accident involving a two-yearold child who was struck by a tow truck. At the time, “My kids were the same age,” said Smith. He began having nightmares and flashbacks, unable to get
North Vancouver’s Jeff Smith has opened up about his PTSD struggles following a career as a paramedic. He hopes he can help others who are in similar situations. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN
the searing visions of what he’d seen out of his head. “I struggled,” he said. “I ended up getting lost in alcohol. It kind of consumed my days off.” With help, Smith got sober, but his problems didn’t end
there. His nightmares continued, and he found himself not sleeping for days at a time, afraid of what he’d see if he closed his eyes. Conventional psychological techniques – many of which involved reliving traumatic
incidents in order to desensitize him – didn’t help much, said Smith. In February of 2021, he hit rock bottom when he parked his car near Lions Gate Bridge and decided to take his own life. The irony wasn’t lost on him. As a paramedic, being called to help with people who were suicidal was something Smith had done countless times. “I’d been on the bridge with people who were in those moments, and I don’t think I ever really understood – until I was there,” he said. This time, he was the person needing help. Fortunately, he said, help came that evening in the form of another first responder, a Vancouver Police Department officer, who took him to St. Paul’s Hospital. After he was released from hospital, Smith said he realized something needed to change. Through his sister, he made a connection with a therapist, Steve King, who had developed a technique for helping with post-traumatic stress. Unlike some of the other techniques he’d tried, this time he didn’t have to talk about the incidents that haunted him or go to an office. He’d finally found something that could help him. It was a turning point, said Smith. Since then, he’s joined forces with King and other first responders in a non-profit group to advocate for help for those Continued on page 16
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After an especially snowy few weeks of winter 2021-’22, most North Shore residents appear to be largely satisfied with local snow clearing efforts, according to a recent poll.
The North Shore News polled 794 readers and asked the question: How satisfied are you with local snow clearing? The poll ran from Jan. 6 to 13 at nsnews.com. Just over 44.4 per cent of the 431 respondents reported being very satisfied, as long as the main roads were clear, while 38.4 per cent said they were somewhat satisfied, but there were too many gaps in snow clearing on local roads and sidewalks to make getting around easy. Less than a fifth (17.1 per cent) said they were not satisfied and they would be willing to pay more for better service. The forecast for the coming week shows only light rain and temperatures well above the freezing point. Results are based on an online study of adult North Shore News readers that are located in North Vancouver and West Vancouver. The margin of error – which measures sample variability – is +/- 3.47 per cent, 19 times out of 20. The North Shore News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.
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Legalized electric kick scooters are about to get rolling in the City of North Vancouver. Council voted unanimously Monday on where scooter pilots may and may not ride. The province gave the go ahead for legalized e-scooters in six jurisdictions in 2021, including all three North Shore municipalities, but left it up to local governments to add further
rules. Under the provincial law, riders must be at least 16 years old and they must wear a helmet. Sidewalks and provincial highways are strictly off limits. No passengers are allowed. E-scooters must have a maximum speed of 24-kilometres per hour and they must have a bell and lights. Riders must also slow down when near pedestrians on shared paths. Under the city’s rules
approved this week, people may ride e-scooters on any minor roadway that does not have a continuous solid line. They will be prohibited on arterial streets unless the rider is within a mobility lane. They’ll also be free to use multi-use paths like the Green Necklace and the Spirit Trail. Anyone caught violating the rules by the RCMP could face a fine of $109. The city is working with the District of North Vancouver and
District of West Vancouver to have harmonized rules across all three jurisdictions, although the two district councils have not yet had a debate or vote on the bylaws. City council members voted the enabling bylaw through with gusto. “Micro-mobility” and active transportation are major components of the city’s official community plan and transportation and climate action strategies. “I’m just so happy to see that
we’ll have more mobility options to provide residents to reduce dependence on the automobile and automobile ownership, which will certainly help reduce our community’s overall carbon emissions, which benefits us all,” said Coun. Angela Girard. The bylaw will require one more vote by council and a final approval from the province before it comes into effect, which staff hope to have done by late January or early February.
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Capilano University is set for a major upgrade in on-campus child care and early childhood education studies.
The province and university announced last Thursday that a new $18.6-million Centre for Childhood Studies, which will feature classrooms, labs and a child-care facility with room for 74 kids, will open in 2024. “It’s got a very practical importance in terms of providing those spaces to children and families. But academically it really helps push forward the field of early childhood education,” said Brad Martin, dean for education, health and human development at the school. The centre will be located on what is today the site of a facilities shed, just north of the campus’s bus loop and the Nat and Flora Bosa Centre for Film and Animation. It’s the first major It was just new capital project priceless to on campus since the have a child Bosa centre opened a decade ago. care centre The design of the literally a 23,000-square-foot minute away building, which will from my be constructed to LEED gold environclass. mental standards, is SHAUN MCGRATH very much intended to integrate the upstairs pedagogy with the downstairs play and macaroni art. “Having them in the same space as the actual child-care facility is all part of the philosophy,” Martin said. The new child-care spaces will be prioritized for the kids of students and staff on campus, but they will also be open to the general public. Doubling the capacity for child care on campus will be a tremendous source of relief for many parents, said Shaun McGrath, who recently graduated from CapU while his children were cared for at the existing campus child-care facility. “It was stressful. It was really hard to find a place, to be honest,” he said, reflecting
on tough competition for limited child-care spaces on the North Shore. “It was just priceless to have a child-care centre literally a minute away from my class.” More broadly, anyone whose child comes into the care of a CapU early childhood education grad will see the benefits, Martin added. “The evidence has been out there for a long time about that critical importance of those years and setting children up for future learning, but also the benefits to family and community as well,” he said. “We don’t want, as an institution or as a society, to have early childhood educators out there who are not well qualified, who are just given skills to be glorified babysitters. We want educators who lead their field and are trained rigorously as educators.” The province is putting up a little more than half of the budget for the centre via the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training and Ministry of Children and Family Development. In the release, Minister of State for Child Care Katrina Chen referred to childhood educators as the “workforce behind the workforce.” North Vancouver-Seymour NDP MLA Susie Chant welcomed the addition to her riding. “As a parent and former foster parent, I understand many people work together to build strong foundations to allow children to thrive later in life. The Centre for Childhood Studies at Capilano University and the expansion of early childhood educator programs throughout the province will benefit families, while also providing meaningful careers for students with a passion for nurturing and guiding our future generations,” she said. Capilano University is contributing $4.6 million, and a capital campaign to raise the remaining $5 million has already nearly reached its target, thanks to sizable contributions from the Dajvad Mowafaghian Foundation, the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, and forestry company West Fraser. CapU chancellor Yuri Fulmer and his wife Alesia seeded the campaign with $2 million of their own.
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The District of North Vancouver is being sued by a cyclist who says the municipality’s subpar infrastructure caused him to crash and sustain serious injuries. In a lawsuit filed in North Vancouver provincial court on Jan. 11, Steven Trerise says he was riding his bicycle down Mountain Highway in July 2021, when he hit a “depression” in the pavement, causing him to be thrown from his bike. In the crash, Trerise suffered bruises, abrasions, scars and fractures, including a broken collarbone that is now disfigured, the claim states. “The accident was caused by the negligence of the district, which owed a duty of care to users of Mountain Highway, including bicyclists like [Trerise], to ensure Mountain Highway was at all times in a condition that would be reasonably safe for users,” the claim states. “The district fell short of meeting a reasonable standard and was negligent in design, construction and maintenance of Mountain Highway.” In addition to failing to properly design, build, inspect and fix the pavement, the district also failed to warn Mountain Highway users of the hazard,
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West Vancouver police are urging witnesses of a fatal collision involving a pedestrian and a West Vancouver Blue Bus to come forward – specifically the occupants of a silver sedan who may have seen what happened. Around 9:26 p.m. on July 30, 2021, the driver of the Blue Bus turning left on to Marine Drive from 25th Street struck a 60-year-old woman who was crossing the street. She later died of her injuries. Last Thursday, investigators released a CCTV image from the bus that shows an oncoming silver sedan making a turn onto Marine Drive. Whoever was in that sedan may have useful information; however, the driver is not under any suspicion themselves, said Const. Kevin Goodmurphy, West Vancouver Police Department spokesman. “We’re at a point now where we
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have gathered everything we can,” Goodmurphy said. “This is the last piece for us to cover off to make sure we’ve done our due diligence in ensuring we have the best information and evidence that we can present.” Anyone with information about the vehicle occupants, or any other relevant information that has not been passed along to police, is asked to call WVPD at 604-925-7300 and quote police file 21-8863. – Brent Richter
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estlynn Terrace, 45 per cent. Deep Cove waterfront, 45 per cent. Grousewoods, 40 per cent. Is this vaccine booster coverage by neighbourhood? No, it’s astonishing rises in single-family home assessments. It’s tremendous news for those cashing out, but it means entire swaths of the North Shore are off limits to all but the highest income earners and those with other sources of wealth. B.C.’s Attorney General David Eby has suggested there will be no more tax measures incoming to help cool the market, and the province’s next strategy will be supply, and lots of it, especially rentals. That could mean the province curtailing the ability of municipal councils to say no to new housing, which would have major reverberations for two of our councils who
love to say no. We are eager to see how these numbers shape the 2022 municipal election campaign. The North Shore has a history of electing mostly people who live in single-family homes who hand-wring about affordability but produce very little. This time around, we need to see candidates talking about the idea of workforce housing. Start with the basic concept that people who cut hair, drive buses and serve coffee should not be barred from living on this side of Burrard Inlet, and apply whatever policies are required to make room for them. These are people who deserve to live here and are essential to our quality of life, but have been utterly failed by the market. The alternative is banishing them to hellish commutes, or us getting used to the idea of home haircuts, and making our own Americanos.
This nerdy word game is holding us all together right now There’s a five-letter word that is not going to appear in this entire article, because we’re having fun.
You know the word. Actually, it might not even be a real word, more of an acronym. Here it is, in partial form: _ _ V _ D There’s also a C in there somewhere, but that’s all I’m going to tell you. Can you guess the word? If you can, good for you! But don’t say it out loud. It’s a bummer. It’s a word that has changed the way we live in many ways, most of them bad. Here, let me give you another five-letter word, so we can move on: _ _ R E D Hmmm. That’s tricky. That could be lots of things. What about BORED? It could be bored, and that’s certainly an apt word for what life has been like much of the time for many people over the last couple of years. Or wait, that could be TIRED as well, right? I mean … aren’t we all so very, very tired, of all of this? So let’s change the mood as I give you another word, and explain what is going on here, for those who haven’t yet clued in. What’s this word of the day? _ A _ _ Y And let’s give you one more clue: there’s a P in this one.
What is it? Wait, really? Could it be? Pasty? Well, that is the perfect description of my skin these days in this winter of Laugh discontent, but no, All You Want that’s not it. What if Andy Prest I told you you could use double letters. Would that make you … HAPPY? LOL, seriously. In these dark times, there is something bringing a bit of joy and happiness to people around the world. And would you believe that it’s a simple little word game? Wordle is the name of the game, and I know for certain many of you reading this are already playing it. How do I know? Because I see you posting your little Wordle scores on Twitter every day, and it brings me great joy to see cool people, smart people, people I respect, enjoying the same nerdy little word game that I’m enjoying at the same time that I’m enjoying it. Here are a few more details, for those of you still wondering what the heck I’m
talking about. Wordle is a free online game where you have six tries to guess a five-letter word. Each guess gives you information you can use to improve your next guess. Letters in the correct spot are coloured green, letters that appear in the word but are in the wrong spot are yellow, and letters that do not appear in the word are grey. If you follow the clues and guess the right word – and it’s usually not too hard to figure it out – you get a bouncing green line and a little comment on your performance. “Splendid!” Or maybe you get stumped! That’s OK too. Win or lose, you’re done for the day – a new Wordle appears at exactly midnight, local time, the next day. Here’s a really good word: S H _ _ E What’s the best thing about Wordle? It’s something everyone can SHARE. There’s only one word per day, and it’s the same for everyone. My wife does it. My brother does it. Heck, my kid does it on his school iPad (don’t tell his teacher, OK?). Piers Morgan hates it, which is also a huge plus. We’re all working out the same little puzzle. There’s even a cute little internet shorthand that lets you share your
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My sincere thanks to the person who found my driver’s licence and delivered it to my home as well. When I discovered I had lost my driver’s licence, the only place I could imagine having lost it was Ambleside Beach on my very cold and wet walk on Jan. 8, the day after the storm. I had taken a few pictures with my iPhone of the sea, which then looked entirely innocent of having behaved so powerfully stormy the day before, causing such enormous havoc. Perhaps my licence had adhered to my phone when I took it out of my little sling clutch with my cold hands, and fallen to the ground. I went to comb Ambleside Beach in the hope of finding it, but to no avail and my only option was to make an appointment with ICBC for a replacement. To, instead, have my original licence retrieved was a wonderful New Year’s present!
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IT’S TIME TO MANDATE VACCINATION FOR ALL
Dear Editor:
Dangerous driving causing death? A convicted driver is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years, as per Section 249(4) of the Canadian Criminal Code. Dangerous living causing death, i.e. going unvaccinated? No problem. We’ll find you a warm bed, surrounded by thousands of dollars worth of life-saving equipment and tell the triplevaxxed cancer patient she’ll have to stay at home because you’ve got her bed. And we won’t even count her death. On Jan. 17, the number of COVID deaths in B.C. stood at 2,490. Every single one of those deaths was caused by another person. And, we act as if mandatory vaccinations are somehow a threat to our personal freedoms. It is time to get as serious as we are with the dangerous drivers and, with only legitimate exceptions, make COVID vaccination mandatory.
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STOP THIS ONGOING ASSAULT ON DRIVERS
Dear Editor:
Re: City of North Vancouver set for major transportation policy shift (posted Jan. 12 at nsnews.com; page 17 of this print edition) So, “about 70 per cent of the trips made by city residents are in automobiles” and the recommendation is to hamper travel and convenience by reducing the speed limit to 30 kilometers per hour, stepping up enforcement and introducing more metered parking on city streets?
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Seventy per cent of the trips is a strong number of drivers and voters. Fighting the ongoing assault on drivers is an election platform I’d be happy to support in the next civic election.
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The week before last, during the snowstorm, we lost our electricity. I called it in around 5:30 a.m. Minutes later, a fire truck arrived to see if any lines were down. While en route they were called for a true medical emergency. They came to a halt at the corner of our street, St. Kilda Avenue and Queens Street. The fire truck was stuck in the unplowed snow. I lent the crew a couple of shovels, and they dug themselves out. Heck of a way to end a shift. One of my shovels broke, and they left them at my door. To my pleasant surprise, the next day a new shovel was left for me. I want to thank these first responders. Not only did they come to ensure our safety, but they even came back and left me a new shovel. Bravo, team! I am sorry I did not note the truck number. Please extend my appreciation.
Bob Asconi Upper Lonsdale
HIGHWAY ‘UPGRADES’ NO IMPROVEMENT Dear Editor:
I have lived and continue to live on the North Shore for 40 years and all my children attend Simon Fraser University. Building the new [Lower Lynn] interchange has not solved anything, but has done the opposite. Commuting using the Ironworkers Memorial bridge has not changed. The engineers and designers have not taken into account the number of feeder routes into Highway 1 that stall everything. Everyone must stall/yield to merging traffic into Highway 1. This throws a huge wrench for people travelling to work, important appointments and especially for students commuting from the North Shore to SFU and who are held “hostage” to the heavy and disastrous flow of traffic on Highway 1. I suggest considering a third bridge or tunnel to facilitate the flow of traffic to exit the North Shore – bearing in mind that we have daily heavy ferry traffic that offloads heavy rigs, trucks, working trucks, etc., that consistently clog the highway. Not only that, heavy trucks move to the middle lane of the bridge for them to continue travelling on Highway 1, thus leading to vehicles changing lanes left and right, causing hazardous congestion and slowdowns.
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Jonathan Wilkinson NORTH VANCOUVER’S MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
January 19, 2002
An inspiring legacy of civic generosity Karl Winter passed away on the final day of 2021 at the age of 82 - leaving a legacy of civic generosity for which the North Shore will be forever grateful. A co-founder of North Shore Rescue 57 years ago, Karl was a mountain rescue legend whose life provides a beacon of inspiration at a time when we are all in need of some light and a reminder of what is possible when good people do good things. Less than a week after his passing, North Shore Rescue reported a recordsetting 226 callouts in 2021 –testimony to the high need for this service on the North Shore and beyond, to the skill and dedication of it’s 50-plus volunteer rescue professionals, and to the evolution of Canada’s most famous – and busiest - volunteer search and rescue team. It’s a gift the likes of which Karl could never have imagined that day in 1965, when he and a friend answered a newspaper ad for civil defense volunteers. Karl’s specialty was mountaineering which he learned growing up in Germany. Within three years of his arrival in Canada with no English, he was teaching mountaineering and was a member of the Mountain Rescue Group – a predecessor to North Shore Rescue. Within a few short years, the Cold War era requirement for a civil defense corps was outstripped by the need for a search and rescue team as the North Shore’s population grew, and along with it, the popularity of the local mountains and trails.
“Bushwackers” Karl was North Shore Rescue’s first Team Leader and along with brothers Dave and Gerry Brewer, one of its founders. In a recent tribute, Gerry Brewer credited Karl with transforming a group of “bushwackers” - as Karl jokingly called them – into the beginning of a mountain rescue group. They responded to 4 to 6 callouts a year in those early days. Using their own rudimentary equipment, long before GPS and cellphones, they developed many search and rescue
protocols that are still the training standard today. Innovation was the name of the game. They became pioneers in things like treating hypothermia in the field and fixed-line helicopter extractions. When they were looking to increase their wilderness search skills, they enlisted the help of the U.S. Border Patrol which had expertise in human tracking. Before long, Karl and his dedicated group of North Shore bushwhackers were influencing search and rescue practices throughout North America. Over the years, as they built the community support that sustains North Shore Rescue, they provided concentric ripples of opportunity for others on the North Shore to practice civic generosity: dozens of corporate sponsors, fundraisers like Rotary’s Ride for Rescue, and the West Van teenager who raised thousands making and selling North Shore Rescue-branded toques and socks.
Extraordinary people The team also became a magnet for other extraordinary people able to meet their exacting standards and willing to sacrifice countless volunteer hours training and on rescues at all times of day in all kinds of weather. People like Tim Jones, who died unexpectedly in 2014 and Dr. Ian Taylor, the team’s first physician who passed away this past year. As Karl and other ‘originals’ pass the baton forward, the next generation of North Shore Rescue volunteer professionals includes members of their own families - Karl’s son Greg, Tim Jones’ son Curtis and Allan Danks’ son Mike - North Shore Rescue’s current Team Leader. All of us hope that at the end of the day, our lives will have made a difference. As we reflect on the possibilities and opportunities ahead when this pandemic is finally behind us, one of the legacies of Karl Winter, and those like him, is that each of us has the potential to practice civic generosity and make our communities better for our having been here.
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‘COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE’
North Shore COVID testing site staff harassed by public JANE SEYD
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As COVID-19 Omicron cases rise, and frustrations mount over access to testing, staff at North Vancouver’s Lloyd Avenue testing site have faced increased harassment by the public, according to Vancouver Coastal Health.
“In recent weeks, as demand for testing has increased, our testing site staff have experienced a significant increase in verbal and, at times, physical harassment from members of the public. This includes staff working at our testing site in North Vancouver,” said a spokesperson from the health authority. Both on-site security and police have had to be called on occasion to help with threats to staff, according to VCH. That behaviour is “completely unacceptable” and has caused “significant distress” to staff who are already stretched thin with the strain of increased testing, said the spokesperson. “We are strongly urging members of the public to remain patient and kind to our staff.” North Vancouver RCMP have received “a few recent reports
Cars line up outside the COVID-19 testing centre on Lloyd Avenue in North Vancouver on Dec. 20. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN of people being rude to staff at the North Vancouver COVID testing site”, said Const. Kelly McIntyre, spokesperson for the local detachment. All incidents were investigated and handled informally, said McIntyre, adding no criminal threats, harassment or assaults have been reported, no arrests have been made and no charges have been recommended. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the province’s health officer, Health Minister Adrian Dix, and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth addressed the harassment in a
statement Jan. 5, stating, “We have received reports of health-care workers at COVID-19 testing centres being intimidated, threatened and otherwise verbally harassed by some people seeking tests. “The Government of B.C. recently brought into force the Access to Services Act to help protect the safety and well-being of health-care workers at testing centres, and impeding services or intimidating workers at these sites is illegal. Incidents of threats and aggressive behaviour will be reported to police. Our
health-care workers need a safe and respectful workplace, free of abuse and threats of violence, so they can continue their work to keep us safe.” The reports of staff harassment come as long waits for testing have at times been reported at the testing site over the past month. A Vancouver Coastal Health website that previously gave approximate wait times at testing sites has since been disabled. High demand has meant even people who work in high-risk settings like health care, and those at risk of severe illness, have had delays in getting tested, according to VCH. The health authority has stated that people who are fully vaccinated and have mild symptoms don’t need to get tested but must self-isolate at home. Some people, however, have raised concerns on social media forums about having a record of their COVID infection in the event they experience longer-term symptoms. Most of those who have symptoms and have visited the North Vancouver testing site in the past month have been handed rapid
tests to complete at home. Those who test positive after a rapid test can go online and register their result with the health authority. Those results are not included in the daily COVID case counts released by the province, the BC Centre for Disease Control has confirmed. Those numbers only include positive PCR tests. “In the context of a highly transmissible virus and a highly immunized population, testing and reporting every person infected with COVID-19 is not necessary to control the pandemic or understand how it is impacting our communities,” according to a statement from the BCCDC. “It’s also important to remember that we have never diagnosed all infections. Throughout the pandemic reported cases represent a subset of all infections,” the BCCDC stated. “The most important indicator is understanding serious illness and preserving health care capacity.” As of Jan. 17, there were 35,985 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. Of the active cases, 819 people with COVID were in hospital and 99 were in intensive care.
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North Van dancer lands spot at Bolshoi Ballet Academy ANDY PREST
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Imagine moving to Switzerland to learn how to make chocolate from a master chocolatier.
Or Japan to become immersed in the world of high-tech electronics. Or Colombia to study the coffee-making process, or the Scottish Highlands to make Whisky, or for that matter, Canada, to play hockey at the highest level. That’s a taste of how North Vancouver teenager Caitlin Smart feels right now as she embarks on a six-month intensive training program with the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in I started Moscow, Russia. The out in the 16-year-old is one rec centres of just 10 international students from just around around the world North Van, who was invited to just going to join with 90 Russian little drop-in dancers for training classes with at the prestigious my mom. school beginning this month. Learning CAITLIN SMART ballet in Russia is something she’s dreamed of for a long time, Smart said recently before heading off on her adventure. “Russia is such a big part of the ballet world,” she said. “It’s one of their national prides, as well. They’ve done a lot to really make ballet an art form and have it more appreciated.” And the name Bolshoi, in particular, ranks right up there with the Paris Opera House as the epitome of the art form, said Smart. “It holds a lot of power,” she said of Bolshoi’s standing in the ballet world. “There are those big iconic names out there that, even if you don’t know ballet from a
personal standpoint, you still know those theaters and dance schools. And I think that’s amazing.” It’s taken a huge amount of work for Smart to get to this point. She started dancing when she was three years old. “I started out in the rec centres just around North Van, just going to little drop-in classes with my mom,” she said. From there she jumped into North Vancouver’s Vanleena Dance Academy, where she spent the next 13 years developing her skills with instructors Eileen Vanneck and Kehree Lacasse. A pivotal moment came at age 12 when she spent a summer training with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. “That’s when I decided that ballet was something that I wanted to pursue, not just something that I enjoyed,” she said. From then on, she’s been training nearly non-stop, working to earn an opportunity such as the one offered to her by the Bolshoi academy. That invite was hard earned, as she first had to audition over Zoom for a chance to attend an extended six-week audition/training session in New York last summer. The New York session was challenging not just because she was vying for a coveted spot in the Bolshoi academy against other top dancers from around the world, but also because she was learning a new style of ballet. Smart is trained in the classical English style of ballet, while the Bolshoi audition was all Russian-style ballet. The difference might seem insignificant to the untrained eye, but small adjustments in placement and technique added up to make for a big learning curve. “It was a change of pace for me, which was very exciting,” said Smart. Months after the New York audition, Smart got a letter telling her that she’d been accepted to the Bolshoi academy. Continued on page 29
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Low interest rates help create red-hot real estate market
Continued from page 1 than 30 per cent this year. Those included Blueridge, Boundary, Calverhall, Kilmer, Queensbury, Upper Lonsdale and Westview – all clocking in at increases of between 31 and 34 per cent in average assessed values. “The last two years, we’ve had the biggest sales years that we’ve had in over a 10-year period. And it’s all local buying,” said Realtor Calvin Lindberg of Angell, Hasman & Associates in West Vancouver. Tony Rossetti of Re/Max Rossetti Realty in North Vancouver said a combination of factors has created a particularly hot market, including rock-bottom interest rates, and “maybe fear that interest rates are going to go up.” In West Vancouver, where the inventory of homes is slightly better, homes in neighbourhoods like Caulfeild, Cedardale, Queens Avenue, Eagleridge, Gleneagles, and Sunset Beach have all seen average assessments shoot up by over 30 per cent this year. Sales and assessed values of waterfront homes in both North and West Vancouver are up this year. Homes on the Dollarton, Deep Cove and Cove Cliff
waterfront are up in assessed value between 31 and 37 per cent, according to Landcor. Even homes among more remote Indian Arm addresses are up an average of 38 per cent. In some cases, people who have retained well-paying jobs through the pandemic and are spending more time working from home have decided to put their money into the home they’ve always wanted, said Lindberg. Other buyers are finding creative ways to make purchasing possible. “Homes with basement suites are in strong demand,” said Rossetti. So are homes close to amenities, “so perhaps you don’t have to have the second car.” “Lynn Valley’s been incredibly strong in the past year.” The low number of homes for sale compared to normal years has been a double-edged sword. For sellers, it’s meant soaring prices. But it’s also made many would-be sellers reluctant to list at all, said Lindberg and Rossetti. “People say, ‘Where are we going to go?’” said Lindberg. “In my 30-some years of selling real estate in the North Shore, I’ve never seen this. The last time I looked, there were 78 homes
This map shows increases in real estate values in North Vancouver by neighbourhood – data provided by Landcor Data Corp. Visit nsnews.com for a map of West Vancouver values. BIRGIT BRUNNER/GLACIER MEDIA home in North Vancouver was just under $2 million while a “benchmark” home in West Vancouver was selling for $3.2 million, according to statistics from the Real Estate Board of
in all of North Vancouver on the market for sale,” he said. And the situation doesn’t show much sign of easing. As of December, the “benchmark” sale price of a detached
Greater Vancouver. Lindberg said he looked at 10 recent sales at in North Vancouver and “every one I randomly picked sold for over the assessed value.”
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COVID-19 infections slow with Omicron on ‘downward trajectory’ monitoring of wastewater concentrations of the virus from sewage plants around the Lower Mainland, showing a peak in the first days of January and decreasing since then, said Henry. Information presented Friday showed that same pattern for the Lions Gate treatment plant on the North Shore. “At least in terms of transmission in the community, we’ve reached the peak, and we’re starting on that downward trajectory,” said Henry. She added B.C. is following a very similar pattern to what has been seen in other areas, including South Africa, the U.K., Florida and Denmark. Hospitalizations are still increasing, however, said Henry, and are expected to peak sometime this week. COVID symptoms have prompted a number of people in the Lower Mainland to visit emergency departments, said Henry. According to Vancouver Coastal Health, however, Lions Gate Hospital has not seen a dramatic increase in ER visits. Compared to previous waves of the virus, fewer people are ending up being admitted to hospital, Henry said. Of those who are, most people with Omicron are getting less severely ill than in previous waves and are staying in hospital for shorter periods of time, she said. About half of the people in hospital with COVID-19 came to hospital for other reasons and only learned they were infected when they tested positive, Henry said Friday. There were 20 COVID-19 patients at Lions Gate Hospital as of Jan. 14, according to VCH, including two patients in the ICU. Henry warned despite the milder illness seen in Omicron patients, hospitalizations are peaking at a time when many health-care staff are absent because of illness themselves, straining the health-care system.
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The North Shore is turning the corner on the Omicron COVID-19 surge, data from B.C.’s Centre for Disease Control suggests.
The latest statistics suggest the number of new infections in North Vancouver and West Vancouver are now declining. While the official numbers are only a small subset of actual infections – most of which are not reported or included in official statistics – they still provide important information about overall trends, Dr. Bonnie Henry, the province’s health officer, said on Friday. For the week ending Jan. 13, the North Shore recorded 409 new infections as measured by PCR tests – less than half the number of cases reported 10 days prior, when the North Shore hit a record of 904 confirmed cases. Of those, 314 cases were in North Vancouver and 95 were in West Vancouver. The positivity rate among those receiving the PCR test on the North Shore has also fallen. At the end of December and very beginning of January, positivity rates on the North Shore topped over 60 daily cases per 100,000 people. The most recent positivity rates have hovered around 40 daily cases per 100,000. Henry said on Friday the actual numbers of COVID cases are likely three or four times the official statistics. Most people with symptoms at the COVID testing site on Lloyd Avenue have been handed rapid tests to take at home. Health authorities have also stated it is not necessary for everyone to get tested. But Henry said the data shows an important trend – that the Omicron surge has likely peaked, particularly in the Lower Mainland. The same trend has been seen in
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Asking for help still has a stigma, former paramedic says
Continued from page 4 suffering from PTSD. The group has created a website which also aims to give people practical techniques they can practice at home. “There are some significant delays in accessing health care out there. And people are apprehensive,” said Smith. “This is something that can be done on your own, anyplace, anytime. I think it’s important that we give these first responders a skill set they can use in their daily lives.” Smith said one of the first issues he had to deal with as a paramedic was a stigma in
admitting that he needed help. “It still exists today,” he said. “If you put your hand up and say, ‘That really affected me,’ do people start questioning whether you’re able to do the job?” As a first responder, “you’re trained to put those emotions aside to do the jobs you need to, and the problem with that is, when do you address those emotions?” he said. Today’s COVID-19 pandemic, combined with the toxic drug supply crisis and events like the summer’s heat dome, have pushed many of those on the front lines past their ability to cope, he said.
“I know guys are burnt out. They’re at their limits. These people are tired. They are exhausted.” Bob Parkinson, health and wellness director for the Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia Union, agrees. “People are being put under enormous strain and exposure to stress and trauma,” he said. Chronic low staffing levels have taken a toll on those remaining – a situation that became apparent during the heat dome this summer, when ambulances could not keep up with the volume of calls in the Lower Mainland. “Sooner or later you just
DNV puts ‘handful’ of staff on leave
Continued from page 1 North Vancouver Recreation and Culture operates under the auspices of the two North Vancouver municipalities but it is a separate employer. The organization oversees 10 community centres and Centennial Theatre. Turner added she is hoping the decision won’t result in added turnover of staff, who are already difficult to hire for part-time positions. “We’ll do everything we can to encourage them and avoid employees losing their employment,” she said. “But if they do not [get vaccinated] by that date, and they do
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not have a legitimate exemption, they would be placed on an unpaid leave of absence.” The District of North Vancouver, meanwhile, says “less than a handful” of its staff have been put on unpaid leave for failing to comply with the district’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Chief administrative officer Dave Stewart said only seven of the 500-plus employees subject to the mandate had not complied or received an exemption for human rights reasons by the Jan. 14 deadline. With a number that low, Stewart said there has been no need for the
district to use contingency plans to deal with disruptions from staff turnover. “It’s very, very good,” he said. “It’s strictly a matter of safety.” That total doesn’t include the North Vancouver District Library, which has its own mandate effective at the end of the week. Before the municipal mandate was issued, the district did a survey of employees and found a high level of support for making two doses a prerequisite for coming into work. Inside municipal hall, in-person meetings with staff have been restricted to one-on-one, and only if
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can’t keep doing that.” Occupational stress injuries currently make up the largest type of on-the-job injuries for paramedics, said Parkinson, adding paramedics are one of the occupations with the fastest-rising injury rates in B.C. Parkinson said while the situation is slowly improving, there’s still not enough help, particularly in terms of benefits paramedics can access for psychological help, before situations reach a crisis. Those kinds of supports are essential if the BC Ambulance Service hopes to retain paramedics, said Parkinson.
both parties have been vaccinated, Stewart said. “I took the position, if we’re going to do that with the public, we have to do it with staff,” Stewart said. “Treating them both, I think, as fairly as we can to get over this particular wave.” And the district has reworked its HR plans to rotate which staff members are physically in the office at a given time to reduce the risk of an outbreak “We have had no COVID cases that are a result of workplace exposure,” Stewart said. Although there have been more cases of COVID-19 among staff in the Omicron wave than there were previous waves, Stewart said
it’s very unlikely anyone would notice an impact on the delivery of services. “Quite frankly, we haven’t had a lot of disruption,” he said. City of North Vancouver workers, meanwhile, must be fully vaccinated by Jan. 25. When the District of West Vancouver’s mandate came into force on Jan. 4, 17 staffers (or 1.68 per cent) were put on leave, while just one of the West Vancouver Police Department’s 90 officers and civilian staff failed to show proof of vaccination by the Jan. 11 deadline.
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400 Block of Mountain Highway, Bylaw No. 8509, 2021 The District of North Vancouver gives notice of its intention to remove the highway dedication of the portion of unopened road allowance shown hatched and labelled as “Unopened Road Allowance” on the included sketch plan (the “Plan”). The bylaw to remove the highway dedication of the Unopened Road Allowance will be considered by Council at its regular meeting on January 24, 2022 at 7:00 pm. Persons who consider they are affected by the bylaw will be provided an opportunity to make representations to Council at the meeting or by delivering a written submission to the Municipal Clerk by 4:00 pm on that date. The District of North Vancouver further gives notice of its intention to transfer to Fairborne CMCC Lynn Creek Limited Partnership (“Fairborne”), for the purpose of consolidation with Fairborne’s immediately adjacent lands, the fee simple interest in both (i) that portion of the Unopened Road Allowance outlined in red and labelled on the Plan as “Unopened Road Allowance to be Transferred,” legally described as PID 015-980-103, Lot A (Reference Plan 1891) Group 1 NWD except part in Explanatory Plan 16854 Block G (Reference Plan 165) DL 613; and (ii) that portion of the parcel legally described as PID 006-864-333, Lot B Blocks G and J District Lot 613 Plan 20072 shown outlined in bold and labelled as the “Fee Simple Property” on the Plan. This disposition is subject to rezoning. The consideration to be received by the District of North Vancouver for the Unopened Road Allowance to be Transferred and the Fee Simple Property disposition is $2,800,000.
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City of North Van set for major shift in transportation policy BRENT RICHTER
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The City of North Vancouver is just steps away from approving a signature piece of transportation policy – steps being a key term.
The city’s new mobility strategy, which seeks to improve transportation options and get people using their vehicles for fewer trips, is now out for its final round of consultations. A draft version of the 72-page strategy went before council in December. It emphasizes active transportation – walking, cycling, or using other more sustainable, non-auto options. Currently, about 70 per cent of the trips made by city residents are in automobiles, but that has been shifting – down three per cent over the last decade, while the city’s population has been growing, according to the report. When finished, the strategy will be a high-level plan intended to guide council’s decisions for maintaining and improving the city’s transportation network over the next decade. Some of the 120-plus potential actions noted in the plan include: completing sidewalk and mobility lane networks that work for people of all ages and abilities, and adding amenities like benches, secure bicycle parking, weather protection, and washrooms to make them more enticing; introducing more bus-only lanes and
working with TransLink to ensure all city residents and businesses are within a short walk of frequent transit service; and making streets safer for vulnerable road users where conflicts are most likely to occur through better design and infrastructure. The plan also contemplates reducing the speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour on local streets and stepping up enforcement, as well as introducing more metered parking on city streets. In a release, Mayor Linda Buchanan explained council’s rationale for the actions. “Moving efficiently through the community is a priority we all share,” she said. “For too long, people haven’t been provided with adequate transportation choices, which is particularly true for people with mobility or accessibility issues. That’s why, with the input of residents, we’re creating a mobility strategy that will make our streets work for everyone – regardless of how you get around.” The city has launched a survey for members of the public to review and give feedback on the ideas in the plan. It can be found at letstalk.cnv.org/mobility. Residents have until Feb. 6 to take the survey, the results of which will be summarized for council before the draft strategy goes to a final vote.
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PRELIMINARY PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETING Darrin and Meghan DeCosta are hosting a virtual consultation session where members of the public are invited to learn about our Heritage Revitalization Agreement Proposal for 1591 Haywood Ave, West Vancouver. The proposal is to: • subdivide the site into two lots; and • retain and relocate the existing identified heritage building (the “Clegg House”) to the proposed southern lot and add a secondary suite on the lower level, and add a coach house, and a detached garage with suite above; and • add a new principal dwelling and garage on the proposed northern lot. A total of five residential units are proposed.
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‘I’m melting’: How B.C. is healing long-haul COVID patients STEFAN LABBÉ
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Doreen Plante arrived in Burns Lake, B.C., in time to catch her sister’s last breaths.
The older sibling had been admitted to hospital with COVID-19 a few weeks earlier and in her delirium kept removing her oxygen. So Plante left her home in Edson, Alta., in a nearly 800-kilometre trip across the province’s north. “In our tradition, when you have your loved ones around, you’re more comfortable and more safe,” said the 71-year-old Wet’suwet’en woman. Plante arrived just in time to see her sister pass away. But what was supposed to be a time of mourning quickly turned into a personal health crisis. Within a couple of weeks, she, along with 10 other family members, all tested positive for COVID-19. At first, Plante was lucky. Her symptoms were debilitating but they never landed her in hospital. The hard part came later. For more than two months now, getting out of bed or climbing the steps to her apartment have left her exhausted. “I’d say it probably aged me 10 years older,” she said through tears. “I was so used to being so independent.” Plante is one of thousands of Canadians confronted with COVID-19 symptoms months after their initial infection. Widely known as “long-haulers,” the little-understood spectrum of symptoms has doctors increasingly worried. Around the world, various studies have found between 10 and 30 per cent of people who fall ill with COVID-19 have lingering symptoms months later. At the low end, researchers estimate between 100,000 and 150,000 Canadians are suffering with long COVID. With the Omicron strain infecting more people than ever, it’s not clear how the new version of the virus will impact long-COVID cases, says Dr. Zachary Schwartz, medical director of Vancouver General Hospital’s Post-COVID Recovery Clinic. But if prior variants are any signal, even a mild case of COVID-19 could lead to longterm symptoms. “We have to make the assumption that Omicron will be no different,” said Schwartz.
Eileen Wilson attempts to recall the smell of a tennis ball at her home in North Vancouver. She’s one of thousands of British Columbians looking to heal from long-COVID symptoms. STEFAN LABBÉ/GLACIER MEDIA
TREATING LONG COVID The VGH clinic is one of four specialized clinics for long-haulers that opened up in B.C. in 2021; others in the network are based at St. Paul’s Hospital, the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre in Surrey, and the Abbotsford Regional Hospital. Between January and October 2021, the four long-COVID clinics saw a combined 2,267 patients, according to Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health authorities. Schwartz says clinics have had to turn away many more as they focus on those suffering the worst symptoms. “We learned very early on that we cannot see everybody with COVID in the province,” he said. To date, Schwartz says there are no therapeutic drugs available to treat the symptoms of long COVID. Instead, the clinics have turned to a range of other therapies and strategies patients can use to cope. Treatment starts with screening a patient with blood work and other diagnostic tests to make sure there’s nothing else affecting their health. Doctors have pulled on treatments for
other illnesses, like ICU syndrome, concussion therapy and chronic fatigue. Physical and occupational therapists play a big role, but so does patient education. For patients who can’t make it in person, the clinics provide constantly updated handouts and videos, and offer weekly training to family physicians on how to help. “This is going to be here for a long time and we need to make sure that everyone is comfortable and dealing with these longCOVID patients,” said Schwartz. That approach has proven crucial for people like Poppy Mould, a former bus driver, diabetic and cancer survivor in Prince George. When the pandemic first hit, Mould remembers hearing the list of people at higher risk of severe outcomes due to COVID-19 and thinking to herself, “that’s me.” “I’d say, ‘thanks for announcing my death,’ and I’d shut the TV off,” she told Glacier Media. “I was really hibernating. I’m a diabetic and a cancer survivor. I was terrified.” When she first tested positive for COVID19 on Dec. 7, 2020, all her worst fears turned into a “living hell,” she said.
At first, she was racked by severe body aches and couldn’t eat for four days. After a short lull in symptoms over Christmas, she started to crash again in the new year, with nausea, diarrhea, sweats and chills once again taking hold. A month later, Mould says her mind turned to “mush,” brain fog so bad she couldn’t finish sentences. Her ears rang, her joints ached and constant fatigue left her unable to do even simple tasks. “I feel like I’m a huge piece of wax melting. I’m melting,” she said. “I would leave the stove on. I’d burn things. I stood in the kitchen crying because I couldn’t stack plates in my rack.” According to Schwartz, and interviews with a half dozen long-COVID patients, the huge range of symptoms creates a launchpad for spiralling depression. But no matter how many long-COVID symptoms reared their head, Mould says her Prince George family physician wouldn’t believe her. So she looked elsewhere. ‘YOU NEED TO HIT ROCK BOTTOM’ In March, Mould was the first person to join the Prince George Hospice House’s longhaul support group. For two months, she was the only person there, so every week, the hospice staff member who started the program would call Mould and talk through her pain and anxiety. Soon, two other women joined. Today, they meet every Monday, streaming the support group online to anyone in the province. “You can go in with a hoody, not showered, you’ve had your worst day ever,” says Mould. “The two girls helped teach me you need to hit rock bottom with long-haul COVID. You need to slow everything down.” All three now help each other and get telemedicine support from doctors and social workers at the Metro Vancouver longhaul clinics. According to the B.C. long-COVID clinics, symptoms have been known to flare 24 to 48 hours after a triggering event. Triggers can be physical, such as a long bike ride, household chores or grocery shopping; mental, like answering emails, extended screen time or driving a car; or emotional, like the anxiety of going back to work, crying Continued on page 19
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Research shows vaccine could protect against long COVID Continued from page 18 or socializing. To avoid these triggers, the clinics show patients how to keep a symptoms journal to track their activity and emotional state. If symptoms flare, they can look back over the previous 36 hours to see what prompted it. A patient gets points for every task they complete — seven points an hour to ride in a car, three points to brush your teeth — small victories to keep them going and an easy way to record triggers. Mould says keeping track of her activity has meant readjusting her pace of life. At the same time, Mould says she has received help from occupational therapists on how to breathe better. She says breathing through the nose and deep into the I’d say it lungs has helped probably her recover some aged me lung strength. “It just slows 10 years everything you do older, I was down. It keeps you so used to in that perfect spot being so for healing.” independent.” One of the other women in her DOREEN PLANTE group has taken it upon herself to explore resources abroad, and they’ve even trained with a volunteer opera singer in the United Kingdom helping long-haulers re-learn how to breathe. That all allowed the bus driver to go back to work in the fall, albeit working in 45-minute spurts and monitoring her heart rate with a Fitbit. Mould has had setbacks. One five-hour workday left her slurring her words and triggered panic attacks. She hasn’t been back since Oct. 2. Still, says Mould, she feels like she’s making progress. “It’s been 13 months but I do feel myself getting better,” she says. LEARNING HOW TO TASTE AND SMELL AGAIN Red flags first started going up for Eileen Wilson when her child’s North Vancouver daycare discovered a COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2021. The 42-year-old mother tested positive
on April 26. Soon after, a headache and dry cough came on. “Crazy sweats and chills” followed and her lower abdomen and chest had her “writhing in pain,” she said. By Day 12 she had lost her sense of taste and smell, something that would endure for nearly three months. In the fall, she caught what she thinks was a flu bug. A trigger went off in her body, and her senses were once again thrown out of whack. Almost everything smelled like toxic chemicals — her husband’s body wash, the spray during the FlyOver Canada 4D flight at Vancouver’s Canada Place. “Coffee smells burnt. Ginger tastes like soap. Yogurt and feta all smell rancid. Raw meat smells rotten,” she said. The week Wilson first got COVID-19 coincided with her last contract as a wine rep. Days used to be filled with wine tastings at restaurants. Now, she says, “there’s no way I could go back.” “I used to love chardonnay. Now, it’s disgusting. Everything just tastes off,” she said. Some natural smells, like eucalyptus or someone smoking a joint on the street, smell the same as she remembers. In other instances, she has caught herself on the tennis court sitting on the ground trying to remember the smell of a new tennis ball. “Or my three-year-old pees the bed and I’m lying there thinking, ‘It smells like pee, you know what this is supposed to smell like.’ It’s weird,” she said. Wilson has lived with that tortured interpretation of the world for nearly six months now. At the same time, severe brain fog has left her mind to glaze over when people talk to her, leaving her unable to remember what they said. Schwartz says his clinic has seen a range of symptoms, from chest pains and breathlessness to brain fog, insomnia, PTSD and depression. By far, he says, the most common symptom has been fatigue. But patients like Wilson often struggle most with losing parts of who they are — their hair and their sense of smell and taste, said Schwartz. The VGH clinic has seen a range of professionals, like chefs and sommeliers, who have lost both their senses and livelihood. But even for your average person, not being able to enjoy food and smell the world around you can be one of the most distressing symptoms as time goes by.
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“What I had initially considered small issues in the grand scheme of things are often some of the more bothersome ones at the six-month mark,” said Schwartz. “There’s no obvious cure or magical pill to take which will cure all symptoms.” For Wilson, the thought of getting the Omicron variant without healing from her first COVID-19 infection provokes terror and anxiety. In other moments, she thinks, “Maybe this is my new life.”
WHO IS MOST AT RISK FOR LONG COVID? When Wilson first fell ill with COVID-19 last spring, she hadn’t yet received an invitation to get vaccinated. She still wonders if it could have made a difference. There are some early signs that vaccinations could provide some protection. Preliminary evidence out of the U.K. National Office of Statistics found up to a 13 per cent decrease in the likelihood of self-reported long-COVID cases. A second dose dropped the likelihood another nine per cent. Another study signalled vaccinations could cut the chance of getting long-COVID symptoms like hair loss, while there appeared to be no effect on reducing mood, anxiety and sleep disorders. And in a poll conducted by the Survivor Corps Facebook group and published in a pre-print study, researchers analyzed the responses from 1,949 fully vaccinated participants. Of 44 symptomatic breakthrough infections, 24 self-reported long-COVID symptoms. Because the poll was not random, it doesn’t estimate the risk of long COVID. But it does indicate long COVID can happen after a breakthrough infection. While some doctors remain hopeful, more initial infections due to Omicron could lead to more long-COVID cases even in highly vaccinated populations. “We might see a decrease in the overall prevalence now that there’s a much higher rate of population vaccination,” said Schwartz. “But clearly, what we’re seeing for everything else, a small percentage of a very, very large number is still a large number.” In the meantime, thousands of British Columbians are looking for help wherever they can find it. Mould is turning to a group of family
physicians in Victoria who are preparing to run online cognitive behavioural therapy sessions to long-COVID patients. And Wilson finally received a stack of information from the St. Paul’s long-COVID clinic last week. The goal, she says, is to re-train her sense of smell again. “You get a bunch of different essential oils, remember and recollect what they used to smell like, in the hopes of what your brain will catch on,” she said.
‘A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE’ Planning for a wave of new long-COVID patients due to Omicron infections is fraught with uncertainty. That’s because it’s not clear who will show up at one of B.C.’s long-COVID clinics. One problem is access. Up until now, patients have only been accepted if they can show they have had COVID-19 through a positive PCR or blood test, and still have symptoms three or more months after the onset of symptoms. But with the rise of the Omicron variant, getting such a test can be next to impossible for anyone under 65. Schwartz says the clinics are reviewing their policy. Another wildcard is who is most likely to turn into a COVID-19 long-hauler. The clinics have combed through the database of patients to try and correlate laboratory abnormalities and symptoms. So far, they haven’t been able to find anything in a person’s medical history that makes them more likely to develop long-COVID symptoms. “There are lots of theories out there. And honestly, I think it’s going to be a while before there’s an actual determination for what is causing these long symptoms,” said Schwartz. Internationally, the head of the VGH clinic says some patterns are emerging — one of the biggest predictors for developing long COVID is being female between ages 40 and 55. “This is a very young population who typically does not require access to medical care,” said Schwartz. “It’s going to be a very large amount of people who are going to need to access care and in a relatively short amount of time — just because it’s all coming up once.” “It may be a huge burden on the healthcare system.”
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Prioritize your mental health in this ongoing pandemic In the last few weeks, many of us are asking: is this pandemic, which has interrupted our lives for so long, ever going to end?
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For some of us though, it is more than a horrible interruption in our lifestyles. In a column I wrote last year, I established that the Older pandemic had And Wiser adversely affected Margaret Coates the mental health of many seniors. The column concluded that the pandemic had been a significant factor in increasing feelings of anxiety, depression, loneliness and stress. It seems that the mental health of some seniors has not improved, and indeed may have worsened. Recently, research for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging found that older adults had twice the depressive symptoms during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic. It also found that those with lower income and poorer health experienced a greater impact. A 2021 Statistics Canada report, Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Seniors, confirmed this. “Changes in mental health over the course of the pandemic suggest that mental health of both younger (18 to 64) and older (65 and older) Canadians has gotten worse,” it concluded. As well, other research has found the negative feelings may be exacerbated for older adults, who may be at higher risk for infection, especially those with severe underlying medical conditions like heart or lung disease. For those with Alzheimer’s disease, the pandemic has caused major impacts. The Alzheimer Society of British Columbia website talks about those impacts. “Since the beginning of the pandemic, people living with dementia and their caregivers have faced greater isolation and upheaval than ever before,” the society notes. Throughout January (Alzheimer’s Awareness Month), the society is asking the public to visit dontchange.ca to view stories from people living with dementia, caregivers, friends, and family. On a personal level, I am also encountering more seniors expressing some mental health issues. Of course, in the dead of winter, many of us feel down. But I think the ongoing nature of the pandemic is having an affect on many of us. Many of us continue to worry about the uncertain future: can we continue to bear the ongoing nature of the pandemic socially and financially? We are concerned about being able to get back to normal – seeing friends and family easily without restrictions on numbers or being in an indoor setting. We are worried about our health and the health of our loved ones. We are asking: will we ever be able to take
a trip to visit relatives and friends farther afield? I know I have missed my bi-yearly trip to visit my stepdaughter and family in Australia. These thoughts that we have do not contribute to positive mental health or outlook. So, what interventions can help? The Canadian Mental Health Association suggests: try to keep things in perspective (notice and challenge your thoughts if they may be extreme or unhelpful); try eating healthy, and engaging in enjoyable activities; seek information from reliable news sources only: limit checking in on the latest news to short, defined periods – with no more Trumpian antics this may be easier to do; remain focused on things that are within your control, such as washing hands, covering your mouth during coughs and sneezes and avoiding non-essential travel. Other suggestions might include setting a new daily routine, being kind to one another and yourself, getting a good night’s sleep, staying connected, and seeking help when you need it. Exercising at home or walking outdoors (while keeping a safe distance) can provide an uplifting mood boost. It is important that within the confines of the pandemic you seek out social situations and interactions (even if only virtually or by phone) so that you can stay socially connected and avoid being lonely. The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal, a resource run by McMaster University, states that “evidence has also shown that sharing personal stories and memories can help reduce feelings of loneliness and depression. A phone call or video chat with a friend or family member can be good for the soul!” Many of the seniors organizations on the North Shore are offering limited programming and friendly phoning if you cannot or will not visit their centres. You can look up these organizations in the 2021 Seniors Directory published by North Shore News and available at North Shore Community Resources Society (604-982-3302). If you feel you need more mental health support, try phoning the Canadian Mental Health Agency at 604-987-6959, or the Older Adult Mental Health ProgramNorth Vancouver at 604-982-5600. As well, Family Services of the North Shore has set up a free and sliding scale phone-in counselling service at 604-988-5281. For those reading this column who are doing OK, now more than ever, it is important to check in with friends and family members (by phone or through means such as email, as opposed to in-person visits) to see how they are doing. Margaret Coates is the co-ordinator of Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. She has lived on the North Shore for 51 years and has worked for and with seniors for 26 of those years. Ideas for future columns are welcome – email lions_view@telus.net.
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The North Vancouver School District is set to put its blades back in the water on a new rowing academy at Seycove Secondary.
Originally approved two years ago for a September 2020 start date, the rowing academy found itself scuttled by the global pandemic, compounded by the departure of a school district rowing coach. But this year, the school district It’s not like is back in the hockey or coxswain’s seat, swimming with a plan to where people relaunch the academy at Seycove have to get Secondary in parta very early nership with the start to be Deep Cove Rowing proficient.” Club. Rowing is COLIN GRAY one of Canada’s most successful sports when it comes to competitions like the Olympics, but is still not really a mainstream sport, said Colin Gray, head coach for the Deep Cove Rowing Club. Rowing isn’t even like other boat-based water sports, the key difference being rowers face backwards – away from the direction of travel. It’s also the “ultimate team sport” said
Gray, with a group of rowers following instructions to pull in the same direction. “There’s no star athlete.” The emphasis of the academy will be on learning skills rather than on competition, he added. Unlike some sports, no special equipment is needed – all necessary equipment is included in the academy price. Another benefit: kids don’t have to start training at an early age to develop good skills. “It’s not like hockey or swimming where people have to get a very early start to be proficient,” said Gray. Gray acknowledges the sport of rowing is often tied in people’s minds to private schools, Ivy League universities and elite pursuits. There’s no reason it has to be that way, he said. But rowers who excel at a competitive level can apply for athletic scholarships at many universities, he said. There is truth to the idea that rowers tend to be early risers. “I have people out rowing at five in the morning,” said Gray. For the high school academy, students will most likely launch their training before school – at a time slot around 7:15 a.m. That allows the program to fit better into a semester system at school and allow for timetable flexibility, said Mark James, district principal in charge of academies. In practical terms, the waters around
Rowers take part in a North Shore high school race in Deep Cove during a previous season. A rowing academy is set to launch in North Vancouver School District this year. NORTH SHORE NEWS FILE Deep Cove are less busy in the morning and “there’s less wind in the morning,” said Gray. “The weather is generally better.” For those who sign up for the academy, the annual cost will be $1,835, which covers the cost of coaching and equipment, supplied by Deep Cove Rowing. In inclement weather and months when it’s still dark at 7 a.m., training will move
indoors on to indoor rowing machines. The rowing academy will be for students in grades 8 through 12. The school district is hoping for an enrolment of between 15 and 25 students for the first year, starting in September. Anyone interested can attend an online meeting about the new academy hosted by the school district tonight, 6:30 p.m. on Microsoft Teams. Find the link at sd44.ca.
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OEB Breakfast Co., or just OEB for short, has become synonymous with decadent, filling brunch and breakfast dishes over the past few years, and they have expanded their footprint in Metro Vancouver yet again with a third location. Launched Jan. 13 at 143 East 15th St. in the base of a new condo tower called The Royals, the Alberta-based OEB is serving up everything from loaded breakfast poutines to fried pierogies and a Korean bulgogi Benny among the many exciting options. The 3,000-square-foot restaurant was designed by Ruth M’rav-Jankelowitz and her team at the Janks Design Group and seats 80 at full capacity. Each OEB location has its own look and feel but always features plenty of whimsical touches and definitely a clear chicken and egg motif. “What we do differently, is acknowledge the hard work that the farmers and producers do, by focusing on the ingredients, and then making them shine, ” said Mauro Martina, owner and founder of OEB in a media release. “That’s what OEB is all about.” On the menu are modern takes on classic dishes, made using fresh, locally-sourced ingredients. Look for items like the Holy Crab Benny (wild blue crab, fresh dill, Dijon mustard), Pierogies & Duck, or a Bacon & Buttermilk Waffle with salted caramel, powdered sugar and Quebec maple syrup. OEB has an entire menu section devoted to its loaded poutines, from their calling card Soul in a Bowl (duck fat fried herb potatoes, Saint Cyrille curds, slow cooked bacon lardons, brown butter hollandaise) to a kicked up Hog & Scallops version that adds - you guessed it – seared scallops to the mix. Sandwiches, scrambles, lighter options, and even some traditional breakfast platters for the purists round out OEB’s lengthy dish line-up. The North Shore will also soon boast a second OEB, this time in Ambleside in the Grosvenor building at 1390 Marine Dr., replacing Heirloom, which closed in July. OEB has two other Metro Vancouver locations: 1137 Marinaside Cres. in Vancouver and 4525 Lougheed Hwy. in Burnaby. OEB is franchised in Canada and the U.S. with locations in Kelowna, Toronto, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Scottsdale, and Newport Beach, in addition to several in its home province of Alberta.
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Orene Askew is many things – a DJ, a motivational speaker, a two-spirited Afro-Indigenous person, and former Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) councillor – but never before have these intersections and identities been captured all at once. Until now.
Showing at the Vancouver Short Film Festival later this month, The O Show, a documentary by production company Human Biography, showcases Askew in full, with the diversity of her identity front and centre. “I’ve worked with quite a few videographers over the years, and they haven’t been able to catch every aspect of my life. Being two-spirited, being Black, and being Indigenous, sometimes they only capture just one or maybe two,” she said. Approached by Human Biography’s Sharad Khare at the end of an alumni talk at BCIT, Askew, 38, said a documentary like this was something that she’d wanted to do for a long time. “They always said, ‘This is your story.’ They never tried to take it over or put words in my mouth. They just captured everything that was the real deal.” The 20-minute documentary follows Askew and touches on multiple facets of her life, personal and professional. Followed around like a “reality celebrity,” Askew said it was really special to have her friends and family included in the project. “They included my family and people who are in my everyday life, who supported me over the years, which I thought was really incredible that they caught that as well.” Going to the now shuttered School of Remix in Vancouver to learn DJing,
the documentary also includes artists who Askew has since mentored, passing along knowledge, skills and information about the industry. “Indigenous people are taught from a very young age [that] you pass on information, you don’t hoard it. And if there’s someone that wants to do it, you want to tell them how to do it, and I’ve always had that attitude.” A really generous look into Askew’s life, the documentary highlights how important the representation of Black, Indigenous, queer people is. “It’s really important to share, because I feel like a lot of people are watching and listening, especially nowadays. It’s so cool to be alive right now, because there’s so much change happening,” she said excitedly. “Our young people are coming out at a younger age, saying that they’re two-spirited. And it’s funny, because some people say they’re so young and they don’t know, but they do know, that’s the thing.” Askew said there’s a stigma around people needing to “choose” their identity, or identifiers early on, but it’s not permanent and can change and grow with time. “The fact that we’ve got these young people in my community that feel safe, and they feel strong enough to actually say that [they’re two-spirited], I think that means that we’re getting somewhere, we’re doing right.” Askew said she looks at herself as part of the middle of generational change. With her mom attending residential day school in North Vancouver, she said the younger generation now are able to speak up in ways not seen before. “The young people are able to speak up, say how they’re feeling, and that was almost illegal for my mom’s generation to say, ‘This isn’t right, you can’t be
sending us to residential school,’” she said. “But now, the young people have an opinion and they can say what they want to do, and what they don’t want to do. I think it’s really cool to be in the seat that I’m in, to see the changes, and be able to be a part of it as well.” While she continues to learn from young people, Askew said she’s glad she can also be a support for them when they have questions about their identity. “What Elders have said to me before, the advice they have given me, is when you’re younger, you think something is the biggest deal in the world, and you stress over it,” she said. “And I hear our young people saying, ‘I’ve been stressing with my identity,’ and I try to reassure them that it’s OK, that it can change. I told my niece once, ‘You know what would be really cool, is if you were every letter on the spectrum [LGBTQIA+] every day.’ That would be so cool.” Finishing up her time on Squamish Nation council at the end of last year, Askew has more space and time now to dedicate to her craft – one which she thinks she has more power with, anyway. “It’s definitely less stressful [now]. Yeah. One of our young people said, “You know what, Auntie O Show, I think you’re gonna have more power when you’re off the council.’ And I’ll never forget when she said that to me. “And I can do it in different ways now, with more artistic freedom.” The O Show is showing during the Vancouver Short Film Festival, which starts on Jan. 28 and runs until Feb. 6. The schedule and tickets can be found at vsff.com. Charlie Carey is the News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.
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DEAR, Joan Pearl 1934 - 2022 Joan Dear (née Sachko) entered the world in a taxicab outside the hospital in Powell River, BC, on April 5, 1934. She was the fourth of five children (George, Walter, Bill, Joan, and Dianne) born to Pearl and Sam Sachko. Shortly after her dramatic arrival, Joan’s family began a series of moves that took them from Vancouver Island to Saskatchewan, and back to Vancouver, where Joan and her sister were raised by their mother, Pearl. It was in Vancouver where Joan met Leo, the love of her life, shortly after he arrived in Canada from Australia in 1955. At the beginning of their relationship they travelled to London, throughout Europe, and back to Vancouver, where they married in 1959. After their wedding, they travelled by ocean liner to Sydney, Australia, and spent five eventful years Down Under. When the oil refinery project Leo was working on was completed, they returned to Canada to start their family. Joan and Leo settled in North Vancouver in 1964, and soon after, they welcomed two daughters, Laura and Margot. While the girls attended their local elementary and high schools, Joan was active in their education. She also held several part and full-time jobs when her children were older and she supported the Engineers Wives Association as a volunteer for 25 years.
HIGGINS, Bruce Fern February 3, 1946 - December 19, 2021 Passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love, after a two year battle with cancer. He is predeceased by his father Eddie (1986) and mother Marion (2018). Survived by his wife of 54 years, Elizabeth; 3 daughters, Maryanne, Kelsey and Julie; 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; brothers, Barry and Glen, and sister Donna, as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was born and raised in North Vancouver and spent his life involved in many aspects of the community here. From his connection to the Burdett Beavers growing up, to a lifetime of curling, golfing, softball, photography and walking the trails, he loved life and the North Shore. He was heavily involved in the Lynn Valley and Seymour Lions Clubs and was always an active member of his Lynnmour neighbourhood. He spent his retirement years avidly golfing, both here and with friends in Kihei, Maui. He walked the trails with his friend, Shorty, almost every day. He was an easy man to love, gracious and kind, with a quick wit and a great laugh. He will be missed by us all. A service will be help at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to Lions Gate Palliative Care or Hospice.
The fact that Joan’s life started in a taxicab, must have put wanderlust in her soul. She enjoyed travel before raising a family, and once Leo retired from BC Hydro, they resumed their passion for adventure by travelling throughout North America, the UK, Europe, and Australia. When they weren’t exploring the world, Joan enjoyed playing duplicate bridge, dancing, being active in her book club, and taking care of her beloved grandson, Adam. Joan is survived by her loving husband of 62 years, Leo, her daughters Laura (Arn Bickle) and Margot (Christopher Kilpatrick), and her grandson Adam Dear Bruce. Joan wishes to thank Dr. Lapuste and Dr. Shoki for their compassion and kindness, and all the staff at Summerhill for all their thoughtful attention, and the delicious meals. There will be no service, by Joan’s request. Let the next journey begin. … “Taxi!”
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ELGAR, Bruce Edward March 28 1951 - December 29 2021 Son of Connie and Desmond, and survived by his son Ian, his spouse Brenda and his two brothers Brian and Gordon. He was a very valued and loyal employee for the District of West Vancouver for over 45 years, where he gained the respect of his peers both young and old by just being his kind, gentle, hardworking self. His work ethic always abided by the saying “ do it once and do it right” and he certainly did his best to follow through on that every day, which is the reason all the new hires were directed to learn from him. Whether the job was tending to Ambleside Park, maintaining West Van Secondary, trimming Ridgeview Elementary, or even getting the baseball diamonds pristine, in preparation for the upcoming season, he made sure the first time was the only time. His coworkers also knew him as a very dedicated fun loving and generous guy, knowing that if they ever got the chance to work with Bruce for the day, that they were in great hands and they wouldn’t have to pay for coffee or lunch. On any given weekend you could find Bruce spending his afternoons or random nights at either a BC Lions game with his childhood friend Steve, or at Hastings Racecourse with the regulars trying to pick the next potential million dollar combination of horses. He was always an avid bowler, and through the years he accumulated many honour scores and lots of trophies to back them up. Also when he was in his early teens you could find him at the Capilano Rod and Gun Club with his brothers Gordon and Brian, where they would all put their marksmanship on display by means of a 22 gauge long rifle. But most of all, he was a very loving and dedicated husband and father to Brenda and Ian. He was always there for his son, regardless of the situation or time of day. He would always make sure that Ian would either get home safely from work, make it to his nightly bowling league on time, or make sure that he would have enough money in his wallet or food in his belly, even though none of it was necessary. His answer would always be that he knows he doesn’t have to, but does it anyway because he is his dad. He was respected and loved by many over the 70 years of his life, and has left a giant hole in all of our hearts but no one truly is ever forgotten. We all find ways to deal with grief and pain in one form or another, but always remember, its about the memories because in the end it truly is all we have. To write a condolence to the family please go to www.mckenziefuneralservices.com
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Hunter, Mary Ellen (Marie) (neé Molland) Born June 23, 1916 in Saskatchewan, and as she was so proud to tell people and remembered right up to her death. Birthplace was Section 16, Township 41, Range 9, West of the 3rd Meridian. Died January 8, 2021 at Lynn Valley Care Centre. Survived by son Rob, wife Chue, grandson Mark and brother Bob, wife Patricia and numerous nieces and nephews. Predeceased by: husband Norman, daughter Lorraine - her husband Paul and children Michelle and Steven and brothers Cal and Neil Celebration of Life was held at Holy Trinity Church (27th & Lonsdale North Vancouver) Prayers: 7pm 17th of January Funeral Mass: 11am 18th January Internment: 1pm 18th January, North Vancouver Cemetery - Row 906, plot 38 and 37 She lived independently in her own home until she was 101. The last 4 years of her life she resided at Lynn Valley Care Centre, where the nurses and staff on the 3rd floor Manor loved her, cared for her and respected her till the end. She was full of life and love and passed away after 105 years of living. She lived her life on her own terms and was a strong, independent and resourceful woman and mother. She was a prolific letter writer right up to the week before she passed. She was a teacher and friend to the deaf and continued through life to keep in touch with a few of her favorite deaf students.
JANZEN, Brenda Elizabeth 1950 - 2022 Friend. Neighbour. Cousin. Daughter. Sister. Wife. Mother. Grandmother. Brenda Elizabeth Janzen was all of these and much more to those who were lucky enough to know her. Born on September 14, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, and a Vancouverite since 1973, Brenda sadly lost her courageous fight with cancer on January 7, 2022. Brenda is survived by her husband, Verne; three children, Tyler, Bradley and Vanessa; and two grandchildren, Emily and Henry. She is now reunited with her father and mother, Llew and Jean, and sister, Catherine. Brenda’s supreme gift was her innate ability to connect with those she met and to facilitate connections between others. This gift came from her great sense of empathy and supportive communication style that encouraged meaningful interactions with everyone she met. The family would like to thank friends for their support as well as thank the Lions Gate Hospital Palliative Care Teams on 7West. A celebration of life will be held at a later date to be announced. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Lions Gate Hospital Chemotherapy Clinic in memory of Brenda Janzen; lghfoundation.com or 604-984-5785. For full obituary please see www.mem.com
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LEWIS, Leigh The Lewis family has lost their “Baby of the Family”, as Leigh happily referred to herself. Being the youngest of five Lewis siblings was only one of the many reasons that Leigh was unique, as all who knew her passionate nature would agree. On Christmas Day 2021, Leigh was admitted to Lions Gate Hospital’s I.C.U. On January 5, 2022 Leigh passed away with her family at her bedside, along with her partner Rick Pickerill, Leigh’s greatest support during her illness. Leigh’s parents Peter and Maureen, her sister Anna, and her brothers Richard and Bob will miss her forever. Leigh was predeceased by her sister Jennifer (age 26), also her grandparents Bob & Evelyn Lewis and Daniel & Blanche Martin. A private funeral mass was held on January 7th at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in West Vancouver (also Zoom) Msgr. Gregory Smith officiating, attended by Leigh’s family, Rick and his father Fred, and Leigh’s closest friends. Covid prevented gathering in Leigh’s memory. In honour of Leigh and in acknowledgement of the outstanding care given by the doctors and nurses in the I.C.U., donations to LGH Foundation would be greatly appreciated. Leigh’s funeral mass and other information can be found at https://www.mckenziefuneralservice.com
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KRIVAK, Janet Elena (nee Hand) October 7, 1961 − October 7, 2019
LORD, Mary, 84 years Sadly Mary passed away peacefully on January 10, 2022. She is survived by her loving son Steve, caring sister Barbra and her faithful long time partner Gerry. She was a kind, gentle, honest, beautiful person who loved animals, especially cats. Mary will be hugely missed and remembered forever by her friends and family. R.I.P
Janet Elena Krivak (nee Hand) was born in Thunder Bay (Port Arthur), Ontario, on October 7, 1961. She moved to North Vancouver, BC, at the age of 18 and worked briefly at McGavin’s Bread and the Setting Sun Hair Salon before her employment at Safeway for over 30 years. Janet was predeceased by her son Andrew Richard Krivak (October 16, 1986 − December 31, 1988) and parents Violet Maria Hand (nee Ulves) and Richard George Hand. She is survived by siblings Clifford (Winnie) Hand and Susan Gacki as well as nephews Clinton Hand and Sebastian Gacki. Janet also had pets and enjoyed socializing and travelling. Janet unexpectedly passed away and was found alone on the day of her birthday, October 7, 2019. She was honoured by a public memorial at Boal Chapel and then laid to rest with Pastor Chmelyk officiating at the Boal Chapel and Memorial Gardens in North Vancouver, BC. Donations to the Canadian Mental Health Association, North and West Vancouver Branch in Janet’s memory would very much be appreciated.
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McLEOD METCALF, Sheila Sheila McLeod Metcalf passed away peacefully at the age of 89, on January 10, 2022. Remembered and sadly missed by her son Dennis Metcalf (Susan), daughter Paula Campbell (Roman Korabek) and sister Margaret MacKillop (Murdoch). Her grandchildren Taylor, Garrett, Carly (Joel) and Shelby dearly miss their Gran. Sheila was so excited and loved being a GG to her greatgrandchildren Jeremy and Jaiah. Sheila was sadly predeceased by her other son Doug Metcalf. Sheila’s family will hold a barbeque this summer to celebrate her life together with family and friends. To leave condolences and read stories of Sheila’s very full life, visit providencefuneralhomes.com. Phone 250-493-1774
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September 25, 1951 - December 31, 2021 Jim passed away unexpectedly but in peace at Saanich Peninsula Hospital after staving off MDS and Leukemia for several years. Missing him dearly are Jocelyn, his wife of almost 30 years, and their two sons Alexander and Patrick. Jim will also be missed by Jocelyn’s siblings and their families as well as his several very close friends who he regarded as his chosen brothers and with whom he enjoyed many adventures. Jim’s childhood years were spent in many corners of the world from India to Australia to Northern BC, but he eventually made the North Shore his home where he met and married Jocelyn and where they raised their boys. A move to Vancouver Island a few years ago was a big change, but where Jim and Jocelyn truly felt at home. Jim was a kind, gentle, well-read, adventurous and curious person with a life-long passion for all things aviation. His 35 year career began with Air West and ended with Jazz Air. It was a perfect fit and a source of great satisfaction. He was immensely proud of his sons and their accomplishments and treasured every moment he spent with them. Jocelyn, Alexander and Patrick are grateful for the kind and compassionate medical care Jim received most recently from his doctors, the Victoria Cancer Centre, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Saanich Peninsula Hospital and the Community Nursing Team of VIHA District 45. He was in the very best and most capable hands. We will think of him every time an airplane flies overhead. Donations in Jim’s memory can be made to the BC Aviation Museum in North Saanich, the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation or the BC Cancer Foundation. A private memorial gathering is planned for later this year.
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