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‘Coffee cottage’ envisioned for Navvy Jack House BRENT RICHTER

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It’s not much to look at now, but a group of West Van residents are hoping the oldest building on the North Shore – and one of the oldest in B.C. – can find new life as a waterfront cottage café.

“Coffee, muffin, and a side of history,” is the vision for Navvy Jack House, in the words of John Mawson, member of the Navvy Jack House Citizens Group. But the plan is subject to a major private fundraising campaign.

In 2020, council came within one vote of demolishing the 150-year-old home of John “Navvy Jack” Thomas, the first settler to establish a permanent residence on the North Shore. Council relented to give time for heritage advocates to research possible new uses. A larger bistro operation was deemed not feasible by district staff, but several potential coffee shop operators expressed interest renting the restored house, which could also be eligible for a liquor licence.

More than an eventual source of revenue for the municipality, a restored Navvy Jack House would be a chance for council to preserve the municipality’s heritage Continued on page 28

Navvy Jack House advocate Tom Dodd waits to hear the fate of the West Vancouver waterfront heritage home as council makes a decision on its future. PAUL MCGRATH/NSN

VACCINATION STATUS

Patients shocked to receive anti-vax letter from doctor

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Patients of a North Vancouver family doctor say they were shocked to receive a letter from her last week, informing them she has not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and therefore may not be able to see patients after

the end of March when requirements for doctors to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status come into effect.

In the letter, Dr. Sofia Bayfield told her patients she is “unable to be vaccinated” for “very legitimate reasons” and it is with a “heavy heart” she is informing them they will likely have to find another doctor.

Bayfield did not detail in the letter why she can’t be vaccinated or whether she has applied for a special medical exemption from the requirement.

The letter also included a number of points about COVID-19 vaccinations, saying vaccines hadn’t prevented “the huge wave of cases and hospitalizations we’ve seen within

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Residents eager for easing of restrictions

Skate park demolition delayed, not halted Local Journalism Initiative Reporter/ccarey@nsnews.com

More than 50 people showed up to Lonsdale Skatepark on Sunday afternoon in an effort to save the almost 20-year-old park from demolition due to the Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre rebuild.

City signs went up on March 2 announcing the imminent closure of the skate park on March 14 to make way for construction of the $210-million project.

Sponsored skateboarder and park advocate Evan Tancredi said since initial consultations with the North Vancouver skateboarding community in 2017-’18, the community hadn’t heard anything about the coming closure until signs went up. Because of the lack of communication, Tancredi started a petition on Thursday that has since garnered more than 3,000 signatures asking to “Save Lonsdale Skatepark.”

Speaking to the North Shore News from Los Angeles where he’s currently skateboarding, Tancredi said to leave the skateboarding community without a park until slated completion in 2025 and “disregard it’s nearly 3,000 people that support the facility staying as it is or having a replacement ready to go, shows a disappointing lack of care for our community members.”

Tancredi said at the least, the city should commit to keeping the facility in place until a new one is built, or, if a new facility is not built, keep the existing park as is. “[The park] is largely used by families and kids and parents all of the time. Not just skaters. Every walk of life uses this facility.

There’s a huge group of people [the city] is neglecting,” he said.

John Clendenan, the former manager of skate and snowboard shop The Boardroom on Lonsdale Avenue for almost 15 years, said that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, consultations were held at Centennial

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With spring just around the corner, Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s health officer, has hinted B.C. may consider the further lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in time for Spring Break. Henry hasn’t detailed which restrictions could be lifted, but said the province will aim for a slow and sustainable approach.

Rollerblader Anwar Ali enjoys the final days of the Lonsdale Skatepark, soon to be closed and demolished to make way for a new community centre. PAUL MCGRATH/NSN

Theatre and a temporary skate park at the North Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club site was initially promised to the community.

Now with a temporary park no longer in the cards, Clendenan said it’ll be “tough for the kids.”

“There are parks in the District of North Van or West Vancouver, but they’re not the same design. And because each park is so well used, to move all the people that used to go to this one to these other ones is going to make them extra busy, and ended up with people going to parking lots, skating in the streets and [they’re] not the safest places for them to go sometimes,” he said.

Opened in May 2004, the Lonsdale Skatepark has been a community hub for skaters across the North Shore. Growing

up on West Kings Road in Upper Lonsdale, Tancredi said he has been skating there his whole life, but more so in the last decade.

“It’s really intergenerational, I guess you could say. … I literally have a friend there who is 61-years-old, and he skateboards, and I have friends there who are seven years old. And yeah, the community is sort of like no other. I’ve been there for so long, a lot of people come and go, but the core people who love that place, they use it every day,” he said.

“Lonsdale is so inclusive. There’s tons of different levels of skaters. People feel comfortable starting there, because most people are really kind. It’s honestly like another family to me.”

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Most people on the North Shore agree with that, according to a recent poll by the North Shore News, with almost half of locals who responded (48.5 per cent) saying they were cautiously optimistic about the prospect of easing restrictions, as long as that’s done carefully. A further 31 per cent of North Shore residents said they’re eager to see restrictions lifted and have no qualms about it.

About 20 per cent of residents said they’re worried about the prospect of restrictions being lifted, fearing it will put more vulnerable people in harm’s way or lead to another wave of the virus.

In mid-February, B.C. eased some restrictions, but vaccine passports and masks have remained mandatory in B.C., despite being ditched by other provinces.

The North Shore News asked the question: How do you feel about the prospect of COVID-19 restrictions being eased in B.C.?

The poll ran from Jan. 31, 2022 to March 2, 2022. Of the 3,593 votes, we can determine that 927 are from within the community. Results are considered accurate +/- 1.62 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

HORSESHOE BAY

Once-controversial Tantalus Gardens passes unanimously BRENT RICHTER

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It was once the most controversial proposal west of the Capilano River, but a small-scale redevelopment in Horseshoe Bay passed with West Vancouver council’s approval Monday.

In 2019, council first delayed making a decision and then later rejected QUMA Properties’ proposal for Tantalus Gardens.

The original proposal included six small single-family homes and four duplexes on to be built on four residential lots as well as the site of the shuttered St.

Monica’s Church at Nelson Avenue and Rosberry Avenue.

At issue for residents at the time were parking and traffic, the price of the new homes, and the loss of public assembly zoning at the church.

Since that time, the district has finalized a local area plan for Horseshoe Bay, and the developer shrank down the project to include 10 small two-storey single-family homes.

The scaled-down project proved far more innocuous at a public hearing held this week, with only five members of the public calling in.

Of those five, only two asked council to reject the redevelopment for a second time.

Parking, the price of the homes, and the loss of public assembly zoning were again the issues, but council moved the project forward unanimously.

Coun. Craig Cameron acknowledged the “long and tortured history” the project has gone through before casting his vote in favour.

“It’s not going to solve all our housing needs, but we are not going to make any dent in making this community more affordable if we keep building large

single family homes on larger lots,” said Cameron. “We’ve had, unfortunately, a difficult time getting any sort of missing middle housing approved in this community in this term, and so I’m pleased to see this is one project hopefully going forward.”

Coun. Marcus Wong described Tantalus Gardens as the “continual evolution of the neighbourhood.”

“I don’t know that ‘cute’ is the right word, but they certainly tuck in very nicely, and I think will provide a type of housing that is much needed in the community,” he said. “It’s a small step.”

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022 NEWS | A5

DOG PARK AND PLAZA

CNV moves ahead with Kings Mill Walk Park masterplan CHARLIE CAREY

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter/ccarey@nsnews.com

The City of North Vancouver council voted unanimously to move ahead with the development and improvement of Kings Mill Walk Park master plan.

The plans include a new plaza at the foot of Fell Avenue, a children’s play area, shoreline habitat improvement and protection from sea level rise, as well as an off-leash dog area, with construction to start next year.

The endorsement of the plan also sees council direct staff to invite Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) to work with the city, recognizing that the park is adjacent to Eslha7an (Mission 1), and that staff bring forward naming options to “better reflect the area.”

Coun. Don Bell said he was very pleased to see the development move ahead, noting that it has become an extremely popular park in the city.

Bell noted that after initial concerns were raised about the size of the dog park, the off-leash area has now been increased from 750 square metres to 1,500 square metres, “Which I think is extremely popular for people with their dogs,” he said.

“I think also the concerns that were raised originally by those individuals with physical disabilities and particularly wheelchair access, this is particularly one of the best dog parks that we have that allows people with wheelchairs, in particular, to have a solid surface and to be able to be there with their care animals, and so it’s really important,” Bell said.

Coun. Tony Valente said he shared the

A family enjoys a picnic at the City of North Vancouver’s Kings Mill Walk Park on Father’s Day, 2021. LAYNE CHRISTENSEN/NSN enthusiasm of his colleagues regarding the plan moving forward.

“I’m really keen and excited about the Indigenous name for this area. I think that it recognizes the ecological history there. This was an estuary, it was a place of intertidal [activity] where you had salt hitting freshwater,” he said. “And I think it’s amazing to realize [that the development that] happened in the ‘70s, I don’t think we would allow that to happen today, but this is going to be a great way that we can actually bring back some of the habitat that was there. So I’m very excited about this moving.”

Mayor Linda Buchanan and Coun. Holly Back noted the impressive view from the park, with Buchanan also mentioning the diverse crowd of people that use the area.

“I’m looking forward to the work that’s going to be done on the foreshore that’s going to allow much more interplay and just the build out of the park for the variety of users,” she said.

New park part of rebuild plans Continued from page 4 Clendenan said he remembers the day Lonsdale park opened and said it’s been well used the entire time. He noted that for a lot of kids in the city, accessibility to get to another skate park on the North Shore is a problem.

“For kids without a car, or people who lived in the neighbourhood, it was their go-to spot. So now they have to go to a different area and it’d be nice if they could find somewhere for them within the city and have a temporary spot set up for the next couple years,” he said.

In a statement to the North Shore News, the city said the closure of the park will now be delayed until the end of the region’s Spring Break, and the park will now be open until March 28.

“The city recognizes the importance the existing skate park plays in our community for those that enjoy it, and that many users will be impacted while we are building the new park,” it said. “We encourage community members to make use of the other skate park resources on the North Shore including the Kirkstone Skate Park, Parkgate Skate Park, Seylynn Bowl and the Griffin Bowl that will be available during the

construction period.”

The city noted a 2018 plan for the Harry Jerome rec centre rebuild included a temporary skate park; however, a new strategy was endorsed in 2020 to ensure the Harry Jerome redevelopment was right sized for the community and could be delivered on budget.

“The City and North Vancouver Recreation and Culture Commission are looking at interim options, including the possibility of pop-up skateboarding activities, to provide additional options for the community. Updates will be shared with the community as they become available,” the city’s statement noted.

Regarding the upcoming skate park that will be built as part of the new HJCRC facility, the city said the design will be going back to community feedback in the coming months, and “anyone that would like to be involved in providing feedback on the new skate park design, can email the design team at hjcrc@ cnv.org to participate in future engagement.”

“The city is committed to starting construction of the new HJCRC and skate park as soon as possible to mitigate any potential cost increases due to delays, inflation and the unpredictable construction market,” the city’s statement said.

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NEWSBRIEFS SKIER DIES AT CYPRESS MOUNTAIN SATURDAY

The BC Coroners Service is investigating after a 50-year-old Delta man died from a skiing accident at Cypress Mountain Resort in West Vancouver on Saturday.

West Vancouver Police Department confirmed that just after 10:30 a.m., officers responded to a call after reports of an injured skier. The BC Ambulance Service and Cypress Mountain ski patrol were tending to the injured skier; however, the man was later pronounced dead at the scene.

“Early indications are that this appears to have been as a result of a tragic accident,” WVPD Const. Kevin Goodmurphy said. “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the deceased.”

BC Emergency Health Services said it responded to the report of the injury with multiple paramedics, which included two ground ambulances and one air ambulance.

Goodmurphy said the police department is now helping the coroner with its investigation.

In a statement to the North Shore News, Cypress Mountain Resort said “witnesses who observed the incident

from a chairlift reported that one of the man’s skis released, causing him to lose control and collide with a tree on the side of the run.”

“Cypress Mountain Resort Ski Patrol, and the entire Resort team extend our deepest sympathy to the family and friends for their tragic loss,” said President Russell Chamberlain.

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est Vancouver council isn’t shy to tell a developer they can’t demolish a heritage home, at least until they’ve researched all possible avenues to save it. So, when it comes to Navvy Jack House, the granddaddy of all heritage assets in the district, we expect nothing less.

The 1872 home of the district’s founding settler and his Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) wife Rowi-a may yet survive as a waterfront cottage café. We love the idea. Unlike some relics of colonization, the Indigenous descendants of Row-i-a want to see the building stay. That means the district should treat this as an opportunity to advance reconciliation and education.

Council has agreed to put up $1 million from community amenity contributions.

It’s frustrating, however, to think though,

that the burden of raising at least $1.6 million to restore the district-owned asset is being put onto the shoulders of a group of community volunteers. Two years is a short deadline. We are wishing them every success.

We’d like to think there are some generous West Vancouverites who will see this as an opportunity to carve their own legacy into local history by stepping up where their successive miserly councils have failed. At the very least, the district should be providing assistance from staff in seeking grants from senior levels of government.

It doesn’t speak well of a community that forsakes its heritage and lets its cultural assets rot to save a buck.

Years from now, when the community can watch the tides sweep in and out while enjoying a drink on Navvy Jack’s patio, we will all be proud.

British Columbia’s debt is ballooning, but few seem to care Once upon a time, the size of the provincial debt used to be a big deal in B.C. politics.

Those days, however, are long gone and the fiscal plan released last week is another reminder of why debt politics have gone by the wayside.

In one key respect, the BC NDP government, since coming to power, has continued down a path that previous governments have walked. It is spendView From ing a gargantuan The Ledge amount of money Keith Baldrey on public infrastructure over the next three years and the total provincial debt will balloon (it will have almost doubled in 10 years by the end of the three-year fiscal plan).

The money (more than $27 billion over three years) is being spent on popular things – hospitals, schools, highways etc. – so the capital spending plan is not something that any political party wants to take issue with. There is a reason U.S. President Joe Biden has worked so hard to

craft his own massive infrastructure plan: the voting public loves seeing things it can use being built.

Not only are public infrastructure projects popular (for the most part, unless they go way over budget or are delayed in terms of completion), but the clock is ticking on the lifespan of existing infrastructure built in the 1950s and ’60s.

Things like the aging Massey Tunnel (its replacement will shed the Massey name) and the Pattullo Bridge need replacing. So do aging schools and health-care facilities.

(The Cowichan District Hospital, for example, is 54 years old and is being replaced.)

The overall dollar numbers are staggering and likely somewhat meaningless for many. More than $8.6 billion will be spent on health-care facilities alone. The new St. Paul’s Hospital will cost $2.2 billion, while New Westminster, Surrey, Richmond and Burnaby are all getting either new hospitals or major expansions of existing ones.

In terms of overall spending, the transportation sector – $8 billion in spending – is nipping at the health sector’s heels when it comes to big spending. The biggie there is the new Fraser River tunnel crossing at more than $4 billion and the Broadway

subway project, at almost $3 billion.

More than $3 billion will be spent in the K-12 education system (much of it for seismic upgrading) and a further $4.3 billion is allocated for post-secondary institutions.

Then there is BC Hydro, whose debt is classified differently. It is considered to be “self-supported debt” as opposed to “taxpayer-supported debt” (the kind that funds all those transportation, education and health projects).

The biggest infrastructure spend in B.C. history is the Site C Dam, currently estimated to cost $16 billion to complete.

BC Hydro, with its aging grid and dam system, plans to spend another $2.4 billion upgrading and replacing its facilities.

A combination of capital spending and forecasted deficits in the range of billions of dollars has the government forecasting the total provincial debt to exceed more than $100 billion by the end of the next fiscal year (which begins April 1st) and to reach more than $125 billion by the end of 2024-’25.

It was about $63 billion in 2014-’15.

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I wanted to thank Capilano Rugby Club for hosting their girls open house last week. It was a great event. The club was very generous with its staff and facilities and the women’s players were fantastic running the kids through mock practices and skills training. Kids and parents, including my daughter and I, had a great time. Hopefully it gets a lot of girls signing up to be the next generation of national champions.

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I recently played tourist down at the Shipyards on the North Vancouver waterfront and parked in the ICBC parkade, which as many locals know used to be free after-hours and on the weekends.

The $90 ticket that I got informed me that this free parking policy is no longer in place.

I’m not the only one who wasn’t aware of this. I’ve heard people have parked, walked to the pay station, only to walk back to their car and find a ticket on their windshield in the manner of less than five minutes. Be warned!

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The most regrettable community dispute in recent North Vancouver history is the mountain biker versus hiker dispute.

There was never an easy solution since it was impossible to isolate/separate the extensive trail networks that both parties were fighting over. Today, the District of North Van is creating a new battlefield with a plan to strip away half of the existing tennis facilities at Whey-ah-wichen [Cates Park] for pickleball use. This is throwing gasoline onto a smouldering fire as each tennis court converted emboldens pickleball to pursue more courts, which escalates the response from tennis to defend each court that remains. Therefore, you have a vicious cycle of escalating conflict. How did we get here?

In 2018, Mayor Mike Little and council took office with relative peace and harmony amongst sporting user groups.

An outstanding item was a request for new sporting facilities, pickleball courts.

In 2020-’21, pickleball courts were created by stripping away existing tennis facilities, creating a confrontation between two groups that never existed prior.

In spring 2022, a battlefield was created at Cates Park for two groups already in a state of confrontation, to meet and converge on a daily basis. Instead of trying to separate opposing groups, they did the opposite by shoving them in a phone booth to see what happens next.

Mayor and council need to be reminded of the hiker v. biker disputes in the North Shore mountain trails, and ask themselves if they should light a stick of dynamite at Cates Park to create another damaging dispute. Rather than attempting to separate competing user groups, the Cates Park decision does the opposite by creating a flashpoint location ripe for confrontation. More importantly, if the current DNV leadership is unable to manage a simple request from a user group without abetting a dispute, then how can they be trusted to manage much more important topics such as housing, density and transportation?

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I’ve lived in North Vancouver for more than 25 years. Prior to the pandemic, I would park at the ICBC parking lot after 6 p.m. on Fridays and also during the weekends. Last month, after almost two years of avoiding restaurants in the Shipyards area, I made a reservation for 6:15 p.m. at a restaurant so that I could park for free at ICBC. When I entered the ICBC parkade shortly after 6 p.m., everything looked normal – there was no sign indicating that the parkade was now a paid parking lot. I parked in the first available stall, locked my car and walked away ready for a pleasant evening. I had a very unpleasant shock when I returned to my car and saw a parking ticket on my windshield. It was a complete surprise. “Must be a mistake,” I thought. It was only when I was leaving the parkade that I saw that there was a machine with people paying in advance for parking.

I paid the $89 ticket, called the parking company to complain, but I was told there would be no reversal of the parking fine. I felt that I have fallen into a cash-grab trap and I suspect others have fallen into the same trap. It left a bad taste in my mouth.

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Dear Editor:

There has been pay parking at ICBC for over a year. There are signs. The ticket machine is badly located at the back corner of the lot. It should be by the entrance from the street. There should be another machine by the door to the Quay. I have no problem paying a reasonable amount for parking, but I find $6.50 an hour in the Shipyards to be exorbitant. The parking lots should be required to clearly post their rates at the entrance to the parking.

That includes Lonsdale Quay. I hope their renovation will bring some improvement to the horrible entrance and exit to their parking.

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Walking school bus program ramping up in North Van BRENT RICHTER

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All aboard, kiddos. Time to get on the bus.

A new program aimed at getting North Vancouver elementary students heading to school with a “walking school bus” is picking up steam in North Vancouver.

Each day, a parent or professional walks a designated route, picking up kids on the way and delivering them safely to school.

The concept has been around for a while, but TransLink is now funding a pilot project with the City of North They’re Vancouver looking and North like Vancouver School District they’re called Kid really Commute to test enjoying different models what the and see which walk is gets the most giving uptake.

“We are hopthem. ing to see more FAYE WILLICK students walking to school and [fewer] cars around the school,” said Faye Willick, executive director for Dedicated Action for School Health.

Schools included in the Kid Commute pilot include Larson, Queen Mary, Ridgeway, Westview, and Queensbury elementaries.

The perks of walking to school are manifold, Willick said. DASH’s mandate is to promote health and well-being for students, but research shows that physical activity boosts academics too.

“It’s about having those students get physical activity to

Walking school bus leader Julie Falk escorts school children to Queen Mary Elementary. PAUL MCGRATH/NSN

and from school,” she said. “They become better learners in the classroom because they’ve burned off some of that energy.”

For TransLink, the municipalities, and school districts, the goal is to cut back on carbon emissions and traffic, particularly around schools.

And parents involved in Kid Commute enjoy having one less task to handle in the mornings.

“There are quite a few reasons, one is because it makes absolutely brilliant sense,” said Julie Falk, walking school bus leader for Queen Mary Elementary.

The more kids coming on foot, the fewer SUVs there will be driving to the school, meaning it’s safer for absolutely everyone, Falk reasoned.

“I know it’s a big issue for schools in general on the North Shore. Anything that can help with that, because some of the erratic behaviour from some drivers in front of schools at school times is insane to me,” she said.

On the walks, Willick said the kids learn how to become good pedestrians, knowing where to look for possible hazards. To make the commute a bit more fun, Falk has them play games like “the lines are

lava,” or gets them to walk like a duck or a bear, she said.

On the way, the kids make connections and get a deeper understanding of their neighbourhood than they would while buckled into a booster seat.

“They’re paying attention to nature around them. They’re looking like they’re really enjoying what the walk is giving them,” Willick said.

And, although some of them maybe aren’t crazy about getting to school under their own steam at first, they absolutely do come around, said Willick, who rubbishes

the notion that it’s too far to go for little legs. They have one kindergartner who hikes 20 minutes, all uphill, every morning, and arrives with plenty of energy to scamper off and play.

“She walks the whole distance and she’s just a trooper,” Willick said. “If [kids] are soft, we made them that way.”

Falk’s route starts at West Esplanade and winds up to Queen Mary, and she can attest to the boost that comes from a morning walk.

“It really does change your sense of perspective on the day,” she said.

Despite the obvious benefits, commuting on foot isn’t what it used to be. According to the school district, for every 12 families that walk to school, 12 other families drive, and one other family bikes, scooters or skateboards.

Willick said they’re hoping to expand the program, which will need parents willing to have their children join Kid Commute, volunteers, funding for paid leaders where appropriate, and schools wanting to sign on.

Anyone who wants to get involved can email info@dashbc.ca.

Mayor Linda Buchanan welcomed the program as a way to get kids started on lifelong healthy habits.

“When children walk, roll or bike to school they can connect with their friends, community and develop their navigational skills while supporting their health and well-being through daily exercise.

The city has long been a champion of safe and active routes to school,” she said, in a release.

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“This is extremely exciting news and the savings will be life-changing for many of these families,” said North VancouverLonsdale NDP MLA Bowinn Ma. “Living in North Vancouver is already very expensive, and saving money on child care means that families can put more money towards other essentials or invest more into making life better for their children.”

Since 2018, about $82 million in childcare funding has flowed to the North Shore, which has helped lower fees and create more than 1,000 new spaces, Ma said. The government believes there will be a good return on the investment, she added. Affordable child care allows more people to join the workforce, which is

important with labour shortages only expected to worsen. Even families with high incomes struggle with current childcare rates, she said.

“We have a major challenge where we have so many jobs opening up in the next 10 years, and we need to fill those jobs,” she said. “This is not just a social program. It’s an economic program.”

The money that parents save on child care today can be put aside for their kids’ future education, or spent on extracurriculars, Ma said.

There is no means test to have kids in the $10-a-day program as it is up to individual daycare operators to apply to be included in the program.

Ma said the goal is to soon have a totally universal child-care system, no different from how families accessing public schools regardless of family income.

While it may stoke envy on those still paying $2,000 or more per month, Ma said more help is on the way, with new $10a-day spaces and fee reductions coming that should reduce the average daily cost to $20 by the end of the year.

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A freighter that appeared to lose control in the shipping channels near Lions Gate Bridge Thursday was rescued by several tug boats after running aground near Slhx̱í7lsh (Siwash Rock).

The loaded grain ship, the Marvel I, was leaving the Port of Vancouver when it experienced mechanical troubles while coming under the Lions Gate Bridge, according to the Vancouver Port Authority.

The Coast Guard received a call from the bulk carrier at 11:50 a.m. about a mechanical issue onboard, just as the ship cleared the bridge, said Michelle Imbeau, spokesperson for the Coast Guard.

The ship quickly dropped anchor and came to rest west of Slhx̱í7lsh, said Imbeau. It was slightly grounded on sandy bottom, she said.

Mary Ellen Schesser watched the drama unfold from her apartment in Ambleside.

She said she saw the freighter appear to swing out of the usual shipping lane and end up pointing north-south, with the rear of the ship pointing towards the mountains.

Four tugboats raced to the freighter and appeared to help the ship back out of its location near Stanley Park, said Schesser.

A bulk carrier was refloated near Stanley Park with the help of four tugboats Thursday afternoon. MARY ELLEN SCHESSER “It took two hours to get it out of that situation,” said Schesser.

Tugs were able to refloat the vessel, and then accompanied it to a Vancouver anchorage in English Bay, said Imbeau.

The Canadian Coast Guard crew from Kitsilano Base was on scene and confirmed there was no sign of pollution and no injuries, she said.

The port confirmed the freighter had been assigned to an anchor for further assessment.

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Fate of Deep Cove’s Naughton Avenue detour still up for debate CHARLIE CAREY

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District of North Vancouver council voted Feb. 28 to hold off making a decision regarding Deep Cove’s Naughton Avenue detour and seek further direction in a workshop before making a final decision in the coming months.

Six community members presented their thoughts to council during the meeting, with all wanting the detour to be revegetated back to its original state – contradicting district staff’s recommendation to make the detour a permanent active transport and emergency vehicle access link.

In public consultations, staff found that 551 respondents, 47 per cent, want the area to be revegetated, with only 21 per cent asking for it to be upgraded to an active transportation route.

Council staff, however, noted that combined with those asking for a “full transportation link,” 53 per cent of respondents want some kind of permanent access.

The temporary Naughton Avenue detour was originally constructed to allow vehicle

The District of North Vancouver cut down 35 trees at the top of Naughton Avenue to enable construction of a temporary traffic detour while the Gallant Avenue storm sewer replacement project took place. The fate of the detour is now on hold while council goes to a workshop in the coming months. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN access to Deep Cove while construction to replace the 70-year-old storm drain under Gallant Avenue was underway.

Now that project has been

completed, staff are seeking direction on how to proceed with decommissioning the detour.

Moved by Coun. Jim Hanson, the motion was amended

to direct staff to implement revegetation, however, in those discussions, councillors were split with the intended outcome, with Couns. Mathew Bond and

Lisa Muri as well as Mayor Mike Little pointing to the need to future-proof the area.

Noting the problems with traffic in the area due to Deep Cove being a “dead end,” Muri said the area needs a traffic study north of Strathcona Road.

“It is challenging for me because there are so many issues in regards to the livability of Deep Cove with the amount of traffic that comes on a sunny day in the summer, or just a sunny day, period, and we have to put a little effort into looking at the circulation challenges, the parking challenges, for the broader area of Deep Cove and how we can reduce that,” Muri said.

As a business owner along Naughton Avenue, Coun. Megan Curren recused herself from the vote, which had Bond, Muri and Little in opposition.

Council will reconvene at a workshop, which was passed unanimously, on a date yet to be announced to finalize an amended proposal for the area.

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West Van MLA asks for end date for COVID-19 restrictions JANE SEYD

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A West Vancouver MLA is asking what the government and B.C.’s top health official will use to determine the ending of B.C.’s remaining COVID-19 restrictions, including vaccine passports and mask mandates.

Karin Kirkpatrick, MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano, raised the issue in the legislature last week, asking B.C.’s Health Minister Adrian Dix what targets the government is using to decide when measures like masks and vaccine passports can be relaxed.

“The point is really just to know what is going to trigger the next decision,” said Kirkpatrick in an interview. “Is it going to be

case counts? Hospitalizations?

I’ve got a lot of constituents on the North Shore, just saying, ‘Well, how do we know when we’re there?’”

Kirkpatrick said she has no quarrel with masks or with vaccine passport requirements.

But she added many other provinces have now set dates or specific objectives that they will need to meet in order to lift remaining restrictions. In contrast, B.C. hasn’t done that, she said, adding so far Dix and B.C.’s health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, have only indicated when the restrictions will be reviewed, rather than how.

“So what we’re asking is, ‘Well, what are you going to consider?

What are you going to review?’

Just so British Columbians have a sense of what is the goalpost we’re trying to get to.”

“British Columbia, still has no end date for the vaccine card ...

Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia – everywhere else has set a date.”

Kirkpatrick said she doesn’t think it’s her place to tell health officials what the targets should be, but added it’s fair for citizens to know if there’s a key piece of information being considered, whether that’s numbers of people with COVID in ICU or hospital, or information coming in from jurisdictions where more restrictions have already been lifted.

Kirkpatrick said she sees a mix of comments on the issue from

constituents, adding that the majority of people aren’t complaining about masks and vaccine passports.

“People have been pretty good, I think,” she said, adding that most conversation in the community has also been respectful.

“I know in many other communities, MLAs have received very different phone calls,” she said.

Last month, B.C. lifted some COVID-19 restrictions, including capacity limits at most indoor events. Nightclubs, weddings and funerals are all allowed to take place now. However, capacity limits remain in place for school events and there are still some restrictions on visits to long-term care homes. Mask requirements

remain in place for indoor public spaces, and vaccine passports remain in effect for many non-essential activities.

Most recently, Henry indicated that she would consider easing some further restrictions around the time Spring Break starts.

In response to Kirkpatrick’s question, Dix said the government is continuing to follow the advice of public health.

Dix noted the number of people in hospital has dropped to half the number it was during the peak of the Omicron variant wave. “However, it’s also still higher than at any point in the pandemic prior to December 1st,” he said, adding the situation remains challenging for healthcare workers.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022 SPORTS | A19

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North Vancouver skier Cameron Alexander did something no Canadian has done since 2014 on Friday: he won a World Cup downhill race.

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The 24-year-old member of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club actually shared top spot on the podium with Switzerland’s Niels Hintermann, with both putting up identical times of one minute, 44.42 seconds on the Olympiabakken course in Kvitfjell, Norway.

It was the first downhill World Cup win for a Canadian since Erik Guay won on the same course eight years ago.

Alexander’s win was a shocker on course, as he started with bib No. 39, long after the race favourites had finished. Hintermann completed his race more than half an hour before Alexander matched his time.

Alexander’s only other top-10 finish on the World Cup circuit came in the same downhill

race in 2020, and he missed almost all of the 2020-’21 season after suffering a severe knee injury.

“I know I can ski fast here. I know I have speed ... all I had to do was just let go and try to give it my best,” Alexander said after the race. “That’s what I did and what do you know? I’m on top of the podium. It’s surprising but at the same time this is what I do the sport for – it feels really good.”

Alexander didn’t qualify for the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, and instead spent extra time training and competing in European Cup races in Kvitfjell, and the extra practice on the course seemingly paid off.

“To win in the same place that somebody like Erik [Guay] has ... to be at the same level as he was at the same race, is crazy, phenomenal,” Alexander said. “He has obviously shown greatness throughout his career in this sport and he is someone I looked up to coming up as a ski racer.”

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The Argyle Pipers Grade 9 girls basketball team recently capped a perfect season with a provincial championship win.

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The Pipers were powered to victory by their defence, said head coach Steve White, holding the Grizzlies to just three points in the fourth quarter of the final.

Argyle’s Alanna Scheiman was named the tournament’s MVP, averaging 22 points per game through four wins at provincials.

Teammate Sara Tancon earned the tournament’s best defensive player award, while Argyle’s Aly Lake earned a spot on the tournament’s all-star team.

Two other North Shore teams cracked the top 10 at the tournament, with ninthseeded Handsworth bumping up to sixth place after losing to Argyle in the quarterfinals, and 14th-seeded Sentinel jumping up to ninth place by winning their final three games following an opening-round loss.

Handsworth’s Claire McJannet was also named to the tournament’s all-star team.

“It was great to see the girls and coaches from the three North Shore schools being more of a co-operative friendly group than rivals even when competing against each other,” said White. “[There was] so much mutual respect and camaraderie.”

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022 SPORTS | A21

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Mollie Jepsen wins downhill gold at Beijing Paralympic Games LORI EWING

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West Vancouver’s Mollie Jepsen crouched in the start gate on Saturday knowing her four years of Paralympic preparation had not gone nearly as planned.

After capturing four medals in a stunning Paralympic debut in 2018 in Pyeongchang, Crohn’s disease sidelined her for all of the following season, saw her in and out of hospital, and robbed her of precious muscle strength.

And then finally in remission, the COVID-19 pandemic struck, grounding Canada’s Para ski team for the better part of two seasons.

But the 22-year-old saw the silver linings in her forced break, and turned them into gold on Saturday, racing to both Canada’s first medal and victory of the Beijing Paralympics.

On Saturday, West Vancouver’s Mollie Jepsen became the first Canadian on the podium at the 2022 Beijing Paralympics.

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“Being able to spend a lot of time training at home was actually hugely beneficial,” Jepsen said of the past two years. “I’ve raced a lot in my life, because I was racing able-bodied before I went onto the Para circuit, and so I felt comfortable taking a step

back, and training in the pandemic allowed us to go very far back to basics.

“I think on race day, it was all that trust and confidence in yourself, knowing that you’ve really put in the work. I saw a lot of great silver linings in what’s happened ... and came out a lot better and stronger.”

Jepsen’s gold was the first of three medals for Canada on Day 1 of the Games. Mac Marcoux of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., captured silver in the men’s downhill, while Mark Arendz of Hartsville, P.E.I., opened his busy Paralympics with a bronze in the men’s 6-kilometre biathlon.

Jepsen recorded a time of one minute 21.75 seconds on the Yangqing Alpine Centre course. China’s Zhang Mengqiu took silver and Sweden’s Ebba Aarsjoe earned bronze.

The four-foot-eight skier, who was born missing three fingers on her left hand, began skiing with her family at age two,

but it’s been a rocky career. She broke a wrist as a child, and then tore the anterior cruciate ligament twice in her left knee as a teenager.

The Canadian team was in Norway when the pandemic struck in early 2020. The skiers were sent home. It would be months before they’d be back on snow training.

Jepsen set up a gym in her family’s home in Whistler, B.C. She and her teammates didn’t compete again until this season.

The emergence of Omicron a few months ago had Jepsen and the rest of Canada’s Paralympic athletes worried they’d even get to the starting line.

“Honestly, (I said) if we get there as a team, safe and healthy, that’s a win in itself, and touring around the village together the first day we got here, and to be here as a team and healthy and be together is just an amazing feeling. Everything else is just the icing on the cake right now,” she said.

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Supercharge your seed-starting mix with this DIY ‘soilution’ LAURA MARIE NEUBERT

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We are seed starting a bit late this year; in part because I was waiting for my biochar to “bloom,” but primarily due to elevation. We are located just above the “snow day” snowline, so our garden soil warms somewhat slower than the soil down below.

Jack Frost, I’ve learned, doesn’t like to be rushed.

Like most winter-weary gardeners, I have seed started indoors and outdoors too early in the season, to no benefit, and often to great detriment. Most seedlings, like most children, catch up in the end, so there is no point and certainly no fun in working them too hard, too soon.

Also like children, seedlings need complex nutrients from the get go, to thrive.

On that note, and based more-or-less entirely on instinct, we do not indoor seed start in the sterile soil-less environment suggested by contemporary wisdom. I add worm castings, and plenty of them, to a simple professional mix with perlite, and we fertilize post-germination with a very weak worm compost tea. So far, so good.

When seed starting outdoors in our old greenhouse, we use sifted organic compost and worm castings, and once seedlings are established, we fertilize with a soluble kelp solution and weak compost tea.

On occasion, in the greenhouse, I will see some surface greening of the soil, but we have never had problems with mold, or gnats, or any other sort of soil-specific trouble. Water, light, temperature and ventilation are important variables of course,

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individually and in combination, and those too should be considered, I believe, in relation to natural ecosystems.

I cannot empirically defend our non-standard choices, rather I share them with you for consideration. It makes sense to me to follow nature’s logic whenever possible.

Plants need living soil to thrive without synthetic intervention. Granted, I don’t want an active compost inside my home, so adding worm castings from a castings farm (not from my in-bed worm composts) seems a safe enough bet.

I have been adding compost-activated biochar to my garden soil, but this year we are adding biochar to all seed starting mixes as well, at a rate of 15 per cent by volume. Permaculturists and manufacturers recommend a ratio of 10 per cent to 20 per cent activated biochar to organic compost (or soil), as biochar is known to attract and retain both water and essential nutrients.

Robert Lavoie, founder of AirTerra Biochar in Alberta recommends adding a small amount of flour to biochar as a carbohydrate source for microbes to munch on, along with rainwater (or de-gassed tap water), to compost (or castings), to kickstart inoculation (activation). I contacted Robert to ask if he had a carb recommendation other than flour, as I was concerned that indoors, in an artificial growing environment, moist flour might lead to mould.

Robert suggested that we replace flour with a small amount of unsulphured molasses dissolved in rainwater, to moisten the worm casting-enriched biochar. I followed his advice and within two weeks Continued on page 23

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Tofino Kelp: Inoculating biochar with delicious complex nutrients in soluble form.

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Help from kelp and deep-sea organics Continued from page 22 was rewarded with a bin full of beautifully bloomed biochar, well on its way to its forever home in our gardens.

But I couldn’t stop there, soil biology junkie that I am. I contacted Christina Nikolic, a certified organic land care professional and Gaia College instructor, to solicit her thoughts on adding a native, preferably soluble, version of complete organic fertilizer.

Christina told me that she too uses unsulphured molasses as a carbohydrate source for microbes, and suggested that I also add Tofino Kelp, a fermented liquid kelp fertilizer-probiotic hybrid, and Sea-Crop, a concentration of over 80 natural source minerals and active organic substances from the deep sea, to my biochar mixture.

Christina is an organic soil biology guru of sorts, and didn’t seem at all critical of my

non-conventional seed starting practices. Of course then, I liked her instantly.

I am hopeful that I am on the right track with my super-charged seed starting “soilution,” but only time will tell. The wild card of course is the artificial environment. To that end, I am running side-by-side trials, comparing the activated biochar-charged medium against a control batch of my regular professional mix plus worm castings. I promise full disclosure.

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It’s the latest project to qualify under new provincial rules allowing councils to forgo a public hearing if the proposal is in compliance with the official community plan. It’s one in a series of measures intended to speed up the approval process for new housing.

If approved, the project will be similar in size and scope to the one built by the same developer immediately to the west.

Coun. Don Bell said it appeared to be a good project and he had no reason to believe there would much opposition, but said the public should still be heard before council makes its decision.

“It was a matter of time. It’s part of the redevelopment of that area and the project that they did to the west is a high-quality project, so I have every reason to believe that Anthem will produce a quality project

in this area,” he said. “I just think that when you have a significant development, particularly in a very prominent location in the community, we should go through the process. I think good process makes for good decisions.”

Bell moved to send Anthem’s proposal to a public hearing, but the motion failed.

Community members can still send their feedback on the proposal to the city in writing/email, other members of council noted.

“I think we are transparent. I don’t think we’re hiding anything at all. The public can have input just about any time,” said Coun.

Holly Back.

Mayor Linda Buchanan said other more austere measures that dictate how local governments can throttle the speed of new housing are likely on the way.

“I’ve heard multiple ministers refer to it over the last several weeks. [Those measures] are coming for councils who are not moving fast enough, and I would say we’re not one of them,” she said with a laugh. “However, there are reasons why they put processes in place, because they want to see that housing is not getting stalled within local governments, and that we’re moving forward and we are providing as much transparency as we can to the public.” Council voted to advance the project without a public hearing, with Bell opposed.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2022 NEIGHBOURHOODS | A25

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West Van woman leads effort to provide aid to Ukraine JANE SEYD

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West Vancouver’s Jaime Webbe is half a world away from rocket attacks that have hit residential neighbourhoods in Ukraine, and the steady stream of refugees who are fleeing the war-ravaged country.

But as head of the United Nations Association in Canada – a 76-year-old registered charity that supports the goals of the United Nations – Webbe has spent much of the past 10 days living the experience through dispatches from her colleagues at the Polish border with Ukraine. And she’s calling on Canadians to step up and help with money for humanitarian aid.

The UN Association has branches all over the world, said Webbe, who grew up on the North Shore and has worked with a number of international non-governmental organizations. On Sunday, colleagues from all over the globe held a virtual meeting to discuss the immediate need for help in aid for refugees.

The United Nations now estimates more than one million people have fled the Ukraine to neighbouring countries, the vast majority of them crossing the border into Poland.

Volunteers with the UN Association in Poland are “on the ground at the border crossings every day,” said Webbe. “They really are at the heart of the action.”

Association members have focused on providing refugees with

temporary housing in welcome centres and basic supplies that range from medication to baby formula and diapers.

Men age 18-60 are currently banned from leaving Ukraine under martial law declared by the Ukrainian government when Russia invaded, so most of those crossing the border are women, children and the elderly.

Adam Dziedzic, the head of the UN Association’s relief efforts in Poland, spoke to the North Shore News via Zoom Friday.

Dziedzic said getting to the border is the first hurdle for many families. “A journey of 100 kilometres, usually you do it in three and a half hours. And people had to do it in 16, 18, 20 hours. Simply because it’s very difficult to get out of cities. Because people have to take detours, they don’t want to go on main roads, because those are very much targeted by the fighting,” he said.

In the first days of the exodus of refugees, families were waiting 30 or 40 hours to cross the border, he said, some of them on foot.

He saw one family of a grandmother, mother and two children cross the border. “And they were carrying one plastic shopping bag.

And that’s all they had with them.

They had no belongings, they had no suitcases, nothing, just this one plastic grocery bag,” said Dziedzic.

The scale of humanitarian need is sometimes overwhelming, said Webbe. “Unfortunately, they have to say ‘no’ more than they can say ‘yes,’” she said. The situation on the ground also changes rapidly,

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Dziedzic estimated Friday morning that more than 80,000 people crossed the border in 24 hours.

“This is not a demand that’s trickling in slowly,” said Webbe.

“Every day there are people who need help.”

Volunteers in the Polish UN Association group work with directly with United Nations offices to determine where their help is needed.

Dziedzic said once immediate needs – for blankets, medication and package food – are dealt with, the volunteer group is turning its attention to longer-term needs, like stable housing.

The war hasn’t left anyone untouched, he said. One of his

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colleagues told him about a family headed by a husband who was an engineer and a wife who was a doctor. “They had to leave everything behind,” he said. And they’re now housed somewhere in Warsaw with a Polish family. It just changed their lives 180 degrees. They were doing very well in Ukraine. And all of a sudden, they find themselves somewhere in Warsaw in somebody else’s apartment.”

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Other international aid organizations including the Canadian Red Cross and the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal are also mobilizing to help with humanitarian assistance for refugees.

On Monday, Webbe took part in a special podcast about the humanitarian crisis along with Dziedzic in Poland and other colleagues in Ukraine on the UN Association in Canada’s podcast Between Two Flags, talking about the experiences that the refugees have had as well as the organizations that are working with the refugees and what they’re seeing on the ground.” The podcast can be found on Spotify.

Dziedzic said the support from people around the world is welcome.

“I think everybody should be aware of the fact that the long-term consequences of this war will be felt in [places like] the U.K. and in Canada, many years to come. So this is not something that we will forget about within a week or two.

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City of North Vancouver council has approved a pop-up garden retailer for the former TransLink bus depot on East Third Street, but the decision may be sowing seeds of discord in the business community.

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Urban Roots Garden Market was given the go-head Feb. 28 to put up temporary tents on the eastern portion of the property for the spring and summer seasons for the next three years.

In 2016, TransLink closed its Third Street bus depot in North Vancouver and moved the buses to the Burnaby Transit Centre.

Urban Roots has been setting up pop-up locations around the Lower Mainland, but at a public meeting immediately prior to the vote, council was urged to reject the East Third Street location.

Leanne Johnson, president of GardenWorks and director for the B.C. Landscape and Nursery Association, said pop-up businesses “take more than they give back,” threatening the viability of year-round businesses, which have much higher costs.

She noted both her business and Dÿkhof Nurseries are making major investments in permanent locations, while providing yearround employment.

Patrick Stafford-Smith, CEO of the North

Vancouver Chamber, also urged council not to allow one business to have an unfair advantage over others.

“It certainly pains me to speak against plants and greenery, and activity like this in an underutilized part of the community,” he said. “I think if this temporary use permit goes ahead, and the business is allowed to essentially skim the cream from the milk of the prime selling season for businesses or for garden centres, that would be a real shame.”

It put council in the unusual position of being asked to vote based on issues of business competitiveness rather than whether a proposal was a good use of the land. Ultimately, the majority voted to allow the pop-up garden retailer.

“We have had other land use decisions come before council as well, where a lot of concerns and questions have been raised about the type of business that would be in that location and the products that might be sold, or whether it was locally owned, and who they might employ, and those really don’t come into play in what we as council have to consider in these situations,” said Coun. Jessica McIlroy. “The landowners have a right and opportunity to bring forward an application for use on their land.”

The vote was not unanimous, however.

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Seasonal garden centre gets three years Continued from page 26 Couns. Don Bell and Holly Back both voted against the temporary permit.

Bell, who previously supported the idea, called the property, as it is now, “an open scar on the landscape.” But he said the potential negatives didn’t outweigh the positives that would come.

“I would rather see us get TransLink moving ahead on a permanent use of that site so that it improves the character of the neighbourhood and contributes to the neighbourhood on a more continuous basis,” he said.

That sentiment was shared by many on council who said they’d like to see mixeduse residential and commercial zoning on the property with services and retail that would be of use to the burgeoning

Moodyville community.

Mayor Linda Buchanan said she appreciated the angst from the gardening and business community, but predicted they may actually benefit from economic spinoffs.

“We did have several people in the community who wrote in to us to say that they would ... like to see this piece of land to be used for that purpose,” she added.

Additionally, TransLink is still trying to recover from the financial losses that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, Buchanan noted.

If the proposal were for more than three years, Buchanan said she would be asking TransLink to hold an open process, allowing multiple businesses to pitch ideas for uses for the land.

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Advocates fundraising to save house Continued from page 1 and tell an important piece of history, Mawson said.

Thomas married Row-i-a, the granddaughter of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) Chief Kiepalano, one of the first instances of intermarriage between a settler and an Indigenous person on the West Coast.

They still have descendants alive today.

The coffee shop concept didn’t result in any concerns from host First Nations, a district staff report notes, although there is a desire to discuss how the building could be used for educational opportunities.

But, while there was general consensus that an Americano or glass of wine on Jack’s porch might be a nice thought, the place isn’t fit for company at the moment. It remains behind a chain-link fence, with its windows boarded up. According to district staff, restoring the house and raising it to a safe level above storm surges will cost about $2.6 million – more than could be justified by any private business hoping to use the space. Council has agreed to put up $1 million collected through community amenity contributions. Following a vote March 7, council has given the citizen group a deadline of March 31, 2024, to find the remaining cash through their own fundraising, and grants from senior levels of government.

Before the vote, Navvy Jack advocate Tom Dodd noted that council frequently halts the demolition of privately owned heritage homes in hopes they can persuade the owner to restore them and give them

heritage protection instead.

“I think this property presents a real opportunity for council to demonstrate some leadership in the community – to walk their talk, if you will,” he said. “So, as arguably the most important heritage asset owned by the district, I think Navvy Jack House deserves the same treatment.” Dodd said he could start marshalling volunteers to help maintain the gardens around the home while the group secures the $1.6 million.

Council members greeted the proposal with varying degrees of enthusiasm. Coun.

Bill Soprovich was determined to see the house that Jack built stay.

“This is a historical site,” he said. “On this one, we have to raise that money.”

Others were more cautious, expressing worry the heritage project could end up becoming more of a burden for the district, either in terms of cost or staff time.

“I think it’s going to be really important that the community group keep an eye on the target, both the financial target as well as the deadline, because I’m just concerned that things can go sideways really quickly,” said Coun. Marcus Wong.

Mayor Mary-Ann Booth expressed confidence in the group’s commitment to the fundraising and said it would be a “no-brainer” for senior levels of government to chip in with heritage grants, given that it is the longest continuously occupied home on the West Coast, and that it helps share the story bridging Indigenous and settler cultures.

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Doctors required to disclose vax status Continued from page 1 the vaccine mandate for health professionals to contact the B.C. government, Dr. Bonnie Henry, the province’s health officer, and local MLAs demanding that the decision be changed.

Rhonda Spence is a North Vancouver patient who received the letter on Friday, along with other family members.

“We were very shocked,” she said. “And quite upset.”

Spence said Bayfield has been her family doctor for about 15 years, and she’s always found her care to be excellent.

Spence said she had no idea her doctor was opposed to COVID-19 vaccinations or that she hadn’t been vaccinated.

But Spence said she was more disturbed by what she described as the misinformation going out in the letter to vulnerable people. “It’s misinformation and very misleading,” she said. “It’s just cherry-picking bits of information to set up a narrative to justify not being vaccinated,” she said. “It’s basically anti-vax type stuff.”

“She is trying to say that vaccines don’t work effectively, which is simply not true. Anyone who does simple math knows without the vaccines, things would be way worse.”

Spence said she feels put in an awkward position by the letter, but plans to let Bayfield know directly that she feels sending the letter was unethical. “Using your position to do what she’s done requires a response,” she said.

Spence said she’s also planning to file a complaint with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. Last fall, Henry signalled that vaccination against COVID-19 with at least one dose of a vaccine would become a requirement of all regulated health-care professions, including doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, chiropractors, massage therapists naturopaths and physiotherapists. A public announcement followed last month.

The province announced Monday that health professionals must provide their vaccination status to their colleges by March 31.

Those who refuse, potentially stand to lose their licence to practise, although exactly how that would happen and whether that would apply to all doctors or just under specific circumstances or in particular regions, hasn’t been spelled out. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. noted the order issued Monday so far only requires colleges to verify the vaccination status of their members.

Coralynn Gehl is another of Bayfield’s patients who said she was unpleasantly surprised to get the letter.

“I had no idea,” she said. “I assumed all family doctors are vaccinated. This came as a total shock to me.”

Gehl, who has run a Facebook page for North Shore residents to share information about COVID-19 for the past two years, has been an outspoken advocate of vaccination on the North Shore.

Gehl, like Spence, said she was also most upset by the “anti-vax” tone of Bayfield’s letter. “Honestly, I was shocked,” she said.

Gehl said she doesn’t know why Bayfield isn’t vaccinated, but added, “The entire tone of the letter indicates she doesn’t agree with vaccination, and doesn’t feel she should be vaccinated.”

“I know a fair number of doctors, personally. And they’re all absolutely in favour and proponents of vaccination.” Gehl said Bayfield’s letter will likely just bolster arguments of anti-vaxxers. “People will cling to the fact that there is a doctor who doesn’t think that vaccination is helpful or effective, and they’ll ignore all of the other doctors who disagree.”

In a notice on the website of the North Shore Medical Group clinic, where Bayfield practices on Lonsdale Avenue, a statement has been posted announcing, “While we respect Dr. Bayfield’s rights to her opinions, there are consequences.

The remaining 11 physicians at North Shore Medical Group do not support the conclusions Dr. Bayfield has reached and we continue, without exception, to support the current scientific medical recommendations and encourage all patients to be vaccinated.”

The statement goes on to say, “We readily comply with all health-care mandates from the provincial health officer,” adding it will be up to the College of Physicians and Surgeons

of B.C. to deal with doctors who do not comply.

The North Shore News attempted to contact Bayfield for a comment about her letter. In response, Bayfield emailed a response stating, “Everything that you need to know is in my letter which I sent to my patients.”

The News is also awaiting a response from both the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. and the province about what will happen to doctors who refuse to disclose their vaccination status or disclose that they aren’t vaccinated after March 31.

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ANDERSON, Wilfred Westman Wilfred Westman Anderson passed away peacefully in his sleep at Sunrise of Lynn Valley in North Vancouver on February 28, 2022. Born February 15, 1918, Wilf was 104 years old. He will be dearly missed by Gwendolyn his loving wife of 71 years, his daughter Sharon Greig (nee Anderson), son-inlaw Michael Greig, and his grandchildren Alexander and Connor Greig. He was predeceased by his son Steve.

Wilf was a long-time resident of North Vancouver.

Wilf’s parents, Icelandic farmers, originally emigrated to Churchbridge, Saskatchewan where Wilf was born. He was one of 12 children. The family moved to North Vancouver in the 1920s where Wilf grew up and lived since. Wilf was “old Lonsdale”.

Wilf was a decorated WWII war veteran. He spent the war years fearlessly serving his country as a member of the British Columbia Dragoons. He started on motorcycles and advanced to driving tanks on the front line liberating North Africa, Italy, Holland, and other areas in Europe. “Sinews of steel”. Wilf even met the Pope!

After the war, Wilf became a lumberman, running his own sawmill in North Vancouver. He met Gwen and they were married in 1951. They built their home themselves, which they still own today. He sold his sawmill in North Van and started a new mill in Devine near Anderson Lake. After a few years they returned to North Van to raise their young family. Wilf sold his mill and put his mechanical skills to work at Pioneer Grain elevator (later Richardson Terminal) on the North Vancouver waterfront, where he was Head Millwright until retiring in 1985.

He returned later to work Night Watching for several years.

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AUGUST, Gertie Ellen ‘Gerda’ Sunrise: September 2, 1954 Sunset: February 28, 2022 With great sadness we advise of the passing of our dear elder Gertie Ellen August on February 28, 2022 at home in North Vancouver, surrounded by the love of her family. Gertie was fondly known as Gerda. Gerda was born to her late parents William ‘Buffalo’ and Phyllis (nee Natrall) Mathias Joe at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC. Gerta grew up on Xwmélch’stn Beach (Capilano IR No. 5) in West Vancouver. She attended Norgate Elementary School, Hamilton Junior Secondary, and Sprott Shaw College where she got First Aid 1 & 2, home and community care, and Nurse Aide certificates.

She spent much of her life working for the Squamish Nation, taking care of our elders and vulnerable members. Gerda was a proud mom and grandma; she instilled good values and teachings. She enjoyed travelling all over to warm places like Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Gerda also went across Canada on CN Rail to memorable places like Alberta, and Ontario.

A Catholic/Shaker prayer service was held on March 7th and a Catholic/Shaker Funeral Service on March 8, 2022. Livestreaming will be available at www.funeraweb.tv Online condolences can be found at www.dignitymemorial.com

Bruce passed away with Madeleine, his beloved wife of 66 years at his side. He is survived by his 6 children, Adrienne (Tom), Tom, Ken (Cathi), Danielle (Bill), Ron, Steve (Tammy) his fourteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Dad was a proud RCMP member for 23 years. During his 60’s he completed the Vancouver and London Marathons, and enjoyed astronomy, learning guitar and his computer.

The family would like to thank the wonderful staff of Capilano Care and Berkley Care Centre, for looking after our parents so well.

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VAN CRASBEEK, Franciscus Wilhelmus Maria (Frank) June 5, 1930 - February 15, 2022 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our much loved husband, father, brother and grandfather Frank van Crasbeek, Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at the age of 91 years.

Wilf was a kind gentle man. He was skilled with his hands, could build and fix anything. Wilf was an avid gardener and could always be found tending his veggie garden and prized cherry trees. He was well liked, always willing to help out and never one to say no to a cup of tea or dessert.

Frank was born in 1930, and grew up in the City of Deventer, Netherlands. He immigrated to Canada in 1955 and married his sweetheart, Maryann, in 1959, who joined him in Montreal, Quebec. After numerous moves back and forth across Canada, Frank and Maryann settled down to live a rich and peaceful life in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Gerda is survived by, and will be dearly missed by her loving children Jody August, John August, Ronald Slotzberg; grandchildren Anabella, Elijah, Tameron, Chloe; siblings Rocky Mathias Joe, ‘Aggie’ Paul (Maynard), Rose Seipp (George), ‘Katie’ August, Amanda O’Donoghue (Phillip), Florence Morton (Bob), Cody Mathias (Bernadine), Dulcie August, Ellen Mathias-Joe (Ryan); spouse Joe Pitman; and many loving relatives and dear friends.

Wilf and Gwen travelled the world extensively, always on a trip or cruise somewhere to the furthest parts of the world. Wilf also drove their motor home across Canada, the US and Mexico.

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It is with great sadness we announce that Eugenia Ginivisian passed away on February 13th, 2022 at the age of 94. She was predeceased by her brother, Andrew, and survived by her son Anthony (Marilyn), nieces, Lesley Tetiker (Nihat), Janet Croxford (Steve) and their families. She lived a well travelled, adventurous life and will be sorely missed.

Frank’s memory will be cherished by his beloved wife Maryann, daughter Monique van Crasbeek, son Mitchell van Crasbeek (Debbie) along with their children Hannah and Oliver. Also left to remember him is his sister, Antonia (Cathy) Van Loon.

Endless gratitude to our close family friend Alayne Adams for her comfort and support, and their wonderful friends in Deep Cove.

A toast to his life has been arranged for a later date.

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CHILDS, Marvin April 3, 1931 – February 4, 2022 On February 4, 2022, Marvin Childs died at home, with his daughters Mary and Lesley at his side.

HAYWARD, Kerry Dennis March 26,1969 - February 19, 2022

Marvin and his twin sister Maureen were born in Cumberland, BC, to Robert (Bob) and Gwen Childs.

After high school Marvin spent a year at Victoria Normal School, before starting his teaching career as a teenaged principal of a two-room school in the Arrow Lakes. He spent a few happy years there before taking a position at Gleneagles Elementary, in West Vancouver. He taught in West Vancouver until his retirement, at Caulfield, Eagle Harbour, and Irwin Park elementary schools. For many of those years he was a principal.

Wth great sadness we announce the death of our son, Kerry Hayward, on February 19th, 2022, at the age of 52.

In the 1950s Marvin taught for a year in England, and won the heart of the vice-principal, Ruth Johnson, who followed him to Canada in 1960. They married and had two daughters, Mary and Lesley.

Marvin and Ruth were avid bridge players and active in the congregation of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church. Marvin loved to play tennis, and in winter kept a broom in the car to sweep snow off the courts. He was also a keen traveler and organic gardener.

Marvin retired in 1985; Ruth died that September. A couple of years later, Marvin went to Japan for what was supposed to be a few months of teaching at Rikkyo Ikebukuro Junior High School. He stayed in Tokyo for ten years and, in addition to teaching, took up bartending and modelling. He moved back to West Vancouver in 1996 and had a busy life of bridge, dogwalking, volunteering for the Friends of the West Vancouver Memorial Library, and attending aquafit classes.

Kerry grew up in West Vancouver and attended Ridgeview Elementary and West Vancouver Secondary before heading to Simon Fraser University. He left university to work in the hospitality industry for the next seventeen years at Earl’s, the Cat’s Meow and finally as food and beverage manager at Delta’s Planet Ice. After leaving the work force he led a quiet life in West Vancouver reading, following all his favourite sports on television, football, baseball, hockey and especially Nascar racing.

He joined the rest of the family for vacations in Kauai, an Alaska cruise and many visits to Beach Club at Parksville where beach bocce was a favourite activity.

He is survived by his parents, Pat and Dennis Hayward, his brother Mike, his sister-in-law Jen, his niece Abbey, his cousins Harley, Brooke, Chris, Casey and Matt, and extended family.

Our family extends thanks to Dr. David Hazlett for his many years of care.

Kerry was warm and kind-hearted and he will be in our hearts forever.

A family gathering will be held at a later date.

WILKINSON, Jean Ann Jean was born September 24th, 1935 in Salmon Arm, B.C. to Wilfred Taylor and Violet (Annala) Taylor. She died peacefully in the early morning of February 19th, 2022 in North Vancouver, B.C. surrounded by family and her longtime companion caregivers.

Jean loved the arts, her abilities were her passion.

She visited galleries and collected art and crafts on the many trips both far and wide she and Ron took together. She later enrolled in fashion and design courses at Capilano College.

The family was blessed growing up in nature with many happy days spent at their Indian Arm cabin.

She is survived by her loving and dedicated husband Ron, daughter Annette of Chemainus, son Mark (Valerie) of North Vancouver, sister Margaret (John) Wilson of Lake Tahoe CA. Grandchildren Connor, Charlotte and Ambre. Also former daughter in law Dawn, plus many nieces and nephews in Vancouver and England.

Jean’s beautiful smile and loving bright blue eyes will always be remembered. Her empathy and compassion to others and sense of humour will be missed beyond words.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, we welcome donations to the Parkinson Society of British Columbia.

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Early in the Covid-19 pandemic Marvin moved in with Lesley, her husband Junji, and their son Trevan, in North Vancouver. Under Dr. Sugar’s care, he remained there until his death.

Marvin was a warm, kind, and good-natured man with a quick wit and positive attitude. It was common for him to be greeted enthusiastically by former pupils who recalled him fondly from their school days. He was an affectionate and beloved grandfather to Trevan and to Mary’s son, Isaac.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, May 1st, from 2-4pm, in the Welsh Hall at West Vancouver Memorial Library. Friends on Vancouver Island are invited to gather to remember Marvin at the Celebration of Life for his brother-in-law Marcel DeRycke, at 2pm on Sunday, April 10th, at Fallen Alders Community Hall in Royston.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Paul Sugar Palliative Support Foundation or the Cancer Research Society.

Because I Love You So LEHMANN, Patricia Ann Pat passed away peacefully, gracefully and with a smile at North Shore Hospice on Saturday, February 26, 2022 She was born in Devon, England December 18, 1930. Predeceased by her parents Harold and Grace Bryant, her loving husband Eric Lehmann, Sister Jean Martin and many friends. She is survived by her daughter Gillian (Michael) Firestone, son Kevin Lehmann, grandson Daniel Lehmann, and let us not forget Charlie.

Pat lived a long and wonderful life filled with many cherished times and moments with her husband, family and friends. She sends her love to all.

Pat became a nurse in London, England at Princess Elizabeth Orthopedic Hospital where she met her husband Eric and was married on February 23, 1952. They immigrated to Vancouver three days later.

Pat will be remembered as a loving mom, expert florist, hostess par excellence and one who lived life to the fullest.

She will be missed.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation.

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