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Homicide investigators have recovered the vehicle used in a gang hit at the North Vancouver Real Canadian Superstore parking lot Friday and they are now asking the public to help identify two suspects.

The District of North Vancouver has been ordered to pay more than $900,000 to a woman whose property was expropriated for the Lower Lynn Highway 1 Improvement Project.

The shooting left 34-year-old Milad Rahimi dead. He was a well-known figure in the organized crime world with both local and international connections, according to police, who believe it was a targeted shooting.

First responders were called to the 300 block of Tempe Crescent around 7 p.m.

Saturday, where the suspect Mazda 3 with stolen licence plates was found on fire.

Immediately after the shooting, which took place around 2:45 p.m. on Friday, the RCMP reduced traffic flow to just one lane leaving the North Shore on Highway 1 in hopes of nabbing the suspect, but investigators now say the vehicle may have been dumped on Tempe around that time.

Witnesses have also now come forward with descriptions of two suspects. The driver of the Mazda was wearing a black hoodie, grey pants that had either patchwork or a torn pattern, black shoes, and a medical mask. They were carrying a grey backpack with a single strap. The passenger wore a three-quarter-length black jacket with Continued on page 4

HOSPITAL HEARTBREAK North Vancouver couple Emilie Negahban and Robin Addison could only hold their baby son Nathaniel for 15 minutes before his passing, following a labour and delivery that went horribly wrong. See our story, page 5. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN

A B.C. Supreme Court ruling released this week finds the district underpaid Juanna Hanlon for her home at 750 Forsman Ave., which she had lived in for 20 years prior to the 2018 expropriation to make way for the new infrastructure.

Under the Expropriation Act, an owner must be compensated for the market value of their property, plus reasonable damages.

The district paid Hanlon $2 million ($1.68 million for the property, and the rest in damages) in November 2018. That worked out to $225 per buildable square foot on the 9,332-square-foot lot, court documents show.

Hanlon challenged the valuation in court, arguing the district’s appraiser used a flawed methodology and chose the wrong properties to compare hers to. In December 2019, she produced her own appraisal, which asserted the property had a market value of $3.2 million, or $430 per buildable square foot.

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Continued from page 1 a hood and a very distinct white symbol on the left shoulder, as well as grey pants and black shoes.

“Our investigators have been working tirelessly to further this investigation, and we do ask the North Shore community and the public to come forward and assist us,” said Det.-Cpl. Sukhi Dhesi. “If anyone recognizes or saw these people in the 300 block of Tempe Crescent in North Vancouver or the surrounding area, you’re asked to contact IHIT immediately.”

Specifically, they are seeking any witnesses, dash-cam or surveillance footage from the area, between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. on the day of the shooting, as well as between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. on the night the car was set alight.

Witnesses to the shooting aftermath described a chaotic scene. Jane Larsen, who works nearby, said she and her colleagues heard multiple shots fired.

“There was a bunch of people standing around a man who had been shot, I believe in the belly and maybe in the hand,” she said.

“He was still alive.”

A witness named Derek, who asked that his last name not be used, said he arrived at the scene before paramedics were there to treat the victim. He said a bystander was offering assistance.

Derek said it appeared the victim was attempting to back up the BMW when he was shot. He then lost control and crashed into an SUV, parked next to his own vehicle. “[Police] actually said, ‘Check it for bullet holes,’ because there were a bunch of shells all over the ground around it,” he said.

“It looked like he was bleeding out of his chest… He didn’t look like he was responsive too much.”

Speaking to reporters on the day after the shooting, North Vancouver RCMP Sgt. Peter DeVries addressed the brazen nature of the

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Our very own Rogers Hometown Hockey is just a few short weeks away, as the City of North Vancouver announced Tuesday the popular national event has chosen the North Shore to be its last stop for the 2022 season.

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“Without a doubt, this is very alarming for the community. This is a peaceful community, and this is a grocery store where families bring their kids every day,” he said.

“It was extremely dangerous and this kind of violence has to stop.”

Desi acknowledged the impact the gang violence would have on the otherwise quiet North Shore, and stressed that victims services are available to anyone who may be affected, through either North Vancouver RCMP or IHIT. “We know that this is a very traumatic event,” she said. “Everybody deals with these circumstances differently.”

Anyone with information about the murder is asked to contact IHIT at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

Should you wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or make a report on the Crime Stoppers website.

Milad Rahimi, 34, was killed in an apparent gang hit in the North Vancouver Superstore parking lot, March 11. SUPPLIED

Taking place in Lower Lonsdale and the Shipyards District, the family-friendly hockey celebration will take place April 23-25, and will feature a weekend of live entertainment, NHL alumni appearances and hockey-themed activities.

An outdoor viewing party of a live NHL game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Chicago Blackhawks hosted

by Sportsnet’s hosts Ron MacLean and Tara Slone is set to be the highlight of the weekend.

“After two years of postponed plans, I think everyone will agree it’s exciting to see the return of community events,” Mayor Linda Buchanan said. “Sports and recreation have long been a part of our community identity. The city is pleased to welcome Rogers Hometown Hockey to the Shipyards as it will create a lively, vibrant, and fun space for people of all ages, showcase our community to the nation, and generate new economic opportunities for our local businesses.

Initially supposed to happen in the spring of 2020, the event was cancelled due to concerns over the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Details can be found at the city’s website.

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Vaccine mandate for private-practice doctors may be off the table BRENT RICHTER

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B.C. appears to be easing off its previously announced requirement that all private health-care workers in the province be vaccinated for COVID-19.

The decision may have implications for a North Vancouver doctor who caused a stir last week when she sent an email out to her patients, asking them to lobby the province to halt the requirement.

Dr. Sofia Bayfield, who works at North Shore Medical Group, a family medicine clinic in Central Lonsdale, told her

patients that, for “very legitimate reasons” she is unable to be vaccinated, although she didn’t specify what those reasons were.

She also claimed her unvaccinated status presented no risk to patients as vaccinations do not lower the risk of transmission, and that people with natural immunity from a previous infection were the safest to be around.

During the March 10 press conference, B.C.’s health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, confirmed she was changing direction from a previous order, which would have required all health-care workers in the province be

vaccinated for COVID-19 by March 24, or have their licences pulled.

Instead, Henry issued a new order that requires all health professions to disclose their vaccination status to their regulatory colleges by March 31, with the possibility for more specific regulations to come once details could be worked out with the colleges.

“We’re taking a more nuanced, riskbased approach. For some, that will mean that you must be vaccinated to practice in certain settings. But we’re doing that on a more tailored basis to each of the

Regulated Health Professions and in a stepwise way,” she said.

Bayfield emailed patients again on Friday, acknowledging the shift in direction from the PHO, adding “there will be NO suspension of any medical licenses.”

“This means that there will be no interruption to medical services from me to my patients. I appreciate all the kind words of support from so many of you. I will remind you, as mentioned in my previous message, to please respect my confidentiality,” it read.

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Heartbroken couple seek answers after baby dies at LGH JANE SEYD

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A heartbroken North Vancouver couple is asking for answers after their newborn baby died following a traumatic birth at Lion’s Gate Hospital last month.

For Émilie Negahban, the birth of her son – a child she’d previously been told she’d likely never be able to conceive following cancer treatments – was a miracle that quickly turned into a nightmare, following a labour and delivery that went horribly wrong at the North Vancouver hospital.

Negahban and her partner Robin Addison have been left devastated by their son’s death and are asking questions about how medical decisions made during the birth may have contributed to the heartbreaking outcome.

“We’re both ruined. We’re devastated,” said Negahban. “We had a home ready for our son. We had a bedroom waiting

for him, a bassinet. He even had a blanket with his name on it. We had everything ready to bring our baby boy home. And it was all taken from us.”

Now they are demanding to know what happened in the hopes no other parents will have to live with such devastating consequences.

Negahban, who at 31 is already a cervical cancer survivor, said she and Addison were both surprised and elated when she learned that she was pregnant in July. She’d previously been told she’d be unlikely to conceive naturally after her cancer treatments. But, “Through the miracle of God, I was able to conceive my miracle baby,” she said.

She had a healthy pregnancy, monitored closely by her obstetrician. Because of her previous cancer history, she was considered at risk for pre-term labour, said Negahban, but nothing was noted as amiss despite regular checks and ultrasounds.

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Increase in value reflects rising market Continued from page 1 the construction of the Upper Levels Highway to the south physically isolated the neighbourhood.

“During these years, Lynnmour became a somewhat forgotten neighbourhood, largely occupied by modest mid-century bungalows like the plaintiff’s 1,700-square-foot house,” Justice David Crerar wrote in his decision.

In the 1990s and 2000s, the municipality’s landfill to the north was covered over and converted to sports fields. Today, the neighbourhood is home mostly to multi-family homes, and it remains desirable, both for home buyers and developers, Crerar noted.

The ruling delves into the arcane world of how properties are valued when it comes to expropriation, and offers a window into a rapidly heating housing market at the time.

“The court accepts, as do both counsel, that real estate valuation is as much an art as a science,” Crerar wrote.

Hanlon’s lawyer argued the court should look to the properties next door for the best apples-to-apples comparison. The lots were sold for redevelopment in 2015 for $9,684,891 (or $164 per square buildable foot). In August that year, before the deal closed, the contracts were flipped for $15,189,053, increasing the value to $233 per square foot at that date – a 42.3 percent increase in less than a year, the judge noted.

The district’s appraiser did not take into the account the inflation in price that came with the contract assignment because they were “not able to determine … whether the assignment was an arm’s-length transaction,” Crerar wrote. The district also contended that sale was “as an excessively high outlier” and that “one sale does not a market make.”

The district’s appraiser relied more on the home price index, which is geared toward the sale of homes not intended for redevelopment, and thus lags behind prices

paid by developers, which Crerar agreed wasn’t the best methodology.

“I agree with the plaintiff, however, that the significant increase could and does reflect a rapidly rising market representing increased demand throughout North Vancouver and the Lower Mainland,” he wrote.

Although there were “relative limitations” in both the district’s and Hanlon’s appraisals, Crerar set the value of the property at $2.9 million. The Expropriation Act also includes a provision to provide interest payments to someone who successfully appeals their valuation “to condemn the expropriating authority for not providing full compensation in the first instance,” Crerar wrote, ordering the district to pay an additional five per cent per annum, dating back to November 2018.

As she was successful in her case, Hanlon is also entitled to have her legal costs covered by the district.

District spokesperson Courtenay Rannard responded to the decision.

“The recent judgment is not the outcome we anticipated. Staff is currently reviewing the reasons for the decision. At this point, it would be premature to comment on any potential next steps,” she said.

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NEWSBRIEFS MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT ON LYNN CANYON TRAIL Police have made an arrest in the Feb. 13 sexual assault on a woman hiking a Lynn Canyon trail.

North Vancouver RCMP alerted the public on Feb. 14 after a woman reported being approached from behind and groped by a stranger, while she was crossing the footbridge exiting the Varley Loop Trail near Rice Lake Road.

On March 10, investigators released images of the suspect the victim captured on her cellphone immediately following the assault.

That resulted in fresh tips from the public, and on Saturday, Abbotsford Police arrested a man at a worksite in Abbotsford’s South Poplar neighbourhood around McCallum Road and Highway 1.

“We asked for your help, and you came through, and we want to say thank you,” said Sgt. Peter DeVries, North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson, in a release. “This is a great example of the power of the public and the police working together.”

DeVries spoke to reporters about the arrest at a press conference later that evening. “These kinds of incidents are upsetting for the community. They

violate a very personal sense of safety and security, and they can be really impactful to people’s sense of safety in the community,” he said.

The Crown has now sworn one charge of sexual assault against Jairus-Paul Covacha Sacramento, a 22-year-old Mission man. He is due back in North Vancouver provincial court on March 30.

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DRUG LAB BUSTED AFTER HOUSE FIRE West Vancouver police have busted a drug lab operating out of a home in the British Properties.

On March 7, at about 4:30 a.m., a fire broke out in a home on the 1300 block of Crestwell Road. WVPD arrived to assist West Vancouver Fire & Rescue members to secure the scene and evacuate neighbours.

While there, they discovered evidence of a possible drug lab inside the home. Officers came back with a warrant. The RCMP Clandestine Lab Team was called in to help safely dismantle the operation.

Exactly what was being produced there, Const. Kevin Goodmurphy, WVPD spokesman, could not say.

“We’re still working that out. Often these are associated to things like

methamphetamine production or other synthetic drugs,” he said.

Police arrested a suspect at the home, a 56-year-old Mission resident.

“They didn’t suffer any injuries, which was lucky in this case,” Goodmuprhy said.

Substances collected from the home were to be sent to a government lab to be properly identified.

Goodmurphy said anyone who sees suspicious activity happening on a property in their neighbourhood – things like people keeping odd hours, late night deliveries and pickups – should report it to their local police.

“These clandestine labs can be found, frankly, anywhere. They do this typically in rental houses. They keep a low profile. Typically, people are coming and going late at night, so I don’t think that any community is really immune to these types of operations,” he said. “In this case, we’re just extremely lucky that nobody was injured. A lot of the substances they’re using and the working conditions that they’re working in are extremely volatile.”

Anyone with information about the lab, as asked to call investigators at 604-925-7300. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477 or visit solvecrime.ca.

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wo years to the day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, B.C. lifted its indoor mask mandate for most settings.

Much like the end of testing on demand, it is another tangible sign of our public health leaders moving on to a less restrictive phase in dealing with the virus.

Some will welcome the change as a breath of fresh air. For those who are clinically extremely vulnerable, this will feel like an abrogation of responsibility from the provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry.

Wearing a mask is such a small inconvenience when it could be a matter of life and death for someone else.

For two years, it was drilled into us to assume we are all just one exhalation away from passing the virus on to someone at

risk of serious illness, and to act accordingly. It could be, with the Omicron variant’s shorter incubation period and lower likelihood of hospitalization, that’s no longer prudent public health advice. Henry may know that, but it’s going to take time for the rest of us to adjust.

A stroll around most supermarkets since the mandate was lifted will find the wide majority of people are still masking up, which is good. Businesses are still able to require masks for anyone inside. If that’s the case, you should have one in your pocket or purse, ready to don, without complaint.

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If ever a time to watch Canadian men’s soccer, it is now Does the name Eddy Berdusco mean anything to you?

If it does, then you’re probably already fired up for an extremely exciting couple of weeks. If it doesn’t, don’t worry – you’re not alone.

Eddy Berdusco, aside from having an A+ sports name, is a former Canadian national men’s team soccer player. On June 5, 1994, Berdusco scored the lone goal for Canada in a meaningless exhibition game at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. The game ended in a 1-1 tie.

So why are we talking about Eddy Berdusco and a tie in an exhibition game almost 30 years ago? Because that goal came in front of more than 50,000 fans, and it was scored in a tie against the Brazilian national team. About six weeks later, that same Brazilian team was in the Rose Bowl stadium, lifting the World Cup trophy.

For Canadian soccer fans under the age of 45, that may be the greatest thing we’ve seen the Canadian men’s national soccer team do.

Of course, our women’s national team has scored some incredible victories, topped off by a gold medal win at the 2020 Olympics (played in 2021) in Tokyo. That inspiring

group, led by legend Christine Sinclair, has a history of scoring huge victories on the global stage.

But the men?

Ehhhhh. … There Laugh was a championAll You Want ship title win at the Andy Prest CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament in 2000. That was cool, but it’s not exactly a victory etched into Canadian sporting lore.

And … that’s about it. A Gold Cup, and a tie against Brazil.

You have to go back to 1986 for a bigger men’s soccer moment, to Canada’s lone appearance at the World Cup. The team’s run through qualifying for that 1986 World Cup was certainly stirring, although their actual appearance in the tournament wasn’t covered in glory – they didn’t score a single goal, and they lost all three of their games.

I don’t remember that 1986 World Cup – I was six years old when it happened. But I do remember that Eddy Berdusco goal. In fact, I was there, in the stands, in Edmonton.

That game, in a lot of ways, sums up the

history of Canadian men’s soccer. There was some excitement, sure, but nothing of major consequence happened, and most of the fans were cheering for the other team.

On that June day in Edmonton, the stands were packed with Brazilian fans – their drumming was so much fun, and the team was so talented that I think we all were cheering for them at the start of the game. But by the end of the game, the Canadians had won us over with their gutsy draw.

But that’s it. That’s pretty much all that’s happened for the Canadian men. Until now.

If you somehow haven’t been watching the national team attempt to qualify for the 2022 World Cup, now is a really great time to get on board. Because the team is, somehow, finally, really good. Like, really really good.

In the final round of World Cup qualifying in the CONCACAF group, they’ve played 11 games, and they haven’t lost one. They’ve won their last six games, including decisive victories over the United States and Mexico.

They have a super duper star in Alphonso Davies, but they are by no means a one-man team. Davies was out for their last three wins.

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Borjan, Tajon Buchanan, Cyle Larin, Richie Laryea, Stephen Eustaquio, the immortal Atiba Hutchinson – this is a golden generation, and it’s thrilling for fans who have been watching Canadian teams scuff along for decades.

Canada plays its next game March 24 in Costa Rica, and if they win that one, they are in the World Cup. It’s as simple as that.

Even if they lose that one, they still have two more games after that, and only need one more win. And even if they lose all three, it still would take a miracle to keep them out of the World Cup. But they won’t lose them all, because this team is awesome. And yes, it still feels weird to say that with such confidence, but it’s true.

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‘Drop everything’: Remembering the COVID-19 call that changed everything Two years ago this week, I received a phone call that immediately brought into sharp focus the extraordinary journey we were all about to set out on.

It was from Health Minister Adrian Dix, who told me: “Everything I have worked for is about to disappear.

We are going to cancel all non-urgent View From surgeries.”

The Ledge That news was, Keith Baldrey to say the least, jarring and almost mind-numbing. The World Health Organization had declared a global pandemic of COVID-19 just a few days before, but at that time B.C. was only detecting a few positive cases each day, although the number was growing.

In mid-March of 2020, the pandemic still seemed to be a remote phenomenon taking place in countries far away. So cancelling (or not booking) more than 32,000 surgeries brought the pandemic home in a big way and showed the gravity of the situation.

Of course, COVID-19 never did overwhelm our health-care system, the fear of which led to the mass surgery cancellations in the first place. What was happening in places like northern Italy had health officials here extremely concerned. Still, things did indeed begin to deteriorate, as daily cases started ballooning in number, as did hospitalizations, ICU patients and deaths.

Shortly after hearing Dix’s news, I sat down and wrote a memo to our Global BC assignment desk.

“Drop everything,” I wrote back then.

I explained that COVID-19 was going to take over the news cycle like nothing we had even remotely ever experienced. We would be doing COVID stories on so many fronts and we would be doing many of

MAILBOX CATES PARK PICKLEBALLERS HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH Dear Editor:

I wish to respond to the letter in last week’s paper, Pickleball Versus Tennis an Escalating Battle, by L.C. Lee. Pickleball players make far more yearround use of the courts at Little Cates Park than the tennis players do.

The lines are supposed to be painted, and it was agreed upon in good faith to have pickleball players playing on Courts 3

them over and over again.

“This will go on for at least a year, probably two and perhaps even three or longer,” I concluded.

Unfortunately, I was proven correct. We are into our third year of the pandemic, although it seems we are now closer to the end of it than the beginning.

Personally, I decided to take a deep dive into covering the pandemic right from the start, even before Dix’s phone call.

On my desk today sits a pile of more than a dozen steno notebooks, all of them a daily diary of COVID-19 statistics and data. Nearby are dozens of spread sheets, each of them documenting the rise and fall of positive cases, deaths and hospitalizations on a regional basis.

We have been through various psychological stages the past two years). We have gone from bewilderment and fear to acceptance and a grim determination to get through this difficult time.

We have for the most part embraced new kinds of behavior designed to keep us safe. With the vast majority of us fully vaccinated, it seems there is a collective view that it is time to move on from where we have been for more than two years.

The pandemic is not over. As I write this, China is reporting its worst COVID-19 outbreak in two years. Last week, 39 people in B.C. died from, or with, COVID-19 and almost 450 people in hospital tested positive for the virus.

Of course, we are trending in the right direction and hospitalizations and ICU cases continue to decline. The mask mandate has been lifted and vaccine cards will be required to access certain places for less than a month longer.

But we are still on that extraordinary journey. We may be ready to leave COVID19 behind, but it is not completely done with us yet.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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and 4 of Little Cates Park.

Tennis players aren’t making use of the courts as much as we picklebalkers are.

Pickleball can be played by the whole family, young and old.

Mayor Mike Little, please honour this agreement and have the district engineer give the go ahead and lay down the pickleball lines on Courts 3 and 4.

All parties need to honour their words and honour this agreement. Pickleballers have waited long enough!

Becky Brechin Dollarton

AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS Full-Circle: CapU’s Early Childhood Care and Education Program Touches Three Generations

When North Vancouver grandparent and Capilano University alumna Barbara MilesLuthy heard about CapU’s new Centre for Childhood Studies, she was happy to support it. Barbara’s involvement with Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) at CapU dates back four decades and has now touched three generations of her family.

Barbara emigrated from Switzerland in 1974 as a pediatric nurse. She decided to pursue her passion for infant-toddler development, completing CapU’s ECCE program in 1976.

Barbara’s daughter Simone followed in her mother’s footsteps, pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in ECCE at the University. Simone is currently an infant development consultant for the North Shore Infant Development program with the North Shore Disability Resource Centre (NSDRC).

In a continuation to the story, Simone’s children have been fortunate to attend CapU’s highly renowned Children’s Centre, spending their early years in the very place their mother and grandmother received their education.

“My gift is one of genuine gratitude—for the University’s contributions in the early learning field, for the exceptional education my daughter and I received at CapU, and for the wonderful, nurturing early learning professionals who continue to shape my grandchildren’s lives.”

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WHEN: 6 p.m. on March 29, 2022 WHERE: West Vancouver Municipal Hall, 750 17th Street—via electronic communication facilities (telephone and video-conferencing software). Members of the public may hear, or watch and hear, the hearing by attending the Municipal Hall Atrium, or via electronic communication facilities through the link provided on the District’s webpage.

Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendments to Support the Local Economy A public hearing will be held regarding proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 5175, 2022.

SUBJECT LANDS: All zoned lands where home-based businesses and personal services are permitted; single family and duplex dwelling zones; commercial zones C1 and C2; commercial restricted zone CR2; and Ambleside zones AC1 and AC2.

PROPOSED ZONING BYLAW NO. 4662, 2010, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 5175, 2022 would support the local economy by amending the zoning bylaw to: • clarify land use definitions and add a new “microbrewery, winery and distillery” use; • introduce regulations to manage the prevalence of financial services/institutions, beauty and wellness centres and real estate offices in commercial centres; • allow additional flexibility for home-based businesses; and • enable child care on sites containing a single family dwelling and secondary suite.

QUESTIONS? Linda Gillan, Senior Community Planner, Economic Development | LGillan@westvancouver.ca | 604-921-3448

Proposed Foreshore Development Permit Area A public hearing will be held regarding proposed Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 4985, 2018, Amendment Bylaw No. 5128, 2022.

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VOLUNTEERS WANTED APPLY BY 4:30 P.M. ON MARCH 31 The District of West Vancouver values the opportunity for dialogue and collaboration with members of our community. Volunteering gives you the opportunity to contribute to your community and helps enhance your personal and professional network.

If you are a West Vancouver resident and would like to volunteer to serve on a committee, current opportunities are as follows: •Art Museum Advisory Committee •Arts & Culture Advisory Committee •Arts Facilities Advisory Committee •Awards Committee •Community Engagement Committee •Community Grants Committee

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A North Vancouver volunteer has been awarded one of this country’s highest civilian honours, for his years of service to Canada’s veterans.

Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay awarded Honorary Lt.-Col. Don Foster the commendation for 12 years of contributing his time and fundraising, The along with veterans five other that I meet, British Columbians, and the in a cereserving mony March members, if 3. you needed The Lynn something, Valley resident, though, they step is far more up. enthused to HONORARY LT.-COL. talk about the DON FOSTER veterans who have inspired his philanthropy.

“Volunteering is what our Armed Forces are all about.

They’re all volunteers,” he said.

“The veterans that I meet, and the serving members, if you needed something, they step up. And that is how things get done. People step up.”

Since 2017, Foster helped launch the Juno Beach Centre’s Legacy of Honour video program, which recorded oral histories straight from surviving veterans so their stories could live on for future generations.

Foster also played a role organizing mess dinners and movie nights, and helping vets with

Honorary Lt.-Col. Don Foster has received Veterans Affairs Canada’s highest honour for service to veterans.

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In 2009, Foster spoke with his children’s piano teacher and learned two of her brothers were killed in the Second World War, one of whom was still missing in action in the Netherlands.

Pvt. Earnest David Harris of New Westminster disappeared on night patrol in January 1945.

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plaque that now gives a permanent marker for Harris, just metres from where he died. Each year, children from the local school come to pay their respects. Even today, Foster chokes up when he discusses it.

Although it was not mentioned in the government’s release, Foster said there’s something particularly special about the award: that he was nominated for it by

George Chow and Norm Kirby, two Canadian Second World War veterans who passed away, in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

Both were featured in the Legacy of Honour videos. Over time, they became friends of Foster’s, to the point he’d visit them regularly and helped in the planning of their funerals.

“Each one of those people I developed a close relationship with, because you have to really understand somebody’s story before you can do the videos,” he said. “For them to think of me in that light, it just shook me at that point, because these guys walk on water as far as being Canadian heroes.”

Lynn Valley veteran Jaye Edwards, one of a small contingent of female auxiliary pilots who served the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, is also featured in the videos.

Foster said he was humbled to learn he’d receive the award, particularly when he knows so many other deserving volunteers who work on the initiatives with him.

His father was a veteran who landed on D-Day, and his family is full of Armed Forces members.

Foster said what drives him is a desire to emulate their spirit.

“They’re a powerful force.

They’re not expecting to get any recognition or payment or anything,” he said.

It’s a message he hopes will inspire others to find fulfilment, helping out.

“It feels good when you know you’ve had a chance to make a difference in anything you do,” he said.

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Architectural plans show how a six-storey redevelopment of Lynn Valley’s Black Bear Pub could look if approved by District of North Vancouver council. CHRIS DIKEAKOS ARCHITECTS INC.

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It’s been Lynn Valley’s watering hole for more than 25 years but the owner of the land under the Black Bear Pub is seeking to redevelop.

The District of North Vancouver’s planning department now has a preliminary proposal to demolish the faux heritage building and parking lot, and replace them with a six-storey midrise containing 98 purpose-built rental apartments, and 12,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor.

The proposal includes 108 underground vehicle parking spaces (74 for residents and 34 shared visitor-retail) plus 195 bicycle storage spaces.

The land is part of the Lynn Valley town centre, which is slated for commercial/residential mixed used redevelopment within the district’s official community plan, although council will have to vote on a rezoning bylaw for the development to go ahead.

Included in the project is a new pedestrian/cycling greenway leading to the plaza outside Lynn Valley Centre shopping mall.

The neighbouring Safeway site is also the subject of a preliminary development application being vetted by district planning staff. The developer, Crombie REIT, is seeking to build five buildings ranging from six to 12 storeys, with 479 homes, a new supermarket and 13,400-square-foot public amenity space, plus 713 underground parking stalls, at 1170 East 27th St.

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When Vladimir Putin triggered his invasion of Ukraine, he not only initiated an unprovoked war on the sovereign, democratic state of Ukraine, he issued a direct challenge to the peace and security of Europe, to liberal democracies, and the international rules-based system.

With the second largest diaspora of Ukrainians in the world, this is personal for many Canadians. As one of the over 1.3 million Canadians with roots in Ukraine, it is true for me as well. In the face of overwhelming odds, the world has been inspired by the courageous response of Ukrainians to the barbaric attack on their homeland. In the past few weeks, we have seen the Western World rally to support our Ukrainian friends in a show of solidarity not seen in decades.

Canada continues to play a leading role in this effort through financial, humanitarian, and military support, and most importantly, through punishing economic sanctions on Russia to deprive its ability to finance this illegal war.

Canada has provided $120 million in sovereign loans to support the Ukrainian economy in response to Russian aggression. A total of $150 million in humanitarian assistance has been sent to Ukraine, and we have matched every donation made by individual Canadians to the Canadian Red Cross.

Canada has provided rocket launchers, anti-tank weapons systems, ammunition, as well as rations, body armour, satellite capability, and much more. We are also bolstering our support for NATO, sending an additional 460 personnel to join the approximately 800 currently deployed in Europe.

Canada has closed its airspace, its waters, and ports to Russian vessels, banned imports of crude oil, and cancelled all export permits.

In coordination with our G7 allies, Russian banks have been removed from the SWIFT payment network, a critical part of the global financial system, and we have implemented restrictions against the Russian Central Bank and 27 key financial institutions.

Putin and Russian oligarchs have had assets frozen, and a bill is in the Senate that would allow redirection of their assets held in Canada.

We are also continuing to assist Ukrainian Canadians, their family members, and refugees with all immigration matters. Canada is waiving fees and prioritizing applications for Ukrainians who want to reunite or travel with family, study, work or start a new life in Canada. We also created the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel that will eliminate most of the normal visa requirements and allow Ukrainians to stay in Canada for up to two years with open work permits. A dedicated immigration service channel for Ukraine enquiries can be reached at 613-321-4243.

I have been heartened by the thousands of emails, calls, and messages I have received across our community standing in solidarity with Ukraine. I want to recognize Jaime Webbe from West Vancouver, head of the United Nations Association in Canada, who has organized a fundraising campaign to help Ukrainian refugees. Their work is an important part of Canada’s humanitarian efforts.

If you have the means to support one of the over two million Ukrainians who have fled their homeland, I encourage you to donate or visit our Sponsor a Refugee webpage.

As Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland put it, this is one of those times, and one of those places, where freedom confronts tyranny. We are determined that freedom will triumph, and it will.

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Hereditary Chief to chair economic reconciliation summit CHARLIE CAREY

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For the first time in the Indigenous Partnership Success Showcase’s history, an Indigenous person will be chairing the summit.

Former Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) councillor and Hereditary Chief Ian Campbell will lead the annual conference that focuses on economic reconciliation.

The conference will be held at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel on May 26 and 27.

In a statement, Campbell said the two-day event provides an authentic platform for reconciliation.

“It is an opportunity to advance Indigenous partnerships within corporate Canada, and it provides an amazing venue to showcase to broad audiences the progress that has already been made.”

Speaking with the North Shore News, Campbell said economic reconciliation is the opportunity to correct injustices that were imposed through colonialization.

“With the erasure, marginalization, legislative oppression – that has really prohibited Indigenous peoples in Canada from fully participating in the economy,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to mature as a society, as we move forward, and recognize the significant contributions that Indigenous people continue to make to the quality of life for Canadians.”

Campbell said Squamish people were involved in the economy in the 1800s,

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however with the enaction of the Indian Act, they were deemed squatters and moved onto reserves, with no legal recourse.

“We couldn’t go to post-secondary education. Our language and culture were prohibited under Canadian law; residential schools were imposed. So it’s been a real challenge,” he said. “Part of the reconciliation component of that equation is accountability around cultural genocide. So, to move forward [and] reframe that complex dynamic, and put the lens on economic reconciliation, to me, is the path forward to

create mutual benefits and values that benefit all Canadians, which includes Indigenous people.”

Practically, Campbell said that recent decisions of court cases in Canada have reaffirmed that Aboriginal title was not extinguished when British Columbia joined confederation.

“That underlying title really allowed a more fulsome discussion on responsible and sustainable use of our lands and resources within our territories. Where we’re not being marginalized, that we’re actually

participating as regulators, we’re participating as proponents. We’re mobilizing our citizens to increase the skill sets and capacity within our families,” he said.

“I think it’s also important to remove the ambiguity for Canadians, that this is a collaboration, that it is a coming together of epistemologies, of world views, of our thousands of years of knowing our territories and our stewardship, with that of settlers that have come in and created a quality of life for Canadians,” he said. “This really allows us to have that discussion and dialogue.”

Campbell said he is most grateful for the Elders who mentored and guided him.

Although most now have passed on, they embedded a deep sense of responsibility within him, and within the continuity of tradition, how to apply “traditional values in a modern context.”

“I’ve seen cultural revitalization with language and culture. I’ve seen political leadership with the likes of Chief Joe Mathias, here in the Squamish Nation. But I haven’t seen a lot of business leaders,” he said. “So, my upbringing was largely around our traditional knowledge of our language, our protocols, our lands, our history, our mythology, and I used that for 22 years as a negotiator in intergovernmental relations with the Squamish Nation to create space, whether it was forestry, or Woodfibre LNG, or land development, there’s a lot of major projects with volume Continued on page 22

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Issue of vax mandate for health professionals ‘divisive’: MLA Continued from page 4 Although it is not clear from the PHO which medical professionals may still face a vaccine mandate, the update is welcomed

by Kim Carragher, who sometimes takes her senior mother to be Dr. Bayfield treated by Bayfield. is actually “She has been following the just an incredible, science, as incredible doctor far as I am to our family,” concerned.” she said. “It’s not a concern to me, PATIENT KIM CARRAGHER whatsoever, for my mom’s health, not at all.”

Although her mother has been vaccinated, Carragher said she does not trust the safety of vaccines for herself. “[Bayfield] is actually following the

science, as far as I am concerned,” she said.

Bayfield also treated patients living at Amica Edgemont Village, a long-term care facility.

“She, like every visitor to our residence, followed all local and provincial public health guidelines while working onsite,” general manager Owain Jones wrote in a letter to families of residents on March 10.

“We are currently reviewing our relationship with Dr. Bayfield, and we continue to offer our residents support from a dedicated group of medical professionals who remain active in our residence, including other visiting physicians and our on-site nursing team.”

Bayfield’s original email to patients also contained several stats suggesting that vaccines were ineffective because, in raw numbers, the majority of those who have gotten seriously ill with COVID-19 recently have been fully vaccinated. Bayfield’s

assertions, though, do not take into account that more than 90 per cent of the B.C. population has been vaccinated, and those who haven’t been are disproportionately at risk.

According to stats released by the province on March 11, people who are unvaccinated account for 28.7 per cent of hospitalizations in the previous two weeks, despite being less than 10 per cent of the population at large. Adjusted for age and population, people who are not fully vaccinated were 4.3 times more likely to be hospitalized between Feb. 24 and March 9.

Coralynn Gehl, moderator of a North Shore-based COVID information page on Facebook, said she made the clear choice to seek out a new doctor after reading Bayfield’s email.

“Whether or not they changed the mandates, I think that the email she sent out was incredibly unprofessional and

misleading. End of story,” she said. “I’m not going to go see a doctor who put out that kind of misinformation that, frankly, I think is damaging to the community.”

North Vancouver-Seymour NDP MLA Susie Chant said what happens now will be between Bayfield and the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

“The recommendations that are coming down are based on the science and the data that we have been accumulating over the last [two years],” she said.

The issue of mandatory vaccinations for health professionals has been divisive, and Chant said she has heard from constituents who fear losing their family doctor.

Bayfield did not respond to a request for comment.

Neither the college nor the Ministry of Health responded to requests for comment.

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However, Campbell noted that he’s always wondered who will pick up the baton, and step in and occupy these fields.

“I really wanted to push business agenda.

I then did my MBA at SFU, graduating in 2015, and I found that carrying Western education with that of my traditional upbringing really allowed me to look at what distinguishes Indigenous groups that are successful business – it’s really when business matches their values and principles.”

Campbell said a robust economy existed here pre-contact with European settlers, an economy which included extraction, manufacturing, trade and commerce. Impeded by colonial imposition, Campbell said it’s important to move forward within traditional values. “[To] apply them in a modern context that allows some creative liberty, to then look at how do we utilize the best tools available to us in order to move beyond welfare – wealth creation, wealth management,” he said. “Abject poverty has been one of the symptoms of colonialism, which I think is unacceptable in this modern era, especially when there’s reconciliation, dialogue, and also UNDRIP [United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]. …

So, I think this is a real opportunity to demonstrate what is working across the country with a variety of Indigenous groups, partnering with various companies to create success.”

Speaking specifically about the IPSS showcase, Campbell is really excited by the Indigenous leaders and business leaders across the country that he has been able to connect with over the last few months.

“I looked to Chief Terry Paul of Membertou [First Nation], for example.

Their partnership with premium brand Clearwater Seafood, and I get very excited, because a few years ago, we saw the conflict which was taking place on the east coast between commercial fishers and Indigenous fishers,” he said. “Now you have Membertou being the owner of those licences. They’re now inviting the commercial fishers to come in and work with us, and for us, so I think an amazing example of leadership, and creating stability and certainty within regions in Canada that allow the economy to flourish.”

This year’s summit will also include and spotlight Indigenous women leaders, with Haisla Nation’s Crystal Smith in attendance, he said.

“Especially in light of murdered and missing Indigenous women, it’s an opportunity to really change the narrative of who and what we are as Canadians, to then look to our Indigenous women, as well as our youth, as the next cohort, the up and comers.”

Details about this year’s summit can be found online at Indigenoussuccess.ca.

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NV man recounts 10 months with ICBC’s ‘no-fault’ insurance STEFAN LABBÉ

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Scott Shepherd was walking down a North Vancouver sidewalk when a car jumped the curb and launched him into the air.

The impact sent him hurdling into someone’s nearby garden, where his forehead bounced off a rock, knocking him unconscious.

That was 10 months ago. Since then, Shepherd’s life has been put on hold. A single father, he was one of the first in the province to trial the Insurance Corporation of Some days British Columbia’s are better (ICBC) new “no-fault” than others. insurance paradigm.

There are Now, he says, he’s testament to a public some days institution mired in that I just hardly move. bureaucracy.

“It’s been an absoSCOTT SHEPHERD lute nightmare,” he recently told Glacier Media.

Branded “Enhanced Care,” ICBC’s “no-fault” insurance model went into effect May 1, 2021, as part of a government push to lower insurance premiums and pull itself out of debt.

To do that, most crashes now don’t go to court to hash out costly lawsuits; instead, ICBC directly pays victims money, reimbursing them for the cost of rehabilitation and lost income.

Of the $1.5 billion ICBC said it will save annually under the new system, most of the money is earmarked to go towards boosting benefits to crash victims with the intention to lead to improvements in access to everything from massage therapy, personal care assistants and payments for lost wages.

A SLOW RECOVERY Initially, Shepherd said he was forced to pay out of pocket for some of his care.

But since then, he says he has hounded ICBC with paperwork to ensure he has been reimbursed.

Shepherd had just started a new career in life insurance a month before the accident.

Today, he says he still struggles to look at a screen for more than an hour or two. Going back to that job remains a distant possibility.

“I can’t look at a computer screen that long without the room spinning. So I just…

I’m not at a position where I can do it,” he said.

A former pro golfer, he also used to teach classes on a regular basis — sometimes travelling to other courses to host weekend clinics or training six clients at a time.

Today, one of his lasting injuries is a damaged ankle that sometimes leaves him limping and prevents him from teaching like he used to.

ICBC has covered twice-a-week physiotherapy, which Shepherd says has been intense but helpful.

“Some days are better than others. There are some days that I just hardly move,” he said.

Ten months after he was hit by a car, Scott Shepherd continues to suffer from a head injury and damaged ankle. COURTESY SCOTT SHEPHERD

Last week, Shepherd said he finally got a call from a doctor’s office, who at the behest of ICBC, asked him to come in to assess his injuries.

“You’re calling 10 months after an accident to assess my injuries and come up with a bang for my recovery?” he questioned.

INCOME REPLACEMENT LESS THAN HALF OF CLAIM Getting enough money to live has been a challenge, Shepherd says.

About a month after the accident, he submitted a claim for an Income Replacement Benefit from ICBC. That meant gathering letters from his employer testifying to what he would have earned had he been able to work, and receipts from his golf clients to show how much he would have made on the side.

When Shepherd received a decision about two and a half months later, he says the corporation offered him less than half of what he had asked for. After deductions, he says he started receiving a little over $1,500 every two weeks in August, nearly three months after the accident.

Under Enhanced Care, ICBC pays 90 per cent of an individual’s income if they are hurt in a crash. But unless you have purchased additional coverage, a crash victim is only covered up to $100,000 in gross income.

That’s more than double the $740-per-week ceiling available under the previous system.

But Shepherd says his bi-weekly income replacement payments work out to roughly $39,000 per year — barely enough to cover his rent and support his child, he told Glacier Media.

“You feel kind of strong-armed to accept whatever they’re going to give you,” Shepherd said. “They just want to wait and drag it out and just accept whatever they’ll give you and go away.”

The North Vancouver man says he’s been lucky because he had some savings to top up the ICBC payments. But those won’t last.

While accepting the payments, Shepherd has challenged ICBC’s Income Replacement Benefit assessment through its fair practices office.

Last week, he got a response: his challenge was rejected.

“I’m concerned that I start working even a little bit that’s gonna jeopardize this whole thing,” he said.

In an email, ICBC spokesperson Brent Shearer said that in most cases, if a customer begins working and earns income, the enhanced care payments will be adjusted to keep their total income at the same level.

“For example, if a customer is earning $1,000/week on their income replacement benefit entitlement and they start a graduated return to work at $800/week, ICBC would top up the difference to their entitlement so they continue to earn $1,000/week,” said Shearer.

‘I COULDN’T BE LESS AT FAULT’ Shepherd says the whole experience has left him exasperated. North Vancouver RCMP confirmed to Glacier Media the person who hit Shepherd received a 24-hour driving prohibition and a violation ticket for driving without due care and attention.

“According to the police who followed up with me, that was the stiffest penalty they could give him under the law,” Shepherd said.

North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Peter DeVries noted if enough evidence exists to ticket, impound a vehicle or make a charge recommendation to the BC Prosecution Service, police will do so. In the last case, sentences are handed out by a judge.

But according to the ICBC website,

people are only able to sue if the at-fault driver is convicted of certain Criminal Code offences that led to the accident, like impaired driving.

For Shepherd, the idea of applying the “no-fault” paradigm to an extreme situation like his, is absurd.

“I was not jaywalking. I was on the sidewalk. I wasn’t texting. My phone was in my pocket. I just simply did not have time to get out of the way,” he said. “And I couldn’t be less at fault.”

A handful of other car accident victims have reached out to him since Glacier Media first published his story in May 2021. In what he described as a “mini support group,” the victims have tried to organize.

“It’s just when we both have, you know, kids and we’re trying to get our own recoveries underway, it’s tough,” he said.

Under the “no-fault” system, victims like Shepherd can’t seek help from a lawyer, so they lean on one another to piece together information from each of their cases, whether that’s appealing decisions to a fairness manager or guessing at timelines.

So far, Shepherd says he has been “at the mercy of ICBC.” “They hold all the cards. They get to decide. Judge, jury, executioner. They get to decide how much my life is worth,” he said.

In one of his last chances to challenge ICBC’s decision, Shepherd is waiting for a chance to access a Civil Resolution Tribunal.

But some experts say victims will have a hard time representing themselves. Now the head of Stratford Underwriting in North Vancouver, Colin Brown is the former chief underwriter of ICBC, where he helped establish the corporation’s operational framework. He says the new system is stacked against people who get injured.

“There’s no way of resorting to litigation, which is sort of democracy’s way of saying, ‘You screwed me over, you’re going to regret it,’” said Brown shortly after Shepherd’s accident.

But according to ICBC spokesperson Shearer, “Enhanced Care” removes the “adversarial approach of suing drivers,” lowering insurance premiums and redirecting money to “help people get better instead of funding legal fees.”

Shepherd, for his part, says he has spoken to eight different law firms. Each of them has the same message: their hands are tied; only the public will be able to drive change.

Equally frustrating, he says, is the shame that comes with suffering chronic injuries that show few visible signs of physical trauma.

“They can’t see when I’m dizzy or if I opt out of a social event because my head is killing me. People don’t see that.”

Shepherd says he and the other victims he’s in touch with are trying to organize themselves to push back against ICBC’s policies.

“I get everyone wanted lower car insurance rates,” he said. “But this is not a good trade-off,” he said.

“Realize, it’s gone a little too far… it’s got to be able to take care of the people who get hurt.”

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Happy Nowruz North Shore celebrates Nowruz together again After two years of celebrating virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nowruz events are being held across the North Shore once again to celebrate Persian New Year and the ushering in of the first day of spring.

For Hamid Najian, vice-president of the Iranian-Canadian Congress, itʼs exciting that events can go on and people can gather once again.

Organizing the annual Chaharshanbe Suri (Fire Festival) at Ambleside Park that was held Tuesday night, Najian told the North Shore News prior to the event that the congress has been putting on the celebration for more than 30 years.

“People have been waiting for this.

And we havenʼt had it for the past two years. Itʼs just like the restaurants – the moment theyʼre open, people are flying into the restaurants. They want to eat; they want to have some of the times that they used to have. Theyʼve missed those kinds of occasions,” he said.

Najian said the fire festival tradition has been happening for thousands of years, harking back to “old Persia,” where people would jump over flames on the

last Tuesday night of the year, before the solstice, which this year arrives on March 20.

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[It] provides an opportunity for all residents to learn about Iranian culture, celebrate the start of the Iranian calendar, and welcome spring.

”

“The last night before the Wednesday comes … [they would] jump over the fire and they believe that all the bad luck and all the negativity will all be burned and gone for the year, and then they will start fresh, new,” he explained.

In a statement to the North Shore News, the District of West Vancouver said the event is culturally significant for the municipality because it supports the Iranian community, one of the largest in West Van.

“[It] provides an opportunity for all residents to learn about Iranian culture, celebrate the start of the Iranian calendar, and welcome spring,” the district said.

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For Pooneh Alizadeh, a.k.a. The Dancing Queen, the last two years during the pandemic have been “really hard.” The artistic director of the Academy of Middle Eastern Dance in North Vancouver had to find ways to diversify her business, and now has more than 800 online dance students.

Sheʼll finally be performing in person again at the Canadian Iranian Foundationʼs Nowruz Gala and Fundraiser on March 19 at the Pinnacle Hotel in Lower Lonsdale.

The Gala also includes performances by Bakara Band and Amed Dance Group.

The event will also have a traditional haft-seen table, a dinner buffet, and a chance to win prizes during a 50/50 contest and silent auction.

POONEH ALIZADEH, A.K.A. THE DANCING QUEEN, will be performing at the Canadian Iranian Foundation’s Nowruz Gala and Fundraiser at the Pinnacle Hotel in North Vancouver, March 19.

All money raised on the night will go towards the Foundationʼs 2022 scholarship program. More information and tickets for the event can be found at cif-bc.com/event/3527.

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Happy Nowruz

Celebrate Persian New Year at North Shore’s libraries Ushering in Persian New Year and the spring solstice on March 20, libraries across the North Shore have organized programs to celebrate Nowruz.

The West Vancouver Memorial Library is welcoming the coming of spring with a haftseen table in the main hall of the library. A haft-seen is an arrangement of seven items that start with the 15th letter of the Persian alphabet, pronounced “seen.”

The libraryʼs table will include seeb (apple) to represent beauty, seer (garlic) to represent good health, serkeh (vinegar) to represent patience, sonbol (hyacinth) to represent spring, samanu (sweet pudding) to represent fertility, sabzeh (sprouts) to represent rebirth, and sekeh (coins) to represent prosperity.

Today, March 16, Sanam will be presenting Farsi Storytime virtually at 10 a.m. for the Memorial Library. The songs, rhymes, and story will primarily be delivered in Farsi with a little bit of English, however all language speakers are welcomed to listen in. A recording of the event will be available on the libraryʼs YouTube page after it premieres.

On Monday, March 21, ambient music by musicians Ali Razmi, on tar (a long-necked lute-type instrument) and vocals, and Ali

Sajjadi, on oud (a short-neck lute-type instrument), will fill the main hall of the library.

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Right now, restrictions are lifting, people can come together again, and we are welcoming in a new beginning after the pandemic.

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“Nowruz is a time for hope and renewal at the beginning of spring,” said Ehlam Zaminpaima, customer and community experience co-ordinator for the library. “Right now, restrictions are lifting, people can come together again, and we are welcoming in a new beginning after the pandemic. At the same time, Nowruz gives a time to reflect on the current state of the world and the collective actions we can take to resist, and work towards a better world for all of us.”

Library goers are also encouraged to borrow Farsi language books, enjoy films, and peruse the Farsi language book club selection.

Starting March 17, North Vancouver District

Public Library will also have a haft-seen table set up at its Lynn Valley site.

On March 19, the North Vancouver City Library and the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra will be holding a live virtual event with traditional Persian music performed by Sina Ettehad and Naeim Charkhi.

Starting at 11 a.m., the performance consists of two sets. The first set is inspired by traditional Persian classical music (radif) featuring kamanche (Persian four-string

EHLAM ZAMINPAIMA looks over the haft-seen table on display at the West Vancouver Memorial Library during the Iranian New Year celebration of Nowruz.

vertical fiddle) and tombak (hand drum).

The second half features shoorangiz (a Persian long-necked lute from the setar family), and dayereh (Persian skinned tambourine). The music of this set is inspired

by Persian folk tunes from various regions.

The event is free of charge, although registration is required at nvcl.ca by Saturday, March 19 at 10 a.m.

I wish everyone celebrating Nowruz a Happy New Year!

Nowruz Mobarak FROM

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MLA West Vancouver-Capilano Vancouver-Cap

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How many times have you had this problem: you’re dying for some delicious doughnuts and some delectable fried chicken, but you can only stop at one restaurant?

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My guess is the answer is never. You’ve never been faced with this made-up predicament, but maybe it will comfort you nonetheless to know there’s a place in North Vancouver that offers both of these options under one cute little roof.

If you venture down the alley just off Lonsdale Avenue, between Esplanade and First Street, you might notice an inconspicuous little sign that looks a bit like a pink Wu-Tang Clan logo. Pop through the door below the sign and you’ll find yourself inside Cream Pony, a little storefront that is here to sell you two things: handmade brioche doughnuts, and southern fried chicken.

Friends, get your stretchy pants on – it’s time for some double trouble.

My family ordered takeout from Cream Pony last week, my two boys practically spinning into orbit at the thought of combining two treats into one feast.

First, the savoury. We ordered one fourpack of fried chicken, OG style (it also comes in Cajun), and added a side of tater tots. Our four-pack of chicken came with a drumstick, wing and a couple of breasts, a nice assortment of light and dark meat.

The pieces were juicy and meaty – not all breading and bone – with a nice crunch on the outside. Pretty good! We’ve also, on a previous occasion, tried the Cajun-style fried chicken, and that would get my vote thanks to the nice little spicy kick it adds.

We quickly found a surprise star of the show, though. The tots were wonderfully crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, with a really nice, salty seasoning.

“This is one of the best things I’ve ever eaten,” one of the boys exclaimed. I don’t know if I’d go that far myself, but I could most definitely see myself accidentally eating about 45 of those little tots in one sitting.

Cream Pony also offers a crispy chicken sandwich, which looks pretty fantastic. Next time....

Now on to the sweet stuff. Cream Pony has a unique assortment of doughnuts on offer, including a variety of glazed doughnuts topped with various icings and sprinkles, one of which features a gummy candy shaped like a chicken foot. Let’s call that one a crossover product.

We tried a package of doughnut holes – think more polished Timbits – that were nice, although they felt like they would have been much improved served piping hot like mini doughnuts at the fair.

There was also an apple fritter, which was doughy soft with a crunch on the outside, as well as a plump jam-filled doughnut covered in sugar. Those were both standouts, although I’m not sure if I’d elevate them into the pantheon of the North Shore’s greatest doughnuts, which is admittedly a very high bar given some of the famous offerings available elsewhere.

But we haven’t gotten to the star of the show yet – a classic Boston Cream, a custard-filled behemoth topped with chocolate.

Oh my, it was good. It’s borderline extravagant, of course – there’s no fooling yourself about how decadent a treat it is – yet the flavours are wonderfully balanced.

“This is better than the tot,” said the kid who had, moments before, declared the tot one of the best things he’d ever eaten.

All in all, it was a fun family meal that would get most kids visibly excited, and most adults secretly excited. You just need to go into it knowing that you’re not checking very many boxes on the Canada Food Guide recommended list. There was nary a vegetable in sight.

But you don’t go to Cream Pony for vegetables. You go for fried chicken and doughnuts, and all the naughty goodness that that combination entails.

Our meal of four pieces of chicken, tater tots, a half-dozen doughnuts plus an extra order of doughnut holes came to $45, including tax and tip. Cream Pony’s street address is 111 East First St. in North Vancouver, although the entrance is found in the LoLo Lane alley.

This food review was conducted anonymously, with the order paid for by the North Shore News.

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Continued from page 5 Her son’s due date was Feb. 22. But on Feb. 2, Negahban’s water broke early and she began having contractions. The couple went to Lions Gate but were told to come back when labour was further along.

When she’d been in labour for 24 hours, she again went to the hospital, concerned about the possibility of infection.

While staff tried to send her away again.

This time she insisted on staying.

“I was told there was a shortage of staff and no doctor could see me,” she said. After a number of hours without any progression, she was finally induced with an oxytocin drip.

But after what Negahban described as hours of pushing, the baby was no closer to being born. That’s when the doctor appeared again and told Negahban she was going to use a vacuum suction device to assist with the birth.

Negahban said she was told little about the device or any potential risks in using it.

She added she still doesn’t understand why a C-section wasn’t considered earlier.

“From the very beginning of my pregnancy I was always open to a C-section,” she said. “I said whatever the baby needs.

Whatever is best for the baby.”

When the suction didn’t work, after about 25 minutes, an emergency C-section was completed, said Negahban.

She said there were early signs that

things weren’t right. Medical reports noted the baby was “quite stuck” in Negahban’s pelvis and that her pelvis was “exceptionally narrow.”

Their son didn’t cry when he was born, she said. “He was completely flaccid.” The baby was rushed to the neo-natal intensive care unit.

A medical report noted that an hour and a half after the birth a “bogginess” of the baby’s scalp was first noted, believed to be “subgaleal bleed secondary to birth trauma.” The baby was also noted to be more lethargic.

It was at that point the doctor informed the couple it was possible their baby was suffering from a skull bleed, said Negahban, and said he needed to go to B.C. Children’s Hospital right away.

The baby was rushed there by ambulance while Negahban was also transferred to the hospital.

But soon after she and Addison got a call saying they had to come to the neo-natal intensive care unit immediately, where they found a medical team trying desperately to keep their son alive.

“Then they gave him to us. And he died in my arms,” she said.

“We only got to spend 15 minutes with him. I was pregnant with him for 37 weeks and two days. I held him in my stomach. I felt his kicks. I talked to him. I sang to him for 37 weeks . . . I only got to hold my baby boy for 15 minutes before he died.”

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A man handed a 90-day driving ban after failing a roadside screening test in North Van has failed to convince a judge the test result should be overturned because he was drinking hot coffee before blowing into the device.

According to a B.C. Supreme Court decision handed down last month, Marko Juhan Vossi was handed the driving ban by a police officer after failing a roadside test for impaired driving in North Vancouver in October 2017.

Since then, Vossi has petitioned both the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles and the courts to overturn the decision.

But following a judicial review in February, a B.C. Supreme Court justice declined to do that.

According to the justice’s written decision, events first unfolded on Oct. 15, 2017, when an off-duty police officer observed Vossi driving erratically just after 6 a.m. in Burnaby.

The off-duty officer followed Vossi’s vehicle as it drove west and continued over the Ironworkers Memorial bridge, according to the judge.

During that time, Vossi was observed “nearly missing a barrier

roadside screening device, adding that if a person’s mouth is higher than 34°C, the roadside screening device could overstate the blood alcohol content.

Following a hearing in November 2017, a delegate of the Superintendent’s office upheld the driving ban and associated sanctions, after finding Vossi’s account of drinking coffee right before providing the breath samples was not credible.

That adjudicator pointed to the police officer’s notes as not noting any stop at McDonald’s. The adjudicator also stated it was unlikely Vossi would be “casually sipping and drinking coffee” after being told he was under investigation for impaired driving.

Vossi asked the court to review the decision.

But while Milman found some of the adjudicator’s reasons for rejecting Vossi’s coffee claim were “problematic,” on balance the likelihood that Vossi had stopped at McDonald’s was remote, given that the events of that morning “took place in a very compressed time frame.”

Milman also noted Vossi didn’t dispute the various observations noted by police. “Those notes strongly suggested that Vossi was in an impaired state at the time he took the test,” wrote the judge.

twice,” “swerving outside of his lane,” and “rapidly accelerating and decelerating,” wrote Justice Warren Milman.

The off-duty officer brought those actions to the attention of a North Vancouver RCMP officer, who stopped Vossi on Cotton Road at about 6:17 a.m.

Vossi was “observed to have bloodshot eyes and slurred speech, and had trouble taking his driver’s licence out of a cellphone pouch,” as well as having breath that smelled of alcohol, according to the decision.

“He refused to answer when asked how long ago he had been drinking.”

Vossi then failed two roadside screening tests for blood alcohol.

In later arguing against the driving prohibition, however, Vossi said the results were unreliable because he had just been drinking coffee – bought from a drive-through right before he was stopped by police – and “the temperature in his mouth was elevated to the point that the device may have overstated his (blood alcohol concentration).”

In an affidavit, Vossi stated he had last consumed alcohol the night before but had bought coffee and a breakfast sandwich at McDonald’s just before he was stopped.

Vossi said he had continued to sip the coffee until just before his first

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Like it or not, cyclists are getting a pair of dedicated bike lanes north of Mountain Highway on Lynn Valley Road.

District of North Vancouver council has approved the first phase of infrastructure changes along the busy corridor, designed to make the roadway safer for bike riders and pedestrians.

But despite nearly four years of discussions and delays, the motion only narrowly passed, with a 4-3 vote at the March 7 meeting.

Councillors in favour bemoaned the drawn-out process, underscoring improvements to safety and well-being, while Mayor Mike Little and those opposed argued that residents would express disdain, similar to when another roadway update along East 29th Street went ahead in 2019.

The motion passed with Hanson, Back, Curren and Bond in favour. Little, Forbes and Muri were opposed.

The current project begins at Mountain Highway, and extends around 830 metres northeast along Lynn Valley Road to Peters Road, which is the turnoff to the popular Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge and connecting trails.

The newly dedicated bike lanes will be distinguished by painted lines, with small concrete barriers at select sections. The lanes will also be shared with buses at points along the route.

District staff said more barriers couldn’t be added due to solid-waste collection and the number of driveways that line the street.

But the cycling infrastructure accounts for less than 10 per cent of the project. Most of the estimated $1.4-million budget goes toward adding four-way traffic lights at Allan Road, along with other improvements at intersections.

The plan includes two parking pockets: one designed to fit five cars southbound near Upton Road, and another for seven cars northbound

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Overall, 74 parking spots are being lost with the construction. Staff said just 20 to 25 per cent of those are currently being used.

Originally planned for 2019, the Lynn Valley Road Active Transportation Improvement Project was postponed to incorporate a broader scope of improvements for walking, cycling and transit infrastructure.

Despite getting a $500,000 boost from the province in 2020, construction slated for 2021 was delayed.

With Monday’s approval, work is expected to start this summer.

Referring to the significant loss in parking spaces, Little said the project would be a tough pill for residents to swallow.

“I think that this is going to be very similar to 29th [Street],” he said. “I think that people are going to be very ticked off with this project unnecessarily because we’ve added the downhill side, which people don’t have difficulty keeping up with traffic in that area.”

During council’s discussion, he asked staff for statistics on the number of injuries in the area.

Transportation manager Steven Carney explained some of the safety rationale behind the plan.

“To the best of my knowledge, the most recent cyclist fatality on the North Shore was the result of a cyclist

getting doored, and falling in front of a dump truck on Esplanade,” Carney said.

“One of the reasons we don’t like to combine on-street parking with designated cycling routes is the risk of dooring. This is one of the top-five corridors in the district based on cycling volumes.”

He said the route sees somewhere in the order of 300 cyclists per day.

Forbes said the project mainly meets the needs of a small group of commuter bikers, instead of a stated objective to account for all ages and abilities.

“I don’t think anybody would take a young child on 29th [street],” she said.

“I don’t think anybody would take them on Lynn Valley Road.”

Bond replied that there are families that walk and bike along the corridor every day.

“They bike to Ross Road school.

They bike to Lynn Valley school. They bike to local preschools,” he said.

“They walk. They cross that intersection at Allan Road to get to school, which because of the skew and speed of cars travelling on Lynn Valley Road is a frightening experience.”

Following the discussion, council voted in favour of moving Phase 2 of the project — from Peters Road north to Dempsey Road — to a consultation stage, which would begin in May. Only Forbes was opposed.

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Older This is after two And Wiser years to the month Margaret Coates when we first felt the effects of the pandemic. We may want to kick up our heels as we enter this new phase, but some of us, are, at best feeling cautiously optimistic, while some of us are worried about the lifting of restrictions we have lived with for so long to keep us safe.

The pandemic caused a major disruption in our lives especially for seniors. For some there was increased isolation, particularly in the lock down phases. Some seniors lost their connection to community as recreation and seniors centres, libraries, and other gathering places closed or reduced their programs. Even having a coffee with friends was restricted, or a meal with a friend or relative was in some phases of the pandemic cancelled or restricted in numbers. In fact, just a few months ago, we were restricted to ten people at our homes for a gathering. Certainly, this made family holiday events difficult. Notably, there were increases in mental and physical health issues as the pandemic lingered on.

Despite these disruptions, the community stepped up. Organizations rapidly and creatively set up ways to support seniors.

Throughout the pandemic, the North Shore Seniors Working Group, funded in part by West Vancouver Foundation, met to strategize about how organizations could best work with seniors to keep them safe and from being isolated.

Seniors may want to rejoice now as we hear the recent news that many restrictions for COVID-19 are being lifted now and over the next few months. However, things might change in the fall if rates of hospitalization increase because of increased transmission.

The fall and winter are the riskiest times for seniors because of respiratory problems, flus, and colds.

Many of us remember the changing lay of the land because of the shift from reasonable to higher levels of transmission rates because of COVID and its variants.

This caused significant frustrations for all of us including those trying to serve seniors safely.

The reduction or lifting of the restrictions at this time is because the level of immunity has increased, the weather allows us to get outdoors more, and deaths and hospitalizations are going down. At a recent news conference, Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s health officer, announced several measures, including but not limited to a relaxation of mask wearing for most venues, the shift for organizations from COVID safety plans to communicable disease plans; and relaxed visitation rules for long-term care facilities.

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WV senior sets new track and field records West Vancouver senior Christa Bortignon has begun her assault on the record books for a new age group in masters track and field.

Bortignon, who already holds multiple age-group world records, competed for the first time in the women’s 85+ age group Feb. 25-27 at the BC Masters Indoor Championships, and proceeded set four indoor world records and two Canadian indoor records.

In the 60-metre dash, Bortignon clocked a time of 11.18 seconds, beating the old indoor record of 12.28. She showed her sprinting prowess again in the 200-metre dash, with her time of 42.09 beating the old record of 44.18.

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Bortignon also set a national record in the shot put, with her distance of 6.49 m beating the old Canadian indoor record of 6.14 m.

She also helped a 4x200-m relay team set a new national indoor record.

The West Vancouver 85-year-old started competing in track and field in 2009 at age 72.

She was named the World Female Masters Athlete of the Year in 2013, and in 2021 was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Huntsman World Senior Games.

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Capilano Blues men book ticket to basketball nationals Vancouver native, earned player of the game honours, scoring 14 points with four rebounds and three blocks.

Van Samang said the Blues played one of their best defensive games of the year on their way to the big semifinal win. “Camosun just had no answer for it. It was stifling defence, and pushing the ball.”

The Blues allowed themselves a short celebration, but quickly turned their attention to the PacWest final against VIU, the top-ranked team in the country. The Blues battled the mighty Mariners all game and had two attempts in the final seconds to tie it up and send it to overtime, but the shots didn’t fall. Van Samang said his team was impressive in defeat, and could have won the game if a few bounces or calls had gone their way.

“VIU is ranked No. 1 across the country, and they’re definitely playing like it, and we’re playing like it too right now,” he said, adding that Capilano was coming on strong in the game’s final minutes but just ran out of time. “They won, but give us an extra minute … holy moly.”

Capilano’s Bogajev and Brendan Bailey (no relation to Sam Bailey) were named to the tournament all-star team.

Bogajev and Brendan Bailey, both fifthyear guards, have both earned special places in PacWest lore, said Van Samang, finishing as the second- and fourth-highest scorers, respectively, in league history. Van Samang called the long-range-bombing Bogajev “the Steph Curry of the Pacwest,” and said that Bailey brings incredible athleticism to the court as a six-foot guard. “They’ve been bringing it for five years,” he said. “They’re small in stature, but they’ve worked on their games.”

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For the first time in nearly two decades, the Capilano Blues men’s basketball team is going to the national championships.

The Blues booked their ticket to the CCAA national championships tournament, running March 24-27 at Humber College in Toronto, by finishing second at the PacWest provincial championships held last weekend in Abbotsford. It’s the first trip to nationals for the team since 2003.

The ticket to nationals was an outstanding silver lining for the team, following their tight 81-78 loss to the Vancouver Island University Mariners in the PacWest championship game, played March 5 at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford.

“It feels awesome,” said first-year head coach Alex Van Samang, about getting to play for a national title. “It was a lot of hard work and a lot of perseverance from this group, and they pulled through.”

The Blues came into the provincial tournament ranked No. 3 in B.C., and opened up with an impressive 109-77 win over sixth-ranked Okanagan College in their quarterfinal matchup. That win set up a massive semifinal against second-seeded Camosun College, with the winner earning a berth in the PacWest championship game as well as a ticket to nationals.

Camosun had beaten the Blues in their previous two meetings, but Capilano came through when it mattered most, scoring an 82-74 win March 4 to earn their spot at nationals.

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Tyrone Asenoguan and Brendan Bailey of the Capilano University’s men’s basketball team embrace following a PacWest semifinal win over Camosun College, March 4. GIBI SAINI their two fifth-year stars, said Van Samang.

The team played a fast and frantic style that sometimes featured five guards, without a traditional big man.

Asenoguan, who was a first-team PacWest all-star on the season, and CJ Campbell joined Bogajev and Brendan Bailey as the starting guards, while Sam Bailey was typically the team’s only forward in the starting lineup. Guards Marko Cosic and Michael Kelly, a St. Thomas Aquinas grad, were also big contributors, while Jacob Stanuel-Taitte played his best basketball of the year in the playoff run, said Van Samang.

The Blues also bring a ton of experience

to the floor, with a number of third- and fourth-year players. “You don’t ever have to tell guys like that to get ready for the game,” said Van Samang. “They’re ready to go. All I have to do is the scouting, and make sure they don’t get too tired on the floor.”

The Blues will now set their sights on nationals, and they’ll be going there with high expectations. “We lost to the No. 1 seed by three,” said Van Samang. “We’re thinking we have a good shot to upset a few teams there. Our goal is to go for it. If you walk into our practice right now, there’s no fear or worry. We have the confidence to do it, and we’re going to scare some teams.”

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It was a dream come true, and then a nightmare, and then a bizarre event bordering on a full-blown international crisis.

And now a pair of North Vancouver siblings are hoping to do it all over again, minus the nightmare portion.

Arden and Nora Goddard-Despot were two of five North Shore players – the others were Bronwyn Bird, Brooke McCusker and Grace Delmotte – who joined the Canadian women’s junior national field hockey team on a trip to South Africa for the Junior World Cup, scheduled for December 2021, the first time the team had made it I remember to the tournament since 2013. the morning The tournament, which would have been the high point of their it happened, young careers, suddenly became we went to a truly frightening and uncertain breakfast as situation as the Omicron variant of a team and COVID-19, first detected in South were hearing Africa, began its rapid spread not buzz of a new long after the teams arrived in the country. The event unravelled variant. within a single day, said Nora.

NORA “It was a really quick escalaGODDARD-DESPOT tion,” she said. “I remember the morning it happened, we went to breakfast as a team and were hearing buzz of a new variant. People were worried about it. Then sort of midway through the day we had teams dropping out. And then at the end of the day, the World Cup was cancelled. It was within a 10-hour period that the whole thing just crashed and burned.”

The players were stunned.

“It was devastating,” said Nora. “We worked so hard to get there. … Everyone was super excited, and focused, and locked in. There was just a really good energy with the team. And then it was like getting the wind torn out from your sails. Our coaches told us [it was cancelled], and I just remember there being silence for a minute. And you could hear girls starting to cry, and we just, we didn’t know what to do with ourselves. And then that night was particularly tough, and then the day after was really, really hard as well.”

Arden, Nora’s younger sister, was set to compete internationally for Team Canada for the first time in her life.

“It just felt devastating,” she said. “You get a chance to go and play your first international games, and it feels like it’s taken away forever.”

The team regrouped within a couple of days, and the Canadian coaches turned the trip into a training camp, using the time in their suddenly wide-open schedule wisely.

But as the sting of missing the tournament started to wear off, they slowly became aware of another potentially even more volatile situation: they couldn’t leave South Africa.

With the world going back on high alert, particularly in relation to South Africa, the team couldn’t find any flights to get them back home. It felt a bit like March 2020, the very start of the pandemic panic, all over again, the sisters said.

“Countries were closing their borders to flights from South Africa,” said Nora. “It was like, OK, we think we can go to Germany, or we can get into Switzerland, and things kept getting moved around and rebooked, and rules were being put in place, and there were definitely days where you just sort of sat there and felt a bit hopeless.”

Air Canada was working hard to get them back home, Nora said, but it was a difficult situation, and it was nearly three weeks after they arrived in South Africa before they finally were able to get on a plane and leave the country.

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Continued from page 36 said about the journey home.

“It was such a relief,” added Arden. “It was a lot to go through mentally, and then when you’re at home it feels like you can finally take a deep breath. I loved being in a [Calgary] hotel room with Nora for three days and just seeing her beautiful face every day.”

And now the team is going back to the same place for the same tournament, although they are hoping all the drama will play out on the field rather than off it. There have also been changes to the lineup, with several players unable to attend, leaving Arden and Nora as the only two North Shore players making the trip. The tournament will be held April 1-12, back at the same facility in Potchefstroom, South Africa. It’ll be a bit odd going back there, the sisters said, but also comforting in a way, as they’ve been there before and know what to expect.

“It does feel weirdly like a home field advantage, because we had that opportunity to train there,” said Nora.

“It’s a very weird feeling to go back, but I’m very excited.”

One more obstacle to overcome, is the program is largely self-funded, meaning the players need to do a lot of fundraising – typically hitting up friends and family members – to be able to travel and play. There weren’t any refunds offered after the first trip to South Africa, so the bills are adding up, and they are needing to raise money all over again.

“People have been so insanely generous and kind,” said Nora. “But it’s been a little tougher this time around. I

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A “significant drop” in Forry’s “serumalbumen”– which can indicate a serious infection – was also “underappreciated” according to the report.

The committee noted the doctor would be asked to take part in an interview to discuss those concerns “and means of enhancing the care of future patients.”

But that’s little comfort to Natasha’s mother Ann Forry, who said she has no confidence the report from the college will result in any changes.

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A grieving mother says a report

by B.C.’s College of Physicians and Surgeons into the care her daughter received at Lions Gate Hospital’s emergency ward has done little to provide accountability for why her daughter died.

Ann Forry’s 29-year-old daughter Natasha Forry died in October 2020, after a small infection went undetected by It was a doctors until well after it had complete collapse of care developed into widespread sepfor Natasha … tic shock that Twenty-ninewas shutting year-olds don’t down her internal organs. just die like Forry went this.” to Lions Gate ANN FORRY Hospital four times between Oct. 2 and 12, 2020, her condition worsening with each visit. She was never given antibiotics but was sent home with pain medications, until her final visit when she was rushed to the intensive care unit having difficulty breathing.

Natasha died later that day.

A report recently produced by an inquiry committee of the college

Natasha Forry died in October 2020 at North Vancouver’s Lions Gate Hospital after seeking care at the ER four times. Her mother says there is inadequate accountability for the treatment she received. COURTESY ANN FORRY

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‘COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF CARE’ “There’s no justice for me,” she said.

“It was a complete collapse of care for Natasha … 29-year-olds don’t just die like this.”

Forry said the events leading up to her daughter’s death at Lions Gate Hospital should be of concern to everyone on the North Shore.

“This isn’t just my problem,” she said.

Forry said she thought her daughter was in the best place possible when she repeatedly went to Lions Gate. “My error was trusting the hospital,” she said. “It cost my daughter her life.”

The 18-page report from the inquiry committee detailed all events leading up to Natasha Forry’s death. According to the report, on Oct. 2 2020, the young woman visited the emergency department with an infected cyst in her pelvic area.

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Continued from page 38 Doctors drained the cyst and sent her home.

A week later, however, Forry returned to the ER with pain in her abdomen and upper leg. Blood work and a CT scan showed what doctors considered My error was only minor abnormalities. Forry was trusting the again sent home hospital … with painkillers.

It cost my A day later, daughter her however, Forry life.” was back in ER, ANN FORRY with worsening symptoms of pain, tenderness and nausea. The doctor saw no signs of infection, although that possibility was considered, and no repeat of the CT scan was ordered. Forry was given painkillers and again sent home.

She returned 11 hours later with her oxygen saturation levels plummeting to 85 per cent, and was diagnosed with pneumonia caused by a Staphylococcus bacterial infection.

Forry was given antibiotics and moved to ICU, but her condition rapidly worsened and she was put on a ventilator along with dialysis, as her kidneys were failing. By that time “metabolic abnormalities consistent with septic shock were noted.” Doctors rushed Natasha into

surgery, but Forry’s heart stopped on the operating table. She was resuscitated but her heart stopped again in ICU and she could not be revived.

29-YEAR-OLD DIED OF TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME An autopsy determined her cause of death to be toxic shock syndrome due to a widespread Staph infection including “necrotizing pneumonia” as well as other organ damage – an infection which likely spread from the original infection treated in the ER. It is unclear whether the doctor whose standard of care was criticized in the report will be subject to any further formal disciplinary action from the college.

The college only publicly releases certain decisions that result in formal disciplinary action.

But the mistakes made in assessing her daughter should never have happened, said Natasha’s mother.

“The public should be alarmed,” she said. “Had (the ER doctor) checked her vitals, he would have seen something was going really wrong,” she said.

Forry said she thinks people are too willing to assume doctors don’t make critical errors. “That’s not true,” she said.

A spokesperson for Vancouver Coastal Health provided a statement about Forry’s death, saying, “We are devastated by this situation and we offer our sincerest condolences to Natasha’s family

and loved ones as they grieve her loss.

This incident was tragic and does not reflect the high-level of personalized care Vancouver Coastal Health strives to provide all our patients.”

MOM URGES CHANGE TO WRONGFUL DEATH LAWS In response to the incident, VCH completed a comprehensive review, according to the statement, that resulted in recommendations, including “developing criteria for the management of patients who appear repeatedly in emergency with no established diagnosis.”

Meanwhile, Forry said because of B.C.’s wrongful death laws, she doesn’t have the option of suing the doctor and the hospital. That’s because the Family Compensation Act only gives value to people who have dependents.

Forry wants the province to change this law, saying it prevents families from seeking legal recourse for the death of their loved ones.

Under the current law, the message is, “My relationship with her, my only child – the person that I thought was going to take care of me when I got old – that doesn’t matter. Her future doesn’t matter.”

Natasha grew up on the North Shore and loved living here, said her mother.

“She’d always be in the woods or on the water.”

She had many close friends, said Forry.

For her mom, however, the North

Natasha Forry died in October 2020 at North Vancouver’s Lions Gate Hospital after seeking care at the emergency department four times. COURTESY ANN FORRY Shore is now a place that only brings painful reminders of her daughter’s last days. “A lot of people are heartbroken,” said Forry. “I miss her dearly.”

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WALLACE, Florence J. Aug 15, 1932 − Mar 5, 2022 Florence Jean Wallace (née Smith) passed away peacefully on March 5, 2022, at the age of 89, after a short illness. She was born on August 15, 1932, in Monaghan, Ireland; immigrated to Canada in 1958; and met Alec, her husband of almost 60 years, in Edmonton, AB. They started their family in Calgary and subsequently moved to Montreal before settling in North Vancouver in 1975.

Florence worked as a registered nurse in various capacities, with time off to raise her family before returning to a nursing role at Davies Pharmacy until her retirement. She continued her caring role in a volunteer capacity with the palliative care program and chemo clinic at Lions Gate Hospital. When not volunteering, she could be found walking the West Vancouver seawall or sharing her green thumb by creating lovely planters and flower beds.

One of the greatest joys in Florence’s life was the last 16 years as "Nana" to her six grandchildren.

They brought out the best in her, and she was always seen with a playful smile, demonstrating her loving and nurturing ways.

She will be dearly missed and is survived by her husband Alec; children Kevin (Kim), Jillian (Brad) and Janet (Lance); grandchildren Maxwell, Olivia, Kyra, Connor, Lucy and Sophia; siblings Olive, Audrey and Helen in Ireland; as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.

A private Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Paul Sugar Palliative Support Foundation.

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MAIN (Née Slinn), Winnifred E. October 16, 1932 − February 22, 2022

MEEKISON, Shirley Anne (Russell) November 19, 1934 - January 27, 2022

Winn spent her life in North Vancouver. It is where she met her husband Bob, who lived one house away. The event initiating their life together, now part of family lore, was a sledding accident and a get−well gift of grapes. They were married for 61 years before Bob passed away in 2014. Their love story has been an inspiration for those who knew them, and Winn dearly missed Bob. Winn had four children; predeceased by son Steve (1990), survived by granddaughters Tara and Carla; daughter Joanne (Rick) and grandchildren Jessica and Rob; son Allan (Deanne, 2021) and grandson Quinn; and daughter Donna and grandchildren Nicola, Curt, and Brent. Often added to the four children, eight grandchildren, and eight great− grandchildren were other friends and extended house guests − their home and dinner table was always a welcome place.

Those who knew the Main house would remember the smell of fresh bread and the special treat of bread donuts or fresh baked cookies or perhaps knew the house for the candy apples that were a regular pleasure each fall.

She was the family hub and was interested in the lives of those around her. A dedicated letter−writer, she knew all the stories of the wide, extended family and was the family historian. We will all miss her accounts of relatives, both infamous and upright. She was very close to her sister Marion and brother Ted (Lottie) and through her life was close with many of her cousins who would get together often.

Winn and Bob lived and raised their family in one house and in a neighbourhood where neighbours were friends. Families on the block would often get together for spontaneous dinners and happy hours and share stories and laughs. Winn’s friendly way and willingness to host helped create the neighbourhood spirit.

She was a housewife and mother, but she did not limit herself to just the traditional role. As her children grew independent, Winn volunteered through a women’s support organization to mentor single mothers. She was a long−time member of Compassionate Friends, supporting others who had lost a child, a frequent blood donor, and of course, each Christmas, she would make it a special time of year for families less fortunate. As Bob and Winn aged, they supported the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, and as a patient, Winn and her family knew the great care provided by the hospital and the North Shore Hospice. Winn lived well, bringing happiness into the lives of those who knew her. She was loved and is missed.

A service will be scheduled at a later date.

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As a result of a lengthy ailment, Shirley passed away at home with her family, Alvin (Yorkshire Terrier) at her side and cats Mickie, Zoe and Bailey and with husband, Dougal, and dear friend Brenda O’Sullivan in attendance.

Shirley was born in Winnipeg to George Ernest Russell of Somerset and Alexandra Joy McCulloch of Souris, Manitoba and spent her formative years in Somerset and Souris with her mother Joy (Michie). She had many fond memories of cavorting in the Souris River with three of her close friends, together known as the “River Rats”.

Later she became a legal secretary and worked in locations including Winnipeg, Vancouver, and ultimately Toronto, where she met Dougal in 1967 and they married in 1969. In 1974, as a result of a job offer, they moved to Vancouver, Dougal’s birthplace, with their Old English Sheepdogs and cats and purchased a home in North Vancouver. She continued her career as a legal secretary, working at various locations through Office Overload; a particularly favourite assignment having been with Cornelius Burke at Burke’s Worldwide Travel.

In the late 1980’s, concurrent significant downturns in natural resource industries signalled the potential demise of Dougal’s employer, which began discharging staff. This necessitated a plan for the future and, having been out to Ucluelet and Tofino together, Shirley suggested “What about the West Coast of Vancouver Island?”. This resulted in the refinancing of their house and the acquisition of significant acreage on the shores of Barkley Sound outside Ucluelet in 1990.

Dougal obtained early retirement in 1992.

Shirley has described the adventure of living in the wilderness for 19 years, down 5 miles of dirt road, in a custom built log home, off-grid, and having a bear actually come in the house, plus kayaking, watching the whales from the house and having visits from bears, wolves and a cougar, as being the best period of her life. Included was their regular participation in the Clayoquot Sound old growth logging protests, where Dougal got arrested in 1993. It also helped to have Dr. Jane Hunt, a veterinarian and an absolute treasure, as the only neighbour, half a mile away. This also resulted in being adopted by a few cats which had been abandoned near the Vet, thereby adding to the existing family of a Lhasa Apso, Yorkshire Terrier, Sheltie and cats.

Ultimately, advancing age dictated that it would be necessary to live closer to civilization and medical facilities, so a house in Qualicum Beach was acquired, resulting in wonderful new friends and neighbours. In Qualicum, Shirley took a basically scalped 0.44 acre property and transformed it into a magnificent garden, including 125 rhodies and azaleas, silk tree, handkerchief/dove trees, “twisted baby” tree, magnolias, dogwoods, roses, weeping cherry and weeping pussy willow and much more.

Shirley lived to garden, loved animals and birds, and was an avid reader - politics, biographies, novels, history, animals, etc. She also loved music, smooth jazz, Don Shirley, Eric Clapton, Doobie Bros., etc. and travel. With friends, she toured China extensively and went to Egypt, Alaska, and Mexico. With Dougal, she toured eastern Canada, many U.S. states, sometimes in their vintage Airstream trailer, and the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Belize, England, Ireland, Paris and Cuba.

She was a remarkable and unique individual - not only beautiful, highly intelligent, artistic, caring and adventurous (parasailing, hot air balloon, glider, ultralight, wilderness living), but also courageous - having faced and conquered three separate bouts with cancer over the years, eventually succumbing to a severe throat affliction, Zenker’s Diverticulum.

Huge appreciation to Brenda and Ronan O’Sullivan for their inestimable assistance during this period and to the nurses and doctors.

Subject to Covid restrictions, a casual open house in her memory will be held in her garden on May 15th, from noon to 4pm. There will be no ceremony, so visitors can arrive at their own convenience.

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BIRD, Madelene Vale November 7, 1941 - March 13, 2022 It is with great sadness Madelene’s family announces her unexpected passing at home during the weekend of March 13, 2022 at the age of 80.

Madelene was well known for volunteering in the community for events and many groups - one that she spoke fondly of was her time with North Vancouver Community Policing. She was passionate about the arts and was always attending some performance somewhere on the North Shore or in Vancouver. She spent many years caring for patients at Lionsgate Hospital as a Licensed Practical Nurse and was still in touch with patients who befriended her during her time there. Madelene was fortunate to travel to many foreign and exotic destinations during her lifetime, however, North Vancouver, her home, always remained her paradise.

Madelene leaves to mourn her passing, her brother Fred (Maxine), Jean and Pearl. Nephews Ted and Todd, many great nieces and nephews and a multitude of friends, volunteer friends, past patients and half the lower mainland of BC! There will be no funeral service as per Madelene’s wishes. Her family would ask friends that in her memory to perhaps take a stroll up Lonsdale Ave or Grand Boulevard which were two streets you could often see her walking or to attend some fabulous VSO or other performance at the Orpheum. She loved her city. She loved her friends. She loved life and will be missed.

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HILDRETH, EDIE Edie Hildreth, cherished wife of David, passed away peacefully from cancer on Tuesday, March 8th at the Squamish Valley Hospice. Edie was born in Windsor, Ontario on April 5th, 1943 to Dorothy and Gordon Morris. She was the oldest sister to Patricia, John, and James.

David and Edie were high school sweethearts who shared sixty-two years of everlasting love. Together, the couple had four beautiful daughters, Christine (predeceased 1965), Susan (David), Laura, and Lisa (Christopher). Edie and David were so proud of their seven grandchildren: Nicholas (Sage), Melissa (Louis), Matthew (Chloe), Spencer, Maxwell (Anya), Lola, and Delilah. Edie and David were also blessed to have three great-grandchildren: Oskar, Jack, and Emmanuel.

Edie and David shared a passion for their family, faith, travel, and golf. “Live life to the fullest” is what the couple has instilled in their family, friends, and community. Many a party was had with the Hildreth’s celebrating life. The family wish to thank the angels at The Squamish Valley Hospital and Hospice and the Lions Gate oncology department, who gave their love and care so freely to Edie.

“This is not the end, or even the beginning of the end. This is just the end of the beginning.” In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Squamish Hospice Society, The Squamish Hospital Foundation Oncology, St. John the Divine Anglican Church Squamish, and the Oncology Department, Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

A celebration of life will be held on March 19th, 2022 at 11:00 AM at St. John’s Anglican Church, 1930 Diamond Road, Squamish, B.C. This will be followed by a reception at the Squamish Valley Golf Club at 12:30 PM. To receive a link to watch a live stream of the celebration of life, please email info@squamishfuneralchapel.com To write a condolence to the family, please visit www.squamishfuneralchapel.com

WOODBURY, Patricia V. November 12, 1922 − February 10, 2022 Pat spent her early years in Nelson, and after the death of her grandparents, was adopted by the Rose family in Vancouver. Pat entered into nursing training at VGH in the early 1940s and made lifelong friends there. Pat married George Woodbury in 1947 and settled in North Vancouver. She took time off from nursing to raise her children, returning to work in 1974 at Lions Gate Hospital. There, Pat was a nurse on the Neurosurgery ward, retiring in 1988.

She spoke fondly of her shared experiences on the most difficult wards with Drs. Pervis and Hunt, and friends Sophie, Connie, Maureen and others. Her passion for nursing and the care of others touched all who knew her. Pat was a born nurse, often described by others as the kindest lady they’d ever met. She was never far away from some kind of volunteering, including at the North Shore Keep Well Program well into her 90s. Pat will be greatly missed by her children Don, Allan and Gary (France); grandchildren Colin, Claire, Angela and Shane; nieces Lynn (Robert) and Donna−Rae; and nephews Neil and Glenn. She will also be missed by her extended family of step−grandchildren Kris (Chantal) and Jenny; step−great−grandchildren Jessica, Thomas, Waylon, Desmond and Kyle; and the many others who called her "Grandma Pat." In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Pat’s memory to Covenant House, World Wildlife Fund, VGH Nursing Alumni Association, or Lions Gate Hospital.

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PARENTE, Mario It is with extreme sadness that we announce the passing of Mario Parente. He passed away peacefully after a courageous ten year battle with cancer on Sunday, March 13th 2022, with loving family by his side. Mario was born in North Vancouver on May 16th, 1960, to parents Cristina and Nicola. Mario was full of life, enjoying every day to the fullest, doing a lot that many would dream to experience in a lifetime. He is survived by the love of his life, Mena, who he spent 29 happy years with. He will be deeply missed by his daughters Nicole and Natalie, nieces and nephews Sabrina, Marco, Luciano, and Alexander. He is fondly remembered by siblings Giovanna (Michela), mother and father-inlaw Carolina and Nicolino, brother-in-law Brian (pre-deceased sister-in-law Lisa), along with many cousins and friends.

Mario touched the lives of so many with his easygoing demeanor, positive attitude, sense of humour, and would go out of his way to do anything for anyone. He devoted his life to his family and friends. He was the one you turned to for advice and who always had your back. The one you admired to live up to and encouraged all of your aspirations. He was the most gentle, kind hearted, generous, determined, patient, intelligent, and loving man. He had a deep passion for skiing, playing tennis, riding motorcycles, boating, cycling, cruising in his convertible, real estate and traveling the world. Mario had a strong work ethic, dedicating 25 years to Corrections Canada where he gained tremendous respect from colleagues. During this time, he had a passion for building and real estate.

In his later years, he took his experience and built many beautiful homes with his cousin/partner on the North Shore. He took great pride in all of his accomplishments and his legacy will live forever in our hearts.

The Parente family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the healthcare professionals who helped and supported Mario along his journey. A public viewing will be held 5:30pm-7:30pm, Sunday, March 20th, 2022 at First Memorial Funeral Services, Boal Chapel 1505 Lillooet Road, North Vancouver, BC. A funeral mass will be held on Monday, March 21st, 2022 at Holy Trinity Parish, 2725 Lonsdale Avenue at 11am, followed by the burial at North Vancouver Cemetery at 1pm.

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