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As the Pope sat down with nearly 200 First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates last week, the apology given received a mix of welcomed relief and desire to do more.

The company originally contracted to build the North Shore’s massive new sewage plant has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Metro Vancouver, alleging its contract with the regional government was wrongfully terminated.

Giving his speech in Italian, Pope Francis told delegates that he feels “sorrow and shame – for the role that a number of Catholics, particularly those with educational responsibilities, have had in all these things that wounded you, in the abuses you suffered and in the lack of respect shown for your identity, your culture and even your spiritual values.

“All these things are contrary to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For the deplorable conduct of those members of the Catholic Church, I ask for God’s forgiveness, and I want to say to you with all my heart: I am very sorry. And I join my brothers, the Canadian bishops, in asking your pardon,” he said.

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) member and St. Paul’s Parish Deacon Rennie Nahanee told the North Shore News the Papal apology made him feel “elated” and makes his job of reconciliation between the church and Indigenous people a lot easier.

“But that’s only the start. People wanted the apology; they got the apology. So, what’s next is reparation, restitution,” Nahanee said.

“How is the church going to make amends for things that they did in the past. … I believe Continued on page 20

Deacon Rennie Nahanee, here at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, believes the Pope’s recent apology is just the beginning. PAUL MCGRATH/NSN

In a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court Thursday, Acciona is seeking more than $250 million for unpaid costs related to the project, as well as lost profits and lost opportunity as a result of “diminished reputation” caused by Metro ending its contract.

In the 98-page document, Acciona alleges the design of the project was subject to numerous significant changes by Metro, and that it was not physically possible to build the project Metro wanted on the site selected.

The company alleges it was Metro’s delay of or withholding of approvals on necessary changes that resulted in delays to the project. Serious soil conditions on the site that resulted in increased costs and delays also weren’t known until after the company signed the project agreement, the company alleges.

Acciona was selected by Metro to design and build the new North Shore Wastewater Treatment plan serving North and West Vancouver in April 2017 for a contract price Continued on page 4

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Contractor blames Metro for project delays Continued from page 1 of just over $504 million.

But the project soon ran into trouble, with Acciona concluding it wasn’t possible to build the plant Metro had specified on the site it had selected without “numerous and significant changes,” according to the lawsuit. By 2020, the regional government and the company had agreed to changes and amended the price of the project to over $621 million, as well as setting a new target date for completion of September 2023.

By mid-2021, however, it was clear it would still be impossible to meet those deadlines without “further significant changes” to the project, Acciona alleges.

Metro, however, refused to agree to further changes, including those needed to address “numerous conflicts and errors” in Metro’s specifications, according to the lawsuit. The government “interfered extensively with Acciona’s performance” by consistently refusing to review and approve changes to the plant’s design in a timely way, according to the company.

In response to the lawsuit, Jerry Dobrovolny, Metro Vancouver’s chief administrative officer, issued a statement saying the regional government will defend itself against Acciona’s claims, “including the unfounded allegations of misconduct.”

“Metro Vancouver is confident that its decision to terminate [the contract] was justified,” Dobrovolny added.

“Metro Vancouver continued to act reasonably and uphold the terms of the contract, including making all payments due in a timely fashion. However, Acciona Wastewater Solutions LP missed key construction milestones,” said Dobrovolny.

Dobrovolny said it became apparent in 2021 that Acciona would be “unable to meet its obligations under its contract with Metro Vancouver, including completing the design and construction of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant by the key

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RCMP seek this man wanted for sexual assault BRENT RICHTER

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North Vancouver RCMP have released a composite sketch of the man wanted in the sexual assault of a youth in the Seymour Heights neighbourhood.

Here’s how construction looked inside the North Shore’s massive new sewage treatment plant project in May 2021. The project has since stalled. PAUL MCGRATH/NSN dates they committed to in the contract.

They also asked for a further increase in budget which would almost double the original contract price.”

Metro terminated the contract in January 2022, and Acciona finished withdrawing from the site on McKeen Avenue in the past month. In February, Metro Vancouver hired a new contractor, PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc., at a cost of $40 million, to develop a new plan to complete the project, including a revised project budget and schedule. That isn’t expected to be completed until this fall.

In its lawsuit, Acciona has alleged there were numerous problems discovered after it signed the project agreement. Among those was a discovery of more severe risk of liquefaction of soils on the site, resulting in the need to double the amount of reinforcing steel for major structures. That meant, however, that all of the equipment required for the plant would no longer fit into the buildings on the site, the lawsuit alleges.

Acciona stated in its lawsuit that Metro chose the former BC Rail site for the plant despite its space constraints.

At just under three hectares, “it is significantly smaller than sites usually selected for projects of a comparable scale,” the company states in its lawsuit. Metro also changed the technology going into the treatment plant partway through, from secondary to tertiary treatment, requiring more space. The company also discovered hazardous soils on the site, containing petroleum hydrocarbon and chloride ions that had not been disclosed, the lawsuit alleges.

In a statement, Acciona stated that Metro’s own administration of the project “was a major cause of most of the problems, and changing contractors mid-project will cost taxpayers more, and take longer to complete the project.”

The company added, Acciona had been forced to turn to the courts to “recover the payments clearly owing to it, and to protect its interests.”

The assault happened around 5:30 p.m. on Friday Feb. 11. At the time, police said the girl was walking on a trail close to a bridge in Trillium RCMP SKETCH Park near Seymour Heights Elementary, when a man approached and groped her. She managed to fight the suspect off and flee.

On March 31, investigators released an image depicting how the suspect may look based on the victim’s description.

Police say he is a white man in his 40s with greying hair, brown eyes and a slim build. At the time of the attack, he was wearing blue jeans, a black baseball cap, a dark blue track jacket and a blue face mask. He had with him a small white dog that was off leash, according to police.

Not long after the assault, Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers offered a reward for any information leading to an arrest.

The RCMP is asking anyone with information about this incident to contact the North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311. Should you wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

STORM DAMAGE

Deep Cove’s Quarry Rock Trail won’t be open anytime soon LUCAS JORNITZ

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The District of North Vancouver’s Quarry Rock trail has been closed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and won’t be reopening anytime soon.

The popular hiking trail was initially closed in March 2020 in an effort to discourage crowds from gathering. The district kept the trail closed through 2021 to manage the volume of traffic coming to the Deep Cove neighbourhood while

Quarry Rock Trail remains closed due to storm damage. DNV

Gallant Avenue was torn up for a storm drain project.

The scenic lookout remains officially off-limits to hikers and selfie seekers due to excessive trail

damage caused by the November atmospheric rivers.

North Vancouver District said the trail is still unsafe for use, and repairs are slow-moving due to overlapping jurisdictions in the area.

According to Gavin Joyce, the district’s general manager of engineering, parks and facilities, the extent of the damages and the nature of working on the trail are the major factors in its slow repair schedule.

“I’ve never quite actually seen

as much damage; [it’s] in the neighbourhood of $150,000 to $200,000 worth of damage,” Joyce said. “There are two ways to work on the quarry trail. We either have to helicopter materials in from a muster point, or we can muster the crews and have them walk material into the trail,” adding that “we’re not seeing an opening at the quarry until later in 2022.”

Both options would come at great expense, but any work would require approval from the province and local First Nations.

Arthur Klein, a local resident who would use the popular trail occasionally throughout the year, said he feels as though it’s been forgotten by the district, and that the messaging has been inconsistent.

Klein said most parks and trails have been open since May 2020 and during the pandemic, outdoor activities were encouraged.

“They made no effort, they just said no, as soon as they came in, they closed it, and they never made any effort to look back,” said Klein.

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FAMILY IN PERIL

Civilians exhausted by war, says woman with Ukrainian roots JANE SEYD

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A North Vancouver school principal who has been watching the war in Ukraine unfold with increasing worry said her family members aren’t ready to abandon their country despite constant danger and exhaustion.

Lisa Upton, a North Vancouver resident, has deep family roots in Ukraine. Upton speaks Ukrainian, has taught in the country, and her family has long been a part of the political movement to protect Ukrainian There’s a identity. very strong For the past sense [among month, however, Ukrainians] that the situation in we need to fend that country has been “desperfor ourselves. ately sad,” said No one’s Upton, who coming. keeps in touch LISA UPTON with family members through messaging apps and through an aunt in Toronto.

One of her cousins, now in his 60s, is still living in downtown Kyiv with his wife and refuses to leave the city.

The wife’s elderly parents live in the area of a large shopping mall that was bombed, said Upton. “Their building is still standing but all of the windows in the building

were blown out.” Her cousin tried to get his in-laws to come and live with them, she said. But they refused. “So he went and boarded up their windows.”

“They’re just really committed to staying. They think the Russians should leave.”

Younger members of the family, especially those with children, have fled to safer regions of Ukraine, like many other civilians.

One family has gone west to a town in the Carpathian mountains. Another has gone to a village near the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk, where Upton’s family is from. One relative who is a nurse in IvanoFrankivsk is still in the city, said Upton, but has started making plans to leave with her three children in the event Russian forces begin bombing civilian areas.

One of Upton’s cousins, who she messaged recently, has fled southwest to the city of Chernivtsi near the Romanian border, taking her sisters’ children with her.

Shops and services there are functioning normally, the cousin told Upton. But back in Kyiv, where the sisters and their husbands remain, one sister’s house in the suburb of Hostomel, just north of Kyiv, has been completely destroyed, said Upton. Hostomel is very close to Bucha, where atrocities against civilians who had been tortured and executed were revealed this week after Russian forces retreated.

After more than a month of war, the civilian population is tired, said Upton. The cousin she’s closest to has told her, “She’s

just tired of going into the bomb shelter, into the basement and she doesn’t want to do it anymore. ... That’s the wear and tear of war. It’s really sad to hear.”

Currently, Upton said her family in Canada is still able to wire their relatives in hard hit areas of the country small amounts of money. “We’ve been sending $100 at a time,” she said, but bank lineups for banks that are still open in cities like Kyiv are very long.

Phone connections into Ukraine to get news of the family have been more difficult to get, she added.

Her family isn’t optimistic about the chances of a negotiated settlement.

“The corridors that are supposed to be humanitarian corridors to evacuate people, those aren’t holding. So it’s just another way that people are getting injured, because they’re continuing to bomb convoys of people who are leaving, so that doesn’t inspire a lot of trust,” said Upton.

In the beginning of the war, “They were more hopeful that there would be more international aid coming,” she said. But now, with Western countries ruling out any actions that would put them in direct conflict with Russia, “There’s a very strong sense [among Ukrainians] that we need to fend for ourselves. No one’s coming.”

Ukrainians remain grateful for both military supplies and humanitarian aid that’s been coming from Canada for refugees, she said.

Last week, Canada announced it is increasing temporary federal support for Ukrainian refugees who come to Canada.

Support will include language training, orientation about life in Canada and other mentoring and skills training for Ukrainians who arrive under a special accelerated path to temporary residence in the country.

The province also announced it is expanding services and supports for Ukrainians expected to arrive in B.C. with a dedicated online portal where newcomers can connect to free services to find housing, sign up for health-care coverage, look for a job, sign children up for school and learn about other community services.

The portal is also available in Ukrainian and Russian languages. The website can also be used by British Columbians who want to offer support to Ukrainians including offering housing, employment opportunities or donations.

Most Ukrainians coming to B.C. are expected to arrive through the CanadaUkraine Authorization for Emergency Travel program. Under this new federal program, Ukrainians and their family members will be allowed to stay in Canada as temporary residents for as long as three years, and Ukrainians will be allowed to apply for a three-year open work permit.

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West Van welcomes breweries, distilleries BRENT RICHTER

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Banks, no. Breweries, yes.

District of West Vancouver council has ordered up a flight of zoning bylaw changes intended to add a jolt of vibrancy to local streets, including allowing breweries, distilleries and wineries to open up shop.

Canada’s craft beer revolution arguably started in West Vancouver but, due to a lack of light-industrial zoning, it is one of the only municipalities in the Lower Mainland today without a local brew of its own. Horseshoe Bay Brewing opened in 1982 in a garage across the lane from the Troller Pub. It closed in 2000, but the founders went on to start other breweries that still exist today.

While some new (and fun) uses are being welcomed in commercial areas, others are being discouraged from taking up prime real estate in Horseshoe Bay, Dundarave and Ambleside. The bylaw changes will limit financial institutions, including banks and currency exchanges, real estate offices, and beauty and wellness businesses, including nail salons, to no more than 20 per cent of the length of the groundlevel storefronts on any block.

The intent is to encourage a better mix of businesses that make for a more exciting streetscape.

Equipment is installed at North Vancouver’s La Cerveceria Astilleros in 2020. West Vancouver is now set to join the craft beer boom. ANDY PREST/NSN

At the same time, the district will allow beauty and barbershops as well as real estate sales to operate as homebased businesses, and give approval for artists to retail their works from home. Businesses that produce goods on site like bakeries and butcher shops will also be allowed to wholesale their products to other businesses.

And child-care business will be eligible to open in single-family homes that also have secondary suites, which was previously prohibited (up to a maximum of eight children and only if the operator lives on site).

Many of the changes came at the request of the Ambleside and Dundarave Business Improvement Association, whose members promoted the ideas through their 2021 Imagine Ambleside process.

When it came to a public hearing on Tuesday (March 29), not a single resident or business owner called in, and council passed the bylaw changes with gusto.

“I think this is the beginning of some really good work,” said Coun. Craig Cameron, adding his thanks to staff for pulling the bylaw changes together so quickly. “Let’s see how much more we can do to support our local businesses and make the economy more vibrant in West Vancouver and … attract a more diverse array of businesses – ones that are suitable for those of us who still want to have some fun after dark.”

Coun. Marcus Wong said he was particularly excited to see more homegrown businesses in the district.

“Having come out of COVID[-19], I think a lot of folks are looking to still start their own business,” he said.

“Hopefully this will spur on additional creativity, additional innovation for people to put food on the table without having to have the additional expense and commute, clogging traffic and all that sort of stuff. So I’m certainly very keen on that.”

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n Friday, the Pope met with nearly 200 First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates at the Vatican and delivered a longsought apology for actions of church leaders in perpetuating abuse of Indigenous children at Catholic residential schools.

In the apology, the Pope voiced “sorrow and shame” for the role that members of the clergy had in “all these things that wounded you, in the abuses you suffered and in the lack of respect shown for your identity, your culture and even your spiritual values.” For that conduct, the Pope said he asked “for God’s forgiveness” and joined Canadian bishops “in asking your pardon.”

Since the historic occasion, there have been a diverse range of reactions among Indigenous people and residential school survivors. Some have welcomed the apology. Some have felt the Pope’s words did

not go far enough in accepting the church’s role in the abuse. Some have called for more tangible actions to follow the expression of sorrow. All are valid reactions and all Indigenous people are entitled to greet the apology on their own terms.

As a symbolic act, the Pope’s apology is important. It is among the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.

The Catholic Church ran residential schools at the behest of the Canadian government. Among the goals of those institutions was the elimination of Indigenous culture. There will be further actions to take following the apology. Already there is talk of a personal visit by the Pope to Canada to further address these issues in a more meaningful and substantive way.

Reconciliation is not a switch to be pulled but a series of steps that must be taken. The Pope’s apology is another step on that journey.

‘Action plan’ on Indigenous peoples declaration is ambitious To say that last week marked a historic time for recognizing and strengthening the rights of Indigenous people is an understatement.

Not only did 32 Indigenous leaders travel to the Vatican and receive a formal apology from Pope Francis for the tragic and abusive legacy of residential schools, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally View From The Ledge visited a residential school site in Keith Baldrey B.C. and pledged to provide more resources to investigate that sorry legacy.

But another historic event occurred at the legislature in Victoria and it is one that, over time, may represent the most lasting and positive impact on Indigenous rights.

For the first time, a detailed “action plan” covering the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples going forward was released.

The declaration was enshrined into law back in November 2019, but it has never been clear how it would actually work in practice and how it would impact laws, statutes, industry and the community as a whole.

This ambitious new “action plan” spells out 89 specific (and some of them not so specific) kinds of action that are supposed help achieve the declaration’s objectives over the next five years.

Some of the action items are aimed at vastly improving the health outcomes for Indigenous people and guaranteeing them better access to educational and social services. Others are designed to tackle racism head-on and to protect cultural traditions.

The vast majority of the 89 action items will no doubt have strong support from within both indigenous and non-indigenous communities.

Where it will be interesting and, yes, challenging, is the interpretation of the declaration when it comes to things like land-use decisions and industrial development, especially natural resource industries. Even with this new action plan, there still appears to be a fair degree of

uncertainty attached to those areas.

There is no doubt that First Nations will have a stronger say over any activities that take place on their unceded territory, but how strong that voice will be is a work in progress.

B.C. has 204 First Nations. Many have overlapping land claims with other First Nations and not all see each issue the same way. The Coastal Gaslink pipeline in northwest B.C. is a good example of the often tricky process that can come with securing support from a First Nations for an economic project.

In that situation, the pipeline has the support of the elected band members of the local First Nations but not the support of several hereditary chiefs, who are not elected. It is a muddled situation and it is not entirely clear how this new action plan will impact that situation.

Although the plan is designed to be completed over five years, it is more likely to take much more time to achieve these lofty and at times groundbreaking (and, to be clear, at times undefined) action items.

Nevertheless, it represents a historic opportunity for B.C. governments, industries, communities and First Nations

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There will undoubtedly be some missteps and controversies in the years ahead, but everyone is heading down a more clearly defined path now.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. Contact him by email at keith.baldrey@globalnews.ca.

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Charging for parking in Whytcliffe, Whyte Lake and Lighthouse Parks is just another moneymaking cash grab on the part of the current West Vancouver mayor and council.

My partner and I are retired. We use the parks in the “off times,” like weekday mornings, rainy days, winter snow and also sunny days. We never go to the parks when they are likely to be crowded, like on weekends.

If pay parking is brought in, those of us who actually live in and pay taxes to West Van will suffer no matter when we use the parks.

We already pay astronomical taxes, not to mention we get little for them.

Don’t give me the argument that we should take the bus or bike. I am very fit, and I can’t possibly cycle from Ambleside, where I live, to Whyte Lake and Lighthouse Park or, Whytcliffe Park. Let the mayor and council try it. If West Van was seriously interested in reducing wear and tear on the parks (and maintenance costs), they could bring in a resident parking program, in which each household gets a sticker that identifies them as a resident of West Vancouver. Nonresidents would have to pay for parking, but not the residents who have already paid with their taxes.

I also find that the size of the parking lots for the parks limits how many people can use them at one time. Once the lots are full, no more cars can park. How hard is that? It’s been working successfully for years. At most, Parks could hire some parking custodians to move along cars that sit idling waiting for somebody to leave a parking space. But more money is irresistible to mayor and council, so I doubt they will back off on their plans no matter what anyone suggests.

Linda Kowalski West Vancouver

FAMILY DOCTORS NEED B.C.’S SUPPORT Dear Editor:

I am a family doctor practising in North Vancouver. I am worried about the patients in our community because just this week, I paid $36 to my local shoe repair shop to put glue on a five-centimetre area of the sole of my shoe, money the owner deserves, God bless him, and the same amount of money the government pays a family doctor to manage as many complex problems as the patient needs to squeeze into one family practice visit. After that, 40 per cent of that amount stays with the clinic for overhead, so the family doctor takes home about $22 in pre-tax dollars, often then sitting at a computer in the evening to finish notes, referrals, review labs, imaging, call pharmacists, etc.

Family doctors are more than just healthcare providers – we are small business owners who run our clinics. And our clinics need more support to be able to continue providing care, including appropriate

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The growing amount of documentation for family doctors is taking us away from providing patient care. We need to create healthy working conditions for family doctors, including reducing administrative burdens and providing substitute/locum physicians for when we are away. Supporting family doctors will result in healthier patients and communities.

Almost 900,000 British Columbians do not have a family doctor – and that number is growing every day. I myself do not have a family doctor. We need action to ensure that British Columbians can receive the care that they need and deserve. Everyone deserves a family doctor.

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Do we not see the irony of living in a region that receives an estimated 90 inches of annual rainfall, and the increased and very real threat of wildfires?

What a wasted opportunity to protect ourselves with this precious resource that other high-risk areas around the world must envy. Yet, we do nothing. No subsidies, no workshops, or mandates for water-harvesting.

We have a well-defined rainy season, we must reserve some of this rainfall to keep our homes, and businesses, and the North Shore that we treasure, from drying out in the summers.

Let’s be proactive and become leaders in protecting our communities. We can do this!

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Since Dec. 24 [and as of writing, March 8], I have been to emergency twice. I’ve had four or five ECGs. I’ve had X-rays and a CT scan.

I’ve had my arms poked and given up more little vials of my blood than I can remember.

I’ve been to the pre-op room twice, the operating room twice, post-op recovery twice, to 6 East and 6 West [wards], both twice.

I’m now home and hope I’ll stay here. Out of that multitude of caregivers, everyone was kind, caring and professional, in spite of our pandemic of the last two years. I did not see or feel that any of those individuals was harried, tired, overworked or stressed out.

Incredible. What a lot of brave faces.

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Artist spreads joy with portrait of dancing sensation

would work, and got busy drawing on her iPad. When she was finished, Rubin emailed Pandher the picture, which he posted on his social media channels.

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A North Vancouver artist who was inspired by a Bhangra-dancing Yukoner’s message of joy, has been getting some of those good vibes returned after thousands of people responded to her artwork posted on social media.

Like many other people, Emily Rubin of North Vancouver first noticed the Bhangra-dancing videos posted

by Yukoner Gurdeep When the word ‘joy’ Pandher during the came up, COVID-19 The first pandemic.

“I immedithing that ately thought, popped what an amazinto my ing person,” mind was she said. “In Gurdeep the middle of and his COVID, people were sort of dancing.” down in the EMILY RUBIN dumps. And he was trying to cheer people up with some happy dances. And then he just suddenly blew up.

Everybody loved him.”

Pandher is happy to hear that kind of reaction. The former school teacher and government worker has been creating inspirational and instructional videos daily from his Yukon cabin since the beginning of the pandemic.

Prior to COVID, his Bhangra dancing was more of a hobby, said Pandher.

But these days, sending

North Vancouver artist Emily Rubin created this portrait of Bhangra-dancing Yukoner Gurdeep Pandher in response to the word “joy.” @EMILY.S.RUBIN_ARTIST messages of joy and positivity to soothe a stressed-out world has become a full-time occupation.

His dancing videos are intended to offer some happiness and positivity, he said.

Rubin said that’s definitely something she’s appreciated.

Videos ‘make me smile,’ says artist “Every time I see one of his videos, that makes me smile,” she said.

Rubin, who grew up in Lynn Valley, has recently been on her

own artistic journey.

“I’ve been drawing since I could hold a pencil,” she said and her dream while growing up was to be an artist.

After studying art at Capilano University, she illustrated children’s books as well as producing art for a TV show and food packaging illustrations.

But when her kids were born, Rubin said she put her art on hold to be a full-time mom.

Rediscovering passion for art Now her kids are older, Rubin

said she’s working on getting back to her passion for art.

“I decided I needed to inspire myself by getting some smaller, quicker pieces done by doing some digital illustrations on my iPad,” she said, using word prompts to inspire a daily creation.

When the word “joy” came up, “The first thing that popped into my mind was Gurdeep and his dancing.”

Rubin said she searched through Pandher’s videos until she found a pose she thought

15,000 people have ‘liked’ portrait About 15,000 people have so far responded to the digital painting, said Pandher, who frequently receives handwritten letters and artwork from people in response to his videos.

So far, he’s been keeping those in his wilderness cabin, but “in the long run, maybe I’ll create a book or an exhibition of everything I’ve received,” he said.

Getting and sharing response to his Bhangra videos helps create further joyful connections, said Pandher.

Pandher said while he’s never met Rubin, he’s visited North Vancouver and loves the North Shore. “I’ve been to Lynn Canyon bridge,” he said. “This is a beautiful corner of our country. So I’m sending my good vibes and my best wishes from the North to North Vancouver.”

Rubin said she’s also got a kick out of the responses to her painting, and keeping the happy vibes flowing. “Everybody has just said how joyous it is. And that was really cool, because nobody knew when he posted it, that the word ‘joy’ was what I used to base this on,” she said.

“So the fact that so many people said how much joy it conveyed means that I did a good job with that word that day.”

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2022 NEWS | A15

West Van ups minimum height for new waterfront builds BRENT RICHTER

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The sea is rising and the District of West Vancouver is taking steps now to keep the waves from crashing into people’s bedrooms.

On March 29 council approved a new development permit area that will raise the minimum height for new buildings on properties at risk of coastal flooding.

Since 2018, the province has required municipalities to incorporate a one-metre sea level rise by 2100 into their waterfront development rules. But sending every project to council – about 10 per year – for approval has been onerous for property owners and developers and the municipality, and the process didn’t include any environmental considerations.

There about 790 property owners whose lots are within the development permit area, most of them on the waterfront, but there are a few in low-lying areas further back from the sea. The new permit will be required for new homes, subdivisions or major additions. The permit introduces rules as well for landscaping within 15 metres of the high tide mark, with an eye to maintaining natural habitat, ensuring slope stability, and keeping land-based pollutants from running off into the ocean. Permits will be granted by staff but property owners will have a right to appeal to council. In recent years, the notion of building up properties to keep them out of storm surge hazard has been unpopular with neighbours in existing homes who have voiced concerns about their yards being overshadowed, losses of privacy and potential drainage problems.

After a year and a half of public consultations, there were only a handful of residents who called in to speak to a public hearing on the matter March 29. No one was outright opposed to the new development permit area, although one property owner questioned whether there would be costly unintended consequences for homeowners.

“I do believe, and I have seen when properties are subject to new restrictions, there can be an apparent devaluation of property, especially if it becomes a bit of an issue and people are demanding or complaining and talking to appraisers,” said Michael

Thornton, who added it could pose a risk to the municipality’s tax base.

Planning director Jim Bailey said the intent of the policy is to do the opposite.

“The risk of the value deteriorating isn’t necessarily from us imposing regulations that are looking to mitigate against the risk.

It’s more that those properties are subject to coastal flooding,” he said. “We’re trying to do something to maintain the values of the house. The whole goal here is to allow people to develop, but to do so in a way that protects their house so that they can keep the homes where they are.”

Coun. Sharon Thompson cast the lone vote against the new development permit.

Thompson said she doesn’t deny the threat of climate change, but she wished the district were taking a more gradual approach.

“This policy has all good intentions around the environment, around protecting our residents,” she said. “But my fundamental concern about this policy has always been that we are reaching too far and creating an unfair burden on our current property owners, and by that I mean trying to achieve this 100-year standard or more.”

The rest of council strongly disagreed.

“The sea is going to rise by up to a metre in the next 80 years, and climate change is here,” said Coun. Nora Gambioli. “It is a scary proposition for all of us, and especially for waterfront property owners. This DPA will help us to help them build safe structures, and to protect the natural foreshore and to protect it for public use and that is our job.”

Mayor Mary-Ann Booth rattled off a recent list of devastating, deadly and costly disasters flowing from a warming climate, and also addressed the question in the big picture.

“We all would wish the world was going in a different direction, and I know it causes anxiety, uncertainty and fear. But we are resilient, and we’ve showed that on many occasions and in the context of climate change, resilience means avoiding the unmanageable and managing the unavoidable,” she said.

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Police seek witnesses to torched truck near Kinsmen Field BRENT RICHTER

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North Vancouver RCMP have started an arson investigation after someone torched a parked truck in Central Lonsdale, March 28.

Residents first called 911 around 8:45 p.m. when they saw smoke and flames coming from a late model grey Dodge Ram parked in a small, city-owned gravel parking lot at the corner of Jones Avenue and 18th Street, opposite Kinsmen Field.

North Vancouver City Fire Department assistant chief Dave Owens said his crew extinguished the

blaze and turned the scene over to North Vancouver RCMP, who are now investigating.

“It was severely burned,” said Sgt. Peter DeVries, North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson. “It’s an arson investigation.”

Nearby resident Ryan Benson said he first feared there was a fire burning in the nearby ravine, until he came for a closer look.

“The fire was just on the roof of the truck at that point and looked like it was coming from the inside,” he said. “They took a little while to knock it down.”

Benson said there were no other vehicles parked in the lot at the time. The lot is rarely used by anyone unless Mahon Park, across the street, is particularly busy.

Last time a vehicle was found burning in North Vancouver, it was confirmed to be a stolen getaway vehicle used in the March 11 fatal gang shooting at the North Vancouver Real Canadian Superstore.

Anyone who witnessed the truck go up in flames, or who may have information about the blaze, is asked to contact North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311.

North Vancouver crews work on the scene of a truck arson in Central Lonsdale, March 28. RYAN BENSON

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POP THE CORK

You can soon bring booze to these three West Vancouver parks BRENT RICHTER

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After first experimenting with legalized alcohol in Millennium Park in 2021, West Vancouver council is adding three new parks where residents may uncork a bottle.

Council voted unanimously March 28 to add portions of Ambleside Landing, John Lawson Park, and Dundarave Park to the list of places where residents and visitors can legally sip suds.

The Millennium Park pilot proved toast worthy for the Ambleside and Dundarave Business Improvement Association, with no major hangover for the municipality or West Vancouver Police Department, according to staff. It was made

permanent in October 2021.

Staff suggested adding the three new parks because they have established gathering and picnic areas, they are in close proximity to public transit and local businesses, and because they are in visible, non-remote locations.

Council passed the bylaw without any discussion.

Alcohol will be allowed within the designated areas of the parks (excluding playgrounds) from noon until dusk, seven days a week. Staff estimate it will cost about $7,000 to have signs printed marking specifically where booze may be consumed in each of the parks.

The rule change is tentatively scheduled to come into effect on April 12, pending one more vote by council.

West Vancouver council will allow public consumption of alcohol in portions of Ambleside Landing, John Lawson Park, and Dundarave Park.

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A former tenant of West Vancouver’s Grosvenor building must pay her landlord almost $25,000, the BC Supreme Court has ruled, after breaking the lease and damaging the suite.

Mirela Resetar Sunjic signed a $3,400 per month, two-year lease with the owner of one of the suites in the Ambleside beach-side condo in late 2018, according to a court ruling released this week.

Throughout the tenancy, she complained to the landlord Vasuki Uthayakumar about the construction happening on Phase 2 of Grosvenor’s project, immediately next door, which she said resulted in health problems due to noise, dust, odours and a lack of privacy.

Uthayakumar argued Sunjic was well aware of the construction when she signed the lease, “As it was plain to see” when she first visited the suite. But they agreed to reduce the rent by $200 per month, the ruling notes.

In February 2020, the tenant complained of water issues in the master bathroom and mould growing behind the vanity. The landlord attempted to send a contractor to fix the problem in March, but the tenant wouldn’t allow workers in, citing COVID-19 concerns.

She moved out at the end of that month and cancelled her post-dated cheques, the ruling states.

Uthayakumar later had the bathroom problems fixed, which she argued were the result of “negligent use of the bathroom vanity and its water features” by the tenant, the court documents state. Additionally, the landlord alleged other damage to the suite, including a broken toilet seat, chipped countertop and missing microwave glass turntable.

Uthayakumar kept Sunjic’s $1,700 damage deposit.

Sunjic applied to the residential tenancy branch for dispute resolution, requesting the return of double her damage deposit. Uthayakumar filed her own application, asking the branch to award her compensation for lost rent and damage to the suite.

After a 26-minute hearing in January 2021, the arbitrator ruled in favour of Sunjic on the damage deposit and awarded her $3,400 because the landlord had not done a move-out condition inspection report, which is required by the Residential Tenancy Act. As for the broken lease, the arbitrator ruled in favour of Uthayakumar, and ordered Sunjic to pay $17,510.

“While I accept that the tenant was unhappy with the level, frequency and extent of the noise and other side effects accompanying the neighbouring

construction, based on the evidence, I find that the landlord addressed these complaints in a timely and reasonable manner, investigating issues and making accommodations where it was reasonable,” the arbitrator wrote at the time.

He also ordered Sunjic to pay an additional $7,424 to the landlord to cover the cost of repairs to the bathroom for a sum total of $24,934.

But, the residential tenancy branch staff made an error in uploading Sunjic’s documentary evidence for the arbitrator.

Staff admitted it had inadvertently been included with the landlord’s evidence, the ruling notes.

Sunjic sought a review of the decision in light of that, but another arbitrator ruled against her after concluding all evidence was available for the branch to consider.

Sunjic then went to the B.C. Supreme Court seeking a judicial review, arguing she was denied procedural fairness at the January 2021 hearing because of the upload issue, and because she wasn’t given an opportunity to fully make her case or cross-examine the landlord’s assertions. She also argued the arbitrator’s decision was patently unreasonable because he had failed to consider all the relevant evidence.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick rejected those arguments.

“I cannot conclude that the tenant

was denied procedural fairness here.

The materials submitted by both parties were voluminous, being hundreds of pages, including detailed written materials outlining the arguments on both sides,” Fitzpatrick wrote.

Fitzpatrick added that residential tenancy branch procedure does not require long oral arguments or cross examinations.

“The arbitrator’s decision that only a brief hearing was required to supplement the written materials is consistent with the objective of the RTB process being ‘fair, efficient and consistent’ in its resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants,” she wrote.

When it came to the rulings on breaking the lease and money owed for damage, Fitzpatrick concluded the arbitrator sided with Uthayakumar.

“The plain reading of the decision is the arbitrator considered that evidence but, in the end result, he accepted the landlord’s evidence and rejected that of the tenant, as he was able to do. On this issue, again it is not the role of this court to re-weigh and reconsider the evidence toward finding a different result, as the tenant seeks to do,” she wrote. “Read as a whole, the decision is openly, clearly and imminently reasonable and rational.”

In closing, Fitzpatrick ordered Sunjic to pay Uthayakumar’s legal costs.

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Deacon calls on Pope to visit Indigenous people in Canada Continued from page 1 that the church in Canada, the bishops of Canada, want to develop a good relationship with Indigenous people. And they already have their marching orders, which would be the TRC [Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s] calls to action.”

Nahanee said the Pope’s intention to come to Canada to meet with Indigenous people after being invited by Canadian Bishops is a sign of good faith, and the “pre-meeting” in Rome has shown the Holy Father the sorrow, anger and hope that Indigenous people have.

Noting the Catholic Church in Canada announced last year its intention to raise $30 million through the Indigenous Reconciliation healing fund, as a result of a class action lawsuit, Nahanee said so far only a tenth of that has been collected.

Even as the Catholic Church has approximately $3.3 billion worth of assets, according to Charity Intelligence figures released in

2021, Nahanee believes it’s up to congregations to pay that money, not just the church body.

“Part of the TRC calls to action was to educate the people in the pews about why they need to apologize to Indigenous people, and the history of Indigenous people. They won’t know that if the money is coming from anywhere [else],” he said. “If the church uses funding from somewhere else, then these people are not learning about how their church offended, almost destroyed the original people of this country. They need to know.

Nahanee said the Pope must come to Canada to meet with Indigenous people faceto-face. Without coming, the apology is only as good as a “phone call.”

“He has to be over here, because the people of Canada will realize that the Pope apologizing to the Indigenous people of Canada [means] there must be some truth to all the stories and history that we’ve

been hearing about them,” he said. “Perhaps they’ll listen closer. Perhaps they’ll be swayed to learn more about our history and give some money to the bishops for their cause for reconciliation and healing.

“And I believe that the Holy Father should come to where all the problems began, which is in Kamloops with the unmarked graves. … So he has to come to Canada, as Pope John Paul II did, and visit the people that were colonized.”

Nahanee noted that the Papal “Bulls of Discovery” – the doctrine issued by Pope Nicholas V in 1455 and the framework Spain, Portugal and England used for the colonization of lands, including North America – “started all our problems. … That’s how they took all our land and resources and never gave us a dime. … we own less than one per cent of Canada.”

Nahanee believes the way the church can move forward is by creating tangible changes within the church, including things

like his Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim (Squamish Language) mass which he holds once a month, the divestment of the church’s money from banks that support the construction of pipelines, which “are oppressing us,” and the replacement of Christian songs within services with Squamish songs, like the canoe journey song.

Along with his older siblings, Nahanee is an Indian Day School survivor. Recalling a time when he got the strap for throwing a snowball, Nahanee said being made an example of and having to stand up in front of all the kids, “hurts more. I’ll never forget them.”

Charlie Carey is the News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

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Squamish carver and Rennie Nahanee’s brother, Jason Nahanee, and their cousin, Jo-Ann Nahanee, share their thoughts on the full version of this article at nsnews.com.

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A West Vancouver lawyer who physically assaulted his girlfriend during a fight in her home six years ago has been handed a three-month suspension and ordered to pay $12,000 in costs to the Law Society of B.C.

A three-member disciplinary panel of the Law Society imposed the sanction on Michael M. Ranspot, March 18.

Ranspot was found earlier to have committed conduct “unbecoming of a lawyer” when he assaulted his then-girlfriend during a physical altercation in her home on Dec. 31, 2015. According to that earlier decision, Ranspot and the woman had been in a relationship for about four years when an argument broke out between them around 2 a.m. – eventually leading to a physical confrontation.

Police who attended the woman’s home after Ranspot left noted, “The apartment was

in disarray with broken glass on the floor, an upended coffee table and blood smeared on the carpet.”

The victim’s injuries included bruising and scratches on her face as well as bruising on her arms, according to that decision.

Ranspot later pleaded guilty in criminal court to a charge of assault causing bodily harm and was handed a 16-month conditional discharge, which included taking a program on how to manage his emotions and behaviour.

The disciplinary panel noted that in December 2020, Ranspot and his former girlfriend reached an out-of-court settlement after she sued him for damages stemming from the assault.

Ranspot was also determined to be guilty of professional misconduct for representing his girlfriend in family law proceedings and lending her money without ensuring she had independent legal advice, breaching rules regarding conflict of interest.

According to the decision of the hearing panel, Ranspot’s former girlfriend attended the disciplinary hearing and gave a statement about the lasting impacts of the assault on her.

“She described living in transition houses after the assault, and managing her trauma over the following five years.” She urged the panel to impose a suspension of 18 months.

The Law Society asked for a four-month suspension. Ranspot suggested a suspension of two weeks to one month would be appropriate.

“It is difficult to imagine conduct more grave than when a lawyer assaults a vulnerable client who is also their intimate partner,” wrote panel chair Jamie Maclaren.

The panel noted in 30 years of practice, Ranspot has been disciplined twice before for professional misconduct – once in 1997 by rendering false accounts to Legal Aid BC, for which he was suspended for 18 months; and again in 2007 when a disciplinary

panel found Ranspot had failed to serve an estate law client with the quality of service expected of a competent lawyer. The panel ordered Ranspot to pay a $5,000 fine.

The panel noted that Ranspot has already undergone a series of criminal, civil and prolonged regulatory proceedings in relation to the assault on his girlfriend, which already serve to remind lawyers of “the far-ranging consequences of engaging in violent and impulsive behaviour.”

“We heard from [the former girlfriend] that the memory of the assault continues to traumatize her, and that she cannot forgive [Ranspot] for his actions. These are aggravating factors in assessing appropriate discipline,” wrote the panel chair.

However, the panel added the 18-month suspension requested by her would be far greater than sanctions imposed on other lawyers who assaulted their intimate partners, including those whose assaults included more “egregious circumstances.”

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Very soon, I predict, we will see purveyors of produce advertising the nutrient-density (nutritional bang for your buck) of their offerings.

The market will demand it. As mainstream media and celebrity-endorsed documentaries educate and inspire us to consider the beneficial connections between organic land care, regenerative agriculture, soil-borne nutrition, and physical and mental health, we are driving change for the better en-masse.

We are inspired to educate our children – to teach them about the super cool soil food web and stellar mycelial networks before even we introduce them to the World Wide Web and social networks. We are inspired to think critically and care deeply about nature, and live regeneratively.

The deeper that I dive into permaculture, most particularly all things related to soil food web health and its parallels to the rise and fall of civilizations, the deeper my understanding that soil health is fundamental to human and planetary health.

Healthy soil grows healthy food, which in turn grows healthy humans. Healthy soil was designed by nature to work perfectly within natural systems fuelled by sunlight, moderated by weather systems and landscapes, and managed by complex relationships between millions of seen and unseen species of plants, fungi, bacteria,

nematodes, arthropods, protozoa, myriad microorganisms, birds and animals, to turn solar energy into food for all terrestrial life forms.

In a complex but beautifully simple below-ground symphony, animate and inanimate elements sequester carbon and create a perfect soil-borne diet for plants to grow strong, healthy, naturally disease resistant, and naturally nutrient-dense.

When we mess with nature, farm inorganically, till and strip soil, and apply harmful chemicals, we upset the natural balance of things and grow plants that, while quite possibly beautiful, fall short in nutrient-density. Eating fresh nutrient-deficient produce is likely better than eating none, but we should nonetheless be aware of where our produce comes from, how it is grown, and whether or not we are getting the complex nutrition we need to thrive.

Better yet, we can grow our own produce, and grow it in “living soil.” Living soil – soil that is top-dressed (not tilled) with organic compost, kept uniformly moist and protected by cover crops and mulch, fortified with microbiology, fungi and natural source macro and micro nutrients, and planted diversely with zone appropriate food and companion plants, including native species, can and will produce healthy, resilient, nutrient-dense crops that are naturally pest-resistant.

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Continued from page 22 can happen quickly. Perfect soil can take thousands of years to make from scratch – that is turn stone into soil, through erosion, breakdown by microorganisms, etc. Conversely, we can restore the huge quantities of spent and mismanaged soils in our home gardens, farms, parks and public spaces relatively fast within just a few years, by mimicking nature.

The pending global fertilizer shortage can be a catalyst for change for the better.

We can and should return to the old and regenerative ways of growing food, but also apply technology and our relatively new understanding of “how and why” that all worked. Several market and large-scale farmers have already done so, to huge environmental, social, and economic benefit.

One small thing that most home gardeners can do quickly, easily and inexpensively to enrich and aerate soil, is install an in-bed worm compost for managing green kitchen waste. Sinking a small or large lidded, food-grade bucket drilled thoroughly with seven-millimetre holes, into a large planter or raised garden bed will provide a good home for compost worms to manufacture plenty of black gold worm castings (poop), an all-natural fertilizer for your plants.

The green and brown biomass that the worms consume and excrete will move in and throughout the soil with the worms, and kickstart a microbiological waste-nothing symphony of its own. The worms will poop carbon-enriched castings which will

Kitchen and garden scraps are ready to be added to an adjacent in-bed worm compost.

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attract other microorganisms, which will attract other organisms, all of which will poop and eat (each other and the poop), and decay and build soil structure and porosity, and so on and so on, all the while contributing to soil and plant health.

A handful of red wrigglers and a bucket can get you started. Have fun. Tell your friends.

Laura Marie Neubert is a West Van-based urban permaculture designer. Learn more by visiting her website upfrontandbeautiful.com, follow her on Instagram @upfrontandbeautiful or email hello@upfrontandbeautiful.com.

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A 20-year-old book by a North Vancouver poet has been propelled to an unexpected resurgence in popularity, thanks to a dream of a New York TikToker who claims to be psychically linked to its contents.

Now online buzz about the poetry book – and conspiracy theories about its rumoured top-secret contents – have prompted a small Canadian publishing house to reprint the book while the bemused local author enjoys a moment of viral TikTok fame.

The curious phenomenon began in late December, when U.S. TikTok personality OhMarni, who says she’s psychic, posted a video about a dream she’d had where a man asked her, “Is the Fifth Window open?”

Curious about what it might mean, OhMarni – whose real name is Marni Webb – googled the phrase and found it was a book published two decades ago. “Basically it’s about the psychic and the real world meeting,” she told followers.

But when she found the book wasn’t readily available, except in research sections of libraries, the tale took a decidedly conspiratorial turn. “Now explain to me why his book about the psychic world and the real world meeting is in the reserves, like, request section, like super locked up tight, that’s weird, that’s suspicious,” Webb said. “What is in that book? What is it so protected?”

That was all the popular TikToker’s followers, who viewed the video over 3.4 million times, needed to spark an international hunt for the book. A subreddit

North Vancouver poet Russell Thornton wrote The Fifth Window 20 years ago.

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dedicated to The Fifth Window under the title “mysteriesoftheworld” was also started up.

The hunt eventually led to North Vancouver poet Russell Thornton and Thistledown Press, a small Canadian publishing house that had originally printed the book.

At first, Thornton – who isn’t on TikTok – had no idea his poetry book was the subject of international intrigue. Then he got an email from writer friend Rob Taylor who said people had been contacting him, asking him where they could get the book.

He told Thornton his book was “blowing up” online.

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Continued from page 24 Thornton consulted an expert – his 13-year-old daughter – who soon tracked down the video and showed it to her dad.

“I thought it was funny,” he said. Eventually, Thornton had his daughter post a comment explaining that her dad had written the book and that it was hard to find because it was long out of print.

Thornton later exchanged emails with Webb, and eventually mailed her one of his two remaining copies of the book. Once she read it, the mystery deepened.

“The woman is a little bit psychic,” said Thornton, noting some of the TikToker’s dreams had an uncanny resemblance to imagery that appeared in his poems. “She calls it divine coincidence,” he said. “There is a little bit of something else that went on here.”

Also fascinating to Thornton was how readily a large number of people were more ready to believe in a vast conspiracy theory than the reality of an obscure book of poetry, long out of print: “The CIA was involved, mysterious ancient energies were at work ... the government had to be taken to task for hiding the contents of this book. Because if we got hold of this book, we might know how to enter the fifth dimension.”

Conspiracy theories have been around for hundreds of years, but in the age of social media, people seem especially vulnerable to them, said Thornton.

“On deeper levels, it points to the insecurity of people and the sense they’re powerless in the face of vast forces at work that are beyond them. ... And so they’re very vulnerable to needing to blame their senses of helplessness and meaningless on government agencies and groups of people trying to hide special information from them.”

The upside, he said, is that the viral video has shone some light on Canadian poetry.

An original run of the poetry book 20 years ago likely only contained a few hundred copies, he said, and now Thistledown is poised to sell three or four times that, with its forthcoming reprint.

Caroline Walker of Thistledown Press said the small company started to get emails earlier this year from people inquiring about the book and whether it was available.

Once they realized what was driving the interest, Walker said the publisher let people know they could order the book and “the orders started to flood in” – mostly from the U.S. but from other countries as well.

Thistledown ordered a reprint – then had to increase the print run a couple of times as word of the book spread online. A paper shortage, followed by trucking problems, caused a delay in the delivery date but the book is now about ready to ship, said Walker.

“We’ve been really thrilled to have a chance to promote a Canadian author, a Canadian poetry book from years ago,” she added.

As a small literary publisher, “We’re not huge users of TikTok generally,” said Walker, but, “We’re going to continue to try to promote this book on TikTok.” Thornton, who describes his poetry as heavily inspired by the natural environment of the North Shore, is the author of eight books of poetry, and has been a finalist for both the Governor General’s Award for Poetry and the Griffin Poetry Prize.

His most recent book, published by B.C. publisher Harbour Publishing in 2021, was Answer to Blue. He is currently working on another poetry book, titled The White Light of Tomorrow.

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Mixed results for North Van developments at city council CHARLIE CAREY

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City of North Vancouver council gave mixed results to two developers looking to proceed with their builds on March 28, with one moving to adoption without a public hearing, and the other sent back to the drawing board over questions around density and the number of childcare places proposed in the plan.

The proposed five-story mixed-use building at 149 West Third St. passed unanimously after brief questions by councillors regarding cooling systems, storage, and the proposed breezeway through the development. The development includes 57 strata units above 6,300 square-feet of commercial retail spaces.

Coun. Angela Girard said she was pleased to move the development through, as it will revitalize the Third Street southside commercial district.

“I’m also very happy to have heard the applicant’s interest in maintaining this neighborhood’s current character of smaller local businesses when leasing out the CRUs [commercial rental units], because I know how appreciated the

smaller ethnic restaurants and grocery stores are to local residents. It certainly gives the neighborhood a flair and really a feeling of community,” she said.

Coun. Holly Back said she was supporting the project, as council has received positive feedback and “Third Street has been in need of a cleanup for a long time.”

Mayor Linda Buchanan said the use of a mid-block connection down to the laneway behind the project is a great use of space that usually isn’t utilized. Buchanan also noted the development’s 48 units of “adaptable” housing.

“When we look to the age of our population and wanting people to be able to age-in-place, having adaptable units, and that significant number of adaptable units, makes it much easier for people as they start to age-in-place, and be able to either downsize to an apartment like this, or buy it outright at the beginning and then stay for a very long time,” she said.

The proposal will move on to adoption at a later time to be determined by council.

Meanwhile, the proposed development at 1536-1550 Eastern Avenue has been sent back to the drawing board, as council voted against sending the proposal to a

The proposed development along Eastern Avenue in North Vancouver has been sent back to the drawing board after city council rejected the proposal due to the size of the proposed childcare. CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER

public hearing in its current state.

The development would have included 113 rental units across 13 floors, with an adjoining childcare centre providing 129 daycare places, and 125 car spaces underground.

In rejecting the motion to send to a

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Coun. Tina Hu cited the proposed childcare as the reason for not voting for the development.

“I’m supportive of childcare … [but in that location], in my opinion, we would really need an in-depth traffic study to make sure that is not causing any problems in the allocation,” she said.

Buchanan, however, said that from a land-use perspective, she doesn’t have concerns about the tower height as it fits within the neighbourhood, but she is also concerned about the proposed childcare.

“I will put on the record though, this is too large for this residential area,” she said of the childcare. “And it’s unfortunate that it’s gotten to this place before council had any understanding of the size that was being contemplated, because I think that it could have potentially been something different.”

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A North Vancouver amateur photographer has shared some stunning wildlife photos shot here on the North Shore in hopes of raising awareness about the preciousness of our urban green spaces.

Andrew Harnden, a semi-retired 60-year-old, calls himself a “perpetual student of the pixel.”

The images he shared with the North Shore News were all captured in North Vancouver’s Roche Point Park. He’s not just out hunting pretty pictures, though. Harnden said he is “looking to apply my photography to purposeful projects.”

With the wildlife shots, he is hoping to raise awareness of the thriving ecosystems found intermingled with densely populated urban areas.

“I have chosen Roche Point Park because it, along with Cates Park (Whey-ah-Wichen), are a fragile wildlife corridor surrounded by ongoing development,” Harnden told the North Shore News. “The recent increases in housing density mean more people getting out and enjoying these parks. It also means more wear and tear, more unsanctioned bike trail building, etc.”

Harnden wants park users to realize that they share those green spaces with a whole host of wild creatures.

“My hope is by helping people see the true ‘nature’ of our parks, we will collectively tread a little more lightly,” he said.

For photography fans, Harnden also shared his setup for capturing wild animals in action.

“My wildlife kit is a Nikon D7500, 300 millimetre prime, and (sometimes) a TC1.4,” he said. “I shoot raw, primarily hand-held, but am planning to learn how to use tripod and gimbal.”

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As the housing market keeps heating up across the Lower Mainland, many folks dream of packing it all up and moving to a cabin in the woods.

But what if there was one available just 35 minutes from downtown Vancouver, for less than $100,000?

That’s what one seller offered earlier this month, selling their two-bedroom Hollyburn Ridge cabin near Cypress Mountain Resort.

One of about 100 off-grid cabins atop Hollyburn Ridge, the wooden house was for sale for $90,000 on Kijiji.

According to the Hollyburn Ridge Association, a group of owners who help to preserve the area, the first cabin was built in the 1920s, after construction of Hollyburn Lodge finished in 1927.

Found by driving up Cypress Bowl Road and then hiking along a trail, the cabin for sale was 90 per cent complete, according to the owner’s listing. It included a new kitchen and propane stove and fridge, but you would’ve had to trek outside to use the bathroom – the cabin has an outhouse on site.

“They are really rare, and it needs to go to someone who respects the woods, nature and the outdoors. You will be one of a hundred other cabin owners who are

This cabin in the woods atop Hollyburn Ridge in West Vancouver, one of about 100 available, was for sale for $90,000. KIJIJI

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The property is on leased District of West Vancouver land, which is up for renewal shortly. “The new 10-year lease is just coming up, so timing is good for the new buyer,” the ad stated.

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The last two years have been tough for Urs Bleuler. This Swiss-born chef and his wife, Tamy, have operated High Boat Café & Catering on the North Shore for over 20 years, but have been left with no choice but to shut down and sell the business.

Located in the Mosquito Creek Marina, the High Boat is a ’60s-style diner that Bleuler has run since 1999 when the chef made the switch from fine dining (running the kitchen at Burnaby’s posh Hart House) to this more laid back setup.

The modest nautical-themed diner is known for its no-frills classic fare, including hearty breakfasts and approachable dishes like fish and chips.

“This place is adorable, kitschy and off the beaten track,” raved one Yelper in 2015, adding: “I love everything about it.

Earlier this year, the Bleulers learned their landlords – the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) – would no longer be able to supply the business with adequate electrical power.

“We have been experiencing power problems over the last 11 years since we’ve been in this location,” Bleuler described Feb. 1 on the High Boat’s Facebook page.

“Power to the café, supplied

by Squamish Nation, was never installed properly, so therefore every once in a while we’ve had issues, especially with king tides, a lot of snow and slush and multiple days of heavy rain. We in fact have lost several days because of that problem,” continues the restaurant.

“In order for us to continue, the Band, as in Squamish Nation, our landlords, are not willing to provide us with sufficient electrical.”

What followed was a few weeks of back-and-forth, all of which put the Bleulers in a tough spot, exacerbated by the pandemic years of financial and personal struggle.

“The last two-and-a-half years have been extremely difficult because of COVID, zero catering, mandatory closures and many mandates,” explains Bleuler in an email to Glacier Media. “We were hoping for a rebound year, unfortunately, this will not happen now.”

Sadly, the Bleulers are now faced with selling off the business and closing down the catering

operation, too, as they will no longer have a viable kitchen.

The High Boat will remain open through the end of April.

“After more conversation with [the] Squamish Nation, we [were] given an extension for another month until the end of April,” explains Bleuler. “This will allow us to have more time to deal with the huge task to sell the building and restaurant, (basically giving it away), and have it moved to a new location by the new owner, or possibly have it demolished.”

Getting rid of the building entirely would prove costly, notes Bleuler. “After 2.5 years of COVID-19, my cancer surgery and mandatory closures because of the pandemic, there is no money left in the bank,” adds the chef-owner.

The Bleulers are hopeful the last few weeks will mark a “semi-decent” end-of-run for the veteran restaurant, and loyal customers have a bit more time to come in for a final meal.”

“We would like to say thank you to all my very loyal regulars over the years, it’s been a great journey!” says Bleuler.

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‘IT’S AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE’

Arm wrestler back in action after devastating car crash ANDY PREST

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North Vancouver’s Clayton Faulconer is very blunt about his status in this world.

“I should be dead,” he says.

The North Vancouver resident has followed his passion for arm wrestling to multiple national titles and appearances at the World Armwrestling Federation world championships. That’s not what could have killed him though. It’s the car crashes that has him contemplating his very existence.

Faulconer has been involved in three serious car crashes in his life. The first happened in 1997, a head-on collision near Prince George. The second was in 2006 when he was a passenger in a truck that smashed into a manure spreader near Mission B.C. Those crashes were bad. The third was worse.

In 2018 he suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a driver while walking across Knight Street in Vancouver. According to Faulconer, the impact caused him three brain hemorrhages (bleeding in the brain), a hematoma (a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain), and several broken bones.

He was in an induced coma for

10 days, and is missing nearly a month of memory.

“I was at Vancouver General Hospital for 29 or 30 days, and I don’t remember a friggin thing,” he says. “From the time of the accident to one month after, all I remember was getting transferred from the Vancouver General Hospital to Lions Gate Hospital.”

And yet, somehow, he’s still here.

“I’m not religious, but I’d like to thank God or a higher source for keeping me alive,” he says. “It is an absolute miracle.”

Faulconer says following the third crash the government classified him as having a permanent mental disability – in conversation now his speech is thoughtful yet halting and deliberate – but none of that has stopped him from chasing glory in the niche sport that still brings him immense joy.

Prior to the accident he won nine arm wrestling national titles.

The North Shore News profiled him following a national championship win in 2018 as he was preparing for another crack at the world championships, mere months before the crash that changed the course of his life.

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Since then he’s been regularly seeing an occupational therapist, psychologist and speech therapist, fighting to get his mind and body back to what it was before the accident. Nothing came easy, except for one thing: arm wrestling.

“Whatever you’ve done longterm comes back a lot easier, even with a TBI [traumatic brain injury],” he says. “I struggle with a lot of things right now – memory, fatigue, muscle building – I struggle with everything. But because I arm wrestled for 25 years, it was like riding a bicycle. It came back to me a lot quicker.”

And that’s how, a little more than three years after the crash, Faulconer found his way to Romania to compete in the WAF world championships again. In December of 2021, Faulconer threw down in the masters (over 40) 198-pound division at the world championships. He didn’t win it, but he showed well, cracking the top-10 with a seventh-place finish with his left arm and an Continued on page 33

North Vancouver arm wrestling champ Clayton Faulconer is getting back into fighting form after suffering a traumatic brain injury when a car hit him while he was walking in Vancouver in 2018. COURTESY CLAYTON FAULCONER

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Faulconer now has his sights set on the provincial championships in May, and he is hoping that telling his story will help promote the sport of arm wrestling – he now runs a site, armwrestlingchampions.com – and provide inspiration to people from all walks of life.

“Telling my story gives me motivation and drive,” he says, adding that he doesn’t make money from the sport, and in fact spends his own money to go to events, but his passion comes from a pure place. “Arm wrestling for me comes from the heart, not the pocketbook.”

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“For me to go to Romania and place in the top 10, it’s nothing short of an absolute miracle,” he says. “None of them had any idea that I was hit by a car and then run over by it, three and a half years ago.”

That performance gave him more fuel to continue his rehab and aim for bigger and better things in the sport and in life, he says.

“I’m very glad I went. It might have been hard, but it was a huge boost to my confidence and ego – even though some people don’t think my ego can get any bigger,” he

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Drake-Durocher said that the rough patch at the start was something of a blessing in disguise that helped the team grow stronger as the season progressed.

“It was just remarkable having a team that almost didn’t be, become the best team in the province. I just speak so highly of the girls’ character, not just as athletes, but who they are as people,” said Drake-Durocher.

“Every single member of this team played with unmeasurable amounts of heart and passion, and I couldn’t fathom a better way to wrap it all up,” said captain Sara Tehrani in an Instagram post after the big win.

Both Drake-Durocher and manager Kimi Chan praised the leadership of Tehrani and the skill of goaltender Kaylie Driver, who only let in a single goal throughout the fivegame championship tournament, but said what made this group great was how they played as a team.

“It was just amazing to see them grow over the year, everyone came together and became a family,” said Drake-Durocher.

Chan said that because of their age, many team members will be moving on from minor hockey, making the championship all that more meaningful. But with a good mix of younger players, many will take this win into their season next year.

Meanwhile, the U15 North Shore Avalanche also had a strong year as they took silver in their provincial championship, losing to the U15 Kelowna Rockets on March 27.

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The VSO will perform Carnival of OUR Animals, a Coast Salish reimagining for Saint-Saens’ beloved Carnival of the Animals, composer Ian Cusson’s Indigenous Songs from the House of Death, and a special performance of Chief Dan George’s Coast Salish Anthem.

Held on April 10 at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Vancouver, the afternoon’s event also intertwines poetry by Poet Laureate Christie Lee Charles as well as Indigenous contemporary music, art and fashion.

The Path Forward is being dedicated to late Elder Lillian Howard, who passed away in October 2021. Howard was a founding member of the VSO’s Indigenous Council, along with Chastity Davis, Alexander Dirksen, Orene Askew, Dennis Thomas, Karen Gerbrecht, and Susan Anton.

“The VSO’s Indigenous Council was created to build inclusion with the three host nations: Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, plus the urban Indigenous populations and the Metis

VSO is teaming up with xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Host Nations for their April 10 concert at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Vancouver. VSO

peoples,” Thomas said. “Music plays such a huge part in Indigenous cultures, and we intend to incorporate traditional songs and stories in collaboration with the VSO and the musicians to create one-of-a-kind musical performances. The Path Forward is the next step in our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation. We are excited to showcase the creativity and cultures of our local Indigenous communities as we contribute to the reconciliation process.”

The concert starts at 4 p.m. on April 10 and more information, along with tickets to the event, can be found on the VSO website, vancouversymphony.ca.

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GOODSELL, Michael James August 22, 1948 – March 13, 2022 It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Michael James Goodsell. He passed away surrounded by family in the North Vancouver Hospice.

He leaves behind his beloved wife of 39 years, Bobbie; children, Jennifer (Amar), Robert (Caitlin), and Kevin (Roberta); 5 grandchildren, Skye, Cheyanne, Edie, Lincoln and Reid. He is also survived by his seven siblings, Pat (Roger), Gary (Anne), Kathy (Felix), Mary (Bob), Ken (Sue), Tim (Michelle), and John (Lori); as well as many Nieces and Nephews.

A lifelong resident of North Vancouver, he enjoyed spending time exploring his community with his life partner, Bobbie, and sharing his love and knowledge of the area with those around him. He spent 31 years, the majority of his career with the North Shore News. A celebration of life was held in his honour April 1st, 2022 at Hollyburn Funeral Home.

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STEWART, Helen Mary June 16, 1930 - March 29, 2022

TIXIER, Sebastien April 10, 1971 − March 21, 2022 Sebastien Tixier passed away peacefully at home on March 21, 2022, surrounded by his loving family.

He was a devoted husband and doting father who leaves behind his wife, Kathy, and his children, Benjamin and Brianne. His energy and fun−loving personality will be missed by his three siblings, Florence (Stephane), Nicolas (Lucile), and Juliette (Guillaume), parents Hubert and Jacqueline, and his extended family in France and Canada.

Sebastien’s curiosity, compassion, and intelligence shone through everything he did. He was an accomplished research physicist and avid runner who was loved by his colleagues.

A sincere thanks to our dedicated health care team at BC Cancer and to the North Shore community palliative care team. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to BC Cancer Foundation for glioblastoma research.

Our dear Helen passed away peacefully with family by her side, just short of her 92nd birthday. Born in Paisley, Scotland - the youngest daughter of Robert and Mary Cunningham. Educated in John Neilson School, West of Scotland Commercial College, Glasgow. She was predeceased by her parents, siblings Cecilia, Jean and her husband Donald Stewart. She is lovingly survived by her son Andrew Nordwall (Crystal) and grandchildren Sarene (Alex), Milena and Nolan, also stepdaughter; Solveig Nordwall, stepsons; Gordon, Callum (Kerrie) and Alan Stewart. Step-granchildren Stephanie, Christie, Lisa, Glen, Katherine, Kaitlyn, Eric, Craig, Ian, Callum and Cameron.

Helen emigrated to Canada in 1951, worked for 10 years as a personal secretary to Jim Spilsbury, President of the Pioneer Airline, Queen Charlotte Airlines and subsequently for his Radiotelephone Manufacturing company, Spilsbury & Tindall Ltd. Helen met her first husband, Johan Nordwall in 1959 and had one son, Andrew.

In 1965, they opened Swedish Jeweler Ltd. in Park Royal and subsequently, branches in Royal Center and Pacific Center. Her marriage didn’t last and she married Donald Stewart. Helen ran her successful businesses, was able to raise 4 boys and manage the household. They expanded the jewelry business to Bellevue, WA under the name of Fabri Fine Jewelry in 1983. They sold Fabri in 1989 and Swedish Jewelers in 1996.

Helen lived a very active life. She was a very independent spirit until the end. Her life interests were necessarily heavily centered on business, with particular focus on jewelry design and décor. Recreationally, her interests were skiing, hiking, Scottish Country Dancing, reading, live theater, bridge, cooking and entertaining. She was an amazing cook and always said “A good Scottish wife when upon seeing visitors at the front gate has scones in the oven by the time they reach the front door!”

Mike will be remembered for his humour, gentle strength, and calm and quiet demeanor.

Affectionately known as the “piano man” his love and gift for music will live on through those who love him.

Helen loved to entertain and dance and had many wonderful and memorable dinner parties in her beautiful homes which she impeccably decorated. She said it showed her feminine side. She travelled extensively to many corners of the world while in business and retirement.

SLIGHT, Gordon Peter April 17, 1928 - February 25, 2022 After a short illness, dad left Jeanne, Doug and Jim - wife Chris Gwilt, grandkids Maclean and Cole, as well as his brother Doug - wife Elaine, in this world to join his wife Carol. We will always remember our humble, gentle and kind father. He will be missed, not only by his family, the Slights and Mintys, and his Norgate neigbours, but by everyone who knew him.

GUSTAFSON, John John Gustafson of North Vancouver, BC, sailed away on March 28, 2022, and is survived by his wife, Mickey, 3 daughters, 4 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

Born in Ludington, Michigan, he attended the architecture schools at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Michigan (with audits in naval architecture).

John loved his fifty-year relationship with architecture in Vancouver, Michigan, and a partnership in the Bahamas. He was an amateur yacht designer, lifelong sailor and a certifiable boat nut.

Donations in John’s memory can be made to Lions Gate Hospital or BC Cancer Foundation.

Dad worked his entire life at BC Tel. His hobbies were skiing, golfing, gardening, sailing and tennis.

He travelled around the world with Carol. He was happiest when surrounded by his family. He was the rock the family was built on.

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At the age of 90, Helen wrote a book about her grandmother, “Jane Love Cunningham”, a truly remarkable matriarch and to all her strong business minded aunts and female relatives who were such role models. They inspired her and their influence shaped Helen’s life. They gave her the courage, a vision and an unstinting work ethic to achieve personal goals in what was traditionally a man’s world.

Helen lived her final year in Edgemont, North Vancouver where she could be seen belting around the village with her walker and backpack, rain or shine. She enjoyed her peace and quiet, reading, crosswords, Jeopardy and The Wheel of Fortune.

Helen touched many lives, many who have remained lifelong friends. She will always live in our memories and we will all miss her dearly. Thank you to Dr. Peter Hayton for always being there for her as a friend and Physician and to all the nurses and staff at Lions Gate Hospital for keeping her safe and comfortable.

A private family graveside service is planned at Capilano View Cemetery and a Celebration of Helen’s Life will be held on June 16th at The Beach House Restaurant, in Dundarave, West Vancouver, between 1:00 and 4:00 pm. Please RSVP Hollyburn Funeral Home at 604-922-1221. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Lion’s Gate Hospital Foundation in Helen’s memory.

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BUCKLEY, Shirley A. December 14, 1939 − March 15, 2022 Our mother passed away on March 15, 2022, in Lions Gate Hospital at the age of 82. Predeceased by our father, Harold, in September of 2016.

Though we weren’t close for many years, she will be remembered by her three children, Jim (Sandy), Brian and Sandra; four grandchildren Ethan, Cassandra (Kevin), Amanda and James (Amy); and great−grandchild Potter.

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HILLMAN, Keith Alexander Learmonth April 24, 1930 - February 1, 2022

GILBERT, Philip George July 12, 1934 − March 30, 2022

BYRD, Edward George September 14, 1937 - March 26, 2022 It is with great sadness that the family of Edward Byrd announces his passing at the age of 84.

Despite enduring 30+ years of being a “skeletal degenerate” (his way of describing osteoarthritis since his late 40s), Ed passed away peacefully at North Shore Hospice after a short illness. Ed will be lovingly remembered by his family as: a caring husband to Liz, his wife of 56 years; an always interested father to Sam (Suzan) and Sarah (Lee); and an eccentric “OPA.GOM” to his five granddaughters (Emily, Elsie, Pippa, Eve and Lucy). Ed is also survived by T-Bone, his beloved dachshund, who will miss their daily walks at Ambleside Park.

Ed was born in Evesham, England, was educated at Oxford University and emigrated to Canada with Liz in 1966. Ed thrived as a passionate and engaged citizen of Vancouver, including being a long-time partner of Coopers & Lybrand, a founder of Collingwood School, an active person in all levels of politics and a long-time member of both Capilano Golf and CC, and the Anglican Church.

The memorial service for Ed will be held at 11 am on Tuesday, April 19th at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, please make any charitable donations to the North Shore Hospice.

GILBERT Philip George, born in Croydon, England, on July 12, 1934, died of cancer on March 30, 2022, at age 87. Phil first came to Canada as a very young war evacuee in 1940 but returned to England and his parents five years later after the war ended. Eight years later, in 1953, Phil returned permanently to Canada. He has resided in the Metro Vancouver area ever since, apart from 5 years in Port Alberni. Phil, sadly, was predeceased by his daughter Alison Wilford in 2007 and by his younger brother Don Gilbert in 2010. He is survived and will be sadly missed by his loving wife of 53 years, Barbara, and by his five surviving children and their families: son Kevin (Cheryl) Gilbert; daughters Debbie (Rob) LeRose, Karen (Wayne) Hales, Davina (Greg) Kazanowski and Val (Ian) Howell; his fourteen grandchildren, and eleven great−grandchildren. Also by his older brother, Dick Gilbert, in Victoria, and his first wife, Anne Gilbert, in Kelowna.

Phil was a graduate of Dulwich College in England, of UBC (BSF degree) and SFU (MBA degree), and spent his whole 40−year working career in the BC forest industry − with MacMillan Bloedel, then Canfor, and for the final 18 years with the Council of Forest Industries, before retiring in 1996. He was a keen golfer, traveller, philatelist, square and round dancer, choral singer, and bridge player. Phil will be remembered first as a loving husband, father, grandfather and great−grandfather and as a friend to all. His humour and his organizational skills will be particularly missed.

A Celebration of Life will be held at Ocean View Funeral Home, 4000 Imperial St, Burnaby, BC, at 1:00 pm on May 7. No flowers by request. If so desired, a donation to the BC Cancer Foundation would be appreciated.

After a warm and happy visit with his family, and with his loving wife beside him, Keith passed away peacefully on February 1st due to complications of COVIDrelated pneumonia.

Keith was loved by his family for his kindnesses, wisdom, generosity and sense of humour. He is survived by his wife Susan (née Newton), son, Anthony (Jill), daughters Keri (Hal) and Tracy, and his grandchildren, Jordan, Madeleine and Elisse Beckett. He was predeceased by his brother, Melville, and sisters Hazel (Hyde) and Elizabeth June (Medley).

Keith was born in Saskatoon to an English father (Frank) and Scottish mother (Elizabeth). In 1935, Keith (age 5) was sent to live with close family friends in Calgary, due to the Depression. In 1939 the family moved from Saskatoon to Toronto as the government needed workers for the munitions factories due to the threat of a Second World War. In 1945, the family moved to British Columbia, settling in South Vancouver, where Keith attended John Oliver High School and met his first wife, June Tunbridge. Keith became President of the Drama Club and Student Council, where he re-wrote the Student Constitution for the expanding school. He completed his senior matric and graduated with honours, entering The University of British Columbia Arts Department in 1948, majoring in History and English, and winning a prize for writing an Elizabethan soliloquy.

Keith and his first wife June, married in 1950 and had three children. Keith received his Bachelor of Arts in 1953, his Bachelor of Laws in 1954, and was called to the Bar in 1955.

Keith then worked for a law firm in Kamloops, returning to Vancouver to join the legal department of B.C. Electric. In 1956 he joined the Vancouver Junior Chamber of Commerce, where he guided a two-year investigation into Prison and Penal reform. By 1960, Keith was elected President of the Vancouver Junior Chamber of Commerce. In 1963, in competition with 125 other lawyers, he was awarded the position of Executive Assistant to the President of Weldwood Canada, a multi-national corporation.

Keith then joined the prestigious law firm of Farris and Co. before diversifying into private property development. Later, as an independent lawyer, Keith advised on many films that were shot in Vancouver’s early days as a film location centre. He consulted on Robert Altman’s “McCabe and Mrs. Miller”, Paul Mazursky’s “Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice”, and Mike Nichols’ “Carnal Knowledge”.

In 1979 he met his second wife, Susan, who was “the love of his life”. They married in 1986 and travelled the world together - skiing, golfing and exploring every continent except Antarctica.

Keith loved film and theatre. He had a penchant for acting and would recite passages from movies and plays in stentorian tones. He was an avid 8mm film photographer and has left a legacy of home movies that are cherished by his family.

The family fondly remembers the Mediterranean cruise he took us on in 2008.

We will always honour his noble “rescue” of an harassed pelican in Mykonos.

His last five years were consumed with dialysis three days a week and yet, he never complained. He remained full of positive energy and love for his family.

He delighted in our successes and was compassionate with our failings.

There is a void in the family that our Patriarch once filled; an emptiness that is only assuaged by our warm, loving memories of him. We honour his passing with love and gratitude.

FIRTH, William Donald (Don) Don, born August 8, 1947, passed away at home on February 28, 2022. Don was predeceased by his wife, Patricia (Pat), and his parents, William (Bill) and Dorothy. He is survived by his son, David (Jeanne), his sister Tina (Bob) and brothers Gord (Liz), and Drew (Bill) and many nieces and nephews. Don was born and raised in south Vancouver. He worked for several years as a server with BC Ferries. He found a career with the federal government, working as a CGA for Western Economic Diversification for 35 years, until retiring in 2008. Don and Pat lived in North Vancouver where, for many years, Don was very active in youth soccer and baseball and with 22nd Seymour Scouts. Throughout his life he remained an avid and passionate photographer. He will be missed by family and friends.

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PORTO CARRERO, Saundra Salvadora Sunrise: January 20, 1987 Sunset: March 28, 2022 With sadness we advise of the passing of Saundra Salvadora Porto Carrero on March 28, 2022 in West Vancouver, BC. Saundra was born to her parents Kathleen Spence and Jaimie Porto Carrero on January 20, 1987, in Vancouver, BC. She grew up in Lynn Valley, Eslha7án (Mission IR no 7 Condos), Xwmelch’sten (Capilano IR no 5.), and Ottawa, ON. She attended Keith Lynn, Sutherland, and Blanche MacDonald where she took Make-Up Esthetics. Her family and friends loved to be pampered by her, letting her practice makeup and esthetics. Saundra was very proud of her and her post accomplishments had own construction cleaning business. She was a superb photographer. Saundra will best be remembered for her resiliency; she was a warrior. She loved music, dancing, makeup, and fashion. She was glamorous and beautiful. Saundra was a great mother.

Saundra is survived by her mother Kathleen Spence; daughter Giuliana ‘Gigi’; siblings Carla, Natalio, Heather; aunts and uncles Irene (John), Glenn, John, Simon, Heather; nephew Michael; niece Sienna; cousins Jonathan Jr., Elizabeth, Elias, Paul, Amber, Dylan, Holly, Triston, Ryder, Jake, Hunter, Koda, Finley, Jackson; and many loving relatives and dear friends.

A Wake Service was held on Monday, April 4, 2022, and a Funeral Service was on April 5, 2022, at 10:00 am. Both at Chief Joe Mathias Centre, West Vancouver, BC. Funeral Web Viewing https://funeraweb.tv/en/diffusions/50914

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STEELE, Dave January 16, 1958 − February 10, 2022 On February 10th, 2022, Dave Steele passed away peacefully surrounded by his wife (Heather), daughters (Gill & Kate), and sister (Denise). Dave fought an honourable battle against aggressive cancer since early 2020 and leaves behind a legacy that will forever be in our hearts.

For 36 years, Dave stood behind the counter of a little tackle shop in North Vancouver, helping anglers from all walks of life. We know how many hearts Dave touched, how many angling passions he fostered, and how many laughs he shared. After years within the fishing community, he watched friendships flourish, kids grow up, those kids have kids, and new anglers become true adventurists.

He inspired a generation to speak out, fight for change, and go knock on your local MP’s door.

From politics to hockey and from raising kids to the appropriate steelheader’s breakfast, there was never an opinion left unsaid; a true man of passion, integrity, and kindness. Dave was a friend, a fishing partner, a husband, and a father that will be greatly missed by all those who crossed his path.

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LOST HOLMES, Darlene Joan December 2, 1938 − March 24, 2022

WAREING, Sheila E. July 17, 1939 − March 27, 2022 Sheila died peacefully with her daughters by her side. She was predeceased by her husband Richard (Dick) and daughter Jane (Greg). She is survived by her daughters Sarah and Susan (Brad), and grandchildren Caroline, Cate, Isabella, and Oliver. Born in Trail, BC, Sheila grew up on the ski hills of Red Mountain. After marrying Dick, the pair moved briefly to the UK before settling for several years in Dick’s home of New Zealand. In 1968, Sheila and Dick returned to North Vancouver, where there was easy access to skiing and hiking.

Sheila enjoyed a successful career as a teacher, vice−principal, and principal. In 2000, she received the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award for Education. Once retired, she and Dick enjoyed travelling, gardening, and spending time with family.

She was a fabulous cook and loved to throw a good dinner party. Sheila was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, sister−in−law, aunt, colleague, and friend.

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Darlene passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 24, 2022, in Lionsgate Hospital with her son Darcy at her side. Darlene also has another son, Eddie, and two grandsons, Dj and Jayden. She will be missed but not forgotten. At Darlene’s request, there will be no funeral service. There will be a celebration of life for family and friends in the near future.

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To donate: To donate: donate: 231 East 15th Street To c/oNorth Lions Gate Hospital Foundation Vancouver, V7L 2L7 231 East 15thBC Street 231 East 15th Sreet 604.984.5785 North Vancouver, BC V7L 2L7 North Vancouver, BC V7L 2L7 northshorehospicepalliative.com 604.984.5785 604.984.5785 northshorehospicepalliative.com To access services or volunteer: northshorehospicepalliative.com 604.363.0961 To services or volunteer: volunteer: To access access services or everydaycounts@vch.ca 604.363.0961 604.363.0961 everydaycounts@vch.ca everydaycounts@vch.ca A partnership of Lions Gate Hospital Foundation and North Shore Hospice Society In collaboration with

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Bullion, coins, bars, jewelry, nuggets, dental gold, sterling, 9999 silver+. Also buying coin collections & old money. US, Canada & world collections WANTED. Todd 250-8643521.

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West Van United Church 2062 Esquimalt Ave Friday • April 8th 1:00 - 5:00pm Saturday • April 9th 9:30-12:30 & 1:30 - 3pm Books, Art, CDs/ Records, Toys, Puzzles Treasures Galore!

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WEST VANCOUVER BC SPCA

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All proceeds go for the care of our shelter’s animals!

April 9th & 10th, 10am - 4pm *while quantites last

1020 Marine Drive, West Vancouver

South of the soccer field. Additional parking south of the train tracks via 13th

Find creative crafts, seasonal plants and homemade baked goods to sweeten the experience Please note: Donation items are not needed from the public for this event. Please kindly do not drop any items off at the shelter.

Thank you for your understanding.

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REAL ESTATE

RENTAL

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HOME SERVICES FLOORING

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PAINTING/ WALLPAPER

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

Painting Specials

$350, 2 coats any colour 2 rooms for $350, (Ceiling & Trim&extra) Price incls (Ceiling Trim extra) Cloverdale Premium quality quality paint. paint.

Price incls premium NO completed.

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REFER TO THE HOME SERVICES SECTION FOR ALL YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT NEEDS

Residents located within a 0.5 mile (0.8 km) radius of the proposed site may comment on this proposal by: 1) Writing to: The General Manager C/O Senior Licensing Analyst Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch PO Box 9292 Victoria, BC V8W 9J8 PETITIONS AND FORM LETTERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

To ensure the consideration of your views, your comments, name and address must be received on or before April 29, 2022. Please note that your comments may be made available to the applicant or local government officials where disclosure is necessary to administer the licensing process.

DEVELOPER INFORMATION SESSION Cascadia Green Development is holding a virtual information session where interested members of the public are invited to learn about our rezoning application for a four-storey mixed-use commercial located at 800 Marine Drive, residential development North Vancouver.

How to Participate: To register please contact Maryam Lotfi at 604-771-6534 or maryam@cascadiagreendev.com

Maryam Lotf Cascadia Green Development Company 604-771-6534 maryam@cascadiagreendev.com

Date: April 13, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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ALL RENOVATIONS: •Kitchen •Baths •Additions •Patio •Stairs •Deck •Fences •Painting •Drywall & MORE

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Person capacity will be limited to a maximum of 10 persons combined between the interior and patio service areas.

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Proposed licensed hours are: 9am – 11pm, Monday to Sunday.

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Application for a lounge endorsement (with patio) has been received by the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch from API Crafts Inc. located at 102-370 Esplanade East in North Vancouver.

Jag • 778-892-1530

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ABE MOVING & Delivery & Rubbish Removal $50/hr per Person.24/7 • 604-999-6020

NOTICE OF INTENT RE: LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING ACT APPLICATION FOR A LOUNGE ENDORSEMENT

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Planning Department Contact: Emma Chow, 604-982-3919, echow@cnv.org This meeting is required by the City of North Vancouver as part of the development process.

Grow Your Business Call 604-653-7851 604-630-3300

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