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Census offers window into ‘stagnation’ of West Vancouver BRENT RICHTER

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The North Shore’s three municipalities are getting some wonky demographics, according to the newest census data, with the District of West Vancouver and District of North Vancouver growing apart from their more urban neighbour, the City of North Vancouver.

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But if you need it, one of the 12 rooms in Lions Gate Hospital’s brand-new “high acuity unit” could be a literal lifesaver. This week, the first patients will be admitted to the new $9-million unit on the hospital’s second floor, after over a year of construction. The project has been funded entirely by donations from the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation. High acuity units aren’t as well known as intensive care, but represent a middle level of care between what a patient receives in a regular hospital ward and the intensive life-support available in an ICU. It’s for patients who need closer monitoring than they will receive on a standard hospital unit, but “they don’t require life support,” said Corrie Irwin, director for surgical services, ICU and the emergency department at Lions Gate. In some cases, a patient whose condition has deteriorated in hospital might be moved to the unit to be stabilized, Irwin said. In other cases, a patient’s medical Continued on page 42

Corrie Irwin, Lions Gate Hospital’s director for surgical services, ICU and the emergency department, and Judy Savage of the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation look over one of the rooms in the hospital’s new high acuity unit. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN

“The really big questions are going to be between those two districts in terms of how they see the future, not only for themselves, but also for their children,” said Andy Yan, director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University. The latest release of data from Statistics Canada show how our populations are aging and how our housing stock is changing. As is often revealed in census data, West Vancouver is an outlier. Those 65 and older in West Vancouver now make up 28.5 per cent of the population, up from 27.8 per cent in 2016. In the Lower Mainland, only White Rock and Belcarra have a larger percentage of seniors. The Metro Vancouver average is now 17 per cent. The average West Vancouverite is 47.6 Continued on page 43

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Two years after the COVID19 pandemic all but shuttered the hospitality business, Brent Kyle is doing what people thought might be an impossible task on the North Shore – opening a restaurant.

Kyle, the owner of Catch 122 bistro which has operated in Gastown for the past 10 years, is excited about the prospect of moving his café to a new location in Carrie Cates Court and the lively street scene in Lower Lonsdale this fall. After two years of people being discouraged from social mingling, Kyle said customers are eager to get out again. And after years of operating on Vancouver’s West Hastings Street and its increasing share of social problems, Kyle said he was keen to try a different environment. Activity near the City of North Vancouver’s Shipyards District fit the bill. “Lots people like walking around there. You’ll find lots of families, and it’s right on the Spirit Trail,” he said. That’s in contrast to the way his customers have felt recently coming into his café downtown, he said. Kyle isn’t alone in feeling a resurgence of optimism about business on the North Shore after two years of battling the pandemic and its attendant restrictions. “I think the biggest thing we’re seeing is people are much

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Variety is the spice of life – and of work – according to North Shore residents who responded to a recent poll on returning to the office.

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more comfortable having people back into their businesses, whether it’s staff or customers. And I think everyone’s really welcoming and enjoying it,” said Patrick Stafford-Smith, chief executive officer for the North Vancouver Chamber. “We’ve all been missing each other’s company.” Some businesses did well throughout the pandemic, said Stafford-Smith – bike shops, fitness equipment stores and most businesses connected to home renovations among them. But others, like the tourism and hospitality sectors, are on a path to recovery after a very

difficult two years. The rebound in business has been reflected in the commercial real estate market, say real estate agents who specialize in that area. I think in the last six months, we’ve seen retail space get leased up. There’s not a lot of retail out there right now,” said Ross Forman of Forman Pilkington. Over the past two years, there have been vacant spaces sitting along the Marine Drive corridor, for instance. But now “a lot of those small ones that have been sitting for a long time have now been taken,” he said.

Businesses “survived COVID – now they’re kind of on their way up and they’re doing a little bit better, which is a great sign,” Forman said. Forman said he recently had an 1,800-square-foot space in Central Lonsdale open up “and I had six offers on it from all kinds of retailers. If you go up and down Lonsdale now, there’s very little vacancy.” Ian Whitchelo, a specialist in North Shore commercial real estate with Avison Young, agrees. “There are a number of groups chasing the same space Continued on page 17

As the more acute phase of the COVID19 pandemic wanes, more businesses are asking workers to return to the office in person, after two years of work-fromhome arrangements. That’s been met with mixed reactions. Turns out the North Shore is no exception. Among employees who responded to a recent North Shore News poll, 34 per cent say a “hybrid model,” combining some days working from the office and some days working from home, is the best of both worlds. Among others who responded to the poll, almost 16 per cent say they’re happy to see their colleagues in person and get dressed in something other than sweatpants. An almost equal number – just over 15 per cent – said they’d prefer to skip the commute and work from home. And almost as many – over 14 per cent – said they’re continuing with the work-from-home arrangement. Also worth noting – more 20 per cent of employees say they never had the option of working from home. The North Shore News polled 1,120 readers between April 20 and May 2 and asked the question: How do you feel about being told to return to the office? Of the 1,120 votes, we can determine that 441 are from within the community. The poll is considered accurate within +/- 2.92 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

‘THEY GOT VERY LUCKY’

North Shore Rescue plucks hikers from dangerous Hanes Valley BRENT RICHTER

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North Shore Rescue volunteers plucked a wayward couple out of Hanes Valley Saturday evening, a dangerous area that has claimed several hikers’ lives over the years.

Team leader Mike Danks said the North Vancouver friends, both 19, had gone for a hike in Lynn Headwaters Regional Park but got lost and continued north into Hanes Valley, which is closed this time of year. When the pair realized they were in

trouble, they called 911, saying they were somewhere behind Grouse Mountain. Getting cell reception in the Hanes Valley is nothing short of miraculous, Danks said. “This is really weird,” he said. “I don’t think we’ve had anyone that’s been able to get reception in that area before, so they got very lucky.” The search manager directed them to hike back to North Shore Rescue’s helipad and cache, which the team installed about 500 metres away for just such an occasion. Because twilight was approaching, they

opted to send in Talon’s Dauphin helicopter, which is capable of night flight. “Talon had a very quick response, which was huge for us,” Danks said. “A small team went in. They were able to land, escort them into the aircraft and get them out safely.” Right now the area is covered in hardpacked snow, which can be extremely slippery, and one of the hikers was in running shoes. As the weather warms up, snow bridges will form, which are at high risk of collapse and likely to cause injury, Danks added.

The area is not far from where North Shore Rescue members recovered the body of Liang Jin, a hiker who died while attempting to cross Hanes Valley in the winter of 2015. It’s also where the team suspects hiker Carl Couture disappeared in October 2017. Metro Vancouver keeps the trail officially closed until all the snow has melted. “This definitely had the potential to be a recovery operation if it had gone any differently,” Danks said. “It’s closed for a reason. … Until all the snow is melted out Continued on page 7

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Community and culture building, post-pandemic economic recovery, possible innovations – these are just some of the reasons why the District of North Vancouver is now looking into making it easier for food trucks to set up shop within its bounds.

Council voted April 25 to direct staff to look into what policies and regulations need to be changed within the district to enable more food trucks, noting that So what’s being although the proposed here district doesn’t in the report currently outlaw the trucks, the is to look at processes availways that we able to would-be can possibly vendors to operrelax some of ate are onerous. our regulatory Tabled by Coun. Jordan requirements Back, the motion around food noted that trucks to allow food trucks are them in more not currently areas of our allowed on pubcommunity. lic land within the district COUN. JORDAN BACK “unless the operator receives a park use permit, special event permit, license to occupy or highway use permit. There is no specific policy to support the issuance of these permits for food trucks on public land, nor are rates set for the permit or license required.” “So what’s being proposed here in the report is to look at ways that we can possibly relax some of our regulatory requirements around food trucks to allow

them in more areas of our community,” Back said April 25. “One of the biggest benefits of the food truck scene is the way they build communities and draw people out, and I think as we come out of the pandemic, we need to look for these sorts of opportunities,” he said, adding that he recognizes there are some concerns about the impact to more traditional brick-and-mortar food service businesses. Coun. Megan Curren said as she has family in Portland, Ore., she has had quite a bit of experience visiting food trucks, as the city has a very vibrant food truck scene. “I know we’re not Portland, but it doesn’t mean that we can’t learn some of the lessons that they’ve learned over the years,” she said. “There’s some really cool stuff happening around reusable, shared containers among different food trucks, and so I think we can over time be really creative, to also make them as environmentally sustainable as possible.” Coun. Lisa Muri said staff need to report back to council on what the process currently is, and why “is it so onerous,” adding that as trucks are currently technically allowed, the district needs to find the root cause. “The district, we’re very prescriptive, and I think we really need to take a look at that. Why is it easier for the City of North Vancouver to accommodate food trucks?” she said. Staff will report back to council in the following months, at a yet to be determined date. 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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2022 MUNICIPAL ELECTION

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Mark Sager is seeking a rematch for the West Vancouver mayor’s chair.

Sager, who served as mayor for the municipality from 1990 to 1996, was very nearly elected back to the top job in 2018. Following a judicial recount, Sager lost to current Mayor Mary-Ann Booth by just 21 votes. In a campaign website launched this week, Sager outlines his main issues for 2022. Among them, Sager says council needs to be prudent with taxpayer dollars, including the need for a cost-benefit analysis on matters coming before council. Sager said he would work to make the municipality more accessible and transparent, and improve civic engagement with residents and the

business community. “The district’s daily purpose is to build quality of life for all West Vancouver residents. Citizen-focused local government and continuous improvement of district services for West Vancouver are strong priorities,” reads the website. Sager said he would also work to modernize government services to make interactions with municipal hall easier for everyone, “including permit wait times for residential and commercial properties.” Sager also lists the North Shore’s “almost intolerable” congestion as an area of focus. “There are simply too many people travelling great distances for work in our community. Having served as vice-chair at Metro [Vancouver], I am confident I can find the support for

manageable and realistic transportation solutions,” the message reads. Outside of politics, Sager is a founding partner of the Amblesidebased Sager Nairn LLP law firm. In 2020, the Law Society of B.C. fined Sager $20,000 for professional misconduct after an investigation found Sager directed a staff member to prepare a will for his godmother that named Sager as a beneficiary, and for accepting a $75,000 gift from his godmother, without her having received independent advice from a lawyer. So far, incumbent Booth has confirmed she is running again. A new municipal party dubbed Civix West Vancouver has nominated Nigel Malkin to run for mayor. The 2022 municipal elections are scheduled for Oct. 15.

Backcountry cellphone reception a ‘miracle’ Continued from page 4 there and it’s safe, that boulder field is a huge avalanche path.” Danks said the team is looking into whether any of the major cell carriers may have added towers that might improve coverage in the area, “which would be fantastic,” he said.

In the meantime, anyone going into the area should be carrying a satellite communication device to call for help, he added. The team has been called out 40 times so far this year, which is down significantly from the team’s record-smashing 2021 pace. But

Danks said his members are bracing for things to get very busy again soon. “Once we start seeing some nice, clear weather, we’re going to see an influx of people getting out into the mountains,” he said. “I really do think it’s going to ramp back up.”

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t’s a municipal election year. The fundamental question before us, like in most local elections, will be whether our leaders should cater to the shorter-term needs of our existing residents, or take a longer view of their community. For decades, successive councils in West Vancouver indulged the belief that you can stave off change simply by saying no to it. The latest census shows us, with a handful of exceptions, that the housing supply of West Vancouver today is almost indistinguishable from the housing stock of 20 years ago. And today, West Van has one of the oldest populations in Metro Vancouver. Children and working-age people are seriously underrepresented. The municipality is almost totally reliant on other cities to house its workers, which means daily

traffic jams that nobody wants. Its residents pay some of the highest taxes in the region because it’s done nothing to diversify its tax base. In the last election, voters in the District of North Vancouver elected a council that largely subscribed to the belief that the needs and wants of existing residents should be the priority. They will not need a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Future to show them what the result will be. West Vancouver is already offering itself up as a cautionary tale of what happens when you think you can opt out of change. The census offers a cold dose of reality that all would-be council members should learn from. You cannot freeze time. You cannot have the status quo cast in bronze. By trying, you can only engineer yourself newer, much harder-to-solve problems.

Proposal to replace B.C. RCMP likely ‘dead in the water’ An all-party legislative committee tasked with modernizing the B.C. Police Act released its report with a splash last week, but do not expect its biggest recommendation to turn into reality anytime soon, if ever.

That would be the idea of getting rid of the RCMP and replacing it with a provincial police force. Unless there is a strong consensus among the 12 View From municipalities to The Ledge get rid of their own Keith Baldrey municipal police forces, the idea of booting the RCMP out of its 130 detachments in B.C. is likely dead in the water. The B.C. government and the RCMP have a contract for that police force to provide services until March, 2032. Either side can terminate the agreement but have to give at least two years notice of wanting to do so. Not only would moving to a provincial police force be a complicated, lengthy and expensive process, but it would likely

create significant problems at the political level as well. That is why I can’t see either the NDP or the BC Liberals moving down that road in the years ahead, no matter which party is in power. While the legislative committee was made of MLAs from both parties (as well as Green Party MLA Adam Olsen) its recommendations are non-binding and were made through a committee lens, not a government one. Given the political turmoil created in Surrey with its controversial move to a municipal force in place of the RCMP, I am sure any provincial cabinet would think long and hard before jumping off that cliff into a sea of controversy were it to seriously consider the provincial police idea. B.C.’s 12 municipal police forces cover about 27 electoral ridings, 19 of which are held by NDP MLAs (this does not include Surrey). While in many respects the idea of amalgamating at least some of them into a regional force sounds good on paper, the political realities of such a shift could create a firestorm where one does not exist right now. This is not to say the 46-year-old Police

Act does not need modernizing. It does – and the committee provided valuable work and recommendations designed to do just that. The MLAs addressed issues such as ending systemic racism, creating more diversity, strengthening Indigenous rights and improving the training and education of police officers. They also recommended that the government “create and appropriately fund a continuum of response to mental health, addictions and complex social issues” that includes increased coordination and integration across police, health, mental health and social services. This may be the most important recommendation of the committee’s 11 recommendations. We shall see if action is taken along these lines, or whether the report simply gathers dust on a legislature library shelf (given the increasing number of mental health challenges police officers face in the course of their duties, I suspect this recommendation will get some much needed attention). Best to focus on the more “doable” ideas the committee has come up with, rather than the splashy idea of turning

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Re: Park Royal’s Welch Street Bridge Closing for Four Months (posted April 28 to nsnews.com and page 21 of this edition) After enduring all those months of one lane controlled by a l-o-o-o-o-ng traffic light while the sidewalk was being widened (minimally), now the bridge is to be closed from May to August – four months over the summer – for pavement repairs. Four months? Are they kidding? Now it’s going to be even more impossible to get out of West Van over the busiest time for transitory traffic moving across the North Shore. The three lanes remaining are going to be brutal. You could die waiting in traffic. Literally.

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Phase 3 of Planning the Upper Lands is now underway! Thank you to everyone who participated in Phases 1 and 2 of Planning the Upper Lands. Your input is helping the District of West Vancouver plan for the future of Eagleridge and Cypress Village.

Background West Vancouver’s Official Community Plan (OCP) already contains policies about protecting the Eagleridge lands for conservation and recreation and creating compact, sustainable, urban neighbourhoods in Cypress Village. The District is creating detailed policy for how to implement this vision. Phase 1 collected input about the trade-off between the scale of development in Cypress Village and the share of the Eagleridge lands owned by British Pacific Properties Limited (BPP) to protect at this time. Community and stakeholder feedback favoured protecting all of the Eagleridge lands owned by BPP at this time, rather than in a phased approach, and planning for a scale of development in Cypress Village that will enable this protection. Phase 2 presented a draft land use plan and development concept for Cypress Village, consistent with the policies in the OCP and the direction from Phase 1. During Phase 2, the community and stakeholders responded with support for the proposed land use plan and development concept and with a wide variety of feedback. Phase 3 (the third and final phase) is now underway. Phase 3 involves documenting the proposed plan and associated bylaws for consideration of formal adoption by Council. The bylaws will include an Area Development Plan for Cypress Village and Eagleridge, new zoning for Cypress Village, a Phased Development Agreement between the District and the developer (BPP), and supporting bylaws such as a Park Dedication bylaw and Official Community Plan Amendments bylaw. Prior to the introduction of bylaws and the public hearing process, we are providing an opportunity for the community and stakeholders to review the draft Area Development Plan and ask questions.

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What shouldn’t you wear to a nude potluck?

The answer to that question is painfully obvious now to North Shore raconteur Grant Lawrence, a musician, broadcaster, author, and beer league hockey goaltender who is set to host a night of storytelling and music at West Vancouver’s Kay Meek Arts Centre Friday, May 6. “What not to wear to a nude potluck is, obviously, clothes,” he said with a laugh in an interview with the North Shore News. But the situation wasn’t nearly so clear, or funny, when the question And as we first arose got closer, for the we realized Lawrence that they family. They received an weren’t invite to a wearing community anything. potluck in Nobody the rugged was wearing Desolation Sound area clothes. where they GRANT LAWRENCE had a cabin. Grant and his sister were both under the age of 10 at the time, and the whole family received a shock when they approached the party in the family boat. “As we got closer and closer, we were like, ‘What are people wearing? Everyone looks kind of brown,’” said Lawrence. “And as we got closer, we realized that they weren’t wearing anything. Nobody was wearing clothes.”

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The whole Lawrence family, meanwhile, was very much clothed. And they remained that way throughout the whole party. “I was a major nerd and so I didn’t like summer,” said Lawrence. “I think I was wearing a turtleneck.” What makes it a classic family story now, said Lawrence, is that it was the four clothed prudes from the North Shore, not the Desolation Sound naturists, who

were the oddballs in the whole nude potluck situation. “If you’re the only people clothed at a nudist party in the wilderness, it kind of felt as awkward as if you would be dropped naked onto Lonsdale Avenue,” said Lawrence. “It was bizarre – we were the ones who felt out of place. We just wouldn’t – and I guess this is a bit of a pun – but we just wouldn’t grin and bear it. We were too prudish, and just too

embarrassed. And so we spent about 90 minutes at the party before my dad said, ‘OK, we’re out of here.’ My sister was kind of shocked at all the dangling male members bouncing all over the place. That was basically the story of the nude potluck in a nutshell – and that might be a pun too.” The nude potluck experience is one of the bedrock stories in Adventures in Solitude, Lawrence’s 2010 book featuring local stories

from the Sunshine Coast. He’s back again with a follow-up, Return to Solitude, which features more strange but true tales of the Lawrence clan and the unusual characters they’ve encountered on their frequent excursions to Desolation Sound. The book’s publication date was Saturday, April 30 – which is also Independent Bookstore Day – and Lawrence spent the afternoon meeting readers in a launch event at 32 Books in Edgemont Village. Return to Solitude navigates some of the same waters as Lawrence’s first book – there’s no end to the colourful characters and harrowing stories of Desolation Sound cougars and bandits and stomach-churning car rides to try to catch ferries – but this time around he is writing as a father and husband tasked with taking care of his own two kids, rather than a free-wheeling bachelor mining the stories of his own childhood. “I have changed a lot, and I realized that in many ways I’ve become my parents,” he said. “Because it was them in the ’70s and ’80s who would drag me out of bed and strap me into the back of a car – back then no car seats, just a lap belt, if that – and I’d be puking all over the place and we’d be listening to Beach Boys and Abba, driving up the Sunshine Coast Highway. ... Now I’m the parent cleaning up puke at the Earl’s Cove ferry terminal, having just missed yet another ferry in my life.” Lawrence will be sharing stories old and new at his Kay Meek event, including some doozies from his family history on the North Shore. Continued on page 36

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HMCS Vancouver passes under Lions Gate Bridge Monday after being on display for Fleet Weekend at Burrard Dry Dock Pier in North Vancouver. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN Canada played a vital role. Sub-Lt. Wilson Ho told the North Shore News that Fleet Weekend is important because it allows the general public to see what navy sailors do on a day-to-day basis. The community had an opportunity to talk with sailors, tour the upper decks of a Canadian patrol frigate or a maritime coastal defence vessel, and see what kind of equipment the navy uses. Ships in attendance included HMCS Calgary, HMCS Brandon, HMCS Edmonton, and three Orca Class patrol training vessels.

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cars,” said Whitchelo. Demand for office space on the North Shore has also remained fairly steady, said both agents – in contrast to the mass exodus from offices in downtown Vancouver prompted by increased work-from-home arrangements. “I thought I would see more turnover,” said Forman. But among small- to medium-sized offices, that hasn’t happened on the North Shore, he said. In fact, in contrast, the vacancy rate for office space on the North Shore has been steadily declining, said Whitchelo, to a near-record low of 4.6 per cent. The office tower at Westview Shopping Centre, for instance, is full, said Forman, and “It’s been full all the way through COVID.” How much work will be done from home versus how much will be done from the office is an issue many businesses are still grappling with, said Stafford-Smith, especially as keeping employees happy becomes an important factor in the labour market shortage. “Hiring people is still a massive issue across the board for all business sectors, whether it’s entry level jobs, all the way through to the top-paying jobs, there seems to be a real demand,” said Stafford-Smith. That, in turn, impacts other nearby businesses, he added. “What does that mean in terms of where they’re driving to or from, and where they’re shopping during the day? There’s a lot of things up in the air.”

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‘MOST PEOPLE SLEPT THROUGH IT’

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District of North Vancouver firefighters were called to a scene of smoke pouring from a third-floor apartment fire in North Vancouver’s Woodcroft apartment towers early in the morning on April 27.

But many residents in the highrise apartment tower, who were sleeping at the time, remained unaware of the fire in their building – thanks to fire regulations that don’t require the same kinds of smoke detectors or automated smoke alarms that new buildings must have. Firefighters raced to the scene in the early-morning hours of April 27 after receiving multiple 911 calls about a fire that had broken out in one suite on the third floor. The first fire crews arrived to find “a large volume of smoke” pouring from the apartment. A lone occupant of the apartment was in the process of evacuating, said Chief Brian Hutchinson of District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services. Fire appeared connected to cooking The fire appeared to have started with cooking in a kitchen area, said Hutchinson, although investigation into the exact cause is ongoing. The unit was smoke damaged but, fortunately, the fire didn’t spread to nearby apartments, he said. Hutchinson added firefighters were able to quickly get in and douse the blaze

without having to evacuate other residents. One of those residents told the North Shore News it was unnerving to realize no alarm had alerted him to potential danger. The resident said he only learned of the fire after he and his partner were awakened by the sounds of fire crews outside at about 3:30 a.m. and went out to investigate. “I think most people slept through it,” he said. Similar concerns were voiced by other residents.

Older buildings don’t have to meet current fire code Under current laws, older apartment buildings like the Woodcroft are only required to meet the fire code that was in place when they were built, said Hutchinson. In this case, that means there are no smoke detectors in common hallways and a fire detected in one unit won’t automatically set off a general fire alarm for the building. That only happens when someone manually pulls a fire alarm, he said. In this case, there were no signs that anybody did, said Hutchinson. There was also a scheduled power outage at the apartment tower on the night of the fire. But as the fire alarms are converted to emergency backup power, that would not have impacted the alarm system, according to the fire department. The Woodcroft complex of several apartment towers, of up to 20 storeys, was built in the early 1970s.

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Fire code requirements of any apartment building constructed today are far more stringent. In 2018, a mother and son died in a fire that swept through the Mountain Village Garden Apartments in Lynn Valley’s Whiteley Court. Fifteen people were sent to hospital and 14 families were left temporarily homeless by that fire. Fire investigators ruled the cause as undetermined. Fire investigators also weren’t able to determine if smoke alarms in the apartment

where the mother and son lived were functioning that night. Because the apartment complex had been built before 1979, the building code allowed smoke alarms in the complex to be battery-operated, rather than wired into the electrical circuits of the building. Multifamily apartments built after 1979 must have smoke detectors permanently wired into the building. “They were meeting the code of the day,” said Hutchinson of the Mountain Village fire. The situation also comes shortly after a fire ignited by an unattended candle destroyed the Winters Hotel SRO in Vancouver’s Gastown neighbourhood, killing two residents. Apartment buildings are inspected annually to make sure they are meeting requirements, said Hutchinson. But those requirements vary, depending on the age of the building.

Installing alarms, fire extinguishers a good idea Hutchinson said it’s always a good idea for residents to ensure they have a working smoke detector in their apartment – regardless of whether that is legally required – along with a carbon monoxide detector and fire extinguisher. “If they’re not part of the building’s infrastructure, residents would be well advised to install them,” he said.

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Twitter Inc. says it should be able to wash its hands of any allegedly defamatory tweets aimed at West Vancouver billionaire Frank Giustra as lawyers argue the social media giant “is not a publisher.”

Giustra sued Twitter in 2019, accusing the company of allowing false and defamatory messages to be posted about him. After unsuccessfully attempting to get the case tossed or else moved from B.C. to California courts in 2021, Twitter filed a response last month arguing Giustra’s reputation hasn’t been hurt by the tweets posted on its platform. The response states that by signing up for an account, Giustra agreed to the company’s terms and services, freeing Twitter from liability over any defamatory or illegal conduct made by third-party users. In his own claim, Giustra said that because of his support for Hilary Clinton during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, he became the target of attacks alleging he was corrupt, that he was involved in murders, and

that he was a player in the so-called Pizzagate pedophilia conspiracy theory. The response takes aim at some of the tweets in question, describing them as “incoherent” and asserting they would not lower Giustra’s reputation “in the estimation of right-thinking members of society.” Other tweets were either true, “made in jest” or fell under fair comment, according to Twitter’s lawyers. And those tweets that violated Twitter’s terms of services were removed by the social media giant in a reasonable amount of time, the response states. “Twitter Inc. is not a publisher at law and does not become a ‘publisher’ of Tweets by providing the Twitter service,” according to the March 8 court documents. The response also attempts to decode the way users express themselves over Twitter. “An impugned tweet containing the words ‘#Giustra’ or ‘@ frank_giustra’ does not mean that all other words in the impugned tweet relate to the plaintiff,” the response states, referring to Giustra’s Twitter username. “The use of a hashtag (#) or

tagging another Twitter user (by using the ‘@’ symbol) in an impugned tweet can only be read as a word in a sentence with a meaning if actually used as a word in a sentence with a meaning. Twitter users commonly use hashtags and tag other users to digitally categorize posts and/or bring a tweet to the tagged individual’s attention, and not to add meaning to the tweet.” The company’s lawyers argue that to any extent the tweets are defamatory, those tweets were made by third-party users and Twitter has “no knowledge of the posters’ knowledge of the truth or falsity of the impugned tweets or whether the posters had malice when authoring the impugned tweets.” Claims made by Giustra, who made his fortune through mining, securities and the film industry, have not been tested in court. In his suit, Giustra is seeking a mandatory permanent injunction requiring Twitter to delete the tweets and to prohibit further publications by its users of materials that are defamatory to him, as well as general damages. – with additional files from Brent Richter, North Shore News

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One of the main east-west sneaks across the Capilano River is closing to vehicle traffic this week and won’t reopen until the end of the summer.

The Welch Street Bridge, which is owned by Park Royal on land leased from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), is due for repair work on the bridge deck, according to Park Royal. For much of 2021, the bridge was reduced to single-lane alternating traffic while crews added the new sidewalk/bike path Spirit Trail connection. “While these improvements are now complete, remedial repairs and maintenance to the bridge deck are still required and necessary. For traffic and worker safety reasons and to minimize the duration of repairs, the bridge will be closed to all vehicle traffic in both directions from May through August 2022. Drivers will need to plan alternate routes during this period of closure,” a notice from Park Royal stated. Specifically, the work is to address delamination, failed expansion joints and provide structural integrity and surface continuity on the driving surface, according to the company. The work is expected to start this Friday, May 6, and last until Aug. 31. During that time, the Spirit Trail connection will remain open, but westbound drivers

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North Vancouver man gets two-year conditional sentence for knifepoint robberies JANE SEYD

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A North Shore man responsible for a series of knifepoint robberies at North Vancouver convenience stores, gas stations and fast food outlets over a one-week period in 2020 has received a two-year conditional sentence for the stick-ups.

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Oliver Frank Thomas, 29, of North Vancouver, will serve his sentence in the community after pleading guilty to four counts of robbery in North Vancouver provincial court. Judge Joanne Challenger imposed the sentence April 20. The knifepoint robberies all happened between April 3 and April 11, 2020, most of them in the same Lynn Valley neighbourhood. Thomas held up the clerk in the first robbery – the Esso gas station on Mountain Highway – twice in the same day. At 2:30 a.m. Oliver walked in to the station carrying a baseball bat and knife, demanded the clerk open the till and stole some cash, said Crown counsel Ariana Ward. At 10:30 p.m. that same night, he returned with a knife while the same clerk was working, took money from the till again, grabbed cigarettes off the shelf and left the store. The next day, Thomas held up two fast food restaurants. At Papa John’s Pizza in the Lynn Valley Village complex, he “came into the store, went behind the counter and held a knife to the employee’s side,” then opened the till and took money, said Ward. At A&W on Main Street the same day, Thomas went to the drive-thru window and threatened the employee, asking him for cash. A few days later, on April 8, Thomas walked into the Mountain Market corner store on Mountain Highway and pulled a knife on the owner, telling her to open the till. She refused, and Thomas instead grabbed three folders of lottery tickets, said Ward. Thomas held up two Chevron gas stations, on Mountain Highway and Main

Street – in one case walking into the station just after it had opened in the morning and pointing a knife at the clerk while customers were in the store, before taking off with cash, lottery tickets and cigarettes. On April 11, Thomas walked into the Subway on East Third Street in North Vancouver and helped himself to cash from the register. “He told the employee that he was having a bad day and needed money from the till,” said Ward. The court heard earlier that Thomas was eventually nabbed after cashing in a number of the stolen lottery tickets and being identified in store surveillance footage. That led to a search of two homes where lottery tickets, a baseball bat and other evidence was recovered by police. Thomas later acknowledged what he’d done, telling the author of a pre-sentence report, “It was pretty messed up what I did.” Defence lawyer David Walsoff said Thomas was in the throes of a drug and alcohol addiction at the time, and was mixing crack cocaine, crystal meth and opioids. Walsoff added Thomas has no recollection of the offences and has since gone to treatment programs, and has maintained his sobriety and stable employment as a cook in commercial kitchens. Ward pointed to the fact that holdups of convenience stores and gas stations victimize people who are already vulnerable, often young and working by themselves late at night for low wages. In handing down her sentence, Challenger described the stick-ups as “unsophisticated.” She ordered Thomas to obey a curfew between 1 p.m. and 6 a.m. Beyond that, he must remain on Tsleil-Waututh Nation reserve lands except when working, going to school or seeing his children. Challenger also ordered Thomas to take alcohol and drug counselling, Indigenous counselling or Vision Quest spiritual retreats as directed. The conditional sentence will be followed by one year of probation.

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Have your say on three possible Upper Levels Greenway routes NICK LABA

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A plan to add a significant chunk of active transportation infrastructure north of the Upper Levels Highway is rolling into its second round of public input.

At a council meeting April 25, City of North Vancouver staff presented a report after an initial round of community consultation on a proposed greenway through the Westview and Tempe neighbourhoods. The Upper Levels Greenway is set to stretch from Westview Drive eastward to Lynn Valley Road, and would be around three kilometres long. The project’s first phase of public engagement wrapped up at the end up February. Now, staff are

presenting options for a preferred route, as well as types of infrastructure that could be featured along the greenway. At the meeting, city project manager Mo Bot said that around 2,400 people visited the project’s discussion page in February. She explained that top sentiments expressed involved safety, features people would like to see, concerns about traffic, and the desire for separation of different types of transportation users. Three possible routes were presented, along with different approaches to design. Those approaches include shared pathways, separated paths, and natural surfaces. Bot indicated the final design will likely incorporate a mix of infrastructure depending on the section.

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The next phase of engagement launched April 27, with another online discussion page and survey. There’s an open house planned for after school at Ecole Larson

Elementary next Tuesday, May 10, as well as outreach at CityFest on May 7 and along Grand Boulevard on May 14. Mayor Linda Buchanan said the

project was “particularly important” to her. Coun. Tony Valente asked about funding options for the project. City staff explained that several avenues were being explored, including B.C.’s active transportation fund and ICBC grants for road safety. The Upper Levels Greenway was originally endorsed in 2002 as part of the city’s Parks and Greenways Strategic Plan. The project is being developed in accordance with a commitment to provide active transportation and recreation “that support and enhance the health and well-being of all community members.” Follow this story.

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Thomas Eleizegui is taking it as a good sign that an iconic Canadian animal showed up to check out his café just days before it was slated to open in a prime location in West Vancouver.

Eleizegui is the general manager and a partner in Isetta Café Bistro at the Cypress Park commercial complex, located on Marine Drive near Cypress Creek. He was surprised recently to see a beaver waddle out of the creek and walk right up to the café as workers were putting finishing touches on the space inside. “It might be a good omen,” he said with a laugh. “That’s a good Canadiana symbol, for sure.” Eleizegui filmed the beaver for a few moments but then became concerned by its behaviour and decided to help it out. “They’re nocturnal animals, so I think he was kind of dazed, maybe,” said Eleizegui. “He was walking along Marine Drive so I put a blanket on him and put him in Cypress Creek. I didn’t want him to get hit by a car.” Once back in the water, the beaver perked back up and went on its way, said Eleizegui. With the iconic Canadian symbol out of

the way, the construction crew was able to get back to work on the restaurant. The striking slope-roofed commercial space that houses the café has a long history in the community. It was built in 1956, and over the years the building has served as a shopping centre, post office, convenience store, and pharmacy, as well as housing La Toque Blanche restaurant in the late 1980s and early ‘90s. In its most recent iteration it serves as one of the most unique auto service stations you’ll find, serving customers in a space with serious West Coast Modern design vibes. In 2020 the building’s owner, Guff Muench, successfully lobbied West Vancouver council to allow him to make upgrades to the complex, including space for a new independent café. Isetta is that new independent café, and Eleizegui aims to keep the West Coast casual vibe going, making the café feel more like a cabin with picnic tables rather than a fancy restaurant with white linens. “The way we have it all dressed up, it’s going to be like a national park,” he said. “I wanted to keep it casual, I didn’t want to get too dressy.” The space is meant to act as a kind of community centre, said Eleizegui, featuring brunch and lunch sit-down meals, as Continued on page 25

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Continued from page 24 well as food that you can grab and go. “If you’re on the way to going to the beach or skiing or whatever, we have a lot of pastries and sandwiches to go,” he said. The name Isetta is a nod to the partnership between Eleizegui and Muench. The Isetta is a quirky type of micro-car that emerged out of a 1950s collaboration between an Italian company that made

motorcycles and appliances and German powerhouse BMW. “I’m from Italy, he’s German,” Eleizegui said with a laugh, about his own collaboration with Muench. And the beaver is pure Canadian. Add it all up, and Eleizegui is hoping it is a space everyone will feel welcome in. The Isetta Café Bistro opened this past Monday, May 2, at 4360 Marine Dr., West Vancouver.

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On April 25, city council passed first and second readings for the planned 22-storey apartment on 15th Street, between Lonsdale and Chesterfield avenues. The new tower, at 114-132 West 15th St., would house 38 one-bedroom units (28 per cent), 77 two-bed units (57 per cent) and 21 three-bed units (15 per cent). A total of 198 parking spaces would be provided on the property, as well as 204 bike spaces. The proposal will now move to a public hearing, which is set for 6 p.m. next Monday, May 9, at city hall. If the project ends up getting full approval, it will be one of the highest-density residential buildings in the area. It will be so dense that, to conform with the official community plan, the development involves a significant transfer of excess density from Centennial Theatre and Norseman Park. The transferred density from the Harry Jerome Neighbourhood Lands “will allow for the delivery of new employment-generating uses and residential strata units, which would contribute to economic

growth along the Lonsdale corridor and provide new housing stock in the city,” reads a report from city staff. Mayor Linda Buchanan noted the density was similar to the Centreview building at 1308 Lonsdale Ave. At a Jan. 5 meeting, North Van city’s Integrated Transportation Committee received a presentation recommending larger bike-parking facilities and car-share parking. The first two levels of the proposed building would be filled with commercial business and rental units. Currently, the property is home to a two-storey business plaza. Also at the April 25 meeting, council approved a first and amended second reading of a rezoning application for a six-storey rental apartment at 115 East Keith Rd., at Victoria Park. The amendment involved capping small-car parking spaces on the property at 39 per cent. That development is now set for a public hearing as well, on Monday, May 16 at 6 p.m. The Victoria Park proposal, first presented to council last October, is part of a pilot project for a streamlined approval process that involves early community consultation and earlier council consideration.

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It’s not hard to imagine the emotions running through a shy, high school photographer as he stood within swinging distance of the greatest boxer to ever step inside the ring.

In the last week of April 1972, the North West Eagles Boxing Club at West Fourth Street and Chesterfield Avenue was the training centre for Muhammad Ali and his opponent, Canadian heavyweight champion George Chuvalo. The two fighters were set to square off in a May 1 bout at the Pacific Coliseum. The North Vancouver gym was owned by the late Elio Ius, national boxing coach at the time. His son, John Ius, was the young photographer. “I was a bit in awe,” said John Ius, who rediscovered the 50-year-old images just a few weeks ago. He recalled Ali putting on a bit of a show, chirping Chuvalo in a style similar to professional wrestlers today. “There was one [time] where he chased George Chuvalo around … and called him a washerwoman,” Ius said. His brother Andrew, nine years old at the time, told Ali he wanted to be a professional

boxer. Ali replied that his brother would have to fight him, then the boxer proclaimed his famous moniker: “I am the greatest.” Part of what makes the boxing legend’s visit so memorable, to Ius and his friends and family who remember it, is that such an event wouldn’t happen today, with everything under tight security. “You’d never be able to duplicate something like this today,” Ius explained. “It would never happen because it seemed so casual.” Ali would go on to beat Chuvalo, by decision, in a 12-round bout. The Canadian took a pounding but never went down. When Ius found his collection of photos from the week, he digitally scanned them then made a slideshow that he sent around to a lot of his contacts. Ius said the responses he got were full of excitement, and he got email after email in return. He put the slideshow on the grad page for Carson Graham, where he graduated in 1972. “It’s already had a pile of likes – I can’t get over it,” he said. “Because people do talk about it quite a bit still. They say, ‘I was there.’”

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Junior A team pulls broadcaster during game for racist comment about North Van player CLEVE DHEENSAW/TIMES COLONIST

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Bruce MacDonald, the veteran broadcast colour commentator of Alberni Valley Bulldogs games in the B.C. Hockey League, was expelled from the booth at the end of the second period April 22 for making a racist comment on air.

The Bulldogs won the second-round playoff game 2-1 but the result was overshadowed by the call in which MacDonald asked whether Langley Rivermen forward Owen Kim speaks English. Kim is from North Vancouver. MacDonald has been barred from any future broadcasts of BCHL games. He has apologized for what he said. David Michaud, president and governor of the Bulldogs, referred to the 70-foot banner on the wall of the concourse in Weyerhaeuser Arena in Port Alberni, which reads: “There is no place in hockey for racism.” He said there was no other choice to be made if his club wants to live up to those words. “It was a regrettable comment and we could not turn a blind eye to it,” Michaud said. “How do we as a club take part in events such as Orange Shirt Day, and other anti-racism initiatives all over the valley, and then not

react to something like this?” Michaud was watching Game 5 live in the rink. He removed MacDonald from the broadcast booth at the end of the second period when informed of his comment, which was made midway through the period during an incident of pushing and shoving between the teams on the ice. The Bulldogs play-by-play announcer, Evan Hammond, instantly called out MacDonald on-air for his comment by saying: “OK, come on, that’s too far. No, that’s too far.” Rivermen rookie Kim, 17, is committed to Holy Cross University of Worcester, Mass., in the U.S. collegiate NCAA Division 1. The BCHL released a statement apologizing to Kim and his family, “as well as anyone else who may have heard the comment.” “We have a zero tolerance for this type of behaviour and Mr. MacDonald is banned from any future broadcast involving the Bulldogs or any other BCHL team.” Radio station 93.3 The Peak, which broadcasts the Bulldogs games, also apologized. Rob Bye, general manager of Vancouver Island for Pattison Media Ltd., called MacDonald’s comments “extremely offensive” and “inappropriate.”

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“Racism has no place in hockey. Racism has no place on our radio stations nor in our company,” he said in a statement. He added: “We stand with the BCHL and the Alberni Valley Bulldogs and would like to sincerely apologize to Owen Kim, his family, the Langley Rivermen, the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, the BCHL, and our listeners.” MacDonald, in a statement, said he emailed an apology to the Rivermen on Friday night. “It was important to me to try and reach out to Owen Kim first privately,” he said. “No one should be made to feel that way and I take full responsibility for my racist words. I’m deeply sorry for the hurt I have caused Owen Kim, his family, and anyone else who was affected by what I said.” He also offered an apology to the “fans and community,” adding: “I am so sorry that I have let you down. The Bulldogs have been a part of my life since Day 1. I am heartbroken that I caused it to end this way. I will do whatever I can to make this right. Racism has no place in hockey or anywhere else in this world. I’m truly sorry.” Michaud acknowledged MacDonald’s apology, saying: “Sorry is good but words still have consequences.”

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Council voted unanimously Monday to advance proposals in the Mosquito Creek and Lower Lonsdale neighbourhoods. Polygon Homes has applied to build a six-storey project with 90 strata homes and 11,000 square feet of commercial space on what is today a strip mall at 818-858 West 15th St. Council members showed little quibble with the substance of the redevelopment proposal. Because it was largely compliant with the official community plan for that site, staff recommended it proceed without a public hearing, a rule change recently granted by the province with the intent of speeding up the new housing approval process. But Coun. Don Bell moved that a public hearing be held before the project faces another vote, regardless. “This represents a significant change to the character of that block. And I think it’s consistent with the intention of the OCP, but I think the public around it needs to understand what that is and have a better awareness of it,” he said. “I think it’s worth

the applicant having an opportunity to state their case, and do so publicly and have council able to ask questions.” No one on council disagreed, and the vote to advance the project and hold a public hearing passed unanimously. “Our council has shown wisdom, courage and strength when we look at projects that come forward, and we’re able to make the trade-offs that achieve our city’s housing objectives and we’re continuing to push that forward,” said Coun. Tony Valente. “I realize the province has given us these powers, but just using those powers without the context that has to go with them is maybe too bold for me right now.” Mayor Linda Buchanan acknowledged there are probably other things that could be done to speed up the approval of new housing. “The public hearing piece is really a small fraction of that, and there are many points of contact through that process,” she said. Immediately following, council advanced a seven-storey mixed-use building from Staburn Group, with 28 strata homes and 7,000 square feet of commercial or office space on the ground level, at 119-123 East Second St. Council had little comment on the proposal. It too will go to a public hearing.

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New COVID-19 infections holding steady on North Shore JANE SEYD

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COVID-19 cases on the North Shore appear to be holding relatively steady.

That’s despite the easing of previous restrictions, including vaccine passports, and the more transmissible BA.2 variant of Omicron making up the majority of infections in B.C. There were 87 new cases of COVID on the North Shore, as measured by official PCR testing, for the week of April 17-23, according to B.C.’s Centre for Disease Control. That included 73 new cases in North Vancouver and 14 cases in West Vancouver. That’s similar to the number of new coronavirus cases reported three weeks prior. Although PCR testing is done for only a small number of people, who are likely to be at particular risk of serious illness from the virus, it is considered an indicator of more general trends. Those infection numbers have levelled off since a high of more than 900 cases in the first week of January. Official case rates are sitting at three daily cases per 100,000 people in North Vancouver and four daily cases per 100,000 in West Vancouver. Vancouver Coastal Health has not provided numbers of patients currently hospitalized at Lions Gate Hospital with COVID-19. In Vancouver Coastal Health overall – which also includes hospitals in Vancouver, Richmond, the Sunshine Coast and Sea-to-Sky Corridor – there were 155 people in hospital with COVID as of April 28, seven of them in critical care. Most of the recent hospitalizations and deaths have been among people over 80 years old, according to B.C. Centre for Disease Control statistics.

The most recent reporting of wastewater data showing COVID-19 concentrations at the Lions Gate sewage treatment plant showed changing levels of the virus, with no clear indication of whether the amount of infection is going up or down. According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, viral loads at the North Shore plant in recent weeks have been variable, “and do not show a clear trend.” Recent samples show both higher and lower concentrations of the virus than previous weeks – depending on the date the sample was taken. The highest recent concentrations were 123,542 viral parts per litre, measured on April 23, and 105,720 viral parts per litre, measured on April 20. But there were also lower numbers – 17,891 parts per litre measured on April 25, and 5,350 parts per litre measured April 18. Measurements in recent months have often hovered between 29,000 and 69,000 parts per litre. But that’s still significantly lower than the peak of 333,000 parts per litre in the first week of January. Between 92 and 95 per cent of adults on the North Shore have had two doses of vaccine, and between 66 and 70 per cent have received a booster shot – higher than the provincial average. Between 54 and 65 per cent of children five to 11 on the North Shore have also received two doses of COVID vaccine. The ICBC site vaccine clinic remains open for children aged five to 11, while adults are now being directed to get their shots at local pharmacies. The BA.2 variant of Omicron now makes up almost all cases of the virus in the province, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

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North Vancouver residents who want to buy, but have so far been unable to afford, an electric bike or mobility aid might soon have some help as the district voted April 25 to move ahead with an incentive plan for low-income residents.

The move comes as council directed staff late last year to look into the feasibility of such a scheme, similar to incentive programs that have been implemented in other B.C. municipalities, like the District of Saanich and City of Nelson. The program, which is slated to begin in 2023, will be targeted towards median-to-low-income earners in the district, who will then be eligible for a rebate of between $400 and $1,600, determined by household size. The total cost of the program is budgeted to be $135,000, inclusive of administration costs, allowing 100 households access to the program. According to the district, and determined by Statistics Canada, a low-income earner in the district begins with a one-person

household earning an income of $22,060 (after taxes) or less, and a family of four with a household income of $41,710 (after taxes) or less. E-bikes, e-tricycles and electric front-drive wheelchair attachments will all fall under the mobility aids available for the program, however conversion kits and pre-owned equipment will not be eligible for the incentive. In supporting the motion, Coun. Jordan Back said he really likes that the incentive program is focusing on low-income residents. “I think that’s where we can really make an impact and be able to provide mobility options that some residents do not have the financial ability to afford,” he said. “I [also] like that we’re including other adaptive mobility devices, such as the electric attachments for wheelchairs.” Staff noted that people who are part of the incentive will be welcome to register their trip data, so staff and council can assess the effectiveness of the program. “That is really an important element of this whole thing – to see how we can change people’s ways of getting around and utilizing

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Karla has been practicing piano for one and a half years. She loves music and continuously makes progress in performance. She also enjoys dancing, painting and singing.

Taryn Liang Age: 5 Taryn is a kindergarten student and is inherently musical. She started her music journey with Ms. Fafan Xiao at the age of four, and has made great performances in many music concerts since then. Every year she participates in charity marathons, and makes donations to hospitals.

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We love playing piano. We love the people around us. We want to help enhance medical care in our community through our 4th annual piano concert co-hosted by Vancouver Young Pianist Club and FaFan Piano Studio. The three previous concerts raised a total of $17,000 to support patient care at LGH. Come and celebrate with us on Mother’s Day - May 8th at VSO. All proceeds from this year’s concert will help fund the next generation of technology for our Interventional Radiology Suite at Lions Gate Hospital.

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As this year’s outdoor adventure season heats up, the North Vancouver School District is launching a safety-focused event to keep people out of harm’s way. And everyone’s favourite North Shore Rescue dogs will be in attendance.

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This image from ca. 1909 shows the construction crew for the Japanese Tea Gardens, located at 21st Street and Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver. The Japanese Tea Gardens and tea house officially opened in April 1910 with local prominent city officials and business owners in attendance. The Rev. Goro Kaburagi, an influential community leader and editor of the first Japanese daily in Canada, Kanada Shinpo [Canada News], presided over the event. According to Vancouver Daily World newspaper accounts of the time, after the opening ceremonies were complete, “a trip through the grounds was the concluding item on the program, and this revealed the wonderful skill of the Japanese workmen.” The sign beside the workers reads “Yugen Sekinen Japanese Garden Limited Liability Co.” Visit monova.ca for more information about the history of the North Shore and to learn about MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver now open Thursday to Sunday in The Shipyards. Currently, MONOVA: Archives of North Vancouver at 3203 Institute Rd. in Lynn Valley is open by appointment only. Contact: archives@monova.ca

North Shore Rescue search dog trainer Ellie Lamb and dog Dreki will be in attendance at an outdoor safety fair, Saturday at Ecole Argyle Secondary. PAUL MCGRATH/NSN FILE

to register to get a sense of numbers, but community members can also drop in on Saturday. School district communications manager and event co-chair Lisa Dalla Vecchia said the idea came about after an initial collaboration with NSR for a “survive your own adventure” video released a year ago. Her team kept thinking about what else it could do for the community. Continued on page 39

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Continued from page 38 “One afternoon, I was sitting with former superintendent Mark Pearmain, and he asked me if I had any ideas coming up. And when I suggested this particular event, he said to run with it,” Dalla Vecchia said. Things snowballed from there. She called NSR, which immediately said yes, as well the school district’s director of instruction Adam Baumann, who is co-chairing the open house. NSR team leader Mike Danks said the event has all you need to ensure your trip, solo or with family and friends, is memorable and safe.

“The warmer weather and longer days bring even greater enthusiasm for exploring the outdoors. When venturing out into the trails or backcountry, preparation is essential,” he said in a statement. “Make it a habit to plan your trip.” Organizers are encouraging safe transportation to the open house. There will be a free bike valet, as well as parking at Argyle’s upper lot, Lynn Valley Elementary and St. Clement’s Anglican Church. Other event partners include BC AdventureSmart, North Vancouver RCMP Community Police Services and North Shore Black Bear Society.

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Persian theatre director debuts play

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A new play by North Shore resident and Blackout Arts Society co-founder Amir N. Hosseini is premiering at Vancouver’s Annex Theatre this week.

Echoes from Far Away Cities is a new play by North Shore resident Amir N. Hosseini. The play premieres at Vancouver’s Annex this week. BLACKOUT ARTS SOCIETY

Echoes from Far Away Cities explores the topics of domestic violence and acid attacks. The Iranian-Canadian director became involved with the project after making a documentary about an acid attack victim in Iran a decade ago. “The question started here, how can someone commit this level of violence? Then I realized abuse is not just a physical injury; it could be sexual, emotional, psychological, verbal or financial. An abuser could be an educated person who uses threats and violence to gain power and control over their partner and take away their self-worth,”

Hosseini said. Domestic violence is one of the most prevalent human rights violations across the world today, Hosseini noted, and said it remains under-reported due to impunity and the stigma and shame surrounding it. “That’s part of the issue, it mostly remains invisible. The idea behind this play is to find a way to show the invisible and, in doing so, share the devastating impact of trauma and domestic violence, in hopes of bringing awareness to the problem,” he shared. Writing and directing Persian theatre in the Lower Mainland since 2012, Hosseini began working in English in 2020, hoping to open his plays to a broader audience. Blackout Arts does note that the topic of Echoes is sensitive and might disturb some viewers. The society is recommending that people attending are 17 and older, and will be providing resources to those who may need it at the performances. Echoes from Far Away Cities When: May 3-6, 7:30 p.m. Where: Annex, 823 Seymour St, Vancouver, B.C. Cost: $20-$30, tickets available online

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A historic cross-cultural collaboration between Vancouver’s Astrolabe Musik Theatre and Westbank First Nation has been captured in a documentary soon to premiere at this year’s DOXA Festival.

A music documentary about a friendship between Astrolabe’s Heather Pawsey, who also teaches at Capilano University, and Westbank’s Delphine Derickson shows the collaboration in which they decolonized a historic Canadian opera by incorporating syilx (Okanagan) perspectives. The Lake/nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ, which in syilx means “the sacred spirit of the lake,” brings to life Indigenous and non-Indigenous storytelling, music and dancing from the original production which debuted five years ago. The film by director John Bolton follows the misrepresentation of nx̌ax̌aitkʷ (ogopogo), the sacred being of the water. “This film is the most exciting collaboration, historically, educationally, and culturally which will take people to a magical place they have never been before. People will feel, see and hear the true meaning of reality,” Derickson said. “Through the powerful blending of cultures through the magic of traditional song, opera and music, and microcosm of our early oral history, together we will build a connection and shift participants’ resonance, and change lives.” Showing at DOXA Festival, the annual documentary film festival in Vancouver, The Lake/nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ will be shown in person and online, beginning May 5. “The film examines concepts of privilege and representation in real time, with Pawsey and Derickson exploring the settler/Indigenous relationship and the boundaries of art, while also building something new and uniquely beautiful,” DOXA Festival wrote. “This powerful celebration of cultures will be remembered for a long time to come. It is a blending of cultures which has been overdue. We must stand together as one, on our great land, and all our connections in the universe,” Derickson said. The Lake/nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ When: May 5-16 Where: Online and in-person at Vancity Theatre, VIFF Centre, 1181 Seymour St, Vancouver Cost: $10-$15, tickets available online

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Grizzlies emerge from hibernation at Grouse Mountain ANDY PREST

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How would you like to be greeted with applause after waking up from a long nap?

That was the reception given Thursday to Grinder and Coola, Grouse Mountain’s resident grizzly bears, as they emerged from hibernation. This was an extra-long rest for the two bears, as their 171-day hibernation period set a record for their longest winter dormancy period since arriving at Grouse Mountain, topping the 170-day hibernation they recorded last winter. This was the 21st hibernation period at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife since they both arrived in North Vancouver as orphans following separate incidents in B.C. in 2001. Grinder was found wandering alone on a logging road in Invermere in 2001, weighing only 4.5 kilograms. His mother was never

located. Coola was orphaned on a highway near Bella Coola after a truck hit and killed his mother. He was the only one of his three siblings to survive. “We’re excited to welcome Grinder and Coola out of hibernation and to watch them explore their habitat,” stated Dr. Ken Macquisten, wildlife refuge director and veterinarian, in a Grouse Mountain release. “Hibernation through the winter is a natural way for Grizzlies to conserve energy during a time of low food availability. As our team works to gradually expand their habitat to its full size, we welcome guests to visit the bears at the Grouse Mountain Refuge for Endangered Wildlife and stay connected with them virtually from around the world.” Grinder and Coola were monitored by Grouse Mountain staff throughout the hibernation period, and a live feed from inside their den was shared with the public. The live feed is now available to track the bears as they explore the outdoors once again.

Grouse Mountain’s resident grizzlies Grinder and Coola enjoy the great outdoors on Thursday, after emerging from a 171-day hibernation period. GROUSE MOUNTAIN

SHAPE YOUR PROVINCE. Share your thoughts about the electoral district boundaries for provincial elections in B.C. The BC Electoral Boundaries Commission is reviewing the electoral districts for provincial elections. To help prepare its preliminary report, the Commission is seeking input from the public on the area, boundaries and names of the electoral districts that will be used for the next two provincial general elections. District boundaries are an important part of ensuring that each area of B.C. is represented in the provincial legislature. If you have thoughts on what the provincial electoral district boundaries should be in your area, you are encouraged to share them with the Commission. You can: • Go to bcebc.ca/survey to submit your feedback online. • Share your views at a public meeting. See the table below for the meetings in your area.

• Virtual meetings are also being held. Check bcebc.ca for details. • Submit written feedback directly to the Commission at info@bcebc.ca, or by mail to PO Box 9275 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9J6. The Commission’s preliminary recommendations report to the Legislative Assembly will be published later this year. Public input must be received by May 31, 2022, to be considered for the preliminary report. For more information on the work of the Commission, and to review the current provincial electoral district boundaries, visit bcebc.ca. The Commission will conduct a second round of public input following the release of its preliminary report. The preliminary report is expected to be published in fall 2022.

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Each room in the new high acuity unit includes an ensuite bathroom and a family area. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN

Continued from page 1 history might indicate they’ll need more support than a regular ward can provide. Or a patient who has been stabilized in the ICU might be moved to the HAU before going to a regular hospital bed, “until we’re confident that they are on the right trajectory,” said Irwin. There are 12 private rooms in the new unit, although the unit will generally operate with 10 beds (leaving two beds available if “surge” capacity is needed.) For comparison, a similar-sized regular hospital unit might have between 25 and 30 beds, said Irwin. One of those rooms in the HAU is also specifically designed for larger patients, with bigger doorways and

PUBLIC HEARING Monday, May 16, 2022 at 6:00 pm Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8877 and Housing Agreement Bylaw No. 8923 for 115 East Keith Road View the meeting online at cnv.org/LiveStreaming Or attend in person at City Hall, 141 West 14th Street W

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To provide written input: All persons who believe their interest in property may be affected by the proposed 12 3 E6 11 th bylaws will be afforded an opportunity to speak at the 5 St Public Hearing and/or by written or email submission. All submissions must include your name and address and should be sent to the Corporate Officer at input@cnv.org, or by mail or delivered to City Hall, no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, May 16, 2022, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Hearing. No further information or submissions can be considered by Council after the Public Hearing has concluded.

lift capacity built in. Each bed in the unit is within a private room with its own ensuite bathroom, and includes a “family area” with a couch and chair where family members can sit. All beds in the unit are equipped with comprehensive physiological monitors, so a patient’s vital signs are fed into an electronic health record. Ceiling lifts can take patients directly from bed to bathroom, while large glass windows provide direct lineof-sight into rooms from the nurses’ station. A separate family lounge also provides a quiet space for family members to take a break, charge their phones or step outside for fresh air. Funding for the new unit was provided by the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, which launched the fundraising campaign in 2019, “before COVID was even on our radar,” said Judy Savage, chair and CEO of the foundation. The Seaspan High Acuity Unit, as it’s officially titled, is named in honour of a $1.5-million donation towards the unit from the Washington family owners of that company, through Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation. Back in 2019, the foundation originally set a goal of raising $7.5 million for the new unit, said Savage, but ended up raising $10 million. That’s a good thing, she added, as construction costs also bloomed in the interim. The unit will operate with a high acuity doctor and one nurse for every two patients, said Irwin, starting off this week with three nurses and a capacity of six patients. More nurses are currently in specialty training and are expected to provide a full complement by the spring of 2023, she said. In addition, the doctor and one ICU nurse will also provide a critical care outreach team at Lions Gate, who will assess patients who may need extra support. The team, launched in July, has been providing that extra oversight 12 hours a day, and this week switched to 24-hour coverage, said Irwin. A number of other hospitals in Vancouver Coastal Health, including St. Paul’s, Vancouver General, Richmond and Mount Saint Joseph, already have high acuity units.

To speak at the Public Hearing: Via Webex/phone: Pre-register by completing the online form at cnv.org/PublicHearings, or by phoning 604-990-4230 to provide contact details, so call-in instructions can be forwarded to you. All Webex/phone pre-registration must be submitted no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, May 16, 2022. In person at City Hall: On the day of the Public Hearing, a sign-up sheet will be available at City Hall reception (14th Street entrance) between 8:30am and 5:00pm, and then in the lobby, outside the Council Chamber from 5:30pm. To attend the Public Hearing in person, enter City Hall through the doors at the southwest corner of the building after 5:30pm. Non-registered speakers: Speakers who have not pre-registered will also have an opportunity to provide input. Once all registered speakers have spoken, the Mayor will call for a recess to allow time for additional speakers to phone in or speak in person. Callin details will be displayed on-screen during the livestream at cnv.org/LiveStreaming. To view the documents: The proposed bylaws, background material and presentations can be viewed online at cnv.org/PublicHearings and at City Hall. Questions? Emma Chow, Planner, echow@cnv.org / 604-982-3919 141 WEST 14TH STREET / NORTH VANCOUVER / BC / V7M 1H9 T 604 985 7761 / F 604 985 9417 / CNV.ORG

High acuity units are for patients who need closer monitoring than they would receive on a standard hospital unit, but who are not in need of life support. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN

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demographics,” but Yan said there are real and often regrettable impacts for a community as a whole. “Now you need a workforce that needs to commute into your city, as opposed to living down the block,” he said. “And here’s the thing: are they willing to commute to work in the shops in Dundarave?” Although a lack of affordable housing may first threaten the viability of small retail and service businesses that can’t attract staff, it’s also a threat to larger institutions, like Lions Gate Hospital, first responder agencies and waterfront industrial businesses, Yan added. “This can also include your doctors, your police officers, your school teachers,” he said. “This is really a deeper set of economic issues for all the municipalities on North Shore to consider.”

According to census data, there are fewer children in West Vancouver now than there were in 2001. MIKE WAKEFIELD/NSN

PUBLIC HEARING Monday, May 9, 2022 at 6:00 pm Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8921 for 114-132 West 15th Street View the meeting online at cnv.org/LiveStreaming Or attend in person at City Hall, 141 West 14th Street 120

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Continued from page 1 years old, and median age for the community is 50.8 – a full 10 years above the median for Metro Vancouver. Millennials – those aged 25 to 40 – make up just 10.8 per cent of West Van’s population, compared to 25 per cent in the city of North Van, or 23.1 per cent of Metro as a whole. The “avocado toast” generation is also comparatively underrepresented in the district of North Van, where they account for just 15 per cent of the population. In raw numbers, there are fewer children newborn to age 14 living in West Vancouver today (6,155) than there were in 2001 (6,280), although the number of youngsters did rebound by 285 in the last five years. North Vancouver district has seen an even bigger decline in the population of kiddos, going from 16,065 to 14,565 between 2001 and 2021. The City of North Vancouver, meanwhile, gained 17 per cent more children in that time, while the number of kids in Metro Vancouver went up eight per cent. This batch of census data also offers a window into the “stagnation” of West Van and the DNV’s housing stock, Yan said. In 2001, West Van’s single-family properties accounted for 62 per cent of the municipality’s housing supply, while apartments made up 28 per cent. Twenty years later, those numbers have budged only slightly, with single-family now making up 58 per cent and apartments accounting for 30 per cent (other forms of low-density housing like townhomes make up the remainder). The district of North Van has done more to diversify its housing in the last two decades, going to 49 per cent single-family today from 63 per cent in 2001. But both districts are well apart from the Metro average of 28 per cent and miles off from the City of North Van, which is only 11 per cent single-family homes. Yan said there is almost certainly a relationship between the kinds of homes in a community and the age of its residents. “That’s, of course, greatly shaped by the kind of housing stock that is there, and perhaps is or is not changing,” he said. “You can see that they’re three very different municipalities when we talk about the role of housing.” Because of the cost of housing, particularly with single-family homes, the traditional ability to ascend the property ladder has been severely disrupted, Yan noted. “Certainly the ladder has been pulled up a bit in terms of cost,” he said. “You also have now some very sizable gaps in terms of the leap from a condominium to a single-detached home almost to the point where it’s impossible for a lot of households without significant help from whatever other source of wealth you have.” Some may prefer a hands-off approach to “unstable

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To speak at the Public Hearing: Via Webex/phone: Pre-register by completing the online form at cnv.org/PublicHearings, or by phoning 604-990-4230 to provide contact details, so call-in instructions can be forwarded to you. All Webex/phone pre-registration must be submitted no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, May 9, 2022. In person at City Hall: On the day of the Public Hearing, a sign-up sheet will be available at City Hall reception (14th Street entrance) between 8:30am and 5:00pm, and then in the lobby, outside the Council Chamber from 5:30pm. To attend the Public Hearing in person, enter City Hall through the doors at the southwest corner of the building after 5:30pm. Non-registered speakers: Speakers who have not pre-registered will also have an opportunity to provide input. Once all registered speakers have spoken, the Mayor will call for a recess to allow time for additional speakers to phone in or speak in person. Callin details will be displayed on-screen during the livestream at cnv.org/LiveStreaming. To view the documents: The proposed bylaw, background material and presentations can be viewed online at cnv.org/PublicHearings and at City Hall. Questions? Matthew Menzel, Planner, mmenzel@cnv.org / 604-982-8337 141 WEST 14TH STREET / NORTH VANCOUVER / BC / V7M 1H9 T 604 985 7761 / F 604 985 9417 / CNV.ORG

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Eat your greens. An apple a day. Sage advice – or not?

The truth of the matter is that, for many complex reasons related to politics, special interests and industrial food systems, we do not have access to the complete and honest information we need to make informed decisions about most of the fruits and vegetables offered for sale, how and where they are grown, and how post-harvest management affects our physical and mental wellbeing. Those pricey and beautiful looking greens and that shiny crisp apple might in fact have grown up in, or be carrying toxic levels of, agricultural sector killers – those scary elements ending with “cides,” designed to search out and destroy so-called enemies within the soil food web of life. Food toxicity is a long and complicated story for another day, but suffice it to say that eating homegrown and locally grown produce can vastly improve our physical and mental health and happiness, and on so many levels. Plus, growing food is cool. What’s not to love about being self-sufficient and taking some measure of control?

The simple act of deciding to grow even the smallest amount of food organically and in the smallest of spaces, and of setting time aside in which to do it, adds layers of physical and mental benefit to the primal practice of feeding our bodies nutritious whole food that we know with certainty contains nothing but good intentions and fresh-picked goodness. The requisite slowing down, the building of living soil, the planting of seeds or seedlings, the contemplative nurturing, the deliberate harvesting and preparation or preserving, even the farmers market transaction between consumer of just-picked nutrition and the local farmer who grew it – these are all beautiful, intimate, distinctly human rituals. Most of us can, if we choose, grow abundantly in limited space on decks and on patios, in small yards and on rooftops. We can share our successes and our failures at table with family and friends. In a world of uncertainty and chaos, communing over healthy food is a hopeful act of resilience and positivity, and it starts with the smallest of steps. We can start simply, growing just a handful of hardy, leafy green

Super-charged sautéed kale greens and shoots are very healthy, and taste great in miso veggie broth. LAURA MARIE NEUBERT vegetables. If we pay attention, the plants will teach us what they need to thrive, and in return provide nourishment. Resilient and ever-cropping nutrient-dense greens like arugula, mustards, kales, chard, spinach, collards and many perennial herbs are surprisingly easy to grow. These plants do well in direct or part sun, during all but the coldest and wettest months of the year. They will live happily in healthy soil in pots, planters, raised beds, in the ground, in an old fruit box, or in a five-gallon bucket drilled with drain holes. Ironically, some of the most beautiful, elegant and nutritious

meals that I prepare for my family are based on a small but perpetual supply of the leaves, tender stalks, shoots and flowers of these most resilient of vegetables – and bonus, all components can be preserved and/or frozen for winter consumption. Kale, for example, can be braised, roasted, steamed, sautéed, fried, pickled and preserved. Kale can be used in salads, smoothies, in juices, lasagna, kimchi, breads, pasta, soup, tea – even ice cream. The list of delicious and nutritious possibilities is inspiring and endless. As I write this I am feasting on a steaming bowl of chopped,

fresh-picked organic kale (Russian red, and Siberian dwarf) and mustard greens (red mizuna) and shoots, flash sautéed in homegrown garlic and chili-infused olive oil, plus remnant white wine, nested in a rich veggie scrap broth into which I stirred a spoonful of white miso. Garden to table in less than 15 minutes – easy peasy, inexpensive, beautiful, delicious, and most important, highly nutritious. I grow all of these greens without any fuss at all, from seed, in the spring and again in the fall. By harvesting individual leaves (oldest first) rather than cutting the stalks, the plants respond enthusiastically and repeatedly with new growth. When the plants do eventually go to seed, they gift yet again, one final and coveted crop of tender and highly nutritious shoots, and, of course, seed with which to begin anew. Start small, start green. Bon appetit! Laura Marie Neubert is a West Vancouver-based urban permaculture designer. Learn more about permaculture by visiting her website upfrontandbeautiful.com, follow her on Instagram @upfrontandbeautiful or email hello@upfrontandbeautiful.com.

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ANDERSON, Eric Age 93 years, passed away peacefully in a state of grace at Lions Gate Hospital on April 9th, 2022. He is survived his loving wife Margery; predeceased by his children Claire and Robert who are always in our hearts. There will be a scattering of ashes in the waters off Ambleside at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Arthritis Society or the BC Region of Narcotics Anonymous.

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ALLISON, Linda J. PhD October 2, 1946 − April 8, 2022

Aref Rashed Marandi February 9, 1929 – June 12, 2021

On Saturday, Aref who had been a resident of West Vancouver, British Columbia for forty years passed away at his daughter’s home, at Maple Ridge. As a teenager, at a soap manufacturing plant located in Tabriz, Iran, Aref learned to skillfully handle tools. At the time, Aref’s father, Ali-Akbar, was managing the plant. In the prime of his life, Aref became an electrical and a mechanical engineer. At Tehran Electric, he directed the engineering department during the construction of the 230,000 volt power transmission line surrounding Tehran, along with the construction of four 230,000 volt to 60,000 volt stepdown stations which supplied power to the city. Following a cold spell which damaged the step-down oil-filled power transformers installed by the engineering department at Dizin Ski Resort, located north of Tehran, Aref redirected his attention to the construction of the infrastructure for three factories in Tehranpars, located east of Tehran. This lucrative enterprise made possible my education in the United States of America. Aref is remembered for constructing a partially functioning electromotor from scratch. He also showed me and Mansooreh, his late wife, how to fill a makeshift balloon with hydrogen; he transferred some sulfuric acid, taken from a discharged battery of an automobile, to a green bottle and added some iron filings to the acid in the bottle until hydrogen started percolating at a sufficient rate. He attached a message to the balloon and upon releasing it said, “I wonder who will read the message.” Said Rashed Marandi

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Linda Allison after years of struggling with memory issues. She was 75 years old. She was predeceased by her husband, Les Groberman, in 2012. Linda was widely admired and respected by colleagues and friends. She was the first Canadian woman to get a full scholarship to Imperial College, London University, England. This brilliant woman then worked in corporate finance and management for the biotech and medical devices industries for much of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Crashing the glass ceiling, she held CEO and/or President positions in at least six emerging companies over the course of her career, as well as working for corporations such as Haywood Securities and Canaccord Capital. Linda also ran her own consultancy, Snowdon & Associates, for many decades, providing management, financing, corporate planning, and valuation expertise. Linda greatly enjoyed off−the−beaten−track world travel, exploring the Himalayas, Antarctic, the Galapagos Islands, South America and Iceland, among other places. She also loved cats, nature and opera, holding season tickets for Vancouver Opera for many years. Linda retired around 2013 and was often found hiking or walking around her homes near UBC and West and North Vancouver for 4 or 5 years post−retirement. She died at her home in Langley, BC. Following her wishes, she was cremated, and there will be no service. She will be sorely missed by her friends and relatives.

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BARONI, Raymond John July 23, 1945 − April 6, 2022 With sadness, we announce the passing of Raymond Baroni on April 6, 2022, at Lions Gate Hospital after a brief battle with cancer. Ray’s witty sense of humour and tremendous smile is gone too soon and will be missed by many. Born in Edmonton in 1945, Ray made his way to Vernon and then Vancouver, where he followed in his father’s footsteps and kicked off his lifelong career as an entrepreneur, restauranteur and caterer. Often with his wife Donna and his three sons by his side, Ray dedicated his life to this industry, owning and operating several restaurants from North Vancouver to Abbotsford, including Dino’s, Club Villa, Madison, El Greko, Encore Catering and DJJ’s Wedge Pizza. Not surprisingly to those who knew and worked for Ray, he was at it − feeding and celebrating people − until the very end. He leaves behind his wife of 50 years, Donna; sons Jason (Natasha), Daryl, Jeff (Chantelle); grandchildren Candice, Olivia and Connor; brother Garry; brother−in−law Ken; sisters Sandra, Jennifer, Cynthia, Melissa and their families, including twelve nieces and nephews. He is now reunited in peace with his parents Arnold and Florence; sister Shelley; nephew Tyler; granddaughter Rachel; and brother− in−law Bob. A celebration of life will be held at 11am on May 21st at Capilano Rugby Club, North Vancouver.

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BUNDERLA, Stefka (Spoljar) Stefka died gently and with grace in the early afternoon of April 21, 2022 with her 2 children, David and Veo, by her side. Stefka was born in Kosenine, Croatia on November 29th, 1933. She had a difficult childhood that forged in her a will and resolve that powered her through life. She trained to become a nurse - a career she loved. But she remained restless and dreamed of change, of going abroad, and so with no English and even less money, she immigrated to Canada in 1960. Stefka was an absolute force - she was undaunted by her humble English, taking on everything and everyone if she felt a wrong of any kind was being dealt. She pushed her family to always do better, to reach for the stars. Stefka was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Ernest Bunderla, in 2016. She leaves behind to carry on her legacy of wheeling, dealing, and never cheating or lying, her children Veo (Jewel) and David (Kerri) and her 3 grandsons Jake, Max, and Anthony. Special thanks to all of the 5th floor Creekstone Care Centre staff who cared for mum with such compassion and professionalism.

CROFTS, Joan Alexandra October 2, 1926 − April 21, 2022 Joan Alexandra Crofts, 95, of North Vancouver, passed away peacefully at home on April 21, 2022. Predeceased by her husband, Albert Crofts, Joan is survived by their four children, Ruth (Alf Konrad), Paul (Noelle Davis), Anne (Michael Thicke − deceased 2019), and Neil (Shannon Walker), nine grandchildren, and five great−grandchildren. Born in Winnipeg, MB, to William and Sarah Gray, Joan was predeceased by her three older brothers, William, James, and Robert Gray. Joan was interested in everything and everyone. She cherished, fostered and maintained close relationships with all of her extended family and friends. A celebration of life service is planned at 3:00 pm on Friday, May 13, 2022, at St. Andrew’s United Church, North Vancouver. Donations in memory of Joan may be directed to the War Amps.

SIMONSEN, Helle May 6, 1958 - April 3, 2022 Our dear Helle left us after a long illness. She is survived by her sister, Anna, her extended family in Denmark and Sweden, and many friends. As a child, Helle came with her family to Canada from Copenhagen, living first in Montreal and eventually settling in North Vancouver. Helle pursued her love of art and became a graphic designer. Her love of the sun and travel took her to Thailand, where she taught art before eventually returning to teach in the North Vancouver School District. Helle cherished her dog, Bella, and welcomed friends to her beautiful home. She created beauty wherever she lived. In Comox, she created a spectacular garden of colour and harmony. Helle is held gently in our hearts as we remember her sweet, kind spirit. We love and miss you, Helle. A Celebration of Helle’s life will be held on May 6, 2022, in Comox, BC.

Funeral mass to be held May 11, 2022 at 1 PM at Christ the Redeemer Church in West Vancouver. Reception to follow at the church.

TOBY, Dr. Anne Louise Dr. Anne Louise Toby passed away peacefully on April 7th, 2022, at the age of 71. She lived courageously right to the end.

HISLOP, Isaac J. August 1, 1970 − April 28, 2022

CLARK, Dorothy Jean Mom left this earth and flew into Dad’s arms. On April 14, 2022, Dorothy Jean Clark (nee Taylor) passed away peacefully in Kelowna, BC at the age of 92.

It is with profound sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of Isaac James Hislop, age 52. Isaac passed away at his home in Delta, British Columbia, on April 28, 2022. Isaac will be remembered for his kindness and sense of humour. He was a talented musician and artist. Isaac was a devoted partner to Jennifer Caldwell and a loving father to their daughter Sage and his step−son Nick. He will be deeply missed by his parents, Ralph and Gail Hislop, and his sister Airdrie Miller Mclennan (Peter). A private memorial will be planned for a future date. In lieu of flowers, please donate to a charity of your choice.

She is predeceased by her husband Andy, the love of her life.

Dorothy will be remembered for her generous nature, easy laugh and never wanting to leave the party. She will be missed by all. Private family service.

DURRANT, Richard August 19, 1943 − April 3, 2022 Richard passed away peacefully with family by his side at North Shore Hospice. Predeceased by father, Fred, and mother, Virginia. Will be forever missed by daughter Jenn Nesbitt (Craig) and grandson, Connor; son Jeff Durrant; sister Gaye Assaf (Ron); brother Larry Durrant (Fan); as well as niece and nephews. A private family service will take place at a later date.

A Celebration of Life will be held at the house on June 4, 2022, from 2 to 4. Anne loved inspirational quotes and we are creating a memory video using quotes from friends and family - please write a short 1 or 2 sentence quote about how Anne has impacted your life. Contact Graeme at gkemp2012@gmail.com to RSVP, with any questions, and send your quotes. To send a condolence to the family please visit www.yatesmemorial.ca YATES MEMORIAL SERVICES 1.877.264.3848 “Lives Cherished and Celebrated”

Dorothy leaves behind her son John (Kim), and daughter Sharon (Peter), grandchildren, Brittney, Adam, David, Steven, Melysa and great-grandchildren Ava, Mya, Cooper, Sophia, Lucas, Dawson, Victoria and Noah. Dorothy was born in St. John’s NL, on June 14, 1929, met Dad in Cape Breton and eventually made their way to North Vancouver, where they raised their family, enjoyed fulfilling careers at VGH, while volunteering many years with The Legion.

Anne is deeply missed by her sister Pamela (Rob), brother Michael, stepsons Stuart (Cathy) and Graeme (Andrea), precious grandsons Alex and Sam, her wonderful nieces and nephews, and canine companions, Bunker and Velcro, who brought her life and joy. She is predeceased by her parents and husband, Lin.

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Celebrate the lives of SMITH, Carolyn Mary October 1, 1927 − February 21, 2022 Sadly, Mary passed away in her 95th year with family around her. A resident of North Van for 64 years before relocating to the Island in 2020. She will be missed by her husband of 68 years, Ron; daughter Lynn; five grandchildren; and five great− grandchildren. Predeceased by son, Bruce, in 2013. Mary loved life, her family and her church. A celebration to be held on Saturday, May 14, 1 pm at Hillside Baptist Church, 870 Lynn Valley Rd, North Vancouver.

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TOMAN, Tina Marie Sunrise: October 6, 1984 Sunset: April 23, 2022 Our sincere condolences to the Bisaillon/ Wabigwan and Moody/Toman and Lindsay families.

KUSNIR , Mark Edward June 2, 1962 - April 14, 2022 Mark was a writer, editor, traveller, chef, photographer, musician, teacher and perpetually curious. Like the Byzantine era he was so fascinated by, he was multi-faceted and embodied both Western and Eastern sensibilities. He was baptized in the Catholic Church but practised Buddhism later in life; he enjoyed intellectual pursuits while also maintaining a daily meditation routine. He was born in Vancouver, but was really at home anywhere in the world. Whether he was in Northern BC, Namibia, New York City or Sudan, people would swear he was one of them. We often joked that he would have been the perfect spy; however, his boundless enthusiasm and his inability to hold back information, would make short work of his spy career. Mark grew up on the slope of Grouse Mountain with his father, John, his mother, Eileen and his siblings, Paul, Jon, Greg and Janice. It was a hectic and active life with Mark being a most adventurous and nomadic child even at a young age. He started work as a paperboy biking the steep streets of North Van and then hurtling down them - sometimes blindfolded by the newspaper bag strap. He went to St. Thomas Aquinas High School where he played and coached basketball and was in a rock band, Paul Anthony and the Invasion, along with his brother Paul and friends. Mark was the band’s saxophone player and he played with much enthusiasm despite having limited training. He also worked as a dishwasher when he was 14 and went on to work and cook in many Vancouver restaurants and also at the Whitehall Hotel in London, England, and, while going to film school at NYU, the I Tre Merli restaurant in New York City. When he returned to Vancouver from New York, he started his College English teaching career and taught at Thompson Rivers University, University of the Fraser Valley, Kwantlen College and Langara. He was always the favourite English Instructor and combined a fun and lively classroom atmosphere with excellent teaching instruction. It was at the University of the Fraser Valley where he met Sonya. With her and her son Colin, he had a long, adventurous and unique relationship. Together they travelled to Egypt, Europe, Japan, and throughout Africa including a motorcycle trip from Cape Town to Cairo that he embarked upon with Colin. They also opened a donut shop, Dada Donuts, where he was both owner and baker. Subsequently, a bookstore, Zebra Books, complimenting their love of books and writing. In 2010, Mark delved into the world of motor sport accompanying Colin as he raced at many tracks in the United States. He was Colin’s support person, photographer and record keeper. They hit hot spots all around the United States such as Bakersfield, California and Pahrump, Nevada. Mark was always the happiest when he was on the road, and the distance was never too far and the speed never too great. His love of perpetual movement saw him take every major train journey in the US and propelled him to buy an RV for his 50th birthday. Mark never thought the RV had any limitations and drove it like it was an off road vehicle.

It is with sadness we advise our dear relative Tina Marie Toman passed away on April 23, 2022 in Abbotsford Hospice. Tina was born to her parents Joseph ‘Joey’ Thomas Toman and Colleen Hanna Edith Wabigwan on October 6, 1984, in Squamish. Tina grew up on St’á7mes (Stawamus IR No. 24). She attended Stawamus Elementary and proudly graduated from Howe Sound Secondary School with the aid of Life Skills Curriculum. She furthered her studies at Langley’s Kwantlen College in an adult program for those with disabilities and went on to work with A&W and McDonalds food chains. Tina was an avid bowler, she attended the Special Olympics where her and her teammates achieved a Silver Medal, and she personally was awarded a Silver Medal in Women’s High Score. Tina was always smiling and a very hard worker. She especially loved her sisters and would never go anywhere or do anything without them. Tina is survived by her grandfather Chief Toby Thomas Toman; grandmother Shirley L. Toman (nee Moody) (Robert); father Joseph ‘Joey’ Thomas Toman; mother Colleen Hanna Edith Wabigwan (Bruce); mom Leona Lindsay; sisters and brothers Holly Spring Toman, Hanna Ashley Toman, Jeffery Joseph Toman (Maria), Russell BW Harvey (Nangons), Mabel Anne Harvey and Mark Wilfred Harvey; nieces and nephews Serena Rae Lynn Lewis, Jax Wesley Joseph Toman, Riverleigh Roy and Rivaris Harvey-Roy, Sage and Benton Harvey-Belleau and Charles Shawana-Harvey; and many loving relatives and dear friends. Shaker Funeral Service was held on April 28th. Online condolences can be found at www.squamishfuneralchapel.com

In the last 5 years, Mark lived on a houseboat and also built a lapstrake dory. He was a familiar face around the Coal Harbour Marina and life on the water suited his love of movement and meditation. During this time, he also started many Writers’ Workshops and was an Instructor at various Writers’ Conferences in Fernie and Kaslo, BC. It was also in these years that Mark devoted his life to his true passion writing. He would spend many hours at his desk on the houseboat writing and editing his own creative work and helping and encouraging other writers as well. For Mark, although his death was sudden, this is the beginning of a new journey and Colin will spread his ashes on the top of a mountain in Fernie where his father’s ashes are, in Big Sur, California where he and Colin spent many racing days, and in Tanzania and Greece. Mark is survived by his mother, Eileen Foley; his brothers Paul (Karen), Jon (Eva), Greg (Jo-Anne), his sister Janice Hill (John); his nephews and nieces, Sean (Shaynne), Justin, Danielle, Myles, Adam, Nicole, Samantha and Scott; his Aunt Mary Menduk, Aunt Robina Kusnir and many cousins and friends and by Sonya and Colin. He is predeceased by his father, John Kusnir. A memorial service will be held for Mark at 4pm on Friday, May 6th, 2022 at the Unitarian Church 949 W. 49th, Vancouver, BC. A reception to follow at Sage Bistro, 6331 Crescent Rd, UBC. In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to donate to the Fernie Arts Council theartsstation.com Travel “The railroad track is miles away, and the day is loud with voices speaking, Yet there isn’t a train goes by all day But I hear its whistle shrieking. All night there isn’t a train goes by, Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming, But I see the cinders red on the sky, And hear its engine steaming. My heart is warm with the friends I make, And better friends I’ll not be knowing; Yet there isn’t a train I wouldn’t take, No matter where it’s going.

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We are looking for our next star! The North Shore News has an immediate opening for a full time Advertising Coordinator. If you like a fun, fast-paced environment this role is for you. We are looking for someone who has a natural sense of urgency, pays attention to detail along with multi-tasking skills. Printing and/or Digital experience an asset. We offer a great working environment, a competitive wage including an attractive benefits package. This can be the start of a rewarding career with our dynamic marketing company! If this sounds like the perfect fit, please email your resume and cover letter by May 12, 2022 to: Vicki Magnison Sales and Marketing Director North Shore News/Glacier Media vmagnison@nsnews.com

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Call 604-

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PUZZLE ANSWERS ON SEPARATE PAGE

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

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ROOFING

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604-653-7851 604.630.3300

ADVERTISING POLICIES

All advertising published in this newspaper is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services offered are accurately described and willingly sold to buyers at the advertised prices. Advertisers are aware of these conditions. Advertising that does not conform to these standards or that is deceptive or misleading, is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards we ask that you inform the Publisher of this newspaper and The Advertising Standards Council of B.C. OMISSION AND ERROR: The publishers do not guarantee the insertion of a particular advertisement on a specified date, or at all, although every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the advertisers. Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss of damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections of changes will be made in the next available issue. The North Shore News will be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration. For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

ACROSS

1. A power of perception 4. Slotted hinged metal plate 8. Popular crop 10. Siamese ﬁghting ﬁsh 11. Larval crabs 12. South American mammal 13. Occur as a result of 15. Slavic language 16. An electric underground railway

17. Transporting 18. A direction 21. Opposite of start 22. Mock 23. People love and hate it (abbr.) 24. A people of Myanmar 25. A Queens ballplayer 26. Southern Thailand indigenous person 27. Famed actress 34. Thin strips

35. Bluish greens 36. Ridiculed 37. Having the shape of a cube 38. Came down 39. Indian religious god 40. “Bewitched” actress Moorehead 41. Leak through slowly 42. Buzzing insects 43. Midway between south and southeast

15. Car mechanics group 17. A barrel of liquid (abbr.) 19. Bound to do 20. Explosive 23. Ridicules 24. Adult male 25. Military personnel 26. French and Belgian river 27. Found in the sea 28. A share lost in default (abbr.) 29. Type of medication (abbr.)

30. City on the Rhine 31. Animal disease 32. They’re in martinis 33. Get away 34. Wampum 36. Lacking brightness

DOWN 1. Skin condition 2. Earlier 3. Right away 4. Vomiting 5. Go to 6. “The Police” frontman 7. Bullﬁghting maneuver 9. Paciﬁc island 10. A system of algebraic notation 12. A room used for the activities of a group 14. The longest division of geological time

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