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No magic pill to cure family doctor shortage JANE SEYD

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When North Vancouver resident Brent Hillier needs to get a prescription filled these days, his options are limited.

Like many people on the North Shore, Hillier doesn’t have a family doctor.

“I’ve been going to walk-in clinics for the past two years,” said Hillier.

Not that “walk-in clinics” are places patients can actually walk into these days either. In most cases, Hillier says he has to start phoning at 7 a.m. and hope there’s an appointment available.

Sometimes he just has to wing it, searching up information online, for instance, about how to adjust dosages of medication.

Getting a referral to a specialist of any kind is another challenge.

Hillier said he and his wife have tried to find a family doctor and have put themselves on wait lists. “I assume those wait lists are fairly long,” he said. “Out of Continued on page 24

Dr. Nicole Barre and Dr. Maryam Zeineddin are family doctors at West Vancouver’s Ambleside Medical Clinic. Several factors have come together to put North Shore family doctors under stress as the population ages. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

UNSAFE FOR SWIMMING

Deep Cove beach water contaminated with E. coli

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Deep Cove may be one of the most desirable places to lounge by the beach in the summer, but for the time being, swimmers should stay out of the water.

Vancouver Coastal Health is reporting

potentially dangerous levels of E. coli in the water off Panorama Park.

Under the federal Canadian Recreational Water Quality Guidelines, people should avoid the water whenever the amount of E. coli exceeds 200 bacteria per 100 millilitres of tested water.

Samples taken from five locations in

Deep Cove on June 30 showed E. coli counts ranging from 563 to 9,208 – more than 46 times the recommended safe limit.

Getting contaminated water into one’s mouth, eyes, ears, or in an open wound results in a higher risk of gastrointestinal and upper respiratory illnesses, as well as skin, eye or ear infections, according to

the health authority.

E. coli is naturally occurring in the intestinal tract of humans and animals, although there are many ways it can show up in high concentrations in beach water, according to Vancouver Coastal Health.

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North Van looks to create faith-based cemetery sections BRENT RICHTER

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Everyone knows North Vancouver is a beautiful place to spend one’s life. But for many, it’s a less accommodating place to spend time without end.

The City of North Vancouver is looking to make its cemetery more culturally inclusive with separate sections held for people of different religious and cultural burial traditions.

The move comes at the request of members of the North Vancouver Jewish community, although the strategy now being worked on by city staff is set to include the rituals and practices of many other faiths.

“I feel that allowing faithbased sections in the cemetery would allow us to continue what we’re already doing, which is living together in peace and harmony. And I feel that we should be allowed to rest in eternity in peace and harmony in a public cemetery,” city resident Kala Solway told council on June 20. “I also feel that allowing the faithbased section in the cemeteries allows the various ethnicities to honour our own traditions and rituals, and yet still be a part of a larger community that we already form.”

In order to comply with custom, Jews must be buried in Jewish cemeteries (or within Jewish sections of cemeteries), said Rabbi Philip Gibbs of Har

Rabbi Philip Gibbs of Har El, the North Shore Centre for Jewish Life, is hoping to see City of North Vancouver pursue a plan for a culturally inclusive cemetery. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN

El, the North Shore Centre for Jewish Life. The places where they are buried are considered

holy and must remain undisturbed forever. That fosters a sense of communal ownership,

and it allows the Jewish community to care for the graves in culturally appropriate ways.

“There are certain traditional requirements around what respect of graves looks like in Judaism,” Gibbs said, citing the practice of leaving stones at the grave of a loved one instead of flowers as an example. “That’s able to bring many people a sense of comfort when visiting their loved ones.”

It’s also customary for Jews to visit the cemetery and recite specific prayers for the dead at certain times of year, which is difficult to do if they are spread around the graveyard, he added.

There has been an active and organized Jewish community on the North Shore since the 1950s, said city resident Neil Loomer, but there is no place in North Vancouver for them to be buried.

West Vancouver’s Capilano View Cemetery has a Jewish section, although non-West Vancouver residents must pay almost double the cost to be buried there that West Van residents do. The nearest other options are in Burnaby and New Westminster.

“I believe that creating special internment sections for the Jewish community and other faith groups who choose North Vancouver as a place to raise their families will enhance the North Shore’s cultural diversity and contribute to the growth and prosperity of our city,” Loomer

said.

Having a separate section could take as little demarcation as a walkway or a low hedge, Bernard Pinsky, a member of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, advised council.

Council voted unanimously on a motion from Mayor Linda Buchanan asking city staff to report back on the feasibility for faith-based communities to have dedicated sections within the cemetery tailored to their religious and cultural practices.

When the city cemetery was established in 1907, diversity and inclusion were likely far from the minds of the city fathers, Buchanan said.

“Today, our values are very, very different, and I think our public places need to reflect that,” she said. “We know that the city is an incredibly diverse place, and it is important that we honour and celebrate that diversity with inclusive policies.”

Support for Buchanan’s motion was unanimous.

“I think we need to find ways to accommodate and to support to the best of our ability, all of the faith-based rituals surrounding the death of a loved one. It’s such a sacred and meaningful time in a family’s life,” said Coun.

Angela Girard. “If we consider ourselves an inclusive city, I think by supporting this motion, we’re demonstrating our commitment to supporting all residents within our city.”

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Environmental group says it is ending major road protests NICK LABA

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An activist group that has drawn ire for blocking major roadways in British Columbia says those disruptions are ending.

“Major traffic disruptions will end today,” read a June 29 statement from Save Old Growth’s central organizing committee.

Instead, the group says it’s turning its attention to other tactics like public outreach and events.

“Other strategies will be used that won’t stop traffic,” the statement continues. “We continue to request the government take

urgent steps to permanently protect B.C.’s remaining old growth forests.”

Activist and North Vancouver resident Ben Holt said the group has had some contact with people in the B.C. Premier’s office, who weren’t willing to negotiate with the group while there were ongoing blockades.

“So we’re giving them the opportunity to negotiate,” he told the North Shore News.

“We’re not anticipating anything significant to come out of it, but we feel it would be silly to not have this opportunity.”

“We don’t have a date for how long we’re going to be in this process,” Holt said.

The 52-year-old computer programmer

had court appearances in North Vancouver provincial court and Vancouver provincial court on June 29. He’s facing mischief charges after gluing his hands to the Upper Levels Highway between Caulfeild and Horseshoe Bay on June 14, and after demonstrating on Grandview Highway in Burnaby on April 18.

To draw attention to the issue of logging old growth trees – a practice that polls show many British Columbians think should be curbed – members of Save Old Growth have blocked highways with their bodies and vehicles. Those roadways include Ironworkers Memorial

Second Narrows Crossing, Lions Gate Bridge, the Trans-Canada Highway, George Massey Tunnel, and the Pat Bay Highway near Greater Victoria’s Swartz Bay ferry terminal.

On several occasions, angry drivers have confronted the protesters verbally and physically. Some of those drivers have said that the group is only drawing negative attention to its cause, and that no one cares about climate change.

“There’s only 2.7 per cent of productive old growth forest left,” Holt said. “What we’re trying to do is get the government to follow through and do the right thing.”

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Province still reviewing plans for new elementary school JANE SEYD

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The plan to build a new North Vancouver elementary school that was given tentative thumbs up two years ago is still being reviewed by the province, but with a higher price tag attached.

Back in the spring of 2020, a new Cloverley elementary school in North Vancouver was one of only seven in the province short-listed for more intensive evaluation by the Ministry of Education.

Usually that means approval is on the way, said North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma at the time.

Most recently, the ministry asked school district planners to come up with new cost estimates, recognizing “there’s been some fairly large project escalation costs,” said Jim McKenzie, facilities managers for the North Vancouver School District, at a recent public school board meeting.

The ministry is now reviewing those.

Initial cost estimates to build the school five years ago were slightly less than $22 million. But new cost estimates could potentially double that. More recent estimates of costs to replace other elementary schools in North Vancouver have ranged from $43 million to $48 million.

The plan to build a new school at the site of the old Cloverley Elementary at the corner of Cloverley Street and Hendry Avenue has been on the school district’s wish list for the past four years.

The school district hopes a new school will take enrolment pressures off filled-tobursting neighbouring elementary schools, as well as provide a school for new housing developments in areas like Moodyville.

One big advantage of the Cloverley plan is the land already belongs to the school district, so the province wouldn’t have to find and pay for a site, or go through a redevelopment process.

Cloverley has been closed as a public school since 1982. At one point, the school district considered selling the property for residential development. However, no proposal was ever formally submitted to the City of North Vancouver.

Cloverley is just one of the new elementary schools on the North Vancouver school district’s wish list.

The school district has also asked the Ministry of Education for approval to build another $43 million elementary school for 465 students in Lower Lonsdale. That school would require the province to buy land for the school. McKenzie said preliminary estimates of how much a school site would cost are in the range of $58 million.

McKenzie said once the school district has approval from the province, staff would start looking to see what land might be available.

The school district is also still awaiting final approvals on a plan to expand Lynn Valley Elementary.

After that, the district’s top priority is to expand Lynnmour Elementary from its current capacity of 270 students up to 510 students at a cost of about $21.5 million.

“We’ve been seeing a lot of pressure down at Lynnmour Elementary,” said McKenzie.

Other items on the wish include expanding Carson Graham Secondary from a capacity of 1,100 students to 1,400 students at an estimated cost of $22 million, an expansion of Queensbury Elementary from 270 students to 420 students at an estimated cost of $9 million, and an expansion of Westview Elementary from 245 students to 345 students at an estimated cost of $6.7 million. The district also wants to expand Larson Elementary from 440 students to 535 students at an estimated cost of $7.5 million.

Other major capital projects on the long-range wish list include two school replacements: a plan to replace both the existing Seymour Heights and Blueridge elementary schools with a larger combined 585-student Seymour Heights school at an estimated cost of $48 million, and a plan to replace Ross Road Elementary with a larger 535-student school at a cost of about $45.6 million.

Each year, school districts submit their wish lists for school capital projects to the Ministry of Education and the ministry usually announces approved projects in the spring.

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Indigenous artifacts found during Horseshoe Bay Park redevelopment CHARLIE CAREY

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Among the flurry of work happening at the Horseshoe Bay Park revitalization site, Indigenous artifacts have been recovered under the guidance and direction of local First Nations and archeologists.

District of West Vancouver staff have confirmed that since beginning to dig by hand in February, artifacts including arrowheads and lithics, which are stones that have been manipulated to fashion into a tool, have been found in the area.

The area itself has a subsurface shell midden (a pile of discarded shells), and has been associated with a seasonal-use fishing village.

The site is listed in the provincial inventory of archeological sites and historic places, and is protected under the provincial Heritage Conservation Act. The district had an archeological impact assessment in June 2021, and an archeology permit was obtained in conjunction with the park restoration work.

According to the district, Musqueam, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh

(Squamish), and Tsleil-Waututh Nations were all notified of the dig and subsequent findings, and a representative from TWN has been on-site.

Completing the hand-digging portion on June 1, the district told the North Shore News that if the Nation advises at any time moving forward that hand-digging is recommended again, the district will comply.

In a statement to the News, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) spokesperson Sxwíxwtn (Wilson Williams) said the Nation is taking steps to protect the park that’s being redeveloped within its traditional territory in Ch’ax̱áy̓ (Horseshoe Bay).

“We had a prominent village there before colonization and, to this day, our people catch herring near the shore and harvest their eggs.

Protecting archeological sites is vital as they show our deep connection with the land and help us learn more about how our ancestors lived over the past 12,000 or so years,” he said.

The redevelopment of the park, which began in February, is aimed at creating a free-flowing and connected park space all the way from the BC Ferries terminal to Horseshoe Bay

Pier. Slated to be completed early next year, the park will include a new playground, a waterfront path, picnic shelter and improved lighting.

“The District of West Vancouver was sensitive to what was known about this site, so that we could be the least intrusive as possible,” the district said in its statement. “In consultation with First Nations, the information learned about this area informed the planning and design of the park. The design of the park was created after significant community input and with information about the archeological site.”

The found artifacts have been sent to UBC’s department of archeology and catalogued, while the First Nation’s monitors and the archeologist remain on site.

Despite rumours of unmarked graves being found, the district has confirmed that no graves have been uncovered, nor are they expected to be.

Tsleil-Waututh Nation declined to comment.

Charlie Carey is the North Shore News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter.

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ur universal access to health care is a point of pride among Canadians, but try telling that to the one-in-five British Columbians who don’t have a family doctor. More than 7,600 people are on the wait list for a family GP on the North Shore alone.

Our demographics, unfortunately, suggest things will get worse before they get better. Our rapidly aging population means more demand for health care. But it also includes some rapidly aging doctors who are ready for retirement. Every time one moves on, the crunch gets that much worse.

B.C.’s family physicians have made clear why it’s getting harder to persuade new grads to go into family practice – the administrative burden is too great and the overhead costs are too high – and they

haven’t had any luck persuading the government to meaningfully address either of those issues.

People without a family doc can still see a physician via an Urgent and Primary Care Centre, like the one we have in Lower Lonsdale, but wait times can be just as bad or worse as going to an ER. And, unlike a family doctor, the one who greets you there won’t know your personal history. It is by its nature reactive, not proactive.

We believe family doctors still have a vital role to play in the health of our populace. Our population is growing and the grey wave is just beginning to crest.

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North Shore should take pride in field hockey World Cup A North Shore sporting success story more than 50 years in the making is unfolding this week.

The Canadian women’s national field hockey team is taking part in the 2022 FIH World Cup for the first time in 28 years, facing off against the world’s best at the tournament hosted by Spain and the Netherlands. Four of the 18 players are from North Vancouver, and two more are based in West Vancouver. And that is no fluke.

The West Vancouver Field Hockey Club was co-founded in 1968 by Dr. Lawrence “Boots” Boothroyd, a surgeon at Lions Gate Hospital, and his friend Hugh Fraser.

The story goes that they were passionate sportsman who both ended up with multiple daughters, but back in those days there weren’t many sporting options for girls.

“There was soccer for the boys and then but nothing for the girls,” Boothroyd once reportedly said about the founding of the club. “Hugh and I had both played field hockey at one time so we thought we should give it a whirl.”

They decided to hold a one-day jamboree to see what kind of interest there was, taking out ads in the local newspapers to

invite girls to come and try the sport.

On the big day they were discouraged to see torrential rain coming down – a familiar sight for anyone who has Laugh All You Want played sports on the Andy Prest North Shore – but their fears were washed away by a flood of girls who came out despite the downpour. More than 120 girls took part in that first session.

“We were delighted,” said Boothroyd.

From there the club steadily grew into the powerhouse sports organization it is today. With more than 2,500 female and male members, it is the largest field hockey club in North America. And the club is now the de facto home of the national team programs, in part because there is a huge foundation built to support that level of play, but also because the club produces so many elitelevel players. Several of those players help form the backbone of the team now competing at the World Cup. I first met North Van’s Hannah

Haughn when she was still in high school at Handsworth. I went out to watch Handsworth play in the North Shore high school field hockey final, and saw Haughn play an excellent game for the Royals. What was so remarkable, however, was that she’d just gotten off a plane from South America where she was playing with the senior national team. She went straight from the airport to Ambleside Park, her first break coming only when she stopped to pick up the banner she helped Handsworth win.

Since then she’s become a cornerstone of the national program on the field and off.

She’s coming up on 200 caps for the national team, and has been a leader in the fight to get the players the funding they need to train together and compete at events around the world. And her mere presence on the 2022 World Cup roster is inspiring. Haughn suffered a devastated right knee injury in March of 2021, tearing her ACL and meniscus and straining her LCL and MCL. The knee was entirely wrecked, but she came all the way back, and was there in the starting lineup as Canada opened the World Cup against host Spain on Canada Day. Fellow North Vancouver native Karli

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Johansen, who has more than 150 caps, had the honour of scoring Canada’s first World Cup goal since 1994, the team’s lone tally in a 4-1 loss to Spain.

And there are two North Van young guns on the team as well. Audrey Sawers made her ninth appearance for Canada in the World Cup opener, and Grace Delmotte made her first ever appearance for the senior national team in the game against Spain.

In their second game of the tournament, the Canadians lost a heartbreaker 3-2 on a late goal from Korea. Canada has one more game in opening round play, July 7, 9 a.m.

Vancouver time, against Argentina.

The game won’t get the same national attention that the Canadian soccer or hockey teams do, but you can bet there will be a little army of North Shore field hockey fanatics tuning in to the livestream to watch the team compete. The fact that they’ll also be watching several of their friends and neighbours and teammates play on the sport’s biggest stage is a testament to the power of the field hockey program built on the North Shore and the people who keep it running and growing. aprest@nsnews.com

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Comfort is more than a feeling – it’s a promise Dogs play at North Vancouver’s Central Lonsdale off-leash dog park. The constant noise from the park is annoying the neighbours, according to one letter writer. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN

CENTRAL LONSDALE DOG PARK IS A NOISY NUISANCE

Dear Editor:

For 14 years, my husband and I have enjoyed sitting outside on our condo balcony, but since the dog park on Eighth Street and Lonsdale Avenue was opened last year, the noise of barking dogs has taken that enjoyment away.

At times, the barking is also audible and annoying on the inside of our condo, as early as 8 a.m. Many of our neighbours that I have spoken to are of the same opinion. Whoever made the decision to change the original plan of an urban park to a dog park obviously did not realize the consequences of putting such a park next to so many residences. This was a terrible decision.

I love dogs and have had two of my own over the years, so this is not coming from someone who dislikes dogs. When more dog parks in the city are under consideration, the planners must be aware of the noise that will affect adjacent residences.

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It is well known that people with regular incomes are being priced out of the city as land is expensive and construction costs prohibitive. Owners would be more likely to build coach houses if they had the option to sell them. Density could be improved without changing the character of residential neighbourhoods.

We are retirees who now can’t afford to stay in the neighbourhood we love.

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STORM SURGE DAMAGE

West Van gets green light to move forward with pier rebuilds CHARLIE CAREY

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The days of jumping off West Vancouver piers are on the horizon once more, as the district has received the OK from its insurer to dive into repairs after severe damage during a storm this winter.

In an update June 28, the district said it had confirmed the piers are both covered by insurance, and “staff are now beginning work on detailed drawings and are planning repairs for the Ambleside Pier and floating dock at the Dundarave Pier.”

The structures were severely damaged on January 7 earlier this year due to a storm surge. The district has since been conducting structural assessments and insurance eligibility for the total cost of repairs.

In a statement to the North Shore News, the district said next steps include creating

detailed drawings to get a cost estimate, securing any required budget, going to tender, obtaining the required foreshore permits and conducting repairs.

“Optimistically, we are hopeful that this process could be completed in a year,” the district wrote.

For those looking to cool down with a plunge in the meantime, the district is suggesting folks go to Dundarave Beach, where a swimming dock is now open all summer after a two-year hiatus.

After successfully recruiting lifeguards for the district, lifeguards will be on duty at Dundarave Beach from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 12 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on weekends and holidays.

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

Damage is still evident at Dundarave Pier six months following a January storm surge that swamped large areas of the West Vancouver waterfront. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN

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Family fights for child access to life-changing drug NICK LABA

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Being asked why you can’t afford a life-saving medication is a conversation no parent wants to have with their child.

Oliver Narciso, a 10-year-old boy from North Vancouver, is living with cystic fibrosis. A newly approved drug could drastically improve his daily quality of life and stave off permanent damage to his lungs.

But he’s currently too young to qualify for coverage. Out-of-pocket, the medication would cost his family around $306,000 per year.

Cystic fibrosis results from a defective gene that’s expressed in all organs with access to the outside world. The defect causes mucus to be thick and sticky, becoming a medium for chronic infections while the immune system ends up damaging the lungs.

Trikafta is a multi-drug treatment that goes throughout the body, effectively fixing the defective gene. Without it, Oliver undergoes onerous regimens including various supplements and daily physiotherapy to treat a host of symptoms.

Trikafta treats everything at once.

Last fall, coverage for Canadians 12 and older rolled out across the country, generating cheers from the CF community.

In April, Health Canada approved the drug for kids age six to 11, but coverage decisions happen at the provincial level, and BC PharmaCare is notoriously slow at rubber-stamping meds for rare conditions.

Experts say it could take another six months before young kids in British Columbia can access Trikafta. Meanwhile, Oliver’s lung function continues to decline below normal levels.

It’s terrifying, says mother Miriana Narciso, because they don’t know if that lung function will ever return.

Oliver Narciso (10), father Nelson, mother Miriana and sister Amelia gather at their home in North Vancouver. Oliver’s lung function continues to deteriorate while he waits for the province to approve pediatric coverage for Trikafta, an expensive drug that drastically improves quality of life for cystic fibrosis patients. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN

“As parents, we have to watch our child’s health and lung [function] deteriorate,” she said. “We really need the government to fund this for every kid in B.C. and across Canada. Everybody needs to have access to this life-saving medication.”

Because there’s been so much discussion about it, Oliver has asked his parents why he can’t go on Trikafta, and if CF can kill him. In response, his parents have had to explain that they need government help to pay for the treatment – one that could add years to his life.

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return like it does in other damaged organs.

A CF patient catching a cold often lands in hospital because of an acute flare up of respiratory symptoms, explained Dr. John Wallenburg, chief scientific officer at Cystic Fibrosis Canada.

“They’re in there two weeks minimum, often four weeks or longer, on intravenous antibiotics to try and treat the exacerbation,” he said. “More than half of them will not recover their lung function.”

Ideally, he wants to see Trikafta coverage for kids in the six-to-11 group approved within the next few months, but describes B.C.’s budget analysis process

as “opaque,” adding that it could likely drag on longer.

The Narcisos have been making noise in hopes of expediting the review. They held a walk in June with Oliver’s classmates from St. Anthony’s School in West Vancouver, raising $30,000 for the fight against the disease.

Mom Miriana has written to officials including provincial Health Minister Adrian Dix, West Vancouver-Capilano MLA Karen Kirkpatrick and North VancouverLonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma. Ma said Trikafta can indeed improve the quality of life for CF patients, which is why coverage was provided to hundreds of British Columbians age 12 and up under the B.C. Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases process.

Once the Canadian Drug Expert Committee posts its final recommendation for pediatric use, expected in July, the province’s own drug benefit council will carry out its review.

Ma said she’s spoken directly with Dix about Trikafta for young children to communicate how important she believes this is. Provided a positive recommendation, the Health Ministry expects to complete its review by the end of August.

“Minister Dix has further confirmed that we are preparing for these reviews by working closely with CF clinicians through Cystic Fibrosis Care BC and the Provincial Health Services Authority to plan for an efficient enrolment of new patients eligible for coverage as soon as the review process is completed,” she said.

Battered from the emotional toll the disease has taken on her son and family, Narciso said getting the drug will feel like winning the lottery.

“The day that we get that box in our hand and he takes his first pill, I can just tell you right now – it’s going to be a good day,” she said.

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City of North Vancouver council has approved two new buildings – an allrental apartment in Central Lonsdale and a mixed-use building in the Mosquito Creek neighbourhood.

Council voted unanimously June 27 to approve Crystal Apartments Ltd.’s rezoning application for a six-storey building with 57 rental homes at 124 West 20th Ave. Six of the rentals will be offered at 10-per cent below market rates in perpetuity.

The new building will replace a three-storey walk-up from the late 1960s. About half of the tenants in the 22 units have already moved out, according to the developer.

At a public hearing held immediately prior, the only resident to address council urged the developer to use low-carbon cement in construction of the building’s underground parkade, and to design the building’s roof with an electrical system to accommodate solar panels.

Council members spoke highly of the proposal for its below-market rentals, the number of family-sized units, its easy access to transit and amenities, and the net increase in the number of trees that would be on the property following redevelopment.

“The rental that we build today becomes more affordable tomorrow, so I think that’s really important that we look at the whole

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life cycle of these projects,” said Coun. Tony Valente. “I think it’s going be a great addition to that particular section of the city.”

Soon after, council gave the OK to a four-storey residential/commercial building at 800 Marine Dr., what is today a Midas garage.

The proposal from Cascadia Green includes 22,745 square feet of commercial space (retail on ground level and office on the second floor) and 19 strata homes on the top two floors.

It too was uncontroversial for council members.

“I just wanted to say that I think it’ll be an improvement for this particular corner of the city and provide some much needed office space,” said Coun. Angela Girard.

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Nature and nurture: immersive nature school fosters students’ sense of wonder Saplings Nature School: North Shore’s only B.C.-certified nature-based elementary school

“How many raindrops fill the river?” The question isn’t necessarily surprising, given the environment in which it was asked.

An elementary school-aged child posed it to their teacher, while testing the pH levels during a puddle science class.

It’s just a typical day, and one example of inquiry-based learning—the curiosity spurred through direct exploration of nature that happens in an outdoor Photo by Tilly Nelson www.tillynelson.com classroom at Saplings Nature School.

“It’s beautiful, because outside, students are really able to think about it in their experience, as it’s happening,” says Heather Fraser, founder and director, Saplings Nature School.

New nature-based elementary school An early childhood educator, Fraser wanted to provide an opportunity for children to explore and experience the natural world through practical involvement, and established Saplings Preschool in 2012 for her children, now grown kids.

The enthusiasm received from the preschool, plus their afterschool programs, helped to lay the groundwork, fuelling the launch of Saplings K-4 Learning Centre. Operating a little more than two years, it’s now officially Saplings Nature School.

“The feedback has been very positive,” reveals Fraser. “Parents tell me their kids aren’t fighting with them to go to school and look forward to bringing their ideas home. They say, ‘I really want to work on this; I’m so excited about this.’”

“September 2022 marks our first year officially opening as a B.C.-certified nature school.”

Employing a holistic approach, Saplings Nature School students’ learn to connect deeply to place, become active citizens, and engage inquisitively and critically in the world around them.

“We take our students outside of the traditional four walls and provide relationship building opportunities with our local environment,” says Fraser. “This allows them to learn with, in and from the living world around them, creating citizens who are community-based, and sustainability minded.”

Four fun ways to learn (when you’re a Sapling) 1. Ready for anything Be ready to go no matter what you may get up to! You’ll learn to be adaptable and responsive in the natural world and its many communities in your daily inquiries, both inside and out.

2. River science Expect first-hand daily exploratory experiences about your environment and seek answers to your own questions. Explore your personal curiosities while at the same time gain awareness of your Photo by Saplings Nature School roles and responsibilities toward this planet and all its creatures.

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“Saplings get to apply what they know to hands-on, memorable experiences,” says Fraser.

“The children are working on mapping the community using technology to make sure we have included all the streets and important points in our big community map.”

“We’re so excited to offer this opportunity at our nature-based school for families and give children this authentic learning experience,” Fraser says. “We look forward to registering kids for the 2022 and 2023 school year, to learn outside in our beautiful environment.”

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West Vancouver Police have impounded two Lamborghinis after they were spotted being driven up to double the speed limit on the Seato-Sky Highway June 24.

A West Vancouver traffic officer nabbed the luxury rides just north of Ansell Place on Highway 99 after spying the pair of Lambos driving in tandem, heading north at a high rate of speed, according to Const. Nicole Braithwaite, spokesperson for the West Vancouver Police Department.

Officers using a radar gun determined the luxury sports cars were allegedly travelling about 156 kilometres per hour at the time.

Both vehicles were stopped and each driver was issued a $368 ticket for excessive speeding.

Both Lambos – a 2022 blue Lamborghini Hurucan and a grey 2022 Lamborghini Aventador – were also impounded for seven days, said Braithwaite.

The Lamborghinis range in price anywhere from $250,000 to $700,000.

The drivers, who also own the Lambos, were heading to a Lamborghini show in Whistler when police stopped them, said Braithwaite.

This 2022 Lamborghini was one of two nabbed by West Vancouver Police driving in tandem at twice the posted speed limit on Highway 99 June 24. WVPD

It’s not the first time supercars heading to a show of luxury cars in Whistler have been nabbed by police on the Sea-to-Sky Highway.

In 2018, West Van police pulled over a Richmond man driving a white 2016 Lamborghini Huracan without a licence near Lions Bay. He also received a fine and had his ride impounded.

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VANCOUVER SHIPYARDS

Welder’s rights violated with drug tests, labour relations board rules A welder at Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver has been awarded $1,000 in damages after a labour relations board arbitrator concluded the company violated his rights when it forced him to take three drug tests after a minor workplace accident.

The decision, handed down June 6, involved an accident that happened May 8, 2020, at Vancouver Shipyards, when a longterm employee was moving a large mobile “man lift” into position in order to weld a part of a ship over 27 metres off the ground.

While moving the lift in an area close to another huge piece of machinery, the two pieces of equipment “made contact,” according to the decision.

Damage to the equipment was “negligible” according to the decision, consisting of minor paint scraping.

The welder showed no signs of impairment, but shipyard supervisors decided the accident was a “significant event” anyway, and ordered the worker to take three drug tests, including an oral swab, breathalyzer and a urine test. All three tests came back negative.

The Marine and Shipbuilders Union challenged that decision, saying the drug tests were an unreasonable invasion of the welder’s privacy rights and not justified under the

shipyard’s substance abuse policy.

At a three-day hearing this spring, the shipyard argued that while no measurable damage resulted from the accident, “there was potential for significant damage.”

As the welder’s line of sight wasn’t sufficient to allow him to turn the lift without hitting the other piece of machinery, “a person could have been nearby and could have been struck or crushed,” according to the company.

That constituted a “near miss,” the shipyard argued. But the union argued that as no significant damage resulted and there was no significant risk of injury, the accident didn’t meet the standard required to ask for a drug test.

In deciding for the union, arbitrator Randall Noonan concluded that “while an incident need not be catastrophic, it must be substantial or significant” to meet the test.

“To allow testing to occur based on worst-case scenarios or remote possibilities would justify tests in virtually any situation,” he wrote.

The requirement for the drug test without reasonable cause violated the worker’s privacy and bodily integrity rights, Noonan wrote. He ordered Vancouver Shipyards to pay the worker $1,000. He also ordered that all records about the demand for the drug test be removed from the welder’s personnel file.

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Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $62,992 financed at 2.99% nominal rate (2.99% APR) equals $442 bi-weekly for 72 months. Cost of borrowing is $5,897, for a total obligation of $68,889. Freight ($2,095) and A/C charge ($100, if applicable) included. Example does not include license, insurance, registration, PPSA, applicable taxes and dealer fees. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. General Motors of Canada Company (GM Canada) may modify, extend or terminate offers for any reason, in whole or in part, at any time, without notice. ®Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. TD Auto Finance is a registered trademark of The Toronto-Dominion Bank. As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact GM Canada to verify eligibility. These offers may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives.

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In November 2020, Moez Kassam agreed to purchase 138 bottles of wine from Brian Gunsten, then vice-president of Dream Wines Corporation, a North Vancouverheadquartered broker of wines. But the wine shipment was “damaged and sent back,” according to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling released June 27.

Kassam sued Gunsten and Dream Wines for damages plus interest, alleging that Dream Wines was responsible for fulfilling the contract, either because Gunsten was acting on the company’s behalf, or because the company should be vicariously liable for his conduct.

Gunsten had worked for Dream Wines from 2011 to 2021, when he was terminated for “moonlighting” by selling wine as a side hustle, the court documents state.

In their response to the claim, Dream Wines asserted they had no involvement with the contract, and that, even if they had, it was “tainted with illegality” because it contemplated the delivery of wine to Ontario, which violates the province’s liquor control legislation.

Gunsten never filed a response to

the suit, the ruling notes, and he is now bankrupt.

Dream Wines sells wine to businesses in B.C. and Alberta through liquor distribution agencies, though the company doesn’t actually handle any of the wine it sells.

That is done via government-controlled warehouses.

When Gunsten and Kassam first communicated in September of 2020, it was via Gunsten’s Dream Wines email address. Kassam agreed to buy 18 bottles of Burgundy wine for $50,000. The invoice Gunsten prepared, however, was done personally and didn’t include any reference to Dream Wines. The deal closed and Kassam’s company wired the money directly to Gunsten’s Royal Bank of Canada account.

In November that year, Gunsten emailed Kassam, again from his Dream Wines account, offering to sell 138 bottles of wine for $85,000, the ones that were the subject of the lawsuit. Kassam agreed. The ruling doesn’t specify what kind of wine it was. “[o]kay deal … Hahah … I am still making a couple k. Better [than] nothing. Can you wire the funds today and I can secure the deal,” Gunsten wrote in an email cited in the ruling. Again, the invoice Gunsten sent from his work email did not contain any references to the company and it did not Continued on page 21

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Continued from page 20 include any amounts of GST or PST. The ruling doesn’t detail what happened to the wine or when, but in March 2021, Kassam learned that Gunsten had been fired from Dream Wines. For the next two months, Kassam texted Gunsten seeking repayment of the $85,000 paid by his company. Gunsten wrote back, agreeing to send $10,000 every Friday, along with a list of wines, though over the weeks, he made excuses, saying he was waiting for funds to be arriving in his account via his bank. He did wire $1,500 on April 5, 2021, and another $200 10 days later.

Because Kassam believed he was dealing with Gunsten in his capacity as vice-president of Dream Wines and via a company email account, Kassam argued the company should be responsible for the repayment.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Andrew Mayer disagreed. Dream Wines was not in

the business of selling to individuals, and the bottles included in the deals were not listed on the company’s website, he noted.

Gunsten’s messages to Kassam suggested he was working on his own behalf to earn a commission and the invoices contained no reference to Dream Wines and no sales taxes, indicating they were “off the books,” Mayer added. And after Gunsten was fired, Kassam pursued him for repayment, not Dream Wines.

“Mr. Kassam’s subjective belief that he was entering into the contract with Dream Wines is not relevant. Parties must intend to be legally bound by their agreement for it to bind them,” Mayer wrote. “In my view, a reasonable objective bystander, considering all of the circumstances before and after the contract was formed, would not find that Mr. Kassam had entered into the contract with Dream Wines.”

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After the Second World War in 1945, a flat undeveloped area near Lions Gate Bridge was designated as an airport for private use, to be called the Capilano Air Park. The new airfield, slated for completion August 1947, was to cater to tourists flying their own planes from the United States and other parts of Canada. Besides two runways, there were plans to eventually build “a luxury hostel to accommodate flying tourists.”

When lack of funds caused the cancellation of this project, the area was developed as the Norgate housing community.

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Much of Canada’s now-thriving craft beer industry can be tied to the efforts of one man, John Mitchell, who lobbied to reform prohibition-era regulations in B.C.

On July 6, 1982, he opened Horseshoe Bay Brewing – the country’s first microbrewery – paving the way for the industry in the province and across the country.

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PUBLIC NOTICE 2023 Permissive Tax Exemptions

Under provision of the Community Charter (SBC 2003) Chapter 26, Part 7, Division 7, Section 224.

It is the intention of the Council of the District of West Vancouver to consider Proposed 2023 Permissive Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 5198, 2022 at the regular Council Meeting on Monday, July 11, 2022. Proposed 2023 Permissive Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 5198, 2022 will provide the following properties with an exemption from paying municipal taxes in 2023.

Extract of Community Charter Chapter 26 Part 7:

DIVISION 7-PERMISSIVE EXEMPTIONS: General authority for permissive exemptions

224 (1) A council may, by bylaw in accordance with this section, exempt land or improvements, or both, referred to in

John Mitchell Tribute Ale, made using Mitchell’s original brew sheet, is now available at participating stores. KPU

Tribute beer made using Mitchell’s original brewing notes Continued from page 22 educate the next generation of brewers.

The team at Russell Brewing, along with alumni from the brewing school at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, have collaborated to produce the John Mitchell Tribute Ale, which launches today.

The beer is a Cascadian dark ale made using Mitchell’s original brew sheets from 1982. Proceeds will be donated to the John Mitchell Legacy Scholarship at KPU, which will help cover students’ expenses at the school.

The scholarship launched shortly after Mitchell’s death in 2019 with a $10,000 donation from Spinnaker’s in Victoria, the country’s oldest brewpub, which he co-founded in 1984.

“He really is the grandfather of craft beer in Canada, and in North America,” explained John Ohler, executive director of the scholarship and steward of Mitchell’s legacy.

While the two Johns would eventually become friends working at Howe Sound Brewing in 1996, Ohler’s first fond memories go back farther.

When Mitchell started brewing in Horseshoe Bay, Ohler was around 15 years old. Every summer, he and his dad would take their boat out and hang around the area.

“I remember seeing this brewery, and I thought that was the coolest thing I’d ever seen,” Ohler said. “I wasn’t old enough to go into the actual brewery, so I’d stand outside and watch John Mitchell brew.”

Ohler recalled being infatuated with the aroma of hops and malts.

More than a decade later, fate would have it that the two became fast friends.

Their friendship continued outside the workplace, with road trips and regular dinners at Mitchell’s house in North Vancouver.

“He became more like my grandfather,” Ohler said. “So I’d call him gramps and stuff like that.”

As Ohler moved on to do more consulting work in the industry, Mitchell – then retired – was by his side at Old Abbey Ales in Abbotsford and Trading Post Brewing in Langley, which is across the street from KPU. Mitchell would visit the brewing school there, and host talks with students.

Ohler wants people to remember the hard work Mitchell put in to petition for the industry to start, and lobbying against excessive taxation so brewers could actually make money.

“It’s important because craft beer has really had a major impact on Canada’s culture and economy,” Ohler said. “It all started with John Mitchell.”

Look for the John Mitchell Tribute Ale in participating liquor stores.

subsection (2) from taxation under section 197 (1) (a) [municipal property taxes], to the extent, for the period and subject to the conditions provided in the bylaw.

(2) Tax exemptions may be provided under this section for the following: (a) land or improvements that (i) are owned or held by a charitable, philanthropic or other not for profit corporation, and (ii) the council considers are used for a purpose that is directly related to the purposes of the corporation; (d) the interest of a public authority, local authority or any other corporation or organization in land or improvements that are used or occupied by the corporation or organization if (i) the land or improvements are owned by a public authority or local authority, and (ii) the land or improvements are used by the corporation or organization for a purpose in relation to which an exemption under this Division or Division 6 of this Part would apply or could be provided if the land or improvements were owned by that corporation or organization; (f) in relation to property that is exempt under section 220 (1) (h) [buildings for public worship], (i) an area of land surrounding the exempt building, (ii) a hall that the council considers is necessary to the exempt building and the land on which the hall stands, and (iii) an area of land surrounding a hall that is exempt under subparagraph (ii); (h) in relation to property that is exempt under section 220 (1) (i) [seniors’ homes] or (j) [hospitals], any area of land surrounding the exempt building; (k) land or improvements for which a grant has been made, after March 31, 1974, under the Housing Construction (Elderly Citizens) Act before its repeal.

Estim a ted Municipa l Pro per ty Tax* for Exem pted Prop e r ti e s ORG ANIZAT ION

Esti mate d Taxe s 2023 2024 2025

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 60 - 580 18th Street

$5,300

$5,500

$5,700

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association - 1590 Gordon Avenue

$4,000

$4,200

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Scout Properties (B.C./ Yukon) - #158 Hollyburn Mountain

$100

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Scout Properties (B.C./ Yukon) - #174 Hollyburn Mountain

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The YMCA of Greater Vancouver - #220 723 Main Street

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$42,700

$44,400

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association - Podium 2, 723 Main Street

SENIORS’ HOUSING SOCIETIES Capilano Senior Citizen's Housing Society - 1475 Esquimalt Avenue Klahanee Park Housing Society - 350 Klahanie Court

$9,200

$9,600

$10,000

Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society - 2151 Gordon Avenue

$15,200

$15,800

$16,400

Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society - 959 21st Street

$9,000

$9,400

$9,800

Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society - 975 21st Street

$22,900

$23,800

$24,800

PLACES OF WORSHIP Christ the Redeemer Parish - 595 Keith Road

$4,900

$5,100

$5,300

First Church of Christ, Scientist - 714 20th Street

$2,800

$2,900

$3,000

Har EI, North Shore Centre for Jewish Life Society - 1305 Taylor Way

$4,100

$4,300

$4,500

North Shore Unitarian Church - 370 Mathers Avenue

$11,400

$11,900

$12,400

Parish of St. Christopher's (West Vancouver) - 1068 Inglewood Avenue

$7,100

$7,400

$7,700

Parish of St. Christopher's (West Vancouver) - 1080 11th Street

$7,700

$8,000

$8,300

St. Stephen's Anglican Church - 885 22nd Avenue

$5,100

$5,300

$5,500

Park Royal Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses - 1335 3rd Street

$7,100

$7,400

$7,700

St. Anthony's Church - 2347 Inglewood Avenue

$11,800

$12,300

$12,800

St. David's United Church - 1525 Taylor Way

$10,200

$10,600

$11,000

St. Francis-in-the-Wood Anglican Church - 4773 Piccadilly South

$8,400

$8,700

$9,000

West Vancouver Baptist Church - 450 Mathers Avenue

$14,300

$14,900

$15,500

West Vancouver Presbyterian Church - 2893 Marine Drive

$7,100

$7,400

$7,700

West Vancouver United Church - 2062 Esquimalt Avenue

$19,200

$20,000

$20,800

TOTAL

$228,200

$237,500 $247,000

* the estimate may not represent additional tax exemptions that may be available through BC Assessment ** these two parcels are new and details will be confirmed later in 2022 by BC Assessment. Currently, there is no assessment value for either parcel so no estimate of exempt taxes can be calculated

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PUBLIC HEARING

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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, July 11, 2022.

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.

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Continued from page 1 all of my friends, none of them have a family doctor.”

Hillier and his wife have lots of company these days.

More than 7,640 people on the North Shore don’t have a family doctor It’s estimated that about 900,000 people in B.C. don’t have family doctors.

As of June 1, there were 7,640 patients on a centralized wait list for a family doctor on the North Shore. But that doesn’t include many others who aren’t on the list. About 20 per cent of North Shore residents who responded to a recent poll by the North Shore News said they don’t have a family doctor.

Each month, as more family doctors retire, the challenge gets harder.

Dr. Lisa Gaede has worked as a family doctor in North Vancouver for the past 22 years. But doctors like her are increasingly rare.

Officially there are 287 general physicians working on the North Shore, according to the North Shore Division of Family Practice. But that number includes locums (doctors who fill in for regular physicians), doctors who work in salaried positions at Lions Gate Hospital and the Urgent and Primary Care Centre, as well as those working in specialized services like sports medicine and those who work part-time.

At least six family doctors have retired in recent months, and at least four more are planning to, said Gaede.

Full-time doctors on the North Shore can have more than 1,200 patients. When they retire, there’s rarely anyone to take their place.

West Vancouver-Capilano MLA Karin Kirkpatrick said her office frequently gets emails and calls from upset constituents when doctors announce they are retiring. “There’s been three or four doctors that announced they were retiring in just the last couple of months,” she said.

In an aging community like the North Shore, people have more complex health issues, and get very anxious when they lose their doctor. “It’s heartbreaking because people are just so scared,” said Kirkpatrick. “They don’t know what to do.”

One woman Kirkpatrick spoke to was trying to get a diagnostic mammogram but needed a doctor for the referral. “And she doesn’t have a doctor anymore. The whole system is just broken.”

Factors combine to create family doctor crisis Doctors and those who study health care say several factors have combined to create the crisis.

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Continued from page 24 doctors retiring in recent years, the lack of family doctors isn’t just a numbers game, said Lindsay Hedden, a North Shore resident and assistant professor in the faculty of health sciences at Simon Fraser University.

“We have more GPs [in B.C.] than the Canadian average,” said Hedden, but fewer new graduates are choosing full-time family practice. Instead, they are opting for salaried positions in hospitals or urgent care centres, or work only part-time as family doctors, supplementing that with work at walk-in clinics or on telehealth services, she said. “Ten or 20 years ago, a lot of those

options didn’t exist,” she said.

At the same time, running a family practice has become harder.

As the population ages, more patients have multiple complex conditions, requiring more referrals and administration.

Traditional family practices are run as small businesses, she said. “So physicians are not only responsible for patient care, but they’re also responsible for hiring staff, for keeping the lights on and for running this small business. And a lot of new grads have no interest in doing that.”

Firefighters don’t pay for firetrucks “It’s like if the teachers had to pay for

my charting, getting their referrals ready, completing forms.”

Doctors say the fee-for-service model they operate under is increasingly not working and hasn’t kept up with costs doctors are expected to pay for with their fees, especially on the North Shore.

Doctors earn between $31 and $35 per patient visit, regardless of the complexity or number of the health care issues being discussed. Those haven’t risen substantially in the past 20 years.

Meanwhile costs of office space have skyrocketed on the North Shore and it’s been difficult in a labour shortage to find Continued on page 26

the schools or the firefighters had to pay for the firetrucks and the fire station,” said Gaede, who has seen doctors leave family practice to work as hospitalists.

According to Vancouver Coastal Health, there are currently 17 hospitalist staff doctors working at Lions Gate.

That work is better paid, said Gaede, and doesn’t require the kind of unpaid after-hours administrative work family doctors put in.

“On the days I’m not working, I’m still checking my [patients’ lab results] and following up on things,” she said.

“Usually I have to spend several hours each day after seeing patients just doing

PUBLIC MEETING Monday, July 11, 2022 at 6:00pm Development Variance Permit No. PLN2022-00013 for 520 East 1st Street

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In person at City Hall: On the day of the Public Meeting, a sign-up sheet will be available in the lobby, outside the Council Chamber, between 5:30 and 6:00pm. Enter City Hall through the doors at the southwest corner of the building (off 13th Street) after 5:30pm.

Via Webex/phone: Pre-register by completing the online form at cnv.org/PublicMeetings, 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, July 11, 2022.

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. Call-in details will be displayed on-screen during the livestream at cnv.org/LiveStreaming.

To view the documents: The proposed permit, background material and presentations can be viewed online at cnv.org/PublicMeetings.

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Long wait times can be a barrier for patients looking for care Continued from page 25 staff willing to commute to the North Shore.

Overhead costs are 40 per cent of GP fees Doctors used to assume about 30 per cent of their fees would go to overhead costs, said Dr. Maryam Zeinedden, a family doctor in West Vancouver. But now those overhead costs eat up easily 40 per cent.

All those factors have combined to make many doctors reconsider family medicine. “This is not an uncommon thing on the North Shore,” said Zeinedden, who says she’s been on the brink of quitting herself in the past.

“I’ve also personally lost my own family doctor,” she added. “So even the doctors can’t get doctors.”

One of the ways the province has tried to deal with the lack of family doctors is through opening a series of “urgent and primary care centres,” including one in North

Vancouver, designed to take pressure off ERs by treating non-life-threatening but still urgent cases. Those centres also provide primary care for those without family doctors.

On the North Shore, the urgent and primary care centre on Esplanade is staffed with three doctors and three nurse practitioners Monday to Saturday, and one doctor and one nurse practitioner on Sunday.

But even at the urgent care centre, wait times are often as long as they are at the hospital’s emergency department.

Physicians also worry that without the kind of “longitudinal care” patients get from a doctor who is familiar with their patients, preventative care will get pushed to the side and some serious problems could be missed.

“When you’re just meeting someone for the first time, they don’t have anything to compare you to, and that means it can be harder to know what is going on with their health,” said Gaede. “When we know our patients over time,

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Monday, July 18, 2022 at 6:00pm Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8936 and Heritage Designation Bylaw No. 8937 for 245 East 10th Street

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To provide written input: All persons who believe 245 E 10th St their interest in property may be affected by the E 9th St proposed bylaws will be afforded an opportunity E 8th to speak at the Public Hearing and/or by written or St 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, July 18, 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.

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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, July 18, 2022.

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.

Questions? Bram van der Heijden, Planner, bheijden@cnv.org / 604-982-3995 141 WEST 14TH STREET / NORTH VANCOUVER / BC / V7M 1H9 T 604 985 7761 / F 604 985 9417 / CNV.ORG

we are often able to catch things at an earlier stage as we see changes over time.”

North Van mom runs the gauntlet in health care search North Shore mom Amy Rozier is one patient who recently found herself running the gauntlet of the health care system, when a spider bite on her back became infected. At first, Rozier ignored it. “Then I started getting a fever and pain down my arm,” she said.

Although she has a family doctor, Rozier knew there was no chance of a same-day appointment, so she decided to try a walk-in clinic. But appointments at all five “walk-in” clinics she visited were full. Next she went to her family doctor’s office, where she was told there was nobody available to see her. They directed her to the North Shore’s Urgent and Primary Care Centre. But the centre was showing a seven and a half hour wait, said Rozier. “As a single working mom, I can’t go and sit for seven and a half hours,” she said. Next she tried telehealth, but the next available appointment was a month away.

Eventually, she went to the ER at Mt. St. Joseph’s Hospital in Vancouver, because it had the shortest wait time, where a nurse practitioner cut out the infection and prescribed antibiotics.

Five days later, however, the infection still hadn’t cleared. Getting the prescription renewed was a further runaround, which led her to yet another medical clinic and a diagnosis of a staph infection.

Rozier said the experience was exhausting, and “I’m one of the lucky ones who have a family doctor.”

“I’ve got a university degree. I run my own business.

What about the person who isn’t technologically savvy or can’t afford all this time off work to chase down things?” she said. “I’m one of the fortunate ones and if I’m struggling, how the hell are other people doing it?”

Bowinn Ma, MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale, understands that frustration. “When you need medical care, you expect to be able to get it,” said Ma. “It’s sadly not the situation right now.”

Ma spent most of her own adult life without a family doctor, before finding one through the GP link run by the North Shore Division of Family Practice.

Because there are limited options for walk-in care, the urgent care centre is seeing a lot of patients without family doctors, said Ma, which has created especially long wait times.

Specialists also impacted The lack of primary care is being felt by specialists as well.

Dr. Kevin McLeod, an internal medicine specialist at Lions Gate Hospital, said about 40 per cent of his patients on the North Shore do not have a family doctor.

“Patients still need care and often end up seeing a specialist because there isn’t another option,” he said. “That’s more expensive and plugs up specialist care.”

McLeod said he’s also seen a lack of family doctors lead to delayed diagnosis of more serious conditions. “Diseased states are diagnosed at more advanced stages,” he said.

Still other patients turn to non-physician health professionals like naturopaths, because those are covered by their extended medical plans and it’s possible to get an appointment.

While doctors have proposed changes to the fee-forservice model to acknowledge complex patient cases, there are no simple fixes for the lack of doctors choosing family practice, said Hedden.

More community health centres, where overhead costs are borne by government or non-profit societies, staffed by teams of doctors and nurse-practitioners providing primary care, is one model she sees hope in.

Under that model, patients wouldn’t have one family doctor, but would be followed by a team, she said.

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DEVELOPER INFORMATION SESSION Jadasi Development (880 W 15th) Ltd. and Gateway Architecture are holding a Virtual Information Session where interested members of the public are invited to learn about our application for a 5 storey mixed-use rental residential building with ground floor commercial located at 880 W. 15th Street, North Vancouver.

Public input is welcome throughout the planning application process and can be shared with the Applicant and City Contact at any time. For more information, please visit: https://www.cnv.org/Property-and-Development/ Projects-and-Developments/Current-Developments/880-West-15th-Street How to Participate: Please contact the applicant in advance by email info@jadasi.ca or phone (604-347-9654) to register for the Virtual Developer Information Session via Zoom. A zoom link or phone-in instructions will be provided.

Michael Cox Gateway Architecture Inc. 604.608.1868 Mike@designvancouver.com

Date: July 20th, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Family doctor Lisa Gaede and medical office assistant Gail Zeigelmeier get ready to receive patients at the North Shore Medical Group private practice on Lonsdale Avenue. Gaede worries that she is one of a dwindling number of local doctors. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN

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Continued from page 26 physician,” she said. “That’s not something that’s going to happen overnight.”

Difficult to say no For now, doctors on the North Shore say one of the hardest parts of their job is saying no to the constant emails, phone

calls and pleading letters they get from would-be patients.

“I find it so hard to say no,” said Gaede.

“It causes me a lot of moral distress.”

“Right now, unfortunately, it’s a privilege to have a family doctor,” said Zeinedden. “But it really should be a right.”

Planning Department Contact: Matthew Menzel, 604.982.8337, mmenzel@cnv.org This meeting is required by the City of North Vancouver as part of the development process.

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VICTORY MEMORIAL PARK FUNERAL 6.25000X4 HENSON, Marjorie Eleanor R0011910064 :: #723801 December 27, 1934 - June 12, 2022 OBITUARIES

Marjorie Eleanor Henson left the dance floor that is life on June 12, 2022. She will be picking out a good table for the “after party”, with seats reserved for children Heather and Ian to join that party at a later date. There also will be seats for the Littlies Airlie, Noah and Sophia. They are just beginning their careers and will lovingly remember “Nana” on their journeys, the fun times, of course, and, on occasions least expected, the wisdom she imparted. Always an adventurous spirit, Marjorie emigrated on her own from Scotland to Canada in 1957, where soon afterward she swooped down a slope into the arms of Geoffrey Bryan Henson, an equally adventurous soul. They lived a life that combined work and travel throughout North America and, later on, they travelled throughout the world. In 1963, they put down roots in West Vancouver where they literally built their own house and where their children finished growing up and set off on their life dances. Geoff’s dancing days ended in 2006 and no one came close to

filling his flip flops with the same panache. In 2009, Marjorie found the courage to love again and married Bill Holmes. Bill was delighted to find that Marjorie brought the Littlies as her dowry. For his part, Bill contributed two more loving daughters, Cathy and Janet, to the family. Marjorie and Bill continued their travel adventures and enjoyed extended vacations in Puerto Vallarta, where they delighted in having all four of their children visit to share the good weather and Saturdays “up the Cuale River”, as well as clipper ship adventures where Marjorie proved adept at climbing the rigging. As practical and frugal as she was outgoing, Marjorie would much prefer it if people, instead of spending money on flowers, would honour her memory by spending time connecting with someone who seems shy, lonely or unhappy.

Treat each stranger as a potential new friend and if someone asks you why you are doing this tell them it is in memory of Marjorie Eleanor.

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OWEN, Pamela Lynette June 7, 1940 − November 14, 2021

PAQUETTE, Joan March 4, 1930 − June 22, 2022

We lost our dear mom on November 14th, 2021, and we will be having a Celebration of Life on Saturday, July 9, 2:00 pm at First Memorial Funeral Services and Boal Chapel and Memorial Gardens, 1505 Lillooet Road, North Vancouver, BC.

Dorothy Joan Paquette (née Tassie), aged 92, passed away peacefully on June 22, surrounded by family at the North Shore Hospice. She was predeceased by her husband George and daughter Anne. She is survived by her children Michelle, Susan, Linda and Paul, and grandchildren Emma, Eliza and Rodney. Private family interment.

A longer obituary may be viewed on the First Memorial website.

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Please join us as we celebrate Jack’s life.

Saturday, July 16th @ 2pm North Shore Alliance Church 201 East 23rd St., North Vancouver

BERGSTRAND, Wilmer Evald (Ed) January 19, 1928 - June 21, 2022 Ed passed away at the age of 94 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was the son of John and Sofia Bergstrand and grew up in Sudbury, Ont. surrounded by a large extended family. He was predeceased by his brother Elmer (Al) and sisters Ethel and Elin. Ed graduated from Queen’s University and worked as a Civil Engineer with Dominion Bridge, Swan Wooster Engineering and B.C. Hydro. He met and married Judith Wagner in Montreal in 1966 and they transferred to Vancouver in 1968 where their daughters Joanne (Jo) and Carolyn were born. Ed and Judy lived in North Vancouver where they curled and played tennis at the North Shore Winter Club for many years. In their retirement years they both enjoyed travelling and participating in activities at the Seniors Centre at Parkgate Village. Quiet and easygoing, Ed was a kind and honest man who will be missed by all who knew him. His family wish to thank the North Shore Hospice for providing a calm and comfortable oasis in his final days. There will be a small, private gathering for immediate family members.

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CHRISTENSEN, Jette Edith Grant It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jette Edith Grant Christensen on June 7, 2022, born October 21, 1940 in Cophenhangen, Denmark. She is survived by her children Dan, Ken, and Ann, her grandchildren and her sister Kirsten.

She is preceded in death by her brother Hardy.

Jette came to Canada in 1953 with her family. She has shared fond memories like working for Eaton’s as an elevator operator dressed to the nines, and riding in a convertible with Bing Crosby. She met the love of her life Bent, married, and raised their family in North Vancouver. They shared many adventures together in life, and loved the time spent getting away on their fishing trips.

She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and is now joined with the love of her life forever again. “We will miss you dearly but you will always remain in our hearts.”

EDWARDS, Mary Claudette (nee Milsom) June 10, 1936 - June 24, 2022 Raised in Smith Falls, Ontario, Claudette led a rich and full life filled with friends and family. With her husband, two young daughters and a catamaran in tow, they drove from Ottawa to BC in 1967.

Claudette taught at several North Vancouver elementary schools until 1995 and was delighted to run into former students, often decades later, whom she always remembered. After retirement, Claudette clocked many nautical miles on cruises she took around the world. She was an avid bridge player and played with some of her closest friends for over forty years. After downsizing from a house by the ocean to an apartment, Claudette found a new community of friends in the building she lived in for over fifteen years. Claudette was generous and selfless, caring for her mother and supporting her family. Predeceased by her parents, Reginald and Margaret (nee Black), she is survived by her husband, Wesley, her daughters and sons-in-law, Stephanie and Darrin, Cairine and Cameron, and her grandson Robert, whom she adored.

Thank you to the caring staff at the North Shore Hospice where she spent her final days fighting cancer. If you wish, please make a donation in Claudette’s memory to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation or to your local food bank.

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KOSCICA, Laurette July 3, 1940 − June 21, 2022 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mom, Laurette Koscica (Abba), just shy of her 82nd birthday.

Laurette leaves behind her two daughters, Milica Darby (Chris) and Stephanie Mills (Allan), who were at her side during her final moments. Her loving grandchildren, Maddy, Jimmy, Tommy and Geoffrey, gave her so much joy.

Laurette loved to ballroom dance, travel, cook, and always kept an immaculate house. Mom enjoyed spending time with members of the North Shore Group, many of whom became lifelong friends.

Most of all, she loved her family and will be dearly missed and forever in our hearts.

Special thanks to the wonderful nurses and care aides at Berkley Care Center who provided invaluable care to Mom for almost two years. No service will be held as per her wishes.

PORTER, Dorothy October 6, 1941 − June 22, 2022 It is with heavy hearts that we share that Dorothy Porter, our mom and grandma, has passed away after a brief but courageous battle with cancer.

Dorothy is predeceased by her husband John and survived by her daughter Joanne Bacchus (Tony) and granddaughter Alexina (Devlin).

Dorothy resided in North Vancouver since 1976 and was a longtime employee of the City of North Vancouver. In her retirement years, she took great pleasure from being able to spend significant time with her granddaughter and from the many activities/groups she was involved with.

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PRESTON, Helen (nee Noble) (Barbara) Helen Preston (nee Noble) left this world June 1, 2022 at the age of 92. Helen passed away peacefully according to her wishes in North Shore Hospice under the wonderful care of Doctor Anis Lahka.

Predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Don Preston, Helen is survived by her sister Dora Caruso; daughter Susan (Dan) Carberry; sons Keith (Mary) Preston and Brian (Colleen) Preston; grandchildren Sheena (Jesse) Hollis, Matthew Preston, Andrew Preston, Laura Preston and Scott (Caroline Anderson) Preston; and chosen grandchildren Brad, Kim and Becca Lawson; and her great-grandchildren Callan and Calder Hollis.

Helen was a lifelong volunteer contributing to many organizations including the Girl Guides of Canada as a leader, District Commissioner and Trainer. She supported special needs children at Pearkes Clinic in Victoria and Larson Road Elementary in North Van. She served on many committees of The United Church wherever she lived, most recently at Lynn Valley United. She was a founding member of the North Shore Needle Arts Guild and was recognized, with her husband Don, by the City of North Vancouver for their contributions to the community.

Mum’s warmth and caring heart was valued by many. She always thought of others, seldom, if ever, putting her needs first. Her strong Christian faith combined with the Scottish fortitude of her parents meant she was accepting and courageous.

That strength of character was evident in her final days, which were difficult. She faced each grueling day with graceful acceptance, always seeing the positive side of situations that would make others quake.

A Celebration of Life will be held at Lynn Valley United Church, 3201 Mountain Highway, North Vancouver, BC on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Helen’s name to: The Kiwanis Housing Society of North Vancouver. As per her long-standing wishes, Mum has been cremated. There will be no internment. She would want only that you keep her in your memories and prayers.

Dorothy is regarded by those who knew her as being very kind and generous and will be deeply missed by her family and friends. A celebration of her life will take place on Friday, July 15th, at 2:00 pm at Boal Chapel in North Vancouver.

SHAW, Janis Louise November 17, 1947 − June 5, 2022 WARD, Frank E. November 22, 1931 − June 13, 2022 Frank Ernest Ward, born November 22, 1931, in Vancouver, BC, passed away Monday, June 13, 2022, surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer. He always loved the outdoors − hiking and canoeing around the province since he was a kid.

Frank married Sonia Ward (nee Daniel) in 1970 and had two children, Susan and Alex (Ashley), and later welcomed four grandchildren, Llewelyn, Braden, Scarlett and Elliott. Always quick with a smile or up for a chat with anyone passing by, Frank was a bright soul who will be missed by all who knew him. A celebration of life will be held on July 23. Contact 604−868−2091 for details.

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Janis Shaw passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 5, 2022, with the love of her family around her.

An amazing baker, Janis ran several large scale bakeries that included Capers, Choices Markets and City Market. Filled with love and laughter, she touched many lives.

Janis was predeceased by her parents, Louis and Doris, and will be forever remembered by her daughter Jody (James); brothers James (Cathy), Dennis (Lynda), Raymond (Jesse), Keith and Gordon (Angela); and her nephews Cory, Damon, Dustin, Rowan and Daniel.

A Celebration of Janis will be held at 11:30 am on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at the Community Room in Lynn Valley Village (1277 Lynn Valley Road).

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