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Man behind hilarious North Van signs retiring BRENT RICHTER

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As iconic North Vancouver signs go, it’s probably second only to the rotating Q.

For more than three decades, anyone travelling on Forbes Avenue past Second Street was guaranteed, at the very least, an amused smirk, if not a snicker through the nose or audible belly laugh when they read the one-liners Bob Gibson devised for the sign outside his business, Contact Printing.

The sign posted this week may cause some people to swerve: I’M NOT RESIGNING I’M RETIRING After more than 700 zingers, Gibson, 65, and Contact Printing co-owner Dave Brown have accepted an offer for their print shop to be taken over and converted to a Minuteman Press franchise.

“I just put the signs up thinking well, I’ve got to sign off somehow,” Gibson said, pun almost certainly intended. “I’ve been doing this a long time.”

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Bob Gibson of North Vancouver’s Contact Printing shows off his latest message, announcing his retirement. Gibson has been bringing smiles to faces for decades with cheeky quips posted outside his business. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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Blue Bus union says full strike and picket coming

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West Vancouver’s Blue Bus drivers and mechanics say they are prepared to go on full strike and picket at Park Royal if a new contract isn’t signed soon after Labour Day. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local

134, which the 150 drivers and mechanics belong to, announced Friday that its members will picket the bus stops outside Park Royal, with details of the escalation in job action coming on Sept. 7.

“Our picket line, it’s going be in effect when we’re going stop the service altogether. That’s our plan. At that

moment, there’s going to be no Blue Buses on the road. Nothing,” said Cornel Neagu, ATU 134 president. “We apologize.

Unfortunately, we don’t want this to happen but it seems that it’s the only way and we expect there to be a huge disruption in September. … We advise all the residents and all the riders using our buses to

make plans ahead and not rely on our bus service.”

The Blue Bus typically carries about 18,000 passengers per day. The union local last went on full strike in 2016 for one day before a deal could be reached.

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$69,000 vacancy tax error shocks couple

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A West Vancouver couple say they were shocked recently to find they had been erroneously assessed as owing $69,000 in speculation and vacancy tax and had a lien placed against their home by the province – all without their knowledge.

Now, West Van residents Mike Bazilli and his wife Shui Tsai Tseng say they’re dealing with a bureaucratic runaround to fix the clerical mistake.

After tracking down provincial tax assessors, Bazilli said he’s had most of the problem tax bill corrected. But part of the tax owing and the lien on his house are still on the books. Bazilli worries there may be many more homeowners in the same position who don’t even know it – and he wants to put out a warning.

“We’re just lucky we found out about it when we did,” he said.

Back in 2013, the couple were living in North Vancouver when they bought the West Vancouver property at 358 St. James Cres. Their North Vancouver address was registered with the ownership papers in the land titles office. Family members lived in the West Vancouver house until 2016, when the couple sold their North Van home and moved over to the West Vancouver property.

Two years later, the province brought in its speculation and vacancy tax, requiring that all legal owners within particular geographic areas sign a declaration that they are occupying the home or exempt from the tax through another reason (such as renting the house to a long-term tenant) – or risk being dinged a substantial tax bill.

The couple said they had their mail forwarded to the new address for a year and notified utilities and other government agencies of their change of address. They also received their regular municipal tax bill

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Campaign launched to save North Shore’s oldest building BRENT RICHTER

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It’s been standing for about 150 years, and for $1.6 million, it’s got a shot at another 150.

West Van homeowners Mike Bazilli and Shui Tseng were surprised to discover a provincial lien on their house after declaration forms for the provincial vacancy tax got sent to the wrong address. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

as usual at the West Vancouver address.

When the speculation and vacancy tax came in, Bazilli said he received the forms he needed to declare he was occupying the home. But his wife did not. After a couple of attempts to track down the reason why – and being met with no answer from the province – Bazilli said he assumed all was well. He now knows that was a mistake.

“We were lax in thinking we’d done everything properly,” he said.

It wasn’t until recently, however, when the couple’s property records were called up as part of a financial transaction, that they learned there was a lien for unpaid speculation taxes of $69,000 on their home.

“I was shocked,” said Bazilli. “They never even sent a 50-cent notice to me.”

Bazilli said they later learned the province had been sending his wife’s declaration

form – and all subsequent notices of taxes owing – to their old address in North Vancouver. The province had also assumed his wife was a foreigner “even though she’s Canadian and declares income tax,” said Bazilli, and had been billing her at the highest rate. Once the couple found out about the error, Bazilli said he contacted the province and was able to get the problem fixed for the past three years.

But Bazilli said he was told it was impossible to go back and make corrections further than three years – leaving the couple with a remaining bill of about $6,000. Until that’s paid, they were told, the lien will remain on their property.

Bazilli said he was stunned the province would go to the trouble of putting a legal lien on his home without ever trying to Continued on page 16

A campaign to save Navvy Jack House, one of the oldest buildings in Metro Vancouver, launches Thursday evening at the Kay Meek Arts Centre.

The Navvy Jack House Citizens Group is hoping to renovate the heritage asset and convert it to a seaside café/wine bar. But the building needs about $2.6 million in renovations first, including raising it above storm surge levels. The District of West Vancouver has agreed to put up $1 million from developers’ community amenity contributions, but the rest must come from donations.

The campaign will launch a crowd-funding page on wayblaze.com Thursday, and seek provincial and federal grants along with donations from philanthropists.

The home was built by John ‘Navvy Jack’ Thomas, who married Rowia, a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) woman.

Their descendants are among the supporters of the campaign today.

“This building really embodies the history of the West Vancouver community in all its dimensions,” said John Mawson, member of the Citizens Group.

“This is our heritage. … It’s going to be a tangible reminder of that, but it’s also going to be forward-looking in the sense that it’s going to provide us with a community facility.”

The Sept. 1 event at Kay Meek runs from 7:30 to 9 p.m.

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Residents raise questions about St. Andrews traffic calming

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An attempt to lower driver speeds along St. Andrews Avenue in North Vancouver is instead raising blood pressures.

The City of North Vancouver, however, says the traffic calming measures between 13th Street and Keith Road are in keeping with international best practices for making the street safer.

Physical changes to the street include moving the northbound parking lane over into the street, making the street narrower

and creating room for a new uphill mobility lane for people on bikes. For pedestrians, the city has also added raised crosswalks and curb bulges at intersections to make crossing easier, and installed a new sidewalk on the east side of the street.

Complaints shared with the city since the changes were made in July and August have been manifold: St. Andrews is no longer wide enough for drivers to pass one another without squeezing over; there are fewer street parking spaces; it’s difficult for drivers turning on to St. Andrews to see what’s coming until it’s too late.

“Everyone has to swing really wide and swing into the middle of the road, and the big trucks that are coming down that road can’t go anywhere. It’s become very dangerous for us,” said Veena Sood, who lives in the neighbourhood.

Because the parking lane is now shunted over from the curb, it means the space becomes even narrower any time anyone exits their vehicle, Sood noted.

The city considers St. Andrews to be a residential street, but it was built like an arterial and people drive it as such, said Justin Hall, the city’s manager of public

realm improvements.

In 2020, the city lowered the St. Andrews speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour, but two years of study found drivers weren’t slowing down.

“People were using it as a cut through route,” Hall said. “This came up as a priority for us to take a look at and try to address the speed and volume. So our objective here with this project is to make the streets safer for everyone.”

Curb to curb, St. Andrews is 12 metres wide, “which is extraordinarily wide for Continued on page 15

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Judge warns jail likely for North Van hostel hostess BRENT RICHTER

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The Crown is seeking three years of probation for Emily Yu, the hostess of an illegal North Vancouver hostel who was found guilty of disobeying a court order. But the judge hearing the case has indicated some jail time is likely coming.

In 2018, Yu’s strata won a years-long legal battle forcing her to shut down the backpackers hostel she was operating out of her Central Lonsdale townhouse. Yu, however, failed to pay the $52,100 in legal bills her strata had racked up, as she had been required to do, and the judge ordered the sale of the townhouse.

Yu was arrested There is nothing about in November, 2020 when a court sheryour mental iff and a real estate health which agent arrived to I can say find padlocks and contributed to chains on the the offence or doors, with Yu refusing to allow mitigates the them in. sentence in During the trial, the range I am at which Yu repreconsidering. sented herself, she JUDGE JOANNE insisted she was a CHALLENGER victim of fraud and not subject to any court orders. She was found guilty in April of this year on one criminal charge of disobeying a court order.

At her sentencing hearing in North Vancouver provincial court Aug. 23, Crown prosecutor Lara Sarbit said a “short, sharp” jail sentence plus three years of probation including an order that she not return to anywhere near the townhouse complex would be appropriate. But, because of Yu’s time already held in custody after her arrest, no further jail time would be required.

Sarbit said her highest priority was to prevent Yu from causing any further disturbance for the new owners of the townhouse or Yu’s former neighbours. Also a consideration was Yu’s “apparently illogical thinking” on display through the trial, Sarbit said.

“It’s a challenging situation in the Crown’s submission because it’s clear, at least from everyone else’s view, that Ms. Yu suffers from a mental health issue or personality issues that are in the way of her accepting responsibility for her actions,” she said. “It’s unclear in the circumstances whether even a jail sentence would bring home to her the reality of the fact that she does not own this townhouse anymore and does not have any rights to it.”

Yu was arrested again in April 2021 after neighbours filmed her showing up outside the townhouse with a U-Haul and attempting to move her furniture back in. She was later charged with criminal mischief, although the Crown dropped that charge once Yu was found guilty of disobeying a court order.

Addressing the court, Yu pleaded with the judge that she not receive any sentence at all.

Emergency of the Week North Vancouver RCMP members arrest Emily Yu at her former Central Lonsdale townhouse complex, Nov. 3, 2020. CONTRIBUTED Yu said her son and daughter, despite not living with her, still need her daily care. She also helps friends in caring for their kids and elderly parents. Yu said she now has a job and is working to upgrade her education.

Yu attempted to persuade the judge that any punishment would not be in the public interest.

“I’m asking your honour not to sentence me, to not put me in jail because this too harsh on me,” she said. “I have done my best in contributing to my family and my friends and also to society.”

Yu said her behaviour should be attributed to a head injury received in a motor vehicle collision years earlier. She added that her legal troubles have led her to swear off alcohol, which was impairing her judgment.

But Yu declined to participate in a pre-sentence report and skipped the appointments that had been made for her to get an independent psychiatric assessment, which the courts use to help provide context and arrive at just sentences.

“There is nothing about your mental health which I can say contributed to the offence or mitigates the sentence in the range I am considering,” Judge Joanne Challenger told Yu. Challenger noted several inconsistencies in Yu’s submissions and said she was “not an accurate historian.”

Challenger also took exception to the Crown’s position that no further jail time be required.

“At the end of the day Ms. Sarbit, I am unable to accept that the penalty for this matter is community based,” she said.

The circumstances of Yu’s case are “crying out” for a sentence that sends a message of deterrence more broadly, she added.

“In principle, the very violation of a court order calls for a penalty that says to everyone in the society that court orders must be obeyed,” she said.

Challenger also left Yu with a warning ahead of her next court date, which comes in October.

“On the next occasion, when I impose sentence, I am suggesting strongly to you that you do not drive here,” she said.

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Seaspan’s tugboat strike impacts port JANE SEYD

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Four cruise ships and three bulk freighters in the Port of Vancouver were prevented from leaving or arriving at port on time or getting bunker fuel when expected during the first several days of a strike

by Seaspan tugboat captains and crew, according to the Port of Vancouver.

Those issues have “since largely been resolved” according to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

But not before around 2,500 passengers on board the Celebrity Eclipse vented their displeasure at the delay on social media Sunday, saying they were being held ‘hostage’ on the ship.

The problem was apparently caused after Seaspan workers left a barge tied up to the huge ship, then refused to move it.

The issue was eventually resolved and the ship was on its way by Monday afternoon.

A port authority spokesperson said the port “continues to work with multiple parties, including Transport Canada, toward swift resolution of operational delays.”

About 14 ships a day require escort and berthing help from tugboats in the Port of Vancouver, and Seaspan is one of four tug-assist providers and one of two bunker suppliers in the port.

The union representing tugboat captains walked off the job at Seaspan Thursday. Movements of several cruise ships and freighters have been impacted. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN Unionized tugboat captains walked off the job on Seaspan tugs and barges Thursday over a contract bargaining dispute with the company.

The Canadian Merchant Service Guild represents ships’ captains and engineers who work on tugboats that provide assistance to ships docking in the port as well as on barges throughout the south coast.

The union posted a notice on its website Thursday announcing contract negotiations with Seaspan’s marine transport division had reached an impasse and a strike was beginning at noon that day.

Seaspan is one of the largest tug and barge operators on the coast, providing help in ship docking, oil tanker escort

and emergency towing.

According to the company’s website, Seaspan operates 30 tugboats and is one of the largest tugboat operators in the Port of Vancouver.

Contacted by the North Shore News, the union declined to provide a comment on the strike.

Seaspan provided an emailed statement Friday saying the company has been in contract negotiations but “despite our best efforts, and with the assistance of federal mediators, we have been unsuccessful in reaching an agreement with the Canadian Marine Services Guild.”

The company added, “We are working to resolve the issues and minimize any impacts to our customers and the broader industry.”

The company had no substantial update on Monday.

According to Seaspan, the last contract with the union expired in 2019.

In addition to it tugboat operations, Seaspan’s marine division operates a fleet of more than 100 barges that provide service to many of B.C.’s largest industries.

The strike is not impacting Seaspan’s other operations, which include Vancouver Shipyards and Vancouver Drydock in North Vancouver and Victoria Shipyards in Victoria.

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ith students getting ready to head back to the classroom next week, we’re struck by the realization that this is the first near-normal back-toschool experience most of them have had in the past three years.

COVID-19 roared into our world in March 2020, upending almost all aspects of our lives, including those of our kids. Since then, they’ve dealt with a dizzying and constantly changing series of arrangements: “schooling” from home on Zoom, divisions into “cohorts,” staggered break times, virtual graduations, shut-downs and then re-openings of most extra-curricular activities, mask mandates and outdoor classrooms.

This year, however, authorities have opted to return to as regular a school experience as possible. The pandemic is still here, of course, and we’ve been told to

brace for another possible surge in infections this fall. But with widespread vaccinations available to prevent most of the more serious illnesses, there’s a collective sense that we can’t let COVID rule our every waking moment.

The back-to-normal school preparations are also an acknowledgment that limits placed by COVID restrictions also came with costs, especially for children. Kids are still catching up academically and socially, and anxiety has been heightened.

Yes, we should continue to be vigilant, and prepared to change plans if the situation warrants. But moving forward with hope and confidence is also important. We look forward to this near-normal back-to-school, and all the healthy excitement and chaos it will bring to families’ lives. After two and a half years under COVID-19 restrictions, our kids have earned it.

Volunteer remembered as fierce advocate for young athletes

It seems like a straightforward proposition: any kid who wants to try out a sport should be able to play.

The benefits of having an active childhood are seemingly too numerous to mention in this space: a healthy body and healthy mind growing together with each new movement, planting the seeds for a lifetime of active living. Add in aspects of teamwork, fair play, competitiveness, respect, and, most of all, fun, and a path to happiness is clear, not to mention a foundation for building a good, engaged citizen.

A six-year-old certainly isn’t thinking of any of those lofty ideals when they ask to play on a soccer team or to try gymnastics, but they should be able to give it a shot regardless of their family’s finances.

But that’s not always the case, even here on the affluent North Shore.

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across Canada through 166 local, territorial or provincial chapters.

The North Shore was one of the first chapters, and Lidster, the Laugh All You Want founding chairperAndy Prest son, was one of the organization’s driving forces for the next two decades.

“She was always a big advocate of making sure that kids could participate wherever they wanted to participate,” said her good friend and fellow KidSport volunteer Alice Benson. “When this opportunity [to create KidSport North Shore] came up, she said ‘Well, this is just the perfect way to make sure that we can allow it to keep happening.’”

Lidster never had kids of her own, which makes her devotion to the cause of helping others get involved in youth sport all the more remarkable, said Benson.

“That showed how big her heart was, that she could just share this important part of her life with kids that she didn’t

even know, many of them she would never even meet,” she said. “She was a generous, positive, always upbeat person who always had everyone else’s best interest at heart. Always.”

Lidster kept fighting for other people’s children even as cancer started attacking her body. Eight years after her diagnosis, she was still doing all she could to help KidSport function.

“It was just something that was inside of her, something that right to her dying day she was involved with,” said Benson.

“She made sure that I kept her up to date on what was going on, right up until the day before she died.”

That day was Dec. 10, 2021. Karen Lidster was 67 when she died.

Benson said Lidster made her promise that she would help keep KidSport going. It is still going, thanks to volunteers like Benson and new chairperson Scott MacFarlane. But they have a unique problem these days: they have grants to give out – the money goes to pay registration fees for children who need the help – but they haven’t had enough athletes apply.

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said Benson, adding that all of the information needed to make use of the program can be found on the KidSport North Shore website. Benson was also quick to point out that there are two other organizations – Jumpstart and Athletics for Kids – that provide similar opportunities on the North Shore, and that parents should access any of them if it will help get a kid in the game.

“We’re all here to for the same cause,” she said. “Hopefully no one is ever deterred from putting their kids in sport.”

Benson’s cause is for the kids, as playing sports was “invaluable” for her own children, she said. “It kept them out of trouble. It kept them busy. … For my daughter, she went on to swim competitively through university, and it paved the way for unbelievable job opportunities that she’s continuing to have as an adult.”

But Benson’s cause is now just as much about keeping her friend Karen’s legacy alive.

“She was giving and caring,” said Benson. “Just generous and beautiful, and I miss her every single day.” aprest@nsnews.com

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The City of North Vancouver is increasingly becoming more and more cement. However, I am very pleased to see that the city is now serious about saving the few huge trees that they have left with their new tree cutting bylaw.

The green building strategy needs to address this destructive waste in the Western world of buildings that someone says have reached the “end of their useful life.” That is a ridiculous statement when you think about it.

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I read with interest the article on Natural Resources Canada’s green building strategy on page A7 of the North Shore News Aug. 24 edition.

One thing I feel that is missing is the fact that one cannot deny that the greenest building is the one already built. In our wasteful, Western throwaway society, it makes no sense to plow down and fill up our landfills with perfectly good buildings in order to build new buildings with net-zero impact on the environment. Every new building uses up a huge amount of our natural resources.

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Angry ferry travellers stuck for hours in hot line-ups at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal after ferries broke down for the second day in a row say BC Ferries needs to do a better job of letting their customers know what’s going on.

They said there should also be a system in place to prevent people having to sit in hot line-ups outside the terminal without access to water or bathroom facilities for hours.

Traffic began backing up at the West Vancouver terminal after the Queen of Surrey ferry to the Sunshine Coast broke down in the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 24. The mechanical breakdown was the third one on that route in two days. One day before, a different mechanical problem with the same ship caused cancellations and delays of several sailings. A second ferry brought in as a back-up also had a mechanical problem which had to be repaired and caused more delays.

Lisa Miller-Stiver was one of the customers who had to wait for several hours in line-ups outside the Horseshoe Bay terminal on Wednesday afternoon.

She described the situation at the ferry terminal as “mayhem,” adding she’d received little to no information from BC Ferries about what was happening, except

to be directed to the website, which was not being updated.

Traffic staff instead were directing drivers with reservations to leave the main line up and circle around the village of Horseshoe Bay in order to re-enter the line-up at the Caulfeild highway exit in West Vancouver.

Miller-Stiver said she was told to repeat that process multiple times over several hours.

“I’ve been driving in circles,” she said. “It’s ridiculous. There’s no one communicating.”

Miller-Stiver said she felt especially bad for people with medical conditions or families with young children who had been stuck in the line-up outside the terminal.

“There’s no food, there’s no water,” she said.

Young people who were directing traffic were doing the best they could, but appeared to have little information either, she said.

She said instead of making cars line up along the side of the highway outside Horseshoe Bay, BC Ferries should allow more cars into the terminal to wait – where people can at least access washrooms. “It’s inhumane,” she said of making cars wait on the highway for hours. “It’s an ongoing problem.”

Sunshine Coast resident Kelsey Oxley was another traveller caught in line-ups

Wednesday afternoon. Oxley said she had been in Vancouver for a specialist medical appointment. “I don’t feel awesome and I’d really like to go home,” she said. “There’s been absolutely no information.”

Oxley said she had a similar experience back in February after her six-year-old was discharged from Lions Gate Hospital.

Oxley said on Wednesday she even saw people climbing over the highway divider looking for a place to relieve themselves without a bathroom anywhere close by.

Emma Judd was stuck in the same line-up in West Vancouver with her grandparents Wednesday afternoon. She said they were also directed to do repeated loops through Horseshoe Bay and the Caulfield exit.

“There was no really clear information,” she said. “We got the impression the people running the traffic were just as confused as we were.”

Frequent ferry traveller Fred Hoppe was heading to Nanaimo when he got caught in the ferry chaos on Wednesday.

Hoppe said he had trouble getting to the ticket booth because line-ups on the side of the highway were being blocked

by Sunshine Coast traffic. Hoppe said he got contradictory information from two different attendants directing traffic on the highway. Eventually he made it on to the Nanaimo ferry, which he said sailed half empty “because no one could get through.”

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Travellers who were stuck in line-ups returning from medical appointments or work also vented their frustrations on social media.

The Queen of Surrey was eventually repaired and returned to service around 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

Deborah Marshall, spokesperson for BC Ferries, said different mechanical problems plagued the ship on Tuesday and Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Aug. 23, crews had to wait for a replacement part for one of the controllable pitch propellers to arrive and be installed, she said.

The replacement ship, the Queen of Coquitlam, also had a problem with its fuel pump on Tuesday, which had to be repaired, resulting in more delays, said Marshall.

Another ferry out of Horseshoe Bay – the 6:15 p.m. sailing to Nanaimo – was also cancelled on Wednesday over a crew shortage.

“We’ve exhausted all options to replace this person, so we’ve had to cancel one round trip,” said Marshall.

“We certainly apologize to our customers for the inconvenience they experienced over the past two days.”

Marshall said an extra ferry sailing with the Queen of Alberni had been added to the Langdale run out of Horseshoe Bay at 7:20 pm. Wednesday with an extra return trip out of Langdale at 8:30 p.m.

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OPERATION HAWKEYE

Ex-military group sends 1970s field hospital to Ukraine

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For almost 30 years, a NATOgrade field hospital sat in storage in North Vancouver.

Now those 200 beds and other life-saving supplies are being transported to front lines in Ukraine, where soldiers continue to defend the country from the ongoing invasion by Russia.

The effort is being led by the Defend Ukraine Foundation (Canada), made up of a small team of volunteers in the Vancouver area – three are military veterans and one is a former civilian investigator for the RCMP. The last items from their current operation – dubbed “Hawkeye” after the chief surgeon on the ’70s sitcom M*A*S*H – were loaded into a van Thursday at District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services’ training centre by Inter River Park.

Those remaining supplies include eight field hospital stretchers, four back boards, ropes and water rescue materials donated

by North Shore Rescue, which will be loaded into another group’s shipping container that’s heading to Ukraine next week.

“All the outdoor rescue material that they would be using in the North Shore mountains or Capilano and Lynn Canyon is equally applicable and useful for urban rescue,” explained Defend Ukraine operating manager Brent Mudry, a retired financial investigator for the RCMP. “When you have missile hits on residential and office buildings and schools, the same stretchers and materials, ropes and whatnot, are

Retired Sgt. Doug Setter of the Canadian Armed Forces sees off a shipment of supplies bound for Ukraine. Setter is the warehouse ops director for Defend Ukraine. ANDY PREST / NSN extremely useful and much needed for urban rescues,” he said.

While Thursday’s load will be put to good use when it reaches Ukraine, that’s just overflow. All in all, the Hawkeye operation included 200 folding cots, 200 field stretchers, 600 blankets and more medical supplies from the 1970sera field hospital kit that was originally intended as earthquake preparedness gear.

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Defend Ukraine was alerted to the supplies by Jared Reynolds, a North Vancouver firefighter and Afghanistan War veteran. The gear was tightly packed in a 40-foot orange shipping container. It cost around $14,000 to ship it, with 40 per cent of the bill covered by two North Van fire charities: District of North Vancouver Fire Fighters Charitable Society and IAFF 1183 Charitable.

The rail portion of the journey, from Pitt Meadows to Montreal, was donated by CP Rail on its “hotshot” express freight train. Then it made the trip to Bremerhaven, Germany.

After clearing German customs, the supplies were re-packed on a transport truck because no containers are entering Ukraine right now. From there, it crossed through Poland before reaching its destination in Ternopil, a city in Western Ukraine.

The final part of the journey is made by volunteers driving trucks and sprinter vans to seven major cities in Eastern and Southern Ukraine, as well as a few smaller ones.

“The last mile is quite crucial to deploying anything,” Mudry said, “which is the same as you’d expect in any kind of military operation or when you’re trying to supply a forest fire disaster in B.C., for example. It’s getting the equipment to where it’s needed.”

The drive is a difficult one, he added, as they enter increasingly more dangerous areas closer to the front where equipment Defend Ukraine has sent is in use in civilian and military hospitals.

“We have a load in transit right now. And every couple of hours, we’re getting photographs and updates as to where they are and how things are going.”

Since March, Defend Ukraine completed four other projects which involved air-freighting 68 pallets of hospital, medical, civilian defence and humanitarian aid on three separate flights; and a venture that gathered and

shipped more than three tonnes of gear from almost 20 fire departments across B.C. to partner NGO, Firefighter Aid Ukraine.

“I don’t have any military background myself,” Mudry said.

“But I, like most Canadians, value freedom and democracy and realize how fragile it can be.”

His grandparents on his father’s side emigrated from Ukraine to Calgary in the early 1900s. Although he has no Ukrainian language, culture or direct connections in the country, Mudry said the conflict hit close to heart.

“It felt like something you have to do,” he said. “Fortunately or fortuitously, I just retired from the RCMP and was looking for a retirement project.”

Up next for Mudry and his team is operation Bethune, where the plan is to collect more fire and rescue supplies from across B.C. in another container expected to leave in late-September. For that shipment, Mudry said they have a desperate need for more funding.

Donations can be made at defendukrainefoundation.ca, and tax receipts can be arranged.

The organization’s efforts won’t stop there.

“We’re in this for the longest haul,” Mudry said. “Our vision is not defend Ukraine, our vision is defend and rebuild Ukraine. Once the war ends, and Ukraine prevails – which will happen – then we want to get involved with helping out in the rebuild campaign, which will be massive.”

For regular updates, follow Defend Ukraine on Twitter @defendukraini.

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Continued from page 4 a residential street,” Hall said. “It’s really comfortable for drivers to travel fast, and not really have a sense of how fast they’re going, and it’s much too quick for a residential context.”

Narrower streets have been shown to force drivers to slow down, look ahead and better anticipate oncoming traffic, Hall said.

More speed bumps and stop signs could slow traffic down, Hall said, but can also have counterproductive effects. They impact emergency vehicles’ response times and, the more stop signs there are on a street, the more likely drivers are to roll through them, he said.

“With this being a popular walking route to school, that’s the worst possible conflict that we could imagine,” he said.

Residents have also asked why there couldn’t be more police presence to slow things down, but Hall said it’s better to prevent unwanted behaviour through design

Drivers now park their cars closer to the centre of St. Andrews Avenue in North Vancouver, part of a traffic calming project.

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than it is to react to it through enforcement. “[The RCMP] can’t be everywhere at once, and they can’t be somewhere all the time,” he said.

Hall said there will be some more minor

work done in the week ahead, which will be followed by a period of monitoring and data collection by the city to see whether the desired improvements are being delivered.

But in the interest of managing expectations for those in the neighbourhood, Hall said there are no plans for the city to throw the project into reverse.

“Absolutely expect there will be some tweaks in the days and months to come.

The street, as it was previously, was not doing all the things that needed to do for us as a city,” he said. “We anticipate it will take some time to adapt, but these changes will ultimately lead to a safer street for everyone.”

Heather Drugge, a member of the HUB North Shore cycling advocacy group, said she rides St. Andrews almost every day and feels safe when travelling in the new mobility lane.

But she said the same safety benefits could have been achieved with “true traffic

calming”– installing barriers every few blocks that physically divert drivers off St. Andrews entirely, similar to Adanac Street in Vancouver.

“I love the new bike lane, but it was not ever what we wanted in the first place,” she said. “Traffic-calmed streets do not require a bike lane.”

Drugge said the project could still be improved upon.

“If the city and the cyclists and the residents can sit down together, we have the same goal, which is traffic calming. It’s just: how does it get done?” she asked.

Sood said she also found the city’s consultations to be lacking, given the amount of folks who were taken by surprise. A petition at the till at Andrews on Eighth coffee house has racked up more than 400 signatures calling for the changes to be reversed.

“I guess, as a community, we all have to decide: do we want to escalate this or not?” she said.

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Homeowners not told about lien questions from the North Shore News saying it couldn’t discuss the couple’s situation directly because of privacy concerns.

“Broadly speaking, the Ministry of Finance uses information from land titles to administer the speculation and vacancy tax, including the mailing addresses of property owners,” the ministry stated in an email.

“For all tax programs, it’s important for people to ensure that the address they have on file with government bodies, including the CRA, the provincial government and land titles, is up to date.”

Owners can change their declarations exempting them from the speculation and vacancy tax for up to three years, the province said.

Declarations can also be changed after the three-year period, but an audit of those declarations has to be completed and additional information might be required, according to the ministry. To do that, homeowners can contact the Ministry of Finance at 1-833-554-2323.

The ministry added that under legislation, information about taxes owed can’t be shared with another person even if that person is also registered on title or is a spouse of the person owing money.

Kirkpatrick said because the tax is relatively new, she wouldn’t be surprised to hear about more people stuck with similar problems.

“How many people are there right now who have something like this happening and they’re not aware of it?” she said.

Continued from page 4 phone the couple or send a registered letter to them.

“They could have just punched my wife’s name into the computer and seen another address pop up,” he said.

Bazilli said the couple suspects they aren’t the only ones who have been erroneously billed.

Karin Kirkpatrick, the Liberal MLA for West Vancouver-Capilano, said her office has dealt with other constituents who’ve had problems being assessed the tax.

“There have been a lot of administrative issues and they’re hard to resolve,” she said.

In one case, a family ran afoul of the bureaucracy after a father added his daughter to a property title when she moved into the family home – but “the government still has her living at a different address,” said Kirkpatrick, and has been assessing her tax accordingly. “She’s got a lawyer involved trying to get the issue dealt with.”

Kirkpatrick said she doesn’t understand why the ministry didn’t make a bigger effort to contact the West Vancouver property owners.

Most people who receive their property tax notice at their regular address would likely assume the government knew where to find them, she said.

She says it’s incumbent on the government that made the error to fast-track a solution.

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City of North Van flies Ukrainian flag for Independence Day NICK LABA

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Tears fell as the Ukrainian flag flew over North Vancouver on Wednesday.

Aug. 24 marks 31 years since the nation declared its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. But what should be a celebration this year is more a reminder of the fear and sadness that comes with knowing that sovereignty is facing an existential threat.

In solidarity with Ukraine, the City of North Vancouver raised the country’s flag in Civic Plaza, near city hall.

A crowd coloured with splashes of bright blue and yellow gathered in the plaza to hear words from Ukrainian-Canadians and a recent refugee.

After being welcomed by Mayor Linda Buchanan, poet Svetlana Ischenko read verses reflecting on her experience of immigrating to Canada. She said that when she arrived in Canada not many people could place her accent, and few knew where Ukraine was on the map.

“Since February 24th of this year and the ongoing full-scale war [with Russia], everyone knows where Ukraine is,” Ischenko said.

She was followed by musician Olesia Shewchuk, who sang Prayer for Ukraine – a song that received wide recognition after being performed on Saturday Night Live two days after the invasion this year.

Shewchuk’s emotion spilled through her performance, moving herself and others in attendance to tears.

Valeriia Stashenko then shared her experiences of fleeing Ukraine and coming to Canada in March. She now lives with a host family in North Vancouver and works at a local beauty salon.

Tears fall during a ceremony to raise the Ukrainian flag in the City of North Vancouver’s Civic Plaza. NICK LABA / NSN “Thank you to everyone in my new community for supporting and praying for us. It means a lot for us, for me, for people who protect our country right now,” she said. “I wish one day every person from here would come to visit Ukraine and be a part of the big victory celebration and see how beautiful our country is. Glory to Ukraine.”

North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Susie Chant and Mayor Linda Buchanan also spoke at the ceremony.

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Call it the inflation feedback loop. Rapidly rising prices for consumer goods invariably put pressure on employers to hike wages, which adds to the inflation cycle.

This pressure isn’t as intense when unemployment is high, but in a tight labour market, it’s inevitable. And the current labour market is tight as a drum.

In July, Canada’s unemployment rate was just 4.9 per cent, while B.C.’s was 4.7 per cent. In B.C., for business, finance and administrative positions, the unemployment rate is just two per cent, said Mike Shekhtman, regional director for Robert Half recruitment agency.

“So we’re looking at full employment for many specialized positions,” Shekhtman said. “Over the past 18 months, we saw such an acceleration coming out of the pandemic across multiple industries, when we saw unemployment reaching all-time lows.”

According to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, employers were looking to fill one million job vacancies this summer. The result is predictable.

“Wage pressures are building – they accelerated to 5.2 per cent year over year in June, up notably from 3.9 per cent a month earlier,” the chamber said.

“This will only add to broader cost pressures for Canadian businesses, and the numbers will likely keep rising in the context of even higher inflation. This will make things particularly tricky for small and medium-sized businesses

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who are already facing significant hiring challenges.”

Canadians are already starting to see labour strife, as unions demand wage increases commensurate with inflation.

In mid-August, for example, the BC Government Employees Union (BCGEU) began job action, after rejecting an offer of an 11-per-cent pay increase over three years, plus a $2,500 bonus per worker. The BCGEU said the Public Service Agency failed to meet union demands for cost of living provisions to address inflation.

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Flexibility a top priority for job seekers

Continued from page 20 inflation with rising bank rates, and fearful of accelerating inflation, recently urged employers to refrain from hiking wages, to the great ire of unionized labour.

Michael Scott, vice-president of Impact Recruitment’s building division, which works with real estate developers, builders and building managers, said there are labour shortages “right across the board” in every area. The COVID-19 pandemic worsened an already tightening labour market. Some workers took advantage of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to stop working altogether for a time.

Many who re-entered the workforce had new demands, like the option to work remotely, according to recent Impact Recruitment polling.

“We did a recent one,” Scott said. “The results were 24 per cent of the candidates consider, now, flexibility and remote working opportunities to be the most important benefit that they can get from their new employer.

One particularly “hot” space where demand far exceeds supply of workers is digital marketing, Shekhtman said.

And despite recent headlines about high tech companies like Hootsuite laying off employees, programmers, engineers, data analysts and other high tech workers are still very much in demand, Shekhtman said.

In a recent survey, Robert Half found only two per cent of tech company managers planned to eliminate positions this year, while 40 per cent said they would be hiring new employees, and 50 per cent said they’d be filling vacant positions.

Job recruiters are also seeing more employers willing to hire outside their immediate geographic region.

“For us, a silver lining of the pandemic is that companies have realized that, for a segment of the market, some positions can be done remotely,” Shekhtman said.

In such a competitive labour market, many employers feel pressure to offer higher wages and salaries. But that can create real problems in an organization. Paying a new employee the same, or more, as someone who has been with the organization for years is a recipe for discontent.

“There’s a challenge for many organizations, where they’re very much concerned about internal equity,” Shekhtman said. “So maybe the base salary is not something that they can have a lot of flexibility with.”

Some employers are trying to avoid this problem this by offering signing bonuses, rather than higher base wages. Of the managers recently surveyed, Robert Half found 31 per cent are offering some form of bonus.

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The nation’s largest multi-sport event wrapped up this past weekend, with a number of North Shore competitors bringing back medals.

As of the closing ceremonies Aug. 21, British Columbia finished third in the medal standings at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagara, Ont. With 34 gold, 51 silver and 43 bronze (128 total), B.C. was behind Ontario (86 gold, 198 total) and Quebec (49 gold, 142 total).

There were 22 participants representing the North Shore at the games – 15 from North Vancouver and seven from West Vancouver.

During the second, and final, weekend of the games, West Van’s Elisa Luo won silver in women’s rowing eights with coxswian, and bronze in quadruple sculls rowing.

Rower Ehren Paterson of North Van also won silver in the women’s lightweight double sculls.

The previous weekend, Sidney Clement of West Van won gold on B.C.’s mixed triathalon relay team. She also had strong finishes in the sprint (5th) and supersprint (6th) female events. Meanwhile, Aram Noroozian of North Van won silver as part of B.C.’s mixed tennis team, losing 3-4 to

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B.C lost to Ontario 81-90 in the men’s basketball final, which was also held on the first weekend. In the previous game, Tate Christiansen and Aubrey Dorey-Havens – both from North Vancouver – were named players of the game in their semi-final win against Alberta.

Earlier in the first week, 16-year-old Natascha Borromeo won silver in the 100metre backstroke female, and bronze in the 4x100-m medley relay. She also placed 10th in the 200-m backstroke.

Borromeo’s club team is the West Vancouver Otters. She says one of her career highlights is placing fifth in the 50-m backstroke at the 2022 Canadian Swim Trials alongside one of her “all-time swimming icons,” four-time Olympic medallist Kylie Masse.

Tristan Govier, 16, also from West Van, took gold after winning the 4x100-m freestyle relay male alongside three B.C. teammates. Govier swims on the Hollyburn Hurricanes swim team.

Madeleine Pollock of North Van finished fourth in the mountain bike relay female, and 13th in cross country.

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Continued from page 1 Initially, the sign was just used to market the products they printed inside.

Sometime in the late 1980s, it became “an outlet for some silliness,” Gibson said. The jokes were a hit locally and before long, it was something Gibson felt compelled to keep going.

Gibson keeps a big red folder, packed with ideas he’s jotted down. Some of them are his own, others he’ll be the first to admit he’s borrowed from somewhere else. Every month or so, he sets his ladder up outside and swaps in a new message, to the delight of those who pass by.

One of his personal favourites was the one put up during Vancouver’s famously balmy 2010 Winter Olympics.

OLYMPIC ATHLETES WELCOME. BRING YOUR OWN SNOW, it read.

Finding the right joke is one thing.

Paring it down to just five lines with 13 letters apiece is what took some skill, Gibson said.

Once they were up, the signs tended take on a life of their own on social media.

A picture of the sign reading I WAS ADDICTED TO THE HOKEY POKEY BUT I TURNED MYSELF AROUND was shared by Snoop Dogg with his 20 million followers.

Gibson always made an effort to stay on the right side of the line, so there aren’t many he regrets (although he wishes he’d kept a better record of each sign posted).

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SORRY, NO FRESH FISH TODAY seemed to just confuse people, Gibson said.

“I don’t know. I thought it was funny,” he said.

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Although he clearly enjoys making people laugh, you won’t be seeing him at any stand-up comedy open mic nights. He’s much more comfortable sprinkling puns and quips into social conversations, even though it’s sometimes an embarrassment for his wife.

“No big plans to travel. I like puttering and building things. Maybe I’ll learn the guitar. I don’t know. What do people do when they retire?” he asked.

As for whether the sign actually did drum up any sales leads for business cards or brochures, Gibson is doubtful. Its real value, he’s learned, has been in the shared experience for the people of North Vancouver. As word about his retirement has spread, Gibson has been deluged with well-wishes and people telling him just how much they’ll miss his clever messages.

“Up until this week, I knew people liked it, but I had no idea,” he said.

As for the future of the business, Gibson has every faith the new owner will provide the same friendly customer service, and almost all of the original staff are staying on. But, in any case, he’ll be handing over his red folder of jokes along with the keys to the building.

“I don’t think they’re going to have a choice. I think, from what I’ve gathered, they’re going to try and keep it going,” he said. “I secretly hope that they’re better at it than I was, because I think it is great for the community.”

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West Van most language-diverse community on North Shore JANE SEYD

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West Vancouver remains the most linguistically diverse community on the North Shore according to the latest release from Statistics Canada, with almost 40 per cent of residents having a mother tongue that isn’t English or French and almost 25 per cent speaking a language other than English or French most often at home.

Those statistics have remained relatively stable since the last census, five years ago. But they echo an overall trend across the country. “Never has Canada been more linguistically diverse as it is today,” said Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.

Chinese languages most common after English in West Van In West Vancouver, Chinese languages are the most common non-official languages spoken, with about 12 per cent of residents speaking one of those languages – usually Mandarin – most often at home. Persian and other Iranian languages were spoken most often at home by about eight per cent of West Vancouver residents.

Persian languages spoken more in North Vancouver In the City of North Vancouver, 32 per cent of residents have a mother tongue other than English or French, Canada’s official languages. Over 10 per cent of residents have Iranian or Persian languages as a mother tongue, the most common languages other than English. About 19 per cent of city residents mainly speak a non-official language at home, with 7.7 per cent of residents chiefly speaking Iranian or Persian languages at home. Just under two per cent speak Chinese languages

at home while about the same percentage of city residents speak Tagalog, the language of the Philippines, at home.

In the District of North Vancouver, just over 26 per cent of residents have a mother tongue other than French or English, with most – 8.3 per cent – having Persian languages as a mother tongue. Other mother tongues among district residents include Chinese languages (4.6 per cent), Slavic languages (2.1 per cent), Spanish and Korean (both 1.7 per cent).

Among district residents, 15 per cent most often speak a language other than English or French at home. Persian is the language spoken most often, by six per cent of residents, while three per cent of residents speak Chinese languages at home and about 1.5 per cent speak Korean.

The statistics for the latest census aren’t significantly different to that of the last census, but that isn’t surprising, said Yan. Language statistics driven by immigration Patterns in language are driven predominantly by immigration, and those statistics are better measured across longer periods of time – like a generation – he said.

In West Vancouver, for instance, the number of residents who most often speak Chinese languages at home is a result of immigration from mainland China over the past 10 or 15 years, said Yan. (More recent immigrants from mainland China are more likely to speak Mandarin, he added, while immigrants who arrived in an earlier period of time – from Hong Kong, for instance – would be more likely to speak Cantonese.)

Yan said in terms of public policy, the most important issue is that Canada will increasingly rely

predominantly speak a language other than English or French at home, representing 12.7 per cent of the Canadian population, a proportion that has been increasing for 30 years.

In addition, one in four Canadians in 2021 – or nine million people – had a mother tongue other than English or French. This is a record high since the 1901 census, when a question on mother tongue was first added.

English is the first official language spoken by just over three in four Canadians.

The proportion of bilingual English-French Canadians (18 per cent) remained virtually unchanged from 2016. But an increase in the bilingualism rate in Quebec was offset by a decrease in the rest of the country.

Jessica Wue performs traditional Chinese fan dancing at Lonsdale Quay Market as part of it’s 2018 Lunar New Year celebrations. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN on immigration to fill gaps in the labour force, for instance, and “a lot of our immigration is going to be from non-English-speaking or non-French-speaking countries” so it will be important to make language learning available to newcomers.

Impact North Shore, which delivers services for immigrants to North and West Vancouver, welcomed the census release on language, saying the organization uses the data to understand immigration patterns and help plan for services.

100 languages spoken on North Shore In a press statement, the organization noted an increased trend of multi-lingual speakers on the North Shore. About 100 languages are spoken on the North Shore, according to the group.

“We all have a role in recognizing and supporting language diversity. In order for our North Shore communities to be equitable

and thriving, all languages need to be heard and celebrated in our community and workplaces,” the group added in their statement.

Impact North Shore is exploring the concept of “language equity,” the group added.

Significant numbers of ELL students in North Van, West Van Both North and West Vancouver school districts have significant populations of English Language Learners. In June 2022, West Vancouver School District had 1,402 ELL students, an increase from 1,353 ELL students in 2021.

The North Vancouver School District had 1,045 ELL students last year – a number that is projected to remain relatively stable in the next few years.

Across the country, English and French remain by far the most commonly spoken languages in Canada, according to Statistics Canada.

But the 2021 census also found that 4.6 million Canadians

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In 2021, 189,000 people reported having at least one Indigenous mother tongue and 183,000 reported speaking an Indigenous language at home at least on a regular basis.

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Jaye Edwards is back among the blue skies.

The North Vancouver senior, who was one of a handful of female pilots in the Second World War, died at her Lynn Valley care home on Aug. 15 at the age of 103.

Edwards, who described herself as “a bit of a renegade,” took the unusual step of signing up for flying lessons in her native England in 1939.

“I never fit in, so I had to find something else to do,” she said in a 2018 interview with the North Shore News.

The day after war with Germany was declared, her pilot’s licence arrived in the mail.

By 1941, the Royal Air Force was in need of pilots who could transport planes from factories to the military bases where they were needed. Edwards joined the Air Transport Auxiliary in 1943, which employed 168 women. The group came to be known as the Attagirls.

During the war, Edwards flew 20 different planes, most of them single-engine fighters like the Supermarine Spitfire or Barracuda dive bomber, although she also took the yoke of some twin-engine bombers like the Avro Anson. If the ATA pilots didn’t have much experience on the plane they were

assigned to on a particular day, they had a pared down manual strapped to a thigh they could consult. Edwards’s personal favourite was the Hawker Hurricane.

“I felt it was friendly,” she said.

More than mastering the controls of military aircraft, Edwards had to learn to navigate using physical landmarks alone.

The maps the Attagirls were given contained no written names, lest they became valuable intel in the hands of the enemy.

More than 150 ATA members were killed in active duty during the war, including 15 of the Attagirls.

Jerry Vernon, president of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society, said the contributions of women like Edwards should not be understated.

“I think they were very important. They ferried thousands of aircraft around the countryside. Otherwise they would have had to use service people for that, which they were very short of at the time,” he said.

After the end of the war in 1945, the ATA was disbanded and it was the end of Edwards’s flying career, although once, in her 80s, she was given the controls of a small plane for a flight over White Rock where she discovered she still had what it took.

Only one of the 168 Attagirls is alive today, an American named Nancy Stratford.

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power of the different sides. A business partner in a weak financial position facing a compulsory buy-out offer may be unable to fund the purchase of the other side (which low-balled the price) instead.

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There are ways to address such a known imbalance, e.g., by having the price established independently rather than set by the triggering party.

TAKE CARE WITH SHOTGUN CLAUSES So-called “shotgun clauses” can often be found in shareholder agreements or other “joint venture” type agreements. They’re one of several mechanisms typically included in these kinds of agreements to deal with resolving disputes that may arise between shareholders in a private company or joint venture partners involved in a common business enterprise.

As the colourful moniker implies, this kind of clause suggests you may have to make a decision with a gun pointing at you, i.e., that it involves a fairly drastic situation forcing you to do something.

And indeed, a shotgun clause is normally used only as a last resort. It should only be invoked when there are irreconcilable differences between the business partners that cannot be resolved except by a “divorce,” with the former partners afterwards going their separate ways.

Conceptually, a shotgun clause (also sometimes called a compulsory buy-out clause) is intended to provide a way out of a deadlock situation, in a way that operates fairly for all sides.

In brief, a shotgun clause lets an unhappy shareholder or business partner trigger and bring about a forced purchase of the other shareholder’s interest in the common enterprise at a specified price per share. At the same time, once triggered, it allows the other shareholder(s) to turn around and instead buy out the triggering shareholder at the same price per share specified by the triggering shareholder.

This method is designed to encourage the triggering shareholder to pick a fair price per share to pay to the other side. If low-balling, they risk being bought out instead and losing their own interest in the common enterprise.

In practice, such clauses don’t always work in an even-handed way, e.g., if there’s a significant difference in the financial fire

So care is needed when writing up any particular shotgun provision – to take into account the particular circumstances involved. Timelines for responding to the offer are critical and may need to allow the responding side enough time to arrange financing, should they prefer to purchase rather than sell.

Care is also needed when triggering a shotgun clause to ensure there are no regrets later.

In a recent case, a shareholder triggered a shotgun clause, then later tried to revoke their offer to buy. A key reason – the value of the enterprise had increased substantially after the clause was invoked (which meant the triggering side faced being forced out itself for a price that was now too low). Our BC Court of Appeal decided the offer to buy (or sell) at the price specified by the triggering party was irrevocable, so the triggering party was out of luck.

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On now until Sept 11 North Vancouver’s Jaye Edwards peers through the window of her home at Cedar Gardens assisted living in January of 2021. The former Second World War pilot died on Aug. 15, 2022, at the age of 103. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN

Edwards flew 20 different war planes

Continued from page 26 Edwards moved to Canada in 1948 and eventually settled in North Vancouver where she married and had a family, became a teacher and enjoyed an active life of hiking and skiing in the local mountains.

To mark her 100th birthday in 2018, fellow Spitfire pilot and former Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recorded her a personal greeting in which he sang Happy Birthday to her.

John Webster, secretary of the Air Transport Auxiliary Association in the United Kingdom, said Edwards and the flight and ground crews she worked with played

an important part in defeating Germany.

“They performed a vital supply function” he said. “Without the assistance of the civilian ATA, the RAF and Fleet Air Arm would have been unable to keep its squadrons suitably equipped with the aircraft they needed to successfully prosecute and eventually win the war.”

Reflecting on her contribution to the war effort, Edwards said she could scarcely believe her luck.

“You were doing a job and yet it was such a pleasure. It was unbelievable, almost,” she said. “To get up and get into the sunshine and the blue sky, it was peaceful.”

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While I was out on a balmy evening last week it got dark by 8:30 p.m. – and as my friend said, “the waning light is a downward slippery slope to fall and winter.”

But fall is not the end of the world!

For many of us it signals a time for rejuvenating ourselves through new Older or perhaps tried And Wiser and true physical Margaret Coates or mental activities.

The fall can be a time for excitement and anticipation if we enjoy lifelong learning.

As many of us are retired or working less, we can spend more time to explore our innate abilities, talent and creativity.

“Keeping our minds active is equally as important as keeping our bodies physically active,” the B.C. government notes on their official website devoted to education and lifelong learning. “Lifelong learning means that we continue to learn new skills and gain knowledge throughout our lifetimes – an important part of healthy, active aging.”

Lifelong learning has other tangible outcomes. It can broaden our horizons, keep us from being socially isolated, give us a sense of purpose, and it can give us a sense of belonging. Taking a class can help us make new friends, share ideas, develop our thinking skills, and improve our memories. We may, if we already have a transferable skill, mentor, or transfer our knowledge to others, leading to a sense of accomplishment and confidence.

Lifelong learning is not just about academics or books. We do not have to be in a classroom. There are opportunities all around us.

Lifelong learning can be about how to use a tablet or smartphone; it can be about learning how to knit or weave; and it can be about going on a journey through a slide show of a country we would like to know more about. It can be about learning

a new language through fun conversations.

It could be taking an art class in painting, pottery, or drawing and perhaps discovering hidden talents we thought we never had.

So far, this fall looks promising in terms of dealing with the worst effects of COVID19. The restrictions we faced, even as short a time ago as the early spring, have been mostly lifted, allowing us to select from a smorgasbord of activities. Fingers crossed, we can select courses from a wide variety of places including recreation and community centres, seniors centres, libraries, universities, colleges and more.

Elder College on the North Shore contributes to lifelong learning, with registration opening soon. Try their website at nseldercollege.org. You can find a great array of online and outdoor classes to tickle your fancy. Courses and programs are very popular and affordable. Elder College has programs on current events, geological walking tours, book discussions, and history.

Some of the main organizations on the North Shore serving seniors – including the Silver Harbour Centre, West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, Parkgate Community Services, North Shore Neighbourhood House, and Capilano Community Services – are gearing up for their fall programs. At all or some of these centres you could take a language class or technology class. You could attend a book club or short presentation. You could join an arts and crafts group or a weaving group and perhaps meet new people and stir up your creative juices. At some of the organizations the arts and crafts groups produce items for sale, which contributes to the centre’s ongoing activities.

At the North Shore’s libraries you could take out a book or lounge in their space reading a magazine, both of which contribute to lifelong learning. The libraries are also a great resource for technology classes and other groups (book clubs) for seniors. You could also join the Seniors Gathering at the North Vancouver City Continued on page 29

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Continued from page 28 Library, which is an excellent place to make social connections while learning something new.

You can find out more about these organizations in the 2022 Seniors Directory published in co-operation with North Shore Community Resources and the North Shore News. Copies can be found at most North Shore seniors organizations or by calling NSCR at 604-982-3302.

Let’s not feel bad about the waning summer, but excited about a fall full of wonderful activities geared to making us enjoy lifelong learning and, well, just life..

Margaret Coates is the co-ordinator of Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. She has lived on the North Shore for 51 years and has worked for and with seniors for 26 of those years. Ideas for future columns are welcome – email lions_view@telus.net.

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Union plans to picket at Park Royal Continued from page 1 Vancouver offered to return to mediation with the union if it would postpone further job action, which Neagu said was rejected outright. But he said they would be willing to go to binding arbitration (although he said that would not avoid a full strike).

Neagu said they’ve chosen to picket at Park Royal because it is the main transit hub for West Vancouver and because they believe that it will prevent Coast Mountain Bus Co. drivers within the TransLink system from reaching almost all of their stops within West Vancouver.

Neagu accused TransLink and Coast Mountain of increasing service to West Vancouver to fill gaps created by the ATU’s current ban on overtime for its members.

He said he expects Coast Mountain drivers will respect their picket line.

“We don’t like these kind of manoeuvres so we have to take extreme measures if we want to send a word out,” he said.

Coast Mountain, meanwhile, says it will seek to stop the ATU from preventing TransLink passengers from getting where they need to go.

“Coast Mountain Bus Company is closely monitoring the ongoing dispute between the District of West Vancouver and the union representing Blue Bus employees,” a statement from Coast Mountain read. “We are seeking an order from the Labour Relations Board to prevent any disruption to Coast Mountain Bus Company services.”

Neagu predicted the job action will have an impact on mall staff in particular.

“If we shut down the Park Royal [stops] with the picket lines, can you imagine all those workers at Park Royal who are not going to be able to use the transit anymore?” he said.

Previously ATU said the main issues at the bargaining table are giving their 50 shuttle bus drivers wage parity with the Coast Mountain’s shuttle drivers, and guaranteed washroom breaks written into the schedule. The washroom breaks issue is now dropped and the union is highlighting a reduction in split shifts, the ability for mechanics to bank stat holiday time, and an exemption from the district’s longterm disability coverage program as the main sticking points.

District spokesperson Donna Powers issued a statement Tuesday in response.

“The district’s latest offer addressed several of the ATU’s stated concerns and we believe recent progress indicates that a productive conversation could occur.

We are committed to resolving the matter and, hopefully, avoiding further strike action,” it read. “It is disappointing that the union declined to participate in mediated bargaining in favour of escalating strike action, which will result in a loss of income for Blue Bus employees and inconvenience the travelling public.”

According to the district, service levels have dropped by about 10 per cent on weekdays and 13 per cent on weekends.

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OBITUARIES KONG, Annie Chiew Mee Annie Chiew Mee Kong, 67 years, went to be with the Lord on the evening of 20th of August 2022 in West Vancouver.

She is survived by her loving husband Kong Kwet Liong; her children Nigel Kong (Dawn Liew), Joanna Kong (Jeff Moy); and her three grandchildren Margot Moy, Shia Kong, and Willa Moy. Also, her siblings Fanny, Suzie and Dewin Yong, as well as her nephews and nieces.

BOVILL, Arthur After a storied youth, compulsory service in the Royal Navy, and becoming a journeyman electrician in Sheffield, England, Arthur started a new life in Canada. He settled in North Vancouver where he raised his boys, and was the original proprietor of West Van Vacuum. Arthur was larger than life, and loved good jokes (or bad) and pranks.

Whether Sheffield United, Whitecaps, Norvan or kids leagues, Arthur was an avid football supporter and loved tuning in or heading out to see a match.

Arthur’s kindness was extended to all - and many will miss his humour and friendship. He is survived

by Joe and Brooke, Georgia, Aden and Asha, and Jamie and Felecia, Clark, Ava, Jaiden, Jasmine, his loving life partner Christine Danks, his sister Rosemary (and Gordon) and a vast loving family in England.

A celebration of Arthur will be held starting at 4pm Saturday, September 3rd at the Eagles Hall on East 3rd in North Vancouver. Come share your favourite stories and funny memories of Arthur. In lieu of flowers, donations to the North Shore Hospice please.

A private funeral mass will be held for her on September 6th, 2022. If friends so desire and in lieu of flowers - donations may be made to the BC SPCA West Vancouver Community Animal Centre in honour of Annie Chiew Mee Kong.

CHOW, Winston On August 24, 2022, at The Village of Winston Park in Kitchener, Ontario, Wilfred Chow passed away peacefully at the age of 95, just a few days short of his 96th birthday.

Predeceased by his wife Diana in 2019.

He leaves behind his daughter Kim Zasada (Adam). “Gung-Gung” will be remembered by his two loving grandsons, Max and Finn, and granddog Lucy.

A private cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family.

The family would like to extend their appreciation to all the staff at Winston Park for their many years of care.

Visit www.henrywalser.com for Wilfred’s memorial.

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CHRISTOPHER, Mary December 18, 1923 - August 3, 2022 Our matriarch and beloved “Yia Yia” passed away peacefully on August 3, 2022 at Berkley Care Centre in North Vancouver.

She was happily married to her husband George for 48 years. They settled on Canterbury Crescent in North Vancouver. Here they had 3 children and hosted many dinners and parties. They enjoyed travelling to Reno, Australia and cruising to Hawaii and South America. Following George’s passing in 1996, Mary moved to her condo on Lonsdale and continued to stay social and active with bowling, line dancing, playing cards, knitting, golfing, and shopping. She was also known for a few guilty pleasures, including power reading Danielle Steele novels, pulling slots at the casino, driving her silver bullet Mustang, and White Spot burgers and fries.

ANGELUCCI, Dennis Dennis Angelucci passed away peacefully at home August 18th, 2022 surrounded by his family.

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Born December 8th, 1941 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. This is where his lifelong passion for the outdoors began. A love that continued throughout his adventurous life. His family moved to Vancouver in 1954.

Dennis graduated from Vancouver Tech in 1960 and went straight into the foundry business where he had a long successful career. His weekends were spent fishing and hunting with friends and family.

Becoming a legend on his home waters of the Howe Sound, having a boat in Horseshoe Bay for over 40 years.

He passed his love and knowledge for all things fishing onto his son Kirt, who could be found rain or shine beside his dad. Life changed when he lost his loving wife of 35 years Shirley in 1997 and was never quite the same. He watched his family grow with the births of his grandchildren, Haily, Nicholas and Kole. They were his pride and joy and always put a big smile on his face. Dennis was a friend to all that knew him and would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. Leaving behind his best friends, the men who hold the memories of all their trips, the big ones, caught and lost, shot and missed, and all the greatest times in between, Brian Duke, Cowboy (Ron Rogers) and Cookie (Dave Cook). He was loved dearly and will be missed immeasurably by his daughter Deanna, son-in-law Shaun, grandchildren Haily and Nicholas.

Son Kirt, daughter-in-law Amber and grandson Kole. Brothers Joseph Gigliotti and Lawrence Angelucci and many other friends, and family, Predeceased by his parents Rachel and Joseph Angelucci, brothers Eddie, Chris, Johnny, Frank, and his sister Mary.

A celebration of life will be held for family and friends on Sunday, September 11th at 1pm at the home of Deanna and Shaun at 929 Adderley Street, North Vancouver.

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Mary had a love for holiday cards and birthday celebrations. She looked forward to these special occasions, particularly birthdays (often sneaking an extra slice of red velvet cake baked with wax paper wrapped quarters). She was most proud of two things: her family and her Greek heritage.

She loved to prepare dolmathes and baklava for special occasions and to get together for family gatherings.

She lived independently until the age of 94 and at that point she moved into Berkley Care Centre.

Mary made many friends and quickly earned the reputation of being one tough cookie. She jumped into their social scene, participating in art class, manicure sessions, happy hours and movie nights.

She will be remembered for her warm smile, charm, determination and the ability to chat with everyone. Her influence touched the lives of many people.

Mary will be forever missed by George (Oy), Penny (Jack), Susan; grandchildren Aud, Alikie (Jeff) great-granddaughter Lucy, Nicholas (Melinda) and Cody (Shane).

Our family would like to express our sincere thanks and gratitude for the special care and love that the staff at Berkley Care Centre provided to her over the last four years.

We have decided to forgo a formal farewell service and we will celebrate her life with our immediate families. As a way of saying your goodbyes, we hope you’ll take a moment to recall a happy experience that you shared with Mary.

Now Mary is finally home again and is “Forever 29”.

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DOWNING (nee Faulkner), Charlotte Elizabeth (Betty) June 14, 1928 − July 17, 2022 Betty passed away peacefully at Sunrise Senior Living in Lynn Valley. Predeceased in 2008 by her husband of 52 years, Mike and her brother, Bob Faulkner, in 2011. Loving mother, grandmother, cousin and aunt to daughter Janice (Nigel) Lingwood and son Steve (Erina), grandchildren Alex, Nicole and Emma, great−granddaughter Lily, along with numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Betty was born and grew up in Vancouver in a musical household and graduated from King Edward High School in 1946. After further education at the University of BC, Betty travelled to London by train and ship, where she worked for Woodwards for two years in the early 1950s.

Returning to Vancouver, Betty took her teacher training at the Provincial Normal School, where she met Mike. She started her career in 1955, teaching music at primary school. Music was central to Betty’s life − she sang with Theatre Under the Stars, the Vancouver Opera Chorus and other operatic groups. For 19 years, Betty took a leading role with the First Baptist Church Vancouver choir as alto soloist and later as the Director of Music until her retirement in 1982. Betty went on to be the musical director of the West Vancouver Seniors’ Choir from 1982 until she finally retired in 2011.

Under Betty’s direction the choir became so large that it had to be divided − a testament to Betty’s enthusiasm for music and her ability to encourage others to join in. A Celebration of Betty’s long life will be held at St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church, 1022 Nelson Street in Burrard, Vancouver, on October 17 at 1:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, a donation to The Sarah McLaughlin School of Music would be greatly appreciated.

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FORD, Lyman August 9, 2022

GRANT (nee Chipperfield), Vera Gladys August 1, 1923 − August 15, 2022

The family of Lyman Ford is saddened to announce the loss of our dad and grandpa at the age of 93.

Lyman was born in 1929 and raised in the mining town of Bralorne, BC. Growing up in the Bridge River Valley, he became a keen outdoorsman and enjoyed fishing, hiking, and skiing. As an adult, he became an avid boater and explored the spectacular waterways of Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands. Not wanting a lifelong job in the mine, Lyman left Bralorne after high school and attended UBC to pursue engineering. While at UBC, he joined the Varsity Outdoor Club so he could ski and hike often; however, the dean of engineering had to warn him to spend more time on his studies and less on the VOC. He pulled up his socks and successfully completed a degree in electrical engineering. In 1954, he was introduced to Beatrice Brookes by his friend and her distant relative Jack Muir. Lyman and Bea married in 1956 and didn’t waste any time having 3 kids within 3 years. In 1959, they moved to Lynn Valley with their growing family, and seven years later welcomed their fourth child. In 1971, they moved to the Grand Boulevard area where Lyman and Bea remained for 51 years. After 65 years of marriage, Lyman sadly lost Bea in June 2021. He leaves behind his children Laura Drost (Dick), Ross Ford (Sue), Brian Ford (Bonny), and Barb Kissinger (Scot), his granddaughters Tressa, Amelia, and Claire, and his sister Teresa Kent. We are all eternally grateful to him for passing on a love of the great outdoors. He was a dedicated father and always there when we needed him. We’d like to thank Brenda Kay for her years of support and friendship, and for enriching the lives of mum and dad in their golden years.

Vera Gladys Grant passed away peacefully at home.

MOONEY, John May 24, 1937 − August 20, 2022

Dale passed away peacefully in the most beautiful setting at North Vancouver Hospice.

MOONEY, John Thomas of North Vancouver transitioned on Saturday, August 20th, 2022, of natural causes. John was born in Toronto, ON, in May of 1937. He was the eldest child of John and Helen Mooney. He was predeceased by his wife, Yvonne Mooney. He is survived by his five children, Timothy, Kelly, Karen, Terry (Lilly) and Kathryn; grandchildren Kaitlyn (Arlo), Shane and Matthew; and great−grandchildren Kristine and Dayton. He is lovingly remembered by his sister Catherine (Ross) and was a cherished uncle to her daughters Leslie (Jim), Susan and Christine (Bill) and their families.

John retired to North Vancouver after a long and successful career in the oil business, starting with British Petroleum, then Gulf Oil which later became Petro Canada. As a young man, he was a stellar athlete playing on his high school’s ice hockey team. He enjoyed playing baseball and was an avid professional sports fan. To his family, he was a source of great laughter and exemplified how to live life on one’s own terms. He always had a twinkle in his Irish eyes − witty, charming, generous, stoic and never complained. Instead, he preferred to quietly build a life he was happy and content with. As a lifelong animal lover, he took great pride in sharing this love with all his children and always advocated on their behalf. To be surrounded by his family was his greatest pleasure. He was one of a kind and will be forever missed.

Memorial Service will be at North Shore Alliance Church on October 1, 2022 at 1:00 pm. Donations may be made in Dale’s memory to the Canadian Cancer Society or charity of your choice. Thank you to everyone at the Hospice and Chartwell Churchill House for your love.

Condolences may be sent to Boal Chapel and Memorial Gardens FirstMemorialNorthVancouver.com

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During the war, she met her loving husband, Leonard Joseph Grant, in Bournemouth, England, in the year 1941, who served in the Canadian Military in England.

They married in Potters Bar, Middlesex, England, then she immigrated to Canada in 1946 on a ship named Aquitania, among approximately 1,100 war brides, settling in Canada.

She is survived by her eight loving children and their spouses, Robert Grant, Catherine and Don Wiseman, Fran and Ron Johnson, David and Barbara Grant, Peter and Sherry Grant, Mark and Victoria Grant, Laura Grant and Ted and Adriana Grant; many grandchildren and great− grandchildren who will all miss her.

Predeceased by her loving husband Leonard Joseph Grant and daughter−in−law Bonnie Grant; wife of Robert Grant.

Everyone loved her. We will never forget her energy, quick wit, persistence and grace. She loved to bake, garden, and walk the trails in North Vancouver, and her favourite card game was Bridge. She also worked for 14 years with North Shore Home Support, volunteered for 16 years in Palliative Care at Lions Gate Hospital, and 25 years with Red Cross Support in North Vancouver.

She will be dearly missed.

A celebration of life is being held on Saturday, September 17, 2022, at 231 21st Street East, North Vancouver, BC, V7L 3B7.

MILLER, Marilyn Dale (Lockwood) February 11, 1943 - August 2, 2022

Beloved Mom to Terri. Survived by her siblings Jeffrey (Helen), Larry (Jan), Lois (Ivan), Richard (Deb), and her nieces and nephews. Dale was an avid gardener and loved to decorate and knit. She will be remembered for her charisma and thoughtfulness.

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SHACKELL, Stanley Claude 1932 - 2022 Our beloved dad, brother, brother-in-law, grandpa, uncle Stan was born in Winnipeg on July 29,1932.

He died on August 19, 2022 aged 90, surrounded by his family. Stan was predeceased by Barbara, his loving wife of 62 years, and his older brother Reg. He is survived by his children Anne (Glen Carroll), Jane (David McLennan), Boyd (Eileen Butt) and Alison (Steven Scully) and their families, as well as his sister Marianne Rose, and many nieces and nephews. Stan was a family man and always enjoyed our noisy get-togethers. He was also an active participant in various fraternal, business, sport and retirement associations throughout his life. We thank the wonderful staff at the North Shore Hospice and Lions Gate Hospital for their compassionate care in his final days. No public service will take place as requested. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the North Shore Hospice.

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BURGSTALLER, Frank June 20, 1925 − July 27, 2022 Frank Burgstaller, aka "Pancho", friend to all, and enemy to none. Longtime West Vancouver resident, businessman, ski bum and cyclist, passed away at 97 at Lions Gate Hospital on July 27, 2022.

Survived by his loving wife, Adolfine and son Siegfried. He will be missed by everyone at the local coffee shops. His ashes will be spread at Tyax lake by the crew.

On August 13th, 2022, our loving Niki fell asleep at the young age of 71 in the presence of family and friends after a 4-year battle with cancer. Niki will always be remembered as a hard-working, selfless woman. She was very dedicated to her family, her home, her work, her friends, and her faith.

Niki will be missed by her husband Nick, her two children Joulia (Andre) and Kika (Sean), her 5 grandchildren, 7 siblings, and all her nieces, nephews, inlaws and other relatives both near and far.

May her memory be eternal.

WHEELER, Corrine July 24, 1941 - April 25, 2021 Corrine will be greatly missed by family and friends.

Corinne is survived by her sons, Kyle and Scot Wheeler, brother Ron, grandchildren, Kaela, Holly, Ayana, Joshua, Andrew and great grandchildren Kai and Cora.

Born in Calgary, she eventually moved to BC, to pursue her passion of art and the local beaches.

Corinne could often be found at Harbourview Park, sharing the view with the seals.

Corinne was a kind and generous person who gave her time and what little she had to those who needed it.

She had an amazing sense of humour that was evident right down to her last days. Always up for a good laugh and of course a good cry. Corrine was a charismatic, outgoing, fun loving human being and accepted everyone for who they were. She was always supportive and cared a great deal for her family and friends.

KARLSTROM, Nils Ingmar July 19, 1926 − August 24, 2022 It is with a profound sense of loss we announce the passing of Nils Karlstrom on August 24, 2022. He was surrounded by his family in North Vancouver in the last 48 hours of his life until he peacefully took his last breath.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Audrey (née Schopp); daughter Donna; sons Ben (Geri) and Andrew (Gina); grandchildren Dana (Glenis), Matt (Kana), Colin, Emily (Gavin) and Thomas; and great −grandchildren Lily, Nico, Solenne and Estelle. He is also survived by his half−sister Lisa and half−brother Lasse in Finland. He was predeceased by his brothers Bernhard, Erik and Alf, and sisters Helena (infant) and Carita.

Nils left his home of Jakobstad, Finland, and came to Canada in 1951 on the ocean liner, The Gripsholm, in search of opportunity. Nils joined the local chapter of the Runeberg Choir shortly after travelling across Canada and settling down in Vancouver. He was a classically trained lyric tenor with the voice and harmony of an angel. He would later join the International Choir in Vancouver, where he would meet his wife, Audrey, and marry in 1956. They would soon build their North Vancouver family home with Nils laying all of the breathtaking hardwood floors by hand, his tradecraft. This would be the family home for almost six decades and Nils’ pride and joy, which included a beautiful vegetable garden which was one of his passions. Nils gave freely of his time to others and loved to get out for coffee with friends, especially after his retirement and in his later years.

This often was accompanied by a dessert of some sort as he had a known sweet tooth. Nils was an active member in the churches that he attended throughout his life and he re−committed his life to God, along with his wife Audrey, during a Billy Graham Crusade in Vancouver in 1969. As a Christian, Nils lived a practical faith inspired by Jesus’ teaching, giving to those in need (no matter how big or how small) and supporting those around him in prayer and devotion. Nils will be remembered as a dear friend to many and a Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great−Grandfather, Brother, and Uncle to the privileged few who were so blessed to have him in their lives.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 2pm on Thursday, September 1st, at West Vancouver Baptist Church, 450 Mathers Ave, West Vancouver, BC, V7S 1H3. To share condolences with the family, please visit www.mckenziefuneralservices.com.

Memorial donations in Nils’ name may be made to a charity of your choice.

PENNER, Walter R. Much loved husband, father, grandpa and great grandpa, we regret to record the death of Walt Penner who died on 22nd August 2022, aged 91.

Walt was born in Gem, Alberta, a small farming community, on 16th March 1931. His was a family of five brothers and one sister, all having preceded him. He joined the Royal Bank of Canada after his schooling in 1950 and spent the next 43 years doing what he loved. His career progressed with each transfer and in 1963 he was promoted to his first managership in the town of Houston, B.C. From there he assumed charge of a series of larger bank branches in Prince George, Port Moody and Vancouver. He spent time on marketing and lending, then back to branch management in Prince George, Hamilton Ontario and in 1982 he was promoted to Vice President of the bank and manager of Toronto main branch.

Walt was banking while his wife Meg was either teaching or attending University, or both. His final move was back to BC in 1986 as Vice President Corporate and Commercial banking for BC and the Yukon. He retired in 1991 residing in West Vancouver.

Walt met and married Margaret Boyd in 1954 while in Nelson, B.C. and they are proud of their four children, Theresa (Ted), Denise (Larry), Mike (Kirsten) and Gregory, who sadly died at age five years. He also leaves six grandchildren, Jeff, Jenny, Kevin, Ryan, Matthew and Thomas as well as two great grandchildren, Jack and Georgia (Jenny and Matt’s children), with Jeff and his wife Luze’s little one on the way. He is also survived by his brotherin-law Bill (Lidy) and sisters-in-law Beth (Craig), Cathy (d. Hank) and Iris (d. Pete).

The family purchased property and built a cottage in the Caribou in the mid seventies, and spent many happy times there holidaying at their lakefront second home.

Walt and Meg travelled to many countries after their retirement often accompanied by their good friends Vic and Marney Harrison. For recreation Walt enjoyed skiing, golf, fishing and bridge with friends in West Vancouver.

Walt and Meg have been active members of the West Vancouver United Church for more than 30 years and Walt served on the Official Board as well as committees for many years.

Dad had the most wonderful sense of humour and was a great story-teller. He will be greatly missed.

There will be a memorial service for Walt at West Vancouver United Church at 2pm on September 1, 2022. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to a charity of your choice.

She loved music and art, and taught painting classes into her last years. She had a love for boxing and could even be seen in the local ring from time to time.

The family would like to thank the staff at Inglewood Care Home for their tireless care, love and support for her and her family during an incredibly stressful covid situation.

A celebration of life will be held on September 10th, at 3:00PM at Molly Nye House in Lynn Valley, (940 Lynn Valley Rd), North Vancouver, to share some stories and laughs as she would have wished us all to do.

Anyone who knew Corinne is welcome.

YTTRI (Nee Waters), Helen Dorothy (Dot) May 13, 1934 − June 20, 2022 Dot was born in Dominion City, MB, twin sister to Lillian Yttri and the oldest of twelve siblings. She married Red Doyle in 1954 and settled in St. John, NB. After Red’s passing, she moved to BC and then to Bowen Island to care for Lillian. After her passing, Dot married Odd Yttri in 2000. They lived on Bowen and in North Vancouver, where Dot was a devout Jehovah’s Witness and a wonderful mother to Danny Doyle (Faye) and Stormer Yttri (Brenda), a devoted and loving grandmother, and a loyal sister and friend.

A celebration of life will be held a the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at 1335 3rd St, West Vancouver, on August 27 at 2:00 pm on Saturday, August 27.

OLSEN, Oscar Earle Olsen, Oscar Earle born in Vancouver, BC on October 10, 1939, passed away on August 2, 2022 at North Vancouver, BC’. Interment will be arranged at the City of North Vancouver Cemetery’. First Memorial Funeral Services & Boal Chapel in care of arrangements.

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