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Mom thankful to be alive after massive beam impales window JANE SEYD

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A Squamish mom had a lot to be thankful for this weekend after she narrowly avoided being killed by a massive metal pole that flew off a truck and crashed though her car windshield on a North Vancouver bridge, Friday.

Susan Milne was about a quarter of the way across the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing Friday afternoon, heading to an appointment with her four-year-old son, when the steel beam came flying at her, seemingly out of nowhere.

“I heard a loud crashing noise. And then in my peripheral vision, I saw a large . . . steel beam coming in my direction,” said Milne. “Everything happened so fast.”

She blinked at the moment of impact. When she opened her eyes again, “glass was everywhere,” she Continued on page 38

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North Van district debate focuses on affordability, transit NICK LABA

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A show of hands at the start of an all-candidates meeting in the District of North Vancouver Oct. 4 revealed that most of the audience hadn’t yet decided on whom to vote for.

Many undecided voters in the audience at Mount Seymour United Church may have left the evening debate still undecided, as much of the discussion relayed

prevailing consensus on topics including transportation, housing and general affordability.

In general, most agreed that improving transportation is a priority, housing stock should better meet the needs of a broader spectrum of residents, and many aspects of living in the district are more expensive than they ought

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RCMP warn of potential poisoning at off-leash dog park BRENT RICHTER

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North Vancouver RCMP are warning the public after two potential cases of dogs being poisoned while visiting the off-leash area of Lynnmouth Park.

The first incident happened on Oct. 4.

“It started exhibiting symptoms like diarrhea and erratic behaviour,” said Const, Mansoor Sahak, North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson. “[The owner] took her to the vet and unfortunately, she died.”

The next day, another dog at the park also exhibited strange behaviour – chewing on its paw, diarrhea, running into objects. In that case, the dog did recover but the owner reported the incident to police.

“It’s too early to tell if these incidents are a result of a deliberate attempt to poison dogs or the dogs were poisoned after ingesting a toxic plant or mushroom,” he said. “At this point, we have no evidence to suggest that it was an intentional act, but we’re investigating all possibilities and trying to figure out what’s going on.”

Jaimi MacCara, the owner of the dog who died, said it had been an otherwise usual visit to the Lynnmouth off-leash area with her dog Charlie playing with other regular visitors for about an hour. When it came time to go though, Charlie appeared to be disoriented and panicking and would not stop running. Other visitors to the park tried to corral her but were unsuccessful.

“She started foaming at the mouth,” MacCara said. “Towards the end of it, her two back legs gave out and she collapsed to the ground.”

Charlie was still alive on the way to

Charlie, a two-year-old rescue, died Oct. 4 after ingesting a substance found at Lynnmouth Park in North Vancouver. The RCMP are investigating. JAIMI MACCARA Mountainside Animal Hospital, but MacCara said she appeared to be having seizures and her pupils had “blown up.”

The vets tried for about 15 minutes to resuscitate her.

“Eventually they stopped because she wasn’t coming back,” MacCara said, in tears.

“He said that it was likely an amphetamine of some sort, based on the way that she responded.... She was trying to run off the effects of it for about 40 minutes, and then, eventually, she couldn’t outrun it.”

MacCara and her partner rescued Charlie, who had just turned two on Tuesday, from a litter in Manitoba when she was just a puppy.

They had intended to foster her for a short time, but fell in love.

“She just brought joy and love to everybody that she met, she was so sweet with every single dog – big dog, little dog,” she said. “She was very cheeky. She loved socks.”

MacCara said she doesn’t want to see anyone blamed for what happened to Charlie, even if it was because someone left drugs behind at the site.

“We don’t believe that this was malicious,” she said. “They just need to be taken better care of in our society.”

But, she said, she’d like to see the City of North Vancouver ensure that the park is maintained and cleaned. And she wants others to consider rescuing dogs in need of their forever home from an organization like Endless Pawsabilities Rescue Society, where

Charlie came from.

“I wouldn’t change anything. I’m glad we got to love her for as long as we did,” she said.

Lynnmouth Park visitor Maureen Roberts witnessed the incident on Tuesday of last week. She reported what happened to the police and returned to the park later that day to put up signs at all the entrances, warning visitors of what happened.

Regular users of the park say it’s almost always busy with dogs and owners during daylight hours, but since the signs went up, it’s been uncharacteristically vacant.

Sahak said investigators have been in touch with a vet on the matter and the file remains under investigation. But in the meantime, pet owners should be extra vigilant and keep a close eye on anything their dog ingests while they’re out, “specifically at this park,” he added.

The City of North Vancouver issued a statement Thursday afternoon.

“Our priority is ensuring our parks are safe spaces for all users and their pets, and we are working with the RCMP to support their investigation into the issue. Witnesses to the incident are asked to contact RCMP with details that may assist,” it read. “The city has been conducting extra park surveillance and patrols by park attendants and bylaws staff at Lynnmouth Park, and will continue to check the area for hazardous substances, as well as at all other dog parks.

Park users are asked to contact City Bylaws at 604-982-8302 if they see park facilities needing attention, or for suspicious activities or concerns, contact RCMP non-emergency at 604-985-1311.”

North Van top cop under investigation for alleged misconduct JANE SEYD

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The commanding officer in charge of the North Vancouver RCMP detachment is on leave, while a review is conducted into allegations of misconduct.

Supt. William Yee, who was named the new officer in charge of the North Van detachment in August 2021, has temporarily stepped aside from his role in connection with the review, the North Shore News has learned.

“I can advise that there is an investigation, which was initiated immediately once we became aware of the allegation(s),”said Dawn Roberts, director of BC RCMP communications, in an emailed statement. Roberts declined to provide further details

about the investigation.

Roberts stated the North Vancouver detachment commander has been “temporarily re-assigned.”

The investigation now underway “will provide us the information necessary to make any additional decisions or take any other actions,” she stated.

Yee, a 25-year member of the RCMP, first joined the RCMP in 1996 in Kelowna.

In 2006, he joined the RCMP’s Lower Mainland District. He also served in the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team for 10 years, Combined Forces Enforcement Unit British Columbia, and the Office of Investigative Standards. He took over the post as top cop in North Vancouver in September of 2021.

So far, few details are available about exactly what has been alleged, except that they involve claims of misconduct by Yee. City of North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan said in a statement she was “incredibly shocked and outraged” to learn of the allegations.

“These allegations are serious,” she said, adding, “I believe people when they come forward.”

Buchanan said if the allegations are true, they “demand action and justice.”

“These allegations go against who we are as a community,” she said, and “further underscore what is broken between the RCMP and the municipalities they serve. As local government, we do not have the ability to provide the oversight

that is so clearly needed.”

District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little said he’d been briefed by both Assistant Commissioner Maureen Levy and Chief Superintendent Ghalib Bhayani on the matter, and they had confirmed that an investigation into an allegation against Supt.

Yee is taking place.

Little said Yee attended the district’s police committee meeting as officer in charge in July, but

by August, Insp. Vaz Kassam had taken over in an acting role.

Kassam is now serving as acting officer in charge of the North Vancouver detachment.

Little said apart from the current investigation, he has voiced concern to RCMP brass about “frequent changes amongst the

Supt. William Yee was named the new officer in charge of the North Vancouver RCMP in August 2021.

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senior officers of our detachment” over the past four years, including three superintendents and at least four inspectors.

Little said he will meet with Levy in the coming days to discuss “the longer-term plan for our detachment.”

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North Shore Rescue cleared for night helicopter hoists BRENT RICHTER

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The North Shore backcountry just got a little bit safer.

After a months-long stand-off with Emergency Management BC, North Shore Rescue has now been given approval to use a helicopter hoist to get lost and injured people out of the mountains at night.

Team leader Mike Danks went public this week with frustrations about the provincial regulator refusing to allow rescue volunteers to use a helicopter-mounted system after dark, despite having full training I’m still kind of and certification in disbelief, to from Transport be honest, that Canada, the fedwe’ve actually eral regulator.

Thursday got there. And night, Danks said now we’ve EMBC leadergot to buckle ship and Public Safety Minister down and we’ve got some Mike Farnworth reversed their work to do. position.

TEAM LEADER “As of last MIKE DANKS night, we are operational to respond if the situation arises,” he said. “In essence, they’re very, very keen to move forward with this project. They said the arguments that were presented were all valid and they will be more closely aligning

Talon Helicopter pilot Kelsey Wheeler flies with night vision goggles in Talon’s Airbus AS365N2 Dauphin. HEATHER MOFFAT with Transport Canada.”

For now it’s just a verbal agreement, and paperwork will still have to be sorted out, but it means when someone needs to be extracted from the backcountry at night, North Shore Rescue will no longer have to send volunteers in on foot. They had been allowed to use night vision to fly and search for people after dusk, but not carry out an

actual rescue.

“We see the need for it. We’ve been in situations where we could have extracted people and reduce the risk, greatly, on our team members, and provide a much higher level of patient care,” Danks said.

Danks said it was a “surreal” feeling to get the go-ahead after many months of getting the silent treatment from the province,

despite investing so much in training and volunteer time.

“In our mind, we were not being heard and we were becoming increasingly more frustrated with the lack of response and, to be honest, the lack of respect for the volunteers that were dedicating a good portion of their lives to this cause,” he said. “I’m still kind of in disbelief, to be honest, that we’ve actually got there. And now we’ve got to buckle down and we’ve got some work to do.”

North Shore Rescue has paid for the expensive training and certification out of donations they’ve received for from the community. That training will have to be kept current, but donations for the team have been tailing off over the last year, he said.

“It’s going take a lot of support from the community to keep this program running,” he said.

Danks said his predecessor, the late Tim Jones, would scarcely believe the tools the team has available to them today.

Because North Shore Rescue is the only civilian team in B.C. with federal certification for night hoists, Danks expects they’ll be getting a lot of taps on the shoulder to help out SAR teams in other jurisdictions, which they don’t mind at all.

“This is a safety net for all the volunteers in British Columbia that volunteer their time in search and rescue,” he said. “This is our ticket to get out safely and efficiently.”

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Police in North Vancouver are releasing images of a suspect and vehicle caught on surveillance camera footage near a rainbow crosswalk the night it was defaced.

Police are releasing the images in the hopes the public might recognize the vehicle or have information that could help the investigation, said Const. Mansoor Sahak, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP. On Aug. 2, when Pride Week festivities were just wrapping up, someone spray-painted hateful messages targeting the LGBTQAI2S+ community on the crosswalk at 14th Street and Lonsdale Avenue.

The message appeared to mimic biblical language, although the words themselves aren’t in the Bible.

It was the second time in two years that a rainbow crosswalk had been targeted with graffiti in North Vancouver.

Sahak said images captured by a nearby surveillance camera showed a black vehicle – identified as a Chrysler 300 – parking near to the rainbow crosswalk at 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 2. The driver is then seen walking to the crosswalk, using spray paint and then walking back to the car and driving

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away, he said.

Police are asking anyone who recognizes the vehicle, or who has information about the crime, to contact the North Vancouver RCMP. Both the North Shore Pride Alliance and City of North Vancouver have condemned the defacing of the crosswalk.

Pride Alliance founder Chris Bolton told the North Shore News in August the vandalism was hurtful.

“It brings me back to that eightyear-old at Ridgeway Elementary school being told that I was wrong, and I don’t belong,” he said.

Mayor Linda Buchanan issued a statement saying she was “saddened and angered” by the actions. “It’s not

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Buchanan said at the time she believes the city’s residents overwhelmingly believe in love and equity and that efforts to undermine that are “unacceptable.”

Bolton said the most supportive thing the wider community can do is confront hate in any form it arises.

“You have to make a difference where you are. That’s what it is. If you see anybody being othered or discriminated against, you have to stop it dead in its tracks,” he said. “And that goes for LGBTQ issues, it goes to the BIPOC community. It goes for everybody.”

In 2019, the City of North Vancouver was the first municipality on the North Shore to install a rainbow crosswalk as a symbol of welcoming and inclusion.

In 2021, the District of North Vancouver’s rainbow crosswalk outside Lynn Valley Village was defaced with hateful language just days after it was unveiled. No one was ever arrested.

Meanwhile, anyone with information about this graffiti can contact North Vancouver RCMP at 604-9851311 and quote file #22-19179.

Sahak said anyone who has been negatively impacted by the incident can also speak with the North Vancouver RCMP’s victim services.

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This election, like most in recent memory on the North Shore, seems to hinge on a fundamental question: Should our municipal councils enshrine what is familiar and much loved, or accommodate local change in a rapidly changing world?

It’s a heavy proposition to place on the shoulders of the populace. But if the past is any indication, barely a third of eligible voters will bother to show up. It’s a number we should all strive to raise. The polls close at 8 p.m. on election night. Grab a friend on your way. Grab two, even. We believe the quality of our governance later reflects the quality of our engagement now.

If you’re feeling an obligation to exercise your franchise but you don’t want to spend

the next few days cramming for the final exam, we’ve got a good study guide for you.

We are running our popular pre-election questionnaire responses, starting on page 43.

Longer responses related to housing, climate change and transportation can be found at nsnews.com/2022-civic-election-main, along with the rest of our campaign coverage.

You’ll find our ballots are a bit crowded with candidates, so we urge to you to apply some critical thinking. For politicians, it’s all too easy to campaign on motherhood and apple pie issues like affordable housing or rapid transit without saying how they’ll achieve it. It’s better to bone up because the ballot of a well-informed voter counts equally as one cast by someone who bumbled into the ballot box without having done the required reading.

And when the polls are closed and the counting begins, we’ll see you there.

Escape your haunted email inbox with some high-flying friends As we get into scary season, let’s take a moment to recognize a true modern poltergeist – the email that haunts you from your inbox as you keep clicking it as “unread.”

There are some folks still out there – old-timers in particular – who do not have e-mail accounts, and we should start by acknowledging your courage and showing respect for your life choices.

All of the rest of us, though – the great email-receiving masses – get a barrage of messages every day, and must somehow deal with them while still maintaining a few minutes for other life essentials such as eating, sleeping and briefly stepping away from our keyboards.

If you’re anything like me, you have a special pile of email messages that provide you with days, weeks, months or even years of guilt.

These are the emails that you read on a busy morning and decide that you want to craft a nice reply to, but you don’t have time at the moment, so you mark the email as unread. Then you go about your busy day, answering 123 more urgent but less fun emails, and then you go home and drink one

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beer. Then four days later you have a bit of free time – LOL, just kidding, free time isn’t allowed anymore – or at least some slightly less-busy time, and you check through your unread emails.

That’s when the

haunting begins.

“Oh, yeah,” you say as you notice that unread email. “I need to get back to that guy.”

And then you promptly remember some other urgent task that you really must do right now – perhaps answering the phone, or putting out the small fire you lit under your desk just to feel some excitement – so you click that email back to “unread” and move on. And then a month later you notice that message is still unread, and now you’re really embarrassed and racked with guilt, all by a little bit of writing on a screen that is in a bold font rather than a regular font.

You are being haunted by a message that can force you up in the middle of the

night, your sweat-soaked pillow proof of the anxiety you feel over your failure to reply in a reasonable time.

I’ve been haunted by one such message for nearly two years.

There’s a very patient, very real gentleman named Paul whose message first arrived in my inbox in January 2021. He was wondering if we’d like to write something about the North Vancouver Radio Controlled Flying Club. It sounded cool, and I did want to write about it, and I actually wanted to see if I could get out there and watch, maybe try it out myself. I actually did reply, and thus started a back and forth of messages trying to figure out timelines and dates and good flying weather. And each message became more haunting than the last, as the story idea landed on my “fun things I want to do” list, something that never quite got finalized, always pushed back into “unread” territory.

And each time I happened upon the latest message, sitting there in bold, I was haunted again.

So here I am now, exorcising one demon.

Did I finally clear my schedule and go soaring through the sky with this very kind and patient and fun-sounding club? No, I did not,

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because I spent approximately 105 hours over the Thanksgiving weekend coaching two soccer teams in two tournaments.

But I am going to change this story from “unread” to “read” by just telling you about the club.

They’ve been in operation more than 20 years, they have a lovely mix of club members, with young flyers honing the craft alongside folks in their 80s. Club members have a wide range of skill as well, with some content to fly basic “laps” while others can do all sort of acrobatic flips and tricks with the model aircraft. They’re always keen to add new members, and they are enjoying this fall flying season with the beautiful weather we’ve been having. They fly out of North Van’s Inter River Park, and you can learn more on their website at nvrcfc.com.

And with that, I hope my haunting is over.

I still do want to get out there and fly, but at the very least I can let that email chain shed its unread shackles and soar into the heavens, at home with other read messages.

Take it as a badge of honour. Any email can be read. It takes a special one to be haunting. aprest@nsnews.com

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MAILBOX BEARS LIVE AND WORK HERE AS WE DO

Dear Editor:

Re: Fill Me in on the Quirks and Curiosities of West Vancouver, Oct. 5 opinion piece.

I read Kirk LaPointe’s funny column about living in West Van, but my chuckling stopped when I got to his question about bears.

As a volunteer for the North Shore Black Bear Society, I can tell you how hard our small staff and band of volunteers work to get the word out to the North Shore that our bears are not to be feared, but are calm, peaceful animals that live and work on the North Shore as we do. Indeed, our bears have good reason to fear their human neighbours as every year far too many of them are killed, either by speeding cars (I’m not sure whether it is Porsches that are responsible), or by the BC Conservation Officer Service, as punishment for us leaving our garbage, organics and birdfeeders accessible to them.

I invite Kirk and the North Shore News readers to have a look through our website, northshorebears.com. Our message is about peaceful co-existence with these beautiful animals. I believe that misplaced fear of them makes this very difficult to achieve. Learning about their true nature and behaviours and taking responsibility for ours is the path forward.

Holly Reisner District of North Vancouver

GIVE THANKS TO OUR HOSPITAL WORKERS

Dear Editor:

When COVID-19 first started, we had no idea how this strange virus that had spread throughout the world was going to change our lives big time.

The nurses, doctors, paramedics and caregivers, went into action doing what they do best and what they were trained to do: taking care of sick people. It was as new to our front-line workers as it was to the rest of the population, and it was scary. Yet they did not falter, and we banged pots and pans, gave them coffee cards and lunch cards to show our gratitude.

Some of the front-line workers caught this mystery virus and still those who were healthy soldiered on, and almost three years later they are still there. They stayed the course and they are so very tired.

They are still doing what they did in the beginning, but we are not. No longer are pots banged. Instead, they face a tired, disgruntled, angry and complaining public.

The emergency department of our Lions Gate Hospital is standing-room only as the sick lay on stretchers, sit in misery in the waiting room for hours, some wrapped in blankets, small children crying quietly, as worried young parents hold them close and sit and wait and wait. The nurses and the doctors are almost running from patient to patient and yet the sick keep piling in.

Having had the misfortune to experience the emergency department of LGH three

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times in the last three years, my concerns are for our nurses and doctors and at this gallant little hospital that has not closed its doors to anybody. The staff are working long hours, they are tired, they go home after these long shifts to their families that need them also. I don’t know how they do it.

We should still be banging those pots, extending our hands and hearts to these brave caregivers because the medical system was floundering long before COVID. This dreadful medical crisis is the result of a serious lack of understanding, planning and management from those who can make a difference -- our three levels of government: municipal, provincial and federal.

I just want to say thank-you to the “little hospital that could” for not closing its doors.

Thank you to all the caregivers who are staying the course and caring for us.

We should be grateful and stop grumbling at the nurses and direct our grumbles to the people who need to step up to the plate and start fixing our medical system.

After we finally get to go home, the caregivers are still there in the emergency department and at their stations, coping with an overwhelming situation.

Maureen Bragg Lynn Valley

BAN PLASTIC BAGS FROM GROCERY CHECKOUTS

Dear Editor:

Many years ago, I read an article about a whale washed ashore in the Philippines with 66 pounds of plastic in its stomach. Because of this, I banned myself from using single-use plastic bags which I do at all stores and when getting takeout food, etc.

Earlier this year, I read an article about another dead whale, weighing 1,100 lbs. and whose stomach contained 88 pounds of plastic, which is equivalent to a 150-pound person having 12 pounds of plastic in their stomach. Many who study this feel that by 2050 there’ll be more plastic in the oceans than marine life. As two-thirds of the world’s oxygen comes from oceans, this doesn’t bode well for any living thing.

The City of Vancouver has banned single-use plastic bags. There’s no ban in North Van. In January, I inquired at Superstore about why they’re still using plastic bags. I was told they were getting rid of the remaining supply. In May, it became obvious this wasn’t the case. It took me over two months and three inquiries to get a written response that noted they donate part of the profits from plastic bag sales to environmental causes. The absurdity of this can’t be overstated. Wouldn’t not using plastic bags make more sense?

More than 90 per cent of the plastic ever produced still exists, yet we continue to produce it at an alarming rate.

Stephen Hawking said, “Greed and stupidity will lead to the end of the human race within 100, maybe 200 years.” He died four years ago. The clock is ticking.

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The university unveiled the colourful symbol of diversity and pride for 2SLGBTQ+ students at the corner of Purcell Way and Greg Lee Way in a ceremony on Oct. 4.

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space where everyone feels welcome and included,” school president Paul Dangerfield said in a release.

“At CapU, we are committed to doing better. We’re committed to instilling a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, and that’s why this crosswalk is so important,” he continued. “The crosswalk serves as a visible reminder to 2SLGBTQ+ students and colleagues that you have a community at CapU that not only cares, but will advocate on your behalf and be your allies.”

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Six new permanent pickleball courts ready for action Little Cates, while the number of tennis courts at the facility dropped from four to two, but the tennis practice area was given back to the tennis group after years of use for pickleball.

The court space at Myrtle Park served as a makeshift pickleball spot for years, but this summer two dedicated courts opened up, giving the sport a permanent home in Deep Cove.

West Vancouver is also in the midst of some pickleball politics.

The district currently has four temporary, dedicated pickleball courts in play at Normanby Park, after complaints from neighbours prompted the closure of courts in a more residential area at 29th Street and Marine Drive. A proposal to build four dedicated pickleball courts in Hugo Ray Park is currently in the works, with the district holding public consultations this past summer to pick a favoured location inside the park. Players are hoping to have the plan come before district council soon, Wilson said.

There is a need for even more courts across the North Shore, she said, adding that there are often several players waiting on the sidelines for a chance to play at many of the courts across the region, particularly on busy weekends, but also sometimes on weekdays. On a recent sunny weekday afternoon, there were 30 players out at the new Little Cates courts, Wilson said.

“There’s four courts, 16 people playing – that means there’s 14 people on the sidelines, waiting to play.”

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Pickleball has finally put down permanent roots east of the Seymour River in North Vancouver, delighting fans of the fast-growing, accessible and social sport.

This summer, the District of North Vancouver opened permanent, dedicated pickleball courts at two Seymour locations, with four courts going into Little Cates Park, and two courts finding a fixed home in Myrtle Park.

The new pickleball patches are welcome news to Seymourarea players who previously needed to drive to Mahon Park or Murdo Frazer Park – braving bridge and highway traffic to do so – to find a spot to play on dedicated outdoor courts.

Previously, the other option was bringing their own nets and carving space out of tennis courts or practice areas, but it’s a relief to have their own dedicated spaces now, said Karen Wilson, vice-president of the North Shore Pickleball Club and a frequent player at Little Cates.

“We’re very grateful to have these courts and we love them,” she said. “The thing we really wanted was permanent nets. We wanted to walk up and play.... I like that we don’t have to set our nets up every time we go down, and put them away. It’s beautiful, they’re beautifully done.

“It is a nice location,” she added. “You have the ocean there, you’ve got the trees. It’s very pretty.”

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Taking advantage of beautiful early autumn weather, members of the North Shore Pickleball Club enjoy the newly opened courts at Little Cates Park in North Vancouver. Here, club vice-president Karen Wilson returns a shot. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN players that drive to Mahon or Murdo Frazer.

“Everybody knows what the traffic is like in North Vancouver coming down the cut,” Wilson said. “Nobody leaves [Deep] Cove after one o’clock in the afternoon for fear they won’t get back home for three hours.”

Pickleball is a popular and fast-growing sport, but it is not

without detractors. Neighbours often complain about the loud “poc” sound that the paddles make when they hit the ball, and tennis players often get rankled by the crowds of pickleball players threatening their dedicated spaces.

Little Cates was the site of an infamous dustup in 2021, with more than 50 tennis players

staging a sit-in to protest the district’s plans to paint multi-lined courts to be shared by tennis and pickleball players. Following that “kerfuffle,” as Wilson called it, the district scrapped those plans, and about a year later Little Cates was finally ready to play with the sports separated from each other. Pickleball now has four courts of its own at

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A former councillor of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) who defrauded the Nation out of over $855,000 has been sent to prison for four years for her crimes.

Judge Lyndsay Smith handed the jail sentence to former Nation co-chair and department head Krisandra Lenore Jacobs, 58, Friday morning in North Vancouver provincial court.

Jacobs was sentenced after being found guilty of charges of fraud and theft over $5,000 from the Squamish Nation 11 months It appears ago, following a to be the lengthy trial. community Smith said view that Jacobs’s breach incarceration of the trust placed in her as both an is required. elected councillor JUDGE LYNDSAY SMITH and high-level employee of the nation called for a jail sentence to act as a deterrent. That is needed to protect “not just the Squamish Nation but all such nations” vulnerable to similar crimes, the judge said.

The judge noted Squamish Nation has no hope of getting back any of the nearly $1 million Jacobs stole, and the forensic

audit that eventually led to the RCMP investigation and charges had cost the nation a significant amount.

Jacobs was in “a position of full power and privilege” yet took advantage of that to take money from funds intended for the most vulnerable in the community, the judge said.

“It appears to be the community view that incarceration is required,” Smith said.

At the time of the fraud, between April 2011 and May 2014, Jacobs was one of two people in charge of an emergency fund meant as a fund of last resort for Squamish Nation members in need. Usually, requests for emergency assistance came through legitimate channels and were backed up with proper documentation afterwards.

But during the trial, several witnesses who worked in the Nation’s finance department described how Jacobs had set up an additional “shadow process” that she used to circumvent those controls, often calling in employees on weekends to issue cheques to her.

In finding Jacobs guilty, the judge said Jacobs had deliberately crafted a scheme whereby she used her powerful position in the Nation’s political structure to bypass financial checks and balances and obtain money for her own purposes.

The judge noted that Jacobs’s fraud was committed over a long period of time and with considerable effort and planning,

involving 422 cheques.

After the first time she used a cheque for her own purposes, Jacobs had “421 opportunities to reflect on what she had done ... and not do it again,” the judge said.

Smith added that “poverty and desperation” did not drive Jacobs to commit her crimes.

In a victim impact statement submitted during an earlier sentencing hearing, Khelsilem, spokesperson for Squamish Nation, wrote the impact of Jacobs’s crimes have been long-lasting, with many thousands of dollars no longer available to help the most vulnerable members of the community. Her actions also divided the community, he wrote.

In the same sentencing hearing this fall, defence lawyer John Turner argued that Jacobs should receive a lighter sentence – two years in jail – because her fraud was committed as a result of a gambling addiction, which he described as the “overriding factor” in her crimes.

A spreadsheet referred to during the trial revealed many of the withdrawals Jacobs made after she deposited the cheques were at ATMs near casinos in both the Lower Mainland and Squamish.

In handing down her sentence, the judge rejected Jacobs’s gambling as either a prime cause of or a mitigating factor in responsibility for her crimes.

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Jacobs also spent money she stole on other things, including household bills, entertainment and sessions at a local spa, the judge noted.

To a large extent Jacobs committed the fraud to allow her “to do things she enjoyed, including likely gambling and attending a spa,” Smith said.

Smith noted that Jacobs grew up on the Cheakamus reserve in Squamish and was raised by both her mother and maternal grandparents, who were both residential school survivors. Despite that, Jacobs obtained post-secondary education, had a good job and rose to a position of prominence within the Nation, the judge said.

“Part of the tragedy of this” is that Jacobs was for a time a role model for others, Smith added.

Smith said she hoped that upon Jacobs’s release from jail, the Squamish Nation would accept her back into the community, which she strongly identifies with.

Dressed in black, Jacobs sat quietly in the courtroom as the judge read her reasons for sentence.

Several members of Squamish Nation were in court Friday to hear the judge’s decision.

“Don’t forget all the good things that you did. Don’t ever forget that,” one of Jacobs’ supporters called out as she was led away by sheriffs.

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Continued from page 1 minute to respond. Toward the end of the evening, audience questions were fielded in a less-formal manner.

Seated in front of the councillor’s row, mayoral candidates Mathew Bond and Mike Little took different approaches to their introductions.

First to speak, Bond presented himself as the change candidate.

We are in a time of unprecedented transformation, the two-term councillor said.

“The negative outcomes that we’re experiencing today are the result of decades of resistance to change: the climate crisis, housing, affordability, worsening transportation outcomes,” he said. “These negative outcomes will only continue to persist if we don’t change.”

Bond claimed to be the strongest, most consistent advocate for solutions to housing affordability and modern transportation networks. Acknowledging that change is hard, he said the burden of fixing negative outcomes will be left to future generations without it.

In his opener, incumbent one-term mayor Mike Little emphasized the long list of committees and projects he’s been a part of.

Little listed his three terms on council, chairing both the District of North Vancouver’s library board and North Shore Emergency Management, as well

Mayoral candidate Mike Little highlighted his political resume, while competitor Mathew Bond presented himself as the candidate for change at a District of North Vancouver allcandidates meeting on Oct. 4. NICK LABA / NSN as “countless” volunteer roles in the community.

He highlighted his current involvement in Metro Vancouver’s solid and liquid waste management plans. “We’ve now taken back that big project – the wastewater treatment plant – to try to get it going again,” he said. “That unfortunately has been a real challenge.”

Little also spoke to his work on the TransLink Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation.

“Our mayors’ council 10-year vision has several key improvements for North Vancouver,” he said. “This includes a massive increase in bus service – HandyDART service, Bus Rapid Transit.”

What role should local government play in providing non-market housing?

Hitting on the hot-button issue of housing, candidates were asked what role they believed local government should play in the provision of non-market units.

Citing his perspective as a real estate asset manager for BC Housing, council candidate Herman Mah said there are many situations where his organization is advocating to introduce non-market housing.

“There’s money available in dealing with senior levels of government,” he said.

“We need to look at and take advantage of that. At the same time, local government can also produce their own housing, using district-owned land, but it has to be very selective.”

Greg Robins, chair of the foundation for Lookout Housing and Health Society, mentioned the value of programs that aim to partially cover down payments for firsttime homebuyers, as well as provincial and federal funding.

“I was speaking with (North Vancouver MP) Jonathan Wilkinson about three [months] ago, and he was telling me about the opportunities for the District of North Vancouver to be able to tap into this money,” Robins said. “In his words, you’ve got to tap into it otherwise it will not come your way – it will be scooped up by somebody else.”

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Continued from page 16 Business owner Thomas Tofigh said the housing issue will require the study and communication with the provincial and federal government to allocate a budget to be able to rent all condos with reasonable rates, as well as pre-sale condos sold to the middle class.

“This combined with reducing property taxes will help to reduce the cost of existing homeowners, renters and buyers and decrease living expenses for all,” he said.

Trey Bell, vice-president of Parkgate Community Services Society, lives in the Seylynn community and said having a diverse housing mix has allowed him to live in North Vancouver.

“I wouldn’t be able to afford a semi-detached or detached home,” he said. Bell added that working with developers is an important part of the equation, telling them “this is what we want: We want affordable rental as part of new developments, we want social housing and we want rent-to-own.”

Incumbent Coun. Jim Hanson noted that local government has the zoning power to create affordable housing.

“And yet, one of the last major votes, this council four-to-three voted through a 27-storey concrete tower with 330 [units], and it’s only 20-per-cent affordable,” he said. “We didn’t need to do that.

“We could have put the housing here that our community needs, not the housing that the developers need to make their

big profits.”

Conversely, project manager Clayton Wellwood said it’s not a proper role of government to provide or build housing.

“The right role for local government is to cut the red tape that is driving up the cost of housing,” he said. “If the residents of North Vancouver do want to see more non-market housing, maybe there is a way for a community amenity contribution system to be reformed so that residents can request [non-market units from developers] as a type of community amenity contribution.”

In response, incumbent Coun. Jordan Back acknowledged that provision of housing is not a traditional responsibility of local government. “But when you’re in a housing crisis, when you’re in a climate emergency, there’s a lot of things that aren’t traditional roles of local government that now are things that we need to handle.”

Back added that he’d love to see “real” workforce housing on the North Shore because it’s wrong that so many first responders and firefighters don’t live in the communities they serve.

Former broadcast journalist Catherine Pope said it’s critical to approve housing support from higher levels of government to keep more families in the community.

She also cited the 2021 district housing needs report, which highlighted the need to build 3,000 units by 2026.

“And we’re huge, long way from that,”

Pope said. “We need to address housing that also feeds into the transportation and congestion problem.”

How would officials alleviate traffic in congested areas?

Then came the question of how officials, if elected, would mitigate traffic in congested areas like Deep Cove.

Ellison Mallin, constituency assistant for MLA Susie Chant, said the district has to look at creative solutions to get people out of cars.

“Some ideas I have are a foot-ferry from Port Moody to Deep Cove in the summer,” he said. “And an active transport paved path from Blueridge-Parkgate Centre along the bottom of Mount Seymour that can be used all season.”

Mentioning her work on Metro Vancouver’s regional planning committee, incumbent Coun. Lisa Muri said Metro is currently looking at a study about adding a passenger ferry between Belcarra Park, Port Moody and Deep Cove.

Muri highlighted the usefulness of shuttles and the overcrowded buses coming in from Phibbs Exchange.

“You need to engineer and you also need to restrict access into [high-traffic] areas, to force people to use other ways to get to the places that they want to visit,” she said.

But fellow incumbent Coun. Betty Forbes said that not everyone is able to use active transportation. Forbes

suggested opening up additional parking at rec centres and schools on weekends, and run shuttles from there up to popular destinations.

“Any destination that charges a fee for coming to their destination, should provide a free shuttle from wherever we provide the parking,” she said.

Student and climate organizer Harrison Johnston said the district needs to provide people “real” options to not use their cars to commute. At peak times, the sheer volume of people on buses at Phibbs Exchange acts as a deterrent for using public transit.

“We really need to provide people with much more reliable frequent public transit service on weekends,” he said, adding that bike routes to popular destinations like Deep Cove need to be made safe for use.

On the other hand, Peter Teevan – a semi-retired business manager formerly of the automotive sales sector – noted that recreation seekers from other regions won’t take public transportation over the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing because their bikes and kayaks are strapped to the top of their cars.

“There’s one answer and that is a brand-new Ironworkers bridge,” he said.

“Two decks, six lanes per deck, with [light rapid transit] and protected bike lanes.

The bridge we have is going to start falling down within 20 years. It means we need to start working on the new bridge.”

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THE PEOPLE WHO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE SCOTT SNIDER, PETER LAMBUR, MARK SAGER, LINDA WATT, SHARON THOMPSON During this election campaign, we have met with many of you to pitch our team as the group of individuals best suited to form the nucleus of your next municipal Council. We have told you about ourselves, our connection to the community, why we are running for Council and the things we believe in.

It is our shared values and mutual respect for one another’s individual opinions that auger well for a new Mayor and Council working together in a way that our present Mayor & Council has not. With a mix of experienced incumbents and newcomers, all with strong personal commitments to West Vancouver, we are five of seven people that – should you choose to elect us – will form the core of a new Council.

We are not a party or a slate. We don’t believe West Vancouver voters are looking to that

form of local government. We believe West Vancouver voters already fundamentally know the qualities they are seeking in a candidate and, special interest groups aside, we are confident that we meet that test. Surveying the large field of prospective candidates for Council, we are buoyed to see others who share our values and perspectives. Through the course of the campaign, we have developed a kinship with some of the candidates. More Council candidates support our choice for Mayor – Mark Sager – than any other and we support them for the two seats our team is not pursuing.

We have each individually, and in our own words, expressed our hopes and wishes for the next four years. Now, as a team, we are fully endorsing Mark Sager as our next Mayor.

His vision and platform, as outlined below, as inspired and motivated us to support him.

MARK SAGER: ROADMAP TO REAL LEADERSHIP We need a strong mayor with actionable solutions who will commit to moving West Vancouver forward.

Community Engagement: f Re-introducing the Finance Commission and Planning Commission f Creating a new Environmental Commission Revitalize Our Community Hub f Complete the Ambleside Local Area Plan to include a new home for the arts and a boutique hotel Get West Vancouver Moving Again f Complete automation of Marine Drive traffic signalization to smooth traffic flow f Introduce transit-on-demand to complement our fixed schedule bus service f Bolster active transportation infrastructure with better cycling options

Smart Housing Solutions f Leverage municipal land to build housing that includes a rent-to-own program f Boost take-up of coach house opportunities permitted under current zoning f Mandate fixed time limits for initial permit application review Make Tax Dollars Go Further at Municipal Hall f Seek efficiencies in the delivery of programs and services by engaging staff in a comprehensive operational review f Find new ways to generate non-taxable revenue for the municipality Climate Change f Complete and implement a Climate Action Plan f Prioritize projects designed to adapt to climate change (e.g. shoreline protection)

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Enrolment holds surprisingly steady in North Shore schools JANE SEYD

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The number of students enrolled in North Vancouver public schools is down slightly this year, but not nearly as much as expected. That’s good news for the school district’s bottom line.

At the end of September, when school districts submit enrolment figures to the Ministry of Education, there were 15,803 fulltime students registered in North Vancouver School District.

That’s 29 fewer students than last year but also over 100 students more than the school district was projecting in the spring.

Those numbers are important because provincial funding based on the number of students enrolled accounts for 91 per cent of the school district’s annual revenue.

The number of fee-paying international students, whose tuition also boosts school district coffers, is also up this year over what was expected.

There are 555 international students registered in North Van public schools this year – 25 more than expected in March. The number of international students is also up over the 500 who registered in public schools last year, when tuition contributed approximately $8 million to the budget.

In terms of classrooms where those students are studying, there’s still no word yet from the province on a request from the North Vancouver School District to build

a new elementary school on the site of the formerly Cloverley School.

The project was given tentative thumbs up two years ago but is still under review by the province in light of rising construction costs. Meanwhile, the school district currently has 31 portables being used as classrooms at schools throughout North Vancouver.

Next door in the West Vancouver school district, a small increase in enrolment has resulted in 7,020 students registered this year – up 60 from last year’s 6,960.

Numbers of both English language learners and special needs students are continuing to increase in West Van schools, according to Tricia Buckley, spokeswoman for the school district, a trend that has been noted for the past several years.

There are also 384 international students registered in West Vancouver public schools this year – down slightly from the 411 students registered at this time last year, but still up from the 309 students who registered the year before, during the first year of the pandemic.

In the past two years, availability of homestays has been a key factor in the number of international students who can register in North Shore schools.

Enrolments in all school districts are tallied at the end of September and used by the Ministry of Education to calculate how much funding they will receive.

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B.C. Court of Appeal upholds jail time for West Van tax cheat BRENT RICHTER

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A West Vancouver man convicted of cheating on his taxes must serve 29 months in jail, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled.

Michael Curt Helmut Scholz, 68, was convicted in 2020 on three counts of violating the Excise Tax Act and two related criminal counts of uttering forged documents. Scholz provided the Canada Revenue Agency with false, backdated documents in order to claim GST and HST rebates he would otherwise not be entitled to on the construction of his $6-million home in the British Properties, the B.C. Supreme Court found.

In 2021, he was sentenced to 29 months in jail and fined $644,975. Scholz was “motivated by greed” and he “thought he was smart enough to get away with it,” the court ruling states. In justifying the prison term, the trial judge noted that “general deterrence to other like-minded individuals, must be an overriding concern in these tax evasion cases.”

Scholz appealed his conviction, arguing all taxpayers are entitled to pursue tax strategies that would benefit them and that the CRA is free to accept or reject those strategies without it becoming a criminal matter. The court of appeal disagreed and upheld the conviction in April 2022.

Scholz also appealed his sentence, arguing he should have been eligible to receive a conditional sentence to be served

without jail time.

Scholz asserted the trial judge failed to properly consider the public humiliation he’d endured as a result of coverage of his conviction, which would in itself serve as a deterrent to others who might be tempted to fudge tax documents.

In a ruling released Sept. 26, B.C. Court of Appeal Justice Sunni StrombergStein rejected that argument. While the courts have recognized that the publicity associated with a trial can be devastating, the trial judge gave the correct weight to public humiliation in crafting his decision, she reasoned.

The trial judge also found the level of planning and sophistication that went into the fraud, along with Scholz’s acumen in commercial law and business, were aggravating factors. But, on appeal, Scholz argued the forged documents were “created in a slap dash fashion” and that his past experience in business and law were not relevant.

Again, the court of appeal disagreed with Scholz’s assertion that the trial judge had erred.

“It was open to the judge to consider Mr. Scholz’s background and experience and to assess his moral culpability bearing those factors in mind. That Mr. Scholz made poor use of his knowledge and skills in committing the offences and got caught does not make it an error for the sentencing judge to consider his expertise as a relevant aggravating factor,”

This home in West Vancouver became the subject of a Canada Revenue Agency investigation in 2013. NORTH SHORE NEWS FILES Stromberg-Stein wrote.

Because he was in his 60s at the time of the sentencing in February 2021, Scholz argued he would be at greater risk of contracting serious illness from COVID-19 in prison, although the trial judge did not accept that claim. When he raised COVID19 on appeal, the judges agreed that the risk of COVID was a collateral consequence of his actions and “the impact of a collateral consequence does not displace the general rule that a sentence must be fit,” Stromberg-Stein wrote.

The three-judge panel agreed with Stromberg-Stein’s view that Scholz’s appeal should be dismissed.

“Mr. Scholz is not suggesting a 29 month sentence is demonstrably unfit. Nor could he, as the judge properly considered all the relevant factors and sentencing principles.

He properly gave weight to denunciation and deterrence, given Mr. Scholz’s moral blameworthiness. The global sentence of 29 months for a substantial tax fraud is entirely fit in the circumstances,” she wrote.

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Deep Cove’s Quarry Rock Trail due to reopen in late autumn MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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The reopening of the District of North Vancouver’s Quarry Rock hiking trail, which has been closed since 2020, is finally on the horizon.

The wooded trail had initially been closed during the pandemic to discourage crowds from gathering in the area, before being shut further for repairs. Now with maintenance underway, the district anticipates the popular hike will reopen come late autumn.

“Trail crews began surface improvements, minor repairs, and hazard tree assessment in August 2022,” said Steffanie Warriner, parks manager at the District of North Vancouver.

“We have recently received provincial approval to move forward with the more significant infrastructure repairs. Pending the delivery of materials, we anticipate construction will begin in late October,” she said, adding that the penned date is weather permitting.

Before its grand reopening, the District of North Vancouver also plans to have new signage implemented, which will ensure hikers are better directed on the 3.8-kilometre trail, and are well advised of the risks involved when navigating the area.

Despite being closed to the public, many locals continue to brace the climb, taking an alternate route to get onto the trail and enjoy the scenic views of Indian Arm and the mountains around Belcarra that await at the

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The popular Quarry Rock Trail has been closed since March 2020. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN top. Warriner said the district is aware the trail is still being accessed, and the district “strongly encourages” people to respect its closure.

“The trail is currently in poor condition and unsafe for public use,” she said.

“Continued use of the trail while it remains closed is a violation of our park regulation bylaw and may lead to additional damages that could further delay trail reopening.”

Warriner said park rangers continue to monitor the area, and in the meantime she recommends hikers instead explore the various other trails and hikes that call the district home.

Mina Kerr-Lazenby is the North Shore News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

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Mary-Ann has: Just completed her 17th consecutive year of public service, making her the most current, experienced, and knowledgeable candidate by far.

Demonstrated that she is determined to address the challenging issues that this community faces in the years ahead. Her voting record on housing diversity, climate action and transit confirms this.

An unwavering resolve to get things done that will make this community the best it can be. Just ask those involved with the long-awaited “Place for Sport”.

Made every effort to help make West Vancouver a more welcoming, inclusive and compassionate community as exemplified by new housing for families in our workforce and 19 adult daycare spaces at 2195 Gordon Ave; new childcare spaces and much-needed housing for the disabled in the Gateway Residences; and, for the first time, meetings with First Nations leaders that will build a path to reconciliation.

Shown that she is unafraid to be bold and innovative.

Decisions that were avoided by previous Councils because they were too hard or too contentious have been made to the great benefit of this community.

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Tensions between a shuttered craft brewery and a prominent commercial landlord in North Vancouver continue to ferment as the property owner responds to previously made legal allegations against it.

In its response to civil claim, filed Sept.

29, Lonsdale Quay Market Corp. refuted claims made by Green Leaf Brewing owner Martin Ebadi that the landlord unfairly denied his business an option to renew its lease.

“The claim pleads no material facts as against the defendants that disclose a reasonable claim against the defendants, and the claim is scandalous, frivolous or vexatious or is otherwise an abuse of process of this court,” reads the Quay’s response, submitted by lawyer Daniel Shouldice.

“Greenleaf has no standing to bring this action or the claim against the defendants,” it continues, stating that the claim should be dismissed with special costs in favour of the Quay.

Lonsdale Quay’s response went further into the brewery’s financial past, stating that Ebadi failed to pay the full amount owing for his rent in October 2016, and didn’t make a full payment from November 2017 till present. The Quay claims that the last rent payment it received was in March of this year.

The response also alleges that Ebadi – who is distinguished as the correct lessee by the Quay, opposed to Green Leaf as written in the original civil claim – had never submitted a gross sales statement certified by a chartered accountant, which was required annually.

For these reasons, the Quay said Ebadi’s option to renew his lease was invalid. The response reads that Ebadi was also required to give 12 months’ notice of exercising the renewal option, which the landlord claims he failed to provide.

Green Leaf suddenly shut its doors at the end of August. On Sept. 8, Ebadi filed a notice of civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court, stating that his brewery had made every possible endeavour within its financial means to reach a realistic solution, following COVID-19 restrictions imposed in March 2020.

According to a notice of seizure served to Ebadi on behalf of Lonsdale Quay, nearly $207,800 is owed in arrears, plus costs,

charges and expenses.

In the civil claim, submitted by Ebadi himself, he said he told his landlord that he was exercising his seven-year lease-renewal option at a meeting on Aug. 20, 2021. Then, the landlord requested Green Leaf submit a payment plan for the arrears as well as a business plan for the “ongoing landlord renovation program.”

In his notice, Ebadi claims he submitted the requested plans, to which the landlord acknowledged receipt and would get back to him, but did not.

“During the ensuing months the tenant made every effort to have the landlord extend the lease for a further seven years and was ignored,” reads the notice.

At the time, Quay North president Taylor Mathiesen said Ebadi’s claims had no merit and that his corporation would be filing a defence.

Both parties said that they engaged in negotiations over the dispute. Ebadi claims that the Quay left the table “arbitrarily,” while the landlord said talks failed after “good faith efforts.”

According to B.C. Supreme Court Civil Rules, both parties have 35 days – after the pleading period ended Sept. 30 – to submit all documents that could be used to prove or disprove a material fact, as well as any other documents to be referred to in court, unless otherwise consented by all parties or ordered by the court.

On Aug. 23, the Quay said it notified Ebadi that the bailiff would continue its seizure and sale of the property under the Rent Distress Act unless Ebadi paid the arrears in full. The Quay said Ebadi failed to do so by Aug. 30, and completed seizure and sale of the property by Sept. 10.

On Sept. 28, the Quay said it delivered notice of termination of Ebadi’s tenancy effective Oct. 31. The landlord said Ebadi remains indebted for the unpaid arrears plus additional costs.

Both parties said they’re not commenting on the matter further at this time. None of the allegations have been proven in court.

Without any signage at its storefront or sign-offs on social media, Green Leaf closed its doors on Aug. 29, after almost nine years in operation, leaving many former patrons wondering why.

Before the closure, the brewery was considered a local staple that helped kickstart enthusiasm for North Vancouver’s now-booming craft beer scene.

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JUNIOR HOCKEY

Bedard becomes youngest captain in Regina Pats history ANDY PREST

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North Vancouver’s Connor Bedard recently added another item to his “youngest ever” list, becoming the youngest captain in the 105-year history of the Regina Pats Hockey Club.

became the first player to earn exceptional status and early entry into the WHL, and he was named the 2020-21 WHL Rookie of the Year.

In August, Bedard helped Team Canada claim gold at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championships, picking up four goals and four assists in seven games as Canada went on to defeat Finland 3-2 in overtime in the championship final.

The 2023 NHL Entry Draft is scheduled for June 28-29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

Bedard was an alternate captain last year, becoming the youngest player in team history to wear a letter. Now at age 17 and two months, he’s got the “C” – and the club is ready to follow where he leads.

“In Connor, we could see very early that he sets a good example on and off the ice, as well as in his preparation, wanting to win, and that he was going to be a captain,” stated Pats general manager and head coach John Paddock in a release.

Bedard scored 51 goals and 49 assists for 100 points in 62 games last season, finishing fourth in the Western Hockey League in points and second in goals. He’s off to a fast start this season, too, leading the WHL as of Oct. 10 with 15 points through eight games.

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There are two types of people when it comes to Halloween: those who lambaste pumpkin-shaped knick-knacks and dismiss the holiday as nothing more than child’s play, and those who go all in, counting down the days until they can transform their abodes into elaborate haunted house setups.

Think you’ve got decorations worthy of being viewed by the masses? Those

that fall into the latter category have the opportunity for their festive handiwork to be experienced by the wider community, thanks to the return of our annual Haunted House map.

Ensure your efforts are witnessed by more than just the neighbours this year by putting them forward for our online guide to the best spooky displays in town – simply email images of your abominable abode to MKerrLazenby@nsnews.com, alongside your address, and we’ll add it to our list.

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West Van gives green light to e-bike incentive for low income residents MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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Those in West Vancouver feeling the pinch when it comes to personal transit may soon be able to commute via e-bike, as council has voted to continue forward with an incentive plan for residents with lower incomes.

The pilot program will use an estimated budget of $135,000 to offer two tiers of incentives, either $500 or $1,500, based on household income. Designed to improve mobility for lower income residents and reduce congestion in the area, it would follow the pilot already penned for North Vancouver and will be much like previous incentive programs implemented in the District of Saanich, with e-bikes, e-tricycles and front-drive wheelchair attachments all being available.

In a virtual meeting on Sept. 26, Jenn Moller, director of engineering and transportation services, fielded questions from the council on what the roll-out will look like.

Pushing for the go-ahead, Moller touched on how district staff are still awaiting data from the North Vancouver roll-out, which can be expected early next year, but the Saanich program has been “quite successful” and has since been extended.

The program will run on a first-come, first-served basis, as it is “the most straightforward way” to get things started, she said.

Coun. Marcus Wong asked whether those

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categories will be broken up into sub-categories – to cater to those at the lower end of the bracket who could have different financial needs to those at the higher end, for example – and Moller said it will be considered, but implementing it would be difficult.

“If they’re in the bracket, they’re in the bracket,” she said.

Despite the majority being in support of the program, council staff had questioned whether the implementation of it was too soon. Coun. Bill Soprovich asked why the council would spend the $135,000 on the program, when they haven’t yet “done any work on the infrastructure needs for bicycles and providing safety.”

Coun. Sharon Thompson later echoed the sentiment, arguing the implementation of the bikes was interesting but “ahead of its time,” and she would first like to hear how well previous programs, like the one in North Vancouver, have been adapted into the community before the subsidized roll-out begins.

She said the $135,000 budget is “quite the chunk,” especially given only $50,000 will be put towards community groups. “I’d rather the money go to food security, or a system that really makes a difference.”

Nevertheless, Thompson’s vote against the policy was outnumbered five to one, with Wong, Soprovich, Couns. Craig Cameron and Nora Gambioli, and Mayor Mary-Ann Booth voting for the motion. Coun. Peter Lambur was absent from the meeting.

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North Van RCMP warn of spike in ‘sextortions’ targeting teens JANE SEYD

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North Vancouver RCMP are warning teens and their parents about a recent spike in “sextortions” targeting teenagers in the community.

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Police are aware of several recent incidents where teens received messages from people threatening to release sexual images of them unless they paid several hundred dollars.

Teen boys have recently been among those targeted, said Const. Mansoor Sahak, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP, although any gender can be victimized.

Typically, fraudsters posing as young women under fake profiles befriend the victim on social media, including TikTok and Instagram, using that to get personal information. They then request the victim send nude photos or perform sexual acts on camera. Once the images or videos are recorded, the blackmailer threatens to forward those to the victim’s friends, family or employer unless they receive payment, said Sahak.

It’s possible many more cases aren’t being reported, he added.

“Obviously it’s very traumatic for the victims,” said Sahak.

He said police are warning parents to have conversations with their kids and telling teens to be cautious. If you don’t know a person offline, it’s very difficult to confirm who is really behind any social media profile, he said. Someone who appears to be livestreaming may actually be playing a pre-recorded video, he said.

Sahak said anyone who is a victim of a sextortion attempt should never pay money or send additional photos.

“The situation will not get better by doing either of these things,” he said.

Police warn it’s better not to create or send any intimate photos that could end up in the wrong hands.

Jesse Miller of Mediated Reality, who consults on social media education, says that’s only part of the equation.

“We do put a lot of onus on the victim,” he said.

Teens have grown up in a world where the sharing of sexual images among adults has become normalized, he said.

“The reality is they grew up in a culture where they see sexualized images all the time.”

At the same time, “You have to really understand the consequences you might face,” he said. “We want them to make better choices.”

Sextortions can also happen among peer groups, said Miller. In some cases, friends can go into each other’s phones and forward images they find there, or teens can post images in a group chat that gets circulated.

Ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends can also forward sexual images in acts of revenge.

Miller said he warns teens that if they are creating or sending sexual images, make sure there is nothing that could identify them – including tattoos, backgrounds or recognizable features – included in the photo.

But teens also need to know that if an image they’ve sent to someone gets shared without their consent, that is illegal and something they can report, said Miller.

Sahak said investigating such cases can be complex, but “it is possible and we have done it.”

In 2014, a 23-year-old North Vancouver man got a 60-day jail sentence for carrying out threats to send a sexually explicit video of a teenage girl to several of her Facebook friends.

The man had found the video on a cellphone belonging to the victim’s boyfriend after that phone went missing.

He then tracked down the young woman on Facebook and made the threats under a fake identity. Police investigators eventually traced him.

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Municipal election flyers going to the wrong North Vancouver BRENT RICHTER

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Do you know which North Vancouver you live in? Flyers intended to inform City of North Vancouver and District of North Vancouver residents on how to vote in the Oct. 15 election are turning up in mailboxes on the wrong side of the municipal boundary.

Lynn Valley resident Alicia Peters, who has worked as an election observer globally, said everyone in her strata building received a flyer in the mail Oct. 3 from the City of North Vancouver telling her where and when she could cast her ballot in the civic election.

Except Lynn Valley is in the District of North Vancouver, not the city.

“I absolutely believe this is an innocent mistake, but I understand the implications of sending out incorrect information,” she said, noting that misdirecting voters to the wrong polls is a frequent tactic in voter suppression.

In a statement, city spokesperson Pardeep Purewal said district residents in several neighbourhoods that border the city will have received the wrong flyer, and that voters should double check that they have the correct instructions.

“Consistent with past practice and some other municipalities, the city sent the postcard via unaddressed mail, a cost-effective option for informing the residents. The city worked with a mailing house and Canada Post to determine the mail carrier routes and ensure that all households within the city would receive the postcard. These routes are set by Canada Post and are not based on municipal boundaries,” it read. “Some routes on the municipal boundaries overlap with each other, which means that in some areas residents of the District of North Vancouver would have received the city’s postcard, including Delbrook, Lynn Creek, Lynn Valley, Pemberton Heights and Upper Lonsdale neighbourhoods.”

The District of North Vancouver uses a similar method to mail out pre-election postcards, so some city residents may find themselves getting the district’s voter information as well.

Purewal said reliable voter information can be found on the city and district’s websites, and the elections officers from both the city and district are available to answer questions.

Peters said she worries there will be people who don’t realize the mistake that’s been made and go to the wrong polls, only to become frustrated and not vote at all.

“The border isn’t something that you

NORTH SHORE VOTES necessarily think about often, and so it is very possible for people to receive it and not know it’s a mistake,” she said. “Municipal elections tend to have low voter turnout, and it is important that our institutions and candidates and electoral officers take steps to increase participation, not lower it.”

Below is the correct information on where and when eligible City of North Vancouver residents can vote General Voting Day Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at any one of the nine voting locations across the city: ■ Carson Graham Secondary School, 2145 Jones Ave ■ Larson Elementary School, 2605 Larson Rd ■ Memorial Recreation Centre, 125 East 23rd St ■ North Shore Neighbourhood House, 225 East 2nd St ■ Queen Mary Elementary School, 230 West Keith Rd ■ Ridgeway Elementary School, 420 East 8th St ■ Sutherland Secondary School, 1860 Sutherland Ave ■ The Pipe Shop, 115 Victory Ship Way ■ Westview Elementary School, 641 West 17th St Advance Voting All advance voting is at City of North Vancouver City Hall, 141 West 14 St. ■ Wednesday, Oct. 12: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

■ Thursday, October 13: 12 p.m.-6 p.m.

This City of North Vancouver pre-election flyer was delivered to a District of North Vancouver resident in Lynn Valley on Oct. 3.

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Wednesday, Oct. 12: Lynn Valley Library

will host a “speed-candidating” event, designed to allow District of North Vancouver voters to pummel candidates with questions in a more informal and open manner. Open to registered participants only, by calling 604-984-0286 ext.

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Indigenous businesses win awards for being best in B.C. MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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Two Indigenous-led North Shore businesses have been voted the best in British Columbia.

Warrior Plumbing, a mechanical contracting company, and DK Architecture, a First Nations architecture firm, were crowned winners of the 2022 Indigenous Business Awards winning Business of the Year, for a one-to-two person enterprise and an 11-plus-person enterprise respectively.

The awards are held by the BC Achievement Foundation, with an aim of championing the contributions of Indigenous businesses and entrepreneurs across the province, and helping build relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous economies.

Tsleil-Waututh entrepreneur Curtis Thomas, president of Warrior Plumbing, said it came as “a pleasant surprise” to be acknowledged, and his team, all from Indigenous backgrounds, “humbly accepts” the award.

Thomas, who started the company in 2010, said his role in plumbing has transformed over time from “a means to feed the family” to an opportunity to be a role model in his community.

“Plumbing has become an avenue for me to be able to give other people an opportunity to train and be mentored. Not just to take care of their families, but to be role models themselves. To me, that’s what it’s

North Shore company Warrior Plumbing has taken home the Business of the Year Award for its contribution to Indigenous business. CURTIS THOMAS all about; that’s my mission,” he said.

“It’s about continuing to build our Indigenous economy.”

Anne Giardini, chair of the BC Achievement Foundation, said each of this year’s awardees were standouts, thanks to their unique offerings and services.

“Each of this year’s award recipients provide new opportunities, help build stronger relationships, and contribute to more inclusive and resilient communities,” she said.

When it comes to selecting a winner, Giardini said many factors are taken into account – including the business’s growth,

innovative practices, quality of service, opportunities for Indigenous employment, successes and overcoming of challenges, and the benefits provided to the community or its members.

This year’s award theme, “Thuyshaynum: preparing the path, directing the feet,” was chosen to put a spotlight on those specific businesses working to correct perceptions of indigenous history, and rebuild longfraught relationships.

Dave Kitazaki, LEED AP of DK Architecture, is a member of the Xaxl’ip (Fountain) First Nation. With his work,

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Kitazaki aims to assist First Nations in their cultural revival, by providing built environments that honours and reflects their cultural identity.

He said that the growing education about First Nations in the general public is “great to see,” and that now, more and more, they are being approached to assist other Architectural firms on large projects that need to have First Nation inclusion, involvement and consultation.

“The turning point is that now people are starting to talk about and pay attention to Indigenous businesses,” added Thomas.

“For a long time we’ve been here and we’ve been working hard and have been successful, but not in the public eye.”

“I think that’s what is the real turning point, how people outside of the Indigenous community are recognizing businesses as well and aren’t afraid to talk about them and turn the light on them in a positive way.”

Staff at the two North Vancouver companies will join the other six winning businesses, entrepreneurs, partnership entities and community-owned enterprises for a formal gala ceremony at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver on Nov. 29. The public are invited, with those wishing to attend able to buy tickets from the BC Achievement Foundation’s website.

Mina Kerr-Lazenby is the North Shore News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

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HOLIDAY 1909

Photo journal gives snapshot of mountaineering 113 years ago NICK LABA

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Eight pounds of butter, five cans of milk, 20 pounds of sugar, 25 pounds of flour, a 10-pound ham and a pie.

Not exactly items you would expect to see on a provisions list for a hiking expedition today.

But 113 years ago, that’s what four members of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club stuffed in 50-pound packs for their two-week summer holiday up into the headwaters of Seymour Creek.

Their mission: to obtain points for mapping the district, journey the divide between the Seymour and Squamish Valleys by way of a miners’ trail to the Vancouver Group Copper Mine, and return over the mountain ranges – if possible.

The party consisted of Fred Perry, Billy Gray, Charles Macdonald and Charles “Chappy” Chapman, the latter who journaled the expedition in detail.

Many years later, Chappy’s granddaughter, Lid Hawkins, found his journal at the bottom of an inherited bookcase, and paired it with a rich catalogue of photographs that the adventurers took no small effort to capture and preserve. But preserved they are, and lovingly compiled

by Hawkins into a book titled Holiday 1909, which was published last year.

Hawkins describes Holiday as a unique, personal account. “The shopping list really

Four British Columbia Mountaineering Club members enjoy a rest at the peak after their second attempt at Cathedral Mountain on Aug. 7, 1909. COURTESY OF LID HAWKINS makes you think about what it was like to climb back then,” she said.

The bit about the pie, which Gray is photographed carrying by hand as they set out on July 24, 1909, is one of Hawkins’s favourite slices of history from the journals.

“One of our lady friends kindly presented

us with a pie as we were leaving,” Chappy wrote. “Perry ungallantly refused to accept it, but Billy brought it along and a very awkward present it proved … for it was necessary to carry it in the hand.”

Hawkins said, “I can imagine that must have been pretty funny.”

Part of what makes her edited volume so captivating now is the photographs of their journey, most of them taken in areas that hikers continue to frequent in the present day. To take them, Chappy and his crew packed two large-format cameras, one of which Hawkins still has: a Kodak No. 4, weighing about seven pounds.

Despite the often damp conditions, the mountaineers had to keep all the equipment, film and negatives dry. This feat is even more impressive, considering the persistent rain and fog on the first several days of the trip, with minimal shelter.

At one point, the mosquitoes were so bad that they buzzed into the hikers’ dreams: “Mac had apparently been suffering from nightmare for he asserted that the mosquitoes sat on logs and barked at him all night.”

En route to the headwaters, they reached the copper mine at 2,400 feet of elevation, and a group of men living in the tents and dilapidated buildings they called Jungle Town.

Then, on the sixth day of their journey, they reached Loch Lomond at the headwaters of Seymour Creek, surrounded by the

snow-capped crest of the mountain range.

They summited Loch Lomond head and from there looked out on Vulcan’s Valley, The Sisters (now known as Sky Pilot), Shadow Peak and Monte Rosa.

After several days exploring, they made their way along the mountain ridges to Mount Cathedral, eventually making their way into Lynn Valley and back down to Lynn Creek.

Hawkins said Chappy was known to quote lengths of Shakespeare from memory, write spoof plays as well as accounts of B.C. Mountaineering Club events for The Province in the teen years of the 20th century. The club began publishing BC Mountaineer in 1923, which was printed by Chapman & Warwick until the 1960s.

BC Mountaineer has its 100th anniversary issue coming in March 2023. Hawkins’s brother, Hugh Kellas will have an article in that issue about the 114 years their family have been members of the club.

Hawkins said it was through association with the press that Chappy, with others, were able to persuade the B.C. government to set aside the area around Mount Garibaldi as a reserve in 1920 and seven years later a provincial park, a treasure many people enjoy today.

Holiday 1909 can be bought at MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver and on Hawkins’s website garibaldipublishing.com for $25.

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West Van highway off-ramp may stay closed until spring BRENT RICHTER

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After months of closures for stormwater infrastructure work, the District of West Vancouver now says the Exit 7 off-ramp for Westmount Road may not reopen until next spring.

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The municipality closed Exit 7 in May to allow crews to tunnel under the highway for the Five Creeks stormwater management project. At the time, the district said the closure would likely be in effect until the We’re just end of August.

But contractors going to push at the site have hit through and continued setbacks complete in the work. the project “We recognize and then we the impacts these continued closures won’t have to do another have on residents and understand the closure in extension is frus2023. trating,” said Donna DWV SPOKESPERSON Powers, district DONNA POWERS spokesperson.

The project to provide a safe channel for runoff under the highway has been beset by delays, largely because the soil under the highway turned out to be chock-full of boulders, which required engineers to redesign

the project.

After halting work in 2020, drilling resumed this spring with a revised design to split the tunnel in two – a west leg and an east leg. Crews were using a drill designed to puncture through rock, but as they made their way south, they found much looser fill.

That required them to pull the drill back and repeatedly clear it of sediment in order to keep the project going.

The changes in plans also required them to clear more regulatory hurdles with the province for the work to continue, according to the district.

If there is a silver lining to the delays, it’s that the final phase of the project – building intakes for the tunnels, which also would have required the ramps to be closed again – can now be done in conjunction with the ongoing work. It had originally been scheduled to start next year.

“We’re just going to push through and complete the project and then we won’t have to do another closure in 2023,” Powers said.

All of the cost overruns will be borne by British Pacific Properties, which has plans to develop a new village centre north of the highway, requiring a new stormwater management plan. Under the agreement with the district, municipal taxpayers’ costs are capped at $6.25 million.

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Project will reduce risk of flooding Continued from page 34 Since May, residents living in the Westmount, West Bay or Sherman neighbourhoods have mostly used Exit 4 at Woodgreen Drive/Headland Drive by Caulfeild Village and then backtracked on the highway – a detour of about six kilometres, or four minutes, of extra driving time.

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“Overall, the project will be completed and residents will benefit from the safety provided by this new infrastructure sooner,” Powers said. “We really appreciate the community’s patience as this project moves into its final stages.”

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IN EVERY STROKE: CALLIGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS SEPTEMBER 21 - OCTOBER 12 SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE Traditional & contemporary approaches to the art of calligraphy: Renee Alexander illustrates to English quotes, Neda Shojaei abstracts Persian characters, Lucy Yeou creates elegant Chinese calligraphy.

For more info: westvanartscouncil.ca VOLVER (TO BECOME/TO RETURN) OCTOBER 7 - NOVEMBER 12 NORTH VAN ARTS North Van Arts has partnered with Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, Mexico Consulado General En Vancouver, Curated Tastes, and MONOVA for an exhibition that explores themes of loss, dislocation, exoticism, and cultural hybridity from seven Latin American artists.

For more info: northvanarts.ca FILM SCREENING - FELA KUTI: MUSIC IS THE WEAPON THURSDAY OCTOBER 13, 7PM THE POLYGON GALLERY Join The Polygon Gallery for a screening of the documentary film Fela Kuti: Music is The Weapon, followed by a talkback with Toyin Kayo-Ajayi. The statement “Music is the Weapon” was coined by Nigeria’s Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, who believed that music gives an account of the society and can be wielded for positive societal change.

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Census data shows under-55s are TIMETRAVELLER fleeing District of North Vancouver A weekly glimpse into North Shore’s past from MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver

NICK LABA

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Factors making it increasingly harder for young people and working families to live in the District of North Vancouver are getting plenty of airtime ahead of this month’s local election.

The latest round of census data offers a sobering look into the monumental task ahead of policymakers hoping to turn the tide.

What’s in your garden?

Photo: INV 26-6-33

With fall officially here and winter around the corner, it is the time of year for vegetable gardens to be harvested and the bounty to be preserved for the months ahead. Preserving home-grown fruits and vegetables has long been a domestic practice. In recent years, however, with food sustainability and security becoming more of a hot topic, more people are jumping on the home-garden wheelbarrow.

Here we see Walter Draycott, a pioneer of Lynn Valley, in his garden, examining what seem to be freshly picked carrots or another root vegetable. We can see from historic photos that Draycott must have enjoyed gardening and would have been able to supply himself with plenty of preserves for the winter months.

Visit monova.ca for more information about the history of the North Shore and to learn about MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver now open Thursday to Sunday in The Shipyards.

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Over the past 20 years, the district’s population has aged significantly. From 2001 to 2021, the total headcount rose by 5,855 (seven per cent) to 88,168.

During that period, the 25-44 age cohort dropped 14 per cent (to 3,120), while the over-85 group spiked 137 per cent (to 1,310).

Every age group under-55 has fallen, while every group 55-and-older has risen.

In comparison, core demographics have boomed in the adjacent City of North Van. There, the 25-44 group has ballooned by 15 per cent (to 16,400). The city’s overall population has grown 31 per cent (to 58,120), while those 85-and-older have risen 83 per cent (to 1,315).

In West Vancouver, the district has lost nine per cent of its 25-44 year-olds (now 7,165) and its over-85 group has grown 83 per cent (to 2,375).

Over the same period, West Van’s total population grew three per cent, compared

to the Metro average of seven per cent.

Residential construction was also slower, with a five-per-cent rise in new dwellings compared to seven per cent in Metro.

Andy Yan, director of SFU’s City Program, likens analyzing what could cause major demographic changes to a game of Clue: look around at the table of suspects.

“It may not be just a single suspect – it’s a conspiracy, it’s all of them,” he said. “It’s housing affordability, it’s demographics, it’s the economy.

“It’s how they all have come together to produce the image of what the District of North Van is right now. And the consequences of the actions or inactions of previous civic governments,” Yan continued.

According to Yan’s analysis of 2016 data, 64 per cent of the North Vancouver District’s workforce commutes into the municipality.

Conversely, over three-quarters of workers living in the district travel elsewhere for work.

In the run up to the Oct. 15 election, several candidates are calling traffic congestion the number-one issue. When it comes to mode of transportation, nearly three-quarters of people drive themselves to work in the district, compared to 14 per cent by transit, 2016 census data shows.

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A baby raccoon helplessly slumps on the ground. Its mother climbs down a nearby pole and hovers over the young one.

A growing contingent of onlookers watch and record the incident on their phones.

A seemingly unaware SeaBus passenger trudges forward on track to crush the baby raccoon – but its fast-acting mother pulls it to safety at the last second.

A video capturing these events was posted to TikTok on Oct. 2, and has since been viewed millions of times.

While on her way to meet a friend in North Vancouver, Cynthia Robbyn said the baby raccoon dropped down beside her from above, and it seemed the animal “just knocked the wind out of themselves.”

“Then s/he began to cry…sounding much like a human baby,” her post continues. “Momma to the rescue though.”

“I kept my distance but stuck around not sure what to do as people were walking by,” Robbyn wrote. She said she hopes that people watching the video won’t judge the passenger who almost stepped on the raccoons too harshly, as he might not have seen them.

Robbyn said she felt OK to leave when workers asked people to keep the area clear and move along.

In subsequent posts, she explained that it appeared the baby raccoon was just scared, not seriously injured.

That theory is supported by Critter Care Wildlife Society. Operations manager Brandon Dean said his team wasn’t notified of this incident, but he spoke with the rest of his staff and has “high hopes” that the

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“Raccoons are very agile critters – they can tolerate a lot,” he continued, adding that the mother was doing her job by hovering over the baby.

Dean said their nest is likely nearby and there are lots of food sources in the area, with the market and numerous restaurants at Lonsdale Quay.

If you see a baby raccoon or other animal in distress, Dean asks that people give animals space and call Critter Care at 604-530-2064.

A spokesperson from City of North Vancouver said animal control wasn’t notified and that it’s likely the baby raccoon recovered and left the area.

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Continued from page 1 said. The metal beam had gone through her windshield and crashed through the car above her shoulder, missing her by inches.

Milne said she turned around to make sure her son – who had been asleep in his car seat – was okay, then crawled out of her car through the passenger door.

Two men – including one who had been driving directly behind her – ran over to the car to make sure Milne and her son were alright.

The Squamish mom said she was covered in glass from the smashed windshield but was overwhelmed by how lucky she had been.

“I thanked God and my angels for saving my life and protecting my son and I,” she said.

Police in Vancouver called the terrifying incident a “bizarre chain of events” that happened when a truck travelling northbound on bridge lost a massive metal beam from its load. The beam fell to the bridge deck, “bounced off the concrete, then over the median and into oncoming traffic,” police said in a press release.

The beam “then impaled the windshield of a vehicle,” narrowly missing Milne.

“It’s a miracle nobody was killed or seriously injured,” said Sgt. Steve Addison, spokesman for the Vancouver Police Department. “We think the driver of the truck likely had no idea what happened and continued on to the North Shore.”

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Police in Vancouver are looking to identify the driver of a truck that crossed to North Vancouver on the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing just before 2 p.m. on Friday. A metal beam fell from the truck and struck a car, narrowly missing Squamish mom Susan Milne. SUSAN MILNE Firefighters who were the first emergency responders on the scene helped Milne brush off glass and reassure her young son. Milne said she was concerned, however, that no ambulance showed up in over 30 minutes.

She was later told the ambulance had been diverted to a more urgent call.

“That was eye opening,” she said, adding she’s glad neither she nor her son had more serious injuries.

Police ended up driving her back to her in-laws’ home in North Vancouver.

“Everyone who came on the scene was saying how lucky I was, and I should buy a lottery ticket,” she said.

Milne said she’s concentrating on how thankful she is to be alive and

unharmed “and not dwell on what could have happened.”

“I know this is something I’m going to be thinking about for a long time,” she said. “I don’t think Thanksgiving weekend is ever going to go by where I don’t remember this incident and feel especially thankful for my life and for my son’s life, and really value everything that I have and feel grateful for it.”

Detectives from the Vancouver Police Department are now attempting to identify the truck driver. Police are asking witnesses, or anyone with dash-cam video who was on the bridge between 1:50 and 2 p.m. on Friday, to call police at 604-717-3012.

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Continued from page 36 while 21 per cent rent, compared to Metro averages of 64 per cent and 36 per cent. Ownership is concentrated in areas like Riverside West (96 per cent), Grousewoods (95 per cent) and Upper Lynn (89 per cent). Rentership is high in Maplewood Village Centre (69 per cent), Lynn Valley Town Centre (60 per cent) and Lions Gate (56 per cent).

Housing stock in the district skews heavily toward detached homes. As of

2021, nearly half of occupied private dwellings are single-detached houses, over a quarter are classified as “other ground-oriented housing,” 14 per cent are apartments in less-than-five-storey buildings and nine per cent in higher towers.

Stock in the City of North Vancouver is almost a mirror image, dominated by towers (28 per cent) and smaller apartments (38 per cent), with fewer single-detached (11 per cent) and other

ground-oriented homes (23 per cent).

Yan said this data can be used by policymakers as a guide, to remedy problems over a series of years with actions that start today.

“Something like the issue of housing isn’t only, say, the production of studio and one-bedroom units, but how and where [to locate] affordable, family-size housing in a place like the district that’s costing as much as what local incomes can support.”

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“Supporting Canadian skateboarding is our mission,” he said. “Skateboarders have supported our company all these years.

It’s the best feeling in the world seeing all the young new skateboarders enjoying the Mahon skate plaza.”

As part of the Harry Jerome rebuild, a new skate park wasn’t planned to be finished until 2025. There would have been no skate park within city boundaries.

Outcry among the skateboarding community and city families who used to frequent the park prompted council to apologize for lack of communication and the impact of the scheduled closure.

A design workshop was held in May with members of the skateboard community.

Feedback from the workshop and an online survey were taken into consideration in the final layout and features.

Mahon Skate Plaza is intended to have features and space for skaters of all abilities in a street-focused design.

The park has a quarter pipe, a long flat rail, and a hip with gap on the west side. On its north side, there’s a barrier wall, manny pad, fire hydrant and a kicker-to-ledge, among other features.

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A Surrey man who took advantage of COVID-19 curbside purchasing to rip off 12 high-end bikes worth about $13,000 from a North Vancouver bike shop has been placed on a six-month conditional sentence.

A judge in North Vancouver provincial court heard at a sentencing hearing Oct. 3 that Ryan Howard Akinkeyin, 37, used the sudden switch in buying practices in the early days of the pandemic to buy a dozen bicycles from North Vancouver’s Obsession: Bikes on Lonsdale Avenue using someone else’s name and a fraudulent credit card.

According to Crown counsel Ariana Ward, Akinkeyin ordered the bikes over the phone in two separate transactions, on April 27 and May 1, 2020, using a false name and fraudulent credit cards. Before the store owner could discover they were in fact fraudulent purchases, Akinkeyin ordered a delivery van to pick up the bicycles and deliver them to him, said Ward.

Meanwhile, a prospective purchaser of one of the bikes being sold on Craigslist checked the bike through the Vancouver Police Department’s online 529 Garage program, which flagged it as possibly stolen. That woman then contacted Obsession: Bikes, which prompted the police to investigate further.

Police identified Akinkeyin as a possible suspect and began surveillance on his home in Surrey over the next month, where they observed bicycles matching the description of those stolen from Obsession being ridden by Akinkeyin’s children in the neighbourhood, said Ward.

On June 3, 2020, police executed a search warrant at the home and found the stolen bicycles in a storage shed. The bikes were returned to the North Vancouver shop, where the owner was able to sell them as second-hand bicycles.

Akinkeyin’s defence lawyer Michael Shapray told the judge his client’s crimes were driven by financial pressures during the pandemic, and were primarily carried out to benefit his five children. “I think he made a bad decision in a COVID situation with multiple children and the financial pressures he had,” said the lawyer.

But Judge Susan Sangha noted that “stealing high-end bikes is not akin to putting food on the table.”Akinkeyin has since paid back to the bike shop owner the approximately $3,000 he lost as a result of the theft, lawyers told the judge.

The prosecutor noted Akinkeyin has previous fraud convictions, including one in 2012 when he used a fraudulent credit card to buy $4,000 worth of goods at Costco.

Akinkeyin pleaded guilty in North Vancouver provincial court Oct. 3 to fraud over $5,000 in connection with the bike heist and was handed a six-month conditional sentence, with conditions that he must obey a curfew between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. every day, with exceptions for employment and “other reasonable purposes” as approved by his corrections officer.

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Mayor for four years, seven years as a councillor, three years on the Board of Education; currently on the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation and vice-chair of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors; Ridgeway Heritage Committee.

Delivering housing options. Creating new childcare spaces. Protecting our natural environment.

Delivering transportation solutions. Delivering Harry Jerome and NSNH. Supporting the business community and attracting investments.

Two terms on city council; three terms as school board trustee; seven years, North Vancouver Rec Commission; member of many boards: North Shore Neighbourhood House, North Van Arts, Vancouver Food Bank; volunteer income tax prep; St. Andrews community kitchen.

Management of development. Control/reduce cost of government. Transparent, humble leadership.

incumbent (councillor)

Elected to council in 2014; committee experience includes Metro Vancouver housing, finance, heritage, major infrastructure and recreation; treasurer of Lynn Valley Preschool and president of North Shore Mountain Bike Association.

To rise to the complex challenges of our time, with the leadership and long-term vision to implement 21st century solutions that fix what’s broken and ensure a sustainable community now and for generations to come.

mayor

Mayor, 2018 to present; councillor, 2005-2014.

Transportation is still our top issue. We must also address housing costs with a variety of housing options.

West Vancouver School Board trustee and board chair, 2005-2011; West Vancouver councillor, 2011-2018; West Vancouver mayor, 2018-2022.

Expand housing options for families, downsizers, and seniors. Protect environment and address climate change. Restore charm and vitality to commercial villages. Improve mobility and reduce congestion.

Build a path to reconciliation.

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During the 1980s, I worked in public sector, federal and provincial government, superintendent of real estate and financial institutions, and other public sector government offices.

Improve traffic problems, and improve roads, street lighting, lower taxes, offer seniors free bus service.

lawyer

I have served our community as the mayor, a councillor, school trustee, board chair, police board chair, vice-chair of Metro Vancouver, secretary/director of Ambleside Dundarave Business Improvement Association, West Van Citizen of the Year.

Improve council and community relationships, ensure we are getting value for our tax dollars and work to reduce in areas of excess, improve transportation and create a micro bus system to add to our Blue Buses.

councillor

Reform: execute a fiscal, organizational and governance overhaul; redress: stop council’s constant ad-hoc decision making; resolve: champion West Vancouver’s urgent transportation needs.

CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER mayor previously, public health nurse for 30 years on North Shore

Linda Buchanan

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Guy Heywood

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Mike Little

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Mark Sager

Marcus Wong

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Accessible mental health resources, LGBTQ+ friendly initiatives, completion of Harry Jerome, Silver Harbour, North Shore Neighbourhood House, continue work on affordable housing and traffic management.

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Former alderman/councillor and mayor for District of North Vancouver; former North Van school board trustee and board chair; former vice-chair of GVRD; former North Vancouver Member of Parliament; currently, City of North Van councillor for three terms.

Slow development to ensure needed infrastructure and services; traffic congestion and parking; better transit; truly affordable housing; improve parks, sport fields; tree protection; climate change; better public consultation.

Education program coordinator, research and municipal policy developer.

CNV Social Planning Advisory Committee member; North Shore Young Civic Forum mentor and cofacilitator; Neighbourhood Small Grants North Vancouver committee member; CEO North Vancouver Federal Green Party EDA.

A genuine green city; people-centred planning and decisions making; a robust and strong local economy; practical transportation solutions; a complete and resilient city; real affordable housing.

writer/editor/broadcaster

Community broadcaster (The North Shore with Jeremy Cato). Little league coach.

Smart development management. Currently, we have development chaos in CNV. Fight for our fair share of transit billions. Government transparency.

Green spaces. Safety and well-being of everyone.

city councillor / contract investigator / contract administrator

CNV4Me Child & Youth Task Force, CNV’s social planning advisory committee, CNV’s advisory design panel, commissioner - North Vancouver Recreation & Culture Commission, alternate director - Board of Metro Vancouver, board member - LGV Housing Society.

Expand transit and mobility options to reduce traffic. Build affordable housing targeted for those who need it. Establish actions to reduce carbon to net-zero and build climate resiliency. Create more child-care spaces.

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The Singing Nannies (North Shore Christmas Bureau); The Cooking Nannies (Children’s Organ Transplant Society of BC) and Zumba (Pathways Serious Mental Illness Society); volunteer for BC Thanksgiving Food Drive, poetry writing, social connection events.

Address safety concerns of some neighbourhoods, for example, street lighting in dimly lit areas, speed bumps that truly slows motorists, and community policing to hinder car break-ins, speeders, and minor offences.

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DNV community service advisory committee (20192021); CNV integrated transportation committee (2020-present); volunteered for federal NDP as research analyst for Justine Bell (2019) and Tammy Bentz (2021).

Ensure adequate, affordable housing inventory for all, proactive transportation solutions to deal with traffic, recreation services serving both current and future needs, enhance business community communication.

group facilitator

Team member that guided a co-housing project through all city processes to successful completion.

My priorities: non-market housing for rental and ownership; transportation choices; decisions through a climate lens; further connection with the Squamish Nation; supporting small business; green space; and child-care needs.

councillor

One-term councillor, including the roles on city library board of trustee, North Van Arts board, Metro Vancouver climate action committee, Lower Mainland Local Government Association executive, and BC Municipal Climate Leadership Council

Complete the climate and environment strategy, plans to support the development of compact, complete communities with diverse housing and mobility options, and increase equitable and accessible public spaces and services.

self-employed

Parks and environment committee; coach house committee; mayor and council remuneration committee; early public input committee; Mosquito Creek Stewardship Society; various animal rescue groups on the North Shore.

A park on city-owned lands on 100 block East First Street. Match growth with infrastructure, hospital and school capacities. Work with DNV on animal shelter.

Langara College business and project management instructor

Chair and trustee, City Library Board (2010–2016); chair and commissioner, Museum & Archives Commission (2002–2009); author, North Vancouver’s Lonsdale Neighbourhood (2009). I have lived in North Vancouver for 38 years.

Reduce traffic and pollution by prioritizing workforce affordable housing, increase transit, increase the number of doctors and long-term care facilities, support displaced renters.

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I am currently a councillor in the City of North Vancouver, have served as acting mayor and helped on seven council-related and 10 civic committees over the past 12 years.

I will prioritize housing diversity, transportation options, and great public spaces – all while acting to address the climate crisis that lies before us.

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Jeremy Cato

Angela Girard

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Jessica McIlroy

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Shervin Shahriari

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Served on DNV council since 2018, council representative on the DNV library board, North Vancouver Chamber, and the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Commission. Also served on Metro Vancouver’s industrial lands strategy task force.

Creating housing diversity, active transportation investments, climate action, supporting small businesses, building stronger relationships with First Nations, involving younger people in local government.

director of school-age programs, child care

Board member and vice-president of Parkgate Community Services Society.

Housing affordability, families, improving transportation, making the district a better place for walkers/bikers, climate change adaptation and preserving green space/expanding our parks system.

councillor and accountant

DNV finance and audit committee; DNV commissioner, North Vancouver Museum and Archives (MONOVA); commissioner, North Vancouver Recreation and Culture; DNV advisory oversight committee; DNV property tax parcel roll; OCP implementation.

Transportation; infrastructure; housing and development; fiscal and environmental sustainability.

Blueridge Community Association. Twice elected to North Vancouver District council, 2014 and 2018.

Rapid transit to the North Shore, cycling and pedestrian routes, green space protection and affordable housing.

climate organizer and tutor

As climate organizer, worked with a number of municipalities on their climate action plans; ran to represent North Vancouver-Seymour in the 2020 provincial election; volunteered with climate, youth and community groups.

Climate action, increasing access to truly affordable housing options, and improving public and active transportation infrastructure.

BC Housing real estate asset manager

Pemberton Heights community association, vicepresident; North Vancouver Recreation and Culture Commission, vice-chair; community services advisory committee; North Vancouver Community Associations Network; Downtown Vancouver Association board.

Family and community: keep district a great place to live and work. Rapid transit and active transportation improvements. Affordable and senior housing.

Advocate for businesses and industries so they can create opportunities.

constituency assistant to MLA Susie Chant

Member of the community services advisory committee, past member of the rental, social and affordable housing task force.

To build complete communities. This means focused affordable developments, proactive transit options, and accessible recreation and health care. My main focus will be on housing to ensure people who work here can live here.

mother; municipal councillor; board and committee member, Metro Vancouver.

26 years on council, District of North Vancouver; 40 years, community activist.

Addressing neighbourhood transportation impacts, sustainability and livability assessment, low income and social housing, broad communication and engagement review, increased planning/maintenance of trail/park systems, prioritization of tax dollars.

communications consultant and former journalist

Extensive experience reporting on municipal affairs during two decades with Global TV; longtime volunteer and advocate for vulnerable youth and children; served on Braemar PAC and volunteered for 2020 North Vancouver homeless count.

Affordable housing. Streamlining zoning and approval processes for developments. Improving traffic flow. Relationship building with Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish First Nations.

executive director

Board member, Lookout Housing + Health Society; board chair, Lookout Housing + Health Foundation; volunteer, Lynn Valley Community Association; volunteer, Greater Vancouver Community Services Society; Track building, NSBMX.

More flexibility in types of housing with easier approvals, safer routes for bikes and pedestrians, increased resilience in the face of climate change, and more support for local, independent businesses.

DISTRICT OF NORTH VANCOUVER councillor and advertising account manager

Jordan Back

Trey Bell

Betty Forbes

incumbent lawyer

Jim Hanson

incumbent

Harrison Johnston

Herman Mah

Ellison Mallin

Lisa Muri

incumbent

Catherine Pope

Greg Robins

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semi-retired process change manager

Five years attending nearly every DNV council meeting, Seymour Community Association, vice-president, North Vancouver Community Associations Network.

Solve traffic gridlock. Protect DNV from becoming like downtown Vancouver. Bring common sense to DNV council decision-making.

immigration consultant and business owner

Volunteer as director member of West Vancouver Foundation board. Policy committee member and also an admin of a Facebook community group with 32,000 members.

Traffic, clean environment with increasing the EV stations, affordable housing with decreasing the tax and end to “no pets” in rentals.

project manager

former Lynnmour elementary PAC treasurer

Decentralize decision-making regarding the development, character and amenities in neighbourhoods, allowing citizens (instead of planners on staff) to realize their visions through voluntary neighbourhood associations.

master of public policy and global affairs student at UBC

first-time civic candidate – more than 10 years of volunteering in a Persian community centre

Affordable housing, taking action on traffic, boost up business activity, meaningful relationship with Squamish Nation, restore demographic imbalance.

businessman

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Transit, transportation, traffic. Seniors housing.

Financial innovation and budget control.

engineering firm CEO/CFO, researcher, nurse, educator, writer

mother of four, VP PAC, strata treasurer, volunteer

It’s no longer a matter of priorities. Everything must be done together, benefiting everyone, in a way that contributes globally, commensurate with our privilege.

retired from 38 years in investment industry

Director, West Van library board, 2001-2003; West Van municipal councillor, 2014-2018; Ambleside and Dundarave Ratepayers Association, 2012-2014; Ambleside and Dundarave Residents Association, 20192022; council liaison to district committees.

Reduce spending, complete local area plans for Ambleside and Taylor Way corridor, traffic and transportation, housing, environment.

disability and inclusion consultant, speaker and writer

Vice-chair, West Vancouver and North Vancouver municipal government advisory committee on disability issues, 2015-present; District of North Vancouver advisory design panel, 2021-present.

Address our transportation needs, the lack of diversity in our housing stock, protect our natural environment and advance plans for climate adaptation, as well as supporting art and culture, businesses, our youth and more.

councillor, small business owner, mom, former lawyer, teacher, management exec

West Vancouver municipal councillor for 11 years; volunteered on municipal and community committees for 35 years, including Scouts, Streamkeepers, parent advisory committee (Sentinel), as well as Metro Regional Planning and Utilities.

Support all forms of relevant action on climate change. Approve new, diverse and more affordable housing. Advocate for better public transit. Fund active transportation improvements. Carefully control spending and budgets.

Founding director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation; $25,000 donation to West Vancouver Place for Sports Fund; volunteer, West Vancouver Community Day, for 12 years; president of CiviX WestVan Elector Society.

Personally survey West Vancouver residents about any significant community decisions and vote accordingly. Reduce property taxes and utility fees.

Reduce traffic by limiting new construction.

DISTRICT OF NORTH VANCOUVER

Peter Teevan

Thomas Tofigh

Clayton Welwood

DISTRICT OF WEST VANCOUVER

Amir Alavi

Tyler Blair

Eileen Buchanan

Christine Cassidy

Alexis Chicoine

Nora Gambioli

incumbent retired business owner with 400 employees

Claus Jensen

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Councillor, District of West Vancouver; past chair, community engagement committee; trustee, West Vancouver Memorial Library; council liaison, neighbourhood character working group.

Local area plans for Ambleside and Taylor Way, climate action plan, “made-in-West-Van” transit solutions, reduce traffic congestion and n’hood impacts, more assisted living and long-term care facilities, better community engagement.

banker, investor

I vote at every election. Volunteer, BC Children’s Hospital, HSBC-sponsored First Nations youth rugby clinic, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation; maintain hiking trails through BC Mountain Club and BC Mountain Foundation.

Respectful discourse with elected members, municipal staff and the community. This is a fundamental building block in approaching transportation, housing, climate change and municipal finance issues.

interior designer

Vancouver Heritage Foundation board member, volunteer for numerous sports and animal groups, working with many cities as part of my job.

Fiscal accountability, creation of long-term affordable housing, accessibility and maintenance of trails and parks, investigating the possibility for rapid transit.

retired

Mayoralty campaign chair, financing agent, riding association president in Coquitlam, former Rotary Club president, treasurer, etc., member of Chamber of Commerce.

Implementing solutions for traffic congestion, increasing inventory of affordable housing, improve villages business environment, prioritize environmental needs.

vice-president, philanthropy and partnerships, West Vancouver Foundation (on leave during campaign)

West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, chair; District of West Vancouver community engagement committee, co-chair; District of West Vancouver arts facility advisory committee, member; mayor’s economic recovery council; various parent groups.

A livable, inclusive community with a collaborative, thoughtful and forward-focused council. Priorities are housing choices, climate, transportation, vibrant economy and neighbourhoods, improved services for residents.

store manager

West Vancouver Place for Sport fundraising committee, North Shore Young Civic Forum volunteer member.

Promoting housing choices for all households and families, laying foundations for transportation solutions, and taking action on climate change. This can be accomplished in fiscally responsible ways.

mediator

Being an engaged citizen looking to improve our community.

Ensuring our tax dollars are being prudently spent, reduce red tape at city hall, offer better transportation solutions and take care of our aging infrastructure, roads and sidewalks.

councillor and retiree

Design review committee; coastal marine management; community engagement committee; Gleneagles advisory committee; Metro regional parks; arts facility advisory; audit committee; Coho Festival director; senior advisory committee, and more.

Housing, transportation, environment, finance.

One-term (four years) district councillor; seven years as provincial constituency assistant; lead: Caulfeild Park Conservation Society; boards: Enhance West Vancouver, West Vancouver library; committees: finance, community engagement, design review and more.

Fiscal responsibility/accountability. Improve access to and through community. Support townhouse/duplex proposals and other housing alternatives respectful of neighbourhood character. Revitalization village centres. Reinstate dignity and decorum of council.

Director, Western Residents Association, 2013-2020; Blockwatch captain, 2010-2020; BC Ferries liaison committee, 2010; Mary Bayes Rain Garden committee member/fundraiser, 2018-2019; Cypress Mountain volunteer ski instructor (kids camp), 2007-2009.

Ensure public engagement before wasting tax dollars on studies for projects that will never be approved. Focus on infrastructure, garbage, reduction of red tape to encourage investment in commercial zones.

DISTRICT OF WEST VANCOUVER architect, planner, municipal councillor

Peter Lambur

incumbent

Keen Lau

Rima Martinez

David McCosh

Elaine McHarg

Ken Schultze

Scott Snider

Bill Soprovich

incumbent councillor

Sharon Thompson

Linda Watt

incumbent North American account executive, Rekord Marine Entertainment/Gul Watersports

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What is the biggest challenge facing SD44?

secondary school teacher

Infrastructure maintenance and development, providing programs aimed at post-graduation goals, consulting stakeholders in the board’s decision-making and finding ways to best support in-class learning at schools.

The budget. Drop-off in international student enrolment during COVID combined with inflationary pressures have stretched our capacity to fund important programs. Consideration of where funds will have the greatest impact on welfare and learning.

culture and development strategist, actor, improvisor, instructor

Like all trustees, my primary responsibilities will be good governance, financial stewardship, and supporting student achievement. The health and well-being of students is of particular priority for me.

Pace and localization of development in North Vancouver continues to present challenges for the school district. Forecasting the management of capital assets will be key.

registered nurse

Safety in the school, teachers shortage, lessons from the pandemic, the decisions that are made, did it serve the students well? After-school programs, do we have enough programs after school that can help the students?

Before the pandemic we are preoccupied with social media. Violence in school is on the rise, shortage of teachers and support staff. We need to go back to basics, listen and communicate, work together to give students a safe place to learn and grow.

business owner

To ensure our school board works together, listens to the community and prioritizes enriching and supporting our students to see them achieve their goals.

The need to balance the needs of diverse learners in a classroom is a big challenge in our public school system. The school board should continue to support our educators and student body with programs that help positive student learning outcomes.

CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER - SD44

Daniel Anderson

Jullian Kolstee

Lailani Tumaneng

Antje Wilson

DISTRICT OF NORTH VANCOUVER - SD44 full-time volunteer

Diversity, equity and inclusion; truth and reconciliation; equitable access to education, social, emotional, mental health resources and training; transparency and accountability; environmental sustainability; outdoor learning.

Equity and equality. It is vital to understand the difference between the two and how we can meaningfully achieve this. I would like to see an equity audit occur to inform SD44 in their decisionmaking processes.

school trustee

I will continue my work to create improved policies to combat racism, sexism, and ableism; to break down the barriers surrounding mental health; increase focus on the safety of students and staff, and ensure transparency.

Mental health stigma, ableism and racism. These areas directly impact learning outcomes for students and negatively affect morale and employee retention. Highlight specific challenges needing to be addressed and create space for dialogue for change.

My priorities are to create an inclusive, diverse and equitable school district where everyone has a sense of place. To respectfully collaborate, build relationships and ensure well-being for all in NVSD as a team player.

Healing and getting back to normalcy in our schools.

Funding is always an issue as there are lots of priorities but limited funds that we decide how are allocated. Be transparent, balance the budget and advocate to ministry on behalf of NVSD.

To see NVSD offer exceptional learning opportunities, foster a sense of belonging in schools, support mental health and well-being, assist complex learners to succeed and further reconciliation through education.

Following two years of COVID-19 restrictions, we know some students thrived learning independently, but many did not. Focus on creating environments and school cultures that promote well-being. Be intentional about building community in classrooms.

full-time student

Focus on developing practical life skills for students (critical thinking, financial literacy). Creating opportunities for talented students to excel, improving procedures on bullying, updating sex and drug education.

An education system that doesn’t teach students the core skills they need to succeed in the 21st century.

Classes focus on learning information, but rarely on how to use or understand it. At school board level, critical thinking can be emphasized.

law librarian (head, UBC Law Library), adjunct professor (Peter A. Allard School of Law) and school trustee incumbent

Increase student and staff wellness; advance inclusivity; support diverse learners; advance truth and reconciliation; enhance learning with innovation and technology; professional development; good governance; sustainability.

As we continue to live with COVID-19, mental health and wellness is a key priority. We must increase mental health awareness and reduce stigma by promoting and resourcing mental, physical, and emotional health strategies, incl. early interventions.

Jennifer Branston

Cyndi Gerlach

incumbent school trustee and North Shore Safety Council communications co-ordinator

Kulvir Mann

incumbent communications at Capilano University and school trustee

Linda Munro

incumbent

Layne North

George Tsiakos

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DISTRICT OF WEST VANCOUVER - SD45

Lynne Block

Carolyn Broady

school trustee and educator (B.A., masters in edu admin, Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence) incumbent

Build a brighter future for our children and grandchildren, by driving excellence in education, improving student outcomes, and working together to create a healthy, safe and positive school district for all.

The budget. Unfunded cost increases, inflation, and budgeting for increased cleaning and teachers teaching-on-call costs, while having one of the lowest funding allocations in the province, all combine for increased strains on budget and contingency.

school trustee and president of BC School Trustees Association

To continue to ensure every student reaches their full potential. We must refocus on the learning agenda, ensuring students leave our schools with the skills to successfully transition to post-secondary, or a rewarding career.

With rising inflation and unfunded cost increases, the board will find it challenging to balance the 2023-24 budget. Advocate to government for adequate, stable and predictable funding while ensuring the board carefully considers every option.

Champion innovative programming and support vibrant school communities that students and families are proud to belong to. Push for solutions to the longstanding issue of inadequate funds for technology.

Provincial funding realities and reduced size of the international program will be challenging. Tough choices to balance the budget may be required to keep the essential work that has led to positive outcomes and top graduation rates for students.

Centring student achievement within a culture of innovation and excellence that includes supports for all students and staff.

Fiscal. We passed a budget that maintains teacher librarians, music programs, and daytime custodians – no easy task and few districts have been able to do this. Spend responsibly, increase locally generated revenue streams, advocate for increased funding.

Continue to raise student achievement, recruit the best staff, continue to use every taxpayer dollar wisely, manage the effectiveness of all school district programs, and find additional revenue to support the school district.

Supporting best education practices, improving student achievement, protecting funding for classroom and core services, skilfully managing budget, listening to community, advocating to Victoria, finding new staff and supporting senior staff.

Well-being of our students and staff. Shifts around assessment and reporting to better address the educational outcome. Inclusion.

Attracting and keeping qualified educators. It would also be my hope that we can reach successful negotiations with teachers in the upcoming collective agreement discussions.

incumbent school trustee

Nicole Brown

incumbent school trustee

Sheelah Donahue

incumbent school trustee and college administrator

Dave Stevenson

incumbent educator

Felicia Zhu

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MAYALL, Marcus Jeffrey 1944 - 2022 Marcus (Mark) passed away on October 2, 2022 in Lions Gate Hospital despite best efforts to overcome multiple myeloma.

Waltraud (Val) Ferguson (née Markwort) died peacefully on September 22, 2022, a few months short of her 96th birthday.

Mark was born in Portland, Oregon, and emigrated to Vancouver in 1969 as a newly graduated architect. Over the years Mark contributed to countless residential and commercial projects, across the North Shore, Lower Mainland and beyond. He was well respected for his thoughtful and unique design style, attention to detail, and creative use of space. While a skilled designer, it is his kind heart, dry wit, generous spirit and care for others that will be most greatly missed.

Val leaves behind her three children, Gary, Janet (Phil Scott) and Donna (Jim Cole), grandchildren Samantha, Alexandra, Erin, Geoffrey and Amelia and great−granddaughter Rosalie. She was predeceased by husbands Alexs Kry and Gordon Ferguson. She is survived by her sisters Bärbel and Karin (Ron Routledge) and predeceased by her sister Margot and brother−in−laws Dietger Reim and Robert Sabiston.

Mark will be forever loved by his wife Judith; daughters Marika (Kurt) and Erika (Chuck); stepdaughters Clare (Jason), Daphne (Geoff), Courtney (Mike), Morgan (Will), 12 grandchildren; and extended family and friends.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, as staff there provided exceptional care to Mark throughout his illness.

It is with profound sadness that the family of Sharon McGavin announce her passing on August 28, 2022. At the age of 78, Sharon had been a West Vancouver resident for nearly 50 years.

Sharon will be lovingly remembered by her son, Greg; her daughter, Julie (Kevin); her grandchildren, Tyler, Owen, and Lucy; and her brother, Bob. As an early childhood educator, Sharon taught in the Strong Start program at Eagle Harbour School and at Family Place. Her outgoing personality made her many friends.

From circle time with preschoolers to socializing with others in the North and West Vancouver Seniors’ Centers, she liked to participate in what was going on in her community.

She enjoyed traveling, ballroom dancing, the arts, entertaining, and time spent with family and friends.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Condolences can be sent to sharonmcgavindances@gmail.com

Val was born in Bremen, Germany, on November 21, 1926. She studied nursing in England, and the adventurer she was, became the first member of her extended family to arrive in Canada in 1952.

Soon after her arrival, she nursed at Lions Gate Hospital, where she stayed for over 30 years.

North Vancouver became her home for life, where she proudly raised her family. Mom was passionate about family and was the "glue." In her early years, Mom canned fruit and vegetables, learnt and taught us to make pierogies, encouraging a connection to our Ukrainian heritage. She even sewed her daughters matching dresses and taught us to knit. Mom loved organizing family dinners and often extended a warm welcome to friends and even strangers, creating a feeling of belonging. She willingly babysat her grandchildren and loved them all unconditionally. Mom carried on with family life while continuing to work full−time. What energy and so generous! We will miss her presence.

Outside of work, Val was an avid traveler, played bridge with a variety of groups, met her nurse friends for lunch, enjoyed square dancing and golf, as well as being an enthusiastic member of the FM club. Those who knew her well remember her as an empathetic, tenacious, and determined person.

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FERGUSON, Waltraud (Val) November 21, 1926 − September 22, 2022

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We are very grateful to the staff at Berkeley Care Centre for their dedicated and thoughtful care. In lieu of flowers, a donation in mom’s name to the Lions Gate Hospital would be appreciated.

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FOXALL, Marilyn Edith (nee Olson) March 28, 1930 - September 28, 2022 Our wonderful mother passed away in Sidney, BC on September 28, 2022. She was predeceased by her husband of more than 60 years, Ronald George Foxall; her parents Speed and Edith Olson; her sister Doreen; and her grandson Erick. Lynn is survived by her sister Sheila; her three children, Wendy (Rick), Brent (Jane), and Matt (Marian); grandchildren Christina, Al, Diana, Holly, Sandy, Rob, Ryan, Cassidy; and great-grandchildren Zoey, Molly, Jasper, and Sawyer.

Lynn was born in Calgary, Alberta, and moved to Victoria as a young girl. It was there that she eventually met her husband Ron, who frequently swam in the frigid waters in front of her family home in Cadboro Bay. Despite going to rival high schools -- Lynn to Oak Bay and Ron to Vic High -the two fell in love and started their family on the Island before eventually settling in West Vancouver.

Lynn devoted her life to her family, raising her three children in a very active lifestyle: family hobbies included sailing, skiing, and hiking, among a few.

In addition to spending time outdoors and with her family, Lynn was a passionate quilter and an excellent artist. Her frequent volunteering at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre was greatly appreciated, and she taught many classes on quilting, sewing, and art. Upon Ron’s retirement, the two spent decades traveling the globe and ticked off every continent except Antarctica -even making a visit to Greenland. Ron and Lynn also enjoyed plenty of time on the water cruising the Pacific Northwest, making multiple circumnavigations of Vancouver Island and a trip up to Haida Gwaii in their boat Bandido. Lynn was known for being a steadying hand in stormy seas: when Ron got motion sickness in wavy conditions, she would take the helm until her co-pilot was back in working order.

Lynn spent her final years back on the Island in Sidney. We are grateful to Adonalen Reyes for her dignified care of Lynn, and to Sidney All Care, where she spent her last few years. A family gathering to remember Lynn will take place at a later date.

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QUERNS, Marie E. October 27, 1926 − September 1, 2022 Marie Querns passed away peacefully at 8:30 pm on September 1st while singing "Take Me Home, Country Roads." Mom was sharp as a tack but had been fighting a losing battle to maintain the things that gave her joy. Marie was ready to go and meet dad, so she was assisted on her way by the staff of the MAID program.

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BAPTISTE, Raymond L.J. June 10, 1936 − September 11, 2022

MILLIKIN, Barbara Lou February 8, 1937 − October 4, 2022

We are sad to announce the passing of our father Raymond Baptiste − he died peacefully on September 11, 2022. He will be missed by all those who knew him and loved him. He is well known on the North Shore for the years he worked as a Transit Bus Driver. There will be no service by his request. He left behind five grandkids and two great−grandkids, his son Jeff Baptiste and daughter Jackie (Baptiste) Nielsen.

You will be forever in our hearts, Dad

With great sadness we share the passing of our much loved mother, Barbara Lou (Waid) Millikin.

Lou was born in Virginia on February 8, 1937, and moved to Vancouver in 1976, shortly after marrying her husband, Ronald Douglas Millikin.

Predeceased by her parents, Clyde Waid and Evelyn (Eck) Waid, husband Ronald, son−in−law David, grandson Derek, her beloved dog Sadie and cats Friday and Coco.

Survived by her stepchildren Sandra (Daryl) and Rhonda of BC and Hugh (Sara) of Australia; grandchildren Jason (Lisa), Adam (Jaymie), Carlee and Matthew (El); as well as great−grandchildren Jesse, Brody, Charli, Cole, Gloria and Lochlan; and many cousins, nieces and nephews in the US. Special thanks to her long−term neighbours Cam and Nancy and her Driving Miss Daisy buddy Kristal.

Without their regular check−ins, Lou would not have been able to live in her home as long as she did.

Lou’s strength came from her strong Christian faith.

An avid quilter and bowler, she also loved playing cards with her friends and had a lifelong passion for shopping and finding a bargain situation!

LEDINGHAM, Bryan Richard The world lost a true gentleman when Bryan Ledingham left us on October 6, 2022. Beloved husband of Gladette; loving father of Lori (Fred), Lisa (Ivan), and Tara (Marc); caring grandfather of Madison, Jackson, Henry, Justine, Josh, and Georgia; and ecstatic great-grandfather of Wilkie.

He was older brother of Blaine (Beryl) and a friend of many. Born September 7, 1933 in Colgate, Sask, he died at 89 years of age at North Shore Hospice surrounded by his loving family. Dad was raised in Regina in a true prairie family and summers were spent at the family cottage on Lake Katepwa.

Things changed when the beautiful Gladette Swainson entered the picture, immediately capturing Dad’s heart. Wed in 1958, they began a love match that lasted over 65 years. Always a businessman at heart, Dad pursued a BCom, graduating from the University of Sask. Bryan and Gladette had their three daughters while living in Regina, where Dad ran Regina Motor Products, a successful GM dealership started by his father Bill.

After a summer trip to Vancouver in 1970, the family decided to make the move to West Vancouver. From 1970-96, Dad worked as a developer and realtor. Dad was also a talented home designer. In another life, he would have been a successful and innovative architect - a builder of beautiful, liveable homes. Retirement found Bryan and Gladette in Palm Desert and Roberts Creek.

Throughout their long and happy marriage, Dad and Mom were profoundly social, entertaining constantly, and always making new friends.

Everywhere Dad worked and lived, he made contributions. The Canadian Club, West Vancouver United Church and Chamber of Commerce, Hollyburn Country Club, and St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation are just a few of the organizations that benefited from Dad’s stalwart commitment to community service. Bryan had an inquiring mind and thought deeply about things. He had strong prairie roots yet was modern and progressive, excited by new innovations and the future in general. Dad was also a builder of relationships and his keen interest in people was infectious. He loved making connections and had a wonderful sense of humour. More than anything, Bryan was a gentleman. He was genuine, kind, and completely devoted to his wife and family. He was a good man. He will be missed. A celebration of life was held at West Van United Church on October 11.

Donations can be made to St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation or a charity of your choice.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

Lou’s favourite scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4−8 "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self−seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."

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NAHANEE, Gloria Jean (nee: Antone) Tenàlh-t - ‘Honey Girl’ Sunrise: December 19, 1948 Sunset: September 24, 2022 It is with great sadness we advise of the passing of our dear elder Gloria Jean Nahanee (nee: Antone).

She passed away peacefully; after a valiant battle with cancer; surrounded by the love of family and friends at her home on Eslha7an (Mission IR #1.)

Gloria was born to her late parents Velma (nee: Antone) and Alvie Baker on December 19, 1948, at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC. Gloria grew up on Eslha7an (Mission IR #1), North Vancouver BC. She was a residential school survivor; she attended St. Paul’s Indian Residential School, Day School, Hamilton Secondary School, and Capilano College. Like many of our Indigenous women Gloria spent her early years working in the canneries and homemaking. She spent the rest of her working years as a cultural instructor, for Native Education College, North Shore Neighbourhood House, Eslha7an, Ayas Menmen, So-Sah-Latch, Motherbear, and School District No. 44 to create a culturally integrated program to support our Indigenous families.

Gloria was married to her husband Keith Nahanee Sr. for 52 years! They lived in and raised their children on Eslha7an (Mission IR #1) North Vancouver. Gloria was a very generous person who would assist anybody in need. She always opened her house to her family members and friends. They welcomed many foster children into their home. Gloria was a traditional pillar of the community. She was the head of the Pow Wow committee; one of the first new dancers of our Capilano Longhouse in 1968; and started the first Squamish Nation dance group with her cousins Syexwaliya and Wendy. Gloria and Keith opened the little house in Seymour in 1984. She coauthored the book ‘Spirit of Pow Wow’. She was strict, strong, and family-oriented matriarch and will be greatly missed by the whole community.

Gloria is survived by her loving husband Keith Nahanee; children Mark (Rebecca), Keith Jr. (Berny), Riannon (Gary), Kanani (Chris); grandchildren Alabama, Brent, Alexander, Cara, Keith, Donovan, Kenisha, Tyreece, Sheldon, Gary; great grandchildren Rosabella, Lucas, Connor; siblings Tammie, Alroy (Elaine), Alvie, Leah, Bert, and many loving relatives and dear friends.

Prayer Services were held on Thursday, September 29, 2022 and Funeral was held on Friday, September 30, 2022 at Chief Joe Mathias Centre, 100 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver.

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ROONEY, Joyce L. August 4, 1927 − September 23, 2022 It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Joyce, a loving mother, grandmother and great− grandmother.

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Joyce passed away peacefully at Hollyburn House in West Vancouver on September 23, 2022, surrounded by her family.

She leaves behind her daughters Charlene Hill, Carol Brudno (Alan) and Elaine Gabriel (Bill); granddaughters Lindy Bremner (Curtis) and Jennifer Larson (Erik); grandsons Thomas Hill and Jeff Brudno (Katrena); and great−grandchildren Laurel Boswell Hill, Wade and Brooklyn Larson and Tyler, Alison, Megan and Zaiden Brudno.

She is also survived by sister−in−law Elaine Lunn and brother−in−law Ed Knight.

She is predeceased by her loving husband, Ralph Rooney.

She will be missed by all.

Celebrate the lives of loved ones with your stories, photographs and tributes

All advertising published in this newspaper is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services offered are accurately described and willingly sold to buyers at the advertised prices. Advertisers are aware of these conditions. Advertising that does not conform to these standards or that is deceptive or misleading, is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards we ask that you inform the Publisher of this newspaper and The Advertising Standards Council of B.C. OMISSION AND ERROR: The publishers do not guarantee the insertion of a particular advertisement on a specified date, or at all, although every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the advertisers.

Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss of damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections of changes will be made in the next available issue. The North Shore News will be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

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REMEMBRANCES

COMMUNITY

RENTAL

Funeral ServiceS

Found

apartmentS/ condoS For rent

FOUND − Ring Found at Ambleside bus stop. Please contact to provide ring description and bus stop you believe you lost it at to claim. carolwestvan@gmail.com

North Shore’s Only Family Owned Funeral Provider

SCORPION EARRINGS found on Ambleside Beach on Sunday, Oct 2nd. Call 604-922-7272

George & Mildred McKenzie

604-926-5121 • mckenziefuneralservices.com 200-100 Park Royal South, West Vancouver

taking care of each other

is what community is all about.

Hollyburn Funeral Home 1807 Marine Drive, West Vancouver Thank you for continuing to place your trust in us now and always.

Proudly serving the north Shore for over 80 years

604-922-1221

HollyburnFunerals.com

As you share the stories and the memories of how they lived their lives and how very much they meant, may you find comfort...

ExEcutor sErvicEs

Tel: el: 778.742.5005

Nicole L. Garton

heritagetrustcompany.ca

Westcoast Wills & Estates

Probate made easy.

loSt WOMEN’S JACKET, purple, courderoy, buttons on front, hip length. Lost possibly in restaurant rest room or on bus in West Van area near 14th and Marine. Please call 604-971-6049

EMPLOYMENT

President, Heritage Trust Tel: 778-742-5005

Fond memories linger every day, Remembrance keeps them near.

To advertise call

604-653-7851

Highlands Flea Market Sale Saturday, October 16, 9 AM − 2 PM

3255 Edgemont Blvd, North Vancouver. Rain or Shine. www.highlandsunited.org

NEW TO YOU

Your junk is someone’s jackpot.

AUTOMOTIVE SportS & importS

General employment NEED EXTRA INCOME $$ Earn extra cash to supplement your current income, or pay off your bills. Now hiring delivery contractors for the Sun, Province and National Post in the West Vancouver area. Must have reliable vehicle & be avail from 2am - 6am daily.

Earn up to $1500/mo.

Some gas compensation included. Call to find the route closest to you.

778-968-4400

Dignity Memorial is a division of Service Corporation International (Canada) ULC.

Caring and Professional Executor, Trustee and Power of Attorney services based on the North Shore

SET OF KEYS found at the bus stop at Capilano Mall. 2 for car and more. Call to identify. 604-984-8327

West Vancouver Condo Entire 12th Floor 360° VIEWS 3 BR, 3.5 bath, 2,760 sqft floor area, 300 sqft of balconies.

Adult oriented building.

No pets. Long Term OK. Available now. $6495.

Wheel Chair Accessible.

Email: regill@telus.net or call 604-880-3125

GARAGE SALES

Christmas Corner SQUAMISH NATION 5.00000X2 R0011915695 :: #728969 CRAFT FAIRS/BAZAARS Squamish Nation Presents:

2015 Honda Accord $22,500 OBO Driven by a little old lady, the vehicle is in perfect condition and is "loaded" −− 62,000 km., GPS, moonroof, multi− mode sound system, leather seats and much more. 4− cylinder. Reliable, safe and great to look at!

604−921−8436

Hot Spot For Sale

2022 Holiday Craft Fair Shop and support local artists and small businesses!

November 19th 10:00am – 6:00pm November 20th  10:00am – 6:00pm Location:

Chief Joe Mathias Centre 100 Lower Capilano Road, North Vancouver, V7P 3P6 $5.00 Admission for adults (18–55) Students, elders & children are free!

Admission is cash only

604.630.3300 604-653-7851

         CALL FOR VENDORS!

Looking for local artisans and craftsmen to come sell, share and promote your business.

MARKETPLACE

$30.00 / table per day, 2 tables max per vendor Elder vendors recieve 50% off

art & collectibleS

Tables are limited - first come, first served

To book your booth please email cjmcevents@squamish.net or call 604-980-6338

Let our experienced lawyers help you.

604-230-1068 | westcoastwills.com 604-210-2211 *A law corporation

David Emerson Hall Sunshine Coast Art Crawl #24 Images to Calm The Soul: L Gibsons on the Bluff Acrylic I Watercolour I Video 778−836−5744 I davidehall.ca

Wanted Musical Instruments Working or broken. I pay CASH. 604-790-2237 Old Books Wanted. also: Photos Postcards, Letters, Paintings. no text books or encyclopedias. I pay cash.

604-737-0530

Celebrate the lives of loved ones with your stories, photographs and tributes

WANTED SASQUATCH SKULL - Also purchasing SILVER & GOLD coins, bars, jewelry, scrap, nuggets, sterling, 999+ BULLION, maple leafs, bulk silver, pre-1969 coins. Coin collector BUYING ENTIRE COIN COLLECTIONS, old $ & Royal Canadian Mint coins. TODD 250864-3521.

Today’s Answers

Promote your Craft Fairs, Christmas Events and Services We are offering a discount on Christmas Corner ads until the end of December Call to place your ad 604.653.7851 604.362.0586 Ask about advertising on our websites!

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HOME SERVICES gutters

AGGRECON SPECIALTIES

Gutter Cleaning, Power Washing, Window Cleaning, Roof Cleaning

• Polished Concrete Floors • Pumping • Placing • Sealing • Acid Staining • Decorative Concrete • Forming • Demolition • Foundation Pouring Professional Work

778-919-7707

N.C.B. CONCRETE LTD. Specializing in residential concrete. Repair, removal and new installation.

Patio specialists 604-988-9523 or 604-988-9495

Drywall

Call Simon for prompt & professional service 30 yrs exp.

604-230-0627

To advertise in the Classifeds call

604.653-7851

604 -230 -3539 778 -895-3503 604-339-1989

HanDyperson

Capilano Home Improvement Kitchen and Bathroom remodeling Plumbing, Tiling, Paving Drywall, Carpentry, Deck, Fence Door and Window ood, Laminate Hardwood,

604.219.0666

604-765-3329

All Electrical, Low Cost.

Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos, Panel changes.

(604)374-0062 Simply Electric

exCavating

#1 Backhoes & Excavators Trenchless Waterlines Bobcats & Dump Truck & All Material Deliveries Drainage; Video Inspection, Landscaping, Concrete, Stump/Rock/Cement/Oil Tank & Demos, Paving, Pool/Dirt Removal, Paver Stones, Jackhammer, Water/Sewer, Line/Sumps, Slinger Avail, Concrete Cutting, Hand Excavating.

Basements Made Dry Claudio’s Backhoe Service

.

604-341-4446

Flooring

604-299-5831 or 604-833-7529 D&M PAINTING .

Exterior/Interior Specialist Many Years Experience.

Fully Insured.

Top Quality • Quick Work.

Free estimate.

604-724-3832

604-727-2700

pluMbing

eleCtriCal #89724

Serving the North Shore Serving the North Shore forover 20 20 years for years

.

Richard cell 604-671-0084 or 604-986-9880

Low price, big/small jobs, satisfaction guar. Free est

Interior Exterior Book& Your Fall Specials Exterior Now BOOK NOW.

RES & COM • INT & EXT Best Quality Workmanship 1 room from $147.

WCB. Ins’d. 25 yrs exp.

A & A Millwood Quality Drywall Service. Repairs, renos, new construction. Prompt service.

ALP ELECTRIC

RICKY DEWAN PAINTING

Small and big ig jobs jo

Insured & WCB

Boarding & Taping, Good Rates! Reliable, Free Est. Reno’s & Small Jobs Welcome! Call Gurprit 604-710-7769

Painting Specials

$350, 2 coats any colour 2 rooms for $400, (Ceiling & Trim&extra) Price incls (Ceiling Trim extra) Cloverdale Premium quality quality paint. paint.

Price incls premium NO completed.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed.

We do allAsk sorts of wood us about ourflooring and Flooring all types&ofMoulding mouldings.

Laminate Services.

BONDED & INSURED EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES PROFESSIONAL, SAFE AND RELIABLE

604-900-6010 MrHandyman.ca

Handyman on the North Shore Fully Insured & WCB 604−551−4267 www.nv−handyman.ca

lanDsCaping

Find the professionals you need to complete your renovations in the Home Services section

Masonry

Y.K. Landscaping Ltd Young, 604-518-5623 Free estimates 28 Yrs experience.

Retaining Walls, Paving Stones, Fountains/Ponds, Fences, Irrigation, more.. www.yklandscaping.ca

SHAW LANDSCAPING LTD

Complete Landscaping • Lawn Cuts • Gardening • Pruning • Power Washing

HERITAGE CHIMNEY RESTORATION

We repair & fix your leaky chimneys.

25 YEARS EXPERIENCE, BRITISH TRADESMEN. 778−846−9282

A.A. BEST PRO

GARDEN SERVICES LTD. Lawn maintenance, Aeration, SPRING SERVICES Moss, Power Raking, Trims, Pruning, Lawn maintenance, Aeration, Topping, Clean-Ups Moss, Power Raking, Trims, Pruning, Topping, Clean-Ups free estimates

A TO Z GLASS A TO Z GLASS AND MIRROR LTD. 2.00000X2 R0011915663 :: #728970 AND RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

10%

OFF

your total bill

• glass and mirror cut to size • wood and metal customized frames • storefront glass replace • windows and screens replacements • patio door screens and rollers • shower doors and railing glass • emergency board ups

rooFing

A-1 Contracting & Roofing New & Re-Roofing • All Types All Maintenance & Repairs GUTTER CLEANING Gutter Guard Installations • RENOVATION WORK • WCB. 25% Discount • Emergency Repairs •

Jag • 778-892-1530

a1kahlonconstruction.ca

atozglass1451@gmail.com | 604-770-0406

1451 Marine Drive, North Vancouver, BC V7P 1TS

RAIN FOREST STONE MASONRY 18 Years serving the North Shore Walls, Fireplaces, Brick, Stairs & Patios New & Repairs

Michael

604-802-7850

Re-Roofing & Repairs Specialists

20 Year Labour Warranty Available

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

778-892-1530

a1kahlonconstruction.ca

MASTER CARPENTER

•Finishing•Doors •Moulding Decks•Renos•Repairs Emil: 778-773-1407

primerenovation.ca

604-591-3500

Bros. Roofing Ltd. Over 40 Years in Business SPECIALIZING IN CEDAR, FIBERGLASS LAMINATES AND TORCH ON.

Liability Insurance, WCB, BBB, Free Estimates

604-946-4333 NEW ROOFS & REPAIRS Gutter Cleaning • $145 Free Est. • GLRoofing.ca

604-240-5362

Grow Your Business

tree serviCes ALL WEST TREE SERVICE

Topping, trimming, hedges pruning, cleanups and take away. Free est.

604-726-9152

Need help with your Home Renovation?

604-437-7272

To advertise Call call 604-653-7851 604-630-3300

DELBROOK PLUMBING & DRAINAGE

SUDOKU

Find it in the Classifieds!

• Licensed & Insured • No Job Too Small • Hot Water Tanks • Specializing in Waterline

604-729-6695 power wasHing Gutter Cleaning, Power Washing, Window Cleaning, Roof Cleaning

778-688-1012

lawn & garDen

• Hot Water Tanks • Plumbing • Heating • Furnaces • Boilers • Drainage • Res. & Comm.

• 24/7 Service

renos & HoMe iMproveMent

PROMOTION

painting/ wallpaper

ConCrete

ROCK • SLATE BRICK • GRANITE • PAVERS Incl. Landscaping, Stone Structures, Patios, Pools

Call Simon for prompt & professional service 30 yrs exp.

604-230-0627

20 years years exp. - No job 25 job too toosmall small

Will-- 604.805.1582 604.805.1582 Wil

www.northlandmasonry.com

Call Sukh

604.726.9152 604.984.1988 Hardwood Floor Refinishing Experts • Repairs • Staining • Installation • Free Estimates

604-376-7224 centuryhardwood.com GOLDEN HARDWOOD, LAMINATE & TILES. Install Hardwood, Sanding/Refinishing, Tiling. + Home Renovations.

• 778-858-7263 • INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices.

Satisfaction guar.604-518-7508

SERAFINA

Garden Services • Fall Clean-Up & Maintenance • Pruning, weeding etc.

• Design & advice • Professional & experienced

www.serafinagardens.ca 604-984-4433 contact Cari GREAT LOOKING Landscapes. Full service landscape & garden maint.

Call Dave: 604-764-7220

To place your ad email nmather@glaciermedia.ca

Moving Affordable Moving From $45/hr 1,3,5,7,10 Ton Trucks Licensed & Insured Local - Long Distance Free Est. Senior Disc.

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

ABE MOVING & Delivery &

Rubbish Removal $45/hr per Person.24/7 • 604-999-6020

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a Sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.

PUZZLE ANSWERS ON SEPARATE PAGE

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CARS AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PRINTING. NOT EXACTLY AS ILLUSTRATED. ALL PRICES ARE PLUS TAXES, LEVIES AND $598 DOCUMENTATION FEE. SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS.

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