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The rain did little to deter protesters on Sunday afternoon, as throngs gathered in the thousands to commemorate the passengers of downed Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752.

A sea of people bearing umbrellas, pre-revolutionary Iranian flags and placards emblazoned with powerful messages paraded from Rey Sargent Park to The Shipyards, the pattering of rain drowned out by booming chants of “Justice for PS752” and “Islamic institution stop execution.”

Upon culmination at Shipbuilders Square, families of the victims took to the stage to pay homage to lost loved ones. Each holding up a picture, they declared their relative’s name and age to the tearful crowd.

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An emergency operation centre has been activated at North Vancouver’s Lions Gate Hospital this week, as the province grapples with high numbers of people in hospital due to respiratory illnesses.

Lions Gate is one of 20 hospitals across B.C. where emergency operation centres are expected to be in place for the next six weeks to deal with a surge in hospitalizations.

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High-tech tracking follows Annie the eagle in real time “It’s almost been totally positive with no real negative ramifications to the birds and yet, the information we get is incredible.”

BRENT RICHTER

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Though she may look stoic, Annie has a lot to tell us.

The West Vancouver bald eagle is now one of a handful in the region we can keep a constant eye on as her every movement is tracked, logged and shared with researchers, wildlife advocates and the public.

Eagles, famously, are highly territorial and in June of 2022, Annie got into a border skirmish with another female trying to nose in on her racket.

“They both ended up with locked talons. Their talons were stuck in each other’s stomachs,” said Sally McDermott, North Shore Eagle Network co-ordinator.

Thankfully, the Eagle Network volunteers spotted them before it became fatal and managed to separate them. (One of the volunteers got their finger bit in the process, though it remains a point of pride.)

The experts at the Orphan Wildlife Rescue Society were able to stitch both eagles back up and administer antibiotics to ward off infection.

Before she was ready for release, the Hancock Wildlife Foundation deemed Annie would be a good candidate for a tracker.

“It’s exciting, because that’s the first bird on the North Shore that has a tracker on her,” McDermott said. “Of course, there’s still so much to learn and these trackers do help us learn.”

There are now 30 eagles wearing trackers courtesy of the Hancock Wildlife Foundation in partnership with the Bald Eagle Tracking Alliance and Simon Fraser University.

Eagle-eyed The tracker Annie wears on her back is just the latest in a series of technological developments aimed at giving us a better

Judy Welsh, Trudi Pelletier, Keith Pelletier and North Shore Eagle Network co-ordinator Sally McDermott find a good perch at one of their favourite eagle viewing sites near Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN understanding of bird behaviour.

As a young man in the 1960s, David Hancock first experimented with putting radio frequency beacons on birds, which could only be effective if it came within range of the antenna.

The Hancock Wildlife Foundation, which he founded after becoming one of the world’s foremost experts on eagles, was later one of the early adopters of live-streaming technology when they trained cameras nests.

More recently, a friend of Hancock’s developed, along with NASA, the technology to track birds from satellites, but the cost was extremely high.

Then in 2018, they found this simplest and most cost-effective way to track eagles

– backpack-mounted transmitters that link up with the nearest cell tower whenever their tiny solar power panel provides enough juice to share their telemetry data.

With enough sunlight, it could be one GPS location every hour, Hancock said.

They cost about $3,000 per unit, which the Hancock Foundation has been seeking donors and research grants to supply.

It’s a bit of a task to carefully get an eagle into a Teflon harness, Hancock said, but if the birds are bothered by the backpack or concerns about their privacy, they haven’t raised it with him.

“I don’t know what they think about it.

It’s probably a pain in the ass,” he joked, adding that there are now thousands of birds around the world that have them.

A view from above Thanks to the ability to track the movements of eagles like Annie, they’re letting us in on a lot of their secrets. We now know they can get from here to Alaska in as little as two days, and some travel as far as the Bering Sea. “It’s been absolutely revolutionary in our thinking about what happens,” Hancock said. “We’ve had no idea about what these young birds really are up to, what they’re capable of, or how they survive.”

Looking at Annie’s trajectory, which anyone can track on the Hancock Wildlife Foundation’s website, we can see she took off almost immediately after being released from rehab for her annual northern migration to feast on the carcasses of spawning salmon in Alaska.

Since her return in October, Annie’s map looks like a toddler’s scribbling of multiple trips per day from her nest north of Lighthouse Park to West Grebe Islet, a rocky outcropping recently donated to the District of West Vancouver for environmental protection. There, she and her mate perch on a Canadian Coast Guard beacon, and hunt.

Curiously, for reasons not known to anyone but Annie, she decided to visit Capilano Lake on Nov. 15. Then on Dec. 21, she popped in on one of her old nests, deep inside Lighthouse Park.

The most important discovery courtesy of the trackers has been a sort of census of the eagles we see from our windows in the Lower Mainland. It’s long been known that local eagles migrate north but it’s only recently become clear that the vast majority that we see are migrants from Alaska, here to scavenge, as they’ve evolved to do.

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Waterfront mansions dominate highest property assessments JANE SEYD

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The heated driveways, expansive wine cellars and infinity pools of the uber rich are still on the check lists of the North Shore’s most luxurious mansions. But there’s one characteristic that still defines many of North and West Vancouver’s most sought-after addresses: waterfront.

“With waterfront, there’s only so much of it. Everybody wants to live on the waterfront, pretty much around the world,” said

West Vancouver Realtor Calvin Lindberg of Angell Hasman and Associates.

On the North Shore, waterfront estates fronting the beach in West Vancouver, or Lower Lonsdale penthouse condos and mansions with expansive views over Burrard Inlet continue to be well represented among the upper strata of property ownership.

Seventeen homes in West Vancouver were on BC Assessment’s list of the top 100 assessments in the province this year.

As is the case for more ordinary digs, assessments of the most luxurious

properties were up this year, but only slightly, averaging about a five per cent increase, compared to last year’s double-digit hikes.

Hollingsworth-designed waterfront mansions top assessment rolls Architecturally designed homes in beachfront West Bay and Sandy Cove neighbourhoods continue to rank among the highest assessed properties. The area on the waterfront between Dundarave and Sandy Cove is known as the “golden mile” to

Realtors, said Lindberg. “Those properties always garner the highest sales and the highest assessments.”

Topping the list once again is a five-bedroom, six-bath mansion on the West Bay waterfront in West Vancouver, custom designed by architect Russell Hollingsworth on a large property at 3330 Radcliffe Ave., valued this year at $33.2 million. That’s up about five per cent over last year’s assessment of $31.65 million, but still less than the stratospheric value of more than $35 million Continued on page 22

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Bedard earns MVP honours following historic performance

Team Canada records for career points and assists at the tournament.

Bedard was named the tournament’s top forward, a tournament all-star and the tournament’s MVP following the final.

He ended with nine goals, 13 assists and 23 points for the tournament, setting new Canadian records for points and assists in a single world juniors. He finished nine points ahead of Logan Cooley of the U.S., who was second in the tournament with 14 points.

Bedard, however, wasn’t interested in his personal accolades.

“I don’t want to talk about myself right now,” he said in a TSN on-ice interview moments after the final goal. “We’re not talking about me. We just won the biggest tournament in the world. And man I love this group; I love this country.”

Others around the country were more free with their praise though. Bedard’s performance heading into the final was so impressive that it spawned a cheeky campaign aimed at changing the name of Burrard Inlet to Bedard Inlet.

Bedard stepped into the national spotlight when he became the first ever player to earn exceptional status early entry in the WHL, and he has since surpassed all the expectations put on him by that label.

He will now return to the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League. He is eligible for the NHL entry draft this summer, and is the heavy favourite to be picked first overall.

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A record-smashing world junior hockey tournament for North Vancouver’s Connor Bedard ended with MVP honours and a second straight gold medal as Canada scored a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory against the Czech Republic Thursday in Halifax.

The Canadians opened the tournament with a 5-2 loss against that same Czech team on Boxing Day, but they wouldn’t be beaten again, ripping off six straight wins to claim gold.

Dylan Guenther was the hero in the final, picking up two goals and an assist, including the game-winner in overtime.

Guenther and Shane Wright led the way early as Canada battled to a 2-0 lead.

Coquitlam’s Thomas Milic was strong in net once again, following his dominant performance against the United States in a 6-2 semifinal win.

But the Czechs stunned the home crowd in the third period, scoring two goals less than a minute apart to tie the game, sending it to overtime. That set up Guenther to claim the victory, slotting home the winner on a cross-ice pass from Joshua Roy. Bedard has been making headlines throughout the tournament, starting with a seven-point game against Germany, scoring a hat trick and adding four assists to tie a

Connor Bedard fires a shot during the world junior hockey championships last week in Halifax, N.S. Bedard was named the tournament MVP. @HOCKEYCANADA / TWITTER Canadian record. He followed that up with a six-point performance against Austria, then added four assists in a New Year’s Eve win over Sweden.

His heroics hit new heights in the playoff round, with Bedard picking up two goals and an assist in a 4-3 overtime

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North Vancouver RCMP are again warning the public after scammers nearly took two Delbrook seniors for $9,000.

It’s the most recent incident of an attempted “bail scam.”

On Jan. 3, an elderly couple were contacted over the phone by someone claiming to be a lawyer and informing them that their grandson had been arrested. In order to make bail, the scammer said the seniors would have to put up $9,000 in cash, which a bond carrier The best would pick up offence from them in person. is a good That afterdefence. noon, two NV RCMP CONST. women arrived MANSOOR SAHAK at the victims’ residence in a white BMW SUV but by then, the couple had become suspicious and did not turn over any cash.

They then called their grandson who confirmed he was not in jail and the seniors reported the incident to the RCMP. Investigators say they believe the same group of scammers has been at work with similar frauds and suspects popping up around Canada. Lately,

they have been operating in the Lower Mainland.

One of the women is described as having poor complexion. The other suspect is described as being South Asian with large fake eyelashes.

In an effort to further the investigation, RCMP are releasing surveillance images of the suspect vehicle and are asking anyone who may have home security or dashcam footage of the vehicle travelling on the 700 block St. Ives Cres. to contact North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311 and quote file #23-184.

North Vancouver RCMP and West Vancouver Police Department have been issuing many warnings about scammers at work over the last year.

In December, the RCMP cautioned the public after one of their civilian staffers was targeted in a “boss scam,” in which fraudsters purporting to be in senior management asked the victim to send $1,400 in Target gift cards. The month before, it was a hoax kidnapping and ransom attempt. In October, police warned of scammers attempting to sell fake gold jewelry.

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omen. Life. Freedom. It was the rally cry for people in Iran as they threw off the shackles of one dictatorship in Iran in the 1970s, and sadly it is the rally cry today as they must attempt to do it again.

There are almost 16,000 people of Iranian origin who are living on the North Shore, one of the largest communities outside of their homeland. On Sunday, thousands marched through miserable weather to honour the memory of those killed in the crash of Flight PS752, which Iran’s military shot out of the sky three years ago, killing 176.

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We journalists usually like to think we have the answers.

Of course, that’s not the case. The best we can do is find the answers from others and convey them.

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Chat, an offspring of InstructGPT, is the sudden sensation of artificial intelligence that made its public debut a few weeks ago, arising from a combination of machine learning and human trainers.

For the time being, Chat’s bons mots are free for the taking at chat.openai.com. I dare you not to get lost in its enthrall. I suspect pretty soon the meter will be running for the now-gratis counsel, just as I suspect

Google is sweating about what it will do to its search engine’s supremacy. (Microsoft is an investor in OpenAI, and Google has helped it in the past.)

Chat and I settled in for a good exchange in recent days when I popped a few questions to see what wisdom emerged. A couple of things were wobbly (the Lions Gate Bridge is not four lanes, for instance), but mostly what emerged were the straight goods.

What, for instance, are West Vancouver’s biggest problems?

With some elaboration on each, Chat produced five: affordability due to “a high cost of living, with high housing prices and property taxes,” traffic and congestion with “narrow, winding roads that run through the municipality,” environmental concerns that make us “vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise and storms,” limited public transit options “which can make it difficult for residents to get around without a car,” and aging infrastructure with roads and sewers “in need of repair or replacement.”

Chat seemed to next wag a finger: “It is important for the community to work

together to address these issues and find solutions that benefit all residents.”

With that in mind, I thought of whose job it is to unify the district, so I asked: What do you think of Mayor Mark Sager?

Turns out the mayor can breathe easier.

“I’m sorry,” came the instant reply, “but as an AI language model … I do not have any personal opinions or biases.”

We moved on to traffic problems and how they can be addressed. To this came the self-evident prescriptions, with a wrinkle or two, all of which at times feel impossible to deliver: improved public transportation “such as expanding bus routes or adding a new light rail system,” traffic calming measures to “reduce the speed of vehicles and make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists,” encouraging transportation alternatives “such as biking or walking,” improved infrastructure such as “upgrading and expanding roads, adding new lanes, or building new bridges,” or the dreaded “demand management strategies” like “variable pricing for road use or implementing a congestion charge.” It became clear in our conversation that Chat was not interested in entering politics.

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But there was also an absence of emotion or ideology in the answer to why housing development is so difficult. One of five answers: Community opposition, “which could make it more difficult to get them approved and built.” Just a guess, but Chat appears to have monitored council meetings.

On the issue of mass transit, Chat isn’t a fan: it senses we have “limited demand” and we are on a “narrow strip of land between the coast and mountains” that would make it difficult to serve the entire community. Funding might be difficult to secure and we might have different priorities.

And if you think a computer would value efficiency over emotion in amalgamating the North Shore, think again. We have “differences in governance and culture” with “distinct histories … and ways of doing things.” It would be costly. There would be “resistance from residents” and we’d need provincial approval. Forget about it, Chat seemed to signal.

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Christmas decorations placed on a park bench near a trailhead on Mount Fromme sit wasting in the woods long after the holiday season has ended. JAMES DOLAN

FOREST TRAIL PLAGUED WITH ABANDONED DECORATIONS

Dear Editor:

Once again, people are leaving Christmas decorations in the forest.

The entrance to Pennzoil [an intermediate mountain biking trail on Mount Fromme] is heavily decorated again.

I removed a garbage bag of Christmas decorations from Baden Powell, St. Georges crossing at the bench, for a second time in two years.

Last year, whoever set up the decorations never bothered to take them down. They also left ribbon all the way up the climbing trail.

This does not belong in the forest.

Glitter is microplastic. It never decays, nor does tinsel.

It’s nice to be in the Christmas spirit but this does not belong in the forest.

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THE B.C. GOVERNMENT ISN’T RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSMENT VALUES

Dear Editor:

Re: Premier Eby needs to address these assessments, Jan. 4 editorial As I explained to MLA Darlene Marzari in the 1990s, BC Assessment doesn’t create assessments. It’s as though a mirror is annually held up to the market and, by law, assessments must reflect “actual,” or market value. Buyers and sellers create this market, not the B.C. government.

A progressive tax ensues: if you own a $1-million condo in LoLo, you pay onetenth of the taxes that someone pays who owns a $10-million home in the British Properties.

No, the July 2022 valuations arriving in January 2023 will not “likely vary greatly” – perhaps plus-or-minus five to 10 per cent. The good news: because everyone is slightly over-assessed, the other Assessment Act goal of equitable

assessments is realized. In your 2024 notice, your assessment will reflect the lower market values occurring in July 2023.

Everyone is in the same boat.

Agreed, home prices are too high, and perhaps higher interest rates, commuters clogging the bridges every rush hour, limiting foreign buys and inflation, will have a moderating effect on prices. Time will tell.

Premier David Eby needs local partners to rekindle the development of housing for the “missing middle,” that which was abandoned in favour of the soundly debunked supply-side economics. At least he’s trying, where others have failed, miserably.

Our children deserve better.

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MORE RENTAL HOUSING COULD HELP SOLVE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS

Dear Editor:

As a North Shore Realtor, I have been dismayed for years at the rampant development in both North and West Vancouver.

Our local governments have been negligent in allowing massive developments without any regard to planning for transportation concerns both around and off the North Shore.

The millions spent on the north end of Second Narrows Bridge has done nothing to ease congestion. It’s just moved it around.

Real estate in the area is very expensive and many workers live off the North Shore in more affordable areas.

We need much, much more rental housing so that non-North Shore workers can live and work here. That would be a start at relieving traffic pressure.

Whether it’s social housing or subsidized housing, we need more rentals.

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A West Vancouver man is likely facing numerous charges after gunning his Range Rover away from a police officer attempting to stop him and later crashing into a tree near a highway on-ramp on New Year’s Eve. The North Vancouver RCMP said the highway drama started around 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 31 when a police officer who was driving near East 19th Street and Grand Boulevard East in North Vancouver noticed a black Range Rover swerving unusually.

The officer attempted to pull over the vehicle but instead of putting on the brakes, the driver floored the accelerator, fleeing at a high rate of speed and weaving dangerously in and out of traffic, according to North Vancouver RCMP spokesman Const.

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Due to the risk to public safety, officers did not pursue the vehicle, police said.

But a short time later, witnesses reported the same black Range Rover had crashed into a tree beside the Westview Drive on-ramp to Highway 1.

The driver had fled the scene and police officers called in both a police dog and helicopter to help find him. He was located a short distance away, hiding in some bushes, and arrested, said Sahak.

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North Vancouver RCMP are asking for help from witnesses after this Range Rover crashed into a tree after the driver sped away from a police stop, Dec. 31. NV RCMP original area, or the crash on the highway on-ramp to come forward.

“Although we have made an arrest, it’s very important that we continue our efforts to gather all available evidence,” said Sahak.

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“Police are also asking anyone with dash cam or surveillance video to come forward.

Your surveillance camera may have captured something. Please check,” said Sahak.

The driver, a 61-year-old man from West Vancouver, has since been released from custody.

Police are still investigating the incident and are considering charges that include refusal to provide a breath sample, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and flight from police.

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A former professional bodybuilder and Olympic powerlifter has been sentenced to jail for choking a girlfriend until she feared she would die, then harassing her relentlessly online for a period of nine months when she tried to end the relationship.

Amit Sapir, 40, who most recently lived in Richmond, has been handed prison sentences of six months less a day for unlawful confinement and six months less a day for criminal harassSapir also ment by “engaged Judge in personal Patricia correspondence Janzen to be that was so served extensive and consecuso unhinged tively. that she feared But for her safety. it’s JUDGE PATRICIA JANZEN unlikely Sapir will be serving that sentence anytime soon.

Days before a sentencing

hearing in North Vancouver provincial court June 16, Sapir – who is a permanent resident of Canada but a citizen of Israel – skipped the country without telling anyone and didn’t show up for the hearing.

“I am advised he has never returned to Canada,” said Janzen, who concluded Sapir had “absconded” to avoid facing jail time. She sentenced him in absentia, which means if Sapir ever returns to Canada, he stands to be arrested and taken to jail.

In court Nov. 29, Janzen described how Sapir was charged with unlawful confinement after he choked a girlfriend in January 2018 in West Vancouver “to the point she almost lost consciousness and feared she would die.”

When the woman then decided to end the relationship, Sapir harassed her on several social media platforms over a period of nine months which included “deeply degrading cruel messages about her appearance” negative reviews of her business and “false and damaging allegations about her personal, professional and financial integrity,” said the judge.

It also included making a complaint to the woman’s governing

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Sapir also “engaged in personal correspondence that was so extensive and so unhinged that she feared for her safety,” said Janzen.

In a victim impact statement,

the woman described living her life in a state of fear and hyper vigilance and her concern that Sapir would find a way to retaliate against her.

Janzen noted Sapir had been a professional bodybuilder, powerlifter and coach for 20 years

“and has enjoyed significant success” including having corporate sponsors.

Sapir moved to Canada in 2009 to join a woman he met online and later married, said Janzen. They split in 2015. He then began seeing the girlfriend.

The judge noted Sapir was using a high dose of Adderall and has a history of performance-enhancing drug use, including growth hormone and anabolic steroids.

In handing down the sentence, the judge noted the “very large number of incidents” involved in the harassment, which continued after police warned Sapir to stop.

A pre-sentence report put Sapir at a high risk of re-offending with another intimate partner.

Should Sapir return to Canada, where his two children still live, he would be placed on three years’ probation following his jail time. Among the conditions, Sapir would have to inform a probation officer about anyone he was dating.

The judge noted that as a permanent resident, Sapir could still face immigration consequences for his convictions on the grounds of “criminality” – if he ever returned.

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In most local grocery stores, diverse flavours from across the globe are distilled into a single “ethnic” or “international” foods aisle.

Mi Tierra Latina, the latest addition to North Vancouver’s list of niche grocers, is stocked full of goods from the colourful countries of Latin America while boosting business prospects for members of the immigrant community here in the Lower Mainland.

The new store, at 227 Lonsdale Ave., became the fourth Mi Tierra Latina location when it opened on Dec. 28. It’s also the first location to have an employee be a part owner.

“That’s kind of the project here,” says co-founder Sonia Zebadua. “We try to connect Latin American communities into the business world in Canada.”

With the Salvation Army Thrift Store just steps away, Zebadua said the location was chosen for its high foot traffic. “And it’s a beautiful area, too.”

Customers going to Mi Tierra Latina can expect to find goodies from everywhere in Latin America. There’s fair trade coffee from Colombia, Guatemala and Costa Rica. On the shelves, you’ll find alfajores – soft, shortbread-like cookies filled with dulce de leche – from Argentina. There are lots of spices, of course, such as cocoa from some of the world’s most regarded regions for growing it.

Zebadua, who moved to Vancouver from Mexico in 2008, said it was surprising to learn that so many Canadians haven’t been to Latin America.

“It’s a pleasure for us to bring you guys a little bit of our culture,” she said, adding that customers will find ambiance and very welcoming staff at the store as well.

After building a successful maintenance business, Zebadua and her three female business partners started branching out into coffee shops.

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Mi Tierra Latina co-owners Nahomi Munoz and Alex Osan display wares at the newly opened fourth location of the local independent chain of Latin grocery stores. The North Shore location features Latin American foods, cooking equipment and giftware. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

After the pandemic hit in 2020, a long-running grocery store in the West End shut down, and Zebadua and her partners had the opportunity to buy the store’s inventory. At first, they sold everything – even toilet paper – right from the coffee shop. Then, later that year they opened the first Mi Tierra Latina in Davie Village.

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Now that the group of grocers is handling more volume, with plans to open more locations, Zebadua said they’ll be able to lower prices.

“We have some flowers from the Venezuelan community and the Colombian community,” she added. “They’re even cheaper than Walmart.”

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The sparkling new gym at Ecole Handsworth Secondary was reverberating with the sounds of squeaky sneakers and thumping basketballs during an alumni event the Thursday before last.

Current students have been playing on the new courts since the re-built school opened in February 2022, taking four years and around $68.7 million to complete.

You don’t But there are still a few get a better key pieces of women’s equipment that basketball the school is player than hoping to buy, Diana – to so Handsworth have her come is selling parts of its old gym as back into our keepsakes. gym and play “There are a basketball lot of people who here is just feel very emophenomenal. tionally attached to our basketball PRINCIPAL MARK BARRETT program who would like to keep a piece of that – literally,” explained principal Mark Barrett.

Interested buyers can look through an assortment of floorboards and nets on the Handsworth Final Steps Fundraiser website, and bid on one of the items via email. Once all bids have been received no later than Feb. 28, winners will be contacted for pickup and payment.

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existing scorer’s bench, but the new gym can convert to run two parallel courts.

To run the parallel courts, the gym also needs more shot clocks. Funds from selling the old gym items will go toward this new equipment, Barrett said.

Alumni game welcomes community to the new school At the annual alumni meetup Dec. 29, past and present players of the North Vancouver high school’s popular basketball program faced off on the court, a great opportunity for students nearing graduation to connect with graduates who have carried on playing the sport at higher levels.

Among the grads at the alumni event was Diana Lee, who went on to play for Boise State University and later UBC. She’s now assistant coach for the UBC Thunderbirds women’s basketball team.

“She’s a legend,” Barrett said. “You don’t get a better women’s basketball player than Diana – to have her come back into our gym and play basketball here is just phenomenal.”

The meetup is a great opportunity to welcome the community in, he continued.

“With the brand new school, we’re trying to find opportunities to make it very welcoming for our entire school community,” Barrett said. “By that I mean our extended school community, not just the kids who are here now, but those who graduated.

“There’s lots of families and parents who come out,” Barrett added. “It’s their opportunity to see the school and still feel connected.”

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The Capilano University sporting community is mourning the loss of longtime titan of the school’s soccer program.

Former women’s head coach Doug Abercrombie, who led the Blues women to five national titles in the 1990s and 2000s, died Jan. 2 at age 78.

Abercrombie was at the helm of the program, then called Capilano College, during a dominant stretch, winning CCAA national titles in 1995, ’96, ’98, 2000 and 2001. The Burnaby resident also earned silver in ’97 as part of a run that saw the Blues make the national championship final six times during a seven-year stretch. His career record at the national championship tournament was 19-5.

But his impact at the school went far beyond his championship wins, said Milt Williams, a longtime Capilano administrator who recently retired as the university’s athletic director.

“Doug Abercrombie was a tremendous coach, but an even better person,” Williams told the North Shore News. “We are all better for having known Doug. My thoughts and prayers are with his entire family.”

Abercrombie was well respected by his athletes as coach and mentor, said Williams.

“He was an extremely popular coach because he was known as a caring individual who treated his female athletes with sensitivity and kindness,” he said. “He was

Former Capilano Blues women’s soccer coach Doug Abercrombie (right) hams it up at a school function with former athletic director Milt Williams. CAPILANO UNIVERSITY without a doubt a loved coach who earned his team’s respect year after year. You will never find an individual who was more dedicated to the total development of his athletes. His motivation and central source of coaching satisfaction had its roots in moulding and guiding his female athletes to reach success in life by balancing their athletic endeavours with a commitment to academic achievement and community involvement.”

Abercrombie, who stepped down as Capilano head coach in 2010, was twice named the BCCAA (now the PacWest) coach of the year, and led the Blues to eight provincial titles.

He was inducted into the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame in 2003, and the CCAA Hall of Fame in the Coach Category in 2017.

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Canada’s favourite power skating couple are ready to sign a long-term contract.

Three-time Olympic gold medal figure skater Tessa Virtue confirmed on Tuesday that she is engaged to Toronto Maple Leafs star defenceman and West Vancouver native Morgan Rielly. Virtue dropped the news on Shantelle Bisson’s Without Losing Your Cool podcast.

The two great skaters made a heart-

Morgan Rielly and Tessa Virtue appear together on an Instagram Live video in 2020. Virtue has confirmed that they are now engaged. @ARKELLSMUSIC / INSTAGRAM

warming impression on Canadians in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when their relationship became public. In March of 2020, Virtue was making an appearance on an Instagram Live video hosted by Max Kerman, lead singer of the band Arkells. A few minutes into their chat, Rielly popped into view, raising eyebrows across the country.

The pair joked about doing killer core workouts together and escaping into the North Shore mountains for social distancing hikes.

The duo confirmed their status as a couple that cares a few months later, when they teamed up to donate 1,070 lunches to health-care workers across the North Shore.

Virtue, of course, captured Canada’s hearts with her ice dance partner Scott Moir, with many judging them to be the best ice dance partnership of all time. They retired from competitive skating in 2019.

And Rielly has been a rock for the Maple Leafs since he was drafted fourth overall by the team in 2012, racking up 390 points in 677 career games. He recently missed 15 games due to a knee injury but returned to the lineup Dec. 29.

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Part of Argyle Secondary gym reopens following flood JANE SEYD

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Student athletes at North Vancouver’s Ecole Argyle Secondary are now being allowed to use a portion of the gym that flooded at the end of last year.

That’s the good news that came Jan. 4 after flooding closed the school’s massive gymnasium when snow and rainstorms caused significant damage over the winter break.

So far, the water damage appears to be limited to a portion of the floor affecting the centre gym, which is one of the three partitioned gym spaces, according to the school district.

A restoration company is currently assisting with drying the flooring, and the school’s insurance adjuster is currently assessing the extent of the damage with flooring subcontractors. So far there’s no estimate of how much it’ll cost to fix.

Principal Kim Jonat sent a note to parents on Dec. 30, warning “the Argyle gyms and equipment rooms have been significantly impacted by flooding that happened this week.”

On Jan. 4, however, students got the news they’ll be able to use the north third of the large gymnasium, which was spared the flooding damage.

According to the school district, the flood happened after a large volume of water – the product of heavy snow followed by thaw and heavy rain – crested the bank of a temporary drainage swale on the southeast side of Argyle’s school field area. The water then eroded a gravel pathway and dirt from an adjacent slope, blocking exterior drains. Water then flowed under the gym’s fire exit doors, according to Lisa Dalla Vecchia, spokesperson for the school district.

Much of the Lower Mainland had been on a flood watch advisory over the Christmas period after snowstorms and ice that hit the North Shore Dec. 20-23 were followed by a rapid increase in temperature and significant rainfall on Dec. 24 and 25.

The Argyle Secondary gymnasium as it appeared shortly before the new school opened to students in December 2020.

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The building perimeter is checked daily by custodians, but not on statutory holidays, Dalla Vecchia said.

Water was discovered upon opening the gymnasium on the morning of Dec. 28.

For now, administrators are busy trying to find space in other nearby gyms for physical education classes and extracurricular athletics programs, until the school gets a better idea of what repairs to its gym will involve.

Argyle is currently using its fitness centre and activity room for some classes while others are going on hikes or using the Lynn Valley Elementary multipurpose field and elementary school gym when it’s not being used by elementary students, said Dalla Vecchia.

For now, the school’s basketball academy has moved to Mountainside Secondary. Space at Sutherland Secondary is also being made available.

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2022 review: What’s happening with North Shore bike lanes For those willing to advocate for decades, this year was better than some.

Here’s a glance at what happened on the “mobility” lane front in 2022.

Move On Heather Drugge

Esplanade The big story is the Esplanade protected bike lanes, implemented as part of the larger complete street project. The corridors are very

near completion. Yay! Pros: The protected lanes replace painted lanes directly against parked cars without a buffer. For people rolling, this corridor has become actually rideable with no need to change underpants. The new lanes separate trucks and other vehicle traffic from people on bikes and pedestrians.

Cons: This project, initially slated for completion in summer 2022, has dragged on due to supply chain upheaval. Got concrete? The construction delivered many unpleasantries for LoLo residents and businesses, including noise, tripping hazards, mismatched roadbed heights and an unsightly construction mess. Patience. It’s nearly over.

Our rating: Four gear shifts up!

Grand Boulevard The City of North Vancouver experimented on West Grand Boulevard during COVID. Half the road from 19th to Keith Road was turned into a dual-direction mobility lane using temporary barriers. The city kept the remaining roadway for vehicles – one way only downhill. The success of this temporary measure prompted the city to make it permanent in 2022.

Pros: The new lane replaces the skinny, winding, impractical bike lanes in the boulevard park. Placing people rolling on the street reduces intersection confusion. Because the lane is so broad (an entire car lane) and on a lightly trafficked road, the bi-directional lane works fine. The raised intersections at Ninth and 11th have a traffic-calming effect and help pedestrians cross.

Cons: There are still unprotected crossings along the route. Stop signs at 13th, 15th and 19th protecting Grand Boulevard West would clarify who has the right of way.

Our rating: 3.5 gear shifts up!

Lynn Valley Road The District of North Vancouver reconfigured Lynn Valley Road from Mountain Highway to Peters Road to create safety improvements for people on bikes, pedestrians and transit users. This is Phase 1 of a two-part project. Phase 2 will look at Lynn Valley Road from Peters up to Dempsey.

Pros: The new protected bike lanes provide a direct route from Lynn Valley Centre to the turn-off to Lynn Canyon Park on Peters Road.

Intersection upgrades at Mountain Highway and Allan Road improve safety for all users, including pedestrians, transit users, people driving and people rolling.

Cons: Garbage day! Plus, the potential for conflicts between rolling people and people driving due to driveways that front on the new bike lanes. This is more a concern downhill when speeds are high.

Our rating: Uphill: 2.5 gear shifts up! (garbage day reduces the score). Downhill: 2.5 gear shifts up and hands on the brakes.

St. Andrews The new St. Andrews bike facility is part of a low-budget safety improvement project primarily aimed at reducing vehicle speeds along this wide street. The bike facility protects people biking north from Keith to 13th behind a row of parked cars. People rolling south “take the lane,” as indicated by sharrows.

Pros: People on bikes moving north are separated from vehicles, making the uphill direction a pleasant ride – comfortable for many.

Cons: Parked vehicles reduce sight lines at intersections, making it hard for people driving to see people cycling and people walking.

People cycling also can’t see folks walking across the street at corners. In the downhill direction, sharrows are not considered suitable for all ages and abilities. St. Andrews is a designated AAA bike route and should receive AAA treatments.

Our rating: Uphill: Three gear shifts up! (four with some parking removal at corners).

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Marine Drive at Park Royal As a result of new housing developments in Park Royal south, this bike lane was added by developers either at the request of Park Royal, the district, or both.

Pros: Currently, people on bikes are permitted in the bus lane, which would be an uncomfortable ride for many, so adding a grade-separated mobility lane is a good idea.

Cons: This only helps if a continuation will be built west along the entire length of Park Royal South.

Our rating: There’s a lot of peanut butter in West Van. That’s a wrap for 2022. Wishing you all smooth shifting in 2023.

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Woman ordered to attend mental health appointments JANE SEYD

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A woman who spent two months in jail rather than agreeing to not go to the West Vancouver public library has been ordered by a judge to show up for assessment at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital and for appointments related to her mental health.

Comfort is more than a feeling – it’s a promise

Saima Qamar, 53, was ordered for release by Judge Susan Sangha on Thursday in North Vancouver provincial court, with credit for one month time served, and urged to take part in the psychiatric and counselling help being offered.

Qamar was arrested Oct. 25 after showing up at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, less than a month after

being forbidden by a judge to go there.

According to Crown counsel Jason Krupa, Qamar told staff she was banned from the library, adding they should call the police.

Qamar then sat quietly and waited for police to arrive, said Krupa.

Qamar was originally banned from the library after being convicted in October of throwing a hot cup of coffee on a library staffer in December 2019. The employee suffered first-degree burns.

Qamar also spent four months in jail for a random assault on a 97-year-old veteran near West Vancouver’s Seawalk in May. Following her most recent arrest she remained in prison after refusing to agree to stay away from the library.

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A pedestrian crosses Edgemont Boulevard, Monday. District of North Vancouver council voted to lower the Edgemont Village speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

DNV drops Edgemont Village speed limit to 30 km/h Driving through Edgemont Village?

It’s time to slow your roll.

District of North Vancouver council will be lowering the speed limit on the main drag to 30 kilometres per hour.

Council voted unanimously Monday for a one-year pilot project to knock 20 kilometres per hour off the current Edgemont Boulevard speed limit between Ridgewood Drive and Queens Road.

Coun. Lisa Muri said the area has more drivers and pedestrians now and people may not be aware how fast 50 km/h really is when they’re driving in a luxury vehicle.

“Lots of things have changed. We need to slow down more. I think people will be supportive of it. I think it’ll make a visit to the village a lot more palatable to more people,” she said.

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Cannabis store proposed for back side of Lynn Valley Centre BRENT RICHTER

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District of North Vancouver voted unanimously Monday to advance a proposal from Nimbus Cannabis to open a store on the back side of Lynn Valley Centre.

The proposal has the province’s approval and is in compliance with the district’s guidelines for where cannabis shops may be located.

The store itself will only be accessible from the exterior on the east side of the Lynn Valley Centre, not from inside the mall itself.

Almost 1,400 residents who live within 100 metres of the property received notices by mail about the application. Of the 64 who wrote to the district, 10 were in favour of Nimbus moving in while 54 wrote in opposition. Those who were opposed tended to focus on the potential for young people to be influenced by the presence of the cannabis store, concerns of crime and other nuisances.

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a slower speed limit through the village, and the Edgemont and Upper Capilano Community Association is now in favour of the proposal, Muri said.

Council members were largely supportive of Muri’s plan, but Mayor Mike Little cautioned council they may have to change tack if the move simply encourages people to find rat runs around the village.

“If Edgemont Boulevard is too slow, people will go to Colwood Drive, and we have an elementary school on Colwood.

So that’s always going to be my concern,” he said.

Several district residents turned out to urge council to go ahead with the project, arguing it would make the neighbourhood safer and more pleasant while having a negligible impact on drivers’ commute times.

The change will not take effect until after the district has posted new signs showing the 30 km/h limit.

proposal, based on its merits.

Coun. Jim Hanson noted the Seymour, Lynn Creek and Lions Gate neighbourhoods all have had pot shops approved and that it made geographic sense for the Lynn Valley town centre to have one of its own.

“I am aware that there are some community members who oppose this rezoning and believe that a cannabis shop is not appropriate for this site and is not congruent with neighbourhood feel. I certainly respect those views, but given the legal status of recreational cannabis, I do not believe we can have a basis for discrimination against cannabis shops of this type,” he said.

Couns. Lisa Muri and Betty Forbes also said the district did a poor job of alerting residents to the potential change by only placing official public notice signs immediately outside the unit where the store would go and on Conifer Street, which connects the mall to Mountain Highway.

Council will hold a public hearing on the proposal, likely in early February, before having their final vote on the matter.

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Continued from page 1 “It’s definitely amazing to have something that will keep their memory alive for a long time, so nobody forgets about this crime that the Islamic regime did to the people of Iran and Canada,” said Arman Abtahi, member of international non-profit The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims, and organizer of the event.

Abtahi, whose brother was on board Flight PS752, said he was feeling “really emotional” after seeing such a large mass of people gather to pay their respects.

“It’s pouring and yet a huge crowd has come along to this campaign, it’s amazing,” he said.

“When I see that people are supporting this campaign in support of families and the revolution in Iran, my hopes are high. I’m glad that we have this community here.”

Prior to the march, Eby released a statement acknowledging the National Day of Remembrance for Victims and those who had suffered at the hands of the crash.

“Several of the victims came from British Columbia. They left behind friends, family and an everlasting legacy of positive

Protesters with posters bearing the faces of the 176 victims of the Flight PS752 crash lead Sunday’s march. MINA KERR-LAZENBY / NSN contributions to their communities and our province,” he said.

“We join their loved ones in mourning them on this solemn day of pain, sorrow and grief.”

Eby said the destruction of Flight 752 marked the largest loss of Canadian lives in an air disaster since 1985, when 280 Canadians died after a bomb exploded on Air India Flight 182 en route from Toronto to London.

“Our outrage at the attack on Flight 752 is undiminished by the passing years. We again condemn this horrific act and stand with

the victims’ families in demanding justice,” he said.

The protest marked three years to the day since Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shot down Flight PS752 shortly after takeoff in Tehran, killing all 176 aboard, including 55 Canadians and 30 permanent residents.

Among those to fall victim to the attack were North Vancouver residents Faye Kazerani, Firouzeh Madani, Fatemeh Pasavand, Delaram Dadashnejad, Ayeshe Pourghaderi, Daniel Saket and

Naser Pourshabanoshibi.

MLA Bowinn Ma, who paid her respects on stage alongside City of North Vancouver mayor Linda Buchanan and Coun.

Shervin Shahriari, said council had been working with Eby’s office for “over a year” to get the ball rolling on the erection of a memorial.

Ma said the memorial, which will “honour the victims of the flight and the broader IranianCanadian diaspora,” is still in its beginning stages, with the city still to determine a location and an artist suitable for the task.

While the event was centralized around the third anniversary of the downing, Ma said the rally occurs in the context of the broader, Women, Life, Freedom movement initiated by the death of Mahsa Amini.

“The Iranian community all over the globe has been through so much, and it has been felt acutely here in Canada, in particular here in North Vancouver, where so many of those community members have chosen to make their home,” she said.

“That’s what makes today’s anniversary particularly significant. It’s not just about that flight, but a wider problem of the

oppressive authoritative nature of the Iranian regime.”

With “women, life, freedom” and “stop executions in Iran” among some of the slogans adorning signs on Sunday, it was evident the sentiment expressed

by Ma was one felt by all those in the crowd.

North Vancouver woman Abby Golidoux, who was born and raised in Iran, said the march should draw attention to the recent execution of two protesters by the Iranian regime just as much as it should the plight of Mahsa Amini and Flight 752.

“People have always had and will continue to have this pain in their chest, but have never had an open environment to discuss it,” she said.

“We don’t have this back home in Iran, where people can voice their opinions against the regime – they will get condemned, they might even get killed.”

“With this march they have found a platform to voice their concern.”

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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Continued from page 4 which the property reached in 2017. It’s lowest value in the past five years was in 2020, when the property was assessed at a mere $26.5 million.

The second-highest assessment was another West Vancouver Hollingsworth-designed Dundarave waterfront mansion. The three-bedroom, seven-bathroom 9,000-square-foot home, on a large property at 2588 Bellevue Ave., was valued at more than $28.73 million this year – up about six per cent from its $27 million value last year. That property’s highest value topped out at $30.92 million during the real estate gold rush five years ago and fell as low as $21.58 million during the pandemic in 2021.

A Chartwell mansion at 1690 Marlowe Place in the British Properties – another familiar address in the top assessment list – was third highest this year with a value of $27.5 million, up eight per cent over last year’s $25.39 million assessment.

Directly, across the street, the neighbouring mansion at 1669 Marlowe also made the list of highest-assessed properties, coming in at number six, with an assessment of $23.3 million.

West Bay, Chartwell neighbourhoods sought after Rounding out the top 10 highest assessments were similar neighbouring homes in those West Bay and Chartwell neighbourhoods, valued at between $21 million and $24.6 million.

In the number four spot was a five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home of approximately 14,000 square feet that occupies a huge lot on the West Bay waterfront at 3110 Travers Ave. in West

This waterfront property located at 2910 Park Lane in West Vancouver was the highest sale on the North Shore in 2022, going for $21.5 million in August. COURTESY OF SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY CANADA / REW Vancouver, assessed at just under $24.6 million.

Number five was another West Bay waterfront mansion. The six-bedroom, nine-bathroom home on a massive lot at 130 Oxley St. was assessed at $23.8 million.

The property ranked number seven on the list of highest assessments was a modern 8,800-square-foot waterfront home at 5365 Seaside Place in Caulfield, assessed at just under $22.6 million. Situated on a private, gated peninsula and boasting an infinity pool, outdoor spa and boathouse, the four-bedroom, seven-bathroom home was sold for $22.7 million in August 2021 by Malcolm Hasman at Angell Hasman & Associates Realty Ltd, which was the highest sale that year.

A 10,000-square-foot beachfront home at 4351 Erwin Drive, ranked

number eight on the list with an assessment of just over $22.5 million, was also sold in February 2021 for $18 million.

A neighbouring waterfront four-bedroom seven-bathroom property at 4343 Erwin Drive was number nine with an assessment of $22.3 million. It last sold in March 2020 for $19 million.

Another waterfront property on Erwin Drive, at 4371, rounded out the top 10 assessed values at $21.8 million for the five-bedroom, seven-bath home on a huge property.

Actual property sales in such exclusive postal codes were down this year over last year, with 10 sales over $10 million reported on the North Shore this year, compared to 16 last year, said Brent Eilers of ReMax Masters Realty.

Who’s buying such homes?

“People who are very successful,”

This West Vancouver luxury home at 5365 Seaside Place sold for $22.7 million at the end of August. It was the seventh highest assessed property on the North Shore. COURTESY OF MALCOLM HASMAN / ANGELL HASMAN & ASSOCIATES

said Lindberg.

Some are former mining and resource industry executives; others have made their mark in business and finance while some are in the movie business.

Few are losing sleep about the mortgage stress test, Lindberg and Eilers agreed.

Iconic Altamont waterfront estate top sale of 2022 According to public real estate records, the top sale on the North Shore last year was an iconic five-bedroom, seven-bathroom luxury estate at 2910 Park Lane on the Altamont waterfront which sold for $21.5 million on Aug. 10.

The 14-year-old, 9,400-squarefoot home sits on a lot of almost half an acre of high-bank waterfront, including 98 feet of shoreline.

The home was built in 2008 by its former owner Mossadiq Medaly, a former chair of BC Hydro and a leader in the renewable energy industry, on the site of an apple orchard formerly owned by a member of Vancouver’s Woodward family.

Designed by architect Peter Grant, the home features luxuries like an elevator, indoor-outdoor speaker sound system, in-floor heating system, heated driveway, five fireplaces, infinity pool, floor-to-ceiling windows and a professional music room.

The luxury home, assessed at $14 million, was originally listed for sale at about $30 million.

Secluded forest compound tops North Van assessments In the District of North Vancouver, the top North Vancouver assessment continued to be a secluded 14-acre compound

in the woods above Deep Cove, at 2250 Indian River Cres., assessed at $16.1 million – up about five per cent from last year. The property includes a 9,000-square-foot custom West Coast home as well as a pond and Japanese-inspired garden, although much of its property value is in its subdivision potential.

All North Vancouver’s other top assessed properties continue to be found in a neighbourhood on the Dollarton waterfront, on Beachview Drive and Lowry Lane, ranging in value from $11.3 million to $13.47 million.

The second and third top assessments were neighbours within a block of each other on Beachview Drive. A six-bedroom, six-bathroom home at 754 Beachview Dr., valued at just under $12.55 million, occupied the number 2 spot.

Beachview Drive mansion sold for $14.9M in September The deluxe 8,850-square-foot, six-bedroom, eight-bathroom home on three-quarters of an acre sold in September for $14.9 million.

Features of the oceanfront mansion include an infinity pool, 10-person hot tub, golf putting green, dock with boat lift, four-jetski slips and private ramp. Inside features double height ceilings, Miele appliances, movie theatre, billiard area, gym, sauna, steam room and wine room.

Another neighbouring home – a 7,200-square-foot waterfront house designed by architect Brian Hemingway, at 672 Beachview Dr. – which was the fifth highest assessment in North Vancouver, was also the top sale in North Vancouver in 2021, going for $11 million. It was assessed at $12.7 million this year.

Highrise havens top valued in City of North Van All the City of North Vancouver’s top 10 assessments were once again waterfront condominiums, ranging in assessed value from $5 million to $10.5 million.

The top assessment in the city was a penthouse suite in a waterfront condominium tower at 1301-199 Victory Ship Way, assessed at $10.4 million – up from its $8.97 million assessment last year. Eight of the top assessed condos were in a neighbouring building at 175 Victory Ship Way. The third-highest assessment in the city – a 3,000-square-foot sub-penthouse at 905-175 Victory Ship Way – was also the top sale in the City of North Vancouver in 2021, going for $5.8 million in Feb 2021. It is currently assessed at $5.3 million.

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Continued from page 18 In court last week, Krupa said the amount of jail time Qamar has served is “excessive” for her actions, but noted, “It’s almost as if she did it to get herself arrested.”

Both Crown and the judge appeared to struggle Thursday with how best to get Qamar help as a condition of her probation.

So far, Qamar has refused to take part in psychiatric evaluations on five separate occasions while in custody.

Qamar said little in court Thursday except to tell the judge being banned from the library was “a breach of my citizen’s rights.”

I would like Qamar’s sister, a medical doctor in the United States, came to court to see your and pleaded with the judge to try sister get to help her sister, who she said has some help. been struggling with undiagnosed I don’t want mental illness for many years. to see her “As her loving sister, I implore you to find her the help she needs,” living in she said, adding she has tried her prison. best to help Qamar but has not JUDGE been successful. “I’m here to help SUSAN SANGHA in any way I can,” she said.

The sister said Qamar is highly educated, intelligent and trained in dentistry in New York. “To see her like this, it breaks my heart.”

“I would like to see your sister get some help,” the judge agreed. “I don’t want to see her living in prison. I would like to see her get better.”

Sangha put Qamar on probation for a year, with conditions that she show up for appointments. Previously imposed probation conditions – including the condition she stay away from the library until October of this year – also remain in place.

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What you should know about Alzheimer’s disease and other neurocognitive disorders January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. Every year, the Alzheimer Society takes the opportunity to raise awareness about neurocognitive disorders and the importance of early diagnoses. Here’s an overview of what you should know.

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Although neurocognitive disorders are often associated with memory loss, they can also affect a person’s mood, behaviour, thinking, language skills and problem-solving abilities. However, it’s important to note that neurocognitive disorders are different from age-related memory loss, which isn’t caused by an underlying medical condition.

WHO DO THEY AFFECT?

Alzheimer’s disease most commonly affects people over the age of 65. However, some individuals may start to show signs of cognitive impairment in their 50s or 40s. Additionally, certain medical factors such as experiencing head trauma or having cerebrovascular disease can increase the risk of developing a neurocognitive disorder. Early diagnosis is important because neurocognitive disorders are progressive and worsen over time.

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How to tell your loved ones you have Alzheimer’s disease If you’re coming to terms with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, you may be wondering how to share the news with your family and friends. Here are a few recommendations.

PREPARE YOURSELF

Take some time beforehand to write down your thoughts and decide what you want to say. Hearing about your diagnosis for the first time can be almost as difficult for your loved ones as it was for you. Try to predict how each person might react and prepare a response. Arrange to be in a private, relaxed setting when you reveal your diagnosis to encourage openness and understanding.

TAKE IT SLOW

You don’t need to go into more detail than you’re comfortable with during the first conversation.

TO HELP ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVERS COMBAT DEPRESSION

Caring for someone with this disease takes an emotional toll, and depression is a common consequence. Here are seven tips to manage symptoms of depression.

1. CALM YOUR MIND Meditation and mindfulness exercises such as yoga and tai chi can clear your head, still your emotions and change your perspective.

2. EXERCISE Mental and physical health go hand in hand.

Consequently, exercising can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. It can improve self-esteem and cognitive functioning.

3. SCHEDULE ‘ME’ TIME It’s important to take regular breaks.

Make time to read a book, get a massage or go for a walk. Paying attention to your own needs is key.

Hopefully it’s just the beginning of an ongoing dialogue about your experience with Alzheimer’s.

You also don’t want to overwhelm your loved ones with too much information. Give them time to process the diagnosis.

4. CONSIDER RESPITE CARE Caring for a family member with Alzheimer’s can be exhausting. Fortunately, a number of organizations are able to provide respite care, so you can get relief for a few hours or a few days. Getting this type of help will enable you to make time for self-care.

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5. KEEP A JOURNAL Facing your feelings is an essential part

Encourage your family and friends to learn more about Alzheimer’s. Negative reactions or denial following the diagnosis are often due to a lack of understanding about the disease. Ask your doctor for an educational brochure or visit the Alzheimer Society of Canada website for more information and resources.

Sharing your diagnosis can be difficult, but the support of your loved ones will make it easier to cope with the challenges ahead.

of mental well-being. Consider writing about your emotions in a journal, exploring both the highs and lows of caregiving.

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Eagles can fly to Alaska in two days Continued from page 4 source has been in humans’ leavings picked over from landfills.

Hancock estimates the 35,000 or so eagles that pass through each year outnumber our own local breeding population by a ratio of about 35 to one.

“These two populations end up coming together, right here,” Hancock said. “They’re northern birds, but we are totally responsible for feeding and looking after them on their southern migration.… We didn’t really recognize that we were the sole supplier of their food source for so long.”

On a precipice In the 1940s and ’50s, Washington State officials viewed eagles as pests and put a $2 bounty on every pair of legs that hunters turned in. They were hunted nearly to extirpation. Since then, their population has bounced back remarkably and there are now more than 600 nests that the Hancock Wildlife Foundation keeps track of in the Fraser Valley alone.

But our new knowledge of West Coast eagle migrations comes as new threats to their population have emerged.

“I can see a catastrophe coming,” Hancock said.

Their two main food sources are being clawed back. Salmon returns have been declining, thanks to commercial fishing, habitat destruction, climate change and other human intrusions. More recently though, there have been concerted efforts to remove food waste and other organics from the stream of garbage headed for landfills and divert it to composting facilities for reuse as soil.

Though it’s good environmental policy from a solid waste perspective, it’s a calamity for tens of thousands of eagles that have evolved to be scavengers here for half of the year.

“The eagles are really pressed and I have predicted that over the next few years, there’s going to be an absolute

Annie, a bald eagle that has been fitted with a tracking device, perches near her West Vancouver nest on the day she was released, Aug. 1, 2022. ECEAGLEVIDEO / HANCOCK WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

disaster and we may be already experiencing it,” Hancock said.

Annie and her mate have successfully reared eaglets every year up until 2022 when their chick died in the nest after two weeks. That same year, there was an 80 per cent drop in the number of successful fledges from North Shore nests. Avian flu was the prime suspect.

Help from below In light of the struggle eagles are facing, and the data we now have about their behaviour, Hancock has been working on some management strategies that could keep them from the brink once again.

For local nesting eagles, the obvious answer is to ensure their nests, perches and hunting grounds go undisturbed, Hancock said. Mostly that would involve rigorously enforcing protection laws that already exist.

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Annie the eagle feeds chicks in her West Vancouver nest in the spring of 2021.

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The impending famine is a tougher one. But if human intervention is disrupting eagles’ ability to access food, then there’s an argument that humans have an obligation to provide some means of mitigation, Hancock reasons, although he’s not quite ready to go public with his ideas.

In the meantime, Annie will continue to be a closely watched bird, both by the tracker she wears on her back and by the volunteers in North Shore Eagle Network.

When one in a pair of mated eagles dies, the survivor will typically find a new mate. Annie and her mate are part of a continuous line of eagles that have nested in roughly the same spot since 1964 – one of only three known mating pairs in all of Metro Vancouver at the time. Almost every eagle living on the South Coast and northern Washington State descends from those three pairs. Hancock knows because he’s been observing them ever since.

Volunteers like McDermott are hoping to see their legacy continue.

Annie and her mate have already built a new nest, and if all goes well, they’ll have the next generation of chicks this spring.

“They’re lovely, magnificent creatures. They’re a top predator. They’re an indication of how the rest of the environment is doing,” McDermott said. “We just need some more awareness that these are creatures that we need to admire and protect.”

To contribute to the Hancock Wildlife Foundation, visit their hancockwildlife.org/donations.

To inquire about volunteering with the North Shore Eagle Network, email Sally McDermott at mcjeffery@ telus.net.

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And Wiser In keeping with Margaret Coates having a little more fun, I have put together my annual quiz.

A reminder though the quiz is about your knowledge of issues regarding seniors – questions come from the columns I have written in the last few years and they should not be too hard.

The answers to the questions are all true or false, and the answer key is at the end of the column. For hints to the answers see my Older and Wiser columns on the North Shore News website.

1. It is a good strategy to aim high when picking your New Year’s resolutions.

True or False?

2. Seniors are not productive in society. In fact, they are a drain on the economy.

True or False?

3. Ninety-four per cent of seniors over 65, and 74 per cent over 85, live in their own home. True or False?

4. Seniors are a homogeneous group with no differentiation. True or False?

5. As more seniors are living to 85 and beyond, an increasing number of individuals will face limitations and long-term health challenges. True or False?

6. Seniors are resistant to change and are unable to learn new skills such as using computers or tablets. True or False?

7. Momentary memory lapses are only an issue for older persons. True or False?

8. Although COVID-19 has affected all Canadians, seniors are particularly vulnerable to its health impacts. True or False?

9. After being vaccinated, if a senior contracts flu, pneumonia, or COVID-19, their risk of a serious, lengthy illness or hospitalization is reduced. True or False?

10. It is necessary for seniors to “hang up their keys” after turning 80. True or False?

11. Good transportation services have little affect on the well-being of seniors.

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Continued from page 28 12. Seniors who are transitioning from driving their car find it easy to switch to using public transportation. True or False?

13. Falls cannot be prevented for older people. True or False?

14. Only seniors are subject to scams and fraud. True or False?

15. Being isolated for a senior is as unhealthy as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. True or False?

16. For people with disabilities, there has been noticeable improvement in the physical environment, transit, sidewalks and building accessibility on the North Shore. True or False?

17. Sleep is not that important for the overall health of seniors. True or False?

18. There is no homelessness amongst seniors on the North Shore. True or False?

19. All seniors on the North Shore have sufficient pension or retirement savings to carry them through their retirement. True or False?

20. All seniors who work beyond 65 do this out of interest rather than for economic reasons. True or False?

21. Though information and action around emergency preparedness has improved, there is still a lot to be done to increase senior’s resiliency around negative climate impacts. True or False?

22. In extreme weather situations, seniors

Solutions can be found in the Wednesday January 25th issue.

Seniors columnist Margaret Coates’ annual quiz harks back to some of the issues local seniors have faced this year. GETTY IMAGES face no increased risk factors than do other age groups. True or False?

23. Programs and services on the North Shore are not keeping pace with the needs of older people. True or False?

24. Lifelong learning activities have little to offer for seniors. True or False?

Answer key: Statements 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24 are false. All other statements are true.

Hope you had a good time doing the quiz, and all the best for the new year.

Margaret Coates is the co-ordinator of Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. She has lived on the North Shore for 52 years and has worked for and with seniors for 27 of those years. Ideas for future columns are welcome – email lions_view@telus.net.

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Vancouver Coastal Health did not provide any recent occupancy data for Lions Gate Hospital or recent numbers of visits to the hospital’s ER. In November, the health authority reported a greater than usual number of children were showing up at the LGH ER and the North Shore’s Urgent and Primary Care Centre with respiratory illness. Most illness RSV has at that time was replaced caused by the flu. influenza as the Across the provmost commonly ince, six children detected virus. died of complications of the flu BCCDC in November and December.

Cases of flu have now peaked and are falling, according to BC’s Centre for Disease Control, but cases of RSV – another respiratory illness – have been increasing, particularly in children.

The pattern is particularly pronounced among children and teens in Vancouver, Richmond and the North Shore, according to the BCCDC where, “RSV has replaced influenza as the most commonly detected virus.”

COVID-19 infections have also been slowly increasing in the past two weeks.

According to data collected from the Lions Gate sewage plant on the North Shore, infection levels have been creeping up since just before Christmas, with amounts of the virus detected per litre of wastewater tripling in

that time frame, from 13,580 copies per litre on Dec. 24 to 46,880 copies per litre detected on Jan. 2.

Most recently, the latest subvariant of COVID-19, XBB.1.5 – also known as Kraken – has also been detected in B.C. The variant, which is rapidly becoming the dominant strain of the virus in the U.S., is believed to be more transmissible than Omicron and better able to slip past existing COVID-19 immunity. As of Jan. 4, 12 cases of Kraken had been detected in B.C., according to the BCCDC, but that was expected to grow.

Noting that the health-care system is approaching its fourth year of dealing with the pandemic, Dix urged those who have not yet had their booster doses of COVID-19 vaccination to get the shot.

Data from the BCCDC shows that among adults aged 18 to 49 on the North Shore, between 89 and 94 per cent have received two doses of the vaccine, but that number drops to between 55 and 64 per cent for third doses and to between 21 and 30 per cent for fourth doses. As of Jan. 4, only between 10 and 16 per cent of children under five on the North Shore had received two doses of vaccine while, among kids five to 11 years old, between 52 and 63 per cent had received two doses.

At the beginning of December, the Ministry of Health said 16 per cent of kids aged six months to four years old had received a flu vaccine in West Vancouver, while 22 per cent had received the jab in North Vancouver. Among children and teens aged five to 17, those flu vaccination rates were 20 per cent and 25 per cent respectively.

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DERBAN, Darrell Sept 8, 1929 − Dec 5, 2022

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A memorial service will be held at West Van Presbyterian Church, 2893 Marine Dr. at 1:00 pm on Saturday, February 4th.

Brooke Mitchell Brooke’s life was a blessing, his memory a treasure.

Very sadly missed by Beverley (Bo), Sean and Patrizia, Tamara and Gilberto.

Grandchildren Matteo, Marco, Isabella, Vancouver, and Brooke in Florida.

In Loving Memory FORSTER, Helen Jul 20, 1927 Jan 2, 2021

Missed and loved by family and friends, especially by her daughters, Diane and Troy.

Until we meet again.

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MITGES, Scott Matthew

Just a note of remembrance of an amazing son, friend and person, who we were blessed to have in our lives, by the name of Scott Matthew Mitges, who we lost way too soon, suddenly on January 15, 2021.

Scott’s friends made a YouTube tribute and it can be viewed by searching Scott Mitges Celebration of Life on YouTube.

Until we meet again in heaven.

Always Remembered and Loved

MEMORIAL SERVICES REMEMBERING RITA RIVE Please Join us for a Memorial Celebration Saturday, February 4, 2023 − 1:00 to 5:00 pm Seymour Golf Course 3723 Mount Seymour Parkway North Vancouver RSVP to Kate Gotto by January 23, 2023 cgotto@telus.net

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BAKER, Leona Marie ‘Nonie’ ‘Sacred Spotted Fawn Woman’ and ‘Woman who breaks hearts’ Sunrise: June 9, 1949 Sunset: January 1, 2023 With sadness we advise the passing of our dear elder Leona Marie Baker (nee: Hopkins) in Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, BC on New Year’s Day. Leona was affectionately known as ‘Nonie’.

She was born to her parents Mary Bertha Mowry (nee: Wallace) and Harry Hopkins on June 9, 1949.

She grew up in Darcy, Mount Currie, East Van, and Vancouver, BC. Nonie attended Black Creek Elementary, Elfinstone Elementary, Eric Hamber Secondary School, Lillooet Secondary School, and Kitsilano Secondary School. She took Family and Community Counselling; Drug and Alcohol Counselling; Addiction Support; and Group Facilitating with a focus on Indigenous Families through the Vancouver Native Education Centre with several cousins. She worked as a waitress for many years while raising a family and getting educated to help her community. After she retired, she volunteered as the resident elder for the Indigenous Residential School Society, and many of the prisons around Vancouver.

She raised her children on Xwemelch’stn, Capilano Indian Reserve No. 5 in West Vancouver. Nonie was the kindest soul; she was always willing to lend a helping hand and never looked down on anybody. She loved caring for her beautiful garden. Nonie was also part of the Sundance Families. She was spiritual and enjoyed attending powwows, healing ceremonies and gatherings. She was one of the first people who started the sweat lodges down Capilano. She will best be remembered for being loving, caring, supportive, and encouraging.

She is survived by her husband G. Wayne Baker; children Sean, Michael, Darcy; grandchildren Mike, Alexandra, Emily, Angelina; great grandchildren Sean, Selina, Zoey, Derek; sibilings Yvonne, Kathleen, Colleen, Lorna, Richard, Kika, Allan, Brian, Margaret, Jennifer, Kenny, Michelle; and many loving relatives and dear friends. A prayer service was held at on January 9, 2023. And a funeral service on January 10, 2023 at Chief Joe Mathias Centre, 100 Capilano Road, West Vancouver, BC, Online condolences can be found at www.dignitymemorial.ca, Livestream available at www.funeraweb.tv

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BOLTON, Edward (Ted) Robert It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Ted Bolton on Friday, December 2nd, 2022 at North Shore Hospice. Ted passed away peacefully at the age of 81.

Ted is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Josie and his two children, daughter Cathy, (son-in-law Lindsay) and son Steven, (daughter-in-law Lori).

Ted was a very proud Papa to his three cherished grandchildren Chelsea, Zachary and Brianne.

Ted was born in Pincher Creek, Alberta on July 18, 1941 and worked most of his career with Campbell Soup Company and Facelle Company. Later in life, Ted enjoyed getting out and interacting with customers at our family business, Speedbolt Printing, until his retirement.

Ted will be greatly missed by his friends and family.

No service or donations by request.

CAPLETTE, Doreen May January 09,1927 - December 28, 2022 It is with deep gratitude, Love and sadness, we announce the passing of our precious Mother, Sister, Auntie, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and dear friend of many.

Our beloved Matriarch passed away peacefully at home in the loving arms of her daughter. Predeceased by her loving son, Roderick James Caplette. Survived by loving daughters, Carol Hill (Terry), Norma Berrington (Nee) Kirby, Tobie Caplette, and son Harvey Kirby; sisters, Audrey Skoreyko and Alannah Wolrich (Ray); grandchildren, Dean Wiancko, Tammy Laflamme, Tom Goldstone, Rick Berrington, Mike Berrington, Michael Kirby, Carol-Lee Kirby, Travis Caplette, Jessica Genier. Eleven great-grandchildren and many loving nieces and nephews and dear friends she considered family.

In lieu of flowers, donations to World Vision, Animal rescue charities, Dementia research, or palliative care agencies would be greatly appreciated.

Forever in our hearts and treasured memories.

Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, March 26th at 1:00 p.m. at Hendersons Langley Funeral Home.

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BROMLEY, James David July 2, 1951 − January 4, 2023 David passed away peacefully on January 4, 2023, after a full life.

He is survived by his beloved wife of over 40 years, Kelly; children, Daniel (Kelly), Stephen (Carol), and Sean; and grandson, Liam.

David was born in Sudbury, Ontario, into a railroading family. His father’s job required them to change towns often − David started in Sudbury, then moved to North Bay, Toronto, Smiths Falls, Schreiber, Toronto (again), and finally, Vancouver.

Moving so often as a child was tough, but through his outgoing personality (and exceptional hockey abilities), David was able to make friends wherever he went.

Hockey remained a passion of David’s for his entire life. He not only played for as many teams as he could but also coached all his sons at various points. As a hockey coach, his spirited approach was an enduring influence on the hundreds of hockey players he coached over his lifetime. As his sons grew up, he was able to play with them as well, one of his great joys. In his later years, he was able to play on a team with all three of his sons, winning the NSWC Senior Men’s Championship in 2017.

He was also an avid golfer and curler, although he was disappointed that spitting on the curling sheet was frowned upon.

For his career, David attended BCIT and became an electrician. He worked for Bemister Electric and later for the School District of North Vancouver. He retired in 2016.

David was a frequent traveller, aided by his travel agent wife. Together they visited dozens of countries and every continent but Antarctica. Many of these trips had a hockey component. He played in multiple countries across North America, Europe and Asia, from Spain to Malaysia. He even briefly taught at a hockey school in Thailand.

David was a great husband and amazing father. His family misses him greatly.

The family would like to thank the wonderful staff at Parkview Residence for the care they provided for David for the past year.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer Society of BC. A celebration of life is scheduled for January 14 from 3−6 pm at the North Shore Winter Club, North Vancouver, BC.

ENGLER, Averil (nee Morisette) June 21, 1932 - December 23, 2022 Coranne Averil Engler was a long time resident of the North Vancouver, with both sides of her family settling here in the early 1920s. She is survived by four daughters: Pat Karam (Bob), Joanne Zander (Larry), Jacquie MacDonald (Larry), and Cheryl Sanderson (Tom); her brother Robert Morisette (Cora); as well as numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her partner, Robert Powell, and her daughters’ father, Ken Engler.

May her memory live on

HENNING, Rev Clifford (Cliff) Rev. Clifford (Cliff) Henning - born October 18, 1928 in Pretoria, South Africa - passed away peacefully on January 5, 2023 - surrounded by his beloved Family.

Cliff was the youngest son of Irene Emblyn Harvard and Alwyn Westley Adalbert Henning; and brother to Alwyn John Harvard (elder) and Reginald Remfry (middle). He is survived by his wife Ann - married on January 10th, 1959 - daughter Cheryl-Ann and son, Bryan and daughter-in-law Christine. Cliff was also a much-loved grandfather to Ben, Caitlyn and Connor.

Cliff and his family emigrated in September, 1974 from South Africa to North Vancouver, BC. He was the United Church Minister at North Lonsdale United Church and St. Stephen’s United Church in Vancouver. Apart from his Ministerial work at both North Lonsdale & St. Stephen’s United Churches, Cliff Henning was also the Hospital Chaplain at Lions Gate Hospital, and involved with numerous organizations related to Community outreach as well as Conference Committees for the United Church of Canada.

Rev Cliff Henning’s Celebration of Life will be held at 2 pm, January 11th at West Vancouver United Church.

GODARD, Don James Donald (Don) James Godard passed peacefully on December 31st, 2022, at Lions Gate Hospital, with his sons on either side of him, holding his hands.

He was a larger-than-life soul whose presence and positivity commanded the attention of every room.

To say his absence will be felt by many would not do justice to the legacy he leaves behind.

To know Don was to know a legend. Born on December 3rd, 1947, to Edward (Ted) and Helen (Morrow) Godard, in Sudbury, Ontario, he is survived by his loving wife of 48 years Marie; his two sons Mark (Heather) and Matthew (Mackenzie); and grand-daughters Holly and Lili.

He is also mourned by his sister Susan Kaukinen (David); niece Kerry (Christian); nephew John (Julia); and grandniece Mika. He is predeceased by his older brother Robert (Bobby). The names of the vast community of family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances who were in Don’s orbit are far too many to list.

Known for his infectious smile, his unwavering optimism and his ability to strike up a conversation with anyone who crossed his path, Don made a profound impact on everyone he met. He loved his family and friends fiercely and to him, there was little difference. The relationships he built are a testament to the kind of person, husband, father and friend he was. He will be missed, mourned and remembered by all of us.

A celebration of Don’s life will be held on January 15th at 2pm, at the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier in North Vancouver. Reception to follow. All are welcome. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made in Don’s name to the BC Cancer Foundation.

CLARK, Bryce Marion June 29, 1930 − January 5, 2023

MARAK, Peter Daniel September 19, 1966 − January 2, 2023

It is with profound sadness that the family of Bryce Clark announces her peaceful passing on January 5, 2023, at the age of 92. She was predeceased by her husband, Bob. Bryce is survived by her daughter Janis Mooney (Robert Finlayson); son Rob Clark (Tricia); grandchildren Colleen Mooney, Patrick Mooney (Marina), Laura Clark, and Thomas Clark; and great−grandchildren Cole Hart and Bella Mooney.

Bryce treasured her family and the many wonderful times spent at "Clark’s Resort" and on "Subject II." She loved to read and was an avid Scrabble player.

We will miss her.

No service by request. Donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Society.

Dan, a.k.a. Deli Dan. He was remarkably brave, independent and strong in his fight against cancer.

Many thanks to North Shore Palliative Care and Hospice and to his dear friends. Dan had a varied career, from small business owner to property management. He liked fishing, golfing, dancing and collecting Indigenous art and sports memorabilia.

He was a big hockey and football fan and enjoyed cheering with friends at the pub. Dan is survived by sisters Brenda, Barbara, and Lisa and nephew John. He’ll be sadly missed and fondly remembered. Dan loved cats. Donations to the BC SPCA in lieu of flowers.

His final resting place will be Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, private service.

The Family is extremely grateful to all the medical staff at both Lions Gate Hospital and the North Shore Hospice who provided Cliff with exceptional medical care ensuring he was also surrounded by continued peace and comfort. In lieu of flowers, the Family requests donations be sent in Rev. Clifford Henning’s name to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation for the advancement of their Spiritual Care Program.

More information about the live streaming of Rev. Cliff Henning’s Celebration of Life or to write a message of condolence to the family please visit www.mckenziefuneralservices.com

HEWAT, Robert A. February 17, 1937 − October 13, 2022 With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved husband and father, Bob Hewat. He is survived by Roberta, his loving wife of 61 years; daughters Jodi and Shelley; son−in−law Scott Lytle; and grandchildren Emily, Olivia and Kate.

Bob moved to BC in 1957 and lived in West Vancouver since 1965. His life revolved around his family, travel and sports, including football with UBC Thunderbirds, pitching softball on many North Shore teams, and curling and hockey (Old Goats) at the NSWC. His career centered on health insurance at Canada Life, Watson Wyatt, CU&C and Pacific Blue Cross.

Bob was kind, generous, and thoughtful, a devoted husband and a caring father and grandfather. He was known for his wry sense of humour and genuine interest in everyone. He made friends everywhere he went and will be missed by many.

In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations to be made in his memory to KidSport BC or St. Paul’s Foundation, Kidney Care Clinic (donate.helpstpauls.com/goto/BobHewat) A Celebration of Life will be held on July 10, 2023.

Please call 604−926−3548 for details.

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JOHNSTON, Tessa R.W. May 13, 1936 − December 9, 2022 Tess passed away peacefully at the Northshore Hospice on December 9, 2022, at the age of 86, after a short illness. She was predeceased by her husband of 51 years, Alan. She is mourned by her four children, Dean, Pat, Erin and Jay, and their spouses, Audrey, Kristin, Alec and Sarah; her ten grandchildren, Liam, Sam, Aiden, Jacob, Tessa, Quin, Elle, Bella, Sierra and Pine; and by her brother, Tim. Tess was born on the English coast in Kent. She grew up sailing out of the Royal Temple Yacht club in the now famous Ramsgate harbour. Ramsgate was a key small boat supply harbour during the second world war, and Tess told stories of riding her bicycle to school with her little wooden box on the back, which contained her gas mask.

After the war, Tess was off to London to complete her training in Occupational Therapy in 1955. She then moved to France, where she worked as an OT before deciding to leave Europe for a new adventure in Canada in 1959.

She quickly developed a network of friends upon arriving in Vancouver, began working at GF Strong and then met Alan, who she married in 1963. They raised four children in West Vancouver, with summers spent on the farm on Saltspring Island, where many memories were created with family and friends.

With four young kids at home, Tess decided to further her education, an uncommon choice back in the day. She began studying Art History in the evenings and weekends to qualify for entry to UBC, where she then pursued her Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation, earning her BSR(OT) in 1980. With the kids in school, she went back to work, having been out of the workforce for nearly 20 years. She practiced at Lions Gate Hospital for many years, Shaughnessy Hospital and then community care on the North Shore before retiring.

Tess and Alan moved their agricultural hobbies to Gambier Island’s Sea Ranch in 2005. There they made many new friends and spent summers and many winter weekends gardening, painting and working on the farm. Tess managed to spend part of this last summer there, much to the joy of the Sea Ranchers, who all loved her dearly.

In Lieu of flowers, please make donations to Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

Memorial Service: Friday, January 6, 2pm at West Vancouver Presbyterian Church, 2893 Marine Drive, West Vancouver.

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February 10, 1928 - December 28, 2022 Freddie Mathiesen (nee Beck) passed away peacefully in Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C. at the age of 94. She was predeceased by her parents Max and Bertha; husband Philip Snider in 1956; and then in 2015, by Svend, her husband for 57 years.

Freddie is survived by her five sons; Steve (Shelley), Brent, Gary (Jean), Kevan and Dane (Kelly); and six grandchildren; Shandra (Geoff), Sarah (Matt), Ryan, Taylor (Quinn), Hailey (Ian) and Clare.

Mom was curious, had a phenomenal memory and a lifelong love of reading and learning. She had a love for dogs, raising and nurturing many, including her beloved Shyla. It was her family that meant more to her than anything. Her love, respect and devotion leaves us with very close connections to each other. She will be truly missed by all of us but will stay in our hearts forever.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to LGH Foundation or the B.C. SPCA. A Celebration of Life will be held at The Wallace, #300 – 125 Victory Ship Way, Shipyards, North Vancouver, at 3 pm on February 10th, 2023 which would have been her 95th Birthday.

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RAY, Martin H. June 30, 1930 − January 1, 2023 Martin Hugo Ray passed away peacefully on New Year’s Day. Martin was born in Vancouver and grew up in Vancouver’s west side. He graduated from UBC and had a successful career in the insurance business.

Martin met his wife, Erica, in Vancouver, and they started a life together in a home they had built in Caulfield in West Vancouver. Martin was always drawn to West Van, in part because his father, Hugo Ray (an early Reeve in West Van), lived there and in part because this would bring him closer to the sea.

Martin contributed many volunteer hours with the Advisory Planning Commission in West Vancouver and for the West Vancouver Yacht Club, where he had been a member for decades before he even owned a boat.

Martin enjoyed many summers with his family in Belcarra, where his kids also found their love of the ocean. Eventually, Martin did get his sailboat which he sailed right into his eighties. Kalimera took him and his family all over the south coast, adding to Martin’s boat adventures which included yearly crewing duties for the annual Southern Straits race and circumnavigating Vancouver Island. Martin’s boat had to take a back seat when he and Erica bought their home on Hornby Island, where they enjoyed many wonderful years.

Martin is survived by his longtime and loving wife, Erica; his two children, Veronica (Doug) and Fraser (Kim); two grandchildren, Hayley and Taylor (Veronica); and by his sister−in−law, Jean Ray and her three kids and their partners and children.

Martin had a long and full life, and we will all cherish the good memories we have of him. We would like to thank all the staff at Inglewood Care Center for making Martin’s final years as comfortable as possible.

NOBLE, Leslie Susan March 15, 1957 - December 17, 2022

In lieu of flowers or gifts, please just take some time to be with the ones you love.

It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Leslie Noble (nee Henderson) of North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Happy Sailing, Dad. − Erica, Veronica, and Fraser Ray

Leslie will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 43 years, Brad, and her mother Dorothy Henderson.

Leslie will be sadly missed by brother, Craig (Candice) Henderson; nieces, Sofie and Ali Henderson; mother in-law Peggy Noble; sisters-inlaw, Lark and Tracy Noble; aunt, Shirley Steel; cousins Alan (Odile) Steel and Linda Steel; cousins, Lorraine (Bruce) Morrison and Jill (Richard) Pollard.

Leslie will also be sadly missed by her extended family and her many friends and former colleagues, especially Bob Hodgson.

Leslie was predeceased by (Jimmie) Henderson (1997) Arthur (Art) Noble (1993).

SEMPLE- Kerry Steven (aka- Terry, Pete, Vitter) October 31, 1951 - December 30, 2022

her father James and father-in-law

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Leslie’s name to The Heart and Stroke Foundation: heartandstroke.ca

Terry was caring, generous, fun loving with a huge heart who loved his Cariboo. He is predeceased by his parents John and Margaret; brothers Gordie and Dougie. He is survived by brothers Ricky (Sherrie), Tommy and Jimmy (Vanessa); sisters Linda (Ross), Leslie and Judy; sister-in-law Lil; 12 nieces and nephews, as well as great nieces and nephews. No service by request.

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THOMSON, Edna B. July 30, 1934 − December 26, 2022 It is with much sadness that we share the news that our dear mom has passed away. She will forever be lovingly remembered by her three children, Tony Bosley, Cori Wickes, and Michele Courtney, her grandchildren and great− grandchildren and her many loving family members and loyal friends. Edna was a lifelong learner, and her fierce and feisty spirit will live on in all who knew her. Edna’s happiest place was simply at home on Bowen Island with her dog Jamie, proudly surrounded by her family and close friends. In lieu of flowers, donations to the David Suzuki Foundation or the Bowen Island Conservancy would be greatly appreciated. A celebration of mom’s life will be held in the spring at the Thomson House, her beloved little cottage on Bowen Island.

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SCOTT, Russell James July 15, 1930 − December 1, 2022 With deep sadness, we announce the passing of Russell James Scott at the age of 92 in North Vancouver, BC. He is survived by his devoted wife June (nee Robson), loving children Kathryn (Barbara), Warren and Janet, and grandchildren Terence and Carl.

Russ was born in Port Arthur, Ontario. An inquisitive child, he shared happy stories of summers spent at camp on the shores of Lake Superior and winters spent skating on homemade ice rinks.

Russ attended Queens University (BA in English Literature) and taught in Ontario before joining Copp Clark Publishing Co. as an educational book representative in 1955.

Russ and June married in Fort William, Ontario, in June 1958 and settled in North Vancouver in 1961.

Russ was proud to be the editor of Sense & Feeling, an anthology used as a reader in all BC schools from the 1960s through the 1980s. Russ later worked in administration for the Vancouver School Board until he retired in 1995.

After retirement, Russ tended his vegetable garden, read many books, and travelled. As was his nature, he continued to learn and question, always ready to take up either side of a lively argument.

The family is grateful for the support and kindness of Dr. Natalia Roehlig and the staff at Sunrise Retirement Community of North Vancouver. Private memorial service to be held at a future date.

STEVENSON, Tracey James On December 25th, 2022, Tracey James Stevenson passed away peacefully at Creekstone Care Centre at the age of 63. Loving husband of Belinda Stevenson and treasured father of Wade Stevenson (Lauren). Cherished brother of Shelley Leaitch (Richard) and Charlie Stevenson (Mary).

Uncle to Aaron and Evan Mark, Sarah (Dan) and Ryan Leaitch (Angela), and Kerry Gilbertson (Calvin).

Tracey will be remembered for his love of everything outdoors. Moving to British Columbia from Ontario at the age of 25, Tracey took advantage of all of the nature BC has to offer. He loved spending time with friends at their family cabin outside of Princeton, hunting, fishing, and in his last years appreciated sitting outside or looking out of his window at the trees and wildlife. Tracey was always the first one to lend a hand to those who needed it and will be missed by all who knew him.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, January 28th at Northlands Golf Course from 1:00-4:30pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Alzheimer Society of BC in Tracey’s name.

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SHIELS, Barbara Joan (Brown) Born July 17th, 1936 in Calgary, Died October 14th, 2022 in North Vancouver.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Barbara Joan Shiels (Brown), age 86, b.

July 17th 1936 in Calgary, died October 14th, 2022 in North Vancouver.

While Barbara was studying to be an X-Ray Technician, she met Dave (1933-2012), a chemical engineer at a Kappa Sigma fraternity party in Calgary. They were soon after married in Edmonton on July 25th 1958, and remained married for 54 years. Employment opportunities led them to Mt. Vernon, St. Paul, Toronto, and Edmonton before settling in North Vancouver in 1976. Barbara and Dave later established and ran Comfort Classics, a retail store specializing in adaptive clothing for seniors. Barbara was an avid gardener, and also enjoyed hiking in forests, mountains, and lakes: Lake O’Hara in Banff, and Rice Lake in Lynn Valley in particular. She volunteered for Argyle Secondary School’s Theatre Department for many years; participating in fundraising for the school and to help the students to pursue their passions. Later she served for many years on the board of Vancouver’s Rumble Theatre. An avid reader and rare book collector of Canadian authors, she also studied Eastern philosophies and practised meditation.

She believed that learning music was the greatest gift to children and it remained a delight to her, especially in later stages of Alzheimer Disease. As the disease progressed, it was clear that familiar music became significantly more appreciated and meaningful to her. She is surely singing her favourites now, unrestrained from the shackles of disease and this mortality. Barbara is survived by her sister Brenda (Ray) Ellenwood of Toronto, her daughter Catherine (Lawrence), sons John (Linda), and Graham; as well by her now five grandsons: Malcolm, Ryan, Aidan, David, and Hudson born December 21st 2022, and her three nieces: Joanna, Lisa, and Claire.

A Celebration of Life was held at The Hollyburn Country Club in November, where memorable stories were shared with everyone in attendance virtually and in person. - Thank you. The support from extended family and Barbara’s closest friends was inspiring and much appreciated, as well as the tireless care she received at both Capilano Care Centre and Cedarview Lodge.

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STRONG, Gloria Frances Gloria Frances Strong (1934-2022) was named Gloria as she was born on Christmas eve, 1934. All of her life, she loved Christmas, its’ spiritual message and the celebrations with family and friends. Growing up in Montreal with her sisters, Diana and Glenda, she overcame challenging circumstances, including the impact on her family of the Depression and the Second World War. Gloria was well-served by her confidence, perseverance, and natural intelligence, becoming an accomplished and bilingual career woman in her 20’s. At 25, she married her life partner, the late Edward Wilkinson Strong, with whom she celebrated their 60th anniversary on June 29, 2020, shortly before Ed’s death.

Gloria lived on the North Shore for over 50 years, forming many lifelong friendships. After her children, Gregory, Lorna, and Derek entered university, she returned to work, first as an accountant for Hollyburn Properties, and then as a branch manager for Shaw Cable, retiring with Edward in 1998.

Throughout their marriage, they enjoyed entertaining, cycling, travel to Hawaii, Europe, and the Caribbean, and giving back to the community through volunteering, with Tourism Vancouver, Highlands United Church, and many other community organizations.

Gloria was always Involved and active, with a project on the go; she loved talking to people, held animated conversations, hosted amazing dinner parties, organized day trips with friends, and lent a hand wherever needed. Fashionable, lively, and fun, she was also exacting, a perfectionist.

Gloria took great pride in her children and grandchildren and became a doting grandmother to Gabrielle, Pascale, Wesley, Nolan, and Jessica, teaching them baking, multiplication tables and card games, supporting their sports and activities, and taking them on expeditions around Vancouver.

She shared her wisdom, wit and humour with them always. As they grew up, “Nana” actively followed their lives and careers.

Diagnosed with a number of health issues in her mid 80’s, she was undeterred, supporting her husband Ed until his death in 2020, and during all this, still had time to be a loving mother, grandmother, and friend. Through love and determination, although suffering greatly, Gloria celebrated her 88th birthday with a family dinner and then a last Christmas Day at her son’s home.

She will be greatly missed by her family, and her many friends, and all whose lives she touched. She is survived by her children and grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at Highlands United Church, North Vancouver, in early March, scheduled at a later date to allow family members from abroad to attend.

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VAN DE POLL, Johanna E. September 10, 1925 − December 29, 2022 Born September 10, 1925, in Batavia, Indonesia.

Died December 29, 2022, in West Vancouver, BC. VAN DE POLL, Johanna Emma (Ankie) passed away peacefully at her own home on December 29, 2022, at 11:29am, with her children at her bedside, extending and receiving love to the time of her passing. In the days leading up to her passing, she had special visits with her children, their spouses, and her grandchildren − which were opportunities to share stories and meaningful words. During these visits, she would gaze with the utmost love at us all.

Johanna was born in Batavia, Indonesia, on September 10, 1925. Her parents, Willem and Stephanie Sanger made Indonesia their home, and Johanna’s two siblings, Hans and Loes, were also born in Indonesia. Johanna’s father, Willem, passed away in 1927, and the family soon returned by boat to Arnhem, Netherlands.

Johanna met the love of her life, Gijsbert van de Poll, and they were married in 1951 in Arnhem. In the next several years, they nurtured their growing family before embarking on an Atlantic Ocean voyage in 1963 to make Canada their home, where dear family friends, the Gildersleeves, welcomed them with open arms.

Johanna was predeceased by her loving husband and devoted father, Gijsbert van de Poll (1980); her son, Stewart (2013); and daughter, Mariette (2017).

Johanna leaves behind her son, Maurice (wife Denise, children Taylor, Monika); daughter, Caroline (husband David, children Tristan, Shaun); daughter, Beatrice (Daryl, child Stephanie); son, Reinier (wife Sherri, children Tessa, Logan, Fraser); and extended family in The Netherlands, and friends.

We will miss so many things about our mom, our "Oma," our "Ankie." Her zest for life led her to be a competitive doubles tennis player. This zest has led her on many travels with family and friends to Europe, New Zealand, and Africa. This zest also led her to cheer on the same spirit in her children and grandchildren. She was so enthusiastic about all our adventures and accomplishments. Oma often said that nature is her church. She paused to admire and have her soul filled with the ocean, forests, gardens, and birds. She always was excited to anticipate spring bulbs.

Oma was a gamer as she shared moments with us on the scramble board and the backgammon board. Oma was a spectator as she cheered on her grandchildren’s soccer, hockey, and volleyball games, and she rarely missed a tennis grand slam event or a world soccer cup on TV. Oma was a storyteller as she told funny and heartfelt stories of her marriage, parenting, and her teenage years in Nazi−occupied Holland.

To write a condolence to the family, please go to www.mckenziefuneralservices.com. A Celebration of Life will be held in the near future for family and close friends.

WESTON, Gloria Jean August 14, 1930 - November 20, 2022 Gloria passed away peacefully in the early hours of November 20, 2022.

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She was predeceased by her husband, Albert Weston in 2019. Gloria was the youngest of 9 children born to John and Gertrude Byers. The Byers family were a close and loving family, and Gloria loved to tell stories of her growing up years and the shenanigans she and her siblings got up to. She is survived by her many nieces and nephews.

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Gloria lived a long and happy life. Together with Al, her best friend, they enjoyed sailing, Maui and spending time with their WV Yacht Club family. You could always count on Gloria to get involved and assist with various club activities.

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Gloria created a lovely home where she enjoyed entertaining family and friends. If you were lucky, you savored some of her Lemon Squares! When not out sailing or in Maui, Gloria could be found tending to her beautiful garden.

A Celebration of Gloria’s life will be held in the late Spring or Summer of 2023 when the weather is better. The Celebration will be held onboard the yacht, Oriana. Should you wish to attend please forward your email address to joanne@sagerllp.com and we will contact you once arrangements have been made.

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