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Pay parking soon to come into effect at Lynn Canyon Park MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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Following the success of a pilot program, pay parking will now be employed at Lynn Canyon Park, with implementation at Deep Cove Park, Panorama Park and Cates Park/Whey-ah-Wichen to follow.

At a meeting on Jan. 23, councillors commended the pilot, which ran at Lynn Canyon Park from May 2021 to October 2021 and from March 2022 to October 2022. All voted in favour that the program will be fully established in March this year, with plans for the remaining parks penned for sometime in 2024. In order to manage car parking demand at the Peters Road parking lot and the surrounding neighbourhood streets, the pilot saw a $3-an-hour parking fee put in place, alongside an extension of the maximum parking duration to four hours, from three. Parks planner Nicole Froth said paid parking was an incentive to encourage more turnover in parking spaces, and an encouragement to consider other transit options like walking, biking or ride-sharing. Continued on page 36

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Evicted for Airbnb, tenant says the system is failing BRENT RICHTER

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A West Vancouver landlord has been ordered to pay his former tenants more than $40,000 after evicting them from their rental home to put the property on short-term rental sites like Airbnb.

But Eric Limoges says the province and municipalities aren’t doing enough to protect renters from illegal evictions in the first place. Limoges and his family had rented a house on Taylor Way for about 10 years. The property was sold and, three days before Christmas 2021, they received an eviction

notice, informing them they had two months to vacate because the new owner intended to move in. Months after Limoges and his family packed up and moved to a new rental home in Delbrook, no one had moved in at his former residence, he said. When Limoges went to serve his former landlord, Heung

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West Van buys Jimmy Pattison’s waterfront home BRENT RICHTER

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The District of West Vancouver has purchased one of two remaining privately owned waterfront homes in Ambleside – part of a decades-long plan to buy all of the land between Ambleside Park and John Lawson Park for public use.

Mayor Mark Sager announced at the outset of Monday’s meeting that the district had acquired 1448 Argyle Ave. from its longtime owner, self-made magnate Jimmy Pattison. “I am delighted that we are that much closer to the completion of this waterfront park plan, something that has been welcomed and anticipated by the community and residents of West Vancouver for decades. I would also like to express my most sincere gratitude to my friend and longtime resident of West Vancouver, Jim Pattison, for helping to make this a reality,” Sager said in a release issued by the municipality during the council meeting. The district agreed to pay Pattison $5.18 million for the 4,295-square-foot property. The Argyle lot was assessed in 2022 at $5.45 million. The purchase was made possible by the sale of two district-owned lots on land that was once known as Brissenden Park in Upper Dundarave. Those two properties at 2523 and 2539 Rosebery Ave., sold for $2.59

West Vancouver council announced the purchase of 1448 Argyle Ave. – the former home of Vancouver business magnate Jimmy Pattison, Jan 23, 2023. Eventually, it will be converted to parkland. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN million each. The buyer: Jim Pattison Industries Ltd. The real estate deals are expected to close in August. In an interview, Pattison said he has no plans for the Rosebery properties – and, in fact, he hasn’t even seen them. “The answer is: I have no idea. I haven’t looked at what the house looks like,” he said. Told the two properties are

mostly treed and undeveloped, Pattison was unfazed. “That’s OK. If there’s trees, they’ll be fine,” he said. “I wanted to accommodate the municipality… They’re doing the right thing, in my opinion.” Pattison, 93, bought the Argyle property in about 1955, when he was still working as a salesman for a General Motors dealership in downtown Vancouver. When

he decided to go into business for himself in 1961, he used his equity in the home to get his first $40,000 loan. “The business did quite well when I got started so I never did have to sell the house,” he said. When his father became ill, he moved his parents into the Argyle home, and eventually Pattison settled in the British Properties. In more recent years, Pattison has

been using the home as a place to put up the captain of his yacht. The new green space opened up on Argyle Avenue will be renamed Brissenden Waterfront Park to honour the family that donated the land later sold to finance the waterfront acquisition. Pattison said he has very fond memories of his life on Argyle and he expects his old backyard to be well used and appreciated by the wider community. “Some of the best years of my life, and I’ve had a lot of good ones, were in that house,” he said. “That’ll certainly be positive for West Vancouver.” Only one of 32 original privately owned properties remains, at 1444 Argyle Ave. In his remarks to council, Sager said the district’s plans to purchase the waterfront weren’t always popular, dating back to his early days on council in the ’90s, but he added it was the right thing to do. “We wore a lot of scars because there were plenty of people in the community who thought we shouldn’t acquire those homes but I’m very, very happy that councils stood firm over all of the years and all the different people involved, and took every opportunity to acquire the homes,” he said. Acquiring the last of the properties is one of the components of the 2016 Ambleside Waterfront Concept Plan, which seeks to revitalize the area.

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St. Andrews Avenue residents call for AAA local street bikeway BRENT RICHTER

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Almost six months after the City of North Vancouver’s traffic calming measures and uphill bike lane were installed on St. Andrews Avenue, some residents on the corridor say it’s time to send the project back to the drawing board.

In an effort to slow down vehicle traffic between 13th Street and Keith Road, the city made St. Andrews narrower by moving the northbound parking lane into the street, and used the extra curb space for an uphill mobility lane.

But, neighbours and drivers have found the changes confusing, and possibly counterproductive, with poor sight lines near intersections. St. Andrews area residents Dennis Hilton and Bradley Hodson, who owns the commercial heritage building at the corner of Eighth and St. Andrews, expressed their concerns at a Jan. 16 council meeting in their pitch for a redesign. Anecdotally, it doesn’t appear the changes have had the intended effect of slowing down drivers, they added. “Drivers have adjusted their driving behaviour to suit the conditions so speeds remain the same,” Hodson said.

Hodson and Hilton said they’d like to see the city designate St. Andrews as a AAA local street bikeway (meaning it is designed to be safe and feel comfortable for people of all ages and abilities) with parking restored to the curbside. Typically a local bikeway involves having physical traffic calming elements to slow down drivers or dissuade them from choosing that route. Hilton and Hodson, though, specified they didn’t want to see any barriers put up and suggested instead that the city control driver speed with more four-way stops and speed humps. Any potential changes should first come to area residents before going to council for a

final decision, Hodson and Hilton added. “It’s important to note that we are not resisting change based on our personal experiences of the changes. We are resisting the design,” Hilton said. According to city staff, public consultations on potential changes to St. Andrews will start near the end of January with one-on-one and small group meetings followed by a wider online engagement process in February. Coun. Shervin Shahriari expressed hope that the next iteration of the traffic calming on St. Andrews would be agreed to by residents petitioning for change but also cautioned that everyone may have to compromise.

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This graphic shows the percentage change in average assessed value of detached homes and condos in West Van neighbourhoods between July 1, 2021 and July 1, 2022. The data came from Landcor Data Corp. based on BC Assessment values. GRAPHIC BIRGIT BRUNNER / NSN

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Property assessment changes vary by neighbourhood JANE SEYD

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What a difference a year makes.

In January 2022, homeowners were gasping at assessed values of property in some North Shore neighbourhoods that had risen by 30 and even 40 per cent in one turn of the calendar. This year, not so much. Assessed values are still up – by an average of 6.6 per cent for single-family homes and close to 10 per cent for condos. But even digging into the numbers for which neighbourhoods are up more or less than “average” shows far fewer over-the-top differences compared to last year. Among single-family homes, the neighbourhoods with the biggest increases were up between 10 and 14 per cent this year. They included Fromme [Braemar/Upper Lynn], Lynn Valley, Deep Cove, Dollarton, Hamilton North and new homes in Tempe Heights in North Vancouver. In West Vancouver, the same kinds of increases were evident in the eastern part of the British Properties, with Altamont just below that. Perhaps not surprisingly, single-family homes in areas that saw stratospheric increases in assessed value last year were among the neighbourhoods with the smaller increases this year. They included Grouse Woods, Delbrook, Capilano and Lower Lonsdale in North Vancouver which all clocked in with increases under five per cent and Lynnmour, where assessed values even decreased. Similarly in West Vancouver, areas where detached homes saw the smallest changes included Cedardale, Caulfeild and some parts of Ambleside, with the latter two decreasing in value. Assessed values of condos were up more than detached homes in most neighbourhoods, including Lynn Valley, Dollarton, Seymour Heights and Lonsdale – where

assessed values were up between 10 and 14 per cent. Real estate agents have pointed out some of those changes are a result of new condos being sold that are generally more expensive than older units. One extreme example in that category was Horseshoe Bay, where high-end condos in the new waterfront development on the former Sewell’s property meant the number of condos in the neighbourhood catapulted from 23 in 2021 to 179 in 2022 and “average” values more than doubled – from $929,000 in July 2021 to almost $2 million in July 2022. But real estate agents also caution that assessed values as of the snapshot in July 2022 may have little to do with values of properties now, six months later. While the first half of 2022 started off with a strong real estate market, by the second quarter of last year, that had already peaked and was rapidly falling. “The market was just starting to slow down July 1,” said Calvin Lindberg, an agent with Angell, Hasman & Associates in West Vancouver. As interest rates rose sharply, “we had a couple of months where they were probably the slowest months in 10 years,” said Lindberg. That trend continues. Assessed values have never been an exact science, Lindberg said. “Assessed values have always struggled to be able to peg where the value is. I very seldom pull out the assessed value. They’re always behind.” Sometimes very specific factors can influence value – like whether a property looks out on to the inner harbour to out to the ocean, which commands a higher value – even if those houses are on the same street. Properties that are closer to central amenities also tend to have higher assessed values than properties that are farther out. And some, like Edgemont Village, are just perennially popular, Lindberg said.

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West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager and four councillors who ran as a slate supporting him have each been slapped with administrative fines for not strictly following rules about election advertising in the October civic election. Sager was fined $200 by Elections B.C. for the infraction under the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, while re-elected councillors Sharon Thompson and Peter Lambur were fined $150 each. New councillors Scott Snider and Linda Watt were each fined $100. All of the fines are related to the same election material, which included about 20,000 flyers, 600 brochures and 100 “door hangers” promoting the candidates as a slate. The material was distributed without a statement identifying the candidates’ financial agent and a phone number or email contact, as required under the act. A digital ad was also up for about two weeks before the error was identified, according to Elections B.C. Elections B.C. noted it received a complaint about the material Oct. 7, and that Sager and the other councillors called Elections B.C. to report their own mistake four days

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all it insult to injury. We bring you the story this week of a North Shore renter whose family was evicted from their long-term home so the landlord could put the property on Airbnb. Eric Limoges’s ordeal reveals numerous gaps in the system meant to protect renters. For those experiencing the housing crisis, short-term rentals are an unwelcome guest. They take homes that could be rented to local workers and put them out of reach. They are the commodification of housing at its worst. Obviously, we’d prefer to not be so reliant on the secondary market to supply rental homes but we went about four decades with almost no new purpose-built rentals coming onto the market. Short-term rentals aren’t permitted on the North Shore, but municipalities rarely hand out fines, paltry as they are. It’s incumbent

on the province to make enforcement easier. There is also a glaring disparity between the number of homes listed on Airbnb and Vrbo and the number of property owners facing the Speculation and Vacancy Tax, suggesting short-term rental hosts are being dishonest in their declarations. Next month, District of North Van council may vote to pursue a scheme of legalization and regulation for short-term rentals. It may actually help with enforcement but it could also woo in more potential hosts looking for short-term gains. With tourism coming back to pre-pandemic levels, the incentive to turf long-term tenants in favour of vacationers is only becoming stronger. If our council members and MLAs knew what it was to lose sleep over finding a place to rent in their own community, we believe they’d be a little more cautious about rolling out the welcome mat.

Lions Gate Bridge traffic is really not all that bad KIRK LAPOINTE

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When I told people last year I was moving to West Vancouver, one by one they had the same reaction that combined sympathy, well-wishing and foreboding, amounting to: “You’re going to have to deal with the bridge.”

I suspect the way they perceived “the bridge” was the way they perceived shingles or an infestation of ticks. Their message was that I might as well forget about ever being on time or commuting reliably, that I’d miss dinners and appointments and soon bear considerable regret for ever going “over there.” To them, it was as if I were switching political alliance or choosing a new hockey team to like. My message to them today nearly a year into the exercise is that they can dial it back. The Lions Gate Bridge is not nearly the challenge I imagine it once was. Endless gridlock is an ancient, phantom menace. It can be an opportunity for reflection inside a vehicle, helpful if you’re eager to get through an audiobook a little more efficiently, but mostly it moves. Only when the

bridge is the scene of a fender bender or a stall or a more serious emergency matter is it stifled. The pandemic hasn’t been good for many things, but for the North Shore and Lions Gate it has been a relief – as in about a 10 per cent decline in daily traffic. Pre-COVID-19 in 2019, the annual average traffic was 61,970 weekdays and 54,307 on weekends. When the pandemic hit in 2020, weekday traffic was slashed to 30,609 in April from 60,700 in February. It has been gradually restoring since then, but only nominally in recent times. The 2022 averages were 54,271 weekdays (about what it was on weekends in 2020) and 49,265 on weekends. (There is an historic bump of a couple of thousand each day in summer months.) What that suggests is that some of us have agency and flexibility to work from home. Public transit numbers across the region haven’t yet returned to pre-pandemic levels, either, so there is evidence that companies are accommodating those demands. Rising inflation has made it more difficult to attract workers to come here and more expensive to hire workers for

here, so perhaps the traffic decline also reflects the labour shortage. What I wondered, though, is who makes the call about the direction of the three lanes and which direction gets two of them. How much is manually done and how much is automated? I connected with a senior official with the provincial transit ministry to understand the oversight of this and other bridges by the contracted firm, Miller Capilano Highway Services Ltd. The Traffic Management Centre in Coquitlam has a set of local operations teams, one of which monitors the 46 cameras that span the Lions Gate and its feeder networks. The system is backed up at either end of the bridge. At any given moment, across all three work shifts in the day, there is one person with eyes on nothing but those cameras, evaluating the gathering of traffic at the north or south ends. An important part of the teamwork now involves alerting drivers through social media of any serious problems. There is a common pattern of 6-9:30 a.m. with two southbound lanes and a 3-7 p.m.

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Your editorial of Jan. 18 entitled Asphalt Politics needs a rethink. The North Shore is the only region in Metro Vancouver to have no new bridges built to reflect current needs. Richmond had a number of new water crossings built, Surrey/Delta/Langley have had the Alex Fraser Bridge, a new Port Mann, and a replacement for the Pattullo. Pitt Meadows/Maple Ridge used to be served by a two-lane bridge, they now have two new bridges with 14 lanes. Here on the North Shore, we still have the same nine lanes on two bridges we had 65 years ago! This despite the tremendous growth on the North Shore, Sunshine Coast and the Sea to Sky corridor. Rapid transit will never meet our needs or be efficient as our population is spread out and all the goods and services for these areas as well as most of Vancouver Island need to come through here. Buses are a good transportation solution but to be effective they need to move around without bottlenecks. Your comment about a new bridge just moving traffic down to the tunnel is not accurate. The tunnel was designed with seven lanes at the south end of the bridge to accept traffic. Speaking of design, when I was mayor [of West Vancouver, for two terms, stepping down in 2018], I had detailed blueprints in my office done in 1992 by the province for a new eight- or 10-lane bridge to enlarge or replace the Second Narrows, as they had already identified the need. We have to face reality and plan to address our old and inadequate bridges. People need to get to and from the North Shore with minimal delays. Ambulances need to get people to cardiac centres like St. Paul’s. Tradespeople and those that work here should not have a commuting nightmare. It is time the North Shore received the political attention for transportation that other areas have enjoyed.

Michael Smith West Vancouver

Dear Editor:

I’m responding to your editorial regarding a new bridge to the North Shore. I’ve lived on the North Shore since 1962 and other than the new Upper Levels in 1973, have witnessed the shrinking of roadways while traffic volume has increased at least 20 times. The challenge we face is how to provide for traffic that is passing through either to the ferries or Sea to Sky country. A ring road like the M25 in London or the 101 in Phoenix provides an option to avoid the urban areas. This suggests a connection from Burnaby across Indian Arm and north of populated

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areas with exits to West Vancouver and then to Britannia Beach. The cost of this corridor may make a third crossing look more viable. The usual response of our elected officials is to take transit or ride a scooter or bicycle. Our topography and demography does not allow walking and biking as a viable option and transit is an exercise of vehicles going where you don’t want to go, travel when you don’t want to go and force you to share space with people you don’t know. There is no easy answer but there have been enough studies in the past that all point to a third crossing as an inevitability. Let’s get going.

Tim Earle North Vancouver

Dear Editor:

You comments were bang on in that a new bridge will only move the traffic problem to the Cassiar Tunnel. It seem common sensical that a rapid transit, a LRT or Canada Line type of train connecting to the existing subway lines is the only real solution to getting workers who live up the valley, on and off the North Shore.

Alasdair Douglas District of North Vancouver

FIRE VICTIM ‘FOREVER GRATEFUL’ FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES

Dear Editor:

Re: Families Displaced by North Van Apartment Fires Still Searching for Housing, Jan. 13 news story. As one of the people affected by one of the fires you’re reporting on, I would like to weigh in. It was a terrifying thing to see those flames coming out the roof of the building on East 12th so early in the morning, especially for those living closest to the fire zone. I must admit I prayed that the firefighters would excel at keeping the fire contained to the area where it was involved and not on my side of the building, and I’m forever grateful for that. Yet my heart aches for those directly affected by the fire and hope their losses aren’t too great to recover from. I have been one of the fortunate who was able to secure a new apartment, albeit smaller and more expensive. It was pure luck to happen to drive by the building and see a “For Rent” sign. I still shake my head in amazement that had I taken a different route, I might very well still be homeless. I thank my parents for taking me in. To the firefighters, I offer my sincere thanks for their heroic efforts, and to North Shore Emergency Management for their generous support and kindness the last few weeks. Both these groups are dedicated to what they do and do it exceedingly well. Please forgive me for saying: I hope we never have to meet again. I’m sure you understand.

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January 25th, 2023

Building bridges – one trip at a time Experience has taught me over the years that at the core of positive change is relationship. Relationships driven by good will, integrity, shared values and common goals can move mountains. This was very much on my mind last week while in Japan at the head of a trade mission featuring sixteen Canadian companies and organizations - including Indigenous businesses and representatives - all seeking to leverage Canada’s competitive advantage in the natural resource sector with a focus on clean energy. Canada’s abundance of natural resources is only a global competitive advantage for our country if we have strong and diverse export markets. Challenging global politics and the clean energy transition mean there has never been more demand for Canada’s resources – particularly given our labour and environmental standards. Canada aims to be the clean energy and technology supplier of choice in a net-zero world. In that context, significant opportunities exist in the Indo-Pacific region for Canada to expand trade and investment. Those opportunities are particularly promising in Japan. The possibilities we explored in Japan can provide jobs and enhanced prosperity in a low carbon economy that works for all Canadians – an economy that maximizes ultra-low carbon hydrogen, critical minerals, LNG tied directly to the displacement of heavier hydrocarbons, and more. Part of my job as Minister of Natural Resources – one that I very much enjoy - is the non-flashy, long-term investment in building solid working relationships with Canada’s trading partners. Having previously conducted business in Japan as a clean tech executive, I can attest to the importance of building meaningful, respectful relationships with Japanese partners in ensuring long-term, mutually beneficial business dealings. Indigenous opportunities Last week’s trade mission also presented the opportunity to strengthen

relationships between Japanese investors and businesses and Canada’s Indigenous business sector. Representatives of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations were among members of the trade mission, as were representatives of the Metis National Council. These folks were successful in efforts to enhance understanding amongst Japanese investors that partnering with Indigenous communities on major resources projects offers opportunities rather than barriers. They showcased how Indigenous partnerships can add value with respect to supporting companies’ Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives. Strategic focus Canada’s overarching economic and environmental strategy is very much focused on business-to-business and government-to-government outreach to long-standing allies and trading partners who share our country’s democratic and environmental values. Canada has an abundance of existing natural and human assets that make our value proposition highly competitive on a global scale as we tell our story internationally, including - Diverse and abundant relevant natural resources; - An educated and skilled workforce; - Strong and growing energy and clean technology sectors; - Robust regulatory and legal systems; - Trade agreements with most of the major economies in the world; and - World-leading ESG standards. Last week’s trade mission to Japan was another incremental step in Canada’s 21st century journey. That journey is about building an economy that will work for everyone - very much including the many thousands of Canadian energy workers whose skills and work ethic will help shape our success. It’s about a national effort to pass on an environment and an economy that will ensure that our children - and their children - flourish for decades to come.

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TRANSIT TROUBLE

Parents in West Van call for return of UBC express bus Aggrieved parents of students at the University of British Columbia continue to urge TransLink to return its suspended 258 express bus, with hundreds signing an online petition in support.

The 40-minute bus linking North and West Vancouver to the campus was suspended in 2021 amid the pandemic, meaning students had to resort to a journey involving a bus transfer downtown when classes resumed. “These kids are coming home at 8 p.m. at night, five days a week,” said Theodore Malapanis, whose daughter buses to the Point Grey campus each day from their home in West Vancouver. Malapanis said the journey offered as an alternative by TransLink relies heavily on the buses running perfectly on time, a rare occurrence. “Now this commute has been blown out to more than an hour, most of the time about an hour and a half, so that ends up being about three hours of these kids just sitting on the bus,” he said.

“It’s ludicrous. It takes away from them, and doesn’t leave them time to do anything at the end of their day, let alone study.” As a result, Malapanis said parents are feeling the pressure to purchase cars for their children, which brings about issues in itself. Extra vehicles commuting across the bridge would only worsen an already dire traffic crisis. Teenage students would be facing hefty car insurance costs, and there’s also the matter of heightened contribution to Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, he said. “So now it’s either we all buy our kids cars and block the bridge and pollute the environment, or we find a way that we can utilize the transport system in a way that is efficient for them.” Malapanis’ wife, Tania, said there is a misconception that all who live in West Vancouver are affluent, adding that purchasing a car might not even be feasible for some families. “What people fail to realize is that there are a lot of renters – like mothers with single kids who are going to UBC – that

live in basement suites in West Vancouver, who are paying high rent and can’t afford to buy their kids cars,” she said. “Tie that in with the housing crisis at UBC and these kids have no other option but to commute.” A spokeswoman from UBC said, as part of the university’s long-standing commitment to sustainability through research, education, and innovative programs, it “supports initiatives that promote sustainability and help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions” on their campuses and in the region. “This includes improvements to transit service that support UBC students, faculty and staff in making sustainable commutes to campus,” she said. The petition, put together by Malapanis this month and the second of its kind, has amassed more than 700 signatures and is already garnering support from local leaders. West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager is following in his predecessor’s footsteps – former mayor Mary-Ann Booth publicly championed the return of the express bus – and is rallying

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alongside parents and students in requesting TransLink to reinstate the service. “I’m very grateful to all of the people who are taking the time to support this. I completely agree with them in that I very, very much want to see a return of that route,” he said. “We lost it during COVID-19 and that was reasonable, but it’s a vital link for our community that needs to come back.” Much of the holdup is down to “realigning equipment, staffing and budgets,” he said. “TransLink, understandably, took a real hit during COVID-19 with the reduction in revenue. I understand why they had to do it at the time, and now it’s just a matter of how quickly we can get the equipment rolling and get the route back.” A spokesperson from Translink said the current service from West Vancouver to UBC is “within roughly six to 12 minutes of travel time” compared to the service previously provided by Route 258. “Routes 250 and 44 are convenient and frequent options for customers and require only one transfer between West Vancouver

and UBC. TransLink has increased service on Route 44 to provide more options for customers making the transfer from Route 250.” The spokesperson said the challenge with express services like Route 258 is that they are mostly used by customers in only one direction, while ridership is zero in the other direction. “For example, buses on Route 258 would often carry passengers to or from UBC and then be empty for the return trip. In 2019, Route 258 was one of the least used routes on the North Shore, serving only 90 customers on an average fall weekday,” the spokesperson said. “We can serve more passengers by reallocating that service onto other routes that have high ridership in both directions, like routes 44, 250, and 253.” The spokesperson said Translink adjusts its service every quarter based on ridership, demand, and feedback from customers. 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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When Sebastian Wolfe gets into the ring, he has more than just winning a match in mind.

As a proud member of the Pasqua First Nation in Saskatchewan, the professional wrestler views the squared circle as a place to raise awareness of Indigenous history, culture and issues as much as one to wipe out competition. Preceding most matches, Wolfe will make his entrance swathed in his nation’s flag, and his wrestling boots, adorned with red handprints on each side, are a small but mighty nod to his solidarity with missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across North America. “Being Indigenous is definitely something I am very proud of,” said the North Vancouver-born bruiser. “It is important to me to try to help put a spotlight on my nation and our people in general across the country, and some of the issues we face.” Just this month, those small crimson handprints were put in front of the eyes of thousands as Wolfe made his All Elite Wrestling debut – his first big milestone on what is no doubt expected to be a long and illustrious career. In the wrestling world, AEW sits high in the ranks, only beaten in size by American pro wrestling giant WWE. It has two national television shows that air every week on The Sports Network and a weekly YouTube series AEW Dark,

Sebastian Wolfe made his AEW debut on Jan. 10, during an episode of YouTube series AEW Dark. FRANNY C which Wolfe appeared on during its Jan. 10 episode. Both are filmed in Portland, Ore., in front of mass crowds and some of the industry’s most notable names. “To get an opportunity like that on such a major stage, it was pretty surprising,” he said. The match had been a Trios, a three-versus-three, against Matt Hardy – notorious WWE alumni and the nucleus to one of the industry’s greatest tag teams, The Hardy Boyz. With Wolfe only waiting in the wings as an “extra” on that day, there had been no guarantee he would actually take to the ring,

and so to be called up – in a match against one of his childhood idols no less – was a sweet, serendipitous moment, he said. “[Hardy] is actually somebody I’ve been watching for over 25 years on TV, so to get a match with a company like this, in front of an audience like that, with somebody of that caliber, it was very surreal.” Wolfe’s infatuation with the sport began in his preschool years when his nana, babysitting from her home in Lower Lonsdale, would have WWE blaring from the small screen. It embedded a seed that would continue to sprout as

he moved with his family back to Saskatchewan shortly after, and again still when he returned to North Vancouver, attending Sutherland Secondary, over a decade later. “She was a huge fan. I had no choice,” he laughed. “I was just captured by it instantly, and as I grew older I kept loving it. I knew it was something I had to pursue.” Still, Wolfe, now in Vancouver, began his wrestling career much later than what would be expected for a man of his success. After dabbling in fitness instructing and various trades in his 20s, it wasn’t

until an opportunity came up at the Lions Gate Dojo in Surrey, a training gym he credits as being “one of the best in the country,” that the ball truly began rolling. The Cree wrestler had his first match in 2018. Now, just five years later and age 33, he is being recognized by one of the industry’s largest promotions. While he is yet to be contracted by AEW, the acknowledgment is enough of a career milestone in itself – one likely to set the tone for future opportunities to come. “This is a foot in the door with the company. They know your name, they know who you are, and that’s what everybody wants to work towards.” Wolfe said he hopes his recent feats are an example of what can be achieved with hard work and determination – especially for those within his own community. He is not oblivious to his mushrooming following, he said, and hopes to harness that fame to influence and educate wherever possible. “I’ve talked to my chief and friends and family, and I know that there are younger people who know me and follow me,” he said. “That is definitely something that I’m proud of, and I don’t take it lightly. I just hope that as my name grows, and I get more exposure, the light can shine even brighter on certain issues and other kids can realize that this is just as possible for them.” 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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HOCKEY HOMECOMING

Wolf Pack ready to celebrate 15 years with alumni game ANDY PREST

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The North Van Wolf Pack will honour all of their alumni at a game Saturday, Jan. 28, and they’re hoping that connections made then will help restore some team glory that was lost during the trying times of the COVID cancellations.

The PJHL junior B team is planning to unveil a board listing every single staff member We’d like or player to honour who played them and at least 10 give them games with a chance the team to kind of since its formation 15 rekindle years ago. some of All in all, those there will be connections. hundreds TEAM GM AND CEO of names DEAN SAMSON going up on the wall, and the club is hoping that many of them will be in attendance to enjoy the alumni atmosphere. “We’d like to honour them and

Lucas Barker of the North Van Wolf Pack slides a pass to Justin Lee in a PJHL playoff game against the Grandview Steelers in 2019. The Pack went on to win a PJHL title that year. The team will honour all of the alumni in their 15-year history at a game on Saturday, Jan. 28. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN give them a chance to kind of rekindle some of those connections,” said team GM and CEO Dean Samson. “It’s kind of interesting for me to look through the

names and go, ‘Holy smoke – I remember how important this kid was to the team, or what a nice kid this was, or how much the parents helped.’ From my

point of view, you just go from one season to the next and you kind of forget it.” The upcoming alumni game, however, will be a chance to

remember it all. Samson has been there from the start, founding the team in 2008 in Squamish with his son Matt Samson, who served as coach and GM. There were some rough patches as they got going in Squamish – “we didn’t really know what we were doing,” Dean Samson joked – but the community supported the team well. “The fans there were good. They were really good,” Samson said. “You got that small town feel there where they really supported junior hockey.” But a number of factors – including a lack of big-name sponsors in Squamish as well as the difficulty of travel up the old Sea to Sky Highway – forced the team to move to North Vancouver in 2011. It was tough to say goodbye to Squamish, said Samson, but the Wolf Pack really took off once they set up shop on the North Shore. Their point total went up every year after the move until they scored a league regular season title and playoff championship in the 2014-15 season. The team won the league and playoff championship double Continued on page 15

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Continued from page 14 again in the 2018-19 season, and they set a new standard for the league in 2019-20 when they won 40 of their 44 regular season games, a new PJHL record that will be very hard to break. Their dream season, however, ended abruptly when the COVID-19 crisis hit, cancelling the 2020 playoffs. The next few years were filled with stops and starts and cancellations, and it’s been a struggle to get The hardest part the whole the program back to those lofty time was the heights. start of this “Every year it’s year, because a little bit harder, especially after we were COVID, because so used to we lost some winning. continuity with TEAM CEO AND GM the veteran playDEAN SAMSON ers because they had aged out with no real season,” said Samson. “We had to kind of restart that culture again.” Part of that change included the departure of Matt as head coach and GM. He still plays a role in the operation of the club, but his main focus now is as the general manager of the Vancouver NW Hawks BCEHL program, and head coach of that club’s U18 AAA team. Michael Borrelli, a Wolf Pack assistant coach last year, bumped up to the head coaching

role this season. A low point in the history of the franchise came at the start of this year when the team lost 10 of their first 11 games, said Dean Samson. “The hardest part the whole time was the start of this year, because we were so used to winning,” he said. “That was really hard.” But the team has turned it around since then and now holds a winning record of 20-16-2-1 and are challenging for a playoff spot, quite a feat considering the start they had. Alumni members who are expected to be in attendance Jan. 28 include Garrett Woodside, the first captain following the move to North Van, as well as Lucas Barker, the captain of the team that put together the record-setting 40-win season. Nathan Haaksma will also be there, another member of the 40-win team who is now an assistant coach with the club. Samson noted several other impact players over the years, including twins Dylan and Spencer Quon – Spencer still holds the club record for career points – and Dominic Davis, who set the team record for goals in a season with 42. Samson, in fact, reeled off a long list of memorable players over the years, far too long to print. But he’s hoping to see many of them in person at the alumni game. The game against the Langley Trappers is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 28, at 6:45 p.m. at Harry Jerome Arena.

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West Van expands scope of new $9.5M track and field NICK LABA

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An extensively planned-for and fundraised project to replace the ailing track and field area at West Vancouver Secondary School is facing big delays.

District council has voted unanimously to expand the scope of the plan for West Vancouver Place for Sport to include additional amenities to the $9.5-million project – a price tag estimated in March of last year. The vote was held Jan. 16 behind closed doors and made public Jan. 19. The most recent project scope didn’t include new washrooms, change facilities, or public viewing areas – the new track would only be four lanes wide. Now, an expanded project scope includes a six- or eight-lane track and a lighted turf field as well as those other amenities. With the expanded scope, completion of the long-awaited project is being pushed back years into the future. It’s still too early to provide a timeline, said district spokesperson Donna Powers. “Much will depend on what the outcome of the feasibility of the expanded scope is. After that work is complete, we will do a cost estimate on the new scope. Funding will also be a determining factor,” she said via email. “Hypothetically, if the funding is in place and there are no obstacles to construction and a contractor can be secured in a timely manner, the very earliest construction start

A plan to replace the track and grass field at West Vancouver Secondary School has been in the works since 2011. DISTRICT OF WEST VANCOUVER

date would be 2024,” Powers added. “No construction has started.” After years of fundraising work under previous council, cheers of being at the finish line went out last January. After five years of collecting cash from nearly 400 donors, construction was set to start last year. Fast forward to 2023, and council said the next steps – to develop the expanded project scope and get cost estimates – should be

completed by May. The district has allocated $80,000 for this work. West Vancouver has the opportunity to create a spectacular legacy for the community, and we need to reassess and reimagine what this facility can be,” Mayor Mark Sager said in a statement. “Council has unanimously voted to explore an expanded scope for the project through a new feasibility study so that we

can invest in and build for the future in the best possible way,” he said. “We want to be able to welcome track meets and other sporting events, which translates to the need for a versatile, six-lane track with changerooms, washrooms, and viewing areas that will be open and accessible to everyone.” “It is a big project, and one that needs to be addressed in a thoughtful way as we look to support the athletes and champions of tomorrow,” Sager continued. On behalf of the West Vancouver Board of Education, chair Carolyn Broady said the board is thrilled with Sager’s vision for the future of sport in the district. “With this new design we have a firstclass legacy project which will serve our community for decades to come,” she said. While located on school district land, the Ministry of Education doesn’t fund sports fields. To date, funding for the project has been committed by the district, West Vancouver Schools, fundraising and private donations. The district said that council will continue to seek other sources of funding to complete the project. “Once funding is secured for this project, additional community information meetings will be held,” reads a statement. Dubbed the Harry Jerome Oval, the new track is supposed to honour the late great athlete.

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North Shore to receive $1.8M for youth support

West Van billionaire Frank Giustra settles Twitter defamation suit

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North Shore communities will receive about $1.8 million from the federal government over the next three years to create programs that will help steer youth away from crime.

Burnaby-North Seymour MP Terry Beech announced the funding Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Parkgate Community Centre’s youth drop-in in North Vancouver. “Tragically our community has not been immune from criminal activity in the District of North Vancouver. And, you know, there is no single silver bullet to crime prevention,” said Beech. Rather than being “tough on crime,” Beech said, “we need to be smart, we need to get to the root of the problem.” The new funding, which covers a three-year period, is aimed at addressing underlying social conditions which contribute to crime, said Beech and “help young people make good choices.” District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little said all of the municipal governments and First Nations on the North Shore will be collaborating and hiring a co-ordinator to identify where gaps exist in current supports. Little said he’s been told by police that crime tends to revolve around transit hubs like Phibbs Exchange and Lonsdale Quay. Little said he’s also been told young people are being recruited into gangs and criminal groups “at younger and younger ages.” On the other end of the scale, Little said some young adults find themselves “aging out” of teen programs with little support to take their place. “We don’t have a lot of options for 18- to 28-year-old” young men, said Little. “It’s a hard-to-access group.” Having enough funding to pay for regular youth workers

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West Vancouver billionaire Frank Giustra has settled his defamation lawsuit against Twitter out of court.

Burnaby North Seymour MP Terry Beech was at Parkgate Community Centre Jan. 19 to announce $1.779 million in funding to help North Shore communities address underlying causes of crime. JANE SEYD / NSN is key, said Natasha Rivard-Morton, youth co-ordinator at Parkgate Community Centre. It takes time for youth to get comfortable enough to talk to someone if they’re having problems, she said – something that isn’t likely to happen if they see a different face every time they drop in. In addition, “there’s not a lot of indoor spaces for youth to socialize in” on the North Shore, she said. Kids tend to congregate at the Lynn Valley McDonald’s, for instance, because “there’s no other place kids can go in Lynn Valley,” she said. Rivard-Morton said it’s also important to be inclusive when creating programs for teens. “Lived experience is key when you create programs for youth,” she said. Similar funding of almost $3 million was announced for Burnaby last week.

Giustra filed a civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court in 2019, alleging the social media giant knowingly allowed false and defamatory statements about him to be published on the platform. Because of his support of Hilary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and his support of the Clinton Foundation, Giustra and his charitable work became the subject of right-wing conspiracy accusations, his claim stated. Some of the posts cited in the civil claim referred to Giustra, who founded Lionsgate Entertainment and numerous other ventures in mining, securities and agriculture, as being “corrupt,” a “murderous thief,” a “criminal” and that he was involved in Pizzagate, a “discredited and malicious conspiracy theory in which he was labelled a ‘pedophile.’” Other posts were threats on his life. At Giustra’s request, some of the statements were deleted from the website, however, the company neglected to, or refused to, remove others, and allowed further false, abusive or threatening tweets to be published, the suit stated. Twice, Twitter sought to have the civil claim tossed out in B.C. Supreme Court and B.C. Court of Appeal, arguing it should have been filed in California where Continued on page 19

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Continued from page 18 the company is headquartered (and where the law explicitly gives social media companies immunity from prosecution over the content users publish on their platforms). When Twitter did file a response to Giustra’s claim in 2022, lawyers for the company argued that Twitter is not in itself a “publisher” and that by signing up for an account, Giustra agreed to the company’s terms, freeing Twitter from liability for the However, actions of thirdMr. Giustra party users. Further, they succeeded at argued, Giustra’s both the B.C. reputation Supreme Court wasn’t actuand the Court ally harmed, of Appeal, as many of confirming the tweets in questions were that Twitter’s “incoherent” and liability could wouldn’t change be determined the opinions of in B.C. Courts. “right-thinking LAWYER FRED KOZAK members of society.” An update filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Jan. 6 formally dismisses Giustra’s claim, with the consent of both parties, and orders Giustra and Twitter to cover their own legal costs. The terms of Giustra’s settlement

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West Vancouver billionaire and philanthropist Frank Giustra has settled his defamation lawsuit against Twitter. BIV FILES with Twitter are not public, and Giustra’s lawyer Fred Kozak said they cannot offer further comment on the agreement. Although the question over whether Twitter was legally liable for the tweets that were the subject of the suit won’t be answered by the courts, the case did provide some clarity on whether or not similar cases can be litigated here, Kozak said. “Mr. Giustra started this action because he wanted to hold Twitter accountable in circumstances where it knew about defamatory, hateful and threatening tweets made on its platform by anonymous users but refused to remove them,” he said. “However, Mr. Giustra succeeded at both the B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, confirming that Twitter’s liability could be determined in B.C. Courts.”

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TO BOLDLY GROW

North Van company builds system for deep space farming

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If you’ve seen The Martian, you’ll know that Matt Damon survived 543 Mars days by growing potatoes in the native soil, fertilized with his own poop.

“That probably would not work,” says Gavin Schneider, vice-president of agronomy at Ecoation Innovative Solutions. The North Vancouver-based firm – known for building artificial intelligence systems that enhance efficiency of food production – is developing new technology for astronauts to farm nutritious and tasty food on long-term space missions. On Thursday, judges from the Canadian Space Agency visited Ecoation to evaluate the firm’s growing system as part of the Deep Space Food Challenge, which is awarding more than $500,000 in funding to finalists. Meanwhile, NASA is evaluating U.S. companies in the stateside portion of the contest. Currently, a group of top-10 Canadian semi-finalists are fighting for four finalist spots. The winners, which will be announced this spring, will take home $100,000 each. Next year, a grand prize of $380,000 will be awarded to the top firm. To boldly grow where no plant has before, Ecoation has developed CanGrow, which is designed to supplement astronauts, diets on a three-year mission to the Moon or Mars.

CEO Saber Miresmailli shows off the tomatoes growing in Ecoation’s CanGrow system in North Vancouver. NICK LABA / NSN “What we built is an indoor food production system that grows everything from tomatoes to mycelium,” Schneider said. CanGrow is a modular growing system of tubes, trays, sensors, lights and carbon dioxide tanks designed to maximize food production with minimal input. Air that is fed to plants, also cools LED lights. A large portion of the greywater from watering the crops is recycled back into the system. While a big portion of the contest is

creating efficient technology, another is the food itself. Some of the competitors are focusing only on algae, others are growing black soldier flies. “But the underlying component that goes into all food is taste,” Schneider explained. “If it doesn’t taste good, you’re not going to eat it. So that’s why we’ve chosen things like super sweet tomatoes.” They’re also growing radishes for a spike of flavour, and mycelium – essentially

Space farming technology could be used in remote or urban areas Another part of the criteria that hits closer to home is the potential application of systems like these in remote locations on earth. “The real intention of the program is to develop and accelerate food applications that could be used for terrestrial applications here on earth,” Schneider said. “To feed refugee camps, to use this type of system in combination with regular field agriculture as well, or you could do propagation of the crops to speed up the amount of food that you can grow.” It could even be used in urban settings, according to Ecoation CEO Saber Miresmailli. “The problem with urban farming and homegrown food is the fact that the volume that you can produce is just too small. And the reason monoculture in agriculture is very successful is because they can do large volumes,” he said. The modular nature of this system means you could theoretically stack hundreds of these growing shelves, functionally converting a city building into a farm. “I think a practice like this can actually make urban farming far more real than what is it right now,” Miresmailli said.

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NORTH VAN COURT

Man who tossed urine in nurse’s face sentenced JANE SEYD

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A North Vancouver man who threatened a group of teens at a skate park and threw a vial of urine at a nurse’s face at Lions Gate Hospital has been told by a judge he needs to get help for his mental health and addiction issues or he faces a dire future.

Judge Joanne Challenger urged Joel Lysne, 35, to stop using street drugs including methamphetamine, which can cause permanent brain damage. Challenger made the comments Jan. 12 in North Vancouver provincial court when handing down a sentence of time served for the 64 days Lysne has already served in custody for several offences. The offences include threatening, assault, and committing an indecent act in public. Court heard how on June 8, 2022, Lysne was speaking to a group of teens at the skate park in Kirkstone Park when he told a teen “shut up before I strangle you right now” then spoke about “how easily he could kill the youth,” according to Crown counsel Samantha Norton. When the teens asked Lysne why he was wearing a skirt, he lifted the skirt and exposed himself to the group of youths, who ran away. The next day, Lysne went to the police and was taken to Lions Gate Hospital under the Mental Health Act. While being admitted, Lysne was asked for a urine sample. But when the nurse went to retrieve the vial from him, he took the lid off and threw it at her, leaving urine on her face and clothing and in her hair.

A few months later, on Oct. 28, Lysne was again at Kirkstone Park, threatening teens. “I have a machete and I’m going to kill you guys if you disturb me again,” Lysne reportedly told them. Police were called and upon searching Lysne found a 14-inch machete, said Norton. Lysne was also arrested on two other occasions in May – once when he was seen masturbating on a public trail leading down to Vancouver’s Wreck Beach and again when he threatened a waiter at the restaurant in the Holiday Inn in North Vancouver, telling him if he didn’t get a prime-rib dinner for $35, “I will destroy you. I will destroy everyone in this restaurant.” Lysne’s lawyer, Glen Paruk, said Lysne has never been diagnosed with a mental illness but was prepared to attend the forensic psychiatric outpatient clinic for assessment. The judge told Lysne that was a good idea, adding he needed to get a handle on his meth addiction. “I know that addiction is not rational. If it was people would be able to quit. But you also have a mental health issue and combining the two of them is not a good thing for you,” said Challenger. Lysne was placed on 18 months’ probation with conditions not to “loiter” around any public park, skateboarding park or community centre where teens under 18 are present. He was also ordered to take counselling and treatment for substance use or mental health issues as directed by his probation officer.

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WOLVES AND ELK

Wildlife camera catches surprises in Seymour watershed MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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Wildlife cameras installed within the Seymour and Coquitlam watersheds have captured an abundance of animal activity, including some sightings that have brought a pleasant surprise to local environment enthusiasts.

The images depict black bears exploring with their cubs or curiously investigating snow stakes, a bobcat trotting through leaves and a cougar making its way through fresh snow. Yet it is the appearance of a gang of elk, some captured sparring in front of the camera, others showing mothers and their young, alongside a number of lone wolves, that have really set tongues wagging. “Most species commonly caught on the cameras are what we would have expected, like black tailed deer, black bears, bobcats, coyotes, and cougars,” said Kirstie Rendall, supervisor of environmental management with Metro Vancouver water services. “What we really weren’t expecting was the capturing of large numbers of elk, and now we’re

starting to see wolves moving into some locations, too.” Prior to these sightings, evidence of elk and wolves was limited and largely anecdotal, she said, and so knowledge on movement patterns or population numbers was scarce. “Now we’ve been able to identify several wildlife travel routes that are consistently being used by elk and other wildlife, including predators like the wolves,” she said, adding how many of these trails are often deactivated service roads, no longer in use to the public and thus a prime thoroughfare for wandering species. “We’ve even been capturing some elk on camera that are collared individuals, which suggests that they are migrating into the region from the neighbouring Indian river and Squamish area,” she said. “That’s been interesting to see. It was not expected at all.” The camera program, orchestrated by Metro Vancouver’s watersheds and environment division, was initiated in 2017 via a single camera in the Capilano reservoir, with the aim of garnering better understanding of the species that inhabit the area. The

Two sparring male Roosevelt elk lock horns near a snow stake in the Seymour watershed. METRO VANCOUVER program has since grown to see two more implemented in the Seymour and Coquitlam regions. With the watersheds protected from developments and the public to ensure the water is of the highest drinking quality for local residents, the areas function as de facto wildlife reserves – a refuge from human disturbance in an otherwise urban landscape. Rendall said the presence of the two species are an indicator of “a healthy environment”, with the Roosevelt elk, a subspecies of the North American elk, and the wolves both playing important roles in maintaining the

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ecosystem. While one, as one of the area’s largest herbivores, created diversity in the forest’s vegetation layers, the other controls the region’s prey populations. “Having this healthy thriving ecosystem is critical to maintaining the clean, reliable supply of drinking water that metro Vancouver is responsible for,” she said. “Since Europeans have arrived here the elk and wolf populations have been severely impacted by our habitat loss and all our activities, so it’s so nice to see these populations rebounding and our

animals moving back into their historic home ranges.” Following such promising findings Randall has only high hopes for the future, with the water services team crossing their fingers for the return of other, once-prevalent species. “Grizzly bears are mostly absent from southwest B.C., and we haven’t had any known sightings inside the water supply areas for decades now,” she said. “But recently there have been more sightings in the north, and we’re hopeful that the bears will eventually make their way down to the watersheds and repopulate what was once part of their natural range.” Until then, Rendall said witnessing the reemergence of the wolves and elk, alongside being given a peek into the hidden lives of the frolicking black bears, the curious cougars and other wildlife that inhabit the three watersheds, is satisfactory enough. “There is really nothing more rewarding,” she said. 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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SLOPESIDE PATIO

Take a look at Cypress Mountain’s new après ski area NICK LABA

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If you were hoping for more down-time options at Cypress Mountain Resort, your prayers have been answered.

The popular West Vancouver ski and snowboard destination has added a new outdoor patio, situated next to the Crazy Raven Bar and Grill. But unlike the pub next door, the patio is open to kids – though grown-ups can still enjoy a beer. If you’re already slopeside, the patio is accessible directly off the bottom of Panorama, and it’s an easy ski down to either the Eagle Express or Lions Express quad chairs. The outdoor area opened Dec. 22, but the space is now being fully activated, said sales and marketing director Joffrey Koeman, with live music, heated umbrellas and a pizzeria opening “within the week.”

On Friday – the weekly Family Night on the mountain – there was giant Jenga, Connect Four and corn hole games. There was also s’mores, but get there on the early side if you want one – there were some moans and groans from disappointed kids learning they were sold out. As for food options, there’s currently a kitchen serving burgers, fish and chips, and chicken nuggets. Make sure to bring your smart phone, as all food and drink ordering is done online via a QR code menu. Other amenities include three huge “euro-style” umbrellas, seating 80 people each with multiple overhead heaters. There are also fire pits – expect some competition to get a seat there. There are also full restrooms on-site. The patio is open 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Check Cypress’s events calendar for live music and other goings on.

Easily access the outdoor patio from the bottom of Panorama. Eagle Express and Lions Express quad chairs are a quick ski down away. NICK LABA / NSN

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THANK YOU TO OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE SUPPORTERS! Our community’s continued generosity helps ensure CapU students succeed in their education and chosen careers, and inspires them to make meaningful contributions to the community.

For over 50 years the North Shore, Sunshine Coast and Sea-to-Sky Corridor communities have been strong supporters of all things Capilano University. Through countless initiatives, such as our scholarship, bursary and award program or support for new learning and collaboration spaces, our neighbours are helping to provide an exceptional learning experience in a challenging, creative and supportive environment.

The Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation and CapU have a shared commitment to improving the lives of communities and children, as evidenced through the Foundation’s generous support of CapU students through its gifts to the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts and the Centre for Childhood Studies. Children and youth are our future. I believe that anything we can do to support their health and education will deliver rewards to those children and youth later in life, and to our society as a whole.” Mr. Mowafaghian Hamid Eshghi (R), as president of the Mowafaghian Foundation, is guided by these words. Below: The BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The newly refurbished 372-seat theatre provides an exceptional audience experience for patrons of the arts and student learners.

The Capilano University Foundation, incorporated in 1970, is the registered entity for receiving donations. The Foundation is committed to advanced education by fundraising for scholarships, bursaries, awards, university projects and other forms of ﬁnancial assistance to support students and faculties.

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Warner Bros. Discovery recently created a fund to support Indigenous students who are pursuing a career in film, animation, visual effects or costuming. There are few bursaries specifically for Indigenous people in the film and media industry. The high cost of media technology and the expense of living in urban centres like Vancouver make it very difficult for young Indigenous filmmakers to get a foothold in the industry. The Warner Bros. Discovery fund goes a long way to assisting Indigenous students in media.” Doreen Manuel Director, Bosa Centre for Film & Animation, CapU

Jenna Spink is a second year student in the Indigenous Digital Filmmaking program and a recipient of the Warner Bros. Discovery, Indigenous Multimedia Arts Fund.

The Jenn Bodnar All Around Excellence Award was created in 2022 by alum Jenn Bodnar to support a student on the CapU women’s basketball team. A player herself, while earning her Medical Assistant Certiﬁcate in 2012, she helped the team earn Provincial Championship status.

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‘It was just so egregious,’ says tenant evicted for Airbnb

Continued from page 1 pleasant stay at his former home. “I kind of laughed, like, it was just so egregious,” Limoges said. Limoges presented his case in a Residential Tenancy Branch hearing in October, which Yim did not attend, and in November, arbitrator Kimberley Akow awarded the tenants $40,629 – the equivalent of 12 months’ rent. “I accept the undisputed documentary evidence and affirmed testimony before me for consideration from the former tenants and the witness that neither the purchaser nor their close family member(s) moved into and occupied the rental unit as required by the Two Month Notice, and that the rental unit was left vacant for several months before it was renovated and used as an Airbnb rental,” Akow wrote. Requests for comment left at businesses in Saskatchewan that list Yim as owner were not responded to. A woman who answered a phone number associated with one of those businesses said Yim was in Korea and that she forwarded a request for comment to him via a Korean chat app. He also did not respond to a request for comment submitted directly via a short-term rental website.

tenants. I just don’t see it happening,” he said. Limoges is speaking up now, not because he wants sympathy but because he said his case highlights failures at the local and provincial level to prevent illegal evictions and the establishment short-term rentals that eat into the supply of properties that could otherwise be rented to people who live and work here. “There’s a huge principle. I’m less concerned about our own experience, as opposed to the broader issue,” he said. For a time, Limoges’s former home was put back on the long-term rental market but at more than double the price he was paying. Limoges, who is a financial adviser, said there is too much incentive for landlords to evict long-term tenants, even if they do face the maximum fine from the Residential Tenancy Branch. “It costs nothing for this guy to do this because he doubled the rent. So be it that he has to pay us 12 months’ rent. I mean, he’s breaking even on Day 1,” he said. “It is good business sense to screw your tenants in today’s market.” As of January 2023, the home is no longer on Airbnb but it is listed for $365 per night on Vrbo, another short-term rental site.

A broken system Getting the RTB ruling in his favour took Limoges most of 2022. Having the judgment enforced so he can actually receive his financial compensation will require another process through B.C. Supreme Court. “I don’t see landlords writing checks to their previous

Already illegal Short-term rentals aren’t permitted under the zoning bylaws of the districts of North Vancouver and West Vancouver but, a recent scan by Limoges found about 600 active listings on the North Shore on Airbnb alone. Under West Van’s bylaws, a host could be fined $300. In

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North Van district, the fine is $500 (which is lowered to $375 if paid within 14 days). But neither municipality actively seeks out short-term rental hosts for ticketing. “The enforcement process is challenging, as gathering evidence to prove short-term rentals is a really resource-intensive process, and given other caseloads and staffing levels, the fact is that West Vancouver has to take a reactive approach to that enforcement,” said Donna Powers, West Vancouver spokesperson. “The onus really is on the district to obtain that evidence and prove that the property is being used for Airbnb and this has to go beyond a verbal confirmation from a guest or a complainant or even an online ad.” More often, when a property is subject to a complaint, staff will investigate and send a letter to the owner informing them they are in violation of the bylaw. In 2021, West Van had 27 complaints about short-term rentals, which resulted in 13 letters and four bylaw tickets. In 2022, there were 24 calls resulting in nine letters and seven tickets. So far this year, there has been one complaint and one ticket, according to West Van. In 2022, staff in the District of North Vancouver issued nine $500 bylaw infraction notices to hosts. “What we try to do is continue to work with them and get them to comply, and most do,” said Dan Milburn, general manager of planning and permits, adding that “less than a handful” are repeat offenders. A path to legalization In 2022, District of North Vancouver council opened the door to legalizing and regulating short-term rentals, pending the results of public consultations. Staff are scheduled to report back to council on the matter on Feb. 13. DNV staff do try to keep a tally on the number of shortterm rentals operating nearby, Milburn said. Before the pandemic, it was around 800, dropping to less than 500 in 2020. A fresh count will be going to council on Feb. 13 but the most recent publicly available data from May 2022 showed 520, he said. If council were to pursue a legalization and regulation approach through business licensing, it would mean having a budget available to be more proactive with enforcement for those breaking the bylaw, Milburn said. Powers said West Vancouver council hasn’t revisited the size of the fine since 2011, when Airbnb was less of an issue, and council hasn’t expressed any interest in changes to the bylaw. With such lax enforcement and so much legwork required for compensation, Limoges said the blame falls to the politicians who’ve crafted the rules that give short-term rental hosts so much room to manoeuvre. “I read their platforms, and they all have plans for fixing the housing crisis,” he said. “The reality is, that with the average home price on the North Shore, nobody’s child, without the help of their parents, is ever going to own a property. And then of course, we have the issue of supply.” Continued on page 36

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2022 a major step forward for North Shore Rescue BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Shore Rescue was called upon 142 times in 2022, a small reprieve after the record-smashing 226 the year before. But even with fewer missions into the mountains, it doesn’t mean the volunteers have been getting rusty, said team leader Mike Danks. Team members put in about 4,100 hours while on rescue tasks, according to NSR. They logged another 2,600 hours in training time and, though the team doesn’t officially track the time put into administrative, public education and maintenance tasks, there’s something like another 4,000 hours there. And even with call volumes down, 142 is still extremely busy – only 2021, 2020 and 2018 had higher volumes. “It really ebbed and flowed and we certainly had some busy times,” Danks said. “Even when we’re really busy, we’re still managing.… Being busy is kind of a good thing for us.”

”[THE DAUPHIN] CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE’RE RESPONDING TO CALLS AND IT’S REALLY MADE THINGS A LOT SAFER. I THINK THAT’S BEEN A BIG PIVOT FOR US AS WE’RE NO LONGER RUSHING TO BEAT DAYLIGHT.” The return to more “normal” call volumes in 2022 is likely related to the end of COVID-19 restrictions, which curtailed most indoor recreation activities in 2021, Danks said. It was also a quieter year for wildfires, which the team is sometimes asked to help respond to.

Helicopter help Just under half of the calls in 2022 involved the use of a helicopter. Thanks to Talon Helicopters’ acquisition of an Airbus AS365N2 Dauphin with night-vision flying capabilities and a hoist, rescues in difficult terrain are becoming far more efficient, Danks said. They made use of the night vision 13 times. The helicopter’s hoist was put to work 21 times. After years of push-and-pull with the province, NSR was finally given approval to use both their night vision and hoist tech simultaneously in October. They carried out their first night hoist rescue just before Christmas. “[The Dauphin] changed the way that we’re responding to calls and it’s really made things a lot safer. I think that’s been a big pivot for us as we’re no longer rushing to beat daylight,” he said.

North Shore Rescue volunteer John Blown operates the hoist on Talon Helicopters’ Dauphin helicopter. GRANT BALDWIN / NSR

In July, the team set a record for the fastest ever helicopter rescue – 38 minutes from the time they were alerted to a hiker having cardiac issues on St. Mark’s Summit to when he was handed over to B.C. Ambulance Service. “That’s when it really sunk in about how quick and efficient we’ve become,” he said.

No North Shore backcountry deaths Deaths in the backcountry always weigh heavily on the team, Danks said, but amazingly, there were no fatalities on the trails or mountaintops within North Shore Rescue’s turf in 2022. The year before, there were seven. Danks said he’d like to think of that as a testament to the work of the team along with the police and fire agencies they work with. He also expressed hope that efforts in trail safety education are paying dividends. More initiatives aimed at preventing people from getting into trouble in the first place will be a big focus in the coming years, Danks said. “We want to front load our involvement in the community at a younger age, if we can,” he said. On nine occasions, the team was mobilized to help in urban searches for seniors or people with dementia who had wandered off.

North Shore Rescue volunteers help a group of hikers out of the North Vancouver backcountry near Grouse Mountain. NSR

Golden retriever Duke is carried off Mount Seymour to a waiting helicopter by members of North Shore Rescue. RYAN MORASIEWICZ / NSR

Rescuing the rescuers Danks said his biggest fear is donations tailing off. The team relies on donations to keep members certified, which requires constant training, and well equipped. Some of the team’s biggest pieces of infrastructure are starting to crumble and are badly in need of replacement. In addition to their rescue commitments, day jobs and personal lives, Danks and other team members must also search out sponsors and donors to keep their mission going.

”WE REALLY NEED CONSISTENT FUNDING ON A REGULAR BASIS, REGARDLESS OF OUR CALL VOLUME, BECAUSE THOSE EXPENSES ARE THERE ALL THE TIME. THEY DON’T GO AWAY.” “I really want to stress to people that we are so fortunate that we get such incredible support from the community,” he said. “We really need consistent funding on a regular basis, regardless of our call volume, because those expenses are there all the time. They don’t go away.” Donations can be made at northshorerescue.com. Looking back, Danks said he swells with pride when he thinks of the achievements his members made in the last year. “I have to express my appreciation for the dedication and commitment of the membership. They alone have made this a seamless year. 2022 may have only been 140-some calls, but they all went extremely well,” he said. “We have new leaders emerging in this team and the future looks bright.”

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Advanced medical team brings lifesaving skills to the backcountry JANE SEYD Jseyd@nsnews.com

There are plenty of places in the backcountry where things are more likely to go wrong than right. The backside of Hollyburn Mountain in high avalanche terrain is one of them. It’s also where an out-of-bounds snowboarder got caught in an avalanche earlier this month, breaking his leg in the process. Though his friend pulled him out, hypothermia began to set in, just as the light was fading.

Registered nurse Kayla Brolly, a leader of North Shore Rescue’s advanced medical personnel team, at work in the ﬁeld. BARRY MASON / NSR

When things go badly wrong in the North Shore mountains, among the first people heading in are members of North Shore Rescue’s advanced medical provider resource team. Made up of 12 emergency room or ICU doctors, anesthesiologists and a nurse, the team combines advanced emergency medical skills with experience and training in backcountry mountaineering. Medical personnel on the team also must live on the North Shore, so they can be ready to head out at a moment’s notice. Of the 12 people currently on the team, seven doctors and one nurse work regular jobs at Lions Gate Hospital, while four doctors work out of Royal Columbian in New Westminster. Dr. Alec Ritchie and registered nurse Kayla Brolly are team leaders of the medical resource team who are both also regular members of North Shore Rescue. “The common denominator for all the AMPs is we’re all

mountain people,” says Ritchie. “So we’re all comfortable on skis, or crampons or ropes and that sort of thing.” Ritchie, an emergency department doctor who is also a professor of emergency medicine at UBC, is also part of the Whistler ski patrol as an embedded physician. Brolly, who grew up on the North Shore, also spent time as a ski patroller before becoming a rapid attack forest firefighter, where she rappelled out of helicopters into danger. When she started nursing school at UBC, Brolly decided to volunteer with North Shore Rescue as a way of continuing to use her skills. She hasn’t looked back since, including providing medical help at an NSR SAR station two days before giving birth to her daughter.

”THE COMMON DENOMINATOR FOR ALL THE AMPS IS WE’RE ALL MOUNTAIN PEOPLE. SO WE’RE ALL COMFORTABLE ON SKIS, OR CRAMPONS OR ROPES AND THAT SORT OF THING.” About 40 per cent of North Shore Rescue calls are medical calls. Of those, about 25 to 30 per cent are serious. It could be a serious bone fracture, chest pains, a heart attack, someone who is falling unconscious or showing signs of a collapsed lung or internal bleeding after a fall. continued on page 31

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Sometimes there’s a mental health issue – someone’s drunk or high, paranoid or suicidal. There is no “typical” call. But just as an example, says Ritchie, consider the “boot top tib/fib fracture” – what happens if a skier falls over and snaps their leg at the top of their ski boot. “Sometimes the bone’s even sticking out of the skin.… Then put yourself in the backcountry of Seymour.”

“ WE HAVE THE MEDICATIONS AND THE EQUIPMENT TO ESSENTIALLY BRING AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT TO THE MOUNTAINS.” The advanced medical provider program is unique in Canada. In Europe, such teams are much more common, said Ritchie – with one big difference. “In Europe you’re a paid professional. That is your job, to do helicopter mountain medicine. We just do it for free.” Today, their capability rivals any search team in the world. “We have the medications and the equipment to essentially bring an intensive care unit to the mountains.”

down to a doctor or nurse’s own clinical skills. “When you’re there, you have to make whatever you have work,” says Ritchie. Emergency medicine on the side of a mountain slope in the dark will never be the same as it is in hospital. “When the technical complexity of the mission increases, the medical care must decrease. Something has to give,” says Ritchie. “If they’re on the side of the mountain on ice and it’s -10 and we’re helicopter longlining, that’s a technical mission. I can’t be doing a lot of medicine. I must stabilize the patient and get out of Dodge.”

Dr. Alec Ritchie and registered nurse Kayla Brolly are leaders of North Shore Rescue’s advanced medical provider resource team. NSR

“There’s a lot of medical decision making on what do we need to do immediately and what can wait until we get to somewhere warmer, drier, better lit.”

Beyond the technical gear and medications, knowing as much as possible about what they’re walking into helps.

Brolly points to a call in September as one where the medical team made all the difference. In that case, Brolly used a portable cardiogram to diagnose a major heart attack in a hiker suffering severe chest pains at the top of Mount Strachan. Knowing cardiac emergencies should be handled at certain specialist hospitals, they flew the man straight into Vancouver Harbour for transfer to St. Paul’s ER.

Once in the field, however, a lot of critical care comes

“That’s a case where this program is making a difference,”

Among the equipment they often carry: monitors, a defibrillator, a CPR machine that does chest compressions, oxygen, IV tubing, breathing tubes and even a handheld portable ultrasound.

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she said. “If it was 10 years ago and we didn’t have this technology and this level of care, it could have gone a different direction.” Not every call is a success. “Not everybody lives,” said Ritchie. “That’s hard on us.” Deaths that result from foolish decisions are especially difficult, he said, because “this didn’t need to happen.” But those days are far outweighed by the satisfaction of making a difference in an environment they love. “It’s very gratifying,” says Brolly. “Because you’re in these really bad spots with people where no one else is coming. It’s just you and your team.”

I want to extend a big thank you to SAR volunteers for their commitment and hard work on the North Shore, in Lions Bay, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton and across the Province. Supporting them with a donation is welcome as is being prepared for self-rescue and truly Adventure Smart as you Explore BC. - Jordan

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It may be the last week in January, but it’s not too late to pick up a fun 2023 calendar that pays tribute to North Shore Rescue with some cheeky cartoons.

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That’s 12 months of jokes, indelible North Shore cred and tiny boxes that you may or may not write things in, all for US$19.95 (I might need rescuing if I check the exchange rate right now). All proceeds from your purchase go right to NSR, supporting the critical work they do there. The witty panels were drawn by legendary Vancouver Sun cartoonist Graham Harrop. “Each one of them resonates with us and tells a bit of a

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story,” team leader Mike Danks said in an interview when the calendar was first released last year. But while the laughs are needed by the team, so is the extra boost of funding. Danks said that the addition of night hoisting – approved in October – introduces significant expenses. “It’s a costly venture, but we know it’s one that will make a very positive difference, not only for the safety of our members, but for the community as a whole,” he said. Cartoonist Harrop said he hopes the calendar gives people a laugh and builds support for the team’s vital work. “Living on the North Shore makes you more aware of what NSR volunteers do,” he said. “Cartoon ideas came from news stories, and including the bears gave rise to humorous situations. The cartoon of the bear promising not to root through the garbage echoes my concern for our North Shore bruins.” You can buy the calendar via ArtWanted.com.

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by cavers, divers and horseback riders. By recounting their most memorable experiences,Labonté-Smithunderscores the huge emotional weight associated with the work, and the resilience required of search and rescue members. The author said she became interested in the topic after her husband Stephen started training for Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue in 2020. That same year, the docuseries Search and Rescue: North Shore was released by the Knowledge Network. Labonté-Smith wondered: Why isn’t there a book? She knew about search and rescue operations in B.C., but wanted a more complete perspective. “So I contacted all the search and rescue in North America that I could possibly find,” LabontéSmith. “Anyone who responded, I interviewed.” Divided into sections based on rescue types, the book includes SAR members in Ontario, Washington, California, Colorado and Maine, as well as British Columbia. Labonté-Smith said she wants to make people aware of the work and that it’s being done by volunteers. “I don’t want to suck the joy out of people’s adventures,” she said. “I just would like them to reflect on these stories, and maybe apply some of the lessons learned to their own practices.”

Mike Danks: A breakdown and back again

A number of pages are dedicated to North Shore Rescue, the largest SAR organization in Canada, and its team leader Mike Danks. An account in the “avalanches” section of the book recalls one of Danks’s hardest calls. After a long career of being a stoic firefighter and SAR member, Mike remembers his life-changing call-out a few days before Christmas in 2013 on Unnecessary Mountain above Lions Bay.

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Seven-year old Erin Moore, her sister and her mother were hiking with a large group. About halfway into the tenkilometre hike, there was a rockslide on the trail. Erin was struck by boulders and covered by debris. The group unburied her and performed CPR. Nurses who had hiked in by foot, and a helicopter with a doctor and a paramedic onboard, came to Erin’s aid. Unfortunately, despite all their efforts, Erin was pronounced deceased at the scene. “I looked into her eyes,” said Mike, who was one of the rescuers trying desperately to save the little girl. Later that evening, as he tucked his own sevenyear-old daughter into bed, he looked into her eyes and was deeply shaken. Labonté-Smith writes how the stress from balancing his job, volunteering at NSR and raising three kids all peaked in that moment of sorrow. He dealt with his breakdown by attending a resilientmind retreat, available through the fire department. It reset his life, and he could finally talk about the horrific calls like Erin’s. “It was a game changer for me. I could bring it back to my colleagues at the fire department and at NSR – that you don’t need to be afraid to talk about the tough calls.” His breakthrough moment was when he realized that for the sake of his mental health, he didn’t need to go to every call-out. Calls involving children are particularly hard, Labonté-Smith said. “When that kind of call comes in, everybody is on high alert and puts everything into it – like they do every call. But when it’s a child, even more so,” she explained. “It’s more traumatizing, and the [critical incident stress management] teams come in, if there’s a poor outcome.” Danks has come back from that. “They don’t like using words like heroic and hero, but it’s hard not think of those words when you think of Mike.”

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Continued from page 1 Froth said a survey carried out in conjunction with the pilot found that the majority of respondents who paid for parking – 75 per cent – said the new fee didn’t impact their visit. District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little, while supportive of the program as a whole, said he was particularly in favour of the proposed implementation of paid parking at Cates Park, as it would mean the spillover of cars parked in the neighbourhood would be mitigated. He said he had concerns for Deep Cove and Panorama, as the spillover would be going into an “already heavily burdened” neighbourhood that already has tight restrictions, and it will thus create a situation where people just “drive around and around looking for parking,” yet he was nonetheless “fully supportive” of the initiative. The prospect of an annual resident pass for Lynn Canyon, a $10 permit that will exempt district residents from paying the hourly parking rates, divided the council. It had been tested during the pilot but was put to little use – 86 per cent of district residents surveyed said they were not aware the pass existed or that they were eligible. With the program given the green light, Coun. Lisa Muri said she hopes to see the permit better advertised in the future, while others deliberated over the cost of the pass. Coun. Jim Hanson – who was in favour of the plan, noting how the $3 hourly fee was “reasonable” and paid parking was an “appropriate demand management tool” – argued that it should be free. “I think we could make the gesture to our residents, those that are going to be paying ever increasing taxes here in the district, that

they could get their parking pass for free so long as they come down to the district and get it,” he said. It was a sentiment echoed by Coun. Betty Forbes, who added that district taxpayers “pay enough” and that they don’t need to be “nickelled and dimed on everything.” Should the pass not be able to be made free, she proposed that it should at least stay the same price – with no risk of future inflation. Meanwhile, Coun. Jordan Back said there should be no exemption for locals. “I think that we’re trying to encourage people to look at different ways of getting to the park rather than in a vehicle, and rewarding people that potentially live closest to the park with free parking, I think that goes against that,” he said. He added that efforts should be funnelled elsewhere, such as the inclusion of more bike storage and Lime bike parking – both of which would be a “welcome improvement” to Lynn Canyon Park. A large part of the discussion centred around the importance of getting park visitors out of their cars and utilizing other means of transport. Back added that more should be done to create safe biking routes around Deep Cove Park and Cates Park, while Coun. Catherine Pope proposed the idea of implementing a shuttle journey from the SeaBus station to Lynn Canyon. “Perhaps even revenue generated from parking could subsidize that in some way, or we could at least look at investigating it and producing a report into the viability of that,” she said. Mina Kerr-Lazenby is the North Shore News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

Fines should be higher, tenant says Continued from page 26 He suggested higher fines and more active enforcement as a way of getting people out of the short-term rental business and their properties put to better use on the long-term rental market. MLA responds North Vancouver - Lonsdale NDP MLA Bowinn Ma said when she first came to office, she was “inundated” with cases of tenants being mistreated by landlords. In 2019, the government made a series of changes to the act to close loopholes being used by landlords to carry out “bad faith” evictions, she said. “That’s why it is now explicitly unlawful for landlords to evict tenants in order to replace them with Airbnb or to put them back on the market,” she said. “It’s a huge, huge improvement… and certainly I would hope that other landlords who are thinking of doing this will recognize the significant financial penalty that can be caused on them.” In light of Limoges’s case, Ma said she is open to discussions about whether the penalty is stiff enough.

Entire properties being offered for short-term rentals would be subject to the province’s Speculation and Vacancy Tax, Ma said, and her staff can inform the Ministry of Finance if anyone believes the owner of a short-term rental property is flouting the law. In 2022, there were 151 West Vancouver property owners who were hit by the tax, paying a total of $6.6 million, although though most of them were “satellite” families, in which the family of the owner lives locally but the breadwinner lives outside the country. And, she added, the Residential Tenancy Branch does have the ability to halt a bad faith eviction before it takes effect. Airbnb did not respond to a request for comment on the issue. In their terms of service for hosts, they stipulate: “You are responsible for understanding and complying with any laws, rules, regulations and contracts with third parties that apply to your listing or host services.” The home Limoges rents today has since been listed for sale. With so much competition for limited rental supply, if the new owner decides to evict them, the family will have no choice but to leave the North Shore for good, he said.

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Sowing Seeds of Change. To experience success with living soil and to prevent dampening-off of fragile stems, it is critical to provide seedlings with adequate heat, light and air circulation, and to work with soil from a trusted soil works. Watering with stale tap water ensures that soil biology isn’t killed by chlorine. I leave five-gallon buckets of tap water outside for at least 24 hours, to allow chlorine to dissipate. Better yet, fill buckets with rainwater – we have time and plenty of rain. This year we are growing vining-type tomatoes exclusively. I like that indeterminate varieties produce consistently throughout the season. By growing a variety of sizes and colours, I am continuously delighted and inspired. We buy canning tomatoes in bulk, from trusted organic farmers at the end of the summer. From Metchosin Farms I ordered Strawberry Cherry, White Cherry, Yellow Peach, Metchosin Pink, Indigo Rose and Hawaiian Currant tomato seeds. From Greta’s Family Gardens: Early Cascade, Orange Strawberry, Petit Moineau, Green Zebra and Sweet Solano. From Row 7 Seeds: Sweet Prince and Midnight Roma. I love the way that a rainbow of fresh or blackened cherry tomatoes of all sizes looks in a salad or on grilled fish. And I love that my husband, children and our tiny neighbours delight in discovering new favourites each year, as they pass by the vines en route to the kitchen door. Living Soil is available in one-cubicfoot bags (enough to fill eight 72-cell seed trays) from Terra Flora Soil Works in Chilliwack. Soil farmer Andrew tells me that Dana from Valley to Shore can assist with delivery to the North Shore, as part of her weekly CSA-on-Demand service. Use code upfront10 on Andrew’s website for a reader discount. Laura Marie Neubert is a West Vancouverbased urban permaculture designer. Learn more about permaculture by visiting her website upfrontandbeautiful.com, follow her on Instagram @upfrontandbeautiful or email hello@upfrontandbeautiful.com.

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A duo of new sculptures honouring those who endured the residential schooling system have been unveiled at The Polygon Gallery.

Perched atop the gallery’s east-facing facade and comprising a collection of blue and orange tarpaulin shirts, the main sculpture, titled Hacer Memoria, encourages visitors to honour the First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities and consider truth and reconciliation efforts as they are welcomed into the art space. Gallery curator Helga Pakasaar said the “powerful” piece will assert a “bold Indigenous presence” on the North Vancouver edifice, and will “undoubtedly have a resounding impact” on all those who visit. “Rebecca Belmore has adeptly brought into public view timely concerns that are especially relevant to local communities,” she said. “Open to diverse interpretations, Hacer Memoria provokes urgent questions of our time.” The title of the piece comes from the Pope’s penitential speech made during his 2022 visit to Canada, during which he acknowledged the devastating impacts of residential schools. Hacer Memoria, uttered often during the speech, means “try to remember.” It is a message conveyed through the shirts themselves, each of which is emblazoned with a letter to make up the word “hereafter” when joined together.

The Polygon Gallery welcomes two new sculptures that honour those affected by the residential schooling system. THE POLYGON In bright blue and vivid orange, the shirts represent the school uniforms the children wore and the resilience of the survivors – a nod to Orange Shirt Day, now National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, instigated by the accounts of survivor Phyllis Jack Webstad. The colours also ensure the shirts are visible near and far, eye-catching to those who enter the gallery and those simply idling past. Designed to interact with whatever weather is at play, the nine individual pieces shine brighter in the sun and billow when it’s windy – an important facet of Belmore’s sculpture creation process. “Rebecca Belmore’s art often references wind, water, and land, and in this new work she is responding to the site of The Polygon Gallery on unceded Indigenous territories of the Burrard Inlet,” said curator Helga Pakasaar.

“Facing east into the unknown, the seemingly fragile shirts suggest the absence of bodies, giving a sense of erasure and vulnerability to the passage of time.” Describing Belmore’s work as provocative, Pakasaar said the piece reflects on how the “politics of memory” impacts Indigenous lives.” A second installation, entitled Severance, awaits guests in The Polygon’s stairwell. Curated from dark, plastic mesh tarpaulin, the piece is designed to be reminiscent of long black hair – a reminder of the cuts to their hair all new students of residential schools had to endure. Both Severance and Hacer Memoria will be on display for six months. 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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Long-term care concerns linked to lack of resources, structure Over the last few years residential long-term care has been a focus of many articles in the news, mostly because of the devastating effects of the pandemic on residents in LTC facilities.

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assisted living residence. Unfortunately, long-term care provided in a residential facility has not always lived up to people’s expectations about how an older person should live out their end-of-life years. An organization called Action for Reform of Residential Care Association, which is dedicated to promoting quality of life in long-term care facilities in British Columbia through education and advocacy, has been critical of many features of LTC. The association is made of up clinicians, researchers, family members and other citizens concerned with the care provided in long-term care facilities. This organization has noted several areas of concern which are mainly attributed to inadequate structures and resources. In their report, Improving Quality of Life in LTC - A Way Forward, they say, “Systems with lean resources cannot adapt to stressors such as pandemics, and Band-Aids can no longer cover the wounds to the system illuminated by COVID-19.” Among many of the issues raised by ARRCBC is the fact that family members or councils are often the first to identify inadequate care but perhaps do not know how to complain effectively or are intimidated by the system. Continued on page 41

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Continued from page 40 The British Columbia government website says that a “family and/or resident council is a group of persons who either live in a long-term care home or are the contact persons, representatives, or relatives of long-term care home residents, and who meet regularly to identify opportunities to maintain and enhance the quality of life for the care home clients, and to engage with staff to contribute a voice in decisions which affect the clients.” Though individuals and groups have fought for years for the establishment of resident and family councils, not much was done about proactively supporting this strategy which many maintain works towards changing the negative aspects of the long-term care system. An announcement was made recently that the province has revised regulations to strengthen the support and oversight of resident and family councils. One of the initiatives is that government will strengthen support of individual councils through several measures, including requiring care-home operators or licensees to meet with a council twice a year or more frequently as required to promote the collective interests of persons in care. Isabelle Mackenzie, the BC Seniors Advocate who has been critical of many aspects of residential long-term care, said that “these changes will give residents of

long-term care, and the people who love them, a much stronger voice in shaping the quality of life for most frail seniors. It is an extremely positive step forward.” On Jan. 4 it was announced that the BC Care Providers Association had released a new guide called Supporting an Active Partnership: A Service Provider’s Guide to Family & Resident Councils. The guide is intended to “share learnings and best practices for supporting long-term care operators in the development and continuation of resident and family councils. Councils can ensure that input and feedback occur in a meaningful, respectful, and timely way.” You may not need long-term care in the future, but you may have a family member or friend that will need this type of care for their end-of-life years. A well resourced and highly functional long-term care system is in the interests of all of us. It provides older people and the best quality of life in the remaining years of their lives. In a just and caring society, we should all work towards providing the best system possible. 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 twenty-seven of those years. Ideas for future columns are welcome – email lions_view@telus.net.

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The impression you left behind has settled deeply within the hearts of those who loved you. Chris, our “Beautiful Man” with a broken heart. Always loved, never forgotten, and forever missed. Mom, Dad & Darlene, Scott & Iveta, Jake & Alexander, and all of Chris’s dear family and friends who still hold him in their hearts

Remember now the happy times The family ties we shared. Don’t leave my resting place unmarked As though you never cared.

ANNABLE, Janice E. April 22, 1929 − January 1, 2023

BANCROFT, Glen Peter November 16, 1939 − January 19, 2023

Jan passed away in West Vancouver, surrounded by the love of her family. Predeceased by her husband of 65 years, Robert, she is survived by her four children: Blake, Tanyss, Peter and Mark and their families, including eleven grandchildren and eight great−grandchildren. Jan grew up in Iroquois, Ontario, and enjoyed an idyllic childhood along the St. Lawrence River with her tight−knit, extended Caldwell family. She loved her time at Branksome Hall School in Toronto, spending summers on the family hobby farm, driving the tractor, boating and playing golf on their one−hole course! Jan headed west to study social work at UBC, where she joined Gamma Phi Beta sorority and fell in love with Bob, who had chosen her to be his secretary for the upcoming ’Mardi Gras Charity Ball.’ With her radiant red hair and white strapless gown, Mom was elected Queen of the Mardi Gras. A lifelong athlete, she played tennis at Hollyburn CC and skied at Whistler, but her greatest sporting passion was for golf. She joined Capilano Golf Club in 1954, which became her "second home" and where she could pursue her love of golf and bridge. Jan enjoyed family time at Buccaneer Bay, Whistler, Penask Lake and many ski holidays. She will be greatly missed by all whose lives she touched. A private family gathering will be held at a later date.

It is with profound sadness that we said goodbye on January 19th to our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother−in−law, uncle and friend at the North Shore Hospice, surrounded in a circle of love by his family that he was so proud of and adored. Glen graduated with a law degree from the U. of M., then returned to B.C. to practice law, having graduated high school in Kelowna and completed his first year at U.B.C., where he played hockey for the Thunderbirds. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Wendy; his beloved children, Glennis (Brad), Cameron (Britt) and Murray (Sarah); and the joy of his seven grandchildren, Brandon (Jamie), Taylor, Parker, William, Nicola, Emmanuelle, and Charlotte. He is predeceased by his brother, Bruce, and leaves behind his Winnipeg family (sister−in− law Ellen) with fond memories. Wendy’s Martin family are very important and always connected. Capilano Golf and Country Club played a large part in Glen’s life; golf and camaraderie provided many good times for this lifelong sportsman. He always felt so lucky to be blessed with many wonderful friends who shared his happy life. You will be in our hearts forever. Aloha! No service by request. For those wishing, a donation to North Shore Hospice in Glen’s name would be appreciated for the support of its caring team.

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BROOKS, Bernice January 12, 2023 The family of Bernice Brooks (Duncan, DeCaire, Davidson) are sad to announce her passing on January 12, 2023, at the age of 87. Please see her complete obituary at dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/west−vancouver− bc/muriel−brooks−11108707

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BROMMELAND, Jane Jane, born June 7, 1932 in Liverpool, England. She passed away peacefully at Cedarview Lodge on December 30th with her daughter Debra by her side. Jane was a loving mother and a very giving grandmother. Predeceased by her husband Kenneth and mother Mary. She is survived by her daughter Debra, son Ian and grandchildren Bryan, Josh, Bo and Abbie.

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BEET, Lori Marie (Erickson) 1963 - 2023 With profound sadness, we share the sudden passing of our dear Lori at the young age of 59, from a cardiac arrest. Our beloved Lori left us peacefully, surrounded by her loving and devastated family. Predeceased by her incredible parents, John and Helen; her remarkable brother, Brian; and her adoring husband, Barry. She is mourned by her loving siblings, sister Helaine (Curt); brother Mike; sisterin-law Karen; sister-in-law Tass (James); nieces Kerstin (Pete), Taylor, Kate and Nicole; grand nephews Aidan and Ben, and her precious cat, Tia. Lori was a devoted and loving daughter, an extraordinary sister and best friend, a proud and amazing aunt, a faithful colleague, a loyal and compassionate friend, and a doting and affectionate mother to many four-legged creatures. Her love for animals was deep and endless. Family and friends were exceptionally important to Lori. She enjoyed sharing her summers on the water exploring the West Coast, winters cruising down the slopes of Whistler, countless poolside gatherings, travelling the globe, or just chilling with those she loved. She will always be known for her genuine love for people and animals, her immense compassion, beautiful smile, and tremendous sense of humour; her infectious laugh lit up any room. Lori’s caring and positive attitude made everyone around her feel comfortable. She knew how to make tough situations bearable and ordinary ones fun and memorable. Quite simply, she was a joy to be around. She was our light. Lori attended school in West Vancouver, where she made many lifelong friends spanning from preschool to high school, maintaining strong ties over the decades. Lori attended SFU and went on to establish a long career at ICBC, again cultivating many dear friends along the way. Lori thoroughly adored her DIVA girlfriends and valued their friendship immensely; she was a loyal and trusted friend.

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BORSOI, Ida Our precious mother passed away in North Vancouver on January 11th, 2023 surrounded by her loving family at the age of 91. Predeceased by her husband of 66 years, Rosalio Sr., she was a devoted mother, nonna and greatgrandmother. She was born on November 30, 1931 in Prata, Italy. Ida was the youngest of 4 children, learned to talk at the age of 1 and never stopped. She was a vibrant, sharp, and principled woman. Many thought she should have been a lawyer. Mom and Dad both moved to Switzerland for work and were married there. After a couple years they moved back to Italy but soon decided to move to Canada as they believed they could give their children a better life. Rosalio immigrated to North Vancouver and Ida followed 8 months later with a toddler and a baby. She knew no English and very little about Canada but she grew to love Canada and was a very proud citizen. Ida was the eternal heart of the family. She highly valued her friendships, enjoyed years of bowling, long conversations with family and friends. She was a great collector of coins and celebration cards that she had received over the decades. Our mother made an impression on everyone. She was both gracious and generous. She had a beautiful smile and a great sense of humour. She is survived by four children; Mila (Lorne), Francesco (Maureen), Gloria (Robert), Rosalio Jr. (Penny); seven grandchildren, Andrew (Jess), Alexandra, Alicia (Kevin), Jarett (Emily), Adrian, Max and Sal; and great-grandchildren Nicolai and Mateo. She will be missed by her elder sister Emilia and many other relatives and friends in Italy. According to her wishes, there will be a private service for family members with a celebration of life for family and friends at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC. Andato ma per sempre nei nostril cuori (Gone but forever in our hearts)

Finally, the family is indebted to everyone who played a part in Lori’s exceptional life; special thanks to Lenore and Adam for welcoming Tia, Lori’s treasured kitty, into their home.

DAVIS, Leanne Ruth October 27, 1960 - October 30, 2022 Leanne died in a drug poisoning accident on October 30, 2022, at her home in New Westminster. Leanne and her brother Glenn were both adopted, bringing joy to their parents Louise and Ted Davis.

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It is with heavy hearts we announce the sudden passing of our beloved wife mom and nana. She is survived by her loving husband of 40 years Richard Giampa; sons Gerry (Girlie), Darin (Gina); seven grandchildren Taylor (Daniela), Troy (Brooke), Travis (Krista), Makayla Bella Sierra and Tyson. Glenda was predeceased by her parents Arlis and Esther Hartwig; and sister Veronica Pistilli. She was a very compassionate loyal person with a big heart. Glenda lived for her family but especially her grandkids attending all there activities. She liked to cruise and enjoyed their trips to Vegas, but it was Black Mountain Ranch that was her true happy place. Her working career expanded 43 years at Caldwell Industries. She will be missed but never forgotten. In our hearts forever. Funeral Friday February 3, 2023 at 1 pm at Boal Chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations to the B/C Cancer Foundation.

SARAH DUYKER Duyker B. (née Trumbull) JOANNE, 6.72694X2 July 5, 1948 − January 11, 2023 NSN002965 :: #733492 We celebrate the beautiful life of Joanne, our much OBITUARIES

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Husband Peter; son Geoff, his wife Sara and grandson Freddy; daughter Sarah, her husband Scott and grandsons Bennett, Chase and Ashton; daughter Ashley, and grandsons Jack and Harlan take comfort in knowing Joanne’s rich legacy of faith, love, acceptance and passion for life has been indelibly imprinted on all who have had the privilege to be part of her life. Joanne was born to Jack and Bonnie Trumbull and raised in North Vancouver. As a teenager, Joanne was involved in Young Life and Camp Malibu, developing a strong spiritual life and lasting friendships.

Joanne created a cherished family home on St. James, where she nurtured her family for 37 years and built an incredible network of relationships. There and at her beloved summer home on Thormanby Island, Joanne grew and cared for magnificent gardens that were admired by all.

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GIAMPA Glenda Lee (nee Hartwig) October 11, 1948- January 14, 2023

Shortly after graduation from Carson Graham Secondary, Joanne took a position with Air Canada, resulting in a brief relocation to Toronto, where she and Peter met. The couple moved back to North Vancouver, where they married and remained life partners for 51 years.

The family would like to extend their deep appreciation to the doctors at Vancouver General Hospital and Lions Gate Hospital; Lori received exceptional care.

A service will be held on January 27th, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Church, 2347 Inglewood, West Vancouver.

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In her late 50s, Joanne expressed her sense of adventure and spent a week climbing in the Coast Range out of Princess Louisa Inlet, in addition to summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak. Joanne loved her role of Gramma Jojo, investing in the development of her six grandsons.

Leanne is fondly remembered and deeply mourned by surviving family, in particular: her son Taylor, mother Louise, brother Glenn, cousin Cathy, cousin Jim, stepchildren Kirsten, Kaethe, Kenneth, and Torrey, and (step) grandchildren Charlotte, Taryn, Marko, Jaynie, Ava, Kefryn, and Miller. Leanne’s ashes will be interred at Fraser Cemetery in New Westminster.

Joanne lived with intention but avoided attention, preferring a supportive role in the background − available to listen without judgment, offering a shoulder to cry on when needed, and providing advice only when asked. We have learned so much from her thoughtful ways; they will continue to guide our paths. We are all the monuments to her life well lived.

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KISSINGER, Joan (nee Ashwin) December 13, 1930 - December 16, 2022 The family of Joan Kissinger (nee Ashwin) is saddened to announce the loss of our dear and remarkable mother at the age of 92. Mom was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan in 1930. Growing up Mom moved around a lot, living in such far-flung places as Kaslo, Telegraph Cove and Vancouver. Mom met Lloyd Kissinger in 1948 at a school dance in Vancouver. They married in 1951, settling for six years in Victoria, where their first child, Susan, was born in 1952. The young family made the big move to Vancouver in 1957, settling in the wilds of North Vancouver, where Scot was born in 1958 and Alison in 1960. This remained the family home for the next 64 years. Mom loved to travel. She and Dad went on numerous cruises and trips together over the years. Mom also did solo trips to Europe and Greece. She did her best to instil a love of travel and adventure into her children. Mom was no shrinking violet and never shied away from letting you know what was on her mind. She was warm hearted and caring and always seemed to know what to do and say when life’s tough challenges presented themselves. She had a passion for books and loved to read on all manner of subjects. She had an amazing ability to recall details from her favourite poems, and passages from books she had read long ago. She had a keen mind to the end and was always up for a chat or a deep conversation. In the last few years of her life Mom had many physical difficulties which she faced head on. Although she could no longer make her way through the world on her own, she was still able to satisfy her curiosity from the written page. Sadly, that book is now closed. Mom will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends. Joan was predeceased by her husband Lloyd in 2000 and her mother, Dorothy Chapman (nee Ward) in 2010. She is survived by her children Susan Mallette (Ross), Scot Kissinger (Barb), Alison Kissinger (Rob) and grandchildren Damien, Ryan (Deepa), Sean, Christopher, Curtis and Claire.

LANGLOIS, Dallas Audrey Kirkpatrick January 28, 1925 - January 13, 2023 Audrey passed away peacefully at Lions Gate Hospital at the age of 97. She is survived by her loving children David (Linda Penn), Donald and Susan. Mum was predeceased by her son Norman (Judi Owen), and our father Peter Owen. Also, her second husband Leo Langlois. Mum is also survived by her sister Joan Dawson and was predeceased by her brother George Sutton. She is also survived by cousins in New Zealand, Ontario and the U.S. Mum is also a grandmother to Jamie (Jenessa) Carriere, Sarah (Darren) Anderson, and Alison (Mat) Buick; and great grandchildren Colten and Rowen. Audrey was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She went to school in North Vancouver and Croften House, graduating from St. Margaret School in Victoria. Mum was a long time resident in the Capilano Highlands. Mum lived in Amica Edgemont Village over the past five years. She loved to square dance and travelling on Holland America ships to many destinations. Family would like to thank the staff at the Palliative Care Unit at Lions Gate Hospital. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to BC Children’s Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held at Highlands United Church on Edgemont Boulevard on April 15th, 2023 at 2 p.m. Condolences can be sent to First Memorial at: firstmemorialnorthvancouver.com

MAULTSAID, Denise Georgena On January 17, 2023, Denise Georgena Maultsaid (née Kouri) passed away at the age of eighty-five with her family by her side. It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of our beloved matriarch. Denise was a supportive mother, involved grandmother, and a creative and hilarious friend. Born in 1938 in Bengough, Saskatchewan, Denise worked as a school teacher in Regina, Winnipeg, and Saskatoon before the Maultsaid family moved to Belize for three years. Upon their return to Canada in 1973, the family settled in Vancouver and Denise continued her teaching in Burnaby and Coquitlam school districts. She would also go on to earn her Master of Education from the University of British Columbia in 1988. Denise spent a combined thirty-five years teaching, the culmination of her career being her time as an art teacher at Pinetree Secondary School in Coquitlam before her retirement in 2003. Denise was also an avid traveler and, in addition to her time in Central America, she visited Southeast Asia, Africa, and Europe, as well as many Canadian provinces throughout her life. Denise spent the last fifteen months in North Vancouver as a resident of Amica Edgemont Village, where she could be found playing the piano in the main lounge two nights a week. She was a quick wit, skilled pianist, and lively companion right up to her final days. She will be fiercely missed. Denise is survived by her children: Meegan, Deirdre, Norm (Grace), and Harriet (Jack); grandchildren: Troy, Linden (Darian), and Connor; and sister, Lois (Bill). We sincerely thank all the doctors, nurses and staff at Lions Gate Hospital as well as all the staff at Amica Edgemont Village. A memorial gathering will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Denise’s name to Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

STORM, Herb March 16, 1935 − January 15, 2023 Born in Korsholm, Finland, a Swede−Finn, Herb came to Canada at the age of two. As an adult, he returned to vacation in his homeland and would live in Sweden for two years, putting his Chartered Accountant designation to work for Price Waterhouse, Stockholm. Returning to Canada, he worked as Business Manager for The Columbian newspaper in New Westminster and as Director of Internal Audit (Certified Internal Auditor) for Crown Zellerbach/Crown Forest. Always a man with a numbers focus, Herb was treasurer or assisted with accounting in many volunteer positions, including Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, the Old Growth Conservancy, his condo Strata, and the Vancouver Waldorf School, to name a few. Cherished by the communities he touched, he is remembered for his generous heart. A quiet person who generally spoke only when he had something to say, Herb was looked up to for his calmness, intelligence, and dry sense of humour. He loved maps, nature, bird watching, and navigating the BC coast via small boat. Survived by his wife of 50 years, Lois Grierson of West Vancouver; sons Kyler (Candace) of North Vancouver and Eric (Nicole) of Kingston, Ontario; grandson Halen; granddaughters Madeleine and Ruth; and sister Gretel Crawford and family. We send him off with love on a new journey, trusting he will find new maps to ponder, new forests to explore, charts to navigate new waters, and quiet bays in which to anchor. A memorial service will be held on Friday, February 24, at 1:30 p.m., Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1110 Gladwin Drive, North Vancouver.

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Wishing you and your family a safe and prosperous New Year.

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