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Rental rates soar despite addition of 1,200 new units JANE SEYD

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The price of rental housing in Metro Vancouver continues to outpace rents across most areas of the country. And rents on the North Shore are among the highest in the region, despite recent increases in supply of rental housing, according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Renters are continuing to feel the squeeze because demand for rentals is still outstripping supply, according to CMHC’s latest Rental Market Report, which examines trends in rental housing across Canada. Lower-income renters in B.C. are particularly pinched, according to the report. That’s despite the addition of 3,805 units of purpose-built rentals added to the market in B.C.’s major communities between mid-2021 and mid-2022 . The city and district of North Vancouver were among four municipalities that contributed 87 per cent of the new purpose-built rentals in Metro Vancouver. After decades of little rental construction across the country, in the last 10 years, municipalities have Continued on page 19

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BUDGET TALKS

Inflation driving up municipal property taxes for 2023 BRENT RICHTER

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Municipal budget season is kicking off on the North Shore with higher-than-usual tax increases coming thanks largely to inflation, supply chain problems and disruptions in the labour market.

District of West Vancouver property owners are looking at a 6.07-per-cent increase in municipal property taxes, on average, in 2023 if the current proposed budget passes. For the owner of a home assessed at the $3.76-million average, the proposed budget would add about $350 dollars on

to the municipal portion of their taxes over last year’s bill. For a strata owner whose home is assessed at the $1.7-million average, it would amount to an extra $158. Metro Vancouver and TransLink taxes are expected to rise even more dramatically, and utility costs will all be

escalating as well. Most of that increase – 4.57 per cent – would be in West Vancouver’s operating budget. If approved as is, there will be 14 full-time equivalent staff positions added. Among the positions staff are hoping to fill: parks maintenance, trail workers and Continued on page 20

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West Vancouver’s Ferry Building Gallery looks ready to reopen – why hasn’t it yet? NICK LABA

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BC Ferries travellers are used to sailing waits.

So it might not come as a shock that the Ferry Building Gallery at Ambleside Landing has faced delays in reopening the iconic heritage site. A series of upgrades to preserve the historic structure were slated for completion last summer, after receiving a $1.85-million grant from senior levels of government in 2020. But the end date was pushed back due to supply chain issues, sorting out legal requirements and, most recently, shrubbery. By the start of the new year, the District of West Vancouver said the delays were out of its control. Virtually all the upgrades had been completed, but BC Hydro had to sort out legal requirements with CN Rail – service lines are within right of way of the adjacent railway – before power could energize the building. In response to a query from the North Shore News, BC Hydro said the site is ready to be energized with no known legal issues. “The holdup is the contractor being required to add clearance between a pad-mounted transformer box,” BC Hydro spokesperson Susie Rieder said by email. “Our team met with the contractor in early January and advised them on how to do this, by removing some bushes, but this hasn’t been done yet.” Once the shrubs in question – planted around the green-coloured box in front of the building – are removed, the utility company said it will energize the site.

NEWS POLL

Readers say new guidelines won’t change drinking habits JANE SEYD

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Whether they usually have two drinks every two months or two drinks over dinner most evenings, most North Shore readers say Canada’s latest guidelines on lowrisk alcohol consumption won’t change their behaviour.

The District of West Vancouver hopes to open the restored Ferry Building Gallery at Ambleside Landing before spring. NICK LABA / NSN All that’s left is to schedule that work, as well as some final electrical and mechanical tasks, said district community relations liaison Natalie Roizman. “BC Hydro realized there was some other landscape requirements they hadn’t noticed previously,” she said. “I don’t have a date as to when that will happen.” Roizman said she anticipates the unexpected hiccup to be resolved within the next month or two. “We’re really hoping it opens this winter.” There’s a ribbon cutting and opening exhibition planned once everything is in working order, she added.

After serving as a public art gallery for 30 years, restoration of the nearly 110-yearold Ferry Building has included relocating it to higher ground, seismic upgrades, flood proofing, new accessible washrooms, a side lift, basement, exterior stairs and ramp, as well as various structural repairs. The District of West Vancouver, which applied for the federal-provincial funding, contributed over $600,000 to the $2.5-million restoration. The Ferry Building was built in 1913 and designated a municipal heritage property in 1987.

This month, Canadian guidelines on alcohol consumption were changed to define “low-risk” drinking as no more than two drinks a week. That’s a significant change from the last set of guidelines, which came out a decade ago, and recommended a daily limit of three drinks for men and two drinks for women and a maximum weekly limit of 10 drinks for women and 15 drinks for men to be considered “low risk.” One of the more alarming findings of recent research is alcohol is a “clear carcinogen,” causing an estimated 7,000 cases of cancer a year in Canada. But despite that information, most local readers on the North Shore who drink say the guidelines are unlikely to change their habits when it comes to booze, with 52 per cent of readers indicating their drinking isn’t going to change. About 20 per cent of local readers who responded said they do intend to cut down. Three per cent said they plan to quit drinking entirely, while over 24 per cent of those responding said they don’t drink, period. The poll ran from Jan. 20 to Jan. 30 on nsnews.com.

T-REX VS. TMX

Protester gets extra week in jail for courtroom dinosaur stunt CORNELIA NAYLOR

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Two women who dressed up as dinosaurs and played badminton inside a Burnaby Trans Mountain worksite have both been handed jail sentences for criminal contempt of court.

On May 11, 2022, Emily Kelsall and Lucy Everett donned inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex costumes and scaled a fence at a TMX worksite by an industrial complex in the 8600 block of Commerce Court, according to information presented at a sentencing hearing in Vancouver Supreme Court, Jan. 27. The pair then set up a net and played badminton inside the worksite for 20 to 25

minutes before climbing back over the fence and being arrested on the other side by waiting Burnaby RCMP officers. Kelsall, a West Vancouverite, and Everett were charged with criminal contempt for violating a 2018 court injunction prohibiting people from blocking work on the pipeline and from entering within five metres of TMX worksites. They pleaded guilty to the charges, Jan. 27. Crown prosecutor Ellen Leno said the dinosaur protest, which she called a “stunt,” breached the injunction in a “public manner.” A video of the incident was posted on TikTok and the TREXagainstTMX Instagram and Twitter pages and the incident was

featured in a Burnaby NOW story. “The activities were not only observed by individuals in the moment who were on the site and observed the breach, but it’s also been publicized on various platforms on the internet and in the news,” Leno said. In a joint sentencing submission, Leno and defence lawyer Karen Mirsky, both called for 21-day jail sentences for the women. Mirsky noted the incidents were non-violent, the women didn’t have criminal records and they had taken responsibility for their actions with early guilty pleas. But B.C. Supreme Court Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick took the unusual step of

departing from the joint submission after Kelsall took out a “dinosaur hat” and put it over her head when she was done telling the court about how the urgency of the climate emergency had inspired her actions. Fitzpatrick cleared the court after the incident drew laughs and cheers from the gallery. “It is clear that her actions display a deep disrespect for this court and a deep lack of respect for the rule of law,” Fitzpatrick said. She sentenced Everett to 21 days in jail but Kelsall to 28. Fitzpatrick also imposed a $1,240 restitution order for the cost of the disruption at the TMX site.

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A townhouse in West Vancouver’s West Royal Towers complex, shown here on Nov. 16, 2020, is at the centre of a Civil Resolution Tribunal ruling. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

UNPERMITTED WORK

Condo owners ordered to repair damage caused by reno BRENT RICHTER

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Two West Vancouver condo owners have been ordered to repair the structural damage they did to their townhouse complex while carrying out unpermitted renovation work.

In March 2020, the strata council for the West Royal Towers approved Philip and Raven Garrow’s request for an alteration permit for their ground-level townhouse, according to a ruling released by the Civil Resolution Tribunal last week. But, the following month, the strata revoked their permit and alerted the District of West Vancouver after they learned that contractors had been coring holes into the concrete floor, which was expressly forbidden by the agreement. “The structure of concrete floors is post-tensioned and any damage to the cables embedded in the concrete floors could cause catastrophic damages to the structural integrity of the building,” the agreement stated. An inspection by an engineer hired by the strata confirmed two of the post-tension cables had been damaged and one had been severed completely by the coring, the ruling states. The District of West Vancouver also put a stop work order on the job site. The Garrows took their strata to Civil Resolution Tribunal, attempting to have the strata’s stop work order cancelled and seeking $180,000 in damages for negligence and breaching the alteration agreement. The Garrows admitted that their work included coring holes into the slab, which resulted in the post-tension cables being cut, the ruling states, but they argued that the plans approved by the strata indicated the holes would be required to move plumbing fixtures. Tribunal vice-chair Kate Campbell rejected the Garrows’ claims, finding that the terms of the agreement supersede anything that may have been in the architectural drawings. “I find the strata was justified in stopping the work, because coring holes in the floor was specifically prohibited in the alteration agreement,” she wrote, adding later, “I also note that the Garrows initialled each page of

the agreement, and cannot argue they were reasonably unaware of all its terms.” The strata filed a counterclaim, seeking an order forcing the Garrows to repair the structural cables and halt any other work until that is done. The Garrows argued they shouldn’t be required to do the work, given the opinion of their engineer that “the slab can support the design loading without any of the three damaged cables.” Campbell disagreed, favouring the evidence of the strata’s engineer, who pointed out that if future work resulted in similar damage elsewhere in the complex, it could create more urgent safety concerns. “It would be unreasonable to conclude that the Garrows are entitled to leave the cables they damaged unrepaired, when that could lead to future problems,” she wrote. “Given that structural cables were quickly and easily damaged by the Garrows’ renovations, it would be unreasonable to conclude that future damage by others is unlikely.” The alteration agreement signed by the Garrows specifically puts the liability on them for the repairs, Campbell noted, giving them 120 days to provide a report from an engineer confirming that the repairs have been completed. The tribunal did, however, reject the strata’s request for an order requiring the Garrows to pay punitive damages. Campbell noted in the ruling that the strata estimates the repair costs will be about $250,000, although the exact cost wasn’t known. The Garrows have a separate legal dispute with the district seeking the removal of the municipal stop work order on the site. It remains before the B.C. Supreme Court. It is not the only run-in the developers have had with West Vancouver. In 2017, the district filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court seeking an order to demolish a 20th Street home they alleged the Garrows had built almost entirely without permits. The building had numerous structural, electrical and plumbing deficiencies, the district submitted in court affidavits. Before the case could be heard in court, one of the Garrows’ lenders foreclosed on the property and sold it to a new owner who demolished the house in October 2022.

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An all-rental apartment building at Taylor Way and Clyde Avenue in West Vancouver, first proposed in the fall of 2021, will go to a public hearing.

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Larco, the parent company of Park Royal, is seeking to build 201 market rental apartments, most of which will be studios between 350 and 378 square feet. The pitch is to provide smaller units that will be more accessible to local workers otherwise priced out of living in West Vancouver. Rents for the suites will be set at the market rates at the time the building is finished, but the developer has told district staff they estimate the homes will lease for $1,400 to $1,900 per month. The entire building would have just 40 resident parking stalls, plus 10 for visitors, but there would be more than 280 secured bicycle lockups. If approved, the six-storey project would put another $4 million into the district’s coffers through community amenity contributions and add an estimated $115,534 in annual property taxes over what Larco currently pays for the vacant site. In October 2021, the previous council voted to advance the project ahead of the official Taylor Way Local Area Plan process because it would offer much needed rentals.

District staff are recommending that it proceed because it would concentrate new homes within a short walk of shopping, services and transit. Council was asked to vote on first reading of the rezoning bylaw in November, but the majority kicked it back for more community consultations by the developer. Council voted 5-1 at the Jan 23 meeting to send the project to a public hearing. Coun. Christine Cassidy was the lone holdout. Cassidy stressed that her vote against moving the project forward was on the principle that it shouldn’t be done before the district completes a local area plan for Taylor Way. “I don’t want this project coming forward in advance, because as much as I may or may not like the project, Park Royal should have no greater opportunity for their project than for example, the lot that is for sale immediately behind it,” she said. Coun. Nora Gambioli countered that the district already has numerous guidelines that should guide council to move the proposal forward. “It’s about the need for rental housing. It’s about an opportunity. It’s about the fact that there is already a development permit area here and that this proposal is supported by that,” she said. The public hearing will be held on March 6.

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A 74-year-old woman was pepper sprayed this week when she met someone to complete an online sale in a popular public park. According to North Vancouver RCMP, the incident happened around 1 p.m. on Jan. 24 following an arrangement to sell an item via Facebook Marketplace. The woman met the assumed buyer in Victoria Park, where that person tried to rob her of the item she had arranged for sale, said Sgt. Peter DeVries. During the interaction, the woman was pepper sprayed, DeVries said. Officers attended the scene, and the woman made a statement. DeVries added that she recovered, and suffered no serious physical injuries. As the investigation is still in its early stages, police aren’t releasing any further details about the incident or the suspect. But RCMP are pursuing active leads, DeVries said. If anyone is making an in-person transaction via Facebook Marketplace or other online services, North Vancouver RCMP encourage them to make their exchanges at a safe zone outside the detachment. “We welcome people to do their

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A 57-year-old West Vancouver driver is facing a charge of driving without due care and attention under the Motor Vehicle Act in connection with a fatal collision which killed a North Vancouver senior a year ago. The driver was turning his Ford Raptor onto 13th Street on Jan. 19, 2022, around 1:25 p.m. when he struck a 71-year-old woman who was at the crosswalk where 13th Street and Bellevue Avenue meet, near Ambleside Park in West Vancouver. The woman suffered what police described as “significant injuries” and later died. The RCMP’s Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service was called in to lead the investigation. The collision was also captured on surveillance footage from nearby condos, and several witnesses, including the driver, gave statements to police, the police said at the time. A single charge of driving without due care and attention was sworn against Zhiqiang Peng on Jan. 16. He is

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ore than $51 million in additional school taxes on homes over $3 million will be collected from the North Shore this year – most of it from owners of high-end properties in West Vancouver. To be clear, the AST has nothing to do with schools. It’s more of a wealth tax tacked onto an already existing tax levied on property values. But the intent of the AST when it was introduced in 2019 was to both cool the higher end of the housing market and pull in revenue needed to fund affordable housing. We can argue about the efficacy of the tax on the market, but there’s no debate about the need to supply new affordable housing. The latest CMHC data shows renting a home in the City of North Vancouver today would cost you more than $2,000 per month. In West Van, it’s more than $3,700.

The province now has an obligation to show up with every dollar it collected in AST from the North Shore and spend it on affordable housing here, and then some. Whether it’s rooms offered at shelter rates for those who would otherwise be homeless, rentgeared-to-income for those just getting by, or below-market rentals that are accessible to the local workforce, there is an acute need at every level. That money could go even further if our municipalities are willing to put up some land. If any of our councils are foolish enough to be less than willing partners, the province may simply overrule them – something Premier David Eby has already signalled is coming for municipalities that aren’t pulling their weight on housing. Though the AST may have nothing to do with education, it’s time we learned a lesson on how to use it.

Kid slips on a pair of headphones, disappears from the world

No one warned me about the headphones.

When you’re a parent, you get a lot of advice and warnings from other parents who have gone through the process. But they don’t hit everything, and you sometimes end up in situations you could never have imagined until they actually happen to you. Laugh “Hope you like All You Want changing diapers, Andy Prest buddy!” they say with a slap on the back. They don’t, however, tell you that one day you’ll be crammed into a bathroom stall in a suburban mall, miserably failing in your attempts to wipe away the shrapnel of an intestinal explosion that has you wondering how a tiny eightmonth-old baby could unleash such unholy hell on the world. How did he get it in his hair!? No one warns you about that one. They warn you about the lack of sleep,

but they don’t say that you’re going to be so tired at work one day following a night of baby screaming that your brain will start independently buzzing like a microwave packed with porridge. They don’t tell you that your sleep patterns will be so warped by so many early mornings that you may never sleep-in past 8 a.m. again in your life. Oh, you’ve got a rare morning to yourself with the kids staying at grandma’s house? Enjoy being wide awake at 6:46 a.m. As your kids grow older, the advice and warnings wane as other people become less likely to sense and prey upon your new-parent terror. But maybe there should be more warnings. I, for instance, maybe could have benefited from a heads up about the level of violence that siblings can introduce into a previously peaceful household. Wait, did you just hit your brother with a dictionary? When did our house become a Martin Scorsese film? The latest household development, however, has really got me questioning everything I’ve learned about human interaction in my previous four decades of my existence. It’s the headphones. And how they’re

always on the head. Always. Last week I sat down at the breakfast table with my kid and started chatting with him. He did not chat back. In fact, he did not react at all. I asked him another question, again with zero reaction, at which point I became a little concerned. He’s a cheeky young fellow, but not one to employ the silent treatment. Was he asleep, in a coma, high on drugs!? My other son came by, sized up the situation, and pointed to his ears. “Headphones,” he said. And then I finally noticed, under a hoodie, two little bumps. I waved my hand in front of his face, and finally got a smile. This is now a permanent state of being for the kid, at least as much as he can get away with. He wakes up, puts them on. He takes them off, showers, and puts them back on. He watches TV, and yet he still somehow has them on (listening to, I presume, something different than what is on the TV). On a family car ride downtown last week he had them on at the same time we had other music playing through the car stereo. “Can you turn yours down?” he shouted over two sets of tunes

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Did the Five Creeks Flood Protection Project cause flooding in West Vancouver? Early on Christmas Eve morning, as the rain began to fall and the snow melt, water gushed from the openings of two large pipes that form part of the Five Creeks Flood Protection Project. The floodwater, originating in the lands above the Upper Levels Highway, surged out onto Westmount Road and into neighbouring yards, carrying loads of gravel and debris with it. Emergency services were called and the road was closed. Area residents spent much of the day stacking sandbags and shovelling gravel to form levees in an attempt to protect their properties. The problem, it appears, was that the two large pipes had not yet been connected to the 5 Creeks Project’s main line and that entry points to these pipes, located above the highway, had not been properly secured. This breach also appeared to impact Cave Creek as silt, fine sediment, and possibly construction residue, was allowed to enter into the creek significantly impacting water quality. A similar failure had already caused extreme turbidity in Cave Creek on Oct. 26, the result of overnight rain. So far, the district has remained silent on the issue. Why are these breaches occurring? The provincial approval for the 5 Creeks Project contains strict conditions that serve to protect property and the environment. Are these conditions being followed? Are they being taken seriously? Have problems and delays with the project made it necessary to cut costs elsewhere (e.g. environmental and safety precautions)?

The Five Creeks Project, co-funded by the District of West Vancouver, is being led by a private developer and their team. It is required to facilitate the clearing and development of their land above the highway, including the proposed Cypress Village. Over the years, the project has suffered a series of false-starts, design issues, and setbacks, leading area residents to wonder whether this quasi-P3 process is working, or whether it has led to the wrong approach and a troubled execution, as well as poor environmental protections. The significant problems that have plagued the Five Creeks Project do not inspire confidence in the project as a whole, or for the future development/ overdevelopment above the highway. With clearing continuing on the Upper Lands, which can result in runoffs five to 10 times greater than in the natural state, we cannot afford to get it wrong.

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Motivated by the effect colon cancer has had on generations of their own family, Greg and Kelly Wolfe donated $360,000 to support the use of endoscopy screening technology at both Lions Gate and Squamish General Hospital. The screening device, named the Medtronic GI Genius, uses artificial intelligence to help physicians spot the subtle, potentially cancer-causing growths that can often be missed by cameras or the naked eye. With the help of Wolfe’s donation, four sets of the tech will be installed between the hospitals. “This kind of detection technology is changing the landscape of our field,” said Dr. Jin Ho, the gastroenterology division head at Lions Gate Hospital. “By improving and increasing polyp detection rates, we can effectively reduce the incidence of colon cancer and will ultimately save lives.” Colon cancer, sometimes known as colorectal cancer, is the No. 3 cause of cancer in the country – with one in 14 Canadian men, and one in 18 Canadian women, estimated to

develop it during their lifetime. Championing the AI-driven tech, Vancouver Coastal Health physician Dr. Richard Lewis said he has noted the difference the device offers in terms of cancer detection. “Based on our evaluation, the device appears to be very sensitive to subtle polyps which may be pre-malignant,” he said. “Previous studies using the device have also suggested there is an increased rate of detection of small and subtle polyps, with the detection rate of these pre-cancerous polyps correlating with the subsequent risk for developing colon cancer.” Kelly Wolfe said the two were inspired to make such a lofty donation following years of first-hand experience with the cancer, an experience that, they say, was ameliorated by the care and work given at their local hospital. The Wolfes have been touched by colorectal cancer firsthand on both sides of their family, with Kelly herself having battled it most recently. She said they both hope the new devices will help reduce the impact of colorectal cancer on other families, and that their donation will inspire others in British Columbia’s technology sector to support technology adoption in other areas of medical care. “Without the support of Dr. Lewis and the LGH Foundation, we wouldn’t have been able to deliver this additional level of detection for our community,” she said.

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The former Cineplex Odeon at Park & Tilford will be replaced by a Winners store later this year.

Cineplex temporarily shuttered all of its theatres at the beginning of the pandemic and in May 2020, the theatre company confirmed that the Park & Tilford location would not reopen. TJX Companies, which owns the discount fashion retailer Winners, and BentallGreenOak, the company that manages Park & Tilford, have confirmed a new store is in the works. “Winners will be an anchor tenant at Park & Tilford. It will be 28,000 square feet and it will be a retail complement to Save-OnFoods,” said Andrew Lowther, vice-president leasing Western Canada for BentallGreenOak. The site has been under construction for months as contractors revamp the space. “There’s been a lot of work to convert it from the old, sloped-floor theatre premises to a flat-floor, properly loaded, entranced retail unit,” Lowther said. A date has not yet been set for the Winners to open but it is likely between summer and early fall, the two companies stated. There is another Winners store at Lynn Valley Centre, just 3.5 kilometres up Mountain Highway but Lowther said he

The former Cineplex Odeon site at North Vancouver’s Park & Tilford will be replaced by a Winners retailer in summer or fall 2023. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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More than $51 million in additional school tax will be coming from owners of high-end properties on the North Shore this year, mostly from West Vancouver.

Almost 39 per cent of all residential property owners in West Vancouver will be dinged with the additional school tax on homes assessed at more than $3 million dollars this year – a 12 per cent increase over 2022. The additional school tax, which the NDP brought into effect in 2019, adds a 0.2 per cent tax on the value of properties assessed between $3 million and $4 million and 0.4 per cent for anything above $4 million. The tax was intended to cool the high end of the property market and raise money to provide affordable housing. According to West Vancouver finance

About 39 per cent of West Vancouver property owners will be subject to the additional school tax on homes worth more than $3 million in 2023. GETTY IMAGES department staff, there are 3,254 properties in the $3-$4 million range this year whose owners will see an average of $905 of additional school tax on their property tax bills. An expected $2.9 million in additional school tax will be owing from that subset of owners. There are another 4,257 properties valued at more than $4 million that will face

the higher rate. In total, the West Van staff estimate the total amount of additional school tax that will come from its property owners in 2023 is $46.25 million. According to BC Assessment, the average assessed value for a single-family home in 2022 was $3.11 million, four per cent higher than in 2021. Condos and townhouses were up seven per cent to a $1.42 million average.

District of North Vancouver East of the Capilano River, there are 1,914 residential properties that will be subject to the additional tax or 5.9 per cent of all properties in the District of North Vancouver. That’s up from 4.6 per cent in 2022 when 1,505 property owners were affected. DNV finance staff estimate the total amount of additional school tax to be raised from their tax base in 2023 will be just over $4 million, up from $3.2 million last year.

In 2022, detached homes in the district had an average assessment of just over $2 million while multi-family homes came in at $929,000, up six and 11 per cent respectively.

City of North Vancouver Because of lower assessments, city residents are always the least likely on the North Shore to be seeing additional school tax on their bills. In 2023, just 355 properties are over the $3-million mark – two per cent overall. The 329 properties between $3 and $4 million will be expected to pay $132,520 between them while the 26 lots valued at more than $4 million will be expected to pay an additional $658,944. According to BC Assessment, single-family homes were up 10 per cent in the last year for an average price of $1.95 million. Condos, meanwhile, were up 10 per cent, with the average value pegged at $840,000.

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North Van teen races her way to cyclo-cross junior worlds ANDY PREST

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A North Vancouver teen with deep ties to the North Shore cycling community has pedalled her way to the junior world championships for cyclo-cross.

You may know Madeleine Pollock as an employee at Obsession: Bikes, the popular shop on Lonsdale Avenue. But she doesn’t just sell bikes, she races them too. Fast. On Saturday, Feb. 4, Pollock will pull on a Maple Leaf jersey to represent Canada at the 2023 UCI Cyclo-cross Junior World Championships in the Netherlands. It’ll be her first time racing at a world championships, an impressive feat for the 17-yearold for many I had to reasons, including work hard to the fact that she suffered a serious actually get concussion less better and to be able to than a year ago that knocked her off her train again bike for months. and go to Pollock doesn’t school again. remember exactly what happened in MADELEINE POLLOCK the fall she took while training on the North Shore’s famous mountain biking trails, she just knows how long it took to recover from the crash. “I didn’t really get back to normal for four or five months,” she said. “It took me a really long time to recover. So to be here [preparing for worlds], less than a year later, it’s been incredible. I learned a lot of resilience, and what hard work does for you. I had to work hard to actually get better and to be able to train again and go to school again. That was definitely my biggest challenge this year. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before – I wouldn’t

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North Vancouver’s Madeleine Pollock competes for Canada in a World Cup cyclo-cross race held in Belgium in December of 2022. Pollock will race in the 2023 UCI Cyclo-cross Junior World Championships Feb. 4 in the Netherlands. JENNY KOUMOUTSIDIS recommend it.” She’s made it all the way back, though, and she wants to thank the many members of the North Shore cycling community who helped her get here. Pollock got into cyclo-cross at age 12 through a loaner bike program run by the Developmental Escape Velocity Organization (DEVO) team, racing her loaner bike on the Lower Mainland Cyclocross Series. She is also supported by Ride Like A Girl, a program with strong North

Shore ties that pairs up-and-coming female cyclists with experienced mentors. Her co-workers at Obsession help keep her bikes in top condition, and she also races with the mountain bike team at Ecole Handsworth Secondary. “DEVO and the bike community and the race scene has been super supportive,” Pollock said. “I have a super long list of people I could thank. It’s just that the North Shore community, even though it is a big community, it still feels like a small little

world where everyone can support each other.” Pollock thrived in multiple cycling disciplines, winning provincial championships in mountain biking and cyclo-cross, and finishing first in the U19 female category, third overall female, in the Whistler Gran Fondo road race. Cyclo-cross, however, is the event she’s hit the hardest lately, spending time in Europe over the Christmas break to compete against some of the world’s best racers. For those not familiar with cyclo-cross, it’s a discipline that combines mountain biking and road racing, with a bit of cross-country running thrown in. Racers compete on dirt courses using bikes similar to road bikes but with bigger tires. Courses include portions that are unrideable, forcing racers to go on foot while carrying their bikes. “It’s kind of a crazy sport,” said Pollock, adding that huge crowds came out to watch some of the races she competed in over in Europe, where the sport has a huge following. “There were like 50,000 fans on the side of the course,” she said. “I really love the atmosphere of cyclo-cross…. It’s fun all the time. It’s really a spectator sport.” Whatever happens at worlds, Pollock said she is focused on continuing on in cycling to achieve her “dream goal” of competing for Canada in the Olympics, although that would need to be in road cycling or mountain biking as cyclo-cross is not yet an Olympic event. She’s also working towards a career as a professional cyclist. “It would be really cool to be paid to ride bikes, which definitely takes some time and a certain calibre of racing,” she said. “But I’m slowly working my way up there.” The world championship races will be live-streamed on FloBikes and Global Cycling Network+.

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‘THIS IS MY REWARD’

Teen cancer survivor gets zero-gravity flight wish NICK LABA

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A weight has been lifted of Zack Harrison’s shoulders.

His two-year battle with cancer has been capped off with a life-changing experience and a positive prognosis. With the help of Make-A-Wish Canada, Harrison took a zero-gravity flight that allowed him to feel the sensation of weightlessness. He described the experience as life changing. “I would say it’s like a release,” Zack said. “Doing Doing it made it made me realize ‘OK, I’m me realize fine now. I’m doing better ‘OK, I’m fine and this is my reward.’ It now. I’m doing felt like a gift at the end.” On Sept. 15, 2020, he better and this is my reward.’ was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. It felt like a After that, he was in and gift at the end. out of the hospital for ZACK HARRISON months, as his treatment was complicated by being allergic to one of the chemo drugs. “I got a whole list of other problems from it,” Zack said. “Then I lost all my physical strength.” At the time, his oncologist and nurse clinician said he would qualify for Make-A-Wish, but everything was on hold because of the pandemic. After over a year of waiting, a representative got in touch with Zack in early 2022. He submitted an application and a few months later was told his wish would be granted. His health was also improving.

He flew down to Florida for his Zero-G Experience flight on Oct. 23. Before taking off, Zack said he felt anticipation rather than nerves. After flying to 24,000 feet in a modified plane, the aircraft flies at a steep 45-degree angle. Next, the plane pushes over the top of a “parabolic arc” and a zero-gravity phase follows for 20-30 seconds. This manoeuvre happens 15 times over the course of a flight. “It’s hard to explain, but it was super cool,” Zack said. “You feel yourself float up. And then you just walk around like you’re bouncing.” His mom, Kim Harrison, said the trip – which included a visit to the Kennedy Space Centre – was icing on the cake. “Knowing that he could physically do it and be OK, and even today watching him play soccer and just having that faith that he’s going to be OK – it’s a huge, huge relief,” she said. Zack is expected to complete his treatment in March. “This year is my best year so far since [my diagnosis],” he said. “I feel great again.” Currently a student at Ecole Handsworth Secondary, Zack said his future plans include studying marine biology at university, running a mile in under six minutes and getting a girlfriend. Make-A-Wish Canada is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2023, granting more than 37,000 wishes since its inception. For those who would like to experience the sensation of weightlessness in a plane, Zero-G Experiences start at US$9,070, according to the company’s website.

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ALL-STAR OPPORTUNITY

North Van’s Benedet earns spot in prestigious Shrine Bowl ANDY PREST

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North Vancouver’s Theo Benedet will get a rare opportunity to showcase his football skills as the sole Canadian university player invited to participate in the prestigious East-West Shrine Bowl all-star event scheduled for Feb. 2 in Las Vegas.

The towering offensive lineman is coming off an outstanding season with the UBC Thunderbirds that saw him earn the J.P. Metra Trophy as the top lineman in the country. Clocking in at six-foot-seven and 305 pounds, Benedet is a Handsworth Secondary grad who has played three seasons with the T-Birds. Nearly all of the other players in the East-West Shrine Bowl come from NCAA Div. 1 teams. “It’s huge, I’m really happy to get the chance to represent UBC and our program,” said Benedet in a release. “I’ve always been really proud to be a Canadian athlete and play at a Canadian school. I have a little chip on my shoulder to go down there and show we can play too.” Benedet also earned U Sports

North Vancouver’s Theo Benedet gets ready to take the field for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds in a game against the University of Manitoba Bisons at Thunderbird Stadium Oct. 15, 2022. Benedet will play in the East-West Shrine Bowl Feb. 2 in Las Vegas. BOB FRID / UBC ATHLETICS 2022 First Team All-Canadian honours for UBC as the T-Birds had one of the top rushing offences in the country last season, on their way to their first Hardy Cup final

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It’s a well-deserved honour and opportunity, said UBC head coach Blake Nill. “This is a platform that will bring more awareness to his skill set and his potential as an elite football player,” Nill said. “He’s earned this and will certainly take full advantage of it. He’s got a God-given gift in his genetics and his athleticism, but he certainly puts in the necessary effort.” Benedet would have been a strong candidate for first-round selection in the 2023 CFL draft, but instead opted to defer his CFL draft eligible status to 2024. He could, however, still choose to pursue NFL opportunities next season if he is picked in that league’s 2023 draft or signed as a free agent. “I can play in the Shrine Bowl and still go back to school so it’s a no-lose situation,” he said. “If I do really well and the NFL opportunity is there I can take it, or if the feedback is I need more development I can also head back to UBC and do that.” The East-West Shrine Bowl will be broadcast live on the NFL Network.

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Winning the award for best whisky in Canada was a breeze for Sons of Vancouver.

Palm Trees and Tropical Breeze, to be exact. The North Vancouver distillery took home top prize at the Canadian Whisky Awards, for the company’s all-rye spirit that gets its tropical vibes from resting in rum casks from the Virgin Islands. It’s the first time in the 13-year history of the awards that a craft outfit has come out on top. Last year, Crown Royal won. The year before that, it was a 43-year old Canadian Club. While larger producers have to focus on consistently putting out thousands of barrels a month, Sons of Vancouver’s smaller size allows them to blend new batches every time. Co-founder James Lester said his distillery is trying to make really aromatic and flavourful whisky. There are whiskies coming out of Ireland that are very apple forward, and whiskies out of Scotland that are banana forward. But that style hasn’t really been done before in Canada. With Palm Trees, “when you picked it up and you smelled, it was like you knew you were getting something that was different,”

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he said. “That’s what really made it stand out.” Lester said it’s an incredible honour and surprise to be included in the Canadian Whisky Awards. “I’m told that the judging wasn’t even close,” he said, adding that the whiskies are Continued on page 17

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Award-winning whisky sold out Continued from page 16 tasted blind. Getting the big flavours in Palm Trees took years of aging in barrels and careful blending to bring out the flavours the team wanted. “The magic of whisky really comes from the barrel,” Lester said. “It comes from a tree, but it could come from the bottom, the middle, the top of an oak tree that was cut down in the fall or the spring, the winter or the summer – and then there’s 50 pieces of wood that make up those barrels.” The next step in the whisky magic is blending. That’s the most important part, Lester said. And having more barrels means more tools at the distiller’s disposal. “We went through 100 barrels. We tried to find our fruitiest ones and we pulled those out and separated them from the rest,” he said. If all this description has you salivating for a sip of this lauded liquid, unfortunately you’re out of luck. Only 275 bottles were made and they sold out months ago. Same goes for Marshmallows Over a Campfire, of which 190 bottles were produced. That batch won silver at the same award show. It was also Lester’s personal favourite, borrowing flavours from scotch barrels of “campfire, wood and burnt telephone pole.” Definitions gone a rye If you’re among the many who remain bamboozled by all the naming conventions in the alcohol industry, you might have

wondered why Canadian whisky is called rye. You might assume that it contains its eponymous grain. Not so. In Canada, you can call legally label whisky a rye, even if it’s 100 per cent corn, Lester explained. “This goes back to the 1860s when Canadian whisky was defined. There was always a small percentage of rye in it, so they just called it rye whisky,” he said. But Sons of Vancouver has turned that tradition on its head by highlighting the underdog crop. Beforehand, the distillery had made whiskies in the 90-per-cent range, and Palm Trees was 100 per cent rye. The whisky made by the craft producer is also barrel proof, meaning it hasn’t been diluted to have lower alcohol content. The amber liquid made by Sons of Vancouver is usually in the 55 to 65 alcohol-by-volume range. “The lower the alcohol percentage, the more bottles you get, the more customers you can reach,” Lester said. “It’s a great reason to lower the ABV.” “For us, I don’t want people to look at it and think about it as there’s more alcohol ... think about it as more flavour,” he continued. “It’s a whisky that’s meant to stand out on its own in a class, or in a cocktail. And the higher alcohol percentage really means the more flavour you’re getting.” If all this talk of flavourful whisky has piqued your palate, Lester said a new batch is on the way next month. You can sign up for a whisky mailing list at sonsofvancouver.ca.

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An investigation into an electric vehicle fire in which a Tesla caught fire while it was being driven in North Vancouver has ruled out the car battery as a cause of the blaze, according to Transport Canada.

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What’s playing on the big screen? Roll the reel back to the late 1940s. Here we see the Odeon Theatre, which was at 1421 Lonsdale Ave. in North Vancouver. One Body Too Many, which came out in 1944, was playing at the time this photo was taken. The mystery-drama starred Jack Haley, Jean Parker, and Bela Lugosi, who was known for his role as Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic. Can you spot the line forming? Visit monova.ca for more information about the history of the North Shore and to learn about MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver now open Thursday to Sunday in The Shipyards. Currently, MONOVA: Archives of North Vancouver at 3203 Institute Rd. in Lynn Valley is open by appointment only. Contact: archives@monova.ca THE "TIME TRAVELLER" SPACE HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY DONATED BY THE ADVERTISER BELOW. ##LOCALMATTERS

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In May, Jamil Jutha was stopped at a light at the intersection of Mountain Highway and Hunter Street in North Vancouver when all of a sudden his vehicle felt as though it lost all power. Jutha told the North Shore News shortly after the fire he tried to put on his hazard lights, but they didn’t work. That was when he noticed smoke coming into the car through the driver’s side vent, said Jutha. Jutha said he tried to open his door with the electronic button and roll down his windows, but those didn’t work either. As smoke began filling the car, he panicked and kicked out the driver’s side window. Jutha said once out of the vehicle, he immediately called 911. Within two or three minutes, he said, the whole car was on fire. “The whole thing just burst into flames.” But the electric battery that powers the Tesla wasn’t the cause of the fire, said authorities. After the fire, the burnt vehicle was inspected twice – on June 8 and Aug. 19, 2022, by Transport Canada inspectors along with ICBC officials, engineering consultants representing ICBC and Tesla representatives. A North Vancouver fire investigator also attended one of the inspections. “It was confirmed that the fire does not relate to the high-voltage battery in the vehicle, said Sau Sau Liu, spokesperson for Transport Canada. Investigators determined that the car fire started in the left half of the dashboard, in the vicinity of the “left body control module.” During the second inspection, several components from under the instrument panel – including the left body control module, the steering column assembly, and the car computer – were removed for more in-depth inspection. The car computer was also retained as it may contain some recorded data that could be helpful, said Liu. Detailed examination of those components and information from the car’s computer are ongoing, she said. Liu said Transport Canada is not aware of any other similar incidents of Teslas catching fire while being driven. After the incident, Jutha said he wanted other Tesla drivers to be made more aware of the emergency door release in the electric vehicles. While there is a mechanical override to open the driver’s door in a Tesla, Jutha told the North Shore News after the fire he’d never had to use the emergency door

Tesla driver Jamil Jutha said he kicked out the window to escape after his car caught fire at a stop light in North Vancouver on May 20, 2022. COURTESY JAMIL JUTHA release – a latch that the driver can pull up, located under the door panel containing the window controls – in the eight months that he owned the vehicle – a Tesla model Y 2021 – and didn’t know where to find it. Most of the other Tesla owners he spoke with after the fire also had no clue where the mechanical lever is, said Jutha, adding he wants other Tesla owners to get familiar with the system. “What if I was an older person who couldn’t kick out the window?” he said. “It was terrifying.” Tesla crash into BC Ferries ramp still under investigation A more recent incident involving a Tesla that accelerated and crashed into a ramp at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal in West Vancouver Jan. 14 is still under investigation. In that incident, the vehicle suddenly accelerated into a gate, destroying the Tesla. Both the driver and passenger were taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries. A photo of the aftermath shows the Tesla on an upper car ramp but split in two pieces, with its front left wheel detached and airbags deployed. West Vancouver Police have indicated they do not believe the crash was a result of alcohol or a medical issue. The investigation is now focusing on whether the crash was likely the result of a mechanical malfunction or driver error. In January 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the U.S. concluded an investigation of sudden accelerations of Tesla vehicles, finding driver error to be the source. “More than 200 incidents involving Teslas unexpectedly accelerating and crashing were the fault of drivers confusing their brake and accelerator pedals, not a defect with the electric vehicles,” reported the Washington Post. – with files from Graeme Wood

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Overall in Metro Vancouver, rents increased 6.3 per cent over the past year, although on the North Shore that was higher – average increases hovering around 12 per cent. Provincial rent controls govern how much rent can increase for an existing tenancy. But when renters moved out and a new tenancy began, rents shot up dramatically, according to the housing report. Rents for two-bedroom units that turned over to new tenants went up an average of 24 per cent. Affordability remains a huge challenge, according to the report, with less than a third of purpose-built rentals affordable to households earning under $55,000 Despite the increase in rental housing, high demand continues to put pressure on the market, said CMHC analyst Eric Bond, one of the report’s authors. A surge in immigration to Metro Vancouver, a return of international students and high home ownership costs that have kept families in the rental market have all contributed to the squeeze. Policies like the speculation and vacancy tax have helped add to the rental supply, by encouraging condo owners to rent out their apartments. On the North Shore, there are about 4,272 private condos that are part of the rental market – about 21 per cent of the total. Basement suites, suites in single-family homes and laneway houses aren’t included in the CMHC data.

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Continued from page 1 been working to encourage that, said Dan Milburn, general manager of planning, properties and permits for the District of North Vancouver. More rentals are being approved, said Milburn, but construction of projects can take several years after they are approved. There were also 249 units of secondary condo rentals added to the rental supply on the North Shore between mid-2021 and mid-2022. According to CMHC, overall vacancy rates for rental apartments in the City of North Vancouver and the District of West Vancouver are hovering around one per cent, while they are slightly higher – three per cent – in the District of North Vancouver. Rental rates are high on the North Shore – among the highest in Metro Vancouver. In the City of North Vancouver, average rent for a one-bedroom purpose-built apartment is $1,643, while that same apartment is $1,886 in the District of North Vancouver and $1,922 in West Vancouver. That compares to an average of $1,543 in Metro Vancouver overall. A two-bedroom apartment in the City of North Vancouver goes on average for $2,058, while a two-bedroom in the District of North Vancouver rents for $2,459 on average. In West Vancouver, rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $4,538. In Metro Vancouver as a whole, two-bedrooms go for $2,002, according to CMHC.

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Continued from page 1 an arborist; two more crew for West Vancouver Fire & Rescue to keep both their tower and rescue trucks ready to deploy at the same time; a new deputy corporate officer; two IT staff; a new community planner to focus on the Horseshoe Bay local area plan; and an Indigenous relations manager to help build closer relationships with First Nations and advance reconciliation work. Also in the proposed budget are a 0.5-per-cent increase specifically for environmental protection and climate change initiatives and another one-per-cent increase set aside for repair and replacement of the district’s crumbling capital assets. District staff estimate it will take $17.7 million per year over the next 20 years to keep the district’s infrastructure, which successive previous councils declined to plan for, from failing. When the draft financial plan was presented to council

on Jan. 13, Mayor Mark Sager emphasized that budget talks were just beginning and there would be plenty of opportunity for the public and council members to have a harder look at the proposed spending and make changes. Coun. Christine Cassidy took exception with the municipality continuing to grow the size of its staff, both during COVID-19 and after. “Now we have a budget yet again, which is wanting to hire people when one of our biggest costs is staffing. Do we ever lay anybody off or do we just continue to add to the cruise ship?” she asked. Director of finance Isabel Gordon said municipalities are facing growing demands for services from the public and council, but ultimately budget decisions are for elected members to make. District of North Vancouver property owners,

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Proposal: Temporary Use Permit application to permit a real estate leasing/sales office at 1311 1311 Lonsdale Ave Lonsdale Avenue, operated by Three Shores, for E 14th St marketing of their various development projects. The permit would allow the business to operate at the address for a period of up to 3 years. To provide written input: All persons who believe their interest in property may be affected by the E 13th St E 13th St proposed permit will be afforded an opportunity to speak at the Public Meeting and/or by written or email submission. All submissions must include your name and address and should be sent to the Corporate Officer at input@cnv.org, or by mail or delivered to City Hall, no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, February 6, 2023, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Meeting. To speak at the Public Meeting in person OR by Webex/phone: In person at City Hall: On the day of the Public Meeting, a sign-up sheet will be available in the lobby, outside the Council Chamber, between 5:30 and 6:00pm. Enter City Hall through the doors at the southwest corner of the building (off 13th Street) after 5:30pm. Via Webex/phone: Pre-register by completing the online form at cnv.org/ PublicMeetings, or by phoning 604-990-4230 to provide contact details, so call-in instructions can be forwarded to you. All Webex/phone pre-registration must be submitted no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, February 6, 2023. Non-registered speakers: Speakers who have not pre-registered will also have an opportunity to provide input. Once all registered speakers have spoken, the Mayor will call for a recess to allow time for additional speakers to phone in or speak in person. Call-in details will be displayed on-screen during the livestream at cnv.org/ LiveStreaming. To view the documents: The proposed permit, background material and presentations can be viewed online at cnv.org/PublicMeetings. Questions? Huy Dang, Planner, hdang@cnv.org / 604-990-4216

meanwhile, can expect a 4.5-per-cent hike in their municipal property taxes based on the draft budget debated by council on Jan. 30. For the owner of the average assessed home in the district, the 4.5-per-cent increase would result in a municipal tax bill that’s about $113 higher than the 2022 bill. But that increase may inch higher if the majority on council get their way. Finance staff told DNV council they had already winnowed down the spending from a proposed 5.5-per-cent increase late last year by deferring a series of capital projects. Each member on council expressed a desire to limit the financial burden residents will feel but the majority, along with several members of the public, zeroed in on about 12 cycling and pedestrian infrastructure projects that wouldn’t go ahead in 2023. Among them: a bike route connecting the Lynn Valley and Lynn Creek town centres, a cycling route on Main Street, and a Spirit Trail extension from Maplewood to Deep Cove. Mayor Mike Little said, for him, the proposed budget strikes the right balance between the district’s musthaves and nice-to-haves. “At first pass, I think this looks like it generally represents our priorities,” he said, adding that if council members want to see more projects added to the to-do list, they should be willing to scrap others. “This is the hard stuff. This is the stuff where a council doesn’t want to have to take away a project but we don’t have the capacity to do everything that’s coming towards us.” Couns. Herman Mah, Now we have Catherine Pope, Jordan Back a budget yet and Jim Hanson, however, again, which argued in favour of adding more is wanting to sidewalks and bike lanes into hire people the priority list. Shelving active transporwhen one of our tation improvements, some biggest costs of which had been in the is staffing. Do works for more than a decade, we ever lay wouldn’t be consistent with the anybody off official community plan, they or do we just argued. It would also go against continue to add the district’s commitments to climate action and making the to he cruise municipality less car-depenship? dent, as well as their campaign WEST VAN COUNCILLOR promises, they said. CHRISTINE CASSIDY “Make no mistake about it: these are not deferrals, they are cuts and they may or may not be included in budgets five years down the road. This is 2023. We have a climate emergency,” Pope said, adding that district residents could afford another halfper cent increase. “$12.50 per household in the District of North Vancouver. Seriously? We live in one of the wealthiest communities in Canada. The median income here is $120,000 a year, a quarter of all residents make $200,000plus a year. This makes no sense to me on any level.” DNV staff will now incorporate council’s latest directions into a budget coming forward for consideration on Feb. 13. That will kick off public consultations, which last until March 6, followed by another budget debate on March 13 and tentative approval on March 27. City of North Vancouver council has not yet begun budget discussions or public consultations but, speaking to West Van council on Jan. 13, Gordon said the proposed increase would likely come in between 4.5 and six per cent, based on discussions with her colleagues in the city. West Vancouver residents can review the proposed budget on the district’s website and send in their questions until Feb. 3.

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Here’s how to celebrate Black History Month on the North Shore

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Since 1995 the country has been officially recognizing February as Black History Month, an annual observance dedicated to celebrating the history, achievements and culture of Black Canadians.

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Across North and West Vancouver there are a multitude of ways to both enhance education and support Black artistry. Here are some events to check out. As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic At the end of the month the Polygon Gallery will present As We Rise, a collection of more than 100 photographs that champion both Black artists and subjects. Running Feb. 24 to May 14, the touring exhibition is dedicated to the Wedge Collection, Canada’s largest privately owned contemporary art collection that focuses on exploring African diasporic culture and contemporary Black life. Black History Matters The Presentation House Theatre’s Giselle ClarkeTrenaman has been working closely with the Museum of North Vancouver to put together a production that is both educational and engaging for children and their parents. Running for an hour at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, the show Black History Matters delves into the symbolism of the Sankofa bird and its meaning within an African diaspora context. Library resources Alongside the abundance of reading material available at North Shore public libraries are film screenings, including a screening of John Ware Reclaimed at North Vancouver City Library on Feb. 1. Visit nsnews.com/local-events for a continually updated list of North Shore events. – Mina Kerr-Lazenby

Pursuant to section 165 of the Community Charter, the City of North Vancouver’s 2023-2027 Draft Financial Plan will be presented for consideration at the above noted Regular Council Meeting. To provide written input: Complete the online form at letstalk.cnv.org/budget2023 or mail or deliver written submissions to City Hall. All submissions must include your name and address and be received at City Hall no later than noon on Thursday, February 9, 2023. To speak at the meeting: In person at City Hall: On the day of the meeting, a sign-up sheet will be available in the lobby, outside the Council Chamber, between 5:30-6pm. Enter City Hall through the doors at the southwest corner of the building (oﬀ 13th Street) after 5:30pm. By Webex or phone: Pre-register by completing the online form at cnv.org/PublicMeetings, or by phoning 604-990-4230 to provide contact details. Call-in instructions will be forwarded to you. All Webex/phone pre-registration must be submitted no later than noon on Monday, February 13, 2023. Non-registered speakers: Speakers who have not pre-registered will also have an opportunity to provide input. Once all registered speakers have spoken, the Mayor will call for a recess to allow time for additional speakers to phone in or speak in person. Call-in details will be displayed on-screen during the livestream at cnv.org/LiveStreaming. To view the documents: Online at cnv.org/draftﬁnancialplan after 4pm on Friday, February 3, 2023 to view the 2023-2027 Draft Financial Plan. Questions? Finance Department, Finance@cnv.org 141 WEST 14TH STREET / NORTH VANCOUVER / BC / V7M 1H9 / T 604 985 7761 / F 604 985 9417 / CNV.ORG

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Monday, February 6, 2023 at 6:00pm Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8956 for 229 East 22nd Street Proposal: To rezone the subject property from a One-Unit Residential 229 E 22nd St (RS-1) Zone to a Two-Unit Residential (RT-1) Zone to allow for the development of a duplex. To provide written input: All persons who believe their interest in property may be affected by the proposed bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard by written or email submission. All submissions must include your name and address and should be sent to the Corporate Officer at input@cnv.org, or by mail or delivered to City Hall, no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, February 6, 2023, to ensure their availability to Council at the meeting. No Public Hearing will be held. Watch the meeting online at cnv.org/LiveStreaming or in person at City Hall, 141 West 14th Street. Enter City Hall through the doors at the southwest corner of the building (off 13th Street) after 5:30pm. 2240

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ELLIOTT, Norman Stephen BOOTH, Gillian ROSLIN Alexandra January 8, 1974 to August 24, 2022

BOOTH, James NIGEL Hanmer December 21, 1936 – December 26, 2022

Survived by her parents, Ann and Nigel Booth, her brother Russell (Olga, Alder, Nova-Faye), long-time friends Grady Orchard, Betty Molnar and countless others.

Survived by his wife Ann, son Russell (Olga, grandchildren Alder, Nova-Faye). Predeceased by his daughter Gillian.

A tragic accident took her from us while on her motorbike on the Sunshine Coast. A true Cove kid, Gillian grew up performing in Deep Cove Stage’s annual pantomime. She attended Burrard View School and Seycove Secondary School. An Independent spirit who lit up any room she entered. She lived all over the province making life long friends everywhere. Roz was a visual artist involved in painting, fabric design, photography and performed as a VJ at summer music festivals around BC as the ‘Renegade Pixie’. She loved music and played a number of instruments. Roz loved animals and enjoyed snowboarding on Cypress every winter. She was very caring and generous to all her friends and family. No flowers by request, donations to the SPCA would be appreciated.

Nigel was born in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, England and immigrated to Canada with his wife on March 1, 1969, raising two children in Deep Cove after moving there in 1970. He worked at Pacific Diesel Brake for 28 years helping develop the PacBrake engine brake. Boaters knew him as an instructor with Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons. Nigel was Vancouver’s face of McGregor Sailboats and a long-time member of Deep Cove Yacht Club. He defined himself as a problem solver, known online as ‘trubleshoooter’, he was always willing to share his knowledge and help people enjoy their boats, cars or homes safely. An avid darkroom photographer, Nigel graduated to digital with the encouragement of friends. His favourite pastimes were sailing in the San Juans with his family, touring the Naramata Bench and sipping a G&T as the sun went down. He retired to Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast in 2016. No flowers by request, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundations are appreciated.

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Norman Stephen Elliott was born on May 13, 1939 in Vancouver, BC. He passed away on December 14, 2022 on Salt Spring Island, BC of Alzheimer’s disease. He was predeceased by his parents Thomas and Nellie (nee Bliss) Elliott and his son Stuart. He is survived by his son Stephen (Candace nee Brydon) and grandsons Samuel and Keil. He is also survived by his wife Diane (nee Wilkie) and his sister Janice Besharah and her daughters Nancy and Susan. Norm grew up in the Dunbar neighbourhood of Vancouver. He attended Queen Elizabeth Elementary School and then Lord Byng Secondary School graduating in 1957. He also attended UBC and studied a very rewarding Sales and Marketing Program in which he was quite proud of. His big break came when he joined Permasteel Engineering when he was 22 years old. He started in the heating department and eventually moved on to metal building construction sales. He travelled northern BC and the Yukon and was very successful. He eventually bought out the two owners of Permasteel and he thrived in the business. Norm took up flying lessons when he was 27 years old and subsequently bought a small Cessna plane in partnership with a friend. He enjoyed flying as a hobby for the next few years. He then took up sailing and purchased a C&C sailboat, took sailing lessons, and started racing locally out of RVYC. His crew of 5 entered the Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race in 1976.

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He and his family discovered Salt Spring Island in 1981 through boating and eventually bought property, built a home and moved there part time. Norm loved to travel. This passion took him to some exotic locales that were off the beaten path at the time. He loved to scuba dive in various places that had warm tropical water. He enjoyed helping people financially during these travels. The family would like to thank the many compassionate people who helped care for Norm during his final couple of years. A celebration of life will be held on Salt Spring Island in the spring.

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Clarence Nelson Reed January 21,1935 - December 3, 2022

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Clarence Nelson Reed. Clare fought a brief but intense battle with cancer, slipping away quietly and peacefully in his own bed with family around him on the evening of December 3, 2022. Clarence is predeceased by his wife Sylvia in 2015, and is survived by his children Michael (Sheri), Krissa (Phil), and Gavin; Clare and Syl unconditionally accepted their children’s partners as the fifth Beatle(s), and loved them accordingly. He is also survived by his six wonderful grandchildren, Grace, Cameron, Rachel, Duncan, Olivia, and Shea - he was always so proud of you! Clarence will be deeply missed by Orest and Gloria Bazylewich for whom he felt great love and affection, going right back to those early days on Broder Street, Regina where he met Sylvia, and all the magic began. Clarence is also survived by his younger sister, Lesley Pierce (Wayne) of Kelowna. He leaves behind many others too numerous to acknowledge here, who knew how exceptional he was and who greatly valued his friendship. It’s almost impossible to summarise the life of such a man - he was a devoted husband, a fabulous father, and a full-on Grandpa; there are numerous and varied photos of small children standing on stools helping him make his famous pancakes, and many more of those same kids on stools pulled up to the bench or lathe in his workshop. Clare was immensely proud of his family and loved us well. That this day should come was inevitable, but even so, such a loss will be hard to reconcile to a future without him. He made and led an incredibly rich life into which we were all drawn and in which we all flourished. He was unfailingly even-tempered, rarely lost his cool, and had an incredible sense of humour. Because of this, it wasn’t until his beloved Sylvia passed away that we began to learn somewhat of the price that PTSD demands of all First Responders. That we had no idea either as children, or later as adults, is testament to how he decided to live his life, and the choices he made - trauma was not brought home. Clare had an extensive and distinguished 25 year career in the RCMP, beginning with Highway Patrol in Southern Alberta, then special assignment in Ottawa, from there moving on to the Vancouver Ident Crime Lab where he later became the NCO in charge of Forensic Photography. Following retirement from Federal Service, Clare took a position as security analyst for Canada Safeway, after which he embarked on his third career change with the Bank of Canada. Upon his final retirement he pursued travel with his love, Syl, and their best friends Frank and Bobby McLeod, Ernie and Cathy Chisolm, and Wendy Laporte. Together with Sylvia, he built and maintained a warm and welcoming home (where boisterous dinners were regularly held), and beautifully landscaped gardens - revamping both as times and styles changed - they were always up for it, although when asked, he openly admitted the point of throw cushions eluded him! He was also free to capitalise on his lifelong love of woodworking in which he was a most accomplished craftsman. Family, and a fair few friends have in their possession one or more of his beautifully crafted pieces of art or MCM furniture. His incredible skills are also on display in all of his kids’ renovated homes; he could build or repair anything, although he did once express an exasperated wish that we stop bringing him cheap furniture to rebuild! His talent and scope of experience was ever impressive. There is even a lovely, tiny feltlined coffin, buried under the patio stones of a North Van home - RIP Bonnie the guinea pig. He never questioned, just acted. He was a man of perception and character.

There is no way to give a comprehensive account of a life that was so full and varied. In the 50’s he built a cabin with friends up Grouse Mountain, hauling everything up with brute strength, determination, the odd cigarette and bottle of whisky. He quit high school at sixteen to drive truck for his father’s sash and door company, but years later when his own kids were still young, he went back to “night school” to earn that graduation. In the early 60’s, when on guard duty with the RCMP on Parliament Hill he was known to share the odd cuppa with then PM Diefenbaker in the wee hours of the morning before the capital awoke and the business of Government began. In 1965, there being no coroner available, Clare was sent to the remote site of the tragic plane crash of CPA flight 21, brought down by a bomb near 100 Mile House, BC. Strapped into the open bay door, he hung out of the plane photographing the carnage, later trekking into the site on foot to continue the grim process of documenting the accident, and identifying the many victims. Changing gears, there was the 1972 Incident of the Frog (as it came to be known), when Clare miraculously revived a small amphibian that had inadvertently been left exposed in the sun by his distraught young daughter - disaster averted - hero status (re)confirmed. Such was his innate ability to be truly present for those who needed him, and it speaks to his incredible capacity to recognize a need and act. Our family would like to acknowledge the incredible care Clare was given at West Coast General Hospital in Port Alberni. Clare’s dedicated medical team included Dr. D. White, who was critical in gaining a fast diagnosis; Dr. Jan Klomje who performed a miracle surgery; Dr. Julia Adams, Dad’s outstanding GP; and Dr. W. Johnsen, who stepped in quickly to update Dad’s palliative care. Additionally, there was the truly responsive, seamless, and compassionate care shown by palliative home support services - Nurse Catherine W. (C Dub), and her amazing teammates as they guided us through the absolute lightning changes of Dad’s illness. At every turn it was always “I’m going back to the office right now to set that up for you” - there was never a need that wasn’t met within hours, even coming out to us through the heavy snow and impossibly impassable roads. Gifted at reading the room, they took away the stress and fear of being Dad’s caregivers and returned to us the gift of again being his family. A thousand thanks - you can never know the full extent of our gratitude. Clare’s influence and impact was felt in so many spheres, touched so many lives, in so many ways, but the constant underpinning it all was the deep love and devotion he held for his life partner, Sylvia. They had a wonderful relationship based on passionate love, admiration, and respect; solidly grounded in unconditional trust, acceptance, and support. We are strong enough to weather this loss because of their unwavering commitment to each other, and to those whom they counted as family. There is nothing else they needed to do, but to live the life they built together, and to show us everyday, in everything they did together, that a life well-lived, with love freely given and accepted, is the ultimate prize. Goodbye Dad, be with Mom; we will all be ok. A memorial service will be held On Saturday, February 11, 2023, 2pm at the Corrigan Nature House (2645 Dollarton Hwy, North Vancouver) to celebrate this exceptional man. Without doubt, there will be the recounting of as yet untold stories - Orest, we’re looking at you! The family request no flowers, but should you wish, a donation in Clare’s name to the charity of your choice would be a lovely remembrance.

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ENGLISH, Felisa It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Felisa English (nee Macaballug). Born to the late Genaro and Filomena on March 18, 1937 in Isabela, Philippines. Felisa attended university in Manila earning a doctorate of dentistry and in 1963 would go on to open her own clinic there. With a dream of practicing dentistry in North America, Felisa immigrated to Canada in 1967. She soon met and married the late Phillip English. Together they had three children and made their home in North Vancouver. Felisa devoted the next chapters of her life to her young family and continued pursuing her dental career. In the mid 90s, she was able to fulfill her dream of practicing dentistry and spent four years working on a medical mission in Kenya, where she helped thousands of underprivileged individuals in need of dental care. Many will remember Felisa for her amazing cooking and volunteer work at The Holy Rosary Cathedral in Downtown Vancouver. She spent countless hours using her artistic skills decorating the church with her beautiful flower arrangements. Her kind, gentle heart and always friendly smile will be greatly missed. Her love and support for her family was never-ending and will be forever appreciated. Felisa is survived by her three children, Philip, Cielo and Andrew, and seven grandchildren.

LESLIE, James (Jim) William February 22, 1935 − January 25, 2023 Jim left us to be with his Lord and Savior in Heaven after a long dedicated life. He was a devoted husband, father and friend. We will miss his kindness, humour and love. Jim was predeceased by his beloved son Kenneth. Left behind to remember him is his wife of 64 years, Caryl; grandson James Leslie (Heather); great−grandsons Nathaniel, Gunner and Ryder Leslie; daughter−in−law Martha Leslie; and close family friends Ian and Tina Findlay. A memorial will be held on February 4th, 11am, at Lynn Valley Church, 1160 29th St E, North Vancouver. All are welcome. For information, email: ifindlay@telus.net or call 604−990−1319. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants." − Psalm 116:115

LONDON, Donald It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Donald R. London on January 11, 2023, in Kelowna, BC. Born October 3, 1937, to Frank and Claire London of North Vancouver. Survived by his wife Betty; children: Tracey (Kevin), Craig (Tracy), Deborah (Richard); and grandchildren: Kristen, Riley, Katie, Tristan, Joshua, Summer, and Logan. Don will be remembered as a devoted husband (61 years), caring, honourable, loyal, and a man of faith. His character brought out the best in people all throughout his colourful work career, extensive volunteer service, and family life.

EVANS, Margaret Grace Evans (nee Hogg) February 1, 1930 - January 13, 2023 It is with great sadness that we announce that our beloved Margaret has passed away. She is lovingly remembered and will be missed by her husband of over 60 years, Don; her children Vicki (Greg), Sue (Malcolm), and David; her grandchildren Jeremy (Victoria), Asha, and Kyla; and her siblings, nieces, and nephews in England. “Mum” lived a long and interesting life; she was a private person, so you had be a good listener to get the details! She was born in Tunbridge Wells, England, the eldest of six children. She told interesting stories about living in England, including being evacuated during the war to Cornwall with her mum to help look after her three youngest siblings. She loved the outdoors and went on many walking trips in the Lake District, Scotland and other parts of England and Europe. Mum had a great sense of adventure and loved to travel. Her travels brought her to Canada for the first time in 1954, along with her friend Maidie. She worked as a legal secretary in Toronto and Montreal, eventually landing in Vancouver. She returned to England for a few years but felt Canada offered her more opportunities. She married in 1960 and started her family and long stay on the North Shore of Vancouver. Mum continued to work as a legal secretary and once she had children, she worked part-time as a personal assistant for the renowned artist Lauren Harris and his wife until his death in 1970. She also worked for Dr. Trapp at Klee Wyke, as an assistant and cataloguing Dr. Trapp’s art collection. It was about this time that mum took on the running of The Dance Shop, which she continued for over 50 years! She was an astute businesswoman and continued to be sharper than many until her last days. Mum enjoyed spending time with family, walking on the seawall (she loved the ocean), adventures abroad, gardening, time in Florida, and relaxing at the family cabin in Winthrop (especially when the Balsam Root was blooming).

Shirley passed away peacefully in North Vancouver. She will be sorely missed by her partner Brian Lynch, her cousin Tony Walker and his family, many friends, colleagues and students. She made a real difference in the lives of everyone she touched, either as a teacher librarian, a cherished friend or the best honorary “Auntie” anyone could have. Shirley grew up in Lancashire, England and learned her considerable entertaining skills from her father, a baker. She trained as a teacher and taught her early years in the English Lake District. While visiting Canada, she decided to stay and settled in the Fraser Valley in 1958 as a teacher in Mission. Always up for an adventure, she also taught Canadian children in Germany while their parents served in the military. After her rewarding teaching career, she retired to North Vancouver in 1996. Shirley was an adventurous world traveller, even taking a trans-Siberian rail journey across Russia at the height of the Cold War. She explored many countries, often with Brian, and came home with wonderful stories and photographs to fire our imaginations. She was a very lively and talented individual, an excellent needlewoman and a long-time member of the North Shore Needle Arts Guild. She was keenly interested in people, young and old, and loved gardens, nature and education. Her passion for life was a gift for her friends and she is truly missed by members of her community and loved-ones far and wide. When you are having a cup of tea, traveling with friends, admiring a piece of needlework she gave you or looking at beautiful photography, stop and remember a special time you spent with Shirley. By her request, there will be no service.

We would like to thank Dr. Sandhu and Dr. Bayfield who have been mainstays in her care in recent years. Thanks also to several doctors at the Eye Care Centre, Dr. Webb at St. Paul’s Heart Centre, and Allie & Susan (fitness instructors for over 20 years), for their care and support in the last few years. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the LGH foundation, St. Paul’s Cardiac Care Heart Centre, St. Catherine’s Church, or to a charity of your choice. A celebration of life will be held at St. Catherine’s Anglican Church, 1058 Ridgewood Drive, North Vancouver on March 19th, 2023, at 2pm.

POPE, Janet (Andison) August 28, 1945 - January 13, 2023 Jan/Mum/GranJan was gracefully released from her body after living with Parkinson’s Disease for 25 years. She leaves behind an enduring legacy and imprint on many including her devoted lifelong partner and adoring husband Ken, her loving children Bruce (Shelley)/Erin, beautiful grandchildren Jacob/Justin, close family and friends, and the bettered the lives of thousands of preschool children through her time teaching/operating Chatham Preschool with her mother Louise Andison.

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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.

MCINTYRE, Warren Edward September 25, 1936 − December 21, 2022 With love and sadness, we announce the passing of Warren after many years of battling Lewy Body Dementia. Warren was a Professional Engineer and a Computer Program developer. During his work as an engineer, he was involved in offshore projects in many countries in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific. He was active in numerous professional organizations, including the Professional Engineers Association and the Consulting Engineers of Canada. In the early 1980s, he developed software for materials testing that was recognized nationally. He was an active boater, first with a powerboat, then a 36 ft. sailboat and ultimately a 43ft. ketch for offshore sailing. He and his family enjoyed many summers sailing in the Gulf Islands, Howe Sound and Desolation Sound. In 1994, he realized his dream to sail to Mexico. Warren is survived by his loving wife of 66 years; daughters Brenda (Brad) Moe and Deborah (David Blom deceased) McIntyre; son Bruce (Valerie) McIntyre; and five grandchildren and two great− grandchildren. Many thanks to the staff of Creekstone Care, who lovingly looked after Warren. A Celebration of Life will be held on February 18, 2023, at 10:30 am at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, North Vancouver.

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.

THURSTON, Ronald Bowman Ronald Bowman Thurston UE passed away January 21, 2023 in North Vancouver, B.C. He was born October 11, 1930 in Halifax, N.S., the only child of Bowman Corning Thurston and Florence May Cole, both predeceased of Halifax, N.S. He was a proud descendant of Nova Scotia United Empire Loyalists. He was also predeceased by his loving wife, Pauline Joan (Conlin) and his sons Edward and Robert. Ron is survived by his son William (Carla); his daughter Patricia (Peter) Widdows and their children Michael, Erika; daughter-in-law Isabell (Edward) Thurston and their children Daryll, Simone (Padraig) Byrne and their children Saoirse, Eamon; daughter-in-law Diane (Robert) Thurston and their son Bowman; sisters-in-law Kathleen King, Cena Montague; Nova Scotia cousins, Frieda Perry, Harry Thurston, Gladys Merrigan and many more. Although Ron was raised in Montreal from 1936, he remained proud of his Nova Scotia heritage, always sporting either a Nova Scotia Tartan scarf around his neck, Nova Scotia pin on his lapel or flag on his scooter. In 1948 Ron joined The Royal Bank of Canada in Montreal, where he met his wife Pauline. They married 1953 and together with their children, his career took him to Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and Thunder Bay before retiring in 1988 in Vancouver as District Inspector of B.C. and Yukon. He had a passion for the outdoors and at every opportunity took his family exploring, whether by car, canoe or float plane and after retirement at the cabin in Merritt, B.C. But his greatest passion was always family. Ron, to many of us and Bubba to the following generations, taught himself computer skills, becoming quite adept with making his own cards which he enjoyed sending to family, both in N.S. and “from away”, to keep in touch and express his love.

TUTTON, James March 5, 1939 − December 28, 2022 It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Jim Tutton. He died peacefully on December 28, 2022, in West Vancouver, BC. He is survived by his children Sarah, Chris and Kathleen (Pedro); grandson Henry; and his younger brother Russell.

Although we grieve in Ron’s passing, may we focus on his love for us all and the memories of him we cherish in our hearts. Family will attend a private Celebration of Life. Donations may be made to the charity of your choice.

Jim was raised in West Vancouver, attending West Van High School and then the University of British Columbia, where he took a variety of courses, finally settling on a Bachelor of Commerce and spending many years working in the field of real estate development.

SHILLING, Elfriede Elfriede passed away peacefully into the arms of the Lord in the early morning of January 23, 2023. She will be deeply missed by her sister Louisa; son John (Barbara); grandchildren Jeremy, Ryan (Lina), Matthew, Joanna and Bethany; great grand daughter Elena. Born in East Prussia in 1930, Elfriede immigrated to Saskatchewan in 1953 with her now deceased husband Hans, settling in North Vancouver in 1958. Elfriede lived a full life and will be remembered fondly as a loving sister, mother and Oma. Our heartfelt thanks to the wonderful nurses and care aides at Berkeley Care Centre for their care over the years. A memorial service will be held in the spring at Hollyburn Funeral Chapel.

Jim was an avid outdoorsman who loved boating, fishing, hiking and skiing. In the summer, he could be found backcountry hiking, completing the entire Pacific Crest Trail over a number of years. In his mid −60s, he started the Seven Summits and completed Mt. Everest Base Camp and Mt. Kosciuszko before health issues prevented him from continuing. Jim’s passion for skiing started in his teens on Hollyburn Mountain and never wavered. He was a Whistler original, building a cabin there in the late 1960s, skiing there for over 35 years, and eventually retiring there. He also loved Sun Valley, and that became his second home during ski season. Jim always had a great story to tell, and he will be missed by all who knew him.

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DEVELOPER INFORMATION SESSION Vernacular Group has submitted a rezoning application to the city of North Vancouver for 540 West 21st St. to support the development of two single-family units through a subdivision. Interested members of the public are invited to attend the Virtual Developer Information Session with Applicant for an early opportunity to review the proposal and offer comments. How to participate: Please contact Marie Del Borrello [Marie@vernaculardev.com] or [604.990.6662] to register for the session. • Please provide your name and address to register • We will confirm your registration by sending you further instructions on how to join the Virtual DIS • Comments Form will be provided. After the form is filled out, please email it back to Marie@vernaculardev.com or mail it to the City of North Vancouver

Contact: Marie Del Borrello Vernacular Group Tel: 604.990.6662 Marie@vernaculardev.com

Date: February 9th, 2023 Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Hot Spot For Sale May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of Despair

604.630.3300 604-653-7851

Planning Department Contact: planning@cnv.org. Tel: 604.983.7357 This meeting is required by the City of North Vancouver as part of the development process

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HOME SERVICES Flooring

lanDsCaping

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Cleaning CLEANING SERVICE Reas rates, specializing in homes. Guar work. Refs. Call 604-715-4706

ConCrete

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

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N.C.B. CONCRETE LTD. Specializing in residential concrete. Repair, removal and new installation. Patio specialists 604-988-9523 or 604-988-9495

Drywall

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

778-688-1012

lawn & garDen

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GARDEN SERVICES LTD.

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604.726.9152 604.984.1988

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gutters

• Gutters Cleaned • Power Washing • Christmas Lights • Window Cleaning • Awnings Cleaned

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To advertise in the Classifieds call: 604-653-7851

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HanDyperson

NORTH SHORE FENCE and YARD

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• Glass and mirror cut to size • Wood and metal customized frames • Storefront glass replace • Windows and screens replacements • Patio door screens and rollers • Canopy/skylight • Shower doors and railing glass • Emergency board ups

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All Electrical, Low Cost, Licensed, Res/Com, Small job expert, Renos, Panel changes.

renos & HoMe iMproveMent

Painting Specials

$350, 2 coats any colour 2 rooms for $400, (Ceiling & Trim&extra) Price incls (Ceiling Trim extra) Cloverdale quality paint. paint. Price incls Premium premium quality NO completed. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. We do allAsk sorts of wood us about ourflooring and Flooring all types&ofMoulding mouldings. Laminate Services.

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• Winter Clean-Up & Maintenance • Pruning, weeding etc. • Design & advice • Professional & experienced

Call Simon for prompt & professional service 30 yrs exp.

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Complete Landscaping WINTER CLEAN-UP Shrub & Tree Pruning

painting/ wallpaper

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tree serviCes TREE SERVICES

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To advertise call

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