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Department of National Defence explosives experts are back at North Vancouver’s Blair Rifle Range lands, hunting for more bombs that may have been lost and forgotten from the area’s time as a military site.

Today, the land off Mount Seymour Parkway is mainly used by hikers, mountain bikers and dog walkers, but from the 1930s to the 1960s, it was a training range for the Canadian Armed Forces.

DND has a dedicated team of experts who scour “legacy” sites for unexploded ordnance, or UXO. After surveying the Blair Rifle Range lands with metal detectors in 2018, the UXO team found about 200 kilograms of military remnants buried under the soil.

This included three-inch mortar shells, two-inch shells – which were used to produce smoke and flashes of light to simulate battlefield conditions – “six-pounder” dummy rounds made of solid metal, and components of exploded M36 grenades.

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jseyd@nsnews.com A retired North Van teacher is facing 12 charges of sexual offences against boys, starting in the 1970s.

North Vancouver RCMP announced Thursday that charges have been laid against Brian Melicke Moore, 83, who taught at Upper Lynn Elementary in North

Vancouver in the 1970s and 1980s.

The charges involve allegations of sexual offences against 11 people, who were 11- and 12-year-old boys at the time. The first offence is alleged to have taken place in 1976, and the last is alleged to have happened in 2007, decades after Moore had left the school.

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A new page in the story of Lonsdale Quay’s favourite bowl of soup is about to turn over.

The nephew of Soup Meister Ralf Dauns will be carrying on his uncle’s legacy, following the death of the beloved chef in November.

Plans that Evan Paul would be picking up the torch were announced Feb. 10, as family, friends and former clientele gathered at the Pipe Shop for Dauns’s celebration of life.

By the end of December last year, Dauns’s stepdaughter Renee Robertson had given up after struggling to find someone to carry on his legacy.

“But my cousin, Ralph’s nephew, was a little dark horse that came out of nowhere,” Robertson said.

“We knew continuing with The Soup Meister as-is was not an option. But we have handed over the family recipes to my cousin Evan [Paul],” she continued. “He is starting his own soup company, and will be moving into The Soup Meister location at Lonsdale Quay Market.”

At the celebration of life, Paul said he was blown away by the amount of love and support for his uncle, who was so humble in just loving what he did.

“I was humbled, I was nervous, but also excited to be able to continue all the great things that he was doing,” Paul said.

Currently, Paul is in the process of negotiating terms of a new lease with Lonsdale Quay. “Things are moving in the right direction – definitely,” he added.

To get the business going, Paul has been in touch with Dauns’s former kitchen manager, who’s expressed interest in working in the new operation. Other former staff have expressed interest as well, and

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Members of Ralf Dauns’s family embrace at a celebration of life Feb. 10. It was announced at the event that Dauns’s nephew Evan Paul would be carrying on the legacy of The Soup Meister at Lonsdale Quay Market. NICK LABA / NSN Paul plans to reach out to the community to fill the remaining roles.

Can you guess the new shop’s name?

The Soup Meister’s Nephew.

Paul said the new title draws a direct tie to his uncle while identifying it as a new entity.

“That gives us some freedom in the recipes to play with, modify, change slightly, while also paying tribute to what he’s done,” he said. “Being North Vancouver, I do feel there’s a big draw for vegetarian or vegan-based soups, that I’ve been experimenting with over the last year or two.”

While no reopening date is confirmed yet, Paul is hoping that the new shop is ready to open for the May long weekend, when a relaunch date is slated for Lonsdale

Quay, which has been undergoing significant renovations.

Along with the new business, Paul plans to release a Soup Meister cookbook in collaboration with the Quay, with profits going to a culinary school bursary in Dauns’s name.

Growing up, cooking had always been a passion for Paul, whose grandma would call him to help in the kitchen instead of watching TV after school.

After retiring from the military in 2018, Paul went to BCIT to get a diploma in business and his bachelor’s degree in business.

“While I was in business school, I would make my way across on the SeaBus and join [Dauns] for his afternoon coffee when Continued on page 34

The group of five men in their 20s from Port Coquitlam had set out to hike to Lynn Peak but they got turned around on their way back and wound up heading further north.

The group didn’t have any of the proper gear, lights, food, water or dry clothing when they called for help around 10 p.m. Monday and, making matters worse, two of them had splintered off in an attempt to find the trail again.

Fearing the groups may end up trying to self-rescue and go in opposite directions, search managers deployed two ground teams to make the long trek in via Lynn Peak Trail in Lynn Headwaters and Fisherman’s Trail along the Seymour River.

By midnight, search managers talked the lost hikers into regrouping but learned two of the men were in no condition make it out on foot, so they opted to bring in a helicopter to hoist them out, NSR’s team leader Mike Danks said.

“They were hypothermic. They were dehydrated. They had no food or water.

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Investigators looking into the mysterious iridescent sheen on Lynn Creek near Western Stevedoring’s Lynnterm terminal have confirmed the substance is oil-based, but they say the amount leaking into the creek is below the provincial standard for environmental damage.

The sheen has been appearing during low tide near a stormwater outflow pipe about 35 metres up from the mouth of the creek.

The company first became aware of it in late January.

In a statement released Feb. 15,

Lynnterm’s parent company says, “While it doesn’t impact our response, independent laboratory testing found hydrocarbons significantly below provincial standards.

Notwithstanding the testing results, we are looking to eliminate the sheen.”

The ultimate source of the sheen still isn’t known, though.

“Activities include testing what we use at the site to what the laboratory results revealed is exiting the storm drain, and tracing in our system to identify the likely source and determine where and how it entered the storm drain system,” the statement reads.

“In addition, we continue to monitor and clean out the storm drains using hydro vac

trucks, and to maintain preventative catch basin inserts.”

North Shore Streamkeepers treasurer Glen Parker spoke with the company’s investigators and learned the amount of hydrocarbons present in their testing was less than 15 parts per million, not an emergency-sized spill but still a concern.

Parker said the amount of oil present wouldn’t be a threat to fish, at least not directly. Of greater concern is the caddisflies, which fish eat. They likely wouldn’t survive or lay eggs on the sheen, and waterfowl may not be able to swim if the oil gets on their feathers, he said.

Parker added there are other sources of

contamination in the creek to consider when evaluating its environmental health overall.

“It’s the cumulative effects of 100 things like that that are impacting our streams,” he said. “If you have 20 of those (leaks) in the Lynn Creek estuary, then birds die and the bugs die, and the system doesn’t work.”

And he noted, other jurisdictions have stricter rules.

“There’s a minimum requirement but nature needs better than that,” he said.

“Places like the Okanagan have cut it down to a third. California has it down to three (parts per million). Just meeting the minimum standard isn’t really good enough anymore.”

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Former dance teacher on trial for alleged sex offences JANE SEYD

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A former dance teacher who worked at a North Vancouver dance studio is on trial facing charges of alleged sexual offences against a teenage dance student about a decade ago.

Adam Gregory McKinnon, 41, of Vancouver, is accused of having a sexual relationship with one of his students over a two-year period, when the student was between 15 and 17 years old.

He faces charges of sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching of a person under 16, as well as a charge of sexual It wasn’t exploitation and until I was a charge of sexual in therapy at assault.

25, I realized At the time, it wasn’t a McKinnon worked as a relationship dance instructor and I wasn’t at the RNB Dance a girlfriend... studio in North It was a Vancouver, as predatory well as leading a semi-professional relationship.” dance group at Harbour Centre Dance in downtown Vancouver.

McKinnon has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

In North Vancouver provincial court earlier this month, prosecutor Jason Krupa outlined before Judge Patricia Jantzen how the student – whose identity is protected by a publication ban – began dancing at an elite level when they were still in elementary school and first began taking dance classes from McKinnon at age 12. By the time the student was 15, they had also joined McKinnon’s semi-professional dance group at the Harbour Dance Centre. That involved taking classes later at night, and McKinnon would often drive the student home.

Their relationship eventually became sexual, said Krupa, beginning when the student was under 16 and continuing to the student’s final year of high school.

In court, the student testified about how dancing got them “out of the house” during a troubled time in their family.

McKinnon, who told students he was 22, was considered “the cool young dance teacher,” the student – now an adult – testified.

At the time, McKinnon did most of the choreography for the semi-professional gigs and chose which dancers would be featured.

The student described hanging out with McKinnon after performances. The student then recalled how McKinnon pulled over to the side of the road during a drive home one night and the two kissed.

Eventually their relationship progressed to more overt sexual activity,

the student said, often in McKinnon’s car in secluded mall or park parking lots in North Vancouver, in washrooms and in movie theatres. Once the two started having sex, the student testified feeling there was little choice but to allow it to continue.

McKinnon stressed that the relationship should be kept secret, the student testified, “to keep it professional” and prevent other students from becoming jealous.

McKinnon said people “wouldn’t understand,” the student testified. “I should have seen that as a red flag at the time,” the student said.

McKinnon also bought the student a “burner phone,” so they could stay in contact without the student’s mother finding his number on the phone bill, the student said.

The student made up a story for friends about dating an athlete who went to another school, and never used McKinnon’s real name.

Eventually the student was expected to have sex with McKinnon every time the two were together, they testifed. If they refused, McKinnon would become angry and accuse the student of “cheating on him,” they said. McKinnon would then punch or shove them in anger, the student said.

The student said while at first McKinnon said he was 22, that story later changed to 25. But McKinnon also had a reference to his birth year tattooed on his shoulder, the student said, leading to the realization he wasn’t that young. That was confirmed when the student saw his driver’s licence one day, they said, and realized he was in his 30s.

“It wasn’t until I was in therapy at 25, I realized it wasn’t a relationship and I wasn’t a girlfriend,” they said. “It was a predatory relationship.”

The student recalled how McKinnon became enraged after the student took part in a high school grad prank in senior year, accusing the student of having sex with another guy, then “proceeded to hit me multiple times all over my body.”

That’s when they ended the relationship, the student said.

The former student said they didn’t tell their family about the relationship with McKinnon until many years later, after going to therapy and “I realized I was sexually abused.”

That’s also when they went to police, they said.

In cross-examination, defence lawyer Tony Tso questioned the former student’s recollection of events, suggesting some of the times and locations the student said they had sex with McKinnon were unlikely.

One of the former student’s close friends and other dancers who attended the same studios were among the other witnesses testifying this week.

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Patrick Weiler, the Liberal MP currently representing the West Vancouver riding, describes that as “cutting the heart out of West Vancouver to add it as an appendage to another riding.”

When the proposed boundary changes were first unveiled last year, Weiler voiced public opposition to the plan that would rob the riding’s largest community of its economic and historical centre. John Weston, the former Conservative MP for the riding, also opposed the change, writing to the boundaries commission and urging them to “keep West Vancouver intact.”

Speakers at a June public hearing were also opposed to the change, the commission acknowledged in its report released last week, noting “it unreasonably split a key, historic municipal neighbourhood.”

But those objections weren’t enough to change the commission’s recommendation. In fact, its latest recommendation is for even more of West Vancouver’s business district to be moved to the North Vancouver riding.

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Feb. 8, the easternmost part of West Vancouver – including Park Royal, Sentinel Hill and all Ambleside (everything east of 21th Street) – would be cut from the West Vancouver electoral district and added to the North Vancouver riding. (The previous plan had recommended adding half of Ambleside, from 15th Street eastward, to the neighbouring riding.)

In making its recommendation to change the boundaries, the commission wrote it was aware of public concerns but concluded the existing riding of West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sky to Sky represents too great a population, and that dividing West Vancouver was “the only fair and appropriate resolution to the electoral district’s high population.”

Weiler said he’s both “very disappointed” and surprised by that decision. “I really disagree with the proposal that’s been put forward,” he said. Weiler said prior to last summer’s public hearing, he went doorto-door in the area impacted by the change to find out what constituents thought of the plan. Most weren’t aware the change was being considered, he said, and those who were aware were opposed to it.

“There’s obviously very distinct communities in West Vancouver and North Vancouver,” he said. Weiler said he’d hoped the commission would recognize the need to keep West Vancouver’s “community of Continued on page 7

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Continued from page 6 interest” within one federal riding. But that’s not what happened.

The redrawn electoral map, which would push boundaries of all three North Shore ridings north and west, is part of a larger jigsaw puzzle being considered by the electoral boundaries commission as it adds one riding to the province of B.C. The additional riding is needed because of population growth in the province and to ensure that roughly the same number of people – 116,300 – are represented by each federal member of Parliament.

But the creation of a new riding in the Southern Interior, between Vernon and Kelowna, would also have a domino effect of boundary alterations in other areas of the province, including several ridings in the Lower Mainland.

The geographically diverse West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding currently has a population of about 131,000, while the target population for one riding is 116,300.

Weiler noted, however, that ridings can be up to 25 per cent larger or smaller than the target population.

Under the latest proposed changes unveiled Feb. 8, all West Vancouver between Burrard Inlet and Highway 1 east of 21st Street would be added to the North Vancouver riding, which would be known as Capilano-North Vancouver. The name of the West Van

riding would also change to Howe Sound-West Vancouver.

Chunks of Lynn Valley currently in the North Vancouver riding – including much of the area to the south of Lynn Valley Road and upper Lynn Valley to the east of Mountain Highway, as well as Capilano University – would also be added to the Burnaby-North Seymour riding. That riding is itself a product of an earlier redrawing of the election map that created a riding spanning Burrard Inlet.

Politically, removing Ambleside from the West Vancouver riding wouldn’t necessarily benefit either Liberals or Conservatives, as the area tends to split its votes between those parties.

Three of the polls that would be moved from West Vancouver to North Vancouver under proposed changes are on Squamish Nation lands.

Weston suggested in his letter last summer that if the boundaries commission needs to make a change to the riding, it would make more sense to cut out the Sunshine Coast and add that to the North Island-Powell River riding than to cut out half of Ambleside.

But that suggestion also attracted “widespread opposition from residents of the Sunshine Coast” the commission noted in its report.

Weiler said the commission faced a

“very difficult process here in trying to make the numbers work and balancing competing interests.”

In choosing to cut up West Vancouver “they saw it as the leastbad option at their disposal,” he said.

Weiler said he doesn’t see moving the boundary to 21st Street as an improvement on the plan.

“There are some pretty significant institutions that are on either side of that street,” he said.

Gerald Baier, an associate professor of political science at UBC, said a similar carving up of the North Shore happened last time the boundary maps were re-drawn, which put the eastern part of North Vancouver into a riding with Burnaby, across Burrard Inlet.

Generally the commission has signalled it doesn’t feel the need to be restrained by municipal boundaries when drawing riding maps, Baier said.

He added provincial ridings also tend to cut across municipal boundaries.

Weiler said it’s possible to make a formal objection to the proposal before a standing committee of the House of Commons, but at least 10 MPs would need to support that.

“There are some discussions happening,” he said.

If adopted by parliament, the new electoral boundaries are expected to take effect in April of 2024.

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plan to redraw the federal political map on the North Shore is raising hackles in West Vancouver.

Under the changes proposed by the federal electoral boundaries commission, a sizable chunk of Ambleside will be carved out of the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding and added to North Vancouver’s.

Liberal MP Patrick Weiler opposes the change, describing it as “cutting the heart out of West Vancouver.”

We agree that at first blush it makes no sense for a key part of West Van to be lumped in with North Van. West Vancouver is what’s known by Elections Canada as a “community of interest,” distinct from North Vancouver.

But the electoral boundaries commission also has a mandate to keep ridings relatively

similar in population size.

The West Van riding already sprawls through several disparate communities, giving it one of the most unwieldy names in B.C. It’s also oversized, made up of 131,000 people rather than the target 116,300. And while there is provision for going over population targets, in recent years that’s not what boundary commissions have chosen.

Unlike the creation of Burnaby NorthSeymour, which spans Burrard Inlet, North Van and West Van constituents are at least more likely to cross paths in their daily lives.

And notably, provincial ridings on the North Shore already cross municipal boundaries.

The alternative is for West Vancouver residents to have a lesser voice in Parliament.

Is that a bigger concern than keeping “communities of interest” together?

It’s arguable, but the folks drawing the boundary maps seem to think so.

West Van would be wise to prune, not plump its budget KIRK LAPOINTE

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I suspect most people have tightened 2023 household budgets to contend with the highest inflation in 40 years and the highest interest rates in 20.

Municipalities, on the other hand, appear to be acting as if it’s just another ho-hum year in which it is possible to pass along their pain to the taxpayer. Across British Columbia, civic budget proposals are largely submissive or indifferent to climbing costs. Many draft propositions suggest increases in the mid- to high-single digits.

Granted, these proposals are at an early stage and emanate mainly from staff who need to tally what previous councils approved. But in West Vancouver and elsewhere, the plans put newly elected politicians in a spot of trouble as the economy slows and threatens to slide later this year into recession.

The central dilemma for the district is what confronts a typical business: do you act as if in pre-pandemic times or do you prolong the caution that guided you for three years? On the basis of its preliminary budget plan, West Van is in more of a mode

of restore than of restrain.

The 53-page document before council acknowledges inflation, supply chain disruptions that contribute to it, and the extreme weather episodes that can suddenly press costs upon the district.

But that admission doesn’t then translate into any apparent initiative to tame those financial tigers – instead, what wins the day are “community priorities” that include catch-up for expenses and expansion earlier deferred.

The West Vancouver proposal calls for a 6.07 per cent increase in property tax: 4.57 per cent for operations, 1.0 per cent to maintain and upgrade community assets, and 0.50 per cent for dealing with climate change, developing sustainability and managing natural resources. There would be a $3.83-million overage otherwise.

The budget document is quick to note that this increase is lower than the onslaught of inflation in the last year by about one percentage point, but that is rather like saying my two-putt on the 7th hole was pretty good considering it took me six strokes to make the green.

The budget feels at a remove from the budgets of those it serves, and I hope and

suspect it will be whittled.

For many months, central bankers and federal officials most everywhere stubbornly denied that inflation would persist.

Eventually they changed their tune. Now they are doggedly clinging to higher interest rates that are burdening borrowers and choking variable mortgage holders to try to chill the costs of living.

Public finances at federal and provincial levels are insensitive to what typical households have endured in 2022 and will withstand in 2023 and perhaps 2024. While considerable pandemic-related senior government spending was required, we’re into the fourth year of this and there has been no public sector reset of either staffing or spending.

I’d expect better of municipalities because of their shorter leash to our lives.

We can be cranky with them easily by showing up at Municipal Hall. They ought to know that many of us are holding off the larger and even littler expenditures.

Indeed, one budget proposal reflects that: the district anticipates collecting less in permit and inspection revenue than it did in 2022 or 2021, an indication of fewer renovations and building in the months ahead.

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That ought to signal time to tuck in the tail. But almost all line items either increase or are flat year-over-year with no sign of serious cuts, which leans heavily toward programs and services at pre-pandemic levels.

The budget also proposes to add 14 staff. Without them, the increase would be 4.23 per cent, and I have to believe (albeit with crossed fingers) that to make the budget more palatable we will be without some of them (even if they’d be nice people).

Even then, not good enough.

Council needs to recognize the macro-economic climate makes this another rogue year – signs suggest the last one for a while – and get granular with frugality this time.

We don’t need another contributor to our daily confrontation of sharp increases in the cost of living. Council has years to bring forward its ideas and vision. The next weeks of deliberation are for pruning, not plumping, please and thank you.

Kirk LaPointe is publisher and executive editor of BIV as well as vice-president, editorial, Glacier Media Group, the North Shore News’ parent company. He is also a West Vancouverite.

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MAILBOX WE SHOULD KNOW DETAILS OF FEDS’ $6K-A-NIGHT HOTEL BILL Dear Editor:

I read with interest the Canadian Taxpayers Federation will launch a legal challenge to force the Canadian government to disclose who stayed in the Corinthia Hotel’s 4,800-pound-per-night “River Suite” last September, as part of the Canadian delegation in London attending Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. The legal challenge appears to be necessary because the government (for security or some other reason) seems reluctant to provide answers.

Rideau Hall has been forthcoming with the information that it was not the Governor General who occupied this suite. So, for the moment, it remains a mystery. Who could have stayed in that suite, which included “complimentary butler service”?

With income tax season upon us, I think it appropriate that the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is behind this legal challenge.

Because sometime over the next month or so you, a Canadian taxpayer, are going to sit down at your kitchen table and work out your income tax. You will pull out that receipt-filled shoe box out of the hall closet, sharpen up a nice new 2H Ticonderoga pencil, and start putting numbers into various boxes on the income tax form, trying to make sense of why you have to calculate

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4.7 per cent of the number in line 2500A and then enter this number into line 3500B on Sheet 4 of the form. Good luck.

But while you are working all of this out, dear Canadian taxpayer, consider some other numbers. The room at the Corinthia cost 4,800 pounds a night. Using today’s currency exchange rate, that works out to $7,758 a night. That’s right: 7,758 Canadian dollars per night! The person occupying this suite stayed there for five nights, which brings us to a grand total of $38,790.

That is $38,790 of your money that you will never see again. Now, don’t start thinking that it isn’t really your money. Don’t think for a moment that the money came from your neighbour, or from someone at work, or from the checkout clerk at the local supermarket.

No. No. Think of it this way: the money came right out of your pocket. Someone reached right in and pulled that hard-earned money out of your pocket, and then cynically spent it. Think of how much $38,790 is. How could you put $38,790 to good use? Pay down the mortgage? University for the kids?

House repairs?

And after thinking all of this over, get back to working out your income tax, you poor working stiff. And then ask yourself this: where on earth does this government get the idea it can waste your hard-earned money like that?

P.C. MacDonald District of North Vancouver

ONE YEAR LATER, WE STAND WITH UKRAINE

Dear Editor:

In the history books of Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022, will be recorded as the day the lives of every single Ukrainian changed forever; for that was the day that Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin, ordered the unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine. So, what precipitated this event? Ukraine did not wish to be a vassal of a renewed Russian Empire but rather was now facing westward, trying to join the great alliances of democratic countries where the rule of law prevailed, rather than the rule of force by tyrants and kleptocrats, as was the case in Russia.

In the year that followed, hundreds of thousands of military personnel, on both sides of the conflict, have been killed or wounded; millions of women, children and the elderly have been displaced from their homes because the Russians have relentlessly shelled their cities and villages, targeting apartment blocks, schools, playgrounds, power plants and hospitals.

The Russian leadership expected Ukrainians to greet the invaders with cheers and flowers, and that any skirmishes would be wrapped up in weeks, if not days. Yet, here we are, a year later, and Ukrainians are more determined than ever in beating this menace.

But, the struggle is not just between two far-away countries; it is a struggle between rule of law and rule by force; a struggle between life as we know it in the free world and life in an oppressive dictatorship, not just for Ukraine, but for much of Eastern and

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The free world has been extremely generous in its support for Ukraine: while governments have supplied military training and sophisticated weapons, their citizens have opened their homes to displaced families and gathered and shipped non-military aid for wounded soldiers and civilians, both financial and non-financial, such as clothing and badly needed medical supplies.

While the David and Goliath battle rages on overseas, what can we do on this side of the ocean? We can continue to reach out to refugee placement agencies; we can donate to the many charities set up to provide non-military aid to the displaced and wounded, and we can stand together with Ukraine and Ukrainians to show Putin that he has not worn down our resolve to see his evil plans defeated. This coming weekend, commemorating one year since this invasion began, Ukrainians around the world, and their supporters, will be rallying and standing with Ukraine. We too, in Metro Vancouver, will have our chance to stand with Ukraine: there will be a rally this Sunday, Feb. 26, 3 p.m. at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver. I urge all who value freedom and democracy defeating autocracy and tyranny to come out on Sunday and show support for the all-too-real life-and-death struggle over good and evil, the outcome of which will define the kind of world we, our children and their children will be living in.

Orest Romanish District of North Vancouver

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The references to The Golden Girls can’t be avoided, but sometimes life imitates art.

Hollyburn Community Services Society and SFU Renewable Cities are looking to foster new ways to get seniors living together as roommates in under-used single-family homes – a major untapped resource in the housing crisis.

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by Alex SOCIETY’S Boston, JOY HAYDEN Renewable Cities executive director. It means, even in a housing crisis, there are a lot of empty bedrooms.

A golden opportunity Single adults sharing a home with roommates is far more common in Europe, said Joy Hayden, executive of innovation and engagement for Hollyburn, but, for some reason, it’s just not done as much in North America.

The benefits we are missing out on are manifold, she added.

Sheila Baxter (left) and her rescue pup Maggie and Bunny Brown reminisce about their 10 years as roommates in West Vancouver, on Monday of last week. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN The most obvious mutual perk is financial, creating potentially below-market rentals for seniors in need while also providing revenue for owners on a fixed income.

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SFU was eager to partner on the project because of its potential to combat climate change by creating new homes for seniors without having to build them from scratch. If 10 per cent of the solo- or couple-homeowners in B.C. welcomed a tenant, it would save about 150,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions

annually, Boston estimates.

Perhaps most important though: having someone nearby also brings significant health benefits.

“I think that social isolation is a significant issue that doesn’t get enough attention,” Hayden said. “I think you’re improving quality of life by having people living together.”

Housing solutions lab But some seniors may not want the responsibility of being landlords. Others may not know how to go about finding a good roomie. Perhaps they like the idea, but their home would need renovations first.

With $250,000 from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.’s housing solutions lab, Hollyburn and SFU will be researching ways to iron out the wrinkles (pun absolutely not intended) and scale the program up to the provincial or national level.

New affordable housing units are coming but they take years to get through the funding, rezoning and construction process, meaning there’s an immediate need to seek out “hidden housing solutions,” Hayden said.

“We have a real housing crisis and if we could find faster alternative ways to open up existing housing … we could start to put a dent in this crisis,” Hayden said.

If just 10 per cent of the detached homes lived in by only one or two people on the North Shore offered an unused bedrooms to a senior, it would create 1,500 new homes.

“Even if one per cent is interested, you know, we’re starting something,” Hayden said.

Aging in place West Vancouver residents Bunny Brown and Sheila Baxter have lived as roommates and can vouch for the benefits.

The two knew each other through the West Vancouver Continued on page 28

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Harry Jerome boulders to enhance salmon habitat BRENT RICHTER

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Harry Jerome’s loss is about to become Lynn Creek’s gain.

The North Shore Streamkeepers are overseeing a project to restore a piece of fish habitat on the creek, using boulders excavated from the Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre site.

Every salmonid type except for sockeye salmon live and spawn in Lynn Creek and its tributaries, but years of development and armoring along its banks have changed the way it flows, making the creek less hospitable for salmon and the aquatic life they feed on.

A smaller channel that would otherwise be good habitat, just north of St. Denis Avenue, routinely becomes blocked with gravel in the winter because of the creek’s unnaturally fast flow, causing it to dry up in the summer.

The Streamkeepers project will create an artificial “log jam” that redirects the creek, allowing water and gravel conditions to become more like they would be in a virgin river, giving salmon and steelhead trout a place to hide from predators, and to rest and find food.

“You’re protecting an ecosystem and everything that’s tied to it. It’s cleaner air, better management of stormwater surges from climate change. It helps us, the birds, the bees and everything,” said Glen Parker, North Shore Streamkeepers treasurer.

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that they’ll use a spider excavator – a piece of heavy equipment that “walks” on four legs across any terrain, including mountains and creeks.

The budget for the current Lynn Creek project is around $216,000, but Parker said when people and businesses find out there’s a project to help salmon afoot, they tend to show up with help. Purchasing similar-sized boulders and logs would cost about $100,000,

but the current supplies were donated by the cities of North Vancouver and Chilliwack, and trucked to the park by contractor Smith Bros. & Wilson. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation delivered some boulders of their own to the site. Northwest Hydraulics also did pro-bono engineering work.

It was in that spirit that North Shore Streamkeepers vice-president Carolynn Robertson joined the stewardship group.

Much of the rest of the cost of the project came from grants she’d applied for.

“The idea that nature can clean her own water was just awe-inspiring to me,” she said.

As fish-bearing creeks go, Lynn is a small player compared to those in northern B.C., Parker said, but it has something they don’t – a large number of nearby urban dwellers who can observe the project and its impact and gain a greater appreciation for local fish.

“You make a connection of the people to the salmon,” he said. “The benefit is that you’re trying to fundamentally change society’s perspective on the environment.”

The Streamkeepers seek out places where habitat restoration would have the most positive impact, work with consultants to find the best possible fix, seek out grant funding and donations to pay for the work and wade through the process of regulatory approvals.

In 2021, they toasted the return of coho, chum and pink salmon to Mosquito Creek after a major restoration project there in partnership with the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation).

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After a year of preparation and gruelling repetition, it all comes down to two minutes and 30 seconds on the mat.

Ecole Argyle Secondary’s Gold Team won bronze Feb. 12 at the 2023 ICU World School Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Fla. First place in the large varsity non-tumbling division was Quebec’s Academie Saint LouisArsenal Senior, and second place went to Rosemount High School in the U.S. The squad of Argyle girls travelled to the ESPN Sports Center, where they competed among 1,200 registered teams.

Co-program director and coach Kammie Hossein Zadeh – who runs the program with fellow co-director/coach Chelsea Forbes – said she’s extremely proud of how the team performed, especially given some last-minute challenges.

“We actually had some medical emergencies on the day of the competition, and we had to postpone our warm-up time a little bit,” she said.

“We didn’t know if we were going to have our athlete on the floor until two minutes before our warm-up time,” Zadeh continued.

But the team stayed positive, and at the last second, the athlete said she was good to go.

“It was a lot of high emotions. And the team was able to come together to really trust each other in that moment. It was really a miracle for us, for the team to go out there and perform such a good routine, considering those circumstances. We couldn’t have asked for anything better,” she said.

They performed a pre-final routine Feb. 11, and a final on Feb. 12. According to the results, they had minimal deductions and pulled out an even higher score on the second day.

“What they’ve accomplished they’re going to remember for rest of their lives,” Zadeh said. “Not many people have the opportunity to represent their country at the world level.”

The Argyle coach underscored the immense pressure put on the young team, which spends an entire season – practising four times a week since last March with no breaks – preparing a single routine.

“You’re practising, you’re perfecting, you’re creating this routine, all for a trip and

The Argyle gold cheerleading squad gathers outside the ESPN Sports Center in Orlando, Fla. @ARGYLESCHOOL / TWITTER you only get two minutes and 30 seconds to actually make that count,” she said. “A lot of comes down to just that one moment.”

Over the years, cheer has evolved from sporting-adjacent entertainment to an intense athletic sport with a massive industry behind it. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, will mark the first year that cheerleading is included in the international pinnacle of sport.

Argyle is one of the few high schools to offer a competitive cheer program in the Lower Mainland, and to keep up with the growing momentum of the sport. Secondary school-level cheerleaders typically move on to all-star programs and then post-secondary teams. Recently, the popularity of Netflix’s hit show Cheer has put the new age of the sport more into the public eye.

“One thing that we absolutely loved about Cheer on Netflix getting to be so popular is that people got to see sort of how important every single athlete is,” Zadeh explained.

“And some of the challenges that all cheerleaders go through.”

“Yes, it is a little too Hollywood and some points that the series brought out are what most cheerleaders would consider to be the toxic side of cheer, not so much the reality or what people would rather have as part of their team. But still, it’s shone a light on the challenges that most of the athletes go through,” she said.

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Retired teacher recalls Grammy winner’s musical beginnings NICK LABA

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High school is where many young musicians form the foundations that carry them into their careers.

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“It was called Toby Time,” Osterreicher said. “Toby would tell a story of some kind at the beginning of the class or he wouldn’t settle down.”

Apparently, these funny anecdotes were so appreciated by his peers, that classes outside the band room demanded Toby Time as well. Jesso was happy to oblige.

As a band student, Jesso was in the middle of the crowd. He was good at his instrument – tenor sax – right from the

get-go, Osterreicher said, and could have excelled if he wanted to.

But upon reflection, what the music teacher recognizes as the initial sparks of Jesso’s true talent was the young student’s constant creativity. “I remember him sitting down at a piano when he couldn’t play piano and trying to create stuff – trying to create melodies and new things,” Osterreicher said. “That’s where he really stood out.”

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The same goes for Tobias Jesso Jr., an alumnus of Ecole Argyle Secondary in North Vancouver who won one Grammy Feb. 5 for his contribution to Harry Styles’s Album of the Year, Harry’s House, and a second as the inaugural Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical.

Also like many career artists, Jesso’s path to success was a winding one. Before his song writing credits were printed on albums from the likes of Adele, FKA Twigs and Orville Peck, and his excellent 2015 solo album Goon garnered critical acclaim, Jesso spent years struggling to gain traction as a song writer in L.A. Before that, his role as a bassist in promising Vancouver indie band The Sessions ended when the group broke up due to personal clashes.

And before that, a teenage Jesso preferred praise as an entertaining storyteller than as a star saxophone player.

Retired music teacher Ken Osterreicher, who taught at Argyle for 30 years, described Jesso as a very intelligent young man whose mind was constantly in motion.

“He couldn’t sit still very well, and he was an attention-getter,” said Osterreicher, known to his students as Mr. O. So a method was devised to help Jesso calm down for class.

“Music hit him in a certain way,” he added, drawing a comparison to another famous Argyle grad, former Soul Decision lead singer Trevor Guthrie.

Osterreicher takes no credit for either’s success, however, saying that he and the school gave students opportunities to perform in various groups. For Jesso, that included electric bass in the jazz choir. But his first bass-playing gig didn’t last very long due to the early morning rehearsal times.

“He wasn’t a morning person,” Osterreicher said. “I don’t know if he is now – probably isn’t.”

After retiring in 2010, a beloved Mr. O moved to Calgary, where he continues to run band camps. Being out of the North Vancouver loop, he wasn’t at all aware of Jesso’s increasing fame. Osterreicher didn’t connect the dots until he was contacted for an interview last week.

“I was just blown away,” he said, adding that he has been listing to, and loving, all of Jesso’s catalogue that he hadn’t previously heard.

“I just listened to Boyfriends again,” Osterreicher said. “Just beautiful.”

“It’s always really, really, really gratifying to have somebody go through and take their talents with them. Because my main reason for teaching was: I have a love for music and athletics, which is what I taught and coached,” he added. “I just wanted to pass that love on.”

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The B.C. Securities Commission has permanently banned former Vancouver lawyer turned offshore shell facilitator Frederick Langford Sharp from the province’s public investment market, after a U.S. court ruled him to be the mastermind of a massive stock manipulation scheme involving over $1 billion in transactions with hundreds of penny stock companies.

“Sharp’s misconduct was extremely egregious, and we find there to be no mitigating factors,” stated a BCSC panel ruling on a reciprocal order application.

The U.S. District Court for the District of

Massachusetts entered the final judgment by default on May 12, 2022, against Sharp after he failed to appear before the court to address his civil charges of securities-related fraud, unregistered offerings of securities and aiding and abetting.

Sharp was then permanently banned by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from participating in the issuance, purchase, offer, or sale of any security, except for his own personal account.

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“The services Sharp and his associates allegedly provided included furnishing networks of offshore shell companies to conceal stock ownership, arranging stock transfers and money transmittals, and providing encrypted accounting and communications systems.”

Sharp is a West Vancouver resident and hence subject to reciprocal orders by the BCSC, which launched such an application weeks after Sharp’s default judgment.

With the panel ruling on Feb. 14, the BCSC order means Sharp must resign any position he holds as a director or officer of any public company or registrant with the BCSC. He is prohibited from trading in or purchasing any securities or derivatives, except for RRSPs, RRIFs, or tax-free savings accounts, and only through a registered dealer, who must be in receipt of Sharp’s BCSC order.

Sharp is also banned “from advising or otherwise acting in a management or consultative capacity in connection with activities in the securities or derivatives markets” and “from engaging in promotional activities by or on behalf of” a public company or registrant.

“Although Sharp was This case provided the opportunity to concerns a be heard, he did not provide sophisticated, any evidence or submissions,” stated the panel. multi-year, Meanwhile, Sharp was multinational in B.C. Supreme Court this attack on the month to face ongoing United States proceedings by the SEC to financial markets seize his assets after he was and retail United issued a US$24-million civil penalty and found liable States investors for repayment of US$21.8 by foreign and million plus US$7.2 million in domestic actors. interest.

SEC COMPLAINT Sharp, along with Mike Veldhuis of Vancouver and Courtney Kelln of Surrey, also stand accused by the U.S. Department of Justice of one criminal count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and one criminal count of securities fraud, in a case associated with the $1 billion of trading. The criminal case, launched in August 2021, has yet to proceed to a trial.

“This case concerns a sophisticated, multi-year, multinational attack on the United States financial markets and retail United States investors by foreign and domestic actors. These actors schemed to sell fraudulently hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the United States markets,” stated the SEC complaint at the time.

In May 2016, Sharp became more widely known across the country as the Canadian face of the Panama Papers — a massive leak of documents of Panamanian company Mossack Fonseca that revealed a vast network of offshore companies acting as tax havens. He helped register 1,167 offshore entities from his Vancouver office, according to the documents.

Sharp is also presently responding to Canada Revenue Agency investigations, via court proceedings.

Sharp, 71, was called to the B.C. bar in May 1981.

In 1995, his name first became publicly linked to improper activity, when he was suspended by the Law Society of B.C. for one year.

In 1997, Sharp relinquished his licence to practise law and went on to incorporate the Vancouver office of Panama investment firm Mossack Fonseca the following year. Although it dissolved in April 1999, Sharp carried on business under different corporate entities elsewhere.

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CYBER CRIME

Cyber scammers prey on people’s need for connection recently, a personal trainer was sentenced to house arrest for scamming two friends and clients out of $157,000 by getting them to put money into a fake investment scheme.

The online world is heavily populated with such scammers, said Gagnon. The difference being, it’s much easier for victims to get fooled, and few of them get caught.

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What happens in Vegas doesn’t necessarily stay in Vegas anymore.

More likely, it’s getting posted on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook, shared on Snap and online streaming platforms.

It all seems harmless, until it’s not.

That’s when West Vancouver private investigator Denis Gagnon usually gets called.

“The internet is global, it’s faceless, it’s complicated. Technology has gotten way ahead of people’s knowledge,” says Gagnon, a former cop and president of West Vancouver-based BCSI Investigations, who often gets called when people’s forays into the online world go badly wrong.

“People don’t break into your home through the front door now. They break into your home through your computer. They break into your life through your smartphone,” he says.

Most people seem unaware their movements can be tracked through geo-location data on their apps or that in the wrong hands their phone’s data can potentially

Private investigator Denis Gagnon looks online to track sextortionists and cyber scammers. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN be mirrored on to another device.

But scammers and extortionists usually don’t even have to bother with that.

Most people share too much online “Most people share way too much online,” says Gagnon: where they live, what they ate, when and

where they’re going on vacation and with whom.

The result is an unprecedented increase in cyber crime that preys on people’s need for connection, says Gagnon, something that scammers are all too happy to provide.

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Romance scammers target bank accounts Romance scammers gain the trust of people they meet online and strike up virtual friendships that progress to virtual romantic relationships, said Gagnon.

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The phony boyfriend was supposed to fly out and meet the

woman. But he never showed up.

“He always had a reason,” said Gagnon. That’s when she realized she’d been scammed.

“If you’ve been talking to someone [online] for [one or two] years, and the person hasn’t been able to make it there, there is a problem, right?” said Gagnon. “He’s not gonna come.”

In that case, Gagnon was able to recover a significant portion of the funds through the woman’s bank, which accepted that it missed significant red flags in her banking activity, said Gagnon.

But often victims are asked to transfer money in Bitcoin or other crypto currency. Bitcoin is unregulated, but it’s also seen as sexy and exciting, promoted by celebrities and on social media.

Bitcoin is trendy “Bitcoin is trendy,” said Gagnon, which is handy for scammers who don’t want to be traced.

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Mind your digital footprint, PI advises Continued from page 20 several Lower Mainland residents to invest in a phony real estate scheme. Except there was no real estate, said Gagnon.

By the time his victims cottoned on, the fake real estate tycoon had skipped the country.

One of the victims, a Coquitlam man, lost $300,000.

Interpol is still searching for the scammer, who has He made proven adept at people believe changing his identhat he was tity and moving on very well before his schemes are discovered. connected to “He made the real estate people believe that world. he was very well PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR connected to the DENIS GAGNON real estate world,” said Gagnon. And such scammers – like the fake heiress Anna Delvey, who scammed her way across New York between 2013 and 2017 and later was the inspiration for the Netflix series Inventing Anna – are “just very good at what they do.”

Cyber scams often unreported Often, cyber crimes go unreported. In many cases, victims are too embarrassed to tell anyone – including their families and police. Admitting to being scammed is particularly taboo in some cultures, said Gagnon.

Instead, victims turn to him hoping to recover their losses.

More difficult is the recent rise in “sextortion” activity, said Gagnon.

Sextortion on the rise Essentially the scam involves obtaining sexually graphic images or video of a person then threatening to post them online or send them to family and coworkers unless money is paid.

Often victims – both male or female – are tricked into thinking they are exchanging racy material with a new sexual or romantic interest. In others, an ex threatens to release videos as an act of “revenge porn” when the relationship ends.

In still others, people – usually young women – who are posting sexually explicit material of themselves for paying subscribers on sites like Only Fans will find themselves “outed” and blackmailed.

Once those images fall into the wrong hands and are posted online, they are very difficult to track and remove, said Gagnon.

“It happens to all kinds of normal people,” said Gagnon. “And it’s very, very common. Most cellphones have a video recorder.”

Gagnon advises anyone seeking to avoid such reputational disasters to ask lots of questions, not overshare, and to be mindful of their digital footprint.

Gagnon’s own digital presence is limited to LinkedIn. “And my face isn’t there,” he adds.

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West Van’s ‘party house on the point’ causes social media stir JANE SEYD

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The house is an anomaly, sitting on a rocky waterfront outcrop at the entrance to West Vancouver’s Horseshoe Bay.

It sits by itself, with its back against the trees, looking out to a multimillion-dollar view of Howe Sound and passing BC Ferries.

The house itself is boarded up and covered with colourful graffiti.

The striking visual contradiction recently caught the eye of North Vancouver photographer Mark Teasdale, who regularly snaps photos of North Shore points of interest.

“It’s unusual to have a house in West Vancouver all spray-painted up,” he said. “And the property’s worth so much money.”

Teasdale recently posted his photo on Twitter with the comment “Party house with a view,” which quickly went viral, garnering over 102,000 views and the attention of Vancouver Sun writer John Mackie.

“There’s a lot of interest,” said Teasdale recently. “People see that house on the ferry, and they don’t know the story behind it.”

Property assessed at close to $8 million The once handsome house sits on a property of about eight acres on Tyee Point, recently assessed at close to $8

The house on Tyee Point near West Vancouver’s Horseshoe Bay has sat abandoned for years. A recent post about the “party house” covered in graffiti attracted attention on social media. @MARKSGONEPUBLIC / TWITTER million, including an access road.

Since 1992, the property has been owned by PAK Construction Ltd., a company with an address at a residential home in the British Properties.

The two principals of the company, Kazem and Efat Askari, are both citizens or permanent residents of Canada and live in West Vancouver, according to B.C.’s Land

Owner Transparency Registry. They’ve owned the house since 1992, when their company bought the property for just over $2 million.

The house itself was built in 1951.

A 10-year-old real estate listing for the property shows an older-style 2,200-squarefoot West Coast Modern home with floor-to-ceiling windows and a wraparound

deck, along with “a guest cottage, caretaker’s residence, helicopter pad and float dock.”

The real selling point, however, was the 2,500 feet of shoreline and 180-degree “totally unobstructed forever views of Howe Sound from every elevation,” including a water lease for a dock.

“Nothing like this has ever been for sale or will ever be available again,” the listing description enthused.

Price was listed as “on request,” although was said to be about $15 million.

Property records indicate nobody snapped it up and the same owners continue to own the property.

Leila Khorvash is an agent with Royal LePage Sussex who is currently listing a different but similar iconic West Vancouver waterfront property for the same corporate owners. That’s the property at 7290 Arbutus Place near to Whytecliff Park, once the home of West Coast Modern architect Geoffrey Massey and his wife Ruth Killam.

Sadly, nothing but a concrete perimeter remains of the once-striking architectural home that Massey built there, but the land is currently listed for sale for $18 million.

Khorvash described the Tyee Point land where the abandoned house sits in Horseshoe Bay as “a unique property.”

The property is not currently listed for sale, said Khorvash, but probably could be, “for the right price.”

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West Vancouver may explore development options to allow for Tyee Point trail Continued from page 22 In the meantime, the house has mostly just been left to deteriorate.

Some locals wrote comments on social media following Teasdale’s post, recalling the property’s happier times.

“Loved that place as a kid, when it was still habitable,” wrote one man.

Steep slopes, environmental challenges A permit for an alteration and to build a bridge was issued in 1986. A development permit for a new house was also approved in 1991 – around the same time as the property last sold – but that expired without anyone ever applying for a building permit, according to municipal records.

Another building permit was issued in 2002 to repair a seawall on the property, but the permit was never finalized.

Despite its stellar shoreline location, there are significant constraints to any development on the property. Telegraph Hill – at it’s known locally – and Tyee Point sit in their own development permit area because of the extremely steep slopes, exposed bedrock and sensitive

environmental conditions, including rare and endangered plant species. The property is also within West Vancouver’s foreshore development area, which places limits on building close to the shore.

“Oh, sure, it would be difficult to build on,” said Calvin Lindberg, a West Vancouver agent with Angell, Hasman & Associates.

“But that’s what West Vancouver is. Lots and lots of West Vancouver, it’s very difficult to build on it. And you end up building on it. There are architects here that thrive on very difficult sites like that.”

Zoning currently allows for one single-family house on the property.

Municipality eyes public trail to point The municipality itself has also expressed interest in acquiring or dedicating parts of “Madrona Ridge,” as the upper part of the property is also known, for public access, especially a trail to the point and viewpoints looking out over the sound. One of the options explored in Horseshoe Bay’s local area plan is allowing housing development on part of the nearby Tantalus Park – which

An image in a real estate brochure shows what the house at 6689 Nelson Ave. used to look like, before it fell into disrepair. FOUR SAILS REALTY sits at the top of the hill in Horseshoe Bay, in order to generate cash to pay for the Tyee Point trail and viewpoints.

When a massive condo development was recently built on the nearby former Sewell’s property, the municipality secured public pedestrian and cycling access via a public right of way to ensure access to Tyee Point in the future, should parts of the property eventually become public.

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where locals got up to no good, away from prying eyes.

House has attracted squatters and parties West Vancouver police have been called on occasion to make visits.

Sometimes people decided to squat on the property, which often got called in by BC Ferries’ crews, who tended to have the best view of the house and knew it was supposedly unoccupied, said Sgt. Mark McLean of West Vancouver Police Department.

“We’ve been there multiple times for people who just trespassed onto that property and set up camp temporarily for a night or two,” he said.

In mid-2022, a complaint to the municipality about the “unsightly property” prompted the fire department and bylaw officers to visit. The house was then boarded up and a fence installed, as required by local regulations, to try to discourage uninvited guests.

Predictably, that has only been semi-successful, as the property still has a presence on sites like Reddit, where locals who have been to the house over the years have weighed in on “the abandoned house on Tyee Point.”

“My friend and I explored that place a few years ago and it was a neat location right on the water.

It blew my mind how it’s been desolate for so long with that kind of view without getting redeveloped,” wrote one unsanctioned urban explorer.

“There’s also a gazebo on the property that boasts beautiful views of Howe Sound and a reallyyyyyy big patio that’s perfect for lounging around on or doing witchcraft or whatever u freaks are into,” wrote another.

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North Van to benefit from climate adaptation funding MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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The Tsleil-Waututh Nation will receive $2 million in funding for emergency preparedness, out of a total $23.4 million given to First Nations and local communities by the B.C. Government.

Bowinn Ma, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, said the funding is in place to help communities better prepare, mitigate and respond to climate related emergencies like extreme temperatures and floods.

“The current climate crisis will continue to increase the risk of natural disasters in British Columbia over the years ahead,” she said.

“Local governments and First Nations are important partners in ensuring that communities are prepared for what will come, and we’re taking action to support them in this

critical work.”

Forty-nine First Nations and local governments throughout the province will receive financial aid, with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation one of a number of Indigenous communities – joining the likes of the Malahat, Pauquachin and Sq’éwlets First Nations – to benefit.

The District of North Vancouver will also receive $369,066.

The funding, provided by the government’s Community Emergency Preparedness Fund, will be funnelled into risk mapping, risk assessments and planning, such as the development of a hazard map, and land-use planning, like amendments to relevant plans and bylaws.

It will also provide financial aid for new equipment, community education and smallscale structural projects.

For the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the $2 million has been approved to fund the Reserve Shoreline Adaptation and

Habitat Enhancement Project, while North Vancouver’s designated reserve will go towards the framework for and implementation of North Shore Resilience.

The projects are two of a number across British Columbia already waiting in the wings for the green light given by the fund, with others including flood mitigation like the modelling of a dike breach in Squamish and the implementation of a new dike on the Coldwater River in Merritt.

The money will also go towards designing upgrades for the Chilliwack Creek drainage pump station, which also serves as a crucial component of the community’s flood-protection system, in addition to providing a climate and disaster risk assessment for T’lat’lasik’wala First Nation, and funding the implementation of misting stations in Victoria, which will help keep people cool during extreme heat weather events.

“The projects enabled by this funding will

make a big difference for First Nations and communities throughout B.C. in their efforts to keep lives and livelihoods safe from potential disasters,” said Ma. George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, said the government invites all municipalities who believe they could benefit from climate-focused financial aid to apply for funding.

“We invite and encourage municipalities to apply for climate adaptation funding that will better protect and safeguard our communities from the current and future threats of climate change,” he said.

“By investing in better planning tools with local communities and First Nations, we can significantly reduce the impacts of extreme weather events and build a more resilient future that protects people and the places we live.”

The Tsleil-Waututh Nation were contacted for this story and declined to comment.

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Search of rifle range site expected to last six weeks Continued from page 1 in controlled detonations by experts from Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt. When they wrapped the operation, which focused on the area’s trails and a half-metre buffer on either side, officials said the trails were safe but it was likely there were other UXO left behind in the wooded areas.

“In 2018, the immediate high risks to site users at the Blair Rifle Range was addressed by clearance work on the trails and open areas. We also installed UXO caution signs reminding the community of the historical military use of the site, to stay on designated trails, and to refrain from digging or making campfires in the area,” a Feb. 17 statement from DND read. “DND has been able, through its UXO program, to address a number of high-risk sites, and is now in the process of looking at lower risk sites as budget allows.

That’s the case for the forested area at the Blair Rifle Range, which was not originally

A three-inch mortar is unearthed at the Blair Rifle Range lands in North Vancouver in February 2018. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE cleared and remains with a medium intrusive risk level.”

The new survey of the southern portion of the site, which starts on Feb. 22, is expected to last for six weeks with the option to return in the fall if more work is necessary, according to DND. The site will remain open throughout the

work although, at times, trails will have to be closed while crews remove hazardous trees or low-lying brush or deal with a potentially dangerous UXO. The chance of a UXO detonating on its own is very low but it is possible if they are disturbed. A three-inch mortar has a “lethality radius” of 10 metres and a danger radius of 450 metres, officials said in 2018.

North Vancouver historian Donna Sacuta, who published a history of the Blair Rifle Range in 2015, said she was pleased to learn the UXO team would be back as she didn’t think the 2018 search was thorough enough.

“They’ll find more unexploded ordnances, for sure, and it will, I think, leave more questions,” she said. “How much of the geography will they cover?”

Sacuta said in her research, she came by a 1972 report that included information from an officer who insisted there was a munitions or grenades dump north of where

the original shooting range targets were, which is outside where the current search is focused, she said.

“And that has never been investigated,” she said, adding that another report from 1995, acknowledged that the dump may be out there, but stated that the terrain was too difficult to carry out a search.

Since the range shut down, recreational trails have appeared and shifted around the lands with new ones popping up frequently, Sacuta added.

The Blair Rifle Range lands are co-owned

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‘Golden Girls’ living makes financial sense Continued from page 13 Police Department’s victims services unit, where Brown was the co-ordinator and Baxter was a volunteer. Brown had leased the upper two floors of a single-family home and was only just turning her mind to finding a roommate when Baxter suggested herself for the role, even though her kids weren’t so sure about the plan.

“You take a chance. Like I said to my kids, the There should worst thing is I be some just find another apartment. Let’s agreement give it a shot,” ahead of time Baxter said. as to who’s The two got responsible along, (and so did for what, and their dogs). They what each of respected each other’s values you is willing and had comto give to the plementary skill situation. sets. Baxter didn’t BUNNY BROWN mind tending the garden or shovelling the walk. Brown hired a cleaner to come in from time to time.

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what and what each of you is willing to give to the situation.”

Financially, it made a lot of sense for both. They were able to live in a much nicer space than they would have otherwise, at a fraction of the cost.

They also had wild dinner parties, dog-sat for one another, and welcomed each other’s families visiting from out of province. Brown said she felt a sense of comfort knowing there was someone else present.

It’s not for everyone, both Brown and Baxter concede, especially if you aren’t willing to be flexible in your habits. But there are ways to make it work. They kept their own spaces clean and did their own cooking. They maintained their separate social lives and “weren’t in each other’s hip pockets,” Brown said.

Much like the Golden Girls of the 1980s and ’90s, a sense of humour is probably a must, Baxter advises.

Brown and Baxter lived as roommates for 10 more years before the house they were renting sold and they sought out other arrangements. (Baxter still lives with roommates who happen to be old family friends).

“They were good years and it worked out really well for us,” Brown said.

“That lasted longer than most of your marriages,” Baxter quipped in response.

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Q WHY DO PARENTS AND STUDENTS LIKE/CHOOSE YOUR SCHOOL? There are many reasons! From our warm, caring and inclusive community, to the A enriching and diverse educational opportunities on offer, Mulgrave prides itself on

nurturing and supporting each unique individual to achieve their personal best. At the core of our education, from preschool to Grade 12, are the world-renowned International Baccalaureate programmes which provide high-level critical thinking, inquiry, and intercultural skills to equip students for post-secondary education and life beyond. Our programmes are infused with a focus on core skills that give our students lifelong advantages as they navigate an increasingly fast-changing world. All of this is provided with the support of caring and skilled educators, outstanding facilities (which include a climbing centre, dance studio, new performing arts spaces, world-class gymnasiums, innovative design and maker spaces, film studios, and outdoor education centre in Squamish), and in genuine partnership with family members.

DOES YOUR CURRICULUM COMPARE TO PUBLIC SCHOOL Q HOW CURRICULUM? Mulgrave offers the International Baccalaureate programme across all grades and A students in Grades 11 and 12 choose between obtaining the IB Diploma or Mulgrave’s

Enriched Pathway, combining individual IB Diploma courses and BC provincial courses. All students receive the BC Dogwood Graduation Certificate. The range of courses is extensive and allows students to personalise their learning within the broad philosophical framework of the IB. The Mulgrave curriculum is enriched and extended in a variety of different ways with access to field trips, visiting speakers, and a very extensive and diverse range of learning experiences. Students receive additional guidance and support from a range of specialists who provide learning, personal guidance, and career and post-secondary advice.

Q WHAT EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS DO YOU OFFER? Activities outside the classroom enhance the learning environment, allow students to A develop important 21st century skills, and offer an additional forum for collaboration,

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teamwork, and exploration. Students are able to dive into a wide variety of pursuits within their core curriculum, including the arts, athletics, outdoor education, and service and leadership. In Middle School (Grades 6-9), students have elective time also within their schedule which supports the exploration of interests ranging from DJing to science to mountain biking. Clubs and other co-curricular activities for all Middle and Senior School students encompass bands, choirs, sports teams, service initiatives and more.

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Brockton School

WHY DO PARENTS AND STUDENTS LIKE/CHOOSE YOUR Q SCHOOL? School is recognized for our personalised approach to A Brockton learning, from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12. Brockton

strives to inspire the growth of outstanding humans, with a genuine focus on the whole child through delivery of the highly recognized International Baccalaureate programs. At Brockton, every student matters, every family matters, community matters, and learning for life matters.

Q WHAT EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS DO YOU OFFER? offers an outstanding Outdoor Education Program, a worldA Brockton renowned Music and Arts Program, a comprehensive Athletics Program,

various student leadership opportunities, as well as a wide variety of clubs and activities. We offer engaging extended day care opportunities for younger children, and our extracurriculars cater to every student, no matter their interests. Brockton’s students are challenged and supported asthey explore the amazing variety of opportunities on offer.

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They know North Star is a safe, peaceful, inclusive, and caring community.

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North Star’s approach engages students in a supportive and fun environment to be active participants in their quest for knowledge. This dynamic allows for a significant amount of small group and one-to-one lessons that best support students where they are in their educational journey and in reaching their fullest potential.

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HOW DOES THE SCHOOL (HOW DO THE STUDENTS) Q GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY? College partners with community members to design learning A Alcuin experiences that place community in the centre. We create volunteer

opportunities embedded in the community to prepare our Kindergarten to Grade 12 students for success in the real world, as original thinkers, collaborators, and citizens. We challenge our students to not just work alongside community members but learn how to be part of the solution.

WHY DO PARENTS AND STUDENTS LIKE/CHOOSE YOUR Q SCHOOL? and students choose Alcuin College because our inquiryA Parents based teaching philosophy in our junior programme forms confident

learners, and prepares them to excel in academics and leadership through the senior years.

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WHY DO PARENTS AND STUDENTS LIKE/CHOOSE YOUR Q SCHOOL? parents and students choose STA because we are a community who A STA cares about one another. We provide outstanding academic, athletic

and artistic opportunities, as well as a variety of teacher-led extra curriculum options. With a smaller student population, teachers and staff know the names of students. This allows students to have extra attention when they need assistance, to be challenged with growth opportunities when excelling and to have flexibility to pursue a learning path that works for them.

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Canadian filmmaking icon to be remembered with scholarship NICK LABA

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Among his childhood memories, Dave Crone remembers porters pushing him around Toronto Airport. If he was there, airlines knew that one of their best customers, Dave’s dad Bob Crone, was touching down.

Bob Crone was a pioneer and lifelong advocate for filmmaking in Canada. As a documentary filmmaker, he was the first cameraman for the CBC that travelled for international coverage.

Always pushing the technological envelope, Crone was among the first to embrace the Steadicam, and IMAX film format. Bolstering the domestic industry, he founded a thriving studio and established a union chapter among international camera operators.

Crone died Jan. 12 at the age of 90, survived by his wife Vi, son Dave, three grandchildren and great granddaughter. He lived in West Vancouver.

To promote filmmaking for future generations, an annual scholarship is being set up in Crone’s name at Capilano University.

Growing up in Toronto, Crone’s father gave him a camera at age 12, which led to an immediate love of photography that would soon carry over to motion pictures.

After taking film courses in New York in 1955, he moved back to Canada. There, he was hired by the CBC for a couple weeks, but soon quit to work freelance, selling his stories back to the public broadcaster.

As he became increasingly known for his skilful camera work, the CBC began sending Crone abroad for a wide variety of documentary work. He flew around the globe with announcer Larry Henderson, filming world events with his wife and business partner Vi, who was also known for her skill behind the camera.

Canadian filmmaker Bob Crone on assignment in Jamaica. COURTESY OF DAVE CRONE Crone filmed the likes of political figures including the former president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Josef Broz Tito, as well as Cuban revolutionary and former president Fidel Castro.

“Castro marched out of the mountains to go loot [Fulgencio] Batista’s office,” Dave said, pointing to photographs still in his family’s possession.

On home soil, Crone shot powerful footage of Doukhobors in New Denver, B.C. protesting the abduction of their children in 1957. His filmmaking of interviews with leaders and confrontations of nude protesters and RCMP was shown to Canadians on CBC TV. Two weeks after the footage aired, the children were released.

At age 27, he bought a house in the Rosedale neighbourhood of Toronto.

“He modified the basement – put in a

full studio with lighting, an editing facility, makeup rooms, interlocked projectors and machines to do his own mixing down there,” Dave said. “It became a studio of choice by the CBC for a lot of their executive interviews and stuff because it was quiet.”

One of the projects that Crone remembered most fondly was the election campaign for former prime minister Lester B. Pearson.

“Just the amount of involvement he got into and the time spent with him,” Dave explained. “[The Liberal Party] would write the speeches and then come down to the house and film Pearson in our basement, edit the show and then put it on CBC for his campaign.”

Similarly, Crone also filmed speeches and other works for Pearson’s successor, Pierre Trudeau.

Part of Crone’s contributions to contemporary filmmaking was his embrace of new technology.

“He was always an innovator. He was always thinking outside the box,” Dave said.

In 1976, Crone became the third person in Canada to own a Steadicam. Not only did he use the technology extensively himself, but he also taught other camera operators in the U.S. and throughout Asia, Dave added.

After founding his own Canadian studio, Filmhouse, he brought in mixing boards from Holland to produce North of Superior, the first IMAX film.

As Steadicam work began ramping up, Dave joined his dad, and they shot a number of documentaries as a two-man crew. “It was great working with him,” Dave said. Nicknamed “Smiley,” Crone was known for being upbeat and never carrying anger.

“He was a great man,” Dave said. “He’s left a big hole in our lives.”

In 1988, Crone and his wife moved to West Vancouver. He retired in 1996. Crone loved living in the community, Dave said, and volunteered with the West Vancouver Presbyterian Church.

But Crone suffered from Parkinson’s disease, and wasn’t able to recover from a fall in 2022. “In a way, his passing was a great relief,” Dave. “It’s nice to know that he’s in a peaceful place.”

Dave said he had spoken with his dad over the past few years to set up a scholarship in Crone’s name.

“It just seemed like such a fitting memorial,” Dave said, adding that the Bob Crone Memorial Scholarship will be available at Capilano University within the next couple of years.

He hopes that the scholarship will give future filmmakers a head start in an industry that needs the kind of passion that his father had. “It’s a love – it’s not a job,” Dave said.

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Continued from page 4 They were very, very cold,” he said. “They were just not going to be able to make it out on their own power.”

With gusting winds and sleeting snow, conditions were “spicy” for a night-hoist rescue, Danks said, but they were able to safely get the subjects out. The other men benefited from some warm, dry clothes and provisions hiked into them by the ground teams who then escorted them back down the trail.

It wasn’t until 4 a.m. that everyone made it out of the woods, Danks said.

Apart from the need to be better prepared for hikes of that nature, Danks stressed that groups should not separate

when rescuers are searching for them as it makes the situation more dangerous for everyone.

“You stay together, you stay put, you work together to stay warm,” he said.

“Huddle up and hunker down.”

Danks added he was proud of the team members who carried out an old-school ground-and-pound rescue through difficult conditions deep in the backcountry.

“That’s like going back in time when we had multiple teams through very poor weather, in darkness, slogging through really complex terrain, and they did a fantastic job,” he said. “They’re to be commended for that.”

New soup chef has big shoes to fill Continued from page 4 he was doing his inventory and orders,” Paul explained.

“On many of those coffees with Ralf, I would ask, ‘What’s your retirement plan?

Is that something you’d be willing to give up?’ But he would never give up the reins.

“So it’s been something I’ve thought about and discussed with him. It just never materialized. And then it was just after Christmas, I reached out to Renee to express interest. And that’s when the ball got rolling,” he said.

Since he’s announced his intentions

to continue on his uncle’s path, Paul has got an outpouring of encouragement and support from his family.

“Everybody is excited that I’ve stepped up to the plate,” he said. “But because it is a family business, everybody has an opinion. So it’s just weighing out: How should I navigate all of this?”

There’s no question that Paul has big shoes to fill.

“I’m scared shitless but I’m also super excited. I’m really excited, humbled and honoured to be able to continue on his legacy.”

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A kayaker hoping for a relaxing cruise down Burrard Inlet had his adventure turn sour when he was greeted on the water by floating plastic waste and “hundreds” of pieces of Styrofoam.

Chad Gamache had been kayaking around the Lower Mainland fjord on Feb. 5

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“A lot of those chunks had broken up into tiny little pieces that were around a quarter size and a dime size, and they were Continued on page 37

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What did you do on Family Day? Pictured here out for a drive in their Ford Model T in 1921, the Yada family owned and operated a successful business in North Vancouver for decades.

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Debris bobbing in waters off Maplewood Continued from page 36 just floating all over. There were hundreds of pieces in the water.”

Alongside the inner foam pieces were “massive, curtain-like” sections of boom between 15 and 30 feet long, he added.

Gamache, a teacher from North Vancouver, said he was “almost certain” the pieces had broken off from a boom located in front of Parkland’s Burnaby Refinery, after he had paddled across the inlet and found more waste near the facility.

But Tara Overholt, a spokeswoman for Parkland and its Burnaby Refinery, said, in this case, “things aren’t what they seem.”

Overholt said the Burnaby Refinery’s containment boom is completely intact, and no sections have gone missing.

“As an inlet partner we pride ourselves on safety, and we are actively helping an environmental service consultant identify the owner of the boom,” she said.

Debris had floated throughout the fjord, and was bobbing in the waters surrounding the Maplewood Flats bird sanctuary and spread along the shore of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, said Gamache.

“There was one section sitting in front of the Maplewood bird sanctuary area that was just a big section of curtain-like material, that was the booming, and then another section was over by the TsleilWaututh shoreline. That’s where the Styrofoam had broken up and was breaking down into little chunks.”

Gamache, who is a regular on local

waters but hadn’t kayaked Burrard Inlet in months, said it looked as though the Styrofoam had only been there a few days given it was “relatively fresh looking” and still white in colour.

However, he was concerned for the detrimental effects it could already be having on local wildlife, with much of the waste drifting in a place where birds come to feed.

Gamache had “chased down” some of the larger pieces but was unable to carry out a full cleanup operation due to the wind interfering and the small size of most of the foam pieces, he said.

“The booming material is fine, you can pick that up and take it back, but it’s just the fact that all those little tiny bits of Styrofoam are now going to get washed and blown away,” he said.

“I really didn’t want it to wash up everywhere, and that’s likely what’s happening.”

Gamache noted the oddity of pollution coming from boom equipment that is meant to prevent environmental damage.

“It seems ironic that something that is meant to reduce harm is causing more environmental damage,” he said. “The fact that they have just left it and it has been washing all over the place is really disappointing.”

Tsleil-Waututh Nation declined to comment.

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

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Continued from page 1 Discussions about the teacher and the assaults began circulating in the summer via social media. Investigators said at the time they believed there were potentially more alleged victims they had not yet spoken to.

Sahak said since the investigation first became public in the summer, North Vancouver RCMP’s special victims’ unit has worked to identify several additional people who came forward alleging abuse by Moore and secured evidence to support further charges.

“These investigations are very complex, and they take a very lengthy time and a lot of man hours to complete,” he said.

“We understand that this news may be upsetting for members of the community,” Sahak said. “We would like to thank those that came forward to provide statements.

Without their courage, we would not be in the position we are in today.”

In addition to the criminal charges laid

this week, Moore faces a parallel proposed class action civil lawsuit for damages related to the alleged sexual abuse, filed by one of his former students on behalf of potential victims. The lawsuit was filed in August in B.C. Supreme Court against Moore and the North Vancouver School District. In the lawsuit, the North Vancouver man who was a former student of Moore’s says he was abused at the hands of his former Grade 6 teacher in incidents that he alleges often took place during outdoor school trips, including camping, water skiing and skiing trips.

During a swimming excursion at Simon Fraser University, Moore instructed students to shower naked with him, the former student alleges in the lawsuit. Moore also instructed students to swim naked during camping trips, slept in tents with his students and climbed into his students’ sleeping bags naked, documents filed in the civil lawsuit allege.

During one overnight ski trip, the

teacher also demonstrated masturbation on himself, the lawsuit alleges. He also provided driving lessons in his personal vehicle where students were instructed to sit on his lap, according to documents filed in the civil lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges Moore groomed his victims by taking them to unfamiliar environments “where they were less familiar with what is appropriate” and fostered inappropriate relationships with students both inside and outside of school.

The lawsuit also alleges Moore threatened students with reprisal if they reported him. The lawsuit also names the North Vancouver School District, alleging teachers and administrators at Upper Lynn Elementary saw behaviour that should have given them cause for concern. The school district also failed to adequately investigate reports received from students, parents and teachers, the lawsuit alleges.

In doing so, the school district failed to

take reasonable steps to protect students when they were vulnerable minors and abandoned its “duty of care” to them, the lawsuit alleges.

None of the allegations have been proven in court. Moore has not entered a plea to the criminal charges.

In statement provided to the North Shore News, the school district said it “recognizes teachers and staff who work with students are in a position of great trust” and acknowledged “a criminal charge of this nature is appropriately unsettling.” The school district added Moore’s employee file included no record of misconduct as an employee.

“As his employment with the school district ended over 40 years ago, this situation is considered a matter for the RCMP.” The school district added it had “co-operated fully with the RCMP throughout their investigation.”

Sahak said anyone who believes they may have been a victim of the same teacher can contact the RCMP’s victim services unit 24 hours a day at 604-969-7540.

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Proposed rezoning of 671, 685 & 693 Clyde Avenue and 694 Duchess Avenue WHAT: A public hearing will be held regarding proposed: Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 4985, 2018, Amendment Bylaw No. 5222, 2022; and Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 5223, 2022. A public meeting will be held concurrently.

WHEN: 7 p.m. on March 6, 2023 WHERE: West Vancouver Municipal Hall Council Chamber (750 17th Street) and via electronic communication facilities (WebEx video conferencing software). Members of the public may hear, or watch and hear, the hearing by attending the Council Chamber, or via electronic communication facilities through the link provided on the District’s webpage.

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PROPOSED ZONING BYLAW NO. 4662, 2010, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 5223, 2022: would rezone the lands from Comprehensive Development Zone 3 (CD3) to Comprehensive Development Zone 62 (CD62) to allow for a 201-unit rental apartment building. The proposed building is six storeys tall with a landscaped rooftop amenity area and includes underground parking with 40 stalls for residents and 10 stalls for visitors. The proposed zoning amendment will also amend the CD3 boundary and revise the allowable parking rate for Park Royal North which is slated to remain zoned CD3.

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PROPOSED OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN BYLAW NO. 4985, 2018, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 5222, 2022: would amend the Clyde Avenue East of Taylor Way Development Permit Area boundary map to include 694 Duchess Avenue into that Development Permit Area.

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COUNCIL WELCOMES YOUR INPUT: All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws and development permit will be given an opportunity to present written submissions and to be heard during the public hearing and concurrent public meeting regarding the proposed bylaws and development permit. To participate in person, please attend the Municipal Hall Council Chamber at the date and time listed above. To participate by videoconferencing software, please call 604-925-7004 on March 6, 2023 to be added to the speakers list. Detailed instructions on how to participate in the public hearing are available at westvancouver.ca/government-administration/mayor-council/attending-council-meeting-or-public-hearing.

P R I O R TO T H E P U B L I C H E A R I N G A N D CO N C U R R E N T P U B L I C M E E T I N G YO U M AY P R OV I D E YO U R S U B M I S S I O N : via email to correspondence@westvancouver.ca; via mail to Municipal Hall, 750 17th Street, West Vancouver BC V7V 3T3; or place your submission, addressed to Legislative Services, in the drop box located at the main entrance of Municipal Hall. Please provide written submissions by noon on March 6, 2023 to ensure their inclusion in the public information package for Council’s consideration. No further submissions can be considered by Council after the public hearing has closed.

MORE INFORMATION: The proposed bylaws, development permit, and other relevant documents that Council may consider in deciding whether to adopt the proposed bylaws and approve the proposed development permit may be inspected online at westvancouver.ca/news/notices and at the main entrance to Municipal Hall from February 16 to March 6, 2023.

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That’s fair given he was a wealthy British politician and researcher who died years before Canada was founded. But then why is one of his ornate dishes here?

Christian Laub, who sometimes spends time thrifting around Metro Vancouver stores when he’s not digging for antiques in the wild, discovered a large silver-plated heat tray when at a North Vancouver shop last year. The design appears to be in a baroque or rococo style.

“When I spotted the ornate style of that heating tray I knew right away that it had good vintage to it,” he tells Vancouver Is Awesome. “When I initially found it I didn’t see the crest at first because it was so tarnished.”

However, while in the store, he was able to make out the reindeer and a A baroque/rococo-styled, silver plated steam serving tray motto: “J’ai Bonne Cause.”

Christian Laub discovered in a North Vancouver thrift store.

Using that he was able CHRISTIAN LAUB to find Botfield, whose

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personal crest and motto match.

Upon bringing the piece home he did some more research. Botfield came from a wealthy family who had coal mining and iron businesses. Born in 1807, he inherited the family business while exploring interests in literature, geology and botany, going so far as to become a Fellow of the Royal Society. He married in 1858, but they never had any kids, and Continued on page 40

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View the documents: Online at cnv.org/PublicMeetings to view the proposed Temporary Use Permit and background material.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Regular Council Meeting

Monday, February 27, 2023 at 6:00pm First Reading of “Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 8952” for Rezoning Lands under Land Use Contracts Proposal: To rezone the properties listed below from Industrial (M-1) and 2-Unit Residential (RT-1) zones to Commercial (C-1A) and Ground-Oriented Residential (RG-2A) zones, respectively. These properties are currently regulated under Land Use Contracts that the Province will be terminating in 2024. This rezoning will align these properties and their respective Land Use Contracts with the most appropriate zones within the Zoning Bylaw.

• 214-236 West Esplanade and 60 Semisch Avenue • 202-204 West 4th Street and 405-409 Chesterfield Avenue • 220 East 11th Street • 213, 215 and 217 East 17th Street 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 noon on Monday, February 27, 2023, to ensure their availability to Council at the meeting.

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Continued from page 39 he died in 1863.

Given the date of his death, Laub believes the tray was produced at least 160 years ago.

“I wasn’t able to make a connection to Vancouver,” he says. “My presumption is at some point one of their relatives moved to Vancouver, and that’s why the piece is here in Vancouver.”

As it has a personal crest on it, it’s unlikely to have been sold to the general public when it was first produced, he adds.

“It seems that that was their own personal dishware,” he says.

While he’s been able to piece some of its likely history together, he likes that it’s a bit incomplete.

“In a sense, I love that the piece not only has the history to it, but it has a mystery to it,” Laub says.

That said, he’s interested to learn more about the item and how it came to be in Vancouver – a city that didn’t exist when it was made.

Right now it’s sitting in a china cabinet; the antique dish hasn’t been used yet but he and his wife may break it out for a special dinner. The tray works like a modern steam tray system, with boiling hot water kept just below the part holding the food.

Not his only find Laub, it seems, is good at finding things. Not only did he find the “mother

lode” of Vancouver utensils while bottling in the woods, but he’s made a few discoveries in local thrift stores, including a set of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs dishes made in Japan in the 1930s.

More recently he came across more utensils, but this time in a store, not a forest.

“I was interested in those pieces because there was a direct connection to the pieces I had found,” he says.

Tips for thrifty finds Finding interesting items in local stores is a bit of a rainy-day activity for Laub.

“Sometimes I go in to challenge myself to find something that has a good vintage to it that the thrift store hasn’t identified as a collectible item,” he says.

While he’s enjoyed thrifting, he notes it’s getting less fun and more difficult these days as more people scour the shops, and the shops raise their prices.

“The heyday of thrift stores is all but lost,” he says.

That said, he does have a couple of pointers for people. He often checks the silverware first since there’s not as much produced anymore, so it’s more likely what a store has will be older.

“And if you’re inspired to go to thrift stores, beware of replicas,” Laub says.

“That’s a common thing these days; you’ll think you found something good and it’ll actually be a replica.”

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In loving memory of WHITE, Patricia Marjorie Codrington April 28th, 1928 - January 4th, 2023

Pat passed away in West Vancouver, living with her daughter Sandra, surrounded by the love of her family.

Predeceased by her husband Cec of 50 years.

She is survived by daughters Sandra and Sherry (Bob), sons Cecil (Kathy) and Jim (Trina); nine grandchildren - Rob, Sara, Erica, Richard, Christopher, Andrew, Samantha, Courtney and Zachary; eight great-grandchildren Alexandra, Charlotte, Elsa, Mila, Abigail, Blake, Austin and Archer.

LONG-TIME residents of Sandspit, Queen Charlotte lslands/Haida Gwaii, Pat and Cec retired in 1996 and moved to Campbell River, Vancouver Island. Their happiest moments were on the Charlottes and in Hawaii, with family and good friends.

No funeral by family request. Cremation has taken place. Pat’s ashes will be spread on the beach in Sandspit and in Waikiki.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Canadian Cancer Society Vancouver.

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DICKIE, Douglas William Doug passed away peacefully on February 13th at the age of 65 with his son by his side. Doug was born and raised in North Vancouver alongside his brothers Mark and Graham and his parents Lorne and Alice. Doug frequently spoke of his fond memories growing up in Lynn Valley. It is here where he met the love of his life Sue. Life felt complete for Doug and Sue after the arrival of Natalie and John, whom they are so proud of and love wholeheartedly. The love Sue and Doug shared cannot be understated, as they made lifelong friends and strong connections in the community. Doug took pride in his profession as an electrician and his commitment to the IBEW. Doug also spent a portion of his career working for the North Vancouver School District, where he was able to experience the joys of seeing his family and their friends grow up. Doug loved helping people and always put others before himself. He had a quiet demeanour, but always had the time for a chat for those he loved. Doug’s witty jokes and infectious personality will be missed by his family and close friends. A celebration of life will be held at the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier, 138 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver, BC on Saturday, March 4th from 1:00-4:00 pm.

DEAN GIUSTINI 3.40681X2 NSN002997 :: #734648 OBITUARIES BOOTH, Ian G. February 19, 1950 − January 20, 2023

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The family of Ian George Booth is saddened to announce his death at North Shore Hospice, North Vancouver, on Friday, January 20, 2023, at the age of 72.

Ian is survived by his father, Donald, stepmother, Emily (Kitchener) and his sister Janet (Welland, ON).

Ian worked at a variety of hotels across Canada. He retired from the Wedgewood Hotel two years ago.

Ian loved hiking and biking on the North Shore. His favourite was Lynn Creek.

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GIUSTINI, Alberico (Alberto) April 28, 1937 − February 14, 2023 Born April 28th, 1937, in Villa Santa Lucia, L’Aquila, Italy, died Valentine’s Day, February 14th, 2023, in North Vancouver, BC. Predeceased by his wife, Margaret, in 2008. Alberico came to Canada in 1957, joining brothers Antonio (Ida), Aleandro (Emilia) and Gilberto (Nina) in Calgary. When dad met Margaret at an Italian dance, he knew instantly he would marry her. They married in 1961 and built a life for themselves in Calgary. Alberico leaves behind sons David and Dean, friends and family in BC, Calgary, and France. A memorial will be planned later in Vancouver, and a mass in Calgary.

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It is with great sadness that the family of Lynne Grey announce her passing on February 10, 2023.

Lynne is survived by her son, Rob Grey (Maureen) and her daughter Nicole Schile (David) and her four grand-children (Natasha, Jamie, Noah, Bruce).

Born in Stratford, Ontario on February 13, 1933. Our dear Denis slipped away peacefully after a long illness on February 10th, 2023, just 3 days shy of his 90th birthday. Denis is survived by wife Irene, who lovingly cared for him throughout his illness.

He ended his days happy at home as was his wish.

Also survived by daughter Elizabeth (Brett) Lovell and son Peter (Susan) and grandsons Chris and Bryan. He was predeceased by his first wife of 50 years, Kathryn, in 2005.

Born and raised in West Vancouver, Lynne will be remembered for her elegance and style and her love of her family and friends. Lynne made her living as a realtor and had many hobbies over the years, including toastmistresses, and her love of dogs, particularly poodles became a passion for her.

Lynne’s family would like to thank the care- givers at Amica for taking such wonderful care of her in her last few years of life. A celebration of life will be held The Orchard Gleneagles Club House.

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HAYES, Lesley J. March 15, 1959 − February 4, 2023 With deep sadness, we announce the unexpected passing of Lesley Jean Hayes, 63, at her Port Coquitlam home on Saturday, February 4th, 2023.

She was a loving mother, a caring and generous sister, a cousin and a true friend. Lesley was a beautiful and sweet person, and her passing is a devastating loss for everyone who knew her.

She leaves her two sons, Kevin Chong and Brandon Chong; sister Sheila Hayes (Steve); brother Ken Hayes (Lisa, Matthew, Nevada); cousin Evelyn King (Sandy, Jill, Alex); and other extended family and many dear friends. She was predeceased by her parents, Jack and Ella Hayes.

The very best of men, we couldn’t have had a better time with a dad who was a lot like a kid himself. A talented man who never lost that spark of curiosity, but was always there with gentle guidance when needed.

Drawing and painting from an early age he went on to graduate from Ontario College of Art, where he met first wife Kay. Following art school, he worked for some years at American Standard and then in 1968 took the family on the big adventure, moving us to Vancouver - see Canada in your Austin 1100.

Living in beautiful North Vancouver, he could ski whenever he wanted. Sure, there was some work too at Simpson’s Contract Division, then Woodwards Commercial Division, then Beyer Brown, where he worked on hotels and restaurants in Whistler, Vancouver and the Yukon, where he met plenty of characters. Furniture design was a favourite part of his work.

Denis had a lot of interests, skiing, biking, photography and “The Automobile” to name a few.

Dad had over 50 cars in his driving life, some where quite exotic like the 1955 MGTC and others very quirky like the Morris Minor that had to have the rad replenished every time we went out. Skiing was another passion from an early age. Denis had a ski pass up Mount Seymour for so many years that in the end they gave him a free season’s pass before he hung up the old hickories.

A man to look up to in so many ways we will miss his optimistic spirit, his fabulous eye for detail, his laugh and his love. Smooth runs ahead, Dad. The funeral will be held on March 1 at 11:00 am at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 2725 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver. Reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, a donation could be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or Lions Gate Hospital.

Lesley’s biggest joy and deepest love were for her sons, Kevin and Brandon. Being their mother was the most cherished role in her life and one she excelled at. They were her bedrock of happiness, and she was enormously proud of them. She was excited about the bright future.

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WATT, Margaret September 12, 1938 - January 3, 2023 On Tuesday, January 3rd, Margaret Watt passed away in North Vancouver at the age of 84. Her kindness, compassion, and empathy is missed by all who knew her. Is tú mo chroí

Love you, Mom.

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

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For over 30 years, Lesley felt honoured and immensely satisfied to provide help and comfort as a care aide to the people at Hawthorne Senior’s Care Community. She made many longtime friends there, and in her retirement, she often went to visit along with her beloved puppy Misa. Her bighearted, kind and generous presence will be greatly missed by the residents, her colleagues and her friends there.

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SUSAN WALKER 10.00000X3 Applicant Hosted Preliminary R0021924990 :: #734449 LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Consultation Meeting

Preliminary development proposal for 4777 Pilot House Road, located within the Lower Caulfeild Heritage Conservation Area. As required by the District of West Vancouver, the applicant is required to conduct an “Applicant Hosted Preliminary Public Consultation Meeting” in advance of the intention to submit a Heritage Alteration Permit application. We invite you to this meeting to provide your input on the proposal.

The proposal for the subject property includes removal of the existing house and relocation of the Doctor-Stewart residence, a 1912 Heritage structure of unique character and craftsmanship, to the site by barge from Vancouver.

The Doctor-Stewart residence is a one storey, plus lower/basement level wood frame house. It will be located in approximately the same location as the existing house at 4777 Pilot House Road and will be approximately the same height and size. A variance is required at the front yard setback as the front porch projects 2.5 meters into the front yard.

The project also includes construction of a new Coach House at the rear of the lot. The proposed Coach House is two-storeys plus basement.

A short presentation will be provided by the project applicant and project architect at 5:30 pm, followed by a question and answer period. This will be carried out through an in-person open house following physical distancing protocols. Presentation boards will be available during the presentation and afterwards. Feedback forms will be available for submission.

APPLICATION CONTACTS: Birmingham & Wood Architects http://bwarc.ca/ +604-790-1594 Office hours: Monday to Friday, 9:30 am to 6 pm

LOCATION: St. Francis in-the-Wood Church, the Lounge meeting room, 4773 South Piccadilly Rd, West Vancouver, BC, V7W 1J8X DATE: March 1, 2023 TIME: 5 pm to 7 pm

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