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Investigation underway into sewage leak on Capilano River NICK LABA

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As a flow of raw, reeking sewage leaked into the Capilano River for at least a week, a leader from Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) is questioning why the firm managing the adjacent apartment complex wasn’t quicker to respond to the issue.

According to the Ministry of Environment, the District of North Vancouver reported on March 6 that sewage was leaving a private property and entering the river through a storm drain outfall pipe.

“We learned on Friday that … communication with the Woodcroft property managers wasn’t that efficient,” said elected council member Sxwíxwtn (Wilson Williams). “But I think the most important thing to us, Squamish Nation, is that we wanted to get the sewage leak mitigated.”

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Squamish Nation elected council member Sxwíxwtn (Wilson Williams) stands in front of the site of a sewage leak on the Capilano River Monday. The steam in the air is related to attempts to find the source of the leak. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

PUSHING FOR ‘PLAN B’

Soccer fields, Spirit Trail back in proposed DNV budget MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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District of North Vancouver council is adding artificial turf fields and the Spirit Trial to Deep Cove back into the 2023 budget and pushing the proposed municipal tax increase to 5.25

per cent.

Following strong criticism from the public on the District of North Vancouver’s proposed 2023 budget, staff have put forward a new “Plan B” budget that incorporates previously omitted projects. Projects now deemed by staff as having a “relatively high probability of success,” include the

completion of up to six artificial turf sports fields at Handsworth Secondary and Inter River Park, plus others not yet determined, and the construction of the Spirit Trail connection between Maplewood and Deep Cove.

At a public input meeting last week, council spent hours getting an earful from

the local soccer and cycling communities, expressing their dismay of long-promised projects being left out of the budget for another year.

“Public input has been higher than usual,” Rick Danyluk, deputy chief financial officer, told council Monday. “After receiving Continued on page 29

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Cyclists often face danger on North Shore, advocates say job” of making improvements to bike routes, but “we can’t do everything all at once. It takes time.”

One issue with local cycling routes is they tend to be recreational in nature, she said, rather than encouraging biking as a form of transportation.

“We need a mix of all those things,” she said. “It’s definitely worse on the North Shore than in the City of Vancouver.”

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Cycling advocates on the North Shore say last week’s fatal collision, in which a cyclist died after being hit by a commercial dump truck, is a tragic reminder that many roads in North Vancouver aren’t safe for cyclists or pedestrians.

Traffic experts with the RCMP’s Integrated Collision Reconstruction Unit are still piecing together what happened when the driver of a commercial dump truck and trailer turning right from 23rd Street onto Lonsdale Avenue hit the cyclist, a local woman in her 40s, who was to the right of the truck at the intersection.

But Heather Drugge, a cycling advocate and member of HUB Cycling, said it’s very possible the collision – and similar close calls – didn’t have to happen.

“These kinds of things are avoidable if proper infrastructure is in place,” she said.

Not set up to ‘make it safe’ In the case of 23rd Street, the road is an official bike route right up to St. George’s, she notes – where it abruptly stops. But “I’ve advocated it should not be,” she said. “There’s no cycling infrastructure on it at all. It’s just not set up at all to make it safe.”

“It’s a very tight road in the sense that it has to accommodate commercial truck traffic, in addition to buses, all the cars, all the people going to school over at

A cyclists enters the Main Street and Lynn Avenue intersection in North Vancouver, one of the most dangerous on the North Shore for cyclists. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN Carson Graham.”

Drugge said often when travelling along 23rd, she’s seen people on bikes riding on the sidewalk.

“That’s an indication they want to use that route, but it’s not safe,” she said.

“I don’t know how many times I’ve gone there and said ‘This is dangerous. Why is this the bike route?’”

The intersection where the cyclist was hit is complicated, she

added, involving traffic feeding on to the highway, one block north, difficult sightlines for drivers turning from 23rd, and a lack of proper separated infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians.

Commercial trucks from nearby construction on the site of the future Harry Jerome recreation centre have also put “added pressure on to what I would call already poor infrastructure for people on bikes,” said Drugge,

adding she’d like to see better controls on how commercial trucks enter and exit that construction site.

Even drivers in larger SUVs will often not keep a close enough lookout for cyclists and pedestrians, she said. “If you’re driving a very large vehicle, sightlines aren’t as good. People are just in too much of a hurry.”

Drugge said the City of North Vancouver is doing “a pretty good

Fatality ‘could have been prevented’ Mark Burge also commutes to work in North Vancouver by bike sometimes and worked for several years at Centennial Theatre adjacent to the intersection at 23rd and Lonsdale.

Burge said he’s always considered the intersection dangerous.

“There’s such a rush to go around that corner,” he said, with drivers sometimes honking at drivers ahead of them who are waiting for pedestrians to cross the street.

Burge said there should be some kind of delayed light system allowing cyclists to go around the corner before drivers, and better infrastructure.

But the problem isn’t limited to one intersection, he added.

“Things are better than they were 10 years ago, but that’s not saying much,” he said. “We have a fatality that could have been prevented.”

Increase in truck traffic Laura Howard lives on Continued on page 27

North Shore News bids farewell to editor Layne Christensen NORTH SHORE NEWS STAFF

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It’s the end of an era at the North Shore News, with Layne Christensen moving on after a 30-year career at the paper, including the past eight years as editor.

Under her leadership, the North Shore News team was recognized with numerous awards for newspaper excellence, including the Canadian Community Newspaper Association’s Newspaper of the Year award in 2019, and Gold in the Ma Murray Community Newsmedia Awards for Newspaper Excellence for three consecutive years, 2017-2019.

“I grew up with the North Shore News and it’s been a privilege to help contribute to its 54-year legacy by leading a news team – one that is among the very best in our industry – in sharing stories of our community,” Christensen said. “Local journalism is vital to all of us as it provides a trusted news source and helps create community.”

All North Shore News readers have much to be thankful for as it relates to Layne’s time as editor, said Peter Kvarnstrom, the president, community media division, for the Glacier Media Group, and a former North Shore News publisher. “Layne has been a strong North Shore News team member and leader for nearly three decades,

and has made a huge impression on all of us and our community,” he said. “Her work has made a huge difference to the health and well-being of the North Shore and all its communities. Through dedication and commitment to everything North Shore, Layne has left her mark and will be sorely missed.”

Those sentiments were echoed by North Shore News publisher Matt Blair.

“Layne’s leadership of the North Shore News’ editorial team has undoubtedly had a tremendous impact on our community,” he said. “Under her guidance, our newsroom has elevated countless social causes, held our community’s leadership accountable, and brought folks from the North Shore

together in times of grief, uncertainty and celebration. I am excited to see what is next for Layne as I am confident it too will play a role in shaping our community.”

Andy Prest has taken on the role of acting editor following Christensen’s departure. Prest served as the paper’s sports editor before becoming assistant editor. He also writes a biweekly humour and lifestyle column.

“Andy has been an award winning and respected journalist and columnist with us at the North Shore News for many years, and is more than ready to take us to the next level of community reporting,” said Kvarnstrom.

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Workers inspect the bottom of the sludge digester tower at the massive new sewage treatment plant under construction in North Vancouver in March 2021. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

Sewage plant project fixes could cost extra $85 million JANE SEYD

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It could cost another $85 million to fix work done so far on the North Shore’s beleaguered new sewage treatment plant, according to a Metro Vancouver staff report set to be discussed this week.

That’s in addition to $40 million approved by politicians last year to get the problem-plagued project back on track, and doesn’t even include the cost of finishing construction on the project, now several years behind schedule.

Increasing costs of the project are a potential worry for North Shore taxpayers, said District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little on Monday. “We’re obviously very concerned,” he said. “The North Shore municipalities have been contributing a significant portion through our utilities to this project.”

West Vancouver Coun. Christine Cassidy, who also sits on Metro’s liquid waste committee, said there’s reason to be concerned “at both the management and cost components of this project.” Cassidy said she’s hoping to get the North Shore governments together soon to discuss the financial impacts of the project and how best to get it completed, “as we bear the brunt of its rising costs.”

A year ago, in February 2022, Metro Vancouver hired PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc. at a cost of $40 million to jump start construction on the stalled wastewater treatment plant.

PCL was to work with Metro staff to finalize a design and cost estimates for the partially constructed project, after Metro cut ties with its former contractor, Acciona, in the fall of 2021 over a contract dispute.

PCL was also to complete some “early works” on the project by last summer.

But the report this week by Cheryl Nelms, Metro’s general manager of project delivery, indicates problems with the project are worse than first thought.

“PCL and AECOM have identified significant deficiencies” in the design and construction of the project, according to that report, “and in some cases, more extensive deficiencies than originally anticipated.”

Repair work is taking longer than planned because of “the high number of deficiencies” found in buildings already completed and “more challenging repair procedures required,” according to the report.

Nelms said while some of the problems were detected during construction, “the extent of the problem was not apparent until Metro Vancouver took over the site.”

There’s also a concern that Acciona’s existing design may not be able to provide tertiary treatment at the site as intended, said Little. “There are some concerns that that design has not been properly vetted,” he said. “These are very expensive challenges for us to overcome.”

In July 2019, Metro Vancouver politicians voted to upgrade the design of the plant to a tertiary level of treatment at an additional cost of $29 million, after pressure from North Shore environmental advocates.

Currently, the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant project is budgeted for just over $1 billion, including the cost of the treatment plant, the large pipe that will take treated sewage to the outfall, and a preliminary design for decommissioning the existing Lions Gate plant.

Adding $85 million to the PCL contract can be done within that overall budget, according to the staff report.

The North Shore project started as in which the contractor was required to design, build and finance the plant, said Little, with the idea that it would mitigate financial risk to the public. “I think some of the views have changed on that,” he said.

“Particularly on very large, major pieces of infrastructure.”

The North Shore’s annual utility fees per household are now projected to climb to almost $1,270 annually by 2027, a massive spike as the region races to replace costly and aging infrastructure, including three new sewage treatment plants. Of that, North Shore households are forecast to be paying $826 towards liquid waste services by 2027, an in crease of more than 93 per cent over the amount being paid in 2023. That amount is also forecast to be between $150 and $350 more per year than households in other areas of Metro Vancouver will be paying for sewage service.

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Caregiver who accessed child porn while working sent to jail for a year JANE SEYD

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An Abbotsford man who watched child pornography while high on crystal meth then accessed similar material while working as a caregiver to a disabled woman in North Vancouver has been sent to jail for a year.

Maka-I-Moana Eugene Mumui Halafihi, 30, was sentenced Feb. 22 in North Vancouver provincial court after pleading guilty to two charges of possessing child pornography.

In handing down his sentence, Judge Joseph Galati outlined how on April 20, 2020, Halafihi arranged to meet another man he’d met online for the purpose of using crystal methamphetamine and watching pornography

together while taking part in sexual activities.

During their encounter, Halafihi accessed 20 to 30 digital file folders on his computer, each containing a number of short videos. The videos all involved adult men having sex with children who appeared to be seven years old or younger, according to an agreed statement of facts.

When he saw the videos, the other man became uncomfortable and asked Halafihi to leave. He subsequently called the police, who went to Halafihi’s home on May 28, 2020, and seized his computer.

Police found more than 100 videos on the computer that met the definition of child pornography, according to an agreed statement of facts. Most of the children shown were boys and some appeared as young as three years old, according

to the judge, who added, “there were multiple videos of boys who appeared to be under the age of eight years old performing sexual acts.”

While still under investigation for that incident, on Sept. 6, 2020, while at work in North Vancouver as a caregiver to a disabled woman, Halafihi downloaded video files containing child pornography to his cell phone. The transmission was reported to authorities and another investigation followed. Halafihi was arrested on Dec. 3, 2020, and his cell phone was seized.

An examination of the phone showed two longer videos and a number of still images depicting children between six and 13 years old involved in sexual acts.

Halafihi’s defence lawyer described how he struggled with

various challenges growing up after being sexually touched by an older male relative when he was seven and starting to watch pornography when he was 12.

Halafihi started using crystal meth in 2017, at first just on weekends. But from 2019 to 2021, he was using the drug daily, according to information presented in court.

Halafihi doesn’t have a prior criminal record, but acknowledged being warned by police in 2015 not to communicate online with teens under the age of consent, the judge noted. Halafihi told the judge he doesn’t access child porn except while high on crystal meth.

Halafihi’s defence lawyer David Karp asked for an 18-month conditional sentence order, while Crown prosecutor Lara Sarbit requested one year in jail.

In handing down the jail term, the judge pointed to the young age of the children depicted as an aggravating factor in the case. The judge noted Halafihi also downloaded the second batch of child pornography when he knew he was under investigation for the first incident.

The judge also placed Halafihi on three years’ probation, during which he must stay away from parks, schools and recreation centres where children 16 and under are likely to be present, and not have any contact with children under 16 unless approved by a probation officer. Halafihi is also banned from using drugs, except with a prescription, and from accessing pornography. He will also be placed on the sexual offender registry for 20 years.

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NEWSBRIEFS RCMP LOOKING FOR FRESH TIPS ON GANG HIT COLD CASE

A year after a known gang member was shot dead in a North Vancouver parking lot, the RCMP’s homicide investigators are issuing a plea for fresh tips. Around 2:35 p.m. on March 11, 2022, shots rang out in the Seymour Boulevard Real Canadian Superstore parking lot. Paramedics attended, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Police later confirmed the victim was 34-year-old Milad Rahimi, a wellknown figure in the organized crime world with both local and international connections, and that his death was likely a targeted hit.

Immediately after the shooting, RCMP members reduced the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing to one lane southbound, hoping to ensnare a fleeing suspect vehicle, but no one was arrested.

Investigators later released footage of a blue Mazda 3 that they believe was the vehicle driven by the suspects.

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the shooting. Two suspects were seen walking away. The driver of the Mazda was wearing a black hoodie, grey pants that had either patchwork or a torn pattern, black shoes, and a medical mask. They were carrying a grey backpack with a single strap.

The passenger wore a three-quarterlength black jacket with a hood and a very distinct white symbol on the left shoulder, as well as grey pants and black shoes.

On Friday, IHIT published a release, hoping to find fresh leads.

“This was a targeted incident that carelessly endangered the lives of those in the area,” said Sgt. Timothy Pierotti, IHIT spokesperson. Anyone with information is asked to contact the IHIT information line at 1-877-551IHIT (4448) or by email at ihitinfo@ rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

COPS SEEK GOOD SAMARITAN WHO SPOTTED SUSPECT

North Vancouver RCMP are trying to track down a good Samaritan who helped them collar a fraud suspect following a foot chase. The incident happened on Wednesday, March 1, when four individuals attempted to buy a vehicle from a Marine Drive car dealership using another person’s ID,

according to Const. Mansoor Sahak, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.

Police were alerted to the fraud in progress and arranged to arrest the suspects when they came to pick up the vehicle later that afternoon. They took three of them into custody without incident, but the fourth fled on foot.

One of the Mounties gave chase but lost sight of the suspect.

“A good Samaritan was driving by and told the officer, ‘Hey, I think I know where the suspect is hiding,’” Sahak said. The driver then volunteered to drive the pursuing officer right to the suspect, a short distance away.

“His actions directly led to the arrest of the suspect who might have escaped otherwise. Obviously, we extend our sincere appreciation to this person for their actions,” Sahak said.

But, investigators don’t know who their civilian deputy was, and that person’s statement could help in the investigation, Sahak said. The RCMP are now hoping the good Samaritan will reach out.

“Our main objective is for that person to come forward,” he said. “This person knows who they are.”

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311 and quote file No. 23-4003.

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or most of the last two decades, District of North Vancouver municipal budgets have been a boring affair – predictable three per cent tax increases to cope with inflation and renewing infrastructure.

Taxpayers may like boring budgets, but as council learned on Monday, sometimes citizens demand more.

Council has upped this year’s tax increase 5.25 per cent, allocating more funding to artificial turf fields and the Spirit Trail connection to Deep Cove.

Good.

The Spirit Trail began as a vision more than a decade ago to offer a car-free way of traversing the entire North Shore.

Today, in the City of North Vancouver, the job is pretty much done, including the engineering and logistical feat of crossing the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw’s (Squamish

Nation) Mosquito Creek Marina.

The District of North Van has made some progress. We love the new bridge over Lynn Creek. But, east of the Seymour, successive councils haven’t lifted a finger, and it shows. Riding along either Dollarton Highway or Mount Seymour Parkway is a hairy experience, bordering on deadly.

It’s a hangover from a 1950s way of looking at transportation when absolutely every trip out of the home would be made in a personal automobile. If we only knew then what we know now about climate change and traffic congestion.

The district has been long, long overdue in making a change that acknowledges there should be an option for safe, active transportation. Once people are convinced it’s safe to get from Point A to Point B on a bike, they’ll have a chance to see just how much fun it is.

Soccer league with no standings still getting great results ANDY PREST

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When she was 42 years old and tired of facing players 20 years younger than her, Linda Sullivan came up with the idea of starting a North Shore soccer league just for women of a certain age.

It would be for fun – they wouldn’t keep standings – and it would be social, and recreational, and they wouldn’t have to chase after 22-year-olds anymore. She told this plan to her coach at the time.

His answer? We’ve tried that before, he said. It won’t work.

She wasn’t convinced, and so she did what any sensible person should do when they want to get something done around here. She took out an ad in the North Shore News.

“Are you tired of aerobics classes?” it read. “Do you want something more fun?

Are you sick of standing on a cold field and watching your child play soccer? Would you like to play yourself? No experience necessary.”

The first meeting was held in the old Delbrook rec centre. She was expecting a

handful of people to show up. And by the time the meeting started?

“The room was packed.”

She started having practices, and the numbers grew by the day.

“People just started turning up,” she said. “Every time we had a practice, I would set up a table and sign people up.”

The first weekend that they played games, there were four teams. The next weekend, there were six. It turned out that her old coach was wrong. The league worked.

Thirty years later, the North Shore Thirty-Something Women’s Soccer League is still going strong, with 12 teams spread through two recreational age divisions – 30-plus and 45-plus – across the North Shore and up to Squamish. On March 5, the Thirty-Something league – the name was inspired by a popular TV drama that folks of a certain age will remember – celebrated its 30th anniversary with a pub night reunion, in the process raising more than $2,000 for two good causes, the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, as well as a Ukrainian family living on the North Shore.

In a world where face-to-face physical connections feel harder than ever to maintain, and the benefits of movement and exercise have never been more clear, the Thirty-Something League seems like a near perfect creation for building a healthy community.

It’s not just a bunch of players on soccer teams, said Linda Tranter, who has played in the league for more than 20 years and served as president for the past five. “It’s a sisterhood.”

“A lot of people come into this league who’ve never played soccer before,” she said. “They’ve watched their kids play on the sidelines, and then they hear about our league and say, ‘I’d like to try it.’ And they typically stick with it…. It’s not just about the Sunday morning games or the Friday night games. We get together socially, quite frequently. We do stuff in the summer together.”

Those connections were more important than ever at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the local soccer league – no out-of-region travel required – allowed the women an outlet, a place to step outside of their bubbles and kick a ball around.

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Sullivan said she felt a lot of love when she attended the recent anniversary event for the league she founded 30 years ago.

“So many people came up to me that night to say, ‘Thank you so much for starting this, you don’t know how much soccer has meant to me,’” she said. “That means a lot to me.”

But year 31 will have, for the first time, Sullivan watching from the sidelines instead of playing in the games.

Now age 73, it’s time to hang up the cleats, she said.

“Your bones are more brittle,” she said.

“You have to recognize when it’s time to say goodbye. And my very last game was my best game of the season, so that seemed like a really great way to have it end…. I played in goal, my team won 2-1.”

Yes they may not keep standings, but they do keep score. But in a league like this, it does really feel that everyone wins.

Registration is open now for the spring season. If you’re of a certain age, it may be something you’d want to try.

Andy Prest is the acting editor of the North Shore News. His lifestyle/humour column runs biweekly.

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AVALANCHE SAFETY TRAINING WOULD PREVENT FURTHER BACKCOUNTRY DEATHS

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Re: Closing B.C.’s backcountry not ‘feasible’ despite death toll hitting 12, online story March 3 Avalanche tragedies leave emotional and mental scars on SAR volunteers, and are a stark reminder to take a proactive approach to backcountry safety.

As an even more treacherous spring avalanche season approaches, I encourage people to consider the real risks before entering the backcountry.

Avalanche Canada claims it has no authority to close the backcountry. I have asked the B.C. Government for information on which department has jurisdiction over closing backcountry areas when avalanche risks are high.

There are about 40 heli-ski operators in B.C. which generate thousands of jobs and millions in revenue, which for the majority justifies leaving avalanche areas open. It is a commonly used argument that more people drown in the summer months from not wearing life jackets than die in avalanches.

How is losing a dozen people so far, smashed to pieces and crushed by tons of snow, acceptable?

Public service announcements in the winter could help keep people in bounds during high avalanche conditions.

Ticketing could be implemented for those using closed backcountry areas and/ or without proper gear. Transport Canada could levy fines for helicopters landing in high avalanche risk areas full of paying tourists.

Having nothing in place to reduce the harm being done now results in: • The hurting of revenues of tour companies, communities and the province as a whole.

• Jeopardization of the safety of all involved.

• A significant cost to the province when there are fatalities.

Here are five approaches that, if combined, would prevent more avalanche deaths and injuries: 1. Education and awareness Private companies give Avalanche 1 and 2 classes – take them. Avalanche Canada has an informative website – check it before heading out. PSAs would help keep people within bounds when necessary. Consider resorts who do avalanche control and close high risk areas. Otherwise, surely it’s equivalent to boating without your PFD? 2. Proper equipment Carry beacons, probes, and shovels.

Companion rescue saved lives during the recent Pemberton avalanches.

3. Risk assessment Use ATES and understand snowpack stability. Don’t go out when the terrain is unstable.

4. Professional Guide As we’ve seen, this may not make a

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difference if the risk is extreme. Don’t travel close together. One person travels across a slope one at a time before the next one to minimize risk. It is time-consuming, but safer.

5. Regulation Make avalanche safety training mandatory for the backcountry. Check that safety equipment is carried, limit access to high-risk areas, and issue safety permits for helicopter, cat, Ski-Doo, and other tour operators if they don’t already. Ensure enforcement at boundaries and departure points.

Value the lives of recreationalists, professional guides, and search and rescue volunteers who attend to avalanche callouts at their own peril versus thrillseeking, revenue and jobs when avalanche conditions are likely.

The attitude that we lose relatively few people to avalanches needs to change.

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Editor’s note: Cathalynn Labonte-Smith is the author of Rescue Me: Behind the Scenes of Search and Rescue. North Van MLA Bowinn Ma, the Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, provided a statement in response to this letter, which read in part: “My heart goes out to the loved ones of the individuals who lost their lives in this year’s avalanches. My thanks to the first responders and all those involved in responding to these tragic events....

The province, Avalanche Canada, the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides, and Search and Rescue groups, as well as other agencies such as AdventureSmart, Destination BC and Canada West Ski Areas Association, will continue to focus on informing the public about risks and necessary precautions.”

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Court of Appeal upholds $900K judgment against DNV BRENT RICHTER

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The District of North Vancouver has failed in its legal bid to get out of paying an expropriated homeowner an additional $900,000.

A now-demolished home sits at 750 Forsman Ave. in North Vancouver. The District expropriated the land in 2018 and knocked down the house to make room for the Lower Lynn Improvement Project. KEVIN HILL / NSN to sell the property. In May 2016, Hanlon listed the property for $2.46 million, and in October dropped the asking price to $1.9 million but received no offers, the court documents state.

In a B.C. Court of Appeal decision published on Thursday, Chief Justice Robert Bauman agreed that an owner’s listing has

some relevance in determining value, but added “it nowhere approaches, today, a conclusive ceiling on value.”

Sellers “notoriously” list their properties low, in hopes of starting a bidding war, he acknowledged, adding that the legislation has also evolved to use different methods for determining market value. The pending

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In 2018, the district paid Juanna Hanlon $1.68 million for her Forsman Avenue property, plus $320,000 in damages, in order to clear way for the Lower Lynn Improvement Project.

Hanlon took the district to court, arguing that she had been low-balled by the district because its assessor failed to consider the value of the property for redevelopment potential when determining how much she should be compensated. Hanlon asserted the property was worth $3.2 million, based on the amount paid for three single-family lots across the street that had been purchased as a land assembly and then shadow-flipped for 42.3 per cent more less than a year later.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge largely agreed with Hanlon and, in March 2022, set the value at $2.9 million, ordering the district to pay Hanlon the difference, plus interest.

The district took the dispute to the B.C. Court of Appeal, arguing the lower court judge had made errors in law.

Specifically, the district’s lawyers asserted the trial judge failed to consider what Hanlon herself believed the property to be worth, based on her own attempts

highway project itself may have been a disincentive for potential buyers, Bauman noted, given that it had been announced publicly.

Hanlon testified she had a lot of interest from developers, but added they became frustrated because they could not get clarity from the district on what could be built on the site.

The district also argued on appeal that the trial judge “misconstrued” the evidence by failing to consider that the properties across the street were worth more assembled for redevelopment than they would be individually, as hers was.

But Bauman rejected that, saying it was an argument the district should have advanced at trial and not grounds for appeal.

Lastly, the district asserted the lower court judge was wrong to use the neighbouring properties as a benchmark for determining how rapidly the market was rising at the time. That, too, the court found to be without merit.

“The judge was faced with competing expert views on the rate of increase in the rising market between the relevant dates,” Bauman wrote on behalf of the three-judge panel. “It was for the judge to determine the weight he placed on the expert evidence before him. No palpable and overriding error in that assessment has been demonstrated on appeal.”

District of North Vancouver staff declined to comment on the decision.

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A North Vancouver man is among five who have been arrested and charged with firearms offences after a police joint-forces investigation beginning in fall 2022.

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The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C. (CFSEU-BC) said March 8 an investigation into one person led to others and then the seizure of 18 firearms, body armour, suspected fentanyl, a kilo of cocaine, precursor chemicals for making MDMA, firearm parts and ammunition.

“Firearms in the hands of the wrong people pose one of the greatest risks to public safety. We have seen time and time again that trafficked firearms, no matter where they come from, are being used in crime and too often end up connected to tragedy,” said Insp. Joel Hussey, CFSEU-BC operations officer.

Derek Melville Johnston, 33, of North Vancouver, has been charged with three counts of manufacturing or transferring a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm or a non-restricted firearm. His arrest by CFSEU members at the Capilano Road Chevron station was captured on video by bystanders.

“Heavily armed officers got out and

almost immediately shot what sounded like a stun grenade. They then proceeded to order the male onto the ground and arrested him,” one witness said.

Arman Anthony Giordano, 24, of Maple Ridge, has been charged with 15 counts of manufacturing or transferring a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm or a non-restricted firearm knowing that they were unauthorized to and one count of manufacturing or transferring a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm or a non-restricted firearm.

Brandon Vuong Nguyen, 28, of Burnaby, has been charged with six counts of manufacturing or transferring a prohibited firearm, a restricted firearm or a non-restricted firearm. Someone by the same name faced a firearms offence in Vancouver in 2017. Other than that, none of the men have past criminal records visible on provincial databases.

CFSEU-BC said all individuals were arrested March 7 at various Lower Mainland locations.

They appeared in court on March 8 to determine whether they would be released.

They are due in Surrey provincial court on March 10.

“The investigation remains ongoing and CFSEU-BC anticipates that more charges may be forthcoming,” police said.

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New device tells you exactly where your stolen bike is NICK LABA

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Even all the beefiest locks in the world won’t stop a determined thief from stealing your bike.

But what if you got a smartphone notification as soon as it moved without you there?

Enter Snik Bike, a new app-paired tracking device that’s designed to sit securely in the head tube of any bike.

Co-founder Fraser Vaage – who grew up in North Vancouver and raced mountain bikes professionally in his late teens – had a bike stolen when he was younger and another just a few years ago.

“At that point, I was like, ‘OK. Enough is enough, there’s got to be something that can keep these bikes secure, right? This is a $10,000 bike,’” he said.

While locks can be effective in many cases, they’re too heavy to be carried in every situation. But Snik is lightweight and integrated directly into a bike.

Inside the head tube of any bike is a star-fangled nut. With a one-time installation – which Vaage said can be handled in five minutes by a savvy individual, or by a bike shop – Snik becomes a functional part of your bike’s steering mechanism. More importantly, it equips your precious ride with a rechargeable GPS device that can tell you its exact location.

Upon installation, a proprietary key keeps it locked in place. Constructed with dense polycarbonate, Vaage said a thief would need to severely damage the bike to remove a Snik device.

After an initial pairing, your bike is automatically registered with Project 529, an online bike registration service and community.

Then, anytime you ride your bike, it triggers Snik’s accelerometer, recording the bike’s movement while knowing that you’re riding it.

“If I’m done my ride, I put my bike away,

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Fraser Vaage shows off the Snik Bike device, equipped with a SIM card that will send a notification with an exact location to your phone as soon as your bike is stolen. NICK LABA / NSN and I walk away unpaired from my Bluetooth, at that point it’s monitoring my bike’s movement,” Vaage explained. “If my bike moves at that point, I’m notified immediately.

I can click it and immediately see the bike’s location.”

When tracking a stolen bike, a user has three options. You can share a web link to the location via text (which is updated every five seconds), share it with friends on the app or alert the community on the app – which alerts the closest 50 people to the stolen bike.

Vaage said the location link can be shared with police, who generally struggle when it

comes to tracking down the high volume of stolen bikes.

“I’ve spoken with the RCMP and [Vancouver Police Department], and they’re all about it,” he said, adding that he consulted with police to make the Snik-provided intel acceptable for police use. An important part of that is the registration process, which happens automatically with Snik.

Bike tracking, not ride tracking Vaage emphasizes that his system isn’t ride-tracking software, like Strava. But it will function like an odometer, tracking overall mileage, and the ability to perform firmware

updates means new features will likely be added in the future.

Because the battery is only activated when a bike is stolen, Vaage said it’s unlikely Snik will run out of battery, but if it does, the device diverts to AirTag technology as a backup.

Currently, you can buy a Snik via the company’s website for $150. As the device requires a SIM card to operate, it comes with a one-year subscription to start. After that, users can pay $7.50 a month or $90 per year to pay for the service.

After growing up riding bikes on the North Shore, Vaage decided to stop riding competitively following a serious head injury. Because he had already spent time working with marketing staff as a sponsored rider, he said transitioning into that industry was a natural fit.

His last role before developing Snik was a marketing director at a tech company in Kelowna, which Vaage said gave him important exposure to the tech sector.

He also developed a key relationship with a well-known mentor, Lane Merrifield, a leading Canadian entrepreneur who’s been featured on Dragon’s Den. “I would really be in a different spot if it wasn’t for [him],” Vaage said.

Getting laid off during the pandemic was the last push that sent Vaage down his own entrepreneurial path. Now, Snik has 16 employees and has raised enough capital to fund an initial round of inventory and distribution. Apart from direct sales on the website, Vaage said Snik will be available in bike shops across the country.

At this early stage, Vaage said he’s encouraged by the amount of positive feedback he’s gotten for the product.

“It’s been a wild journey of validation and that’s kept us going, from people messaging us, to retailers … because it is such a relevant problem,” he said. “People want to be more connected to their bikes.”

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Educator faces jail for sexual exploitation at high school exploitation on Jan. 26, 2023.

Excerpts of text messages between the two were read out in court.

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Steven Clarke, 31, met the victim in 2021 while working at a secondary school in North Vancouver.

When school reconvened in 2022 after the winter break, he told the victim he had romantic feelings for her and the two exchanged numbers and later on, intimate text messages.

During January and February 2022, Clarke asked the victim to send him explicit photos of her.

“Some of these photos constitute child pornography,” Crown prosecutor Michelle Merry told Richmond Provincial Court March 8 at Clarke’s sentencing hearing.

In return, Clarke sent the victim, who can’t be named for legal reasons, explicit photos and a video.

During the same time, Clarke and the victim would meet in secluded spots at the North Vancouver school to kiss and engage in sexual touching.

Clarke would also drive the victim to his Richmond apartment to have sex.

The relationship between the pair came to light around Family Day last year after the girl’s mother discovered her daughter’s nude photos on certain devices.

At that point, Clarke and the student ceased contact.

The court heard how Clarke was only in jail for one night before being released. He later pleaded guilty to one count of sexual

Accused had ‘high degree of responsibility and moral blameworthiness’: Crown In a joint submission, the Crown prosecutor and defence asked the judge to impose a sentence of 21 months in jail followed by three years’ probation.

They asked for conditions of probation to include no contact with the victim, an order not to be in the presence of any girl or young woman appearing to be under 18, and an order banning Clarke from volunteering or working in positions involving being in a position of trust or authority over a girl under 18 (with exceptions).

Under the Criminal Code, the minimum sentence for sexual exploitation is 90 days’ jail and the maximum is two years.

Prosecutor Michelle Merry told the court that aggravating factors in the case include the fact that he committed two other offences by possessing child pornography and sending sexually explicit materials to the victim.

As well, he had a “high degree of responsibility and moral blameworthiness” as someone who worked with teenagers, and he was clearly “manipulative” when trying to have sex with the victim as seen from their text exchange.

“That is the kind of behaviour that is particularly damaging and confusing to victims of this age,” said Merry, adding that the victim was initially going to protect Clarke.

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Sentencing decision this week

Continued from page 14 “The Crown says that is something we frequently see in this type of case. It’s confusing, and ultimately… potentially very damaging for the victim.”

The fact that Clarke had sex with the victim and the impact on the victim were also cited as aggravating factors.

Mitigating factors include Clarke’s early guilty plea and his remorse, said the Crown, despite the fact that he had made victim-blaming statements to a doctor for a psychological report.

Tony Tso, Clarke’s lawyer, told the court Clarke grew up in a religious family and had moved from Jamaica to the U.S. He is a U.S. citizen and potentially faces deportation as a result of the sentence.

Tso said Clarke does not have a criminal record. He currently works as a labourer and spends his time either walking the dog or reading the Bible.

Letters from Clarke’s friends and family were submitted to the court vouching for his character.

Victim forgave the accused The victim, who attended the hearing in person with her family, told the court she “hadn’t been the same” since the incident.

“I’ve realized I’m not the same person the accused had met, but now a girl that the accused had created,” she said.

“My guard has been up ever since, and my ability to let new people into my life has been so hard. My trust has been broken for someone that I trusted in the past.”

The victim recalled Clarke’s fear of going to jail for the relationship and said she had tried to protect him at first.

“At the time, I didn’t understand that I wasn’t old enough, healthy enough or mature enough to appreciate that I’d been

used, exploited and raped,” she said.

The victim’s father disagreed with leniency for Clarke. “(Clarke), at this point, has not demonstrated that he deserves a second chance,” he said in his victim impact statement.

He described the “shocking and disgusting discovery” of his daughter’s nude photos on her cellphone last Family Day, which was followed by an “extremely challenging discussion” where the victim shared “intimate and painful” details of what happened.

He told the court the family is traumatized by the experience, adding that the grooming process had taken place in the presumably safe confines of a high school amongst staff the family trusted.

“We had no idea that our daughter would be placed in the hands of a predator.”

Sentencing adjourned After hearing submissions from both sides, Richmond provincial court judge Derek Mah decided to adjourn the sentencing to review the arguments.

Mah also addressed the victim and her family before adjourning the sentencing hearing.

“I know this has been troubling for you.

I can see the impact it’s had on all of you,” he said.

“And I think if we can leave this courtroom today and just really accept what [the victim] said in her victim impact statement, which is that [she wishes] the best for everyone. As we move forward, I think that’s something that we all as adults in this room can learn from … to have some forgiveness.”

The judge is scheduled to give his sentencing decision on Friday.

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The function of the thyroid gland is influenced by many factors, including estrogen, progesterone, stress hormones and diet (did you know that soy and raw cruciferous vegetables can impede thyroid function)? The standard blood test for TSH measures the amount of stimulation that the thyroid gland is receiving from the pituitary gland.

Measurements of T4 and T3 are often not tested if TSH is normal, but are a better reflection of how well the thyroid gland is functioning. It is possible to have numbers within range and experience symptoms of low thyroid such as fatigue, weight gain, feeling cold, dry skin and depression.

Cortisol Your adrenal glands secrete the hormone cortisol, which is your stress hormone.

When you are under prolonged stress, levels of cortisol will eventually decrease.

In this case, low doesn’t equal better.

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Insulin Insulin is a hormone produced by your pancreas. It regulates how we process carbohydrates, fats and proteins, and allows for the effective use of glucose.

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menopause all can have suboptimal levels of these hormones. Insomnia, weight gain, hot flashes, vaginal dryness or frequent miscarriages can all be indications that these levels need to be checked.

Testosterone Testosterone is touted as a male hormone, but high or low levels can be undesirable for women too. Testosterone is important for maintaining sexual health in both men and women, and also for preserving muscle mass. There also appears to be a relationship between testosterone and obesity in men: the lower the testosterone, the higher the chance of obesity and chronic disease.

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North Shore athletes win gold in hockey, fencing, biathlon NICK LABA

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After two weeks of sporting events at the Canada Winter Games, a number of North Shore competitors walked away with medals among the best young athletes in the country.

On Prince Edward Island on Sunday, March 5, the B.C. girls hockey team triumphed in a 3-0 shutout final against Nova Scotia. On that gold medal team was 16-yearold defence Chloe Primerano, who had two assists in the final game and a total 10 points throughout the tournament, topped only by her teammate Maddie Leaney with 12. West Vancouver’s Vienna Rubin was also on the champion squad.

Last year, Primerano made Canadian Hockey League history when she was drafted by the Vancouver Giants, becoming the first female skater ever picked in the CHL Prospects Draft.

At the games, the North Shore athlete with the most medals was Mia Rodgers, 16, of North Van. The biathlete won gold in the 10 kilometre individual female, silver in the mixed relay and bronze in the 7.5 km pursuit female.

Finishing with the most golds was Ivan Lu. The 15-year-old athlete from West Van

won gold both in the épée male and team mix fencing events. On the mixed team, he was joined by fellow local fencer Veronica Scherk, who also tied for bronze in the épée female.

Other medalists include Nia Haftlang of North Van, who won bronze in the 61 kilogram kumite male karate event, and Lena Andrews, who won bronze in the 53 kg kumite female. Roman Luke Bicknell won gold as part of team B.C. for male squash, and finished seventh in individual competition.

William Veroni placed fourth in 63.5 kg male boxing; Ty Copeland and Shea Busch placed fourth with the B.C. boys hockey squad; Julian Hassan placed fifth in 68 kg kumite male; and Anastasia Kimovska Talia Harasym finished eighth on team B.C. for ringette.

Cross country skiers Aidan Hay and Ryan Goodwin competed in four events, with their highest finish as sixth on team B.C. in the 4x5-km free relay mix; Samson Boldizar competed in two trampoline events, finishing 5th in team mix; and Mark Novak raced in four alpine skiing events, finishing 10th in ski cross and slalom male.

Full results can be viewed at 2023canadagames.ca.

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The Mulgrave Titans girls basketball team won the provincial title in just their second year in the 2A division. LANGLEY EVENTS CENTRE

PROVINCIAL CHAMPS

Mulgrave Titans dunk decisive win in B.C. AA basketball final NICK LABA

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At the Langley Events Centre Saturday, March 4, the Mulgrave Titans from West Vancouver scored a decisive 91-52 win over the Pacific Christian Pacers during the BC School Sports 2A Girls Basketball Provincial Tournament.

Mulgrave came out firing in the final, scoring 50 first-half points and finishing the game shooting 14-for-31 (.452) from beyond the arc. Lucy Xu (30 points) and Jenna Talib (27 points) each sank six triples. Xu was named the Championship Player of the Game.

The high school team was ranked first in the division this year from start to finish, and continued to be a juggernaut through the four-day tournament, winning by an average of 47 points in the post-season.

Leading the charge was Eva Ruse – last year’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player – who added the 2023 Most Valuable Player award to her trophy case. In the championship game, she scored 11 points with a

game-high of 15 rebounds and four assists.

Ruse is on another level, said coach Claude Leduc.

“She makes her teammates better, she does everything. She has the heart of a champion, competes, battles, great leaper, can finish,” he said in a statement.

Point guard Ava Wilson finished a rebound short of a triple-double with 14 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds. Wilson and Talib were named two of five First Team All-Stars.

Despite playing in the 1A finals a number of times, Mulgrave’s girls basketball team was never able to close out a season with a provincial championship. But last year they made it to the 2A finals in their first year in that division, which served as a learning experience for this year’s tournament.

During the regular season, they only lost to 3A and 4A teams.

“We learned about the grit and toughness and preparation that is required to be successful. They learned that they needed to act like seniors – hydrate, rest, sleep, work hard,” Leduc said.

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PUB SURPRISE

Chance encounter has locals partying with David Beckham MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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They say never meet your heroes because they tend to disappoint.

Oftentimes the rich and the famous aren’t always who they are cracked up to be, and celebrity encounters leave a sour taste in one’s mouth – but there is an exception to that rule, it seems, and he comes heavily We spend the tatted, donning next couple of a flat cap and hours drinking clutching a pint of pints of Guinness.

Like the Guinness and beginning of a singing along bad joke, the to the amazing chance encounter musicians and that occurred just having a last Monday great old time. starts with two holidaying North DAVID SMYTH Vancouver business owners walking into a bar. The famed Temple Bar in Dublin, that is.

Trish Neufeld and her brother David Smyth had been enjoying their final night in the Irish capital when soccer legend David Beckham and his son Cruz, out painting the town red for Cruz’s 18th birthday, asked to join their table.

“It was pretty unreal,” said Smyth, who owns local marketing business Click Local

North Shore siblings David Smyth (left) and Trish Neufeld (right) were given a night to remember when they bumped into David Beckham and his son Cruz. DAVID SMYTH Digital Agency.

“We ended up in the Temple Bar in the heart of Dublin, and the place was packed, the music was fantastic and everybody was singing. Next thing we know this young guy comes along and explains that it’s his birthday and he asks if he can sit with us.”

Smyth, a self-proclaimed “big soccer fan”, said the penny only dropped that it was Beckham and his clan when he noticed

the Englishman’s signature ink.

“David had his back to me at first with his hand sitting on the table beside me, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, I would swear those are David Beckham’s tattoos,’” he said.

“He turns around and we get chatting.

We spend the next couple of hours drinking pints of Guinness and singing along to the amazing musicians and just having a

great old time.”

Smyth said Beckham, who was joined by his own friends alongside those of his son, even bought a round of drinks for everyone at the table.

When Smyth mentioned how his own son was an avid soccer player, Beckham suggested the two should drop by and “say hello” if they are ever in Miami – now one of the Beckhams’ multiple homes following the footballer’s launch of his own soccer team, Inter Miami, in the Florida city.

“We’ll see what happens, but if we are ever in Miami we’ll certainly be taking him up on that offer,” laughed Smyth.

“He was really generous and genuine.

They were all just lovely, lovely people,” he said.

Neufield, a broker with The Mortgage Group, said the Temple Bar crowd had been respectful of Beckham and he seemed “very comfortable” to be imbibing the night away with regular folk. He even happily posed for a photo with the siblings, which has gone on to do the rounds on social media.

“We’ve been blown away by the response, with everyone around the world sending us messages,” said Neufield.

“It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and we feel really lucky to have met him.”

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 Vancouver, while most of the affected waterway area falls within the Capilano 5 Reserve. Property management company Wynford Group said it became aware of the leak March 7 and notified the ministry and local governments immediately.

Contractors were promptly dispatched, with engineers working to identify the source and implement repairs if the source is identified to be within the Woodford complex, Wynford said.

As of Monday morning, the leak had been contained. A plumbing company had two large tanker trucks onsite to vacuum up the sewage, preventing it from flowing into the nearby river. And a wall of sandbags had been constructed around the leak site to contain any excess runoff. The exact cause of the leak isn’t yet clear.

An environmental emergency response officer from the Ministry of Environment was onsite Monday with representatives from Squamish Nation, District of North Vancouver and property manager Wynford Group.

“Extensive testing has been conducted, however determining the source of the discharge has been challenging,” reads a statement from the ministry. “An environmental consultant has been retained and was onsite to mitigate and address the discharge of the product.”

The ministry said additional resources have arrived to assess further solutions

to deal with the leak, and that mitigation and prevention efforts are expected to continue through the week until the source can be identified and addressed. Results from samples taken on Friday are expected to be available soon.

The issue is something that the provincial government takes “very, very seriously,” Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth told reporters on Monday, adding that the cleanup is to be done quickly.

Farnworth said a full analysis will be conducted to find out how it happened and to ensure “that there is as little damage as possible to fish stocks in the Capilano River, and also to see if there is additional steps that might be required to make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again.”

Williams – who first visited the site on Friday, and was there over the weekend and on Monday – said it’s a little more bearable to be in the area, now that the leak, and smell are contained.

“It was not a place you want to be, or have your family or anybody be,” he said.

Williams said representatives from Wynford Group were still asking on Sunday if it was certain the leak was coming from the Woodcroft apartment complex.

“I don’t think that’s a question you should be asking the District of North Van, or the ministry, or the Squamish Nation,” Williams said. “It didn’t seem like it was a priority to clean it up for them at the

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forefront.”

On top of addressing the leak itself, he added that the priority should have been making sure the public and nearby residents were aware of the situation and possible health and safety risks, “because raw sewage isn’t healthy for anybody.”

But Williams said the property management company is now co-operating, and working with all the other parties to assess and solve the problem. Wynford Group oversees the Woodcroft Estates apartment complex, which includes the 2020 Fullerton Ave. property, which has been identified in the Ministry of Environment’s file on the leak.

In a statement to Woodcroft residents shared with the North Shore News, Wynford said it became aware of “a sewage leak mixed with regular storm outflow” last Tuesday.

“Contractors immediately attended and began work to locate the source of the problem,” reads the statement. “Site tests have been conducted daily, including dye testing of the various plumbing lines. At this time, there is still no clear connection between any of the sanitary lines connected to the Woodcroft Estates buildings.”

Camera testing identified some cracks and small holes in the sanitary pipes, “but it does not appear that those cracks or holes are responsible for the leak,” Wynford said.

“Engineers are reviewing the situation

and will provide input to identify the source of the leak and implement repair plans (if the source is identified as a building within Woodcroft Estates).”

Wynford also told the News that recent work on the Woodcroft property conducted by Milani Plumbing was not related to the leak.

Regardless of liability, the contamination from this incident could have a damaging impact on the local fish population. North Shore Streamkeepers president Keegan Casidy said the immediate concern is the emergence of newly hatched chum salmon fry, which is happening right now.

“Chances are there’s going to be totally negative impacts,” he said. “We could see some fish kills here for sure.”

Wilson said harm to the salmon is “a deep concern, both personally and professionally – growing up along the river and coming from generations of fishermen from our community.”

Squamish Nation will be bringing in professional consultants to assess the immediate impact on the salmon and surrounding environment, while looking at longer-term solutions and general sustainability.

“These developments along rivers impact the salmon lifecycle because it impedes on spawning beds,” he said.

Wilson said Squamish Nation has a legal team looking at the issue, but isn’t sure how it will proceed yet.

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Seven North Shore nominees for Women of Distinction Awards MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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Seven North Shore residents have been nominated for the 2023 YWCA Metro Vancouver’s Women of Distinction Awards.

The awards, now in their 40th year, honour women who have contributed to the well-being and future of the local community, be that individually or through an organization. This year 78 nominees are in the running.

Split across 12 categories, the nominations applaud women who have contributed to various industries, including that of arts and culture, business, education, health and wellness, and environmental sustainability.

Three of the seven North Shore nominees are being commended for their work with Indigenous communities.

Up for the Reconciliation in Action award is North Vancouver’s Angela Kermer, an RCMP corporal who has worked in First Nations policing, youth intervention, and aboriginal gang awareness in Port Hardy, North Vancouver, and at the B.C. RCMP headquarters.

She is joined by Ginger Gosnell-Myers, a North Vancouver Indigenous Fellow at Simon Fraser University, and Tessa Danelesko, the program lead for the First Nations writers workshop Audible Indigenous Writers Circle.

Tamara Goddard, CEO of the Four Our Future Indigenous Economics Non-Profit – an Indigenous-owned corporation that specializes in developing and implementing sustainably-focused business plans – is up for the award in the Entrepreneurship & Innovation category.

Representing North Vancouver in the Business and the Professions section is Sonja Baikogli Foley for her role as co-founder of Maturn, a program which supports women throughout their entire maternity leave.

Meanwhile Life Sciences BC, a non-profit organization that supports the province’s life sciences community, has its president and CEO Wendy Hurlburt in the running for the Non-Profit award, while Dr. Catalina Lopez-Correa, chief scientific officer at Genome Canada, is up for an award in the Research, the Sciences and Technology category.

In addition to the 12 nomination categories, the individual nominees are also eligible for the Connecting the Community Award, voted for by the public between March 8 and April 12. Nominees will select a YWCA advocacy area they are interested in before using social media to promote collect votes. Scotiabank will donate $10,000 to the YWCA program area of the winner’s choice.

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Like much of the Lower Mainland, the North Shore real estate market crawled very slowly into 2023, with sales and listings well off historical norms.

Sales in January and February 2023 in North and West Vancouver were about half what they were a year ago at this time, according to figures from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver – largely a result of dramatically hiked interest rates.

If there’s a silver lining, while February sales in 2023 were well off those of February 2022, they did tick up from January. Among properties that did sell in February, Ambleside and Dundarave were the hotspots for single-family homes in West Van, according to an analysis by Zealty.ca, followed by Bayridge and the British Properties. In North Vancouver, Upper Lonsdale, Canyon Heights, Lynn Valley and Westlynn were popular neighbourhoods with buyers.

Here’s a look at some of the cheapest and most expensive detached homes, townhomes and condos sold on the North Shore in the first two months of 2023.

Most expensive detached house The most expensive single-family home to sell on the North Shore in the first two months of 2023 was a West Coast contemporary house at 545 Robin Hood Road in the British Properties.

The home, sitting on a .63-acre lot, features floor-to-ceiling glass overlooking panoramic views. The five-bedroom, seven-bathroom 7,300-square-foot home sold on Jan. 26 for $8.825 million after 86 days on the market. Features include two offices, a gym, pool, hot tub, threecar garage, built-in outdoor barbecue and bar room.

The property was assessed at $7 million in 2022 and last sold in 2014 for just under $2 million.

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A townhouse at 2748 Highview Place, which looks out to views of the city and beyond, sold for $3.8 million Jan. 26. ZEALTY.CA development.

The townhouse at 2748 Highview Place, which looks out to views of the city and beyond high above West Vancouver, sold for $3.8 million Jan. 26 after 93 days on the market.

The eight-year-old townhouse is the same size as many single-family homes, at 3,800 square feet. Features include a private elevator, air conditioning, high-end kitchen appliances like Wolf and Miele and a south facing patio as well as a spa-like ensuite bathroom.

Bonuses include storage and a huge two-car garage. The townhouse was last assessed for just under $3.5 million.

Most expensive apartment The most expensive apartment to sell in January and February wasn’t far away – at 507 – 3101 Burfield Street in Cypress Park Estates. The brand-new two-bedroom three-bathroom new 1,800-square-foot apartment being finished in the luxury Courtenay development sold for $2.48 million on Jan. 27 after 101 days on the market.

Featuring a large 240 square-foot terrace and two parking spots, the condo features a gourmet kitchen with Miele appliances and Marvel wine fridge. Sweeping ocean and city views complete the package.

Least expensive single-family home The least expensive home to sell on the North Shore in January and February is one that’s withstood a lot of change in its time.

A West Coast contemporary house at 545 Robin Hood Road in the British Properties sold on Jan. 26 for $8.825 million. ZEALTY.CA Most expensive townhouse Ooh la la. This is not your typical townhouse. The most expensive townhouse to sell on the North Shore in the beginning of 2023 was a four-bathroom, four-bedroom half duplex in British Pacific Properties’ Whitby Estates

This two-bedroom 1,800-square foot rancher built in 1912 at 3490 Church Street in Lynn Valley sold Feb. 22 after 29 days on the market for $1.1 million.

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A two-bedroom 1,800-square foot rancher built in 1912 at 3490 Church Street in Lynn Valley sold Feb. 22 after 29 days on the market for $1.1 million.

The “Bogue House” is on the supplement list of District of North Vancouver’s heritage inventory, although that doesn’t mean it’s legally protected. Features include leaded windows, fir floors and a cast iron bathtub.

The property was assessed at $1.27 million in 2022.

Least expensive townhouse The least expensive townhouse to sell at the beginning of the year was a two-storey, two-bedroom 22-year-old townhome in Adera’s River Rock development at 979 Lynn Valley Road.

The 1,000-square-foot bright and sunny townhouse sold for $890,000 Jan. 15 after just six days on the market.

Features include a gas fireplace and private rooftop patio.

The property was assessed for $847,000 and last sold for $635,000 in 2017.

A 1,000-square-foot townhouse at 979 Lynn Valley Road sold for $890,000 Jan. 15. ZEALTY.CA Least expensive apartment The least expensive apartment to sell on the North Shore in the past two months was snapped up instantly.

The 480-square-foot 48-year-old studio apartment at 1007 – 2012 Fullerton in the lower Capilano neighbourhood’s Woodcroft complex sold Jan. 12 for $310,000 – $10,000 over asking - after just one day on the market.

Features include a south-east facing balcony, along with the “opportunity to renovate and considerably raise the value of the home if desired.”

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Happy Nowruz How to celebrate Nowruz on the North Shore MINA KERR-LAZENBY

For the North Shore’s burgeoning Persian population, the arrival of spring too marks the arrival of Nowruz: the Persian New Year.

While the event falls on the spring equinox of March 20 or 21, festivities are typically spread across 13 days.

At the Museum of North Vancouver from March 15, a traditional haft-seen ceremonial table will be on display. It will serve as a welcome for its Roshana School series of events planned for March 19, a Persian immersion educational program

This Nowruz, while we mark Nowruz is celebrated in West Vancouver with the annual Fire Festival at Ambleside Park.

the coming of spring with hope and renewal, we are also thinking of those community members coping with the social and political situation in Iran.

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for children that comprises Roshana classes and workshops that teach language and culture through art and music.

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Things kicked off locally on March 13 with West Vancouver’s annual Chaharshanbeh Suri – Ambleside’s Fire Festival, with live music performances, food and fire jumping – but for those who missed it, there is plenty going on here on the North Shore over the coming weeks.

Never ones to turn down an opportunity for inclusive celebration, those at The Polygon Gallery have put together an event for March 16 that combines an intriguing mix of live performance, live readings, and edible food art. The latter, created by Iranian artist and writer Sahba Sad, is a food-focused installation that pays homage to ʻSofreh,’ a seasonal feast or spread.

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That same evening, the City of North Vancouver will be hosting a public performance of classical Persian dance at the City Hall, orchestrated by members of the AMED Dance Academy.

A time for learning Libraries in each of the three North Shore municipalities have educational and celebratory opportunities aplenty. At the North Vancouver City Library, an all-ages friendly event will be hosted on March 18, where guests can play backgammon and explore the library’s own display haftseen table, win prizes, and tuck into some traditional Persian snacks.

On the same day over at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, a Farsi For Kids celebration – a specially curated storytime with songs delivered primarily in Farsi – will be presented, alongside the library’s annual musical performances on March 22 and 23.

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Happy Nowruz Persian New Year: What is a haft-seen table?

This week marks the arrival of spring’s vernal equinox and the welcoming of the new year for Iranians. Nowruz, meaning new year, is an ancient Zoroastrian festival that spans 13 days and comprises numerous events, festivities and celebrations.

The official date and time of the Persian festival varies each year, but a number of core traditions are always observed, especially that of the haft-seen arrangement, which the annual event is centred around.

A few days prior to the New Year, a traditional table setting, named a haft-seen spread or haft-seen table, is arranged, and it remains up for the following 13 days of festivities.

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In Farsi, haft-seen translates to “seven s’s,” and the table is an arrangement of seven symbolic items whose names start with the 15th letter in the Persian alphabet (‫)تفه‬, pronounced “seen.” While the spreads themselves can vary from elaborate displays with unique additions and beautiful ornate features to small and simple tables, the seven core items are their one commonality.

Assistant librarians Ashley Watson and Cassandra Casley of the Lynn Valley branch of the North Vancouver District Public Library reflect on the Nowruz table created by fellow library staff member Parvin Golbargi.

The seven comprise: Sabzeh, wheat, barley, mung bean, or lentil sprouts grown in a dish; Samanu, a sweet pudding dish; Senjed, fruit from a lotus tree; Serkeh, vinegar; Seeb, an apple; Seer, garlic; and Somaq, sumac. All of the items are laid upon a special cloth, named a sofreh.

“We are basically saying that we are putting seven elements of nature together in a spread on a table to celebrate the reconnecting with nature after the long winter period,” explains City of North Vancouver councillor, and the first Iranian-born Canadian elected to government in B.C., Shervin Shahriari.

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Shahriari explains how each of these elements are symbolic of wider meaning, like the apple, which symbolizes youth and beauty, or the garlic, which represents health and medicine.

“The Somaq symbolizes the sunrise, or the triumph of good over evil. The vinegar symbolizes age or patience, and then there is oleaster, which is the dried fruit of a lotus tree, and that symbolizes love.”

Shahriari said the Sabzeh, often in the form of green sprouted wheat on a plate, represents productivity and rebirth, while the Samanu, a sweet, dark-hued pudding made from wheat germ, symbolizes affluence or strength.

Nassreen Filsoof, president of the Canadian Iranian Foundation, said while the seven core spread items are the same on all haft-seen tables, they can “differ in style,” and often do.

“A lot of the time they are similar but with minor differences,” she says.

“I might put one flower while someone else might put another flower, or I might put a red apple while someone else will put a green one. Some people have a singular tealight and others have lots of candlesticks,” she said.

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those community members coping with the social and political situation in Iran.”

The current political climate in Iran certainly brings a small solemn cloud over the annual celebrations, but it also means the fortnight’s worth of festivities can be an opportunity for education on what is happening further afield. At the North Vancouver district, city and West Vancouver libraries, for example, the librarians have compiled a selection of resources that shed light on the protests currently occurring in Iran and around the world.

Cultural sharing As with other cultural events like Lunar New Year, Nowruz provides an opportunity not just for immigrants and their families to experience a slice of the motherland in their new home country, but for their new neighbours to broaden their cultural knowledge.

It’s why all events and festivities are open to all, no matter what background, says City of North Vancouver Coun.

Shervin Shahriari.

“The way I look at it, Nowruz is about reconnecting with nature after winter, and reconnecting with the people we know, even if they’re not from a Persian background,” said Shahriari, who last year became the first Iranian-born Canadian in the province to be elected to council.

“Nowruz is celebrated by people of Iranian background, but also other ethnicities, and most of the events are very culturally open and welcoming. There will be a lot of music and dance and food, and I think anyone would enjoy, and can benefit from, being at those events.”

Iranian culture already here in North Van For those who see Nowruz as an invitation to champion

and applaud Iranian music, art and cuisine outside of the special Nowruz events, opportunities are rife there, too.

At the West Vancouver Art Museum, for example, the exhibition Under the Shade of the Lotus Tree highlights the work of two local artists who were born and raised in Iran.

Pari Azarm Motamedi and Rozita Moinishirazi present paintings that illustrate both classic and modern Persian poetry and history, much of which pays homage to the lotus tree – a representation of refuge and a metaphor for safety and recovery in Persian culture.

With Lonsdale Avenue’s thriving strip of Persian restaurants, bakeries and stores, there is also much in the way of edible celebration. According to Poyan Danesh, former BC Chef of the Year, for those wanting to dip their toe into Iranian culture, food is the easiest and most rewarding route.

“It is a very approachable cuisine, because a lot of people are already very accustomed to rice dishes, and curries, soups and stews,” said Danesh.

On March 6, Danesh hosted an evening at North Vancouver’s Gilaneh Grill House where local foodies were invited to learn about Persian culture while sampling a Danesh-cooked Persian meal. For most in attendance it was their first foray into Iranian fare, and all, said Danesh, left in high spirits – the chef included.

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offerings, like the flowers – a universally winsome representation of the season’s change. Many people choose to place a mirror on the table as representation of selfreflection and self-awareness, while some place a clock to represent the passing of time, and others may stack books upon the sofreh as their nod to wisdom and learning.

In some cases a bowl containing a goldfish features, as a symbol of life. Although it is a tradition that has wavered in recent years, with some homes swapping the fishy option for a fruity one, an orange, as a more animalfriendly alternative. Typically, the goldfish are released into the wild on the 13th and final day of the festival, often resulting in their demise.

Persian chef Poyan Danesh likens the tradition of the haftseen table to that of the Christmas tree, every family has their own spin on it, but the premise remains the same.

“It is unique for each family. Some special pieces, like bowls, mirrors and candle holders, have been passed down from generation to generation, and including them is a wonderful way of having your loved ones present during these celebrations,” he said.

“Our families go through many different stages of designs and styles. My wife takes great pride in designing and having our haft-seen ready for pictures and guests that visit.”

“It brings me great pleasure to share the sweets with my non-Iranian friends and chefs and see their eyes light up,” he said. “I’ll say this about the Iranian community: we love to share our food and we love even more to share our experiences and culture,” he said. ■

Danesh said Nowruz is an exciting time of the year, “when the weather warms up, the sun shines bright and the house is filled with sweet smells of flowers and sweets.”

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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Main Street near Ironworkers a top crash location for cyclists

Continued from page 4 Lonsdale and said she’s observed a dramatic increase in truck traffic on already busy roads in the past two years. When she and her husband sat outside on restaurant patios during the pandemic, commercial trucks were rumbling past every five minutes, she said.

The busy street – now narrowed for traffic in some spots to make way for more patios – means “there’s very little leeway if there’s a problem with a truck,” she said.

Howard said she’d like to see commercial trucks steered away from Lonsdale onto less busy nearby streets.

City conducting review In response to the fatal crash, Leanne McCarthy, chief administrative officer for the City of North Vancouver, issued a statement offering condolences.

McCarthy added the city will be

conducting a review “to see if there are any additional actions that the city could take to enhance the safety of road users in this area.”

“The City of North Vancouver is a mobility-forward community with cycling being a primary mode of transportation for many of our residents,” McCarthy said in the statement.

“The safety of everyone who uses our roads and walkways is essential to a healthy city. This is why we prioritize investing in our bicycle route network and creating protected bike lanes and offstreet pathways.”

4 of 136 crashes at site involved cyclists, pedestrians According to ICBC statistics, the intersection of 23rd Street and Lonsdale Avenue was the scene of 136 crashes between 2017 and 2021. Of those, 132 crashes involved vehicles only, two

involved pedestrians, one involved a cyclist and one involved an e-scooter.

There were 271 crashes involving cyclists on the North Shore between 2017 and 2021, according to ICBC. Of those, four were fatal.

In one previous case of a North Vancouver cyclist who died after a collision with a dump truck in June 2018, the B.C. Coroners Service ruled the death accidental.

In that case, the fatal collision happened as both the cyclist and the truck driver were westbound on East Second Street and the truck driver made a wide right turn on to St. Andrews Avenue. The coroner concluded the cyclist did not stop at the stop sign.

In another case, a North Vancouver driver who struck and killed a cyclist on Keith Road in 2017 was fined and given a driving ban after pleading guilty to driving without due care and attention.

Lynn Avenue and Main Street top crash site for cyclists According to ICBC statistics, the top crash location involving cyclists was at the intersection of Lynn Avenue and Main Street in North Vancouver, which was the scene of 11 collisions over the five-year period. Other high-crash locations for cyclists were the intersections of Main Street and Mountain Highway (eight crashes), Dollarton Highway and Riverside Drive (six crashes), Lytton Street and Mt. Seymour Parkway (six crashes), McKay Avenue and Marine Drive (six crashes), Marine Drive and Pemberton Avenue (five crashes), and Pemberton Avenue and Welch Street (five crashes).

In West Vancouver, the top crash locations involving cyclists were the intersections of both 16th and 17th streets with Marine Drive (both three crashes), and Marine Drive and Taylor Way (three crashes).

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Proposed zoning amendment for 325 Keith Road WHAT: A public hearing will be held regarding proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 5081, 2023.

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WHEN: 7 p.m. on March 27, 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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MORE INFORMATION: The proposed bylaw and other relevant documents that Council may consider in deciding whether to adopt the proposed bylaw may be inspected online at westvancouver.ca/news/notices and at the main entrance to Municipal Hall from March 10 to March 27, 2023 (Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

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TIME TRAVELLER A weekly glimpse into North Shore’s past from MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver

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This photo, taken circa 1915, features operators in the Central Telephone Office. Ann Thompson is pictured on the left.

Their perceived attentiveness as well as the cadence of the female voice was viewed as especially beneficial for the job, and by the beginning of the First World War women dominated the profession and the female telephone operator, known as the “Hello Girl,” became a key cultural symbol of women’s work.

In the 1930s, innovations in telephone technology started to eliminate the need for manual cables, and in 1939 BC Telephone converted to dial telephones and opened their first automatic exchange in 1941. By the 1950s the telephone operator had begun to disappear almost entirely, remaining only as an early important moment in the labour history of women.

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North Vancouver RCMP, West Vancouver Police Department and North Shore Rescue members, along with supporters, take part in a polar plunge off Ambleside Park on March 8 to benefit Special Olympics BC. BRENT RICHTER / NSN

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North Shore officers take icy plunge for Special Olympics BRENT RICHTER

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It’s a cold case of a different kind, entirely.

More than a dozen North Vancouver RCMP, West Vancouver Police Department and North Shore Rescue members, along with supporters, charged into the frigid water off Ambleside Park on Wednesday, March 8, to raise awareness of and donations for Special Olympics BC. The two police agencies have long been supporters of the non-profit organization, which works to enhance the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities through sport.

In the moments leading up to the polar plunge, officers egged each other on as a group of daycare kids on the beach cheered.

At 10 a.m., they bolted into Burrard Inlet, splashed about and limped back onto the beach for photos.

North Vancouver RCMP Const. Vizheh Azad personally raised more than $2,300 in the run up to the frigid dip.

“He’s very passionate about this. He’s done a lot of volunteer work on his time off and raised money and we’re very appreciative,” said Const. Mansoor Sahak, North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson. “The whole point of this initiative was to get [the athletes] the tools they need and get them to join sports. Obviously, we know that when you are active, you are healthy. We want to be able to give that to everyone and have an opportunity.”

Back on dry land, Special Olympics athlete and polar plunger Mike Stokes confidently shrugged off the cold and wet.

“It’s nothing,” he said. “Absolutely nothing.”

Stokes, who plays floor hockey, softball, soccer and basketball through Special Olympics BC said he and his fellow athletes

are able to have a lot of fun together thanks to initiatives like the one put on by police on the North Shore.

“I love seeing all my friends come together and doing something like this for a great cause,” he said. “It helps us raise money. It helps us get new gear like new hockey shin pads and everything like that.

We are able to go on trips.”

Despite the water being just a little more than 6 C at the time, West Vancouver Const.

Nicole Braithwaite said there were no qualms among her fellow officers.

“It’s very worth it,” she said. “It’s good for the body and it’s good for the soul.”

Beyond the polar plunge, the two departments also participate in a torch relay every year to benefit Special Olympics BC. To contribute to the Special Olympics BC, visit specialolympics.ca/british-columbia.

One West Vancouver Police Department member pulls a colleague back into the cold water off Ambleside Park on March 8.

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Lee’s Donuts location coming to North Van NICK LABA

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If you’ve witnessed the ever-present lineup spilling out of Granville Island Public Market for Lee’s Donuts, you can expect to see the same in North Vancouver late next year.

A new location of the doughnut destination is set to come to Moodyville as part of the upcoming Innova development on Third Street East and St. Davids Avenue, according to developer Cascadia Green.

“To confirm, yes we do have Delany’s Coffee and Lee’s Donuts amongst a few other tenants in our commercial spaces,” project co-ordinator Bita Ghassemzadeh said in an email. “So far we have a medical clinic, a pharmacy, a health clinic/spa, VV Tapas Lounge and two child care centres which are planning to occupy some of the commercial units.”

The project is scheduled for completion in the second half of 2024, Ghassemzadeh said.

With three separate buildings – five, four and two storeys tall – the development will have 153 market strata residential units, an additional 16 residential units, 12 commercial retail units, office spaces and childcare.

After an extensive consultation and public hearing process, the development was approved in 2020. It was originally slated for completion in October 2023.

Lee’s Donuts said on a recent Instagram post that it is opening a warehouse location in South Vancouver. A grand opening is being held Friday.

Lee’s Donuts did not respond to requests for comment about the North Vancouver location.

“There was a lot of focus on the Spirit Trail in the public input, which I think is great, but if it’s going to be at the expense of some other key connections, like the ones between town centres, I have a hard time supporting it,” he said.

He also cited the e-bike incentive he had pushed for in the previous term as a project that could do with having “a greater sense of urgency.”

Others touched on the hike to taxes, including Coun.

Jim Hanson, who said the increase may prove difficult for some locals, despite him believing it to be “reasonable and responsible balancing,” he said.

“I believe that this plan responds to the specific community concerns that were brought up by the public input, and while it is true that the… district taxpayers can afford

to pay more, it’s also true, in my belief, that property taxes can represent a significant burden to some members of the community,” he said. “We must be extremely careful to set tax rates that are reasonable and seek to avoid imposing undue burden on taxpayers.”

District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little said he thought staff had “responded well” to the concerns heard from the public.

“I will be supportive of the Plan B option, as much as I am a little nervous about the financial exposure of it and the deliverability of some of the projects, I have to acknowledge and recognize what we’ve heard in the community,” he said.

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

ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS OPPORTUNITY FOR DEREK INMAN PARKLANDS NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with sections 86 and 94 of the Community Charter that the Council of The Corporation of the City of North Vancouver intends to consider adoption of “Parks Dedication Bylaw, 1972, No. 4392, Amendment Bylaw, 2023, No. 8965” (Derek Inman Parklands Adjustment). Bylaw No. 8965 would remove the park dedication from Lots 34 and 35, Block 154, DL 274, Plan 878, comprising 555 square metres. This amendment is necessary to allow for the installation No of underground utilities on a portion of Lot 35 and to rth Sh E2 or dedicate Lot 34 as road to provide access/egress to the eN nd eig St hb existing lane serving residents and businesses in the block. ou r The bylaw and background material are available for viewing online at cnv.org/PublicNotices from March 15, 2023 to April 24, 2023.

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Continued from page 1 new provincial funding through the Growing Communities Fund and listening to the public, staff are recommending additional fields, and the Spirit Trail to Deep Cove, be included in the budget.”

Danyluk said funding for the projects, estimated to cost an additional $40 million combined, will be both borrowed and taken from the $10.25 million Growing Communities Fund grant announced for the district on March 3. Property taxes will also need to increase, he said, with staff proposing a rise of 5.25 per cent.

Previously, council was debating a tax increase of 4.5 per cent, which didn’t include new fields for Handsworth or Inter River or further work on the Spirit Trail. Under the current budget, the 5.25 per cent increase would result in a municipal tax bill about $131 higher than last year’s for a home assessed at the district average.

While all council members agreed the inclusion was necessary, some voiced their concerns the new additions would take away from other, equally important projects.

“I’m glad to see this new budget has funding allocated for the priorities of the community, namely active transport, like bike lanes in the Spirit Trail, and I’m pleased to see the funding for the artificial turf – all of these were dropped and chopped from the earlier draft budget,” said Coun.

Catherine Pope. “But here’s the problem: All the other separated bike lanes are all being deferred, or are in the design stage. And yes, we want the Spirit Trail, but not at the expense of these other important bike infrastructure projects that link communities, get people out of their cars, reduce congestion and create a healthier, happier community.”

Agreeing with Pope’s comments, Coun. Jordan Back said that while revised budget was “definitely an improvement,” he would like to see it have a wider scope.

If you are in favour of adoption of Bylaw No. 8965, no further action is required. If you are opposed to the bylaw, an Alternative Approval Process Elector Response Form must be completed. Forms are available at the front desk of City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, between 8:30am and 5pm, and on the City’s website at cnv.org/PublicNotices, starting on March 15, 2023.

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A food-as-medicine way of life starts in your own kitchen LAURA MARIE NEUBERT

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In his revelatory book Eat to Beat Disease, Dr. William W. Li dives deep into the study of food as medicine.

Notably, he cites published peer-reviewed research explaining the benefits of adding dark blue-purple hued fruits and vegetables to one’s diet.

The data is compelling and persuasive, and I for one am adding purple seed potatoes and purple sweet potatoes to the small but brilliant rainbow of food we grow at home to help us stay healthy longer, by staving off chronic disease.

Purple potatoes, purple yams, elderberries, blueberries and blackberries contain bioactive (helps the body) anthocyanin and carotenoids. The ancient Inca of Peru, where purple potatoes originated, revered the tuber for its extraordinary nutrition.

Anthocyanins are deep blue, purple and red pigments found in plants. They are distinctive phytochemicals (plant chemicals) among the many flavonoids that help plants thrive by attracting pollinators and fighting predators and environmental stressors.

From the vegetable bed to the kitchen table: preparation for the purple potato soup. LAURA MARIE NEUBERT Anthocyanins can be found in black rice, black beans, red cabbage, red onions, purple cauliflower, purple eggplant skin, cherries, pomegranates, red grapes, black plums, black elderberries and many other foods.

I am grateful to Dr. Li and others like him who are committed to formalizing and proving the declaration, “Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food,” attributed to Hippocrates, the ancient Greek and so-called

father of medicine.

To my way of thinking, modern and food-as-medicines are of equal importance.

If we do our best to stay healthy by eating whole and unprocessed foods, get plenty of rest and stress-busting exercise, and engage positively with our professional and social communities, we can go a long way in preventing or delaying the onset of chronic disease. Quite possibly we can reverse symptoms,

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even disease.

We can start small, in the garden or at the market, exercising our brains and bodies and choosing a rainbow of fresh produce and protein grown without unnatural intervention.

We can cook, can or preserve with family or friends. We can commune at the table – laugh and nourish our brains and our bodies – and be grateful for the privilege and ability to do so.

Just this week, inspired by Dr. Li’s book, I prepared some purple-powered medicine soup.

It felt odd, making dessert-coloured soup, but it was delicious and packed with goodness. My meat-loving husband enjoyed the soup immensely. Now that’s a test.

I par-steamed peeled chunks of purple potato and purple sweet potato with one red antioxidant packed beet, until half cooked.

After draining (save purple water) and steam drying the veg, I tossed them in olive oil and sea salt before sheetpan-roasting in a 200 C oven until caramelized and tender.

Meanwhile, I sauteed diced red onion, minced purple garlic and some Peruvian-inspired spices like coriander, fennel, basil, cinnamon,

cilantro, cumin and sea salt in olive oil, until soft and fragrant.

All ingredients plus one large sweet red Klippers Organics apple (cubed, skin on) and some ground chia seeds and hemp hearts went into a large pot, to which I added the reserved water and rich vegetable broth (to cover) and let simmer for 20 minutes.

After a quick whizz in the Vitamix, the soup was served with a drizzle of antioxidant rich olive oil, some good-for-your-gut-biome goat yogurt, some diced purple carrot and apple, minced chives, a flourish of ground chia, and plenty of fresh-ground black pepper to help make all the natural goodness bio-available (helps our bodies absorb nutrients).

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Shirley Buckley December 14, 1939 to March 15, 2022 It has been a year since I lost you, but it seems like only yesterday.

I wish I could turn back the clock but I know life does not work that way.

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In loving memory of Diane Jacelon-Lopez Diane Jacelon-Lopez passed peacefully in her Langley home at the age of 78. She was a daughter, sister, auntie, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother to many.

Diane will be dearly missed by her two sons, grandchildren, many friends, as well as her relatives across the globe. Diane was known for making friends wherever she was and was known for her cheeky personality and gregarious laughter. She loved the many cats she shared her various homes with. Diane would want her many loved ones to come together to celebrate her larger-than-life personality.

A service will be held at Murrayville Community Memorial Hall located at 2166748th Ave, Langley B.C. on Saturday, March 25th from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.; formal speeches will commence at 2:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. The family respectfully asks for privacy during this time of mourning and requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to (C.A.R.E.S) in Diane’s name.

Because I Love You So Time will not dim the face I love, The voice I heard each day, The many things you did for me, In your own special way.

All my life I’ll miss you, As the years come and go, But in my heart I’ll keep you, Because I love you so.

-Anonymous

WISENER, Mauveen July 23, 1931 - March 4, 2023 Mo was born in Cardiff, Wales and emigrated to Canada around 1955. She lived in Toronto for 53 years before embarking on a new adventure, relocating to West Vancouver, to be closer to her family in 2008. She spent the next 15 years building her community of friends and neighbours at the Pink Palace and was a regular at the Red Lion, where her table was always waiting. Hers was a life well lived, and she will be missed by her daughters, Sue (Verigin) and Joanne, her step-children, Cynthia, Philip, Lee and Robin and her grandchildren Mikaela, Katie and Thomas.

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ZAVEDIUK, Nancy Anita Nancy Anita Zavediuk passed away quietly in her sleep March 9, 2023, at the age of 89. In 62 years of marriage with Gordon, they shared a lifetime of love and devotion to the last day of her lengthy illness. The family, son Greg, daughter Melanie and husband Greg Shulman, grandchildren Jacob, Oliver, and Natalie, will miss her dearly, but she will live on in our hearts.

Funeral Service will be on Thursday, March 16th at 10:30 AM - Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. Internment: 12:00 PM - Capilano View Cemetery, West Vancouver.

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BRIDGE, Peggy Peggy Bridge died peacefully at her home on March 1, 2023. For the past 5 years Peggy had Wegener’s Disease which affected her walking ability and kidneys. She was cremated, and her remains will be buried at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Saint John, New Brunswick at the beginning of May. Peggy is survived by her 3 children: George, Sonia and Barbara. Also, she has many nieces and nephews on the East Coast of Canada and the U.S. Peggy has been a successful realtor in West Vancouver for 35 years and her many clients meant a lot to her. Before real estate, Peggy helped in the last pandemic, the terrifying polio pandemic of 1949-1952. In 1953, Peggy was recruited out of high school because of her top marks. She was awarded a 4 year scholarship to receive her Physical and Occupational Therapy (P.O.T.) Degree in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. Then Peggy worked at the Polio Clinic in Fredericton.

There will be a memorial service on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 11:00 am at St. Anthony’s Parish at 2347 Inglewood Avenue, in West Vancouver.

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DUFAUT, Adina 1929 - 2023 With heavy hearts we announce the passing of one special lady Adina Dufaut (nee Dobberman) at the age of 93 years on March 07, 2023 in North Vancouver, B.C. When The Lord called her name she left this world on angels’ wings, leaving behind her constant companion and caregiver, her son Rene Dufaut.

Adina was predeceased by her husband Robert of 52 years in 2012. Also meeting her at heaven’s gates are 3 sisters, Val Stewart Turnball, Nina Balbon, and Adeline Bresch; brothers Robert and Reinhold Rawe and her parents Martha and Joseph Dobberman. She will be forever missed by her many nephews and nieces and their families and a great many friends too.

Adina will be remembered as a kind and loving soul as evident in her son Rene who lived and cared for her his whole life.

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FURST, Barbara Karen Barbara Karen Furst (75) - ever elegant, intelligent, and witty - passed away on March 5th, 2023 with her loving husband, Dag Furst, by her side. After a long journey with Alzheimer’s Disease, she leaves behind many adoring relations and friends, including her sister, Sharon Durie; daughter, Jennifer; son, Thomas; daughter-in-law, Sarah Lusina; and grandchildren, Ryder and Stella. She is predeceased by her parents, Stella and Ronald MacDougall.

The family is forever grateful for the compassionate and skilled care of an in-home support worker, the VCH older adult mental health care team, the HoPE Centre, and especially The Village Langley care home.

A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, March 28th at 2:00 pm at the West Vancouver Yacht Club. RSVP here https://forms.gle/qwj6vLwzUXrbMgvp7].

You will be forever loved and missed, Mom, Aunty, and Friend.

Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of British Columbia.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at a 11:00 a.m. at St Anthony’s Catholic Church, 2347 Inglewood Avenue, West Vancouver. Interment to follow at Capilano View Cemetery. To sign the book of condolences, please go to mckenziefuneralservices.com

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COOK, Barrie Russell Born April 13, 1939, died peacefully, surrounded by his family March 2, 2023 by his own desire.

Son of Jean Don and Edward Henry Cook of Granite Creek, Coalmont and Princeton. Cook was always forthright about his education. “I went to Princeton” he would say, without admitting that it was the one in B.C., unless asked. Dropping out of UBC in 1960, he joined the Vancouver Province and tried several roles before finding his niche as a copy editor which he did for some 36 years before taking early retirement in 2002. While working he did manage to get his degrees from UBC after several fits and starts.

Retirement was where he was happy and he and Kathrine travelled the world, always ending up back at the cabin in Tulameen where they were so content.

He leaves his patient and long suffering wife Kathrine, son Tony, daughter Tracy and grandchildren Derek and Lauren.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the BC Lung Foundation or the charity of your choice.

Great newspapermen of the past have left life with “-30-” denoting the end of the story.

Our modest hero, an editor to the end, prefers: “THAT’S IT. PERIOD.”

WILLIAMS, John David July 23, 1948 - February 14, 2023 Son of Jack and Rachel Williams. He is survived by his loving wife Tiffany and his two daughters Carly and Cristin and his two beautiful grandchildren.

Also by his canine companion Babette. He will be forever in our hearts. Celebration of Life will be July 23rd from 3-5 pm at the Pemberton Station Pub.

McKIBBIN, Roseline (Rose)

FRAHILL, Gail Mary-May (Frangkis) August 9, 1947 - March 1, 2023 Gail was a force of nature. The life of every party.

But she was so much more - a partner, a mother, a grandma, a nurse, a friend.

Gail’s loss is felt deeply by her loving partner of 33 years, Don Wells, her daughter Tara Markwart (Jamie Murray), her adored grandson Zachary and his father Kent Markwart. As well, many friends and colleagues.

Gail fought a long and courageous battle with ovarian cancer since 2015. She lost her precious daughter Erin to the same disease in 2020.

Despite a broken heart she fought as long as she could to stay with the ones she loved. So when her health failed suddenly 2 weeks before she died it came as a shock.

The family is grateful for the expert care and love from her friends and colleagues Theresa and Grace and Dr. Paul Sugar who made her last wish a reality. Gail spent her final days at home surrounded by her loving family. In Lieu of flowers, please donate to Paul Sugar Foundation. There will be a celebration of life for family and friends at a later date. To read full obituary visit: www.mckenziefuneralservices.com

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our loving mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother and friend, Roseline (Rose) McKibbin, at the age of 95 on February 13, 2023. Rose passed away peacefully surrounded by her family.

She will be remembered for her kind heart, sense of humour, warm smile and generosity. She touched the lives of everyone she met and her presence will be deeply missed, but will be forever remembered.

Rose was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, William (Bill) McKibbin as well as her daughter, Patricia, sister Maureen (Molly) and brother John.

Rose will be missed and lovingly remembered by her children, Linda (Peter), Joy, William, Brian (Karen) as well as her grandchildren, Melissa, Alexander, Anthony, Robert, Melanie, Ashley, Michael, Mark, David, and Steven. She also leaves behind a legacy of 11 great-grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life will be held in honour of Rose on April 14, 2023 at 1pm at First Memorial Boal Chapel, 1505, Lillooet Road, North Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Lions Gate Hospital Foundation or to a charity of your choice.

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JAMES, Trevor C. October 31, 1942 − February 19, 2023

JONES, Kathleen July 11, 1931 − March 2, 2023

Trev passed away on the morning of February 19, 2023. Elaine, his wife of 55 years, was by his side.

Kay passed away at Lions Gate Hospital after a lengthy battle with multiple illnesses. She was predeceased by her parents, Herbert and Margaret, brother Allan and daughter Sharon. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Lloyd; daughters Carol (Chris) and Sheila (Tim); grandchildren Jonathan (Amy), Andrew, Ian (Vivian), Lauren (Connor), Patrick and Benjamin; and great− grandchildren Jackson and Grayson.

Trev was a person of integrity and honour who loved his family above all else. He was kind, thoughtful and a true gentleman with an ever− present sense of humour.

He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Elaine, daughter Erin, son Christopher, and daughter−in− law Chandra. His five grandchildren: Ethan, Annika, Angus, Clara and Llewellyn, will always hold him in their hearts. Trev also leaves his sister Karen Gibbons, nephews Neil and Trevor, and many extended family members, former colleagues and countless friends.

Trev was born in Vancouver and grew up in Kerrisdale, graduating from Magee High school in 1960. He graduated from UBC with a BComm in 1966 and started his career in Human Resources in the forest industry, working in Victoria, Vancouver, Mackenzie and Crofton. During these years, he and Elaine made lifelong friendships, friends who became like family. After retiring from TimberWest Forest Ltd. in 1997, he worked for New Forest Opportunities until 2002. Following that, he was Vice President of Human Resources, first at Slocan Forest Products and later at Canadian Forest Products, until his retirement in 2008. One of Trev’s commitments throughout his career was to the National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR).

Trev and Elaine had a wonderful life, first meeting at Painter’s Lodge in Campbell River, where Trev worked in the summers as a fishing guide. In fact, the water was a big part of his life. As a young boy, Trev’s parents had a summer camp at Buccaneer Bay. When Erin and Chris were young, the family lived in Cowichan Bay, where they enjoyed boating in the Gulf Islands and over to the Sunshine Coast.

In later years, Trev and Elaine spent summers at the cottage on Shadow Lake with their grandchildren, enjoying life centered around the dock. Even in the last months of his life, Trev got pleasure from sitting near the ocean in West Vancouver.

Kay was born and grew up in Montreal. She graduated from Montreal High and worked for Sun Life until she married Lloyd. She was dedicated to her family and made the move to North Vancouver in the early ’70s and resided on the North Shore until her passing.

Kay was very active in her community. Early on, she was involved with the Eastern Star, serving as a Past Matron, President of the ACW at St. Catherine’s, Member of the Soroptimist, Tops and various other groups.

Her greatest joy came from her family and extended family. Her face would light up, and she would beam with pride when talking about her "girls," grandchildren and great−grandchildren. She was a very positive and considerate person who saw life’s bright side. She was a devoted friend to many and offered hope and help, and understanding in any way she could.

The family would like to thank Dr. Marck Hudon, the nurses, doctors and care workers at St. Paul’s and Lions Gate hospitals, Vancouver Coastal Health and Inglewood Care Centre.

A funeral service will be held at St. Christopher’s Anglican, 1068 Inglewood Avenue, West Vancouver, on Thursday, March 16, at 11 am. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the BC Cancer Foundation are appreciated.

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In the fall of 2019, Trev was diagnosed with throat cancer. This led to a long and difficult struggle which he faced with great courage.

Ralph was a talented woodworker and extraordinary bird carver. He loved fishing and boating, and was never happier than being at the wheel pulling skiers, or trolling for salmon in the salt chuck. Shuswap Lake was full of special memories as the annual family vacation spot. A trip to Hawaii to celebrate 25 years of marriage was most certainly a highlight of many trips abroad.

Ralph and Cecile took great pleasure in their grandchildren and great-grandchildren as their family grew over the years. Ralph is survived by son, David (Jana) Van Nes and daughter, Sandra (Bob) Cottingham; grandchildren Brook (Jen), Katie (Steve), Tom (Kristy), and Matthew (Nicole); and 7 great-grandchildren Nathan, Alex, Jack, Owen, Mila, Connor, and Chloe.

Ralph is also survived by sisters Joanne (Arnie) Okano, Donna (Rick) Leche, Nancy Chambers; sisters-in-law Marcella Van Nes (Doug d.), Joan Van Nes (Bob d.), Margaret-Anne (Larry) Reda; brothers-in-law Ken Zimmer (Evelyn d.), Maurice Tremblay (Lucille d.), and many nieces and nephews. Ralph is predeceased by wife Cecile Van Nes; by sisters Connie McCullough, Freda Ritchie, Diane French, Lucille Tremblay, Evelyn Zimmer; brothers Doug Van Nes, Bob Van Nes; sisters-inlaw Marie Tremblay, Irene Burgess, and Audrey Grant; brothers-in-law Bob McCullough, Gerry Ritchie, and Ralph Burgess.

The family offers a special thanks to the staff at Inglewood Care Center in West Vancouver for their loving care and companionship. Ralph’s warmth, sense of humour, and kindness was enjoyed by everyone who knew him. He will be missed by all.

Scatter me not to restless winds, Nor toss my ashes to the sea.

Remember now those years gone by When loving gifts I gave to thee.

Remember now the happy times The family ties we shared.

Don’t leave my resting place unmarked As though you never cared.

Deny me not one final gift For all who come to see A single lasting proof that says I loved... & you loved me.

by DJ Kramer

RANDALL, Judy A. May 7, 1963 − February 8, 2023 Judy Ann Randall, 59, of Courtenay and formerly of North Vancouver, passed away unexpectedly on February 8 at her home. Judy grew up in North Vancouver, where she spent fond memories skiing with her family. In her youth, Judy attended the Royal Conservatory of Music as a pianist. Several years ago, Judy moved to Courtenay to be closer to family. Judy volunteered her time to help others in recovery within the Courtenay community, a passion which was near and dear to her heart.

Judy will be remembered for her wit, passion for recovery and love of animals, especially her fur− baby, "Willy."

Judy is predeceased by her parents, Alice and Roy Vollet, and Reg Randall. She is survived by her siblings, Tom, Denise, Gregg and Gary; nephew Jake; nieces Katie, Kristina and Maya; and other relatives and many friends.

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VAN NES, Ralph Wingate Ralph Wingate Van Nes was born in Lanigan, Saskatchewan on September 3, 1932, the second of eleven children born to Jessie and David Van Nes. The Van Nes family came to Vancouver in 1939, settling in Kerrisdale. As a young man, Ralph met his wife, Cecile while they both worked at Standard Oil (Chevron) in Vancouver. They were married in 1956, and not long after made their home in the Capilano Highlands on Sunset Boulevard where they raised their family and continued to live for 63 wonderful years. Ralph retired from Senior management at Chevron in 1993.

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A Celebration of Life is planned for all who wish to attend on Thursday, March 30th at 1:00 pm at Boal Chapel in North Vancouver.

A celebration of Trev’s life will be held at St. Francis in the Wood Anglican Church, 4773 South Piccadilly Rd., West Vancouver, BC, on April 1, 2023, at 2pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the BC Cancer Foundation or the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

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A Celebration of Life to be held on Saturday, March 25, 1:30 pm at Tsolum Building − Lewis Centre, 489 Old Island Highway, Courtenay.

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5 songs to get you groovin’ and movin’ in the morning Smooth rhythms and contemporary hits to help you jumpstart your day

Your alarm goes off. If it’s a sunny Vancouver morning, you might have some pep in your step.

Grey and raining? Okay, maybe not so much.

the swinging sound of the sixties with a modern twist, it’s definitely a song to get you moving.”

4. “Give Me the Night” – George Benson

But just as the weather can elevate your morning mood, so too can the right song—or the perfect song. You know, the one that turns grooming with your hairbrush into grooving with your impromptu mic.

“This song not only makes me feel, but it gets in my body, mind, and emotions, and gets me on my feet every single time. If there’s ever a point during my show where I think we need to up the energy, I’ll lean on “Give Me the Night” and know the job will be accomplished.”

Radio personality Tara Jean (TJ) Stevens on Wave 98.3 FM, Vancouver’s Coolest Vibe, knows mornings well; she’s been waking up Vancouverites and her wide-reaching audience, weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. since the station flipped the on-switch July 18, 2022.

TJ’s morning programming transfers energy from one song to the next. Whether it’s a contemporary tune, an R&B classic or a smooth instrumental, the music is always stylish and, sometimes, downright funky. “They all have what we describe as a groove,” says TJ. “Having a gig at the Wave has taught me that music that gets you moving doesn’t always have to be a full tilt, energetic banger.”

5. “Paradise” – Sade

The right song can elevate your mood.

Photo via iStock

“Being able to see the city and reflect that onair has been absolute bliss for me,” she admits.

“We’re right here in the heart of the city, reflecting what matters and what’s happening.”

“When I’m playing a song, I know in my heart I’m playing the best song on Vancouver Radio at that moment, and it really lifts me up. If you only listen for 15 minutes every morning, I want to ensure you’re hearing fresh tunes.”

Here are five song selections, including TJ’s personal insights, chosen for their rhythm and their ability to deliver the same kind of pick-meup as your morning cuppa joe.

Taking calls, responding to texts and often just forming radio friendships with listeners means that TJ’s a touchpoint for people in the morning. “I’ve always fostered a really interactive relationship with my listeners, as many as want to reach out to me.”

“Earth, Wind & Fire always provides a groove that can get me going, even when I’m not in the mood.

There’s something in the rhythm that triggers something in us that makes everything seem all right—even when it isn’t.”

From her studio on the second floor of the Randall Building at 555 West Georgia Street, a 1929 Vancouver Heritage building, her view of the street affords her a connection to the city.

“First thing I do is figure out what the city’s talking about, what happened overnight,” she says. “I’m just thinking, how can I have a conversation by myself that feels like you’re in the room with me.”

You’ll be informed about what’s making waves in Vancouver, shared at the top and bottom hour.

I feel like she invites us all to just groove with her wherever we’re at, at any point in our day, whether we’re high or low. And “Paradise” really accomplishes that for me. [Psst!] It’s rumoured she’s back in the studio with her band, releasing new music soon.”

1. “Let’s Groove” – Earth, Wind & Fire

2. “Sweat” – Alexander Zonjic “Alexander’s a Grammy nominated Canadian flautist, and the second you hear his flute come in, it’s like a beckoning call to get up and start moving. It’s an absolute bop! There are certain songs like this that remind me, oh yeah, I should eat some breakfast.”

3. “Baby You’ve Got What It Takes” – Michael Bublé, with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings “It’s been covered for decades by beloved artists like Van Morrison and Jerry Lee Lewis. It knocks it out of the park with its retro vibes. If you love

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Tara Jean (TJ) Stevens. Photo by Wave 98.3

For more information and to listen live, visit wave983.fm.

Wave 98.3 is Vancouver’s Coolest Vibe, owned and operated by Durham Radio Inc., an independent Canadian broadcaster. The station uniquely combines a rhythmic smooth groove with a mix of contemporary and classic hits, presented by the best on-air line-up in the city, and is available on all majo streaming platforms.