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FATAL ATTACK

Neighbours identify West Van homicide victim as former doctor JANE SEYD AND MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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A man who died following an attack at an apartment complex in West Vancouver on March 21 is being reported by neighbours to be Francis Amir Este, a former doctor who cared for his elderly mother who lives in the building.

Este had been a urologist working in Coquitlam, but had temporarily put his credentials to practice medicine on hold, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.

According to neighbours, Este frequented Dundarave’s The Crescent complex to care for his mother and take her to medical appointments.

“He had always been very nice and polite, and talked to everybody here,” said Birgit Cook, who lives a few floors above Este’s mother.

“We often met at the lift and at the meetings in the lobby, and we would be chatting away for hours,” she said.

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An apartment building in West Vancouver was cordoned off by police following a March 21 attack that resulted in a man’s death. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case. MINA KERR-LAZENBY / NSN

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Man jailed for 40 months for fatal drunk driving crash

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A North Vancouver man has been jailed for 40 months and banned from driving for seven years following his sentencing in court Friday for drunk driving that led to the death

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Burnaby resident Marcelina Agulay died soon after the March 2, 2021 crash when Andre Lukat crossed the centre line in his Audi and struck Agulay’s vehicle head-on.

Agulay’s husband Leonilo, whom she was driving home from work, sustained traumatic injuries. He was hospitalized for an extensive period of time, but died a few months after being released in June of that year.

In November, Lukat, 47, pleaded guilty

in North Vancouver provincial court to one count of impaired driving causing death and one count of impaired driving causing bodily harm.

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Pooches pepper sprayed on North Vancouver trail

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The North Shore’s dog walkers are speaking out after a pack of pooches was pepper sprayed on a North Vancouver trail.

The incident happened on Friday on the Hyanis Trail above Blueridge, when a professional dog walker from DogZen and her pack of six crossed paths with a trail runner.

Evidently, the runner and the dogs spooked one another as they met at a corner, and one of the dogs began barking. The conflict quickly escalated, said Marg Lesage, owner of DogZen. “She started screaming at the top of her lungs like she was being attacked, which the dog didn’t even come close to her,” she said. “Any dog is going to react. Small, medium or large, dogs are going to bark.”

The hiker started yelling at Lesage’s staffer, demanding that she get the dogs under control, but her screaming only made matters worse, Lesage said.

“She just whipped out her bear spray and start spraying and she nailed (three) of our dogs right in the face,” she said.

After, that the runner continued to follow the dog walker down the trail, threatening to spray her and assault her.

There was no cell service at that point of the trail, so it wasn’t

Kaarina Astels, a dog walker with DogZen, plays with some of her regular walking companions. A trail runner pepper sprayed three dogs after a confrontation on a North Vancouver trail on March 24. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN until the walker made it back to Blueridge that she was able to call the RCMP’s non-emergency number and report what happened. By then, the runner had disappeared.

After getting their eyes washed out, the dogs were mostly OK. One of them got it worse than the others, Lesage said.

“He’s not injured severely but it definitely hurt. He was rubbing

his eyes for a good day or two even after all the washing that we did. It was on his fur too, so it burns and stings,” she said.

North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson Const. Mansoor Sahak said police did respond to the trail but there was no sign of the runner. He said they don’t have any images of her so they are hoping she or someone who knows more about what

happened will come forward.

“Our goal is obviously to speak with her and find out what happened and try to get her side of the story and then, hopefully, we can determine from there on what the next course of action is,” he said.

The runner is described as a white woman between 30 and 40 years old, with a pale complexion.

She was wearing a black running

suit and black toque at the time, Sahak said. Trail conflicts becoming more common Regardless of whether the runner comes forward, Lesage said conflicts like the one on Hyanis are becoming far too common.

In February, a dog walker was assaulted by a man while in an off-leash area near McCartney Creek Park. That incident was captured on video and the man was arrested.

Dog walkers are routinely confronted, told they’re not allowed to be on the trails, threatened and sometimes worse, Lesage said.

“People need be aware that this goes on every day,” she said.

“This is our job, like, why can’t we be safe going to work every day?… There’s got to be something that can be done,” she said.

The irony is that commercial dog walkers must be licensed by the District of North Vancouver and they are required keep their walks to specified trails. At the very least, the district should be posting signs on those trails reminding users of all types that it is designated for dogs, said Lesage.

“Everybody needs to treat everybody with respect.

Everybody needs to just chill out.

We’re all out there enjoying the trails,” she said. “If you don’t like dogs, don’t go on those trails. You have thousands of other trails that you can go on.”

TAX INCREASE

District of North Van pushes forward with new budget MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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District of North Vancouver council has all but locked in the 2023 budget, bringing with it a higher-than-usual tax increase and more spending on infrastructure.

The plan will bring about a 5.25-percent tax increase, resulting in a municipal tax bill about $131 higher than last year’s for a home assessed at the district average.

Initially the sum had been lower, but momentous public input from the community compelled council to reassess their budget earlier this month, altering it to include the addition of long-promised artificial turf fields and the creation of

the Spirit Trail to Deep Cove. Under the reassessed budget, $35 million has been allocated to active transportation, while $25 million will go towards the fields.

Mayor Mike Little expressed concerns regarding the budget’s over-commitment to projects, explaining the tax increase proposed would be the largest the district has seen in over two decades.

“We worked very hard in the last decade to reduce our debt, and in this fiveyear plan, we’re committing to tripling our debt,” he said, adding how capital debt is expected to rise from $30 million to $90 million.

However, he said the total level of indebtedness was “manageable” especially given the projects now included represent the priorities of the community.

There was push back from some councillors who argued that the budget, despite being revised to accommodate it, didn’t pay enough attention to the active transportation plan.

Coun. Catherine Pope pushed for an amendment that would see $3 million dollars taken from the turf budget and given to the active transportation budget, at the expense of one gravel to turf conversion.

“I feel that, somehow, in this final version, all of the public input we heard surrounding active transportation was not included. So many of these active transportation projects that were previously listed as deferred, are still deferred,” she said. “Our community has told us over and over and over again that this is what they want. In my opinion it is irresponsible to

leave it out of the budget.”

Coun. Lisa Muri said it felt as though the proposal for a funding shift was being brought forward at the “eleventh hour”, following discussions that had already been had in weeks previous amid “furor” from the community.

It was a sentiment echoed by Coun.

Betty Forbes, who argued there had already been enough discussion on the budget in previous workshops, and it was too far down the line to be making such amendments.

Pope’s amendment passed, 6-1 with Forbes opposed.

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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District of West Vancouver council has given the OK for a 201-unit, all-rental building at Taylor Way and Clyde Avenue – the first major development decision made by the new council.

Most of the rental homes will be studio apartments between 350 and 378 square feet, which the developer estimates will lease for $1,400 to $1,900 per month. Larco, the parent company of Park Royal, pitched the small-living suites as a way to provide housing accessible to local workers who otherwise must commute in.

At a public hearing held in early March and in written comments delivered to council, the project was divisive.

Those opposed argued the rentals would be both too small and too expensive while adding traffic to a neighbourhood that hasn’t been through a proper local area planning process.

Those in favour spoke of the development’s potential to provide housing options for people making moderate incomes and allowing them to live a short walk from transit, shopping and other amenities.

When it came time for a vote Monday, the majority on council were in favour.

Coun. Peter Lambur said the project may be a case of “spot rezoning,” but added it does largely conform with the district’s official community plan.

“It fits with the built form context and neighborhood character. And while it won’t deliver affordable housing to those who need it most, the project does add a significant number of units to the district’s rental housing supply,” he said.

Coun. Nora Gambioli said projects like Park Royal’s were overdue and needed for West Vancouver to turn around some regrettable demographic changes.

“It’s a fact that we have a shortage of purpose-built rental housing in our community, and the smaller units that are proposed here are the only way to make rents more affordable,” she said. “Years and years and years and years of not approving forms of more affordable housing in West

Vancouver has driven away generations of children as well as downsizers and our workforce, so we need to change this.”

Coun. Linda Watt said she would have been a “hard no” on the project when she first looked at it, but she said West Vancouver will benefit from both new housing options and reduced traffic.

“I don’t think it’s going to be the product that somebody working in a shoe store at Park Royal can afford, but I do think there is a need,” she said. “I look at the number of people that commute across the bridge coming here, and it is my belief – not my hope – it is my belief that it will attract those workers.”

Coun. Scott Snider conceded that “affordable” wouldn’t be the best term to describe the new rentals, but he added they would be “attainable.”

“I do think that West Vancouver needs some more options available,” he said.

Coun. Christine Cassidy said it should come as no surprise that she’d be voting against the proposal, given her insistence on having a local area plan done first.

“I want to see a plan for the entire Taylor Way corridor before I say yes to this,” she said, adding that she also did not approve of the wood frame construction “in a rain forest.”

“They don’t age as well and I think in due course, this building will be coming down,” she said.

Only Coun. Sharon Thompson joined Cassidy in voting against the project, saying she would have preferred to see a rent-to-own or co-op developed at the site.

“To me this is a really missed opportunity,” she said.

Mayor Mark Sager acknowledged that land use decisions are the toughest ones for a council to make and that his vote in favour wouldn’t be to the liking of many loved and respected people in the community. But, he added, Park Royal’s proposal was simply a good fit.

“This building would have been completely consistent with what we were looking at some 30 years ago,” he said. “It’s unbelievable it’s taken this long to actually see a building built there.”

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Usually, the expression about lighting a fire under your butt isn’t meant literally.

But in other cases, apparently it is.

North Vancouver RCMP are looking for public help to identify a suspect they believe has been deliberately setting fire to porta-potties in the area.

The suspect is alleged to have set one porta-potty on fire on March 13 at around 8:30 a.m. near 2100 block of Hamilton Ave in North Vancouver. A witness observed the suspect leaving the porta-potty just before it caught fire, according to police.

A few days later, on March 20 at 2:44 a.m., police and firefighters were called to a porta-potty also set on fire in the 1900 block of Jones Ave in North Vancouver. No suspects were seen at that location, but police believe the two incidents are related.

The suspect in the March 13 arson is described as a Caucasian man, about 5-9 tall, 180-220 pounds, wearing a tan jacket, green and black camouflage pants and a baseball cap with a red backpack.

To further the investigation, North Vancouver RCMP are releasing a composite sketch of the suspect.

Anyone with information is asked

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fter a few months of will-theyor-won’t-they drama, West Vancouver council has given approval to a significant redevelopment on Clyde Avenue at Taylor Way – their first major decision about land use since the election.

The 201 mostly-studio rental apartments will be just steps away from rapid transit, shopping and services. In any other municipality, this would have been a slam dunk, but it took years for the proposal to even reach a vote in West Vancouver’s council chambers, and even then, it was far from a guarantee.

Mayor Mark Sager noted that many well-respected people in the community would disagree with council’s decision.

There was a lot of angst over whether the proposal was “right” for the community.

It’s true that smaller apartments are probably not as comfortable as larger ones.

And market rental rates are indeed punishing for someone trying to get by on a 2023 salary.

But insisting that every change meet everyone’s nebulous definition of perfection guarantees one thing: the status quo forever.

And for 40 years, virtually no new rental stock was added to the community, which has meant, year after year, it’s become harder for anyone who couldn’t afford a single-family property to establish a home in West Van. It’s not good for local employers.

It’s not good for commuters. And it’s not good for West Vancouver’s residents.

No doubt, this decision was being watched in Victoria where Premier David Eby has stated that municipalities will not be able to simply hold back new housing forever. It is far wiser to send the message that West Vancouver wants to be part of the solution, not the problem.

Saving West Van’s urban forest will come with a price tag KIRK LAPOINTE

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When I moved here, the first local book I read was former councillor Rod Day’s Inside West Vancouver: People, Politics, and Planning since 1912. Woven into Day’s historical narrative was story upon story of the fight for the urban forest and a recognition of how trees make this place special.

It was no small surprise, then, to read the draft Urban Forest Management Plan submitted to council this week and conclude the district isn’t really walking the talk. Problem after problem after problem, and poor mark after poor mark after poor mark, highlight the report.

It is as if West Van has taken one of its most defining features for granted. There is not abject neglect so much as the minimum done so as not to be accused of it. The report leaves no doubt that it’s time to step up.

The list of failing grades in the roughly 100-page report from Diamond Head Consulting Ltd. would take more than this column to itemize. A few: we don’t as a district plant and replace trees adequately,

we don’t have a tree risk strategy, we don’t properly co-operate with utility companies to protect and prune district trees, we don’t have an accurate inventory of trees in our busiest zones, we don’t have a municipality-wide plan and we aren’t resourced to accommodate any kind of plan.

Taken as a whole, the picture painted is of a government that took its eyes off the ball just when it needed more than ever to be in the game. This council has inherited a serious, urgent challenge.

The urban forest is defined as the canopy in the land below the 1,200-foot elevation. The district estimated in 2019 that its economic benefit exceeds $600 million, when you consider how it helps clean and filter water, manages stormwater, cleans air, sequesters carbon, provides habitat for animals and insects and an environment for recreation. There are doubtless benefits to come from the urban forest as the district attempts to reach its ambitious targets of 30-per-cent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and their elimination by 2050.

What cannot be calculated is the urban forest’s cultural esthetic, about which we can barely hazard a guesstimate – you’d

have to be numbed to your senses to not appreciate it. The public engagement to date on the plan strongly appreciates it, though, and the people of West Vancouver want more.

It ought to be worrisome that something the public cares about cannot be fulfilled, but the report implies that’s what everyone needs to accept. It merely counsels a “no-net-loss” strategy in the years ahead (52 per cent canopy in 15 years, up from today’s 51 per cent). That’s hardly satisfying as we encounter more evidence of climate change through extreme weather episodes.

Even that scenario carries challenging demands: more tree protection during development, more replacement on redevelopment sites, and more tree planting in commercial zones. It would require one-quarter of the canopy cover to be replaced when properties are redeveloped, with the remaining three-quarters planted in parks or streets when it can’t be accommodated on the properties themselves.

The most intriguing no-net-loss requirement would be a voluntary planting campaign by property owners of about 320 trees a year for the next 15 years. If we wanted to reach even a 54 per cent level,

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those 320 would need to be 2,320 privately planted trees a year – uh, good luck on that.

Which brings us to the money. Of the 58 prescriptions for the next 15 years, very few can be delivered within the existing budget, and quite a few will be six-figure expenditures.

Will the district, for instance, provide incentives for property owners to plant?

Will it improve upon the spartan resources to manage canopy on public lands? Will it impose further restrictions on tree-cutting?

Will it demand more of developers than it has to date?

Any plan worth the effort will come with a significant invoice. In this council’s current context, that’s a big ask.

Mayor Mark Sager, who thrives on hastened meetings, suddenly scuppered a scheduled presentation Monday of the report to council, which green-lit a second wave of public engagement, with no timeline. Coun. Nora Gambioli urged it be done “sooner than later.”

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MAILBOX PLANS TO SLOW TRAFFIC ON DELBROOK DRAW OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS RE: North Vancouver may redesign Delbrook Avenue for slower speeds, March 1 story

Dear Editor:

Further to the article from March 1st regarding a potential redesign for Delbrook avenue, I have a few thoughts.

As a Delbrook facing resident for over 45 years, I have to say that I feel that Delbrook Avenue is very safe already.

We have the luxury of plenty of space for bikes without the need for a bike lane. The sidewalks and adjacent district property are wide and comfortable for anyone walking their dogs, using a stroller or a walker/wheelchair/scooter.

It’s one of the last roads in North Vancouver where I feel safe sending my kids out to play, bike or even use one of the many crosswalks to get to the corner store for a treat. It’s safe because the road is wide!

In my experience, drivers often stop mid-block for those crossing the streets and there have been crosswalk upgrades to improve visibility. Yes, there are some speeders on the road, but that’s nothing that an occasional traffic cop can’t handle from time to time.

At 800 cars per day, that means there’s only one car every two minutes - and we’re worried about that? I can assure you that this is not negatively impacting our extremely privileged quality of life on Delbrook Ave and we certainly don’t need to spend tax payer’s money to redesign the road or paint bike lanes! Talk about first world problems!

Coun. Jordan Back and the Delbrook Community Association don’t appear to have solicited feedback from all residents along Delbrook and I believe the noble cause of “eliminating all traffic fatalities and serious injuries through better design” would be better served elsewhere in our community, as evidenced by recent injuries and fatalities.

I think that Mayor Little made a good point by stating the issues of any NV arterial road are similar and that bad habits behind the wheel like distracted driving are rooted in a larger problem.

Delbrook is a beautiful road and community. Recent road redesigns such as 29th street have not improved safety or quality of life. There’s no need to redesign Delbrook Ave and I’m sure there are plenty of other initiatives that would better serve the District residents.

M. Klein, North Vancouver

Dear Editor:

I am writing to rebut the letter by M. Klein you published about resisting changes to Delbrook Avenue.

First, the author says “We have the

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luxury of plenty of space for bikes without the need for a bike lane.”

This is patently untrue. Bicycles are funneled into mixed traffic, which is incredibly dangerous, especially for new or unsteady riders, like children.

I ride my bike as transportation all around the North Shore, and the roads where cars and bicycles are forced to share the lane are the most unsafe, with drivers constantly blazing past at top speed, edging me over into the “dooring” zone of parked cars, or almost clipping me. Once, a bus driver even nudged my back tire to get me to hurry up when I was in a AAA bikeway and bikes and cars were supposed to be single file.

The reality of life experience for most cyclists in the city is one of feeling endangered unless there is a separated bike lane.

As a parent, I would never allow my daughter to ride her bike along Delbrook Avenue, as the speeding and aggressive cars would literally endanger her life.

Especially given the recent death of a cyclist at 23rd Street and Lonsdale, I should think that improving bicycle infrastructure to make it safer for ALL modes of transport would be a top priority for councils on the North Shore.

Second, as the original article stated, there are 800 cars a day on this road and the speed limit is 50 kilometres per hour, which cars frequently ignore to speed down the road.

While M. Klein may feel comfortable sending their children out to cross roads by themselves under those circumstances, I absolutely would not. I have seen pedestrians almost hit at crosswalks on Delbrook Avenue numerous times, including adults having to jump back to avoid cars blasting through crosswalks as if they didn’t exist.

While M. Klein’s “extremely privileged way of life” sounds great, the reality of the situation is that Delbrook is a dangerous road for everyone including the cars who treat it like a Formula One racing track.

I have seen several ambulance-required accidents along Delbrook Avenue as well, which surely would not be necessary if it was the peaceful traffic-calmed wonderland described in this letter.

The fact is, car drivers on the North Shore are prone to aggressive, erratic driving, frequently surpassing the speed limit by up to 20 km/h, ignoring stop signs, yellow lights, and crosswalks (I have almost been hit in crosswalks numerous times, including with my child, by drivers who gave me a guilty wave as they continued on about their day because they just didn’t feel like stopping).

Anything we can do make North Vancouver safer for pedestrians and cyclists will also make traffic safer for drivers, and should be prioritized at all costs.

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MLAs talk health care, transportation at Chamber meeting JANE SEYD

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Difficulty finding doctors on the North Shore, challenges faced by small business amid a labour shortage and the perennial topic of transportation dominated a discussion with North Shore MLAs hosted by the North Vancouver Chamber March 23.

In a recent survey of chamber members, access to health care was the number one issue after transportation.

North Vancouver Seymour MLA Susie Chant, who is a registered nurse, pointed to moves being made by the province to speed up and simplify the process for internationally trained nurses and doctors to obtain credentials in B.C. Chant said one of her legislature colleagues, who trained as a nurse in India, took five years to be able to work as an RN in B.C. One of the problems is that it is a multi-layered process, she said.

“That’s where things get tangled. Not only that, but it also involves money,” she added.

West Vancouver Capilano MLA Karin Kirkpatrick said B.C.’s red tape over credentials and additional residency requirements for foreign-trained doctors and nurses has resulted in the province losing medical personnel to Alberta.

North Vancouver Lonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma said the requirements for certification aren’t set up by government, but by independent colleges which govern both nurses and doctors in the province. “We have to trust their expertise to a great extent,” she said.

Changes have also been made to immigration rules to prioritize people with health care and childcare backgrounds, she added.

Kirkpatrick said she’d also like to see more seats open in Capilano University’s early childcare education training program.

Currently there’s a desperate need for childcare workers, she said. “We are talking about adding more childcare spaces and we can’t staff them,” she added. “If they don’t exist, it doesn’t matter what the cost is for childcare.”

All three MLAs agreed the issues of labour shortages, housing costs and transportation woes are closely tied on the North Shore. “People can’t afford to live close to where they work,” said Ma, adding many traffic problems are related to commutes to work on the North Shore.

Ma said the province has invested significant money into TransLink over the past three years to keep the system going with ridership plummeting during the early days of the pandemic.

A Burrard Inlet rapid transit line running between Metrotown and Park Royal is in the next 10-year plan for the region, said Ma. Kirkpatrick said that’s not fast enough.

“We can’t wait 10 years,” she said, adding traffic on the North Shore is “worse than Mexico City.… We’re waiting too long to address it,” she said.

“We’re not getting prioritized.”

Ma countered that more provincial funding is going to beefing up TransLink now than there ever was during the previous Liberal government. Between 2009 and 2017, “Not a single additional hour of bus service was added in the entire Lower Mainland,” she said. “The previous government did not prioritize public transit.”

Other topics covered in the discussion included the difficulties smaller companies have in bidding on government contracts, and the impact of employers footing the bill for additional paid sick days and an expected increase to the minimum wage.

The MLAs also discussed the impacts of climate change and efforts to get away from using fossil fuels.

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All aboard – West Vancouver’s favourite nautically named structure is back.

After a three-year closure to upgrade the iconic heritage site, The Ferry Building Gallery at Ambleside Landing is re-opening to the public.

The official re-opening date is April 4, according to district staff, with its first art exhibition set to open the next day.

Sibling Revelry is the gallery’s first exhibition this year, with an opening reception Wednesday, April 5 at 6 p.m. The show features Eliza Massey Stanford, Nathaniel Massey, Raymond Massey and Vincent Massey, a group of artistic brothers and sisters who are exhibiting together as a tribute to their parents and life growing up in West Vancouver.

It will be a mixed media gallery, with painting, photography, textiles and sculpture. There will be a meet-the-artists presentation on Saturday, April 8 at 2 p.m., followed by a rug-hooking demo from Eliza Massey Stanford at 3 p.m.

With the upgrade work completed, it’s been a mad dash to get the refurbished gallery ready for its first exhibition, explained Leigh-Anne Niehaus, community arts supervisor at the Ferry Building.

“We’ll definitely have some walls, but not to our full capacity,” she said.

“Luckily, most of the artworks that are going to be on exhibit are 3D.” Nathanial Massey, who specializes in landscape photography, will be taking up most of the wall space. His siblings won’t, though. Niehaus noted Raymond Massey’s “untraditional” sculptures made with natural materials and Vincent Massey’s masterfully crafted pottery.

Niehaus said it’s been a challenge trying to book in all the artists who

“I have difficulty moving around like I used to.”

The gallery’s first exhibition this year ‘Sibling Revelry’ will feature works from four brothers and sisters who grew up in West Vancouver. THE FERRY BUILDING GALLERY have been scheduled in over the past three years.

“At this stage, we’ve got a backlog of exhibitions that have started since 2019,” she said, adding that the Masseys were among those. The family paying tribute to growing up in West Vancouver ties into the gallery being community based.

“We’re building up a community again, because it’s been closed for so long,” Niehaus said. To honour the many existing agreements, the gallery will be

rapidly changing through exhibitions every 3.5 weeks or so.

For those who plan to visit, much of the Ferry Building will be familiar to past patrons.

“The layout is exactly the same,” Niehaus said. “It is an art gallery, so there are a few little tweaks that have been made to make it more suited to that – the lighting and the wall panelling.”

Instead of wall panels and natural wood, the walls are now floor-to-ceiling white.

“Otherwise, it’s completely recognizable, the same but just a little bit newer and cleaner.”

The exterior façade is much the same as well, with a ramp on the side of the building for better accessibility, and some safety features as well.

Much of the multi-million-dollar restoration project involved moving the Ferry Building – which was at risk of flooding – to higher ground. Other work included seismic upgrades, new accessible washrooms, a side lift, basement, exterior stairs, as well as various structural repairs.

A series of upgrades to preserve the historic structure were slated for completion last summer, after receiving a $1.85-million grant from senior levels of government in 2020. But the completion date got pushed back due to legal requirements that had to be sorted out between BC Hydro and CN Rail, district staff said, and more recently some problem shrubbery.

The District of West Vancouver, which applied for federal and provincial funding, contributed over $600,000 to the $2.5-million restoration.

The Ferry Building was built in 1913 and designated a municipal heritage property in 1987. Prior to the upgrade project, it had been a public art gallery for 30 years.

District spokesperson Carrie Gadsby said that more details about the official opening of the gallery will be released by April 4.

Sibling Revelry exhibition When: April 5 to 23 Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 5, 6 to 8 p.m.

Meet the artists: Saturday, April 8, 2 to 3 p.m.

Rug hooking demo with Eliza Massey: Saturday, April 8, 3 to 4 p.m.

Where: The Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver

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No arrests have been made as homicide team investigates attack Continued from page 1 Cook said Este had given up his work a few years ago to care for his mother and was often seen helping her around the building and its pool area.

Este’s mother, Mina Esteghamat-Ardakani, is listed on property documents as co-owner of an apartment in the building. Francis Este is listed on the property as the executor of the estate of Craig Wilson Blackburn, the other co-owner of the property. According to public real estate documents, the two-bedroom corner suite was sold earlier this month, on March 6, for $1.5 million.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was called to an apartment building in West Vancouver following a fatal attack March 21. MINA KERR-LAZENBY / NSN

Mother screamed that stabbing happened in parkade On the afternoon of March 21, emergency services were called to the Dundarave apartment complex following reports a man was suffering serious injuries.

Despite life-saving efforts, the man died at the scene, the result of an “altercation with an unknown male suspect,” police said. The incident is believed to have been a stabbing that took place in the parking garage of the complex.

Roddy MacKenzie, who lives in the complex, said his wife entered the lobby of building Tuesday afternoon to hear Esteghamat-Ardakani screaming as she came out of the elevator, saying her son had been stabbed and to call 911.

MacKenzie said his wife had seen a man walking up the driveway from the parkade, dressed in black and with an athletic build, moments before she had entered the building.

He said the couple had often spoken with Este, a middle-aged man, who had been spending time with his mother to help her with chores and take her to appointments.

“He was such a devoted son to his mother,” said MacKenzie.

“He was very, very dutiful. He was here a lot.”

Family had complex legal history In recent years Francis Amir Este, his mother and his sister were involved in a long-simmering series of civil lawsuits about family assets, including multiple properties in West Vancouver, that spanned several years and several appeals.

Since last week, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has not released any further information about the investigation into the homicide and no arrests have been made.

RCMP seek witnesses to North Van carjacking

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North Vancouver RCMP have arrested a man accused of carjacking a cabbie in the Lynn Creek neighbourhood and are now asking for witnesses to come forward.

The suspect was riding in the back of the cab near Main Street and Mountain Highway just after midnight, March 18, when he assaulted the driver and took off in his cab, according to Const. Mansoor Sahak, North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson.

Sahak said they do not know exactly what happened in the moments leading up to the assault, but the suspect did have to make his way through the physical barrier separating the driver from passengers.

“This was a frightening and dangerous situation for the taxi driver,” he said.

Officers provided first aid to the victim and he was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

The taxi had GPS tracking installed, making it easy for officers to locate the vehicle at the North Vancouver Cemetery on Lillooet Road. There, with the help of the RCMP K9 unit, the suspect was sniffed out and arrested without further incident.

“The quick actions of our officers led to the safe arrest of the suspect and return of the vehicle,” Sahak said.

The suspect was “quite intoxicated” at the time, Sahak added.

No charges have been sworn yet, but police are recommending the Crown lay counts of robbery, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and mischief.

In the meantime, Sahak said investigators want to speak with anyone who can tell them more about what happened in the carjacking or where the suspect went after.

“We know there were multiple witnesses on scene.

Some have spoken to the police. There may have been some that have not spoken to the police,” he said. “Also, if they have any dashcam video of the incident, call police.”

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North Shore non-profits receive $454,000 in gaming grants A chunk of change from provincial gambling revenues is about to go to non-profits across the North Shore.

A total of $454,000 in community gaming grants will help organizations keep people safe and protect local ecosystems, say MLAs Bowinn Ma and Susie Chant.

“Despite the many challenges we have faced over the last few years – including the pandemic, extreme weather, and the ongoing toxic drug crisis – we have outstanding local organizations right here in North Vancouver working hard to make our community stronger,” North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma said in a statement.

“These grants help ensure they can continue this important work in public safety and environmental protection,” she said.

Several organizations are receiving funding for public safety work. North Shore Restorative Justice Society, which helps facilitate alternatives to criminal punishment, is getting $120,000. North Shore Lifeboat Society will receive $63,000 for supporting marine rescue efforts. And the North Shore

Mountain Bike Association, which spearheads trail improvement projects, is getting $25,000.

Other non-profits, including several on the North Shore, are also receiving funding for environmental initiatives, such as animal protection, conservation and environmental awareness: • Wild Bird Trust of B.C. - $50,000.00 • Young Naturalists’ Club of British Columbia Society - $38,000.00 • Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC - $35,000.00 • Federation of British Columbia Naturalists - $35,000.00 • A Voice4paws Canine Rescue Society - $30,000.00 • North Shore Black Bear Society - $26,000.00 • Vancouver Avian Research Centre Society - $17,500.00 • Seymour Salmonid Society - $14,500.00 People in North Vancouver understand how important it is to invest in our local ecosystems and environment, said Susie Chant, MLA for North Vancouver – Seymour.

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Attendees cheers at the first Brewhalla North Vancouver in October last year. RED DOOR EVENTS

STATIONS OF EARTH Artistic reflections on the ‘body’ of Earth

In the Christian tradition, Good Friday, is a time of remembering the death of Christ’s body. This year, the St. Catherine’s Community invite you to reflect on a larger sense of Christ, the Cosmic Christ, the co-existence of matter and spirit.

Three Saint Catherine’s artists (Rhonda Garton, Heather Luccock and Lynn Spence) depict the ‘body’ of Earth by reflecting on the four elements of Air, Water, Stone and Fire. Prayers and poetry trace the ways that the body of Earth is broken by human greed, power and fear, whilst considering the grace with which Christ uttered his final words as he died.

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Brewhalla beer and music festival returns to Shipyards NICK LABA

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There are two seasons in North Vancouver: winter, and beer festivals.

On Friday, April 14, Brewhalla beer and music festival is kicking off the latter, returning to The Shipyards for its second year.

The popular event will welcome more than 30 B.C. craft breweries, cideries and distilleries. Those include local favourites Braggot Brewing, La Cerveceria Asterillos, North Point Brewing, Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers, Copperpenny Distilling, Shaketown Brewing and Wildeye Brewing.

Expanding its drink offerings to a broader range of preferences, the festival is adding a number of non-alcoholic beverages this year.

On the live music side, the festival lineup includes Vince Vaccaro, NADUH, DJ Paisley

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“We can’t wait to bring Brewhalla back to this picturesque location,” said Red Door Events spokesperson Lies Reimer. “The Shipyards Brewery District has created an amazing craft culture here, please come and join us as we sample amazing beverages from the North Shore and beyond!”

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Surveillance cameras capture vehicle travelling at 180 km/h justify driving drunk,” he added.

Masse pointed to the “incredible rate of speed” Lukat was driving prior to the crash as an aggravating factor.

Lukat’s driving record includes three prior 24-hour driving bans for failing roadside screening tests that should have been “an opportunity for him to reflect” on driving after drinking, said Masse. It also included a Motor Vehicle Act conviction for driving without due care and attention and 13 speeding tickets.

Hamilton described Lukat’s driving record as “very concerning,” adding he could accurately be described as a “menace on the roads.

Continued from page 1 Hamilton said, “I do not view what happened on March 2, 2021 as an accident or a fatal car collision. What happened on March 2, 2021 was a crime.”

“Nothing I do today will every change the tragedy, pain and suffering felt by everybody here today,” he added.

Crown prosecutor Kevin Masse described from an agreed statement of facts what happened on the day of the crash.

Blood alcohol level twice legal limit At the time of the crash, Lukat was coming home from a business meeting in Fort Langley where he’d had “in excess” of one bottle of wine, the court heard.

Around 11:07 p.m., his vehicle was captured on a Low Level Road surveillance camera travelling at more than 180 kilometres per hour, just moments before the crash. As he approached the curve in the road at the foot of St. Davids Avenue, he crossed over the centre line and crashed into the Agulays’ Volkswagen.

The Audi burst into flames and the Volkswagen was rammed up against the barrier, preventing it from falling to the railyard below. Witnesses called 911 and pulled the injured from their vehicles.

In his sentencing, Hamilton described pictures of the accident scene as being ones of “carnage.”

Agulay, 65, suffered blunt force cardiac arrest, the Crown said, and multiple injuries

Marcelina Agulay, who died in a head-on crash in North Vancouver, is pictured in this undated photo with her husband Leonilo, who suffered serious injuries and also died a few months after the crash. GOFUNDME to her lower body. She died in an ambulance on route to Lions Gate Hospital.

Her husband, 66, had traumatic brain injuries and remained in hospital until April 29, 2021. He died at home just over a month later, due to complications from malnutrition and dehydration, the court heard.

A blood sample taken from Lukat while he was in hospital found 147 to 168 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, Masse said – about twice the legal limit.

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for the 40-month jail sentence, Masse said, “There’s no sentence that can be imposed on Mr. Lukat that can undo the terrible tragedy that’s occurred. There’s no sentence that can compensate for the loss.”

Masse said a jail sentence was needed because drunk driving is a crime that’s often committed by otherwise law-abiding people who would likely be deterred by the prospect of a harsh penalty. Unlike crimes where poverty or drug addiction are factors, “Nothing much can be offered to

Driver ‘hurt my family in ways you will never fully know,’ says victims’ son In court Friday, family and friends described in emotional victim impact statements how the couple’s deaths have torn their lives apart.

The couple’s only son, Leo, described being woken at 3 a.m. when police knocked on the door to tell him his mother had been killed. Ever since that day “most nights I wake up at 3 a.m.,” he said. Lukat’s actions “hurt my family in ways you will never fully know or experience,” he said.

The son described how his children – who the couple used to care for after school – have struggled with anxiety since the deaths, sometimes asking, “When are they Continued on page 19

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Continued from page 18 coming back?”

The son also described having to arrange a funeral for his mother during the pandemic without his father, who was still in hospital.

“There was never a day he didn’t ask about my mom,” he said, adding his father told him, “He should have gone first. She was the love of his life.”

Months later, “my father died in my arms,” he said. “The only solace is knowing they are together.”

In handing down his sentence, the judge said the son’s words had a profound impact on all who heard them.

Other family and friends described Marcelina as a “doting grandmother,” as well as a community leader with a “gentle spirit” and “strong sense of justice” who had been an advocate for migrant workers and volunteer for the NDP. She drew tributes from then-Premier John Horgan and other NDP government members who praised her in the legislature following her death.

Leonilo was never the same after his wife’s death and “most probably died from grief” wrote one family friend.

Marcelina’s sister described how “my heart was torn into pieces” by her death.

‘I have caused you unimaginable pain’ Lukat’s defence lawyer Michael Mines told the judge his client, an auto mechanic

with two young daughters, was depressed over the break-up of his marriage in the time leading up to the crash and had also been experiencing significant side effects from an anti-depressant he’d been prescribed.

On the night of the crash, he hadn’t intended to drink at the business meeting, said his lawyer. But “alcohol was ordered. He consumed a glass of wine that led to another that led to another.”

Lukat has no memory of the crash, said his lawyer. “The last thing he remembers is that there was a curb ahead.”

Lukat has expressed profound and “sometimes overwhelming remorse for his actions,” said Mines. “If he could have done that day over again, he wouldn’t have drank,” said the lawyer. “He wouldn’t have put the key in the ignition.”

“He will carry the burden of this accident for all of his life.”

Lukat also addressed the court Friday, telling the family and friends of the Agulays, “I know I have caused you all unimaginable pain” and “I am profoundly sorry for your loss.”

“I know they were incredible and good people,” he said. “If it were possible I would gladly trade places. This is the most painful burden I will have to live with for the rest of my life.”

In handing down his sentence, Hamilton said he accepted Lukat’s genuine remorse for his actions.

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“So this is perfect timing,” she said of the new funding, adding that her organization wants to bring a machine operator to help reshape some of the berms and other trail features.

“Pat, who’s one of our builders, has several ideas of where

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prevent many of our neighbours from accessing the natural beauty of our province,” he said.

Old Buck is part of the Seymour Adaptive MTB Loop, a 1.8-kilometre trail loop that’s been widened and built-out to accommodate adaptive bikes.

Another part of that loop, a trail known as Empress Bypass, is due for a refresh, said Deanne

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On March 22, the province announced $3.6 million in new funding will go to making parks near urban centres more inclusive and accessible. The funding is part of the B.C. government’s 2023 budget, and will be dispersed over the next three years to upgrade facilities including washrooms, parking lots and trails, to an accessible standard.

British Columbians love the beauty of the province’s natural spaces, but there continues to be too many people who face barriers to being included and safe in parks, said Environment Minister George Heyman, who was at Old Buck Trail Head in North Vancouver to make the announcement.

“Our government is dedicated to ensuring that everyone in B.C. can both access and feel comfortable in our parks, and we will continue our work to break down the barriers that discourage or

towards accessibility and inclusion, and positions us as leaders in Canada, helping to attract talent, investment, and visitors to British Columbia,” she added.

The presentation concluded with a demonstration of an adaptive bike. Heyman volunteered to ride it, and was led around the Seymour loop the as the spring sunshine speckled through the trees.

In 2015, BC Parks established an accessibility advisory committee with member organizations including Disability Alliance BC, the B.C. Aboriginal Network on Disability Society and Power To Be. According to the province, accessibility audits were completed for all 330 front-country parks from 2018 through 2019.

Around 20,000 British Columbians with mobility-related disabilities were surveyed to identify barriers to accessing provincial parks.

In 2021, BC Parks installed 500 new welcome signs at entrance points like parking lots, kiosks, campgrounds and trailheads.

Gender-neutral washroom signs have been installed on most pit toilets.

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B.C. residents can expect parks near urban centres to be more welcoming to a broader range of users in the coming years.

we can expand the adaptive bike loop here on Seymour,” Cote said.

“We’ll sit down … and come up with a plan, and then hopefully we can expand to a new trail.”

As a volunteer organization, Cote said NSMBA’s biggest hurdle is securing funding, especially because so many trails cross jurisdictional boundaries. For example, part of Empress Bypass is on BC Parks land and another part is in the District of North Vancouver. Being able to get funding at the provincial level removes that complication.

Also at the announcement was North Vancouver – Seymour MLA Susie Chant, who’s also the parliamentary secretary for accessibility.

“In B.C. alone, there’s over 926,000 people living with some type of disability,” she said.

“Disabilities can be permanent, temporary or episodic, visible or invisible, acquired or congenital, and can affect our bodies, minds, senses and abilities to communicate.”

“We have new technologies and ways of thinking about design and infrastructure. All of this supports our journey

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North Shore Winter Club’s U13 team celebrates victory at the BC Tier 1 Provincial Championships March 22 at the Surrey Sport & Leisure Centre Arena. SARAH PARKER

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The boys were tasting victory and pizza March 22, as North Shore Winter Club’s Tier 1 U13 team celebrated its victory at the provincial championships.

To secure the title, the squad clinched a 6-5 win in overtime against Burnaby Winter Club at the Surrey Sport & Leisure Centre Arena.

It was a back-and-forth rivalry that lasted all season. Burnaby beat North Shore in a tense shootout at the Pat Quinn Classic tourney in December. Burnaby was up by three goals in the first game of the round robin at the BC Provincial Championships, but North Shore was able to tie it up with a minute to go in the third period, explained coach Jon Woodyard.

“Everybody was talking about how exciting a potential game between us in the final would be,” he said. “It was a lot of amazing plays, lots of turnarounds and comebacks….

All the boys on both sides did a really good job of delivering a super exciting final.”

While there were no official stars noted at the tournament, one obvious pick would be OT goal-scorer Kenzo Gibson. Woodyard also noted North Shore team captain Louis-Oscar Holowaychuk, a “very stellar performance” from goalie Quinn Coupland, and Conor Nicolson, who had two goals in the final game and many more in the tournament.

The whole team was thrilled with the result, Woodyard said. “You don’t often get to end the season on a win.”

To celebrate, the boys ordered 15 pizzas to a warehouse space near the rink.

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A robotics team made up of students from Windsor Secondary have won the provincial championships of the VEX Robotics Competition, securing them a coveted spot in the international VEX Robotics World Championship and a trip to Dallas.

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In 1909, hundreds of girls defiantly marched behind the troops of Boy Scouts at the Crystal Palace Boy Scout Rally in London, England. They sought to show Chief Scout Robert Baden-Powell that girls had a place in the scouting movement. One year later Baden-Powell, with the help of his sister Agnes, officially formed the Girl Guides.

While today most associate the Girl Guide movement with buying cookies, in the early 20th century it represented a new-found freedom of outdoor adventure for many girls.

The photo above shows the First North Vancouver Company of Girl Guides, first organized in 1921, with their Captain Mrs. Ferrabee, in 1927. This group routinely hiked and camped around the North Shore mountains, mainly Grouse and Cypress, while also holding teas and fundraisers for the local community. They didn’t sell cookies until 1952!

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Mt. Seymour Robotics VEX Robotics team 18670A competed against other middle school teams from across British Columbia at the BC Mainland Regional VEX Robotics Competition in Langley on March 5.

The team’s meticulously created machine battled it out against other bots to understand and solve specific challenges as part of Spin Up, a game crafted by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation.

“Our main goal was to build a robot that could work on its own and in partnership in alliances, [to try and] generate the maximum points possible,” said 14-year-old Edna Manjarrez.

“And of course, have fun!”

Manjarrez and her teammates, Rachelle Ng, Amy Crump and India Newell, had worked together to design, build and program a machine using robotics software program VEX V5.

The group met up throughout the summer and every weekend prior to the competition, learning the software and getting to grips with particular facets of robot building, including electronics, programming, mechanical systems, animation and computer-aided machining.

Manjarrez said many of the team members plan to go on to college and major in robotics, computer programming, or an engineering-related field.

Alberto Manjarrez, the team’s coach and advisor, said he was proud to see what his students had achieved after weeks of putting in the hard yards.

“I am proud of these amazing kids for their commitment and ability to take what they learn in our sessions and apply it to build and program a competition robot from

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concepts and ideas to completion,” he said.

“It is inspiring to think about the positive impact they will have on the world around them”.

For students who compete, the benefits extend far beyond the technical, with teams also garnering essential life skills like communication, project management, time management and teamwork.

“As an experienced robotics mentor, I’ve seen firsthand the engineering skill and leadership expertise that students gain by participating in the VEX Robotics Competition,” said Dan Mantz, CEO of the REC Foundation.

“It’s an experience that will stay with them long after their school days are over, offering a new appreciation for STEM and laying a strong foundation of critical problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills that will serve them well throughout their lives.”

No small fry event, the VEX Robotics Competition sees thousands of schools participate around the world each year.

More than 23,000 VEX teams from 58 countries participate in over 2,300 events worldwide, with each competition season culminating every spring with the World Championship – this year in Dallas, Texas.

Manjarrez and her comrades will compete from April 27 to 29 at Dallas’s Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center.

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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GARDEN TO TABLE

A garden goal is to eat and grow rainbow-coloured foods castings, and some unsulphured blackstrap molasses dissolved in water (30 millilitres per litre).

The water was rested overnight to evaporate out any biology-killing chlorine or chloramine. Rainwater is best, if you can manage it.

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Suddenly it is spring and I struggle to contain my enthusiasm alongside a winter’s worth of reading – revisiting ancient wisdom, while discovering new scientific insights into the interconnectedness of foraging, growing, preparing and metabolizing food as medicine.

It is difficult to sort and file it all away for easy access, so to help me maximize nutrient density when planning our garden, shopping for produce and protein, and designing healthful menus, I keep three principles top of mind.

The fundamental and overarching principle is: “We are only as healthy as what we eat, eats.” That is, garbage in equals garbage out, or real produce and protein grown on a diet of all natural, organic goodness is what I choose to support, grow and cook.

Second, “Eat and grow the rainbow whenever possible,” and I include both taste and colour in those spectrums. Pigment, taste and smell indicate specific values, phytochemicals, nutrients and benefits that singularly and in combination help support a balanced diet.

Midnight roma and heritage plum tomatoes are super-charged with antioxidant lycopene. LAURA MARIE NEUBERT And finally, “Wild and traditional foods are almost always more nutrient dense than conventional.” Include fresh or preserved wild or heritage vegetables, fruits, herbs and fungi to access trace nutrients, especially when access to fresh local produce is limited.

Just this past week, we started tomatoes and many other food plants indoors, under grow lights and circulating fans. Typically, we begin mid February, but extraordinary winter weather encouraged a pause. The extra time afforded me an opportunity to supplement my seed orders, and to hyper-activate

and experiment with a new living soil, custom formulated by Terra Flora Soilworks.

The 100-per-cent organic dry mix base formulation included Canadian sphagnum peat, HydraFibre, pumice, oyster shell flour, mycorrhizae, humic acid, fulvic acid, fungal dominant worm castings (poop), red wriggler worm cocoons, insect frass (more poop), full spectrum water-soluble trace minerals and elements, bokashi, BioBoost and biochar.

To 100 litres (about three cubic feet) of base mixture, I added a few litres of our native worm

Tomatoes are packed with disease-fighting bioactives I know from experience that sweet molasses water and worm castings activate and inoculate (feed biology) biochar quite quickly, allowing it to get to work more-or-less immediately, attracting and storing moisture and soil nutrients for plant roots to access as needed. We combined all ingredients in a tumbler-style composter (air holes plugged with silicone), hydrating until the dampened soil held together like moist chocolate cake, when squeezed in my hand.

After just a few weeks, the soil was carbon black and beautiful, fragrant like an ancient rainforest.

Into the delicious medium we sowed white, yellow, orange, pink, red, purple, green and blackskinned tomato seeds, mostly heritage varieties, with fruit sizes ranging from currant to hefty one-pounders.

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tomatoes offer an ever-growing range of beneficial chronic disease fighting bioactives, including lycopene, rutin and beta-cryptoxanthin. Each colour and variety of tomato offers a unique combination of phytonutrients, with tangerine orange and black-red skinned tomatoes offering some of the greatest potential benefits – the latter delivering 1,000-times more lycopene than yellow.

Interestingly, guided purely by taste and intuition, we have for years been growing, oven-drying (in olive oil) and freezing tangerine orange, dark red and red-black cherry tomatoes for winter use.

We are discovering now, that by elegant coevolutionary design, plant phytochemicals can be seen, tasted and smelled (sometimes felt and heard), by the very pollinators, predators and propagators upon which the survival of their species depends.

I am humbled by nature. She is so very clever.

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While awareness of bullying in its many forms is higher than ever, the harmful practice has adapted to new mediums and parents continue to struggle with how best to handle potentially harmful scenarios in and out of schools.

Today, many experts agree that a proactive approach is helpful to equip children, their guardians, teachers and other school staff with tools to either prevent or handle bullying. In B.C., that involves programs like Second Step at the kindergarten to Grade 5 level, and Open Parachute in Grade 6 and 7.

In Grade 7, some of the topics are overcoming stereotypes, boosting self esteem, boundaries, taking accountability, finding your values, striving for your own creative greatness, exploring mental health and trauma, understanding, anger, and finding support and hope.

Rather than just waiting for kids to get themselves caught in something, the idea is to normalize those ways of thinking ahead of time, says Jeremy Church, North Vancouver School District principal of safe and healthy schools.

“The whole reason this program was developed is because that’s what’s going on for kids at that age: they’re beginning to practice their boundaries and find their values and are starting to face stereotypes a bit more explicitly,” Church said.

As kids progress into high school, less formal programming is in place, but teachers are expected to be embedding that kind of social work into curricular content, explains Sandra-Lynn Shortall, director of inclusive education at West Vancouver Schools.

“Within a positive school climate and culture, we’ve got teachers that are in real time teaching specific emotional skills, both at that individual and interpersonal level, so that our kids are developing positive relationships, where there are safe boundaries, there’s a sense of belonging for every kid within the school environment,” she said.

But even with all these upstream practices in place, bullying isn’t going away.

Here’s what you should do if you believe your child is experiencing bullying.

Find out if your child is being bullied

The first step in identifying bullying behaviour is understanding what it isn’t. It’s not one-off harmful behaviour, or a falling out between friends.

“It’s a persistent pattern of unwelcome or aggressive behaviour that hurts others physically and/or emotionally,” Church said, adding that the best way to distinguish bullying behaviour is to have an openended conversation with your child.

As an adult, it’s important to first acknowledge the impact that a situation has had on the child reporting it – whether it was the result of bullying or someone being mean.

“Regardless of the intention, the impact on them was still the same,” Church said.

North Vancouver Education Services Centre staff gather on Pink Shirt Day in 2022. To raise awareness for anti-bullying, Pink Shirt Day falls on the last Wednesday of February every year in Canada. NORTH VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT Then a parent should lean into: Is this something that’s going on over and over? Is there a power imbalance? Or is this something that just happened today?”

While having these types of conversations, Church emphasized that it’s important for parents to monitor their own feelings and beliefs. It’s natural to feel upset when your child is hurt, but you should still keep in mind that your child’s interpretation might not be 100-per-cent accurate.

“Often it will feel really inflamed for them, like a really big event that happened,” Church said. “What I do with my kid is I say, “Tell me a bit more … OK, help me understand … OK, so they said that … what happened before that?’ and ‘I wonder why they said that?’”

“You start to unpack it a little bit more, and you almost help co-regulate with your kid to say, ‘Let’s re-frame – let’s just make sure we’re painting the picture in the way that it needs to be painted here,” he said.

Oftentimes, when parents react to their kids’ reactions, those emotions can compound each other, when the reality is young kids and teenagers lack the context to see a problem in the grander scheme.

On the other hand, if the same person is doing something to the same kid two or three times in a row, Church said that begins to meet the threshold of bullying.

Make people at the school aware, or report the bullying anonymously Once bullying behaviour is identified, Shortall said it’s critical for parents or caregivers to be engaging with the school, which could be with a teacher, a counsellor or administrative staff. Or, bullying can be reported anonymously online, through erasereportit.gov.bc.ca, a tool set up by the province that’s connected to local schools.

Conversations would take place to find out what exactly is happening, and what’s being said about it.

“Then the school team would need to be activated,” Shortall said. “We have at every school here in West Van crisis intervention teams, where we have staff at the school level who have been trained, who are skilled

and able to engage in detective work … and making sure that we’re not missing anything.”

While bullying can be complex to address, it’s taken very seriously, Shortall said, who stresses the goal of creating positive school cultures where students and parents feel welcomed and supported when they’re bringing concerns forward.

Regardless of if it’s a true form of bullying behaviour, or another hurtful conflict, “if it’s not addressed appropriately, it can be very harmful for an individual, a young child or teenager,” she said. “We all need to pull together as communities to wrap around our kids and make sure that they’re in the right place to be able to achieve, and receive the education they deserve.”

Depending on the situation, the school can then work with the affected parties to do things like address conflicts with a restorative approach, safely navigate the school environment, or in some places put consequences in place. At times, where a child believes they are physically unsafe, it can be appropriate to involve police.

What should I do if my child is experiencing cyber-bullying?

Like other forms of bullying, experts recommend taking a preventative approach when it comes to targeted harm online.

Instilling concepts related to digital citizenship is a good place to start.

That includes defining what appropriate behaviour looks like online, and helping kids understand that cyberspace is a real space and they’re accountable for their actions on the internet.

“A lot of kids and individuals feel like it’s more of an open ground to take on different personas when they’re online,” Shortall said. “So helping kids at a young age, and then through the early teen years, understand that, ‘No, actually, that’s you – you’re responsible for that. And the impact can be quite dramatic if you’re not careful.’”

Parents are also advised to set boundaries and keep tabs on their kids’ time online.

Recommendations include restricting

smartphone and internet access in the bedroom after a certain time, and regularly snooping on their internet history.

“We know that the developing brain is neurologically not capable of making the best decisions all the time. The prefrontal cortex is not fully developed until humans are in their mid 20s,” she said.

“It is totally OK to do history searches to make sure that our kids are not stepping into places that are beyond their developmental capacity, and put into situations that could potentially be dangerous.”

Being curious and engaged is also advised. If your kids are gaming online, who are they gaming with? If they’re chatting online, who are they chatting with?

“Don’t assume everything is OK because your child is an incredibly responsible human,” Shortall continued. “Assume that they are a child, even if they’re 16 or 17, who may need your guidance, because it’s a complicated landscape that is bigger than all of us.”

In the case of cyber-bullying, record keeping can be a critical tool. Not everyone is going to be forthcoming or truthful about harmful behaviour.

“It is helpful … when families can be quite specific in regards to what actually transpired,” Shortall said, adding that kids should be made to understand that erasing things like messages or photos isn’t going to erase what happened.

Is bullying getting better or worse?

Despite the heightened awareness and resources available today, it’s clear many people feel that bullying is getting worse, not better.

“Are we seeing less bullying behavior in schools across North America? Based on the research – for example, Diana Divecha’s research out of Yale – no, those trends are not necessarily improving,” Shortall said. “But what is improving – and this is based on research to and lived experiences – schools are getting better at responding appropriately.”

Educational institutions now realize that the old practice of trying to solve problems by making rules doesn’t work.

More punishment, monitoring and assemblies aren’t enough either.

“What we know is we’re starting to turn the dial in the right direction,” she said.

“It’s focusing on building, maintaining and protecting positive school climates, where the norms and expectations for behaviour between students and staff and families are really clear and explicit in regards to how we positively come together to work and live together.”

Shortall also believes that one of the biggest keys is teaching more emotional skills at an early age, and embedding that in the school curriculum, like what’s being done with the Second Step and Open Parachute programs in B.C. While this article highlights some things parents can do, it’s by no means a comprehensive list. For more information on preventing and dealing with bullying, visit gov.bc.ca/gov/content/erase.

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Director to debut film at fundraising gala for Ukraine MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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Film lovers and activists will come together this Wednesday evening for a gala to raise awareness for the political conflict continuing in Ukraine, and to support the country’s ongoing humanitarian relief efforts.

The YVR Screen Scene For Ukraine, now in its second year, will bring live music, arts and craft stalls, and food vendors to the VIFF Centre. It will be hosted

by Ukrainian Canadians Sabrina Rani Furminger, host and executive producer of the YVR Screen Scene Podcast, and actor Adrian Petriw (The Dragon Prince).

At the event’s crux will be a screening and the North American premiere of Viddana, a historical drama film based on the novel Felix Austria by Sofia Andrukhovych.

Directed by Ukrainian filmmaker Khrystyna Syvolap, the film follows the relationship between Stefania and Adele, both from a small town on the outskirts of 19th-century

Ukrainian film director Khrystyna Syvolap, who now lives in North Vancouver, will be debuting her film Viddana at the YVR Screen Scene for Ukraine Gala. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN Austro-Hungary, as it shifts from one of close childhood friends to maid and employer.

Syvolap, previously named as one of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Ukrainians Under 30, fled Ukraine shortly after Russia invaded and has lived in North Vancouver since spring 2022.

“There are two main reasons why this event is important,” said

Syvolap.

“Firstly, as a reminder that the war is still there, Russians are still killing innocent Ukrainian people.

My strength is making films, so this is my personal way to talk about Ukraine. I’m happy to have this opportunity for a Vancouver audience to meet a tiny part of diverse Ukrainian culture.”

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opportunity to raise money for the trauma counselling and rehabilitation programs for the children of those who have lost their lives in battle, she said.

“There is no need to explain how unfair it is that many Ukrainian kids are facing things no one should ever experience,” she said. “Let’s do that small but important thing we can to help them: donate.”

Petriw said while the events unfolding in Ukraine continue to cause “incalculable human tragedy,” they have also awakened in Ukrainians a spirit of “humanity, community and resistance” that has moved the world.

“YVR Screen Scene for Ukraine is an opportunity for people to take part in that spirit, and make a direct impact on the lives of Ukrainian children whose parents gave their lives in the name of freedom,” he said.

Alongside the screening of the movie the event will also host an online auction featuring rare collectibles and original works of art, donated by members of Vancouver’s film and television community and artists in Ukraine.

All money raised from ticket

sales and the auction, running on the Givergy charity auction platform from March 27 to April 7, will go towards Ukrainian Canadian Advocacy Group run rehabilitation therapy programs – for the children of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war.

Last year’s iteration of YVR Screen Scene For Ukraine, the event’s first, raised more than $41,000 for Ukrainian humanitarian relief.

“Ukrainian Canadians – and Ukrainians who are in Canada temporarily – are as driven as ever to help the children of Ukraine through this devastating time,” said Furminger.

“I’m proud to be Ukrainian, and grateful to everyone who stands with us and supports us in this essential work.”

What: YVR Screen Scene For Ukraine When: Wednesday, March 29, 6:30 p.m.

Where: VIFF Centre - 1181 Seymour St., Vancouver 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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It’s been 11 years since we lost you. You were the best friend, husband, father, and grandfather. I was so lucky to have you for 47 years of a wonderful marriage.

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Love, Alicia and all the family.

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HARVEY, Trevor Arthur 10 March, 1948 - 4 March, 2023 It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Trevor Harvey just prior to his 75th birthday at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.

Following complications of cancer, he passed away peacefully on his own terms, surrounded by his family.

Trevor was born in North Vancouver to Trevor and Doris Harvey, growing up in Deep Cove. Trevor lived life to the fullest. His career was varied, but his favourite was the 12 years with his own radio show at CJKC (Country) in Kamloops. Although he had several other jobs over the years, Radio was always in the background; marketing, advertising, voicing his own commercials and mentoring many.

He also worked at Mt. FM Squamish/Whistler, CFVR Abbotsford, JR Country/CKNW, Nanaimo, Parksville, most recently the Raven in Campbell River.

He was most proud of his family: Jordana (Garrett) White, Andrea (Garrett) Symchuk and his grandchildren, Scarlett, Raeanna, Abigail and Gunner. He is also survived by his sisters, Cathy (Hugh) Stephens and Wendy Harvey (Murray Frame), and numerous nieces and nephews. He was active in his children’s life, coaching wakeboarding, skiing and (he would say) field hockey. He was a natural athlete and excelled at whatever he tried: golf, downhill skiing (racing and coaching), cross-country skiing, cycling, and Taekwondo. He raced at a National level with the Master’s downhill circuit and obtained his Dan Certificate (Black Belt) in Taekwondo. His love of sports lives on in his family, especially Mountain and Lake time.

He was an entertainer! He loved telling stories, writing songs, particularly family ones, and sang and played guitar. You didn’t need to be around him long to be given a nickname, even though not always flattering! We would like to thank the staff of NRGH; the Doctors, Nurses, Lab professionals, Katie, and support staff. We also thank the numerous friends and family that connected with him in his final days. As ever the communicator, he appreciated the time, memories and fun stories you shared.

To honour and remember him, there will be a Celebration of Life on Saturday, May 27th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at the Fish and Duck Pub on Sproat Lake. All are welcome.

He would want you to laugh and do something active every day. So go for that walk, run, bike ride or ski. Donations in Trevor’s memory may be made to Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program at https://jumpstart.canadiantire.ca

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of despair

MARINING, Ines August 15, 1928 − March 20, 2023 We are saddened to announce the passing of Ines Marining, aged 94, at Lions Gate Hospital on March 20, 2023.

Born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, on August 15, 1928, to Italian immigrants Arturo Lot and Caterina Perlini, she lived there through her teen years, where she grew up with her big sister Elsa (now the only surviving sibling) and devoted brothers Delsey, Nori, Hugo, and Victor. In 1949 she moved to Vancouver, eventually meeting and marrying her shining knight, Ed, and becoming a dedicated mother to three sons. The family’s initial years were spent in East Vancouver, then in 1961 they took up residence in North Vancouver, BC. In an era of stay−at−home moms, Ines ran the household and volunteered at her sons’ local schools and as den mother on their sports team.

For many years, she and Ed were fixtures at the North Shore Winter Club, where they curled, engaged in the hockey community and extended their circle of friends with many new long−lasting friendships. She, Ed, and close friends travelled frequently to warm destinations that included Maui, Phoenix, and Palm Springs.

Ines always exuded an air of sophistication and, as with most women of her era, took great pride in how she dressed. Her long thick hair was her trademark, and her fashion tastes and stylings modelled those of Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor. She was generous, had a vibrant personality and, like many Italians, often had strong opinions, but her philosophy in life was always family first.

She loved dancing, hosting dinner parties for her friends and family and created many loving memories in her expansive back yard where many a bocce game was played. A favourite recollection among her extended family members were the backyard concerts by her talented granddaughters, nieces, and nephews singing and dancing to the Spice Girls.

Loved by her three sons, Rod, Dante (Leslie), and Norry (Stacey); seven granddaughters, Mirissa, Meghan, Tess, Danica, Lia, Hannah, and Mikaela; and five great−grandchildren, Atlin, Avery, Flora, Myla, and Emerson; and twenty nieces and nephews. Ines has left a family legacy that is strong and enduring. Predeceased prematurely in 1993 by her soulmate and true love, Eddie. Reunited, may they now dance together again, forever among the stars.

No service by request.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

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VOIGT, JOAN It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Joan Voigt, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother. Joan passed away on March 16, 2023, after a brief stay at Lions Gate Hospital. Joan was born on December 15, 1937 in Toronto, Ontario and was the adored only child of Bridget and William Beattie.

She grew up in Toronto where she met the love of her life, Carl, on a tennis court. It was a match made in heaven. They went on to get married and have five children living in Toronto, California and ultimately West Vancouver.

Joan and Carl celebrated 60 years of marriage last year. Joan is survived by her adoring husband, Carl as well as her three children, Deb (Darrell), Laura (Brad), and Greg (Michelle). Joan was preceded in death by her children Carolyn (1987) and Bradley (1970).

Joan’s greatest joy in life was spending time with her 12 grandchildren (Curtis, Carly, and Kaitlin Hetland; Connor, Clayton, Jacob, Quade, Ally, and Caleb Lycan; Donavan, Petra, and RB Voigt) who brought endless laughter and delight into her world.

Joan had an outgoing personality and she loved spending time with friends. She especially enjoyed a good game of bridge.

Joan will be deeply missed by her family and friends, who will remember her outgoing nature, her infectious smile, and her unwavering devotion to those she loved. Her legacy will live on through the countless lives she touched and the memories she created. Memorial donations can be made in Joan’s name to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

Rest in peace, Joan Voigt

SCHMITT, Werner September 18, 1934 - March 19, 2023 After an 8 year courageous, dignified and stoic journey, Werner transitioned peacefully to his eternal life. Infinitely loved by his wife Trixie and all family, he will continue dancing on in our hearts.

Celebration of Life to be held at Lynn Valley United Church, 3201 Mountain Highway on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 from 2-5 pm. All are welcomed.

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BAILEY, Harold T. Aka ‘Ace’ With sadness we share with friends and neighbours that on February 3, 2023, Captain Harold Bailey took his final flight to Cloud 9. His sharp witt, intelligence and kind heart will be missed.

Harold was a committed family man. He was predeceased by his wife Mary (2013) and leaves to mourn his loss his partner Anne Adams; daughters Cheryl and Karenn; and his grandsons Matt and William.

Harold was born in Weston Ontario, lived briefly in Edmonton and loved his home in West Vancouver.

Harold was a man of many interests. At age 7 he knew he wanted to be a pilot and got his commercial licence in his early twenties, flying until 1980 for CP Air/Canadian Airlines. He was a talented oil painter, Bridge player, fly fisherman and crafts person. He has left us with beautiful paintings of the mountains and shores of the BC he loved and we explored as a family. He made his own fishing rods and flies. There is a large collection of fountain pens that he has refurbished; and hand made wooden handled knives in their beautiful hand-tooled leather sheaths.

Friends may remember Harold with a contribution to the Heart and Stroke foundation or Covenant House. Cremation has taken place, according to his wishes, there is no funeral. A celebration of Harold’s life will be held on Monday, April 10, 2022.

Friends who wish to attend should email their intent to Anne: acebaileyobit@gmail.com

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HARRINGTON, Barbara H. February 25, 1943 − March 11, 2023

CAMPBELL, James (Jamie) Darell July 17, 1957 − March 19, 2023

Barbara passed away peacefully in Sechelt hospital with her children holding her. Predeceased by her husband, Ronald (2008), Barbara is survived by her children, Geoffrey and Alexis and her siblings, Hugh Kellas (wife Sandra Morris) and Elizabeth Hawkins.

Jamie passed after a long battle with cancer. He will be deeply missed by his wife Janine, son Shane, daughter Jessica (Matthew), grandsons Bowen and Cole, brother Ron (Jill), sister Kathy (Brian), and other family members and friends.

Jamie’s love, besides his family, was hockey, golf, gardening and music. Hockey at an earlier age with the former Capilano Winter Club, golf with his son and friends any time of the day, and when not involved with family or in one of those sports, he could be found outside gardening with his favourite music playing. His last job was with Stanley Park Pitch and Putt, where he worked hard to keep the course looking immaculate and ready to be enjoyed by all − he was very proud of how he and his greens partner kept it looking.

We love you, Jamie/Dad! There will be a celebration of life at a later date.

Growing up a third−generation Vancouverite, Barbara had a warm connection to the coast, particularly the North Shore. A Fine Arts student at UBC, Barbara moved on to a career at the CBC, where she met Ron. Married in 1971, they settled in West Vancouver in 1975, where Barbara focused on raising her children and building their home together. Many vacations were enjoyed at the Harrington family cabin on the Sunshine Coast.

Having a special bond with the area, Barb and Ron retired to Sechelt in 2006.

Barb was curious about the world and a voracious reader. Her conversation was animated by what she was learning about most recently, be it politics, discoveries in space, or history. She spent her life travelling the world exploring different cultures, and when home, she loved her garden, carefully tending her veggies from seed to the dinner plate.

She loved to be on or near the water. Barb is remembered as having a twinkle in her eye, and it sparkled most when in the company of her kids.

NORDIN, Lois Julia (nee Baskin) September, 3, 1930 - March 10, 2023

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DEAN, Eleanor Kathleen February 26,1949 - March 19, 2023 Elle was born in Leicester, England February 26, 1949. She grew up with her parents, Harry and Kathleen and had two sisters, Margaret and Rosemary. Elle studied business and at age 20 decided to visit Canada. She had a brilliant love of numbers and soon joined Odlum Brown where she eventually managed the RRSP office in Vancouver.

Elle was brilliant, loved people, was never on time and didn’t suffer fools gladly. She met Pat on the ski slopes of Silver Star and they were married in 1985. She loved life, music, the theatre, and a big yellow Labrador named Saffron. She loved her Church and was treasurer, parish council member, and sang in the choir. She showed Pat how to sail, ski and flyfish in her spare time. She retired in 2007 having been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. She passed peacefully March 19, 2023 in her sleep.

She was preceded in death by her sister Rosie in 2018 and her Uncle Bill (2019). She is survived in England, by sister Margaret, many cousins, three nephews and niece. In Canada she leaves husband Pat, aunt Marion, cousin Roberta (Don), cousin Jonathan, brother-in-law Gary (Dayle), brother-in-law Gord, four nephews and a niece and several great nieces and nephews on both sides. Elle was deeply cared for in her last few years by virtually all the staff at Cedarview Lodge in North Vancouver. They loved her and she them.

Her service will be held at St. John’s Anglican Church in North Vancouver at May 20th at 1 pm. A reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, Elle would ask that donations be mailed directly to Cedarview Lodge V7J 3P3 c/o Pauline Critchley, Mgr.

Scott Douglas Taylor of North Vancouver passed away on March 13, 2023, after a brief battle with liver cancer, at the age of 66. Scott joins his mother, Gwendoline Hazel Dawn Watson and father, Albert “Ace” William Taylor. He is survived by his beloved daughter Amanda, grandson Alexander, his sister Heather and nephew Taran.

Scott loved solving problems as a handyman and jack-of-all-trades. He enjoyed sports, including hockey and soccer, always throwing his whole body into a game. He loved the outdoors and skiing, sharing many outings with his daughter. His greatest passion was music; he taught himself to play piano and learned music by ear. He was an excellent singer and often sang at karaoke, even bringing listeners to tears. He was known as a loyal friend, and was kind, generous, and hardworking, with a quick wit and self-deprecating sense of humour. All are welcome to come share a story and pay respects at a memorial at Guelph Park (“Dude Chilling Park” - 2390 Brunswick Street, Vancouver) at 1pm Saturday April 8. If you wish to offer a tribute in his honour, please consider a donation to the Canadian Liver Foundation.

PROKOP, Patricia Patricia Prokop, 64, of North Vancouver, B.C. passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2023, suddenly of a heart attack surrounded by friends doing what she loved. Patricia is preceded by beloved parents Midge and Stan Prokop and survived by assorted family in the UK. and many B.C. friends.

Lois was born and raised in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan with her 6 brothers and sisters. She moved out to B.C. where she meet and married Robert Nordin in 1955. They moved to North Vancouver in 1959 and raised their 3 children in Lynn Valley and Deep Cove.

Mom enjoyed many things; walking, cross country skiing, exercise classes, swimming, boating, theatre as well as travelling the world. She loved spending time with her family and many friends.

Predeceased by husband Bob in 2008. Survived by son Alan (Rowena), daughters Carla (Ian) and Karen (Aaron), granddaughters Jenya and Iyla and brother Merv Baskin.

Mom loved flowers. Buy some for yourself and think of her! Memorial Service at Boal Chapel, 12th April, 1pm.

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We have hosted two previous meetings on July 27, 2020 and December 10, 2020 whereby we had received valuable comments to assist us in developing the plans of today.

On April 6 you will be able to view our scale model, various renderings and plans as well as to ask any questions that you may have.

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