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West Van lab aims to restore world’s lost kelp forests BRENT RICHTER

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In the battle to maintain a habitable planet, you couldn’t ask for a much better ally than kelp. But the fast-growing seaweed is disappearing from the ocean floor, driven largely by human activity.

Today, scientists in West Vancouver’s Pacific Science Enterprise Centre are looking for ways to replant what has We’re bringing been lost, a process the Ocean back a patient Wise Conservation Association has dubbed “seaforestation.” that is in the The work could prove to emergency be of “planetary significance,” room to a Ocean Wise executive vicehealthy state, president Carlos Drews told so that we can gathered dignitaries at the all benefit from official launch of the West all the services Coast’s first-ever kelp nursery, that the oceans on April 4. “We’re bringing back a provide for patient that is in the emergency humankind. room to a healthy state, so CARLOS DREWS that we can all benefit from all EXEC. VP, OCEAN WISE the services that the oceans provide for humankind,” he said. “We want to restore the kelp that has been lost. We want to maximize the environmental returns from kelp, the biodiversity

Vital Kelp founder Lee Ann Ennis observes a maturing kelp plant, soon to be placed on the ocean floor, in an effort to bring ‘seaforestation’ to the world’s lost kelp forests. BRENT RICHTER / NSN returns and the social returns to the peoples that are rightful custodians of much of the coastline in B.C. and in other parts of the world.” Nobody knows exactly how much of the world’s kelp forests have been lost, but scientists estimate it’s between 40 and 60 per cent. In the waters around

Tasmania, 95 per cent of the kelp forests are gone for good because the warming ocean is no longer a livable habitat for them, Drews said. In the coastal waters around British Columbia, kelp faces another threat: over-predation by sea urchins Continued on page 34

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School district still waiting for word on new elementary JANE SEYD

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Parents whose kids attend school in the central city area of North Vancouver say they’re still dealing with overcrowded schools five years after the school district put a new elementary school at the top of its priority list and three years after the province promised money for a new school had been set aside.

“Basically, it doesn’t seem like anything has really moved forward on it,” said parent Melissa McConchie, whose son is Basically, finishing Grade it doesn’t 7 at Ridgeway seem like Elementary and anything has whose older really moved daughter also forward on it. attended the school. PARENT MELISSA MCCONCHIE So far, word from the province on a new school for the area has been “stay tuned.” Since 2018, plans to build a new elementary school on the site of the long-closed Cloverley Elementary has topped the wish list for the North Vancouver School District. A new school is needed to take pressure off nearby schools which have been dealing with large increases in enrolment over the past five years as young families move into the area. In the spring of 2020, a new Cloverley Elementary was one of only seven new schools given approval in principle by the province and earmarked for further review – seen as a positive sign. But official

Sandi Thorson and son David and daughter Violet at Ridgeway Elementary in North Vancouver. Thorson and other parents are concerned about overcrowded schools in their area. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN approvals to build a school – and a budget to go with it – have yet to materialize. Huge increases in construction costs which have more than doubled the estimated price of a new school haven’t

helped. Originally earmarked as a $21.6 million project five years ago, the estimated cost to build the new 585-seat school are now “well over $60 million” said North

Vancouver Lonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma, who remains nonetheless optimistic a funding announcement is coming soon. Meanwhile, schools in the lower and central areas of North Vancouver have continued to face crowding. Ridgeway Elementary is one of the schools which has borne the brunt of increased enrolment in the school district. Enrolment at the school has jumped from about 326 students 10 years ago to 673 students today. Originally built around 1910, Ridgeway underwent a heritage rebuild in 2011, ending up with a capacity of 485 students. Several years ago, a large modular building that had previously been sitting empty at the former Cloverley school site was moved to the Ridgeway school grounds, bumping the capacity to 662 students. “That was when my son was in Grade 2,” said McConchie. “We were told it was temporary.” Although the modular building and additional portables at the school have provided classroom space, it doesn’t address issues like the pressures on gym time with such a large student population, she added. According to the school district, other schools in the area are also at or near capacity. There are also 31 portables providing additional classroom space in the school district. McConchie said she doesn’t understand why there appears to be such a lack of co-ordination between the demographic changes brought about by growth and added density in the city and the province and the school district’s ability to plan for Continued on page 28

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West Van plans new tennis bubble and pickleball courts BRENT RICHTER

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Forget about housing bubbles. Tennis and pickleball are where it’s at.

The District of West Vancouver may soon be home to an inflated dome containing six tennis courts along with new covered pickleball courts in the southeast

corner of Huge Ray Park. District council and Tennis BC have signed a memorandum of understanding that would see the sporting organization build and run the facilities, which would be open to the public 85 per cent of the time. “We are absolutely thrilled, ladies and gentlemen, to have a fantastic facility. It will

be a training ground for young athletes,” Mayor Mark Sager said at a council meeting April 3. “It’s a perfect location and it’ll be a great amenity to the community and to the neighbourhood and we’re really excited.… We’re going to put West Vancouver on the map as a place for all sports and all people.”

As the MOU is still fresh, most of the details have not yet been sorted out. Tennis BC president Rick Hastings said they aim to model the new tennis bubble after their very successful Tennis BC Hub @ Richmond facility, where the non-profit sport organization rents courts out for Continued on page 28

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Emergency of the Week Winston The fountain and accompanying public art at the plaza at Lonsdale Quay will be removed to make way for new upgrades to the area. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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Iconic Lonsdale Quay fountain and public art to be removed MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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The City of North Vancouver has approved the removal of an iconic piece of outdoor art that has called Lonsdale Quay home for almost four decades.

The large, circular fountain outside the Quay’s south entrance, alongside its inner White Winds sculpture and Beyond the Fountain mosaic basin, will be removed to make way for upgrades to the south plaza. The 37-year-old fountain has been out of commission since it endured a full mechanical system failure in 2020, with costs to retrofit it to current safety, health and environmental standards expected to surpass $300,000. Created by Canadian sculptor and painter Gerald Gladstone in 1985, the stark White Winds metal sculptures at the centre of the fountain were designed to represent sails in an ode to the boats that consistently line the waters of the local Burrard Inlet. The ocean and citythemed mosaic within the fountain basin was crafted by a Studio in the City youth employment project, led by glass and mosaic Vancouver artist Bruce Walther. In a council meeting on April 3, councillors agreed the removal would be a loss to

the community, but the fountain’s deteriorating state and costly repairs meant demolition was necessary. “This fountain is certainly distinct. The two features that are a part of that fountain have certainly been enjoyed by many in the community, especially by families with young children whose hands and feet and coins wound up in that fountain,” said Coun. Angela Girard. “I think it’s been a very well-loved and iconic fountain for the Quay, and it’s always regrettable to have to de-accession much-loved art.” Hoping to retain even a small fragment of the art piece, Coun. Don Bell proposed keeping the base structure of the fountain and repurposing it for a more social use. “I’m wondering about maintaining the circular ring of the fountain and filling it in with a series of steps, so that it could be an area where people could sit and enjoy the sun, and enjoy that area, rather than take it out and have a flat area all across,” he said. The idea was countered by staff, who explained one of the benefits of removing the artwork was that it would open up the plaza, and make the area more usable. 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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West Vancouver Fire & Rescue says a woman got away lucky after a tree came crashing down on her vehicle Wednesday night (April 5).

The woman was driving south on Taylor Way around 7:30 p.m. when a large alder on the boulevard just north of Keith Road fell without warning, striking the back of her Honda CRV. “There was a single female occupant in the vehicle who was in entrapped in the vehicle, however, she was very fortunate to have walked away, once we extricated her, with minor, minor injuries,” said assistant chief Gareth Michael. An off-duty paramedic was one of the first people to arrive at the scene and offer aid, Michael said. The tree was substantial, Michael said – about 76 centimetres at the base and about 17 metres tall (50 to 60 feet). “This individual is extremely lucky,” he said. “We’re talking seconds

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A North Shore paddleboarder out for a paddle near Deep Cove last week had a very close encounter with a visiting orca whale.

The local paddleboarder was out in an area frequented by paddlers near where Deep Cove joins Indian Arm when a pod of orca whales appeared on April 4. “He said it was pretty surreal,” said Mike Darbyshire, of Deep Cove Kayak, who knows most local paddlers because many of them take part in races in the area on Tuesday nights. After the whales made their appearance, they vanished just as quickly, headed back out to Georgia Strait, according to those who spotted them from the North Shore. “They just kind of went on their way,” said Darbyshire, who added he’s been close to a few whales while on a paddleboard over the years. “You feel pretty vulnerable.” A group of kayakers on a guided tour of the inlet heard about the whales and had also hoped to spot the orcas, but no luck, Darbyshire added. Darbyshire said although he’s worked on the water in Deep Cove for the past 15 years, it’s only been in the past four or five years that orcas have been making regular appearances in Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm. He said if he’s lucky, he spots whales in the inlet a couple of times a year. Most often, whales spotted off the North Shore are Biggs killer whales, which used to be known as transient killer whales. Biggs whales are mammal hunters, primarily eating seals

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ometimes, municipal councils are faced with difficult decisions. The decision on whether to adopt a code of conduct governing council members’ behaviour isn’t one of them – or at least it shouldn’t be. Yet the proposed code in West Vancouver may be destined for defeat. Mayor Mark Sager has warned that the document proposed by staff, which addresses things like harassment, conflict of interest and abuse of office, likely won’t pass, as-is. Coun. Sharon Thompson argued West Van’s council should essentially be given the benefit of the doubt and, therefore, there’s no need to have written rules. This doesn’t make sense. At a time when trust in government is flagging and the bar for behaviour among political

leaders seems to be going ever lower, having an agreed upon set of standards is a must. Virtually every organization has one now. It’s a basic tool of accountability that every citizen deserves to have in their government. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs has given every council until May 7 to either adopt a code of conduct or put into writing for the province and their own constituents why it’s beneath them. When the code comes back to West Vancouver council on April 24, we expect an extremely short debate followed by a unanimous vote in favour. Anything less would be a disservice to the residents of West Vancouver and every other municipality where councils did the right thing and adopted a code of conduct without a fuss.

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Columnists like to live in a world of absolutes – a world of “must” instead of “may,” and “should” instead of “might” – so the proposal to apply a political code of conduct to West Vancouver council sounds at first like a no-brainer (see story page 18).

Of course our elected officials must be accountable. Of course their behaviour needs to be ethically moored. Of course a code would build transparency. So, of course council needs to adopt a

code, and if it won’t agree, then what is it hiding? But not so fast. Even though I’ve long believed in openness and transparency in policy and process in politics, my thinking has shifted about codes. I’ve found them well-meaning but ineffective, illusory bundles of bromides, vaguely constructed so as to be easily evaded. They are more window-dressing than the weapons that take down the bad players. Before proceeding with any significant initiative – and this is one – should come the question: What problem is it trying to solve that can’t be solved otherwise? There is a vast legal landscape governing politicians and public servants. There

are statutes around corruption. There are precedents to define conflicts of interest. There are boundaries for defamatory public comment. There are agreed-upon workplace standards. There is a hefty oath of office. Is bringing forward a code of conduct a statement that even these provisions are insufficient – that we need another layer of oversight and guardrails and another bureaucratic apparatus to administer it? If so, what has happened to require this? If the situation so needs to impose codified behaviour, what does it say about us in electing these people in the first place? There are other critical questions to consider: How healthy are codes that

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have as a starting point an impugning premise that politicians need to be treated as unethical and inherently untrustworthy? How can we be so sure that the codes are aligned with public needs? How likely is it that a code would be susceptible to varying, subjective interpretations that, in turn, would breed greater distrust? A code certainly serves those who voted against those who won election – as if to say to politicians that, with this code, you will never shed their granular gaze. If that’s what we really want, I suppose that is a way to have it. But in easing the path to consequence-free accusations of Continued on page 9

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Re: Pooches Pepper Sprayed on North Vancouver Trail, March 29 news story Pepper spraying dogs unnecessarily and following/threatening someone is not acceptable behaviour on the trails. However, your article seemed to support the message that people who don’t like dogs just need to “chill”, or they should go to other trails. There was no mention of a dog walker’s responsibility to have control of their dogs. In general, anyone with off-leash dogs needs to be considerate of others using the trails. According to Metro Vancouver, “under control” means the dog: keeps within 10 metres of their walker, stays on marked trails, returns when called, and does not harass or chase other dogs, people or wildlife. I am a dog owner living at the trailhead and I avoid those trails because behaviour of others is too unpredictable and has resulted in too many negative experiences.

There is a misconception that dogs will just “do what they do”, but it is not true that “any dog will react.” It is the humans accompanying the dogs who are responsible for their behaviour. There are many considerate/responsible dog walkers, and there are dog walkers who let their dogs run, barking and surrounding hikers and other dogs. This is not “chill.” This is selfish. And there are many trail users who are not commercial dog walkers who are just as (if not more) inconsiderate. Generally there appears to be no standard for what is considered acceptable trail behaviour, and the bullies inevitably end up having their way. Regardless of what happened in the incident you wrote about, your article may have empowered these bullies. They are OK to keep doing what they are doing while others need to “chill” or leave if they don’t like it. Again, I am not condoning excessive use of force, or threats to anyone (dogs or people) – all trail users and wildlife should feel safe on the trails. I agree that everyone needs to be respectful, but this also includes the dog walkers.

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Continued from page 8 violations, a code can generate an undeserving cloud of increased public distrust. Politics is different from other regulated professions, in that there are contentious differences in the principles, beliefs, values and ideologies that guide behaviour and decision-making. The role requires its actors to exercise discretion in pragmatically, intuitively, even inconsistently balancing various competing obligations. The staff-written West Van proposal has a lot to like in the respectful and reflective good-faith culture it paints of an ideal council. It sets out “behavioral expectations,” an informal resolution process when someone complains they aren’t being met, and a more rigorous resolution process when council might need to impose remedies – the choice would be with the complainant. It illuminates the role of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) as a gatekeeper between politicians and public servants so the mayor and council stay in their lanes. It’s just not clear it’s needed, at least yet. Within six months of their elections,

councils are required by the province to indicate if they’ll adopt a code of conduct – and if not, why not? It didn’t accept the proposal at council, although Coun. Peter Lambur pushed through a motion for the first of three readings. It’ll face a verdict April 24. Mayor Mark Sager told that meeting the proposal wouldn’t today enjoy public support; of course, unless he possesses supernatural powers of telepathy, he can’t know that. And considering he is the subject of a Law Society citation he tried to suppress in the campaign, any pronouncement for the time being on issues of this ilk is, well, complicated. Sager also suggests council needs to discuss the proposal among themselves, reflecting his hands-on, fingers-in, deal-cooking, get-er-done bravura, which, very sorry to say, only feeds public suspicion and cynicism. Code or no code, we need more public political conduct. Kirk LaPointe is publisher and editorin-chief of BIV as well as vice-president, editorial, Glacier Media Group, the North Shore News’ parent company. He is also a West Vancouverite.

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North Van brewery offering ‘beer for life’ membership NICK LABA

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How much would you pay to wet your whistle once a week for the rest of your days?

If the answer is at least $350, you can join an exclusive new club at Shaketown Brewing Co. Precisely 100 “Shaketonian of the Month Club” memberships are now up for grabs at the North Vancouver brewery, which will get you a fancy card and lifetime beer-drinking privileges. While a couple other local establishments have recently offered similar deals, Shaketown is the first in the area to make such a bold offer. After brainstorming the membership, co-founder Ryan Scholz wondered if the card was too good to be true. At the same time, he knew that once-a-month memberships don’t pay off until year two, and that wasn’t aggressive enough. “For me, everything Shaketown … my ethos is go big or go home,” Scholz said. “We have a pretty aggressive happy hour for $3 beers from Monday to Wednesday at Shaketown, and the same thing I wanted to capture with this too.” The idea is an extension of the ongoing Shaketonian of the

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

Shaketown Brewing co-founder Ryan Scholz toasts the Shaketonian of the Month promotional program entitling members to get one free beer a week for life. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN Month posts on the brewery’s social media, which carries the semi or completely fictional bent that flows through all of the business’s branding.

Lifetime beer membership pays off in month nine “With one a one-time fee of $350, you get this really fancy little numbered, exclusive

membership card that we’re going to make look really cool,” Scholz explained. “It will act like a little punch card, and you can come in once a week and get a free 20

ounce beer of anything on the menu.” If you go every week, the card pays itself off in month nine. Every brew after that is on the house. In its first week on offer, 45 cards were claimed. To justify the math, Scholz said the community building and associated purchases make the long-term memberships add up. While breweries like Beere Brewing and House of Funk have more of an established fan base, one-year-old Shaketown is one of the new kids on the block. “We decided to sort of launch this to reward the people that have been frequenting us and it gives them a little financial gift if they are coming on a regular basis, but also maybe create some more loyalty for people who are living in the area, and maybe they haven’t given us a try,” he said. Shaketonian members who come in are also likely to have more than one beer, bring their friends or buy merchandise. “The way it’s structured in B.C. in terms of tasting rooms and breweries, tasting rooms are where most people make their money in terms of margins,” Scholz said. “Obviously, outside sales are huge part of the business as well, but the tasting room is your home base.”

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VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Province plans to protect North Shore bridges from ship strikes BRENT RICHTER

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The province is looking to shore up protection of the Lions Gate Bridge and Ironworkers Memorial Bridge in the event of a major ship strike.

And the province’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is starting to make longer-term plans for the future of the Ironworkers. The ministry is seeking engineering firms to design in-water structures that would halt or deflect a vessel drifting off course before it collides with the bridge foundations. A strike on one of the bridges has the potential to partially sever the North Shore from Metro Vancouver. The impetus for the project is a change in federal engineering standards. In 2015 the province commissioned a study that found the annual risk of collapse from a vessel strike on either of the bridges was less than one in 1,000. That level of risk is considered acceptable for lesser bridges, but the newer federal standards state the risk should be less than one in 10,000 for “critical” bridges, like the Lions Gate and Ironworkers. The Lions Gate Bridge and Ironworkers see approximately 60,000 and 125,000 crossings per day, respectively.

The province is planning to construct barriers around the supports of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, shown here, and Lions Gate Bridge to protect them from ship strikes. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN In 2018, the ministry sought engineering firms to begin preliminary design work and option analysis but never proceeded with

detailed designs and construction. North Vancouver-Lonsdale NDP MLA Bowinn Ma acknowledged that the update is a positive one. “While the damage of a vessel impact is very unlikely, these crossings are so critically important to the North Shore, to the province, and really nationally, these protections are overdue,” she said. “The retrofits are meant to complement the stringent vessel transit procedures put in place by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority for the safe movement of people and goods through the Burrard Inlet.” Ma said the North Shore has already seen what happens when a pothole requires just one lane of the Ironworkers to be closed, or when a snowstorm prevents health-care workers from commuting to Lions Gate Hospital. “The consequences to the North Shore would be just extraordinary,” she said. “It could be absolutely catastrophic for us.” The ministry will be consulting with regulatory bodies, Indigenous groups, local governments, the marine industry and boaters for the exact designs, but they do know the protection for Lions Gate Bridge will require a rock-fill berm at the base of its south tower, similar to one already in place

at the north tower. Structurally, the Ironworkers still has about 40 years of life left in it, but later this year the province will begin a study into where it fits in the longer term. Exactly what that study will include hasn’t been decided yet, but Ma said at least one part of it should be clear. “I would say it’s quite critical that the terms of reference for this work include consideration for how it dovetails with the concept of a rapid transit solution for the North Shore. That’s a concept that the North Shore has done substantial work to get off the ground,” she said. As for those eager to see the province get to work on a wider replacement today, Ma cautioned that more lanes of travel won’t have the desired effect of congestion-free commutes. “Even if we cross more cars over the bridges onto the North Shore, where do they go on the other end? A lot of them spill into our local streets and jam up our local streets,” she said. Far more effective will be concentrating new development in areas with access to transit, shopping and services so residents won’t be so reliant on cars and roads for all of their needs, she added.

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DECORUM DEBATE

West Vancouver council still stewing on code of conduct BRENT RICHTER

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West Vancouver council has taken a step towards adopting a code of conduct that would govern the behaviour of elected members both in and out of the council chamber. But its passage is by no means guaranteed.

The previous West Van council vociferously debated and ultimately I think it’s a sad rejected adoptday that we have ing a similar bylaw in 2021. to rely on policy Since then, to incentivize the province good behaviour. has required COUN. SHARON all councils to THOMPSON decide within six months of their being sworn in whether to adopt a code. If a council opts not to by the May 7 deadline, they must put into writing for the province and the public their reasons why. District staff recommended that council proceed with a 15-page document addressing such things as harassment,

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that in her 11 years on council, she’d witnessed many behaviours that would be in breach of the code. “If we’ve got nothing to hide, then why would we not do this?” Coun. Sharon Thompson disagreed, adding that when council last debated a code of conduct, they were told that it was ultimately for the mayor to manage council’s conduct. Thompson added that council should be given the chance to prove they can conduct themselves appropriately without a list of written rules demanding it of them. “I don’t recall anyone mentioning anything about not wanting to be accountable, or that we had things to hide,” she said. “And actually, quite frankly, I think it’s a sad day that we have to rely on policy to incentivize good behaviour. Leadership incentivizes good behaviour – good leadership. And if we have to rely on policy to do that, then you need to think a little harder about who you’re electing.” Coun. Peter Lambur offered a compromise motion – passing only just first reading of the bylaw and bringing the matter back for further debate and possible adoption. Of the three members of the public

who came forward to speak on the matter, all urged council to adopt the code. Gary Powroznik cautioned council that virtually every organization or municipality similar in size to West Vancouver would be expected to have a code of conduct if for nothing else, their own legal protection. Being the only municipality without one would make West Van “stick out like a sore thumb,” he added. “If you don’t have the toolkit, you individually could be liable for your actions if you’re beyond, let’s call it, normal business practices,” he said. “To ignore this, I think you do it at great peril.” Jatinder Sidhu added that the public should expect nothing less from their elected leaders. “It’s exceptionally important that you demonstrate … that you are not in any way special or better than any other regulated professions or sectors,” he said. “You have a number of responsibilities to the public at large and the public need to feel that you are accountable, not just once every four years at the ballot box.” Lambur’s compromise motion passed. The code of conduct will be back before council on April 24.

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Lamborghini left crispy in West Vancouver engine fire BRENT RICHTER

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West Vancouver Fire & Rescue is investigating what caused an Italian supercar’s engine to go up in flames on Highway 1 on Monday, April 3. Crews were returning to the fire hall after a training exercise when they spotted a column of smoke coming from the eastbound lanes just west of Westridge Avenue around 4:30 p.m. “They actually noticed it before the call came in,” said assistant fire chief Gareth Michael. “The engine compartment was fully engulfed.” The driver was able to safely exit the vehicle and crews had no issue quickly getting the flames doused, Michael said. Once the fire was extinguished, the vehicle was taken to a local tow yard where fire investigators will try to determine what happened. As of Thursday afternoon, that investigation was still ongoing. The vehicle appeared to be in good working condition before the fire, Michael said.

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The fire did cause a significant backup on the highway during rush hour while crews dealt with the scene, Michael said. The vehicle appears to be a $200,000 Lamborghini Gallardo built between 2004 and 2014. Some models in that line were recalled in 2012 due to engine fire risk, though Michael said it’s the first one he’s ever seen catch fire. During the traffic backup, one Twitter user joked that “Lamborghini” is the Italian word for “expensive bonfire.”

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NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM

Seaspan marks $2 billion in contracts awarded to suppliers JANE SEYD

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With more than a decade of building federal ships under its belt, Seaspan Shipyards recently marked another milestone – passing the $2 billion mark in contracts awarded to Canadian companies for the design and construction of those vessels.

Seaspan hit the milestone near the end of March, according to the company. Contracts include those awarded for the first three fisheries ships built in the North Vancouver shipyard, and two massive navy joint support ships currently under construction, as well as an oceanographic science vessel for the Coast Guard, also currently under construction. It also includes ships currently being designed by Seaspan – including a polar icebreaker and a number of smaller multi-purpose vessels – as part of Ottawa’s National Shipbuilding Strategy. According to Seaspan, the shipyard’s supply chain now includes more than 700 Canadian companies. More than 500 of those are B.C. companies, while Ontario companies represent the largest contract value – at more than $950 million. Seaspan’s suppliers on the ships so far have ranged from a pipe and pressure value

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those local suppliers. The company was awarded a contract worth about $3.7 million in 2018. Construction of the hull for the first navy joint support ship is now nearly complete at the shipyard. On March 10, the last major block with the ship’s mast was lifted on to the hull. That ship is scheduled to be finished in 2025. Construction is also underway on blocks for the second joint support ship with a keel-laying ceremony expected sometime this summer. That ship is scheduled for completion in 2027. The shipyard is also starting the process to putting together blocks recently completed for the offshore oceanographic science vessel. About 1,900 people currently work at Vancouver Shipyards in North Van, making it one of the largest employers on the North Shore. Back when Seaspan was awarded the package to build non-combat ships in October 2011, the shipyard had not built a new ship in 30 years. The federal government’s commitment to build one of two polar icebreakers as well as a fleet of 16 smaller multi-purpose vessels at the shipyard is expected to keep the company busy for another decade.

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Bad Greyhound bus stories are like people with the name Dave. Everybody knows at least one.

If not from first-hand experience, then from the media, where passengers are depicted as either crestfallen chaps travelling cross-country or law-evading hoodlums fleeing to new lands. The Hell Hound has featured in Mars Attacks!, The X-Files and Vancouver Is Awesome, at the centre of stories containing cannibalism, decapitation, and men who claim to be in direct contact with the almighty creator himself. Ten points to you if you can figure out which is which. (It is a trick question, of course – they’re all from the news! Who needs sci-fi when the real world is substantially more horrifying?!) And yet, for a mode of transport that has such an appalling reputation, I’ve found it to be… really not that bad. Recently, I took a Greyhound bus from Vancouver down to Seattle, and I was surprised by how pleasant the journey was. Given the recent suspension of Greyhound journeys across Canada, it seems I was lucky to have the trip at all. Perhaps it was because it departed at 7:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning, and much of its loveliness could be put down to the coach being almost empty, the toilets being in a pre-destroyed state, and the driver being in a, likely short-lived, amiable mood. But hey, I’m all about

Columnist Mina Kerr-Lazenby makes a case for going Greyhound. A Greyhound bus is pictured here on the Sea to Sky Highway in 2015. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

celebrating the small wins. I know that journeys aren’t always so rosy, and I know this because last year I travelled across the U.S., from the West Coast to the East, using the Dirty Dog as my primary mode of transport. It was an experience, certainly, but not an “I’ll have to talk about this with a therapist” kind of experience. More of an experience that I can regale people with during dinner parties, at Christmas events, at stand-up comedy clubs. Because that’s the beauty of travelling via Greyhound: You might not disembark feeling rested and revived but you will return with an armful of anecdotes like a soldier returning from war. Sure, I encountered a plethora of nutters, but I was in America after all. Madness is everywhere, not confined to the padded leather seats of a Greyhound bus.

That ex-convict sat muttering to himself in the seat adjacent? He’s saner than the guy who served you your croissant this morning. More switched on than the woman checking you into your hotel. More coherent than the majority of the country’s past presidents. Anyway, I like to think that what is one man’s crazy is another man’s colourful. If you give fellow passengers a chance you will find most have interesting stories of their own to tell. I met a teenage couple on a bus from Phoenix to Albuquerque who had fled their family homes to start a new life together. Like a budget Romeo and Juliet. I chatted with a man who was travelling across states to meet a woman he had met online. (He had clearly never seen Catfish). Another was travelling to stay at a friend’s place, after his wife had kicked

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him out the night previous for going to the strippers. (He had no regrets, if you were wondering.) There was the elderly gentleman from Nashville, who was travelling to reunite with his estranged daughter. The Greyhound houses a Mötley Crüe of passengers, but journeys can be so incredibly long – sometimes six hours, sometimes 16 – that passengers emerge from them like the students emerging from detention in The Breakfast Club. Bonded from the experience, all differences melted away as a result of lengthy, forced cohabitation. And if you really can’t stand the company? Put your earphones in, pull your hood up, and stare bitterly out the window. If you make it clear you’re not in the mood for chit-chat, people tend to find someone else to pester. Perhaps it had been my trollish appearance after being on the road for a few months, but I was rarely bothered to a point where I felt uncomfortable. Nobody tried to amputate my body parts. Nobody wanted to start an argument. I wasn’t hit on once. It was quite disappointing, really. Not only is it the clientele that puts people off the Greyhound but the clock: It is notorious for its inability to keep time. Buses are almost always late, except when they’re not – and you are. But what do you expect from budget transport? Providing you pack a book, always arrive 15 minutes before departure and don’t make concrete plans for the following 24 hours, you should be fine.

Because a Greyhound bus is like no man’s land. It doesn’t adhere to a schedule. It is wild! Roguish! Rule-breaking! And thus, by association, so are you. Embrace the laissez-faire attitude. Appreciate the fact that you can seemingly bring any cargo on board, no matter whether it be a McDonald’s Happy Meal or the pet hamster. Revel being in a realm where the social norms we have to abide so strictly in the real world are utterly non-existent. Need to break wind? Don’t hold it in, you’re on the Greyhound bus! Let it rip and give others a knowing smile. Hoping to blast obnoxious and repugnant rap music from your phone? Go for gold! The driver might scold you at some point, but he’ll give you at least a 30-minute listening window before doing so. Looking to offload and talk about your deepest, darkest regrets? Spill all! Everyone is a qualified counsellor on a Greyhound bus. If there were rules, Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton wouldn’t have abandoned their limos in favour of a bus in the third season of The Simple Life, and I wouldn’t have any funny stories to tell at this year’s Christmas party. And what is the point of travel, if not to blab endlessly about your experience once home? Mina Kerr-Lazenby is the North Shore News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. In this regular column, Kerr-Lazenby shares the ups and downs of moving to Metro Vancouver, and all it entails.

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Ferry Building Gallery reopens NICK LABA

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After a significant project to restore and protect one of West Van’s oldest structures from future dangers, the Ferry Building Gallery at Ambleside Landing has reopened to the public.

On Tuesday, former West Van mayor Mary-Ann Booth cut the ceremonial ribbon, alongside B.C. Minister of Municipal Affairs Anne Kang, West Vancouver-Sunshine CoastSea to Sky Country MP Patrick Weiler and current Mayor Mark Sager. Sager said Booth should cut the ribbon, as the municipal government under her leadership was responsible for the restoration project, which involved getting funding from senior levels of government. “The Ferry Building Gallery is a jewel in the crown of West Vancouver,” Sager said, adding that it’s an important centre for art, culture and connection in the community. “It is an important venue for providing opportunities and programs that have helped countless regional artists, as well as telling the story of our rich history,” he said. According to district staff, the total cost of the work was $3.2 million. That includes just over $1 million from the federal government, $840,000 from the province and $1.35 million from the district itself.

B.C. Minister of Municipal Affairs Anne Kang, former West Van mayor Mary-Ann Booth, MP Patrick Weiler and current Mayor Mark Sager cut the ribbon. NICK LABA / NSN Restoration of the nearly 110-year-old Ferry Building included relocating it to higher ground, seismic upgrades, flood proofing, new accessible washrooms, a side lift, basement, exterior stairs and ramp, as well as various structural repairs. Work began in May 2021 and was supposed to wrap up last summer, but the project faced delays. Upon reopening, the gallery’s inaugural exhibit is Sibling Revelry, which features works from a group of four brothers and sisters who grew up in West Vancouver. The Ferry Building was built in 1913 by the municipal government to accommodate a publicly operated ferry service. A bus station operated at the site from 1916 to 1986.

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Continued from page 4 about $28-35 per hour. “Within its DNA, it’s all about making it accessible. You don’t have to be a member of a fancy club to get indoor court access,” Hastings said. Hastings said they have done a walkaround of the mostly treed site with district staff and tennis officials and it appears to be at least notionally feasible. With the MOU signed, they can now get down to more detailed planning and council approvals before going to tender for construction. “It’s going to be beautiful,” he said. “All parties involved are hoping that we can go as quickly as possible and get people playing tennis as soon as possible.” District staff were already doing planning work on building new pickleball courts at Hugo Ray. There has been tension between tennis players and pickleballers in the past as the two must compete for limited public court space, Hastings acknowledged. Tennis B.C. was happy to accommodate the upstart sport into the plans, he said. “Well, we love pickleball, absolutely. How much fun would that be? I think that’s

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terrific and I think that was something that, as a board, we thought would be really fun,” he said. “It’s so popular, and there’s really so much demand.” The pickleball courts wouldn’t be under the same bubble as tennis, but Hastings said it’s their intention to provide six covered all-weather courts. The design of the courts would be done in consultation with the local pickleball community, he added. The North Shore Tennis Society issued a release Tuesday morning “enthusiastically welcoming” the announcement. “This is a great day for tennis in West Vancouver. We are very pleased that our advocacy efforts have borne fruit with the announcement of this new tennis centre in Hugo Ray Park,” society president Duncan Brown said, adding thanks to Sager and council as well as those funding the proposal. Society vice-president Marcus Shapiro welcomed the inclusion of their racket-wielding court rivals. “Having worked closely with the West Vancouver picklers, we are delighted that Tennis BC’s plans encompass new pickleball courts as well as new indoor tennis courts,” he said.

Seismic upgrades delay new builds Continued from page 4 schools. Ma said she understands parents’ frustrations. But government had to prioritize seismic upgrades, she said – three of which have been finished in North Vancouver in the last year and a half. Ma said the scale of cost escalation on the Cloverley project has meant the plans had to go through an additional review.

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The province also requested a “mass timber option” be included in potential plans. That work is still in the final stages, said Ma, adding she hopes it will result in a funding announcement soon. “The next school will be Cloverley,” she said. Sandi Thorson has two young children who attend Ridgeway, in kindergarten and Grade 2. She also wonders what will happen when Ridgeway and other neighbourhood schools hit their limit.

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‘SHIPWRECKS’ CONFERENCE

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Indigenous maritime archeology is set to take centre stage at this year’s Underwater Archaeological Society of British Columbia conference, for the first time in the event’s history.

The conference, often referred to as “Shipwrecks,” has been held annually since 1986 but has never before focused on the underwater discoveries of Indigenous people. “This conference is trying to shift the focus, both for the society and for divers and archeologists, into recognizing that there is no start date to history, and that we need to incorporate Indigenous stories, culture and artifacts into our thoughts about maritime archeology,” said conference chairman Tom Beasley. Held at the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) Chief Joe Mathias Centre on April 15, the event will delve into the rich underwater cultural heritage found on the Northwest Coast. Speakers spanning academics and professionals will take to the podium with talks that will help the audience better understand Indigenous maritime material, culture and oral traditions, and the process of finding and searching marine archeological sites. Daytime discussions will focus on the Pacific Northwest, touching on its environmental change over time and how that has affected Indigenous cultures, and new perspectives on finding maritime archeological sites. Come evening, Jessi Halligan, an assistant professor of anthropology at Florida State University, will deliver a keynote Woodward Lecture on submerged landscape research, and the importance of it in regards to better understanding North American Pleistocene peoples. Also on the bill are a number of university representatives, including speakers from the University of Victoria,

the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and the University of Northern British Columbia, alongside archeologists from Parks Canada and other professional archeologists who work closely with local First Nations. Beasley said the conference is open to all, from those who dedicate their work to the field to those who simply have a curiosity about history, Indigenous culture and undersea excursions. “I hope the event will bridge the gap between the academic community and professional community and the general public, including Indigenous peoples,” he said. “How are people going to come away from the event feeling? Intrigued, excited and enriched. It’s for anyone who is

interested in maritime archeology and history in general, in British Columbia and beyond.” Indigenous Maritime Archaeology Conference Where: Squamish Nation’s Chief Joe Mathias Centre When: The all-day affair on April 15 will kick off at 9 a.m. with daytime sessions, while the Woodward Lecture and dinner begins at 6 p.m. Both can be viewed via Zoom. Tickets: $50 for the day session ($35 for students) in person and by Zoom, $60 for the Woodward Lecture and dinner. Available to purchase at the UASBC website. 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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A 25-year review of backcountry medical calls responded to by North Shore Rescue has revealed a surprising number of those aren’t for injuries caused by activities in the mountains, but for other kinds of medical issues that happen to take place far from usual medical help.

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Another finding is that a surprisingly high number of those medical calls have been for mental health crises. The detailed look at North Shore Rescue’s medical callouts between 1995 and 2020 is contained in an academic study published recently in the prestigious Wilderness and Environmental Medicine journal, by a group of doctors and a nurse, including the two leaders of North Shore Rescue’s advanced medical personnel (AMP) resource team. The study, which looked at medical callouts to 906 people in the backcountry, showed 54 per cent had suffered a traumatic injury – such as breaking a leg or suffering a head injury in a fall. But 41 per cent of the calls were for medical issues that weren’t caused by a traumatic injury. Of those, the top two causes (at 25 per cent each) were mental health crises and exposure, while cardiac incidents made up 11 per cent of medical calls. Eight per cent of those calls were for wandering people with dementia. The study – which also looked at the seriousness of the medical call – found that half of the incidents were serious enough to require a medical assessment at a hospital. Dr. Alec Ritchie, an emergency room physician at Lions Gate Hospital, clinical professor of emergency medicine at UBC and the leader of North Shore Rescue’s medical team, said he was surprised both by the high proportion of nontrauma medical calls and by the relatively high number of mental health calls, which included everything from people who were suicidal to people having panic attacks or who were high on drugs. The information contained in the study will likely inform everything from the kinds of training the rescue team takes part in, to the kinds of equipment members carry into the field, said Ritchie. Having the data will also help when it comes to the team advocating for needed resources, said Ritchie, who also presented the findings in October at a conference for the International Commission on Alpine Rescue in Montreux, Switzerland. Over the 25-year span of the study, the percentage of

Dr. Alec Ritchie and RN Kayla Brolly are leaders of North Shore Rescue’s advanced medical provider team. NSR callouts that were medical in nature ranged from 14 to 60 per cent. The average age of patients was 35, and 65 per cent of subjects were men. The top three activities that led to medical calls were hiking (53 per cent), biking (10 per cent) and snow sports (10 per cent). Death was the outcome for 15 per cent of the trauma calls and 18 per cent of the non-trauma calls. The leading causes of non-traumatic death were suicide (29 per cent), cardiac arrest (27 per cent) and drowning (22 per cent), according to the study. Those statistics are consistent with those from studies of other Canadian mountain rescue teams, said Ritchie. “People have to realize that with the North Shore mountains, part of their beauty is that they are rugged, and they are wilderness. And with that comes risk,” he said. Ritchie added even since the time period covered by the study ended, just three years ago, a lot has changed – including the rescue team’s authorization to fly and hoist patients by helicopter at night. Those are “game changers” when it comes to medical outcomes, said Ritchie. “There’s something very important in medicine, that’s time,” said Ritchie. Compared to a traditional longline, “a hoist saves 20 to 30 minutes per call,” he said. North Shore Rescue’s advanced medical provider resource team is made up of 11 emergency room or ICU doctors, anesthesiologists and one nurse, who combine advanced emergency medical skills with experience and training in backcountry mountaineering.

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locations and will give cart and truck owners the option to suggest alternate street locations. Staff said they would consider having food truck operators year-round at The Shipyards, outside of planned events, following it being the most sought-after location, from owners and visitors, during the 2022 pilot. Coun. Don Bell said another pilot was worth pursuing and the introduction of food carts will add “character and diversity” to the area and will make it “more interesting” on the North Shore.

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On Monday evening the City of North Vancouver council gave the go ahead for a 12-month pilot program that would see the welcoming of more street food vendors. For the last three years, the City of North Vancouver has tried various iterations of mobile food service pilot programs in the summer months. This latest pilot follows the 2022 edition which came to a close in October, and saw trucks (vehicles with kitchens on board) and carts (kiosk and wagon-types) granted operation in 16 approved areas across North Vancouver. This included three cart-approved areas on Lonsdale Avenue, including one at Civic Plaza, and Mahon Park, Ray Perrault Park, and truck and cart approval at Victoria Park. The new pilot will continue allowing the operators to set up shop at city-permitted events, with the inclusion of events on private property. It will offer year-round application to the 16 previously designated

All mobile food service operators will be required to have a business licence, with food truck owners to put up $250 annually and smaller, self-propelled businesses like food carts or kiosks to pay $166 a year. Street use permits, for those wanting to have a cart on the sidewalk or their truck on the street, will cost $80. Coun. Tony Valente, while in support of the pilot, questioned what effect their introduction would have on greenhouse gas emissions, adding he would like see more consideration given to the environmental effects as the pilot progresses. “The generators sitting on the street beside the trucks are consuming fossil fuels and spewing that back into the atmosphere,” he said. Valente’s concerns were later echoed in the evening by Coun. Jessica McIlroy and Mayor Linda Buchanan, with Buchanan adding the pilot provides an opportunity to “ask questions around decarbonizing.” Passed unanimously, the pilot will be put in place for one year and reviewed in 2024 before council considers a permanent shift in policy. Mina Kerr-Lazenby is the North Shore News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

Foodies searching for new and exciting eating experiences on the North Shore will soon have their appetites satiated with the arrival of a fleet of fresh food trucks and carts.

“We want to animate our streets wherever possible and create a vitality for the businesses on those streets – and this is one way to do it,” he said. “Particularly in The Shipyards, which is a key area – because that’s where crowds go,” he said. Rather than tearing business away from local restaurants and food businesses, the program is designed to heighten it. Restaurant owners are encouraged to seize the opportunity to expand their own businesses, and the designated locations ensure that trucks and carts will be placed fittingly – a coffee cart would not be placed near a cafe, for example. Girard said she hopes the pilot will push local restaurants to look into trucks as an option, to be “more transient” and step away from their bricks and mortar confines. “I think mobile food services certainly offer a very different experience of the brick and mortar food establishments and it promotes that pedestrian-oriented outdoor experience, which is much more fluid in terms of the movement of people, and it creates that community connectedness that I know people really appreciate,” she said. “After COVID I think that’s what everybody is craving, just the ability to connect and stay connected.”

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Passengers boarding a flight from Vancouver to Auckland, New Zealand, last week had a chance to stumble across a peculiar sight: Rows upon rows of excitable women clad in blue jerseys lining each aisle, their forms merging together to create one, pulsing, sapphire entity.

The ocean-like crowd of 23 was the North Shore Dragon Busters, a boating organization for breast cancer survivors, and the hubbub was the result of uncontrolled excitement for their participation in the International Dragon Boat regatta. The festival, held once every four years by the International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission, sees hundreds of teams from around the world compete. The women that make up the teams, much like the women who comprise the Dragon Busters, are of varying ages, from their 30s to their 70s, have varying backgrounds, careers, interests, life goals – but there is one unifying element that ties them all together: all have battled breast cancer and come out the other side, and they want to show other women that they can too. “The team really is just a great group of ladies,” says 62-year-old Lisa Priebe, one of its 34 members. (Not all of the members, she says, were able to make the trip.) “Being a part of it has been amazing for me, as it has all of the women. Having that one thing in common is so incredibly helpful, we’re all very supportive of each

other and we have a lot of laughs, I don’t know where I would be without them.” Priebe is on the cusp of entering her third year with the group, and her twentieth year since receiving her breast cancer diagnosis. The former Holy Trinity Elementary School secretary had suffered a particularly aggressive form of the disease, for which she had to undergo a double mastectomy, six rounds of chemotherapy, 28 rounds of radiation, and a year of taking targeted therapy treatment Herceptin. For Priebe, and the countless others who have joined The Dragon Busters since it first formed in 2001, dragon boat paddling has become a form of rehabilitation therapy. “Now we are here to help people who are going through it now, and to just assure them that there is life after breast cancer. You can have an active life, you can have fun and you will have people there who can support you,” she says. For those concerned about their lack of skill or sporting prowess, Priebe stresses there “is no pressure to be a super athlete” or even know how to paddle, the team has an “amazing” coach and offers “incredible support” from other members. The only requirements are being a breast cancer survivor, and being able to commit to a season. The upcoming event in New Zealand, to be held for the first time in the southern hemisphere on Cambridge’s Lake Karapiro from April 10, will be Priebe’s first regatta. She has spent the winter alongside her blue-jerseyed comrades paddling False Continued on page 33

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Team fundraising to help New Zealand rebuild following cyclone Continued from page 32 Creek, with their usual Deep Cove training waters closed for the off-season, training every Saturday “no matter rain, shine or snow.” She thinks the team is “in for a good shot” and, judging by their previous efforts, she could be right. Currently the Dragon Busters rank 18th in Canada. During the Ten Years Abreast event, the very first World Championship Dragon Boat Regatta for Breast Cancer Survivors, they earned a silver medal, and at Abreast in Australia in 2007 they placed fourth in the world.

The team has travelled everywhere from Ireland to Italy and have had successes locally too, in regattas like the Concord Pacific, the largest regatta in North America, and races in Victoria, Nanaimo and Penticton. While the team certainly wouldn’t refuse another medal, Priebe stressed that it isn’t the winning that they do it for. This year especially there is another driving force. Following the destruction caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, which crashed into New Zealand’s North Island earlier this year, killing 11 people and displacing at least 10,000 more,

Priebe and the team are hoping to raise money for the still-recovering communities. “As a team we thought we should try and raise some money for the people in New Zealand, and we’re going to invite other teams that are participating in the regatta to get involved,” she said. “There’s usually about 100 to 250 teams from all over the world, so I’m hoping we can get their support and help the country in whatever way we can.” The Dragon Busters are working on setting up an official fundraising page, which Priebe says will stay up long after the group has returned home.

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A little kelp from their friends Seaweed farming dates back at least three centuries, Drews said, and there are other efforts around the world to restore kelp forests. But the field of study is relatively new and there are many gaps in our understanding of which methods will work best. Inside a shed at the Marine Drive lab, scientists have recreated the ideal conditions to produce millions of “baby kelp” and are looking for the most effective ways to have them thrive in their natural habitat. There are a few techniques that have been tried, including “seeding” lines of rope in hopes their offspring will gain purchase on the rocky substrate below. Much of the work being done in West Vancouver involves “green gravel” – “toddler kelp” bonded to pebbles that can be placed by divers. There’s another, still largely secret, technique being experimented on – in which they attempt to “glue” baby kelp to rocks – that is showing great potential. The nursery in the West Van lab has the capacity to produce millions of kelp babies, Drews said, which can be transplanted around the coastal waters of B.C. There is already an underwater plantation on the floor of Burrard Inlet, which they can keep an eye on with an underwater drone. Just last month, the group laid a kilometre of “restoration line” around Prince Rupert. Drews has seen for himself how “urchin barrens,” as they’re now known, can be revived to thriving undersea forests. A recent trial with 100 metres length of green gravel in Rainy Bay off Vancouver Island worked a bit slower than hoped, but the results were impressive, Drews said. “We found a kelp forest. It was three metres tall.… There were sunflower sea stars, there was octopus, there was urchins, there was fish and everything,” he said. “This technique works.” Super-conservation solution Left undisturbed, the benefits kelp offers the ocean and the world above it are manifold and the potential is massive, Drews said. Kelp captures carbon and uses it to grow faster than any other plant on the planet. When the fronds die, some will wash up on the beach and decompose, putting that carbon back into the atmosphere, but much of it drifts down into the deep abysses

of the ocean where the carbon becomes sequestered in the sediment for eternity. “B.C. is blessed in that sense with these deep canyons and deep fjords being relatively close to the coast where the kelp is,” Drews said. A kelp forest is a cradle of biodiversity, creating habitat for keystone species including herring, salmon, sea otters, seals, sea stars and urchins. Kelp also offers a buffer against ocean acidification, which is being driven by climate change. And a healthy kelp forest will attenuate wave action before it arrives on land, which mitigates erosion and damage to coastal infrastructure. “Kelp is this formidable superconservation solution,” Drews said. Part of the research now being done seeks to quantify exactly how much biomass can be created, how much carbon can be sequestered and how much the water’s pH can be moved back toward a healthy level as seaforestation happens. Growth industry At the kelp nursery in West Vancouver, they have a goal of replanting 5,000 hectares of kelp forests in five years, but replanting a hectare here and an acre there isn’t a solution, at least not on a global level. As the research accumulates and breakthroughs are discovered, Drews said the lab’s work can be scaled up to an industrial level and new nurseries can be set up closer to where they are needed around the world. Eventually, Drews foresees individual communities and the private sector launching their own seaforestation initiatives, either out of corporate social responsibility or out of mandates to achieve carbon neutrality. Much of the seed money (pun intended) for the kelp nursery came from TELUS and Vancity. “The roadmap is there. We can make it work. We know what it will look like,” he said. “It’s there where we see that beautiful combination of going to scale with something of planetary significance, and that’s what seaforestation stands for.” The World Kelp Alliance, meanwhile, has a goal of restoring one million acres of undersea forest, an entirely reachable goal if the promise of the West Vancouver lab delivers. “The restoration of ocean health is everybody’s business,” Drews said. Visit nsnews.com to find video of the global kelp restoration work ongoing at the West Vancouver lab.

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In almost four decades of tireless work, Doreen Manuel has rarely stopped to reap the rewards of her own success.

The award-winning Secwepemc/Ktunaxa First Nations filmmaker and Capilano University teacher is not one to rest on her laurels, in fact she seldom acknowledges her own achievements at all – mighty as they are. When Manuel discovered she would be the recipient of Capilano University’s Enduring Award, one of five awards celebrating positive community impact as part of the university’s Alumni Awards of Excellence, she was shocked. Her endeavours may be impressive to other people, she says, but to her it’s simply “all in a day’s work.” “I don’t really think about all the different things I’ve accomplished here, and out in the filmmaking industry, because I just stay busy,” she said. “I keep on doing new things all the time, and I don’t ever really stop to think about what each thing means in the greater

sense. This is nice, it’s forced me to look back on what I’ve achieved, and I suppose it really has been a lot.” For someone who boasts 19 years of experience in the film industry and 37 years of experience in teaching, “a lot” would be putting it mildly. Her film resume is long and impressive: she owns production company Running Wolf Productions, is on the board of directors for Knowledge Network and Moving Images Distribution, and is an instructor and initiator of the Women in Film and Television Vancouver’s Tricksters and Writers screenwriting program. Yet it is her work as an educator at the university that is arguably most notable of all. Since joining the facility in 2005, Manuel has spearheaded several successful programs that champion Indigenous storytelling and reshape the opportunities available to Indigenous communities within the film industry. Through the Indigenous Digital Filmmaking program, Manuel has redesigned an entire school curriculum, one built around traditional Indigenous teaching methods. She says the introduction of Continued on page 36

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Continued from page 35 some of these methods has been so well received, other faculties are looking to implement them. “A lot of people are talking about utilizing the circle form of education, which is one of the simpler pieces involved,” she said, describing a new approach to classroom dynamics which sees students and staff sitting in a circle, facing one another, rather than in front-facing rows. “People will probably wonder what difference it makes, but there are things that happen naturally and values that come out when we gather in a circle, as opposed to the traditional roles in a classroom, that we aren’t even psychologically aware of,” she said.

“If you’re face to face as people, you tend to just naturally, psychologically, feel a responsibility to your behaviour, actions, values and feelings that you’re sharing in that classroom. That’s Indigenous – we always have met in a circle for exactly those reasons.” As a residential school survivor, Manuela says she wants to create learning opportunities for Indigenous students that weren’t available to her when she was younger. Those opportunities begin in the classroom, with her implementation of those traditional and cultural methods, and extend beyond it, with her other programs like her Digital Accelerator, a program she founded which provides further resources like funding and personal mentorship.

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Brittany Barnes, chair of the Capilano University Alumni Association, said Manuel’s work with the university has served as a “pivotal piece” of the reconciliation conversation. “What we really wanted to do with these awards was make sure that we’re honouring and profiling and celebrating alumni who have been doing work to foster relationships with Indigenous communities,” she said. “That is something Doreen has been doing day in and day out with her own work. When we talk about reconciliation, that really means learning histories that we wouldn’t know otherwise, and Doreen brings that to the forefront of the conversation, and under the umbrella of how we treat each other on a basic human rights level,” she said. Manuel, whose father is political leader Grand Chief George Manuel, the founding president of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples who was instrumental in the creation of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, said the knowledge that she is impacting so many students is what keeps her plowing on ahead with her work. “I’ve had students come up to me who I worked with 20 years ago who told me that I have saved their life, because I taught them to appreciate our history, and through that they found their identity,” she said. “The greatest thing that I can do for these students is to be a good role model.” At age 63, Manuel is approaching retirement, yet she says there are no plans to slow down anytime soon. Following the awards ceremony at The Polygon Gallery April 12, she said she’ll be, as always, looking to the road ahead. “I don’t know if people like me actually retire. There are still programs I would like to see developed, I’m still pitching ideas. There is so much need, and where there is need, there needs to be vision.” 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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A smile that light up the room with a kind gentle spirit that touched the hearts of all. Ravi had a passion for wrestling and loved the lights of Vegas. A life taken too soon, a spirit never forgotten, forever in our hearts. Funeral services will be held on April 12 at 1 pm at Riverside Funeral Home, 7410 Hopcott Rd., Delta, BC. Bhog and prayer to follow at Akali Singh Sikh temple on 1890 Skeena St. Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, please donate to a charity of choice.

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MCDOWELL, Patricia Ruth Paine February 26, 2023 95 years a Vancouverite, Patricia (Pat) McDowell died peacefully in West Vancouver. Fiesty and funny until the end, she will be remembered for her kindness, curiosity, creativity, and wit. Pat was born at Vancouver General Hospital and raised on Trafalgar Street in Kitsilano. The Paine family came to "camp" at 466 Hillcrest Street in West Vancouver in the 1930s before the Lions Gate Bridge was completed, and the property remained in family hands for ninety years. Pat attended Magee Secondary School and Point Grey Junior High and worked for B.C. Tel. In 1949 she married William (Bill) McDowell; their marriage lasted 71 years. Pat and Bill first lived on Jefferson Avenue in West Vancouver before building a post and beam house at 466 Hillcrest Street, where they raised their four children, Tom, Rob, Paula, and Mary. Pat’s loving family remains her magnum opus, and we feel fortunate to have had her in our lives.

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DONNELLY, Eva (nee Schmidt) July 28, 1927 - April 2, 2023 Donnelly, Eva, aged 95 years of Bowen Island, British Columbia passed away peacefully at North Shore Hospice on Sunday, April 2, 2023. Eva will be lovingly remembered by her sisters, Margaret (Howarth) and Anna (Chutka) and her nephews and nieces; Bruce (Joanne), Mark, Philip (Debbie), Lorraine, Larry (Ginny), Diane, Talis (Alan) and many other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her husband Tom and her brothers Peter, Frank and Tommy. A life well lived, Eva will be fondly remembered for her unconditional love of her family and her kindness to others and generosity to the many charities she supported over the years. She was a wonderful cook and loved large gatherings of family and friends. She will be profoundly missed by all. The family would like to thank Dr. Blackwood for his compassionate and kind care. There will be a celebration of life at a date to be determined and Eva will be interred at Boal Chapel and Memorial Garden, North Vancouver, B.C., next to her loving husband Tom.

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GOSDEN, John Kincaid August 11, 1939 − October 17, 2022 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of John Gosden at the age of 83. John passed away peacefully with his children by his side. A much−loved husband, father, and grandfather, he is survived by his wife, Julia; daughter Alexandra (Neil); sons Matthew (Sarah) and Stephen (Jenna); and grandchildren Henry, Miles, Penny, Fraser, Fletcher and Teddy. John was born in Sutton, England, to Caizley George Gosden and Janet Kincaid Lang. He and his elder brother Lionel attended Lancing College, where John’s great interests were competitive swimming and playing the clarinet. Upon finishing school, John qualified as a chartered accountant and, in 1965, moved to Vancouver, where he took a position at Griffiths & Griffiths. John was very much a family man and especially enjoyed supporting his children’s musical interests, faithfully attending their numerous piano recitals and choir and band concerts over the years. John had an enjoyable and rewarding career as a chartered accountant, mainly spent at Alberta Distillers Ltd., where he was the company controller. He took early retirement in 1999, which not only allowed him more time to spend on his garden but also on his great passion, music. He played both the clarinet and alto saxophone in several groups, including the West Vancouver Concert Band, the Sea to Sky Wind Ensemble and The Jazz Connexion. Though not a singer himself, John also served as treasurer for the Laudate Singers Society. Please join us to celebrate John’s life at the upcoming Into the Joy of Spring Concert presented by the Sea to Sky Wind Ensemble on Sunday, May 7, 2023, 2:30 pm at the Blueshore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts (Capilano University, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver). Link for Tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/into−the−joy−of− spring−tickets−576721939847. Proceeds from the concert will be donated to the Salvation Army.

McINTOSH, Ian Forbes Ian Forbes McIntosh, aged 85 years, died at Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver on March 20, 2023. Lovingly remembered by his wife Katie McIntosh, his children Deborah (Len), Douglas (Laura), Fiona; his granddaughter Evelyn and four legged friend Razi. Ian was predeceased by his father, Lt.- Col. Forbes McIntosh and his mother, Dorothy Howden McIntosh. Ian spent many years overseas working on hydroelectric projects. He enjoyed exploring and hiking with his wife Katie, being a ‘Fit Fella’ and his volunteer work at Lions Gate Hospital. A celebration of Ian’s life will be held in the Activity Room, West Vancouver Seniors’ Center, 695 21st Street, on Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 1:30 PM. If friends so desire, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Lions Gate Hospital Foundation. “He lived and laughed and loved and left” -James Joyce

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