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Trudeau declares funding boost for Indigenous health at townhall event NICK LABA

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on the North Shore on Friday to announce an increase in federal funding for Indigenous-led health care, and to have direct conversations with First Nations members at a townhall event.

Along with Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, Trudeau visited the Chief Joe Mathias Centre on X̱wemelch’stn (the Capilano 5 Reserve), where he was welcomed by elected councillors from Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and executive staff from B.C.’s First Nations Health Authority and First Nations Health Council. Speaking to a crowd of Indigenous attendees and the media, Trudeau declared the 10-year renewal of the British Columbia Tripartite Framework Agreement on First Nations Health Governance, a legal agreement that transfers the federal government’s role in designing and delivering health programs to First Nations in B.C. to the FNHA. Currently, the federal government reportedly invests around $5 billion in Indigenous health care each year. Through the 2023 budget, Trudeau said the federal government is upping health funding to provinces and territories by $196.1 billion over 10 years, while investing an additional $2

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes questions from the audience during a health-care funding announcement and townhall meeting held at the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation’s) Chief Joe Mathias Centre Friday. NICK LABA / NSN billion over that time through a new Indigenous Health Equity Fund to help ensure access to quality and culturally safe health-care services. Renewal of the B.C. agreement – which sees $8.2 billion going to Indigenous health in the province over 10 years – is

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Educators grapple with brave new world of AI chatbots JANE SEYD

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Whether it’s writing a student’s essay, serving up seemingly authoritative facts on anything under the sun or prompting philosophical questions about the nature of the mind, a technology mostly unknown only months ago is forcing educators to deal with it head on.

Artificial intelligence, or AI, mostly commonly encountered these days in chatbots like ChatGPT, has popped up in many sectors, but few as immediately as education. “It’s certainly a hot topic. Everybody loves talking about it,” said Paul Dangerfield, president of Capilano University. Some local educators, including a number of CapU faculty, see the latest AI developments as another tool for learning – like Google itself or Wikipedia or using calculators in math classes. The university doesn’t have specific policies on use of AI, said Dangerfield, adding so far faculty haven’t felt that necessary. AI might free people from the more tedious parts of research and allow them to concentrate on critical analysis, he said. It might even help researchers to solve pressing social issues, such as those surrounding climate change, he said. At the same time, “How do we make

ChatGPT is the newest AI technology with disruptive potential. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN sure this is not a crutch?” he said. “It’s a conversation happening around North America.” Launched last fall, ChatGPT, developed by the company Open AI, is the first free artificial intelligence bot in wide public circulation. The current AI technology gives computers the ability to understand and respond to human language, to pull answers

from a massive amount of data on the web and to learn and improve over time. New AI prompts range of reactions It’s been reported that ChatGPT has aced law school entrance exams, for instance, as well as composed songs and poems, recommended detailed travel itineraries and debugged computer code.

“The truth is for most of us it’s still a new kind of experience,” said Sean Nosek, deputy superintendent of West Vancouver School District. “It ranges from excitement to fear to confusion and uncertainty. It speaks to the power of this tool.” “It’s forcing all of us in education to be asking some of those deeper questions.” So far, the school district has been encouraging staff and students to begin experimenting with ChatGPT as a tool, said Nosek. “Teachers who have experimented with it that way see tremendous possibilities,” he said. “It is extremely powerful.” At the same time, “It is not 100-per-cent accurate.… I don’t want to suggest we’ve got this fully figured out.” Keith Rispin is a technology and communications teacher at West Vancouver Secondary, who has dabbled in ChatGPT. “I’ve tried it to see if it can write a blog post for me,” said Rispin. But he found the result was disappointingly devoid of any kind of human “voice” that would reflect his own writing style. Rispin said the risk of students using ChatGPT to do their homework for them is a concern. A few teachers he knows are getting around that by not sending work home, he said. Essays, for instance, could be written in class more often, he said. Continued on page 33

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City of North Vancouver signals major shift in zoning plans BRENT RICHTER

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The City of North Vancouver is giving one of its main planning documents a major rewrite, in hopes of making the city a bit more beautiful, functional and healthy.

The city’s zoning bylaw, which dictates technical requirements for things like allowable density, building size, setbacks and site coverage, hasn’t been updated since 1995, and the bulk of its language was written in 1967.

“Over time, our bylaw has become very cumbersome and hard to navigate for almost everyone, and it’s not meeting our current needs,” Renee de St. Croix, manager of long-range and community planning, told council April 3. The intent of the reform isn’t just to modernize the language that’s used in zoning, but the philosophy that underpins it as well. At the time the bylaw was written, city planners encouraged separation of different land uses like residential, commercial and institutional, which

separated people from their daily needs like work, shopping and leisure. That has contributed to traffic by making people more car dependent, while restricting the creation of needed new housing, de St. Croix said. “The new zoning bylaw will support building complete and sustainable communities. This includes really enabling local uses and for people to access their daily needs closer to home. It further will support sustainable city building. In addition, it will Continued on page 33

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Outdoor schools won’t be allowed back to Rice Lake BRENT RICHTER

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Outdoor schools and camps that regularly access Rice Lake are being told by Metro Vancouver they’ll have to find new places to spend the day in nature.

Soaring Eagle Nature School founder Jenna Rudolph said she’s been bringing her classes to the trails around the lake, which is in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve, since 2011 but has recently been told their permit for that area won’t be renewed this September, in accordance with Metro’s new management plan. Although the LSCR is one of North Vancouver’s premier outdoor recreation destinations, it is not designated as a park. It is primarily a land reserve for the region’s water supply. “Ultimately, it feels like they’re putting the kids in our program on a leash and letting dogs and dog walkers go wherever they want,” said Rudolph, whose school offers programming in things like forest ecology, wildlife and survival skills. “It’s really confusing to the kids. They don’t really understand why they can’t go to Rice Lake anymore.” Rudolph said the reason they were given was that Metro staff were seeing degradation of the understory around the lake. Metro has offered to allow Soaring Eagles to continue in other areas including the Clearwell field, but she added it’s often full of off-leash dogs and dog poop. Without regular access to Rice Lake, Soaring Eagles will have to become more “nomadic,” Rudolph said, which will likely mean some longtime families and students leaving the program.

The school has become a “respite” for kids on the autism spectrum and others who aren’t fitting well in regular schools, Rudolph said, adding Metro should view them as an ally. “Because of the education that we provide to the North Shore community, because of the citizen science that we’re doing with the kids, because of the relationship that these kids are building with the natural world, that’s in line with their core values,” she said. “We could be doing a lot of work with them. Rather they just see us a mere permit holder.” Mike Mayers, division manager of watershed operations and protection for Metro, said they want to see permit holders continue to make use of the trails but they have to balance that with environmental protection. “We’re struggling and juggling a 26-percent increase in visitation and we’re seeing a lot of impacts in different parts of the forest,” he said, adding that having large groups of kids going off-trail is a particular issue around Rice Lake. “It’s not too hard to see impact. The vegetation is either devoid or has been trampled. On the soils, there’s no duff layer anymore underneath the tree canopy.” Other groups are also being told they must reduce their numbers and/or move out of environmentally sensitive areas in the LSCR, Mayers added. Mayers said he is planning to meet with Rudolph on Wednesday to discuss a plan that would permit Soaring Eagles to use at least six trails in the area. “We’re just trying to work with all the different users to make it more enjoyable experience for all,” he said.

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Need to get groceries or drop the kids off at school, but your significant other has the car? This is a situation that may cause many young families to ask themselves if they need to buy another vehicle. A newly proposed initiative in the District of North Vancouver could offer another option. At a regular council meeting April 3, Coun. They are Jordan back very much proposed a a second-car two-year pilot program that replacer. would allow COUN. JORDAN BACK residents to borrow electric cargo or utility bikes from the public library system. Council voted unanimously in favour of staff reporting back on the program, which could start as early as this summer. An amendment was added for the motion to be forwarded to the library board. If ultimately approved, card holders

could take out one of a few e-bikes from the North Vancouver District Public Library’s Lynn Valley branch for up to one week at a time. Electric cargo and utility bikes offer benefits including convenience, environmental sustainability and safety, but at $2,000-$10,000 they can be costly, according to Back’s report. His report points to a growing number of bike libraries in the U.S., including one in Madison, Wis. Borrowing a cargo e-bike would allow residents to see how it could fit into their lifestyle, Back said. “They are very much a second-car replacer,” he said. “I’ve found in my own use of an electric cargo bike that it has replaced over 50 per cent of trips that I would have taken a vehicle for.” Back added that repairs could potentially be covered by a bike co-op partnership with the library, but that all the details hadn’t been ironed out yet. Coun. Catherine Pope threw her wholehearted support behind the pilot. “Creating awareness through a program like this is really important to our community in the future – for moving

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hroughout history, humans have proved remarkably adept at embracing new technology. We’ve used technological advances to make our lives easier, to automate and speed up menial tasks and to draw on vast amounts of information beyond our own experience. Many people alive today can’t even remember a time before Google and the internet (when if you wanted to know something, you had to phone a reference librarian). Today, enter AI. Previously the realm of computer geeks and sci-fi writers, in the past six months, artificial intelligence has entered the mainstream. Anyone with an internet connection can now ask the bots to plan their vacation, write their resume or design a logo. AI chatbots are powerful and will likely

disrupt the way we approach many tasks. They also raise questions, from their impact on the workplace to darker scenarios where AI runs amok and becomes unpredictable. More immediately, while chatbots are trained to be very good at producing plausible-sounding answers to questions, some of the information they produce isn’t true. In many cases, it’s also not possible to find out where the fake information came from. In a world where authoritative-sounding answers are just seconds away, how do we determine what’s real and what’s not? And what if fake answers are damaging? Unlike the case with Google or other search engines, with AI there’s no obvious avenue of appeal. The change AI brings to our lives will likely be fast and furious. Hanging on to our own critical thinking skills in the face of these advances will be just as important.

One app controls the lives of millions of sporty families ANDY PREST

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I probably shouldn’t be sharing this information given the damage that could be done with it by hostile governments or various other terrorist cells, but I have identified a piece of infrastructure that is absolutely crucial for the day-to-day existence of a wide swath of the population. Any disruption of this particular service would cause the lives of millions of goal-oriented citizens across Canada and around the world to descend into panicked confusion and chaos. There’d be mass hysteria, jammed phone lines, and many children would be left without snacks. Oh yes, I’m talking about TeamSnap.

What is TeamSnap, you ask? That question itself is ludicrous to the millions of sports families who rely on it to run their lives. Asking those families “what is TeamSnap” is like asking a helicopter “what is a rotor.” It’s absolutely essential, and if it falls apart, things are about to get messy. TeamSnap is a sports team organizing app that was founded in 2009 by a youth lacrosse coach and a rec soccer player who, according to the company, suffered from CSUATWFS (Constantly Showing Up At The Wrong Field Syndrome). They decided there had to be a better way of organizing sports activities than what was happening at the time, which often relied heavily on long email chains or shoddy websites. Back when I was a kid in the 1980s and

’90s, things were even trickier. You got a printed out schedule at the beginning of the season, and God help you if anything changed on the schedule. What did they do? Did the coach tell the kids to change the schedule, and then the kids were just supposed to … remember that and tell their parents? OMG, the ’80s were wild. Things got better with email and online schedules, but it was still pretty messy until TeamSnap came along to put everything – schedules, contact lists, payments, score updates, snacks, Jesse forgot his jacket again – all into one easy-to-use app. As a father and coach with two sportsmad tween/pre-teen boys – that’s prime sportsing age – TeamSnap is making me aware of how crazy our lives have become

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thanks to the non-stop barrage of athletic activities. Each team that they are on – and boy, they are on a lot of them – has its own schedule on TeamSnap. And then, if you really want to get your heart racing, you can click on the “All Team Schedule” to see every event planned for every sport for every athlete or coach in the family. Spring is the worst scheduling nightmare for many Lower Mainland sports families, as the winter seasons of soccer, hockey and basketball try to elbow their way into the annual grind that is youth spring baseball. This past Saturday and Sunday, my boys, between the two of them, had 10 events on the schedule. Ten gigs in two Continued on page 9

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BIG POOCHES MAKE DOG PARKS DANGEROUS FOR LITTLE PUPS Dear Editor:

I really enjoy my North Shore News on Sunday mornings and I would like to make a comment on furry doggy friends. I have a 2.2-kilogram (five pound) teacup poodle named Sophie who loves to run and catch a ball. Unfortunately, there is really no safe place for her because of the larger dogs. When we go to the dog walk behind the Northshore Auto Mall, I have to pick her up from getting hurt. One dog jumped me and nearly knocked me over. The owner just stood there looking stupid. Now Sophie and I play outside the fence. Most of the time, I am in an area where no dogs are allowed. So of course I am always on guard for a rebuke. I just don’t know what to do. Many dog owners just don’t care. Down by the Quay they have a small dogs only area. What a joke that is – a fenced-in area with nothing but gravel. Sophie just stood there, bored. And there’s no place to park. Thank you for listening.

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Panic for parents if app goes down Continued from page 8 days?! Who are they, Trooper?! And on top of all that, three of the events got cancelled by the rain. Through the magic of TeamSnap though, we learned that info instantaneously. I can’t even fathom how those cancellations would have been handled in the ’80s. Did they put it on the radio? Did they light the Beacons of Gondor? Did they, God forbid, have to phone everyone and actually talk to them? Gross. And that’s the beauty, and sheer terror, of TeamSnap. It’s a constant reminder that my life is just a constant sprint from one field to another. But it’s essential for getting us all there on time and with the proper number of Gatorades and granola bars. If something happened to TeamSnap,

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Before she received her heart transplant in 2002, Carrie Jung had been sick for seven years and knew that she was dying.

Walking up a flight of stairs, carrying a bag of groceries, washing her hair in the shower – these had all become progressively harder, the Capilano University professor said. Other activities that used to bring her joy – dancing, rollerblading, skiing – had completely disappeared from her life as her heart condition worsened. Jung and her doctors had tried other medications and procedures in the hopes they would help. But her heart condition worsened. Eventually her cardiologist told her there was nothing further they could do, and she needed to agree to a heart transplant. Making the decision gave her an immense sense of relief, said Jung. “As if finally I had decided to live again.” A little over a year later, in 2002, she got the phone call late at night – a heart had become available for her. On Thursday, April 6, Jung and several other organ donor recipients shared their stories at Capilano University’s North Vancouver campus to raise awareness of organ donation and encourage others to register. The event was held for Green Shirt Day – which typically takes place each year April 7 to commemorate the legacy of Logan Boulet, a young man who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy of April 2018. It also marked a local kick off to Organ Donation Awareness Month.

Capilano University professor Carrie Jung describes her transplant journey during a Green Shirt Day event on April 6. JANE SEYD / NSN In Jung’s case, however, the life-changing surgery was just one part of her journey. 20-year friendship between recipient, donor family After receiving her heart and being able to resume much of the life she’d put on hold, Jung felt compelled to write to the family of her donor to thank them for their gift. That began an extraordinary correspondence between Jung and Marie Doherty, the mother of the 37-year-old man named Darcy whose

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heart she had received. When they began writing to each other, neither woman knew the other’s name. They would write each other with news about their lives, and at special occasions, several times a year, said Jung. At the time, direct correspondence wasn’t allowed by BC Transplant, so all letters were anonymous, and had to go through the transplant agency. She addressed her letters to “my other mom” and signed her letters with a heart. “I kept every one of her letters and she

kept mine,” said Marie Doherty. But in November 2019, BC Transplant expanded the way donor families and adult recipients could contact each other, allowing for face-to-face meetings if both parties agree. For Jung and the Doherty family, including Marie and Darcy’s older brother Daryl, that emotional meeting took place in February 2020. “When we finally met, it was as if we had known each other all our lives already,” said Jung. The Doherty family was also present at CapU April 6 to lend their support to Green Shirt Day. Daryl remembered speaking with his brother Darcy about an organ donor campaign that was running at the time. It was only two months later when out of the blue, Darcy was rushed to hospital in Maple Ridge after suffering a burst brain aneurysm. Meeting Jung and knowing she got a second chance at life has helped them take some meaning from their own loss, said Daryl. Other organ donor families and recipients were also on hand at CapU’s Green Shirt Day. Heart and liver recipients voice gratitude They included 22-year-old heart recipient Naomi Lee, who was a second-year university student and an “average, normal person” when she developed inflammation of the heart after getting sick with the flu two years ago. Within three weeks of getting sick, “I was in heart failure,” she said. A transplant saved her life. Three years later, Lee has been accepted into nursing school. Continued on page 21

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Black bears waking up from winter naps, advocates say

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As the North Shore’s black bears wake up from their long winter’s nap, wildlife advocates are calling for humans to clean up their acts and their yards.

“There’s quite a few (bears) that are awake and wandering around. They seem to vary in age from yearlings to some that have been described as very large,” said Christine Miller, acting executive director of the North Shore Black Bear Society. “The keyword is ‘coexistence’… Just being aware of natural behaviour of the wildlife and how to give them respectful

space and how to not attract them is our dream.” In 2022, there were seven bears killed on the North Shore and in Lions Bay, either by conservation officers or after being struck by drivers on the roads. Miller said bear activity will only pick up in the weeks ahead as mothers with cubs emerge from their dens, adding it’s time now to start taking precautions that reduce the likelihood of them being put into conflict and danger. Attractants around homes are a perennial issue, she said. “We’ve had too many bird feeders available to them. People get excited about feeding birds during the winter, and consequently, don’t

take them down,” she said. Miller said she hasn’t had many reports of bears getting to garbage or compost carts yet this year, but she said now is the time to start freezing our more odorous organics until collection day and ensuring there aren’t any food scraps going into the regular garbage bins. “That’s a huge problem for the bear population because the garbage is picked up later in the day,” she said. The Black Bear Society is also encouraging residents who can’t store their organics bins in a garage or shed to at least find a way to secure them upright with chains or straps to prevent bears from

tipping them over. “Bears break into them when they can tip them over and pry open the lid and then they break the locks,” Miller said. Miller said it is to be expected that bears living on the periphery of an urban area will show up in local yards. A bear resting under a tree isn’t necessarily dangerous, Miller said, but humans shouldn’t be shy to claim their own territory and encourage (from a safe place) the bears to move on. “You can make lots of noise,” she said. Out on the trails though, hikers, dog walkers and mountain bikers should know they are on the bears’

turf and give the animals plenty of space. Off-leash dogs, especially, can be an issue, Miller said. The non-profit advocate group Fur-Bearers is also calling residents to audit their yards to clean attractants like barbecue grills and grease traps, pet food, fruit trees and berries. “When communities work at coexistence, the results are incredible,” said Lesley Fox, executive director. “Keeping wildlife wild by not feeding them, not trying to get closer, and respecting them as individuals is the best thing we can do to keep everyone safe.” For further information visit northshorebears.com.

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Civility and respect were at the centre of discussion in the City of North Vancouver council chambers on Monday evening, as council voiced their support for adopting a code of conduct.

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The province has required all councils to decide on whether or not to adopt a code by May 7. Should they decide against, they must put into writing for the province and the public their reasons why. The city’s written document will set shared expectations for behaviour to ensure council members communicate and behave respectfully among themselves, when dealing with staff, volunteers and the public, or when using city facilities or services. Staff will bring forward recommendations for the bylaw or policy for council’s consideration, which will include definitions of “appropriate and inappropriate behaviour and communication.” It will also provide a clear process, with assigned jobs for both staff and council

members, to address inappropriate communication if it does come about. On Monday evening, the conversation was brief but positive. All councillors championed the introduction of the code of conduct. Coun. Jessica McIlroy touched on how the code wasn’t simply a set of instructions or restrictions, but an opportunity to “encourage ethical and respectful discussion,” and “enable a strong community and organizational culture.” Councillors also framed their decision-making on the issue within the wider context of discussions at other municipal councils, noting how, for some, the process isn’t always quite so rosy. “Everybody deserves, whether you sit at this table or that side of the table, whether you come into chambers as a resident or you are within one of our facilities, to be part of a dialogue that is civil and respectful,” said Mayor Linda Buchanan. “We don’t have to look very far, within Metro Vancouver or British Columbia, to see that there are many councils that are not Continued on page 17

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Continued from page 16 functioning well. That does not serve the community. It doesn’t set a great standard of leadership in my mind.” Buchanan said the code was especially necessary given the “increasingly aggressive” language, behaviour and personal derogatory comments members of council and staff have been receiving, before applauding the team effort council had made in bringing it forward. The comments were echoed by Coun. Tony Valente, who voiced appreciation for council’s ability to work together. “It’s not that way everywhere, and there is a lot of power in us being able to move things forward in this sharing fashion,” he said. “The way we interact with the public works when we treat each other well. We don’t necessarily agree on everything, but we can agree to disagree and be respectful doing that.” Coun. Angela Girard agreed, adding how she was “proud” that the council had brought the motion forward collectively. “I think this in itself certainly speaks to the integrity, the collegiality, and the respect that I believe already exists between us as elected officials,” she said. Coun. Holly Back said she has been part of former councils where such smooth

sailing would have “never happened,” while Coun. Shervin Shahriari, as the newest to join council following his election in 2022, said he had initially been “worried” about joining City of North Vancouver council after seeing councillors butt heads in previous years. “Having watched some past videos from years ago, and also from other councils, I was worried when I got here,” he said. “But I have to say I was pleasantly surprised, and I’m really happy to be on this council. I was welcomed and I feel very comfortable working here, and I think that’s how it should be.” It comes as West Vancouver council continues to deliberate whether to employ a code of conduct of their own. The previous council rejected adopting a similar bylaw in 2021 and, this time around, Mayor Mark Sager has warned that the newest code proposed will likely be met with resistance as well, although the code passed first reading on April 3 with the promise of more debate to come. The final decision on the West Van code is expected to be made during their regular council meeting this coming Monday. 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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UXO team finds two explosives in Blair Rifle Range sweep BRENT RICHTER

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Department of National Defence contractors and Canadian Forces members found and detonated two explosives in their latest sweep of North Vancouver’s Blair Rifle Range Lands.

Today, the land off Mount Seymour Parkway is lined with recreational trails but from the 1930s until the 1960s, it was a military training site. Over February and March, unexploded ordnance (UXO) experts were scouring a two-hectare swath of the lands with metal detectors, which turned up an unexploded three-inch mortal shell, and a fuse used to detonate mortars. In both cases, the UXO team called in Canadian Forces explosives experts to come to the site, plant charges on the items and detonate them safely, with the public kept away. Based on the explosion the detonation produced, project manager Debbie Nicholls said the mortar shell would have been filled with high explosives.

The Department of National Defence has been working to clear all of its legacy sites in Canada, prioritizing those that pose the highest risk to the public first. When they were last at the Blair Rifle Range Lands in 2018, they found about 200 kilograms of mortar shells, practice rounds and grenade components. “In 2018, the immediate dangers to the public were addressed when we cleared UXO from the open areas and the trails that are used by the public,” Nicholls said. “Because of that, the site no longer poses a high risk or immediate urgency to the public.” The UXO team will be sent elsewhere for the summer but return this fall for a more substantial search, attempting to clear another seven hectares over five to seven months, Nicholls said. The likelihood of UXO detonating on its own is extremely unlikely, but it is possible if one is disturbed, so Nicholls said it is imperative that no one dig holes or light fires within the Blair Rifle Range Lands. If a three-inch shell, were to go Continued on page 19

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Small but powerful technology powers North Van company JANE SEYD

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A company in North Vancouver that provides small yet powerful components that help drive many clean technologies is one that Ottawa says will benefit from new tax credits.

Federal Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra stopped by North Vancouver company Accelovant April 12 for a first-hand look at the home-grown technology. The North Vancouver company uses a patented cutting-edge technology to make fibre-optic temperature sensors key to the efficient manufacture of semi-conductor computer chips. Those chips are used in vast array of modern technologies, including green transportation options like e-bikes and electric vehicles. “Last year’s cars have about 30 chips in each one. Electronic vehicles have 3,000 chips per vehicle,” said Accelovant Technologies CEO Michael Goldstein. Chips are key to safe fast-charging of electric

Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra stopped by Accelovant Technologies in North Van April 12 for a hands-on demonstration by company employee Steven Bodo. JANE SEYD / NSN batteries in everything from cell phones to cars, he said. And while the computer chips themselves aren’t new, Accelovant’s technology has been changing the way those chips are manufactured. Temperature is key to the process, said Goldstein. What Accelovant provides is a special type of fibre optic sensor that uses light to detect and control temperature more accurately, and under

extreme conditions. Goldstein said he and co-founder Ondrej Mercl started their company six years ago, sinking his retirement savings into the venture and hiring a group of forward-thinking scientists, engineers, physicists and electronics experts. They spent three years experimenting, without success, said Goldstein. Then in year four, “We hit a breakthrough” that has

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resulted in worldwide commercial patents and exports into a $100 billion global market. Today the North Vancouver company’s products support “the tidal wave” of clean tech activity, said Goldstein, including everything from machines that remove dangerous particles from mining smokestacks to powering data centres around the world. Virtually every chip in the world is made on a machine that uses sensors produced by only two or three companies worldwide, said Goldstein. Accelovant is one of those. “We’re of course the new kid in town and our growth is currently exponential thanks to the work of Canadian technology. We’re the global tech leader. Our sensors are used in situations that no other device can be used,” he said. The growth of electrification is further firing the business. Currently Accelovant employs less than 50 people ranging from technicians to engineers and software and firmware developers.

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All 20,000 units shipped annually are manufactured in the company’s North Vancouver location. It helps that the finished sensors are very small, he adds. Alghabra said he’s excited to see a company like Accelovant succeeding. “There’s a race to build the clean economies of the 21st century,” he said. Tax credits highlighted in the recent federal budget include a 15 per cent tax credit for investments in non-emitting electricity generation systems, like wind, solar, hydro or nuclear systems and a 30 per cent tax credit for investments in new machinery and equipment used in clean technology manufacturing. There are also tax credits for hydrogen technology and for extracting and processing key minerals used in clean technology. Goldstein said getting some help with the cost of items like expensive equipment that goes into his business is welcome. “It’s like putting wood on the fire,” he said.

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Registering as a donor helps Continued from page 13 Joanne Arcado was also just 21 went she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that caused her body to attack her own organs, including her liver. By the time she was 27, “I was dying,” she said. “I had very, very yellow skin, very yellow eyes. I had a very protruding big belly because it was all full of fluid. My other organs were shutting down. And I needed blood transfusions to keep me alive.” As soon as she got her transplant, she was able to do normal activities, like drive again, and within two months was able to travel, she said. Arcado’s best friend Krista Winnig also experienced the other side of the transplant journey, when her sister Madeline became a donor after being killed in a car accident in 2019 at 23. “I think about her all the time,” said Winnig. “I’m so grateful other people have a piece of her. It’s still a little bit astonishing to me.” Some organ donors are even able to donate while they are alive. ‘What would I do?’ Ashley Hiebert was one of those people who made the decision to become a living kidney donor after reading a plea on

Facebook from an old high school friend whose wife needed a match for a kidney. After thinking about it, for Hiebert the key question was “What would I do?” in a similar position, she said. Hiebert wasn’t a match for her high school friend’s wife, but ended up donating through a paired matching system, in which her kidney went to another woman, but her friend’s wife received a different kidney. Hiebert said she’s since met her recipient, the mom of a teenager at the time. Residents urged to register as organ donors According to BC Transplant, the provincial health agency which oversees organ transplants in B.C., there were 465 transplants performed in the province in 2022, including 288 kidney transplants, 101 liver transplants, 54 lung transplants and 25 heart transplants. Those donations came from 159 donors who died, as well as 74 living kidney donors. Only people who die in very specific circumstances – usually in a hospital Intensive Care Unit on a ventilator – can become donors, and then only if they are a match. According to BC Transplant, registering your decision at transplant.bc.ca often makes it easier for family members to honour that decision.

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Conditional sentence for threatening to post stolen identity info JANE SEYD

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A man who used information stolen from a computer hard drive to try to extort a West Vancouver businessman has been sentenced to a 15-month conditional sentence.

Kristopher Frederick Kenneth Joyce, 40, of Vancouver, was sentenced Friday in North Vancouver provincial court following guilty pleas a year ago to nine charges involving impersonation and illegal use of identity documents. Joyce originally faced 14 charges, including extortion. Crown counsel Linda Ostry said the incident began in

March 2020 when a West Vancouver businessman who worked in the financial industry discovered his unlocked vehicle had been broken into and a portable hard drive stolen. The drive contained multiple business and banking documents as well as identity information for both the man and a business partner, as well as their family members, said Ostry. Soon after, the man began receiving notices of attempted online transactions and credit applications made in his name. In the following weeks, the man also began to receive emails from a stranger who said he had the businessman’s computer drive and demanded that he be paid $5,000 in crypto currency. If the victim failed to comply,

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the stranger said he would post all of the information contained on the drive on to the dark web, said Ostry, where it would be made available for criminals to use. Police investigators traced the email to an IP address associated with a physical address in the 300 block of East Hastings Street, said Ostry, which had also been used to file a credit application in another name. The same IP address was also attached to a credit application from Joyce, using his phone number and email. Police later searched Joyce’s apartment under warrant where they found drugs, discarded needles and numerous lost or stolen identity documents including passports, credit cards and drivers’ licences of 14 people. Joyce’s computer and cell phone were also searched. Police confirmed they were used to send the email threats and to apply for credit under other people’s names, said Ostry. Joyce later told police he was a drug dealer, and his customers often paid him with stolen items, which is how he’d come to have the computer hard drive. Joyce told police he committed the crimes because “he was desperate for money to support He was his drug use,” said Ostry. desperate A pre-sentence report pointed for money to to a “serious and longstanding” drug addiction since Joyce was support his 13, she said. drug use. In the past year and a half, CROWN COUNSEL however, he has been attending LINDA OSTRY rehab to kick his addiction. Ostry said while the victim of Joyce’s actions didn’t suffer financially, stress from the incident led to several health issues. Joyce has a lengthy criminal record, said Ostry, although his defence lawyer added it is mostly for “unsophisticated” crime related to his drug use. Judge Nancy Adams said serving his sentence in the community will allow Joyce to continue his rehabilitation. She ordered him to obey a curfew between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. She also ordered Joyce to complete 18 months of probation following his conditional sentence.

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Stormwater – the run-off from impervious urban surfaces like streets, sidewalks, parking lots, driveways, roofs and lawns – carries contaminants that are harmful to creatures that live in or rely on local waterways.

One such habitat in North Vancouver that’s particularly at risk is Wagg Creek, as an outfall pipe empties directly into it near 22nd Street West and Chesterfield Avenue. But a new project to clear out invasive species, while bringing in native plants and structural improvements, is designed to help filter out harmful sediments and promote health in the area for years to come. On Saturday, April 1, members of North Shore Streamkeepers, City of Vancouver staff and around 25 volunteers gathered near the storm drain to install a rain garden, the third North Shore Rain Garden Project demonstration site in the city, following the first garden installed in 2019 near the Capilano Mall parking lot across from MacKay Creek, a significant salmon-bearing stream. Project organizers note the strong relevance of projects like this on the North Shore, where watershed systems of rivers, streams and creeks – many home to salmon and other fish species – are fed by a combination of high levels of rainfall and melting snowpack. These factors contribute to flooding, erosion and damage to salmon habitat, especially as

Chloe Hartley and Carolynne Robertson admire some recently planted sedge grasses along the bank of Wagg Creek near where a storm drain empties into the waterway. NICK LABA / NSN the urban landscape has less surfaces that absorb water. Ongoing industrial and residential spills also harm waterways. Because of these pressures, Wagg Creek has been dominated by invasive species, says North Shore Streamkeepers vice-president Carolynne Robertson. “A year ago, this entire bank was blackberry,” she said, pointing to a slope that had just been cleared and re-planted with native flora like mahonia, salmonberry and sword fern. While invasives gobble up space and sunlight, native species are better at solidifying the soil, creating habitat for primary consumers like caterpillars and catching contaminants in the water itself. Chloe Hartley of the North Shore Rain Continued on page 25

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Rain gardens absorb contaminants Continued from page 24 Garden Project – which is associated with Simon Fraser University – has been a part of the effort since it launched in 2019. “A rain garden is built where there’s a storm drain, and you create a temporary detention pond – you just want to hold the water long enough for the sediment to settle out and the plants to absorb contaminants,” she explained. “They do an amazing job at that. We did some tests at the Capilano rain garden and 90 per cent of copper, lead, zinc, cadmium was intercepted from the parking lot into the rain garden.” A major concern for the Streamkeepers has been the Harry Jerome Neighbourhood Lands project, which flows directly out the Wagg Creek storm drain, Robertson said. The waterway went white with contaminants several times last fall, with one particularly bad spill in October. Robertson said the site has been responsive to their concerns. “They now have 12 storm water tanks, and a whole bunch of other stuff there to infiltrate what’s being pumped out of the ground,” she said. According to a statement from the City of North Vancouver, the Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre construction includes a professionally designed water quality treatment plant and has met all of

requirements of the city’s bylaw relating to site sediment control. “During a period of heavy rains in the fall (October to December) there were cloudy substances reported in Wagg Creek and the HJCRC was one of many sites draining to that catchment,” reads the statement. “Due to the scale of excavation at that time steps were taken to increase the capacity of the water quality treatment plant. “Sadly spills do occur within our waterways and when reported to the city, staff immediately attend and take efforts to contain or mitigate the impacts on the creek and to trace the source of the spill by tracking the contamination upstream through the drainage system.” The city said it continues to monitor the changing site conditions to ensure that only clean water is leaving the site. While bylaws are designed to strengthen water quality requirements for developers, Robertson said that’s not enough. “It’s completely not enough, because we’re in a situation where there’s been so much historical damage to our ecosystems that we need to do above and beyond that,” she said. “It’s critical that green infrastructure, rewilding and claiming some of our natural spaces back is tightly integrated into planning.”

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North Shore players and alumni fighting to save SFU football JORDAN COPP

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The football community across the North Shore was shocked when Simon Fraser University announced the discontinuation of the varsity football program last week, on April 4.

The SFU football program started in 1965 and has a long history of helping athletes develop their skills and advance their careers, including many from the North Shore. The SFU program is more than a team to many of the players and alumni, according to Jay Prepchuk, a former SFU player who became a pillar of the local football community as the longtime head coach at Handsworth Secondary. “Even though we graduated years ago, my dearest friends are my teammates from SFU,” Prepchuk said in a letter he sent to SFU’s president last week. “We share special family moments, personal moments and make a point of getting together on a regular basis. This bond with my football brothers is like no other, we are family forever and this includes the hundreds of other football alumni.” Some of the opportunities the program provides are youth football camps in the

Jay Prepchuk, a pillar of the North Shore football community, is one of the many current and former SFU players stunned by the university’s decision to drop their football program. COURTESY JAY PREPCHUK summer where young athletes receive worldclass coaching, as well as an extraordinarily active alumni association, Prepchuk said. According to Glen Suitor, a Carson Graham graduate and SFU alumni who went on to play in the CFL and has been an analyst for the CFL on TSN for over 25 years, “There hasn’t been a reason presented from the administration to this point, the excuse they

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Timing puts players in difficult position Roper has also coached football at Carson Graham Secondary and said he feels for two students who were planning to play at SFU next year. “Both committed to Simon Fraser, both signed scholarships, both were gearing up to go to school to continue on their athletic and academic careers. Really the devastating part about all of this is not really what [SFU] did, but how they did it,” he said. The timing of the announcement put many players in a difficult situation, said Prepcheck. “It’s going to be difficult for them to transfer because if you’re in your third year of university and you want to transfer to another university, A) they’re not necessarily going to take all of your credits to transfer, and B) they would only take a limited number of courses to transfer,” he said, adding that many aspiring high school students will feel the impact of this decision too. “One of the big challenges right now is that at this time of year, in April, most of the recruiting by the universities has already been done. Most universities have finished their recruiting and they’ve allocated all their scholarships,” said Prepchuk, who runs Continued on page 27

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North Shore shines at B.C. Winter Games JORDAN COPP

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The results are in for the B.C. Winter Games held recently in Vernon, and plenty of North Shore athletes made their appearance on the podium.

North and West Vancouver athletes were a force to be reckoned with at the March 23-26 competition, bringing home more than 20 medals in a wide variety of individual and team events. Skiing, both downhill and cross-country, proved to be a tremendous success for North Shore athletes, earning six gold medals in different events, including Andreas Inkster who won the gold medal in cross-country skiing. Marek Novak and Lucas Gritt of West Vancouver each won two gold medals in different skiing events. Novak was awarded gold in the men’s slalom and men’s giant slalom events, while Gritt made a name for himself in cross-country skiing, earning his gold medals in the individual sprint and in the interval start event. The mixed teams dual slalom event had North Vancouver athletes on all three teams that made it to the podium. Samuel Marshall and his team won the gold medal, while Paget Tua’s team won the silver. The bronze medal team featured Chantal Kim and Maggie Cormack. Valorie Chan won the bronze medal for the female slalom and Deda Elena was awarded the silver medal in the female giant slalom.

Badminton athletes, including West Vancouver double gold medalist Marcus Zhou, receive their team medals at the B.C. Winter Games held last month in Vernon. MARTIN WEILMEIER / B.C. GAMES SOCIETY The women’s ringette team achieved the gold medal, which included North Vancouver players Gracie Philips and Erika Pilkington and West Vancouver’s Madelyne Honcharuk. West Vancouver’s Emily Chan won the gold medal in girls kumite advanced karate, and also received a gold medal with the girls kumite karate team. West Van’s Haumi Tarighatbin and his team also won the silver medal in boys kumite karate. West Vancouver’s Marcus Zhou was a prolific badminton player, winning gold medals in both the mixed doubles and mixed team events, while Nelli Djavaherizadeh and her team won the bronze medal in girls badminton doubles. From North Vancouver, Brydon Harris Irvine was awarded the bronze medal in two biathlon events, the sprint

competition and the pursuit competition. Irvine’s team also won the gold medal in the mixed relay biathlon. In artistic gymnastics, Zoe Buechler of North Vancouver won the bronze medal for her performance in the vault event. The Vancouver Coastal team took the bronze medal in judo team competition, including North Vancouver athletes Sophia Shevchenko, Yegor Shevchenko, and Ivan Zamjitski. Sophia Shevchenko also won the bronze medal in the women’s judo under-63 kilogram category. The B.C. Winter games are held every two years, giving athletes ample time to prepare for their next chance to compete for a position on the podium. Jordan Copp is an intern reporter with the North Shore News. He can be contacted at jordan.copp@hotmail.com.

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Continued from page 26 a popular quarterback development camp and is an avid member of the SFU Football Alumni Society. “One of the things that we’re concerned about is that they didn’t really do anything, the athletic department didn’t do anything, to try to find a new home for this team and these players.” Prepchuk said. The SFU athletic department was unavailable to provide comment to the North Shore News on what is being done to assist student athletes currently in the program. It’s not only the athletes who have to deal with this sudden change. According to Prepchuk, most of the coaching staff are now without a job, including defensive co-ordinator Jerome Erdman. “He’s a full-time coach

up there, now, he’s out of a job. And it’s going to be very difficult for him and the other coaches to go out and find jobs, especially in the football industry.” he said. Suitor describes the SFU football program as one of the most respected programs in North America, and says that this reputation has attracted coaches and support staff from around the country. “I think it’s worth fighting for, that’s why we’re doing it as alumni and that’s why there’s been such an overwhelming tidal wave of support from across Canada, not only athletes or former collegiate athletes but sports fans in general,” he said. Suitor believes that the abrupt announcement was poorly timed, and that options were left unexplored.

“There was no consultation, there was no discussion that the program was in trouble. There was no reaching out to the alumni to see if there was any way that we could assist in finding different conferences to play in,” he said. The SFU Football Alumni Society has started a petition to allow the alumni to run the team and said they will be pursuing legal action against the school. The organization is confident that they can fully fund the program, and they have no shortage of volunteers of past players that are eager to help out. “Right now, we have just under 10,000 signatures, and we’re hoping to have a lot more,” Roper said. Jordan Copp is an intern reporter with the North Shore News. He can be contacted at jordan.copp@hotmail.com.

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John Lennon may have been onto something bigger than psychedelics when he wrote the iconic single Strawberry Fields Forever in 1966.

Strawberries, as it turns out, are a “super-duper food.” Not all strawberries, rather organic and wild ones, especially the sort that ramble across fields and sprawl across sidewalks to trip up unsuspecting runners. I first encountered the extraordinarily resilient wild berry in the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve in 1997. Coastal, or beach strawberries, Fragaria chiloensis (Salish st’i’luqw) grow low near the sea on rocks and sandy dunes. Tiny, dark-red beach strawberries are dense with flavour and complex nutrition, and their fragrance is palpable – an olfactory call to the wild. Salish elders speak of hunting during strawberry season, when animals emerged from the forest to feast near the sea. In our garden, veggie dog Dave roots through living-mulch hedges of alpine strawberry plants, alternating yellow and red, searching for pudding-soft berries the size of baby peas. He chooses the red berries first, mining his way across the rows until all that is left are the yellow. To me, yellow and red berries are equally sweet, but canine instincts discriminate. Perhaps it is the bioactives – those good-for-you phytochemicals found in organic and wild strawberry flesh and seeds – that speak silently to Dave, and to the birds that dart in and out of the low canopy of leathery dark-green leaves. Thanks to peer-reviewed and published research and studies done by universities like Tufts, Harvard and Texas A&M, and by physician authors like Dr. William Li, we are learning the science behind the intuition. We know that bioactive elements found in wild and organic strawberries benefit all of our body’s primary operating, defense and regenerative systems – contributing to a healthy immune system, DNA protection, gut biome balance, cardiovascular health and so much more. It is worth noting that on average, non-organic strawberries imported from the U.S. are considered among the most heavily sprayed crops in North America. According to the EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, strawberries topped the Dirty Dozen list of 46 items included in their analysis. More than 90 per cent of strawberries sampled tested positive for two or more pesticides. The good news is that strawberries are easy to grow

Organic strawberries macerated in honey and cognac, over grilled poundcake with herb flowers. LAURA MARIE NEUBERT at home in our gardens, patio containers, and window boxes. Wild strawberries love to struggle in sunny residence among rocky piles, cracked driveway pavers, and in almost any depression that will hold rich, organic soil. Over time, if left more-or-less to their own, strawberry plants create more soil, as old leaves, dead bugs, bird poop and other organics break down naturally. Over time we have amassed a collection of wild, native and alpine strawberry varieties at various elevations in our gardens. We use them as a living mulch to provide shade and habitat while cooling the soil and reducing evaporation, and also to eliminate weed pressure beneath hedges and fruit trees. A galvanized metal dust bin parked outside the kitchen door houses generations of strawberry plants that require little more of me than a regular supply of spent vegetable-washing water, super-charged with living soil biology. From late spring straight through to December, I rely on our strawberries as garnishes or main attractions in salads, desserts, stews, smoothies, juices and preserves. We graze them daily, without restrictions as we come and go, entertain family and friends, and tend to the gardens. We know intuitively, and now empirically, that our wild and alpine strawberries grown in organic living soil are super-duper good for us. Garden centres are bursting with strawberry plants. Time to get growing. Laura Marie Neubert is a West Vancouver-based urban permaculture designer. Learn more about permaculture by visiting her website upfrontandbeautiful.com, follow her on Instagram @upfrontandbeautiful or email hello@upfrontandbeautiful.com.

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This photo, takenof in men 1908,working shows a at group of South Shipyards Asian men,formed probablya workers the Seymour In 1914, a group the Wallace baseballfor team, simply Lumber “The Company, on the west sideand of Lonsdale Avenue Esplanade. named Wallace Shipyards,” joined the NorthatShore Baseball League. The team The same year photo taken, the first Sikh following gurdwara the in North was built in disbanded afterthis this first was season, but reformed First America World War. Vancouver, however, it is also the same year that the Canadian Government amended its In 1919, led by star players Jack Wyard, Ernie Jolliffe and ace pitcher Art Gourlay, the Immigration Act to prohibit the immigration of persons that did not travel on a continuous “North Nine”and went on to win the tax Vancouver Commercial League and the Senior journeyShore to Canada, imposed a $200 on all Asian immigrants. Championship Pennants. The latter was won in a series against the Vancouver Sun at These discriminatory provisions effectively halted South Asian immigration and, despite legal Athletic which saw the Wallaces handily defeat the Sun 13-2 and 8-2. appeals, Park, existed until 1947.

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You’ve likely seen the striking concrete and glass works of architect James K.M. Cheng that dot Vancouver’s downtown core: the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel, the Shaw Tower, the Nordstrom building and 62-storey Shangri-La skyscraper, to name a few.

But before those iconic projects, the former Arthur Erickson apprentice designed a home in the Delbrook area of North Vancouver. Originally built in 1975, the 3,550 squarefoot “Peninsula House” at 4069 Madeley Rd. was listed on Friday for $3.125 million. Situated on just over a quarter-acre lot Continued on page 31

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Cheng goes on to design Shangri-La Continued from page 30 in a wooded area, the cedar-clad home overlooks district parkland and is bordered by two natural waterways. The interior features natural wood finishings and large windows, and has six bedrooms and four bathrooms. Commissioned by a young family of Hong Kong fashion professionals early in Cheng’s career, the project allowed him to explore the West Coast Modern style while paying tribute to his architectural hero, Louis Kahn, according to the real estate firm that listed the home. “As one of Cheng’s earliest projects, the Peninsula House was a testing ground for design concepts that he would later use when designing the glass towers that have come to shape downtown Vancouver’s skyline and Vancouverism in general,” said Trent Rodney, an agent with the West Coast Modern firm. Cheng viewed houses as an opportunity to explore design ideas that could later be rolled out at a city scale, according to a statement from the listing firm. This house followed that trend, with its two-storey, loftstyle living room: a feature that would later be found in many of the condo towers that Cheng designed in Vancouver. “Cheng’s influence on Vancouver’s

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Tsleil-Waututh Nation completes lengthy Burrard Inlet restoration project MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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A lengthy restoration project carried out by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation to protect Burrard Inlet has come to completion, marking the start of a brighter future for the area’s fish and marine population.

Four years ago, in collaboration with SeaChange Marine Conservation, the Nation embarked on an ambitious plan that included multiple projects, including the restoration of eelgrass, the restoration of native plants along the coastline, and the removal of waste and marine debris from local waters. “We’ve been working on a variety of different things, from restoration projects to habitat mapping,” said Lindsey Ogston, manager for the Nation’s Treaty, Land and Resources Environmental Program. Ogston said the eelgrass beds that lie in front of the Tsleil-Waututh reserve and near Whey-ah-Wichen/Cates Park, while once patchy and sparse, are now flourishing following the planting of more than 4,000 new shoots. “Eelgrass is a really important fish habitat,” she said. “Often it is referred to as a fish nursery, because juvenile fish can hide in the eelgrass away from predators. We, as a community, have seen the habitat rapidly decline and it is now much more limited than it would have been prior to European contact.” The delicate job of planting the eelgrass required dexterous hands, and more than a few volunteers. Luckily helping hands were plentiful across the four-year span, with students from siʔáḿθɘt, a Tsleil-Waututh Nation school that focuses on landbased learning, joining Nation staff, Elders and community members in preparing the donor eelgrass shoots for the divers to transplant. The students, aged between four and 18, also got hands-on experience with the restoration of native plants along the coastline, helping to introduce 800 marine riparian plants to the intertidal strip of trees and bushes at Granite Falls. Without the shade of waterfront trees along the strip of beach, and under the glare of harsh sun, the eggs from the forage fish that frequent the

Tsleil-Waututh Nation youth work alongside Elders at Granite Falls on a Burrard Inlet restoration project. TSLEIL-WAUTUTH NATION area had previously been unlikely to survive. Zarah Martz, siʔáḿθɘt vice principal, said the collaborative opportunities between the youth and the Nation continue to be “some of the most connected and wholesome learning opportunities” for the school. Ogston said the experience is enjoyable for students and workers alike, and educational opportunities are plentiful while providing community-building opportunities as well. “We really, really enjoy collaborating with the students. They are just wonderful to work with and it’s always so nice having the kids out there, because it shakes up the way that you do work, and gives you an opportunity to have more fun,” she said. “But we’re not stuck trying to do the work and reach the end goal here, it’s about the journey along the way, and incorporating community is really important and foundational for that too.” Tsleil-Waututh cultural leader Gabriel George, director of Treaty, Lands and Resources, said the collaborative work in protecting the shoreline, Inlet, and Arm also brings healing to the community. “The work of our children and the work of our land is integrated,” he said. “It’s decolonizing our approach and practices. [Treaty, Lands and Resources and siʔáḿθɘt School] have brought that back together, making the work whole. We need to integrate more, because that’s our [traditional] way. The health of our people is connected to the health of the land and inlet.” Even with the third project, which involved the team removing 36 tonnes of toxic creosote from Indian Arm,

Ogston said she was surprised at the desire to help from other groups and communities. “We had technical support from a variety of different groups, from Vancouver Pile Driving to Seaspan, which donated a large barge to (contain) all the debris free of charge,” she said. “It was really cool being out there. Our team, mostly made up of biologists, using barges and hammers to take the creosote pilings out. It was really a great opportunity for us to learn about ways different projects are done, and to work with groups we don’t usually work with.” Ogston said much of the operation with all three of the projects felt like “a full circle connection” with the community coming together as one to bring about change on the waterfront. As for how people can help with restoration projects at home, Ogston said she hopes to see more locals making an effort to simply better understand the inlet. “I think something that can be very powerful is having people think of Burrard Inlet in a different way,” she said. “I hear of people being surprised that there are fish habitats, kelp and eelgrass in the Burrard Inlet, they just assume it is a working industrial inlet, and there isn’t any natural habitat.” “I think if people outside of the Tsleil-Waututh community started to think about Burrard Inlet as a place with an ecosystem and recovery, they will realize that it is not a place to give up on.” Mina Kerr-Lazenby is the North Shore News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

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Continued from page 4 While AI-detecting software does exist and is in use by some teachers and college professors, Rispin said there’s also AI software that deliberately tries to make AI-generated content look more like it’s been created by a person. Rispin described that as a no-win technological “arms race.” Rispin said he remains hopeful that the technology will be harnessed by students to self-teach themselves in areas of interest – something that’s already happened with previous technological advances.

Society will have to deal with larger AI questions Larger questions surrounding AI like ChatGPT are ones facing all of society, not just educators, he said. Some people, including those involved in developing AI, have publicly worried about what could happen if AI manages to replicate itself and form its own thoughts and opinions with conclusions that don’t put a premium on protecting humans as a species. (Think Skynet in the Terminator movies.) Other problems could result if a “bad actor”

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Continued from page 4 encourage greater housing, diversity and livability through design and regulations.” The overall land uses, as set in the official community plan, will remain as-is until that plan is amended, de St. Croix said, but under the proposed new regulatory regime, the emphasis in the zoning bylaw will shift away from restrictions and become more “form based.” “This is really more about enabling a better design outcome and interactions between the different uses and our streets, and how that all works together,” de St. Croix said. “More uses within a better form. That’s the goal.” Under the current bylaw, each time a change to the existing zoning is requested, it requires a time-consuming process that creates uncertainty for the community, staff and developers. With the proposed changes, the language of the bylaw will lose much of its legalese and become more This is really visual, providing more predictmore about ability for everyone involved, enabling a better de St. Croix said. design outcome Other Canadians cities that and interactions are using form-based zoning, or soon will be, include Laval, between the Ottawa and Edmonton. different uses Before any changes are and our streets, made, staff say it will take about and how that all two years of study, public works together. consultations and refinements before a final vote. CNV PLANNING MANAGER RENEE DE ST. CROIX Council members had questions about the change in regulatory philosophy, but largely expressed excitement for what it would produce. “I like the concept. I think a way of speeding things up will reduce the cost of housing. I just don’t want to see the speeding up done at the at the cost of the community at large being able to provide the input that is important for us as decision makers,” said Coun. Don Bell. Mayor Linda Buchanan expressed confidence the zoning reforms would help the city address the rapidly changing needs it faces. “The world has changed upside down a million times since ’67, and certainly since 2020,” she said.

decides to create AI for malicious purposes, said Rispin. “People who are creating AI are just that, they’re people,” he said – who come with their own biases and make mistakes. Another danger of trusting in the chatbots is AI’s propensity to occasionally produce wildly inaccurate information, (referred to by AI researchers as “hallucinations”) serving it up as authoritative fact. “It thinks I wrote two books,” said Rispin. (He didn’t.) And while that kind of mistake seems benign, “what if it spat out information that wasn’t very kind, wasn’t very positive?”

he mused. “Is ChatGPT making stuff up about me? There’s no way to track the information and how valid it is in many cases.” Rispin said that highlights the necessity of teaching students (and everyone else) the need to use AI responsibly, and check information beyond the chatbot source. “If it is telling you something you cannot prove using conventional means that should not be included in something you’re pushing out to the world,” he said. “We can’t trust it to be completely truthful and factual.”

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Event attendees question prime minister for more than an hour Continued from page 1 well-being in your communities, innovative mental health and wellness care, work to continue to address those social determinants of health and ensuring that as First Nations, you can have access to culturally safe care on your land, and in your language,” he said. “In renewing this deal, we’re also continuing the important work of renewing Canada’s relationship with First Nations and with all Indigenous peoples.” Hajdu called the First Nations Health Authority and Council an inspiration to the rest of the country. “This is a model that can be replicated,” she said. First Nations Health Authority CEO Richard Jock said the provincial funding is foundational to building more elements “to deal with the many health needs that

have been relayed to us over the past 10 years by First Nations individuals, by health directors and by community leaders.” After the opening statements, Trudeau turned to face the audience, and took individual questions from attendees. The first person to speak said she was one of the mothers of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. “I [raised] my only grandson who’s a child of my late daughter on $160 per month from Squamish Nation social services and housing until his graduation. Could you do that?” said Sut’lut Antone, asking if the prime minister would fulfill his promise to meet all 231 calls for justice in the MMIWG report. Trudeau responded that the federal government has co-developed

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over its child welfare system. “We need to make sure that the aunties and grandmothers who are also taking care of kids who may otherwise end up in the system are being properly supported on that,”

he said. While he responded to questions for more than an hour, Clarissa Antone said she would have liked to have heard him speak more directly on health supports for Indigenous Elders. “They don’t have the in-home care anymore,” she said. “So it’s really been a struggle ever since the pandemic came – it’s been a big struggle for our people.” Antone describes herself as a Squamish Indian Band member, and was part of the Trans Mountain pipeline protests in 2014. Earlier on Friday, she met the prime minister during a ceremony with a smaller group on the Squamish reserve. “My question to Justin Trudeau was, ‘Do you drink clean water every day?’ And he said, ‘Yes.’ And I said, ‘So do I. So let’s keep it that way.’”

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ANDREWS, James Mateer July 19, 1949 − April 9, 2023 Jim Andrews, beloved Husband, Father, Papa and Friend, passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2023, at Lions Gate Hospital, with his wife of 45 years by his side. Jim is survived by his wife Kathy; children Iain, Heather and Kelly (Mugdim); grandchildren Michael, Ajla and Arijana; brother Alex (Jo−Anne); and sister−in−law Barbara. He was predeceased by his parents, Catherine and John, and brothers, John and Hugh. To quote Jim: "Donald Duck never wore pants, so why should I?"

At age 83, Bob Bengough passed away while Gail was at his side, on April 3, 2023, in Kelowna, BC. Bob was born in Vancouver, BC, in 1939 to the late Clifford and Ethel Bengough. He was also predeceased by his first wife, Joan; his brother, Gordon; and his beloved dog, Daisy. Those left behind to hold memories of Bob in their hearts include: his loving wife Gail; his son, Rob (Denice); daughter, Tracy (Brian); stepchildren, Lance (Lisa), Darci (Terry), and Brandon (Bryn); as well as his nine grandchildren; and many more extended family members. Bob was a quiet man who loved fishing. His family was his life. We will miss him more than words can say. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Parkinson Canada, www.parkinson.ca. Bob has requested that there be no service. Bob will be remembered individually by family and friends. Condolences, photos, and memories may be sent to the family by visiting his obituary page at www.springfieldfuneralhome.com Springfield Funeral Home • 250-860-7077

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BURKE, Norman E. November 2, 1939 − March 26, 2023 It is with the saddest regret that we say goodbye to Norman Edward Burke of North Vancouver, BC, who passed peacefully in his home on Sunday, March 26th, 2023. He is survived by his wife, Lynne; daughters Cheryl and Kim; son Dean; grandchildren Jordan, Jessica, Joshua and Briana; great−grandchild Audry; nieces Debbie, Donna, Bev and Barb; nephews Todd and Scott; along with many other cousins, great nieces and great− nephews. In addition to his parents, Norman was predeceased by his son Roy, brother Bob, cousin Walley and dear friend Jackie. A beloved father, husband, grandfather, uncle and friend, Norm brought happiness, laughter and joy to all who surrounded him. He was a force of good nature who, despite so many hardships throughout his life, always saw the positive and never stopped living exactly as he wanted. Norm enjoyed spending quality time with his family and friends and travelling the world with his wife, Lynne, with whom he spent the last 37 years. Norm enjoyed every moment − he cherished the wonderful life he was given and the people he shared it with. A unique soul, Norm will be greatly missed.

JUNNILA, Chris February 21, 1972 − April 3, 2023 On April 3rd, 2023, Christopher Robert John Junnila passed away in Gibsons, BC, at 51 years. He peacefully joins his recently deceased father, Wayne, and is predeceased by his sister Michele, stepbrother Michael, and niece Sacha. He is survived by his two children, Gabby and Micheal, his mother Janice, stepfather Gord, stepmother Gail, and siblings Candice, Dan, Beth, and Jon. A scattering of his ashes will be done privately.

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JOSEPH, Byron John Tselkwilem - t - Kama Siyam ‘Baloo’, ‘Brindy’, ‘Papa’, ‘Papa Bear’ Sunrise: April 15, 1953 Sunset: April 2, 2023 It is with great sadness we advise of the passing of our dear elder Chief Byron John Joseph. Byron passed at Vancouver General Hospital, on April 2, 2023 surrounded by family. Byron was born to his late parents Stanley Joseph and Caroline (nee: Trimble) Joseph on April 15, 1953 at St. Paul’s Hospital. He grew up on Eslha7an (Mission IR no. 1), Deep Cove (Burrard), and Georgia, USA. Byron attended Turner Elementary, St. Paul’s Day School, and Carson Graham Secondary School. Byron married his sweetie Brenda on September 24, 1982. They raised their children on Xwemelch’stn (Capilano IR no. 5). Byron’s family shared him with various Indigenous sports, healing, and political organizations for decades. He spent his early working years at the golf course, Capilano RV park, and doing carpentry. His love for helping others and his dedication to his people drew him to successfully run for Squamish Nation Council. He served from 1982 - 2017. 36 years! He was the longest standing member with Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS) board for over 25 years. Byron was a proud Indigenous man and loved to attend Powwows, Spiritual & Cultural Work, Canoe Journey, Longhouse, and especially Slahal games. Byron drew his strength from his ancestors. He was empathetic, kind, loving, intelligent and generous with his teachings. He enjoyed reading, being in nature, beading, meditation, drumming, singing, playing his harmonica, and listening to the blues. He enjoyed playing and coaching: basketball, soccer, softball, and lacrosse. He coached all his kids through their years in lacrosse North Shore Indians and Team BC. Byron will best be remembered for his unwavering positivity, unconditional love, and hearty laugh. He is survived by his loving wife Brenda Joseph (nee: Douglas); children Sandra Lafontaine (Jaret), Kono Douglas (Tracy), Breanna Joseph (Michael), Bianca Cameron (Bronson), Kaiya Williams (Wilson); grandchildren Lillian George, Travis George Jr., Trevor Billy, Kono Douglas Jr., Brendan Douglas (Michelle), Kyoni Mercier (Maverick), Kaikanim Mercier, Nakoa Mercier, Jacob Holmes, Wilaiya Williams, Treleen Williams, Pearl Williams; great grandchildren Tyson Douglas, Kianna Douglas; siblings Deanna George, Vernon Joseph Sr., Caroline Joseph, Barbara Daniel, Soceye Baker; and many loving relatives and dear friends. A service was held at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre on Thursday, April 6, 2023. Online condolences can be found at www.dignitymemorial.caViewing of the Livestream available at: https://funeraweb.tv/en/diffusions/72179

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GRAY, Patricia ‘Pat’ Rose (nee Cole) Sunrise: September 18, 1933 Sunset March 21, 2023

JOE, Joyce Patricia Agnes Sunrise: October 17, 1942 Sunset: April 5, 2023

It is with great sadness we advise the passing of our dear elder Patricia Rose Gray (nee Cole) on March 21, 2023. She was born at St. Paul’s Hospital on September 18, 1933. She grew up in North Vancouver and Richmond, BC. She graduated from Richmond High Secondary School. Pat spent many years working for various airlines like Wardair and Qantas, which gave her many opportunities to visit and live in places all over the world. She travelled with her late father Thomas Cole to Cuba and Hawaii in his later years. She lived in Toronto; Sydney, Australia; and settled back down in Vancouver. At the age of 50 she graduated with her Licensed Practical Nursing degree. She was known for her philanthropy and loved to help wherever she could. Pat was dynamic, hilarious, and was able to keep everyone in line. She also loved her late daughter Debbie; son David; and her cat Marshmallow a.k.a. ‘Cat Stevens.’ She most recently loved attending all the activities at the Squamish Nation Elder’s Centre. Pat’s favourite was Tai Chi for its calm, but structured movements.

It is with great sadness we advise the passing of our dear elder Joyce Patricia Agnes Joe on April 5, 2023. She passed peacefully at North Vancouver hospice surrounded by family. She was born to her late parents Emma and Dennis Lackett Joe on October 17, 1942. Joyce grew up on Eslha7an (Mission IR no. 1.). Joyce attended Kamloops Indian Residential School, and St. Paul’s Residential School. She was a Canoe Puller with the North Van Canoe Club, St. Teresa. She spent her working years as a homecare worker at the Ta-ah lodge, and a Care Home in West Vancouver. She enjoyed walking. You could find her anywhere between the two bridges. She was the ultimate community member. She attended all the events and cleaned around the neighbourhood on her way home. She was a devout Christian and went to church every Sunday, unless there was a Canucks game. She was a local team’s loyal fan, she enjoyed watching the BC Lions and was a diehard Canucks fan, she would even skip her own birthday celebrations to watch the game. Joyce really enjoyed travelling, some of her favourite places she visited were Hawaii, Alaska, and Rome! Her garden had beautiful flowers. She enjoyed doing puzzles and wordsearches. Her grey tabby Poppy was the light of her life. Joyce will best be known for her great sense of humour and being a great aunty. Joyce is survived by her sister Margaret ‘Rhonda’ Beber; special sister Gloria Wilson; and many loving nieces, nephews, relatives, and dear friends.

Patricia is survived by her son David Gray; niece Janine Harris; and many loving relatives and dear friends from West Vancouver and worldwide. As per Pat’s final wishes, a private family service was held at Glenhaven Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

A Service was held at St. Paul’s Catholic Church on April 12, 2023. Online condolences can be found at www.dignitymemorial.ca

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WATSON, Donald M. July 2, 1930 − April 10, 2023 With great sadness, we announce the passing of Donald Murray Watson. Don peacefully passed away while at Lions Gate Hospital at the age of 92. Don is survived by his loving wife, Betty, of almost 70 years of marriage; children, Don (Annie), Mike (Marg), and Linda; grandchildren Robert, Laura, Melissa, Nicole and Lindsay; and extended family. He was born and grew up in New Westminster. Don’s working career was with British American Oil and Gulf Oil, and he retired from Petro−Canada. Don and Betty built their life together in North Vancouver, where they raised their three children. He was dedicated to family and was always supportive of the activities of his sons, daughter, and grandchildren. He was a Cub leader and managed his son’s soccer teams. He will be sadly missed by family and friends.

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