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Crews have now largely extinguished a fast-moving wildfire that burnt up more than a hectare of brush and forest above Horseshoe Bay, Monday.

West Vancouver Fire & Rescue has been leading a multi-agency response since the fire was first reported around 1 p.m. when smoke was spotted coming from the slope above a Highway 99 rest area and viewpoint.

“Over the night, we didn’t have any wind, which is great, so the fire has been held,” said West Vancouver Fire & Rescue Chief Dave Clark on Tuesday morning. “There’s the odd spot fire but very easily manageable. We’re not losing any more landscape… which is awesome.”

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A BC Wildfire airtanker drops a load of fire retardant on a West Vancouver fire near Horseshoe Bay on Monday. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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A grand old school celebrates a century of education JANE SEYD

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She stands at the corner of Jefferson and 22nd Street, tall and a little stern, her red brick façade and stone steps heavy with the weight of 100 years of history.

Throughout that time, Ecole Pauline Johnson – the school known as PJ to many of its former students – has been more than a physical presence. Scout troops have met in the school, and what became the West Vancouver Youth Band was founded there in 1930.

Gertrude Lawson, the daughter of community pioneer John Lawson, was one of her early teachers.

Her enrolment has ebbed and flowed over the decades. The school has also had some close calls, including a two-year closure in the mid 1980s when falling enrolment and budget cutbacks shuttered her doors and there was talk of letting the local arts council take over the building.

But the school has been resilient. Some of West Vancouver’s prominent citizens – including former West Vancouver schools superintendent Geoff Jopson and former mayor and MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones – have been among her students.

Tara Zielinski, principal of Ecole Pauline Johnson in West Vancouver, stands outside the school, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN In the case of some West Vancouver kids, “the front steps they sit on are exactly the same front steps their mothers and grandmothers sat on,” said Peter Miller, past president of the North Shore Heritage Preservation Society.

School opened in 1923 Pauline Johnson isn’t the oldest school in West Vancouver – Hollyburn Elementary, the first purpose-built school in West Van was established 10 years earlier.

(Before that, classes were held on John Lawson’s property, and from

a nearby church.)

But West Van was growing, and enrolment pressures there soon led to the need for another school.

Early concerns about school overcrowding balanced against high construction costs

apparently weren’t so different in the 1920s than they are today, according to archival papers.

Originally approved as a tworoom school on the current site, school trustees were soon voting to request additional money from the province that would allow them to build a slightly bigger school. The first bids on construction came in over budget.

A temporary three-room one-storey building first opened on the site in 1921, followed almost immediately by the addition of five more classrooms and a second storey in 1923, designed by local architect Hugh Hodgson.

A newspaper article of the day noted the cost to build the school had been roughly $50,000.

By 1928, school trustees were grappling with enrolment in West Vancouver schools that was increasing at 15 per cent a year.

Other additions followed.

At the time it was built the school would have been one of the largest – and certainly most imposing – buildings in the neighbourhood, said Miller.

The brick façade and solemn architecture carried a message, he added. “Education is important.

Education is respected.”

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Police strike suspect with vehicle after ‘exchange of gunfire’ BRENT RICHTER

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West Vancouver police say a suspect is in hospital after an “exchange of gunfire” with officers early Monday morning.

According to a release issued by the West Vancouver Police Department, officers were called to the westbound Highway 1 off-ramp at 15th Street just before 3 a.m. after receiving a complaint about an impaired driver.

“During the interaction with the male, there was an exchange of gunfire and the male was struck by a police vehicle. The male was transported to hospital for treatment. The extent of his injuries have yet to be determined,” the release stated.

The province’s Independent Investigations Office has now been called in to review the incident. The IIO is called in whenever a person faces serious harm or death in an

interaction with police, regardless of whether there are allegations of wrongdoing, to determine what role, if any, police actions or inactions played.

The IIO issued their own release just before noon on Monday. In it, they state the suspect is “in serious condition.”

Because of the IIO investigation, West Vancouver police will not be releasing further information about the incident, the release states.

Police remain on the scene off Highway 1 in West Van after an impaired driving complaint ended in “an exchange of gunfire,” early Monday morning. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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The total cost for a project to install a multi-use building beside Fen Burdett Stadium in Mahon Park has ballooned past its initial budget, and the municipality is covering the overage.

City of North Vancouver council voted unanimously on Monday to approve an additional $1.4 million for the project, bringing the municipality’s total contribution to $6.7 million. The plan kicked off after getting a $2.7-million grant from ChildCareBC in 2021. North Vancouver Sports Council is also providing $125,000.

Once completed, the two-level building will include a 4,900-square-foot childcare centre (with 25 spaces for three- to fiveyear-olds and 12 spaces for infants and toddlers), universally accessible washrooms and change rooms, as well as an outdoor pavilion.

The current version of the plan has expanded beyond its first iteration. At the direction of council, the change rooms were added to the scope in May 2022, and additional city funding was secured to cover the cost. In August 2022 and May of this year, staff applied for and received more funds from ChildCareBC for the childcare centre, allowing the project to advance to the phase of getting a formal cost estimate.

After a detailed review, the total estimated cost is $9.5 million, a $1.4-million

shortfall from the $8.1 million that was already secured.

The new structure will replace an existing fieldhouse that has been deemed end of life. According to a staff report, the existing washrooms are well used but don’t meet current universal design standards for accessibility and inclusiveness.

“The new public washrooms consist of six individual, gender neutral toilet compartments each with their own sink,” reads the report. Two of the washrooms are universally accessible. All of the washrooms will be operational year-round to support use of the adjacent park.

The budget also provisions for temporary washrooms during construction.

At the council meeting, Coun. Tony Valente questioned whether decisions like this, before the tender phase, should happen in public.

“I recognize the balance we try to strike between transparency, but also balancing the fact that we’re gonna go for a tender, and it’s all in the public now,” he said.

Mayor Linda Buchanan said she took Valente’s points to heart.

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In the ongoing saga of a provocative demonstrator group occupying overpasses in North Vancouver, only one person has been arrested – and it wasn’t one of the demonstrators.

On June 15, North Vancouver RCMP arrested a man who cut a demonstrator’s sign off the Keith Road/Seymour Parkway overpass, which then fell to the side of the highway below, narrowly avoiding the passing traffic.

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Fire escape

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fter a massive effort by local, regional and provincial crews, a wildfire burning between Horseshoe Bay and Whyte Lake is now mostly out.

We are tremendously grateful for the hard work and expertise of the firefighters and pilots who brought this to a quick end.

Climate change means forest fires on the North Shore are becoming a yearly occurrence.

They’re coming earlier, staying later, spreading faster and are getting more difficult to put out.

We’ve escaped major damage through every recent fire season, but it feels like our luck is rapidly running out.

There’s no question that the Horseshoe Bay fire was a human-caused

blaze. This time of year, almost all of them are. Flicking a lit cigarette or any other smoking material, or lighting a campfire where one is prohibited should be as unthinkable and stigmatized as drunk driving.

But even if we can bring about a cultural shift in preventing fires like Smokey Bear would want, we can never reduce the risk to zero.

Already 75,000 square kilometres of Canada has been burned in fires this year – a new record, and it’s not even July.

These smoke signals portend much worse things to come.

Enacting policies that bring our country and communities to net-zero carbon emissions should be done every bit as urgently as dousing the flames above Horseshoe Bay.

Connor Bedard has exceeded ‘exceptional’ expectations ANDY PREST

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The Lynn Valley neighbours heard from Connor Bedard first.

Long before he was talk of the hockey world as a super skilled teenager with penchant for scoring huge goals, he was making a lot of noise in his own backyard. Like, a LOT of noise.

Thwack. Thwack. Thwack.

That was young Bedard firing pucks into the net off his little shooting pad, hour after hour, day after day, year after year.

Soon it wasn’t just the neighbours on notice. Even before he was a teenager, word started to spread of a kid with immense talent, always playing against older players and always excelling.

I’ve covered sports for many years for the North Shore News and we’ve always been wary of blowing up young athletes too soon, of putting too much pressure on someone who still has years of growing to do, physically and mentally.

For every Lebron James who has a legendary career after being called “The Chosen One” on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a high school student, there are thousands of other athletes who were once labelled as can’t-miss prospects who never reached those lofty expectation.

But by the age of 14, Bedard was demanding our attention. In 2020 he became the first ever player to earn exceptional player status in the Western Hockey League, making him eligible to enter the

league a year early as a 15-year-old. He was only the seventh player ever to earn the status across the Canadian Hockey League, joining the likes of John Tavares, Aaron Ekblad, Connor McDavid, Sean Day, Joseph Valeno and Shane Wright. That list itself proves the volatility of bestowing a 14-yearold with the label “exceptional.” Connor McDavid is widely regarded as the greatest player in the world right now, while others on the list are still fighting to make it as NHL players.

But Bedard has lived up to the word exceptional in every possible way. His first season with the Regina Pats earned him the WHL Rookie of the Year award, and his last season ended with him becoming the first player ever to win the CHL Player of the

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Year, Top Scorer and Top Prospect awards in the same season.

He did it for Team Canada too, winning two World Juniors Championships in style.

In the 2023 event, which wrapper up in January, Bedard was named the tournament’s top forward, a tournament all-star and the tournament’s MVP. He finished with nine goals, 13 assists and 23 points for the tournament, setting new Canadian records for points and assists in a single world juniors. Just last week he earned another honour, becoming the inaugural winner of the IIHF Male Player of the Year award.

Exceptional, from start to finish. And given his path to get to this point, there’s every reason to believe he’ll continue to Continued on page 9

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MAILBOX MEDICAL AND HOUSING TROUBLES A DOUBLE BLOW FOR SENIORS

Dear Editor:

There are big problems with our medical system, as well as getting into a home for seniors. We have a medical crisis here. I have an aging parent who is not well, and I know I am not the only one. Her doctor only works two days a week. To get an appointment we have to book 35 days out. How can one wait over a month when they are ill?

In this particular instance we took her to an urgent care clinic and the episode took 6.5 hours. The outcome was to call my doctor first thing the next morning, we were then back to square one with a wait of 35 days.

She may be dead by then!

The receptionist bent the rules and scheduled a phone conversation with the doctor in one week. We have tried registering with another doctor who is accepting patients, but they too only work two days a week and will not take patients who already have a doctor.

I believe part of the problem is that government funding does not make the profession of being a doctor desirable. Finding a doctor is nearly impossible. I always thought

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the U.S. medical system to be crazy but now I am thinking it is no worse than our system.

I know there are many other people looking for doctors who can’t find one.

The next problem is finding assisted living and long-term care for our aging population. Unless you have money you could be waiting years to get into a home. We obviously do not have enough homes here on the North Shore.

We were fortunate to find my parents a home via the private route, as they would have had no chance going the public route.

What’s more, going the public route is rather scary. When we first started looking for a home we were told you would be on a waiting list, which could take a couple of years.

The next issue is if the home is assisted living and does not have a long-term facility, you would be moved to where one became available. We were told if our parent was in assisted living in North Vancouver they could be placed as far away as Surrey or Langley for long-term care.

It has been said we have a housing crisis and this is no different for the elderly. Our medical system is in disarray. Time for big change is now.

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NHL draft is tonight in Nashville Continued from page 8 shine. The stories of his singular obsession with hockey are now legendary. There were the omnipresent mini sticks for endless indoor games. There was the one vacation trip to Hawaii that he was ready to skip until his parents agreed to let him bring rollerblades and hockey sticks along, making for some confused locals staring at the Canadian kid working on his stickhandling by the beach. There was the broken right wrist the kept him out of the game, but didn’t keep him away from the game – he spent the next two months firing shots with his left hand, adding a new layer to his already sublime skills.

But more than that, those who know Bedard know that his strength is built on his supportive, grounded family, who did their best to give him an ordinary life in extraordinary circumstances. His father Tom worked the dangerous life of a logger and would rush home to get Connor to hockey or older sister Madisen to gymnastics. Mother Melanie uprooted her life and moved all the way to Regina with Connor to make sure he was comfortable in a new city

two provinces away from home. Madisen, too, took a turn caring for Connor, going with him to Sweden when COVID-19 shut down play in Canada.

Today, Connor Bedard’s name will no doubt be called first overall in the 2023 NHL entry draft, the pick belonging to Chicago.

Will he continue to be exceptional when he makes the jump to the big league?

Ask the Lynn Valley neighbours and they’ll tell you what they’ve heard these past few months, after the season ended for the Pats and the draft approached. Amidst all the appearances on TSN and Hockey Night in Canada, the draft combine and the prospect shows, they’ve heard one thing that told them that Bedard was still on a mission to get better every day.

Thwack. Thwack. Thwack.

He was home, and he was shooting.

Hour after hour, day after day.

Can’t-miss kid? No need for that label.

He might miss a time or two, but we all know now, the kid will never stop shooting.

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

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Fast-moving blaze prompts major response from fire crews Continued from page 1 When they first learned how fast the fire was spreading, Clark said he feared for a much worse outcome.

“I was anticipating this was going to be a big black line going all the way up to the Cypress lodge,” he said.

With no lightning in recent days, Clark said they are confident the fire was human caused. Sometime this week, a fire investigator will try to find the exact source but Clark cautioned they may never know for sure.

“Because of the proximity to the (rest area), the speculation is that it was possibly a cigarette butt or something like that,” he said. “Because of the intensity of the fire and the size, it can be kind of difficult to

find out specifically what it was.”

The case underscores the need for greater vigilance in keeping any combustible materials out of dry forested areas, Clark said, and the importance of calling 911 as soon as anyone spots smoke.

In August of 2018, a three-hectare swath of forest around Whyte Lake burned in a fire that was determined to have been caused by embers left in a makeshift oven belonging to someone living in the bush.

Early Tuesday, the southbound lane was reopened but the northbound lane remained closed while the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure sent a geotechnical engineer to assess the site. A BC Wildfire expert was also brought in to cut down hazardous trees.

“That slope where the fire ripped the trees out is a little precarious so we’re concerned about rocks falling on the highway, of course,” Clark said.

West Vancouver owes a debt of gratitude to all the outside agencies who pitched in to help, Clark added. “They were amazing and that made the difference,” he said.

The current wildfire risk is listed as “moderate,” although continued warm and dry conditions will likely see that elevated to “high” by the weekend, according to the latest forecast.

“We have had some rain but we’re not to that same spot that we would have been last year, where things were still quite lush and green. Things are starting to die really, really early this year,” Clark said.

West Vancouver Fire & Rescue members attempt to extinguish a wildfire burning off the Sea to Sky Highway between Horseshoe Bay and Whyte Lake Monday. PAT BELL

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went about it pretty good.”

Just recently, he picked up some high school kids on his 253 Caulfeild route around noon. The bell started ringing at every stop, but no one was getting off.

“I just said, ‘Hey everybody, can I have your attention? There seems to be a problem with my buzzer. I’m now going to go express to Park Royal. If you do want off, come see me. Thank you.’”

Suddenly, the bell stopped ringing. “It’s the poker game,” Bird said.

At the end of the day, keeping his passengers happy is what he loves most about the job.

“You learn pretty quick to be friendly, because you need 40 friends on your bus,” Bird said. “I’ve always enjoyed that side of it, because when you’ve got 40 smiling faces, how much easier is it to get to the end of the line safely?”‘

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While bus driver Robert Bird enjoys playing the poker game of life, he doesn’t gamble when it comes to the safety of his passengers.

“Watch that speed and match it with the conditions of the road. Stay away from clusters – just hang back so you’re more visible,” he said. “It’s not a race.”

After a nearly 35-year career in transit operation – including a 28-year tenure with West Vancouver’s Blue Bus service – Bird is this year’s sole Canadian winner of the Joseph M. Kaplan Safe Driver of the Year Award, which is handed out by the U.S.based National Safety Council.

In order to be considered, nominees must meet the minimum requirement of 15 years or 250,000 miles (402,000 kilometres) driven without a preventable accident. Then the candidates are judged on their total career driving record before a top driver from each of 10 regions is selected.

“Robert is a great driver and he really deserves this international recognition as one of the safest drivers on the continent,” said Cornel Neagu, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 134, which represents 150 staff at Blue Bus. “All of Robert’s fellow drivers and mechanics want to congratulate him on winning this very impressive award,” Neagu said. “We are all extremely proud of his sterling safety record.”

Bird says the foundations for his good habits were developed when he started driving streetcars in downtown Toronto in 1989.

“My whole career [was] aided in driving safely by that stopping distance,” he said.

Robert Bird, a West Vancouver Blue Bus driver for 28 years, has been named Canada’s safest bus driver of the year by the U.S.-based National Safety Council. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN “It sounds rudimentary, but for me it was always a biggie.”

Managing people a large part of safe operation, driver says But there’s more to safe operation of a transit vehicle than driving skills. Much of Bird’s ability to get from A to B in good order is managing the passengers onboard.

Luckily, he has a system.

“I basically run a casino at my house.

I’ve got a pool table and host a poker game once a month,” he said. “So I enjoy the poker game of life.”

According to Bird, there are eight

personalities: the eagle, the elephant, the fox, the fish, the lion, the mouse, the rock and the shark. The most important part of the game is figuring out what people are.

Rocks, for example, will sit there and mind their own business. But you have to watch out for lions, the bullies of the world.

“I play poker all day long with people,” he said. “You treat Mrs. Smith going to church on a Sunday different than you do the drunk on a Saturday night.”

Bird will employ “verbal judo” to get himself out of jams. “And they don’t even know that they’ve been disciplined or talked to or said hello to in a different way, because I just

‘It’s more than just me’ To accept his Safe Driver of the Year Award, Bird will travel to New Orleans with his wife Joy in October for a big gala event.

Both his union and the Blue Bus social club are chipping in $1,000 each toward the trip.

He gives his thanks to his wife, who helps start his days off smoothly with a coffee and nice lunch ready every morning, and to his fellow staff, trainers, mechanics, fellow operators and the union.

“It’s more than just me. The mechanics have to have that bus running tickety boo for you. And dispatchers have to have you scheduled to get a layover at the end of the line, so you can take off on your next trip safely,” Bird said.

“It takes a village.”

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Police say messages don’t meet criminal threshold for hate speech

Continued from page 7 trickling westbound toward the funnel of vehicles trying to leave the North Shore via the Second Narrows bridge.

Also akin to previous weeks, they waved signs that accuse educators of “grooming” children by teaching them about sex and gender in classrooms – specifically the SOGI 123 programming available in B.C. schools – and banners that deny the existence of transgender children altogether.

And again, keeping with previous demonstrations, police haven’t enforced the injunction, while maintaining that the groups messaging, while hateful, doesn’t meet the criminal threshold for hate speech.

Amid increasing calls from municipal officials, The Ministry of Transportation and the community for law enforcement to act on the court order, North Vancouver RCMP issued a statement June 21.

“The greater public has responded to these protests over the past few weeks, both in person and online, to make clear the fact that they do not align with the values of the community as a whole,” reads the statement. “North Vancouver RCMP shares the community’s concerns.”

But the statement underscored the Charter rights of the demonstrators.

“If we enforce the injunction, we have to make sure

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that doing so will not infringe on the Charter rights of any individual,” said Insp. Jayson Lucash, officer in charge of the detachment.

When it comes to the court order, the statement noted that North Vancouver RCMP continue to “assess” the injunction and are seeking further clarification from the Ministry of Transportation.

In response to the statement, the ministry said, “We continue to ask police to act on the injunction to provide for the safety of the travelling public.”

“This injunction order remains in effect. The ministry continues to monitor the situation and will need to review further actions,” the ministry told the North Shore News by email.

Protests a ‘co-ordinated, far-right attempt to scare people into hate,’ activist says The lack of police enforcement also came up in District of North Vancouver council June 19.

At the meeting, pro-2SLGBTQIA+ activist Steph Wilson said they have failed to enforce an injunction for over a month.

“I have observed rally participants stand in vehicle lanes, hold signs over railings and into overpass traffic, engage with drivers by yelling into open vehicle windows and engage with cyclists and pedestrians on both levels. This is unsafe and unacceptable,” she said.

“But what is most harmful is the hate that queer and trans residents are forced to endure every Thursday.

There is no pornography in school libraries. Teaching kids that queer and trans people exist doesn’t magically turn them gay,” Wilson continued.

“What we are seeing is disinformation employed in a coordinated, far-right attempt to scare people into hate, scaring people into supporting the erosion of 2SLGBTQIA+ rights. This is discrimination against queer and trans people,” she said.

Speaking to the News, Wilson said it’s not the police’s job to analyze court orders.

“It’s ridiculous that the RCMP thinks that they have a role in determining Charter rights for one group and not the other, because LGBTQ-plus folks are the ones who are losing their human rights over this,” she said.

Mayor Mike Little said Wilson could count on council as allies.

“This is not okay. It’s not acceptable in our community…. We have been in constant communication with the Ministry of Transportation to try to address how they can improve their response,” he said, adding that the injunction should extend to all North Shore bridges.

But Coun. Catherine Pope said more needs to be done. “It’s not good enough to just speak internally or to the ministry – we need to show leadership on this,” she said.

Despite receiving widespread condemnation for their hateful rhetoric, members of the group have denied their message isn’t one of hate. As they prepared to gather on their favoured strip of concrete on Thursday afternoon, Premier David Eby said he wished they would “go home.”

“The content of the protest, obviously, it’s quite hateful. It’s really, in my opinion, seeking to divide British Columbia and to foment division and hatred in our province,” Eby said at an unrelated news conference.

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CNV approves apartment building with childcare centre NICK LABA

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A new 13-storey apartment building is coming to Central Lonsdale that will add needed childcare spaces to the area – but not too many.

At a meeting June 19, City of North Vancouver council unanimously approved a proposal to build the mid-rise tower at 1536-1550 Eastern Ave. Members of council expressed general support for the project, while voicing concerns about relocating existing tenants A concept drawing shows the proposed building from an on the property. The projelevated view of Eastern Avenue. CNV / RAFII ARCHITECTS ect was passed without a public hearing.

A similar plan from Rafii Architects was have to keep up to speed with transportarejected last year because it included a tion needs. childcare centre with 129 spaces, which “It’s not really this project’s problem, council deemed too numerous for the but I think it is our municipal issue to residential area. The approved project will address. What’s our plan for a proper have a facility on the ground floor with network in Central Lonsdale if we have 81 childcare spaces, and two mid-market so much growth going on there?” Valente residential units earmarked for childcare asked. “Future buildings that come up are staff. going to really be rewarded for integrating In all, the project will accommodate active transportation into their designs.

118 rental units – 13 of them will be mid-market. Current tenants who live in Tenant relocation ‘critical,’ mayor says one of the low-rise 1960s apartments that Regarding existing tenants on the propwill be demolished for the new tower will erty, only eight of 34 have been relocated, have first right of refusal for the mid-marstaff said. The ones remaining are waiting for a demolition permit to be issued. ket units.

Given the tight housing market in the A total of 93 parking spaces are city, Mayor Linda Buchanan said tenant included in the build: 71 for residents relocation is critical. (including four accessibility spaces), “As much as possible, if those tenants 13 visitor spaces, nine daycare spaces can be relocated in the city, I think I can (including one disability space). There will be 183 secure bike parking spaces and speak on behalf of council and say that’s where we want them to be,” she said. “If 12 short-term bike spaces for residents, two short-term for the childcare centre, as they’re not reaching out to the relocation co-ordinator I would like some proactive well as 15 shared e-bike spaces. work in terms of where those residents Coun. Tony Valente said he liked that are at, what they need and how can you the new proposal will add more housing, support them under our policy.” as well as childcare to the area.

Buchanan also stressed that council “It’s obviously critical for us meeting expects many people who will access the our childcare strategy goals,” he said, childcare centre wouldn’t need to drive noting improvements to the pedestrian there. environment.

“Our expectation is that people are “We’ve got more eyes on the street with some of the laneway being improved, going to use this childcare who hopefully live in close proximity if not in this buildwith the sidewalks that will be going in,” Valente said. ing, and therefore will come in more active But with such heavy development in ways so that we can actually reduce the Central Lonsdale, he said the city will traffic impact,” she said.

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North Van experts warned about dangers of submersible Rush, “We’re not going to be a part of it.”

This week, it was revealed that the warnings from the Canadian submersible experts, among the pioneers of submersible diving craft, were among many that had been issued by leading experts with similar concerns in recent years.

“Multiple times people from our industry had asked them to do proper testing,” said Heaton.

“They refused. Their own employees asked them not to do this.”

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Years before the Titan submersible made its doomed final journey to the wreck of the Titanic, diving experts at North Vancouver’s Nuytco Research warned OceanGate founder Stockton Rush his experimental submersible plans weren’t safe and told him not to proceed.

Rush, the CEO of the company which made the experimental sub and one of the five people who died in it this week when it imploded underwater, met with Nuytco founder Phil Nuytten and chief submersible pilot Jeff Heaton many years before this week’s expedition ended tragically, said Heaton.

“We had meetings with Stockton here at our shop in North Van many years ago,” said Heaton.

While Rush didn’t disclose that he planned to go to the Titanic, “He was talking about designing a deep-water

Local experts warned against the experimental design of OceanGate’s missing submersible Titan, which imploded near the wreck of the Titanic with five people aboard on June 18. OCEANGATE submarine to go to great depths” with an experimental carbon fibre hull, said Heaton.

“We listened to what he had to say. We said ‘That’s not a good idea. We don’t agree with how you intend to do that. That’s not safe.’”

Rush told the local experts he

was trying to innovate and push the industry forward.

Heaton said he and Nuytten both told Rush there were safer ways to do that and implored him not to go ahead with his plans.

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The news came after an exhaustive search for the

submersible gripped the world for several days after the submersible abruptly lost all contact with a surface vessel and disappeared while descending 13,000 feet to the wreck of the famous ocean liner June 18.

It was later revealed that the US Navy had picked up an underwater sound “anomaly” consistent with an implosion.

Heaton said those in the submarine industry had got wind of that last week and suspected the possible cause.

“It doesn’t make it any easier once you get verification that your worst fears have been realized,” he said. “It’s still horrible.”

When he saw reports that a square piece of white floating debris had been spotted in the Atlantic, Heaton said he knew that at least part of the sub had imploded.

The white object would have been syntactic foam typically used to add buoyancy to deep water submersibles, he said.

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North Vancouver City Fire Department Deputy Chief Dave Owens said, based on the burn pattern, investigators are confident about where the fire started.

“All factors do point to a stovetop cause and origin of the fire,” he said. “We are just trying to be able to determine whether the element was actually on. That’s the one piece we haven’t been able to do because there was so much damage to it.”

Kitchen accidents are one of the leading causes of house fires in B.C., Owens said, which means there is a public safety message that can be shared broadly.

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Owens said the unit where the fire broke out did not have a working smoke alarm and that almost half of the homes in B.C. that have had a fire don’t.

Owens said the incident should also underscore the importance of everyone having a home escape plan that includes a second way out, should the building be burning.

The BC Coroners Service hasn’t yet confirmed the exact cause of death, Owens added.

“Our thoughts are with the family, of course, through this tough time and we just hope that people can listen to some safety messaging and make sure they’re as safe as they can be,” he said.

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DNV to add parking spots to south side of 29th Street only MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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District of North Vancouver council came together Monday, June 19, to finally put an end to the long-debated 29th Street parking and bike lane topic, but not without one final back and forth from vociferous members.

The meeting was in place to make the final call on whether a parking pocket would be added to the north and south sides of East 29th Street.

Ultimately an amendment to only proceed with a pocket of time-limited parking spots on the south side between William Avenue and Fromme Road, set to cost $90,000 of the original $150,000 designated to the project, was passed.

Proposed by Coun. Jordan Back and supported by Coun. Catherine Pope, it was argued to be the best option that would retain the current bike lane and keep cycling enthusiasts happy, while still keeping in line with the accessibility needs of the road’s residents.

“This is going to have an impact on people who live here and who are going to see their front yard disappear, or at least most of it with these parking pockets. So I think we should be looking to minimize that, and I think that would be a compromise as five or six spots on one side rather than both sides,” said Back.

“I support this motion because it is a compromise” agreed Pope, adding how, while “really opposed” to spending any taxpayers money on parking pockets, she is “happy to see it gone” as the issue had been “dragging on” since 2016.

In 2019, bike lanes were installed along both sides of 29th Street East as part of a safety and mobility project, a project that incited much feedback from local homeowners and cyclists who each gave their fair share of positive and negative comments.

At a meeting earlier this year, council deliberated on the removal of the bike lane on the southern side of 29th Street, between William Avenue and Fromme Road, with the argument that it would bring better accessibility – like Uber pickups and curbside deliveries – to residents.

Council decided to not consider the motion at that time, and instead chose to defer to a workshop for further discussion with district staff.

“From the very beginning this has been a divisive affair,” said Mayor Mike Little on

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An initial proposal to add parking pockets to both ends of the street was amended to reach a ‘compromise’ between the needs of residents and cyclists. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN Monday. “When it originally came forward there was a proposal to do one lane. And what happened was there was a council meeting where the decision was made to switch to two lanes without any consultation with the community … and it’s caused us to be in this perpetual split.”

Little said he shared the view of Pope that he wasn’t a fan of spending money on the parking spots at all, but found Back’s proposed amendment to be “reasonable” and a fair compromise.

It was an opinion echoed by all except for Coun. Lisa Muri, who proposed that the issue be referred back to staff.

“This has been one of the most debacle issues I’ve ever dealt with in 27 years. It irks me that we’re still having to deal with this,” she said. “I don’t understand why a bike lane that has very little uptake on it is being so protected. I do not get it …

I thought that as a municipality we were supposed to support our local residents and try to find solutions and all we’ve done is try to find solutions on one street instead of finding another way to ride down 29th.”

The proposal for the issue to be referred back to staff was shot down by Little, who said it was important a decision was made that evening and the issue could finally be put to bed.

The amended motion was carried, with Muri, Coun. Herman Mah – who had been in favour of the parking spots but argued more collaboration was needed with the community – and Coun. Jim Hanson opposed.

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

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Celebrations kicked off at 3:30 p.m. with storytelling and live music on the main stage, with bands gearing up the throngs with renditions of rock and roll classics intertwined with traditional Indigenous music and personal hits.

Two long tables seated a wide-ranging coterie of festival-goers, with Elders tucking into barbecued salmon next to toddlers, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous families had come together to dance on the makeshift dance floor.

“It’s so great to see people being here and being so supportive. It’s great to be here myself and to see all my family, I haven’t seen my auntie or my cousins in a long time, and so it’s really nice to see them for an event like this,” said Chris Nahanee, whose father, Rennie Nahanee, had performed for the crowd with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) music group Whyte Feather.

“It’s important to highlight our culture this way. It’s still strong and we’re still here. We’re proud of our culture.”

Julie Peters, from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), said the opportunity to come together with family for such a positive and celebratory occasion was “amazing.”

“Being here, and being around my community, makes me very happy. To see my granddaughter dancing here and having the time of her life – it’s just awesome,” she said.

Peters said the event opened a window for non-Indigenous communities to celebrate First Nations community, and understand and get better educated on the culture and traditions of the communities who they live alongside, and whose unceded territories they too call home.

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Communities came together at West Vancouver’s Ambleside Park to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21. MINA KERR-LAZENBY / NSN think it’s good to bring awareness in this way and there’s so many non-Indigenous people here enjoying this too, and that’s really nice to see.”

For those hoping to learn of Indigenous culture there was opportunity aplenty, with stalls out in full force and a tent serving up smoked salmon and bannock.

West Vancouver Memorial Library librarian Kendra Sakamoto, who had been manning a tent piled with books on Indigenous history, culture and traditions, said the evening provided a great opportunity for non-Indigenous people to gather on the traditional territory of the Squamish people and have both communities interact and in a way that was positive and respectful and happy.

“There’s lots of music here, there’s lots of food, lot’s of Indigenous crafts and activities going on. The Squamish Nation is here and everyone is eating and enjoying the food together, and there’s lots of conversation going on,” she said.

“There’s a really happy and really friendly atmosphere.”

Along the waterfront a group were partaking in celebrations by taking to the water, courtesy of West Vancouver Police Department’s Ch’ich’iyuy canoe and West Vancouver Schools’ Tel’Tiwet canoe.

“Being part of this is just amazing,” said Ian Kennedy, director

of instruction at West Vancouver Schools.

Kennedy, who was joined by other staff from WVS and their own young children, said it was “so inspiring” to see people from all walks of life come together.

“I think West Van District putting on this event is great. It just really does bring people together. People ask questions. I’ve had so many conversations about the canoe and our work and the art work and what it all means.”

“It’s been really uplifting,” said Peri Mainwaring, a North Vancouver RCMP officer who, along with the Squamish Nation, leads canoe journeys that take youth circles, community groups and the public on educational journeys across the waters.

“There’s been a lot of people walking by on the beach asking us about the canoes, and giving us the chance to tell them that this is a step forward in reconciliation,” she said.

“Those who have been on for the first time want to go out again, and those who have been walking past have shown interest in trying it out for themselves, which is fantastic to see.”

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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Unaffordable housing puts seniors at risk of homelessness MARGARET COATES

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It is not news to most of us on the North Shore, and let’s face it, across Canada, that the lack of affordable or adequate housing is a critical issue facing Canadians.

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With the North Shore seniors’ population growing larger demographically, affordable housing becomes one of the cornerstones supporting a healthy aging population.

Housing options can allow older adults to age in place and remain in their community their entire lives. Housing that is close to amenities such as libraries, shops,

recreation and seniors’ centres, medical centres, parks and good transportation can provide opportunities for social interaction and allow older adults to remain independent in their own homes and to be engaged with their community. While most of the people who are working on solutions to the housing crisis concede the work involved in creating change is challenging and, at times, nearly impossible, that has not stopped them from stepping up to work on the issues in a variety of ways.

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Groups chasing housing solutions

Continued from page 22 An exciting project which began February 2023 is the North Shore Housing Solutions Lab. The solutions lab has been working with “older adult homeowners living in single detached homes to identify and address barriers that prevent them from considering options such as home sharing, secondary suites and accessory dwelling units.” Sharing homes through renting space or building a secondary suite are good options for seniors who are finding it difficult to maintain their residence because of the work involved (garden maintenance, housework), and the rising cost of taxes, utilities and repairs.

Sharing with someone provides support in meeting these challenges, whether it be a companion, or a person who shares chores and contributes to the senior’s income through rent. Over half of single detached homes in Canada have only one or two people living in them. If just a fraction of homeowners on the North Shore takes up the option of sharing their space or creating an additional housing unit, it could create many new homes for residents.

Rebecca Parker, project and engagement co-ordinator for the NS Housing Lab, says that “through our dialogue workshops we heard about the challenges of living with

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Homelessness or people at risk for homelessness on the North Shore is not, as many of us think, unrealistic, given the income levels. In fact, statistics have shown that this situation is a reality. To mitigate the issues for seniors around homelessness or the risk of it, as well as being a partner in the NS Housing Lab, Hollyburn Community Services Society works hard on behalf of these at-risk seniors.

The program, called seniors at housing risk outreach Program, aids seniors (over 50) by providing outreach workers to help find appropriate and affordable housing, fill out application forms, make connections to income supports, and provide referrals to mental health care or primary healthcare providers as needed. The program can be reached at their direct intake line: 604-9683721, or at their website hollyburn-society.ca The situation for housing solutions, though seemingly hopeless, is at least being worked on in a variety of ways. Hats off to these groups.

Margaret Coates is the co-ordinator of Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. lions_ view@telus.net

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BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

Mount Seymour to host Little League B.C. championships NICK LABA

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If you live in North Vancouver, it’s time to root, root, root for the home team this year at the Little League BC Provincial Championships.

The majors tournament will run July 14 to 23 on the lush grounds at Myrtle Park in Deep Cove. The last time it was hosted in North Vancouver was 2016.

For nine days, players age 11 and 12 on teams from the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and the Kootenays will gather on the massive grass field and baseball diamonds at the park.

The winner of the tourney will move on to the Canadian National Championship, and the best team from that event will travel to Williamsport, Pennsylvania for the Little League World Series in August.

A total of seven teams will play in the B.C. tournament. Mount Seymour gets a guaranteed spot because they’re hosting, and one

Mount Seymour Little League president Liz Darling is preparing to host the provincial tournament at Myrtle Park in July. NICK LABA / NSN other North Shore team will play as well – either West Vancouver, Highlands or Lynn Valley.

It’s an honour and a privilege to host the provincials, says Mount Seymour Little League president Liz Darling, standing on the field

at Myrtle Park as two teams play the regular season finals on the diamond behind her.

“It’s just a really great hub here,” she said, pointing to another area of the park where younger players were being mentored by

older ones.

There’s a strong spirit of support in the North Shore baseball community, Darling said.

“Today, we’ve got 24 players from two majors teams that didn’t make it, but are here supporting

their friends on the field,” she said.

“We’ve got coaches that have been in the league for a long time going down to the younger divisions and helping guide those coaches and players.”

For her and the many other parent volunteers in the league, supporting kids baseball is a labour of love.

Before she became league president this year, Darling used to coach her son’s T-ball team.

And years before that, she played competitive softball as a youth.

She started playing on the North Shore, and went play on the women’s provincial team for Baseball BC at age 14. When she was 18, she decided not to take a university scholarship and keep playing for fun instead.

“My whole thing with sports is I think it’s about the kids,” she said. “The real reason I took this on is I want it to be about the kids and not about adults’ and parents’ opinions, but what is best for the kids.”

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PROVINCIAL MEDALS

Track and field athletes shine at high school championships ANDY PREST

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North Shore athletes raced onto the podium to claim several medals, including four golds, at the B.C. High School Track and Field Championships held June 8-10 at Mcleod Athletic Park in Langley.

Sentinel’s Sidney Clement scored gold in the seniors girls 3000-metre race and silver in the 1,500 m at the B.C. High School Track and Field Championships held June 8-10 at Mcleod Athletic Park in Langley. @NSSSAA/TWITTER senior boys 110-m hurdles in a time of 13.89, finishing more than half a second ahead of the second-place runner.

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The other North Shore provincial champion was Handsworth’s William Millard, who won gold in the junior boys pole vault,

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1,500-m race, clocking a time of 4:34.74.

Collingwood’s Michael Scherk also earned gold, winning the

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Leading the way was Handsworth’s Marlena Tresnjo, who won three medals at the event, including gold in the senior girls high jump. She soared over the bar at 1.65 m, topping the second-place finishers by 10 cm.

Tresnjo also earned a pair of bronze medals, finishing third in the heptathlon with 4090 points and in long jump with a leap of 5.35 m.

Sentinel Secondary’s Sidney Clement claimed gold in one of the marquee events, finishing first in the senior girls 3,000-m race with a time of 9:54.73. Clement was the only runner to finish in less than 10 minutes in the final.

Clement also struck silver in the

topping out at 3.30 m.

Sentinel’s Alexandra Tenn zoomed onto the podium in another main event, the senior girls 100-m dash. Tenn clocked a time of 12.57 seconds to earn silver in the race.

Silver also went to Windsor’s Matthew Minchin, who finished second in the senior boys hammer throw with a toss of 38.18 m.

Handsworth’s Joe Kanuka also rocketed onto the podium in high speed race, clocking a time of 11.37 to earn bronze in the senior boys 100-m dash. Bronze also went to West Vancouver Secondary’s Steven Hui-Fumagalli, who finished third in Grade 8 boys long jump with a leap of 5.33 m.

Once the batons came out for the relays, it was Handsworth’s team that tore up the track. The Royals scored an impressive four medals in the team races, winning silver in the senior girls 4x400-m relay and bronze in the seniors girls and boys 4x100-m races as well as the junior boys 4x400-m relay.

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Pauline Johnson re-invented as French immersion school in 1985 Continued from page 4 PJ has stood through a century of change The school took its name from the poet and performer Pauline Johnson, a woman of mixed Mohawk and Indigenous descent who was famous at the turn of the century for her depictions of Indigenous life and the author of The Legends of Vancouver from stories told to her by Squamish Nation Chief Joe Capilano.

Change has flowed around the school over the past century.

One former student Alan Turnbull wrote about listening to President Franklin Roosevelt’s ‘Day of Infamy’ speech in the Pauline Johnson gym in 1941.

He also met the girl he’d later marry at Pauline Johnson.

Newspaper accounts from the 1920s to 1960s gave accounts of the PTA meetings, Christmas concerts and staff changes at the school. The school loomed large in the community’s sense of itself.

In 1955, a newspaper noted authorities of the day had rejected a request by teachers to sell off part of the Pauline Johnson property for housing, with the thought that the land might be needed in the future.

In honour of the school’s centennial, former alumni were recently invited to share memories at an afternoon tea hosted at the school.

Several students who attended in the late 1940s and early 1950s recalled the pots of ink on their desks which they used for cursive writing.

Most of the area around the school was still bush and forest in those days, they said.

The first Pauline Johnson Elementary School was built at 1150 22nd Street in West Vancouver. Here women and children are standing outside and entering through the front door. Built in 1921, this was the temporary threeroom, one-storey structure which was in use until the eight-room, two-storey permanent school was opened in 1923. WEST VANCOUVER ARCHIVES At recess and lunch, “You’d be racing through the woods the whole time,” one former student said. “In the morning I would ride my bike like mad, leaving home at 30th and Mathers so I could be pitcher when we played baseball before school started.”

School was “fairly strict,” said John Moir, who went to Pauline Johnson in the early 1950s. “They did give them the strap. It wasn’t a questioning time.”

His own parents moved from Vancouver to West Van in 1949, he said, partly because of the school.

“The word was the schools were good and the taxes were low.”

“Of course you look in the classrooms now and there’s much more activity,” said another former student. “There’s much more engagement with learning. But I think we learned well.”

In the 1960s, the school experimented with what was known as “oral French” – which built 15-minute French sessions into the daily curriculum. It didn’t last, but it foreshadowed what was to come.

Dave Raglin, who went to Pauline Johnson in the early 1970s, said he and his five older siblings all attended the school.

Later his nieces and nephews came to PJ. “Now I have a son here,” he said.

Raglin has fond memories of his time at the school. Half the teachers “scared the hell out of us,” he said, while most were “wonderful.”

Outside of the school building itself, playgrounds in his day contained many thrilling pieces of play equipment that would now be considered dangerous, he said.

One involved running around on

the end of a chain until you were airborne. There was also a high metal slide that would burn your rear end in summer and “if you fell off you fell on to pavement.”

Back then, “everyone seemed to live within walking distance,” he said. “There was no getting a ride to school, ever.”

Pauline Johnson’s enrolment continued to swell in the post-war years when families settled in West Vancouver, reaching over 600 in the early 1960s.

Re-invention as French Immersion school But in the 1970s and ’80s the pattern reversed. By the early 1980s the number of students had dropped to 200. Pauline Johnson was closed, along with four other West Vancouver schools, amid declining enrolment and

provincial budget cutbacks.

PJ was down, but not out, though. Two years later, in 1985, the school re-opened as a French Immersion school. The school’s popularity has grown ever since, attracting students from all over the Lower Mainland. Enrolment today sits at 423, making it one of the largest elementary schools in West Van, and it offers both early and late French Immersion.

The school uses a lottery system to decide which families get to enrol their kids in kindergarten, said Tara Zielinski, the current principal. “We generally have well over 100 applicants” for 40 to 60 spots, she said. Those who live in West Vancouver and have siblings at the school get first dibs.

Not surprisingly, there have been changes to the school over the years.

A major renovation that preserved the school’s exterior façade and other heritage features was completed in the 1990s.

Further upgrades to exterior walls and windows were completed about 10 years ago. These days, two portables also provide overflow classroom space, while another two provide space for childcare.

Inside, the tall windows spill bright light into the classrooms and a glimpse of leafy trees outside. Tucked away on one wall, former school photos march back through the decades.

Zielinski says one of her joys as principal is seeing what the school meant to past generations. Former students still sometimes drop by to visit.

Said Raglin, “It was a really warm community feeling here.”

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Pilot confident industry is safe

Continued from page 16 Heaton said when the hull failed, it would have imploded inwards under the force of tremendous pressure.

Industry is safe, if rules followed, says submersible pilot Heaton said since the fate of the submersible became known, he’s followed the suggestion that the industry needs more regulation. Heaton said he feels the industry is well-regulated, but OceanGate was an outlier in not following the rules.

“They chose not to follow the standard engineering practices of our industry.

They chose not to follow the codes for design and construction of submersibles.

They did not do adequate testing.”

There have been many manned expeditions to the Titanic since the wreck was discovered in 1985.

But all other submersibles are built to class and certified by a marine classification company, he said.

Heaton acknowledged it’s difficult to tell if all the passengers knew what risks they were taking, even after signing waiver forms. “Most people don’t understand the physics and the design behind what we do,” he said. “You should have the expectation that due diligence has been done.”

One of the people on board the submersible, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, is a submersible pilot who is “very well respected in the industry” and had taken submersibles to the Titanic more times than anyone else, said Heaton, who met Nargeolet and spoke with him.

“He was a passionate guy and an advocate for the manned submersible industry.”

Heaton acknowledged for those in the industry, it’s been an intense week. “I get questions from my family, ‘Is this going to happen to you?’” he said.

Heaton said he is still confident the industry is safe. “We’re a highly regulated industry,” he said. “We are safe. If you follow the rules.”

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REMEMBRANCES Obituaries

BAGGALEY, Peter F. June 29, 1935 − June 4, 2023 Peter peacefully passed away with his family by his side. He is survived by Joy, his wife of 65 years; his children Martin (Inge), Judy Savage (Paul) and Lisa Hunt (Jeremy); and grandchildren Nicholas, Kailey (Jon), Robin, Megan, Katie and Matthew, who loved their Poppa dearly. Predeceased by his best four−legged friend, Fergus.

Born in Nottingham, UK, Peter emigrated to Toronto in 1971 with his young family then to Vancouver in 1980. Following a successful career in building restoration, Peter had a fulfilling retirement where his happiest times were spent with Joy on ’High Flight’ then later ’Denny Island,’ exploring Desolation Sound, catching many fish and friends along the way. Peter enjoyed the friendships he formed at the West Van Fit Fellas, playing snooker and volunteering as a driver for the West Van Seniors Centre. He is fondly remembered for his legendary tomatoes, homemade wine, strong opinions and great sense of humour.

There will be no service at Peter’s request.

In lieu of flowers, donations to Lions Gate Hospital Foundation (lghfoundation.com) or Westie Rescue (westierescueofcanada.com) are appreciated.

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

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BOTTING, Pamela Jeanne Born September 17, 1931 in Bromley-Kent, England. Died June 3, 2023 in North Vancouver, B.C. after a lifetime of serving others. As a child in WWII, Pam went to school at the Haven, where she met her life long friend, Ann. Pam studied nursing in England, where she met another close friend, Daphne. The three friends kept in touch and all eventually moved to North Vancouver. Pam worked as an R.N. in England, Alberta and B.C. for 24 years. While working as a nurse, she began a 35 year career with Air Canada, and during that time also managed to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Geography, a Teaching Certificate and a Masters of Theological Studies. For many years, Pam was a Server and a Deacon at Christ Church Cathedral and volunteered as a pastoral care worker in several hospitals. Pam had many varied interests, including skiing in Norway and Austria as a young woman, playing tennis with her good friend Donn well into her 80’s, painting, reading and writing.

Pam was very kind hearted. She always had a cat or two from the SPCA that no one else would adopt and was a generous benefactor to animal sanctuaries. Pam lived independently her whole life and when her health began to fail, she was determined to remain at home with her beloved cat, Macy.

Pam was predeceased by her father Hugh Botting, her mother Wynn Crockford, and her stepfather Duncan MacKinnon Crockford. Pam is survived by her cousins Donald Clayton, Vanessa Chant and Michael Botting. Pam will be dearly missed by her family and her many close friends. A memorial service will be held at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver, B.C., at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, September 11, 2023. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a charitable donation in Pam’s honour to the Paul Sugar Palliative Support Foundation.

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DE COTIIS, Addolorata Addolorata was predeceased by her husband Marcangelo De Cotiis in 2007.

Addolorata passed suddenly on the morning of June 16, 2023. Addolorata arrived in Canada in 1956 with her husband Marcangelo and their first son Antonio who was born in a small Cittadina or town called Panni, near Foggia, Italy.

They were happily married for over 53 years and in the earlier times Addolorata’s mother Maria Procaccini often took care of the children to allow mom to work and tend to other responsibilities of the home, and to give support for the newly formed construction company. She raised six children Antonio, Donato, Teresa, Nick Ninno, Paolina Maria, and Lilliana, along with 15 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren and many loving nieces and nephews.

In the late 1950’s Marcangelo and Addolorata sponsored their family members from Panni, Italy to immigrate to North Vancouver. During this time Amelio, Inno, Vito, Lilliana, Maria, Veila, and Micheal all lived together in the small family home.

Marcangelo and his brothers and sisters all worked together, to start all the construction and development companies we all see today.

Addolorata was a beautiful, living wife, sister, mother, aunt, and a person that touched everyone’s heart that met her. Addolorata is forever in our hearts and will be missed. Tony says, “I love you” All welcome to attend the viewing to be held Wednesday evening, June 28, 2023 at 6:30pm and Mass Service to be held Thursday morning, June 29th at 11:00 am both at the Christ the Redeemer Church located at 599 Keith Road, West Vancouver, and entombment to proceed to Ocean View Burial Park.

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CARTER-BOPPART, Elisabeth Maria May 08, 1960 - June 20, 2023

ALAVOINE, David AlAvoine, David Richard Richard

It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of our father, on June 8, 2023, at the age of 92. we announce the passing of our father, on June 8, 2023, It is with deep sadness

at the age of 92.

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With deep sadness, the family of Elisabeth (Liz) Carter-Boppart announce her passing after a 14-year battle with cancer. She is predeceased by her dad Walter, survived by her husband Gord, mom Elisabeth, siblings Meg Maledy (Simon), Tom (Heather) and Stephen (Diana) Boppart, seven nieces and nephews, three step-children and six grandchildren. Cousins, aunts and uncles in Switzerland, France and New Zealand also mourn her passing.

Liz found her true love and soulmate late in life. She married once, at age 50.

Gord didn’t speak many languages, (apart from the choice phrases he learned in the firehall) and had not traveled as extensively as Liz. She showed him the world: Europe, Asia, Australia, the Baltics, Mexico, and the USA. She was an extraordinary travel guide and enjoyed the planning almost as much as the experience. Gord came with a ready-made family, and a truck! Needless to say, he was embraced by Liz’s close-knit family. In time, Gord’s three, Mark (Miriam), Carson (Denise) and Jessica (Dustin) provided them with six grandchildren in quick succession. Liz loved them, making time for one-on-one adventures.

When they were old enough, she taught them to swim and ski.

Liz had an adventurous spirit. After graduating from SFU she was off to Saanen, Switzerland to teach at the JF Kennedy school in the Bernese Oberland (Gstaad) and the International School in Lausanne. After seven years, she returned to North Vancouver to teach at Upper Lynn, Westview and Lynnmour Elementary. She poured her soul into her work, and in 1999, experiencing some burnout, received an interesting proposition from a faraway land. Would she consider being the governess to the royal household in Abu Dhabi? Meeting the royal family on their vacation in Spain, she was approved for hire and flew back to Abu Dhabi with them. She resided in a house of her own on the palace grounds and taught the royalty her “Western ways”.

Eventuality Liz returned to teaching in North Van. She retired eight years ago with Gord and worked as a substitute teacher until April. She was looking forward to teaching on call again in September, hoping that an experimental drug would put her cancer into remission.

Dad was an avid painter of seascapes. He completed a series of paintings entitled, Vessels of the West which were exhibitedentitled, at the Dad was Historic an avid painter of seascapes.

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These illustrations revealed boating.

Liz had a way about her - always positive, caring, encouraging. Generosity and gratefulness were cornerstones of her life. She built people up: gave them confidence, made them feel worthy when they most needed to know it. This she did with her students, colleagues, family and friends. This was her hallmark, her legacy, and it is what people most remember about Liz.

As a father, Dad was enthusiastic and actively involved in all four of his children’s As a father, Dadespecially was enthusiastic and actively involvedHe in all four of his children’s sport activities, swimming, and skating. was a member of the He was member of athe “Old sportGoats” activities, especially andShore skating.

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Liz fought cancer with all of her strength and with dignity. She was strong in her faith and shared what she had with those less fortunate. She left us, knowing with certainty that her Papa and the Lord await her. The family thanks Dr. Klimo, Dr. Sasha, Dr. Carolan and numerous health care professionals and others who made up her “Team”, especially her beloved Gord who demonstrated selfless compassion to the end. Many thanks also to friends, the CapChurch and CTR Community, family and prayer groups who, on many occasions, petitioned for healing for Liz. All these efforts were most often effective and always appreciated.

his longtime love and knowledge of boating.

age of 68.

We are grateful Dad was able to live at home until 2 months before his passing due loving care ofable his long-time partner, We to arethe grateful Dad was to live at home until 2Joyce. months before his passing due

to the loving care of his long-time partner, Joyce.

Dad is predeceased by his son, Steven, in 1987. He will be lovingly remembered by partner, Joyce; Anne (Bob),He Denise Myra (Paul); Dadhisis predeceased by hischildren, son, Steven, in 1987. will be (Warren), lovingly remembered by grandchildren, Nicole, Ashley, Shaun, Marcus, Daniel, and Renee; great his partner, Joyce; children, Anne (Bob), Denise (Warren), Myra (Paul); grandchildren, granddaughter, Hannah; and his extended family, Cathy (Bill), Chris, Josh, and Nicole, Ashley, Shaun, Marcus, Daniel, and Renee; great granddaughter, Hannah; Emma.

and his extended family, Cathy (Bill), Chris, Josh, and Emma.

A private family celebration of life will be held in the summer.

A private family celebration of life will be held in the summer.

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A Memorial service will be held at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church, West Vancouver on Friday, June 30 at 2:00 p.m. (Concelebrants: Msgr. Gregory Smith; Pastor Paddy Ducklow, (ret.)

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ENGLAND, Wolfgang With great sadness, we lost Wolfgang England on June 9th 2023.

He is predeceased by his parents, Alfred and Maria England and sister and brother-in-law, Ingrid and Jurgen Laue.

Wolfgang was born in Volmarstein, Germany on November 26th, 1939 and immigrated to Canada in 1952 with his parents. They resided in Toronto and made their way to North Vancouver in 1962.

Along with his father, he joined the MGV Lyra Men’s Choir out of the Vancouver Alpen Club.

There he made lifelong friends and spent more than 50 years as a Tenor. He was also a part of the North Shore Light Opera Society and the North Shore Chorus. His strong voice will be missed.

He is survived by his son, Robert, daughter, Monica (Terry), granddaughters Nicole and Rebecca, nieces, Corinne (Brian) and Suzanne (Kelly), cousins, Helga and Marianne, great nieces, Mia (David) and Andrea (Matthew), great-great niece, Drew and also Traudi, mother of his children.

After retiring in 2001 from a long career with the City of Vancouver he spent time with friends and family, lending a helping hand for any task, camping at his beloved Camp Eagle, Soccer Games and Traveling, which included a family trip to see his birthplace and an RV trip to California.

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HILL, Carol April 8, 1937 - May 28, 2023

SCHNEIDER, Aubrey 1943 - May 12, 2023 in Kelowna

On May 28, 2023 Carol Hill, age 86 of North Vancouver passed away.

Deeply mourned by his wife Shirley, daughter and son-in-law, Charly and Darcy Leach and his grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband Gord of 62 years and their children Connie (Chris), David (Moira), their grandchildren Breanne (James), Curt (Cory) and Travis and their great grandchildren Bodhi and Iyla.

There will be a Celebration of Life held on Saturday, June 24th from 11am-2pm at Jaycee House (1251 Lillooet Rd, N. Van) and a Burial will follow at the North Vancouver Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the North Shore Stoke Recovery Centre or a Charity of your choice.

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Carol was known for her outgoing, generous and friendly personality. She was always positive and she touched the lives of so many people. She was always willing to help out whenever she could in any situation.

She led a busy and fulfilling life including 8 years as a First Aid Attendant with the Ski Patrol; a figure skating judge with Skate Canada for over 40 years; she was an avid quilter with the Lions Gate Quilt Guild for 30 years and most recently was still doing aquafit with the West Vancouver Recreation Centre.

She loved her family so very much and we will all miss her every day.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the BC Cancer Foundation or the Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC.

In 2016, he suffered a major stroke and with the help of the North Shore Stroke Recovery Centre, he was able to regain some independence again.

He would often be seen on his scooter down at the Lonsdale Quay to grab Sushi or meet friends for lunch or just coffee.

A big thanks goes out to the Vancouver Coastal, South Team for the Home Support that he received daily. He really enjoyed the daily visits from many of the girls and thought of them like family. Also thank you to the Doctors and Nurses at Lions Gate Hospital for their care during his last few weeks.

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RICHARDSON, Clarence (Clare) Arthur February 19, 1924 - June 14, 2023 On June 14, 2023, Clare passed away peacefully at the remarkable age of 99. He lived an incredibly long and amazing life.

Born in Simcoe, Ontario and raised on the farm with his three siblings. He served in WWII as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Clare had a very long career with the American Can Co., where he met the love of his life, Letitia (Tish) MacIntosh.

Clare and Tish married in 1946 and had three sons together before moving to North Vancouver, BC in 1964. His retirement years were spent touring North America in his motor home with his beloved wife by his side. Clare and Tish were married for an amazing 74 years before she passed in 2020.

Survived by son Bruce, grandchildren Andrea and Travis and great-grandchildren Lauren and Jack.

Predeceased by wife Letitia, sons Bradley and Brian, siblings Fred, Edmund and Dorothy, and parents Arthur and Beatrice.

MATYSIAK, Margarete (Margret) 1932 − 2023 Margret’s long life’s journey ended in Lions Gate Hospital, a place she had spent many hours as a paediatric nurse, retiring in 1992.

Her journey began in Germany in the town of Herford, where she grew up in the shadow of war with her parents and brothers, Hans and Albert.

Margret emigrated to the UK in 1950, where she studied nursing in London. She trained and worked in several hospitals and was most proud of her time at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. She and her friend Eunice came to Canada in 1958 and worked their way across the country. In 1961, they reached Vancouver, where she soon met her husband−to−be, Erich Matysiak (d: 2011), also recently emigrated from Germany. They married in 1962 and settled in North Vancouver. The family was soon joined by their three children − Bettina, Mike (Nicole) and Cathy (Ernie).

After retirement, Margaret and Erich enjoyed their hobbies, summer trips to the Rockies and their growing family.

With the care and support of her family, Margaret was able to remain in her home for all of her days, surrounded by her beloved books and her assortment of sewing and knitting machines (she will be much missed by her friends at Pfaaf).

Margret will be deeply missed by her children, grandchildren and her extended family in Germany.

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SILK, Jean Elizabeth May 30, 1931 - June 18, 2023

It is with love and wonderful memories we announce the peaceful death of Peter. He died at home, surrounded by his family and friends, on the day of his choosing. Peter suffered with pulmonary fibrosis for 10 years, and his death brought an end to his pain.

With deep sorrow and sadness of heart, we announce Jean’s passing on June 18, 2023 at the age of 92.

Peter was born just outside East Malling, a village in Kent, England, where his father and mother (John and Lee) owned a hop and fruit farm. He went to St. Peter’s School during the war, and graduated from Harrow school. He became a Chartered Accountant, working in the profession for a number of years, before agreeing in 1963 to a fiveyear assignment with a CA firm in Hong Kong that was associated with Price Waterhouse. Half-way through that tour Peter married Brenda Connolly in Dublin in August 1966. Their son David was born in Hong Kong, and daughter Alison in Canada after the family moved there in 1968. The marriage ended in 1983.

In 1984, Peter was asked to return to Hong Kong for 2 more years, following which he decided on early retirement. This gave him the opportunity to travel adventurously, so he chose to trek in the Himalayas, taking the challenge of the 22-day Annapurna Circuit which involves climbing 18,000 feet. Four years later, he and six friends took on the Arun Valley and Makalu Basecamp trek, another 22 days. These adventures helped develop a regular hiking habit in Canada, but also in the UK and elsewhere. Crossing England with a good friend from Minneapolis on the Coast to Coast Trail was particularly memorable. Having to give up hiking altogether in the past year was a major setback.

In 1994, whilst helping to present a programme on bereavement support, he met Ginger Shaw who was then working at Vancouver School of Theology. They formed a strong relationship and were married the following year, on September 30.

When Ginger retired in 2001, they were able to travel to parks in the US, take many River Cruises, visit countries in Europe and Russia, and travel the Silk Road - their favourite. While at home, Peter enjoyed reading, cryptic crosswords and playing bridge every Friday with long-time friends.

A resident of North Vancouver for most of her adult life, Jean was born and raised on a small farm in Fort Langley, BC, the youngest of seven siblings (all predeceased) to parents John and Carol Hunter.

Her first marriage to Al Caldwell gave her her only child Tony (Anthony), of whom she was quietly so proud of and forever there for him as not just Mom, but as that best friend that only Mom’s can be.

In 1975 Mom married Bill Silk, the partner in life that she truly deserved and was ever so happy to be with, sadly Bill passed suddenly in 1981, leaving Mom on her own to carry on.

Mom was a proud H.E.U. member and worked as a Medical Stenographer for many years at Lions Gate Hospital and later at V.G.H. She enjoyed gardening, traveled extensively, lawn bowled, and volunteered at Silver Harbour. Mom stayed in touch with her many good friends by sharing activities such as ocean cruises, games of darts, bridge/cards and casino bus trips. Her furry feline friends over the years included Clarence, Tabby and Reggie who were good company and comfort when home alone.

SMITH, Leo Camille January 4th, 1935 - June 15th, 2023 In memory of a remarkable, loving and generous man, Leo passed away at Berkley Care Centre on Thursday, June 15th, 2023. His exemplary life will live on in those left behind. Survived by his wife Marie, of 61 years, his children; Russ (Claudia, Nick, Max), Sheila (Richard, Jay, Elias, Mckenzie) and Maggie (Tessa). Predeceased with A.L.S by his son Greg (Yasuko, Aidan, Declan, Kai and Finley) in 2021.

Lovingly remembered by many friends and relatives, especially siblings, Virgil (Shirley), Chris (Cathy), Betty (Ron) and Fran. Predeceased by his sister Rose in 1968 and parents Frank and Marguerite. Leo was born in Cranbrook, grew up in Osoyoos, obtained a Masters in electrical engineering at McGill University, and worked diligently in this field across Canada. He loved the outdoors, especially alpine skiing.

No Service by request. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Holiday Inn (North Vancouver location) on Saturday, August 19th, 2023 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the A.L.S Society at: #1228 - 13351 Commerce Parkway, Richmond BC, V6V 2X7

Survived by son Tony (Lori), grand-kitty Rascal; as well as many nieces and nephews in BC, Alberta and PEI. We would like to extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to the doctors, nurses and care-aids at both Lions Gate Hospital and Inglewood Care Centre for their truly kind and compassionate care.

Internment at North Vancouver City Cemetery.

Memorial Service to be held at Boal Chapel, 1505 Lillooet Road at 10:00 am, Tuesday, July 4, 2023, followed by a Garden Party at 11:30 am at 2400 Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver, BC.

WEEKS, Darlene (Dawson) August 8, 1959 - August 20, 2022 After years of living with cancer, on August 20, 2022 Darlene Weeks (Dawson) passed away quietly in her sleep at home. Survived by her husband Gary, sons Cole and Tim, daughter Kristy, her grandchildren, and sister Brenda Hanson.

Peter is survived by his wife Ginger, son David (Corinne), his daughter Alison (Fergus), and 3 grandchildren: Gregory, Jenna and Gigi. The memorial service will be held at St. Catherine’s Anglican Church in North Vancouver on July 7 at 3 pm. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to St. Catherine’s Foundation, L’Arche Greater Vancouver, or Bard on the Beach Theatre Society.

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

Remember now the happy times The family ties we shared.

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

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

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A Celebration of Life ~ Open House will be held on Saturday, July 29th from 1:00 to 4:00pm at her home at 1971 Dunrobin Cres., North Vancouver.

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