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DNV council approves Lynnmour affordable rental housing plan BRENT RICHTER

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District of North Vancouver council has agreed to put up to 180 affordable rental homes on municipal-owned land on Lillooet Road, just north of the Holiday Inn.

Council voted 6-1 Monday night to rezone the land, allowing the municipality to seek out grant funding from the province for construction of a six-storey building with 100 to 180 homes for people earning low to moderate incomes.

When the matter went to a public hearing last month, the majority of neighbours who spoke agreed there was a need for affordable housing, but they argued that with the already existing congestion on the only road out of the community, the district should build affordable rentals elsewhere.

Coun. Jim Hanson acknowledged the community concerns and added there are other

demands on health, recreation and transportation facilities that need to be addressed, but in the context of the housing crisis, the rezoning should ultimately go ahead, he said.

“Frankly, there are infrastructure issues across the board and we must be sensitive to this when we talk about adding population to the North Shore,” he said.

“However, in my view, the need for housing of this type in the district is so urgent that we must take advantage of this kind of opportunity.”

With one-bedroom apartments in North Van listing at $2,500 per month and three-bedrooms going for more than $5,000, Coun.

Catherine Pope noted the opportunity to create homes accessible to working people.

“We know that affordable housing is desperately needed throughout the district and not just for those with a low income.

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Jimmy Pattison’s waterfront house headed for demolition BRENT RICHTER

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Jimmy Pattison’s former home on the West Vancouver waterfront is once again slated for demolition after a deal to move the house fell through.

The District of West Vancouver acquired the little yellow house on Argyle Avenue in January as part of a years-long plan to acquire all of the homes on the Ambleside waterfront and convert them to park land.

The district paid business magnate Pattison $5.18 million – roughly the same price Pattison paid the district for two treed lots in the former Brissenden Park in upper Dundarave, effectively creating a land swap.

Wanting to keep the still-solid structure out of the landfill, the District of West Vancouver put the house on the market for $1 in June and awarded the house to a proponent who planned to barge it away and repurpose it as a non-profit bereavement centre in Metro Vancouver.

That deal has since collapsed, according to the district.

“I think the proponent that it was awarded to didn’t do his due diligence as well as he thought,” said John Wong, facilities manager for the district. “When they went to the details of what was required, it was a lot more money and lot more complicated than he had anticipated.”

Wong said district staff weren’t briefed on what the cost of moving the structure would be or how it differed from initial estimates, but he said that after the deal fell apart, the municipality approached other potential bidders who had expressed interest in the

Gil Yaron, head of the non-profit organization Light House, stands outside Jimmy Pattison’s former West Vancouver waterfront home earlier this year. The house could be headed for demolition soon. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN house only to find they too had reached the same conclusion.

“The moving cost was too prohibitive,” he said.

The change comes as a disappointment, Wong said.

“For all of us, for sure,” he said. “Our goal was to be more sustainable and hopefully, somebody would have found some value in

it, but I’m getting a sense that although people are supportive of the initiative, it really comes down to cost.”

The house didn’t have any particular heritage value, apart from its one notable previous inhabitant, Wong said. Pattison bought the house in the 1950s when he was still working as a salesman for a General Motors dealership. When he decided to go

into business for himself in 1961, he used his equity in the home to get his first $40,000 loan.

The plan was to have the house up and gone by Dec. 1. Wong said they are now reviewing their options, but unless someone comes forward to claim the house in a hurry, it will most likely be demolished to make way for green space.

“Obviously, the sooner, the better,” he said.

Although the clock is ticking, there almost certainly is another taker out there for the house, said Gil Yaron, head of the non-profit organization Light House, which advocates for homes to be relocated rather than demolished.

“We know we can move that house,” he said. “It’s unfortunate to hear that that deal fell through, but we’re confident that we can secure another home for the house and ensure that it is retained.”

Light House works with developers and First Nations to find good candidates for relocation and gets them sent to more rural communities for affordable housing.

“The cost to move it and to retrofit it, in most instances, should be less than building a stick-frame house from scratch,” he said.

Because they are non-profit, they are eligible for grant funding that can further offset those costs, Yaron added.

There is just one house remaining on Argyle Avenue to be purchased by the district and converted into park space. Wong said they are in negotiations with the owner for that land but there is no timeline for when it might be acquired.

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Care aide charged with assault on West Van senior arrested again BRENT RICHTER

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A former care aide accused of assaulting a West Vancouver senior is facing more charges after a second incident in Langley.

According to the West Vancouver Police Department, Rubina Walji, a 51-year-old Surrey woman, was first arrested in August of 2022 after she became intoxicated in the apartment of an 81-year-old West Vancouver woman she’d been hired to

care for. Police allege Walji refused to leave the apartment and assaulted the senior.

She was later charged by the Crown with assault and being in a dwelling-house without lawful excuse.

Included in the judge’s bail conditions for Walji was an order prohibiting her from working as a caregiver. But, according to an Oct. 30 release from West Vancouver police, Walji was arrested again on Oct. 5 by Langley RCMP after she became intoxicated in the home of a 77-year-old woman in her

care and refused to leave.

As a result, she is now charged with breaching her release order and a fresh count of being in a dwelling-house without lawful excuse.

The original charges against Walji have not been proven in court and she is scheduled for a three-day trial in North Vancouver in April of 2024. The new charges, which have also not been proven in court, will be heard in Surrey Provincial Court where Walji is due on Nov. 14.

West Vancouver police Sgt. Mark McLean said the case is a reminder for families hiring caregivers to be extra cautious, noting his frustration in seeing the accused continue to work with this vulnerable group.

West Vancouver Police recommend that, if you are hiring someone to work with an elderly relative, or a child, to ask the prospective care aide for a Police Information Check with a Vulnerable Sector Check, which can be arranged at westvanpolice.ca.

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Incorrect map lures hiker into danger on North Shore mountain MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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A hiker stranded on a cliff on the backside of Mount Fromme had to be rescued over the weekend after being led astray by a faulty map.

North Shore Rescue had their services requested by the RCMP after a man called 911 around 3:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. He was lost and stranded after following a trail recommended by Google Maps that didn’t exist. The man was uninjured, said search manager Dave Barnett, but was “a little shaken up, cold, and scratched from hanging on and sliding in the steep terrain.”

The hiker had been “extremely lucky” to get his co-ordinates across to rescue teams moments before his mobile phone died, said Barnett, ensuring they could home in on his location: a “very steep and treacherous” area of the mountain.

With cloudy weather preventing the Talon Helicopter’s hoist aircraft from making its way higher up the ridge, the team was forced to place two rescue technicians below the stranded hiker, said Barnett.

They traversed up steep terrain using ropes before harnessing the man and belaying him back down to where they had entered, before waiting 30 minutes for a break in the clouds so the circling Talon could carry them to safety, he said.

“We were able to get all three out thanks to the skill of the talented helicopter pilot,” he said.

Barnett said the incident should serve as a warning for hikers to be wary of being misdirected by misinformation online, and to instead follow a “proper, topographical map” that shows elevation and contours.

“Do not follow street maps, or any other urban city mapping application for navigation in the wilderness. In this area in particular there were errors on Google Maps that showed what looked to be a trail, but resulted in this hiker going off into steep terrain,” he said.

North Shore Rescue have put up warning signs in the area and Google has since removed the incorrect trail from its map, following a request from the search and rescue team, said Barnett.

This isn’t the first time rescue teams have had to come to the aid of misdirected hikers in this area.

Just two weeks ago a man veered off trail from his planned route to Norvan Falls, resulting in an hour-long stranding on a treacherous cliff face and an emergency rescue by the local services. In 2021, a hiker died in the area after also veering off from the safety of the official trail.

Both incidents were within a few 100 meters of the same location teams were sent Saturday, said Barnett.

“This is a very dangerous area that people should be staying out of.”

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

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West Van approves heritage deal for Clegg House JANE SEYD

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West Vancouver council has approved a heritage revitalization agreement for the Clegg House property at 1591 Haywood Ave. that will allow extra density – including subdividing the large lot and building another home as well as a coach house and stratified garden suite on the land – in exchange for preserving the heritage home.

The 970-square-foot Craftsman style home was built in 1929 and sits on a large third-of-an-acre corner lot at the intersection of West Vancouver’s 16th Street and Haywood Avenue. The home is one of the first built in the neighbourhood, as part of a 1912 subdivision, by immigrant farmer Warren Clegg, who bought two lots for less than $900, according to historical records.

Under the heritage revitalization agreement unanimously given third reading by council Oct. 30, the Clegg House will be moved south on the property to allow subdivision of the land. A new home and detached garage can then be built on the north lot while another garage with a coach house above it will be added to the

south lot between the Clegg House and the new home. A stratified basement suite will also be added to the Clegg House, which would involve increasing the height of the house to accommodate nine-foot ceilings in the suite.

The approval of the heritage agreement for the property comes following a public hearing Oct. 23 where heritage and housing advocates urged council to approve the deal.

Almost all the 16 people who showed up spoke in favour of the plan, arguing the proposal will preserve one of West Vancouver’s few remaining heritage houses while retaining neighbourhood character.

Susan Walker told council, as the owner of a 1912 heritage home she plans to move to Caulfeild, she knows that preserving heritage is “a very expensive undertaking.… These things are not done in my view for the money.”

“These do represent the few remaining heritage properties we have,” she said.

“How many have been lost to the wrecking ball?”

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West Van’s piers reopened after 2022 storm damage BRENT RICHTER

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After almost two years of being a community without pier, West Vancouver’s Ambleside and Dundarave’s waterfront docks are once again open to the public.

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Both piers had been closed since they were walloped in a January 2022 storm and king tide that left them unsafe. Following extensive repair work over the summer, the Dundarave and Ambleside piers reopened on Oct. 17 and 30, respectively.

A young man does a back flip from West Vancouver’s “We’re super excited Ambleside Pier. MARK TEASDALE about that. It’s been a long time coming but we’re very happy that they are open and the compublic since the gates came down, but there have been a lot of inquiries since the munity has been eager to see them,” said Natalie Roizman, District of West Vancouver work began in June.

“People love our piers, right? Especially spokesperson. people who come to fish and crab off the Three of the Ambleside Pier’s wood Ambleside Pier and people who just like to pilings were heavily damaged or knocked enjoy the view from the Dundarave Pier,” out in the storm. They have since been she said. rebuilt, and the decking and parts of the The total cost of the repair work was railing have been replaced. A water supply $615,000, most of which was covered by line that people use for cleaning fish is still insurance, although the municipality bore not yet operational. the cost of the new Dundarave railings as The Dundarave Pier (which is actually they were due for replacement before the a jetty and not a pier because it is built on storm, Roizman said. top of fill, not pilings) had its concrete and Roizman said district staff were asphalt slab smashed and partially washed cognizant of the risk of future damage to out during the storm. That too has been the local piers, but she said there was no redone and the district is in the process consideration to removing either pier. of replacing the old wooden railings with “The piers were still in good enough metal cabling. condition,” she said. “I think all bets are off Roizman said on Thursday the municwith the weather these days.” ipality hasn’t had any feedback from the

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or more than a century, Canadians have used Nov. 11 to remember those who served and sacrificed so that we could live safe and free. It is a tradition we are deeply proud of. The Royal Canadian Legion, its many branches, and other groups like the North Shore Veterans Council now carry the torch, ensuring that those memories are held and passed on.

Wearing the poppy and attending a solemn Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph are our ways of demonstrating we will keep our end of that promise.

You will find in this edition and on nsnews.com this week numerous stories about veterans, some still with us, some resting in cemeteries near battlefields half a world away.

Remembrance is not just a civic duty

but also, we would argue, a means to lasting peace. In 1919 and again in 1945, our veterans came home from two wars, both so massive in scope and misery that they insisted we never return to such slaughter again.

Other conflicts have followed, and we continue to etch names into cenotaphs.

We weep for the places in the world today where the leaders have forgotten the message completely.

This Remembrance Day, if you cannot brave a little damp weather to attend your community’s service, we urge you to dig a little deeper and support your local legion’s poppy campaign or veterans’ group.

It is an investment that pays dividends in peace. And lasting peace is the greatest possible tribute we can think to offer Canada’s veterans, past and present.

The Cheese and Meat Festival does two things very well ANDY PREST

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Is that a pepperoni stick in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

In this particular instance it was, in fact, a pepperoni stick in my pocket. Dozens of them, in fact. This was but one of the delights discovered at a North Vancouver event over the weekend. Let me explain.

When I heard that a Cheese and Meat Festival was coming to the Pipe Shop, and that I could get tickets through work, I was hungry for more information. And meat.

And cheese.

It’s actually hard to think of a more iconic duo than cheese and meat – what festival could possibly top that artery-clogging combo? A Massage and Video Game Festival maybe? Baseball and Doughnut

Days? A Waterslide and Puppy Party? Those all sound good, but they all have flaws, unlike a Cheese and Meat Festival. Well, I guess it could be flawed for vegans maybe, or vegetarians, or the lactose intolerant, or cows … but we don’t need to talk about that right now.

The point is a Cheese and Meat Festival sounded like greasy heaven, but as the day was approaching I found I still had so many questions. Questions like: what do you wear to a Cheese and Meat Festival?

Because my first inclination was to put on my stretchiest sweatpants to make sure I had plenty of room to grow over the course of the evening, in both wisdom and width.

Luckily there was a handy FAQ page on the festival website that had answers to many questions, including “Is there a dress

code for this event?”

The answer was yes, and the dress code was not “stretchy.”

It was, in fact, “business casual,” which set the bar at “nice jeans” and went up from there. I tearfully said goodbye to my dear sweatpants and headed for the festival in some (still pretty stretchy!) dress pants, accompanied by a small group of equally excited cheeseheads. I still, however, was not entirely sure what I had signed us all up for.

Frankly I was a little worried about what kind of crowd would be drawn to a party that so brazenly put such fatty goodness right there in the name of the event.

Would it be, you know, a sausage party?

That is to say, I was worried that when we walked in it would just be a big bunch of

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dudes filling their maws with all manner of high-cal comestibles while battling the meat sweats. Guys like me, basically.

My fears were dispelled instantly upon entering the festival when I was handed three things: a delicious ginger and whisky cocktail in a can, a wine glass, and an adorable little wooden board with a notch cut in one side meant to hold the aforementioned wine glass.

So what you’re telling me is go ahead and get two drinks going, fill up your private charcuterie board with whatever deliciousness crosses your path, walk around for two hours and have yourself a good time?

OK, I can do that. And that’s what we did, alongside a hundred or more fellow Continued on A9

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MAILBOX THE COURAGE OF YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN Dear Editor:

On Remembrance Day, look at the old veterans gathered at your local cenotaph, standing proudly, or seated with a warm blanket on their lap. Try to imagine what they experienced many decades ago when they were young, and the world was at war.

The great invasion to kick the Nazis out of France took place on June 6, 1944. The largest allied armada of warships readied for the Battle of Normandy. Those onboard would face an array of deadly obstacles – barbed wire, mines, and heavy concrete fortifications containing cannons and machine guns.

This was the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany’s grip on Western Europe.

Many years of preparation had taken place to get the Allies ready for this day. Canada was already fighting in Italy, slowly pushing their way up the Italian boot. What had been called the soft underbelly of Europe was instead a meat grinder where battles like Ortona were hard won by the men of Vancouver’s famed Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, Alberta’s Loyal Edmonton Regiment, and Quebec’s Three Rivers Regiment.

The D-Day landings on the French coast and subsequent liberation campaign saw Canada fighting against an experienced and ruthless enemy. With every footstep taken, soldiers died and many more suffered injuries, and for some, their injuries would remain with them for their entire lives. The

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D-Day landing itself cost our nation 359 war dead.

One small militia unit from North Vancouver was called 6th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers. They found themselves in the first wave of troops storming Juno beach on June 6. When they charged off their landing ship, the Engineers were met with a tremendous barrage of gunfire. One sapper was shot more than 30 times with bullets from an enemy machine gun tearing through his body. The Engineers continued forward, blasting gaps through barbed wire and other obstacles. When the day was over, the engineer company from North Vancouver had lost more than half of its men.

Nearly 80 years have passed, and these brave men and women who were once young have grown old and sadly, very few remain.

It is their eleventh hour, probably the last opportunity to properly thank them.

The government of France would like to pay tribute to all living Canadian veterans who participated in the D-Day landings, Dieppe raid or campaign to liberate France in 1944. If you were in the Canadian army, navy, air force or merchant navy, you may be eligible to receive France’s highest award, the National Order of the Legion of Honour.

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Join us in the cult of charcuterie Continued from A8 fashionable foodies in their nicest jeans.

Now, I’ve been to several events at the fantastic Pipe Shop Venue in North Vancouver’s Shipyards District, but none have quite matched the magnificence of this “wander around and nibble all the bits of deliciousness you can handle” party.

There were guys cooking thick chunks of bacon, another dude frying up endless bits of halloumi. If you don’t know what halloumi is, feel free to ask me anything, because I ate it approximately once every 12 minutes for two straight hours and now have a PhD in halloumi.

And did I mention the drinks? That wine glass notch in the charcuterie board, instantly a top-10 human invention, came in very handy as we passed vendors eager to share their wines, beers, ciders, cocktails and Scotcheseses (that’s how I pronounced

it at the end of the night).

And speaking of the end of the night, that’s when a meaty miracle happened. As we were saying goodbye to all of our new best friends in the meat and cheese industries, they all started loading us down with extra inventory that they hadn’t used that night. I swear we could have nearly paid for the (admittedly quite expensive) festival tickets with all of the extra pepperoni sticks and old cheddar that was thrust upon us as the vendors lightened their loads on the way out. Our Uber driver seemed a little surprised (pleasantly?) to be tipped in Hungarian sausage.

That’s it though, I’m in the Cheese and Meat cult. The smaller the charcuterie board, the bigger the possibilities.

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

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North Vancouver RCMP have carried out one of their largest drug busts in recent memory after a raid on an industrial warehouse.

The police received a 911 call around 1 p.m. on Oct. 31, reporting that a man had been kidnapped and was being held

at gunpoint at a warehouse on the 1500 block of Richmond Street. Officers raced to the industrial area at the foot of Mountain Highway and spotted two vehicles leaving the warehouse.

North Vancouver RCMP and Vancouver Police Department members arrested four suspects in Vancouver soon after.

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Get local gifts at this gallery’s festive retail space in the Shipyards District The Polygon Gallery hosts its annual holiday shop with guest vendors, weekly activations and more

Canadian and regional brands The Gallery’s new retail buyer, Marie Ng, has worked tirelessly to fill the shop with numerous local brands, with an emphasis on showcasing Canadianmade products that will sit alongside established international labels.

“We’re offering a wide range of price points from affordable stocking stuffers, which will leave a big impression, to unforgettable splurge-worthy items,” says MacKay. “For the art-lover, our internationally acclaimed Diane Evans Bookstore offers countless rare, unique photo books that are impossible to find anywhere else,” she adds.

The lineup of local purveyors includes women-lead, BIPOC vendors and creatives, something The Polygon endeavours to focus on within their buying structure.

“We strive to have a good amount of diversity because there’s so many amazing female, BIPOC and Canadian artists we work with that we’re really proud to showcase,” reveals MacKay.

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eep a keen eye out for the cheerful window vinyls soon to beautify The Polygon Gallery, a sign of the holiday spirit that’s set to be released inside the annual Holiday Shop.

Beginning November 15 through January 7, it’s easy to shop local for everyone on your list, with a convenient one-stop curated gifting experience. If you haven’t already made this a shopping destination on your Christmas to-do list, it’s time to make it a tradition.

The ground floor lobby of The Polygon Gallery will transform into a welcoming community festive hub, showcasing one-of-a-kind artisan gifts from independent local and Canadian makers and guest vendors, plus weekly interactive activations.

You’ll feel the yuletide spirit envelop you with their exciting décor—rich cobalt blue and bright fuchsia, kissed with silver touches. A festive floral and dried greenery ceiling installation, courtesy of The Wild Bunch, adds to the seasonal ambiance.

“Our focus this year is that the shop be a community space, and to have these events bring the space to life,” says Chris MacKay, head of guest experience and retail operations, The Polygon Gallery.

“The lighting of the outdoor tree on December 2 always draws a big turnout. The entire Shipyards get really active, there’s free hot chocolate, and we’re going to have a wine event inside—a sip and shop of sorts—so it should be quite busy and lots of fun.”

Advance registration required at www.thepolygon.ca “We encourage people to visit our blockbuster winter exhibition From Slander’s Brand,” says MacKay. “The show features three monumental works by internationally acclaimed artists Hannah Darabi, Rachel Khedoori and Ron Terada. It’s one of the biggest exhibitions the Gallery has ever mounted, and we’re very excited for the community to see it.”

“Providing accessibility to art for everyone in the area is something that’s really important to us, so we’re always admission by donation,” she explains. “All purchases from the shop support our exhibition and family programming at The Polygon.”

“We also want to acknowledge that the Holiday Shop is made possible thanks to our key sponsor, the North Shore News.”

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Miniature yet deliberate, Charlotte Lee’s fingers trickle along the keys of a snow-white piano. Her eyes half trace the movements of her delicate digits, half trace the invisible story being told by the piece of music she plays.

The composition she plays is A Gentle Breeze – Charlotte’s favourite – by Canadian composer Joanna Bender. On Nov. 12, the eight-year-old pianist will share the song, and her remarkable talent, with listeners at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Lee will make the trip with three fellow students from Elite Piano Studios in West Vancouver – Cecilia Hu-Taylor, 7, Mike Cao, 10, and Lucia Diao, 14 – who will all compete in the soloists category at the Brooklyn Music Teachers’ Guild Intercontinental Music Competition.

The grand adventure to the Big Apple will also include masterclasses from esteemed instructors, museum visits, a tour of a piano factory and a Broadway show, of course. Leading the way will be Elite Piano founder and head teacher, Nick Sergienko.

Apart from the pride in his student’s accomplishments, the 40-year piano pedagogue draws special attention to the fact that this is the first year living Canadian composers will be featured in the event’s prestigious program – with selections from Bender, as well as Stephen Chatman and Christine Donkin.

Participation at the Carnegie Hall event follows a successful run by Elite Piano students at other competitions this year,

Charlotte Lee, 8, is guided through a piece of music by instructor Nick Sergienko at Elite Piano Studios in West Vancouver. NICK LABA / NSN racking up wins at the North Shore Piano Competition and the Amadeus Piano Competition in Italy, where Lee won a firstprize trophy.

What’s at the heart of Sergienko’s success with young students?

The teacher’s approach starts with assessing students’ musical abilities, taking special note of their attention spans.

Contrary to what you may think in the age

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of social media, Sergienko says these have increased over time.

“Every 10 years I notice the kids, they can start to do a little more because the level of concentration has increased a lot,” he said.

Sergienko said he also focuses on boosting young students’ self-esteem: “It’s very important to students to believe in themselves, that they can do something.”

He also places emphasis on making beautiful sounds with the piano, and connecting those sounds together to form phrases.

“It doesn’t matter what kind of ability you have, if you don’t know how to create beautiful sounds,” Sergienko said. On the other hand, “even basic piano notes can give you beautiful, wonderful sound.”

When it comes to learning to play songs, “I try to teach them to paint the picture … only, painting by sound.”

Precocious pianist Charlotte said she’s excited to play Carnegie Hall.

“I’m going to play my favourite piece Gentle Breeze,” she said, adding that the song’s story starts with a gentle breeze that turns into a storm, then reprises back to its calm beginnings. One of Charlotte’s favourite parts of playing the song is using the piano pedals, which make the stormy section “more thundery,” she said.

While the thought of playing in front of a crowd is intimidating to many, Charlotte shows little evidence of stage fright. In May she shared the stage with the North Shore Symphony Orchestra, during the regional piano competition. Charlotte was just seven years old.

“I like performing, especially when people clap at the end,” she said.

After hearing the emotion and skill pour from the fingers of Charlotte and Sergienko’s other talented pupils, it’s easy to hear that his instructional methods are sound. Still, like any good teacher, Sergienko has a few tricks up his sleeve.

“He gives me stickers at the end of each class,” Charlotte said.

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The City of North Vancouver is seeing red on traffic safety.

City council voted unanimously Monday night to ask the province to install speed and red-light cameras at high-crash intersections in the municipality where there have been 20 serious crashes within a five-year period. Council also wants to halt right-hand turns on red lights at those intersections, to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Council has directed staff to report back on that.

Coun. Jessica McIlroy brought forward the request for red-light cameras, saying about 60 per cent of all crashes in the city happen at those intersections.

According to the head of the emergency department at Lions Gate Hospital, over a 10-year-period between 2009 and 2019 there were 881 traffic-related hospitalizations, said McIlroy.

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Anthony Boussetta insists there’s nothing spectacular about summitting 10 mountain peaks consecutively in a 52-hour mountain bike ride.

You might think that an insane amount of physical preparation is required for such a feat, but Boussetta suggests that it’s almost entirely mental.

“Think that you will do it – that’s the main part,” he said.

A new film called Only a Ride retells Boussetta’s 269-kilometre, 10,200-metre-elevation-gain journey at the beginning of August 2022, just a year after completing the North Shore’s Triple-Triple Crown – biking up and down the peaks of Seymour, Grouse and Cypress three times each in one ride. The documentary premiers at the Rio Theatre on Nov. 19 as part of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.

Directed by North Vancouver-based filmmaker Gordie Rogers, a crew follows Boussetta as he pedals up, rides downhill,

hikes, eats, sweats, power naps and smiles his way through the gruelling expedition.

The route begins in Squamish, climbing to the top of the Diamond Head trails, before travelling to the Sunshine Coast to carry his bike up I like to Mount Elphinstone, describe it then back to the as a mental mainland to hit the North Shore peaks health film before pedalling to that’s hiding behind a bike Burnaby Mountain in the sweltering film. heat, eventually ANTHONY BOUSSETTA finishing on Mount Burke in Coquitlam and riding down to the water’s edge in Port Moody.

While he was planning the ride, the North Vancouverite admits he had doubts – doubts that he ultimately had to push aside.

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‘You cannot go into a challenge if you think that you’re gonna fail,’ says North Vancouver endurance mountain biker Anthony Boussetta. COURTESY OF GORDIE ROGERS

Film premiering Nov. 19 at VIMFF Continued from A16 “There’s no point.”

Boussetta says it’s the same with mental health, a theme that plays prominently in the film. “You cannot try to learn and get better if you think you’re a lost cause and you will never make it.”‘ A mental health film that’s hiding behind a bike film’ In the year before he attempted the North Shore Triple Crown three times in one ride, Boussetta said he was experiencing a really bad year, “where everything just fell apart.”

In the film, he describes how he suppressed anger. Instead of a tool to work through problems, even mountain biking had become a form of escapism. But Boussetta said completing the Triple-Triple Crown was a shifting point.

“I thought this physically would be impossible, but I’ve done it, so I guess I can just go talk to someone – it’s not that hard,” Boussetta said, reflecting on his previous beliefs that talking to a therapist, or anyone, about his problems was impossible.

It’s these themes about opening up in sport that really drove Rogers to make Only a Ride.

“I like to describe it as a mental health film that’s hiding behind a bike film,” he said. Sure, there’s lots of Boussetta’s awesome ride in the documentary, but it’s also about his story and the struggles he’s working through.

“Mountain biking is not a sport where these topics are discussed very much.

So that was a goal, to break down a bit of that barrier and show that it’s OK to be open about these topics and challenges,” Rogers said.

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An emergency siren and warning of a chlorine leak from a North Vancouver chemical plant on Nov. 1 was a false alarm, according to North Shore Emergency Management.

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Around 9:50 a.m. residents received emergency notifications on their phones from the Alertable app reporting a release of chlorine from Chemtrade Electrochem in the Maplewood area. The message stated the leak was confined to the facility and that it posed no threat to the public, despite the possible smell of the noxious chemical in the air.

That message was sent in error though.

At the time, Chemtrade was conducting its annual internal safety drill, which inadvertently triggered the message to be sent via Alertable.

“To be clear, we did not have a chemical release at the North Vancouver facility and there is no risk to the community or surrounding area,” a statement released by the company later on Wednesday morning read. “Chemtrade would like to apologize to

Chemtrade’s North Vancouver site. NSN FILES the local community for the error and thank North Shore Emergency Management for their quick response and professionalism in handling the response.”

Amy Jonsson, senior manager of corporate communications for Chemtrade, said the company doesn’t yet know why their exercise caused an actual alert to be sent out, but she said they will be looking into that over the coming days.

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Chlorine leak alert sent in error Continued from A18 down that area of the plant and begin containing the spill.

“We’ve operated safely for years. We have extensive safety equipment and protocols in place,” Jonsson said.

The facility produces chlor-alkali, a compound used to create caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, and bleach for industrial clients across North America.

Exposure to low concentrations of chlorine gas can cause eye, nose and throat irritation. At higher levels, it can lead to respiratory distress similar to asthma.

Prolonged exposure to chlorine in the environment at more than 400 parts per million can be fatal, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Officials from North Shore Emergency Management, which oversees disaster response and preparedness for the entire North Shore, did not know Chemtrade was conducting the drill at the time, said director Emily Dicken.

“When we got the notification, we actually went into response mode and I immediately stood up our risk response procedures,” she said.

That included reaching out to District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services and Chemtrade and preparing to send a

shelter in place warning if one was needed.

When they confirmed within a span of about two minutes that the first message was an error, Dicken said they prepared a second notification to go out with correct information.

In an actual leak, chlorine spreads along the ground and doesn’t permeate through barriers. Had last week’s alert been for a real threat, NSEM would have likely sent an alert urging people to shelter in place, while crews cordoned off access to the area.

Dicken said the Alertable app has been downloaded upwards of 18,000 times by North Shore residents since it launched in 2021. Despite Wednesday’s mix up, Dicken said the app is still the most reliable way of getting need-to-know information in the fallout from a disaster. And a false alarm is better than no warning at all, she added.

“It is the way that we are going to be sending out public notifications on disaster events. And it’s something that we are highly trained in and it’s something that we take very seriously,” she said. “It’s unfortunate today that there was this oversight or error, but I think it doesn’t negate the importance of the tool.”

To download the app, visit the North Shore Emergency Management website at nsem.ca.

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In the lead up to Remembrance Day on Saturday, Nov. 11, much of the country will be taking moments to pause and remember the work of the armed forces members who died in the line of duty.

Among them were sacrifices made by First Nations, Métis and Inuit soldiers.

Sacrifices, says Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) elected council member Sxwíxwtn (Wilson Williams), we would do well to remember.

Last month, Williams returned from a trip to the Netherlands where he had been representing the Squamish Nation as part of Veteran Affairs Canada’s Indigenous Legacy Project.

The initiative identifies and marks the graves of Indigenous soldiers who fought for the liberation of the Netherlands – one of Canada’s major contributions during the Second World War. “It’s a research- and

remembrance-based initiative, to recognize, honour and educate on the Indigenous soldiers who sacrificed their lives,” said Williams, adding how, of all the “million-plus Canadians” who served in the Second World War, 3,000 of those were identified as Indigenous soldiers.

Williams visited four cemeteries, one being the Holten Canadian War Cemetery where 17 Indigenous graves have so far been identified. Among those 17 lay Pte. Daniel Cheer, a Squamish Nation member and Williams’ distant relative.

“I think the project has done this in a good way, reconnecting soldiers with their families. Now we know Daniel Cheer was one of 30 Squamish Nation members who volunteered to serve overseas in the war, we know all his stories and all about who he was,” said Williams.

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Squamish Nation’s Wilson Williams pays respect to Squamish Nation veterans at their war memorial outside St. Pauls Church. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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OUR COUNTRY’S HEROES Continued from page B2 connected to. It was a moving moment for all involved, he said, one made especially so when time came for him to share his own words.

“I was one of the last two to speak and, by this time, it was brisk with only a slight drizzle. Just after I introduced myself the rain picked up like a storm,” he said.

“Through our culture and teachings, when the weather changes dramatically or drastically, it’s telling us something. Mother Nature, the creator, was telling us that we were meant to be there. We were meant to be there to support each other.”

Prior to the creation of the Indigenous Legacy Project, no one had been to visit Cheer since he perished in action in 1945, said Williams. Such had been the case for many of the Indigenous soldiers buried there.

As the family members laid down their offerings of flowers and tobacco upon the graves, Williams, wearing his Nation’s regalia and with drum in hand, took a quiet moment at Cheer’s final resting place.

“I spent quite some time with our loved one there. I laid our Squamish Nation flag

down over his grave site, and laid the offerings. I shared a song with him, and spoke prayer in our language. I spoke of connectivity, and being reunited, and said how his family in our community are thinking of him.”

Williams said there is still “a long road to go” in terms of ensuring Indigenous soldiers are given the same recognition and respect as their comrades, but projects like Canada’s Indigenous Legacy Project are vital to bridging that gap.

Education could be improved, he said, by having curriculum in schools include more engagement with Indigenous communities. He envisions a future where students can take part in an exchange program and spend a week or two in a country more connected with the Second World War. “War was never in our backyard. You go to Europe, and war is everywhere. Here we undermine the value and the commitment and the heart and the soul that went into going overseas,” he said.

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Roddy MacKenzie still remembers the day when he was 11 and his dad burst out of the front door of their Calgary home, telling him to get in the car. The year was 1961 and his dad had heard a Lancaster airplane was approaching.

They sped up to Nose Hill, a high point overlooking the city, and watched through binoculars as the Lancaster approached.

“He watched that plane with incredible intensity,” said MacKenzie. “That was the last time he ever saw a Lancaster in the air.”

MacKenzie’s father Roland MacKenzie was a Canadian pilot in the Royal Air Force’s Bomber Command during the Second World War. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross but didn’t talk about his experiences while MacKenzie was growing up.

“What I knew about the war was my dad was a pilot who flew a Lancaster that dropped bombs,” said MacKenzie, a retired lawyer and West Vancouver resident. “I really didn’t know anything else.”

His dad was highly respected in his

community, MacKenzie recalled, but he was quiet and could be hard on his son.

That person was very different from the man described by those who knew him – including MacKenzie’s uncle – before the war, “a guy who was funny and relaxed and generous,” said MacKenzie. “Someone who was quite different from the person raising me.”

MacKenzie’s quest into his dad’s wartime history – that this year resulted in a book on Bomber Command – was partly a way to understand what had happened to change his father.

Search for father’s wartime history The older MacKenzie had signed up for RCAF in 1941 at the age of 29. He knew nothing about flying, said MacKenzie, but graduated from his training at the top of his class, eventually going on to instruct other pilots at a training school in Alberta.

In 1944 he was sent overseas, and was attached to Squadron 166 of Bomber Command, flying 34 bombing missions over Germany.

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OUR COUNTRY’S HEROES Continued from page B4 MacKenzie said he came to appreciate that his dad’s perfectionism – so hard on his son – was the only thing that had kept him and his crew alive in a squadron with a horrifying number of casualties. That came at a cost, however. Post-traumatic stress wasn’t on the radar then, but men like his father came home with huge emotional wounds, said MacKenzie.

In the years after, Bomber Command was pushed further from the public mind by discomfort with the civilian deaths that were also part of its record.

“Bomber Command got totally trashed after the war,” said MacKenzie. Brian McKenna’s 1991 CBC film Death by Moonlight explored some of those controversies, stirred fierce historical debate and offended many veterans.

For a number of years, MacKenzie’s quest to find out about his father’s wartime record was stymied by his own lack of information from his dad.

But in 2017, a clue from the Royal Air Force in Britain led MacKenzie to RAF Kirmington, site of a once-abandoned wartime air base. As it turned out, Kirmington

had been the home base for his dad’s 166 Squadron. MacKenzie flew there to visit. In a local pub, he found memorabilia dating back to the wartime days of the squadron and a guestbook chronicling reunions dating back many years.

From his hotel room, MacKenzie began sending out emails to pilots and crew who had left contact information in the guest books.

That opened a world of information and forged new friendships that would continue over the years, said MacKenzie.

Father flew iconic Lancaster bomber He learned about the iconic Lancaster plane, the amazing resilience of the aircraft and the near-suicidal conditions with which many of the night-time bombing raids over German weapons factories were conducted.

Years earlier, a Lancaster had been the key to the only time MacKenzie heard his dad talk about the war. They had stopped near a Lancaster on display near Nanton, Alta. On that day, someone had keys to the plane, and MacKenzie and his dad were allowed to sit inside.

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Gordon Cowley knows there aren’t many folks left who can share stories like his own.

The 101-year-old West Vancouver resident served in the Second World War and still dons a poppy.

“I’m probably one of the very few that are still around,” he said. “I’ve lived a long, long time.”

Cowley was born in Winnipeg in 1922, although most of his growing up was in North Vancouver. He remembers an idyllic childhood, despite the Great Depression.

“Nobody had very much money and everybody was very happy,” he said.

After war was declared in 1939, Cowley recalls life at North Vancouver Secondary became a “quasi-military” experience, involving training and drills. At 17, he was his cadet platoon’s commander.

When they were of age, Cowley and three close friends all went to the Royal Canadian Air Force recruiting office together to enlist to be flight crew. At the time, volunteering to serve was more of a fact of life than it was a decision made out of patriotism, he said.

“We were all swept up in the war effort and so you wanted to be a part of it,” he said.

Cowley’s friends passed the Air Force physical exam but he did not. The military assessed his lungs weren’t up to the standard.

“The war was on and we all wanted to fly.

That’s what we were going to do,” he said.

“And that really upset me.”

Dejected, Cowley went to work for BC Electric but in less than a year, he felt compelled to go back, even if it meant serving on the ground.

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“I thought I can’t just not be a part of this,” he said.

He shipped off to St. Thomas, Ont. for training before being assigned to No. 10 Bomber and Reconnaissance Squadron at the massive Air Force base in Gander, N.L. No. 10 Bomber and Reconnaissance Over the course of the war, the squadron logged about 30,000 hours of patrol work in the air, eight to 10 hours at a time, escorting Allied convoys, scouting for German U-Boats and attacking them on sight, according to Jerry Vernon, president of the Vancouver

chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society.

But for every hour in the air, many more were spent on the ground, keeping the planes in flying condition and prepping them for their next mission, which was Cowley’s task. Cowley remembers it as a busy time but not overly difficult.

No. 10 Squadron was a relatively safe posting for the war, but not without risk.

They lost seven aircraft and 25 crew members. Other squadrons at the same base would have lost more, Vernon said, noting that Gander has its own cemetery just outside the main entrance.

“It’s rather sad, because quite often you can see they’ve got the remains of a pilot and a navigator, quite often in the same grave,” he said. “Most of those were lost at sea and never found again.”

Soon after Germany surrendered in May of 1945, Cowley and the rest of the squadron were told they were to be redeployed to the Pacific theatre. While they were on their way to Halifax and then Singapore, they received word that Japan had surrendered.

“Our whole crew was disbanded and our crew went home,” he said.

In the years since, Cowley, like a lot of veterans, sees his role in the war as small.

“I was just part of a big contingency,” he said. “I can’t say I felt proud. I felt thankful it was over.”

Vernon said No. 10 Squadron and those like them were critical in the Battle of the Atlantic, keeping shipping lanes open and allowing supplies to reach the Allies in Europe.

A relatively small group compared to other squadrons, No. 10 had three confirmed U-Boat sinkings, although their mere

presence on patrol would have sent submarines diving for safety, making them less of a threat, Vernon said.

“The convoys were very, very important, of course,” he said. “The Battle of the Atlantic was quite a battle, and the Air Force had their part to play in it.… The convoys, I’m sure it felt very reassuring to have an airplane circling over them.”

After the war All three of Cowley’s friends he tried to enlist with were sent to different theatres of war, and all survived.

When he returned home to North Vancouver, he quickly returned to his old job with BC Electric. He married his wife Peggy in 1946 and they started a family.

Cowley said he sometimes thinks of the chapter of his life spent during the war and the members of his squadron, all of whom are gone now.

If you’ve attended a Remembrance Day ceremony on the North Shore, you’ve more than likely been in Cowley’s presence.

“Oh yes, I wouldn’t miss them. My father was in the First World War and I used to go to the cenotaph in North Vancouver every Remembrance Day with him. That activity was quite important to me,” he said.

“After the war, I made sure I went to every Remembrance Day service.”

While his lungs kept him out of an RCAF cockpit where he felt he belonged during the war, they do serve him well today. For the last 30 years, he’s been a regular at the West Vancouver Community Centre three times per week to work out with the Fit Fellas, a fitness group of men of a certain age.

“And I’m still in very good shape,” he says.

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Our cashless society is hurting poppy sales, volunteer says BRENT RICHTER

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North Shore residents aren’t filling the Royal Canadian Legion’s poppy boxes the way they used to.

Since the pandemic, people have preferred to pay for everything with cards, says West Vancouver Legion volunteer Graham Mackintosh, who is responsible for more than 100 poppy boxes sitting neglected next to retailers’ tills.

“I was reloading poppies and emptying the boxes and it was awful. Just dismal,” he said. “Usually they’re very, very generous every time I go in there, but there’s just very, very little and I’m positive it’s because they don’t carry cash.”

The Legion deploys poppy “taggers,” as they’re called, with machines that allow people to tap donations with their credit or debit cards. Those tend to be larger donations than what would appear in the boxes, but there aren’t enough volunteers in the Legion’s ranks to offset the declining revenue in the boxes, Mackintosh said.

All of the funds raised by local volunteers stay within the community, Mackintosh said, but he’s worried there will be a lesser amount for the Legion to contribute this year.

“I think we’re going to be way down,” he said.

Mackintosh said he doesn’t think the community is shirking its responsibility of remembrance for those who fought and died in war. While some new Canadians may not be familiar with the poppy and its symbolism, the number of people who turn out to the Remembrance Day ceremony at West Vancouver’s memorial is only going up, Mackintosh noted.

Recognizing that people mostly prefer to pay with a card these days, Mackintosh has a helpful suggestion: Ask retailers at the till if they’ll do cash back so shoppers can have something to stuff into the poppy box.

“It’s a wonderful thing to do and people will get good karma,” he said with a laugh. “They’ll feel good.”

Legion North Shore/Howe Sound deputy zone commander Stephen Cochrane, West Van Legion volunteer Graham Mackintosh and Fresh Street Market store leader Alex Lee team up on the Remembrance Day poppy campaign. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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Volunteered at age 21 in 1941. He served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in England, France and Holland. Reginald was killed in the line of duty in Holland in 1945.

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Joined the Canadian Army at age 21 in Nov. 1944. Trained with the #11 Platoon, C Coy Petawawa Regiment.

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Joined the RCAF in WW2, later serving in the tank corps.

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Served in World War II with Royal Canadian Engineers 9th Field Squadron. Killed in action in Germany on April 20, 1945.

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After leaving St. Paul’s Residential School she volunteered at age 18 in 1941 to serve with the Canadian Women’s Corps. She trained in Vermillion, Alberta. She was stationed in Victoria until 1945.

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Volunteered at age 40 on Dec. 6, 1941. He was trained in small arms and demolitions, but served with the Canadian Forestry Corps in Glasgow. The C.F.C. produced railway ties.

Served in France, Germany, Italy and Holland. He was active in the “D” Day Invasion and was awarded 5 medals. Wounded in ’44. Pretended to be dead while Nazi’s ripped off his dog-tags and went through his pockets. Crawled back to Allied lines, his only ID was his Cdn. uniform.

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Volunteered at age 27 in 1941.

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Volunteered at age 33 in 1943 with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He arrived in Liverpool on Jan. 17, 1945, on the SS Mauritania. In the early morning hours he heard the bombing of V-2 rockets in the distance. Peter served in England for 20 months.

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1920 to 2005. Served in the Canadian Army during WWII. Member of 16th L.A.A. Battery, RCA. Beloved father, remembered by his 8 children and wife of 59 years.

North Vancouver resident proudly served in the Second World War and was the last living member of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in this area. Long-standing legion member of Branch #8 Bornewest and Branch #118 North Vancouver. Died in February 2018 at age 93.

The Fighting Cathcarts All eight brothers and one sister served active duty in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1939-1945 Left to right in picture: Bill, Dave, Red, Gene, Margaret, Ed, Bob, Tom, & Bert Cathcart.

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WW1- Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Railway Troops Served in France Died: 1972 Forever Missed, Forever Loved Rest In Peace, Dear Grandad

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Continued from page B3 from Veteran Affairs Canada, and bring these stories alive.”

We should also, points out Williams, be giving just as much consideration to the wounded, injured and sick servicemen who made it home.

Following his time in the Netherlands in September, the Squamish Nation councillor visited Germany’s Dusseldorf for the closing ceremony of this year’s Invictus Games.

Representing the Four Host First Nations, he gifted a ceremonial paddle to Team Germany and received the flag alongside Team Canada, taking the torch, as it were, and setting things in motion for the 12-day Invictus Games set for Vancouver and Whistler in 2025.

During an event at the Canada House a few days later, a visiting Prince Harry, founder of the Games, asked Williams to make a speech. He would be the best person, the monarch explained, to touch on the importance of remembering those who had lost their lives in the line of duty.

“I was quite overwhelmed, because I really wanted to do it right and in a good way, and really empower the heart of why we were all there,” said Williams.

“I wanted to talk about how symbolic and uniting it is, those Games. But not only that, how much healing can be found in recognizing the soldiers that made it back, and recognizing the soldiers who didn’t.”

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

Continued from page B5 “He showed me where each of the seven crewmen sat.

And he showed me a little bit of what he did as a pilot,” said MacKenzie.

As they got out of the plane and started driving, his dad started talking about the Lancasters, how they would fly in the dark with no radio contact and no lights on, toward a target. How they would corkscrew to escape the fire from German aircraft once the bombs were dropped.

“What these guys did was simply unbelievable,” said the younger MacKenzie.

Author says Bomber Command should be remembered MacKenzie said his own belief, based on research conducted over the intervening years, is that Bomber Command’s efforts in knocking out munitions factories remained key to ending the war.

The cost in lives of Canadian airmen was huge, he said.

In his dad’s squadron – which operated from January 1943 to April 1945, 944 airmen were killed. Of those, 155 were Canadian.

“I think that Bomber Command needs to be known. It played a decisive role in World War Two. And it’s important that we be aware of this incredible part of our heritage,” he said.

MacKenzie’s book, Bomber Command: Churchill’s Greatest Triumph, was published this year by the U.K.-based Pen & Sword publishing house.

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Preservation Society praises plan Continued from A6 Shore Heritage Preservation Society, said her group has visited the site and strongly supports the heritage revitalization plan.

“It respects the neighbourhood character,” she said, adding the alternative is likely a “grossly oversized home” on the site that is “not affordable to much of the community.”

John Mawson, a member of West Vancouver’s heritage advisory committee, said the home has heritage significance and “it’s one of a dwindling number of buildings that remain of that vintage.” He added two of the other heritage revitalizations projects – including those for the Vincent and Rush houses – have been well received.

Not everyone was in favour of the plan.

Several people wrote to council, arguing the Clegg House would become “unrecognizable” under the proposal, which they described as a rezoning proposal with substantial financial benefit to the owners.

On Monday, Coun. Nora Gambioli praised the owners, Darrin and Meghan DaCosta, for the heritage plan.

“I really think that heritage revitalization agreements don’t get any better than this. And we either support heritage or

we don’t. There’s always going to be a few details that you know, could be better,” she said. “But I fully support this project, and I think it’s going to be a huge benefit to the neighbourhood.”

Coun. Sharon Thompson also applauded the project.

“I think they add that housing alternative that seems to be missing – smaller homes for people as opposed to more and more condos,” she said. “And I do applaud the proponent for taking this on. It’s always a lot more work than one expects. And it tends to pit neighbours against neighbours.”

Thompson said while there has been some public speculation about how much profit the owners could make from the deal, “I don’t think that’s our job here … to speculate whether people are doing this for profit or for adding to our community.”

Originally the owners had asked for a 20-year tax holiday on the site as part of the HRA proposal. But after members of council questioned that, the owners withdrew their request.

The Clegg House is the seventh heritage revitalization agreement approved in West Vancouver.

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A former councillor of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) who defrauded the Nation out of more than $855,000 has been granted day parole after serving one year in prison for her crimes.

Former Nation co-chair and department head Krisandra Lenore Jacobs, 59, was handed a four-year jail sentence a year ago in North Vancouver provincial court after previously being found guilty of fraud and theft, following a lengthy trial.

At the time of sentencing, the judge said Jacobs’s

breach of the trust placed in her as both an elected councillor and high-level employee of the Nation called for a jail sentence to act as a deterrent.

At the time of the fraud, between April 2011 and May 2014, Jacobs was one of two people in charge of an emergency fund meant as a fund of last resort for Squamish Nation members in need. Usually, requests for emergency assistance came through legitimate channels and were backed up with proper documentation afterwards.

But during the trial, several witnesses who worked in the Nation’s finance department described how Jacobs had set up an additional “shadow process” that she used to circumvent those controls, often calling in employees

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A spreadsheet referred to during the trial revealed many of the withdrawals Jacobs made after she deposited the cheques were at ATMs near casinos in both the Lower Mainland and Squamish.

Her defence lawyer John Turner had argued that Jacobs should receive a lighter sentence – two years in jail – because her fraud was committed as a result of a gambling addiction, which he described as the “overriding factor” in her crimes.

Jacobs was granted day parole Oct. 17 following a community assisted parole hearing held recently in Squamish. As part of that process, available to Indigenous offenders, Jacobs faced between 60 and 70 members of the Squamish Nation community, during which “she apologized to [members of the community] and let them know she would like to be reintegrated into the community,” according to a letter sent out by the Squamish Nation Council.

At her parole hearing Jacobs “took full responsibility” for her actions, according to a written decision released by the board. “You told the board you recognize you have hurt people,” the board wrote.

In her hearing, Jacobs told the board it was important for her to come back to her home so she could apologize to the leaders and staff of the community, according to the written decision.

“At your hearing you placed significant weight on your gambling and indicated that you have learned that gambling is worse than a drug addiction and it hijacked your mind,” the parole board wrote to Jacobs. “You also indicated that you found it very difficult to ask for help and you were overwhelmed with deadlines, time sensitive issues and the difficult political aspects of your role.”

Jacobs has taken part in support programs, including those incorporating Indigenous practices and counselling for gambling addictions while in jail and has made “significant progress,” according to the parole board.

The parole board also commended Jacobs for taking part in the community hearing. “This was courageous and demonstrates a commitment to openness and healing,” the board wrote.

Conditions of Jacobs’s six-month day parole include being banned from being in any position involving managing finances for any other individual, charity, business or institution.

Jacobs is also banned from gambling and from entering a casino or other gambling location, according to the parole board.

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The Capilano Blues women finished second at the PacWest provincial soccer championships played Oct. 28-29 in Nanaimo, losing 3-1 in the final against the Douglas College Royals.

The Blues women finished in first place in PacWest league play with a 7-2-3 record, earning a direct spot in the provincial final.

The win for Douglas College in the final earned the Royals a trip to the national championships.

While the Blues couldn’t claim a provincial title, they did have reason to celebrate six players named to the PacWest all-star teams. The all-star list includes Alanah Dulong, Julia Peyton, Aynsley Hurtado and Maya Smith from the women’s team and Tommy Millar and Brandon Lecce from the men’s squad.

Dulong, a Seycove Secondary grad, served as a team captain in her fifth and final season with the Blues and led the league in goals, scoring eight times in 12 games. Hurtado is another player from North Vancouver, a Handsworth grad who scored three goals while playing a

Alanah Dulong was named a 2023 league all-star in her fifth and final season with the Capilano Blues. VANCOUVER SPORTS PICTURES key midfield role for the Blues in her fifth season. Peyton was another captain on the team, scoring a goal and four assists while anchoring the team’s defensive line, while Smith earned all-star honours for her aggressive two-way midfield play for Capilano.

The Capilano men didn’t qualify for postseason play but were still represented on the all-star team by Lecce, a Sutherland grad and first-year player who starred as a goalkeeper for the Blues. Millar, the team’s captain, also earned all-star honours for his role as a key midfield player.

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Four North Shore athletes hit the podium as the Pan Am Games wrapped up in Santiago, Chile over the weekend, earning medals for Canada in equestrian and field hockey.

North Vancouver-raised Tiffany Foster joined with teammates Mario Deslauriers, Amy Millar and Beth Underhill to earn Pan Am silver in the team jumping equestrian competition. That showing also earned the team a spot in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Foster, who now lives in Langley, was the first Canadian to hit the course in the final, riding Figor, a 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Foster and Artisan Farms and groomed by Caroline Holmberg. Foster and Figor got Team Canada off to a great start, riding a clear round in 76.59 seconds. She followed that up with another clear round, helping Canada secure a podium spot and the all-important ticket to next year’s Olympics. “[Figor] was amazing, I mean he just felt

even better this round,” stated Foster in a release. “The more he jumps, the more relaxed he gets and I’m just so proud of him and so grateful to have a horse like this, to make these things fun, because they’re very stressful, but he makes it fun.”

Foster earned praise from Chef d’Equipe Ian Millar, a Canadian legend in the sport.

“Tiffany and Figor’s first round was the round of the day in terms of its accuracy, its precision, and its classical style,” he said. “These are four top horse and rider combinations, and they know how to function under pressure and they got the job done.”

Canada began the first round of competition in third place and ended the day on the podium earning silver with a final score of 17.62. Team USA, who started the day in fifth, earned their Olympic ticket and the gold medal after delivering two double clear rounds and ended on their score of 12.37. Defending champions Brazil, who had already qualified for Paris, held the lead through much of the competition, yet finished with the bronze on 20.32 after the Continued on A25

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District hoping for provincial funding to help with housing project Continued from A1 Middle class families working full time cannot afford to rent here,” she said. “This project will ensure that those families and seniors on fixed incomes and workers can live there.”

Coun. Jordan Back praised the foresight of the previous council to identify district-owned lands that could be put up for affordable housing. And he added there were some at the public hearing who welcomed the proposal.

“There were people that do live in the area currently and feel lucky that they do and want other people to have that same sort of opportunity,” he said. “I’m really pleased that we’ve gotten to this point in the process where we’re starting to rezone some of these sites to put us … to the top of the list when those calls for funding come.”

Coun. Lisa Muri was the lone vote against the rezoning, although she stressed it was not because of the affordable housing component. Without a detailed proposal, there were too many unanswered questions in how the rezoning would impact the community, she added.

“The traffic in that area is already at its peak,” she said.

“I’m against this site, and how it’s going to be accessed because this development needs to be successful too within the community for it to have a synergy and support in the community.”

Couns. Betty Forbes and Herman Mah both agreed there would be potential impacts on the existing community but came down in favour of using district land to achieve district housing goals.

Mayor Mike Little acknowledged both sides of the debate and said the district should look at re-opening Premier Street as an egress.

Although he specified he did not come to the decision lightly, he was firmly in support. If BC Housing opts against funding affordable housing there, Little expressed confidence that the district could find another partner.

Health officer supportive Continued from A14 blowback from the public, but the support he’s heard for the plan “exceeded expectations.”

Some councillors related personal stories of traffic accidents and near misses. Coun. Angela Girard said she had a “very close incident” involving not seeing a pedestrian crossing a street as she was driving to city hall.

Coun. Holly Back recalled her son being hit by a speeding vehicle when he was just 18 months old and being told by doctors he would likely not survive. (He did and is now an adult in his 40s).

Mayor Linda Buchanan said while ticketing is usually the last option to consider, “behavioural change is really hard” without a strong nudge in the right direction.

Dr. Alex Choi, medical health officer for the North Shore, came to council Monday to support the call for red-light and speed cameras.

“If someone is hit by a car at 32 kilometres an hour, we know that actually nine out of 10 people survive,” she said.

But that number drops to one of 10 at 64 km/h.

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“We’ve shown our hand that the District of North Vancouver council is willing to act and willing to take leadership on these spaces and put them forward for a significant social benefit, and I think that’s something we can all be proud of,” he said.

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With the world experiencing such unprecedented events – a COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, potentially even the onset of the Third World War – it can feel as though there is much to understand and process.

The Polygon Gallery’s latest exhibition, From Slander’s Brand, demonstrates how art, when all else is lost, can help make sense of it all. Running from Nov. 10 until February of next year, the exhibition sees the culmination of large scale projects from three separate artists: Hannah Darabi, Rachel Khedoori and Ron Terada.

Each extensive body of work is a response to a monumental moment in history.

For Vancouver-born and based artist Terada, it is the COVID-19 pandemic. For Tehran-born, Parisbased artist Darabi, it is the 1979 Iranian Revolution. For Australiaborn, Zurich-based artist Kedoori,

Hannah Darabi’s Enghelab Street, A Revolution through Books, is part of the The Polygon’s latest exhibition From Slander’s Brand. THE POLYGON the focus is on the Iraq War of 2003.

“A single image cannot adequately represent a period of time, particularly one that is disruptive and chaotic,” said The Polygon’s director Reid Shier. “The artworks featured in From Slander’s Brand explore the contentious process of shaping memory and history, each

is composed of many constituent parts and reflects an extended act of labour by the artists.”

Terada’s ongoing series TL;DR, short for “too long; didn’t read,” comprises 325 paintings – each emblazoned with a 2020 headline from tech news site The Verge.

With headlines like “Apple Pulls iPhone App Promoting Secret

Parties During the COVID-19 Pandemic” and “Your Car May Be Recording More Data Than You Know,” the paintings are snapshots from a seismic year, much like the work of Rachel Khedoori’s Untitled (Iraq Book Project) [2008 to 2010], which comprises a selection of early 2000s news stories reporting on the 2003 Iraq war.

“All three works are discussing the role that the in-power media plays in creating the so-called ‘historical facts,’” said artist Darabi, whose exhibit Enghelab Street, A Revolution through Books: Iran 1979–1983 analyzes the historical representation of the 1979 Iranian revolution through photographs taken at that time.

Wanting to “reconstruct the narrative” through her personal archive, Darabi collected photo books and political books published between 1979 and 1983 and put them together with her own family photos and postcards.

In these circumstances art can be used as a healing tool, she said.

“Some historical events, like

the revolution in Iran, leave people with traumas that will be passed on from generation to generation.”

Darabi said she created the work, first of all, for herself. In order to be able to read and interpret the photographs in the books, it was necessary to get rid of any “emotional charge” towards them.

“It was not an easy task, but it helped me to see different sides of one story without engaging with them.”

Darabi said it would be “wonderful” if the three intertwining exhibitions encouraged visitors to learn more about the history of Iran, Iraq, and the COVID-19 pandemic, through sources other than the mainstream media.

If they are already well versed in those events, hopefully this exhibition will encourage them to look at them through a different lens, she said.

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

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Continued from A10 A search of the warehouse found a “significant” quantity of drugs and cash but no kidnapping victim, leading investigators to believe the initial 911 call had been a “false flag” to draw police to the scene.

“The warehouse appears to be inside of a drug trafficking lab where drugs were stored, prepared, and packaged to be shipped and sold on streets,” said Const.

Mansoor Sahak, North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson.

Among the drugs seized: eight kilograms of cannabis, five kilograms of raw psilocybin or magic mushrooms, 500 packages of mushroom pills and tea bags, 300 grams of mushroom gummies and chocolates, 400 packages of cannabis gummies, more than 1,000 pre-rolled joints as well as cannabis oil, hash and shatter. Investigators roughly estimate the value of the seized product to be more than $500,000.

“I’d say it’s probably one of the most significant seizures we’ve had in North Vancouver. It is quite substantial,” Sahak said. “It was a fairly big operation that was occurring at the warehouse.”

It appears a large quantity of the drugs, some of which were packaged for retail but without Canadian government inspections

or licensing, were being sold and delivered across Canada via the mail, Sahak said.

“This seizure by police means that these illicit drugs will never be on our streets in North Vancouver or across British Columbia, victimizing our communities,” Sahak said.

Two of the suspects, both Surrey men, are facing charges of possession for the purposes of trafficking. The other two were released but may yet face charges as the investigation continues, Sahak said. Both of those facing charges have history with the police and known ties to organized crime, Sahak said. The investigation is still in its early stages, and Sahak said it will likely take months and hundreds of staff hours to fully process and catalogue the evidence seized from the warehouse. Sahak said they don’t know why the caller came up with the kidnapping rouse.

“Obviously, this individual had some knowledge of what was happening in this warehouse and decided to phone that in,” he said.

On Wednesday, Vancouver Police Department members raided three storefronts selling psilocybin and other psychedelics. Sahak said it’s too early to say if the investigations are linked.

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A winter slumber can be exactly what your garden needs LAURA MARIE NEUBERT

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For many reasons, we’ve decided to rest the winter garden beds this year.

This summer was unseasonably busy, and my instincts tell me to rest and recharge.

Instead of attaching cold frames and fleeced hoops to our raised beds, we are fortifying them with organic nourishment, dressing them well for winter, and leaving them to slumber until spring. We are deferring to nature’s logic.

We will be doing much the same ourselves – hunkering down in the low light of winter, having first stocked our pantry and freezer with homegrown and locally produced sustenance, and set aside layers of protection from the cold.

Growing food under cover throughout the winter is a privilege, made possible through mechanical intervention and the sourcing of cold-hardy and native seed stock. We will still grow winter greens in containers, under cover of the eaves and kitchen patio roof, but there will be no cold-sweetened root vegetables or beautiful jewel-coloured bitter lettuces this season. I will rely on local farmers markets for those.

Nature’s logic suggests adding a generous

layer of compost to fall gardens, allowing the slow burn of cold rain and melting snow to wash away unwanted salts and facilitate the workhorse biology that eats, poops and decomposes invisibly within the soil food web’s miraculous trophic cycle.

It is good practice to dress produce beds for winter by chopping and dropping the above-ground parts of spent rooted plants, and also adding chopped greenery from elsewhere in the garden. A thick layer of recycled or new clean chopped straw might come next, and if available, add a final layer of deciduous leaves, and/or a cover crop of winter rye or peas, or my personal favourite: mustards.

The ultimate treatment for winter beds is a dose of live and bioactive worm castings, or as Terra Flora Organics owner and artisanal soil farmer Andrew Couzens describes them, “fungal dominant.” Vermicast, a.k.a. “worm poop,” is super food for the garden, but only if the biology isn’t dead due to non-porous or stale-dated packaging.

Couzens recommends sprinkling one cubic foot or so (per 4x8-foot bed) of bioactive worm castings between winter garden mulch layers, as a means of slow-feeding soil biology. Incorporating worm castings into the mix before covering with a final layer of

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Sometimes the best thing for a garden during the winter is to take a rest, writes columnist Laura Marie Neubert. This winter bed is fortified with vermicastings and top-dressed with layers of green and brown mulch. LAURA MARIE NEUBERT straw or leaves will redouble the beneficial microbes and provide essential humic and folic acids.

We have never added uncomposted animal manure of any kind directly to our garden beds, though we do add 18-24 month-aged, thermophilic and vermicast enriched organic compost that includes animal manure in its original recipe. This year however, having taken the decision to

fallow our beds, we are adding a base layer of organic chicken manure (bedding) to the winter dressing.

A reassuring body of research conducted by reputable institutions suggests that pathogens like salmonella, associated with poultry products, do not survive beyond 120 days in the soil, particularly not in cold climates. I am confident that, by the time our well-fed and rested soil warms again in 180 days or so, it will be packed with organic nutrition, and safe for planting and sowing spring crops.

Vermicast and vermicompost are produced and available locally. Buy fresh from the source if possible.

The nested stack of five-gallon buckets that we store behind the house has done yeomen’s work throughout the seasons, making urban farming a possibility for us and for friends who lend. One bucket holds slightly less than one cubic foot of soil, compost, castings, or mulch, making garden math easy and small vehicle transport a breeze.

Laura Marie Neubert is a West Vancouverbased urban permaculture designer. Learn more about permaculture by visiting her website upfrontandbeautiful.com, or email hello@upfrontandbeautiful.com.

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Mack received the Canadian Service Medal with Class and the War Medal 1945.

He was one of the oldest Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) members to volunteer for service in the Second World War. Here, Mack (middle) is pictured as part of the Squamish BC Senior B Baseball championship team in 1929.

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Being prepared can reduce risks CROSSWORD Continued from A32 COVID. These will not only keep us safer, but will also protect our family, friends, and neighbours because we have protected ourselves from a virus or cold and thus are less likely to pass it on to others.

Seniors want to maintain their well-being, but during the winter, they may become socially isolated. Research has shown that social isolation is one of the highest risk factors for older people. Studies have shown that loneliness and social isolation are associated with higher risks for health problems such as heart disease, depression, and cognitive decline.

To prevent social isolation, you could try new activities, bond with others, connect with the community, and maintain your health and well-being through healthy activities such as exercise and eating a good diet.

To connect to the community, able-bodied seniors could go to their favourite seniors, recreation, and community centres for activities or to socialize with their peers.

Less able-bodied seniors could keep in touch with friends and family by phone, sign up for a friendly phoning program run out of seniors centres, or sign up with an organization that provides pickup and delivery to their programs.

Keeping up your exercise can be difficult

during the winter months. A recent article produced by McMaster University’s Optimal Aging Portal suggests dancing at a centre or even at home – simply put on a record and boogie away for exercise and fun. Or, the article suggests, start an indoor houseplant garden.

“Caring for plants can be both therapeutic and physically beneficial,” the article states. Other suggestions include going for walks or trying out a neighbourhood gym.

Over the last few years, winter emergencies such as fires, floods, and snowstorms seem to have increased. Unfortunately, these events can further isolate older people. However, there is much that a senior can do to prepare for emergencies. For example, you can prepare disaster kits and make evacuation plans. The province’s website on emergency preparedness suggests a “grab and go” kit, which is a bit smaller than a stay-at-home emergency kit but easy to take if you must leave your home quickly.

Though winter can be a daunting prospect, we can avoid risks by being prepared.

Margaret Coates is the co-ordinator of Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. She has lived on the North Shore for 53 years and has worked for and with seniors for 28 of those years. Ideas for future columns are welcome – email lions_view@telus.net.

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DOWLING, Joan Joan Dowling, 91 of North Vancouver passed away peacefully after a short stay in hospice October 20, 2023.

Born January 30, 1932, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Predeceased by her four siblings, her husband of 56 years Richard (Dick) (2013) and daughter (Joan) (2019). Survived by son Mark (Davinder) and grandchildren Shandly and Aidan whom she loved very much.

Born, raised, and spent her youth in Glasgow. In 1953 she left her family and Glasgow with her fiancé Richard for a new adventure in New Zealand, was married and lived there until 1957 where they immigrated to Vancouver. A few years later (1964) they built a home in North Vancouver where she happily resided until her passing.

Joan loved family, travelling, gardening and everything about North Vancouver. Joan was a devout catholic and spent much of her time after Dick’s passing attending, and volunteering at her church.

Rest in peace mum, you will be missed.

Funeral services will be held @ St Stephens Parish, 1360 East 24th St. North Vancouver November 17, 2023 @ 11:00am Reception to follow @ Seymour Golf Club

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OLIVER, Ashley Born February 14, 1938 in Madras, India and passed November 2, 2023 in North Vancouver.

Ash immigrated to Canada in 1969, arriving in Cranbrook where he met Joe, a lifelong friend.

Ash is lovingly remembered by his wife, Brenda (Earth Angel); his son Gavin; sister-in-law Cathie (Jim); brother-in-law John (Shauna); nieces (Tamara, Natalia, Taylor); nephew Shawn (Laurel), (great niece Ruby, great nephew Hendrix).

Predeceased by his brother-in-law, Robin.

Ash and Brenda enjoyed early retirement retiring in 1998. Ash retired as chief building inspector for the District of North Vancouver; and Brenda from the Royal Bank. We enjoyed numerous trips, many cruises, bus trips, Hawaii and Australia. neighbour,

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Ash had a special love for cousin, Doug. Each Friday at 5pm it was a phone call toasting each other with a glass of scotch. With Doug’s passing, we continue calling his wife Georgie.

Rest in peace my love.

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of Despair

Barbara ’Barb’ Phillipson (née Mills) passed away on October 21, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. A celebration of her life will be held on December 15, 2023 (details below), with a reception to follow at the North Shore Winter Club.

Her full obituary can be found at www.dignitymemorial.com.

Fondly remembered by his Austrailian families: his sister Chris; niece Tania (Wayne), (great nieces Ashley, Jade, Natasha); nephew Graham; niece Angie (Andrew) (great niece Cheryl, great nephews Phil and Stu and families). Predeceased by his sister Daphne.

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STEINBART, Donald S. February 24, 1949 − October 23, 2023 After a courageous battle with cancer, Don passed away peacefully on October 23, 2023. Don spent most of his life on the North Shore, raising his three kids with his wife, Betty. He spent 31 years with the West Vancouver Fire Department, where he generously donated his time to many charitable organizations. In retirement, Don and Betty moved to Osoyoos to enjoy life by the lake.

Don was active in his community and was always happy to help anyone in need. He will be missed by all who were lucky to know him. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Oncology Campaign at sosmedicalfoundation.com.

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RAYNARD, Gertrud M. September 27, 1925 − November 2, 2023 Gertrud passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 2, 2023, surrounded by her family. She was 98.

Gertrud Maria Madsen was born in Hammerum, Denmark, on September 27, 1925, and grew up in Copenhagen. After working as an air hostess for Scandinavian Airlines, her career with the Danish Ministry of External Affairs took her to the Consulate in Hamburg, Germany, where she met her husband, John Raynard.

They emigrated to Canada in 1951. They built a house in Gleneagles, West Vancouver, to raise their family, which included three children and several dogs.

For 35 years, Gertrud and John owned a successful travel agency in downtown Vancouver.

After John’s death in 1998, Gertrud lived a quiet life of books, classical music, gardening, and entertaining dear friends and neighbours.

Gertrud was a gentle and gracious Scandinavian lady who turned her Gleneagles home into an oasis of European cultural heritage. She was completely fluent in three languages. She loved her family and treasured her Danish traditions.

Mourning her passing are her children and their spouses: Patrick and Isabella; Gilbert and Beatriz; and Birgit and Ben. Also, grandchildren Valerie and husband Erik; Lars and wife Lindsay; Marcel; Roy and wife Adriene; Jed; and Christian. Plus great− grandchildren Mia, Finn and Hank.

Special thanks to the wonderful staff at Cedarview Lodge in North Vancouver, who cared for Gertrud during her last two years.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church, 2347 Inglewood Ave., West Vancouver. Father Vincent Hawkswell, celebrant.

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STOLAR, Jerald (Jerry) Patrick At age 91, Jerry died peacefully on October 26, 2023 at Lion’s Gate Hospital, North Vancouver after a brief illness.

He is remembered by his loving partner, Irma. Jerry was predeceased by his wife, Elaine.

Jerry was born in Ft. William, Ontario and had a lifelong love of skiing and hiking. He was a devoted mathematics teacher at Britannia High School.

By request, there will be no Celebration of Life.

Many thanks to the caring staff at Berkeley Care Centre.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

SWANN, Eileen May 27, 1927 − October 29, 2023 We are sad to announce the passing of Eileen (Neelie) Swann. She passed away peacefully at Evergreen House in North Vancouver with her family by her side.

Eileen was predeceased by her loving husband, William, to whom she was married for more than 60 years.

She was loved by her three children, John (Diane) Swann, David (Janet) Swann and Nancy (Brian) Lee and five grandchildren, Andrew, Rachelle, Carley, Kirsten and Brendan. She also enjoyed time with her great−grandson Corbin.

Eileen took great pride in raising Schnauzers, china painting and growing a large garden full of many roses.

Her friends and family will miss her deeply and will never forget her.

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