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MASS FISH KILLS
Researchers hunting for ways to save salmon from toxic chemicals BRENT RICHTER
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The federal government is putting $1.8 million into a UBC study that could one day help prevent mass fish kills like the one the North Shore saw in October.
Dozens of coho salmon were killed as they returned to spawn the Brothers Creek system. The most likely culprit was 6PPD-quinone – a chemical that’s sprayed on tires to extend their life, but among the most toxic in the world for salmon. It tends to accumulate on roadsides and then is washed into the creeks by stormwater. While some species aren’t so susceptible, coho will die within hours of exposure to as little as a millionth of a gram of 6PPD per litre of water. The UBC study led by researchers Rachel Scholes and Timothy Rodgers builds on a partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada researchers measuring the presence of 6PPD-quinone in more than 70 creeks on the South Coast, Vancouver Island and Fraser Valley.
Over the next three years, they’re hoping to zero in on where the hotspots are and start planning mitigation measures. “We’re actually really interested in implementing our findings,” Scholes said. “Hopefully, it means healthier urban creeks and streams.” The good news is that the first phase of their study found very promising results using rain gardens or other biofiltration systems that include rocks, soil and plants, as a means to keep contaminants out of the gills of fish. “The big result was just that for all but the biggest storms, the 6PPDquinone was really well-captured by these rain gardens,” Rodgers said. “More than 90-plus per cent.” Although rain gardens have already shown promise, the second phase of the study will also look at how they could be made even more effective by adding different levels of biochar, a form of charcoal, to the soil mix to see if it will capture even more of the chemical. Continued on A25
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no chance of parole for 15 years. At his sentencing Bandaogo took responsibility for the murder but could not explain to the court what his motivation was. In March, 55-year-old Francis Amir Este, a former doctor, died after being stabbed in the underground parking lot of an apartment building on the 2100block of Argyle Avenue. Este was frequently at the apartment to care for his elderly mother. Homicide investigators later released surveillance images of two suspects but the murder remains unsolved. The man who perpetrated a hoax at the Lynn Valley Care Centre in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, tricking nurses and staff into staying home, received his sentence in North Vancouver Provincial Court. Taymour Aghtai received two years’ jail after pleading guilty to one charge of conveying a false message with intent to alarm, but because he had been in custody since September 2020, it did not add any further jail time onto his sentence.
two-bedroom rents on the North Shore ranged from $2,058 in the City of North Vancouver to $4,538 in the District of West Vancouver – among the highest in the country. The report also found landlords boosted rents by an average of 24 per cent after a tenant moves out and a new one signs a lease. The District of North Vancouver and District of West Vancouver wound up on the housing minister’s “naughty list” and were told they must see through to completion more than 4,000 new strata and rental homes in the next five years. The District of West Van broke ground on long-awaited below-market rental housing and a seniors’ respite on Gordon
Education The province announced funding for a $64 million school on the site of the former Cloverley Elementary. Designs are well underway, but neighbours are campaigning to have the project built on the west side of the property to reduce the amount of park land that will be lost. Mountainside Secondary’s $23.7-million seismic upgrade was completed in April. The province announced in April that teachers would no longer be using letter grades and percentages as marks for students in Grades 8 and 9. Instead, students in their first two years of high school will be given a description on a four-point Continued on A5
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Inflation across the nation? Interest rates catch your interest? Smell of smoke in the air?
North Shore News editorial staff have done a sweep of the 2023 archives to compile our annual list of the biggest stories that impacted our lives, revealed new truths and got us talking. Here’s what we came up with:
Social issues The rising cost of living, especially inflation of food prices, was one of the defining issues of 2023. The Greater Vancouver Food Bank reported previously unthinkable numbers of new clients registering for help with basic nutrition, with more than 900 new people signing up in March alone. A study by BC Centre for Disease Control found that groceries sold on the North Shore are the second most expensive in the province at about $1,379 per month – more than $100 higher than the B.C. average. Purchasing the same goods in Richmond would cost about $200 less. The 2023 Greater Vancouver Homeless Count documented 168 people living without permanent shelter on the North Shore, a 39 per cent increase since 2020. And, advocates warn, the homeless count usually only reveals a fraction of the actual number. The Harvest Project, meanwhile, marked 30 years of successes in their mission to “give a hand up, not a hand out” for people facing poverty, food insecurity and precarious living arrangements. House and home As always, the housing topic was as hot as the market itself, with assessments up between six and 11 per cent in January. A CMHC report found average
Avenue, while DNV council approved a controversial affordable housing project on Old Lillooet Road. Another even more controversial supportive housing proposal on Keith Road for people facing homelessness awaits a final vote by DNV council after a public hearing which is now stretching into its fifth night. The City of North Vancouver and the province came to the rescue of an already-approved affordable housing project at North Shore Neighbourhood House, which required bailout money after inflation threatened its viability. DNV council came within a couple of votes that would legalize and regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb, limiting them to within the principal residence of the host.
Council stopped short, however, when the province announced strict new STR rules coming 2024. And the Squamish Nation received funding for an affordable housing project that which will support 95 members living in the community of Xwemelch’stn (Capilano 5 Reserve). Crime and punishment The man responsible for the Lynn Valley stabbings in March 2021 pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder, five counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault. After heart-rending victim impact statements were read out in court, a B.C. Supreme Court judge sentenced Yannick Bandaogo, 30, to life in prison with
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Emi Belluz and Dazzle, a 17-year-old quarter horse, take in the view as they cross the newly opened Spirit Trail bridge across Lynn Creek, Jan. 17, 2023 . Belluz rode Dazzle from the nearby North Shore Equestrian Centre where they compete in hunter/jumper events. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN
Smooth sailing in shipbuilding Continued from A4 provincial “proficiency scale.” About 4,300 students at Capilano University had classes cancelled for a month after the university’s unionized support staff went on strike and faculty association members refused to cross the picket line. Municipal politics In June it was revealed that West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager was under investigation for workplace bullying following a formal complaint from a staff member. Sager refused to comment on “malicious rumours” and the results of the investigation were not made public. In November, Elections B.C. confirmed that it had called on the Port Moody Police Department to assist in a campaign finance investigation after staff found “irregularities” in Sager’s spending disclosure forms. Sager said he did nothing wrong. Business and economy Despite supply chain challenges and cost pressures, things kept steaming along at Seaspan, the North Shore’s largest private employer. The shipbuilding firm announced they had signed more than $2 billion contracts over the last 10 years. In 2023, Seaspan launched the world’s first battery electric tugboat, marked major milestones in construction of new ships for the Royal
Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard, and the company received Vancouver Fraser Port Authority approval to expand their Lower Lonsdale drydock operations. Sadly, the North Shore lost a lot of familiar small businesses, some because of skyrocketing rents and labour costs and others because they could not cover COVID-era business loans. The Black Bear Pub and Oasis Car Wash were among them, (although the car wash did donate two of their iconic signs to MONOVA: The Museum of North Vancouver). B.C.’s 70,000-plus film workers, including at least 5,000 on the North Shore were out of work for much of 2023, thanks to Hollywood-based labour disputes involving writers, actors and studios. Those strikes came to an end in September and December. District of North Vancouver council gave approval for HTEC to build a B.C.’s largest hydrogen plant on top of ERCO Worldwide’s Maplewood chlor-alkali plant. The estimated $140-million investment should capture enough waste hydrogen to power 30,000 vehicles annually. The new North Shore Wastewater Treatment plant remains stalled while a Metro Vancouver task force comes up with a plan to get the plant, which some estimates now say could cost $4 billion, back on track. Continued on A26
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Three of the biggest ways that the federal government has improved the lives of British Columbians: HOUSING
With some of the most expensive housing in the country, and extremely tight rental markets, it is critical both to build more affordable housing and increase the housing supply to improve local affordability across the board. We are committed to working with all orders of government to tackle the housing crisis. Accordingly, this year, I announced more than $95 million in federal funding to build 515 units, including in West Vancouver, projects in Squamish, Whistler and Bowen Island, in Mount Currie and N’Quatqua, along with support for infrastructure upgrades to help accommodate an increasing population. The federal government has now invested in creating over a thousand housing units across the riding since I was first elected in 2019, and there is more on the way. To restore affordability in the housing market, we are also: ● Supporting municipalities with the Housing Accelerator Fund to incentivize municipalities to remove prohibitive zoning barriers and incentivize building ● Removing the GST from new purposebuilt rental housing ● Cracking down on non-compliant short-term rentals with the tax code and supporting municipal enforcement ● Creating a new Canadian Mortgage Charter to ensure Canadians at financial risk can access tailored mortgage relief when renewing their mortgages
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With 1/5 British Columbians without access to a family doctor, a toxic drug supply and overdose crisis that is the leading cause of death of British Columbians under the age of 59, and lengthy backlogs and delays for mental health services, British Columbians have not been getting the healthcare services they deserve. To support the province to improve healthcare delivery, the federal government announced historic investments and policy shifts this year, including:
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investment in healthcare that requires BC to speed up foreign credential recognition and track progress on improving outcomes. 2023 saw a doubling of the number of nurses registered. ● Approving a pilot program to temporarily decriminalize small possession of drugs to encourage those suffering from addiction to get the help they need, while investing in mental health and addiction services, and harm reduction projects, including an investment in Squamish. ● Launching the 9-8-8 National Suicide Crisis Helpline to ensure emergency access to suicide prevention and emotional support. A new Foundry Centre was launched in Squamish, and a further Foundry is coming in Sechelt as part of the 35 centres that will be established through our bilateral agreement with BC.
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British Columbians are deeply connected to spectacular natural environment and
prioritizing the most ecologically valuable areas, such as our old growth forests, and protecting species at risk. This follows and executes many of the tenants of my Motion M-83 that provides a plan for federal leadership in old growth forest protection. ● Became the first G20 country to end fossil fuel subsidies, and the first country in the world to outline a cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector. To stay up to date on my work please visit my website at patrickweiler.ca, follow me on social media @PatrickBWeiler, or email me at Patrick.Weiler@parl.gc.ca. want to see it and the biodiversity it supports protected. In 2023, the federal government: ● Updated the Canadian Environmental Protection Act with my amendment to enshrine a right to a healthy, clean, and sustainable environment for the first time in federal law. ● Announced a historic $1 billion Nature Agreement with the BC government and First Nations that charts the path to protect 30% of lands by 2030, including
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‘NO CRIMINAL INTENT’
West Vancouver police conclude there was no needle attack at shopping centre JANE SEYD
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Police who investigated an alleged needle poke attack at a West Vancouver shopping mall say they’re satisfied no Cold War spy vs. spy attack took place and that there’s no public safety concern about a potential repeat incident.
West Vancouver Police issued a public statement after concluding their investigation into a “strange incident” Dec. 7, in which a shopper at Park Royal Shopping Centre appeared to be pricked in the arm by a stranger who squeezed past him and made contact with his arm. Later, the man told police his arm became sore, prompting him to seek medical attention. The whole incident was captured on the mall’s video security cameras. Police then issued a plea for the person in the video to come forward and offer an explanation. That has now happened, said Sgt. Chris Bigland, spokesman for the West Vancouver Police.
West Vancouver Police Department investigators have concluded there was no criminal intent behind a strange incident captured on video at Park Royal earlier this month. NSN FILE “He provided us an account of what happened,” said Bigland. “We’re satisfied a needle was not involved in this.” Bigland added police do not feel there is any ongoing public safety concern. “Fortunately, it was a very boring and benign event,” he said. Bigland said he understood why the public plea from police, accompanied by video footage, garnered a lot of attention, particularly when combined with spy movie style speculation about
what could have taken place. “There were some very dramatic possibilities when you watch the video,” Bigland acknowledged. But he said having spoken to the man they asked to come forward, “we are satisfied there was no criminal intent.” Bigland said he couldn’t comment on whether the actions of the man captured in the video were intentional. He said he also couldn’t comment on whether medical or mental health issues were involved. Bigland declined to say exactly what did happen but added the individual who reported that his arm had possibly been ‘pricked’ has been given a full account by police. Earlier, police described how the man’s arm became red and sore following the incident, adding he had been required to take a cocktail of medications and receive blood tests. Bigland said police are still “working with these two parties to resolve the matter.”
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ou’re probably beginning to muse about what your New Year’s resolutions ought to be for 2024. They’ll most likely have to do with diet or exercise or other good habits that you feel you ought to do but aren’t particularly excited about. We won’t lecture you about going to the gym or laying off the Pinot, although if you’ve had a look at local coverage of the health system lately, it does seem like a pretty smart idea. This year, however, we urge you to think less about how you treat yourself, and more about how you treat others. The world changed in unforeseeable ways during the pandemic. Oddly, staying apart brought us closer together. We all had a reminder that shared sacrifice is
usually worth it for the greater good. But the zeitgeist has changed since 2020, and while we are grateful that the public health crisis is over, tremendous other problems loom and we would argue, at the heart of the majority of them is a shortage of compassion for others. Many studies have shown that one of the most surefire ways to increase your own happiness is to help someone else. Our non-profits on the North Shore do tremendous work – more than we can possibly document in a year. As the ball descends on Dec. 31, enjoy your flute of bubbly, and resolve to help where you can. Volunteering is truly a gift that you give to yourself. If every one of us commits to helping others, we believe it will truly be a happy new year for us all.
Can we properly balance housing and population growth? There are increasing signs the federal Liberal government is making the creation of new housing a top political priority.
But less clear is whether that same government will significantly alter a policy that has helped keep housing in short supply and at high prices: record immigration levels. Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in B.C. to announce his government has cut a $115-million deal with the City of Vancouver to build more than 40,000 new houses over the next decade. It’s part of the government’s $4-billion “housing accelerator fund.” All well and good, I suppose, but unless similar deals are cut with other
municipalities in Metro Vancouver, the Capital region and the Okanagan (more than 90 per cent of new permanent immigrants settle in those three View From areas) that kind The Ledge of funding will not Keith Baldrey have much impact. This province is expected to receive almost 220,000 new immigrants between this year and the end of 2025. That is the result of the federal Liberal government’s decision to ramp up national immigration levels to about 500,000 a year for the next few years, a rate
not seen since before the First World War. The B.C. Real Estate Association estimates that about 43,000 new homes must be built every year just to keep pace with this kind of growth. There has been rising a chorus of concern among provincial governments over these high levels, given that such a population explosion puts enormous pressure on two areas in particular: health care and the housing supply. B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon has been arguing for months that the federal government should tie immigration levels to the housing supply, but the Liberals are providing mixed signals to that request. On the one hand, Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser, who oversaw the immigration growth in his previous role as
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MICRO HOMES COULD BE THE ANSWER TO OUR HOUSING CRISIS
Dear Editor:
More and more people are feeling the effects of a severe shortage of affordable housing on the North Shore. Teachers, construction workers, students and a broadening swath of the economic spectrum struggle to find a place to live anywhere near where they work or study. Beyond being stressful for them, the situation also ramps up the pressure on our roads, bridges and transit system, as people priced out of the North Shore must commute from wherever they can find a home within their means. Political promises to increase the housing supply may be a step in the right direction, but do little to address immediate needs. Land assembly, zoning changes, permit processing and actual construction all take time, adding up to years of delay before a promised “house” is ready for occupancy. It seems we need a far quicker and more flexible (partial) solution. Rather than thinking solely in terms of high-rise buildings or dense redevelopment, a large number of very small “projects” could make a significant contribution to local housing stock, and quickly. I look out at my yard and can easily picture a micro-home (less than 200 square feet) tucked in a corner. Such a structure could be brought on a truck, set on concrete piles, connected to services and be used within a month. I get a modest rent and someone gets a
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home they can afford, for minimum fuss. Actually doing something like that would be far easier if there were a streamlined process organized by the municipal governments, accompanied by real encouragement to participate. Incentives could be developed to ensure that small projects did not just become Airbnb, but really served our housing needs. The best communities always seem to be those where many people contribute to solving local issues, rather than expecting “the government” to solve it all for them. Making room for new people in underutilized parts of our neighbourhood would be one way of taking responsibility for a problem that affects us all.
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LET’S ALL RESOLVE TO SHOWER BEFORE ENTERING POOLS, OK? Dear Editor:
I swam in the Lake at Pokara in Nepal and bathed many times in the Narmada River in India without fatal consequences. So swimming in chlorinated pools in North and West Vancouver is unlikely to do me in either. But I just wish more people would shower off before entering the swimming pools. Even class groups for swimming lessons often enter the pool directly and completely dry!
Sheila Ward North Vancouver
Skilled workers in short supply Continued from A8 increasing immigration levels, although perhaps not as high as the feds have established. There is a very real shortage of skilled workers and even moderately skilled workers in all kinds of economic sectors, as the Baby Boomer generation retires in record numbers. The B.C. health care system alone needs to find about 35,000 skilled workers – doctors, nurses, technologists and technicians – over the next few years, and they are not all going to be found graduating from Canadian universities. As the Trudeau government continues to make investments in the housing supply — something the B.C. government
welcomes, although the Ontario and Quebec provincial governments resent the federal intrusion — it will be worth keeping an eye out for any real change in the immigration levels. The premiers will undoubtedly continue their push for Ottawa to provide much more infrastructure funding to pay for the cost pressures borne by our huge population growth. As the next federal election draws ever nearer, the Trudeau government may eventually do what the provinces want: tie immigration levels to the service levels that can be provided for them. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.
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Jaqueline Calli and her late partner Steve Anderson are described as beloved staff at Capilano Golf and Country Club. COURTESY OF THE CALLI AND ANDERSON FAMILIES
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Among the tight-knit community of members and staff at Capilano Golf and Country Club, Steve Anderson was someone who brightened the day for all those around him.
So when the North Vancouver man suddenly died from a serious stroke at the course in February, it shocked the entire Capilano family, said club member Geoff Stollery. In the years prior, Stollery said he really got to know and admire Anderson, 40, who worked at the 19th hole restaurant and then as retail manager at the new pro shop. News of his death left Stollery stunned. “In those moments you wonder: ‘This is so horribly tragic – what can we do?’” he said. A few days later, Stollery set up a GoFundMe campaign, primarily to support Anderson’s partner Jacqueline Calli – who was also a well-liked employee at the club – and any costs she would incur. Then, just a few weeks after the campaign was created, members of the family announced further news that the couple was newly pregnant. “Steve was very excited at the prospect of becoming a father, and it is profoundly tragic that he won’t be able to be there to support Jacqueline, or get the opportunity to watch their child grow and witness all of life’s milestones,” said Evan Kendrick, Anderson’s best friend. “While the Anderson and Calli families are doing everything they can to support Jacqueline and child, this new addition brings added purpose to the GoFundMe to assist Jacqueline in navigating the way forward,” he wrote on the campaign page. Support for the campaign started strong, and then took on a whole other dimension
in light of their expected child, Stollery explained. To date, the GoFundMe has raised more than $95,000. Reflecting the outpouring of support the family received, North Vancouver has been recognized by GoFundMe as Canada’s second-most generous community of 2023. Over the year, GoFundMe recorded more than 11,647 donations from the city’s population of 58,000. Stollery said that he’s always known the North Shore to be a giving community, while emphasizing that donations to Anderson’s campaign came in from many other places as well, including Vancouver Island, where he had many friends, and his childhood community on the Sunshine Coast. While nothing could dull the pain from Anderson’s tragic passing, the GoFundMe platform allowed a lot of different people to support Calli, Stollery said. “The GoFundMe platform gave us an avenue to help Jackie pick up the pieces, and deal with the tragic and sudden loss,” he said. “The fact that both of them were very well liked, and an important part of the Capilano community, there’s a lot of people that were more than happy to do what they could to financially help Jackie move forward.” At Anderson’s celebration of life, Stollery said he and Calli shared a powerful moment, where she expressed her incredible gratitude for starting the fundraiser and for everyone’s generosity. After giving birth, Calli posted a picture of her baby boy to Facebook in November, “which was amazing,” Stollery said. “We were all very grateful to see that she’d had a healthy baby.” Anderson’s GoFundMe campaign is ongoing.
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West Van council disbands several advisory committees JANE SEYD
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Volunteers on several longstanding municipal advisory committees in West Vancouver have been told their advice is no longer needed at municipal hall.
At its last regular council meeting of the year, members of West Vancouver council voted to disband several committees, including the heritage advisory committee, design review committee, lower Caulfield advisory committee, Gleneagles community centre advisory committee and community engagement committee. In the motions which council voted on to dissolve the committees, council indicated they were making the changes to make “district processes more efficient, particularly in light of staff resource constraints and new provincial legislative requirements.” Council is proposing to replace the regular committees with citizen panels, which would advise on the same issues, but meet only when requested by staff seeking input on specific topics, rather than on a regular schedule. The decision to disband the latest committees follows similar moves earlier in the year. West Van’s arts facilities
advisory committee was disbanded in April and its art museum advisory committee, community grants committee and public art advisory committee were disbanded in September. Council has indicated it intends to strike new committees to consolidate some of that work, including an arts and culture advisory committee, a planning committee and an awards committee. An environment committee has also been created. Mayor Mark Sager said at the meeting West Vancouver is not eliminating citizen involvement. “In fact, we are very grateful for all the people that are involved,” he said. “It’s simply a change from a committee that has a regular schedule, and it goes to a panel which can be called as required. And that process will save our staff an enormous amount of time.” Sager added, “I think most of the people who are volunteers and serve on these panels and committees will also be grateful.” Development consultant Michael Geller, who served on the district’s heritage advisory committee, said he found out his committee was being disbanded from a colleague. Geller said he can understand a desire to streamline some of the committees, especially as the mandates and
memberships of some committees appear to overlap. But he added it would be a mistake to cut out advice from knowledgeable volunteers in the community. Members of the heritage advisory committee weren’t happy about the way they were informed their services were no longer needed, writing in a letter that they were “dismayed” by the decision, which will make West Van “the only Lower Mainland jurisdiction without a body advising on heritage matters.” “Given the importance of ‘heritage’ and ‘character’ to the livability, sustainability and the economics of West Vancouver’s neighbourhoods, we believe that the best quality advice on the broad range of heritage-related matters requires a group with skills, experience and focus on heritage,” members of the now-defunct committee wrote in a letter to council after finding out the news. Elaine McHarg, who was a member of two former committees, said she understands that committees can be time-consuming, particularly for staff. “They need to be of high value,” she said. McHarg said she was a little surprised the decision to disband wasn’t announced to committee members earlier. “Nobody knew ahead of time that it was coming
down,” she said. Jatinder Sidhu, a former member of the district’s community engagement committee, said he feels disbanding the committees is about council’s need for control. A year ago, Sidhu said he was surprised to discover his term as a volunteer on the West Vancouver library board also wasn’t being renewed by council. “If you try to play politics with volunteer committees … people are not going to join them,” he said. At the meeting where the latest committees were disbanded, Coun. Sharon Thompson said council does value the contributions of volunteers but wants to ensure their time is used effectively. “We’ve just seen a peek at the budget this year. We have some real challenges ahead and I think it’s really important that we use everybody’s time wisely in the year to come,” she said. Coun. Nora Gambioli was the sole council member opposed to disbanding the committees. “I will be diplomatic by saying I think it’s going to come as a big surprise to the volunteers on all these committees,” she said. “I don’t think this is the right way to go about this.”
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Women’s Centre celebrates 50 years fighting for change MINA KERR-LAZENBY
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When the North Shore Women’s Centre was first initiated in 1973, it was still legal to commit violence against a woman in the context of marriage.
Girls and women faced systematic barriers in employment and education. Contraception and abortion had recently been decriminalized, but the number of organizations offering guidance and services remained lacklustre. As the North Vancouver drop-in resource centre acknowledges its 50th anniversary, celebrations are bittersweet, says its executive director, Michelle Dodds. This year will mark her 25th with the centre, and in that time it has “grown tremendously,” she says. Yet while it has aided hundreds of women in those five decades, and there has been much change in form since the 1970s, beneath the political reform and feminist movements, women are still working to overcome those same obstacles. “I think people might wonder, ‘Haven’t we already achieved equality? Haven’t we got there already?’ The support that we provide to women on a day-to-day basis, we see that is really not the case,” says Dodds. “Women are still struggling with the gender pay gap, having a child still does impact women’s careers and systemic barriers and inequities are still there for a lot of newer immigrant and refugee women.” Finding different avenues to bring to light the considerable amount of intimate partner violence and sexual assault that still occurs in the community, she adds, is a “constant
North Shore Women’s Centre executive director Michelle Dodds and Sydney Dawson, the centre’s fund development and communications director, show off a shirt featuring buttons representing the 50-year history of the organization. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN source of frustration” for women’s centres and organizations. The free resource centre, a nursery blue painted cottage that sits on Second Street East in North Vancouver, provides a variety of programs and services for women facing such plight each year. It offers support sessions on the likes of solo parenting, health and wellness and separation, alongside free legal advice via the on-site family law clinic. “There are so many different kinds of women that walk through our doors,” says Sydney Dawson, the centre’s fund
development and communications co-ordinator. “We see women who think they might be experiencing intimate partner violence, who are looking for the validation and assurance that they deserve to live in a safe home. We serve a lot of women who are newcomers to Canada, who don’t have the support network they would have had in the country they grew up in or got married in, and many more who are struggling with housing security or facing homelessness.” While the centre isn’t a shelter – it instead teams up with organizations like
the Lookout Housing and Health Society for emergency housing – it does provide a safe, comfortable space for women to do their laundry, call a loved one, check their emails or simply have a cup of tea. “We know that home isn’t always the safest feeling space for everyone, so we want to make sure our drop-in resource centre is cozy and welcoming. It gives women a place to be when they don’t want to be at home, or they can’t be at home,” says Dawson. The reality of women facing the same issues that they did five decades ago might seem bleak, says Dodds, but staff at the North Shore Women’s Centre are certain that there is hope on the horizon. A large pusher for change is raising awareness on such issues early on, she says, not waiting until adulthood to “learn about warning signs and red flags and ways that women can seek support.” She lists off a raft of new programs and services that focus on informing the younger generation, from the Girls Empowerment Camp – a week long summer camp where women can talk about their problems while bonding over kayaking, nature walks, arts and crafts and self defence training – to the newly introduced Flip The Script program, sexual assault prevention training for high school and university aged young women. “One area that we’re going to be doing more and more in is support for young women,” says Dodds. “If we’re going to witness change then it’s really about providing these types of resources and information early on, and talking about inequalities from the get-go. There is a brighter future for these women – it just starts with a better and fuller education.”
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Feasibility study to assess future of West Van seniors centre JANE SEYD
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How much it would cost to expand or rebuild West Vancouver’s Seniors’ Activity Centre and what that could mean to the district’s growing percentage of older residents is the subject of a study that will be presented to the public next year.
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An assessment of the seniors’ centre and feasibility study to examine how it can best meet the needs of seniors in the future is currently underway in the district, funded jointly by the centre and the District of West Vancouver, which owns the facility. But if current trends are any indication, West Vancouver’s grey wave likely spells the need for more space in the years ahead to accommodate programs ranging from TedTalks-style lectures and dance classes to medical services and rehabilitation programs. The current seniors activity centre was built more than 40 years ago in 1980. Since then, the approximately 26,000-squarefoot building has hosted space for social gatherings, sport and fitness programs, food services, and outreach to vulnerable seniors. The centre has been through several renovations and expansions over the years, including one in 1994 and another in 2001. But as membership grows, “We’ve run up against a problem. We’ve run out of space basically,” said Jain Verner, chair of the Seniors Activity Centre advisory board. In recent years, the seniors centre has dealt with the space crunch by moving some programs over to the neighbouring West Vancouver Community Centre, said Verner. But the centre is still cramped for space during times of peak use from about 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. If currently population trends continue, the space squeeze is expected to get worse. “Stats Canada has come out with an indication that by 2041, 72 per cent of the adults in West Vancouver will be seniors 65 plus,” said Verner. Currently, the centre is home to 3,700 active members and more than 400 volunteers. Membership has rebounded after a dip during the 2020 and 2021 pandemic years, said Verner. In addition to recreation programs, the centre also links seniors to medical care, provides support for those living with dementia and their caregivers and operates a meal program. Until earlier this year, when funding ran out, the centre also ran a pilot
A feasibility study is underway to assess the future needs and potential expansion of West Vancouver’s seniors’ activity centre. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN
outreach program aimed at more vulnerable seniors in the community, said Verner. Since the fall of 2022, consultants have been assessing the physical state of the facility, as well as casting a critical eye at future needs. According to a report presented to council at its regular Dec. 11 meeting, the building itself is in good condition, with no signs of structural distress. Consultants advised that it would be possible to add an additional storey to the existing building or to build an addition next to the existing building, or a combination of both. Those who spoke with consultants said they’d like to see a larger multi-purpose gym included in any expansion plans, along with two or three smaller rooms that could be used for classes and arts programs. Residents who responded to a survey about programs also indicated they’d like to see a wider range of activities, including programs on evenings and weekends to cater to older people who are still working, as well as lectures on current events and classes on technology. The report on the seniors’ centre noted that while membership in the centre is growing, it isn’t growing as fast as the percentage of seniors is increasing in West Vancouver. One way to encourage more people to join? Ditching the name “seniors’ centre” was a suggestion made by more than a few people, as there are many people in the upper age groups – including many baby boomers – who have a hard time seeing themselves as “senior citizens.” Verner said opinions tend to be mixed on that. “Half of them say change the name and half of them say keep it,” she said. A report to council, including a range of potential cost estimates for expanding or rebuilding the seniors centre, is expected to come forward in the new year.
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It is serendipitous timing that the North Shore libraries would release their Authors Collection in December, with there being no better time than winter to plunge into the pages of a new book.
The sprawling collection – on display at the North Vancouver City Library, North Vancouver District Public Library, and West Vancouver Memorial Library – celebrates the literary talent of the North Shore and, for the first time this year, Bowen Island and Lions Bay. It features 90 titles from 76 local authors. Frances Peck, whose creative talents will be highlighted for the second year in a row, said readers are most often drawn to stories that feature elements of home and their local surroundings, but with universal themes like loss, love, grief and passion. It’s likely the reason why her latest novel Uncontrolled Flight, which follows an investigation into the death of a firefighting pilot, was selected to feature in this year’s collection, she said. “Uncontrolled Flight is a very local novel. The mystery/tragedy is set in Vancouver, with scenes across B.C., and it’s told against a backdrop of wildfire.” Peck said she hopes new readers discover the novel through the North Shore Authors Collection, and that the gripping plot has them turning the pages “well into the night.” Among the authors selected are also a
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A North Vancouver cannabis store has been fined $7,000 after a sting operation by the province’s regulator found staff selling drugs to a minor.
According to a written decision from the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch, the incident happened at North Shore Cannabis in July under the branch’s “minors as agents” program, which uses teenagers aged 16-18 to carry out inspections. The branch sent a minor into the store to attempt to purchase a “Pineapple Pre-roll.” The clerk, who was a trainee on his second day of work, and an assistant manager told the girl they didn’t have any available but offered some other in-stock options. “Of the three options offered, Minor Agent #142 chose the cannabis product Blkmkt Pre-Roll Peanut Butter Mac, 1x1g THC – 26.2 per cent … and the assistant manager went to retrieve the product from the back of the store,” the ruling
North Shore Cannabis has been fined $7,000 after an undercover sting found staff selling cannabis to a minor. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN states. “At no time either when Minor Agent #142 entered the store, when she approached the sales counter, when she discussed with the assistant manager and the trainee a selection of products available for purchase in the store, or prior to completing the sale to her of the cannabis product did either the assistant manager or the trainee ask Minor Agent #142 for her identification.” Another inspector, who was
also under cover, was posted in the store to observe the interaction. “Inspector A testified that due to the deleterious effect that the consumption of cannabis had on minors, that the branch took very seriously the contravention alleged in the [Notice of Enforcement Action] as being a public safety issue and, for that reason, had pursued this enforcement action,” the ruling states.
Under the law, a $7,000-fine or seven-day suspension are the minimum penalties for a first offence. But the store’s management argued they should have been entitled to the defence of due diligence – that is that they have policies in place to prevent contraventions from happening, which they actively implement. The store’s manager testified that staff go through extensive training to ensure they are in compliance with B.C.’s cannabis legislation. They are expected to politely request two pieces of ID from anyone who looks like they may be under 30, and that failing to do so may result in being “written up or terminated on the spot,” the ruling acknowledges. Additionally, they have regular meetings and group chats about the importance of confirming ID. Despite the “culture of compliance” they seek, the manager characterized the incident as a mistake by a new trainee, who was promptly fired. In the decision, the regulator
acknowledged the efforts North Shore Cannabis management put in to ensuring they do not sell to minors, however, “Good intentions are not sufficient.” “The fact that the sale of the cannabis product to Minor Agent #142 occurred in the middle of the training of the trainee by the assistant manager begs the question of the effective implementation of the licensee’s professed policies,” the ruling states. “Surely if this is the culture in the store, the assistant manager by routine should have asked Minor Agent #142 for her identification, even if he risked the possibility that the trainee had already done so and that it had been produced prior to the completion of the sale.” North Shore Cannabis had no previous contraventions within the last 12 months, the ruling notes. In 2011, the province amended the law to permit the minors as agents program for liquor inspections. It was later expanded to include cannabis stores as well.
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After decades of pouring pannekoek batter and flipping flapjacks, the De Dutch on Third Street West and the Denny’s on Marine Drive in North Vancouver are shutting their doors for good. After 35 years, De Dutch served its last spek, stroop and Boer’s breakfasts on Dec. 24, while the Denny’s will grill up its final Grand Slams on Jan. 2, following more than 50 years in operation. At this time there are no development proposals for the De Dutch site, but Denny’s will be replaced by apartments. The closing of these early-morning and late-night institutions has drawn a mix of melancholy and nostalgia from North Shore residents who have either dined or worked at these restaurants over the years. Nick Martin said he is glad he got to experience his first father-son breakfast date at De Dutch earlier this year. On that day in April, Martin was a bit nervous going in, as it was his first time taking one-year-old Walker to a restaurant by himself. But his worries soon melted like warm butter, as the duo was greeted with diner-style hospitality at the door. “Everybody welcomed him, which is funny because he was probably only a year old,” Martin said. “Then they set him up at the table with colouring and crayons and stuff.” Of course, they ordered the famously huge Dutch-style eggy pancake, called pannekoek, which was “as big as he was.” After the
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If someone ordered Moons Over My Hammy when Pooyan Khorsandi worked at the North Vancouver Denny’s in the late ’90s, ‘They knew it was going to be lit,’ he says. NICK LABA / NSN sugar rush kicked in, Walker got a bit excited and started to throw some crayons around. But you could tell from the staff’s patient response that it wasn’t their first rodeo with a rowdy youngin’, Martin said. Although he’s lived in North Vancouver most of his life, he hadn’t been to De Dutch in 15 years. But the Walkers went back several times this year because it was such a nice experience. “They helped make it such a special day with how kind they were, how great the service was and how nostalgic it was for me,” he said. “It’s too bad that they’re closing down.” Not all Moons Over My Hammy are created equal If you ever had an exceptionally delicious Moons Over My Hammy sandwich at the Marine Drive Denny’s, it might have been made by Pooyan Khorsandi, who used to work the grill in the late 1990s. “My secret was I grilled the bread longer than recommended, so it had a nice crisp to it. And I used to stack up the ham,” he said. “When people came in and saw me working and they ordered Moons Over My Hammy, they knew it was going to be lit.” Due to its proximity to the Lions Gate Bridge, and being one of the only 24-hour joints in town, the all-day breakfast restaurant was often packed late at night. Khorsandi worked the graveyard shift. “It was a happening place in the late ’90s, early 2000s, especially at night,” he said. “It used to get packed in there because everyone was coming back from the clubs downtown.” “After midnight … it’d be a lineup
of people waiting to get seated. And you’d run into everyone in the neighbourhood,” Khorsandi said. He remembers all kinds of shenanigans – food fights, high school relationship drama. One time, the restaurant erupted into a full-on brawl, and the whole place had to be cleared out. Overall, Khorsandi said he had a great time working at Denny’s. “It was an experience.… It was fun because I’d be working and then all my friends would show up.” Last year, he returned to his former workplace, this time with his two young daughters. They sat in his same favourite booth. I’m glad I got a chance to take my girls there before it closed,” he said. “There aren’t many places that are still open that I can go, ‘Hey, daddy used to hang out here.’” In his 10 years at the Capilano Rugby Club, Richard Merinsky has been no stranger to the local Denny’s. After a couple of the club’s annual events – like the Coffee Mate Cup in November – a trip from Klahanie Park to the nearby restaurant has been almost guaranteed, he said. Part of why Denny’s resonates with so many is because it’s a spur-ofthe-moment place you can land with whoever you’re spending time with. “You can go and spend as little or as long there as you needed to. It wasn’t exclusive based on how old you were or who you were. It was one of those last few places that was really accessible to everybody on the North Shore,” Merinsky said. “I don’t think there’s anything out there that’s going to replace it.”
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Waterbombers brought in to fight wildfires in North Shore forests Continued from A5 Transportation No teleportation or cross-inlet slingshot yet, but that doesn’t mean progress wasn’t made. The TransLink Mayors’ Council confirmed a bus rapid transit line from Park Royal to Metrotown would be at top of the priority list for the next round of transit expansion. The mayors currently are lobbying senior levels of government to show up with the funding that will make it possible. After a two-year pilot project with Lime Bikes, the three North Shore municipalities resolved to extend the e-bike share program and eventually make it permanent – although it won’t necessarily be Lime operating after 2024.
In January, the DNV opened the new Spirit Trail Bridge over Lynn Creek, which connects the burgeoning neighbourhood of towers on the east side to shopping at Park & Tilford. What used to be a 17-minute walk via Keith Road now takes about seven minutes. After much lobbying, TransLink restored an express bus connecting West Vancouver to UBC, which had previously been halted at the start of the pandemic. The great outdoors There were not one but two wildfires in the North Shore mountains this summer. In July, 3,000 square metres of Mount Seymour burned, requiring a heavy response from Metro Vancouver wildfire crews and water bombers.
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Bedard lights up world juniors, gets picked first in NHL draft Continued from A26 hadn’t issued any fines for illegal watering. A North Vancouver judge fined highway contractor Keller Foundations $1 million after a 2018 spill at their construction site killed 85 cutthroat trout in Larson Creek. In October, West Vancouver Streamkeepers volunteers found at least 40 coho salmon on Brothers Creek, killed as they were returning to spawn. The most likely culprit was 6PPD-quinone – a toxic chemical sprayed on tires that builds up on the roadside before being washed into the creeks by stormwater. Streamkeepers in North Vancouver, meanwhile, brought in a walking “spider excavator” for a habitat restoration project on Lynn Creek. Conservation officers put down a severely emaciated bear, which advocates believe likely had an intestinal blockage due to eating too much human garbage. A West Van man was fined $5,000 for deliberately feeding bears and posting videos of it on social media, while another was charged under the Wildlife Act for deliberately feeding bears near Klee Wyck Park. Oceanwise launched a project at the Pacific Science Enterprise Centre in West Vancouver aimed at replanting the world’s lost kelp forests, which sequester carbon, provide critical habitat and attenuate coastal erosion. Talk of the town In January, Lynn Valley’s Connor Bedard lit up the world junior hockey championships on his way to earning MVP honours while leading the tournament in scoring and setting a Canadian record for career points. In June, Bedard was the first overall draft pick in the NHL. In his first 31 games with the Chicago Blackhawks, he put up 12 goals and 16 assists. An Ambleside waterfront home that once belonged to billionaire Jimmy
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A West Vancouver mom of three, whose high standard of living is partly supported by more than $17,000 in annual child tax benefits, has secured interim child and spousal support from her ultrahigh net worth husband who resides in China.
On Dec. 14 at Supreme Court of B.C., Master Kimberley Robertson issued an interim order for businessman Wei Chen to pay $16,062 in child support to ex-wife Nina Zhang, a former music tutor. Chen is also to pay an unspecified monthly spousal support based on an estimated annual Age 55+ income of $1 million and by using the federal Spousal now welcome Support Advisory Guidelines. The support payments will serve to maintain what to apply Robertson described as the high and “luxurious” standard of living that Zhang says Chen previously agreed to support. The couple landed in court after disputing their respective incomes for the purpose of support payments. Their Below market rental suites respective claims are laid out in Robertson’s ruling. for independent seniors The couple married in 2008 in China and legally sepaStudio & One Bedroom rated between March 2019 and March 2020 — also a matter of dispute. They had three children, now age eight, 10 For more info call 604-926-0102 and 12. Chen, 52, also has an older child, now age 20, who or see our website resided with Zhang, 42, and now attends University of B.C. kiwanisnorthshorehousing.org Chen is understood to be the CEO of Shanghai Shengchang Pipeline Support Engineering Co. Ltd. and has interests in several other companies. Chen also owns as many as 61 properties in China, now considered by the Chinese Court of Appeal to be joint matrimonial assets. Chen’s stated in courts here in B.C. and in China that his assets stood in the $70-million to $90-million range although his latest financial statement to the B.C. court put his assets at $41 million. Chen deposed that the COVID-19 pandemic had a “dramatic effect on the construction industry in China, and therefore his SECURE YOUR 202 3 TA X RECEIPT NOW business interests.” Chen submitted his annual income was $155,000 whereas Zhang estimated it Tax season is predictable — your health isn’t. You’ll never know when you’ll to be close to $2.4 million, need the best health care in BC. largely based on the Chinese court’s findings in 2015 Give to VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation to support the critical research, that he earned $4.4 million technology and equipment that our health care teams rely on to save and in rental income. Zhang improve the lives of patients from across the province, today and tomorrow. described her ex-husband as a “ultra-high net worth” individual. Robertson’s interim vghfoundation.ca/yearend-nsn order settled on an annual income of $1 million for Chen.
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Meanwhile, Chen argued Zhang’s income ought to be $200,000 whereas Zhang deposed that she only earned investment income of $11,240 and rental income of $55,235 for a total gross income of $66,476, in 2022. In addition, Zhang received $17,564.42 in child tax benefits from the federal government. (The child tax benefit is issued based on income. The lower the income the higher the payment. The maximum one can receive with three children is $18,825, or $6,275 per child.) Robertson settled on an income of $200,000 for Zhang, noting it would be possible for her to work as a music teacher in B.C., as she did in China. “I agree that there is no reason why the claimant (Zhang) cannot work outside of the home, particularly given that a nanny has been used,” stated Robertson. (Zhang appears to be a talented musician, according to the court record showing she worked as an organ instructor at Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and earned about $200,000 in annual income as a music instructor, including tutoring.) Until March 2023, Zhang and the children had been residing at their home on Willoughby Road, in West Vancouver, purchased for $8.4 million on Aug. 10, 2017. The couple left the property vacant for one year before Zhang and the children arrived from the United States, where Zhang initially landed after leaving Chen in 2016. The home, overlooking English Bay from nearby Cypress Mountain, was purchased with a $4.2-million cash down payment. It was recently sold for $6.8 million and $2.7 million was put in a joint trust. It’s unclear where the family resides now. Zhang’s claim lists the following child expenses: $79,329 for the three children to attend a private school and $320,000 per year for: Chinese classes, math classes, logic classes, French classes, Kumon lessons, English classes, writing classes, science classes, piano lessons, violin lessons, cello lessons, painting classes, choir, orchestras, table tennis training, swimming club and training, tennis and various camps. Zhang also claimed to take the children on three to four vacations each year, spending around $135,255 per year. Chen argued in court “many of these activities are unnecessary and that the claimant (Zhang) tends to enrol the children unilaterally without consultation.” While not knowing the exact details of all the extracurricular classes, Chen listed the following assets he purchased for Zhang and the home, which Robertson noted support a luxurious lifestyle, such as: furniture valued at $500,000, a $60,000 grand piano, a Tiffany diamond necklace valued at $60,000 and various high-end bags valued at over $230,000. Chen also listed a $300,000 annual life insurance policy fee and acknowledged he purchased five luxury vehicles in cash. However, the vehicles, Chen told the court, were for another person’s benefit, such as his older son (a $60,000 Lexus to commute to university), and not considered to be his assets. Chen would typically transfer money into Zhang’s bank account to cover her and the children’s expenses, Robertson noted. Chen deposed, according to Robertson, “that he remains a committed father, and does attempt to come to Vancouver to visit with his children for two or so months per year, primarily during the school’s winter and summer breaks.”
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Here is a photo taken in the 1940s of the Burrard Dry Dock executive staff Christmas dinner. A yule log cake can be seen in the bottom left of the photograph. According to the information with the photo, the dinner party was held aboard one of the 10,000-ton cargo ships the yard produced during the Second World War. The general manager of Burrard Dry Dock, Bill Wardle, is pictured second from the right. A skilled shipbuilder originally from England, Wardle was appointed general manager by Clarence Wallace in 1941. Wardle retired in 1951. Visit monova.ca for more information about the history of the North Shore and to learn about MONOVA: Museum of North Vancouver, now open at 115 West Esplanade in The Shipyards. MONOVA: Archives of North Vancouver is located at 3203 Institute Road in Lynn Valley. Contact: archives@monova.ca THE "TIME TRAVELLER" SPACE HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY DONATED BY THE ADVERTISER BELOW. #LOCALMATTERS
Chef Emmanuel Joinville will lead the kitchen at Merèon, which is owned by Ophelia Arida. NORA HAMADE cuisine and the joy of bringing people together around a table to share a meal. “Those trips helped me develop my passion to host and showcase the sort of hospitality and home-spun cuisine for which French culture is so well known,” she said in the statement. The name Merèon is a nod to women who helped establish Lyon as the gastronomic centre of France – especially Mère Brazier, the first chef to win three Michelin stars, for her two restaurants at the time.
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It was a double victory for the North Van Wolf Pack junior hockey team Dec. 9 as they scored a win over the Grandview Steelers while also collecting five bags full of teddy bears for the North Shore Christmas Bureau.
North Van Wolf Pack captain JJ Pickell enjoys a stuffy hug It was captain JJ Pickell after scoring the opening goal on Teddy Bear Toss day Dec. who scored the opening 9 at Harry Jerome Arena, setting off a cascade of stuffed goal six minutes into the animals to be donated to kids. KYLE GILL / NORTH VAN WOLF PACK first period on Teddy Bear Toss day at Harry Jerome overtime loss and one shootout loss. Arena, prompting fans to rain down Captain Pickell is leading the league stuffed animals onto the ice. The Wolf with 54 points in 30 games, including a Pack went on to claim a 3-1 win over the league-leading 30 goals, with teammates Steelers in PJHL regular season action. Rylan Oatman sitting third in the league A few days later, the leaders of the with 50 points and Matthew Carniel sixth Pack dropped off their teddy bear bounty with 45 points. for distribution to North Shore children in The next home game for the Wolf Pack need of some extra Christmas cheer. will be against the Mission City Outlaws The Wolf Pack are currently in fourth on Wednesday, Jan. 3 starting at 7 p.m. at place in the PJHL’s Tom Shaw Conference Harry Jerome. with a record of 18 wins, 10 losses, one
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CLARKE, Barry J. March 19, 1943 - December 10, 2023 Barry is survived by his wife Patricia, sons Carey and Richard, daughter-in-law Debbra, grandchildren Brandon, Alice and Jordan; and great grandchildren Elijah, Joseph and Asher. Barry passed suddenly and left sadness in our hearts. His true passions were Jeff Gordon of NASCAR, and cooking - Barry’s beans, ham patty and cheese scones were among his favourites. He enjoyed his Friday coffee with buddies from his ICBC days. He will be missed by all. Leaving us with great memories. Rest in Peace Father, Husband, Grandpa, Uncle and Friend. Forward condolences to rclarkechef@gmail.com
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JOHNSTON, Marvin Lyle January 30, 1940 - December 17, 2023 It is with great sadness that the family of Marvin Lyle Johnston (Lyle) announce that Lyle passed away on December 17, 2023 after a short illness. Lyle is survived by his children, Christopher (Yuka), Stephen (Susan), Jennifer and Rodney. Grandchildren Colin, Jessica, Stephanie and Leona Johnston, Jayme Brooks and Alex Sutton. Also nieces and nephews. Two sisters Judy Saunders and Donna Smolders. He is also very warmly remembered by his former spouse Joyce. Predeceased by his parents and three brothers, George, Howard and Lloyd. Lyle was born in High River, Alberta and came to Vancouver with his family as a teenager. He had a long career as a sales representative for various companies. He had a great interest in art and later managed an art gallery. He was an avid photographer, fisherman, and in his later years an artistic landscaper. He lived many years in North Vancouver until illness forced a move to a care home. Lyle was a proud Freemason and enjoyed spending time at his North Vancouver lodge. He had a big heart and offered many kindnesses to the unhoused people of his community. Most Christmases, Lyle could be found cooking a giant turkey in the small kitchen of his senior’s complex home and then, he would go door to door and deliver hot turkey meals to some of his longtime neighbours.
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The family is grateful for the care and kindness given to Lyle by Angela and the staff at Holy Family Residence, in Vancouver. We also thank the emergency staff at Vancouver General Hospital. A private family service will be held in January.
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North Shore’s Only Family Owned Funeral Provider KROGSETH, Donald Leslie June 5, 1940 - November 22, 2023 With sadness, we share that Don died quietly in his sleep at Amica Lions Gate where he was kindly and compassionately cared for over the past two years. Though dementia robbed Don of his memory, his patience, good nature, kindness, and positivity never changed. He is lovingly remembered by his wife of 59 years Jeri (Wilson), his sons Jon (Lisa), Steve, grandchildren, his brother Rob, and extended family. Don grew up in Coquitlam, graduating from Como Lake High in 1957. First year at UBC he commuted daily with his best friend Ray Towers. The following year, after joining Phi Gamma Delta fraternity they found living on campus in the frat house much more convenient and fun. Don also made many life long Fiji friends in those years. He graduated in Commerce at UBC in 1962, and had a successful career in the investment industry, retiring from CC&L in 2001. Don was the best husband, father, business partner, mentor, and friend. When he retired, his new business card read: “Keen fisherman, Avid golfer, Mediocre skier”. He taught his family to fly fish at Penask Lake and loved his annual salmon fishing excursions with his sons and friends along the B.C. Coast. Golfing and fishing trips to New Zealand were also among his favourite holidays. Our many years at Whistler were highlights for the family and friends, both winter and summer. ‘Adventurous traveler’ could also have been added to his card; his last great excursion was in the Arctic going through the Northwest Passage where he and Jeri kayaked among the ice floes. Within his community Don was a willing volunteer, judiciously planning where he could best make a difference. His 10 years on the Board of the Nature Trust of B.C. focused on planning for the future through several significant land acquisitions. He was also actively involved with Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C., the Pacific Salmon Foundation and supported numerous other environmental projects and organizations. In recognition of his many contributions, Don received the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers from the Governor General in 2016. We are proud of his accomplishments, grateful to have shared his life, and we miss him very much. A celebration of Life will take place in 2024. The family would appreciate donations in Don’s memory be sent to the Nature Trust of BC (www.naturetrust.bc.ca) or to the Food Bank of your choice.
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