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A proposed supportive housing project that drew massive backlash from the neighbouring community has been unanimously approved

by District of North Vancouver council.

At a regular meeting Monday evening, the hands of all seven elected officials went up in district chambers, voting in favour of building a supportive housing facility at 1200 East Keith Rd. Once built, the six-storey building will include 60 studio apartments and five complex care units for people on the North Shore who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. The development will receive funding from BC Housing and Vancouver Coastal Health, and be managed by Lu’ma Native Housing Society.

During a marathon public hearing that stretched five long evenings from November to January, more than 120 people expressed their views on the proposal. Most of the opinions

expressed in the hearing were against the project, for reasons related to safety and fears that the project would have a negative impact on the community overall. Council also heard from members of the provincial government, health officials and some nearby residents voicing support for the housing.

In contrast to the overwhelmingly negative public hearing input, council was resolutely positive about the project’s potential to bring needed resources for the most vulnerable people living in the district.

There’s no doubt this project is needed, said Mayor Mike Little “We don’t have enough of either of the types of housing services … both the supportive housing piece or the complex care piece in this facility,” he said. “And it’s something that we can’t always rely on Vancouver to provide in the Downtown Eastside. It’s something that’s important for the whole region to come along and say, ‘We have a hand in this.’”

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Noise from ships still a problem, say West Van residents JANE SEYD

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Some days it sounds like a train approaching on an imagined railway track.

Other times, it sounds like the blades of a helicopter thrumming overhead.

The sound can be a low resonant hum that “sounds like its coming from everywhere,” said West Vancouver resident Dan McKenzie.

When he first heard the noise, around the time of the pandemic, “it was kind of hard to figure out exactly what was happening,” said McKenzie. “I started talking to neighbours to try to pinpoint where the sound was coming from.”

That’s when he learned the sound was coming from freighters moored at three anchorages off the shore of West Vancouver’s Sandy Cove.

That surprised him, said McKenzie, because he lives up the hill in West Vancouver.

“We’re actually quite a ways away from the water,” said McKenzie, who lives on Bayridge Place. “We can’t see the water from our house.”

McKenzie has lived in his home since 2017. But it was really only after 2020 when he noticed the sound kicking up a notch.

“Some people hear it. Some people don’t. Other people, it drives them crazy,” he said.

“I can hear it throughout the entire house.”

Last year, McKenzie said he had all the windows replaced in his home. “I thought that would help with the issue, but it didn’t,” he said.

Dan McKenzie tracks a ship at anchor off West Vancouver. McKenzie and some other West Van residents are not happy with the amount of noise generated by ships at anchor off the shore of West Vancouver. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN McKenzie isn’t the only one bothered by the noise.

Noise from anchorages spiked in 2022 Residents who live at the head of Caulfeild Cove complained two years ago that noise from freighters anchored close to shore off West Vancouver was getting worse.

At issue are three anchorages in English Bay near Lighthouse Park, used by freighters waiting to dock at shipping terminals in the Port of Vancouver.

In the past, those anchorages weren’t used as much by the port.

But as the port became busier, the anchorages have been used more often, reaching a peak during the period

immediately after the pandemic when supply chain issues hit.

Although those closest to the water have been among those complaining to the port, sometimes the sound is louder further up the hill, with sound bouncing around West Vancouver’s topography like an amphitheatre.

Residents say some ships appear to be worse noise polluters than others – especially when they run big generators.

Last month, one such noisy ship was parked for two weeks at one of the West Vancouver anchorages, said McKenzie. He was happy to see it go.

West Vancouver resident Barb Lunter said she’s noticed a slight improvement in some of the noise coming from ships in the past two years, “but there are still so many freighters out there and the noise still exists.”

Neighbour Bill Wheeler, who has also contacted the port about the issue, said the only change he’s seen is “they no longer put the large container ships in those three anchorages.”

But the noise remains.

Increased demand for anchorages Port spokesman Alex Munro said there has been an increased demand for anchorages since mid-January, due to both an uptick in ship traffic and winter weather.

A bulk carrier loading grain may need to anchor if rain prevents loading during the expected time window, he said, or if a ship arrives in port ahead of its scheduled loading slot.

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30 scam attempts in one day target West Vancouver grandparents BRENT RICHTER

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Every grandparent loves a call from their grandchildren, but 30 times in a day might be a little much – especially when it’s a scam.

West Vancouver police are warning the public after receiving roughly 30 reports of attempted frauds using the

“grandparent scam” in one day.

The ruse, in which a stranger cold calls a senior and pretends to be their grandson or granddaughter claiming to be in urgent need of bail money, has been around for years.

The calls on Wednesday (Jan. 31) came with a sob story about the young person being arrested for impaired driving and causing

a collision. Often, the callers said they would require $7,000 in bail money, which a bail bondsman or lawyer would pick up later in the day.

In British Columbia, anyone kept in police custody is entitled to a judicial interim release, which is handled in court, not over the phone or with in-person cash pickups.

Variations on the scam include the caller pretending to be a lawyer or police officer.

They often pressure the victim into acting quickly to withdraw the cash and make it available for pick-up without telling anyone.

In the past, victims on the North Shore have been taken for thousands of dollars in the scam.

“Fortunately, we have had no reports of this scam being successful, but we are aware that the District of West Vancouver appears to be being specifically targeted today,” a release from police stated.

If you have any concerns about this type of fraud, please contact the West Vancouver Police at 604-925-7300.

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A walk in the park will always be free, but storing your car at some of West Vancouver’s most popular ones is going to cost you.

Starting on Feb. 12, drivers will need to pay $3.75 per hour plus taxes and fees to park in the lots at Lighthouse, Nelson Canyon, and Whytecliff Parks, or face a $98 ticket.

District of West Vancouver council voted in May 2023 to move to a pay-parking model on a two-year pilot project as a means to raise revenue, and off-set maintenance costs at the municipality’s destination parks, which have seen huge growth in visitation in recent years.

In order to park at Lighthouse Park, Nelson Canyon and Whytecliff Park, visitors must either scan a QR code posted on signs in the parking lot and pay online, or use the hangTag or PayByPhone smartphone apps.

The district has a two-year contract with Imperial Parking, more commonly known as Impark, which will be responsible for all signage, revenue collection and enforcement. Under the agreement, the district will pay Impark a monthly fee and the company will collect a percentage share of the parking and violation ticket revenues, although the exact amount is confidential.

District staff roughly estimated the program will bring in about $255,000 per year from the 253 parking stalls available Current West Vancouver residents may be exempted from the hourly rates,

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It will soon cost $3.75 per hour to park at the Nelson Canyon-Whyte Lake parking lot, along with two other destination West Vancouver parks. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN but they must pay $20 per vehicle per year, and register their vehicles’ information with Impark by uploading a copy of the vehicle registration showing a local address.

Council chose to exempt local residents from pay parking requirements because property taxes already make up the bulk of the maintenance budget for the parks.

Impark employees will be installing signs warning of the rule changes in the coming week. District staff say there will be a short grace period when Impark employees will issue warnings before the ticket book comes out. Staff are expected to report back to council on how the program is rolling out, including how it might be driving visitors to park on nearby streets, in six months.

The District of North Vancouver introduced a similar pay parking scheme for Lynn Canyon Park in 2021.

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Usually if noise complaints come in, the port will contact the vessel’s agent to remind the ship’s master they are anchored near residential areas.

Ships are required to minimize noise levels while at anchor, according to the port. But if the source of the noise is due to a vessel generator, required to power navigation equipment and on-board amenities for the crew, there’s not much that can be done.

Munro said official complaints from West Vancouver about ships at anchor are actually down, with only one registered so far this year. There were six complaints

from West Vancouver residents in 2023, and 75 in 2022, which made up over half of the 136 complaints received that year.

Previously residents have suggested the port keep track of especially noisy ships that generate complaints and make an effort to have them anchor further offshore.

McKenzie said when he complained, he received a form letter back, and guesses most residents have given up.

McKenzie uses a marine vessel tracking app to identify which ships are using the anchor when the noise is especially annoying.

When one ship leaves, another is quick to take its place these days. Like other nearby residents, McKenzie has his fingers crossed it won’t be one of the noisy ones.

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Construction of school to go ahead on Cloverley Park site JANE SEYD

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They’ll be losing a treasured community park but gaining a muchneeded elementary school.

At a public meeting Wednesday evening (Jan. 31), the North Vancouver school district confirmed it will go ahead with plans to build a new $64 million school on the eastern side of the former Cloverley school site, currently occupied

by Cloverley Park.

The plan means the loss of the park and tennis courts that the neighbourhood has used for decades.

But that option makes the most sense for a host of geo-technical and economic reasons, according to school district consultants.

A gravel “all weather” field and greenspace with gently sloping pathways will occupy the western portion of the site where the old school now stands.

Parking changed, drop-off dropped The school district has changed earlier parking configurations in the plan, after hearing safety concerns from the community about cars accessing the school from steep Kennard Avenue.

Consultant Mark Ehman of DA Architects & Planners goes over plans with area residents Wednesday night at a school district information meeting. JANE SEYD / NSN In the new site plan, the 38 parking spaces, including staff parking and drop-off stalls for students with mobility needs, have been relocated to an access off Shavington Avenue, while an on-site

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drop-off lane for parents has been removed from the plan. Instead, parents picking up or dropping off students will be expected to do so along Cloverley or Shavington streets. The plan also includes

10 secure bike parking spaces and 40 short-term bike spaces.

After years of requests from the North Vancouver School District, the province announced last June that it would fund $61 million for the new school, big enough for 585 students, including 60 kindergartners, plus space for 50 kids in before- and after-school care. The school district has agreed to put up $3 million. And the City of North Vancouver is contributing $3.5 million to include a dedicated childcare centre. That will provide spaces for 37 pre-school children.

More than 150 people turned out to see the latest plans for the school on Wednesday evening at the school district’s education centre on Lonsdale Avenue.

With space for 585 students, the new school will be over twice the capacity of the old Cloverley Elementary, built in 1962.

The school district is planning to use mass timber construction, rather than concrete and steel, for the project, and designers are aiming to have the building’s greenhouse gas emissions 85 per cent below that of a typical school.

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Abbotsford police officer acquitted of assault in West Van dog bite takedown BRENT RICHTER

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An Abbotsford Police Department officer charged with assault after his police dog bit a suspect in a high-profile takedown in West Vancouver has been acquitted.

In February of 2020, Dustin Mills assaulted a Fraser Valley Highway Patrol constable during a traffic stop in Abbotsford. Mills then fled and led police through multiple jurisdictions before officers boxed him in and arrested him on the Capilano River Bridge on the Upper Levels Highway.

In the course of the arrest, the suspect was bitten by Sgt. Shaun Nagel’s police dog, causing him injury.

The province’s Independent Investigations Office, which is automatically tasked when a suspect faces serious harm or death in an interaction with police, opened its own probe and later concluded there were “reasonable grounds to believe

that an officer may have committed an offence.” The B.C. Prosecution Service announced in July 2022 that it had sworn charges of assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm against Nagel.

Nagel’s trial began in North Vancouver Provincial Court in August. At issue in the trial was whether the dog bite was a criminal assault, or whether it was an allowable use of force, protected by section 25 of the Criminal Code of Canada.

The Crown’s expert witness testified that it was permissible use of force.

“Accordingly and appropriately, the Crown has invited an acquittal,” Judge Tim Hinkson acknowledged at a Jan. 9 hearing. “Having considered all of the evidence and on the basis of the eyewitnesses, many of whom implicitly or explicitly endorsed Shaun Nagel’s actions that day….

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Abbotsford Police Department deputy chief Jason Burrows released a statement on matter on Thursday, expressing satisfaction with the outcome and acknowledging the Crown’s decision to recommend acquittal.

“Sgt. Nagel deployed his police dog under difficult and dynamic circumstances to arrest a volatile suspect without having the luxury of pausing a scene or going to a video-assisted referee to find a new angle,” it read. “I am grateful no members of the public or other officers were harmed during this high-risk arrest. I would like to acknowledge the professionalism, integrity, and dignity Sgt. Nagel has demonstrated throughout this process.”

In February of 2021, Dustin Mills was found guilty of assaulting a police officer, escaping from custody and assault with intent to resist arrest. He was sentenced to time served, court records show.

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udget crunch time is back for municipalities on the North Shore.

And while taxpayers won’t be opening their bills for several months, the decisions going into the numbers are happening now.

Simply put, it’s not a pretty picture.

Municipal governments around B.C. are looking at tax hikes that are double the norm.

The primary driver of that increase is rising labour costs as general inflation influences new collective agreements. The other is even more rapid growth in construction costs, which impacts everything from new capital projects to infrastructure maintenance and repairs.

Increasingly, senior levels of government are downloading costs for things like climate change and housing onto local councils.

That’s to say nothing of the other significant property taxes municipal governments

have no control over, including the provincial “school tax” and various Metro levies covering everything from transit to sewer costs.

On that latter note, we predict local taxpayers may need to make good use of the sewer system later this spring when they get an official update on the stomach-churning cost increases for the new wastewater treatment plant. That is expected to send utility bills soaring on the North Shore.

Expect the sticker shock to be real when tax bills arrive in July. It’s possible that what taxpayers consider “essential” service may differ from what the higher minds in municipal hall do.

When it comes to municipal services and infrastructure, expect to pay more for less in the current environment. Both the public and the bean counters would do well to temper their expectations.

Active week shows B.C. is in for an ‘energetic’ election year

The legislature doesn’t sit again for almost two more weeks but already things are getting fairly active on the B.C. political scene.

Premier David Eby is returning to his near-event-a-day pace and the Opposition parties are also getting more active after the extended Christmas break.

Take last week as an example of how energetic this election year will likely be in B.C. politics.

The week started with the release of yet another poll showing the NDP sailing along comfortably in the land of public opinion while the three Opposition parties continue to flounder.

The poll’s findings were particularly bad news for the stumbling B.C. United Party

as it now trails the B.C. Conservatives by eight points and only leads the B.C. Greens by just six points. The once-governing party is in danView From ger of slipping to The Ledge fourth place.

Keith Baldrey In fact, when the voting “universe” numbers are examined (this is the total number of people willing to consider voting for a party), B.C. United actually is in fourth place, scoring just 34 per cent which is a point behind the B.C. Greens.

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universe is much higher at 41, although it is still a long way back from the NDP’s voting universe of 54 per cent.

Undaunted by the bad polling numbers, the B.C. United Party unveiled its ad campaign aimed at “re-branding” the old B.C. Liberal Party with the new B.C. United name. It is still unclear how extensive the campaign will be and whether it will be a case of too little, too late considering the election campaign officially begins just seven months from now.

Meanwhile, the B.C. Conservatives announced another big policy shift. Party leader John Rustad, who supported the passage of the United Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples while a member of the B.C. Liberal opposition, is now

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Not to be outdone when it came to getting attention, the B.C. Greens made news when party leader Sonia Furstenau announced she was switching ridings.

She now intends to run in the longtime NDP stronghold of Victoria-Beacon Hill and leave the riding of Cowichan Valley, which she has represented since 2017. She seems Continued on A9

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Dear Editor:

RE: City of North Van council approves final changes to St. Andrews Avenue, Jan. 24 news story I am writing to express my and many neighbours’ dismay at the 4-3 vote by North Vancouver City council on Jan. 22 to proceed with staff-recommended changes on St. Andrews Avenue from Keith Road to Ninth Street.

Council had multiple opportunities to halt this unnecessary and unneeded project on these six blocks. Doing so would have required leadership from the elected officials to pause the project and direct staff to take a long, hard look at alternative designs. That did not happen.

Leadership was denied.

Instead, staff hired three consultants: two to review the design and a third to conduct a pseudo-public engagement process.

Originally, council directed staff to come up with a plan to slow speeds on the street, but as we now know, staff made it about far more than speed.

After two months of backlash from the public, council apologized for how this project was rolled out and how it was communicated.

They promised to do better. That did not happen.

Design decisions made by staff provided them with the data used to justify the need for a protected bike lane and allowed them to dismiss HUB Cycling and residents’ recommendation for a neighbourhood bikeway.

The final straw came Jan. 22 when council voted to approve final changes to the street. The vote was 3-3 with Couns. Holly Back, Don Bell and Shervin

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Shahriari voting against, all with sound reasons for doing so. It certainly looked like those who voted in favour – Couns.

Tony Valente, Angela Girard and Jessica McIlroy – held their noses and voted ‘Yes.’ Girard said how the selected concept was a “good option” for keeping everyone happy. It wasn’t.

At that moment, the message to Mayor Linda Buchanan was clear: do the right thing and vote against the recommendation. Buchanan voted in favour, saying “This has been a long and difficult conversation, and I think we can all agree that it’s time to move forward.”

We do not agree it’s time to move forward, Mayor Buchanan. You failed to lead, and supported staff at the expense of the public.

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PLEASE KEEP YOUR DOG’S ‘LANDMINES’ OFF OUR FAVOURITE TRAIL

Dear Editor:

I’d like to humbly request dog walkers take better care of their waste on Powerline Trail in North Vancouver. The trail is easily accessible and has some beautiful views, but it’s currently almost unusable due to the “landmines” left on the trail.

We need to have a local conversation about responsible dog ownership, as my family is currently missing out on a wonderful greenspace after having to hose-off our sneakers one too many times.

I do suspect some of the blame lies with professional dog walkers, who never seem to be carrying filled doggie bags.

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MLA steps down from cabinet post Continued from A8 to be facing very steep odds at winning Victoria-Beacon Hill though: NDP MLA Grace Lore, the new children and family development minister, beat her Green Party candidate by 25 percentage points and more than 7,400 votes in the 2020 election.

Finally, the week ended with NDP MLA Selina Robinson in very hot water for

Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson, MP

controversial comments she made about the creation of Israel. She apologized for them, and on Monday agreed to step down as minister of post-secondary education, although she remains in NDP caucus. We shall see where the story goes from there.

All in all, a busy week and a taste of what lies ahead in an election year.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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City of North Vancouver property owners are looking at a 6.5- to 7.5-percent increase in their municipal taxes in 2024.

Council members met Monday to have their first public debate on the 2024 budget, which is expected to deliver a higher-thanusual tax increase thanks to inflation in labour costs and a series of capital projects on the to-do list.

Initially, council was presented with a draft budget including an 8.5-per-cent tax increase, but after hearing comments from the public and fellow council members, Mayor Linda Buchanan told staff to sharpen their pencils and return with something less “ambitious” in the 6.5- to 7.5-per-cent range.

Growth in operating costs will require a 4.9-per-cent increase alone. Finance staff are projecting an operating budget of $101.7 million in 2024, up $6.1 million over 2023, due largely to new labour contracts with unionized municipal employees and RCMP members signing new collective agreements.

New spending on asset management, communications, urban forestry, cycling

The Casano-Loutet Overpass is among the capital projects being funded in the City of North Vancouver 2024 budget. CNV and transit improvements, planning and data management could run another 1.6 per cent, while the council is also planning to dedicate a one-per-cent increase to renewing infrastructure, and another one-per-cent increase specifically for the rebuild of North Shore Neighbourhood House.

Since public consultations on the proposed budget began, about 250 pieces of public input have been received by the city – an order of magnitude more than usual. About 75 per cent of the comments were from the tennis community rallying to have money included in the budget for the replacement of existing courts that will be

demolished for the new school in Cloverley Park and North Shore Neighbourhood House.

“Despite the unanimous support of council to address this problem, there’s not a dime in this budget to address it. Not a dime,” said Duncan Brown, president of the North Shore Tennis Society.

About 15 per cent of the comments received were calling on council to cut the tax increase by cutting spending, a sentiment expressed by city resident Bill Mason at Monday’s meeting. Mason noted that if council were to go ahead with the 8.5-percent increase, municipal taxes will have gone up more than 20 per cent since 2021.

“To take this massive jump and slam the property owners with an 8.5-per-cent increase is just too much,” he said.

Elected members had little issue with the growth in operating costs, but several expressed concerns with the growing capital budget, rattling off individual projects that could be put off to future year’s budgets. At $144 million, spending on projects in the proposed budget is double what it was in 2023.

“I don’t want to use the word ‘cut’ per se.

It’s kind of like right-sizing this to actually

fit what we can deliver,” said Coun. Tony Valente.

Coun. Holly Back suggested several projects that could be put off to future years – $900,000 for bicycle parking in destination areas, $200,000 for an outdoor cover at the Shipyards and $281,000 for a welcome desk for visitors to municipal hall.

“We do live in a beautiful, livable city, so if we have to take some of these things out of our plan this year, I think we’re all going to be OK,” said Back.

Coun. Jessica McIlroy, however, noted that all of the projects in the capital plan are there because they align with council’s priorities.

“I’m not overly concerned about what that final figure comes to. More important is that we look at what is feasible to deliver within this year and ensuring that we’re successful,” she said.

And Buchanan cautioned utility costs are expected to climb sharply in the years ahead to cover the costs of new water and sewage infrastructure in Metro Vancouver.

“That is going to have a significant implication for our budget,” she said. “So deferring may mean we’ve got harder decisions down the road.”

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Senior knits hundreds of toques for children in Ukraine BRENT RICHTER

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For the first six years of her life, Margaret Davies was up and down the stairs between her parents’ café and the bomb shelter in the basement.

Davies was born in England at the start of the Second World War. When peace came in 1945, there was very little to go around, but her parents led by example, generously sharing bits of butter, sugar and other supplies with neighbours who had even less.

“It was rations and learning to be extremely frugal. But we got apples from Canada and I never forgot the gifts we got from Canada,” she said.

Now 84, Davies is returning the favour, in a way.

In her adult life, Davies moved to the United States and Canada where she was the publisher of magazines and owner of businesses in printing, design and real estate. In 2004, she suffered catastrophic injuries in a horrific logging truck accident.

The driver was headed west on the Upper Levels Highway when the trailer lost its load, sending raw logs into the oncoming lanes. Two people were killed and six were injured.

After about two years, Davies regained her ability to knit, which she turned to as a form of therapy.

“Here I was after the crash, just a mess,” she said. “And the knitting did it.”

Watching coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Davies felt compelled to help by using her knitting skills to at least offer some comfort from the cold in the now

North Vancouver resident Margaret Davies gets in a groove with her knitting needles. The 84-year-old spent months knitting 200 toques for children in Ukraine. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN severely bombed-out country.

“It just broke my heart to see the children,” she said. “It’s always the children of the war that get it the worst, that suffer the most.”

A contact of Davies with North Shore Community Resources got her in touch with a non-profit called UHelp Ukraine Society, who were preparing to send a shipping container full of supplies badly

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Among the lingering impacts of the crash are vision problems that cause her to see double, making it very difficult to read knitting patterns, so Davies memorized a relatively simple design. Over the next seven months, Davies got into a routine

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“I would have my cup of Joe and then I would just start my knitting,” she said with a laugh. “I just kept knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting ‘til I became like a machine.… I think the good lord must have been watching over me, because I was surprised at myself.”

By late November, Davies had finished her 200th toque. She packed them into boxes with messages she’d written on the outside – “Love you,” “Bless you” and “You’re in my prayers.”

Asked how others might help, Davies answers pointedly.

“I’d like Russia to bloody well stop,” she said. “How dare they? How dare they? How dare they do this to a little country?”

Davies used her skills to send warmth. It falls to the United States and other Western countries to continue sending armour and munitions that might spare Ukrainians from a fate worse than the war today, she said.

“It’s going to be a terrible day in hell if the Russians take over Ukraine,” she said.

In late January, Davies received an update from the UHelp Ukraine Society and photos of school children in Kherson wearing the hats she made in North Vancouver.

It left her no doubt the long hours in her knitting chair were well worth it.

“I felt so good. Those little ones, bless their hearts, they’re going through the damn war,” she said. “I wanted them to know there are people in the world that really do care. It means a lot to those children. I know. I know how I felt in the war in England.”

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A distillery in North Vancouver is continuing to gather accolades on the national stage for its excellent smallbatch whisky.

Sons of Vancouver had an impressive showing Jan. 19 at the Canadian Whisky Awards in Victoria. After being recognized for making the best whisky in the country last year, the producer brought home another four awards at the 2024 event.

Sons of Vancouver grabbed three gold medals, for Summer Road Trip Across the Midwest; Desert Grass and Blue Agave, and its 2023 bottling of last year’s grand champ, Palm Trees and a Tropical Breeze. It also won silver for Raiding Nonna’s Liquor Cabinet.

Being recognized at the Canadian Whisky Awards makes you feel like you’re doing something right, says Sons co-owner and distiller Jenna Diubaldo.

Since the judging is done by a blind panel, it’s not an event where you enter and automatically expect to win, she said. “This one really validates that your whisky is up to snuff.”

Keeping on trend with last year’s results, independent producers continued to clean up at the 2024 event, Diubaldo said. In the past, the Whisky Awards had been dominated by larger players like Crown Royal and J.P. Wiser’s.

“That’s really how we’re going to see change in the industry – we’re going to start to see more small producers making really flavorful whisky with really interesting

blends,” she said. “The industry is on the right track.”

As for how Sons approached their whisky making over the past year, Diubaldo said it was tough not to focus too much on their success with Palm Trees the year before.

“We had to consciously decide, ‘Hey, we’re not going to start making whisky that we think will win awards. We’re just going to keep making whisky that we really like,’” she said.

That’s how they approached Summer Road Trip Across the Midwest, the first product they made after 2022’s bottling of Palm Trees. Diubaldo called it their ode to whisky made in the American Midwest, relying on blending more than barrel finishing to bring out the right flavours.

With Raiding Nonna’s Liquor Cabinet, Sons really went out into left field. “I was a little surprised that one actually medalled, Diubaldo said, describing it as a fun, oddball release somewhere between a whisky and an amaro.

Although that one definitely leans toward the bitter category, “I think we blended it out just right,” she said.

If all this whisky talk has gotten you jazzed about trying one of Sons of Vancouver’s prized blends, you’re going to be disappointed. All of them have sold out.

But after three years of transitioning to making whisky full time, you can expect the Seylynn distillery to put out more rye this year, in less-limited quantities.

The best way to stay in the know about Sons of Vancouver is to join its online mailing list, Diubaldo said.

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Bureaucratic quagmire blamed for end of beloved restaurant JANE SEYD

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A property that was home to a beloved family restaurant for more than four decades will likely be sold after being mired in municipal red tape for the last 10 years.

District of North Vancouver council voted recently to remove one bureaucratic chokehold which owners said had stymied development plans on the site of Capilano Heights Chinese Restaurant at 5020 Capilano Rd. for more than a decade.

It’s a property that’s been owned by the same family since 1972, when founder C.C. Sun first opened the North Vancouver restaurant. The business was later passed down to his daughter, Kathleen Sun, who ran it for many years as a favoured local destination for wedding dinners, anniversaries and other family celebrations. The restaurant was also later operated as CC’s Chinese Restaurant by Sun’s son Douglas.

The restaurant closed until further notice last year.

Ten years ago, the family partnered with Three Shores Development to build a new development on the property, which would have included townhouses, apartments and a new version of the restaurant. At the time

they made their application, the plan mostly fit the requirements of the existing C2 zoning on the property, although the developer also requested certain variances. The family voiced optimism at the time that the project would breath new life into their business.

But council of the day put a hold on issuing permits, saying they wanted plans to conform to new zoning still under development, which would blend in better with the surrounding neighbourhood and take the project down one storey – from four storeys to three.

A long and involved district-led rezoning process then ensued. Eventually the family decided last year to cut their losses and abandon the plan.

During comments before council Jan. 22, Douglas Holliday, the third generation to oversee the restaurant, blamed the bureaucratic quagmire created by the district for dashing his family’s hopes of making something of the years they put into the business.

“At every single turn we faced roadblock after roadblock at the direction of staff and council,” he said.

Holliday said the family spent years trying to deal with requirements of the district planning process and doesn’t have the resources left to go more rounds of coming

The owners of the former Capilano Heights Chinese Restaurant told council they had tried to make a development proposal work for a decade before throwing in the towel.

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up with an acceptable proposal.

“We’re a small family business, not deep-pocketed developers,” he said.

He blamed the district for forcing them the shutter the restaurant, which according to online posts had also suffered with weather damage to the building and staff shortages. Holliday told council his mother had died before a resolution about the property could be reached. Now the family would like to sell the property and move on, he said.

Council said they were sad to see the family business go.

“I think everyone has a story about

Capilano Heights,” said Coun. Herman Mah. “It kind of reminds me of The Tomahawk. It’s a landmark. It was one of the places that my wife and I had our first meal when we moved here about 22 years ago.”

Mayor Mike Little noted only one member of the current council was on the council 10 years ago, when the process started, adding neither the current council nor the previous council had the issue brought forward for consideration.

According to a staff report, many of the delays resulted from the owners or developers not responding to requests from district staff.

Planning staff said no building permits were actually held up, because none were applied for.

Regardless, Little added that any “withholding bylaws” that prevent issuing of permits should have a sunset clause, rather than being added to a property indefinitely.

Noting the lengthy delays, council voted Jan. 22 to lift the bylaw that would have effectively put a hold on building permits for the property, which owners said would make the property easier to sell.

Council noted any future owner who wants to develop the land will be coming forward with a clean slate.

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FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

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West Vancouver council has inched towards endorsing part of a local area plan for Ambleside that will set the tone for apartment and townhouse redevelopment in future.

On Jan. 29 council passed first reading of the bylaw that will make the plan for Ambleside’s apartment area a part of the Seaside apartments in Ambleside catch the gleam of July district’s official community sunshine. West Vancouver council is inching forward on approval of a local area plan for Ambleside. NICK LABA / NSN plan. But councillors were in no hurry to expedite the “The market’s going to dictate a lot of process, voting down a recommendation to what’s going to happen,” said Mayor Mark take the plan to public hearing.

Sager, adding density caps proposed on a Instead, council opted to take the plan site like the one at 14th Street and Clyde to a more informal town hall meeting before Avenue won’t be enough to spur interest in moving forward. development.

Council has been discussing the longPlanner David Hawkins told council range policy document, which was drawn they can always amend the plan if someone up after six months of public consultation, comes forward asking for a project asking since July. for more height and more density. “It’s a The plan is intended to set the tone for living document,” he said. what the district wants to see in Ambleside “If council were to receive a proposal that in future, said Jim Bailey, director of planblew everybody out of the water with amazning for the municipality. “It says the village ing urban design and some affordability, isn’t going to be a village of high rises,” he you could still (vote to approve it) through said. “It sets that scale.” subsequent amendments,” said Bailey.

The plan envisions greater housing Planners told council the plan isn’t rezondiversity and infill as properties redevelop, including more rentals, co-ops, seniors ing any properties and it’s likely nothing will housing, rent-to-own options and ‘missing happen on most of them. It’s just a guide for middle’ housing. development in future they said.

Future housing developments are pegged Coun. Linda Watt said she’d like to get in the plan at between three and nine stothe public’s thoughts at an informal meeting before getting too far along the path to reys in height, depending on the site. approving the plan. “A lot of people still In particular, the plan calls for expanded don’t feel they’ve been heard,” she said. residential-only options in the 1800 block of Coun. Nora Gambioli cautioned against Marine Drive and use of district owned lands that approach, saying there have already in the 1500 block of Fulton Avenue to probeen extensive public workshops and a vide more diverse and affordable housing. formal public hearing is the place for people In general, the plan allows for more to make their views known. Having an extra density the more public benefit it provides “cowboy town hall” is just going to add – i.e. housing projects with affordable rental confusion, she said, adding it will also drag are allowed more density than market strata out the process further. projects.

Another proposed change in Ambleside Unlike previous versions of the plan, the – which would have made 31 sites of current one introduced Monday includes maximum all-rental buildings in Ambleside rental-only building heights in feet and metres, rather zones in the future — was defeated by a than just in storeys. Maximum heights for vote of council in November. a six to nine-storey building would be 70 to Last week Sager said council will likely 100 feet. come back with another proposal for Some council members worried the plan protection of rental housing sites “in the notdoesn’t provide enough density on some too-distant future.” sites.

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A man who vandalized a pride flag outside Lonsdale Quay Market has been convicted of committing a hateful act.

Kristopher Kamienik, 51, was sentenced in North Vancouver Provincial Court on Jan. 31 for two counts of mischief, the second of which the judge determined was a crime motivated by hate. In May of 2023, a Lonsdale Quay employee reported to police that a progress pride flag had been cut down from a pole. The progress flag has the six rainbow colours of the original pride flag, with additional colours added in a V-shape to represent transgender people and communities of colour. Following the incident, Kamienik

posted a video to Facebook that showed him holding the flag taken off the nearby pole. He called the flag “f*cking ugly” and “pedo” and said he was going burn it. Judge Joanne Challenger read the transcript verbatim in court.

In July of 2023, police arrested Kamienik and charged him with two counts of mischief: for the flag incident, and for defacing the offices of North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA Bowinn Ma and North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson on several occasions earlier that year.

After entering guilty pleas on Jan. 5, defence lawyer Jordan Allingham argued his client should receive conditional discharges for both counts, which would leave him free of a criminal record and jail time. But Crown council Eleasha Sabourin said Kamienik should be handed a

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While Challenger agreed that the accused should not receive a criminal record for his graffiti of the politicians’ offices, she ruled that his “disgusting” commentary around the vandalism made it clear that his offence was motivated by hate of non-cisgendered people, specifically transgender people. Under Canadian law, hate speech is seen as having three main parts, the judge said: It’s expressed in a public way or place; it targets a person or group with protected characteristics, such as sexual orientation or identity; and it uses extreme language expressing hatred towards that person or group because of their protected characteristic.

“The commentary of the offender captured in the video, which he took after vandalizing the flag pole and the flag, makes clear his offence was motivated by hate,” Challenger said. “It was baseless to suggest … that all non-cisgender people engage in the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. However, that does not make his comments any less painful or hurtful.” People who are victims of hate speech can often feel traumatized, unsafe and so uncomfortable that they don’t feel welcome in their communities, she added.

Accused’s prospects for rehabilitation low, judge says Challenger further characterized Kamienik’s comments as “vacuous” and lacking any thoughtfulness. Speaking to Kamienik’s submissions that his actions in part stemmed from being bullied as a gay man, the judge acknowledged there exists some debate whether the interests of gays, lesbians and bisexuals differ from transgender people.

“Kamienik’s comments and conduct did not contribute in any meaningful way to the issue which he says concerns him,” Challenger said. “Rather, he chose to destroy a symbol that celebrates the diversity of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and calls for a more inclusive society.”

“The irony is that the offender is a beneficiary of the same social movement,” she said, adding that transgender people have been an integral part of that movement since the Stonewall protest in 1969.

Doubting his prospects for rehabilitation, the judge said Kamienik presents as someone who acts on his own personal grievances in an antagonistic and thoughtless manner.

“In conclusion, I find the grounds established beyond a reasonable doubt that the motivations of the offender have prejudice towards non-cisgender people,” she said.

Further aggravating his sentence was the planning and deliberate action that went into cutting down the pride flag, followed with his commentary posted on social media.

Challenger handed Kamienik a conditional discharge and one-year probation for the earlier mischief charge, and a criminal conviction with a suspended sentence with two years of probation. Kamienik is banned from Ma’s and Wilkinson’s offices, as well as Lonsdale Quay.

Before leaving the courtroom, Challenger asked Kamienik in how many countries is homosexuality punishable by imprisonment. Seventy-two, she said.

“How far away are you as a homosexual man with a transgender person through the eyes of those who hate? Not far is my suggestion,” she said. “And by promoting hate against that group you are inviting hate against yourself and your sexual identity.”

“I disagree,” he replied.

“I understand you disagree, but as I pointed out in my report, sir, you have difficulty with rational thinking.”

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Continued from A6 Building on western half of site more complicated and expensive According to the school district, detailed analysis of the site done in the spring of 2021 compared building the school on both the eastern and western portions of the site, including examining topography limitations, geotechnical issues, structural, seismic and civil requirements, plus construction costs.

An artist’s rendering shows what the new Cloverley school The east side was will look like. NVSD & DA preferred because of the For now it’s unclear what – if anything gentler slope allowing – will happen in the greenspace on the for a wide flat area to build the school western part of the school site. and adjacent play areas. The shallow The City of North Vancouver’s 2024 depth of unstable soils also allows for financial plan “does not include any “an inexpensive conventional building money toward outdoor recreation on foundation system” versus a foundation the Cloverley school site,” according to which would be “complex and expensive” information supplied by the city. Now if the school was built on the western that site plans have been developed, city portion of the site. staff have determined “the remaining Building on the western side of the site land on the west section of the site is not would also have made it much harder to sufficient to provide a replacement of create emergency access for fire trucks, the current amenity,” said spokesperson said Mark Ehman of DA Architects and Rebecca Vaughan. But other projects Planners. could still be considered in future, The province would also have to be Vaughan added. convinced of any option that wasn’t the Meanwhile, Shaw said the most cost-efficient and would likely not neighbourhood is “thrilled” that the have agreed to fund it, Ehman added. parking entrance has been moved to Among members of the public who Shavington Street and away from Kennard turned out to Wednesday’s public Avenue. “That was very well received,” information session, losing Cloverley Park she said. remained one of the biggest concerns.

Blair Berrington said he’s happy to see the drop-off lane gone from the updated Park loss disappointing Nearby resident David Frewin said, “It’s school site design. “That’s something we’re moving away from in schools,” he a bit of a disappointment anytime anyone said. loses park space.”

Rebecca Ashton said she’s excited Frewin said he understands the about a new school and its emphasis reasons behind the decision from a on “sustainability and inclusivity” in financial standpoint, but added in its design. Learning in that kind of delaying approval for the school by environment will benefit students, she several years it was the province which said. was responsible for seeing construction The school district is currently costs more than double.

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After a long and hard road battling personal demons, beverage maker Kirk Buxton has learned to trust his gut.

Buxton is the founder of Kirk’s Probiotic Soda, a fizzy drink made in North Vancouver that’s formulated to taste great while providing the microbiome-boosting benefits of fermented kefir.

What started six years ago with $100, enough to buy jars at Ikea and fill them with a brew made in his home, has grown to a business that’s expected to do nearly $1 million in sales over the next 12 months.

You can find Buxton’s bottles of soda in small independent markets, as well as large grocery chains including Save-On-Foods and the Real Canadian Superstore.

On the side of the 330-millilitre bottles are the words “trust your gut” in bold lettering.

Buxton says his life passion is using food to help people.

Similarly, the driving force behind his soda brand is to alleviate digestive problems, he said.

But his determination to promote a healthy lifestyle wasn’t always top of mind.

After years in the throes of heroin and fentanyl abuse, on the evening of March 10, 2017, Buxton was determined to end his life.

Driving along the Sea to Sky highway, he took off his seatbelt and sped into a wall of solid rock.

Kirk Buxton’s car was totalled after he drove it into a wall of rock on the Sea to Sky highway March 10, 2017. It was in the hospital following the crash that he decided to turn his life around.

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Everything went white.

Buxton felt relieved that it was all over – until he heard the jarring sound of a tire spinning by his head. He was alive, and upside down.

“And then I hear this voice.

She goes, ‘I’m a nurse. Can I help you?’ The second voice is, ‘I’m a local doctor, are you OK?’” Buxton recalls. “So I’ve got a nurse and a doctor outside my car. And I’m like, ‘Are you kidding me? I’m definitely not dying now.’”

At the hospital, Buxton expected to be stigmatized for his suicide attempt. Instead, the medical staff treated him with compassion. “I’m still friends with the nurse today,” he said.

Seeing his mother at the foot of his bed, lost in a tangle of documents trying to put his financial life back together, was a turning point.

“At that moment, I sat up and I said, ‘How can I help?’” he said. “I just went to work. I decided I was going to change my life.”

‘Trust your gut’ is printed in bold lettering on the side of Kirk’s Probiotic Soda, a drink made by North Vancouver’s Kirk Buxton. NICK LABA / NSN ‘The story is about hope’ Buxton went into recovery and was soon working as a chef at a men’s treatment centre. Even though he was clean, years of putting harmful substances in his body had wreaked havoc on his digestive system.

“I was always bloated no matter what I did,” he said. Buxton went to a doctor, who gave him probiotic pills, but those didn’t provide the relief he was looking for.

Reflecting on his personal belief that food is medicine, he decided to trust his gut.

Coincidentally, the mother of his recovery roommate was making a drink from fermenting kefir grains.

She gave him some of those grains. And after a bit of research, Buxton started making it in his home.

“Immediately I was like, this

stuff’s amazing,” he said. “My gut issues were gone within the first day.”

Working in the treatment centre, he started giving out kefir water to his friends in the neighbourhood, mostly in recovery themselves. Pretty quickly, they started asking if they could buy it off him.

So Buxton started selling two-litre growlers, and it grew from there.

“The community really got behind it,” he said. “Then I realized how many people were suffering from gut-related issues. I had no idea.”

People came to him ecstatic that they’d had their first solid poop in years.

“At some point I decided, well, looks like this is a business,” he said.

Production of his kefir sodas

started out of a shared kitchen in 2020, then moved to a kombucha-making facility. In October 2022, Kirk’s Probiotic Soda moved to its own dedicated production space in North Vancouver, where Buxton grew up.

Sales of his sodas have been bubbling over. Revenues were around $200,000 in the past 12 months, and are on track to hit $1,000,000 over the next 12.

With a background in sales, his brother Ken Buxton has been getting the drinks on shelves all over town. Hollyburn Country Club were one of their first clients, along with City Avenue Markets.

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Project has the potential to save many lives, councillors say

Continued from A1 While Little generally refrained from correcting views during the previous hearing, he mentioned that one mistaken impression was that this would be highly risky housing.

“And the reality is: this is not unprogrammed SROs, like you would find in other places. This has a tremendous amount of operational support,” he said.

As chair of the police board, Little said that impacts and risks in the area would be managed “vigorously,” while giving new residents the space to succeed.

Project worthwhile if just one life saved, councillor says In an impassioned speech, Coun. Jim Hanson acknowledged that the issue was

highly contentious, even dividing his own household. But the councillor made his position of homelessness clear.

“I would like to see the issue of homelessness If in fact it is one declared to life that we save, be an issue of that will justify provincial emerevery hour that gency,” he said.

I’ve spent in my While political journey. expressing that COUN. JIM HANSON he thought the project would save many lives, Hanson said his vote would be worth it if it saved just one.

“I’ll go further. If in fact it is one life that we save, that will justify every hour that I’ve spent in my political journey,” he said.

Coun. Lisa Muri said this is a challenging issue where she hears the fears and concerns of the community but she also has to take the responsibility to do what’s right.

“We are going to commit to a neighbourhood committee. We are going to continue to press the province. We are going to address the challenges. We are going to look at the design of the building to make sure that it is in keeping with the neighbourhood,” she said.

Addressing addiction in the province requires a two-pronged approach, she added.

“It is a disease. It is not a choice,” Muri said. “Housing is not the only thing people that are addicted need. And not all the people in this building will have issues of

addiction – some of them just have bad luck.”

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Betty Forbes said she couldn’t stop thinking about people staying outside in the -15 C weather.

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Travelling Witness Blanket artwork on display at West Van library MINA KERR-LAZENBY

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One photograph shows a row of forlorn young girls standing in front of St Paul’s residential school in North Vancouver. Nearby, a vibrant Métis sash hangs. Above that, a selection of bricks taken from the edifices of residential schools across the country sit stacked upon one another. And in the centre, a wooden door that was once a gateway to a B.C. residential school’s infirmary.

Comprising more than 800 individual items collected from schools, survivors, churches, governments, and other cultural sites across Canada, the Witness Blanket is one of the largest and most confronting pieces of art to be inspired by the residential schooling system.

Now, more than a decade after it was first crafted by multidisciplinary artist Carey Newman, the eight-foot tall, 40-foot long piece is making its first appearance at West Vancouver Memorial Library.

“When I saw this piece and learned about the subject matter, I knew it was something we had to display in some way or another,” said Taren Urquhart, West Vancouver Memorial Library’s arts and special events programmer.

Urquhart first came across Witness Blanket at the Kelowna Art Gallery in 2021, one stop of a six-year long journey touring galleries, schools and centres across the country.

The piece is one of two replicas to be made of the original after years of travel brought damage to the first, which now sits preserved at the Canadian Museum for

Human Rights in Winnipeg. The replica is a photographic version of Newman’s original, with images printed onto wooden panels in lieu of the official artifacts. The three dimensional aspect of the piece might be lost, but the impact it has certainly hasn’t been, promises the artist.

“Think of it being like a print of an original painting, rather than the painting itself.

The detail is all very clear, and the objects are just as moving, it’s just the texture that’s not there.”

Newman, whose traditional name is Hayalthkin’geme, started the project in 2012, yet for the first few months, “the going was pretty slow,” he said.

“When you describe this idea, a blanket made of objects, people don’t quite know what to make of it. It was really a process of building trust and building relationships.”

The sourcing of artifacts sat in a significantly different category to any work the artist had carried out before, he said.

“In this case I was taking things that were precious, that meant something to people, and that had stories already embedded or attached to them,” said Newman.

By spring 2014, Newman had secured 889 items from First Nations communities across the country. All hold significant value, he said, but some would prove to go on to impact the artist more than others.

There’s the small, weathered child’s shoe, found on the grounds of the former Carcross Residential School in Carcross, that serves as a reminder to the artist of how the schooling system targeted the youngest and most vulnerable.

The two braids of hair, located in the left section of the sprawling artwork, were given to Newman by his sisters Ellen and

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Artist Carey Newman will speak about his Witness Blanket project Feb. 8. WVML Marion Newman. Both had grown their hair long, braided it, and had it cut off in a traditional ceremony to honour their father, Victor, a residential school survivor, and the countless other Indigenous children who were stripped of their personal and cultural identities via the cutting of their hair.

“It’s significant because that’s my family, it’s about my father, but in a broader context it represents that same thing for so many people. That was the experience of so many children when they began these schools,” said Newman.

Newman said he had been aware of his father’s time in the residential schooling system, but had known little of the finer details of his experience prior to the creation of the Witness Blanket.

“As we went through it, he became more open about sharing the things that he experienced with me and my sisters. It brought us together and helped us better understand ourselves,” he said.

Newman said he was struck by the similarities between his own father’s experience and those of the countless survivors he had

spoken with across the country, despite them having taken place thousands of miles apart.

“It really hit home just how clearly organized residential schools were, how intentional they were, from the design of the building, to experiences like the cutting of people’s hair and the restriction of language. That happened time and time and time again,” he said.

Newman will speak on such stories and the making of the Witness Blanket during a talk at the library Feb. 8, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A screening of Picking Up the Pieces: The Making of the Witness Blanket, a behind the scenes look at the project, will take place at the library Feb. 17.

Newman’s piece will debut at the library Jan. 26, following a welcoming and blessing with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) Chepximiya Siyam’ Chief Janice George.

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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Bennett is the second straight world junior champ from the Whistler club, following Marcus Goguen who claimed the title in 2023.

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The 18-year-old Argyle Secondary grad, a member of the Whistler Freeride Club, earned the title of world’s best after putting together a trick-filled freeride run that started with a 360 over an avalanche barrier and only picked up speed from there.

Bennett’s score of 93.33 gave him first place at the junior worlds, topping Americans Tyler Blocker who scored 91.00 to finish second and Michael Wheatley who placed third with 90.00 points.

“This is the most insane feeling being here with all my friends – they’re like a family,” said Bennett in a press release.

“I had to do a little bit of improv on my run, getting lost at the top, and I wasn’t supposed to go over the barrier. All the riders sent it today. Anybody could have

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When asked if police had a file related to an incident at a Pacific Junior Hockey League game Jan. 25 at Minoru arena, Richmond RCMP said they have no reported incidents matching that criteria.

Late in the third period of the game between North Van and the Richmond Sockeyes, a brawl broke out. Video of the game shows an altercation between Wolf Pack goalie Evan Paul and Sockeyes defender Eithan Grishin. During the incident, Grishin appears to put Paul in a chokehold. After they are separated, Paul is seen lying nearly motionless on the ice.

Following the game, the Wolf Pack said Paul was recovering from a “severe” injury.

But as of Feb. 6, neither the PJHL nor the Sockeyes had released any

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Police have confirmed there is no investigation underway related to a brawl at a Junior A hockey game that left one North Van Wolf Pack player barely moving on the ice.

statements regarding the event.

Despite reports that Grishin was suspended pending a disciplinary hearing, Sockeyes announcer Steve Erickson said he hadn’t heard anything about it.

“I assume it would be like indefinite until the league reviews it, which would be normal for any league … but I honestly do not know,” he said last week, adding that Grishin was not at a game Richmond played against White Rock Jan. 29.

No notice of any discipline has been posted on the PJHL website, which lists two previous suspensions of Grishin earlier this season. He has 147 penalty minutes in 25 games this season.

Grishin’s conduct has been widely condemned by the hockey community online, and at an unrelated press conference on Jan. 30, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said the Criminal Code applies on the ice.

“Criminal actions need to be taken care of by criminal processes,” he said.

Both the PJHL and the Richmond Sockeyes haven’t responded to multiple requests for comment.

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As we close in on an early growing season, my social media feeds are filling up with conflicting, often alarming posts claiming absolute truths about the right and wrong ways to grow and harvest food on a small or large scale to save humanity and the planet.

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The Horticultural Hall, built in North Vancouver in 1908, served as a venue for competitions put on by the Horticultural Society, giving opportunities for producers of fine plants and animals to duke it out in the arena of greatness.

Such a win is held here by Charles B. and his beautiful goat, Inez, in 1922. Charles B. was named for his father, Charles F. Edington, a motorman for the B.C. Electric Railway, the primary intercity transportation service of the 1900s.

Streetcar 153, housed at the Museum of North Vancouver, would have been just like Charles F.’s daily ride.

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

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For those who might share this frustration, permaculture (a.k.a. permanent agriculture) principles for living and land use provide a framework within which to consider opinions, make decisions, develop a fact-based language for constructive dialogue and, importantly, nurture hopefulness – a 30,000-foot level operating system for people and planet.

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For me, diving deep into permaculture’s three overarching ethos of “earth care, people care, fair share” and 12 foundational principles created a foundation to understand natural systems, and the relationship between soil health and our survival as a species. And furthermore, to build a framework for living and decision-making that fosters understanding and eliminates noise.

Natural systems are mind-blowingly complex and elegant, and altering them has serious consequences to human and planetary health. Indigenous people have understood this principal since time immemorial. But until quite recently, scientific evidence was relatively scarce.

Fortunately, thanks to an impressive body of peer-reviewed clinical research and well-executed field trials, basic truths about the evolution of agriculture, pharmaceuticals, land use and resource management are gaining widespread acceptance.

These truths fit naturally within the architecture of permaculture living and land use, and can be adapted at scale across all sectors of the economy: from agriculture and healthcare, to transportation and technology.

Compromise is essential to move toward positive, incremental change, and away from combative zero-sum thinking. By making small, well-considered shifts consistently over time, we can create a groundswell of positive change across all sectors.

One need only recall the tremendous self-regulating, self-healing power of natural systems, evidenced during the industrial shutdown that took place during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, to believe in possibility.

By fine-tuning my social media follow criteria, and increasing my exposure to accredited news sources and podcasts, I have been rewarded with a stream of positive and actionable news about people, policies and institutions – knowingly and unknowingly incorporating permaculture principles at all levels of society.

In the words of permaculture founders Bill Mollison and David Holmgren: “Permaculture draws together the diverse ideas, skills and ways of living that need to be rediscovered and developed to provide for our needs, whilst increasing the natural capital for future generations.”

To this I would add: “Do no harm.” Let’s stay positive.

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Jane enjoyed living in Birch Island for the last 25 years. There will be no service as per her request.

The family will have a celebration of life later this year. Donations can be made on her behalf to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

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ELLIS, Robert (Bob) July 19, 1933 − January 28, 2024

In loving memory of Gerry James Bloomer, a true adventurer who went through life with resolute determination and contagious optimism. Gerry’s love for the outdoors, evident in his stories of scaling numerous peaks around the province and around the world and cycling trips down the Pacific Coast to the southern tip of the Mexican Baja peninsula and to the Atlantic provinces with his brothers, became a legacy that inspired others to embrace life’s adventures.

Robert (Bob) Parkes Ellis passed away peacefully after a brief illness on January 28, 2024, at the Lions Gate Hospital. Robert was born in Vancouver on July 19, 1933, to Claire and Jack Ellis. The family moved to Lytton, BC, shortly after Bob was born.

After living in Lytton for 12 years, the family moved back to Vancouver. Bob attended Kitsilano High School, where he met his future wife, Cathie. In 1955, Bob and Cathie married and moved to Lions Bay, where they started a family. Bob loved living in Lions Bay, and he spent many early mornings out of the water fishing for salmon. Over the years, Bob enjoyed many sports and pastimes. For example, he was an avid ten−pin bowler, enjoyed playing golf, curling, and lawn bowling and regularly played darts and cribbage.

Despite grappling with illness over the past year and a half, Gerry embodied unwavering resilience.

His final journey, a brave battle against unforeseen challenges, took him through doctor’s offices, treatments, and uncharted emotional terrains with a heart full of hope.

On December 30, 2023, Gerry peacefully departed in his sleep from a rare and very aggressive cancer, leaving behind a tapestry of memories woven with laughter and courage. As we mourn his loss, let us also celebrate a life marked by love and hope.

Rest in peace dear Gerry, we will keep you in our hearts and minds as we travel on our life’s adventures.

Gerry leaves behind his mother, 3 siblings, 6 nieces and nephews, and many friends.

Robert was predeceased by his son Allan, brother Fred, parents Claire and Jack, and his ex−wife Cathie. He is survived by his daughter Shari; daughter−in−law Leanne (Mitch); grandchildren Karen, Robyn (Ross), Jacilyn (Steve), Marilyn (John), and Allison (Callum); and great− grandchildren Paisley, Cohen, Landon, Fionn and Natalie.

A private family gathering will be held at a later date to honour Bob. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

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SOREL, John Joseph Banks PETRAROIA, Mariantonia KARSTEN, Silvia Maria October 31, 1940 - January 21, 2024 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Silvia Maria Karsten. Beloved mother of Katarina, grandmother of Emi, and mother-in-law of Akiko and Miguel. Silvia will be greatly missed by her loving family and friends.

Please join us for a memorial service honouring Silvia’s life on Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 11:00am, at St. Francis-in-the Wood, 4773 South Piccadilly Road, West Vancouver.

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Maria was born February 26, 1938 in Cercemaggiore, Italy and passed away peacefully in the loving presence of family on January 19, 2024 in North Vancouver, B.C. Predeceased by her brothers Tommaso Miele (Pasqualina) and Angelo Miele (Libera). She will be adoringly remembered by her children, Dominic (Sharon), Kate and Gina, grandchildren; Adrian, Madeleine, Quentin, Juliana, Matthew, and her beloved nieces, nephews and remaining family and friends, both at home and abroad. As a devoted mother and grandmother Maria loved nothing more than caring for her family. When she had time for herself, she enjoyed reading, gardening, travel and spending time with her friends. She will be missed by all. Our family would also like to thank the wonderful doctors, nurses, staff and volunteers of the North Shore Hospice for the kind and attentive care they provided for our mother. A funeral will be held on February 9th, 2024, 11:00 AM at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 2725 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. While Maria loved flowers, and flowers are welcomed, she specifically asked that no memorial wreaths be sent to the service.

NIELLY, Gail Frances July 21, 1940 - January 29, 2024 It is with deeply saddened hearts that we announce the passing of our amazing mother, Gail Nielly, who lost her battle with dementia on January 29 at Inglewood Care Home.

Gail was predeceased by her mother, Kathleen, father William, her wonderful sister, Marilynn, and the love of her life, Don. She is survived by her three heartbroken children: Michael Nielly (Lisa), Kathleen Baker (Andy) and Renee Nielly (Pete) along with her four grandchildren who she loved more than life itself: Nicole, Lauren, Ryan and Darren. She will also be greatly missed by her ex-husband & friend, Ted, and her life-long friends, Elsie and Andrea.

She will be missed by all who knew her, but her lessons will forever guide our lives: always choose compassion and kindness, laugh every day, say hi to strangers, pet the dogs, drink the wine, travel when you can, forgive, surround yourselves with loyal friends, and love your family as they are everything.

All who knew her loved her. She truly was one of a kind and was one of the great ones. She will be forever in our hearts. To write a condolence to the family, please visit www.mckenziefuneralservices.com

RICHARDS, Beverly Ruth December 17, 1928 - January 26, 2024 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Beverly Richards (née McCulloch). Bev died peacefully on January 26, 2024 at the age of 95. Born December 17, 1928 in North Vancouver to parents Tim and Alice McCulloch, Bev lived most of her life in West Vancouver, and worked for the West Van School Board for many years until she retired at the age of 65. She was pre-deceased by her siblings Glen, Kent, Muriel, Margaret, and Harrison, and is survived by her children Cory (Bruce), Patrick (Audrey), and Leigh (Kevin), her grandchildren PJ (Olivia), Graham (Jessie), Troy (Felicia), Kate (Alex), and Aron; and greatgrandchild Hanna, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Bev was intelligent, kind, and always good-natured, with a wonderful sense of humour. She was loved and admired by all who knew her, and will be greatly missed.

Many thanks go to family physician Dr. Sandra Wiebe, and to the staff at Inglewood Care Centre for their exceptional care and compassion. By request, there will be no service. To offer an online tribute, please visit www.dignitymemorial.ca

John died peacefully at the North Shore Hospice on January 26, 2024.

Each Loss Each loss is very different, The pain is so severe.

Will I ever stop missing This one I loved so dear?

John is survived by his wife Kathleen, stepchildren Nalini and Syam, daughter-in-law Melanie, and fondly remembered as JJ to his grandchildren Mishka, Alaya, Roman and all in Trinidad and Tobago. He is also survived by his brother Peter in Victoria, sister Patricia, brother-in-law Kirk, Nikolas (Rochelle), Alayna, granddaughter Alexander (Taylor).

He is predeceased by Fred and Marie Sorel.

Good times we had together, The moments that we shared We didn’t have to tell each other How much we really cared.

John was born on November 27, 1946, in St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. He was a graduate of West Van High and SFU University In 1970. He received his Bachelor of Arts in History, Geography and also received his Economics degree.

I never dreamed you’d go away, Never thought of sorrow.

So sure you’d always be here Took for granted each tomorrow.

John enjoyed over 40 years in the insurance business. Initially at Lloyds of London, UK then to senior executive positions at Johnson and Higgins.

He spent the latter part of his career at Marsh Canada until he retired in 2019. John was a high achiever and had an extensive background in risk management, business development, quality control and client satisfaction in the marine and aerospace insurance sectors. As well as related insurance services for his clients. John was recognized throughout his career with Gold Circle Club status titles and extensive travel. He was a snappy dresser for sure! His bow ties and socks being his favourites! He was a long standing member of the Vancouver Club and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (with no boat). But his favourite membership was at any Costco with Nini and having to explain the haul! Shopping was his passion…..for anything!

Now my life is all confused Since you went away.

You took a part of me And for help I daily pray.

An avid athlete, John ran marathons and loved cycling, skiing, kayaking, golf, and hiking the North Shore and Penticton mountains. John loved cars, watches, cooking and wine and regular coffee sessions with friends. John and Kathleen’s happy place was their Penticton Cottage. There they had some of the best times in their lives. From gardening and BBQing to repairing and altering their cabin with their many friends and family. John loved to be the one to supervise these jobs and to be the one milling about in the lake with Tiggy, Indie, Tao, Mimi or Milo blu over the years.

Special Thank You to the plethora of family, friends and former colleagues for your tremendous kindness and support. Also, the palliative team with Catherine Jarvis RN, and other nurses and support staff and North Shore hospice. A special thanks to the Living Well home support and their wonderful staff. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the BC Cancer Agency, North Shore Hospice or SPCA in John’s name. A Celebration of Life will be planned in the Spring.

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But when God sent you to me He never said that you were mine, That I could keep you always – Only borrowed for a time.

Now, He’s called you home, I’m sad and I shed tears.

Yet I’m glad He loaned you to me And we had these many years.

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ROGERS-JONES, Anne G. August 11, 1937 - January 25, 2024 It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Anne G. Rogers-Jones, beloved sister of Herbert, Elizabeth and Edward.

She passed away peacefully at Evergreen Long Term Care Home in North Vancouver on the morning of January 25, 2024. She was predeceased by our loving parents David and Dilys Rogers-Jones.

Anne was born in 1937 in Ruthin, North Wales, UK. In 1956 she came to Canada with her parents and two brothers and a sister. She was employed at the Royal Bank for many years and took early retirement in 1988 to take care of our mother.

She was a faithful churchgoer and loved to sing she used to sing beautiful solos in high school pantomimes in Wales. She took the blue bus downtown to church from West Vancouver most Sundays until her walking difficulties became too much. Anne was always a very kind and thoughtful person, she will be missed very much by her family and her friends.

The family wish to thank all the caring staff at Evergreen House for the wonderful care and attention our sister received for the past three years.

A service will be held at 11:30 am, Tuesday, February 13th at the Hollyburn Funeral Home, 1807 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. Internment will take place at Capilano View Cemetery, West Vancouver at 1:30 pm.

SEALEY, Edna Jean (nee Clark) Our Mum, Edna passed away peacefully the morning of January 9, 2024 to be reunited with the love of her life, Bob (Robert) Sealey (July 4, 2005).

Born in England July 11, 1935, she grew up in Southend on Sea where she met Dad, they would go dancing at the Kursaal. They married on March 23, 1957, and had two sons.

They immigrated to Canada in May 1968, and had Spencer a year later when they lived in Duncan, in a little pink trailer. They moved around a little, finally settling in Pemberton Heights. Bob and Edna renovated their homes, worked hard, and had roast dinners every Sunday with family.

Mum was always there with a warm (not hot) cup of tea and biscuits, to anyone who visited. Bob and Ed loved Halloween and dressing up in costumes and having parties for all their friends and neighbours. After Bob passed, Edna (Nan) would have sleepovers with the grandkids, taking them to movies and filling them with candy. Taking her walks and visiting her kids kept her happy, but she always dearly missed her soulmate Bob.

The more you do unselfishly.

STEPHEN, William Bruce (Steve) August 22, 1935 - January 29, 2024 The All Blacks have lost a #1 fan.

Beloved husband of Trish for 64 years, passed suddenly on January 29th.

Proud father of Bradley (Nancy De Vries), and Don (Geri). Loving grandpa to Sydney (Trent Spencer), Will and Riley (Devyn Gardiner). Survived by sisters in law Joan Kirkrod (Arnie), Jane Bulloch (Bob) and Jaslie Gilchrist (Bill). As well as many nieces and nephews here and in New Zealand.

Steve was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Growing up in New Zealand he was an avid Rugby player. He belonged to Scott Patrol Scouting group where all five members became Queen Scouts. In 1958 he headed to England for his O.E. where he met Canadian Trish. They were married in New Zealand in 1959 where they lived for two years before coming to Vancouver. They built their own home in North Vancouver, moving in in January, 1964, 60 years ago.

Left to celebrate her life, retell her stories, and remember her, are her sons, Russ (Lori), Darran (Toby), and Spencer (Michelle) and her grandchildren, Ryder, Rhaeannon, Summer, Jaden, Maxine and Paige. Also her best friends, Val and Judy.

Steve was a framing contractor for Crest Construction for many years, then moved on to framing houses in the British Properties. He retired in 1997. After retirement he volunteered to drive cancer patients to their appointments. Steve and “his bride” travelled extensively. He had a great sense of humour, was an avid gardener, a stamp collector and voracious reader.

Knowing they are together gives her family a sense of comfort as we know this is what she always wanted.

A life well lived and extremely loved.

The more you live abundantly.

The more of everything you share, The more you’ll always have to spare.

The more you love, the more you’ll find, That life is good and friends are kind.

For only what we give away, Enriches us from day to day.

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In loving memory of Kaario, Heather Jeannette August 5, 1944 - January 11, 2024

WILSON, Warren Scott

Born on August 3, 1956, North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

Passed away on January 23, 2024, Vancouver, British Columbia.

It is with great sadness and love that we announce the passing of Warren Wilson, or “WW,” as he was also known by his close friends and family. After a lengthy illness, Warren passed away peacefully in the early morning of January 23rd at St. Paul’s Hospital with his beloved love of his life, his wife Shirley, and stepdaughter Cheryl at his side.

Warren was predeceased by his father Grant Wilson. He is survived by his spouse Shirley, mother Nora, stepdaughter Cheryl (Gerry), grandchildren Katelyn and Joseph, brother Al (Darcie), brother Stuart (Jocelyn), brother-in-law Stewart (Karen), sister-in-law Dorean, nieces and nephews.

Warren was loyal, loving, trustworthy, witty, and fun! He was always willing to lend a helping hand to his family, friends, neighbours and the community as a whole. Warren loved cooking, duck hunting, fishing, golfing, hiking, playing softball, squash, ice hockey and football. He also enjoyed watching his favourite hockey team the Edmonton Oilers, hosting parties, reading, word crafting, correcting others spelling, grammar and punctuation and joking with everyone he met!

Warren was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan and later, his father moved the family to Edmonton. Warren graduated from high school in 1974 and attended the University of Alberta for 3.5 years where he played with the Anklers ice hockey team and graduated with a Bachelors of Science. Warren worked for a seal coating construction company and later with AGT before he “got the call” from the RCMP in 1980, and was then sent to the North Vancouver RCMP detachment. A year later, he met his long time spouse Shirley at the Armouries following the Remembrance Day parade. For years, Warren enjoyed playing baseball with the Lynwood Men’s Slo-Pitch Team and the North Shore Mixed SloPitch League. In 2016, Warren retired from the RCMP and worked as a Golf Marshal at Northlands golf course. In recent years, Warren worked as a “Cheese Monger Extraordinaire” at the Cheeseman in North Vancouver. Despite having health issues these past 20 years, Warren worked hard, played hard and fought hard! He will be dearly missed by all.

A Celebration of Life will be held in the late spring or early summer. Details with be posted at Dignitymemorial.com under Warren’s name at a later date. For those wishing to make a donation, they can make a donation to St. Paul’s Foundation in Warren’s name.

GREEN, Marina Charmaine July 5, 1952 − January 15, 2024 Marina Green passed away at home with family at her side. She will be greatly missed by Douglas, her husband of 48 years; their children Ryan (Nicola), Kyle (Emma), Colin (Kelsey), and Bryn (Kirstn); and their beloved grandchildren Lucas, Tucker, Charlotte, Lyla, Summer, Remi, Samuel, and Harlow. She was predeceased by her parents, Irv and Gertrud Koombes, her sister Karyn, and brother Byron.

Born in North Vancouver, Marina spent most of her life in Lynn Valley, the place where she grew up and chose to raise her own family. She spent her career in healthcare, focussing on mothers and babies. With her friend, Frances Jones, Marina developed policy guidelines for hospitals that are used throughout Canada.

Marina enjoyed her retirement, which included marathons, volunteer work, and travel. Time spent with her grandchildren was a particular delight.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Smrke and the staff at BC Cancer, as well as Dr. Lees, for the care and kindness that Marina received. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the BC Cancer Foundation.

Born in North Vancouver, BC Heather was an adventurous child and loved outdoor sports. She graduated from UBC with a degree in Education and taught in Kelowna, Vancouver, and Parksville.

She married Allan Kaario, her high school sweetheart in 1966 and enjoyed taking a break from teaching by spending summers travelling the coast on Allan’s fishing boat. They moved to Parksville in 1971 with two-monthold Angela followed two years later by Travis.

Heather and Allan enjoyed many years with the Parksville Kinsmen Club. Genealogy became her hobby of choice. The hours disappeared as she put together family histories.

She was previously deceased by her parents, Jean and George Priestman, and her older sister, Margaret. She is survived by her husband, Allan, her brother John, daughter Angela (Jody), son Travis (Kelly), and grandchildren Tayler, Mattiah, Judah, and Bailey.

She will be dearly missed.

A service will be held for Marina on February 2, 2024, 2pm, at North Lonsdale United Church.

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