May 22, 2014

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Second season of North Shore Rescue docuseries ready to air LIFESTYLE13

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Exhibit examines the modest life of a famed North Shore architect FOOD&DRINK20

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New restaurant brings ‘white trash tacos’ to North Vancouver

Metro leaders debateshocking sewage plant price tag

GRAEME WOOD

gwood@glaciermedia.ca

“For a cost less than a cup of coffee,” (each month and for the next 15 years) Metro Vancouver residents can help the North Shore pay for an extraordinary $2.8-billion cost overrun for their new wastewater treatment plant.

That’s how Metro Vancouver director Lisa Muri, councillor for the District of North Vancouver, framed her pitch to the regional government’s board on Friday, to convince her political neighbours that everyone ought to contribute equally for the new $3.9-billion plant.

Whether they will or not is still open to question.

Metro Vancouver politicians couldn’t seem to come to a consensus on Friday as to how to their residents will foot the bill for the new sewage plant and will now require a third meeting to make a decision.

The board had held a special budget meeting April 17 to look at the budget quagmire and directed CAO Jerry Dobrovolny to come up with options for the added tax measures, including those that could spread the burden more equitably across the region. Dobrovolny needs direction through the summer to craft the 2025 budget, which requires Continued on A25

JUST FOR BARKS Amy Walsh with retriever friend Miller share a laugh outside North Vancouver’s North Point Brewing Walsh will be hosting a dog-friendly comedy show May 23. See story page 15 PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

North ShoreRescue documentary series returns to theair

BRENT RICHTER

brichter@nsnews com

Atraumatic day in B.C. history. Alifeand-deathcardiac event on adistant summit. Adaring helicopter rescue asdarkness falls on theNorth Shore Mountains. And that’sjust the first episode.

Season 2of Search and Rescue: North Shore,the much-anticipateddocuseries, returns to the Knowledge Network May 28, bringing another stunning and candid look at the work of B.C.’sbackcountryheroes.

The show opens with themorning after theNovember2021 atmospheric river that flooded theSumas Prairie area of the Fraser Valley.Series director Grant Baldwin was there, capturing the scene as aTalon Helicopter crew lowered North Shore Rescuemembers down to the flooded homes of seniors and families, bringing 50 people back to safety.

After untold thousandsof hours of filming and editing, Baldwin is eager for British Columbians to see that andother harrowing efforts captured by his and cinematographer Ian Christie’s lenses.

“There’sdefinitely somedramatic stuff in this one. Thereare acouple incredible survival stories,” he said.

When he finished the firstseason in 2020, Baldwinsaid it had been so exhaustingkeeping up with the rescueteam, a second season wasn’t something he was ready tocontemplate.

But as the series began to air,hewas overwhelmed by the positive feedback. Andthen he came upon “the arcof the

covenant”–acache of archival footage and photos from the early daysofthe team that was too good to leaveonashelf

Afterthe worst of the pandemichad passed,Baldwin and hiscrewrejoined NorthShoreRescue and added asecond unit embedded with SquamishSearch and Rescue. It made the work even more strenuous, he said, but it wasimportant to showcasethe good work of SAR teams elsewhereinB.C.

As adocumentarian following North ShoreRescue for longstretches since 2018, Baldwin has been witnesstoalot of change in thetechnology and tactics

the team uses, but alsointhe livesofthe members.

Some have aged out of active searches butremain committed in other tasks. Others who were just recruits in the last season arenow invaluable members and futureleaders, Baldwinsaid.

Viewers can expect to see the same jaw-dropping shots of NorthShore’s rugged landscape behind the mountain peaks and as well as stylistic flourish of helicopters racing across the Vancouver skyline

Theteam’selder statesmen, including Daveand GerryBrewer,and currentteam leader Mike Danks’ father Allan Danks, are

back, sharing stories from the earliest days of North ShoreRescue.

As North Shore Rescue team leader Mike Danks and his daughter watched a preview screening of the show together,it was adeeplymoving experience, he said.

In fact, what stood out on screen over the five episodes washow Baldwin andthe crew captured andhumanely portrayed the emotions of everyone involved, Danks said.

“The fact thatthey were able to document allofthis work thatwentonbehind the scenes, andtoallowpeople to see that in such abeautiful wayisjust incredible,” hesaid.“Ican’t emphasize enough how fortunate Ifeelwe’vebeen to have them as apartofour team, to be able to share the storyofsearch and rescue not onlyonthe North Shore butwith Squamish as well, painting the picturefor everybody in this province that thisiswhat your volunteers aredoing.”

Both Danksand Baldwin warnedfirmly though against showing the seriesto younger kids. Not everymissionresults in asubject coming homealive, andthe show reflects that. Sometimes graphically.

“It’snot areality show,” Baldwin said. “It’sreal.”

Rescue volunteers sufferfromtrauma likeanyone else, particularlywhen there’sbeenafatality,asviewers will see on screen, Danks said. But it has been therapeutic forhis memberstoshareand process theirexperiences throughthe show

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Big changes coming for parking rules in City of North Vancouver

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Free parking? Do not pass go. Big changes arecoming to the way City of NorthVancouver divvies up limited curb space for parking.

Council voted unanimously May 13 to move forwardona new parkingplan that could lead to pay parking in the busiest areas of the city.The new plan includes atotal revamp of the

resident-only parking rulesand reserves morestreet parking spaces for commercial deliveries andpick-upsand forpeoplewith permits under the province’sprogram for people with disabilities.

Most of the city’s existing parking policies werewrittenin the 1990s and much has changed since then, city staffacknowledged in their detailed report.

With available street parking at or near 100 per cent occupancy

in the highest demand areas of Lower Lonsdaleand Central Lonsdale, city staffare recommending the expansion of pay parking, whichshould encourage turnover and free up spaces. Thoseareas tend to haveoffstreet parking in private lots and underground parkades that go unused, staffnoted. The goal is to ensurethat everyblockhas at least one free on-street space at anygiven time.

Also likely to changeis the city’sresident-onlyand resident-exempt time-limited parking system, whichislargely only available to residents in single-family homes. With new provincial housing rules coming into place that explicitly do not requiremoreoff-street parking, the city will have to adapt and make the systemmoreequitable, staffnoted. And unlike thecurrent $25 annualfee for a

permit, the price should reflect the demand in specificareas, the reportsaid.

With the popularity of ride hailing and meal deliveryapps and car shares, moreofthe limitedcurb spots should be freed up for themwith short-term spaces, the proposalbeforecouncilsuggests.

None of the details concerning who can park where andhow

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North Shore Rescue volunteers help in the rescue efforts following the 2021 atmospheric river that caused flooding in the Fraser Valley COURTESY OF SILVAPARK FILMS

FEDERAL POLITICS

Conservative leader PierrePoilievre visitsNorth Vancouver business

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre made acampaign-style stop in North Vancouver,May 14.

In his 10-minute speechamong supporters at aggregate haulingbusiness Superior Stone Slinger Service,Poilievre railed against government spendingand inflation and promised to crack down on drugs and crime, lower taxes,improve portsecurity,axe the carbon tax and “build, build, build” morehousing.

Some of the loudest applause he got from the largely blue-collar audience came from his promises to halt the Trudeau government’sbuy-back program for firearms, and to ban MPs from “any involvement in the World Economic Forum.”

B.C.’scarbon tax was brought in by the BC Liberals in 2008, 10 years beforethe federal mandatefor provinces to adopt their own carbon taxes came into place.

Inaninterview,Poilievreacknowledged that as prime minister he wouldnot be able to unilaterally removethe provincial tax,but he said he would open that door

“I think British Columbians aregoingto force their government to eliminate the tax because it’shated and it’snot working,” he said. “I will pass alaw allowingB.C. to get rid of its carbon tax. Right now,there’s afederal law that requires B.C. not only keepthe tax but quadrupleitover thenext five-and-a-half years.”

To this point,taxing carbon pollution has been the primarygovernmentpolicy tool for combatting climate change.

Facedwith another daunting wildfire season in B.C., Poilievresaidweneed better forest management and firefighting capability,but he said when itcomes to curbing Canada’scarbon emissions, he

would look to “technology and not taxes.”

“Weneed to green-light green projects like nuclear,hydroelectric, offshoretidal power,carbon captureand storage,” he said, adding that Canada should be seeking to displace coal fireelectricityinAsia withnatural gas exports. “Thatwould be far moreeffectivethan simplydestroying our industrial baseasTrudeau is doing.”

Municipalitiesmustbuild 15%more housingor face consequences,Poilievre says

On theissue of housing, Poilievre saidhe would giveCanada’smunicipalities an ultimatum: Approve 15 per cent morehousing per year or face financial consequences.

“Ifthey beat thetarget,they’ll get building bonuses and if they miss thetarget, they’llpay fines,”hesaid.

Inaddition to selling federally owned lands to developers,Poilievre saidhis policies would be complementarytothe new provincial laws in B.C. requiring housing targets andminimum zoning for multi-familyhousing

Making federal fundssubject to mandatory growth may not play as wellin municipalities like West Vancouver where new density often faces steep resistance both on and offcouncil, but Poilievre said he’sputting those councilmembers on notice.

“Of course,they don’t (like it). That’s why I’mdoingit,”hesaid. “Ifyou’retalking to municipal leaders who believethat 40-year-olds should be living in 400-squarefoot, flats, unable to get married and have kidsorare forced to go live in tentcities, then those municipal leaders shouldbe frankly ashamed of themselves and they shouldpay averyserious price.”

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Conservative PartyofCanada leader PierrePoilievreand South Surrey-WhiteRock Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlayatarally inNorth Vancouver,May 14. BRENT RICHTER /NSN

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BRITISH PROPERTIES

6-unit duplex pitched for Glenmore Drive

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews com

West Vancouver council moved forward recently on two projects aimed at creating more “gentle density” in single-family neighbourhoods.

The first project, which will go to public hearing on June 4, is for a six-unit duplex development at 14 Glenmore Dr.

Each of the units would be about 3,800 square feet in size.

The site, next to Collingwood School’s Morven campus in the British Properties, is currently home to an older two-storey fourplex built in 1959, according to a staff report, while the surrounding area includes both singlefamily homes and duplexes.

Sterling Pacific Developments Inc is proposing to build three two-storey duplex buildings facing Glenmore Drive with a new laneway at the back of the property

The project would include two parking stalls per unit, plus three visitor stalls.

An initial plan to include secondary suites was removed after neighbours

voiced concerns, according to district staff, although they noted owners could still apply to add suites later In a separate decision, May 13, council voted to move forward on a request to subdivide a single-family lot at 2550 Queens Ave. to allow for the building of two homes on the property

The subdivision will create two lots significantly smaller than the existing minimum lot size in the neighbourhood, a staff report noted, describing the immediate Dundarave neighbourhood as containing mostly smaller single-family homes built in the 1940s and 1950s.

The proposal is to build two new

houses of about 3,300 square feet each on the property

District staff recommended rejecting the proposal, noting the resulting lots would not be in keeping with the surrounding neighbourhood. They suggested a duplex project or a coach house instead.

Council members were split on the issue, with Coun. Scott Snider saying that trying to “gently densify” an aging neighbourhood doesn’t set a bad example.

Coun. Nora Gambioli said she was torn. Gentle density is a good idea, she said, “but for me the proposed buildings are just way too big.” Gambioli said she would vote to have the plan come back to council but warned proponents they were “pushing the envelope.”

Coun Cassidy said the plan is trying to “cram in” too much building on the lot. “You’ll be able to probably put your hand out the window and exchange a bar of soap between the bathrooms,” she said.

The majority of council voted to have staff prepare bylaws for further consideration.

Metred approach

City of North Vancouver council has signaled that free streetparking willeventuallybephased out in the commercialareas where demand outpaces availablecurbside spaces –Central and Lower Lonsdale.

It’s never apopularmovemaking folks payfor something that theyhave become accustomed to getting for free. Whenit comes to storing our privatevehicles, peopletend to be doubly indignant.But we will defend the city’schosen direction.

If youlook to busy commercial areas aroundMetroVancouver,orelsewherein theworld, you’ll find that free curbside parking went the way of leaded gas along time ago.

It’sbecause municipalities have figured out that, morethan asourceofrevenue, payparking encourages turnover, which freesupmorespace for the next paying

customer.Ifthe city makes payingfor parkingeasy via one of the many already existing smartphone apps, we expect residents and businesses will come to seethe advantage.

Even less popular, we predict,will be themove to charge market rates for resident-only parking passes, and make them availabletoresidents of multi-family properties. Today,the citycharges only $25 per year, which is far too low tojustify given thevalue of public land. It mightjustbethe nudge folks need to clear out their garage so their SUV actually fits insidewhereit belongs

More than finding moreequitable ways to shareour public infrastructure, these moves will encourage people to make moreenvironmentallyconscious transportation choices.

Wehavetostartacting less like we own theroad and morelike we arerenting the planet.

Metro’ssewageplant payment discussion still very ‘raw’

KIRK LAPOINTE

KLaPointe@glaciermedia.ca

Many months have passed since North Shore community leadersweretold last September of the shocking budget growth of the wastewater treatment plant.

An original contract in 2017 of $554 milliongrewand grew and grew to today’s– but maybe not tomorrow’s– $3.86 billion

Yetneither the North Shore’sleaders nor those elsewhereinthe Lower Mainland can yet agree on aformula to pay forthe ever-ascendantcosts. With the 2025 Metro Vancouver budget deadline nearly upon us, it’stime to determine how to divvy the burden.

But the size of the sum has rendered the

Metro Vancouver boardparalyzed at times, frenzied at others,inarguing whether and how property owners in thethree North Shoremunicipalities or acrossthe federation’snearlytwo dozen jurisdictions ought to pay.A costapportionment bylaw has to beamended because of theridiculous overrun here, butprobably sets the stagefor futureproject financing (like the Iona Island $10-ishbillionplant upgrade), so politicians aretryingtoprotect their constituents.

What’sclear is that lastweek’sMetro Vancouver meeting wasn’t theproductof backroom deal-making, because discussions were awfully raw for an issue thatafter allthese monthsshould be cooked.The clearest decisionappearstoinvolve kicking thecan downthe road for ayear to avertan

imminent jolt to property owners.Wewill findout May31ifthat’sthe bestthe group can muster

As it stands, North Shorepropertyownerswould pay an average of $725annually (some lower,some muchhigher)for 30 years and Lower Mainland property ownerswould pay an average of between $70 and $140, depending on wherethey live, for 15 years.

(Ifyou’rewondering whya 30-year paymentplan in one place and 15-yearin the other,it’sbecauseNorth Shoremayors afew years ago argued that a15-year plan is foolishwhen theprojectsare designed for 30-year lifespans,sothey weregiven a different payment plan than therestofthe region.)

Thereissome wishful, perhapsmagical

thinking involved in the punting of the problem –thata benefactor will emerge in the provincial election campaign to partly pay forthe project. Neither the BC NDPgovernment, nor the official opposition BC United, nor the ascendant BC Conservativeshave so farraised their hands. Thefederal government is clear:don’t call on us,there are countlessotherinfrastructureneedslooming and lingering elsewhere, and if youpay for one youare on the hook forthe others.

This fuzzy thinking, though,has pervaded MetroVancouver foraslong as any of us can remember.It’sanunder-governed side hustle formayorsand councillors, and it’sadministeredwithoutthe necessary oversight to provideprofessional project management,

MAILBOX

WEST VAN SHOULD FOLLOW ITS OWN RULES ON TREE REMOVAL

Dear Editor:

RE: Tree lawsuit could halt West Vancouver rental project, May 13 online article

The concerns raised in the online article about the impact of construction on trees and the enforcement of environmental bylaws in West Vancouver highlight a significant issue.

The district’s tree bylaw, which became permanent in 2020, was designed to protect trees on private land and manage the urban forest amidst maximum-sized developments and the clear-cutting of lots. It includes regulations for tree protection barriers and provisions for safeguarding critical root zones on neighbouring properties.

Despite these measures, there are many examples in the district of inadequate application of these protections, with barriers not meeting standards and areas designated for tree protection being reduced or misused during construction activities.

A visit to almost any development site in the municipality will reveal how inadequately these protection measures are being applied. Calls and emails to the district are either deflected or ignored

The situation underscores the importance of not only having environmental protections in place but also ensuring they are effectively enforced.

The community’s response, including potential legal action, reflects a growing awareness and concern for environmental stewardship and the preservation of natural assets.

It is essential for municipalities to address such concerns promptly and transparently to maintain public trust and the health of the local ecosystem.

David Reinsch West Vancouver

THANK YOU TO THE KIND LGH EMPLOYEE WHO PAID FOR MY PARKING

Dear Editor:

I had an appointment at LGH for day surgery and arrived in time to find there was no parking at the hospital and no parking on the street, so I parked in the public parking on 13th Street.

As I lined up for a parking ticket, I realized that I had left my credit card at home (hey, it happens). Panic set in as I responded loudly, “Oh, s***!” The person in front of me was a beautiful, long-haired LGH employee dressed in scrubs, and she asked me for my license plate number. Then she paid for my parking!

All this to publicly say thank you to my special young lady who surprised me with her generosity and kind heart.

Margaret Tutt North Vancouver

Metro needs longterm capital plan

transparency and long-term planning. For instance, many infrastructure projects have an independent third-party oversight framework, established and financed at the outset In this case, it wouldn’t replace Metro Vancouver but provide proactive input and periodic assessments to the board. There is usually, as we’ve seen here, an “optimism bias” that encroaches with every project; the oversight body is there to keep that realistic. It creates a “three lines of defence” model: management with the responsibility to deliver; an internal “assurance team” to pay particular attention to the riskier areas of the expenditures, to provide objective intervention, and to advise this independent body to main the integrity of the project; and the third-party team to systematically evaluate the governance, processes and controls.

May 22, 2024

Jonathan

The full legacy of HarryJerome

It was only after the Jerome family moved into their Lower Lonsdale home that they learned every family on Lyon Place except one had petitioned city hall to keep them out of the working-class community It was aprecursor of what was to come.

As the children walked the fifty paces to Ridgeway Elementary for the first day of school, stones pelted their bodies. There were hateful, racist cries from future classmates blocking their way.More stones. More furious voices. From children. They didn’teven make it to the school grounds. The Jerome kids –Harry 11, Carolyn 9, Valerie 7, and Barton 6–sprinted home. No teacher or administrator came to their home to encourage them to come back. It was only aweek later, when their father returned from awork trip and spoke with the principal, that they finally set foot in their new classrooms.

Wounds that neverheal

It’sbeen more than seventy years and Valerie Jerome can still see the faces and feel the wounds of those slurs.

JeromeSports Centre in Burnaby... an iconic statue in Stanley Park… and the Harry JeromeOval -anew track in West Vancouver currently under construction.

But the full legacy of Harry Jerome is only now being shared. It’sa powerful, disturbing yet inspiring book written by Valerie Jeromefinally published after more than two decades of effort –entitled Races: TheTrialsandTriumphsofCanada’s FastestFamily .

Distinguishedcareer

If that sounds like it’s into the weeds, well, when you’re dealing with billions of dollars you can’t just live at the surface level

Which is what Metro Vancouver has often done, taking a short-term view when there are obvious long-term needs

I was astounded to learn that, after all this time, it has no capital plan beyond five years Only after it’s been provoked into creating one has it committed to produce a 20-year plan by December

“Considering the number and size of their assets, it’s completely incomprehensible to me that they are just now getting to it,” a veteran municipal leader told me.

Yes, indeed.

Kirk LaPointe is a West Vancouver columnist with an extensive background in journalism. His column on North Shore issues runs bi-weekly.

Her older brother Harry was once the fastest man on the planet –a three-time Olympian, and world record holder seven times over.After retiring from competition, Harry Jerome dedicated his life to creating athletic programs for Canadian youth. He died prematurely in North Vancouver at the age of 42 of abrain aneurism.

Over the years, Harry Jerome gained increasing stature as arole model –one who refused to let adversity or racism stand in his way.A recreation centre here in North Vancouver bears his name. There’sthe Harry

Though often overshadowed by her famous older brother,Ms. Jerome was herself an Olympic athlete who went on to adistinguished career as ateacher and community activist. She can now add best-selling author to her resumé, as her book resonates right across the country Ms. Jerometakes aim at what she calls “the fictionofCanada’s innocence that has dominated the discourse of race in this country.” Certainly,the events at Ridgeway Elementary School that September day in 1951 may come as ashock to manyCanadians who think they know their country’shistory. Still, Valerie Jerome’ssearing, deeper look at the Black experience in Canada holds traces of hope. Asked what she remembers most about her first day of school in North Vancouver,she focuses not on the rocks or jeers. She mentions a7-year-old girl named Annabelle who had the courage to be the lone voice calling out the other kids. They went on to be lifelong friends. Iwant to extend my personal thanks to Valerie Jerome for this consequential book and for her determination to tell her truth.

‘NAUGHTYLIST’

West Vancouver fails to meet provincial housing targets

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

The District of West Vancouver isn’t meetinghousing targetssetbythe provincial government last fall, and likely won’t be anytime soon.

That’saccording to asix-month progress reportrequired by the province, which district staffprovided to council last week.

But most council members said their municipality isn’t unique, predicting alot of local governments on theprovince’s “naughty list” will fail to meet their targets.

Councillors added many of the factors that go into housing construction –like interest rates and costs of labour and materials –are outside of the municipality’s abilitytocontrol. Some projects have been approved and owners haven’t been in any hurry build, they added.

In September,the province setatarget of 1,432new housingunits for West Vancouver tohavecompleted within thenext fiveyears – oneofthe first housing targetsissued to localgovernments in B.C.

The target starts at 220 newunits to be builtbySeptember 2024 andincreases each year by between240 and 375housingunits untilSeptember 2028.

So far,however,only 40 new housing

units have been completed in the first six months –about 18 per cent of the district’s target setbythe province, according to a staffreport. That’ssignificantly less than the “interim target” of 110 housing unitswithin the first six months,staffnoted.

The province defines new housing completed as those which have been issued an occupancy permit, minus any housing demolished in the sametime period.

Aspartofthe reportrequired, the district also provided information on housing unitsthatare under construction but haven’t yetbeen completed. Those include 32 newhomes that areeither single-family, duplex units or secondarysuites expected to befinishedbySeptember,while 244are apartments that typically take multiple years to complete, according to staff.

Thereport noted anumber of housing projects issued permits beforeOctober 2023 weren’t included in the report, although theyare morelikely to be built within the five-year time frame.

Those projectscould potentially add 478 units to West Van’shousing supply.

Inaddition, applications forabout 253 proposed housing units arecurrently under review bystafforcouncil, according to the report.

Senior planner David Hawkins noted if the province finds West Vancouver’sactions towards creating housing unsatisfactory, it has the power to appoint an advisor who could forcechanges to local bylaws.

Coun. Linda Watt said that seems unlikely,given that most of the factors drivinghousing construction arebeyond the municipality’scontrol.

“How on earthare they going to chase downeverymunicipalityinthe province? And force these buildings, with the price of borrowing moneyright now and the cost of materials and labour.Ijustdon’t know how any municipalityisgoing to meet these expectations. So Ithink there’sgoing to be awhole newline of new government employees chasing people down across the provincewrapping knuckles. Themath doesn’t work.”

MayorMark Sager noted that one six-storeyproject at Clyde and Duchessavenues containing 200 micro-unit studioapartments was approvedbycouncil in July 2023 but “theowner of the building has let the building permit lapse.”

Council members added otherprojects which haven’t movedforwardare ones the provincial government itself is supposed to be spearheading.

Coun. Christine Cassidy refused tovote to accept the housing report, saying she’d welcome an opportunity for the province to take amoredetailed look at factorsaffecting construction in West Vancouver.“I’d like them to come and scold us,dotheir audit report,” she said.

The rest of council voted toaccept the report.

Aconstruction worker weilds anail gun at aprojectonGordonAvenue in West Vancouver.The districthas not met housing targetsset by the provincesix months ago.

NICK LABA/ NSN

OVERHEATED EQUIPMENT

Fire at G3 grainterminal in NorthVan underinvestigation

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Afire that broke out at the G3 grain terminal in North Vancouver early morning of May10appears to have been caused by apiece of equipment that overheated during maintenance work at the terminal.

Firefighters from both the City of NorthVancouver and District of North Vancouver responded to an alarm at the port terminal between 1:30 and 2a.m. early Fridaymorning.

DeputyFireChief Andrew Payne with the North Vancouver City Fire Department said smoke and flames werevisible coming from atransfer tower in the middle of the terminal when firecrews arrivedonscene.

“It was afairly significantfire,” saidFireChief Greg Schalk, but was luckily contained within the transfertower

Employees who had been working on the equipment evacuated without incident.

Afirebroke out inthe G3 grainterminal’stransfertowerinthe early hours of Friday morning, May10. CHARANDEEP PARHAR

Peter Chura, spokesman for theG3terminal, said the firewas quickly contained and “the facility hasresumed normal operations.”

Theexact cause of the fire is still under investigation, but appears to have started when a belt or bearing in aconveyer system overheated during

maintenancework, saidSchalk.

Luckilyother conveyersatthe terminal hadbeen shut down as part of themaintenance work, meaning therewas no risk of the firebeing inadvertently carried to other areas.

Douglas Lea-Smith,president of the Grain Workers Union local 333,

said any fireata grain terminal is worrying.

“I’m veryconcerned,” he said.

“If an explosion occurs at one of these terminals it’sdevastating.”

Members of the union’ssafety committee arenow involved in the investigation about what caused the fire.

Lea-Smith added he worries that the increasingly automated natureofworkatthe grain terminals leaves too much room for error.

One thing Lea-Smith said the union wouldliketosee aremore federal inspections of portgrain terminals.

“The federal government needs to haveinspectors on site on a regular basis, which they do not,” he said

TheG3terminal is one of the largest and newest grain handling terminals on the North Shore.

It isn’t the first time the union hasraised concerns about safety issues at North Shoregrain terminals in recent history.

Last year the union sounded

the alarm over concerns that overheating grain silos in North Vancouver areat risk of a potentially catastrophic fireand explosion.

In April2023, residents along the waterfront in North Vancouver began noticing an odd smell in the air,which MetroVancouver air quality investigators tracked down to an “overheating bin” at Cargill’sterminal on Low Level Road.

Unless it is moved frequently, grain insideasilo naturally begins to decompose, which causes it to produce heat as abyproduct –enough that the grain may startto smoulder and eventuallycombust.

Five decades ago, fiveworkers werekilled following afire and explosion at the BurrardTerminal, whereRichardson International’s grain silos aretoday on the North Shorewaterfront.

In that case, afire on aconveyor beltignited grain dust, which sent concrete and embers falling into the nearby Moodyville neighbourhood.

NorthVancouver cancer survivor is cyclingfor acure

Local North Vancouver resident GraceMenninghas participated in the Tour de Cure severaltimes, butreceiving her own cancer diagnosis in 2022has given the event awhole new meaning

“We’re riding for apurpose,”saysNorth Vancouver’s Grace Menning, abreastcancer survivor and Tour de Cure rider.

TourdeCureisB.C.’slargestcyclingfundraiser,raising over $124million to fuel research at BC Cancer via theBCCancer Foundation. Eachyear, thousands of cyclists from across the province gather inthe Fraser Valleytoride 200km from Cloverdale to Hope Menning has been cycling in the Tour de Cure for many years, but the ride took on newmeaning afterreceiving her diagnosisfollowinga routine mammogram in 2022.The cancer was caught early, treated quickly and todayshe iscancer-free. “I’m

happy to saythe process worked for me, she says. ”

Menningis sharing her experience withthe hopes her NorthShoreneighbours will joinher on August2425 for the ride.

“I love theweekend’s energyand uplifting spirit of community. Forsome people, this is theirfirstbig ride and it’ssoinspiringwatchingpeople challenge themselves.”

Last year was Menning’sfirstyear wearing theride’s signature gold sleeve –asign to her fellow riders that she’sfaced cancer.It’saclubnoone wants to be apart of,but also amarkofstrengthand areminder of why the2,000-cyclist-strong group is there.

Beyond abike race

While Menning is grateful for her treatment, she notes that’sstill not the case for manyfacingcancer, especially typeswithoutearly detection technologyor themore rare, understudied cancers.

That’s where Tour de Cure comes in. Funds raised by theevent supportover 20 BC Cancer research programsand more than 100 clinical trials each year andhaveevenhelped establish aprovincial lung cancer screening program –afirstinCanada.

“Whenyou’re fundraising, you’re not asking your friends and family tosupportyou,”Menning notes. “You’re asking people to supportacause that affects

so many–and beingasurvivornow helps.” This will be Menning’ssecondride with her armband andsecondyear ridingonTeam VelogritLontreau. Sheformed the team with her close friends last summer,includinganother cancer survivor.“We really enjoy ridingtogether andanother friend sponsoredus. We made jerseys with her logo, so we even have ateam kit now,” she describes.

Supporting cancer patients and their families in North Vancouverand beyond While a200km ride maysoundintimidating, Menning’sadvice is to takeitone dayata time. Be consistent inyour trainingand you’ll build stamina

and kilometres.

“And you’re fully supported,”she adds, pointing to the pit stops stockedwith water and snacks, and the bike repair and medical teams accompanying riders along the scenic course through the Fraser Valley.

Theride takes place August24-25, and riders can choosebetween a200 or 260kmroute.After the first day, riders look forwardtoa welcoming overnight camp in Chilliwack with food, showers and festivities. Forthe firsttime, there’s also aone-day option, where participants can joinfor the second leg between Chilliwack and Hope.

Ready to join Menning and others at the Tour de Cure?Register or learnmoreatTourdeCure.ca.

TheTour de Cure presented by Wheaton Precious Metals is B.C.'s biggest cycling fundraiser, powering research through the BC Cancer Foundation. This year, riders can choose their Tour de Cure experience: Atwo-day epic adventure on Aug. 24-25, 2024, from Cloverdale to Hope, or aone-day epic journey on Aug. 25, 2024, fromChilliwack to Hope.

Manning is sharing her experience in hopesofencouraging her North Vancouver neighbours to either donate or join her for the ride.

The Tour de Curecomprisesa200 km bike ride from CloverdaletoHope, B.C. PHOTO GRACE

HOUSING AN ARCHITECT

Exhibit offers glimpse intomodest life of Arthur Erickson

NICK LABA nlaba@nsnews.com

One of Canada’smost profound architects never got around to designing his ownhome.

When Arthur Erickson first bought theproperty at 4195 West 14th Ave. in Vancouver for $11,000, the lotfeatured an overgrown garden and agarage with an adjacentstorage room. He intended to eventually build ahouse there, but in the meantime the budding architect was content to have a“destructive Irish sailor-handyman” knock down somewalls and make the oversized garage acomfortable space to live in.

Over the years, Erickson wouldmake additionstothe property’s interior and exterior.Those included marble slabs from the urinals of the oldVancouver Hotel,and a contour of the landscape to obscure his neighbour’s“ugly” brown shingle front porch.

Now, thosecontours of the significant heritage site, alongside many of the objects that otherwise still occupy his home, are on display at the West Vancouver ArtMuseum.

Running May 15 to July 20, ARefuge: ArthurErickson also includes Selwyn Pullan’s photography of Erickson in his house, from themuseum’scollection.

The exhibit is acollaborationwith the Arthur Erickson Foundation, which originatedwhen friends of the beloved architect banded together to save and preservethe propertyafter Erickson declaredbankruptcy in 1992

When he firstmoved intothe house in 1957,Erickson was teachingarchitectureat UBC and collecting pottery

“Thethings thatsurrounded me were more important to me,” he saidyearslater “Architecturally,thishouseisterrible, but it serves as arefuge, akind of decompression chamber.”

When we think of Erickson, we think of monumental public projects like Robson Squareand the Museum of Anthropology, saidHilary Letwin, exhibition co-curator.Or, we think of incredible residential projects likeEppich House IorEppich HouseII.

“And herewehavehim in hishome setting wherehelived for many decades,” she said.“It’s 680 squarefeet, so it’sa totally different scale from alot of hisprojects.”

Between the white walls of theWestVan

galleryare souvenirsreflecting Erickson’s fondnessfor traveland experiencing other cultures.Alarge head of Buddha sitsina glasscasenext to acopy of the Bhagavad Gita. Several paces away,a scale model shows how hispropertywas actually divided on two separate lots,and how the land was contoured to Erickson’sliking.

For Letwin, the most important piece in the galleryisa painting by Gordon Smith, which hung in Erickson’sliving room for decades

“It’sa really remarkable connectionto Gordon and Marion SmithinWestVancouver. It was agiftfromGordontoArthur,” she said. “Gordon and Marion havethe distinct

recognition of being the only people to have commissioned Arthurtodesign twohomes forthem.”

Erickson and the Smiths hada lifelong friendship thatincluded the occasional squabble.

“Weknow thatheand Gordondisagreed about the fireplace at SmithHouseII, for example, which originally hadbeen designed to be asmooth finish,” Letwin said.

“Gordon didn’t like it,soArthurwould go over there fordinner regularly,and they would get their bush hammers out and whack away at it

That’s why the fireplace in SmithHouse II hasthisincredible pebbled appearance,” she added.

Taken together, Erickson’sobjectsand the photosofhim in the home, give the observer asense ofhis modest outlook on life, Letwin continues.

“Arthurisremembered as being somebody who loved the public spotlight –we know thathecreated these massive public projects… he was apublic personality. And here,weget thiselement of surprise,” she said.

“He was adeeply intellectual individual who was alwaysverycarefully considering hisown environment …hewas always curating the space, butitwasn’t aprecious interior.”

In one of Pullan’sphotosofthe home, Erickson is leaning over adesk, which is actually adoor propped up by cylinders of rough concrete.

“Isthatthe tablethatyou expect Arthur to have in hishouse? No, it’s alittlebit of a surprise,”Letwin said.

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Co-curatorHilaryLetwin saysthe West Vancouver ArtMuseum exhibitgives an observer the sense of Arthur Erickson’s modest outlook on life. NICK LABA/NSN

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Arts in the Garden returns to North Shore for silver jubilee year

FATEMEH FALAH Contributing writer

Eager to discover a delightful blend of nature and art? Then pay a visit to Arts in the Garden, an annual outdoor community event based on the North Shore, on Saturday, May 25 or Sunday, May 26.

The quarter-century-old event brings visual artists, musicians, performers and workshops to 10 outdoor spaces across the North Shore. Through play, creativity, learning and engagement, the event invites the North Shore community to reflect on their relationship to the land and to place and hopes to inspire them to care for the natural world and all those we share the land with.

When you step up in theWWF Climbfor Nature you conquer your personal goalswhile beingpartof somethingbigger. Register online, fundraiseand then join us on May26, 2024toclimbupand down the stands of thestadium’s lowerbowl. Formoreinfo: fundraisers.wwf.ca/event/climbfor-nature-vancouver

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A few gardens will host performances, including dance, poetry and multidisciplinary arts. Two or three visual artists, working in various mediums and styles, will be hosted in each garden, displaying their work and offering demonstrations or interactive art activities.

Moreover, two musical performances will take place consecutively in each garden, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Most of the locations have an entry fee of $5, although four gardens have entrance by donation – The West Vancouver Memorial Library (Garden #2), Harmony Garden (Garden #4), Loutet Farm (Garden #8) and Feathers and Fungi at Maplewood Flats (Garden #10). The gardens can only accept cash during the event.

Visit northvanarts.ca or go to 335 Lonsdale Ave. for information about garden locations or to purchase a $35 all-garden pass.

Fatemeh Falah is an intern reporter with the North Shore News. She can be contacted at zohreh.fallah1981@gmail.com.

Arts in the Garden returns for its Jubilee year this weekend. MINA KERR-LAZENBY / NSN

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North Vancouver comedy showisfor thedogs, literally

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Maybe you’ve heard about Comedians in Cars GettingCoffee.But what about comedians with dogsgetting beer?

North Vancouver’sNorthPoint Brewing Co. is hosting acomedy nightMay 23 and specifically inviting people to bring their (ideallywell-trainedand socialized) dogs withthem.

BigDog Energy producer and comedian Amy Walsh has been runningtheeventin East Vancouver for the last two years, and isnow expandingitout aroundthe country

“I know, it sounds weird, but it works,” she said.

Walsh, adog lover whose ownpups are athome in her native Ireland, started the event for an audience she knows doesn’t get out so much because they areloath to leavetheir four-leggeds at home alone.

“It just got me thinking. I’ma comedian andIlove dogs. Why don’tI tryand bring this together?” she said. “People can bring theirdogs on their date night, andthey don’t have to worryabout rushinghome.”

Forthe most part, dogs who attend the comedy nights get excitedto seeeach otheratthe beginningand then settle downfor asnooze, she said.

Much like hecklers, there is the occasionalbark from the audience.

“The comedians always handle itwell andkind of riffoff it,” she said.

People bringing their dogs to the show should be warned, they may find themselves at the business end of ajoke or two

–especially if the dog arrives in astroller and is dressed better than their master

“[Thosepeople] tendtohave agood sense of humourabout it because, Imean, adog in astroller is veryfunny,”she said, addingthephenomenonwas partofthe cultureshock that came with moving to Vancouver. “When Igot here, the way thedogs weretreated herejust blew my mind.... It took awhile formetoget used to all thedogs inclothes.”

People have been skeptical of the concept,Walsh admits, butthereis something of valueinhaving caninesin thecrowd. As dogownerswell know,just havingone with you encourages, or sometimes even forces,interactionwith others. That dynamic playsout in the comedy venue, Walshsaid.

“You’replaying with dogs, and then there’sacomedy show,and then youcan play withdogs again,” she said. “Because there’s dogs, everyone is mingling, everyone’schatting, and the atmosphereis lovelyand it’sjust averyfun experience.”

Comics booked forthe 19+ show includeAmar Singh, NicoleTanner,Arash Narchi, Ivan Decker and Jane Stanton, whohosts other comedy nights at North Point. The comediansscheduled for the NorthVancouver showhave been featured on Disney+,Just For Laughs Vancouver, Torontoand Montreal,Netflix and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

BigDog Energy runs at 8p.m. on Thursday, May 23 at North Point Brewing, 266 East First St. Ticket information for humans available ateventbrite.ie. Dogs get in free.

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Acomedy showcoming to NorthVancouver invites audiencememberstobringtheir dogs along to watchstand-up routines.

Mayorsaysfocus on economy,environment

much itwill cost havebeen decided yet. City staffsay they will do public engagement through tothis fall before bringing acurbaccessand parking plan back to council for avote before the endofthe year.Any rule changes would be phased in gradually

Coun. Don Bellurged stafftomake that public consultation robustand show awillingness to seriouslyconsider what they hear

“I think it’s important …that this public engagement not simply be viewed as asales pitch for what you’reproposing. That, in fact,itbe alistening opportunity as well,”he said, suggesting every residence in thecityshould beinformed of the process via adirect mailout. “I think it’s important that it go to everybody becausethis is going to affect everybody in the community.”

Coun. Shervin Shahriari noted that anychanges residentsface will be felt equally by commuters who the city relies on to work at the hospital and in local businesses

“Wehave talked about the workforce housing strategy.I think we need aworkforce parking strategy

until we get aworkforce housing strategy,” hesuggested sardonically Mayor Linda Buchananaddressed the angstthat always comes with discussions about where people may store their vehicles when they’renot using them. But she said everyone needs to beaware of the broader goals at stake.

“Weare focused on people. We’re focused on the economy andwe’re focused on the environment. And fundamentally Ibelievethese policy

shifts aregoing to get us to where we needtoclearly focus,” she said.“It’s going to be very hardfor people and it might have to be slow,but we have to move in this directionifwe’retruly going to meet the very, verycomplex challenges, not just that impact our city but impact everycityand everymunicipality beyond us. These areglobalissues that everyone is grapplingwithand you have to start somewhere. Youcannot kick this can down the road anylonger.”

The CityofNorth Vancouver hasa newparking plan in the pipeline. NICK LABA/ NSN FILES

This serieswill be the last with Danksasrescue team leader

“You see what our members aregoing through to trytosave thisman’slife. They stop at nothing, andthey performlike they’re in an ERinthe wilderness,” he said. “It’sOKtobeemotional. It’sOKtobehurting after acall That’sabig piece of what’sin there.”

Successstories, thankfully, arefar morecommon. And this season puts afocus on reconnecting with the folks who are alive today thanks to the North Shoreand Squamish volunteers. It was clear,Baldwin said, they too werefinding healing as they told their stories.

“Wefound that alot of these peoplethat go through this worst dayoftheir life, don’t get followed up with,” he said. “One interviewwedid, they spoke for three hours beforeweeven unpackedthe camera, because they just needed to get it offtheir chest.”

Theremight be another reason Danks is finding that thesecond seasonof Search

and Rescue: NorthShore leaves alumpin his throat. The show represents oneofthe last times hewill be seen as thepublic face of theprovince’smostfamous rescue outfit.

After 10 years as team leader, Danks, who recently was promoted to become the District of North Vancouver’sfire chief, will be stepping down in June.

“Honestly…it’sareally tough onefor me,”Danks said.“I’mnot gonna lie. It hurts, but that’sOK.”

Danks plans to remain very active as avolunteer and he haseveryfaith in the new team leader,who North ShoreRescue’s members will select next month. Ifthere’s anything viewerstake away from Season 2, Baldwin said he hopes it is awider appreciation for thefact that everything they saw on screen was carried outbyvolunteers, and that there aremorethan 80 such teams in theprovince

Afterthe first season aired, SARteams around theprovince gotaboost indonations, which theyneed to operate, Danks said.

But the real value was inpublic education that money can’t buy “It’screated awareness about how easily things can go awry inthe backcountry, whether you’reprepared or you’renot prepared,” he said. “For people

to actually visually be ableto see and experience that, Ithink resonates deeply.”

Dankssaiditmade him swell with pride to see his team do their lifesaving work, knowing they all had their own family and

professionalcommitments weighing on them, andnever asking a thinginreturn.

“That’sthe beauty of our responses. People arethere because they want to be there,” he said. “Being therefor the community andthenbeingthere to supporteach other through that journey becausethe experiences that you have on those calls stick with you forever. AndIthink you get asenseofthat throughout the series.”

Aftertwo and ahalf years of work, Baldwin is taking some timeoff

He’sgot other filmprojects he’scommittedto, but for now, he’strying to put themoff as long as he can. Could yet another tour of duty in the backcountrybe among them?

“You never know,” he says. “You never know.”

Season 2ofSearch and Rescue: North Shoreairs live on the KnowledgeNetworkonTuesday nights at 8p.m. starting May 28, and can also be streamed on knowledge.ca.

ANorth ShoreRescue volunteer assists withthe rescue of adog, captured as part of the Knowledge Network’snew season of Search and Rescue:North Shore COURTESY OF SILVAPARK FILMS

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Former family home of NorthVan architect behind National CapitalCommission sells

NICK LABA nlaba@nsnews.com

Aman behind the restoration of federally owned heritage properties in Ottawa wasathome in the woods of North Vancouver.

The former family home of the late Arthur James Capling sold for just under $2.1 million May 10, the same day it listed on the market.

Built in 1955, Capling designed the home for his familyona quarter-acre lot at 4249 Capilano Rd.

Laid out over two floors, the 1,869-square-foot house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The build features post-and-beam construction, with cedar plankceilings andmillwork throughout.

The home is perched atop aslope, withmany large windows looking out into the forest of CapilanoRiver Regional Park.

When contacted to sell the home, real estate agent Trent Rodney saidthe owners hadastrong desiretopreserve the property,but no budget tostage it.

Rodney saidhequickly got ateam

together tocurateanattractive interior design. After photos weretaken and posted tosocial media, Rodney saidafamily that lives on thesame street as the Capling homemade an offer almost immediately after an early access tour.

Lesser known than some of his West Coast peers, Arthur James –often called Art–Capling grew up in Smithers, B.C. andwent on to study architectureatUBC. Helater relocated toMontreal to complete amasters ofarchitecturein1967 at McGill

University

His masters thesis was called Ornamental Elements of Cities,recalls Steve Gairns, chair of theWest Coast Modern League.

Capling is most recognized forhis workaschief architect for theNational Capital Commission ofOttawa, a Crown corporation that owns and manages morethan one-tenthofall lands in theCapital Region.

In the1970s, Capling was behind an efforttorestoreheritage properties on Sussex Drive and ByWardMarket.

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Gringo brings‘white trash tacos’toLowerLonsdale

NICK LABA nlaba@nsnews.com

If you’relooking for authentic fare inspired bythe food cartsand cocinas of Mexico, don’t gotoGringo.

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But if reading apun-infused menu full of tacos, burritos and $5 drinks, in a restaurant decorated with flamingos, primary-coloured beach buckets and neon signs stating Taco Dirty To Me sounds at all appealing, then Gringo might be your new favouritejoint.

Opening its bright pink doors for the first time last week, thekitsch eateryhas launched anew location on the corner of Second and Lonsdale in North Vancouver

Dinersfamiliar with Gringo’slongtime home in Blood Alley in Gastown, or more recently on Davie Street, will recognize thevibe and 1980s-’90s playlist bumping at the new restaurant. The30-seat-indoor, 17-seat-patio capacity willalso offer acosy atmospherefamiliar to past patrons.

But Gringo’sthirdinstalment promises tobeunique tothe local neighbourhood as well.

“Wedon’t come into communitiestrying to get thecommunity to fit to us, we’re going to tryand adapt to the community,” said Sean Davis, president of Wooden Table Hospitality,which owns the Gringo restaurants.

Shoel Davidson, Davis’spartner and original founder of Gringo Gastownin2013, said the whole idea behind the restaurant was to restoreasense of warmth thathefelt had slowly slipped away in Vancouver “You’reareceipt number.You’reatable

number.That’sit–you’re justanumber,” Davidson said.“Obviously Gastown has a verystrong community.Ineeded to believe that still existed in the city.”

That strong neighbourhood sensibility is true of North Vantoo, he said.

In starkcontrasttoatraditional Mexican restaurant, Gringo is unapologetically inauthentic.

“Wecan’t really do authentic tacos –we’renot Mexican,” said Davidson, who’s mom raised him on Old El Pasosalsas and meal kits. “[We] go with that angle of the white trash taco spot.”

On Gringo’sfood menu, you’ll find tacos starting at $4.20, burritos and quesadillas (a.k.a “dillas”) served in several varieties For drinks, beersstartat$4.99. The bar also showcases tequila, mescal, bourbon, shooters (see Bourbra Streisandand Rumiah Carey), cocktails such as Sex in theAlley,as well as non-alcoholic offerings.

Davis said themenu is priced as lowas possible

“It’snot apretentious place,” he said.“It’s just afun place to go.”

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Cityapproves demolition of municipally-owned heritage home

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

The City of North Vancouvercouncil has voted togoahead with the demolition ofa city-owned heritage house to make way for the North Shore Neighbourhood House housingdevelopment project.

Therewas plenty of hand-wringing, but council voted May13todeconstruct the 1905 Allen Residenceat204 East First Street, after nobody came forwardwith an offer to move the house to anothersite.

Heritage advocate Jennifer Clay,presidentofthe North Shore Heritage Preservation Society, chastised council for setting abad example, saying the city could have moved thehousetoanother nearby city-owned lot.

“How can the City of NorthVancouver expect private heritage register homeowners to maintain and retain their homes if the City of North Vancouver is not willing to set a good example?” she asked.

“Once these 100-plus-year-old homes aredemolished, they aregone forever.”

Clay added she’snot surprised therewerenotakers for thehome, giventhe verycompressed deadlines to move thehome set by the city.

“Relocating ahome is complexand requires atimeline of approximately six months tomanage the logistics,” she said.

Thecity rejected the option of movingthe home itself, with astaffreportciting “the lack of along-term viable use forthe structure, as well as significant costsassociated with an adaptive retrofit for public use.”

ClaireHeath has afamily connection to the original owner of theAllen ResidenceinNorth Vancouver. The heritage home has been slatedfor demolition.

The Allen Residencewas originally owned by Patrick Allen, an Irish-born blacksmith, and has stood in the same spotfor the last 120 years.It’slisted on the “B list” of heritage properties in the municipality ClaireHeath, acityresident, has apersonal connection to the heritage home. PatrickAllen washer grandfather’s uncle.

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PROPOSEDZONING BYLAW NO. 4662, 2010,AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 5327, 2024: would amend thezoning regulationsofthe subjectlandstocomplywithSmall-Scale,Multi-UnitHousingrequirements ofthe Local Government Act

PROVINCIAL PROHIBITIONONPUBLICHEARING: Pursuanttothe Local Government Act,the District isprohibited from holding apublic hearingregarding theproposedbylaw

MORE INFORMATION: Theproposed bylawand other relevant documents that Council mayconsider in decidingwhether to adopt theproposed bylawmay be inspected at westvancouver.ca/notices andatMunicipal HallfromMay 9to27, 2024 (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,MondaytoFriday, excluding statutory holidays)

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“I remembermymothertalkingabout an uncle who wasblacksmith who lived in North Vancouverand was a property owner,” she said.

But the house, now ownedbythe municipality,is sitting on landwherethe city planstobuild 180 units of non-profit rentalhousing anda new North Shore Neighbourhood House.

Last month, thecity putout acall for acivic-minded buyer to come forward with aplan to move the house to anew location. But nobody did.

Once these 100-plus-yearoldhomes are demolished, they aregone forever.

JENNIFER CLAY

Heath said she wasn’t in a position to make an offer herself, but was disappointed regardless.

“I was really sad and shocked to know nobody was interested,”she said, adding she wrote to mayor and councilurgingthemtoreconsider their decision.

“It’sone of the oldest homes in North Vancouver,”she said.

During council discussion, several councillors voiced disappointment that the heritage house couldn’t be saved. According to staff, the estimated cost to move the home was over$100,000, depending on its final location.

Staffadded that the original planfor the North Shore Neighbourhood developmentwouldnot have required the home to be moved so soon.But after apush to accelerate theprocess by several yearstotake advantage of grant funding, the city ranout of time.

Coun. Shervin Shahriari said the city should have done abetter jobatpreservingits own history.

“The heritage register represents an ongoing civic commitment to monitor andconservethe city’shistoric resources. And when it comes to the Allen Residence … I believe we couldhavedone betterinthis case,” he said.

Coun. Tony Valente voiced similar thoughts saying “I’m notreally happy” with the decision.

Valente said he’d hoped the house couldbemoved.

“I don’t really see us putting in enoughefforttodevelop aplanfor if [heritage homes]are to be preserved, how that happens and where thathappens,” he said.

Heath said she agrees. “I think it’sreally regrettableand Ifeel verydisappointedcouncil doesn’t have aclear plan in terms of dealingwith these types of situations,” she said. “Whatabout the future?”

Mayor Linda Buchanan said she’sa heritage supporter, and livesinaheritage homeherself, butadded sometimes it’s not possible to save abuilding.

Buchanan said she’d spoken with Glyn Lewis of Renewal HomeDevelopment, acompany thatspecializes in moving heritage homes –like the yellow schoolhouse recentlymovedfromKitsilanotoSquamishNationland. But shegot the sameanswerback, said Buchanan –the costs to move the home aretoo highfor thattomake sense.

Buchanan said sometimes historymust be preserved through the storiessurrounding apropertyrather than actual bricksand mortar.

“But Iappreciatepeople’sangst around it,”she said. Council voted to go ahead with the deconstruction, with onlyShahriariopposed.

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HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Carson Wetsch wins goldwith Team Canada at U18worlds

ANDYPREST

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North Vancouver’s Carson Wetsch can call himself aworld championafter helping Team Canadaclaim gold at the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship earlier thismonth in Finland.

Wetsch was an assistant captain on the team that capped offtheir tournament run with athrilling 6-4 comeback win over the United States in the championship finalplayed May 5inEspoo, Finland. The Canadians went down 3-1 in the final but stormed back to scorefour straight goals to takethe lead. Gavin McKenna sealed the win with an empty net goal, completing ahat trick on theday Wetsch, a6-2 forward, ended the tournament with two goals, one assist, 25 penalty minutes and a+5rating in six games. The 18-year-old is amember of the

CalgaryHitmen of the WHL, scoring 25 goals and 25 assists in 67 games with the team in the 2023-24 season.

His youthhockey career included stints with the North ShoreWinter Club, the West VanAcademy and Burnaby Winter Club.

ZONING BYLAWCHANGES

Gotquestions

District staffhave proposed zoning bylawamendmentsthatattempt to balancethe new provincial legislationrequirementstoincreasehousing densityinsingle-family neighbourhoodswithobjectives,concerns, constraintsand conditions specifictothe District NorthVancouver, includingour communitygoals andobjectivesasreflected in ourOfficial CommunityPlan, servicinginfrastructureconstraints,and life safety concerns associated with naturalhazards

This hasled to threeproposed mutually exclusivebylaw options.

Althoughthese bylawoptions differ significantly on howtheywould change our community, allthree optionswill permit increasedhousing in the District’ssingle-family neighbourhoods, andall threeoptions will also increasehousing diversityinthe District

When: 7pm, Monday,June 3, 2024

Where: Council Chamber, 355WestQueensRoad, NorthVancouver,BC

How: TheRegular MeetingofCouncil will be held in ahybridformatwitha combinationofin-person andelectronicparticipation by some or all membersof council,staff andthe public.The public areinvited to attend at theCouncil Chamberwhere they will be able to seeand hear theentireproceedings.Those wishingtoviewortoparticipateinthe meeting electronically maydosoat https://dnvorg.zoom.us/j/64484156494 or by phonebydialling1-778-907-2071and entering MeetingID: 64484156494

What: AregularMeetingofCouncil to give first,secondand thirdreadingsto one of thebylaw optionslistedbelow (Bylaws8698, 8680,or8696).The purposeof each of theproposedbylawsoptions is to amendthe Zoning Bylawasrequiredto comply with provincial small-scalemulti-familyhousinglegislation

WhatChanges:

Council will consider threemutuallyexclusive Zoning Bylawamendment optionsthatwill allow increaseddensity in neighbourhoods currently zonedfor detached single-family dwellingsincompliancewithprovincial small-scale multi-family housinglegislation

Option A, Bylaw8698, proposestoamend theZoningBylaw to permit a secondarysuite and coachhouse in addition to theprinciple dwelling unit on each parcel inall singlefamilyzones

Option B, Bylaw8680, proposestoamend theZoningBylaw to permit up to six (6)dwellingunits on parcelsthatare close to transitstops with frequent serviceand to permit up to four (4) dwelling unitsonother parcels(the“SSMUHDensity”), except thoseparcelsthatare exempt from SSMUHDensity pursuant to the exemptions setout inthe LocalGovernmentAct andinthe applicable regulations. Theexemptparcels wouldretaincurrent zoning

Option C, Bylaw8696, proposestoamend theZoningBylaw to permit SSMUH Densitybut only on parcels wheremitigation of potential servicingcapacityissues associatedwithsuchincreaseddensity is likely feasible or otherwisewhere the financialand practicalrisks associated with such capacity issues canbemanaged, andtopermita secondarysuite andcoach houseinadditiontothe principle dwelling unit on each parcelwhere servicinginfrastructurenecessary forthe SSMUHDensity is likely challengingand potentiallynot financially feasible.Aswith option Bthose parcelsthatare exempt from theSSMUH Densitypursuanttothe exemptions setout inthe LocalGovernmentAct andinthe applicable regulations would retain currentzoning.

Need more info?

Thebylawsare availablefor review online at DNV.org/housing-legislation or at 355WestQueensRoad, NorthVancouver,BC, between8:00amand 4:30pm Monday to Friday (exceptholidays) from May22, 2024.Findmore detailsat DNV.org/housing-legislation

Questions?

planning@dnv.org or 604-990-2311

North Vancouver’s Carson Wetsch, amember of the WHL’s CalgaryHitmen, helped Team Canada win gold at the 2024 U18 World Championships. CANDICE WARD /CALGARY HITMEN

North Shore leaders ask for regional assistance to pay for plant

an additional $190 million per year, no matter which way the costs are sliced.

On Friday, at a special meeting of the Metro board, Dobrovolny outlined some alternatives; however, the board decided to hold another special meeting on May 31, directing Dobrovolny to table an arrangement that could push back costs by one year.

As it stands, North Shore households represent just seven per cent of the region’s population, but given existing bylaws that dictate local infrastructure projects largely be paid by local area users, they are on the hook for 46 per cent of the cost increase. North Shore households are poised to pay, on average, $725 per year for the next 30 years, with more modest contributions from their neighbours over the next 15 years $140 from Vancouver, $70 from Richmond and $80 from the “Fraser” area, including Burnaby, New Westminster, the Tri-Cities and Surrey

Muri tabled a motion to have the North Shore’s bill reduced to $185 per year with Vancouver paying $180, Richmond paying $110 and Fraser paying $120. Muri calculated this will cost each household $40 each year, or $3.33 per month At issue is the fact local areas have historically paid for local infrastructure and there is a perception some residents would be footing multiple bills, having not received assistance from North Shore residents in the past But, argued Muri, “this is a Metro project driven by the need to clean up our environment, which we all benefit from.”

“We look to the leaders around this table, our neighbours… and ask that you support us at this very difficult time knowing that our predecessors who created this body recognized that we were stronger together than apart. I wear my regional hat proudly and will continue to stand beside you today and into the future, as I’m sure these stormy days are not behind us. So I ask you, who’s going to buy us a cup of coffee?” asked Muri.

City of North Vancouver Mayor Linda Buchanan echoed Muri. “We’re talking about $3.33 per month,” said Buchanan. “We are a federation. We hear often that we sit with our regional hats on and we support others with their challenges. So the North Shore is asking for your support.”

Muri and her North Shore partners appear to have caught the ear of the majority of the board after tabling a motion to direct staff to prepare the 2025 budget in accordance with the more equitable payment option. However, the arrangement was referred to the new May 31 meeting in a weighted vote of 76 in favour and 69 opposed Among those who expressed opposition were politicians from the Fraser area, including Burnaby councillor Sav Dhaliwal, Delta councillor Dylan Kruger and Anmore mayor John McEwan.

“Obviously, we all are very sympathetic to what the costs are projected,” said Dhaliwal, raising concern about how future projects, such as the planned $10-billion Iona Island wastewater treatment plant, will have their costs apportioned.

“I would suggest that the board stays with the existing allocation mechanism” added Dhaliwal.

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie noted Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart previously raised the point that North Shore municipalities voted against a single sewage payment system for the region in the 1990s, saddling Surrey, Delta and Richmond with payments for the Annacis and Lulu Island plants, which were completed by 1996 for $464 million and $132 million, respectively

The Iona Island plant is to serve Vancouver residents and Vancouver directors voted in favour of the more equitable option for the North Shore.

“I certainly would hope that if we found ourselves in a similar circumstance with another project, north of the Fraser, south of the Fraser, that there would be equal consideration,” said Vancouver councillor Lisa Dominato.

It remains unclear exactly why the North Shore plant costs have escalated so much and there’s been no indication calls will be answered for an outside auditor to look at what Muri describes as “the largest cost overrun in B.C.’s history.”

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CELESTIAL SHOW

Photographers capturestunning shotsofnorthern lights

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Tripod –check. Wide angle lens –check. Aurora forecast –set to high.

While many people acrossthe North Shorewerethrilled to catch aglimpse of the northern lights on May 10, serious photographers wereonthe prowl early,scoping out their spots.

Just don’t ask exactly where thoseare

NorthVancouver photographer Mark Teasdale changed his plans that evening and headed out to a secret spot in Whistler

“I wanted to go whereitwas as dark as Icould get,” said Teasdale, who opted to skip the “gong show” ofcrowds who converged inplaces like Porteau Cove and the Cypress lookout. He wanted water to provide areflection and mountains as abackdrop.

By 9:15 p.m. the celestialshow had begun, and Mother Nature didn’tdisappoint.

“I got lucky,” said Teasdale, who captured images with his Nikon Z7 and Z9 cameras set on interval timersto30second exposures.

“It’sthe best I’ve ever seen.”

According to Space.com,the northern lights happen when particles from the sun hit the Earth’supper atmosphere but areredirected to the poles by the Earth’smagnetic field.

Ian Crook, aWest Vancouver resident and president of the PhotoClub Vancouver was also keen to capture the aurora but avoid the crowds.

“It was pretty obvious it was going to be aspectacular event,” he said.

Crook headedupthe hill, to aspot somewhere in theBritish Properties, looking for ashot where he could capture abig sky above Vancouver.“The real story isthe light,”hesaid.

Crook said when hestarted takingphotos, around 11:30 p.m., it wasn’t clear wherethe best images would comefrom.

Because camerasare much moresensitivetolight thanthe humaneye,much of the spectacular depthofcolour could only be seen throughthe lens,hesaid.

“I was verylucky to get them when they were visible over Vancouver,”hesaid.

ForJustin Lee,anamateur photographer who grew up looking throughatelescope at the sky fromhis North Shore family home, the aurora borealis combined two of his passions –astronomy and photography

for the sun,” said Lee, whosaid sunspots –darkspots that appear on the surface of the sun –have been visible recently whenthe sun is viewed through aspecial filter. “That’swherethe (solar) flaresare being ejected from.”

For West Vancouver photographer James Almas, the lightshow presented an opportunitytocaptureanexperience he’d lost out on previously.

“I actually booked atrip to Alaska to capturethe northern lights. ThenCovid hit,” he said. “Tohave it so close to home in my lifetime –you’ll never see it.”

Almas headed over to Spanish Banks with his camera to capture the aurora framed against the North Shoremountains.

Back on the North Shore, amateurastronomer Michael Markwick headed downtoDundarave Beach in West Vancouver after seeingpostsfromNASA about the approaching solar storm

“It wasaveryactive time

Leesaid he and his dad went out to look at the northern lights on Friday night. They’d first planned to go to apark, but ended up on aschool field in West Vancouver which provided enough darkness. Oneofthe visually interesting parts of the experience was looking up and being able to seethe “corona” of the solar storm directly overhead. “Normally from Vancouver it would be verylow on the horizon,” he said. “But this time it wasright above us.”

“With the naked eye you could see the light green and theodd purple and pink,” he said.With a tripod-mounted camera he caught somespectacular shots until about 4a.m. –long after the crowds had left.

“Wethoughtour chances would be pretty great,” he said.

He wasn’t disappointed.

Markwick said he’sseen the Northern lights in Ontariobefore but “I’ve never seen them with that spectrum of colours. They wereall around us. It was breathtaking.”

Markwick said he stayed at the beach until his neck got sore and left with afeeling of appreciation for our place in the universe and theenormity of the solar system

“I left with asense of hope,” he said. NorthernlightsdanceoverWhistler during ararecelestial showonMay 10. MARKTEASDALE Northernlightsput on astellar showinWestVancouver May10.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

ProposedZoning and Official CommunityPlan Amendments forthe CaulfeildLand Use Contract area andother Land Use Contract sites

WHAT: Apublic hearing will be held regarding proposed: Official Community Plan BylawNo. 4985, 2018, AmendmentBylaw No.5301, 2024;and Zoning BylawNo. 4662, 2010,Amendment BylawNo. 5321, 2024.

WHERE: MunicipalHall Council Chamber,750 17th Street, and via Webexelectroniccommunication facilities. Attend in-person or via Webex (visit westvancouver.ca/webex); or watchthe hearing at westvancouver.ca/cc. WHEN: 7p.m. on May27, 2024

SUBJECT LANDS:

All Land Use Contract (LUC) sites that arethe subject of the proposed bylaw amendments areshown in redonthe map and in the table below.

SUBJECTLANDS SHOWN RED

ADDRESSLUC# UNDERLYING ZONE

Folkestone Way 1957 CD10 CD10 525Clyde Avenue 2876 CD25 CD25 6645 Nelson Avenue 2500 CD63 CD63

585 16th Street 2533 CD64 CD64 1340 DuchessAvenue 2384 CD65 CD65 1495Esquimalt Avenue 2439 CD68 CD68 2030–2040 MarineDrive2735 CD69CD69 2119 Bellevue Avenue 2456 CD70CD70 202–250 16th Street, 1571–1579BellevueAvenue 2444 CD71 CD71 440 13th Street, 1285 &1289Keith Road 2270 CD72CD72 1363 ClydeAvenue 2385 CD73 CD73 4957 Marine Drive 1940 CD74 CD74 1858–1896Bellevue Avenue 2218 CD75 CD75 312–320 Keith Road 2233 CD76CD76

5500 Block Parthenon Place, 5490 Marine Drive2162CD77 CD77 382–398 MathersAvenue 2269 CD80 CD80 800 BlockTaylorwood Place 2200 CD81 CD81 6255 &6265Imperial Avenue, 6620–6678 MarineDrive2469 CD82CD82 Caulfeild Area 2784 2784 RS2, RS3, RS10CD86

PROPOSED OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLANBYLAW NO.4985, 2018, AMENDMENT BYLAWNO. 5301,2024: would include 5375 HeadlandDrive(Caulfeild Shopping Centre) within Development Permit Area BF-C8 “Local Commercial Sites” and createthe Caulfeild Ground-Oriented Housing Development Permit Area Designation BF-B17.

PROPOSED ZONING BYLAWNO. 4662, 2010,AMENDMENT BYLAWNO. 5321, 2024: would amend zoning forthe subject lands currently under land usecontract including the creationof newzoning forthe Caulfeild LUC area and minor amendmentsfor theother LUC sites.

COUNCIL WELCOMES YOUR INPUT: Allpersons who believe theirinterest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws will be given an opportunitytopresent written submissions and to be heardduring the public hearing regarding the proposed bylaws.Toparticipateinperson, please attend theMunicipal Hall Council Chamber at the time listed above.Toparticipatebyelectronic communication facilities, please call 604-925-7004 on May 27,2024 to be addedtothe speakerslist. Instructionsonhow to participateare available at westvancouver.ca/ph

PROVIDE YOUR SUBMISSION: via email to correspondence@westvancouver.ca;via mail to Municipal Hall, 75017th Street, West Vancouver BC V7V 3T3;or addresstoLegislativeServices and placeinthe drop boxatthe 17th StreetentranceofMunicipal Hall. Please provide written submissions by noon on May 27,2024 to ensuretheirinclusion in the public information package forCouncil’sconsideration. No further submissions can be considered by Council afterthe public hearing has closed.

MORE INFORMATION: Theproposed bylaws and otherrelevant documents that Council mayconsider in deciding whether to adopt the proposed bylaws maybe inspected at westvancouver.ca/notices and at Municipal Hallfrom May 9 to 27,2024 (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., MondaytoFriday, excluding statutory holidays).

QUESTIONS? Maeve Bermingham, CommunityPlanner |mbermingham@westvancouver.ca|604-921-2173 westvancouver.ca/business-development/building-development/development-regulations/contracts

North Shore Seniors’Health Expo returns with valuable insights andsupport for aging

Set for June 7, this unique event will feature expertpresentations and over 50 exhibitors tailored for seniors’well-being

The North Shore Seniors’Health Expo, presented by Hero Home Care, is set to transform the West Vancouver Community Centre and Seniors’Activity Centre into acomprehensive hub for senior wellness on Friday,June 7, 2024.

This unique event, now in its sixth year,stands as the only one of its kind in British Columbia, offering awealth ofresources andinformation tailored specifically to thesenior population.

Navigating senior health and wellness

With an impressive lineup of over50 exhibitors and 16 educational sessions, the North Shore Seniors’Health Expo is designed to address the holistic needs of seniors, focusing on cognitive, physical, social, financial and nutritional well-being.

“This expo is aremarkable event because it really brings togetherabig community of seniors who are thirsty for education on the topics they’re dealingwith,”says Jessica Walker, event manager of the North Shore Seniors’Health Expo

The keynote speaker for this year’s expo is BC Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt, who will provide insights and guidance on arange of issues affecting seniorstoday.Additional sessions will cover adiversearray of topics, including fall prevention, fraud awareness, osteoarthritis management and theemotional aspects of transitioning to retirement living.

Fostering community and accessibility on the North Shore

One of the core objectives of the expo is to enhance the sense of community among attendees.

The expo’s structure allows for easy access, with no registration required and free entry,ensuring that all seniors can participate without any obstacles “Wedidn’t want any barriers to have the seniors come,” Walker says, emphasizing the expo’s commitment to accessibility.“Sometimes having to register for something onlineis cumbersome for seniors.”

Expo highlights and features

“This expo is aremarkable event because it really brings together abig community of seniors who are thirsty for education on the topics they’re dealing with.”

The event is also asignificant social occasion for many attendees.

“Anevent likethis not only provides incredible information for seniors but it brings them together,” Walker explains.

The expo’s communal spaces and dining areas are set to be bustling hubs of activity,offeringseniors achance to interact, share experiences, and build connections within their community

The first 250 attendees will receive a special expo bag, adding an extra level of excitement to the day.Throughout the expo,seniors can engage with a variety of exhibitors from healthcare providers to community service organizations, all offering services and information geared towards enhancing seniors’quality of life

Theexpo will also feature free onsite health screenings, including memory testing and hearing tests provided by leading medical professionals. These services underscore the expo’s focus on preventative health measures and its role in promoting senior health.

Anticipation for adynamic day

As the event approaches, anticipation is building among the North Shore’s senior community.

The comprehensiverange of topics and the high level of community involvement makethe North Shore Seniors’Health Expo ahighly anticipated event each year.With its rich program and focus on senior well-being, the expo continues to be acornerstoneevent for seniors in Vancouver and surroundingareas.

This year’sNorth Shore Seniors’Health Expo promises to be an informative, engaging and community-oriented day for all involved, especially thankstothe support of all the event sponsors.

For more information about the expo,visit westvancouver.ca/ north-shore-seniors-health-expo.

The event features adiverse collection of exhibitors and educational sessions focusing on the unique needs of seniors.

ROADSAFETY

Mock crashdriveshomereal messageabout impaired driving

FATEMEH FALAH

Contributing writer

Kassandra Kaulius was coming home fromasoftball gameonMay 3, 2011, when an impaired driverstruckher.

Sadly,the 22-year-old from Surrey didn’t makeit. On average, 26 youths, within the sameage bracket as Kassandra, arebeing killed, and 9,600 arebeing injuredin crashes eachyear in British Columbia, according to police-reported data basedonthe five-year averagebetween 2018 and 2022.

It’soften said you never heal fromthe loss of achild, which is right in the case ofKassandra’smother,MarkitaKaulius. However,she has channelled her profound grief into acourageous effort to raise awareness about the consequences of making poor driving decisions. As ICBC road safety speaker, she shares her experience with students on occasion to show whata family andcommunitygothrough whenan impaired driver kills aloved one

“I’ve been to Ottawa six timestryingto getthem to make changes in the Criminal Code of Canada and redefinethe offence asimpaireddriving causingdeath, which is what it is, but the last time Igot backI knewthat they still weren’t doingenough. I decided if they weren’t going to change the

Amulti-agency response fora mock crash scenario took place May10atNorth Vancouver’s Argyle Secondarywith student actors playing the partofaccident victims

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laws Ihad to go and talk to the next generation of driversand that’swhy Icontacted ICBC andasked if Icould go to talk to high school kids because they’rethe up-and-coming drivers of the future. They’rethe ones that can make adifference in the stats,” she said.

On May 10, Markita was presentatArgyle Secondary in NorthVancouver for an ICBC mock crashevent alongside asquad of several agencies, including but not limited

Thispretend car crash gives students aglimpse of whatcould happen if they choose to drive impairedor dangerously or recklessly. Our goal is to show themrather than just tell them.

to the North Vancouver RCMP,District of North Vancouver Fireand Rescue Services, Vancouver Coastal Health, and Lions Gate Hospital. The event was intended to caution young adults of the dangers of impaired driving through alive and visceral demonstrationofwhat happens at a crash scene.

CONST. MANSOOR SAHAK

“This

pretend car crash gives students aglimpse of what could happen if theychoose to drive impaired or dangerously or recklessly.Our goal is to show them rather than justtell them,” said Const. Mansoor Sahak, spokesperson for theNorthVancouver RCMP.

New driversare eight timesmorelikely to be involved in fatal crashes than experienced drivers, said Louisa Mendonca, ICBC’s road safety and communityco-ordinator of North Shore, Howe Sound and Sunshine

Coast, citingInsurance Institute for Highway Safety

“With grad season on thehorizon, we know that the kids aregoingtogoout to celebrate their milestone,” she said.“We hope that by watching this mock crash they will think twice at some point in thefuture when they’regoing to make adecisiontoget into avehicle, as adriver or passenger.Even if they shareitwith just one friend, it could make asignificant difference in the long run and reduceour crashes.”

Car crashes arethe leading cause of death for Canadian youth. Distracted driving is the top factor(30 percent) in casualty crashes involvingyoung drivers followed by speed (16 percent) and impaired driving (seven per cent.)

Young male drivers areinvolved in crashes almost three times as often as young female drivers, particularly when speeding or impaireddriving is involved.

Eighteen percent of drivers speeding in casualty crashes were16to21years old, according to ICBC data. Yetthese young drivers make up only six per cent of all licensed B.C. drivers.

FatemehFalah is an internreporter with the North Shore News. Shecan be contactedat zohreh.fallah1981@gmail.com.

TIME TRAVELLER

Here is aphoto takenonMay 1,1921marking thestart of aBritish Columbia Mountaineering Club expeditiontoMount Brunswick. Thephoto,taken by P.R. Lockie,ishousedinsideone of Neal Carter’s photoalbumsthatdepicts severalhikes in theNorth ShoreMountains Carter,a marine biologist, wasa prolific mountaineerand skilledsurveyor, photographer,and cartographer. He createdthe firsttopographical maps of GaribaldiParkand theTantalusRange. MountNealisnamed in hishonor.Visit theMONOVA Archives to view threeofhis albums with 800+ photos he collected!

Visit monova.cafor more informationabout thehistory of theNorth Shoreand to learnabout MONOVA: Museum of NorthVancouver,now open at 115 West EsplanadeinThe Shipyards. MONOVA:Archivesof NorthVancouver is locatedat3203 InstituteRoadinLynnValley. Contact: archives@monova.ca

B.C. SUPREMECOURT

Tree lawsuitcould halt West Vancouver rental project

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The District of West Vancouver is facinga legal challenge that could see anew rental building’sdevelopment permit quashed.

In March 2023, council voted to rezone the land belonging to Park Royal’s parentcompany Larco at Taylor Wayand Clyde Avenue to allow 201 rental apartmentsinasix-storey building.

But William and Sandra Chapman, the neighbourstothe north, have filed acourtpetition saying the development permit should be thrown out because itviolates several district bylaws.

At issue in the case arefive maturetrees at or near the Chapman’sproperty line.

Before the originaldevelopment permit was granted, the proponentshad an arborist’s reportstatingthat the excavation for the project would destroythe structural root zones of four trees on the Chapman

property,the petitionasserts. They did not receive acopyofthatreportuntilMay of 2023, however.

Theoriginal development permit granted by the district specified the work was to be done as “necessarytoprotect existingtrees …onadjacent …sites,” the courtdocuments state.

The Chapmansraised the issuewith the district in October 2023, and in December staffapprovedanamendment to the

building on Clyde Avenue at TaylorWay is at the centre of alegalchallenge aimed at theDistrictof West Vancouver. DA

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permit based on anew arborist’sreport that indicated the parkade’sexcavation waswithin the protection zone of three of the Chapmans’ trees “contrarytothe tree bylaw.”

It was unreasonable for the district to grantthe amendment, the Chapmans argue, becauseitignoresthe excavationwithin thecriticalroot zone of the trees,itignores thedistrict’sown tree bylaw anditignores the requirements in council’sdevelopment procedures bylaw.

That amended permit was granted withoutthe districtproviding statutorynotice, as thedistrict’sbylaws require, theyargue.

“Had noticebeengiven,the petitioners would have raised concerns regarding the excavation and shoring work within the critical root zone of their trees.Inthe result, they were denied their statutoryright to notice and right to be heardbeforecouncil,” thecourt documents state.

In an affidavit filed with the petition, Sandra Chapman notes the trees areall that stand betweenthemand their futureneighbours having unobstructed views into each other’s homes.

“Change and progress is eventualinthe world welivein, however it is stressful to me that Park Royal tried, without disclosure

These treesare at the centreofaB.C

Supreme Court petition that maysee a DistrictofWestVancouver development permitquashed GOOGLE EARTH

to or consent from us, to damage or remove trees onour property.Thesetrees areintegraltoour privacy and thereforetothe use and enjoymentofour home.”

In theirpetition, the Chapmans are seekinganorder quashing the municipality’s decisiontogrant the development permit andsendingthe matter back to council for reconsideration.

Thedistrict has notyet filed aresponse to the petition and the claims have not been heardincourt.

In response to arequest forcomment, a districtspokesperson issued astatement

“The district is awareofthe proceeding and intends to filearesponse in due course,” it read.

ParkRoyal’smanagement declined to comment on the story

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‘Si’ wouldhave celebrated his 65th birthday on May15, 2024. How we miss our dearest one. Withsad, but loving remembrance.

- The Wilde Family

ACHTEM, Allan John April 14,1934 -May 15, 2024

Born in Chipman, Alberta,toBill and Mary Achtem, Allan issurvived by hiswifeSylviaand daughter Christine. He waspredeceasedbyhis brothers Ed andDon.

After studyinglaw at UBC, Allanmoved from Edmonton and settled in Vancouver where he practiced, before focusing on development projects.

Amemberofthe HollyburnCountryClub, Allanwas anavidtennisplayer and passionate gardener Known forhis kindness and good humour,he touched many lives.

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B. June 8,1936−April11, 2024

Born in Vancouver in 1936 to English parents, Don went to King EdwardHigh School and then UBC, where he earned amaster’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He worked at Lenkurt Electric andMPR Teltech,rising to theposition of chief engineer. Dondied on April11, 2024, at the age of 87. The longtime West Van resident was predeceased in1988 by his wifeof29years,Lois Margaret Crowson and grandson, Connor Brettoner,in2020. Donissurvivedbychildren Scott Crowson, Sandi Furukawa,Kalynne Ludgate and Kymn Brettoner;eightgrandchildren; and two great−grandchildren.

HUGHES, William James June 1, 1929−May 2, 2024

Billwas borninMontreal, the oldestof7 children and raisedinnorthern Ontario. In 1941, the Hughes Clan packed up andsettled in West Vancouver, whereheraised afamily with hisbeloved wife of 63 years, Helen Billloved hisfamily andwas very proud of their accomplishments. He was afan of Star Trek and never missed achance to have abeerwith the guys.Heloved to travel, especially on hisboat, Qu’appelle III, andwatch theharbourtraffic from hiswindow.

Billwas predeceased by Helen andissurvivedby hisdaughters Jeannie(Peter), Cheryl,Susan and Nancy; grandchildren Beth,Colin (Kim), Jamie (Terra) andKeely (Ale); four great−grandchildren; numerous nieces andnephews; brother Frank (Margaret); andsister Sheila.

Billpassed away at hishomeinWestVancouver withhis family by hisside. Strong−minded to the end, he departed in peace.We’ll miss you, Dad. Celebration of Life to be held on Bill’s95th birthday −June1,2:00− 4:00pm at West VancouverLawn Bowling Club, 650− 20th St., West Vancouver, BC.

Because ILoveYou So

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Obituaries

MADDESS, Shirley

It is with aheavy heartthatwesharethe news of our dearmother’spassing. We said goodbye to an incrediblewoman who touched thelives of many She wasabeloved mom, grandmother, sister and friend.

Ourmom lived alife filledwith love, kindness,and resilience. She taught us theimportance of perseverance andthe power of akindword.

We will forever treasure thememories from our childhood duringour upbringing.

Hersense of adventure andjoy forlifewere contagious. She wasgenerous and preferredto give rather than receive.

She was agreat storyteller. One of ninechildren from NorthVan, shehad plenty totalkabout,and enjoyed sharing memories of fivebrothersand three sistersaswellasher father whohad worked in theBurrard Drydocks and went to Hong Kong to work on the HMS Tamar.

We aresogratefulfor everymoment we had with her andthe love she bestowedupon us.Mom,you will be deeply missed, but your spiritwill continue to guideand inspireusevery day.Rest peacefully

We invite others to join us in rememberingand celebrating our mom’slife.A CelebrationofLifewill be heldonMay 24,2024, from1:30pm to 3:30pm atBrowns, Lynn Valley.

Rest in peace Mom Love,Michael,Stephen,Cindy and CraigMaddess.

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SCHARF,Brian

Brian passed away on May 13 at 84 years oldafter along decline caused by Alzheimer’sdisease. Brianwas acontentedman,guided by hisown compass. He grew up in Calgary,son of Dr.Clifford Scharf and hisbeloved mother,Kathryn. He completed adegree in theologyatTrinityCollege, UofT,where he discovered hisfirst vocation. He spent ayear in silence withthe monks of Merfield in England, and was ultimately ordained apriest at Canterbury.His daughterwas born during the three years he spentinBroadstairs withhis first wife, Nancy.When he wasn’tperforming his pastoralduties, the handsome young curatecould be seen buying and selling antiques or dashing around on amoped in hiscassock.

On return to Canada, he became asocial studies teacher at Killarney High School,where he worked for the rest ofhis career.Heacquired aboat, a moustache and some velvet bowties, and met his sweetheart and life partner Olivia, whohemarried in 1975. Olivia softened his sterner side withher free spirit and artful ways. Theycared for each other throughgood timesand hard, and she dedicated herself to him through to hislast day Hegot hisgreatest pleasures from hishobbies as an antiques expert,sailor,gardener and dog lover Hehad many good friendswho he taught and saied with,and back in the day loved nothing more than some beers at The Cecil, along withsome teasing and chat about sports and politics. Latterly heenjoyed histimes at the North Vancouver Legion, where he was proud to be one of the last cohorts of veterans (a stint in the air force reserve as ateenager).Heloved to read obituaries-sometimes more thanonce. Brian was strong and stoic, and retained his kindness andsense of fun, even as hiskeen intelligencereceded. We will miss both theman he was, and the manhebecame.

Muchgratitude to the church community of St. Clement’s Anglican Churchfor all their support. In ieu of flowers, donations to the BCSPAare appreciated. Amemorial will be held in lateJune

Heissurvived by wife Olivia, daughterKathryn, grandson Joseph,sister Anne, and brotherRobert (Kathleen)

Obituaries

RICHARDS, Ray

October 9, 1929 -May 11, 2024

Our activeand strong father passed away suddenly after complications from pneumonia and abad fall. He is survived by his children Ann (Richard Lee) of Toronto, Barbara (Jeremy Moore)ofLondon, England, Jim(JohannePoulin) of Walnut Creek,California, and Cathy (Kelowna). He also leaves behind his grandchildren Stephanie (Andrew), Nick (Danielle), Mike(Kaiya), and Matt (Sydney), and his first great-grandchild Charles. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 67 years, Joan, and his brotherBud of Outlook, Saskatchewan. Ray wasborn on October 9, 1929, in MooseJaw,Saskatchewan, to Bert and Clara, and grew up in Bateman and later Outlook. The Great Depressionshaped his life, andhelearned many trades and skills to always get by.Asaboy,he coulddrive atractororsella fridge in the family store.Helearned to fly asmall plane before he was 20.

He attended the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and was head of his CommerceClass. It was there he metJoanRogal, the head of the Home Economics class, and theymarriedin1954. Ray had avaried career,from teaching in aone-room schoolhousetobecoming aChartered Accountant with Deloitte in Regina. He later heldexecutive rolesinoil and gas companies, including Saskatchewan Power and Producers Pipelines.

They lived in Regina where theyhad their 4children and enjoyed summers at thecottage on Katepwa Lake, with hissailboat “Misty”.In1971, the family moved to West Vancouver,where Ray continuedtoworkinbusiness, real estate, mining, and manufacturing.

Theymoved to theDundaraveareain1991,and theyloved their laneway neighbourhood.In retirement, he was active with many communitygroups, such as the Ambleside Dundarave Ratepayers Association and the Shoreline Preservation Society.Hewas avocal participantinmunicipal affairs.His love for flying led himtopurchase aglider (C-EFQH) and join the Regina Gliding and Soaring Club and theVancouver Soaring Association.

Heand Joan enjoyed many trips to Europe, which he diligentlydocumented with photos, maps, and commentary.His garden kept him busy too.

He wasa member of the Canadian ArmyReserves for 14 years and had akeen interest in Canadian WWII history.With friends Don, Jack, and Tom, he took numerous trips to Italy and throughout Europe, following the routes of the Canadian Army

Adevoted hockey fan, he held Canucks seasonticketssince 1992 and rarely missed ahome game, usually with aradio so he could listen to the playbyplay He wasthrilled they were in the playoffs and arranged to watch agame on an iPad at the hospital on hislast night.

The family wouldlike to thank YanWoodand DonVicic fortheirfriendship, Lorna for her help, hislaneway neighbours for their support, and the Canucks for their enduring entertainment.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the SalvationArmyorthe Lions Gate Hospital Foundation. Acelebrationoflife will be held atalater date, and details can be obtained by contacting the family

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PINK, Dianne Elizabeth (Nee Baldwin) June 28th, 1944 -May 1, 2024

Lovedbeyond compare,our beautifulmother Dianne passed away peacefuly in her homewith herchildren, Stephanieand Derek, by her side. She wascared forbyall with unwavering devotionas she faced thechallenges of illness.Alongside many wonderful caregivers, she wasblessedwith countless visits from lifelong friends, family,and colleagues from near and far. Theirloveand support filledher days with grace and warmth.

Dianne wasa wonderful teacherwho advocated forothersand treated everyone with patienceand kindness. Heruniquelyinfectious sense of humor kept us allsmiling. Hergentle spiritand compassionate hearttouched thelives of all who knew her,and she believed in thepower of educationtotransform lives, dedicating herselfto nurturing young mindswithcareand understanding

Dianne is survivedbyher daughter Stephanie and son Derek (Jennifer),her adored grandchildren Charlotte, Candice, Clark, andCharleigh. She was predeceased by herfirst daughterCynthia and husband David.The eldestofthree childrenofDr. John Henry (Jack)and Elizabeth (Betty)Baldwin, Dianne was borninWinnipeg and raised in Nanaimo with her belovedsiblings Robert(Bob) andCynthia. Shewas also predeceased by her brother Boband treasuredsister-in-law Patti.From their love, Diannewas blessed with Scott, Eric,and Amy,and theirgrowingfamilies. Dianne is also survived by her sister Cynthia and childrenMichael andLindsay.Also, many relatives on thePinkside andspecial cousinsWil, Wendy,and Susan, who spent many hoursonthe phone and at D’s side, enjoying alaugh

Aftergrowing up in Nanaimo, Dianne graduated fromthe UniversityofBritishColumbia. Dianne and Davidmet on aBCFerry while Davidwas on the West Coast fornaval training. They were married and lived in Halifaxand Hamilton earlyonbut moved to make North Vancouver their home. Dianne went on to obtainher MastersinEarly Childhood EducationatUBC.

In lieuofflowers,adonationtothe Paul Sugar Palliative SupportFoundation wouldbe appreciated. Dr.Sugarand VCH provided invaluable comfort and assistance, ensuring Dianne was surrounded by care and compassion untilthe end. Youcan find more info about the foundation and donate at www.paulsugarfoundation.com Her legacyofempathy,generosity, and her special brand of humour will forever inspireus. Mom’slove knew no bounds, and her memory will continue to shine brightly in our hearts.

Acelebration of life on what would have been her 80th birthday will be hosted on June 28th from 3pm onwards. Please RSVP for addressand information if you would like to attend by emailing diannepinkcelebration@gmail.com.

Obituaries

WATERBURY,Dr. Donald David, DDS

April 29, 1938 -April 29, 2024

Dr.Dave Waterbury,aloving husband, father and grandfather,peacefully passed away onhis 86th brthday following abriefillness. He is survived by his wife of 58 years Betsy,his son Curtis, his daughter-in-law Amy,and hisgrandchildren Nate and Julia

BorninTrochuand raised in Three Hills (both small townsinAlberta) to the parents of Harold and MargaretWaterbury,Dave spent hisyouth doing what allprairieCanadian kids do -playing hockey In histeens he played for the highschool team in Red Deer,but as soon as he wasaccepted tothe University of Alberta and triedout forthe hockey team,itbecameapparent he was surrounded by futureNHL players. As the coach toldhim,“Dave, perhapsitwouldbe better if you focused on your studies ”A proud memberofthe Phi Delta Theta fraternity,Dave didfocus on hisstudies and graduated with adegree in Dentistry, and soon thereafter moved to the West Coast in search of funinthe sun.

In the mid-’60s, aftera short stint under the tutelage of adentist in downtown Vancouver, he joined twoother dentists in West Vancouver, opening theirown office overlooking the water in Dundarave. He practiced dentistry at thislocation forhis entire career while holding avariety of positionswithin the Vancouver and DistrictDental Society.Itwas at thistimehemethis loving wife Betsy at afriend’swedding in Seattle. After three dates(!) he asked her tomarry him. They remained happily marriedinthe sameWest Vancouver home they purchased in 1969until hispassing

Dave loved being afather.Herelished spending timewith hisson Curtis, whether it was taking him trick-or-treating as akid,teaching himhow to fish, or being hisbiggest fan at youth soccerand baseballgames. In hislater years, Dave brought that sameloving attitude to hisgrandchildren

Dave lived afulland happy life.Socializingwith friendsatthe drop ofahat, he was the life of many parties. He loved spendingtimeonhis boat fishing for salmon, playing doubles tennis, and skiingat WhistlerorMt. Baker.Hecherished lively conversation and the peoplewithwhom he could banter.However,Dave also enjoyed hisdowntime He couldbefoundkicking backbyhimselflistening toFrankSinatraorChet Baker,buildingmodel airplanes, or brushing up on WWIIhistory.But he wasbest knownfor two things in West Vancouver -growing thebiggest, tastiest tomatoesand driving around town in hisclassic1957 Jaguar XK140; both of which he wouldtinker with endlessly. Dave and his wry senseofhumour will bedeeplymissed by allwho had the pleasure of knowinghim

Obituaries

STEPHENSON (néeHyndman), Kellie April10, 1944− May3,2024

With family at her side, Kelliepassed peacefully. She was born in Juskatla, BC, making herthe first caucasian woman born that farwestinCanada. Kellie waspredeceased by herbrother, Ken Hyndman. She issurvivedbyHoward, herlifelong partner and husband of 60 years; daughterHaidee Landry (Jim); sonJohn Stephenson (Dena); grandchildrenJessica,Breanne, Colton, Liamand Rosie; and three great−grandchildren Kellie was alifelongresidentofNorth Vancouver, growing up in DeepCove. Sheworkedfor BC. Tel. as ateenager until retirementwhenthe company became Telus. She wasanactive, generous person, devotedtofamily, always full of love, sharing and caring.She lived alifefulloffamily, strong friendshipsand adventure. Kellieand Howardwereavid sailorstravellingaroundthe world on ayacht they built in their backyard. She visited 31 countriesand sailed nearly 34,000 nautical miles onthat 9−year voyage, and wasa longtimemember of the Burrard Yacht Club.We’d like to expressour appreciation to the Cedarview Lodge and staff fortheir kind and gentle careof our loved one.

There’ll be acasual gathering to celebrate Kellie’slifeonMonday, July 15, 2024, 11am−2pm at179−216 St Langley, BC. In lieu offlowers, adonation to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC is appreciated.

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St. Christopher’s Spring Fair Saturday, May 25, 10 a.m. to 2p.m. 1068 InglewoodAvenue, West Vancouver Clothing, books, children’s items, baking, local crafters. Bring cash and reusable bags to take home your bargains. www.stchristopherswestvan.org

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