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Local shipyards to consider bid for new ferries Union head says three new mid-sized vessels should be built in B.C.

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NORTH SHORE shipbuilders say they hope to be in the running for contracts to build three new B.C. ferries.

B.C. Ferries announced Tuesday it plans to build three new intermediate class vessels to replace aging vessels between 2014 and 2017, and will award a construction contract in January 2014.

Heads of both Seaspan and Allied Shipbuilders in North Vancouver called the announcement good news for their industry.

“It’s good to see the announcement. It’s exciting,” said Jonathan Whitworth, chief executive officer of Seaspan. Whitworth said the company will have to see more details before deciding whether to bid.

Chuck Ko, head of Allied Shipubuilders, said his company is also “seriously looking into it,” calling the announcement “exciting times.”

Both Canadian and international shipyards have been invited to put their names in for a pre-qualification process, which will determine who gets to bid on the contract.

In 2004, the ferry corporation launched a storm of protest from local shipbuilders after handing a $325 million contract for construction of three Super C class ferries See New page 8

Marijuana advocates in recruiting mode for petition Brent Richter brichter@nsnews.com

NORTH Shore organizers are signing up volunteers after the campaign to decriminalize marijuana possession in B.C. was given the go-ahead to try for a referendum on the issue.

Sensible B.C. received word from Elections B.C. earlier this month that canvassers could collect signatures for an initiative petition, similar to the one that prompted the referendum that killed the Harmonized Sales Tax in 2011.

“It feels good but we know there’s a lot of work ahead of us and it’s a pretty onerous task,” said Michael Charrois, Sensible B.C.’s co-ordinator for North Vancouver.

“We’re focused on what’s need to be done.”

The group, led by Dana Larsen, a former West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country NDP candidate and marijuana activist, needs to get signatures from See Pot page 5

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LUCY, an 11 year-old great horned owl and one of the raptors featured in the Capilano Suspension Bridge’s seasonal Raptors Ridge Birds of Prey sessions, surveys the crowd in front of handler Kim Kamstra. Other raptors featured in the talks include hawks and falcons. Scan with Layar for more photos.

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FAMILIES with babies and toddlers have fun during Mother Goose and More at Lynn Valley Library July 24. Libraries run programs for kids through the summer.

Twinkle, twinkle little stars. . . .

JUST because it’s summer doesn’t mean it’s time to put away the books.

Local libraries are offering a variety of summer programs and activities for children of all ages.

The District of North Vancouver’s Lynn Valley Main library, Parkgate Branch library and Capilano Branch library are all offering programs for young children from infants to preschoolers, featuring stories, songs and rhymes. Check listings for times of these free programs. Most run until the first week of August. For older kids, Bugs, Butterflies and Beyond is a ‘crafternoon’ program, for children aged six and up at the Lynn Valley Library on Wednesday, July 31.

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Pot campaign faces a numbers challenge

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10 per cent of registered voters in all of the province’s 85 ridings between Sept. 9 and Nov. 9. Once the petitioning begins, expect to see Charrois and dozens of other volunteers going door to door and setting up booths in places with heavy foot traffic.

Even though laws against marijuana are federal, the petition calls for changes to the provincial Police Act, to specifically instruct officers not to enforce marijuana possession laws. If successful, the petition would force the provincial government to address the issue, either through a non-binding referendum or bill in the legislature.

Charrois and his fellow campaigners were on the street shaking hands and signing up canvassers in Ambleside on Sunday. “Here on the North Shore, we have 71 people and it’s growing every day,” Charrois said. “Hopefully we get people with their own networks who can get people to sign. We’re growing over the summer.”

It’s hard to predict the initiative’s chances of success, either on the North Shore or province wide, Charrois said. He said he’s received “a pretty positive response when we’re out on the street.”

But he also acknowledged initiative petitions are a strict numbers game. “All it takes is one of the 85 (ridings) to not get 10 per cent of the registered voters,” he said.

Adding to the challenge is that people who want to sign the petition can only do so in the riding in which they are registered to vote. “It can be tricky. If we get someone who lives in West Vancouver and they sign one from North Vancouver, well, it doesn’t count,” he said.

To combat that, canvassers will be out with petition pages for each of the North Shore’s ridings.

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RALPH Sears (centre) and Michael Charrois (right) collected names of potential supporters for Sensible B.C.’s marijuana decriminalization campaign in West Vancouver July 20.

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TTORNEY General Suzanne Anton has announced her ministry will take on a full review of the province’s antiquated liquor regulations and we say cheers to that.

Our laws are among the strictest in Canada and, by extension, the world.

Many of them date back to a time when government was trying to appease the 20th century temperance movement, which viewed booze as sinful, demon alcohol. The temperance leaguers are mostly gone, but many of their rules remain on the books.

Europeans are baffled that, because of our bizarre rat’s nest of rules, we can buy a bottle of wine and lottery tickets in one place, but must go to another if we want some cheese or bread to go with it.

Happy hours? Not for us.

You said it “It was very frightening.

The place would have been in flames in 10 minutes if we hadn’t have called.”

Sammi Bradford-Niemi, 11, describing a fire she and a young friend spotted in a Lynn Valley townhouse (from a July 24 news story).

••• “I cannot comprehend how a three-bedroom unit can comfortably be constructed at 400 square feet and how that can be livable.”

Fourteenth Street resident Kerry Morris questions the City of North Vancouver council’s decision to change the minimum size of condos, regardless of how many rooms there are (from a July 24 news story).

••• “I can’t think of another organization in the world that has had a woman at its head for 63 years. This is the most modern, equality-based organization in the world.”

Keith Roy, vice chairman of the Monarchist League of Canada in Vancouver, commenting following the birth of Prince George on the bright future ahead for the modern monarchy (from a July 24 news story).

Wine and a movie? Nope.

Only recently have we been allowed to bring our own wine to a meal out.

But restaurants and entertainment venues often still live or die based on whether they can wrest a liquor licence from the B.C. Liquor Control and Licensing Branch that will work for both the province, and their customers.

There’s even talk of — gasp — allowing us to have a glass of wine with a picnic in the park or a beer at the beach.

No one is saying we should repeal the rules about public intoxication or underage drinking. Those things will remain every bit as illegal as before.

But as long as the province remembers these are rules for adults, and keeps the consumer in mind when making changes, we’ll raise a glass to some new, and more modern, ideas.

Crocodile tears flow on highrise votes If it is not right, do not do it: if it is not true, do not say it.

Let your impulse be in your own power.

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SUMMER is the silly season in the media world, but the tsunami of media hype that helped buy an election and that’s now trying to lull B.C. voters into supporting a future here clogged by coal, natural gas and more dirty oil problems is as serious as a heart attack.

Not everyone wants to think about ethical responsibility regarding our children’s future, but in preparation for upcoming fall election campaigns in Washington State, Seattle’s KCTS public television has been airing outstanding civic issues programming lately. Its recent self-produced documentary on the export coal-port debate was superior reporting. Why couldn’t we

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Trevor Carolan have had something similar here addressing both sides of the pipeline expansion debate in B.C.?

That would have meant airing some of the dirty laundry that the fossil fuel lobby prefers locked up.

Breaking the mould this past week was Knowledge Network’s outstanding docufeature on the 2006 sinking of the Queen of the North ferry off Hartley Bay. That’s a disaster Enbridge pipeline supporters don’t want us thinking about. Shipping mega-cargoes of Alberta’s dirty

oil through B.C.’s dangerous northern waters is supposed to be as safe as Thomas the Tank Engine. A big spill can’t happen, right? But the marine disaster we dread already happened. First Nations residents in the region have had their ocean food sources contaminated by seepage from the sunken ferry: 220,000 litres of diesel and 23,000 litres of oil still lie 400 metres deep.

That’s not fear-mongering, just hideous fact.

Remember it when B.C. Liberals suddenly start thinking of good reasons to “reluctantly” support the Northern Gateway pipeline.

You know that particular voting technique. It’s the one that District of North Vancouver mayor and councillors have been perfecting while radically transforming the district landscape on behalf of big property developers and Metro Vancouver bureaucrats. It’s called wanting jam on both sides of your bread. You vote for unpopular redevelopment proposals while talking about how bad it makes you feel.

Local history shows that

it’s hard for a mayor not to support the big business boys.

Few have that kind of moral courage. Councillors though are expected to represent local voters. In the district they’d like us to feel sorry for them while overpopulating and densifying neighbourhoods despite community resistance.

There’s Coun. Robin Hicks talking to the good people of Edgemont Village about why he’s “reluctantly” voting for the latest big-money seniors living facility there. And there’s Coun.

Mike Little courageously voting against that same towering three-storey application. Too bad this hero didn’t have the courage to speak out against the 33-storey highrise Godzilla at Seylynn where people don’t vote in quite the same big numbers, or against the 11-storey seniors highrise at Parkgate. That’s the one he joined in supporting against the wishes of more than 1,000 local residents protesting against it.

It’s also the same highrise he now complains has only 34 per cent occupancy— essentially proving what the neighbourhood told him: that

there wasn’t need for that kind of height here. A decent fourstorey job would have sufficed — exactly what the locals he ignored told him.

Big buildings, big sell-outs.

If you know how the other votes on council will play out in advance, you can even vote against a project knowing it’ll pass.

And there’s “supersize me” Coun. Roger Bassam, who took it upon himself after a previous vote dropped the height of the biggest Seylynn tower down to only mid-20s level to ask for a vote of reconsideration.

That way it could be inflated back to “the full Nanaimo” as these preposterous decisions used to be called in Alan Fotheringham’s heyday.

It really hurt Mayor Richard Walton and some of the other councillors to vote in support of that towering monstrosity too. From their crocodile tears you’d have thought they were constructing a city as beautiful as Paris. Except classy Parisians have fought since their Revolution to keep the most See Council page 9

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Beauty queens and scientists, watch out IF, after this column is published, they find my body stuffed in a barrel of maple syrup floating down the Rideau Canal, you’ll know that I came too close to the truth, that I knew too much.

If that happens, friends, please don’t seek revenge by violence. What this country needs is more peace and co-operation, not more strife and fear. Also a Stanley Cup winner would be nice.

Anyone? Luongo?

Anyhoo, what secret do I know? I have the famous “enemy” list that caused such a stir last week. In a ploy ripped from the pages of a 15year-old girl’s diary, the Prime Minister’s Office sent out a memo directing Conservative staffers to compile lists for new Government of Canada cabinet ministers detailing “Who to engage or avoid: friend and enemy.” They weren’t talking about the Taliban either — they meant dangerous Canadians like Rex Murphy and Anne of Green Gables. Sassy radicals, both of them.

How did I get the enemy list? It was sent to me by a friend who doesn’t exist on a plane that doesn’t fly. Wink wink, know what I mean?

Alright, shoot. I don’t have the real list. No one who would dare to make the list public has seen it. That’s why all we can do is guess, which I’m going to do here.

Hopefully this doesn’t land

Laugh All You Want Andy Prest

me on List 2.0 — I don’t want PMO goons hacking my computer and finding out all my secrets (I swear, I have no idea how all those nude pictures of Laura Secord got onto my hard drive. I didn’t even know they had digital cameras back in the 1800s).

Here’s the list. If you’re on it, you’re an enemy of the state — your Canadian Tire money is no longer good here.

Miss Canada contestants: These leggy go-getters are always going on and on about “world peace” this and “global harmony” that. Well Miss, you can kindly cram it. Canada did give the world Lester B. Pearson, the father of modern United Nations peacekeeping and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, but that’s not how we roll now. In 2012 Canada ranked 53rd in the world with “less than a schoolbus-load” of peacekeepers deployed, according to a Globe and Mail article. Word is we did give those peacekeepers a brown bag lunch on the school bus

but, of course, they were less well armed than an average bus full of eighth graders.

Anyway, keep the peace and talk to yourselves, beauty queens. The authors of the “enemy list” will be keeping a very close eye on all your activities. Very close.

Beach babes and dudes: You’re on watch too, all you gorgeous people on Kitsilano Beach. Your enemy status was confirmed earlier this year when the Conservatives took away your Coast Guard station, formerly the busiest in Canada. You and your sculpted abs can fend for

yourselves — don’t come whining to the government at the first sign of trouble.

“Oh boo hoo, my sexy lungs are full of water. Wah wah, my beautiful blond hair is caught in a fishing line.”

Pipe down, stud. And stay away from those fishing lines — these oceans are for fish farms and oil tankers, not for paddling very slowly on top of a surfboard.

You may have noticed an interesting pattern on the list so far: everyone on it is in the young hottie demographic.

Just take note — if you’re young and sexy, you might

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Statisticians: Beat it nerds.

What’s that? Nerds are cool now? No they’re not. You know what’s cool? Not knowing stuff. You’re on the enemy list, stat heads. Make sure you include that when you’re filling out the next census.

Scientists: What part of shut up and do your job don’t you understand? Wait, make that shut up and don’t do your job. Don’t worry — politicians know everything they need to know already.

The Earth is getting warmer?

want to act extra-Conservative to avoid the list. Now who’s next?

Justin Trudeau: Oh boy, let’s move on.

Accountants: OK, here we go — finally an enemy that hits closer to home for the Conservative government’s Old Whitey Town base. Of course, those bean counters lost their privileges when they started counting all the beans in the expense accounts of Conservative senators. What part of “conservative” made you think they were overly concerned with managing money wisely?

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to a German shipyard. The corporation said at the time the deal was more than $150 million cheaper than what it could have negotiated with local shipbuilders.

George MacPherson, spokesman for the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Industrial Union, is hopeful it will be different this time.

“We think they’re probably a perfect fit to be built in British Columbia,” said MacPherson about the intermediate class vessels. “We think that we have the capacity and the manpower to do these jobs, so we think it will work well for the industry here.”

Seaspan is currently about a quarter of the way through a $150-million to $200-million NEWS file photo modernization of the shipyard to accommodate construction HEADS of both Seaspan Shipyards and Allied Shipbuilders say they hope they’ll be of several large vessels for the in a position to bid on the construction contract for three new ferries. federal government. In 2011, the company was awarded an estimated $8 billion federal contract natural gas, though more technical and financial details will have to to build at least seven non-combat vessels. The first of those ships be ironed out before it can be finalized.

“It really won’t affect that much from the shipyards standpoint,” — an offshore fisheries and science vessel — is expected to get said MacPherson. “It certainly drives up the cost of the vessel and underway next year.

Contracts for the two largest vessels — the joint support ships I think B.C. Ferries certainly understands that.”

LNG is a direction a lot of the frontrunners of ferry operators for the navy, budgeted at $2.6 billion — will come later in the are heading towards, said Ko. “It would be cutting edge technology project.

Whitworth said this week the timing of the federal vessel that’s being introduced in British Columbia and we have LNG construction will likely determine whether Seaspan bids on the resources so it all makes sense,” he said.

If Seaspan did make a bid, the LNG fuelled ships would be the ferries contract. “It all depends on the specifications and the timing of deliveries,” he said. “We’ve got a tall order to deliver on the first they have dealt with, said Brian Carter, president of Seaspan federal government projects and it was always designed that we Shipyards. “The biggest impact there would be the containment could do both federal vessels and third party, like B.C. Ferries, but it system for the LNG fuel, but that’s not brand new technology,” said Carter. “It is the way of the future and I think it’d be great all depends on whether or not we have capacity in the shipyard.”

“If there’s something that we can fit into our programs then we if B.C. Ferries does head in that direction. It burns much cleaner, that’s the main difference, and as a fuel it’s less expensive than look forward to doing it,” he added.

B.C. Ferries is hoping to have the new vessels fuelled by liquefied diesel.”

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Council zombies made at Metro

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From page 6 beautiful city on earth almost uniformly six-stories high throughout its vast central area. It’s an ancient law supported by commoners and kings alike — “the right to sunlight.” These district dullards need to travel more, hopefully at their own expense.

Unfortunately, they seem to invest too much time attending Metro Vancouver meetings in places like Burnaby Metrotown and Surrey. That’s where the Stockholm Syndrome sets in. You start out with a conscience, maybe even a set of ethics. Before you know it, the unelected, overpaid bureaucrats who control your information flows, and who can influence who gets invited to serve on committees — and earn extra money — begin the transformation. Few resist the pressure and flattery. Soon you’re another municipal council zombie, still dreaming of becoming premier or future federal cabinet material while voting the way the Metro bureaucrats coax you to. Bye-bye independent thinking.

Suddenly 30-storey towers almost make sense in the District of North Vancouver, except that they don’t. Never mind: the Metro Van bullies tell you it’s the right thing to do. That’s what becomes of the dream in municipal politics.

We’re conditioned to believe that what we’re given is the way life should be. What happened to freedom of thinking? Why, for example, have district mayor and council studiously avoided any discussion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal the corporate and federal heavies are trying to ram down our throats in Burrard Inlet? The biggest issue in the region and we get a herd of municipal ostriches, heads down with a few standard cop-outs about why they shouldn’t have to speak. Why are the TsleilWaututh, a small First Nations people, having to lead public debate on this burning issue that everyone knows is coming down like the horsemen of the Apocalypse?

Alas, Mayor Richard Walton and DNV council are only halfway through their mandate. There’s plenty left for them to do and you have to feel for Lynn Valley, where the next big Frankenstein experiment in better highrise living is set to ignite.

Meanwhile, Cedar Cove has just premiered. Hope you caught it.

It’s a speciality channel program filmed in Deep Cove. Last week, I counted 46 hands on the job one morning beside the government dock with similar numbers in the lab editing post-production.

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A10 - North Shore News - Sunday, July 28, 2013

Causeway safety options under review Ministry examining sidewalk changes after cyclist’s death in May

spokeswoman for the Ministry of Transportation.

“The review will look at multiple variables including effectiveness of each option, impact to environment and current infrastructure, constructability and cost.”

The improvements could be an opportunity for the North Shore to get more people cycling from Stanley Park to the Spirit Trail, but signs and safer connections have to be made first, said Wahl.

“Right now the causeway is really a missing gap, and other routes leading to the bridge are not signed either and they’re mostly not really safe,” she said. “The issue is that there are more and more people riding their bike to work or wherever and there are more people using the causeway.”

Wahl said it took the death of somebody to get the ministry to look at the causeway safety issues and the quicker they can make the changes the better.

“We just don’t want something else to happen in the mean time,” she said.

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CHANGES to make cycling the Stanley Park causeway safer for cyclists are being fast-tracked by the province after the fatal crash of a cyclist two months ago.

Cyclists lobbied for safety improvements after a 61-year-old woman from North Vancouver was killed May 25 after she fell off the sidewalk while riding her bike and was struck by a West Vancouver transit bus.

Following the accident, HUB, a cycling advocacy organization, created a petition demanding sidewalk improvements and gathered more than 600 signatures.

Now it appears those calls for change are prompting action.

Recently, B.C.’s Transportation Minister Todd Stone met with the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Parks Board to discuss short and long term safety solutions for cyclists on the causeway.

“The tragedy that took place on the Stanley Park Causeway obviously gave us all pause,” said Stone in public statements this week. “The Ministry of Transportation is absolutely committed to developing a plan for improvements.”

Stone said those improvements could include barriers, sidewalk widening, and separate pathways for pedestrians and cyclists.

“Certainly, my instructions to my staff have been to expedite these discussions and make sure, in concert with the city of Vancouver and Vancouver Parks Board, that we’re in a position to actually implement some improvements as soon as possible,” he said. “The review our ministry undertook several weeks ago is very close to

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CITY of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto leads a group of cyclists up Jones Avenue, July 6, on a tour of current and proposed city cycling routes. being done.”

Antje Wahl, North Shore committee chairwoman for HUB, said her group is happy plans for the safety improvements are moving ahead.

Wahl said she is hoping the ministry will include some public input when they finalize changes.

“The number 1 priority is to have some kind of barrier between people on bikes and car traffic because there is just no room for error right now,” she said. “The second thing is to then also separate pedestrians and cyclists because the current

sidewalk is quite narrow and speed difference is so large.”

Wahl said even having a bell on a bike does not work, as most pedestrians cannot hear them over the car traffic. “It’s very difficult to communicate,” said Wahl.

The results of the ministry’s review will be released soon, said Stone, hopefully by the end of the summer. The ministry will be meeting again with the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Parks Board to “review and discuss the options that have been identified,” said Kate Trotter,

Maybe it’s just you — your pants are on fire.

The Green Party: Just kidding. Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs to have heard of you if you’re going to make the list.

The word “Canada”: A couple of years ago the PMO re-branded “Government of Canada” on official documents to read “Harper Government.” Oops, looks like I slipped “Government of Canada” into this very column a few paragraphs back. I’m very, very sorry!

Don’t put me on the list! I’ll make it up to you.

I’ll start a petition that we change the name of the national anthem. How does “O Harper” sound?

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‘Missing’ man found at party

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NORMALLY, when North Shore Rescue volunteers are called out to find a missing person, there’s actually someone in need of help.

But when they scrambled two ground teams and a helicopter to search the Mount Seymour area recently, it was all for a false alarm — one that should have been avoided, according to North Shore Rescue team leader Tim Jones.

The RCMP asked for North Shore Rescue’s help after a mountain biker last seen on July 16 failed to come home.

He told his roommate he would be riding for the rest of the day.

Jones interviewed the worried roommate and determined the overdue mountain biker could be lost in the rugged Boulder Creek area.

“We immediately got a helicopter up with fading light to look into the Boulder Creek specifically to see if he was in there, injured and could not get out,” Jones said. “Concurrently we had two field teams go into Boulder Creek and into the Indian Arm.” The man’s cellphone was reportedly not working and he was otherwise incommunicado.

RCMP checked with local hospitals and the mountain bike community responded by spreading the word on social media.

Social media, it turned out, was the key to finding the “missing man” who had been at a party in Vancouver all along.

“There was a lot of activity of people trying to figure out where he was,” Jones said. “The RCMP phoned us. They were not pleased. He had been located at a party in Kitsilano.”

The attempted rescue not only took volunteers’ time and resources, it also put them in danger, Jones said.

Several search and rescue volunteers have died while responding to false alarms.

“This individual, in our opinion, is a completely irresponsible person,” Jones said. “He put our team members at risk.”

While it is always advisable to let a friend know when you are going into the backcountry, it’s also important to follow up if you change plans, Jones said.

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A12 - North Shore News - Sunday, July 28, 2013

BRIGHT LIGHTS

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Capilano University Alumni Awards of Excellence

Capilano University Alumni Association board of directors member Erin Robinson and chairman Geoffrey Rosen with president and vice-chancellor Kris Bulcroft

Capilano University Foundation manager of development Kari Wharton and alumni relations officer Janis Connolly The Capilano University 2013 Alumni Awards of Excellence were presented June 19 at the institution’s Nat and Flora Bosa Centre for Film and Animation. The awards are presented to alumni, faculty and friends of the university from a variety of backgrounds. Guests were treated to a reception prior to the presentation of awards, including the President’s Service, Distinguished Alumni, One To Watch, and Awards for Excellence in Empowering Learning. Scan with Layar to watch vignettes of this year’s winners.

Rita and Tony Nardi, vice-president of logistics and community for Neptune Terminals, recipient of a President’s Service Award

Excellence in Empowering Learning Award recipients Cam Sylvester, Lars Kaario and Deb Jamison

Capilano University Foundation chairwoman Jeri Krogseth and foundation executive director Irene Chanin

Doug Fleming and wife Dee Daniels

Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Chris O’Donohue, owner of Great Canadian Landscaping Company, with baby Harper and wife Laura Clarke

Please direct requests for event coverage to: emcphee@nsnews.com. For more Bright Lights photos go to: nsnews.com/galleries.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to ACTIVE LIVING

THE CONNECTED WOMAN GARDEN PARTY

Event to help women connect ■ The Connected Woman Association’s Summer Garden Party is being held Wednesday, July 31 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Park and Tilford Gardens in North Vancouver. Free for members/$20 for nonmembers. Registration and info: theconnectedwoman. com.

B.C. BIKE RACE Columnist Dave Norona goes along for the ride. page 14 STAY COOL Stay calorie-conscious when choosing your favourite summer refresher. page 14 HEALTH NOTES page 15

A professional mentor and business adviser to entrepreneurs, longtime North Shore resident Cathy Kuzel endeavours to help people stand up and stand out in their business.

For more than 25 years, the small business expert has been networking and working to build successful business relationships.

For her efforts, she was recently named one of the Top 10 Mentors in Canada and was nominated for the 2013 YWCA Women of Distinction Award.

Involved with the Women’s Enterprise Centre, Canadian Youth Business Foundation and Junior Achievement, Kuzel is also the founder and chairwoman of The Connected Woman Association.

To raise awareness of the North Shore-based association,Kuzelispresenting a Summer Garden Party this week in North Vancouver.

The networking soiree is open to entrepreneurial women and business professionals of all ages and stages from throughout the Lower Mainland.

The North Shore News recently caught up with Kuzel to find out more.

Kuzel: Years of traditional business networking provided insight on the types of people that network and how they network and that led me to write my book, Are You a Collector or a Connector?

I realized that other women in business were looking for the same thing I was: a business organization built on consistency, opportunity and mentorship that would make a difference to our personal growth, our confidence, our businesses and careers.

The Connected Woman Association was created in 2008 for that purpose.

North Shore News: When did you found The Connected Woman? For what purpose?

North Shore News: What is its mission?

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THE Connected Woman’s Cathy Kuzel (right), joined by Jockey Person to Person’s Willa Gibson (left) and Prudential Sussex Realty’s Ruth Hanson, invite entrepreneurial women of all ages and stages to join them for a Summer Garden Party, Wednesday, July 31 at Park and Tilford Gardens.

Woman Association provides an opportunity for women to exchange ideas and knowledge, experience and expertise; offer solutions and options; inspire women to grow; and encourage and equip themselves to achieve their goals. It is about community and relationships, rather than traditional business networking.

North Shore News: Who is it tailored towards?

Kuzel: The association is for female entrepreneurs and business owners who are tired of conventional networking pitches, events filled with salespeople trying to sell other salespeople, and rooms filled with collectors

and no connectors.

North Shore News: What sort of programming does it offer?

Kuzel: We have monthly morning meetings called C3: Coffee, Conversations and Connections.

Rather than listen to a speaker or talking head at the front of the room, we enjoy a brief introduction from an expert and then gather in small groups to discuss the meeting’s topic. Sharing with others about our experiences, challenges and successes creates connections.

We also offer business training workshops, peer mentoring group programs as well as social events.

North Shore News: How can women get involved?

Kuzel: If you are an initiator, a visionary, an entrepreneur, or just someone who has a passion for collaborating with other talented women, we would love for you to join us.

North Shore News: What is the goal of the Garden Party?

Kuzel: Our annual Summer Garden Party is just one of our social events for the year that provides an opportunity for women to connect and check us out.

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I smile as I sit among the giant cedar trees overlooking the beautiful backdrop of Whistler.

August 13 Maple Beach Solo Multi-Sport #3 August 20 Jug Island Time Trial #2

Over the last seven days, as part of the B.C. Bike Race, I’ve travelled 400 kilometres of epic single track from Cumberland to Whistler along with 550 athletes from all over the planet.

This was the seventh edition of the race, and I must say it was the best yet! Dean Payne and Andreas Hestler are at the helm of this amazing event, which takes participants off the beaten path and through some of the most breathtaking mountain bike terrain the world has to offer. However, it is the dedicated crew and volunteers that enable this rolling circus to ease from town to town, showcasing the magical trails and ambiance that only small town British Columbia possesses.

The incredible athletes make their way to the start line each day regardless of the aches

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and pains that plague their exhausted bodies. Their smiles invigorate the soul as they speed off into the tight, rooty, rocky single track, letting out “yahoos” wherever possible.

Once they’re off their bikes the race continues, but this time it’s to shovel food into their withering bodies! Then it’s off to get showered, clean their bikes, and get settled into tents for a much-needed rest.

I’ve been working with the B.C. Bike Race since day 1 and enjoy cruising through the single track on my trials motorbike filming the athletes throughout the day. The trials bike allows me to run with leaders at their blistering pace and also ease back through the pack to capture each different rider experience. Off my bike, I race to download the footage, sift through it and put together a film of the day. This allows racers to relive the day and for their families around the world to see what they are experiencing.

Some people have asked me how our crew is able to pull off this amazing event. The secret is that each individual who is a part of the crew or is volunteering goes above and beyond to ensure their specific task gets accomplished. It also makes a huge difference that all of our sponsors, like B.C. Ferries, Shimano and our founding sponsor, Harbour Air, care

so much that they too go the extra mile. In fact, when we could fit no more people on the Saltery Bay ferry, Harbour Air’s president, Greg McDougall, called in extra twin otter float planes to whisk stranded racers to the start line, all while he was getting ready for his race day.

In my opinion, the B.C. Bike Race is probably one of the best tourism promotions that British Columbia has.

Most people want adventure when they travel and this event offers an adventure of a lifetime.

Athletes and their families get to experience our beautiful backyard and are treated like royalty. I can’t wait for next year! For more info, check out bcbikerace.com.

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IT’S official, summer is finally here — the kiddies are out of school, the sun is shining and as a bonus it’s actually hot outside.

But before you start complaining that it’s too hot and abandon your outdoor adventures I thought I would break down the nutritional information on your favourite refresher. Lucky for you there are many fast food chains and coffee shops that pretty much make the same delicious iced coffee, but should an ice coffee be your goto summer beverage?

Unfortunately, all have a ton of sugar!

Generally, for the smallest size available you’re already looking at approximately 35 grams of sugar. For reference, 345 millilitres of cola contains 39 grams of sugar.

According to the 2012 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, no guidelines are in place for daily sugar intake. However, the American Heart Association recommends reducing your added sugar intake to no more than 100 calories/day for women and 150 calories/day for men. To help digest these numbers, one gram of sugar equates to four calories. Therefore, one iced coffee equals a day’s worth of added sugar for both women and men. Added sugar is very different than sugar found naturally in many healthy foods like fruit, so the focus is just on added sugar and sugar from high-calorie foods.

As a side note, it’s easy to forget that drinks, like food, have calories. If you eat or drink more calories than you burn off each day, you will gain weight. This is why experts believe that drinks may be related to the current obesity problem.

To make any drink healthier, ask for the smallest size and have it made with skim

milk and no whip cream. Whatever drink you choose, enjoy it not as your everyday refresher, rather as an amazing treat on a hot beautiful sunny summer day.

Foryoureverydayrefresher,Irecommend good old water. To stay well hydrated during the day, aim to drink between six and eight cups of water. One trick is to carry around a water bottle — you’ll be surprised how often it needs to be refilled. Also, if you can’t stand the taste of water, try adding fresh lemons or cucumbers for some natural flavour.

Cheers!

Jessica Pirnak is a dietetics student at the University of British Columbia and intern at the B.C. Cancer Agency and Children’s and Women’s Hospital. She is a local foodie and is passionate about nutrition and food education. To read more of her articles, visit foodyourself.com.

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Kay Alsop leads the way to her inner sanctum.

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The first story she tells is classic. Kay is assigned to interview Zsa Zsa Gabor, in town to add pizzazz to the opening of a downtown hotel.

Ms. Gabor arrived late and kicked off the interview with a question of her own.

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KAY Alsop’s career highlights include an interview with Zsa Zsa Gabor, serving as The Province’s fashion editor and receiving a YWCA Women of Distinction Award. you’ll be fine.”

Interview completed and deadline looming, Kay rushed back to the paper’s newsroom to write the story.

“There I was, whanging away, copyboys running off with the ‘takes’ (pages) as they came off the typewriter.”

Needless to say, Kay met the deadline.

Kay’s career began in her hometown of Winnipeg. She was married (to Cy Alsop for more than 60 years), raising three children, doing some modelling and working as a freelance journalist.

One day, while Kay was overseeing a fashion photo shoot at the famous intersection of Portage and Main streets, a friendly onlooker spoke up, “You’re having fun, aren’t you?”

Her new chum turned out to be Mary Liz Bayer, host of CBC Television’s Ladies First. Yes indeed, Kay was having fun. That combination of personality and professionalism led to interview assignments and ultimately to a two-year stint as the program’s host.

Next came appearances as a guest panelist on Canada’s iconic television series Front Page Challenge and the lesser known but equally challenging history quiz program Flashback.

Kay’s television career halted when Canadian

General Insurance transferred Cy and the family to Vancouver where, in 1968, West Vancouver became their home.

Kay knocked on some doors at CBC Vancouver but they did not open. “Okay, I got out my tape recorder and started doing interviews.

Chief Dan George was the first,” recalls Kay. Then, a lunch date opened a brand new door.

Simma Holt, like Kay a guest panelist on Front Page Challenge, was at that lunch.

Holt, a veteran reporter with The Province, thought Kay should join the paper. “‘Never in a million years,’ I said. I had no formal training in journalism,” recalls Kay. “Simma convinced me to give it a try.

She gave me my start, she was my mentor and we’re friends to this day.”

Kay’s editor, “Pat Wallace of The Province,” as the West Vancouverborn newspaperwoman was known, was another advocate.

“Pat let me write what I wanted to write,” says Kay, and so she did for the next 15 years.

Kay was the first woman to fly with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. She interviewed Pierre Trudeau and Thomas Berger and See Longtime page 17

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NOTICES Memory Games for Body, Balance and Brain: A unique total body workout that combines physical fitness with brain fitness to help improve memory, concentration and balance Mondays, 1-3 p.m. until Aug. 26 at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. Drop-in fee: $7. Info: 604-982-8330.

Table Games: Drop in and play bridge, scrabble, tile rummy, or other board games Tuesdays, 1-2 p.m. at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Drop-in fee: $2, coffee, tea and cookies provided. Info: 604-987-5820.

The Seniors’ Tennis Association of the North Shore will host its annual picnic and round robin event Wednesday, Aug. 7 (weather permitting) at the Murdo Frazer Park tennis courts, off Elizabeth Way, North Vancouver. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. with a maximum of 72 players. Lunch will take place at noon. Free. Info: seniorstennis.ca. The association also invites players 55+ of all skill levels to play daytime tennis Mondays to Fridays at reserved North Shore court times. Annual fee: $20. Info: seniorstennis.ca or seniorstennis@yahoo.com.

SPORTS, RECREATION, GAMES, FITNESS AND HEALTH Ramblers: Meet at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. for an eight- to 10-kilometre hike every Monday at 9:30 a.m., rain or shine. Terrain is varied and proper footwear and clothing are required. Bring water and a bagged lunch. New participants must phone prior to the first hike. Info: 604-925-7280 or westvancouver.ca/seniors.

Scrabble: Informal games to test your spelling Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. Free. Info: 604-980-2474 or silverharbourcentre.com.

Seniors’ Chair Exercise Classes: A free drop-in program Wednesdays, 1-2 p.m. at St. Martin’s Anglican Church, 195 East Windsor Rd., North Vancouver. The class is low-impact concentrating on balance, stability and core strength for fall prevention. There will also be work on upper and lower body strength with a cardiovascular component. Following the class there will be a healthy snack and an opportunity to socialize. Registration and info: Beverley, 604988-1410.

Seniors Cyclists: For a schedule of rides visit westvancouver.ca/ seniors. Routes vary between 25 and 50 kilometres and are about three hours long.

Snooker: Everyone from novice to expert is welcome Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m. at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St.,

Table Tennis: Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to noon and Fridays, 1-3 p.m. at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. Fee: $18 per season. Equipment provided. Info: 604980-2474 or silverharbourcentre.com.

Table Tennis: Wednesdays, 2:45-5 p.m.; Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 12:30-2:30 p.m.; and Sundays, 11:15 to 1 p.m. at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. Drop-in fee: $2. Info: 604-925-7280 or westvancouver.ca/seniors.

Tai Chi: Healing exercises that promote calmness, strength, flexibility and confidence Tuesdays, 9-10 a.m. at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. Fee: $26 for eight classes.

Info: 604-980-2474 or silverharbourcentre.com.

Tai Chi Yang Style: This class will introduce the basic principles and movement of tai chi Wednesdays, 10:30-11:45 a.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver.

Drop-in fee: $8/$6.50. Info: 604-982-8326.

Walking Club: Walk local trails and pathways, then meet for coffee Mondays, 10-11:45 a.m. at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Participants should be able to walk comfortably for a minimum of one hour. Drop-in fee: non-members $4/ members $2. Info: 604-987-5820.

Walking Group: Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. at North Shore Volunteers for Seniors, 275 21st St., West Vancouver. Info: 604-922-1575, info@nsvs.ca or nsvs.ca.

Yoga: Gentle stretches and breathing exercises to help flexibility and relax your mind Mondays, 9-10 a.m. at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. Fee: $48 for eight classes. Info: 604-980-2474 or silverharbourcentre.com.

— compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@nsnews.com.

Longtime storyteller continues to weave tales worth reading From page 16

walked the beat with Vancouver policeman Whistling Bernie Smith. She wrote on women’s equality and issues in family law. She was the paper’s fashion editor for five years until confronted by mandatory retirement in 1985.

Kay retired from The Province but not from journalism.

She was scooped up by the Whistler Journal and continued working as a magazine editor and feature writer. In 1987, she received a YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Communications and Public Affairs.

Family, friends and faith are the focus of Kay’s life these days. She’s a great-grandmother, teaches Sunday school at First Church of Christ, Scientist West Vancouver, and studies French. Most mornings, she’s off to fitness classes at the West

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Vancouver community centre, when not gadding about with friends — a train trip to Whistler was their latest jaunt.

Kay is still writing. She has just completed a biography of Glenn McPherson. Chairman of Okanagan Helicopters and one of the first Whistler visionaries, in the Second World War, McPherson worked for William Stephenson, Canadian spymaster, whose code name was Intrepid.

As Kay Alsop approaches her 93rd birthday in August, she is reflective.

“I’ve had so much help along the way. I’m the luckiest old broad on the planet and proof that miracles can, and do, happen.”

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List features summer sippers and BBQ drops THERE’S no time like in the midst of a rare West Coast heat wave to roll out a list of noteworthy budget sippers and good value barbecue drops.

In summer we crave whites that are often lower in alcohol and are crisp and fresh, with no or negligible oak. (Not to mention lighter reds to rosés.)

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Just the ticket for a chilled seafood salad and one of the best deals around for $11.99 (BCLS) 88 points.

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THE allure of Paris enticed London-based fashion publicist Rachel Khoo to give up her job and move to the City of Light.

There she enrolled in Le Cordon Bleu and began her culinary adventure. Falling in love with both the city and its food led Khoo to immerse herself in French cuisine.

Five years later, she is sharing her story in this delightful cookbook.

Putting her own spin on some classic dishes like steak tartar and coq au vin, Khoo shares not only a collection of recipes but also her discovery of them.

Her sense of style pervades the book like the sweet smell of fresh baking and we are brought along for the ride with her as she shops, cooks and explores her way throughout the city. The food is beautifully

photographed by David Loftus, but he provides much more than food pictures as he documents Khoo’s experiences both in and out of the kitchen.

The recipes are divided into seven chapters: Everyday Cooking, Snack Time, Summer Picnics, Aperitifs, Dinner with Friends and Family, Sweet Treats, and French Basics.

Each recipe is presented with Khoo’s description of her connection to the dish, followed by her detailed cooking instructions. It is soon apparent that the cliché of butter-laden, overly complicated French cooking is not the case.

With her easygoing writing and willingness to be the subject for Loftus’ lens, Khoo manages to make this feel like a shared personal journey.

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Untraining a behaviour takes patience Canine Connection Joan Klucha

FORTUNATELY my little dog Raider was on leash when he decided it was a good idea to chase after a cyclist.

I, of course, did not think it was a good idea for him to chase after a cyclist.

Raider, being an Australian cattle dog, border collie cross has an incredible prey drive — for actual prey. The prey drive is the instinctual desire to chase after things. Some dogs have a higher degree of this instinct than others and some dogs express this prey drive with different objects and in different situations.

For example, my German shepherd will chase squirrels, a ball, stick or Frisbee ceaselessly but could care less about horses, cyclists or joggers running by. Meanwhile Raider could care less about balls and sticks but he loves to chase cows, goats, geese and, well, cyclists!

The chasing cows and goats thing is due to the fact that I have been training him to work cows while I am on horseback, which is one of the reasons I chose to adopt him.

But the cyclist thing was a surprise to me.

Realizing this behaviour could potentially lead to problems when he is off leash and we are around cyclists or joggers, we have started an untraining-training regime.

I am untraining Raider to chase certain things while maintaining his training to chase other things.

I approach this situation with a great deal of patience.

Because he is going to learn something that is counterintuitive, I will only use positive reinforcement to build a new image in his head about chasing things. Using punishment could increase his agitation around cyclists and using negative reinforcement — which is the removal of a reward for an inappropriate behaviour — would not work because the biggest reward to Raider would be chasing the cyclist. No treat could compete with that and I am certainly not going to allow any chasing of any kind around cyclists as a reward.

The image I want to create in his head is that cyclists mean calm disinterested behaviour.

Starting him on leash, I go to an area that is frequented by cyclists and I observe him as we approach the moving bikers. The moment he begins to show signs of being just the slightest bit stimulated by the movement of the cyclists I immediately stop. I don’t ask Raider to sit — or do anything really — as I am not teaching him any obedience exercises around the cyclists.

Rather, I am rewarding calm and disinterested behaviour, which he needs to express willingly as opposed to me asking for it.

If I ask him to sit, he could easily be in an over-stimulated state internally but because

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he is sitting on command he is only showing me his external state of being, which is considered a false behaviour.

If I reward this, then I could be rewarding an agitated dog that sits nicely. I want a calm dog that is unreactive — no matter what position he is in.

So I wait quietly until Raider goes to a neutral state and turns his attention away from the cyclists and towards me.

When he does this I mark the behaviour with a “yes”

then give him a treat and praise. When he successfully begins to show unreactive behaviour consistently then I end the exercise with his recall, “Raider come” and run backwards away from the cyclist, with him leashed.

If Raider did not have a good recall, then I would start teaching him one, before we went anywhere near cyclists.

If you don’t have a reliable recall, you don’t have a dog!

After we successfully work

in a calm disinterested state at one distance, we then move a bit closer. Again I observe Raider to identify the exact moment he becomes slightly stimulated by the cyclist and we begin our training at that point. I will continue this style of training, creeping closer until we are right beside cyclists whizzing by without Raider giving them anything more than a slight glance.

This whole process might take an hour, it may take a

week or it might take a month or longer. It all depends on Raider and how quickly he is able to return to a calm neutral state amidst chaos.

The key — as always — to training a new behaviour or untraining a behaviour is patience and perseverance.

Joan Klucha has been working with dogs for more than 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

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Crofts scores silver at University Games WEST Vancouver’s Helen Crofts helped Team Canada score a silver-medal finish on the track in the women’s 4x400-metre relay at the World University Games held earlier this month in Kazan, Russia.

the Velox Rugby Club. Some of the women she was playing with were members of the senior women’s national team, and Neilson held her own. She was 12.

“That was the first time I really got to see elite women’s players,” she said. “Being able to train with them was just eyeopening.”

Then came the pain. Not physical but emotional, which can be a lot worse for a kid just entering the teenage years. Neilson’s mom and step-dad both took jobs in Vancouver and so, just before entering high school, Neilson was uprooted from all of her friends and teammates in Victoria and plopped down into the concrete and glass of Yaletown in the heart of downtown Vancouver.

“I was not very happy about it,” she said. “At the end of Grade 7 you think you’re on top of the world and then you get dug out of the hometown you’ve grown up in. It’s a little tough.”

With the move imminent one of Neilson’s rugby mentors made a suggestion that put a spring back into the young star’s step. As long as the move was unavoidable, Neilson should make the most of it and seek out Carson Graham, a school that was in the midst of a run of seven straight provincial rugby titles.

Neilson jumped at the chance even though it meant an hour commute of Canada Line, Seabus, bus, walk every day for the next five years to get to school and then another hour home. She knew it was all worth it, she said, when she first stepped onto the pitch with the Eagles as a Grade 8 student on the senior team.

“My best friends from high school, they’re all rugby girls,” she said. “It’s a pretty special bond that rugby creates.”

Coaches Brad Baker and Rick Pimlott also helped plug Neilson into the world of elite provincial team rugby while helping her to hone her game at school.

“They really became like second dads to me and really helped me develop as a person and a player,” said Neilson. “That was huge.”

The Eagles won provincial titles her first four years. The string was snapped this season when the provincial final ended in a 1010 tie — Cowichan secondary was awarded the gold because they scored two tries in the game while Carson scored only one.

“Should have been a gold,” Neilson said with a sigh. She didn’t have too much time to dwell on it though as she needed to hone her public speaking skills in order to nail her valedictory

Crofts, a recent Simon Fraser University grad, teamed with Noelle Montcalm, Alicia Brown and Sarah Wells, all of Ontario, to finish second behind the host Russians and ahead of third-place South Africa.

Crofts and fellow SFU alum Jessica Smith, a North Vancouver resident, also competed in the 800-m race with Smith finishing sixth in the final in a time of 2:00.43 followed closely by Crofts who placed seventh in 2:03.30.

Smith’s time was a season best and put her just 0.43 seconds shy of the ‘A’ qualification standard for the World Track and Field Championships.

Both Smith and Crofts will attempt to meet the standard at races over the next few weeks to earn a berth in the World Championships scheduled for Aug. 10-18 in Moscow.

North Vancouver’s Chantelle Groenewoud, a University of Illinois grad, also made the trip to Ukraine for the Universiade and just missed the medals, finishing fourth in 3,000-m steeplechase in a personal best time of 9:51.17.

North Vancouver’s Kristjana Young also represented Canada at the Games, helping the women’s basketball team to an eighth-place finish. Canada recorded a 1-2 record in pool play to finish second in their group and advance to the quarterfinals but playoff losses to Australia, Sweden and Hungary pushed them into eighth place in the 16-team tournament.

••• Five North Shore players helped Team B.C. win gold at the Red River Cup elite under16 football tournament held earlier this month at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg.

Argyle offensive lineman Troy Martell, West Vancouver secondary receiver Christopher Andrews and Handsworth receiver Jacob Ghazizadeh all suited up for the provincial squad, as did running back and West Vancouver native Alexsander Akpata and

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See Rielly page 22

photo Ian Muir/Rugby Canada

CARSON Graham grad Jess Neilson finds some running room for Team Canada in the Nations Cup U20 final against the United States last Sunday in London. Canada earned the prestigious title with a 27-3 win.

Carson grad leads Canada Neilson stars in under-20 Nations Cup rugby final

Andy Prest aprest@nsnews.com

A little short-term pain has turned into a lot of long-term glory for budding rugby star Jess Neilson.

The 2013 Carson Graham secondary valedictorian just put in a virtuoso performance on Canada’s under-20 national team, helping them win the prestigious U20 Nations Cup with victories over the United States, South Africa and England. Nielson, at age 17 the second youngest player on the team, started every game at the all-important fly-half position as Canada became the only country aside from England to win the four-team tournament, held for the fourth time this year after its creation in 2008.

“It was pretty incredible,” Neilson said after returning home from London where the tournament was held. “It’s huge. . . . It really speaks well for what the future holds.”

While the future is bright for Neilson, the past held a few interesting twists and turns that eventually led her to the North Shore rugby factory that is Carson Graham secondary, but it wasn’t always a smooth ride.

Neilson grew up in Victoria and started her rugby career at the very young age of eight after watching her stepsister, nine years older, play for her high school team. Wanting to follow in the footsteps of her cool older sibling, Neilson immediately signed up to play at her elementary school. She was the only girl out there.

“It was really tough, a lot of the guys were not supportive,” she said. “I was told to go home.”

She didn’t go home. It took a couple of years of battling but eventually she won over all of the boys. Quitting was something that was just not in her repertoire, she said.

“I’ve always been very competitive and independent, I’ve always wanted to prove that I could do it,” she said. “I think rugby allowed me to really push myself.”

Soon Neilson was a little local celebrity, creating a lot of buzz when she started training with the elite senior women’s team at

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Rielly, two Reinharts invited to junior national camp

From page 20

linebacker and North Van native Christopher Ellis, both of whom play high school football at Vancouver College.

Team B.C. knocked off Winnipeg West 34-21 in the tournament final to claim top spot. Akpata ripped off a 40-yard touchdown run that helped B.C. race out to a 27-0 lead in the final. “(We) came to play,” said Team B.C. head coach Sean Roden in a release. “It was by far our best game of the tournament.” The B.C. boys finished the tournament with a 3-2 record.

••• Two Reinharts and a Rielly

will represent West Vancouver at Hockey Canada’s National Junior Team summer development camp set for Aug. 4-10 in Brossard, Que. and Lake Placid, N.Y. Brothers Griffin and Sam Reinhart will take part in the camp along with Morgan Rielly. The camp is part of Hockey Canada’s selection process for the IIHF World Junior Championship team that will represent the country in Malmo, Sweden Dec. 26 to Jan. 5. The development camp will also feature three exhibition games against national junior teams from Finland, Sweden and the United States.

Defencemen Griffin Reinhart and Rielly will take

part in the camp but will not suit up for the exhibition games — both were top-five NHL draft picks in 2012 and are expected to battle for NHL roster spots this fall with the New York Islanders and Toronto Maple Leafs, respectively. Both players also suited up for the junior national team during the 201213 tournament.

Forward Sam Reinhart, Griffin’s younger brother, is already rumoured as a potential candidate for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 NHL draft.

— Compiled by Andy Prest Email information about your upcoming sporting event or results from recent competitions to aprest@nsnews.com.

Gatto golden at downhill nationals

NORTH Shore native Macayla Gatto won gold at the 2013 Canadian Downhill Mountain Bike Championships held July 13-14 at Panorama Mountain resort in Panorama, B.C.

Gatto clocked a time of 2:48.43 on the downhill course to finish first by more than three seconds and claim her third national title.

“It was a good day, a good competition,” Gatto said in a release. “The track was really challenging. . . . All the top Canadian girls were here today. It was a very tight race, all the girls killed it.”

Gatto gave a shoutout to her home trails for helping prepare her for the course. “(They) added a bit more technical sections, which I am used to riding on the North Shore,” she said. “I like the fast, technical courses.”

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SECOND-PLACE finisher Suzanne Evans is still going strong near the end of the nearly 50-kilometre Knee Knacker trail race across the North Shore mountains July 13. Gary Robbins and Ann Lanari, both of North Vancouver, were the men’s and women’s champions. Scan this photo with the Layar App to find more pics and full results.

Rugby star faces nerves off the pitch giving valedictory address From page 20

address — she earned that honour after scoring a grade average of around 93 per cent in Carson’s tough International Baccalaureate program.

“I was so nervous,” the rugby star said about taking the microphone in front of her entire class. In the speech she went with what she knows, calling up a quote from American rugby player Carlin Isles.

“It’s my favourite quote: ‘don’t chase your dream, outrun it,’” she said. “I shaped my whole speech around that.”

They are words that Neilson herself tries to live by. They helped her earn a starting spot on Meraloma Rugby Club’s premier women’s team at the age of 14. They helped her make B.C. provincial teams, and this year they helped her fulfill a dream and play for Canada. Her appearance at the Nations Cup was her first for Team Canada but it will almost certainly not be her last. Along with playing the No. 10 position, Neilson was also the team’s goal-kicker. She kicked two penalties and two conversions as Canada romped to a 27-3 win over the United States in the tournament final.

Neilson said there’s another quote that drives her as she moves up the rugby ranks.

“Playing for the little girl that fell in love

with the game and never looked back,” she recites. “That really hits me because I started when I was eight. The feeling of putting that Maple Leaf on your chest will never get old.

The butterflies — it’s just incredible. Standing there listening to the anthem being played, it’s just a rush of emotions.”

This fall Neilson will head back to Victoria to get a commerce degree from UVic and play for the Vikes. She’ll also be close to the national team’s training centre and she has her sights set firmly on making the senior women’s sevens team. That fast-paced sport will make its Olympic debut in 2016 and Neilson’s biggest dream is to be on the field then or, at the latest, by 2020.

The way her career has gone so far, no one would be surprised if she caught that dream and blew right by it. If she does, she’ll look back at the tough times a little girl went through moving to the big city and see it all in a different light.

“It was the best thing that ever could have happened to me,” she said of tapping into the rugby resources of the Lower Mainland and, in particular, Carson Graham. “There’s just so many more opportunities over here. I definitely wouldn’t be where I am with rugby if I hadn’t moved.”

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