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Crofts named uni athlete of the year

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or someone who didn’t start taking track and field seriously until after her tenure at West Vancouver secondary, 21-yearold Helen Crofts has built a pretty impressive athletic resumé.

As a member of the Simon Helen Fraser University Clan, the West Vancouver native set the 800-metre outdoor record in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and has been named the most outstanding performer at both the indoor and outdoor Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships.

And the latest notch on her sporting belt came on March 9 as she was named this year’s Sport BC university athlete of the year.

“It’s a huge honour, there is a ton of athletes in this province that could have won it,” said Crofts. “It’s an affirmation that you’re on track.”

And this season has brought with it some stiffer competition as SFU has entered Division II of the U.S.’s National Collegiate Athletic Association — the first Canadian uniCrofts versity to make that jump.

“There’s more opponents and it’s a very strong field,” said the biology major.

As for a post-university career — Crofts has only one more year at SFU — she said she’d consider going pro if the opportunity presented itself. Based on her achievements thus far, that could very well happen.

“Running is going really well at the moment,” she said. “If I had the chance I would love to go to the world championships or the Olympics.”

Outdoor School Photo of the Week The Outlook is pleased to partner with the North Vancouver School District’s Outdoor School in sharing several of our favourites from their recent photo contest.

For over 40 years, Outdoor School has been providing environmental learning experiences to students from North Vancouver, the Lower Mainland and around the world.

This spring, the School District will celebrate the opening of the North Shore Credit Union Environmental Learning Centre on the grounds of Outdoor School.

To view all photo contest entries, visit nvsd44.bc.ca or northshoreoutlook.com

ROPE REACH - Teacher Cheryl Toms caught this moment last spring during the “rope challenge.” The photo was taken with a Nikon D90, Nikkor 18-105mm lens. Cheryl Toms photo

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Sounding off North Van residents are pleading with the province to build a sound barrier between their neighbourhood and Highway 1.

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esidents of a North Vancouver neighbourhood say they’ve been lobbying the provincial government to install a sound barrier along their stretch of Highway 1 for more than 30 years.

Their letters and email chains show that promises have been made and plans set in motion, but still, no fence.

Today, the traffic noise reaching the doorsteps of Gladwin Drive is exacerbated by the noise of steam shovels, post drivers and backhoes — sound barrier-building equipment — but on the opposite side of the highway.

With a new eastbound emergency pullout lane under construction, the Ministry of Transportation decided to replace a ramshackle fence on the south side of the highway with a new three-metre absorptive sound wall.

The new fence is directly across the way from where Gladwin residents have been lobbying for a sound protection wall for years, but to no avail. “You can’t even hear cars coming up behind you on the road anymore and it’s dangerous,� said Grant O’Byrne, a 30-year homeowner on Gladwin Drive, an otherwise quiet North Vancouver district road running parallel to Highway 1 with just a few metres of grass and brush in between.

And with no sidewalks nor drainage along Gladwin, residents have to walk in the middle of the road to avoid massive perennial mud puddles, only increasing the

NOISE POLLUTION - Grant O’Byrne with his back to Highway 1 in front his Gladwin Drive home. Todd Coyne photo danger to pedestrians.

The Ministry of Transportation senior project manager Jay Porter didn’t respond to The Outlook’s request for an interview by press time but West Vancouver-Capilano MLA Ralph Sultan has been in touch with Gladwin residents about the problem for years.

In his unofficial mediation between residents and the transportation ministry, Sultan said the province would only agree to build a sound wall for Gladwin residents if the wall on the south side has the unintended effect of increasing traffic noise on the north side of the highway due to sound reflection. “So the Ministry of Transportation, in its infinite wisdom said, ‘Okay we will test the sound levels currently on the north side of the road,� Sultan told The Outlook, “and we will see if there’s an increase in the sound level because of the installation of the sound barrier.’�

That test won’t be done until the south side barrier is completed within the next month or so.

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t’s been nearly 13 years since the Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia began operating Maplewood Flats, the conservation area tucked behind Environment Canada’s turquoise-tinged Pacific Environmental Science Centre on the Dollarton Highway.

And that role will remain unchanged for the next 30 years for the non-profit group, as WBT is preparing to sign an agreement that will keep them on the plot until 2041.

Patricia Banning-Lover, co-founder of WBT, told The Outlook the decision to sign on for such a long stretch was twofold: to ensure the construction of a new meeting space and to have a deal that will terminate at the same time as Environment Canada’s lease.

Environment Canada, she added, is the official manager of the site, although the day-to-day operations such as trail maintenance, work in the nursery and public education initiatives are left to her organization.

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Patricia Banning-Lover and Ernie Kennedy of the Wild Bird Trust, the group responsible for managing the Maplewood Flats. Sean Kolenko photo “We need a place to sit down, a place that’s wheelchair accessible. Once we have the new place we’ll have everything we need.”

Plans for the new building, dubbed the “nature house,” are simple — room to cater to events of up to 75 people, flexible space if multiple groups are present and wheelchair access.

Once WBT’s new tenure arrangement is finalized — a deal that Banning-Lover expects to be completed “in the next few days” — construction of the nature house will begin immediately.

In addition to the on-site plans of Banning-Lover and her cohorts, Maplewood Flats has also been the subject of praise this year from environmental groups such as the David Suzuki Foundation. Included in a sixpart documentary series released last November titled “Making Policy Live,” Maplewood Flats is being heralded as an example of how locally driven and managed green spaces can provide health benefits to residents.

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Flats, that locally driven qualification couldn’t be a more appropriate description. In the early ‘90s, the 75-acre area was scheduled for development but after seeing the wildlife — in particular the vast array of birds — that called the parcel home, residents campaigned successfully against the proposed changes.

After plans for construction were killed, WBT stepped up to operate the site and Patrick Mooney, chair of landscape architecture at the University of British Columbia, was asked to build a fresh water marsh on the grounds. Salt water marshes are naturally found on Maplewood Flats but the fresh water area required the installation of a well and a pump house to feed it.

Because of the selection of wetlands available, total bird species in the area have risen from 208 in 1993 to 244 this year. As for the health advantages — one example of what’s known as “ecosystem services” — Mooney said they are numerous. For instance, he cites a 2009 Australian study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health that found people with access to more green space suffered fewer heart attacks, strokes and migraines. The people polled also exhibited less instances of anxiety and depression.

“Ecosystem services are benefits people get from nature for free,” said Mooney.

“I maintain that the least recognized ecosystem service are public health benefits. If you realize those benefits came from ecosystems then the B.C. health care system should be building parks and greenways.”

For more info on Maplewood Flats, visit WBT’s website at wildbirdtrust.org.

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t takes guts to come out of the broom closet.

Not guts like animal sacrifices â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what paganism is all about. But guts like cleaning up other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garbage in the park and sometimes dealing with other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s garbage ideas about your religion.

While itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been centuries since any old fashioned moral panic about witchcraft touched Canada, Christine and Samantha, two pagans who practise on the North Shore, asked The Outlook not to print their last names.

Not because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re afraid of any religious persecution, but for more pedestrian reasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it to be the first thing that comes up when people Google me,â&#x20AC;? Christine says, walking through one of her favourite North Vancouver haunts, Greenwood Park, while discussing the joys of honouring nature by cleaning up parks and greenspaces.

Neither Christine nor Samantha care very much for the terms Wiccan or neo-pagan but both agree those are probably the best fit for their brand of spiritual practice.

The problem, if one sees it that way, is that there are almost as many forms of paganism as there are pagans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have no church, no hierarchy, no single book saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thou shalt meet on this day in this way,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Christine says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you could find two pagans anywhere that agreed on anything, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be well on your way,â&#x20AC;?

Samantha adds.

One thing that is generally agreed upon is that this week COFFEE marks the coming of spring and the arrival of the season WITH of Ostara in pagan lore. And Todd Coyne that means celebrating the restcoyne@northshore urrection of the sun after the outlook.com death and darkness of winter. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also where we get the word Easter from.

For pagans on the North Shore and everywhere else on the northern half of the Earth, the spring seasonal change is often cause for a celebration.

Whether taken up in a public group or privately in oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home or garden, pagan celebrations of the spring equinox usually involve the creation of an alter to honour the season with flowers, food, pastel-coloured cloth, incense and some representation of each of the natural elements: earth, air, fire, water and spirit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really about connecting with this annual cycle that people are not really naturally involved

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Ingunn Kemble has always been an ardent art collector — happy to forsake fancy cars, ski condos or even new furniture in order to add new pieces to her walls.

That’s why there’s a Kia parked in her driveway and a piece of art by renowned firefighter-turned-artist Ross Penhall entitled The Shack hung in the foyer.

“He does beautiful etchings... I usually keep it where I can look at it a lot,” says Kemble, noting it was a gift. And it’s not the only Penhall she owns. In her “modest” collection, she also boasts prints by luminary West Vancouver artist Gordon Smith, among many others.

On this blustery day, her art-filled home, with classical musical drifting in from another room and a warm fire glowing in the living room, has a cozy, gallery feel. She mostly collects local artists and she’s not sure how many pieces she’s accumulated through the years.

“I have so many I can’t even begin to count — some are in print drawers, some are in folios, some are on the walls.”

Kemble began collecting art when she was 16. That’s when she ventured to Chinatown to buy her first painting. “A Chinese brush stroke painting of a crayfish,” she recalls.

“I was attracted to the idea of the brush.”

She later made art her career, first studying printmaking at Cap U and then attending Emily Carr College of Art and Design.

As well as making art, she’s also worked for years as the director of one of Vancouver’s top contemporary art galleries.

Now mostly retired, she etches in her backyard studio and still does some work as a private art consultant helping a variety of clients — from hotel chains to private collectors — acquire original art. Next week, Kemble will be sharing some of her art world secrets at the Ferry Building during a talk entitled “How to buy and collect art with confidence.”

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HOME SHOW - Ingunn Kemble’s art-filled home includes a massive abstract painting by Geoff Rees and smaller landscape by Yehouda Chaki.

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Judging by her collection, she knows what she’s talking about.

“That was the last one I bought,” she says pointing to a bold print above the stairs by Spanish artist Tapies. “He’s known for a big black X and nobody can figure it out.”

“I’ve never been able to afford any of the art, [but] I’ve bought it anyway,” she jokes.

Of course it didn’t help working at Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, with temptation staring her in the face, like an etching by Carl Heywood of three rectangles entitled Three Part Invention that didn’t get a lot of time to hang around in the gallery.

“This is all done by hand,” she says, getting close to the print which hangs in her den. “When I first saw this I was just amazed by the beauty and technical virtuosity. I had to have it.”

Her advice to novice art collectors is simple. “To go and look and look and look.”

And when you find something that moves you, trust your instincts and “do not to be afraid.”

“Most people are pretty conservative about what they put up on their walls.”

She points to the massive abstract painting that is the focal point of her dining room.

The bold piece is by painter Geoff Rees and it’s always a conversation starter during dinner parties, with opinions varying from “‘Oh, what’s that?’ to people who really dig it.”

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“[Art] should provoke interest,” says Kemble, whose husband Michael, a semi-retired city planner, shares her passion for art.

Kemble says she’s never been an art investor — in fact she’s held onto everything she’s ever bought — but says she’s purchased one piece with the hopes that it may one day pay for a good retirement home.

But money wasn’t the primary motive; she loves the piece. The lesson here: if you’re buying art as an investment, be sure that you like it because there’s no guarantee that it will go up in value, she says.

As well as discussing the art she’s collected during her talk at the Ferry Building Gallery, Kemble will offer tips on finding original art — and there’s no shortage of good hunting grounds on the North Shore, she says, from local galleries and festivals to art crawls and artists’ studios, she says.

She will also discuss “lucky finds” — unearthing art at second-hand or consignment shops that may be worth well more than the sticker price.

More than anything though, she hopes to teach people “the difference between buying a picture for over your couch and having a passion for a something that hangs on the wall and gives you such pleasure.”

Ingunn Kemble’s talk at the Ferry Building Gallery takes place March 28, from 7-9 p.m. Seating is limited and the cost is $10. To register, call 604-925-7270.

Acoustics Ltd. in Victoria was hired by the ministry to take the first sound measurements before construction began in December and he’ll return to measure the after effects when the wall is finished.

He told The Outlook that if the sound wall is made of the absorptive material the transportation ministry initially planned to use, any noise reflection to the north side would be minimal and well within the three-decibel threshold the province has allowed itself.

Still, residents like O’Byrne and the three dozen or so neighbours who have signed his petition for noise protection aren’t satisfied and say the province should build the wall on both sides while the equipment is here and readily available.

Gladwin residents have even gone so far as to get a quote to build their own wall if the province won’t do it.

At $200,000, residents say they will explore other means of putting pressure on the province and the North Vancouver district government first.

One of those avenues of pressure could be the film and television industries which regularly shoot behind Gladwin Drive in Murdo Frazer Park.

“We get letters from the film industry regularly asking for our support to let them film in the area and at nighttime and we’ve been very good about it,” O’Byrne said.

“But we’ve come to the point where if we’re not getting any reciprocal funding or help back...”

Down the road, a neighbour agrees.

“Often they go door to door, collecting signatures from residents for permission to park in our area and we are always very accommodating,” Ninha Maia wrote to MLA Sultan late last year. “Perhaps the next time they come to my door, I’ll reconsider my signature.” tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne

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Organizer Margie Schurko and her team pose with the Las Vegas showgirls at the Healthy Chef competition.

E North Vancouver’s favourite weatherman, Marke Driesschen, is always wonderful as host of the Healthy Chef Competition. Here he buddies up to our Grey Cup-winning BC Lions before heading to dinner. F Famous North Shore chef Sylvain Cuerrier now hangs his hat at the River Rock Casino in Richmond where he heads up the swanky Tramonto restaurant. G BC Chefs’ Association member and event organizer Marcus Vonalbrecht gets photographed with the coveted Grey Cup during the reception. Marcus was also the evening’s MC.

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Six students share their stories from the 5 Days for the Homeless campaign at Capilano University

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ast week, a small group of Capilano University students — an athlete, a thrill seeker, a filmmaker, a hippie, a smalltown girl and a shelter employee — spent five days living in a doorway to raise awareness for homelessness.

They asked for donations and time to talk about issues from passersby and they were given some wild weather to brave.

At times, it was fun. At others, frustrating. But each participant left the campaign a little different than when they arrived. Not all, maybe, with a perfect understanding of what it’s like to be homeless, but with an idea of how easy it is to suffer such a fate. And, how cold and lonely that life can be.

Here are their stories.

Brandon Hoffmarks, 25, international business A sore back and sore hips aren’t the most pleasing sensations to wake up to. Expected ones, though, when all you have separating you from the pavement are a few sheets of cardboard and some newspapers.

What’s harder to deal with, says Brandon Hoffmarks, is the realization that some people simply don’t want to take a few seconds of their day to talk, regardless of what you have

to say.

“The people that do stop are positive. They offer up food and ask questions,” he says.

“Others don’t even acknowledge us. Some people don’t care. And they know this isn’t real but they still don’t stop.”

Hoffmarks, a mountain-biking, rock-climbing Squamish resident, didn’t grow up with much money. The son of a single mom — who, incidentally, works at a shelter in the mountain town — Hoffmarks learned early that he couldn’t have everything the others had. But, he told himself, if he could land a gig that had a decent salary he could leave those problems behind.

After high school, that’s precisely what he put his mind to. Hoffmarks studied nautical sciences at BCIT’s Marine Campus and after graduation worked fixing vessels all over the world.

And he guessed right, it was good pay.

The globetrotting life, however, proved tough.

Hoffmarks was always gone. So, he decided to go to back to school.

But what made him give up his bedroom for five days?

“We can all be homeless easily. I’ve been telling people how close we all are,” says Hoffmarks “Homeless people are all just normal people.”

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www.northshoreoutlook.com Liam “Danger” Park, 20, something that I feel can help make change,” she says of making documentaries. arts and entertainment management “I enjoy all film but I really like docs.”

Liam Park is a self-proclaimed seeker, an asker of questions.

After high school, he hitchhiked from Kelowna Sage Birley, 18, global stewardship to Toronto, on a quest to see the country. And a It’s hard to imagine anyone not recognizing Greyhound just wouldn’t do. the silver peace sign Sage Birley has hanging If you’re lucky, you might meet a person on from one of his dreadlocks, let alone bus, Park says. Scoring a ride from an entire group. But when Birley a stranger, however, forces you to travelled to Ghana last year to build make a new friend each time. a school, that’s exactly what he “It was great; hitchhiking is a way encountered. more interesting way to travel,” he “The kids started asking me says. about my peace sign and I realized “And I love talking to strangers, they didn’t know what it was,” says that’s probably why I got into so Birley. many cars with them.”

“They had never even heard the Since Park arrived at Cap U in word but they were so peaceful by September, he’s been writing stories nature. We were in Ghana for about for the campus paper, the Capilano Hoffmarks a month and by the end they were Courier. It was through his contacts saying ‘Peace.’” there that he found out about the 5 It was then, Birley figures, that he Days for the Homeless campaign. really started getting it together. A The idea caught his attention few years prior, though, things were immediately. Park thrives on navimore confusing for the Fort St. John gating the uncomfortable and sleepnative. He knew he felt passionately ing on the ground certainly fit that about international development bill. It didn’t take long for him to and he’d grown a distaste for the sign up. money-hungry ways of western soci“I never want to be normal. I’ve ety, but he felt stuck, complicit in a failed when I become normal,” he Reno system he didn’t believe in. says.

In 2010, Birley visited El Salvador “And I want to break norms.

— his first trip out of his hometown When I’m downtown, I see so — and he was struck by the culture. many homeless. It’s weird because Family was paramount there and he there’s no norm other than to look liked it. People made unimaginable away. But where’s the sense of sacrifices for their loved ones. In community? I think we’d be betone instance, Birley met a man who ter off if we spoke to the homeless. ate only tortillas and cheese in order Homelessness is an overwhelmto save enough money to pay for his ing issue, but I want to know more brother’s education. about it. I want to make it less overBut the people he met envied him Park whelming.” for his life in Canada. Why? Dolly Reno, 21, “The really scary thing was that they thought if they worked they film studies could be just like us. So I went Dolly Reno grew up a lot faster through a dark period before I than most people. Maybe too fast. decided to make myself a billboard As a teenager, Reno wound for my beliefs,” says Birley. up in an abusive relationship — “And this campaign has really tied one that put her in the hospital. into my experiences overseas. I was Unfortunately, when she got out she ignorant to issues here, too. This was lost. She was ashamed. And she has been my chance to get more had nowhere to go.

Birley informed about homelessness, take So, a Montreal park bench down fear and bridge the gap.” became home.

“It’s a struggle for me being here,” Melanda Danenhower, 21, Reno says, pausing. global stewardship “It brings up some feelings. I One of the hardest things about shouldn’t have been in that situation city life is that people just don’t and I didn’t use any of the resources talk. Back home, says Melanda available to me at the time. I like 5 Danenhower, it’s just easier to leave Days because we’re saying ‘We’re your hand up in a constant wave here to help.’” because you know everyone and The thing about ending up on the Danenhower everyone says hi. streets, she adds, is that you don’t know how you got there. You’ve continued, PAGE 12 endured a string of hardships, some almost unthinkable, but it’s hard to pinpoint exactly where it all went wrong.

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continued from, PAGE 11 She never dared say it when she was a kid, but she loved her hometown. Danenhower’s parents are organic fruit farmers, growing fields of apples and pears that she spent her childhood summers picking.

That’s life in Cawstin, B.C. Not so here, of course. But what the city lacks in friendliness, it makes up for in eye candy. People here, she stresses, are “enthralling.”

“Everyone can be as different as they want to be,” she says, smiling.

Like her colleague Liam Park, Danenhower saw the 5 Days for the Homeless campaign as a way to break with routine, a shock to the sometimes humdrum system. And it’s been that.

Harder, though, has been understanding the effect their statement has made.

“I’m having a hard time figuring out my role. I feel like we’re a poster and I don’t know what to think of the generosity,” she says. “Because we’re not homeless. We keep getting asked about our experience sleeping outside for five days but we’re just sleeping outside. I can’t speak to being homeless.”

The experience hasn’t been lesson-free, however. It’s just the moral of this story is one Danenhower grew up with.

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She was 13 when she first visited B.C., on a trip with her best friend. She fell in love. It would be a few years before Livesey came back, this time as part of the youth charity organization Katimavik.

She stayed in Trail, B.C., with the group and knew then she would eventually call the province home.

And, through Katimavik, she also learned of Capilano University’s global Livesey stewardship program. Livesey’s now in her second year at the school.

“I kind of wanted to go back,” she says.

“And this just clicked.”

Awareness is the core tenet to Livesey’s involvement with the 5 Days campaign. She works at the Squamish Helping Hands Society — a drop-in centre and emergency shelter for area homeless — and sees first hand the need for action. And she wants others to see that too.

But, like Danenhower, Livesey says it hasn’t been easy.

Their group’s been given more help than they anticipated and were, at times, more than well-stocked for food. If only that were the case for those who didn’t have a finite window on the streets.

“I’m a believer in caring for others. I decided to do this because I’m concerned about the homeless, in particular youth,” says Livesey.

“I just can’t imagine people my age, people just like me, homeless. I can’t even fathom it. We’re doing it, but we’re not. I know on Friday I can go home.”

About 5 Days for the Homeless The 5 Days for the Homeless campaign is a national initiative, which took place last week at 25 post-secondary institutions across the country. At Capilano University, Desiree Wallace, Teresa Grant and Nicole Kilistoff coordinated the event. Throughout the week, North Shore Shelter staff, outreach workers and politicians spoke at the school, outlining their experiences and thoughts on the fight to end homelessness.

For those who chose to sleep outside, the campaign’s rules were as follows: no leaving campus for five days, no access to personal money, all food eaten had to be donated to them (non perishable items were donated to charity), only a sleeping bag and pillow were permitted (those items could be traded for an emergency meal, if necessary), no access to showers or any other facility one’s student status does not grant (washrooms were only available when the school was open), no cellphones or use of social media sites and mandatory attendance in all classes.

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There’s no place for extraneous furniture or decorations — everything has to be honed down to the basics. It’s what you do with those basics that makes a statement.

Julie Miller, principal of interior design firm Creative Shift Studio, is becoming an expert in small spaces.

Miller lives downtown in a small condo which is also her workspace.

“Living and working in the same place takes flexibility and a certain discipline, especially in my business where you need to spread samples out for different jobs,” Miller says.

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A second room for an office would be great.”

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“There is no need for a dining area so the furniture, which is dark and low, takes up most of the room ... There is nothing about the project that looks like a family would live in the space. Everything in the condo is young and male,” she says.

Anyone living in a small space has to be constantly aware of what they bring into the space. One thing in and one thing out is a mantra to live by and it doesn’t hurt to really edit twice a year. Think vertical; a wall of shelves right to the ceiling can hold a ton of items, not only books. Have a home for everything so it gets put away. If an item doesn’t really belong anywhere it will clutter up any flat surface. newsroom@northshoreoutlook.com

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By Maggie Calloway I find it fascinating that more and more families are opting to stay put in the family home instead of selling and buying new. We see the same thing when families build a laneway house: keep the main house and move into a simpler lifestyle.

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Ralph Belisle, principal of TQ Construction, knows about taking a home and making it spectacular. In the business for 25 years, he believes that a successful renovation isn’t simply about tearing down and starting over. It’s about retaining materials and labour which have value and history. It’s about taking a home that’s already good and making it even better.

TQ Construction has won the Gold Georgie Award nine times and the Silver fifteen times, and has twice been named the best renovator in BC. The Georgie Awards are produced by The Canadian Home Builders’ Association of B.C. to celebrate excellence in home building. No wonder TQ stands for top quality!

This house is approximately 30 years old, around 3,500 sq. ft. and had been previously renovated in time for Expo ’86, which is obvious in the before photos, especially the exterior.

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What home type is best matched to wants, needs and financial resources? What location is preferable? What are the mortgage options? How does the provincial property transfer tax exemption for first-time home buyers work? What are the rules associated with B.C.’s newly announced $10,000 first-time new home buyers bonus? How much can be withdrawn tax-free from RRSPs? How about legal considerations, closing costs and home warranties?

Those and other key questions will be covered by a panel of experts at the 18th annual Seminar for Firsttime Home Buyers, presented by the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association (GVHBA) on Tuesday, April 3 from 7-9 p.m. in the Bell Performing Arts Centre, 6250 144 St., Surrey.

Speakers are Robyn Adamache, senior market analyst, Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp.; Wendy Acheson, vice-president and registrar, Homeowner Protection Office, branch of B.C. Housing; Narrinder DhanoyaBhangu, vice-president, Pacific region, Genworth Financial Canada; Inde Sumal, vice-president of residential mortgages, B.C. region, RBC Royal Bank; Eugen Klein, president, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver; Tom Reeves, assistant vice-president, National Home Warranty; and Aaron Lightman, associate, Farris & Company LLP. Seminar moderator is Shayne Ramsay, CEO of B.C. Housing.

“Our experts will help first-time buyers consider all available options and important issues before they take that critical first step onto the property ladder,” said GVHBA President and CEO Peter Simpson.

“Real estate continues to be a hot topic in this region, so seminar attendance is expected to be as many or greater than the 750 young people who attended last year’s event. Doors open at 6 p.m., allowing attendees ample time to view builder displays and other home-related products and services,” he said.

Pre-registration is required. Register online at www. gvhba.org or call 778-565-4288 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. Registrations will also be accepted via voicemail during evenings and weekends.

There is free onsite parking, and public transit nearby.

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DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

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SITE OFFICE ASSISTANT CIVIL & PARK CONSTRUCTORS

160 Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work?

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To conduct deliveries for international lubricants co. in Vancouver area, Seattle-Tacoma, Prince George, Okanagan & Edmonton.

Pay $20/hour, mileage, bonus, proďŹ t-sharing & full beneďŹ ts.

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Qualifications required: Journeyman certification. Have a strong awareness and attitude towards workplace health and safety. Able to meet the physical demands of a Heavy Equipment Technician. Working knowledge of computers.

Experience in the Forestry and construction Industry.

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We are one of the largest Hyundai dealers in Canada and believe our continued growth is a result of our highly skilled and engaged employees who deliver excellence in the Workplace. Come join our team in sunny and warm Vernon, where you will be appreciated, love our climate and enjoy all our outdoor activities.

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109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

TRADES, TECHNICAL

DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Laborers and Foremen in Kitimat. BC, Canada. Red Seal Preferred. Laborers will possess competency in assisting on the installation of all types of formwork, performing general labor work and placing concrete. Have the ability to correctly rig and hoist material, ability to signal, rig and work safely with cranes. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement between Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project Please forward resumes to patton@bakerconcrete.com DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Journeymen Carpenters and Foremen in Kitimat. BC, Canada. Red Seal Preferred. Carpenters must have experience with installation of footing forms, slab on grade forms, build and install wall, column and elevated horizontal forms.

Ability to layout work, off supplied control lines. And the ability to correctly rig and hoist material, ability to signal, rig and work safely with cranes. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement between Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project Please forward resumes to patton@bakerconcrete.com Richmond plant requires Full-Time

SANDBLASTER

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EDUCATION/TUTORING

TUTORS/TEACHERS Needed; gr.

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HELP WANTED

$100-$400 CASH DAILY for Landscaping Work!

Competitive, Energetic, Honesty a MUST!

PropertyStarsJobs.Com An earthmoving company based in Edson Alberta requires a full time Heavy Duty Mechanic for field and shop work. We require Cat Dozer/Deere excavator experience.

You will work a set schedule for days on and off. Call Lloyd @ 780723-5051

Licensed Autobody Repair person required for busy autobody repair shop. Windshield replacement & heavy truck experience an asset but not necessary. $25-$29./hr flat rate depending on experience.

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539 Running this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

Always! deliver Top soil, bark mulch, sand & gravel. 7days/wk.

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SUNDECKS

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

AT NORTHWEST ROOFING Re-roofing, Repair & New Roof Specialists. Work Guar. WCB.10% Senior’s. Disc. Jag 778-892-1530

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TREE SERVICES

Tree removal done RIGHT! • Tree & Stump Removal • Certified Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck • Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging ~ Fully Insured • Best Rates ~

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AMERICAN COCKER Vet ✔, cuddly, family raised, paper trained.

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From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

604-537-4140 SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

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MISC. FOR SALE

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2 hour Service from call. Professional staff and Member with A+ rating. Visit us on-line at www.a1casper.

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HOUSES FOR SALE

LAB SHEPHERD ROTTI X puppies, 5 left. 1st shots, dewormed. $495. Call 604-864-1004.

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND pups.

Dewormed, 1st vaccination. Ready March 15 - 21st.

604-823-2259 mitzvig@hotmail.ca PRESA CANARIO P/B UKC, black, ready. $500. Both parents approx.

120 to 150 lbs. Call 778-552-1525.

AUTO FINANCING

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CARS - DOMESTIC

2008 PONTIAC WAVE, 4 dr sedan, auto, high kms. runs/looks good, white, $4500 firm. 604-538-9257.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS 1996 TOYOTA Avalon XLS, loaded, auto, 175 K, new tires, batt., leather,3L V6, $4800 obo.604-812-1278 1997 BMW 318iS 2 dr. coupe, 4 cyl, auto, silver on blk. leather, sunroof, pwr. options, A/C, local, only 109K mint. cond. $5900 / 604.312.7418 2001 Honda Prelude, black, loaded sunrf. spoiler. 150,000 kms. $7,999.

778-321-8545 or 778-840-8545.

2003 CHEVY MALIBU 110,000 km, auto, V6, AirCared, good tires, $4000 obo. Call: (604)531-3251

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DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

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2007 WILDERNESS TRAILER. 28’ 2 slides, Q bed, 2 doors, comp. w/hitch, exc. shape. $19,500.

(604)856-3777 40’ DUTCH STAR with Cummings turbo diesel, less than 59,000 mi.

Always stored indoors, looks like new, economical to operate, 2 slides, din. booth, 2 a/cond, 2 TV’s, 2 CD & 2 VHS players, ldry., propane generator (6500W). Must be seen. 604-854-3266

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

MATTRESSES staring at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

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TRUCKS & VANS

2004 F350 LARIAT CREW CAB, 4X4, long box, 180K, full load $14,500/obo. 604-812-1278 2008 MAZDA B4000 SE+, 4x4, 48000 km, auto, Gold/Grey, like new. Glenn 778-855-3097

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Estate of DALE MICHAEL COCHLIN, Deceased.

Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Dale Michael Cochlin, formerly of Vancouver, BC are required to send them to the undersigned, c/o Open Door Law Corp. 125-1030 Denman St., Vancouver, BC V6G 2M6, on or before April 15, 2012, after which the Estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

Hugh Michael Cochlin, Executor.

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2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, green, 126K, $7000 firm.

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AUTO FINANCING

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TRANSPORTATION

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604-925-7280.

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548

REAL ESTATE

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