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Family focus Monarch House provide provides es a one one-stop stop centre for autistic children and their families. » Pages 10-11

AQUAMAN North Shore inventor and undersea explorer Phil Nuytten continues to make waves around the world

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RIDER WITH A HEART Snowboarder Tamo Campos is planning a humanitarian trip to South America this year

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NORTH SHORE

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(DVWHU $7 / 2 1 6 '$ / ( 4 8 $< 0 $ 5 . ( 7 Easter Brunch? Eggs benny of course.

If it’s Easter… it must be halibut season.

Celebrate Easy!

No matter what time of day it is, head to the All Day Cafe to enjoy their signature breakfasts. Velvety smooth egg-bennies and the original Eyeopener – steamed eggs on a buttery croissant. Served with your choice of ham, salmon, or tomato and avocado. Market goers rave about the coffee and the second cup is always free – so you can relax and take in the view of hard-working tugboats against the Vancouver skyline. See something interesting? Feel free to borrow their binoculars for a closer look!

Kosta the Fishmonger is your local seafood expert. With more than 25 years in the business, his experience and passion make him a master of the trade. Yearround, Kosta sources the best of the season and brings in new delicacies for us all to try.

And – bonus – the man can cook!

He’s renowned for his culinary skills and happy to share his personal recipes (think Almond-crusted Halibut with Savory Kiwi Fruit. Tune in to Kosta’s Kitchen – 6:19 am Wed. on ‘NW for more recipes). Need a new, fresh, and healthy idea for dinner?

Come talk to Kosta. (You can spot him a mile away…he’s the one in the bright yellow sea-waders!) www.kostathefishmonger.com THE SALMON SHOP MARKET LEVEL | 604.987.3474

Sharky’s Chophouse butchers Rob & Ben are set to make your life easy. For breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner – they’ve got all the Easter faves. Start with free-range eggs, & maple breakfast sausage (or choose from over 50 links, inc. gluten-free options).

Then, decide on their double-smoked, bone-in Ham and/or the best free-range organic Turkey. – Phone ahead to reserve yours – they go fast! And you’ve gotta try their famous homestyle hot meals! Easter weekend features include Turkey and/or Ham dinners, with all the trimmings for $7.95.

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Celebrate with family!

Authentic gourmet Mexican, Cilantro and Jalapeno is consistently voted as North Shore’s Best. Tamales, sopes, burritos, tacos and enchiladas – yes! This is the place to come when you crave a little viva! spice in your life! Lunch options start at just $3.57 for fresh tostados, sopes, tacos and more… each customized with your pick of favourite salsa – green, red, rancho, molé. Or go for the gusto with the insanely HUGE monster Burrito. It’s under $10 and it’s stuffed with over 2 lbs of deliciousness!

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Friday is Fishday!

And Montgomery’s Fish ‘n Chips has it all. Fresh and flaky, choose from Alaskan Cod or Halibut - or Red Snapper! The light crispy batter is always good and the chips? Yum. Hand cut daily from Russet potatoes they taste just right! Looking for something quick and easy to eat on the run? Try the Fish Buttie, a handy little sandwich that has long been a market favourite. Ask owners Derek and James about mushy peas – a real British treat that goes great with fish and chips!

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West Vancouver Board of Education

Taking Action

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BEAR AWARE - North Shore Black Bear Society chair Tony Webb says residents must be extra vigilant about not keeping food scraps in areas that could attract bears. Outlook photo

Excellence in teaching reaches around the globe: Board Chair Cindy Dekker joins WVSS teachers Mariam Pirbhai and Shawn Anderson with Me to We Club students as they describe the personal impact of their recent trip to help build a school in India

We believe

Food scrap pickup starts next month and with it come a tipping fee hike and heightened concern over bears TODD COYNE S TA F F R E P O RT E R

I would like to update you on a recent action taken by trustees in support of teachers in West Vancouver School District. At our March 2012 publ ic board meeting, we passed a motion to write a letter to Education Minister George Abbott to let him know how deeply concerned we are about the ongoing and protracted provincial labour d ispute between the BC Teachers' Federation and BC Publ ic School Employers' Association.

In our letter, we made it clear that we support a mediated solution to the dispute, and urged the Minister to provide appropriate resources for the proposed new direction for the delivery of student support services.

We also outlined the core beliefs that guide us as the trustees elected to advocate for public education in West Vancouver, Lions Bay and Bowen Island, including: • We believe that the professional ism, courage, commitment, passion and sheer hard work of our teachers has been integral to our district becoming the highest-achieving district in B.C. • We believe that the work of teachers is one of the vital tenets of a democratic society.

• We believe that, as Vince Ready stated in his 2007 Report for Collective Bargaining Issues, “at the heart of the labour relations system…is the need to compromise, to seek new and creative solutions, and to take a pragmatic and discipl ined approach to d ifferences which develop in the relationship.”

• We believe that the appointment of a med iator agreed upon by both parties is essential to achieving a successful solution to the current job action.

• We believe that a fair system of access for all students, particularly those with special needs, is essential and that adequate support and resources must be put in place.

• We believe that all publ ic education stakeholders ultimately want a healthy and robust system that will serve the children of B.C now and for years to come.

Please view our complete letter at sd45.bc.ca. It is our sincere hope that the Minister shares our bel iefs and will urge both parties to forge a meaningful, forward course of action.

Cindy Dekker, Board Chair

WHAT’S NEW Summer Enrichment Programs—Where learning never stops!

Summer is a time for kids to have fun and enjoy new experiences.

So we’ve created a stellar l ine-up of summer programs to engage and inspire your child, no matter what their passion.

From volleyball and rugby camps, to Music and Video Production; from the intellectual challenge of Mental Math or Mandarin for Fun to Advanced Full Day Lego Robotic camp or Plastic Model Making, we’ve got it all. And for those kids who can’t wait to take centre stage, check out TheatreK—our unique Summer Youth Conservatory in partnership with the Kay Meek Centre. Register early to avoid disappointment as our summer programs are extremely popular at www.sd45.bc.ca West Vancouver Board of Education Board Chair Cindy Dekker Vice-Chair Jane Kellett Trustee Carolyn Broady Trustee Reema Faris Trustee David Stevenson

Curbside compost will bring fee hike

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itchen waste collection is coming to curbsides across the North Shore next month and with it comes an $8 increase in residential tipping fees.

Metro Vancouver’s finance committee voted March 22 to approve the hike in green waste tipping fees for the North Shore from $63 to $71. The increase will take effect May 1 to coincide with the first food waste pickups on May 2.

The hike is intended to pay for the additional infrastructure required for the collection, storage and transfer of food waste along with the current yard trimmings program.

North Shore Recycling Program manager Allen Lynch said those infrastructure upgrades include a new fabric roof over the compost pile at the North Shore Transfer Station, as well as a drainage system, lights and electrical equipment needed to properly store the food waste before it’s taken to Metro Vancouver’s regional composting site in Richmond.

Called the Green Can program, the new food waste collection will be phased in across different North Shore neighbourhoods over the month of May. In both the City and District of North Vancouver, all types of food waste, cooked or raw, as well as food-soiled paper like pizza boxes and napkins will go directly in the already provided yard trimmings bin and will be collected on the normal yard trimmings pickup day.

In West Vancouver, the district has chosen to use separate food waste cans for kitchen scraps and they too will be put out and collected with yard trimmings.

Those dedicated food waste cans will not be available in West Vancouver until May 1, Lynch said.

And while North Shore conservationists will certainly welcome the move to broaden composting in the three municipalities, one conservationist expressed concern that with the new food waste collection regime, residents must be extra vigilant about not keeping food scraps in areas that could attract bears.

North Shore Black Bear Society chair Tony Webb told The Outlook that those approximately one-in-five residents who already fail to comply with bear-aware strictures will likely be the ones to attract problem bears with their compost too.

“Those who are a problem now will remain a problem on the new program, we think,” Webb said in a phone interview Monday. “We’ve got about 80-per-cent compliance now and we expect about the same. It’s those people who now don’t, say, rinse out a salmon tin who will continue to do so.”

Under an amendment to the B.C. Wildlife Act last November, anyone who leaves bear attractants like food and garbage on their property in bear-frequented areas like the North Shore, can be fined upwards of $120 per day by conservation officers.

But Webb said his society’s focus lately has been less on curbing attractants like garbage and more on curbing attractants like urban beehives and chicken coops, two popular causes recently in North Shore urban agriculture.

Webb said last year his black bear society was frequently consulted about a bear repeatedly coming onto a property where an urban beehive was kept near Sutherland secondary school in North Van city.

Webb said that if the North Shore is going to allow residents to keep chickens and bees, it should be mandatory that they are kept behind an electric fence with peanut butter smeared on it.

“The bear has a coat that when it touches the electric fence, it’s a really good insulator,” Webb said. “So it has to have some peanut butter on it.

And when it gets a lick of that, it doesn’t come back.”

On Monday, North Van city council approved a motion in principle to allow backyard chickens in the city — a staff report is forthcoming. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com

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Town Hall Meeting

Environmental Stewardship Award Nominations

HARBOURSIDE WATERFRONT OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT Thursday, April 12 from 5:30pm - 8pm (Presentations at 6:30pm) Lions Gate Christian Academy Gymnasium, 925 Harbourside Drive

The Environmental Stewardship Award promotes community based environmental stewardship by recognizing outstanding community members. Awards are granted annually to residents, community groups, schools and businesses in the City.

Any program or project that benefits the environment may be nominated. Examples include environmental education, waste reduction, energy conservation or ecological restoration projects. The submission deadline is Friday, April 27. For more information contact Clare Husk, chusk@cnv.org, 604-983-7334. Details at www.cnv.org.

The City has received an application to amend the Official Community Plan (OCP) for the waterfront lands located at Harbourside Business Park.

The OCP amendment would retain commercial and light industrial uses while adding residential uses. Site-specific rezoning applications could then be submitted for mixed use developments. Interested members of the public are invited to attend a Town Hall Meeting to learn more about the proposal.

For more information, visit www.cnv.org/HarboursideOCPAmendment.

Celebrate Earth Day at Heywood Park Sunday, April 22 from 12pm - 4pm at Heywood Park Playground (Marine Drive and Mackay Avenue) Join the City of North Vancouver, Evergreen and other community groups to celebrate Earth Day. Celebrations include the official opening of the Heywood Park playground and the new fish hatchery, as well as the kickoff for the City's Green Can Food Scraps Collection program, starting this May. Come out and participate in a fish release, take a tour of the hatchery, and check out the Community Art Project and other displays. Help remove invasive plants and plant local species in the park and play in the new playground. Tools, plants and light refreshments will be provided. Great prizes to win and fun for the whole family!

More information at www.cnv.org/EarthDay.

Let's Talk About Our Future Have your say in shaping the future of the City. Check out our new CityShaping facebook page at www.facebook.com/ CityShaping, visit the online forum or fill out one of our workbooks online – you could win an ipod touch! Play a role in updating the City’s Official Community Plan.

Learn more at www.cnv.org/CityShaping.

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easter fun a family event at Capilano Mall

GAMES ON Teacher job action should not disrupt the spring sports schedule.

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Spring sports still a go on the North Shore West Van teachers not coaching this term, North Van teachers still on the sidelines SEAN KOLENKO S TA F F R E P O RT E R

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Join us in Grand Court on Saturday, April 7th from 12pm - 3pm for an afternoon of Easter Fun! There will be crafts, games, face painting, balloon twisting, music, and plenty of treats!

Bring along a non-perishable food item or monetary donation in support of the Fare Fight For Food Program.

lthough job action voted on last month by West Vancouver teachers has thrust parents and community members into various coaching roles, spring sports will continue as planned in the district for now.

On March 1, West Van teachers voted to withdraw from voluntary activities such as coaching or running after-school clubs to protest the lengthy contract dispute between teachers and the province.

To ensure teams could compete in the spring season, Sentinel athletic director Glenn Johnston says many of the coaches at his school sent letters home with players outlining the job action and asking if any parents were willing to take their place. The decision to withdraw from afterschool activities, added Johnston, was non-binding, meaning any West Van teacher could continue in their extra-curricular roles if they chose to.

Thus far, every coaching spot at Sentinel has been filled. Sentinel’s various sports academies were unaf-

fected as they occur during regular school hours.

“Our goal was never to shut down any of the programs and the parents really stepped up,” said Johnston.

“For us, it’s great to be able to continue with our excellence in athletics and it’s great for parents to see what goes into coaching and when all the negotiations are done we’d love to see parents remain a part of it.”

No decision has yet been made by North Vancouver teachers in regard to coaching. Gerry Karvelis, coordinator of the North Shore Secondary Schools’ Athletic Association, said that could change after a provincewide teachers’ vote scheduled for April 17, where more job action could be decided upon.

If athletics are affected, added Karvelis, North Vancouver schools have a contingency plan in place to keep the season alive.

“We’re not sure what will happen,” Karvelis told The Outlook.

“But if a teacher steps away there is a community person there to step in.”

Robert Millard, president of the West Vancouver Teachers’ Association, called the mid-April vote a “chance to vote on an action plan to put pressure on the government to make changes” to Bill 22, back-to-work legislation passed by the BC Liberals in March. skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/seankolenko

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DEEP THOUGHTS - North Vancouver inventor Phil Nuytten with his Deep Worker 2000 submersible.

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t didn’t exist, so I made it,” is something of a mantra for North Vancouver’s Phil Nuytten.

However softly spoken, it’s a mantra that speaks volumes of the inventor and his relentless sparking of the imaginations of those already on the bleeding edge of the imagination business.

Filmmakers want to see him, undersea explorers want to be him. And filmmaking undersea explorer James Cameron of Titanic and Avatar fame, who last week completed the first ever solo submarine dive to the deepest part of the world’s oceans, is just “Jim” to him.

The two have been close friends and collaborators for years. But ask Nuytten about his involvement in Cameron’s headline-making excursion to the floor of the Mariana Trench last week and the already whisper-voiced Nuytten is inclined to clam up.

“That’s Jim’s thing,” he repeats in a practised tone, preempting a question that every news organization that’s come through Nuytco Research Ltd.’s East Esplanade workshop since Cameron’s pioneering dive has wondered.

Just back from a diving trade show in New Jersey where he unveiled his patented Exosuit swimmable submarine to the consumer market for the first time, Nuytten is in a reflective mood.

Certifiable to depths of 300 metres and tested as deep as 900 metres — all while its occupant breathes normal air — it’s a far cry from where Nuytten and the industry began.

Growing up just across the COFFEE Lions Gate Bridge near Stanley WITH Park’s Lost Lagoon, Nuytten Todd Coyne started Vancouver’s first dive tcoyne@northshore shop when he was just 14, makoutlook.com ing wetsuits and masks and making it all up as he went along. By 16, he could no longer keep up with going to class and filling orders for his custom dive gear designs.

And so his formal education would end right there, though the honourary degrees from distinguished universities would later come pouring in, as would the 1992 Order of British Columbia.

Nuytten would go on to spend his days diving in West Vancouver’s Whytecliff Park, rummaging spare parts and explosives at Paine’s Hardware in North Vancouver, and eventually starting one of

many commercial and industrial deep-sea diving companies that earned millions.

But Nuytten walked away from all but a couple of those wildly successful enterprises, retaining only his patents for things like his unique valves, rotating joints and submersible designs.

“I’m a B.C. boy,” he tells The Outlook. “I have no interest in running a cross-Canada company.”

Eventually he would move to North Vancouver and found Nuytco Research, filling up one workshop with his inventions and necessitating a move down the street to another. It was here he would build the groundbreaking Newtsuit, a “wearable submarine” and an early forebearer of the modern Exosuit.

Now in his 70s, Nuytten’s ambition hasn’t slowed any. In fact, he says all his work toward opening up the ocean’s depths to human exploration has been but a preamble to his grandest project yet: Vent Base Alpha.

When not training American astronauts in his submarine simulator for NASA’s near-earth asteroid lander, Nuytten’s working on this prototype deep-sea habitat, a permanent functioning community for that other final frontier.

A kind of deep-sea mining town, Nuytten shows off an artist’s rendering of the bubble colony, fully armoured against the deep-water atmospheric pressures and accessible by his Nuytco subs and aluminum suits.

He envisions the first such base off Vancouver Island’s Juan De Fuca Ridge, where he says semi-precious metals like cobalt spew freely from underwater heat vents called “black smokers.” Those vents have been found to support advanced life forms like giant clams and tube worms where none were previously thought possible. The heat transference from the vent would power the colony, while the minerals that rain down in lab-grade purity would be collected and sent to the surface for use.

It all sounds like the stuff of fantasy, but that’s always been Nuytten’s element.

“One day kids down there will ask ‘Is it true people used to live up there?’” he says pointing a finger towards the ceiling of his office and imagining himself standing on the bottom of the sea.

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Costly decision In the Inuktitut language, Katimavik translates to “gathering place.”

And for 35 years Canadian youth have been gathering in communities across the map to gain volunteer experience and learn more about their country and fellow Canadians by participating in the Montreal-based Katimavik program.

The program started during the Pierre Trudeau Liberal government and since its inception more than 30,000 youth between the ages of 17 to 21 have participated.

Unfortunately, that valuable opportunity for youth to be embedded in different parts of the country no longer exists.

Last week the federal government axed the program from its budget.

The cut isn’t an indictment of the philosophy or success of the program that has been active in communities across Canada, including the North Shore, since 1977.

Just read about the positive, life-lasting impact the program had on North Van’s Ehsan Monfared (turn to page 19), who learned French during his stint with the program, for proof.

The decision to cut the program seems more based on bang for the buck.

During these belt-tightening economic times, $18 million per year to run the youth program seems steep, especially when it works out to $28,000 per person for the six-month program.

As the Tories noted in the budget: “Our Government is committed to giving our young people the opportunities they deserve, and we will achieve that by funding programs that benefit large numbers of young people at a reasonable cost rather than concentrating available funding on a very small number of participants at an excessive per-person cost.

This isn’t the first time Katimavik has been a budget casualty. From 1986-94, the program’s federal funding was “interrupted,” forcing it to readjust the scope of its program.

Monfared, the organization’s North Van-based director, told The Outlook last week that it was expecting a budget reduction in the five to 10 per cent range and already looking at restructuring some of its programming and was seeking corporate sponsorships and alumni contributions.

And while the price-tag for the program is too high for the feds to support, hopefully the group will altering its program to reduce costs and aggressively go after other sources of funding so it can survive and thrive in some fashion for years to come.

There’s no denying the importance and success of the program in creating Canadian leaders of tomorrow. Just take a look at Ehsan Monfared.

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Samantha Ng of North Vancouver’s RNB Dance & Theatre Arts performs a solo contemporary piece (class age 17) at the Surrey Festival of Dance last Saturday.

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— LET TER OF T HE W EEK— Suitable suites Editor, More than once now I have seen a councillor reported as saying that the Kimpton site is “unsuitable” for affordable housing. (“CNV mulls benefits of “affordable” Kimpton suites,” Outlook, March 29) What do they mean? The suites are close to bus routes and shopping, and to a major

employer of low-income personnel.

What’s “unsuitable” about that?

Before its predecessor complex was destroyed, the building on the site housed at least one community worker.

Now even the least desirable of the units is “unsuitable” for such a person at an affordable rent? Don’t we trust experienced non-profit housing societies to choose “suitable” tenants?

Do we really value people’s suitability by their incomes?

Inclusive communities are healthier, as all councillors and buyers should know.

The request for proposals from non-profit housing societies went out a month ago, and the closing date is past.

The closing date for such councillor comment is long, long past.

D.J. Stewart North Vancouver

Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant

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Apply for the Public Advisory Committee Metro Vancouver is establishing a Lions Gate Public Advisory Committee (LGPAC) to provide advice on the Project Definition Phase for the Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant. Three positions on the advisory committee are open to interested North Shore community members.

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Editorial submissions are welcome, however unsolicited works will not be returned. Submissions may be edited for brevity, legality and taste at the Editor's discretion. Copyright and property rights subsist in all display advertising and other material appearing in The Outlook. If, in the Publisher's opinion, an error is made that materially affects the value of the ad to the advertiser, a corrected advertisement will be inserted upon demand without further charge. Make good insertions are not granted on minor errors which do not lessen the value of the advertisement. Notice of error is required before second insertion. Opinions expressed in columns and letters to the Editor are not necessarily shared by the Publisher.

As part of Metro Vancouver’s responsibility to protect and enhance the natural environment, a new secondary wastewater treatment plant is being built on the North Shore to help ensure liquid waste continues to be managed safely, affordably and effectively.

Members of the community who are interested in participating on the advisory committee, as a volunteer, are asked to complete an Application Form.

Advisory committee members will be selected by Metro Vancouver in consultation with the District of North Vancouver, the District of West Vancouver, and the City of North Vancouver.

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As a parent, Jacobs also has to deal with the Instead, Monarch House acts as a “one-stop stigma that’s still associated with autism. shop.”

At Oliver’s regular preschool, the vast majority Its staff can diagnose cases, and if families of families are supportive, but about two per cent choose, the centre can then provide all the necessary therapies right through to adulthood.

Ganam puts the seeming increase in autism diagnoses since the late 1990s down to a growing awareness of the condition.

It used to be children with autism, which can be characterized by difficulties with communication and social interaction among other symptoms, were deemed Chelsea Ganam in the toy library the result of poor parentat Monarch House. ing or diagnosed with Mario Bartel photo childhood schizophrenia.

“Just those kids that were strange ... that stood out at school,” she said. are clearly uncomfortable with his condition, she Today, with improved diagnostic tools, that’s said, adding there are still many in society who all changed. Ganam said most of its client famiassociate autism with the movie Rain Man and lies are pretty sure of the outcome before they of people banging their heads against the wall. come to Monarch House so just about all of Unfortunately, that stigma also prevents some them receive a positive diagnosis. In the public children from getting the treatment they need health system, the diagnosis rate is about 50 per because parents think “I don’t want my kid with cent. that label,” she said, stressing the longer they go Four times more boys than girls are diagnosed before being diagnosed, the more difficult it is to with autism and research appears to be pointing treat. “It’s time wasted.” towards genetic and environmental factors as the The stigma is one reason why Jacobs is open cause, with the theory of it being the result of about Oliver’s condition. childhood immunizations being clearly debunked “My mission as a parent is to get this looked at by scientists, Ganam said. Still there are no like any other learning disability.” answers as to its cause.

She added, “My concern is for those people What is known is the importance of early where English is a second language, they’re shy intervention to get the child’s neuro development or impaired themselves, to try and navigate all back on track. this stuff. It shouldn’t be an individual game.”

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Monarch House has about 150 clients, of “It’s a long road.” which 60 are under age six. The remainder includes adults transitioning into adulthood at • To mark Autism Awareness Month in April, age 19.

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Once those adjustments are made — in consultation with Larco Investments Ltd., the owners of the shopping centre — work will begin. The issue will not be debated again in council chambers.

A caveat to the agreement, added Fung, was a commitment from Larco to enhance the Marine Drive streetscape, a plan he said will be fulfilled by building shops and restaurants in the area of the new intersection.

According to Monday’s council report, some of that construction will be the redevelopment of the eastern portion of the village, the

redevelopment of the White Spot restaurant and almost 19,000 square feet of new commercial space.

The lone dissenting voice at Monday’s meeting was Coun. Bill Soprovich who told The Outlook he “simply wasn’t satisfied with replacing an overpass with a traffic light.”

“That road should be unencumbered by lights toward Taylor Way,” he said.

“Quite frankly, the overpass works extremely well. This project is only for the expansion of Park Royal restaurants closer to the street, they need the space. In the short run this brings unnecessary problems and that has been my stance since the beginning.” continued, PAGE 15

Plans for the construction of a new intersection first came to West Van council in 2010.

Initially, staff tried to have it dealt with by council at the same time it was debating the dedicated bus lane but were directed instead to present more information before a decision was made.

In October 2010, council endorsed the plan in principle and staff prepared detailed designs and a peer review of the information Larco had presented to date. That peer review was presented on Monday and it recommended the aforementioned refinements to the intersection.

Representatives from Park Royal said they’re prepared to begin construction once final designs are approved by the district and estimated the work will take three to four months.

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no… But Rusty Staub had been traded. fan any longer, he added, “I hope you will be back as You see, our first-born son’s name is Rusty. an Expos fan soon.”

He wasn’t named after Staub exactly, but we did both Life went on of course. Staub – who had begun his like Staub a lot and we liked the name Rusty a lot too. major league career at 19 with Houston before being So Rusty it was, although his official name is Russell. acquired by Montreal for the Expos’ inaugural season Little Rusty was just 13 months old when Staub – one – played for the Mets, Detroit, Texas and then back to eople know exactly where they were when 1. the Mets for whom he played a total of nine years. He they heard that John F. Kennedy was shot, 2. they of the original Expos in 1969 and one of the most popular Expos of all time – was dealt away. even squeezed in another half season in Montreal in found out the twin towers in New York were hit, Now you have to understand this trade was big news. 1979. His last game was for the Mets against Montreal and even 3. they learned Marilyn Monroe had died.

Staub was the Expos franchise player, batting.302 in in 1985 at age 41.

Of course I remember too: 1. As I was walking to 1969 and .311 in ’71, two of the five Son Rusty and siblings Christine (now Steunenberg) War Memorial gym to have lunch seasons he would hit .300 or betand Scott grew up playing numerous sports. Though between UBC classes on Nov. 22, 1963. ter during his 23-year major league Rusty did play on the Highlands Little League all-star 2. Before getting out of bed that Sept.

INSTANT career.

He wasn’t a home run hitter, team, runners-up in the 1983 District 5 tournament, 11, 2001, morning. 3. When I spied the REPLAY but he did club 29 round-trippers in basketball turned out to be his best sport and he was headlines in a newspaper box while 1969 and 30 the following year, the a North Shore high school all-star in 1987-88 and Len Corben walking along a Toronto street on Aug. lencorben@yahoo.ca most in his career. And he patrolled 1988-89 with Handsworth (while sister Christine was 5, 1962. right field almost to perfection, plus also a North Shore all-star for rival Carson Graham in But – and you might at first think doing duty at first base at times over 1988-89 and 1989-90, making them the only brotherthis is rather odd – I also know exactly the years, the two positions I also sister duo to be all-stars in the same season as far as I where I was when I heard that Rusty played most often growing up. can determine). Rusty, who now works as a career and Staub had been traded by the Montreal However, just as important, Staub was the face of the employment consultant for Alberta Human Services, Expos to the New York Mets.

Expos, having endeared himself to the Montreal faithful and wife Arienne live in Calgary with their two little I was alone, driving a rental car along Ala Moana by learning French for which he was then dubbed “Le girls, Talia and Aria.

Boulevard in Waikiki on my way to buy a lei on April Grand Orange” (that’s the approximate equivalent of Staub, a gourmet cook, opened his Rusty’s restaurant 5, 1972 – 40 years ago today – when I heard the “Rusty” to all of us who are French-challenged). in 1977 in New York City and Rusty Staub’s on Fifth announcer on the car radio say Staub had been traded How could the Expos trade him! I was so unhappy Avenue in 1989, though both have since closed. for Mike Jorgensen, Tim Foli, and Ken Singleton. with this turn of events that I wrote a letter to the Now this may not seem all that important to you, but continued, PAGE 17 Expos’ general manager, Jim Fanning, it was really important to me. expressing my discontent.

I rushed back to the hotel and breathlessly told my He actually wrote back, saying, “I wife (i.e. first wife Elvera), “Something terrible has haphope your son grows up to be like the pened.” She expressed immediate concern and wanted Rusty Staub you so admire.” Because I to know what it was: Had I been in an accident? Did AUTOMOTIVE & TRANSMISSION had indicated I wouldn’t be an Expos’ someone steal my wallet? Was the lei withered? Well,

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Jim Fanning – born in Chicago and a lifelong baseball man whose time in Montreal as manager and in front office positions lasted 25 years – was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Mary’s, Ont., in

2000. Since 2001, he’s been the Toronto Blue Jays’ amateur baseball ambassador. Just recently, at the age of 84, he applied for Canadian citizenship which he received on Feb. 14.

No doubt he’ll be in St. Mary’s this June 23. That’s when Rusty Staub will be following Fanning as an inductee into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

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The TransLink tax increase from 15 to 17 cents a litre took effect April 1 and prices immediately ticked up. The hike will generate $40 million a year and is dedicated to covering TransLink’s $400-million capital contribution to the $1.4-billion Evergreen SkyTrain line to Port Moody and Coquitlam.

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Yet for a growing number of people, these halls have come to represent serious business, an exciting new frontier in the quest to make a buck.

Mighty is the power of television.

“Sure, the show [A&E’s wildly popular program Storage Wars] gets you, but everyone’s looking for their pot of gold,” says Jay Pillon, a goateed, dirt bike-riding Burnaby resident.

“What’s the difference between this and the casino? At least here you leave with something, right?”

On this sunny Sunday afternoon, Pillon is one of a handful of hopefuls vying for two available units at North Vancouver’s Advanced Storage Centre. Although he’s a relative newcomer to the storage-buying fraternity, Pillon’s quick to explain how the day’s rules are different than usual.

It’s a silent auction, he says. Bidders are allowed to look in each locker — without stepping inside, of course — but instead of yelling out their bids, everyone is instructed to write down how much they wish to pay on small, brightly coloured slips of paper. At the end of the auction, facility staff gather all the paper and those who pledged the most money for each unit win.

The trouble with this system, Pillon says, is that it’s easy to overpay because you don’t know what the others are thinking. When bidding is done aloud, gauging the crowd’s response is part of the game and, if done well, proves an invaluable tool in the bidding chess match.

Silence, however, requires some cunning.

Before the day’s action begins, all participants are asked to sign in at the facility’s front counter. A minor but important formality. No signature, no bidding.

Once everyone is accounted for, the group is led up two

quick flights of stairs to the first unit. It’s a small, closetlike space, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in volume as boxes are stacked floor-to-ceiling inside. For those looking for clues as to the treasures buried within, this room offers a few: about half of the boxes feature handwritten labels, some reading “curries to go,” others “Hindi movies.”

It’s impossible to tell, some bidders comment, whether or not the boxes are actually full of either the pre-packaged spice or what would amount to a substantial library of Indian films. The reception, as a result, is lukewarm.

From there, the group is ushered into another wing of the facility to view the sale’s second and final unit. It’s here that the day’s somewhat middling events take a turn for the exciting.

The next unit is significantly larger, at least double the size of the first, and it houses a few pieces of medical equipment. The chatter quickly escalates about the goods.

First, the group notices a few black pails marked “radioactive” on the floor. These buckets dominate the conversation early, as anything with radioactive written on it might, but some attention is also given to the large filing cabinets, wooden chest and boxes that dot the room.

The jewel, though, is a large, square piece sitting near the back. Once it comes into focus, no one talks about much else. The trouble, however, is that the majority of the people there don’t know what the cream-coloured box is, let alone what it might be worth.

Except for one guy, that is. Joe, a first-time auction attendee who offered only his first name, knows exactly what it is. Joe’s a chemist and worked at the clinic that once owned the equipment. He says the large item is a scanner that detects potential cancers. He doubts it still works as he figures it’s been sitting in the unit for about five or six years, but if it does turn on he thinks it might fetch $50,000. If it doesn’t, he says the parts will still bring in about $10,000.

Joe’s revelations, wisely, are shared after the auction is over. He came hoping to snag some of the smaller items in the medical unit and spoke to the winner — a quiet,

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As the group begins to disperse, winners with dollar signs in their eyes and losers with the resolve to bid another day, Pillon is left checking out his locker of curry and movies. He spent $60 on the lot and is pleased with his purchase. It’s far from his biggest score, Pillon notes, as just two weeks ago he spent $50 on four pieces of furniture at an auction downtown that he says are worth a combined $1,200.

But, naturally, he welcomes any money he can make on this most recent haul. In fact, he figures if he can get a buck per movie, he’ll turn a tidy profit.

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” says Pillon, smiling.

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Building better Canadians youth, including Encounters with Canada, Forum for Young S TA F F R E P O RT E R Canadians, and organizations that hsan Monfaredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reason support youth, like the YMCA. for setting out on a sixCanadian Heritage will conmonth stint with youth tinue to invest over $105 million organization Katimavik two in youth programming to allow years ago was a selfish one â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he almost 100,000 young people to wanted to learn French. learn about their country.â&#x20AC;?

And Monfared accomplished In an email to The Outlook, his goal, the first year law student Andrew Saxton, Conservative MP now says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comfortable having for North Vancouver, reiterated a conversation with any French the cost concerns outlined in the speaker. budget regarding Katimavik. At a What he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bet on happer-person cost of about $28,000, pening was leaving the program Saxton wrote, Katimavik was with a sense of ownership of the more expensive than country and a better underthe numerous other standing of the lives of other programs still availCanadians. able to Canadian â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what multiculturalism youth. embodies,â&#x20AC;? says Monfared, Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s missing who was appointed to the from the governKatimavik board of directors mentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reasoning, last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a life changcounters Monfared, ing experience.â&#x20AC;? is the results The chance for others to Katimavik produces.

Monfared do so, however, is no more There is no debating as funding for Katimavikâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; a the program costs Montreal-based volunteer orgamoney and the government shoulnization for youth ages 17-21 that dered nearly 100 per cent of its allows participants to volunteer in $18-million-per-year price tag, but different towns across the country some things canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be gauged in dolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; was cut from the federal govern- lars and cents, he says. mentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget yesterday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Investing in youth should be a Page 218 of the budget docupriority,â&#x20AC;? says Monfared. ment reads: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Government â&#x20AC;&#x153;The argument is that will eliminate the Katimavik proKatimavik doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t reach enough gram. Our Government is compeople but it empowers the people mitted to giving our young people it does reach. The people it reachthe opportunities they deserve, es become leaders. This is about and we will achieve that by fundbuilding better Canadians and that ing programs that benefit large to me is unquantifiable.â&#x20AC;? numbers of young people at a Monfared was eight years old reasonable cost rather than conwhen he and his family arrived centrating available funding on a in Canada from Tehran in 1996. very small number of participants They struggled in those early at an excessive per-person cost. days, Monfared remembers, Our Government is proud to conbut over time things got better. tinue to invest in affordable, effecComfortable, even. tive programming that engages He admits to living a someSEAN KOLENKO

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what sheltered life on the North Shore, an existence not always in tune with the realities faced by Canadians in other parts of the country. But that all changed when he landed in Drummondville, Que., in March 2012, the first of three stops on his tour with Katimavik. He volunteered at a thrift store during his three months in the city and says he was struck by the condition of some of the homes he visited. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the means I enjoyed and it was tough to see,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But part of the strength of the program is having the community rally around the participants as well. For kids, seeing groups like us come through the community and help out can be inspirational.â&#x20AC;?

After Drummondville, Monfared travelled to Rigolet, a coastal Inuit town in Labrador for two months where he worked with the municipal recreation director. The final stop on his trip was Sault Ste. Marie, where he spent time restoring a ship and helping organize an annual busker festival.

Monfared says Katimavik was expecting some cuts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; five to 10 per cent, he suggests â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and was working on altering some of its programming as a result. The organization was also in talks with several corporations for sponsorship and was considering asking its alumni, of which there are more than 30,000, to make a small financial contribution.

Katimavik was founded in 1977 under the government of Pierre Trudeau. It was cancelled in 1985 but brought back in 1994, eight years after Senator Jacques HĂŠbert staged a 21-day hunger strike to protest the cancellation. skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com

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n angry District of North Vancouver council is calling out TransLink after representatives from the local bus driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; union and the Capilano University studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; union complained to council Monday about transit service on the North Shore.

What started as a co-presentation about long waits for overcrowded buses roiled into a move to summon TransLink to district hall to explain its services and future plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The worst part in my mind is that every one of these students are paying a mandatory U-Pass fee and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting served miserably,â&#x20AC;? Coun. Alan Nixon said, referring to the $120-per semester student bus pass. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This just speaks to complete incompetence in terms of scheduling and demand management,â&#x20AC;? he added.

Gavin Davies, vice-president of the Canadian Auto Workers Local 111 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the union representing TransLink operators â&#x20AC;&#x201D; said the problem is a gross shortage of buses across the whole Metro Vancouver region, with the North Shore already at capacity for storing its current fleet. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re probably â&#x20AC;&#x201D; based on what TransLink was seeing in the mid-2000s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about 400 buses short, system wide,â&#x20AC;?

Davies said, adding any new funding TransLink gets should be spent immediately on more buses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to have brand new

buses. There are many areas in the United States where we can buy good used buses that are very similar to what we already have in our fleet,â&#x20AC;? Davies said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But even if we get those buses, the problem we face on the North Shore is where do we park them?â&#x20AC;?

There are currently 82 buses that operate on the North Shore, not including West Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s separate Blue Bus fleet.

ALL ABOARD - A TransLink bus picks up riders in When service shuts North Vancouver. Outlook photo down at night, those 82 buses are parked at the opening of the new Hamilton Transit North Vancouver Transit Centre at 536 East 3rd St. with no capacity Centre in Richmond, where many buses now operated out of Burnaby will be sent, to add more vehicles. making room for the North Shore fleet.

But that depot is scheduled to close in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The earliest we would be able to return 2015 and there are no current plans for to North Vancouver under our current replacement, leaving the North Shore planning would be 2028,â&#x20AC;? Zabel added. dependent upon the Burnaby Transit Coun. Roger Bassam called it unacceptCentre across the Second Narrows Bridge able that North Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transit access for all services until 2028 at the earliest. would be at the mercy of an accident or â&#x20AC;&#x153;If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s any incident on the bridge, police incident on the bridge. youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have absolutely no bus serâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very important TransLink hears the vice on the North Shore and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what message we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want those resources not the big concern here is. We know this date available to us,â&#x20AC;? he said. is coming,â&#x20AC;? Davies said.

Mayor Richard Walton, who chairs TransLink spokesman Derek Zabel told the Metro Vancouver mayorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; council The Outlook on Tuesday that TransLink for regional transportation, summoned would like to add those much needed TransLink to answer questions before buses across the system but â&#x20AC;&#x153;the money council on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;status or lack of statusâ&#x20AC;? needs to come from somewhere,â&#x20AC;? and so, of the North Vancouver Transit Centre as in the meantime, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we have to make due well as on service to Capilano University with what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got.â&#x20AC;? and the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s U-Pass program.

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Boarders Without Borders Tamo Campos heads to South America to build agricultural rafts, shoot a documentary and, of course, snowboard SEAN KOLENKO S TA F F R E P O RT E R

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he chance to follow the snow year-round is an opportunity few powder junkies are lucky enough to realize. For many snowboarders, a few months of winter each year is all theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re given.

Not so for North Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tamo Campos â&#x20AC;&#x201D; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been rather fortunate. For the past few years, Campos has been living the riding dream, hitting the slopes in B.C. during the winter, then heading south to Chile for more when our summer rolls in.

And this year promises more of the same, as Campos will be making his annual trip to Chile to snowboard in August. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s different about this trek, however, are the stops he and his group, Boarders Without Borders, are making along the way and the film theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re planning to shoot to document the experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year we snowboarded every day and lived in a camper with up to six dudes. But this season we wanted a different project. In my trips to South America Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the opportunity to travel around and it opened my eyes,â&#x20AC;? says Campos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much going on, poverty was huge. So our idea was to expose the snowboard community that we care about to the problem.â&#x20AC;?

First on the agenda will be a month-long stint in Iquitos, a city in the heart of the Peruvian rainforest

accessible only by plane or boat. Campos and a group of nine other volunteers will be working with locals and development agency HOPE International to build two agricultural rafts.

The large rafts, each 10-metres long and 10-metres wide, will be used by Iquitos residents to grow produce for consumption and flowers for sale at the market. Each raft will have a fence built around it to protect local women from harassment and all proceeds from the sale of the flowers will go towards paying teachers in local schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no employment for women in the area,â&#x20AC;? says Campos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This idea actually came from a lady there who thought of making these rafts with garden space on them. By creating that agricultural space, it helps employ women and pay teachers to work there because no one is willing to. They have the schools but no teachers in them.â&#x20AC;?

From there, Campos will head to Chile with three other professional snowboarders â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one from California, one from Colorado and one from Bowen Island â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to shoot the snowboard portion of the film.

The final component of the Boarders Without Borders project, adds Campos, is an environmental message as all air travel will be offset by purchasing carbon credits in an effort to keep the trip emissions free.

A conservationist element is something Campos has been incorporating into his trips of late. Last year, for instance, he and his crew retrofitted their camper to run on vegetable oil. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a focus he feels strongly about and an ethic thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in his blood, as Campos is the grandson of famed activist and former professor David Suzuki.

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Campos and crew are scheduled to leave for Peru in July. Most of August will be spent in Chile before the group returns in September.

For more information on Boarders Without Borders, visit boaderswithoutborders.net. Those interested in making a donation to the project can do so on the site.

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Man versus moss hand aerator and pulling out cores of soil throughout your lawn.

This is easier than you might think and goes quite quickly. For larger areas, a commercial aerator would be ideal, but be careful of the roto-tiller types which basically chew up the turf and loosen your teeth at the same time.

How you get those cores of heavy soil out of your lawn is up to you, but once oss… moss… and more moss. that is done, broadcast a 1/4-inch layer of It is in lawns everywhere this coarse washed sand over the aerated areas year, spreading vigorously and to fill up those holes. choking out those poor lawn grasses. In Washed sand is usually cleaner with less spite of all the tons of lime and moss conweeds. This sharp sand will eat its way trol applied, it seems to get worse. down and, in time, help to greatly improve The problem with moss is our lack of the drainage. You can aerate now, and understanding about the way it grows in repeat the process several times a year until our lawns. Let’s start by looking at why you see an improvement in the drainage. moss grows.

This is one of the secrets of so many First of all, it thrives in areas of high great golf courses. rainfall, and it loves shady locations.

Once you have worked on the drainage, Wet, poorly drained soil is a wonderit is important to raise the pH levels of the ful place for moss to become established, soil, or in other words, make your soil less because the soil is usually acidic. In addiacidic. tion to these conditions, moss does very Lime will do that, however, at this time well in soil that has low fertility. of year, not just any lime will do the job.

Shaded, heavy, wet, acidic soil with low There is a huge supfertility — those are the ply of cheap lime ideal conditions for moss out there, but it’s not to grow and spread rapIN THE what is needed. It idly.

GARDEN can take as long as 15 To get rid of moss we Brian Minter to 16 weeks for the must rectify these condinewsroom@northshoreless expensive ground tions, so let’s start with the outlook.com limestone to begin heavy soil. working.

Light, sandy soils are Four months after usually less prone to moss you apply it, your lawn than heavy soils, where soil becomes less acidic. Wouldn’t it make water drains away slowly. One of the first sense to use a faster lime? Prilled limes, things we must do is improve the porosity meaning they are in an easy to apply granand drainage of our soils. Short of plowular form, are the way to go. ing our lawns under for a re-do, aeration Dolopril lime is one of the best limes is the most sensible way to go. You can available today. It’s granular for easy do this by using a three- or five-prong

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GETTING SOME AIR - A three or five-pronged hand aerator can be used to improve your lawn’s drainage. application, weighs less by about a half, has twice the coverage, works quickly and lasts a long time. Dolopril lime should be applied at 10 kilograms per 200 square meters or 2000 square feet.

Incidentally, the only way to be sure you need lime is to have your soil tested to determine its pH level.

There are pH testing kits available at garden centres, but after our wet winter and with the copious quantities of moss in our lawns, I am sure you will be safe applying it.

Once you have increased the pH level, it is time to get rid of the moss. Ferrous ammonium sulphate is the best way of doing that.

It usually comes in a 20 kilogram bag, which will cover approximately 2,000 square feet of lawn area. Moisten the moss first, apply the moss control dry and arrange to have two dry days afterward when the temperature remains above 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10C).

Good luck on that one. Quite sincerely, though, that is what is required for successful moss control.

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A slow-release, high nitrogen fertilizer will do the job nicely and will be soilfriendly.

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DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Cement Mason/Finishers in Kitimat, BC, Canada. Red Seal preferred.

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

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

GARDENING

329 PAINTING & DECORATING AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

“New Building” 1 bdrm - from $1025 /mth 2 bdrm, 2 bth - from $1395/mth

REAL ESTATE

Phone (604)468-1698

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY

NORTH VANCOUVER LAMPLIGHTER One bedroom $950/mo.

SAWMILLS from only $3997 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

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GREENBOROUGH APTS

Avail. immed. Centrally located. N/S, No dogs.

Close to all amens & transportation.

Clubhouse facilities.

DIY STEEL BUILDING DEALS! Many sizes and models. Make an offer on clearance buildings today and save thousands of dollars.

FREE BROCHURE - 1-800-6685111 ext. 170.

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2003 Salem Light:

Northwest Pkg, 22 ft, Sleeps 7, 1 bunk, Shower in & out.

G.V.W. 3300. Lots of extras

$9,995.00 604-463-9428

Newly Renovated, 650sq.ft.

Great Location.

Heat, Hot Water & TV Cable (basic) Included.

2008 FREEDOM SPIRIT 20’ travel trailer, like new, hardly used, a/c, f/s, dble bed, dble sink, nook, couch 2 prop tanks/2 batteries, $11,500 obo. Please call: (604)581-5117

Swimming Pool & Sauna.

Available April 1st.

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

Call 604-983-2283

HOUSES FOR SALE

TRANSPORTATION 810

AUTO FINANCING Need A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto 1.877.680.1231 www.UapplyUdrive.ca

Loan.

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AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

LAB PUPPIES, chocolate & black healthy, family raised. Parents on site. $625. Vet ✔, 1st shots 604755-1364 shakhana@hotmail.com

Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal

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

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

PUGS, fawn, 2 male, 2 female. family raised, vet chk’d, shots. $500. (604)796-2727/799-2911

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

Rottweiler Pups- PUREBRED, tails, dewclaws, shots, vet checked Health guarantee. Ready April 6th $650. to $1,000, 604 460 0804.

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pickup anywhere in BC, Min. 10.

Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288

SHIH TZU PUPPIES, Male & Female. 1st shots. Tricolor $450. 604-465-4305 SPRINGER/LAB cross pups, vet check, 1st shots, $350. Call 604823-6739, afternoons/evenings.

The Scrapper

604.587.5865

bradsjunkremoval.com

Haul Anything...

But Dead Bodies!!

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

220.JUNK(5865)

1-800-910-6402

Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

GUARANTEED

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

Auto Loans or We Will Pay You $1000

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

Simon 604-230-0627 will spread

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HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms!

CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

AL ISAAC (Former owner of West Van Shell) & son Colin

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• Yard Clean Ups • Aeration Packages • Cut & Edge • Garden Services • Residential Snow Removal & De-icing

ABBOTSFORD ABBOTSFORD CONDO FOR SALE BY OWNER

AFFORDABLE INT/EXT painting.

30 yrs exp. Refs. Free est. Keith 604-433-2279 or 604-777-1223

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, gates, alum roof. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

The Stonecroft 2350 Westerly Street

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 548

604.986.0003 Office 604.561.9100 Colin 604.218.7644 Al greenclipper@shaw.ca

FURNITURE

Bright 1050sf. 2 Bdrm. 2 Bath, Top Floor, South East Corner.

Exc. Cond. 2 Secure U/Ground Prkg. Spaces, Gas F/P, in-suite lndry. Residential Manager On Site. $199,000.

604-889-8424

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

“ ABOVE THE REST “ Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est. Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB. Call (778)997-9582

Always! Pwr. raking, grass cutting, fertilizing, hedging, pruning, Rubbish rem. Free Est. 604-230-0627 WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $180 or Well Rotted 10 yds - $200. 604-856-8877

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

APARTMENT/CONDO

www.recycleitcanada.ca

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TRANSPORTATION

Local & Long Distance

VISION EXOTIK FLOORING INC.

CALL TODAY FOR A 10% Discount of 2012 Lawn Services.

FREE QUOTES

RENTALS

PIANO; APT SIZE Lowrey upright piano $550/obo. Ph: 604-418-6274 or 604-531-1576.

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

Jack Russell pups, cute, short, stocky, smooth coat, tail doc, deworm, 1st shot. $550. 604-798-9233

ELECTRICAL

MISC. FOR SALE

www.treeworksonline.ca treeworkes@yahoo.ca 10% OFF with this AD

NAHAL CONSTRUCTION

Jas 778-896-4065 Bell 604-339-2765

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778

Cocker spaniel pups – purebred, no papers 1st shots, dewormed, ready to go now. $600. Call 604-888-0832

25 year of experience.

Call for your FREE estimate.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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

Call Jas @ 604-726-6345 www.jjroofing.ca

New and Re-Roof Specialist Residential & Commercial.

Shakes, Shingles and Duroid.

1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) RemoveYourRecord.com

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Tree removal done RIGHT!

PLUMBING

$36/HOUR. Local lic’d Plumber.

Big & small jobs. Plumbing, heating, plugged drains, call (778)549-2234

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

PAINT SPECIAL

CRIMINAL RECORD?

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TREE SERVICES

Running this ad for 8yrs

DROWNING IN DEBTS? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500

If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue.

1.800.587.2161.

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A-TECH Services 604-230-3539

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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MEDICAL SUPPLIES

FAST RELIEF the First Night!!

Restless Leg Syndrome and Leg Cramps Gone. Sleep Soundly, Safe with Medication, Proven Results. www.allcalm.com 1-800-765-8660.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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MISC. FOR SALE

CAN’T GET Up Your Stairs?

Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-9815991.

• Rain Screen Wall System • Windows • Doors • Vinyl Decks • Siding • Stucco

Your #1 source for classified advertising.

Fully Insured – Bonded – Over 25 Years Experience 555 Craigmont Drive, West Vancouver Tel: 604-307-8433 Fax: 604-913-2232

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Consider our Free Dailies as a complement to an unbeatable Community Newspaper program.

Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991 **HOME PHONE RECONNECT** Call 1-866-287-1348. Prepaid Long Distance Specials! Feature Package Specials! Referral Program!

Don’t be without a home phone!

Call to Connect! 1-866-287-1348.

www.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

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OTHER AREAS

RURAL NOVA SCOTIA water front lots for sale. Country living at its best. Three bedroom apartments for rent. 45 miles to university town. www.sawmilllanding.com waterfront@bellaliant.net 1.902.522.2343

Your junk.

All Makes, All Models.

New & Used Inventory.

1-888-229-0744 or apply on line at: www.kiawest.com (click credit approval) SHIFT AUTO FINANCE Get Approved Today!

CREDIT DOESN’T MATTER..

For The Best Interest Rate Call: 1.877.941.4421 www.ShiftAutoFinance.com WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Christmas in April, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-5936095.

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CARS - DOMESTIC

2003 CHEVY MALIBU 110,000 km, auto, AirCared, good tires, $3000 obo. Call: (604)531-3251 2008 PONTIAC WAVE, 4 dr sedan, auto, high kms. runs/looks good, white, $4000 firm. 604-538-9257.

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS 2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, 1.8T turbo, 4 dr sedan, std, all options, exc cond. $5500 obo 604-780-8404 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA, 114 km, loaded, p/sun roof, all maint. done, exc. cond. $6,300. 604-836-5931.

2011 HONDA CRV 4 wd, Auto, silver. Loaded. Local car. $21,500: 9000k.778-895-7570/604-836-5931

treasure.

“DOLLAR DEALS”

make it easy to sell your miscellaneous items.

Call for details 604-575-5555

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TRUCKS & VANS

2008 Mazda B4000 SE+, gold/grey, 48K, auto, all options, like new, $13,900, N.Delta, 778-855-3097

Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

2007 TOYOTA COROLLA, 4 dr, loaded, 82kms, local, exc. cond., $7,800 obo. Call 604-596-9970.

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847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, green, 126K, $6500 firm.

Call 604-538-4883

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RECREATIONAL/SALE

2007 WILDERNESS trailer, 28’, 2 slides, Q bed, 2 drs, comp. w/hitch, exc. shape. $19,500. 604-856-3777

Buying, Renting, Selling?

www.bcclassified.com

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.

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN Whereas Douglas Warren Stover is indebted to Mitchell’s Towing Ltd. for storage and towing on a 1968 Mercury Cougar Vin: 8F91C556375 A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing of $5,493.15 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of May, 2012 or thereafter, the said vehicle will be sold. The Vehicle is currently stored at Elite Bailiff Services, 20473 Logan Avenue, Langley BC V3A 4L8.

The Vehicle was placed in storage on November 28, 2011.

For more info. call Elite Bailiff Services at 604-539-9900 WWW.REPOBC.COM

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