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The proposed new Low Level Road will enhance rail and port operations and significantly improve safety and efficiency for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. Watch our animation at PortTalk.ca

Low Level Road Project update Port Metro Vancouver, together with the City of North Vancouver, recently completed a month-long consultation process for the proposed Low Level Road Project. We’d like to thank everyone who participated in the consultation process.

More than 300 people attended the open houses and workshops or completed a feedback form.

OUR COMMUNITY COMMITMENT Port Metro Vancouver is committed to minimizing the effects of increasing trade on the communities in which we operate. The proposed Low Level Road Project will help improve trade and will also offer significant local community benefits. These benefits include: 1 Slope Stabilization And Reduced Road Flooding – through new retaining walls and drainage improvements.

2 Reduced Noise – the project will remove three at-grade rail crossings, eliminating about 60 train whistles each day and also will significantly reduce noise from rail car switching.

3 Improved Road Safety For All Users – with separated 2m-wide bike lanes, improved sightlines, a new intersection at Esplanade, an overpass at the Neptune/Cargill entrance.

4 1.6 Kilometres Of New Spirit Trail – completing the trail between St. Georges Avenue and Kennard Avenue, including an overpass across East 3rd Street.

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NEXT STEPS At the end of April, we will post the consultation results to PortTalk.ca On May 12th and 16th, we will host community information sessions to present a preferred design and proposed future consultation topics.

In late May, the City will host a public hearing where Council will have the opportunity to hear directly from community members.

In June, City Council and the Port Metro Vancouver Board will determine whether to proceed with the project.

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Training day came and not a moment too soon Hurt hikers prove backcountry dangers still loom as North Shore Rescue practises mass-casualty mountain response

BLADES RUNNING - Rescuers launch on-thefly disaster response drills from Bone Creek Saturday.

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wo emergency helicopters and more than 30 members of North Shore Rescue swarmed the Mount Seymour backcountry Saturday for a round of mass-casualty response exercises.

The plan was to re-validate NSR members’ training by coordinating a dualpronged land and air rescue of a dozen mock avalanche victims atop Dog Mountain in Mount Seymour Provincial Park. But in the minutes it took for the yellow rescue choppers to leave the sunny perch at NSR’s Bone Creek staging area for Dog Mountain, the peak had clouded over, making a helicopter rescue exercise into the park impossible.

But the $20,000-per-day rental fee for the pair of Talon helicopters would not go to waste as rescuers — including members of the Squamish, Coquitlam and Lions Bay search and rescue squads — took turns practising long-line chopper rescues from Bone Creek out onto a narrow shoulder of Mount Seymour.

“We immediately went to Plan B, running the air and land rescue independently and were able to get our land-based rescue assessment, triage and all the Code Alpha avalanche requirements met,” NSR leader Tim Jones told The Outlook. “We just couldn’t mesh land and air together because of the weather.”

In a year that’s already demanded eight helicopter-based rescues from NSR — including the Sunday rescue of two fallen and injured hikers near Lions Bay the day after this training — the opportunity to get the team out to practise en masse is invaluable, if expensive.

“January, February and March have been very, very busy for us,” Jones said.

“We’ve had increasing activity in the backcountry in the past decade, especially with large groups of snowshoers. So the possibility of a mass-casualty incident like this is growing.”

In fact, this year NSR will “forward deploy” its 12-victim avalanche kit to the Bone Creek staging area east of Rice Lake to replace the current six-person rescue apparatus which will be moved down the mountain, Jones said.

Jones also took the opportunity to remind outdoor enthusiasts that while the warm weather spells the end of the traditional avalanche season, the danger of encountering a slide on the mountain is still high.

“This time of year you get these ‘to-ground’ avalanches they’re called,” Jones said. “There’s still a huge snowpack out there and these are the kind of avalanches that occur in spring to early summer. They’re wet snow avalanches that turn everything to goop and they get right down to the dirt and just take everything with them.” tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com

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GREEN CAN PROGRAM COMING IN MAY Residents in the City of North Vancouver will soon have the opportunity to significantly reduce their landfill waste. Beginning this May, residents on the City’s single-family garbage collection route may include food scraps with their yard trimmings for curbside recycling.

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.

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In mid April, watch for the ‘Green Can Startup Package’ arriving in the mail.

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West Van students charged up about battery recycling Group to host an event this weekend at Park Royal South SEAN KOLENKO S TA F F R E P O RT E R

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n an effort to keep its 27-person team busy, the recycling club at West Vancouver secondary school had to think of a program they could do outside the walls of the high school.

The group had been helping the WVSS custodians with their recycling duties but those tasks left more than a few hands idle.

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Jessie Lin, also a Grade 11 student and recycling club member at WVSS, said the program has proven popular with both young and old, as some of the most popular bins have been at the seniors’ centre and Ridgeview elementary school, where students collected almost 80 pounds of batteries in just two weeks.

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BATTERY POWERED - (From left) Joanne Fernando, Howard Lee, Kenny Wu, Jessie Lin and Maggie Ngai, members of West Van secondary’s recycling club. The group has started a popular battery recycling initiative in the municipality.

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adults. Display boards and a presentation on the importance of recycling batteries are also part of the event. “This is what students can do,� said Lin, of the initiative. “We don’t have to worry yet about money or jobs, And this helps. It helps other people.�

The recycling club’s event at Park Royal South will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Further information can be found on the group’s Facebook page, titled “West Vancouver Battery Program.�

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On April 12, WVPD were called to a home on Shafton Place, where police say a suspect broke in between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m., and made off with two laptop computers, a camera and two watches in addition to the two handguns and ammunition.

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Songs Lived and Life Played After 35 years of playing the blues, Murray Porter, the Mohawk Blues Piano Man, wins his first Juno award

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edora-sporting Murray Porter is a pretty cool cat.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a soul patch, chunky diamond earring and speaks slowly, in a low, gravelly voice. But even the Mohawk Blues Piano Man, an aboriginal singer-songwriter whose been performing for more than three decades, occasionally loses his calm demeanor.

Like that night a few weeks ago at the Juno Awards in Ottawa. After he heard his named called out as the winner of the Best Aboriginal Album category, he nearly popped his signature black lid.

Murray Porter hoists â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just an amazing feeling â&#x20AC;&#x201D; redemption, his Juno award for you would say, of thirty-five years of hard work.â&#x20AC;?

Best Aboriginal After hoisting his Juno trophy, Porter was ushalbum. Submitted photo ered backstage where he was met with a bank of cameras and burst of flashes.

Shatner; meeting the legendary music man Tom â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went up there and said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dude, I won a friggin Juno!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And somebody hollers out â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a Wilson of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Juno-winner Susan Aglukark. live one!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he recalls.

Of course this hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always been his music â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I was just so excited and happy. Why not reality. show your excitement. [You get] one chance to Playing hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always paid the bills. Carpentry do it.â&#x20AC;? financed his addiction to the blues for a long After the photo op, Juno organizers asked for time. the ceremonial award back. Personalized Junos â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a musician, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always got a little are delivered to the winning artists later. bit of paint on your shoe.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;They had to pry it from my hands,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Porter moved to Vancouver in 2005 for â&#x20AC;&#x153;music â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coming in seven weeks. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very nice glass and love â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you can right that down,â&#x20AC;? he says, and the little Juno dude is on the inside. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m smiling. thinking of building a mantle.â&#x20AC;?

The love part: Elaine Bomberry, his mangerHe pauses, then laughs deeply. slash-muse, who had a hand in getting an aborigâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing this for 35 years, playing, inal category included in the Junos back in 1994 making albums. To win a Juno after all that along with artists Buffy Saint-Marie and Curtis time...,â&#x20AC;? he pauses mid-sentence, and then recalls Johnny. what a friend said to him after he won the The music part: the opportunity to reach some award: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win the (Juno), you earned fresh ears. He began with jam sessions at the it.â&#x20AC;?

Yale and soon got his own gigs. He also played Porter grew up on the Six Nations reserve in with Bitterly Divine, a Squamish Nation band Southern Ontario, where as a teen he was into fronted by Tewanee Joseph.

70s Southern rock, bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd Porter later recorded his Juno-winning album and the Allman Brothers. He played guitar, but Songs Lived and Life Played on the Squamish he admits he was lousy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;rezâ&#x20AC;? in North Vancouver where he currently But his musical influences â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and instrument resides. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would change. One night while he was lying in Currently, many songs from that album are getbed listening to a crackly radio station broadcast ting regular radio play in Canada from Toronto from Chicago he â&#x20AC;&#x153;got the blues.â&#x20AC;? and Ottawa to St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Moncton. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also It was an indelible moment: B.B. Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The been featured on CBC radio.

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Growing up on the Six Nations reserve, Porter â&#x20AC;&#x153;It blew my mind,â&#x20AC;? he says. had several heroes to look up to, including musiHe immediately began teaching himself to play cians Robbie Robertson and Derrick Miller. the piano his parents had bought for his younger Now, with his Juno recognition, he hopes that sister. he too can be a role model for local aboriginal Early on in his musical career he played covyouth. ers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t open the door but I stuck my foot â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how you learn your craft,â&#x20AC;? he explains.

Then he began telling his own stories, develop- in it,â&#x20AC;? says Porter, adding that the outpouring of support from family, friends and fans after he ing his own songwriting chops. received the award was humbling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t First he played bars, then moved to nightbelieve the support I had.â&#x20AC;? clubs and bigger venues in Buffalo, Detroit and Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career came full circle a few years Toronto. He even started doing some Canadian ago when he opened for B.B. King at the Tulalip Forces tours, which made for some pretty hectic Casino in Washington road trips. One tour went State. That night was like this: Montreal to B.B.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 82nd birthday and Goose Bay, Labrador to editor@northshoreoutlook.com afterwards, Porter was twitter.com/justinbeddall Alert Bay, B.C. to Haida invited to his trailer to Gwaii, back to Montreal have a piece of cake with and then off to Haiti. the blues legend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imagine packing for JUSTIN BEDDALL Âť EDITOR â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is really the the North Pole and Haiti grandfather of the blues, in the same trip.â&#x20AC;? as sweet as sweet can be, His touring trunk a wonderful man.â&#x20AC;? also has stickers from Egypt, Israel, Australia, Still as memorable as the evening was, it now England and France â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and with his latest award has a rival. you can bet heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be adding some new tour stops. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Opening up for B.B. King, Etta James, fabuFor now, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still savouring the surreal, whirllous â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but it was the warm-up act. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only wind Juno experience: Hopping the Juno train so many Junos in this country and to take one from TO to Ottawa with Canadian music stars home after all these years, it felt great. That was like Ron Sexsmith and Jully Black; being greeted the best night of my life so far.â&#x20AC;? by the RCMP band and mayor of Ottawa at the

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t’s easy to understand why the heroic torrent of rescue calls that’s kept the team deeds regularly performed by North going “full throttle.”

Shore Rescue volunteers are some“All serious rescues,” he adds. times taken for granted in these parts.

That means the volunteer hours just After all, it seems almost weekly that its keep accumulating. As do the personal members are dispatched, often in risky sce- sacrifices the members make: missed socnarios, to rescue stranded, lost or injured cer games and school plays, anniversaries outdoor enthusiasts in the North Shore and birthday parties. backcountry. And each year, the elite Jones admits he’s missed just about rescue team saves hundreds of these way- every family event imaginable, but says his ward snowboarders and skiers, hobbled wife and children have always been very hikers and disoriented day-trippers. supportive of his work with the NSR. The team is so skilled that their rescue “They know we do make a difference,” missions almost appear routine. But res- says Jones, noting his family makes sacricues are never automatic. fices too.

And we rarely stop for a second to think “What appeals to me is we actually about the level of sacrifice, preparation, make a difference,” adds Jones, whose son training and bravery that goes into every Curtis is also a NSR member. single rescue call.

Of course it’s not for everyone. Members Well, with this being National Volunteer must be tough, passionate and prepared to Week it’s a good time to salute NSR and put in countless unpaid hours. take a moment to reflect on the team’s “The sacrifices they make and the bravunwavering dedication to saving others, ery they have is outstanding,” says Jones which has members on standby 24/7, 365. of the team.

Take for instance, a call-out for an So what can you do to return the injured hiker in Lions Bay earlier this favour? week. The call came in around 4 p.m. By Well, NSR can always use financial the time rescuers had safely extracted an donations. Their work requires high-tech ill-prepared tourist in a longline helicop- equipment and communication devices, ter rescue, the sky and lots of chopper was just starting to time. That all adds up, darken, but the day even with the govwas hardly over for ernment grants they the members. receive and fundraisFirst they needing the team regularly WWW.NORTHSHOREOUTLOOK.COM ed to return to does.

North Vancouver And there’s another to unpack and hang thing you can do to their gear to dry. After grabbing a quick help: don’t venture into the backcountry bite, it was after midnight by the time they unprepared, like the tourist earlier this returned home to their families. week who was at an elevation of 3,500 Most had to get to their day jobs the feet in deep snow wearing only sneakers next morning so it was straight to bed. when he fell.

After work, members returned to NSR Jones says NSR is still in full winter HQ to repack their specialized gear that mode and backcountry users need to be needs to be meticulously checked after too — it may be spring on the calendar, but each call-out. It was also necessary to on the mountain it’s still winter. write a detailed log about the rescue misThat means you need the proper expesion. “And that takes hours,” explains NSR rience, as well as hiking boots, an ice axe team leader Tim Jones. and backpack filled with the 10 essentials “It’s a lot of work — an amazing amount recommended by the NSR (go to northof work put into it,” says Jones, who shorerescue.com for more). Also, adds has been with the team for more than Jones, if you’re trekking in the backcountwo decades, participating in nearly 1,500 try, don’t go alone, always leave a trip calls. itinerary behind and have a well-charged Just a few days prior to the Lions Bay cellphone that is GPS equipped. rescue, all 40 or so NSR members had “That will help us find you quick.” forsaken Saturday plans to go through avalanche training exercises.

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Pianists Christine Dahlberg (left) and Polly Carnsew rehearse the piano duets that they will perform at the Gospel Boys concert at West Vancouver Presbyterian Church on Saturday, April 21, at 7 p.m. The 18-member Gospel Boys choir sings a capella, delighting audiences with a wide range of inspirational music. All concerts at West Vancouver church raise funds for the North Shore Crisis Services Society. Rob Newell photo

— LET TER OF T HE W EEK— Sound barriers create visual noise Editor, I write in relation to the new sound attenuating walls east of the Capilano Road exit on Highway 1. (“Residents sound off over highway noise barrier,” March 22.)

I have no doubt that the walls are needed but must they be so aesthetically inappropriate? The walls are the in the form of precast concrete panels masquerading as stone.

This is a misguided and puzzling attempt to replicate traditional rusticated masonry almost unique to regions of Yorkshire and Lancashire in England!

Trained as both an architect and an urban Planner in Yorkshire, I am distressed by this travesty of the “real thing” being perpetrated here.

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vailed in the highways’ department for many years judging by the imitation ‘wood’ concrete sound walls (oddly painted pink) common in the Vancouver region and the ‘pretend’ stone concrete work marring Highway 99 up to Whistler.

A much better approach would be to evolve a textured and patterned wall system utilizing the intrinsic qualities of concrete and its aggregates in a creative and honest manner.

Ideally, the highways’ department would engage landscape architects and related professionals to design such a “sound wall” system that could be used along B.C. highways throughout the province with variations able to respond to the different characteristics of regional landscape character.

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It was also an opportunity to unveil Vancouver designer Jason Matlo’s latest collection of stunning sheath dresses.

Proceeds from the Wear Else fashion show are being earmarked for much-needed equipment and technology in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Also, it was time for a special wine and cheese / social media soiree as The Outlook partnered with the West Vancouver Chamber Follow entertainment / events columninst Catherine Barr on these social media outlets of Commerce and Amica West Vancouver last month.

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That’s where in July 2010 an Enbridge pipeline ruptured, releasing 19,500 barrels (3.1 million litres) of oil into the nearby river, making it the largest inland oil spill in the history of the American Midwest. More than 18 months later, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to struggle to clean up the mess. So what does an inland oil spill three thousand kilometres away have in common with what could happen here in Greater Vancouver?

Well, the spectre of an oil spill is being raised in light of Kinder Morgan Canada’s proposal to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline from Edmonton to Burnaby. The company has yet to make a formal application to the National Energy Board, but the project is aimed at exports of bitumen crude oil from the Alberta oil sands to China, on tankers that could hold as much as one million barrels each.

through pipelines.

“Of all the crude oil in the world, bitumen from the tar sands is the worst of all,” said Rex Weyler, co-founder of Tanker Free B.C., a group that wants to see oil tankers banned from B.C.’s coast. When bitumen hits water, it separates into gases, creating a toxic cloud that includes toluene and benzene, known carcinogens, Weyler said.

Indeed, in Michigan, a large area near the spill was evacuated and hundreds of residents complained of headache, nausea and respiratory symptoms consistent with exposure to crude oil, according to a report by Michigan health officials.

What doesn’t go into the air sinks to the bottom of the river or ocean and “suffocates all the fundamental biological organisms at the root of the food chain,” Weyler said.

Those organisms, which consume dead matter in the water, provide food for the surviving fish, but they won’t survive for long with the food chain disrupted.

As for the cleanup and economic cost of a spill in Burrard Inlet, he noted that estimates for the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico are in the $50-billion range including the cost of compensating the fishing industry and tourism losses.

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www.northshoreoutlook.com and shellfish industries, and the damage to Stanley Park, to be upwards of $40 billion.

And that’s if you can find those responsible to pay up, he noted.

While BP and Enbridge were clearly the polluters who had to pay for the cleanups and other costs, in the case of an oil tanker, they’re operated at an “arm’s length distance” from the oil companies themselves, said Weyler.

The tankers are “owned independently and registered in ports of convenience,” often under numbered companies managed overseas by lawyers.

“They can disappear and their only asset is the ship.”

In that case, those billions in cleanup costs will have to be shouldered by the taxpayers of British Columbia, he said.

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response, as Kinder Morgan did in 2007, WCMRC may manage it or hire a professional organization to work within the response command structure.

Wildlife left out of the equation The problem is, not all responsible parties choose to respond to oiled wildlife, and there are no laws forcing them to do so, said Coleen Doucette, vicepresident of the Oiled Wildlife Society of B.C. “The way policies are written in Canada, wildlife is not part of the environment, no one has to clean up wildlife.”

But left out in the wild, not only will oiled birds, otters, seals and other wildlife die, they’ll likely be eaten by predators, continuing to contaminate the environment long after the spill is over, noted Doucette, who is also chair of the animal care committee at Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. Taxpayers ‘not on the hook’ Doucette worked for Focus Wildlife, one of only Not so, says Bruce Turnbull of Western Canada three professional wildlife rescue companies in Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC), formerly North America, during cleanup of the 2007 spill known as Burrard Clean. in Burnaby. In addition to animals such as seals All such vessels which sail into Canadian and otters, waterfowl are perhaps most commonly waters must have an arrangement with a spill affected by a spill because the oil removes the naturesponse organization which, on the West Coast, ral waterproofing of their feathers, leading to hypois WCMRC. The tankers, which must be doublethermia. hulled, are brought into Vancouver harbour by She has helped provide wildlife rescue response local pilots who know about any hazards that need in Alberta after spills of bitumen which she says is to be avoided. far worse than conventional crude.

If there is a spill, “It burns the skin and the tanker’s dramatically, much owner walks away, more than a prodthe ship would uct that’s started to be seized and be refined.”

WCMRC would Bitumen does tap in to the insurmore damage and ance that tanker requires more skill companies are to address through required to pura more expensive, chase in advance, specialized and Canada’s Shiplengthy process, source Oil Pollution Doucette said.

Fund, Turnbull said.

“In a country If that insurance where there are no runs out, a similar regulations, proper Darren Trites, of DSS Marine, at the head of a new international fund funding is not 27-metre high speed oil containment boom that can is used. allotted for wildlife be deployed from the back of a container in minutes.

“The taxpayer is response, it makes The boom, which has just been delivered to Western not on the hook.”

Canada Marine Response Corporation, is the first of its it very difficult to WCMRC, which kind in Western Canada. Mario Bartel photo now look at needis primarily funded ing a more compliby four major oil cated process for companies (Imperial Oil, Shell Canada, Chevron rehabilitation when we don’t even have the funding and Suncor) and pipeline operator Kinder Morgan, for basic oiled wildlife rehabilitation.” responds to an average 20 spills a year, he said.

As it is, she estimated wildlife rehabilitation typiThey range from small gasoline spills from power cally costs one to five per cent of overall cleanup boats and incidents involving canola oil, to the costs of an oil spill, if it’s done at all.

100,000-litre spill resulting from the 2007 rupture In addition to a lack of local crews trained in of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline in North Burnaby, the oiled wildlife response, local animal welfare and largest Canadian incident it has responded to on rescue groups simply don’t have the space needed the West Coast. to accommodate large numbers of contaminated As for how much oil is typically recovered, wildlife during rehabilitation, she added. What’s Turnbull said it’s not 100 per cent, due to a numneeded is a single large building with good venber of variables including evaporation. “Recovery is tilation, and adequate water, electricity and open only part of an overall strategy. Protection and miti- space. gation of damage to resources is a priority.”

“All those things are really hard to find in one Generally, the response involves containing spills place, oddly enough.” with booms and collecting the oil using skimmers.

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12 Thursday, April 19, 2012 continued, PAGE 1 Pipeline track record ‘excellent’ When it comes to the economic impact of a major oil spill in Burrard Inlet, the local business community isn’t willing to speculate.

Peter Xotta, vice president of planning and operations for Port Metro Vancouver, Canada’s largest and busiest port, said such a spill hasn’t happened here so it doesn’t have a point of reference to speculate on.

The port is involved in moving $75 billion worth of goods annually and is responsible for 129,000 jobs across Canada, 80,000 of those in the Lower Mainland, and $10 billion in GDP, Xotta noted.

“So, as relates to our overall mandate, obviously our objective is to make sure all of that activity continues and that there isn’t disruption to any one of those supply chains.”

The port has been handling oil tanker traffic for more than 50 years and has some of the most stringent operating practices of vessels around such tankers, he said.

When asked if an oil spill would prevent cruise ships and cargo ships from coming and going in Vancouver harbour, Xotta said, “An incident of any kind involves notification to other traffic and depending on the circumstances operational plans are modified to deal with that. But once again, we have not had one of those circumstances here and our practices are intended to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

Over at Tourism Vancouver, officials declined to speculate on the economic impact of such a spill.

John Winter, president of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, was bullish in support of the proposed pipeline expansion.

“The track record is excellent,” he said. “Most of the people opposed to it never knew there was tanker traffic in the first place.”

He’s not concerned about potential risks of the proposal. “There’s risk in doing everything,” he said. “If measures are put in place to minimize those risks to the extent possible I would think the review bodies will have no choice but to approve it.”

As for whether the chamber would have concerns about the economic implications of a decision to allow the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion or not, Winter replied, “Only if it’s turned down.”

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‘People of the Inlet’ opposed to pipeline expansion Tsleil-Waututh Nation says Kinder Morgan plans too risky

Tsleil-Waututh Nation Chief Justin George.

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hen Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Chief Justin George was a kid, he and his family were on the water all the time.

They crabbed, they fished and they clammed, George recalls, never once worrying about the purity of the waters in the Burrard Inlet. It was a way of life for the People of the Inlet, a tradition that started long before George ever cast a line into the local waters.

“There’s an elder’s saying ‘When the tide went out the table was set for dinner,’” says George.

“Theirs was abundant life in the water, with resources to sustain our nations. There was a respect and balance with the inlet, it was our sustaining force.”

But times have changed for the Coast Salish community that lives along the inlet shores in North Vancouver, laments George. He’s only 42, but he no longer even considers eating any of the shellfish caught in the Burrard Inlet. Pollution has taken that away.

And it’s concern over more pollution to the area that forms the basis of the Tsleil-Waututh’s opposition to Kinder Morgan’s plan to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline, a line that ends at the Westridge Marine Terminal in north Burnaby on the band’s traditional territory.

By twinning the pipeline, Kinder Morgan is aiming to more than double the amount of crude oil being sent to the area. That potential influx has George worried as he vividly remembers a 2007 construction accident that resulted in 1,500 barrels of oil spilling from the pipeline. If the pipeline is twinned and another accident were to occur, the results would be worse. More oil, more potential for damage, he says.

“The health issues coming from this are a reality.”

“Even just in the day-to-day operations, oil is lost. This isn’t an issue of if there will be an oil spill, it’s when.”

But don’t confuse George’s position on the pipeline as an anti-business stance. It’s anything but, he stresses. The Tsleil-Waututh are a progressive nation when it comes to business partnerships. They backed the $8-billion federal shipbuilding contract awarded to Seaspan last year and have undertaken development projects as well as various eco-tourism ventures.

It’s just the risks of this project are too great to accept, he says. When the original pipeline was built, George says the Tsleil-Waututh hadn’t yet been granted aboriginal rights and title to its land. But now that they have, those rights will be invoked if need be.

“We feel strongly that consent is needed.

Where there is impact to territory, there is a duty to be consulted. Our position is firm: we will oppose this project and we’ll use everything within our powers and rights,” says George.

“But this decision will touch the lives of us all. It sees no colour. It will touch our children and our children’s children.”

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On April 2, LMTAC voted to dissolve itself and is now in the process of being replaced by Metroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Aboriginal Relations Committee.

District of North Vancouver Coun. Alan Nixon is a The new initials mean more than just a rebranding of negotiator for Metro Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Aboriginal Metroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aboriginal relations arm, according to ARC represenRelations Committee. Rob Newell photo tative, treaty negotiator for the province and District of North Vancouver councillor Alan Nixon.

The change heralds a much needed â&#x20AC;&#x153;fresh startâ&#x20AC;? after relaheart of the treaty process is economics. tions became strained between Metro Vancouver and First â&#x20AC;&#x153;The money has got to be there or we will walk away from Nations like the Tsleil-Waututh, Nixon told The Outlook in an it,â&#x20AC;? Chief George said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Looking back in history, the economy interview at North Van district hall. is what was lost.â&#x20AC;?

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more, the comparatively pared-down 11-member He stressed that as an urban First Nation, similar to the ARC will also save Metro some cash â&#x20AC;&#x201D; though how Tsawwassen Nation which achieved treaty status in much remains to be seen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; after funding LMTAC 2007, the potential for business development on a to the tune of about $340,000 a year. treaty-status Tsleil-Waututh Nation is huge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They needed to save some money,â&#x20AC;? Nixon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is going to impact not just the next genWhile itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken the Tsleil-Waututh, the province eration but the next 100 generations so you want and Canada 16 years to reach Stage 4 of the sixto put them in a place of equality and a place of stage treaty process, Tsleil-Waututh Chief Justin empowerment,â&#x20AC;? Chief George said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And at the end George said he believes that in 2012 some signifiof the day, the economics is what empowers you to cant decisions will be reached about the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deliver services, manage resources and capitalize on future on its current reserve lands on the banks of business opportunities.â&#x20AC;?

Burrard Inlet between the Second Narrows Bridge Far from cheap, however, the cost of the treaty Chief Justin and Cates Park. process has required the Tsleil-Waututh to already George â&#x20AC;&#x153;At this point we almost have an agreement in borrow undisclosed â&#x20AC;&#x153;millions of dollarsâ&#x20AC;? from the principle and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re about to consult with our memprovincial and federal governments, Nixon said. The bership and within the year I think some real formal decisions interest on those loans will come due once the agreement in will be made,â&#x20AC;? Chief George told The Outlook in a phone principle is reached. interview.

And although Chief George stressed that the process could According to Coun. Nixon, half of those principles have be dropped at any time if the Tsleil-Waututhâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic future now been agreed upon. isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ensured, both he and Nixon said that once talks at the Stage 5 of the treaty process formalizes the agreement in treaty table come as far as the Tsleil-Waututhâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have, there is principle and resolves any legal issues remaining between the almost no going back.

Canadian, B.C. and First Nation government. If and once that â&#x20AC;&#x153;But this is a major step and you want to make sure the final agreement is signed, Stage 6 is entered and the agreefoundation is there to create a stable nation,â&#x20AC;? Chief George ment becomes a treaty, giving the nation full autonomy over said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Until then, we have to tread lightly until that day is the land. here.â&#x20AC;?

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Despite the discount, Smith told The Outlook in a recent phone interview that the sizable purchase was indicative of the boat industry’s slow climb back to its prerecession days.

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S TA F F R E P O RT E R “Factories were pumping out boats full he Formula Boats head office in speed but there was no one to buy them.

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Mt. Seymour selling off chairs from Mystery Peak chairlift For $150 apiece, ski enthusiasts can own a part of Metro Vancouver ski history TODD COYNE S TA F F R E P O RT E R

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ki culture fans can buy a seat in Metro Vancouver’s ski history next week when Mt. Seymour Mystery Resort sells off approximately 100 chairs from its Mystery Peak chairlift.

The sell-off will make way for the resort’s new $5-million high-speed detachable quad chair set to replace the aging Mystery Peak chairlift next season.

For $150 each, the 45-kilogram, one-by-threemetre steel souvenirs will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, with $50 from each chair sold going to support ski programs at Metro Vancouver schools.

“Being the mountain where you learn to ski, what we decided to do was put this into a bursary fund for Vancouver and Lower Mainland schools,” Anna Rowinska of Mt. Seymour Resorts told The Outlook after announcing the sale last Thursday. “And then we’ll allow them to set up an application process to get their school up here

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For liability purposes, all the chairs sold will have their cable clamp removed to discourage hanging, but Rowinska said the chairs can still be suspended or otherwise mounted in a home or garden.

“You’d just have to create that process yourself,” she added.

And for discerning memorabilia collectors, the 35-year-old black, grey and blue chairs will even come with an official Mt. Seymour certificate of authentic-

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“It’s a fun little extra additive,” Rowinska said.

“Just to show that it is an authentic Mystery Chair chair.”

A pickup truck or cargo vehicle is recommended to take away the chairs, as is an extra person to help with carrying, loading and unloading, Rowinska said.

The chairs will be on sale Wednesday April 18 and Thursday April 19 from noon to 7 p.m. at Mt. Seymour Guest Services. Cash, credit and debit cards will be accepted. Those interested can check Mt. Seymour’s website and social media sites for info on the number of chairs remaining.

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And while these bloggers might be seen by some as outsiders crashing the Salon, their festival counterparts in the ink-and-paper orthodoxy are hardly the stuff of stuffy TODD COYNE authorhood.

S TA F F R E P O RT E R “It’s all about supporting the beginning writers to get the o longer workable as mere repositories of text, confidence to put the first few words down,” says North libraries have had to do more for their patrons in Vancouver poet and spoken word performer Fran Bourassa, the digital age. And few events do a better job of one of six published North Shore authors on the festival’s bringing books down off the shelves and into real life than local writers’ association panel. the annual writers’ festival.

Fellow panel member and Rogue Literary Press cofounder Now in its 13th year, the North Shore Writers’ Festival Gerhard Winkler agrees, if with greater urgency, adding that (Sat., April 21) is taking that library-patron relationship even the value of sharing his early writing with other writers was further into the non-traditional with the inclusion of a blogone of the most important lessons he learned when starting ging panel and even an e-reader raffle prize. out.

Heidi Schiller is a North Vancouver city librarian and one “If the farmers in [ancient] Egypt would have written of the organizers of this year’s one-day festival at the West about their life” Winkler says, matter-of-factly, “then we Vancouver Memorial Library. During the lead-up to the big would have known more about day, she tells The Outlook that it was the Egyptians than only from really important for organizers this year their kings.” to think outside-the-book when picking With his first novel Divided author guests and panelists.

(Rogue, 2007) now in its sec“We decided it would be fun to try ond pressing and his memoir something new and do an all-day fesMy First Life (Rogue, 2011) tival that would have sort of more of doing well in its first, the a festival feel to it,” Schiller says. “We WWW.NORTHSHOREOUTLOOK.COM German native’s seat on the wanted to add more dimension to the festival panel is something of idea of writing, so we added a bloga homecoming for his Englishging panel in addition to the more traditional North Shore language writing career.

Writers’ Association [guests].”

“When I first started, I borrowed books from the library — Under the banner “Secrets of Successful Bloggers,” the how to write your memoirs and how to write your life story,” panel will include bloggers on all topics from fashion and Winkler says. food to books and publishing, with an eye to attracting a Born on the wrong side of history in 1920s Berlin, more diverse audience to this year’s fest.

Winkler would serve with the German military as a teenager The aim of the panel, Schillers says, is to “provide amaand endure capture by the Russian army before eventually teur bloggers with tips and tricks and best practices” to get making his way to Canada aboard a steamship, learning their own blogs out from under Internet obscurity and into English while playing Scrabble with fellow passengers. the minds of their peers in the community.

Alternatively titled What was it like? Experiencing Two panelists who have seen huge success in the online Fascism, Communism, Tyranny and so-called Democracy, self-publishing realm are renowned Vancouver blogger and Winkler’s says that before setting down any notes for My oft-touted woman of influence Rebecca Bollwitt, who runs First Life, “people would always tell me, ‘You have got to the popular Miss604 blog and Sean Cranbury, whose Books write down your life story.’ And so eventually I did.”

Thursday, April 19, 2012 17 North Van writers (L-R): Fran Bourassa, Gerhard Winkler and Lynn Crymble at the West Vancouver Library. Rob Newell photo

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Joining Winkler and Bourassa on the North Shore Writers’ Association panel from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. are Bernice Lever, Sylvia Taylor, Karen Bower and Lynn Crymble, whose roundly praised novel It Can Happen to You was published by HarperCollins Canada in 2009.

Ensuring a family-friendly event, Vancouver’s Kallie George will be the first of the festival’s four “headlining” out-of-town authors to host an hour-and-a-half seminar.

George’s children’s book, The Melancholic Mermaid, will anchor a presentation designed to inspire children of all ages to read and write.

Later, international bestselling author Daniel Kalla will discuss his latest novel The Far Side of the Sky (HarperCollins, 2011) in a presentation and discussion about using history as a dramatic backdrop in fiction writing.

And finally, authors Marina Endicott (The Little Shadows, Doubleday, 2011) and Anita Rau Badami (Tell It to the Trees, Knopf, 2011) will discuss research, voice and the writing process after a wine and cheese reception welcoming all 2012 North Shore Writers’ Festival attendees.

“Really we just wanted to plan a festival that we would want to attend,” Schiller said of her fellow fest organizers.

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Giraud, who grew up in West Van, has done Len Corben photo many things in his life; none of them ordinary.

He played football at the University of Florida office only 15 minutes away from mine.

(1965) and Western Washington (1967-69), then “In a matter of hours, we had 5,000 towels in the CFL with B.C. Lions (1970 preseason) sitting on our warehouse floor ready for printbefore being traded to Winnipeg.

When the world belly-flop championships were ing. Mana Rawal, who still lives in West Van, completed the final artwork for our first run: held at the Bayshore Inn and the Coach House CANUCKS TAKE NO SURVIVORS. Game 3 on (now Holiday Inn), Butts was victorious four May 1 and Game 4 would be on home ice at the times between 1975-80. For a 10-year period he Pacific Coliseum. was a professional wrestler here and in England.

“I met with NW in the early afternoon and by Today he plays the harmonica with abandon in the time Rick Honey went on air, we had more churches and restaurants from Hornby Island to than 1,000 towels in our stores… By 6 pm we Hawaii. No, Butts is not your ordinary guy. were all sold out!

In 1974, he founded the Dog’s Ear T-Shirt Co. “The excitement became exhilarating as the which has franchises around B.C. including West follow-up media frenzy kept my phone ringing.

Van. The name comes from the Mad Dog nickEvery radio and TV station across the province name he got during his Lions days and the false wanted in on the story. The publicity extended report that he once bit off the ear of a wrestling from coast to coast across both Canada and the opponent.

United States.

These are all stories in themselves but this “As part of our strategy, we wanted to sell week let’s find out how Butts turned Neilson’s towels on the sidewalk on city property outside towel tirade into a Canucks’ tradition. the Coliseum. Acting as street vendors, we had When the Canucks went past the first round to worry about the legalities. The Canucks, who of the playoffs in 1982 after five futile previwere not as yet part of our team, had no warning ous efforts, Giraud and business associates Eric of this plan, so we took a huge risk. Without the Natovitch and Steve Ordel were looking for a Canucks’ co-operation, we could be run off PNE way to get on the Canuck bandwagon. Little did property in a matter of seconds and stuck with they know, they would be leading it. thousands of printed towels ready for sale in a “This moment of the towel intrigued the three no-sale zone!... of us,” Butts explains in the draft of a book “At 5 o’clock on May 1, the sidewalk outhe’s slowly putting together about his various side the arena buzzed with action. Our first van escapades. “We sensed an opportunity rising. arrived on the scene with towels hot off the press Mesmerizing events and situations like this are and still smelling of fresh ink... What happened rare indeed. That night, Roger Neilson gave us next was simply unbelievable. We literally had the foundation for this idea and we were prea stampede on our hands before we had even pared to accept the challenge of making it work. opened the first box. As fast as people threw $5 We knew in order to make an immediate impact bills our way, we retrieved the towels out of the we had to be creative and move quickly. It’s not boxes... It was one box after another as 10 of us, the great ideas that count; it’s acting on them. including my good friends John McKenzie and “I don’t think I slept a wink that night as my Tony Wilson, my brother Byron and all my staff, mind raced back and forth… I started to see jammed money into their pockets to try to keep what might unfold… This could be the promotion of a lifetime… The ideas started to come fast up… In an hour and a half we sold 5,000 towels – our entire inventory – and most importantly and furious… We were on to something huge…” we hadn’t been shut down by the police…

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“We were hoping we’d have this relaxing time, but we instead had to deal with this windstorm and our tent was blowing all over the place,” the Vancouver playwright says with a laugh. “We had to sleep in the car and it wasn’t that fun.”

But instead of wishing she was back in the comforts of home, the North Vancouver native was starting to think about her next play.

“My friend was probably thinking about packing in a different environment, she also explores up and going home, but I was thinking this would timely issues through the characters, who are now make a really funny play. I thought, ‘What would facing the challenges and uncertainty of a tough economy. In the play, Henry has recently lost his Henry and Alice be like in this situation?’”

The story idea born that weekend is called job and the camping trip is the result of a tighter Henry and Alice: Into the Wild, which makes its vacation budget for the couple.

“They had all of these plans and they thought debut at the Granville Island Stage on April 25, running until May 26. The story resurrects two they knew where they were going with their lives,” characters, Henry and Alice Lane, from Riml’s explains Riml. “A lot of people are facing the fact past play, Sexy Laundry, which has been per- of losing their job or losing their pension and are formed across North America, Europe, and South like, ‘What do we do now?’’’

Riml says she has learned a lot from the America. characters she created. “When you’re pointing “I actually had no interest in bringing them back after we had done Sexy Laundry,” she says. “But fingers at somebody else and you’re angry at for some reason the idea popped in my head. I them, it usually has something to do with me and what I’m scared of,” says wondered how Henry and Alice Riml, who has been married would do at a campsite. I thought for 15 years. “I’ve definitely it would be an interesting environlearned to give my husband ment in comparison to the previspace and to definitely not ous play which was at a high-end argue with him when putting hotel.”

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North Shore ultra runner on the comeback trail Robbins created. It’s an 80-kilometre (50-mile) race or Gary Robbins plans to relay, with a 21-kilometre option for those interested in S TA F F R E P O RT E R conquer a lot of terrain this running a shorter distance. or most of 2010, North Vancouver ultra runner summer.

It’s new territory, admits Robbins, but he says race Gary Robbins was on a roll.

Photo courtesy of directing is an avenue he will continue to pursue. Being In June of that year, he placed sixth in a 160-kiloChristine-Images.com laid up for so long, he explains, forced him to look at metre race in California, finishing in 17 hours and six racing in a different way. He volunteered at a handful minutes. In August, he broke the 13-year of events and got a glimpse at the speed record on the West Coast Trail, runmechanics of staging a race. ning 75 kilometres in 10 hours and eight And never one to back down from minutes. And just two weeks after that, a challenge, Robbins decided to try he set the speed record on the East Coast it himself.

Trail, conquering 215 kilometres in 35 “Race directing and race creating WWW.NORTHSHOREOUTLOOK.COM hours in 17 minutes. is exactly where I want to go,” he Then he broke his foot. says.

“It was at a running conference [in October]. We were “Being injured forced me to realize that I’m not going in Oregon and I slipped on a rock. All my body weight to run forever. But I loved going to races and helping came down on my foot. I was in shock,” says Robbins, out. Going to the community of runners to help got me with a wise half-smile, the kind only possible post-recovthrough it.” ery.

For more information or to register for the Squamish “I ran another three kilometres on the foot. I knew I 50, visit squamish50.com. was hurt but I tried telling myself it didn’t happen.” skolenko@northshoreoutlook.com If Robbins didn’t want to believe the pain, the crutches he was resigned to for the next three and a half months surely got the point across. There was no more racing, no more training, no more record setting. Robbins was laid up, forced to count down the days until he could run again.

There are different ways to get back into shape.

Some choose the staggered approach, building their stamina slowly until their prior form returns.

Others go head first, picking up their workouts right where they left off. Robbins is of the latter breed.

In January, he finished a 50-kilometre race on crutches with Club Fat Ass. By March he was free of his crutches and training heavily, running 160 kilometres per week. In April, he ran an 80-kilometre race in Olympia, Wash., and placed third.

Things were getting back to normal.

Or so it seemed.

In May, Robbins and his girlfriend went on a running vacation in Hawaii and on the second to last day of their trip, he broke his foot a second time.

“It was bad, I heard it. The first time, I didn’t hear the break,” says the 35-year-old Newfoundland native.

“I knew I was sidelined. I was going to be on crutches all summer long and my race season was a wash. But I was almost two kilometres from a trail intersection where I knew I would see people.”

Robbins crawled the two kilometres, over roots and rocks. Eventually, he came across some other trail users who notified search and rescue. Robbins — secured in a basket at the end of a longline — was airlifted to hospital.

He spent the next four-and-a-half months on crutches. It was the most difficult time in his life.

He couldn’t put any weight on the injury. Waiting, sadly, was all that was left.

But worries of his future quickly set in. The doctors said his 160-kilometre runs might not be the best regimen for him anymore. If they were right, then what? Would he ever be the runner he was?

“I finally got out of my walking boot in October and I said ‘I never wanted to go back.’ I talked to numerous doctors to find out what went wrong and the studies I was seeing all said that athletes who go back too quickly get hurt again,” says Robbins, instructively.

“So, I took a gradual approach.”

This time, Robbins didn’t go on a 10-kilometre run until January. Over the course of the entire month, he clocked 115 kilometres, about the same distance he was doing per week after his first injury. In February, he was up to 250 kilometres. In March, 370.

Robbins hasn’t yet got the green light to attempt his previous training levels, but he figures he’s close. So close, in fact, that he’s already planning to compete in a few upcoming races. This month, he’s off to Oregon for a breezy 32-kilometre jaunt.

Then, he’ll travel to Washington State and Europe With more patients than ever, nurses are forced to make difficult choices about who for races before tackling the North Shore’s infamous Knee Knacker in July. receives care first. When it comes to safer care, the choice is clear: hire more nurses.

All that preparation is leading to two firsts this summer for Robbins: running the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc in France, a 166-kilometre race around the mountain that bears its name, and the inaugural Squamish 50 in mid-August, an event SEAN KOLENKO

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Adorable. $650/ea. (604)607-0207 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 Yellow Labs, p/b, 5m, 2f, $700, dewormed, vet chkd. Chwk. (604)7947633 (604)997-3040 No Sun. calls.

My Dr. says “SLOW DOWN” My wife says “QUIT”

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

REAL ESTATE

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

1-800-910-6402

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY 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.

STEEL BUILDING - BLOWOUT SALE! 20X26 $5,199. 25X28 $5,799. 30X42 $8,390. 32X56 $11,700. 40X50 $14,480. 47X76 $20,325. One End wall included.

Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

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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

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE

706

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

MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused.

Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877776-1660.

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

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

RING UP profits with bcclassified.com

Call 604-575-5555

APARTMENT/CONDO

Call 604-830-7587 www.aptrentals.com

NORTH VANCOUVER LAMPLIGHTER One bedroom $950/mo.

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RUBBISH REMOVAL

Newly Renovated, 650sq.ft.

Great Location.

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

RECYCLE-IT!

JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly • Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses & More!

On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865

www.recycleitcanada.ca

Swimming Pool & Sauna.

Available April 1st.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 503

ANTIQUES & VINTAGE

LOUIS XV 5 pc bdrm suite, $3,500.

French Grandfatehr clock, sirca 1880s, $1,900 obo. (604)832-1857.

All Makes, All Models.

New & Used Inventory.

1-888-229-0744 or apply at: www.greatcanadianautocredit.com Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

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

1988 Chrysler LeBaron 2.2 turbo, burgundy, leather int, near new top, exc cond, $2500. (604)858-8332 2007 CHEV MALIBU LT, 3.5 V6, auto, 98K, exc cond, smoke-free Reduced! $5900. (604)288-7997

2008 PONTIAC WAVE, 4 dr sedan, auto, high kms. runs/looks good, white, $3500 firm. 604-538-9257.

Spacious 1 bdrooms avail. Balcony parking at back. Laundry fac. avail. Swim pool & sauna.

$45/Hr

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.

We Will Pay You $1000

RENTALS

CENTURY APT 250 East 15th Ave.

Local & Long Distance

Auto Loans or

2008 Chrysler Sebring Convert.

Grey/grey. Loaded, priced to sell.

Please call Richard 778-222-0140.

NORTH VANCOUVER

AFFORDABLE MOVING

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN

GUARANTEED

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MOVING & STORAGE

ABBA MOVERS & DEL. Res/com 1-4 ton truck, 1 man $35/hr, 2 men from $45. Honest, bsmt clean up.

25 yrs of experience.604-506-7576

BOATS

ALUMINUM BOAT WANTED, 10’, 12’ or 14’, with or without motor or trailer, will pay cash, 604-319-5720

604-826-8988 8069 Nelson St Mission

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

320

912

Beech, Oak, Japanese Maples, Magnolias, Dogwoods, Katsuras, Rhododendrons

Licensed, Government Approved, Canadian Company.

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

MARINE

I say “let’s make a deal on trees & shrubs”

HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.debtgone.ca

2004 JEEP GRAND Cherokee Ltd. 4x4, auto, green, 126K, $6000 firm.

Call 604-538-4883

I JUST TURNED 80

Border Collie P/B puppies dob Feb. 18 M-$450: vet ✓ first shot. 604250-4360 or 604-856-7975.

Call FREE 1-877-220-3328

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

MISC. FOR SALE

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

Tree removal done RIGHT!

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

Need STRESS relief? One easy payment makes that possible!

Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confidential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET

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

**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.

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

NEED HELP MANAGING YOUR DEBT?

CRIMINAL RECORD?

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

TRANSPORTATION

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

AT NORTHWEST ROOFING

Improvements,

FINANCIAL SERVICES

LEGAL SERVICES

845

572 PLANTS/NURSERY STOCK

HERBAL MAGIC Limited time offer - Save 50%!! Lose Weight and keep it off. Results Guaranteed! Don’t delay call NOW 1-800-854-5176.

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733 MOBILE HOMES & PADS

Northstar Painting Ltd.- The Residential Specialists. BIG jobs, Small jobs - We do it all! Interior and Exterior Projects. Master Painters at Students Rates. WCB Safe, Reliable, Efficient & Quality Paint. 778.245.9069

GET PAID TO LOSE WEIGHT. $5,000 For Your Success Story.

Personal Image TV Show. Call to Qualify: 416-730-5684 ext 2243.

Joanna@mertontv.ca www.mertontv.ca.

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

TRANSPORTATION

55 Plus 2 BDRM. 2 bath. Quiet seniors park. No smoking sm. dog ok prefer long term. Must pass strata requirements. Lots of storage. $1200 mo. Plus damage deposit.

Ph. 778-999-5993.

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.

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HEALTH PRODUCTS

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

FURNITURE

• 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

(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

PERSONAL SERVICES

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RENTALS

BUILDING SUPPLIES

372

Running this ad for 8yrs

287

173E

518

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

Simon 604-230-0627 will spread

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539

• FREE ADMISSION to all playing venues • 1 complimentary item of event apparel • 1 complimentary meal per volunteer shift worked!

CLASSICAL/ACOUSTIC Guitar Lessons.

Tel: 778-862-2727 www.SoloAcousticGuitar.com

AUCTIONS

MATTRESSES staring at $99

Always! Pwr. raking, grass cutting, fertilizing, hedging, pruning, Rubbish rem. Free Est. 604-230-0627

Be part of our exciting, worldclass softball tournament, which takes place from June 30 - July 9 in Surrey, BC. We are looking for volunteers in areas such as: scorekeeping, security & parking, transportation, batgirls, tickets & gates, and more! We ask that each volunteer work a minimum of 20 hours.

In exchange for your time, each volunteer will receive:

Call our office or visit our website for more info.

604-536-9287 or www.canadianopen fastpitch.com or Attend our next Volunteer meeting for more details.

Tuesday, May 1 7:00 pm at the Sandman Signature Hotel, 8828 201 Street, Langley

509

SUPERB 24TH Annual Auction.

Horse drawn carriages & sleighs.

Plus incredible offering horse era antiques. Sunday, May 6, 12 Noon, Al Oeming Park; www.aloemingauctions.com. Bodnarus Auctioneering.

Phone 306-227-9505.

Canada’s Best.

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 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT.

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

281

220.JUNK(5865)

Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

VISION EXOTIK FLOORING INC.

163

RUBBISH REMOVAL

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

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

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AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

CGA- Tax, Audit, Accounting: Call Peter Tel:604-593-5447; www.peternjengaassociates.ca

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Call 604-983-2283

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS 1998 MERCEDES E320, 4 dr. auto, fully loaded, 80K, local, no accid, $6200/obo. Call 778-881-1216.

2001 BMW 330i 4 dr. sedan, blk. leather on blk. auto, local, 109k, sun. roof, all pwr. options. Very clean. $10,900 604.312.7415 2004 VOLKWAGEN TD 4/dr sedan, fully loaded, leather interior,sunroof, blue, 157K. 1 Owner. Mint cond! $10,900/obo. Call 778-240-1966.

2004 VW JETTA S/W, diesel, 185 km, new tires, battery, inj. pump. $8,900 obo. Phone (604)530-5529.

2005 LEXUS RX330, 65,000 miles, no accid., 2nd owner, all pwr, very clean, $19,000. Call 604-722-4264.

830

MOTORCYCLES

MOTORCYCLE HAULER, triple or single, large lockable utility box for all your gear. Wide easy load alum. ramp incl. $1395. Ph. 778-888-6805

838

RECREATIONAL/SALE

2003 21’ WILDWOOD 5th wheel, light weight, a/c, awning, slide-out beaut cond. $15,900/obo. Free storage till May/2012. 604-287-1127

Whereas Mandy Gaye Robertson is indebted to Mitchell’s Towing Ltd. for storage and towing on a 1997 Mitsubishi Spyder Vin: 4A3AX55FVE089551 A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing of $5,640.77 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 17th 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 8, 2011.

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

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN Whereas Myron Sullivan ll is indebted to Mitchell’s Towing Ltd. for storage and towing on a 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Vin: 1J4GZ78S4PC629492 A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing of $5,229.18 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 17th 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 December 7, 2011.

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

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