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Two North Van high schools at highest possible risk of quake failure NVSD asking province to replace Argyle and Handsworth secondary schools TODD COYNE S Ta f f R e p O RT e R

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arthquake fears have pushed the replacement of two North Vancouver high schools to the top of the school district’s wish list this year.

The North Vancouver School District finalized its annual five-year capital plan last week, asking the province for, among other things, funding for the complete replacement of Argyle and Handsworth secondary schools.

Last month, portions of both schools were deemed “High-1,” denoting the highest possible risk of widespread and irreparable structure failure in the event of a quake. That’s according to a two-year study by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. and the University of B.C.’s civil engineering department.

At an admittedly conservative cost estimate of $35 million apiece, the school district rated the Argyle and Handsworth replacements as priorities No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, on its five-year funding plan submitted Oct. 15 to the province.

The replacements were preceded on the list by a $700,000 mechanical systems upgrade for Brooksbank elementary and $100,000 for a new school bus. For safety and cost-efficiency reasons, the B.C. education ministry mandates that mechanical and transportation needs must trump all other budgetary requests in every school district’s five-year plan.

Still, the Argyle ask may come as a surprise to some, since just this past May the province committed $122 million to seismically upgrade 14 of B.C.’s 152 high-risk schools. Among those in the

lucky 10-percentile was the 52-year-old Argyle building. But the school board maintains the high cost of making the existing Argyle building quake-ready might make holding out for its full replacement the more financially sound option in the long term.

“When you look at that number — $122 million for 14 seismic projects — it seems like a large number but that’s around $8 million per project. That’s really not a lot of money for seismic upgrades,” said Ian Abercrombie, the North Van school district’s director of facilities and planning at a finance committee meeting last month.

“A replacement project for Argyle, we’re estimating, is probably going to cost the same as the [recently completed] replacement of Carson Graham [secondary] and that’s around $40 to $45 million.”

In an email to The Outlook last week, school district spokeswoman Victoria Miles said ongoing preliminary studies of Argyle show the cost of seismic upgrades “will be significant and may approach the costs of full replacement.”

Miles added that the replacement of Carson Graham began as a province-approved seismic upgrade before escalating into a full-replacement project once the financial and educational impacts of carrying out ongoing construction on occupied school wings and accommodating temporary classrooms were factored into the bottom line and the best value was considered.

The results of the Argyle studies are expected to be made public in the spring. In the meantime, Abercrombie said he expects the province to announce which items it will fund on the school district’s capital plan well before the May 14 election.

“Likely if we are going to be getting these capital projects it will be well before May but probably after January,” Abercrombie said. “So hopefully we’re going to get some new announcements early in the new year.” tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com

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B.C.’s tourism industry is ‘poised to expand’ F or some, a dream job would be a vacation planner – for themselves! Vacationing in B.C. can take so many forms that it would indeed be a full-time job.

The tourism and hospitality industry is an extremely diverse industry with over 400 different occupations – including occupations that lead to longer-term careers, as well as those that fit well for those seeking part-time work, like students or older workers who are not yet ready to retire.

British Columbia’s tourism industry will be a leader in provincial job growth as businesses look to fill 101,000 new job openings by 2020, according to a study of labour demand and supply by go2, the BC tourism industry’s human resource association.

The Tourism Labour Market Strategy, released in the spring of 2012 by go2, sets out the plan to recruit, retain and train the workers needed to keep pace with the growth projected for the industry.

Nearly half of the 101,000 openings will be new jobs created by the tourism industry across the province, adding 44,220 more jobs to the provincial workforce by 2020. The other approximately 57,000 openings are due to replacements (i.e. retirements).

“The labour strategy co-ordinated by go2 is a key pillar of industry growth in the province. Without it, we simply wouldn’t have the skilled workers in place to deliver the visitor experience throughout B.C.,” says Lana Denoni, chair of TIABC, the Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia.

British Columbia’s location, bordered by the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west, makes it unique within Canada.

Its mountain and coastal scenery, opportunities for summer sailing, winter skiing, and other activities such as fishing or sightseeing in coastal or inland waters or experiencing our vibrant cities all make us a world-class destination.

Tourism helps to diversify our economy and also brings new community services to permanent residents.

B.C.’s tourism and hospitality industry is now the single largest “primary resource industry” in the

province, generating an annual real GDP of more than $6.4 billion in 2010, ahead of forestry, mining, oil and gas extraction, and agriculture.

Tourism and hospitality generated $13.4 billion in annual revenue in 2010. Overall, between 2004 and 2010, industry revenues grew by a total of 25.5 per cent, representing an average annual growth rate of 4.2 per cent.

The provincial government’s Gaining the Edge: A Five-year Strategy for Tourism in British Columbia targets revenue growth of five per cent a year that will top $18 billion in tourism spending by 2016.

The fastest growing sectors for tourism job growth over the next decade are expected to be recreation and entertainment and travel services.

There are an estimated 17,943 tourism-related businesses across the province, employing about 260,000 workers, or 10.8 per cent of B.C.’s total labour force of 2.4 million people.

Many of those jobs are on the North Shore.

North Vancouver’s Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, for instance, employs approximately 230 people during its peak summer operation. Of that number, around 120 are year-round staff. And with the addition of its new award-winning Cliffwalk attraction and free shuttle service from downtown Vancouver, the company has added even more mew jobs.

“We are optimistic about the future of tourism,” says Stacy Chala, communications manager for Capilano Suspension Bridge.

Just up the street, Grouse Mountain employs 1,000 people in the winter and more than 500 in the summer. And as the mountain continues to build and expand its operations, new jobs follow.

“New additions create new jobs and ultimately an increase in tourism traffic so we definitely feel there is growth in our industry. We do expect to see a rise in the number of people we employ in the coming years,” says Sarah Lusk, the mountain’s public relations manager, in an email.

More than 80 per cent of tourism’s new job openings are projected to come in food and beverage Services (43,410 openings), recreation and enter-

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tainment (20,530 openings) and the accommodation sector (18,920 openings).

“After several years of slow labour growth, the tourism industry is poised to expand,” said Arlene Keis, CEO of go2. “Labour shortages are already being felt in places like Northern B.C., the Thompson Okanagan and in the Rockies regions.

By 2016, the crunch will be more acute throughout the province.”

“The tourism industry often provides people with their important first job and sets them on their career path,” said Keis. “Tourism is also the largest employer of youth, with one in four British Columbians under the age of 24 working in the industry.”

“This anticipated growth in tourism reinforces the need to plan carefully and ensure that there are enough workers with the right skills in the right communities to meet the tourism industry’s future labour needs,” said Keis.

Boomer Gaye Dolezal of Sidney, B.C., says “Working part-time in Tourism Information was a fun way for me to use my great knowledge of Canadian cities. I often astounded visitors with the connections I could make to their hometowns.” She adds “People like to feel like welcome guests, not just tourists.”

For more info: Career section of go2hr.ca: go2hr.ca/ careers-tourism and Tourism Labour Market Strategy: go2hr.ca/strategy

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hree blood-covered zombies hack away at a victim pinned to a table, his screams echoing in the dark room. Cockroaches scurry on the walls as skeletons jerk to life and a cackling witch glides overhead on her broom.

In another corner, creepy clowns gather, hunched over on chairs with their bulging eyes staring at a grim reaper towering above.

The blood looks real at North Vancouver’s Thomas FX. Even the U.S. military orders it direct from the store to train triage teams so they don’t get queasy during gory, real-life situations.

“It’s realistic and doesn’t stain clothes. It can be washed right out,” says John Quee, owner of Thomas FX, holding up a white bottle of blood.

He walks into “The Dark Room” as sensors on the floor make howling ghosts leap forward and jet back from where they came.

“The movie people love these.

They order them all year round,” says Quee as he touches some hanging chains.

Nicked and rusty, they look real but are lighter, which make them perfect for props, says Quee.

A major part of his business is selling props for movie and TV sets, but he also has everything set up in his store for the public to purchase.

Thomas FX, located on Riverside Avenue in North Vancouver, is a “complete haunter’s dream” and is busier than usual with Halloween right around the corner.

In line with the TV series The Walking Dead and teen movie Twilight, zombies and vampires are in this year, says Quee, passing by a vampire fountain, blood and water gushing from its mouth. Hanging on the wall are masks for both, handmade

and painted by makeup effects artists.

Next to this is “Blood Alley” where fingers, ears and other miscellaneous bloody body parts are sitting in Styrofoam containers covered in plastic wrap.

“We display everything in the dark so customers can imagine what it’ll look like at their house,” says Quee.

Thomas FX has been on the North Shore for 44 years, and Quee has been running it with his wife for the last 11. They started off just selling to the movie industry, but eight years ago opened a store for everyone.

“We’re not like those pop-up stores with rows of costumes in plastic boxes. We sell costume accessories, a few great pieces that will stand out,” he adds, taking down a gas mask from a display.

“And see this. It would look great with just regular clothes on,” he says of a devil mask with an evil grin.

Even though Thomas FX may be scarier than many haunted houses, Quee says, it’s a business, not a place to drop off the kids for a couple hours.

“We ship to 51 countries and have people fly from across North America to come see us,” says Quee proudly as he turns on the snow machine.

Besides Halloween props, he also sells snow to movie companies and stores around Christmas time.

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he 11th annual North Shore Rotary Food and Wine Festival took place last week at Park Royal North in West Vancouver. This local event, which featured favourite restaurants paired with B.C. wine distributors, is always a hit as it gives guests a chance to sup and sample from some of the best local offerings. Live music, displays, entertainment and lots of socializing helped round out the night which helped raise funds for the North Shore Youth Safe House and North Shore Schizophrenia Society.

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Real-life accounts of North Shore hauntings as told by those hired to investigate them

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OLD HAUNTS - NPI investigators Nikki Peterson and Darryl Pearson at North Vancouver Cemetery. Todd Coyne photo

ou’re going to think I’m crazy but...” is how people typically introduce themselves to Darryl Pearson and Nikki Peterson, co-founders of the Vancouver-based ghost-hunting firm Northern Paranormal Investigations.

With two years and dozens of investigations under their belts, the pair have by now heard it all, from complaints of bumpsin-the-night to all out physical and psychic attacks.

So after that first client call, rather than run the other way, the seven-member NPI team packs up and moves in, often overnight.

And when they do, they do not travel light.

Speaking with The Outlook recently at a reportedly haunted North Shore restaurant — which cannot be named for confidentiality reasons — Pearson and Peterson were joined by Steve Davie, a British expat and relative newcomer to the group, eager to show off some of the tools and techniques of the ghostbusting trade.

“Really our main goal at any investigation is debunk, debunk, debunk,” Pearson says, trying to allay popular suspicions that those in the ghost-hunting game are selfinvested fear mongers or snake-oil salesmen. “If we can give people other reasons as to what is happening, other ways of looking at it, and make them feel more comfort-

able about what’s going on in their home and make them realize that it’s not paranormal, then that’s fantastic.”

For that task, the team lugs out several thousand dollars’ worth of audio and video recording gear, electromagnetic field (EMF) meters, motion-activated and thermal imaging cameras, infrared thermometers, vibration and static-electricity sensors and carbon dioxide meters. But the most important tools they bring to any investigation are research, patience and the technical know-how to make all their gadgetry work in concert and hopefully detect a physical source behind every “haunting.”

“If the air is bad and you’ve got too much carbon dioxide in your breathing space, it can give you hallucinations. And it’s the same you hear people talk about EMF fields,” Davie says, explaining how people with heightened sensitivity to electronic fields from things like transformers, wireless internet routers and cellphones often complain about feelings of unease and ‘being watched,’ all the way up to phantom pains, hallucinations and paranoia.

“We’re giving them peace of mind,” Davie adds. “Because in some cases it drives them out of their residence. And we don’t want that.” continued, NEXT PAGE

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ut sometimes that least desired outcome is unavoidable, as in one of a pair of recent hauntings NPI investigated on the North Shore.

“That was one of the few investigations where I’d seen certain members of the group affected in a way I’d never seen,” Pearson says, shaking his head, “including myself.”

Prior to it, the scope of NPI’s North Shore experience was limited to a single investigation, not on a haunted house but rather an historic government building. “They had everything from sounds of footsteps on their main floor to what sounded like a party going on,” Pearson recalls. “Security guards would hear laughter, hear people’s voices and then go up and check — nobody there. They’d hear doors open and close.

While we were there during the investigation, we actually heard all that.”

Pearson says he even heard a voice call out to him personally “as clear as day” from down the stairs during the investigation.

But when he went to see who or what it was, nothing.

“We try not to ever send anybody alone anywhere,” the Coquitlam resident and lifelong ghost enthusiast says. “You need more than one person to vouch for an experience, otherwise it’s just a personal experience.” Despite the lack of corroboration in that instance, the team was able to capture much of what they saw and heard that night on audio and video recordings, raising more questions than answers upon playback.

“There’s usually between 80 to 150 hours of evidence to review afterwards,” Peterson says. “For example, we had a photograph one time and I spent close to 50 hours just trying to debunk that one photograph.” If the average investigation is eight hours

long, and the team has a minimum of three recorders rolling, usually more, Davie says, the hours spent poring over raw materials can quickly stack up. “And you can’t really just listen to them once,” he says.

When an investigation is finally concluded, often about two to three weeks after the actual visit, NPI compile their audio and video findings onto a DVD. Then they give that disc to the property owners and relay any personal experiences they may have had while on-site, although this anecdotal information doesn’t make the official evidence file. For this particular North Shore investigation, Pearson says their findings came as no surprise to those who called the team in. “They already knew the events took place and already had lots of proof from different people with personal experiences and otherwise,” he says. “They were just really pleased to get a bit of confirmation as to what it is.”

Pressed further, he says he’s bound by contract not to reveal any further details of the haunting. However, he says, “I can say, yes, it is linked to some historic event. But I can’t say what it was.”

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“Or knock on demand,” Peterson adds.

It’s one of the more common hauntings NPI comes across and it’s the category investigators have documented more than any others. But those interactions are not always friendly, Davie adds, citing one case where a rock was hurled at investigators, seemingly from nowhere, and another time when they heard a voice telling them to leave a basement immediately.

The consensus among the team is that these first two categories of haunting are what people most commonly think of when they think of ghosts — namely, dead people.

But the third category is a contentious one among enthusiasts of ethereal beings. In one camp, they’re called demonic hauntings, in another, simply non-human hauntings. These are the “most extreme” cases, Peterson says, and are marked by the presence’s determination to antagonize and even harm those dwelling in its haunt.

“Most people are only ever going to run into a residual haunting, or maybe something intelligent,” Pearson says. “But this is something different.”

And something different is certainly what NPI found on its second North Shore investigation. “That was the most bizarre case,” Davie recalls. “It affected us all mentally.”

It was in a residence this time, a North Vancouver apartment unit. And though the then-occupants have long since been driven out by the disturbance, the location can’t be revealed as the apartment is privately owned. “When we did the investigation, they were packed up already,” Davie says. “They had made their decision, they just wanted to find out if it was anything that was going to follow them.”

It wasn’t. Whatever the menacing energy was, it was particular to that unit, the group agrees. And it’s possible whoever lives there now isn’t susceptible, or at least as susceptible, to it. “Still, I feel sorry for whoever has to live there,” Peterson adds. “I definitely wouldn’t be able to stay there and I’m used to this stuff by now.”

In fact, Peterson says she suffered nightmares in the days following NPI’s preliminary investigation. The nightmares centred around one curious wall of the unit, a wall which she says felt “out of place,” as if it was built to conceal a dark energy. “And they had even seen apparitions; a man standing by a window, a little boy,” Peterson continues.

“And the bathroom door would lock on them.”

“The bathroom was something that just creeped them out,” Davie adds. “But the focal point of the whole investigation was what creeped everyone out.

“A bad, bad, bad, bad vibe,” he continues.

“It was almost like it was trying to reverse your personality.”

“Like it was using us for emotional puppets,” Peterson concludes.

So what was it? “Some people say it’s people who have passed; some say it’s energies left by people who have passed,” Pearson philosophizes. “But really, as I’ve told a lot of people, You know what? I’ll know when I die.”

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This is a place where speciality shops dot the boulevard: Whether you’re looking for fresh seafood or meat, out-of-the-oven bread and sweets, children’s books, unique gifts, a kitchen gizmo or one-of-a-kind spooky Halloween decoration — it’s all here.

There are also shops for spirits (the other kind: wine and beer), unique clothing retailers and places to drop off your laundry or pick up some stationery.

But there’s more than just shopping. You can eat here too at one of the restaurants, or sit inside a cafe and enjoy the village vibe while reading the paper. Or maybe you want to get a new look at one of the hair and beauty salons or enjoy some spa time. In all, there are more than 100 business in Edgemont.

Pat Gallaher, owner of BC Playthings and president of the Edgemont Village Business Association, moved his store here 14 years ago after nearly two decades in another location.

“I looked for years to move to Edgemont,” he says. “It’s a collection of businesses which which tend to be independent for the most part, not chains, and very eclectic.”

But Edgemont isn’t just about shops and services. It’s also got neighbourhood spirit.

“We care about our customers. We put on events to celebrate the community that is Edgemont Village,” Gallaher says.

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At one time they may not have considered themselves artists, but now they are all experienced digital videographers. Thanks to a program started in 2006 called Arts, Health and Seniors Project (AHS), the seniors have learned to use sophisticated technology to tell their personal stories.

The Arts, Health and Seniors Project began as a joint research project by the University of B. C. schools of nursing and audiology and speech sciences.

It was based on the ground-breaking Creativity in Aging study by Dr. Gene Cohen, which found that seniors who participated in weekly art sessions had fewer visits to the doctor, needed less medication and experienced less pain. They also reported improved mental health and were more involved in other activities.

The program at Silver Harbour Centre came together in 2006 when the centre was looking for an avenue that would allow seniors to create videos of local history and of their own lives.

At the same time the Arts, Health and Seniors project approached Silver Harbour Centre about whether they would be interested in offering a digital storytelling program. The happy convergence that started out as a three-year project, due to the

SilveR hARbOuR StORieS - Videos created by local seniors cover a variety of topics, from North Shore history to portaits of friends. Submitted photo enthusiastic response of participants, has continued on.

In the six years the program has been running at Silver Harbour over 25 seniors have participated. Their videos cover a range of topics — work experiences, local history, memorials to loved ones, portraits of friends. Many of those videos are posted on the Silver Harbour’s YouTube channel Silver Harbour Stories.

The 10 seniors in the group meet weekly, for two-hour sessions, over a period of nine months.

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videographer Lisa Neilsen who has a special interest in recording people’s personal stories. “[Video] is such a perfect medium, and seniors are such a perfect group of people to work with because they have their whole lives of stories they can tell — it’s just a really good combination,” says Neilsen.

As a professional artist, she is there to provide expertise and to work with participants, individually and as a group. She is also introducing them to software programs Final Cut Pro and Photoshop Elements they will use to produce their videos. For this year, Neilson’s suggested theme is “Geography of Memory,” though participants are free to choose any subject that inspires them.

Annwen Loverin, Executive Director of Silver Harbour Centre has seen some dramatic transformations over the six years.

One participant was able to move out of a care facility into assisted living. Others overcame significant health barriers such as moderate dementia and even blindness to express themselves through their art. The benefits have not been limited to physical wellness. By recording their stories, participants experience a sense of accomplishment and a connection to their community.

While the seniors who participate in the AHS program benefit, so does the wider community, “I think it [the program] changes our stereotypical view of seniors. It throws us for a loop in terms of our perspective on seniors. I think it’s so healthy for us to have our stereotypes questioned as a community,” says Loverin.

Videos produced this year will be screened at Silver Harbour sometime in late May. They will also be featured in June at the Round House Community Centre as part of the Arts, Health and Seniors showcase.

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Community groups can request a screening by contacting Silver Harbour at 604-9802474.

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A road pricing system could include free home zones for motorists, who wouldn’t pay per kilometre charges until they cross a zone boundary into a different city.

Someone in Surrey could drive within Surrey “all day long” but only pay if they cross a zone boundary into New Westminster, suggested Jack Opiola, a Virginia-based road tolling and transport policy consultant.

“When I leave my home zone and travel into somebody else’s I know I pay a fee,” he said. “That way everybody pays their fair share.”

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reduce property tax a bit.

“It’s going to be a tough sell to say we’re going to keep taxing you on your gas and ask you to pay a per-mile charge,” said Edward Regan, a transportation and tolling policy authority from Connecticut. “But if it’s one instead of the other that’s certainly much more viable.”

The push by mayors towards road-use charges here springs from both TransLink’s troubled quest for sustainable funding and a growing sense among civic leaders that tolling just a couple of bridges is unfair and may inefficiently distort traffic patterns.

Most other jurisdictions are grappling with some of the same challenges as TransLink, particularly a gas tax that raises less money for transit each year as vehicles get more efficient and more electric cars hit the road.

Panelists said several U.S. jurisdictions – from Washington’s Puget Sound to Los Angeles – are contemplating a shift to forms of road pricing, typically by charging a few cents per mile travelled.

Regan said it’s also wise to find ways to provide benefits to drivers, rather than merely a hightech method to take their money.

He said GPS-based systems to charge road usage fees can also be used to advise drivers on lesscongested alternate routes, or perhaps guide them to a free parking spot and automatically pay for it.

In Dallas-Fort Worth, he said, tolls on planned new express lanes will vary by route and

change according to congestion levels, in an effort to ensure those lanes are free flowing. Drivers will get a toll rebate if traffic fails to flow at a guaranteed minimum speed.

Even with the best ideas in play, panelists warned the policy road to toll systems is littered with failed efforts, including New York City’s aborted attempt to introduce a London-style congestion charge.

Opialo said a potential move to a road-usage charge being studied in Washington State would also charge B.C. drivers who nip across the border to buy gas – if the measure is enacted.

Puget Sound estimates it could rake in $34 billion over 20 years through road usage fees it aims to put on every route in the region, said Mark Hallenback, director of the Washington State Transportation Centre.

“The numbers are enormous,” he said. “The problem is that comes from someone. It’s not magic money. It comes from a public which is not at all convinced that they should be giving that to you.”

Hallenback also suggested significantly cutting back TransLink’s 17-cent-a-litre gas tax, which raises about $330 million a year, if road pricing was imposed here, adding fewer drivers would cross the border to fill up.

“All those people no longer going over to Blaine, they’re buying it with the Canadian taxes on it. You might not even lose that much money.”

Other methods of easing the

pain to motorists could include a $5 maximum cap on tolls paid in a day, or a certain number of free kilometres a day before tolls apply, the forum heard.

The real question, Hallenback said, is whether the scheme can generate net new money for transit expansion, how much more local residents can afford to pay and whether they support the vision for an improved system.

Other challenges include assuring drivers a GPS-based system won’t precisely track their cars’ movements.

Road pricing has benefits other tax methods – like property tax – can’t deliver, the forum heard.

It puts a direct price on putting a key in an ignition and driving away, which too many motorists view as essentially free, aside from gas.

“You level the playing field, making transit more competitive with driving,” Regan said.

By deterring some car trips, normally gridlocked bridges and other routes can also become free flowing, especially if rates vary by time of day to encourage more people to travel at off-peak hours.

“You’re never going to get people to shift away from using their car to the train using property tax,” Regan added.

Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts said Metro leaders need to continue to explore road pricing options.

“It reinforces that the road map in front of us currently is not sustainable,” she said.

“We need to be looking at something else.”

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Transit fare evasion losses doubled over last decade $14.5m lost to cheats ‘distraction’

He estimates the lost fares add up to at least $5 million a year from buses alone.

The recent provincial audit of TransLink found fare from TransLink’s big picture evasion across the entire system rose 120 per cent from an estimated $6.6 million in losses in 2001 to JEFF NAGEL $14.5 million last year.

Black PrEss That’s less dramatic than it sounds – factor in a 21 per cent increase in ridership and a 65 per cent fare us drivers pushed their fare-not-paid buttons 2.5 million times last year to record passengers price increase since 2001 and losses should account for more than $13 million by now if the same proporwho boarded without paying the full transit tion of riders cheat. fare.

MacLeod said the problem is most prevalent on While that amounts to barely one per cent of the Vancouver routes.

230 million bus trips in the region in 2011, the real Drivers are told not to risk a beating by arguing number is believed to be higher because some drivers, frustrated by lax enforcement, have given up pushing with fare cheats or delaying other passengers but 165 drivers a year are still assaulted each year, often due the button.

“They’ve done it diligently and nothing’s happened,” to fare payment disputes.

MacLeod said Transit Police have stepped up said Don MacLeod, president of the union representpatrols on buses and are committing to do more yet, ing bus drivers. particularly after SkyTrain fare gates and smart cards are introduced next year.

TransLink has also been given new collection tools to enforce payment of fare evasion fines using ICBC and bill collectors.

It claims early signs of progress, with markedly fewer people caught without the correct fare in September fare checks.

The government audit gave no clear prescription to combat fare evasion, predicting SkyTrain fare gates will “dramatically reduce” the problem, April 13, 2013 at Richmond Olympic Oval allowing TransLink to thin the ranks of Transit Police, who cost $27 million Bust a Move is more than a day-long fitness fundraising a year. extravaganza. It’s a celebration and an opportunity to That was the last of 27 recommensupport the BC Cancer Foundation and life-saving breast dations that focused on making trancancer research taking place at the BC Cancer Agency sit more efficient to cut costs, even if it means cutting service frequency on Join the Movement – Register Today! some routes.

The report listed five likely factors www.bustamove.ca behind the increase in fare evasion: - The 11 per cent fare increase in 2010 that made transit less affordable to some people.

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- Media reports that fare evasion goes unpunished.

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Derek Zabel estimated fare evasion runs at 4.5 to six per cent overall and Originally from the U.K., Rob has been busy selling cars on the accounts for $6.2 million in lost fare box revenue on buses.

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estimates fare evasion at about two per cent, or $20 million a year.

Zabel said fare-not-paid button presses by drivers are used to track which routes have higher evasion routes – down to specific stops and times of day – for potential enforcement.

Talk of TransLink collecting new taxes or road tolls to expand the transit system has fueled a backlash on talk radio and letters to the editor, with many people insisting fare evasion be fixed first.

Some observers say the issue is being used to derail a serious discussion of how to pay for improved transit.

“The agenda is don’t give TransLink any more money,” said SFU City Program director Gordon Price.

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Peter Ladner said fare evasion should be fought, but it shouldn’t overshadow the big picture of providing adequate service as Metro Vancouver’s population climbs.

“To think we shouldn’t go ahead with transit improvements until we fix that – it’s a distraction,” Ladner said. “It’s not a reason to walk way from the funding discussion.”

While MacLeod would like more done to crack down on scofflaws who pose a threat to drivers, he also agrees fare evasion is insignificant compared to TransLink’s $1.4-billion annual budget, never mind the additional hundreds of millions of dollars he and others argue is needed.

“It really is a drop in the bucket,” MacLeod said. “If everybody paid their fare it wouldn’t get us close to the service and the uplift that’s needed out there.”

Turnstiles won’t stop all cheating

The provincial audit counts on a big drop in fare evasion once TransLink activates its $171-million system of fare gates and Compass smart cards.

But officials say some cheating will still continue.

As with other jurisdictions, dishonest passengers will find ways crawl under or over the paddle-style gates or go through two at a time.

Transit Police plan continued fare checks within fare-paid zones to catch those cheats.

But the audit also warns other transit authorities that have introduced smart card payment have run into significant levels of fraud.

“It is similar to credit care fraud and will exist regardless of the security features in place,” the audit said, adding Transit Police will need to develop more sophisticated investigative techniques to pursue smart card fraudsters.

TransLink officials expect smart cards will reduce much existing fraud, such as the counterfeiting of monthly passes and U-Passes.

The net savings from the gates and cards project is estimated at $22 million over 15 years. Part of that is through less fare evasion, but also reduced ticket printing costs, faster bus loading and increased ridership due to an improved perception of safety.

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umpkins are often a child’s first introduction to horticulture and from their early history in the Americas to their future in space gardening research, they deserve a little more credit than just being a jack-o’lantern.

All pumpkins are indigenous to America and were grown along with corn by native Americans, making them one of the first companion crops.

Members of the ‘cucurbitaceae’ family, their close relatives are watermelon, gourds, squash and cantaloupe.

Recently a flurry of new pumpkin varieties has been developed. A bushtype variety, called ‘Spirit,’ which has vines that only spread about three feet, delights pumpkin growers with limited space. It is prolific, much like a zucchini, and harvesting a dozen or more 10- to 15-pound fruits is not uncommon. For more adventurous growers, there are various strains of the ‘Atlantic Giant’ available. They are bred for size.

The winning entries in the World Pumpkin Confederation Weigh-off now exceed 1200 pounds. You would need a chainsaw to carve these monsters and a shovel and wheelbarrow to clean them out. They also look ugly. A much nicer giant is the ‘Prizewinner’ which averages 90 to 100 pounds and actually looks like a pumpkin.

On the sweeter side, smaller is better. ‘Sugar’ or ‘pie pumpkins’ are the traditional varieties for pies. Grown from seed stock imported from China, Stokes Seeds Canada has intro-

duced a series of small varieties like ‘Sweetie Pie’. Considered a delicacy in China, these miniature pumpkins fit nicely in the palm of your hand.

They average only five ounces in weight, measure about three inches across and about one inch deep. They are very attractive because of their deep ribbing and can be dried like gourds for neat table decorations.

A white and orange striped variety, called ‘Pumkemon’ and a white one, called ‘Baby Boo,’ cook up nicely too.

White pumpkins are all the rage this year and varieties like ‘Lumina’ are all over websites like Pinterest as the latest and greatest. Flat ribbed varieties, like ‘Cinderella’, are hot too and very unique and different.

‘Little Lantern,’ ‘School Time’ and ‘Orange Smoothie’ will be of interest to young pumpkin growers.

They only measure five to seven inches across, but they produce lots of little, five- to eight-pound fruits in eight weeks. They make great pies too.

Pumpkin seeds, which are very high in vitamins, are a delicacy in the Middle East.

With the development of two new varieties, ‘Tricky Jack’ and ‘Lady Godiva,’ there are now hull-less seeds, which can be eaten like peanuts when lightly roasted. From Japan comes a new edible seed variety called ‘Kakai.’

It’s awesome and its fresh seeds are sweet and nut-like.

We all know about those scrumptious pumpkin pies. Another delicious pumpkin dish is made by baking or steaming pumpkin meat, then seasoning it with butter, salt, pepper and

PRIzE-wINNINg PuMPkINs - The first annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off at Aldor Acres in Glen Valley saw two undisputed champions take the crowns. In front is second place winner Glenn Dixon of North Vancouver with his 1,037pound behemoth, and in the background is the first place winner Chad Gilmore of Pemberton with the granddaddy of all pumpkins, weighing in at 1,044 pounds.

Third place went to another Gilmore family member, Nikki, with a 772-pound squash. molasses. Pumpkin bread and pumpkin cookies stuffed with raisins are popular favourites. In the Caribbean Islands, one of the staple foods is pumpkin soup.

The Land Pavilion in Epcot Centre at Disney World in Florida, is experimenting with pumpkins as a food source for space expeditions.

Trained upward along ropes, the vines grow about thirty feet high and

are loaded with perfect ten to fifteen pound pumpkins. It is nice to think that the jack-o’-lantern we carve on Halloween to keep the evil spirits away has a great history and an even brighter future. Let’s hear it for pumpkins.

–Brian Minter is a master gardener who operates Minter Gardens in Chilliwack.

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Gas fireplaces are becomNo matter what the style of your ing standard in most townhouses home there is a design that would and condos and there is something work beautifully but what if you to be said for just having to flick what you are looking for is not a switch instead of lighting a fire available? from scratch.

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188 HINO CENTRAL Fraser Valley is seeking a Commercial Vehicle Technician (Senior Apprentice or Journeyman) to add to our growing team in Langley. We offer a competitive salary and full benefits in a fully-equipped ultra-modern facility.

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PETS 477

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 560

TRANSPORTATION

MISC. FOR SALE

810

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

FLEETWOOD WASTE Bin Rentals 10-30 Yards.

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine.

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566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS HOBART & Cable Piano, beautifully refinished, full sound board with bench, exc cond $500 604-856-1306

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ACREAGE

603

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DEVELOPMENT LAND WANTED

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PLUMBING

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FARM MARKET AUCTION Food Service & Farm Equipment, Nov. 3, 11 AM at Horstings Farm, 2 mi N. of Cache Creek. View photos at doddsauction.com 1-866545-3259

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AFFORDABLE MOVING Local & Long Distance

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TOOLS

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MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

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GARAGE SALES

845

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

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HOUSES FOR SALE

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CHIHUAHUA, long-hair, 2.5yrs, very timid, 3lb 2oz, shots, reddish brown/wht, prefer mature owners, $600 firm. (604)703-6809

LABRADOR, black, very friendly good with kids. Male, 2 yrs. old free to good home. 604-951-4444

CARS - DOMESTIC

WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN Nguyen Huu Hung is indebted to Mitchell Towing Ltd. for storage & towing on a 2007 Honda Ridgeline Vin: 2HJYK164X7H003521 A lien is claimed under the Act. There is presently an amount due and owing of $20,034.04 plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale. Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of September, 2012 or thereafter, the said vehicle will be sold. The Vehicle is currently stored at Mitchell’s Towing Ltd. 997 1st Street, North Vancouver, BC V7P 1A4. The Vehicle was placed in storage on May 12th, 2011. For more info. call: Mitchell’s Towing LTD at 604-982-0115 www.mitchellstowing.ca

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HWY

1.4L 16V with 5-speed manual

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1.4L 16V with 6-speed automatic

7.4 (38) 5.7 (50)

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