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2013 ProPoseD BuDget

Community Open Houses

The District of West Vancouver is working to respond to increasing cost pressures facing our community, while also focusing on Council’s priorities and protecting our shared future. The 2013 Proposed Budget will not change the property tax rate from last year, but does explore new funding to protect and invest in our infrastructure.

To get a clear picture of how the proposed municipal budget directly affects you and the services you value, as well as how property assessments and other taxing authorities affect your tax bill, come to an Open House.

We’ll explain it in detail, provide an overview of the features of the 2013 Proposed Budget, and answer your questions.

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IN STUDIO - Ballet Bloch Canada students (left to right) Madeleine Hill, Angelica Goode, Sophie Sedlacek, Emily Hogan and Stephanie Lowe practise at the school’s new North Vancouver studio. Artistic director Tracy-Lea Bloch teaches girls and boys pure ballet in preparation for professional ballet companies. In just two months, three students (Angelica Goode, Stephanie Lowe and Sophie Sedlacek) have joined the production Swan Lake by Toronto-based Ballet Jörgen Canada after auditioning in Vancouver. Swan Lake will be performed at Centennial Theatre in North Van on Feb. 19, 2013. The three girls have also been accepted into summer school at Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet. The next chance to see Ballet Bloch perform will be at the Live, Love, Dance fundraiser, an event to support Chelsea Steyns, the owner of North Shore Dance Academy who has a rare form of brain cancer.

For more information visit balletbloch.com. Michaela Garstin photo

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Spirit Trail Open House: Lonsdale Quay Area Wednesday, November 7 from 5pm-7pm, John Braithwaite Community Centre Join City staff for an Open House on the preliminary design of the City's Lonsdale Quay waterfront section of the Spirit Trail. This section includes Forbes Avenue to Lonsdale Quay, and continues to the Foot of Lonsdale along Carrie Cates.

The Spirit Trail is a waterfront oriented, multi-use greenway that will provide access across the North Shore. The Spirit Trail through this area will enhance local connections between Lonsdale Quay and existing cycling routes and parks.

More information at www.cnv.org/SpiritTrail.

Central Lonsdale Open for Business DON'T LET A LITTLE ROADWORK GET IN YOUR WAY All businesses in Central Lonsdale remain open. Some construction is underway at Lonsdale & 16th Street for the next few weeks that will deliver a new streetscape, enhancing the neighbourhood. Impact on local businesses and visitors to the area will be kept to a minimum. Central Lonsdale’s vibrant business core continues to offer unique shopping and dining experiences.

For all City roadwork information, visit www.cnv.org/Construction.

Curbside Food Scraps Collection is Here With the Green Can Program, you can recycle your food scraps in 3 easy steps: 1. Collect food scraps in a kitchen container of your choice 2. Empty your kitchen container into your green can 3. In the morning on collection day, place your green can curbside Rather than going to the landfill, your food scraps will now be composted.

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Can You Make One Less Car Trip Per Week?

With Bike to Work Week in full swing, it’s a good time to remember that cycling can be an easy way to get around, stay in shape and feel great about reducing your carbon footprint.

Whether you’re cycling, walking or taking transit, don’t let the weather put a damper on things. Make sure you have rain gear to help keep the elements out. Remember, there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear!

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West Vancouver Board of Education

Taking Action

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Board Chair Cindy Dekker meets with the new executive slate of the West Vancouver District Student Council.

From L to R: Laura Luo, Adam Mitha, Patricia Neijens, Cindy Dekker, Shakiel Mahjouri, Jessica Lai, Kenny Wu, Richie Warke. Absent: Molly Tod-Tims

Make a Difference The West Vancouver Board of Education trustees all come from different professional backgrounds but we share the same desire to “make a difference” in the education of children in our community. We want every child attending school in West Vancouver, Bowen Island and Lions Bay to develop a lifelong love of learning, to be socially responsible and to be globally aware.

We have been impressed this fall by the number of students and staff in the district engaging in leadership opportunities that demonstrate all of these important traits.

For example, more than 40 students from our three secondary schools have joined this year’s West Vancouver School District Student Council. They are busy planning various initiatives aimed at “making a difference” for their fellow students and the broader community. We look forward to seeing their ideas develop into reality.

Rockridge Secondary School’s leadership class has also forged a new community connection by organizing its’ first-ever “family of schools” Terry Fox Run. Students from Caulfeild, West Bay and Eagle Harbour Montessori joined together for a fantastic morning of fundraising and exercise.

The West Vancouver School District has also continued its strong tradition of participation at Free the Children’s “We Day Vancouver” celebration with hundreds of teachers and students listening and learning from inspiring speakers and musicians.

Last week, Sentinel Secondary staff and students thoughtfully made a contribution to Sir Admiral Seymour Elementary in Vancouver by donating and delivering hoodies to the entire school.

Trustee David Stevenson recently noted that the health of our community depends on the health of our schools. We believe that students in the West Vancouver School District are developing into citizens who “will make a difference” and will help build strong communities today and in the future.

Sincerely, Cindy Dekker, Board Chair

WHAT’S NEW WVSS Environmental Protection Club Wins Award

The District of West Vancouver has honoured the WVSS Environmental Protection Network Club with a Community Contribution Award. Club members “make a difference” by volunteering with the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society and the National Shoreline Cleanup as well as the Coho Festival. They also collect and sort the container, electronic and paper recycling at the school. Grade 12 student Howard Lee is pictured here volunteering at a “mini-fair” the group recently organized at Park Royal to educate the public about e-waste.

A Community Conversation about the Future of Graduation Requirements

The West Vancouver School District invites you to participate in a special community forum that will help shape the development of future graduation requirements. The BC Ministry of Education is seeking input from students, parents, educators, post-secondary partners and civic groups. The dialogue session, one of many being held around the province, will take place on Wednesday, November 21 at Sentinel School Library. Please see our website at www.sd45.bc.ca for more information and to register on-line.

Svenga Forstrom, an 18-year-old PKU sufferer from North Vancouver, with foods from his strict low-protein diet. Todd Coyne photo

B.C. denies drug funding for brain-damaging disease TODD COYNE S TA F F R E P O RT E R

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hen last month the B.C. government declined medical-plan coverage for a new drug treating a rare, brain-damaging disorder, families like the Forstroms of North Vancouver were devastated.

Their 18-year-old son Svenga is one of only 150 British Columbians who suffers from phenylketonuria, a genetic metabolic disorder commonly referred to as PKU. The disorder occurs when the body is unable to process phenylalanine, or “Phe,” an essential amino acid found in the protein of most foods.

Without a special protein-restricted diet, that excess “Phe” can build up in the brain over time, causing mild impairment to severe retardation and brain damage.

But in 2010, Health Canada approved a brand new drug called Kuvan (sapropterin) which helps roughly one-fifth to one-half of PKU patients loosen those protein restrictions without suffering the amino-acid build-up. For a growing teenager on proteinrestricted diet, it was a breakthrough.

“I started the trial for Kuvan last September,” Svenga told The Outlook from the living room of his family home. “It’s doubled my tolerance for protein now.”

Where he used to be allowed only one bowl of Raisin Bran before maxing out his daily protein limit, now that same bowl only puts him at 50 per cent. Likewise, two cubes of cheese or one cup of rice used to push his protein levels right up into the danger zone, but continued, PAGE 6

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Working Together to Manage

Snow and Ice in Your Municipality

Snow season is upon us. Your municipality monitors road and weather conditions throughout the winter months. When snow and icy conditions are forecast, crews and equipment are dispatched to clear roads on a priority basis.

The first priority for municipal crews, during and after a snowfall, is to attempt to clear the major arterial streets, as well as bus routes, bus stops, and access to emergency services (e.g. fire halls, ambulance stations and hospital). The second priority is to attempt to clear collector streets and routes leading to schools.

Once conditions have stabilized on first and second priority routes, crews will begin to clear local streets. Local streets are not ploughed immediately during a snow event. In the event of continual snowfall, it may take longer than normal for ploughs to reach local streets as first and second priority streets will require additional attention. Thank you for your cooperation and patience during a snow event as municipal crews work to keep your streets clear and safe. For more information on your municipality’s snow and ice removal policy and how you can prepare for winter storms, please contact your local municipality.

You Can Help Before a snowfall: • Prepare for an emergency. Keep an emergency kit and supplies in your home, office

and car. During an emergency, such as a large-scale power outage, residents may be without services or assistance for up to 72 hours. Visit the North Shore Emergency Management Office website at www.nsemo.org, or call 604-969-7000 to find out more about personal emergency preparedness and for information on free emergency preparedness workshops.

• Stock up on food supplies and ensure that your prescriptions are filled.

• Note the locations of fire hydrants and catch basins around your property.

• Purchase and install quality snow tires. Tune up your vehicle for winter driving.

• Keep a shovel and supply of salt handy for sidewalks and driveways.

• Make alternate arrangements (such as taking public transit) to commute to work, school, or medical appointments when it snows.

• Monitor local weather reports.

When it snows: • Drive only if necessary. Public transit is a good alternative.

• Park in your driveway, not on the street. This will allow snow ploughs and salt spreaders the room required to safely clear the street. This is particularly important on cul-desacs and narrow roadways. Please note that lanes/alleys are not ploughed during a snow event.

• Observe posted signs that may restrict on-street parking in some areas during periods of heavy snow.

• Do not abandon your car if it gets stuck. Illegally parked cars that hamper snow clearing or emergency vehicles may be ticketed and/or towed.

• Remove snow from your sidewalk. The owner or occupier of an industrial, commercial or multi-family property is required to remove any accumulation of snow or ice from the sidewalks and footpaths bordering the real property as soon as practicable after the cessation of any snow or ice accumulation. Residents of single-family properties are also asked to clear snow and ice from sidewalks in front of their home in order to ensure the safety of pedestrians. (Note: the City of North Vancouver bylaw also requires removal of snow from sidewalks fronting residential properties). Please visit your municipal website to learn more about snow clearing bylaws in your community: District of North Vancouver Street and Traffic Bylaw 7125 City of North Vancouver Street and Traffic Bylaw 6234 District of West Vancouver Traffic and Parking Bylaw 4370 • Check your municipality’s website for snow shovelling tips and the latest updates.

• Clear snow away from fire hydrants. This will make it easier for the fire department to locate the hydrant in the event of an emergency.

• Clear snow and ice from the catch basins in front of your home or business. This will allow for proper drainage and will reduce the chance of flooding on the street and on property.

• Check on neighbours and family members who may need some extra assistance.

• Stay away from rivers and creeks. With heavy rainfall or melting snowpack comes increased risk, due to elevated water levels, swift moving currents, and bank erosion.

• Report downed power lines. Stay clear and contact BC Hydro at 1-888-POWERON. Go to BC Hydro’s website for further information about power outages at www.bchydro.com/outages.

Collection Services During a Snow Event In the event of hazardous road conditions due to snow and ice, it may be necessary to suspend garbage, recycling, green can, and yard trimmings collection in some or all parts of the North Shore.

Garbage/Green Can Collection (North Van District): If your garbage and green can collection (single family or multi-family) is missed, then collection will not occur until the next scheduled collection day and the container limit will be increased to accommodate the missed pick-up. Please remove your garbage containers from the curb and store until the next scheduled collection day.

Garbage/Green Can Collection (North Van City and West Van): If your garbage and green can collection is missed, then crews will attempt to make the collection the following day. Please ensure that your containers are not buried in snow. If crews do not collect your material the next day, then it will be collected on your next scheduled collection day and the container limit will be increased to accommodate the missed pickup.

Recycling Collection (North and West Vancouver): If recycling collection is missed, crews will attempt service the following day. If crews do not collect your material the next day, please remove it from the curb until your next scheduled collection day. Visit www.northshorerecycling.ca for up-to-date information on recycling collection.

Note for all North Shore residences: If your garbage/recycling is normally collected from the street: Do not place your garbage cans and recycling containers on the road. Keep them on the sidewalk or boulevard and remove them as soon as possible after they have been emptied.

Schools can also be affected by heavy snowfall: In the event of a major snowfall, local area schools may be closed. Please check the following websites during a snow event for more information.

North Vancouver School District: www.nvsd44.bc.ca West Vancouver School District: www.sd45.bc.ca or (604) 981-1234 (24 hours) Independent/Private Schools: Please contact the school directly.

City of North Vancouver

District of North Vancouver

District of West Vancouver

City Hall: 604-985-7761 Engineering: 604-983-7333 To report a public works problem: Operations: 604-987-7155, eng@cnv.org 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (Monday to Friday) After hours public works emergency line: 604-988-2212 For more information visit: www.cnv.org/snowready

Main Reception: 604-990-2311 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (Monday to Friday) Email: snowcommand@dnv.org For more information visit: www.dnv.org/snow, or www.twitter.com/DNV_snow, or call 604-990-2255 (for a recorded message) After-hours public works emergency calls: 604-990-3666

Public Works Dispatch: Call 604-925-7100 for snow removal and flooding issues Municipal Hall: Call 925-7000 for other non-emergency issues 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (Monday to Friday) For more information visit: www.westvancouver.ca/snowremoval

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today he can double those portions.

Svenga’s free trial of the drug, however, ended in March. And at a cost of $18,000-per-month for a 16-pills-per-day regimen, the Forstroms, like many others in B.C., couldn’t afford the drug if the family didn’t have private insurance to pick up 80 per cent of the tab.

When Svenga turns 25, however, health coverage under his parents’ plan stops.

Without private insurance of his own, he could be out of pocket $216k a year for his prescription. That’s in addition to his already expensive diet of synthetic-protein foods which are on average priced at a tenfold mark-up over their non-synthetic counterparts.

“When that runs out, I really don’t know how I’m going to pay for it,” Svenga said.

Over the summer, B.C.’s Ministry of Health was in talks with the Californiabased drug manufacturer, BioMarin, trying to hash out a deal by which B.C.’s PharmaCare program would pay for Kuvan treatment for those estimated 20 to 50 per cent of PKU sufferers the drug can help.

But in a statement to The Outlook Thursday, the health ministry said it declined to cover the drug “because of unclear benefits and high drug costs.”

While the statement claimed that no other Canadian province’s drug plan covers Kuvan, Quebec’s drug plan does reimburse the cost of Kuvan treatment for women who are pregnant or may become pregnant.

Eugenia Shen, spokeswoman for BioMarin said the California drug-maker is currently in talks with more than one other Canadian province to discuss providing the drug through their respective taxpayer programs.

So far, B.C. is the only province to outright reject it.

“The price we offered [B.C.] is pretty much consistent with that of the US,” Shen said in a phone interview with The Outlook

Friday. “It’s weight-based therapy, so the average cost would be $80,000 per patient per year.”

B.C. and the rest of Canada have been carrying out mandatory screening for PKU on all newborn babies since the 1960s.

Like other PKU parents, Svenga’s mother, Sally Broadbent, hadn’t heard of those initials until her son was diagnosed with them at birth. At the time, there was no known treatment for the disease aside from the restricted-protein diet. But today, Broadbent says she’s “shocked” the province can on the one hand require all newborns get screened for PKU, and yet throw its hands up when asked for help because the disease was found.

John Adams is the president of Ontariobased PKU patient-support group, Canadian PKU and Associated Disorders, and the father of a 21-year-old PKU sufferer.

“This is about the B.C. Minister of Health being unreasonable in the extreme,” Adams told The Outlook in a phone interview last week. “In Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the low-protein [food] is paid for by the public health program. But B.C. is really the only province that doesn’t do anything for PKU sufferers in terms of providing the low-protein medical food.”

While the B.C. health ministry declined The Outlook’s request for an interview with Minister Margaret MacDiarmid, the ministry said in a statement that it does provide, free of charge, a metabolic formula that helps PKU patients develop properly.

“The ministry does not fund food purchases as this is considered a personal responsibility,” the statement said, adding, “PKU patients who are on income assistance may also be eligible for a $40 monthly diet supplement from the Ministry of Social Development.” tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne

Waiting for the puck to drop Prolonged NHL strike could deliver a bodycheck to the bottom line of sports-friendly pubs and restaurants JUSTIN BEDDALL EdITor

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Normally, that would mean some extra jersey-clad patrons at North Vancouver’s Hurricane Grill, a restaurant known for good food, friendly service and its puckfriendly atmosphere — hockey memorabilia decorating the walls and 13 large flat screens to watch games on. continued, PAGE 13

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Also last week, at the Westin Bayshore, the Canucks Place Children’s Hospice’s Gift of Time Gala saw lots of North Shore faces mixing and mingling in their black tie best. Decorated to look like a magical wonderland, this premiere gala event always attracts a great crowd for a very worthwhile cause.

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istory is being made in a secret warehouse on North Vancouver’s industrial waterfront.

The site has for decades been a storehouse of priceless cultural artifacts — war memorabilia, artworks, inventions and pioneer-era tools — all 20,000 of them milestones in the North Shore creation story.

Or so we thought.

Some of these dust-covered items — hoarded away by long-ago collectioneers with the North Vancouver Museum and Archives into countless, label-less boxes crammed with all manner of brica-brac of dubious origin — bear little to no connection with the North Shore at all.

“How many wood planes do you really need?” asks museum director Nancy Kirkpatrick, referring to the boxes of antiquated hand tools the museum has collected and stored over the years.

Likewise, one could ask how many 11-tonne tugboat engines from Powell River does a North Vancouver museum need? The machine is apparently still in peak running order. Yet, the answer is still none.

The relics were all collected, it seems, with the vague idea that one day museum staff would sift through and appraise it all, deciding then what to catalogue and keep for a grand heritage village, complete with a schoolhouse and a general store.

Well, that day has come. But plans for the heritage village have gone the way of history. Instead, a more focused, themed museum near the Lonsdale Quay and former Shipyards is likely to be built.

With that new mandate in mind, the NVMA is now culling their more-than-20,000-piece collection down to just 12,000 items in preparation for the big move by May 2015. So it seems, this day has just begun.

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n a recent tour of the hush-hush location, museum collections manager Magdalena Moore and NVMA commission chair Bob Heywood navigate through row-upon-row of collected curiosa, pointing out where a small expeditionary army of museum staff and volunteers have made inroads into the stacks.

“The museum’s changed its philosophy and now we’re looking at major themes that properly illustrate the North Shore,” Heywood says, pointing to some old wooden ski poles, leather skates and a piece of Mount Seymour’s old Mystery Peak chairlift.

Sports and recreation is just one of seven major new themes, evocative of the North Shore’s natural history and geography. The other six include First Nations history, industry and economic activity, transportation and infrastructure, notable achievers, immigration and settlement, and community development.

“In the future the museum will be much more interactive and program-oriented around these themes and in bringing in speakers, guests and exhibits for them,” Heywood adds. “The new museum is going to be a lot different from the old one.”

And while the waterfront siting of the new museum is still little more than a promise on paper from city politicians so far, the closure of the “old” museum at Presentation House is already set for the end of the year. At least, that’s when the Chesterfield Avenue museum will be appointment-only viewing, no longer open to the public for rainy day walk-ins starting in January.

The reason for the closure is to focus the museum’s staff and resources on the task of paring down of the museum’s

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“Downsizing is not as simple as one might think,” Heywood says. “You can’t just have a garage sale and get rid of it, because it was given to you in trust that you ensure you deal with it in an appropriate way.”

And it’s not cheap either.

Begun in June, the whole downsizing process, known as “deaccessioning,” comes at a cost of about $350,000, shared between the two North Vancouver municipalities.

That covers not only the few museum staff currently dedicated to identifying, cleaning and cataloguing what’s found in the warehouse, but also any efforts to try to return any unnecessary items to their rightful owners or to perhaps place them at more appropriate museums.

“To some extent, you’ve got to look at the value of the item,” Heywood says, “because a lot of stuff isn’t worth much and you’re going to spend a lot of time trying to track down the owner of a tobacco can.”

And, Moore adds, “there’s a lot of legal complications in giving it to somebody who wasn’t the original owner, like a descendent — how do you figure out which of the siblings to give it to? And since people gave it to keep it in the public realm, we’re trying to keep things in the public realm by offering them to another museum.”

Any final decision on the fate of those thousands of misfit artifacts, she adds, will fall on the councils of the city and district. continued, NEXT PAGE

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While Hurricane Grill isn’t a sports bar, owner Ash Ranjbar explains “we’ve made a name for ourselves as a place to come and watch hockey.”

But on this Thursday evening, with the NHL schedule frozen by a lockout, there will only be football and baseball on the TVs. With no NHL, Ranjbar estimates business is off by about 6 per cent compared to same time last year at his North Vancouver restaurant.

While he doesn’t attribute that dip solely to the lockout — there are other possible contributing factors: weather or the economy, for instance, he explains — Ranjbar concludes “hockey is definitely part of that percentage.”

The numbers are likely worse at his second Hurricane Grill location opened four years ago in Yaletown, just blocks from Rogers Arena, where 42 regular season home games bring in fans for preand post-game meals and drinks.

Still, the young restaurateur isn’t sweating it, yet.

iven the seven new museum themes and the 7,000 square feet of new exhibit space planned for the waterfront, the new NVMA location is all but guaranteed to feature prominently artifacts of the North Shore’s shipbuilding history.

Acquired largely in the 1990s, the NVMA warehouse has whole areas dedicated to maritime manufacturing, which include not only relics of Burrard Dry Dock’s wartime output, but also an early submersible prototype from North Vancouver deep-sea explorer and inventor, Phil Nuytten.

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“It hasn’t been too bad,” says Ranjbar, sitting inside the North Van Hurricane Grill.

Fortunately, there’s NFL, soccer and until recently the World Series. And typically, early in the hockey season, there isn’t as much interest in watching games as fans get warmed up, he explains.

“Right now the pinch isn’t that hard.”

But, if the entire NHL season was lost, he expects his bottom line will be off by 10 to 15 per cent.

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Colin Denton, GM of the Village Taphouse in West Vancouver, says the only noticeable difference without hockey so far has been during the slower nights, Sunday to Wednesday, when games might bring in some fans. If, however, the lockout heads into January he figures sales will slide, noting that it’s during the second half of the season and playoffs when fans really start going out to pubs and restaurants to watch games.

In the meantime, with no Hockey Night in Canada on TV last Saturday night, Ranjbar instead brought in popular local musician Adam Woodall to play and he plans to continue with live music from 7 to 10 p.m. on Saturday nights in North Van to give “people another reason to come out.”

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While Hurricane Grill isn’t a sports bar, owner Ash Ranjbar explains “we’ve made a name for ourselves as a place to come and watch hockey.”

But on this Thursday evening, with the NHL schedule frozen by a lockout, there will only be football and baseball on the TVs. With no NHL, Ranjbar estimates business is off by about 6 per cent compared to same time last year at his North Vancouver restaurant.

While he doesn’t attribute that dip solely to the lockout — there are other possible contributing factors: weather or the economy, for instance, he explains — Ranjbar concludes “hockey is definitely part of that percentage.”

The numbers are likely worse at his second Hurricane Grill location opened four years ago in Yaletown, just blocks from Rogers Arena, where 42 regular season home games bring in fans for preand post-game meals and drinks.

Still, the young restaurateur isn’t sweating it, yet.

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“Joey was just a wonderful young guy,” he remembers, “He was just a tremendous skater.

Hugely gifted. Yep. Just like Dave Tomlinson [who went on to play 15 years of pro hockey in the NHL and Europe and is now the colour commentator on Canuck broadcasts]. They had it right from day one. You couldn’t teach that stuff. It was just there.

There were a lot of outstanding players on that team. So I was really lucky to be associated with all those kids.

“Because he [Joey] was such a great skater, I got him to shoot from either foot. Joey could let that thing go from either side. He didn’t have to plant his foot or anything. That was the greatest thing he could do in my opinion.”

Sakic – in case you’ve been asleep for 25 years or don’t have a clue about hockey – has done everything possible in the game: 20 NHL seasons, captain of the Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalanche for 17 years, two Stanley Cups, three Olympics including MVP in 2002 in Salt Lake, 625 goals, 1641 points (9th most all-time), jersey number retired…

Pat Schmidt, who played on those house and Atom rep teams with Sakic more than 30 years ago now, recalls, “He had a ton of natural skills and was able to maneuver with the puck very fluently. He was very agile with the puck. When you’re that age, you’re often chasing the puck. He wasn’t. The puck was with him and he was moving with it.

“When he first started playing in the NHL, he was Joe Sakic,” says Pat. “No,” he laughs at the recollection, “he was Joey.”

Wade Bartok – like many of those who played at the NSWC back then – still plays the game on a regular basis and his hockey connections are endless. While we chat in the office at his Elite Xpress auto body shop, he clicks on his computer and presto, up come the statistics (games, goals, assists, penalties, right down to plus/minus stats) as of Jan. 9, 1979, for the 1978-79 Atom rep team pictured on Page 8.

Joey, one of two “underage” players on the team is listed with 33 goals and 53 points, both ranked third behind Gary Knight (40 goals, 66 points) and Pat Bugos (36 and 60). Tomlinson – in 36 games, six fewer than the others – had 30 goals and 49 points.

“Joey was pretty quick,” Wade acknowledges when asked what he remembers about Sakic. “But it has always been his shot, his quick release. I spoke to Dave Tomlinson about Joe; he says he

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remembers he was small, didn’t like to pass too much but had a great shot. Pretty much what I remember.”

Then Wade points to a thin white line on the front of his chin. You see, Wade just has to look in the mirror to remember Sakic.

It was in a Bantam rep game, Wade explains, after Sakic left the NSWC to play with the Burnaby Minor Hockey Association. “Joey was my check. He cross checked me and I got cut right here. He got a five-minute penalty. Today he would have been out of the game. Then he scored the gamewinning goal in overtime.”

Wow. Some people have Sakic’s autograph on a stick.

Wade has a chin autographed by Sakic’s stick.

After six-plus seasons of hockey and figure skating at the NSWC, the Sakic kids had left the club in 1982.

It seems their dad was unhappy that Joey was put on the Bantam rep “B” team, rather than the “A” team, after pre-season tryouts.

Mark Humphrey, then just 21, who was brought onto the coaching staff as a defensive specialist and was involved in the decision as to which team Joey would start the season with, has endured plenty of good-natured ribbing over the years about that decision.

“It was a long time ago,” he offers, “but if I vaguely recall correctly, it wasn’t really for a lack of talent, it was more for lack of effort. I hate to say that because that’s not going to put him in all that great a light.”

Of course, one of Sakic’s fortes while playing in the NHL was his work ethic. Sakic himself was once quoted as saying, “We never had it easy growing up. Dad worked for everything we had. He never let me off the hook. In hockey it was the same thing: ‘Get out there and work.’”

So Mark and the rest of the coaching staff were just trying to reinforce that.

“That,” agrees Mark, “would be my side of the story because you can only imagine the ribbing I’ve taken over the years. Friends and

family have been giving me the gears for years about that.

As the hall-of-fame ceremony draws closer, someone in the media is sure to refer to Sakic as Burnaby Joe. Burnaby Joe? Nah, around the NSWC he was Joey. So let’s call him North Shore Joey.

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We need to get capable students involved and engaged in applied sciences and head off workforce shortages by building a B.C. ‘Science and Technology Culture’.”

Leech calls on government for renewed efforts to build student skills and confidence in math and science programming.

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Leech lauds the recent “Year of Science” program that encouraged students toward so-called “STEM” subjects – science, technology, engineering and math. Citing the recent $6-million B.C. campaign to encourage careers in trades, Leech urges a similar effort to build awareness of engineering technology education and careers.

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Leech says the opportunities for those seeking work in the technology field are considerable given a wave of retirements of present-generation B.C. technology professionals that is already underway.

“Half of our membership is now middle-aged at 45-plus, and 22 per cent are over age 55,” he says.

“Every region of B.C. shows growing demand,” Leech concludes. “New two-year technology diploma programs are still needed in the north and central B.C. However, young people are investing to travel so they can earn the necessary tech qualifications.”

It would appear their investment is a smart move, as it will result in a broad range of career opportunities. Industries in all regions of B.C. support programs for local trainees to fill engineering and applied science technologist, technician and technical specialist positions.

“He was a pioneer, taking photos in the street,” says Gray, who had the chance to meet Horvat when he came to see the exhibit.

Now in his 80s, he is still taking photos and was on an airplane back to France as Gray spoke with The Outlook. He now does personal projects, documenting his country retreat and working on “Trip to Carrara,” a series of collages taken in Italian marble quarries.

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Call Ken at 604-294-1393 GUARANTEED

220.JUNK(5865)

374

SUNDECKS

MOVING & STORAGE

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

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AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

TRANSPORTATION AUTO FINANCING

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

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778 www.treeworksonline.ca treeworkes@yahoo.ca 10% OFF with this AD 10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

PETS 477

PETS

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

Canuck Roofing All Roof Repairs Any job big or small. Free Est. *WCB *Insured *BBB 778-772-1969

GOLDENDOODLE puppies for sale. Vet checked, de-wormed. Call Amanda at 778-888-9132

604-537-4140

LAB PUPS yellow / black, m/f, CKC reg. papers, all shots, dew claws removed,tatooed $850 (604)820-7714

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

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

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

329 PAINTING & DECORATING AFFORDABLE INT/EXT painting.

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

or

TREE SERVICES 810

Local & Long Distance

1-888-229-0744

But Dead Bodies!!

PLUMBING

372

AFFORDABLE MOVING

Loans

Haul Anything...

Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

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

25yrs Exp. 24hrs/7days 604-506-7576

Auto

bradsjunkremoval.com

604.

320

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

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, asphalt shingles, flat roofs, WCB/BBB. Cln Gutters-$80. Senior disc. 10%.

604-240-5362. www.glroofing.ca

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POMERANIAN - 2 weeks old, black w/ a touch of white. 1st shot, vet checked. $550 (604)941-2959

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CARS - DOMESTIC

2011 Ford Fiesta SEL 4dr sedan auto fully loaded only 22K local $9,500 obo. 604-218-9795

Swiss Mountain pups, short-hair, family raised, gentle, vet ✔ dewormed. $850. 604-795-7662

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 545

FUEL

1YR Seasoned Alder Birch Maple Clean, Split, DRY & Delivered.

Family Operated for 20 yrs.

(604)726-3024

548

FURNITURE

MATTRESSES starting at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331 *NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379

560

MISC. FOR SALE

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

STEEL BUILDINGS - CANADIAN MADE! - REDUCED PRICES NOW! 20X22 $4,455.

25X26 $4,995. 30X38 $7,275. 32X50 $9,800. 40X54 $13,995. 47X80 $19,600. One end wall included.

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

REAL ESTATE 627

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

Straight talk for shoppers on the North Shore Who supports our children’s minor sports teams?

Which commercial taxpayers contribute to city improvements?

Who offers critical employment to our children and others?

Who is most often asked to fund our community events?

Which business people form many of our local service clubs?

Who advocates for a more vibrant city?

Which business leaders volunteer on boards and capital campaigns?

Who supports the arts in our community?

Who donates and raises funds for the disadvantaged in our community?

Who is likely to be your neighbour, a friend, a parent, a tax-payer?

It is not the U.S. retailers across the border!

Please consider the true price of shopping ‘across the line’.

24 Thursday, November 1, 2012

www.northshoreoutlook.com

GRAND OPENING

Introducing futureshop.ca North Vancouver, an exciting new way to shop that combines in-person and online shopping.

1076 Marine Drive Corner of McKay and Marine Drive.

Phone: 604-981-4300

Experience a new way to shop, get a gift card. Bonus!

SALE STARTS FRIDAY, NOV 2, 10 AM

Be the first in Canada to shop our new concept store. When you place an online order in-store and have it shipped to the store or your home, you’ll get a FREE gift card!

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47"

ava

LED

Fri-Sat, Nov 2 & 3 from 10 am – 9 pm Sunday, Nov 4 from 11 am – 6 pm

25

32"

SAVE $300 899ªª

per day.

LCD

20

15.6"

per day.

47" ET5 Series Smart 3D LED TV TCL47ET5 WebID: 10198417

Requires an HD source, such as an HD satellite or cable box. 3D glasses and 3D source required to experience 3D. 120Hz

1080p

SAVE $100

199ªª

449ªª

Wi-Fi integrated 32" C5 Series LCD TV

Eco Mode turns power off and adjusts brightness, depending on screen, reducing power consumption.

Laptop Featuring 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3210M Processor

TCL32C5 WebID: 10198950

Requires an HD source, such as an HD satellite or cable box.

720p

60Hz

2x HDMI

PC port lets you connect a laptop or desktop so you can turn the TV into a computer monitor.

20

per day.

15

per day.

FREE

V3-571-6443 WebID: 10223557

8GB RAM

500GB HDD

A basic laptop to enjoy your media network, enabling video, music and photo sharing.

15

10

per day.

per day.

$150 gift card with purchase.

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Samsung Galaxy Ace • 5MP camera • 800 MHz processor • Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS S5830 WebID: 10180119

SAVE $250

699ªª

SAVE $50

199ªª

SAVE $200

149ªª

T4i 18.0MP DSLR Camera • EF-S-18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II lens included • High-precision 9 point AF system

PlayStation Vita Madden NFL 13 Bundle • PlayStation Vita Wi-Fi system • Madden NFL 13 Game

Wearable HD Camera/Camcorder • 170° super-wide angle lens in 1080p • Extra mounting accessories included

T4i WebID: 10195080

22145 WebID: 10207431

HD HERO2 WebID: 10183302

Prices and products in effect November 2 - November 4, 2012 at the North Vancouver (#007) location only. References to savings or sale prices are comparisons to Future Shop regular prices. One bonus offer per customer. No dealers. Not valid with any other promotional offer. Not applicable to previous purchases. See in-store for details. No rainchecks. One per family. ADVERTISING POLICY: Some products in this ad may be slightly different from illustrations. Not all products are available in all stores. Future Shop is committed to accurate pricing. Website prices, products, and promotions may differ from our retail store offerings. Future Shop reserves the right to correct errors. Special offers cannot be combined or applied to previous purchases. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Terms and conditions subject to change without notice.

First 200 customers. North Vancouver location, Nov 2-4 only. Gift cards good toward future in-store or online purchases only. With up to $150 off the Koodo Tab. Tab reduced through phone usage. Some conditions apply. See in-store for details.