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The first business on the North Shore to do so, Fishworks Restaurant now has a 360-degree interactive tour available on Google Maps.

Simply Google “Fishworks Restaurant” and click on “See inside” on the right-hand side to view different areas of the restaurant, right down to the oyster bar and entry way.

“So many people call in who have never been here and wonder what Fishworks is like,” says owner and executive chef Shallaw Kadir.

“They ask how many seats, where the quiet areas are, can they put two tables together for a large group. Now they can see it all online.”

By clicking on the arrows, the virtual tour gives an overall impression of the restaurant’s atmosphere, including the dining areas, wine collection and bar.

To get the panoramic images, a photographer took photos of Fishworks, excluding the washrooms and kitchen.

Click the arrows out the doorway to look up and down Londsale Avenue and get a sense of neighbouring businesses.

A Google representative told Shallaw that Fishworks Restaurant is the first business on the North Shore to have the technology. A number of businesses downtown have already opted in.

The service is currently available in Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and some countries in Europe. mgarstin@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/MichaelaGarstin

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coach houses Are They The Right Fit For West Vancouver?

AvALANcHE WArNiNg - NSR leader Tim Jones (green vest) has some last minute instructions prior to Sunday’s three-hour training drill. Justin Beddall photo

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nder overcast skies, Tim Jones stands in an empty skill hill parking lot and explains the potentially deadly scenario to a group of 60 or so emergency responders gathered around him.

He’s sporting a toque, green vest and serious expression.

It’s a ‘Code Alpha’ — “a response to reported subjects buried by an avalanche.”

Over the past 48 hours, 60 centimetres of new snow has fallen at

During the Community Dialogue on Neighbourhood Character and Housing, West Vancouver residents called for the ‘right type’ and ‘right size’ of housing to meet a diversity of housing needs in the community. Coach houses are one possible option for meeting this need. Consequently an examination of coach houses is identified in the District’s Housing Action Plan as one of the five keys actions for addressing limited housing choice in West Vancouver.

Find out more about coach houses at a moderated panel discussion and public forum.

Date Wednesday, May 8 t im e 7–9 p.m. (information display at 6 p.m.)

Location Kay Meek Centre 1700 Mathers Avenue This event will be moderated by Frances Bula, a journalist who specializes in urban issues and city politics, with guest panellists: • Andy Krawczyk former co-chair of West Vancouver’s Community Dialogue on Neighbourhood Character and Housing Working Group • Jake Fry advocate for down-sized living and owner of Smallworks • Melina Scholefield former member of the City of North Vancouver’s Coach House Working Group • Gary Bridger North Vancouver homeowner who recently built a coach house For more information visit westvancouver.ca/housing Questions or comments? Contact us at 604-925-7055 or email housing@westvancouver.ca

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One of the Lower Mainland's largest Youth Week events! Now in its 10th year, this festival is bigger and better than ever. A great line up of activities include a live band showcase, dance performances, a fashion show, photobooth, youth art, plus food booths, a free BBQ, live coverage from 102.7 The Peak, prizes and games.

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Attack on freedom hits home for West Van MP John Weston asks for MPs to have the right to speak in the House of Commons on any topic important to their constituents MICHAELA GARSTIN S tA f f R E P o Rt E R

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our days after two pressure cooker bombs sent Boston into chaos, MP John Weston stood up in the House of Commons to demand MPs have the right to speak on any topic important to their constituents.

West Vancouver Board of Education Vice-Chair Carolyn Broady joins student and teacher organizers of the two upcoming TEDx events outside the Kay Meek Theatre. From left to right: Carolyn Broady, Olivia Bosa, Qayam Devji, Craig Cantlie, Marc Stickland, Brooke Moore, Cari Wilson (missing: Garth Thomson).

Leading the Way In West Vancouver School District, teachers and students don’t just “talk the talk” of innovation in education, they walk it.

Many educators were inspired by the 2006 Sir Ken Robinson TED talk on creativity. Since then, TED videos have become an integral part of classrooms and professional learning.

Turning this inspiration into a reality, are four passionate West Vancouver School District teachers who have organized a ground-breaking event, TEDxWestVancouverED. This day-long dialogue is taking place on Saturday, May 11 and will feature an exciting line-up of speakers and videos on the theme “Rethinking Education.”

TEDx programs are the local version of the TED conferences and are designed to give communities and organizations the opportunity to stimulate discussion and encourage “ideas worth spreading.”

Not to be outdone, an ambitious group of West Bay Elementary School students, led by Qayam Devji, have been working for months on their own event: taking place on Friday, May 17: TEDxKids@Ambleside.

The focus of these talks is “curiosity and wonder” and they will feature young speakers sharing powerful stories on a wide variety of topics.

We are confident that the ideas exchanged at both these TEDx events will inspire thought and innovation far beyond the borders of the West Vancouver School District – the premier place for learning.

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“There was a direct attack on freedom,” said Weston, who is MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, referring to the Boston Marathon bombing that had recently killed three people and injured hundreds more.

“Here we were standing in our Parliament and I felt I had to weighin on the importance of freedom for our constituents and for our members who represent them, not just now but in the future.”

Following demands made by Weston and nine other MPs, Members of Parliament are no longer constrained by prepared caucus lists, which name who will speak in the chamber. The decision, announced by House of Commons speaker Andrew Scheer, means MPs can speak on any topic, regardless of the whip’s or party’s stance.

“There’s a balance we have to achieve here between the control of the parties over their members and the freedom of individual members to speak on behalf of their constituents,” Weston, who went to university in Boston and ran in the marathon twice, told The Outlook.

The topic of freedom was particularly important to Weston following the Boston bombings because the tragedy struck on Patriots’ Day, a civic holiday in Massachusetts that celebrates the first battles of the American Revolutionary War in the late 1700s.

To honour the victims in Boston, Weston organized a march from Parliament to the U.S. embassy that week.

“I felt steeped in the importance of freedom, democracy and peace and that it was important to take a stand,” he said.

“It was something I felt people of the North Shore would want me to speak on.

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Congratulations to Chartwell Elementary students for their winning “Watt Watchers” entry. This inquiry-based project about sustainability saw students measuring the amount of electricity and natural gas used in their homes. Kudos also to Rockridge Secondary students for an Honourable Mention for their “From Garbage to Garden” entry involving composting and recycling.

Innovation in Today’s High Schools – What Parents Need to Know

The West Vancouver Secondary School PACs are pleased to present this informative and entertaining evening at the Kay Meek Studio Theatre on Monday, May 13, 7-8:30pm. Join Superintendent Chris Kennedy and principals from all three high schools for a discussion about the transformations taking place in secondary school education. Please visit www.sd45.bc.ca to RSVP for this event.

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on’t chuck leftovers into the trash.

This is a message the District of West Vancouver wants residents to keep in mind as bi-weekly garbage collection begins.

The week of April 29 to May 1 marks the first time residential trash won’t be picked up.

To help reduce the number of bags left out, food scraps can be put into Green Cans, which are collected every week along with Blue Boxes.

So far these recycling programs have helped divert 62 per cent of waste from landfills. By 2015, the district would like this number to rise by eight per cent.

Data proves West Vancouverites are well on their way. For the first time, the amount of food waste and yard trimmings picked up has exceeded the amount of garbage collected.

“The new data show that West Vancouver is moving closer to its overall diversion goal of 70 per cent; only one year after the Green Can Program began,” said West Van spokesman Jeff McDonald.

Forty per cent of household garbage is compostable, according to the District.

All food scraps can be put in Green Cans, including dairy and bones, along with food-soiled paper and small amounts of yard trimmings.

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and below the tree-line on an icy crust, making for high-risk conditions.

A dozen snowshoers in two groups of six have been hit by an avalanche while on Hollyburn Mountain. It’s 3 p.m. and rescuers only have about two hours of light to conduct their mission. Another storm is coming.

One of the snowshoe groups is equipped with avalanche transceivers but the other isn’t. Some are injured, some are buried.

Fortunately, this is just a drill.

Snow Man 3 is the third annual multi-casualty response exercise put on by North Shore Rescue. Jones, NSR’s veteran leader and drill director, says the purpose of the annual training day is to revalidate NSR’s helicopter flight team and also to test their response plan to such a disaster.

The scenario that will be played out today wasn’t chosen arbitrarily.

“It’s our firm belief that this is going to happen on the North Shore,” says Jones. “The snowshoeing community has exploded and they are generally ill-trained… We have observed large groups of snowshoers and we’ve done calls involving large groups of snowshoers operating in considerable to high avalanche hazard. So we’re actually quite worried.”

Jones isn’t concerned about the snowshoers who head up to the local ski hills where snowshoe terrain parks are safely managed, groomed and patrolled.

His concern is for the “exponential number of snowshoers, often in large groups, who are going into provincial parks which are not managed in the winter and going into these backcountry areas not knowing there is an avalanche danger.”

Many, he adds, will use summer trail hiking maps and not even realize they’re traversing avalanche terrain. Along with the avalanche concern comes the danger of steep falls.

“It’s nowhere near the same trail in the winter because of the snow.”

With the spectre of a multi-casualty incident looming, a new wrinkle was added to this year’s Snow Man training drill.

Today, NSR will be joined by the RCAF 442 Squadron and its hulking Cormorant rescue helicopter so the two groups can practise working together in a joint air rescue, extraction and evacuation.

During the pre-briefing, Jones, who was winched out of a precarious mountain spot by the massive military bird during a rescue mission in January, warned participating members about its daunting presence.

“It’s such a huge powerful machine. You can’t hear yourself; it’s a great air asset but changes the dynamic when you’re underneath it.”

Even hovering at 200 feet above, the “downwash” makes it like being in a wind tunnel, Jones explains. continued, PAGE 25

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Nestled in an industrial area of North Vancouver, Ross’ Miniature Treasure House has an entire world of tiny furniture, food, fixtures and — most importantly — fun.

“Seventy-five per cent of people who come in here are adults building for themselves,” says Ross Merrifield, who has owned the miniature whimsical wonderland for 48 years. The others include grandparents looking for a creative present and even children themselves.

Holding a pint-sized wooden chair smaller than a business card, Ross says he’s been interested in collecting since he toured a miniature museum while on a trip with his family to Knott’s Berry Farm in California.

He now has one of the largest miniature inventories in North America and sells around the world to hobbyists, museums, architects and film productions. mgarstin@northshoreoutlook.com “This house was used in a Bank of Montreal commercial,” says Ross pointing to a strikingly realistic house about a foot high. “They stuffed money inside to make it look like it was falling out the windows. You’d never know it wasn’t real.”

The same house was used in a Smirnoff vodka commercial, complete with a swizzle stick protruding from the roof.

These commercials were filmed before B.C.’s film industry fell into a slump but Ross says he still gets the odd customer.

His business now focuses on retail and wholesale distribution, including supplying the Miniatures Museum of Taiwan, the first museum of it kind in East Asia.

In fact, miniatures from Ross’ Treasure House have become popular throughout Asia. Part of a TV series was shot at the shop and televised in China, where his wife Mary is originally from.

She practised as a dentist but decided upgrading her skills would be too expensive in Canada. Always drawn to small, intricate details, building miniatures appealed to her right away.

TINY TOWN - Ross Merrifield stands beside Mary now makes the shop’s thousands of flowers and many other items a miniature house at his shop, complete with hardwood floors, chandeliers and a false door in the that are shipped around the globe. library. Michaela Garstin photo “I don’t like how kids are always staring at TV and games. This gives them something else to do; practise patience, develop imagination, use their muscles,” she says holding a miniature purple flower smaller than a postage stamp.

There isn’t a particular starting age for collecting miniatures, she says. It depends on the child’s maturity and level of interest. An eight-year-old girl, for example, recently popped in to buy supplies for her doll house.

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No seriously, there’s a thread Imagine whipping along in trafhere, although you’d have to go to fic with a dozen other mobile boom Mazatlan to understand it. boxes, all thumping out their own And then you’d need to be up for brand of tunes, from mariachi bands, one of the more wacky taxi rides to reggae, to Led Zeppelin, to 1980s you’ve experienced. disco. Much to my dismay, we manAllow me to explain...

The now-traditional annual father/ aged to find ourselves with a driver who had a thing for the Bee Gees. daughter expedition, which has taken the gal and me down the west “Shoot me,” said my teen. “No, me first,” I answered. coast of this continent over the past With the greatest of respect to several years, saw the pin poked into those who have mariachi music in a map of Mexico this time.

Sun and surf during the first week their blood or background, I now understand why tequila is so promiof spring break seemed a stellar nent in Mexico. idea. And thus, carrying an approAnyway, as you might guess, the priate measure of guilt in leaving mechanical soundness of these tourmom at home, off we set. In the first moments of a stroll down a main road ist-toting sewing machines runs the gamut from polished and purring, to sidewalk in Mazatlan, the unique gritty and grinding. taxis are obvious.

One of our drivers monitored his They look like golf carts, with fuel consumption not via a functionattitude. All of them are white, wining gauge, but on gut feeling, which dowless except for the driver’s windwas a bit off that day. We sat and shield, and sport only a frilly canvas waited on some nameless sidestreet top for a roof.

Faced with long shipping delays to while he and his five-year-old son, who was riding shotgun, walked up get auto parts from other manufacthe road to get some gasoline in a turers back in the ’60s, a local family struck upon the idea of importing plastic bottle.

And the driving? Exhilarating was VW engines and chassis parts, and a good word for us. Cheerfully coroputting fiberglass bodies on them. nary-inducing would be more fitting I’m guessing the lack of windows for others. may have been a cost-cutting meaHow they manage to dart in and sure, if not a sensible nod to the out of heavy traffic, with scant inchtropical climate. es between bumNevertheless, the pers and fenders, irked drivers of conand not become ventional car taxis scrap metal, is warned tourists that really quite awethey’d get pneumonia inspiring. if they rode around in Here’s somethe airy bugmobiles. thing else interAnd hence, the esting about label “pulmonia” newsroom@northshoreoutlook.com Mazatlan.

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B.C. Liberal: Naomi Yamamoto First elected as MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale in 2009, BC Liberal candidate Naomi Yamamoto has served in government as Minister of Advanced Education, Minister of Yamamoto State for Intergovernmental Relations and currently as Minister of State for Small Business. Locally, she is president and owner of a graphic design group and has worked extensively leading the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce.

Yamamoto told The Outlook the most important issue facing her riding today is keeping life affordable for families.

“That means keeping taxes low and creating an environment where British Columbians can raise their families and thrive in a vibrant economy,” Yamamoto said. “We live in a community that has a great balance of business, industry and residents. We are small business and we are big business.”

B.C. Green: Ryan Conroy The Green Party’s Ryan Conroy ran for MLA in the New Democrat stronghold of Vancouver-Hastings in 2009 before moving across the inlet to North Van in 2010. He’s a transit Conroy bus driver with the Coast Mountain Bus Company and a member of the Canadian Autoworkers Local 111. He describes issues of food security and the availability of healthy organics as central to his platform for improving the lives of North Vancouver residents, while limiting the reach of government into peoples’ lives.

Conroy stands firmly opposed to any expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline to Burrard Inlet and says investment in green technology is the only way toward a secure energy future.

“The biggest issues in North Vancouver-Lonsdale are the Port of Metro Vancouver development, which threatens the livability of the city,” Conroy told The Outlook, adding protecting the B.C. film industry and getting better transit service on the North Shore are also priorities. “Unlike the traditional parties, the Green Party does not believe in party whips and lets me put their needs first,” Conroy continued. “I will be a consultative MLA who listens to Lonsdale residents rather than ramming my party’s policies down their throat. I will be a problem-solver rather than a finger-pointer.”

B.C. NDP: Craig Keating For 12 years Craig Keating has served on City of North Vancouver council, championing issues like affordable housing and childcare.

A history instructor at B.C. Conservative: Langara College, this Allan Molyneaux Keating is Keating’s first run at Allan Molyneaux has provincial politics. lived in North Vancou“The most important ver-Lonsdale since 1989, issues facing our community are healthworking as a property apcare, especially for seniors who deserve praiser for BC Assessment respect and dignity, affordable housing, for much of that time. Now protecting our environment, and supporting retired, Molyneaux was the economy with good, family supporting previously employed by the jobs, such as in the film industry,” Keating Molyneaux B.C. government in Dawson told The Outlook this week. “I’m asking for Creek and Prince George. your vote on May 14 so that I can represent In 2001, he left BC Assessthe citizens of North Vancouver-Lonsdale ment to open a private appraisal practice, to support our community with initiatives Molyneaux and Associates. He joined the B.C. such as an increase to the film tax credit to support the industry, improve healthcare for Conservatives in 2011 and has been active on the North Van-Lonsdale constituency associaour seniors, and invest in training to suption’s board of directors. port the workers of tomorrow.”

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Communist Party of B.C.: Kimball Cariou B.C. Communist Party candidate Kimball Cariou is the editor of the People’s Voice newspaper, a twice-monthly Communist Party publication documenting popular movements against militarism, war, racism and inequality of all stripes.

Here at home, Cariou told The Outlook the most critical issues facing North Vancouver today include affordable housing, employment, fair wages and climate change.

Cariou “By giving huge tax breaks for the wealthy and the corporations, the Liberal government has starved funding for public education, health care, and social programs,” Cariou said. “In this election, only the Communist Party of BC calls for reversing all the Liberal tax cuts.

This would provide $2 billion annually to restore the cuts to public education and health care, to give a 50 per cent increase in social assistance rates, to build thousands of units of low-income housing, and to expand the public transit system.”

North Vancouver-Seymour B.C. Liberal: Jane Thornthwaite For sitting MLA Jane Thornthwaite, the May 14 election is about jobs and the economy.

Ensuring that the province’s young people have jobs close to home, investing in local and provincial economic development and keeping personal taxes low are the benchmarks by which she says she measures her and her party’s success.

“I have worked for North Vancouver’s residents in my time as a volunteer, school trustee and an MLA,” Thornthwaite told The Outlook.

Thornthwaite After serving three years on the North Vancouver school board, Thornthwaite was elected to the Legislature in 2009, serving on the Legislative Review Cabinet Committee, standing committees on children and youth, finance and government and education, among others.

“As a life-long North Shore resident, I have first-hand knowledge of our communities and their needs. If I am re-elected, I will continue to be a hard-working, accessible, transparent and accountable MLA.” B.C. NDP: Jim Hanson NDP newcomer Jim Hanson was born and raised in North Vancouver. He attended SFU, UBC law and Oxford, passing the bar of British Columbia in 1985. Today, he’s a founding partner of the HWM law firm in Surrey. He has two high school-age children with his wife, Ruth, a North Shore realtor. Jim’s parents still live on the North Shore. It’s these family values that largely drive his politics.

Hanson “I remember the North Vancouver of my childhood. Our children and grandchildren deserve nothing less,” he told The Outlook. “We must find a way to maintain a North Vancouver that is naturally beautiful, while also being economically and fiscally sustainable. We need to offer appropriate skills training and employment opportunities to our youth, and provide adequate care for our seniors.”

Environmental stewardship and fiscal prudence are also big political motivators, Hanson said. “My experience as a self-employed lawyer, businessman, husband and father has, I believe, equipped me to make a contribution in government.”

B.C. Conservative: Brian Wilson Owner and operator of Integra Tire Auto Centre in North Vancouver, B.C. Conservative Brian Wilson grew up on the North Shore attending Carson Graham high school. A member of the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, Brian belongs to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the Royal Canadian Legion and the Lynn Valley Lions Club. He has served on directors’ boards for provincial and federal riding associations. Wilson and his wife have four grown children.

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Independent: Jaime Webbe McGill University grad and long-time North Vancouver-Seymour resident Jaime Webbe is pledging to bring accountability to the Legislature as an independent candidate. A former advisor to the U.N. in Washington, D.C and development manager at the World Bank, Webbe has worked for years in the realms of social justice and environmentalism. But here at home, Webbe said the most important issue facing her riding is securing a viable future for all constituents.

Webbe “For seniors this means staying in their homes for as long as possible, for young families this means ensuring that their children have an education funded by the province, not by parent fundraisers,” Webbe said. “For disabled persons a secure future means the assurance of their rights, dignity and control over access to services and for youth this means knowing that there will be jobs available in a strong and innovacontinued, PAGE 14 tive economy.”

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The rock-metal band was formed at Carson Graham secondary by Devon Webber (guitar, lead vocals), Adam Likness (drums, percussion), Aydn Graham (guitar) and Ali Nobari (bass).

Inspired by Iron Maiden, Metallica, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin, the group’s music ranges from hard rock to psychedelic rock to metal.

After receiving many online votes, the group performed live this weekend at the Electric Owl in Vancouver for their third-place finish in Youthink’s B.C.’s Best Teen Band Contest.

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ing investments into our music so our goal is to put out a good product for them to enjoy,” Nobari told Youthink just before the final vote. “When we play live, first they get to hear our music, and then they can see it the way we intended.

“That’s one of the big reasons that playing live shows is really exciting for us, because we can visually entertain as well.”

While the teens are currently pursuing different paths (Graham goes to SFU, Webber is at Cap U, Nobari is away at UVic and Likness is working in the Lower Mainland), they are determined to keep the band together. For now, they practice in the garage at the back of Graham’s parent’s house.

After winning the contest, The Flying Fishmongers walked away with $750 for artist development, gift certificates from Long & McQuade and the chance to record a single with Garth Richardson at Nimbus Recording Studio.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013 13 Thursday, May 2, 2013 13 JOIE TO THE WORLD - JoieFarm owners Heidi Noble And Michael Dinn have captured the Okanagan’s sunny, mineral-rich terroir in their 2012 wines.

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don’t think it’s a coincidence that the sun has been shining since I tasted the new releases from British Columbia’s JoieFarm winery — that annual tasting is always the first sign of spring in my world.

Owned and operated by former Vancouverites Heidi Noble and Michael Dinn (with Robert Thielicke assisting in both the vineyards and winery), JoieFarm has been a critical and commercial darling around town for nine years now. Not only do the wines offer fantastic value and express the Okanagan’s sunny, mineral-rich “terroir” with crisp acidity and grace, but the whole line-up pairs well with the way we eat in this part of the world, from seafood and vegetable-centric dishes, to Asian cuisines and more.

The 2012 vintage is now in the books as an excellent one overall in B.C., and JoieFarm’s wines share that long, bright summer just in time for this year’s warmer weather. All of the wines here can be ordered direct from the winery (JoieFarm.com) at the prices below, but tack on couple bucks when shopkurtis@kurtiskolt.com ping in local stores.

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JoieFarm 2012 Un-Oaked Chardonnay | $22.90

There’s a nice weight to this year’s edition, perhaps a wee bit heavier than those in the past. This isn’t a negative thing; it just adds a richness that will make the wine stand up to bolder flavours such as barbecued chicken, South Indian curries and more. Preserved lemon and mandarin orange with a few flecks of basil and sage.

JoieFarm 2012 A Noble Blend | $23.90

This is Heidi and Mike’s flagship wine, and aromatic blend of Alsatian varietals including riesling, gewürztraminer, pinot blanc and more. The ultra-fragrant nose is ridiculously pretty, with lychee, rose petal and perfumed citrus. On the palate, a bunch of kiwi and guava come tumbling in with a little splash of lemonade at the end. There’s a bit more richness in this year’s Noble Blend too, which makes it perfect for spicy Korean and Thai dishes.

JoieFarm 2012 Riesling | $22.90

Whenever I’m teaching a beginner’s wine seminar, I always like to clarify that the wines we’re talking about are made from 100 per cent grapes, that when we say a wine has notes of “peaches” or ‘“lime,” those fruits are not actually in the wine. It’s just that we’re talking about flavour characteristics that the particular grape carries. I bring this up now because there are so many ripe, juicy pears in this wine that you might think they’re an ingredient! This is certainly a dry and crisp Riesling, but we’re talking the most juicy and charming of Bosc, Bartlett and Asian pears around. Lovely.

JoieFarm 2012 Rosé | $20.90

It wouldn’t be summer in Vancouver unless copious amounts of JoieFarm Rosé were being enjoyed throughout the day and every day across the city.

This year’s version is composed mainly of pinot noir and gamay, and don’t let that super-sweet strawberry shortcake nose fool you; sip after sip, it’s as refreshing, dry and crisp as you’re hoping for. An Okanagan harvest of plums, cherries, blackberries and peaches. Pairs with almost anything, particularly fish and poultry. Word to the wise: always keep a back-up bottle in the fridge, those opportunities come quite often on hot days.

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Kyllo will have some stiff competition at the slowcook showdown though. This year he will be cooking against his daughter Jessica’s Smokin Babes team (at right) and Prairie Smoke and Spice from Regina, which won the Cowboy Cookoff last year. The Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair takes place May 17-20. For barbecue competition dates and times, go to CloverdaleRodeo.com.

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West Vancouver-Capilano B.C. Liberal: Ralph Sultan Elected to represent West Vancouver-Capilano in 2001, 2005 and 2009, Ralph Sultan has served on the Government Caucus Committee for the Economy and the Legislature’s Public Accounts Committee.

He is also the caucus liaison for the Ministry of Finance, the Minister of State for Seniors and is a member of the Cabinet Committee on Families First.

“One of the biggest issues is whether or not B.C. will have a government which fosters economic Sultan growth and improves health care and education, while maintaining financial discipline,” Sultan told The Outlook. “Top priorities for West Vancouver-Capilano are low taxes, strong seniors’ services and respect for the quality of our environment.”

Sultan said his private sector experience, economic knowledge and time in the Legislature and cabinet have prepared him for this.

B.C. NDP: Terry Platt A member of the NDP since 1995, Terry Platt was the West Vancouver-Capilano candidate in the 2005 and 2009 provincial elections and ran federally in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country in 2011, coming in second in all contests.

“I think that the most important issue is that of senior’s health care and affordable sustainable housing,” Platt told The Outlook. “The riding has a very high percentage of people over the age of 65.

Platt Some are wealthy, many are not.”

Many seniors, she said, are forced to sell their homes to move out of the community or to afford nursing home care.

“A constituency and its people are best served by an MLA who sits on the side of government,” she said, “instead of an MLA who sits outside of government in opposition.

B.C. Conservative: David Jones Owner of a design/build firm that focuses primarily on commercial projects, David Jones has worked with the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast Conservative Association for 17 years as volunteer and director. He has assisted candidates and campaign managers in five federal elections in this riding.

“A strong, stable economy that allows the Province to operate without increasing debt and still provide services that all British Columbians Jones can count on,” Jones told The Outlook when asked about his riding’s most important issue. “The B.C. Liberals and NDP do not seem to have these issues on their radar.”

The B.C. Conservatives, he said, have tabled a balanced budget starting 2012-13 and for the next three years after. “The liquidations of your/ B.C.’s assets, BC Hydro phantom income and resource windfalls are not included in these budgets,” he added.

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky B.C. Liberal: Jordan Sturdy As mayor of Pemberton since 2005, Jordan Sturdy is also a board member of Squamish Lillooet Regional District.

He owns Pemberton’s North Arm Farm, which sells to high-end restaurants in Whistler and Vancouver, and has been a paramedic for BC Ambulance since 1990.

“Without the revenue that a strong economy generates, the government is challenged to fund the services we rely on,” he told The Outlook. “Without adequate revenues, the tough decisions become realSturdy ly tough decisions.”

Sturdy said B.C. needs a voice in Victoria to support fiscal responsibility and sustainable economic growth that can fund the province’s health care and education systems. “I believe that a vibrant economy sustained by a healthy environment supports social well-being,” he said.

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B.C. NDP: Ana Santos Since moving to Canada from Spain in 2004, Ana Santos has worked as a freelance translator and was nominated as Squamish’s Citizen of the Year in 2010 and selected Most Eco-conscious in town in 2010 and 2011.

Santos founded Squamish CAN (Climate Action Network), a group that was recognized as Outstanding Volunteer Group by the District of Squamish in 2012. “The same issue faces the whole province: education and skills training,” she told The Santos Outlook.

The NDP, Santos said, have made education and skills training their number one priority and will be addressing the issue with dedicated funding. “It’s time to take a look at [this riding] from the perspective of those who struggle to make ends meet, from the perspective of small businesses who don’t know if they will be able to open their doors next month,” she said.

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B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark pressed her attack on Adrian Dix, the front-running leader of the NDP, accusing him of advocating big spending on government programs and restrictive environmental views that deter industrial development.

“The NDP plan would rob Peter to pay Paul, hoping Paul will vote NDP,” Clark said. “My plan is to put both Peter and Paul to work.”

Dix referred to B.C.’s ninth-place position in provincial job growth so far this year. “Neither Peter nor Paul are working,” he said.

Both Dix and Clark pressed B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins on his rosy revenue forecasts, despite a promise to phase out the carbon tax on fossil fuels that would cost the provincial treasury more than $1 billion a year.

Cummins responded to Clark’s jab about him being forced to fire four of his candidates for various indiscretions. One of them was accused of impaired driving, Cummins said, adding that one B.C. Liberal candidate is seeking re-election after being convicted of the same offence.

Green Party leader Jane Sterk was on the defensive about her long list of promises, including a guaranteed annual income to replace existing social programs, and extensive social programs for rural areas. Asked about her proposal to immediately raise the carbon tax by 66 per cent, Sterk described it as a “gradual increase.”

As they have in the first two weeks of the campaign for the May 14 B.C. election, Clark and Dix clashed over oil and gas development. Dix denied there was a plan to impose a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, saying Cariboo-Chilcotin NDP candidate Charlie Wyse was wrong in referring to one last week.

Clark stuck to her five conditions for approving new heavy oil pipelines, refusing to endorse or oppose either proposal to bring more Alberta oil to the West Coast. She pressed Dix on his sudden reversal to oppose an expansion of the 60-year-old pipeline to Burnaby, which has seen increased demand for crude exports.

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Two dozen smaller courthouses were closed down in 2002.

And by 2010, persistent budget restraint was causing long delays in getting cases to trial, prompting the B.C. Provincial Court to issue a “Justice Delayed” report that warned more than 2,000 criminal cases were at risk of being tossed out.

Despite some more judges being appointed, provincial courts run with 12 fewer judges today than in 2005.

Each year, dozens of accused criminals walk free because they can’t be tried fast enough.

“The problem hasn’t gone away,” said Samiran Lakshman, president of the B.C. Crown Counsel Association.

“The serious lack of investment is still wreaking havoc in our justice system.”

A key source of inefficiency is too many people try to represent themselves in court – often in family law hearings – forcing provincial court judges to spend extra time on those matters, and often less on criminal ones.

That should be no surprise, says NDP justice critic Leonard Krog, after the province chopped legal aid funding by 40 per cent.

“What that did is cripple access to justice for the poor and vulnerable,” Krog said, adding it worsened delays because more people were left without legal advice to “stumble around in an arena where they’re simply not trained or able to fight.”

An independent review two years ago recommended more legal aid funding.

The NDP would modestly boost legal aid funding – from $70 million now to $80 million within three years.

Krog said more than that is needed but can’t yet be promised, given budget constraints.

Justice Minister Shirley Bond said the justice budget did rise slightly this year to $1.14 billion, including a

small increase in legal aid funding.

“To suggest that by simply adding a judge or a few dollars here or there we’re going to solve the foundational problems I think is short-sighted,” Bond said in an interview.

Bond contends progress has been made in reducing congestion and the worst delays in the system have eased.

There were more than 100 criminal cases stayed by judges in 2011 due to excessive delay, she noted, but that number dropped to 66 last year.

Nine new judges have been appointed recently and part of their time is dedicated to reducing the backlog. The province has been on a search for deep reforms since an independent review concluded a “culture of delay” is entrenched in the system.

The Liberals would look for ways to increase court resources when possible and if necessary, she said, but the emphasis will be on spending smarter, not spending more.

“We have fewer cases going to court rooms today yet they’re taking longer,” Bond said, adding the crime rate is at the lowest level in nearly four decades.

Bond has unveiled a plan for a Justice and Public Safety Council to better oversee the courts and recommend ways to improve performance, with help from specialty advisory boards.

But B.C.’s main success so far in relieving pressure has been the move to roadside impaired driving penalties, which result in instant policeadministered penalties and far fewer drunk driving cases going to court.

The Liberals propose to also move traffic ticket disputes out of courtrooms to administrative tribunals.

Crown prosecutors say that while the number of impaired charges has gone down, police are using the time they save on those complex investigations to crack other crimes, bringing more cases of other types before the courts.

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Defence lawyers know the odds and still tell their clients that rather than plead guilty they could take the “lottery ticket” of running the case to trial and seeing if it gets tossed.

“That only adds to the delay problem,” Lakshman said.

The BC Conservatives say the courts and law enforcement have received a declining share of the B.C. budget and the party would dedicate the “requisite resources” to protect people and property.

Don’t count on regional police from next government

There have been repeated demands over the years for a regional police force to unify the patchwork of municipal and RCMP forces in the Lower Mainland.

The latest has come from Missing Women Commissioner Wally Oppal, who concluded last year serial killer Robert Pickton might have been caught sooner had a regional force been in place to better coordinate the disjointed response to vanishing sex trade workers.

But there’s little sign B.C.’s next provincial government will act decisively.

The NDP platform is entirely silent on the topic and justice critic Leonard Krog has said he would likely not pursue regional policing without broad support from local cities, most of which are opposed.

The BC Liberals’ platform pledges to work with police departments and communities in Metro Vancouver and the Capital Regional District to see if a regional policing system can better meet local needs while being affordable to taxpayers.

But Justice Minister Shirley Bond is also cautious on the concept, promising only a formal discussion of it.

“There are mixed views on whether a regionalized police force actually solves the problem,” she said, noting B.C.’s integrated policing teams already provide highly regionalized service where justified but more may be possible.

The B.C. Green party promises to establish a “provincial police service” but its platform provides no details.

Several Metro Vancouver cities, some dissatisfied with the outcome of last year’s RCMP contract signing, are investigating their own options to merge police forces on a more limited basis.

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MAY 2013

GENERAL ELECTION Get ready to vote.

In the 40 th Provincial General Election, British Columbia’s voters will vote for their Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

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The following persons have been nominated as candidates for North Vancouver-Lonsdale for the 40th Provincial General Election.

North Vancouver-Lonsdale Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Official Agent:

Kimball Cariou Communist Party of BC

Kimball Cariou 706 Clark Dr, Vancouver, BC, V5L 3J1

Gabriel Au 706 Clark Dr, Vancouver, BC, V5L 3J1

Ryan Conroy Green Party of BC

Rian O Maol Chonaire 301 Sasamat Lane, North Vancouver, BC, V7G 2S4

Carra-Lynn Hodgson British Columbia Party

Gordon Milne 882 Citadel Dr, Port Coquitlam, BC, V3C 5Y1

Craig Keating BC NDP

Lisa Stuible 1404 Mill St, North Vancouver, BC, V7K 1V4

Allan John Molyneaux BC Conservative Party

Gregory Shannan 309-999 Berkley Rd, North Vancouver, BC, V7H 1Y3

Laurence Watt Libertarian

Laurence Watt 1266 Bracknell Pl, North Vancouver, BC, V7R 1V5

Naomi Yamamoto BC Liberal Party

Richard Buchols 4065 Brockton Cres, North Vancouver, BC, V7G 1E5

General Voting Places:

Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices: 104-267 W Esplanade North Vancouver, BC (604) 981-0166

Ann MacDonald Studio-Presentation House 333 Chesterfield Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Kiwanis Towers 170 W 2nd St, North Vancouver, BC

Seylynn Comm Rec Centre 625 Mountain Hwy, North Vancouver, BC

Holy Trinity Catholic Church 2725 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Brooksbank Elem School 980 E 13th St, North Vancouver, BC

Larson Elem School 2605 Larson Rd, North Vancouver, BC

St. Agnes Anglican Church 530 E 12th St, North Vancouver, BC

North Shore Neighbourhood House 225 E 2nd St, North Vancouver, BC

Carson Graham Sec School 2145 Jones Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Lucas Centre for Cont Educ 2132 Hamilton Ave, North Vancouver, BC

St. Andrew’s United Church 1044 St Georges Ave, North Vancouver, BC

St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church 220 W 8th St, North Vancouver, BC

Chief Joe Mathias Centre 100 Capilano Rd, West Vancouver, BC

Norgate Comm Elem School 1295 Sowden St, North Vancouver, BC

St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church 220 W 8th St, North Vancouver, BC

Eastview Elem School 1801 Mountain Hwy, North Vancouver, BC

North Shore Neighbourhood House 225 E 2nd St, North Vancouver, BC

St. Thomas Aquinas High School 541 W Keith Rd, North Vancouver, BC

Harry Jerome Comm Rec Centre 123 E 23rd St, North Vancouver, BC

Queen Mary Elem School at Cloverley Site 440 Hendry Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Sutherland Sec School 1860 Sutherland Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Holy Trinity Catholic Church 2725 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Ridgeway Elem School 420 E 8th St, North Vancouver, BC

Westview Elem School 641 W 17th St, North Vancouver, BC

John Braithwaite Comm Centre 145 W 1st St, North Vancouver, BC

Royal Canadian Legion 118 123 W 15th St, North Vancouver, BC

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GENERAL ELECTION The following persons have been nominated as candidates for North Vancouver-Seymour for the 40th Provincial General Election.

North Vancouver-Seymour Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Official Agent:

Jim Hanson BC NDP

Sarah Silvester 307-256 2nd Ave E, Vancouver, BC, V5T 0A7

Steve Stringfellow 2125 Hill Dr, North Vancouver, BC, V7H 2N1

Daniel Scott Smith Green Party of BC

Gregory Cross 4219 Goodchild St, Abbotsford, BC, V3G 1L5

Victoria Cross 601-2310 2nd Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V6K 1J1

Jane Thornthwaite BC Liberal Party

Christopher Doll 815 Ruckle Crt, North Vancouver, BC, V7H 2P6

Jaime Alexandra Webbe Independent

Jaime Webbe 320 Sasamat Lane, North Vancouver, BC, V7G 2S4

Brian R. Wilson BC Conservative Party

Gregory Shannan 823 3rd St W, North Vancouver, BC, V7P 3K7

General Voting Places:

Gregory Shannan 823 3rd St W, North Vancouver, BC, V7P 3K7

Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices: 126-1133 Mt Seymour Rd North Vancouver, BC (604) 903-4480

Argyle Sec School 1131 Frederick Rd, North Vancouver, BC

Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School 420 Seymour River Pl, North Vancouver, BC

Ron Andrews Rec Centre 931 Lytton St, North Vancouver, BC

Karen Magnussen Comm Rec Centre 2300 Kirkstone Rd, North Vancouver, BC

Blueridge Elem School 2650 Bronte Dr, North Vancouver, BC

Kiwanis Lynn Manor 2555 Whiteley Crt, North Vancouver, BC

Ross Road Elem School 2875 Bushnell Pl, North Vancouver, BC

North Lonsdale United Church 3380 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Boundary Elem School 750 E 26th St, North Vancouver, BC

Lynn Valley Rec Centre 3590 Mountain Hwy, North Vancouver, BC

Seycove Sec School 1204 Caledonia Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Parkgate Comm Centre 3625 Banff Crt, North Vancouver, BC

Carisbrooke Elem School 510 E Carisbrooke Rd, North Vancouver, BC

Mt. Seymour United Church 1200 Parkgate Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Tsleil-Waututh Nation Comm Centre 3010 Sleil-Waututh Rd, North Vancouver, BC

Cove Cliff Elem School 1818 Banbury Rd, North Vancouver, BC

North Lonsdale United Church 3380 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Upper Lynn Elem School 1540 Coleman St, North Vancouver, BC

Holiday Inn Hotel 700 Old Lillooet Rd, North Vancouver, BC

Parkgate Comm Centre 3625 Banff Crt, North Vancouver, BC

The following persons have been nominated as candidates for West Vancouver-Capilano for the 40th Provincial General Election.

West Vancouver-Capilano Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Tunya Audain Libertarian

Tunya Audain 2267 Kings Ave, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 2C1

Official Agent:

David Jones BC Conservative Party

M. Frances Jones PO Box 91525, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 3P2

Michael Markwick Independent

Timothy Lack PO Box 91766, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 4S1

Terry Platt BC NDP

Carolyn Coutts 5659 Westhaven Rd, West Vancouver, BC, V7W 1T7

Ralph Sultan BC Liberal Party

Craig Thomas 300-576 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3K1

General Voting Places:

Timothy Lack PO Box 91766, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 4S1

Craig Thomas 300-576 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3K1

Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices: 701 Park Royal North West Vancouver, BC (604) 981-0165

Braemar Elem School 3600 Mahon Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Highlands Elem School 3150 Colwood Dr, North Vancouver, BC

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60 580 18th St, West Vancouver, BC

Delbrook Comm Centre-North Bldg 600 W Queens Rd, North Vancouver, BC

Canyon Heights Elem School 4501 Highland Blvd, North Vancouver, BC

Hollyburn Elem School 1329 Duchess Ave, West Vancouver, BC

Sentinel Sec School 1250 Chartwell Dr, West Vancouver, BC

St. David’s United Church 1525 Taylor Way, West Vancouver, BC

Capilano Elem School 1230 W 20th St, North Vancouver, BC

Irwin Park Elem School 2455 Haywood Ave, West Vancouver, BC

St. David’s United Church 1525 Taylor Way, West Vancouver, BC

West Vancouver Sr Activity Centre 695 21st St, West Vancouver, BC

Cleveland Elem School 1255 Eldon Rd, North Vancouver, BC

Montroyal Elem School 5310 Sonora Dr, North Vancouver, BC

West Vanc Sec School-South Campus 1735 Inglewood Ave, West Vancouver, BC

Collingwood Elem School 2605 Wentworth Ave, West Vancouver, BC

Mountainside Sec School 3365 Mahon Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Woodcroft-Capilano Tower 2024 Fullerton Ave, North Vancouver, BC

Ecole Cedardale Elem School 595 Burley Dr, West Vancouver, BC

Pauline Johnson Elem School 1150 22nd St, West Vancouver, BC

Handsworth Sec School 1044 Edgewood Rd, North Vancouver, BC

Ridgeview Elem School 1250 Mathers Ave, West Vancouver, BC

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Crosswalk sting nets scores of drivers The West Vancouver Police Department wrapped up its vulnerable road user awareness month last week with an undercover operation targeting a Dundarave walkway TODD COYNE S Ta f f R e p O RT e R

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That stooped-over citizen halfway through the crosswalk you just blew through might be one of West Vancouver’s finest.

Dozens and dozens of inattentive commuters learned that lesson the expensive way last month — and learned a thing or two about pedestrian safety to boot.

Before wrapping its Vulnerable Road Users Awareness Month on Tuesday, the West Van Police Department let The Outlook in on one of its crosswalk sting campaigns on Marine Drive in Dundarave.

There, in the span of about half an hour, more than a dozen motorists and a cyclist were each handed $167 fines for failing to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

The pedestrian was Const.

Jamie Bartlett, a traffic cop wearing a heavy brown coat and ball cap on over his flak jacket and two-way radio earpiece.

Up and down Marine in

either direction were Bartlett’s uniformed colleagues, semiobscured by the traffic island greenery. And they had constant company.

Rarely were there fewer than two to three drivers at a time getting written up for cutting off the cop midway through the pedestrian walkway.

And, as always, the traffic section was also on the lookout for cellphone users behind the wheel. Those phone calls also cost several drivers $167 on Friday.

“We’re fully into spring, heading into summer and there are more pedestrians out, more cyclists out and more motorcyclists out, and that increases the concern about vulnerable road users,” said WVPD spokesman Jeff Palmer at the scene.

“They’re vulnerable because they’re using the road in a way that, say if you’re in a car or a bus, you’ve got a lot of metal around you, you got seat belts and airbags and protective stuff — motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians simply don’t have all that protective equipment.”

TICKET TO RIDE - Above, Cpl. Grant Gottgetreu with the WVPD traffic section keeps watch over Marine Drive last week.

Left, Const. Jamie Bartlett of the WVPD traffic section goes undercover as a pedestrian to catch drivers who speed through occupied crosswalks.

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MAY 2013

GENERAL ELECTION The following persons have been nominated as candidates for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky for the 40th Provincial General Election.

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky Electoral District Candidate’s Name:

Financial Agent:

Jon Johnson Independent

Jon Johnson 2-1225 Keith Rd E, North Vancouver, BC, V7J 1J3

Official Agent:

Ian McLeod BC Conservative Party

Ryan Warawa 103-1030 Robson St, Vancouver, BC, V6E 1A7

Ryan Warawa 103-1030 Robson St, Vancouver, BC, V6E 1A7

Ana Santos BC NDP

Sally Nichol PO Box 5832 Stn Main, Squamish, BC, V8B 0C2

Sally Nichol PO Box 5832 Stn Main, Squamish, BC, V8B 0C2

Jordan Sturdy BC Liberal Party

Nathan Geiger 2-1076 Denman St, Vancouver, BC, V6G 2M8

Lisa Ames 1888 Sea To Sky Hwy PO Box 165, Pemberton, BC, V0N 2L0

Richard Warrington Green Party of BC

Richard Warrington 6421 Douglas St, West Vancouver, BC, V7W 2G3

General Voting Places:

Advance Voting Places:

District Electoral Offices: 38192 Cleveland Ave Squamish, BC (604) 815-2030

Bowen Island Comm School 1041 Mt Gardner Rd, Bowen Island, BC

Gleneagles Comm Centre 6262 Marine Dr, West Vancouver, BC

Telus Whistler Conf Centre 4010 Whistler Way, Whistler, BC

Brennan Park Rec Centre 1009 Centennial Way, Squamish, BC

Brennan Park Rec Centre 1009 Centennial Way, Squamish, BC

Lions Bay Comm Hall 400 Centre Rd, Lions Bay, BC

Ts-Zil Learning Centre 367 Ir 10 Rd, Mount Currie, BC

Gleneagles Comm Centre 6262 Marine Dr, West Vancouver, BC

Caulfield Elem School 4685 Keith Rd, West Vancouver, BC

N’Quatqua Comm Hall 21 Lakeshore Dr, D’Arcy, BC

West Bay Elem School 3175 Thompson Pl, West Vancouver, BC

Pemberton Comm Centre 7390 Cottonwood St, Pemberton, BC

Cypress Park Primary School 4355 Marine Dr, West Vancouver, BC

Pemberton Comm Centre 7390 Cottonwood St, Pemberton, BC

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Telus Whistler Conf Centre 4010 Whistler Way, Whistler, BC

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Thirty-one per cent said Dix won it, 28 per cent said Clark was the winner, 13 per cent picked B.C. Green party leader Jane Sterk, while three per cent chose B.C. Conservatives leader John Cummins.

Twenty-six per cent said there was no clear winner.

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tions and defending his ideas and did not make any major mistakes.

The vast majority of those polled say the debate only confirmed their existing choice or solidified who they were leaning towards. Just 11 per cent said they changed their voting intention as a result.

Insights West president Steve Mossop said the close debate outcome appears to have sparked some momentum for Clark and the B.C. Liberals, who have consistently trailed by a wide margin in earlier polls.

“Usually underdogs have the most to gain in leaders’ debates, and in this sense, Christy Clark delivered,” Mossop said.

“Sterk did as well as expected – which doesn’t impact voter outcomes, while Cummins completely flopped, which could help the right-of-centre vote if a few points get delivered to the Liberals as an outcome.”

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Metro could offload some regional parks to cities Review to explore municipal partnerships to cut costs

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie also questioned whether Metro’s responsibility for regional parks east of its borders also leaves it on the hook for buying more parkland there.

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The Sojourners to upgrade aging facilities The regional district is embarking and infrastructure at existing on a wide-ranging service review of parks, as well as bankroll an its regional parks system that will Friday, May 3, 8 pm ambitious program of acquiring report back with a draft report by Mount Seymour United more parkland. summer and final recommendations 1200 Parkgate Avenue, Regional planners want to by fall.

North Vancouver add 5,500 hectares of land to Regional directors increasingly the park system at an estiquestion Metro’s role at some parks, mated cost of $1.1 billion over saying it makes little sense for Tickets available online at: 30 years. regional district and municipal parks www.themarcusmoselychorale.ca Tremendous investment is crews to work in close proximity. or call 778 340 1818 also needed to make the proSurrey Mayor Dianne Watts said $25/adult $20/seniors & students posed Experience the Fraser Surrey crews could probably eas10 seniors/students $180 trail network a reality instead ily take over the maintenance of Group Rates: 10 adults $220 of mainly a plan on paper.

Tynehead Regional Park in the 10 Seniors/students $180 Burnaby Mayor Derek midst of her city.

Lynn Headwaters is among Metro Corrigan said he wants a “real In some parts of North Vancouver, Marcus Mosely Vancouver’s larger regional parks. hard look” at the role Metro where regional, provincial and Artistic Director File photo plays in running parks and municipal parks abut each other, whether it makes more sense Lonnie Delisle, Bill Sample three separate sets of workers and for local cities to take them on. managers are responsible.

Musical Directors He noted Metro couldn’t afford to dredge Burnaby “It just doesn’t make sense to have three differLake Regional Park so his city had to cover the cost. www.themarcusmoselychorale.ca ent land agencies monitoring the same trail within “If you can’t service a park, you can’t invest in a 300 metres,” North Vancouver park, why would you keep acquiring parks?” Corrigan District Mayor Richard Walton asked. said at an April 18 Metro comThe review will examine the parks function’s relemittee. vance and look at potential different operating models.

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ulie Dunsterville, North Vancouver’s Kin’s Green Fighter, says eating healthy doesn’t have to be boring.

MOCK COUNCIL- Youth Mayor Julia Tikhonova (centre) sits with her council members (right to left) Hannah Robinovitch, Su Ji An, Celine Jeon, Julie Jeon, Celine Chen and Samiya Hassan at the district’s annual Youth Council Meeting on Monday.

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One of her favourite nutritious meals is her Organic Strawberry Spinach Salad with apple cider vinaigrette.

“Strawberries are ripe and delicious right now,” she says. “They are on the ‘dirty dozen’ list though — high amounts of pesticides and herbicides used — so buy organic.”

To make Dunsterville’s signature salad, add spinach, halved strawberries, avocado slices and cashews in a large bowl. Then prepare her homemade dressing with 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar, 2/3 cup olive oil, non-salt seasoning, a squeeze of lemon, a dash of paprika and maple syrup to sweeten.

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Seven high achieving teens — one acting as mayor and six councillors — held their own meeting on Monday in front of a packed house, including the district’s real council members.

On the agenda was a report that emphasized youth perspective on transportation and social housing. To share this group’s often overlooked views, they spoke to 100 of their peers to produce an informative PowerPoint presentation.

“About 91 per cent of respondents reported using a transport bus to get around,” Youth Coun. Su Ji An told the audience. “And 84 per cent rate the bus as one of their top four

choices, making transit buses the third most often used form of transportation by youth in West Vancouver.”

The majority of survey respondents said they would be more likely to hop on if there were additional buses running in West Van. Driving, biking and walking also topped the teens’ transportation choices.

Most students don’t predict money stopping them from living in West Vancouver in the future.

“Interestingly,” said Youth Mayor Julia Tikhonova, “25 per cent of respondents said that they do not think they will encounter any reason to not move to, or to continue to live in, West Vancouver.”

Only 12 per cent of respondents said lack of apartments, condos and basement suites will lead them to stray from West Van. In addition to transportation and housing options, the group also looked at youth perspective on social media, including usage lev-

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Several other agencies joined NSR atop Cypress Mountain on Sunday, including police and fire, the Coroners Service, Metro Vancouver, BC Parks and representatives from North Shore mountains.

Despite the number of moving parts in play on Sunday — three helicopters, two ground teams, avalanche dogs, 12 avalanche victims and lots of equipment — the three-hour drill was nearly flawless.

“I put it as a nine out of 10,” says Jones.

“Our communications worked well, the air-ground coordination worked well, the ground teams, the activation of our plan.”

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RCMP and municipal police forces, that disrupt and suppress organized crime around the province.

Their investigations have cracked big cases, such as the discovery of an JEFF NAGEL audacious cross-border drug-smugBlack PrEss gling tunnel in Aldergrove and the unraveling of a massive international .C.’s anti-gang police unit is taking a step out money-laundering ring. of the shadows and into the spotlight.

The CFSEU is now out to capture The Combined Forces Special Enforcement a bigger public profile with the pubUnit (CFSEU) is the integrated team of 400 officers lication of its first-ever Community and civilians from 14 different agencies, including Report.

The report can be read online at bc-antigang.com.

Sgt. Lindsey Houghton said the aim is to make more people for nominating us for aware of the CFSEU New Business of the Year. and what it does.

The initiative comes as the anti-gang force Open for Breakfast, chalks up a major Lunch & Fine Dining. win – the arrest in February of three Monday-Friday men in the murder 8:00 am - 3:00 pm of notorious gangster Saturday & Sunday Jonathan Bacon, who Brunch was shot with four 8:00 am - 4:00 pm associates in 2011 outside a Kelowna casino.

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Houghton said the report pulls together a broader picture of the CFSEU’s work than people see in daily news media coverage.

“It seems like every couple of weeks or month we’ve got an interesting story to tell and this was one GANG SquAd - With the release of its first-ever Community Report, way for us to tell it,” the CFSEU is hoping to make more people aware of what it does. he said.

File photo The report includes stories of officers B.C. gang-related killings peaked at 36 in 2009 tracking members of the Dhak/Duhre before dropping to 18 last year. crime group who make up one side of Dr. Nick Seddon is proud Victims are overwhelmingly men and their averthe ongoing bloody gang conflict in age age is 30, according to CFSEU stats. to have been awarded B.C. Three-quarters of bodies are found near the vicAnd it also releases intriguing findtims’ homes or vehicles. ings on who is most likely to end up a Most (85 per cent) were shot, but eight per cent of the gang violence that occain the 2013 West Vancouver Chamber awards. victim were viciously beaten, six per cent were stabbed sionally erupts in B.C. and one victim was burned to death.

CFSEU researchers found the vast Also included are key risk factors for ending up majority of gang-related murder Thanks to everyone for your in a gang and tips for parents on spotting potential victims over a signs of gang involvement. encouraging votes and my hearty four-year period Carrying multiple cellphones, having unexplained had previous congratulations to all the nominees! cash and making frequent brief trips out of the drug charges or home are among the red flags. convictions, and The report details how police try to keep gangoften violent sters out of bars and restaurants to keep them from criminal pasts. recruiting new blood, as well as to prevent gang vioMost were lence. gang members, This month the CFSEU said it will publicly idennot just associtify suspected gangsters where possible as a new ates or minor Sgt. Houghton tactic to make it more difficult for organized crime players in the to operate. drug trade, and After a gang-related shooting outside a gym in Dundarave Dental Clinic | 2461 Bellevue Avenue, West Vancouver a few were girlfriends or an innocent South Surrey, senior officers are also pledging back604.922.0144 | www.DrNickSeddon.com victim, like a man who was shot in up for businesses that make gangsters feel unwelBurnaby after picking up a Bacon come in their premises. brother vehicle to install a car stereo For more on the CFSEU, check out their website in it.

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The West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce handed out its annual awards for excellence at its president’s dinner on April 18. In all, there were dozens of nominations in the six different categories.

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Citizen of the year: John Barker I

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t seems that there’s always been a river running through John Barker’s life.

He grew up fishing trout in North Van’s Mosquito Creek.

“I was always interested in fishing as a youngster,” says Barker, now the president of the West Vancouver Streamkeepers Association.

When he was old enough to drive, he started fishing steelhead at other streams and rivers in places like Squamish and Hope.

And when he went off to university he’d spend his summers as a guide at Campbell River, which was a fishing mecca at the time.

When he got married and had a family salmon then became a recreation enjoyed mostly in the summers.

It was a period of abundance for B.C.’s fishing industry but then stocks began to dwindle.

Barker, now living in West Van, would later join the Pacific Salmon Foundation, which helps direct money to local fish stewardship groups. And when he retired as a VP from Seaspan’s marine division he joined the West Vancouver Streamkeepers.

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into a stream and helping salmon and salmon habitat.

And since he joined in 2005, the local group has embarked on several ambitious projects and achieved stunning success.

“If we lose our habitats and streams we’re out of business and to us that is critical.”

Some of the key projects recently completed include: the creation of a viewing platform at Brothers Creek, the installation of a fish ladder at Cypress Creek for pink salmon and most recently, the Centennial Rearing Pond in Memorial Park, which officially opened this past Saturday.

He is particularly buoyed by the growing number of streamkeeper members, which is now pegged at 160. And he takes particular pride in the fact that during the past two years every elected official in West Vancouver has joined the group — from MPs and MLAs to council members and the mayor — and the growing interest among local residents about their surrounding creek and stream habitat.

His dedication to the volunteer group earned him Citizen of the Year at the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce gala on April 18, something he admits he wasn’t expecting especially considering the other strong nominees in the category.

“Quite simply I was stunned,” he says.

The recognition was great, but Barker is now looking forward to putting on his rubber boots and getting back in the water. Next up: working with the District of West Vancouver to make a section of Wood Creek, which is a tributary of Eagle Creek, passable for coho salmon. “[It has] great spawning and rearing potential for coho if we make it fish passable. Good habitat so often gets blocked.”

New Business of the Year: Ambleside Dermedics H

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She already has another thriving business in North Vancouver, Afterglow Medical Aesthetics & Skin Care.

So what’s next for Dr. Shehla Ebrahim? When asked about Dr. Ebrahim this, she ponders for a moment: What about opening a restaurant? Lots of people dream about that, after all. She’s just joking, of course.

Running two successful businesses takes all of her energy and time. Plus, she absolutely loves what she does. “I love to make people happy. I found my passion. If I could do this every day for the rest of my life I would,” says Dr. Ebrahim.

It’s hectic owning two businesses, but also very rewarding when considering the difference her services make to her clients, who come from the North Shore and well beyond. Today for instance, she had clients from Quadra Island, Chilliwack and Smithers, to name a few.

Dr. Ebrahim is still ecstatic that her latest venture, Ambleside Dermedics, opened in 2010 and steadily growing, has been named New Business of the Year.

“I’m very humbled by it,” she says. “I can only claim a small portion of that award — 90 per cent goes to staff and the incredible team. I feel really blessed,” says Dr. Ebrahim, who moved to Canada from Pakistan in 1986. And while her days are very intense, she also finds lots of time for family and friends. As well as running a pair of successful businesses, Dr. Ebrahim also volunteers and donates to Opportunity International and APWA, a pair of organizations that help women in impoverished countries.

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The company was started in 2003 by Melinda Giampietro a former principal from the U.S. who’d moved to Vancouver and was doing some work for former superintendant Geoff Jopson and the West Van school district.

Since that time her company has been getting top grades for helping students find the university that’s the perfect fit with their goals. Each year the Ambleside-based business helps around 700 students find the right post-secondary schools in Canada, U.S. and the U.K. They offer assistance in academic and career planning, post-secondary placement, sports recruiting and a lot more.

One of the things that really makes the company stand out is its supplementary services that help students get prepared to succeed. Workshops are offered in things like writing, study skills, public speaking, test preparation, to name a few.

From 2010-11, their clients were accepted to 45 Canadian universities and 60 in the U.S. and Options Solutions also helped assist the young students in qualifying for $5.5 million in scholarships. Giampietro says the company believes in empowering the students to make choices — and sometimes they just need to know what all the available options can be. And that’s where

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ale Ferris’s Monkey Toast crisps started in her small catering kitchen in Ambleside and can now be found on grocery store shelves from B.C. to Winnipeg — and now she’s got plans to take a big bite out of the cracker market in Ontario.

She never really planned to become a ‘crackerpreneur’ at age Dale Ferris 58 but fate intervened.

She had a catering gig for clients who were allergic to nuts and seeds so she made them some homemade speciality crackers. The crisps were such a hit, she served them to other clients and soon she was encouraged to take her product to market. So she did. Monkey Toast is a nut and dairy free, allnatural fruit crisp that comes in four different flavours: Banana Blueberry, Pumpkin Cranberry, Apple Cinnamon and Tomato Ginger Vegan. In its first year, the company won the most innovative product award at the Grocery Showcase West. Now, the snack that was formulated, designed, manufactured and packaged by Ferris is distributed by the allnatural distributor, Horizon Foods and available at Overwaitea, IGA, London Drugs, Whole Foods, Fresh Street, Thrifty’s, Donalds Markets and other stores.

She’s even been approached by the Dragons’ Den, but turned down the chance to be on the show for now.

Winning the Innovator of the Year award was a big thrill, although she’s barely had time to celebrate as the orders for Monkey Toast keep coming.

“It was great. I was honoured that I was nominated. We’re a teeny little place.”

Fortunately she’s got a dedicated and talented team of three in the kitchen, a husband who helps her with packaging the product at night, and a son who doesn’t mind helping out with the deliveries.

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Since he purchased his Dundarave Dental Clinic in 2008 his business has grown exponentially. And recently, at the West Vancouver Chamber’s Business Excellence Awards he was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Just a few years ago he was voted Best Cosmetic Dentist by North Dr. Nick Seddon Shore Outlook readers in the 2010 Best Of Awards.

Still, it’s improving the lives of his clients that matters most to Dr. Seddon, who grew up in North Vancouver.

At his clinic they perform a lot of comprehensive procedures. By fixing worn-out or broken-down teeth, for instance, they can transform a client’s entire smile, which can boost self-esteem and confidence.

“We really do change lives; it’s pretty amazing,” says Dr. Seddon, who also volunteers for various non-profit organizations such as Give Back a Smile and Kindness in Action.

Some clients have been brought to tears when seeing their new smile for the first time.

Dr. Seddon says he was surprised when he heard his name called out as the young entrepreneur of the year.

“Excited and truly honoured. [I’m] really proud. It’s not, just me it’s my entire team.”

Along with bringing an entrepreneurial spirit to the business of dentistry, Dr. Seddon, who played varsity soccer at UBC and went on to play for the Whitecaps in 199798, brings a team-first concept and commitment to continual training and improvement to his clinic.

“We focus on good quality work and taking care of our patients,” he says.

And since he launched his business his talented team, which now includes eight, continues to grow.

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or the past 80 years, the family-run West Van Florist has been supplying North Shore residents with flowers for every occasion.

The iconic flower shop located in Ambleside Village opened in 1933 and, along with fresh-cut flowers, is now also filled with garden The Harringtons plants, giftware and home decor items and more.

“It all makes it more interesting to come into the store,” says Wendy Harrington.

In 1972, Harrington and her husband Rob who started working at the family shop when he was six, purchased the store from Betty and Frank Harrington.

Over the decades, as well as making weddings, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day — along with many other occasions — more spectacular, the shop has also been a major local employer.

Today, they have around 45 staff in sales and service. And even though it’s been around since the 1930s its always innovating. Along with its superior in-store customer service, the shop also has a strong online presence, with an easy-to-navigate-and-shop website. And for West Van Florist, business is in full bloom these days. This March they saw a 24-per-cent increase in sales.

“It was really exciting….it meant a great deal,” said Wendy Harrington about winning the West Vancouver Chamber’s Big Business of the Year award, noting that she wanted to thank their customers and employees. “We were thrilled.”

Roll the credits: Grade 10 film students from Mulgrave partnered with the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce this year to make the gala awards night even more memorable by creating one-minute documentaries profiling each of the nominee’s accomplishments. According to their teacher Lian Anderson: “All the students involved agreed that they learned valuable skills, met some great people in the community and enjoyed a rich, authentic learning experience.” The students also had their mini docs judged by industry professionals who selected three winning teams. They are: Gold - John Barker - by Boyd Borjiet, Omar Salemohamed and Connor Stanton; Silver - Nurse Next Door - by Jena Roper, Angie Joannou, Daniela Martin and Ashleigh Kearns; and Bronze - David’s Tea - by Curren Page, Richard Jung, Stephen Lynch, Eduard Manea and Marcus Hann.

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europe bound - A team from the Excel Soccer Academy — including seven boys from the North Shore; one a 10-year-old Outlook carrier — are headed for Europe next week, where they will kick off against some of the continent’s premier professional youth teams.

“I am really excited about playing games in England and Italy against top club teams with some of the most talented and committed youth players my age in the world,” said one aspiring footie star from the Excel team.

“I have never played soccer outside of B.C. and I am excited to see the style of soccer played in Europe,” said another. Submitted photo

SuSTAInAbILITYRockridge students, including video editors and members of the environmental club, stand with garden designer Brenna Cook Fowler (centre) and art teacher Carrie Berg (top right).

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Young West Van green thumbs A design for their school’s new garden earned Rock Ridge secondary an honourable mention in the BC Green Games MICHAELA GArSTIn S tA f f R E p o Rt E R

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Competing against dozens of other schools in the province, the students designed their school’s new garden, complete with an area to grow fresh vegetables for home economics classes.

Each student in Carrie Berg’s class drew a diagram, but in the end Brenna Cook Fowler’s design was chosen.

“My mom gardens so I had a lot of ideas pop into my head,” says the Grade 10 student during art class. “I had to put all those together and make it artistic.”

Rockridge secondary entered the concept for the garden into the BC Green Games, a province-wide competition for green projects created by students that saw 132 entries from 39 school districts.

North Shore winners include West Van’s Chartwell elementary for a project that measure household electricity and natural gas use and Carson Graham secondary for creating a campaign to eliminate single-use plastic bottles.

“There was a lot of math involved,” says Cook Fowler, holding the template for the garden where each aspect was drawn exactly to scale. Using both art and architecture skills, she designed seating among the plots and wheelchair accessible areas.

Rockridge already composts, but the new garden will take sustainability one step further, including providing vegetables for cooking classes.

The environmental club and tech-savvy students put together a video of the project, which was voted for online until the end of March. mgarstin@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/MichaelaGarstin

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B.C. Conservative leader takes step toward pot reform Marijuana users shouldn’t be criminals, Cummins says JEFF NAGEL Black PrEss

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.C. Conservative Party leader John Cummins spoke out in support of marijuana decriminalization Tuesday, but won’t yet commit his party to change provincial policy on the issue.

During Monday’s televised leaders debate, Cummins gave the first sign of supporting pot law reform, saying the idea deserves debate and should be discussed with U.S. officials.

“I don’t see making a criminal out of somebody who has a small quantity of marijuana,” Cummins told Black Press in a post-debate interview.

“I just don’t see that as reasonable. It’s in widespread use. And I don’t see the people who are using it as criminals. I don’t see that they should be prosecuted or persecuted for it.”

Cummins said he still has concerns about marijuana reform, including whether minors might gain easier access, how drivers impaired by the drug would be caught and whether users are more prone to abuse other drugs or suffer health problems.

“Government has to have all the facts on the table before you move ahead,” he said.

The comments shift the former Conservative MP sharply away from the anti-reform stance of his former federal Tory colleagues and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has always ruled out changing Canada’s marijuana laws.

The issue is expected to get more attention this fall when the group Sensible BC will try to gather enough

signatures across B.C. to trigger a provincial referendum on pot reform.

Its aim is to force through legislation directing police to stop spending money and officers’ time enforcing the law against simple cannabis possession.

Asked if he supports that campaign for de facto decriminalization, Cummins said he’s taking a wait-andsee approach.

“It’s not a big issue for me,” Cummins said. “I understand fully where these people are coming from and I share many of their concerns. I’d be quite happy to stand back and see where the public debate is going on it.”

He said he doubts police spend much time on the “harassment of recreational drug users” but if that happens, there are “a lot better ways their resources could be deployed.”

Cummins also cautioned against viewing marijuana as a possible cash cow for government.

“If government thinks it can sell this stuff through a storefront and put a tax on it and make money on it, I think that they’re dreaming,” he said. “The underworld, the gangs are still going to be able to put product on the market cheaper than the government’s going to be able to sell it.”

Sensible BC director Dana Larsen welcomed Cummins’ statement and said it’s not that surprising because recent polling shows a majority of Conservativeleaning voters in B.C. back decriminalization or legalization of marijuana.

“It really shows what broad support this has,” Larsen said. “He’s in line with the majority of Conservatives in B.C. Voters from every political party in B.C. still want to see these laws changed.”

NDP leader Adrian Dix said during Monday’s debate he favours decriminalization of marijuana but called it an issue for the next federal election.

Liberal leader Christy Clark steered clear of the issue

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Green Party leader Jane Sterk strongly backs legalization of marijuana and other controlled substances, with the government in charge of sale and distribution.

The issue has gained a higher profile in B.C. with a parade of high-profile policy leaders endorsing reform through the Stop the Violence coalition.

Last fall’s vote of Washington State voters to legalize and tax small amounts of marijuana at the state level also gave reformers here more optimism.

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Fully ins. We do Cedar Shakes, conversions, concrete tiles, torchon, fibreglass shingles, restoration & repairs. 20 yr labour warr.

604-427-2626 or 723-2626 www.mainlandroof.com

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604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for 8yrs

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

260

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

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

ELECTRICAL

• Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses • More

Recycled Earth Friendly HOT TUBS ARE NO PROBLEM!

604.587.5865 ACKER’S RUBBISH REMOVAL Quick. 7 days Fast/Reliable

Call Spencer

604-924-1511 bradsjunkremoval.com But Dead Bodies!!

20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE We Load or You Load !

604.220.JUNK(5865)

604-475-7077

Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988

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

FLEETWOOD WASTE Bin Rentals 10-30 Yards.

Call Ken at 604-294-1393

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263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE BAJ EXCAVATING DEMO, Sewer, storm, drainage, remove concrete & blacktop, old house drainage.

604-779-7816.

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SUNDECKS

PLUMBING

FOR SALE BY OWNER

810

AUTO FINANCING

818

CARS - DOMESTIC

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! 604-626-9647

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

OKANAGAN PRIME LAKEVIEW LOTS

GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups & young adults. Quality German & Czech bloodlines. 604-856-8161.

From $140,000. No time limit to build. Near by lake access. ALSO: 1 spectacular 3 acre parcel at $390,000 owner wants to retire and will carry financing. 1-250-558-7888 www.orlandoprojects.com

ITALIAN MASTIFF (Cane Corso)

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES • DIFFICULTY SELLING ? • Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty?

We Take Over Payments! No Fees! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

696 P/B blues. Ready to go. 1st shots & tails/dew claws done.

ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN $1000 604-308-5665 LAB PUPS, Chocolate, $700. vet ch, dew-claws rem. 1st shots, dewormed. qual. lines (604)702-0217

C & C Electrical Mechanical • ELECTRICAL • FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • HVAC GAS FITTING *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

627

JUNK REMOVAL

Hauling Anything..

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

625

TRANSPORTATION

TOWNHOME @ 152 and 20 Avenue South Surrey / White Rock. Details: WWW.TRAVELPICS.CA

RECYCLE-IT!

www.recycleitcanada.ca

CLEANING SERVICES

PETS

REAL ESTATE

RUBBISH REMOVAL

www.paintspecial.com ECO INNOVATION GREEN Res/Comm. Senior Disc. Licensed.

Honest & Reliable. (604)726-0852 www.seacleaningservices.com

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ckc, micro, vacc/deworm.

604-794-3229. mountcheambernese@gmail.com

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Spiritual Reader & Healer Solve all problems, relationships, family issues, stress & depression, aura, living conditions (sex drugs & alcohol) 100% Guaranteed Result !!!!!

BEST LIFE COACH

MOVING & STORAGE

EMPTY MOVING truck going between Vancouver to Alberta or Okanagan. 250-575-5383 www.thatguyvanlines.com

No Credit Checks!

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

QUALITY RENO’S Comm/Res. Specializing in kitch/bath/bsmt. Ref avail. Free est. Greg (604)771-6615

PETS

Bernese Mountain pups.

Complete Bathroom Renovations Ceramic Tile, Attics, Bsmt Suites New Doors,Windows 604-521-1567

Borrow Up To $25,000

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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $180 or Well Rotted 10 yds - $200. 604-856-8877

Own A Vehicle?

SPIRITUAL

GARDENING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

RENTALS

MULTI-POO Miniature, brown 4-5lb Hypo aller, non-shed, family raised, vet cert $1250. 604-341-1445.

700

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

RENT TO OWN

STOP RENTING! RENT TO OWN! No Qualification Required!

FLEXIBLE TERMS! Cloverdale 60th &176th Spacious 708sf. 1 bdrm. Condo. Only $880/mo.

Option Fee Req. 604-626-9647

Pomeranian pups. Ready/Vet chkd.

M&F. 778-838-2700, 604-504-1559. www.pomeraniansbyparis.com PUG AVAILABLE for stud service.

He is a rare silver male, purebred but not registered. ALSO GOLDEN RETRIEVER (not reg.) available for stud (OFA hips and cert eyes).

Mission 604-820-4827

OTHER AREAS

Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore.

Waterfront Lots for Sale Excellent Climate Near the Atlantic Ocean.

Three Bedroom House for Sale or Rent www.sawmilllanding.com. waterfront@bellaliant.net 1-902-522-2343 1-902-328-4338.

TRANSPORTATION 810

AUTO FINANCING

PURE MASTIFF X AFRICAN BORBAL puppies, have first shots, $400 each. Call (604)869-5502

WWW.MILANINORMAN.COM 150+ USED CARS & TRUCKS!! 1-888-534-4745 A+ BBB RATED

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

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

SHELTIES: 6/mo male, 4/yr male, 3/yr fem, 2/yr fem. Sable,ready now Shots / dewormed. 604-826-6311.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 560

MISC. FOR SALE

AT LAST! An iron filter that works.

IronEater!

Fully patented Canada/ U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manganese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; www.bigirondrilling.com.

Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.

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

CA$H 4 SCRAP

WE PAY $$ ON THE HAND • Scrap Cars • Trucks • SUV’S • Vans • Buses • Tractors etc.

Fast & Friendly Service!

• 24/7 • FREE TOWING

FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

C & C Electrical Mechanical

604-475-7077 10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005

100% Heating & Plumbing 24/7 Certified, Insured & Bonded RELIABLE & AFFORDABLE

Journeyman Call 604-345-0899

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TREE SERVICES

TREE & STUMP removal done RIGHT! • Tree Trimming • Fully Insured • Best Rates 604-787-5915/604-291-7778

www.treeworksonline.ca 10% OFF with this AD

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS GL ROOFING. Cedar/Asphalt, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters - $80.

604-240-5362. info@glroofing.ca 10% OFF - Call 604.812.9721 AMG ROOFING & SIDING. Re-roofing, new roof, gutters. WCB

Eastcan Roofing & Siding •New Roofs •Re-Roofs •Repairs Liability Insurance/BBB/10% off with ad

604.562.0957 or 604.961.0324

Sam The Scraper 778-389-3465

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

PETS 477

PETS

BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, bred at Diesel Kennel, last 2, males, $1000. each. (604)869-5073 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

www.scrap4cashjunkcarremoval.com The Scrapper

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

SAWMILLS from only $3997 MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT. STEEL BUILDING - BLOWOUT CLEARANCE SALE! 20X22 $4,188. 25X26 $4,799. 30X34 $6,860. 32X44 $8,795. 40X50 $12,760. 47X74 $17,888. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

WE’RE ON THE WEB

www.bcclassified.com 604-575-5555 toll-free 1-866-575-5777

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

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

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TENDERS

Land Parcel Sale By Tender SW 17-28-29W1 RM of Shell River, MB. 80 acres. Hay/Pasture/Bush For Farm/Recreation/Acreage.

Highest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. Closes 05/17/2013 204937-7054 (Roy).

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www.northshoreoutlook.com

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D s ’ r e h t o M y p p a H

She always made sure you ate your veggies.

Return the favour by buying her a Kin’s fruit basket!

Prices effective: May 1st to May 5th, 2013 *While * Quantities Last Sweet & Nutritious

Fresh & Flavourful

/$6.00

$1.69/lb

Fresh & Flavourful

Sweet & Flavourful

Driscoll Strawberries (1lb)

2

BOXES

California Grown

HotHouse Strawberry Tomatoes (255g)

$2.99/box

Rhubarb

Locally Grown

Jumbo Haden Mangoes

Large Navel Oranges

Mexico Grown

California Grown

4/$5.00

Locally Grown

Capilano Mall

Lynn Valley Centre

Lonsdale Quay

Park Royal

OPEN Same as mall hours

OPEN Same as mall hours

*FREE 2 HR PARKING*

OPEN 9am to 8pm everyday

20 - 935 Marine Dr. Across from Walmart 604.904.0257

122 - 1199 Lynn Valley Rd. Near Save-On-Foods 604.986.1382

Sweet & Juicy

123 Carrie Cates Court North-east of First floor 604.988.6969

OPEN 9am to 7pm everyday

496 Park Royal South Behind White Spot 604.922.8926

49¢/lb