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Death knell for NV’s Fromme elementary

Vote for school closure met with tears, anger Benjamin Alldritt balldritt@nsnews.com

STUDENTS, parents and teachers at Fromme elementary had their hopes dashed Tuesday night when North Vancouver school trustees voted 4-3 to close the school this summer.

Trustees voted unanimously to close Plymouth and Blueridge elementary schools last week, but were divided on Fromme and delayed the final vote to Tuesday.

The decision is a blow for Fromme parents who campaigned for months to keep the school open and mounted a last-ditch effort to sway trustees during the past week.

Several parents left the meeting in tears after the vote. Others angrily confronted the seated trustees before friends steered them towards the exit.

“I really thought we had made enough of a difference over the last week to make them see our point,” said parent advisory council chairwoman Heather Skuse after the meeting.

Skuse and her colleagues filled Sutherland secondary’s theatre, most of them wearing their campaign green. Some waved placards threatening to take their children to a West Vancouver school and some had signs comparing the number of signatures on their petition to the votes each trustee received when elected.

Before the vote, trustees peppered staff with questions about how Fromme students with special needs would be accommodated in other buildings and what that transition would cost.

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MLA Jane Thornthwaite formally charged with impaired driving Benjamin Alldritt

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JANE Thornthwaite, MLA for North Vancouver-Seymour, was formally charged with impaired driving Wednesday.

The first-term Liberal MLA and former school district chairwoman was stopped at a North Vancouver RCMP roadblock at 1 a.m. Feb. 23 while driving home from a party at the Northern House during the Olympic Games. Officers collected a breath sample that allegedly indicated a blood alcohol content of .11 per cent. The legal limit is .08 per cent.

Thornthwaite released a statement later that day describing her actions as “inexcusable.”

“Drinking and driving is dangerous and completely unacceptable. I know that and make no excuses for what I did,” she said. Thornthwaite promised to cooperate with authorities but said she would not resign from the legislature.

On Wednesday, a grim-faced Thornthwaite told reporters she was not surprised or See Accused page 3

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Suicide gun trade nets 27 months

Man helped friend end own life Jane Seyd

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A 21-year-old North Vancouver man who gave a shotgun to a friend who used it to kill himself shortly after was sentenced to 27 months in jail by a B.C. Supreme Court judge Tuesday.

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MISSY Hauge, the victim of a drunk driver, gave a talk and video presentation to students at Collingwood school, April 21 on the dangers of impaired driving. Hauge has been in a wheelchair since she was 12. A drunk driver hit her family car, killing her mother and leaving Hauge with lasting injuries.

WV mulls larger zone for dogs

Staff deem Seawalk rules problematic Sarah Ripplinger

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WEST Vancouver’s canine residents could soon have more space to stretch their legs if a proposed pilot project to increase dog walking areas gets underway this fall.

Currently, dog owners can only walk their dogs along the Centennial Seawalk up to the fenced-in stretch between 19th and 24th streets. The proposed pilot project would allow them to walk with their on-leash pets along the full length of the path, so long as they have no more than two dogs with them.

“This is far overdue,” said Coun. Shannon Walker to a packed room at the regular council meeting on Monday. “I think it’s time we get into the 21st Century and allow dogs along the Seawalk path.”

Up to a maximum of two dogs per “competent adult” would be allowed along the Centennial Seawalk and Seawalk Pathway between 15th and 24th streets under the pilot project, according to a staff report. As well, the animal control bylaw would be amended to allow dogs on the Ambleside Seawalk from 13th Street to the off-leash dog park on Squamish First Nations’ land, so long as they comply with the aforementioned

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

A new West Vancouver pilot project, if approved, will allow dog owners to walk their pets along the length of the community’s Seawalk. stipulations. Dogs must be on a leash or tether of no more than 1.5 metres.

The proposed trial period would run from September 7, 2010 to December 31, 2011.

To Coun. Michael Lewis, that length of time would come dangerously close to making dog walking along those sections of the Seawalk a permanent fixture in the district.

“I think that a pilot period of almost a year and a half makes this a fait accompli,” he said.

“There are people in our community who are scared stiff of dogs, and this is the one place where they can walk without being exposed to animals.

Taking that away is a disservice, and I think it’s shortsighted.”

Many councillors and the mayor were also concerned that the community has not been properly consulted about a possible extension of dog walking areas in the district.

Mayor Pam GoldsmithJones said she would like staff

to place signs in the areas where dog walking may be permitted to notify residents about the proposed project.

“We want to make sure that our decision is based on a good process,” she said.

The pilot project comes after recommendations were made to council by the West Vancouver Dog Group at an October 2009 council meeting.

Mary Charette, a member of that group, said that their membership has doubled in the past year — from 200 to 400 people — in part because of the desire in the community to extend dog walking zones.

Charette said that many people do not enjoy the off-leash dog park because it’s on land inaccessible to bylaw officers.

The pilot project is supported by the group, she said, but so too are more off-leash dog parks and greater access to beaches.

A staff report cites the offleash fenced-in area along the Centennial Seawalk between 19th and 24th streets as a safety issue because off-leash dogs can “escape north of the tracks” and get into fights.

The district has also had to hire a dog feces removal company to clean that area at a cost of about $500 per month, according to Andrew Banks, parks manager with the district.

Council voted to refer the pilot project back to staff in order to extend the public consultation process to other members of the community.

They also voted in favour of having staff investigate the possibility of including more fenced-in off-leash areas for dogs in the parks master plan.

Justice Harry Slade handed the prison term to Paul Fraser, who was previously found guilty by a B.C. Supreme Court jury of the rare charge of aiding and abetting a suicide. He had traded the loaded shotgun for the keys to a BMW. At the time Fraser handed over the gun, he knew his friend Robbie Milot, 19, intended to kill himself with it, said Slade.

Fraser instructed Milot to kneel down, put the shotgun under his chin and reach down to pull the trigger, an indication of the “callousness” with which the offence was carried out, said Slade.

Slade sentenced Fraser to 42 months in jail for helping Milot to commit suicide and a further six months in jail for a charge of assaulting another man with a weapon. He reduced that to 27 months after giving Fraser credit for time served in jail since his arrest.

Milot committed suicide by shooting himself in the head shortly after Fraser delivered the gun to him on Easter Sunday of last year in a lane off Capilano Road.

In a victim impact statement, Milot’s mother, Laura Lee Milot, said there are few words that can capture the intensity of her grief.

“Despair, anguish and devastation come to mind, but even these seem inadequate. It is like suddenly having the unending shriek of jet engines in one’s head,” she wrote. “It interferes with everything I think, do or say. It won’t go away.”

Outside the court, Milot said Fraser’s sentence is “inconsequential” to her, because it won’t bring her son See Mother page 4

Accused MLA says she is still deciding how to plead From page 1 embarrassed by the charge and had not yet decided how to plead.

The impaired driving charge recommended by the RCMP was reviewed by a special prosecutor, Vancouver lawyer Mark Jetté. Charges involving public figures are often independently reviewed to avoid any appearance of improper MLA Jane Thornthwaite influence.

Thornthwaite is expected is due in provincial court to make her first appearance May 12 in North Vancouver provincial court May 12.

The drunk driving charge was announced the day after the provincial government unveiled tough new penalties for drivers blowing over, or even near, the legal limit.

The new rules call for an immediate three-month driving ban, a $500 fine and the loss of the vehicle for 30 days for drivers registering over .08 per cent, whether or not criminal charges are ever laid. Motorists who record a blood alcohol content between .05 and .08, the so-called warning range, will receive a three-day driving ban and a $200 fine, again without ever seeing the inside of courtroom. Repeat offenders will face steeply escalating penalties that can reach into the thousands of dollars.

Thornthwaite is, of course, not the first member of the government to face an impaired driving charge. Premier Gordon Campbell was famously arrested for drunk driving in Hawaii in 2003, and reporters raised Thornthwaite’s case with him after the new laws were announced.

“The lesson that I learned, and hopefully the lesson that Jane will learn, is that you should not be drinking and driving, period,” Campbell said.

On average, impaired drivers cause 5,100 collisions each year in British Columbia, killing 116 people and injuring a further 3,000.

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Report finds West Van transit wanting April 30, 2010

Group calls for greener options

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New Smoking Regulations in Effect May 15 North Vancouver District Council has recently adopted a new Smoking Regulation Bylaw (Bylaw 7792). This new bylaw builds upon smoking restrictions set by previous District bylaw and provincial legislation by further restricting where smoking is permitted in the District.

Starting May 15, when the new bylaw comes into effect, smoking will be prohibited within six meters of: • a balcony, patio, yard or sidewalk that is connected to or associated with a business • a building, transit stop or transit shelter, • any opening into any building, including any door or window that opens, or any air intake, • children’s play equipment or playground, • a playing field, swimming beach, food concession, picnic area or skateboard park, • at the site of any public event or activity that the District has authorized by the issuance of a permit • the grounds of any municipal building used for public recreation, and • Lynn Valley Village or Maplewood Farm.

Regulations come into effect May 15 that will prohibit smoking within six metres of a patio associated with a business.

In addition, the new bylaw states that businesses must display signs indicating that smoking is prohibited within a certain area. For more information, and to view the new Smoking Regulation Bylaw, visit www.dnv.org.

Spirit Trail Public Information Session The District of North Vancouver is hosting an information session concerning the western section of the Spirit Trail.

Date: Time: Location:

For more information about plans for the Spirit Trail, visit www.dnv.org/spirittrail.

District News From May 3 through May 25, students from 26 schools across the North Shore, Grades K to 4, will be lining up to catch this year’s performance of ‘A to Z’s of H2O’. The play encourages children to talk with their parents about water conservation and empowers them to develop water-saving habits. For more information, email huddaf@dnv.org.

Meet your Mayor. North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton will host an open house on Tuesday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Lynn Valley Main Library (1277 Lynn Valley Road). Everyone is welcome!

The North Shore Streamkeepers’ next meeting is on Tuesday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. at District Hall, 355 West Queens Road. Come, become a volunteer. More information is available at www.nssk.ca. Everyone is welcome.

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The schedule of regular Council meetings, as well as agendas for upcoming meetings and minutes of past meetings, is available online at www.dnv.org. All regular Council meetings are open to the public and held in the Council Chamber at District Hall, 355 W. Queens Rd., and start at 7 p.m.

May 2 – 8 is National Emergency Preparedness Week. Learn how you can prepare for an emergency by taking a course offered North Shore Emergency Management Office.

Visit www.nsemo.org for a list of upcoming courses, and to learn more about how you can prepare for an emergency.

The Lynn Valley Community Association is holding its annual general meeting on Wednesday, May 12 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Mollie Nye House (940 Lynn Valley Road). Highlights for the meeting include an address by North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton, who will speak on his perspective for the District and the Official Community Plan (OCP) Review Process.

The North Vancouver Museum and Archives is hosting its 9th Annual Sea to Sky Regional Heritage Fair this Saturday, May 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the North Vancouver Museum and Archives’ Community History Centre and Lynn Valley Elementary School (3203 and 3207 Institute Road). Stop by for an afternoon of heritage and fun. For more information, call 604-990-3700 ext. 8016 or check the museum’s website at www.northvanmuseum.ca.

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Peter Scholefield, co-chair of the strategic transportation plan working group told council on Monday that, compared to other municipalities, West Vancouver is behind in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, along with mass transit services.

“There’s been quite a bit of activity going on in other municipalities in the region and in many cases they’re a little bit ahead of West Vancouver in some of their transportation developments,” Scholefield said. “West Vancouver needs to catch up.”

He added that council should launch a marketing plan that encourages people to get out of their cars and use other modes of transportation, something that he noted is likely to be “extremely difficult and not (something that’s) going to happen in a very short time.”

The group was assigned by council to set the foundations for a district-wide, multi-modal transportation plan that favours vehicles other than single occupancy vehicles.

As such, the group’s plan favours pedestrians first, bicycles and transit second, the movement of goods third and single-occupancy vehicles last.

Bart Copeland, a member of the working group and a selfproclaimed avid cyclist, said that improving cycling infrastructure will be an important step towards addressing the transportation needs of West Vancouverites.

See Cycling page 5

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

District Hall (downstairs atrium) 355 W. Queens Road, North Vancouver

At this information session, two possible alignments for the Spirit Trail will be displayed on presentation boards: one alignment option along the north side of Welch Street and one alignment option within Welch Strip Park. Comments from the public will be welcomed and staff will be present to answer questions throughout the two-hour session.

Capilano Road Improvement Project Update: No work on Capilano Road is scheduled for the upcoming weeks. The District is currently finalizing the schedule for the next phase of construction work, which is tentatively scheduled to begin in late May. For more information on this project, visit www.dnv.org/capilanoroad.

THE District of West Vancouver is falling short on its commitment to encourage sustainable modes of transportation, according to the findings of a working group.

Mother says intervention could have saved victim From page 3

back. “I don’t think I’ll ever understand how someone could have walked away,” she said of Fraser.

“I can think of a million ways he could have helped save Robbie’s life. That was his cry for help.”

During the trial, Michael Murphy, a former roommate of Fraser’s, said the deal to trade the gun for the BMW almost fell apart when Fraser discovered the vehicle was an SUV rather than the sports ROBBIE Milot, 19, was found dead near Capilano car he’d been promised.

But “Robbie just basically Road last year. begged him for the gun,” said Murphy. “He started to hysterically cry.”

Crown counsel Phil Sebellin asked Slade to consider a fouror five-year sentence before crediting Fraser for time served, noting Fraser has a criminal record for violent offences.

At the time he gave Milot the gun, Fraser was serving a conditional sentence for beating an ex-girlfriend’s new partner with an aluminum bat, an attack that broke his jaw in three places.

Sebellin added Milot “could have been saved if the right thing was done.”

Defence lawyer Danny Markovitz described the case as “bizarre, horrible, tragic, inexplicable.”

But he said Milot would have “in all likelihood found some way of ending his life” even if Fraser hadn’t given him the gun.

Markovitz added that Fraser has changed while in jail and feels remorse for his actions.

Before being sentenced, Fraser turned to face Milot’s family members in the gallery saying he was sorry for “this terrible mistake.”

“It’s something that’s going to haunt me for the rest of my life,” he said. “If I could turn back in time I would.”

Fraser showed little emotion after he was sentenced, before being led away by sheriffs.

Friday, April 30, 2010 - North Shore News - A5

Cycling not seen as safe, according to advocates

Bid to delay closure rejected

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“Many people don’t cycle in West Vancouver because it isn’t perceived to be safe.”

Adding bike lanes to Marine Drive up to Cypress Park and between Park Royal and 13th Street is one way to assuage the fears that may be preventing prospective cyclists from getting in the saddle, he said.

“The Olympics has proven that if you give choice to people, it will be used. Promoting cycling is not only good for cyclists, it’s good for drivers.”

Cycling and pedestrian infrastructure will also contribute to improved air quality, reductions in traffic volume and get more people outside and exercising together, he said.

Council largely supported the recommendations of the working group, although Coun. Michael Evison noted that a few of the group’s proposals could raise some eyebrows.

In particular, Evison cautioned council about acting too quickly on the proposal to remove the median along the Marine Drive corridor between Dundarave and Ambleside to accommodate two bike lanes.

Coun. Trish Panz said that many inroads have already been made in the district, which increased transit hours by 30 per cent since 2000 and increased transit ridership by 21 per cent since 2003.

“I think we have to ask ourselves, what are the costs if we don’t invest in infrastructure that broadens the scope of transportation choices in the community?”

Residents with various transportation interests were assigned to the transportation working group, which met 28 times between June 2009 and March 2010, and heard from various stakeholders.

Coun. Bill Soprovich and members of staff participated in the group’s deliberations.

Council voted unanimously in favour of directing staff to develop a detailed three-year implementation plan based on the findings in the transportation working group’s report.

District superintendent John Lewis said adapting a school could cost approximately $20,000, but the actual figure would depend on the specific needs of each child. Lewis said those costs were factored into the $400,000 of expected annual savings from closing Fromme.

Director of facilities Ian Abercrombie told trustees any work required, such as widening bathroom doors, installing lifts or removing potential seizure-related hazards, would be a priority for his crews this summer.

Trustee Sheila Bouman raised the possibility of moving the closure date back by one year, giving families more time to plan ahead.

“I am still quite convinced we need to reduce the number of elementary schools that we have so that we can stop this process and focus on rebuilding and improving our educational services,” she said. “I am still committed to closing Fromme. When (that will happen) is something I’m open to discussing.”

Trustee Barry Forward said he could support a June 2011 closure.

“The parents have said time and time again, ‘Give us a year; we’ll take what we can get.’ They’d like it to go forever, sure, but everyone in this room acknowledges the challenge we have.”

“After all the closures we have done, I guess I just don’t have the appetite for it,” said Trustee Mary Tasi. “It’s not about Fromme being able to lobby better than other schools.”

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Chairwoman Susan Skinner said the district had responded quickly to “extreme budget pressure” and falling enrolment. She said elementary schools with 350 to 450 pupils were the way of the future.

“I think it’s a response to our per-pupil funding, it’s a response the lack of funding that the province is committing to public education,” she said.

Skinner also supported pushing back the closure date.

Vice chairwoman Franci Stratton did not, and said she had received letters from parents urging the board to act quickly.

“Prolonging the decision to close Fromme only creates further anguish in this community. I have to say that is what we saw in the case of Balmoral (junior secondary),” she said, adding that a year of grace might raise false hopes that the board would revisit the question.

“If we are going to make a decision to close Fromme we should be doing it right at this point,” she said.

Trustee Linda Buchanan agreed, and said there would be “a black cloud over the school.” Buchanan also argued that passing up on the expected $400,000 saving would mean deeper cuts in an already brutal budget year.

“We need those savings now,” she said.

Stratton and Buchanan’s points appeared to convince Bouman, who backed away from offering Fromme an extra year. No amendment was tabled. Bouman, Buchanan, Stratton and Trustee Holly Back voted in favour of closing Fromme on June 30, 2010.

Skinner, Forward and Tasi voted against.

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nvironmentalists are heaping criticism on B.C. Hydro’s decision to build the Site C megaproject.

When complete, the massive Peace River dam will destroy habitat, drown farmland and produce more greenhouse gases than many realize, they say.

And they’re absolutely right.

Hydroelectricity is not the silver bullet energy solution many of us like to think it is. Once a dam has been running for a few years, it’s easy to forget about the environmental costs of producing and transporting staggering volumes of concrete and steel, easy to forget that there was a valley where now there is a lake. Large bodies of water also create substantial amounts of water vapour, an oft-overlooked greenhouse gas.

But that said, the people of Louisiana probably wish they had a massive dam

project in the works right about now.

Gulf Coast residents are watching as a horrifyingly large crude oil slick drifts ashore from the smoking wreckage of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, a slick growing by an estimated 5,000 barrels each day. The effect on the gulf ecosystem will be devastating.

Now it’s not an entirely fair comparison: the rig’s oil was destined for the global energy market, not just Louisiana. But the point is you can’t get something for nothing. Every way of turning nature’s might into electricity involves environmental damage. But some methods, clearly, are more hurtful than others.

Site C will not create clean energy. But its costs, while large, are predictable. And compared to the horror in Louisiana, reasonable.

The Spirit Trail in West Van has no road map IN the following I am mightily trying to maintain the qualities for which I’m famous on two continents: calm, thoughtful, respectful.

The North Shore’s Spirit Trail — Deep Cove to Horseshoe Bay — is a politically correct vision full of spin that began without an overall plan of how and where to join those dots, and years later still hasn’t got one. Or the money.

Consider the Spirit Traildriven “redevelopment” of West Vancouver’s Argyle Avenue from 13th Street to John Lawson Park.

Argyle at present is not planned. It works far too well for that.

This is a classic example of a solution looking for a problem.

The bureaucrats and politicians busily doing the looking are being swept along by the hype of the visionaries — for who dares question a “trail” for earth-

This Just In

Trevor Lautens saving cyclists, fashionable backpackers, global-warmingconscious runners filling their lungs with the right sort of air?

I do.

I foresee this peaceful area for gentle walks becoming a cycle speedway for grim, Spandex-clad persons looking neither to left or right, Tour de France wannabes — separated by a white line from regimented pedestrians alert to danger and keeping their small children out of it.

Leisurely strolling, begone.

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at present, will eventually go.

Part of the anti-car movement to get people to use a really terrific public transit system that doesn’t exist.

The age range of present users is broad. Predictably, older people dominate, but then they increasingly do everywhere. But this stretch also invites a good number of the other kind of fourwheeled vehicles — baby carriages — pushed by young mothers and nannies. Also evident are walkers of small dogs, and some wandering young bicycle riders, not to be confused with cyclists.

The latter include the stony activists who have turned the bicycle into a vehicle of protest.

Now this: No one, not our councillors or town hall staff, can tell you just who will be placing feet or tires on this pleasant stretch of West Vancouver when Spirit Trail’s vision becomes reality.

Nor, more astoundingly, can anyone say where the Spirit Trail will go beyond John Lawson Park. If near

the super-expensive homes in Dundarave, expect furious opposition. One hope is that CN Rail will relinquish its railbed. Dream on. The Spirit Trail smacks of bungled ad hockery — a ghostly vision without a road map and an expedition without money.

How would West Van pay even for the several private houses — quietly charming, unobtrusively hidden in greenery — on Argyle’s south side? Coun. Michael Smith notes town hall is currently more than $7 million in the red. He threw out a guess that each Argyle property would cost the municipality $3.5 million. Conservative, maybe.

Every planner and park bureaucrat in the world wants to sweep such private houses from public beaches.

Sheer ideology. Argyle’s few houses lend variety to the landscape. More important, their presence makes the area feel safer. They inhibit crime.

Beaches are a different world after dark.

There’s much more. The

small, nice public garden would go. The outdoor clock already has gone, swiftly and with little public awareness.

The public boat ramp supposedly is a safety hazard.

A bogus claim, in my view.

My admitted favourite, the Silk Purse, a lusciously located gem for music and art under retiring Cheryl Karchut, would be demolished — an act of sheer municipal vandalism. No wonder West Van hasn’t a shred of history beyond the tiny Ferry Building. The planners’ “higher use” will always stamp out history and human beings for business and taxes.

And how would Marine Drive’s nearby restaurateurs — like those of Rastaurant Chez Michel, Carmelo’s, Saltaire — feel about the proposed high-end beachfront competitor with town hall as landlord? I’d be furious.

Rich irony: Cabinet minister Kevin Falcon, who destroyed Eagleridge Bluffs (for a road system still scarily confusing), is behind Spirit Trail. He sacrificed real nature

for the ersatz urban kind plugged into leisure-industry commerce.

It’s time for those affected to speak out. I’m just warming up.

••• Ujjal Dosanjh isn’t just B.C.’s bravest politician. He may be our bravest individual.

(A close second, Dave Hayer.)

He is also a candidate for the teller of the most uncomfortable truth — that Canadians don’t speak out against minority-group terrorists out of political correctness, a fear of offending any immigrants.

(Oh, and maybe also losing their votes?)

This is a fine comment on Canadian democracy, and on public, political and media honesty.

In my liberal days, say six months ago, I believed that Canadian citizenship should be conditional and reviewable for maybe 10 years, and revocable for bad citizenship far short of inciting terrorism

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NDP yet to offer alternative

THE B.C. Liberal government’s announcement that the Site C dam project on the Peace River would go to the next stage of the approval process may have revealed a subtle yet important shift in how people — and the media — perceive our two major political parties.

Aside from the predictable reaction — environmentalists oppose Site C while the business community endorses it — what was most interesting was how quickly the story faded from the so-called “news cycle.”

The B.C. Liberals, mired in unpopularity, appear to have a severely weakened ability to set and control the agenda. The government hasn’t really come up with many new ideas and policies (other than the dreaded HST) since the election, and a lack of revenue shackles any kind of spending spree.

The Site C announcement was almost a one-day story for most news outlets, and even the environmental lobbyists didn’t sound overly agitated about the issue.

I wonder how much of this reaction is linked to the impression that so many people appear to have: that Premier Gordon Campbell and probably his party as well

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are stuck so low in the polls that there is little prospect for recovery.

Therefore, it’s hard to take seriously any promise about a project (such as Site C) that is so far in the future that a completely different party will be in charge by the time construction actually begins.

In fact, I get the feeling that many people simply have stopped listening to the B.C. Liberals and have effectively tuned them out. I’ve always said a government in significant decline is no longer given the benefit of the doubt by the public it purports to serve, and therefore its recovery is made that much more difficult.

When that mindset takes hold, governments pay dearly.

We saw that with the Social Credit party in 1991, the NDP in 2001 and we may be witnessing it now with the B.C. Liberals.

These kinds of attitudes may explain why Campbell and his government got absolutely no bounce in the polls in the aftermath of the gloriously successful Winter Games, which electrified the public.

I realize the next election is still three years away, which admittedly is a very long time in politics. However, the Socreds were dead in the water well before the vote in 1991, and the NDP was on life support even before the RCMP raided then-Premier Glen Clark’s home in the spring of 1999.

In each case, both parties chose new leaders and put the election call off as long as possible, but their demise was sealed.

And so the B.C. Liberals will also play for time, and may well end up choosing a new leader — one who is clearly different — and in doing so doing might regain the public’s attention and confidence.

In the meantime, however, pressure will gradually build on the New Democratic Party to provide some clear, specific alternatives to B.C. Liberal policies.

Other than a Pavlovianlike tendency to demand that money get thrown at pretty much everything, New Democrats have avoided being pinned down on any particular issue.

The party’s energy critic,

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As murky as that position is, it is one of the more specific positions the NDP has taken on anything.

The party is unclear, for example, what exactly it would do with the HST. New Democrats may be signing the anti-HST petition in droves, but if they take power in 2013 there is no indication they would do anything with the HST itself.

But eventually, as much as people may have tuned out the B.C. Liberals, they will begin demanding to hear something from the NDP. Party leader Carole James, who has taken a low profile in recent months, will be pressured to come with some ideas of her own.

The NDP is currently obeying the old political adage that says if a government is falling, the Opposition simply has to get out of the way.

At some point, however, the Opposition has to show it’s ready to govern. People are going to start looking at the NDP seriously, especially if the B.C. Liberals keep drifting along ever closer to that cliff.

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He is doing what was then thought impossible.

The revolt against the Harmonized Sales Tax — what commentator David Berner wittily calls “the Barbershop Quartet Tax” — is roaring in top gear.

Vander Zalm’s people’s petition against the HST, with columnist/broadcaster Mike Smyth beating the big bass drum for it, should make not Premier Gordon Campbell but the B.C. Liberal party scared that it’ll lose the next,

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The Zalm was in terrific form Sunday at North Vancouver’s Pinnacle Hotel, binding his antiHST audience in a spell, a textbook example of populist speechmaking — homespun, funny but no sarcasm, nothing mean, just a devastating dive bomb on a tax hated by more than 90 per cent of British Columbians.

“I have no desire to get involved in politics,” he declared, earnestly. Then, with perfect timing: “Well, I guess perhaps if the time comes. . . .” The audience collapsed in laughter. “Clever guy,” said the woman next to me.

Afterwards I approached the very attractive Lillian Vander Zalm sitting unobtrusively at the back of the room and saucily asked: “How much trouble has all this caused in your marriage?”

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Dundarave should rhyme with ‘have’ Dear Editor: Our families have lived in the Dundarave area from the 1920s to 1954, and in Caulfeild from 1954 to 2002, moving back to Dundarave in 2002.

We find the mispronuncation of this area very irritating.

The book 1001 British Columbia Place Names indicates the correct pronunciation of this attractive area. Unfortunately our mayor and council seem to think that it should rhyme with “save.”

This pronounciation error is also made by most post-1940 citizens.

If you see fit to print this could you give it a large print heading so some West Vancouverites might take note and change Dundarave to rhyme with “have” as intended

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WEST Vancouver parks are in need of some serious attention, according to the findings of a non-profit organization’s report.

Of particular concern is the prevalence of invasive species, illegal dumping and the protection of endangered species.

Marja de Jong Westman, with the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society, told council Monday that the more than 170 members of the nonprofit society have had to devote much of their combined 12,000 volunteer hours to “on the ground work where we remove invasive species and restore the natural landscape.”

Right now, British Columbia is home to some 700 alien species, de Jong Westman told council on Monday.

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INQUIRING REPORTER BRITISH Columbia’s new drunk-driving laws are the toughest in the country. The legislation, which takes effect in the fall, will see drivers who blow over the .08 limit or who refuse to take a breathalyzer immediately have their vehicles impounded for 30 days and be subject to a $500 fine and a three-month driving prohibition. New “warning” limits between .05 and .08 also carry penalties, namely a $200 fine and three-day driving suspension. The BC Civil Liberties Association is worried that the penalties will be handed out without charges laid.

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Laura Darby North Vancouver I agree if they’re over .08 but I don’t think they should make you stop driving for three days (if you’re in the warning range).

Do the new drunk-driving rules go too far?

Marrianna Lima North Vancouver No, I think it’s the perfect decision to make people conscious about it.

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Gretchen Robinson North Vancouver No I don’t because I think we’ve been just too soft about drinking and driving in Canada.

Steve Reite North Vancouver No I actually don’t. Drunk driving is such a bad thing to do. In Europe (the penalties) are even harder than here.

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Conservation of Nature.

Hugh Hamilton, a West Vancouver resident and member of the West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society, told council that hogweed is another invasive species that has inundated many local creek beds.

Hogweed “produces a clear, watery sap that sensitizes human skin to sunlight, resulting in severe burns, blistering and painful dermatitis; there have been reports of blindness if sap gets into the eyes,” Hamilton said.

Already, the invasive weed has spread from British Properties to the Capilano River and the area around the new salmon viewing platform, he said.

Hamilton called on council to integrate a hogweed eradication plan into the parks and open spaces master plan and to begin acting on that plan sooner rather than later.

“We do not believe we can wait for a moment longer to exert control measures to forestall the expansion of this very noxious weed,” said Hamilton.

Couns. Michael Lewis and Bill Soprovich supported integrating the recommendations from the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society report into the parks master planning process.

Evison added that he wants council to go a step further by tackling some of the easier-to-address issues in the short term.

“We can act quite quickly and address some of the urgent recommendations of this report,” he said. “Frankly, if we leave

some of these issues for a mater of weeks, we compound these issues.”

“It really is an all-out battle,” said Mayor Pam GoldsmithJones, “and the sooner we get on it, the sooner we win.”

British Columbia is the most biologically diverse province in Canada, de Jong Westman said, and most species are concentrated in the southern half of the province.

The bad news is that 43 per cent of British Columbia’s species are considered to be of provincial conservation concern, she said.

Land conversion has contributed to habitat fragmentation, which de Jong Westman said should be minimized and, in some cases, reversed to connect natural landscapes and establish more continuity between park spaces, particularly in the upper lands.

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St. Pius X elementary Italian-themed fundraiser

Taline Giragosian, Michael Urbani and Lisa Dumbrell show their support.

Alumni Natalie Wagorn, Rachel McGuiness and Francesca Moscone serve appetizers.

North Vancouver’s St. Pius X elementary played host to an Italian-themed fundraising evening April 16. Guests enjoyed an Italian wine tasting, dinner, silent and live auctions, dancing and the musical stylings of trio Insieme. The school community is hosting a Spring Fair, Saturday, May 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Info: www.saintpius.ca.

Helen Luongo, Teresa Brassington and Michelle Byrne flash their smiles.

Debbie Jussinoja and Miriam Irving sell raffle tickets.

Sandy Becfriore and Franco Iuelle have a chat.

Lisa Cratchley and Carla Poweire attend.

Principal Fabio Battisti, event chairwoman Elisabeth Iuele and monsignor Pedro Lopez-Gallo team up for a photo.

Gary Nedergard and Roberto Naujokat flank Eric Blank.

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Ways of seeing explored in new exhibit at Presentation House Gallery: Page 16 City of Bhangra fest a feast for the senses: Page 19

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DAVID Maysles, left, Mick Jagger, Albert Maysles and Charlie Watts on a photo shoot in 1969 for the Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! album cover.

Albert Maysles is in town this weekend to talk about documentary filmmaking at Pacific Cinémathèque and Capilano University.

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DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER ALBERT MAYSLES

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Kate Nash has more to offer on sophomore effort: Page 20 Band of Skulls keep to themselves: Page 21 Enter to win a deluxe edition of Iggy & the Stooges classic punk rock album Raw Power: Page 21 Vincent in Brixton — Portrait of an artist as a misfit lodger: Page 22 Gunless takes dead aim at Western cliches: Page 43 More online at www.nsnews.com

■ Three by Albert Maysles: Gimme Shelter (1970), Grey Gardens (1976), Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! (1969-2009) screening at Pacific Cinémathèque tonight and Saturday night beginning at 7 p.m. Director will be in attendance tonight. Go to www. cinematheque.bc.ca for more details.

■ An Evening with Albert Maysles, Capilano University, Saturday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Birch Theatre. To reserve a ticket to that event, please contact mmason@capilanou.ca. General admission tickets $10/$5 for students.

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LEGENDARY documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles visits Vancouver this weekend for two major events at Pacific Cinémathèque and Capilano University.

Tonight Maysles will be in attendance at the Cinémathèque when several of his classic films are shown and Saturday Vancouver Sun film critic Katherine Monk will moderate a Maysles retrospective at Capilano University.

It’s impossible to discuss Albert Maysles without also mentioning his late brother David who died of a stroke in 1987. The two were inseparable, working as a cinematic tandem to record sound and image on film for more than a quarter of a century.

The brothers are credited with developing portable equipment and a nonobtrusive methodology that revolutionized documentary cinema in the early ’60s. Albert operated the lightweight, modified Auricon 16mm cameras while his brother David took care of the sound on films that covered a wide range of

topics and gave them a chance to work with the Beatles, Orson Welles, Jean-Luc Godard and many others.

The Maysles’ 1970 film of the Rolling Stones American tour, Gimme Shelter, is cinéma vérité of the first order and their 1976 intimate portrait of a reclusive mother and daughter in Grey Gardens is a cult classic. In 1992 the U.S. Library of Congress named the brothers’ 1968 feature documentary Salesman one of the 25 best American films ever made.

Albert Maysles talked with the North Shore News in advance of his trip here this weekend.

North Shore News: A big picture question to start things off — How did you get involved in documentaty filmmaking?

Albert Maysles: I started off life as a psychologist and had already been teaching at the university in Boston when I was 28 in 1955. I thought it would be interesting to go to Russia during summer vacation and to do something that would be good for us all: Namely take some pictures of ordinary people and because I was a psychologist I thought I should go to mental hospitals. Anyway, I borrowed a movie camera and visited Russia and made my first film in mental hospitals. That’s how I got started.

North Shore News: Wasn’t it difficult to get approval to shoot in the Soviet Union at that time?

Albert Maysles: It would have been except I crashed a party and met the top leaders and they gave me full permission.

North Shore News: In other words you started at the top?

Albert Maysles: Right with a simple wind-up 16mm camera and no sound.

North Shore News: How did you develop your approach to documentary filmmaking?

Albert Maysles: In 1960 I joined several other filmmakers and we had a big See Portable page 44

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CALENDAR GALLERIES Art in Public Places: District of North Vancouver Municipal Hall, 355 West Queens Rd. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Info: 604-988-6844 or nvartscouncil2@ telus.net.

District Foyer Gallery: Pastels and acrylics by Melanie Cossey and wood sculptures by Graham Eagle will be on display until May 5.

Biljana Zecevic and Xin Meng: 2D paintings and 3D sculptures on display May 5-June 30.

Reception: May 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Artists for Kids Gallery: 810 West 21st St., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends from noon to 4 p.m.

Info: 604-903-3798 or www.artists4kidscom.

All Star Exhibition: A showcase of more than 50 works by 20 emerging artists, until May 8.

The Bakehouse: 2453 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Bellevue Gallery: 2475 Bellevue Ave., West Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and outside gallery hours by appointment. Info: www. bellevuegallery.ca.

Brewster’s Coffee: 2436 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Sunday, 8 a.m.4 p.m. Info: 604-925-9820.

Buckland Southerst Gallery: 2460 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604-922-1915. www. bucklandsoutherst.com.

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Capilano Mall: 935 Marine Dr., North Vancouver.

May is Art Month: The North Vancouver Community Arts Council presents this event with art work being featured in the mall, May 7-16.

Caroun Art Gallery: 1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver. Info: www.caroun.com, 778-3720765 or artgallery@caroun.com.

Nature: An exhibition that runs until April 30.

Open: Exhibition runs May 16-31. Reception: May 22, 4-8 p.m.

CityScape Community Art Space: 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-9886844 or nvartscouncil6@telus.net. Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

The World Garden: An exhibition on the wonder and beauty of nature with the work of Alexis Cawood, Kent Crawford, Sharon Christian and Mike Wakefield, until May 8.

Call for Photographic Artists: The North Vancouver Community Arts Council is seeking artists for a themed exhibition called “Rusty Guts” — Glimpses of a Historic Shipyard.

Images of the shipyard and pier that were taken after its booming days, but prior to the recent redevelopment are requested. Deadline for submissions: Saturday, May 1, 4 p.m.

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Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Artists of Avalon: Women in recovery from addiction discover their creativity in this mixed media exhibit, until May 2. Artists’ talk: Saturday, May 1, 2-3:30 p.m.

Reflections Vancouver 2011: Capilano University IDEA program presents paintings and a calendar launch, May 4-16. Opening reception: Tuesday, May 4, 6-8 p.m. Artists in attendance: Saturday, May 8, 2 p.m.

The Gallery at Artisan Square: 587 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island. Info: 604-947-2454 or www.biac.ca. Hours: Friday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m.

The MAMA Installation: Life-size portraits of mothers with recordings of their stories by Emily van Lidth de Jeude, until May 16. There will be a performance of song, dance, poetry and painting that explores a wide variety of mothering experiences, May 1, 7-9 p.m. Admission: $5. Info: www.mamaproject.com.

Gallery Jones: 1531 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604-926-2233.

Gallery YoYo: 312 East Esplanade, North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 1-5:30 p.m. or by appointment. Info: 604-9832896.

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Klee Wyck: 200 Keith Rd., West Vancouver.

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VISUAL ARTS NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER AT PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY

Ways of seeing explored in new exhibit

■ Not Necessarily in that Order, Contemporary media work by Rossella Biscotti, Keren Cytter, Susan MacWilliam, Aida Ruilova and Lisa Steele at Presentation House Gallery, April 30 – July 11.

Jessica Barrett jbarrett@nsnews.com

FOR artist Susan MacWilliam, seeing might not exactly be believing, but it is a good place to start a discussion about perception — especially when it comes to paranormal activity.

The Belfast-based painter and lecturer at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland has been peering into the other side through archival photographs for the past 12 years. It’s an interest that sprang up about the time she began experimenting with video art and the two have become intertwined in her work.

“I was interested in the moving image, and at the same time I got a video camera in 1997, I saw a television program about Seance room photography, so this is when they make photographs documenting the occurrences at seances,” says MacWilliam.

“I was particularly interested in the images that document materializations or when the mediums might produce ectoplasm. Ectoplasm is supposedly the substance that emerges from the medium during seance and might form itself into the image of the dead person that they’re trying to contact.”

MacWilliam is in town for a scheduled appearance and artist talk tonight to celebrate the opening of Not Necessarily in that Order, an exhibition of work playing with non-linear

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BELFAST writer and poet Ciaran Carson appears in Susan MacWilliam’s 17-minute video piece F-L-A-M-M-AR-I-O-N which is part of Not Necessarily in that Order, a new exhibit at Presentation House Gallery. MacWilliam will speak tonight at the opening of the show. narratives at the Presentation House Gallery. The show, running May 1-July 11, features work by Italian artist Rossella Biscotti and Canadian Lisa Steele, among others, as well as MacWilliam’s F-L-AM-M-A-R-I-O-N, a 17-minute video piece with a significant Canadian connection.

MacWilliam created the piece for the 2009 Venice Bienniale, but it really began in the annals of the University of Manitoba’s special collections section.

“I travelled to Winnipeg and worked for a month in the archive of a man called

Thomas Glendenning Hamilton,” MacWilliam says.

“He was a medical doctor who between 1918 and 1935 was holding seances at his house in Winnipeg and I was fascinated in something of the choreography of these seances. He would have 12-14 cameras placed at the back of the room and he would release the shutters simultaneously on command of the spirit guide, Walter. The spirit guide was this character that came through during the seances.

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to release the cameras in order that he might document the appearance of ectoplasm (also called) teleplasm.”

The Hamilton archive is considered one of the most extensive of its kind and is regarded worldwide by experts in the field, but of the many instances of seance room photography, one image in particular caught MacWilliam’s eye.

“Normally, the images that you might see appearing behind the medium might be this strange substance that would form itself into an image of the living dead and it might have a face or be in the form of a body.

But in this case I came across a photograph that documented an occurrence that happened in 1931, and rather than a face appearing, a name appeared behind the medium,” she says.

The name, F-L-A-M-MA-R-I-O-N, refers to French astronomer and psychical researcher Camille Flammarion who died in 1925. Curious about the unusual image, MacWilliam consulted with a number of experts who concluded the 1931 occurrence is the only known case of a textual image appearing in séance.

What followed was an extensive journey of research and creation wherein MacWilliam met with and recorded the reactions of three people in three different cities responding to Hamilton’s photography. In Winnipeg, MacWilliam recorded Arla Marshall, granddaughter of

medium Susan Marshall who was present at the Flammarion séance, as she flipped through the archive. Then it was off to Atlanta, Ga. to capture the response of poltergeist investigator Dr. William G. Roll and finally, in Belfast, she solicited input from her colleague, writer and poet Ciaran Carson.

The original images and MacWilliam’s recorded work, along with some props she recreated from the original seance, are all carefully edited together to form F-L-A-M-MA-R-I-O-N, a back-and-forth journey through time and space MacWilliam says is a sort of transcendent exercise in itself.

“The video work is shot in three cities across the globe, Winnipeg, Atlanta and Belfast.

So it itself is almost like a seance where it brings together these people from different places in the world who comment on this image that appeared at a seance in 1931.

“It’s very much people talking about how you see things, how you perceive things, it’s about visual perception; it’s about whether you believe something, whether you don’t, how you can see something one way or another way. It’s very much about points of view around an event.”

So, after all her research, does MacWilliam believe in ghosts and spirits? She says it’s not her place to say.

“I’m always asked this question, and what I always say is I’ve never seen a ghost.

I’ve not had any particular experience myself. . . . For me it’s not about my belief within the subject matter, it’s very much me going in almost in some ways as the researcher just to make images and record what other people think and then to make artwork from that.

“It’s setting something up so that there’s something that the audience might look at and consider.”

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A 1930s seance in Winnipeg is shown in a photograph from the Hamilton family archive.

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CALENDAR From page 15 Gallery hours: Wednesday -Sunday, noon-5 p.m., Thursday, noon-8 p.m. Info: 604-986-1351 or www.presentationhousegall.com.

Ron Andrews Community Space: 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-980-7182.

Collections: Oil and acrylic on canvas paintings by Violet Taylor will be on display, until May 16.

Sawa Tea Lounge Gallery: 1538 West 2nd Ave., Vancouver. Info: 604-733-7900.

Seymour Art Gallery: 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-924-1378.

Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Info: www. seymourartgallery.com.

Deconstruction Sight: A School District 44 student exhibition in collaboration with Artist for Kids, until May 2.

Breaking Open—Sculpture by Soula Groumoutis, runs May 4-23. Opening reception: Tuesday, May 4, 7-9 p.m.

Silk Purse Arts Centre: 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday to Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Info: 604-925-7292 or www. silkpurse.ca.

In House Creations: An exhibition that represents the creativity and talent of the West Vancouver Arts Council volunteers runs until May, 2.

You’re the Song in my Art: An exhibition to celebrate Mother’s Day with mother and daughter artists Elodie Ellingsen and Vange Brossard, May 4-16. Opening reception: Tuesday, May 4, 6-8 p.m.

Simon Fraser University Gallery: Academic Quadrangle, Room 3004, 8888 University Dr., Burnaby. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.5 p.m., Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Info: 778-7824266 or www.sfu.ca/gallery.

Starfire Studio: 6607 Royal Ave., West Vancouver. Info: 604-922-5510 or www. starfireattheferries.com.

Tartooful: 3183 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Info: 604-924-0122 or www. tartooful.com.

West Vancouver Municipal Hall: 750 17th St., West Vancouver. Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Art in the Hall: Acrylic landscapes and spatialist paintings on canvas by Richard Alm will be on display until June 4. Info: 604-925-7290.

West Vancouver Museum: 680 17th St., West Vancouver. Museum hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: 604-925-7295 or www. westvancouvermuseum.ca.

Monster: A contemporary art exhibit exploring the depths of human anxiety, until May 8.

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Notice of Public Hearing Industrial Zoning Bylaws

A Public Hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 11, 2010 in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Hall, 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver, B.C., to provide an opportunity for Council to hear from those who believe they may be affected by the Bylaw amendments, as outlined below.

BYLAW 7831 Rezoning Bylaw 1251 – text amendments BYLAW 7832 Rezoning Bylaw 1252 – rezoning Waterfront and General Industrial (I1 and I2) zoned land in Lower Capilano`

BYLAW 7833 Rezoning Bylaw 1253 – rezoning Waterfront and

General Industrial (I1 and I2) zoned land in Lower Lynn

BYLAW 7834 Rezoning Bylaw 1254 – rezoning Waterfront and

General Industrial (I1 and I2) zoned land in Maplewood

BYLAW 7835 Rezoning Bylaw 1255 – rezoning Light Industrial (I3) zoned land in Lower Capilano

BYLAW 7837 Rezoning Bylaw 1257 – rezoning Light Industrial (I3) zoned land in Maplewood

BYLAW 7838 Rezoning Bylaw 1258 – rezoning Commercial Business (C8) zoned land in Lower Capilano

Applicant:

The District of North Vancouver

Subject Lands:

Those lands in the District which are currently zoned: Waterfront Industrial (I1), General Industrial (I2), Light Industrial (I3) and the Commercial Business Zone (C8). Most of the industrial land in the District of North Vancouver is included in these zones.

General Purpose:

This package of bylaws will rezone most of the heavy and light industrial lands zoned I1, I2, I3, and C8 from the existing zoning regulations to the proposed new Employment Zones. The new Employment Zones introduce numerous amendments designed to simplify zoning, and make it easier to do business in the District of North Vancouver, while still protecting the industrial land base, and adjacent residential neighbourhoods.

Proposed Amendments:

These amendments include new definitions and two new industrial zones: Employment Zone – Industrial (EZ-I) and Employment Zone – Light Industrial (EZ-LI).

All properties currently zoned Waterfront Industrial (I1) are proposed to be rezoned to the new Employment Zone – Industrial (EZ-I) except for those properties in the Seymour River and in the Maplewood Conservation Area shown Schedule C and D of proposed Bylaw 7834, which are being rezoned to Natural Parkland (NPL).

All properties currently zoned General Industrial (I2) are also proposed to be rezoned to the new Employment Zone – Industrial (EZ-I) except: (a) those properties in the Seymour River and in the Maplewood Conservation Area shown Schedule C and D of proposed Bylaw 7834 which are being rezoned to Natural Parkland (NPL); and (b) those listed immediately below that are not being brought forward for rezoning at this time due to conflicts with existing land use plans in Seymour 3829 and 3919 Dollarton Highway (PIDs: 008-965-358, 008-965-404, 015-994-902, 015-994-937); in Maplewood the 2100 block of Front Street (PID:024-721-930); in Lower Lynn all I2 properties in the 1400 and 1500 block of Barrow Street (PIDs: 004-873-904, 003-645-657,014-718-952, 014-744-171, 014-744-121, 014-744-155, 014-744-210, 014-744-325, 014-744-341, 014-744-368).

In addition, 13 properties currently zoned Light Industrial (I3) but actually used for railway lines are also proposed to be rezoned to Employment Zone – Industrial (EZ-I). The parcel identifiers for these 13 properties (which are all owned by either the Province, the Crown or CNR) are as follows: 025-980-661, 012-557-846, 014-738-520, 014-738-597, 014-603-993, CNR-000-001, CNR-000-002, CROWN-00001, 014-604-124, 014-711-168, 013-385-488, 013-385-453; and 014-604019. These properties are shown on Schedule A to Bylaw 7832, 7833 and 7834.

All properties currently zoned Commercial Business (C8) are proposed to be rezoned to the Employment Zone – Light Industrial (EZ-LI).

All properties currently zoned Light Industrial (I3) are also proposed to be rezoned to the Employment Zone – Light Industrial (EZ-LI) except: (a) those properties in the Seymour River and on Cutter Island shown Schedule D of proposed Bylaw 7834, which are being rezoned to Natural Parkland (NPL); and (b) the properties listed immediately below that are not being rezoned at this time due to conflicts with existing land use plans: in Maplewood the 2100 and 2200 block of Front Street (PIDs 010-651-519, 010-651-501, 007-654-782, 013-884-026, 013-884-069, 013-884-107, 013-884174, 013-884-832, 013-884-832, 013-884-875, 013884-905, 013-884-948, 013-884-972, 013-885-014, 013-885-049, 013-885-090, 013-885-120, 013-885138); in Maplewood the 2300 block of Old Dollarton Rd (PIDs 013-933-744, 013-933-752, 013-933-710); in Lower Lynn all I3 property; in Lower Capilano, the tennis centre at 280 Lloyd (PID 011-091-495) and a Districtowned, vacant parcel of land next to McKay Creek (PID 025-753-916); and all hydro stations in the District (PIDs 008-682-771, 007-333-455, and 011-376-848).

Maps more particularly identifying all of the above properties are available for review at District Hall and on the District’s website referenced below.

Note: Please refer to the new definitions

and copies of the new zones. For more details on these new regulations, please see below for how to view copies of this information.

Key Aspects of the Employment Zone Industrial (EZ-I) Intent: The intent of the Industrial Zone (EZ-I) is to accommodate port-oriented uses and general manufacturing and other industrial activities on lands adjacent to the Port and the rail corridor. It is expected that uses in the Industrial Zone (EZ-I) will be industrial in character and impact.

Uses that will be permitted without conditions: Manufacturing use; port-oriented use; service use; transportation use; waste and recycling use; and warehouse use.

Uses that will be permitted with conditions: Stand alone office use (limited to the upper floors of industrial buildings); residential (caretaker suites); and retail – limited to equipment sales and rental only.

Density, site coverage and setback provisions will be eliminated in this zone to make it easier to intensify use on these industrial lands.

Key Aspects of the Employment Zone Light Industrial (EZ-LI) Intent: The intent of the Light Industrial zone is to accommodate a mix of manufacturing and service businesses with the potential for office and social gathering (clubs) on the upper floors, where the conditions of use minimize the potential for negative impacts on adjacent residential and commercial areas.

Uses that will be permitted without conditions: None.

Uses that will be permitted with conditions: Manufacturing use; office use (upper floors only); recreation/ community centres use; residential (1 caretaker unit only); restaurant use; retail use (limited to those retail uses traditionally found in the light industrial areas); personal service use; social-gathering use (upper floors only); and warehouse use. All uses located on parcels within 50 metres of residentially zoned (RS) land have conditions imposed with regards to containing the impacts of the business on the site.

Density will not be regulated in this zone. Setback, building and site coverage regulations allow for more intensive use of these light industrial lands.

This Public Hearing is held under the provisions of the Local Government Act. All persons who believe they may be affected by the above proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written submissions will be accepted up to the conclusion of the Public Hearing to be held on Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

Copies of the bylaws, resolution, supporting staff report and other relevant background material are available for review in the District of North Vancouver Clerk’s Office or Development Planning Department at the Municipal Hall from April 19, 2010 to May 11, 2010. The Municipal Hall is located at 355 West Queens Road and is open Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. If you would like to review the report online, go to www.dnv.org/public_hearing. Please direct inquiries to Ms. Tamsin Guppy of the Development Planning Department at 604-990-2391.

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CULTURE PUNJABI CULTURAL CELEBRATION RUNS THROUGH MAY 8

City of Bhangra fest a feast for the senses

■ 2010 City of Bhangra Festival April 29-May 8, organized by the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration (VIBC) Society, at various locations. For details go to www.vibc.org.

Manisha Krishnan mkrishnan@nsnews.com

IF you’ve never experienced Bhangra before, you’ve been missing out.

Hailing from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, the art form is a lively blend of words, movements and most importantly music, trademarked by its use of the traditional dhol drum. While bhangra dates back as far as the 14th century — when it became popular amongst Punjabi wheat farmers trying to pass time — these days it’s been fused with different types of music including everything from hip hop to folk. And there’s no better place to take it all in than at the City of Bhangra Festival, on now until May 8.

Sure to be one of the most diverse events of the festival is rePurcussion — a show that will bring together drummers from around the world to create an entirely unique sound at the Vogue Theatre tomorrow night.

“The styles that people are going to be exposed to is a combination of Indian music, Japanese drumming, Afro-Cuban drumming, Brazilian drumming and some experimental stuff that none of us know,” explains Sal Ferreras, a Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator who will be coordinating the show for the third time.

Ferreras is aiming to play around with the talent as much as possible — think marching bands mixed with bhangra beats, beat boxers and rock drummers.

“One of the most important things about these shows is to try stuff outside of your comfort zone,” he says.

Since many of the

drummers are coming from out of town, the group doesn’t have much time to rehearse in advance, so everything the audience hears is fresh, Ferreras adds.

“We move into ‘what can we do together that would be a lot of fun?’ and usually somebody will start some sort of a beat and people start jamming along and before you know it, it’s just taken off and the problem is not starting it but stopping it.”

“We’re all drummers, we all come from different traditions, and we all have an appreciation for each other’s styles and each other’s particular take on rhythm.”

But don’t expect to just sit back and watch — Ferreras makes sure that the audience is a part of the show as well.

“I (get) the crowd involved in clapping along in all sorts of complex rhythms. . . . So what the audience can expect is to be deeply involved in a program of really hot rhythm, excitement, tons of fun.”

Another act that’s sure to be entertaining is the Downtown Bhangra Concert, a free outdoor show that will be held at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Friday, May 7.

Among the performers will be San Francisco’s BlacKMahal — a group that marries funk, hip hop and Punjabi folk — and Danish singer Anita Lerche, the first non-South Asian woman to release an album sung entirely in Punjabi.

She was inspired to learn the language while visiting India in 2005.

“I was invited to Punjab, where the Punjabi music basically took my heart by storm. Within one week I decided to stay back in Punjab to record an album,” explains Lerche via e-mail.

“It is the drive in the music I love — it is so energetic and reflects the colourful and rich culture of Punjab. Somehow I feel that I connect with it on a deeper level.”

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TONY Garcha of United Bhangra sits down for some sushi. Some of the best Bhangra dance teams in the world will compete at Queen Elizabeth Theatre on May 8 as a finale to this year’s City of Bhangra Festival. received by critics and won the award for Best Debut in 2006 from the Punjabi music channel MH1. She’s currently working on a new Punjabi album to be released later this year.

“I am really excited and proud of being invited to this big celebration of Bhangra and this will also be my first performance ever in Canada.

I am especially looking forward to experiencing the atmosphere and meeting some of the Punjabis settled in Canada,” says Lerche.

The festival’s grand finale will be a Bhangra

competition held on Saturday, May 8, at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Eight teams from Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Calgary, Vancouver and for the first time Punjab, India will be giving it their all for a total of eight minutes each in the hopes of winning a grand prize of $5,000. They’ll be judged on their dance moves, synchronization, competitiveness and team spirit.

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MUSIC

Filling in the blanks one song at a time

■ Shari Ulrich, with special guests, Friday, May 7 at Vancouver’s St. James Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets: $23/$20 through 604-7363022 or www.roguefolk.bc.ca.

Erin McPhee emcphee@nsnews.com

SHARI Ulrich, a self-described “confessional writer,” has always worn her heart on her sleeve.

“I’ve always been very honest about what’s going on in my life. If anything, I worry sometimes about ‘too much me, not enough world,’” the Bowen Island singer/ songwriter laughs.

Ulrich has maintained this approach to writing throughout her extensive recording career, weaving the realities of her personal life into her music and it’s something she feels her fans have come to expect.

“That’s the role that I seem to play as an artist is to be honest about what’s going on and of course it’s what’s going on in so many other people’s lives as well,” she says.

“Having someone write about it or sing about it, it seems to have a very positive effect.”

Ulrich’s professional life is also very much a family affair, with her partner Bill Runge, a multi-instrumentalist and composer, and daughter Julia Graff, who plays violin as well as a host of other instruments, joining her in the studio as well as for performances.

It makes sense then that Ulrich’s thoughts on her recent reunion with her son, who she gave up for adoption when she was 16 some 42 years ago, have made their way onto her new album, Find Our Way. Not only does her son Mike Magee, a Eugene, Ore., resident, serve as inspiration for the record — for example, “By the Grace of Goodbye” is about their reunion — he’s agreed to help Ulrich bring it to the stage by playing percussion at its official launch concert, Friday, May 7 at Vancouver’s St. James Hall at 8 p.m.

Ulrich decided to seek out Magee in 2007, following a visit from her sister and one of her two sons.

“It was almost literally after they drove away to go back to Portland, that I sat down and thought, ‘I’m going to just take a little stab at this,’” she says. “So perhaps they

were linked, just that kind of desire to know who this man was that I was responsible for putting on the planet and certainly, over the years, I’ve always been curious.”

Ulrich registered on a website devoted to reuniting adopted children with their birth parents and to her surprise, a day later she had found Magee, an architect with a wife and daughter living south of the border.

“One of the many wonderful things about him is that he’s just completely open and embraced it all,” she says. “I’ve never felt that secrets were that healthy and he was raised in a family that felt the same way. Certainly his mother and I are so similar in our embracing of everything.”

Since their reunion, Ulrich and Magee have spent a lot of time together, including a trip to the Canmore Folk Festival, where Ulrich was performing with her group UHF, whose members include Bill Henderson and Roy Forbes. While there, they noticed a percussion booth and Magee suggested they check it out.

“He started playing and I was completely blown away. I could tell that he had the talent,” says Ulrich.

Later, when she was searching for a percussionist, specifically someone who could play the cajón, she floated the idea past Magee, who jumped at the chance.

“I think it’ll just be fun,” says Ulrich of the upcoming launch concert. “It’s amazing to think of all the threads that are woven through it all.”

For the performance, Ulrich and family will also be joined by long-time friends Bruce Miller and Jane Mortifee, as well as Tom Taylor, who — along with Barney Bentall — she’s recently been playing with.

Ulrich is excited for the release of Find Our Way as it’s the first time she’s produced herself.

“I certainly bounced ideas off lots of different people, but it’s the first time I’ve just sat down in my own studio and decided ‘Okay, this is it, I’m going to do this,’” she says. “So it was a tremendous adventure that way. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for 35 years. Ever since I started in music, I wanted to see what I would create if I took the reins completely myself.”

Ulrich is pleased with the result and credits all the great producers she’s worked with in the past with giving her the right tools to do so.

“From when I first discovered that music was it for me, which would have been in about 1970 I guess, I’ve just never questioned that I would do it until the day I die,” she says.

“I can’t imagine not. It’s so intertwined with being a human, it’s not really just a job, it’s my life, it’s all intertwined.”

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Nash has more to offer on new CD

■ Kate Nash — My Best Friend is You (Polydor) Rating: 8 out of 10 There is a lot more growl and less purr in this second album from London’s Kate Nash. Thirteen new songs explore a variety of musical styles. The 22-year-old singer has joined forces with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler to produce her sophomore release. Butler was at the controls for Duffy’s debut album and he adds some similar touches here using a ’60s style Wall of Sound approach with female backing vocals to enhance Nash’s material.

Since her debut album, Made of Bricks, came out Nash has toured extensively. Recently

CD REVIEWS she was performing with a punk band called the Receeders and some of that energy has been infused into her new material.

Opening numbers “Paris” and “Kiss That Girrl” are loaded with the Motown vibe and there are plenty of influences

from the Supremes to the Pipettes and Regina Spektor showing up throughout the new material. In the fast talking segment on “Don’t You Want to Share the Guilt,” Nash shares her desire to ‘just shout out loud because “I’ve got

something to say.” That desire is pushed to the limit on her expletive-laden opening rant on “Mansion Song.”

All the way to the final song, “I Hate Seagulls,” Nash’s voice is front and centre. The energetic live performance she put on at Richards on Richards when she visited Vancouver showed how much more than indie pop she had to offer. In this new CD she has found a way to inject more facets of her talent into the songs.

— Terry Peters ■ Michael Blake — Hellbent (Art and Network) Rating: 8 out of 10 Jazzman Michael Blake releases a marvelous quartet See Tuba page 21

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UNLIKE their music the Band of Skulls looked positively uninspired in concert at the Venue April 24.

■ Band of Skulls, Venue, April 24.

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FANS of Band of Skulls got their money’s worth during their recent stop to Vancouver’s Venue, but those unfamiliar with the U.K. trio looked bored and unenthused during their performance — about as bored as the band members themselves.

The crowd seemed to be lusting for more of a performance from the band. That isn’t to say Band of Skulls didn’t sound great, which they did. Like Jack White dropping in on a Black Keys jam session, vocalist Russell Marsden, bassist Emma Richardson and drummer Matt Hayward sound as cohesive as possible for a group of such small members, creating a big sound intense enough to fill a venue (no pun intended) far bigger than this.

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acclaimed Baby Darling Doll Honey Face), the group’s set was short, and that is probably for the best, as they remained standing in the same spots barely moving, with hardly a word for their audience.

Though the Venue ate up the familiar hits, including the single “Death By Diamonds And Pearls,” a garage rock kiss off, the group often looked bored and uninspired. For a band who sounds like a mix of Kings of Leon and The Raveonettes they still have much to learn about stagecraft.

In short, Band of Skulls are loud, noisy, rocky, and good.

Their sound packs a punch that I was quite familiar with from keeping their album on heavy rotation. But live, they fall short of expectations.

Though the singing itself improved when Richardson stepped in for a few tracks, their set was not much to watch.

That isn’t to say they don’t have a whole lot to work with and I’d certainly give them a second chance, but after a muchneeded break.

Tuba steps out on Hellbent’s front line From page 20 session this month featuring tuba (Marcus Rojas), trumpet (Steve Bernstein) and drums (G. Calvin Weston) with his tenor sax.

Born and raised in Vancouver, Blake has been based in New York City for many years and is thoroughly immersed in that scene. He’s a former member of The Lounge Lizards and has played with many great musicians as well as leading his own bands.

On occasion Blake has ventured far outside the jazz idiom but that is not the case with the robust Hellbent which is firmly rooted in the tradition. Employing a tuba in the rhythm section takes us back to the proto-jazz of New Orleans and as a composer, Blake

uses the low brass both in its historical context and an instrument for change. Rojas is a fine timekeeper but on most of the seven tracks he is also required to step out and dance on the front line.

Blake’s tunes themselves incorporate a lot of jazz references but his choices of covers are even more telling: Ellington’s “Wigwise” and Danish musician Kresten Osgood’s “The Two Step” are integral parts of the set while a new instrumental, post-modern workout of The Jackson Five’s “I Want You Back” serves as a closer.

Blake is taking his Hellbent quartet on the road (with violinist Charlie Burnham replacing trumpeter Steve Bernstein) including a date Sunday, May 2 at Capilano University.

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THEATRE

A portrait of an artist as a misfit lodger ■ Vincent in Brixton

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I checked for stars as I left Vincent in Brixton last week, but the sky, though interestingly ominous, was cloudy.

A little like Deep Cove Stage’s production of Nicholas Wright’s play about the years between 1873 and 1876 when Vincent van Gogh lived in London.

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Wright sets his play in a time frame when little is known about the 20-year-old van Gogh. So Wright takes the son of a rural Methodist minister, and drops him into the big city and a boarding house/prep school where “nothing is as it seems.” After that, it’s all fiction. But Wright imagines well. His Vincent is naive, but speaks from the heart — and emotional truth is part of any art. Also, just like any artist, his Vincent is an accurate observer and intuitively perceptive.

Vincent is drawn to the Loyer’s home by a chance encounter with Eugenie, a young woman with whom, for no good reason, he imagines he is in love. Well, artists-to-be are impulsive and have hard-tocontain huge feelings, don’t they?

Eugenie turns out to be “spoken for” with the other lodger in the home, Sam — who wants to be an artist rather than the house painter he is. So we get a comparison between a working-class man without talent trying to develop artistic technique and a young man whom the audience knows is an artist, but who doesn’t yet know it himself.

Vincent’s catalyst — the one who will point the way — is Eugenie’s mother, the widow Ursula who clearly is clinically depressed. In the most interesting scene of the play, Vincent, denied the opportunity to approach Eugenie, is drawn to Ursula’s loneliness, fascinated by the “darkness” of her soul. Once again the audience benefits from knowledge outside the play and acknowledges the truth of Vincent’s observation that they have “a mental affinity.”

Ann Booth’s set design is brilliant. The kitchen of the boarding house is sketched in — as if in artist’s charcoal on a

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ANDREA Brown’s Ursula and Jacob Wolpert’s Vincent are drawn to each other in Vincent In Brixton, Deep Cove Stage’s entry in the Theatre BC festival next week. hasty sketch with the life to be added later — and both she and director Judith Barkley White strictly control the use of colour (in the first scene the brightest colour is the green of the herbs and vegetables, in the second a bowl of fruit next to a painted chair). Because of Vincent’s attention, Ursula blossoms and we would know this by the colour of her costume without

Vincent’s bald statement “So now we are in love.”

Unfortunately for this production, director Barkley White allows Jacob Wolpert’s Vincent and Andrea Brown’s Ursula to connect tenderly. It might even be romantically for many. What’s missing is passion: the build to it, and the explosion of it. Without it, the fourth scene, already the

weakest in terms of Wright’s structure, can’t succeed.

Great support from Nick Murphy as Sam the common man and Sarah Kate Devlin as Anna van Gogh, the voice of morality made stolid as a clog.

The projections are too small and oddly placed, and become almost as annoying as Wright’s arty portents. The final one is all that’s needed.

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Finding a fashionable balance Mom provides trendy, age appropriate tween clothing Manisha Krishnan mkrishnan@nsnews.com

WHEN Elena Grant’s daughter Sofia hit the age of nine, she started complaining about the lack of fashionable clothing available for kids her age.

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“She hated going to school and seeing other kids that were wearing the exact same thing. Particularly, she didn’t like the fact that her cousins who were quite a bit younger, could buy the exact same things that she could buy,” says Grant, a Montroyal area resident.

But at the same time Sofia wasn’t quite old enough to start shopping at stores like Aritzia and Hollister.

So the mother-daughter pair struck a compromise — they decided to head south of the border annually in search of trendy, age appropriate clothing.

“We’d get her completely outfitted and she’d be happy, I’d be happy and it was a lot of fun but every time I went down I thought ‘Why can’t we have this kind of stuff in Canada?’”

Thus, last April she came up with the idea for Sofiabella (www.sofiabella.ca) — a website that sources out fresh and funky clothes for the tween market, creating a one-stop shop for tweens across the country.

“It has to be very good quality; it has to be comfortable, stylish, age appropriate, well priced and just offer really high value to my customers,” says Grant, adding she tries to support North American companies as much as possible.

Lines such as Fluxus, T-bags and Signorelli are among her top sellers.

For spring, Grant has selected a variety of dressy frocks — perfect for Grade 7 graduation — as well as jeggings, tunics and graphic tees.

“All my graphic tees . . . have a positive message on them. They’re just really inspirational and positive messages for the girls to wear like ‘Be as you are’ or ‘Today is the first day of the rest of your life,’” says Grant, adding the same holds true for many of the accessories sold on the site.

Part of the reason Grant says she started Sofiabella was to get away from provocative and inappropriate styles of clothing often seen on young girls today.

“They’re at this age where they’re just sort of figuring things out, figuring out who they want to be and they’re so highly influenced by the images and messages that are coming at them from the media,” she explains.

“Young girls are growing up with this idea that it’s not substance and achievement that matter, it’s outward beauty and overt sexuality that get you fame.”

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“I don’t want to pigeonhole these girls and limit their imagination; I want them to dream of possibility and realize that their potential is limitless.”

Zahra Mamdani, owner of Wear Else, is a fan of Grant’s mission and the pair of them have teamed up for the Mums and Little Ladies fashion show at the store’s Fourth Avenue location in Vancouver next week.

Sofiabella and Redfish Children’s clothing (another North Shore-based clothing company) will supply threads for the girls while Wear Else will make sure moms are looking good. “It’s just a chance for moms and daughters to come out and have some fun together,” says Grant.

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WV teen vies for Miss World Canada crown

A West Vancouver woman is hoping to wear the title of Miss World Canada when the pageant comes to town next week.

Sherry Shahrzad Jobani, 19, will join 32 other contestants May 7 on stage at the Chandos Pattison Theatre in Surrey for the official preliminary to the international competition.

Contestants will be judged on their initiatives to promote the pageant and

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Jobani, who attended Chartwell and Sentinel schools and is in her second year of sciences at UBC, says she entered the competition because she likes fundraising

and loves the idea of helping others. “Having that title will really give me a platform for my voice to be heard,” she said.

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LOOK fashion file Trunk Show: Cecile Bénac will showcase her spring collection (hand knit and designed in Vancouver) this Saturday, May 1, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Orquidea, 1441 Bellevue Ave., West Vancouver. For spring, the knitwear designer has created washed linen layering pieces such as shawls, tunics and capes in seaside colours of flax, aqua and French blue. Receive a scarf free with sweater purchase. This special event will feature additional stock and an opportunity to special order. Reservations: orquidea@shaw.ca.

Jewels for A Cause, a fashion accessory extravaganza, will take place on Thursday, May 27, 7-10 p.m. at Hollyburn Country Club, West Vancouver. Proceeds will be donated to Kidsport Canada.

Admission: $10, includes two glasses of wine and appetizers.

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Friday, April 30, 2010 - North Shore News - A29

Daughter-andmother artists Elodie Ellingsen, left, and her mother, Vange Brossard are ready for their upcoming exhibition.

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A30 - North Shore News - Friday, April 30, 2010

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You can’t overdo the hugs

NORTH Vancouver resident Julia Lawn is mom to Harry Crerar; age 8; Philippa Crerar, age 6 and Isla Crerar, age 2.

What is your favourite memory of your own mom growing up?

Although my mother (Sandra S. Lawn), worked full time — more than full time probably — she always managed to take a day off when I had a Pro-D day. We

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JULIA Lawn spends time in the backyard with her kids, from left: Isla, 2; Philippa, 6; and Harry, 8. She hopes she brings some of the same patience and care to her parenting that her own mom had with her.

Are you similar to your mom in any way?

I look a lot like her; I strive to be as patient as she is; and I hope I have at least some of her work ethic.

We also both really enjoy dessert.

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When I was a young child and teenager, it was definitely working in the kitchen. She is a great cook and she had the foresight to pique our interest in cooking very early on by encouraging us to try any recipe that looked enticing.

I vividly remember making jello with her, when I must have been only 4 or 5 years old, standing on a kitchen chair. By the time I was in high school I was a capable cook and enjoyed fancy baking (back to that love of desserts).

It was a life skill, but it was also a hobby, a treat, and a great way to spend time together. We would often sing or make up rhymes while we worked, which made it fairly hilarious, at least for an 11year-old.

Do you parent the same way your mom did?

I think so. My mother’s role as a full-time mother and career person, must have been a huge balancing act for her in the days when it was

mandated that children would go home for lunch if they lived within walking distance of the school.

Although I often had to let myself in and start the meal, she always turned up to check in on me and we ate together, even if she had something important going on at the office.

I liked it that I knew she was there for me when I needed her, even as I appreciated, from a very young age, that her job was important to her as well.

I think that I have brought this to my own parenting style: I hope that I fully engage with my kids when I am with them, and I hope they know — or will someday know — that being good at my job helps to make me who I am.

What has parenting taught you?

That there can never be too many hugs and kisses, and that sometimes all you need is a bit of something chocolatey.

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Creative sparks fly between mom and daughter Benjamin Alldritt balldritt@nsnews.com

WEST Vancouver’s Silk Purse Arts Centre is marking this year’s Mothers’ Day with a joint mother and daughter exhibition, You’re the Song in My Art.

Longtime West Vancouverite and versatile artist Vange Brossard will be joined at the Silk Purse by her daughter Elodie Ellingsen, who flew in from her home in England with a suitcase full of her own paintings.

“My works are rather small this time,” laughed Ellingsen.

Brossard, who lives in her studio on nearby Marine Drive, has picked up numerous awards for her diverse pieces.

“I paint everything. I paint in acrylic, watercolours and I do some sculpture,” she said.

“The original thought for the show was ‘Women,’” she said.

“But then it was changed to go with Mother’s Day. My work is quite political. I do a lot about what’s going on in the world. I’m a news junkie. One of my paintings is a lady with a barrel with a fire in it and the title is “Mother? Daughter?”

Brossard’s portion of the show also includes an abstract piece titled Fourteen Daughters, which commemorates the murder of 14 women at Montreal’s École Polytechnique in 1989.

Beside her mother’s harder-edged themes, Ellingsen says her work is “more family-oriented.”

“It’s more from a personal perspective, maybe a more selfish perspective, what I think about things or feel about them,” she said.

One of Ellingsen’s pieces is a monochromatic acrylic and ink image of a small cloth and a woman’s hand holding a photograph.

“That’s an actual photograph of my grandmother and I collaged in, so that’s three generations of us,” said Ellingsen.

While Brossard works full-time as an artist, Ellingsen has taken a different path, building a successful career in computer security.

But despite their contrasting lifestyles and artistic styles, the two women still strike creative sparks when they reunite.

“I’ve lived with my mother’s work all my life, so there are certain tendencies to try things I’ve seen work in my mom’s work.

For me it’s extremely stimulating to be around someone who’s creative and all I have to do is come over. Because my mom lives in her studio, there’s paintings everywhere, it starts all the juices flowing and you just get this urge to work, which is what a lot of people say when they come to visit. It makes them want to go and paint,” said Ellingsen.

“I see Elodie in all her paintings, because I know her mind.

She’s very strong in her work. It’s very individual. And it’s such a pleasure to work together,” Brossard said.

You’re the Song in My Art opens May 4 at 6 p.m. and runs until May 16. Call 604-925-7292 for details. The Silk Purse is located at 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver.

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ELODIE Ellingsen, left, brought a suitcase of her own paintings to show alongside the work of her mother, West Vancouver artist Vange Brossard for You’re the Song in My Art, opening May 4 at The Silk Purse.

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So, instead of buying your mom a new scarf or jewelry, you can honor her by purchasing a $24 safe birthing kit for a refugee mother, which includes vital supplies for a safe home delivery in a conflict zone, plus a blanket and clothing for a newborn.

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Giving your child a loving start

WEST Vancouver resident Reema Faris, mom to Luc, eight years old.

What is your favourite memory of your mom growing up?

When I had Luc, my Mom, Yulanda Faris, was actually out of the country because her father had been hospitalized.

Luc was born on a Thursday, I went home on the Saturday, and Mom was back

by Sunday.

For that first week, she did all my grocery shopping for me — I live on my own — and cooked the best meals each night for dinner at my house.

My Dad would join us for the meal, I’d eat like a queen, they helped me with Luc, and Mom did all the clean up.

That support got me through that first week.

After that, she’d stop by with goodies for the fridge.

One of the things she picked up for me were the fresh giant lychees which I grew to adore.

Nine years later, spotting the lychees when they first pop up in the produce stores, always make me think of that first week at home and the way my Mom took care of me so I could take care of Luc. Are you similar to your mom in any way?

Oh, I hope not! Just kidding. We love the arts passionately, I seem to have inherited her gene for volunteering, and we both love to cook for our family.

What’s the best advice your mom gave you?

Whatever it was, I probably ignored it.

What is your favourite activity to do with your mom?

Going out for a lovely dinner, going to the theatre, or attending an event at the Vancouver International

REEMA Faris, left, with her son Luc, relied on her mom Yulanda (at right) to help out when she first became a mother herself.

Faris says parenting is teaching her patience and gave her renewed appreciation for how well her mom cared for her when she was a child.

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Cooking together or collaborating on a meal is always fun, and we do travel well together.

Do you parent the same way your mom did?

Yes and no.

Circumstances and approaches to parenting are so different today. We moved a lot when we were younger and I can’t imagine hauling kids and households across oceans the way my mother did.

She had no help for much of our early childhood and into my teens. She made breakfast for us, packed our school lunches, cooked dinner (did you notice the emphasis on food in my family?), made sure the house was spotless, even when she started to work outside of the home.

Eventually she was able to call on some help, but my sisters and I were very, very fortunate that she tended to us as wonderfully as she did.

Does your mom take a different approach with your son than she did with

you?

I think my mom is able to enjoy her grandchildren in a different way than she engaged with my sisters and I as a parent. It’s just different and that just reflects the changes of the years and so many factors — it’s hard to pin down in a sentence or two!

What has parenting taught you?

I’d like to think it’s teaching me patience. My son said to me the other day, “Mama, it’s hard been an adult isn’t it?” I didn’t know if that was in response to my irritability or based on his general observations of life around him.

Being a parent is tough.

There are no magic answers, there are no clear paths.

I think we try our best and as long as we love and we nurture and we’re kind, our children will have the best shot at living their best lives.

What’s the one piece of advice you would like to give your own kids?

Relax

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Quartetto Gelato: A group of multi-talented masters of many instruments, that can make anyone feel at home with classical music, Wednesday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $16/$30/$32.

The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts: 777 Homer St., Vancouver. Tickets: Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444 or www.ticketmaster.ca.

Deep Cove Coffee House: at St. Clare-in-the-Cove, 1384 Deep Cove Rd., North Vancouver. Info: lindabates@ shaw.ca or 604-929-4019.

Deep Cove Shaw Theatre: 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Info and reservations: 604-929-3200 or www.DeepCoveStage.com.

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church: 1110 Gladwin Dr., North Vancouver.

The North Shore Registered Music Teachers Association Annual Music Festival: Concerts will be performed May 5-7 at 7 p.m. Admission at the door: $10/$5. Info: Alice, 604-987-1067 or Diana, 604929-1592.

Hillside Baptist Church: 870 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver.

Going Places: A benefit concert, for the SAGE house and the North Shore Crisis Services Society, with Valda Mars on piano, Monday, May 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $10.

Info: 778-554-6277 or www. valdamars.com.

Kay Meek Centre: 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver.

Tickets: www.kaymeekcentre.

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WINDSOR secondary student Madison Killough commutes to Carson Graham to participate in a special lunch hour program, the Artists For Kids Studio Art Academy, put together by the North Vancouver School District in conjunction with AFK. Seymour Art Gallery’s latest exhibit, Deconstruction Sight, displays some of the work done by students involved in the program. The show runs until May 2.

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Choral Waves Gala Concert: Bringing together many of the best a cappella singers in the province, Saturday, May 1, 7 p.m. Tickets: $10/$15.

Odlum Brown Next Generation Series: Violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist Robert Kulek will perform, Sunday, May 2 at 3

2 PM Sunday May 2, 2010 Mt. Seymour United Church 1200 Parkgate North Vancouver

The West Coast Symphony and Maestro Yariv Aloni with Soloist Violinist Nancy DiNovo Present

Nielsen, Overture to Maskarade Bartok, Violin Concerto #2 Mendelssohn, Symphony #5 (Reformation)

p.m. Pre-concert talk: 2:15 p.m. Tickets: $48.

OneNight for 1Day: Youth performers are coming together to help raise funds for education in Ethiopia, Tuesday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets; $20.

Amplifier: A benefit concert by the West Vancouver Youth Band, for the Kids Help Phone, Friday, May 7, 7 p.m. Tickets: $5/$10.

Lonsdale Quay Market: 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver.

Mariachi Festival: The market will celebrate Mexican culture, Saturday, May 8, 2 p.m. at the Waterfront Plaza. There will be four Mariachi bands performing a free concert.

Mount Seymour United Church: 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver.

Vancouver to Vienna: The North Shore Chorus will perform a musical road trip, Saturday, May 8, 7:30 p.m. Admission: $15/$12/$5. Tickets: 604-983-6444, ext. 137 or at the door.

Info: www.nschorus.com.

Presentation House Theatre: 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Box office: 604-990-3474 or www.phtheatre.org.

Queen Elizabeth Theatre Playhouse: Hamilton at Georgia, Vancouver. Tickets: Ticketmaster, 604-280-4444 or www. ticketmaster.ca.

Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre: 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver. Info: 604-224-6201.

Silk Purse Arts Centre: 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Info and reservations: 604-925-7292 or www.silkpurse.ca.

Pastoral England: Guitarist Michael Strutt performs folkloric, modernist and contemporary English works, Tuesday , May 4, 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $12/$10.

A Russian Romance: Pianist Victoria Smus performs Chopin, Scribian and Prokofiev, Thursday, May 6, 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $12/$10.

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Ladies First: A Mother’s Day celebration concert with violinist Jocelyn Pettit , jazz pianist Peter Vanderhorst and vocalists from ReVive, Sunday, May 9, 2:30 p.m. Tickets: $12/$10.

St. Andrew’s United Church: 1044 St. Georges St., North Vancouver. Info: 604-985-0408 or www.st-andrews-united.ca.

Venetian Mosaic with Laudate Singers and Guests: A glorious mosaic of works by Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Lotti, Carissimi and Caldara, Friday, May 14, 8 p.m. Tickets: $30/$35 available at www.laudatesingers.com, 17 years and younger free with advance reservation.

West Vancouver United Church: 2062 Esquimalt Ave., West Vancouver.

Heroes and Villains: Presented by the Pacific Spirt Choir, an electric mix of choruses and solos depicting the larger than life characters, sinister and sweet, from today’s favourite musicals, Saturday, May 15, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $18/$20.

THEATRE Capilano University Performing Arts Theatre: 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Box Office: 604-990-7810 or www. capilanou.ca.

Little Voices: A SEVA Canada fundraiser, written an preformed

by Lucas Foss, directed by Scott Swan, Thursday, May 27, 8 p.m.

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Centennial Theatre: 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Box office: 604-984-4484 or www.centennialtheatre.com.

Deep Cove Shaw Theatre: 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver.

Info and tickets: 604-929-3200 or www.deepcovestage.com.

Vincent in Brixton: A drama based on the life of Vincent van Gogh, Wednesdays-Saturdays, until May 1 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $15/$13.

Festival of Plays: May 3, Vincent in Brixton; May 4, Seycove Drama Festival winner and Bloppera; May 5, Three Days of Rain; May 6, A Bench in the Sun; May 7, Independence and May 8, entertainment followed by presentation of awards and closing night party. All performances are at 8 p.m. Tickets: $17/ $15 for a single show or a weekly pass for $90/$72.

Kay Meek Centre: 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Info and tickets: www.kaymeekcentre.com. or 604-913-3634.

A Bench in the Sun: A comedy about three friends who join forces to prevent their retirement home from being closed, May 1 at 8

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CALENDAR From page 36 p.m. Tickets: 20/$18.

Presentation House Theatre: 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Tickets and info: 604-990-3474 or www. phtheatre.org.

Ruddigore: The North Shore Light Opera Society presents this comic story of timeless love and a witch’s curse, Wednesdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., until May 1. Tickets: $25-$29.

Plan B: Sea Theatre in association with Third Street Theatre Series. A comedy about meetings to negotiate the departure of Quebec from Canada, May 13-29, at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. and a paywhat-you-can preview on May 13. Tickets: $22/28, Tuesdays, are two for one.

Grand Theft Improv: An improv sketch show that uses audiences suggestions to create 90 minutes of stories, scenes, songs and comedic chaos, every Sunday at 7 p.m. Tickets: $10.

Sentinel Secondary School Theatre: 1250 Chartwell Dr., West Vancouver.

Silk Purse Arts Centre: 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver.

Sutherland Church: 630 East 19th St., North Vancouver Info: 604-731-5518 or www. pacifictheatre.org.

Side Show: A comedy with chaos, May 14-15 at 8 p.m.

Tickets: $17-$34.

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Planet protectors NORTH Shore residents engaged in a number of activities related to Earth Day. At right, Branwyn Kemp, of Favourite, holds a purse made of recycled leather, while Saje’s Kyla Rawlinsdemonstratesthe use of a stress-relieving roller during Lonsdale Quay’s celebrations April 22. At far right Captain Cedardale and sidekick Terra (Gianni Fairbrother and Nicole Seward) help their École Cedardale classmates put the finishing touches on an eco-friendly art installation using cardboard boxes as part of their school’s Earth Day programming. At lower right, Gleneagles elementary students Liam Wharton, Nia Martay and Lara Gillatt participate in Zero Waste Lunch Day with the support of Amanda Vantol, community programs co-ordinator of the North Shore Recycling Program.

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GREEN enviro events

Puddle Project — Communities Mapping Wetlands: Learn about the ecology and functions of wetlands, Saturday, May 8, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Gleneagles Community Centre, 6262 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Individuals will also learn how to use global positioning system technology to help map wetlands. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion. Dress for the elements. Fee: $25. Registration: 1-888-881-2293, ext.

232 or wetlands@bcwf.bc.ca.

Cool North Shore Drinks: Monthly gatherings with interesting, edgy and engaging dialogue about sustainability issues every third Thursday (except June, July and August). Hosted

by Legacy North Shore Society.

Info: info@coolnorthshore.ca.

Free Eco-Tours: Study the rich heritage and unique natural resources of the West Coast.

These walking tours, some available in Mandarin, are designed to educate and promote healthy living. Explore your own back-

yard with Joseph Lin. Info: 604327-8693 or www.greenclub. bc.ca.

London Drugs Recycling Program: London Drugs will recycle packaging, including Styrofoam, cellphones, batteries, disposable cameras, toner cartridges, film canisters, plastic bags, pop bottles and cans, electrical and electronic goods, small appliances, compact fluorescent bulbs and light tubes up to four inches. Products purchased at

London Drugs will be recycled free of charge. For items not purchased at London Drugs, a recycling fee will apply. Info: www.greendeal.ca. Locations: 875 Park Royal North, West Vancouver, 604-448-4844 and 2032 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, 604- 448-4805.

Mattress Recycling: Dispose of your unwanted mattresses and box springs by dropping them off Saturdays anytime between noon and 3 p.m. at 2337 Old Dollarton Rd., North

Vancouver. Weekday drop off by appointment. Mattresses and boxsprings in good condition are donated to people in need and all others are dismantled with more than 90 per cent of the materials being reused. Fee: $12 per mattress, $10 per boxspring, five or more, $10 per unit. Information and appointments call 604-984-9273 or visit www.mattressrecycling.ca.

and yard. The City of North Vancouver is selling indoor and outdoor water conservation kits. Kits are available at the City of North Vancouver municipal hall, 141 West 14th St., at a cost of $10 to city residents and $18 or $26 for non-city residents. Info: 604983-7334 or www.cnv.org.

— Compiled by Pamela Stone and Debbie Caldwell

Save Water Indoors and Out: Reduce domestic water consumption in your home

E-mail information for your nonprofit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@nsnews.com.

North Shore Streamkeepers will hold their next meeting, Tuesday, May 11, 7:30 p.m. at District Municipal Hall, 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Everyone is welcome to come and volunteer. Info: www.nssk.ca.

Sustainable Products Expo: EPIC the Vancouver Sun Sustainable Living Expo, a lifestyle consumer tradeshow and eco-marketplace, is back for its fourth year at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Friday May 28, 1-8 p.m., Saturday May 29, 11 a.m.–7 p.m. and Sunday May 30, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Tickets: $7/$15. Info: www.epicvancouver.com.

Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup: Registration is now open for this event which takes place Sept. 18-26 across the country. Canadians are invited to become conservation champions by taking an active role in cleaning up a shoreline in their community. Info and registration: 1-877-427-2422 or www.shorelinecleanup.ca.

Celebrate an Eco Birthday: Birthday parties are available at Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre at 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver, on weekends from 1 to 3 p.m. or weekday afternoons by request. Choose from five wild themes and learn about insects, dinosaurs, the temperate rainforest, food chains and creatures in the creek. Cost: $85. Best suited for kids aged four to nine. For more information, phone 604-990-3754.

Community Recycling Depot: Do you want to recycle more?

Take all products (such as Styrofoam, vinyl, flower pots and electronics) not accepted by the Blue Box program to Presentation House, 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver, on the third Saturday of every month, from 9 a.m. to noon. Donations go toward recycling costs and to programs at the theatre.

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Return your empty beverage containers from now until July 1st and enter to win an Adventure Essentials prize package including a 6-person tent, camping chairs, a cooler and more! Every depot has a winner so the more often you Return-It here, the more chances you have to win! Visit return-it.ca • 1-800-330-9767

North Vancouver Return-It & Bottle Depot 310 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver Ph: 604-924-3889 Open Mon-Sat 8am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4pm

No purchase necessary. Open only to BC residents age 19 or over. Limit one entry per person and per household per day.

Contest closes July 1st, 2010. For full contest details, visit return-it.ca

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CALENDAR From page 37 DANCE Kay Meek Performing Arts Centre: 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Box office: 604-913-3634 or www.kaymeekcentre.com.

Movers and Shakers A Dancer’s Celebration a culmination of a year’s work in dance, by the students at Collingwood School, Friday, April 30, 8 p.m. Art’s and Craft sale to benefit the Mully Children’s Family Mission will start at 7 p.m. Tickets: $5/$10/$20.

CLUBS AND PUBS Beans on Lonsdale: 1804 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-985-2326. Live music every Thursday, 8 p.m.

Brewster’s Coffee: 2436 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Info: 604-925-9820.

The Bridge Between Pub: 1970 Spicer Rd., North Vancouver.

Info: 604-924-1834. Live music every night.

The Eagles Club Starlight Room: 170 West Third St., North Vancouver.

Ten Suns will celebrate the release of their new EP, Just Sing On, Friday, April 30, 8 p.m.-midnight. Tickets at the door: $10 or $5 with a non-perishable food donation for the Harvest Project.

Jack Lonsdale’s Pub: 1433 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-986-7333.

Live music every Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m.

Joe Fortes Restaurant: 777 Thurlow St., Vancouver. Adam Woodall plays every Saturday and Sunday, 1-3 p.m.

La Zuppa: 1544 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-9866556.

SFU Philosophers’ Cafe: Fiesta Flamenco every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, tapas and wine, 6:30 p.m., music, 8:30 p.m.

Legion #118: 123 West 15th St., North Vancouver.

The LW Club: 1515 Barrow St., North Vancouver. Info: 604253-7141 or www.lynnwoodinn.com. Doors: 9 p.m.

Open mic every Wednesday hosted by White Lies.

Memphis Blues: 1629 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-929-3699. Live blues every weekend.

Ocean Club Restaurant and Lounge: 105-100 Park Royal, West Vancouver. Info: 604-926-2326.

Live jazz every Tuesday, 7 p.m.; live DJ Thursday to Sunday, 11 p.m.-3 a.m. The Adam Woodall Band performs every Wednesday from 9 p.m. to midnight.

Queens Cross Pub: 2989 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: www.queenscross.com.

Rusty Gull: 175 East First St., North Vancouver.

Live music every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; Mostly Marley performs every Sunday, 7 p.m.

Solo Show: Thursday, May 13, 7:30 p.m., Jam Night to follow untill 11 p.m.

Sailor Hagar’s Brew Pub: 235 West First St., North Vancouver.

Info: 604-984-3087. Live music every Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m.1 a.m. Saltaire Restaurant: 235 15th St., West Vancouver.

Live local jazz every Thursday. Taylor’s Crossing: 1035 Marine Dr., North Vancouver. Info: 604-986-7899.

Magician every Friday and Sunday, 5 p.m. Children are welcome.

Waves Coffee House: 3050 Mountain Highway, North Vancouver.

The Celtic Medley String Player’s Showcase comes to Waves the first Saturday of every month, 8-10 p.m. Free. Anyone interested in performing can phone Doug Medley at 604-985-5646.

Wired Bean: 102-200 West Esplanade, North Vancouver.

Info: 604-904-1319 or www.myspace.com/wiredbeanshowcase.

Live acoustic music Saturdays at 8 p.m. Admission by donation.

OTHER EVENTS Capilano University Performing Arts Theatre: 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. Box office: 604-990-7810 or www. capilanou.ca/theatre.

An Evening with Albert Maysles: Maysles Brothers retrospective moderated by Katherine Monk, Saturday, May 1, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Admission: $10/$5.

Lynn Valley Library: 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver.

North Shore Spring Arts Festival: A free community event at the Lynn Valley Village in the Library Square, that will host a celebration of the performing and visual arts, as well as literature on the North Shore, Saturday, May 15, noon-4 p.m.

Music for Spring: By the Ambleside Orchestra, Thursday, May 13, 7:15-8:30 p.m.

SFU Philosophers’ Cafe: Everyone is welcome to join this discussion with moderator Mark Battersby, Tuesday, May 18, 7 p.m.

Topic: Are there any real miracles? Could we ever know if there are?

Admission: $5. Info: 604-984-0286, ext. 8144.

West Vancouver Community Centre: 2121 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604-925-7270.

North Shore Artists Guild Spring Art Show and Sale: View over 300 painting, Saturday, May 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: www.nsartists. ca.

— Compiled by Pamela Stone and Debbie Caldwell E-mail information for your North Shore event to listings@nsnews.com.

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VIOLINIST Augustin Hadelich, gold medalist at the 2006 International Violin Competition in Indianapolis, performs with pianist Robert Kulek at the Kay Meek Centre, Sunday, May 2 at 3 p.m. The duo will play works of Beethoven, Poulenc, Prokofiev and Ysaÿe with a pre-concert talk set for 2:15 p.m. Tickets for the Vancouver Recital Society concert are available at the box office (604-913-3634).

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AMERICAN Memphis Blues Barbeque House

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Award winning authentic Southern BBQ, slow cooked until succulent & delicious! Extensive wine & bourbon bar available.

Live blues Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.Two big screen TV’s to catch all the games.

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Food and service that will blow you away.Tons of TVs for all your sports action. Steak & Prawn Thursday. Prime Rib Fridays.

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Restaurant and Lounge Miami Beach glamour and West Coast warmth all wrapped up in one sexy package. Casual Fine Dining, Pacific Northwest Cuisine, crafted cocktails, extensive wine list, open until 3:00am Friday-Sunday. Closed for lunch. Free parking after 6:00pm. No minors.

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French classic bistro with attitudefree dining.

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Gunless takes dead aim at Western cliches

Paul Gross plays the Montana Kid as a crossborder gunslinger “AMERICA is angry!” screamed the cover headline on last week’s Maclean’s.

What with Tea Party protests and charges that we are all socialists north of the border, a film celebrating — and lampooning — Canada/U.S. brotherhood is certainly apt.

Reel Life With tongue planted firmly in his cheek, Gunless Julie Crawford writer/director William Phillips (Treed Murray) delivers a western upended: what happens when an American fugitive challenges an unarmed man to a gunfight?

And who better to play the Montana Kid than Paul Gross, known for such slices of Canadian culture as the recent First World War epic Passchendaele, the curling flick Men With Brooms, and the benchmark series Due South (which, by the way, still attracts enough fans to inspire an annual convention)?

“I had always thought it would be fun to do a western,” says Gross, doing interviews from a deck overlooking Vancouver.

He points out that the western “is basically a genre that was invented by eastern European immigrants in Hollywood. It has nothing to do with real history and definitely nothing to do with ours.”

Until now, of course. Phillips was hooked on the genre from the moment he watched his first western, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. And as a Canadian, Phillips didn’t want to pretend that B.C.’s arid Okanagan was somewhere else, say, New Mexico.

So he started to play with what he considers the iconic elements of the western genre: the gunslinger, the woman struggling to make it on her own. “I pulled them north of the 49th parallel, and suddenly the rules didn’t apply anymore,” he says via phone from Vancouver.

On the run, the notorious Montana Kid finds himself north See Production page 45

photo submitted

CANADIAN actor Paul Gross says he can now add “gunslinger” to his resume of useless skills. The comedy, shot in B.C., opens today at Park & Tilford Cineplex.

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Portable equipment streamlined process From page 13

I would drop the word “length” and just use the word “feature” documentary.

It was probably the first of that kind of film. Up to that point there were featurelength documentaries but not features.

grant from Time-Life — something like a million dollars — to develop a camera and sound system where there was no connection between the two but both camera and tape recorder were in perfect synchronization. And the camera ran 10 minutes of film rather than three.

This equipment allowed a two-person crew to tell what’s going on. We didn’t need a vast crew of people with tripods and God knows what else. You didn’t need a narrator or a host to explain — the material explained itself.

North Shore News: What was the first film where viewers could see this process at work?

Albert Maysles: The first film I made with these other guys (Robert Drew, Richard Leacock and D. A. Pennebaker) was called Primary on the 1960 (Wisconsin primary) between Kennedy and Humphrey.

The camera was based on an Auricon camera but we built the camera in such a fashion that it was balanced on the shoulder so that you could hold it for a long time and keep it very steady.

North Shore News: Did you have to change your approach for feature documentaries?

Albert Maysles: No, the approach was the same. It was strictly observational but filming a subject that could have that kind of depth and length (was new).

North Shore News: How long was the shoot for Salesman?

Albert Maysles: Six weeks.

Same with Grey Gardens. photo submitted

THE Maysles brothers were introduced to “Little Edie” Beale and her mother “Big Edie” by Lee Radzwill as part of a proposed biographical film project. Radziwill lost interest but the filmmakers continued to film her eccentric relatives. The finished work, Grey Gardens (1976), will be screened tonight and tomorrow night at Pacific Cinémathèque as part of the Maysles retrospective.

North Shore News: Once you had that new equipment as part of your repertoire how did you and your brother get established as filmmakers?

Albert Maysles: That film established us as documentary filmmakers but then we also made a film called Showman

about a Hollywood producer.

In 1963 we made the film with Orson Welles. In 1964 we got a call from Granada Television in England saying The Beatles are arriving in two hours would you like to make a film with them? Off we went to the airport in time to see

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Granada cut their own version and we cut ours.

North Shore News: What was Welles like to work with?

Albert Maysles: Very easy and very interesting. I remember he wanted to make a film with us, the idea being to use documentary techniques with him in charge, but letting a lot of things happen on their own. He called these happenings “divine accidents” and that’s sort of the principle upon which we make all of our films.

Reality isn’t something you can control, or try to, in making a documentary film. It’s only real if you let it happen on its own and so Welles wanted to combine that sort of thing with his own talents.

North Shore News: JeanLuc Godard was another man with very definite ideas about cinema.

Albert Maysles: He set everything up (on Paris vu par). It was a fiction film but he didn’t allow me to know anything about what was about to take place.

I was brought to the scene and filmed it as I would something real not knowing what’s coming up next. And that worked out just beautifully. I would recommend that many a feature film be made that way.

Unfortunately even the great feature films are made with two shots, close-ups and it all becomes kind of choppy, not the way we really experience things. With me not knowing what was coming up next it made for a continuous shot.

North Shore News: Was Salesman your first featurelength documentary?

North Shore News: Was distribution a consideration when you made Salesman?

Albert Maysles: We were determined to show it in movie theatres but none of the distributors were used to showing documentaries so they weren’t interested. We had to raise some money so we could show it in a theatre and the reviews and publicity helped us to distribute it further.

North Shore News: What was it like working with the Stones? You shot them on tour in 1969 but also watching the film and commenting on the footage in the editing process.

Were they co-operative?

Albert Maysles: They said they’d like to see some of the footage once we’d got it processed and so we thought this is great — we’ll show them footage and film them at the same time. That helped in the structure of the film as it was being edited. They were co-operative in every way.

North Shore News: How did you get out of Altamont?

Albert Maysles: I don’t remember that well enough.

I remember coming in on the helicopter but I don’t remember going out on it but I must have.

North Shore News: It must have been a surreal situation.

There were 300,000 people there but by the time the Stones came on it was dark and the film focuses on the few on stage or immediately around it.

Albert Maysles: Exactly.

We started out thinking we wanted to make something more than a concert film, but just what that more would be we had no idea.

North Shore News: How did the Grey Gardens project come about?

Albert Maysles: We got a call one day from Lee Radziwill, Jackie Onassis’ sister, whose boyfriend was Peter Beard, the photographer, and she

had heard of us from Peter.

She wanted to make a documentary of her childhood in East Hampton and he suggested us. She came to us with a list of things that should be filmed. Item number 34 her eccentric aunt and cousin, the two women.

We began filming these various events and several days into the filming she got a call from young Edie saying the two of them were in trouble with the Board of Health and could she come and help out.

We went along with her and filmed some of that scene and it developed such that (Radziwill) lost interest in her own project and we found interest in the two women.

A couple of months later we filmed the two women in Grey Gardens and spent six weeks with them.

North Shore News: Your classic works are all in 16mm but now you work with digital equipment.

Albert Maysles: Once I switched to digital I stuck with it so that’s what I do now.

It’s all digital. Once the video equipment began to look good we switched to it.

North Shore News: What’s the difference for you?

Albert Maysles: The way of filming is the same but it’s so much more economical.

You don’t have the burden of shooting for only 10 minutes before you have to change magazines. The tape will allow you to go for a full hour without stopping at any particular time.

The equipment is much lighter. The camera has within it sound so sound and picture are in one device. All kinds of advantages make it obsolete to go to film. Of course we have high definition and Sony’s talking about coming out with a 3D camera.

North Shore News: What do you think about 3D? Albert Maysles: I haven’t seen it. It may be some kind of advance but not as significant as the high definition.

North Shore News: You’ve worked with a number of editors on your films — what is their role in the process?

Albert Maysles: Very important. So important we give them equal directing credit which is something I don’t know if anybody else does. So you’ll see for example Gimme Shelter co-directed by my brother, myself and Charlotte Zwerin who edited, as she did Salesman also.

We think the camera and the editing are of vital importance enough so that those people should get director’s credits. In fact the word director is something that is a little bit strange for a documentary. Filmmaker is much more acceptable.

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Documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles along with his late brother and collaborator David Maysles, was one of the pioneering and pre-eminent figures in an American school of observational, cinéma vérité-

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The movement, which first emerged in the late 1950s and 1960s, sought to capture, in objective, unobtrusive, fly-on-the-wall fashion, life as it unfolds; its other prominent practitioners include Robert Drew, Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker and Frederick Wiseman.

Mr. Maysles will be in attendance on Friday, April 30 for a presentation of two of his most celebrated and controversial films, Gimme Shelter (1970) and Grey Gardens (1976). As a bonus, the presentation of Gimme Shelter will also include Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! (1969-2009), featuring rare footage shot during the making of Gimme Shelter. He will appear for a Q&A after Friday’s 7 p.m. screening of Gimme Shelter plus Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! and will remain on hand to introduce the 9:40 pm screening of Grey Gardens.

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Production built town from scratch just outside Osoyoos From page 43

of the border, in sparsely populated Barclay’s Brush. The first thing he does is get into a scuffle with a local over his horse. The Kid challenges Jack (Tyler Mane) to a gunfight.

But there’s a problem: Jack doesn’t own a gun.

Determined to follow the gunslinger code, the Kid asks around. Lovely and independent Jane (Sienna Guillory) has a gun: she’ll lend it to him if he’ll help her with some chores out at her ranch.

Much fish-out-of-water hilarity ensues as the Kid and Jane forge a relationship while the code, a jealous mountie (Dustin Milligan), and a U.S. bounty hunter (Callum Keith Rennie) interfere.

Perhaps the biggest reason Gross signed on to play the Montana Kid was the chance to film in wine country and relax between takes.

It was cathartic for the actor to move to lighter fare after the rigors of Passchendaele, which Gross wrote, produced, directed and starred in. “If you’re just acting there’s nice period of time in between scenes when you can hang out and tell dumb jokes.”

Gross tried Sea-D ooing for the first time, and had a ball riding his horse from base camp to set. Some members of the crew brought speedboats. (“I think we made this film where we made it so everyone but me could have a good time,” Phillips laughs.)

The town of Barclay’s Brush was built from scratch on a ranch outside of Osoyoos. Phillips says the rancher — a “playful” guy who occasionally buzzed the set with his airplane

— wanted to hang onto the set rather than have it pulled down: “he said his grandchildren would think it was terrific,” notes Phillips.

It wasn’t all fun and games: “It was Kelvin 312 degrees, like 45 degrees!” says Gross, who wore a mud-crusted three-piece wool suit for much of the time. And the Kid’s long hair — “one of those decisions you wish you could go back on” — gave him a new appreciation of what women go through. “Ugh. It’s in your mouth and in your eyes… Now I understand why it takes women so long to get ready,” Gross quips.

Gross does some impressive gunslinger tricks in the film, and jokes that he’s now got “typing, voodoo, and gunslinging” on his resume of useless skills.

And speaking of those guns, title nonwithstanding “the film doesn’t have anything to do with being pro- or anti-gun, it’s more playing with the symbol of that gun,” says Phillips. “It’s taking that iconic gunslinger character and turning it on its ear a little bit.”

The Montana Kid is transformed by the generosity and simplicity of Canadians. So back to that “America is Angry” headline: isn’t really about spreading the Canadian gospel?

Says Phillips: “I run by this rule, it’s OK to poke fun at other people as long as you poke fun at yourself in equal measure.”

Gross agrees. “I think both cultures are kind of sensitive to external criticism, but it’s all just funny. Taking these two mythologies and banging them against each other, what could be funnier?”

Gunless opens in theatres today.

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CALDICOTT, Margaret (nee: Anderson) July 31, 1913 to April 19, 2010. Mom passed away peacefully in Nanaimo following a brief illness. She is survived by her children: Barbara Boreham of Nanaimo, Jane Jensen (Sverre) of Powell River, John Caldicott (Val) of Powell River and Jim Caldicott (Chris) of North Vancouver. She also leaves her grandchildren: Karen Boreham of Surrey, Bob Ford of Campbell River, Cheryl Kroeker of Nanaimo, Julie Mitchell of Surrey, Jeff Caldicott of Pemberton and Alex and Dylan Caldicott of North Vancouver and great grandchildren: Robert, Mikey, Jayden and Ava. She was predeceased by her husband Jim in 1990, sonin-law Bob Boreham in 1999 and grand-daughters: Sandra Jensen in 1983 and Christine Coe in 2010. Mom was born at Brittania Beach and moved to the Powell River area with her parents as a young child. She spent most of her life in Powell River, moving to North Vancouver in 1964.

Following her husband’s death, she returned to Powell River where she enjoyed her home by the ocean. Mom saw many changes in her 96 years but maintained her principles and stayed true to her beliefs. She loved art and was a talented artist herself. No formal service will be held. Family will gather to remember her.

Rest in peace Mom.

STRINGER - Cicely Lilian April 11, 1916 – April 21, 2010 It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Cicely Stringer. Cicely leaves her loving husband of 67 years, Harold; her son, Michael and daughter-in-law, Judy; grandsons Daniel (Jennifer) and Peter (Kim); and great grandchildren, Delaney, Ryder and Brynn. Cicely was born in Winnipeg and grew up in North Vancouver. She graduated from the University of Manitoba in Home Economics. She married Harold, her childhood sweetheart, in 1942 and after the war established a life-long home in North Vancouver. Cicely was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and was happy surrounded by family or friends and working in the beautiful garden she created. Cicely was a hard-working and long time supporter of St. Martin’s Church, particularly the Women’s Guild, and served as church warden and newsletter editor. She was very active for many years in Scouting, Meals-on-Wheels and the Delbrook Garden Club. A memorial service will be held Monday, May 3 at 2:00 p.m. at St Martin’s Anglican Church – 195 East Windsor Road, North Vancouver.

What a delight it is when, of a morning, I get up and go out to find in full bloom a flower that yesterday was not there.

Tachibana Akemi

Obituaries

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Obituaries

ATHERTON, Roger P. passed away April 25, 2010 at Lions Gate Hospital at the age of 67. He is lovingly remembered by Raina, Susan (Chris), Christopher and Aivery, as well as many other relatives and friends. A Memorial Service will be held at West Vancouver United Church, 2062 Esquimalt Avenue, West Vancouver B.C. on Monday May 3, 2010 at 1:00pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Roger’s memory to the M.S. Society would be appreciated.

For those wishing to share a memory of Roger, please go to www.hollyburnfunerals.com

Hollyburn Funeral Home 604-922-1221

ELAND, Geraldine (nee Martelli) 1928-2010 'All things beautiful last forever kept within sweet memory.' Our dear and beloved Gerry passed away with her family by her side, on April 24th from cancer. Predeceased by her siblings Nicky, Lucy, Domenic, and granddaughter Tori, she is survived by brother Bobby (Maxine) and missed beyond words by her cherished husband of 59 years, Hugh, and adoring children and spouses Ron (Sherry), Reg (Alison), Katie, Chris (Cindy) and Melissa (Ross).

She will forever be remembered by her precious grandchildren Clint (Ghazal), Romany, Creed, Amanda, Natasha, Hayden, Britta, Sophia, Quinn, Tavia & Matteo. Also left to celebrate and remember her wonderful life are her loving extended family and legion of close friends. Gerry lived a full and generous life, rich with the blessings of a happy family life, many wonderful friends, travel, and adventure. Her vitality and youthful spirit were amazing.

People were drawn to her effortlessly because of her incredible gift of making every person she met feel special. She was beautiful inside and out, and her smile could fill your heart. She was passionate about life and had an unending curiosity about the world around her. At the heart of everything she did was her family, and the love that is shared by all is a testament to the legacy she leaves behind. We are inspired by her every day and will hold in our hearts forever the joy and love she brought us. A memorial mass to be held at St. Anthony’s Parish, 2347 Inglewood Avenue, West Vancouver, on May 6th at 1:00pm to be immediately followed by a celebration of her life at the Capilano Golf Club, 420 Southborough Drive, West Vancouver. Flowers gracefully declined in lieu of a donation to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2550 Victoria Park Avenue, suite 800, Toronto Ontario, M2J 5A9.

When we are sad and lonely And everything goes wrong, We seem to hear you whisper, “Cheer up and carry on.”

Each time we see your photo You seem to smile and say, “Don’t cry I’m only sleeping We’ll meet again someday.”

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WIRUM - Mabel Roberta Born in Vancouver September 3 -1913 Passed away April 19 2010 at home in North Vancouver.

Predeceased by husbands Frank Elliott, Olaf Wirum, Son, Douglas. Survived by her family Robert & Erna Elliott, Don & Bev Elliott, Juli & Barry Brinkman, Kristi Wilson, Grandchildren: Bill Elliott, Lynn & Kunio Saiki, Donald Elliott, Scott & Arlene Elliott, Braden Brinkman, Matthew Brinkman. Great Grandchildren: Robbie Saiki, Nina Saiki, Gabriel Elliott Niece: Pat Ashdown.

Mabel lived to share her love with family and friends. Mabel’s Piano and Violin music thrilled us all.

She enjoyed life to its fullest with music and song. We loved you so and will remember for ever.

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Found

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LOST BLACK & Grey Boarder Collie Cross @ 15 & MARINE in West Van from the Groomers.

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Career Services/ Job Search

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Beauticians/ Barbers

WEST VAN salon - chair rental & esthetic/nail room for rent. Reasonable rate Magda 604-230-7901

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Career Opportunities

Career in Real Estate?

Information Sessions Thurs May 6 - Kerrisdale Tues May 18 - West Van Call Alison to register

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These programs start in September 2010: ! Accounting Assistant (10 months) ! Business Fundamentals (4 months) ! Legal Administrative Assistant (8 months) ! Medical Assistant (8 months) I N F O R M AT I O N M E E T I N G

Thursday, May 6 @ 6:30 p.m.

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General Employment

CHAIR RENTAL for hairstylist $600 $ Edgemont Village, North Van $ 604-889-6240

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CAPILANO VOLKSWAGEN AUDI

is looking to fill the following permanent position:

★ F/T Lot Attendant

Position requires a valid BC drivers license & a clean drivers abstract. Work schedule of 5 days/ week.

Experience an asset but not requited.

We provide a competitive remuneration package, comprehensive benefit plan and a friendly working environment.

Please send your resume to: Capilano VW AUDI 1151 Marine Drive North Vancouver, V7P 1T1 or email: susan@capvwaudi.com No phone calls please.

EXP NANNY/CAREGIVER COMPANION for elderly. Avail Now. We assist overseas.

Whyte Domestic. 604-432-6890

General Employment ATTENTION STUDENTS/ SUMMER WORK

Flex sched. $16.25 base-appt, cust. sales/service, conditions apply, no exp needed, will train.

Call 604-676-0446 or www.summeropenings.ca/ve NWI HIRING Painters. $18.50 hr/ 40 hr wk. Compl. sec. sch + min.

3 yrs of exp. req. E-resume: enrique@nwicontracting.com

NEED EXTRA INCOME?

Earn extra cash to supplement your current income or pay off your bills. Now hiring delivery contractors for the Sun, Province & National Post in the West Vancouver area. Must have reliable winterized vehicle and be available from 2am to 6am daily.

Earn up to $900/mo.

Call to find the route closest to you.

778-968-4400

General Employment

LOVE DOGS?

Domestics

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Junior School Lunch Program Coordinator 15 hrs/wk from Sept-June

Collingwood School seeks a self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills, meticulous attention to detail, good computer skills with Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as accounting, marketing, and publication knowledge to oversee and coordinate the lunch program for the Junior School campus.

Please go to http:/ /www.collingwood.org/ careers/index.htm for more details. Only candidates invited for an interview will be contacted.

Email resume with cover letter by May 10 to susan.hazell@ collingwood.org

Job Listings, From A-Z

From advertising executive or banker to x-ray technician or zookeeper,you'll find it in the Employment Section.

To advertise in Employment call 604-630-3300

FT permanent dog washer/ grooming assistant needed immediately for busy dog grooming shop. Must be available Tues to Sat. $10/hr to start.

Medical/Dental.

Apply with resume to 158 E. 2nd St. North Vancouver

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Hotel Restaurant

ARMS REACH BISTRO

looking for Daytime / Night Time Cooks. Apprenticeships and benefits available. Competitive wages. Kind, intelligent and efficient are the qualities that we are looking for! Please apply in person at the Bistro, 4390 Gallant Ave. Deep Cove F/T SUSHI Cook, PINE SUSHI SQUARE 18-935 Marine Dr, North Van, min 3 yrs work exp, must understand English & Korean. $3000/mo + benefits Email: sukwooc@gmail.com OR apply in person

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Office Personnel

SECRETARY

A solid work ethic, oldfashioned values and a “can do” attitude describe the person needed for a small Accounting firm in downtown Vancouver.

Eight years’ related experience, MS Word, Excel, dicta-typing, an eye for detail and excellent English language skills are a must.

Multi-tasking, flexibility and team work are the “glue”.

Please send your cover letter and resume, quoting salary expectations to: recruitingyou2@gmail.com

by May 7th.

Thank you for your interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please note this position does not offer benefits.

jobs. careers. advice.

Friday, April 30, 2010 – North Shore News – A47

EMPLOYMENT FEATURED EMPLOYMENT 1310

Trades/Technical

Canwest Publishing Sales Account Coordinator Vancouver

Canadian Mining Contractor is seeking dedicated, hardworking and self-motivated individuals for the following positions:

Swimwear Etc. Ltd.

PRODUCTION MINERS:

We have immediate openings for an experienced Assistant Manager as well as Sales Associates with open availability.

Are you committed to a high level of customer service and would you like to be recognized for it?

Apply in person at our location in Park Royal South, online at careers@swimwearetc.ca or fax your resume to (604) 913-7986

Job Description: The individuals selected for these positions shall be required to provide all facets of underground production services.

They will be responsible for the completion of various production tasks with an emphasis on the operation of a range of LHD equipment, truck haulage, “In The Hole” (ITH) drilling and blasting.

Other support duties such as mechanical installation(s) (installation and maintenance of air, water and ventilation) and ground support will also be required. These individuals will be expected to receive daily safety and work line-up from their immediate supervisor(s) and complete the daily line-up safely and on time.

Job Qualifications: ● Must have Full Underground Hard Rock Mining Service Type Common Core (U0000 to U0012), or equivalent provincial designation ● Must have a minimum of 3 years underground production experience ● Must have modules U0068A/B, U0071, U0091 or U0092 depending on specific task.

DEVELOPMENT MINERS:

Job Description: The individuals selected for these positions will be expected to provide all facets of underground mining development. They will be responsible for all development tasks and shall have sufficient experience with daily activities such as a range of LHD operation, jumbo operators, and mechanized bolting. Other support duties such as mechanical installation(s) (installation and maintenance of air, water and ventilation) and ground support will also be required. These individuals will be expected to receive daily safety and work line-up from their immediate supervisor(s) and complete the daily line-up safely and on time.

Job Qualifications: ● Must possess their Full Common Core for Underground Hard Rock Miner (U0000 to U0012), or equivalent provincial designation ● Must have a minimum of 3 years work experience ● Must have U0018, U0089 or U0092 depending on equipment or specific task ● E x p e r i e n ce wi t h e i t h e r MacLean Series bolters or Atlas Copco Boltec are will be given top consideration

GENERAL:

● All applicants must meet the stated Job Qualifications ● Please provide any/all references with resume ● Remuneration shall be based on experience and qualifications ● Positions available immediately for long term contract.

We will only receive resumes via fax: 705-692-4310 or by e-mail: info@technicagroup.com , any drop in will not be accepted.

Please note that we will only consider individuals who meet or exceed the above qualifications AND experience requirements.

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Work Wanted

PROJECT/SITE MANAGER AVAILABLE My name is Werner Buehner, I am a German Citizen & would like to work in Canada. I am a professional, with Master & Technical Degrees, in the area of corrosion protecting coatings, i.e. coatings for storage tanks, paint application, fire proofing, floor linings, wallpapering, texture & plastering, painting, insulation against sound & heat etc, crown moulding installation. I calculate costs, staff, accounting & prepare estimates. I would like to work in Vancouver or Fort McMurrary as a Site Manager or Project Leader for a good company.

References available (www.wbuehner.com ) Please contact me by Fax 0049 711 840034 or email: Werner-Buehner@web.de

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BATH LIFT, excellent cond $500.

COCKATIELS, breeding pair, lrg cage, $200 for all. 604-986-6712 MY MUSIC LIBRARY of 1500 cassette tapes $5200. Some rare tapes included 778-868-9235

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LIKE NEW! Fridge $300, stove $250, washer $299, dryer $200.

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Fireplaces

WHITFIELD Traditions Enamel Cast Iron Pellet Stove, glass dr, 4 legs, +++. $1200. 604-921-8658

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For Sale Miscellaneous

Annual Spring Skate & Surf Sale Branded Clothing Up to 60% OFF (Downstairs)1453 Lonsdale Sat/ Sun 9 - 5 Apr 24/25th - May 1st/2nd HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality.

All Shapes & Colors Available.

Call 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.ca

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SHOPRIDER SPRINTER XL3 SCOOTER. Priced to sell at $999.

Near new. Power, comfort, stable.

Will deliver. Jan/Peter 604-929-9871.

K Working with clients, agencies, newspapers and internal staff to ensure advertising bookings, revisions or cancellations are handled accurately, within publishing timelines, specifications and billing structures; K Providing information and sharing innovative solutions with Accounts Managers and management in order to help achieve overall goals and objectives; K Investigating and resolving customer service issues and billing discrepancies immediately; K Assisting Account Managers with general information and research gathering, client presentations and contract maintenance; K Maintaining office services; such as organizing office operations and procedures, liaising with other agencies, organizations and groups, maintaining office equipment and supervising office staff; K Maintaining office records; K Sustaining office efficiency by planning and implementing office systems, maintaining and replenishing inventory and anticipating needed supplies.

K Solid experience in a Customer Service Representative role; K Advertising experience is considered an asset; K Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills; K Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

Competencies: K Excellent communication skills K Detail-oriented K Comfortable and efficient working in a fast-paced environment K Ability to work to tight deadlines and handle the pressure of last minute requests Canwest Publishing Sales, a division of Canwest Publishing Inc., is committed to diversity and equal opportunity for all people.

Should you be interested in this opportunity please forward your cover letter and resume to:

Alvin Chow, Director, Publishing Sales at achow@canwest.com

WINE MAKING Equip. incls, electric filter, all necessary accessories & bottles $200. 604-988-9539

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Furniture

1 BR bach ste All furniture must Go!! Beds, sofas, mirrors, lamps, etc. $800. 604-980-0051 AS NEW, Ikea double bed, night table, desk & office chair $300 obo. 604-926-9980 BLACK ARMOIRE, 2 piece $300.

Pine bookcase, 6 shelves $125.

Pine coffee table 20’’x35’’ $125.

Pine 5 drawer dresser $200. All good cond. 604-802-0838 CHESTERFIELD 6 yrs old, neutral colours. exc cond $150. eves 604-926-4197 days 922-0456 Coffee Table, 45' long, 23.5 'wide, 16' tall, glass, slides & horizontal. $45. Danish style table, 4ft 7 ' long, 30.5' wide, 29' high, 2 x 13inch leaves, tile design in the middle. $195 Mt Pleasant area, Van, 604-875-8055 LAZY BOY rocker recliner, like new, gold/brown fabric $349. loveseat, small apt sz perfect, Retro-European side arms lift to fit 3. Rose/velvet, $229. Maple coffee tbl, 32' round w/botton shelf $59. Dresser, nite stand, headboard, white colonial w/gold trim $139. All must go, open to offers.. Call 604-929-6061

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Lumber/Building Supplies

#1A STEEL BUILDING SALE! Save up to 60% on your new garage, shop, warehouse or storage building.

6 different colors available! 40 year warranty!

FREE shipping for the first 20 callers! 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

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Recycler

2 MATCHING loveseats floral pattern beige green pink for free 604-925-0581

BABY CRIB, stroller, exc. cond. free you p/u, 604-926-1878 BOOK CASE approx 7 ft high 9 ½ ft. wide. some adjustable shelves and lower storage space. Free You pick up. 604-922-0372 DRYER, WORKING condition.. call for pick up ..604-988-5682

MANUAL TRENDMILL, Health Rider & 2 Cockatiels. Call 604-980-9969 after 3pm

MOVING SALE, white/maple round table, extra leaf, buffet, 4 chairs $500. Sklar-Peppler table, 2 leaves, china cabinet, buffet, 6 chairs $1100. Broyhill sofa, loveseat, chair & ottoman $1500.

Excellent condition 604-984-9942

MASSAGE BED with foot stool, custom made frame, free you pick up. 604-980-6495

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New items each day, while supplies last

Cats

PERSIAN KITTEN spayed female 6 mth CFA reg health gaur gentle $600 firm 604-939-1231 www.dreamhimicattery.com

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MOVING: SINGLE bed, dressing table, bed sofa, wooden chair and 2 book cases, Free you pick up.

604-929-3230 SMALL PINE Ikea dining table, desk chair, both exc. condition.

Funky 1960s occasional chair, needs re-upholstering. Free for pick-up. 604 983-0964

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Wanted to Buy

ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $400+ 604 590-3727 www.puppiesfishcritters.com

BARE NAKED BABIES, Rare True Hairless Chinese Cresteds, family raised, vet checked, 14 weeks, $1000 604-723-1963 CHIHUAHUA PUP, purebred, family raised, male, ready to go.

Vancouver. $390. 778-239-6252

BEAUTIFUL KITTENS Siemese X, tabby, solids $40. Call 604-392-6898 Chilliwack

DOUBLE DOODLES! Goldendoodle x Labradoodle Pups Best of the Best! Almost ready Fr. $850.00 Call 604-533-6905

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KOMONDOR 3 mos male, smart, loving, strong personality. Needs exp owner. $800. 604-857-4120

SHARPEI IN Coquitlam is looking for good home, very healthy and great with people. Must go through Sharpei rescue for an application. www.tntsharpeirescue.com please contact freesharpei@hotmail.com

Dogs

ROTTWEILER PUPS Purebreds. D.O.B. 03/04/10. 3 females & 1 male. Full tails; dew claws removed; dewormed & vet checked. Ready now! $800 firm.

(1)-604-794-3953, Chilliwack YORKSHIRE TERRIERS fem 2yrs, housebroken, all shots, non shed. to good home $350 ea 604-724-4314

FILA/MASTIFF GUARD DOGS owners best friend. Intruders worst nightmare. all shots, $2000 each. ready now! 604-817-5957

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Childcare Available

PROFESSIONAL CHILDCARE, 1 on 1. Cert. care aid. CPR, near Cap. Univ. refs. 778-855-8200 PUPPY PARADISE Beautiful Shelties 'Little Lassies!' (PB, Reg’d) M $895. F $995. 778-552-0822

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PUPPY PARADISE Golden Retriever Awesome Family Dog! (PB, Reg’d) F $795 M $895 778-552-0822

ajonescox@tutordoctor.com www.tutordoctor.com

PUPPY PARADISE Havanese Gorgeous & Smart! (PB, Reg’d) M $895. F $995. 778-552-0822 PURE BRED Male British Bulldog, 5 months old, Moving must sell, $2000 obo. 778-552-4509

ONE-ON-ONE, IN-HOME TUTORING

www.westcoastfrenchbulldogs.com

SHIH TZU & Lhasa Apso pups, home raised, vet ✔ 1st shot, dewormed, ready to view, $495.

Chwk 604-702-1960 or 794-3197

Daycare Centres

Butterfly Garden Daycare (LNR), central Lonsdale, space avail all ages Leila 604-720-3017 ★Mountains of Fun Daycare★ 1 space avail ★ 604-728-7757 www.mountainsoffundaycare.com

SPACES AVAIL June 1st, exp’d lic’d Family Childcare 0-4 yrs. Mt Seymour Pkwy. Meal provided.

Call Roya 604-987-6559

3050 RARE! CHOCOLATE & BLUE French Bulldogs, 1st in Canada.

Reserve now! 604-802-6934

Children’s Activities

778.340.3100

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POMERANIAN PUPPIES 2 males, ready to go. $500 ea, mom & dad also avail. 604-858-7606

Cats

Dogs

AUSSIE PUPS. Ten to choose from. Ready to go the first weekend in June. Tails & claws done.

Both parents available to view. $700 - $1000/ea. 604-607-7372

* DANISH * style teak furn & items. Ok if refinishing & repair needed. 604-773-5218 Thank You very much. Cash Paid !

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Dogs

FREE FOR PICK-UP Leaded glass pocket door. Call 604-980-5968

MOVING SALE, Furniture, electronics, grdn tools. 604-961-0987, Open Sat 9-4. 3382 Gaspe Pl

SOFA, loveseat, chair, black fabric. Matching coffee table & end tables. Armoire. 604-983-0303

3507

2 MTHS old box spring for mattresses, sz single. Light blue from Ikea. U Pick Up. 604-736-2922

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Low, low prices, great Deals!!!...Hurry in 7530 Hopcott Road Delta BC

Discover a World of Possibilities in the Classifieds!

Delta

Canwest Publishing Sales has an immediate opening for an Account Coordinator. Reporting to the Director, Publishing Sales the incumbent will be responsible for the following.

Preschools/ Kindergarten

Fully certified High/Scope® Preschool Where learning has been child’s play for over 40 years.

Now accepting registrations for 2010/11 Located in Edgemont Village - Highlands Church

604-980-1740

www.highlandspreschool.ca

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Beauty Services

Shades Brighter 20 minutes Teeth Whitening Guaranteed - 2 shades whiter. Your home Or ??

604-928-6769

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HALF-PRICE HOME/COTTAGE LOCK-UP PACKAGES! Factory Direct Inventory Liquidation. Premium Windows, Doors, Siding, Roofing. 100’s of Dreams Delivered to Happy Families.

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Real Estate

Amazing **Rent to Own** Easy Qualifying! Stop Renting!

Gorgeous 2 & 3 Bdrm T/houses in Langley. Low $$ down.

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Any Price, Condition, or Location No Fees, No Risk − 604 435-5555

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-04

Houses - Sale

HOME BUYING CENTER INC

Burnaby

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Price reduced MLS #V811457, 2103-6540 Burlington Ave, Burnaby next to Metrotown-Sunday 1-4pm 604-849-0082

6008-30

Surrey

$365,000 2BR - 2bath Condo Spec 180° view. Beautifully reno, elegant decor, granite, tile & hardwood. Walk-in shower. Stainless appls, gas fp. Crown mouldings & chair rails. Bldg completely updated & rain screened. Gym, spa & pool. Near skytrain.

604-628-8172 http://picasaweb.google.ca/ tocololo/CondoOdysseyTowers

6007

$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Abbotsford beautifully updated end unit 1250sf 3br 2ba thse $239,900 504-1551 id5107 Maple Ridge drastically reduced 4.9ac serviced vu acreage $468,888 722-3996 id4694 Port Moody Suter Brook Village top floor 710sf 1br condo $359,900 313-1480 id5083 Sry Cloverdale 1910 Heritage Home 3082sf 7br 3.5ba w/suite $649K 576-3191id5054 Sry Fleetwood 1655sf 2 or 3br 2.5ba tnhse, gated, dbl garage $379K 951-0405id5078 Sry Fleetwood 3260sf 3or4br 2.5ba, 17192sf lot, triple garage $739K 599-7009 id5093 Sry/Langley border beautifully updated 850sf 2br condo $259,900 514-3374 id5098 Sry Sullivan Hts magnificent 3651sf 7br 6ba, 5285sf lot $736,999 778-892-2143 id5100

HORSESHOE BAY RESTAURANT $139K Large corner location, High exposure, full restaurant, deli and liquor service 60 seats inside plus large covered patio, Full Kitchen

for multple uses. Renovated.

MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL OPTIONS Restaurants, franchises, commercial space Revenue, development investment options. rthind@sutton.com - 778-554-7653 www.RajThind.com

6008

6008-22

WATERFRONT CABIN 3 BR on Sakinaw Lake, Pender Harbor.

Large deck, dock, use of canoe, June, July , Aug. 1-604-859-0292

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

North Vancouver

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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6020-24

North Delta

10671 WESTSIDE Drive, Canterbury Hts, N. Delta; Sunday only, 2- 4pm. Updated home with view! $584,900. Bob Edwards, Re/Max Performance Rlty, 604-590-4888

6030

Lots & Acreage

LANGLEY LOT. $284,000. Fully serviced. 3,800 sq ft. Prime location in new area of Willoughby Heights. Can build three level house with bsmnt and double garage, with lane access. Close to Hwy 1 & amen. 604-618-3244

6040

Okanagen/ Interior

EXCEPTIONAL LAKEVIEW Lots from $160,000 also: 1 panoramic 3 - acre parcel.

Owner Financing, 250-307-2558 www.orlandoprojects.com

6050

Out Of Town Property

KAMLOOPS RIVERFRONT. Watch Swans & eagles from deck on a 20x600sf lot. Waterski on S. Thompson from wharf. Quiet area quaint 2 br w/bsmt. Priced to sell $493,000....Royal LePage Kamloops Joyce 1-866-374-3022

6052

Real Estate Investment

★ RENT TO OWN! ★ If you have a small down payment, I have a nice home for you! Less then perfect credit OK. Call Kim 604-628-6598

Recreation Property

COZY COTTAGE Home on .82 acres Lake Front, less than 1 hour fr Vancouver. Just $525K. Park Georgia Rlty, Lisa 778 882-7275

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6020

Houses - Sale

6020-42

VISTA 29 Unit 101 - 188 W 29th St Sunny corner suite, 2 bdrm, 2 bath.

Open kitchen layout. Gas fireplace.

Sunny balcony. Approx. 1230 sq ft Asking $649,000 FOR SALE BY OWNER Call 604-988-1253

6008-50

Squamish/Whistler

6020

Houses - Sale

West Vancouver

1 block from park and waterfront, this custom 1/2 duplex has 2.280 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms + den, 3.5 baths. $ 899,000.

Waterfront

BUILDERS/DEVELOPERS Must Sell This Weekend!

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Immaculate 3 bdrm 2.5 bath 1506 sq.ft townhome with decks on 3 levels. Lovely mountain/river views.

Within 2 minute walk of Mamquam River and terrific salmon fishing. Huge garage with parking for 2 and room for a workshop or workout area.

OPEN HOUSE Sat & Sun, May 1 & 2, noon to 2:30pm #19-1200 Edgewater or call 604-922-7074 for appointment

5 acre Amazing Ocean Waterfront Peninsula off Britannia Beach.

Only 35 min. from North Van. Boat accessible in 5-7 min. All plans etc, ready for development.

Will consider partner or sale only. Asking $5 mil.

NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. For more details and viewing on Sunday phone Owner: 1-604-698-7864

Computer/ Internet

5020

Dynamic Informational Website Design (CMS) $945 - 7% HST discount before July 1, limited offer. 778-895-7277 SMALL BUSINESS WEBSITES $15/mo, Local Company www.DundaraveNET.com

Financial Services

5035 Business Services

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5060

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Personals

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7015

Escort Services

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Legal/Public Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE Application for a Permit Amendment Under The Provisions of the Environmental Management Act We, HSPP General Partner Ltd., 3838 Port Mellon Highway, Port Mellon, BC V0N 2S0, intend to submit this amendment application to the Director to amend Permit 3095, issued March 13, 1978 and last amended December 21, 2007 which authorizes the discharge of contaminants to the air from a pulp and paper mill.

The land upon which the facility is situated and the discharge occurs is Block 3 Plan 21182 of Lot 1364, Lot 6103, Lot 6986, Block 2 of Lot 1364, Lot 6986, Plan 11981, and Lot 1366 all of Group 1, New Westminster District, located at 3838 Port Mellon Highway, Port Mellon B.C., within the Sunshine Coast Regional District.

The amendment requests that the following conditions be changed from: BEFORE CONDITIONS: 1.2.2 Subject to Section 2.14, the materials authorized to be combusted in the boiler are limited to: - Wood residue (subject to Section 2.10) - Natural gas - Effluent treatment sludges - Dilute and concentrated noncondensable gases - Fuel oil (subject to section 2.13) to: AFTER CONDITIONS: 1.2.2 Subject to Section 2.14, the materials authorized to be combusted in the boiler are limited to: - Wood residue (subject to Section 2.10) - Natural gas - Effluent treatment sludges - Dilute and concentrated noncondensable gases - Fuel oil (subject to section 2.13) - Construction and demolition waste The purpose of this application is to authorize use of the wood component of construction and demolition waste as a fuel in Howe Sound’s power boiler. The material does contain some non-wood constituents and test results obtained to date are summarized in the table below. Results are expressed as a percentage by dry weight. In addition to these constituents plywood has been observed, although none was found in any of the samples that were analysed.

CONSTITUENT

Phone for appt: 604-921-1947

6085

Whistler

ATTRACTIVE EXECUTIVE home close to Whistler Village, ideal for 2 mature couples or 1 family. 4 baths, n/s n/p, no parties, avail now. $2900/mo + utils. Call for more details 1-604-932-3502

5017

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4530-16

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6065

BUSINESSES FOR SALE

Condos/ Townhouses

Okanagan/ Interior

OSOYOOS WATERFRONT 3br, 2bath, fully equipped & furn large deck, BBQ, ac, canoes, priv. dock, Avail June to Sept. $1500 /wk, 604-922-6103...551-3014

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Sunshine Coast

4530-11

Metaphysical

wood plastic asphalt metal pressboard paper formica fabric

(wt % dry) (wt % dry) (wt % dry) (wt % dry) (wt % dry) (wt % dry) (wt % dry) (wt % dry)

2009 Q4 96.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.1 1.1 0.4 0.0

2010 Q1 91.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 6.9 0.9 0.0 0.7

The degree to which these non-wood components affect the emissions from the power boiler is one of the components of the testing program HSPP is currently undertaking. Results of the testing program will be made available at public meetings that will be scheduled in the coming months.

Any person who may be adversely affected by the proposed amendment and wishes to provide relevant information may, within 30 days after the last date of posting, publishing, service or display, send written comments to the applicant, with a copy to the Regional Manager, Environmental Protection at 10470-152 Street Surrey, B. C. V3R 0R3. The identity of any respondents and the contents of anything submitted in relation to this application will become part of the public record.

Dated this 16th day of December, 2009.

(Signature)

Contact person: e-mail address: Mailing address: Telephone No.:

Al Strang, Manager, Environment and External Relations al.strang@hspp.ca 3838 Port Mellon Highway, Port Mellon, BC V0N 2S0 604-884-2285

RENTALS 6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

1 & 2 br, large, bright, Central Lonsdale, $850 & up, heat h/w, incl. updated. Now 604-720-2913 1 BR, 120 W19st, approx 650sf, hardwood, heat & HW incl, 1yr lease, np $960 604-683-1089 1 BR +den, Raven Woods, $1375 annual lease, avail mid June, ns, np, 5 appls, refs. 604-941-7780 1 Br June 1, large corner, $865, 2 Br June 1, large corner $1010.

Quiet, drapes, heat incl, gated prkg. no pets. Walk to seabus. 1 yr lease, 163 W 5. 604-980-7501 1 BR, Lower Lonsdale, hardwood floor/tiles, n/s, n/p, $900 incl utils.

May1. 604-986-1235 1 studio. THE HILLRIDGE 170 E. Keith Rd clean, quiet, concrete Heat h/w incl. np ns 985-8405 1BR 17 & Lonsdale, May 15, $860 incl Heat & hot water, ns, np, 604-984-9367 1br $890, Lonsdale & 21, quiet bldg, np, hardwood, hw, heat prkg storage, now, 604-990-4088 2 BDRM condo, NEW, 2 ba, main flr, beside L.Valley Mall, great yd, granite, SS appl, f/p, u/g prkg/stor available, fitness ctr, guest ste, n/s, $1699, June 1, 604-834-2993 2 BR. 2 bath, avail now. 1 yr lease, 125 West 19th, no pets, Please call 778-554-0537 2 BR, 2 bath bright, spac, Touchstone Bldg, 3rd flr, view, wd, prkg, gym, storage, ns, np immed, $1775+util 1 yr lse. 604-985-5778 2 BR 2 bath, exquisite new reno upper Lonsdale, hardwood, ns, np, Jun 1, $1325, 604-469-1148 2 BR. 2 bath, wd, Garden Ave & Marine Dr. prkg, np, $1600, now 778-862-4729..778-227-4729

2 BR, family complex, 1 bath, rec fac. pool, wd, Westview, 2 prkg, ns np $1380 Jun 1, 604-921-4384 2 BR July 1, large corner $1010.

Quiet, drapes, heat incl, gated prkg. no pets. Walk to seabus. 1 yr lease, 163 W 5. 604-980-7501 2 BR large, $1025 new carpets, May 15 or June 1. Quiet, drapes, heat incl, gated prkg. no pets.

Walk to seabus. 1 yr lease, 163 W 5th. 604-980-7501 2 BR, large, Cntrl Lonsdale, patio, fireplace, 5 appls, carport, insuite storage, sat TV, $1285 + utils, n/p n/s June 1. 604-986-6444 2 BR, May 1, 274 W2nd. new appl, reno’d, $1325 incls heat, hw, ug prkg, ns/np, 604-779-3541 2 BR new reno, water view, hardwood, approx 1000 sf, Deep Cove, w/d, ns np, secure prkg, June 1. $1500. 604-473-2187 2 BR, W. 20th & Lonsdale, heat, hw & prkg, no pets, Avail May 1, refs req. 604-738-7430, 960-0452 3 BR, 1 mile E 2nd Narrows, new hardwood, incl heat/hw, pool, np, $1225 604-929-0632 or 929-1389

6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

BLUERIDGE APTS (Call us for details)

2 BR new reno’s with new cabinets, laminate & tiles, newer appls, prkg, storage incl heat & hw (Mt Seymour Prkwy).

604-924-3628 www.blueridgeapartments.com

CAPILANO UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE 2 or 3 Bdrms, W/D, FSD, Immed. $1295 604-953-0952 Chesterfield/West 15, 1br, view, incld heat hw, cable, no pets, 1 yr lease, $870, 604-987-9899 ESPLANADE @ The Pier, 2 BR, 2 baths, great NS views, incls hrat, ac, prkg & locker, $2200.

Call Joy at Advent Real Estate Services 604-812-4788 KENMORE MANOR 140 East 17th St. A bright 1 bdrm Available. Heat & h/w incl. N/S, No Pets. 604-980-4554 LE CHATEAU, 1110 E 27th, Lynn Valley 2 Br large $1300up, 1br $995, np, ns, 604-980-9219 LIONS APTS, brand new suites, 3 BR’s d/w $1700. 1 yr lease, avail June 1. 604-986-3866 Lower Lonsdale, 1 bdrm $850.00 mountain view, 2 bdrm $1100.00, heat/hot water. N/S, N/P, Ref’s, Lease 604-987-4335 MOUNTAIN VILLAGE APTS. 3 BR, May 1, 2 BR , June 1, Near Lynn Valley Mall 604-988-3828 www.mountainvillage.ca

N. VAN, Nature’s Cove. 1 BR, 5 appl, bamboo h/wd flrs, granite, gas f/p, balc, u/g prkg, storage.

Near Parkgate. Peaceful view of golf course & church. $1,375/mo.

Ns/np. June 1st. 604-916-8548 NEW 1 bdrm + den 620 sq.ft 9/F 133 E. Esplanade, prkg/storage, no s/p. $1,650 immed 604-307-9307

365 EAST 2nd Street, N Vancouver : 1 Bedroom, bright, spacious basement suite, $815/mo, incl ht, h/w and Hydro. avl May 15th/ June 1st ph 604-726-6240.

777 W. Queens Rd - 1BR $1175.

Weekdays 604-990-2971 or Weekends 604-985-2876.

West Van Apt. Rentals

1 BR, 2109 Bellevue. good cond, hardwood, hw heat incl’d, May 3, np, $1025/$1075. 604-986-1294

2 BR. (1 large br+den) Ambleside garden suite, prkg, private entry, large deck, hardwood, wd, suits 1 or 2 ns, refs req’d, May 1 or 15, $1350+1/2utils, 604-922-0903

2 BR Ambleside, spacious, insuite w/d, np ns, prkg, avail now, 1 yr lease neg 604-922-4138

BRAND NEW 1 BR ste, 6688 Royal Ave, incls heat, a/c & gas, $1675. Now. Joy at Advent Real Estate Services 604-812-4788

Beautiful Views

AMBLESIDE TOWER 1 BR & 2 BR avail. Excellent views, rents incl. heat & h/w.

Tennis courts, indoor pool, saunas, exercise & games rooms on premises. Walk to beach & shops.

1552 Esquimalt 604-922-8443

MOVE IN BONUS!

604-985-2926

Member of the Crime Free MultiHousing Program

Please call 604-922-4322

Luxury Over The Seawall!

1 Br, pool, rec room, pet ok 2190 Bellevue Ave 604-926-6287 PACIFICANA 1480 Esquimalt Ave. 1 bdrm, ocean views, dw, np, ns Avail now. By appt.

604-921-7800

Park Royal Towers Completely Renovated

1 & 2 Bdrm Suites 1BR (700-770 sq.ft.)

2 BR (1070 sq. ft.)

Spectacular Views, Walk to Shops & Transit Hardwood Floors Pool Rent includes all utilities.

604-922-3246 935 Marine Drive

BRITISH PROPERTIES THE HOLLYRIDGE 200-2239 Folkstone Way. 1 & 2 br, h/w & prkg incl.

N/S, No pets. 604-926-4412 THE EDWARDIAN 1330 Clyde Ave. Avail May 1, 2 Bdrm $1435, View.

N/S No pets Util. not incl.

For appt. 604-926-3741

Apartments & Condos

6505-13

Other Areas Apt. Rentals

WHISTLER, ALTA LAKE, waterfront, 1 br, share wd, prkg, fully furn, fp, ns, np, $1300 incl. utils, May 15 or June 1, 604-929-2188 macdunn@uniserve.com

6515

Duplexes - Rent

2 BR lower Lonsdale View home large deck, fence yard, 5appls, 1 bath, $1900 Ali@604-980-7274

6522

Furnished Accommodation

1 BR deluxe bsmt ste, beautifully furnished 535 sf Mt Seymour Pkwy area, everything brand, np, June 1. $1100. 604-980-6969 2 B/R all-in furn near new bsmt ste in great neighborhood, nr Parkgate, Seymour hiking/biking/ skiing/golfcourse and Deep Cove.

N/S, in-ste w/d/dishwasher, util/ cbl/internet+int lcl phn # all inc $1600/mo 604-904-9428

2 BR bright, fully furn, tel. hi-spd/ cable, hardwood, ns cat ok, nr seabus, quiet bldg. 604-724-7585 6 BR. Upper Brit. Prop, spectacluar 180° view, large decks & pool + hot tub beautifully furnished & mega-private $7900/mo 604-913-1115; 778-223-6212

A SHORT STAY. Renos, relatives, execs, etc. 604-987-2691 www.vancouvershortstay.com ALL INCLUSIVE furn studio for 1 in Lower Lonsdale, W/D, $700, ns, avail May 1st. 604-838-8692

CITY/WATER VIEW, 2 br, furn. includes hi-spd/cable/tel/utils, nr seabus, ns cat ok, 604-983-4321 Grand Manor Guest House/Apt. daily★weekly★monthly rates, grandmanor.net 604-988-6082 UPPER DUNDRAVE, furn 1 bdrm ground level, 1 blk to bus, awesome view, priv outside area, w/d, np, ns, built-in vac, in-flr heat, $1200 incl util & hi-spd internet.

Avail May 1. Call 604-913-3144

6525

Garages

20X20 2 CAR separate garage, lane access, $350 incl elec, 604-980-0098

www.easyrent.ca 170 W 1, 2br, 2bath, 750sf, 7 appls, hardwood, balc. 1yr lease prkg np wheelchair acc $1695, May 1, 604-662-3279

6505-12

6505

BAYVIEW APTS

1550 Duchess Ave, W. Van. Studio & 1 Br Move-in Bonus, Fitness room, o/d pool, close to shops, transit & Seawall, 1 yr lease, N/pets. Heat, H/W incl’d.

VICTORIA PARK PLACE 615 St. Georges Ave @ E 6th St. Studio & 1 BR avail, bright, quiet bldg, n/p, n/s 604-980-9057

Beautiful Large Suites 2 Bdrms from $1310 avail now & June 1. Heat, h/w, prkg. Balcony.

1 yr lease 604-986-3866

North Vancouver

6505-12

West Van Apt. Rentals

RAVENWOODS, 1 br +den, all appls, ns, np, 1prkg storage, immed. $1280, 604-351-7275

2025 BELLEVUE AVE. 2br unit, ocean view, cats ok, senior discounts. 604-913-0734.

concrete, by shops, Cat Ok

Apartments & Condos

110 E. Keith Rd. Great location, park like setting, sauna, indoor pool.

1br. $1095; 1 br + den $1135 Stunning views & lots of storage. NO PETS. 604-988-7379 www.glassmanpm.com

BACHELOR SUITE: 365 East 2nd St, N Van : Bright, south facing suite in quiet building.

Private entrance: $750/mo, incl heat, h/w & hydro avl May 15th /June 1st, ph 604-726-6240

1 br’s - $1,050- $1,250 Spacious, pool, storage, heat & hw, dw, quiet,

6505

PARKRIDGE TERRACE

1 BR+den, New Condo 1 ba, Horseshoe Bay h/wd, ac, own wd, quiet, ns, pet neg. 604-925-5105 3 BR, Lynn Valley, updated, deck, hardwood, cat ok, $1500. June 1.

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GARAGE SALES North Vancouver

94-SAT MAY 1, 9-12, 96l Forest Hills Dr. household items, tools, yrd tools, furniture. Rain or shine 94Capilano Community Services SENIORS’ Hub Community Festival & Craft Sale

May 1st Sat. 9-3,

North Vancouver

97B - 8am Sat. May 1st Multi Family Garage Sale

Incl. household items, baby stuff, gardening supplies, laminate flooring & paint supplies.

In lane behind 1644 Mahon Ave. - enter off 17th between Mahon & Chesterfield

Delbrook Rec Ctre, Nth. Bldg 600 West Queens Rd

97B-MOVING SALE! Chairs, dining table, bike, household etc. Sat 10 -2pm, 936 St Andrews Ave.

94 - GARAGE SALE/BBQ/BAKE SALE, Sat, May 1, 9am-1pm, 515 West Windsor St, North Van

98 - BIG SALE SAT 9-1.

535 E 1st St. Absolutely no earlies. Housewares, antiques, floral supplies & decor items

94 - MOVING SALE Sat 9-4, Couch, coffee/end tables, weights, ladies shoes. All must go! 954 Glenora Ave. Free stuff!!

94-SAT, MAY 1, 9 to 12, 5231 Malaspina Pl., kids, teen, adult stuff, furn, Something for All 95 BEST OF THE BEST! Sat 9-12, You want it we’ve got it!! Antiques Collectibles 835 West 20th St @ Fell

96 - Discerning Packrats Move!

Huge Sale - Quality baby clothes, swing, housewares, furn, draft table, aquarium, skis, clothes, designer shoes.

373 Tempe Cres, back lane.

Sat , May 1st 10am ...

96-HUGE MULTI-PERSON sale Sunday, May 2nd 8am rain or shine 4586 Underwood Avenue 96-MULTI-FAMILY SALE! Sun. 9-1, skis/bindings, bike racks, gas fp, micro, kids stuff, stereo equip, household. 4649 Hoskins Rd. 97B - SAT 9-noon. New condition clothing (female), household items, etc. 767 East 17th St.

98 - Queensbury School Community Garage Sale & Fundraising Spring Event.

Plants, coffee, kids games, bake goods, gift baskets, face painting etc..

Great Family Fun. Sat 10 - 2pm in the Gym 2020 Moody Ave. No earlies 98- SAT 9am. Furn, Fabric, collectibles, jewelery, art books, etc, 528 E. Keith Rd. No earlies 98-GARAGE SALE of household items. Sat., May 1st, from 9-1pm in laneway, @ 331 East 3rd St. 98-MOVING SALE! Sat 10-5, Sun 9-12 noon, 362 East 10th St. Household contents, from furn, dishes to small appls. mattresses etc. All must go! Great prices!!

99-GARAGE SALE, Sat. May 1, 9am-1pm, 1110 Riverside Dr. Something for everyone, 32' Sony TV, Mtn bikes, furniture, HH items, kids stuff! No early birds

West Vancouver

91 - ESTATE SALE

Sat, May 1, 10am - 5pm

Some antiques, signature paintings, high end furn & lots of good stuff!

4623 Woodburn Pl.

92-SAT 8 - 2,desk, lamps, household, clothes, misc. outdoor accessories. 724 Eden Place

SUPER SPRING FLEA MARKET Saturday, May5th 1st Saturday, May 8:30am pm 8:30am--2:00 3:00pm

92-HUGE GARAGE Sale, Sat, May 1, 10am-2pm, 912 Esquimalt Ave. toys, bikes, CD’s, satellite.

92-MULTI FAMILY Sale! Sat. 9-2. Toys, bedding, furn, dishes, household etc. 1448 Argyle Ave 92-PERENNIAL PLANT Sale, Sat, 11am-3pm, 2660 Queens ave. Plants incl roses, vines, shrubs, come veggies & annuals.

92-SAT, 8 to 12, furniture, houshold, bikes, lamps, desks, chairs, much more 1830 Mathers

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RENTALS 6535

Homestay

AMBLESIDE, ocean view, furn female student, internet, close to Park Royal, 604-374-6754

6540

Houses - Rent

2 BR, 1 bath Westview area, workshop, basment, f/p, w/d, fenced, $2150, n/s, pet neg, 604-813-7048

4 BR, 1365 Crestwell Rd. 3 bath, huge deck, double garage, 1yr lease, 2800sf, np ns, $3800, now Eric 604-723-7368 Prop. Mngt 4 BR, 3 ba, 2520sf, 600sf deck, nr Princess Park, all appl, n/s n/p, immed $3500. Joe 604-720-8386 4 br Caulfeild Vlge 2 bath, quiet, garage, cul-de-sac, np, $3950+ Apr 15, Lighthouse 604-551-1409

5 BR 2 levels, rec room, 4 baths, fp, B. Prop area, W. Van, exec view $3500. now 604-720-2913 DEEP COVE semi waterfront 1 br ground level, fp, wd, 2 car garage, storage, $1775, ns 604-929-5191 FURN EXEC house, Cedardale, 4 BR, 3.5 ba, l/r, d/r, kitch/fam, TV room, ns, tennis & pool, 1 yr lease, July 1, $4800. 604-926-6031 WEST VAN 3BR home hardwood floors, updated, nr ammens, N/S $2500. June 1, 604-626-7444 www.easyrent.ca 810 Eyremount Dr. W.Van 5br, 5 bath, 4600sf, hardwood, storage, pool, sauna, 1yr lease, 3 prkg, wheelchair acc. $4750, 604-662-3279

6565

Office/Retail Rent

1429 Dominion Street N.V. 655’ office 1516’ warehouse, clean $9.50’ nnn Polished Updates, Slanted Shelving workspace. New bath, workbenches. $2500 Royal LePage Northshore 604-657-4508 Diana Mander

6590

Rooms

$475 Furnished share shower, kitchen, Non-smoker, Male, Blueridge, North Van. 604-929-2220 $550; FURN, Util, Net; No smoking, quite, clean, Family Oriented; 604-980-0503 DINNER, prep & clean up for International students, exchange for furn’d room in beautiful heritage home. Suit older individ/cple.

987-6566 jk6578@msn.com LG FURN in new duplex for quiet fem prof student incl’s utils, heat, i-net. $600. 604-988-4026

6595

Shared Accommodation

6595-45

North Vancouver

1 BDRM, bath ensuite in spacious home, w/d, internet, n/s female $575 604-980-2106 1 BR in 2 br suite, avail immed, all incls, Deep Cove, ns, pet neg.

Tina 604-929-7279 1 FURN Br, Central Lonsdale, character home, ns, $460 & $550, avail immed, 604-922-4085 1 SNGL bdrm $450, also 1 bdrm $650, North Van nr Lonsdale all ammens,ns np 604-990-4257 CLEAN, quiet, furn room, w/d, 7 min drive to Cap College, $500 incls. N/S. 604-929-5036 FURN room in home, nr Park N Tilford, bus route, suit female, May 1, after 3pm 604-988-7498.

apts/condos

office/retail suites & partial houses

warehouses

townhouses

homestay

shared accommodation

To advertise in Rentals call 604-630-3300

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BDRM bsmt, like new, bright, Central Lonsdale, suits 1, n/s, n/p, $850/mo. incl utils. Avail May 15.

604-987-8658 or 604-841-5756 1 BDRM & den ste, Lynn Valley nr bus, mall, park, w/d, prkg, yard, deck n/s, n/p $1,000 incl utils, cable/net, June 1. 778-231-0078 1 BDRM Upper Lonsdale, lge bsmt suite in new home, prvte entry, f/p, utils, full bath, n/s, n/p $900 immed 604-980-9725 1 BR above grd suite, view, deck, Deep Cove, quiet area, prkg ns np $1150 incl. June 1. 604-929-2435

1 BR Apt ste, Canyon Heights, utils & cable incl, own w/d, bright, open to garden, nr bus, n/s, $900.

Available immed. 604-990-4041

1 BR bright bsmt suite, ns np, Grand Blvd area, $925 incl utils, refs req’d, June 1, 604-982-0747

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

3 BR, 2 bath, Lwr Pemberton, new reno, 1500 sqft, 2 prkg, 50% utils. Avail now, 604-671-5649

3 BR, central Lonsdale, alarm, own entry, 2 bath, $2300 incls cable, internet, heat, hydro & prkg. Avail now. 604-720-7649

3 BR main flr. 2 bath, 1300sf, Seymour River area, fully reno’d, bright, fp, share wd. Ns, np. $1800+utils. 604-723-3654 3 BR main flr bungalow, Central Lonsdale, 1200 sf, 1 bth, 2 blks to LGH, gas fp, wd, lge fenced yard, suit couple or sm family, ns np $1850 + 1/2 utils 604-340-2824 4 BR, exec, 2 car garage, fenced huge patio & rec rm, Jun 1, ns, np, lease, refs. 604-986-9966 ALMOST NEW Bsmt Suite Lynn Valley. $1200. per month 2 bdrm suite near susp. bridge. H/wood floors, own laundry, full size appliances. Av. immed. n/s n/p Call Ken 604-230-1377 CENTRAL LONSDALE, lrg 2 br bsmt ste, 1 bath, shr w/d, immac., N/S, NOW, $1200 604-984-6847

1 BR bsmt large bright upper L. Valley, ns, np full ktch wd $875 incl heat/hw immed 604.985.8904

Close to Parkgate & Cap College Great Suite for Single! All appls, own w/d & bath tub!

Bright, quiet, clean fresh like new 1 bd $895 utilities in!

Diana 604-657-4508 Royal LePage Northshore

1 BR, upper Capilano, all appls, own wd, dw, ns, np, $975incl utils cable & net, now, 604-985-4034 2 BDRM, bright & large, Lynn Valley, nr bus, schools, shopping, prk, w/d, c/port. ns, $1100+%utils, May 15 or June 1, 604-987-9002

2 BDRM, Lynn Valley, large, bright, quiet, prkg, near transit, inste w/d, n/s, $1350 incl util.

Avail. May 1. Call 604-990-9540.

2 BR 1000sf, garden level, newer reno, 5 appls, bright, clean, storage, private, small view, garden+patio. N/s, N/p, $1600. incl utils/ net, avail June 1, 604-970-3483 2 BR bright ground level, 1450 sf, Grousewoods, 5 appls, $1400 + 1/3 utils, ns 604-986-2829 2 BR bsmt, Lynn Valley, recently renovated, w/d d/w own entry, incls cable, $1200+ util ns, cat ok, May 1. 604-984-9258 2 BR bsmt suite, large, bright, Lower Lonsdale, 500 blk E 1st St. n/s, n/p. Avail now. 604-985-3728 2 BR bsmt suite, Upper Lynn Valley, garden level, large, bright, n/s, n/p, nr bus stop, own entry, $1200+utils May 3. 604-980-7584

2 BR fully reno’d bsmt, Lynn Valley. Bright, own w/d, avail June 1, no pets. 778-833-2407 2 BR gnrd lev, share w/d, new reno, quiet, prkg, f/p, n/p, n/s $1200+util. Now. 604-980-9630 2 BR, large 1400sf sunny bsmt suite, nr Lons/Grand blvd, own wd, $1200 incl gas & elec., ns, np, avail June 1, 604-904-8904 2 BR, Londsdale & E.29 (N.Van) cozy garden lev, share w/d $1140. May 1st. 604-562-2472

DEEP COVE cottage 600 sf, priv yard & entry, suit 1 quiet ns, $900 incl hydro, immed. 604-505-0543

2 BR upper Lonsdale, garden level, all newly reno. Insuite wd. ns np. Refs req’d. $1400 +%utils.

Avail. now, 604-339-6488 3 BR, 2 Bath, 1000sf, brand new, close to school, 5appl, gas f/p, 1 prkg. $1850+1/3util. ref req, availbale now. (778)340-1718

3 BR bsmt Lynn Valley nr bus/ school, ns np washer only. $1250+util. Ref’s, 604-924-9761

Carpentry

HERITAGE HOUSE Character apt. 10ft ceilings, hardwood, radiant heat, very bright, ns, 6 suites avail 1 br $1000 - $1200, 2 br $1400. View Sat 10-6. Sun 9-12.

10th & Ridgeway. 604-980-4884

6605

Townhouses Rent

2 BR Cap U, completely reno’d, hardwood, stainless, deck $1650 Vistarealty.net 604-925-8824 3 BR 2.5 bath, 5 appl, 2 patios, o/d pool/gym, nr bus shops, n/p, $1850. Karen 778-919-6151 3 BR, 3 ba T/H, new reno, Cap Mall area, $2199 + utils. NS NP, inste w/d, May 15, 604-771-2674

BEAUTIFUL CANYON MANOR (on Capilano Rd) Luxury view townhouse, new reno, 3 bdrm, 1 balcony & patios, 2.5 bath, 2000 sf, marble hallway, wood f/p, with marble, 6 or 7 appls, 2 prkg, 2 pools outside. Cable, heat incl. Peaceful, park-like setting. $2300. now or May 1 Mature bldg. No pets.

604-988-1253 or 987-7813 before 7pm (leave msg).

LRG BACH avail June 1, Rent $950 Move In Allowance, Incls H & HW. Cable/prking extra. NS & NP To view call (604) 968-8288

8080

Electrical

CABINET/ VANITY MAKER, w/ Home Workshop. Also Avail for Mouldings. Blair 604-988-4779

ALL YOUR electrical & reno needs. Lic’d electrician #37940.

Bonded & insured 604-842-5276

FRIENDLY, Professional, Crown mouldings, baseboard, casings rough framing. 778-233-0559

CHARLIE’S ELECTRIC Co. #94835 all electric needs, reas rates bonded WCB 778-888-4528

8055

Cleaning

$18/HR. Quality House cleaning.

604-983-3477 www.qualityhc.com ✫✫A CLEAN SWEEP ✫ Reliable Housecleaning service. Low rates 778 836-9970 ✫✫ 604 987-9970 A DEPENDABLE Cleaning Co. $18/hr. 604-505-8658 Licensed Insured Reliable EUROPEAN CLEANING Service. 15 yrs experience, excellent refs. Call Ivana 604-987-9290 HOUSE CLEANING, Home Care.

Excellent rates, exc. experience & exc. job. Darlene. 604-724-5661 NORTH SHORE CLEANING Husband & WifeTeam.

Please call 604-318-7552

DNE ELECTRIC All Electrical Needs Lic #89267, Panel Upgrading. Reasonable & Free Estimate. 604-999-2332

Electrician Lic#95323, Bonded, Affordable Com/Res. No Job too small. 25yrs exp. 604 727-2306

NEW WEST ELECTRIC Lic 94644 Rewiring & Service & Upgrades Free Est. 604-724-7381 24/7

8087

Excavating

Aussie Excavations. Backhoe & mini excav. hire fast reliable same day quote Tim 778-322-3002

Fencing/Gates

QUALITY CLEANING. Excellent references. Res/Comm. $25/hour per cleaner. Call 778-895-3522

GOOD NEIGHBOUR Fencing & Decking Gates, arbours, repairs. We have reclaimed cedar 604-987-4522

TOP CLEANING SERVICES 778-565-6000 www.topcleaning.ca

NORTH SHORE FENCES

EXP HOUSE CLEANER $20/hr, no min. hrs.You supply the cleaning products. I DO THE WORK! 604-785-0500. Pls lve message.

Concrete

Creating backyard Envy. For all your concrete needs. Form place & finish. 604-980-3232, 725-2812 N.C.B. CONCRETE LTD. Specializing in residential concrete. Repair, removal and new installation. Patio specialists.

604-988-9523, 604-988-9495

8073

Drainage

8125

Gutters

Full Seamless Gutter Installation/Repairs Soffits All jobs Guaranteed.

Fully insured/WCB covered Will beat any competitors price

604-439-9417

Installed • Cleaned • Repaired

604-876-4604

North Shore Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-988-5294

8130

Handyperson

TRUSTED HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Quality work by professionals Repairs and construction Call 604-230-3559

8100

Fireplaces

GAS FIREPLACE tune-ups & service. RM Construction Ltd. 604-988-1011

8105

Floor Covering

Golden Hardwood & Laminate Prof intall, refinishing, sanding, and repairs. 778-858-7263

8110

Floor Refinishing

BAJ MINI EXCAVATING Sewer/storm, drains, remove oil tank, pave/concrete, retain’g wall.

604-779-7816 or 604-540-9420

THE ART OF HARDWOOD FLOORS

Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Drainage installation & repair. 604-327-3086

Dust Free.

Affordable Rates!

Free Estimates.

Installations Refinishing & Repairs

604-878-5232 SINCE 1997

HIRE A HUSBAND

No job too big or small , my husband does it all.

New construction/renos, concrete/foundations, drywall, painting, general clean-up, yard maintenance, pressure washing and all around house cleanup....

25 years experience Doug 1-604-212-2125 or Toll Free 1-877-885-0770

Call: 604-240-3344 DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-985-4000

8075 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Drywall

LUMA Drywall

Insulation Boarding Taping Texture Steel Stud T-Bar ★★30 yrs experience★★ Call Luke 604-721-6003

A PLUS TAPING & DRYWALL High quality, reasonable rates.

Free estimates. 604-715-0400

HENRY’S

HARDWOOD FLOOR SERVICES Sanding & Refinishing Installation Quality Workmanship Free Estimates Fully Licensed & Insured

604-771-8885

INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices.

Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

Clean Sweep?

Renovate & Repair Carpentry, flooring, drywall, painting, exteriors & more!

Specializing in Small Jobs Quality Work, Professional Service

778-233-0559

ALL HOME REPAIRS semiretired master carpenter. Kitchen, stairs, sundecks, etc. All work guar. Karl 604-985-5144

RETIRED, CIVILIZED, trustworthy Dutch - Canadian seeks to rent comfortable bright 2 bdrm living quarters, approx 1000 sf in a wholesome quiet, green area. Dundarave, Caulfield, Horseshoe Bay, will be traveling part of yr. Will take care of property as if my own.

July 1, reas rent 778-279-3837

COMPLETE DRYWALL Services, Guaranteed quality work, excellent refs. 604-809-6760

1429 Dominion Street N.V. 655’ office 1516’ warehouse, clean $9.50’ nnn Polished Updates, Slanted Shelving workspace. New bath, workbenches. $2500 Royal LePage Northshore 604-657-4508 Diana Mander

604-929-7279 “The Grass is Greener”

• New Lawn Installs • Replace Old Lawn • Lawn Drainage • Landscaping • Paving ~ Any size job ~

Nick 929-7732

www.EnglishLawns.com

T&L

INC. Landscaping, Excavation & Demos turf, ponds, garden beds, irrigation, retaining walls, bobcat, hedges, concrete/paved patios/walkways, jack hammering, concrete cutting, delivery/hauls, drainage/sewer/water, complete yard redevelopments and strata contracts

778-885-5009

DRB LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION

Retaining Walls, Large & Small Cedar Structures, Decks Patio Stonework Turf & Garden FULLY INSURED, WITH REF’S

David, 604-842-9298

Greenscape Design ALL TYPES OF LANDSCAPING beauty • value • innovation For more info-GOOGLE “Yellow Pages Greenscape Design”

A.ALL AREA LANDSCAPING Landscaping and Garden Service.

604-926-1526 & 604-726-9153 DHALIWAL GARDENING & Landscaping. Full yard mtce, trimming, pruning 604-889-0263

Lee Gardener: Lawn maint. Free est. Spring clean-up, power raking, trim, Hedges 778-986-6662

HANDYMAN FOR ANY JOB plus kitchen & bath reno’s, flooring, drywall ... 604-505-4597

VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

Quality Service • Free Quotes We take Pride in our Work Satisfaction Guaranteed

AGRIOS HOME IMPROVEMENT Renovations, carpentry, painting & home repairs. Ikea kitchen installs. Michael 604.619.1126

AFFORDABLE, Reliable, Quality Guaranteed. Boarding, Taping, Spraytex.

Dave 604-984-7476

Warehouse/ Commercial

LAWN CARE & GARDEN MAINTENANCE

GARDEN ER, lawn & garden, mtce, pruning, hedge trimming, garden clean up.... 778-378-8911

inate, tiles, drywall, paint 761-7745

Wanted To Rent

6620

No Job Too Big or Too Small for our Boots

A-1 JOB by Arms and Minds Renos Carpentry cabinet, drs, lam-

CURTIS HANDYMAN SERVICE Reno’s & Home Repairs, Drywall, Painting, Carpentry, Got a To-Do-List? Call 604-764-2935

KIRALY CONTRACTING Drywall Services. Res/Com Small or large jobs. 604-773-9706 tony@kiralycontracting.com

Landscaping

CELL: 604-808-0370 OFFICE: 604-922-0136

ACE DRYWALL. Avail immed.

Board, tape, spraytex, repairs. 16 yr exp. No job too small. Mike 604-808-2432, 604-985-4321

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925

8155

EAGLEVIEW LANDSCAPING

LONSDALE ELECTRIC lic#1756 Panel changes & renos 604-988-7232, 604-842-0687

8090

8060

6615 2 BR, quiet, Skyline Dr,1 bath, w/d, d/w, ns, np, own entry, cable, i/net, $1300 incl 604-788-8847

8030

15 YRS Professional cleaner has openings. Excellent references, Please call 604-980-1495

1 BR bsmt, fully reno’d, new kitchen, all appls, quiet, Grousewood, avail now, 1 yr lease np, ns, 800sf, $1000, 604-987-5960

1 BR, Lynn Valley, lg reno’d sep. entr., gas fp, shrd laundry, suit 1 NS NP. $1000 (incl.util. cbl, internet) June 1 604-980-0638

HOME SERVICES

MOXIE MOWING Edge, Trim & Cut / $20 - $45 778-280-3639 PACIFIC LANDSCAPING lawn installations, retaining walls, pavers drainage etc 839-1225

8160

Lawn & Garden

HANDYMAN - framing, decks, tiles, hardwood, roof repair. Total additions & basements. Ken 778-773-6251 or 604-455-0740

Sell it in the Classifieds!

604

630.3300

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place your ad online @

http://classified.van.net

Home Improvement. Complete in/out gen. repairs. Kitchen/bath renos & maint.. All type of water damage. $45/hr. 604-728-6290 JD PRO RENOVATIONS Property maintenance & repairs.

Drywall taping, finishing carpentry & decks. Dan 604-802-0569

8135

Hauling

DD HAUL & DELIVERY Service delivered with pride. Loads from $30 each. David 604-512-7471

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Lawn & Garden

8160

Lawn & Garden

8185

Moving & Storage

AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of Moving, Storage & Packing. Different from the Rest. 604-861-8885

Garden Services

Certified Horticulturists Design • Planting • Maintenance Spring Clean-ups. Call Scott. www.KatsuraLandscaping.ca

604-518-5661

.*'% $ #*"!;% 8*6%4;%*%2; 0";; -"+%6%( &;!(; 0"6??6%( #*"!;% =:;*% 75 #*"3*(; 1;?/,*: ):: A/+" #*"!;% @?;"(;%26;> $ 8/";

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A.A. BEST PRO

GARDEN SERVICES LTD. Lawn Maintenance, General Clean-Up, Power Raking, Moss Control, Aerating.

Trim, Top, Prune.

All types of lawn & garden applications.

Free Est.

604-726-9152 604-984-1988 604

716-1662

LAWN CUT FREE Spring Fertilizer Incl

604-716-1662

A. A. ALLWEST Garden Service Lawn maint, general cleanup, power raking, moss control, etc.

604-716-8479 or 604-984-1988 ALL BLOOM Landscaping & Garden: Full lawn care, gardening, p/raking,aeration, etc. 604-878-1410 BEN’S Garden & Landscape Services. For your Res/comm Landscaping, garden maint. fencing needs. Pls call 778-688-7876 or 604-584-7876. Free estimates Cedar Fences & Decks affordable rate. Not Like any other - artistic.

Jeff 778-928-9201, 604-415-0920

Cert. horticulturists 604-518-5661 Scott H. Design & Maintenance KatsuraLandscaping.ca CHAU LE GARDENING yard, clean up, lawn maint. trimming, shrubs, hedging, pruning, power raking 604-782-5288 ★CNN LANDSCAPING★Weeding ★ Pruning★ Garden Work ★ Free est. Nick 778-840-6573 EAGLEVIEW LANDSCAPING Res. & Comm. Quality service guar. Free quotes. 604-929-7279 GREAT LOOKING Landscapes Full service landscape & garden maint. Call Dave: 604-764-7220 LANDSCAPE TO MAINT. All year nice garden www.everfloweringgarden.com Award of Excellence.

604-980-8237 or 603-2235

POPEYE’S MOVING 10% off all of March with this coupon

Scott 604-377-2503

www.popeyesmovingbc.com

8193

Oil Tank Removal Recommended Insured Reasonable Rates 604-724-3670

Advantage Waste Spec. Inc. u/g storage tank locates & removal. Free est. Neil 604-825-8824 ALL-PRO TANK REMOVAL Detection & Removal of Oil Tanks Quality Guaranteed Exp & Prof Reliable. 778-223-8265 TANKTECH Certified Oil Tank Specialists Tanks - pumped, filled, removed res/com. Free est. 604-328-1234

Painting/ Wallpaper

Prune. Free Est. 604-765-4922

8175

Masonry

Lawn & Landscape Maintenance • • • • •

Aeration & Fertilizer Programs Regular cutting & maintenance Full service gardening Pruning/Hedge trimming Residential and Strata

west coast

604

LAWNS 377-7124 A.All Area Gardening Service Lawn Treatment • Maint. • Power Raking Pruning • Trimming • General Clean-Up Topping Trees • Free Estimates

Binder:

604-926-1526 604-726-9153

• Residential and Commercial Lawn Maintenance • Power Raking • Yard Cleanup • Lawn Repairs • Gardening • Hedge Trimming • Tree Pruning

Free Est 604-779-6978

DHALIWAL GARDENING & LANDSCAPING Full yard maintenance, trimming, pruning, new & re-landscaping Residential • Commercial

604-889-0263

604-603-2576

778-881-6096

Jim 604-842-8262 A CLEAN PAINT JOB. Quality 1 room $167. Int-ext, full WCB. 22 yrs exp. Cell: 604-727-2700 AFFORDABLE QUALITY PAINTING. Tidy, honest. 19 yrs North Shore. John 604-980-5454 BRUSH N’ ROLL PAINTING Interior/Exterior WCB & Insured Free est. Call Richard 778-883-0593

DENALI PAINTING − Int. & Ext. Reliable, Insured, WCB. Free Est Seniors Discount. 778 320-4438

DRB Landscape Construction Retaining Walls, large & small.

Fully insured, refs 604-842-9298

EXTERIOR SPECIAL

Home Services

BE COOL! Talk to Someone You Trust.

CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING Sears also installs ROOFING, WINDOWS, WINDOW COVERINGS & CARPETING

604-985-7722 ext 213

24 HOURS 1-800-4-MY-HOME • (1-800-469-4663)

★ Good Quality Service ★ Fully Licenced & WCB.

604 729-3864 778 928-9839

Book Now! 604-773-4549

Good Day Painting Fully Insured, Quality Work, Res/Comm, No Payment till Job is Completed!

Call Thomas 604 377-1338 JH QUALITY PAINTING LTD. Int/ext. Free Est. Quality service, WCB insured. Kevin. 728-2022

8225 Power Washing PRO KING MAINTENANCE SPRING SPECIAL!

10% discount w/this ad

Quality Makes a Difference

• Pressure Washing • Window Cleaning• Gutters • Painting • Small Renos WCB • 15 years exp.

604.780.2224 CLEARVIEW MAINTENANCE SERVICE 20 15 yrs of Service on the North Shore!

ENTERPRISE Mechanical Systems

• Plumbing • Heating • Gas Fittings • High Effi Furnaces • Tank-Less Water Heaters 19 years of professional services Ph: 604-931-7575 Cell: 604-612-4347

RED SEAL

Drainage & Plumbing Inc. Drain Tiles, Main Sewer Lines, Underground Video Inspection, Kitchen & Bathroom Sinks & Tubs, Plugged Drains, Toilets, Excavation Service, Broken Water Mains & Pipes, Dripping Taps

604-618-4988 778-836-5940

• Gutters Cleaned • Power Washing • Roof Restoration • Skylights Window Cleaning • Awnings Cleaned Free Estimates & Quality Service

Doug Robinson 604-985-4604 North Shore Home Services.

Power Washing, Window & Gutter Cleaning. 604-988-5294

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

Quality Home RENOVATIONS Kitchens • Bathrooms Basements • Additions Decks • Stairs 25 years Experience • Fully Licensed & Insured

Moe 604-724-0760

DELBROOK

PLUMBING & DRAINAGE 604-729-6695

PLUMBERS

& Plumbing Max 604-506-6544

FROM DESIGN TO FINISH

Specialties Include: Kitchen & Bath Improvements We Also Do: • Roofing • Sundecks • Door & Window Replacements

Certified carpenters, plumbers & electrician.

Fully insured.

604-815-9493

Call today 604-328-5554 www.arnoldwendell.com

SAVE ON PLUMBING! Licenced Plumber/Gas fitter, $65/HR. Same

MATCO DESIGN Renovations Additions

Quality Work * Ref’s avail

604-720-1564 matco@telus.net

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

TERRY’S Driveway Sealing.

604 980-7507 Free Est. Bus lic # 0018328

Roofing

ED’S ROOFING

Reroofing & Repair Asphalt & Torch On Carports ★ Garages ★ Residential & Comm

778-896-4448 (Cell)

JKB CONSTRUCTION LTD. HOME RENOVATIONS

A North West Roofing Specialist in Re-Roofing & Repair, Free Est 10% disc, BBB, WCB, Liability Insured. Jag 778-892-1530

Alin Maintenance Services •Roof •Chimney •Skylight; Repairs •All Leak Problems! 604-319-2229

604-728-3009 jkbconstruction.com

LUMA Drywall Boarding, taping, texture, steel stud, t-bar, 30 yrs exp. Call Luke 604-721-6003

MATCO DESIGN - Renovations

*Additions*Quality Work *Ref’s 604-720-1564 matco@telus.net MILLION HOME Renovation Co. Quality skilled workers, 18 yrs exp Free Est. Call 604-868-6833

RAINBOW RENOS, 26 yrs exp.

We do it all - basements, kitchens, baths, additions 778-885-0771

8250

Roofing

Eastcan Roofing & Siding Ltd. 10% Discount: Re-Roof, Repair, Gutter. WCB. BBB. 604-562-0957 HOMEFIX All Roofs New & Repairs Quality Guaranteed Free Est * Early Bird Discounts 604-725-5371

8255

Rubbish Removal

DD HAUL & DELIVERY Proficient service, meeting all your needs, providing ‘quality workmanship’ Delivered with pride.

Loads from $30 each Please call David

604-512-7471

A RESPONSIBLE NORTH VAN MAN with truck ONLY $25 + dump charges 604-377-3175 ACKER’S Rubbish Removal pick-up & deliveries. Quick. 7 day Fast / reliable. Spencer 924-1511 BELL MINI BINS 604-922-5101 Small or large household jobs & Mini bin service. 7 days a week Fast ★ inexpensive ★ reliable.

•Residential Roofing •Siding and Window Installations •Aluminum Awnings and Railings •Rain Gutter Replacements •Drainage Installations and Repairs Member BBB - Member RCABC Full Liability Coverage and WCB Designated Project Managers and Third Party Inspections

Quote code 1969 for a 5% discount

www.crownresidentialroofing.com

BIN THERE DISPOSAL Bin rentals. U load. Same day 604-980-7600, 729-BINS (2467) 7 days - www.binthere.com ROD’S RUBBISH REMOVAL Prompt, reliable, reasonable. 7 days/week. Rod 604-985-7193

8300

Stucco

A. MATHIESEN LTD. Stucco, Waterproofing & Masonry. Tile & roof repairs. 604-926-7039 J. PEARCE STUCCO CONTRACTING. Residential / Commercial. 604-761-6079

8305

Sun Decks

ROOFING & INSULATION LTD. “IF IT’S ROOFING, WE DO IT!” Residential • Commercial Industrial • Apartments

604-983-0133

CURTIS JOHN ROOFING (since 1978) Roof tune-up from $149.

24 hr repair. 604-985-1913

DECK WIZARD - Ask a Pro! Replace Vinyl & Wood Decking, Repairs, Rebuilds, Stone patios, fencing. Est 25 yrs, Warr. 778-231-6072

Getting Ready to Move?

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Columnist DAVID CHAO reviews the 2010 MercedesBenz E-Class next week in REV NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

THE Nissan Sentra is a roomy, well-priced, high-value car. The Sentra has been around since 1982 and is too often overlooked by small-car buyers. It is available at Regency Nissan in the Northshore Auto Mall.

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Sentra still a solid buy

David Chao and Bob McHugh Contributing Writers

EVEN though the Nissan Sentra has been around since 1982, it unfairly tends to get overlooked by many small car buyers.

The current generation, introduced in 2007, is a well-priced, roomy compact sedan and it has received an inside-and-out styling refresh plus some new content for the 2010 model year.

Enhancements to style, performance and interior flexibility make the 2010 edition better suited to the active lifestyles of a typical Sentra buyer, according to Nissan. Probably even more appealing is its affordable purchase price, plus great fuel economy and solid reliability record. All of which adds up to low cost of ownership.

Sentra is built on Nissan’s “C” platform and comes standard with a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder engine and a six-speed manual

MENTION Alfa Romeo, and nearly everyone immediately pictures Dustin Hoffman’s bright red Spider flying over the Golden Gate Bridge, on his way to some ill-fated assignation with the predatory Mrs. Robinson.

transmission. The base engine is a little larger and more powerful than the 1.8-litre you’ll typically find in the class, plus the competition generally offers a five-speed manual.

Nissan’s highly efficient Xtronic Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) is the optional ($1,300) automatic. Nissan is a recognized leader in CVT development and this is the best of its kind in this vehicle class. It even provides better fuel economy than the six-speed manual with the same engine.

Availability of the electronic stability control system, called Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC), has been expended to 2.0 and 2.0 S models and is standard on 2.0 SL and SE-R models.

The high-performance SE-R and even higher performance SE-R Spec V versions of Sentra come with 2.5-litre fourcylinders that are tuned to produce 177 horsepower and 200 h.p., respectively. The SE-R models also come with suspension modifications for improved handling.

It’s a cinematic icon second only to the Batmobile or perhaps James Bond’s AstonMartins.

Come to think of it, Alfa Romeo ownership is a lot like the plot of The Graduate: you get seduced by an older curvaceous form, eventually everything blows up in your face, you try to replace it with something younger and more modern but you’re forever doomed to long for the unattainable.

Or, if you prefer a more modern interpretation, owning an Alfa Romeo is like having your own personal Large

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Sentra’s extra-spacious cabin was designed with

offering). A passenger volume of 2,758-litres beats its primary competitors Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic, in the compact car segment.

Design Exterior renovations for 2010 are primarily a new front fascia with a new grille and new headlights, plus the taillights have also been revised. The 16-inch alloy wheels are a new design and the 17-inch wheels on the SER match the SE-R Spec V. Only offered as a fourdoor sedan, Sentra is larger than Nissan’s other small car, the Versa (hatchback), which is built on the “B” platform. Sentra has a long 2.685-m wheelbase, short body overhangs and an overall length of 4.567 m. Its width is 1.79 m and it stands tall at 1.511 m, to allow enhanced interior headroom.

Large door openings also make it an easier vehicle to climb in and out of. While

NEWS photos Mike Wakefield

THE Sentra comes standard with a 2.0-litre, four-cylinder engine that is a little larger and more powerful than the base engine for most of its competitors.

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Sentra’s interior full of clever storage spaces From page 55

the high and distinctive rear deck allows more trunk space, it also takes away, somewhat, from driver rear vision.

Interior The interior changes for 2010 include brighter beige cloth upholstery, chrome accents on the HVAC knobs and a new gauge illumination.

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Clever interior storage spaces abound in the Sentra.

Its locking glovebox is deep enough to hold a laptop computer. The centre console has a dial-adjustable cup holder that can take two bottles, or pop cans or one of those big mega drinks.

The trunk is also deep and has a secret storage space behind the rear seat. Its 60/40 split rear seat can be folded flat to expand trunk space, plus intrusion-free outside hinges on the trunk

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Friday, April 30, 2010 - North Shore News - A57

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Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean

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Oft-sold Alfa Romeo finally at home with Fiat Hadron Collider: huge expense; poorly understood even by the people who built it; capable of generating magical moments that last only a quintillionth of a second; might possibly destroy your universe when it inevitably goes wrong.

Either way, 2010 marks Alfa Romeo’s centenary; 100 years of thrilling drivers just prior to stranding them by the side of the road in a cloud of steam so large you’d think a Starbucks had exploded. Alfa Romeo chose to mark the occasion by releasing three concept models, each more achingly beautiful than the last, and will be holding an enormous rally for Alfa owners in Milan, Italy on June 26. Milan being the birthplace of that first Alfa, at least there’ll be lots of spare parts around.

Perhaps the best/worst news, which will simultaneously have current and ex Alfa-owners chortling with delight and screaming into their pillows, is that Alfa Romeo is on its way back to Canada, as part of the Fiat-Chrysler arrangement. Late 2012 will see the Spider’s return (possibly as a 2013 model) and it’s

the merest of coincidences that the Mayan calendar purportedly heralds the end of the world around about the same point.

However, while Alfa Romeos have caused as much collective suffering as the Spanish Inquisition, and have ensured that many mechanics would not only be able to send their children to Ivy League institutions, but would be able to endow the University of their choice with a new classical studies wing, they have always been the beating heart and soul of the automotive world. The Germans strive for engineering precision, and the Japanese for maximum efficiency, the French build cars that put comfort first, and the British understand luxury. The Italians, on the other hand, are all about passione.

Funny then, that Alfa Romeo should get its start with a Frenchman seeking to build cheap cars in Southern Italy. This did not work for two reasons: firstly, the bottom fell out of the car market in the early-20th century; secondly, every single Italian, from the tiniest bambino in a pedal car to a dusty blackclad Sicilian crone in a beat-up Fiat 500, all drive as if they are fleeing the scene of a major crime. On Italy’s boot, everything

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south of Napoli should be made of lead, as they are a nation of heavy-footed lunatics with only the vaguest notions of what a brake pedal does. Thus, the underpowered, slightly fragile cars produced by the Darracq company were spurned.

The factory was purchased by a society calling themselves the Anonima Lombardi Fabbrica Automobili (A.L.F.A.) and 1910 saw the first true Alfa rolling off the line, this one sporting a formidable-for-the-time 24 horsepower and 100 km/h top speed.

More and more powerful models would follow, but the economic turmoil of the early part of the century saw the company being bought out after only a few years by entrepreneur Nicola Romeo.

Romeo, a man with a knowing smile and a moustache like a porcupine undergoing electroshock therapy, didn’t have much interest in cars, and principally purchased the Alfa factory to build tanks and munitions for the war effort. However, upon discovering that there were all sorts of parts lying around for unfinished cars, Romeo tacked his name on to the grilles, and resurrected Alfa as an automotive manufacturer.

With the cream of Italian Engineering now at work at the new Alfa Romeo, motorsports success was inevitable. Starting in 1920, Alfas would be the cars to beat, especially after hiring a young racing driver named Enzo Ferrari.

Alfa would go through bankruptcy like clockwork over the years, but the brand’s identity was tied to Italian motoring forever. When Tazio Nuvolari beat the best that Germany could offer at the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in 1935 (in front of a crowd of Nazi party officials including the Führer), he was driving an Alfa Romeo that was little more than a motorized chicken-coop next to the thunderously powerful and streamlined Mercedes and Auto-Union racecars. Still, because it was an Alfa, there was obviously something special about it.

Over the next forty years, Alfa Romeo was bombed by the Allies, had to hide its best engineers and racecars in caves to avoid the German occupation, and was sold to nearly every automaker in Europe. Finally, in 1986, it sold to Fiat in a partnership that allowed the company to flourish as it found its niche in the European market.

Today, Alfa Romeo owners are known as Alfisti, and they are unlike any other sort of car enthusiast out there. They’re fully aware that the cars they love have more foibles, flaws and idiosyncrasies than a Microsoft Beta release, but they love them with a passion bordering on the obsessive.

I can’t say I blame them really. The other day, I happened to pass an Alfa Romeo GTV on the street, and its red paint and burnished chrome flashed in the sun. If I didn’t know better, I’d have said it was trying to seduce me. . . .

Brendan McAleer is a freelance writer and automotive enthusiast. If you have a suggestion for a column, or would be interested in having your car club featured, please contact him at mcaleer.nsnews@gmail. com.

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THE romantic vision of the solo adventurer travelling around the globe is turned upside down by the gritty two-wheeled collision course Dan Walsh takes.

The longtime contributing writertotheBritishMotorcycle press has gathered various columns and dispatches from several journeys and strung them together into this world adventure diary.

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from London to South Africa on a beat up XT600 dirt bike.

Then there is a North American tour on a BMW F650 GS and

keeping the same bike he next invades Central and South America. Along the way there are plenty of adventures both on the road and off. With no satellite phone to call for help, no money in the bank, no support crew in sight, he relies on a willingness to experience each country in its raw texture and brazenly plunges into every scenario he encounters.

By intention or accident Walsh manages to peel back the layers of civilization wherever he goes and finds himself blinking into the harsh light of a hangover morning. But his ability to go beyond normal restrictions is what makes his tales such great reading.

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

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Walsh goes far beyond just writing an account of his motorcycle riding experiences.

He delves into the history and politics of the country he’s in and brings into it the perspective of the local people.

This is travel on the edge, filled with highs and lows, all captured with Walsh’s sharp cynicism and wit that makes for an exciting read from cover to cover.

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Lease from

19,490 $219

$

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* Per mth

48

for mths $0 security deposit. 4.9% lease rate. $2,995 down payment.

Includes freight & PDI. Taxes extra.

Purchase Financing† ‡ % for mths From $21,990

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Winner of the 2010 ecoENERGY Vehicle Award as Canada’s Most Fuel-Efficient Vehicle in its Class♦♦

GT model shown, from $25,890.

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0% APR Purchase Financing is available on new 2010 Mazda vehicles. Based on a representative agreement using a price of $17,390, $18,390/ $24,890, $21,990 for the 2010 Mazda3, Mazda3 Sport/ Mazda6, Mazda5, with financed amount of $15,000/$20,000 at a rate of 0% APR, the cost of borrowing for 60 month term is $0, monthly payment is $250/$334, total finance obligation is $15,000/$20,000. Price includes freight and P.D.I. of $1,395/$1,595 for the Mazda3/Mazda6, Mazda5. †† No payments for 90 days applies to purchase finance offers on new in-stock 2010 Mazdas. The purchaser will repay principal monthly over the term of the contract, commencing 90 days after contract date. ‡Electing to take the 0% Purchase Finance Offer in place of the Event Bonus cash reduction results in the calculation of an Equivalent APR of 5.39%/ 5.04%/ 4.56%/ 5.24% for the 2010 Mazda3 GX/ Mazda3 Sport GX/ Mazda6 GS/ Mazda5 GS. This disclosure is intended to help you make an informed comparison between these two alternative offers. The Equivalent APR as set out does not change the actual monthly payment to be made or the actual financed amount to be repaid as set out above. **April Cash Purchase Price for new 2010 Mazda3 GX (D4XS50AA00)/ Mazda3 Sport GX (D5XS50AA00)/ Mazda6 GS (G4SY60AA00)/ Mazda5 GS (E6SD50AA00) is $15,390 ($17,390 less $2,000 Event Bonus) / $16,390 ($18,390 less $2,000 Event Bonus)/ $22,390 ($24,890 less $2,500 Event Bonus)/ $19,490 ($21,990 less $2,500 Event Bonus). Cash Purchase Price includes freight and P.D.I. of $1,395/$1,595 for Mazda3, Mazda3 Sport/Mazda6, Mazda5. *See ad for corresponding monthly lease payments, lease terms, and down payments. Down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Other lease terms available. 20,000 km lease allowance per year, charge of 14¢/km for excess kilometres. 25,000 km leases available. For Purchase/Finance/Lease- $75 max. PPSA, licence, insurance, taxes, down payment and other dealer charges are extra and may be required at the time of purchase. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer order or trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Lease and Finance on approved credit for qualified customers only. Offers valid from Apr 1 – Apr 30, 2010. Prices subject to change without notice. Visit mazda.ca or see your dealer for complete details. ▼Based on Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. ◊One of the Top 10 2009 Best Retained Value. Based on 2005 model. ♦2010 Mazda3 Mazda6, Mazda5 models tested with standard front and side-impact air bags (SABs). Government star ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.safercar.gov). ♦♦Based on 2010 fuel consumption ratings published by Natural Resources Canada.