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Teen rescues abandoned 6-week kittens

Two cats left on a NV trail in a cooler bag Jane Seyd

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TWO six-week old grey kittens are starting to play and bounce around a North Vancouver home after being rescued by a local teen who found them dumped inside a cooler bag with some food at the side of a wooded trail.

Chase Long, 16, was walking down a shortcut trail that runs between East Fourth and Heywood streets on Thursday morning when he heard a hissing sound.

“I thought that was weird,” he said. He looked down and saw a kitten, then spotted the cooler bag nearby — and noticed it was moving. “I realized there was another cat in the bag,” he said.

Eventually the two tiny kittens allowed him to pick them up. “I thought I can’t just leave them here,” he said.

Long immediately took the kittens to the nearby home of a friend, whose family has been active in helping rescue abandoned animals.

Tamara Gillis, who works at a pet store and is active with the Action for Animals group, said she gave the kittens some water and some food appropriate for their tender age.

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North Van Boyz garner YouTube following James Weldon

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A music video parody created by four longtime North Vancouver residents appears to have struck a chord on YouTube, garnering tens of thousands of hits in a matter of days.

North Vancouver Boyz, a take off of pop star Katy Perry’s California Gurls, has been viewed close to 82,000 times since it was posted last month, a large number for something locally focused.

The four-minute clip, set to the tune of Perry’s hit single, reworks the lyrics and visuals to poke fun at the beer-swilling exploits of some of the community’s youth.

The video follows the adventures of a group of young men as they tour the North Shore in a pick-up truck and extol the virtues of jean shorts, inexpensive beer, and a general failure to take responsibility.

“I know a place where the Colts are really cheaper,” sings one character in a flannel shirt and torn jeans at the opening.

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Deadly dive spot should be safe Coast guard auxiliary on hand for Aug. 18 emergency Jennifer Luther

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WHYTECLIFF Park has been a popular scuba diving spot for beginners and experts, though it has claimed the lives of both in the last three years.

In November 2008, a 61 year-old diving instructor died at Whytecliff Park after being found unconscious by his students. A 20 yearold California man diving at the park got the bends (an illness resulting from rapid decompression) and was hospitalized in the same month.

In February of 2008, police issued a warning to divers at the popular scuba spot, after a group of divers were nearly swept out to sea. This year has had its own share of misfortunes, with one diver airlifted off the Sea to NEWS photo CIndy Goodman Sky Highway, one diver dead, and one in intensive care at VOLUNTEER members of the West Vancouver Auxiliary Coast Guard Unit practise a rescue operation. The unit Vancouver General Hospital. is based at West Vancouver Yacht Club and is seeking new members.

In spite of the accidents, Whytecliff Park isn’t an especially dangerous spot, said divers. West Vancouver’s Auxiliary Coast Guard Unit be renaming the group because people think we’re Mike Delaney of the Edge Diving Centre on Marine has experienced this reality first hand, fishing divers out federal government and it’s quite unfortunate when all Drive, a diving instructor and assistant dive safety of the drink. the financing is raised by donations,” said unit leader officer for the Pavilion Lake Research Project (led by “We try to get rid of those guys as quick as we can, Dugal Purdie.

UBC, the Canadian Space Agency and NASA). because we want them to live,” said Mike Cupit, the When rescuing is needed, the West Vancouver men “Different spots of the bay can be challenging, but operations officer of the volunteer organization, who and women, on call 24/7, will ensure that a crew is overall in the area where the general dive public goes, also enjoys diving. onboard a rescue boat within 15 minutes. According to it’s relatively controlled. There aren’t a lot of currents Cupit was on hand Aug. 18, when a Port Moody Purdie, the crew have had about 40 calls per year. The that act upon the Bay. . . . Once you pass the two islets. woman was pulled from the water while unconscious. crew’s members have shouldered an important task, . . there is a lot more potential current there, so you Cupit said this incident could have been operator error, putting others ahead of themselves. have to be aware of that.” since the woman ran out of air deep below the surface.

“We have to be able to go out in any kind of Delaney warned divers that the bay is a gradual He described the woman’s face as being “pale,” and weather anytime, and there may not be anyone coming slope, so watching ascent and descent is especially was glad that the unit was able to work together with to rescue us,” said Cupit. novice-friendly. The nearby “cut,” however, is more other emergency crews.

The West Vancouver Yacht Club-based unit has demanding, the instructor said.

“The firefighters were actually doing CPR on the provided an important lifeline especially to divers, Divers should have prepared ahead of time, prior back of our boat while they were still standing in the because of their proximity. Cupit also described to entering the water, with a pre-descent safety check, ocean.” the difficulty North Shore residents might face if and Delaney suggested heavy wet suits or dry suits, The West Van unit was the first Canadian Coast the auxiliary unit wasn’t in place: “There’s only one additional weight, and predetermined hand signals.

Guard auxiliary on the West Coast and has delivered (Canadian) Coast Guard boat for all of Vancouver at Whytecliff Park might be particularly beautiful, much-needed assistance in West Vancouver for more Kitsilano Coast Guard Base, and they only have the one but in warm weather the blue waters have in the past than 20 years — yet it receives no direct government crew. So sometimes if they’re on a call, there’s no other disguised visibility-impeding plankton. funding. boat from the coast guard. . . .”

But carefully laid plans aren’t always enough for “We’re even puzzling over whether we should The unit has conducted numerous missions in the dark, and under other conditions that would restrict assistance from other vessels. “Most of the time we get called out, is when the weather’s so bad nobody else wants to be out there,” explained Purdie.

Divers have had company on the list of people in need of the unit. The West Van auxiliary has also rescued victims of Sea to Sky Highway crashes and sinking boats, as well as cliff jumpers who have missed the water.

Cupit described the ability to participate in the unit as an amazing learning experience.

Purdie, in his fourth year for the auxiliary, said the Unit has raised $500,000 for a bigger boat — though it will need to swell its ranks as a result. “At the moment we’ve got about 25 active and trained members, what we need is probably to double that number.”

He said the opportunity to take part in the unit is special. “There is nothing as rewarding as having a successful incident where you’ve gone out and saved somebody who was really scared of losing their life and you’ve managed to get them out of that predicament and get them back to shore.”

Those interested in joining the auxiliary are encouraged to email imcb@shaw.ca for more information.

The North Shore Lifeboat Society fundraises for both the West Van and Deep Cove unit. Visit photo Axel Melville their website at www.northshorelifeboat.ca for more B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics rush a diver, believed to be suffering from the bends, information. An electronic volunteer form is on the to a waiting helicopter for quicker transportation to hospital on March 31. site.

Rescue groups offer other options From page 1

Gillis said the kittens were very young, and were covered in fleas and ear mites.

On Friday, she took the pair off to the vet’s at Norgate Animal Hospital where they were cared for for most of the day.

Almost a week later, the brother and sister grey tabbies are starting to get some bounce back, she said — on Monday one of the kittens even risked giving one of her golden retrievers a playful pat on the tail.

Gillis said it seems that someone was hoping the kittens would be found and looked after. But she can’t really understand why they would choose to dump the kittens on the trail.

“There’s tons of rescue groups and there’s the district (of North Vancouver) shelter,” she said. “There are many options.”

Long said he’s stopped by to see the kittens since he found them and is happy to see them doing well. “I can understand people not having the ability to take care of them,” he said. “But the fact (they were dumped) just blocks from the shelter is kind of ridiculous.”

Gillis said she plans to keep the two kittens until they are old enough to be spayed and neutered and will then make sure they are adopted by responsible owners. “We already have people who are interested in adopting them,” she said. “We’ll make sure they get forever homes.”

Slow down for the long weekend Jane Seyd

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ICBC is warning travellers to plan ahead and drive safely during the last long weekend of summer.

On average, there are 1,725 crashes resulting in 515 injuries and five deaths across the province over the Labour Day long weekend, according to the insurance corporation.

Police report that driver inattention, alcohol and speed are the top contributing factors.

People planning trips should build in time for rest breaks and delays, according to the insurance corporation — because there are usually more cars on the road this weekend.

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Rent-cheque scams abound RCMP warn of 2 different rip-offs Jane Seyd

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NORTH Vancouver RCMP are warning the public about two more Craigslist scams, after one local landlord was recently bilked out of almost $6,000.

Both scams involve the fraudsters getting unwitting victims to send them money

over a wire transfer service.

In one case, a local landlord was contacted by a man posing as an overseas doctor who was moving to Canada and needed an apartment to rent. The fictitious doctor wired a check through Western Union to rent the suite for a year, said Cpl. Peter DeVries, spokesman for the local detachment. Once the check cleared the landlord’s bank, which typically takes anywhere from three to seven business days, the doctor claimed a family emergency, and said he needed to back out of the deal. He requested the landlord send most of

the money back, which the landlord did.

A short time later, however, his bank told the landlord that the cheque was fraudulent, said DeVries. Confirmation of that can take the bank up to 21 days. Since the landlord had deposited the fraudulent check, he was left responsible for repayment of the loss.

In another case, a North Vancouver resident responded to a Craigslist post advertising an apartment for rent. The owner claimed he was overseas and asked for advance payment through a Western Union money transfer, said DeVries.

Fortunately, the potential renter was suspicious, and contacted the North Vancouver RCMP, who were able to confirm the ad was a scam.

Rental scams have been especially common in the past month, said Const. Seema Gabi of the North Vancouver detachment’s economic crime unit. Gabi said she’s heard of two cases in the past month where people posing as landlords temporarily out of the country offered to courier keys to prospective tenants — in exchange for one month’s rent.

Luckily the potential tenants became suspicious and didn’t go through with the deal.

Scams involving people who offer to buy used Blackberries or iPads with counterfeit bills have also surfaced recently, she said. By the time the fakes are discovered “the person’s gone,” she said.

To avoid being ripped off, police warn residents doing business on Craigslist and other similar sites to never make a wire transfer payment.

Wire transfers are virtually untraceable, said DeVries.

Similarly, police warn to never accept a cashier’s cheque as payment. Those cheques are often frauds.

Police also warn consumers to avoid any transaction where the seller wants to use an online “escrow service” as those typically turn out to be scams.

But the basic warning on fraud remains the same, said Gabi — If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

Expect ferry lineups From page 3 reports before departing.

B.C. Ferries will have extra ferries sailing from all of its major terminals over the long weekend, including ferries sailing between Horseshoe Bay and both Nanaimo and the Sunshine Coast.

Travellers can still expect to wait, however, during the busiest travel times, including departures from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo on Friday afternoon and departures leaving Nanaimo on Monday afternoon.

Most ferry reservations on Horseshoe Bay routes are already booked for Friday and Monday afternoons of the long weekend.

Those without reservations should arrive well in advance and be prepared to wait.

For people heading to the United States, the Canada Border Services Agency warns that travellers need proper identification, including either a passport or enhanced driver’s licence. Children also need proper identification. Drivers should also try to avoid peak traffic times — usually in the later afternoon/early evening — and monitor border wait times on the agency’s website at www.cbsa.gc.ca.

Friday, September 3, 2010 - North Shore News - A5

Another parody in the works

From page 1

“Cold, wet and grey, you only get two months of summer,” sings another happily as he rides in the box of a truck.

The parody was directed by David Wiggins, 22, a Windsor secondary graduate who now attends SFU. Seycove secondary graduates Mike Russell, Dylan Kinney and Miles Galvin, aged 20 to 21, helped write, perform and produce it.

The friends shot the clip over about a week, edited it over three or four days and posted it to YouTube Aug. 5.

They have been taken aback by video still the reaction.

“When I was editing it I MIKE Russell, one of the North Vancouver Boyz, in a scene from the video parody was like: ‘This could be pretty of the same name on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9YZc5PMibE. popular,’ but I was thinking like 8,000 views,” said Wiggins. “Now it’s at the point where Columbia sort of thing, but North Van, it was the right number Mike and Dylen, the two guys in the video, we go out places and of syllables.” they get recognized everywhere.”

Aside from a few small projects and a course in high school, Patrons of the Roxy nightclub downtown came up to them Wiggins has very limited experience in filmmaking. last weekend to ask them about it, and on a recent trip to the “I just kind of figured it out on my MacBook,” he ssaid. movies at the Park and Tilford shopping centre, strangers came Following the projects success, however, Wiggins plans to up to shake their hands. get further into it. The friends have another parody in the works “We were at the SeaBus, and a group of kids started pointing — which they’re keeping under wraps for the time being — with and yelling,” said Wiggins. “Thirty kids sang the song at us. It’s which they hope will help build a following. After that, they plan weird. It’s like a little micro-Beatlemania or something.” to branch out into more diverse projects.

Wiggins was also surprised by the breadth of the audience To view the clip, visit the Hoodwinked Films channel on who appear to have responded to the project; statistics from the YouTube or search the term “North Vancouver Boyz” on YouTube site point to a relatively broad age range.

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“Our top two demographic are teenagers and 40-year-olds,” A warning to readers: The clip features some limited profanity he said. “I guess people who grew up in the Cove and North Van, and what may or may not be imitation vomit. It should not be it’s kind of the same, and they relate to it. My dad relates to it; he viewed by the easily offended. thinks it’s hilarious.”

The clip has also gained fans beyond the North Shore. People from other communities have contacted the makers to laugh at the fact they saw the lifestyle being targeted in their own home towns.

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VIEWPOINT Published by North Shore News a division of Postmedia Network Inc., 100-126 East 15th Street, North Vancouver, B.C. V7L 2P9. Doug Foot, publisher. Canadian publications mail sales product agreement No. 40010186.

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ANDS up everyone who still believes the B.C. Liberals were not planning on introducing the HST before the provincial election.

Alright Jane, Naomi, Joan and Ralph, you can put your hands down.

And that leaves . . . nobody.

Of course, when we say the “B.C. Liberals,” we really mean Gordon Campbell. It is quite possible that few in cabinet, let alone caucus, beyond the premier and Finance Minster Colin Hansen were privy to the briefing notes revealed Wednesday by a media FOI request.

It is now clear that Hansen received a full briefing of the potential economic pros and cons of the HST on March 12, two months before polling day.

The briefing was subsequently updated after Ontario adopted harmonization

with details of the federal subsidy.

Hansen’s response Wednesday — “I didn’t spend a lot of time on it, actually” — begs the question: Just what was the minister responsible for B.C.’s finances doing instead?

The Liberals, presumably in the forlorn hope of retaining some speck of credibility, didn’t release all of the briefing notes. Many passages were whited out and six whole pages — including one dated March 12 and headed Options — were completely obscured.

It is impossible to underestimate the damage that this sorry episode has done, and not just to the party. The actions of a few power-hungry men continue to tarnish democracy as an ideal. Why should any citizen be expected to exercise their right to vote for liars.

Tired, poor, huddled masses can get in line

I have no respect for a country that has no respect for itself.

What do you call a country that knows queue-jumping alleged refugees are sailing toward it in a rusty ship and does nothing to stop it?

Whose bureaucrats boast of the superb readiness of five of its agencies to receive and deal with them, as if bureaucracy exists for its own sake?

Whose supreme unelected lawmakers, judges, long ago ruled that anyone who sets foot on its soil automatically receives the full rights of its citizens?

Whose richly rewarded immigration lawyers are masters of exploiting the system?

Whose government leaders privately hold opinions that they won’t dare publicly express because many of their members and future candidates fear offending the well-entrenched ethnic or other special-interest groups that, especially in big-city ridings favoured by

This Just In

Trevor Lautens immigrants, can elect or defeat a government, and make or unmake individual political careers?

Whose media also fear to lose their audience or customers by carefully “balancing” the views of their program hosts, columnists, opinion contributors and their on-the-one-hand-onthe-other-hand editorials that end up exquisitely advising squat — all under the “human rights” commissions’ Big Brother threat of honestly speaking their minds?

Whose liberal elites are

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more concerned about their country’s standing in some notional international league of opinion than the “conservative” views of their own taxpayers — who actually pay the full shot, who don’t have the higher incomes, tax write-offs, indexed pensions and similar privileges of the officially compassionate?

Whose governmental bank balances are deep in red ink — can’t afford to maintain all its commitments to its own sick, young, pensioned, unemployed, homeless etc. people, yet out of its great big heart spends scores of millions processing the claims of selfseeking foreigners arriving illegally on disgusting ships?

Whose rules reverse the usual onus of proof — the receiving country’s authorities must prove the refugee’s claim invalid?

Whose indignation is near zero (there are just too many things to be indignant about) when some such claimants are ruled ineligible after years of costly process, are served with deportation orders, and

disappear into the woodwork by the tens of thousands?

And, finally, a country that for all its many successes still harbours an inferiority complex — doesn’t have the self-confidence and selfrespect to defend its own borders from foreigners who can craft a plausibly poignant story?

What do you call that country?

Canada. Oh, you knew that.

The claim of the most recent self-described refugees — Tamils from Sri Lanka — that they are fleeing persecution in the wake of the civil war does not move this citizen’s head or heart.

The ships carrying such refugee claimants deserve nothing but the relatively lowcost remedy of a line of coast guard vessels and Canadian warships on easily arranged routine manoeuvres turning them away as they approach our waters. Any and all such ships, whatever their origin.

The queue starts elsewhere. Let the adventurers

find it and get in the lineup.

Millions have.

Instead Compassionate Canada allows them to land in a country where the eager bureaucracies spend money we don’t have on people we don’t need.

Martin Collacutt, former Canadian high commissioner to Sri Lanka and an expert who closely follows events there, may agree with little in the above. But his Fraser Institute speech last week gave hard evidence of how we’re chumps.

For example, these Tamils could escape alleged persecution by fleeing to their 70 million fellow Tamils in India, 30 miles by water from Sri Lanka. So why choose distant Canada?

What a surprise — because Canada provides lavish “free” social benefits. And a confirmed safe haven for aggrieved, even terrorist ethnic groups to continue hot battles in their homelands that are of about as much interest to Canadians as Brazilian farm receipts in 1924.

“Perjury fatigue” is part of the job for refugee and immigration authorities.

Collacutt noted that 60 per cent of refugee claimants who say they lost their documents “miraculously found them” later when they were needed to apply for such benefits.

In one period, 71 per cent of the supposedly fearful claimants went back to Sri Lanka for a visit. (As of last Friday, relatively prosperous Sri Lanka’s stock market was Asia’s best performer, with a rise of 64.9 per cent in 2010.)

Collacutt also questions the supposed verity that “we have international obligations” under the United Nations convention. It’s outdated and needs revision to foil people-smugglers, he thinks. The government could also use the Charter of Rights “notwithstanding” clause to override hamstringing procedures and rulings that allow abuse of the refugee ideal.

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Fish tale ends well – for now Bob Groeneveld

Contributing Writer

“THERE are fish in the river,” the watchers have proclaimed.

Only a couple of decades ago, that would have been an unspeakably obvious statement. Who would even have thought to say it? One might as likely note that there are birds in the sky, or that there are leaves on the trees, or that there are cars on the roads.

So poorly have we managed our natural resources that a statement as obvious as “there are fish in the river” has become no longer obvious

at all.The estimated 30 million sockeye entering the Fraser River on their way to the spawning beds have come as a remarkable surprise — and a remarkably pleasant

one, at that.

The past few years saw such a dramatic decline in sockeye numbers that, until this summer, there was much hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth over the fishery’s apparent collapse and the species’ imminent demise.

It has come as a monumental surprise that, after the salmon run last year was so tenuous that the commercial fishery was never opened, this year’s run is the strongest since 1913.

Not so surprising was the reaction to the surprisingly good news: joyous cries, from fishers to economists and anyone else who might make a buck off the unexpected

bounty, calling for the capture and death of as many of those 30 million salmon as possibly can be managed.

Perhaps next year we will all be surprised again when the watchers proclaim, “There are no fish in the river.”

We must not lose sight of the fact that the millions of salmon goosed by recent rainfall to speed their way up to their spawning beds are in no way a confirmation of humanity’s stewardship of the environment, but rather are a testament to Mother Nature’s ability to overcome — at least this time — the adversity that humanity has created.

Bob Groeneveld is editor of the Langley Advance.

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that Liberal Paul Martin campaigned to scrap that clause. And it was the Liberal government that repeatedly rejected the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service’s urging that the Tamil Tigers, whose crimes, notably in Toronto, fund their Sri Lanka actions, be designated a terrorist organization. The Conservatives took CSIS’s advice.)

Inevitably such discussions move to the larger issue of current immigration. Based on StatsCan’s own figures, Prof.

Herbert Grubel, a “Chicago school” economist and former member of Parliament, has pointed out that immigrant incomes since 1980 have gone into reverse and are now lower than the Canadian average.

We hardly need evidence — fresh proof arrives all too often, as it has in recent days — that some immigrants are a very bad fit with the Canadian

constitutional ideal of “peace, order and good government.”

An enlightened government would scrutinize immigrants carefully at the gate for nasty proclivities and attitudes (notably toward women and, yes, members of their own ethnic group), firmly prosecute those who pass muster if they later commit crimes, or otherwise prove unworthy to live here, and speedily return them to their home countries. There are enough bad apples in our home-grown barrel to go around without importing more.

Of course there will be those who declare that the above smacks of racism.

No, here’s racism — of the positive kind — that I’ll freely plead guilty to: Can anyone explain why it’s so very, very rare for Filipinos and ethnic Japanese to make trouble, commit crimes, and otherwise appear negatively in Canada’s media?

••• Morally paralytic Canada, Part II: A Squamish Nation elder goes public about a noisy, troublemaking crack house on the reserve. His truck is trashed.

The good Squamish people are intimidated. Mounties called. Shrug. The Squamish will have to deal with it themselves, the cops declare.

What a travesty.

••• September arrives on schedule with all its autumnal gravity (crystallized in Walter Huston’s immortal version of “September Song”), and the start of the North Shore theatre season.

First out of the gate, it appears, is North Vancouver Community Players’ Barbecue Blues in The Theatre at Hendry Hall, opening Sept.

11.

And the Kay Meek Centre springs the surprise of Mickey Rooney, a fresh-faced 90,

and wife Jan in Let’s Put on a Show! Sept. 14. Warning to interviewers: Don’t ask Mick about his teenage liaison with a lonely (Canadian-born) star twice his age that terrified their studio, box-office murder if it got out.

A sad casualty of the competition for an audience is Third Sunday at Three, at St. Francis-in-the-Wood Church. The West Vancouver neighbourhood never embraced it enough as its own.

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The objective of this in-stream project is to increase habitat diversity and create low-velocity zones for fish refuge in the lower reaches of Lynn Creek by constructing large woody debris (LWD) complexes and placing boulder clusters. The habitat structures and boulder clusters will be placed in Lynn Creek between the Keith Rd. and Main St. bridge crossings.

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INQUIRING REPORTER A new bylaw banning smoking in parks and on beaches in the City of Vancouver came into effect on Wednesday. Two North Shore municipalities already have similar bans.

In West Vancouver it’s illegal to smoke in any park with a playground, concession or other activity, while in the District of North Vancouver it’s illegal to smoke within six meters of a playground, concession or other activity. After the North Shore medical health officer presented the case for a uniform approach to smoking across the North Shore, City of North Vancouver council voted to consider a similar bylaw.

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Diana Stickney: North Vancouver Yes. It’s really annoying when you go down to a park and people are smoking in your face or you see butts all over the place.

Is a bylaw banning smoking in parks and on beaches warranted?

Behnaz Malek North Vancouver People who want to smoke should have the freedom of smoking, but then also because of fire . . . I think some form of bylaw would help for fires, because in a park setting there’s lots of trees.

Ben Furber North Vancouver It’s difficult because I smoke. . . . I’d say yes. I think it’s a good bylaw. For pollutants and stuff like that and for children.

Lucho Doria North Vancouver It’s unfair for the other people in the park. We do as much as we can to take care of our health and then somebody else is going to come and light a cigarette.

Agnes Ng: Vancouver Yes. I personally don’t smoke and I think that smoking is hazardous to everyone that’s around, so if you can smoke in your own private area in your yard, I think that’s more convenient for everyone.

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Darwin vice-president Herb Wycherley, president David Webbe and vice-president Oliver Webbe welcome players.

Representatives of Darwin Construction hosted their 10th annual charity golf tournament at the Seymour Golf and Country Club Aug. 13. Darwin invited their development partners and colleagues to participate in an afternoon of golf followed by dinner. Proceeds from the event will support the Make-aWish Foundation. Past tournaments have raised more than $300,000 for the charity.

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THE Awkward Stage Productions Society, a non-profit youth theatre company, is presenting 13 at this year’s Vancouver International Fringe Festival. The musical premieres Sept. 9 at the Firehall Arts Centre. Visit www.awkwardstageproductions.com for details.

Artists inspired by nature show work at Ferry Building: Page 14 The American’s anti-Hollywood stance favours Euro style: Page 18 Adrian Raeside’s Return to Antarctica: Page 20 More online at www.nsnews.com including Cat Toren captures bop spirit on new CD twitter.com/ NSNPulse

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The kids are alright

■ 13, the musical, presented by Awkward Stage Productions as part of the Vancouver International Fringe Festival, Sept 9-19 at Vancouver’s Firehall Arts Centre. Visit www.vancouverfringe.com for tickets and show times.

Erin McPhee emcphee@nsnews.com

IT’S an all too familiar Catch-22: to get a job, experience is needed; but, it’s impossible to get experience without first having a job.

No matter how much training one undertakes, it’s next to impossible to launch a career in any field unless some professional experience is gained first.

To ease the tricky transition for those interested in pursuing a career in theatre, a group of local veterans have launched Awkward Stage Productions Society, a non-profit youth theatre company committed to providing real life performance and production opportunities to rising stars.

“We wanted to create a company that would lend to youth, having opportunities between the training that they do, so whether that’s in high school or other post-secondary education . . . and a professional career in theatre,” says Cara Tench, Awkward Stage’s co-founding artistic associate and vice-president of communications.

The company is currently engaged in rehearsals for their inaugural production, the musical 13, at this year’s Vancouver International Fringe Festival, Sept. 9-19, at the Firehall Arts Centre.

“It really is amazing,” says Tench. “I really just feel like it’s a dream come true, it’s just exactly what I want to be doing.”

Tench, who also teaches dance and musical theatre at West Vancouver’s Collingwood School, launched Awkward Stage with peers Andy Toth and Corwin Ferguson. They were invited to present a show at this year’s Fringe Festival and viewed it as the perfect opportunity to get Awkward Stage up and running.

The society was officially incorporated this summer.

Youth are involved at all levels, from sitting on its board of directors, to being involved as actors, musicians, technical crew members and production assistants.

“We’ve really allowed them the opportunity to bring all of their ideas to the table,” says Tench.

Rehearsals for 13, which features music and lyrics

by Jason Robert Brown and book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn, got underway Aug. 2 and are held Mondays to Fridays.

The musical depicts a young hero named Evan who’s tying to plan the best bar mitzvah ever after moving from big city New York to a small Indiana town. In his quest to be popular, he faces a number of challenges — cliques, gossip, bullies and divorcing parents —many of which comprise the typical high school experience.

“I feel like it’s just such a fun thing for Awkward Stage to start with, a show about teenagers, because 13 is such an awkward stage,” says Tench. “It’s just this perfect mix of being able to deal with teen angst through our growing pains of starting a company. It just seemed like a really fun story to tackle.”

Tench is directing Awkward Stage’s production.

More than 80 youth auditioned and 24 were chosen, ranging in age from 12 to 18.

“We’ve really been able to handpick some of the strongest youth talent in the Lower Mainland,” says Tench.

The youth are split into two casts, junior and senior, based on experience.

“The most inspiring part is to see how much the cast members nurture and encourage each other,” says Tench, referencing the double casting that has resulted in a unique mentorship situation. “There are no uncomfortable teen issues in the process as they are all so invested in the final product and want each other to really succeed.”

The two casts will alternate performances through the run of the show.

“It’s an incredibly inspiring group of young people who are just so thrilled and so passionate about theatre and performing and really strong triple-threats. Really, there’s just so much that they’re capable of,” says Tench.

Evan is being played by 17-year-old Vancouver resident Zach Wolfman in the senior cast and by 13year-old West Vancouver resident Alex Lara, a student at Collingwood, in the junior cast.

“He has a really amazing stage presence. He’s only going into Grade 8 this year but he is incredibly strong,” says Tench, of Lara.

“He’s a really fun positive kid who tends to break out into hip-hop dancing whenever he has a spare moment,” she adds.

There are a number of other North Shore students involved in the production, including actors: Yoav Lai, 15, from Collingwood; Fiona McIntyre, 17, from Handsworth secondary and Julie Cooper, 15, from Seycove secondary. Recent Sutherland secondary graduate Tessa Gunn is serving as a stage manager.

Ashlee Kim, 17, a student at Handsworth, is playing the role of Kendra in the junior cast.

“She’s very caring and naive and she believes in rainbows and sunshine. She’s very bubbly and energetic and she just always sees the good in people and she’s See Awkward page 17

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CALENDAR GALLERIES 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.

Embrace Life: An art auction in support of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, Thursday, Sept. 9, 6-9 p.m. The art will be on display one week prior to the event. Admission: $20. Tickets: sarah@innovativefitness.com.

Ferry Building Gallery: 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver.

Admission to all shows is free. Info: 604-925-7266 or www. ferrybuildinggallery.com. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.5 p.m. Closed Mondays.

Inspired by Nature: A mixed media exhibition of parks of West Vancouver will run from Sept. 3 to 26. Opening reception: Friday, Sept. 3, 6-8 p.m. Artists in attendance: Saturday, Sept. 4, 2-3 p.m.

Evening presentations: Tuesday, 7 p.m., by donation. Sept. 7, Jeff Marliave will talk about the delicate interrelationship of rockfish and glass sponges. Sept. 14, Keith Wade will talk about forest biodiversity.

The Gallery at Artisan Square: 587 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island.

Info: 604-947-2454 or www.biac.ca. Hours: Friday-Sunday, noon4 p.m.

Crossings: An exhibit of new works by Patricia Adams, until Sept.

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

Gardenscapes: Mike Wakefield’s photos will be on exhibit until Sept. 12.

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.

Puppets: An exhibition featuring the puppets that are used for performances by the North Shore Theatre for Children, until Sept.

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SINGER/SONGWRITER Hilary Grist mixes pop, jazz and cabaret on her new album, Imaginings, recorded at Creativ Recording Studios. The Capilano University jazz studies grad will launch the CD at The Cultch (1895 Venables Street) tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Tickets ($15 advance, $20 at the door) are available by calling 604251-1363 or visit tickets.thecultch.com. For more details go to www.hilarygrist.com.

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CALENDAR Thursday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $48.50.

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

Jeremy Taylor, singer-songwriter and entertainer will perform Sept. 8-10 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $30.

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

Summerfest 2010: A concert series, every Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. Dates and performers: Sept. 5, Luisa Marshall as Tina Turner with the Hotlegz Dancers. Donations to Lions Gate Hospital Foundation will be accepted on site.

Mount Seymour United Church: 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. Info: www.mtseymourunited.com.

Gentlemen of Fortune Barbershop Chorus will perform, Saturday, Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $10.

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

Power and Passion: Rena Sharon performs a solo recital of Brahms, Beethoven and Barber, Thursday, Sept. 9 at 10:30 a.m.

Tickets: $15/$12.

Jim Byrnes will share an intimate evening performing gospel, blues, rockabilly and country, Thursday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $25/$20.

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VISUAL ARTS

Artists inspired by nature show new work ■ Inspired By Nature: The Parks of West Vancouver, Ferry Building Gallery, Sept. 3-26.

THE Lighthouse Park Preservation Society in partnership with the Ferry Building Gallery is hosting an exhibition, entitled Inspired By Nature: The Parks of West Vancouver, beginning tonight and running through September.

Featuring the works of 22 local artists, the exhibition will showcase the natural

beauty and riches of the region, as well as draw attention to the delicate balance and diligence involved in the necessary stewardship of the parks.

Look at any local map and you will see the builtup areas dotted with small green shapes. Precious islands. This is how residents tend to think of the public lands which serve as retreats from the surrounding hard surfaces and the noisy bustle of city life. But these parks are not just pretty places for relaxation. As remnants of the native forest, they have remained vital parts of the larger natural environment.

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It is in this role, as reservoirs of the natural world, that the parks are beginning to fail. The native plants, along with the insects, animals and birds that depend on them, are vanishing. This is partly due to pressure from a growing population and a changing climate, but it’s mostly due to careless use and isolation.

Along with other stewardship groups, the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society is working to turn things around. When public land is treated as wasteland, when there is vandalism and littering, encroachment and tree cutting, the society works to raise the status of the woodland parks so that these fragile places will receive more respect. When lands are threatened by invasive species spreading from gardens or from the dumping of garden debris, Society members spread the word through education and fight back with work parties to pull ivy, broom and lamium. They also grow native plants for restoration projects.

The exhibition is timely as 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, whose mission statement reads, “You are an integral part of nature; your fate is tightly linked with biodiversity, the huge variety of other animals and plants, the places they live and their surrounding environments, all over the world.”

Working in a variety of mediums, the following artists will demonstrate their passion for parks and address the challenges of parks preservation: Andrea Barber, Liz Byrd, Susanna Blunt, Ray Bradbury, Mary-Jean Butler, Toni Cavelti, Barrie Chadwick, Mary Comber

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MARY-JEAN Butler is one of a group of artists showing their work in a new exhibit, Inspired By Nature: Parks of West Vancouver, at the Ferry Building Sept. 3-26.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to FASHION & STYLE

Finding style in the everyday Jennifer Luther

Contributing Writer

THE nude oxfords under the table scream luxe, but no one would ever guess that Faranak daCosta’s black blazer cost $5 at a thrift store.

BIG NIGHT AT THE MOVIES West Vancouverite Kristy Brinkley and Lorraine Kitsos, creator of Redfish Kids Clothing, received an unexpected thrill when they took in a recent showing of Eat Pray Love, starring Julia Roberts. For the friends and business partners, the real star of the show was their Swing Dress (above), which made a surprise appearance in one scene. Read Brinkley’s blog about it, at www. redfishkidsclothing.com.

But that, she says, is the essence of a stylist’s talent. Her favourite fashion moment was wearing another five dollar item — a ball gown — with $500 shoes. “Anything goes,” daCosta says about fashion, which is why she believes that finding your personal style can be so overwhelming for North Shore residents, who feel they have to be good at everything.

Deep Cove’s daCosta thinks personal style is important because of the artistry in fashion: “It’s almost like music. Music is an international language, same with fashion. It’s so important. And that is the first thing that you come out of your house and you face the world in, and how could you be blaze about it?”

A stylist’s mission, she believes, is “to give an outfit personality.” And daCosta should know. She has lived fashion her whole life, and has spent time abroad learning about the art. She wrote a fashion column for three years, and was a stylist to celebrities such as Michael Bublé and Chad Kroeger. Now she’s taken on a new challenge: styling everyday people.

“It’s more challenging, and it’s a different avenue for me. It feels and fits right, right now for me.”

Batting her blue mascara-ed eyelashes, she adds that it’s much more gratifying to make everyday, ordinary people look extraordinary. This is the concept behind Restyle Today, daCosta’s new business that offers styling services with a personal touch.

The starting point for any customer is to meet daCosta for coffee and chat, so that any selections will be tailored to hobbies, interests, lifestyle, likes, and dislikes.

As a mother of a new baby, daCosta says she understands the perspective of people who don’t have enough time to dedicate towards figuring out a wardrobe. Her skills and experience allow her to work with clients from price points of a wide range (even starting at

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PROFESSIONAL fashion stylist Faranak daCosta (standing) conducts in-home consultations to help clients like Kelly Mahannah rework their wardrobe to update their look. $50, she says), and have developed her keen eye for unexpected, lovely pieces.

“It doesn’t have to be expensive, it doesn’t have to be complicated.”

While she is happy to offer advice about this season’s trends (military looks, fuller skirts, and gold, among others), daCosta is most interested in

finding pieces that will last through the ebbs and tides of fads. She gives pencil skirts, (quality) leopard print and oxfords as examples. Her favourite places to shop on the North Shore are Moulé, Aritzia and Wear Else (all at Park Royal) and various thrift stores.

Though a restyle means clients will

have to part with some closet clutter (we’re looking at you, Uggs), daCosta can also help breathe new life in to older items, sometimes through tailoring, or simply by suggesting a modern accent.

“When something is just truly cool and hip and just beautiful, why take it out of your closet?”

So far, Restyle clients have included accountants, pharmacists, teachers, and 16-year-olds, but daCosta feels prepared to take on any fashion challenge.

She would especially like to work towards abolishing jeans with studs and over-the-top detailing and overly pointy-toed shoes for men.

“I think, to me, that’s the weapon of mass destruction. There are no other weapons anywhere else.”

Being a personal stylist invites many challenges, including fear of decluttering and catty friends, but daCosta has faced equally difficult celebrities and average joes.

The payoff, though, seems worth it: “There will always be an element of surprise, always, and unpredictability, but that effortless chic is what they will get out of it.”

DaCosta’swebsite,www.restyletoday. com, highlights the personal styling services, which range from a “fresh start,” $375 for a half day of wardrobe review, identifying a “look,” and then personal shopping, to a “queen be,” which is $995 for a full day including lunch, a haircut and makeup.

While personal styling services can make a great gift, happiness is the stylist’s focus: “At the end of the day, we’re all human, we all have our loves, we all have our needs and likes, and dislikes. We all want to be happy, and be loved, and be respected.”

To help achieve this goal, daCosta also offers group services, which allow up to five people to share the experience of being pampered. The “weekend style club” happens over two days, and for $275 clients will get a crash course in fashion, as well as a wardrobe assessment and personal shopping.

Readers (including men, of course) who mention this article will receive 20 per cent off the group package.

Readers hoping to keep up with daCosta’s fashion advice can look out for her blog, coming soon to her website.

A16 - North Shore News - Friday, September 3, 2010

LOOK beauty spot

Estée lip colour stays in place A good lipstick or lip pencil should go on easily, stay in place, and keep lips moist — oh, and it should look pretty when wielded publicly.

Estée Lauder’s Double Wear Stay-in-Place lip line hits two of four targets. The online ratings on the makeup giant’s website would tell you the lipstick ($30) gets 4.1 out of 5 stars, but I would give it 3.6. I tried it in “Stay Ginger,” and at first I was surprised by how dark it came out. Though the application was easy and felt light, my lips immediately dried out.

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Salon show: Lower Lonsdale’s Verve Hair Lounge and Art Gallery is showcasing the talent of urban artist Indigo in her first solo show, Towards the Light.

This talented young artist has seen much acclaim in the past year, having showcased her talent internationally in cities such as Toronto, San Francisco, London, Amsterdam, Berlin and her home base of Vancouver.

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the case, with gold and blue sections that catch and reflect light between tasteful ridges.

I’d be happy to pull it out of

my bag while on the bus or in a restaurant.

The lip pencil ($22), 08 Spice in this case, was subtle by

contrast and when applied under the lower lip line enhanced fullness. It has stylish goldcapped ends and serves a double purpose, since a lipstick brush is concealed under the second cap.

The lip pencil got 4.5 on the website, which seems accurate.

After about an hour — or one doughnut and a coffee later — the colours softened while staying firmly in place. The lipstick still makes my lips dry, but maybe with an initial layer of chapstick I’d rate it higher.

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— Jennifer Luther

Park Royal unveils smartphone app WITH 1.2 million square feet of retail, it’s hard to know exactly what is at Park Royal.

Things are always changing (did you know the new Gymboree is open?), and sometimes it’s hard for shoppers to keep up.

All that is about to change now that the mall has released a new app for smartphones. The app, called Shop Park Royal, is compatible with iPhones, Blackberries, and Androids.

Shop Park Royal features an events section, information on where to find products and deals, hours of operation, a map of Park Royal, as well as other features.

If you had the app, for example, you might already have known about the shopping night for teens on Aug. 27, which featured live dance performances, free limo rides, free food, and a flash mob.

It’s not too late to stay ahead. Downloading the app now means that smartphone users will be right in step with the opening of Freedman Shoes in November, and H&M in late October.

Guess and Jacob expansions will also be covered.

For iPhones the app is available on iTunes, while Blackberry and Android users can download it at www.shopparkroyal.com.

— Jennifer Luther

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very oblivious to what’s around her. She’s really fun,” says Kim of her character.

Kim has had an interest in performance since early childhood, donning a tutu and putting on plays in her living room as early as age two.

“Every time I’d hear music, I’d just start dancing,” she says.

“Ever since that, being on stage is my second home. It’s where I smile, it’s where I’m comfortable, it’s where I belong. When you have those three traits, it’s not just a hobby anymore, it’s a passion,” she adds.

Kim has worked with StageCraft Theatre School and Second Avenue Studios. It was through her involvement with Arts Umbrella that she heard about Awkward Stage’s production of 13.

“What started out as a musical production, is like a personal journey to me now. We can all relate to the script, every line in the book, we can all remember what it was like to say that at 13,” she says.

Tench has been incredibly amazing to work with, says Kim. “It doesn’t matter if you make 100 mistakes a day, you just know that it’s okay to make mistakes around her because she’ll just, no matter what, support you,” she says.

Kim credits her involvement in the production with having helped cement her career path. While she’s always had a strong attraction to theatre, she was leaning more towards pursuing a career as a writer.

“Awkward Stage Productions, it’s helped me find what I want to do in life and this is what I want to do,” she says.

Following its run at the Fringe, Tench hopes to remount 13 elsewhere in the Lower Mainland. They also hope to organize some cabaret-style evenings, giving youth an opportunity to work on monologues and songs as well as gain some experience with auditioning. Next year, they plan to present another musical.

“The ball is really rolling and we’re getting such great support from the community so I know that there will be opportunities to do all those things,” she says. “Onwards and upwards — tons more shows. There’s no stopping us now.”

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GEORGE Clooney, having built a reputation as a solid romantic lead (One Fine Day), lovable buffoon (the Oceans movies), and corporate menace (Syriana, Michael Clayton) now seems anxious to be cast as a loner. Pathos got him an Oscar nod for last year’s Up In The Air; Clooney plays another pitiable, lonely soul in The American.

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We learn little about Jack; GEORGE Clooney in The American, directed by Anton Corbijn. we know only slightly more about his character — and Despite his repeated insistence that he is “no good with nothing at all about his history — at the end of the film than we machines,” Jack is actually an arms expert. He executes his latest did at the beginning. It would appear that he’s an assassin, albeit a assignment with the precision and care of a craftsman. Exiled in reluctant one. Jack has spent a lifetime looking over his shoulder, town, Jack (or is it Edward?) sleeps with his clothes on and his and he looks tired of it. gun cocked. He has the occasional conversation about damnation Jack flees to the mountainous Abruzzo region in Italy and with the village priest (Paulo Bonacelli) and falls for Clara, a local wanders the labyrinthine cobbled pathways of a hilltop town warily. prostitute (played mostly naked by Violante Placido).

He’s unhappy with the way his last job turned out (where Clooney, The American has a distinctly Euro flair. Clooney himself spends sporting a salt-and-pepper beard, looked like Sean Connery’s much of his free time at his Lake Como villa, but has thus far double). His contact, the rarely seen Pavel (Johan Leyson), thinks managed to escape a Madonna-like affected accent or a propensity Jack is going soft, and assigns him one last job: “you don’t even See Haunting page 19 have to pull the trigger,” he says reassuringly.

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The Euro film style, however, Clooney has embraced. There is no thudding music to propel us on, only a haunting, minimalist score by Herbert Gronemeyer. The tension builds in near-silence, which only highlights Jack’s solitude.

This absence of bombast is distinctly anti-Hollywood, as is the film’s slow pace and its full-frontal nudity (particularly in one redlit, red-hot love scene).

Every girl is a Bond babe, but the film is more Bonanza than Bond: director Anton Corbijn (Control) has compared his film to a western in which a stranger comes into a small town, connects with a few locals, only to have his past catch up with him in a violent way.

Adapted from the 1990 book, A Very Private Gentleman, by Martin Booth, with beauteous cinematography by Martin Ruhe, overall The American fails to engage. We know nothing about Jack — and that is the point, I suppose — but without some clues from his past we have only a tepid desire to see Jack get out of this thing alive.

In the film, Father Benedetto mentions that Americans have contempt for history; ironically, a little more history would’ve saved The American.

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10:00am Traditional SundayWorship & Sunday School

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A20 - North Shore News - Friday, September 3, 2010

BOOKS

photo Mari Ogawa

EDITORIAL cartoonist Adrian Raeside, whose work appears regularly in the North Shore News, journeyed to Antarctica to retrace the footsteps of his grandfather Silas Wright, a member of the 1910 Scott expedition.

photo Herbert Ponting

INTERIOR of ice cave with Terra Nova in background.

Griffith Taylor, left, Silas Wright on right.

BOOK TELLS INCREDIBLE TALE OF SURVIVAL IN ANTARCTICA

The icemen cometh

■ Adrian Raeside — Return to Antarctica (John Wiley & Sons Canada).

Niamh Scallan nscallan@nsnews.com

IN 1910, British naval officer Robert Scott assembled a team of professionals and set off on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole. Aboard the ship was Canadian physicist Charles Seymour “Silas” Wright.

SILAS Wright after returning from journey.

Arriving in January 1912, Scott discovered that Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian expedition made it first, becoming the first explorer to reach the South Pole. Scott’s team turned back for England but he and four others never made it home due to starvation, exhaustion and extreme cold.

One hundred years later, New Zealand-born, Whistler, B.C. based writer and editorial cartoonist Adrian Raeside seeks to expose unknown truths about the ill-fated exploration in his book, Return to Antarctica.

With a personal connection to the expedition, Raeside uses his grandfather Silas Wright’s personal letters and diaries to retell the tale of the 1910 Scott Expedition.

“I was used to growing up surrounded by all the photographs and artifacts,” Raeside recalls. “I took it for granted, it was part of the family. It wasn’t until later as I got older, after we’d moved to

editorial cartoons helped him retell the story of Robert Scott’s expedition, he says.

“With an editorial cartoon, you take fact, you look at what’s happening, you look at it sideways and you present it in a slightly different way, but it’s still fact,” he says. “To me, I didn’t start out looking to trash anyone but I sort of wanted to look at it from a different point of view with the information that I had in my possession.”

Raeside is currently working on a Return to Antarctica documentary based on footage he collected during his trip and artifacts recovered from his grandfather’s collection.

The documentary is another medium to tell the story of Robert Scott’s team members who have been left out of historical accounts for so long, he says.

“Historians have overlooked the fact that it was an incredible tale of survival,” Raeside says.

photo Herbert Ponting

photo Herbert Ponting

THE main party of the Scott Expedition gathered together for a photo at Cape Evans, 1911.

Canada, that I’d realized that the story was actually quite different form the one I’d been lead to believe from popular accounts.”

Raeside inherited the Canadian scientist’s papers and diaries from the 1910 expedition after his grandfather passed away in 1975. Discovering details that have been missed in popular historical accounts, Raeside used photographs, letters, diary entries and other artifacts to piece together the story told by Silas Wright so many years ago.

“I wanted to set the story straight from the point of view of someone who was there and

not historians who were writing third or fourth-hand,” he says.

In Return to Antarctica, Raeside documents a story different from the Scottpraising accounts most commonly circulated.

According to Silas Wright’s accounts, Scott had learned all the wrong things about the Antarctic when he first traveled there in 1901.

“The thing that most surprised me was that Scott was so pig-headed and refused to take advice from anyone who had an opposing view to how he was doing things,” Raeside says. “It seemed staggering that he had an unbelievable belief

in his own abilities, which were minimal.”

Discovering new facts about the expedition, Raeside travelled to Antarctica in 2008 to retrace the steps of the Scott expedition team. In Return to Antarctica, Raeside recounts his own experiences, reflecting on the strength and tenacity of the team members like his grandfather who survived harrowing conditions.

“It’s like having only four pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and 52 years later, you find all the other pieces of the puzzle and you can put it together and see the whole all of a sudden,” Raeside says of his trip south. “For me,

what was most striking was that they spent three years in such dreadful conditions in this hut that is still standing today.”

“To have that experience is great,” he adds. “With my connection to the expedition, it just made me realize that these people were incredibly tough.

The fact that only five people died is amazing.”

Aside from writing, Raeside is also a well-known editorial cartoonist. His comic strip, “The Other Coast,” combines environmental and political issues with comedy and has appeared in over 150 newspapers worldwide.

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Friday, September 3, 2010 - North Shore News - A21

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In Memoriam

AKSEL CHRISTENSEN Oct. 31, 1929 - Sept. 3, 2009 Days of sadness still come o’er us, Tears in silence sometimes flow.

Memory keeps you ever near us, Though you died one year ago.

Love, the family

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CHAPMAN - Audrey Jean Audrey Chapman (nee Williams) passed away peacefully and quietly August 26, 2010 in Lions Gate Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband Arthur (1967). Left to miss her are daughter Carol Forrester, granddaughters: Seanna (Wallace) Koopmans and Tori (Mike) Dolmans, son Bob (Agnes) Chapman, grandsons Spencer and Troy Chapman. She was the much loved Great Grandma (“GG”) of great-grand-daughters Emily and Charlotte Koopmans and Kailannie Dolmans and great-grandson Makaio Dolmans.

She also leaves behind sister Lois and brother Ted. Audrey was born the year 1923 in South Vancouver and lived her entire life in the Lower Mainland, with the past 64 years in West Vancouver.

After working in the placement office of MacMillan Bloedel for many years, Audrey was blessed with an early, healthy and active retirement. She enjoyed travel, bridge games, her many friends, and the camaraderie of the West Van Seniors Centre. Audrey was a proponent of physical activity and could always been seen doing her beloved walks on the West Vancouver seawall. Above all time spent with her family, especially the celebrations, meant everything to her. Many thanks to Dr. Sugar and the Palliative Care staff at Lions Gate Hospital for your kind and considerate assistance. No service by request. In lieu of flowers please make a contribution to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, or the charity of your choice. A private gathering will be held at a later date.

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LOUGHLAN Duane Douglas (‘‘Red’’) June 9, 1936 - August 30, 2010 Red, fondly remembered by his friends, passed away peacefully at Lions Gate Hospital on August 30, 2010. He was predeceased by his mother and father. Red had many interests and was an avid reader. He was a member of, and retired from the Telecommunications Workers Union.

Red was also very active at Unit 45, Army and Navy Club. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. A service will be held at Boal Chapel, First Memorial on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 2:00pm.

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Obituaries

RYBCHINSKY - Alice July 26, 1915 - August 20, 2010 Alice is the oldest of four children born to pioneer parents John and Mary Rybchinsky in a mixed Ukrainian farming community several miles out of Wakaw in northern Saskatchewan. She lost her parents, her sister Ann, her brother Peter, her brother-in-law Matt, her niece Bev. She is survived by her brother Stan (Jessie) their children Sandra (Colin) Brian (Wilma) their children Wyatt, Tanner, Cale and Alex, her niece Diane and her children Cynthia (Lennie) their children Caylen and Connor, and Scott and Michelle. A service will be held on September 4th at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses at 2626 Mountain Highway, Lynn Valley, North Vancouver, B.C. at 2 pm.

HETHERINGTON Carol Kathleen

With deep sadness, the family of Carol Kathleen Hetherington (née Crawford) announces her sudden passing, after a short battle with cancer. She passed away on Friday Aug 27th, 2010 at the age of 74 in Lion’s Gate Hospital with her sons at her side.

Lovingly remembered by sons Alan (Consola) and Paul (Jennifer), granddaughters Laysla and Ailie, and many friends in the community and overseas, Carol was pre-deceased by her loving husband Leslie in May of this year and her brothers Ronnie and Fraser Crawford.

Born February 28th, 1936 in Giffnock, Scotland to Charles and Mary Crawford (née Fraser). The daughter of a furrier, Carol and her three brothers, Ronnie, Fraser and Alan, grew up in Glasgow.

Her father died when she was an adolescent so Carol learned as a young woman what it meant to support a family. She completed secretary college before leaving for Canada and arrived in April 1958 on the Empress of Britain. In Toronto she quickly became an avid car rally enthusiast and even rallied Mini Coopers right across the country. She met her husband Leslie at a car event and they were married August 10th, 1962 in Toronto followed by a lovely Bermudian honeymoon. They had their first child Alan in Toronto in 1965 and in 1968 the family moved to North Vancouver where Paul was born in 1969.

Throughout the years of raising her children Carol created a loving and supportive foundation for the family. She worked close to home at Windsor Secondary School, first in the cafeteria where she was a big hit with all the kids, then later at the Learning Assistance Centre with special needs children in science and math studies. She was on many community volunteer committees and managed her sons’ soccer teams. Carol thoroughly enjoyed participating as a member of the Mount Seymour Lion’s Club and the Deep Cove Yacht Club and she loved singing in the Village Voices Choir, proudly performing in 1986 for Vancouver’s World Expo. Carol was a voracious reader of novels, and a fan of crosswords and puzzles. She enjoyed camping, boating and car trips with family, and cruises with her husband.

For the past five years Carol has been a pillar of strength in providing support for her ailing husband Leslie. Her devotion and sense of putting others before herself will be remembered as a hallmark of inspiration to her family and friends. Carol’s kindness, loving nature and ready smile will be missed by all.

A public memorial service will be held at Deep Cove Yacht Club, 4420 Gallant Avenue, North Vancouver at noon on Sunday, Sept. 12th. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the BC Lung Association.

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MAPLETON, Nora Elaine (Bettie) passed away peacefully in Lions Gate Hospital on Tuesday August 24th at the age of 90, following a brief illness. Predeceased by her husband David H. Mapleton in 1992, Bettie is survived by her brother C. William Evans of Calgary; daughter Marjorie and grand-dog Cefyn; son David A., daughter-in-law Lorraine, grandchildren Christopher and Kelsey and grandson-in-law Jeff; and nieces and nephews. Bettie was born in Vernon, where she met David H, of Telkwa, BC, who was attending the military training camp. They married in 1944 and in1951, moved to North Vancouver where, together, they raised their family, made lifelong friends and over the years enjoyed traveling to many destinations. Throughout her life, Bettie put her numerous creative talents to the benefit of various community organizations and individuals. When it came to her family and friends, our Mum’s thoughtfulness, generosity and love knew no bounds. She will be deeply missed. The family would like to thank the doctors and nurses of 6 East LGH, and especially Dr. Paul Sugar and the Palliative Care team for making her final days comfortable and dignified. A private family service to celebrate her life was held on Friday August 27th. In lieu of flowers, Bettie would have preferred that you get together with family and/or friends, enjoy a nice bottle of wine, and to raise your glass in honour of her long and meaningful life.

NAHANEE, Harold Martin Jr. It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Harold Martin Nahanee Jr. Harold was born November 2, 1953 and died peacefully at Lions Gate Hospital on August 30, 2010 after battling cancer for length of time. Harold will be deeply missed by his children Harold Nahanee III (Chrystal), Clinton “Kyle” Nahanee (Donna), Brandon Nahanee (Elizabeth), Nicole Bartleman & Laura Elliott; his brothers Allen Nahanee (Janine), Leo Nahanee, Jeff Nahanee (Carolyn) & Henrico Antone; sister Cheyenne Nahanee (Darren). Grandchildren Peyton Nahanee, Keenan Nahanee, Kale Nahanee, Litonya Nahanee, Quentin Nahanee, Marcus Nahanee, Kathleen NahaneeJacobs, Genesee NahaneeJacobs, Talon Bartleman, Emma Bartleman, Sara Bartleman & Madeline Elliott-Harris. Harold was always willing to volunteer and help with the Squamish Nation Teams for lacrosse from minors to senior clubs over the years this made him very proud especially when he got to see his family members excelling in an organized sport. He was also active with his family teachings with the culture travelling throughout the lower mainland, up & down the coast and through Washington State meeting new friends, family and more importantly maintaining lifetime friendships. His legacy to his family is that he was an avid fan of lacrosse, football and soccer. He had a great sense of humour and his presence will be missed by his Squamish Nation families at community gatherings. A Prayer & Funeral Service will be held at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre, 100 Capilano Road, North Vancouver, BC on Thursday, September 2nd. at 7:00 p.m. and Friday, September 3rd, at 10:00 a.m.

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SMITH, Wallace E. 1923-2010

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our family patriarch. Wallace was born in Perth N.B. and grew up in Fredericton. Wallace joined the RCAF in 1941 and went overseas from 1942-1945. Upon his return, he claimed his sweetheart (Marian Caverhill) and they married in 1946. Wallace worked for H.J. Heinz for 37 years until his retirement in 1982. Due to promotions from Salesman in N.B. to Sales Manager for Western Canada, the family kept moving west from Fredericton to Moncton, then to London Ont. (1962) and to North Vancouver B.C (1969). After retiring in 1982, Wallace and Marian spent 25 winters in Lake Havasu, Arizona and travelled or cruised to many other parts of the world. Wallace was happiest spending time with his family and puttering at home in his garden or at the Glen near Mt. Baker. He loved a good game and a good laugh. Wallace will be lovingly remembered and deeply missed by family and friends. He leaves behind Marian (his wife of 64 years); children Don, Kathy (David), Jan (Doug) and Carol (Pierre); Grandchildren Cameron (Sherry), Andrea (Scott), Megan and Craig and great grand children Haley and Nathan “Wallace“. Many thanks to his compassionate caregivers at home and at Lions Gate Hospital.

A Service Celebrating Wallace’s life will be held at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd, N. Van. on Tuesday September 7th at 3 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society greatly appreciated.

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STEVENSON - George William George, born at home on February 27, 1917 in Harding, Manitoba, died peacefully August 29, 2010 as his family lovingly said goodbye. “We love you Dad, Grandpa, and Great-Grandpa”.

George was predeceased by his beloved wife Irene in 1973, and his brother Harold. He leaves behind his loving companion Joyce Borrie. George is survived by his son Dave (Sue), grandchildren Amy (Jason), Matt, Sam, Jesse and Aaron, great grandchildren Callen and Koen, brother Gordon (Jean) and extended family. George grew up farming in Manitoba. He arrived in Vancouver in 1948 and built a career in building supplies in West Vancouver. With his amazing knowledge, he helped the builders and home handymen create fine homes on the North Shore for 34 years. On his retirement George spent fifteen years as a volunteer driving for the West Vancouver Seniors Centre, honored at his second retirement with a lifetime membership. As a youth, George was an accomplished athlete in hockey and baseball; he won curling, lawn bowling and golf competitions over many years.

George was a strong, quiet, caring man who lived at home until his health failed in the last month of his life. George was a remarkable man. He made many friends and lived a life of service to his community. A memorial celebration will be held Friday September 3, 2010 in the Spirit Room, West Vancouver Community Centre, at 2:00 pm.

We will share of our love for this man and tell ‘George stories’ to honour his life.

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Lost & Found

PARROT (SIZE Budgie) lost Aug 17 @ Skyline Dr. dark green, friendly, 604-988-8908

Alcoholics Anonymous

NSNS COIN FAIR Sat • Sep 11 • 10am to 5 pm Sun • Sep 12 • 10am to 4pm OAKRIDGE AUDITORIUM 41st & Cambie • Vancouver Coins, Paper, Medals, Buy / Sell, Appraisals.

RCMP Counterfeit Display.

Free adm • Door Prize draws

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Beauticians/ Barbers

CHAIR RENTAL in busy salon in North Vancouver excellent location Call 604 990-1076 UPSCALE CHILDRENS HAIR SALON is looking for a funky, positive fully qualified stylist.

Temp P/T to start. Possible F/T for the right candidate. Hours are Tues-Sat, 2pm-6pm. Drop off resume in person: 1785 Bellevue West Van. No phone calls please.

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Domestics

A CLEAN Sweep is hiring P/T reliable housecleaners. Call 604-987-9970 HOUSEKEEPER / NANNY Upper Lonsdale, Mon-Wed, 8am-5pm. Cleaning, laundry.

Child Care before & after school (school 1 blk) Valid drivers license & car for errands is an asset but not reqd. Exp reqd. 604-986-0485 email: mhentze@telus.net

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Drivers

Class 1 Drivers & Owner Operators Req. Highway - BC & AB

Please fax resume & Commercial “N” Print Abstract to: 1 888 778-3563 jobs@bstmanagement.net tel # 604 273 5525 ext 2262

DRIVERS

BUSY North Shore Caterer requires P/T DRIVERS. Current drivers license and car an asset, plus knowledge of the North Shore. Email resume to: amfcatering@telus.net

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General Employment

Amazing Opportunity!

Up to $800/week, no commission, benefits available. Promotion company is gearing up for its busiest time of year. We offer full paid training, and a fast paced environment. Tons of advancement and travel opportunities! Must like music & work well with the opposite sex. Call today for an interview.

Mindi, 604-777-2195

FEATURED EMPLOYMENT Join Our Winning Team!

Capilano

Our dealership is expanding – benefit from our growth!

EXPERIENCED SALESPERSON Required for a high volume dealership on the North Shore. We are looking for an energetic and motivated individual with vehicle sales experience.

A current BC MVSA Licence, a valid BC Drivers Licence and a clean driver’s abstract are required.

We offer an excellent remuneration and benefits package.

Apply in confidence to: Garry Speranza, Sales Manager Fax: 604-985-0520 Email: garry@capilanovw.com

Discover a World of Possibilities in the Classifieds!

Lost black male cat ‘MICK’ $500 Reward. White patch on chest, wearing red ID collar. Missing since Aug 15 from the Newdale Rd area West Van. 604-922-5411

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General Employment

in the Classifieds!

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General Employment

GROUNDS PERSON needed immediately, will train. Must have valid BC D/L. 604-987-8500.

LABORATORY ASSISTANT Acme Analytical Laboratories (Vancouver), a premier BC mining laboratory, is looking to fill various Laboratory Assistant positions for the graveyard shift (11pm - 7am) in its Vancouver facility. Must be able to handle up to 40 lbs as some heavy manual labor may be required.

Experience in a lab environment an asset but training will be provided. Starting wage of approximately $13 (combination of base wage, graveyard shift premium and daily production bonus).

Detail descriptions of the various positions are available on Acme’s website:

www.acmelab.com

Interested parties should submit resume and cover letter by email as instructed on the website.

PRECISE CONCRETE hiring F/T Cement Finisher. Must have comp. high school and min. 3 yrs exp. $26/hr. e-resume: mark-pretty@hotmail.com

TRUTH IN ''EMPLOYMENT'' ADVERTISING Postmedia Community Publishing makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember.

Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad.

Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment.

If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711, Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

Call 604.630.3300 to Advertise

Found~

LOST, SET of keys on a rope at 14th & Marine bus stop Sept 1.

Please call 604-922-1362

CAPILANO VOLKSWAGEN AUDI is looking to fill the following permanent positions:

★ 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.

★ Receptionist

Must have exceptional professional skills and committed to high customer service standards; possess great personality and excellent communication skills; capable of handling a busy switchboard and able to multitask; reliable, flexible and adaptable.

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.

LOVE DOGS?

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

Medical/Dental. Also require a P/T bather/assistant, Sat’s only Apply with resume to 158 E. 2nd St. North Vancouver

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

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General Employment

APARTMENT MAINTENANCE Full time repair person required for North Shore rental units. Must be experienced in all areas of repair work, have own tools, vehicle and reside on the North Shore. Competitive salary and benefits. Please fax resume to 604-986-6048 MC2 Aesthetic & Regenerative Clinic Inc. req’s F/T Esthetic services manager at MC Medical Spa. $2500/month. 40hrs/wk. 1 yr or more exp at spa/clinic. College diploma in related business. #504-145 East 13th St., N.Van. CV Fax: 604-990-6687 or email: hr.mcmedgroup@gmail.com

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Home Support

ELDERLY West Van Woman looking for household and personal help. Call 604-805-3324 WEST VAN Live-in caregiver for housekeeping & companion for young semi autistic man. 6 days/ week, $1600/ mth. 604-721-4932.

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Hotel Restaurant

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Medical/Dental

FULL TIME CDA required for North Vancouver dental office.

Please fax resume with cover letter to: 604-929-6278 (Mon - Thurs. 9am-5pm) or email: rjrdds@shaw.ca

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Serving friends and families since 1926

PT & FT

Line Cooks & Kitchen Assistants Day & evening shifts.

Please apply in person at:

1550 Phillip Ave., North Vancouver

before 11am or after 2pm. www.tomahawkrestaurant.com

Trades/Technical

REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY IN DAWSON CREEK, Water + Sewer Grade Person.

Must have good understanding of grades, reading plans, operating lasers.

Knowledge of surveying an asset.

Fax Resume to 1-250-782-1859 or Phone 1-250-784-3993.

15,000 jobs.

Try one on for size.

Capilano Audi requires a motivated, positive, and enthusiastic professional to join our top-performing sales team at our new North Vancouver location.

Previous automotive sales experience required and fluency in a second language preferred. A current BC Motor Vehicle Sales Person License, a valid BC Drivers License and a clean driver’s abstract are required.

We provide an extremely competitive remuneration with six-figure income earning potential to top-performers and an opportunity for career growth within a highly established brand.

Please email your resume to: susan@capvwaudi.com No phone calls please

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Education

MEDICAL OFFFICE TRAINEES NEEDED!

Doctors & Hospitals need Medical Administrative & Medical Office Staff! No Experience? Need Training? Local Training & Job Placement is also available.

1-888-748-4126

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Sales Associate

Math/Science Academic Coach Tutor = Quick Fix Academic Coach = Solution!

Top results at your home, 100s of local ref’s! Call 604.375.7761

TUTOR DOCTOR NORTH SHORE Tutoring for All Ages and Subjects. Experienced & Qualified Tutors. 778.340.3100 ajonescox@tutordoctor.com www.tutordoctor.com

Voice Lessons Just For You Every lesson developed to suit each student’s potential.

Discover your authentic voice through breathing exercises & posture alignment. Develop the skill to sing well without accomp. 1 hr lesson, 15 yrs. exp. Renee 1-250-721-4445

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CHILDREN Music/Dance Instruction

3050

3015

Childcare Available

1ST AID cert. & family daycare lic. refs. avail, seeks babysitting day or evenings, 604-219-2708

Preschools/Kindergarten

St. Catherine’s Preschool IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR:

2’s - T/Th • 11:30am-1:30pm 3’s - M/W/F • 12:20-2:50pm 4’s - T/Th/F • 12:20-2:50pm

Retail Sales

Giftworks, a thriving gifts & decor store with a friendly sales-focused staff in Edgemont Village seeks a Sales Associate for 3 to 4 days/week. Professional presentation & excellent communication skills essential. Sales experience an asset. Start immediately.

Resumes to: 3080 Edgemont Blvd, North Vancouver or email: info@giftworks.biz

Tutoring Services

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TUTOR (BC Certified Teacher) Math, French, Calculus, Physics and Chemistry. 604 836-3496

Music/Theatre/ Dance

3010-03

Bean Around the World is looking for year round employees!

Must be available to work mornings, weekdays and have a flexible schedule.

Please apply with resume at: 1520 Marine Dr. West Van, No calls please.

Music/Theatre/ Dance

IN HOME OR STUDIO LESSONS Piano, Theory & other instruments.

Allegro Music School 604-327-7765

PIANO, THEORY, accompaniment.

Beginner - A.R.C.T. 778-881-0329 www.vancouverpiano.ca

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Vancouver’s oldest restaurant established 1926, voted Best Breakfast 16 years in a row.

SALES CONSULTANT

Looking for a New Career Direction?

Lost?

EMPLOYMENT 1210

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GARAGE SALES

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Furniture

6 DWR pine upright chest, childs study centre, white 6 dwr chest, $50 ea. Good cond 604-926-6194 BUFFET & Hutch - 2 pc. solid mahogany, excellent condition.

Bottom: 170x50x80cm Top: 148x35x120cm. $500 OBO. 604-980-7210 COMPUTER DESK, $40 obo.

Call 778-846-5275 DINING TABLE, 44 inch octangular pedestal, oak, w/15inch leaf, (59inch total) 4 upholstered chairs, $350, 604-921-0012 DRESSER, APT sz hutch, portable bar, 4 dining chairs, wooden rocking chair, walker, vaccum, rug shampooer, 604-929-4903

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Garage Sale

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North Vancouver

Garage Sale

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North Vancouver

Garage Sale North Vancouver

94 - SAT 10-2 Garden, hand & power tools, work bench, household & more! 1176 Bracknell Cres

98-HUGE MOVING Sale! Sat & Sun 9-3, 539 E 20 (in Lane), Furn, crystal, linens. electronics etc.

94 - SAT 9-1. Great quality stuff!

Furn, household, kids, air hockey table & more! 986 Tudor Ave

98-MOVING SALE, Sat 9-3, 738 East 16th St. beds, books, kids stuff, kitchen & household misc..

94-ESTATE/GARAGE SALE, Sat Sept 4, 10-3, 2663 Terrace ave. Furn, HH items, great stuff

99-YARD SALE Sat 9-1pm, Kids toys, games table,slide books, misc, 4170 Mt. Seymour Pkwy

94-MOVING SALE, household, tools, lots of great stuff, Sat, Sept 4, 10 to 3 pm. 1129 Linnae Ave. 94-SAT, SEPT 4th, 10am-1pm, 780 Winona Ave. household goods and misc. No Eary Birds.

96-MULTI FAMILY Sale! Sat. 9-12 noon, 1772 Scott Rd. kids, toys & books, household items 97A - SAT 9-12. Recliners, electronics, books, toys, many treasures. 751 E St James Rd 97B-HIGH QUALITY items, kids helmets, bikes, clothes, books & household 417 E 20th, Sat 9-2

Empty your Garage Fill Your Wallet

Interested members of the public are invited to attend the following Development Information Meeting/Open House with the appllicant for an early opportunity to review the proposal and offer comments:

Architect: Jonathan Ehling Architect 705-207 Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6B 1H7 T: 604.488.1380 F: 604.488.1308 E: jearch@axionet.com

92 - MY ONE & ONLY GARAGE SALE!!

Sun 9-12 noon, Cooking, garden, quilting, books etc. collectibles, library desk, art deco dressing table & lots more!

2050 Russet Way

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Applicant Contact: Hamid Reza Taheri Abkouh 301-1320 Chesterfield Ave. North Vancouver, BC V7M 0A6 T: 604.986.0137 E: taheri_hta@yahoo.ca

City of North Vancouver: Irena Gancewska Planning Technician Community Development Dep’t 141 W. 14th Street North Vancouver, BC V7M 1H9 604-990-4214 or: igancewska@cnv.org

Food Products

BOB’S FRUIT STAND 3711 Delbrook. Open Daily 10-6. Veggies OK canning tomatoes & fruit

Appliances

UNDER PRESSURE SYSTEMS INC.

We sell & service all hot & cold pressure washers 604.434.2188 upsi.ca #11 - 5850 Byrne Rd. Burnaby ILAC APPLIANCE & VACUUMS

1825 Lonsdale Ave

604-987-7330

LIKE NEW!

Fridge $200 • Stove $150 Washer $175 • Dryer $150

604-306-5134 Warranty & Delivery Removal Available

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For Sale Miscellaneous

6 PINE dining chairs, loc. crafted, $200; twin bed frame &headboard $40; FurReal animated siton pony $130; bldg supplies for lovely dollhouse $175; 604-983-2316 AREA CARPET 5’x7’ green, pattern border. $50, white fireplace w/bookshelves 55WX15DX43H $150, 2 wicker light colour (Jinger Jar) chairs, pattern cushions 2 for $130, white nite stand $30, Queen H/board, black metal ornate works $75. micro wave $10.

604-551-1490 can email photos.

GREAT/BAR FRIDGE! for wine/ beverages. We’re Downsizing!

Make an offer! 604-984-6509.

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colors Available. Call 1-866-652-6837. www.thecoverguy.ca

Find

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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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Musical Instruments

PIANO & bench $1500, Heintzman Upright 40'x 57'. Fully tuned, good conditon. 604-980-3242

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BIG Savings...

When You Place Your Ad in the Classifieds!

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Dogs

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Wanted to Buy

FIREARMS

All types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military.

We handle all paperwork and transportation.

Licensed North Shore dealer. 604-960-0045

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Metaphysical

LOVE! MONEY! LIFE! #1 Psychics!

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Travel Destinations

MAUI CONDO Kihei, 1 blk to Kam 1, 1 br furn, i/net, Oct 25-Nov 25 nr ammens. 604-985-7967

puppyparadise.ca 2 HUSBY Yorkies (male and female).needs re-homing, they are both A K C registered, if you are interested kindly send an email to bcrandell@blumail.org

LAZYBOY CHAIR, swivel rocker recliner sea green, good cond. U Pick Up 604-926-7204

STUDENT DESK, also table top with 4 legs, a single bed frame just needs mattress, queen head/ foot rails, occasional antique table w/dwrs, U PICK UP 604-913-9262

RARE! CHOCOLATE, Blue, cream & brindle. French Bulldogs, Reserve now! 604-802-6934

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Shihtzu-Poodle X Yorkie-Poo Maltese-Pekingese X Shihtzu $495 Pomeranian Registered, M/F Yorkie-Poo

Dogs

$895 $795 $795 $895

Recycler

QUEENSIZE 8' Ultrfoam mattress with cover. Very clean and good condition. Call for free pickup Sept 10th. 604-929-7957

MAKE IT A SUCCESS! Call 604-630-3300

The City of North Vancouver has received a rezoning application to permit the subdivision of the existing single family lot into two small lots and build a single family house with a secondary suite on each lot.

Two parking spaces would be provided for each lot, accessible from West 19th Street.

Date: June 08, 2010 Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm

91- HUGE; Tools & power, antiques, fishing/camping, Star Wars collection MIP (hoards) Sat & Sun 10-6. 6340 Douglas St

2055

1849 Larson Road

Location: Mahon Room Harry Jerome Recreation Centre 123 E 23rd Street, North Vancouver

West Vancouver

93-GARAGE SALE, Sat, Sept 4, 9-12noon, 670 Barnham Road, W.Van. kids toys & books galore..

LEGALS

Early Public Input Opportunity Rezoning Application

Garage Sale

92-SAT 9-12, 1124 Haywood Ave (in lane) micro cab, dvd player, electronics, tools, household & baby items, sports etc. rain/shine

ASSORTED PLANTS 50% OFF! LINC’S SPECIMEN TREES Fruit trees, Japanese Maples Cedar Hedging $20 ea.

Minature Boxwood $12.50 ea.

Corner Welch St & Cap Rd. Fri, Sat, Sun & Mon 9am - 4pm Call to order 604-202-7735 Linc

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QUEEN SIZE Mattress Regency Restonic $350 obo. Unused 604-328-7681

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Financial Services

Cut Your Debt by up to 70% DEBT Forgiveness Program CHOCOLATE LAB pups, PB both mother and father come from a bird dog lineage father is ckc reg 1st shots vet checked and dewormed $600 604-768-7130

CKC REG’D Rottweiller Pups, 11 wks, Champion German lines, vet chk’ed, $1000+. 1-604-287-7688 FILA/MASTIFF GUARD DOGS owners best friend. Intruders worst nightmare. all shots, $2000 each. ready now! 604-817-5957

Avoid Bankruptcy, Stops Creditor Calls. Much lower Payments at 0% Interest.

We work for You, not Your Creditors.

Call 1-866-690-3328 www.4pillars.ca

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Personals

ATTRACTIVE mature European lady on North Shore for delightful bodysage. ANITA, 604-808-5589 LUXURY RELAXATION SPA 778-340-2778 1053 Marine Dr, North Van

Meridien SPA LTD.

LABRADOODLES! 250-395-4323 wildrosekennels@telus.net

3507

Cats

★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION !

604-724-7652

meridienspa.com

604-985-4969

7015

INDOOR CAT, 4 yrs old, domestic short haired, neut male, very friendly. Call 604-987-4866 RAGDOLL KITTENS, males, vet check, 1 vac. dewormed, parents Sealpoints, $350, 604-850-7471

Relaxation Massage Special Rates

PB HAVANESE & Havanese X pups, 8weeks, vaccinated, dew, $675/$875. Call 778-881-5966

POODLE/SCHNAUZER X, 8 mos wks, shots, deworm, declawed, doc’d tails. 3F/2M. 604-951-6890

Escort Services

GENTLEMEN! Attractive discreet European lady is available for company.

604 451-0175

Introducing the NEW

Buying or Renting, find a great place to call home.

Weekends were made for shopping, so make sure you check our Classifieds for a comprehensive listing of garage sales in your area!

Follow the garage sale trail in

The North Shore News Classifieds Call 604-630-3300 to book your ad

Summer Garage Sales

RENTALS 6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

1 BACH Oct. 1 $825. W. 5th @ Lonsdale 3rd flr reno’d view,heat & h/w incl, n/s, n/p. 604-983-9469

2 BR, hardwood, top flr corner, view, large patio, cat ok, Lonsdale & 19, $1150, ns, 604-986-4927

1 BDRM, new kitchen with d/w, central Lonsdale. Adult Bldg. $850 Now. Ron 604-922-6336

2 BR, nr Cap Univ. very spacious, incld heat & hw, 1 prkg, immed, ns, np, $1350, 604-921-4384

1 BR $1095. 2 br, ocean view, $1595 avail now, lower Lonsdale, dw, ns, cat ok 604-838-6101 1 BR 21/Lonsdale, new reno, incl heat h/w cable, hardwood, ns, np, adult bldg. $935. 604-904-9507 1 Br $870, top flr. dw, 2nd & St Andrews, quiet, incl hw, heat & prkg, np, Oct 1, 604-984-2148 1 br $990, Lonsdale & 21st, hardwood, quiet bldg, np, hw, heat, prkg Oct 1, 604-990-4088

1 BR, Beautifully reno’d, ocean view, $1195, Sept 16th, 1br+den, $1225 , Oct 1st, incld all utils, gym & pool, ns, np, 604-686-4870 1 BR, ctrl Lonsdale, view, balc, heat, cable, prkg, hw, coin wd, ns, np. Oct 1, $870, 604-913-6727 1 BR, large $850, patio gated prkg, quiet, drapes, heat incld. no pets. 1 yr lease, walk to seabus 170 West 4th. 604-987-0558

1 BR log cabin, upper L.Valley, suit 1 ns, np, $995 incl net, cable & utils, avail Oct 1, 604-785-3528

2 BR top flr crnr, city/water view reno’d, nr seabus, $1350, reduced rent for 1 prof, ns, 1 cat ok, Judy 604-988-5171, 209-4212

1 BR. Nr Sea Bus. Ns/np. reno’d, Quiet bldg. Prkg. $950/mo.

Lease. Refs, Oct 1.604-801-1164 1 BR, The Pier, 14th flr, great ocean & mtn view, air cond, f/p, prkg, pool, gym, Oct 1. $1500, cat ok, ns. Refs. 604-982-9077 1 BR’s avail Oct 1, South facing 274 W2nd. reno’d, From $985. incls heat, hw, u/g prkg, locker, ns/np, Call 604-779-3541 1 BRs large, from $855, patio.

Quiet, drapes, heat incl’d. Gated prkg, no pets, 1 year lease. 321 East 2nd. 604-987-5802 1 BR $900 2 BR $1200 Heat & hw no pets, no smoking, 130 W 5th St av. now & Sep 15, 604-987-2761

162 VICTORY SHIP Way @The Pier: Brand New. Stunning view, 7 appl, air/cond,1 br $1550; 2 br $2750 Anson Rlty 604-671-7263 2 & 1 BR. 2 bath, avail now. 1 yr lease, 125 West 19th, no pets, Please call 778-554-0537 2 BDM + den 1500 sf p/h suite in Ventana bldg in Lower Lonsdale.

360 degree views from 600 sf rooftop deck. In-suite laundry.

Gas fireplace. Pets ok. Gym, social room and two parking spots. $3700. 604-617-1212 2 BDRM: 365 East 2nd St., N Vancouver: Bright, north east facing suite in quiet building- 1 Bath, h/w & d/w. $1050/mo incl heat/h/w avlOct1st 604-726-6240 2 BR, 1.5 ba, 1200sf, views, reno’d, $1750 unfurn, $2000 tastefully furn. NOW, 604-644-9131

2 BR, balcony, hardwood flrs, $1160 np, ns, avail Oct 1, 225 E 12th 604-986-5437 2 br bright, central Lonsdale, parking available, heat, cable & hot water, cat ok 604-988-1346

Apartments & Condos

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

MOUNTAIN VILLAGE APTS. 2 BR avail now & Oct 1, 3 BR avail Oct 1.. 604-988-3828 www.mountainvillage.ca NORTHGATE MANOR 149 W. 6th St. A 1 bdrm ste, nice clean quiet bldg. Gated prkg, n/p, n/s.

604-983-0011

728 West 14th Street.

As new 2 BR, 2 level condo, 1.5 bathrooms. N/S, N/Pets.

Avail Oct 1. $1800. Lease and perfect references a must.

Al Dodimead, ACD Realty 604 521-0311

view this & other properties @ www.acdrealty.com

2 BRS - Large from $1095, patios, Parklike Setting, Outdoor Pool, Playground. from 921sf, drapes, heat & prkg. incld.

1 yr lease. no pets 1228 Emery Pl., Lynn Valley 604- 987- 4922

PARKRIDGE TERRACE 110 E. Keith Rd. Great location, park like setting, sauna, indoor pool.

Studio w/den $940; 1 br +den $1095; 2 Br $1450 views, storage. NO PETS. 604-988-7379 www.glassmanpm.com

326 WEST 1st St. 1 bdrm $775 & up. Nr seabus, secure prkg, no pets. Avail immed. 604-983-6916

777 W. Queens Rd. 2br or 3br units $1540 to $2000.

Weekdays 604-990-2971 or Weekends 604-985-2876.

A 1 studio. THE HILLRIDGE 170 E. Keith Rd clean, quiet, concrete Heat h/w incl. np ns 985-8405 BACHELOR W. 2nd St, brand new. View, w/d, prkg, storage, $995 nr seabus, ns, np.

604-986-1822 Beautiful Large Suites 2 Bdrms from $1310. Avail now or Oct 1. Heat, h/w, prkg. Lease 604-986-3866

Bach - $875, 1 BR - $1095, 2 BR - $1495 Avail now & Aug 1. Ocean view. indoor pool. Concrete bldg. Ht & H/W incls.

Call 604-986-3356

HI RISE, Central Lonsdale, 1 BR. avail Oct 1, Incl heat & hw. no pet, from $990. 604-985-3650 LIONS APTS -1 Bdrm $1100, courtyard, newer suite, w/d, d/w, Sept 15 or later. Heat, h/w, prkg.

Lease 604-986-3866 LONSDALE 13TH West 2 BR+2Washroom, $2300, Pets Available, under 5min. walk to Safeway, Downtown view is Amazing! 604-754-8515

TOP FLOOR PENTHOUSE 2 Br, 2 bath, corner unit, Featuring sweeping water & mtn views.

Open plan kitchen, SS appl, granite, 2 decks. Newly painted, vry clean, 7yrs old, TIME building Lower Lonsdale. ns, np. $2300.

Avail now Tim 604-925-3171

6505-12

West Van Apt. Rentals

1640 ESQUIMALT AVE. 1 BR $1050. Available Sept 1.

Call 604-990-2971 or 604-985-2876 on weekends. www.BaysideTowers.com 1Br $1295 & $1395 (ocean view), np 604-999-2000..2085 Bellevue AMBLESIDE TOWER Studio & 1 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

6505

Real Estate Services

6005

★ 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

6007

BUSINESSES FOR SALE

GAS STATION & Garage. Well established, very successful. Serious inquiries only . 604-724-4848

Own Your Own Retail Business!

Prime White Rock location. Low rent. $5900 incls $3000+ stock, fixtures. Turn Key. 604-541-9898

6020

Houses - Sale

Expired Listing, No Equity, High Pymts?

We Will Take Over Your Payment

1550 Duchess Ave, W. Van. Studio & 1 Br Move-in Bonus, Fitness rm, out door pool, nr shops, transit & Seawall, 1 yr lease, N/pets.

Heat, hw incl’d. Member of Crime Free Multi-Housing Program. 604-922-4322

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Real Estate

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$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Chilliwack Promontory 4500sf 5br 5ba home, 2 bsmt suites, $599,500 824-9700 id5206 Coquitlam 10,000sf lot w/1000sf 3br 2ba home, outbuilding $440K 778-859-0717 id4272 Langley renovated top floor 1161sf 2br 2ba condo, view $293K 778-996-3444 id5179 Maple Ridge drastically reduced 4.9ac serviced vu acreage $440Kobo 722-3996 id4694 Mission, Owner Retiring, profitable framing store & gallery $47,000 826-7993 id5176 Sry E Newton 1 acre lot with 2600sf 6br 2.5ba bungalow $499,900 778-549-2056 id5198 Sry Guildford bargain, huge spotless 1227sf 2br 2ba condo $235,900 589-6265 id5213

6020-06

Chilliwack

Until Your Property Is Sold. No Fees.

Call Kristen today (604) 786-4663

Waterfront 6o yards

from Seawall.

Very Large 1 Br, new top line appls, granite counters, drapes, carpet, tiles. Gym, gated security, keyless entry sys.

Will rent quickly, Only this one available in our luxury building.

604-913-1849

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4 BR 3 bath, 3,336SF, priv & excl. over 1 acre of useable land, gated entry, $659,000. 604-339-3431 www.chilliwackestate.com

6515

Duplexes - Rent

6522

Furnished Accommodation

Avail Now Short Term Accom daily★weekly★monthly rates grandmanor.net 604-988-6082 2 large Bdrms + den, extra large living room with f/p. #2-518 West Keith Rd. Avail now, 604-719-8263, 604-719-2723

3 BR Dundarave, Bellevue Ave. duplex, 3 bath, new kitchen, double garage, long/short term, ns, np, $4000, 604-616-3085

6522

Furnished Accommodation

1 BR fully furn studio suite, N. Van garden level, share W/D, N/S, N/P, $900 incls, 604-986-0625

DUNDARAVE, CHARMING new renod, 2-3 br view house, 3.5 bath, double garage w/studio, ns, np, $4000, short/long term, 2600 Haywood, Oct 1, 604-616-3085 HOMAWAY INNS Specializing in furn accom at reas rates. call 604-723-7820 or visit www.homawayinns.com

6525

Garages

3 CAR insulated, heated garage, professionally equipped with 6 ton lift $550. Robert 604-377-8762

2180 Argyle Avenue West Vancouver

BELLEVUE 2 BR newly reno’d faces South, large balcony, ocean view $1800 incls. 604-922-8079 604-649-4970 Luxury Over The Seawall!

1 br Penthouse large deck, 1 BR & Bach pool rec. room, pet ok 2190 Bellevue Ave 604-926-6287 THE BOULDERS, $3995/mo, 2 br +den, 2.5 bath, very large patio, flr to ceiling windows, 180° views, 1 pet ok, ns, Brit. Prop. appt. Pat. 604-688-1968

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

Call 604-630-3300 to place your ad

6020

Houses - Sale

6020-20

Mission

MISSION, BY OWNER, Reno’d2 ste’s, 1900 sqft, 6100 sqft lot, Rent $1000 per side, $299,000.

Call Kelly 604-418-3162

6030

Lots & Acreage

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOT. $75,000 in services paid! 33’ x 130’. New Westminster. No HST! $325,888. Call 604-726-0677.

6065

Recreation Property

MT. BAKER SKI AREA. 2 cabins, 1 property. Rent one, use one.

Gated community w/ amenities.

35 min. from border $399,500 U.S. Maryann Angus 360-224-6704 www.mymtbakerhome.com

GARAGE SALE

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West Van Apt. Rentals

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Real Estate

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Apartments & Condos

6505-12

REAL ESTATE

6020-01 2 br a corner suite, top flr of very quiet 3 story walk up, E. 15th St. high vaulted ceilings, large private balcony, mtn view, new windows, renod bath/kitchen, dw, new carpet, venetian blinds, free laundry facilities. ns, np $1250, 604-830-0857 Leave msg.

6505

2 BR Woodcroft, S.W. corner, updates, no pets Immed $1350.

Vistarealty.net 604-925-8824

GREAT LOCATION! 145 West Keith Road.

1 BR Lonsdale & W 4th, concrete building, secure prkg, bright, quiet & clean ste, Avail Oct 1st, $1150+ heat. ns, np. 604-250-5803

Friday, September 3, 2010 – North Shore News – A25

Empty your Garage Fill Your Wallet

MAKE IT A SUCCESS! Call 604-630-3300

6540

Houses - Rent

180° VIEW Brit Prop WV 4000sf 5br+den 3bath, deck, $3495+utils Sept1 shrt/lng term 604-812-1356 180° VIEWS 4 br, upper Delbrook 3300 sf. cul de sac, garage. priv, city/ocean views, 2 f/p, Avail Now. $2900. 518 Alpine Crt. Text or call 604-617-7383 2 BDRM COZY COTTAGE with bsmt, Gleneagles, West Van, f/p, $2150, Immed. 604-925-1728 2 BR house, W. 19th, priv lot on creek, lrg kitchen, deck & back yard. $1650. Oct 1. 604-922-4344 3 BR, 1.5 bath, Grand Blvd. 6 appls incl wd, large yard, fp, garage, ns, $2300, 604-763-2580 3 BR, 3 baths, rec room, Pemberton Heights, balcony $2300, avail now. Call Nasrin 604-551-5141

3 or 4 BR, Dundarave, 2 bath, 2 fp, 5 appls, quiet St. Lovely View, avail Oct 1. $2800 604-926-9394

1 BR fully furnished garden level suite, city view. All new, bright, large living space, patio, private ent, fenced backyard, w/d, dishwasher, fireplace. $1250 per month incl all utilites, wifi, cable.

In Pemberton Heights, close to transit, 10 min to downtown. N/s, n/p. Avail now. Call 604-813-5982.

3br+den Caulfeild Vlge 2.5bath, quiet, garage, cul-de-sac, $3950+ np, Lighthouse 604-551-1409

1 BR ocean view, kitchenette, cable, wireless, own entry, $600 incls heat & h/w, shared w/d, avail now, ns, sm pet ok 604-990-8906

4 BDRM, 2 bath, BRITISH PROP spacious home, rec reno, h/w flrs, f/p, granite counters, city/N. Shore view, gardener incl. avail Sept 15, $3000 604-779-7974.

To place your ad call A SHORT STAY Renos, family, execs, long term. 604-987-2691 www.vancouvershortstay.com

604-630-3300

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cont. from previous page

6540

Houses - Rent

4 BR 2.5 bath 2400 sf character Estate, Altamont 3/4 acre, pool, creek, nr West Bay Elementary, $3700 + gardening. Avail now.

Liz 604-809-6355

5 BR, 3 bath, 2 level, Ballantree Rd W Van, 3385sf, hardwood, fp Oct. ns/np, $3100 604-469-1148 5 BR 3.5 BATH 3 br up, 2 down, inlaw suite, private entry, upper Lonsdale, Princess Park, bright, fenced back yard, ns, avail Oct 1, $2950, 778-885-8561 6 BR, 2 bath, 2322sf Lonsdale & 29th, 2 kitchens, renod, big yard, ns, np $2500+utils, 604-988-4692

6595

Shared Accommodation

CANYON HEIGHTS Highland Blvd, 5 bdrm, 2.5 bath, $2700 neg. + util. avail Immed, n/s, n/p leave msg 403-606-5211 or email to: zsamji@shaw.ca

CENTINEL HILL, updated 4br 2 bath, 2 kitch, 2 fp, hw, $3800 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net DEEP COVE Executive 2 BR & Den (3rd BR). waterview home, 2600 sqft, fully reno’d, Sep 1. $4500. Call Joy at Advent Real Estate Services 604-812-4788 DEEP COVE water view 1 BR f/p, hardwood flrs, patio, shed, lrg lot, quiet area $1475. 604-929-5191

DUNDRAVE 4BR, 3bath, updated, 180° view, hw, gourmet kitch 925-8824 Vistarealty.net

373 TEMPE CRESCENT

Cute, compact 2 BR up, 1 down, 2 full baths, den/rec room down. N/S, Pet possible.

Avail Oct 1, $1950. Lease and perfect references a must.

Al Dodimead, ACD Realty 604 521-0311

view this & other properties @ www.acdrealty.com NORTH VAN 2 BR & Den whole house 1554 Hunter St, 1200 sqft, great yd, $2200. Call Joy at Advent Real Estate Services 604-812-4788 PEMBERTON HGTS, 3 bdrm, 2 ba, inlaw ste, h/w flr, spac, bright, all appl, $2500+utils. call 604-984-8403 or 604-986-2300 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification - Low Down CHILLIWACK – 9557 Williams St, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town, close to shops & schools............... $888/M Call Kristen 604 435-5555 or 786-4663

www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

UPPER LONSDALE 4br, 4 bath, 2 kitch, 2 fp, Sept 1 $2850 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

Suites/Partial Houses

ROOM AVAIL in house, $500. Pet ok. Seymour area, near Parkgate. $500 incl. Sept 1. 604-644-9648

6595-45

North Vancouver

1 BR in spacious home for n/s female, internet, w/d, $495, bath enste $595incl. 604-980-2106 NICE PRIVATE room, suits female, n/s, Central Lonsdale. Access kitchen, dining & living rms, dw, computer. $595 incl furn, utils/net. 778-885-8864

6595-47

West Vancouver

800 SQ ft furnished room in beautiful new home nr Park Royal. $975. 604-925-0368

6600

Storage

AVAIL NOW! Lower Lonsdale storage space, 600sf, electricity $450, 604-983-9493 AMBLESIDE 4 BR 2 bath, updated, hw, garage, deck, $3500 604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net

6602

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BACH ste Lynn Valley $750+utils. 500 sf, priv ldry, ns, small pet neg. 604-988-8170 1 BDRM Clean 2nd FLR, Own entry, Near Superstore, NP, NS, Suits 1 adult $800 778-887-0540 1 BR, 830 sf, Queensbury area perfect for couple, bright, Oct 1 ns np, $900. Robert 604-377-8762 1 BR bright, Lynn Valley, grd level, n/s, carport, n/p. Oct 1. $825 incls utils. 778-846-5976 1 BR, bright, new reno, upper Lynn Valley, own entrance, w/d, utilities incl wifi/cable, n/s, n/p, Sept 15th, 604-780-6164

2 BR bsmt, hidden gem in Lynn Valley, walk out entry, 1000 sf, beautiful creekside private patio, very tranquil & quiet, gas f/p, share w/d, nr bus, ns np, $1300 + 50% utils, incls cable & internet Avail now. 604-988-4173

2 BR. Deep Cove. 1200 sq ft reno’d suite. w/d, gas f/p, d/w.

Private ent. Tons of windows.

Great quiet street. N/S. $1450.00.

Avail now or Oct 1.

604-312-2093.

2 BR, Deep Cove/Seymour Area. lrg garden ste, bright, shared w/d, ns np, $1150+util 604-723-3654 2 BR grd lvl, bright, recent reno, share w/d, n.s, n/p Grd Blvd ref’s, $1350 incl. Sept. 604-340-5116 2 BR, Lynn Valley, 2 prkg spaces $1100 Immed. Call after 5pm 604-760-3274, 604-987-1844

2 BR, main flr, over 1200 sf, Canyon Heights, nr Montroyal & Handsworth schools, w/d, d/w, newly renod, priv patio, n/s, n/p. $1550. avail now. 604-618-4662

1 BR, Lynn Valley above grnd, private entry, prkg, w/d, ns $780 incl, Oct 1 or after 604-983-2365

FRIENDLY, Professional, Crown mouldings, baseboard, casings rough framing. 778-233-0559 SAFARI CONSTRUCTION Specializing in new res. framing & form work. 604-773-2482

8050

SANTA’S CHIMNEY SERVICES Award winning workmanship, Lifetime Guar. 778-340-0324

3 BR. W. Van, view, hardwood reno, quiet, own wd, ns, np suit 1or couple, $1100, 604-926-2433

MTN SEYMOUR area, reno’d 1 BR, s/s appls, radiant heat flrg, 9ft. ceilings, $1250 + uitls, CDS, cls bus & amens, seeking resp.

N/s, N/p. Call 604-924-2477

6605

Townhouses Rent

3 BR, 2.5 ba + lrg rec rm, 11th & St Andrews, spacious over 2000 sq ft of living space, nr all amen, lrg priv roof top patio with panoramic view, granite, hardwood, new appls, radiant heat. 2 u/g prkg. Oct 1. $2700. 778-896-4266

1 BR renod, grd lvl, Ctrl Lonsdale, wood flr, own heat, alarm $900+1/3 util, immed 985-3243

4 Br Large $1950 Townhouse Parklike Setting, Outdoor Pool, playground, priv. yard, 1950sf, drapes, heat & prkg, incld. dw, 2 full & 2 1/2 baths 1 year lease. no pets, 1228 Emery Pl., near Lynn Valley Mall , 604-987- 4922

It’s time for bargain hunting!

Browse our Garage Sale section to find deals near you.

2 BR, 2 Bath, Dundarave West Van, large garden level, very quiet & private, beside creek, wd, dw, no pets, ns, close to all ammens, avail Oct 1, $1750incls 604-617-4796 or 604-922-8777 2 BR, 2 bath, wd, dw, 1700sf, 1st level, $1700, Cypress Park Estate. ns, np, now, 604-922-5584 2 Br Central Lonsdale, fenced garden, fp, full bath, wd, ns, np $950. avail Oct. 1. 604-913-6727

ACE DRYWALL. Avail immed.

Board, tape, spraytex, repairs. 16 yr exp. No job too small. Mike 604-808-2432, 604-985-4321 AFFORDABLE, Reliable, Quality Guaranteed. Boarding, Taping, Spraytex.

Dave 604-984-7476 DONE RIGHT Drywall, Board, tape, mud, spraytext. N. Shore for 20 yrs. Cell 604-753-1116

TheChimneyGuys.ca 604-725-2551 ★Free Repair Estimates★ NO MESS chimney sweeping!

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925

8055

VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

Cleaning

Capilano

• Eco-Friendly or Traditional • Low Rates, Quality Service • References, Insurance, WCB

778-895-1919

$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 CLEANER AVAIL, house or offices or home, 8 +years exp. refs avail, Free est. 778-862-1546 ENVIRO MAID INSURED and BONDED. Residential. Available on a regular basis. Excellent refs.

Free est. $20 p/hr. 604-685-1344 QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs.

Res/com. Move in/out. Carpets + pressure wash’g. 778-895-3522

8058

DELBROOK FULLY reno’d 3 br, 3 bath, ns, np, $1900 pet ok Anna Soffia Remax Crest. 604-720-8324

MOVE IN ALLOWANCE 3 BR’S, 5 appls, 1.5 bath, Avail Aug/Sep, 1 year lease, NP/NS. Rent starts at $1700. For viewing call 604-986-0511

6620

Warehouse/ Commercial

NVAN 103-130 Pemberton Ave, 3700sf, W/H with a/c office, lrg O/H door, 200 amp, 3 phase, fenced yd, great exposure, avail soon, 604 929-9493, www.westrockproperty.com

Computer Services

Computer Problems? We can help! Call for a FREE est. Wise Dogs Services Inc. 604-998-8049

8060

Concrete

SAFARI CONSTRUCTION Specializing in: • Framing • Form Work •Additions • Decks • Suspended Slab

604-773-2482

CONCRETE FORMING, concrete work & retaining walls.

Small/big job John 604-782-5229 N.C.B. CONCRETE LTD. Specializing in residential concrete. Repair, removal and new installation. Patio specialists.

604-988-9523, 604-988-9495

8073

2 BDRM ste Queensbury. Bright, reno’d, np ns own w/d, d/w. $1200 incl util Immed 604-562-5818

Insulation Boarding & taping Texture Steel Studs T-Bar ★★30 yrs experience★★ Call Luc 604-603-4949

8080

Electrical

#1167 LIC Bonded. BBB, lrg & sm jobs, expert trouble shooter, WCB, low rates, 24/7. 617-1774.

ALL YOUR electrical & reno needs. Lic’d electrician #37940.

Bonded & insured 604-842-5276

3 BR t/h Lynn Valley, 1.5 bath, wd, near ammens, np, ns, avail now, $1650+utils, 778-737-9965

2 BDRM garden level above ground. 1000 sq ft, some view.

W/D, N/S, N/P. $1395/mth inclu utils. 604-985-0205.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

3 BR reno’d, w/d, f/p, nr Grouse Mtn, ns/np, $1300 incls. Sep 1st.

604-987-6059 or 604-376-9932

1 BR, new top flr, views, 650 sf, Upper British. Prop. $890, tv/i-net included. Oct 1. 604-921-4002

2 BDRM bsmt suite, bright, w/d, d/w,n/s, Ambleside Beach, Park Royal, Bus, Cats OK $1,400/mth 778-848-2747

Chimney Services

LUC’S DRYWALL

A LICENSED electrician #19807 semi-retired, small jobs only.

604-689-1747 pgr 604-686-2319

3 BR, 2.5 bath, 1365sf, new, fp, wd, nr Cap Univ, pet neg, ns, $2850, Oct 1, 604-990-6464

2 BDRM 1100sf, newer, very bright bsmt. 7 appl., lrg storage, alarm, WI-FI, 2 parking, Caulfeild Village, 7 min. to Park Royal, n/s, n/p. $1400 + utils. 604-789-2375

Affordable Quality Finishing Doors, trim, small renos, baths, kitchens. John 604-980-5454

Drywall

2 ROOM ste, 1 br, priv ent, full bath, fridge, ldry, priv home, prkg, ns, np, $575.Now 778-865-7455

LUX 2 br lower suite, 537 Tempe Cres, 5 appl, shower only, f/p, Sept 15 or Oct 1. $935. Century 21 Prud. 604-232-3039

1 BR large bsmt ste, Central Lonsdale, ns np $700 incl util, Sept 15/Oct 1. 604-984-0446

Keen Projects Ltd, Doors to floors, framing to trim. Lic, insured, refs Landon 604-307-5628

8075

#381293 LIC’D Bonded Electrician. Service, reno. Low prices Jeff 604-839-2825, 604-929-1094

1 BR garden level, Grand Blvd.

1000sf, bright, own wd/laundry rm, storage, walkin closet $1250 incl utils, WiFi, cable, ns, np, pics avail, Oct 1 or 15, 604-904-8982

1 BR, large, bright. Upr Lonsdale, 1 blk to bus. $1100+1/3util. Outdoor patio, gas f/p, cbl&wifi, w/d, n/s, n/p Oct.1 604-862-4124

Carpentry

2 BR Upper Lonsdale, garden level, w/d, n/s, n/p, avail Oct. 1st. $1100 + utils. 604-985-5539

BACH BSMT, large bright, Upper Lonsdale, new carpet, immed, np ns, $800 incl util 604-889-5627

1 BR ground level, own wd central Lonsdale, full bath, fp, storage, yard, ns, np, $950, 604-816-7780

8030

MAID SERVICES

1 BR bsmt Upper Lynn Valley, nr bus, n/s, n/p Incl cable, hydro, $800. Sept 22. 604-983-3127

1 BR grnd flr ste, 2 entries, own w/d, f/p, n/s, n/p, max 1. $950 incl utils. Sept /Oct 604-988-9565

HOME SERVICES

Drainage

ALLGONE DRAINAGE Fast response, drain tile video inspection, cleaning, install & repair. 24 hr emergency service 604-990-GONE (4663) Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086 DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-985-4000 DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER Call Tobias 604 782-4322

Need help with your Home Renovation?

Find it in the Classifieds!

DNE ELECTRIC All Electrical Needs Lic #89267, Panel Upgrading. Reasonable & Free Estimate. 604-999-2332 LONSDALE ELECTRIC lic#1756 Panel changes & renos 604-988-7232, 604-842-0687

8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

THE ART OF HARDWOOD FLOORS Installations Refinishing & Repairs Dust Free.

Affordable Rates!

Free Estimates.

Handyperson

A-1 JOB by Arms and Minds Renos Carpentry cabinet, drs, laminate, tiles, drywall, paint 761-7745

ABBA RENOVATION carpentry, plumbing, wiring, painting, tiling. Work guar, Refs. (604)986-4026/805-8463

Call: 604-240-3344

* Level Tile & Flooring * Tile - Hardwood - Carpet - Vinyl

ABBA RENOVATION carpentry, plumbing, wiring, painting, tiling. Work guar, Refs. (604)986-4026/805-8463

40% OFF ALL OVERSTOCK ITEMS FREE grout on all tile work

ALL HOME REPAIRS semiretired master carpenter. Kitchen, stairs, sundecks, etc. All work guar. Karl 604-985-5144

leveltileandflooring.com

ALPINE 1994 RENOVATION All repairs - with just one call Jay 604-562-9068

604.568.TILE (8453) Golden Hardwood & Laminate Prof install, refinishing, sanding, and repairs. 778-858-7263 INSTALLATION REFINISHING, Sanding. Free est, great prices.

Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508

8125

Gutters

Full Seamless Gutter Installation/Repairs Soffits All jobs Guaranteed.

Fully insured/WCB covered Will beat any competitors price

604-439-9417

QUALITY PLUS, Kitchen, bath, sm / large renos, carpentry, tiles, electrical. Victor.. 604-889-2508 SUNRISE PAINTING Drywall repair, textured ceiling & mouldings. Cell 604-657-6465

8150

• Tile roof restoration • • Roof moss removal & repairs • • Power washing • • Window cleaning by hand • • Gutter cleaning & repairs •

North Shore Based

604-346-8191

accentpowerwashandgutters.com

ONE CALL DOES IT ALL!

ALLGONE EXCAVATING Free est, great rates & service 604-990-GONE (4663) www.allgonedisposal.ca

778-554-7550

ALL IN ONE Home Makeover

RE-ROOF - ROOF INSPECTION ROOF DE-MOSS - GUTTER SCRUB POWER WASH - WINDOWS RENOVATIONS - ROOF REPAIR

Kitchens/Baths

INTERIOR RENOVATIONS Specializing in: ✫Bathrooms ✫Kitchens ✫ ✫ Basements ✫ plus Framing, Drywall, Painting, Tiling, Mouldings North Shore Resident North Shore References Tim Gleason 604-926-5440 BATHROOMS & much more. 40 yrs on the North Shore. Working within your budget. 778-387-3626 COMPLETE RENO - Carpentry, cabinets, plumbing, wiring, tiling.

Guaranteed, refs 604-980-5543 ON SITE Reno’s. Bathrooms remodelling. Mike 604-351-9316 www.onsiterenovations.com

8155

one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal.

Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

8090

8130

Landscaping

PACIFIC LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION LTD.

Custom Landscape Installs Paving Stones & Walls Drainage & Grading Irrigation & Lighting New Lawn Installs Outdoor Kitchens

604-839-1225

Fencing/Gates

Cedar Fences & Decks Affordable rates Not like any other - artistic Also all types of retaining walls

Jeff 778-928-9201, 604-415-0920

Installed • Cleaned • Repaired

604-876-4604

DIRECT FROM THE MILL 6x8 Fence Panels from $27, Siding, Decking, Roofing, Shed, Split Rail, etc...

We Install Chain Link & Cedar Fencing. Free Est. 7753 Edmonds St, Burnaby Call 604 520-7792 Timberlandforestproducts.com EUROPEAN CRAFTSMANSHIP Prof. cedar fence install & repair.

Call Erwin & John 778-322-8645

NORTH SHORE FENCES

604-518-5661

North Shore Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-988-5294 THE GUTTER GOD. Gutter cleaning & repairs. All ext cleaning. 18 yr exp Brian 778-837-0410

Affordable Fences • Decks • Patios Serving the North Shore since 1978 Call Mike 604-783-9558

• Design & Consultation • Lawns & Hedges • Water Features • Patios & Pathways • Retaining Walls • Irrigation & Lighting www.katsuraLandscaping.ca

8130

Handyperson

TRUSTED HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Able Boys Landscaping Ltd. bobcat/lawn/cedar fence/paving stones, trim trees. 604-377-3107 Cedar Fences & Decks, plus any retaining walls. Affordable rate.

Jeff 778-928-9201, 604-415-0920 COMPLETE YARD Redevelopment. Jackhammer. Hedge Install, Removal and Trim.

Returfing and Drainage. Call Tobias 604 7824322 GARDEN ER, lawn & garden, mtce, pruning, hedge trimming, garden clean up.... 778-378-8911 HEDGE TRIMMING SEASON IS HERE. Quality work at a low cost Troy 604-729-6975

604-878-5232 SINCE 1997

Need a Landscaper?

Quality work by professionals Repairs and construction Call 604-230-3559

8100

Fireplaces

GAS FIREPLACE tune-ups & service. RM Construction Ltd. 604-988-1011

Inside or out & around the house.

Kitchen, bathrooms, tiles, painting & drywall and more.

– No job too small –

Call Ibrahim

604-619-6968

Find one in the Home Services section

HOME SERVICES 8160

Lawn & Garden

8175

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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.

STONE WORK Retaining walls, facing, cultured stone.

604-603-2576 tymerstonework.com

* EXCELLENT PRICES *

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)

604-726-9152 604-984-1988

8185

A.All Area Gardening Service

MOVERS & STORAGE South American

Binder:

• Local • Long Distance • International • Overseas

604-926-1526 604-726-9153

Moving & Storage

Van Lines Ltd.

Senior & Student Discounts Up to 20%

ENGLISH LAWNS

FREE Boxes • FREE Storage

NEED A GREAT NEW LAWN?

Toll Free

Award Of Excellence Total Landscaping Call 604-929-7732 www.englishlawns.com

STEMS &

SEEDS

Yard cleanups, leaf blowing, hedges, pruning, small tree removal, rubbish removal, res/comm, 25yr exp on North Shore, fully insured, WCB covered

Call Chris @ 604-925-0464 A. A. Allwest Garden Service Lawn maint, general cleanup, power raking, moss control, etc.

CALL SUKH free est.

604-716-8479 or 604-984-1988 Cert. horticulturists 604-518-5661 Scott H. Design & Maintenance KatsuraLandscaping.ca

Chau Le Gardening Tree cutting & topping, shrubs, yard cleanup, trimming, hedging, 604-782-5288 Serafina Garden Services Maint. & design, fall planting now, cleanup, reas rate 604-984-4433 GREAT LOOKING Landscapes Full service landscape & garden maint. Call Dave: 604-764-7220 HEDGE TRIMMING, fall clean up, debris removal, odd jobs & gutter cleaning. Darren 604-726-4685 LAWNS Jungle George Your North Shore Resident Lawns Garden & Yard Cleanups Hedges & Trees * George’s cell 604-317-3552 PACIFIC LANDSCAPING lawn installations, retaining walls, pavers drainage etc 839-1225

Insured & Bonded

1-877-964-4490 Local

778-838-1275 AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of Moving, Storage & Packing. Different from the Rest. 604-861-8885

Interior & Exterior

Free Est./Written Guarantee

No Hassle Quick Work Insured /WCB

604-723-8434

POPEYE’S MOVING Scott 604-377-2503

www.popeyesmovingbc.com

since 1975

Exterior Painting Special

Cell 604-657-6465 or 604-987-6560 A CLEAN PAINT JOB. Quality 1 room from $167. Int-ext, WCB 22 yrs exp. Cell: 604-727-2700 ACCURATE PAINTING - Int & ext. Competitive prices. 15+ yrs exp. Henry cell 604-754-9661 AFFORDABLE QUALITY PAINTING. Tidy, honest. 19 yrs North Shore. John 604-980-5454 ARGENS PAINTING, Best prices in town, int/ext. Res. Comm. Free estimates. Sonny 604-838-0618 Excellent Pro Painting Service 20 yrs exp, refs, warranty. Reas, res/comm Richard 604-618-0205 Good Day Painting Fully Insured, Quality Work, Res/Comm, No Payment till Job is Completed!

Call Thomas 604 377-1338 MASTER PAINTER.....LEVEL 5 drywall finish. Custom doors, trim & crown. 604-836-9675 Newwestcoast Enterpise int/ext painting, 15 yrs exp tile installers ceramic/marble Tai 778-316-3258 newwestcoastent@yahoo.ca PAINTING & POWERWASHING Interior/ ext. Seniors discount.

Call Doug 604-985-4604

PROFESSIONAL PAINT JOB Int/ext, top quality paint, free est.

778-773-0474

QUICK RESPONSE Painting & Pressure Washing. 25 yrs exp.

604-551-4267 or 604-987-8159

8200

Decks/Patios/ Railings

FINYL DECK A membrane so water tight, skid resistant, attractive.. You’ll never replace it.. Guar. 778-549-6683

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187 TWO BROTHERS MOVING & Delivery. Local & Long Distance; Best Rate! Joseph 604-720-0931 TwoGuysWithATruck.ca Moving, Storage, Free EST 604-628-7136. Visa, OK

8193

TERRY’S Driveway Sealing.

604 980-7507 Free Est. Bus lic # 0018328

8220

Plumbing

ENTERPRISE Mechanical Systems

STORMWORKS

● Oil Tank Removal ● Recommended ● Insured ● Reasonable Rates

604-724-3670

• 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.

Plumbing, Drainage, Repairs & Installation

Main sewer lines, water lines, camera inspections, plugged drains, hot water tanks and drain tiles.

24/7 Emergency available Sat/Sun/Holidays Licensed, Insured, Bonded

604-618-4988

T. TRAN-604-723-2468, new lawn & garden bed maint, pruning, weeding, cleanup .. Reliable.

#1 IN RATES & SERVICE Licenced local plumber. Plug Drains, Reno’s 1-877-861-2423

CONSTRUCTION

DELBROOK

PLUMBING & DRAINAGE

Moe 604-988-1011

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BUILDING ENVELOPE

604-729-6695

Home Inspection Moisture Assessment Scheduled Home Maintenance Quality Repair Services

Call or visit us online today!

604 294 6700 w w w. p o m e r o y c o n s t r u c t i o n . c o m

PLUMBERS

Water Lines (without Digging) Sewer Lines (without Diggging) Install. Draintiles. 604-985-4000 LOCAL PLUMBER - Licensed, insured,GASFITTING, renos, Repairs. VISA 604-929-6956

8225

Power Washing

POWER WASHING sidewalks, garages, houses, driveways. Low rates, refs 778-686-7027

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

TOTAL HOME RENOVATIONS Since 1983

FROM DESIGN TO FINISH

Specialties Include: Kitchen & Bath Improvements We Also Do: • Roofing • Sundecks • Door & Window Replacements

Call Bill

604-298-1222 www.chrisdalehomes.com

CUSTOM BATH & KITCHEN We also do

Drywall • Tiles • Flooring • Painting Ceiling• Finishing Carpentry • Sundeck • Fences • Siding • Sheds and Basement Improvements Free estimates and WCB

Call Michael 604.836.9628

ALPINE 1994 RENOVATION

To place your ad in “Call the Experts" call 604-630-3300

HOME SERVICES 8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

10% OFF

8250

First Choice Roofing We specialize in flat roofs, fully insured.

WCB, Miguel 778-231-7973

TIL END OF SEPT

HTWS ROOFING No overhead just a roof.

Insured 1-877-428-5929

Reno your home from design to finish from bathroom to ensuite, additions. 15 yrs exp.

Shan 778-855-4868 2 OLD GUYS 2 YOUNG TO RETIRE WE DO IT ALL!

H 604-986-3986 C 604-537-9452

DIMAN DEVELOPMENTS.

Renovations & Construction.

Mano, 604-990-1671/230-7970 www.dimandevelopments.com JKB CONSTRUCTION LTD. HOME RENOVATIONS

604-728-3009 jkbconstruction.com

Luc’s Drywall Boarding, taping, texture, steel stud, t-bar, 30 yrs exp. Call Luc 604-603-4949

Roofing

8255

Rubbish Removal

ALL JUNK

8300

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

J. PEARCE STUCCO CONTRACTING. Residential / Commercial. 604-761-6079 Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small.

604-725-8925

8309

Tiling

8310

Top Soil

★ ★ ★ ★

Rubbish Removal Residential & Commercial We do almost anything Free Estimates 7 days a week ★ Nobody beats our price. ★ $15.00 off with this ad

604-537-8523

Accepts Visa & M/C

Compost-Based

SOILS & BARK MULCHES

Maklin Construction Services.

Project Management & small jobs. Call Quincy 778-340-3407

Garden Blend – Turf Blend – Lawn Top Dressing. Variety of Mulches. Picked up or delivered Mon.-Fri. 8-5; Sat./Sun. 8-6

U Load / We Load 7-80yd bin rentals.

Same day service, fast pickup times!

(604)-990-GONE (4663) www.allgonedisposal.ca

Fraser Richmond Soil & Fibre Ltd.

North Shore based

604-RUBBISH

8315

FORTIF CONSTRUCTION INC Custom Renovations North Shore Company BBB, Reno Mark.ca.

GVHBA.org Stefan@604-202-1264 free estimates www.fortif.ca

* We Remove & Recycle Anything*

Complete Renovations to Repairs with just one call

8250

Roofing

Jay 604-562-9068

Looking for a Bathroom Makeover or other Renovations?

Call someone with over 40 years exp who can work fast while keeping within your budget.

MATCO DESIGN Renovations Additions

Quality Work * Ref’s avail

782-2474

• Residential Roofing • Homes • Strata • Installations • Repairs • 24 Hour Emergency Service Member BBB - Member RCABC Full Liability Coverage and WCB Designated Project Managers and Third Party Inspections

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• BATHROOM RENO’S • DECKS & STAIRS • SIDING • FLOORING

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604-315-1452

RBG Contracting Ltd. All Kinds of Renovations • Roofing • Forming • Framing

Fortif Construction: North Shore home reno specialists. 604-202-1264 www.fortif.ca

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604-588-0833

MAC ROOFING INC.

Residential & Commercial Tar & Gravel to Torch On Conversion Member of Shell Busey’s House Smart Referral Network ★ Govt Certified ★ 20 yrs exp

778-237-ROOF (7663)

49

Tree Services

A. A. BESTPRO Tree Service LTD. Tree top trim, Hedge Trimming, Pruning, Tree Removal, Stump Grinding etc. CALL SUKH free est. 604-726-9152 or 604-984-1988

A.ALL AREA TREE SERVICE Topping, pruning & stump grinding.

604-926-1526 & 604-726-9153

ROBIN’S 604-986-4091 Expert Tree Care - Cert.

Arborist. 25 yrs exp. Fully Ins.

Student Works

Disposal & Recycling Trips to the dumps start at

$49

W i t h 1 7 c u b i c y a rd t r u c ks

John 778-288-8009 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 ALL JUNK - remove for res. & Comm. Free est. 7days/wk. $15off. w/ad. 604-537-8523

HAULING, MOVING,

Clearing Out Junk ★ Let us help.

Gabor 604-716-1662

HOT SPOT FOR SALE

CURTIS JOHN ROOFING (since 1978) Roof tune-up from $149.

24 hr repair. 604-985-1913 BELL MINI BINS 604-922-5101 Small or large household jobs & Mini bin service. 7 days a week Fast ★ inexpensive ★ reliable.

20 Riverside Dr., North Van

Beside Transfer Stn. 604-924-0261

★AAA★ TREE SERVICE. Tree & stump removal, pruning/trimming.

Ins & cert. arborist 604-987-8500

Call anytime

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INT & EXT RENO’S

Free Est’s • Large or Small Jobs

Call 604-327-3086 for a free estimate

604-720-1564

Call 604.721.8743

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★ 3 Licensed Plumbers ★ 66 years of exp. 604-830-6617 www.oceansidemechanical.com

BAMFORD CONSTRUCTION Ltd. Quality Renos & Repairs.

604-986-2871 www.bamford.ca

Locksmiths

EMPEY LOCK & KEY Better safe than sorry! Mobile Service 778-855-5625 (855-LOCK)

Plumbing

778-387-3626

Oil Tank Removal

Have an old oil tank you need gone?

Call All Gone for a free estimate!

(604)-990-GONE (4663) www.allgonedisposal.ca

8220

SUNRISE PAINTING & DECORATING

SERVICE MAGIC - Decks Fences, Patios. North Shore since 1978. Mike 604-783-9558

PEAK Yard Maint & Powerwash Lawn Care, Hedge Trim, Window Cleaning. Doug • 604-837-9417

8170

Painting/ Wallpaper

PRIMO PAINTWORKS

Call Sukh:

Lawn Treatment • Maint. • Power Raking Pruning • Trimming • General Clean-Up Topping Trees • Free Estimates

8195

CONSTRUCTIVE Landscaping paving stone, masonry, rock walls decks cedar fence 604-250-7824 constructivelandscaping.com

8180 .*'% $ #*"!;% 8*6%4;%*%2; 0";; -"+%6%( &;!(; 0"6??6%( #*"!;% =:;*% 75 #*"3*(; 1;?/,*: ):: A/+" #*"!;% @?;"(;%26;> $ 8/";

Masonry

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Treeworks 15 yrs exp. Tree/ Stump Removal, Prun’in & Trim’in & View Work 291-7778, 787-5915 www.treeworksonline.ca

8335

Window Cleaning

CLEARVIEW MAINTENANCE SERVICE 20 15 yrs of Service on the North Shore!

• Gutters Cleaned • Power Washing • Roof Restoration • Skylights Window Cleaning • Awnings Awnings Cleaned Cleaned Free Estimates & Quality Service

Doug Robinson 604-985-4604

GENTLEMEN WINDOW CLEANING

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604-230-0429

ACCENT- Window Cleaning by hand, inside & out. North Shore based. 604-346-8191 All in One Home Makeover. com Window & gutter cleaning, painting, etc Cell 778-554-7550

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9160

Sports & Imports

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The North Shore’s Best 2005 Infiniti G35 Sports Coupe 4 seater, auto/Tiptronic, local, leather, sunroof, pwr front seats, 18” Infiniti wheels, new tires, only 72k, immaculate. $22,850 2003 BMW X5 4.4 auto, local sunroof, only 86k from new, spotless. $19,850

2009 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID Leather, sunroof, pwr windows & locks, only 58,630kms, gold U5491 ONLY $23,995

2003 BMW 330xi 4 Dr All Wheel Drive Sports Sedan, auto/Steptronic, local, sunroof, pwr heated leather sports seats, climate control, cd, only 77k from new, spotless. $19,850

2009 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID 2010 HYUNDAI Leather, sunroof, pwr windows & locks, VERACRUZ LTD only 47,378kms, U5490 Demo, bluetooth, DVD, only 14,000kms $24,995 ONLY $42,300

2003 Mercedes Benz SLK 230 pwr steel top convertible, auto/Tiptronic, local, only 85k, immaculate. $19,850

2008 LEXUS ISF Black on black, fully loaded, only 28,000kms, local, clean $56,990

2008 LEXUS LS 600HL Presidential class vehicle, must see!

2010 LEXUS LX570 Grey, fully loaded, only 6,800kms, save $10,000 $95,999

2008 MITSUBISHI SPYDER Convertible, warranty, premium audio $20,999

2007 VOLVO C70 CONVERTIBLE Auto, low kms, top model, loaded, U4584 $35,999

2009 LEXUS ISF Silver on black $62,990

2007 RANGE ROVER SPORT Supercharged, only 53,000kms, ent. pkg, front/back parking sensor, fully loaded $53,999

2007 LEXUS IS250 Pearl white, auto, a/c, low kms, U4565. Was $28,999 NOW $25,999

2009 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GL Auto, low kms, a/c, pwr group $14,808

2008 LEXUS IS 350 One owner, immaculate, sport pkg, pearl white, only 27,000kms, U10893A SALE $39,995

Closed Wed, Sept. 1 & Re-opening Wed, Sept. 15 @ 9am

2008 LEXUS IS 250 AWD, fully loaded, only 11,800kms, Lexus Certified $43,990

2007 AUDI 3.2 A4 Only 37,000kms, S-Line, Xenon lights, paddle shift, loaded $33,999

2007 VOLVO S60 2.5T Auto, leather, sunroof, U4530.

Was $25,995 NOW $23,999

2009 HYUNDAI ACCENT GL Hatchback, only 32,000kms, a/c, 3 to choose.

ONLY $12,900

2008 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB TRD 47,000kms, sports pkg, silver, 5ft box, U5444B $29,995

2005 Mercedes Benz C230 4Dr Kompressor auto, local, alloy wheels, only $18,850 70k, spotless

2008 BMW 535XI Sport & tech package, only 17,600kms, grey on black $59,990

2007 BMW 328I Only 58,700kms, montego blue, back up sensor, aux/usb $27,999

2007 VOLVO XC90 V8 AWD, 7 pass, rear entertainment, U4449. Was $45,999 NOW $41,999

2008 HYUNDAI TUCSON LTD Low kms, loaded.

ONLY $22,500

2008 FORD ESCAPE XLT Silver, 4WD, only 40,000kms, U5494 SALE PRICE $22,495

2002 Mercedes Benz CLK 320 Coupe auto, local, sunroof, only 76k, exceptional $14,850

2008 MERCEDES BENZ ML 550 White on tan, only 30,000kms $50,990

2007 NISSAN 350Z Rare colour combo, Xenon custom LED lights, Bose audio, must see!

NO PAYMENTS FOR 90 DAYS O.A.C

2007 HYUNDAI ACCENT L Manual ONLY $8,808

2007 NISSAN 350Z CONVERT Black on black, 6spd manual, only 47,000kms, don’t miss this beauty, U5526 $31,995

2007 LEXUS ES350 Premium package, Lexus Certified, low kms, one only $32,990

SOLD

2007 VOLVO XC90 Only 50,460kms, 7 pass, entertainment pkg, AWD, 3.2L V6 $31,999

2006 CHEV COBALT SS Sporty & clean, U4484 PRICED TO SELL $11,999

2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE GL AWD Pwr group, a/c, low kms ONLY $20,960

2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA LTD 4.7L V8, leather, auto, a/c, only 23,000kms, very clean, U5528 $32,995

2006 LEXUS RX 400H Savanagh on tan, fully loaded, Lexus Certified $34,990

2006 VW TOUAREG Only 63,731kms, black leather, navigation, Xenon lights, rear pass shades, sunroof $26,999

2006 VOLVO XC90 7 pass, DVD & nav, U4505 SUMMER SPECIAL $28,999

2007 HYUNDAI ACCENT SR Pwr group, a/c, subwoofer, only 35,000kms $13,900

2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER Auto, black with white top, a/c, keyless entry, only 70,150kms, U5432A $25,995

2006 INFINITI G35 COUPE White on grey, fully loaded, low kms $27,990

2006 INFINITI G35 Only 58,000kms, black on black, navigation, auto/Tiptronic, loaded $30,999

2005 VOLVO S40 Auto, leather, sunroof, low kms, U4590 $18,999

2007 HONDA CRV LX Auto, 4WD, low kms. Was $23,900 NOW $19,900

2007 TOYOTA YARIS 3dr hatchback, auto, only 72,000kms, very clean, U5503 $10,995

2003 TOYOTA RAV4 AWD, great condition, silver on grey, auto $15,990

2006 BMW Z4 Only 31,000kms, black, M sport pkg, 6spd $36,999

2001 SUZUKI ESTEEM Great student car for back to school, U4515A. Was $6,999 NOW $5,999

2007 LEXUS IS250 Leather, a/c, push button start, low kms. $31,900

2007 VW RABBIT Red, manual, sunroof, only 55,575kms, U5493 SALE PRICE $15,495

2004 PORSCHE CAYANNE S Grey on grey, 22” wheels, great looking SUV $28,990

2004 BMW 645CI Only 79,885kms, champagne, navigation, I-Drive, convertible $37,999

1999 NISSAN PATHFINDER 4WD, auto, a/c, U00107 $9,999

2003 HYUNDAI ELANTRA VE Low kms, a/c, pwr group ONLY $6,300

2003 HONDA ODYSSEY EX Silver, leather, 115,135kms, very clean, U11067A SALE $13,995

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2004 LEXUS RX330 2009 MAZDA MIATA MX5 GT Fully equipped with navigation Convertible, auto, only & DVD, U4566. Was $25,999 7,000kms. Was $33,980.

NOW $23,999 NOW $29,900

SOLD

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9125

Domestic

2007 MUSTANG black in/out conv. (fully loaded), 28K, original owner, $23,000, 604-812-6016

9130

Motorcycles/ Dirt Bikes

HONDA VTX Retro 1300cc $4950. Better than new, fully loaded. N.Van 604-209-1416.

9145

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1992 GEO Tracker, 190 K, 1.6L 16V, 5 spd, removable h/top, new clutch, t/belt, water pump & seals.

Aircared, suspension lift 2.5’’ $4500 obo. Kevin 778-960-1693 2003 CHEV Blazer 4x4, exc cond low miles, no reasonable offer refused. 778-233-0572 2003 FORD Explorer Eddie Bauer, auto, 140 K, red, $9500 obo 604-763-2905

9160

Sports & Imports

1999 VOLVO S70, good cond, runs well, non smoker, 275 k, no accid, local $3100. 604-626-8009 2000 HONDA Civic SE, 4 door sedan, good cond, 82k, $5400, Call 604-985-1280

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THE 2011 BMW 750i is one of the greatest luxury sedans on the market — bar none. For more details go to parkshore.bmw.ca or visit Park Shore BMW in the North Shore Automall.

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Luxury sedan a class act AS luxury cars go, it might be impossible to do better than the 2011 BMW 7-Series sedan, which offers one of the most complete and satisfying experiences of any vehicle on the road.

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The only question is, where are you sitting?

If you’re behind the wheel most of the time, then the base 750i is all you’ll need and want, boasting a ton of features and excellent performance at a “reasonable” price (for this class of car) of $108,600. However, if you’re more likely to be found relaxing in the rear seats while someone else drives, that just won’t do — you’re going to want to spend an extra $8,000 for the long-wheelbase 750Li, which increases the wheelbase and rear passenger space by 14

centimetres. At that point, the 7-Series isn’t just a luxury car — it’s a limousine.

Audi and Lexus also have long-wheelbase versions of their flagship sedans, the A8 and LS, respectively. However, while the redesigned A8 is an impressive vehicle, Audi’s brand doesn’t offer the prestige and status of BMW. As for the Lexus, it’s designed more for people who want to blend into the crowd — a stark contrast to the attentiongrabbing 7-Series. The closest competitor is the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, which has as much star power as the BMW, but isn’t as well-balanced or as good a value.

Can you do better than the 750Li? Possibly, if you’re willing to spend a lot more. For an extra

Children return to the school-bus, its rigorous social order like a big yellow model of aristocracy with the royalty perched all the way in the back, making rude suggestions to following motorists. College kids once again don skinny jeans and ironic T-shirts to cycle to various institutes of higher learning, there to absorb the mysteries of chemistry and biology, such as how to survive on a steady diet of noodles mixed with runny orange sauce, and how to drink more vodka than wintertime Moscow and end

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$15,700, the ActiveHybrid 7 brings fuel-saving hybrid technology to the 7-Series, whereas the $186,000 760Li swaps in a 6.0-litre V-12 engine for staggering performance. But the question remains: where are you sitting? While the environmentally conscious will appreciate the hybrid’s 10.2-litre/100 kilometres fuel efficiency (combined city and highway), the V-12 seems a bit unnecessary for a chauffeured vehicle. It makes more sense to stick with the 750Li and also pick up a Z4 roadster, or — if you’re so inclined — donate the extra $70,000 to a worthy cause.

I drove the latest 750Li across Los Angeles and San Diego, and came away completely impressed. It’s one of the greatest luxury sedans on the market — bar none.

■ Design The 750Li maintains the curves of its much-maligned predecessor, but steps back from the odd and unsettling proportions to take on a shape and profile more in line with past 7-Series designs. You can still see elements of the criticized Chris Bangle styling, but they no longer compromise the overall beauty of the car.

Instead, they give it a slightly eccentric feel that helps it to stand out on a crowded street.

■ Performance Driving this vehicle on busy California freeways posed no issues, allowing me to pass other cars with ease.

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Passengers will have little reason to complain when the 750Li is in Sport mode, but in Comfort mode it’s even better, delivering unbelievable ride quality and completely soaking up bumps and potholes.

■ Environment As noted previously, the 750Li adds 14 cm to the wheelbase, all of which benefits rear passengers. The only downside is the large drivetrain tunnel that prevents a flat floor, compromising legroom for the middle passenger.

BMW’s iDrive all-in-one controller gets better with every redesign and now includes dedicated buttons for oft-used functions, but the benefits are still debatable.

There are too many cool features to mention, but some of the most notable include adaptive LED brakelights that glow brighter when more braking force is applied, and options such as airplanelike reading lamps for the rear seats, the Night Vision system, massaging front and rear seats and heads-up display with integrated navigation prompts.

■ Thumbs up Superb balance of performance and comfort; extensive list of standard and optional features.

■ Thumbs down Not for the average consumer.

■ The bottom line As good as it gets — the benchmark in this class.

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AUDI A8L: Soon to arrive in Canada, the longwheelbase version of Audi’s A8 will likely cost more than the standard model’s $99,200 price tag.

Redesigned for 2010, Audi’s all-wheel-drive flagship sedan will give the 750Li a run for its money, but falls short on the status-symbol meter.

LEXUS LS: The long-wheelbase version of the LS starts at $103,150 when equipped with a 4.6-litre V8 producing 357 h.p. and 344 foot-pounds of torque, and tops out at $119,950 for the hybrid version. The LS is a good deal relative to its competition, but lacks the driving prowess and panache of the 7-Series.

MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class: The gas-electric S400 Hybrid is the starting point for the S-Class line-up, priced at $105,900 and powered by a 3.5-litre V-6 with 295 h.p. and 284 foot-pounds of torque. The SClass doesn’t come in standard and long-wheelbase versions, simply because there’s no need. With a wheelbase almost as long as the 750Li’s, there’s plenty of space for passengers to stretch out.

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So too for the rest of us, with our various jobs (or careers, if you want to get fancy about it), milling slowly from the suburbs to the city in long streams of traffic. On a dull and rainy day, with the brake lights of the car in front multiplied into myriad starbursts of red by the raindrops, and the prospect of nothing but traffic reports that are so repetitive, bleak and depressing, you’d think they were penned by Samuel Beckett, it’s enough to make you quit the vice presidency of the company and move to Saltspring to grow soybeans and collect socially liberal bumper stickers on your Volvo.

Oh sure, there are alternatives to the daily gas-brakehonk. For one thing, you could jump on your bicycle, just like in those halcyon college days, arriving to work with a healthy glow and perhaps just a little environmental smugness, rather than in a tailgater’s funk. However, there are a few problems with this solution: for one thing, that healthy glow is usually accompanied by a sheen of sweat which transforms the air of eco-superiority into an air of just plain b.o.

Secondly, and I speak from experience here, riding a bicycle in Vancouver is a little like painting yourself in barbeque sauce, tucking a sprig of parsley in your hair and then running naked into the Roman Colosseum during Big Cats Week. It’s not paranoia: everyone out there really is trying to kill you.

Speaking of body-odor and homicidal-mania, let’s examine public transportation for a moment. TransLink would have you believing that they’ve re-created the Jetson’s, where smiling bus drivers will whisk you to your destination in a jiffy with jolly passengers smiling and chatting along the way. Instead we wait around in the rain to be crammed onto smelly steamboxes where everyone sits in stony silence, concentrating hard on not making eye-contact.

Silence, that is, unless of course somebody’s cellphone rings, in which case you may be collaterally involved in a high-volume information session about what Jessica’s been doing with Mark, why Chelsea is such a witch (and I don’t mean “witch”) and what sensitive bit of anatomy Krystynwith-two-Y’s has had pierced/tattooed/enhanced now.

Alternately, you might witness a bit of street theatre as the twitchy gentleman at the front has a spirited conversation with himself, or perhaps listen in as two dear little old ladies have a slightly horrifying hard-of-hearing discussion forum about “those kind of people, ooo-they’re-not-like-us.”

Also, if you’ve never experienced the unpleasantness of

what can only be politely described as “seat-overflow” — a 30-minute ride with someone sitting not just beside you, but a little bit on you — then you have been truly blessed by the gods of transportation, and I suggest that you make a small sacrifice on their behalf. Perhaps something like sprinkling some roofing nails along Howe Street.

However, while both self-propelled and public commuting have their disadvantages, both are much better than sitting — again — stuck in traffic, glowering at the person in front of you as though willing their fuel tanks to explode, ruining the planet with the fumes from your vehicle, wasting your life listening to inane radio broadcasts, lowering your life expectancy with inactivity and stress, and just generally being miserable.

As our population continually increases (especially with what Jessica and Mark have been up to) things are bound to get worse out there on the roads. Single-passengeroccupancy vehicles are the chariots of idiocy when it comes to getting to work, and while it might help to drive a hybrid or an all-electric vehicle in terms of air pollution, it eases congestion not a jot.

Be aware that city planners aren’t moving to make things easier for you either. Current thinking is shifting away from improving motor-vehicle flow to the exact opposite. I always thought the not-quite-synchronization of the traffic lights along Hornby was just carelessness, but it may well be a plot to keep me out of my car. If car-commuting is made easier by increasing the number of roads, the number of vehicles on those roads will soon expand to clog them again, and again, and again.

But here’s technology swooping in to save the day with laser-guided cruise control, smaller and safer vehicles, and the concept of cars “talking” to each other via GPS. “In the future,” so say the men and women with white coats, thick glasses, and social ineptitude, “Cars will form into long trains of vehicles, all positionally linked to avoid the ‘slinky’ effect that ripples down the line when somebody up at the front taps their brakes.”

Just think, you’d putter down the on-ramp, merge into line and then put the car on auto-drive for the long commute into the city, leaving you free to read the enewspaper, take a refreshing nap or knit a scarf. Great, but what about getting off that freeway? Increased arterial flow might be great, but the side-road capillaries only can absorb so many vehicles, and you end up with bottle-necking again.

Also, my automatic spell-check just changed ìcapillariesî into ìcaterpillarsî, so how comfortable would you be, trusting a computer to not develop a slight glitch and fling you off the road into the Blue Wall of Death?

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