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NEWS QUIZ 2010

What else do you remember from 2010?

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excitement when they returned to Lighthouse Park after vanishing more than 30 years ago? (Aug. 25) Black rockfish.

We just couldn’t squeeze James Weldon’s news quiz into one issue on Wednesday, so here is the second part.

As I said Wednesday, you don’t need an audience; you can test yourself. But the answers are right there with the questions and easy to read without meaning to, so it will be more fun if you find a quizmaster.

And a group will likely come up with more answers than any individual because some of the questions are not easy. However, many do contain a clue to the answer as well as the date that the original story ran.

If you score more than 30 correct answers you and your family are officially news junkies.

Have fun.

Martin Millerchip, editor

West Vancouver developer Howard Meakin floated a plan in August to convert a 24-yearold Burnaby icon into a seafood restaurant, tap house and coffee shop. The attraction will wind up nowhere near Burnaby, however. What is he proposing to refurbish? (Aug. 27) The McBarge.

What did an upwardly mobile Sebastian Salas do in less than 24 minutes Aug. 24, surmounting all previous records? (Aug. 27) The Grouse Grind.

What did octogenarian outdoorsman Muhammad Iqbal propose to do 20 times this past fall to raise money for flood relief in Pakistan? (Aug. 29) The Grouse Grind.

On June 28, in a recorded first, what did Sebastian Albrecht do 14 times in one day on a visit to Grouse Mountain? (July 2) The Grouse Grind.

What made a splash in West Vancouver Aug. 30 when it visited the Burrard Inlet, drawing scores of onlookers to the Ambleside Seawalk to catch rare glimpse? (Sept. 1) A grey whale.

A four-metre-wide obstruction blocked the intersection of Lynn Valley Road and Hoskins Road for more than 12 hours July 5. Unable to move it, crews chose to cover it up. What was it? (July 7) A hole.

Sixteen-year-old Chase Long made headlines Sept. 2 when he found something in a beer cooler bag beside a trail near East Fourth Street. It wasn’t dangerous and had no material value — one could say it was litter, of a sort. What was it?

(Sept. 3) Abandoned kittens.

On a trip to Japan, North Vancouver’s Alex Graham, 16, shot a short clip on his mother’s video camera and posted it on YouTube. By July this year, it had received close to 2.5 million hits. What was the fuzzy subject of the video? (July 11) A bear playing with a stick.

What eye-popping apparent obstacle did BCAA and the District of West Vancouver install on 22nd Street at the beginning of the school year in an effort to slow down drivers? It cost $15,000 and made international headlines. (Sept. 8) A hologram of a child.

ROKS Yang Man Choon and ROKS Hwa Cheon drew crowds in July when they spent a week as temporary anchor tenants of the City of North Vancouver. What are they? (July 14).

South Korean Navy vessels.

In July this year, North Vancouver development technician Rod Craig, his body slicked in grease, did something that only about 1,000 people have done in history. The first ever to do it was Capt. Matthew Webb in 1875. What was it?

Swim the English Channel.

The SS Master, the last steam tug in British Columbia, visited North Vancouver’s Party at the Pier July 17. As popular as it may be, it’s not a mode of transport for the impatient.

What seemingly simple task does it take two days to complete? It doesn’t require leaving the dock.

(July 16) Start its engine.

In a July interview with the North Shore News, what did North Vancouver MP Andrew Saxton say should be changed about Canada’s long-form census in order to make it more

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

IN July, as much as 500 metres of Mosquito Creek were fouled with a thick layer of foam that conservationists worried would kill fish by sucking oxygen out of the water. What was it?

Fire retardant. It had been spilled by the District of North Vancouver fire department. accurate? (July 23) It should be made voluntary.

On July 21, a North Vancouver resident was at home when he heard a thump on the outside of his house. When he emerged from the home, he was shocked to find something from Grouse Mountain had landed on his roof. What was it? Hint: it was alive, but not happy. (July 25) A paraglider with a broken leg.

Three men were arrested July 29 after allegedly breaking into a 900-plant grow-op house in British Properties. Whether they had intended to or not, they were unable to remove a single plant. Why? (Aug. 1) Police had dismantled the growop eight days before.

On June 1, North Vancouver RCMP launched an initiative aimed at reducing crime in Lower Lonsdale. The big innovation was in the mode of transport. How were the new patrols getting around? (Aug. 4) By foot.

handle the case of three teens accused of mugging a cleaner in John Lawson Park. The move was judged necessary because of what one of the suspect’s fathers does for a living. What is the man’s job? (Aug. 8) He’s a judge.

video game design company that targets a demographic she says is largely untapped in the industry.

Who are her games aimed at?

They make up less than half the world. (Aug. 13) Women.

West Vancouver teen Seumas Bates was left with painful burn marks on his arms after a mishap in his backyard in early July. He hadn’t had any contact with any hot object or artificial chemical, however. The source of the injury is a growing concern on the North Shore. What had he touched? (Aug. 6) Hogweed.

To meet a burning need that arose last summer, the governments of B.C. and Alberta launched a new forecasting service that makes use of satellite and weather data to make predictions. It’s not a traditional element of the weather that the system focuses on, however. What does the system track? (Aug. 11) Smoke.

North Vancouver conservationists Frank Wolf and Tom McGowan mounted a weekslong protest this summer in opposition to B.C.’s proposed Enbridge oil pipeline. Their action didn’t involve placards or rallies or large displays of any kind. In fact, it was almost entirely out of the public’s view. What did they do? (Aug. 20) They hiked the line’s entire 1,300-kilometre proposed route.

A special prosecutor was appointed in early August to

Deep Cove’s Brenda Bailey Gershkovitch has started up a

What had the Vancouver Aquarium bubbling with

What valuable object did police recover from the bottom of the ocean near the Langdale ferry dock after thieves accidentally deposited it there Labour Day weekend? (Sept.

10) An ATM. As of Sept. 20, what is the new blood alcohol limit for B.C. drivers at which police can seize their car? (Sept. 19) There’s no new limit; police have been able to seize cars at 0.05 since the late 1970s.

How long did it take North Vancouver RCMP to bust their first motorist under the new drunk driving laws? (Sept. 22) 20 minutes.

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Larsen seeks NDP leadership James Weldon

jweldon@nsnews.com

A one-time federal NDP candidate for West Vancouver who was forced out of the 2008 election by a drug scandal is running for the leadership of the provincial New Democrats.

Dana Larsen, who contested the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding with John Weston before dropping out, announced Wednesday that he will be vying for the spot vacated by former B.C. NDP leader Carole James.

Larsen, an outspoken advocate for the legalization of marijuana, kicked off his campaign in Vancouver.

Larsen’s last run for office was derailed less than a month before the 2008 federal election when online videos surfaced apparently showing him lighting a mouthful of joints, dropping LSD, doing another drug called DMT and then driving.

The same week, it was reported that he had helped found and manage the Vancouver Seed Bank, a company that sold banned plants and plant materials, including cannabis seeds, opium poppy seeds, peyote cacti and coca plant seedlings.

Larsen, a co-founder of the B.C. Marijuana Party, former editor of Cannabis Culture Magazine, director of two societies that run marijuana dispensaries and the author of a parody book called Hairy Pothead, told the North Shore News in an interview Dec. 20 that he does not believe that 10-year-old footage of his drug use

will hurt his chances.

“I think it was probably inevitable that some of that stuff would come out,” he said. “In retrospect, I should have dealt with that a little differently in advance to let people know better and the party know better who I am, but I don’t anticipate any real problems during this leadership run.”

The videos surfaced at a bad moment last time, said Larsen.

“It was released to the media in the middle of an election campaign, and trying to explain nuanced issues or deal with anything complex during a campaign is very difficult,” he said. “A leadership campaign is different; . . . it’s not a compressed, very short time.”

Nonetheless, if Larsen is successful in his leadership bid, the scandal won’t hold him back in the election campaign this time around, he said.

“I think the people of this province are mature and intelligent enough to understand that that kind of thing isn’t really the only way of judging somebody,” said Larsen. “The people of the province will get to know me and understand that I’m a three-dimensional guy. I’m a human being, and I think we’ve all done silly things in our past. I’m quite confident I can deal with those kinds of issues.”

If Larsen is elected to the legislature, he’ll make the legalization of marijuana a priority, he said.

“It’s not the only thing I think this province needs (to change), but it is something I have a certain amount of knowledge of,” said Larsen. “It provides a lot of employment and a lot of benefits

Judge sends N. Van coke dealer to jail for 4 months A 31-year-old North Vancouver man has been sent to jail for four months after pleading guilty to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

Dana Larsen to the people of this province, but it’s not taxed or regulated, and that causes a lot of problems. . . . I think somebody who’s familiar with this industry and how it works is the person to bring it above board and bring it to the mainstream where it belongs.”

Although drug laws are federal, there is a great deal that can be done at the provincial level on this front, he said.

“Provinces pay for the prisons; they pay for policing; they pay for most of the courts,” said Larsen. “The Attorney General of British Columbia should say, ‘No, we don’t want to pay for your drug war; we don’t want to pay to put marijuana smokers in jail, Mr. Harper.’ ” The NDP’s leadership election will be held in Vancouver April 17.

Setting it straight

Judge Carol Baird Ellan of the North Vancouver provincial court handed the sentence to Parviz Ramazani on Dec. 2.

Ramazani was nabbed on Aug. 12, 2008 after the North Vancouver RCMP’s crime reduction unit watched the occupants of a car conduct several drug transactions with people on the street.

When Ramazani, the driver, was arrested, police found he was carrying a baggie with 24 rocks of cocaine totalling more than 29 grams, C$755 and US$200 in cash, and an iPhone.

Ramazani’s defence lawyer asked for a conditional sentence, noting Ramazani had no prior criminal record.

But the judge didn’t agree.

The passenger in the car, who was also charged, was found not guilty following a trial last year.

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The Vancouver Coastal Health report on which the story was based was incorrect.

In fact, Yum Yum was ordered to close on June 1 due to wastewater backup, and allowed to reopen June 3, according to corrected information from VCH.

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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.

New year revolution I

F our country makes a resolution this New Year, it should focus more on the Canada of 2031 than on the Canada of 2011.

The next 20 years will be extremely difficult for our country, and if we want to survive them, we have to start planning now.

This year, the first of the Baby Boomers will turn 65, marking the beginning of a mass exodus from the work force. In an alarmingly short time, a huge slice of the Canadian populace will move from supporting our social safety net to relying upon it.

The pressure on our already strained health-care and social-security systems will rise abruptly, and there will be fewer workers to bear the load.

Sometime in the next two decades, the ultra-low interest rates

that have allowed our households and government to service their burgeoning debts cheaply are bound to rise. At the same time, the coming years will see an acceleration of the effects of climate change — effects that are predicted to be the most acute (and costly) in the coldest countries.

Collectively, these trends pose an extraordinary challenge for Canada, but so far our leaders have done little to address them. The long discussions around pension reform have only just begun; we have acknowledged the threat facing health care, but haven’t hatched a plan; and our efforts to mitigate climate change are laughable.

This year, Canada must resolve to think long term. That, or resolve to give up.

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Your drinking was a service The kindness of

Dear Editor: I want to extend my thanks to the staff of the Province and the North Shore News for taking the time to present hard evidence of alcohol consumption on humans of various sizes and weights.

The North Shore News brought in police roadside screening devices and recorded all the readings, including the staff perception of their own competence to drive. Their results started to provide tolerance levels, which could become a guideline to the average patron of bars and restaurants, for driving impairment resulting from only alcohol consumption. Their efforts and results give the people some data which was previously unavailable to the consuming public. Government and police forces never gave the entertainment industry any available statistics and left the people to live in fear.

Zero tolerance is an admirable target, but the food and

beverage industry revolves around human pleasure and pampering.

Government options other than driving are severely limited. They give all the entertainment industry a shut-down time while making public transit unavailable to everyone. Doing this forces people into their cars. Very nice entrapment. No warning! No options! No taxis!

Impaired? Yes, but how to get home? Almost every patron who is not totally plastered would select an alternative to driving. Oops!

None exists by design! Drive your car or spend three or more hours walking.

The government has a responsibility and it requires intelligence.

Tax revenue is one pull; MADD is on the other side.

Reaction without thinking is sheer stupidity.

Leo Vanderbyl, North Vancouver

Council’s lawn-bowling decision robs the future

Dear Editor: When the city council moved to entrench lawn bowling at its current location it removed them from the process of planning a new community and recreation centre. That was not at all what they had asked for, and why I voted against that motion.

The last two lines of the Dec. 6 presentation to city council by the North Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club stated that they “support the redevelopment of the Harry Jerome Recreation Centre” and “wish to be an active participant in the process.”

There could have been discussions about integrating new clubhouse facilities into a new recreation facility — or even building an entirely new clubhouse beside new relocated greens.

However, since the old recreation centre needs to operate

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while the new one is built, there is no opportunity to integrate new clubhouse facilities in a new centre. And since we can’t even consider a new location, such as at the Mickey McDougall site or along 23rd Street, there will not be an opportunity to build a new clubhouse at new, improved greens.

The effect of the council motion to entrench lawn bowling along Lonsdale deprives the club of its wish to be a participant in the process. It also deprives the city of the opportunity to bring life, light and activity to a usually dark section of Lonsdale.

Both the lawn bowlers and the residents of the city have missed out on a great opportunity to make a better community for everyone.

Guy Heywood, councillor, City of North Vancouver

strangers is abused Dear Editor: At this time of the year, many of us are possessed by the spirit of giving.

Unfortunately, there are those among us who wish to take advantage of our generosity and goodwill towards mankind.

One such person is currently trolling the North Shore looking for victims to swindle. This scamster is a neatly dressed, older Caucasian gentleman with a slight build, who may or may not wear glasses and may or may not be accompanied by a female acquaintance. He drives a mini-van and claims to be a local resident, usually of the Grand Boulevard area of North Vancouver.

This individual approaches motorists or pedestrians at various locations, such as shopping centres, parks and commercial streets. He asks his mark if he or she is a local resident (establishing a connection), and then explains that he has suffered a small misfortune (garnering sympathy). Usually, the story involves a lost or misplaced wallet or purse, and the need for a small amount of gas money to resolve the crisis (making a pitch).

He may offer to repay his victim and may even take contact details.

This individual is a professional con man. Any money you give him will not be returned to you. Do not be fooled.

If you want to help a stranger this holiday season, give generously to the Salvation Army, the Gospel Mission or another worthy cause.

Wayne Armistead North Vancouver

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Judge: liquor smell Women’s support for NDP slips no grounds for arrest

THE role that women voters play in determining who holds political power in this province appears to be taking on added significance.

Recent polls show the NDP is experiencing serious slippage in support from women, while the B.C. Liberals are gaining ground in that area.

Both the Mustel Group and the Angus Reid polling firms have documented this shift, and it appears linked to both the brutal take-down of a female leader by the NDP, and the departure of Gordon Campbell from the B.C. Liberal leadership.

Campbell has long been seen as a liability with women voters, but he was able to get their support when it counted most — at election time. With him leaving the scene, the picture gets rosier for the B.C. Liberals on this front.

His potential successors would all appear to be more appealing to women voters, but none more than Christy Clark.

In fact, if Clark were to become premier it is likely the B.C. Liberals would stand a good chance of corralling a huge chunk of the electorate denied them in the past. I suspect Clark appeals to a lot of young and middle-aged women voters who may have harboured suspicions of Campbell.

View from the Ledge Keith Baldrey

For now anyways, Clark appears to be the candidate of choice for both the voting public and those who consider themselves B.C. Liberal supporters. So the table is set for a complete reversal in B.C. politics (as if that should ever come as a surprise).

The NDP has long prided itself as a champion of the interests of women, and it even implemented an affirmative action policy to ensure more female candidates in the last election. But it is now seen as the party that undemocratically turfed a female leader, and it will undoubtedly elect a man to succeed Carole James.

In fact, it will be interesting to see if any women even run for the NDP leadership (no names have surfaced just yet).

If none do, it will be a stunning commentary about the party’s true commitment to the interests of women.

Meanwhile, the B.C. Liberals couldn’t be happier about this. The polls show the NDP’s loss in support from women is in the double-digits, as many have gone over to the B.C. Liberals.

The significance of this political shift cannot be underestimated. When the B.C. Liberals and NDP square off in elections, the question of which party wins power lies in the hands of several thousand voters.

Politicians always talk of the importance of winning the support of the proverbial “soccer mom.” In other words, suburban women with a young family are a key demographic in elections. If the choices are Christy Clark versus Mike Farnworth or Adrian Dix, which party do you think holds the advantage?

Now, there is time for the NDP to recover their support from women. The memories of the ugly ouster of James will fade (although you can be sure they will be brought back in some fashion by B.C. Liberal ads during an election campaign), and if the B.C. Liberals opt for Kevin Falcon, Mike de Jong or George Abbott as leader the contrast in leadership of the two parties will be less striking.

Clark still strikes me as someone who can come flying into the job with great energy and great positives, only to see

things gradually go sour over time.

But in this year of great upheaval in B.C. politics, where seismic shifts are occurring on a number of fronts, keeping track of the female electorate will be fascinating.

If the B.C. Liberals were still trailing the NDP by a huge margin in public opinion (as they were with Campbell and James as leaders), the views of women wouldn’t matter so much.

But now, with the political scene competitive again (polls show the B.C. Liberals are either leading or tied with the NDP), all votes will be critical.

History shows it is very difficult for the NDP to gain power in this province. The party’s pool of potential supporters simply isn’t as large as that of its chief opponent.

All things must go the party’s way to ensure victory — there has to at least a bit of a vote-split on the centre-right of the political spectrum, and the party has to ensure it gets every single one of its supporters out to the polls.

But if the NDP loses even a fraction of its female support, it could cost the party the next election. And as it stands right now, that’s exactly what it’s facing.

KBaldrey@globaltv.com

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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A North Vancouver provincial court judge has tossed a drunk driving case out of court saying the police officer who pulled over the driver did not have sufficient grounds to place him under arrest, even though the officer said the man appeared to be impaired.

Wayne Robert Rochon, 42, blew breathalyzer readings over .08 when he was arrested and taken back to the North Vancouver RCMP detachment on Nov. 7, 2009.

But Judge Carol Baird Ellan ruled those results could not be admitted in court, because the police officer had violated Rochon’s rights in arresting him without sufficient grounds.

She added the case was made much weaker because the RCMP officer had opted not to use the roadside screening device on Rochon before arresting him.

Rochon first came to police attention around 1 a.m. when he was spotted driving 80 kilometres an hour down a stretch of Keith Road with a 50-km/h speed limit. When the officer pulled Rochon over, he said he immediately smelled an overpowering odour of liquor.

Later, when he was asked for his licence, Rochon pulled cards out of his pockets and began searching through them in his lap.

Rochon told the police officer he’d had a few beers at Taylor’s Crossing with friends and was on his way home. The officer described his speech as very slow and slurred at the time.

Based on his observations, the officer said he thought Rochon was moderately impaired and “he believed that any normal person would have noticed the defendant’s symptoms and believed him to be sufficiently impaired that he should not be operating a motor vehicle.”

But the judge disagreed, saying the video camera in the police car did not show Rochon slurring.

The judge added neither the odour of liquor, the admission of “drinking a ‘few’” or driving 80 km/h on a clear straight stretch of roadway were indications that Rochon was particularly impaired.

The judge noted that the police officer hadn’t made any notes on his observations at the time, and ruled that without readings on a roadside screening device, Rochon’s symptoms fell short of the legal standard for arrest.

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NEWS QUIZ 2010

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IN June 2010, Ivan Henry, 63, had been living in Lynn Valley for a year when he made front-page news. It wasn’t his current residence that caught the attention of media, but the place he had lived beforehand. Where had Henry spent the previous 26 years?

(Oct. 29) In jail, for crimes he was later acquitted of.

From page 8 mistake? It made front-page news five years ago.

(Oct. 13) Plowed into Sewell’s Marina, crushing 28 other boats.

Walter, a former reading assistant at North Vancouver elementary schools, was recently forced by the school board to leave his job, although he had reportedly made no missteps in the workplace.

Why was Walter fired? (Oct. 15) He has been designated an “aggressive dog,” a label his owner disputes.

A short time after buying a piece of land in British Properties, West Vancouver’s Jensen family found an object on their property that had been almost completely obscured by bushes. In October, they donated the 6.4-metre item to the Squamish Nation. What was it? (Oct. 20) A totem pole.

A 51-year-old West Vancouver woman beat a drunk driving charge in October even though a police officer said she was driving on the highway 40 kilometres-per-hour below the limit and later meandered through a commercial brake-check area before failing four times to give a breath sample. What defence froze the prosecution’s

case? (Oct. 22) The woman said a Botox injection had made it impossible to blow.

This past fall, B.C.’s economy received an unexpected $500-million boost from an event that some experts attribute to a volcanic eruption in Alaska. What returned to our province on a scale not seen in almost a century? (Oct. 24) Sockeye salmon.

On Oct. 25, Premier Gordon Campbell announced he had appointed North Vancouver MLA Naomi Yamamoto as minister of state of a newly created portfolio. In an interview with the North Shore News, Yamamoto said she hadn’t really had any experience specific to her new area “other than having lived in several buildings.”

What is her new position? (Oct. 27) Minister of State for Building Code Renewal.

A West Vancouver man won $20,000 in an October court ruling from a company whose employee accelerated his prized Mercedes SL 65 along an airport road, spun out, flew over a concrete barrier and crashed into some trees. What had the employee been supposed to do with the car? Hint: It doesn’t involve spinning out, flying See News Quiz page 11

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INQUIRING REPORTER NEW Year’s Resolutions have been a tradition for decades, even if people don’t always hold to them. Experts suggest if you want to keep your resolution, keep it simple. Make only one goal, plan ahead and set small, realistic goals staggered over a period of time, such as losing a pound a week rather than simply losing weight.

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Dan Bozic North Vancouver I don’t keep them — why disappoint myself? Pretty much every year I tried to do the workout thing, and that very rarely lasted long.

Raquel Boucher North Vancouver I’m already happy. Maybe study better for school and play less video games. I don’t know if I’ll carry it out, but that’s a good idea.

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Angela Jones North Vancouver I don’t have any. They always get broken anyway, and I like my life the way I already live it.

Robert Bolwell North Vancouver Smarten up a little, just in my personal life with decisions I make sometimes. I think of the New Year as an opportunity to improve on things a little bit, a fresh chance.

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A marijuana grower nabbed with 230 plants in a Norgate house in North Vancouver told a judge he planned to donate part of his crop to the Green Cross Society — an organization that advocates for medicinal marijuana users — before she sentenced him to nine months in jail.

Sonny Satendra Jit, 47, was handed the sentence by Judge Carol Baird Ellan of the North Vancouver provincial court after he pleaded guilty to production of marijuana at the house on Elmwood Place.

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On Dec. 30, 2009, they searched the house under warrant, and discovered 230 pot plants in different stages of growth in several rooms throughout the house. Police also seized high intensity lights, electrical ballasts and several kilograms of marijuana shake from the house.

An inspection also revealed a Hydro bypass in place.

Jit — who lived in the same block as the grow-op — phoned in to the RCMP and turned himself in as the search was going on.

The house where the grow-op was found was owned by Jit’s father. Jit, however, told police his dad did not know he had set up a grow-op there.

Jit’s lawyer asked the judge to consider a conditional sentence to be served under house arrest, noting Jit planned to donate some of his crop to people licensed to use marijuana for medical use.

He added Jit had paid back BC Hydro more than $6,400 for electricity he stole, plus about the same amount to the municipality for safety inspections of the house.

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Jit’s previous criminal record includes a three-year jail sentence in 2001 for cocaine and marijuana trafficking, plus a three-month conditional sentence and probation order in 1999 for possession for the purpose of trafficking.

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What had allegedly happened to the officer that made his actions so remarkable? (Nov. 14) The suspect had stabbed him.

A cash-strapped North Vancouver school district was told Nov. 2 that it had in its possession something worth an estimated $100 million, which it wasn’t using. Despite its value, it’s something people walk on every day. What was it? (Nov. 7) Land.

A report published this year estimated that 10 fluent speakers of this language remain on Earth, likely all of them in the Lower Mainland. By 2025, there will probably be none. What language was the report referring to? (Nov. 17) Squamish.

What alarming relic of the cold war did City of North Vancouver councillors vote to restore to Victoria Park Nov. 15? (Nov. 19) An air raid siren.

Since council shot down its own proposed bylaw Nov. 8, the City of North Vancouver remains the last municipality on the North Shore where you can do what on a playing field? (Nov. 24) Smoke.

Since Coquitlam’s Catalyst Paper recycling facility closed in February, where do the vast majority of the North Shore’s newspapers wind up? It’s not especially close to the North Shore. (Nov. 24) China.

On Dec. 1, the RCMP’s E Division announced that detachments throughout British Columbia, including North Vancouver’s, had been releasing news in a way that violated federal law. What had they been doing wrong? (Dec. 10)

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FOUR distinct community groups lobbied City of North Vancouver council Dec. 6 over the redevelopment of the Harry Jerome recreation centre. The swimmers wanted a bigger pool; the gymnasts wanted a bigger gym; the seniors centre wanted access to more space. What did the lawn bowlers want? They were the only ones whose request was granted Nothing, in a sense: They wanted to be left alone.

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A small group of West Vancouver residents came to council Dec. 6 to make an unusual request — in direct opposition to another group of citizens called the Interested Taxpayers’ Action Committee.

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David, Bob, Carolyn, James and Julia Cross participate as a family.

Family Services of the North Shore presented the 25th anniversary Winter Family Ball at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Dec. 5. Guests enjoyed a cocktail reception, entertainment, silent auction, food and holiday activities. Funds raised support the community-based agency, which provides education, support and counselling services as well as leads the provincial work in eating disorders prevention. Family Services assists more than 6,000 individuals and families each year. Info: www.familyservices.bc.ca.

Sharon and Paolo Diligenti, Marilyn Diligenti-Smith, Mia Diligenti and Wayne Smith team up for a photo.

Amar, Néha and North Shore News’ Dee Dhaliwal show their support.

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WITH the help of a team of weight loss and nutrition experts, the residents of Taylor, B.C. were challenged to shed as many pounds as possible during a three month period on CBC’s Village on a Diet. More than 60 per cent of Taylor residents are overweight or obese.

CBC’s Village on a Diet follows the weight loss journey of Taylor, B.C. residents

Heavy stuff ■ Village on a Diet premieres Monday, Jan. 3 at 9 p.m., on CBC Television.

Info: www.cbc.ca/village.

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Film uncovers the dark side of dance: Page 14 A magical mix of Dr. Seuss moments: Pages 15 Slices of ordinary life: Page 16 Recording life and laughs in the studio: Page 19 More online at www.nsnews.com

IT wouldn’t be easy, but that didn’t prevent the residents of Taylor, B.C. from teaming up to lose a ton of collective weight in a mere three-month period.

Their incredible journey, seeing them come together as a community and put their health first — learning how to eat well and exercise — was captured by Vancouver television production company Force Four Entertainment and the resulting 10-part series, Village on a Diet, will premiere Monday, Jan. 3 at 9 p.m. on CBC Television.

“This is a big project for us,” says North Vancouver resident John Ritchie, executive producer and partner of Force Four Entertainment. The company produces many types of shows —examples include the Gemini Award-winning W Network series The Cupcake Girls, The Shopping Bags and Murder She Solved: True Crime for the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Village on a Diet marks the biggest factual series Force Four has ever taken on.

“We got the idea that it would be neat to do a series about a town that all goes on a diet,” says Ritchie.

Having heard of a community that had already taken on a challenge of this sort, they looked for another that might be interested and approached the District of Taylor, an oil and gas town located approximately 20 kilometres south of Fort St. John.

According to production company materials, Taylor is home to 1,400 people and it’s estimated that more than 60 per cent are overweight or obese.

Filming for the show occurred from mid-April to mid-July. There were four crews on location, shooting six days a week.

“I say the series has kind of a documentary heart to it because it was really following their lives,” says Ritchie.

He hopes the individual stories of residents — for example, 27-year-old bride Jamie who dreams of feeling beautiful on her wedding day and couple Brent and Sheena who are having trouble conceiving — resonate with audiences.

“There’s some really just incredibly compelling stories of these different people and what they want out of life and hopefully people will find it pretty inspiring,” he says.

The show also has a lighter side, displaying a sense of humour at times, something the producers felt was also important.

Helping the residents achieve their goals — both collective and personal — were a team of experts, including a dietician, chef, psychologist, two trainers and Dr. Ali Zentner, a specialist in cardiac risk management and obesity. A Vancouver resident, Zentner practices internal medicine in West Vancouver at Continuum Medical Care.

“We know problems all too well in the world,” she says. “It’s time we had a show that highlighted the problems but made us feel really good about the solutions.”

Zentner hopes people looking to make a positive life change opt to tune in.

“Almost more importantly I would hope that the community at large watches and sees that this is a patient population that deserves a voice, that does have a disease, and that needs as much understanding as any other disease,” she says.

As well, Zentner hopes the show gets the attention of government officials, encouraging them to address the problem of obesity and take action to improve the health of citizens across the country today.

Timed with the series, in January 2011, CBC, in partnership with a number of health and wellness organizations, is launching a movement called Live Right Now (www.cbc.ca/liverightnow), a six-month program focused on educating, inspiring and supporting Canadians to take steps to live healthier lives.

Based on the success of Village on a Diet, it could be renewed for a second season, seeing film crews descend on a different Canadian municipality.

“I know we’ve had an effect on a lot of the people of Taylor, those people have told our production crews and our experts that we’ve changed their lives. . . ,” says Ritchie.

“Our aim is to entertain but it’s pretty neat when you also get to do something that has some value so it’s really rewarding. . . We call it socially transformative television and I’d like us to be known for doing this kind of thing.”

A14 - North Shore News - Friday, December 31, 2010

FILM

Film reveals the dark side of dance Reel Life

Julie Crawford ■ Black Swan. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassell and Barbara Hershey.

Rating: 9 (out of 10) Ballet is not all bleeding toes and eating disorders, of course, otherwise doting moms the world over would never strap a tutu on their toddler.

But there’s no denying that the world of dance can be a brutally demanding, insular place.

Director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream) brings the story of one

dance casualty to the screen with Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman as Nina, a prima ballerina hopeful who cracks under the tremendous pressure placed upon her tiny shoulders.

Nina has been waiting for her big break for some time: too long, as her hovering mother (Barbara Hershey) is quick to point out. Nina spends her time at home ducking the nervous attentiveness of her mother, a failed dancer who has clearly pinned all her hopes on the success of Nina’s dance career. There’s no father or other responsible adult in the picture, and Nina seems to have led a preternaturally sheltered life.

The rest of the time, Nina is dancing. Dancing with neither joy nor passion but with painstaking exactitude. Despite her frigidity, artistic director Thomas (Vincent Cassell) crowns her his Swan Princess, lead in the New York Ballet company’s upcoming run of Swan Lake.

Thomas is a manipulative brute, verbally abusive and

fond of bedding his princesses, if exiting lead dancer Beth McIntyre (Winona Ryder) is any indication. Nina actually trembles in his presence.

As if on cue, a sexy rival arrives. Lily (Mila Kunis) dances with a joie de vivre foreign to Nina — that, and an innate sexiness Nina lacks. Nina may have the precision to play the lovely White Swan, but can she find her dark side in order to play the role’s doppelganger, the Black Swan?

Strange things start to happen: are they hallucinations, part of a dark plot to get rid of Nina, or part of the dancer’s inevitable metamorphosis?

Portman gives an indelible performance – one of her best – as the fragile, neurotic, and sexually naïve Nina. Portman’s mastery of the physicality and dance moves required are one thing; the psychological breakdown is quite another.

It could easily have morphed into a soapy dance melodrama in less capable hands, but Aronofsky gets the very best from his players, resulting in one of the best films of 2010.

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NATALIE Portman portrays a prima ballerina on the brink of madness in Darren Aronofsky’s thriller Black Swan.

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604-985-3911 Little Fockers (PG) — FriMon 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10; Tues-Thur 7:10, 9:45 p.m.

The Fighter (14A) — Fri-Mon 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50; TuesThur 6:45, 9:30 p.m.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG) — Fri-Mon 1, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20; Tues-Thur 6:35, 9:10 p.m.

The Tourist (PG) — Fri-Mon 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30; TuesThur 6:50, 9:20 p.m.

Black Swan (14A) — Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 7, 9:40; Mon 1:30, 4:10, 7, 9:40; Tues-Thur 7, 9:35 p.m.

Gulliver’s Travels 3D (G) —Fri-Mon 1:20, 4, 6:30, 9:10; Tues-Thur 6:30, 9 p.m.

Friday, December 31, 2010 - North Shore News - A15

THEATRE

A magical mix of Dr. Seuss moments

■ Seussical The Musical at Waterfront Theatre until Jan. 1. Tickets: 604-669-3410/www.carouseltheatre.ca.

Jo Ledingham Contributing Writer

ONE of the best things about Carousel Theatre’s Seussical The Musical this year was that I took a couple of little girls — Avril and Sophia — as my guests.

Avril, at seven, is an old hand; she’s seen Seussical The Musical with me before as well as a handful of other Carousel Theatre productions. And she’s been going to theatre school, recently starring as Wendy in Peter Pan. But this was the first time Avril’s sister, four-year-old Sophia, has joined us. Would she get into it? Would she! When Horton the Elephant was put in a cage and being auctioned off, Sophia’s little hand went up like a shot, preparing to bid. She didn’t want any old mean circus manager hauling Horton away.

My guests weren’t the only children who were entranced. The Waterfront Theatre was crammed to the rafters with enthusiastic and attentive kids. Director Carole Higgins says that families have been asking that Seussical The Musical become a Christmas tradition. With sets and costumes already made, performers eager to reprise their roles and audiences asking for more, why not?

Seussical the Musical cobbles together characters and events from 14 Dr. Seuss stories, but the main narrative revolves around Horton the Elephant, who hears voices coming from a speck of dust on a bit of clover. While all the other creatures in the Jungle of Nool think he’s loony, Horton is convinced there’s another complete universe — the world of the teeny, tiny Whos — on that speck of dust and he soulfully sings, “A person’s a person no matter how small.” I didn’t think anyone could top actor Allan Zinyk’s Horton (in the 2007 production) but Josue Laboucane has a sweetness and charm that’s absolutely irresistible. And there’s something about Horton’s goofy knitted hat with earflaps that makes him so endearing.

Paralleling the Whoville story is another tale: Mayzie La Bird — who could be called Layzie La Bird — doesn’t want to have anything to do with her egg and persuades Horton to egg-sit while she goes off having a good time at Palm Beach. Rebecca Talbot is back in the role, feathery and racy again in her pink and purple glam gown designed by Barbara Clayden.

Also back are Jennifer Neumann, who as Sour Kangaroo really belts out a song, and Kaylee Harwood as Horton’s stalwart friend, Gertrude McFuzz, who with one scraggly tail feather is the polar opposite of foxy Mayzie Darren Burkett, as the snappily-dressed Cat in the Hat, sets up the story that’s told against a Technicolor, Disney-like set designed

by Alison Green: rainbow toadstools and lush tropical leaves with lighting design by Itai Erdal.

Another newcomer this year is young Taylor Lintott as Jojo, the son of the Whoville mayor (Greg Armstrong-Morris) and his wife (Melissa Oei). Lintott is in Grade 6, likes fishing, hockey and football and is having the time of his life in this show. He’s got a great Dennis-the-Menace grin on him and a terrific voice. I spoke to him after the show and asked if he was thinking about a career on the stage. “Maybe, maybe not,” he cracked in an off-hand way and headed off with his friends.

Adapted by Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics) with music by Stephen Flaherty, there’s nary a Christmas tree or a jingle bell in the whole show. But it fits right in with the charitable sentiments of the season: “A person’s a person no matter how small,” and the optimism that goes along with Christmas: “It’s possible; anything is possible,” sings Jojo.

Recommended for three-year-olds and older, the show is 75 minutes long with an intermission and is great family entertainment. Banish the bah humbug! Get happy with Horton. joled@telus.net

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BOOKS BOOKS

Slices of ordinary life ■ For Now by William Eggleston, Twin Palms Publishing, 144 pages, $65.

A grocery store parking lot, a smashed car, a boarded up building — these are typical subject matter for William Eggleston’s photos.

They are slices of ordinary lives and silent witnesses to the passing of time.

Eggleston’s genius lies in his quiet observation of the mundane, and how, utilizing perfect timing and mesmerizing composition, he takes his picture.

Those perfect moments become gateways to Eggleston’s World, a view that presents a simple vision, then embodies it with an edge of anticipation. His work provokes questions, then creates a sense of danger that seems to

draw strength from the lack of answers.

Eggleston’s colour work has overshadowed the excellent earlier photographs he took in black and white. He is often attributed as being one of the first to gain serious artistic recognition for colour photography as an art form. The 1976 exhibition of Eggleston’s collection, 14 Pictures, at New York’s Museum of Modern Art is considered a watershed moment in photography.

The pictures drawn from Eggleston’s archives for this book are almost entirely from the period beginning in the late sixties and ending in the early eighties. This was the time when Eggleston discovered and perfected the dye-transfer method for reproducing his work. This process brought the brilliant colour saturation he saw in the world into his exhibited images.

Like a beautifully phrased poem, Eggleston’s photographs should be savoured and enjoyed over and over again. There is no need to rush through them; they are timeless and historic at the same moment. A look at the world that once was and in it seeing things that are always there.

— Terry Peters

GALLERIES Artists for Kids Gallery: 810 West 21st St., North Vancouver.

Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends from noon to 4 p.m. Info: 604-903-3798 or www.artists4kidscom.

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

The Bakehouse in Edgemont Village: 1050 Queens Rd., North Vancouver.

B.C. Mills Museum at Lynn Headwater Park: 4900 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Info: 604-224-5739.

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.

Chang-Soo Kim’s contemporary work will be on display until Dec. 31.

District Foyer Gallery: 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver.

Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Info: 604-9886844 or www.nvartscouncil.ca.

The North Vancouver Community Arts Council presents textile arts by Olga Uhrin and paintings by Ron den Daas, until Jan. 26.

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

Info: www.nvartscouncil.ca.

The North Vancouver Community Arts Council presents travel photographs by Alan Sirulnikoff until Jan. 12.

The North Vancouver Community Arts Council presents an exhibition of Nicola Morgan’s paintings, Jan. 12-Feb. 23. Opening reception: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2-4 p.m.

The Elliott Louis Gallery: 258 East First Ave., Vancouver. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or by appointment. Info: 604-736-3282.

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

Gallery hours: Tuesday to Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Info: 604-9257292 or www.silkpurse.ca.

It’s About Paint: The Klee Wyck Monday Painters Group presents an exhibition Jan. 11-23. Opening reception: Tuesday, Jan. 11, 6-8 p.m.

A World of Impressions: An exhibition of paintings influenced by impressionists and inspirational images and landscapes from around the world by Annie Bohni and Teresa de la Boursodiere, Jan. 25Feb. 6. Opening reception: Tuesday, Jan. 25, 6-8 p.m.

West Vancouver Museum: 680 17th St., West Vancouver.

Museum hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: 604-9257295 or www.westvancouvermuseum.ca.

Time (Time Again): An exhibition of late works by Lionel Thomas

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

Cap Folk and Roots Series: Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues will perform Friday, Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $30/$27.

Cap Jazz Series: The Bill Charlap Trio will perform Sunday, Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $38/$35.

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

Sensational Sundays: Children’s entertainers Bobs and Lolo will perform, Sunday, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $18.

Memeza Africa: A South African ensemble featuring vocals and dance, Friday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $38/$36/$25.

Tango and a Few of Your Favourite Things presented by Sinfonia Orchestra, Saturday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Pre-concert talk: 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $35/$30/$15.

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

Info and reservations: 604-929-3200 or www.DeepCoveStage. com.

An Intimate Evening: Jim Byrnes and special guest Babe Gurr will perform Jan. 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. This is a fundraising concert for First Impressions Theatre. Admission: $30. Tickets: 604-929-9456 or www.firstimpressionstheatre.com.

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

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra will perform Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. Pre-performance talk: 7:15 p.m. Tickets: $42/$37/$30.

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

Free Concert featuring the Chamber West Woodwind Quintet and the North Shore’s Double Reed ensemble, Thursday, Jan. 13, 78:30 p.m. Donations will be accepted for the Harvest Project.

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

Bringing in the Light: Music therapist Ruta Yawney will perform exotic folk songs with Donna Dutchak, Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $15/$12.

Four Scherzos: Pianist Massimo Folliero will perform a program of Chopin, Thursday, Jan. 13 at 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $15.

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CALENDAR From page 16 Yawney will present a morning of classical music, Thursday, Jan. 20 at 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $15/$12.

From the 20s to 2010: Singer/ actress Maxine Miller and pianist Shannon Thue will take a journey through the past nine decades via movie theme music, Thursday, Jan. 27 at 10:30 a.m.

Tickets: $15/$12.

St. Stephen’s Anglican Church: 885 22nd St., West Vancouver. Info: 604-731-5518 or www.pacifictheatre.org.

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

noon. Admission: $5.

Offstage Series: Marc Destrubé will discuss 17th century chamber music, Monday, Jan. 10 at 10:30 a.m. Free.

Info: 604-913-3634 or www. kaymeekcentre.com.

Offstage Series: Pianist Eugene Skovorodnikov will celebrate 200 years of musical genius

Franz Liszt, Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 10:30 a.m. Free. Info: 604-913-3634 or www. kaymeekcentre.com.

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St. Mark’s Gospel: A reciting with Antony Holland, Jan. 7 (preview), 13, 14, 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 8 at 2 p.m.

Tickets: $24-$28.

Tuesdays With Morrie: An adaptation from the novel of the same name, Jan. 11, 12, 15, 20, 21 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $24-$28. The Jan. 16 performance is pay what you can.

CLUBS AND PUBS Beans on Lonsdale: 1804 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-9852326. Live music every Thursday, 8 p.m.

Brewster’s Coffee: 2436 Marine Dr., West Vancouver.

Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.5:30 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

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La Zuppa: 1544 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Info: 604-986-6556.

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

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

OTHER EVENTS Lynn Valley Library: 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Info: 604-9840286, ext. 8144.

SFU Philosopher’s Cafe: Everyone is welcome to join this discussion with moderator Mark Battersby, Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. Topic: Does Canada have the right approach to immigration and integration?

Admission: $5.

A Complicated Love: Author Dene Rossouw talks about his tense, tearful, painful and cathartic conversations with his gay son and how he overcame his previously unexamined Christian conservative views on homosexuality, Thursday, Jan. 27, 7 to 8:45 p.m. Free. Registration required.

West Vancouver Memorial Library: 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. Info: 604925-7407 or www.westvanlib. org.

SFU Philosopher’s Cafe: Everyone is welcome to join this discussion with moderator Randall MacKinnon, Friday, Jan. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to

with Bill Millerd, artistic director of the Arts Club Theatre Company, Monday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. Free. Info: 604-913-3634 or www.kaymeekcentre.com.

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FILM

Recording life and laughs in the studio Michael Kissinger

Contributing Writer

IF you thought musicians were an obsessive and nerdy bunch, consider the sleep-deprived people who record them. Rob Leickner has. In fact, he used to be one of them.

More than a dozen years ago he helped start the Hive, a Vancouver recording studio institution, which has ridden the fader for such indie rock luminaries as Black Mountain, Destroyer, P:ano, Ladyhawk, Frog Eyes, Hot Hot Heat and the Cave Singers. Now Leickner has shifted his focus to filmmaking, though he hasn’t strayed far.

Everything Louder Than Everything Else is a fictional and often humourous account of running a fledgling recording studio, complete with business struggles, flaky engineers who talk of stereo spectrums and audio black holes, and equally flaky bands who want to sound like a cross between Belle and Sebastian and a “wussier Wings”— with a bit of White Snake bravado thrown in.

“I didn’t want to be too earnest about it,” says Leickner, who wrote and directed the film. “It is a love letter, but we’re living in a post-The Office world. We’re living in the shadow of Ricky Gervais comedy, and his stuff is mocking but lovingly mocking.”

Shot over the course of 14 months, primarily in the mornings when bands weren’t recording at the Hive, the film relies on “guided improvisation” to push the storyline, much like Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm or the films of Mike Leigh, says Leickner, who also points to Richard Linklater’s Slacker and Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan as influences. As for bands, Leickner managed to coerce musical and acting performances from Victoria band Chet, Bend Sinister’s Dan Moxon and Steve McBean of Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops fame. However there’s one band who makes several appearances throughout the film, though in name only— late ’80s leather pants aficionados the Cult.

“The Cult is the only band to rip off [the Hive] for a deposit,” says Leickner, who adds that the band’s manager cancelled their recording session at the last minute. “We had a whole month booked for them and we thought, ‘Oh, we don’t need a deposit from

the Cult,’ and they totally screwed us... so that’s my little stab at the Cult.”

Delinquent bands aren’t Leickner’s only inspiration. Although he and his creative partner Mona Mok’s first foray into filmmaking was 2007’s Let Me Be Fictional, an unconventional documentary about local band Ladyhawk, Leickner says it was his experience in “development hell” of an ill-fated, CBCfunded documentary about the Superdogs Show at the PNE that spurred him into action.

“My favourite filmmakers are people all around the world who are doing things that have a certain sensibility to them... and I don’t really see that in Canada,” Leickner says. “I see a lot of government-funded stuff that is made by committee or watered down. For better or worse, I want my vision to be on the screen untampered by the prying hands of these people... I can’t live a life of going into production with this idea at the start and near the end your idea resembles nothing to it.”

Made for approximately $1,000, Everything Louder Than Everything Else also reflects the do-it-yourself mentality the Hive was founded on.

“At the Hive our belief was nobody else is going to record these bands, so we’ve got to do it ourselves, and that’s in the film, too,” Leickner says. “Nobody was going to fund my film, nobody was going to look at the treatments and tell me it was great, so I had to do it myself. So I basically made the movie like we make albums at the Hive, with the belief that you do it yourself and then you present it to the world.”

The film received its premiere earlier this month at the Whistler Film Festival with plans for a Vancouver premiere sometime in the new year. For his next project, Leickner wants to make another guided improvisational film, about ESL students living in the West End, this time with a substantially larger, but no less modest, budget of $25,000. As for Everything Louder Than Everything Else, Leickner is busy applying to independently minded film festivals across the continent such as South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

When asked to sum up his current movie in a similar manner as one of the nerdy bands in his film, Leickner pauses. “I would say... we may have Motley Crue aspirations, but we’re on a Guided by Voices budget.”

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EVERYTHING Louder Than Everything Else takes a humourous look at life in a Vancouver recording studio. Above: Director Rob Leickner (left) shares a laugh with the cast. Top left: Steve McBean from the band Black Mountain records an orginal song for the movie.

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Neighbourhood Noodles House

Now Open everyday @ noon for Lunch! Voted one of the top 5 Greek restaurants in the Lower Mainland. Our two new highlytrained chefs are also serving up fresh gourmet Mediterraneaninspired specials. With our outstanding food, reasonable prices, friendly service, candlelit charm and daily food/drink specials, you will see why so many people call it their favourite restaurant.Free parking at rear of building.Call for delivery/take out tonight or come in for a relaxing Mediterranean experience.

Kypriaki Taverna

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North Shore’s best variety & quality Chinese food.Serving Lunch & Dinner 7 days a week.Eat in,10% off takeout.Free delivery min.$20.00 order within 3 kms.

EAT-IN/TAKE-OUT Fatburger

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This iconic burger joint has paired up with B.C.’s own famous Breakfast Legend, Ricky’s All Day Grill to bring you the best of both worlds: hand-cut Home Style Onion Rings, hand-scooped real Ice Cream Shakes, and the juiciest burgers in town, made with 100% AAA Alberta beef as well as Ricky’s Famous Big Breakfasts, beautiful Bennies and All Day Breakfast selections.

$$

1356 Marine Dr, N. Van. 604-985-7955

INDIAN Handi Cuisine of India

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Reader’s Choice 2006 Winner offering Authentic Indian Cuisine.

Open for lunch and dinner,7 days a week.Weekend buffet,ocean view,free delivery.

1340 Marine Dr., W. Van. 604-925-5262 www.handi-restaurant.com

Palki Best Indian Cuisine $ $

Where one spicy sauce does not fit all. Readers’ Choice award winning restaurant for 5 years!

Open for Lunch & Dinner.

1440 Lonsdale Avenue, N. Van. 604 990 0111 www.tamarindhill.ca

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GO CANUCKS GO! New Molson SubZero Canadian & Coors Light draught specials for all Canuck games.

Close to public transportation,free parking,fully enclosed,heated, smoke-free veranda.Extensive menu boasting Pub,West Coast & Asian fare dishes plus great weekly & daily food features plus extensive menu.Take-Out also available.

Reserve your holiday season event or party today [8-30 ppl excluding Fridays].

1177 Lynn Valley Road, N. Van. 604.990.8880 www.blackbearpub.com

The Bridge Between Pub $ $

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Lynn Valley Town Center’s newest sushi restaurant! Daily sushi and box specials. Licensed premises.

Free delivery for orders over $20.

10% off 1 day advance orders.

Ample parking–underground and mall.

125-1233 Lynn Valley Rd, N. Van. 604-988-7868 www.mountainsushi.ca

Damn good pub! We try to take everything that’s good about a pub, and leave out what’s not, then add lots more good… Start with a comfortable room around a giant fireplace, add 20 ice cold brews on tap, really damn good food, some awesome events, and pretty much the most personable group of folks you’ll ever meet… and welcome to the Village Tap House! Come in for dinner, to catch the game on our dozens of high-def flat screens, or check the events page to see what’s happening this week.

1C - 900 Main Street, Village at Park Royal, West Vancouver 604-922-8882 info@villagetaphouse.com

SEAFOOD C-Lovers Fish & Chips

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The best fish & chips on the North Shore!

Marine Dr. @ Pemberton, N. Van. 604-980-9993

The Fish House In Stanley Park

$$$

While strolling in the park,enjoy exceptional seafood in one of our unique dining rooms,patios,or oyster bar. Weekend brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Afternoon tea,daily from 2 p.m.to 4 p.m. Come and join us... we are just a bridge away!

8901 Stanley Park Drive, Van (Where the west end meets Stanley Park) 604-681-7275 www.fishhousestanleypark.com The fastest growing Fish & Chips on the North Shore.

1970 Spicer Road, N. Van. 604-924-1834 A Tom & Binnie Production

THAI

The Rusty Gull

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A Lower Lonsdale legend for 23 years. Home to the best in live music Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun nights. Great food selection that surpasses the norm.The best weekend breakfasts ‘til 2pm.

Great selection of import draft.All Canucks PPV games on the big screens.

Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub

JAPANESE

$$

“Perfect room for private parties up to 200 ppl. Fundraisers, birthdays,anniversaries,retirement, or let us cater your party and clean up the mess!”All sporting events, including PPV on our flat screens and big screens. Daily wings and beverage specials.

Excellent seasonal menu, daily specials and brunch.

175 East 1st St., N. Van. 604-988-5585

116 East 15th St, N. Van. 604-986-7555 www.palkirestaurant.com

Mountain Sushi

$$

The pinnacle of Malaysian Cuisine.

We are open 7 days a week for lunch & dinner. Hours of operation are Monday-Sunday 11:30am3:00pm for lunch,Sunday-Thursday 5:00pm-9:30pm for dinner and Friday/Saturday 5:00pm-10:00pm for dinner.

10% discount for take out with min. $25 order.

The Black Bear Pub

FRENCH Chez Michel

Tamarind Hill Malaysian Cuisine

Village Tap House

PUB

1615 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 604-980-2328

1995 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 604-904-4430 www.fatburger.com

BRITISH

The Observatory

MALAYSIAN

2229 Folkestone Way, W. Van. Reservations: www.salmonhouse.com or call 604-926-3212

1352 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van. 604-988-9885

Cozy, romantic atmosphere.

Serving fine French food. Lunch and dinner menus. Open for lunch Mon-Fri and dinner Tues-Sat. Located on 1st St. between St. Georges and St.Andrews.

Le Bistro Chez Michel

$

Enjoy your waterfront dining experience with our extensive menus.From eggs bennie and big juicy burgers during our popular brunches to our famous prime rib, scallop salad,clam chowder,king crab,steaks,lamb,seafood style cordon bleu.Room’s available for private parties and a large free parking lot.

1629 Lonsdale Ave, N. Van. 604-929-3699 www.memphisbluesbbq.com

Best Little Schnitzel House in Town

LEGEND

The MarinaSide Grill

1653 Columbia St, N. Van. 2 blks South of Main & Mtn Hwy under bridge 604-988-0038 www.marinagrill.com

Jagerhof Restaurant

FINE DINING

International Food Court, Lonsdale Quay Market 604-929-8416

Thai PudPong Restaurant

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West Vancouver’s original Thai Restaurant. Serving authentic Thai cuisine. Open Monday-Friday for lunch. 7 days a week for dinner.

1474 Marine Dr., W. Van. 604-921-1069 www.thaipudpong.com

WEST COAST The Lobby Restaurant at the Pinnacle Hotel

Offers an excellent menu, the best craft brewed ales & lagers in Vancouver, live music, satellite sports, pool table, dart boards & heated patio with a spectacular city view.

86 Semisch Ave., N. Van. 604-984-3087

Montgomery’s Fish & Chips$

$$$

Inspired by BC’s natural abundance of fabulous seafood and the freshest of ingredients, dishes are prepared to reflect west coast cuisine. Open 7-days a week for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late night lounge.

138 Victory Ship Way, N. Van. 604-973-8000 www.pinnaclepierhotel.com

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INDEX Community Notices ....................................1000 Announcements ...............................................1119 Employment..........................................................1200 Education .................................................................1400 Special Occasions...........................................1600 Marketplace ..........................................................2000 Children ......................................................................3000 Pets & Livestock ...............................................3500 Health............................................................................4000 Travel & Recreation ......................................4500 Business & Finance .......................................5000 Legals ............................................................................5500 Real Estate ..............................................................6000 Rentals .........................................................................6500 Personals ...................................................................7000 Service Directory .............................................8000 Transportation ....................................................9000

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BES - Hanne (ne´e Holmgren), Passed away suddenly on December 16, 2010 at the age of 68 years. Hanne is survived by her loving husband Dick, her children Diana (Ron) and Brian, and her granddaughter Sarah. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held on Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 2:00 pm at First Memorial, Boal Chapel, 1505 Lillooet Rd., North Vancouver, BC. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations may be made in memory of the deceased to the charity of your choice. First Memorial – 604-980-3451

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BLAND William Denholm (Danny) May 29, 1910 - Dec. 21, 2010 Predeceased by son Garth, survived by wife Catharine and daughter Leslie. Danny was a long time resident of Lynn Valley and recently lived in Abbotsford were he passed away peacefully at Meno Hospital. He was a teacher of Auto Mechanics at Vancouver Vocational School.

Dan was a member of Horse Council and enjoyed the connection to horses and riders. It was a special day for him when he celebrated his 100th birthday with family and friends on May 30, 2010. Our sincere thanks to the staff of Meno Hospital and Veteran’s Affairs. No service by request. No flowers, please.

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BROWN - Jack June 18, 1925 - Dec 19, 2010 Jack passed away suddenly at Lions Gate Hospital. He was predeceased by his wife Jean and is lovingly remembered by his children Gail Smith and Marion Kovach, stepdaughter Susan Hunt, as well as his many loving grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held in January, 2011, date to be announced. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 118 or the Canada Post Heritage Fund would be appreciated.

Passed away quietly at home in the early afternoon of December 14, aged 93, predeceased last spring after 68 years of marriage by his wife and lifelong love, Evelyn Margaret. Born February 4, 1917, he completed schooling at George Watson’s College in Edinburgh and medical studies at Edinburgh University, graduating with his M.B. & Ch.B., then later his M.D. During WW II he served in the British Army in England & Italy and afterwards he undertook specialist training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology acquiring in London his M.R.C.O.G., and later F.R.C.O.G. In 1951 the family emigrated to Canada and he served in the Canadian Army in Canada & Korea while qualifying with the C.M.C. and F.R.C.S.C. in his speciality. Subsequently he established a successful specialty practice on the North Shore at Lions Gate Hospital then later in the Fraser Valley at the Abbotsford and Mission Hospitals. He is survived by his four children Andrew (Kathy), Fiona (Greg), Neil (Cathy) and Iain (Heather); grandchildren David (Christina), Christopher (Andrea), Karen (Kyle), Catherine (Tom), Catriona (Joerg), Annabel, Morgana, Ian Jr., Callum, Stuart; and great-grandchildren Matthew, Eric, Cooper, Tessa and Mikel.

Leslie was dedicated to his chosen profession, but occupied his limited spare time in a spirit of enterprise, innovation and adventure. He revelled in designing and building including family homes, outbuildings, walls and fish ponds. Among his hobbies were beekeeping, cultivating fruit trees, and outdoor pond fish-keeping (including keeping the small ‘lake’ at the farm stocked with trout). While in Abbostsford he shared in ‘chores’ related to the running of Margaret’s Hereford cattle ranch, occasionally assisting with calving. To the last weeks of his life, he was an avid tool maker solving household problems with uniquely designed, and successful, adaptations.

The family spent many vacations at Kalamalka Lake, skiing at various locations including Silver Star, and at Tofino. They undertook extensive river canoe trips in B.C., Alberta, and the Yukon. Throughout his retirement he was a passionate golfer enjoying the companionship of friends at the Seymour Golf & Country Club. He took pleasure in international travel with his family, including extensive trips with Margaret to Europe, the former Soviet Union and China.

Special thanks to Rosalinda, Elizabeth, and Flora whose two hours of daily care over the past few years enabled both Margaret and Leslie to remain in their home. Thanks also to Dr. G. Chalmers and Dr. W. Mayo for their ongoing care and support and for facilitating palliative care during Leslie’s final hours at home.

There will be no service by request. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the either the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation or the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation.

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Lost & Found

FOUND CROSS Pen near parking lot Xtra Foods - 17th/North Van. Call to ID. 604-763-6671.

FOUND GOLD RING, Hollyburn Medical Center washroom. Call to identify 604-922-4174 LOST CHANGE PURSE, leather, Xmas Eve, Dollarton, Senior. Call 604-929-0435 LOST SILVER chain like bracelet, Thurs, Dec 23. Call 604-922-2098 LOST WHITE & yellow gold bracelet, Upper Capilano Rd, Dec 22nd. Very sentimental pls call 604-531-6019

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Singles Clubs

ENJOY A GREAT SOCIAL LIFE *** TGIF SINGLES *** Things to do, places to go, friends to meet. Dinners, dances, walks, trips, tennis, golf, etc... with fun people.

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The Vancouver Recovery Club provides help, hope and services to alcoholics and addicts seeking recovery from their illness.

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FEATURED EMPLOYMENT SALES CONSULTANT Capilano Audi requires a motivated, positive and enthusiastic professional to join our topperforming sales team at our new North Vancouver location. Candidate must possess an outstanding attitude along with excellent communication skills. Prior sales experience an asset but not required. Fluency in second language preferred. A current BC Motor Vehicle Sales Person License, a valid BC Drivers License and a clean driver’s abstract are all required.

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Edition

Michael Wild (Mike)

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July 4, 1968 - January 1, 2010

Always in our thoughts, we miss the love, laughter and fun you brought into our lives.

Greatly missed by Mum and Dad, sisters Jane, Sally, Paula and all the family. www.remembering.ca

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EMPLOYMENT 1232

Drivers

WELL ESTABLISHED, stable, growing Trucking company of 25 years is seeking family oriented individuals to join our team. Fulltime year round drivers to operate Super-B Bulkers. Applicants must be willing to relocate to small town Sask. Email resume to: foranewfuture@hotmail.com

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General Employment

PAY OFF POST HOLIDAY BILLS

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

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.

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General Employment

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months.

If you’ve been looking for a home-based opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work.

Qualified applicants receive training, support and monthly remuneration.

Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home.

A child at risk is waiting for an open door. Make it yours.

Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.ca

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Home Support

LIVE-IN CAREGIVER required to work split shift, for elderly person & infant in Edgemont area. Call Rob 604-984-4681 btwn 4-8pm

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Hotel Restaurant

ENCORE CATERING in North Vancouver Immediately needs F/T / Permanent qualified, experienced cook. $15/hr + benefits.

Duties: Prepare and cook full course meal and train staff.

FAX 604-985-1180 email: encore1@shaw.ca

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

NIGHT SHIFT BAKER

Weekends, permanent fulltime. Must have at least 2 years of work experience as a baker, be fluent in English also be a team player with a passion for the baking industry. 40 hours per week, $14 per hour.

Artisan Bake Shoppe Ltd. 127 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, V7M 2E7 Phone: 604-990-3530 Fax: 604-990-3563

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Medical/Dental

P/T experienced Dental Receptionist req’d. for mat leave in West Van. Must be friendly and people oriented Fax resume to: 604-925-5819.

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Birds

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Auctions

24 x 40 Britco Portable Classrooms / Buildings for Sale The Province of British Columbia in conjunction with School District 42 is selling via on-line auction, 3 portable classrooms, located in Maple Ridge, BC. For complete details and to bid please log on to www.bcauction.ca Currently Posted: 2 x 1989 Britco 24x40 units 1 x 1988 Britco 24x40 unit For further information email: darryl.hansen@gov.bc.ca

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For Sale Miscellaneous

604-724-7652

Dogs

Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds. www. abetterlifedogrescue.com

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A CLEAN DRY SPLIT Maple, birch, alder. Guar lowest prices. David 604-926-0014 24H TOP KNOT FIREWOOD est 1981 Dry Alder, Birch & Maple. Pick up or delivered. Rod 604-985-7193

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JACK RUSSEL p/b puppies black & white, beautiful markings, 1 m, 1 f, $750 ea. 604-671-7815 PB MINI Schnauzer. Jan 10. 1st shots, dewormed, tails & dew claws done. call 604-780-8955 PIT BULL Pups. Pb Blue Nose, M & F, ready to go. $600 Pls Leave Message 604-819-6006

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The North Shore News has partnered with the BC SPCA to encourage responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals. Before purchasing a new puppy, ensure the seller has provided excellent care and treatment of the animal and the breeding parents. For a complete guide to finding a reputable breeder and other considerations when acquiring a new pet, visit spca.bc.ca.

ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $350+.

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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality.

All Shapes & Colors Available.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re the Estate of JENNIFER ANNE WONDERS, also known as JENNIFER A. WONDERS and JENNIFER WONDERS, Deceased, who died at North Vancouver, BC on July 3, 2010.

Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of JENNIFER ANNE WONDERS, also known as JENNIFER A. WONDERS and JENNIFER WONDERS late of 6855 Copper Cove Road, North Vancouver, BC are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor, c/o 2900-555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 0A3, (Attention: Edgar A. Frechette) on or before January 31, 2011, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then have notice.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: Blanche Elizabeth Bernice Olivier, late of North Vancouver Kiwanis Care Centre, 2444 Burr Place, North Vancouver, British Columbia.

Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Blanche Elizabeth Bernice Olivier, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the executor at CIBC TRUST CORPORATION, 400 Burrard Street - 3rd Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3A6 on or before January 21, 2010, after which date the executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the executor then has notice.

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RENTALS 6505

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1, 2 & 3 br Bach lrg bright, Central Lonsdale $700 & up. Move in BONUS 720-2913 * 604-725-4873

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2 BR bright, hi-spd/cable, hardwood, ns, np, nr seabus, quiet bldg. $1600, 604-708-8998 X308

1 BDRM, $825, 2 BDRM, $1150, Cent. Lons. nice quiet bldg, n/p, available NOW, 604-988-3227 1 BDRM, Central Lonsdale, 3rd floor, h/w flrs, heat and hot water incl, no pets, $950, Jan 1, Dodwell Strata Mgt. 604-838-5020 or 604-699-5264 1 BR $1095. avail now, 2 BR $1595 avail Dec 1; all ocean view, renovated, dw, ns, cat ok, lower Lonsdale, 604-988-1939 1 br $900, Bach $825. both reno, hardwood/carpet balc. bright, quiet, storage, ug prkg & heat, np, Jan. 1. 312 E 1. 604-729-2420 1 Br $875, Jan. 1 reno, hardwood 280 E 2nd.. 778-855-2420

1 BR, close to all amens, large apt., Jan 1, suits 1 quiet adult, n/s, $740 incls heat & h/w. No pets, North Van. 604-294-4502 1 BR, large $870, Immed/ Feb 1 Gated prkg, quiet, drapes, heat incl. no pets. 1 yr lease, walk to seabus 170 W 4th. 604-987-0558 1 Br, Large, city/ocean view, $865, avail immed or Feb. 1. heat incl. quiet. drapes. gated or free prkg, no pets, 1 yr lease. 310 East 2nd, 604-904-0956

1 BR Lonsdale & W 4th, concrete building, secure prkg, bright, quiet & clean ste, Avail Feb1st, $1150+ heat. ns, np. 604-250-5803 121 WEST 20th. Newly reno 2 BR, 3rd flr. hardwood, heat & hw incl’d, 1 yr lease np, $1400, avail now, 604-681-2521 2 BR, 13 & Lonsdale, hardwood, ns, no pets $1050 incl heat, avail Jan. 1, 604-984-9367 2 BR avail $1225 central Lonsdale, suit quiet person(s), np, ns, 604-320-9238

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DELBROOK GARDENS 2 BR $1540 Wdays 604-990-2971 Weekends 604-985-2876 2 BR bright spacious, top flr, central Lonsdale, quiet well kept bldg. ns, np, avail Jan 1. $1192incl heat/hw, 604-904-7545 2 BR, Central Lonsdale, 1st flr, south facing, hw flrs, heat & h/water incl, no pets, $1200, Dodwell Strata Management.

604-838-5020 or 604-699-5264

2 BR, family complex, 1 bath, rec fac. pool, wd, Westview, 1 prkg, ns np $1425 Feb 1, 604-921-4384 2 BR, large apt character bldg hardwood, heat, hot water, cat ok! $1110, Jan. 15, 604-983-0423 2 Br large, immed or Feb. 1, south view. $1025, new carpets gated prkg. quiet, drapes no pets, heat incl. nr seabus, 1 yr lease, 163 W 5th. 604-980-7501

Delbrook Gardens 777 W. Queens Rd -1 BR $1250. Wkdays 562-7097/Wkends 985-2876 EVERGREEN - 161 East 17th St. A 1 br spacious, clean well maint, n/p, n/s. Jan. 1st 604-990-8907

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Bach $885, 1 BR $1115, 2 BR $1400 Avail Now. Ocean view. indoor pool. Concrete bldg. Ht & H/W incls.

KENMORE MANOR 140 East 17th St. A bright 1 bdrm Available. Heat & h/w incl. N/S, No Pets. 604-980-4554 LE CHATEAU, 1110 E 27th, Lynn Valley 1, 2 & 3 Br large starting @ $980. np, ns, 604-980-9219

2 BR, new, Central, modern finishes, top appls. 1000 sf. Walk all ammen, $2100, avail Jan 1.

604-377-6559

MOUNTAIN VILLAGE APTS. 3 BR, Feb. 1. 604-988-3828 www.mountainvillage.ca

2 BR, new reno & carpets, $1250 np, ns, avail now, 225 East 12th 604-786-3405

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

1 BR. $1075 2 Br. $1450 up views, storage.

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3 BR, 120 West 19 now. approx 1200sf, hardwood, heat/hw incl, 1 yr lease, np $1800. 604-681-2521 Beautiful Large Suites - 1 BR from $915, now or Jan 1. 2 BR $1320, now or Jan 1. $300 Movein Allowance 2 BR only. Heat, h/w, prkg. Lease 604-986-3866

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2 & 3 BR Jan. 1, new reno’s, new cabinets, laminate & tiles, newer appls, prkg, storage, incl heat & hw, playground (Mt Seymour Prkwy).

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990-2971 or Wkends 778-340-7406

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RENTALS 6505

Apartments & Condos

6505-12

West Van Apt. Rentals

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

Park Royal Towers

6515

Duplexes - Rent

2 BR upper, city view, Lower Lonsdale, spacious, fp, covered prkg, share wd, $1450 incls hydro & heat, no dogs, Jan 1, 604-764-2612, 604-649-3123

6522

Furnished Accommodation

1 BR, Time Bldg,15th flr view, w/d, f/p, tv, nr seabus, $1395 604-250-4996 rosalinda@telus.net

A SHORT STAY Renos, family, execs, long term. 604-987-2691 www.vancouvershortstay.com

Completely Renovated

DEEP COVE, 2 br, 2 ba, house. www.deepcovehome.com - Luxury, panoramic view, spa/jacuzzi, $4500, pets ok 778-829-6993

1BR (700-770 sq.ft.)

2 BR (1070 sq. ft.)

DEEP COVE, Short / long stay, 1 Br & den, ensuite, furn or unfurn close to beach, park, shops, w/d, n/s, incredible view, $1500 incl. avail now. 604-929-3364

1 & 2 Bdrm Suites Spectacular Views, Walk to Shops & Transit Hardwood Floors Pool Rent includes all utilities.

604-922-3246

HOMAWAY INNS Specializing in furn accom at reas rates. call 604-723-7820 or visit www.homawayinns.com

6540

Houses - Rent

935 Marine Drive

3 BR character, N. Van, 3 ba, 2 kitchens, 2 f/p, updated $2500.

604-925-8824 Vistarealty.net 4 BR 2 up/2down, 2 bath, wd, fp, priv. back yard, nr L.Valley Mall, Feb 1, $1975, np, 604-987-4996 5BR 3BATH 2-lvl house, mint cond. UPPER LYNN VALLEY. Big, Pte fenced b/y, easy drway.

Great schls w/in walkg dist: 5-min walk to Upper Lynn Elem’ry, 20 min. to Argyle Sec. Clse to parks, shop’g, etc. Avail Feb. 01. $2,700/mo. 604-983-3748

6595

Shared Accommodation

6595-45

North Vancouver

LOVELY PRIVATE room, suits ns female, kitchen, dining & living rms, $525 incl heat/light, furn. cable, net, computer, Jan 1st, 2 blks to Lonsdale, 778-885-8864

6600

Storage

AVAIL NOW! Lower Lonsdale storage space, 600sf, electricity $450, 604-983-9493

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

3 BDRM 11/2 bath Upper Part of House, Lower Capilano $1500 incl. util N/S No Pets, Shared W/D, Avail. now or Feb. 1 JAN 1. Furn’d short term 1-3 mo.

1 or 2 Br ste. ns, np. Fully self contained - Lonsdale. Grandmanor.net. 604-988-6082

6605

Townhouses Rent

3 Br. large $1750, Immed or Feb 1. new kitchen & appls. Parklike Setting, Outdoor Pool, playground, priv. yard, 1300sf, drapes, heat & prkg incld. dw, 1.5 baths, 1 yr lease. no pets, 1228 Emery Pl. near Lynn Valley Mall. 604-987- 4922

Don’t Miss THIS! 3 BR t/house in quiet complex, 1.5 baths, fenced patio, pool, playground, near bus & shops, $1620 + utils, Dollarton & Seymour. Feb 1, 604-929-6024

8080

Electrical

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8055

Cleaning

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EUROPEAN CLEANING Service. 15 yrs experience, excellent refs. Call Ivana 604-987-9290

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8058

Computer Services

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8060

Concrete

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604-988-9523, 604-988-9495

8073

Drainage

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8100

Fireplaces

GAS FIREPLACE tune-ups & service. RM Construction Ltd. 604-988-1011 PRO GAS LTD Gas fireplaces.

Service & safety inspection.

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8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

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8075

Drywall

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8150

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

8160

Lawn & Garden

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Hardwood Floor Refinishing

STEMS & SEEDS, Fall Cleanups leaf blowing, hedge trimming, snow clearing, 604-925-0464

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North Shore Gutters. Sales & Install 5’’ continuous gutter, minor repairs, cleaning. 604-988-5294

8130

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Oil Tank Removal

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8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

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DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-985-4000

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Heating

Call: 604-240-3344

8125 DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER Underground Video Inspection Call Tobias 604 782-4322

8140

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Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086

CAULFEILD 4 BR, 2 ba Rancher, hardwood, f/p, w/d, pet ok $2300.

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Home Services

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T&H PAINTING Int/Ext res/comm painting, power wash, gutters, Free Est., Guar. 778-316-7709

8220

Plumbing

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

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8315

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8335

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CONSIDER the goldfish.

The XJ benefits from technologies pioneered on Jaguar’s XFR and XKR high-performance models. These include continuously variable damping (Adaptive Dynamics), an electronically controlled rear differential (Active Differential Control) and a quick ratio power-steering system.

My test car was an XJL, which is the long wheelbase version that provides limo-like rear seat legroom. Its base price was $95,500 and it came with the basic and blower-less 5.0-litre V8 engine.

An optional Bowers & Wilkins audio system added $2,500 to its price tag.

Bowers & Wilkins is an English highend audio company and it managed to cram 20 speakers into the XJ cabin and then feed them 1,200 watts of amplification.

The looks A sleek and sophisticated modern interpretation of the quintessential Jaguar, the XJ features elongated teardrop-shape side windows and its wide track gives it a powerful stance.

A drag coefficient of 0.29 makes the new XJ the most aerodynamic Jaguar ever. Its nose follows Jaguar’s new design language (similar to the XF) with a large mesh grille and slimline xenon headlights.

A wraparound rear window gives the impression of a “floating” roof with its panoramic glass roof.

The inside The XJ buyer can choose between eleven colour, stitching and piping

As a pet, it’s fairly useless.

In fact, the only thing a goldfish has going for it is that when it dies you can flush it down the toilet, which would be impossible with, for instance, a golden retriever.

Well, nearly impossibly anyway. I suppose you could always cut it up into flushable-sized pieces. Or use a blender.

I realize that by now many of you have dashed off to write a long, angry letter to the editor, full of ALL CAPS SHOUTING, and cc’d to the SPCA, but to those who remain, I’d like to continue my point.

You see, the only partially interesting thing about the goldfish is that it’s purported to have an incredibly short memory. Every ten seconds or so it goes through its surroundings anew, experiencing the same old thing time and time again without becoming bored, which would be a useful skill to have if you were married to Michael Ignatieff.

Of course, a quick visit to urbanmyths.com or poppycock.org or what-haveyou will doubtless dispel the goldfish memory myth and it will turn out that goldfish actually have memories that last years and are quite intelligent and capable of solving high-level calculus problems and playing chess and splitting the atom.

Nevertheless, for the purposes of this rather overly-convoluted opening statement at least, goldfish have no memory.

And, as it’s the end of the year, what better time to examine our own hazy memories of the motoring world of 2010, looking back at the top stories we covered.

Here they are, the top

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JUST when you thought the big cat had exhausted her final lifeline, she’s back and on the prowl again.

Jaguar has had almost as many suitors as Paris Hilton over the years, including a tortuous affair with Ford that ended a couple of years ago.

Now Jaguar is firmly committed to Tata Motors, an Indian car company that’s ironically best known in these parts for building the cheapest car in the world.

There’s apparently lots of money to be made building these inexpensive little cars, as Tata recently announced an $8-billion investment plan for U.K. holdings Jaguar and Land Rover.

So the future certainly looks brighter for Jaguar than it has for some time.

And its new gem is the completely redesigned XJ line of full-sized luxury sedans.

Jaguar has built some truly beautiful luxury cars over its long history and the XJ sedan series dates back to 1968. It was the last Jaguar sedan that Sir William Lyons (founder of the company) was involved in producing.

The new XJ is both a departure and a celebration of its styling heritage that should resonate with Jaguar purists and attract newcomers to the brand.

Beneath its sleeker styling lines, the all-new XJ’s construction is the next generation of Jaguar’s lightweight architecture. It’s primarily aluminum with magnesium and composite alloys

that use aerospace-based riveting and bonding processes. New refinements include the use of advanced new materials that deliver improved strength and superior safety performance.

Its aluminum body is currently made with more than 50 per cent recycled material and Jaguar plans to increase this to 75 per cent.

Body panels made from recycled material use only five per cent of the energy required for new aluminum, which apparently equates to a saving of three tonnes of carbon dioxide per vehicle.

In Canada, the new XJ is offered with a choice of three gasoline engines; a naturally aspirated V8 and two supercharged V8 engines.

Unfortunately, an award-winning 3.0-litre diesel engine that’s offered in Europe did not make it across the Atlantic (so far).

The XJ engines are variants of a 5.0litre V8 first introduced on the 2010 XF and XK models. They are all-aluminum, four-cam, direct fuel-injection engines with dual independent variable cam timing. The naturally aspirated V8 has a variable length intake manifold. The supercharged V8 uses a twin vortex system (TVS) supercharger and twin water-cooled intercoolers.

All XJ engines have 24,000-km or one-year service intervals with free scheduled maintenance for the first five years or 80,000 km.

They are mated with an electronically controlled, fully adaptive six-speed automatic transmission and come with steering-wheel shifter paddles.

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From page 26 Braking News stories of 2010.

January: Somali Pirates Hijack Cargo Ship Full of Hyundais “Even pirates seem to be switching to Hyundai,” was Hyundai Public Relations man Dan Bedore’s take on the recent capture of a ship full of 2,300 brand-new Hyundais by Somali pirates.

Bound for Saudi Arabia, the Asian Glory was boarded just off the coast of Somalia and held for considerable ransom.

Aside from puns about Ponying up the dough, or wondering whether the pirates were expecting to find a cargo of Type Arrrrrrs, one wonders why people insist on sailing so close to the Somalian coast line. Seems like you’re just asking for trouble.

One solution I’d humbly like to propose is that crews be provided with a number of Oldsmobiles, in case of emergency. That way, in the event of pirate attack, you could just break out the Cutlass Supremes.

March: A Toyota That Accelerates on Purpose It’s official, everyone is bored with Toyota’s acceleration woes. If you’ve got a Toyota, you’re sick of worrying about it. If you’re shopping for cars, you know its a problem that’s been fixed by this point. If you’re in the automotive industry, you know that everybody has recalls for problems all the time, and while this was a biggie, Toyota has moreor-less solved the problem.

Basically, the rule ought to be, if Steve Martin makes a joke about it at the Oscars, it’s no longer news, and we need never speak of it again.

So let’s move on to something about Toyota that’s awesome: their upcoming FT-86 coupe. This two-seater lightweight is poised to bring fun back into the Japanese manufacturer’s lineup, and it couldn’t be coming at a better time.

Toyota has just released a series of photos picturing the car with its “family tree”, three cars that reminded me that despite the current lack of sporting performance in Toyota’s stable, they sure did build some corkers back in the day.

Sure, the FT-86 currently has a silly name that is part jetfighter designation and part graphing calculator, but when pictured with the iconic mid-eighties rear-wheel-drive Corolla, rally-bred Celica and glorious twin-turbo Supra, you just know it’s going to be good.

April: Cocaine Smugglers Use Dakar Rally Truck As Delivery Van

Drugs are bad. Except for ibuprofen after I’ve made the mistake of accompanying my wife on one of her fun runs (I’m sorry, did I say “fun run”? I meant to say, “Death Slog”.)

However, there’s a certain air of Han Solo to the enterprising smugglers who decided that a Dakar Rally truck would be a great way to get their illegal product into Spain.

For those not in the know, the Dakar rally is a desert endurance race that used to run from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal, but for the past two years has taken place in South America. South America: a place famous for football, several forms of dancing that can get you pregnant, and lots of white powdery substances (and I’m not talking about Brazilian sugar doughnuts).

The counterfeit Dakar rally truck sported fake racing livery, including uniforms for the team, and the smugglers even raced the big-wheeled desert racer in a few stages.

At the time, it was carrying 800 kilograms of drugs!

Spanish police nabbed the truck at customs, perhaps tipped off by the team name: Tony Montoya Racing. Not really.

June: Survey Says Canadian Drivers Would Give Up Sex For Cars I’m just re-reading that headline and it makes us look like a nation of prostitutes.

Well, that’s not what I meant.

What actually happened is that the World Wildlife Federation did a survey leading up to bike-to-work week (May 31st to June 4th) that revealed some very interesting information about Canadian drivers.

Asked what they’d give up rather than hand over the keys, the True North Strong and Free said that thirty-six percent would give up junk food, fourteen percent would stop drinking coffee, six percent would turn off their televisions and two percent would happily wave goodbye to nookie forever.

Interestingly, those most likely to go without sex were a) women and b) from Ontario. So there you go: one more reason to skip straight from Manitoba to Montreal.

September: Men’s Refusal To Ask Directions Costs $3000, 450 Extra Kilometres There’s a perfectly good reason why men won’t stop to ask for directions: it’s showing weakness in the face of a potential enemy. In the old days, were you to pull your woolly mammoth over and query a passing cromagnon about the location

of the local flint deposit, you might find yourself instead directed off the nearest cliff.

Then the enemy tribe would scrape your now-jellied remains up and use them for canapés, and sit around talking about what a wimp you were.

So too it is with modern day homo sapien. To ask directions is to admit defeat, and yes, we know perfectly well where we’re going, and no, we haven’t passed that gas station already, they all just look the same, and yes, we’re going to be a bit late but that’s-your-fault youalways-take-so-long-in-theshower-etc.

Turns out, according to a British study, that all this manly not-asking-fordirections costs the average man around $3000 in wasted fuel and just under 450 extra kilometers travelled per year.

The study found that twentyfive percent of men would rather wander aimlessly for up to half-an-hour than ask directions, and ten percent wouldn’t ever ask under any conditions.

Personally, I never need to ask for directions. Sometimes I just like to circle the area to make sure there aren’t any cro-magnons around is all.

November: F1 Loss Makes Branson A Stewardess Now, I know the correct nomenclature for the good folks who keep showing us how to use the seatbelts on planes has moved on to “Flight Attendant”, but for this particular story, I’m turning the dial back to “Sexy Stewardess.” Reason being, golden-tressed billionaire Richard Branson has to dress up like one.

See, if you’re like me, you might wager a pint on the Canucks thumping your buddy’s beloved Toronto Make-Me-Laughs. Then, because Toronto sucks, you win the bet, and enjoy the refreshing taste of victory and IPA. However, in the world of the multi-billionaire, the bets get a little weirder. For instance, you might make a bet that the Formula One racing team that you own is going to do better in the standings than the Formula One racing team that your friend owns. And rather than the price of a beer, you might set the conditions of losing to be, say, having to dress in drag and serve as a stewardess aboard an airplane on the airline of the winner. Of course, this only works if both of you own an airline and a Formula One racing team, but hey, you’re billionaires! Of course you do!

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Interior features bold, wood-trimmed design and massaging seats From page 26 combinations of its soft leather upholstery. Then there are another nine trim choices, mostly wood grain finishes, but the selection also includes piano black and carbon fibre.

The opulence doesn’t stop; my test XJL came with heated and cooled front seats with a seat cushion that

could be extended to provide more thigh support and adjustable side bolsters.

The seatback even came with a massage feature.

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Ride comfort superb From page 29 while the transmission selector rises out of the console. It’s all part of what Jaguar calls the XJ’s “handshake,” or welcoming sequence, and it’s certainly a classy introduction.

Considering its sizable dimensions the XJL was

surprisingly agile and the ride superb.

We are very impressed at the way it handles rough pavement. The body structure is rock solid and cabin noise levels are exemplarily low.

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Billionaire bet is a loser for Sir Richard From page 27

are being auctioned off right now, and I have to say, this marks the first time I’ve been glad I’m not a billionaire.

was Lotus F1’s boss Tony Fernandes, and now Virginpretty-much-everything owner Richard Branson has to don a specially-prepared AirAsia stewardess uniform and hand out the peanuts and moist towelettes. Seats

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Depress the shifter knob and spin it another notch to S-mode and the XJ adopts a more sporting and responsive character.

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The score Unexpectedly agile and a delightful driving experience, the new Jaguar XJL also offers superb ride qualities in an exquisitely fitted and spacious cabin.

The specs Trim levels: XJ / XJL, XJ / XJL Supercharged & XJ / XJL Supersport Sticker Price: $88,000 to

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