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Public hearing response split on WV’s pilot housing plans Sarah Ripplinger newsroom@nsnews.com

RESIDENT feedback on a District of West Vancouver initiative to generate alternate forms of inﬁll housing was divided at a public hearing Monday for an OCP amendment that would open the door for more housing pilot projects.

Two pilot projects are set to get underway. The one at 2614 Ottawa Ave. is for an infill coach house, the other, at 6801 Hycroft Rd., is for an infill house on a remainder lot. The OCP amendment in question is needed to move forward with the pilot projects, according to director of planning, lands and permits Bob Sokol, as the development variance process does not allow council to move forward with a pilot project if it changes density or use. Both pilot projects would increase the density on a single-family lot. “Individual housing pilot projects cannot be approved and go through to implementation without this OCP framework in place,” Sokol said. Ottawa Avenue resident Ron Foxall said that the infill housing would result in an invasion of privacy for neighbouring See more page 5

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JUSTIN Nordlund and Squamish Nation Princess Nadia Baker will be performing the “potato dance” at the Squamish Nation’s 23rd annual Youth Powwow July 9-11 at Xwemelch’stn, the Capilano 5 Reserve on Capilano Road. The event is open to the public.

City will lend $1.6M in a mortgage Benjamin Alldritt

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THE City of North Vancouver is making a foray into the social housing business by offering a $1.6million mortgage to a disabled peoples’ resource society alongside a $300,000 one-time grant.

Both transfers are on condition that the Central Lonsdale apartment building purchased by the Vancouver Resource Society offer half a dozen suites to people living with serious disabilities and that the balance of the building’s units are rented at below-

Loan and $300K grant for disabled and below-market rental housing

market rates. “The city wants that, we very much need that and they’re offering to help do that,” Mayor Darrell Mussatto said. The society has ﬁve years to pay back the four-per-cent mortgage. Mussatto said the city’s reserves are currently earning less than that through investment, so city taxpayers might actually come out slightly ahead.

The $300,000 grant will help the resource society to reﬁt the ground ﬂoor suites and to keep the rent in the other units at roughly 20 per cent below market rates. During a Monday night council discussion, several councillors expressed concern over moving the city into an activity that has previously been the responsibility of senior levels of government. “This is income support, effectively,” said Coun. Craig Keating. “Municipalities — with our eight cents of the tax dollar — and now we’re getting into the business of income support. I have great See Fearnley page 5

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Street party celebration

Canada Day

NEWS photos Kevin Hill

VANLEENA dancers grace the scene at Thursdayâ€™s Canada Day Parade held in North Vancouver. For more photos, go to www.nsnews.com.

KOKO the Yorkshire Terrier plays a part in the festivities.

NOORA Alsulaiman observes the celebrations taking place in John Lawson Park.

DRESSED to impress, a clown blows bubbles through the streets.

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2009 Annual Report Available

July 4th, 2010

Harmony Arts Festival Celebrates its 20th Anniversary Presented by Odlum Brown Ltd The 20th instalment of the North Shore’s biggest festival promises to be even bigger than ever. Highlights of this year’s outstanding visual arts program include the invitational show at the Ferry Building Gallery, a multi-venue group show, and the very popular artisan craft market. A record total of 84 live performances will be presented in six different venues, including the most popular Sunset Concert Series.

Concerts by the Sea, presented by Dr. Debra Rovinelli or West Vancouver Optometry, is a series of free evening concerts on select Fridays throughout the summer. Bring a chair and blanket and enjoy live music as the sun sets, while overlooking Stanley Park and the ocean. When: July 9, 16, 23 & Aug 13, 20, 27, 7:00 pm Where: John Lawson Park For information on performers please visit westvancouver.ca

Fire Sprinklers Save Lives Harmony Arts Festival favourite Brian Romer paints at Ambleside landing as part of the ArtSpeaks program

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Brand new for 2010 is the Festival Wine Garden. This intimate licensed venue at the foot of 15th street is the perfect location to relax and enjoy the stunning views from the West Vancouver waterfront while absorbing the stunning art of the Harmony Arts Festival. Join us for a glass of wine and light meal service and enjoy some of the 25 performances on the Garden Stage. For more information on all of the concerts and events please visit harmonyarts.ca

The 2009 Annual Report, for the year ending December 31, 2009, is now available online. A public meeting will be held on July 19th, 2010 at 7:00 pm in the Council Chamber to present the Annual Report and to receive comments from interested residents. The Annual Report will also be available for inspection at the Finance Department in Municipal Hall.

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15th Street Reconstruction There are currently closures on 15th Street is from Fulton Avenue to Mathers Avenue for reconstruction that began on June 14th and is scheduled to be complete by the end of August. Work will be carried out between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, or as necessary. Work will include water utility upgrades as well as road and trafﬁc improvements. By coordinating utilities and road work, the District is able to implement operations and maintenance programs efﬁciently, keeping renewal and cost effectiveness at the forefront. Please plan ahead for detours and possible delays. For more information visit westvancouver.ca

Author Visit at the West Vancouver Memorial Library Vancouver writer and editorial cartoonist Geoff Olson presents Intentional Quantum: A New View on Science and Spirituality. In this talk he speculates on what the human connection to light, in all its guises, might mean for our future evolution. This event is free and open to all. When: July 28th, 7:00 pm Where: Memorial Library, Welsh Hall For more information visit westvanlibrary.ca

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81% OK pilot idea in poll

Fearnley: Shameful that senior government isn’t helping

residents and added that he and other seniors aren’t interested in downsizing as they age. “We are enjoying the extra room, and when we want to leave, we hope that that departure will be in a box, and not any sooner.” Gordon Ward-Hall, who resides on Fulton Avenue, said the housing pilot program should wait until council has hammered out a district-wide policy on inﬁll housing. He too said that he was concerned about the potential for an invasion of privacy with the development of inﬁll housing on local lots. But other residents at the meeting expressed an eagerness to see the pilot programs get underway. “If we don’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater, let’s pass this amendment and get on with it,” said Meadfeild Road resident Maggie Pappas. Eighty-one per cent out of 800 local residents polled in a July 2008 municipal survey on neighbourhood character and

reservations about this. This is, to my mind, unsustainable. What are we going to say to Kiwanis? What are we going to tell Rotary? What are we going to tell other groups when they come and say ‘Hey, we want rent subsidies too’?” “We are here to serve the interests of our residents, all of our residents,” said Coun. Bob Fearnley. “And while I agree it is absolutely shameful that senior levels of government have not been helping them, and I wish we didn’t have to do this, that’s the situation we ﬁnd ourselves in.” The Vancouver Resource Society, in operation since 1972, provides housing and community care to 170 people with disabilities. They own 20 homes in the Metro Vancouver and Victoria areas. City council also directed staff to start developing policy for potential future mortgages.

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housing said they were in favour of the possibility of housing pilot projects. That statistic was echoed by several members of the public who spoke at the meeting, including former members of the neighbourhood character and housing working group. Other speakers said they are looking forward to having more housing options for themselves and their family members in the district. Heather Johnston commented that the pilot projects ﬁt into a positive spirit of change for the district. “Change is part of growing; it doesn’t mean bigger, it means different. . . . (A diversity of housing choices) is sustainable, it’s economically important.” Another speaker referred to a recent Globe and Mail story that points to criticisms surrounding Vancouver’s ﬁrst laneway houses. The City of Vancouver approvedtheconstructionoftheback-alley homes in 2008, and some Vancouverites have already raised concerns about the size and cost of the houses that frequently replace garages on residential lots.

“Affordable housing in West Vancouver is an oxymoron,” said Fulton Avenue resident Christine Cassidy, who stated that she doubts laneway homes would be affordable in the district. “We do not need to destroy a single-family neighbourhood, when we can’t ever prove it’s necessary.” Coun. Trish Panz later questioned Sokol about the differences between Vancouver’s laneway housing program and the district’s OCP amendment proposal. Sokol said the amendment “is not something that blankets the whole community and allows people to move forward on projects overnight.” Instead, he said, it would “allow for council to consider pilot projects, which would involve a selection of projects by council following a formal open selection process” and some form of public hearing or consultation. Council unanimously voted in favour of closing the public hearing. The OCP amendment proposal will return to council for debate at Monday’s meeting.

WV puts correspondence on its website Sarah Ripplinger

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A small victory in the ﬁght to restore public access to West Vancouver’s correspondence list and letters was made during Monday’s council meeting. Carolanne Reynolds, a former councillor, raised the issue about the missing list of letters and correspondence in March 2010 when the list disappeared without notice. It was previously available to the public in the printed and online versions of council meeting agendas. Mayor Pam Goldsmith-Jones said the

online list of correspondence should still appear, but the printed version was axed to save paper. It turns out that the mayor was unaware of the absence of the letters on the online version of the agenda when Reynolds raised the issue at a June 7 meeting, believing that residents could simply “scroll down” the online agenda to view the list. “There are many people who ask me about the public correspondence,” Reynolds said on Monday. “If we go to the agenda and we scroll down, we see nothing about letters, we see nothing about correspondence.” Goldsmith-Jones was informed by

municipal clerk Sheila Scholes that the 2010 council correspondences are now available online on a separate webpage, which can be found via a link from the agenda, and on the district homepage. Scholes said staff are also considering adding a link to the correspondence page on the council calendar. “I think our intent is very clear,” Goldsmith-Jones said during the meeting, “and so we will pursue and deliver on that (making the correspondence available online).” The 2010 correspondence webpage, which includes copies of letters to council, can be found by visiting westvancouver. ca/Government/Level3.aspx?id=27504.

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proposal voiced this week to give Stanley Park a second, aboriginal name has predictably triggered a backlash from some commentators in opinion pages and discussion boards; the idea of calling Vancouver’s crown jewel Xwayxway — in addition to its better-known label — strikes some as runaway political correctness. Their objections, however, are not rooted in reason or common sense, but in prejudice. The area that for the past 120 years has been called Stanley Park was known by its aboriginal name for many generations before that. Recognizing that fact on signs and maps will do nothing to detract from the park’s appeal or prestige; it will simply bring to light a fact about the place that was buried, like so much else, by colonialism.

you said it “I reached my goal; now it’s time for somebody else.” Real estate agent Sebastian Albrecht on his plans not to attempt another record-breaking Grouse Grind climb. Albrecht did the gruelling, 2,800-stair climb 14 times in a row Monday (from a July 2 news story). ••• “You know the ﬁrst thing that goes out the window when you drink? “Judgment.” Judge William Diebolt prior to sentencing a drunk driver in North Vancouver provincial court (from a June 27 news story.) ••• “We need to give bears our respect, not our garbage.” Tony Webb, spokesman for the North Shore Black Bear Network, on his group’s efforts to teach the public not to put bear attractants outside their homes. Webb made the comments after a police killed one of the animals after it raided several refrigerators in West Vancouver. It had previously been trapped and relocated, but returned to the area (from a June 30 news story).

If anything, reviving the original name will enrich the experience for visitors. It will put front and centre the fact that the park has a far deeper history than is suggested on a cursory visit, that it was once home to more than tourist attractions. It’s hard to imagine how such a thing could be negative. Critics aren’t viewing the proposal in these terms, though. Instead, they are voicing a visceral reaction that stems from fear. “Stanley Park,” named for a British politician who brieﬂy occupied a ceremonial position more than a century ago, is a familiar term, one they have likely grown up with. Xwayxway — a word with two X’s — sounds foreign, and is therefore somehow frightening. There is nothing to be feared in acknowledging our past.

Headlines hurt Mexican tourism

I often get asked the question “Is it safe to travel in Mexico?”

The recent headlines are truly frightening, and when the headlines are about tourists they get worse. American and Canadian media Up until a few weeks ago my reports of dreadful — but isolated answer was a solid yes, with a few — tragedies with tourists in Mexico small considerations: never drive are easily put into context when at night (animals on the road not placed against the backdrop of bandidos), drive through the border gang-related public shootouts in cities as quickly as possible, and the suburbs of Vancouver, Burnaby, don’t do anything you wouldn’t Surrey and Abbotsford. The point is do at home. Fairly simplistic advice, that headlines about gang violence in but the statistics proved me right; the Vancouver area certainly did not Ringside Seat tourists who drove into Mexico stop tourists from visiting here, nor Bill Bell either by car or recreational vehicle should it have. were as safe as if they were driving in As late as two months ago, my their own country. wife Dorothy and I felt safe enough Yes, there was the very occasional horror story, to drive the highway between Puerto Vallarta and but more likely than not, the problems were more the border, and then back down the entire length of cultural (bribing a traffic cop, or “mordida,” is still the Baja. The trip was uneventful except for a few car common practice) or geographic (your OnStar and car breakdowns in the middle of the Sonoran Desert. insurance does not work in Mexico). And then there There, Mexicans families, truck drivers and even single was obvious sage advice: one should not flaunt wealth female drivers would pull off of the highway and ask in a poor country. if we needed help. Stopping to help someone rarely Having circumnavigated and crisscrossed Mexico happens on highways north of the border. numerous times over the past 20 years, I felt safer than Recently things have been getting a little more I did at times driving through many neighborhoods “interesting” with shootouts in the capital of Nayarit, in Los Angles, New York or other major U.S. cities. the state where I spend a great deal of time, and Yet when I pick up a Canadian or U.S. newspaper, the road blocks by phony federal agents on highways headlines read: that I drive on a regular basis. When former North ■ Mexico’s Homicide Rate Skyrocketing; Vancouver member of Parliament Ted White wrote ■ 12 Decapitated Bodies Found in Mexico; me asking for my opinion on travel safety in Mexico I ■ Cancun Police Officer Latest To Be Gunned Down had to stop and rethink my pat answers. in Mexico; “The increasing number of media reports of RVers ■ Police Discover 6 Charred Bodies in Tijuana. getting involved in nasty experiences with Mexican

drug criminals has us thinking twice about returning to Lo de Marcos for the winter of 2010/11,” White wrote. “Of particular concern are reports of criminals dressing as police or armed forces and randomly blocking roads so that they can steal and terrorize travellers.” The truth is that Whites concerns are real but the circumstances are somewhat exaggerated and one needs to look at the facts. Violence in Mexico has been building since President Felipe Calderon took office in January 2007 with a mission to crack down on traffickers who ferry drugs through Mexico to the United States. The traffickers’ response has resulted in an estimated 7,300 drug-related killings in the past two years. While these disturbing numbers aren’t overstated, the risk to tourists visiting Mexico certainly is. “The latest comprehensive data available from the United Nations Survey of Crime report Mexico’s overall murder rate as 13 per 100,000 people, compared with 4 per 100,000 in the United States. An estimated 90 percent of Mexico’s murders are specifically drugrelated — not U.S.-style mall shootings, schoolyard massacres or road rage — and concentrated in five of its 31 states, leaving the rest of the country freer of crime than most of the United States,” says a report in San Francisco Chronicle The report goes on to state “While alarmists admonish travellers to avoid Mexico at all costs, people actually returning from vacations in Mexico tell a different story. Last month, Funjet Vacations surveyed more than 900 tourists who visited between See Baja page 8

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Sunday, July 4, 2010 - North Shore News - A7

Valley hillbillies brieﬂy hit the big time MY house is ﬁne — I like it well enough.

It’s small; it’s dark. It has no garage, so its basement is crammed with the stuff that normal families put in their garages: bicycles, camping gear, snowboards, memorabilia, tools, spare dining room chairs and out-of-season clothing. Oh, and one bedroom. Luckily, esthetics don’t concern kids much. When we bought it, in 2001, it was the best we could afford. It seemed charming compared to our last place, in Calgary, a stucco bungalow on a nondescript street with few mature trees. By contrast, North Vancouver was so lush that we decided we’d be spending a lot of time outside. And so we do, when it isn’t raining, though the outdoor time we spend is usually away from home. Our deck’s too small for entertaining. The house can’t accommodate more than four guests without feeling cramped. We’re used to it though; we were muddling along fine — until the flood. As I mentioned in a previous column, the flood resulted when my husband started to run a faucet into a pot to soak it overnight, then absentmindedly wandered off to bed. Thank goodness for insurance. In came the restorers, who said the flooring on the main level of the house would have to be replaced along with some other, minor repairs. They brought in giant, noisy dehumidifiers and fans in an effort to dry things out, which began to drive us insane. After less than a week of feeling like we were living in an active airplane hangar, we were told we could move at the insurance company’s expense. We were given a choice of three properties suitable for a family of four, plus dog. I wasn’t optimistic. I figured that insurers must take a look at what their clients are used to and then

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Kate Zimmerman ﬁnd something equivalent for their temporary domicile. Surely, then, we were bound for some Fraser Valley goat barn, the four of us sprawling at night over an aged, leaky waterbed set up amidst the straw. We were told by the folks who provide the temporary housing that there was nothing available in our neighbourhood, which didn’t bode well. We mulled over the three options open to us — two in Burnaby, and one downtown, then picked up stakes, en route to False Creek. Oh.

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A8 - North Shore News - Sunday, July 4, 2010

Grinders will have to pay more to ride down Grouse

THE Grouse Grind has become a popular destination for both locals and tourists pushing their physical limits.

Now the cost to take in this popular attraction known as “nature’s stair climber” has gone up. The ticket to ride the gondola down the mountain after hiking the Grind used to be $5, but on June 28 the price went up to $10. Grouse Mountain spokesperson Chris Dagenais said that the mountain has tried its best to make the popular attraction affordable but with rising costs they were forced to raise the price to ride the gondola. “There were a number of factors involved,”

Dagenais said. “There hasn’t been a rate increase in 13 years despite the fact that infrastructure has been upgraded. We did our best to keep costs steady but we just can’t do that anymore.” He also said that the increase is now more in line with the round-trip price to ride the gondola, which is $39.95. For people that climb Grouse Grind, on a regular basis, an annual membership fee is $99. Dagenais pointed out that is equivalent to 10 trips on the gondola so it is a good deal for those that are regular visitors. Annual membership holders can use their passes in all seasons. — Lara Howsam

The views aren’t everything From page 7 much more than saplings. The neighbourhood is quiet, yes — it’s also sterile. The kitchen is lovely, except there’s no cupboard space. It’s really for people whose most ambitious dinner is the stir-fry they whip up on the rare occasion that they aren’t ﬂitting from restaurant to club. Our kids, too, at ﬁrst revelled in the condo complex pool, hot tub, steam room and billiards room, inviting their friends over to bask in this unfamiliar world and admire the view. Soon, though, its distance from these friends and the things they all like to do together became an issue. For them, pretending to be someone other than what they are — middle-class kids from the ramshackle suburbs of North Vancouver — grew increasingly inconvenient. What a great treat, though, to get the opportunity to live large for a month in another part of your own city. My compliments to home insurers who treat upset families with such respect. kate@katezimmerman.ca

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October 2008 and March 2009; 97 per cent said they would return and 90 per cent said they felt “safe and secure.” As a traveller with 2½ decades of highway driving under my belt, there are many severe changes to the tourist landscape. Of the three borders I recently visited, Nogales and Mexicali were virtually empty of tourist traffic and Tijuana’s was very light compared to other years. Towns on the Baja that rely on the driving tourist were suffering the most. “No one wants to drive through Tijuana anymore” lamented one hotel owner. “We made it through the swine flu and then the economic crisis. I don’t think we can survive the media reports of the drug wars.” Hotel owners, desperate for cash have dropped their prices, and accommodation is a bargain. Dorothy and I will be leaving this week for another month-long road trip. We will be driving from the west coast to the centre, and circle the east side of Mexico City on a brand new highway. We will then drive to the east coast and down to the Yucatan. We will return via Chiapas and back up the entire Pacific coast. Likely we will drive 3,000 to 4,000 kilometres on this journey. Is Mexico safe to travel? I will let you know what I think when I get back. bill@ontheroadin.com

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Sunday, July 4, 2010 - North Shore News - A9

WVCC wins National Green Building Award Sustainable design, architectural merit scoops one of only 8 awards Kerry Blackadar

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IT turns out the architectural design of the West Vancouver Community Centre isn’t just easy on the eyes. The site was recently awarded top recognition for sustainable design, earning one of this year’s National Green Building Awards. “There were 55 buildings in the running from across Canada, and only eight were selected,” said Don Griffith, publisher of Sustainable Architecture and Building (SAB) magazine, the publication that makes the National Green Building Awards possible. “The quality of these sites is pretty darn high.” The SAB award recognizes projects based on their level of sustainable design and technical innovation, but also architectural merit. “Essentially, if it is a plain-Jane sort of building, people aren’t really going to want to use it, treat it with respect, or enjoy looking at it,” said Griffith, highlighting the importance of architectural appeal to sustainable design. The West Vancouver Community Centre, completed last spring, is anything but plain. The 83,000-square-foot centre has an open layout, unifies various civic buildings, and is equipped with a music hall, sports gym, art and dance studios, as well as a youth lounge and children’s centre. According to Darryl Condon, a partner with Hughes, Condon

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and Marler Architects, the firm responsible for leading the consulting team on the building plans, the West Vancouver Community Centre has a number of sustainable design components worthy of award, including an operable skylight and low-flow fixtures, which reduce the need for electrical consumption and potable water respectively. The West Vancouver Community Centre is also pursuing LEED (Leadership in Environmental Design) Gold certification, administered through the Canada Green Building Council. This particular certification program rates building performance on a number of different sustainable design initiatives and, according to Condon, such recognition builds awareness about green architecture and helps transform the market. While LEED certification is not a deal breaker for winning a SAB award, Griffith acknowledges that many of the buildings that earn recognition are certified. “As time goes on, the standards keep getting higher — and that is wonderful,” said Condon. “What was deemed to be sustainable five years ago would be seen as standard practice today.” For buildings to really stand out in today’s ever-greening world, Condon and Griffith agree that site-specific building strategies, materials and technologies need to be adopted. The capturing and reusing of ground water at the community centre, which has zero use of potable water for landscape irrigation, is a leading example of site-specific sustainable design. “That water would otherwise just be flowing into the storm system, so it would have essentially just gone to waste,” said Condon. Out of the eight buildings across Canada that were selected for the 2010 National Green Building Award, four were in Vancouver, including the University of British Columbia’s newly expanded Sauder School of Business and Vancouver’s Convention Centre, with its six-acre vegetated roof — the second largest in North America. ■ Official community plan/zoning amendment/ heritage designation: 277/279 East 8th St. Public hearing: ■ Rezone 83 Chesterfield Ave. to permit construction of a new five storey rental apartment building with ground floor commercial units.

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A10 - North Shore News - Sunday, July 4, 2010

NV school closures attract private interest

A pair of private schools have expressed some early interest in moving into the elementary school buildings recently closed by the North Vancouver school district.

École Française Internationale de Vancouver is already a district tenant, having leased the Monteray school building for the past six years. But the Francophone school has outgrown that site and is now hoping for a 10-year lease on Fromme elementary. If that plan moves ahead, it may clear the way for the school district to sell off or redevelop the Monteray land. Another factor in the process will be the lawsuit ﬁled by parents of Fromme students in May, who were unhappy with the public consultation process that led up to the closure. The Fromme School Society has asked the B.C. Supreme Court to both block

any sale or lease of the property and also to overturn the board of education’s order to close the school. That question is still before the court. Lions Gate Christian Academy was also a tenant of the North Vancouver school district until their lease on the Maplewood school building ran out. They were unable to secure a new lease and ultimately the school was passed to Kenneth Gordon school, another private educator. Lions Gate has persuaded the City of North Vancouver to grant the school a temporary-use permit for vacant waterfront property as a short-term home. But next year, the Christian school could be moving into Plymouth elementary, which also closed this spring. The existing building is currently too small, and Lions Gate needs to secure permission from the District of North Vancouver to add on to the buildings. — Benjamin Alldritt

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A District of West Vancouver plan to develop its waterfront along Argyle Avenue could hurt the Silk Purse Arts Centre, according to executive director Cheryl Karchut. The proposed Ambleside Waterfront Plan seeks to open up green space and increase public access to the waterfront by extending the Seawalk from John Lawson Park to 15th Street. According to the district’s website, waterfront development will also provide the public with “greater access to the Silk Purse and Music Box.” But for Karchut, the plan to remove parking from Argyle Avenue will negatively affect artists, patrons and staff visiting the gallery. “This will majorly impact our operations at the Silk Purse,” she said. “Not only for artists who unload paintings, but our concerts will also be impacted. “Many of our patrons are people that are now confined to walkers or are of an age where they don’t go downtown for the opera or symphony anymore.” The district provides the Silk Purse building at 1570 Argyle Ave. to the West Vancouver Community Arts Council for art exhibitions and music performances. Located on the waterfront, the arts centre’s front-of-house parking will be removed if the district goes ahead with the current version of the Ambleside Waterfront Plan. The district held a public consultation meeting in early May to discuss the draft waterfront plan. At that meeting, Silk Purse Arts Centre staff and patrons identified their concerns regarding the potential loss of parking. “They really pointed out some issues that we need to address before we go and make this plan a reality,” West Vancouver’s director of planning, lands and permits Bob Sokol said. “This is a long-term plan that recognizes that in order to make this happen, we would need to find alternative parking.”

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GULLIVER’S TRAVELLING ON On May 15, 1981, Fraser and Cathy MacDonald opened a small retail store aimed at providing people with innovations, accessories and staples to help them make travelling more comfortable and enjoyable. Gulliver’s was born.

“Our ﬁrst store was only 600 square feet,” says Fraser, “offering 350 products to help people make their travel adventures safer and more organized. We had recently returned from an around the world trip and thought there should be a one stop shop to help travelers.”

“Helping Travellers for 29 years”

Since then, international travel has become commonplace and Gulliver’s became a valued local resource for people heading off around the globe. Fraser and Cathy used their extensive network of contacts to ﬁnd great new products and hard to ﬁnd specialty items to make their customers’ trips more memorable.

Now in their 30th year, Fraser and Cathy have decided to retire. “It’s just time to retire,” says Fraser. “You know you’ve been around too long when one of your ﬁrst teenage customers from 1981 brings in her 12 year old grand daughter to prepare for a school trip.” While his children are not interested in getting involved in the business, Fraser wishes someone would step forward to carry on. “After helping hundreds of thousands of travellers over the years and putting on countless packing and travelling seminars, I hoped a young energetic entrepreneur would continue the concept.”

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Sunday, July 4, 2010 - North Shore News - A11

City calls for united wage negotiations

Metro councils leaving regional labour board Benjamin Alldritt balldritt@nsnews.com

THE City of North Vancouver is calling on Metro Vancouver to require all of its 22 member municipalities to present a united front in negotiations with unionized employees. Coun. Rod Clark won unanimous support for his June 21 motion, which requests that all Metro communities be obliged to join the regional board’s labour relations bureau. Clark is the city’s representative at the bureau. The bureau was formed, said Clark, to avoid “whipsawing,” where one municipality settles a deal with one of the public sector unions and that deal ratchets up the standard for the next city’s negotiations, and so on. “The trade unions are very well organized,” Clark told his colleagues, “and they present a very common front at the negotiation table. . . . Why can’t the management side, essentially the municipalities, be that organized?” With Surrey already negotiating independently, and Vancouver, Burnaby and Delta also looking to go it alone, Clark said the bureau is close to disintegrating. “Delta is the biggest concern to me because its mayor, Lois Jackson, is the chairwoman of Metro Vancouver. So here we have the chairwoman of Metro Vancouver pulling her municipality out of

the central agency for negotiations.” Clark said he hadn’t gotten a straight answer as to why several of Metro’s largest communities were abandoning the bureau, although he suspects that the costs — Vancouver pays roughly $800,000 to participate — are likely driving them away. A new cost structure might be needed to stop the bleeding, he said. Wages, salaries and beneﬁts make up the bulk of most local governments’ spending, including in the City of North Vancouver. Coun. Craig Keating voted in favour of Clark’s motion, but questioned the legality of booting a municipality out of Metro Vancouver for not joining its neighbours at the negotiating table. “I’m also not sure if we should,” he said. “I think there’s a whole other, more diplomatic way, a tougher way, which gets down to a frustrating process, to do this. Unity is a tough thing. Relationships are a tough thing. A lot of people have a tough time when it’s just a husband and a wife trying to get along, and here we are dealing with 21.” Coun. Guy Heywood said the confrontational tone of Clark’s motion was likely needed to get the attention of the big cities, which hold a much greater power than the North Shore communities. “If the municipalities don’t come to their senses,” Heywood said, “the clear inference is going to be drawn that this is exactly the kind of inﬂuence that the major public sector unions are purchasing because this is the destruction of the employers’ bargaining position. That inference is destructive of the legitimacy of this level of government.”

Mayor Darrell Mussatto said he was frustrated to see cities pulling out of the labour bureau, but said he was doubtful Clark’s motion would gain any traction at Metro. “I know there will be some smirks and

smiles at the board table, but I have no problem bringing this forward. All municipalities are going to have to work together to achieve some understanding and fairness with our employees,” he said.

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A12 - North Shore News - Sunday, July 4, 2010

BRIGHT LIGHTS

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Upper Lynn elementary 50th anniversary celebration

Mary-Ann Moir and her daughter Jenna check out the school’s 50th anniversary cake.

Mike Thurston and Chris Gilmore man the grill.

Kurt Abma-Jarvis tries out a police radio with the help of RCMP Aux.-Const. Jason McKinnon. Upper Lynn elementary celebrated its 50th anniversary by hosting a fun and food-ﬁlled spring carnival June 11. Festivities included carnival games, mini golf, a giant slide, a portable recording studio, a cake walk, live entertainment, a corn on the cob booth and a barbecue.

Melanie McNeil and Lauren Devries have a blast.

Brandon Ross, Josh Stuible, Sebastian Wels-Lopez and Zachary Lirenman team up for a photo.

Nicola Coulthard and Natasha Thomas show off their hats.

Eric Balanecki plays a round of mini golf.

Raven Soper, Hayley Mann, Daniella Salazar and Erin Durkin ham it up for the camera.

Spring carnival organizers Michelle Casey, Larry Donohoe and Stephanie Woodward celebrate a successful event.

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HIP hop lessons, make-your-own lip gloss classes and personal development discussions are on the menu at this year’s girls empowerment camp on the North Shore.

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The North Shore Women’s Centre’s “Girls Who Know It” summer program provides teens with group sessions focused on healthy relationships, self-esteem, body image and safety. The free six-day camp – scheduled for July 13-15 and July 20-22 — is held at the North Shore Women’s Centre on East 2nd Street in North Vancouver. High school girls aged 13-15 years are invited to register. “It’s really a place for girls to come and have a really good time and learn about things that don’t get touched on in school,” program facilitator Anna Soole said. This year’s workshops include “Hip-Hop Hope,” where Sara Kendall helps girls think positive through music and dance, “making your own eco-friendly lip gloss” with the Georgia Strait Alliance’s Tracey Mann, and “Drumming Divas” with Navaro Franco, who will teach girls about rhythm and movements from Africa and Latin America. Art projects, See Camp page 14

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SAARA Bhanji (left), Mallory Jones and Supriya Ryan invite girls aged 13-15 to free six-day ‘Girls Who Know It’ camps hosted by the North Shore Women’s Centre beginning July 13. Info: www.northshorewomen.ca.

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Jump staff help reluctant leapers take the plunge From page 13

completely forgetting about my form, and I screamed. And screamed and screamed. So much for composure. Watching exactly where you’re going is totally exhilarating and terrifying, and just awesome overall. But what surprised me was how much of a thrill I got out of the rebound. It was almost like jumping twice. Speaking of, when I got back to the top I decided to go for another round — this time backwards. While the first time around I jumped with ease, this time was different. I pretty much had a mini panic attack. Part of me really wanted to jump, but another part of me was still trying to catch my breath and I became irrationally frightened of going into cardiac arrest. I began holding onto the bridge with an iron grip leaning away from the jump and yelling “I don’t want to do it!” like a huge baby. Luckily, the staff at Whistler Bungee are used to this sort of thing and they managed to talk me off the ledge. “You do want to do it,” they assured me again and again. They didn’t push me, but they helped ease my grip on the railing until I was ready to take the plunge again. In the end, I was happy I did. Going backwards was a little bit calmer than going forwards, although still extremely . . . extreme. And we got some pretty hilarious pictures out of it. Whistler Bungee is definitely an activity I would recommend for everyone. You can go tandem and it’s even wheelchair accessible, which is pretty rad. The price for a first time jump is $130 and it’s $80 every time after that. There are also special nighttime jumping events taking place on Friday, July 9 and on August 13. For more information go to www.whistlerbungee.com.

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theatre lessons, movement classes, journaling and discussion are also offered to program participants. The six-day empowerment camp offers approximately twenty spots to girls. It aims to provide girls with the opportunity to explore topics and issues in a safe and supportive environment. “It really gives girls an opportunity to discuss issues that are affecting their lives in a safe environment,” development and outreach co-ordinator Supriya Ryan said. “They can discuss issues with their peers who may be experiencing something similar to them as well as with a trained facilitator who can address the overarching issues.” For Soole, the camp is all about having fun in a creative learning environment. “My goal as facilitator is to make sure that no one ever feels like they’re in school,” she said. For more information or to register, visit www. northshorewomen.ca.

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DAVID and Sybil Hunden can be found most mornings in the pool at William Grifﬁn recreation centre.

Not unusual, until you learn that David and Sybil are in their 90s and have been swimming regularly since coming to the North Shore in 1967. “We miss our daily swim when something takes us away from our routine,” says Sybil. Will July 10, 2010, be the exception to their rule? David and Sybil married on that date, 70 years ago. The Hundens hail from British Columbia coal mining communities — David born in Cumberland in 1916 and Sybil Norgrove in Fernie in 1917. They met as teachers in Canyon City, a dot on the map near Cranbrook still in the grip of the Depression in 1938. Three teachers received the village’s only paychecks and boarded in the one house with indoor plumbing. David and Sybil married in 1940, settling in Cumberland until he went overseas with the Canadian Scottish Regiment and served as a reinforcement ofﬁcer with the Essex Scottish Regiment. For ﬁve years, Sybil kept busy working at jobs that, apart from teaching, she considered would help David. She sent him chocolate and cigarettes from her job at the United Cigar Store in Vancouver. At Sitka Spruce under the Granville Street Bridge, she loaded wooden planks destined to become airplanes onto freight cars — the more planes in the air, the sooner he would return. Deciding that if she ever worked around wood again, it would be in a toothpick factory, Sybil returned to Cumberland to wait out the war with, as David says, “hundreds of

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Laura Anderson Hundens.” Leaving the Dove Creek School after a day of teaching, she saw a woman running towards her waving a big white sheet. The woman was David’s mother with the joyful news that the war was over. Sybil met David in Ontario on his return from Europe. “I knew as soon as I saw it, that kilt-covered leg stepping down from the train belonged to my David,” she recalls. In New York on a second honeymoon, the couple went dancing at the Roosevelt Hotel, where David made an impression in his dress kilt. Orchestra leader Guy Lombardo said, “This is your first dance together in five years. What can we play for you?” “It just came to me,” says Sybil. “We danced by ourselves all over that big dance floor to ‘Seems Like Old Times’.” David’s postings with Canada’s international commissions took them all over the world. Sybil started a kindergarten in Toronto and another in Quetta, Pakistan, where their son, Jack, turned three years old. He turned four years old in Fort Churchill in northern Manitoba where polar bears clambered up and over their snowbound home.

The family was living in Vancouver in 1963 when David, now a lieutenantcolonel and chief of staff at HQ B.C. Command, Jericho, was posted to Vietnam to serve with the International Control Commission. Sybil had returned to teaching and tutored children at home after she retired. David began teaching at Langara College on retiring from the army in 1965. David calculates that he was a teacher for 25 years, a soldier for 25 years and has been retired for 25 years. David and Sybil are frequently asked for the secret of their successful marriage. “The only answer I have is respect. You have to respect each other,” says Sybil. The game of cribbage may also be a factor. “Every single night before we go to bed, we have a game. We’re on our third book recording who won, who lost and by how much.” Mutual respect and countless games of crib may just be the “crazy glue” that bonds David and Sybil together. On the eve of their 70th wedding anniversary, David, ever the gentleman, hands the last word to Sybil. “We have each other, our family, our health and our friends. Every visit with family and friends is a treasure. Not knowing how long we have left, they are the joy of our lives now.” With thanks to son Jack, his wife Pam, grand children Tom and Carolyn and family friend Linda Pratt, recorders of Sybil and David Hunden’s story “in a series of conversations and laughs.” Laura Anderson works with and for seniors on the North Shore. Contact her at 604-346-0775 or e-mail her at lander1@shaw.ca.

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THE 12TH ANNUAL

MUSIC RETURNS TO EDGEMONT VILLAGE Join us as Edgemont Village celebrates summer with our 12th annual Evenings in Edgemont, our Friday night outdoor music concert series.

E V ERY F R I DAY E V E N I NG 7-9 PM in the North Shore’s favourite neighbourhood

This fabulous neighborhood event is brought to you by the Edgemont Village Business & Professional Association, the District of North Vancouver, the North Vancouver Recreation Commission and the listed Edgemont Village merchant sponsors who help to defray the costs of these events.

More Dancing in the Street We’re back! We had such a good time last year and we know you did too, so let’s really party this year Edgemont Village! We were so excited to add this event last year, and delighted to keep it as part of our Village roster for this years’ 12th Evenings in Edgemont. It always seemed natural that we add an actual evening of

As always, we carefully select bands to bring vibrant, diverse and stimulating music to the neighborhood to engage and inform you, but also to enhance your musical horizons and mostly to just enjoy. Something for every musical taste. This year a little Motown, more scintilating Cuban ( just try not to dance!), Tractor Jazz, Cajun, Soul, Celtic and for us diehard Beatlemaniacs; The Fab Fourever return. We tried to get you dancing last year with moderate success...and we aren’t giving up on you. Your efforts were valiant and we will encourage you each Friday to keep trying, so that by August 13th, our family dance party night you will be stoked, and ready!

We look forward to seeing you all here this summer for our fantastic community concerts. Can there be a better to way to spend an evening than in the company of your neighbours, with music soaring through the air of this magical setting? Please remember to check the site for Friday night weather forecasts and possible last minute rainout cancellations. Otherwise, don’t forget your lawn chairs and your dancing shoes! And for all our evenings... bring an appetite! Windsor Meats will be barbequeing every Friday night in front of their store, Rocky Mountain will be dishing out ice cream, and your thirst can be slaked by either of our fabulous coffee houses.

dance; we have been watching you tapping your toes and dancing with your children for several years now, so we knew you had been waiting for this eveningand that you just needed a little encouragement!

So, grab your partner, bring your neighbours, your kids, your sense of humour and, if you have it, your sense of rhythm. And remember, it’s a dance and it’s supposed to be fun!

This year we have The Bobcats, a great, lively 50’s & 60’s Rock & Roll band... your feet would have to be nailed to the ground not to dance! So come and join us Friday, Aug.13th for our second family street dance. There will be spot dances & prizes galore. A guaranteed good time for everyone!

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Who’s sherry now? Notable Potables Tim Pawsey

JEREZ — Heading to sherry’s home it doesn’t take long to be reminded of where we’re going.

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THE always cleverly marketed Tio Pepe sherry — with its distinctive man with a cocked hat — was the ﬁrst trademark ever to be registered in Spain, in 1836. And with 20,000 barrels worth of stock sitting in Gonzales Byass bodega, it should be around for some time to come yet.

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As the counter clerk attaches the tag to our baggage, we can’t help but notice that the airport code for Jerez is XRY — which seems more than appropriate. As it turns out, exploring the bodegas of Jerez is not that far removed from experiencing a tour of several of the grand cathedrals of Europe, all in one place. That, in itself, comes as no surprise when you consider that sherry was once very much the chosen pursuit of the English, who have helped shape its (not always) modern image. Wander between the solera stacked barrels at the likes of Osborne or Tio Pepe makers Gonzales Byass and (if you turn a blind eye to the lovingly nurtured decades of mold) it’s hard not to cast a momentary thought to Salisbury or Rheims. Sometimes, with Romanor Norman-inspired pillars and soaring arches, these grand bodegas recall eras of conquests and kings that very much shaped our modern world. Often as not, many of those same movers and shakers — from royalty to

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Sagamore story: The Sagamore is a Victorian-era resort hotel located on Lake George in Bolton Landing, N.Y. The name Sagamore is taken from the title for the chief of a Native American tribe. The Sagamore of the Mohicans was a featured character in James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans, many scenes of which were set in the Lake George region. Several of Lake George’s nearby islands also bear the names of characters from Cooper’s book. The resort occupies a private island (Green Island) on Lake George. The main feature of The Sagamore is the historic hotel, which overlooks the lake. In addition, a number of more modern buildings have been constructed on the island containing hotel rooms and suites and condominiums, as well as a conference center. — Wikipedia

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THE Sagamore is on an island at the bottom of busy Lake George, but it faces protected land and feels relaxed and out in nature.

OLD NEW YORK STATE RESORT GETS NEW LEASE ON LIFE

Daniel Drolet

Stately Sagamore

Contributing Writer

IT’S no fun arriving at your hotel after dark, at the end of a long day on the road. That goes double when it’s a place you’ve never been to before and it’s in the woods. Luckily for me, there wasn’t much trafﬁc on the evening last fall when I drove to The Sagamore. And I was relieved to ﬁnd a large, well-lit sign pointing to the hotel as I passed through the village of Bolton Landing on New York State’s Highway 9N. From there it was an easy drive across a bridge to the hotel, which sits on an island. Feeling frazzled after the trip, and more than a bit hungry, I barged right in, dropped my luggage in my room, and repaired to the bar for a sandwich. It was only the next morning, when I had slowed down and when daylight had lit up the area, that I realized what a lovely place The Sagamore is: an elegant, old, but updated resort in a spectacular setting on an island in Lake George on the rim of New York State’s Adirondacks. I often visit the Adirondacks, and the High Peaks area around Lake Placid in particular. But I rarely had occasion to venture farther south, towards Lake George — a skinny lake about 50 kilometres long and at most seven kilometres wide.

THE summer resort fell into disrepair and was closed in 1981, but now it’s being updated and is elegant once again. With daylight, I discovered that the lake is lovely, surrounded by plenty of forested mountains. It was also a bit of a surprise to ﬁnd that the area is not as developed as I might have thought, considering that New York City is 350 kilometres away. The Sagamore, I was told, faces protected land. The Sagamore was built to take advantage of its lovely natural setting. It was ﬁrst erected in 1883 as an elegant summer resort for well-heeled city folk who summered in the

area. Damaged several times by fire, it was rebuilt in 1930 in that clapboard style that is common to resort hotels of the era. The Sagamore is now an official landmark in the United States’ National Register of Historic Places. Like many such resorts, it went into decline when travel habits changed after the Second World War and eventually closed in 1981. And like many such resorts — at least the ones that weren’t destroyed — it got a new lease on life. Given an initial renovation in the 1980s, it is now owned by a company called Ocean Properties that runs similar old hotels, and is being prettied up once more. I have always been of two minds about old hotels. On the one hand, they’re architecturally interesting and they are often in superb settings. But they can also be pretty creaky too. That creakiness, which can be all too literal, kind of spooks me. It makes me think I’m on the set of some horror film. (I’ve felt that way ever since I visited the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colo., where Stephen King wrote The Shining.) Thankfully, The Sagamore has been renovated and modernized to do away with creakiness. Ocean Properties added three dozen new rooms to the hotel in 2009, for example, updated others, and put on a new roof last winter. See Guests page 27

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painting, where visitors can meet the artists and see the works in progress. On Vancouver Island’s west coast, arts and the outdoors are the dual passions in Tofino and Ucluelet, two coastal villages along the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. The many craftshops and galleries here include the Eagle Aerie Gallery, a traditional Northwest Coast longhouse highlighting the works of acclaimed artist Roy Henry Vickers.

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Festivals and Events Festivals run year-round in British Columbia, from world-class music events to down home harvest celebrations, with plenty of art, food, scenery and family entertainment thrown in. Summer is when B.C.’s outdoor arts festivals take over beaches, mountain tops and city squares across the province, and some of the world’s best-known performers share top billing with the scenery. At the Kaslo Jazz Etc. Summer Music Festival, for example, the stage floats on the edge of mountainframed Kootenay Lake; at the Harrison Festival of the Arts in the Fraser Valley, world music, dance, theatre and visual arts play out against a lake, beach and mountain backdrop. For the unusual, a trek to Vancouver Island to take in the Nanaimo Marine Festival & Great International Bathtub Race, held each July, promises competitors battling it out in bathtubs of their own design. Island entertainment awaits during the intimate Hornby Festival, which brings classical, folk, world and jazz concerts, plus workshops and readings, to this Northern Gulf Island. Even further off the beaten path is the Edge of the World Music Festival, held in the village of Tlell on Haida Gwaii in August. Also in August, book lovers head to Sechelt for the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, Canada’s longest running summer gathering of Canadian writers and readers. Summer is also the time for rodeos, pow wows, and cowboy festivals, from the venerable Williams Lake Stampede in the Cariboo, to the Kamloopa Pow Wow in Kamloops and smaller events throughout the province.

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Summer festival season is heating up Reb Stevenson

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SUMMER seems to have ﬁnally have arrived on the West Coast and all across Canada outdoor festivals are celebrating the warmer weather. Below are a few annual festivals worth taking in when you are visiting the area: ■ Where: Shediac, N.B. When: July 7 to 11 What: Shediac Lobster Festival, home of the nightly lobstereating contest in which ten volunteers are chosen from the crowd and challenged to eat three lobsters with their bare hands as fast as they can (hopefully after they’ve removed the exo-skeletons). More info: www.tourism newbrunswick.ca

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DALLAS Boyer plays the ﬁddle at Gabriel Dumont Park. This summer, Back to Batoche Days will take place in Batoche, Sask. from July 18-25.

■ Where: Saskatoon, Sask. When: July 18 to 25 What: Back to Batoche Days, commemorating the Metis Resistance of 1885. This family-oriented event celebrates Metis culture. Visitors are invited to camp, pitch a tipi or sleep under the prairie sky, sample bannock, tap their toes to ﬁddle music and watch the experts execute a Red River Jig. More info: www.mn-s.ca

■ Where: Kapuskasing, Ont. When: July 23 to 25 What: Lumberjack Heritage Festival, including an arm wrestling competition, professional logging show, burling, chainsaw bucking, axe

throw and all those activities that sound like they ought to come with the warning “do not attempt this at home.” More Info: www. kaplumberjack.com

■ Where: Winnipeg, Man. When: Aug. 1 to 14 What: Folklorama, a way to meet the world within the conﬁnes of Winnipeg. Learn about cuisine, clothing, culture and everything in between at 40 international pavilions located around the city. More info: www.folklorama.ca ■ Where: Quebec City When: Aug. 4 to 8 What: New France Festival,

when Quebec City does an impression of itself during the French regime. Expect costumes, food, performers, storytelling, dancing, music and re-enactments. More info: www. nouvellefrance.qc.ca ■ Where: Conception Bay, N.L. When: Aug. 12 to 15 What: Brigus Blueberry Festival, a Newﬁe party that’s anything but blue. Think “screech-ins,” dinner theatre, beauty pageants, mooseburgers, ﬁreworks and a pie-eating contest. More info: www.brigus. net/blue

■ Where: Dawson City, Yukon When: July 16 to 18 What: The Dawson City Music Festival — if you’re looking an excuse to get up to the remote but picturesque outpost known as Dawson City, let it be this celebration of tunes, now in its 32nd year. Be sure to catch The Good Lovelies, winners of this year’s Juno for Best Roots Album. More info: www.dcmf.com

Guests have the run of resort featuring 18-hole golf course From page 25

The room I stayed in was one of those that had been redone and it felt very comfortable and modern, with high-end bathroom ﬁxtures and a comfy new bed. The post-renovation decor is elegant country. For example, in my bathroom, toiletries were displayed in a cute little birchbark canoe. Because The Sagamore was built as a resort, it offers a lot of services and is to some extent self-contained. The place includes the hotel proper, with 138 rooms, as well as a number of adjoining lodges and condos with more than 200 additional rooms. Guests have the run of the 70-acre resort, which includes an 18-hole golf course, conference facilities, a marina, a pool, a spa and

access to various outdoor activities. There’s also the lake itself, the quaint little town of Bolton Landing and of course the Adirondacks. Because my visit to the The Sagamore was part of a longer trip, and because I visited in the fall, I didn’t take advantage of everything it has to offer — particularly if you go in summer. But what I did ﬁnd was peace and quiet and a good place to relax and enjoy a good meal. Kevin Rosa, the hotel’s director of marketing and sales, says the hotel’s main market is the New York City metropolitan area. People most likely to visit are older couples. “We don’t put a lot of families in the main building,” says Rosa, adding that groups are more likely to stay in the lodges. This past winter, for the ﬁrst time, the hotel closed for the winter season. It reopened at the end of April.

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TEAH Wilson visits Prague in Czech Republic with mother Misha (left) and grandmother Janet Pavlik.

DELA and Ross Kavoosi brought along the News on their trip to Beijing, China.

VIOLET Taylor (left), Gayle Darke, Loretta Wick, Dianne Hopper and Mavis Edmonds took a river cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam.

KIMBERLY Mara and Dave Sayle were in Cancun, Mexico to photograph a wedding, but didn’t forget to get their own picture taken.

SAM Dunn (left), Shari Carter, Shelley Wolter, Jurgen Wolter, Shaunee Dunn and Jessy Hastings cruise by the Alaskan coast.

LINDA VanderHeide volunteered to teach English in Bellavista, Ecuador.

CAMERON, Nancy and Gillian Forde joined Matin Zuckerman and Mariela Johansen in swapping the books for the beach during a conference on Lady Elliot Island in Queensland, Australia.

CHRIS and Merrikay Snelgrove navigate the canals of Venice, Italy with the help of gondolier Ricardo.

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Wishful thinking: keep cool in summer’s heat

THE July 1 long weekend is typically the date I judge as the arrival of summer.

I don’t know why, maybe it’s an Ontario thing. In any case, I had been reviewing my columns over the last few years to get an idea of what I typically like to address in the canine world at this time of the year and, low and behold, I address issues of heat exhaustion and sun stroke. Looking out my window into the back yard, all I can say is: hmm, now what? But I’m not going to let the blues of a cool summer get me down. Call it wishful thinking, call it dreaming, but I have been reading a lot of Wayne Dryer lately and according to him, thoughts become things. So I’m gonna think us some hot summer weather! When the weather is hot and sunny dog people seem to love to take their canine companions with them everywhere. Dogs that usually spend the afternoon at home are now seen proudly walked by their owners along streets, trails and through parks. But, while the summer sure gets Fido out of the house more often, it’s not the best of things to do when driving around town. We all know that you should never leave your dog in the car in the summer. Yes, I know the weather is not exactly summer right now, but we are all thinking positive right? The inside of a car can get extremely hot even when parked in the shade or having the windows down or both! Given the fact that they are covered in fur, sweat through their feet and cool down by panting, a dog can easily suffer from heat exhaustion or heat stroke and die in as little time as five minutes. So when the sun and heat finally do arrive, leave your dog at home while you do errands in the car. Speaking of our abodes, many newer homes are now air conditioned, but if your home is not and heats up in the sun, it is probably best not to leave your dog in its crate when you are out of the house. If you must confine your dog consider enclosing their crate area with an exercise pen and leave them lots of water to rehydrate. This way they are able to move around and find cool areas to lie down. Dogs don’t cool off by drinking water but by panting. As they draw air in through their mouth it cools their inner organs down. The water helps keep them hydrated as excessive panting

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can dry them out. If at all possible, place your dog in the coolest part of the home, be it a basement or a room of the house that is not exposed to direct sunlight. Create air circulation by having fans running throughout the house on hot days. My dogs have learned to lie in front of them to help stay cool. If you have no other option than to keep your dog in a crate while out, place an oscillating fan at the crate entrance to help circulate the air. Another challenge in hot weather is keeping the water bowl replenished with cool water. A neat trick is to freeze a bowl of water and leave it for the dog. In the warm

weather the ice melts very quickly and allows the water to stay cool for your dog to enjoy. Placing ice cubes in your dog’s bowl is not usually recommended, as some dogs will chew them and crack a tooth, or worse — swallow them whole and possibly choke on them. This frozen water trick is also great when you go for an extended walk with your dog and you need to provide cool water along the way. Always bring water for you and your dog along a hike or extended walk in the hot summer sun. Fresh, cool water is not always available and dehydration can happen quickly. To tell if your dog is dehydrated do a “skintenting” test. Pull up a small amount of skin between its shoulder blades. If it does not return to its normal position and stays in a tented position your dog is dehydrated. There are some ingenious portable drinking bowls for dogs that are easy to carry by either you or your dog. So stay cool, drink plenty of water and play safe with Fido this summer. How’s that for thinking positive?

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NORTH Vancouver teen Morgan Weller dove her way to a silver medal in one-metre springboard at the 2010 summer senior national diving championships held in Saskatoon last week, earning her ﬁrstever individual senior national medal.

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Weller scored 256.50 on her five dives in the final, narrowly edging her Boardworks teammate Rachel Kemp for silver while Quebec City’s JoAnnie Dubois took the gold. “I’m so stoked about it,” Weller told the North Shore News after returning to Victoria where she now lives and trains. The 16-year-old nailed her first dive of the finals — an inward one-and-a-half — to earn her first-ever 9.0 score for an optional (higher degree of difficulty) dive in competition. “I was really happy with that,” she said. “I was really nervous but you focus when you get into a competition, you don’t really think about anything else but your dive and how you’re going to execute it. It was really good and I was really happy to hear those high scores when I got out of the water. . photo P4 Photos Darcy Pantel/www.p4.smugmug.com . . It’s always good when your first dive is good because then NORTH Vancouver’s Morgan Weller shows off her spins en route to a silver medal you get all hyped up and your in the one-metre event at the summer national senior diving championships. adrenaline starts pumping and it makes your other dives feel easier. You feel Weller, however, didn’t get a chance to that,” said Weller. “But injuries, you can’t build on that synchro success as an injured risk them.” stronger, you get into a better mindset.” Weller also entered the three-metre This was Weller’s second senior level shoulder kept her partner from competing springboard in Saskatoon, finishing 12th national silver, her first coming at the winter in that event in Saskatoon. “It was a little upsetting because it was against several of the country’s top divers nationals held earlier this year when she teamed up with Kemp to finish second in Commonwealth Games trials . . . and we See Junior page 32 could have had a pretty good chance at three-metre synchronized diving.

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West Vancouver’s Max Reinhart was expected to be a fourth or ﬁfth rounder but the Calgary Flames — the team his dad Paul played for in the 1980s — went off the board and grabbed him with the fourth pick of the third round, 64th overall. North Vancouver’s Jordan Weal, on the other hand, was pegged as having an outside shot at going in the ﬁrst round but instead was taken 70th overall by the Los Angeles Kings. Central Scouting had Reinhart ranked 79th among North American skaters but the Flames were happy to grab the six-foot-one centre much earlier than that. “We liked him,” head scout Tod Button told Canwest News Service. “We don’t take stock of other people’s rankings. There’s a purpose for Central Scouting and all of those websites, but we liked him. He’s a smart offensive player, and we think we got a good player at 64.” Reinhart scored 51 points in 72 games for the Western Hockey League’s Kootenay Ice this season. The Flames took another legacy player later in the draft, picking John Ramage, son of former player Rob Ramage, See Reinhart page 32

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Reinhart and Weal both taken in third round From page 30

thinking about where you’re going to go has come to an end. Now I’m focused on trying to get better for (the Kings’ training camp) in September.’’ Weal was one of three draft-eligible players to score 100 points in the Canadian Hockey League last season, the other two being Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin who went ﬁrst and second overall. The former standout with the North Shore and Burnaby-based North West Giants major midget team was a ﬁnalist for the WHL rookie of the year award this season and he has also suited up for Team Canada in youth competitions. His impressive resume had some

in the fourth round. “There’s a bloodline factor there,” said Flames general manager Darryl Sutter. The draft was held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, home of Weal’s new team. The ﬁve-foot10 centreman suited up for the Regina Pats last season, scoring 102 points in 72 games to ﬁnish third in scoring in the Western Hockey League. “It’s a big relief,’’ Weal told Canwest News Service after the draft. “All the waiting and the (pre-draft) combine and spending the whole year

prognosticators thinking that Weal would be a ﬁrst-round pick in the draft. “I deﬁnitely heard that I’d probably go a little higher, but I went into the draft with no

expectations,’’ Weal said. “Wherever I went was where I was going to go. I was hoping to go to a good organization and that’s what happened. Now I want to make a good ﬁrst impression.’’

Junior nationals start Thursday From page 30

including Olympians Jennifer Abel and Emilie Heymans. “I went in with the wrong mindset and I didn’t do too well,” Weller said of her showing on the three-metre board. At winter nationals Weller ﬁnished fourth in three-metre. The action continues this summer for Weller as she is set

to depart tomorrow for the junior nationals in Winnipeg where she is hoping to qualify for the world juniors which are scheduled for September in Arizona. The competition is a break from her normal schedule which has her training ﬁve hours a day every Monday through Friday at Victoria’s Commonwealth Pool. It’s all building towards her dream

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ELLIS-WHITE, Martin John April 7th 1962 - June 26 2010 Martin has lost his valiant battle with cancer. Predeceased by his father John and his beloved dog Silken. Left to mourn are his wife Rosie, mother Janis, siblings Colin (Anna) and Susan, nephews John and Matthew and neice Jennifer. Martin will be sadly missed by lifelong friend Dave with whom he shared many experiences and adventures. A celebration of Martin’s life will be held at Sevenoaks Alliance Church, 2575 Gladwin Road, Abbotsford on July 11th, 2010 at 2:30 pm. The family thanks Dr. Smiljanic (Lions Gate Hospital) and Dr. Brown (Abbotsford) for their caring attention. In lieu of flowers donations to the Cancer Research Society would be appreciated.

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MITCHELL / MACRAE (Linda Ruth nee Owen) – Linda passed away peacefully on June 25th with her family by her side. Linda is survived by her devoted daughter Ali Macrae and son Colin Macrae (Susan), mother Loree Owen, brother David Owen (Gail), and grandchildren Kate and Claire Macrae. She was predeceased by her father Fred Owen in 2004. Linda was born in West Vancouver in 1941 and spent her childhood in Victoria, Ottawa and West Vancouver. She graduated from West Van High School in 1959. Her interest in community was clear early on as she completed her Social Work degree from the University of British Columbia. During university, she forged life-long relationships with her roommates and had many good times as a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. During this period, Linda also headed to England to work, travel and experience new things. After graduation, she started her career as a social worker in Northern B.C. Linda was a devoted mother who always put family first, but also put her time and energy towards organizations like Junior League, YWCA, and the Belfry Theatre. When she returned to full-time work in 1982, she joined the Victoria READ Society, an organization that primarily offered tutoring and education programs for children and youth. With READ, Linda began to explore the issue of adult literacy and started Project Literacy Victoria to address an issue that she felt was fundamental to our society. In 1990, she helped establish Literacy BC and became the organization’s first Executive Director. From this platform, Linda became a champion of the literacy movement in Canada. She led the development of communitybased literacy programs for adult learners in all corners of B.C. She helped raised millions of dollars to ensure that people could get access to the literacy programs they needed to succeed in life. She helped shape public policy in Canada so that literacy was understood not as an education issue, but as a social issue that was critical to our future as a country. And most importantly, she changed the lives of thousands of people for the better through the gift of literacy. One of the parts of her literacy work she loved the most was PGI Canada and the Peter Gzowski Invitation golf tournaments across Canada. She served as Chair of the PGI National Committee from 1998-2005 and through the PGI, she built many great friendships and had many wonderful experiences. Linda’s legacy in the field of literacy was acknowledged with the Council of the Federation Literacy Award in 2006. She served as Chair of the Premier’s Advisory Panel on Literacy, and was twice a nominee for the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. “Linders” will be remembered as a person of enormous love, understanding and compassion. She gave herself to others without hesitation or condition and always looked to protect and care for the people around her. She was a kind, gentle soul who touched so many lives. She had a huge circle of friends, and turned strangers and work colleagues into friends like nobody else. She will be remembered as a magical Nanie to Kate and Claire, a loving and devoted Mom to Ali and Colin, and a wonderful daughter to Fred and Loree. Linda was in the care of an amazing team of people throughout her long and brave fight with cancer. We thank Dr. Paul Klimo and the nurses at the Lions Gate Hospital Oncology ward for their kindness over the years. As well, Dr. Paul Sugar cared for Linda and our family in the most gentle and compassionate way through the last weeks of her life. A service to remember and celebrate Linda will be held July 8th at 2:00 p.m. at West Vancouver United Church, with a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, Linda’s wishes were for people to donate to the Paul Gallagher Community Access Fund with Literacy BC so that adult learners across B.C. can receive the gift of literacy.

HANSEN - Chris. G. March 22, 1968-June 26, 2010 It is with the greatest sadness that we are saying goodbye to our beloved husband, Dad, son and friend. Chris was born in North Vancouver, where he grew up surrounded by the magnificent natural environment, which became a big part of his life. He expressed his connection to nature through skiing, snowshoeing, mountain biking, surfing, windsurfing, fishing and rock climbing. His love of the outdoors was not only his passion, but it was often also the subject of his work as a camera man in the film industry. His family and many friends will miss his thoughtfulness and tenderness, his sense of humour, and his exuberant joy of life, music and friends. He was a devoted father to Taje and husband to Shelley. He will be remembered for his glow and radiant energy. For information regarding Chris’ Celebration of Life please visit: www.livelargechris.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to any of the following organizations: www.livingoceans.org ;www.davidsuzukifoundation.org/ issues/oceans/ www.seashepherd.org

KESSEL George. Sept 16,1935-June 23, 2010 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of George, a loving brother, uncle, father, adoring grandfather, and true friend to those who knew him. He will be greatly missed by his son Mike, daughter-in-law Korie, grandson Braeden, sister Helen Woods, brother-in-law Tom Woods, and nephews Doug, Bob, Chris, and Larry, as well as life long friends Tony and Norma Serka. George spent his younger years travelling the globe, and later worked for the provincial government for over 25 years, where he was a devoted employee. He was a very kind person who cared for everyone around him, and was an avid gardener. During his retirement he could often be found lounging by the pool, or spending time with family and friends. A Memorial Service will be held at Hollyburn Funeral Home on Saturday July.10th at 2:00pm, 1807 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Canadian Lung Association, in his memory. For those wishing to share a memory of George or a condolence to the family, please go to www.hollyburnfunerals.com

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RIGNEY, Frank Canadian Football Hall of Fame Legend, Frank Rigney, passed away peacefully on June 29, 2010 at the Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, with his family at his side. He was 74. Frank was an allstar tackle with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1958 to 1968, receiving numerous awards for his playing prowess including the Most Outstanding Lineman in 1961. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as well as the Winnipeg Blue Bomber Hall of Fame. Winnipeg won the Grey Cup with Frank in 1958, 59, 61 and 62. He played college ball with another Blue Bomber great, quarterback, Ken Ploen at the University of Iowa. Frank was a third draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League but chose to come to Canada to play with the Blue Bombers under Legendary coach, Bud Grant. When he retired from football, he entered the financial industry and was also a CFL sports commentator for over twenty years with CBC and CTV. He also covered other sports such as the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Frank was very active in fundraising for Big Brothers and was a big Brother to Aaron during his younger years and they continued to be close friends for over 18 years. The National Office of Big Brothers recently honoured Frank for his years of service. He also supported a number of charitable causes. An avid golfer, Frank’s passion for the game was on view frequently at the Capilano Golf Club and Country Club in West Vancouver where he continued to play regularly despite debilitating football-related injuries, including the amputation of his right leg. Frank Rigney is survived by his loving wife, Donna, son Mitchell (wife Rita) daughters Lisa (husband Chris) and Kathy as well as grandchildren Jamie Lee and Jordan Cue. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Big Brothers of Vancouver (or charity of your choice) would be greatly appreciated. The family would like to thank Dr. Michael Knight and Reverend Trevor Fisher for their kindness and support. A celebration of life will be held on July 8, 2010 at 1:30pm, St. Stephens Anglican Church, 885 22nd Street. West Vancouver, BC. For those wishing to share a memory of Frank, please go to www.HollyburnFunerals.com

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All advertising published in this newspaper is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services offered are accurately described and willingly sold to buyers at the advertised prices. Advertisers are aware of these conditions. Advertising that does not conform to these standards or that is deceptive or misleading, is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards we ask that you inform the Publisher of this newspaper and The Advertising Standards Council of B.C. OMISSION AND ERROR: The publishers do not guarantee the insertion of a particular advertisement on a specified date, or at all, although every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the advertisers. Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss or damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections or changes will be made in the next available issue. The North Shore News will be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

Beauticians/ Barbers

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Beauticians/ Barbers

NORTH VAN Spa reqs exp Thai Massage person for p/t or f/t. Fluent English. Ph 604-720-7676

HAIR STYLISTS and ESTHETICIANS

Now hiring at Spa Utopia & Salon! Please submit your resume to the location of your choice. NORTH VANCOUVER FAX 604-980-3922 diane@spautopia.ca PAN PACIFIC FAX 604-641-1381 beverly.loewen @spautopia.ca

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Career Opportunities

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General Employment

CARPENTER HELPER required. Must have own vehicle and basic tools. Glenngarry, 604-833-1701.

F/T, P/T RECEPTIONIST / VET ASSISTANT required for busy animal hospital in North Vancouver. Fax your resume to 604-988-7284 or email: atlasanimalhospital@yahoo.ca

Molly Maid

North & West Vancouver Mature f/t housecleaners required Mon to Fri, days. $11 to $16/hr. Valid BC drivers licence required. For interview. Call 604-987-4112

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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.

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PERSON REQUIRED who has exp in operating a 649 machine. Afternoon & evening shifts. North Vancouver. Call 604-985-6366.

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Hotel Restaurant

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Hotel Restaurant

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Trades/Technical

NOW HIRING!

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Insurance

Busy, Bright, Modern North Vancouver office is looking to add to its team.

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Minimum Level 1 license required. North or West Vancouver resident an asset. We offer a competitive salary & benefits. Please send resume to Fax: 604-988-2411 or email: ibiresume@shawbiz.ca

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Well established company requires a certified mechanical engineer, with min 7 years experience in multi-family residential & commercial new construction projects. High level competency/ understanding of Plumbing, Fire Protection, HVAC & Ventilation Industry Standards. We offer highly competitive wages and benefits. Please send resumes to fax 604-689-8809 or email: info@allstarmechanical.com

Thompson Bros. (Constr.) LP

is looking for experienced Foremen, Servicemen, Heavy Duty Mechanics, Water Truck and Rock Truck Drivers, 777, Scraper, Excavator, Dozer and Grader Operators. Camp work. Minimum two years experience. Please fax resume to (780) 962-3903 or e-mail tbclhr@thompsonbros.com No phone calls please.

Medical/Dental

MEDICAL OFFICE TRAINEES NEEDED! Doctors & Hospitals need Medical Administrative & Medical Office staff! No Experience? Need Training? Local Training & Job Placement is also available

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MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Office Personnel

FULL TIME PERSONAL OFFICE ASSISTANT For Realtor in Burnaby office. ● must be highly organized ● computer literate ● excellent phone skills ● fluent in oral & written English ● starting wage $13 per/hr. Please fax resume to 604-929-5235 or email to: sor@istar.ca PART TIME HELP needed who has knowledge of graphic design to do catalogue layouts and designing plus looking after small office procedures. Please email resume to: lumatron@shaw.ca PART TIME RECEPTIONIST required for a North Shore Chiropractic office. Fax resume to 604-986-3433 dtanaka@shaw.ca

TRUTH IN ''EMPLOYMENT'' ADVERTISING Canwest 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.

Alborz Fine Food

Req’s. a F/T Food Counter Attendant. Located in Park Royal Centre in West Vancouver. English and Farsi languages req’d. Food Safe Cert. an asset. Job duties include: taking customers’ orders, preparing and serving food, stocking food, cleaning fruits and vegetables, cleaning up and removing trash, etc. Must have some cashier and food prep. exp. Training provided. Will pay $13/hr. Email resume to: info@alborzfinefood.com

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2060 1403

Career Services/ Job Search

ACCENTUS MEDICAL Transcription Services

requires Canadian MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS to work from home. Expertise in Operative Reports needed. Health Benefits now available! Please apply online www.accentus.ca/ employment.html

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Education

FOODSAFE 1 Day Courses #1 in BC • $62 • 604-272-7213 www.advance-education.com FOODSAFE 1 DAY COURSES Guaranteed best value! Six Metro Vancouver Locations: Vancouver • Burnaby • Surrey • Richmond • Coquitlam • Maple Ridge All our Instructors are also working local Health Inspectors! Classes held each week & weekend! Course materials available in 6 languages. Same-day Certification. Visit our website at www.foodsafe-courses.com or call 604-272-7213 ADVANCE Hospitality Education – B.C.’s #1 Choice for Foodsafe & WorldHost Training. INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL Train on Full-Size Excavators, Dozers, Graders, Loaders. Oil Field Tickets. Provincially Certified Instructors. Government Accredited. Job Placement assistance. www.iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

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Music/Theatre/ Dance

Reg. PianoTeacher, jazz piano & improvisation starting July 1st. Knowledge of chords & keys pref’d.1 hr lessons. 604 986 2826

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Tutoring Services

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

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Appliances

ILAC APPLIANCE & VACUUMS Top quality rebuilt appliances. 1 yr warranty. Sales, parts, repairs 1825 Lonsdale • 604-987-7330

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Fridge $249 • Stove $199 Washer $199 • Dryer $149 Warranty & Delivery Removal Available

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RENOVATING: KENMORE range white, self clean, ceramic top, excellent condition $700; Beaumark fridge $150; Maytag dishwasher $50; stacking washer & dryer $50; microwave $50. Call 604-379-4460 UPRIGHT FREEZER, Kenmore, 9 cu. ft, white. $200. Call 604-379-4460

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Food Products

BISSETT FARMS

2170 Westham Island Rd Delta (big blue barn) U- Pick Strawberries, gooseberries, red & black currants Ready Pick Strawberries & raspberries 7 days 8am - 6pm 604-946-7471 We accept cash, interac, Mastercard & Visa

For Sale Miscellaneous

EXISTING KITCHEN cabinets, as in new cond. traditional maple, honey spice in color, door style & panel, desk, island, crown moldings, no top or back splash, ideal for suite, vacation home or reno. complete as is $6300, call 5pm 8pm 604-535-6870 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colors Available. Call 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.ca MOVING SALE, king size bed & mattress, 3 single mattress, table clothes, 2 book shelves, 2 computer chairs, 3 floor lamps, lawn mower, etc 604-922-3499 Think Patio time! GE Wine Chiller & Beverage Chiller black w/glass door & stainless frame, like new, $250 - 604-984-6509.

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Furniture

BDRM SET, dresser, mirror, wardrobe, 2 night tables, qu bed/ headboard $890. 778-340-4795 DINETTE SET, 48 inch round glass top table, + 4 upholstered chairs, $150. 604-922-8016 EXECUTIVE HOME FURNISHINGS, Dining room, bedroom, blk leather recliner, 2 - 50' home theatre systems, sofa, sofa bed, tables, lawn furniture, office furniture & framed art work. Call Enn at 604-828-5454 HIGH END Modern leather sofa & loveseat $999. Coffee & 2 end tables $199. Call 604-418-6308

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Furniture

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Wanted to Buy

CUTLERY SET made by International China - pattern is called Heartland. If you have any pieces please give me a call at 604-217-0262. MOVING SALE, Contemporary black leather sectional sofa w/ chaise, buttery soft leather, mint condition. Included in price are 2 tall lamps 55' in height and 1 desktop lamp 12' in height. Sold all together for sacrifice price of $1150 or separately. tax incl. 604-868-0645

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Musical Instruments

42' PIANO KAWAI Model 602-1 w matching bench. Pecan finish. Attractive Styling. Excellent Condition $1730 604-925-9964

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Recycler

FIREARMS

All types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed North Shore dealer. 604-960-0045 FRANKLIN MINT Carousel 1988 animals and carousel top. Please call if you have any pieces in exc. cond. w/no chips. 604-217-0262. Old Books Wanted also: Photos Postcards, Letters, Paintings. (no text books/encyclopedia) I pay cash. 604-737-0530

OAK WALL UNIT, free you pickup. 604-929-8798 TASK CHAIR, wood bookcase, kitchen table, 40’s-60’s lp’s. u-pick-up 604-985-3861 (Cap Rd) TASK CHAIR, wood bookcase, kitchen table, 40’s-60’s lp’s. u-pick-up 604-985-3861 (Cap Rd) TOSHIBA TV, 30 inch good working cond, remote plus manual, Free pick you up. 604-985-8775

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TV/Stereo/Video

SAMSUNG TV, 27’’ flat screen, high def, 4 yrs old hardly used Perfect cond $120. 604-929-9243

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Children’s Activities

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Daycare Centres

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Cats

CATS. Fixed - male and female rescued cats. Free to good, n/s indoor homes only. 604-513-9310

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Dogs

PITT BULLS, 3 boy, 7 girls, ready now, can view parents. Call for history. $350 obo. 604-504-0738 PUG PUPS, $750. credit card ok, 604-542-8892 pics & video @ www.puppiesandponies.ca

SPEECH THERAPY- Your home. Summer sessions Preschool - Adult. 604-762-2829

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Dogs

Golden Retriever Pups, 7wks old, vet✔ family raised, ready to go. $550 604-793-5185

Childcare Available

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Dogs

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RARE! ENGLISH & FRENCH colored Bulldogs. Reserve now! 604-802-6934 www.westcoastrarebulldogs.com

Cares! 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.

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Lily’s Relaxation Centre Nice Oriental Massage

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Development Information Open House A Development Variance Permit application has been submitted to the City of North Vancouver requesting approval for a variance to the City’s Sign Bylaw to permit the installation of 2 signs facing south at the rooftop level of the ICBC building and 2 signs facing north for a total of 4 signs. Interested members of the public are invited to attend the following Development Information Session/Open House with the applicant (Priority Permits Ltd.) and ICBC for an early opportunity to review the proposal and offer comments. Date: Tuesday July 6th , 2010 Time: 6:00- 8:00pm Place: 151 West Esplanade ICBC North Entrance Lobby

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Charters & Tours

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

Personals

LEGALS

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DOBERMAN PUPS. Female/ Male. Tails/dew claws done. Blk/ tan. $1500-$2000. 604-607-7433

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Vacation Spots

CULTUS LAKE − Lindell Beach 2 BR, kitch, pool/jacuzzi, bbq, golf, etc. $800/wk. 604-534-6714 www.mycultuslake.com

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Personals

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Agents

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Need a New Place?

Chilliwack

SARDIS HOME 1500sf, 3br. 1.5 bath, large yard, quiet. Many updates. $295,900. view pics online at @ ChilliwackLife.com/fsbo

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Houses - Sale

6020-26

Sunshine Coast

GIBSONS 12 acres, ocean & mtn view. 5 min. to ferry. zoned for 3 homes. drilled well, fenced, power $449,000. 1-604-886-8305

Houses - Sale

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Houses - Sale

North Vancouver

OPEN HOUSE

SUNDAY 2-5pm TUESDAY & 5 - 7:30pm 3772 Mount Seymour Parkway $575,000 - NO HST Totally renovated & sheltered from the Parkway by double garage. 1200 sq ft, 2 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, family room, gas fireplace, - everything new inside including 6 appliances. Heated workshop. 33 x 121 ft lot. Ingrid Maruska 604-619-5346 or Tradewinds Realty 604-980-1177

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July 4 - 10

Cancer June 21-July 22: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness ride high! Pursue career, prestige or business objectives Sunday/Monday. Monday night through Wednesday, happiness, optimism, popularity, social delights and flirtations visit! You might meet a “destined friend” this week or next, who could become a mate. Avoid illusion wafted by a suave, slinky or glamorous person Thursday/Friday – a talkative, nervous, or “precise” type is true blue, honest and helpful. A significant sexual or financial decision might be involved. Saturday has an early problem, then success, energy and great money/career ideas!

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Be ambitious – work with a new project, idea or impulse, rather than anything that emerged over the last two weeks. (A project or goal that existed before August last year is also viable – a major interruption has hindered this goal. This obstacle is slowly ending, though it might linger to March 2011.) Talk about a career goal: a Gemini, an Aries understand. This week’s exciting, sexual, whispers of love – but remain cautious about new romances, relationships, as “marriage” is not part (or a good part) of any new link. Invest Tuesday. Bright friend, bright love Friday!

Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Relationships remain most important. Some are approaching the end of a phase, particularly those involving large money or intimacy – there will be a new phase soon. It’s like the dip in a wave. During this dip the best you’ll get is deception. So let those two matters (sex, money) take a breather – next Monday (July 12) onward, they’ll surge again, luckily! Sunday/Monday emphasize home, family, endings, peace. Monday night through Wednesday triggers romance, beauty, pleasure, creative urges. Tackle chores Thursday/Friday – success very likely. Lie low Saturday morning; seek others this p.m.

Taurus April 20-May 20: Soon – next week – you’re going to enjoy some really solid advance in love, with creative or pleasure projects, and with relationships generally. So in these speciﬁc areas, be content to maintain a holding pattern this week. In a broader view, communication, travel and friendly relationships progress in a good way this week – in fact, in one case, this might be your last chance for a while to contact someone. Do so. Lie low, rest Sunday/Monday. Your energy and charisma surge nicely Monday night through Wednesday. Chase money, or study an inventive investment, Thursday/Friday.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Continue to lie low, observe, plan, replenish your energy reserves. Deal with government agencies, charities, institutions and your own head ofﬁce. Sunday/Monday bring a mellow, understanding mood. Be ambitious Monday night to Wednesday — the only thing you have to avoid is a smattering of illusion or wishful thinking Wednesday p.m. (Anxiety and wishing are two sides of the same urge.) The same advice holds, more so, Thursday, when you might dream unrealistically about someone, and they about you. Otherwise, Thursday/Friday are happy, upbeat! Retreat Saturday, especially this morning.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: This week contains opposition and opportunity. Sunday/Monday are for chores, drudgery – get it over with. Exciting meetings arrive Monday night to Wednesday: be diplomatic, eager, refuse to fight. Illusion (or anxiety) about the firmness of the ground you stand on is your only Achilles heel mid-week, especially Wednesday and Thursday. If you’re realistic about this, you can land a deal, grab an opportunity, even trip the love fantastic! Thursday/Friday steer you into depths (finances, sex, health, etc.): a Gemini or Virgo proves a great “guide” here. Saturday, wait for p.m. happiness.

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Work, health and drudgery – these come every July, Aquarius, so just plug away. Sunday/Monday feature details, paperwork, errands, travel, communications and friendly meetings. Take a rest, or tackle home-based chores Tuesday/Wednesday. Tuesday’s ideas or urges involving investments, debt reduction, intimacy or lifestyle changes are quite workable. Romance beckons Thursday/Friday – so do pleasure, beauty, creative and gambling urges. But in these, deception lurks Thursday (you could be the deceiver) – Friday, clarity and a talkative person bring brightness! Caution Saturday morn.

Gemini May 21-June 20: Chase money, buy/sell, increase your earnings, seek a pay raise, etc. One money project – and one relationship – is winding down. (Not a big deal.) An atmosphere of friction continues in the home. If you live alone, watch your telephone voice at home. Continue to study good and workable plans/ wishes involving real estate, construction, gardening, or similar matters. Next week through early August luck enters, perhaps bringing the opportunity to step toward those goals. However, DON’T move into a new home, nor buy a family home, before July 30: you would experience much friction there.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Your popularity remains high – but you might almost defeat it by frowning, being attracted to the secretive, the sexual over the friendly. Best approach: dig deeply and definitely into a financial step, a lifestyle-changing project, or a bid for intimacy; but step out of this, quickly and firmly, to greet your friends, make friends, enjoy entertainment, etc. For three weeks, keep these two good, lucky sides of your life separate. Pursue the “deep” side Sunday/Monday, Tuesday night, and Saturday p.m. Sweet wisdom, gentle love Tuesday/Wednesday. Be ambitious, social, Thursday/Friday.

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Sunday/Monday are romantic – but friction or ambition might make the dream better than the reality. Still, enjoy yourself. Tackle chores Monday night to Wednesday. It’s a good time to look for work if you’re unemployed. Exciting meetings and partnership opportunities could arise Thursday/Friday. A showy but elusive person could steer you wrong, while a precise or talkative individual will befriend you. Be careful Saturday morning: everything’s at the wrong angle. This p.m., the main trend of this week succeeds: mystery, ﬁnances, investigation, intimacy, commitment – make one!

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Love, romance, beauty, pleasure, vacation, charming kids, creative and gambling urges all flow through you now! Married or single, you’re dealing with someone June/July (hopefully your mate!) who’s feisty, determined, who exudes sexual energy.This link will move from talkative to affectionate, nervous to sweet, soon. In business, a money-earning partnership is possible. In any case, be diplomatic but seductive. Illusion haunts your work sphere, so buy no machinery, and no employment “promises.” Chase money Sunday/ Monday. Home, rest, Thursday/Friday. Everything in the first sentence July 10! timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

Aries March 21 - April 19: The accent continues on rest, hibernation, nutrition, children, Mother Nature, gardening, property and residence, and on ending some matters and relationships, and nurturing others, especially Sunday/Monday and Saturday. Chuck the unworkable or stale. We all start projects and relationships that don’t work. Your energy’s good Sunday/Monday. Chase money, earnings, buy/sell Monday eve to Wednesday. Avoid illusion. Casual friends, siblings, trips, communications go splendidly Thursday/Friday – but question yourself if you start feeling sweet romantic vibes. Saturday: one goes, another comes.

A36 – North Shore News – Sunday, July 4, 2010

HEALTH

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Apartments & Condos

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North Van Apt. Rentals

ABSOLUTE CARE SERVICES Professionally screened Nannies & Caregivers. pt/ft 604-983-8407

Since my husband’s stroke two years ago I have been his full-time caregiver and am beginning to feel overwhelmed. Can you suggest any community activities that might help me?

3 BR, 5 appls, 1.5 bath, Avail Aug 1, 1 year lease, NP/NS. Rent $1725. For viewing call 604-986-0511 3 BR apt, 2 bath, new carpert Mt Seymour Prky area, ns, np, kids ok, $1550, 604-987-7006

The North Shore Caregiver Support will be presenting a session where family caregivers can meet and learn how to release tension in a relaxing and invigorating way using laughter yoga and gentle movement. “Yoga in the Park” will take place on Tuesday July 13th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm, in Deep Cove, North Vancouver. For more information or to register for this free program call 604-982-3320 or email karyn.davies@nscr.bc.ca

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

Seniors’ One-Stop Information Line 604-983-3303 or 604-925-7474 North Shore Community Resources

777 W. Queens Rd. 2br or 3br units $1495 to $2000. Weekdays 604-990-2971 or Weekends 604-985-2876.

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★ CENTRAL LONSDALE ★ Spacious 1 BR apt. featuring large kitchen, lots of storage, heat/hwater incl. no pets.$940 Avail Aug 1st 604-983-0634

Apartments & Condos

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North Van Apt. Rentals

162 VICTORY Ship Way @The Pier: Brand New. Stunning view, 7 appl, air/cond,1 br $1475; 2 br $2700 Anson Rlty 604-671-7263 1br large $890, Lonsdale/21 quiet bldg, np, hardwood, hw, heat prkg storage, July 1, 604-990-4088

1 & 2 br, large, bright, Central Lonsdale, $850 & up, heat h/w, incl. updated. Now 604-720-2913 1 BDRM, $900 Central Lonsdale 800sf, n/p 604-988-3227 1 BR, $865 quiet, drapes, heat incl gated prkg no pets. 1 yr lease, walk to seabus 170 W 4th. 604-987-0558

2 BR 12th flr, Woodcroft Whytecliff, mtn ocean view, new appls, prkg, gym, pool, ns, np, July 5, $1530incl utils, 604-771-4831

1 Br $880, new kitchen, 2nd/ St Andrews, faces south, quiet, incl hw heat & prkg, np, 604-984-2148

2 BR, 13 & Lonsdale, 3 story walk up, faces south, hardwood, ns, np $1050 incl heat, 604-984-9367

1 BR, bsmt, Edgemont, suits 1 quiet, n/s, n/p, $800 incl heat/ light, laundry, 604-986-6235

2 BR. 2 bath, avail now. 1 yr lease, 125 West 19th, no pets, Please call 778-554-0537

1 BR Central Lonsdale, $900, balc, hardood, heat, hw, np, prkg Adult bldg. July 1, 604-985-6935 2 BR, 2 Bath, bright Ravenwoods, fp, ensuite wd, storage, part views $1750, 2 prkg. 604-929-3618 1 BR , Deep Cove, Exec, 2 level, top floor, insuite w/d, ug prkg. Ns, np. immed, $1250. 604-985-9184

2 BR, 2 bath, den, luxury prestigious Ravenswood nr Cates Park. view $2200 n/s 604-551-3251

1 BR +den, Woodcroft, $1350 incl utils, pool, prkg, gym, ns, np, avail Aug. 1, 604-724-7014 1 BR, large, 16 & St. Georges, near hospital, incld heat & hw, no pets, ns, $840. 778-889-4719 1 BR, large, balc. 3rd flr, faces south, small view, heat, hw, storage & 60 channel cable incld, $950. prkg avail. Very quiet bldg. Ref’s req’d, prefer no smoking & no pets. avail July 1, 155 E 12 St. To View: Manager: 604-980-6811

2 BR, 2 bath, new bldg. central Lonsdale, insuite wd, fp, dw, large patio, ug prkg, storage, ns, np, avail now, $1595, 604-617-7390

3 BR, Lynn Valley, updated, deck, hardwood, cat ok, $1350. June 1. Vistarealty.net 604-925-8824

BACH, LARGE $720, hardwood, heat, h/w, upper Lonsdale, avail Aug. 1, ns, np. 604-202-3458 Beautiful Large Suites 1 Bdrms from $915, avail July 1. 2 Bdrms from $1320. 3 Bdrms, d/w $1650. Avail now or July 1. Heat, h/w, prkg. Lease 604-986-3866

604-985-2926

BERKLEY TERRACE, 1675sf, 16 + Bldg, 2 to 3 Br, 2 Ba, 2 Pkg, sunken liv rm with gas f/p, lg kit, sep laundry rm, 1 yr lease, $1850/mo. 604-312-4100

BLUERIDGE APTS (Family complex )

2 & 3 BR new reno’s with new cabinets, laminate & tiles, newer appls, prkg, storage, incl heat & hw, playground (Mt Seymour Prkwy). 604-924-3628 www.blueridgeapartments.com

CENTRAL LONSDALE- 2BR $1325 incl. Heat, hot water & ldry, 1yr lease, no dogs. 604-990-2971.

GREAT LOCATION! 145 West Keith Road.

Bach - $925, 1 BR - $1095 Avail now. Ocean view. indoor pool. Concrete bldg. Ht & H/W incls. Call 604-986-3356

1 BR nr Lonsdale, reno hardwood balc. hw & heat ns, np, quiet adult bldg. $895, 604-904-9507

2 BR, mtn. view $1030. Avail Aug. 1, central Lonsdale, heat/hot water incl’d, no pets, 604-986-6418

MOUNTAIN VILLAGE APTS. SUITES AVAIL July/Aug, Near Lynn Valley Mall. 604-988-3828 www.mountainvillage.ca

121 WEST 20th. Newly reno’d 1 BR suite, hardwood, heat & hw incl’d, 1 yr lease, np, $1000, avail July 1, 604-682-2932

2 BR Woodcroft, S.W. corner, updates, no pets July 1. $1375. Vistarealty.net 604-925-8824 151 W. 2nd St. 908-7368. 2 BR, 2 bth, balc, 2 prkg, N/P, lease, Avail Aug 1, $1700.

2 BR w/w carpets, ground flr. heat, hw, no pets, avail Aug. 1st, $1100, 225 E 12 604-986-5437

Cats ok. Senior discounts.

604-913-0734

1550 Duchess Ave, W. Van. Studio & 1 Br Move-in Bonus, Fitness room, o/d pool, close to shops, transit & Seawall, 1 yr lease, N/pets. Heat, H/W incl’d. Member of the Crime Free MultiHousing Program

Please call 604-922-4322

LUXURY WATERFRONT Studio overlooking Seawalk. Suit single person $1750. 604-721-7484

1363 CLYDE AVE. Location, location, location. Just steps to shopping and sea wall. 2 BR, 2 level suite, 5 appliances. Available July 1. Lease and excellent references a must.

Al Dodimead, ACD Realty 604 521-0311

view this & other properties @ www.acdrealty.com PACIFICANA 1480 Esquimalt Ave. 1 bachelor, 1 bdrm, ocean views, dw, n/p, n/s Avail now. By appt. 604-921-7800

Park Royal Towers Completely Renovated

PARKRIDGE TERRACE 110 E. Keith Rd. Great location, park like setting, sauna, indoor pool. BACH. $870; Stunning views & lots of storage. NO PETS. 604-988-7379 www.glassmanpm.com

WOODCROFT - Whitecliff Bldg, 16th flr, 2 BDRM, North facing, mtn view, rec centre, pool. Aug 1. N/s n/p 604-988-6227, 318-0800

6595

Shared Accommodation

2 BR bright, phone/hi-spd/cable, hardwood, ns cat ok, nr seabus, quiet bldg. $1600, 604-983-4321

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

WOODCROFT, DELIGHTFUL large studio, quiet mountainside, pool, etc. $1000 incls utils. Avail July 15th. N/P. 604-764-9541

6540

Houses - Rent

2 BR, AMBLESIDE, 3 blks from beach, n/s, n/p, avail July 15th 604-925-3614 please lve mess 2 BR + sunroom, Lynn Valley. fully reno’d, fenced yard, sunny deck, nr Fromme Mtn biking, Lynn Valley Vlge, buses, 1517 Draycott Rd, $2000 + utils, 604-209-2266

2 BR upstairs + 1 br in finished bsmt, all reno’d, 2 baths, no pets, $2000, suits family. 605 E 7th, N.Van. Aug 1. Open Sat 1-3 pm 604-987-1205 or 604-728-2440

North Vancouver

LYNN VALLEY, 1 br, wd, cable interntet, $125/wk, suit quiet mature ns male, 604-980-2901

NICE PRIVATE room, suits female, ns, non drinker, Central Lonsdale. Access kitchen, dining & living rms, dw, computer. $525 incl furn, utils/net. 778-885-8864 ROOM, PRIV. entry near Saveon/Marine Dr, $440, w/d, Avail now, suits prof non-smoker 604-988-0624 or 778-688-4846

6600

Storage

JULY 1ST, LOWER Lonsdale storage space, 600sf, electricity $450, 604-983-9493

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BDRM brand new suite in new house, 5 new appls, Edgemont Village, n/p, n/s, inclds heat/light, $1000 avail. now. 604-830-7734 1 BDRM Suite (above gnd) in Lynn Valley. Full Kitchen with 4 appls. Lots of nat light. Private entrance. Shared laundry access. Includes utils. N/S only. $875. 604-202-1871 1 BR bright bsmt suite, Princess Park area, share wd, $825 incl utils/net, Jul 15, 604-904-8512

3 BR, 2.5 bath, New Kitchen 5 appl, gas f/p, garage, storage, np/ ns, $2400 Avail Aug 1; 604-926-0462 or 604-720-2515

1 BR +den bsmt, all reno, granite, bright own wd, patio/entry, ns, W 21 St $1275incls, 604-512-2521

3 BR Central Lonsdale, main flr, clean, bright, 4 appls, 2 prkgs, ns np $1325 + utils. 604-813-7312

1 BR, lrg newer, nr Lonsdale Quay, west facing, yard, shrd w/d, now, n/s. $995/mo. 604-921-2013

3 BR+LOFT. Westlynn, lovely garden, ravine setting. Suits prof. couple, 1 yr lease, ns, np, now, $2025, Wayne 604-649-6416

1 BR+ small den bsmt ste Seymour,1,000 sf, no pet, ns, w/d, quiet, $850 incl utils & cable. Avail July 1st. 778-997-7193

3br+den Caulfeild Vlge 2.5bath, quiet, garage, cul-de-sac, $3950+ np, Lighthouse 604-551-1409 4 BDRM, 2 bath, h/wd flrs, view Garrow Bay W.Van, beautiful garden, hi end appl., ns, pets/kids ok. $3300 near schls, golf, rec ctre, Aug. 15th. 778-239-6030

$1900. 2BDRM, 2bath, lrg kitchen, parking, 1200sq’ MTN HWY. 604-988-1736 2 BDR suite, U/L newer hse. 780sq. ft., d/w, w/d, radiant heat, alrm. H/S wireless incl. On bus rte. $1300 + ¼ utils. N/S, N/P. 604-649-7439

4 BR 2.5 bath Character Estate in Altamont. pool, creek, near West Bay Elementary, $3700+ gardening. Phone Liz 604-809-6355

2 BDRM bsmnt, bright, lrg, 7appl, Wi-Fi, lrg storage, Caulfeild Village, nr school/bus ns, np, lease req’d $1400+utils, 604-789-2375

4 BR newly reno’d Upper Lonsdale, NV, 2 bath, 1800sf, $2200, np, w/d, part view. Jul/Aug 604-572-0015 or 604-760-8585

2 BDRM garden level ste on quiet St. in Lynn Valley near Park, A Sept 1, $1000, 604-983-3748 .

5 BR 2 levels, rec room, 4 baths, fp, B. Prop area, W. Van, exec view $3500. now 604-720-2913

2 BDRM Grdn Ste Can Hts $1300 Private entry through covered patio/backyard, pet ok, w/d and wifi incl., utilities extra, lam. floor, 700 sq ft, n/s. 604-971-0990

BRITISH PROP, exec, 4000sf, panoramic view 4 br, 2.5 ba, n/s n/p, Aug 1, $3980. 604-922-6789

2 BDRM ste, d/w, w/d, pets possible, large yard. N/S West

1 & 2 Bdrm Suites

Van. nr schls. $1375 604-328-3736

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

CANYON HEIGHTS 4 Br, big deck, updated, 2 fp, Aug 1. $2750 Vistarealty.net 604-925-8824

2 BEDROOM garden suite in lower Dundarave near buses, shopping and rec centre. Quiet residence, 2 people max. n/s. Newer stove, fridge and in-suite w/d. $1400 + utilities. August 1. 604.926.6901

Canyon Heights & Handsworth cul-de-sac, exec. 4 br np, $3950, 604-980-9198..778-861-0688

2 BR, central Lonsdale, fp, ns, no pets, $1300 incl utils, avail Aug. 1, 604-986-3065

935 Marine Drive

EAGLE HARBOUR Updated 4br 3 bath, f/p, skylight, $3950 Vistarealty.net 604-925-8824

1BR (700-770 sq.ft.) 2 BR (1070 sq. ft.)

604-922-3246

Duplexes - Rent

CAULFEILD EXEC 3 br & loft home. 4696 Clovelly Walk. 6 appl, 2.5 baths, dbl garage, water views, near schools & trails. $3500. Aug 1. Century 21 Prudental 604-232-3039 CENTRAL LONSDALE 2 br, fireplace, private entrance, very clean, covered carport, w/d, close to bus, amentities. Suits 2 people. Aug 1st. N/P, N/S. $990. 604-925-2107

6522

Furnished Accommodation

1 BR, self contained fully furn, lower Lonsdale, incl phone, utils cable/net fp, prkg, now, $500/wk or $1500/mo 604-986-6253

GARDEN AVE, 2BR, 1100sf, new appl, w/d, d/w, lane rear prkg, n/p, $1450, July 1, 604-982-0163 LYNN VALLEY, clean home, 2 full baths, 3br up, 2br down, 2 f/ps, rec rm, cls to transit, shops. Alarm, $2350/mo, 604-988-5469 WEST VAN, 5 br, 2 ba, 2 levels, 2200sf, sundeck, patio, N/S, N/P $2700+ut, Aug 1, 604-581-8494

6565

Office/Retail Rent

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

22 YR old F looking to share w/ 1 or more, location flexible, avail immediately (778) 886-6639

6595-45

QUALITY SHORT TERM 1 - 2 BR mtn/city view suites www.lionsgatesuites.com

6515 MOVE IN ALLOWANCE, Lrg Bach avail Aug 1, $900 Incls H & H/W. Cable/parking extra. N/S & N/P. To view call (604) 985-4272

1BR. $1250, F.FUR. CAP. AREA, UTIL. INCL. 604-813-4363 avail. July http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/olympic.78/ForRent

2025 BELLEVUE AVENUE Fantastic location, pool. Renovated 1 & 2 br suites. Beautiful ocean views.

Luxury Over The Seawall! 1 br Penthouse large deck, 1 BR & Bach pool rec. room, pet ok 2190 Bellevue Ave 604-926-6287

North Vancouver

Furnished Accommodation

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

concrete, by shops, Cat Ok

1 br’s - $1,050 -$1,225 Spacious, pool, storage, heat & hw, dw, quiet,

6522

1665 DUCHESS. 2 BR, Aug 1. Quiet concrete bldg. Updated, hardwood, heat, hw, 1 yr lease, ns np, $1775, 604-926-0594

Beautiful Views

LE CHATEAU, 1110 E 27th, Lynn Valley 2 Br large $1300up, 1br $995, np, ns, 604-980-9219

2 BR, Westview family complex, nr amens, rec fac. pool, wd, prkg, ns np $1380 Jul 1, 604-921-4384

1 BR faces south $1150 inclds, heat, h/w, cable, prkg 1765 Duchess Ave N/P, 604-377-0492

LARGE LUXURY studio suite, Dundarave, granite, stainless appls, Like New, n/p, n/s, Aug 1, $1350 incl prkg, 604-209-1416

2 BR corner, all new, $1175; upper Lonsdale, heat hw & cable, ns, np, now, lease, 604-987-8807

$995. 604-340-2045 604-922-6377

1 BR apt, $1350 faces south french doors to lovely priv garden patio, w/d inste, h/wood, unique Bellevue ns np. July 604-266-5744

BAYVIEW APTS

1 BR lrg ste, 4th flr, 137 W. 17th, av immed 1, dw/wd, gas f/p, view, $1250 incld h/w, gas & prkg: 604-987-6581 or 604-808-7258

1 BR, Woodcroft, Pemberton Bldg, 9th flr, pool, ns np, Aug 1,

1 BR, Ambleside, $950, parklike setting, adult oriented, np, Wes Lighthouse Realty 604-551-1409

BACH $740 1BR $850 quiet bldg. incl heat, storage, balc np, ns, 118 W 18, Aug 1 604-788-4349

KENMORE MANOR 140 East 17th St. A bright 1 bdrm Available. Heat & h/w incl. N/S, No Pets. 604-980-4554

2 BR view, prkg, nr Cap University, N.Van,newly reno’d $1400. July 1st. 604-551-3251

6505-12

West Van Apt. Rentals

★ A QUIET BUILDING★ 1 br. 3rd(top) flr. NE crnr, 725sf , $925. July 15 or Aug 1 1br, g/l, 770sf, $900, Aug 1 Carpets, drapes, heat, hw. Gated prkg avail, Cat ok. (Pet policy) ★604-986-7745★

2 BR, 2 bath, new reno, part city & mtn. views. gas fp, ensuite wd, Lonsdale/14, pet neg. incld gas, hw, ug prkg $1900, 604-984-0738

1 BR, quiet, large, top flr, lower Lonsdale, $900incl cable/heat hw ug prkg, ns np now 604-312-6565 suewragge@hotmail.com

Apartments & Condos

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

HI RISE, Central Lonsdale, 1Br , view, avail Aug 1, Incl heat & hw. no pets, $980. 604-985-3650

2 BR + sunroom, charming country cottage, grt Alt to Apt living, 900sf, Lynn Valley, reno’d, f/sunny yd, pet ok, 1517 Draycott Rd, $2000 + utils, 604-209-2266

6505

2 BR, Deep Cove, 4 yr old, 1000sf, Nr Village, bus, parks, schools, new appl, ns, np, $1650 incl utils Aug 1. 604-987-1960 2 BR+ Den Large Quality bright view garden suite , w/d, ns np, ref, $1500 + % hydro 604-929-8540 2 BR furn Westlynn extra room for storge or br, ns, np, priv & quiet. $1495 incl utils+net. 604-987-2691

2 BR Garden Lvl ste, Grand Blvd area, 1100sf, ns/np, prkg, $1400 incl util, July 31 604-986-7346 2 BR ground level, share wd, new reno, quiet, prkg, fp, np, ns $1100+util. Now. 604-980-9630 2 BR Lynn Valley, reno’d large quiet bsmt s, own w/d, n/s n/p Aug 1. $995+util 604-720-9483

North Van Business Centre Private offices, business services 1500marine.com 604-986-1500

2 BR, modern reno’d garden suite, Blueridge area, greenbelt, n/s, n/p, $1150. 604-924-1796

OFFICE SPACE in an excellent location. Next to Park Royal. W. Van. 450 or 900 sqft. 604-926-7542

2 BR, yard, wd, patio, near Cap Mall, bus, avail now, np, prkg, 604-985-0661, or 778-628-5506

2 BR, New, bright, Pemberton Heights, 5 appls, radiant heat, own entry & laundry, 1100 sf, ns np $1400. 604-710-2876

2 BR, newer, West Van, newer appls, own wd, priv entry, np, ns, $1649 + 1/3 utils. 604-916-0428 2BDRM SUITE avail. Aug 1st $1400 includ. util. Seperate w/d,d/ w/gas fireplace and huge in suite storage. Call 604-562-5818 2BR BSMT Suite, new reno hw floor, Furn or Unfurn, Alarm, Lrg Yard, $1200. Call 604-561-0099 3 BR 2 bath, main flr, 1600 sf, bright, reno’d, lrg yrd, 6 appl, gas f/p, deck, ns np, July 1 $1690 604-984-7030* 1-250-296-4254 3 BR 2 full baths, Pemberton Heights, nr amens, balcony, np ns $1700. July 15. 778-893-9585

4 BR. up, 2 bath, fp, gas stove, all appls. 2800sf, $3000; 2br down, 1100sf, $1500 Lynn Valley, both own wd, hardwood, ns, np, whole house $4400, now, 604-710-8394 AMBLESIDE $1450, nice 2 br garden ste, big sunny priv patio. Quiet. Beautiful kitchen new appl. w/d, ns np Jul/Aug 604-926-1430 DEEP COVE, 2 br, priv entry, quiet, beautiful view, gas fp, new appl, suit bachelor or couple, w/d, full bath, ns, np, ref’s $900 utils incl. Immed to view.604-512-7365 NATURE PARADISE, 2 bdrm Apt, (1200sf), large decks, private, 6 appl, river access/view, Aug 1, $1690. 778-239-7416

WEST VAN, Caulfeild: 2 BR bsmt, f/bath, gas f/p, prkg, patio, $1400/mo incls utils, avail immed. Call 778-688-2594

6605

Townhouses Rent

1128 Strathaven Dr. 908-7368. 3 level T/hse, 4 BR, 2 car garage, pet ok, Jul 1, lease, $2900. 2 BR and Den new townhouse, f/p, ss appl, wd, 1500sf, 3 lvl, rec room in bsmnt, priv patio, 2prkg. $2450. Info: uniqueaccommodations.com Prop ID: 2624 or call Chad 604-984-7368, ext 216 3 BR fp $1875. reno’d, 1.5 baths, 5 appls, storage, patio, ns, np, July 1, Rufus Dr, 604-980-6250 3 BR. Tobruck Ave. 2.5 bath, wd, gas fp, prkg, ns, pet ok, $1850 + utils, 604-983-2053 GONNA MOVE TO BURNABY NORTH, 3 BR, Broadway/Sperling, nr SFU, quiet area, ns/np, $1650. Sep 1. 604-505-5039

Noma 728 W.14th St, 908-7368. 3 level, 2 BR, 2.5 baths, 2 prkg, roof deck, lease, $2200

6615

Wanted To Rent

WANTED 1 BR bright, fireplace, updated, prefer N Van, professionally employed mid 40’s male, ns np, exc refs, Aug 1 or Sept 1. $900-$1000 mth 604-813-3352

6620

Warehouse/ Commercial

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

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9110

Sports & Imports

1991 MERCEDES 420 SEL. superb cond. Thousands spent on making it 100% mechanically perfect. Body 99%. Interior 100%. An appreciating classic. $9800 obo. David. 604-728-0291 or email rbbh@hotmail.com

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2004 Mercedes Benz E320 Station Wagon 4Matic All Wheel Drive local, auto/Tiptronic, sunroof, heated seats, pwr tailgate, only 61K, exceptional. $TBA

• 6-year / 120,000km transferable Powertrain warranty coverage, with options to upgrade to comprehensive extended warranty.

2000 FORD TAURUS SE Silver All Options Leather PREMIUM Sound EXCELLENT Condition $3995 Call. 604-551-0040 2005 SEBRING TOURING CAR, 138,000 KMS, Silver. $9500. Call 604-946-0293.

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2000 Mercedes Benz S430 Luxury Sedan “newer shape”, auto/Tiptronic, only 56k from new, local, navigation, Parktronic, pwr rear blind, exceptional example. $18,850 2006 Nissan XTrail 4x4 SUV auto, local, sunroof, leather, only 79K, immaculate. $17,850

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2002 Mercedes Benz CLK 320 Coupe auto, local, sunroof, only 76k, exceptional $15,850 2004 Toyota Rav 4 auto, local, a/c, pwr group, only 60K, spotless $15,850 2001 Mercedes Benz CLK 320 auto, local, only 96k, spotless $13,850

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1999 Lexus RX300 SUV auto, local, only 130K, exceptionally well kept. $11,850

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2004 Subaru Impreza 2.5 TS 4Dr Hatchback AWD auto, local, CD, a/c, pwr windows & locks, only 77k, spotless. $11,850

604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC 2H

9155

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

1998 Mercedes Benz E320 4dr Sedan auto, local, only 97K, sunroof, leather heated seats, spotless. $9,850 2001 Volvo V40 1.9t Station Wagon auto, local, alloy wheels, only 116k, extremely well kept. $9,850

Serving the North Shore for over 30 years!

1997 GMC Yukon SLT, auto, ac, leather, fully loaded, tow pkg, exc cond $3950obo, 604-946-5505

9160

Sports & Imports

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604-985-7759

9515 2002 KIA Spectra GSX. New parts. Standard, AC, Power, CD. 149,000KM. Some scratches 604-925-2220. $3000 OBO

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06 CIVIC. Run s great. 34 MPG , 30k miles. Call Jim 555-3210.

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2003 Mercedes Benz ML 350 SUV auto, local, sunroof, heated leather seats, ony 92k, spotlessly kept. $15,850

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2000 Porsche Boxster “S” Convertible 6 spd manual, local, only 80k, well serviced & spotlessly kept. $21,850

9145

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Sports & Imports

Collectibles & Classics 2004 HYUNDAI Sonata, immac, loaded, luxury version. only 69K, 1 year warr. remaining, dark grey w/tinted rear, black leather int, 4 snows, 1 owner, paid $35,000, now $11,900 obo. 604-926-1206

9125

9160

Boats

1990, 21FT Bayliner Capri Cuddy 150 Blk Max OB on trailer, all acc. $7000.00 OBO (604) 898-9795 DREAMING OF a free livable sail or motorboat to manifest, I’m a good home for a boat that is not needed anymore & very grateful. Bruce 604-813-9958

9522

Motorhomes/RVs

2003 TOYOTA ECHO $6300 EXCELLENT CONDITION AUTOMATIC, ONE OWNER 96,800 KM 604-721-6725

1980 20 FT GMC FRONTIER70,000 orig km, int all new, new tire/brakes,exhaust/shocks A Steal @ $5300. 604-825-3845

2005 VW Jetta TDI, 5 spd, silver, 1 owner, 63K, loaded, all records, heated seats, no accidents, tires winter, sr $17,500, 604-921-9788

2006 - 22FT double axel, white Jayco trailor, used for 5 short trips exc. cond. sleeps 5, full load. ac, etc. $15,000 OBO. 604-940-0310

2009 MAZDA MIATA MX5 GT Convertible, auto, only 7,000kms $33,980 2009 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GL Auto, a/c, pwr group, only 41,000kms ONLY $14,808 2008 MAZDA MX5 GT Hard top convertible, loaded, manual $31,980 2007 HONDA CRV LX Auto, 4WD, low kms $23,900 2007 HYUNDAI TIBURON GT Manual, only 30,000kms. NOW $14,900 2007 LEXUS IS250 Leather, a/c, push button start, low kms. NOW $29,985 2007 HYUNDAI AZERA LTD Leather, low kms ONLY $21,530 2007 HYUNDAI TUCSON GL Manual, a/c, only 65,000kms, 2.0L, fwd ONLY $14,930 2007 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA UNLIMITED EDITION Auto, pwr group, only 40,000 kms ONLY $26,800 2006 PONTIAC G6 GT Auto, a/c, low kms. ONLY $12,900

2009 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID Air, cruise, pwr windows & locks, keyless entry, blue, U10472A SALE PRICE $22,995 2009 TOYOTA RAV4 White, auto, very clean, U5357. Was $25,995 $23,995 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER Auto, alarm, blue, like new, U5361. Was $25,995 $23,995 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA CREW MAX LTD Black, leather, 5 pass, 8500lb towing capacity, only 31,507kms, U5423 NOW $43,995 2007 TOYOTA RAV4 LTD Leather, black, auto, air, sunroof, only 48,000kms, U5418 SALE PRICE $25,995 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA TRD pkg, auto, well maintained, U5344. Was $27,995 NOW $25,995 2006 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SR-5 Leather, moonroof, U5336. Was $31,995 NOW $27,995 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L Blue, leather, auto, one owner, 87,000kms, U11037A ONLY $22,995 2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID Black, leather, fully loaded, one owner, local, 102,000kms, U5364. Was 26,995 NOW $24,995

2009 LEXUS RX350 Gray on black leather, one owner, local, only 19,500kms $43,990

2006 LANDROVER LR3 HSE Fully loaded, low kms, clean ON SALE $30,980

2009 LEXUS RX350 Only 19,600kms, smokey on black, premium package, local, Certiﬁed $43,990

2009 VOLVO S40 BLOWOUT PRICE $23,200

2008 LEXUS ISF Black on black, fully loaded, only 28,000kms, local, clean $59,990 2008 LEXUS LS 600HL Smokey granite on black leather, 19” wheels, navigation, back up camera, bluetooth, beautiful. SAVE HUGE $73,990 2007 AUDI Q7 Fully loaded, gold on tan, beautiful condition $39,990 2007 MERCEDES BENZ ML 63 AMG Silver on black, only 19,000kms, mint, local, 500hp, AWD $68,990 2007 LEXUS IS250 AWD, blue on tan, only 43,000kms, Lexus Certiﬁed $32,990 2006 BMW 525I Only 68,000kms, grey on black leather, very clean $29,990 2004 LEXUS SC430 CONVERTIBLE Only 62,000kms, silver on black, one owner, local, beautiful $34,990

2008 VW CITY JETTA Low kms, convenience pkg $16,700 2008 HONDA CIVIC 2DR COUPE Nice rims, low kms. Reg $16,980 SALE $14,980 2008 TOYOTA YARIS Reg $11,980 SALE $9,980 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER Local, clean. $24,980 2007 BMW X3 Black on black with premium pkg. Reg price $31,980. SALE PRICE $27,980

SOLD

2007 BMW 525I Premium pkg, arctic grey, 19” rims! $35,980

SOLD

2007 LEXUS RX350 Ultra premium pkg. Reg price $42,980. SALE PRICE $38,980 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA Locally owned and lady driven. SALE PRICE $23,980

2001 VOLVO S60 T5A Alloys, sunroof, leather, auto, U4511A NOW $11,999 2009 VOLVO XC70 Auto, AWD, sunroof, U4544. Was $38,999 NOW $37,999 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA CE 5 spd, priced right! U4497. Was $14,999 NOW $12,999 2007 LEXUS IS250 Pearl white, auto, a/c, low kms, U4565. $28,995 2007 VOLVO S60 2.5T Auto, leather, sunroof, U4530 SUMMER SALE $25,995 2007 VOLVO C70 Get ready for summer, U4534 GREAT PRICE $35,999 2007 VOLVO XC90 V8 AWD, 7 pass, rear entertainment, U4449. Was $45,999 NOW $41,999

NO PAYMENTS FOR 90 DAYS O.A.C. 2006 VOLVO XC90 7 pass, DVD & nav, U4505 SUMMER SPECIAL $28,999 2006 CHEV COBALT SS 5spd, a/c, low kms, U4484 PRICED TO GO $11,999 2006 BMW 650I Fully equipped, top of the line, U4454. Was $41,999 NOW $39,999

2005 PORSCHE BOXSTER Manual, black with black leather, one owner, only 42,700kms, U10857R. Was $36,995 NOW $34,995

2004 BMW 645CI CONVERTIBLE Only 80,000kms, gold on tan, very clean, beautiful $34,990

2004 NISSAN MAXIMA Leather, sunroof, only 69,000kms $15,900

2003 BUICK REGAL Immaculate, auto, air, cruise, pwr windows, gold, U101036A $6,995

2002 VOLVO S60 Beautiful car, full service history & ICBC report. $12,990

2006 HONDA S2000 Very rare! Local, low kms. A must see, in perfect condition! $31,980

Northshore Auto Mall

1765 Marine Drive,

Northshore Auto Mall 809 Automall Drive, North Vancouver

604.985.0055

1.866.562.5703

604.982.0033

North Vancouver

2005 NISSAN ALTIMA SL Leather, a/c, sunroof, only 64,000kms $11,900

855 Automall Drive, North Vancouver 849 Automall Drive, North Vancouver 845 Automall Drive, North Vancouver

SOLD

604.924.4542

2006 HUMMER H3 Low kms, a/c, sunroof, U4547 REDUCED TO SELL $25,999 2005 VOLVO V50 T5 Auto, sunroof, alloys, U4515 NOW $19,999

877.465.7033 or 604.986-9889

w w w. j p a u t o g ro u p . c o m Search our selection of over 1000 other Pre-Owned Vehicles

JimPattison

The

autogroup

A38 – North Shore News – Sunday, July 4, 2010

HOME SERVICES 8073

8030

Carpentry

A QUICK CONSTRUCTION Carpentry, Siding, Deck, Paint, all repair North Shore 604-418-6020

Drainage

ALLGONE DRAINAGE Fast response, drain tile video inspection, cleaning, install & repair. 24 hr emergency service 604-990-GONE (4663) Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Drainage installation & repair. 604-327-3086

A RELIABLE carpenter. Doors, windows, finishing carp, decks, baths, cabinets, bsmt, flrs, repairs 25 yrs exp. Marc 604-789-7289 CUSTOM MILLWORK, built-in cabinets & bookcases. Andrew cell 778-229-1952, 604-984-4595 FRIENDLY, Professional, Crown mouldings, baseboard, casings rough framing. 778-233-0559 R.C.K. CONSTRUCTION Alterations, Renos & Decks. Licensed, insured 604-970-8110

8035

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

Reliable Local Company

Repairs, Renovations & Updates Licensed/Insured. 604-916-7594

8075

Drywall

Carpet Cleaning

Carpet/Flooring Installation

ALL FLOOR COVERINGS Repair & Replace. Material Sales Dwight, 604-980-6048 I’ll show you the inexpensive route www.fccarpets.shawwebspace.ca

8050

Chimney Services

THECHIMNEYGUYS 604-725-2551 ★ Free Estimates★

8055

Cleaning

604-618-7091 604-720-5362

$18/HR. Quality House cleaning. 604-983-3477 www.qualityhc.com EUROPEAN CLEANING Service. 15 yrs experience, excellent refs. Call Ivana 604-987-9290 GEMINI CLEANING for 1 time & regular cleaning service. Insured. Free est. Refs. 604-988-4634 QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs. Res/com. Move in/out. Carpets + pressure wash’g. 778-895-3522

8060

Concrete

ALL CEMENT REPAIR JOBS

Stairs, Walls, Patios, Sidewalks, Drainage. 100% satisfaction. Exc Ref’s

604-379-2640

CONCRETE FORMING, concrete work & retaining walls. Small/big job John 778-919-8796 EXP’D CEMENT Finisher. I can form, place & finish any concrete job. Peter 604-988-8856 anytime Flow-rite Concrete for all your concrete needs. Specializing in stamped/exposed. 604-418-6445

8065

Contracting

BUILDING ENVELOPE - Home Inspection - Moisture Assessment - Scheduled Home Maintenance - Quality Repair Serviceservices 6 0 4 2 9 4 6 7 0 0 www.pomeroyconstruction.com

★NEVER ROTS★ Lifetime Warranty 604-618-3145 www.westechbp.com Tidy operator, exc.craftsmanship. Fences, decks, arbors, stairs..... www.friendlycarpenter.com

HITECH ALUMINUM Railing & Fencing. 5 colors 4 designs. 604-983-3210 NAT’L FENCE & LANDSCAPE Free Est cedar fencing, decking, landscaping, hedging, pavers & arbors. Exc prices. 604-418-1419

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

8100 A PLUS TAPING & DRYWALL High quality, reasonable rates. Free estimates. 604-715-0400 ACE DRYWALL. Avail immed. Board, tape, spraytex, repairs. 16 yr exp. No job too small. Mike 604-808-2432, 604-985-4321 AFFORDABLE, Reliable, Quality Guaranteed. Boarding, Taping, Spraytex. Dave 604-984-7476 DRYWALL REPAIRS, texturing, painting. Call Al @ Clearwater Drywall & Painting. 604-722-1487

Fireplaces

REFRESH YOUR FIREPLACE

with a new custom built solid wood mantle complete with a new natural stone, granite or ceramic tile surround. Cell 778-229-1952 604-984-4595 www.aclmantles.com

8125

Gutters

Electrical

#1167 LIC. Bonded, WCB. BBB Member since 1975. Lrg & small jobs. Expert trouble shooter. Low rates. 24 Hour. Jim 617-1774. A LICENSED electrician #19807 semi-retired, small jobs only. 604-689-1747 pgr 604-686-2319 A & P ELECTRIC #89724 Low prices. Small jobs okay. Satisfaction guar. 604-765-3329 ALL YOUR electrical & reno needs. Lic’d electrician #37940. Bonded & insured 604-842-5276 DNE ELECTRIC All Electrical Needs Lic #89267, Panel Upgrading. Reasonable & Free Estimate. 604-999-2332 HONEST & RELIABLE Licensed Electrician #101565, Reasonable Rates. Call Greg 604-773-5745

8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal. Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865 604.649.1213 CEL 604.984.2313 Res/comm, Excavating, Bobcat, Trucking, Water Lines, Sewer Lines, Drainage, Landscaping. Hrly/Contract. Free Estimates.

Handyperson

Full Seamless Gutter Installation/Repairs Sofﬁts All jobs Guaranteed. Fully insured/WCB covered Will beat any competitors price

604-439-9417

ALL HOME REPAIRS semiretired master carpenter. Kitchen, stairs, sundecks, etc. All work guar. Karl 604-985-5144 HANDY 'D' Home Services, General maintenance, Carpentry, Decks, Fences, Renovations. Whatever you need! Call 604-722-5684 JD PRO RENOVATIONS Property maintenance & repairs. Drywall taping, finishing carpentry & decks. Dan 604-802-0569 PROFESSIONAL HANDYMEN Tools, Truck & Brains Included Quality Renovations and Repairs North Shore since 1999. 3 yr guar www.homeprohandyman.com 604-986-3353

8135

Hauling

DALTON TRUCKING LTD. BINS & DISPOSAL

Dirt Fill, Concrete, Asphalt Brush, Demo, Const. Waste

SINGLE AXLE DELIVERIES Top Soil, Sand, Gravel, Dumpsites and more.

604-986-6944

CHEAP LOADS Fast Reliable Service 604-922-5101 DD HAUL & DELIVERY Service delivered with pride. Loads from $30 each. David 604-512-7471

Home Reno Feature

★ High quality Factory painted polyurethane finish. ★ Installed Base or Crown $3.00 per feet. Call Mark 604-603-7133

8150

Kitchens/Baths

604-876-4604 NORTH SHORE GUTTERS ★ Sales & installation of 5’’ continuous gutter ★ Minor repairs ★ Cleaning

604-988-5294

established 1963

8130

8155

Landscaping

Part of RJR group

604-202-6118

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

inate, tiles, drywall, paint 761-7745

The Earth Moves - Mini Excavating, bobcat service & landscape contruction. 604-753-8533

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

A-1 JOB by Arms and Minds Renos Carpentry cabinet, drs, lam-

Patios – Walkways Retaining Walls – Gates Power Rake – Aeration 604-786-5743

www.mandalaylandscaping.com

ENGLISH LAWNS Award Of Excellence NEED A GREAT NEW LAWN?

Total Landscaping Call 604-929-7732 www.englishlawns.com

NAGLA LANDSCAPING LTD ★All areas of landscaping★ Construction to regular maintenance. Bobcat + other equip. Guar’d work.

Paul 778-998-5939

THE EARTH MOVES MINI EXCAVATING, LANDSCAPING, CONSTRUCTION LTD. Ofﬁce: 604.753.8533 Cell: 604.841.9758 theearth@telus.net

PACIFIC LANDSCAPING lawn installations, retaining walls, pavers drainage etc 839-1225

8160

Lawn & Garden

A.A. BEST PRO

GARDEN SERVICES LTD. Lawn Maintenance, General Clean-Up, Power Raking, Moss Control, Aerating. Trim, Top, Prune. All types of lawn & garden applications. Free Est.

Call Sukh:

604-726-9152 604-984-1988

778-233-0559

RJR Small Projects Division

Lawn & Garden Maintenance

MANDALAY LANDSCAPING CUT-REPAIR-REPLACE 604-786-5743 www.mandalaylandscaping.com

604-454-4954

Complete Home Maint./Repairs Certiﬁed Trained Pros. For that small job. Rates you can afford.

MANDALAY LANDSCAPING

BATHROOMS PLUS. Kitchen & Bath renos. Visit our Showroom at: #103-828 Harbourside Dr, North Van 604-983-8766

Carpentry, ﬂooring, drywall, painting, exteriors & more!

Specializing in Small Jobs Quality Work, Professional Service

604-839-1225

CONSTRUCTIVE landscaping.com decking, stone masonry, paving stones, bricks & blocks 604-250-7824... 980-8224

Repair Master

Renovate & Repair

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

BATHROOMS & much more. 40 yrs on the North Shore. Working within your budget. 778-387-3626

NEW LAWN INSTALLS OLD LAWN REMOVALS DRAINAGE PAVING STONES & WALLS PUTTING GREENS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS OUTDOOR LIGHTING COMPLETE LANDSCAPING

604-619-6968

Custom Landscape Installs

BC Instant Lawns, New lawn installations★ landscaping★ prof. putting greens★ 604-454-4954

BC INSTANT LAWNS

Call Ibrahim

PACIFIC LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION LTD.

604-879-9191 Superior Cove Tops & Cabinets

#3 - 8652 Joffre Ave, Burnaby

“The Grass is Greener”

• New Lawn Installs • Replace Old Lawn • Lawn Drainage • Landscaping • Paving ~ Any size job ~

Nick 929-7732

www.EnglishLawns.com

8160

Lawn & Garden

8185

Call Jungle George

Local North Shore TOTAL YARD MAINT ★ LAWN & GARDEN ★ ■ HEDGES & TREES ■ PRUNING ■ Dumping & Yrd Clean

George’s cell 604-317-3552

Res: 604-987-3959

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

Binder:

604-926-1526 604-726-9153

Garden Services

Certiﬁed Horticulturists Design • Planting • Maintenance Spring Clean-ups. Call Scott. www.KatsuraLandscaping.ca

8193

STORMWORKS Oil Tank Removal Recommended Insured Reasonable Rates 604-724-3670

PHS YARD SERVICES $25/Hr • Chainsawing/Brushcutting •Lawn/Hedge Cutting • Cleanup/Garbage Hauling Serafina Garden Services

★Maintenance & Design ★Annuals ★Organic Food Gardens ★Reasonable rates ★No GST 604-984-4433 contact Cari A. A. Allwest Garden Service Lawn maint, general cleanup, power raking, moss control, etc. CALL SUKH free est. 604-716-8479 or 604-984-1988

Advantage Waste Spec. Inc. u/g storage tank locates & removal. Free est. Neil 604-825-8824 TANKTECH Certified Oil Tank Specialists Tanks - pumped, filled, removed res/com. Free est. 604-328-1234

8195

ENGLISH LANDSCAPER gardener, 30 yrs exp, complete garden maint. Les 604-209-8853

Painting/ Wallpaper

AAA PRECISION PAINTING Int/Ext

Excellent $$$$

ADVANTAGE LANDSCAPING Lawn, garden install+maint. moss control, power rake, aerate, remove rubbish John 604-988-9636 ★CNN ★Weeding ★Trimming ★Mulch★maintenance★top soil★ Free est. Nick 778-840-6573

Oil Tank Removal

Have an old oil tank you need gone? Call All Gone for a free estimate! (604)-990-GONE (4663) www.allgonedisposal.ca

604-518-5661

Call Peter(778) 689-8043

Moving & Storage

EAGLE EYE Soar with the best It’s your move 778-883-2538

A.All Area Gardening Service

A.ALL AREA LANDSCAPING Landscaping and Garden Service. 604-926-1526 & 604-726-9153

Handyperson

Inside or out & around the house. Kitchen, bathrooms, tiles, painting & drywall and more. – No job too small –

Landscaping

Counter Tops, Custom Cabinets & Refacing • In business 50 years

Installed • Cleaned • Repaired

8155

AGRIOS HOME IMPROVEMENT Renovations, carpentry, painting & home repairs. Ikea kitchen installs. Michael 604.619.1126

THE MOLDING KING

LONSDALE ELECTRIC lic#1756 Panel changes & renos 604-988-7232, 604-842-0687 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

8130

8142

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

8080

COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL & OFFICES Move In, Move Out Regular or one timea cleaning Available 7 days week Free Est.• Free Est. Competitive Rates

VINYL FENCE & RAILINGS

THE FENCE MAN Call for all of your fencing needs. www.thefenceman.ca Free estimates! 604-771-6063

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

Szabina's Cleaning Service

Fencing/Gates

FRIENDLY FENCE 778-386-3201.

ROYAL STEAM CLEANING Carpet and Fireplace cleaning Best Price 604-765-8054

8040

8090

Written Guarantee Free Est * Insured * WCB

778-881-6096

PAINTING by BENJAMIN Interior & Exterior 25 Years Experience

For Estimate Call

GREAT LOOKING Landscapes Full service landscape & garden maint. Call Dave: 604-764-7220

604.618.4288

JAPANESE GARDENER Landscape & maintenance, clean-ups, trimming. Reas, free est, 25 yrs exp 604-986-8126

BGG PAINTING SERVICES

20 yrs interior & exterior North Shore exp. Great quality for great price! References Available 604-722-6133

J.B. GRASS Cutting. Weeding, Trimming, Pruning, hedging, cleanup. Terry 604-723-3582

M. GILL Gardening -Maint Clean Up & Pruning, Com/ Res Free Est. 604-765-4922 S & W GARDENING SERVICE Comm/res maint, clean-up. Japanese Gardener 604.986.0059

8175

Masonry

Scottish Stonemason Reliable & Fair with Experience & Exceptional Skill. Any masonry projects, stone, brick, block pavers – large or small (repairs also).

604-913-6804

STONE WORK

Retaining walls, facing, cultured stone.

604-603-2576

tymerstonework.com ALLCASTLE MASONRY LTD Natural & cultured stonework. 20 yrs exp. 604-551-2212 T-A STONEWALL. Rockwalls, paving stones, Allan block walls, etc. 987-8155 / 250-4117

8185

Moving & Storage

Colourwise.ca Master Craftsman Painters Interiors from $89 per room Best price guaranteed Insured, WCB, Bonded Visa, Mastercard, Interac

Jim 778-232-4063

JB’s PAINTING • 99/room – Int/Exterior $

•Professional, Reliable • Licensed & Insured • North Shore co. est. 2001

604-773-4549 POINT GREY PAINTING LTD Int/Ext - Quality Guaranteed - WCB Free Est * Insured We pay the HST !!! 604-725-0908

A CLEAN PAINT JOB. Quality 1 room from $137. Int-ext, WCB 22 yrs exp. Cell: 604-727-2700 A CUT ABOVE PAINTING Int specialist, Ins, Exp, PwrWash 604.921.7845 Cell 604.379.5991 A LADY PAINTER, professional & color consult, 20 yrs on North Shore. exc refs. 604-961-3451 ALL-WAYS PAINTING Professional quality with competitive pricing 604-985-0402

AFFORDABLE MOVING

BESTWAY PAINTING, Int/Ext, Crown Mouldings, $150 off any Job over $1000. 778-881-6737

1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From

BRUSH N’ ROLL PAINTING Interior/Exterior WCB & Insured Free est. Call Richard 778-883-0593

Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

C&M PAINTING Quality painting at reasonable prices. Over 25 years experience. 604-351-6540

Seniors Discount

Excellent Pro Painting Service 20 yrs exp, refs, warranty. Reas, res/comm Richard 604-618-0205

1 to 3 Men

45 We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac FREE ESTIMATES

604-537-4140 www.affordablemoversbc.com

Sunday, July 4, 2010 – North Shore News – A39

Call ThE Experts TAILORING

IVY PRO STITCH

GRAND OPENING

HOME SERVICES 8195

Residential & Com, Int/Ext. Top Quality T&B Painting 778-552-5065 or 604-716-1250 Free Est. T&H PAINTING. Int/Ext, Res/ Comm, Free Estimates, Quality Work, Guaranteed 778-316-7709

8205

Paving/Seal Coating

ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187 TERRY’S Driveway Sealing. 604 980-7507 Free Est. Bus lic # 0018328

8220

Plumbing

SAVE ON PLUMBING! Licenced Plumber/Gas fitter, $65/HR. Same

day service. 604-987-7473 Samy

VEMA PLUMBING & Heating gas fitting, hot water tanks Reliable, Free Est. 604-779-2305

Power Washing

GLOBAL

PLUMBING LTD Heating & Gas Fitting Licensed Plumber

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

604-988-5294

HOME SERVICES LTD

•Power Washing • Window Cleaning • Gutter Cleaning

Drainage & Plumbing Inc.

Serving the North Shore since 1963

Plumbing, Drainage, Repairs & Installation

ALL-WAYS Pressure Washing Driveways, sidewalks, patios & houses. Free est 604-985-0402

for all your plumbing & drainage needs • reasonable rates • excellent service

604.916.7594

GENTLEMEN WINDOW CLEANING - Pressure washing, tile roofs, vinyl siding, driveways & walkways Micah 604-230-0429 Hire a husband No job too big or small from pressure washing to renos to yard 1-877-885-0770

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

PRYCE CONTRACTING LTD North Van based co.

10% Off with this Ad! Aman’s Plumbing Service, Lic. Gas Fitter, Reas. Rates. 778-895-2005

❏ Specializing in complete project management, onestop for all project details, from design, engineering to completion. ❏ We co-ordinate it all and are also hands-on. ❏ Complete home makeovers, additions, kitchens, bathrooms, suites, decks and patios.

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

Peter: Office 604-998-7526 Cell: 604-833-9502

#1 BARGAIN rate on plumbing & drainage. No job too small.Ken 604-987-2890 cell 604-328-7439

DELBROOK

PLUMBING & DRAINAGE 604-729-6695

PLUMBERS

Water Lines (without Digging) Sewer Lines (without Diggging) Install. Draintiles. 604-985-4000 LARTER PLUMBING.com Heating & Gas Richard Larter 604-984-7814

BATHROOMS PLUS

Kitchen & Bath Renos since 1992

Visit our Showroom at: 103 - 828 Harbourside Dr, North Van

604-983-8766

8240

– Best Renovated Kitchen in Canada

■ 604.980.8384

Three time Georgie Award Finalist National Sam Award Finalist Georgie Award for Best Renovation “Why Trust Your Renovation To Anyone Else”

604-728-3009

www.jkbconstruction.com

When your house is great except… ❏ The kitchen’s too

small ❏ You need another bedroom ❏ The carport could be a two-car garage ❏ One bathroom just isn’t enough anymore

We Fix The “EXCEPTS…” Since 1978

604-987-5438

www.rjrrenovator.com

HITECH ALUMINUM RAILING & FENCING

Aluminum Modular Railing Perfect for Sundecks & Stairs Do it yourself or we can install 5 Colors and 4 Designs

604-983-3210 COMPLETE

RENOVATIONS + REPAIRS Basement Suites Bathrooms • Sundecks Fencing • Carpentry 35+ Years Experience Licensed, Insured, References

R.C.K. CONSTRUCTION 604-970-8110

Renovations & Home Improvement

LOCAL PLUMBER - Licensed, insured,GASFITTING, renos, Repairs. VISA 604-929-6956 PHD PLUMBING & HEATING Drainage, renos, bsmt specials. Flexible hours. Call 604-897-0503

Winner of Gold & Silver Georgie Awards

North Shore Based

604-346-8191

RED SEAL

ParkerDean Plumbing

from concept to occupancy

Winner of the National SAM Award

604-987-7473 604-721-6075

604-618-4988

Renovations

Thinking of Renovating your home? Call Bob 778-387-3626 From bathrooms to ensuites, to additions. We do it all and we do it within your budget

– Renovator Member of the Year

NORTH SHORE

Main sewer lines, water lines, camera inspections, plugged drains, hot water tanks and drain tiles. 24/7 Emergency available Sat/Sun/Holidays. Licensed, Insured, Bonded.

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

Award-Winning Renovations ■ Rendering to Reality ■ ccirenos.com

MATCO DESIGN Renovations Additions

Quality Work * Ref’s avail

604-720-1564 matco@telus.net

CROWN ROOFING & Drainage Residential. Your One-Stop Renovation Ctre. 604.327.3086 CURTIS JOHN ROOFING (since 1978) Roof tune-up from $149. 24 hr repair. 604-985-1913 INDESIGN ROOFING www.indesigncanada.com 1-877-998-3376

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

FULL RENO’S, fences, pressure washing, rubbish removal, roofing, concrete. Free Est. Summer prices. 778-991-5561

Fraser Richmond Soil & Fibre Ltd. 20 Riverside Dr., North Van

Beside Transfer Stn. 604-924-0261

A FAIR DEAL Loads to 5 yards, soils/mulch/manure/sand/gravel, odd jobs, rubbish. 604-908-1150

8315

JKB CONSTRUCTION LTD. HOME RENOVATIONS

Moon Const Building Services. Specialize in Concrete, Forming & Framing. Call Patrick 218-3064 RAINBOW RENOS, 26 yrs exp. We do it all - basements, kitchens, baths, additions 778-885-0771 SMALL JOBS WELCOME RENOVATION Crown Mouldings · Drywall · Painting · Flooring, ★ Call 604-771-2201, 771-5197

8250

Roofing

AAA TREE SERVICE

WESTCOAST ROOFING SYSTEMS

Tree & Stump Removal Hedge Trimming Pruning & Shaping Hedge Trimming CERTIFIED ARBORIST

SNOW-DAMAGED Tree & Stump Removal TREES Pruning&&SHRUBS? Shaping

www.onsiterenovations.com Call Mike Getzlaf 604-351-9316

RBG Contracting Ltd.

All Kinds of Renovations • Rooﬁng • Forming • Framing

Call 604.721.8743

www.renorite.com Save Your Dollars

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604-984-9004

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604-588-0833

SALES@ PATTARGROUP.COM WWW.PATTARGROUP.COM

All Season Rooﬁng

BEARING WALLS removed, floors leveled, cathedral ceilings, garage leveled, door and window openings. 604-787-7484 FINISHING CARPENTRY - All mouldings, doors, windows, f/p, flooring & all renos. 604-613-4080 Fortif Construction: North Shore home reno specialists. 604-202-1264 www.fortif.ca

604-512-7471

Student Disposal Services & Recycling

Trips to the dumps start at

$49

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

★ASK DISCOUNT RUBBISH★ Best Prices, Yard, House/Const, Demo. 7 days Ray, 604-727-6153 DISPOSAL BINS 10 - 40 yard bins. Lowest rates! disposalking.com 604-306-8599 ROD’S RUBBISH REMOVAL Prompt, reliable, reasonable. 7 days/week. Rod 604-985-7193

8300

Stucco

Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small. 604-725-8925

8305

Sun Decks

ROOFING & INSULATION LTD. “IF IT’S ROOFING, WE DO IT!” Residential • Commercial Industrial • Apartments

Vancouver Co. Quality work at reasonable prices. Licenced, insured and bonded we do not take any money from our clients until the project is completed & the homeowner is 100% satisfied.

778-888-2338

SIMPLY ROOFING

Basic Roofing: What you need, when you need it, at an affordable price. Free inspections Free Estimates

604-618-3145

A Eastwest Roofing & Siding Re-roofing, Gutter, Free Est, BBB Member, 10% disc, Seniors Disc, 604-812-9721, 604-783-6437

TREEWORKS

15 Years Experience Tree & Stump Removal Prunning & Trimming View Work

www.treeworksonline.ca Call 604 291-7778 or 604 787-5915

A. A. BESTPRO Tree Service LTD. Tree top trim, Hedge Trimming, Pruning, Tree Removal, Stump Grinding etc. CALL SUKH free est. 604-716-8479 or 604-984-1988 ABERDEEN TREE SERVICES Give our prices a look !! Call 604-986-3206 DYNAMIC STUMP grinding, Specializing stump removal, prof affordable removals 778-840-9321 NORTH SHORE TREE & Hedge Certified arborist. Fully Insured Call Daryl at: 604-988-4479

ROBIN’S 604-986-4091 Expert Tree Care - Cert. Arborist. 25 yrs exp. Fully Ins.

8320

TV/Home Theatre

YOUR HOME TECHNOLOGY PARTNER • One Touch Home Media Systems • Custom Home Theatre Installations • House-Wide Audio and Video • Home Automation and Security • Lighting Control/Energy Management • Experts in Low Voltage Wiring • Custom Home & Renovation Retroﬁts • Affordable Solutions for all Budgets • Working with North Shore Builders and Home Owners for Over 10 Years • 50 Years Plus of Combined Experience

KUL Sales • 604.484.1855 sales@kulinc.com

8335

Window Cleaning

A Guaranteed Lowest Price • Window cleaning • Gutter cleaning/repairs • Power washing • WCB insured • Free Estimates

West Coast

604-591-3500

SOUTHWEST ROOFING Cedar Shake Roof Replacement. Est 25 years

BAMFORD CONSTRUCTION Ltd. Quality Renos & Repairs. 604-986-2871 www.bamford.ca

Proficient service, meeting all your needs, providing ‘quality workmanship’ Delivered with pride. Loads from $30 each Please call David

20 year Labour Warranty available

2 OLD GUYS 2 YOUNG TO RETIRE WE DO IT ALL!

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

DD HAUL & DELIVERY

Re-Rooﬁng & Repairs Specialists

604-983-0133

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

U Load / We Load 7-80yd bin rentals. Same day service, fast pickup times! (604)-990-GONE (4663) www.allgonedisposal.ca

Call anytime

604-781-7695

BATHS * KITCHENS * SUITES & MORE

★ ★ ★ ★

ACKER’S Rubbish Removal pick-up & deliveries. Quick. 7 day Fast / reliable. Spencer 924-1511

AFFORDABLE QUALITY ROOFING LTD.

Fully Insured • WCB Fully Insured • WCB 604-987-8500 604-987-8500

CERTIFIED ARBORIST

Rubbish Removal

John 778-288-8009

All types of Rooﬁng Over 35 Years in Business Call for your FREE ESTIMATE Custom Interiors Kitchens & Bathrooms Additions

8255

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

Right roofs Right price Right here

Tree Services

SSK ROOFING & SIDING Re-roofing. Gutters. WCB / BBB 604-787-4622 or 778 240-6513

604-728-3009 jkbconstruction.com

#1 Rooﬁng Company in BC

renovations.com

Top Soil

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

604-987-7325

FORTIF CONSTRUCTION INC Custom Renovations North Shore Company BBB, Reno Mark.ca. GVHBA.org Stefan@604-202-1264 free estimates www.fortif.ca

PLUMBING BY BILL Installation, repairs Honest & reliable 604-980-0993

Plumbing

North Shore Co.

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

PLUMBING BY ALEX. Lic. Local Plumber, Full & P/T odd jobs. Service, installs, repairs. Punctual & reliable. 604-983-2399

8225

Alin Maintenance Services •Roof •Chimney •Skylight; Repairs •All Leak Problems! 604-319-2229

604-630-3300

604.990-8833

8310

Compost-Based

To place your ad in “Call the Experts” call our Sales Experts

836 W. 15th Street North Vancouver

Roofing

SOILS & BARK MULCHES

CALL OUR EXPERTS

Alterations, Making Wedding Dresses, Suits, Dresses, Pants, Hems, Skirts, Curtains, Drapes

Painting/ Wallpaper

8250

Home Services.ca

604-984-4147

COLOURWISE™ We design, build, repair, refinish, & paint decks. Jim 778-232-4063 DECK WIZARD - Ask a Pro! Replace Vinyl & Wood Decking, Rebuilds, Sheds, Small Renos, Est 25yrs, Warr. 778-231-6072

8309

Tiling

PROFESSIONAL CERAMIC tile, marble, granite,slate installation. Call John 604 916 2305 RENEW KITCHEN & Baths. Tile, stone work, laminate, hardwood, painting 15 yr exp. 604-773-2264

8310

Top Soil

NORTH SHORE HOME SERVICES LTD

•Window Cleaning • Power Washing • Gutter Cleaning

604-988-5294

Serving the North Shore since 1963

ACCENT- Window Cleaning by hand, inside & out. North Shore based. 604-346-8191 GENTLEMEN WINDOW CLEANING - Window cleaning, Gutter cleaning & pressure washing.. Micah 604-230-0429

Need a Gardener?

TRACKSIDE SOIL & STONE LTD.

The North Shore’s only Yardworks Compost Pro Soil Dealer – Pick up or Delivery – Call 604.986.7624 six days a week 1600 Barrow Street, N.V.

(down the block from the Lynnwood Hotel)

Now Accepting Green Waste

Find one in the Home Services section.

1 & 2 BEDROOMS from $669,000

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS IS AN OFFICIAL SUPPLIER FOR THE VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES AS THE DEVELOPER OF MILLENNIUM WATER, THE 2010 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC VILLAGE IN VACOUVER.

710 Keith Road at Taylor Way / Open Daily 12–5pm, closed Fridays

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An inviting new residential enclave nestled on 22-acres of garden property, ideally situated above the Village of Park Royal in a landmark Sentinel Hill location. With impressive shops and transit right at your doorstep, you’ll enjoy effortless access to urban conveniences, an endless array of recreational activities, and a stunning outlook to call your own.

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WELCOME TO EVELYN

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2 BED + FAMILY from $1.1M

the

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The Developer reserves the right to make modifications to the information contained herein without notice. All images and map used are for illustrative purposes only and may not be accurate.

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· The greenest · RADIANT C APILLARY HEATING/

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Eggersmann kitchens

community

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WEST ENGLISH END BAY

SECOND BEACH

THIRD BEACH

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