A8 - North Shore News - Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Is your child thinking of
university or college? Need help exploring the possibilities?
Navigating Post-Secondary Options ( *with Grace and Good Humour) T ickets:
$15 each Onl ine, phone,
or in person
e.com kaymeekcentr 36 (604) 913- 34
Keynote speaker:
Melinda Giampietro
President, Options Solutions Independent Educational Consultants, Ltd.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 7:00 – 8:45 pm Kay Meek Centre
Today’s young people face an overwhelming number of adult decisions, choices that will ultimately affect their educational and professional futures. One of Vancouver’s most respected post-secondary consultants, Melinda Giampietro has successfully guided countless students and families as they navigate the complex selection processes in Canada, the US, and abroad. This presentation will be particularly relevant to Grade 10, 11 and 12 students and their parents, but it is never too early to start the guiding process with your child. (All proceeds from this evening’s presentation go to support the West Vancouver Secondary PAC—Many thanks to Melinda Giampietro for the generous donation of her speaker’s fee. )
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Metro’s reach grows from Lillooet to Hope From page 7 component municipalities — otherwise known as GVRD mandate-creep. I’m not sure who first coined that phrase but I’ll coin a new one — tentaclecreep. The geographic and operational boundaries of the original GVRD operation were clearly defined. With but one exception — the City of Abbotsford was a member only with respect to regional parks within its municipality — GVRD’s eastward reach ended with the two Langleys. Under the proposed new strategy — good word that — the reach of this ballooning level of government will stretch
eastward to Hope and Harrison Hot Springs, and west and northward through Britannia, Squamish and Whistler, all the way to Pemberton and Lillooet. If you’re thinking that’s one heck of a reach for what is, to all intents and purposes, an unelected Metro Vancouver bureaucracy, you’d be right. Richard Walton, mayor of the District of North Vancouver, also serves as vicechairman of the Metro board, and he bristled when several councillors expressed concern that the district lacked influence at the regional table. “We have four per cent of the population in the region, so we have four per cent of the vote,” he retorted.
Have you seen any good ghosts recently? THE North Shore News is asking its readers for help in finding the best decorated Halloween homes in North and West Vancouver. If your family is planning something spooktacular for Oct. 31, or if you have seen a ghosty garden that impressed you, please let us know. We will publish a selection of photos in our Sunday, Oct. 31 issue. Please send your tips to editor@nsnews.com. and have a safe Halloween. — Martin Millerchip
Enhanced municipal powers? No solace to Nixon, who shared MacKay-Dunn’s concerns that, if the regional growth strategy was approved, the district would be risking its autonomy over planning and density. Nevertheless, when all was said and done, the evening ended with all three councils moving the document forward to the next phase: public hearings later in the fall. When those hearings take place, in the height of preparations for the holiday season, it is to be hoped attendees will have researched the questions they intend to ask — searching questions like: ■ What happens if we decide not to sign on to the growth strategy? ■ Or sign only on condition that we get to elect the members of GVRD boards as we do school trustees? ■ Can we opt out of GVRD and TransLink and go it alone? For a hopeful John Sewell, who saw cities in Quebec and Ontario — including his own City of Toronto — regionalize and as quickly fall into disarray, the steady erosion of B.C. municipal powers can only be a frustrating, and very sad déjà vu. Stay tuned on this issue. rimco@shaw.ca
YOU HAVE LITTLE GOBLINS. YOU HAVE LITTLE GHOSTS. WE HAVE SAFE HALLOWEEN FUN. Come spend Halloween at Park Royal. Trick or Treating in Park Royal North, South and The Village from 3:00-5:00pm on Halloween. Look for the bright orange decals in windows of participating stores.
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