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Art Direction BSS Creative

Contributing Editor Janet Gyenes

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Contributors Timothy A. Brown Michael DeFreitas Janet Gyenes Manfred Purtzki Dr. Kellen Silverthorn Barb Sligl Jenn Smith Nelson Roberta Staley

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17 Norwegian cool It’s a sweet Scandinavian summer 30 Bella BC On BC’s central coast, to Bella Coola and beyond COLUMNS

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8 photo prescription

5 July/August mix 23 CE calendar 37 sudoku 38 small talk

Alaska’s wild side

11 pay it forward Helping to heal a dark past

12 motoring Jacques Villeneuve’s new racetrack

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14 the thirsty dentist

Cocktail inspiration in Maui

35 practice management

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36 the wealthy dentist

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Nordic cool…the Oslo National Opera and Ballet House mimics peaks, reflects sky and exudes Scandinavian style (page 17).

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from the editor Exploring the central coast of BC means a lot of stopping amidst spectacular scenery to simply stare in awe.

Story on page 30.

summer sessions

seafood, it has some stunning scenery. And the people here are some of the loveliest you’ll meet— and, of course, they all speak English flawlessly and the are gorgeous. It’s Nordic cool in summer (page 17).

And there’s a lot more of it in the country’s capital, Oslo (page 23). From the angular modern vibes of the Oslo National Opera and Ballet House (on this issue’s cover) and Astrup Fearnley Museum to the stark-and-simple Viking Ship Museum and somber Nobel Peace Center,

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et outside. Make this your mantra in the summer. For a few short, glorious months we can more or less live in the great outdoors. The days are longer, warmer and filled with a sense of that old-school summer-camp freedom.

The Scandinavians have a lock on how to make the most of their short summer.

The north knows. I have a vivid memory of walking along the ancient wharf in Bergen, Norway, on a warm summer’s eve. The sun was still high and laughter echoed across the water. Boat after boat was filled with people clinking glasses over piles of steamed shrimp. Seafood, wine (or beer!), and a slowly setting sun. Essential ingredients that make the most of summer and evoke Scandi style.

And not only does Norway have serious design savvy and out-of-this-world

there’s much beauty to behold. And then there’s the don’t-miss Scream painting by Edvard Munch, that now-iconic representation of Scandinavian angst (when it’s not summer!).

Back on home turf, we’re thankful for summer’s bounty by celebrating one of its busiest travellers—bees. Stay at one of nine Fairmont properties across Canada, from Toronto to Victoria, and you’ll be supporting these hard-working and essential creatures in their pollination journey (page 5). Take home a jar of the resulting liquid gold from the Fairmont…and use it in a summer cocktail. Like a Lavender Lemonade (page 14). This particular concoction uses local honey from Hawaii (and is mixed up at the Westin Maui Resort & Spa). Sweet.

Also sweet? The view after view after view found on BC’s central coast, where the aptly named Bella Coola is a dramatic base for some wild-and-wonderful exploration (page 30). Go farther north and you’ll encounter more beauty—and bears—in Alaska. It’s an unlimited canvas for the ultimate landscape and wildlife session (page 8).

And with that, get going into the great outdoors. Summer sessions have started.

Any ideas, comments or questions? Reach us at feedback@InPrintPublications.com.

what/when/where > July/August

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Luxury hotel chain, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, has created quite the buzz across the country with nine properties outfitted with onsite apiaries. From Victoria’s Fairmont Empress to Quebec City’s Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, puttingbees to work has paid off in dividends especially for the bees, but also for hotels and guests. >>

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ith honey-producing insects in decline globally due to factors such as climate change, pesticides and habitat loss, the environmentally conscious Fairmont hotel chain is housing rooftop sanctuaries for honey and pollinator bees. Fairmont’s Bee Sustainable Program rolled out in 2008 as a way to help the struggling species.

Not only are these hotels aiding the bees and the environment with the apiaries; the harvested honey produced is a tasty byproduct. And hotels that may not have apiaries themselves stay + are still contributing to the greater bee movement by sample setting up “bee hotels” as resting places for the winged creatures.

Take the “bee team” at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Fairmont Royal York, (JPL), for example. Led by Sous Chef Paul Shewchuck and apiary + bee hotel aided by Executive Chef Christopher Chafe and Katelyn Fairmont Le Chateau Fletcher, JPL takes its hives seriously, keeping the coveted Frontenac, apiary + honey (harvested every August) under lock and key. bee hotel Fairmont Rumour is that it tends to disappear quickly otherwise…

Palliser, apiary The commitment by the team runs deep, as does Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge recognition of the program and its industrious insects. apiary Fairmont It’s about more than just honey. “It brings an awareness Waterfront, apiary + to how important bees are. Without them a lot of things bee hotel Fairmont wouldn’t work. It’s amazing how a small little insect can be Vancouver Airport, apiary so entwined into our ecosystem,” says Shewchuck (who’s Fairmont Chateau now with the Fairmont Olympic in Seattle, which also has Whistler, apiary + bee its own hives and “Olympic Honey Ale” microbrew). hotel Fairmont Shewchuck adds, “Every [bee] has a job and every [bee] Empress, apiary knows what to do. It’s amazing how organized they are Fairmont Hotel MacDonald, and how super structured they are.” apiary + bee hotel Bee tours at Jasper Park Lodge take place Wednesday Fairmont Chateau Laurier, and Friday afternoons all summer long until the end of bee hotel Fairmont September. By the second week of October hives are Winnipeg, bee hotel winterized. — Jenn Smith Nelson

It’s in the drinks!

Fairmont Waterfront vital stat : 500,000 honeybees living in six beehives produce 600–800 pounds of honey per year

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Cool Facts about Jasper Park Lodge’s (JPL) honey

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Because it’s completely unpasteurized, and thanks to the dry climate, JPL honey is white.

• A hefty 400–500 pounds of honey was collected in 2015.

• The property has six hives and about 15,000 bees per hive, making the hotel home to 90–100,000 bees during peak season!

Where does honey from JPL end up?

It’s in the food! Be sure to try the lamb when dining in the Emerald Lounge. After searing, the lamb loin is glazed in a fusion of lavender and honey.

It’s in the drinks! Served on the rocks, the Signature Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge rooftop honey margarita includes Patron Reposado Tequila, Grand Marnier, lime juice and, of course, the chef’s rooftop honey.

It’s in the rooms! A small complimentary jar of the sweet treat is left as a takeaway for guests who spend the night.

It’s even in the spa! Full of natural antioxidants and rich in vitamins, minerals and amino acids, hand-harvested honey is used in the Honey and Ginger Body Elixir treatment at Reflections Spa. Mixed with ginger and applied to the body, guests can bliss out during an invigorating scrub, massage and body wrap.

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Viking “Great Ship,” Draken Harald Hårfagre

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the vikings are coming…again Not only is Norway having a moment (see feature story, “Norwegian cool,” on page 17), but those original Norsemen, the Vikings, are too. If you haven’t seen their gritty and gutsy exploits on the TV show Vikings, then you’ll have a chance to see the real thing on the shores of the Great Lakes this summer. high The world’s largest Viking ship, seas Draken Harald Hårfagre, sailed from Norway to North America this spring, landing in L’Anse aux Meadows much like its predecessors did 1,000 years ago (and long before Columbus). After a journey that started April 25 and crossed the North Atlantic via Iceland, Greenland and Canada’s north, the long ship (or what the Vikings would have called a “Great Ship”) sails down the east coast and into the inner shores of the Great Lakes before a final stop in New York’s harbour in mid September.

Follow the Draken’s Expedition America 2016 route and its crew of 35 sailors (including Canadian Jeff Lievre from Victoria, BC, one of the chosen from more than 4,000 international applicants) during the Tall Ships Challenge Great Lakes 2016 (on now until August 25). ”It is not an easy thing to tame a Dragon,” says Captain Björn Ahlander. But the Vikings did so—then and now. More evidence of Nordic cool. —Barb Sligl drakenexpeditionamerica.com

food photos: courtesy of fairmont waterfront (2); viking ships, top: Arne-Terje Sæthe

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Embrace these Canadian creations when hanging out on home turf Written + produced by Janet Gyenes

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There’s no need to resign yourself to tired-looking eyes during an active summer Edmonton-based Pura Botanicals, a green beauty apothecary and spa staycation. natural perfumery, has added two new products to its eco-friendly arsenal. The Neroli Eye Ritual puts rosehip oil, neroli and soothing aloe vera to work (it comes in a handy roll-on), promising to protect and rejuvenate delicate under-eye skin. But don’t stop there: massage your cheekbones, forehead and neck with the Pura Jade Roller to stimulate your circulation. $45, Neroli Eye Ritual / $42, Pura Jade Roller; Pura Apothecary and Perfumery, purabotancials.com

Whether you’re finding your bliss on Tofino’s endless beaches or practising your asanas on a Toronto rooftop, we’ve found your new bestie: a travelyoga mat that folds up flat. [small] friendly “I try to travel four to five months gear out of the year and lugging around a heavy mat just isn’t realistic or enjoyable,” says Chad Turner, a Canadian surfer and yogi, who launched his company, Yoga Design Lab, after moving to Bali in 2014. His goal was to create a premium-quality mat that folds up super small and still maintains top level functionality. Designs such as Sunset, Geo (shown) and Travel Coral let you showcase your style, plus the patterns act as a visual guide for yogis practising their poses.

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pure canadiana Nothing says Canada quite like a canoe painted with the classic point blanket stripes that have become emblematic of our country’s heritage. As part of the HBC Collection, this 16-foot canvaswrapped canoe is handmade in Canada. Red cedar planks are married with white ribs, while mahogany decks the bow, stern, seats and handles. DIYers will [big] cedar appreciate the modern, hands-on approach they’ll have to undertake to wrap the gear cedar canoe with canvas and hand paint those signature stripes. The effort is all worth it, of course, made in when you hear the first mournful canada cry of a loon when paddling on a serene lake this summer.

O Canada, indeed. $7,500; Hudson’s Bay, thebay.com

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p h o t o p r e s c r i p t i o n m i c h a e l d e f r e i ta s Michael DeFreitas is an award-winning photographer who’s been published in a wide variety of travel publications. With his initials, MD, he’s been nicknamed “doc,” making his photography prescriptions apropos.

Alaska’s wild side

Nothing captures the imagination more than a summer in the far north

Send photos and questions to our photography guru at feedback@ inprintpublications.com and your shot may be featured in a future issue!

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Apply your photography skills to the shooting situations of alaska and wildlife viewing.

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When shooting from a plane, remember to use a medium telephoto zoom (24–70mm) and shoot at a high shutter speed (1/500–1/1000 seconds). Never let your lens touch the window, as transferred vibrations will cause blur. When I flew near Mount Redoubt, I increased my ISO to 400 (and f11) to add a bit more depth of field so I could include the plane’s wing to help place the viewer in the scene.

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bright morning sky greeted us as we hiked downstream to a remote bear-viewing area on Moraine Creek in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. After spotting a few bears moving up stream I settled into position on a narrow upstream gravel bar with the sun behind me. The red humps of spawning sockeye salmon filled the shallow water between the riverbank and us.

Needless to say, being in one of the world’s prime grizzly habitats had my heart beating a little faster than usual.

I readied my camera and a 200–400mm f4 telephoto lens on a tripod, keeping my other camera with an 80–200mm zoom handy by my side. I hoped to capture the bears fishing so I took a low position (to be level with the bears in the water), preset my shutter speed on both cameras to 1/500 and set my motor drive to continuous. No sooner had I settled onto the smooth river rocks, a big splash from behind a clump of willows to our left set my heart thumping again.

A large male popped into view and started chasing salmon in the shallows. While the other photographers shot, I observed the bear’s fishing behaviour for a few minutes then moved a few feet to my right so I could capture the bear running directly at me. The resulting images seem to show the bear charging at me. Including an animal’s eyes in your portraits adds drama and a connection between the viewer and the beast.

When possible it’s usually best to observe an animal before shooting. That way you can anticipate the composition you want and select the best composition. And I always have a second camera set-up ready in case something unexpected happens, like the second bear coming up behind us and passing within 20 feet. As the other photographers frantically changed lenses (the bear was too close for the big telephoto zooms), I picked up my 80–200mm rig and got off a few shots before he disappeared behind the willows.

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A few days after frolicking with the bears I was cruising the calm waters of Resurrection Bay a few miles south of

Seward late in the evening. As we approached Rugged Island at the mouth of the bay we noticed a couple of distant spouts and set an intercept course. I readied my two cameras (one with a 70–200mm and one with a 24–70mm zoom lens) and preset shutter speeds to 1/800 second to reduce

engine vibrations and the movement of the boat. I set my motor drives to continuous.

As we motored into the sun towards the animal, I set my exposure compensation to +7 to slightly overexpose the scene and add more detail to the shadow areas.

Within seconds of setting my controls, the whale raised its giant tail and descended into the depths. We waited for it to surface again and I managed to fire off a few frames of its exhale spray backlit by the low sun. A few minutes later, it surfaced very close to the boat and slapped the water with its huge pectoral fin. Lucky for me I had my medium telephoto zoom (24–70mm) ready.

On the return trip to Seward we stopped at a favourite eagle hangout to watch eagles fishing. Armed with a 300mm lens on one body and a 70–200mm zoom on the other,

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I started shooting as we got into range.

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Our guide wore a bright red jacket so I got him to model for me on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Nenana Valley. I placed him in the top right third of the pic and had him looking out over the valley. Viewers eyes are drawn to the red jacket and then follow the guide’s eyes over the valley below.

Patience is the most important factor when shooting wildlife and scenery in challenging environments. I take a studythe-situation-first-and-shoot-later approach, thinking of the type of image that I can capture given the shooting situations and making sure that I have the best position and equipment to get the shot. Using two camera bodies with different lenses expands my options and greatly improves my chance of success.

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helping heal a dark past

A dentist and clinical assistant professor undertakes remote missions with his students

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nly archival photos and video images remain of the brooding, red brick, Victorian-style Kuper Island Residential School that opened on Penelekut Island off the southern coastline of British Columbia in 1890. Run by Catholic priests, the school shut down in 1975 and was later burned to the ground. But even though the school is gone, it still haunts members of the tiny Penelakut band living on the island reserve.

Dr. Bill Brymer, clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Dentistry, saw firsthand the pervasive, long-term effects of the school during his initial volunteer outreach mission to the area (formerly called Kuper Island) with a group of UBC dental students. One man, a former residential school pupil, didn’t receive sufficient anesthetic from the student who was working on his teeth. However, the man didn’t speak out, enduring the pain in silence. “He was conditioned by the school” not to protest, Brymer says. It was only after the patient’s dental procedures were finished that Penelekut elders informed Brymer he had been insufficiently frozen.

It wasn’t only intimidation that the school children faced. According to a 1996 article in the Province, titled “Gatherers mark school’s grim litany of death,” the school had been nicknamed “Alcatraz” due to the stark living conditions and cruel treatment, which included sexual, physical and emotional abuse by priests from the Montford and Oblate Catholic Orders.

The First Nations communities of BC have been part of Brymer’s practice ever since he graduated from Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry in 1967. He, along with five other dentists, were given “externships” by the provincial government to travel by de Havilland Beaver singleengine bush planes into areas of BC that lacked dental care. Brymer’s circuit included not only the coastal communities but towns such as Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.

Taking his own supplies and equipment, Brymer would see up to 60 patients a day, many of them Aboriginal children. It wasn’t just “rampant decay”—often requiring extractions—that Brymer dealt with, but orth-

odontic and cleft palate problems as well. pitable, and have taken the students fishing, Health and dental care have improved in or invited them to partake in a sweat lodge many Aboriginal communities since Brymer ceremony—a traditional healing ritual that began practising more than four decades is meant to purify a person’s spirit as well as ago. However, some of the more isolated body. One time, a UBC dental student, who communities, such as Penelekut Island, still had just returned from his father’s funeral struggle with poor dental health, due in in Korea, joined a sweat lodge ceremony in large part to the dysfunctional family, govAnaham. The Aboriginal elders asked him to ernance and educational relate his memories of his father, an experistructures that can be ence that was “like a catharsis,” Brymer says. linked, directly or The connections that dental students indirectly, to the have made through the volunteer Clinical assistant band’s long enUBC missions has resulted in some professor at the trenchment in University of British the residential Columbia, Dr. William school system, Brymer, in Cambodia Brymer says. on one of his many Nonetheless, missions. visits, even sporadic ones, are an opportunity to disseminate information about proper dental hygiene, which is what Brymer and a group of UBC dentistry students undertake about 11 times a year in BC. The Aboriginal patients are especially grateful for what the dental students view as a fault—the fact that they take so much time to undertake procedures. “It’s the endearing thing that the Aboriginal community loves,” says Brymer, who will be making his fourth trip this July with UBC students to the community of permanent relationships. One of the volunAnaham, home of the Tl’etinqox people, 100 teer dental students from several years ago kilometres west of Williams Lake, BC. “They is now employed by the Tl’etinqox band love the fact that the students are slow; they providing part-time dental care. “It becomes love the fact that they spend huge amounts part of their lives to help and work with of time explaining procedures.” these people,” says Brymer, who has also The missions are also remarkable cultravelled to Latin America, Asia and Africa tural experiences for the students, many of in the past several decades to volunteer on whom come from such far-flung places as dental missions.

Iran, China, India or Sri Lanka, says Brymer.

But no matter where a dental practice Occasionally, this is a student’s first brush takes him—an isolated BC reserve, a makewith someone of Aboriginal heritage. Or, shift clinic in Paraguay, or a glistening, wellit’s their first foray outside Vancouver. “They appointed office in the city—the level of learn to work with interpreters. They learn professionalism and care remains the same, to work with different cultural groups who says Brymer. “Just treat everybody the way have very unique problems,” Brymer adds. that you would want to be treated.”

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motoring

D r . k e l l e n s i lv e r t h o r n Dr. Kellen Silverthorn is Just For Canadian Dentists’ automotive writer. He tries to keep one convertible and/or one track-day car in the family fleet.

a new racetrack era + area

Another hot racetrack—Area 27—opens up for Jacques Villeneuve wannabes

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’m walking along a still-dirt-surface, 4.9-km circuit with Jacques Villeneuve.

We’re in BC’s South Okanagan, where Villeneuve, Canada’s only Indy 500 winner and F1 World Champion, is giving me a tour of Area 27, the new race circuit he designed.

I’m not the only excited fan…throughout this social and promotional weekend memberships (limited to just 300) sell briskly.

The online aerial video of Area 27 doesn’t do the track justice. But from my eye-level perspective with Villeneuve, I get a good sense of the course’s thrill-filled integration into the natural rolling-hills landscape and its “classic old school track” category out of the gate. Managing to implement both is the highest possible compliment in Villeneuve’s racing lexicon.

I delve more into the champion’s latest project as we walk and talk.

Kellen Silverthorn (KS): Where does the name for the race circuit “Area 27” come from?

Jacques Villeneuve (JV): It is in part a play on words. Area 51 of UFO fame crossed with the racecar number 27, which was most closely associated with my career, as well as that of my father [deceased racing icon Gilles Villeneuve].

KS: You have strong opinions on what a race circuit should be like. Can you elaborate?

JV: Most racing drivers prefer the old tracks to the new. The layout of the old ones have more character as they reflect the natural topography of their setting. When you drive these tracks it feels like the track is taking

you on a journey through the countryside.

When you crank off a near-perfect lap on these tracks you really feel you have accomplished something special. However, the embedded safety in the old tracks is a problem—and it’s difficult to reverse engineer greater safety into an older track without ruining its character.

On the other hand, many new tracks feel divorced from their natural topography, and thus artificial…almost as if the driver is in a computer game. For drivers these tracks are far less invigorating to lap. I’d even go as far as unsatisfying. Amenity areas often trump the track layout at these circuits. In the misguided name of safety, the challenges that help separate the highly skilled driver from the less skilled are consciously removed in

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motoring [continued] most new track designs.

At Area 27, integrating topography with the track layout was paramount. The amenity areas will be fantastic, but they didn’t dictate the circuit design. Every safety lesson from around the world has been incorporated into the design, but I think you’ll agree from our walking tour that this track will still challenge novice through expert drivers as much or more than the iconic tracks of our youth.

KS: Have you tabulated how many tracks racetrack + CE meet

British Columbia has been the nation’s 2016 hotbed for racetrack news. Our regular readers may remember in the September/October 2015 issue of Just for Canadian Dentists we introduced the other new BC facility, near Duncan on Vancouver Island. And recently the Vancouver Island Motorsport Resort hosted its first function exclusively for healthcare providers, the AGMof the BC Association of Dental and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Classroom education took place in the resort’s luxurious clubhouse, followed by a gourmet lunch and an afternoon on-track with professional instructors. Lucky surgeons used their own sporty cars on-track or a suitable mount from the track’s fleet.

you’ve raced, tested or hot-lapped?

JV: No, but perhaps I should do that on the flight home…it could be more than 100.

[Villeneuve currently lives in Switzerland.]

Area 27 “The goal is to design a track I would be proud of getting pole position on, where the fans would also enjoy watching an exciting race.”

—Jacques Villeneuve

KS: Your personal favourite tracks elsewhere?

JV: Suzuka, Japan, and Spa, Belgium [established 1962 and 1921 respectively].

KS: Your personal favourite corners?

JV: The “S” curves at Suzuka, and Eau Rouge at Spa—each before they “improved” them.

KS: What design element are you most proud of in the Area 27 track?

JV: I could give you many, but I’ll go with the Turn 4/5 complex. At first glance these two left turns look unassuming. Yet I sweated over the finest details on those corners for months. Importantly, the complex is preceded and followed by right-hand kinks.

The cambers, corner radi and elevations are all ever-changing throughout. Drivers will really be challenged and can opt for different

driving lines through the complex.

KS: Any other racing car tracks you’ve had a management, design or financial interest in?

JV: I’ve been involved with the design of some karting tracks, but not in any prior fullscale tracks.

KS: It will be almost four years in getting Area 27 to fruition. If asked to design another full-scale track, would you?

JV: I love the creative process generally, and tie that together with my passion for motorsport…so, for sure.

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ith almost five kilometres of spungold sand backdropped by malachite mountain ridges, the allure of Ka’anapali Beach is probably Maui’s worst-kept secret. Here, plumerias perfume the air. Surfers cavort on the crests of waves. At sunset, the drone of a conch being blown signifies that a diver will leap off a lava promontory called Pu‘u Keka‘a. It’s also the siren call of cocktail time— to me, anyway.

But my idea of a Hawaiian beverage that matches this fantasy island scene doesn’t include a tiki cocktail crowned with a paper umbrella. On previous visits to the Hawaiian Islands I’ve sipped my share of Lava Flows poolside and quaffed flights of Mai Tais at open-air bars, which sometimes left my head spinning like a hula dancer’s hips. On this trip I’m determined to discover a more modern cocktail that still captures the culture and spirit of Hawaii.

So I snag a seat at Relish Oceanside, a sleek restaurant and bar in the beachfront Westin Maui Resort & Spa, to see what star bartender Freddie Sconfienza is mixing up.

Although Oceanside’s beverage menu changes slightly during the seasons, one thing remains unshakeable: quality. Cocktails are all handcrafted using premium spirits and all-natural products like fresh juices and purees made with real fruit. Indigenous ingredients are also added to the mix: raw, local honey; ginger; and syrups made with sugarcane. Sconfienza showcases some of this local flavour in the first cocktail he crafts for me: Lavender Lemonade.

At first, this refreshing beverage strikes me as utterly un-Hawaiian. That’s until the awardwinning bartender starts breaking down his recipe (see below), giving me an eye-opening lesson on what’s growing on the island. “We have a lavender farm here on Maui,” says Sconfienza, listing off the cocktail’s ingredients that include Ocean Organic Vodka (distilled

on Maui), “ginger liqueur, fresh-pressed local lemon, local raw honey, expressed grapefruit oil and lavender bitters.”

It might actually be the most Hawaiian cocktail I’ve had, one that embraces Maui’s agricultural roots. Twenty-five years ago a dozen Hawaii chefs started a culinary movement, Hawaii Regional Cuisine, using locally grown products in a modern mashup of dishes reflecting Hawaii’s cultural diversity. Is something similar happening in the cocktail scene?

The Lavender Lemonade is a delicious departure from the land of tiki cocktails, but I wonder if it wanders too far from the beaten path. Don’t guests expect a little more “aloha” in their glass? Sconfienza tells me how he likes to change up classic cocktails, especially for guests who are used to “phenomenal cocktail bars” in cities such as San Francisco and New York. “An Old Fashioned is brilliant if you put a little mango in it…maybe some orange bitters or Sriracha bitters,” he says. “We try to put a local twist on what they drink so when they come here they say, ‘Wow, it’s the same drink I’ve had…but it has a piece of Hawaii.’”

The next cocktail he mixes up is Brazil’s national drink: the Caipirinha. Along with cachaça, Sconfienza uses house-made burntsugarcane syrup, which gives the sweetener a deep, caramel profile. “Then we muddle fresh Maui Gold pineapples in this drink, fresh lime and a little bit of Adoboloco—a pineapple– habañero hot sauce.”

The hot sauce is another unexpected ingredient and welcome hit of spice. It’s also a deeply local product made by the Parsons family, who transformed a home-schooling

garden project into a thriving chili farm and family hot sauce business in Kihei on the island.

Sconfienza brings another fusion-food twist to a third cocktail, one he’s testing: the Thai Mai Tai. It’s almost a savoury version of the classic, using fresh Thai basil, fresh ginger, lemongrass, Thai peppers, white-aged rum, dark rum (both from Old Lahaina Rum), coconut rum and kaffir lime leaves. Sconfienza’s inspiration? “I love Thai food,” he says. “I thought, how can I get some of those lovely flavours—kaffir lime, lemongrass, ginger—into a cocktail and have fun with it?”

Days later, torrents of rain accompany my drive on the Kula Highway, which wriggles through landscapes that look more like Scotland’s moors than Upcountry Maui. It’s here on the slopes of Haleakala where lavender, strawberries and other crops thrive. Prickly pear cacti remind me this is also paniolo (cowboy), country. The village of Paia where Old Lahaina Rum is distilled lies north, but I head south to Hawaii Sea Spirits Organic Farm and Distillery, where I’m surrounded by lush fields of USDA certified organic sugarcane grown on the 80-acre farm and hand harvested for its Ocean Organic Vodka. The other key ingredient in this sustainable spirit is deep ocean mineral water from The Big Island of Hawaii.

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Deep in fjord country on the shores of Norangsfjord, off Hjørundfjord, where just beyond these red sheds is the historic Hotel Union Øye.

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The view of the Bøvra River and Jotunheimen mountains from Røisheim Hotel. below left Classic red house in Losbydalen near Losby Gods. below right Fiskesuppe. bottom The Art Nouveau city of Ålesund from the viewpoint on Mount Aksla.

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n the edge of a fjord, surrounded by mountains, with nothing but the whisper of trees in the wind (or is that the murmur of trolls?), you can soak in a claw-foot tub made especially for Kaiser Wilhelm. If the Kaiser’s room is not to your liking, there’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s, Princess Victoria’s, Edvard Grieg’s, Henrik Ibsen’s or Roald Amundsen’s.

The appropriate choice would be Amundsen’s, as this is in the wild beauty of Norway, in the tiny town (40 inhabitants!) of Øye on Norangsfjorden, an arm of the outof-this-world Hjørundfjord (Geirangerfjord gets a lot of love as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but arriving here by boat blows it away). The legendary Norwegian explorer, who made it to the South Pole first in 1911, was a guest here in Hotel Union Øye’s heyday.

I stay in The Blue Room, Det Blå Rommet, the only one of 27 rooms at this 1891 hotel that’s not named for a famous guest. Instead, this melancholically named suite recalls the tragic love story of Linda, who killed herself after her lover never returned to this isolated spot on the edge of a fjord. And she’s still here, waiting. The hotel helpfully provides a silver bowl of garlic upon checking in. If you want to visit with Linda, leave the bowl outside your door; if not, place it on the bedside table (I’ll only say that while I did hear some thumps in the night, they came from the modern-day amorous couple above me).

Old and new, traditional and modern, wild and civilized, pragmatic and idealistic, simple and sophisticated…these are all part of the Nordic charm. For Norway has it all. Despite being a relatively new country, having only gained independence from its somewhat overbearing Scandinavian neighbours in 1905, there’s a deep sense of history and culture that includes a whole-hearted affection for trolls and its Viking past (this is the land of Valkyries and gods of Norse mythology) and is celebrated with unabashed civic pride on Syttende Mai, Norway’s version of a national day. But this liberal country is also cutting-edge cool, where architecture firm Snøhetta’s Oslo National Opera and Ballet building is a gleaming beacon of Norway’s progress (Snøhetta, also the name of a mountain peak in Norway, is behind many world-renowned award-winning designs, including the recently reopened SFMOMA in San Francisco), as are the avantgarde design statements of rest stops and viewing spots along 18 National Norwegian

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The elaborately carved 12th-century wooden stave church at Lom, near Røisheim Hotel.

Women in traditional dress on Syttende Mai in Ålesund.

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The view from the Markjordbaer or “Strawberry” room at Storfjord, overlooking the fjord and village of Glomset.

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The Hotel Brosundet hugs the water in Ålesund. above left Key to one of the rooms at Røisheim Hotel, a converted stable. above right The shrimp salad at Maki, one of Norway’s finest seafood restaurants. below left Kaiser Wilhelm’s monogrammed tub at Hotel Union Øye. below right The delightful brunost or brown cheese.

Tourist Routes (one of which Snøhetta also designed).

Yes, Norway is having its moment, and another, and another…

Upon waking up from a glorious sleep on the edge of Norangsfjorden in The Blue Room (thank you, Linda), I walk through the village of Øye to wander up a hiking path through meadows and just-tilled fields to a glade with perfectly bulbous mossy rocks (trolls’ homes, I’m sure) for a bird’seye view of the hotel far below—a perfect dollhouse dwarfed by the Sunnmørsalpene or Sunnmøre Alps, the fjord on one side and Norangsdalen, a valley known as “The Queen’s Route,” on the other.

I may not be a queen, Kaiser or epic adventurer but I feel like one in this isolated bit of paradise, and in that spirit I follow the path laid by erstwhile explorers at the turn of the 18th century. On this winding valley road from Hotel Union Øye I spot sod-covered houses, almost completely camouflaged, where people (and trolls!) have lived for centuries. It’s easy to picture Vikings here in what’s one of the narrowest valleys in Norway—misty, still flocked with snow, barren yet beautiful.

The twisting scenic drive through Norangsdalen eventually leads back to the coast and Ålesund, an Art Nouveau city that was completely rebuilt after it was destroyed by fire in 1904. Candy-coloured facades are like a stage set. I walk the streets craning my neck to take it all in, and then trek up a zig-zag of 418 steps (at the start of which stands a statue of Rollo the Viking, founder of Normandy and forefather of William the Conqueror) to gaze down upon the ridiculously pretty town, its delicate buildings set right at the water’s edge and surrounded on all sides by the sea. Fjords meet mountains meet ocean on Ålesund’s islands, all connected by masterful Norwegian engineering via sub-sea tunnels and spread before me from the perch of Mount Aksla.

Back at sea level, I hole up in one of those Art Nouveau buildings that seem to float atop the water. Hotel Brosundet was once a storehouse for klippfisk or dried and salted cod (and still a major export of Norway). The boutique hotel (with 47 unique rooms, including a lighthouse), reimagined and designed by Snøhetta, melds history with some serious hip factor. And it’s home to one of Norway’s finest seafood restaurants, Maki, with a signature eightcourse tasting menu based on the catch of the day. The fiskesuppe or fish soup is divine (the gods share their spoils here), as is the shrimp salad.

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Norske vafler at Storfjord Hotel.

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A charming Norwegian man in Ålesund, dressed for Syttende Mai. above The fjord route to Storfjord Hotel.

travel the world if you go From Ålesund, it’s a spectacular hourlong boat ride along yet another fjord (or a half-hour drive by car, if you must) to Storfjord Hotel, self-described as “a slow-life hideaway.” Indeed. The Norwegians know how to be super-efficient (I’m thinking of those sub-sea tunnels and proposed Stad Ship Tunnel…yes, a 1.7km-long, 36m-wide, 45m-high tunnel through solid rock for ships) yet luxurious in their enjoyment of life.

At the lavish boutique Storfjord Hotel, on a secluded hillside overlooking the fjord and Sunnmøre Alps (just a fjord over from Hjørundfjord and Hotel Union Øye), it’s all about lapping up the Norwegian lifestyle in the form of local food and thoughtful design. Rough-hewn log buildings, adorned with a living roof of lovely tufts of grass, seem as if they’ve been here since the Viking days, yet the hotel is just a decade old (and has become one of the country’s top-rated overnight stays). Sheep- and reindeer-skin throws, folktale books, handcrafted rugs and, of course, a welcoming troll at the reception desk exude Scandi chic. Everything honours local ingredients—whether in design or dining—and combines Norwegian tradition with a modern sensibility. Like Norske vafler.

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take to the water When and west Norway I sample a exploring fjord country on Norway’s version of these that dates back western coast, do it by boat. Ålesund-based to 1858 (some Norwegian 62ºNORD specializes in “bespoke travel in fjord waffles with tar-painted Norway,” from sea safaris in a high-speed RIB boat outbuildings local dande(must-see: eagles and puffins at the Runde bird are from the lion syrup, sanctuary) to transport to-and-from fjord-hugging berries and 1700s) and also properties like Storfjord Hotel and Hotel Brosundet.

62.no/en stay in a historic property hosted Grieg homemade Make like a king or queen and stay in one of the ice cream. I and Ibsen. spectacularly set and stylish boutique hotels in I stay in Stallen had vafler again the De Historiske collection. dehistoriske.com 3, a former stable (and again) with more Norway’s charms are unlimited… brunost (brown and now one of plan a deeper exploration with the whey cheese that’s 20 quirky yet luxe country’s official travel guide. rooms. Old tacks, sweet yet sharp, visitnorway.com

like a solid and savoury dulce de leche), lingonberry preserves and sour cream, and always in a heart shape (every Norwegian family owns a heart-shaped waffle iron).

Delicious. Charming. Perfectly presented. A manifestation of my fast-growing country crush on a plate.

Inland from fjord country, Norway’s mountains continue, rising to the Jotunheimen National Park, where the country’s highest mountains are concentrated. Nestled here is another historic hotel, Røisheim, once a way station between east

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bridles, stirrups and other equine accessories decorate my room, as well as a Viking-sized wooden bathtub. It’s where I happily soak after a hike up the slope behind the property to another fairytale view, this time of the Bøvra River and Jotunheimen.

Farther south, just outside the capital of Oslo, things get more pastoral at yet another historic property that’s become a modern getaway. Originally the hunting lodge of one of Norway’s most prestigious families, Losby Gods is an 1850s-era estate turned into a resort of sorts, with two golf courses, a driving range, tennis courts and its own brand of aquavit and beer. And while the “gods” in its name actually means “mansion,” the setting feels Valhalla-like and has feted the likes of Norway’s first King Haakon VII and more recently Kofi Annan and Bono, who both walked these grounds when the Oslo Forum peace conference was held here.

I hop on one of the hotel’s bikes and roll through a tiny bit of the thousandsomething acres of forest and lakes of Losbydalen, past locals walking dogs, adventurers pulling kayaks, mountainbikers kicking up dust. I stop at one of the iconic red cabins that seem to dot Norway’s countryside. The deep red was once a hallmark of a humble working-class house, but the bright hue now seems as fresh as everything else in Norway.

Back at Losby Gods I sip a Fjellbekk or “mountain stream,” a classic Norwegian cocktail (made with aquavit, naturally) that’s rather fitting as I contemplate the wild beauty around me. With more than 25,000km of jagged coastline along fjords, up mountains, down valleys, across rivers and ancient trade routes—the vast playground of queens, kings, explorers, starcrossed lovers, Vikings, gods and trolls— Norway has every reason to be showy.

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slo is Norway’s cultural heart, beating strong and fast in a new era that’s flush with art, culture, design…and Michelin stars.

The now-iconic building that seems to have spurred this boom is the oslo national opera and ballet house (operaen.no) 1 (also featured on our cover and in the “Norwegian cool” story). Designed by internationally renowned Oslo-based firm Snøhetta, it rises out of the harbour as a series of stark white angles that double as ramps for rambling and easy access to the roof for grand views of fjord and city, including a series of skyscrapers called the Bjørvika Barcode that look much like their collective name—a barcode—and are more proof of the city’s gutsy and bold architectural projects 2 .

Also on the harbour is the astrup fearnley museum (afmuseet.no) 3 , a Renzo Piano showpiece and the culmination of a refurb of Thief’s Island. Once a no-man’s-land where criminals were executed, this interconnected “isle” is now Aker Brygge, a hot ‘hood with modern art galleries, must-stay boutique hotel, The Thief, and the extensive private collection of contemporary art that’s the Astrup Fearnley Museet (you’ll find Damien

Hirst and Jeff Koons among modern-day Norwegian artists). Outside is the Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park, a prime seaside picnic and lounging spot on long summer nights.

Follow the waterline farther west and you’ll eventually get to the tony neighbourhood of Bygdøy, also known as the “museum peninsula.” The Kon-Tiki Museum is all about the intrepid Norwegian spirit that impelled Thor Heyerdahl to cross the Pacific in 1947—on nothing more than a balsawood raft. Next door is the Fram Museum, another celebration of the Nordic thirst for exploration in which you can tour the first ship to navigate the entire Northwest Passage. But perhaps most mind-blowing is the viking ship museum (khm.uio.no) where three original Viking ships inspire awe as you walk around and almost beneath them, trying to grasp the reality that a vessel like the Oseberg was used by the Vikings to cross the North Atlantic centuries before Columbus claimed to discover the New World 4 .

Another reminder of Oslo’s rich history is Akershus Fortress, a medieval castle and fort that dates back to 1299 and King Håkon V. This bit of ancient Oslo is preserved right within the city centre, and on these grounds

overlooking the fjord is Festningen Restaurant (festningenrestaurant.no)—part of the same restaurant group as two-Michelin-star Maaemo­—where Norway’s seafood and “new Nordic” cuisine is the centrepiece 5 .

And just outside the city centre is the most beautiful park you’ve probably never heard of…Oslo’s Vigelandsparken or Vigeland Sculpture Park (vigeland.museum.no). It’s the largest such park in the world, the masterwork of beloved Norwegian artist sculptor Gustav Vigeland, who conceived and designed this monumental sculpture collection to depict the epic human cycle of life 6 .

Other must-visit cultural spots: the Nobel Peace Center (celebrating international human rights stories and initiatives), Oslo City Hall (where President Obama received his Nobel Peace Prize), Holmenkollen National Ski Arena (a design-worthy ski jump and the world’s oldest ski museum), and, of course, the Munch Museum (where The Scream by Edvard Munch is one of the world’s best-known paintings). Just say tusen takk. — Barb Sligl For more info on Oslo and Norway, go to visitoslo.com and visitnorway.com and see the story on page 17.

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Feb 4-14 2017

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Oct 19-21 2017

Kelowna British Columbia

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Nov 09-10

Victoria British Columbia

Current Concepts In Dentistry Geriatric Dentistry: What Do We Do As Our Patients Age?

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Aug 01-14

San Diego California

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Sep 09-10

Edmonton Alberta

Cadaver Course For Implantology

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Sep 15

Hafrsfjord Stavanger Norway

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Sep 19-24

Baja California Mexico

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Sep 2016 Jun 2017

Newark New Jersey

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Nov 07-12

Baja California Mexico

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Nov 26

Oslo Norway

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Dec 04

Fort Washington Pennsylvania

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May 18-28 2017

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Aug 09

New York New York

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Oct 20-22

Prishtina Kosovo

2016 Medikos - Medical, Dental And Pharmaceutical Trade Fair

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Nov 27Dec 5

Danube River Cruise

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Sep 22

St. Louis Missouri

Love Those Oral Lesions: What’s Age Got To Do With It - Parts I & II

Greater St. Louis Dental Society

314-569-0444

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Oct 27

St. Paul Minnesota

Oral Pathology Update 2016

University of Minnesota School of Dentistry

612-625-1418

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Oct 28 Nov 04

Mediterranean Cruise

Oral, Maxillofacial & Head And Neck Pathology

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Oct 28 Nov 04

Mediterranean Cruise

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Sep 16-17

Toronto Ontario

Level I, Introduction To Orthodontics, Session #1

Rondeau Seminars

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Sep 30Oct 01

Las Vegas Nevada

Early Orthodontic Treatment Conference

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Oct 14-23

France River Cruise

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Oct 21-22

Vancouver British Columbia

Level I, Introduction To Orthodontics, Session #1

Rondeau Seminars

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Nov 03-04

Nashville Texas

Advanced Straight Wire For Assistants

American Orthodontic Society

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Nov 11-12

Toronto Ontario

Dentist’s Role In Snoring And Sleep Apnea

Rondeau Seminars

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Aug 25-26

Atlanta Georgia

Pediatric Emergencies In The Dental Office

Emory University School of Medicine

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Oct 28

Los Angeles California

Esthetics For Pediatric Patients Workshop

UCLA School of Dentistry - Continuing Dental Education

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Mar 11-18 2017

Southern Caribbean Cruise

Pediatric Dental Pearls And Life Planning Gems

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Mar 11-18 2017

Southern Caribbean Cruise

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Oct 13-14

Wintergreen Virginia

Fall Wine Weekend At Wintergreen Resort

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry

Oct 21

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Surgical Crown Elongation - Hands-on/Limited Attendance

University of Pittsburgh - School of Dental Medicine - C.D.E.

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Jan 22-29 2017

Panama Central America

Dr. Steve Faigan – Perio

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Sep 08-10

Halifax Nova Scotia

24th Annual Scientific Meeting

Canadian Academy of Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics

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Dec 08

St. Louis Missouri

The Complete Arch Rehabilitation With Implants: Prosthodontic And Laboratory Principles

Greater St. Louis Dental Society

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Jan 27Feb 06 2017

Antarctic Cruise

Dr. Jim McGorman - Antibiotics Use And Abuse; Dr. Dan Izakow - Cad Cam And Digital Dentistry; Dr. Jack Pipkin - Prosthodontics & Implants

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Oct 04-06

Helsinki Finland

Fundamentals Of CAD/CAM, Emerging Technologies In Dentistry

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Nov 17

Chapel Hill North Carolina

The Roy B. Harrell 62nd Annual Dental Seminar Day With Dr. Harold Crossley

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Nov 19-26

Western Caribbean Cruise

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Where mountains and fjords meet at the western edge of British Columbia story + photography by barb sligl

Overlooking Lonesome Lake in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park just off the trail that leads to the top of Hunlen Falls, high on the Chilcotin Plateau. opposite, clockwise from top Big Cedars Trail in the Bella Coola Valley; pilot Oban Gilbert with a 1949 de Havilland Beaver floatplane on Nimpo Lake; heli-hiking on 4 Mile Ridge; the route via heli to the ridgeline and Goat Mountain.

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f trees could talk, what would they tell us? Tales of mystery and monotony, joy and woe, reign and ruin? Walking amidst the giants on the Big Cedars trail near Bella Coola, BC, it’s as if I’m caught up in the ebb and flow of time.

Surrounded by living pillars that are a testament to more than I can imagine.

“Let’s walk here with some reverence,” says Doug on the Trail, as my guide is simply nicknamed (he also goes by Doug in the Bar). He calls for reverence for this forest’s age and for those that were here before us.

The Western Red Cedar giants date back to “pre-contact,” says Doug, meaning before the mid-1700s, when the First Nations were living here in harmony and seclusion. And then we stop at a colossal cedar that’s more than 1,000 years old. I feel as if I should kneel before it.

I feel this way in much of the Central Coast of BC as I make my way from Anahim Lake to Bella Coola: flying over the Talchako Glacier in a de Havilland Beaver floatplane, standing atop sheer cliffs overlooking the third-highest free-falling waterfall in Canada, floating down a placid river as bald eagles watch, coming across a paw print the length of my forearm on a dusty trail.

The Beaver (an original from 1949 piloted by a handsome outdoorsy type with a belt buckle as wide as his smile) flies from Nimpo Lake over the Chilcotin Plateau, Coast Mountains and Monarch Icefield to land on Turner Lake, which empties into those 260-metre-high Hunlen Falls. We unload at a dock by a wilderness campsite used by outback hikers and paddlers (Turner Lake is part of a seven-lake chain that’s a canoeist’s wet dream), complete with serious-looking bear caches…because we’ve landed where it would otherwise take a 16-km hike into the wild to get to, deep in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, BC’s largest.

From here we hike to the falls, stopping along the way at lookouts that jut over the curves of Lonesome Lake and the bluest blue of a lake with no name. “You can name it if you want to,” says park operator George Probek. But I think perhaps its beauty speaks for itself and it should remain one of the few places left without a label. Much of the Central Coast seems uncharted, untouched Just For Canadian dentists

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Looking over the Coast Mountain Range while waiting for a heli ride back down into Bella Coola Valley. top Tallheo Hot Springs. above left Lunch aboard the Nekhani: freshcaught spot prawns pulled from South Bentinck Arm. above right Grizzly paw print near Tweedsmuir Park Lodge.

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and, yes, unnamed. Or unnameable.

From being on top of the world, as if on a dish that can’t contain its beauty and must spill it out in the form of falls and cliffs and glaciers, I descend 5,000 feet to the Bella Coola Valley floor via The Hill. Like the nameless lake of the bluest blue, The Hill is the all-too-simple name for a dramatic section of the “Freedom Road,” or Highway 20, an hour-and-half of twists and turns from the arid Chilcotin Plateau to the lush Great Bear Rainforest.

It’s in this valley and rainforest that I meet Doug on the Trail amidst giants. And see grizzly tracks. My base at Tweedsmuir Park Lodge (home of the largest multi-tenure heli-ski operation in the world and once host to Mt-Everest-conquerer, Sir Edmund Hillary) is set right on the Atnarko River, a prime bear-watching spot when salmon spawn in late summer and early fall. I’m here too early to see a grizzly catching dinner on the riverbank but I do stop in one’s tracks and, again, almost drop to my knees.

I keep scanning for the maker of that massive paw print as I float down the river on an eco-drift excursion, mountains rising on either side. The class-one river is a leisurely way to take in the scenery, with the adrenaline rush coming not from rapids but wildlife spotting (grizzly sightings are almost guaranteed during the salmon run).

Tweedsmuir Park Lodge guide Mike Rilley, another seriously outdoorsy type, tells stories of bear encounters and how he can smell grizzlies before seeing them if the wind’s right (think wet dog and salmon breath). I’m content to have had a moment with one’s paw print.

The next morning I rise from the base of the mountains to its peaks, getting a heli ride to a ridgeline starting at Goat Mountain.

And it’s here that I get my first glimpse of the fjord—the easternmost tip of the Pacific, where it crooks its finger deep into the Coast Mountain Range from Bella Bella to Bella Coola. The milky aquamarine waters are almost opaque, a spectacular silty swathe.

Later, on the surface, on what’s called the South Bentinck Arm, local captain, fisherman and hunter Leonard Ellis tells stories during a fjord tour aboard his boat, the Nekhani.

He points out where he found himself atop a massive basking shark; what he thought were two sharks’ fins was actually one shark’s dorsal fin and tail on either side of him. In a bit of a reversal, he also once found himself beneath a grizzly, sliding so close that the bear “woofed” in his face with “G-force” breath.

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The surreally turquoise water of the South Bentinck Arm. above left Walking along the Big Cedars Trail among giants. above right Old fishing nets, in the same shades of blue as the fjord they were used in, hang from rafters at Tallheo Cannery Guest House. left The 1910 Tallheo Cannery frames views of the fjord.

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This is the hardy sort you’ll find in these parts.

DISCOVER BC’s Central Coast via Cariboo Leonard takes Chilcotin Coast Tourism: landwithoutlimits. us to Tallheo com. TOUR BY AIR with Tweedsmuir Air’s original Hot Springs, Beaver floatplane (tweedsmuirair.com), then do a where a beer heli-hike on 4 Mile Ridge with Tweedsmuir Park Lodge never tasted as (tweedsmuirparklodge.com). TOUR BY BOAT on the Nekhani with Bella Coola Grizzly Tours: bcgrizzlytours. good as under com. STAY on Nimpo Lake at the Dean on Nimpo cool drizzle (thedeanonnimpo.com), in Bella Coola Valley at in a natural Tweedsmuir Park Lodge for prime grizzly viewin-the-rocks “hot ing (tweedsmuirparklodge.com) and on the tub” on the fjord’s fjord at Tallheo Cannery Guest House, edge. Practising (bellacoolacannery.com). hot-and-cold therapy, I take a breath-stealing dip into the fjord, immersed in water that’s as blue as in the Caribbean (yet infinitely colder). After the spa session, the Nekhani chugs back through the surreally turquoise water, past waterfalls, pristine coastline and mist-shrouded trees.

Leonard stops at his spot-prawn traps to collect our lunch. Just another day on the Central Coast…

I stay on the fjord overnight at the Tallheo Cannery Guest House, a cannery that opened in 1910 and is now repurposed as a bed-and-breakfast only accessible by water. An old rooming house has become a boutique hotel of sorts and yet remains utterly rustic. There’s no electricity (power comes from a diesel generator) and the entire property is like a living museum.

I meander its grounds, stumbling upon huge coils of old rope, weathered buoys, beached boats, rusting machinery and an otherworldly display of fishing nets suspended from rafters that could be a contemporary art installation.

Back on shore in Bella Coola, I hike a short way on First Nations land into another A weathered and beached boat at lush corner of the rainforest. Ancient Tallheo Cannery Guest House. carvings in rocks have been uncovered top Flying over the Monarch Icefield, (one benefit of the logging industry here) high above the Chilcotin Plateau. and seem to shimmer under the canopy above right Ancient carvings in of trees that likely stood and watched just the rock on Nuxalk Nation land in Bella Coola. above left Tweedsmuir as solemnly when they were first etched.

Park Lodge’s backyard.

Chris Nelson, a local Nuxalk guide, stands and addresses the trees. He sings the “Cedar Bark Softening” song. Accompanied by the rushing creek and rustling branches, the sound echoes and deepens, soft and powerful, ethereal and timeless. When I tell Chris this afterwards he nods and says, “You can almost feel the age of that song.”

Yes. I feel sure that the trees do too. And that they chanted along with him.

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practice management Timothy A. Brown Timothy A. Brown specializes in dental practice appraisals, brokerage, consulting, locum placements, associateships and practice financing across Canada. You can reach Timothy at timothy@roicorp.com.

two ways to lose

And why customer care is still the be-all and end-all when dealing with clients

I

have been a long-time, loyal client of a local drycleaner. Recently a new owner (whom I quite like) took over the service.

However, it soon became clear to me that a pre-existing, long-term employee was not happy with this new owner.

One day, when collecting my clean clothes, the new owner was not present and the employee in question told me she disliked working there and asked if I knew anyone who was hiring. I suggested she send me her resume.

Our firm happened to be hiring and we interviewed her, but her qualifications were not adequate and she was not offered a job.

Since then I have encountered her again on a number of occasions and she remains unhappy with her job and is unpleasant when

dealing with me and other customers.

It’s possible she’s mad that my company didn’t offer her a job. And I’m not sure what to say to the new owner because this is a convenient location for me and I want to remain a customer. It’s become difficult to go to this business because of this employee.

Is this the fault of a bad new owner who doesn’t treat his employee well? Or, is this the result of a disgruntled employee who’s angry that my company did not offer her a job that could free her from an unhappy situation? I don’t know what the answer is, but I know I’m not happy and I may move my business elsewhere, despite the inconvenience.

When a business sells, a new owner brings new policies, procedures and ownership style that might not suit some em-

ployees. They may become resentful about the changes being implemented. And that resentment may negatively affect the new business. It’s a given that customer care and service is what makes a business successful.

All it takes to topple that is one employee not providing the required customer care. My advice to the owner would be to terminate her, even though she was an ideal employee at this drycleaner for many years.

In the dental sphere, customer care is also crucial. My son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren have been loyal to the same dentist for more than 10 years.

Recently, my son arranged appointments for two of my grandchildren, one at 5 pm and another a half hour later. There was some confusion about the continued on page 36

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Full time and job share opportunities available for experienced dentists and new graduates. Competitive salary, free housing, paid travel and incentives provided to attract quality oriented, culturally sensitive, compassionate, ethical dentists to our communities. Ideal candidates must be self motivated, comfortable with surgical extractions, certified in nitrous sedation and be willing to use amalgam.

Nestled on an island in the Moose River, near the tip of James Bay, Moose Factory is home of the Weeneebayko General Hospital which serves the town of Moosonee, the James Bay communities of Attawapiskat, Kashechewan, Fort Albany and Peawanuck (on Hudson Bay).

The James Bay Frontier is an outdoor enthusiast’s dream with kayaking, canoeing, boating, fishing, hiking, hunting, snowmobiling, and cross country skiing all at our doorstep. The community is very active offering basketball and volleyball all year round and seasonal baseball and hockey. With no commuting to and from work, there is plenty of time to enjoy the amenities that the area has to offer.

The town of Moosonee is located on the mainland 5 km’s from the island and is accessible by boat taxi in the spring, summer, and fall. Helicopter transportation is used during freeze up and break up, and an ice road in the winter. Moosonee is the terminus of the Polar Bear Express train that runs 5-6 days a week from Cochrane depending on the season and also has an airport with connecting flights via Timmins to Toronto daily.

Please visit our website www.weeneebaykohealth.ca for more information, or call us directly.

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w e a lt h y d e n t i s t M . p u r t z k i Manfred Purtzki is the principal of Purtzki & Associates Chartered Accountants. You can reach him at manfred@purtzki.com.

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Budget: If a dental corporation earns more than 10% of its income from providing services to another corporation in which the shareholder of the dental corporation has an interest, the Small Business Deduction (SBD) will be reduced. The SBD allows the dental corporation to pay 13% tax on practice income up to $500,000. Otherwise, the corporate tax rate is 26% in BC, for example, and at varying rates across the other provinces.

The new rule will apply to taxation years that begin after March 21, 2016.

Issue: Chris, Adrian, and Cynthia have shares in a dental corporation that owns the clinic Bright Smiles. They each have their own corporation earning 40% of their billings generated in Bright Smiles. Currently, each of the four corporations is entitled to the full SBD. Under the new rule, all the corporations must share a single SBD of $500,000. remedy: Analyze the tax consequences for each member of the group. If Chris takes out all of his corporate income as dividends, his overall tax bill will not change much with the loss of the SBD. The reason is that dividends paid from a high tax rate, non-SBD corporate income are considered “eligible” dividends and are subject to a lower personal tax than “regular dividends” paid from income taxed at the Small Business tax rate of 13%.

Cynthia, on the other hand, is investing $100,000 of before tax corporate income.

Currently she’s putting away $87,000 in a portfolio earning 5% after-tax. In 20 years her portfolio would have grown to about $3 million. By losing the Small Business Deduction, she can only invest $74,000, which means her portfolio will accumulate to only about 2.5 million, a loss of $500,000.

Paying lower personal tax on the “eligible” dividends during retirement is only a small consolation for the big drop in net worth.

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Budget: The Budget strengthens the existing law that all partners in strategy a partnership must share one single small business deduction and consequently proposes measures to eliminate loopholes that multiply the small business deduction for the partners. While dental partnerships are rare, there are many cost-sharing arrangements, which are camouflaged partnerships. With CRA’s focus on partnerships, you run the risk that your cost share set up will be considered a partnership.

Issue: Michael, Melissa and Julie have a cost share arrangement. All patient revenues are deposited in the practice’s joint bank account. At the end of the month, the cost sharing formula is applied to allocate the revenues among the three dental corporations. CRA can take the position that they “share income,” which is the essence of a partnership. The cost sharing formula is used only as a means to allocate the income. It means they run the risk of losing their small business deductions. remedy: All revenues attributable to each dentist, including the share of hygiene revenues, deposited in the practice joint account should be paid immediately to the respective dental corporation. At the end of the month, each dentist writes a cheque to the joint account to pay for his or her share of the clinic expenses.

I suggest that you have your accountant review your cost share arrangements to make sure that it passes muster with CRA.

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appointment times, but my son looked through his messages and verified the 5 pm arrival time. Because he’s not the most efficient at managing the kids, he arrived five minutes late and the dental office informed him that there was now only enough time to see one of the children because they had given away the 5:30 pm appointment to another client.

Like all young families, my son and daughter-in-law are very busy.

They were upset that after 10 years of loyalty and many treatments—my grandkids have had substantial work done on their teeth—the office staff would treat them this way.

It’s possible that an administrative error occurred regarding the appointments, even if they had previously been confirmed. It happens. What was upsetting was how disrespectful the office staff was to a loyal patient and his family. My son was distraught when he relayed the story and told me that he changed dentists.

The result: a young couple with three kids (and great dental insurance) left a dentist of more than 10 years and connected with another one who is closer to the family’s home. The new dentist is thrilled to now provide dental service to this family of five—for many years to come.

Appointment times can be confusing when texts, emails and other conventional means of communication are used. When more than one dental staff member is working and reworking the schedule, human error can occur. But upsetting a busy young man with family responsibilities, who’s been a loyal client for years, makes no sense. I would hate to calculate the amount of revenue lost by alienating a growing family of five with many years of dental care ahead.

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Dr. Karim Kanani’s tastes vary…from his favourite movie Saw (we won’t judge) to Krispy Kreme doughnuts (we wholeheartedly agree with this one), this practising dentist travels to the Far East and makes regular jaunts to his favourite city, London, and Las Vegas (yes, he’s “in it to win it!”), while keeping Australia and the Maldives in his upnext repertoire. And throughout his travels, he won’t leave home without his iPhone (nor will we!).

My name: Karim Kanani

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I live in: Vancouver

Why I was drawn to dentistry: I dressed up as a tooth at a dental hygiene talk for younger children.

Yes, it was pretty entertaining!

My training: DMD (From the University of Pennsylvania) and Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry (From Eastman

Since then, I was drawn to the field of dentistry with a goal to help children with their dental needs.

My last trip: San Francisco, California Most exotic place I’ve travelled to:

Bangkok, Thailand Best souvenir I’ve brought back from a trip: Painting by colored sand in a glass bottle from Dubai Best meal anywhere: Giordano’s deep

dish pizza in Chicago Memorable restaurant: Kasra Persian Grill in Houston, Texas A “wow” hotel I’d happily stay in again: Dreams Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic A favourite place that I keep returning to: Las Vegas Can’t believe I’ve never been to: Australia Dream vacation: The Maldives If I could travel to any time, I’d go to: The ’90s Jetlag cure: Short naps

Dr. Karim Kanani with a new friend in Bangkok, Thailand.

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I always travel with: My MacBook Favourite city: London, England Favourite film: Saw Favourite TV show: Suits My first job: Computer programmer

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Gadget/gear I could not do without: My iPhone!

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I’d describe my home as: Cozy My car: BMW X3 Last purchase: A trip to Cancun for a friend’s destination wedding Last splurge: Krispy Kreme

Doughnuts…yum!

Most frequented store: Best Buy I have too many: T-shirts My fridge is always stocked with: Juices My guilty pleasure: Watching YouTube videos My go-to exercise/sport: Weightlifting Favourite spectator sport: Basketball Celebrity crush: Scarlett Johansson I’d want this with me if stranded on a desert island: My iPhone, fully charged!

My secret to relaxing and relieving tension: Watching movies A talent I wish I had: Whistling One thing I’d change about myself: Improve my time management skills The word that best describes me: Friendly I’m inspired by: My wife My motto: In it to win it!!

On my must-do list: Skydiving If I wasn’t a dentist, I’d be: A pharmacist share your picks!

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