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Construction date set for Harry Jerome City commits to having full plans in place by 2017 BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

While they aren’t sure what it will look like or where they’re going to get the approximately $70 million to pay for it, City of North Vancouver council members are certain when construction should start on a replacement for the Harry Jerome Recreation Centre.

Council approved a

notice of motion from Coun. Rod Clark Monday night calling for the city to commit to having a “shovel ready” project in place by the time the District of North Vancouver opens its new William Griffin Recreation Centre in 2017.

“Once the William Griffin Recreation Centre is built — the ribbon cutting will be sometime in the fall of 2016 — (the district) is going to want to do Karen Magnussen and Ron Andrews,” Clark said, noting that the North Shore is going to be “down a pool” for the next 10 years. “Harry Jerome has to be in the mix somewhere and I suggest this be the See Condo page 3

Add booze to the 2014 grocery list BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

By mid-2014, you might be able to pick up some wine, beer or scotch along with your milk, bread and eggs.

The province announced Thursday that after several months of consultation around changes to B.C.’s liquor laws, alcohol in grocery stories is a top priority for change.

“Liquor sales in grocery stores received considerably more attention and interest

and support than any other topic during the course of the liquor review,” said John Yap, parliamentary secretary in charge of the liquor law review.

Seventy-five per cent of submissions on the topic were at least generally in favour of wine, beer and spirits in supermarkets, he said.

“This is something I feel we just cannot ignore.

Because it is so clearly at See Province page 3

MIRACULOUS RECOVERY Vondrea Martin, 5, does his best not to fidget at an awards ceremony Nov. 22 when the B.C. Ambulance Service honoured those who saved his life with CPR. See story page 3. Scan with the Layar app to view more photos of the awards ceremony. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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Life-saving CPR-givers honoured

Lifeless boy, 5, in pool resuscitated BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Thanks to some CPR training and the quick action of neighbours, a NorthVancouver family has their son at home this Christmas.

Five-year-old Vondrea Martin nearly drowned in his backyard pool on March 30 this year. His grandmother Jene Johnson found him face down in the water and immediately pulled him out

and began CPR. At that point, paramedics estimate he’d been under water for five to 10 minutes.

Next door,Vondrea’s neighbours Gerry and Margaret Farrell were entertaining Gerry’s brother and sister-in-law Chris and Sue Farrell when they heard the commotion.

“I was listening because, I’ve got grandkids and you’re always interested what they’re doing.Then I heard ‘Call 9-1-1’ and it was like a fast-forward button. I put everything together and I just shouted ‘The baby’s in the pool,’” Margaret said.

The attentive neighbours rushed to Vondrea’s side and aided Johnson, taking turns

performing CPR, though with no breathing and no pulse, it looked as though Vondrea was already gone.

“We just started CPR on the little one. At first, he probably looked like he wasn’t even worth doing but you know, you can’t give up and you’ve got to keep trying, so we did and we managed to get a pulse,” Margaret said.

Her brother-in-law Chris then took over on Vondrea and Margaret took the boy’s distraught sister away from the scene. B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics arrived to race the boy to Lions Gate Hospital. He suffered a second cardiac arrest while being transferred to the ICU

at B.C. Children’s Hospital.

After spending weeks in care, Vondrea made a full and “miraculous” recovery and is now a happy and healthy young lad.

On Nov. 22, the BCAS gave Johnson, Margaret and Chris the service’s Vital Link award at a ceremony at North Vancouver’s ambulance station.

“Jene, Margaret and Chris performed CPR for several minutes, which in comparison to Vondrea’s complete return to health over several weeks is a relatively short amount of time,” said BCAS paramedic and Vondrea’s uncle, Aaron Johnson. “But the fact that he received CPR right away

had an enormous impact on his overall recovery.”

Margaret received CPR and first aid training while in South Africa’s civil defence.

“My CPR wasn’t up to scratch obviously, but you know what? It’s better than nothing and you can’t just sit there and say ‘I can’t do anything.You’ve got do to something,” she said Johnson agrees.

“Learning CPR, I think, is very important training for everyone to do. Even though you don’t do it word for word as the manual says, when the time comes you’ve just got to get in there and do it until the experts arrive,” she said.

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Other than in abstract ways and in arguments about spending priorities, council has largely not discussed Harry Jerome in 2013. After receiving a report including a preferred basic layout of the lands, recreation facilities and new residential buildings for the property, council voted in February to hold off on any decisions until January 2014.

Under the preferred option, the existing arena on the south side of 23rd Street would be connected with a building that bridges the street and houses administrative space and a new Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre.

The north side of 23rd would feature a 25-metre pool, gymnasiums and a full-size Norseman playing field with parking underneath.

To help cover the roughly $70 million it would cost, the plan also included about 350,000 square feet of residential development in two 180-foot towers between Lonsdale and Eastern Avenue south of the arena and another five-storey

building along St. Georges Avenue.

But council wasn’t keen on the plan as presented and sent staff to do more consultation. The delay was also partly to give pool user groups time to raise funds and look for operating grants to help build and maintain a 50-metre pool, rather than the 25-metre one in the plan.

“I’m certainly going to make a pitch for a 50-metre Harry Jerome to address some of that. That’s a recurring theme with me. I appreciate that council will be rolling their eyes in their heads, however, I’m not letting it go,” Clark said.

The city should be striving to match the quality of the district’s designs for William Griffin, Clark said, which he described as “well planned, dynamic and beautiful.”

But council members should also come prepared to discuss not just what the layout of Harry Jerome should be, but also how the city will pay for it Coun.

Pam Bookham said.

“We need to recognize that there are a number of advantages that we have when it comes to funding See Financing page 5

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Province won’t increase number of store licences

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the top of so many British Columbians’ wish lists, I have recommended that B.C. allow liquor sales in grocery stores.”

The exact details on how it will work won’t be announced untilYap’s full report, including about 70 other recommendations for liquor law changes, is released in the new year, but

him many times since, Friday’s awards ceremony was something of a reunion as it brought back all the first responders who came to Vondrea’s aid. One particular meeting stands out in Margaret’s mind, however.

“The first time I saw him after he came out of the hospital, I asked if I could give him a hug because I needed to feel his warm body because all I could remember was his cold body,” she said, becoming emotional.

Huge thanks are owed to the ICU staff and North Vancouver RCMP and City Fire Department who also responded, said Johnson.

he did say booze would be separated from food items within grocery stores.

The province won’t be adjusting the moratorium it has placed on the total number of liquor licences

allowed for private liquor stores, currently at 731.

Those guidelines came at the recommendation of public health and safety officials during the consultation process.

Yap’s report is now in the hands of B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton.

Pending her review, the changes will come before the legislature in the spring 2014 session.

Four Carson Graham secondary students have teamed up to give Lower Mainland teens a taste of medicine.

More than 100 Grade 11 and 12 students across the Vancouver area are scheduled to connect with leading clinical scientists, clinicians and clinicianscientists at BCIT’s Burnaby campus this Saturday at the inaugural Bench to Bedside Conference for Youth Second-year International Baccalaureate students and aspiring medical professionals Kian Sani, Omid Vakili, Kerolos Daowd and Victor Sanchez, who together have created the “corporate structure” for A Day in the Life of Medicine, have organized the event.

“We saw a need in the community for more opportunities for youth to immerse themselves in medicine,” said Sani, 17.

The mission of the invite-only conference is to inspire young people to pursue careers in medical research and medical practice by helping them better understand the relationship between clinical research and clinical practice.

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Guest speakers will include doctors and scientists from UBC, BC Children’s Hospital and Sanofi Canada.

In addition to presentations, the event will also feature handson workshops designed to teach participants how to use a stethoscope, apply splints and work with specialized lab equipment.

“Some of the handson workshops are really pertinent to the medical field,” said Sani, who noted he has always had a keen interest in biology and represented Canada at the International Biology Olympiad in Bern, Switzerland in July.

An aspiring cardiothoracic surgeon, Sani said he hopes to study cellular and molecular biology at an east coast American university next fall.

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that kind of a facility, not the least of which is through compatible, wellthought-out development throughout our whole community, not just adjacent to Harry Jerome,” said Bookham.

Mayor Darrell Mussatto agreed with the sentiment.

“I think Coun.

Bookham is pretty much

bang-on as we discuss what we want, as we move forward, with how we’re going to pay for it. I know if someone is looking to purchase a house, they find out how much money they’ve got to spend before they go out and buy the house. They don’t buy the house and figure out how to pay for it,” he said.

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“To me, shovel ready means exactly that, like, we break ground as the blue ribbon at William Griffin is being cut and shovel ready, to me, means not only working drawings but the financing also in place,” he said.

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Cheers – perhaps T he news out ofVictoria on changes to this province’s confusing and outdated liquor control laws is somewhat encouraging.

There finally seems to be the appetite in government for movement on some of B.C.’s regulations that had their genesis in the age of Prohibition.

Top of the list, according to JohnYap, the man in charge of the government review, is liquor in grocery stores.

We see nothing wrong with supermarkets stocking beer, wine and even hard liquor on their shelves such that it’s possible to pick up a bottle as well as food for supper on the way home, and 75 per cent of those who participated in the government’s opinion gathering agreed.

That change alone would probably do more for the atmosphere than the Pacific Carbon Trust ever did.

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the urge to over-complicate the issue.The last thing we want is pages of regulations determining the square-footage of allowable display, how it must be separated from the rest of the store, when the aisle or space can be open and when it must be hidden from sight.We hope the potential for union issues in the handling and sale of liquor in stores has also been addressed.

However, the biggest cause for concern inYap’s chat with the media Thursday was his assertion that the total number of liquor store licences will not change.

If the B.C. Liberals hold true to that, it’s clear that the value of a store licence will be ratcheted into the rarified level of commercial fishing licences and that any supermarket that wishes to carry liquor will not automatically be able to. As for beer in corner stores, forget it.

Let’s hope there is more to these reforms than we are being told at present.

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LGH parking wars driven by staff Dear Editor: I wonder if letter writer Laurel Bryson (Meters Running on Time With Loved Ones, Nov. 17) is aware that she could apply for a “handicapped parking” sign that can be used if she is picking up or dropping off her father at Evergreen House, or any other area where handicapped parking is available? I was not aware of that years ago when I had to transport my own father to various doctors’ appointments when he had his Alzheimer’s.

Also, some residences with handicapped residents have “loaner” handicap signs that can be used while you are visiting their premises, or if you take one of their residents out for a drive, etc.

I wonder if most people realize that the number 1 reason for changing the parking, as mentioned in your earlier stories, was because so many hospital employees were the ones who were taking up the majority of the free street parking. It used to irritate

me that we taxpayers were subsidizing their free parking, because so many staff members would have to run out every two hours to move their cars.When you were a patient or were visiting one, it seemed to be an accepted practice for a nurse to say they were running out to move their car.That was just because they didn’t want to walk an extra few blocks where parking was allowed all day.

Why hospital staff think they are entitled to free parking close to their job

is a question I’ve had for a long time.When I worked downtown, I didn’t expect free parking to come with my job. I either paid for my parking or took the bus.

My daughter-in-law is an RN at Burnaby General where there is only metered parking in all directions for blocks and blocks. She pays for parking in the parkade for the convenience of being close to work, and not having to go outside.

Now those of us who have to visit loved ones or go to Lion Gate Hospital

for any tests or surgeries have to pay the price.

I understand, too, the frustrations of the people who live in the apartment blocks close to the hospital.

But when they opted to rent their apartment they knew the hospital was there.

I do agree with Laurel Bryson’s excellent suggestion that the City of North Vancouver should recycle the meters and top the posts with flower planters instead.

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Ferry losses had to be addressed

It’s a sure-fire bet that whenever major changes are made to the B.C. ferry system the howls of outrage from ferry users are quick to follow.

The reaction was no different to the B.C. government’s recently announced three-step program to right the ferry company’s bottom line.

The money-losing ferry service needed some kind of fix, but whether this latest one will satisfy ferry users is doubtful.

Nevertheless, the status quo wasn’t an option unless the government increased the annual taxpayer subsidy to B.C. Ferries. The subsidy now approaches $200 million (that’s almost $2 billion over 10 years) and it’s hard to argue why it should be higher, given the low ridership and the need of more funding for other government services.

Government revenues are projected to increase by about $2 billion over the next two years. About half of that will go to health care. Does the ferry system rank ahead of education or social services when it comes to allocating the rest

Keith Baldrey

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of the money? I don’t think so.

Some of the changes make sense. Requiring seniors to pay half-fares during the week rather than allowing them to ride for free is hardly a draconian measure, as some would insist. While many seniors are on fixed incomes and don’t have a lot of disposable income, a lot more of them have accumulated various amounts of wealth and presumably can afford a $15 ferry fare. According to B.C. Ferries statistics, the vast majority of travelling seniors take their vehicles, which suggests they can indeed afford a ferry fare.

I suspect we will

eventually see the end of a lot of other senior discounts when it comes to various services by the way. The number of seniors will soon mushroom, as the Baby Boomer generation eases into retirement, and that may make companies (and governments) think twice before providing senior discounts that will become much more expensive to pay for than they are now.

The reduction in the number of sailings is more controversial.

There are those who continue to insist the ferry system should be treated as a mere extension of the highway system. In its early days, the ferries were indeed treated as part of the road network, but those days are long gone and will never return.

One of the critical differences between travelling on a highway and riding a ferry is that on one you can travel by yourself, but on the other you have to pay for people to travel with you. I’m referring to the crew on a ferry, and the size of that crew on B.C. Ferries range from six to 48, depending on the size

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of vastly under-utilized sailings — most of them are the last ones leaving a terminal on any given night — would be reduced, even if it means inconveniencing a relatively small number of people.

To be sure, those folks are going to make their feelings heard, loud and clear. I doubt if that’s going to change much, however.

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City asks cops to enforce nostopping zone

From page 7 putting slot machines on ferries. The idea smacks of cynicism and even desperation, particularly given numerous studies about the negative impact too much gambling can have on society — the most recent coming from the provincial health officer.

Overall, the changes

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Just because you’ve always done something doesn’t make it legal.

That’s the response from North Vancouver RCMP after a complaint about officers handing out tickets to drivers who use the roundabout at the foot of Chesterfield Avenue as a place to drop off passengers for the SeaBus. Former resident and frequent visitor Chris Rasmussen got off with a warning Nov. 21 but he saw plenty of other drivers getting tickets when he dropped his wife off to get to work downtown. “For 27 years, people have been doing that and now they’re starting to ticket people,” he said. “If I wasn’t in such a hurry, I would have asked them to give me a ticket so I could take it to court.”

Rasmussen was told officers were stepping up enforcement in the nostopping zone because of accidents, but that doesn’t

Ferry slot machine idea feels desperate to the ferry system are controversial and hurt some communities more than others. But until the provincial government’s revenues substantially improve, it’s hard to see many other options to pursue.

Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

SeaBus commuters and Lonsdale Quay shoppers may want to rethink their travel arrangements via drop-off at the foot of Chesterfield Avenue or risk getting a ticket. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD make sense, he said. “Why the hell have a roundabout there where the SeaBus and mass transit is if you can’t stop and drop people off?”

Asked what he’d have the RCMP do instead, Rasmussen is plain.

“Uh, go fight crime — people breaking into houses, not paying taxes. Go arrest some senators — anything but the people who are paying your wages trying to go to work,” he said.

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North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE

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BUSY DECEMBER FOR GRIST

In addition to herWest Vancouver show at Kay Meek Centre on Dec. 6, Hilary Grist will be featured on Timmy’s Christmas Telethon, a fundraising project of the B.C. Lions Society’s Easter Seals program airing on Shaw TV Dec. 8. Other performers include Headwater, The Pompadoors,The Jardines, Jet Tangerine and theVOC Sweet Soul Gospel Choir.

She is also set to play Dec. 21 at The Prophouse Café, located at 1636Venables St., in Vancouver at a benefit for the GreaterVancouver Food Bank. Other artists on the bill include Rykka, T. Nile, Christa Couture, Nat Jay and The Royal Oui. More online at nsnews.com/ entertainment

Hilary Grist is looking forward to sitting behind the Kay Meek Centre’s Steinway when she performs there next week with her band.

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Singer-songwriter Hilary Grist takes the concept of living an artistic life to a whole new level.

Similarly passionate and proficient in the visual arts, the Vancouverbased performer recently

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transformed her apartment into both a detective’s office and mad scientist laboratory all in the name of her craft. Grist used her Kitsilano apartment to house the two different sets as part of the filming process for the new video for the first single, “Waltzing Matilda” off her forthcoming LP. The video, drawing upon the 1950s detective film noir genre with a comic book/ superhuman twist, features a quirky cast of characters, including an invisible man,

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where Grist does her recording, and works at Collide Entertainment as a producer, engineer and music video director.

“We end up doing a lot of our visual-type projects in our apartment so it’s really hilarious,” says Grist, who formerly lived in North Vancouver while studying in the jazz studies program at Capilano University.

“That was the third time that we’ve done that where it’s just nutty and we move everything and it’s just

a femme fatale, a torch singer, mobsters and a mad scientist.

The sets were up for about a month, but lucky for Grist, she had the blessing of her similarly creative-minded husband Mike Southworth, her partner on the project.

The couple constantly collaborate as Southworth is a musician in his own right, and plays drums and a multitude of other instruments on her albums.

He runs Creativ Recording Studios in North Vancouver

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living right in everything,” she adds.

The couple came up with the video’s concept after watching Dead Men Don’tWear Plaid, the 1982 film noir parody starring Steve Martin, directed by Carl Reiner.

“It’s really hilarious, it just sort of pokes fun at the genre,” says Grist, adding their addiction to Mad Men offered further inspiration.

North Vancouver native Byron Kopman, known for

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ARTEMIS GALLERY 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver.TuesdaySunday, noon to 5 p.m. 778233-9805 artemisgallery.ca Scouting the Divine: Paintings by Shelley Rothenburger will be on display until Dec. 1.

BELLEVUE GALLERY 2475 Bellevue Ave.,West Vancouver. Gallery TuesdayFriday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and by appointment. bellevuegallery.ca BRUSHSTROKES GALLERY Lonsdale Quay, 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver.ThursdaySunday and public holidays, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. or by appointment. nsartists.com Members of The North Shore Artists’ Guild display a wide selection of original art with new works every month. For the months of November and December all paintings will be $100 or less.

REFLECTIONS The Silk Purse Gallery has original works, created by Capilano University IDEA students, on display through Sunday, Dec. 1. There will be a silent auction on Dec. 1 at 4 p.m. for paintings featured in the group’s ReFlections 2014 calendar with proceeds from the art work funding the student’s grad show. For more information visit silkpurse.ca. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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VISUAL ARTS

New perspectives of familiar scenes David Wilson nails his unique visions of Vancouver to the wall ■ David Wilson: New Works at the Winsor Gallery, Nov. 30 — Jan. 11, 2014.

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The car veers toward the post-apocalyptic city.

It’s a vision of Vancouver shaped by blurred lines, the way the city might look through bloodshot eyes squinting against a spring storm.

David Wilson’s exhibition, NewWorks, has captured the beauty, moodiness and loneliness of Vancouver at night.

It’s an exhibition Wilson has risked his health to complete.

“I was supposed to have surgery in October but I asked them to postpone it until December because I needed the time to get ready for my exhibition,” he says.

Asked why he insisted on postponing the surgery, Wilson chuckles.

“I’ve been asking that to myself right now,” he says. “Perhaps it’s the stubbornness in me as well as enjoying the experience of creating these works and putting them up on the wall,” he says. “You only get a shot at this every couple of years. I didn’t want to lose an opportunity, so I pushed through it. But there’s always a price to pay.”

Wilson’s brush creates the Burrard Bridge at dawn and a yellow cab lit by lampposts. The neon of downtown turns into a thousand points of blunted light on Granville Street’s rain-slicked pavement.

Wilson works on canvas and cardboard. The canvas paintings are rich and detailed portraits of familiar streets and scenes.

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As an artist, Wilson discovered a measure of freedom in cardboard.

He’d spent most of his career working with acrylic paint on canvas when he ran out of supplies in his Gastown studio.

“I needed to do a sketch for a painting and I had run out of paper and my supplier is on Granville Island. I had some cardboard lying around so I just pulled it out and nailed it to the wall and started drawing on it,” he says.

The cardboard allowed more personal expression while also carrying the marks of the city.

“I’ve driven by cardboard that sits on the street for days and days and days. People drive overtop of it. It sits in the rain. The stuff just doesn’t go away,” he says.

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VISUAL ARTS

Wilson uses different approach to his work From page 13 “I like the durability of it. It’s tough. There’s no emotional investment, either. With canvas I have to prepare the canvas

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and spend a lot of time working on it getting it ready for painting and with cardboard I pull it out, nail it to the wall.”

The cardboard work shows Wilson at his most spontaneous and impressionistic.

“I can insert some of the things that are going on in my life without expressing it overtly. I enjoy that, it’s good therapy for me.”

The rougher material lends itself to images of a city in ruins, according to Wilson.

“The idea behind the corrugated board is that it’s a disposable material and it’s kind of in the midst of decay when I’m salvaging it,” he says. “Cities, if you leave them without any maintenance they will fall apart. They’ll just crumble.”

Whether depicting a mass of bright windows stretching to the horizon or headlights drawing halogen circles on a road that splits a pastoral setting, Wilson’s canvasses have both clarity and serenity.

“The work on canvas, it satisfies a certain need in my life to explore beauty and the things that surround me and places I’ve been,” he says.

The canvas work often contains an interplay of long shadows and artificial light, similar to the chiaroscuro compositions found in film noir. While the painting may evoke loneliness, Wilson says they are more about being alone.

“As a painter I work in solitude for the most part,” he says. “I’ve worked in public and I just can’t do it. I hate it. It’s too overwhelming.”

Increasingly, Wilson paints at home, usually at night.

“I have time to collect my thoughts through the day and by the time evening rolls around I’m ready to insert some of those thoughts into my work,” he says.

While his paintings are inspired by Edward Hopper’s New York street scenes, Wilson is conscious of forging his own identity.

“There’s always that struggle to be influenced by somebody yet to have your own voice,” he says.

“It really takes a long time

to establish yourself as an artist. If you really want to be an artist you have to be willing to put in the hard years, the hard time.”

Before he was a serious artist, Wilson was an incessant doodler.

“As a kid I used to draw all the time. I would draw cartoons of my family which was really funny because they were never very complimentary,” he says.

His parents still have a collection of the uncomplimentary drawings, which Wilson calls “a way of taking shots at them without actually taking a physical shot.”

Many of the paintings in the exhibition are intensely

“The idea behind the corrugated board is that it’s a disposable material and it’s kind of in the midst of decay when I’m salvaging it. Cities, if you leave them without any maintenance they will fall apart. They’ll just crumble.”

— David Wilson personal, although Wilson says he’s unsure if gallerygoers will recognize the acrylic revelations on canvas and cardboard.

While Wilson works in solitude, many of his paintings need to survive inspection from friends and family.

“When they’re not good I can tell and my family can tell. ‘That’s not very good, dad,’” he says, imitating his daughter.

His wife is often the first to view the new paintings.

“Sometimes she’s too busy to look at them. She’s seen so many of them. It’s not that just she’s jaded or anything, she says ‘Oh, there’s another one.’ It’s like a loaf of bread almost sometimes, it seems.”

Wilson repainted four canvasses that are now in the exhibition, each one improving on the last, he says.

“I’m very proud of each piece,” he says. “I hope that people will be able to recognize that for one: there’s no dogs in the exhibition.”

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It’s a political story, it’s a personal story, and Philomena’s a bit of a miracle, given that the tale of a prim Irish pensioner in search of her long-lost son manages to escape being maudlin.

It’s an engaging, moving story, not a manipulative, sixhankie weep fest.

Judi Dench stars in the title role (can you hear the Oscar buzz already?) as a woman who has kept a secret for decades.Then, on what would be her son’s 50th birthday, Philomena unburdens herself to her daughter: she had a son out

of wedlock, he was adopted before she could properly say goodbye, and she’s spent a lifetime looking for him.

A flashback shows young Philomena (Sophie Kennedy Clark) abandoned at a convent by her family.The sisters delivered the babies, and both mother and infant often died.The shamed mothers slaved seven days a week for a period of four years to work off the debt owed to the sisters; the babies were adopted, often to rich Americans with ready cash.

After the bombshell announcement, Philomena’s daughter (Anna Maxwell Martin) petitions journalist Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) to tell her mother’s story. But human interest stories are “for the weakminded” according to Martin, and he initially dismisses it.

However, he needs the work, and the further Martin

delves into Philomena’s story the more interesting it becomes.What starts as a human interest piece becomes much more, a mystery with all sorts of twists and turns and ecclesiastical and political implications.

“I’d like to know if Anthony ever thought of me because I’ve thought of him every day,” says Philomena.

Movies of her son play endlessly in her head.Their quest takes them from the bucolic Irish countryside to Washington, D.C. Martin, a former altar boy, struggles with his own faith while Philomena’s seems unshakable: she still kneels and says her prayers at bedtime every night, and doesn’t blame the sisters or the church for her predicament.There are jabs at “the Sisters of Little Mercy” but the film is less damning than

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Of course, all this seriousness is occasionally rattled by chats about the clitoris and the guilty joy of sex, or Philomena’s kindly cluelessness when it comes to political correctness.

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CALENDAR From page 15 KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com On OurWalls —Vintage Poster Exhibition: Martine De Keyn’s collection of European lithographic posters from the early 1900s will be on display until Dec. 2.

NAVA ART CENTER 1355 Main St., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 5-9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 2-8 p.m. 604-9856282 Mystic Sculpture: Architecture and interior design by Majid Sheikhakbari will be on display until Dec. 1.

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Imagining North Vancouver: Learn about the beginnings of NorthVancouver and how it came to be with an exhibit about dreamer Edward Mahon. Runs until Nov. 29.

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NorthVancouver Experience, an ongoing exhibit defining life in North Vancouver.

PRESENTATION HOUSE SATELLITE GALLERY 560 Seymour St., Vancouver.WednesdaySaturday, noon-6 p.m. satellitegallery.ca Ornament and Reproach: An exhibition

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drawings by Eva Kawczynski will be on display until Dec. 8.

Twelve Days of Christmas andWinterVibrance Pots decorated with themes from the carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas” by Parkgate Potters and oil and acrylic landscapes by Roy Geronimo will be on display Dec. 8-Jan. 12.

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It’s a welcome change to see Coogan play it straight and his unlikely chemistry with Dench is the lynch-pin of the film’s success.

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There is plenty of time for introspection while riding a motorcycle on a long trip, as Vancouver author Trevor Marc Hughes discovered. He took the plunge before he turned 40 and headed into northern B.C. finding a new level of selfconfidence along the way.

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Riding into the majesty of the Stikine Valley and the land known

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Hughes overcomes his fears, survives the open road and in the process visits what Wade Davis calls ‘the most stunningly beautiful place in Canada.’

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A24 - North Shore News - Friday, November 29, 2013

CALENDAR From page 21 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver.

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third Sunday of each month, 7-10 p.m.Admission: $5 at the door. 604-986-3078 CAFÉ FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 138-140 East Esplanade,

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Kindergarten Registration for 2014/2015 Kindergarten registration for the 2014/2015 school year is now underway at the Education Services Centre.

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CALENDAR From page 24 Series: Voice and brass will be the theme Saturday, Nov. 29 at 7 p.m.Tickets: $20/$5. seycovemusic.ca PINNACLE HOTEL AT THE PIER 138 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver. 604-986-7437 The Maria Ho Trio will perform Friday, Dec. 6, 8-11 p.m. Ho will be accompanied

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SEASONAL SALE Landscape painter/ photographer/teacher Frank Townsley (left in photo with Lynda Grant and Alice Bottrill) and about two dozen of his students will feature their work in a second annual sale of original work, prints and cards at Churchill House (150 West 29 St., North Vancouver) on Sunday, Dec. 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD at 10:30 p.m.Tickets: $12.

CAFÉ FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 138-140 East Esplanade, North Vancouver. MondayFriday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. 778-340-3379 cafeforcontemporaryart@ gmail.com DEEP COVE SHAW THEATRE 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 604-929-9456 firstimpressionstheatre.com In-Laws, Outlaws, and Other People (That Should be Shot): A holiday comedyWednesdays-Saturdays until Nov. 30 at 8 p.m.Tickets: $18/$16.

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KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: A musical of the biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors Saturday, Nov. 30 at 4 and 7 p.m.Admission by donation.

Don’tYouWant to Come Under My Umbrella: A story about a few couples’ relationships who happen to be neighbours Sunday, Dec. 8 at 6 and 8 p.m.Tickets: $20/$15.

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Quartet: A story set in a retirement home where four former opera stars are asked

to performVerdi’s masterpiece Dec. 6-15,Tuesday-Saturdays, at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.Admission: $25.

Tickets: 1-800-838-3006 brownpapertickets.com THEATRE AT HENDRY HALL 815 East 11th St., North Vancouver. 604-983-2633 northvanplayers.ca Rapunzel — A Tangled Tale: A panto makeover of the classic tale Nov. 29-Dec. 1, Dec. 5-8 and Dec. 12-15, Thursdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 and 4 p.m.Tickets: $10/$5.

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FASHION FILE Our weekly roundup of fashion and beauty events and activities. page 36

North Vancouver’s Get Dressed boutique recently treated three deserving women to makeovers.

East Vancouver resident Judy McCaffrey was the winner of the top prize package, a $1,500 makeover, highlights of which included a new outfit by Sandwich clothing, accessories

by Karen Telio jewelry, hair and products by Techniks Hair Studio and manicure, pedicure, facial and makeup by Sanctuary Esthetics Studio. Teresa MacGillivary and Brooke Storey were the other winners.

Get Dressed owner Erica Hughes says she and her team of stylists were aiming to create a “fashion meets function” look for McCaffrey. “We chose black leggings for comfort for her, and then we paired it with a Sandwich black tunic. It’s cosy but it’s also got a chic look to it,” Hughes says. “Black is very versatile and she can mix the two pieces.

She can actually wear the leggings with other long, chunky sweaters and what not.”

The monochromatic colour palette and long tunic both work to elongate the body, Hughes explains.

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“She can wear the outfit into the evening and she can also wear it in the day.”

McCaffrey was more than happy with the final result, but especially enjoyed the pampering aspect of her transformation.

“It’s like being a princess for a day, seriously,” she says.

McCaffrey was nominated for a Get See Sales page 36

“Fashion meets function,” was the look that a team of stylists from Get Dressed aimed to give makeover contest winner Judy McCaffrey, pictured on the morning of makeover day in the photo at left. At her big reveal later the same day, McCaffrey shows off her new style that includes clothing from Get Dressed, hair by Techniks Hair Studio and and makeup by Sanctuary Esthetics Studio. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN

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COSMETICS COLLECTION It’s time to clean out your cosmetics drawers and let go of all those hotel shampoos, sample beauty products and cosmetics bags you don’t need and put together a gift pack for a woman in need.

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SHOW STOPPER Tamara Moerike showcases neck pieces worn in the Orpheum Theatre Annex performance of Medea by the Yayio Theatre Movement Society. Created by Vancouver metalsmiths Patsy Kay Kolesar, Simone Richmond and Su Foster, the neck pieces are on display at Edgemont Village Jeweller to Saturday. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. (open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily, closed Mondays).

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Compiled by Layne Christensen Fashion File is a weekly column. Priority is given to North Shore events and organizations. Send your info as to lchristensen@nsnews.com.

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Dressed makeover by a close friend who thought she could use a pick-meup during a difficult time.

McCaffrey’s husband of 25 years passed away in early September, leaving her the primary caregiver of their 16-year-old daughter, who is in a wheelchair.

Get Dressed recently raised $900 through the sale of goody bags at a customer appreciation event and McCaffrey got to choose the beneficiary

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After receiving so many touching entries, Hughes says she plans to make the fall makeover contest an annual event. “I’ve lived on the North Shore since 1970 and I just think it’s great to give back to the community,” she says.

As part of her prize package, McCaffrey also received a private yoga session and one-month pass from Maa Yoga Studio and wine and appetizers from Arm’s Reach Bistro.

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Vancouver’s Penthouse Night Club served as an additional filming location.

With “Waltzing Matilda” released last month, made possible by a MuchFact music video grant, Grist and Southworth’s apartment has returned to normal, that is, “until next time,” she laughs, reached Tuesday.

With two other major projects in the works, set for release in 2014, “next time” will no doubt come sooner rather than later.

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The other project Grist has been working on simultaneously is her new LP, tentatively titled Come and Go. A follow to 2010’s Imaginings, which saw her experiment with a number of musical genres. She views Come and Go as a more focused and cohesive work.

“I really wanted to do something that had a little bit more energy and a little more drums and just reflect more what I’ve been doing live,” she says, of the pending indie pop/soft rock offering. That said, “It’s still mellow, it’s still me.”

Grist plans to release the video for the second single, “The Trade,” off her new album in January 2014.

Grist also anticipates doing some touring next year in support of her two projects.

Those looking to see Grist live sooner are in luck as she is set to play West Vancouver’s Kay Meek Centre Studio Theatre Friday Dec. 6. Joined by a backing band, including Southworth on drums, she plans to play songs from throughout her catalogue as well as her 2012 holiday album It’s Officially Winter Now, offering up some rearrangements of Christmas classics.

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THEATRE

East Van Panto plays with tradition

Christmas performances set in restored York Theatre

■ The Cultch and Theatre Replacement present Jack & the Beanstalk: An East Van Panto, Dec. 4-29 at the York Theatre, 639 Commercial Dr., Vancouver.Tickets from $18, available at thecultch.com or by calling 604-251-1363.

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A classic fairy tale meets modern-day East Vancouver in Theatre Replacement’s production of Jack & the Beanstalk:An EastVan Panto, which runs throughout the holiday season at the newly restoredYork Theatre on Commercial Drive.

“It’s sort of a twist on the panto style,” explains Maiko BaeYamamoto who, in a gender-bending move typical of traditional pantomime theatre, plays Jack.

Audiences can expect the show to follow the basic premise of the original Jack & the Beanstalk — a boy and his mother run out of money, so the boy sets out to find a solution to their woes. But Theatre Replacement has taken some liberties in its contemporary urban retelling of the British fairy tale. In this version, Jack and his mom (played

by Allan Zinyk in drag) live near Commercial Drive, in the vicinity of the notoriously stinky West Coast Reduction animal rendering facility.

Other characters include a conniving real estate agent, giants in therapy and a cow with a bad attitude. And the fabled golden eggs are laid not by a magical goose, but by a backyard chicken.

“The characters are really placed in the location of East Vancouver,”Yamamoto says.

A Christmas theatre tradition, pantomime takes familiar fairy tales or nursery stories and adds music, topical jokes and slapstick humour to create comedic, at times raucous, entertainment. For those unfamiliar with the rules of

Dawn Petten, Patti Allan and Allan Zinyk are featured performers in Jack & the Beanstalk: An East Van Panto. Scan with Layar to view video of the successful efforts to save the York Theatre. PHOTO SUPPLIED TIM MATHESON pantomime,Yamamoto says ticket-holders will be briefed at the top of the show.

“The audience is invited to communicate with the cast on stage all the time,” she explains. “If the cast is in danger, for instance, if there’s somebody creeping up behind them, the audience is encouraged to say ‘Look behind you!’” Or if one of the characters states “I’m the most brave person in the world, oh yes I am,” the audience is invited to pipe up “Oh no you aren’t!”

“So there’s a lot of that kind of goading that happens between the audience and the players on stage.”

Directed by Amiel Gladstone, Jack & the Beanstalk marks Theatre Replacement’s first venture into pantomime, a departure from the company’s usual work.

“We’re really known for doing more experimental smaller-scale shows that tour around,” saysYamamoto, who serves as an artistic director of the theatre group, which she formed with fellow artist James Long.

Yamamoto first floated around the idea of a pantomime a few years ago when she started having children and was looking to create a theatre

experience for the whole family. Soon enough, the local theatre community jumped on board and the very first EastVan Panto was born. Jack & the Beanstalk was written by author and comedian Charles Demers, a regular on CBC radio’s

The Debaters, and features a layered script laden with double entendres designed to amuse all ages.

“There’s music, there’s sing-a-long, there’s so many fun things inside of it that I think will be entertaining for parents and kids alike.”

This is the first show to be performed in the newly restoredYork Theatre. Built in 1913, the venue was a cultural fixture in Vancouver for years, but eventually fell into a state of disrepair. After much community lobbying, the aging building was

rescued from demolition when The Cultch and Wall Financial Corporation struck a deal with the City of Vancouver to give the structure a $14.8 million renovation. Now under the management of The Cultch, the 370-seat theatre will serve primarily as a rental venue for performances and special events.

“It’s beautifully finished and designed. It’s a proscenium theatre with a fly tower, a little bit of an orchestra pit and great sightlines and really super acoustics,” says Heather Redfern, executive director of The Cultch.

Marking the grand reopening of the historic theatre with a pantomime was an obvious choice for Redfern.

“It really harkens back to the York’s past when it was the Vancouver Little Theatre,” she says, referencing the 50-plus years that the venue was the home of the Vancouver Little Theatre Association.

“We really wanted a show that was accessible for all ages, we wanted as many people to come and check out the theatre as possible.”

The fact that Jack & the Beanstalk has a distinct East Van flavour makes it all the more appropriate for the York stage, Redfern adds.

“It just captures the spirit of this neighbourhood.”

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working together, he just set me aside one day and asked if I wanted to start a band with him,” Maros says.

“When we started working together it clicked.

I am now totally cool going out and singing every night,” Maros adds.

The name Escondido, which has absolutely nothing to do with the city in Southern California, was the brainchild of James.

“It was something he had for a long time,” Maros says.

“He wanted to start a band that sounded Southwestern and then I showed up with this Southwestern haunting

style of music.”

The duo released their debut album, The Ghost of Escondido, recorded live on Oct. 17, 2011 in Nashville.

“I was writing all these songs as I was going through a rough heartbreak in my life,” she says. “Tyler had the production and we mashed it together. It turned into this washed-out desert landscape sound.”

“The album is basically a one-day version of our demos that we did. It’s very spontaneous and quick and fast,” she adds.

Escondido have had no shortage of publicity over the past two years.The duo, along with their song “Don’t

Love MeToo Much,” were featured in the ABC hit series Nashville.

“It’s pretty awesome. I feel so grateful for how far we have come,” she says. “We released the album ourselves.

With a good work ethic and if you’re driven then anything is possible.”

They were also featured on Conan O’Brien and have appeared in major publications such as Rolling Stone,Vogue, USAToday, and the Huffington Post.

“I am not taking it for granted,” Maros says of the band’s success.

Escondido are currently in the middle of their fall tour, which has already

seen them make stops in a handful of cities including Minneapolis, Fargo,Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Calgary.

While Maros loves life on the road she says it isn’t all glamour and can be a lot of long nights followed by early mornings.

“I love it. It’s inspiring for me but a lot of people would absolutely hate it,” she says. “You’re waking up early every morning and you’re driving for hours to a venue.

Then you are loading into a venue and sound checking.

Then you’re doing your show until about two in the morning.

“You do this routine for two months or in some cases for an entire year.”

Following Escondido’s performance inVancouver, they will head south to Seattle and then make stops in Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Texas.

One of the more challenging aspects about life on the road for many artists, including Maros, is trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

“The hardest thing is the lack of sleep and trying to stay healthy,” she says. “It’s hard to eat healthy on the road.”

Making matters worse, Maros is allergic to gluten.

“It’s really hard for me sometimes but I’ll usually buy groceries and I’ll have snacks in the car,” Maros says. “I’m all about trail mix.”

Although Escondido have never actually performed in Escondido, CA, they have driven through and would like to perform in the city they take their name from.

“We got an email about five months ago asking us if we would be interested in playing in a city show,” Maros says. “It hasn’t really followed through yet but I am sure we will get there at some point.”

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1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Songs and Stories: Composer Michael Conway Baker will share show biz, film and concert music stories past and present the third Wednesday of every month, 10:30-11:30 a.m.Admission by donation.

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2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com Banff Mountain Film FestivalWorld Tour: Extreme mountain adventure films Friday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $20. accvancouver.ca

1950 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Opera with Nicolas Krusek: A discussion about the late operas of Richard WagnerWednesday, Dec. 4, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Artists Confidential: Join Kay Meek Centre’s artistic director Claude Giroux for a behind-the-scenes chat with MattWhite, the new artistic director for Early Music Vancouver Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 10:30 a.m. Free.

— compiled by Debbie Caldwell. Email information for your North Shore event to listings@nsnews.com.

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For the BEST quality and the BEST prices, come visit or call for delivery today. Open everyday @ Noon for lunch.Voted one of the top 5 Greek restaurants in the Lower Mainland.With our outstanding food, reasonable prices, friendly service and candle-lit charm you will see why so many people call it their favourite restaurant. Call for delivery/ take out tonight or come in for a relaxing Mediterranean experience.

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

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INDIAN Handi Cuisine of India

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Reader’s Choice 2006 Winner offering Authentic Indian Cuisine.

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

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

Palki Best Indian Cuisine $ $

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

PUB $$

VOTED BEST PUB by you - The Bear is your friendly, comfortable local that has free parking plus a taxi stand. Full take-out menu. Daily drink and food specials.We are 100% smoke & UFC free. Reserve your Xmas party today [max. 45ppl] limited space.

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

The Rusty Gull

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

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

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

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

SEAFOOD C-Lovers Fish & Chips

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

The best weekend breakfasts ‘til 2pm. Great selection of import draft.

All Canucks PPV games on the big screens.

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

Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub

Village Tap House

Where one spicy sauce does not fit all.Readers’Choice award winning restaurant for 5 years! Open for Lunch & Dinner.Lunch Buffet $10.95.

The Black Bear Neighbhourhood Pub

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The best fish & chips on the North Shore!

Marine Dr. @ Pemberton, N. Van. 604-980-9993 & OUR NEW LOCATION: 6640 Royal Ave., Horseshoe Bay, W. Van. 604-913-0994

Montgomery’s Fish & Chips$ The fastest growing Fish & Chips on the North Shore.

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

THAI Thai PudPong Restaurant

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

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

WEST COAST The Lobby Restaurant at the Pinnacle Hotel

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

The Lobby Bar: We now have Live music every Friday night from 8-11pm!

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

WATERFRONT DINING The MarinaSide Grill

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Enjoy your Waterfront dining experience with our extensive menu.

From eggs benny to juicy burgers during our popular brunches to our famous prime rib,hot scallop salad, clam chowder,king crab,steaks, seafood style cordon bleu.Rooms available for private parties and free parking.Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner seven days a week.View full menu www.marinasidegrill.com.

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

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A LOT OF TREES Steve McTaggart, 21st Capilano Scouts leader, West Vancouver Coun.

Nora Gambioli and members of the Beavers and Cubs: Leo Tsisserev, Tom Burke and Cyrus Abdollahi, invite everyone to the West Vancouver Scouts Christmas tree lot at Taylor Way and Clyde Avenue, weekdays noon-9 p.m., and weekends 9 a.m.-7 p.m. until Dec. 23.

ince 1989, B.C. Liquor Stores has donated close to 500,000 teddy bears through its annual Share-aBear program.

This year, B.C. Liquor Stores is once again running its Share-a-Bear campaign in all 195 of its locations from now until just before Christmas. A recent press release noted that customers can purchase twin teddy bears at any B.C. Liquor Stores location and then leave one of the bears at the store to “share” with a local community charity.

B.C. Liquor Stores staff select charities in their communities that help families in need and the “shared” bear finds its way to a child through those charities.

Liquor stores are selling the twin bear pairs for $11.

Last year more than 24,000 bears were donated to families with children in need.

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tion. She adds: You just have to embrace the concept of teamwork when approaching the season. O’Connor, who recently released the book Be That Mom, suggests a variety of ways to include kids in holiday preparations.

Don’t see your kids as an obstacle in your preparations, include them, says O’Connor, adding, it’s good to plan activities with your children that utilize the skills they have at each stage of development.

Include them in Christmas decoration or gift-making processes that they’ll not only enjoy, but will also excel at, she says. Baking is fun and easy to do as a family-friendly activity.

Consider giving edible gifts that your children can help make.

Bogged down with Christmas letters and cards? Kids love affixing postage and stuffing envelopes. Include your kids in party planning. They will be more likely to help you with preparation for the event as it nears even with some of the not-so-fun stuff like cleaning.

Get your kids involved in making decorations. You can work together to make centrepieces and other décor items that people will be hard-pressed to guess were made by little hands.

Bonus: these can also be given as parting gifts to any party guests.

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f you’ve dreamed of being that Martha Stewart vision of a mom whose Christmas season is perfectly curated instead of filled with chaos, Tina O’Connor has some advice.

In a recent press release, O’Connor says in the long run you’re likely to be far happier if you spend your time ensuring your efforts are meaningful rather than striving for perfec-

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TREE DECORATING TROUPE Gillian Konst (left) and fellow members of the Lynn Valley Community Association decorate a large Christmas tree at Lynn Valley Village Square in preparation for the Lynn Valley Christmas event on Sunday, Dec. 1, 4:30-6:30 p.m. The event will feature a lighting ceremony, live music, Santa and more.

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MORE THAN JUST A TOKEN Kyle Jasper displays sandwich tokens that are part of the Hoodies for Hunger program. Hoodies are $65 (with discount code) at Union Apparel (unionapparel.com). For each hoodie sold, five sandwich tokens good at Save-On Meats in the Downtown Eastside will be distributed to those in need.

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hey say a lot about you.

Are you an artisan-made artful reindeer-type? Maybe a rust-red cardinal against a backdrop of a wooded winter scene speaks more to your taste? What about a Swarovski crystal-embellished number with enough bling to ring in the New Year?

With just over three weeks left until the big day, it’s time to get your holiday cards chosen, signed and dropped in the mail and two North Vancouver-based non-profit organizations are among those making it easy by offering socially conscious options.

The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation has launched its 2013 Charity Christmas Card campaign. Their offering, Horseshoe Bay Winterscape II painted by North Shore Artists’ Guild member Tina Richter, showcases the West Vancouver ferry with snow-capped mountains in the background.

Cards come in packs of 12 and cost $20 for one pack, $35 for two packs, and $50 for

three packs, available at the foundation office, located just off the hospital’s lobby.

In addition to the Horseshoe Bay card pack, there are three others featuring designs from previous years, including Lighthouse Park and the Lions. Sales will support the foundation’s mission of raising funds to support health care on the North Shore.

HUGGS Canada, which has just celebrated 10 years of helping youth in India receive secondary and career-focused post-secondary education, is encouraging community members to support their annual Gift of Education HUGGS Gift Card campaign. For a $25 donation, which will directly benefit students in India, HUGGS will send a physical paper card to a gift recipient. Gift-givers have a choice of two designs: Mother and Child, designed by HUGGS student Leelavathi; and HUGGS Student, which features a photo of a former student who is now working as a teacher.

ERIN MCPHEE, emcphee@nsnews.com

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holiday happenings HOLIDAY SEASON ONLINE SILENT AUCTION The North Shore Women’s Centre auction will feature a variety of gifts until Nov. 30 at midnight. All proceeds go towards running programs and services that support women, girls and their families on the North Shore. northshorewomen.ca

LYNN VALLEY VILLAGE COMMUNITY EVENTS

COATS FOR KIDS The Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association (GVHBA) will hold its annual campaign in support of the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau until Dec. 6. Drop-off locations can be found at gvhba.org A NUTCRACKER CHRISTMAS The Amicus Music Duo will perform holiday favourites every Tuesday and Thursday, 3-5 p.m. until Dec. 19 with additional performances Dec. 1, 2-4 p.m. and Dec. 23, 3-5 p.m. in the Atrium at Lynn Valley Centre, North Vancouver. shoplynnvalley.com NATIVITY EXHIBIT AND CRAFT FAIR Highlands United Church will have more than 150 nativity scenes including traditional, contemporary, handmade and oneof-a-kind sets on display Nov. 29, 6-9 p.m. and Nov. 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. In addition to the exhibit there will be carolers, mulled cider, a children’s activity centre, a seasonal craft fair, a Christmas café and kids-only shop CANYON LIGHTS View hundreds of thousands of lights throughout the park, and across the bridge and Cliffwalk at Capilano Suspension Bridge, 3735 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver Nov. 30-Jan. 4, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. (except Christmas day) with holiday activities beginning at 4 p.m. This year the park will feature a 152-foot Christmas tree, as well as gingerbread cookie decorating, sing-a-long carols and more. Partial proceeds from admission will

UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE VILLAGE DECEMBER 1

CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY

CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR Delbrook Community Centre will hold its 27th annual fair Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 600 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. There will be more than 100 crafters, free childminding, entertainment, door prizes and a concession. $2.

CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR Squamish Nation Chief Joe Mathias Recreation Centre will hold its annual fair Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at 100 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver. 604980-6338 CHRISTMAS CRAFTINESS The whole family is invited to learn how to create paperback Christmas trees from scratch or decorate one that’s ready Saturday, Nov. 30, 2-3 p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. Registration required. 604-929-3727 x8168 DUNDARAVE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS View a forest of decorated trees at Dundarave Beach in West Vancouver until Jan. 4. This annual event will start at noon on Saturday, Nov. 30 with a Christmas fair and the official tree lighting at dusk. On Dec. 7 and 14 from noon to dusk and Dec. 21 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. there will be free family entertainment. dundaravefestival.com GIFTS FOR SENIORS FUNDRAISER DANCE PARTY will feature an evening of live jazz, snacks and prizes Saturday, Nov. 30, 7-9:30 p.m., at OneDance Creative Art Centre, 286 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver. Proceeds will go to purchase gifts for seniors. $25/ person, $50/family. studiowild.ca GET CRAFTY UPCYCLING, CHRISTMAS EDITION A free workshop highlighting ways to re-purpose old pieces Saturday, Nov. 30, 1-3 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver.

Bring along some mementos to create ornaments, stockings and other gifts. Registration required. 604-987-4471 x 8175

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Lynn Valley Community Association Presents: Official lighting of the Christmas Trees 4:30-6:30 Mayor will light the Christmas trees at 5pm

HOLIDAY ARTISAN FESTIVAL Get into the holiday spirit with live music, crafts and a supervised kids’ play area, plus more, Saturday, Nov. 30, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Gleneagles Community Centre, 6262 Marine Dr., West Vancouver.

PEAK OF CHRISTMAS Santa arrives to Grouse Mountain’s snowthemed event on Nov. 30. Ongoing activities include outdoor ice skating, sleigh rides, Sunday afternoon carols, an ice show on Dec. 21, as well as the SOS Children’s Village’s Parade of Christmas gingerbread village display in the Spirit Gallery. A breakfast with Santa program will run Dec. 14-24.

HOLIDAY BAZAAR Get an early start to your holiday shopping Saturday, Nov. 30, 1-4 p.m. at Amica, 659 Clyde Ave., West Vancouver. 604-921-9181.

DECEMBER EVENTS Dec 14th, 12pm-4pm Lynn Valley Village Merchants Present: Craft fair and family fun event Dec 21st, noon-8pm Lynn Valley Community Association Presents: Free Family Entertainment Dec 22nd Lynn Valley Community Association Presents: Free Family Entertainment 1pm-8pm Christmas Carol Sing-Along at 7pm

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BRIGHT CHRISTMAS Mollie Nye House will hold its annual lighting event Sunday, Dec. 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at 940 Lynn Valley Rd. There will be a lantern parade, crafts, cookie decorating and more.

Merry Christmas!

T he special people in your life deserve a beautiful gift. Show them how much you care when you give a gift certificate from the Sanctuary. Alternatively, come and see our display of innovative gift combinations. You will find a gift idea for all of your loved ones at the Sanctuary - your place of refuge.

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Life’s stresses ease away while your scalp, neck and shoulders are massaged with soothing essential oils.

Paraffin wax is smoothed across your shoulders giving you a deep heat penetrating treatment while your feet are massaged with aromatherapy creams.

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Danielle and The Sanctuary team, Sarah, Dawn, Zena, Jeanette, Sasha and Katelynn, wish you a very Happy Holidays!

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Christmas memory: ‘Beebee lights’

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TREE TOP District of North Vancouver firefighter Chris Bennett hangs a large star on a 90-foot cedar tree at Park & Tilford Gardens. Firefighters from the district and the City of North Vancouver teamed up to string lights and decorate in preparation for the annual Holiday Hi-Lite Festival on until Dec. 31. Opening night is tonight at 6:30 p.m., with hot chocolate and carols. Santa will visit 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays until Christmas. Friday Family Nights will include singing, cookie decorating and more. Admission donations will go to firefighters’ charities. Visit nsnews.com for more photos.

It’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.

That can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you define “hustle and bustle.”

Visiting with friends and family can be a good thing, while navigating crowded parking lots and malls can test your limits of holiday cheer.

When stress starts to build up, it’s helpful to try to remember the best parts of the season, and they usually involve family.

As an adult with no kids and far away from home, the holidays have become hohum in the past several years.

However, a few years ago things changed when the miracle of twin nieces arrived.

Making a point of returning home to Ontario over the holidays after they were born, it became apparent that infants really don’t know anything about Christmas. Neither do one-year-olds.

However, last year, the twins were two years old and things finally got interesting.

They started to notice the decorations, the colours, the cookies and the wreaths.

They wanted to play in the snow and watch other kids sit with Santa at the mall (they wouldn’t go near him themselves). They carried around their nutcrackers (a gift from their grandma) and proudly displayed their new holiday pyjamas.

They weren’t blown away by the toys they received. At two years old, they had no concept of money or gifts. Relatives arrived at their home and gave them things. That seemed normal to them.

But although they still didn’t understand

anything about Christmas, they knew something different was going on.

During my visit home for the holidays, I was in awe of the twins in general and filled with joy watching them react to the various holiday happenings.

The sweetest memory I have from that stay was when the twins regularly talked about “beebee lights.”

They would point out the house window, or the car window, or the patio window, and yell excitedly: “Beebee lights!”

I would react with a feigned “Wow!” or “Oh, look at that!” but I had no idea what they were talking about. I finally had to ask my sister what they were saying.

Across the street from them lived a young couple with a toddler and a new baby.

My sister and her husband talked about “the baby” and the twins had seen “the baby” on many occasions. They referred to her as “the beebee,” their version of “baby.”

My sister explained that when the couple put up their colourful Christmas lights outside, the girls were fascinated by the display of the “baby’s lights.” From then on all Christmas lights to them were “beebee lights.”

Now, when the Christmas season starts to feel contrived, and the dark and cold weather contribute to a dampening of spirits, I look around for some “beebee lights” and am instantly filled with holiday cheer.

BLAIR WARNER, contributing writer

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Acura spells luxury RLX David Chao

Behind the Wheel

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Honda was the first Japanese car company to bring its luxury division to North America with its Acura brand back in 1986 with the debuts of the Legend sedan and the Integra coupe — both cars garnered a lot of praise and attention.

Today, Acura faces many competitors in the luxury market and therefore has a more difficult time differentiating its cars.This is especially true of the mid to higher end luxury market where Acura sells the RL model; a model that has become outdated and no longer “relevant.”

The RL’s biggest competition was actually its stable mate: the smaller and more affordable TL. As long as you were willing to sacrifice a little rear seat legroom, you could get a TL equipped with many of the same luxuries as the RL, such as Acura’s SH-AWD, and an even more powerful V-6 engine.

Acura seeks to change that for 2014. Renamed the RLX, the flagship model has a new look, a new name, a lot more interior room, and some impressive new technologies.This new midsize luxury sedan is certainly worth a closer look.

Acura’s flagship sedan, renamed the RLX and redesigned for 2014, has a new look, impressive new technologies and more interior room than the RL model it is replacing. It is available at North Shore Acura in North Vancouver. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD Design The 2014 RLX is the most luxurious performance oriented sedan Acura has ever offered. It appears a lot more modern than the old RL. It looks larger as well, which is deceiving as it is actually not any longer.

Overall, it is an attractive — if somewhat bland — car that looks updated but not necessarily leading edge.The new jewel-eye headlights are beautiful, but they alone are unlikely to draw too many customers into dealerships.

The cabin is a major improvement over the RL. The fit and finish is excellent with expansive use of leather and soft-touch materials. It’s very modern, very luxurious and you feel very pampered inside a RLX.

Under the hood, the RL’s 3.7-litre V-6 has been replaced by a smaller 3.5litre six cylinder. However, horsepower has gone up to 310 horsepower from 300, thanks to direct injection and numerous other changes.

The RLX is also the first Acura to use Variable Cylinder Management, meaning it can run on just three cylinders to conserve fuel. As a result, fuel economy is good with a combined rating of 8.6 litres/100 kilometres.

On the safety front, the RLX is built using the brand’s ACE body structure and comes standard with a forward collision warning system, a lane departure system and seven airbags.

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Performance Behind the wheel, the ride is smooth and quiet — perhaps not all that different from cars costing twice its price tag. However, something to keep in mind is that all of the cars in this segment have become softer over the years, and the Acura is no exception.The RLX is not a high-performance sedan by any means and feels different from, say, an Audi A6 or BMW 5-series.

The electric powerassisted steering is very light and you could easily control the car with one finger if

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In terms of cornering, though, the car remains very flat and composed even when driving aggressively through mountainous corners.This is thanks to Acura’s revolutionary P-AWS system. No, this doesn’t mean it’s petfriendly, but it stands for Precision All Wheel Steering.

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This is an amazing system and it makes driving an RLX especially unique.

The new engine is very smooth and under acceleration feels like a larger V-8. In manual transmission mode the paddle shifters change gears remarkably quickly and can provide that extra sense of sportiness in contrast to its light steering feel.

If you are stuck in slow moving traffic, the optional adaptive cruise control with low-speed “follow” mode makes your life much easier by allowing the car to “inch forward” in sync with the car in front. In stop-and-go traffic, this system will do all the stopping and going for you — once you’ve experienced a feature like this, you will never want to live without it.

Environment Acura designers created a welcoming environment by focusing on little things that add up to larger themes.

Minor surprises like the door handles lighting up at night as you approach the vehicle make you smile and feel comfortable.

One of the most important features of a luxury car is the infotainment system, and the RLX has a brilliant one.

Gone is the old, cluttered dash with far too many buttons. In its place is a very clean-looking centre consol. On top is an eightinch colour display screen which displays the multiangle rearview camera and optional navigation system.

Below is a seven-inch display unit for the radio and climate controls.This unit features haptic feel, which provides comforting feedback when you touch the screen.

While the RLX is a mid-size car, Acura designed the cabin to feel more like a full-size sedan. It is a comfortable five-passenger car and leads the class in rear legroom and shoulder space. Cargo space is also very generous and will easily carry all of your travel luggage.

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optional Krell audio system is quite possibly one of the best stereo systems available in the automotive industry.

This system is extraordinary and needs to be heard to be believed — well worth the money.

Features The RLX is available in three trim levels.The base has a starting price of $49,990, the RLX Tech starts at $55,990, and the RLX Elite has a sticker price of $62,190.

Standard equipment includes power tilt and telescopic steering wheel, keyless entry with pushbutton start, automatic climate control, heated front seats, auto-dimming rearview mirror, heads-up warning, power moonroof, HomeLink, and Bluetooth.

Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include navigation system with voice recognition, heated steering wheel, ventilated front seats, and heated rear seats.

Fuel efficiency numbers for the RLX are 10.5 city and 6.4 highway (l/100 km).

Thumbs up The RLX is substantially improved over the RL. It boasts an amazing amount of technology and comfort features for a reasonable price.

Thumbs down The big challenge for the RLX is convincing buyers of BMW and Audi to give the Acura a test drive as it doesn’t look overly luxurious from the outside and its overall feel is on the softer side.

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Competitors Lexus GS It wasn’t that long ago the Lexus was criticized for being stale. Not anymore.

With the brand’s restyling the GS boasts an edgier appearance and more luxury inside, while the reengineering makes the car more economical and more fun to drive.

A base model GS begins at $51,900, so it’s also similarly priced to the RLX. BMW 5 Series The 5 Series has been in continuous production for several decades now, and each subsequent generation has improved on the latter. The 5 Series is the benchmark in this segment because of its ability to offer high levels of comfort, performance and practicality.

Being the best comes at a price, and while a base 5 Series starts at $54,500, outfitting one quickly raises the bar.

Audi A6 The A6 offers all the performance feel of a BMW 5 series, but with a more sophisticated ride and a contemporary interior.

Audi’s vaunted quattro all-wheel drive is standard and the new TDI clean diesel boasts impressive performance and economy.

The base model’s $53,600 sticker price is one of the higher starting prices in this segment. editor@automotivepress.com

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