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Local gov’t picking up slack for ‘downloaded’ services, report says JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Local mayors say a new report that points to significant “downloading” of costs from senior levels

of government on to municipalities paints an all-too-familiar picture.

But they also reacted angrily to another report on public sector pay, which suggests municipal workers’ salaries are

too high.

The duelling reports, which both deal with local government finance, were released as local politicians met this week in Whistler for the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. Both reports point to the sometimesstrained relationship between municipalities

and the province — but in very different ways.

Who’s Picking Up the Tab by the Columbia Institute, a left-wing think tank, points to a trend over the past several decades of federal and provincial governments downloading services on to municipalities, while at the same time cutting back

social services at senior levels of government mean local governments have had to pick up the slack and find millions more dollars despite their limited tax base, according to the report.

At the same time, transfers from the province

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“It’s a pattern that’s been going on for the past 20 years,” said District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton.

Changes in cost-sharing agreements for services like police, increased wastewater treatment and drinking water regulations and cutbacks to health and

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WV puts brakes on Cedardale bike route JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

A planned West Vancouver bike lane hit a dead end Monday when Cedardale residents came out en masse to oppose the cycle path.

The district’s plan for a more connected cycling network includes a bike lane beginning at Inglewood Avenue and Third Street, just south of the Trans-Canada Highway.

Council approved the comprehensive plan in June, 2012, but most Cedardale residents were unaware of the path until the district sent out a letter the day before construction was set to begin on Monday.

“Some emails and phone calls started to fly around,” noted district spokesman Jeff McDonald.

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Drones offer bird’s eye view of pods of orcas Scientists use hexacopter to monitor resident killer whales JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A North Vancouver scientist and whale researcher is heading up a team of cross-border biologists who have successfully used drones to monitor the mammals’ movements in the wild.

Lance Barrett-Lennard, a North Shore resident and senior marine mammal scientist at the Vancouver Aquarium, teamed up with U.S. researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last month to monitor a population of northern resident killer whales from an unusual vantage point — the air.

For the first time, scientists used a customdesigned and camera equipped “marine hexacopter” — a drone the size of a remotecontrolled toy helicopter — to fly above the whales in Johnstone Strait.

The drone allowed scientists to get close to the whales without disturbing them, and provided a different perspective than researchers usually have.

“It’s hard to see their body condition from a boat,” said Barrett- Lennard.

From the air, “You see the width of the animal as well as the length,” he said.

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Two of the three eventually disappeared, and are

presumed to have died.The third whale later became entangled in a fishing net, and had to be cut free by the fisherman.

On a more positive note, scientists found by looking from above “we could detect pregnancy very easily,” said Barrett-Lennard, by the pear shape of pregnant whales’ bodies.

Researchers also got some fascinating footage

of the animals’ behaviour, including whales chasing salmon, “playing” with “pet” dolphins and frequent contact between the whales.

“They touch each other all the time,” said BarrettLennard.

Researchers, who included John Durban and Holly Fearnbach from the U.S., first got the idea of observing whales from the air during helicopter flights

over the ocean.

The group launched the idea of using drones because they were both far less expensive and far less intrusive than helicopters — so could get much closer to the mammals.

Most of the photos and video was shot from about 30 metres (100 feet) above the whales. But even when researchers took the drones much closer — to within

10 metres (30 feet) — “we didn’t see anything that even indicated they noticed the drones,” said BarrettLennard.

He and other scientists hope to continue using the drones to track the health of the whales over time.That way, if whales show signs of “food stress” by getting thin in a poor salmon year, for instance, governments could respond with changes to limit commercial fishing.

Biologists also hope to use the drones to look at another population of killer whales next summer — the southern resident killer whales sometimes seen in nearby waters including Georgia Strait.

With less than 80 whales, “that’s a population that’s highly endangered,” said Barrett-Lennard. “We want to take a really good look at those next summer.”

Another community of orcas — the transient Biggs killer whales — can also be spotted in smaller groups in local waters. Unlike the resident killer whales, the transient eat marine mammals, including seals.

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“I made it a little strong because we had no second chance at all,” explained 10-year Cedardale resident Dora Bergen.

Instead of a protest, between 20 and 25 district residents voiced their concerns to district staff over cups of coffee in a neighbourhood meeting Monday.

The residents stood together with near unanimity, according to Bergen. “It’s about children’s safety and it’s also about having a peaceful and safe community.”

Car break-ins have become so common

in the neighbourhood that they often go unreported, according to Bergen.

Following the meeting, the project is “suspended indefinitely,” according to McDonald. “There’s some sensitivity in that area that staff weren’t aware of,” he said. “Staff realized they should have done some consultation rather than just informing people.”

Bergen said she was “happily surprised” after watching the last piece of construction machinery being toted away. “We just count our blessings, I think, because we could have lost just as easy,” she said.

There is no timetable to broach the bike lane, according to McDonald, but the project could resurface following community consultation.

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Walton said some of the biggest impacts have come from senior government cutbacks to mental health and housing.

Mental health issues now take up huge amounts of police time — paid for by local government.

When grants to services like the Youth Safe House are cut back, “inevitably they turn to us,” he said.

“It’s very seldom the tap is turned back on.”

The federal government is responsible for housing, yet money for subsidized housing has all but dried up in recent decades, said

City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto.

When people realize their children won’t be able to afford to live in the community, “they come and bang on our door,” he said.

Mussatto pointed to new federal drinking water guidelines that resulted in Metro Vancouver having to build a $1 billion filtration plant and changes to sewage regulations that will require local government to build a new $700 million Lions Gate treatment plant.

Mussatto added in the past, the province used to give municipalities unconditional grants to help pay for services. But those have been cut, he said.

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Police seek suspect in charity-box theft There was a thief in McDonald’s, and it wasn’t the Hamburglar.

Police are trying to identify the fast food customers who swiped donation boxes from the counters of two McDonald’s restaurants last July.

Despite pictures of the suspects, figuring out who was responsible has been made difficult by the thieves’ attire, according to Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “In wearing a toque during the warm summer months, police suspect there was intentionality in trying to shield or hide their appearance,” De Jong stated in a press release.

The donation boxes were for Ronald McDonald House, a charity that

increasingly difficult to find the money to provide all the services requested by the public from property taxes and user fees. “Our property tax is pretty much maxed out,” said Mussatto.

But another report, completed by the firm Ernst & Young, suggested one area local governments could cut back is salaries.

The report — leaked by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation — stated municipal salaries grew 38 per cent between 2001 and 2012, while salaries for provincial workers went up 19 per cent during that period. The report said many senior municipal managers earn more than deputy ministers, with chief administrators in

North Vancouver city and district earning the third and fourth highest salaries.

The report also stated municipalities have a higher proportion of their workforce earning more than $75,000 than the province, and suggested the province come up with some way of reining in municipal payrolls.

But both Mussatto and Walton said the consultants didn’t verify any of the data, charging some of the figures are inaccurate. In some cases, inflated salary figures were the result of retroactive pay increases or retirement payouts, they said.

Walton added it’s not fair to compare municipal managers’ jobs to the work of provincial deputy ministers.

“You have to look at the nature of the job,” he said.

“There’s a lot of backroom folk in Victoria who never have to deal with any angry mob.”

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he question was about Iraq. The answer was about Israel.

The follow-up question was about Iraq. The follow-up answer was about... well, you get the point.

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair stood in Parliament and asked three successive questions about Canada’s role in Iraq: when it will end, how many troops are on the ground, and the nature of an agreement with Iraq.

Each “answer” was about Israel.

The star of the exchange — which felt like bad Saturday Night Live — was Conservative MP and stranger to relevance Paul Calandra.

Calandra’s last contribution to Parliament was when he took time to bash Liberals for abandoning Santa Claus. Seriously.

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troubling even before the MP opened his mouth. Sending out Calandra was the parliamentary equivalent of a hockey coach dispatching his toughest goon during a blowout loss.

Calandra isn’t a member of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet, nor is he minister of defence. His only job, it seems, is to change the subject.

Even if we accept the strained logic that distinguishes question period from question-and-answer period, the Conservatives still owe real answers — not to the NDP, but to Canada.

The Conservative majority needs to explain just how Canada’s troops will aid U.S. forces in ending terrorism in Iraq and bringing peace to the region.

To be fair, the U.S. did negotiate a successful ceasefire in Iraq on March 1.

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Ambleside dog walkers are all ears for Raju News rains on us incessantly.We must raise an umbrella over matters we choose to save and protect.Today I choose Raju.

Raju is an elephant.

Captured as a baby, cruelly abused and shackled in spike chains, Raju spent 50 years as a begging elephant in the Uttar Pradesh region of India.When he was rescued, tears rolled down his cheeks.

If he’d been taught to do this, you have to admit this was one hell of a circus trick.

West Vancouver graphic designer and animal advocate Robin Schade has been spreading the word about Raju, notably around the Ambleside Beach dog walk where she predictably finds sympathetic ears.

Raju was rescued by Wildlife SOS, with an international reach beyond

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India.The Huffington Post quoted Nikki Sharp, executive director of Wildlife SOS-USA: “The vet and our team came with fruits and just started speaking softly to him and to reassure him that we were there to help, and it was at that time that tears flooded down his face.” In bad shape, he was taken to the Elephant Conservation and Care Centre in Mathura where

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Happy ending? Not yet.

His claimed owner, a Mr. Shahid, charged with illegal custody of Raju and facing a possible jail term of three to seven years, demands his return.The case before India’s High Court has been repeatedly postponed, just days ago to Oct. 13.

Scores of thousands are contributing to Raju’s cause.

Robyn Schade notes that a Global March for Elephants and Rhinos is scheduled for Oct. 4 at the Vancouver Art Gallery beginning at 1 p.m.

Don’t get me further into the topic.The Chinese have many cultural graces, but sensitivity to animal life isn’t among them — like the fantastic cruelty of cutting shark fins for soup and throwing the helpless sharks overboard — but even more utterly revolting is their commerce in elephant ivory.

A sickening photo

recently in the press showed a dead mother elephant and baby killed (as other animals must be) by African poachers, ingeniously poisoning their water holes with cyanide.This is reprehensible beyond words. I wouldn’t buy a single article from China if avoiding its cheap goods flooding world markets were possible.

I may be the only one in the world who is sore about the one thing his many detractors praise him for — that Nixon went to China. Better he should have stood in bed, as used to be said.

••• The coyness surrounding the Hollyburn Sailing Club lease issue frankly has annoyed me out of my usual cheerfulness.

Two weeks ago I reported AgentY6xE9j’s

claim that the Ambleside Beach club — a martiniglass throw from the not-universally-popular Grosvenor development — might go on a monthto-month lease next year, usually signalling a new use or development. Subsequent reaction to the item from the club only confused my small brain.

It’s been nicely cleared

by John Long,West Vancouver’s manager of facilities and assets.The five-and-five lease — five years plus a five-year option to renew — ends Dec. 31.

Negotiations are currently under way, but if no agreement were reached, the lease, like all such leases, would continue monthto-month — the basis for AgentY6xE9j’s warning.

Only three months until the club’s lease expires? To me, that’s sailing close to the wind. Long assured me it

isn’t unusual.

What does the club, as a public amenity, pay to lease this deliriously valuable stretch of waterfront? Like all town hall’s leases, the terms are confidential, Long said.

But another agent, 66mPwB, reveals that when the current lease was signed in 2004, the rent was — take a breath — $2,410.67 a year, plus GST. If it’s been bumped up, I’m unaware of it.

Such a deal. And, if there’s been a sticking point in negotiations, maybe that’s what it is.

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As school strike ends, nurses’ battle looms

Will The Great Teachers War of 2014 be followed

by The Great Nurses War of 2015?

There is a distinct possibility that could indeed be the case and, if so, the B.C. government may find itself in a tougher fight with the BC Nurses’ Union than it faced with the BC Teachers’ Federation.

The BCNU’s contract expired at the end of March, and negotiations for a new one have barely begun. No specific issues have been addressed, as the two sides are discussing concepts more than anything else.

But the nurses do indeed have some specific issues, not the least of which is working conditions. It is not unusual for some nurses to work 16-hour days, since the nursing shortage is so acute.

The government had promised in the last contract to create about 2,100 new nursing positions. Only about a third of them have been created, leaving an enormous gap still to be

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The union says health facilities have failed to honour a requirement set out in the last contract to call in additional nurses when patient demand requires it, instead of just making nurses work buckets of overtime.

Here is the contract language: “...In instances where patient demand exceeds the normal capacity of a facility or a unit within a facility, the Employer will call

in additional nurses as necessary to meet patient care needs.”

The situation varies from region to region, of course. Some shortages are more acute in some places than in others (and the employer disputes the shortage is as bad as the union portrays).

But there clearly isn’t enough specialty trained nurses in areas such as emergency rooms, cardiac units, ICUs, operating rooms and mental health.

The BCNU’s 42,000 members are expecting a wage increase, and the government will likely insist — as it did with the BCTF — that any settlement follows the “pattern” among other public-sector union settlements.

But the government may have a harder time dealing with the BCNU’s demand that more nurses are urgently needed.

The union will argue, understandably, that a lack of nurses poses a genuine threat to proper patient care.

However, the nursing shortage — particularly when it comes to specialty

trained nurses — is not confined to B.C. It is a national problem, which makes finding enough bodies to fill the positions may prove to be elusive.

The nursing shortage provides the BCNU the kind of leverage the BCTF lacked at the table. As well, the prospect of a nurses picket line around a health facility is a more worrying prospect for any government compared to a picket line around a school.

While that health facility would remain open, staffing would be at essential-service levels, which are likely to be substantially lower than normal. Patient care — and patient access — would therefore deteriorate.

Public sympathy for nurses will likely outweigh that directed toward teachers (a series of polls during the teachers’ dispute showed half the populace did not back the BCTF),

making it harder for the government to deal with them.

The government was steadfast in its determination not to impose a contract on teachers. However, it may find itself having to do just that in a dispute with B.C.’s nurses, if The Great Nurses War of 2015 does indeed break out.

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One new chair to fill: Coun.Trish Panz told council months ago that she wouldn’t run again.Which was hardly noted. I emailed asking if she was joining her personal friend Pam Goldsmith-Jones’s federal election team. No response.

One almost-declared council candidate at this writing: Christine Cassidy, 33 years in the financial services industry and currently on the board of the Ambleside and Dundarave Ratepayers’ Association. She’s raised funds for B.C.Women’s Hospital & Health Centre and B.C. Children’s Hospital and has sat on the

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Though the majority of neighbours in the area supported the application, according to a city staff report, homeowners from adjacent properties were opposed.The business would bring traffic chaos, gobble up limited parking and create an all-day disturbance in the area, they argued.

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THIS WEEK — More than 70 events are planned for 2014 North Shore Culture Days Sept. 26-28. A special four-page pullout, detailing a full list of events and activities, was published in the Sept.24 North Shore News. Info also available at artsoffice.ca/news/ ns_cdays.php.

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— The 33rd annual Vancouver International Film Festival kicks off this week. For more information and full schedule go to viff.org/ festival.

— Nardwuars’The Evaporators open for proto-punk superstars The Sonics at the Rickshaw Theatre on Oct. 2.The Flintettes are also on the bill.Visit rickshawtheatre.com for more information.

More online at nsnews.com/ entertainment twitter.com/NSNPulse

■ TheVancouver Asahi (Japan/Canada 2014). Director:Yuya Ishii. Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kazuya Kamenashi, Mitsuki Takahata, Aoi Miyazaki, Ryo Katsuji, Eri Ishida and Yusuke Kamiji. In Japanese with English subtitles.World premiere.

Screenings: Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m. (Centre for Performing Arts), Oct. 4, 2:30 p.m. (Centre for Performing Arts) and Oct. 10, 1 p.m.

(Vancouver Playhouse).

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Equal parts Warner Brothers melodrama and Ozu shomin-geki,Yuya Ishii’s latest work, TheVancouver Asahi, recreates Vancouver’s long-lost “Japantown” on a studio set in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo.

The fiction film, based in part on the real-life exploits of the legendary Asahi baseball team, receives its world premiere on Monday, Sept. 29 at the Centre for Performing Arts as part of this

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Up until the Asahi (made up of second generation Japanese/Canadians) formed in 1914, all baseball teams with Japanese players in North America competed in racially-segregated leagues against other Japanese and non-white teams.

Originally started as a youth squad the Asahi played their home games at the Powell Street Grounds (now Oppenheimer Park). They added recruits from a pre-existing team called The Nippons and joined the Vancouver City Senior Amateur Baseball league in 1919 to match forces against the likes of the Independent Longshoremen’s Association, Canadian Pacific Railway and Sprott-Shaw teams.

Over the years the Asahi (meaning “morning sun”) won many titles with a style of play called “brain ball” which focused on base running speed, bunts and defensive tactics to beat the bigger, stronger teams. They took four consecutive Terminal League Championships between 1930 and 1933 and five Pacific Northwest Championships from 1937-1941.

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Their Pacific Northwest Championship victory on Sept. 18, 1941 was the last game the Asahi played as a team. Two months later Canada was at war with Japan and all Japanese/ Canadian citizens were branded as “enemy aliens” and dispersed into internment camps, never to return to their pre-World War Two lives.

Driving by Oppenheimer Park’s Tent City today it’s difficult to imagine the area was once home turf for the Asahi and a thriving Japanese community.The baseball team provided a cultural focus for the surrounding neighbourhood.

Their success on the field, featuring homegrown second-generation/nisei talent such as shortstop RoyYamamura and outfielder/base-stealer Tom Matoba, brought a sense of pride to the community and opened up lines of communication with the dominant culture.

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CALENDAR Galleries

Call for Entry: Artists from across the North Shore, Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast are invited to submit work Sunday, Sept. 28, 9-11 a.m. atWestVancouver Community Centre, to be chosen for a group show or solo exhibit for gallery’s 2015 season.

What About Print?: Exhibition features works by Carol McQuaid, Dale Stavroff and Aileen Marie Vantomme Sept. 30-Oct. 19. Opening reception Sept.

30, 6-8 p.m., evryone welcome. Meet the artists: Saturday, Oct. 4, 2-3 p.m.

CAROUN ART GALLERY 1403 Bewicke Ave., NorthVancouver.

Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m.778-3720765 caroun.net Fall Group Exhibition: Works by various artists will be on display until Sept. 27.

Art Jewelry: An exhibition of works by Miaad Eshraghi will run from Oct. 1-11. Opening reception: Saturday, Oct. 4, 4-8 p.m.

GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver.

Wednesday-Friday, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Adult admission by donation/children free. 604-998-8563 info@smithfoundation.ca Work is Art: An exhibition of works by Andrew Alvarez,Wing Chow,Warren Goodman, Dirk Heiss, Bill MacDonald, Frank Mayrs, Les McKinnon, Neil Prinsens, George Rammell, RichardTurner and AnneWatt will be on display until Oct. 15.

GalleryTours: Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. Registration required.

BIENNALE INTERNATIONAL PAVILION Shipbuilders’ Square, 15Wallace Mews, NorthVancouver. Sunday-Thursday, 11a. m.-6 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 1-9 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-682-1289 www.cnv. org/vancouverbiennale Tours: Hourly guided tours are available.

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CITY ATRIUM GALLERY 141West 14th St., NorthVancouver.

Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.604-9886844 nvartscouncil.ca NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present an installation piece by DebbieWestergaardTuepah that uses colourful strands of paint that reflect the 81 reported mother tongue languages represented in the City of North Vancouver until Nov. 3.

CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE 335 Lonsdale Ave., NorthVancouver.

Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. 604-9886844 nvartscouncil.ca Wonderland: An exhibition of original and creative visuals based on the Adventures of Alice inWonderland and the Looking Glass will run until Oct. 11.There will be a Mad Hatter craft

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NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of oil paintings by Jean Bonvini until Oct. 7.

FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave.,WestVancouver.

Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays.604-925-7290 ferrybuildinggallery. com Time & Place: Paintings and prints of the urban landscape by RichardTetrault will be on display until Sept. 28.

IANTAN GALLERY 2202 Granville St.,Vancouver. MondaySaturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Atmosphere: Paintings of whimsical nature scapes by North Shore artist Dana Irving will be on display until Sept. 30.

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Buckingham: Obscure Moorings: An examination ofVancouver’s role as a port city and its relation with the maritime worker will run from Oct. 3 to Dec. 6. Opening reception:Thursday, Oct. 2, 6-9 p.m.

NORTHVANCOUVER CITY LIBRARY 120West 14th St., North Vancouver. 604-998-3455 nvcl.ca NORTHVANCOUVER COMMUNITY HISTORY CENTRE 3203 Institute Rd., North Vancouver.TuesdaySaturday, noon to 5 p.m.

604-990-3700 x8016 nvma. ca Culture Days Presentation on Prohibition: Author Daniel Francis will uncover the history of North American prohibition from a Canadian perspective Saturday, Sept. 27 at 2 p.m. Francis’ book on the subject entitled ClosingTime: Prohibition, Rum-Runners, and BorderWars will be available for purchase for $39.95. 604-9903700 x8016 nvma.ca NORTHVANCOUVER MUSEUM 209West Fourth St., NorthVancouver. Open by appointment only. 604-9903700 x8016 NorthVancouver Experience, an ongoing exhibit defining life in North Vancouver.

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SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com Reinventing the Classics: Contemporary responses to old master prints featuring six artists will run until Oct. 18.

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Saturday, September 27 @7pm Free – Save a spot at www.westvanbaptist.com and click on the RSVP. We warmly invite you, your family and friends to join us to view the “Son of God” movie produce by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. Award-winning actor Diogo Morgado portrays Jesus as the film spans from his humble birth through his teachings, crucifixion and ultimate resurrection. The movie is action-packed with special effects, powerful acting, and beautiful cinematography. It marks the first major motion picture about Jesus’ life since Passion of the Christ, released ten years ago.

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Sunday, October 5, @7pm Join us Sunday evening with Ryan McAllister. Ryan has been a full-time recording artist for over a decade and recently opened for Michael W. Smith in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta. He has performed hundreds of concerts across 4 continents and was with us earlier this year at our Palm Sunday Crosswalk Service. Ryan will also join us on Sunday morning (8:45am and 10:30am) as part of our worship team. Invite your friends and neighbours.

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Sunday, October 26, @6:30pm Coming to West Vancouver Baptist Church the African Children’s Choir melts the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles, beautiful voices and lively African songs and dances. The program features well-loved children’s songs, traditional Spirituals and Gospel favourites. The concert is free and open to all. Space is limited. A free-will offering will be taken at the performance to support African Children’s Choir programs, such as education, care and relief and development programs.

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FILM

The Editor gives you your money’s worth Horror flick takes its cues from Italian giallo classics ■ The Editor. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks, Paz de le Huerta and Udo Kier. Screening Sept. 27 11:30 p.m.

(RioTheatre) and Sept. 28 4 p.m. (VancityTheatre) JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

The mayfly lives for only one day but before it dies, it dances.

Midnight movies share a similar fate; doing their dance of gore, sex, violence and the bizarre during the brief stretch between 12 and the moment the theatre lights illuminate — signifying the movie’s death and sanity’s return.

The Editor is a midnight movie.You can tell because early in the film a whispering killer uses a syringe loaded with a paralysis-inducing drug, a Brazilian wandering spider, and an axe — all on the same victim.Vancouver actress and burlesque star Tristan Risk suffers the grisly fate, moments after swallowing fire in the culmination of an erotic dance.

“We’re very insecure filmmakers,” explains co-

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While many film festival selections offer meditations, The Editor only wants to entertain, offering nudity when the plot demands it and often when it doesn’t.

“That’s how you make exposition more exciting, is what we think,”

Kennedy says.

The actors didn’t mind the sex scenes, but Kennedy says there was a little resistance from his wife regarding his part in a goofily erotic moment that incorporates an anniversary cake.

Like the copious gore, the sex stems from the Italian horror movies of the 1970s, which the filmmakers both love and mock.

Movies like Don’tTorture a Duckling and Suspiria were branded giallos, featuring psycho-sexual killers, homes built atop portals to hell, unearthly colour palette and

the logic of . . . well, logic was often in short supply.

Kennedy and the other members of Winnipegbased genre filmmaking collective Astron-6 reveled in the tropes of giallos: the snap-zooms, the wooden line deliveries that result from the odd translations and unorthodox dubbing, and the convoluted plots.

The notion for The Editor was born — appropriately enough — in the editing room.

Co-writer, co-director and star Adam Brooks was cutting together Father’s Day, which features a priest and

a hot-headed street hustler namedTwink who join forces with the bereaved Ahab to fight the Father’s Day killer.

“He was kind of losing his mind,” Kennedy recalls, discussing the editing of the movie.

Having just watched House by the Cemetery, directed by godfather of gore Lucio Fulci, Kennedy suggested the story of the mad editor should be done in the giallo style.

It was around that time the filmmakers were approached by Rue Morgue to concoct a movie premise for an art project celebrating

genre film posters.

The emerging poster featured a blood-splattered movie projector and the tagline: “He’ll leave you on the cutting room floor!”

“Once we had a poster for free we were like, ‘Well, now we have to make the movie,’” Kennedy recalls. “It turns out that a movie costs a lot more than a poster, so maybe it wasn’t worth it based on that alone, but when we were done the movie we had a poster all ready.”

The plot of The Editor revolves around the See Friends page 35

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No abandoned cabin, so a dimly lit Rona-type hardware warehouse will have to do. Or an abandoned alleyway. Or a restaurant hallway. Or a garage. Heck, weird deaths happen everywhere.

Washington is Robert McCall, a man with a murky past.That past clearly haunts him, because he can’t sleep at night. He spends his nights reading at 24-hour diners. He’s currently on book 91 of his late wife’s

Clue-style murder scenario: will it be death at the hands of the guy with the knife, the gun, or the paperweight?

None of the above! McCall despatches them all — remember that corkscrew?

— each in particularly gruesome fashion. Good thing Russians are really slow on the trigger.

Wait, you didn’t see it?

Each killing will be repeated again, close-up, in flashback.

The violence has nothing to anchor itself to, so viewers are left to float from one brutal encounter to the next. Director Antoine Fuqua is clearly trying to reproduce the success of Training Day, which was thrilling specifically because of the relationship between seasoned cop and rookie.

There is no such emotional investment here.

With seemingly no family or friends to answer to,

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favourite 100 classics, suggesting that McCall is smarter than your average dormant vigilante.

One night he meets Alina (Chloe Grace Moretz), a young hooker working for the Russians. “We both know what I am,” Alina says.

“You can be anything you want to be,” assures McCall, in a trite conversation about life and literature made watchable by Moretz’s affecting performance.

The girl ends up beaten within an inch of her life and in the ICU. Alina’s beating is the impetus McCall needs to come out of retirement and settle scores on behalf of the downtrodden. Unfortunately the film goes south precisely when the relationship between man and girl is taken out of the picture.

A revenge mission with the entire East Coast Russian mafia ensues, starting with a scene wherein McCall is outnumbered in a

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FILM An Invitation to Join us ...

Jazz Vespers Service featuring

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Sunday, September 28 at 4 p.m. Suggested donation: $10 St. Stephen’s Anglican Church 885 22nd Street, West Vancouver

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Ishii’s film draws viewers deep into the history of the Asahi and its cultural milieu with an old school approach to filmmaking.

The microcosm that was Japantown is writ large on the big screen with a sense of purpose and artistic vision that brings everything to life.

Several members of The Vancouver Asahi’s young cast, such as Kazuya Kamenashi who plays ace pitcher Roi “Roy” Naganishi, are big pop stars in Japan with established acting and music careers.

Everyone hired for the film was also expected to know their baseball.

Married to film actress Hikari Mitsushima (who began her career as a teen idol singer in the J-pop group Folder 5) the 30-year-old Ishii has immaculate pop culture credentials himself.

He’s had several of his films shown at VIFF over the years (such as Bare-Assed Japan, 2005, and Girl Sparks, 2007) with the festival tracing his trajectory from an indie auteur to the more ambitious projects of an established filmmaker.

Last year he won best

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The Japanese director and actors Satoshi Tsumabuki and Kazuya Kamenashi will be in attendance at the world premiere on Monday night.

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CALENDAR From page 15 SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver.Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 604925-7292 silkpurse.ca Reflections: Landscape paintings done primarily in acrylic by Gloria O’Neil and MargaretWagner will be on display until Sept. 28.

Markets: Photojournalist, author and human and environmental rights activist Robert Semeniuk will showcase marketplaces from Sept. 30-Oct. 19 Opening reception:Tuesday, Sept. 30, 6-8 p.m.

WESTVANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca WestVancouver District Art Instructors Exhibition: Works using a variety of media, styles and approaches by teachers will be on display until Oct. 20.

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Vending Machine gets the word out Capilano U project offers students unique opportunity

■ Word Vancouver at various venues throughout the city until Sept. 28. For details visit wordvancouver.ca.

ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

It can feel like an eternity.

For burgeoning writers intent on having their voices heard, the journey leading up to their first big publication break can seem never-ending.

An interactive, literaryfocused project housed at Capilano University is working to bridge that gap for students and community members alike, by offering local scribes a means of engaging with audiences now.

The Cap Art Vending Project was launched by author Anne Stone, a faculty member of Capilano University who teaches English and creative writing. Stone

was inspired by a similar project, Distroboto, launched in 2000 in her former home of Montreal.

In the wake of changes to the city’s smoking bylaws, Distroboto founder Louis Rastelli purchased decommissioned cigarette vending machines. He refurbished them to instead sell chapbooks (small, writer-made books that are often photocopied), and installed them in a variety of spoken word and performance art-focused venues throughout the city.

“It’s just this incredible project,” says Stone, who was also inspired by local initiative, Outsider-art-ina-box.

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After that, Leviton wanted to know everything she could about crystals and semi-precious stones thought to have healing properties. She read books, went to gem shows, talked to local businesses that deal in gemstones and, after about three months of intense research, had the fundamentals down.

That’s when she decided to try making her own jewelry. She started with a simple pendant necklace and based on the compliments and purchase offers she received, she realized there was a market for her products.

About a year and a half ago, Leviton launched Crystal Connections, a collection of necklaces, bracelets, rings and earrings that feature 90 different stones, from agate to wulfinite. One of the better-known gemstones she works with

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“Amethyst is just an all-around healer and one of the things that amethyst is used for is headaches,” Leviton explains, adding that another very popular stone is quartz, which comes in a number of colours. “Smokey quartz is what I call a very joyous, grounding stone.”

One of her personal favourites to work with (other than her first love, black tourmaline) is citrine.

“It’s yellow so it deals with your solar plexus chakra and that has to do with confidence, personal control, self-esteem and it is also a very joyous, happy stone. It helps people that have lower, more depressive, negative-type personalities to lighten up.”

With so many different stones to choose from, Leviton always advises her customers to pick the piece they find themselves most drawn to.

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what you need.”

In fact, when people browse her home showroom, she has noticed they will often gravitate toward several pieces of jewelry, all of which feature the same stone, but they don’t realize it is the same because of the different cuts, colours and finishes.

Whenever possible, Leviton tries to source her materials locally and lists Capilano Rock & Gem among her suppliers.

“I try my very best to buy local if I can,” she says, but will ship stones from overseas if she’s in the market for something specific.

Leviton is opening her jewelry showroom to the public Sept. 27 and 28 from noon to 8 p.m. at 4561 Prime Place, North Vancouver. Those unable to attend can shop for Leviton’s creations online at crystal-connections. myshopify.com or visit her booth at the North Vancouver Holiday Bazaar, which will be held at Carson Graham secondary in November.

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Three legendary Canadian roots rockers will be taking the stage in a sold out show in West Vancouver Oct. 1.

Barney Bentall, Jim Byrnes and John Mann are joining together for the first time onstage at the Kay Meek Centre. Bentall, of The Legendary Hearts, says the idea came from Bentall’s former, and now Mann’s current, agent.

“Debbie Peters, she lives in the Yukon, really great supporter of the arts and it was her idea to put this together,” says Bentall. “I think we all just went, ‘Oh yeah, this sounds like a wonderful thing to do’ and I’m very thrilled to be part of it.”

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Trio also appearing at West Van library From page 26 Memorial Library, a free event where they will give an interview and preview of their concert.

Both events will be all the more poignant for fans of Mann after he announced on Sept. 8 that he was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s disease.

“I think John’s been really courageous in going public in what he’s dealing with, in terms of Early Onset Alzheimer’s,” says Bentall. “I think we all really think the world of John and his family, his wife Jill, everybody’s affected and the support system there.”

Bentall also has the highest regard for Byrnes, who lost both of his legs in a car accident almost 40 years ago.

“He’s a guy that literally lost his legs helping somebody and profound effect on his life and you never hear him complain, he’s just wonderful to work with,” says Bentall. “These are great musicians, I feel really honoured to be doing this night with them, I feel very privileged.”

The trio has had a couple of rehearsals already, says Bentall, with a back up band he has used before.

“They’re just tremendous musicians and those guys all come in so prepared,” he says. “You find those rehearsals are a pleasure.”

This series of concerts is just one of many projects that Bentall is involved in. He also has a 12-piece ensemble, called The Grand Cariboo Opry, will tour in the fall to raise funds for charity; plays in a trio with Shari Ulrich and Tom Taylor;

has a bluegrass band, the High Bar Gang, and of course still tours with The Legendary Hearts.

“Its one of those things, as you get older, you feel there’s so much music to play, so many avenues to poke your head down and I don’t know, it’s just really enjoyable for me,” says Bentall. “I’m certainly happy with all the various things that I’m doing and having a great time with it.”

Bentall took a break from music from 2000 to 2007 when he went in with a few partners and bought a working cattle ranch.

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were rare and expensive,” she says.

Stone was eventually rewarded for her efforts, snapping up an old clown’s head capsule vending machine for $200. She too refurbished the machine and sourced mini plastic capsules to hold writers’ works.

The vending machine made its debut, with the help of Stone’s first-year creative writing class, at Vancouver’s Cafe Montmartre for a series of readings in August 2008. The machine has been housed in Capilano’s Writing Centre, located on the fourth floor of the school’s Fir building, ever since.

For a nickel, the machine will dispense a capsule filled with a literary work, like a miniature chapbook, a little poem or story.

Project contributors vary, from current and former creative writing students to Cap students at large, faculty, local established and visiting writers, and artists from other disciplines.

Stone continues to be impressed by the calibre of submissions.

“It’s so varied and diverse,” she says. “It’s kind of like these little photographs of where the individual young writers are at that moment. In the first year, it might be a fragmented poem, a this, a that. And then maybe they come back and do it again later and it takes a completely different kind of form. Some people take it incredibly seriously and they create these tiny, miniature books, which are just completely amazing.

And some people. . . it’s an opportunity to play. . . .

There’s all kinds of things in that machine. They’re all pretty amazing.”

The Cap Art Vending Project offers a unique experience for young writers.

“Students get the opportunity to see what it’s like when your work goes out there,” says Stone.

“There is this long break between when you start as a writer and when you finally get published and it feels like forever. There is this conversation that you can still enter, not

through vanity publishing or something like that, but in an independent way and that’s what chapbooks are about. They have a long, amazing tradition. Lots of writers, after they’re established, still make chapbooks because they’re this form where you can play with ideas, you’ve got freedom from all of the market forces and things that come with a larger publication and you’re not beholden to it. So you can try your work out in one particular form and then later it can take it’s final form in a different way, but it lets it enter a smaller conversation with people.”

Stone encourages community members to pay a visit, invest a nickel, get a capsule and if they choose, create something small enough that could go back inside, and drop their submission off at the Writing Centre.

“Everybody’s welcome to do it,” she says.

“I have a thousand capsules sitting in the workroom. I just load them up and I refill the clown. I usually have a pot of about 50 sitting on the side at any given time. I just add whenever it starts to get low,” she adds.

While they don’t have specific guidelines regarding submissions, basic code of conduct rules apply, for example, no texts that are racist or sexist in nature. In addition, the machine is accessible to people of all ages so content creators should keep that in mind.

Apart from the literary works housed within, the clown head vending machine has become a bit of a discussion piece in its own right due to its ability to instill a sense of whimsy or terror in viewers, laughs Stone.

She recalls, prior to its installation at Cap, housing it in her apartment where it continued to frighten her partner, fellow author Wayde Compton, who kept forgetting it was there.

“He was terrified of the thing,” she says. “At first people didn’t quite know what it was. Even now there’s the occasional, ‘What’s this thing?’” she adds.

However, they’ve continued to develop the SeeWord page 29

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Writing Centre, available to students to work in alone or meet up and collaborate with one another, filling it with creative writing materials, a chapbook library and refurbished typewriters.

“I’m building a context around it,” says Stone.

She’s excited for the machine to make its first appearance at this weekend’s Word Vancouver, an annual festival of

reading and writing. Word Vancouver is marking its 20th year and is being held as part of Culture Days. The festival got underway Wednesday with daily programming, mainly author readings, being offered at a variety of venues, through to the main festival day, Sunday, Sept. 28, held in and around the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.. A free allages event, festivities will

include approximately 100 readings, 150 authors and 20 workshops in addition to musical entertainment, an exhibitor marketplace and panel discussions.

Authors featured for 2014 include Bruce Grierson, George Murray, Sarah Ellis, Dina Del Bucchia, Grant Lawrence, Kevin Chong, Wayde Compton, William New, Doretta Lau, Nancy Lee, Tilar Mazzeo, Ian Weir, Caroline Adderson, Danielle S. Marcotte,

Linda Bailey and Willie Sellars.

The Cap Art Vending Project is part of a new festival component focused on chapbooks, celebrating the form through a workshop, exhibits, readings and a panel discussion. The machine will be housed in the Words On Chapbooks area for festival-goers to access.

In addition to their contributions to the vending machine, Capilano University’s creative

writing students will also be featured for their work on underground literary publication, The Liar.

While currently funded by the school’s English department, for the last 25 years, students have managed the publication on their own. The Liar has continued to flourish and showcases works by Cap students as well as writers at large.

Six current and former Capilano creative writing students involved in The

Liar (Alex Wetter, Lauren Gargiulo, Tremaine Friske, Allie Quelch, Iain Angus and Bryan Wood), will be featured in a session entitled Lying To Try It—The Liar Editorial Collective.

“It’s their first time reading at a festival so it’s going to be incredible,” says Stone.

Lying To Try It is planned for Sunday at 3:40 p.m. in the Magazine Words area. wordvancouver.ca

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2014 AFC AFC FESTIVAL FESTIVAL PROGRAM 2014 PROGRAM&&SCHEDULE SCHEDULE

ART SHOW | WORKSHOPS | LECTURES | DEMOS | FILM | PERFORMANCES Painting “Stalking Leopard” by Karen Lawrence-Rowe.

DAILY PROGRAM SCHEDULE Saturday, Sept. 27 (Public Opening Day) | 10am - 9:30pm Note: Exhibit/Theatre closed at 6pm for Ticketed Event 10:00am:

Art Exhibit opens

10:00am-10:30am: Film Screenings (Theatre in the Sky) 11:00am-11:45pm: Opening ceremony w/ artists and performance by William Nahanee 12:00pm-12:30pm: Film Screenings (Theatre in the Sky) 1:00pm-4:00pm:

Live Art Demos, Music & Live Birds of Prey (Drumming with Russell Shumsky, O.W.L.)

1:30pm-2:15pm:

Painting by Leslie Evans Presented by

FILM SCREENING TIMES

2:30pm-3:15pm:

Festival Patron Address (Pollyanna Pickering)

3:30pm-4:15pm:

Lecture (Robert Glen & Sue Stolberger)

4:30pm-6:00pm:

Film Screenings (Theatre in the Sky)

6:00pm:

Gallery & theatre close for wine & cheese event set-up

7:00pm-9:30pm:

Meet-the-Artists Wine & Cheese (Ticketed event)

10:00pm:

Exhibit & Theatre close

Public Opening Day: Sat, Sept 27

Sunday, September 28 | 10am - 9:30pm

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10:30am-1:30pm:

Film Screenings (Theatre in the Sky)

1:00pm-4:00pm:

Live Art Demos, Music & Live Birds of Prey

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(Guitar with John Gilliat, O.W.L.) 1:30pm-2:15pm:

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Saturday, October 4 | 10am - 10pm (Family Weekend) Featuring special activities for youth and young-at-heart 10:00am: 10:00am-1:30pm: 1:00pm-4:00pm:

Art Exhibit opens Film Screenings (Theatre in the Sky) Live painting & sculpting demonstrations and music (The Postmodern Camerata) Lecture (Dr. Robert Butler, “The Salish Sea”) Lecture & Film (Ian Hinkle, “Reaching Blue”

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9:30pm:

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Lecture (Pollyanna Pickering, “Bears”) Lecture (Anna-Louise Pickering: “Photographing an Artist”)

4:30pm-5:15pm:

Monday, September 29 - Wednesday Oct. 1 | 10am - 9pm Featuring “Adventures in Art & Environment” School Workshops 10:00am-3:00pm

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Art Exhibit opens Film Screenings (Theatre in the Sky)

1:00pm-4:00pm:

Live painting, sculpting, First Nations carving demonstrations and music (Shakuhachi Japanese Flute with Alcvin

“Adventures in Art & Environment” school workshops

10:00am:

Art Exhibit opens

3:30pm-9:30pm:

Film Screenings (Theatre in the Sky)

9:30pm:

Exhibit & Theatre close

Thursday, October 2 - Friday, October 3 | 10am - 9:30pm Reaching Blue AFC - Soysambu Art for an Oil Free Coast AFC - Caymans Why Bears / Extremely Wild AFC - Mtn Gorillas Art for an Oil Free Coast AFC - Soysambu Bear Witness AFC - Caymans Reaching Blue AFC - Mtn Gorillas

Painting by Carole Niclasse

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Art Exhibit opens

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9:30pm:

Exhibit & Theatre close

1:30pm-2:15pm:

Ryuzen Ramos) Lecture (Jeffrey Whiting, Artists for Conservation)

2:30pm-3:15pm:

Lecture (Brent Cooke, Artists for Conservation)

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Film Screenings (Theatre in the Sky) Festival closes

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CALENDAR From page 27 SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Classical Concert Series: Ross Salvosa and Scott Meek will perform a program of piano duets for four handsThursday, Oct. 2 at 10:30 a.m.Tickets: $20/$15.

ST. STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 885 22nd St.,West Vancouver. 604-926-4381 Back by Popular Demand: Music director of theVancouver Symphony Orchestra Maestro Bramwell ToveyTuesday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m.Admission: $30.Tickets: 604-921-0734.

WESTVANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Friday Night Concert: Jaclyn Guillou will perform a tribute to gospel, jazz and blues icon DinahWashington as part of North Shore Culture Days Sept. 26, 7:30-8:45 p.m.

WESTVANCOUVER UNITED CHURCH 2062 Esquimalt Ave.,West Vancouver.

Pacific Baroque Orchestra: Season-opening concert, Kaffeemusik, Sunday, Sept. 28 at 2:30 p.m. Includes Bach’s Brandenburg 5 and more.

Theatre

PRESENTATION HOUSETHEATRE 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. 604-990-3474 phtheatre.org SinceYou Left Us: A comedy

about a family reunion and a dog named Jack will run until Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.Tickets: $14-$28.

A Night at the Museum: A fundraising performance of RebelWomen in support of NorthVancouver Museum and ArchivesThursday, Oct. 2, 6:45-10:30 p.m.The event will also include appetizers, desserts and more.Tickets: $50.

RebelWomen: A suffragette themed play Oct. 2-12 at 8 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

Tickets: $15-$50.

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CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. MondaySaturday, noon to 5 p.m.

604-988-6844 nvartscouncil. ca Trolley Dances: A trolley ride that will transport guests to four secret locations where audiences will be entertained by site-specific performances Sunday, Sept. 28 from noon to 5 p.m.Tickets: $20/$15 or $60 for a family of four.

Other events

CAPILANO LIBRARY 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. 604-987-4471 x8175 nvdpl.ca AuthorTalks: Chris Czajkowski will be presenting her book And the River Still Sings:AWilderness Dweller’s Journey,Tuesday, Sept. 30 7-8:30 p.m. Free, registration required, 604-987-4471 x8175.

CAPILANO UNIVERSITY CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com Days of MyYouth: A film

Friends and parents did most of the stunts From page 16 murders of the cast and crew of a giallo movie.The editor, played by Brooks, is considered the prime suspect, particularly after the astute Inspector Porfiry (Kennedy) notes all the victims are missing the same fingers as the editor.

There are chainsaws and nightmarish imagery along the way, but also a fair amount of satire.

When Porfiry stumbles into the suspended body of a murder victim he demands to know why the body hasn’t been cut down.

“I couldn’t find a ladder, sir,” his deputy replies.

The movie was finished on the day it screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.The final budget was a little less than $150,000.

“We ended up having to kill ourselves to do it,” Kennedy says.

They had to fire their crew after running out of money with most of the movie needing to be shot.

That left only friends and parents on the set for the movie’s most dangerous stunts.

Asked about filming a car chase, Kennedy talks about the thousand times his car needed to be jumpstarted.

“Thank god it didn’t quit.”

that examines every skier’s lifelong affinity for the sport narrated to the readings of Alan Watts Friday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m.

Tickets: $22.

FAIRFIELD MUSIC 844West 15th St., North Vancouver.

Open House: Participate in free mini lessons, instrument making, music art projects and a barbecue in celebration of North Shore Culture Days See more page 38

Showtimes From page 17 9:50;Tue 4:40, 7:15, 9:50; Thur 7:15 p.m.

The Drop (14A) — Fri 7, 9:45; Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7, 9:45; Sun 1:50, 7:15, 9:45; Mon, Wed 10:10;Tue 4:50, 7:30, 10:10;Thur 7:30, 10:10 p.m.

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CALENDAR From page 35 Saturday, Sept. 27, 1-5 p.m.

Clayton Hill, the drummer from Trooper will be on hand to teach and jam.

FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7270 ferrybuildinggallery.com Caravaggio —Violence and Passion in the Baroque: Art historian Efrat El-Hanany will present a lecture Monday, Sept. 29, 7-9 p.m.Admission: $15.

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Artists are encouraged to apply before the grant application deadline Monday, Sept. 29.

Visit fans4thearts.com to apply.

GROUSE MOUNTAIN 6400 Nancy GreeneWay, NorthVancouver Artists for Conservation Festival: Meet master artists from around the world, take part in workshops and more Friday, Sept. 26 to Sunday Oct. 5. Opening night gala Friday, Sept. 26, 6:30-11 p.m.

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KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Lunafest: A film festival celebrating the connecting of women, their stories and their causes through filmThursday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m.Tickets: $20.

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Book signing: NikkiVan Schyndel signs copies of her book BecomingWild: Living the Primitive Life on aWest Coast Island, Friday, September 26 5-7 p.m.

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North Shore International Film Series: Calvary will be screenedWednesday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m.Tickets: $11. Info: 604988-6844 or nvartscouncil. ca/events/north-shoreinternational-film-series.

WESTVANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Author Panel — Book SomeTime for Crime: Spend time with four local mystery authors as part of North Shore Culture Days Saturday, Sept. 27, 1-4:30 p.m.

JazzTalks: A seminar with Neil Ritchie Sept. 30, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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www.theportlychef.com 1211 Lonsdale Avenue, N. Van. | 604.971.4377 One of North Vancouver’s newest bistros offering local and seasonal ingredients. Check out our musttry signature dish ‘The Drunken Sable’. Our staff welcome you to find out what the buzz is about!

Trip Advisor recommended. Air Conditioned.

Northlands Bar and Grill

Chef Hung Taiwanese Noodle $$ www.chefhungnoodle.com 1560 Marine Dive., W. Van. | 778-279-8822 Critically acclaimed worldwide for its delectable beef noodle, Chef Hung has won numerous Championships in Taiwan and now crowned the Best Noodle House in Vancouver! Come see what all the excitement is about.

Village Tap House $$ www.villagetaphouse.com 900 Main Street, Village at Park Royal, W. Van. | 604-922-8882 Start with a comfortable room, a giant fireplace, add 20 ice cold brews on tap, really damn good food, some awesome events, & the most personable group of folks you’ll ever meet…welcome to

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The Observatory $$$$ www.grousemountain.com Grouse Mtn, 6400 Nancy Greene Way, N. Van. | 604-998-4403 A thrilling and epicurean experience 3700’ on Grouse Mountain above the twinkling lights of Vancouver.

The Salmon House

$$$$

www.salmonhouse.com 2229 Folkestone Way, W. Van. | 604-926-3212 Serving spectacular views and fine, indigenous west coast cuisine for over 30 years. Lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Live entertainment in Coho Lounge on weekend evenings.

$$

3400 Anne MacDonald Way, N. Van. | 604.924.2950 ext. 2 Casual West Coast dining where nature is your dining partner.

We are wheelchair accessible.

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Chez Michel $$$ www.chezmichelvancouver.com 1373 Marine Drive (2nd flr), W. Van. | 604-926-4913 For over 34 years, Chez Michel has delighted guests with his Classic French cuisine. Seafood & meat entrees, a superb selection of wines & a decadent dessert list. Superior service with a waterfront view completes an exemplary lunch or dinner experience.

Handi Cuisine of India $$ www.handi-restaurant.com 1579 Bellevue Avenue, W. Van. | 604-925-5262 Reader’s Choice 2006 Winner offering Authentic Indian Cuisine.

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

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The Cheshire Cheese Restaurant & Bar

$$ 2nd Floor Lonsdale Quay Market, N. Van. | 604-987-3322 Excellent seafood & British dishes on the waterfront. Dinner specials: Friday & Saturday- Prime Rib. Sunday - Turkey. Weekends & holidays, our acclaimed Eggs Benny. Open for lunch or dinner, 7 days a week.

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Neighbourhood Noodle House

$

www.neighbourhoodnoodlehouse.com 1352 Lonsdale Avenue, N. Van. | 604-988-9885 We offer the best variety and quality Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese cuisine with no MSG or additives at a very affordable price. Family owned and operated for over 18 years. Conveniently located in central Lonsdale.

The Black Bear Neighbhourhood Pub

C-Lovers Fish & Chips

www.c-lovers.com Marine Drive @ Pemberton, N. Van. | 604-980-9993 6640 Royal Ave., Horseshoe Bay, W. Van. | 604-913-0994 The best fish & chips on the North Shore!

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Montgomery’s Fish & Chips

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International Food Court, Lonsdale Quay Market, N. Van. | 604-929-8416 The fastest growing Fish & Chips on the North Shore.

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the Tap House!

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www.blackbearpub.com 1177 Lynn Valley Road, N. Van | 604.990.8880 Voted you’re “Favourite Neighbourhood Pub” 18 years running. We now offer ‘Family Service’ for minors on weekend brunch & holidays from 11am – 4pm. We do great food, not fast food!

Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub $$ www.sailorhagarspub.com 86 Semisch Avenue, N. Van. | 604-984-3087 Spectacular view of Vancouver harbour & city, enjoy great food in a Brew Pub atmosphere. 18 beers on tap including our own 6 craftbrews. Live music, satellite sports, pool table, darts & heated patio.

Thai PudPong Restaurant $$ www.thaipudpong.com 1474 Marine Drive, W. Van. | 604-921-1069 West Vancouver’s original Thai Restaurant. Serving authentic Thai cuisine. Open Monday-Friday for lunch. 7 days a week for dinner.

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Pier 7 restaurant + bar

$$$

www.pierseven.ca 25 Wallace Mews, N. Van. | 604-929-7437 Enjoy dining literally ON the waterfront with our inspired West Coast boat-to-table choices & extensive wine list. We’ve got 5 TV’s so you’ll never miss a game. Brunch until 2:30 weekends & holidays.

The Lobby Restaurant at the Pinnacle Hotel $$$ www.pinnaclepierhotel.com 138 Victory Ship Way, N. Van. | 604-973-8000 Inspired by BC’s natural abundance of fabulous seafood & the freshest of ingredients, dishes are prepared to reflect west coast cuisine. Breakfast, lunch, dinner & late night lounge, 7 days/week.

Live music Fridays 8-11pm.

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The MarinaSide Grill

www.marinasidegrill.com 1653 Columbia Street, N. Van. (Under 2nd Narrows Bridge) | 604-988-0038 Waterfront dining over looking Lynnwood Marina under Ironworkers Memorial Bridge.

Open every day at 8 am. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Brunch weekends and holidays serving eggs benny to juicy burgers, hot scallop salad, clam chowder. Happy Hour everyday from 3 - 5 pm.

To appear in this Dining Guide email arawlings@nsnews.com

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Sonata goes down smooth You know who makes a decent cup of coffee?

McDonald’s.

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You can even get espresso-style drinks at the golden arches, which brings me around to the car

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we’ve got here in front of us. It’s early on a weekday morning, I’ve got a small coffee in my hand, and I’m looking at Hyundai’s wellpriced, economical-to-run family sedan.The two are not dissimilar.

This Limited trim model comes with all sorts of stuff you’d expect to find only in a higher echelon of automobile. Adaptive cruise control? Heated rear seats?

A nine-speaker, 400-watt stereo? Geez, that’s a lot of stuff.

And yet, it’s a Hyundai, a brand that’s based on value. I take a swig of coffee, plonk the cup in the Sonata’s (huge) cupholders, hit the push-button starter, and slot the transmission into drive. McDonald’s knows a thing or two about pleasing the masses. Let’s see if Hyundai does too.

Design The previous Sonata was quite the looker, and by that I of course mean that it was styled six ways from Sunday.There were all kinds of sharp creases and flowing surfaces going on, but the key feature was a large, open, Audi-style grille up front.The hybrid model in particular looked

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Long range text-detector in the works visually based, but there may be a new tool in the trunk of that Crown Victoria before too long.

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird:

A radar gun to catch texting drivers While nobody likes speed traps, what about a different sort of dragnet — one to catch texting drivers? Distracted driving is a growing cause of accidents, and a particularly aggravating one when it’s so easy to just use your Bluetooth to make that call or better yet, leave the phone off entirely when you’re driving.

A company called ComSonics think they have the solution, a new type of long-range detector that can pick up on the electronic signature of a text being sent.With the device, which is still in prototype form, soequipped officers could scan

Brendan McAleer

Braking News

for people taking their eyes off the wheel because they can’t wait to LOL at their friend’s hilarious emoticon choice.

Of course, there are all kind of problems to overcome, not least of which is what happens if you’ve got a passenger who’s texting. For now at least, any text-and-driving counterattacks will be

Lotus quietly heads for the door With the recent announcement that the Evora would no longer be sold in the United States, Lotus indicated a move towards track-only specials.

The 2+2 Evora was the last road car the company sold here, but safety requirements over the type of airbags used are forcing it out of the showroom.

With no road cars for sale, it’s hard to see how Lotus can survive for long in the U.S., and indeed on a global scale. Recent rumours are of plans to shrink its workforce by a full quarter.These are not hopeful signs.

And yet there are things that Lotus could do to be truly viable.The new Hyundai Genesis Sedan, for instance, has steering and handling tuned by Lotus, and it actually drives quite nicely, much more so than the previous model.

This expertise could pay big dividends for numerous other companies while keeping Lotus afloat and solvent, giving them breathing room to come up with something fresh.

Another thought is that perhaps the Tata motor company that’s currently bringing Jaguar back from the brink and Land Rover to the fore might do well to rescue a third ailing British brand.

Whatever the case, even if you weren’t in the market for an Evora, it was nice when Lotus was still hitting

the streets. Here’s hoping they’ll be back.

Sparky, the electric Nissan pickup Getting around Nissan’s broad Arizona tech centre takes some doing.What’s more, the techs and engineers that work there have to haul around all kinds of stuff from building to building.

If there’s one thing every good mechanic needs, it’s a shop truck. Looks like things aren’t that much different for a major manufacturer.

Enter Sparky, the Nissan Leaf pickup truck.Yep, you read that right: somebody chopped the rear roof off of a Nissan Leaf and grafted on the bed out of a Nissan Frontier, movable tie-downs and all.

It’s adorable, and actually

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makes a great deal of sense for zipping around the vast campus. If you drive a Leaf, maybe rent a reciprocating saw this weekend — how hard could it be?

$20 million worth of RollsRoyces head for Macau The largest fleet of Rolls ever produced, the two most-expensively equipped Rolls ever made, and a total of $20 million: Now that’s a fleet sale.

This massive outlay of wheeled finery is headed to Macau, where they will be used as the exclusive transport of guests of the upcoming Louis XIII hotel.

Brainchild of entrepreneur Stephen Hung, both the hotel and its Rolls-Royce fleet will be fitted in tasteful crimson, with checkerboardpattern inserts and plenty of gold plating. Oh hang on, I’ve written tasteful in there.That’s not quite right — these things look like Ronald McDonald joined SPECTRE. However, the audacity of the plan has to be applauded, and it just goes to show what a strange and funny ol’ world we live in.

VW celebrates 30 years of Synchro As far as concept cars go, this is a doozie. It’s a VW van — the current Transporter — set up with a short, bi-level pickup truck bed, an onboard espressomaker, a 200 horsepower, 332 foot-pounds of torque turbodiesel, with a short wheelbase and all-wheel drive.

If you own, or are interested in, either a Vanagon or one of those folding-side VW vans, this thing should make you hyperventilate and then collapse into a gibbering heap. It looks like a modern T-series Eurovan had a baby with a Unimog.

Why don’t they bring these Euro-style vans over — hasn’t VW seen what people pay for an old Vanagon? It’s crazy: there’s a whole untapped market over here, and meantime VW brings the unloved Phaeton back. Nuts, if you ask me.

Watch this space for all the best and worst of automotive news, or submit your own auto oddities to mcaleer.nsnews@ gmail.com Follow Brendan on Twitter at @brendan_mcaleer.

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a bit like a wheeled basking shark.

This new car is much more reserved, although it has a few interesting touches like that strip of chrome that runs right out along the hood to the headlights.The multispoke wheels are attractive enough, and seem to have been borrowed from the Genesis lineup.

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Environment Inside, it’s much the same story.The interior seems simplified, bringing the controls together into a thin row of buttons with the air-conditioning controls below and a touchscreen above.

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of buttons, and they do interesting things: one changes the car between sport, normal, and eco modes, and another activates a heated steering wheel. Neat!

But despite all the gee-whiz gizmos, Hyundai’s managed to put together an interior that’s uncluttered. If we’re bringing it back to the coffee analogy again, there’s an evenness to the flavour, without too many highs and low. The epithet for this is to call it bland, but the Sonata’s

straightforward simplicity works.

I’m less of a fan of the seats themselves, which are very firm, front and rear.There is, however, plenty of space to be found, with rear legroom slightly up year-over-year.

A huge panoramic sunroof contributes to the feeling of airiness.The trunk is the size of BC Place.

With wood trimmings and little bolstering to the seats, you immediately know that this isn’t the sporty one (you might need the turbo model to scratch that particular itch).

Perhaps then a better test

would be to hit the TransCanada at 8:30 a.m. Hello gridlock.

Performance Fewer horsies underhood means that the Sonata now gallops a little more leisurely down an onramp.The 2.5-litre four-cylinder engine makes 185 horsepower at 6,000 r.p.m., five fewer than last year’s model.Torque has been increased at the lower end of the rev range, and now sits at a peak of 178 foot-pounds at 4,000 r.p.m.

The turbocharged 2.0-litre See Eco page 55

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kicks things up to 245 h.p. and 260 foot-pounds.

In the volume-selling normally aspirated model, performance is punchy enough in normal and sport modes. Leave it in eco, however, and the six-speed automatic and soft pedal responses aren’t much fun.

The suspension is very smooth, as is the shifting of the transmission.The direct-injection engine is really quite noisy when cold — the high-pressure injectors in most cars like this always sound like a sticky valve — but gets smoother when it reaches operating temperature.

Once traffic gets moving, wind noise is almost completely absent.

Steering errs on the side of ease-of-effort over feel, but placing the car in sport mode actually firms things up to a pleasing degree.There’s also some surprisingly good lateral grip, meaning that a zip up the Sea-to-Sky would be a scoot rather than a wallow.

Just like its interior and exterior appearances, the Sonata’s drive is polished — polished to the point that there’s not a lot of excitement to be found.

It has to be said that the adaptive cruise control is not as refined as other marques either.

However, as a smooth and easy-to-drive car with an impressive suite of safety features and a stereo that doesn’t distort a note even when cranked right to the

See Sonata page 58

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Friday, September 26, 2014 - North Shore News - A55

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A56 - North Shore News - Friday, September 26, 2014

North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards Gala Thursday, November 6, 2014 Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier

For tickets visit www.nvchamber.ca or call 604.987.4488 Join us for an evening to recognize excellence in entrepreneurship, community contribution, customer service, innovation, youth and business leadership. The evening will include a champagne reception, gourmet dinner and will feature films of the finalists.

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Friday, September 26, 2014 - North Shore News - A57

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A58 - North Shore News - Friday, September 26, 2014

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USB connections. Parents will also appreciate the rear sunshades.

The navigation is easy to use and very high in resolution.Touchscreen functions work well, for the various menus, and the voice commands work just fine as well.

Fuel economy is rated under the new 2015 five-cycle method at 9.8 litres/100 kilometres in the city and 6.7 l/100 km on the highway. Real world fuel consumption split the difference at 8.9 l/100 km, not far off the stated mixed-mileage figure.The base Sonata GL starts at $24,000.

Green light Reserved, broadly appealing styling; sensible interior; long features list.

Stop sign A few polarizing elements; very firm seats; unpainted rear backup sensors look unfinished.

Checkered flag Premium-style features for the cost of a coffee.

Competitor Honda Accord ($24,050) Priced not far off the Sonata’s blend of value and content is the Honda Accord. Call it the Tim Horton’s of cars.

Actually, the Accord is pretty fun to drive, even in its most basic models.

There’s a CVT as the automatic option, which does a fine job of ironing out the drive, but you also get paddle-shifters and/or a proper manual transmission if you’re willing to order one.

Where the Honda sits back a little is that its feature list is shorter than the Hyundai’s, and the Korean car has a more sensible, less cluttered interface. In the battle of the H badges, it’s a tough call. mcaleer.nsnews@gmail.com

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®The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. ‡Cash price of $14,959 available on all remaining new in stock 2015 Elantra L Manual models. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,595.Prices exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. Delivery and Destination charge includes freight, P.D.E. and a full tank of gas. ◊◊Finance offer available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2015 Elantra L6-Speed Manual with an annual finance rate of 0% for 84 months. Finance offer includes Delivery and Destination charges of $1,595. Finance offer excludes registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. Financing example: 2015 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual for $17,594 at 0% per annum equals $82 bi-weekly for 84 months for a total obligation of $15,419. $495 down payment required. Cash price is $14,959. Cost of Borrowing is $460. Example price includes Delivery and Destination of $1,595. Price excludes registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. ΩPrice adjustments are calculated against the vehicle’s starting price. Price adjustments of up to $4,500/$4,000/$5,000/$8,500 available on in stock 2014 Accent 4-Door L Manual/ 2014 Elantra GT L Manual/2014 Santa Fe Sport 2.0T Limited w/saddle leather/2014 Genesis Coupe 3.8L GT on cash purchases only for September 22-27, 2014 (inclusive). Price adjustments applied before taxes. Offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other available offers. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be assigned. No vehicle trade-in required. ♦Prices of models shown: 2014 Accent 4 Door GLS/2014 Elantra GT SE w/Tech/2014 Santa Fe 2.0T Limited AWD/2015 Elantra Limited are $20,394/$28,394/$40,894/$27,244. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,595/$1,595/$1,795/$1,595.Prices exclude registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, license fees, applicable taxes and dealer admin. fees of up to $499. Fees may vary by dealer. ▼Fuel consumption for new 2014 Accent 4-Door L (HWY 5.3L/100KM; City 7.5L/100KM); 2014 Elantra GT L Manual (HWY 5.8L/100KM; City 8.5L/100KM); 2014 Santa Fe 2.0T Limited AWD (HWY 7.9L/100KM; City 11.0L/100KM); 2015 Elantra L Manual (HWY 6.4L/100KM; City 8.8L/100KM) are based on Manufacturer Testing. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. ∆The Hyundai Accent/Elantra received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among small/compact cars in the proprietary J.D. Power 2014 Initial Quality StudySM (IQS). Study based on responses from 86,118 new-vehicle owners, measuring 239 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Propriety study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2014. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. †‡♦ΩOffers available for a limited time and subject to change or cancellation without notice. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order may be required. Visit www.hyundaicanada.com or see dealer for complete details. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.

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2014 ESCAPE S Stk# 4ES4624

2014 F150 SUPERCREW Stk# 4F2193

Steve Ray

Mike Taher

Jacob Lau

Igor Benyuk

Dan Souder

2014 F150 SUPERCAB Stk# 4F5957

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Bob Benson

Thad Howard

$29,552

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Natalie Donohoe

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$15,869

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Harry Wang

Imre Jako

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$17,379

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$27,614

$24,884

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$18,914

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Mike Thow

Vladimir Kisselev

604-980-2411 833 Automall Dr., North Vancouver

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