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Recovery house defended Turning Point discussion draws a crowd at Parkgate JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Children onWindridge Drive would be safer with the proposed drug and alcohol treatment centre than without it, according to the North Shore’s top doctor.

That was one of the revelations that emerged from a community meeting that brought 300 concerned residents to the Parkgate Community Centre

gymnasium Wednesday evening to discuss the ninebed, men-only Turning Point Recovery Centre proposed for Windridge Drive.

A recovery house for medically stable patients dealing with addiction is needed, according to Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, medical officer for the North Shore.

Every month at least one North Shore resident dies from a cause related to substance abuse, ranging from drunk driving to cirrhosis of the liver, according to Lysyshyn.

While the Turning Point house could be a boon to the approximately one in five Canadians who deal with addiction in their lifetime, See Recovery page 9

City of North Van OKs updated OCP

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

It’s been a three-andhalf-year gestation period but the birthing process for the City of North Vancouver’s new official community plan is nearing an end.

Following a three-hour public hearing Tuesday night, council voted 4-3 to send the plan for final approval.

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process to design a highlevel, long-term plan for the coming decades has been in the works since July 2011 but council voted the first version of it down in September last year. The plan anticipates another 17,700 residents in the city by 2041, most of them along the Lonsdale corridor, Third Street and Marine Drive.

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House parties out of control, thanks to social media JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Plans for one housewrecker were put on ice and groups of partyhearty NorthVancouver teens were told to take their fun elsewhere after four house parties were crashed by the police this weekend.

Police became aware of one “Project X” style party after the Facebook invite list multiplied into the thousands on social media.The hosts — who were apparently moving out — invited anyone from the North Shore to show up for a massive house party.

“Come get messy with all of us,” they wrote on social

media. “Let’s just party for the sake of it! Who’s with me??!?”

Not the police apparently, who contacted the hosts and “strongly suggested” they call it off, said North Vancouver RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong.

But other large house parties quickly sprang up elsewhere around North Vancouver. In all of them, teenagers used social media to invite their friends over.

But “good news travels fast,” said De Jong and word spread quickly to party crashers who swelled the ranks of attendees, attracting the attention of neighbours See Police page 5

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Moodyville revisions appease residents From page 1

homeowners will be entitled to apply for both a coach house and secondary suite within the main house, as long as the total floor space doesn’t exceed what’s already permitted for single-family lots.

Gone are the “special study areas” for the Lucas Centre and Cloverley, which the school district requested be left with their status quo designations while it figures out what to do with the schools no longer needed for North Vancouver public school students.

A new special study area, however, has been included for the northwest corner of 13th and Lonsdale, which is owned

by Hollyburn Properties, which is planning to build a mixed-use rental building on the site.

The 1500-block of Eastern Avenue and 200block of East 15th will both be designated for towers of up to 12 storeys.

The biggest change between this draft and the one that went down in flames last September is a compromise that has apparently made peace between two warring factions in Moodyville. A disproportionate amount of the OCP debate has been taken up by what to do with the neighbourhood in the wake of massive port expansion, the Low Level Road and a new bank of grain silos from

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Residents below Third Street had lobbied for medium-density condos, which could be oriented away from the port property, while residents on Fourth Street pushed council to limit density to duplexes with suites so as to not spoil the neighbourhood. Under the plan headed for final approval, density has been scaled back along Third.

Residents from both sides of Third came out to speak in favour of the OCP, both factions saying while it wasn’t their first choice, it was a compromise they could live with, though Fourth Street residents stressed

that council must use strict design guidelines that respect the single-family nature of the street.

By the time the document came up for a vote at just before 10 p.m.

Tuesday, it had roughly 4,600 participants shape it through more than 100 community meetings.

“I would love to make you all happy but unfortunately we know that’s not always possible,” said Mayor Darrell Mussatto before casting his vote in favour. “I think what staff have crafted and what council is looking at here is something that helps lead us to the future of the City of North Vancouver — one that’s

very enjoyable to live in, to work and to recreate.”

Big thanks are owed to the citizens who put in the untold thousands of hours in creating the plan that, ultimately, was a “good balance,” Coun. Craig Keating said.

“I’m very grateful that people care so much about their community, that they are so willing to continue to be engaged in this over such a long period of time,” he said.

Coun. Linda Buchanan said she supported the land use plan but she was particularly impressed with the way the OCP addressed public health and climate change through urban planning.

Even though they agreed there were some positive aspects in the OCP, Couns. Pam Bookham, Rod Clark and Don Bell voted against the plan. The most common grievances: the rate of growth and what it would mean for traffic and affordability in the city, as well as single lots with coach houses and suites.

“We are, I believe, developing too fast and by doing so are exacerbating problems we’ve been grappling with and not been able to find solutions too. We need time to address some of those issues in a more thoughtful way,” Bookham said.

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debacle, Clark said he couldn’t see how increasing density would make the neighbourhood more livable.

“Is increasing the density going to solve the problem? No, it’s going to make it worse. So, if I’m not able to walk around in the community tomorrow, well, that’s the price of politics,” he said.

The plan must still pass fourth and final reading, which will likely happen in late March or early April, according to staff. Rather than giving developers the green light to start building what’s in the plan, any new project would still have to go through the typical rezoning process.

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Temps dip, ski hills reopen JEN ST. DENIS jstdenis@biv.com

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An unusually warm winter has taken a bite out of profits for local ski resorts — but a drop in temperature means both Grouse and Cypress can reopen.

Grouse Mountain, Cypress Mountain and Mount Seymour all closed their ski hills in early February because the weather was too warm to make artificial snow.

“We had snow through November and December and periodically through January,” Jacqueline Blackwell, manager of public relations for Grouse, told Business in Vancouver.

“Until that last system came through, we were making the best of what nature had given us.”

Mount Seymour is still on standby because unlike Grouse and Cypress, that ski hill has not installed a system to make artificial snow. “It’s a lot more complicated than just the plumbing, it would be putting a lined lake into a provincial park,” said Simon Whitehead, manager of communications for Seymour.

Seymour promises its seasons passholders a 100days-of skiing guarantee.

This year however, the ski hill could only offer 12 days of skiing. That means it’s looking more likely that

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as fights between drunk teens broke out.

In one case, a teen girl was knocked out after hitting her head on a curb during a drunken melee.

In some cases, parents of teens attending the parties called police as word leaked back that events were out of control.

In others, the party hosts themselves called in reinforcements.

“Eventually the police do get invited,” said De Jong.

Three of the teens hosting parties did so while their parents were out of

town. Not surprisingly, the parents weren’t impressed when informed of what was happening. At a fourth party, a parent was present upstairs in the home but was apparently unaware that large numbers of teens were drinking in the basement.

De Jong said it’s a good idea for a parent to be home when any party is happening, so they can act as a bouncer for uninvited guests.

He added if things get out of control, it’s a good idea to call police earlier than later to help break things up and send party crashers on their way.

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t’s been long. It’s been arduous. It’s been divisive.

But the City of North Vancouver is well on its way to having a new official community plan following a public hearing and majority vote on Tuesday night.

With roughly 4,600 participants and almost 100 meetings, it’s staggering to think of the number of staff, council and volunteer hours that went into the shaping of this.

Big kudos are owed to everyone who contributed along the way.

Perhaps most impressive was staff and the residents of Moodyville working together to find a compromise that would restore peace to the neighbourhood.

Council members deliberately monkeyed with the OCP’s timeline last year, ensuring it became an election

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issue and thus ruining any chance of cooler heads prevailing. No doubt, that’s why the plan went down to defeat at its first public hearing last September.

Ultimately, it was the voters who installed the new council that broke the deadlock.

But even the council members who voted Nay on Tuesday night deserve thanks. The plan might not be the one they would have liked but it was surely shaped by their influence and North Vancouver is better served for it.

Not everyone will like the plan. Ask anyone sitting in traffic what they think about a future with more growth and you’ll get an earful. But growth is coming, whether we like it or not.

Populations go up thanks to immigration and, well, natural biological processes.

It’s a prudent council that acknowledges this and plans accordingly.

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Trail use master plan a must Dear Editor: In 2010 I was hired by the District of North Vancouver to help implement recommendations from the Fromme Classification Study (2008) with funding from federal grant money (under the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program).

As an experienced trail builder and foreman, I led a carefully selected trail crew to bring Fromme up to a higher standard.

We installed new signage, rerouted trails, decommissioned unsafe and unsustainable trails, constructed bridges and did plenty of GIS (geographic information system) mapping.

Some of the other projects I worked on

included developing maintenance and inspection plans, improved trail standards for construction and maintenance, search and rescue strategies and prevention.

These were intended to form the basis of a master plan for the mountain.

There was great emphasis on environmental impact, mitigating user conflict and risk management.

For two years we worked hard and achieved a lot. But we were not able to implement all of the recommendations from the Fromme Study.

We did, however, exceed expectations within the DNV and within the mountain biking community.

Unfortunately, as soon as the grant money ran out

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we were all terminated.

We were also informed the DNV had no intentions of continuing the project.

Much of my work was shelved and abandoned.

I’m not entirely sure why, but I might guess that district staff did not understand how or why to continue forward with it.

Where we left off, the North Shore Mountain Bike Association took over and ran with it.

Since then they have continued on to do some great work. However, I believe that a self-policing, volunteer organization is a conflict of interest and may not be the best and only way to manage a vast network of trails that caters to other user groups such as hikers, dog walkers and equestrian.

The NSMBA needs a place and voice as mountain bikers are the majority of trail users. But letting one user group take over and letting them have free reign of the mountain isn’t good land management practice.

Now it’s 2015 and the DNV seems to be still unsure on how to manage this great recreational destination area. I am hopeful the DNV will find its way and realize that maintaining a vast network of trails isn’t a one-shot deal. It’s an ongoing commitment and huge responsibility.

I truly believe that developing a master plan is the most important and first step in continuing forward.

Owen Thomas North Vancouver

Don’t blame Harper: Kyoto dead from get-go Dear Editor: Re: The Maple Leaf and Climate Change, North Shore News, Feb. 25.

Federal Liberal candidate Jonathan Wilkinson, in his ad, disses the Conservative government for withdrawing from the Kyoto Accord and failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions as per our Kyoto commitments.

This version of history is hysterical. When the federal Liberals signed and later ratified the 1997 Kyoto Accord, they knew or should have known Canada could not meet our targets and the Liberals did little or nothing to meet the targets.

The two largest emitters in the world — the USA and China — refused to

accept any limits. India was also off the list. The USA signed but never ratified the accord; the Japanese and Australians dodged their targets. Hence, Kyoto was dead from the get-go in terms of any real reduction in world emissions.

Canada’s Kyoto withdrawal was simple financial common sense and our end to the hypocrisy in the Kyoto green flag-waving exercise.

As Stephen Harper has pointed out, no country was or is willing to take serious measures that would really impact their economy.

I think Mr. Wilkinson might want to review his history.

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School districts, B.C. Ferries get squeezed

Two issues have sprung to the fore in the opening weeks of the legislature that put the stingy (some would say miserly) ways of the B.C. Liberal government on full public display.

One of them is the never-ending story about the funding of public education in this province, while the other is another seemingly endless tale — how much funding the B.C. Ferries system should receive from taxpayers.

Let’s tackle the complex education system first.

In a classic case of giving with one hand while taking with the other, the government has topped up a special learning fund by $23 million while at the same time cutting school board budgets by $29 million (followed by a further $25 million chop the following year).

But while the public education system is being squeezed (yet again), the government has topped up the budget for independent schools by $30 million (an increase largely driven by a

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significant hike in student enrolment at independent schools).

The optics, as they say, don’t look good here.

There have been howls of outrage from B.C. school trustees about these pending cuts but Premier Christy Clark has characterized the cost-cutting (or, cost “savings” in government parlance) exercise as merely going after “low-hanging fruit.”

That dismissive comment was like throwing oil on a long-simmering fire.

School districts have been grappling with rising, unfunded costs in the

system for years.Things like inflation, pension improvements, rising MSP premiums and BC Hydro rates haven’t been covered by additional funding for quite a while, thus making the mandatory achievement of an annual balanced school board budget that much more difficult to accomplish every year.

Nevertheless, the provincial government is convinced legitimate savings can be found, either through a greater emphasis on shared “services” between some school districts or simply realizing cost efficiencies and eliminating spending waste.

Still, one can’t help but wonder whether there is a hidden agenda at work here: a not-so-subtle push to get some school districts to amalgamate.

While it remains to be seen whether that $29million reduction can occur without hurting classroom instruction, it’s a different case when it comes to forcing “savings” on the B.C. Ferries system.

B.C. Ferries has already gone through a significant

round of cost-cutting and consolidation, as sailings on many routes have been eliminated.

There’s not much more there to cut and B.C. Ferries does not have control over certain cost items.

For example, the size of crews on ships — a favourite target of those who like to make apples-andoranges comparisons to the Washington ferry system — is mandated by Transport Canada, not by B.C. Ferries,

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and labour is a huge cost item.

A petition with 20,000 names on it was delivered to the legislature last week, calling for B.C. Ferries to return to the full control of the provincial government.

Such a move (not that it has much of a chance of happening) is meaningless, since it would do nothing to address the chief problem for B.C. ferry users: high fares that keep getting higher.

B.C. taxpayers already

generously fund B.C. Ferries, to the tune of about $190 million a year in subsidies.That’s almost $2 billion over 10 years, which puts that kind of funding on a level with major highway infrastructure projects like bridges.

But without any increase to that subsidy, fares will undoubtedly continue to climb, as B.C. Ferries has limited power to deal with See Stinginess page 11

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Recovery house ‘kryptonite’ for dealers From page 1

the site also poses “no risk” to children, he said.

“I would suggest communities that don’t have these services provide a greater risk to children because fathers and uncles and brothers will not have access to these services in their community,” Lysyshyn said.

The centre may be needed but the wisdom of placing it in the middle of a busy suburban area is questionable, according to several neighbours who spoke at the meeting.

Another group home on Windridge Drive would be one too many, according to Cynthia Swales, who lives on the street. Residents are already coping with a group home for people with physical and mental disabilities – at least one of whom has displayed violent tendencies. “We have a lot of problems with them.They are not a good neighbour,” Swales said.

Turning Point executive

director Brenda Plant told the audience the society does not accept violent offenders.That touched off a heated exchange with a resident who pointed out the possibility of a violent offender lying his way into treatment.

The fear of declining property values was also raised. However, there is no empirical evidence to show Turning Point would cause neighbouring property values to dip, according to a representative from BC Housing who attended the meeting.

Community members have spearheaded petitions both for and against the house.

Lynn Valley resident Kelsey Beazer has garnered the most signees thus far, with 284 people pledging to support the project. “There are hundreds of North Vancouverites who support this,” she said.

A few of those supporters discussed their pasts with addiction at Wednesday’s meeting.

After starting to drink in high school,Wendy Wong became an alcoholic and was forced to leave her West Vancouver home, eventually finding sobriety while living on a boat. “By the grace of God I stayed sober but it shouldn’t have been that hard,” she said.

The centre would be a

benefit to the community, said Wong. “Our kids are in danger because of drug addicts on the street, people drunk driving, violence in the home . . . our kids are not in danger because people are trying to get and stay clean and sober,” she said.

The centre would repel drug dealers by creating

increasingly vigilant residents, according to Alan Podsadowski, who works with First Nations addiction and wellness counsellors as the executive director of the Indigenous Certification Board of Canada. “The last thing drug dealers want is vigilant residents. Drug treatment programs are the

kryptonite for drug dealers.”

If approved, the district would lease the land to BC Housing for $1 a year, and in turn BC Housing would contract Turning Point to operate the facility.

In order for the land to be rezoned, the project would need a majority vote from district council.

Napping suspects arrested on warrant JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A Burnaby couple found out Monday that the long arm of the law never sleeps in West Vancouver — even if the suspects do.

The couple — catching a few zzzs inside a parked but idling car Monday morning — ended up getting more attention than they bargained for after alarmed members of the public called police, fearing the pair were unconscious or in medical distress.

It turned out both were

wanted on outstanding warrants.

“We’re happy to be their alarm clock,” said Const.

Jeff Palmer, spokesman for the West Vancouver Police Department. “Their naps ended in handcuffs.”

West Vancouver Police were called to the parking lot of the former White Spot at Marine Drive and Taylor Way just before 8:30 a.m.

Monday morning.

“We don’t have a full explanation of why they chose that particular parking lot,” said Palmer.

“It’s not exactly a quiet

parking lane.”

The couple had been observed asleep in the idling car for about 15 minutes before police were called.

Officers were eventually able to rouse the pair from an apparently deep sleep by banging loudly on the vehicle windows.

Ambulance paramedics confirmed neither of the pair was in medical trouble or appeared intoxicated.

Legally speaking, the duo had more to answer for however.

Both were wanted on outstanding warrants

for Burnaby RCMP investigations.

A 43-year-old man was arrested on two warrants for driving while prohibited while a 30-year-old woman was arrested on a warrant related to a Burnaby theft investigation.

West Vancouver Police are recommending an additional charge of driving while prohibited be laid against the driver.

“If the vehicle is running and they are in the driver’s seat, they are in care and control of the vehicle,” said Palmer.

A10 - North Shore News - Friday, March 6, 2015

INQUIRING REPORTER The B.C. Federation of Labour this week called on the provincial government to increase the minimum wage to $15 from its current rate of $10.25 an hour. The province argues small businesses might be negatively impacted by the wage hike, and as a compromise, promised to find a predictable way for the minimum wage to go up.

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Robert Terrillon North Vancouver “Yes. I think it’s a long time coming.”

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Artist Dene Croft, in his bio, paints an illusion of a brooding recluse.

Croft describes immersing himself in his world of film noir-inspired narratives within the walls of his Lower Lonsdale studio.

“I’m drawn towards heavy shadows,” the oil painter reveals in an interview ahead of this weekend’s North Shore Art Crawl. “My figurative paintings often reflect a bit of film noir kitsch — narrative paintings that leave the viewer writing the end of the story.”

Croft conceives these moody works from his studio inside one of the city’s oldest buildings, which, of course, only adds to the intrigue of his process as an artist.

The non-descript, beige low-rise at the corner of East First Street and Lonsdale Avenue was home, at the turn of the 20th century, to the old Empire Theatre, which advertised itself as “the only high-class photo playhouse in the city.”

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“So, the building is slowly filling with artists which is kind of neat because it’s become a real hub for the arts community,” explains Croft.

This weekend’s art crawl offers an opportunity to catch a glimpse of Croft in his element, along with the many other participating North Shore artists who will be opening up their workspaces to the public.

In reality, Croft is quite the opposite of an introverted artist. He has turned his airy workspace furnished with 18-foot ceilings into an atelier where Croft and fellow artist Kiff Holland train and mentor fledgling artists.

Deconstructing a painting and reassembling it in front of his students, while reaping collateral benefits for himself as an artist, is part of Croft’s mentoring method.

“So, it’s forced me to look within a lot and analyze exactly how I build a painting,” explains Croft. “As a painter, you tend to paint quite intuitively and impulsively and you don’t really think too much about how you are doing it.”

Teaching his craft has transformed Croft into a far better artist now than he was seven years ago.

He says that without reservation.

The late-blooming artist didn’t deliberately put

brush to canvas until he was 35 years old.Which isn’t to say Croft didn’t have an innate ability as an artist.

He had a good eye for line and form, and spent a great deal of time drawing, reveals Croft, reflecting on his formative years.

“When you weren’t out making trouble, you were drawing and doing creative stuff — and I think that’s what I spent most of my childhood doing,” says Croft, who grew up in a rural area of Auckland, New Zealand in the 1960s.

He stumbled into the arts as an accidental second career, after moving to Canada two decades ago. A one-time chef, Croft briefly owned a Lower Lonsdale café, Citroen Coffee House. But the bustling day-to-day operation of a business stifled his true passion in life.

As fate would have it, watercolour artist Holland walked through the door one day just as Croft was preparing to permanently close the café.

“He happened to be looking for a studio space, and I wanted to go back to painting full-time,” recalls Croft of that serendipitous moment seven years ago.

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DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY 355West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present works by painter Phillipe Gadenne and potter Nancy Cramer until March 31.

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Expressions of Nature: A mixed media exhibition of works by local sisters Dawn and TheresaWimbles be on display until March 15.

Photo Exhibit: Members of the North Shore Photographic Society will display a variety of

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Windows on Culture: An exhibition of acrylic paintings, collage and photography by artists Nejood Al-Sehrewerdi, Therese Joseph, Iris Low and Niloofar Miry will run from March 10 to 29. Opening reception:Tuesday, March 10, 6-8 p.m. Meet the artists: Saturday, March 14, 2-3 p.m. Free artists’ demos: Sunday, March 15, 2-4 p.m.

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Mended: A travelling exhibition of contemporary textile art featuring the work of 25 B.C. textile artists will run from March 17 to May 15. Opening reception:Tuesday, March 17, See more page 27

Friday, March 6, 2015 - North Shore News - A15

MUSIC

Dead Combo comes alive at Electric Owl Portuguese duo mix things up with a distinct Lisbon flavour

comic book-like characters: Trips is an undertaker, Gonçalves is a retro gangster.

They formed their musical duo in 2003 after they were asked by a radio station to record a track for a tribute album in honour of the late Portuguese guitar virtuoso Carlos Paredes.

Gonçalves comes from a jazz background and plays double bass, electric guitar, melodics and keyboards while Trips comes from rock ‘n’ roll and plays electric and acoustic guitar. Combined, they create instrumental folk music with a distinct Lisbon flavour.

“We don’t really know exactly what our influences are,” Gonçalves admits.

“Basically, the both of us listen to a lot of music,” he explains. “When we compose we just let it all out in a way, so it all gets mixed.”

The resulting sound has hints of nostalgic Portuguese fado, Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti

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Standing next to him, in aviator shades and a dark pinstriped suit complete with a flower in the lapel, mustached Pedro Gonçalves embraces his double bass.

Together, they are Dead Combo, a guitar duo from Lisbon, Portugal. On stage, the musicians incarnate two

western compositions, jazz, rock, world music, and the list goes on.

Dead Combo has released six albums since its inception.The most recent, A Bunch of Meninos (2014), topped the charts in Portugal. Last year, the pair sold out more than 40 concerts in their home country and also performed in England, France, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Brazil and Macau.This year, they are touring Canada and the U.S. for the first time, with a stop inVancouver.

With titles like “Waiting for Nick at Rick’s Café” and “Mr. Snowden’s Dream,” the tracks off of Dead Combo’s latest release suggest a strong narrative. But according to Gonçalves, telling a story is the last thing on his mind when he and Trips are composing.Their cinematic videos and highly visual album covers, evocative of film noir and Quentin Tarantino, are usually an afterthought to the music.

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MUSIC

Alan Doyle kicks off CelticFest Vancouver Great Big Sea frontman on tour with new solo project ■ Alan Doyle: So Let’s GoTour, tonight, Friday, March 6 at 8 p.m. at the VogueTheatre, part of the 11th annual CelticFest Vancouver, March 6-17.Tickets: $35, visit northerntickets.com. Info: celticfestvancouver.com.

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Touring is what singersongwriter Alan Doyle lives for.

“It was my favourite thing to do when I was 23 and it’s still my favourite thing to do: get on a bus with a gang of gypsies and go roll into a town that you either know or don’t know, and either play for a bunch of people who love your every step or try to win over a group of people who’ve never heard a chord

from your guitar or a note from your voice in your life.

I just love that idea of being a minstrel that’s wandering and bringing a little piece of you everywhere you go,” says the Great Big Sea frontman, reached last week. He had just pulled into Durango, Colo., a couple of hours later than planned due to a nasty snowstorm, just in time to take the stage for a performance that evening.

The St. John’s, NL-based performer is currently in the midst of a North American tour in support of his new sophomore solo record, So Let’s Go.The tour kicked off in January and, according to Doyle, has been “huge fun” thus far, seeing many of the dates sold out.

Supporting Doyle for the venture is a backing band recently dubbed the Beautiful Gypsies. “It’s become the unofficial, official band name now. It’s filled with friends of mine,” he says.

Members include: Vancouver-based Kendel Carson (The Paperboys and See Great page 17

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MUSIC

Great Big Sea band celebrating 20 years From page 16

Dustin Bentall), on fiddle and guitar; Great Big Sea drummer Kris MacFarlane; CoryTetford (Crush), on guitar, mandolin and vocals; Todd Lumley (Hawksley Workman), on accordion and keyboards; and Shehab Illyas (Mir), on bass.

The group performs songs from Doyle’s solo and Great Big Sea catalogue, as well as tracks he’s written for film and television.

Doyle et al are set to play Vancouver tonight with a show at theVogueTheatre, kicking off the 11th annual CelticFestVancouver, which runs until March 17, offering a host of performances, workshops, a two-day free CelticVillage street fair, and the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

So Let’s Go is a follow to Doyle’s debut solo release, 2012’s Boy On Bridge.

Doyle worked on the project simultaneously with what was to become a best-selling musical memoir, Where I Belong. Released last year, his book profiles his journey from growing up in a small Newfoundland fishing village to taking the world stage with Great Big Sea, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.

“I learned a lot about my young life while I was writing the book. I learned that it was even more influential in my adult life than I’d thought. . . .When I was writing the songs for the So Let’s Go record I wanted to pay tribute to my younger life growing up in Petty Harbour and learning folk music.

I just thought it would be cool to have these big pop production kind of songs centered around something really small and folky, like a guy from Petty Harbour whistling and playing the mandolin,” he says.

To bring his vision to fruition, Doyle called on Thomas ‘Tawgs’ Salter (Lights,Walk OffThe Earth), Jerrod Bettis (Adele, Serena Ryder), Gordie Sampson (Keith Urban, Willie Nelson), and Joe Zook (OneRepublic, Katy Perry).

“I’m kind of a breath of fresh air for those guys,” says Doyle.

“I think they spend a lot of time working with single artists who are probably much younger and probably in many cases, maybe just sing. Or if they play, they probably play rock ‘n’ roll instruments whereas, of course all my apprenticeship

is playing bouzoukis and mandolins and singing shanties. So I kind of bring something to that world that those guys don’t see every day,” he says.

Doyle was pleased with the results, grateful for the fact that the record still sounds like him.

“I was worried when we started experimenting bringing that much of a fusion of pop and folk that I might get lost in it somewhere. But I listen to it and it still just sounds like me playing the mandolin and singing a song,” he says.

The album’s title track, a common phrase of Doyle’s, is intended as an optimistic rallying cry.

“I’ve been saying that forever: So let’s go. I find that so many of people’s complaints and regrets can be fixed by action — your

got to play music and then gee, I got to be in Great Big Sea, which is like the greatest gig in Newfoundland history.

So I’m generally a positive and lucky person,” he says.

Doyle is looking forward to a potential fall release of his next collaborative record with friend and actor Russell Crowe, a follow to 2011’s The Crowe/Doyle Songbook.

The pair met in the early 2000s when Crowe was shooting Cinderella Man in Toronto and have since appeared onscreen together

in the Ridley Scott-directed Robin Hood, released in 2010. Doyle played one of the Merry Men, along with another continued musical collaborator, Scott Grimes (Justified,American Dad!).

The trio also appeared in Republic of Doyle together.

Doyle and Crowe’s pending release was recorded recently, and will also feature Grimes (who’s featured in the video for “So Let’s Go”), Samantha Barks and Carl Falk. It grew out of a series of concerts they’ve been doing

calledThe Indoor Garden Party, a variety show of sorts.

According to Doyle, Crowe, born inWellington, New Zealand, is a small town guy too.

“I think that’s maybe why we get along.We’re both still kind of wide-eyed about everything,” says Doyle.

Crowe and Grimes joined Doyle onstage Saturday for his Los Angeles tour stop.

“I still think of myself as just a musician, some dude in a band. . . . and I’m so lucky to have friends who

work in other parts of the arts and they call me every now and again. . . . All that other stuff. . . has come to me. . . I don’t seek out that other stuff. So far in my life I haven’t. I’m very happy to do my main gig playing music and to have these incidental things come and go, that’s such a blessed career I figure,” he says.

Before leaving B.C., Doyle and his band will play the Chilliwack Cultural Centre tomorrow night, Saturday, March 7 at 8 p.m.

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That optimism is something Doyle is known for, both personally and musically, something he says just comes naturally.

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Friday, March 6, 2015 - North Shore News - A19

FILM

Ensemble cast returns to India ■ The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Directed by John Madden. Starring Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Judi Dench and Bill Nighy.

Rating: 7 (out of 10) JULIE CRAWFORD ContributingWriter

You know it wasn’t the money that originally attracted the British stars of the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: shot on a skimpy $10 million budget, the 2012 release hauled in almost $138 million at the box office worldwide. Not bad for a bunch of old codgers.

A loyal, return crowd is almost a certainty with the next instalment, and that confidence shows in the title. Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel? A gutsy title, given our predilection to throw stones at sequels.

Thankfully, with John Madden (Shakespeare In Love) back at the helm, Ol Parker once again penning the pages, all our actors back in the mix, and a few

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FILM

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The inspector could be hunky American writer Guy Chambers (Richard Gere, who just squeaks into the senior set at age 65) or pretty Lavinia Beech (Tamsin Greig), who claims to be looking for a suitable home for her mother. Sonny’s desperate and comical attempts to discover the inspector’s identity means that he starts to seriously neglect plans for his impending wedding to Sunaina (Tina Desai).

The plan was to retire in peace, but our pensioners are busier than ever. Douglas (Bill Nighy) offers tours of Jaipur and engages in a slow-as-treacle courtship with Evelyn (Judi Dench), who is busy in the textile business. Madge (Celia Imrie) is still tirelessly looking for romance and tending bar with Norman (Ronald Pickup), who is having a go at monogamy with Carol (Diana Hardcastle,Tom Wilkinson’s real-life spouse).

Meanwhile Sonny’s mother, Mrs. Kapoor (Lillete Dubey), seems to

be Guy’s new muse, much to her son’s mortification.

There’s a rival for Sunaina’s affections (Shazad Latif), and of course, a big Bollywood number doesn’t disappoint.

There were some big themes at work in the original — elder care and lack thereof, closeted homosexuality, love and sex after middle age, and death, of course. But all were approached with such generous doses of humour that there was no time to be maudlin about it all.There are plenty of bittersweet moments in the sequel, too.

As in Downton Abbey, Maggie Smith gets the best zingers. Muriel may have sweetened her hip replacement in the first movie, but there’s still some vinegar left in her.

Smith takes centre stage this time around, and her performance makes the film.

Patel excels at the eternally optimistic, highstrung physical comedy; Imrie is best when she’s bawdry.There’s something for everyone. And with three Oscars, four Emmys and 21 BAFTAs between them, the high-calibre ensemble is hard to resist, even when the story gets a little doddering.

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Within this theme is a call to action for advancing and recognizing gender equality.

It is an idea that has gained some media attention recently as the discussion about the ongoing wage gap has once again heated up.

On Feb. 22, actress Patricia Arquette created a stir when she included a statement about equal rights and equal pay at the Oscars during her acceptance speech for a Best Supporting Actress award. She has reportedly been

for every dollar earned by a male worker. That was in 2011.

Women in today’s A report from Statistics Canada The gender wage workforce are notes that women gap is an outward more educated, have traditionally and obvious sign of been paid less in the underlying inequality, more experienced workforce, and that and while many factors and more skilled tradition continues are often listed to today. Various studies than ever before. explain the gap, it is suggest that women in widely accepted that the workforce generally discrimination is at the make about 70 per cent top of the list. of what their male counterparts make. A Despite these challenges, however, wage commission in Ontario found that a female worker earns about 74 cents women in business continue to forge

new and exciting pathways, and by some accounts, the wage gap in Canada appears to be narrowing slowly over time.

Women in today’s workforce are more educated, more experienced and more skilled than ever before.

Serving as an inspiration to others in their field, women who are moving onward and upward in the business world are also opening doors for those who follow.

And they will lift as they climb, so that one day the gender gap will be closed.

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Dealing with hearing loss can be isolating and frightening.

Since 2010 Jennifer Abbott of Hear at Home has helped North Shore residents improve their quality of life by finding the latest hearing solutions with her 100% mobile hearing clinic. For those who find it difficult getting to appointments, Hear at Home offers families peace of mind knowing that their loved ones are still getting the care and attention they need when it comes to their hearing health.

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Sprout – An Organic Oasis in North Van It was while pregnant with her first child 12 years ago that Nicole Robins first realized how important food sources were. “I’d always tried to eat ‘healthily” says Nicole “I just was a bit misguided as to what exactly that meant”.

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Today, Nicole is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and owner of Sprout Market.

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We had 4 stores on the North Shore and although we haven’t been here for twenty years we continued to support the schools and sport teams over those years With the grocery business For Cori Bonina, it will whether by donations or dominated by men for be a home coming: the sponsorship. decades, new Northwoods Village We also Cori has still development at the corner continued “Initially I was going managed to of Old Dollarton Road and to service to pursue another thrive. the Dollarton Highway will customers be home to a new Stongs career, but having “The on the North Market.

Grocery Shore via been in the food industry As President of Stongs our on-line industry my whole has always Market and Cori’s Kitchen, ordering life it gets into your Cori Bonina literally grew up been a male and delivery blood.” dominated in the grocery business. service, industry, Stongs “I started counting coupons although this Express. We and cleaning the offices when is changing. I think it helped were the first to offer on-line I was ten and officially started my career in that it forced me shopping.” as a deli and meat clerk in to work harder and step out 1978,” says Cori. “I learned a Technology has changed a lot of my comfort zone on many great work ethic and not to of the ways businesses and occasions.” rely on my family name for consumers interact. success. Being the daughter With her company and “Everything is so much personal history linked to the of the owner I had to prove faster - decisions have to be North Shore, a new location myself more than others.” made faster and acted upon here made a lot of sense. immediately. People are onto For Cori, taking on the family the latest trends in food and “I have lived on the North company almost didn’t nutrition and we have to Shore for over twenty years happen.

There’s a new development in North Vancouver’s Maplewood area that will be many things to many people. For some, it will be a convenient place to shop, for others a place to work.

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“Initially I was going to pursue another career, but having been in the food industry my whole life it gets into your blood. I realized I had a true passion for our industry and our store.”

be prepared and anticipate the next one. Ordering, advertising and marketing is all so much easier and immediate.”

Cori has positioned her businesses to take advantage of evolving consumer tastes.

“We see new beginnings as we expand our business back to the North Shore and an increasing demand for organics, natural food made with real natural ingredients.”

Once there were Stongs Markets in Dundarave, Edgemont Village, Lynn Valley and Deep Cove. What was once part of the fabric of the community is returning in early 2016. They’ll have a new look, but the same values that made a trip to Stongs part of the family week.

“We are so excited to be coming home to the North Shore after 20 years.”

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BOOKS Maggie Lord helps plan your rustic wedding. page 26

Whether it’s due to the influence of documentaries, events in the news or the buy-local movement, consumers seem to paying more attention to where their goods come from.

One North Shore entrepreneur is helping to give people the peace of mind of knowing exactly where their clothing is made. Christine Hambleton opened Made by Me Sewing Studio last month on West Third Street in North Vancouver, offering sewers and want-to-be sewers a space to create their own clothing, accessories and home decor.

“People are trying to buy local and organic when it comes to their food, and I think people are starting to think about that with their clothing too,” Hambleton says, noting that she has seen a renewed interested in sewing in recent years.

People are starting to look at the big chain retailers differently, she says, plus, the popularity of reality TV shows that focus on the fashion industry, such as Project Runway, and the emergence of the website Pinterest, known for its do-it-yourself craft ideas, have inspired people to explore their creativity.

Hambleton worked as a paralegal at a law firm for several years, but says she always had an interest in fashion and sewing, so she went back to school

and completed the Fashion Arts program at Vancouver Community College. She worked with local fashion designer Jason Matlo until last spring before deciding to start her own business.

Made by Me offers classes for a variety of abilities and ages — from tweens to adults — in addition to private birthday parties and day camps.

Joining Hambleton as an instructor is West Vancouver secondary home economics teacher Alison Sawers.

Classroom projects include making tote bags, infinity scarves, onesie pyjamas and photo pillows.

Meanwhile, more experienced sewers can rent studio time by the hour.

“So if you don’t have a machine at home or perhaps you’ve got a machine but you have to use your dining room table, you can come and use our studio,” Hambleton says.

The space is equipped with six sewing machines, two sergers, one industrial straight stitch machine, two ironing stations, a large cutting table, plus cutting shears, pins and other basic sewing gear.There is also a library of reference books and a small selection of fabrics available for purchase.

Made by Me Sewing Studio is located at 108949 West Third St., North Vancouver. For more information, or to register for classes, including upcoming Spring Break camps, visit madebyme.ca or phone 604-971-0940.

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LOOK Jordan Kim recently opened his own restaurant at 1564 Lonsdale.

Jordan has been renowned to the customers in North and West Vancouver since he took his role of the executive chef of Bene Sushi on Marine Dr. West Vancouver.

Jordan was interviewed and featured by Vancouver Sun (July 26th 2012) through the article introducing “Rumflamed Sushi” that he had originated, and invited by Vancouver Art Gallery in the capacity of Japanese major chef in 2013. He also took the third and fourth place at the contest, Taste of Ambleside held by “West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce” in 2013 and 2014 in a row.

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Get inspired for your big day The Rustic Wedding Handbook by Maggie Lord (Gibbs Smith Publishers, 160 pages) $24.99 The Rustic Wedding Handbook offers an enormous range of ideas for personal touches that can be introduced into your special day.

From unique and relaxed venue opportunities to do-it-yourself decorations, there are so many choices to be made.

This is Maggie Lord’s third wedding book and she helps guide you from getting started through to the wedding day. She offers advice on each stage, including questions to ask when renting a venue. Lord also suggests some ideas on coming up with your own rustic wedding style by discussing choices such as vintage, country, barn, industrial, backyard and classic.

Once you decide on your style, it’s time to gather those key items that will be part of your presentation and Lord has ideas for flea market success, looking in specialty

shops, and items you can find in hardware or garden centres. A large portion of the book is devoted to instructions on DIY projects. Each one is illustrated with photographs and has clear instructions and lists of required materials.

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CALENDAR From page 14 7-9 p.m.

NORTH SHORE North Shore Art Crawl: Explore artists’ studios and galleries from Lions Bay to Deep Cove March 7 and 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.The free event will feature over 400 artists at 78 locations. Map and info: nsartcrawl.ca.

PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver.Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 604-9861351 presentationhousegallery. org The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg (1953-1996): An exhibition that celebrates the artistic pursuits — both visual and verbal — of the late poet Allen Ginsberg will run until April 5.

RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Intimations of Nature: Canvases of still lives and abstracts by Frieda Ashworth and paintings

of landscapes and flowers by BeatriceWatson will be on display until April 12.

SANDRINE PELISSIER STUDIO 125 Garden Ave., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Weekly noninstructional life drawing classes.

SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com Make Remake Unmake: The work of six artists, each working in different media, whose work utilizes repetition as a device will be on display until March 8. Curator talk: Saturday, March 7, 2 p.m.

Free bookbinding workshops: Sunday, March 8 — kids 11 a.m. and adults 2 p.m.

Tattoo: B.C. tattoo artists will show photographs of their most memorable works from March 11 to April 11. Reception: Sunday, March 15, 2-4 p.m. Ink and Flesh — Poetry Meets Art: Local writers perform poetry inspired by the works on display Sunday, March 29, 2 p.m.

Tattoo artists Nomi Chi and

AlisonWoodward draw “flash” in the gallery Sunday,April 5, 2-4 p.m.

Curator’sTalk: Every Thursday at noon there will be a 20-minute curator’s talk with background on the current show in the gallery.

SHELTON ART/STUDIOS GALLERY 3540 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. Studio visits by appointment. 604-922-5356 sheltonart.com SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,WestVancouver.Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 604-925-

7292 silkpurse.ca Annual Spring Community Open Invitation Exhibition: Work by established and aspiring artists will be on display until March 15.

There will be an award of an Opus gift card for the artwork that receives the most votes from visitors to the gallery.

Journey Back inTime: Photo historian Dudley Booth will share prints from his collection March 17-29. Opening reception:Tuesday, March 17, 6-8 p.m.

SPACE EMMARTS STUDIO 305 Mansfield Pl., North Vancouver.Wednesday and

Friday, 2-5 p.m. or by appointment. 604-375-0694 emmarts.ca STARFIRE STUDIO 6607 Royal Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-922-5510 starfireattheferries.com 195 STUDIOS — ARTISTS ON PEMBERTON 195 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver. 195studios.ca TARTOOFUL 3183 Edgemont Blvd., NorthVancouver. 604-9240122 tartooful.com See more page 28

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Dead Combo is the first of two Portuguese acts that BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts is presenting this month as part of its Cap Global Roots series. Fado artist Camané, also making his Canadian debut, will perform March 20 at Kay Meek Centre in WestVancouver.

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Oyeyemi conjures up a new kind of folk tale ■ Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi, Hamish Hamilton Publishers, 308 pages, $22.

Family secrets twist below the surface like a hidden undertow that is waiting to drag its victims to a dark, hidden place.

The past is never far behind the characters in Helen Oyeyemi’s latest book and they push against it while at the same time being drawn back into its control.

Looking for a new beginning and an escape from her father’s tyranny, Boy Novak gets on a bus in New York and ends up in the small town of Flax Hill, Massachusetts. The New England location seems a perfect reprieve for her as she starts her life anew.

Oyeyemi provides a multi-layered picture of Boy’s transformation from runaway to woman to mother while never truly breaking free of her upbringing.

Against Boy’s story Oyememi first hints at then reveals the details of Snow, the beautiful stepdaughter and Bird, the child whose dark skin exposes

a long held lie. Their hardships, created through the conflicts between appearances, deceit and dark truths, will drive them apart but ultimately strengthen a search for enlightenment.

Oyememi pulls in elements of the Snow White fairy tale, with its fascination of mirrors, the cruelty of the stepmother and the power of appearances in shaping perceptions. She alludes to the tale but never lets it dominant her own story line, which keeps us uncertain of the outcome right to the final pages.

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Deep Cove artist Lyza Del Mar Gustin will run until March 12.

VIPOND STUDIO AND GALLERY 195 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver. By appointment only. 604-209-1197 Landscapes in oil on canvas

by NormanVipond.

WESTVANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca In the Gallery — Cabins to Quilts: Trace the evolution of the log cabin quilt with creations by members of the Lions Gate Quilters Guild until March 9.

In the Gallery —The Colours of Spring: An exhibition that reflects the joyous and exuberant feelings of spring and commemorates Houshang Seyhoun who was an active participant artist at the library will run from March 12 to April 27.

WESTVANCOUVER MUNICIPAL HALL 750 17th St.,WestVancouver.

Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. 604-925-7290 Art in the Hall: Jesse Read photographs will be featured until April 3.

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Shakila: The IranianWomen’s Cultural Society will present an InternationalWomen’s Day celebration Sunday, March 8 at 7 p.m.Admission: $45/$35/$25.

Tickets: 604-653-6006.

North Shore Classics —The Rhine Symphony: TheVancouver Symphony Orchestra will perform Monday, March 9 at 8 p.m.Admission: $40/$36/$25.Tickets: 604-8763434.

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Growing up with the Grateful Dead ■ High Notes:A Rock MemoirWorking with Rock Legends Jefferson Airplane Through The Doors to the Grateful Dead by Richard Loren.

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Richard Loren’s new memoir about the ’60s and ’70s revisits a time when a nascent rock scene was changing the way things went down and he got a front row seat on how things played out.

He began his career working with established veterans such as Liberace but soon found himself involved in a burgeoning youth culture where bands were waiting to break on through to the other side.The future was unwritten, anything was possible and Loren was the man who could make things happen.

The music biz veteran talked to the North Shore News about working in the trenches with some of rock’s iconic stars.

JOHN GOODMAN jgoodman@nsnews.com

North Shore News: During your career you worked in both the East Coast and West Coast music scenes at a micro level.You were there on the ground making things happen.

Richard Loren: Basically I’m an East Coast guy. I started off on the East Coast working in the summer tent theatre where I met Liberace who sprung me to work for the same company that represented him — the Agency for the Performing Arts in NewYork City.

I was born and raised in the NewYork area so that’s where I started off essentially.

After three years of being an agent I kind of became disenchanted with the industry. It was wonderful working with the artists but working with the more unscrupulous people that you have to work with in that end of the business, where people are treated more or less like commodities and less as people, I didn’t like that so much.

I quit the business for awhile but I hadn’t yet met Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. I had wanted to be their agent while I was trying to secure talent to go along with the Jefferson Airplane and The Doors who I represented but they didn’t want any part of “the

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He said, ‘Well, go see them, they’re playing uptown at a club on the East Side.

A place called Ondines.’

I went up there and I was kind of like a fly on the wall with these models and AndyWarhol and his gang.

Everybody who was anybody was there.The whole package was there, they were really tight.The next day I told Jac I definitely wanted to work with them.That’s how it began so I had those two in my stable of talent. A lot came after that. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Steppenwolf.

Iron Butterfly. Our agency became the agency for the new rock sound.

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suits.”They wanted to do everything in-house so I was never able to represent them.

When I came back from hiatus in the agency business I met David Grisman (he was in a group called Earth Opera who I put on as the opening act for some concerts by The Doors back in ’67, ’68) on the street in NewYork City.

He was involved with a couple of young musicians named the Rowan Brothers who were Peter Rowan’s younger brothers. He and I formed a partnership called Hieronymous Music to represent the Rowan Brothers. Get them a record deal and so on.

We were based in New York City and Jerry and the Dead came into town. David noticed that they would be appearing at the Fillmore East and he said, ‘I haven’t seen Jerry in about six years now.’They’d met at a bluegrass festival inVirginia in 1964 when they were both kids. David was a mandolin player and Jerry played banjo and guitar. David said, ‘Let’s go check them out.’ Sure enough he gets Jerry on the phone at the Chelsea Hotel and he puts some tickets away for us.We go backstage after the show and that’s where I met Jerry for the first time. During our lengthy conversation at four in the morning after he had played for several hours he was still pretty energetic. David and I told him we were having a little bit of difficulty getting record deals in NewYork.

The Rowan Brothers were a couple of young kids and it was hard to break into the industry. Jerry said, ‘Why don’t you guys move to California.There’s tons of clubs there and I will put in a good word for you.’ So that’s how I got to theWest Coast.

North Shore News: On the East Coast wereThe Doors your first big act?

Richard Loren: No.The agency that I worked for APA had a lot of mainstream artists — Liberace,Victor

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He was younger than I was and really involved in the sounds of San Francisco.

Somehow he contacted Bill Graham, the manager of the Jefferson Airplane at the time, and convinced them to come play at his school.They accepted that offer but they also booked two weeks at the Cafe au Go Go — a very ‘in’ spot in GreenwichVillage in NewYork City to break talent — and he tipped me to the fact that the Jefferson Airplane would be playing there. I parked myself for two weeks every night at the Cafe au Go Go and befriended Bill Graham. I got along with some of the musicians, especially Marty Balin who to this day is one of my best friends.

One thing led to another and on a handshake I was booking the Jefferson Airplane.Tim Buckley, the folksinger at the time, was really my first client but my first major rock band was the Jefferson Airplane.

Shortly after that, maybe two months, I was getting some gigs on the road for the

Airplane on the East Coast.

I got a phone call from the record company president (Elektra’s Jac Holzman) that represented The Doors. At that time “Light My Fire” wasn’t even out yet and they were playing mainly on theWest Coast. He said, ‘Richard, I hear you are booking the Jefferson Airplane. Bill Graham said some good things about you.

Would you be interested in this new band I’ve got?

They’re fantastic, they’re like nothing you’ve ever heard before. I will send over a messenger with a copy of their first album.You listen to it, tell me what you think and we’ll go from there.’

I listened to the album and I was literally, in the parlance of the ’60s, blown away. I listened to it over and over again.The next morning I called Jac and I said, ‘These guys are great.’

North Shore News: How did the Airplane get involved with Jean-Luc Godard for the 1 AM movie (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=XYr5D4lqC0w)?

Richard Loren: He asked the Airplane to appear in his One American Movie.

He had the idea of putting them on top of the Schuyler Hotel (on Dec. 7, 1968) and doing a performance up there. Much like The Beatles did (on the roof of Apple Headquarters in London Jan. 30, 1969).

North Shore News: But you guys did it before The Beatles shot theirs.

Richard Loren: Exactly. It was kind of a setup for a bust and that was what Godard was really after. He wanted the excitement of the event ‘here’s this band playing on the top of a roof.’ He filmed them from across the street.

He filmed the police, he filmed the arrest, he filmed the whole thing. Marty Balin had said, ‘Hey, you’ve got to see this thing we’re doing for Jean-Luc Godard.’ Marty was really into film.

North Shore News:Where were you during the shoot?

Richard Loren: I was up

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They played the “House at Pooneil Corners.”The police came up. I saw Marty get arrested with Rip Torn and get taken away.

Richard Loren:When you moved to San Francisco in 1970 what was the scene like there?

Richard Loren: It was like walking into paradise. I’d come out of the boiling heat of the summer. NewYork was so different from theWest Coast in 1970.When you set your feet in Marin County it was like ‘Wow.’ It was three years after the Summer of Love but it still had that feeling.The scene wasn’t as new in the Haight Ashbury as it had been in ’66, ’67 but it was wonderful to be in San Francisco. During my tenure with Jerry and the Grateful Dead I lived in Marin County which was where the band were located.

North Shore News:What were the Dead like to work for?

Richard Loren:The Grateful Dead is like a family.They’re not like any other band or any other band scene. Most bands have an integral unit — the band, manager, accountants and people like that.The Grateful Dead is not that.They are a collective and one of the differences between working as an agent behind a desk in NewYork City and working for the Grateful Dead is you become part of that collective.

Even though Jerry played outside the Grateful Dead in his own Jerry Garcia Band, or in Merle Saunders band, or with Old and in theWay, their bluegrass band, the Grateful Dead came first.The music they played never became dated because they never sought fame through their music.

They never repeated the same show twice. Jerry never had any desire to have a hit single.Their goal was just to play music together and play what they wanted and grow as musicians.

Jerry especially. He never sought the limelight and he never was a spokesperson for any movement. He was compassionate, humble, empathetic. A wonderful guy, kind of like the Buddha of rock’n’roll. His main desire was to grow as a musician.

That was his main thing See Garcia page 33

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Garcia always had a guitar close by From page 32 — you get good by playing a lot.You have to have your chops together. He’d go to a gig two or three hours before and sit backstage and play, just by himself.

Even when he was talking to people he would have a guitar with him just playing riffs. In this manner he could really connect with his muse.

Jerry came from country and from bluegrass — he was never really a blues-oriented player (like many other rock guitarists). He didn’t learn riffs he would take the music where it took him. If you listen to Jerry play it’s very free form.

North Shore News:You mentioned the Dead as a collective. I wanted to ask about some of the individuals associated with the band.

What was your relationship with Mountain Girl?

Richard Loren: Mountain Girl was a very close friend of mine during those early years. She lived with Jerry at Stinson Beach. I got to know her really well. I spent a lot of

Tests at first.They had a very strong bond with the Pranksters.

time with Jerry at his home and met his young children especially during the early days when I was his personal manager.

North Shore News:Was Ken Kesey involved very much with the Dead?

Richard Loren: Yeah, it was like Kesey and the Pranksters and the Grateful Dead and their family.Two different collectives. Kesey started the Acid Tests in the ’60s and the Dead were the band that played the Acid

North Shore News:You lived with Marty Balin for a spell in 1970.

Richard Loren: When I first moved to San Francisco I stayed with Marty the first couple of months until David Grisman and I got our scene together.We hit it off right away, I was totally intrigued by him.

We shared a lot of interests.

He was interested in the metaphysical as I was. He’s an extremely talented guy.

North Shore News: There’s many highlights from the Dead years but the top one must be the Egypt trip in 1978.

Richard Loren: No doubt.The Egypt trip was a highlight of my life and in the chronicles of Grateful Dead history I would say it’s got to be near the top. As my friend Dennis McNally was kind enough to say, ‘When the Dead walked onto the stage in front of the Great Pyramid at Giza, the highest

point of their illustrious ride, they had Richard Loren to thank for their trip.’ In my career it was the most important thing that I’ve ever done. Marty Balin turned me on to Egypt. He’s the real reason the Grateful Dead went to Egypt.When I was living with him I got turned on by a lot of his books on Egyptian culture — metaphysical, esoteric stuff. I was engrossed in reading and talking to him about Egypt.

He was extremely well-read on the subject.

This is ’70 so I said, ‘Boy, the first chance I get I’m going to go to Egypt.’

In 1975 when the Grateful Dead went on hiatus Ken Kesey had just come back from Egypt. I’d already planned to go and he gave me a few tips. I was up in Eugene with Jerry and the Garcia band and we got to talking (about the trip). He was writing five instalments for Rolling Stone called In Search of the Secret Pyramid.

I was there for three weeks. I was riding around a pyramid on a camel and I looked over to my left and

I saw a stage. It kind of hit me like a light bulb went off in my head and I thought, ‘God, the band should really play here.’ By synchronicity or good luck, who knows how these things happen, I met this guy in Luxor, Upper Egypt, hundreds of miles from Cairo and I told him about my idea. He didn’t know from the Grateful Dead or California music but he was taken by my excitement and said, ‘Maybe I can help make that happen.

When you go back up to Cairo I will come with you and introduce you to a tour manager I know that helps me put some stuff together here.’ Sure enough, I met with the guy and he’d met with a couple of bureaucrats and came back two days later and said, ‘I think this could really happen.’

I went back to San Francisco and told them there’s a possibility we could play this theatre in Egypt.

At a band meeting they appointed me and Phil Lesh and a colleague of mine to go on a scouting mission to lay the ground work.We put

on dark suits, got our hair cut, went and met with the state department, flew to Cairo and sure enough one thing led to another and we got a signed contract to play a couple of shows. And then what made it most amazing: there was a full moon and lunar eclipse on the third night.

When we finished that last concert word came onto the stage that Jimmy Carter, Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin had just signed the Camp David agreement which is probably the closest we’ve ever come to peace in the Middle East.The confluence of those events was immense. It was an extraordinary phenomenon and the synergy was extremely powerful.

Clearly that was a highlight of my career. I had a lot of great moments and met many interesting people through the bands that I worked with. (The book’s) a cultural coming-of-age story. I was a kid and I paid my rights of passage with other 20 year olds that just happened to be rock icons.

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CALENDAR From page 31 x8166 nvdpl.ca Stories and Music: Michael Conway Baker will accompany local violinist Christine Lin Saturday, March 7, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Classical Concert Series: Pianist LibbyYu will perform a solo recitalThursday, March 12, 10:30-11:30 a.m.Tickets: $20/$15.

Classical Concert Series: Piano maestro Marco Grieco will performThursday, March 19, 10:30-11:30 a.m.Tickets: $20/$15.

ST. ANDREW’S UNITED CHURCH 1044 St. Georges St., North Vancouver. 604-985-0408 st-andrews-united.ca Reflections: The Laudate Singers will perform a wide range of styles and themes in a cappella at their 20th anniversary concert Saturday, March 7 at 8 p.m.Admission: $25/$20/$10.Tickets: 604-7296814 or laudatesingers.com.

WESTVANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Friday Night Concert Series: Sweet Scarlet female a cappella ensemble will perform March 27, 7:30-8:45 p.m.

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CAPILANO UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTSTHEATRE 2055 PurcellWay, North Vancouver. 604-990-7810 capilanou.ca/blueshorefinancialcentre/ CapTheatre: An Exit 22 production ofThe Secret Garden March 19-21, 25-28 at 8 p.m. with matinees March 22 and 28 at 2 p.m.Tickets: $22/$15/$10.

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Drought and Lie: An Iranian family drama Sunday, March 8 at 4 and 8 p.m.Tickets: $35-$55.

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: St.Thomas Aquinas school students will perform a play of theatrical storytelling March 12-14 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $16/$11. Info: 604-987-4431.

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PRESENTATION HOUSETHEATRE 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. 604-990-3474 phtheatre.org Cat Killer: A guided play where audience members will experience the performance in groups of three starting every five minutes, until March 15, Tuesdays-Saturdays, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8, 8:30, 9 and 9:30 p.m. and Sundays, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4 and 4:30 p.m.Tickets: $15-$20.

WATERFRONTTHEATRE 1412 Cartwright St.,Vancouver.

Shakespearean Rhapsody: CarouselTheatre for Young People will perform until March 29 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.Admission: $35/$29/$18.

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CAPILANO UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTSTHEATRE 2055 PurcellWay, North Vancouver. 604-990-7810 capilanou.ca/blueshorefinancialcentre/ CENTENNIALTHEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com Amadeus: Ballet Victoria will perform Saturday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m.Tickets: $33.50/$28/$23/$15.

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Jagerhof Restaurant 71 Lonsdale Avenue, N. Van. | 604-980-4316 Old World Charm - Featuring Alpine Cuisine from Austria, Germany, Switzerland and South Tirol/Northern Italy with an extensive import beer selection.

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BRITISH 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.

CHINESE 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.

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

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THAI 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.

WEST COAST 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.

FINE DINING 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.

FRENCH Chez Michel www.chezmichelvancouver.com 1373 Marine Drive (2nd flr), W. Van. | 604-926-4913 For over 36 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.

$$ 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 the Tap House!

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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 - 11 pm.

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CASUAL Northlands Bar and Grill $$ www.golfnorthlands.com/bar-grill 3400 Anne MacDonald Way, North Vancouver | 604.924.2950 ext 2.

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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.

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PUB The Black Bear Neighbhourhood Pub www.blackbearpub.com 1177 Lynn Valley Road, N. Van | 604.990.8880

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Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub www.sailorhagarspub.com 86 Semisch Avenue, N. Van. | 604-9843087 Spectacular view of Vancouver harbour & city, enjoy great food in a Brew Pub atmosphere. 18 beers on tap including our own 6 craft-brews.

Live music, satellite sports, pool table, darts & heated patio.

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Valentine’s Day Specials. “Your Favourite North Shore Pub” 18 years running. We do great food, not fast food. Full Take-Out menu.

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Grinding Gears

Star Trek VII: The search for Spock’s lost Buick

but is actually surprisingly appealing.

Intricately detailed LED headlights sit high on the NX’s shoulders.The separate daytime running lights are sharp and accent the striking grille.

Moving along the side, the doors are nicely sculpted and the rounded roof gives the NX a balanced appearance.

At the back, the threedimensional taillights add some drama; the edge of the lights actually stick out from

So whatever happened to Mr. Spock’s Buick Riviera? It’s questions like these that keep me up at night, fervently scanning online forums to find the thread that will lead to the discovery.

In this case, however, there has been no discovery.

Or at least, not yet.

As you’re no doubt aware, with tributes coming in from every corner, Leonard Nimoy passed away last week at the age of 83. It’s hard to think of an actor that had greater influence on pop culture, despite being known best for only one character.

As Mr. Spock — the pointy-eared, cockedeyebrow’d Vulcan — Nimoy was the perfect foil to William Shatner’s bumptious Captain James T. Kirk.

Coldly logical, impassive, possessed of alien blood and strange practices, Spock was nevertheless a deeply human character.We loved him for his failings, for his quirks, for

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the body making the car look wider than it really is.The spoiler over the window and dual exhausts make it look aggressive.

The cabin is driverfocused and available with impressive levels of onboard technology. Passengers will appreciate how spacious and comfortable the NX is in comparison to other compact SUVs. Those who want extra spice thrown into the

NX can add the F Sport package, which includes an even more menacing front grille, F Sport badging, aluminium sport pedals, a G-force meter, and liquid injection foam F Sport seats.

Performance As mentioned, the NX 200t is the first Lexus with a twin-scroll turbocharged engine.The 2.0-litre Atkinson cycle four-cylinder delivers 235 horsepower and 258 foot-pounds of torque, which is pretty good but not

class-leading.

Being an all-new engine, it is packed with modern technology which includes the turbo that is built into the exhaust manifold — this helps reduce turbo lag to almost unnoticeable levels.

Mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, the NX 200t offers sporty dynamics with all-wheel drive and a lock-up torque converter. A three-setting Drive Mode Select system (Sport, Normal and Eco) allows drivers to modify

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Since the NX 300h weighs more and has less power, it feels less peppy than its stablemate.The Lexus Hybrid Drive system is built around a 2.5-litre Atkinson cycle four-cylinder and delivers 194 total system horsepower and 152 footpounds of torque.

Mated to an electronically controlled continuously variable transmission and all-wheel drive, the NX 300h provides smooth acceleration yet 7.4 litres/100 kilometres combined fuel efficiency.

Also, this is the first Lexus Hybrid Drive to feature a kick-down function to improve acceleration.

And, the hybrid battery is split into two separate pods for better weight distribution.

While the handling is crisp and linear, there is something absent from the NX’s driving characteristic.

Perhaps its ride is too smooth; perhaps the steering is too numb — not sure the exact reason but the NX excites its drivers from the outside but not so much when it’s driven.

Environment The cabin of the NX has a lot going for it and feels more expensive than the price suggests.The dash is covered in stitched material and nearly every other surface is soft and/or padded with high levels of accuracy.

Interior measurements of the NX are very similar to the RAV4. As with the exterior, however, the NX is more sport-minded as indicated by the tighter seats and wide centre console.

The front seats are very supportive and comfortable.

To provide further comfort and versatility, the rear seats split 60/40 and they even power recline and power fold.These are niceto-have features that soon become must-have items.

Not only is the NX quiet

and comfortable, but it’s also filled with intelligent technology. For example, it’s available with a Wireless Charging Tray and a 6.2inch heads-up display — the largest in the Lexus range.

The new optional Remote Touch Interface controls the navigation, climate control and connected devices. It works better than older designs found in other Lexus models and uses Haptic feedback when the cursor is over one of the on-screen buttons. Still, just give us an actual touch panel because no matter which automaker attempts to make these more user friendly, they are awful to use in general.

The cargo capacity in the NX is less than the RAV4, thanks to its sloping roof.

Capacity is 0.5 cubic metres in the NX 200t, and 0.475 cubic metres in the NX 300h.

Features The NX 200t has a starting price of $40,950, and the NX 300h starts at $58,850.

Standard equipment includes a leather-wrapped steering wheel, heated front seats, dual-zone climate control, heated exterior mirrors, auto dimming rearview mirror, backup camera, smart key system, and Bluetooth capability.

Additional features, available as options or on higher trims, include ventilated front seats, heated steering wheel, clearance and backup sensors, dynamic cruise control, lane keeping assist system, blind spot monitoring, precollision system, rear cross traffic alert, rain-sensing wipers, and auto high beam.

Fuel efficiency numbers (litres/100 kilometres) for the NX 200t are 10.8 city, 8.8 highway and 9.9 combined.The NX 300h returns 7.1 city, 7.7 highway and 7.4 combined.

Thumbs up The new design certainly turns heads. Also, the new turbocharged engine is exciting and provides strong performance and admirable fuel economy.

Thumbs down The engine is raspy and the steering is numb, making the new NX a good performance vehicle but not a great one from a handling perspective.

The bottom line If you are looking for a unique, high-tech oriented and reliable crossover that is also eye-catching, give the Lexus NX some consideration.

Competitors Audi Q3 The Audi Q3 was one of the first luxury compact SUVs. Its fit and finish and assured road manners are similar to its larger siblings, the Q5. The design is beautiful and the car is exciting to drive.

The Audi Q3 has a starting price of $35,800.

BMW X1 Like most BMWs, the X1 is the personification of performance-meets-luxury.

To that end, the X1 is available in either rear-wheel or all-wheel drive trim.The X1 drives amazingly well and provides a practical package.

Starting at $36,990, the X1 is one the most affordable BMW’s you can buy.

Mercedes-Benz GLAClass Like the NX, the GLA-Class is an all-new competitor in this segment.

Unlike many of its rivals, the GLA is low to the ground and more of a large wagon, albeit a very luxurious one.

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Kirk drove a ’Vette, Spock a Riviera From page 41

the split-handed salute, “Live long, and prosper.”

As the son of Orthodox Jewish immigrants growing up in Boston, Nimoy must have felt a bit of a stranger in a strange land himself.

Perhaps it was this that led him to become an actor, seeking out a script to follow.

He moved to Hollywood, but had little success before Star Trek came along in 1966 to make him an unlikely star.

While Nimoy toiled in the acting trenches, several rather interesting things were happening in the automotive industry. Post-war America was booming, meaning that there was plenty of room for American cars to grow in size and luxury. In the midst of this blooming sheetmetal, Ford launched the Thunderbird, essentially creating the personal luxury segment.

Not quite as quick as a sportscar, not quite as flashy as a Grand Tourer, the personal luxury car was something unique for its time. Underpinned by American engines and transmissions, these cars gave their owners access to

the feel and style of oneoff European GTs, but without the huge pricetags and servicing costs.Think Cadillac Eldorado, the Continental, Oldsmobile Toronado, that sort of thing.

Over at Buick, the Riviera nameplate was attached to the Roadmaster series of cars, big beautiful hardtops with lashings of chrome. Initially, a Riviera designation meant a trim level of the Roadmaster rather than having its own separate identity.

However, by the late 1950s, GM was looking for a direct competitor to the Thunderbird, and the resulting Riviera would be something entirely unique.

The Corvette already existed as a two-seat roadster, but the Thunderbird was growing in size and luxury, and something different would be in store for the ‘Vette.

GM designer Bill Mitchell, already well established for designs like the ‘55-’57 Chevrolet Bel Air, came up with a concept called the XP-715 for Cadillac.The rumour is that the sharp-edged style of this car was spurred by a visit to

Europe and based on some of the custom coachwork found there.

Whatever the case, Mitchell’s design didn’t find favour with Cadillac, so GM opened things up to let its other divisions make the pitch. Buick won the chance to go toe-to-toe with the Thunderbird, and Mitchell’s design was adapted to a Buick chassis. Unusual for a GM product of the time, it had a totally unique bodyshell, not shared with any of the other divisions.

Launching in 1963, the Riviera was lighter than many other contemporary large American cars, and had plenty of power from a choice of engines: either a 6.6-litre or 7.0-litre “Nailhead”V-8. By 1964 you could get it with the threespeed Turbo Hydramatic automatic transmission and a twin-carb option that bumped horsepower to a rumbling 360.

Power, style, presence, but the Riviera was no riproarin’ muscle car, nor was it a sportscar. It was reserved, genteel, power hidden beneath the surface just like its hideaway headlamps.

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In the 1960s, American astronauts were national heroes, and they all drove Corvettes. Rather famously, several of the Apollo crew would actually race each other around on the lonely desert roads near where they trained, dicing it up with big V-8 power.The ‘Vette started off in the ‘50s as a light little sportster, but by the mid-’60s, it was a genuine barn-burner.

The astronauts all had them — and so did James T. Kirk. Makes sense really, when you think about it.

Part of Star Trek’s popularity comes from of its timing — it debuted just as the best, brightest and bravest in America were preparing for their moonshot. Star Trek was a view of what lay just ahead, if only we could first get that foothold in the stars.

In the production lot, side-by-side, you’d find Shatner’s Corvette parked next to Leonard Nimoy’s 1964 Buick Riviera.Well, most of the time you would — Shatner was much given to practical jokes, and once had the car towed away.

He was reportedly always

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A few pictures of the car exist, with Nimoy leaning up against it in full costume, both looking lean and angular.You can see part of Shatner’s 1963 ’Vette parked to the left, and the plate surround reads Westwood Larsen Buick.

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© 2015 Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc. Shown above is the 2015 B 250 with optional Sport package and optional Partial LED Headlamp System/2015 CLA 250 4MATIC™ with optional Sport, Premium, and Premium Plus packages with optional wheel upgrade/2015 GLA 250 4MATIC™ with optional Premium and Premium Plus package for a total price of $36,760/$47,460/$46,060. MSRP of advertised 2015 B 250/2015 CLA 250 4MATIC™/2015 GLA 250 4MATIC™ is $31,300/$36,800/$37,200. *Total price of $34,360/$39,860/$40,260 includes freight/PDI of $2,295, dealer admin fee of $595, air-conditioning levy of $100, PPSA up to $45.48 and a $25.00 fee covering EHF tires, filters and batteries. **Vehicle options, fees and taxes extra. Vehicle license, insurance, and registration are extra. 1 Lease offer only available through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services on approved credit for a limited time. Lease example based on $298/$368/$398 (excluding taxes) per month for 45/45/39 months (STK#R1555200/V1535777/R1553077), due on delivery includes down payment or equivalent trade of $6,653/$6,262/$8,047, plus first month lease payment, security deposit, and applicable fees and taxes. Lease APR of 1.9%/2.9%/3.9% applies. Total cost of borrowing is $1,610/$2,899/$3,898. Total obligation is $22,471/$25,561/$26,397. 12,000/year allowance ($0.20/km for excess kilometres applies.). 2 Three (3) months payment waivers are only valid on 2015 B/CLA/GLA for deals closed before March 31, 2015. First, second, and third month payment waivers are capped at $400/$400/$400 per month for lease. Only on approved credit through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Dealer may sell for less. Offers may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers. See your authorized Mercedes-Benz Vancouver dealer for details or call the Mercedes-Benz Vancouver Customer Care at 1-855-544-6490. Offer ends March 31, 2015.

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*Coupon is good for one (1) gasoline fill-up, up to seventy-five (75) litres. Coupons have no cash value and cannot be combined with any other discount offer.- Spend must occur at Thrifty Foods Lower Mainland Stores in the province of British Columbia in a single transaction and does not include taxes, purchases of tobacco products, gift cards, prepaid cards, Canada Post products, bus passes, bottle deposits, prescriptions, lottery, and all other goods or services specified by Thrifty Foods or excluded by law, and applies to in-stock items only. Thrifty Foods and Shell reserve the right to amend the promotion at our discretion or terminate this promotion without notice. Offer is only available at select Thrifty Foods and Shell locations. Thrifty Foods will award coupons between January 19, 2015 and March 15, 2015. Coupons expire and must be redeemed at Shell by end of business on April 30, 2015.