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West Vancouver considers BIA Ambleside, Dundarave businesses rally for support

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

A group ofWestVancouver business owners are hoping the establishment of a business improvement area will help turn the tide of flagging commerce in Ambleside, Hollyburn and Dundarave.

Members of the Ambleside & Dundarave Business Improvement Association made the pitch to District of West Vancouver council Monday night.

Should the BIA be launched, owners of all the commercial properties within the area’s defined borders would have to pay an annual levy based on the assessed value of their property.

Association director Gordon Holley said the money would go towards hiring full-time staff, marketing the area locally, regionally and in tourist markets, retail promotion, holding special events, and beautification projects, as chosen by the BIA’s elected board of directors.

The BIA would also serve as a voice for business to lobby council as well as work with landlords to help lure desirable new tenants to vacant storefronts. “...We’ve been told by our merchants that business is steadily declining or not picking up. It’s at least flat and it’s becoming a real concern to the merchants.

We’re seeing too many vacancies on Marine Drive and Bellevue,” Holley said.

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In this case, the association is seeking a levy in the range of 80 cents to See Creation page 3

Mayors rubbish ‘red tape’ rankings

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The City and District of North Vancouver are among the worst for red tape when it comes to residential development, a new Fraser Institute study claims — though the two North Van mayors say the study is deeply flawed.

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The city came closer to the middle of the pack at $25,000.

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community groups in residential development and the effects of zoning bylaws and official community plans.

Getting approval for a project in the district takes 16.1 months, the study found. Only West Vancouver took longer at 17.7. By contrast, Pitt Meadows only required five months.

The district topped 10 Lower Mainland municipalities at being the most regulated with the city just two places behind.

The rankings are based on the typical length of time for approval and uncertainty of the approval timelines, regulatory compliance costs and fees, the role of politicians and

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Wheels spin over blocked lanes

Marathassa

Cyclists say double parking a safety issue on Esplanade

Oil spill’s fingerprint on N. Shore beaches

MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A tangled mess of blocked bike lanes, doubleparked semi trailers and vehicles on the sidewalk has become part of the landscape in the 200block of East Esplanade near the Low Level Road, according to some fed-up businesses owners and cyclists in the area.

That stretch of road is home to a concentration of vehicle repair shops, whose owners say they are just trying to run a business but are being hindered by a parking deficit in the area.

Customers dropping off their vehicles early in the morning before the repair shops open often have to abandon their car or truck on the sidewalk. In other cases semi-trailer drivers are forced to double park and block either a bike lane or a regular lane of traffic on the busy Esplanade corridor.

The parking issue on Esplanade escalated last week when a 75-yearold customer of Krangle Automotive was given a parking ticket by a City of North Vancouver bylaw officer for trying to drop off his vehicle, according to owner Dennis Krangle.

Krangle claims businesses on the block are being treated unfairly as the city cracks down on illegal parking in the area.

“She (the bylaw officer) handed the ticket off to my employee and told him, ‘we need to be hard on you,’ ” said Krangle, who at that point asked for the city’s manager of parking to come down to the garage to discuss the problem.

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A “fingerprint” of harmful bunker oil found in water and sediment around Burrard Inlet in the wake of an English Bay oil spill April 8 has been definitively linked to MV Marathassa.

In the wake of the oil spill this spring, scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium’s pollution research program collected more than 20 samples of water, sediment and shellfish from the shoreline of English Bay and both sides of Burrard Inlet and compared those with a “fingerprint” of oil from the ship.

Results show the oil travelled to beaches as far east as New Brighton Beach near the south side of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing and in Burrard Inlet water east of the Lions Gate Bridge.

Mixed results — meaning the oil could have come from a number of sources — were found in sediments from West Vancouver beaches.

Peter Ross, head of the pollution research program, said the results aren’t surprising, but are important in tying environmental impacts to the specific Marathassa spill.

Ross said results are also important because they conclusively show how far the oil spread in the days following the spill.

“It’s one thing to model these things and speculate,” he said, “It’s another to see how this product actually behaves in the environment.”

In the case of the Marathassa, incoming tides quickly spread the oil throughout the area, depositing it on beaches over 10 kilometres away.

In several samples from the beaches around English Bay, hydrocarbons identified exceeded current environmental guidelines for protection of marine life.

It’s a reminder, said Ross, that “this spill released a harmful substance that is difficult to control and clean up.”

Crab fishing in Burrard Inlet was temporarily banned and beaches in West Vancouver were closed after oil washed ashore there in the days following the spill.

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Pedestrians are forced onto the road and bikes into unsuspecting traffic.”

HUB North Shore cycling coalition chair Tony Valente said there is a known bike lane issue that has resulted in close calls between motorists and cyclists on East Esplanade. “I guess the general feeling is that there’s not a lot of enforcement there,” said Valente, adding that the city has acknowledged the problem and is concerned about it.

Something has to change, said Valente, because as it stands cyclists coming off the Low Level Road are often met with a blockade in the bike lane and then are forced on to the street where motorists don’t have time to react or slow down.

“You know, someone is going to get hurt or seriously injured down there, if not killed,” said Valente. “You are basically saying what’s more important is for these companies to park their vehicles illegally in the bike lane and force cyclists onto the roadway.”

Krangle attributes the parking crunch to a number of factors including visitors to new retail businesses in the area and employees of large companies located closer to Lonsdale who are parking in the East Esplanade industrial neighbourhood. “It’s at the point where you come here

and almost every (parking) spot is gone,” said Krangle, who is suggesting, among other solutions, the city create a loading zone for the industrial businesses.

Krangle said his business has been financially impacted because he can’t bring in as many vehicles to repair, and motor homes, which he used to fix, are now out of the question.

One block to the west, Centennial Auto Body assistant manager Richard Antunes is equally frustrated by the parking problem that he said has also negatively affected his business. “You got the bylaw guys coming by every 15 to 20 minutes.

Is that a fair situation for the businesses here?” questioned Antunes.

Greg Niewerth, whose family owns Rack Stop Car Rack Experts in the 300block of East Esplanade, said the parking situation

worsened after the city reconfigured parking stalls at the end of the 300-block, opening up more spaces in the area.The 18 or so stalls with a 72-hour parking restriction are always eaten up by 7 a.m and empty by around 4 p.m., explained Niewerth.

“We see at lot of people walking around here with ICBC tags around their neck,” said Niewerth.

One of Rack Stop’s delivery guys had to double park last week and, according to Niewerth, encountered a bylaw officer who took a picture and said he was going to send a ticket in the mail — a type of enforcement Niewerth said he has never heard of before.

City of North Vancouver spokesperson Connie Rabold said the city’s bylaws office is aware of the East Esplanade parking issue and is investigating.

Creation of BIA ‘years overdue’: Smith

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$1.09 for every $1,000 of assessed value or $600 to $900 per year for a 1,500square-foot retailer.

For tenants in multi-unit buildings, the levy is typically distributed through the lease agreements with landlords based on their size and use of common property Council members were largely receptive to the plan — if the association can demonstrate the rest of the

business community along the Marine Drive corridor is on side.

“I would be hugely disappointed if this doesn’t go ahead and I strongly urge the business community to take a good look at this because if we continue to do what we’ve always done, we will continue to get what we always got and we need to do something,” said Coun.

Mary-Ann Booth.

Mayor Michael Smith agreed.

“Obviously, I think this is years overdue,” he said.

The association and its board of directors is now consulting with the rest of the businesses in the proposed BIA. Council is expected to vote in the fall on whether to hold a “petition against” — a sort-of reverse referendum in which the BIA will be established unless more than 50 per cent of the property owners representing more than 50 per cent of the

assessed value register opposition to the plan within 30 days.

Almost all of the province’s 50 business improvement areas have been set up with that process.

At least one business owner showed up to resist the plan. Lin Rockwell, who owns Phoenix and Romantique in Ambleside, gave her “victim impact statement” to council, saying things aren’t so dire for area

businesses, and that the BIA levy would have a massive impact on her bottom line.

“Like a lot of other small business owners, I work seven days a day. I put in long hours. I’ve survived this long in tough times because I know what I’m doing. I don’t need a small group of people who do not know or understand my business taking my money and spending it on what they think is good for us,” she said.

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Seizure of six replica guns prompts warning MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

NorthVancouver RCMP seized replica airsoft rifles and handguns from three males in their early 20s, one of whom was dressed in full military camouflage, helmets and soft body armour, role-playing in a ravine adjacent to Larson elementary school around noon on Sunday.

Someone walking by the school spotted the guns and reported the incident to the RCMP. The six replica guns that were seized fire plastic pellets and are indistinguishable from real firearms as they are missing the bright orange ring, according to North Vancouver RCMP Cpl. Geoff Harder.

“While police officers are aware of the possibility of the guns being replicas, in order to ensure the safety of the public and the police,

they are treated as real until confirmed to be fake,” said Harder.

The gun-toting trio appeared to be playing a game in the ravine and did put up a sign near them that said they were using replica guns, however, even up close there is no way you can tell the difference, explained Harder.

“So their intention wasn’t to cause any problems,” said Harder, adding no charges were laid.

Replica firearms should only be used in designated areas such as gun ranges or paintball fields, and while being transported to such areas they should stored in the trunk or out of view of the public, Harder advised.

Sunday’s gun seizure comes after a number of pellet gun incidents on the North Shore in the middle of June. In a more serious case, a housecat was shot in the back at point blank range

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Oil spill fuelled KM pipeline debate From page 3

hours after the spill was first reported and for not alerting municipal officials that the spill had happened.

The spill occurred as political debate has heated up about Kinder Morgan’s

Local governments criticized the Coast Guard for not getting a containment boom around the leaking ship for about 12

of Vancouver and City of Burnaby this spring showed in a worst-case scenario, over half of the oil from a major oil spill would reach the shores of Burrard Inlet within hours.

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hen it comes to building new units of housing, you couldn’t do much worse than the City and District of North Vancouver, the Fraser Institute says.

That sound you just heard was a host of council watchers doing a spit take.

Aside from the study’s egregious methodology (using only three of four survey responses to collect data), we take some rather large exceptions with its not-so-between-the-lines message:That if local governments would just get out of the way, do away with those annoying fees and charges and let the developers do their work, housing would be more affordable.

In other news: Foxes release report calling for deregulation of henhouses.

Zoning and bylaws are what prevent casinos from popping up next-door or toilet drains from emptying into streams.

Development cost charges and community

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amenity contributions provide the revenue cities need to cope with population growth, which by the way, happens at the maternity ward andYVR arrivals gate, not the council chamber.

Maybe there’s an argument that increasing the housing supply will bring the price down. It hasn’t worked so far, but then we are dealing with extraordinary demand.

What we don’t agree with is that reducing or eliminating DCCs and CACs is going to somehow make new homes cheaper for the buyer. Developers set their prices based on what they think the market will bear and not a penny less.

The Fraser Institute is asking us to believe those savings would be passed on to the consumer — sort of like the dirt-cheap gas we’re getting at the pumps now that oil is below $50 a barrel.

We’re not buying it and neither should you.

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Cap underfunding a struggle Dear Editor: I am a student at Capilano University. I am in the 2-D Animation program there, and it really disheartens me to know that I am paying three or four times the amount of what people who were in the year before us paid.

The commercial animation program (now the 2-D animation program) tuition was roughly $2,000 per semester, but for the fall 2014 semester the tuition was more than $6,000.

Capilano University managed to increase the tuition that much by creating the “new” 2-D Animation program, even though we are essentially taking the exact same classes as the now nonexistent commercial animation program.

The program itself is great and there isn’t really another animation program in B.C. comparable to it.

Despite this, it was on the chopping block and they were forced to either raise the tuition or have the program cut entirely, but I would still rather pay more than not have it at all.

It’s sad that Capilano needs to make these cuts because of a lack of government funding, but I’m surprised they would be making cuts to the animation programs after they just built the brand new Bosa Centre for Film and Animation after they received a $6million donation from Nat and Flora Bosa towards the building and these programs.

This upcoming year the 2-D animation program

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is doubling its class size from 24 students to 48, which is surprising after it was almost cut. Maybe it is more profitable to the university now because of the high tuition.

My next semester will cost almost $8,000, which means the cost of the entire two years of the old commercial animation program is now what we have to pay in a single semester.

StudentaidBC won’t even be able to cover the tuition entirely.

The price is now almost as much as what it would cost to go to a private institution such as Vancouver Film School, Vanarts or the Art Institute [of Vancouver], despite our university being publicly funded by the government.

Serena De Cotiis North Vancouver

Drivers: don’t toss your butts Dear Editor: Few, if any, cars or trucks made in the last two decades have ashtrays installed in them. I have a suggestion for those who must smoke in their vehicles.

Take an empty tin or pop can, add a bit of water, and put it in the cupholder. The cigarette butts can be disposed of safely, in the garbage, at the end of the day.

Doug Wilson North Vancouver

License cyclists and you’ll see better behaviour by road users Dear Editor: Re: Cyclists, it’s time to grow up and learn the rules of the road, July 1 I sympathize with letterwriter Peter Black on the behaviour of, in my opinion, the majority of cyclists ignoring red lights, stop signs, and so on. I ride a bike from time to time and do not behave much better, if at all.

Why do we differ when riding our bikes versus our cars? I think a big reason is that we have no licence plate on the bike.

We know nobody can identify us, call the police on us, or trace us if we scrape their car.

If we acted like that in our cars (or the incident Mr. Black describes), lots of drivers would call the police.

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identify us.

When I was a kid in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in the 1950s, every bike had a licence plate.

Why can’t the District ofNorth Vancouver and other municipalities do the same on a cost recovery basis?

There are some complexities, but I believe it would resolve some of the issues.To avoid the obvious issues of visitors, perhaps a Metro Vancouver approach might make sense.

I am not as negative on biker behaviour (including mine) as my letter probably sounds, but something needs to be done.We celebrate the increase in biking but do nothing to address its negatives.

John Hunter North Vancouver

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Friday, July 24, 2015 - North Shore News - A7

VIEWPOINT

Frugal de Jong holding purse strings tight

Even though his budget last year went from projecting a miserly looking tiny surplus to becoming almost embarrassingly awash in riches, don’t expect Finance Minister Mike de Jong to start doling out new spending any time soon.

The books on last year’s budget have now been signed off by the province’s auditor-general, and that surplus ballooned from a mere $184 million to a much healthier $1.7 billion.

How did this happen?

First of all, the government was able to keep spending under control and stuck pretty close to its budget figures. Health care costs keep going up and up (to the tune of about a half billion dollars a year) but they are not exceeding what was budgeted.

On the revenue side, the provincial economy performed better than expected last year and so tax

Keith Baldrey

View from the Ledge revenue to the government was up considerably over what was expected — to the tune of almost a billion dollars.

Contributions from three Crown corporations also helped out big time.

Notably, ICBC contributed more than $400 million more than forecast and the take from gambling and liquor was $132 million higher than originally thought.

But for all that good news, don’t expect it to

continue in the coming year.

Right now, the country appears to be in a “technical” recession, which isn’t disastrous but which does indicate people are likely spending and earning less money and therefore the tax revenues for government are not likely to exceed last year’s growth spurt.

The dramatic slump in oil prices is the biggest reason for the country’s economic slowdown, and B.C. is more protected from the oil nosedive than other provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. But being better protected does not mean being immune to any of the downsides.

As well, the stock market meltdown in China, the unresolved Greek debt crisis and what appears to be a cooling off in U.S. consumer spending don’t help matters either.

Many analysts predict the country’s economic

growth rate will rebound in the latter half of the fiscal year, but not to the point of showering provincial governments in cash windfalls.

Now, de Jong has created enough elbow room in this year’s budget to afford any kind of minor slide in economic activity.The projected surplus, forecast allowance and contingency fund equal close to a billion dollars (although this year’s forest fire fighting costs will likely consume the entire $400-million contingency fund).

But de Jong has to be worried about the continuing sluggishness when it comes to natural resource revenues, which

used to be a huge part of the base budget.They aren’t expected to increase significantly in the near future.

As for any money coming from the LNG industry, that remains very much off in the distant future. It will be at least several years before any revenue stream is created from LNG, if indeed any LNG facilities are actually ever built.

So while a long wish list can be drawn up when it comes to more and more government spending (higher social service rates, lower MSP premiums, more funding for education etc.), don’t for a moment think de Jong is contemplating

drawing one up of his own.

Of course, as we draw closer to the May 2017 provincial election, de Jong will no doubt loosen his grip — slightly, and not all the way — on the government’s finances and he will say “yes” more often to the occasional hand that is stretched out towards him.

But that is still a ways off. In the meantime, don’t expect B.C.’s super-cautious finance minister to veer from a course he is strongly determined to follow, no matter how rosy last year’s books now look.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. Keith.

Baldrey@globalnews.ca

Jonathan Wilkinson NORTH VANCOUVER

July 24, 2015

A Handshake and a Hello If you ever want to rediscover the innate courtesy and good humour of Canadians, you just have to spend a little time knocking on doors.

I’ve been spending a fair amount of time at it since being selected as the federal Liberal candidate for North Vancouver a little over a year ago, and it’s been a wonderful surprise.

Like most of us, I suppose, I was a little reticent at first – not wanting to intrude on people’s home time especially to talk politics, of all things, months before an election.

But I’ve been energized and encouraged by the overall receptiveness and warmth I’ve encountered.

“Have a nice day” Last weekend, I went up to a young woman on her front lawn. I introduced myself and handed her a card. She smiled, told me their household was all Conservative and then added, “But have a nice day.”

People seem to appreciate that, regardless of party affiliation, there are still men and women who are prepared to work hard on behalf of our community to try to make our country an even better place. And they are grateful for any attempt to improve the quality and tone of our politics.

One of the things I hear most often at the doorstep is how tired people are with hyper-partisanship in politics.

They’re hungry for debates about ideas rather than personal attacks and rhetoric.

It’s also clear that housing affordability, traffic congestion and climate change are

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top of mind in North Vancouver. And there’s a growing unease with the health of our economy.

With 50,000 households in the North Vancouver riding, we’ve got a lot of doors to knock on. It wouldn’t be possible to get to them all (and we will!) if it were not for amazing volunteers donating their shoe leather to support the campaign.

Bigger than themselves They tell me they’re helping because they want to feel part of something bigger than themselves – part of a movement for change in Canada.

I’m particularly moved by the numbers of young people and first-time voters who are coming out.

We provide training and a buddy-system – for both door knocking and phone canvassing - and we can always use more help in these important areas of the campaign. For more information on volunteering, we’ve just posted a new video on my website – www.jonathanwilkinson.ca.

You can get in touch with the campaign at 778-340-3370 or email at GetInvolved@JonathanWilkinson.ca.

Door knocking. In this digital age it’s comforting to know there’s still no replacement for a handshake and a hello.

Jonathan Wilkinson is North Vancouver’s Liberal candidate in the upcoming Federal election. He is a Rhodes Scholar, former clean-tech CEO and North Shore soccer coach.

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A8 - North Shore News - Friday, July 24, 2015

VOLUNTEERS WANTED APPLY BY 4:30 P.M. ON JULY 31, 2015. produced by

July 31-August 9, 2015

ALONG AMBLESIDE’S SPECTACULAR WATERFRONT For complete schedule of events see our Festival Guide online.

PERFORMING ARTS Home to the PARC Retirement Living Garden Concert Stage and the RE/MAX Waterfront Lounge, Millennium Park is a fantastic space to enjoy delicious food, drinks, amazing music and breathtaking views.

Enjoy delicious food, coffee and gelato served by West Vancouver’s Caffe Al Mercato. The PARC Retirement Living Garden Stage transforms the park into one of the festival’s premiere performance spaces. With daytime and evening performances, the concerts feature some of the most talented musicians from all over the Lower Mainland.

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KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TASK GROUP The District is seeking volunteers for the Key Performance Indicator Task Group to develop, in conjunction with Finance Committee members and District staff, a list of key performance indicators that will measure and demonstrate the financial performance of the District and the organization’s ability to execute on strategic goals and objectives.

RESERVES AND INVESTMENTS TASK GROUP The District is seeking volunteers for the Reserves and Investments Task Group to review, in conjunction with Finance Committee members and District staff, reserve funds, investment management activity, and background documents and practices in other jurisdictions.

COMMUNITY GRANTS COMMITTEE The District is seeking volunteers for the Community Grants Committee to review applications for community grants and make recommendations to Council.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Friday, July 31 at 8:45 p.m.

The Fab Fourever – Beatles Tribute Sunday, August 2 at 8:45 p.m. Coco Jafro Monday, August 3 at 8:45 p.m. Madeline Merlo Tuesday, August 4 at 5:45 p.m. Twin Kennedy Tuesday, August 4 at 8:45 p.m. Jim Byrnes Wednesday, August 5 at 5:45 p.m. Dawn Pemberton Friday, August 7 at 8:45 p.m. The Tourist Company Saturday, August 8 at 8:45 p.m. Bodhi Jones Sunday, August 9 at 8:45 p.m. Luisa Marshall as Tina Turner And much more music all day and night!

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APPLICATION FORMS: Applications are available at the Information Desk in Municipal Hall and at westvancouver.ca/government/committees-groups.

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VISUAL ARTS ARTSPEAKS Visit the Art tent, sponsored by the Ferry Building Gallery Friends Society, for an exciting line-up of artist’s talks, art demonstrations, workshops, hands-on classes and more.

ArtSpeaks takes place daily from 11 a.m.–8 p.m. and all classes are free unless otherwise noted.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: • Cori Creed: Intent vs. Accident (August 1 from 12–3 p.m.)

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An ArtSpeaks Showcase Exhibition, featuring works

by ArtSpeaks Presenters, will be held daily from 11 a.m.–8 p.m. at the Silk Purse Gallery.

POP-UP MARINA & CLUB 25 Visitors can arrive by boat to the festival by reserving a spot at the Pop-Up Marina & Club 25, sponsored by Eric Christiansen – West Vancouver Real Estate and Walker Bay Boats. Boaters can stay the day or overnight by securing their boat to one of the dozen buoys located just offshore of the festival site.

Visitors will be welcomed at Club 25, a VIP boater’s concierge with complimentary non-alcoholic beverages and information on the festival’s exciting performing and visual art events.

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Friday, July 24, 2015 - North Shore News - A9

Regulations ensure safety: Mussatto From page 1 municipalities present a mild to strong deterrent to development.

“It appears that we’re seeing a form of NIMBYism where council and community opposition to residential development is strongest in municipalities with higher dwelling values — like on the North Shore and in Vancouver,” said the study’s author, Kenneth Green.

The think tank goes on to argue that delays and development cost charges and community amenity contributions developers pay are to blame for the high cost of housing.

The Fraser Institute ranked the municipalities based on survey responses from a total of 43 developers and builders who have navigated their public processes, although typically only three to five respondents had experience on the North Shore, the report states.

That’s not nearly enough to get an accurate idea of what’s going on, district Mayor Richard Walton said.

“It barely scratches the surface in terms of giving you really useful information you can use to benchmark yourself and also try and do a better job,” he said.

As an example, the

report stated that 95 per cent of projects in the district require rezoning when in reality 96 per cent of building permits the district grants are for rebuilding single-family homes, which don’t even come to council, Walton said.

And Walton isn’t apologizing for the way his community does consultation.

“From the public’s point of view and from the community associations’, the response could be, ‘We expect our council to go through a very high level of diligence. We expect them to negotiate on our behalf to try and get the best possible developments that reflect where the community wants to go.’ That process takes a significant amount of time,” he said.

City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto said the survey respondents were clearly one of the few who had bad experiences with the city.

The city tries to turn around proposals quickly but development applications span hundreds of pages, with each needing expert staff scrutiny before a project comes up for council approval, Mussatto said.

And the regulations that are in place are there to ensure safety, he added.

“(Staff) find a tremendous amount of errors that need to be corrected before they can issue building permits.

If you’re going to do changes, do it on paper before you actually pour the concrete. That’s much more expensive,” he said. “(The Fraser Institute) calls it red tape but these are life safety issues here.”

As for the development costs and possible impact on housing prices, both mayors said their councils try to strike a balance between allowing development and making sure it comes with amenities a growing city needs.

“They want their overhead to be as low as possible, the cost being predictable and we try and get a reasonable amount of future contribution from the developer in CACs and DCCs so that we have the infrastructure available to provide the services for those people. That’s the balance,” Walton said.

Mussatto said he’s open to reviewing the DCCs developers pay.

“DCCs are very complex and yes, we should have a region-wide discussion about those things — a civil discussion, not simply getting the Fraser Institute to bash municipalities. I don’t think that makes for a healthy discussion environment,” he said.

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A10 - North Shore News - Friday, July 24, 2015

INQUIRING REPORTER Drought shaming, midnight hosers, grassholes, Stage 3.

These terms have become part of Metro Vancouver residents’ vernacular in recent weeks, faced with rarely enacted, stringent watering restrictions and non-compliant neighbours.

North Vancouver district is fielding more than 100 calls a day from residents ratting out water hogs. Now that we have reached Stage 3 restrictions (no lawn sprinkling and car washing whatsoever) the question is: Would you report your neighbour for flouting watering restrictions?

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Bill Ferguson North Vancouver “No, not this week because they might not have gotten word (about the restrictions) or been out of town.”

Would you report your neighbour for flouting watering restrictions?

Ximena Diaz North Vancouver “I wouldn’t report them, but I would tell them not to water their lawn.”

Rica Jalova North Vancouver “I’m thinking not to rat them out and just tell them to not waste water.”

Nemat Nouri, Shiraz, Fars, Iran “I would do that because it’s the responsibility of everybody to preserve the water.

Jeanie Ferguson, North Vancouver “I would speak to them first because in all likelihood that might take.”

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Ambleside retains quaint atmosphere Dear Editor: Re: 2015 Shaping Up to be the Summer of Noise, July 19 Viewpoint I must give you my view to the Other Voices submission by Trevor Gibbs.

I emigrated with my family from Scotland to Vancouver and lived overtown, my dad’s goal in our new country was to some day live in West Vancouver, and soon the family did.

I grew up in West Van and must respond with my thoughts of the little seaside village of West Van of 50 years ago.There were six gas stations, four grocery stores, five butcher shops, two fish stores and half a shopping centre — it was far from a little seaside village then.

When married 48 years ago, our first apartment looked down at the police and fire station, at 13th and Marine, and that meant not only police sirens through the day and night but fire trucks. As well, the fog horn blew every night that it was foggy, lulling me to sleep sometimes.

So here is what I see...

I see eagles perched in the trees at Ambleside, I see seals bob their heads off the piers at Ambleside and John Lawson Park, not to mention the killer whales under Lions Gate Bridge.

But I also see the wonderful enjoyment of all the children in John Lawson Park, my five grandkids as well.

I see the excitement of visitors and residents when the cruise ships come and go, sometimes the ships play music, and you can hear it from shore.And the Disney ship on a Monday

going under the Lions Gate Bridge, playing “WhenYou Wish Upon a Star.”Yup. That’s noise. And the (Coast Guard) hovercraft zooming by our shores, exciting everyone that sees it.

How about the geese flying by in unison? The little otters at Lawson Creek.The heron standing at attention patiently on the shore.The anglers fishing off Cap River and Dundarave Pier.

And how about the wonderful flower plots where West Van residents wait on a list to get one? The seawall (Centennial SeaWalk). Every week thousands of residents and visitors walk the “Royal Mile” from Ambleside to Dundarave — meeting friends and just generally loving everything about the seaside village.

I take full use of the West Vancouver rec centre and attend Fitness Fellows three times a week with longtime residents,with over 100 pals (four of them in their 90s) — funny they don’t happen to be on the same page as Mr.Gibbs.

My wife and I have touched almost every person at one time or another in West Van, our boys went to West Van High, and my oldest grandson was born here.

Gee, our own police force, our own bus drivers, bylaw officers that prefer to give warnings for first-time offences, and our West Van firefighters — many of them grew up or live here.

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Motorists in the City of North Vancouver could be seeing warning labels on gas pumps following council voting Monday in favour of bringing the idea to a public meeting.

Following a delegation last month from West Vancouver teen Emily Kelsall, in which she urged council to look at implementing such warnings, council agreed to look at making a business license bylaw change to allow for such labels.The proposed warnings would depict the effects fossil fuel consumption is having on the environment and act as a reminder to motorists filling up their tanks, said Kelsall, who is a member of the national climate-change group Our Horizon.

Councillors who spoke on the motion at Monday’s meeting were in general agreement of taking the idea to a public meeting, though some voiced their concerns. “I certainly hope that when we get to the public meeting that staff consider having some kind of analysis of the impact of all this activity,” said Coun.

Craig Keating.

“I’m not sure it actually changes behaviour and ultimately I really think what it does is it puts people who want to do the right thing in a hell of a pickle,” he said. “A lot of people don’t think that they have any other option given the transportation we have in this region, except to put stuff in your tank and I really don’t think it’s up to us to make people feel guilty for doing that.”

The city is one of the few municipalities in North America to look

at implementing such an idea, although the District of West Vancouver recently passed a motion to bring the labels idea to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities in September. The city also intends to forward a copy of the resolution to the UBCM. Kelsall made the initial presentation to West Vancouver council last year.

Coun. Don Bell said it would be difficult to assess the impact of such warnings as the initiative is unprecedented. “I think that we would have to try if for a period of time if it looks practical and then measure afterwards to see whether the agencies that monitor these things feel there’s been a benefit.”

Bell said labels would serve as a reminder to the impacts fossil fuel consumption is having on the planet. “I think what the labels on the gas pump will do is at least remind people that there is an environmental cost associated with the use of fossil fuels and that it may make them think about using the possibilities of alternate transportation, such as public transit.”

Coun. Linda Buchanan was also in agreement.

“When we look at, even within our own city, that 49 per cent of community-wide greenhouse gas emissions are due to fossil fuels, then I do think that public education and awareness is critical and it is a reminder to people when they are filling up their tanks of what the consequences of those actions are.”

Council voted unanimously in favour of passing first reading and bringing the motion to a public meeting.

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25 YEARS, 25 ARTISTS — A special curated exhibition, 25Years, 25 Artists, features the works of 25 local artists participating in a collaborative project.

The concept of the exhibition is inspired by the surrealist game “exquisite corpse” or “cadavre exquis” where a collection of images (or words) are collectively assembled in sequence. For this exhibit, each artist created their work on a canvas or wood panel with guided marks, connecting their piece to the artists’ pieces on either side.The work wraps around the inside of the Ferry Building Gallery in Ambleside.

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Harmony Arts Festival returns toWestVancouver for its 25th year

On the waterfront n The 25th annual Harmony Arts Festival, a free, 10-day celebration of music, cinema, visual and culinary arts along the West Vancouver waterfront, July 31 to Aug. 9. harmonyarts.ca ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

Harmony Arts Festival’s Christie Rosta loves the fact that, like clockwork, her phone starts ringing every spring.

That time of year is when she begins fielding calls from arts-loving community members, desperate for a sneak peak into the upcoming summer’s annual cultural celebration along West Vancouver’s waterfront.

This year marks the

District of West Vancouver special events and festivals manager’s fifth season with Harmony Arts and the continued support and interest expressed by community members, young and old, helps fuel her own passion for the free, 10day celebration of music, cinema, visual and culinary arts.

“The festival is just so alive and energetic with so many different pieces in it,” says Rosta.

“There’s something for everyone,” she adds.

For Rosta it’s all about the people: the artists who share their works across an array of mediums; the volunteers who contribute countless hours to pull off the event year after year; and of course the community

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members who look forward to attending.

“Everyone is just so happy to be together. It has such an amazing vibe,” she says.

Adding to Rosta’s excitement is that this year’s Harmony Arts Festival, running July 31-Aug. 9, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

The festival was created by former West Vancouver mayor Mark Sager and Cathy Matheson, then the district’s cultural services supervisor. “They decided that they wanted to create an arts festival that would bring community together and celebrate arts on the waterfront,” says Rosta.

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approximately 130,000 people attend annually.

It’s comprised of primarily free events and activities, speaking to one of its original concepts, that it would be free and accessible to all.

When asked what she attributes the festival’s longevity to, Rosta credits the support of artists themselves, as well as the volunteers, a number of whom have been lending a hand for all of its 25 years.

“The volunteers play a critical role in commitment to the festival and bring that energy from the community into the actual execution of the festival,” she says.

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swaying energy work on Ambleside Pier, designed by returning artist Matthew Soules.

Another is You and I, by Vancouver’s Marie Khouri, installed in Millennium Park. “It’s a seating arrangement made out of Arabic letters.They spell ‘You and I,’ which is meant to stimulate conversation,” says Rosta.

West Vancouver artist Cori Creed led the creation of Bird Canopy, collaborating with community members of all ages. Participants used paint and mixed media to make pieces of art that were transferred onto recycled chloroplast (sourced from previous West Vancouver events), and cut into crow See Interlocking page 17

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CALENDAR Galleries

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Harmony Arts Festival — Art Beat: Businesses will showcase local artwork within their stores from July 31 to Aug. 9. All items will be available for purchase on-site. A guided tour will take place Saturday, Aug. 8.

Tickets: $5. harmonyarts.ca.

SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.

604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Harmony Arts Festival — ArtSpeaks Showcase Exhibition: A collection of mixed media works by artists featured in the ArtSpeaks workshops and presentations will be on display from July 31 to Aug. 9. Opening reception: Friday, July 31, 6-7 p.m. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

Harmony Arts Festival — ArtSpeaks: Talks, demonstrations, workshops, hands-on classes and multimedia presentations from Aug. 1 to 9. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

Art of the Sacred Feminine: Maya Telford’s acrylic paintings of symbolic representations of female divinity from various cultures will be on display from Aug. 11 to 30. Opening reception: Tuesday, Aug. 11, 6-7 p.m.

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Classy Glass: Artisans Mary Harrington and Barbara Birch will show and sell their line of re-purposed glass candle holders, bird baths and garden art Sunday, Aug. 2 and 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Now Showing: Diana Zoe Coop’s acrylic “Iris” painting series and Laura Murdoch’s glass works will be on display until Sept. 25.

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Brad Thornhill& Mo Williams ,O' Ken Krohman Representatives of the North Shore Secondary Schools’ Athletic Association presented their 57th annual Coaches’Year-End Barbecue June 23 at Northlands Bar and Grill. The event was intended to celebrate another successful year of athletics on the North Shore as well as recognize the efforts of individuals, including Shannon Graham and Tim Williams, given awards of merit, and Marlene Loader and Shaun McGuinness, recognized as honorary life members.

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THEATRE

NV theatre group comes out on top

The North Vancouver Community Players have returned home triumphant from the Theatre B.C. Annual Provincial Drama Festival in Kamloops.

Their production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole, a drama that deals with the ways family members survive a major loss, competed against five other entries from around the province and received the top prize in four categories at the Theatre B.C. Mainstage event.

On the final night of the festival July 11, adjudicator Fran Gebhard awarded Rabbit Hole the overall Best Production award, with Best Director and Best Set Design going to Peter Zednik and Best Actress awards shared

by Mersiha Musovic and Tamara Prescott. An honourable mention for Best Supporting Actress went to Sue Sparlin for her role in the play.

“It was just a terrific experience,” Zednik said after the festival. He was admittedly concerned that the intimate production, originally performed at Hendry Hall back in April and then again at the North Shore Zone Festival of Plays at Presentation House Theatre in May, would look small in the much larger 700-seat Sagebrush Theatre in Kamloops. But his worries were quickly put to rest when he saw how the audience reacted at the end of the performance.

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“Theatre is a collaborative art unlike painting or writing,” Zednik added. “It’s not

about you alone, it’s about all the other people you meet, the friendships you make, working together.

Everybody’s doing it for the love of it.”

Six times in the last 40 years, the North Vancouver Community Players have won the top prize at the Theatre B.C. Mainstage event, their last success back in 2000 with the Irish comedy Da by Hugh Leonard.

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Jake Gyllenhaal gives a committed performance as a boxer trying to fight back after hitting rock bottom.

But Southpaw is held back by a storyline that can’t get off the ropes, and relationships that never fully connect.

Billy Hope (Gyllenhaal) survives an orphanage in Hell’s Kitchen and a few stints in juvie to become a 43-0 light heavyweight champion fighter, complete with sprawling mansion and loyal hangers-on. But his wife (Rachel McAdams) worries that he’s a few fights away from being

permanently punch-drunk, and judging by Gyllenhaal’s mumbling, she’s probably right.

His money-grubbing manager (50 Cent) keeps seducing Billy with the false mantra “it’s all about family” and before any sensible decisions can be made tragedy strikes; Billy finds himself on a selfdestructive path that tanks his career, his life savings and his relationship with the couple’s 10-year-old daughter (Oona Laurence).

The now ex-champ takes a job at an inner-city gym run by Tick Willis (Forest Whitaker) who has inexplicably sworn off training professional fighters. Tick doesn’t abide cursing or boozing around his gym but partakes heavily of both when he’s off duty, the reason for which is never revealed.

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the game of the day.) Tick delivers a terrible, drunken motivational speech to Billy in a bar, but it’s enough for a light bulb to go off in the fighter’s thick head.

Cue the Rocky theme, or in this case, one of several Eminem anthems. Hoping to win back custody of his daughter, Billy cleans up his act and finally takes off that hoodie, showing off Gyllenhaal’s tattooed, glistening and very unNightcrawler physique.

Tick gives Billy a whole new set of skills with which to pummel people — including the secret weapon of the title — and Billy has some very personal reasons for wanting to see a trashtalking Miguel Escobar (Miguel Gomez) go down.

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The messiness of MMA fighting makes us yearn for the discipline offered by boxing, and as a boxing movie Southpaw holds up against The Fighter and Million Dollar Baby. As a character study, however, the film (directed by Training Day’s Antoine Fuqua, written by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter) suffers a one-tow punch from its predictable Redemption story arc and from the lack of chemistry between Billy and everyone around him.

A hasty and disappointing ending is devoid of a showdown between Billy and his manager, a scene which might have given the film its lone stand-up-and-cheer moment. And despite a champion effort by Gyllenhaal, Southpaw sorely needed one.

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ARTS

Interlocking works line gallery interior From page 12 silhouettes.The birds will hang above the crowds at John Lawson Park, a performance venue.

To mark the festival’s anniversary, a special art exhibition is being presented at the Ferry Building Gallery.The show, 25 Years, 25 Artists, is curated

by Meghan Parker, visual arts co-ordinator for the festival, in collaboration with the gallery’s Ruth Payne.

Featured artists have all supported or been part of Harmony Arts over the years and include Bobbie Burgers, Kiff Holland,Tracey Tarling, Sylvia Tait, Arnold Shives and Stuart Slind to name a few.

“It is really special, all these artists obviously have a deep connection with the city of West Vancouver — either they live here or they work here. It’s nice to be able to celebrate that,” says Parker.

The exhibition was collaborative in nature, inspired by the surrealist game “exquisite corpse” or “cadavre exquis.”

“We were thinking about that idea of community and connection and so what does the festival mean for the arts in West Vancouver? What does the festival mean for these particular artists? And them all having a connection to the festival, how can we make it more than just a submit-one-work-to-us kind of exhibition?” says Parker.

Each artist was given a uniform-sized canvas or wood panel with marks indicating where it would connect to another.The resulting interlocking works will wrap around the inside of the Ferry Building, forming one continuous piece.The show will open

with a reception July 31 from 6 to 7 p.m., and remain on display until Aug. 16.

The Silk Purse Arts Centre is also presenting an exhibition related to this year’s Harmony Arts Festival, showcasing the works of Artspeaks workshop program presenters. Its opening reception is also being held July 31, from 6 to 7 p.m.

Other art offerings for 2015 include the Harmony Arts Festival Art Market, featuring a mix of new and returning artists. “We have a wonderful array of high quality artisans. I think they put on a fabulous show each year with really interesting and diverse pieces,” says Rosta.

The ArtBeat program, not offered in recent years, is returning for the festival’s anniversary edition, seeing participating stores in Ambleside, Dundarave, Caulfeild and Horseshoe Bay neighbourhoods exhibit local artworks, available for purchase. A guided tour is set for Aug. 8.

This year’s festival will see the presentation of more than 70 concerts, kicking off with Me and Mae July 31 at 7:30 p.m. at John Lawson Park, part of its Onni Group Sunset Concerts series, and the Fab Fourever — Beatles Tribute the same evening at Millennium Park at 8:45 p.m., part of the PARC Retirement Living Garden Concerts series.

The festival is boasting an expanded film program this year with outdoor movies being screened at John Lawson Park on all nine evenings, ranging from The Princess Bride Aug. 1 and Dirty Dancing Aug. 7, to Casablanca Aug. 4, all starting at 9 p.m.

Culinary offerings include food by Caffe Al Mercato and Mangia E Bevi Ristorante in the RE/MAX Waterfront Lounge. “This is their fifth year with us and they’re just so communityfocused and do such a great job,” says Rosta, adding their gelato is to die for.

She’s also “over the top excited” to be partnering with The Dirty Apron Cooking School and Delicatessen for the Park Royal Beachside Patio.

The festival’s ever-

popular Best of the West, an evening of food and wine pairings celebrating B.C., set for Aug. 5, is already sold out for 2015.

All new to the festival this year is a Pop-up Marina and Club 25 boater concierge.

“There will be 12 mooring buoys off the shores of West Vancouver and we’re offering a concierge dinghy service to go pick everyone up from their boats and bring them to the Ambleside Landing Pier. And you can have an overnight stay. So

if you come to the festival, rather than boating home in the dark, you can stay overnight and experience West Van in the morning,” says Rosta.

When asked what she most enjoys about being involved in Harmony Arts, this year marking her third season with the festival, Parker says it’s the inspiration it affords.

“Getting to work with artists just reminds me that we’re all creative beings and it’s just about putting

time and effort. A love of making I think is really what this festival reminds me.

As much as I love helping people make their living in the creative field, it also makes me want to go home and be creative when I get home too — you know? It reminds me that, that’s in all of us and that we need to keep working on it,” she says.

For the full 2015 Harmony Arts Festival schedule and lineup, visit harmonyarts.ca.

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MUSIC

Craftsman brings baroque back to life Early MusicVancouver to feature two harpsichords built inWestVancouver

n Early Music Vancouver presents Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Thursday, July 30, 7:30 p.m. at UBC’s Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.

Pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. Part of the EMV 2015 Summer Festival.

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Craig Tomlinson got into harpsichord making while the getting was good.

It was the 1970s.

Baroque music was enjoying a revival and period instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries were in high demand.

“That’s when harpsichords worldwide were just selling like hotcakes, and luckily I got into harpsichord making right around then and kind of rode that wave,” he says.

By that point, Tomlinson had already been making musical instruments for a number of years. In the 1960s, he was into folk music, as many were at the time. He wanted to enhance his instrument collection, but the additions he had in mind weren’t readily available in stores — so he decided to make them himself. At age 16, he built his first instrument, an Appalachian dulcimer. As it turned out, he was quite skilled at crafting the fretted,

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“I became so efficient at building dulcimers that it was taking basically less than a week to build each one. I wanted something with a bit more meat on it that I could make into a longer project.”

That’s when he made the jump from dulcimers, with four strings, to harpsichords, with upwards of 200 strings. He started with factory-produced kits, and after a few years graduated to making his own instruments from scratch.

Today, Tomlinson is a master craftsman of early keyboard instruments that predate the piano, including harpsichords, fortepianos, clavichords and virginals, all of which he makes in his West Vancouver studio. His instruments are used in concert halls around the world by some of the best-known players, ensembles and orchestras and two of his creations will be featured in Early Music Vancouver’s firstever presentation of Henry Purcell’s baroque masterpiece Dido and Aeneas at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on July 30. One of them features a lid painting by Colombian artist Marco Tulio that fittingly depicts the final scene from Purcell’s iconic opera.

Worldwide harpsichord sales have tapered off since the 1970s spike, but Tomlinson says demand is still there.

“I think we’re still selling a lot of early keyboard instruments, but they’re just a lot more diverse, they’re not just harpsichords, they’re clavichords, virginals and things like that,” he says. His buyers include orchestras, individual musicians and private collectors. Some of his creations have also been rented out for use in recording studios and on film sets.

All his instrument designs, materials and structure are based on surviving 17th and 18th century harpsichords from the French, Flemish, Italian and German schools of building. When starting a new project, his first step is to find a template. Both instruments featured at next week’s Dido and Aeneas concert, for example, are modelled after a two-manual French harpsichord built in Paris in 1769. Tomlinson visited the original, housed in a collection in Edinburgh, Scotland, and studied it in detail.

“I spent two weeks with the instrument, disassembled it and even took photographs of the inside, and virtually every little measurement was taken that I would need later on in my workshop,” he says. “Then I swung down to southern Bavaria where I buy wood and picked up my logs of spruce for the soundboards.”

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STUDENT SUPPORT Arc’teryx donates $20,000 to Kwantlen Polytechnic University. page 21

Toy guns kept since childhood, a piano that’s been in the family for 100 years, a portable Viking record player, worn vintage tools, dented cowboy hats, and empty whiskey bottles line the wooden shelves at b.b gun leather studio in Strathcona.

Thrown together in an old wood-frame garage that is part creative space, part showroom, every inch illuminates the esthetic influences of the two North Shore-born men behind a new leather-ware business called b.b gun. Musician Dustin Bentall, 32, and pal Spencer Baker, 28, recently launched the business with the line they call Life-Pieces, a collection of sturdy leather messenger bags, clutches, wallets, bowties, belts, backpacks, and purses all built to last a lifetime.

“The style hasn’t been as much deliberate as organic. It’s not like we sit down to AutoCAD on our computers,” Baker says about the tech-free studio space. “The most modern technology in our shop is the light bulb.”

B.b gun is a cocktail of western cool, old English class, and rock ‘n’ roll freedom, with a price point that ranges from $24.99 to $599.99.

The unisex messenger bag — called The Drifter — is one of their

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“He’s Scottish, so he has this thing where he kind of makes up a name for everything,” explains Bentall, whose laid-back style is straight out of 1970s Laurel Canyon. “(Kelly) toured in a band called The Paperboys, and (bandmate) Tom Landa always had a side bag, a messenger bag, so he would call it ‘the drifter.’”

Bentall was having coffee with Kelly and when he showed him the messenger bag, Kelly said, “You gotta call it the drifter.”

Wearing a brown Henley shirt and jeans with his swept back red hair and trim beard, Baker expands on the type of leather they use at b.b gun.

“This is called vegetable-tan leather,” he says, referring to a b.b gun backpack. “Vegetabletanned leather is the most natural way to preserve hides.”

Baker points to my tote, which is made with thin

pliable leather.

“This is called chromium-leather, which uses heavy metals that preserve the hides,” he explains.

Chrome-tanning breaks down the leather in order to achieve the supple feel as opposed to it happening naturally over time, as it does with vegetabletanning, Baker says. It’s harder on the environment compared to vegetabletanning, an old-world process that uses tannic acids found naturally in plants.

“We like it because it will last forever. We like

it because that’s how leather should look,” Baker says. “Leather shouldn’t be purple and perfectly smooth. We should see scars.”

They use just three colours: natural tan, which has a golden-beige hue; black, which is achieved through an old technique using vinegar and metal flakes from train tracks (for real); and ox blood, a red tone created with a waterbased dye.

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New award fosters local design talent A recent endowment will provide a $1,000 award to a fashion student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University every year.

North Vancouver-based outdoor apparel retailer Arc’teryx Equipment announced Tuesday it had donated $20,000 to KPU to establish the Arc’teryx Pursuit of Perfection Endowed Award, which will be handed out each year in perpetuity to a third- or fourth-year student enrolled in the university’s fashion design and technology program.

“We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have been able to hire some very talented students through our current internship program with KPU. As a fastgrowing company, we know that to maintain our brand position as a global leader in technical apparel, we need to invest in developing and ensuring that we have a constant pipeline of that local talent coming to us.

This is the first step in that direction,” Jennifer Martin, director of human resources for Arc’teryx, stated in a company press release.

Nancy Fedoruk graduated from KPU in 2011 and currently serves as design developer for Arc’teryx’s Essentials and

Traverse team. Her career started with an internship with the company as a student.

“I was constantly learning both at school and work, which kept me motivated to succeed. I always knew technical apparel was where I wanted to be in the fashion industry,” Fedoruk said.

Through its endowed award, Arc’teryx says it aims to support local upand-coming designers “who are harnessing the skills the region’s apparel industry desperately needs.”

The award is also part of the company’s investment in “trade, city and country,” stated Shirley Chan, director of product commercialization and quality.

“Apparel trade is a skill and an art, and the apparel trade in Vancouver has lost its way,” she stated.

“Watching our talent trickle outside the province because we can’t fuel talent is not what we want to see.

This is not just a problem exclusive to Arc’teryx — it’s a problem within our country and industry as a whole.”

The first Arc’teryx Pursuit of Perfection award is scheduled for this year, and will go to “a student

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Musician friends drop by the studio regularly From page 19 mixture from a mason jar onto a sample piece of tan leather to show how they get the black colour.

Not surprisingly, with Bentall’s many years in the biz, music is a constant in the b.b gun studio.

Musician friends drop by for jam sessions or to pound out a few notes on the old piano. Even Father John Misty stopped by after a recent sold-out Commodore show, to play a few tunes in the studio garage. The guys have invited the CBC to film in the ambient space that welcomes some of the country’s best performers on any given night.

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“I basically use all European wood, so the same wood that was used on the originals I’ll use those on the copies,” he adds. That may be German spruce, yellow poplar, Swiss pear, Italian cypress or European beech, depending on the instrument. That said, some of the “little tiny action parts” involved in plucking the strings are made of local holly. Right now, Tomlinson has some wood that District of West Vancouver arborists pruned from Chatwin Park and dropped off at his nearby studio.

“A holly bush in Paris is almost the same as one in West Vancouver, thank goodness.”

Harpsichords are often adorned with elaborate decorations and Tomlinson takes care of all the finishing and gilding.

His mother Olga, an accomplished artist who studied with members of the Group of Seven at the Ontario College of Art, paints flowers, birds and other traditional motifs on his soundboards.

The amount of time put into each instrument varies wildly, but Tomlinson estimates a fully decorated harpsichord, minus the lid

painting, would take about 1,200 hours to complete.

And since he usually has three or four pieces on the go at any given time, those hours may get spread out over the course of a year. Meanwhile, the price of each instrument reflects its size, materials, complexity and esthetic embellishments. A singlemanual Italian harpsichord starts at $27,000, while a French double-manual with a lid painting could run close to $90,000.

“Think of cars,” Tomlinson compares.

“It’s kind of like buying either a compact car or a Mercedes.”

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Music Madness: Bring a lawn chair and enjoy a mini showcase of popular music performed by local youth bands July 29, 6-8 p.m.

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Summer Concert Series 2015: All concerts will run from 7 to 9 p.m. on Fridays and may be cancelled in the event of rain. Schedule: Aug. 7, Mazacote (Latin dance); Aug. 14,The Daytrippers (Beatles tribute); Aug. 21, See more page 25

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Blueridge International Chamber Music Festival: A series of concerts that will include composer in residence Jordan Nobles until July 29 at 7 p.m. Schedule: July 24, Circular Reasoning and July 29, From Here to Eternity. Admission: $20/$10.

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Isaak Salomon: I started playing violin when I was three, when my mom started playing the instrument. (My mom is amazing — when she turned 40 she said, “I’m going to play violin for the next 10 years” — she did.) I was too stubborn for group Suzuki classes, so I graduated to lessons with my mom’s teacher, who taught us Irish fiddle.

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Contemporary folk musician Isaak Salomon will debut his first solo release The Evening EP in an intimate show at Café Crema in West Vancouver tonight (July 24) at 7:30 p.m.

Admission is $5 and includes a free CD. The 20-year-old Vancouverbased Salomon will be accompanied by fellow musician Colin Weeks who is opening the show.

Salomon’s laid-back music style has conjured comparisons to artists such as Jack Johnson and John Mayer. He also takes cues from fellow Canadian musician Bahamas, while still making the music his own. The North Shore News caught up with Salomon for a Q&A ahead of his Café Crema show.

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North Shore News: Is that a slide guitar being used in “Weekend in the World?”

What do you think that instrument adds to the overall song?

Isaak Salomon: I arranged a few different parts in harmony to be played with a slide on my electric guitar and I’m certainly emulating a pedal steel. It’s a nod to the Western side of my musical influences, which often features that instrument. The rest of the instrumentation in that track is fairly dark and warm to leave room for those guitars on top.

North Shore News: What or who was the inspiration for “Weekend in the World” — the first song off of the new album?

Isaak Salomon: While lying in bed on a Saturday morning, I realized something pretty simple — at one point in your weekend, it’s the weekend everywhere in the entire world.Yeah, plenty of people work weekends and the world doesn’t hibernate, but it’s a nice notion — that everyone might share a few relaxing

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Isaak Salomon: The Evening EP is my first solo release. I put out two albums with my indie rock band in high school — the best learning experience I could have asked for.

I consider this is to be a more serious effort, and I’m grateful for the knowledge I gained from those years.

North Shore News: Where else do you draw inspiration from for the songs you write?

Isaak Salomon: I find it very important to stop and listen; to see the world with open eyes. It is so rewarding (though often very difficult). With that, each song is different.

Sometimes inspiration comes from hearing a radio story about the current state of ancient artifacts

(“You’re Hadrian’s Wall / Still long but not tall.”

— “Growing Pains”). Or looking back at my move to Canada in the middle of high school (“The give and take / Of the world gave a whirl to my life and I learned not to run.”

— “On The Run”). I try to be an experiential sponge, especially when writing, so I don’t miss out on great inspiration. Another point is my love for reading (though I haven’t made time for it recently). I wrote the song “Tintern Abbey” as a tribute to William Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey.” It’s an incredibly beautiful poem with a lot of vivid imagery. I lifted a few lines from it.

North Shore News: What contemporary flavour do

you add to folk music, or how do you make it your own?

Isaak Salomon: I spent a long time writing these songs with a very strict “no recording” rule (which can be hard when you write in your home studio). I wanted to write songs that stood on their own without production — pretty folky!

— then to record them with a degree of subtlety and detail.The result, I hope, is simple and listenable songs that reveal detail and atmosphere upon repeat listening.The latter is a modern luxury, and I think that recipe equals “contemporary folk.”

North Shore News: Is there a story about how you developed a deeper appreciation for music?

Did it start when you were younger?

North Shore News: What can the audience expect from the Café Crema show?

Isaak Salomon: The Café Crema show will be really nice. I’m good friends with the Giannakos family who owns Crema, and they’re so kind to host us. It’s a beautiful space and we’ve been working hard to put together a good show in celebration of this release.

The coffee and tea will be flowing, there will be plenty of CDs going around, and I’ll be selling some merch that I’m very excited about.

North Shore News: How did you meet Colin Weeks?

Isaak Salomon: I met Colin at music school in Nelson. He has played a huge role in my musical development, and is a big source of inspiration for me. He’s also my original connection to the North Shore — we moved back here with another classmate to pursue our music. It’s always a lot of fun playing together, and we’re looking forward to the (show on the) 24th.

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John Mayer among musical influences From page 27 Washington, D.C. where you grew up?

Isaak Salomon: Washington, D.C. was a great place to grow up musically. I went to shows every month at the (famed) 9:30 Club downtown and got a great musical education experiencing and participating in that scene.

Editorial note: The 9:30 Club’s claim to fame is showcasing up-and-coming artists interspersed with nostalgic acts ranging from Bob Dylan to the Beastie Boys.

North Shore News: A couple of your musical influences are Jack Johnson and John Mayer. How would you describe their style of music and what draws you to it?

Isaak Salomon: What I admire most about Jack Johnson and John Mayer is the simple fact that they’re so listenable. They never lose sight of their goal of creating beautiful music.

In terms of guitar: John’s playing is incredibly lyrical,

and I think Jack’s playing is hugely underrated — he’s got tons of finesse. Both write very meaningful lyrics that wrap everything together so nicely. Some music gets so technically complex that, in my opinion, it becomes hard to enjoy without knowing what’s going on “under the hood.” I do not mean that it’s bad (we need people pushing limits!), but rather that where my tastes lie right now, I’d rather sit back and enjoy music rather than run to catch up with it.

North Shore News: What other plans do you have for your music career? Do you want to tour?

Isaak Salomon: I’m already writing a follow-up to this CD, but I definitely want to take time to share these songs on stage. I’ve been locked up in the studio for a while and want to stretch my legs. Touring would be phenomenal. If folks in another town take notice, I’ll be over there to book a show before you can say “tour manager.”

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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.

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The Mini has great retro-styling, an eccentric attitude and nimble handling. However, owning one has always required some compromise.

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Design The Mini Countryman looks unquestionably like a Mini, but it opens the brand up to a whole new audience.

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Minis are always highly customizeable From page 35 customizable. This means if you want racing strips on the hood or a different colour roof, you are welcome to choose the combination that makes you happy.

Since Mini is made by BMW, interior materials are great quality and fit and finish is superb, although the retro interior design is more about style than about functionality.

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The Countryman certainly has the same DNA, but the excitement is dialled down a notch.

Due to its size, the Countryman is not as go-kart-like as its smaller sibling, but compared to its competitors, it is quite responsive and agile through corners. And thanks to its raised height, you do get a better view over traffic.

The all-wheel drive allows it to handle all kinds of terrain with ease, though it’s not designed to do any sort of serious off-roading.

While the Countryman is more capable than the base Mini, it still shares some of the same issues.

For example, the ride is pretty harsh and it bounces around a fair amount over rough surfaces. Also, at high speeds a higher-thanaverage amount of wind noise enters the cabin. As a result, the Countryman is not as comfortable on long journeys as some of its more traditional and conservative rivals.

The available engines align well with Mini’s image.

The base 1.6-litre fourcylinder is turbocharged and produces 181 horsepower and 177 foot-pounds of torque.This allows the Countryman to accelerate to 100 kilometres per hour in 7.9 seconds.

Those who want more power and performance can upgrade to the tuned turbo in the John Cooper Works.With 208 h.p. and 192 foot-pounds of torque, these versions will sprint to 100 km/h in a little less than seven seconds.

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A six-speed automatic is available if you prefer — both are first rate.

Environment The big advantage the Countryman has over other members of the Mini family is its interior space … though the massive speedometer mounted in the centre of the dash reminds you that you’re still in a Mini.

The front seats are supportive and offer plenty of adjustment to accommodate any size driver. I did find that some of the controls are a bit awkward to access while driving.

Once inside the large rear doors, you will find adequate room for two adults. Headroom is good and the seats slide forward and backward to increase legroom or cargo space.

There is also a small amount of recline adjustment in the rear too.

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Uber making inroads even as it faces big backlash From page 35

but starting a car company from scratch isn’t easy, no matter how driven you are.

Still, it’s pretty hard to argue with these figures.

Now sitting above the P85D will be a new toptrim called the P90D: 745 horsepower, 0-100 kilometres per hour in 2.8 seconds, and a quartermile time of 10.9 seconds.

That is ridiculous.

Matter of fact, it’s Ludicrous — and that’s what Tesla will be calling their new high-speed mode. They’ve also got a long-awaited update for their Tesla roadster in the works, this one dubbed Maximum Plaid. Clearly, somebody’s been watching Spaceballs and combing the desert for references.

Along with a new base model with a lower price for those who see the Model S as a practical rather than a punchy choice, the new P90D will cost a further $10,000 over and above the current Tesla range-toppers. Better yet, if you’ve already

shelled out for a P85D, thinking you’d have the hottest thing in town, an upgrade can be done to your current car for around $5,000.

Tesla certainly seems to be — pardon the pun — a polarizing company, with people evenly divided among e-evangelists for the brand, and those who would apparently gleefully see it fail. We’ll leave analysis to the stock market: right now, a stillwet-behind-the-ears car company is on the cusp of making the fastest sedan in the world. That’s some impressively sized Schwartz.

Uber battling fines at home, making inroads in Canada Ride sharing just seems like one of the more sensible things to come out of the technological revolution.

For significantly less than taking a cab, just dial up a ride using a smartphone app, and off you go.

Generally speaking, the Uber rides are quick,

quiet, and clean, and they also provide a way for ordinary people with cars to make a few bucks.

There are all sorts of concerns, of course. The company makes the lion’s share of the profits. The proper insurance required to be a commercial people carrier is not something that most Uber drivers seem to even worry about. Worst, as far as the company is concerned, there does seem to be some difficulty in regulating its drivers, who aren’t really employees, but exist in some kind of odd limbo.

In California, where Uber has declined to provide documentation proving that their drivers aren’t cherry-picking rides (you aren’t allowed to discriminate against a neighbourhood you don’t like, for instance), that’s meant a whopping $7.3 million fine. Fail to pay, and Uber will lose their right to operate in California — although they can still appeal the decision.

In Toronto, cab companies are up in arms about Uber descending upon them, but the cabbie world has its own unique and murky issues.

Chief among them is the way that licence owners operate in a reflection of medieval fiefdom, charging huge amounts to the actual cab drivers, and generally treating people like serfs.

Frankly, Uber and apps like it are both a welcome shake up for the industry, as well as another way to deal with worsening transit and traffic congestion problems. Even if Uber itself doesn’t survive, Pandora’s box is open.

Volvo buys Polestar You may be forgiven for thinking that Volvo didn’t already own Polestar, their tuning and racing arm.

You may also be forgiven for not realizing that Volvo actually had a racing arm.

Well, they do, and now that arm has been actually sewn onto the body.

If you’re a Volvo fan, this is very good news

indeed. Polestar versions of the V60 wagon and S60 sedan were pretty interesting alternates to the Audi S4 and BMW 335i; however, they were available only in extremely restrictive quantities, so by the time you’d actually heard about them it was probably too late. Just a handful were available in Canada.

Now that Volvo actually owns Polestar in full, the two companies can be combined and streamlined in their production, leaving Polestar freed up to do more development work, and Volvo free to double or even triple production of fast wagons. This is good.

Fast wagons are great.

Infiniti takes fight to BMW with silly naming scheme Just ahead of the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Germany, Infiniti is taking the wraps off their Q30 Premium Active Compact. Ugh. Anything that has to tell you it’s “Premium” usually isn’t. Sorry, you’re just a

saltine cracker.

However, ridiculous nomenclature aside, the Q30 looks like a pretty decent little rig. Most of the concept’s features have been retained, apart from the colossal wheels, and Infiniti’s swooping, curving design language is maturing nicely. It’s certainly a better look than Lexus and their all-thegrille-all-the-time front ends.

Expect the Q30 to debut with a couple of more modestly powered engines rather than the ubiquitous VQ-series V-6 you find everywhere in the Infiniti lineup. Expect it to favour style over utility, have huge swathes of technology, and given what the Q50 sedan is currently like, expect it to be very quick but lack steering feel. But heck, that’s what BMWs are like these days too.

Watch this space for all the week’s best and worst of automotive news, or submit your own auto oddities to mcaleer.nsnews@gmail.com.

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Fuel efficiency numbers (litres/100 kilometres) for manual transmission models are 9.5 city, 7.6 highway for 8.6 combined. Automatic models return 10.1 city, 7.8 highway and 9.0 combined.

Thumbs up The Countryman has the looks and cute appeal of any Mini, but with added

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Thumbs down The Mini Countryman can be seen as a compromise for those who are looking for a traditional SUV type vehicles.

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Pint-sized rivals offer big thrills From page 38 is firm for sharp handling and, therefore, less comfortable.

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Proof of current or previous ownership/lease/finance contract will be required. Offer is not transferrable or assignable, except to a co-owner/co-leasee of the Existing Vehicle who resides within the same household as the intended recipient of the Offer. If the eligible customer elects to lease or finance a new and previously unregistered Nissan brand vehicle (excluding NV, Fleet and daily rentals) (an “Eligible New Vehicle”) through NCI and Nissan Canada Financial Services Inc. (collectively “NCF”), then he/she will receive a specified amount of stackable loyalty dollars (“Loyalty Dollars”), as follows: (i) Micra/Versa/Sentra ($500); (ii) Juke/Altima/Rogue ($600); (iii) Frontier/Xterra/Leaf/Murano/Pathfinder ($800); and (iv) Maxima/Z/Titan, Armada/GT-R ($1000). Loyalty Dollars will be applied before taxes which means they are inclusive of all applicable taxes. Alternatively, if the eligible customer elects to purchase or lease/finance an Eligible New Vehicle (excluding GT-R and Leaf) other than through NCF, then he/she will receive a three-year/48,000 kilometers (whichever comes first) Oil Change and Tire Rotation Plan which consists of a maximum of 6 service visits, each consisting of 1 oil change (using conventional 5W30 motor oil) and 1 tire rotation. For complete details on the Oil Change and Tire Rotation Plan, ask your dealer. Offer has no cash redemption value and can be combined with other offers. Offer valid on Eligible New Vehicles purchased/leased/financed and delivered between July 1 – July 31, 2015. For more information see IIHS.org. The Nissan Sentra received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact cars in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. **Ward’s Large Cross/Utility Market Segmentation. MY15 Pathfinder vs. 2015 and 2014 Large Cross/Utility Class. ^Ward’s Large Cross/Utility Market Segmentation. MY15 Pathfinder and Pathfinder Hybrid vs. 2014 competitors. Offers subject to change, continuation or cancellation without notice. Offers have no cash alternative value. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. ©2015 Nissan Canada Inc. Nissan Financial Services Inc. is a division of Nissan Canada Inc.

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Wise customers read the fine print: *, †, ≥, ◆, §, ≈ The Trade In Trade Up Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after July 1, 2015. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,695) and excludes licence, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select 2015 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. †0% purchase financing for up to 36 months available on select new 2015 models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport FWD with a Purchase Price of $24,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 0% for 48 months equals 104 bi-weekly payments of $240 with a cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $24,998. ◆2.99% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on select new 2015 models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Examples: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport FWD with a Purchase Price of $24,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 2.99% for 96 months equals 416 weekly payments of $68 with a cost of borrowing of $3,116 and a total obligation of $28,114. ≥3.49% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Examples: 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with a Purchase Price of $40,998 financed at 3.49% over 96 months with $0 down payment equals 416 weekly payments of $113 with a cost of borrowing of $6,003 and a total obligation of $47,001. §Starting from prices for vehicles shown include Consumer Cash Discounts and do not include upgrades (e.g. paint). Upgrades available for additional cost. ≈Sub-prime financing available on approved credit. Financing example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a Purchase Price of $24,998 financed at 4.99% over 60 months, equals 260 weekly payments of $109 for a total obligation of $28,257. Some conditions apply. Down payment is required. See your dealer for complete details. √Based on 2014 Ward’s Small Sport Utility segmentation. »Jeep Grand Cherokee has received more awards over its lifetime than any other SUV. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc. ®Jeep is a registered trademark of FCA US LLC used under licence by Chrysler Canada Inc.

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Offer(s) available on select new 2015/2016 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from July 1 to 31, 2015. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing includes delivery and destination fees up to $1,715, $22 AMVIC, $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. Φ0% financing and up to $6,000 discount are available on select 2015 models and are deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2015 Rondo LX AT Winter SE (RN75SF) with a selling price of $27,232 is based on monthly payments of $442 for 48 months at 0% with a $0 down payment, $0 security deposit and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes a $6,000 financing discount. *Cash Purchase Price for the new 2015 Rio LX MT (RO541F)/2015 Forte LX MT (FO541F)/2015 Optima LX AT (OP742F)/2015 Rondo LX AT Winter SE (RN75SF) is $10,622/$12,982/$21,699/$21,232 and includes a cash discount of $5,030/$4,570/$4,753/$6,000. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. ≠Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on new 2016 Sorento 2.4L LX FWD (SR75AG) with a selling price of $29,332 is based on monthly payments of $323, and includes a $1,000 bonus for 36 months at 1.9%, $0 security deposit, $1,500 down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $11,644 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $16,414. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). Lease discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. ΩLease payments must be made on a monthly or bi-weekly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. ∆Bonus amounts are offered on select 2015/2016 models and are deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2015 Forte SX (FO748F)/2015 Rio4 SX with Navigation (RO749F)/2015 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748F)/2016 Sorento SX Turbo AWD (SR75IG) is $26,695/$22,395/$34,895/$42,095. Highway/city fuel consumption is based on the 2015 Rio LX+ ECO AT/2015 Forte 1.8L MPI 4-cyl AT/2015 Optima 2.4L GDI AT/2016 Sorento SX 2.0L Turbo AWD. These updated estimates are based on the Government of Canada’s approved criteria and testing methods. Refer to the EnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors. The Kia Sorento received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among midsize SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. The Bluetooth® wordmark and logo are registered trademarks and are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.

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