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$2.5M for flood control on DNV creeks

Creek upgrades to reduce risk of repeat of November’s flooding MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

Standing at the edge of tinder dry Kilmer Creek Wednesday it was easy to forget that last fall the watercourse dumped its banks during heavy rainfall

and sent a torrent of debris downslope through Lynn Valley neighbourhoods causing millions of dollars in damages.

Now a few months ahead of the next rainy season a disaster mitigation project to control extreme flooding

is being put into place on creeks in Lynn Valley and Deep Cove to better protect those areas.

Three levels of government announced Wednesday at one of the areas that was hardest hit last fall — Kilmer Creek at Michener Way — a costsharing agreement to fund $2.5 million in infrastructure improvements at six creek crossings.

are constructed based on engineering standards and can sustain a quick flow of water and mud.Vertical bars, meanwhile, are in place to catch runaway logs and boulders while allowing the smaller fragments to go through.

The concern with these mountain creeks, explained Walton, is the debris flow

flooding.

Under the project, debris basins will be built or upgraded and culverts are to be replaced or improved along three watercourses: Thames Creek at Grouse Mountain Road and Kilmer Road; two crossings on Kilmer Creek; and Gallant Creek at Deep Cove Road and upstream of Badger Road.

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District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton recalled the destructive flooding that occurred late in the evening on Nov. 3.

“It was a very, very horrific night. Many homes were inundated, our nearby streets ran like rivers and two nearby schools were badly affected as well,” said Walton, adding it was lucky no one was injured or killed in the

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Future of Delbrook rec site debated BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Let it be known:When you’re recreating in the District of North Vancouver’s new rec centre on Queens Road sometime in 2016, it will be the Delbrook Community Recreation Centre you are recreating in.

District council members opted for the name at Monday night’s committee meeting after weeks of being unable to find a consensus.

But what will happen with the land where the old Delbrook Community Recreation Centre still stands is still very much up for debate.

Council voted July 20 to kick off a public consultation process for the 1.7 hectare site at Queens Road and Stanley Avenue that could see part of the land redeveloped into townhouses

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Vandal strikes at St. Pius X - again Christ statue desecration is latest act of vandalism at Seymour parish MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

St. Pius X parishioners have had their faith tested for the third time in recent months following another vandalism attack on the same Jesus statue at the Catholic church.

A large statue of Christ on a six-foot crucifix in a memorial garden adjacent to the church was spraypainted pink on the chest and crotch area sometime overnight on July 23, according to Rev. John Horgan.

It’s the third act of vandalism against the church, nestled in a wooded area off Mount Seymour Road, and the exact same statue of Christ being targeted, since the Easter weekend when the legs were smashed off of the statue and thrown onto the median outside the church’s main gate.

“I think we feel quite violated by this intrusion, and this time the act is really quite a desecration or blasphemy,” Horgan told the North Shore News on Tuesday following the latest vandalism act.

North Vancouver RCMP released a surveillance image of someone spray painting the statue, and are asking the public for help identifying the suspect who appears to be a boy or young teenager.

Police can’t confirm if the

young man is responsible for the other crimes at the church, but it’s alleged that he may be, according to RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Richard De Jong.

After the first incident Horgan said, while he was wary about having the Christ statue repaired, which cost $5,000, right away for fear of future vandalism at the church, he found an artist who specializes in the restoration of religious statues.

Only a few days after the figure’s legs were fixed, Horgan’s fears were realized on May 9 when he found a large rock that had been used to “pummel the statue” in an attempt to break the legs off again.

The artist had just finished putting an oil coating on the lower part of the statue last week so that it would be impermeable in the future, when a vandal struck again.

“So, to have this insistency of vandalism is really quite hateful,” said Horgan, explaining how the statue overlooks the sacred memorial garden where the ashes of 80 or so past parishioners or family members of the church are interred.

Horgan figures it’s the same person behind the desecration of the statue, explaining how there has been a similar pattern with See Suspected page 9

Fentanyl linked to couple’s deaths BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

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The young North Vancouver parents found dead in their Lower Lonsdale home last week had taken drugs laced with a lethal dose of fentanyl, the B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed.

Hardy and Amelia Leighton, 31 and 30, had apparently been snorting drugs when the synthetic opioid, which is more powerful than morphine, caused them to fall asleep and not wake up.

Their two-year-old son Magnus was visiting with extended family members at the time, according to police.

In the last two weeks, RCMP detachments in Surrey, North Vancouver and Coquitlam have all issued warnings about fentanyl, following a spike in overdoses or the lab results showing the substance turning up in other street drugs. Dealers are adding the drug to their product, meaning many users don’t know what they are taking.

Fentanyl is especially dangerous for people who are not regular opioid users.

North Vancouver Cpl. Richard De Jong said he was not aware of any other apparent local overdoses and could not say where the fentanyl came from.

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Amalgamation debate lives on in DNV District council delves into reunification report BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Though it may be a political no-go elsewhere on the North Shore right now, the dream of amalgamation is alive and well in the District of North Vancouver.

District council members met Monday night to put some fresh attention on the North Shore Reunification Committee’s report, originally tabled just before the 2014 municipal elections.

Over six weeks, the ninemember citizens committee laid out all the foreseeable issues any real study into amalgamation would have to address if the City of North Vancouver and district were to be reunited after being separated in 1907.

Among the areas to be tackled: governance, finances, operations, planning and regulations, and culture. Although, as the committee noted, the main questions North Vancouver citizens will have will come down to:Taxes, up or down? Public services, up or down? And will the new municipality better serve citizen and community interests?

The long-standing belief on the North Shore is that city residents would

have the most to lose from amalgamation as they would be on the hook for the services to the more sprawling district.

Amalgamations of municipalities in other provinces have resulted in higher costs, as municipal worker pay and service levels tend to be harmonized upward.

But, closer to home, smoother amalgamations have happened, Coun.

Doug MacKay-Dunn noted, pointing to the AbbotsfordMatsqui example from 1995.

Carrying out a detailed study would result in a “bulwark against those who don’t want change,” he added.

For Coun. Lisa Muri, that mostly meant city council members. “I’m quite convinced that the

majority of people in North Vancouver are all in favour of this. I don’t think I’ve heard dissension from residents.

I think once you explain to them some of these things and some of these challenges, they’re quite on board,” she said.

Muri said she would support the district conducting a poll of residents in both North Vancouvers to demonstrate that to doubters. “I really think that’s what we need to do in North Vancouver — to continue to pressure those politicians that have concerns and say the people in both the city and district of North Vancouver would like this information on the table for them to make an accurate and educated decision on this,” she said.

While the committee’s report is a good road map for an ambitious process, Coun. Robin Hicks warned against going ahead with any more detailed (and costly) study without having the city on board. “I don’t think you’ll get very far trying to force the issue,” he said.

At most, the two other councils have only shown an interest in pursuing more “shared services,” something Coun. Roger Bassam appeared to be growing weary of. “Shared services are extremely popular among governments when it involves when it involves transferring a cost to the other constituency and keeping services levels high,” he said, noting that on “too many” occasions, district residents have had to bear a

disproportionate amount of the cost of shared services.

The benefits of amalgamation, Coun. Jim Hanson argued, transcend dollars and cents.

“There are many benefits — cultural benefits, planning benefits of uniting the North Vancouvers and in my view, it’s a widely supported concept on the North Shore,” he said.

“From my point of view, amalgamation is a priority.

History is on the side of amalgamation. Eventually the North Shore will be united.We will be together.

We’ll think together as one people in addressing our problems.”

Council is expected to return to the reunification debate after the summer break.

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Among the priorities that staff have laid out for the lands at the outset of the public process is that it should protect and enhance Mission Creek riparian corridor, retain a portion of the land for parks and open space, enhance pedestrian access and trails, retain space for childcare, include a diversity of housing types and generate revenue for the district. More specifically, the district staff report mentions redeveloping 43 to 70 per cent of the site to generate between $14 million and $25 million.

The existing buildings are old, in poor condition and at the end of their useful lives, according to staff.The neighbourhood is suitable for infill development as it is on two arterial roads with bus service and within walking distance of the new rec centre and shopping at Westview and Edgemont, staff said.

That, however, was

and using money from the redevelopment of Delbrook was always part of the plan when council approved the William Griffin rebuild, Coun. Roger Bassam argued.

“The implications on this decision are communitywide.To be perfectly clear, the approval to spend $50 million to build William Griffin always was related to decommissioning Delbrook.

That was the justification for spending the money on that…and recognizing the potential equity transfer to help offset the cost and the tax burden that would be borne by the citizens of the District of North Vancouver.

That has always been part of this program,” he said.

Council still has $28 million in debt for the new facility.

Mayor Richard Walton said the district will go to the public with an “open mind but also some economic understanding.”

Staff plan to run consultation on the future of the old Delbrook site from the fall until the summer of 2016.

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putting the cart ahead of the horse for members of the Delbrook community as well as some on council who argued the public process should start with a clean slate and an option of no future development. Some residents turned up to warn council against selling any of the land.

“What we have essentially in this report is a predetermined position that the land be sold and we choose 43 per cent and 70 per cent.

That’s not consultation,” said James Gill. “Once the land is sold, you’ll never get it back.

You’re selling the birthright of future generations.”

Coun Lisa Muri charged that council promised Delbrook residents that they would be involved in the consultation for the site from the start as they will be the most impacted by the decision, she added.

But, consolidating the Delbrook and Wlliam Griffin community centres

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begin snoring heavily as the drug is a respiratory depressant.

“That’s a real danger sign and call 9-1-1,” McLinktock said “Basically you breath slower and slower until you stop.”

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People taking street drugs should be aware of the warning signs associated with an unsafe dose, said coroner Barb McLintock.

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For those who have never been to a funding announcement, they go a little like this: There is a rented P.A. system and hired sound technician. A freelance photographer to supply photos of grinning politicians for the government’s website.

Canada’s Economic Action Plan™ banners flank the mic and if you’re lucky, there’s bottled water and juice. Muffins if you’re really lucky. There’s an entourage of government staffers and stakeholders and, sometimes, politicians who aren’t even

connected to the announcement. And the whole thing is done after about 10 minutes of speeches directed at a couple rows of mostly empty, white folding chairs. Any questions?

Some are for important things like the flood mitigation efforts in Lynn Valley.

Others are nice-to-haves. But all of them are simply granting back our own money to us and none require this pre-election pomp and ceremony.

Meanwhile, when it comes to the feds covering their share of the $700million Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant? Crickets. The silence is deafening, especially as the federally imposed construction deadline draws near.

These election-season gifts to ourselves are great. They’ll really spruce the place up and we’ll have another federal deficit this year to show for it.

Ambitious vision touted for gallery-plus

Wrong. Public demand, small. Public money, big.

Public need, registering at all? And at the top of the list, mine, anyway: wrong, wrong, wrong site.

That’s the long-sought West Vancouver art gallery — now art-gallery-plus, the appeal and the pitch broadened in recent years under the imposing rubric of The Centre for Art, Architecture + Design, CAAD. But the most widely recognizable “culture” emanating from this edifice might well be Mendelsshon’s “Wedding March” (known to plebs as “Here Comes the Bride”) and “Happy Birthday.”

Maybe, stag night, even “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.”

Because, doubtless figuring out that art in a small suburban gallery is of sharply limited appeal

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— been there, done that once is any gallery’s problem — and, noting that even the Vancouver Art Gallery is split, confused and this very day is ending a desperate pitch to coax back former members — possibly including the city’s uberrealtor and deep-pockets art patron, gallery-expansion dissident Bob Rennie — the backers are relying on a 200-person rental space for

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weddings, birthdays and other celebrations for a large percentage, not divulged to the undersigned, of its revenue. And also a café-not-quite-restaurant, kitchen smells being a problem, and gift shop.

I pause to underline that the gallery advocates are good, communitydedicated citizens — and they include at least one prominent artist, muchloved nonagenarian Gordon Smith, whose name already adorns a North Vancouver gallery. And renowned Hollingsworth Architecture Inc., creators of some stunning, original and stratospherically priced estates, would have the contract.We’re having a difference of opinion. No vilification here — and, if it matters, no personal hostility to the arts.

To continue:The vision for CAAD, then, has

expanded far beyond an art gallery. It’s a “beautiful evolution,” “a re-imagining of the space” for more educational and commercial purposes, says Merla Beckerman. She’s easily CAAD’s most dedicated proponent, an expert in arts territory: a former vice-chair of the National Gallery of Canada, former chair and trustee of the Vancouver Art Gallery Board, now co-chair of the CAAD development committee.

Through interviews and emails I had asked CAAD proponents: So I go into CAAD’s design area and architecture area, and what would I actually see? I got no satisfactory answer. I asked Beckerman.

With overstated modesty, I suspect, she emphasizes: “I’m not a curator.” But she’s more informative than the others: “Design can encompass inventions,

technology, nature.”There might be pictures, videos in the architecture area: “The North Shore prides itself on its West Coast Modern architecture.”

The distasteful subject of money comes up (CAAD hasn’t a dime; “we haven’t started to fundraise yet,” said Beckerman — flatly rejecting any notion that private donors might seem in conflict if they were also celebrated in gallery displays). Ottawa and Victoria would have to throw millions into the pot, and both have stonewalled the Vancouver gallery about contributing to its $350million new gallery, so why would they write cheques for CAAD? I think I hear the discreet scurrying of lobbying, influence, politics — Pamela GoldsmithJones, former WV mayor and Liberal candidate in October’s federal election,

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and former councillor Michael Evison are on the CAAD campaign.

(And that’s to say nothing of Mayor Michael Smith. I have no idea what Smith knows about art, not a topic in our interviews, but he’s a zealot for revitalizing Marine Drive area business — not its present small businesses, but the glossier, taller, bigger-taxed businesses befitting this rich town, which is what his new business improvement area’s vision is all about.

He’s a businessman, with business’s “unleashing value” approach.)

But CAAD’s operating costs? Municipal. No sweat.

In one of the most enjoyable hype sessions I can recall, Brent Leigh, town hall’s just-departed deputy chief administrative officer,

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Friday, July 31, 2015 - North Shore News - A7

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LNG and Site C aligned for perfect storm

This province is being ravaged by forest fires this summer, but there’s a good chance an entirely different kind of firestorm will be confronting B.C. by the time next summer comes along.

Brace yourselves for a series of political protests that will undoubtedly include a massive amount of civil disobedience, but which may also in some cases drift to the extremes of sabotage and violence.

A number of major resource projects are getting closer to becoming actual work sites instead of conceptual ideas. And when that work begins, expect the protests to start in earnest.

One of the major protest locations will undoubtedly be at the Site C dam construction sites in the Peace River Valley.There is widespread opposition to the project (although there is also strong support for it) and various opponents have vowed to do whatever it takes to stop construction from actually occurring.

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View from the Ledge for a moratorium on construction until various lawsuits against the project wind their way through the legal system. But there is a zero chance of that happening, and in fact work has already begun as a number of contracts have been awarded to contractors.

There may be some protests this summer or fall, but it’s likely a more organized campaign begins next spring and summer.

Don’t be surprised to see human blockades attempt to shut down any work being done, with the result

being mass arrests.

The rhetoric flowing from various Site C dam opponents suggests this is not going to be a case of a bunch of people waving placards and booing construction workers. No, something more serious is likely to occur.

We’ve already seen the disquieting development of “Anonymous” (the shadowy group of computer hackers) vowing revenge over the fatal police shooting in Dawson Creek of someone who may or may not have been connected with a Site C protest group.

But the Site C dam is not alone in attracting opponents determined to shut something down. Add the Kinder Morgan pipeline to that list, as well as any LNG facility or pipeline, open pit mine, or expanded port facilities.

The protests against the Kinder Morgan pipeline that occurred earlier this year on Burnaby Mountain will look like a pale imitation of what will happen should the

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Another place to keep an eye on is the proposed LNG facility at the Woodfibre site on Howe Sound.The local population there seems thoroughly divided over whether it should be built, and the chances of opponents simply sitting idly by while construction begins seem remote.

An alliance of environmental groups and various First Nations is emerging in British

Columbia to take on all these various projects.

It’s a perfect storm in many ways, and it is also a potentially golden fundraising opportunity for environmentalists, who will surely turn the fight against these projects into one that gets the spotlight on the world stage.

I’ve noted before that a Big Divide is cleaving British Columbians in to two distinct and opposite camps: those who support the development of natural

resources, and those who do not.

That Big Divide is becoming more entrenched and more noticeable. It will be permanently etched into our political and geographical landscape in the coming years, and it will not be an easy gulf to bridge.

It may well becoming the ballot box question in the 2017 election, as the B.C. Liberals and the NDP seem

See Political page 10

Jonathan Wilkinson

NORTH VANCOUVER

July 31, 2015

Cynical spin and belated damage control The Harper government’s decision to close the Kitsilano Coast Guard base two years ago continues to haunt the Conservatives – despite a cynical attempt last week at some belated damage control.

to its closure in 2013 - will be brought back to be stationed at a navy dock on Deadman’s Island off Stanley Park – but with a significantly reduced crew complement.

The spin on the July 23rd government news release was more dizzying than a PNE Tilt-a-Whirl. But it did not mask the Conservative’s unambiguous belief in the gullibility of Canadians.

Mr. Harper’s Defense Minister flew to Vancouver to announce “A significant series of enhancements to the Canadian Coast Guard’s resources in Vancouver Harbour.”

You’ll recall it was a Coast Guard lack of resources that drew headlines in April after it took 12 hours to place a containment boom around a ship leaking bunker fuel onto the beaches of the North Shore, English Bay and beyond.

Different outcome North Vancouver’s Fred Moxey, a former Commander of the Kits Coast Guard base, was one of several retired officers who stepped up to say that had the base and its specialized pollution response vessel been there, we would have had a different outcome.

Remarkably, North Vancouver Conservative MP Andrew Saxton said as recently as last month, “I want to be clear: Kitsilano never provided these types of environmental response operations, and its presence would not have changed how this response was carried out.”

Beneath the spin of last week’s announcement is the fact that the same pollution response vessel that previously carried out environmental response operations from the Kits station – prior

A Pollution Response Vessel at the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station in 2012.

The government news release went on to claim, “This is the first time that a Coast Guard Pollution Response Vessel will be stationed in Vancouver Harbour on a full time basis.”

That must be a bit of a head-scratcher for the former crew of the vessel that was at the Kits base until it was shuttered two years ago.

Smoke, mirrors and band-aids Instead of smoke and mirrors and band-aids, Justin Trudeau has made the commitment that a Liberal government will ensure Vancouver harbour is protected by a comprehensive response strategy - both for pollution control and marine search and rescue.

And no amount of government spin can hide the fact that that’s a far cry from what we have right now.

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

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Suspected vandal caught on video

Fall flooding a wake-up call

From page 3

that forms when heavy rainfall dislodges small logs and larger rocks, which dams up and then suddenly releases. “So when an event like that happens you can find that all of a sudden it’s just like pulling a plug literally out of a sink. And it’s just a huge torrent of stuff that comes down,” said Walton.

Such was the case on Nov. 3 when a culvert overflowed on to Fromme Road, sending boulders and trees with huge amounts of water on to the nearby streets. At least 20 houses sustained extensive water damage in basements, mainly on Kilmer and Fromme roads.

A torrent of water also rushed into Argyle secondary, forcing the closure of the school for a couple days.

The district itself faced a $1.2 million repair bill in the aftermath of the flooding.

Emergency Management BC will likely cover $1 million of those costs, according to district spokeswoman Mairi Welman.

The multi-million-dollar flooding mitigation project is funded in part by the federal and provincial New Building Canada Fund - Small Communities Fund program, with each of those governments kicking in $841,683 and the district

the crimes. “Certainly whoever has done this towards the statue has a fixation on the figure of Christ, yes,” said Horgan.

The gates to the church, which are normally kept open, were shut after each episode of vandalism. Parish staff have since chained the gates to stay open. Horgan said people walk through the grounds regularly as a shortcut to Brockton Crescent behind the church.

Other strange occurrences on church property recently include a bench outside the rectory being moved in front of the church doors three or four times, along with a statue.

De Jong said police are concerned about the recent vandalism at St. Pius and are taking the matter seriously. Whether it’s a crime against religion remains unknown until a motive is determined, added De Jong.

When told the suspect was a young person, Horgan said that saddens him and he hopes anyone who recognizes the suspect will get him some help. Horgan said he realizes there is often misunderstanding and “general ignorance” about religion.

“But we have to realize that religious values and sacred places are a very important part of the rights of all, and so it’s really an intrusion not just on private property but also on people’s right to religious faith, and the respect it’s owed to a resting place,” said Horgan.

St. Pius plans to keep the Christ statue in place while the parish waits and sees if the suspect can be found. If the person responsible is not found, Horgan said the parish may make the difficult decision to remove the figure to prevent further desecration.

Two Christmases ago a baby Jesus figure was stolen from a manger scene outside St. Pius, and later returned without one of its arms.

Police meanwhile have stepped up patrols in the area after this recent incident and have canvassed the neighbours as they search for information about the vandalism.

Anyone who recognizes the suspect is asked to call North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311, quoting file 2015-17928. Anonymous tips can be made by calling B.C. Crime Stoppers at 1800-222-8477(TIPS).

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“These improvements will help reduce the risk of flooding and the property damage and cleanup associated by debris typically carried by flood waters,” said North Vancouver MP Andrew Saxton.

The flood mitigation project will provide peace of mind for residents living downstream, added North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite. “These improvements will go a long way towards reducing the risk of debris floods reaching neighbourhoods, protecting people and homes,” said Thornthwaite.

Work on the project is expected to start in the next couple months and carry on to 2016. Some mitigation work, including the installation of a new culvert, has already been done on Kilmer Creek at Michener Way. November’s flooding served as a wake-up call for the district, which is now doing a risk assessment of all watercourses along the mountain slopes.

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INQUIRING REPORTER With the threat of global warming on many people’s minds in recent years, governments have been looking at ways to reduce fossil fuel consumption.

Whether it be bolstering public transit or increasing walking and cycling, many ideas have been suggested on how to lessen society’s consumption of emissionproducing fuels. Now the City of North Vancouver is starting to explore the idea of putting environmental warnings on gas pumps, depicting the effects fossil fuel consumption is having on the planet. What do you think about this idea? Have your say at ,+,#)+'&0..

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Mary Armstrong North Vancouver “I don’t think it’s a good idea to do it. What about planes? I think planes are doing a lot of damage too. A lot of things are doing a lot of damage.”

Do you agree with putting environmental warnings on gas pumps?

Robert Derot North Vancouver “I think everybody is really aware of it.What are they going to do, not fill their tanks?”

Dave Roth North Vancouver “I think it’s a good idea but will it change anything?

I don’t think people care that much about that kind of environmental change. ... I don’t think it will work.”

Dan Kitto Vancouver “I think it’s a stupid idea. I think it’s ridiculous.”

Martin Zuckermann North Vancouver “I think it’s a reasonable idea but I don’t think it will do anything. It’s better than nothing. A tax would be even better.”

Political firestorm coming From page 7 to be on opposite sides of the dividing line.

But before we get to that particular fight, there will be plenty more confrontations between the opposing sides.

Things are heating up

in B.C., and the rising temperature will go well beyond starting forest fires.

There’s a political firestorm coming as well.

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

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Friday, July 31, 2015 - North Shore News - A11

MAILBOX

Weigh options up until election day Dear Editor: I’m writing to offer a solution to certain letters you have received recently that speak of “vote conflict” and “strategic voting” in the next federal election.

To paraphrase, party leaders exert too much power over their elected members. For this reason, some voters hesitate to vote for their local Conservative candidate

because that’s a vote for Mr. Harper. Similarly, a vote for a Liberal candidate is a vote for Mr. Trudeau, and a vote for an NDP candidate is a vote for Mr. Mulcair.

Like many Canadians, some readers can’t fathom electing an MP candidate who will be handcuffed to one of these party leaders.

Fortunately, there is another party worth considering on the

North Shore. A party whose leader empowers her colleagues to put constituents before party.

I’m referring, of course, to Elizabeth May and the Green Party.

Not only are the Greens running three strong candidates on the North Shore in the upcoming federal election — Ken Melamed, Claire Martin, and Lynne Quarmby — but they’re talking

Business Improvement Area will add costs to small shops

Dear Editor: Re:West Vancouver Considers BIA , July 24 front-page story.

We sympathize with retailers everywhere who — despite their incredible hard work — are struggling. Obviously there are many factors at play here including big-box competition and online shopping.

Is imposing another charge on already-stretched

businesses really the best solution?

With their tight margins, many shops might find it hard to come up with even $600 or $900 a year (or possibly more). Our shops and services are well known for their high quality so, would more marketing make such a big difference?

Perhaps it is a lack of shoppers or clients.

We have a number of empty homes here, whose

missing occupants could be customers And our population is predominantly elderly.These are folks who are getting rid of stuff to downsize or whatever.

Young families are the major shoppers, yet they are priced out of the community.

Perhaps we could examine our policies around housing first.

Gerry Prins and Laura Groos West Vancouver

about important issues that matter to North Shore residents and putting forth practical and well-tested solutions. The Green Party is also asking us to vote for a Canada that works together. They’re saying that with more Green MPs, whose votes are not dictated by their federal leader, we can take back our democracy.

One letter published recently mentioned that

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will best represent you.

(2) Help that candidate get elected by donating time or money to his or her campaign. (3) Keep weighing your options until election day. (4) Most importantly, feel good about who you vote for.

We should not be guided by fear when it comes to our electoral votes.

Richard Warrington Horseshoe Bay

CAAD site is wrong, wrong, wrong From page 6 all but seized me by the lapels, declaring salaries of existing staff — there are six, count ’em, six, offices for staff in CAAD’s plan — and other operating costs would be totally covered by revenues. Guaranteed.

Personally.Write it in blood, I suggested. He didn’t open a vein.

The sensitive reader will have caught my subtle biases. But I have one more.

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the Greens probably can’t win here. The same was said for Elizabeth May and Andrew Weaver and they were elected. This letter implored us to be strategic voters. The truth is, this strategy ends up helping Harper’s chances as it divides the electorate and suppresses voter turnout.

Certainly, we should be strategic. I recommend the following strategy: (1) Decide which candidate

And don’t think the CAADs aren’t super-touchy about it.

The site.

CAAD, three storeys with underground parking (flooding, anyone?), would be built on the present open, safer and human-level parking lot an apple-toss away from an outstanding town hall success of recent years — the superbly designed children’s playground at John Lawson Park on Ambleside Beach.

It’s a terrific draw, even in winter.

CAAD’s promotional PR-speak doesn’t utter a word about the playground.

There is an air photo — looking eastward, the playground out of sight. It’s a silence that shouts.

Reader, dispute or ignore all of the above arguments.

It says here the issue stops dead on the choice of site.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

CAAD has momentum, perhaps unstoppable.

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Country Crush ■ Madeline Merlo, Monday, Aug. 3 at 8:45 p.m., at West Vancouver’s Millennium Park, part of the 25th annual Harmony Arts Festival’s PARC Retirement Living Garden Concerts series.

Free. harmonyarts.ca.

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Sipping on Honey Jack for the first time a few months back, a light bulb went off in singersongwriter Madeline Merlo’s head when someone she was with commented on the drink, describing it as “strong”

but “sweet.”

“As a person, I feel like you should be strong but you should also be sweet. It’s OK to stand up for yourself but you can also be kind about it,” says the rising country music artist.

Merlo continually finds herself drawing on personal experiences for her songs, and that exchange went on to inspire her new single, “Honey Jack,” released last week.

Merlo penned the work while in Nashville,Tenn., with the help of “two amazing women,” Jesse Walker and Stephony Smith.

“We just had a blast writing the song and

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laughed the whole time.

When we were picking songs for the new round of music, ‘Honey Jack’ always was at the top of my list. I just felt like I’m 21 and I’m young and I really wanted to show a fun side of me,” she says.

Merlo recorded the single there, with the help of producer Matt Rovey.

“It turned out better than I could have hoped — I’m really, really excited to have it out,” she says.

The Maple Ridge-based artist has been spending more and more time in Nashville these days as it’s home to her label, Open Road Recordings.

“I go back and forth to

there quite often. I do most of my writing and recording over there. It’s just where country music lives, so it’s a really inspiring place to be. I’d love to move there if I could. I’m trying to make that happen sooner rather than later. It’s amazing. But there’s also a lot of talented people in Canada as well so when it comes to writing or recording . . . I kind of like to have a bit of variety,” she says.

Merlo is currently back in the Lower Mainland and is looking forward to three upcoming B.C. shows.This weekend, she’s set to play the Sunfest Country Music Festival in the Cowichan

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Valley, running from July 30 through to Sunday. Merlo, making her Sunfest debut, will take the mainstage tomorrow night, just before country superstar Keith Urban.

“I’m over the moon about it. Keith Urban is one of my all-time favourites.

He’s so talented, so to be opening up for him is just a dream come true,” she says.

On Monday, Merlo will bring her band to the West Vancouver waterfront as a featured performer at this year’s 25th annual Harmony Arts Festival.

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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.

ARGYLE AVENUE Between 14th and 17th Streets, WestVancouver. Harmony Arts Festival — Art Market: View and purchase one-of-a kind original works of art July 31 and Aug. 7, 2-9 p.m. and Aug. 1-3, 8 and 9, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

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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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GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver.Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-925-7290 ferrybuildinggallery.com Harmony Arts Festival — 25Years, 25 Artists: Special curated exhibition featuring the works of 25 local artists in a collaborative project July 31-Aug. 9 to commemorate the legacy of excellence in the arts. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

Harmony Arts Festival — Harmony and Discord: A group exhibition featuring mixed media works July 31-Aug. 9, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. in the tent outside the Ferry Building Gallery. Opening reception: Friday, July 31, 6 p.m.

Info: harmonyarts.ca.

Harmony Arts Festival — ArtSpeaks: Talks, demonstrations, workshops, hands-on classes and multimedia presentations from Aug. 1 to 9 in the gallery and art tent. Most classes are free, but register in the Ferry Building Gallery office for any classes with a fee. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

DISTRICT LIBRARY GALLERY 1277 LynnValley Rd., North Vancouver. nvartscouncil.ca The NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of paintings byYue Baoyu until Aug. 4.

The NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition titled Huaca: Spirit of Place with artwork by Janet Strayer from Aug. 5-Sept. 29. Opening reception: Saturday,Aug. 8, 2-4 p.m.

GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.WednesdayFriday, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Adult admission by donation/children free.

604-998-8563 info@ smithfoundation.ca Progression of Form Fundraising Exhibition: A solo exhibition of works by Robert Davidson will run until Aug. 29.

Gallery Tours: Thursdays at

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The Gift Box: Buy local from two display cases dedicated to local artisans who specialize in high quality, hand-crafted and unique gift items.

Art Rental Salon: An ongoing art rental programme with a variety of original artwork available ranging from $10 to $40 per month.

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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.

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Ariel DeJong' Priscilia Gough ,O( Reme Juan Representatives of Hollyburn Family Services Society hosted an event July 15 to give thanks to all the individuals and community partners that helped in the launch of a new initiative serving seniors at risk. Thanks to widespread support, the society is now able to offer temporary housing for homeless seniors or those fleeing abusive situations. The recognition event was held at the North Vancouver seniors safe house, its location withheld to protect those it serves. For more information on the array of programs and services offered by Hollyburn, visit hollyburn.ca.

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Mason ,O( Aphrodite Harris' Vivien Johnston ,O( Parveen Somji

Heather McCulloch ,O( Jamie Truscott

Tina Thomas ,O( Joy Hayden

Teri Meding ,O( Lori Hutchinson

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Harmony Arts Festival — Bird Canopy: A hanging art installation created by community members of all ages using paint and multi media.The string of crows will be suspended above the crowds July 31-Aug. 9.

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RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Near and Far-Inspiration from Home and Away: Landscape paintings by Christine Cowan, and 2D and 3D clay compositions by Estelle Liebenberg will be on display until Sept. 6.

SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com Shift: Oil paintings by visual artist Barbra Edwards and sculptural felt making by fibre artist Fiona Duthie will be on display until Aug. 8.

Kinder Morgen Children of Tomorrow: Panoramic photographs intercepted with portraits of community members by Nancy Bleck will be on display from Aug. 12 to Sept. 12. Bleck and TsleilWaututh Nation Coun.

Charlene Aleck will be in conversation Sunday,Aug. 23 at 2 p.m. Reception: Sunday, Aug. 23, 3 p.m.

Curator’s Talk: Every Thursday at noon there will be a 20-minute curator’s talk

with background on the current show in the gallery.

SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver.Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 604925-7292 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: MayaTelford’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.

THE SPACE: AN ART GALLERY 6607 Royal St.,West Vancouver.

Exhibition: Work by featured artists Jolayne Devente and Stewart Stephenson will be on display until Aug. 28.

VANDUSEN BOTANICAL GARDEN 5251 Oak St.,Vancouver.

Sculptors’ Society of BC Summer Exhibition: Sculptures by local artists including Golshan Massah of NorthVancouver will be on display until Aug. 3.

WESTVANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca In the Gallery — Harmony Arts Retropesctive: An exhibition that celebrates 25 years of Harmony Arts through the changing design styles that have evolved as the festival has

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WESTVANCOUVER MUNICIPAL HALL 750 17th St.,West Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604925-7290 WESTVANCOUVER MUSEUM 680 17th St.,West Vancouver.TuesdaySaturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-925-7295 westvancouvermuseum.ca From the Inside Out — Integrating Art and Architecture on theWest Coast: An exhibition that examines the legacy of several influential artists and architects by showcasing their projects will run until Aug. 29.

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GARDEN STAGE Millennium Park, foot of 15th Street,West Vancouver.

Harmony Arts Festival — Garden Concerts: Free daily outdoor performances. July 31 schedule: 5:45 p.m., David Graff and the Continental Grifters; 8:45 p.m.,The Fab FoureverBeatles Tribute.Aug. 1 schedule: 1 p.m., Payton Rector; 2:15 p.m.,The Bottom Shelf Bourbon Trio; 3:30 p.m., Sweet Scarlet; 5:45 p.m.,AdamWoodall Band; and 8:45 p.m.,The Unified.Aug. 2 schedule: 1 p.m., Michelle Joly; 2:15 p.m., Nat Jay; 3:30 p.m., The Reid Jamieson Band; 5:45 p.m. Babe Gurr; and 8:45 p.m., Coco Jafro.Aug. 3 schedule: 1 p.m.,The Land of Deborah; 2:15 p.m., Blake Havard; 3:30 p.m., BlackberryWood; 5:45 p.m., Gary Comeau and the Voodoo All Stars; and 8:45 p.m., Madeline Merlo.Aug. 4 schedule: 12:30 p.m.,The Hot Mammas; 5:45 p.m.,Twin Kennedy; and 8:45 p.m., Jim Byrnes.Aug. 5 schedule: 1:30 p.m., Incanto (Opera Arias); 5:45 p.m., Dawn Pemberton; and 8:45 p.m.,The Whiskeydicks.Aug. 6 schedule: 12:30 p.m., Slipped Disc; 5:45 p.m., HonestWoods Band; and 8:45 p.m., Side One.Aug. 7 schedule: 12:30 p.m.,August; 5:45 p.m., Soulstream; and 8:45 p.m.,The Tourist Company.

Aug. 8 schedule: 1 p.m., Joey Clarkson; 2:15 p.m., Qristina and Quinn Bachand; 3:30 p.m., Nova Sol; 5:45 p.m.,The Lion The Bear The Fox; and 8:45 p.m., Bodhi Jones.Aug. 9 schedule: 1 p.m., Pat Chessell; 2:15 p.m., Dante Hadden; 3:30 p.m.,The Rakish Angles; 5:45 p.m.,Tiller’s Folly; and 8:45 p.m., Luisa Marshall as Tina

LONSDALE QUAY 123 Carrie Cates Court, NorthVancouver. lonsdalequay.com SummerFest 2015: Free live concerts featuring a different music genre each week Sundays and holidays, 1-3 p.m. with an additional concert Aug. 3, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Schedule: Aug. 2, Fairfield Music Showcase (children music group);Aug. 3, Robyn and Ryleigh (folk-pop duo); Sherra Kelly and Michael (acoustic, folk, pop);Aug. 9, Bobs & Lolo (kid’s entertainers); Aug. 16, Steve Elliot as Elvis (American classic);Aug. 23, Apollo’s Crush (R&B, dance and funk);Aug. 30,The Emily Chambers Band (R&B, blues, acoustic).

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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: July 31,Terminal Station (blues rock);Aug. 7,The Dynamics (classic Motown);Aug. 14, Gastown Riot (50s rock);Aug. 21, Hot Lucy (rock); and Aug. 28,AdamWoodall Band (folk rock). Info: northvanrec. com/publications-and-resources/ community-concerts.aspx.

PANORAMA PARK Deep Cove, North Vancouver.

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, Mostly Marley (reggae); and Aug. 28, Steel Toe Boots (country). Info: northvanrec.com/publicationsand-resources/communityconcerts.aspx.

PARK ROYAL SHOPPING CENTRE Park Royal South,West Vancouver. shopparkroyal.com The Summer Music Lounge: Saturdays and holidays, 1-5 p.m. and Sundays 1-3 p.m.at TheVillage, and weekends and holidays, 1-5 p.m. at The Plaza until Sept.

6, featuring a variety of live musical entertainment.

PARKGATE LIBRARY 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. 604-929-3727 x8166 nvdpl.ca Summer Music at the Library: Local musicians John Lyon and Friends will play tunes from the 1960s and moreWednesday,Aug. 19, 7-8 p.m.

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Blueridge International Chamber Music Festival: A series of concerts that will include composer in residence Jordan Nobles until Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. Schedule:Aug. 1, From Here to Eternity.

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SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Classical Concert Series: The Rio Samaya Band will perform a fusion of flamenco, Spanish, South American and English folk music alongside reggae and rumba Thursday, Aug. 13, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

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Classical Concert Series: Vino & Forte will present a fusion of classical piano and flamenco guitar Thursday,Aug. 20, 10:30-11:30 a.m.Tickets:

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Harmony Arts Festival

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Harmony Arts Festival —The Kay Meek Centre Youth Conservatory: A special showcase performance of songs and excerpts from Fame and Shrek Saturday,Aug. 1 at 2 p.m.

Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Aref-nameh: A musical play by the famous Iranian poet Iraj Mirza Saturday,Aug. 8 at 8 p.m.Tickets: $40/$32.

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It’s been almost 20 years sinceTom Cruise accepted his first Mission as Ethan Hunt, agent for the underthe-radar Impossible Missions Force.

Hunt has attained a sort of rock star status over the years: a pretty spy groupie half his age gushes early on in the film “It really is you! I’ve heard stories.They can’t all be true.”We, the viewer, feel much the same way watching a 53-year-old Cruise pummel life into a genre continually on the verge of flat-lining, restricted as it is by a certain amount of cliched dialogue, obligatory chase scenes and those ticking time bombs that are always threatening to go off.

It’s all there, of course, but Cruise throws himself into the role with such impressive energy and conviction — and perhaps a death wish, if the gravity-defying opening stunt is any indication — that we get swept along, too.

And director Christopher McQuarrie, who directed Cruise in Jack Reacher and wrote Edge ofTomorrow, manages to tweak convention just enough to make this fifth Cruise Mission feel fresh.

Referring back to some of the extensive damage done in Ghost Protocol, CIA stiff Alan Huntley (Alec Baldwin) calls for the disbandment of the IMF, recalling Ethan and his fellow agents from the field.

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Archives program presents the Mountaineer Pals whose displays offer visitors to Lynn Canyon Park information about various themes including climbing achievements and logging history of the area. The interactive experience runs most rain-free Wednesday and Thursday afternoons through August. The pals are stationed across from the park ranger’s station and cafe. PHOTO KEVIN HILL

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Celebrate BC PUTTING TOGETHER PROVINCIAL PAIRINGS Pour yourself a glass of B.C. grape and add a little Can-con to your cheese plate this long weekend.

BLUEBERRY JAM WITH CANADIAN AGED CHEDDAR

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In a saucepan, mix together all the ingredients except the cheese. Bring to a boil and cook on medium-high heat for 15 to 20 minutes.

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“We’re like the CBC of wine and food,” Mission Hill’s director of wine education Ingo Grady (seen on the left in the photo at right) says of the collaboration that matches cheeses made from 100 per cent Canadian milk with wines from the Mission Hill Family Estate in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley.

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Slow fashion makes a statement Fibre artists exhibit their creations on the runway n Wearable Art Vancouver presents Slow Clothes:The Art of Fashion, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 12:30 p.m. at Millennium Park in West Vancouver. Part of the Harmony Arts Festival.

Visit harmonyarts.ca for more info.

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WATERFRONT MARKET Artists and craftspeople sell their creations in WestVancouver. page 26

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Fast food, fast technology, fast travel, fast living.

In reaction to a culture obsessed with high-speed everything came the Slow Movement, which over the last two decades has championed a shift toward gearing down the pace of life and building more meaningful connections between individuals.

The international movement has a number of offshoot initiatives, one of which is Slow Fashion. It advocates an alternative to factory-produced clothing with a focus on quality, locally made garments that will last season after season.

West Vancouver fibre artist Rosalind Aylmer was making her own clothing long before “slow” became a buzzword and next week, she and more than 20 other artists will present their handmade creations at Slow Clothes:The Art of Fashion.

Organized by Wearable Arts Vancouver, an informal group of North Shore and Metro Vancouver fibre and jewelry artists, the third annual Slow Clothes show will hit the seaside runway Aug. 5 during the

Harmony Arts Festival.

“Slow clothes are handmade at every stage,” Aylmer explains. “Very often it starts with the weaving, certainly the dyeing, the sewing, the inspiration is all done by hand by artists, which means everything is oneof-a-kind and if you buy it, you’re probably going to treasure it because it is not going to be seen anywhere else.”

Aylmer got into textiles in the mid-1980s. One day, she was walking past the library downtown, saw a notice for a textile art exhibit and thought to herself, “Oh, that’ll be interesting.”

She soon joined the Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts and has been working with the medium ever since. Over the years, Aylmer has taught at Capilano University and has led workshops at the annual Maiwa Textile Symposium. Today, she specializes in dyeing — specifically, indigo dyeing — and has an indigo vat in her backyard.

“It’s capable of a huge range of blues, so it’s a beautiful colour to work with,” she says.

Other artists participating in next week’s fashion show include Rene Corder Evans, Fariba Mirzaie and Anne Love.

Additionally, three guest artists from South Korea are coming to town for the event and will be presenting See Clothes page 26

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Clothes will all be made by hand From page 25 hanji (mulberry paper) garments for children inspired by traditional Korean clothing.

Aylmer says the pieces modelled on the Ambleside runway will represent a mix of everyday clothing and more conceptual wearable art. Because it is a Slow Clothes show, the garments will feature natural fabrics.

Not only are these easier than synthetics to dye and decorate, they also fit the “be kinder to nature” philosophy of the Slow Clothes show.

“Fashion is not kind to the environment. Fashion is very, very wasteful,” Aylmer says, explaining people often throw out clothing after just one season. “Our clothes are fashionable — but they are not fashion in the sense that they are

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the 10-day festival — July 31 to Aug. 3 and Aug. 7 to 9. Visitors can browse and buy photography, textiles, jewelry, glass and woodwork, paintings, ceramics, mixed media, sculpture and metal work created by North Shore and Lower Mainland artists.

Participating exhibitors this year include jeweller Anat Basanta, whose works can be seen in the collections of New York City’s Museum of Art and Design, the Ontario Art Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery as well as Circle Craft on Granville Island; Dihedral Designs, made up of Whistler-based mother-son team Sue Pratt and Mack Rankin, who design and fabricate bags, briefcases and soft goods from Merino wool felt, leather and waxed canvas; and Peg Steley, who will be selling her jewelry designs in addition to new travel dresses she recently developed.

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

PERFORMING ARTS THE ONNI GROUP SUNSET CONCERT SERIES Join us on every night of the festival for the ONNI Group Sunset Concert Series taking place on the West Vancouver Community Foundation Main Stage in John Lawson Park. Come early as these concerts fill the park with festival goers of every age. The dynamic and eclectic line-up includes: John Lawson Park @ 7:30 p.m.

Friday, July 31 Saturday, August 1 Sunday, August 2 Monday, August 3 Tuesday, August 4 Wednesday, August 5 Thursday, August 6 Friday, August 7 Saturday, August 8 Sunday, August 9

Me and Mae The Paperboys Winsome Kind Band Roy Forbes High Bar Gang The Boom Booms ND Mazacote CHMAN A JOHN REIS S D IR John Reischman and The Jaybirds YB THE JA En Karma Bobby Bruce’s Nearly Neil & The Solitary Band

For more information about the bands, including their bios and videos, visit our website at harmonyarts.ca

VISUAL ARTS FRESH ST. MARKET ART MARKET Enjoy two weekends of unique hand-crafted works created by over 80 artists and artisans at the Fresh St. Market Art Market. Browse, shop, and enjoy the one-of-a-kind photography, visual art, ceramics, jewellery, woodworks and much more.

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The concept of this exhibition is inspired by the surrealist game exquisite corpse or cadaver exquis where a collection of images or words are collectively assembled in sequence. Each artist is creating a composition with guided marks that connect it to the art piece on either side.

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Installation defines a communal space

Sculptor Marie Khouri creates large-scale Harmony Arts piece

■ Art in the Park: Marie Khouri — You and I outdoor installation in West Vancouver’s Millennium Park. For more information visit harmonyarts.ca.

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Marie Khouri cradles a curvy clay figure in the palm of her hand. It’s cool to the touch and has a satisfying weight for its small size.

Over several months, this preliminary maquette evolved into an 11-footlong sculpture now nestled in the grass at Millennium Park in West Vancouver.

It is one in a series of sculpted Arabic letters that make up Khouri’s outdoor installation You and I, in place for the duration of the Harmony Arts Festival.

The complete work contains seven Arabic letter pieces and three accents.

Viewed from above, and read from right to left, the script reads “ana wa enta,” an Arabic phrase that translates to “You and I.” The sleek and sinuous white shapes invite visitors to interact with them and sit within their nooks and alcoves.

Like much of Khouri’s large-scale sculptural work, “You and I” started out small.

“Everything really starts in the palm of my hand,” she says.

Wearing paint-splattered overalls in the basement workshop of her Vancouver home, Khouri explains how You and I came to be.

First, she hand-moulded the 10 individual pieces out of clay. These were then digitally scanned to produce slightly larger Styrofoam models. Khouri carved these to achieve her desired proportions

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Pieces shaped out of dense styrofoam

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and had them scanned again to produce full-sized pieces made of a very dense Styrofoam. Using wire brushes, hot knives and sanders, she shaped and smoothed each one to perfection.

“This methodology allows me not to have to go from a block,” she explains.

“It shortcuts my work by a lot.”

Once satisfied with the shapes, each piece was sprayed with a coat of polyurethane, sanded down, and then sprayed and sanded three more times. The final step was paint.

“It was a very ambitious project to do,” she says.

Born in Egypt and raised in Lebanon, Khouri moved to Vancouver for the first time as a teenager after the Lebanese Civil War. “There was a lot of baggage that I had brought with me here,” she says.

She lived in Paris for 25 years, where she trained in sculpture at l’Ecole du

Louvre and practised her art. Nine years ago, she returned to Vancouver with her husband and children. Fluent in Arabic, English, French, Italian and Spanish, she likens her sculpture to a sixth language that allows her to express the things she cannot say.

“I wanted to speak about the Middle East,” she says. “It’s been in turmoil forever, this area, and it just never seems to be able to settle for whatever reason.”

You and I follows on the tail of a 2014 exhibit at Vancouver’s Equinox Gallery entitled Let’s Sit and Talk for which Khouri sculpted 15 Arabic letters and six accents that spanned 75 feet. The piece served as seating, much like You and I does, and offered subtle commentary on the violence besieging the land where she grew up.

“What if we can sit down and try to speak instead of taking our frontiers for what they are?” she asks.

Inspired by the multiculturalism of West Vancouver and the community nature of the Harmony Arts Festival, Khouri created You and I as a place where people of different backgrounds can engage with each other and gather as one. Arabic text is usually connected when it is written, but Khouri has taken the liberty of separating each letter as it might appear in an alphabet chart or crossword puzzle.

“By writing it separately, it allowed me to give back the true reality of the letter itself,” she explains.

She also stylized the writing and says people who read Arabic likely won’t realize the sculptures are words at first sight, but the text will still be legible from a bird’s eye vantage point.

“I didn’t want it to be something that was too obvious, but I didn’t want it to be something that didn’t make sense. It had

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ARTS

Khouri made ‘bench’ for Olympic Village From page 30 to make sense, it had to be Arabic, it had to be recognized.”

When Khouri arrived in Canada the second time, she set up a studio at Capilano University.

In France, she had been limited to small-scale sculptures that could be displayed on pedestals and stored on shelves, but in Canada she had the freedom to work as big as she wanted.

“That’s when I started doing public art,” she says.

Khouri’s first foray into public art happened during the 2009 Vancouver Biennale. She was asked to do a sculpture outside the Olympic Village station on the Canada Line and created a piece of functional art that would serve as a bench. She was admittedly worried its pristine white surface would be an inviting canvas for graffiti.

“It was there for twoand-a-half years, never ever been tagged, which is something that I felt very good about,” she says.

It did, however, become popular among skaters and made the news when its unintended use as a piece of skateboard apparatus resulted in scrapes and

gouges. It was a lesson learned for Khouri.

“That was my way of understanding that public art is going to do what it wants,” she says. “You put it out there, you think it, and you do your best for the space. Then it’s owned by the city, it’s owned by the people that ride the street, that walk the street, that live it.”

Also a furniture and jewelry designer, Khouri works in a number of mediums including concrete, bronze, wood and steel. She sells to private buyers, exhibits in galleries and has public pieces installed across Metro Vancouver and internationally. One of her cast bronze sculptures is featured outside Polygon’s Canyon Springs development in Lynn Valley.

Formerly a financier and language interpreter, Khouri didn’t explore her creative side until she was in her mid-30s. She’s ever grateful she did.

“This has all been a big part of my healing process, my therapy,” she says of her art. “If you see images of me then and images of me now, I’m not the same woman anymore. My life has really been completely transformed.”

In Rogue Nation the system is the enemy From page 20 When he’s not being rescued by Ilsa, Ethan spends the picture tracking down the head of the Syndicate (Sean Harris), a delusional former agent who blames government and big corporations for the state of the world.

The system is the enemy, a concept that induces a crisis of conscience in Ethan and the other agents while playing nicely to the members of the 99 percent who bought tickets to the film.

Dialogue is overexplanatory and flat-out silly in places (“Hunt is the living manifestation of destiny!”) but otherwise the script is economical and right on the money.

But back to the stunts . . .

Cruise must free dive into a water turbine, hold

his breath for an eternity in a space-age underwater vault and switch a computer program in order for Benji (given a more heroic/less comic role here), to avoid being liquified by an impassible security system.

Ilsa, no shrinking Violet, breaks a man’s neck with her thighs and dispatches several more. And Cruise hops back on his nowtrademark motorbike for a chase involving a half dozen other motorcycles that whip through city and desert highway with sickeningly realistic curve-hugging excitement.

All that swerving camerawork helps us overlook the fact that Ethan wears neither leathers nor helmet and wipes out at high speed without a scratch on that pretty face.

All the better for the next Mission, 20-plus years later.

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BRITISH The Cheshire Cheese Restaurant & Bar $$ cheshirecheeserestaurant.ca 2nd Floor Lonsdale Quay Market, N. Van. | 604-987-3322 Excellent seafood & British dishes on the waterfront. Dinner specials: Wednesday evenings - Fresh halibut & chips.

Thursday’s Pot Roast. Friday & Saturday- Prime Rib. Sunday - Turkey. Weekends & holidays, our acclaimed Eggs Benny.

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

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

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Pier 7 restaurant + bar $$$ www.pierseven.ca 25 Wallace Mews, N. Van. | 604-929-7437 Enjoy dining literally ON the waterfront with our inspired West Coast boat-to-table choices & extensive wine list. We’ve got 5 TV’s so you’ll never miss a game. Brunch until 2:30 weekends & holidays.

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

The 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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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.

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PUB The Black Bear Neighbhourhood Pub www.blackbearpub.com 1177 Lynn Valley Road, N. Van | 604.990.8880 “Your Favourite North Shore Pub” 18 years running. We do great food, not fast food.

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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.

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Merlo working on Decades series From page 12

festival and has something for everybody,” she says.

Merlo will take the Millennium Park stage at 8:45 p.m., as part of the festival’s PARC Retirement Living Garden Concerts series.

Merlo is also slated to perform at the PNE on Sept. 4 at 7 p.m.

Apart from live shows, Merlo has been busy with a project entitled Decades, a Throwback Thursday (#TBT) video cover series on CMT. ca. Over the course of two months the artist will be releasing a weekly video on the site. Each video will see her perform a well- known song by an artist from the 1940s and beyond who has inspired her.

“Old music is such a staple of what I do and I’m such an old soul and love it so much — I have a young fanbase and I’d love to show them some of the songs that I grew up listening to. I think your playlist on your iPod or whatever really explains who you are and the type of music that you love to listen to, and for me I love to make, so I take inspiration from old artists and new artists and all genres,” she says.

As of this week, Merlo has released four covers, Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” Shania Twain’s “Whose Bed HaveYour Boots Been Under?,” Magic!’s “Rude” and Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’After Midnight” included.

As far as recording goes, Merlo is hoping to have a new LP or EP released in the coming year, a follow to her July 2014 eponymous EP. “It’s a toss up between (those) two but an actual body of music will be coming for everybody really soon,” she says.

As well, fans are encouraged to keep an eye out for a release date for a movie she just wrapped, recently filmed in various locations in Ontario. Merlo was cast as the star of Country Crush, a country movie-musical. She plays aspiring singer Nancy and saw a lot of herself in the character, even though her onscreen character was a tad “cooler,” for example, “she can fix cars,” laughs Merlo.

“She really, really loves music and is willing to work

really hard and do anything she can to do it. I get that desperation,” she says.

Co-stars on the project include actor and country music artist Jana Kramer, Degrassi:The Next Generation’s Munro Chambers and Sophie Tweed-Simmons (Gene Simmons: Family Jewels).

While Merlo had done a little acting as a kid as well as some musical theatre growing up, the project was definitely out of her comfort zone.

“When I got the call that they were filming a country musical and were looking for an up and coming artist to star in it, I was kind of apprehensive at first because I knew there would be acting involved but I felt like, country music, that’s what I do, I can do that. So I sent a tape in and they just thought that I was right for the role and we filmed about a month ago and it was the longest hours and most incredible experience I’ve ever done. Really quite a departure from what I’m used to though.There was a lot of acting and it was a challenging experience for me, but I learned a whole lot and had so much fun. It was, like I said, one of the best things I’ve ever done,” she says.

Country Crush is in postproduction and filmmakers are vying for an early-2016 release.

An additional feather in Merlo’s cap is the recent announcement that she has been nominated for a 2015 Canadian Country Music Association Award for Rising Star, marking her first CCMA Award nod.

“It’s crazy, I honestly can’t believe it. It’s such a prestigious thing to be nominated for, especially nominated among the other people in my category (whom) are so talented. It’s a dream come true, it really is.That’s it for country music in Canada, they’re kind of the big deal.

To be nominated for an award like Rising Star, it just means that you work really, really hard all year and they’re just giving you a little bit of recognition that maybe you’re on the right track and they see some potential in you. It means a whole lot to be nominated,” says Merlo.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE

to THE ROAD

Brendan McAleer

Grinding Gears

Time has come to break with tradition

seats, and keyless entry. It does, but goes a little further, adding ventilation to those heated seats, a rear passenger sliding moonroof, and wonderful reclining secondrow seats. More on those in a bit.

For driver and passenger, the Sedona is essentially a Hyundai Genesis Sedan with more cargo space.You get nicely contrasting leather and lots of piano-black trim, plenty of the required multiple cubby holes and a dual-glovebox, and a twotone dash layout that looks a little bit more entry level

Is it time to throw in the towel on horsepower and torque?

If you’re a gearhead, that question comes with a resounding, “No!” Horsepower is awesome!

More of it! Dodge Hellcats for everyone!

Fair enough — that’s mostly my attitude as well — but when I say it’s time to retire horsepower and foot-pounds, I’m talking about the measurements.

What’s a horsepower? Ask the average person on the street, and they’ll tell you it’s the amount of power a horse can produce: makes sense, right? Thus, the lowly Nissan Micra is 109 times as powerful as a horse. And it doesn’t poop everywhere — isn’t progress wonderful?

Hang on, things aren’t quite so cut and dried. Is that Micra making its power at the crankshaft or at the wheels? If we attached 109 horses to a harness and then strapped them to the Micra’s

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New model holds its own BRENDAN MCALEER Contributing writer

The waterhole is both crowded and shrinking.

The animals eye each other nervously.This is a hotly contested area and newcomers aren’t welcome.

Yet the established brands find themselves suddenly shouldered aside by a new upstart with a brash chrome grille.What’s this? A Kia? Surely it should be taking its place over with the cheap seats.

But no, just as has been the case with nearly every reintroduced Kia model of the last few years, this new

machine manages to hold its own both inside and out.

It’s got a longer feature list.

It’s got amazing secondrow seats like a business class flight.The regulars are nervous.

They should be.

Design The new Kia Sedona isn’t what you’d call wildly styled. After all, there’s only so much a designer can get away with when the brief is, “box-with-sliding-doors.”

Still, this being the top-flight SXL+ model, there are some exterior niceties.

Chrome 18-inch alloys contrast nicely with metallic-

flake paint. LED accent lighting surrounds a wellchiseled face, and the overall silhouette and three-quarterview is more conventional than the Honda Odyssey and the Toyota Sienna have become.

However, this is a minivan. Styling is not really a huge consideration, any more than the wrapping on your largest birthday present.

Never mind how many bows it has — what’s in the box?

Environment As the top of the Sedona lineup, you expect the SXL+ to have all the usual features of leather and power-heated

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TODAY’S DRIVE

Sedona an ideal road trip machine From page 37 luxury sedan than haul-thekids minivan.

Move around to the rear amenities, and it really does seem like this particular version of the Sedona isn’t for toddlers, but for those who appreciate the finer things in life. Celebrities in South Korea often prefer being shuttled around in the anonymity of a van as opposed to a limousine, and you get that kind of vibe from the SXL+.

The rear seats slide both fore-and-aft and side to side, and may be pushed far backwards and deeply reclined.They come with folding footrests too, so you can really stretch out in back in captain’s chair comfort.

As a result, the third-row seat gets a little squished.

Mid-trim Sedonas come with easier to access thirdrows (the second row slides and folds more easily), but the SXL+ trim is sort of a four-person flagship with extra capacity when needed.

Out back, there’s the usual enormous amount of minivan room.The folding third row seats are a bit less solid-feeling than those in a

Honda or Toyota, and they leave a bit of an exposed gap when folded. However, if you’re transporting a golf foursome, or picking up luggage at the airport, there’s loads of space.

Performance Power comes from the Hyundai/Kia 3.3-litre V-6 found in multiple applications, here making 276 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 248 foot-pounds of torque at 5200 rpm.That’s a few more horsies than most rivals, but the 3.3-litre has a relatively high torque peak.

For straight-line acceleration, a firm foot is necessary. However, even when loaded with people and accelerating up a steep highway hill, there’s plenty of punch, and the six-speed transmission works without calling attention to itself.

For this new generation of Sedona, Kia’s done much in the way of chassis stiffening, adding high-strength steel and basically making a better box. Handling is — well, it’s a minivan. However, having placed that asterisk on any performance figures, the Sedona actually carries itself well for such a large, heavy vehicle. From the driver’s seat, it rarely feels ponderous, and is perfectly capable of holding its own on long highway sweepers.

And here’s where the SXL+’s rationale really starts

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to make sense. Out on the open road, the Sedona is wonderfully comfortable, quiet and serene. It’s the only minivan in recent memory to come with radarguided cruise control, so you simply set a reasonable speed, stretch out along with your passengers, and cover highway and interstate in leaps and bounds.

With so much cargo space to bring whatever or whomever you like along for the ride, it’s an ideal road trip machine. Grand Tourers are most often long and sleek coupes. Here, a minivan manages to pull off pretty much the same job without effort.

Features The top-level Sedona is simply crammed with stuff to like, from those aforementioned heated-andcooled seats, to adaptive cruise control, to automatic headlights and highbeams, blind-spot monitoring, and lane departure assist.

Particularly useful in such a large vehicle is the combination of a top-down, 360-degree camera and parking sensors.

Putting the Sedona into a small parking space is just as easy as getting a subcompact car in there, and you’ll find yourself obsessing over getting it just-so every time.

Power sliding doors and a power tailgate are handy, and the latter is automatically activated if you stand behind it for a few seconds — very useful if you’re returning with hands full of grocery bags.

Official fuel economy figures for the heaviest Sedona are a so-so 14.2 litres/100 kilometres on the highway, and 10.5 l/100 km in the city.The weight of all these features and the big 18-inch alloys and tires take their toll. Still, no proper-sized minivan is truly a miser, and the SXL+ does manage reasonable return on the highway.

Green light Huge amount of features; smooth, quiet ride; excellent sound system; and great chairs.

Stop sign Fancy second row chairs cut down on rear passenger space; slightly heavy and thirsty; and modest torque.

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Competitors Honda Odyssey ($30,350) Already a family favourite among Canadians who’ve outgrown their Accord, the

Odyssey isn’t quite as fancy as the Sedona in the higher trims, but manages to be a bit more family-friendly.The interior is relatively dowdy, but looks like it’ll stand up under hard usage.

The Sedona has the

Honda firmly beat in terms of feature content, but the Odyssey does at least come with all the essentials. It’ll have to wait for a redesign to go toe-to-toe with Kia on items like adaptive cruise. mcaleer.nsnews@gmail.com

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TODAY’S DRIVE

Moving to a metric system would better serve buyers From page 37

over a certain distance and a certain time.Then he added an extra 50 per cent for a horse’s greater size, and figured one horse could produce around 33,000 footpounds per minute.

A less apocryphal story puts Watt into the Whitbread brewery, watching dray horses walk in endless circles around a millwheel, pulling at an average 180 pounds of force around a 24-foot diameter mill-wheel, turning a circle 144 times in one hour. He reckoned this down to 33,000 pounds pushed a foot every minute, and rated that as a single horsepower.

Work is a simple equation: force times distance. Push down on a bicycle pedal with a certain amount of torque, and the result over the spin of the bike crank is the work that comes out.Torque and horsepower are thus related,

rear bumper, wouldn’t they just pull it all over creation?

And what exactly is a foot-pound anyway? As an amateur carpenter, I know what a pound-thumb is, but foot-pound? No idea. Extra clumsy, perhaps?

Let’s go back to the beginning. In the late-1700s, engineer James Watt was trying to figure out how to sell his newly improved steam engine to industry.

Most mining and milling equipment, where water power wasn’t used, currently used draft horses. Aha, thought Watt (or possibly, “Och aye”), I’ll figure out how many horses my machine can replace and go from there.

By dint of careful calculation,Watt first calculated that a pit pony could pull coal up a shaft

but not comparable: if you have huge calf muscles capable of climbing a hill, but can’t pedal fast because of stumpy legs, then you may be high torque but modest power. If you’ve got skinny legs that can windmill on the flats, but struggle to get up the steep bits, then the reverse may be true.

Add in complicating features like the fact that many horses can produce upwards of 14 h.p. in a dedicated effort, and most humans can do around 1.2 h.p. for a sprint, and you’ve got a bit of advertising masquerading as pure science. Horsepower is useful in measuring the outputs of two cars, but it’s not always measured exactly the same way, and the idea that a horse is involved has gradually faded.

Then, what about metric horsepower, the Germanic

PS? Net versus gross? The British brake-horsepower?

Clearly, some sort of standardization needs to be in place — and thanks to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), there mostly is. However, there is a more modern alternative, one that’s been in place in Australia for years. If you pick up an Australian car magazine, you won’t see a single mention of horsepower or foot-pounds in it at all. Advertisements for Vegemite and little hats with corks on ’em?Yes. Horsepower, no.

The Aussies rate their cars using kilowatts and newton metres. It can be hard to wrap your head around at first, but kW and Nm are very sensible and easily-understood metric measures of power and force.

One kilowatt is one thousand watts (obviously),

or one joule per second. A joule is the energy required to apply the force of one newton to one kilogram over a metre. It’s all ones and powers-of-tens, no estimated 33,000 foot-pounds horsework, just mass and simple acceleration.

Also of great benefit is the relationship between kW and the kWh that most manufacturers rate batterypowered electric vehicle capacity. It’s one thing to note that the Nissan Leaf produces 110 h.p. or so, another to see that it has an 80 kW engine, and a 24 kW battery.You get a better sense of the motor’s maximum work, and how much power is exactly stored in that battery.

Given that Canada has phased out the mile, the foot, and the pound, why not move towards a metric system of measuring

horsepower? It’s not difficult to convert — that Hellcat would now make 528 kW — if you were an Australian, you’d be fanning yourself excitedly at that number.

We have, after all, gone through similar upheavals before, with the change in ratings from gross to net in the 1960s, and the various SAE adjustments along the way (particularly about 10 years ago).

Most people just need to know how their car stacks up against another car they’re considering, not against the ranch they might buy.

It’ll likely happen anyway if electric cars ever really take off, whether or not the range-extender internal combustion engine is still part of the equation. In the meantime, horsepower and imperial torque ratings are a matter of tradition more than anything else.

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