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Fish rescue planned for Seymour North Shore Rescue part of effort to save salmon run

MARIA SPITALE-LEISK Mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

North Shore Rescue: they save humans, occasional dogs and now, maybe salmon.

The local volunteer group may be part of a Herculean

effort that’s required to bypass a 50,000-cubic-metre granite hurdle to allow thousands of coho and pink salmon and steelhead trout to return to the Seymour River.

The fate of the Seymour as a valuable salmon

spawning ground is at stake following a massive rock slide that fell into the upper river canyon last December.

Juvenile salmon headed downstream that are being remotely tracked are currently trapped above the slide, which is concerning to Seymour Salmonid Society president Shaun Hollingsworth.

“If these fish remain cut off from their spawning

habitats, Seymour’s wild steelhead and coho populations will likely be reduced to mere remnants, and in the case of summerrun steelhead, may ultimately disappear,” said Hollingsworth.

In the interim, stewards of the Seymour River want to help the salmon along by scooping them up from a pool below the rock slide and then releasing the fish into

would then be transported in a tank to the hatchery upstream.

North Shore Rescue team leader Mike Danks said it’s a win-win for both organizations involved.

Now all they need is for the fish to show up.

Hollingsworth is expecting approximately 3,600 coho salmon to return to the

their 40,000-square-metre spawning habitat beyond the barrier.

That’s where North Shore Rescue comes in.

While the details are still being worked out, the plan is to have salmon society volunteers net the fish from the pool while rescuers hoist the salmon six at a time in metal coolers back up the steep canyon wall using a 30metre high line.The salmon

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Fire at grain terminal doused BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Vancouver city and district firefighters were on the scene of Richardson International’s waterfront grain terminal to put out a fire late Wednesday night.

The fire began burning in the facility’s pellet plant outside the easternmost end of its original silos, around 10:45 p.m. causing smoke to billow into the sky.

“There is some electrical equipment that appears to have overheated and caught on fire. It was a tricky spot to get into,” said City of North Vancouver Fire Chief Dan Pistilli.

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Longterm solution sought From page 1 Seymour River this summer.

For now the salmon are holding tight at the mouth of the Seymour waiting for the water to cool down from the current 23 degrees Celsius range to around 15 C. Low water levels in the river are also a deterrent for migrating fish.

A long-term solution to save the Seymour’s fish population is being explored through an engineering assessment of the slide area, being funded by The Pacific Salmon Foundation, the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation and the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C. Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation CEO Brian Springinotic said the Seymour River is a high priority because, “It’s a very unusual river in that it has both winter and summer run steelhead — and that’s quite uncommon in B.C.” A good part of the granite needs to be removed to make the river passable for fish again, said Hollingsworth.

Residents living near the Seymour River and the stability of the canyon are also to be considered before any work is done.

A less intrusive option might be to drill holes in the rock and inject an expanding grout that causes them to crack into smaller pieces, said Hollingsworth. Another solution might be creating a series of waterfalls or natural ladders that fish can leap.

Once the Salmonid Society receives the report it will have to be approved by the District of North Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, federal and provincial agencies, and the local First Nations before any work is started.

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NorthVan couple face forfeiture suit over claim house was used for fentanyl trafficking ring BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The NorthVancouver couple accused in the bust of a massive fentanyl ring have pleaded not guilty to a host of drugs and weapons charges — although the province is already seeking to claim their properties, cash and luxury items as the proceeds of crime.

Lawyers for Karen Armitstead and Walter McCormick appeared in

court Thursday to enter not guilty pleas on their behalf and to elect to be tried by a judge alone.

McCormick and Armitstead are facing more than a dozen charges including possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a restricted firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, careless use and storage of a firearm, and possession of stolen property over $5,000. McCormick faces separate charges of

trafficking a controlled substance.

Police raided their home at 2681 Poplynn Dr. in February as part of a regionwide bust targeting the Lower Mainland’s supply of fentanyl. Police have been warning the public about the dangerous synthetic opioid, which is being blamed for at least three recent overdose deaths in North Vancouver.

The drug is typically mixed in with heroin or used to make fake oxycodone.

Though they have yet to have their criminal trial date set, B.C.’s director of civil forfeiture has filed a claim going after Armitstead’s Lynn Valley home as well as a condo in Oliver and a 3.4-acre waterfront property

on Gambier Island.The claim also lists more than $170,000 in cash, two luxury watches valued at $48,000, a Ford truck and a leased Volkswagen, as well as assets owned by their four coaccused.

The civil claim refers to McCormick as a “high level drug trafficker with access to large quantities of fentanyl pills” who “was, at all material times, the supplier of fentanyl as well as other illegal drugs…”

The Poplynn Drive home contained numerous illegal drug and cash stashes as well as “score sheets” used to record drug deals found in a garbage can and roughly nine kilograms of pot in the garage, the claim alleges.

In her written response to the forfeiture suit, Armitstead stated the home never contained any drugs, guns or illegal cash and that if there were any, they were hidden in places “not readily discoverable” by her.

All of the properties were purchased with legal income, mortgages and inheritances, the response continues. As a Lions Gate Hospital nurse since 1986, Armitstead had been earning approximately $90,000 per year. McCormick is a self-employed welder and ironworker.

McCormick’s lawyer Jordan Allingham said he expects to fix a date for the See Allegations page 9

Former WV cop’s complaint dismissed

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has rejected the complaint of a former West Vancouver police officer who claimed the force discriminated against her, saying the former officer filed her documents too late.

In her complaint, Cary Ryan said she began to experience mental illness in

June 2008, which resulted in her being “ostracized, harassed and bullied” until she eventually resigned from the department in October 2009.

The tribunal typically does not accept complaints based on incidents that happened more than six months in the past. Ryan filed hers in March of this year, leading the police department’s lawyer to request the file be dismissed. Rather than

weighing the merits of the complaint, the tribunal only considered whether to allow it to proceed so far beyond the six-month time frame.

In her submission to the tribunal, Ryan said she waited so long to file her complaint because the psychological impact of the alleged discrimination resulted in her being unable to come forward earlier.

The department’s response noted Ryan did not make an internal

harassment complaint and that a review of her file determined her allegations were not substantiated. It went on to state that Ryan has since pursued advanced education and a new career, suggesting her mental illness posed no barrier to filing the complaint sooner.

Individual witnesses are also no longer with the department, the police force noted.

Ryan opted not to submit a further reply.

In his decision to reject the complaint, tribunal chairman Bernd Walter wrote the five-and-a-half year delay in filing the complaint represents “an extreme delay and weighs heavily against finding acceptance of the complaint would be in the public interest.

“Frankly, I am unaware of any case in which the tribunal has accepted such an extremely late filed complaint,” he added.

Walter noted that Ryan provided no medical evidence of her disability or what treatment she received.

Kash Heed was the department’s chief constable at the time.

An internal report from 2013 found morale in the department was tanking in the years that followed and several officers came forward with allegations of bullying, sexism and harassment within the force.

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Parking space battle pitting residents against each other Cones and buckets used to claim territory MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

A parking spot war has broken out in a Central Lonsdale neighbourhood.

A handful of residents have been staking claims to public parking spaces on their street by placing cones to prevent other drivers from stealing “their” spot.

Fernando Sanchez, who lives in the 300-block of West 14th Street between Mahon and Jones avenues, said the cones started appearing six months ago when a new neighbour moved in. Soon, other households on the block followed suit in what has become a “proliferation of reserved spots” with buckets and cones marking territory, according to Sanchez.

“I’ve been very, very patient. And I’ve been parking far from my house,” he said.

The parking war escalated when Sanchez parked his vehicle between the aforementioned neighbour’s cones two weeks ago, and returned to find an angry note taped to his driver’s side window.

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The City of North Vancouver is aware of the parking cone controversy on the street and has sent bylaw officers on numerous occasions to remove them.

But Sanchez said once they leave, the cones reappear.

“My point is, why (have) bylaws and regulations if you don’t enforce them? If guarding private spots on a public street is allowed I’ll go

and buy cones or paint some lines immediately.The fact is, this is not allowed…,” said Sanchez.

The street is made up of mostly single-family homes, however, Sanchez is part of a strata of three houses that share garage space in the back lane. Many garages on the street are used for storage or laneway housing, said Sanchez. Also only one house on the block has a driveway to park a vehicle.

Sanchez attributes the parking crunch to a couple factors. It’s the first block in the area where there are no parking restrictions,

so people doing business on Lonsdale are using up the spots, along with some construction workers.

The city said it is investigating to find out who is responsible for the cones and will be addressing the problem.

Sanchez’s block has been recently approved to become a Resident Exempt parking zone. Under the changes, 50 per cent of the block will have a two-hour parking limit between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Residents can purchase a $25 permit that allows them to park for up to 72 hours.

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f you thought that making sure there’s still water through our taps, or deciding if a casino will be built next door were the most important issues facing local government, you’d be wrong.

Wrong because some of the most passionate fights in any community come down to this: parking.

There’s something about the mix of our love for the automobile and our territorial instincts — buried not so deeply in our reptile brains — that has the ability to set off a firestorm.

Anyone who’s received a nasty windshield note about the appropriateness of their parking will understand the emotions at play here.

Last year’s turf war over parking in Deep Cove got so intense, a facilitated session — of the type usually reserved for the Greek financial crisis — had to

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Rarely is a parking fight solved without someone getting miffed.

Recently, a parking war has broken out in a city neighbourhood, with residents placing cones in front of their houses in an attempt to reserve spots.

Apparently some people think that when they buy a house they also buy the street and the sidewalk in front of it.

But it just isn’t so.

So once again, local government is looking at the issue. We hope saner heads will prevail over cone-headed moves.

Yes, walking a few blocks can be annoying but it won’t result in serious harm.

These are “First World problems,” and not worth a nasty fight in the bigger scheme of things.

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Closure of WorkSafeBC office a loss

Dear Editor: On June 21 your newspaper published an article about the closure of the North Vancouver WorksafeBC office. I want to clarify some of the information given to you by WorkSafeBC. WorkSafeBC has had a North Shore office for the past 17 years.They have been located out of the Esplanade location for nine years, but on the North Shore much longer.

This office currently services workers and employers on the waterfront, the Sea to Sky corridor, Sunshine Coast and Whistler; as well as Vancouver centre. On average, three to five workers or employers come into the North Vancouver office every day to seek service.These workers and employers will now need to travel a considerable distance and across at least one

bridge to get to the new office in the Tri-Cities area. It is hard to imagine how those clients will see this move as a seamless process.

Many of our members who live on the North Shore are, understandably, upset.The move may not result in any loss of employment, but their employment will be affected. Some have just relocated to the area, only to be told the office is closing. Some will have a long commute in front of them now, and will face work/life challenges. But even more than the impact on their personal life, union members are concerned about the impact the move will have on their clients.They fear it will impact customer service. Many case managers do job site visits. Assessment officers meet with employers at their location, and all staff meet with injured workers and employers regularly in the

office. It is difficult to understand how the move will result in better customer service for those individuals.

WorkSafeBC didn’t consult with their employees, their union, their employer groups or their injured worker community to discuss the impacts of the move. Nor did they explore possible alternatives — like a work centre remaining in the area to better service the local community.

I encourage your readers to contact WorkSafe and your local MLA to let them know you expect WorkSafeBC to maintain a presence on the North Shore; to ensure injured workers, their families and employers get the customer service they expect.

Sandra Wright president, Compensation Employees’ Union

Staff of Lions Gate Hospital, take a bow, you’re great

Dear Editor: When did you last hug a Lions Gate Hospital staff member, or for that matter an employee of any other hospital?

I am remiss for it was a long time ago.

However, all that has changed as I embrace the LGH staff after my recent knee replacement

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operation.

Within a week of returning home I was able to negotiate all the rooms in my home without the use of crutches or a walker.

My treatment — I am in my 80th year — speaks volumes to the talent and compassion of the plethora of staff involved. From the

sublime skills of Dr. Alan Baggoo to those who dextrously manoeuvred me in gurneys along the labyrinth of corridors, everyone strove to give his best.

Ladies and gentlemen of LGH, take a bow.

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Thank you for helping me find the middle road in this water debate. I have seen a few emotionally charged postings on Facebook on the subject. So who really owns the water, and what should our position be on bottling our water for resale? Keith Baldrey did an excellent job of examining both sides and helping the reader understand the heart of the issue. It’s with a bit of irony I notice people who only buy bottled water are the most outspoken against bottling our water for resale. Now I see the contradictions and the hypocrisy on both sides of this debate.Thank you!

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Driving very slowly into a denser future

I was stuck in a traffic jam on Queens the other day…

You heard that right.

A traffic jam.

On Queens.

I kid you not; it was bumper-to-bumper from the Edgemont Boulevard fruit stand to the Delbrook tennis courts. Who were all those people and why were they clogging up my nice leafy neighbourhood street with their exhaust and window-rattling rap music?

I’ve never seen anything like it, and come to think of it, I’ve never seen anything like the traffic on the Upper Levels at rush hour, especially heading east in the evening, and I’ve never seen anything like the traffic on Marine Drive, any time of the day.

So, while I was in the traffic jam on Queens I had plenty of time to think about all this congestion and wonder what causes it.

If I’m looking for help, there are as many theories as there are cars in front of me waiting to turn left.

A lot of people think that increased density is the problem. North Vancouver District Councillor Lisa Muri is so concerned about the district’s recent enthusiasm

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The North Side for density she wants to put the brakes on development until we understand the impact of all these people and their cars.

Of course, density is the urban planning trend du jour, offered as the solution for all our woes.

Density is more efficient than suburban sprawl, which cuts into our wondrous North Shore wilderness and comes with prohibitive infrastructure costs — more sewer and water pipes, more roads, more bridges. And that leads to higher taxes, and nobody wants to go there.

Density also holds out the promise of affordable housing. When the price of a single-family threebedroom house, white

picket fence included, is over a million bucks, it’s time to build condos that people can actually afford, sort of. (There are those who would argue that two-thirds of a million bucks for 1,000 square feet is affordable in a parallel universe maybe. But I digress.)

Finally, density is easier.

These days, it’s almost impossible to assemble the land to build 100 single-family dream units, where as you can build 100 condos and get started on the next 100 before you can say “rezone it”!

The problem is that density comes with its own problem: more people. More people come with more cars, and the collective term for more cars is (wait for it) traffic.

Don’t get me wrong.

I buy into the idea that density is good for us. It seems ludicrous to even think about chewing up what’s left of the rain forest to build miniestates for the notorious million people who are all planning to move here by 2030. In fact, not only is it ludicrous, it’s impossible.

And even if the million people go somewhere else (real estate’s cheaper

in Calgary these days), single-family homes with lawns are environmental atrocities.

Condo king Bob Rennie says he doubts another single-family dwelling will ever be built in Vancouver — apart from infill — and

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that’s just as likely on the North Shore.

So, as I sat in my car on Queens, I saw the future of North Vancouver.

I’m just a little worried that I might not get there because I’ll be stuck in traffic.

Jonathan Wilkinson

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August 7, 2015

Justin is ready Did anyone in North Vancouver really buy Stephen Harper’s head-shaking claim he triggered the longest election campaign since 1872 to “save taxpayer’s dollars”?

• Harjit Sajjan – a decorated veteran in the Canadian Armed Forces who was previously a specialist in organized crime with the Vancouver Police Department Fact: Tens of millions more of your money will be spent on Mr. Harper’s election And there are many more. rather than on affordable housing, environmental protection or easing traffic These impressive people have assessed whether “Justin is ready” and have congestion. responded with a commitment to devote Quite apart from that slight to the their time and energy to working with intelligence of Canadians, Mr. Harper’s him as our leader to make Canada better. campaign kick-off speech attempted to perpetuate a fiction the Conservatives’ back-room spin factory has been shilling in its U.S.-style attack ads on Justin Trudeau.

Let’s judge whether Mr. Trudeau “is ready” based on what he has accomplished as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He’s already achieved much - building an energized and cohesive organization. He has also been the principal architect of a robust, creative, thoughtful policy platform.

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“Obviously he has an interest in having this matter heard in a trial and he’s presumed innocent of the allegations. It’s unfortunate right now that the media has thrown around the term ‘kingpin’ when nothing has been proven in court,” he said. “Both are eager to go to trial and are waiting for their day in court to address these allegations against them.”

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outstanding member of the North Shore community for 25 years.These are allegations yet to be proven.

I’m confident there is not sufficient evidence to convict her,” he said, adding that he too is disturbed that she is currently facing trial by press.

Pellet plant down for repairs From page 1 vent where the cooling fan ignited.

“It makes it a bit difficult to work in the pitch black and there was a fair amount of heat in the early stages but the crews worked extremely hard to get the thing knocked down,” Pistilli said.

Dousing the blaze took about half an hour but crews stayed on the scene checking for hotspots.

Two firefighters were given oxygen on scene due to carbon monoxide exposure, Pistilli said.

The pellet plant is where the company takes material left over from screening the grain and processes it into animal feed.

The rest of the terminal was back up and running as of Thursday morning though the pellet plant — which is a small part of the overall operation — will be offline until the infrastructure can be repaired, according to JeanMarc Ruest, Richardson International vicepresident.

The fire didn’t pose a risk of a grain dust explosion like the one in 1975 that sent a shockwave through Moodyville and burning debris raining down on the community, both Pistilli and Ruest agreed.

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INQUIRING REPORTER Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially started the election campaign last weekend, making the time between the official campaign start and casting of ballots the longest on record in over 140 years. The minimum length of time between an election call and voting day is 37 days, however this campaign period will last 11 weeks. That’s over twice the amount of campaign time and hence more money out of the taxpayer’s pocket. So what do you think about the prime minister’s decision to call such a lengthy election? Weigh in on how you feel about the whole thing on nsnews.com — Chris Slater

Abby Stewart North Vancouver “If it’s costing us more money that’s ridiculous.”

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Glenn Mackenzie North Vancouver “Doesn’t bother me. I appreciate that it’s going to cost the taxpayers more in the end but that’s just the way it is”

John Markham North Vancouver “I don’t really keep on top of that stuff so I couldn’t really give an accurate answer.”

Marie Sharon North Vancouver “Well I just can’t believe people are voting for them (Conservatives).”

Tracy Flavelle North Vancouver “I don’t like the fact that it’s going to cost the taxpayer more money to listen to them lie to us for 30 days longer.”

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Look at their new opera house, a building that flows seamlessly to the water, a

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— A weekly gleaner of Internet sources and other media — ■ Don’tThink I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll (trailer). Screening at VancityTheatre Aug. 10 at 8:45 p.m.: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Ipq4FefX5Ps. A new documentary catches up with the musicians who survived the Khmer Rouge: http://america.aljazeera. com/articles/2014/4/9/ cambodia-s-lost-rocknroll. html.

■ Alabama Shakes performing “Don’t Wanna Fight” Live on KCRW: http://bit.ly/1FVlHWD. ■ Alessia Cara performing “Here” on Radio 1’s Piano Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=iNuivs6wryE. — John Goodman

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The business of art ■ Bill Higginson: Business Basics for Artists, Ferry Building Gallery, Sunday, Aug. 9 at 3 p.m. as part of the Harmony Arts Festival’s Artspeaks series. For more information visit harmonyarts.ca.

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When it comes to artists looking to market their works, the online world is where it’s at. At least that’s what professional artist Bill Higginson says, who will be giving a talk on Business Basics for Artists at West

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The Australian native moved to Vancouver over six years ago to further his artistic career. It was during that time however that Higginson found himself needing help on the business side of things, which led him to eventually co-create the website Direct2Artist.com two years ago, a site which provides online showcases of both his own and other artist’s works available for sale. It’s a way of marketing he says that is becoming the future of the art world.

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and it doesn’t matter which way you look at it, it’s bound to happen,” says Higginson on one of the main points he will be raising during his two-hour talk.

“The galleries are fading to some degree and (artists) have to realize they have to start looking at themselves like they run a business.

The basics are they have to get online, they have to send out newsletters, they have to do their social media and it comes down to there’s really no excuse for not doing it.”

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was created in the first place as Higginson shifted his focus from artistic techniques to the sale of works themselves. He says he’s noticed a rising trend in recent years of more and more artist’s trying to make a go of the sale of their works independently.

“Even in the past 15 years I’ve already seen a huge change. A lot of independent artists are kind of taking the reigns of their own world and trying to make a go of it themselves,” he says, explaining the challenges of both being an artist and trying to run the business end of things.

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There’s more to marketing online than simply slapping a work up and waiting for it to sell though, according to Higginson, who says independent artists need to take advantage of everything the web has to offer.

“It’s not about posting an artwork online and hoping that it’s going to sell, it’s about using the current network . . . and See Galleries page 28

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CALENDAR Galleries

141 West 14th St., North Vancouver. MondayFriday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca Walking on the Land: The NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition of shoes created from plants by Rebecca Graham until Aug. 24.

AMBLESIDE, DUNDARAVE, CAULFEILD AND HORSESHOE BAY NEIGHBOURHOODS West Vancouver.

Harmony Arts Festival — Art Beat: Businesses will showcase local artwork within their stores until Aug. 9. All items will be available for purchase on-site. A guided tour will take place Saturday, Aug. 8.Tickets: $5. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

AMBLESIDE FARMERS MARKET 1500-block Bellevue Ave., West Vancouver.

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. 9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

ARGYLE AVENUE Between 14th and 17th Streets, West Vancouver.

Harmony Arts Festival — Art Market: View and purchase one-of-a kind original works of art Aug. 7, 2-9 p.m. and Aug. 8 and 9, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

ARTS IN VIEW ON LONSDALE BlueShore Financial, 1250 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.

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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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FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. TuesdaySunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-9257290 ferrybuildinggallery. com Harmony Arts Festival — 25Years, 25 Artists: Special curated exhibition featuring the works of 25 local artists in a collaborative project until 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 until Aug. 9, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. in the tent outside the Ferry Building Gallery. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

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:.XW-W4WRY /64W545 Monica /R) Barry Shelton The Ferry Building Gallery hosted a reception July 31 to mark the opening of 25 Years, 25 Artists, part of the 25th annual Harmony Arts Festival, which also launched for 2015 that evening. The art exhibition features the works of 25 local artists, celebrating excellence in the arts and sense of community the festival has fostered over the last two-and-a-half decades. Each painting was created on a 24-inch by 24-inch canvas or wood panel and was collectively assembled in sequence, inspired by the surrealist game, cadavre exquis or exquisite corpse. The exhibition runs until Aug. 16. The Harmony Arts Festival continues through Sunday boasting an array of live music, cinema, art and food offerings daily along West Vancouver’s waterfront. harmonyarts.ca ferrybuildinggallery.com

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CALENDAR From page 13

will be on display from Aug. 11 to 30. Opening reception: Tuesday, Aug. 11, 6-7 p.m.

multimedia presentations until Aug. 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.

Corvus & Wolf: A solo exhibition of sculptures in wire, rubber and wood by Lee Roberts will run from Aug. 18 to Sept. 6. Opening reception: Tuesday, Aug. 18, 6-8 p.m.

Meet the artist: Saturday, Aug. 22, 2-3 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.

STARFIRE STUDIO 6607 Royal Ave., West Vancouver. 604-922-5510 starfireattheferries.com

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

JOHN LAWSON PARK Foot of 16th Street, West Vancouver.

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 until Aug. 9. Info: harmonyarts. ca.

LYNNMOUR ART STUDIO AND GALLERY 301-1467 Crown St., North Vancouver. Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. or by appointment.

604-929-4001 nsartists. ca/garyeder Contemporary and Abstract Paintings by Gordon Oliver, Robert Botlak and GaryW. Eder.

RON ANDREWS COMMUNITY SPACE 931 Lytton St., North Vancouver. 604-987-8873 or 604-347-8922 Near and FarInspiration from Home and Away: Landscape

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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 grown will run until Aug. 24.

In the Gallery: An exhibition that demonstrates the wide variety of media, styles and approaches used byWestVancouver District art teachers in the creation of their own work will run from Aug. 27 to Oct. 19.

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■ The Gift.Written and directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall. Rating: 8 (out of 10) JULIE CRAWFORD ContributingWriter

The Gift is a horror-story for those of us of a certain age who are old enough to have buried those embarrassing and traumatic missteps of high school, but not too old to have forgotten them completely.

Remember those offhand or insensitive comments you lobbed at easy targets? Those things you regretted saying but didn’t have the guts to apologize for? Or maybe you are an upstanding citizen now but were an outright bully back in the day.

Beware then, people like Gordo.

Robyn and Simon (Rebecca Hall, Jason Bateman) move into a swank new home hoping for a new start.

Maybe this time Robyn will get her anxiety under control and Simon will get that big promotion at work, and perhaps the twosome can finally start a family.

After the move the couple bumps into Gordon Moseley, “Gordo” (Joel Edgerton), an acquaintance of Simon’s from high school. Gordo’s first gift is an expensive bottle of wine, and frequent drop-in visits to the couple’s home — particularly when Robyn is alone — follow.

“I believe the bad things in life, they can be a gift,” says Gordo, directly to Simon.

Gordo is awkward but inoffensive: Robyn doesn’t want to hurt his feelings. Simon wants nothing to do with him. But Gordo is one of those persistent, See One-man page 26

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BOOKS

Elvis Costello’s Stiff debut the stuff of legend ■ Elvis is King: Costello’s My Aim isTrue by Richard Crouse. ECW Press, 2015, 126 pages.

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Elvis Costello was precocious and ambitious, to say the least, says Richard Crouse in his new monograph on the making

of the classic album My Aim is True.

Released in 1977, Costello’s 12-track, 32minute angry-man manifesto came out in a banner year for rock music which also saw long player debuts from the likes of the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Richard Hell, Television andTalking Heads, to name just a few.

This was the heyday

of punk, when everything came to a head, and it’s a wonder that Costello got noticed at all.With a wife and child in the suburbs Declan MacManus was not a punk for starters but he had something about him that Stiff Records thought they could use.

In the beginning they weren’t really sure how to market him (at one point

they were planning to release a two-fer album with Costello on one side and Wreckless Eric on the other) but Elvis had an in-your-face quality that could not be denied.

Label boss Jake Riviera noticed early on that his young charge was exceptionally loud just sitting next to him. Imagine what would happen when they put

a band behind him.

Clover, a veteran California country rock band, just happened to be hanging out in London and had some time on their hands.They had the chops to power through Costello’s tight, intense tunes at Pathway Studio with producer Nick Lowe making sure everything had a live off the floor feel.

There were many obstacles along the way to making a rock star but everybody involved was was working from the same script.With the tracks down and a name change Elvis Costello came into the world almost fully formed. By the time Clover returned to London the following year their friend was already famous.

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Festival focuses on the three E’s

Former fashion designer champions sustainability n 3E Film Festival, Aug. 10, 11, 17 and 18, 7-9:30 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver.

Tickets: adults $20 each or $60 festival pass; students $12 each or $36 festival pass. Admission includes beverage and canapés. 3efestival.org CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

FASHION FILE Our weekly roundup of fashion and beauty events and activities. page 23

When Lucinda Jones brushes her teeth in the morning, she looks out a window with a partial view of Howe Sound and Bowen Island.

“There’s a little patch of blue that I can see, some little boats sometimes,” says the Caulfeild resident.

With the body of water so close to home, Jones is passionate about preserving its long-term environmental health and has major concerns about the proposal from Woodfibre LNG to construct a liquefied natural gas plant and export terminal in Squamish at the head of the fjord.

“It’s an important issue for people to just simply make a little bit of time for,” she says.

To raise awareness of the proposal, Jones has spent the last year organizing the 3E Film Festival. The four-day affair at Kay Meek Centre encourages dialogue among members of the surrounding communities and explores alternatives to the LNG project.

“There’s going to be a lot of exposure of very successful renewable energy systems and utility systems and utilization that is currently well-used around the world,” Jones explains.

Each of the four evenings will focus on a theme: Energy (Aug. 10), Environment (Aug. 11), Economics (Aug. 17) and Investing in Our Future (Aug. 18), and will feature a lineup of short films and speakers that address that theme. Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Jay Ritchlin of the David Suzuki Foundation and SFU professor of public policy Doug McArthur are among the dozen guest speakers.

Raised in Canada and New Zealand, Jones enjoyed a long career in the fashion industry before turning her attention to environmental activism.

“I did fashion design and it was fabulous because I love textiles and I fell in love with silk. That was the fabric that seemed to just so embellish my ideas and patterns,” she says.

After graduating from the Wellington Polytechnic School of Fashion in New Zealand, Jones spent three years sailing through Australasia to see the world and source silks for her clothing collections.

In 1978, she settled in Vancouver and started a business importing silk textiles and selling them to See Jones 23

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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.

John Lawson Park @ 7:30 p.m.

UPCOMING WEEKEND PERFORMANCES: Friday, August 7 John Reischman and The Jaybirds Saturday, August 8 En Karma Sunday, August 9 Bobby Bruce’s Nearly Neil & The Solitary Band

BOBBY B NEARLY NRUCE’S SOLITARY EIL & THE BAND

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Fashion File FRESH ST. ART MARKET is open Aug. 7-9 on Argyle Avenue between 14th and 16th streets in West Vancouver as part of the 25th annual Harmony Arts Festival. 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. harmonyarts.ca

LIONS GATE QUILTERS GUILD meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s and St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, 2641 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver.

New members welcome.

604-926-7098 or lionsgatequiltersguild.com NORTH SHORE NEEDLE ARTS GUILD Needlework/embroidery, both traditional and modern, is enthusiastically enjoyed and shared by a friendly group every

second Thursday of the month at St. Martin’s Anglican Church Hall, 195 E.Windsor Rd. North Vancouver. Beginners welcome. 604-990-9122 THRIFTY CHIC The Thrift Shop at Mount Seymour United Church (1200 Parkgate Ave.) is open Thursdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Half price sale on selected goods every week. mtseymourunited.com Compiled by Christine Lyon Send North Shore fashion info to clyon@nsnews.com.

Jones co-founded WHEN From page 21 designers and fabric stores across Canada.

“Silk was this rare commodity that was kind of a refined thing that you might have a ballroom gown or something made of,” Jones explains.

She had the imported silk pre-washed and dyed to her specifications and marketed it as a washable fabric to encourage more retailers to keep it in stock.

“I ended up selling to most fabric stores across the country,” she says.

Thanks to her import business, Jones was able to build up enough capital to open a studio on Broadway in Vancouver and created a

high-end men’s loungewear collection that she sold into the U.S. market.

When she had children, she closed her fashion house and focused her energy on parenting and the environment. Over the last three decades, Jones has been involved in a lengthy list of environmental causes, including co-founding WHEN (the Worldwide Home Environmentalists’ Network), which lobbied West Vancouver to introduce the Blue Box program in the 1980s.

Jones says it’s important for people to take responsibility for the area of the world in which they live.

“If you’ve got the capability to also be engaged in other places in the world and have a passion for other situations in the world, that’s great, but let’s not forget that Canada is just as much at risk as anywhere else in the world,” she says.

Jones is hopeful those who attend the film festival will think beyond their own generation and consider long-term, sustainable energy solutions.

“I hope that people get a better sense of the potential of what we can secure for our youth and for future generations,” she says.

For a complete schedule of films and speakers, visit 3efestival.org.

HOLLYBURN HOUSE SENIORS’ SERIES Filling the park with jazz, dixieland and classical music are the sounds of the Hollyburn House Seniors’ Series by Revera Retirement Living. This year’s performances, all held on the West Vancouver Community Foundation Stage, bring a new sound to some favourite classics that’ll definitely have you singing along.

UPCOMING WEEKEND PERFORMANCES: Arnt Arntzen Trio DATE: Sunday, August 9 • 2–4 p.m.

LOCATION: John Lawson Park RIO GARDEN CONCERT SERIES NTZEN T ARNT AR Come early and stay late for the PARC Retirement Living Garden Concert Series. With live music happening all day and night on the Parc Retirement Living Garden Stage, there are performances to fit every musical taste!

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The Tourist Company SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 1:00 p.m.

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VISUAL ARTS INTENSE THE HEAT Intense the Heat, designed by Matthew Soules Architecture and sponsored by the Ledcor Group, is a temporary installation located on Ambleside Pier. A series of intertwining fabric shapes are inflated and illuminated as a form of spatialized architectural ornament to be experienced while strolling the pier or gazing from the shore. The fabric shapes and their internal air velocity manifest the form and character of dynamic energetic systems. The total volume of this threedimensional ornament references the amount of oil that contaminated Burrard Inlet during the last major spill in 1973.

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Artists set sail on a slow boat to China Access Gallery program sends participants to Shanghai on freighters

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Access Gallery, in partnership with the Burrard Arts Foundation and Contraste Art Agency, is providing a new twist on an artist in residency. They’re putting up artists on cargo ships for the Twenty-three Days at Sea: A Travelling Artist Residency.

Providing a conventional artist in residency to emerging artists in Vancouver is cost prohibitive for Access Gallery, which was established as an artist-run centre in 1991, so it’s sending artists from Vancouver to Shanghai on freighters instead.

The three-week voyage provides artists a unique experience of time and space on an uncommonly slow journey, plays onVancouver’s position as a port city on

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the edge of the Pacific Rim and allows artists access to a largely unseen world.

“The ports and the global shipping industry are completely invisible to us, even though it’s unthinkable how we’d live our lives without global shipping,” says curator Kimberly Phillips.

Organizers expected to receive 200 submissions for the opportunity but instead received nearly 900, “from the deeply political to the totally poetic,” Phillips said.

The residency was only advertised on one

international website, but word travelled far and wide, said Phillips, whose friends saw it in Paris and the Ukraine.

“It seemed to clearly resonate with people, no matter where you were from, whether it was Brazil or Russia, this idea of what a cargo ship could represent — it seemed like a conduit, talking about our contemporary world and your place within it,” she says.

Access Gallery was going to offer the opportunity to one artist, then two and then

four. Now it’s launching a Kickstarter campaign (https://www.kickstarter.com/ projects/1705249217/twentythree-days-at-sea-a-travellingartist-resid) to raise money to offer cargo ship residencies to four artists a year for three years.

Access Gallery plans to host an exhibit of the first four artists’ works, and musings in the travel logs, they will all receive next May or June and each year thereafter, ideally with a large-scale publication that gathers all of the images with commissioned text

written by emerging and established writers at the end of three years to accompany a touring exhibition.

According to Phillips, securing space on cargo ships was simple. Ships often sell tickets to civilians for one or two cabins, so Access Gallery purchased tickets that cost around $3,000 for the oneway trip, flying artists back to Vancouver from Shanghai.

The first artist to set sail, Elisa Ferrari, returned in July.

Ferrari initially was concerned about having patchy access to the Internet aboard the ship, but she soon

found it irrelevant.

She expected to think and read during her threeweek residency, but became fascinated with the daily duties of sailors instead.

“It’s like a category of people that’s totally hidden, what they do,” she says.

“There are lots of stories and romantic ideas about sailors and being at sea, but actually, it’s not that romantic.”

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Concerts in Cates: Free outdoor concerts Saturdays until Aug. 29, 2-5 p.m. Each concert will feature three local bands and the final concert will showcase nine singer/ songwriters. Schedule: Aug. 8,The Flying Fish Mongers, Lotus BC, Echo Nebraska; Aug. 15,Wallgrin, Chersea, Pedwell; Aug. 22,West of Memphis, Bre McDaniel, Fallbrigade; and Aug. 29, Vicky Sjohall,The Echos, CJ Nash, Sam Cave, Saul Chabot, Robynne Dreyer, KC Jones,Taboo Queen, Ranj Singh.

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604-363-5370 jane@nsrj.ca GARDEN STAGE Millennium Park, foot of 15th Street, West Vancouver.

Harmony Arts Festival — Garden Concerts: Free daily outdoor performances.

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 Turner. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

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Ferrari was curious about cargo ships when she grew up, helping out at her family’s factory in a town near Milan, wondering where all the containers came from.

She worked for her family’s business near Shanghai in 2008 and was interested in retracing her steps and expressing what she found and experienced once she arrived in Shanghai, with some detachment.

TheVancouver-based artist says she typically works to uncover disparities between historical documentation and experience in her practice.

p.m. Partial proceeds from the sale of the CD will go to Parkinson Society B.C. and Cerebral Palsy Association B.C. LONSDALE QUAY 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver. lonsdalequay.com SummerFest 2015: Free live concerts featuring a different music genre each week Sundays and holidays, 1-3 p.m. Schedule: Aug.

She works with archival fragments of text, image and videography.

Ferrari expects she’ll create a short video or a mixed-media installation with sound recordings from the ship that “considers the contradictions between growing up in an industrial complex” and then spending most of her time thinking about art, the relationships between the two, and her privilege.

Nour Bishouty set sail on her excursion Aug. 4.

Phillips says the artist who was born in Jordan and is currently based in Beirut is more object based. She typically distills her ideas into things and often

explores a lack of belonging.

Christopher Boyne, who grew up around boats in Halifax and is an accomplished sailor, will board a cargo ship in September. Boyne uses photography and sculpture to consider how fleeting experience can be distilled through recall into form.

“The thing he’s most excited about is that moment where you see horizon on all sides,” Phillips says. “The land falls away and there’s literally nothing except for sea and sky.”

Amaara Raheem, a Sri Lankan-born artist who lives between Melbourne and London, U.K. will sail west in April.

“I hope this offers [the artists] an incredibly generative experience, a profoundly changing experience and one that allows them to look within and dig into a place that they haven’t before,” Phillips says. “I hope that this project offers all of the audiences that will view it a series of really beautiful nuanced and diverse responses to this strange experience that most of us will never have, but, in fact, that most of us are all implicated with.”

For more information on 23 Days at Sea visit accessgallery.ca/23daysatsea/ and for updates go to www.facebook.com/ 23DaysResidency.

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).

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,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.

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omnipresent people who can’t take a hint. “You’re being forced into a breakup,” counsels one of the couple’s more socially acceptable friends.

After a particularly strange dinner invitation, Simon has had enough.

“After all these years I was willing to let bygones be bygones,” Gordo counters.

The menace starts, as these things invariably do, with animal endangerment. But Robyn may be even more vulnerable than the dog or the fish in their koi pond.

Things are always more terrifying when the place most often invaded is our own home. Kudos to filmmakers, notably director of photography Eduard Grau, for maintaining that feeling of low-grade dread through Robyn’s daylight hours: it’s significant, since over time she realizes that the real danger may lie much closer to home.

Nonetheless Robyn ignores the warning signals in all the silly ways women do: “It’s probably all in my head,” “I’m sure it’s nothing.” While Simon, an artful liar, avoids her questions about those “bygones” to which Gordo refers.

This is a one-man show from Edgerton, who not only wrote and directed for the first time, but also produces and stars as the fantastically creepy “Gordo the Weirdo”. One step to the left or right from any of the three leads and the whole thing would have collapsed as too silly or far-fetched.

But Hall is just the right dose of fragile; Bateman a completely realistic bully, both at home and in the corporate playground.

(Bateman has been building up to playing the bad guy, most recently aiming F-bombs at kids in Bad Words, but here he lets his inner villain loose.)

“You think you’re done with the past but the past is not done with you.” Try to avoid the trailer, which gives too much away. And above all, whether you were mean to someone back in high school or told a lie to get promoted, make the apologies to the Gordos in your life and then go see The Gift.

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CALENDAR From page 26 resources/communityconcerts.aspx.

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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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Aug. 8, Mostly Marley (reggae); Aug. 15, Persons of Interest (Irish); Aug. 22, David James and Big River (Johnny Cash tribute); and Aug. 29,The Boom Booms (party Brazilian and rock). Info: cnv.org/ summersessionslineup.

Harmony Arts Festival — Sunset Concert Series: Free nightly outdoor performances at 7:30 p.m. Schedule: Aug. 7, John Reischman and The Jaybirds; Aug. 8, En Karma; and Aug. 9, Bobby Bruce’s Nearly Neil and The Solitary Band. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

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, 10:3011:30 a.m.Tickets: $20/$15.

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Dino DiNicolo will perform a solo show Sunday, Aug. 16, 4-7 p.m.

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Flamenco Dancers will perform Friday, Aug. 7, 7-9 p.m.

Open Mic Jam every Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.

JACK LONSDALE’S PUB 1433 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-986-7333 Live Music: Every Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m.

MIST ULTRA BAR 105-100 Park Royal, West Vancouver. 604-926-2326 DJs spin classic dance music from the ’80s, ’90s and today.

NARROWS PUB 1979 Spicer Rd., North Vancouver.

QUEENS CROSS PUB 2989 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. queenscross.com Adam Woodall will perform acoustic music every Sunday, 8-11 p.m.

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Live MusicWednesday, Friday and Saturday; Mostly Marley will perform every Sunday, 7 p.m.

SAILOR HAGAR’S BREW PUB 235 West First St., North Vancouver. 604-984-3087 Live Music every Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

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CAPILANO LIBRARY 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. 604-9874471 x8175 nvdpl.ca Now Playing at the Library: Tomorrowland (all ages) will be screened Thursday, Aug. 13, 6-8:30 p.m. and Hook (all ages) will show Saturday, Aug. 22, 2-4 p.m.

CHAPTERS Metrotown, Burnaby.

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Galleries need to go online as well From page 12

pretty much tapping into that network via online resources, sort of using the online to better reach their customers.”

He says galleries too will need to market themselves online if they want to be part of the future.

“In a way they’re acting very much like artist’s too. They’re not coming online properly, they’re not doing their social media properly and that’s why a lot of them are going to go backwards.”

This year marks Higginson’s fifth year in a row speaking at the Harmony Arts Festival since moving from

Australia’s Gold Coast. He says the art scene in the city and around the North Shore itself is one of the reasons he hasn’t returned home in over half a decade.

“The art community here is amazing I love it and always have and it’s probably the reason I haven’t been home in six and a half years, (that’s) kind of upsetting in a lot of ways but no I really do love it here. The North Shore art community is something else. It really is.”

Higginson’s talk on the Business Basics of Art takes place on Sunday, Aug. 9 in the Ferry Building Gallery tents, the last day of the Harmony Arts Festival this year.

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Family Movie Nights: Bring a blanket or picnic chairs for free outdoor familyfriendly movies. Schedule: Aug. 7, 9 p.m., Big Hero 6 and Aug. 21, 8:30 p.m., Finding Nemo. Info: nvcl.ca.

JOHN LAWSON PARK Foot of 16th Street, West Vancouver.

Harmony Arts Festival — Cinema in the Park: An outdoor movie experience at 9 p.m. Schedule: Aug. 7, Dirty Dancing; and Aug. 8,The Sandlot. Info: harmonyarts.ca.

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

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Straight Outta Compton (18A) — Thur 9:50 p.m.

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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.

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rivals to the ST are pretty tame — the VW GTI, for instance, is a relatively genteel machine. Ford’s version is no wallflower, shouting its intentions to the world with a huge front grille, Lamborghini-ish centre-exit exhaust, and available rally-stripes.

On the plus side, people see you coming. On the negative side, people with badges see you coming.

That centre-exit exhaust is also a pain for anyone who would wish to upgrade their muffler, as most aftermarket

US Pricing out for Focus RS Not satisfied with producing two of the best hot hatchbacks currently for sale in the market, Ford is adding a third branch to their turbocharged family tree. Likely you’ve already heard about it: the Focus RS brings 350 horsepower and all-wheel-drive to the range, as well as lunacy like a Ken Block style “Drift Mode.” Sounds fun.

Well, the pricing is out and this is no bargain STI-beater. In the United States, the RS will start at $35,730, with navigation and 19-inch alloys pushing the price above $42,000.

Canadian pricing isn’t out yet, but based on relative costs for the Mustang and our falling dollar (the RS will be built in Germany and imported from there), expect the RS to start just under $40,000 here, or

See Focus page 34

See Professional page 35

2015 Ford Focus ST

Hot hatch stands out

BRENDAN MCALEER Contributing writer

The Ford Focus is a sensibly-sized and practical hatchback, suitable for ferrying around children and picking up the week’s groceries.

Wait.

What’s with the rallystripes?

Ah, but this is the Focus ST, an overboosted hooligan with big wheels, big brakes, punchy turbocharged acceleration, and a face like a disgruntled catfish. It’s a genuine

hot hatch, complete with seats that wouldn’t be out of place in the Shelby Mustangs.

Ford has a long history of quick compacts overseas, but its North American audience is still getting used to these.When we think “fast Ford,” we usually think “Mustang,” but something with four doors and a usable hatchback is sometimes far more practical.

With the incoming all-wheel-drive Focus RS currently stealing the headlines for its STIbeating power output and

hoonish “Drift Mode,” here’s a look at the regular strength fast Ford. It’s quick, but how does it work as an all-rounder?

Design Building on the standard Focus is good news for the ST — already a sharp and stylish design, the Focus recently benefitted from a refresh including a new front end and restyled 18-inch wheels.The ST’s headlights now include standard LED daytime running lights, and a power bulge in the hood.

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Focus ST can manage to fly under radar From page 33

offerings look completely silly when bolted on.

Despite the big grille and obvious wheels, the ST can still manage to fly under the radar in a neutral colour.

Environment Here again the ST benefits from its regular Focus roots, with a usable four-doored hatchback body.The trunk is a little on the small side for some duties, and strapping in a rear car seat gets a bit onerous as the rear parcel shelf is tricky to remove.

Apart from that, it’s a regular little hatch, and that means holding seats for a hockey practice, or room enough to pick up three friends from the airport.

Let whomever is your best friend ride up front.

The front Recaros for both driver and passenger are some of the most aggressive seats ever fitted to a mainstream car.The side-bolstering is huge, to the point that some everyday users might actually find it a tad uncomfortable. If you hit

the twisty bits, though, they’re wonderful, keeping you firmly strapped in place.

MyFord Touch continues to improve, but can still be considered to be the Achilles’ heel of the Focus. Screen fonts are small, and a bit of a reach while on the move.

However, voice commands work far better than on the system’s original rollout, and while the learning curve is a bit steep, the system works well with familiarity.

Performance Under the Focus’ new hood is the familiar 2.0-litre turbocharged engine, punching out 252 horsepower and 270 foot-pounds of torque.

Much more than what’s on offer from rivals at VW or Honda, the ST’s straight-line performance is strong, punctuated by more than a hint of torque steer scrabble.

As a highway car, the no-shift passing response is very good. Lots of lowend torque means you can just leave the manual-only

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The advantage of having a dedicated European performance arm for decades is that Ford’s hatchback offerings have been fighting off a much larger competitive segment than we experience in North America. Here, we contrast the ST against the

GTI.There, they’ve got Peugeots and Renaults to contend with as well.

The closest rival for power-on thrust might be the Mazdaspeed3, a car on borrowed time, but unlike Mazda, Ford doesn’t tame the torque steer inherent in front-wheel-drive cars

by cutting turbo boost.

Instead, a trick front suspension and brake-based torque vectoring give the ST a chance to really bite into the corner and then scrabble out the other side.

The more aggressive you are, the happier it gets — and the bigger the tire bill.

That’s not all. Most hot hatchbacks display nice safe understeer if you push them a bit hard. Ford, on the other hand, has engineered in lift-off oversteer into their little hooligan. Pop off the accelerator sharply mid-corner, and the back end comes around like it’s on casters.This behaviour feels tamed compared to the first editions of the ST, but is still present and still something you won’t find elsewhere.

Overall, it’s a faster and more thrilling driving experience than you get from the more buttoned-down Germanic competition. Fly under the radar in the latter, or by the seat of your pants in this thing: it’s your choice.

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Hatchback offers engaging drive From page 34

Features The optional go-faster stripes from Ford add 100 h.p. each. Proven fact.

Besides that, the ST is very well-equipped standard, with the only real options being navigation and a package containing dual-zone climate control

and a 10-speaker audio upgrade.The latter is as punchy as the ST’s turbocharged engine, but subtracts trunk space with a rear-mounted subwoofer.

Official fuel economy figures for the ST are quite good at 7.3 litres/100 kilometres on the highway, and 10.2 l/100 km in the city. Observed real-world

economy is really going to depend on how often you ignore the upshift indicator and just floor it, but the ST can handle a gentle commute without being too painful at the pump.

grippy seats.

the Fiesta ST.

Stop sign Seats maybe a little too grippy; occasionally frustrating infotainment; and polarizing looks.

Green light Characterful, engaging drive; usable passenger and cargo space; and

The checkered flag A hot hatch hooligan that stands out. It’s biggest true rival might actually be

Competitors Volkswagen GTI ($27,995) When you think hot hatches, this is the yardstick. In the same way that everyone measures their new entry-level luxury sedan against the BMW 3-series, the VW GTI is the one to beat.

As an all-rounder, it’s more reserved than the Focus, better at flying under the radar in a neutral colour. As a device for producing plenty of fun, the ST’s added power and tendency to lift-throttle oversteer is way more American hooliganism than reserved Teutonic precision.

Pick your poison!

Professional rider goes dirtbike surfing From page 33

perhaps only be available in that higher trim for $45,000.

That’s a lot, but considering how well VW was able to do with their similarly-priced but far less powerful Golf R, expect the ultimate Focus to be hard to get your hands on.

A new era of turbocharging at Porsche Once upon a time, identifying a turbocharged Porsche was an easy prospect for your average bystander. Likely, it had an enormous whale-tail.

It probably was getting an enormous traffic ticket.

And, most importantly, it said Turbo on the back.

But not anymore.

The Macan small SUV

launched with a choice of two turbocharged V-6 engines, but only the more powerful version received the Turbo badge.

“Turbo” at Porsche was now not just a descriptor of the engineering going on underhood, but a tool of the marketing team. A trim level.

When the new Boxster and Cayman hit the streets, Porsche will be turning up the boost on the entire range. According to CAR magazine in the United Kingdom, a new base 2.0litre flat-four will be making 240 h.p., with a 2.5-litre flat-four making 300 h.p. in S trim and perhaps as high as 370 h.p. in GTS-spec.

These are figures you can get out of a Ford Escape EcoBoost, a Subaru STI, and a Mercedes-Benz

GLA45 AMG, respectively.

Fuel economy will be up.

Sales will probably go up a little too. It remains the end of an era.

Nissan Juke-R 2.0 — 17 more lunatics coming The Nissan Juke-R is one of the silliest vehicles ever created. Take the powertrain from a Nissan GT-R, take the shell of a Juke mini-crossover, and mix the two together to create a pint-sized serving of insanity like a flea on methamphetamines.

It’s wonderfully off the wall, and now there’s a new one. This time, Nissan’s United Kingdom division is using the GT-R Nismo’s twin-turbo V-6, meaning it’s putting out something like 600 h.p. Good grief.

Production plans are in

effect, with just 17 or fewer cars planned, at a cost which will actually likely be above that of a standard GT-R. What do you need to own one? Luck, money, and a sense of humour.

Hitchbot meets his fateful end Canada’s hitchhiking robot is deader than a Philly cheesesteak. After countless miles travelling across Canada and Europe as part of a social experiment about social media and interactions with robots, the cheery little bot was decapitated in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love. Brotherly, apparently, not extending to robots.

It’s a real shame and a surprise to exactly nobody — you take your

chances out on the road, and the Eastern United States can get rough in its metropolises. However, it looks like Hitchbot’s research team isn’t that upset about the affair, and hardly expected their robot to make it this far.

At present, fans of the little electronic hobo are outraged, so whoever performed the nefarious deed, watch out.

From the web: Pro rider Robbie Maddison goes dirtbike surfing Your must-see video this week features professional dirt-bike rider Robbie Maddison abandoning the hills of earth for something bluer and wavey-er. Not content with getting air on the land, he’s fitted a scoop-laden tire to the back

of his motocross-cycle and headed for the ocean.

There, he proceeds to take a motorcycle surfing.

Honestly, don’t people have enough to do these days?

You can find the video onYouTube under the DC Shoes channel, as “Robbie Maddison’s Pipe Dream.”

It’s worth it just to see the looks on the faces of surfers standing by to catch their next wave, when a motorbike goes zipping by.

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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