North Shore News August 21 2015

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Crash pilot was drunk: coroner BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The captain flying the small cargo plane that crashed in the North Shore Mountains in April was drunk at the time, according to toxicology results released by the BC Coroners Service.

Robert Brandt, 34, had a blood/alcohol level of .24 — three times higher than what would result in criminal charges for a driver on the road. Copilot Kevin Wang, who was also killed in the crash, had no drugs or alcohol in his system.

“It gives us a big piece of information to work with with regard to the

pilot’s performance. In determining the cause, this is one piece of an equation.

If there are other things found that complicate it, we have to put that in our analysis,” said Bill Yearwood, Transportation Safety Board spokesman.

Carson Air flight 66 took off from Vancouver International Airport around 7 a.m. on April 13 with a load of banking documents bound for Prince George. The twin engine Swearingen Merlin III plane disappeared from radar about five kilometres north of Mount Seymour roughly 10 minutes later.

There was no emergency See Plane page 5

Lions Gate bump spreads traffic misery BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The Lions Gate Bridge “bump” being blamed for this week’s traffic nightmare and transit disarray should be fixed

by Friday morning, according to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

Crews installed the 4.5-centimetre plate at the south end of the bridge to accommodate maintenance work being done on the

bridge’s joints underneath.

But cars and buses slamming on their brakes led to a chain reaction that choked traffic in all directions for kilometers.

To avoid the mess, TransLink rerouted its 240, 241, 246 and 247 buses to the SeaBus but with only two SeaBuses on the water, crowds were lined up well outside the terminal at peak periods.

TransLink announced See Crews page 3

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Double dipping irks N. Van firefighters Rehiring of chiefs on contract stymies promoting through ranks, union says BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

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The union that represents District of North Vancouver firefighters is raising concern about assistant chiefs in the department who have retired and been hired back on contract.

Double dipping — collecting a pension and salary — has been a sensitive issue with the public in recent years but the union says the problem is more about succession planning.

Assistant chiefs Mike Cairns and Jim Bonneville both retired in July and were hired back on oneyear contracts. Former North Vancouver City Fire Department deputy chief Dave Burgess has also been brought in as an assistant chief for one year.

“We just stumbled across it. I don’t know why they kept it a big secret,” said Brian Leavold, president of the International Association of Firefighters local 1183.

“It just seems that it’s kind of stifling any progression or succession planning for anyone that might want to be a chief.”

Unionized firefighters fought “long and hard” to get an earlier retirement age because of the high risks and exposure they face in the job.

“You can get a decent pension at 60 instead of staying until 65 because our lifespan is that much shorter than the average working person,” Leavold said. “It’s nothing personal against those guys but eventually someone is going to say “Why do firefighters get to retire at 60 if they’re all coming back and doubledipping anyhow?”

The district should be focusing on training up and promoting current members through the ranks, Leavold said.

Contracted retirees also collect from the pension plan without contributing more to it while on contract, which the union takes issue with.

District of North Vancouver CAO David Stuart said the district has a policy to allow for double dipping but only for exceptional and temporary circumstances.

In this case, the department was hit with two retirements in a short period.

Management asked Cairns to stay on to mentor his eventual replacement in fire prevention. Bonneville is in charge of the department’s maintenance section, which could be going through structural changes in the near future and may need continuity, Stuart said.

“What we’re really doing is trying to ensure we have the bench strength that we need in the interim period while we train or bring people up … and hopefully within the year, we’ll have all those positions filled on a regular, full-time basis,” Stuart said.

Complicating matters, the assistant chief positions have been difficult to fill, he added. “One of the union members who applied for the job actually decided after a very short time he didn’t want to stay as an assistant chief so all of a sudden, we had two vacancies,” Stuart said. “We’re in the process of filling those vacancies and we are looking at internal candidates.”

Assistant chiefs have significantly more responsibility but a less flexible work schedule without “a lot of increase” in pay, Stuart said.

As for the costs, double dipping actually saves taxpayers money as the contract salaries are a lower cost than full-time ones without benefits, Stuart said. “The fact that someone is collecting a pension for which they and their employer contributed to, whether it was us or somebody else, is quite immaterial to be quite frank.”

The district’s engineering department has “one or two” cases of retirees remaining on contract, Stuart said.

District fire chief Victor Penman did not respond to request for comment by North Shore News deadline.

Crews working to flatten bridge bump From page 1 shortly before noon on Thursday that a third SeaBus, which had been receiving scheduled maintenance, would be in service for the afternoon rush hour, and that regular service should resume by Friday.

To fix the mess, ministry crews are in effect flattening out the Lions Gate bump by building a longer and smoother transition over the bridge joint.

“The work will include widening the cover area by an additional six feet (about three feet on each side), and placing more rubber surfacing over the metal plates,” said Sonia Lowe, the ministry’s public affairs officer. “We regret that the design of the bump that was in place

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Transportation Minister Todd Stone was not taking calls on the matter

Thursday.

City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto said he was on the receiving end of complaints from commuters.

“I get the phone calls and I’m as frustrated as the drivers because I can’t do anything about it,” he said.

“The bridges are already at such a high capacity, all you need is one little mishap and it just shuts the system down.”

The best solution to the traffic, Mussatto said, would be increasing transit service to beckon more people out of their cars — like the three B-Lines, 10-minute SeaBus service and an increase in regular bus service the North Shore would have received if the TransLink vote had passed.

“You reduce the amount of automobiles on the road by two to three per cent, you get a 10 to 15 per cent reduction in congestion,” he said.

“There’s no light at the end of the tunnel because the referendum was shot down so it’s going to be more of the same for years.”

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Plane crash investigation ongoing From page 1 distress call from the pilot and the plane had no cockpit voice or data recording systems.

North Shore Rescue volunteers found the wreckage near Coliseum Mountain later that evening and helped recover the bodies the next day.

The coroner carries out toxicology tests on all pilots as a matter of course. The coroner decided to release the information this week as rumours about the crash were beginning to spread.

The crash remains under investigation by the Transportation Safety Board. The final report,

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investigators said the plane plummeted from an altitude of 2,400 metres to about 900 metres — the height at which the wreckage was found — in less than 20 seconds.

“What we know is that the aircraft broke apart in-flight. That didn’t necessarily indicate mechanical problems. It certainly could be one of the reasons for it, but we know that the aircraft had descended very rapidly and the break-up is consistent with an aircraft that was descending quite rapidly,” Yearwood said.

Though he did not have an exact number,Yearwood said plane crashes where

intoxication is a factor are rare.

Pilots are expected to ground themselves if they are unfit to fly in any way,Yearwood said. That could be due to health issues, stress or any level of intoxication. Unofficially, pilots like to say “eight hours, bottle to throttle.”

“That’s a common rule, but it doesn’t mean that if you give it eight hours and you’re still intoxicated, you can go flying,”Yearwood said.

Carson Air has not yet responded to a request for comment. The company has no previous crashes or investigations.

NV man’s body pulled from Osoyoos Lake BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The BC Coroners Service has identified the North Vancouver man who drowned in Osoyoos Lake in June as 34-year-old Samen Pirzadeh-TabaeiZavareh.

Pirzadeh-Tabaei-Zavareh and a passenger were out on a personal watercraft on

June 28 when they capsized in strong winds and high waves.

The passenger, also from the North Shore, was rescued by a passing boat but Pirzadeh-TabaeiZavareh never surfaced.

RCMP dive teams searched for several days but were unable to find his body.

It wasn’t until a private search team with side scan

sonar technology made the trip up from Idaho that Pirzadeh-Tabaei-Zavareh was found on Sunday.

RCMP said at the time he was not wearing a life jacket. Impairment from drugs or alcohol was not considered a factor.

Pirzadeh-TabaeiZavareh’s family has been notified and is requesting privacy.

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Car free S

aturday marks Car Free Day in the City of North Vancouver with Lonsdale Avenue below Fourth Street blocked off for a street festival.

After what many around here are considering the worst traffic hell we’ve seen on the North Shore in years, an event promising no cars is not a moment too soon.

We recommend everyone hop on a bus, bicycle, dog sled, horse or fly board and head down.

It’s a very liberating experience to walk up the middle of the street where normally you’d be squished like a grape. The event promises food, entertainment, vendors and a sense of community you simply can’t get from the confines of your home (or vehicle).

But Car Free Day isn’t just an opportunity to have the most fun you can legally have on Lonsdale. Its original

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purpose is to challenge us to think about the relationship we have with the automobile.

For much of the last hundred years, our cities and, by extension, our collective lifestyle, has been planned around the car. Petroleum-based fuel was cheap and plentiful. Climate change was unheard of and the solution to traffic was always to build more lanes for more cars.

Unfortunately, we’re now living with the consequences of that thinking.

We aren’t so naïve any more.

With the TransLink plebiscite kiboshed, we’ve collectively missed the bus on helping ourselves out of this mess in the short term but it’s never too late to start thinking about the future (and have a little fun while doing it). After the transportation hell we experienced this week, that should be easy.

See you Saturday.

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Gas pump stickers a futile exercise

Dear Editor: After reading City Residents to Ponder Gas Pump Warning Labels on page A11 of the July 24 North Shore News, I was left aghast.The implication of putting endangered species labels on gas pumps, of course, is that motorized vehicle users will feel guilty and drive their vehicles less. Good idea, except that much of the greenhouse gas emission challenge in the Lower Mainland lies elsewhere.

Construction, as is rampant in our lovely corner of the world, is a more significant contributor here to GHG emissions than is personal motorized vehicle use, when the analysis is done properly. At every stage of the

process involved to put up a new building, whether a multi-thousand-square-foot residential monstrosity, a steel-and-glass replica of the many dozens of other skyscrapers already jutting toward the Pacific coast sky, or massive strip malls on otherwise pristine animal habitats, fossil fuels in vast amounts are being burned. Logging, the processing of wood, making concrete, the transportation of wood, concrete and other building materials by gas/diesel guzzling construction trucks to the construction sites, not to mention the transportation of workers to these sites, all produce incredible amounts of GHG emissions.

If we’re going to put futile stickers on

gas pumps, maybe we should first seriously consider how mass profit-driven construction is destroying our local environment, and ultimately adversely affecting endangered species everywhere.Think, for example, about the trees being torn down on the slopes of Cypress Mountain to make room for more houses, where motorized vehicles need to drive uphill (thus burning even more gasoline) to bring their residents home — animal habitats were destroyed when colonies of houses started arriving here. Hypocrisy has never led society to a good place.

Walter Cicha West Vancouver

Edgemont curb bump-outs ill-timed with Cap roadwork

Dear Editor: Well, well, hard to believe. One can see in the streets of North Vancouver many changes lately. Some beneficial, some not so.

At the intersection of Highland Boulevard and Belmont Avenue, despite the fact that soon Capilano traffic will be for many months redirected to Highland Boulevard, there are two newly installed curb extensions on each

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I did learn from the transportation engineering department that all this is done (maybe on trial basis) for better pedestrian safety and according to TAC regulations; however, none of them were mentioned. But,

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Nine lumps is too many. Just give me eight So I’m sitting in the Centre of the Universe — outside Delany’s at the corner of Edgemont and Highland Boulevard — on a sunny day, thinking about government.

Actually, I’m thinking about governments plural, because once you start counting, you realize there are a lot of them.

First, we have two North Vancouvers. I’m not sure why — most places are happy with one municipal government, but for some reason, we’re blessed with two.

Then there’s West Vancouver. I live on Capilano Road and share the lineup for the Lions Gate Bridge with the good drivers of West Vancouver.

And, as West Vancouver is closer than the City of North Van, I find myself using your mall, your beach, your seawall, etc.

Of course, these are only junior jurisdictions.We need senior governments in Victoria and Ottawa, not to mention Metro, wherever that is. Metro is about to make my life

Paul Sullivan

The North Side interesting for the next year or so as it digs up Cap Road (recently paved by a junior jurisdiction) to replace the water main.

How many is that so far? Six? Well, there’s more.

I cross the bridge every day to go to my office in Vancouver, which has its own government. And whenever I run or cycle in Stanley Park, I note its little government at work, apparently determined to transform the park into a goose farm, considering the enormous number of Canada Geese gleefully fouling the landscape.

And let’s not forget the

Squamish Nation, which governs that blinding sign at the entrance to the bridge, among other things.

That’s eight, right?

Then there’s TransLink, which seems to be in charge of transit, although the other eight also have lots to say about it, except when it comes time to pay the bill.

That’s nine! This is getting depressing, or at least burdensome. Someone, for example, has to pay for all this governing and that someone is me … and you.

According to the Fraser Institute, that flinty guardian of the right, “government,” accounts for $44 out of every $100 that we earn.

June 6 is Tax Freedom Day, the day we stop working for Richard Walton, Darrell Mussatto, Michael Smith, Christie Clark and Stephen Harper … and their vast minions.

So if it takes nearly half a year’s salary to keep these governments up and running, one wonders if we really need them all. Could we do with just eight? Or seven? Or, gasp, six?

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the debate over the potential amalgamation of the two North Vancouvers, which would get it down to a nice even eight, you’ll see the problem.

Take the dispute between the district and the city over shared policing. Please.

They’ve been squabbling over the cost and the level of service ever since way back.

The city says the district owes the city more than a million bucks for the RCMP while the district complains that it pays the lion’s share

of the fees while the city gets the lion’s share of the services.

You can just imagine how well full amalgamation would go.

It doesn’t seem to matter that there’s only one Surrey government for more than half a million people, while the population of the entire North Shore is about 175,000 and counting.

Nope, we need three local governments, even though we have less than one-third the population.

Obviously, this is not Surrey.This is a special place.

For example, it contains within its borders the Centre of the Universe, the corner of Edgemont and Highland.

Come to think of it, maybe nine governments aren’t enough.

Journalist and communications consultant Paul Sullivan has been a NorthVan resident since the fall of the BerlinWall and the rise of Madonna. p.sullivan@breakthroughpr.

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Where I Stand on Kinder Morgan If you were frustrated trying to figure out NDP leader Thomas Mulcair’s position on the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline project during the August 6th leaders’ debate, you were not alone. His verbal gymnastics were as slippery as diluted bitumen on a seasoaked log.

With a projected seven-fold increase in tanker ship traffic along North Vancouver’s shores should this project be approved, our community deserves a clear explanation from the candidates seeking your support in this federal election of their position on this critical issue.

Here is mine.

The current National Energy Board regulatory approval process has lost the trust of Canadians.

A new, independent, evidence-based process must be established. The Kinder Morgan expansion project must satisfy this new rigourous review that its environmental and social impacts can be effectively addressed. If they cannot be, the project should not proceed.

Why is a new process required?

The National Energy Board process Stephen Harper implemented in 2012 has been seriously compromised and is tilted toward project proponents.

Canadians have lost faith in the credibility of that process and will be hard-pressed to trust any answers coming from it.

Comprehensive, timely and fair A Liberal government will bring in a new, comprehensive, timely and fair process that restores robust oversight, ensures decisions are evidence-based and allows the public to meaningfully participate.

Regarding Kinder Morgan, we will be respectful of the investment the proponent has made to date on their application and work towards a timely final decision under the new review process.

By restoring public confidence, we can ensure good projects – those where environmental and social impacts can be effectively managed proceed in a timely manner and that projects not in the public interest are rejected after a fair hearing.

A significant portion of our economy is tied to exports of natural resources. We need to develop safe and environmentally sound ways to transport our products to market.

That requires strengthening our environmental laws and review processes to ensure Canadians have confidence that if and when a project proceeds, it does so only after a thorough and transparent review.

It also means taking real action on the critical issue of climate change.

We need to hit the “reset button”.

We need Real Change.

Canadians are mistrustful of current environmental review processes because Mr. Harper has politicized the National Energy Board, gutted environmental regulations, and silenced scientists.

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Black bear has a spa day in Blueridge Bemused homeowners get an uninvited pool guest MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

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Through education and bylaw enforcement the three local municipalities have come a long way since 1999 when 39 nuisance bears were destroyed on the North Shore.Three bears were killed here last year, two of which were inWest Vancouver, the other in NorthVancouver district.

A British Properties’ family, meanwhile, returned home from vacation Wednesday morning to find a window smashed on their vehicle and the interior scratched up.The culprit?

A curious black bear that was interested in something inside the vehicle parked in the 500-block of Hadden Drive.

“There was food that was left inside the vehicle and the windows were cracked,” saidWestVancouver Police Department spokesperson Const. JeffWood. “It basically smashed the window, gained entry to the vehicle and scratched it up.”

Wood said the incident serves as a reminder for North Shore residents to not leave trash out in the open where wildlife can get at it.

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attention, after they sent the video to aVancouver TV station. American broadcaster NBC as well as major Canadian media outlets including theToronto Star have picked up the story.

“I’m amazed, it’s just a bear having a swim,” said Denise of Blueridge being in the spotlight this week.

As for the damage the bear left in its wake, the fence is getting fixed this week and the Dierings will be throwing some extra chlorine in the pool.

It’s believed the Blueridge bear is the same one that has been roaming the Seymour area for the past three summers, said North Shore Black Bear Society education co-ordinator Christine Miller.

“And the bear is not doing anything bad, it’s just finding a lot of bird feeders,” said Miller.

Bird feeders are an easy food source and provide bears the same amount of calories as a whole day of berry foraging.

Miller is advising those people who want to attract birds — and not large wildlife — to only put out small portions of bird feed and monitor it.

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“We were just about to sit outside on the deck, and I looked and the bear was at the pool,” recalled Denise, of the burly visitor that broke down a fence around 6 p.m. to get into the yard on Lampman Place.

The couple sat there and took in the wildlife show safely from the balcony above the pool. “And we just watched him (the bear) have a swim. He just sat there for 10 minutes doing his nails.

And then he just hopped up and went in the hot tub,” said Denise.

Tony took out his iPhone and captured the experience, while Denise snapped some pictures with her camera.

“I mean, how often do you have a bear sitting in your yard making himself at home?” questioned Denise.

This isn’t the first time a bear has frolicked in the Diering’s yard. Denise suspects it’s the same animal that helped itself to some bird feed about a month ago.

At the same time, the couple isn’t concerned the bear will cause them any harm and are worried for its welfare.

“I don’t want anything bad to happen to that bear,” said Denise, adding, she would never call a conservation officer.

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INQUIRING REPORTER It’s official: summer is winding to a close. Already, a careful eye can detect the change in the colour of the leaves, or the sun, that still held bright at nine in July, now slipping away just after eight.

Before we know it the days of sunshine will give way to rain and routine as summer transforms into autumn. But hold on a moment, it’s not quite over yet. There’s still time to cross a couple of last-minute items off the ol’ summer bucket list. What do you still have to cross off?

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lane (in each direction) all of a sudden will cause idling of cars forced to follow it.

People living on the east side of Belmont from Highland Boulevard will absorb a new load of traffic. The cars returning back to Highland Boulevard will have to stop to get back in the lane and make a ride up north longer.

I believe that North Vancouver pedestrians are not hens and drivers not blind; the existing wellmarked crosswalk on the roadway as well as those two big signs above it are satisfactory for safety.

Or will there be, perhaps, in the near future a paid guide directing all traffic (cars and pedestrians) at this place?

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Audit uncovers epic computer fail Just what is it with the B.C. government when it comes to expensive computer problems?

The latest sorry chapter in this seemingly neverending story was recently uncovered by Carol Bellringer, B.C.’s crack new independent auditorgeneral.

And this one is a doozy: a computer system that is five years late, 420 per cent over budget and is so inefficient and possibly even outdated that it requires an extra $14 million in annual maintenance.

Bellringer (isn’t that a good name for a watchdog?) and her team audited the Panorama computer system and uncovered a horror-show of cost overruns and errors.

As well, they cited a lack of leadership within the ministry and a defensive mindset that shuts out criticism.

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B.C.’s stellar reputation when it came to public health care meant it was chosen to lead the program’s implementation.

Five years after it began, the implementation is still not complete and B.C. taxpayers are on the hook so far for $113 million and that figure continues to rise.

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The province’s child and youth watchdog, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, said the system’s many problems were putting the safety of children at serious risk. And then it was learned the government was spending about a million dollars a year in trouble-shooting for the beleaguered system and those costs are ongoing.

This is starting to become a very expensive kind of problem, because the government — like governments everywhere — is spending more and more money every day on computer systems purchased from various IT companies.

In the 1990s, total IT costs were less than $50 million a year. They’ve increased almost tenfold since then and now are nearing a half-billion dollars a year.

So when a problem develops with a particular computer system, the costs can be enormous because the government itself is a gigantic operation and its

computer users are vast in number.

No one has come up with the reason why these computer problems are happening with mounting regularity.

But I suspect a big factor may be that the government doesn’t have the same resources when it comes to assessing IT programs as the companies that are offering them for sale. I’m sure these IT firms are promising efficient, seamless programs that will solve all kinds of problems but it may be there are few properly trained people in government to properly assess those promises.

In any event, you can bet there will be more expensive computer fails within government in the future. And you can bet that Bellringer — who has quickly established herself as one of the sharpest B.C. auditor-generals ever — will be all over them.

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But this epic computer fail is far from unusual within the B.C. government.

There were huge startup problems with the electronic health initiative (although to be fair, this happened in other provinces as well, notably Ontario) and there have been serious problems with software in the K-12 education system.

And this past spring, Bellringer discovered the problem-plagued Integrated Case Management computer system, which is supposed to help social workers better serve vulnerable children and adults, was never completely implemented.

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For singer/songwriter Bre McDaniel, music flows in the family bloodline.With a mother and two brothers who are no strangers to the stage, it’s not entirely surprising she has chosen to follow in those footsteps.

Although not originally intending to become a musician, the North Vancouver native, who is performing in Cates Park on Saturday, realized in

university that music just may be her destiny after all.

“My plan wasn’t really to pursue the arts at all, I was really interested in art therapy and I thought I’d try out going to an art school for one year to see and then do like a real job later,” says the 26-year-old with a laugh explaining it’s been a slow build since she first started getting into the music scene in her college years.

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“My mom was a singer songwriter her whole life and somehow pulled that off so that’s really impacted me a lot . . . and then my brothers always played in bands too so to me it wasn’t that crazy to just have music all the time or to pursue wild

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McDaniel is looking forward to performing in Deep Cove, especially since she hasn’t been doing too many live shows lately due to the work she’s been putting into a new album, which comes out at the end of September.

Among the six-song line up that will be on her new album is single “Tears of St. Lawrence” that was released earlier this month and was named for the recent meteor shower, a theme she says will be focused upon in her upcoming album, Light Pollution, which comes out Sept. 27.

“That collection of songs

all has to do with different kinds of light or stars or different ways of seeing so that song that’s about the meteor shower fits in with the theme of what other songs are about on there,” she says describing her own genre as “celestial folk,” a genre she said has evolved from when she first started on the music scene.

“In the past I used to just say ‘folk/pop, singer/ songwriter,’ but this new music that I’m putting out as well as the band that I’m building for live performances, I’m going with the title ‘celestial See Deep Cove Daze page 26

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CALENDAR Galleries

GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver.Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-925-7290 ferrybuildinggallery.com Corvus &Wolf: A solo exhibition of sculptures in wire, rubber and wood by Lee Roberts will run until Sept. 6.

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

3 Kisses: Paintings, ceramics and sculptures by Jytte, Peter and Zoltan Kiss will be on display Sept. 8-27. Opening reception:Tuesday, Sept. 8, 6-8 p.m. Meet the artists: Saturday, Sept. 12, 2-3 p.m.

ARTEMIS GALLERY 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver.TuesdaySunday, noon to 5 p.m. 778233-9805 artemisgallery.ca The New Nostalgia: Zak Sarwari will show his unique and colourful works in progress of local scenes until Sept. 14 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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

CAROUN ART GALLERY 1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver.Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m.778-372-0765 caroun. net Photos from five photo contests will be exhibited until Aug. 29. Opening reception: Saturday,Aug. 22, 4-8 p.m.

CENTENNIAL THEATRE LOBBY GALLERY 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.

Photo Exhibit: Members of the North Shore Photographic Society will display a variety of work by different members in an ongoing rotating exhibit.

CITY ATRIUM GALLERY 141 West 14th St., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.604-9886844 nvartscouncil.ca

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CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, noon-5 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca

Animal Farm: An exhibition of artworks highlighting the heart and life of farm animals by 21 artists will be on display until Sept. 5.Animal inspired activities will take place Saturday,Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to coincide with Slide the City and Car Free Day. The Gift Box: Buy local from two display cases dedicated to local artisans who specialize in high quality, hand-crafted and unique gift items.

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DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca Art Exhibit: Works by painter and photographer MauricioVillamil and origami

by JosephWu will be on display until Sept. 15.

DISTRICT LIBRARY GALLERY 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. nvartscouncil.ca The NorthVancouver Community Arts Council will present an exhibition titled Huaca: Spirit of Place with artwork by Janet Strayer until Sept. 29.

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.

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Exhibit: Taisha and Skyla Wayrynen will show their paintings by appointment only until Sept. 30.Appointments: hollyburnart@gmail.com.

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BRIGHT LIGHTS

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Mutants, musical numbers and a roadkill beaver supper: welcome to the wacky world of Nova Scotia-born filmmaker Jeffrey St. Jules.

After developing the film through the Cannes Film Festival Residence program and playing to rave reviews on the festival circuit (picking up the Claude Jutra award at the Canadian Screen Awards) St. Jules’s unique brand of Canadian weirdness is opening nationwide today.

Not much is happening in Lonely Arms, Canada, in the 1960s. Stepphy (Evil Dead’s Jane Levy) is desperate to flee her small town; she spends her days mooning over television

singing sensation Bobby Shore (Justin Chatwin, Shameless) and working in her dad’s auto shop.

Stepphy believes she could be a vocal star too, if only she had the pluck to leave her needy, alcoholic father (Peter Stormare) and head south of the border, where real dreams are made.

Dreams: “they never do come true, best not to have ’em,” says local farmer/ moonshiner Gord (Boyd Banks) whose own fantasy of becoming a hand model were dashed as a young

man in New York City.

Stepphy has no friends and few options, save settling down with Fabian (David Reale, Suits) the earnest but creepy manager of the town’s chemical plant, which dominates the town.

But fate intervenes, as it always does, and Bobby Shore and his perpetually piqued agent Helmut (Kristian Bruun) find themselves in “Canaduh” instead of Kansas, thanks to a wrong turn.

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THEATRE

Musical combats gender stereotypes

A Modern Fairy Tale takes a whimsical approach to issues ■ OrthrosTheatre Company presents A Modern FairyTale until Aug. 30 at MetroTheatre, 1370 SW Marine Dr., Vancouver.Tickets: $20, available online at metrotheatre.com or by calling 604-266-7191.

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Once upon a time, in the land of KingdomTown, there was a same-sex couple planning a stellar party, a cat demanding equal rights for animals, and a gender-fluid wolf in love with a human.

If this story doesn’t sound like it’s from the pages of a Brothers Grimm anthology, well, it’s not. OrthosTheatre Company’s new musical parody, A Modern Fairy Tale, takes inspiration from

age-old folklore, fairy tales and Disney classics, but the production is anything but traditional.Written and directed by Lisa Simon, the show casts familiar storybook characters in a progressive, 21st-century light.

“It takes all of these characters and really puts them in a modern setting, specifically with an eye towards an understanding and acceptance of the LGBTQ community,” says Deep Cove resident Kathryn Ferguson, who plays Rose and Bo Peep. In addition to addressing sexual and gender identity, A Modern FairyTale also tackles issues surrounding race and consent.

“That sounds really heavy, but it’s done in a whimsical way with an attention to the sensitivity of individual needs and there’s a sense

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The story begins as the main character,Wolf, who identifies as neither female nor male, is experiencing relationship troubles.

“Wolf is in love with Red, of Little Red Riding Hood, butWolf, being an animal, and Red, being a human, they’re not supposed to be together,” Ferguson says.

Complicating the matter further, Red’s co-dependent grandmother and her overbearing ex-boyfriend, Hunter, are both dead set on keeping the inter-species couple apart.

Meanwhile in Kingdom Town, Cinder (a male version of Cinderella) and his partner, Prince Chuck, are planning a last-minute ball at the royal palace; Alice and Hatter are caught up in an intense love-hate relationship; and Rose is caring for her beloved sister, Snow (based on SnowWhite), who has inexplicably fallen into a catatonic state.

“And then there’s a whole other motley crew of characters,” Ferguson says.

Among them is Boots the Cat, played by Lower Lonsdale resident Beverly Rapley. Fed up with being discriminated against, Boots rallies the animals of KingdomTown to start a revolution.

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Modern FairyTale to the Shrek movie series. Audience members can expect popculture jokes, contemporary dance routines and rock and pop music throughout.

“It is a musical parody, so it’s familiar songs but with lyrics that tell the story of the fairy tale,” Rapley says.

“They are very, very catchy songs.”

One of the numbers reimaginesTaylor Swift’s “We are Never Ever Getting Back Together” while “Crazy on You” by Heart sets the scene for a dance-off competition.

Rapley has been involved with Bowen Island’sTirna-nOgTheatre School productions since she was six years old and first met Lisa Simons when the two were both studying archaeology at SFU.The pair would listen to Disney soundtracks while working in the bone lab.When Rapley heard that Simons had written a fairy tale-inspired script, she was immediately intrigued by the concept and read for a part.

Ferguson, a high school teacher in Maple Ridge who runs a gay-straight alliance club, was drawn to the LGBTQ representation in A Modern FairyTale.

“As teachers, we’re constantly combating gender stereotypes and here’s a fun, but intelligent exploration of this in a musical theatre form.That’s what spoke to me,” she says.

She hopes audiences come away with a new understanding of what it means to live happily ever after.

“Happily ever after doesn’t look one specific way for everyone. Happily ever after can encompass all kinds of love, and should encompass all kinds of love,” Ferguson says.

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CALENDAR From page 17 members by Nancy Bleck will be on display until 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 Art of the Sacred Feminine: MayaTelford’s acrylic paintings of symbolic representations of female divinity from various cultures will be on display until Aug. 30.

For the Love of Animals: Artist Andrew Rayner’s work featuring animals found in our own backyard will be on display Sept. 1-20. Opening reception: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 6-8 p.m.

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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 195 STUDIOS — ARTISTS ON PEMBERTON 195 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver. 195studios.ca TARTOOFUL 3183 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. 604-9240122 tartooful.com WEST VANCOUVER 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 grown will run until Aug. 24.

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

WEST VANCOUVER 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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TheWest Coast Harp Society will present South American harpist Alfredo Rolando Oritz in concert Saturday,Aug. 29, 7:30-9:30 p.m.Admission: $35 at the door.

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Library: Local musicians John Lyon and Friends will play tunes from the 1960s and moreWednesday, Sept. 23, 7-8 p.m.

PARKGATE PLAZA 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver.

The Mark James Fortin Band will perform music with heart Tuesday,Aug. 25, 6-8 p.m.

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SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Classical Concert Series: Pianist Boris Konovalov will take the stage for a concert of

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Car trouble necessitates that Bobby bunk up at Stepphy’s house, so dreams really do come true after all. First meal served is that roadkill beaver, of course, nonetheless Bobby finds everything about Lonely Arms pretty quaint.

As Stepphy plots a USA escape, Bobby seems less and less anxious to return stateside, and to the real world.

Automation has not been the godsend that the chemical plant was looking for, and complicating Stepphy’s starstruck plans is the icky purple mist now emanating from the chemical factory and lingering throughout town, a development which is even scarier than Fabian’s unwanted, groping attentions. In one of the film’s catchy, bizzarro musical numbers Fabian warns that “in a quarantined town of freaks, choices are few”.

But Stepphy is too busy orchestrating a life with Bobby to take even the most dire warning signs seriously.

The film is zany and full of surprises (who knew Peter Stormare could sing?) and the camera loves Levy, who is the lynchpin in the whole affair. Writerdirector St-Jules skewers ‘60s morality — the perils of drinking alcohol, sex outside of marriage, confined roles for women — in a playful, ridiculous way, making sock-hopmutant-musical Bang Bang Baby an ideal summer blockbuster tonic.

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Friends forgo storefront for four wheels CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

The Lower Mainland food truck scene is sizzling with a smorgasbord of roving restaurants serving up quick and tasty meals at the curbside.

The popularity of these travelling eateries got entrepreneurs Karolina Jasinski and Kora Pridy thinking: could fashion trucks enjoy the same success?

The Port Coquitlam friends run an online clothing and home décor store called Ardillas United and this summer, they’re pioneering a new way to shop. In July, Ardillas United rolled out a mobile boutique that has been parking at fairs and festivals across Metro Vancouver, inviting shoppers inside to browse and buy. Jasinski and Pridy had heard of mobile clothing shops in the U.S., but they hadn’t seen any local examples.

“I realized that no one here was doing it,” Pridy says.

In May, the pair purchased a 26-foot-long former Doritos truck for $3,500. It had no engine and needed some serious elbow grease, but five weeks later, and with plenty of help from their husbands and friends, they had themselves a miniature store on wheels that they affectionately named “Beastie.”

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Inside the cargo area is a 130-square-foot retail space, complete with vinyl wood floors, ambient lighting, a curtained fitting room and the capacity to display more than 300

items, including jewelry, scarves, clothing and home décor. The truck also has a point-of-sale system so customers can pay with plastic.

“Everything is really compact, but we manage to fit pretty much all of our stock into that little space,” Pridy says.

The Ardillas United

truck shop made its first public appearance at the Khatsahlano Street Party on July 11 and has since been to the Maple Ridge Caribbean Festival and the 12th Street Music Festival in New Westminster. It makes its North Shore debut on Saturday, Aug. 22 at Car Free Day in Lower Lonsdale. The

following Saturday, Aug. 29 it will ride the ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Bowen Island for Bowfest.

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Curated collection sourced from home and abroad From page 23 operation. Although online shopping has taken off in recent years, it still can’t compare to the in-store shopping experience, Pridy says.

“We realized that when people touch and feel our merchandise, it sells.”

Jasinski and Pridy met in high school and have been friends for 20 years. Both originally from Poland, they also happen to be sistersin-law (Jasinski is married to Pridy’s brother) and neighbours (they live in the same duplex). The fashionloving friends carefully curate all their merchandise and have brought home handmade goods from their travels in Mexico, Bali and elsewhere. They also source products from Canadian manufacturers, such as Vancouver’s Woodlot candlemakers.

“Karolina and I have very similar taste, so we essentially buy what we would want to buy. We want to sell what we’re into,” Pridy says. Prices range from $10 for a simple

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After the summer festival season dies down, the Ardillas United team plans to offer their truck for private shopping parties.

Pridy says she’s excited to be on the forefront of the mobile shopping movement, but there are some hurdles at this early stage. For example, Ardillas United doesn’t qualify as a street vendor under some municipalities’ regulations.

But Pridy is hopeful other fashion retailers will soon

subscribe to the truck store business model.

“If there’s enough of us, we could make some changes for sure,” she says, envisioning a fashion truck festival where shoppers could browse a mini mall of mobile merchants. “How fun would that be?”

Ardillas United will be parked at Car Free Day in NorthVancouver on Aug. 22 and at Bowfest on Bowen Island Aug. 29.Visit ardillasunited.com for more information.

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performance will be followed by a meat or veggie pie and a beverage.Tickets: $25/$20/$10.

FINCH AND BARLEY 250 East First St., North Vancouver. finchandbarley. com

PRESENTATION HOUSE THEATRE 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. 604-990-3474 phtheatre.org Solo Flamenco: Kasandra Flamenco Ensemble will perform Saturday,Aug. 22 at 2 and 8 p.m.Tickets: $24/$20/$12.

Clubs and pubs

BEAN AROUND THE WORLD COFFEES/ BEANS ON LONSDALE 1802 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-985-2326 Live Music every Thursday, 8 p.m.

CASA NOVA CAFÉ 116 East 14th St., North Vancouver. 604-983-2223 info@casanovacafe.ca DEEP COVE BREWERY 170-2270 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver. deepcovecraft.com Dino DiNicolo will perform a solo show Saturday,Aug. 22, 2-3:30 p.m.

THE EAGLES CLUB 170 West 3rd Street, North Vancouver.

ELECTRIC OWL 928 Main St.,Vancouver.

HUGO’S RESTAURANT 5775 Marine Dr.,West Vancouver. 604-281-2111 Live Music every Saturday 7-9 p.m. Schedule:Aug. 22 Mark Coghlan (folk/rock); and Aug. 29, Here and Now (pop/rock).

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 AdamWoodall will perform acoustic music every Sunday, 8-11 p.m.

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Deep Cove Daze coming up Aug. 30 From page 12 folk,’ because sonically, it’s reflecting the theme of the songs.”

Another single she has recently put out is “To GetToThis Gate,” a song she says speaks about her own life and the process of becoming a musical artist.

“That song is about the creative process or it could be about a process of recovery or it could be about the process of building a business, all different things.

Sort of it’s about a process that takes a really long time,” she says.

“It’s about acknowledging heritage and all the people that are a part of how you get to a place that you’ve been wanting to go and sort of being on the edge of something new and opening up yourself to recognize how many things are a part of it.”

For McDaniel, a part of it is about her own heritage and the musical roots entwined about her immediate family.

“For me it’s partly about

my family heritage . . . and deciding to take steps to take music more seriously and pursue a career in music, where as my background is actually visual arts.That song is personally speaking to that but I hope for it to be sort of a message of release for anyone, to just keep taking steps forward and have more vision for the future because of realizing the heritage that they have behind them.”

Bre McDaniel performs in the Cates Park Concert Series Aug. 22 at 3 p.m. at Cates Park in Deep Cove and is free to watch, just one of seven dates the series has run this summer. On Sunday Aug. 30 the annual Deep Cove Daze takes place at Panorama Park, which among other things will feature artisan booths, food, a beer garden and entertainment for the whole family, including a pie eating contest and cardboard kayak race. Deep Cove Daze runs from 12-8 p.m. with the opening ceremony kicking off at 11:45 a.m.

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

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BISTRO Hugos, Artisanal Pizzas and Global Tapas www.hugosvancouver.com 5775 Marine Drive, W. Van | 604-281-2111 Showcase your musical talents Thursday evenings in our beautiful chateau-style room or simply enjoy our reopened heated patio. Global fusion menu inspired by our love of travel, warm atmosphere inspired by our love of the community.

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Sailor Hagar’s Neighbourhood Pub www.sailorhagarspub.com 86 Semisch Avenue, N. Van. | 604-984-3087 Spectacular view of Vancouver harbour & city, enjoy great food in a Brew Pub atmosphere. 18 beers on tap including our own 6 craft-brews. Happy Hour Specials Every Day 11am – 6pm!

Satellite sports, pool table, darts & heated patio.

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

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RUSTY GULL 175 East First St., North Vancouver.

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.

TWO LIONS PUBLIC HOUSE 2601 Westview Dr., North Vancouver.

AdamWoodall will perform acoustic music every Wednesday, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

THE VILLAGE TAPHOUSE The Village at Park Royal, West Vancouver. 604-9228882.

Adam Woodall will perform acoustic music every Thursday, 8-11 p.m.

WAVES COFFEE HOUSE 3050 Mountain Hwy.,

North Vancouver.

Other events

CAPILANO LIBRARY 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. 604-987-4471 x8175 nvdpl.ca Now Playing at the Library: Hook (all ages) will be screened Saturday,Aug. 22, 2-4 p.m.

CIVIC PLAZA 14th Street and Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver.

Family Movie Nights: Bring a blanket or picnic chairs for free outdoor family-friendly movies. Schedule:Aug. 21, 8:30 p.m., Finding Nemo. Info: nvcl. ca.

PARKGATE LIBRARY 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. 604-929-3727 x8166 nvdpl.ca Now Playing at the Library: Felix and Meira (adults) will be screened Friday,Aug. 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Registration required.

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.

— compiled by Debbie Caldwell. Email information for your North Shore event to listings@nsnews.com.

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.

Open for lunch or dinner, 7 days a week.

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!

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

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

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Woon Lee Inn www.woonleeinn.com 604-986-3388 3751 Delbrook Ave., North Vancouver

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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.

Full Take-Out menu. Reserve your party of 15-30 ppl except Friday’s.

Monday night Trivia.

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

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

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Once again, the cabin of the new 7 Series is not a radical departure from before, but there is a noticeable step up in

Hyundai reveals luxury coupe at Pebble Beach How ludicrous.The company that built the rickety Pony (actually not a terrible car, considering the price) now has the audacity to park a huge-grilled grand touring coupe on the lawn at the most prestigious automotive event in the world.

Joke’s on you, luxury automakers, as Hyundai’s top-tier offerings are actually pretty good, and this one is no exception. Called the HDC-16 Vision G, which I believe is the brand name on my computer monitor, Hyundai’s long concept shows the future for the brand’s Genesis line. It’s a blend of Audi, Aston Martin, and Bentley, powered by a 420

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BMW has introduced an all-new 7 Series — the flagship of the brand.

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At the front, the kidney grille is larger than before and now boasts active shutters to improve aerodynamics. The headlights extend from the grille and wrap around the bumper. BMW’s Laserlight is the next generation of headlight technology and improves visibility and light distribution by a considerable margin.

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I feel like there’s a missed opportunity here.

Traditionally, towards the end of a model run, Mazda will release a Mazdaspeed version of a car to drum up a little extra interest before it either exits the building or is replaced by the new model. A Mazdaspeed minivan? Don’t scoff — Car & Driver actually built one already by swapping over

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Lexus, Infiniti adding turbocharged fours Once BMW did it, we knew it wouldn’t take long for the others to follow. In fact though, it did take a couple of years, but here we are in 2015 and it’ll soon be possible to buy a four-cylinder car from every so-called luxury automaker.

Lexus will offer the same 2.0-litre turbocharged four they currently feature in their NX crossover, now in the RC sport coupe. Making 241 h.p. in crossover spec, it’ll likely get a bit of a boost to 260 h.p. or so.

Over at Infiniti, built essentially on the appeal of the VQ series V-6, the Q50 sedan (formerly the G) now comes with a 2.0-litre four sourced from MercedesBenz which should make 241 h.p.That’s suspiciously similar to the Lexus.

Emissions and fuel consumption figures stalk the land and meanwhile, over at Dodge, you can still get a 6.2-litre supercharged V-8 making more than 700 h.p. Obviously not everything can get the sledgehammer approach, but surely we could have a more high-tech option to providing driving excitement and economy rather than just giving

$50,000 sedans the engine out of a GTI.

Volkswagen recalls models due to airbag fault Do you own a car?

Chances are it’s been recalled. Every single manufacturer on the planet seems to be having problems with postproduction vehicles, the worst being GM’s notorious ignition troubles and Honda’s supplier-related airbag woes.

Volkswagen’s recall of more than 40,000 Canadian vehicles (ten times the number in the U.S.), doesn’t raise many eyebrows as there have been no reported incidents of death or injury. Still, it could easily get lost in the shuffle, so this is your warning that should you own a 2011-2014 Golf, Jetta, Passat,Tiguan, or similar VW product, better call in and make sure you’re all up-to-date.

On the plus side, all this media attention towards recall issues has forced manufacturers to be a little more proactive about issuing recalls before somebody gets hurt. On the negative side, the public is getting a bit numbed with all the announcements — don’t forget to check to see if your own car is upto-date, as many of these recalls are voluntary.

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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Performance At launch, the new 7 Series will be available with extensively updated V-8 and inline-6 variants of BMW’s latest generation

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Car can back out of the garage for you From page 35

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Options list includes choice of car fragrances

From page 36 else look and feel outdated.

glass roof has sidemounted LED modules which can mimic a starry sky. The pattern matches to the six different colours of the ambient light.

To extend the luxury to all your senses, the Ambient Air package features eight different fragrances to choose from.… Wow. Competitors Mercedes-Benz S-Class For decades, the S-Class has been the top choice for luxury car buyers because of its power, grace and technological sophistication. All-new just last year, this latest model should keep its rivals at bay.

Of course, the best doesn’t come cheap with the S-Class ranging in price from $100,900 all the way up to $259,900.

Features Prices have not yet been announced, but expect them to start just north of $100,000.

The full spec sheet has also not been released, but rest assured that the 7 Series will come wellequipped in standard trim.

Thumbs up The all-new 7 Series has an incredible amount of technology and comfort. It will set new standards.

Thumbs down With this amount of new tech, it may take some time for people to appreciate all the features.

We hope the reliability won’t be affected by the new innovations.

The bottom line The all-new BMW 7 Series will make everything

Audi A8 The Audi A8 is more subtle than its German neighbours. It still has a strong presence and its 12cylinder provides a smooth ride for all passengers.

Compared to its rivals, the A8 feels like a bargain with starting prices ranging from $85,300 to $128,900.

Lexus LS Value and luxury are two terms rarely linked, but the Lexus LS offers both.

Impeccable construction leads to the LS’s low cost of ownership.

With starting prices ranging from $89,850 to $127,550, the Lexus LS is getting a bit old in design but it still sets the standard for quality.

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