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Murder charge laid in kidnapping case

Richmond man charged in connection with discovery of dead body in N. Van JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A Richmond man arrested after police investigating a kidnapping converged on a North Vancouver street in the early hours of Sept. 29 has now been charged with first-degree murder in the case.

Tianyi Zhang, 23, has been charged in the first-

degree murder of Peng Sun, a man in his early 20s, in North Vancouver Sept. 28.

Sun was found dead in North Vancouver Sept.

29 – possibly inside a white Bentley that was the focus of investigation after the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team arrived at the 900-block of Wellington Drive in the early morning hours.

Zhang and a second man – Casey James Hiscoe, 21 – have also both been charged with kidnapping Peng between Sept. 27 and 29 in North Vancouver.

Any murder that occurs during a kidnapping is considered first-degree. The two men also face charges of interfering with a dead body.

The two men appeared briefly by video link in North Vancouver provincial court Wednesday morning.

They are scheduled for separate court appearances

next week.

Because he faces a murder charge, Zhang will now have to seek bail in B.C. Supreme Court.

Zhang’s lawyer, Dan Henderson, said he wasn’t able to comment on the murder charge because he has not been authorized by his client to do so.

Hiscoe opted to switch lawyers this week and will be represented at his next court appearance by defence lawyer David Karp.

Two other men – Dyllan

James Green, 20, and Jacob Michael Gorelik,18, both of Richmond – have also been charged with interfering with a body in connection with the case and have been released on $5,000 bail.

Bail conditions for the two men include abiding by an 11 p.m. curfew and not communicating with any of the co-accused in the case.

There are still very few details that have been released about the case, including whether there is

a connection between Sun and any of the accused.

Police said previously officers converged on Wellington Drive around 3 a.m. Sept. 29 in response to an active investigation involving multiple jurisdictions across the Lower Mainland.

Police blocked off the 900-block of Wellington and removed at least two cars from the scene, Sept.

29, including a white Bentley and a newer model Chevrolet Malibu.

NV teen critical after hit on Seymour parkway BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

A North Vancouver teen is in intensive care after being struck by a vehicle while she crossed the road.

The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Mount Seymour Parkway and Mount Seymour Road.

Police say the 18-yearold walked north into the intersection while east-west traffic had a green light.

The teen had her phone out and earbuds in when she was struck, according to Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.

“We really caution pedestrians to not be on their See Pedestrian page 5

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North Shore’s Liberal hat trick Pollsters missed size of red wave that grew in final days JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Voters in North Shore ridings provided an interesting glimpse into the Liberal wave that swept the country on election day, said political commentators this week.

In Burnaby NorthSeymour – a new riding that had been predicted as a battle between Conservatives and the NDP – not only did Liberal candidate Terry Beech win, but the percentage of votes garnered by political parties there came closest to mirroring how federal parties did across the province, said political strategist and pollster Greg Lyle of Innovative Research.

That’ll make the new riding a bellwether to watch in future, said Lyle.

The Liberal surprise there reflected the strength of the surge in that party’s support, said Gerald Baier, a political science professor at the University of British Columbia and North Shore resident.

“I don’t think anyone was thinking (Liberal candidate) Terry Beech was the guy who was going to pull that one off,” said Baier. “It’s not like he came up the middle. He had a pretty commanding lead.”

Both North Vancouver and West VancouverSunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country also went

Liberal red on election day.

But unlike many other ridings where that resulted mostly from a combination of “strategic” former NDP voters and new voters, the North Shore saw many former Conservative supporters defecting to the Liberals, said Lyle.

The result is the two former Conservative strongholds ended up with among the highest percentage of Liberal votes in the province – 56.6 per cent in North Vancouver and 54.7 per cent in West Vancouver.

Liberal votes in those ridings were up more than 30 per cent in West Vancouver and almost 27 per cent in North Vancouver over 2011 numbers.

Conservative voters were down about 20 per cent in both ridings compared to 2011.

“It definitely suggests the North Shore isn’t just Conservative. They’re generally centrist and willing to support a Liberal government or a Conservative government,” said Baier.

The Liberal hat trick on the North Shore means there’s a possibility of cabinet material among the three new MPs. Of them, both Baier and Lyle agreed Pamela Goldsmith-Jones is the most likely candidate as prime minister designate Justin Trudeau has said he’d like half his ministers to be women. But Lyle

RCMP warn of child luring attempt BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Shore MPs-in-waiting Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Jonathan Wilkinson and Terry Beech stand together at a pre-election rally attended by Justin Trudeau in North Vancouver last Sunday. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD and Baier also pointed out there are two other female Liberal political veterans in the Lower Mainland – Hedy Fry and Joyce

Murray – who would likely be considered first.

Looking back on the results, pollsters said this week they did a reasonable

job of predicting results, although missed the size of the Liberal surge, which See Trudeau page 9

North Vancouver RCMP are warning the public after a case of attempted child luring in Lynn Valley.

Investigators say a 13-year-old boy was walking home around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14 when a man in a red Toyota SUV stopped alongside him, opened the passenger door and offered him a ride home. The young boy wisely walked away from the offer, police say, but they are now looking for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect.

Police describe the suspect as white, approximately 30 years old with curly dark hair and a dark beard. The SUV had a black leather interior and lollipops in the cup holder. The first number on its licence plate is a nine.

Since police released the information on Monday, they’ve received numerous tips but are still looking for more information. “Lots of tips came through our complaint line – possible licence plates. We are getting favourable responses from the public,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “No arrests at this point.”

Anyone with information about the incident or the suspect is asked to call North Vancouver RCMP at 604985-1311 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or solvecrime.ca.

Bear advocates question killing of two cubs

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The North Shore’s black bear advocate is questioning why two cubs had to be shot by a conservation officer last week, rather than sent to a rehabilitation centre.

Conservation officers trapped and shot a mother and two cubs in the British Properties after the mother had broken into four garages to get access to garbage.

“Their conflict level was too high to be considered good candidates for rehabilitation,” said conservation officer Chris Doyle.

The sow had already

A mother and two cubs graze on grass in a British Properties backyard last week. All three have since been shot, spawning concerns among bear advocates. PHOTO SUPPLIED been relocated twice.

Once in 2013 to a location about 100 kilometres away

with two other cubs who never returned and again, within her home range, in

2014.

“It does illustrate some of the pitfalls

with relocation and translocation,” Doyle said.

“There was a time when, in the South Coast, we were taking some conflict cubs to the rehab facility. ... We’re simply aligning our response to the procedure we’re receiving from provincial biologists and veterinarians.”

But the cubs ought to have been given a chance and taken to be assessed at the Critter Care Wildlife Society in Langley, said Christine Miller, coordinator of the North Shore Black Bear Society.

“Why were the cubs not taken to Critter Care?

Critter Care has space for them. They’re young enough. It’s not like (the

sow) had taken them into people’s houses and taught them to be really terrible bears,” Miller said. “It seems unethical to destroy cubs if a mother has done some property damage.”

Critter Care has taken in 135 bear cubs since it started operating in 2004.

Of those, 28 were the offspring of mothers that had been shot because of repeated human conflicts.

Only one of the cubs ended up becoming a “problem bear” after release, according to Angela Fontana, senior animal care supervisor.

“People forget how much instinct these guys See more page 9

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The girl remains in hospital. “(Her injuries) are quite serious, actually. She’s in a medically induced coma in (the intensive care unit) with head injuries. It kind of went from bad to worse. The family is with her,” De Jong said.

Police aren’t considering charges for the driver. “It’s tragic for the driver as well, of course. Anytime you hit a pedestrian, it’s very traumatic. She’s not at fault.”

The collision happened two days before the province was set to launch its annual pedestrian safety campaign, aimed at getting drivers and pedestrians to be more careful. November typically has the highest number of pedestrian fatalities as people are not used to the earlier sunsets. Fall-winter 2014/2015 was a particularly bad season for pedestrian collisions in North Vancouver with several people sent to hospital with serious injuries.

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s Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan famously said: The medium is the message.

So what happens when you delete the medium?

Because that’s what Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has concluded happened when a provincial governments staffer “triple deleted” a series of emails upon receiving a Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act request related to B.C.’s “Highway of Tears.”

Angering as it is to learn about civil servants illegally withholding information and lying to investigators about it, we grimly point out that this is a symptom of a larger problem. Attempting to skirt accountability is nothing in politics, but in the last decade, it seems to have been elevated to an art form. Rather than take questions, our leaders issue carefully vetted “messaging.”

Rather than share information with the public, they horde it out of fear it may come back to haunt them in a scandal.

Or worse, they don’t record information or they use private emails to communicate to hide their tracks. We saw this with the Quick Wins scandal in 2013.

This top-down, paranoid directive to constantly be in control of the message is a symptom of a government that’s far more interested in clinging to power than it is governing.

And unfortunately it’s become the norm at all levels of government.

Green MLA Andrew Weaver has put forward some thoughtful suggestions including bringing in technology to ensure politicians and their staff are unable to delete emails. We agree.

But changing the technology is one thing.

Changing the culture of government is a much bigger challenge.

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forward new Pamela she facing around funding She challenges My reply: “Thank you for Vancouve this. Many will not ‘hate’ to will tell me — they will enjoy it well.” immensely.”

Vancouve ••• This may not be a bad Walton opportunity — how many MPs, remain? — to muse about Bell columnists and such making Saxton election predictions. Flatly, … has I’d rather be wrong than timorous. Afraid of flying predecesso every and crashing? Get out of it. My newspaper roots go well. back to meatier times when act columnists were expected to Liberal shoot their mouths off. Yes, offering and argue rudely with one Wilkinson other, sometimes across the page. The judicious thumbsucker doesn’t engage me.

••• As for the two-and-a-half North Shore ridings — red from end to end to end — I asked the mayors for their election reaction.

West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith: “I look

Trudeau the Younger acquitted himself well I have been standing back admiring the brilliance of my prediction that the Conservatives would win Monday’s election.

The logic was impeccable, though not unique — just more genially expressed. It follows.

Liberal Justin Trudeau and especially New Democrat Thomas Mulcair were as zealous campaigning to one-up each other as they were to bury the common foe, Stephen Harper, who you will remember was Conservative prime minister (how quickly the political history books open and coldly snap shut).

While they exhausted themselves clawing and mauling one another over which was the more worthy regicide, King Harper would soar through the blue skies in a coach drawn by two noble steeds, reduced from the usual four for the economy’s sake, back to his

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well-deserved throne.

This theory was rooted in samplings of popular support showing Mulcair as front-runner before the formal campaign began — the heady prospect of the first Sussex Drive socialist — and Trudeau the Younger a lame third. But incrementally Trudeau got back his legs.

He strode up mountains real and metaphorical, a chip off the paternal block, at least for the Liberal spinmeisters’

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ads. He found his tongue too. He acquitted himself well, possibly better than he dared hope as bearer of the profound burden of having a word-skilled father.

And in the last dozen days or so, a Trudeau dynasty emerged. Mulcair was the big loser, partly due to so-called strategic voting.

Trudeau sold the product.

For what is a democratic election all about if not politicians selling themselves in a milieu where faking sincerity is a prime requirement, where actors play not their own fallible, privately frightened selves, but someone more confident, astute, wise and caring, to an anxietyridden audience yearning for leader authenticity and gullible enough to believe in words—– which, as the Greek said, have horns and forked tails?

So if my theory of Conservative victory was

wrong, as it lugubriously was, clearly Mulcair and Trudeau were spooked by a nightmare variant of it too — that a Liberal resurgence could lead to their virtual second-place tie. Harper, his crown slightly askew, would then resume a brand of governance that they hated and feared, being largely successful in substance and unfashionable in style.

Of course by any global terms most Canadians are so incredibly spoiled that, as my old mother would say, they don’t know they’re alive. And it will be fascinating to see how Trudeau handles his vow to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees; the nation’s military commitments; the inevitable terrorist attacks on our soil; and the citizens’ equally inevitable demands for business to create more prosperity, more social services in a shaky global economy. Such are among

Harper’s bequests to him. A poisoned chalice?

In the interests of all Canadians, including petty self-interest, I certainly wish Trudeau well. He will need no lessons in Canadian history about the long slope down from the deliriums of election night to the disappointments and fractiousness of actually governing: Making choices, shifting money from pickable pockets to favoured ones — the top priority for skilful governing.

How Brian Mulroney was viscerally hated as prime minister by many, and how wonderfully Mulroney spoke Monday night: Gracious, witty, philosophical, goodnatured, self-mocking. Only a consummate actor could pull that off.

••• A fast-off-the-mark reader emailed me: “I hate to tell you how far off you were on your prediction.”

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Edgemont debate coverage missed real story Dear Editor: Re: Coverage of allcandidates debate in Edgemont Village Oct. 14.

After reading Jeremy Shepherd’s front-page news story in the Oct. 16 North Shore News, we would like to note that he failed to mention part of the story that evening. With a packed house at Highland’s United Church and a respectful question-and-answer period completed, the Conservative representative, Andrew Saxton, jumped up with

one last wild card (chance to speak to a question) after the moderator was offering his final summation of the evening and thanking the crowd for attending.

At this point, the Conservative candidate interrupted the moderator, rose to his feet and began to speak to the crowd. In his final statement, he began to expound on Mr. Harper’s generosity and virtues and mentioned that Mr. Harper donated all the proceeds of his hockey book to veterans’

families. This disrespect of the debate rules (giving a speech after all questions were answered) and the nature of Mr. Saxton’s dissertation was enough to get the crowd fired up. At this point, booing commenced throughout the packed church and the majority of the people in the room simply got up and walked out while the Conservative representative continued to speak.

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forward to working with our new member of Parliament, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, as she understands the issues facing local governments around getting adequate funding for infrastructure.

She also knows the unique challenges we face in West Vancouver and I’m sure she will serve our community well.”

District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton praised previous MPs, especially citing “Don Bell (Liberal) and Andrew Saxton (Conservative). … Jonathan Wilkinson has good role models as predecessors, and we have every belief he will serve well. … Saxton was a class act in his appearance at the Liberal victory celebration, offering strong support for Wilkinson in the transition.”

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Bears still out foraging, so mind your garbage have,” Fontana said. “We provide them with dens, but every year, they always dig their own. A lot of times, they know how to do these things. It’s just they are too young to be able to fend for themselves in the wild because the wild isn’t necessarily a safe place for an orphan.”

The situation calls to mind the case of former conservation officer Bryce Casavant who became something of a folk hero when he disobeyed his manager’s orders to kill two bear cubs and instead took them to a rescue service on Vancouver Island.

Doyle said he

understands why the public gets upset when bears, especially cubs, are killed but, he said, the public needs to do its part in preventing conflicts.

“No officer wants to or certainly likes to have to kill cubs. It’s the last thing we want to do,” he said.

“What’s frustrating to us is we’re still dealing with the same attractant issues in the same communities.

Certainly on the North Shore, garbage and other attractants are readily available to bears in many areas.”

Making things worse is the conditions the bears are facing, thanks to the hot, dry summer. With fewer berries growing in the wild, the bears are

they said grew in the final days of the campaign.

“It was really the final week that turned it into a massive landslide,” said Mario Canseco of Insights West, which polled local ridings three times for the

Dogwood Initiative. “It really shows the effect the final campaign week can have.”

Canseco said Trudeau’s decision to have the final rally of the campaign in North Vancouver likely helped push the local numbers up.

The Liberals managed to be “radical enough to attract former NDP supporters and centrist enough to get Conservatives unhappy with Harper,” he said.

“The (Liberal) wave was so all encompassing that it took everything in.”

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“It’s a really difficult year for the bears and it’s difficult for our officers.

It’s putting us in situations where tough decisions have to be made but it’s not over. We’ve got another month probably of this where bears will be looking for non-natural foods,” he said.

That province’s procedure is under review, Doyle said. Environment Minister Mary Polack did not respond to a request for an interview.

Other than keeping their yards free of animal attractants, residents should consider freezing their garbage, Miller said.

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INQUIRING REPORTER Justin Trudeau claimed the country’s top job Monday night, following in his father’s footsteps. While the Conservatives labelled the 43-year-old Liberal leader as not being ready for the job of prime minister, voters clearly disagreed and elected a new majority government.

Trudeau’s victory is being celebrated from coast to coast, even by those who don’t identify as Liberals but wanted to oust Stephen Harper. We took to the streets to ask: Does Justin Trudeau have what it takes to lead the county? Weigh in at nsnews.com.

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Nicole Mercado North Vancouver “Yeah, I do believe that. I like all of his promises and I hope he can deliver. I think he connects with Canadians.”

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Trev Bjurman North Vancouver “No question about it because he is a young person with fresh ideas and I think he needs a chance to govern our country properly.”

Hafiz Hoji North Vancouver “I don’t know because it’s the first time I know about him. I’m not a long time here.

We are going to see (in) the next couple of months.”

Celin Gergousian North Vancouver “Yes, I do believe he has potential because he is young.

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Mayor, councillor called on to step down

Mussatto, Keating refute Clark’s conflict of interest claim JUSTIN BEDDALL Contributing writer

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The City of North Vancouver’s Oct. 5 council meeting began with an unexpected detour: Coun. Rod Clark asking for Mayor Darrell Mussatto and Coun.

Craig Keating to step down over an alleged conflict of interest.

After the meeting was called to order, Clark raised a “point of privilege,” a seldom-used motion typically used to deal immediately with a non-agenda item. He also distributed a one-page summary of his concerns to council members.

“My point of privilege arises out of a loan for $7,639.10 made by Councillor Keating to Mayor Mussatto in the last election. I believe this creates a conflict of interest in that the mayor and a member of council now have a financial relationship which to date has not been publicly exposed,” read Clark’s statement.

Clark added that in the mayor’s financial disclosure documents filed shortly after the 2014

election under liabilities, “no mention or disclosure of the $7,639.10 loan from Councillor Keating to the mayor is made.

This is required under the act. Until this very serious matter is resolved I call on the Mayor and Councillor Keating to immediately step down from city council.”

“Thank you, Councillor Clark and it’s 6:01 (p.m.),” responded Mussatto, before adopting regular council minutes from the previous meeting.

Clark’s point was not discussed further by council.

Mussatto said later he was “unprepared about the point of privilege.” “I just let him do his thing.”

After reviewing council procedure bylaws regarding point of privilege, Mussatto said Clark’s motion doesn’t qualify as such. “He would have to go to court and file a court action against me and say I’m in conflict,” said Mussatto.

“I say there is none (conflict of interest).”

Responding to Clark’s allegations, Mussatto said “it wasn’t a loan, it was a cost that we all contributed towards” and noted that he and several other candidates, including Keating, shared certain advertising and campaign costs.

“So one person pays

the bill and the other ones give monies towards the person that paid it, based on the percentage. That’s indeed what happened. I paid Craig back and it’s all good.”

“He’s (Clark) saying I did not record that on that form, therefore I’m in a conflict because I didn’t declare it. ... I don’t owe Craig money, I paid him back for that.”

Mussatto’s financial disclosure statement for the 2014 election has been amended twice.

In his first amended

expense form in April, Mussatto listed an additional $7,639.10 donation from Keating. In the second amendment, the $7,639.10 donation from Keating is crossed off and replaced by two donations totalling the same amount under his own name.

“It’s very hard to follow Elections BC’s process, by their own admission they say that it is very difficult.

That’s why they helped us through it all, that’s why we did the amendments,” explained Mussatto.

“… but I’ve been signed off by Elections BC and I’m 100 per cent compliant, they’ve said it has been approved and I’m not in a conflict of interest,” Mussatto said.

“I have settled up all my account debits and credits for the shared expenses with other candidates as per the direction from Elections BC,” the mayor added by email.

Don Main, communications manager with Elections BC, in an email, confirmed that

“the compliance review is complete, unless we are made aware of new information that could require further amendments to the statements.”

Keating said he was “disappointed” by Clark’s allegations “in the sense that Councillor Clark had every opportunity to go to the Elections BC website and take a look at the filings, which I did as he was speaking, and it’s very clear that this notion of a loan is a figment of his imagination.”

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Featured performer Adam Cohen Representatives of the North Shore Disability Resource Centre presented their eighth annual fundraising concert NSDRC Live! 2015, Oct. 3 at North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre. The benefit featured a performance by Adam Cohen with special guest the Jeff Standfield Band. Proceeds from the evening’s concert, as well as a raffle and silent auction, will benefit the centre’s information and advocacy program. nsdrc.org

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— A weekly gleaner of Internet sources and other media — Pacific Cinémathèque begins a major Wim Wenders film retrospective this week: The Guardian lists five Wenders films to watch: http://bit.ly/1GXvg65 “Welcome to Iceland, Kinks” Icelandic newsreel, 1965, Wenders favourite band: http://bit.ly/1Xkh7cB Alice In The Cities (1974) trailer: http://bit.ly/1M6Te03 Tokyo-Ga: http://bit.ly/1KrYUk8 Flâneur Walter Benjamin (Paris): http://bit.ly/1XkijMV

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Singer/songwriter Murray McLauchlan completes his current tour with a stop at North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre Sunday night.

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Like countless people across the country, Murray McLauchlan couldn’t tear himself away from the television Monday night, anxiously awaiting the results of

the 42nd federal election.

The Toronto-based singer-songwriter, who’s currently in the midst of a 10-date B.C. tour that launched Oct. 14 in Campbell River, was lucky to have the night off as Monday was a travel day.

“Was there anybody in the whole country that wasn’t glued to their television set last night?” he says, reached Tuesday morning, in advance of a performance in Kamloops that evening.

“I would like to thank

every single one of them that went out and voted and took part in what is a major change for our country and I’m optimistic as I look to the future,” he says.

After more than four decades, the 67-yearold folk musician has 18 albums and 11 Junos under his belt. His debut record, Song from the Street, was released in 1971, three years after Pierre Trudeau had been voted in as prime minister.

Asked whether Monday

night’s news of a second Trudeau, son Justin, now leading the country, was bringing back any memories, McLauchlan recalls a 13-part series he did for CBC Radio, seeing him interview and write songs about a wide variety of Canadians.

“One of the people I interviewed was Margaret Trudeau. And so I went to her house – this was of course after she and Pierre Trudeau had come apart – and little Justin and Sacha were trotted

out for me and did their little party pieces. So I have that memory of them as little kids, being very shy and being trotted out to do their bit,” he laughs.

“Now I’m looking at the same guy and he’s prime minister of Canada,” he says.

The series was made prior to those McLauchlan would go on to undertake, including the CBC-TV Special Floating over Canada, See Latest page 18

A14 - North Shore News - Friday, October 23, 2015

VISUAL ARTS

Exhibit focuses on Lynn Headwaters Clancy Gibson captures the natural splendour of North Van landscape ! Headwaters: Recent Paintings by Clancy Gibson, running until Oct. 31 at Artemis Gallery.

MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

It took moving to Toronto for North Vancouver-born artist Clancy Gibson to develop a newfound appreciation for the lush landscape of Lynn Headwaters.

“I see my beautiful surroundings with fresh, new eyes. The appreciation for where we live is renewed, and it would be hard to not be influenced by the nature surrounding us,” says Gibson.

That appreciation has translated into art and Gibson’s accidental series of paintings focusing specifically on Lynn Headwaters’ natural splendour, with each composition built around a common factor: Lynn Creek.

Gibson was a fine artist from the start and had his first showing in 1974. But by 1979 he realized his passion wasn’t going to pay the bills.

“And it was hard that time in Vancouver,” he recalls. “Fine artists struggle a lot more than commercial artists See Gibson page 23

Artist Clancy Gibson admits he was reluctant to show his work publicly at first. The self-described perfectionist can’t even bear to hang his paintings up at home because he worries he will become obsessed with altering them. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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ARTEMIS GALLERY 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. TuesdaySunday, noon to 5 p.m. 778233-9805 artemisgallery.ca Headwaters: Clancy Gibson’s paintings that pay homage to Lynn Creek and Lynn Canyon will be on display until Oct. 25.

CAROUN ART GALLERY 1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver. Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m.778-372-0765 caroun. net. Six-Year Art Show: A celebration of shows with 50 works by 50 artists will run until Oct. 28.

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 Pushing Boundaries: A biennial exhibition highlighting emerging and professional First Nations’ artists will run until Nov. 14.

Call for Artists: The North Vancouver Community Arts Council seeks artists to participate in The Anonymous Art Show. Each piece will be priced at $100 and sales will be divided 50/50 between the artist and NVCAC. Submission deadline: Saturday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m.

FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. TuesdaySunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-9257290 ferrybuildinggallery.com Jurors’ Choice: A mixed media exhibition with various artists will run until Nov. 8.

Meet the artists: Saturday, Oct. 24, 2-3 p.m.

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604-998-8563 info@ smithfoundation.ca At What Cost? An exhibition guest curated by Hilary Letwin that explores the theme of environment, and its impact on Canadian artists will run until April 16, 2016.

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Art Display: Prints by nature and landscape photographer Mark Daly will be shown until Oct. 31.

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Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 604-986-1351 presentationhousegallery.org BC Almanac(h) C-B: Photographs, film, mixed media works and ephemera that features Almanac artists will run until Nov. 29.

SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com 30 Years: Textiles artist Ruth Scheuing will show her work in celebration of the gallery’s 30th anniversary until Oct. 24.

Art Party: A fundraising exhibition to support Seymour Art Gallery with original artwork for sale for $100-$300 by 40 established and emerging artists Oct.28-Nov. 15.

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Raymond Bradbury and Ellen Bang will display their abstract paintings from Nov. 3 to 22. Opening reception: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 6-8 p.m.

WEST VANCOUVER MUSEUM 680 17th St., West Vancouver. TuesdaySaturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-925-7295 westvancouvermuseum.ca Finding a Voice: The art of Norman Tait which includes carvings, jewelry, prints and photographs will be on display until Dec. 5. Curator’s talk: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m.

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Cap Jazz: A performance with jazz pianist David Braid with “A” Band and NiteCap Friday, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m.

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 centennialtheatre.com How Can I Keep From Singing: A tribute to Eva Cassidy with vocalists Cayla See more page 17

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GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-998-8563 info@smithfoundation.ca Musical Morning in the Gallery: A tour of the current exhibit followed by a salon style classical music concert with Janelle Nadeau Tuesday, Nov. 3, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tickets: $10/$7.

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Tickets: 604981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Musically Speaking: Salsa baroque with Ensemble Caprice Friday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m.

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Latest recording goes for a vintage vibe From page 13 which saw him draw on his licensed commercial pilot experience. The show depicted him circumnavigating the country in a Cessna 185 floatplane, paying visits to Canadians and musicians alike. He also hosted the CBC Radio show Swinging on a Star, from 1989 to 1994, celebrating Canadian music and songwriters.

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like ‘Down by the Henry Moore,’ people love those songs because if they’re of a certain age those songs were hits at a certain time in their life and so the songs bring back that time and they’re like little touchstones. All of the songs, they have a purpose and they have a meaning, and I think the idea that I have, the excitement I have about performing, is trying to create an experience so that the people who walk in the door are slightly different when they walk out the door,” he says.

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tour is also offering an opportunity to showcase his latest release, late2012’s Human Writes.

The work followed a solo recording hiatus, his previous record was 1996’s Gulliver’s Taxi, which he made in Vancouver with the help of locals Barney Bentall and Colin Nairne, as producers, and members of The Odds and Spirit of the West’s Geoffrey Kelly as guests.

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The music was also representative of a different approach this time around, which McLauchlan credits to an “elderly” guitar he used on the record, made in 1938 and found in a pawn shop.

“I think it was haunted.

The approach that I took was to try and make the initial recording resemble in methodology the way they used to make folk records at the Columbia or the Vanguard studios in the 1950s, which is you sit on a stool in front of a gigantic tube mic and you sing and play your guitar,”

he says.

Everything else on the record, like steel guitar, or his 23-year-old son Duncan’s trombone stylings, were added as a frame for the basic performance, intended to give it depth, breadth or texture.

While McLauchlan’s current solo tour marks his first in recent years, he’s maintained a busy recording and performance schedule, playing 30 to 35 shows a year with band Lunch at Allen’s. Other members include Ian Thomas, Marc Jordan and Cindy Church.

In addition, he’s continuing to pursue his passion for visual arts and exhibit his paintings.

Another project he’s plugging away at is a stage musical, Eddie, the life story of a Sinatra-like saloon singer, with all of the songs written in the manner of the American Songbook. McLauchlan also sits on the board of the Room 217 Foundation, a Port Perry, Ont.-based non-profit organization dedicated to caring for the whole person with music.

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WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Friday Night Concert: The High Bar Gang will perform a unique interpretation of gospel, bluegrass and Appalachian folk songs Oct. 23, 7:30-8:45 p.m.

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VERSATILE VOCALIST Ingrid Mapson performs twice on the North Shore next week in both jazz and classical music settings. On Sunday, Oct. 24 at 4 p.m. she sings with a trio at St. Stephen’s in West Vancouver (ststephenschurch.ca) as part of a Jazz Vespers service and on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. the versatile vocalist sits in with the Lions Gate Youth Orchestra (lionsgateyo.com) for a special Halloween concert at the West Vancouver Community Centre. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Red Rock Diner: A musical that captures the excitement and innocence of Vancouver’s burgeoning rock ‘n’ roll scene in the 1950s Nov. 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $53/$42/$25.

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Gibson drawn to ‘the creek’ From page 14

do.”

So he became an illustrator and moved to Toronto because it was “the happening spot to be” for an illustrator in the 1980s.

Gibson settled into his eastern surroundings and embarked on an illustrious career that saw him work for multiple well-known advertising agencies in Toronto and the U.S. “When I moved to Toronto I realized how lucrative commercial art can be,” he says.

Air Canada, Canada Post, all the major banks, the Royal Canadian Mint were among his clients.

Gibson drew everything from dog food to funeral home ads, the latter winning him a design award for creativity.

“I scanned all my old jobs a little while ago and I hit a thousand illustrations and I thought, ‘God I’m tired,’” says Gibson with a laugh.

When he moved back to his hometown 15 years later, in 1994, his

passion for painting was reinvigorated by walking through Lynn Headwaters Regional Park, and that newfound appreciation arose in him.

“It’s like saying your sister is pretty if you never move away,” explains Gibson. “You come back and you look and you go, ‘Wow I’ve lived somewhere else for a long time and I’ve never thought about how good this was.’”

Gibson wound up buying the house he grew up in, a block away from Ridgeway school. The area is steeped in nostalgia for Gibson whose great aunt was a librarian at the venerable school that both his parents attended.

Gibson would also go to Ridgeway, followed by his daughter years later.

Gibson’s uncle would tell him stories about life on “the creek” back in the ’40s when gangs of youth would build cabins and stay out in the woods above Lynn Valley for days.

When he moved back to North Vancouver, Gibson

found himself drawn to the canyon, toting his SLR camera so he could later recreate the images in acrylics.

“Water does something – I’m not sure what it is, but it’s a big force, you know,” he says.

Subconsciously Gibson spent a lot of time under the tree canopies in the headwaters, only realizing his fixation with the area when he saw the paintings he had amassed.

But yet he doesn’t consider himself the outdoorsy type.

“I always joke, ‘I’ll do the Grouse Grind when they put ashtrays there,’ that’s how outdoorsy I am,” says Gibson. “But the nice thing about doing the canyon is it’s quite cultivated in terms of the trails and stuff like that.”

It was a lifelong North Van friend of Gibson’s, Ron Macy, and Artemis Gallery curator Shannon Browne that convinced him to show his work in an exhibit called Headwaters.

“We all grew up in North Van and I think we all shared the same

attitude about it, which was it certainly changed a lot since we were growing up but there are certain things that are eternal,” explains Gibson. “I think the Headwaters and all that area is one thing that will never change. And it will always be there.”

Gibson admits he was reluctant to show his work at first. The self-described perfectionist can’t even bear to hang his paintings up at home because he worries he will become obsessed with altering them.

“At first I thought oh my God this might be redundant,” he says, of his initial reservations for doing the show. “And my biggest concern would have been, ‘OK I’ve got trees and rocks and water – how boring is this going to be if I have 23 paintings. But I was really pleased when I saw all the paintings together and how well they worked with each other.”

But when Gibson saw the way the work was displayed in the gallery under the right lighting, his perspective changed.

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Bridge author recalls how it all began ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

In 1975, a group of eight friends decided to publish a cookbook.

That may not sound like a big deal nowadays, but it was back then. The friends, all housewives from Alberta, had been playing bridge together for more than a decade and decided to put their favourite recipes together for a special project.

It was the first year of International Women’s Day, and the group wanted to prove they could start

a business. It took a lot of work, and they decided to quit at least three times along the way, but finally found themselves in front of a local banker requesting a loan to print 6,000 copies of their book. The banker agreed to the loan and gave the women the paperwork for their husbands to sign.

books was printed, and a 40year enterprise began.

The group had a big backyard party to celebrate the release of their book and thought that was the end of the project.

However, they soon started getting calls from people telling them how good the recipes were.

“And we said ‘No way, this is a women’s year project,’” recalls Mary Halpen, an original member of the group.

“And we knew they were because we had been playing bridge together for 12 years, so we knew the recipes were good,” says Halpen.

Halpen says it took more work to convince the banker but they managed to secure the loan. Their first run of

Then local bookstores started asking to carry the book, but there were no more copies to deliver. The entire first

Mary Halpen (top, first from left) poses with some of the original members of the Best of Bridge cookbook group. Butternut Apple Soup and Kale and Brussels Sprouts Slaw from the latest version. PHOTOS SUPPLIED

run was sold. After much deliberation, it was decided to produce another 15,000 copies of the book.

“The decision to print the next 15,000 was the hardest one,” says Halpen, joking that they sold most of their first run of books to their mothers and sisters. She calls the move a “real leap of faith.”

The women then embarked on their own marketing tour with no experience and no resources. They hit up the local newspapers and radio stations then slowly branched out to neighbouring cities and into B.C. Halpen says they were graciously received for the most part, and she credits that in part to the fact that they were so enthusiastic about their book. Their marketing eventually stretched across the country, and the group of friends shared many road trips that Halpen describes as moving pajama parties full of fun.

When asked why she thinks the book was so popular in those early days, Halpen explains that they were all

housewives with young kids then and “these were recipes that we could make at home.

They always worked. They were from ingredients that we had in our cupboards for the most part but they all were good.”

The recipes were all tried and tested, she notes. “People just trusted us.”

Four decades later and Halpen is again on a promotion tour for an updated version of the book: Best of Bridge Home Cooking 250 Easy and Delicious Recipes. The book series now has nearly four million copies in print and has been updated numerous times over the years.

“It’s important to stay current,” says Halpen of the many updated versions, noting the recipes have been adjusted over the years to make them more contemporary, such as using more fresh (instead of canned) ingredients, which are more available these days.

The original group of eight now consists of four members. One moved to Vancouver right after the first printing, and three have passed away in recent

years. Halpen says her group is a microcosm of other friend groups and has had “everything happen to them” over the years.

These days, Halpen has some more free time. Her husband passed away about five years ago and her kids are grown, so she volunteered to go on this latest round of publicity for the book. But all the remaining members are still involved in the project and have been since it started.

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Community garden gives back ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

Take a walk through the community garden at Queen Mary elementary and you may see something you didn’t expect: fruit trees.

Pears, cherries, apples, and plums, are all part of the “food forest,” as staff at the Edible Garden Project refer to it. The trees are only about five years old, so they haven’t reached their full production yet. But they still managed to yield an impressive crop this year, although most of the fruit is now gone, free for members of the public to pick. A lot of people think about the Okanagan when they think about growing fruit, but part of the reason the EGP grew these trees, some berry bushes, and a herb garden, was to show North Shore residents it can be done here too. EGP manager Emily Jubenvill explains that the purpose of all their community gardens, and in the food forest in particular, is to demonstrate how much food can be grown from perennial systems.

“Most people when they think of edible food they think about annual vegetables, but there’s lots of stuff that you can plant once and it will produce for decades,” she notes.

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Emily Jubenvill tends to nasturtium plants in the community garden at Queen Mary elementary in North Vancouver (above left), and Lorraine Gardner (left) harvests rosemary. The garden has fruit trees, berry bushes, and a herb garden that is open to the public.

It’s all part of a bigger focus to engage community members in the art of gardening, and it was a desire to involve the community that changed the group’s initial approach to the garden.

The garden has individual plots of raised beds that are rented out to community members, who typically grow vegetables or flowers. Around some of the borders and in between the two sides there’s more of a communal area, which the Edible Garden Project has been involved in over the past number of years (their “food forest”). When the community garden was being designed there was a public walkway right through the middle of

it that the community wanted to keep, so the garden was built around it in two halves, one on either side of the walkway. Over the years, the EGP focused on building the soil because it was really shallow and rocky. They used a lot of mulch, compost, and leaves to enrich the soil.

“But it just takes time really,” explains Jubenvill. “Now we have amazing soil, which is fantastic.”

The decision to allow the public to pick the food from the EGP area of the garden was based on a “nest of factors,” says Jubenvill, but one of the main reasons was stealing. Food grown in the rented plots is meant for the gardeners who grow it. But some people take the food and that upsets the gardeners. “They put lots of time and energy into them typically,” says Jubenvill.

When the garden first started the food forest was being planted for workshops and demonstrations and for the food to be donated. But over the years it became apparent there was stealing still happening all over the garden despite signs asking people not to take the food. So the gardeners suggested inviting people into a specific area in the garden to pick from. The plan worked and the EGP’s food forest became free to the public.

Besides cutting down on stealing from the rented plots, Jubenvill says the move also helped build relationships with more people in the community that aren’t necessarily gardeners.

“It’s a nice way for people just walking by to also get to interact with the garden regardless of whether or not they have a plot there,” she notes. And EGP is still able to donate food to various organizations, including the Food Hub at North Shore Neighbourhood House, through its other North Shore gardens, such as Loutet Farm. As of mid-October, most of the fruit, berries, and herbs have been taken and that’s OK. “If people are using it that’s the point,” says Jubenvill.

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Chef chats about cooking class Learning to explore different culinary cuisines is not so hard these days ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

How and why Jonathan Chovancek first became a chef is worth another story on its own.

He’d much rather talk about why he has stayed with cooking: the people; the people he has worked with and the people he has cooked for.

“Can you imagine all the stories?” he asks, reciting a long list of the types of events and variety of people he has engaged with during his 22 years as a professional chef.

“It’s incredible,” he notes. “You can’t even encapsulate it in a story.”

Chovancek has cooked in many countries around the world, and is a speaker and an instructor. He is also co-founder of Bittered Sling Bitters, a retail line of small-batch cocktail and culinary bitters.

Recently, Chovancek joined with Cook Culture to spearhead its cooking program, and is set to host two upcoming classes in North Vancouver: Knife Skills and Levant: Food of the Middle East.

The latter will focus on the “beautiful flavours of the southeast Levant,” which is a large area in the eastern Mediterranean, including North Africa and Turkey. Chovancek says he is drawn to the “beautiful, vibrant spice tones of that area.”

Middle Eastern cooking is his forte and what he likes to eat, notes Chovancek, adding the class will present recipes through the filter of a Canadian chef.

“The warm, rich tones of the region really appeal to me. It’s an area of utter deliciousness,” he explains. “These are all regions that are about deep, robust flavours and building complexity in taste.”

Chovancek says the world cuisines that appeal to him most are the ones that are full of the most flavour, and notes that many popular cooking regions also contain microdiversity in their cuisines. For example, when referring to Chinese cooking, there are 40 different styles of specific cooking that can be explored.

Teaching how to prepare food from a specific region involves talking about concepts and theory, and pairing it with practical preparation, including spices and sauces of the region, then making dishes that students can translate into something they can shop for at their local supermarket and make at home for their family and friends.

When asked if it’s easy to teach people how to cook, Chovancek answers quickly: “Yea, it really is because if somebody signs up for a cooking class they’ve obviously got a passion and an interest. You need to engage people when you’re teaching them something, so if they’re already interested then that’s half of the battle.”

Learning to cook or to be a better cook is much easier now too, notes Chovancek, explaining that when he started in the industry cell phones and the Internet were not around, and the only ways to learn about cooking were through books and in person.

There is so much content available online now, including how-to videos, that learning has become a lot more accessible. However, Chovancek suggests that the best way to learn is to create taste memories from first-hand experiences in a kitchen.

“You can’t replace that aspect of actually getting into a kitchen, cooking with other people, and sharing ideas and heritage and culture, and laughing and sharing a meal,” he says.

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Tipping servers has its pros and cons but is a well-established norm in the eatery biz CHRIS DAGENAIS contributing writer

The North American restaurant service gratuity system is a curious phenomenon.

Food service is one of the only industries the wages of which remain competitive on the basis of a predictable, but still discretionary, supplement provided by customers. It had been the convention for many years that the minimum suitable gratuity for a restaurant server who had provided adequate service was 15 per cent on the total, post-tax bill. I would suggest that the days of 15 per cent have been behind us for a while now. The scale of evaluation for service staff has shifted a few percentage points and 18 per cent is the new 15 per cent. Leave less and your server will likely wonder what she or he did to earn your ire. If you book a reservation for a larger group, you will frequently encounter the so-called “auto-grat,” an automatic 18 per cent tip, agreed upon before a single glass of water has been filled at your table, to be applied to whatever total bill your party manages to rack up.

I think we are on the brink of a paradigmatic shift in the way servers are compensated. Being close to the restaurant world both professionally and personally, I have heard some extreme tales related to gratuities. In Manhattan, arguably the continent’s heart of dining, 20 per cent gratuity has been the norm for a long time and 25 per cent is not uncommon.

On a bottle of wine, which is already listed on the menu at a 200 per cent markup on cost, that can be a tough addition to swallow. However, one of that city’s most accomplished restaurant leaders, Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group, responsible for iconic eateries including the Union Square Café and The Gramercy Tavern, has been making

headlines recently following the announcement that the group’s restaurants are banning gratuities as of November, ushering in a new model of compensation for their staff that does not depend on discretionary funding by patrons. The precise details of how this will be accomplished have not yet been shared.

The tip ban is a bold move and one that will surely require a lot of logistical considerations. I worked front-of-house in restaurants and can appreciate why the gratuity system has evolved into what it is today. Guest service is a tough gig, involving long and erratic hours, last-minute shift cancellations, work on weekends and holidays, and coping with diners who feel that their dollars permit them to treat you like a servant rather than like a skilled professional.

More than this, however, a server’s gratuities do not all go to that server alone. In most restaurants, there is a required established “tip-out” policy. Under this policy, a server must contribute a defined percentage of their gross sales for the evening to the other members of the restaurant team. For instance, if a server had 10 tables over the course of the evening, each with a total pre-gratuity bill of $100, that server will have sold $1,000.

The server’s tip-out will require that the bartender receives half of one per cent of that $1,000, or $5. The kitchen will typically receive 1.5 per cent of those sales, or $15. The host team may receive another one per cent ($10) and, depending on the specific set-up of the restaurant, the floor manager and possibly the food runner will each receive another half percentage point, possibly even a full percentage point. That’s five per cent of the server’s sales, or $50, irrespective of how

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well that server’s customers tipped. Remember, this tip-out policy is based on sales, not tips. Assuming the server did well that evening, he or she will have earned an average of 15 per cent on sales, or $150. Subtract the tip-out, and you have $100, amortized across the eight-hour shift, translating into a $12.50 hourly supplement to what is typically a minimum wage base. Under this scheme, if you stiff a server, leaving nothing, you actually cost them money. On your $100 bill, they will now have to pay $5 of their own money for the pleasure of serving you. Of course, there are also occasions upon which a server can win big in this model, opening several expensive bottles in the course of an evening and earning very good money, even once tip-outs have been distributed.

Some might argue that it is not up to the diner to compensate for wage schemes in a restaurant. While that may be true in principle, it nevertheless remains a well-established cultural norm that accepted minimum gratuities are simply part of the cost of dining and are not, in the end, all that discretionary. I am curious to see how Danny Meyer’s group fares with their new approach; perhaps it is the start of a movement.

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Every day, they make fresh home-style baked goods and artisan sandwiches for a growing and appreciative customer base. They have breakfast and lunch items and as well as gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan choices.

While they are gaining a reputation for exquisite cookies, pastries and loaves, Frances’ real specialty is layer cakes.

Growing up in North Vancouver, Frances Sollors remembers first being allowed to help her mother in the kitchen as a young child. It was the spark that lit a passion that still burns today.

“I started helping my mom bake when I was seven,” says Frances.

“I fell in love with it.”

“I have always enjoyed making layer cakes. It gives you a chance to create flavour sensations. We get requests for things like chocolate peanut butter cups, chocolate cakes with marshmallow frosting and lemon cakes layered with lemon Swiss butter cream. I love the challenge.”

Now celebrating their first anniversary, Bon Ami also does sandwich and baked treat catering for meetings and special events. Starting in late November, they will be offering baking classes as well.

At the age of 11, she took her first cake decorating course from someone who would become a mentor figure, Master Baker Werner Schmidt.

His focus on using the best ingredients, from scratch, resonated with Frances.

People are paying attention. Today, Bon Ami baked goods are also available at Murchie’s Tea and Coffee locations, the End of the Line grocery store, Lift Juice Bar, Andrew’s on 8th, and Café Orso. West Vancouver’s Fresh Street Market and Vancouver’s Dirty Apron Cooking School carry Bon Ami’s incredible, buttery, naturally-flavoured shortbread.

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Fashion File STORE OPENING The Market by The Latest Scoop is now open at 2472 Marine Dr., West Vancouver.

The Dundarave pop-up shop is a marketplace concept store selling home accessories and decor. thelatestscoop.ca

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Fashion biz keeps brunette busy NIKI HOPE Contributing writer

Fashion firecracker Miriam Alden recently sent her brand of cheekilyphrased sweatshirts and on-trend threads down the runway at Vancouver Fashion Week earlier this month.

North Shore-raised Alden is a fixture in the local fashion biz, distributing a handful of stylishly affordable and mid-range brands through her sales agency, the aptly-named — given her trademark long brown hair — Brunette Showroom, located in East Van’s Parker Building.

The Oct. 2 fashion show included labels she represents: BB Dakota,

Desigual, Lisbeth Jewelry, Glamorous UK, and Seychelles Footwear, as well as the popular sweatshirt line she recently launched, featuring quirky sayings like: “Fries before guys,” “Paris made me do it,” and “I definitely did not wake up like this.”

The bold sweatshirt concept started when Alden and her company’s vicepresident Ryan Pugsley wore sweatshirts with the phrase, “Brunette is the new black” to a trade show.

Created for their own amusement, they had no intention of launching a sweatshirt collection.

“People would say, ‘That’s so cool; you should sell them,’” Alden says, explaining where the idea

originated to create an entire fleet of sweatshirts for the line called BITNB (Brunette is the New Black) Clothing, which has taken off.

Hard to believe, but the stylish and statuesque brunette wasn’t always a fashion phenom.

“I think it’s because I spent the majority of my life in a barn, so I didn’t really care,” Alden laughs.

An equestrian, Alden spent her days riding her horse rather than in front of the mirror. The selfdescribed tomboy even played football on the boys’ team at Handsworth secondary, only hanging up her jersey when the guys got too big to go up against.

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Alden launched Brunette Showroom six years ago with a small loan from her dad, retired newspaper publisher Brad Alden, which she paid back within six months. Not just surviving, she has thrived, celebrating her company’s sixth anniversary this month. The fashion dynamo credits her father’s business acumen and advice with helping her along the way.

“Everything that comes out of my dad’s mouth is something that is thoughtful,” Alden says.

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even if I don’t want to hear it at all, I know he’ll tell me the truth.”

A portable showroom fashion truck that she recently bought with her friend, Privilege Clothing owner, Donni Rae Edmondson, is her latest project. Called WEST – Fashion Truck, Granville Island is expected to be the first stop on the pop-up express, likely around the beginning of November.

In the meantime, between her break-out sweatshirt line and busy wholesale biz, Alden already has lots to keep her trucking.

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THEATRE

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Stephen Schwartz revisits his song catalogue in musical

! Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook, Oct. 28 to Nov. 8 at Presentation House Theatre, 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Tickets: $20-$36, available online at phtheatre.org or by calling 604-990-3474.

CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

Fans of Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz will hear some familiar tunes when the curtain lifts on Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook at North Vancouver’s Presentation House Theatre next week.

Presented by WRS Productions, the show features adaptations of some of Schwartz’s biggest hits including “Popular” (Wicked), “Corner of the Sky” (Pippin) and “All Good Gifts” (Godspell), some lesser known numbers from his musical theatre catalogue, and new music too. Schwartz

has rewritten his original lyrics so the songs now tell the tale of a middle-aged couple whose relationship is on the rocks.

“It’s really intriguing to notice how he has taken some old familiar material and changed it to fit the new scenarios,” says actor Stephen Aberle, who plays the character Dan. Snapshots takes place in the attic of Dan and Sue (Annabel Kershaw), whose marriage has fallen apart after 30 years. Sue is preparing to walk out on her husband and has gone to the attic to retrieve a hidden suitcase.

“She’s getting ready to leave him and he comes home unexpectedly and they wind up stumbling on a box of old photographs and remembering their relationship and how they came together,” Aberle says.

As the pair flip through these photos, they reminisce on their past. Six cast See Schwartz page 39

From

Stephen Aberle and Annabel Kershaw star in Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook at Presentation House Theatre, Oct. 28 to Nov. 8. PHOTO SUPPLIED

The hit musical of 2014 hits North Van!

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RED ROCK DINER “The singing and dancing are terrific. The band is hot”

Schwartz musical uses three levels of perspective members portray the couple at different stages in their relationship.

“Danny and Susie start out at age 11 or 12 up through college; Daniel and Susan take it from college age through the birth of their child and the maturing of their relationship; and then Dan and Sue are the older couple,” Aberle explains.

The story unfolds mainly through song.

“There’s very short, very pithy spoken dialogue scenes.

Most of the emotional growth and work that this couple actually does on their relationship happens through the lyrics and the music of the songs.”

Snapshots addresses major milestones in life, from adolescence to middle age, and as such, Aberle says the musical will resonate with just about anybody.

“If you’ve ever been in love, or wanted to be in love, this is the show for you.”

This is the second time Aberle has taken on the role of Dan. The first time was in last year’s Canadian

premiere of Snapshots at Studio 1398 on Granville Island, also presented by WRS Productions.

Music director Wendy Bross Stuart happens to be a long-time friend of Schwartz.

The two met as teenagers at a summer theatre camp in upstate New York, long before Schwartz made a name for himself in theatre and film.

“In 2005 he was trying out this new show, Snapshots,” Bross Stuart recalls. He invited her and her husband and coproducer Ron down to in Issaquah, Wash., where he was debuting the new work he had created in collaboration with script writer David Stern.

Bross Stuart was immediately impressed, in part because of the unique way the story is told through three levels of perspective, but also because of how Schwartz reworked his existing music and wove different songs together. She knew the Snapshots show would appeal to a wide audience.

“You’ve got people who

can enjoy it just for the story, enjoy it just for the music, or write a doctoral dissertation on what he’s done with this.”

The 2014 Canadian premiere was staged “in the round,” meaning the audience sat in shallow rows around the perimeter of a central stage. From her seat behind the keyboard in the orchestra, Bross Stuart got a good read on the crowd.

“When I had a second, I could look in people’s faces and see what was going on and I couldn’t believe how much it was affecting them and how people of different ages reacted to different things in different ways,” she says, noting there were many teary eyes in the house.

“Personally, I think when the story is told in music it hits you far more directly.”

The Presentation House Theatre remount comes with a few changes including a new director, Max Reimer, and two new cast members.

It has also been reconfigured for the more traditional proscenium stage.

“This year, it’s completely different and it’s very exciting,” Bross Stuart says.

VANCOUVER’S ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MUSICAL

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From page 36

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Scene looked for obscure tracks From page 16 mad dance moves. The two bond over obscure music, amphetamines and their small-town malaise. “It’s the great thing about soul music: you listen to the lyrics in all them records and they talk to you.”

They travel to all-night dance clubs – the precursor to raves – and John quits school. He’s got an eye on a pretty nurse (Antonia Thomas), the only black girl he knows. John and

Matt make plans to visit America, return with a trunkful of obscure records and evangelize Northern Soul to the masses. (Back before Amazon, that’s how it worked, kids.)

“Forget the top 10,” says John. “It’s all propaganda.

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The film has it all: sex, drugs and soul music, plus a bromance that won’t quit.

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Constantine, a renowned photographer, knows just how to frame all that balledup teenage angst unloosed on the springing dance floor. John’s transformation from nerdy loner to hip soul sensation is good oldfashioned fashion fun. And there’s enough energy in the lead performances and the soundtrack – featuring Edwin Starr, Joe Tex and the like – to see us through.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE ROAD

The Mazda MX-5 (formerly the Miata) started out as a zippy little sportscar and has somehow remained a zippy little sportscar, resisting the bulge and bloat that seems to eventually inflict every other roadster. The MX-5 is available at Morrey Mazda in the Northshore Auto Mall. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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BRENDAN MCALEER Contributing Writer

Raffi sang it best: everything grows.

Higher beltlines, swelling curb weight, ballooning footprints; from the oncetiny Honda Civic to the Mini Cooper, every single car on the road these days just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Except for one.

After a quarter of a century, the Mazda Miata

(or MX-5, if you prefer) enters its fourth generation with one big surprise: it’s still small. The recipe remains the same – modest power, lightweight, rear drive, open-topped – and really, that’s most of the shock.

How, when everybody from BMW to Porsche seems to be making more and more complex vehicles, does Mazda manage to keep it simple?

This new MX-5 is actually shorter than the

original, and just a few kilograms heavier. How’ve they done that? Remember how tiny the original 1990 version was? You could have delivered it to the dealership in a Tic Tac box.

There’s no turbo. There’s no clever torque-vectoring differential. The cupholders are flat-out terrible. But it’s as wonderful as ever.

Design Some of the MX-5’s diminutive size is thanks to

its compact LED headlights.

Mazda’s best-selling roadster still has a “face,” but it’s much less cutesy than before, almost snake-like.

Or maybe make that cat-like, as from some angles the MX-5 looks an awful lot like the Jaguar F-Type.

You could do worse for a car to emulate, especially since the original Miata did such a good job at translating British-style open-topped motoring into Japanese dependability. That the mid-

level GS is around $35,000 – about half the F-Type’s price – doesn’t hurt either.

The nose is extremely low, giving the driver a better sense of the road, even as the arches over the wheels make it easy to tell where the corners of the car are. Sixteen-inch alloys are standard on the basic GX model, with 17-inch sevenspoke rims on the GS and GT models.

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company into a juggernaut of epic proportions. When the company launched a large-scale version of the Ferrari F40 supercar earlier this year, it seemed the perfect intersection of my two favourite childhood relics. I bought one, spent a couple of happy hours putting it together.

As a result of its exponential growth over the past few years, Lego has become the world’s largest producer of tires. The little knobbly black rubber wheels first arrived in the 1970s, with wheeled sets arriving even earlier. Lego now puts out millions of rubber toy wheels, far more than many of the major tire companies combined.

And, if you look at the company’s early history, this whole branding strategy isn’t really a new thing at all. Some of Lego’s earliest sets featured Shell Oil fuel stations, and a special HO-scale tanker trucks painted in the company’s yellow and red livery. Few remember that this was Lego’s original layout, or that they produced a series of toy cars much like Matchbox or Hot Wheels.

The Shell partnership with Lego is, or rather was, a half-century affair. Lego has recently announced a dissolution of the link-up, thanks to pressure from environmental groups concerned about drilling in the arctic. With an image to protect, Lego’s kidfriendly brand didn’t want to get oily fingerprints on its snow-white public persona. When Greenpeace released the clever Everything is Not Awesome video short on YouTube, featuring a rising tide of oil swamping a Lego arctic scene, they decided to pull the plug.

But not on the automaker side of things, not at all. Although, you have to wonder if it isn’t the car manufacturers who are getting just as much out of these licensing experiments as Lego is.

Ferrari is extremely jealous about lending out its crest to other companies. Once the most powerful brand in the world, everybody knew what the prancing horse meant, even if they couldn’t tell you what Testarossa meant. A Ferrari was something special, and that’s all that mattered. Even now, roll up in a McLaren and the uninitiated will ask, “Is that some kind of Ferrari?”

Thanks to the Shell Oil angle, Ferrari and Lego first linked up with small F1 car sets you could buy at Shell service stations (Shell and Ferrari were F1 partners). There was an expansion to include full sets like the F1 Scuderia

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This week, enthusiast website Brickset announced that further sets were inbound from Lego’s popular Speed Champions series.

If you’re a fan of the current breed of hypercars, you can already get a Porsche 918, Ferrari LaFerrari, or McLaren P1 rendered in blocky bricks. On the way is both more accessible fare like the Ford F-150 Raptor and Chevrolet Corvette, and purebred racing cars like the Porsche 917K Le Mans racer.

Lego, as will no doubt be frustrating to those who grew up with it, has become a giant licensing and merchandising machine. You’ve been able to buy Lego Star Wars for some time, and these days can also buy sets featuring the Simpsons, Batman, and who knows what else. Currently, the biggest evidence of big brick shelling out is their Big Bang Theory playset, designed for adults instead of kids, faithfully recreating a deeply unfunny show.

But back to cars. The reason Lego is now the extremely successful purveyor of branded plastic interlocking bricks is that it changed strategies when its patent ran out. Where once buying a Lego set meant hours of play breaking it apart and reassembling it, now there’s more of an assemble-and-display aspect. You build stuff, put it on a shelf, then buy more of it.

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Besides that small design tweak, the rest of the MX-5’s interior is function first. Weight has been saved almost everywhere, with the result that the detachable cupholders are right where your elbow goes (you can move one down to the passenger side of the transmission tunnel if you’re flying solo).

Further minimalism can be found in the seats, which exchange foam padding for a supportive web. The seats don’t have height adjustability, but are instead mounted on an inclined track – shorter drivers will gain height the closer they sit to the steering wheel.

It’s an elegant solution, and while the MX-5 has occasional ergonomic oddities (volume knob between the seats, infotainment screen just stuck to the dash), it’s overall a nicely executed effort. The small steering wheel with its compact airbag feels light and lively, and the shifter is perfectly positioned. Never mind the cupholders, this thing’s for driving.

Performance When Mazda revealed a 2.0-litre four-cylinder powerplant for their new car, many pundits raised their eyebrows. What, no forced induction? And it makes less power than the outgoing model?

Now making essentially the same 155 horsepower at 6,000 r.p.m. and 148 foot-pounds of torque at 4,600 r.p.m. as the regular Mazda3, the MX-5’s new engine requires premium fuel and is down 10 h.p. versus the previous model.

Not the kind of thing to get a gearhead’s pulse racing.

However, there’s so much more going on here, it’s hard to know where to start. Every inch of this little car has had the impurities hammered out of it, from chassis to suspension to the first electronic power assisted steering that actually has some feedback. It’s the result of an endless amount of tiny engineering tweaks, ranging from an obsession over the way the manual shifter slots into gear to hanging microscopic weights on the rear differential to get the right harmonics out of

Mazda engineers spent a lot of effort getting the shifter to feel just right.

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It’s not about the power, it’s not about the seats, it’s not about the stereo, it’s not about the absolute cornering grip. The MX-5 isn’t dominated by one element – instead, it’s the blend and balance of everything all at once.

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it apart, and add it to a mountain of bricks. Maybe she’ll build a house out of it. Maybe she’ll build a 250GT SWB Breadvan.

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to be as cynical as that.

Most of the cars Lego is rendering in brick form are just plain cool, and being able to put them together yourself, using all the little tricks required to make blocky bricks approximate the curves and swoops of the modern automobile, is just plain fun.

There’s something else though. Currently, my Lego F40 sits on a shelf gathering dust. That’s of no use to anyone, and not what Lego is supposed to be about. When my eldest daughter gets a little older, we’ll take it down, break

make everything out of them, and it’s both a toy for the young and a modeling material for the young-at-heart.

As such, it’s quite clever for manufacturers like Porsche and Audi to pursue a partnership like this. Hot Wheels is still a strong seller, but it’s nothing like the looming presence of Lego. Get your brand into the youthful consciousness early, and you’ll hopefully stay in their dreams long enough to sell them a car in a few years.

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Offers available from October 1 – November 2, 2015. ≈Payments cannot be made on a weekly basis, for advertising purposes only. ≠Representative monthly lease offer based on a new 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG16 AA00). 1.99% lease APR for a 60 month term equals monthly payments of $279 with $0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Payments include freight and fees. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $16,710. 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT does not qualify for ‘No Charge AWD credit’. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. *$2,180//$2,000//$2,500 no-charge all-wheel drive upgrade is available on new 2015 Juke (excluding SV FWD (N5RT55 AA00)// 2016 Rogue (excluding S FWD (Y6RG16 AA00) and SV Special Edition FWD (Y6SG16 AA00)) // 2015 Pathfinder (excluding S 4x2 (5XRG15 AA00) models purchased or financed with NCF at standard rates and delivered between October 1, 2015 and November 2, 2015. Offer consists of a discount that can only be used at the time of initial purchase/finance and applied towards: (i) the purchase of an all-wheel drive system from an authorized Nissan dealer; and/or (ii) the purchase price of the vehicle. **350//$400//$500 no-charge winter tire package offer is available on new 2015 Micra // 2015 & 2016 Versa Note // 2015 Sentra models purchased, leased, or financed and delivered between October 1, 2015 and November 2, 2015. Offer consists of a discount that can only be used at the time of initial purchase/ lease/finance and applied towards: (i) the purchase of a winter tire package (includes: all-season floor mats, emergency road kit, and 4 specified winter tires -- rims, tire installation and balancing not included) from an authorized Nissan dealer; and/or (ii) the purchase price of the vehicle. The discounts will be deducted from the negotiated price before taxes and can be combined with special lease and finance rates offered through Nissan Canada Finance. Any unused portion of a discount will not be refunded and may not be banked for future use. Offers are subject to change or cancellation without notice. Conditions apply. While supplies last. See your participating Nissan dealer or visit choosenissan.ca for details. ◆ $12,198/$11,698 selling price includes MSRP and fees for a new 2015 Sentra 1.8 S M6 (C4LG55 AA00)/2015 Versa Note 1.6 S M5 (B5RG55 AA00). $5,000/$4,200 NCI non-stackable cash discount, which includes $350/$350 dealer participation included in advertised amount. +Cash discount is $5,250 available on 2015 Pathfinder S 4X4 (5XBG15 AA00). $5,250 comprised of ‘No Charge AWD’ credit of $2,500, $2,450 NCF standard rate cash, $300 dealer participation. Only applicable with finance through Nissan Canada Finance standard rates. †Representative finance offer based on any new 2015 Pathfinder S 4X4 (5XBG15 AA00). Selling price is $32,458 financed at 0% APR equals monthly payments of $451 monthly for a 72 month term. $0 down payment required. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $32,458. 2015 Pathfinder S 4X4 (5XBG15 AA00) does not qualify for ‘No Charge AWD credit’. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. ▲ Models shown $37,008/$25,998/$48,708/$21,148 Selling price for a new 2016 Rogue SL AWD Premium (Y6DG16 BK00)/ 2015 Sentra 1.8 SL (C4TG15 AA00)/2015 Pathfinder Platinum (5XEG15 AA00)/2015 Versa Note 1.6 SL CVT (B5TG15 AE00). See your dealer or visit Nissan.ca/Loyalty. *◆±≠▲Freight and PDE charges ($1,760/$1,600/$1,760/$1,600) air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Lease offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars.

Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. For more information see IIHS.org. °Available feature. FEB cannot prevent accidents due to carelessness or dangerous driving techniques. It may not provide warning or braking in certain conditions. Speed limitations apply. ^Ward’s Large Cross/Utility Market Segmentation. MY15 Pathfinder and Pathfinder Hybrid vs. 2014 competitors. ‡Around View Monitor cannot completely eliminate blind spots and may not detect every object. Always check surroundings before moving vehicle. Virtual composite 360 view. ∞Global Automakers of Canada (GAC) Entry Level Segmentation, June 2015. The Nissan Sentra received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact cars in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 Initial Quality Study SM. Study based on responses from 84,367 new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. ©2015 Nissan Canada Inc. and Nissan Canada Financial Services Inc. a division of Nissan Canada Inc.

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A54 - North Shore News - Friday, October 23, 2015

2015 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FROM

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MSRP

2015 Jeep Cherokee North 4x4

15319

2015 Jeep Cherokee Limited

15010

2015 Jeep Compass Sport

15526

2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit

15279

2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited

15062

2015 Ram 2500 Regular Cab

15460

2015 Ram 1500

15336

2015 Chrylser 200

15110

2015 Chrysler 200S

15149

2015 Dodge Journey SXT

15142

2015 Dodge Journey SXT

15130

2015 Dodge Journey R/T

15168

2015 Dodge Grand Caravan

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Wise customers read the fine print: *, †, ≥, ◆, §, ≈ The All Out Clearout Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after September 1, 2015. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,695) and excludes licence, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select 2015 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. †0% purchase financing available on all new 2015 Jeep models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a Purchase Price of $24,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 0% for 48 months equals 104 bi-weekly payments of $240 with a cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $24,998. ◆2.99% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport model to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a Purchase Price of $24,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 2.99% for 96 months equals 416 weekly payments of $68 with a cost of borrowing of $3,116 and a total obligation of $28,114. ≥3.49% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance.

Example: 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with a Purchase Price of $40,998 financed at 3.49% over 96 months with $0 down payment equals 416 weekly payments of $113 with a cost of borrowing of $6,003 and a total obligation of $47,001. §Starting from prices for vehicles shown include Consumer Cash Discounts and do not include upgrades (e.g. paint). Upgrades available for additional cost. ≈Sub-prime financing available on approved credit. Financing example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a Purchase Price of $24,998 financed at 4.99% over 60 months, equals 260 weekly payments of $109 for a total obligation of $28,257. Some conditions apply. Down payment is required. See your dealer for complete details. √Based on 2014 Ward’s Small Sport Utility segmentation. »Jeep Grand Cherokee has received more awards over its lifetime than any other SUV. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc. ®Jeep is a registered trademark of FCA US LLC used under licence by Chrysler Canada Inc.

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A56 - North Shore News - Friday, October 23, 2015

2016 CX-3

A JOY TO DRIVE THEM. AN HONOUR TO BUILD THEM. Treat yourself to one of our 2016 Car Guide award-winning vehicles.

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www.MorreyMazda.com ‡Based on a representative example using a finance price of $16,965/$22,715/$24,665 for the 2015 Mazda3 GX (D4XK65AA00)/2016 CX-3 GX (HVXK86AA00)/2016 CX-5 GX (NVXK66AA00) at a rate of 0.99%/2.99%/2.49% APR, the cost of borrowing for an 84-month term is $602/$2,488/$2,238 bi-weekly payment is $97/$138/$148, total finance obligation is $17,567/$25,203/$26,902. Taxes are extra and required at the time of purchase. All prices include $25 new tire charge, $100 a/c charge where applicable, freight & PDI of $1,695/$1,895 for Mazda3/CX-3, CX-5. As shown, price for 2015 Mazda3 GT (D4TL65AA00)/2016 CX-3 GT (HXTK86AA00)/2016 CX-5 GT (NXTL86AA00) is $28,115/$31,315/$37,215. ▼0% APR Purchase Financing is available on 2015 Mazda3. Terms vary by model. Based on a representative agreement using an offered pricing of $17,715 for the new 2015 Mazda3 GX (D4XK65AA00) with a financed amount of $18,000, the cost of borrowing for a 48-month term is $0, monthly payment is $375 and total finance obligation is $18,000. †No Payments for 90 Days (payment deferral) offer is available on all new in-stock Mazda models. Applies only to purchase finance offers on approved credit.

No interest will accrue during the first 60 days of the finance contract. After this period interest will begin to accrue and the purchaser will repay the principal and interest monthly over the term of the contract. Offer period October 1 – November 2, 2015. PPSA, licence, insurance, taxes, down payment (or equivalent trade-in) are extra and may be required at the time of purchase. Dealer may sell/lease for less. Dealer order/trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Lease and Finance on approved credit for qualified customers only. Offers valid October 1 – November 2, 2015, while supplies last. Prices and rates subject to change without notice. Visit mazda.ca or see your dealer for complete details. *To learn more about the Mazda Unlimited Warranty, go to mazdaunlimited.ca.