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City scraps Flamborough Head Rebuilding a cradle for the Victory ship stern too costly

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Heritage preservationists are dismayed to see one of the most recognizable

landmarks of the North Vancouver waterfront being brought down.

Workers are in the process of dismantling the stern of the Flamborough

Head, the stern of the Victory ship that has adorned Lot 5 of the city waterfront since 2001.The ship was built at North Vancouver’s Burrard Dry Dock and launched in 1944.

“Any remnants of the maritime history of that area seem to be disappearing fast and furiously,” said

Jennifer Clay, vice-president of the North Shore Heritage Preservation Society.

Clay recently signed a letter to the city on behalf of the preservation society asking council to clarify what will happen with Flamborough Head, as well as the PGE railway station building and yellow crane

and confirm all three will remain on the waterfront.

“Not only do these structures honour the important and unique shipbuilding and wartime past of North Vancouver, but their retention and integration into the development of the Lower Lonsdale area would have

many positive consequences . . . creating an area with real identity and ‘sense of place,’ rather than just another generic shopping and eating area,” the letter urges.

After a behind-closeddoors meeting on Sept.

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Police, ICBC step up drunk checks Santa isn’t the only one who will be checking if you’ve been naughty or nice this month.

Police and ICBC are also gearing up to check for impaired drivers with the annual December CounterAttack campaign.

According to ICBC, an average of five people are killed each December in B.C. in crashes involving impaired driving. An average of 4,700 people are injured in 16,000 crashes in the Lower Mainland each December.

North Shore Operation Red Nose is also underway this month. Organized by local Rotary clubs, it offers a free ride home in North and West Vancouver and Bowen Island between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights by calling 604-3190942. Last year, volunteers provided 305 safe rides home and raised $18,000 in donations to support youth programs on the North — Jane Seyd Shore.

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FOCUS Here’s why The bridge’s long shadow we are

breaking convention

Too many preventable deaths prompt questions

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

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n a bright winter day, the North Shore mountains rise in a dramatic backdrop to the graceful arcs of the Lions Gate Bridge.To the west are freighters at anchor in English Bay, a fog bank low in the distance.

In the 75 years that the bridge has stood, this has been its picture postcard image. But there is another part of the bridge’s history that is dark and full of anguish.

It was a day in midDecember three years ago, when Rio Bond, 26, jumped to her death from the Lions Gate Bridge.

It was a Saturday, early afternoon. A woman driving into Vancouver that day saw her jump but didn’t have a cellphone. She drove to the nearest gas station and called 9-1-1. A marine rescue crew was dispatched.

Later, the crew told Rio’s family they did their best to save her.Their efforts and the 9-1-1 call are among the few acts of compassion that Rio’s mother, Lou Guest, can point to in the memory of that horrific day.

“It could have happened and she’d disappear and we’d just never know,” said Guest.

The burden of what she knows weighs heavy.

In the three years since her daughter died, Guest has felt the long stares of acquaintances who don’t know what to say.

She has had people ask how she is, and answered unflinchingly.

“Just imagine if your child died at 26. Suddenly they got sick or were run over by a car.That’s how I feel. Except my guilt is more than yours will ever be.”

She is angry and heartbroken. “I’m not the same person I was,” she said.

She is tortured by the thought there is something she could have done.

More people jump to their deaths from the

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In 22 years between 1991 and 2013, government statistics point to 78 people ending their lives on the Lions Gate Bridge.

For the families of those who have died, the bridge remains a painful reminder of their loss.

Growing up in Gibsons

on the Sunshine Coast, Rio — the only child of Guest and her husband Neil Bond — was “incredibly funny, mischievous, bright, kind.

She was a much better person than I am,” said Guest.

“She was at the top of the honour roll, all the way from elementary to high school,” said Bond.

She was also bipolar, a diagnosis made when she was 17.

Rio’s mental health deteriorated quickly. Her mother remembers how she seemed different after she came back from a foreign exchange trip between

grades 11 and 12.

She didn’t sleep. She didn’t understand jokes other kids told in high school. She got drunk. She stole her father’s truck.

“She would come into my bedroom in the middle of the night and lay on the floor and start talking,” said Guest. She started failing classes.

Her parents took her to the doctor, thinking Rio was depressed. She was given an anti-depressant.

Within three days she was in hospital suffering full-blown psychosis.

Doctors at UBC’s psychosis intervention unit

told her parents that Rio was a “rapid cycler” — one of the most difficult forms of bipolar to manage. “She’d go from depression to mania in the flip of a switch,” said Bond.

“They would come maybe twice a year, the bad episodes,” he said.

She was put on an unending series of drugs, in the hopes of finding one that would work without incapacitating side effects.

For years, Guest slept with the phone in her hand, her clothes ready for the call that would inevitably come, telling her Rio was in trouble.

More people jump to their deaths from the Lions Gate Bridge than any other bridge in the province.

It’s not something that is discussed and you won’t typically find it reported in this paper for good reasons. But it is a sad — and repeated — reality.

Those who jump to their deaths are often young, people who are just starting on their lives.Their deaths are tragedies, not just for their families, but also for the wider community.

Alarmed by those statistics, five years ago the B.C. Coroner’s Service recommended that high barriers or netting be installed on several Lower Mainland bridges.

Since then, at least 28 more people have ended their lives on the Lions Gate.

We think those deaths — and the debate about barriers that would prevent such deaths — need to be discussed, as a matter of urgent public interest.

This week and next, we feature a two-part story which addresses that.

It is difficult subject matter. On page 9, we have included information for anyone who needs help.

And a warning: some readers may find details contained in this story disturbing.

Out of the last eight years of her life, Rio was hospitalized for two.

“Her mother and I were always hoping that around the corner there was going to be something that was going to help Rio.There was going to be a new drug or something that would help her and she would survive all this,” said Bond. “It was tough.”

More than once, Bond recalls saying to his daughter, “Don’t do anything foolish.

“She said, ‘Dad, I’d never do anything like that.’”

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Liability prompted incamera call From page 1 9, however, City of North Vancouver council voted to spend up to $250,000 to dispose of the Flamborough Head.

The stern was not only out of place, it was putting the city out of pocket, according to Barbara Pearce, the city’s director of special projects who is overseeing the re-envisioning of the waterfront.

The stern isn’t just a relic of North Vancouver’s history, it has become a sad reminder of what was envisaged as an anchor for the redeveloped waterfront: a National Maritime Museum.

The city put the stern on a temporary cradle after receiving it as a donation from the Artificial Reef Society of B.C. in 2001, but when a lack of federal funding killed the museum plans in 2007, the stern was left to sit on its cradle, which is now reaching the end of its life.

“It basically needs a whole new structure.That would be a significant sum,” said Pearce. “We asked council: ‘Do you want to

invest more on the cradle?

Do you see a vision of this on the site? Or would you prefer we dispose of it?’”

The city has budgeted up to $250,000 to see the Flamborough Head decontaminated and scrapped. It may sound like a lot, but it was cheaper than moving it a third time and finding another spot for it, said Pearce.

“Frankly, it’s full of hazardous materials.There’s asbestos. Believe it or not, pigeon carcasses and pigeon poop are considered hazardous materials and there’s a lot inside,” Pearce said. “All of these things that we’re doing now, the hazardous materials cleanup, would have had to proceed and any kind of future structure to keep this on site would have cost considerably more than what it’s costing to dispose of it.”

The stern should be fully removed within six weeks, Pearce said.

While the preservation society and citizen group North Van Urban Forum have lamented that the discussion happened incamera, Mayor Darrell Mussatto said council had

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Rust in peace I t’s an end to not just one but two eras on the North Vancouver waterfront.

With the scrapping of the HMS Flamborough Head stern, the city loses one of the most visible reminders of its waterfront as a place of shipbuilding during the Second World War. It also is the epilogue to the story of the National Maritime Museum — the project the stern was brought back home for but never came to fruition due to a lack of senior government funding.

Instead, it sat as a dead pigeon-filled, rusty monument to what could have been — and an expensive one at that.

There’s no getting back the $300,000 the city spent to bring the ship stern and set it up on Lot 5, nor the $80,000 spent moving it, nor the up-to $250,000 it will spend getting rid of it.

While it is a sad loss of history, and

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a galling loss of citizens’ tax dollars, there’s no one who could have foreseen the trajectory this story would follow.

That said, it would have been nice to see council at least try to find another fate for the piece of history it acquired and reach out to the public for input and possibly help.

But if the Flamborough Head must be lost, there is a lesson to be gained here.

The city needs to clarify how much of its history it wants to incorporate into the waterfront and what it is willing to do to include it. What it has done to date was based on a maritime museum being on the waterfront. Now that and the ship it was to house are gone, are there other priorities to re-order?

Those questions will be before council in the new year and we’d hate to see any more good opportunities scuttled.

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James’ pipeline columns poorly researched Dear Editor: I usually find Elizabeth James’ columns logical and well researched, but the last two regarding Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain Pipeline (TMPL) are exceptions.

In her Nov. 13 piece, Ms. James worries because TMPL carries crude oil, semi-refined and refined petroleum products.TMPL has “batched” (sent batches

of various oils one after the other) crude oils since the early-1950s, and crude oil, synthetic crude oil, and petroleum products for the last two decades without any incident due to batching.

Batching these products is no particular cause for concern, and is far safer than rail or truck. As for the fire risk mentioned in the article, I can find no case of a TMPL pipeline fire caused

by leaks in that half-century plus. Does history carry no weight in assessing risk?

Regarding concerns about “the B.C. portion of KM’s Cochin line”: that line originates in Alberta and runs east — nowhere does it enter B.C. Contrary to the statement that “the products are corrosive,” none of the materials carried

by TMPL, including diluted bitumen, are particularly

corrosive. Diluted bitumen is more corrosive at refining temperatures but not at pipeline temperatures which are hundreds of degrees cooler.

Pipelines “in ditches open for all to see” are in that state due to ongoing inspection, repair or new construction, not due to ignoring any NEB requirements for lines to be buried.

As for her Nov. 27 article,

because a town in China had a pipeline accident (or poisoned pet food, frequent plane crashes, or horrendous coal mine death tolls) there is no reason to suggest Canadian facilities are unsafe. Secondly, her claim of a fatal accident in the last 30 or so years from lack of pipeline maintenance should have mentioned that See Check page 7

A few dogs, a few complainers spoil it for everyone

Dear Editor: Regarding the increased restrictions on the off-leash walking of dogs in Lynn Headwaters: I respect the areas where there are no dogs allowed. But our available areas are getting smaller and smaller,

with tighter and tighter constraints.The thing is, one or two idiots really should not be the measure of us all.

Most of us want to share the beauty of our world with tourists, walkers, bike and/or horse riders and most of us control our dogs.

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up after both horse and dog because . . . well, because it’s her neighbourhood.

No, when things go well, a smile, a nod and a whispered “thank you” is all the acknowledgement given or needed.When things don’t go well, though, and

someone complains, why is the knee-jerk reaction always to punish the ones that do the right thing? The squeaky wheel sometimes just needs a little grease — they don’t need the whole can of oil!

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Hello, out there. It’s Rogers night tonight

Memo To:The cast and crew of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada.

Memo From: Garth Winklesnap, Rogers Communications vicepresident of hockey broadcasts, ringtones that sound like old-timey car horns, and making sure no one calls it the Skydome anymore.

Re: Hockey broadcast protocol.

Congratulations! With Rogers Communications’ $5.2 billion acquisition of all hockey broadcast rights in Canada, your program will fall under our control starting at the beginning of next season.We here at Rogers like to be proactive with our synerginistic synergy, so I’ve taken the liberty of crafting a game plan that will make for a smooth transition from your crew to our crew controlling the editorial content of Hockey Night in Canada.

The good news is: you’re all not fired! Some of you will be reassigned to one of our customer service call centres, as long as you attend our mandatory training seminar, “Your call is important to us and other clever lies.”

The rest of you will be allowed to continue doing the magic that has made you the home of Canadian hockey for the past 61 years.

Everything will remain the same save for these minor changes: ■ The show will now be called Rogerball Night in Canada.Technically the sport is still called hockey — for now — but we just paid $5.2 billion for it.

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Laugh All YouWant assures us we’ll be able to call it whatever we want.

■You will no longer be broadcasting games for God’s Team, the Toronto Maple Leafs.Those will all be aired on Rogers networks.You will have a steady dose of the Ottawa Senators. Please note, we respectfully ask you to refrain from calling them the “Ottawa Who-Gives-ARat’s-Ass,” at least while the cameras are rolling.

■ On-air personalities will now be required to learn how to pronounce at least half of the names of the Vancouver Canucks.We understand that “Kevin Beeksa . . . Bieska . . .

Bie-whatever-the-heck” is almost impossible for our Eastern tongues to pronounce, but you really shouldn’t be caught off guard by names like “David Booth.”We know the Canucks are mere ice slugs compared to God’s Team, but apparently some folks out west seem to like them.

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Real Housewive’s pet likely dognapped

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A team of professional pet searchers is appealing for help from the public after concluding a pampered

pooch that recently went missing from the home of a West Vancouver reality TV star may have been dognapped.

Jaxsin, a one-year old purebred boxer, wandered

ago as a companion for Negus’s 11 year-old daughter Remy, who has special needs.

Negus has spoken and blogged publicly about Remy’s near-death experience in February

away from the waterfront home of Ronnie Negus, one of the women featured in the reality TV show Real Housewives of Vancouver.

The dog joined the household about a year

2012 after she choked on a piece of steak. Doctors at Lions Gate Hospital and B.C. Children’s Hospital saved her life.

Since then, “Jaxsin has been Remy’s best friend for the last year and a huge

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support system for her. He is such a part of the family — morning walks are just not the same and Remy is really missing her pal,” Negus said in a statement.

“It’s been hard on the whole family not knowing where he is and if he is OK.” After the dog uncharacteristically wandered off from the family compound in an exclusive neighbourhood north of Horseshoe Bay, they called in the professionals to try to track down the dog.

PetSeachers is a Lower Mainland company that has successfully tracked down other missing North Shore pets.

They use trained bloodhounds and technology like thermal imaging to find missing four-legged friends, and charge $150 an hour.

In the case of Jaxsin, who’d been missing eight days, searchers faced challenges ranging from gated neighbourhoods to mountainous terrain, the Sea-to-Sky Highway and railroad tracks, said Alesha MacLellan, one of the company owners.

MacLellan said their tracking dogs followed Jaxsin’s scent down the railroad tracks for a while.

But then the trail went cold.

That’s not too surprising, said MacLellan, noting it wouldn’t be unusual for a dog to travel 25 kilometres in a short space of time.

But since nobody has called with a report of seeing Jaxsin, MacLellan believes the pooch has probably been dognapped — perhaps unintentionally.

MacLellan said the young boxer is fairly distinctive. “You don’t see that type of dog roaming on their own or as a stray. If he was roaming, we would have had a sighting.”

She said often people will see a lost dog and pick it up with the intention of returning it — then become attached to the animal.

MacLellan said she’s hopeful someone on the North Shore may know something. The local area has many animal lovers and pet searchers often get “a huge response whenever there’s a dog missing,” she said.

MacLellan said Negus is also hopeful the dog will be returned.

“The biggest challenge for them is it’s Remy’s dog,” she said.

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Limit access, create a chance to help authors in the introduction to their report on child and youth suicide.

Restricting access to “lethal means” can make the difference between a death and an opportunity to help a distressed individual, the authors wrote, “and is considered one of the most effective universal approaches to suicide prevention.”

When it comes to bridges, “evidence indicates

Seek help – for yourself or others

If you — or someone you know — is in crisis or distress, know that you are not alone. There is help and there are people who will listen.

Talk to a family member, a teacher, a doctor, a coach or a person you trust.

Call 9-1-1 or go to the nearest hospital emergency department.

Call the Crisis Centre at 604-872-3311 or B.C.-wide at 1-800-SUICIDE. Young people can call the Kids Help Phone at 1-800-6686868 to speak to a professional counsellor.

Families and survivors can also get help at SAFER (Suicide Attempt Follow-up, Education & Research) at 604-675-3985.

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Coroners Service to sound the alarm on bridge suicides in a 2008 report and recommend that five Metro Vancouver bridges (the Lions Gate, Ironworkers, Granville Street, Pattullo and Burrard Street bridges) be refitted with high barriers.

“These children and youth were sons and daughters, sisters and brothers, nieces and nephew, grandchildren and cousins . . . they were the kid down the street and captain of the hockey team,” wrote the

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Guest said the days leading up to Rio’s death were “terribly deceptive.”

Both parents talked to their daughter on the phone in the days before she died.

Guest talked to Rio that same day. “I said, ‘I’m thinking of coming in.

Should I come tomorrow or Monday?’

“She sounded really weird, far away and distant and vague,” said Guest. At the time, however, Rio was living in Venture House, housing run by Vancouver Coastal Health for people with mental health problems that was staffed by health professionals. “I thought they’d figure it out,” said Guest. “I thought she was safe.”

Guest said it must have been right after they talked that Saturday that Rio walked out of Venture House. “At 2 o’clock in the afternoon, she was on the bridge.”

Afterwards, nobody called her parents to tell them what had happened.

Guest got up on Sunday, and took the ferry and the bus into town. She had a bag of treats for her daughter with her, thinking they’d go for coffee or a walk like they usually did.

It wasn’t until she walked into the door of her daughter’s housing that a doctor grabbed her by the arm and said, “Rio committed suicide.”

“I said, ‘Can I see her?’”

“They said ‘She’s in the morgue.’ . . .They might as well have killed me.”

She phoned her husband.

Her niece from the North Shore came to get her and drove her home, back across the bridge.

••• Between 2006 and 2012, 33 people jumped to their deaths from the Lions Gate Bridge, according to statistics provided by the B.C. Coroners Service.

That is about twice the number who jumped from

the Pattullo (18) or the Alex Fraser (14).

Over the past two decades, numbers for those who have jumped to their deaths from the Granville Street Bridge, the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing and the Burrard Street Bridge are also shockingly high.

Coroners reports into these deaths are a sad record of loss, some so brief they could be a haiku to those who ended their lives this way.

A report on a 22-year-old Vancouver man who jumped from the Lions Gate lists the place of death as “water beneath Lions Gate Bridge” and the immediate cause of death as “blunt force trauma and drowning.”

One man pushed himself back off the east side of the bridge as a West Vancouver police officer approached in a police car. His body was found on the cement platform below.The report listed his cause of death as “multiple severe deceleration injuries with multiple bone fractures.”

The body of one 16 year-old boy was found on wet ground below the bridge on a February morning. His jeans had been split open and his shoes and been knocked off from the force of hitting the ground. He had been reported missing a day earlier after he didn’t come home from school. A letter was found at a friend’s house, written in the past tense.

A class counsellor at his school told the coroner none of his friends remembered him being depressed. “All are shocked by his actions,” the coroner wrote.

Most people who kill themselves by jumping from a bridge in B.C. are young.

The highest percentage — making up almost 27 per cent — are between 20 and 29 years old.

That’s part of what prompted the Child Death Review unit of the B.C.

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that physical safety barriers or safety nets on bridges significantly reduces suicides by jumping from those locations. . . .” the

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viaduct to zero, although the overall suicide rate in Toronto did not decrease.

One question that’s always surrounded the debates on bridge safety barriers has been whether those prevented from jumping are actually saved or simply find another means to end their lives.

Those who have studied the issue over the past 30 years say the results are conclusive — deterring people saves lives.

Suicide attempts often come in response to “overwhelming emotional pain,” along with “hopelessness that things would ever get better,” said David Klonsky, associate professor in the department of psychology at the University of British Columbia, who has studied the issue.

But those emotions ebb and flow “like any other powerful emotion,” he said.

“If you can get that person to survive that period, there’s a good chance that the next day, things will be a little bit better.”

One famous study tracked more than 500 people who were prevented from jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco for 30 years, and found 90 per cent of them went on to live normal lives and did not die by suicide.

“Barriers are very important,” said Klonsky.

Attitudes to safety barriers have slowly been changing. Inclusion of higher safety barriers is now a consideration in the design of new bridges in B.C. So far, the Golden Ears Bridge across the Fraser River is the only bridge in Metro Vancouver built with higher barriers.The North Shore’s Ironworkers Memorial Bridge across the Second Narrows will be the first of the older bridges to get a higher barrier installed.

That will be included as part of a sidewalk widening project on the bridge slated to start this month and finish in 2015.

As part of that project a new safety fence three metres high featuring heavygauge vertical steel bars will replace the outside bridge railing.The cost of the project — including the new sidewalks and lateral bracing required to strengthen the bridge — is $20 million.

Ian Ross, the longtime executive director of the Vancouver Crisis Centre, applauds that move. His organization has long been pushing for high barriers on See 55

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55 calls in 3 years from bridge crisis lines From page 10 local bridges — including the Lions Gate.

“It’s starting with the Second Narrows. Eventually we should have barriers everywhere,” he said. “One is better than none.”

Both the Lions Gate and Second Narrows bridges have been a focus for the debate about suicide barriers because of their high volume of pedestrian traffic.

Currently, cameras that monitor the Lions Gate Bridge around the clock from an operations headquarters, plus six yellow crisis phones — three on either side of the bridge — are relied on to deter suicide attempts.

The phones were installed on both North Shore bridges starting in 2009 at a cost of about $60,000.

Ross said the crisis line averages two calls a month from the two bridges. Four times as many calls come from the Lions Gate as the Second Narrows.

Most calls come from the boxes placed in the centre of the bridge — which is also where most people jump.

“We try to keep a person on the line,” said Ross, to let

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Since the phones were installed, crisis workers have answered 55 calls from the Lions Gate Bridge and dispatched emergency help in about 90 per cent of cases.

It doesn’t always work.

The crisis phones were already in place on the day that Rio Bond walked by them to jump to her death.

Since the beginning of 2010, 23 people have also

jumped to their deaths off the Lions Gate — 10 more than in the four years preceding that.

That’s why barriers are still such an important part of the discussion, said Ross.

As part of his research into the issue, Ross said he spoke to Kevin Hines, one of very few people to have survived a jump from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. “I wanted to know if the signs and the phones would have made a difference to him.

“He said they wouldn’t.

He was in such a psychotic state they wouldn’t have helped. He said the only thing that would have stopped him would have been a net or a high barrier.”

There is no great mystery about why certain places become magnets for people looking to end their lives.

For the most part, there are practical reasons. “It’s something they’ve heard about. It’s something they know works,” said Klonsky.

That is one of the reasons bridge suicides, and the issues surrounding them, are generally not reported.

In practical terms, people choose places that are easy to get to by bus or bike or car.They choose bridges

they know don’t have high railings.

“The big problem,” said Ross, “is you can just walk there, flip your leg over, and you’re gone.”

John Kitson, an engineer who commutes over the Lions Gate Bridge by bicycle, knows that all too well.

It was a summer afternoon around 4:30 p.m. and he was cycling over the bridge to Horseshoe Bay when he saw the young woman sitting on the railing with her legs dangling over the edge. She was young — he guessed around 22 or 23.

He put down his bike.

Another pedestrian, a middle-aged woman, was already standing next to the girl. “I asked her what she was doing,” he said.

The girl told him that she wanted to jump. “She said something to the effect that her life wasn’t worth living,” said Kitson.

“I said to her, ‘I think I’m a little older than you and I can tell you that it is worth living.’”

He continued to talk to her while she sat on the railing, her legs dangling 60 metres above the water.

“I said, ‘You need to come

down so we can help you.”

He grabbed on to her, then, picked her up and put her on the sidewalk. She was surprisingly light.

He and the other pedestrian began walking her off the bridge. “I had an arm around her shoulder,” he said. As they walked, they talked a little. Eventually, traffic stopped as the bridge shut down. A police car arrived.

Kitson doesn’t remember even thinking about what was going to happen if he couldn’t save the girl. “If you started to think about the consequences, you’d never do it.”

It’s not something he has spoken of much. Sometimes he wonders what happened to that girl. “Whether she got the right help.Whether she went out the next week and tried it again.”

It made him think about the pain some people must go through that would bring them to that place on the bridge railing.

“Here you are.You can decide to slip a little bit and you’re gone.”

Next week:A father’s search for answers and the debate about Lions Gate barriers.

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With the holiday season upon us, it’s a time to organize gatherings with family and friends.

However, for those who’ve experienced loss, the festive time of year can prove challenging due to their loved one’s absence.

For more than 20 years,

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North Shore residents have been provided with an opportunity to remember those who’ve passed away and join with others facing similar circumstances.

The 21st Annual Honour-A-Life Celebration, a community memorial event organized by

representatives of the North Shore Hospice Society and the North Shore Palliative Care Program, is being held Thursday, Dec. 5 from 6 to 9 p.m. at West Vancouver United Church, located at 2062 Esquimalt Ave. The celebration begins with refreshments and

those in attendance are encouraged to create a memorial card.

A non-denominational service follows with music, images and a guest speaker.

Then, guests are invited to participate in a candlelit walk to the Sea Walk Garden at the foot of 19th

Street in West Vancouver where a memorial tree will be decorated with the memorial cards created earlier in the evening.

The tree will remain on display into January, according to a press release. northshorehospice.ca —Erin McPhee

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Lions Gate Hospital was one of two Canadian facilities recently recognized by the American College of Surgeons for its outstanding results in surgical care.

The North Vancouver care centre received the nod out of a field of 374 international hospitals, according to a press release.

The college’s National Surgical Quality Improvement Program is a comprehensive surgical database aimed at tracking surgical outcomes and improving the quality of surgical care.The program’s goal is to not only reduce infections, illnesses and deaths related to surgical procedures, but to also help surgeons implement evidence-based practices into their own work.

Patient safety, high quality of care and improved health outcomes are top priorities for our government, said NaomiYamamoto, North

Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA, in the statement, adding she would like to recognize the incredible work of hospital staff in achieving these priorities.

Lions Gate was one of 37 hospitals to receive Meritorious status, meaning it had the best outcomes in a group of nine key surgical measures including mortality, surgical site infections and cardiac incidents.

According to Dr. Ramesh Sahjpaul, medical director of Lions Gate’s surgery program, the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program is a valuable way to see where the hospital is doing well and how it can improve.

The college program is the only nationally validated quality improvement program that measures and enhances the care of surgical patients, he said in the statement. Being recognized in the top 10 per cent is a significant honour for them and reaffirms that

everyone is working hard to provide the best surgical care for patients, Sahjpaul added.

The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program was developed in the early 1990s by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs when the quality of care it provided was called into question.

By 2003,Veteran’s Health was able to substantially improve its quality of surgical care and reduce surgical mortality by 27 per cent and complications by 45 per cent.The college expanded the program, which has now become a highly regarded method of driving surgical improvement.

Vancouver Coastal Health implemented the program in 2011 at Lions Gate,Vancouver General, UBC, Richmond, Mount Saint Joseph and St. Paul’s hospitals.The program is currently used at 24 sites across the province. vch.ca

Mammography clinics being offered in four languages Women on the North Shore who don’t speak English as a first language can take advantage of upcoming mobile mammography clinics, Dec. 1618 at North Shore Neighbourhood House.

Medical interpreters will be available to provide interpretation services for women in Farsi, Korean and Chinese, according to a written statement.

The goal of the clinics is to ensure that language is not a barrier

and local women fully understand the benefits of prevention and screening.

Mammograms will be completed in private by a female technologist and will take approximately 15 minutes.

An information session, also with interpretation services, will be held a week prior to the clinic at the North Shore Multicultural Society office. Those in attendance will learn about breast cancer, the importance of cancer screening, and what

happens before, during and after a mammogram.

The program is being presented by North Shore Neighbourhood House, Vancouver Coastal Health, the B.C. Cancer Agency and North Shore Multicultural Society.

Another mammography clinic, without translation services, will be offered Dec. 19-20, also at North Shore Neighbourhood House.

For more information or to register, phone 604-9046469.

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FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING Utilities Overview Date: December 2, 2013 Time: 6:30 pm Place: City Hall Council Chamber 141 West 14th Street North Vancouver, BC

The Finance Committee will hear a presentation on the proposed water, sewer, drainage, solid waste, eco levy and recycling utility rates for 2014. The City invites the public to review and comment on a utilities information display in the City Hall Foyer until December 2, 2013.

The information will also be available on the City’s website at www.cnv.org.

The community is invited to join the Finance Committee at the meeting where there will be an opportunity to comment on the utilities overview.

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Sunday, December 1, 2013 - North Shore News - A15

Riders debate discs vs. rims Pedal Pushers

Question: Technical Tom told me the other day that I should get disc brakes for my bike. Should I and why?

Answer: Disc brakes are arguably the biggest technical change in biking over the last 10 years.

Basically, everything else has stayed the same for years. That said, our answer is: it depends.

Disc brakes were first implemented on mountain bikes, which definitely benefit from their superior braking power. Anyone who rides on our steep North Shore mountain trails in a downpour will totally appreciate what I am saying. They are better for mountain bikes for sure. That is, if you use your bike for mountain biking. We use our bikes for riding around to work, to yoga, to shop, to go sailing, etc.You get the picture.

If you ride an electric bike, disc brakes are almost imperative. The greater weight and speed of these bikes will chew

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However, that’s another knock against disc brakes, as they’re heavier than rim brakes. So how does a person decide?

One huge advantage that disc brakes have over rim is that they don’t wear out your rims. Coming into winter bike season, we cringe every time we ride down Chesterfield with rim brakes. The sound that emits from them when the rims are covered with mud is like listening to Metallica with no words (sorry metal heads). It

makes our teeth hurt. We know we are just stripping a layer of metal away from our rims. We commute by bike and have to replace our rims every third year or so. Earlier, if we go on a tour as well. The cost of wheel replacements over time exceeds the price of (mid-level) disc brakes after the first replacement set. So, it would seem like disc brakes are the right way to go just based on price.

On the other hand, disc brakes do complicate things on the bike. For one, they make it next to impossible to use our

favorite kickstand, since it attaches right where the brake housing is mounted.

Also the front disc gets in the way of panniers. The other major hassle with disc brakes, for us anyway, is that they always seem to rub. The problem is that the pads need to be pretty close to the rotor, and yet the rotor seldom seems to be perfectly true. So, you get rubbing, which drives us crazy. But, then we sometimes get that terrible squealing sound with rim brakes too so maybe that’s a draw.

People say that disc brake pads become useless if you get oil on them.

Well, how often is that going to happen? I mean if you get oil on rim brake pads, they probably aren’t that useful either. Though with disc brakes, the disc rotor is smaller than a rim, so they can heat up more quickly. On long descents, a hot rotor can heat up the hub, which can be bad for the bearings inside.

But, the biggest problem we have with disc

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LUNG HEALTH FORUM An opportunity to meet and learn from a world expert on COPD (emphysema and chronic bronchitis) Wednesday, Dec. 4, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Pavilion Ballroom at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, 1088 Burrard St., Vancouver.

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Sports, Fitness & Health HEARTS IN MOTION WALKING CLUB The following is a list of walks on the North Shore: Parkgate Community Centre, Monday and Thursday at various times; Capilano Mall, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8-9 a.m. Janet, 604-983-9976.

Caulfeild Village, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at various times. Rosemin, 604-922-3999. Annual membership fee: $10.

HEALTH WALKS Explore the North Shore outdoors and other parts

of the Lower Mainland, guided by volunteers.Walks are free. greenclub.bc.ca HIKING CLUB for women 50 years and older meets every Tuesday.Time and location arranged on Monday. Good physical condition is required to enjoy a scenic, invigorating day. Renata, 604-929-4694 I HOPE FAMILY CENTRE offers a variety of free health-related services.Visit familyservices. bc.ca for schedules and locations.

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Flexibility is one of the pillars of good health and the more active your lifestyle the greater the need for a proper stretching regime.

Every activity places specific demands on the body. For runners, a single mile can mean up to 1,000 impacts with the ground as a force of two to three times your body weight is felt throughout your muscles, joints and bones.

The combination of yoga and running seems like a match made in fitness heaven. Christine Felstead begins with a basic

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From individual stretches to sequences that are designed to involve every muscle, the impact of yoga will be apparent very quickly. Felstead provides specific yoga poses to address a variety of flexibility issues and injuries. From ankles and knees through to your upper back there are ways to improve your flexibility and each one is presented with photographs and detailed descriptions.

There is an enormous amount of information here and techniques that allow you to start off slowly then gradually increase the degree of difficulty.

— Terry Peters

Cool kids have all the disc brake fun From page 15 brakes is they can become damaged. If we are in the middle of nowhere (which seems we often are) we can’t really fix disc brakes ourselves.

We’ll need a part that we don’t have, a tool

that we don’t have and mechanical knowledge that we don’t have. We can fix almost anything that might go wrong with our standard rim brakes.

We have the tools and can carry the parts.

Sigh. Rim brakes are perfectly fine. We just wish

we had the disc brakes like all the cool kids.

The Pedal Pushers are Dan Campbell, AntjeWahl, Anita Leonhard and Heather Drugge, four North Shore residents who use their bikes for transportation. bike@ northshore-pedalpushers.com

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Sunday, December 1, 2013 - North Shore News - A19

N ORTH S HORE D ISABILITY R ESOURCE C ENTRE NSDRC’S 6TH ANNUAL CONCERT FEATURING NEARLY NEIL & THE SOLITARY BAND

N ORTH S HORE D ISABILITY R ESOURCE C ENTRE A sturdy tree becomes a person reaching upward in celebration, its leaves, transformed, break free and take flight.

We work to ensure that people with disabilities, along with their families and friends, can participate actively as members of the community. We are committed to working toward a community which is free of physical, financial and attitudinal barriers.

N ORTH S HORE D ISABILITY R ESOURCE C ENTRE 3158 Mountain Hwy North Vancouver, BC V7K 2H5 604.985.5371

www.nsdrc.org CARF accreditation was awarded to NSDRC for the following programs: Supported Living, Infant Development and Community Based We acknowledge Services. the financial support

of the Province of BritishColumbia.

The 6th annual concert featuring Nearly Neil and The Solitary Band, along with Vancouver Adapted Music Society (VAMS) was another great success! We are very happy to report that we raised over $16,000 net, benefiting the Information & Advocacy Program. This would not have been possible without support of our sponsors, donors and the fans - THANK YOU! We would like to thank the following sponsors: Black Bear Neighbourhood Pub Bosa Developments CTV Davies Pharmacy Holiday Inn & Suites, North Vancouver Lynn Valley Insurance Agency North Shore News Pacific Arbour Retirement Centre

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SUMMER BURSARY PROGRAM 2013 The NSDRC provides bursaries to North Shore families of children with disabilities during the summer to assist them in the cost of camp fees or to hire a worker of their choice to support their child at summer camp. This summer we provided bursaries to 177 families! All the money allocated to children is secured by generous donations, grants and partnerships.

“Thanks very much! What an amazing resource your organization is for us. Thank you!”

“My son was able to improve his communication skills and deal better with transitions and new social settings. Thank you!”

“My son was able to participate in a program that he wouldn’t have if I didn’t receive the funding for it. My son was exposed to a lot of social and personnel achievement as a result of this course.”

“My daughter’s gross-motor skill is a bit behind, so I sent her to Adapted Swimming Lessons at Ron Andrews Rec Centre throughout the summer. She couldn’t do anything at the first day of the class but after the eight-week lessons; she is now very comfortable and confident floating in 4-meter deep water without any supporting tools and can jump off the diving board. Although she still swims in her own style, she has made an amazing progress. Thank you so much!”

“My son was able to attend a camp that was quite expensive but involved one of his passions. I wouldn’t have signed him up without the bursary.

It also was a huge boost to his confidence. Also the structure it provided of having to be somewhere was a huge help to keep our summer peaceful!

Some of the positive outcomes generated from this

bursary were confidence, fun, structure, and an opportunity to be involved in a camp he wouldn’t have been able to go to otherwise. Thank you!”

“Thanks to bursary program, I was able to have a behaviour interventionist who works with our son at home regularly attend with him in a summer program, and help him apply home therapy into a preschool environment. Our son loved the fact that he was able to be with his peer group, and have the comfort of an aid he loves and trusts.

Our son loves being around other kids, and his challenge is being able to socialize, so he seems very ready to be around a class full of kids for the start of kindergarten.”

Bursaries are funded from many different sources. In addition to agency fundraising dollars, a large contribution is made by Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).

Other funding sources include the Vancouver Sun Children’s Fund, CKNW, CIBC Wood Gundy.

Variety the Children’s Charity, Deep Cove Lions Club and the United Way. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the District of West Vancouver, District of North Vancouver and City of North Vancouver through their Community Grants programs.

We wish to thank everyone for their personal donations and thank any other service clubs not listed for their ongoing support.

To make a donation to send a child to camp in summer 2014 please call our office 604-985-5371 and the receptionist will gladly assist you. Tax receipts are available upon request.

Working for a community for all.

TRANSITION TO EMPLOYMENT This year the North Shore Disability Resource Centre partnered with Hollyburn Family Services to provide space for an NSDRC participant in the WIRED 4 Success employment program. This effective program is funded by Service Canada and is geared for youth who are at risk. They participate in both a classroom component and two paid work experiences over a four month period. Participants learn about the world of work through classroom projects and hands -on experience in real work situations.

The expectations are high and it is rewarding to observe participants rise to the challenge.

We enrolled Gustavo in the program because he expressed a strong interest in paid work and had developed his employment themes: strong areas of interest coupled with actual skills in those areas.

Through his connections in the community to possible employers we assisted Gustavo to secure two work experiences-the first one at the Aramark Cafeteria at Capilano University where Gustavo says he learned about the importance of time management and commitment through the guidance of his supervisor, a work mentor and his job coaches. The second work experience took place at AVA Music at Capilano Mall where

Gustavo learned about the benefits of working in a team setting where everyone enjoys music just as he does. In addition he learned to pay close attention to details important for accomplishing his tasks.

Gustavo highly recommends this program to other youth hoping to find paid work and wanting to improve their motivation. Through the WIRED 4 Success program he has been inspired to upgrade his education, he has been offered a part-time paid position and gained two positive work references to add to his resume, not to mention motivating stories and lessons from the classroom instructor and support from participants who completed the program along with him.

We want to extend our thanks to William Chan and Nazar at the Aramark Cafeteria; Capilano University, Heather Deris and staff at Ava Music for providing excellent work placements and advice, John, Louise and participants at the WIRED 4 Success program and the City of North Vancouver: Children and Youth Initiatives Fund for providing funding. A job well done!

N ORTH S HORE D ISABILITY R ESOURCE C ENTRE

THE NORTH SHORE INFANT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HAS MOVED! The North Shore Infant Development Program (IDP), a program of the North Shore Disability Resource Centre (NSDRC) is pleased to announce their successful move of offices and play space.

In May, 2013 the lease in the building, which IDP had been operating out of for 12 years came to an end. The rent increase and lack of increased funding from the Ministry of Children and Family Development forced us to find alternative space to operate this valuable program for 175 families of infants and children (birth to 3 years) who require support to meet their developmental milestones.

We welcome our new partnerships with North Shore Community Resources Society and Family Services of the North Shore.

Mall Suite 201, 935 Marine Drive. The phone number and fax numbers remain the same, 604-986-1358 (phone) 604-986-1369 (fax).

The IDP Play Space is now co-located with Family Services of the North Shore at their Maplewood IHope Family Centre, 399 Seymour River Place.

We wish to thank both of these community agencies for assisting us during a difficult time and look forward to long partnerships. We also wish to thank Fergusson moving and storage for assisting us to move our offices and therapeutic equipment in an efficient and friendly manner.

“Great space. Very spacious, and the outside play area is nice.”

For more information, please contact Kathleen Jessop, Director of Community Based Services at 604-985-5371.

The offices for the IDP Consultants are now located with North Shore Community Resources Society in Capilano

Did you know…you can now follow the NSDRC’s Information and Advocacy Program on Facebook and Twitter!

Find out about community news and events, workshops and other goings on. To follow us on Twitter, simply sign in and search NSAdvocate or @NSDRCcbsProg and click“follow”. For Facebook, Google-search NSDRC Facebook, or click the Facebook link on our website: www.nsdrc.org.

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Manson family funds music scholarship A recent six-figure donation will help support music students at Capilano University.

The family of late Squamish resident William (Bill) Manson has set up the William

Victor Manson Memorial Scholarship in his honour.

The $100,000 gift will establish an endowment to fund an annual award for a Capilano music student who excels in their studies.

Created as a tribute to

their father who passed away in December 2012, daughter Jane-Anne Manson said in a press release: “Given our dad’s lifelong interest in education, my brothers Graham, Michael and I

thought it would be fitting that there be a music scholarship in his name.

Music was also a great pleasure in his life. Our dad would be happy to know he was helping young musicians pursue

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Community Bulletin Board HONOUR A LIFE The North Shore Hospice Society and North Shore Palliative Care Program welcome all who have lost loved ones Thursday, Dec. 5, 6-9 p.m. at West Vancouver United Church, 2062 Esquimalt Ave.There will be a non-denominational service followed by a candlelit walk to the Seawalk Garden.

LEARN SKYPE Get an account set up and learn how to Skype in time for the holidays Thursday, Dec. 5, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Registration required. 604-925-7405 westvanlibrary.ca E-MAGAZINES ARE EASY Learn about Zinio, the North Vancouver District Public Library’s online magazine service Friday, Dec. 6, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Learn how to set up accounts and how to find, check out and download magazines. Registration required. 604-987-4471 nvdpl.ca Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email info for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@nsnews.com.

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Capilano mall is catching the spirit

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The shopping spree contest gives those who enter a chance to win one of two $10,000 cash prizes, as well as an additional $2,500 to be donated to their favourite charity.

Shoppers can enter at Capilano Mall’s website, via Facebook, or in person at the mall display.

The holiday hero part of the campaign allows applicants to nominate a notable person in their community (such as a helpful neighbour, a teacher, a firefighter, a caregiver, etc.), someone they feel is making a difference.

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A recent press release noted the campaign has various elements, including more than $15,000 worth of prizes and an opportunity to nominate a “hometown hero.”

The Catch the Spirit website features a countdown clock to Christmas, digital colouring pages, online story time, holiday e-cards, interactive gift guides, a Christmas cookbook and a crafts section.

The website also features a Christmas tunes jukebox for visitors to listen to their favourite holiday tunes, a thermometer with up-to-date temperatures in the North Pole, Christmas trivia, coupon offers from participating shopping malls, and more.

The campaign also features a shopping spree contest and holiday hero nominations.

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Compare the overall total with your after-tax, after all other deductions (take-home) income.

Assess each expense: need or want? Needs come first, then wants.

Trim each category (starting with the lowest priority expense category) until you balance your budget — that is, outgo equals income. Include an amount to pay down debt on a monthly or ideally weekly basis. n Once one debt is gone (start with the most expensive), then add 75 per cent of that payment to paying off the next most expensive debt. From the remaining 25 per cent, have half automatically transferred every payday into an RRSP or other savings-investment program. Have the other half automatically transferred into a “spend and enjoy” account.

To reinforce the debt reduction program, stop using your credit cards (e.g. freeze them in a block of ice) and arrange to have a sinking cap put on your line of credit — that means, as the balance goes down, so does the borrowing limit on your line of credit.

To really cut back expenses, you could eliminate one or more major items — like a second (or third) car, expensive hobby, outof-town holiday, and so on. People make these decisions based on which is more painful: the constant and often increasing debt, or giving up the spending “want” (versus need). In serious cases (e.g. one doctor and family with take-home pay of $350,000 a year who regularly spent $400,000 a year) people have actually moved to less expensive housing.

Mike Grenby is a columnist and independent personal financial advisor; he’ll answer questions in this column as space allows but cannot reply personally.

Email mike@grenby.com

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Broker’s attracting martini aficionados

Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables Andy Dawson is sitting at the bar in Gerard at Sutton Place.

Between measured sips of her Moét, the woman at the other end is staring at him intently. More precisely (no offence to the eminently handsome Mr. Dawson), she’s actually staring at his hat, which she obviously feels is quite unusual/comical/silly.

Choose any one you like.

Mr. Dawson’s bowler hat, which he wears everywhere (except, perhaps, in bed), always gets plenty of attention.

Dawson and his brother are the brains (and the bowlers) behind Broker’s Gin, a relative newbie that’s taking the hallowed world of gin by storm.

Broker’s London Dry Gin is indeed very good.

In fact, it regularly wins big in some pretty serious competitions around the globe, such as New York’s Ultimate Spirits Challenge

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Crystal clear in the glass, zesty-citrus, properly junipered, rich, smooth and slightly peppery, Broker’s is a purist gin drinker’s dream, which is one reason why it’s climbing the charts as the gin of choice for oldschool martini aficionados.

One more is its value price: $27.99 BCLS (750 ml.).

That very focused taste profile is deliberate, explains Dawson. He says Broker’s genesis is founded on the fact that, historically, gin was the only spirit distilled in England. Broker’s is made in a 200-year-old distillery outside of London using a classic copper-pot still and a time-honoured recipe that relies on only the traditional botanicals.

That’s in stark contrast to the current trend.

“Over the last 10 years there’s been a rash of new gin distillers bringing craft gins to market, which is a good thing, as it’s all helping in gin’s renewal.

But most of those makers are using ingredients historically not used,” explains Dawson.

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“Even coconut.You taste it and think what is this? It tastes like a cross between gin and Malibu.

It’s very, very weird.”

That’s not to say the Broker’s chaps don’t appreciate creative drinks, or good bartending, when they see it. The Broker’s Promise combines two ounces (60 ml) each of Broker’s and Cranberry juice with 1 oz. (30 ml) of 7Up (or something similar) with two sliced strawberries. Put the

strawberries in an oldfashioned glass, cover with ice cubes and stir, for a delicious, and very festive, easy-sipping crowd pleaser.

If the gin itself is inspired, the Broker’s bowler (a miniature adorns every bottle cap) is sheer genius, as it succinctly proclaims Broker’s origins and London Dry Gin’s roots, right back to the very heart of the city’s financial core where any self respecting stockbroker or banker wouldn’t have been caught dead without bowler or brolly.

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“We aquaciser gals consider ourselves ‘spirit sisters’ and we support each other in our lives,” says Carolee Chute, an instructor turned participant and aquacise booster. “Many of the gals are widows and many have been through chemo, some more than once. We are a great group of ladies and not cliquey — everyone is welcome in the pool!”

Jeannine knew nothing about the group and only slightly more about water fitness when she joined.

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way across the country in Montreal, Que., when

she met and married Don McDonell. Ten years later, in 1962, they returned to the West, camping as

The family found a home in a neighbourhood with the necessary criteria — bathroom and a half, corner store nearby, bus route — in North Vancouver. Their house, one of five built by Oliver Holmes on Grand Boulevard between 15th and 17th streets, would be the McDonells’ home for the next 50 years.

Once the children were in high school, Jeannine worked as secretary at St. Edmund’s Catholic School from 1978 to 1988 and at the archdiocese office in Vancouver. She retired in November 1995 and was volunteering with the Auxiliary to the Lions Gate Hospital two months later.

Jeannine’s contributions to her community run to the practical, from the auxiliary to the man who opened the door for her at the Harvest Project one day. For this courtesy, the man received Don’s coat.

“He needed a coat and I had one to give. That’s what we’re all supposed to do, isn’t it?” she says.

As Jeannine tells this story, she’s holding a ball of

they went, car loaded with tent and sleeping bags, a propane stove and their three children.

“Beat the winter blues with this compact, simple to operate lamp.”

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dense dark grey wool and a hat half-knit on a pair of needles.

“I’m knitting for the Mission to Seafarers so these hats have to be sturdy. Knitting for the mission is one of my favourite projects,” she says.

The list of community organizations Jeannine supports runs long. In winter, she is rarely without some knitting on the go.

She and her fellow needle wielders at The Summerhill have just completed a marathon of knitting.

“This year we made enough hats and scarves to give to the Lookout (Shelter) and the Harvest Project and to sell in-house.

We were floored. We made over $1,000,” she says.

Every dollar of that will make its way into the community.

As I reviewed my notes for Jeannine’s profile, St. Edmund’s school rang a little bell. Teresita Landingen, whose story ran in this column June 30, was happy to confirm my hunch that she and Jeannine were colleagues at

“St. Ed’s.”

Teresita shared fond memories of Jeannine, her helpful nature and big smile, and added a twist to the tale. Teresita’s story was the catalyst for their reconnection.

Jeannine had wanted to call ever since she read about Teresita. “I’ve kept the paper beside my bed to remind me,” she says.

Teresita picks up the thread. “We said we’re going to meet one of these days and now that will happen.”

Jeannine uses her time and talent to support her community. Teresita sends her support across an ocean to the Philippines.

That’s what happens when the generous, the practical and the positive among us respond to the challenges of life. A spark is kindled at work, at a knitting circle or an aquacise class, and the light warms friends, family and those in need.

Laura Anderson works with and for seniors on the North Shore. 778-279-2275 lander1@shaw.ca

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PETS

How to pet-proof the holiday home

Joan Klucha

Canine Connection This year will be my dog Raider’s first Christmas, which means it will be the first time he sees a tree in the house with lights and delicate decorations.

It’s the first time he will see boxes wrapped with bright paper and ribbons placed under said tree.

It’s the first time he will see poinsettias, holly and mistletoe.

This weighs on my mind. It has been years since I have had to worry what a dog might do when it sees a tree — which is normally outside and gets peed on — inside. On top of that, the outside-nowinside tree is covered with things resembling toys that could be really fun to play with. Like that glittering golden globe that looks like the ball in a Chuckit!

Then there are the twinkling lights, the candy canes, the garland.

OYE! You would understand my concern if you knew how busy a dog Raider is. He has his nose into everything, the garbage (if the lid is not on tight enough), the laundry (if the pile is big enough), the shoes (if the closet door isn’t closed enough), the shampoo bottles (if the caps aren’t on tight enough). I can only imagine what he will do when no one is home to keep him away from the tree.

When my other two dogs Zumi and Piper were little I had an artificial tree that didn’t seem to draw their attention at all. I placed all of my favourite decorations near the top of the tree and left the lower section of the tree bare so that there was nothing shiny, sparkly or breakable within reach of curious noses.

Over 10 years I transitioned to a real

tree and Piper and Zumi mellowed out about the tree, its decorations and Christmas. Except for Christmas morning. They get as excited as the twoleggeds to unwrap their gifts.

But with Raider there will definitely have to be some changes.

Decorations will be strategically placed to prevent him from stealing the fancy handmade ones. I may even opt to not place the fragile glass ones on the tree this year.

Raider is also ridiculously agile and I’ve seen him jump, on many occasions, about six feet straight up, from a sit.

I might have to take the dog pen out of storage and surround the tree to prevent him from jumping onto it or crawling under it when he is left home unsupervised. Some people may opt to put their dog behind the pen, away from the tree, or maybe crate the dog when no one is able to observe and manage it.

Electrical cables for lights that run along the floor to the outlets should be duct taped down, tucked under carpets or somehow covered to prevent an inquisitive or bored dog from chewing.

Other home décor, such as poinsettias, should be placed on tables instead of the floor by the fireplace. This plant is not poisonous to dogs, as the old rumour implies. But if a dog eats enough of the plant I am sure it will

cause an upset stomach.

Holly and mistletoe on the other hand are highly poisonous to both people and pets if ingested.

Interestingly enough, the toxic property in holly is theobromine, the same ingredient in chocolate that can cause serious illness, even death in dogs.

Speaking of chocolate, now is the time that those little morsels of yumminess begin showing up in boxfuls. Make sure to keep the chocolate rum balls, truffles and hedgehogs way out of Fido’s reach.

If you haven’t taught your dog manners around guests, now would be the time to start. The last thing you want to have to cope with is having your dog bodycheck a senior member of the family right into the hospital with a broken hip.

A favourite trick of mine is to have my dogs go to their mat. On the command, “Go to your bed,” my dogs find their favourite spots, lie down and stay there. I’ll give training instructions for this command next week.

Having a bit of canine foresight will help ensure that not only your dog but you and your family have a safe and enjoyable holiday season.

Joan Klucha has been working with dogs for more than 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation. Contact her through her website k9kinship.com.

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In just their third year back following a 30year hiatus, the Argyle junior football team made a stirring run to the provincial semifinals this season, all the while spurred on by the memory of a fallen teammate.

Marcos Borboa Lara wasn’t a great football player. He wasn’t even a good football player. In fact, when the Mexican exchange student came out for his first football practice before the 2012 season it was obvious to Argyle junior head coach Wayne Theobald that Borboa was not even thinking of the right sport when he signed up to play.

“When I first met him I went up to him and asked him if he’d ever played football and he said, ‘Oh yeah coach, I played lots of football,’” said Theobald.

“I asked him what position and he said ‘fullback.’ I

kind of looked at him and thought, well he doesn’t look like a fullback. As soon as he hopped on the field I realized we were talking about two different things.

He was talking about soccer and I was talking about football.”

A complete lack of football skills and knowledge, however, didn’t stop Borboa from becoming one of the most beloved players on the team.

“He was just a great kid,” said Theobald. “Really popular, everyone who met him liked him, really positive. Every time I saw him, no matter where it was, he’d come over and give a huge ‘Hi coach!’ and give me a big hug, no matter if it was in the hallways at school or in the community or wherever. He was just an awesome kid.”

Argyle’s junior team had a big roster so Borboa didn’t see much action in regular season games but he did hit the field for some of the “seconds games” that the team played, exhibition

matchups that allowed teams to play their lessexperienced players.

“He’d never played before or had a clue what he was doing but he just had a great attitude and just loved it,” said Theobald.

“He was a tough guy and definitely had a massive smile on his face. He was pretty proud to say he was playing football in Canada.”

The season and school year ended and Borboa was set to return home when tragedy struck. On June 30, 2013, he and a few friends were swimming at Indian Arm’s Granite Falls — an area only accessible by boat — when he was swept over the falls and dropped 50 feet. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Though none of his teammates were there when the accident happened, news of the tragedy quickly reached the rest of the Pipers.

“It spread really fast,” said Theobald. “It was really hard for all of us.”

When the team reunited

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times got tough they would remember their friend and gain motivation.

“The guys that did know him, it definitely fired them up,”Theobald said of the No. 30 tribute each player wore.That passion turned See Season page 31

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into performance on the field.The Pipers made the playoffs for the third straight season and cleared a hurdle that had previously tripped them up. In both 2011 and 2012, Argyle’s seasons ended with losses to John Barsby in Nanaimo.

This year the Pipers again made the trip to the island for a playoff quarterfinal but this time they finally won it, defeating the Bulldogs 18-8.

“The first year we played them we got just absolutely killed,” said Theobald of that 45-0 butt-kicking in 2011. “The second year we made the playoffs again and had to go back to Barsby again and it was just an epic game. . . .The Barsby fans were nuts, out in full force.

They even had chainsaws right by our bench. It was so loud we couldn’t even hear ourselves talk.”

The Pipers lost that one too, but it was closer: 48-33.

This year came the win.

“It was a good game and really hard hitting,” said the coach. “It was a petty good stumbling block to get over.

They’re one of the best AA programs in the province.”

The Pipers then set their sights on making it to this weekend’s provincial finals but fell one step short, losing 21-7 to Chilliwack’s G.W. Graham in the semifinals last Saturday.

“They’re just friggin’ massive,” said Theobald.

“Their smallest lineman was probably bigger than our biggest lineman. It was a real close game, back and forth.The guys played hard but just came up a little short.”

They didn’t get that trip to BC Place that they wanted but the Argyle juniors did help put the school back on the football map. It’s been tough slogging for the school’s senior team since it was also rebooted three years ago

but these results give hope for a sport that is gaining support at Argyle each year, said Theobald.

“The majority of our players the last three years are brand new to football,” he said. “Football has really grown at Argyle. . . . It’s just a matter of time. It kind of takes a while to kind of develop a football culture. I think the future is definitely very bright for Argyle football.”

Next year would have been Borboa’s Grade 12 year.Those teammates from last season will now be the Grade 11s and 12s on the senior team and they’ll be looking ahead to bright days on the football field while also looking back to even brighter days with a good friend who would have been cheering them along every step of the way.

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