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Mary Porter, a North Vancouver resident, wishes she had googled the Single Parent Food

Bank before giving them a donation.

A canvasser knocked on her door right as she got home from a hectic day, and she wrote a cheque. It wasn’t until a few minutes

after the canvasser left that Porter took a second look at her receipt and noticed the Maple Ridge address.

A quick Internet search resulted in a slew of media reports warning about the Single Parent Food Bank, she said.

After receiving several calls from residents, RCMP are now warning

North Shore residents to watch out for neighbourhood canvassers who might be taking advantage of people’s generosity over Christmas.

The Mounties suggest that if residents have any doubts, they should ask for a mailing address where they can send a cheque after verifying the

charity’s legitimacy.

“All fundraisers that solicit door to door are required to obtain a permit from either the City or District of North Vancouver,” said RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong in a press release. “The canvasser is required to carry proper identification and can only

issue an official tax receipt from Revenue Canada if they are a registered charity.”

Although the Single Parent Food Bank has a permit to canvas door to door in the District of North Vancouver, its receipts are not income-

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The latest attempt to bring an end to the lockout of unionized North Shore Winter Club maintenance workers has failed.

Now one of the longestrunning labour disputes in the province, 16 employees have been locked out for more than 230 days.

Management and Canadian Union of Public Employees local 389 negotiators met for mediation on Dec. 2, but the offer presented from the North Shore Winter Club was “insulting,” according to John Strohmaier, CUPE national representative.

“Unfortunately, we weren’t able to reach an agreement when we met with the employer and the Labour Relations Board.

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Club wants to reduce Canvasser erred: food bank 1 unionized workforce From page

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with was worse than the offer they presented in May,” he said.

“What they had proposed to do is slash the workforce from 16 full-time employees down to seven and to make up for the shortfall, they wanted the union to let the employer use non-bargaining-unit employees to do bargainingunit work.”

Previously, the union was holding out to keep work hours distributed in four 10-hour shifts so employees could work a second job, but workers gave that up in hopes of being welcomed back on the job, Strohmaier said.

Picketing workers are getting by on strike pay, though the cold weather and

Christmas season make the lockout more challenging, Strohmaier said.

“That has made this lockout harder to deal with, but the members are persevering and standing in solidarity and will continue to until this labour dispute is over,” Strohmaier said.

“Fortunately, the labour movement through CUPE has come through with some donations for them, which are in excess of $100,000 now. . . .To their credit, they are holding their line and will continue to do so.”

This is the first time the union and the club have met since members elected a new board in the fall.

North Shore Winter Club general manager David Long did not respond to a request for comment.

tax-deductible because it is not a registered charity.

However, the canvasser at Porter’s door told her the receipt would be tax deductible, she said.

The Single Parent Food Bank expressed concern over the allegation. “We tell our representatives to never say that,” a spokesman for the organization said in an emailed statement. The organization’s website states that canvassers issue a receipt of acknowledgment, which is not tax-deductible.

The Single Parent Food Bank delivers food to families who are not able to visit their regular food bank because of disabilities or other reasons, said Mary McLeod, director of the Single Parent Food Bank,

in an emailed statement.

It raised approximately $57,000 in 2012 to feed more than 100 families, she said.

Mirek Kwasny started the Single Parent Food Bank after the charitable status of his Canadian Charity Assist Society was revoked after an audit.

He has since been convicted of failure to comply with the Income Tax Act on several occasions, most recently in June 2012.

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He’s watching you H e knows when you are sleeping.

He knows when you’re awake.

He knows when you’ve been bad or good.

For years, just how Santa figured out who was worthy of gifts or lumps of coal was mysterious.This year, however, with the help of whistleblower Edward Snowden, the veil was finally lifted. Santa had help. He had the data.

As we all learned after Snowden’s big reveal, the rule about not saying or doing anything online you don’t want to end up in CSIS databanks was true.That goes double for Santa.

Snowden’s gift — documenting the extent to which Big Brother has been watching and cataloguing all those potentially embarrassing web searches and plain-old-uninteresting Facebook posts — has already been unwrapped.

It isn’t much of a stretch to see how

the algorithms designed to catch terrorists could be tweaked in the service of the Big Elf himself.

That guy who posted a photo of himself in a backwards baseball cap chugging a super-size lager? Twenty demerits.

Cat video postings of all varieties: minus 50 points.

For the I-have-nothing-to-hide-so-Idon’t-care crowd, we’ll just point out that a number of entirely unassuming elderly people became fairly alarmed after a scam involving extortion centred on their alleged porn-site viewing. Santa might like to put that in his pipe and smoke it.

Did we think the fact the Santa tracker is operated by NORAD is mere coincidence?

Turns out that believing any deed — good, bad or indifferent — was really private, was like believing inYou Know Who.

Christmas wishes and worries “. . . last year’s words belong to last year’s language/ And next year’s words await another voice.”

— T.S. Eliot As we near Christmas, it’s been a queer old year in the political barnyard.

Yet if wise men or women remain in critically short supply among our political leaders, some pocket-sized truths have still emerged.

Gambling, alas, is back on the North Shore agenda. Since they’ve given it the nod out in bible-belt Chilliwack, and with our North Shore retired seniors looking like cash cows to those who’d be happy to help redirect that wealth, it was a matter of time before the old oily vice slithered forth. So City of North Vancouver council is considering a pitch for

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its waterfront and have requested a staff report so they can more deeply study the issue.They’ll be looking closely at what a percentage share of gambling revenues and new “gaming centre” development costs would be worth financially.

Christmas cheers to Couns. Pam Bookham and Rod Clark for speaking out early against bringing

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gambling here.

Let’s hope the city’s report cuts the bull and gets down to the pitiful truth.

Professional criminologists tell us that gambling is the hardest addiction to break.

How many of us haven’t heard of families broken up since casino gambling hit the Lower Mainland?You didn’t get that when church bingo was the rage and Las Vegas and Reno were just about far enough away for the social vices associated with casino action.

Admittedly, the proposal brought to city council isn’t of that stripe. It’s forwarded as a slot-machine operation. These places are part of the official gambling system that B.C. Lottery Corporation’s 2012/13 service plan indicates is worth $807 million annually.Typically they run from 10 in the morning to

about 1 a.m.

It sounds harmless enough up front. Research papers at the university where I teach, however, caught my attention a couple of weeks ago with the news of how deeply seniors are attracted to these operations. Apparently, it’s not uncommon for them to visit three times a week spending up to $100 a pop.

There’s the fun involved, the lights, the company.

As in Petula Clark’s hit song, “Downtown,” the gaming centre or casino can be a place for the elderly to go and just not feel alone. But do the math.

While not overlooking those from other age or ethnic groups attracted to the chance of having a costly flutter, there’s an especially unpleasant rub about lower-income seniors being attracted to

these operations. A recent TD Bank study shows that debt accumulation among Canadians 65 and older has risen by 15 per cent since 2012. Shouldn’t these folks’ finances be heading the other way? As a Christmas wish, let’s hope Mayor Darrell Mussatto and council show they understand what moral decency is and demonstrate it by directing the gaming operators elsewhere.

Speaking of hustles that benefit the few and impact the lives of many, have you thought about how those huge towers now under construction at Seylynn will change the mindset of North Vancouverites about big growth? The status quo changed around these parts this past year. Like gambling, selling big zoning See Small page 7

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“The old model of a professor just blathering on and lecturing at people, it does not resonate with this generation.”

Capilano University president Kris Bulcroft discusses today’s undergraduates (from a Dec. 15 Focus story).

“I think they’re slowly strangling Bowen Island.”

Mayor Jack Adelaar describes the hardship faced by Bowen Island in the wake of B.C. Ferries service cuts (from a Dec. 18 news story).

“I’m not testifying. I think Brian is the lesser of two evils.”

NorthVancouver homeless man Russel Rozel, who suffered severe burns following an assault, refused to testify against his assailant, citing his greater hatred for authorities (from a Dec. 20 news story).

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Small is beautiful for retirees From page 6 to property developers is an easy fast-buck deal.The fun and the quick revenues come first, then the longterm costs of servicing an increasing population kick in — forever. Expect to see more of the big stuff starting in Lynn Valley.

These changes slipped through as quietly as the Agricultural Land Reserve is being stripped away under the B.C. Liberals for more population sprawl out in the Fraser Valley and south of the Fraser River to the U.S. border. It’s a sheepish population that allows it to happen. But a citizenry that’s too detached from political and economic issues that affect them personally is a bad situation.

Over in Burnaby, they’re actually talking about 71-storey towers in the Brentwood Mall area. As I’ve written before, these things metastasize.

Since plenty of the North Vancouver seniors I speak with would love a small, independent retirement home on a compact, low maintenance lot, whatever happened to “small is beautiful” thinking? Now there’s a Christmas wish a

few of us could get behind.

Talk to home builders: municipalities are still hung up on minimum square footage in new building regulations.That keeps things needlessly big and overpriced. Other communities manage compact new homes for the young or those downsizing.

Why not around here?

We’re short a few talented creative arts graduates in North Shore planning departments.

Farther up the slope in Lynn Valley there’s a sensible end-of-year idea at last in the fractious debate over mountain biking around Mount Fromme’s trails. Hikers know what becomes of a decent trail when the ninja-turtle wannabees in gladiator bike duds start up. Last month a request came to district council for increased parking and heated washrooms in the area. Purportedly, this would alleviate resident concerns about riders that have for years been seen changing their clothes on the adjacent boulevards and frightening the last few horses nearby. At the Nov. 18 council meeting, in a rare gesture to low-growth,

Coun. Roger Bassam — last heard of lobbying to increase the Seylynn super tower from 28 to 32 storeys — noted that with prohibitive costs, amenities like heated change rooms aren’t likely forthcoming.To the relief of some in Upper Lynn, Coun. Alan Nixon has proposed a legitimately independent review to reassess the ecological health of the trails and forest. It’s an overdue idea.

In a recent letter, acting parks manager Susan Rogers acknowledged that such a review is now under discussion.

Meanwhile, news that North Vancouver’s Seaspan may be too busy to compete for building three new vessels for B.C. Ferries points to some deeper issues. It’s great for our economy that the shipyard is constructing Arctic service non-combat ships, but there’s a reason for that.

Estimates from the 2008 U.S. Geological Survey gauge that up to 13 per cent of the planet’s untapped oil resources may be located under the vast Arctic Ocean. Not good news for the walrus or polar bears.

With a global biosphere that’s already in crisis,

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through our use of plastic, cars, asphalt and clingy wrap for our sandwiches, we’re all part of the system that’s devouring the natural world. Now another environmental challenge for Canadians.We’ll also get the dubious pleasure of jousting in the Arctic periodically with Vladimir Putin, or his shadow. Ask the two Canucks who were part of the Greenpeace Arctic 30 activists that just spent jail time in Russia how our touchy Arctic neighbour sees things up there.

At holiday time dare

one even mention public transit funding problems?

Those tolls, parking fees and “road pricing” charges that TransLink head Mayor Richard Walton of the district and his colleagues have proposed look more like mafia extortion.The referendum Premier Christie Clark has promised on all this for next fall should be a slugfest.

But let’s give peace a chance, eh? A happy and holy Christmas to all, and a blessing on those who care for our elderly and ill in hospitals and care homes.

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The height of the mixed-use, eight-unit building proved to be a point of contention between Coun. Bill Soprovich and his colleagues.

The building’s third floor includes mezzanine access to rooftop patios, pushing the building’s height from 37 to 43 feet and requiring a variance.

The building should be considered four storeys,

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not three, according to Soprovich. “This is precedent-setting for the whole block. We stated categorically that we would keep Ambleside low except for three sites. . . . Before you know it, it’ll be at five and six storeys all over the place. I will not have that in this community,” he said, before being drowned out by applause.

Soprovich’s concerns would have been more appropriate during the Grosvenor debate, according to Coun. Craig Cameron.

“Someone’s found religion late in the day,” Cameron said.

Because the building is on the north side of the street it would not cast imposing shadows. It is also a fair distance from the nearest apartment building and not much higher than a nearby hedge.

“It’s not blocking anybody’s view, it’s not setting any precedents that aren’t set right across the street,” he said.

The mezzanines are massed toward the west side of the building, and “sensitively respond to neighbouring views from the north,” according to a staff report.

“Two little pop-ups that are not an entire storey by any means,” said Coun. Nora Gambioli.

“It’s virtually the same as having an elevator shaft up there, which would be much uglier.”

The 10-12 month construction phase involved with replacing the one-storey veterinary office currently on the site could create traffic problems, according to Coun.

Michael Lewis.

“I’m not concerned about the building, I’m concerned about the building period,” he said.

The construction includes a target of LEED silver or higher, although Gambioli urged developers to go for the gold.

“LEED silver is completely outdated,” she said.

Nearby trees may be removed during building, something that did not sit well with Soprovich.

“They’re at the end of their lives or they’re dangerous trees when a development occurs,” he said The developer will likely pay the district a community amenity contribution of $174,000 for the variance.

Council voted 6-1 to allow the variance with Soprovich opposed.

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Lock up the medicine chest MPWeston takes on prescription drug misuse

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West Vancouver’s MP John Weston is tackling the misuse of prescription drugs.

On Dec. 2,Weston met with key professionals and stakeholders in Ottawa to discuss how to raise public awareness of the issue.

Concern is growing after 23 people died from the pain medication fentanyl in 2013, up from eight deaths

in 2011, said Weston.

According to Interior Health, people are dying from prescription opioid overdoses at the same rate they’re dying from car accidents involving alcohol.

Approximately 15 per cent of students on the North Shore used prescription pills without a doctor’s consent in 2008, according to the B.C. Adolescent Health survey.

“Not only is that alarming, but that’s a negative trend because that number is up from nine per cent in 2003,” said Weston.

The vast majority of youth who abuse prescription drugs get them from the family medicine chest, said Weston.

Educating the public on safe and effective ways to dispose

of unused prescription drugs will hopefully help curb the problem, he said.

Last May’s national prescription drug drop-off day was largely successful in raising public awareness, he said, but he’d like to see the program expanded.

Although drugs can be dropped off at pharmacies year round,Weston said the national drug drop-off day helped raise awareness about prescription misuse.

“We’re hoping to have a specific day declared for not only 2014 but for the next few years,” he said.

“With only a few days notice, over two tonnes of prescription drugs were collected last year,”Weston said. “We want to ensure that people understand that the best way to dispose of

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Weston is hoping that more people who are recovering from prescription drug abuse will share their battles to discourage others from falling into a similar trap.

“I see the growing trend of drug abuse as something that can pull us down and hurt individuals, families and communities.”

Residents who wish to get rid of unused prescriptions can find a pharmacy near them that accepts drug drop-offs year-round by entering their postal code at healthsteward.ca.

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Kevin Lee, development officer for the Harvest Project, said he’s concerned that residents might be confusing the Single Parent Food Bank

with the North Shore’s food bank.

The Harvest Project does not solicit donations at the door, he said. It’s supported by community volunteers, and donations stay on the North Shore, he said.

“A significant number of our clients are single

parents with dependent children,” he said. “It’s a vulnerable part of the community that we actively serve every day.”

Lee notes that there are many local charities that could use help. “There’s every good reason to look at the work that’s going on around you by folks

that are living and working in this community,” he said. “There are plenty of worthy causes on the North Shore.”

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Empty beverage containers do not belong in the Blue Box and should be taken back to the point of purchase or to any Return-it Depot.

Batteries,electronic toys,light bulbs and many other materials are not garbage and should be recycled through Provincial Take-Back programs.

For more details about municipal collection services and province-wide recycling programs,visit northshorerecycling.ca or call 604.984.9730

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Hit the rink this season Stay active this winter by giving ice skating a try

CHRISTMAS AND GRIEF Counsellor Beverley Pugh offers advice for navigating the holiday season with care. page 14 HOMELESS PARTNERS The annual initiative is still in need of wish granters for this year’s campaign. page 15

If the idea of getting all your cardio from treadmills and stationary bikes throughout the long Canadian winter feels a bit like jail time, don’t worry.

There are plenty of great seasonal cardio activities that can be done outside a gym, and skating is one of the very best.

There are other winter cardio options, of course, like snowshoeing, crosscountry skiing, swimming at public pools, and maybe even sledding if you climb up the hills enough. But ice skating has the advantage of being both convenient and cost-effective.

No matter where you live or work in the Lower Mainland, chances are pretty good you’re relatively close to an ice rink. With public skating hours offered daily at most ice surfaces, and with some operating exclusively as public skating areas during the winter, it’s only a matter of arriving at the right time.

Skating is also a highly affordable addition to your winter cardio routine.

Buying a brand new pair of skates shouldn’t cost much more than $100, and you can easily pay less if you shop for a deal. That pair should last for many, many years.

What’s more, the price to drop-in for a public skate is rarely more than $5.

Plus, there’s almost always the option to simply rent your skates.

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Plus, skating is much more festive!

Another amazing aspect of skating is how great it is for your general health. In addition to providing a superb source of cardiovascular conditioning, skating helps to build strength in your core, back, hips, quadriceps and calves.

Skating also increases your balance and stability by strengthening various small muscles throughout your legs and hips that are often neglected. This can help increase your overall stability for other activities, like running or yoga.

Then there’s the fact that skating provides an impressive calorie burn.

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Christmas can be a tough time for those of us who have experienced the passing of a loved one.

I recently received an email from a man whose wife passed away this fall.

They have three children under the age of 15. He is reaching out for help as he is dreading the Christmas season. I know so many of us have experienced the loss of a loved one, and Christmas stirs up a great deal of sadness.

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My dad passed away in November many years ago just before Christmas. I remember the pain — layers and layers of pain and sadness. It was really hard and I wondered if I would make it through December.

I felt the combination of loss and Christmas would completely bowl me over due to so many emotions.

So where do we start and how do we navigate through Christmas when our hearts are aching? For all of us, we have to start at the beginning and consider what is real for us and the truth of how we feel.You may feel devastated, overwhelmed,

angry, numbed out or incredibly sad.You may be open with your grief or hiding it.You may be wondering how much of your open grief your friends can handle. Could you end up overwhelming them and spoiling their Christmas?

And then there are those of us who do everything we can to avoid our feelings.

We heavily distract ourselves intending to not feel pain.To move forward with grief, it’s really important to stay in integrity with how we really, truly feel.

Don’t try to be different; be honest with yourself so you can plan how to look after yourself from a very truthful, vulnerable

place.There is tremendous strength in being with what is real for us.

Grief often comes in waves.We are in the midst of being in and out of it.

I encourage you to ask yourself two questions that have been an anchor for me over the years.They are: How do I feel? And, what do I need?

Throughout the years, asking and listening, and then taking action have allowed me to go through the tough times with authenticity.This is how healing happens.

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Founded by former North Shore couple Jennie and Daniel Keeran (now Victoria residents), the campaign sees the stories of local people who are homeless posted on the site along with their Christmas wish list items. Examples of desired gifts include bus passes, phone cards and warm clothing.The North Shore Shelter is one of the participating sites for 2013. So far, 38 stories have been posted to the site and approximately half of the 76 gifts have been pledged.

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There is a time for expression of all aspects of grief: a time for despair; a time for hope; a time for reflection; a time for spirit; a time for a Kleenex box; a time for an airplane ticket; a time for a photo album; and a time for distraction.

I encourage you to tell your friends what you need.

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something that you are going to gift yourself. For some people it’s going on vacation to some place sunny, where they can feel lighter.

When my dad died, we decided to completely change our experience of Christmas. My mom and brother took a cruise (their first ever) with friends, and I stayed with some university pals, and skied and played cards. It worked for us.The next Christmas was easier, and then the next was easier again. Choosing to do something different helped us.

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This is a beautiful community. I have been deeply moved by the support and care we all have for one another.

I’m taking a deep breath, knowing that life has its joys and sorrows.The terrain of life is challenging.

Thank you to the gentleman who reached out and allowed all of us to bring full sentiment to the holiday season.

All the best from 2013.

Beverley Pugh has more than 30 years of experience and is a registered counsellor on the North Shore. She often gives workshops and lectures in the community and writes a newsletter,The Mastery of Health and Happiness, viewable at masteryofhealthandhappiness.com. beverleypugh.com at Delbrook Community Centre, 600 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver.

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North Shore Traffic A message from North Vancouver District Mayor and Council If you live on the North Shore you know that, right now, everyone is talking about how bad the traffic is. We’d like you to know that we experience the same traffic issues you do, and we agree -- it’s definitely frustrating out there! It feels like traffic volumes and delays have increased so much in the past year that commuting to the rest of the region has become an intolerable ordeal.

Most of our current traffic problems are caused by the cumulative effect of multiple roadway and construction projects in the District and the City, the Highway 1 work east of the Cassiar Connector, the Low Level Road work, utility projects, unexpected bridge closures, accidents and stalls, and our unique geography and non-grid road network. And it all adds up.

Some issues will get better in the short term, as the Highway 1 lanes re-open and we manage our own road closures in a more coordinated way. But we want you to know we are working on longer term solutions as well. We’re striving to improve things by working with other municipalities and senior levels of government, as well as the business community and resident groups to find workable, affordable, and effective solutions.

As we work together to improve traffic, we’d like to hear your ideas. Drop us a line at traffic@dnv.org.

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Joy to the World See you at church

West Vancouver Baptist Church 450 Mathers Avenue – West Vancouver 604.922.0911

Join us this Christmas Season Welcoming All to West Vancouver Presbyterian Church to celebrate a timeless story with Carols and Candles, Promise and Peace

December 22 – Services @ 8:45am and 10:30am December 24 – Christmas Eve Services @ 7pm - Contemporary @ 11pm – Traditional with Candle lighting and communion December 29 – ONE Service @ 10:30am Church office hours: December 24 - 27: closed December 31: 9am - 12pm January 1, 2014: closed January 3, 2014 closed

Christmas Eve 7 pm – A family/community service of candlelight, carols, choir, instrumental music, and the Christmas Story 10 pm -A contemplative service of candlelight, carols, choristers and communion

2893 Marine Drive at 29th • 604-926-1812

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Sunday December 22: 10am Holy Eucharist Tuesday December 24: 5pm Family Christmas Eve Service 11pm Christmas Midnight Mass Sunday December 29 10am Holy Eucharist

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Sunday, December 29: 8 &10:15am Holy Communion

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1058 Ridgewood Dr 604 985-0666 www.saint-catherines.org

Sunday December 22 10am Lessons and Carols Tuesday December 24: 3pm Children’s Nativity Service (especially for preschool ages)

5pm – Family Eucharist with Bell choir 10:30 – Christmas Carols 11pm – Midnight Mass by Candlelight Wednesday December 25:10am Regional Christmas Day Eucharist

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Sunday December 22: 9:45am Christmas Pageant Tuesday December 24: 4pm - Children’s Interactive Storytime and Carols 7pm – Christmas Eve Eucharist 10:30pm – 30 minutes of Carols 11pm - Christmas Eve Eucharist Sunday, December 29: 9.45am Holy Eucharist

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Sunday December 22: 10am only Holy Eucharist Tuesday December 24: 4pm Children’s Story time & Carols 7pm – Family Christmas Eucharist 11pm - Christmas Eve Candlelight Choral Eucharist Wednesday December 25: 10am Holy Eucharist at St. Martin’s Sunday December 29: 10am only Holy Eucharist

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Share With Us The Joy, Peace, Love and Hope of Christmas December 24, 7pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Service December 25, 10am Christmas Day Service Carol Setting with Holy Communion Highlighting Our Maeda Family Brass Ensemble and Mt. Olivet Choir Meet our New Pastor Rev. Katalin Janko

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United Churches encourage you to attend, anytime, anywhere You are always welcome.

Mt. Seymour United

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Sunday, Dec 22 10am-ServiceChristmas Celebration 3:30pm A Community Christmas Encounter A hands on, all ages, family exploration of the Christmas Story (dinner at 5:30pm) All are welcome at this free event.

Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 4pm Service for young children 7pm Candlelight Service for all ages Sunday, Dec 29 10am Christmas Service

St. Andrew’s United

1044 St. George’s Avenue 604-985-0408 www.st-andrews-united.ca December 22 10am Christmas Pageant The First Christmas, an interactive pageant presented by the choir and congregation of St. Andrew’s December 24 4 pm Jesus’ Birthday Party Celebrate Jesus’birthday with story, songs, an angel parade, bell ringing, and a birthday cake! It’s an hour of fun for young children and the young-at-heart.

December 24 7pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. Traditional service of Lessons and Carols in our candlelit Sanctuary. Everyone welcome!

December 25 10 am Christmas Day Service

Lynn Valley United

3201 Mountain Highway 604-987-2114 www.lynnvalleychurch.com December 22 byoV Community Choir sings carols in LV Village Square from 7-8pm – please join in!

Christmas Eve 7pm Family Carol Service 10pm Candlelight Communion Service Sunday Worship at 10am No reservations or previous experience required – all are welcome! www.lynnvalleychurch.com Friday Night Live 7:30pm Weekly Returns Jan 17! www.fnlnorthvan.com

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North Lonsdale United

3380 Lonsdale Avenue 604-985-4911 • www.nluc.org Christmas Eve, December 24 5:30pm Come and celebrate Holy Christmas with choir, story and song. Bring the whole family!!

Christmas Eve, December 24 11pm Bring in Christmas morning with Communion. Celebrating Christ’s Birth.

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ration. If they can do it, so can you. Follow their lead.

Move your body for the right reasons. Don’t choose your goal because you’re panicked that tank top season is coming. That can be a motivator, but it is ultimately a short-term approach and comes from superficial motivation. Do it for you, your health and your life’s longevity.

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you can do. The following are some tips to help you get started.

It’s important to abandon any belief system around what used to be.

How fast, how far, how great you were in high school may not have relevance any longer. While muscles do have memory, keep your expectations in check and start with realistic beginnings.

For some reason our minds talk us out of a lot of great things, usually because of fear. If we can get our minds on board with our bodies, we can accomplish more. Try reciting this daily mantra: “I am an athlete.” Even if you feel like a fake, try to fake it till you make it.

Just like professional athletes, training starts with visualization. Seem hokey?

Not for the pros. Sports teams use this because it is a great tool to get your mind and body familiar with the events that are about to occur.

Preparation is the third of five stages in making changes (preceding pre-

contemplation and contemplation). After you have contemplated the desire to get active it is time to plan and prepare for action. This tip is very important to help sustain your fitness regime. Plan it out and put it in the calendar like any other appointment.

Protect your training time because there is nothing more important than your health.

Find something that you enjoy. If you hate it, you won’t do it, not for long anyway. An active lifestyle is something that is a lifetime event. It shouldn’t be a 30-day plan. Although tempting, be skeptical of anything that promises seven days to something or a 30-day transformation.

Such plans are usually not sustainable.

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Aging population raises concerns

We are ‘woefully’ unprepared for the ‘looming dementia epidemic’ This is not the column I wanted to write the week before Christmas.

Earlier this month Joan Warren, a senior with dementia, wandered away from her North Shore care facility.Three days later her body was found near the Lynn Canyon suspension bridge. Initial indications are she died of hypothermia.

This is a tragic incident and my condolences go out to the family.

Sadly, the response to this incident was all too predictable.The care facility declined comment other than expressing their “heartfelt sympathies,” citing privacy concerns.

The provincial

government expressed their condolences adding that the first priority of government and the health authorities is patient safety and security.

There were questions raised about the search method, about the “business” behind caring for B.C.’s seniors and whether or not the facility had the proper care plan in place for Warren. Several investigations are now underway and when all is said and done I expect to hear a statement from government telling us that measures will be put in place to ensure a tragic incident like this one never happens again.

But it will happen again.

Tom Carney

Older andWiser It will happen again because we are woefully unprepared for the looming dementia epidemic that is facing us.

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias affect 70,000 individuals in B.C. and that number is expected to double by the year 2038.

It will happen again because 60 to 70 per cent of those with dementia will

wander and the majority of people in care facilities have dementia.

In America there are approximately 125,000 search and rescue missions deployed for missing Alzheimer’s patients every year.

It will happen again because we haven’t yet figured out how to balance the need to keep a person with dementia safe with ethical concerns about locking them up like prisoners in a jail.

An upcoming conference on how we can protect and keep care facility residents safe, scheduled for early in the NewYear in Vancouver, is almost sold out.

It will happen again because, in my opinion, the health authorities who license these facilities

have got their priorities wrong. Authorities explain that they prefer to work collaboratively with facilities to ensure all regulations are followed.That’s not their job.Their job is to monitor and inspect licensed community care facilities to ensure they comply with provincial adult care regulations and when they don’t to impose sanctions.

It will happen again because even when we get leaders from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries together for a special summit on dementia, as we did last month in Britain, it’s hard to get them to take meaningful action.

Only 13 countries have national dementia plans.

Canada isn’t one of them.

The Warrens have lost a member of their family.

They are, of course, looking for some answers here.

I suspect they will be disappointed.

When the investigations are complete, it’s likely we will know how Warren died but we will never know why she died.

To the family I offer my condolences.

To my readers, I hope you are surrounded by love and warmth this holiday season. Merry Christmas.

Tom Carney is the former executive director of the Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. Ideas for future columns are welcome. tomcarney@telus.net

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This last weekend we had some friends over for some Christmas cheer.

All the guests know that the house is filled with dogs, which means dog hair, dog slobber, dog paw prints, etcetera. Given the fact that they all either have dogs or horses, they are OK with that.

But there was a newcomer on the scene this year and Piper wanted nothing to do with her.

Piper is a sensitive dog. One thing that Piper is especially sensitive to is incongruence. When someone acts one way but says something completely different, or gives mixed messages, he will not let that person touch him.

People sometimes ask if he has been abused and I say, “Nope, he’s just sensitive.”

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In fact, he mistrusts the person’s intentions. This is a self-preservation tactic common among all species of animals, even humans. But we humans tend to push that intuition aside and instead listen to what I call secondhand thoughts — the chatter in our brains that is related to the baggage we carry and causes many of our communication breakdowns.

This internal sonar system is meant to warn dogs (and us) of situations that could be harmful.

When Piper slinked away from the new person in our home, it was clear that even though she was a kind woman, she was obviously troubled by something that was causing the incongruence.

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I simply acknowledge those emotions silently to myself and feel them.

By acknowledging my unbalanced emotional state, I release the resistance that I created with my insincere happy face and become congruent or in alignment.

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As I said, all dogs (and horses too!) have the ability to sense misalignment in the emotional state of people around them. It is one of the many reasons they are used for therapy work for people with PTSD, mental

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But like most things, if we don’t recognize this trait they will soon stop showing their empathetic side to us and ignore our emotional distress as we ignore their attempts to alert us to our imbalances.

Recognizing when our dogs are trying to connect with us emotionally requires us to look within ourselves and acknowledge our emotional state, focus on our dogs’ behaviour, and see if there is a correlation with what our dogs are doing and how we are feeling.

When I had a moment to speak with the guest Piper was shunning, I told her to silently tell Piper what was troubling her heart instead of hiding it from him and he would come to say hello. At first she looked at me like I was a bit nuts, but after a moment she smiled softly, looked over at Piper by the fireplace and said, “I can do that.”

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Playing dual sports at a very high level is a rare feat, but one North Vancouver teenager is up for the challenge.

Sophie Swant, 16, has played for B.C. provincial teams in both soccer and basketball and stars in both sports at Argyle secondary.

She is proof that hard work and endurance can make a successful athlete.

“I started out when I was younger playing every sport there was out there and then these two were my favorites and I just kept playing them, I just never stopped,” said Swant.

Swant started playing soccer when she was six years old and basketball in Grade 6. She said she chose those particular sports because they are both team oriented.

“You can’t do well unless your entire team is doing well,” she said. “You have to have a good relationship with people and I think that I like that kind of aspect of it.”

Juggling both sports has not been easy for Swant, with both seasons having some overlap.

“It’s hard. I know that sometimes I have to leave early from soccer or not go to soccer because of basketball or vice versa,” she said. “But I have really great parents and they help me and drive me places all the time, it’s crazy what they do for me but it just helps me get to where I need to be.”

Swant is also a welldecorated athlete, being awarded top grade athlete in both Grade 9 and 10 at Argyle. Last spring as a Grade 10 student she won the Golden Boot as top scorer at the 2013 AAA Senior Girls High School Provincial Soccer Championships, won by Argyle. She’s represented B.C. on the 2011 provincial soccer team and the provincial basketball team in 2012 and 2013.

Swant’s father, Randy, said he likes that his daughter plays dual sports,

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Randy said his daughter is very driven, getting home from school, doing schoolwork and then heading out the door for an 8 p.m. practice.

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Swant’s basketball coach at Argyle, Anthony Fortunaso, said the Grade 11 forward is everything a coach looks for in an athlete.

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Fortunaso said Swant’s role on the team this year is different from last year’s team that won the North Shore title.

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“She was kind of like the fourth, fifth option (last season), whereas all of a sudden this year we’re asking her to play a way different role to kind of be the go-to player,” he said. “She’s adjusting really well in trying to be that scorer that we need but also trying to get everybody else involved.”

Fortunaso said Swant’s leadership role has been a learning process.

“She’s really positive with people after games and telling them what they did well and that kind of thing,” he said. “She’s definitely stepping up to the plate and getting better at it every single game, every single day.”

Jason Jordan, Swant’s soccer coach with Fusion FC of the B.C. Premier Soccer League, agrees that Swant has been working on her leadership skills “She’s taken some ownership of things that she needed to work on,” said Jordan. “Whatever the coaches have asked her to do

she has tried her best to do what they have wanted.”

Jordan said Swant is very hard working, reliable and competitive. “(She) always gives you 100 per cent when she’s out on the field, very good with her team,” he said. “She played very well when she went to the nationals with us as well, good skill, very brave in tackles in the air. I enjoy working with her.”

Swant’s talent and athletic ability could take her to the CIS or even the NCAA, said Fortunaso.

“She’s a ridiculously good athlete,” he said. “Her talent’s getting better every single day so I think she’s definitely a player that could be the next big thing out of North Van.” Swant said she wants to continue playing either sport, or both, after she’s done high school. She said she thinks playing both sports gives her a competitive edge.

“It’s the kind of thing where you go into a soccer tournament and you have that kind of high level like

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“Your nerves are always at a high level so I feel like when it gets to a point where there’s two seconds left on the clock and you’re down by one and you have two free throws, in basketball, I think it makes you more calm because it’s the kind of thing where you’ve been in this situation before.”

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