North Shore News January 5 2014

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North Shore values holding steady Residential assessments down less than one per cent BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Residential property assessments across the North Shore for 2014 are coming in just an eyelash below 2013’s average numbers.

BC Assessment released

the 2014 valuations Thursday showing the average assessments in the city and district of North Vancouver down less than one per cent each from last year and West Vancouver’s down about two per cent.

BC Assessment analyzes all real estate transactions

over a one-year period to calculate the property value owners will be taxed on.

Across the Lower Mainland and up the Sea to Sky corridor, most assessments are in range of plus or minus five per cent compared to last year.

“Based on those transactions, all we can say is the property market was in a stable or holding pattern with properties holding their stored value in this

past year,” said Dharmesh Sisodraker, deputy assessor.

“Exactly why that’s happening . . . the market is always cyclical.There’s going to be ups.There’s going to be downs.There’s going to be flat points and for the last two years, we’ve been in a flat point for most of the Lower Mainland, actually.”

While the average property value hasn’t moved much, there are fluctuations depending

on the housing type and neighbourhood, according to BC Assessment’s report.

In the City of North Vancouver, single family homes in the Westview and Grand Boulevard areas tended to go up in value, while denser development in Lower Lonsdale have seen assessments trickle downward with onebedroom condos falling from an average of $342,000 to $340,400 and three-

bedroom townhouses at $626,000, down from $650,000 the year before.

“The strata/ condominium market did show a bias to being down more than up,” Sisodraker said.

The District of North Vancouver too had winners and losers. Single-family homes rose about $5,000 in value to $47,000 in See Highest page 4

No snow means late start for ski mountains ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com

The snow isn’t falling on the North Shore mountains yet, but that hasn’t stopped some winter revelers from flocking to the hills.

Drier than usual conditions this winter have meant little to no recent precipitation, with some of the ski hills only getting a light dusting of snow last Thursday night.

“The weather is unusual but not unprecedented,” said Emmalee Brunt, communications coordinator for Mt. Seymour.

“So we’re staying positive.”

“Our base right now is sitting roughly about 38 centimetres,” she said.

“Typically we like to say we would open with a minimum of 85 centimetres.”

Brunt said while the See Cypress page 4

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Cypress and Grouse using snow guns From page 1 tobogganing and beginner areas are open, other runs are closed due to lack of snow.

Rene Papier, a North Vancouver resident, brought his sons Jonas and Connor to Mt. Seymour Friday for snowboarding lessons.

“We’ve been here for four or five days already,” said Papier. “The skiing conditions are probably the worst of all the days. It’s a hard ice.” Papier said despite the less than desirable conditions, the kids are enjoying it.

For both Cypress and Grouse mountains, the ability to make snow has meant some runs are up and running.

Jacqueline Blackwell, public relations manager at Grouse Mountain, said having the largest snowmaking system on the North Shore and offering a variety of other winter activities has meant a decent season despite the weather.

Grouse is currently sitting with a snow base of 72 centimetres and has produced 53 centimetres of snow using their

snowmaking equipment.

Joffrey Koeman, director of sales and marketing for Cypress Mountain, said they currently have all of their 37 snow guns pumping.

“Natural snowfall’s been definitely lower than the average year,” said Koeman.

Cypress currently has seven runs open, compared to last year when the mountain had 100 per cent of their runs open for use, according to Koeman. “I guess we’ve been spoiled the last couple of years with great snow levels,” said Koeman. “It’s a later start than usual.”

Highest value at $24.4M

From page 1 Lynn Valley, Delbrook and Blueridge while townhouses in Lynn Valley lost about $31,000 to come in at an average of $544,000.

InWestVancouver, the average assessed value of a home in Dundarave is up more than $100,000 to $2,432,000. Neighbours in Ambleside, however might see their assessments fall

about $69,000 where the average is $1,629,300. British Properties homes tended to increase while waterfront properties slid.

Unlike homes, valuations on commercial and industrial properties were on the incline in the last year with the average assessment up between 2.9 and 3.5 per cent on the North Shore.That is in keeping with a province-

wide trend, Sisodraker said.

While most of the $20million-plus mega-mansions are inVancouver’s Point Grey, sixWestVancouver properties are in the top 30 most valuable homes in the province.The most expensive is 3330 Radcliffe Ave which was $24,411,000.

Assessments should be in the mail this week, but are also available online.

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Norgate area daycare burns in fire Non-profit to rebuild after suspicious blaze

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

A longstanding Norgate daycare is a burnt out shell after a suspicious fire on Dec. 28, displacing about 30 kids.

District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue members raced to Novaco on Redwood Street early in the morning after a cab driver spotted smoke and flames coming from the childcare centre next to Norgate elementary.

It took between two and three hours to get the fire tamped down from the outside, according to Mike Cairns, assistant fire chief with North Vancouver District Fire and Rescue.

“The fire had a real good hold on the structure before we got there so an interior attack was not possible,” Cairns said.

“The fire damage was so severe, it was hard to determine an exact point of origin or cause. It’s quite possible, because of the time of day, that it was arson.”

The fire resulted in a total loss of three modular buildings used for the Novaco daycare, which had been open since 1973 and was operated by North Shore Neighbourhood House for the last seven years.

But things could have been much worse.

“Right off the bat, we’re very, very happy that nobody was hurt, that the damage was just the

daycare and that it didn’t extend to the school or the neighbourhood,” said Lisa Hubbard, North Shore Neighbourhood House executive director.

“By lunch on Saturday when the fire was out, we were already able to place the children.”

There has been an “overwhelming” outpouring of support from members of community and other service agencies, Hubbard said, and she already has an eye on rebuilding the facility.

“We were licensed for 37 children at Novaco and we hope to rebuild for 37 children at Novaco daycare,” she said.

That is an expensive task for the non-profit organization, so North Shore Neighbourhood House is accepting cash donations to help finance the cost of rebuilding above what insurance can provide.

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The rich & the rest T here’s nothing like post-holiday credit card bills to inspire New Year’s resolutions to take care of our finances.

As we were reminded this week, however, there are still those for whom belt-tightening won’t be an issue.

That’s because by lunchtime on Jan. 2, Canada’s top-paid CEOs had already earned a regular person’s annual salary.

According to a report released this week, the average compensation to Canada’s top CEOs last year was almost $8 million. (That’s average, which doesn’t even begin to contemplate some of the highest pay packets.)

The average Canadian salary, meanwhile, clocks in at a modest $46,600.

The average minimum wage job earner took home about $21,000.

Despite — or perhaps because of

— the economic slings and arrows of the past five years, the gap between the uber-rich and the rest of us is growing, rather than shrinking.

According to the same report, the top-paid 100 CEOs now make 171 times what the average wage earner does. Fifteen years ago, the top brass out-earned the rest of us by a mere 105 times.

The rich, as they say, are different.

In contrast, back on planet Earth, the New Year will find most of us paying higher medical, EI and pension premiums. There will also be significant hikes to hydro rates. Ferry fares will rise, as will ICBC rates.

Likely such plebeian concerns aren’t a problem if your job perks involve use of a corporate airplane for travel.

For the rest of us, a new year translates into “Get ready to pay more.”

Big development drives big change MARTIN MILLERCHIP editor@nsnews.com

It has been 39 years since I visited NorthVancouver for the first time.

The block where my friends then lived reminded this new immigrant of an English seaside town. Partly it was the peekaboo view of Burrard Inlet. Mostly it was the use of wood rather than brick or stone as the building medium, the large setbacks on rectangular lots and the predominance of white as the colour of choice for both siding and picket fences.

The house is no longer there; long since replaced with another vinyl-sided beige monster whose garage sits atop what used to be a garden that fed a family of four in the summer. It looks energy efficient and much like many of its neighbours.

It no longer reminds me of anywhere else except

North Vancouver.

In 1979, I came back to North Vancouver to buy my first house. Seduced by the smell of the pines on Capilano Road near the Cleveland Dam and the bargain basement price of what was little more than a cabin in the woods, I became a homeowner without much thought — and subsequently a landlord once the reality of a monthly mortgage payment kicked in. In the North-Vancouver-is-a-smallworld category, my tenants were first Bill MacDonald — who went on to co-found the Artists for Kids Trust — and then Terry Peters, whose love of photography would eventually get him a job at the North Shore News where he has been my boss since the departure of Tim Renshaw.

A few years later, I sold the property with a single classified ad in, of course,

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the News. A builder bought it for the list price and immediately levelled the lot.

The vinyl-sided house that replaced my cabin offered four times the floor space, but the mature trees that shielded the house from Capilano Road were felled in the process.

Change, as Heraclitus said, is the only constant in life.

I have been thinking a lot about change this past week as I retire as editor of this paper.

My connection to the News began by chance in 1986. My journalist partner, Catherine, was one of the News’ council reporters at the time. She had the flu, phoned in sick and was told to either find a replacement herself or attend the council meeting, sick or not. She asked me and, faced with a choice of staying home and likely cleaning up vomit or

earning a few dollars from reporting a council meeting, I took the money. All three stories I filed were published — even the one about a local proclamation that should have been spiked.

When Catherine left the uncertain world of freelance journalism to return to a guaranteed monthly salary in the field of insurance, I took over her assignments.

I covered District of North Vancouver council meetings for 10 years until I became a full-time employee of the News in 1997 — and for four more years after that because I wanted to stay in close touch with the municipal politics I found fascinating.

I still do. But I am also beginning to despair of the interplay between politicians, money and staff.

I imply no evil with that statement. Almost all of the politicians I have met

are decent, principled and hard-working. I would categorize only a handful as lazy or indifferent, and I have never been presented with evidence that any of them voted anything but their conscience. But when I used to write editorials urging residents to vote or get involved in official community plan shaping, I would argue that the municipal arena was one where change could be effected. I don’t know if that is still true — at least when it comes to the big decisions.

Twenty years ago, no North Shore council would have ignored an opposition petition of approximately 1,400 residents, as happened recently in West Vancouver.

But the first rule of politics is: get re-elected. And to avoid big tax increases to pay for degrading infrastructure, See City page 9

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“Any green space, like a school yard or a median between two lanes on a road, was all dug up, and there were impromptu graves created.”

Shelterbox volunteer andWest Van resident Richard Loat recounts Typhoon Haiyan’s devastation of the Philippines (from a Dec. 29 news story).

“I can tell you there’s a huge market for white elephants.”

City of NorthVancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto defends municipal heat utility Lonsdale Energy Corporation (from a Jan. 1 news story).

“An unknown caller made a bomb threat of unknown reliability.”

NorthVan RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong reports a bomb scare at Lynnmour mosque Al-Ghadir Masjid (from a Jan. 3 news story).

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Your crystal ball for 2014 It’s that time of the year again, the time when reporters look back on the 2013 that was, and try to make predictions about the 2014 that’s yet to show its true nature.

We do this not because we are prone to introspection and seek to take stock of our place in the universe, but because nothing much else is going on at this time of the year.

Seriously, would it kill the politicians in Ottawa to arrange one more scandal between Christmas and New Year’s?

In that spirit, I bring you my predictions for the coming year, broken down by month.

• January: NASA will send a team of cloned Chris Hadfields into space to perform a jam-band version of “Rocket Man,” in an attempt to recapture the magic of Hadfield version 1.0’s cover of “Space Oddity.” It’ll do okay on the charts, but will be bumped from the top 10 by the sound of Justin Bieber falling down a flight of stairs.

• February: It’ll be cold, except when it’s unseasonably warm.

People will greet Valentine’s Day in the

Matthew Claxton

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traditional manner: by complaining that it’s a cheap, commercialized, and artificial holiday, and that no one got them anything.

• March: Mike Duffy will escape Ottawa in a giant helium balloon in the shape of Mike Duffy. The month will come in like a lion, which will then eat the lamb, which will in turn give the lion a severe case of stomach cramps that requires a visit to the large animal veterinarian.

• April: The Tea Party will reveal that the preceding five years of political obstructionism was a colossal April Fool’s Day prank started by a group of hipsters from Portland.

They will be stoned to death by Republicans and

Democrats alike. “This is ironic,” they will say, incorrectly, as the stones knock them off their fixedgear bicycles.

• May: Nothing much happens except for the takeover of much of Eastern Europe by an army of intelligent genetically engineered chickens.

• June: Rob Ford says the 7,943rd outrageous thing since his election as mayor of Toronto. Late night talk show hosts just shrug. “I don’t know,” says Jimmy Kimmel. “Are there any jokes left to make here?

Are we dehumanizing ourselves by mocking a man’s public selfdestruction? What does this mean for the state of western democracy?”

Kimmel walks off the stage mid-show and never returns; he is found months later meditating at a Buddhist retreat in the Tien Shan mountains.

• July: Workers at McDonald’s, Wal-Mart and a host of other lowwage employers win sizable pay raises and decent benefits packages after a series of strikes. It will turn out that paying people a living wage is actually good for the

economy. Wal-Mart’s CEO will attend a press conference, hands tucked in pockets, and stare at his feet. “Well, I suppose I was wrong all those years,” he’ll say.

• August: Nothing much. The chickens seize Germany, France, and northern Italy.

• September: Television executives announce their newest fall reality show, Rednecks Punch Each Other While Bidding on Storage Lockers on a Desert Island.

“The originality of the concept is why we picked it up,” says a studio exec, openly rolling his eyes.

“Shut up, you know you’re going to PVR it.”

• October: Justin Trudeau will be revealed as a large and elaborate marionette operated by intelligent mice. People will still find it more charismatic than Stephen Harper.

• November: The chickens get bored and head into space to the join the Hadfield clones.

• December: The end of the year brings a new crop of retrospective columns, not nearly enough of which will mention the chicken thing. mclaxton@ langleyadvance.com

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CapU change confuses Dear Editor: I am trying to understand the significance of what CapU’s president actually said about changes in the curriculum in your recent Sunday edition. I do understand that government funding has been reduced, that curriculum changes are essential. But exactly what are these changes? That is what I find obscure. She does say: “The focus is on the undergraduates, getting people prepared for the world … it’s a model that’s not been here.” Does she mean that previous years of Cap’s teaching did not do that? I’ve always thought that the main focus of postsecondary education was to teach students how to think clearly and critically, how to communicate clearly, provide them with the knowledge and understanding to determine what kind of country they want.Was CapU not doing that before?

She also says “the new paradigm shift is less about the narrow disciplinary focus and more about interdisciplinary and transferable skills.”The inter-disciplinary approach to education has been taught at the university for years.That is not a new

paradigm shift. And finally is learning how to think and communicate clearly, learning how to understand the world you live in, a narrow disciplinary focus?

Please, President Bulcroft, what exactly did you mean?

Philip Pinkus UBC professor emeritus West Vancouver

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City, district chase younger demographic

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the big revenues from big development drive big changes — whether we want them or not. I was horrified when I heard of open houses that purported to let residents shape the future but then didn’t allow the removal of blocks that signified density, only their rearrangement.

It makes absolutely no sense to me that the two municipalities of North Vancouver continue to plan in splendid isolation from one another.The district’s OCP plans increased density in Lynn Valley, Lower Capilano and Lynnmour — essentially encircling the city.There is nothing wrong with that concept as far as creating what passes for affordability and perhaps attracting a younger demographic — if the district was a magical

entity unto itself. But it isn’t, and meanwhile the city is chasing the same younger demographic in spades.

If the city’s draft OCP is adopted, there won’t be any single-family zoning in the municipality. Logically, joint city-district planning might have endorsed the same concept, but would the district density targets have remained the same? And would a major development on the waterfront with only one access point — as is being planned by Concert Properties — be allowed to proceed without a Marine Drive corridor transportation plan in place for all of North Vancouver?

Individually and in groups, North Vancouver residents are asking these questions. But these days it seems that developers and planners have louder voices at town hall; that our politicians are no longer

there to control change but to manage how we adapt to them. Perhaps, when Marine Drive, Capilano Road, Keith Road, Main Street and Mountain Highway are at a standstill for more of the day than they are already, a tipping point in the amalgamation debate will be reached.

I hope it won’t be too late to protect some of what I first loved about the North Shore.

One thing that I know will remain constant is this newspaper.There have been

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big changes at the North Shore News since my first association with it in 1986.

Back then, we typeset our pages through a wax printer before physically couriering the pages to the presses.

Now, it’s all done with the keyboard’s “Send” button.

The North Shore News is no longer an independent newspaper, having passed through several ownership changes since Peter Speck sold the paper he built from the North Shore Shopper.

Staffing levels have changed as a global economy

means some elements of our production can be outsourced. But it does not seem to matter who leaves and who stays.The paper retains its commitment to being the best that it can be with the resources at hand.

Of course, I am biased.

But our current editorial crew is as good a group of journalists as one could hope to work with.They have carried me for the eight years I have been editor and I thank them all, past and present, for that — and for allowing me to eat sardines

in the newsroom.

Finally, I want to thank you, the readers.You complete the circle and without you the News would not exist. I hope you will continue to read us, to talk to our excellent columnists, to comment online, to allow us to feature you in our stories and to hold us to account when we make mistakes.

And to those who have ever picked up the phone to say thank you for whatever reason, know that it was you who always made this job worthwhile.

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Cigar length change approved by council JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

The District ofWest Vancouver made perhaps their smallest decision of the year Dec. 16.

Council voted unanimously to approve an eight-centimetre variance on a Mathers Avenue subdivision.

An application for two small homes — each approximately 2,551 square feet — came just a cigar-length short of the district’s minimum width requirements.

Council unanimously approved the variance, but not without a little exasperation.

“I plead with you to bring forward some policy changes

whereby council does not need to decide variances that are shorter than the length of a pencil,” said Coun. Craig Cameron, addressing district planning director Bob Sokol.

The local government act mandates variances — even miniscule ones — be approved by council, according to Sokol.

The subdivision, located at the corner of Mathers and 14th Street, will be consistent with neighouring lots, according to a staff report. “We’re mirroring everything to the south of it and I see no reason not to approve this variance,” said Coun. Michael Lewis.

A similar subdivision had occupied the lot in the 1970s before being consolidated in 1976, according to staff.

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8. Get Enough Sleep: A lack of regular deep sleep leads to decreased immune function, increased heat rate variability, difficulty concentrating, and impaired physical coordination. So be sure to get your Zs and you’ll feel more energized and better motivated to lead an active lifestyle.

7. Focus on Proper Technique: By performing your exercises without proper technique, you will fail to isolate the intended muscles and increase the risk of joint injury. To avoid this, focus on performing each movement slowly and smoothly with no sudden swinging or jerking.

6. Don’t Focus on Weight: Traditional scales can help monitor progress, but since muscle weighs more than fat, you can easily gain weight while becoming more fit.

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5. Avoid Fad Diets: While crash diets will surely help you lose weight fast, you’ll almost definitely gain it back. Prolonged extreme calorie depravation dieting, also called starvation, is even more unhealthy and impractical.

True healthy living means balanced eating, minimal splurging, and performing a wide variety of exercise.

4. Make Exercise Fun: Find physical activities you look forward to and it will be easier to maintain consistent effort. It’s best to pick something that works your core stabilizers while engaging the rest of your body, too. Examples include yoga, pilates, swimming, skating, snowboarding and wakeboarding. The possibilities are nearly endless.

3. Perform Regular Cardio: You don’t need to perform endless hours of cardio to get great results.

In fact, that might even be counterproductive.

Instead, try including 20 minutes of cardio into every hour spent at the gym and focus on keeping your heart rate up during your strength routine.

Then add one other 45minute cardio session each week, and voila!

2. Plan Your Meals: You’re much more likely to grab a couple pizza slices at the food court if you’re in a rush.

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1. Set Realistic Goals: If you’ve been sedentary for a while, or have been doing sporadic highintensity workouts, you should ease into a new

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Health Notes COUPLES GROUP THERAPY A program for couples that are experiencing communication difficulties in their relationships Tuesdays, Jan. 7-March 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Family Services of the North Shore, 101-255 West First St., North Vancouver.

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604-988-5281 x202 VIRTUAL GASTRIC BAND Hypnotherapist Caroline Sutherland will give a free presentation on

2014 fitness regimen that builds progressively in intensity and frequency, while always maintaining your consistency.

A successful routine should also include structured and attainable short-term goals.

hypnosis for weight loss Wednesday, Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m. at Churchill House, 150 West 29th St., North Vancouver. Limited seating. carolinesutherland.com LIFE-GIVING RHYTHMS A presentation about how busy people can experience Christ not only in formal prayer, but in home life, work and play, through the ancient practice of a “Rule of Life” Friday, Jan. 10, 7-9 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. Admission by donation. 604-988-8835

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Community Bulletin Board CHRISTMAS TREE CHIP-UP Island Pacific school will hold a tree shredding fundraiser at Thunderbird Marina, 5776 Marine Dr., West Vancouver on Jan. 4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and Rona Home Centre, Hanes Avenue and West First Street, North Vancouver on Jan. 4 and 5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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CHRISTMAS TREE CHIP-UP Grand Boulevard preschool will hold a tree chip-up by donation Saturday, Jan. 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at 520 East 20th St., North Vancouver. There will be free coffee and baked goods.

CHRISTMAS TREE CHIP-UP The Seymour Scouts will hold their annual tree chip-up by donation Sunday, Jan. 5, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Parkgate Village shopping centre at the corner of Mount Seymour Parkway and Mount Seymour Road, North Van. All proceeds benefit various scout programs.

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CHRISTMAS TREE CHIP-UP Montroyal school will hold a tree chip-up as a fundraiser for their Grade 7 graduation event Sunday, Jan. 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at 5310 Sonora Dr., North Vancouver.

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Registration required. 604929-3727 x8168 nvdpl.ca AUTHOR TALK: Patricia McCuaig will talk about her book: Flying Duchesses: Aristocratic Adventures of a Canadian Pilot. Using her father’s letters and diaries, McCuaig has woven a story that celebrates her father’s adventures as a pilot to the Duke of Westminster Wednesday, Jan. 8, 78:30 p.m. at Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver.

Registration required. 604987-0286 x8144 Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com.To post online, go to nsnews.com, scroll to Community Events and click on AddYour Event.

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What’s On CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN THE COMMUNITY Attend a meeting of the Community Advisory Panel (CAP) sponsored by Canexus, Univar, Newalta and ERCO Worldwide.

Plant managers, community members and neighbouring businesses meet regularly to review and enhance the presence of these industries in the community. Call for dates and location. 604-5150115

Sundays FOLKTALES AND LAUGHTER A storytelling series with humorous folktales from around the world the second Sunday of every month, 7-9 p.m. at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. After the tales, a yoga therapist will guide participants through exercises that benefit the body and mind while laughing. $10. 604-9257292 silkpurse.ca

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STORYTELLING EVENINGS presented by the North Shore Storytellers takes place the first Sunday of every month, 7-9 p.m. at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Each month features a different theme. $7-$12. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca POLYNESIAN DANCE CLASSES Beginner classes for adults and children, Sundays and Mondays at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. 604982-8311

Mondays ALATEEN MEETING A group for ages 10-18 where alcohol is a problem in the family meets every Monday at 7:15 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. 604-688-1716 BINGO Every Monday at 6 p.m., North Vancouver Legion, 123 West 15th St., North Vancouver. 604988-3712 See more page 15

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SENIORS

Do your due diligence before donating

Research those who come a knocking

“We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give.”

Winston Churchill (18741965) Tis the season to be wary!

Before you open your wallet to support a charity, do your homework.

A canvasser from the Single Parent Food Bank was at my door last week. The SPFB is not a registered charity. They were previously associated with the Canadian Charity Assist Society, which had its charitable status revoked by the Canada

Revenue Agency in 2008 for not meeting regulations of the Income Tax Act. Organizations like the SPFB make it more difficult for legitimate charities to do their work.

It’s a mystery to me why the District of North Vancouver would grant them a permit to canvas door to door in the community.

British Columbians donate an average of $753 per year to charity with $165 donated during the Christmas season.

B.C. residents aged 55 or older are most likely to donate to charity, with 85 per cent saying they do so.

Typically, people choose to support a charity based on the demonstration of positive outcomes from donations,

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Older andWiser a personal belief in the cause or transparency in how the funds are used.

Recent data on charitable giving does not bode well for the sector. Many Canadians, especially those 65 and older, are becoming increasingly concerned that charities are not spending their money

wisely. In addition, fewer Canadians are giving to charity and those who do are giving less.

When a charity representative knocks on my door and I don’t know the canvasser or the charity I take a copy of their printed material.

Then, after I have closed the door, I do a little research. I start with the basics to see if the charity is registered with the Canada Revenue Agency and if its annual information return is up to date. To do so, go to cra.gc.ca and click on Charities and Giving at the top of the page.

It surprises me how many charities fail this simple test. For information on the best of the best charities in

At the Holiday Season our thoughts turn gratefully to those who have made our progress possible.

It is in this spirit that we say thank you for 33 years of loyal support and for keeping Shylo the preferred Home Health Agency on the North Shore.

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each sector, I turn to Charity Intelligence (charityintelligence.ca) a small non-profit agency whose purpose is to help donors make intelligent giving decisions. They use volunteers often recruited from the financial world to evaluate charities and to produce reports on the different charitable sectors.

Accessing both of these sites helps to inform my charitable choice.

Last week, my email was flooded with last minute appeals from charities asking me to top up my donations before the end of the year.

My response, in most cases, was to hit the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the page, which of course is the last thing

a charity wants me to do. Message to charities: Don’t alienate or abuse your donor base.

There are more than 85,000 charities in Canada. The vast majority of them are worthy of our support.

Don’t be deterred by a few bad apples operating in the group.

Making a charitable donation at this time of the year helps extend the feeling of holiday cheer throughout the year.

Wishing you peace, good health and prosperity in 2014.

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COMPUTER FLIGHT SIMULATION Fly a Boeing 747 or some other aircraft on the computer the second and fourth Friday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. Drop-in fee: $2.25.

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Be aware of market trends in 2014

This is the time of year for New Year’s resolutions, as well as when economists and analysts make predictions for the year to come.

As I’ve said in the past, I don’t invest on the basis of grand predictions, however there are certain trends that have emerged that I feel are very important to successful investing in 2014.

Our team monitors markets closely but there is an important transition going on in the bond market and if you are unaware then you may be left with more risk in your portfolio than you wanted. In 2013

from the bond market.

Back then, the U.S. Federal Reserve tightened monetary policy and raised interest rates, which caused the value of all bonds to fall and in return led investors to pull out their money.

A similar event happened last May when the Fed hinted at tapering their current stimulus program.

Interest rates started to rise and bonds lost value, kickstarting major outflows. If the economy does indeed continue to improve it will not bode well for bond holders.

In short, this is a trend we expect to see continue, so

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investors pulled more money out of bond mutual funds than ever before, totalling more than $70 billion.This is even more than in 1994, the last big year of outflows

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DRIVERS Drivers are needed to pick up meals from Cheers restaurant at 125 East Second St. and deliver to Capilano House at 1551 Bridgman Ave., North Vancouver on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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MEAL SERVER A seniors’ dinner and lunch program is looking for meal servers who will serve ready cooked meals and assist the hostess with the cleanup of the kitchen.

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It is likely that the Fed will continue to taper and rates will eventually rise causing more money to flow out of bonds and bond mutual funds. If this is the case and cash flows back into the stock market, as it should, we could see another solid year for 2014.

DRIVERS West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre is looking for drivers for trips, programs and outings seven days a week. Drivers also needed on an on-call basis to drive seniors to their appointments.

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stock prices to rally in the first month of the year, the idea being that people are generally feeling more optimistic and the tax-loss selling (which typically happens in December) is over. Last January was impressive for stocks, but this theory isn’t always the case; so we wouldn’t suggest investing solely based on seasonal factors.

A repeat of the market increase in 2013 would require phenomenal economic growth, which sadly isn’t probable.We are more likely to see a moderate return in 2014.

In terms of a correction, it is definitely possible that we see some kind of a downturn as this is part of a healthy market.When it will happen is difficult to say, typically the period between April and October tends to see seasonally weaker months, but each year is different and you never know when a sell-off could occur.We are

The following is a selection of volunteer opportunities from community organizations, available throughVolunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.

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BC Hydro apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciates the patience of residents and motorists.

investors need to recognize that government bonds and some bond funds may actually be a riskier investment for their portfolio than previously thought.

The Fed’s criteria for ending QE (quantitative easing) is to see a substantial improvement in the labour market, which we have certainly witnessed in the past few months. As the job market continues to improve, we saw the Fed begin to reduce its QE program recently by $10 billion a month.This may cause more upward pressure on interest rates and downward pressure on bond prices moving into this year.

It is difficult to say when the QE program will ultimately end but the recent reduction should be the start of a trend continuing into 2014.

Historically January is a big month for stocks, sometimes called “the January effect.” Essentially there is a tendency for

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‘Wine ball’ makes new year predictions

Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables The Hired Belly has been polishing his crystal wine ball to come up with a few fearless predictions for 2014.

In short, it should be a very good year, highlighted

by France’s time to shine in the spotlight at the Vancouver International Wine Festival.

This year’s event (Feb. 24 to March 2) features appearances by French luminaries Michel Chapoutier (winemaker, M. Chapoutier), Etienne Hugel (owner, Hugel et Fils), Thomas Perrin (owner, Famille Perrin), Christian Seely (AXA, Compagnie Médocaine), Clovis Taittinger (Champagne Taittinger), and Philippe Zinck (winemaker-proprietor, Domaine Zinck Vins d’Alsace).

Not only will the strong

French presence serve to boost interest in flagship regions such as Burgundy, Rhone, Bordeaux and Champagne, but consumers will discover lots to like from Alsace, Languedoc Roussillon and more. Best to grab tix now, as they’ll start to go fast (vanwinefest.ca or 604873-3311).

There will be plenty more, of course, with just about every major wineproducing country in attendance. Well, almost.

Hello, Greece, are you still out there?

In the newer world, it’s been a long road back, post-Apartheid embargo, for South African producers, but an eagerly anticipated tour of top Cale wineries is scheduled to make its way across Canada sometime in late spring. And if you still think the Cape makes only good budget and entrylevel drops, you’re in for a big surprise from the likes of Ataraxia, Radford Dale, Mulderbosch, Raats and Springfield Estate. These guys are making some brilliant wines. I truly hope we’ll get to taste more of them here and soon. Stay tuned.

Expect more good things from B.C., too, and not only from the Okanagan although

I have no doubt the province’s flagship region will continue to shine.

One B.C. wine that unexpectedly caught my attention in 2013 was Harper’s Trail’s inaugural Cabernet Franc. It’s the best sign yet that there are more surprises to come from B.C.’s “hinterland” wineries, including Lillooet’s Fort Berens and Creston’s BaillieGrohman.

While Cabernet Franc will continue to blossom increasingly as B.C.’s single red varietal of choice, riesling’s ascent will surely continue, driven in part by our chefs’ appeciation for its role as a spectacular wine with food.

I expect even more good things from Syncromesh, whose Storm Haven 2011 riesling launched it firmly into Tantalus territory.

Riesling guru Stewart Pigott (author of Planet Riesling and soon-to-bepublished The BestWhite Wine on Earth — The Riesling Story) was also impressed by a number of B.C. producers, which he visited last summer.

Along with Tantalus (the “established star”) and Syncromesh Storm Haven 2012, Pigott singled out CedarCreek Platinum 2012 for special mention in an area in which he

discovered some “amazing wines” he says he had no idea existed.

Farther south, Similkameen will continue to be the valley to watch, with the likes of Orofino, Clos de Soleil, Herder and Little Farm leading the way. Not to be overlooked, a handful of Vancouver Island wineries will spread their wings, including Beaufort, which continues to impress especially with 2012 Ortega. Sadly, they won’t include Starling Lane, which has ceased production.

Over the holidays I got to re-taste their Célebration Brut. There is arguably no better indication of what Vancouver Island should have been doing from the start.

••• Belly’s Best Wine of the Week Hester Creek Cabernet Franc Reserve Block 3 2011 Made with fruit from some of the oldest vines in the valley, this has some smoky hints on top, followed by plush raspberry, red and black fruit, wrapped in firm but balanced tannins, with juicy acidity and good length.

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Book looks at making wine selection simple ■ Complete Wine Selector, by Katherine Cole. Firefly Books, 256 pages, $24.95.

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Walking into any wine store or the wine section of the liquor store can be intimidating.

Row upon row of wine bottles sit on their lofty shelves seeming to dare you to pick them.

For too many people the choice simply becomes a matter of buying the same wine they’ve tried before.

You don’t have to take

a sommelier course to make good choices in your wine selection. Katherine Cole wants to help you be able to make confident decisions in your sampling.

In this book, she begins by introducing

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a top 10 list and more.

This approach (instead of looking at geographical regions) makes for much easier descriptions and comparisons.

Other sections focus on buying wine, best practices

for serving and drinking wine, how the different styles of wine are made and grape origins and varieties.

Cole presents all this information without lecturing and reassures the reader that these choices

are not absolute. Her approach, with its focus on these 10 styles, allows for much easier understanding of the wines that will appeal to your own taste, making it much easier to start experimenting.

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Looking into the eyes of a new canine companion, be it a puppy or an adopted adult dog, it’s hard to imagine what the future will hold.

You may be asking yourself questions like, will he be a good dog? Will she come when called? Will he be what I’ve always wanted in a canine companion?

These are all legitimate questions that run through all dog owners’ minds, especially first-time dog owners, and the answer to all of these questions should be an affirmative “yes.”

Raising a puppy or moulding the behaviour of a newly adopted adult dog into the dog you have always wanted is completely possible.

It just takes one thing from the new dog owner — commitment.

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Puppies, for example, don’t know that it’s not cool to do their business in the house, so you have to be committed to teaching them that outside is the place to go.

This also applies to new adult dogs. Just because a dog is mature does not mean that it automatically knows the rules of doing its business outside. Adult

dogs need to be taught which door to go out, how to indicate that they have to go and, in some cases, follow a house training schedule just like a new puppy. This means that the dog is taken outside after it wakes, eats, drinks and plays and remains outside until it does its business. If the hockey game is on and you are more concerned about watching the next goal than whether your dog has done its business or not, you will find yourself still dealing with a dog that poops in the house during the playoffs.

Puppies go through stages of mental development that are sometimes confusing to us humans. For example, one week they are peeing on the fire hydrant outside your home and the next week they are scooting sideways around it with their tail between their legs as if it was an alien

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Great dogs are not born, they are made, so set your goals for your dog’s behaviour and the life you want to share now, and be committed to that goal each and every day.

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As an adoptee of an adult dog, you may find out that your dog is fearful when walking on leash through the neighbourhood and barks uncontrollably at things like fire hydrants because its previous owner neglected to socialize it properly and imprint the sights, sounds and smells of life outside the backyard while it was a puppy.

Be committed to setting rules and boundaries of acceptable behaviour for puppies and adult dogs.

Sure it’s cute to have a puppy jump up and say hello to people it meets, but as an adult dog, not so much. Teach the puppy proper manners upon greeting people and insist that everyone respect the puppy by not encouraging it to jump. If you have a new adult dog that was never given proper behavioural boundaries as a puppy, then be committed to undoing the previous owner’s lack of leadership and teach the adult dog a new way to greet people.

Set goals for yourself with your dog and be committed to working on those goals one step at a time. If your goal is to be able to walk to the café in the summer and sit with your dog on the outside patio and have a coffee or lunch, then make that a part of your weekly training routine now. Start

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North Vancouverbased Red Dog Deli, which produces Red Dog Blue Kat raw pet food, was founded in 2004 by a group of friends who met at an off-leash park.

The company focuses on making raw dog and cat food from hormone-free, non-medicated, free-range and free-run meats and organic vegetables.

Owner and manager Inna Shekhtman was inspired to start the business after rescuing an Irish wolfhound/Great Dane mix from a shelter in 2003. Knowing that large breed dogs have the potential for a range of medical issues due to their size, she says she began researching how best to take care of her new canine companion, named Adhara, and discovered the value of a raw food diet.

“My dog is a part of my

family. When we source the products that go into Red Dog Blue Kat products, if I wouldn’t feed it to her, it doesn’t go in our pet food.

We know what’s in our food and where it came from,” she said.

A percentage of Red Dog Deli’s profits, as well as its products, are regularly donated to canine and feline rescue organizations.

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A22 - North Shore News - Sunday, January 5, 2014

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Event to squash cancer Evergreen club hosting squash tourney fundraiser

ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com

The Evergreen Squash Club has invited some of the world’s top female squash players for a professional tournament at the club this week.

The club is hosting the Pro Women’s Challenge as part of their 2014 Evergreen Squashes Cancer fundraiser. The event will include four of the world’s top female squash players competing in a round robin format.

There will be two matches each day from Thursday, Jan. 9 to Saturday, Jan. 11 with the final on Sunday, Jan. 12.

“This is the highest calibre of women’s squash that’s been in Vancouver for 20 years,” said Phil Arthur, event co-ordinator.

“That’s pretty cool.”

Visiting pros Natalie Grinham from the Netherlands and Rachael Grinham, Donna Urquhart and Kasey Brown, all from Australia, are ranked between sixth and 22nd in the world.

Arthur said he came up with the idea for the event after one of the club’s junior members died from cancer and the organizer of the men’s pro event was diagnosed with the disease.

“He’s on the mend, he’s doing a bit better,” said Arthur, adding the club decided to cancel the men’s pro event last year with the organizer being sick. “We decided not to run it when he wasn’t able to pitch in.”

The men’s pro event had been running for about nine years prior to that. The club hosted Brown and another women’s pro in September, but has never had a women’s event like this one “We thought if we’re going to run an event, why not do a cancer fundraiser,” said Arthur.

“This year we were going to try and run a men’s pro event but we decided not to do it again. We thought we’d bring the women on board for a women’s pro event.”

Arthur said they hope

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Seats for the challenge are $40 each or $120 for all four games. Guests are asked to pay an extra amount, which will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society. The club raised approximately

$15,000 last year and Arthur said that although a goal has not yet been set for this year, he’s hoping they can match or surpass the previous year.

The top two players will receive prize money to make the final. Arthur said the top players have already stated they will

donate five per cent of their winnings to cancer as well.

Besides the women’s event, the fundraiser also includes an amateur tournament and coaching clinics with Arthur and each of the pros, both starting on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The amateur

tournament is open to people of any age or skill level, with an entry fee of $50 for adults and $30 for children. The clinics are available for advanced and intermediate juniors and adults. Each clinic is $50 per person and runs for two hours. evergreensquash.com

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New fencing program launched in West Van JULES KNOX newsroom@nsnews.com

Fencing is making a comeback.

Many students in West Vancouver have recently received an introductory lesson in the medieval sport, and the positive response has been overwhelming, said Diane Nelson, district principal of West Vancouver’s sports academies.

Introverted students who might not normally play team sports are actively participating in fencing, Nelson said. “It’s really an intellectual sport, and it seems to attract shyer or quieter students because they’re very focused,” she said, adding that they tend to do well right away.

“When they’re donned in this special protective clothing, they’re hidden away,” she said. “We’re seeing their energy and enthusiasm come forward, perhaps because they’re behind a mask.

“When you watch the fencing in the gym, every single student is engaged and active, all at one time,” Nelson said. “That’s what we’re looking for.” École Cedardale student Zoë Golay, 12, said she enjoys fencing because everybody in the class is learning together.

“Sometimes kids have an advantage because they’ve been playing sports like soccer or basketball for a long time,” she said.

“But with fencing, we’re all starting from the same point, so we’re equal.”

Golay said she wants to learn more about the history of fencing since the introductory lesson.

Fencing sparks the students’ imagination, said Michelle LaBounty, principal of École Cedardale elementary.

“For students who do a lot of reading, fencing attaches an element of reality to their books,” she said. “It takes them to another time.”

Igor Gantsevich, the students’ fencing instructor and a former

national champion, said that by the end of the introductory session, students are begging him not to leave.

“Everyone is having fun, which is the most important thing,” he said.

“And every single kid is also learning something brand new.”

Because there isn’t a particular body type that does well in fencing, anybody can excel, he said.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re tall, big, short or skinny.”

Approximately 2,200 kids from grades 2 to 10 will receive fencing instruction during their physical education class by the end of June, Nelson said.

The school district is also hoping to pilot an after-school club at Cedardale before the end of the school year, she said. The program would involve minimal fees for participating students

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By putting a fencing program in place at the

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“Our vision is an international academy on the North Shore where students from all over the world would come to train,” she said. “We hope

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“I don’t think that the kids have realized the tremendous opportunities that are available to them yet,” she added.

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