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West Van dedicates park land

120 hectares aroundWhyte Lake includes forests, wetlands JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Boundaries for the biggest park dedication inWest

Vancouver history were drawn aroundWhyte Lake at a council meeting Monday.

Located east of the

Sea to Sky Highway, the newly christened Whyte Lake Park is bordered by Cypress Provincial Park to the northeast and Nelson Canyon Park to the south.

Dedicating the 120 hectares of old-growth forest, creeks and wetlands defends it from future development,

explained Coun.Trish Panz.

“The interesting thing about all of this is that most people actually think Whyte Lake is already a park,” she said.

Coun. Nora Gambioli described the dedication in three words: “A good beginning.”

The protected area should grow, said Gambioli, who called for a corridor of dedicated parkland stretching from Whyte Lake to the Larson Creek wetlands.

The park dedication creates a “wildlife highway,” according to Old Growth

Conservancy Society director David Cook.

“It is gratifying to see that West Vancouver recognizes the importance of connectivity and linearity between natural areas,” he said, explaining the “slow See Eagleridge page 5

West Van fire crews intervene for hot dog BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

How hot is that doggie in the window?

Don’t hesitate to call BCSPCA, police or fire department to find out.

West Vancouver Fire and Rescue were called to the parking lot of Park Royal May 31, after a shopper spotted a dog left in a vehicle and alerted mall security.

“The windows were cracked down about an inch and the sunroof was slightly opened.They assessed the vehicle. It was parked in the shade under some trees.The dog was not in distress but they did pop the rear door open with some special tools that we have,” said assistance chief Martin Ernst.

The dog’s owners arrived soon after and firefighters spoke with them.

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Talk of amalgamation has always been a political hot potato

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

If you want to raise the temperature of a North Vancouver room by a few degrees, all you need to do is utter the A-word.

Amalgamation — the mythical beast has been sought on the North Shore for almost as long as there has been a strange, snaking boundary carving out the city limits. It’s also a word that sends some property owners running to the barricades, ready to fight to keep their taxes down.

There have been a number of studies into a hypothetical reunion of North Vancouver city and district over the years and the movement seems to ramp up once every decade or so — especially during election years.This year, the winds of amalgamation have blown back into town.

The A-word

The District of North Vancouver council passed a motion from Coun.

Doug MacKay-Dunn in February calling for an apolitical committee to be set up to examine potential amalgamation again. Until just this week, there was also to be a slate of proamalgamation candidates on the 2014 city ballot, though Unite North Van party founder George Pringle has now announced he will not run for council or organize a campaign due to poor health.

But there’s also a voice calling for the two North Vancouvers to be sewn back together coming from a place where the A-word is considered profanity — within city hall itself.

City Coun. Guy Heywood has made it his final mission while he is on council to bring about amalgamation — or at

least a sober study of it.

He introduced a motion in March that would see the city join the province in doing a restructuring study — a way of getting a peek at what the finances and governance of a united North Vancouver might look like.

After some emotional debate, most of it trashing the concept, the motion was shelved by council but it is due back in city chambers on June 16.

Almost all involved in the debate this time around agree that any discussion about amalgamation with West Vancouver is a nonstarter.

The History

You would be extremely hard pressed to find a resident on either side of the district/city border who can tell you why there are two

North Vancouvers to begin with.

The version documented in The Ambitious City, a history commissioned by the city, does little to sanitize how incorporation came about between 1905 and 1907.

The push to surgically separate the city from the rural municipality it was once a part of came from some men whose names might seem rather familiar.

Arthur Heywood Lonsdale and James Pemberton Fell, owner and land agent for Lonsdale Estate, John Hendry, J.C. Keith and Edward Mahon, shareholders in the North Vancouver Land Improvement Company, as well as Arnold Kealy, former reeve of the district and first mayor of the city.

“Talk about conflict of interest. He negotiated the deal,” Heywood recently told

the North Shore News.

While there had been some debate about placing the city’s boundaries at the Capilano and Seymour rivers, ultimately, the city’s borders were largely drawn around the Lonsdale Estate and North Vancouver Land Improvement Company’s holdings.

“Their interest, caulked in this ideology or propaganda of building a city, was concentrating the resources of the tax base to support development.To hell with community, geography, society or culture. It was just all about maximizing development,” Heywood said.

A newspaper article from the day notes how unusual it is for a smaller municipality to be carved out of a larger one, when most burgeoning cities in the Lower Mainland at the time were growing their boundaries.

Ironically, both Lonsdale and Fell are distant relatives of Heywood, but nonetheless, he’s determined to undo their work.

“It was an organization that was built to serve developers and that’s what it still does,” he said. “Let’s rationalize the situation instead of being slavishly adherent to a deal that was done for nefarious purposes.”

Apples and Oranges This section comes with a large caveat.

Finding data to directly compare two local governments is almost impossible as they routinely use different accounting methods, organize their human resources in different ways and source data differently — making for a See Sudden page 7

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Eagleridge fight raised ire

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decline” that can plague disconnected natural areas.

The large swath of parkland will sustain biodiversity, said Cook.

A concerned citizen in a frog costume called on council to compile an inventory of the species in Whyte Lake Park.

“Mr. Banks, you’ll see that the frog gets safely across the highway,” said Mayor Michael Smith, drawing laughs from many in attendance.

West Vancouver’s resolve to preserve forests and wetlands gathered strength in the wake of the development of Eagleridge Bluffs, according to former A[21 B-Q*80/[3#2 Q[.[21 6-3T *8Q1-VQ2 !h" W[*1-3[2 8Z 8S) X38.1W Z83[21 -Q) .[1S-Q)2% West Vancouver mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones. \f^D^ EC\\be79 Despite ecological concerns, the province built a stretch of highway through the bluffs in credit value of the park, according to Panz. anticipation of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

While discussing watershed preservation, SCAN WITH “The provincial government expropriated Coun. Bill Soprovich took aim at the British what we thought was our park,” GoldsmithPacific Properties-owned land near Eagle C2[ b-_-3 -66 .V1W V^E -Q) <Q)38V) R8+VS[ )[/V*[2 18 -**[22 Jones said. “Dedicating Whyte Lake as a park Lake. “They are going to have to give us that land and get away from that whole watershed R83[ )VXV1-S *8Q1[Q1H began with West Vancouver waking up and realizing what we had not protected.” area. It just has to be a trade-off,” he said.

Lonsdale Spring Celebration Panz, who has referred to Whyte Lake “That’s a key area that they’re going to have 6-X[ !M to give us and not expect anything back.”

Park as a sanctuary, agreed.

In meetings with district staff, British “We may have lost that battle, but we BMX James Palmer Pacific Properties expressed interest in land never lost sight of the big picture,” she said.

6-X[ hN use and density transfers, which may be a The big picture involves preserving useful tool to protect district land, according delicate ecosystems, according to Panz. to planning director Bob Sokol.

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Eyes wide open H istory has a timely and poetic way of making itself relevant.

On Wednesday, much of the world took time to reflect on the 25th anniversary of the Tianamen Square massacre that saw untold hundreds or possibly thousands of unarmed protesters killed in name of “restoring calm.”

Lest anyone in China today try to commemorate the tragedy, each year the Chinese government tracks and rounds up dissidents and families of victims and puts them under house arrest.

Just as it crushed the pro-democracy movement with tanks, the Chinese government is determined to crush even the memory of dissent in its population.

Disturbingly, on the same day last week, the Ottawa Citizen revealed a leaked email from the Government Operations Centre to all federal departments asking for “assistance in compiling a comprehensive listing of all

known demonstrations” regardless of who is protesting or why.

The agency set up to ensure sharing of information in the event of emergencies like earthquakes, tsunamis and nuclear meltdowns is now apparently also concerned about environmental and First Nations protests and teacher strikes among other threats to social order.

Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms specifically uses the word “fundamental” to describe our rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association.

It is part of a healthy democracy, not something to be monitored and feared.

It is part of what distinguishes us from totalitarian states like China.

Shame on Ottawa for its willingness to violate the rights of its own citizens to serve its own paranoia.

And shame on us for not speaking up louder to condemn such actions.

Taking stock on the waterfront

“It’s not what you see; it’s a question of what you can make other people see.”

— Edgar Degas For a while I’d intended to have a poke around the workaday industrial area you see on the right-hand side when crossing the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing.

Mostly it’s the sprawling 145-acre Lynnterm facility operated by Western Stevedoring, but the Marina Side Grill below the bridge is still a secluded spot for a lovers’ tryst, and the nearby Restore Habitat for Humanity outlet for recycled building materials and furnishings is worth a charitable look.

Off-leash dog walkers and birders appreciate funky Harbourview Park here too.

It skirts the last half-mile

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or so of Lynn Creek where it meets the inlet, and the Alberta roses in fragrant bloom courtesy of nearby freight train blow-by are proof that even in industrial environments where working folks still get dirty, we can make money and ecological sense too.

On a Saturday morning I joined a dozen North Shore neighbours for one of the advertised community

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waterfront tours that Western Stevedoring is hosting monthly during the summer. It’s fun and you get to learn how things work on the docks.

Company president Brad Eshleman has been with the outfit for 27 years and remembers when anyone could simply drive onto the docks. Post-9/11, access is restricted and security is tight. There’s plenty of heavy machinery moving about, and along with large volumes of lumber and steel products, they move nearly 1½ million tons of pulp every year. Dozens of pick-up trucks whip around the facility. Stay alert.

Western Stevedoring is owned by Carrix Marine, originally out of Bellingham and now the largest stevedoring firm in the western hemisphere.

Eshleman has a PowerPoint

presentation that shows the range of their operations with ports from Alaska as far south as Chile. They work the Great Lakes, the eastern seaboard, Gulf of Mexico, as well as New Zealand and Vietnam.

We’re talking access and size.

In B.C. they employ more than 1,000 people.

Some 750 are based out of North Vancouver, where the company relocated in the early 1970s. Salaries among veteran workers can average $89,000.

Municipally, divided between the city and district, the company turns over $2 million in taxes, and delivers a further $3 million provincially.

Handling cargo isn’t all they do. Carrix rail management services handle container rail-loading and its Tideworks Info Tech

arm runs cargo and warehousing administration internationally, counting British Rail among its customers. Additionally, its Victoria cruise vessel terminal operations at Ogden Point handle logistics for 220 liners and roughly half a million passengers annually.

Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego also retain their cruise vessel terminal expertise. For even nonLove Boat types like me, that’s a lot of wow factor.

Getting to the point, business remains good in the longshore trade but as Eshleman confirms, things could be better. Handling forestry cargo for mill-sites and steel pipe, plates and rebar for the oil, gas and construction industries keeps Lynnterm operations chugging, but global cargo

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“Meyrick helps me with my vision problem, I help him with his amputee problem.”

Brian Cowie discusses his tandem triathlon partnership with Meyrick Jones (from a June 1 Sunday Focus story).

“Our house was literally shaking like an earthquake on a daily basis.”

WestVancouver resident Sam Schoenauer testifies at the trial of neighbours, who are accused of triggering a landslide with illegal landscaping (from a June 4 news story).

“Since I was in Grade 2.

That was 10 years ago.”

Grade 11 Argyle secondary student Joshua Johnson discusses how long the simmering dispute between teachers and the province has been affecting his education (from a June 6 news story).

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Sudden savings an amalgamation myth From page 3

lack of appropriate context.

Population in 2011 census City: 48,168 District: 84,412 Average 2014 assessment City single-family (5,586 units): $902,181 City strata (10,200 units): $436,735 District single-family (20,166 units): $1,018,097 District strata (6,473 units): $456,943 2014 Taxes and fees City mil rate: $2.38085 per 1,000 District mil rate: $2.44107 per 1,000 City utilities: $361 for water and $275.5 for sewer in single-family homes. $211.85 for water, and $171.95 for sewer for strata units.

District utilities: $1,473 for single-family, $1,049.30 for strata units.

Finances City 2014 operating budget: $62.72 million City reserves: $87.3 million and $20.6 million in DCCs for parks City capital debt: none Full-time equivalent staff: Data not available.

District 2014 operating budget: $110.9 million Capital reserves $61.1 million Capital debt outstanding: $20.8 million Full-time equivalent staff: 551 Nuts and Bolts Under the Community Charter there is only one way for municipalities to amalgamate (and neither Heywood’s nor MacKayDunn’s motions are enough to trigger the process alone).

Both councils must pass

a motion stating that they are ready to participate in a restructuring process that begins with a highly detailed study into the municipalities as they are now, and as they could be when amalgamated.

That includes tax rates and levies in each jurisdiction, what services are delivered and at what level and cost.The study would also examine the state of infrastructure, when it will need replacement, what debts are outstanding and what plans are in place to pay for replacement.

The restructuring study also looks at governance including the structure of current and future councils, implications for the municipalities’ role in regional government and the ramifications for already existing obligations with contracts.

Once the restructuring studies are complete, the respective councils would seek public input on whether amalgamation is still a worthy goal. If both decide

that it is, they can negotiate on an implementation plan and vote to hold a restructuring referendum, in which a simple majority of voters in both jurisdictions must vote in favour. Only then will the province bring the legislation to dissolve the old municipalities and issue the letters patent for the new one.

The province will put up $50,000 to fund the study.

The charter specifically forbids the province from forcing amalgamation on unwilling local governments.

The Case For

Heywood’s conversion to the cause stems from his belief that the long-held assumption a united North Vancouver would only serve district taxpayers may not be valid any more.

With a background in banking, Heywood has been recrunching the numbers and he argues there’s more financial potential in the district’s single-family homes

resources instead of having to grow two separate bureaucracies,” he said.

Over time, the savings could be directed to building badly needed capital projects like replacements for Harry Jerome and North Shore Neighbourhood House, both of which he notes are heavily used by district residents.

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Heywood doesn’t subscribe to the myth that eliminating one of the local governments will suddenly mean half the civil servants can be laid off and residents can look forward to a juicy tax break. His vision is a little more subtle.

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“Single-family residences in real estate hold their value a lot better than condominium towers because there seems to be an endless supply of (condos),” he said.

Taking a 100-year view, Heywood said both governments need to act now to stop the two municipalities from diverging away any further.

“If we let that line persist, we’re going to let those rich people above the highway continue to isolate themselves from the social costs of a growing community and they will float off and become like West Vancouver and the city is going to have to keep raising its mil rate and taxing assessed value of property ever higher in order to be able to afford a new Harry Jerome (Recreation Centre), or a new North Shore Neighbourhood House.”

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NV City like ‘Timbit inside the doughnut’ From page 7

the political will to fund a rebuild of Harry Jerome, either through taxes, density or reserves, Heywood said.

“There’s a lot of overhead where the money could either be put back in the taxpayers’ pocket or into something that actually created value in the community.That’s an out and out win and that’s worth doing,” he said.

Heywood concedes the amount district residents fork over each year is ultimately higher, thanks in large part to the cost of utilities that are spread out over a much larger, less efficient area.

“Their utilities are more expensive because of the lack of density.Well, who says in a restructuring that we’d be paying their utility costs?” he said.

Though he is known to be a strong voice for fiscal conservatism at the council table, Heywood’s argument also stems from the frustration of trying to help lead a community where arbitrary borders are stumbling blocks to progress.

“I’ve been trying to be a good soldier through the whole first term but it’s

University political science professor.

“That’s true and there are a bunch of studies that have proved that.When (former Ontario premier) Mike Harris did his, it was sold on the notion it would make savings.When Halifax was done, it was on the same premise — that it would save money,” Smith said.

“There’s no evidence from any of the studies five or 10 years out that it saved anybody any money. Most of the evidence is it actually cost more.There was kind of

so frustrating being the Timbit inside the district doughnut because every social institution and cultural institution crosses boundaries and has to deal with two different governments that have different agendas,” he said.

“When it comes to important things, there is no real difference between the city and district.We’ve got all these workarounds but the workarounds come with a price and the price is we’re not building Harry Jerome, or North Shore Neighbourhood House or Silver Harbour — all these other vital community facilities.”

a race to the top rather than a race to the bottom.”

The reason for this, both Smith and Mussatto agree, is because of the tendency for services and salaries in amalgamated municipalities to come up to match whichever previous government had the higher end ones.

But, Smith added, he has at least one colleague who is now arguing that amalgamations might still pay off, just over a longer period of time.

There’s also the murky

swamp that is infrastructure liabilities, which is a fancy way of saying roads and buildings that are falling apart. Of particular concern for Mussatto is the district’s many kilometres of underground concrete asbestos water mains that have more cracks than a chiropractor’s clinic.The district has a $4-million per year plan to replace the aged pipes — a job that is expected to cost about $70 million.

An amalgamated North Vancouver would also make

it harder for residents to get a council member on their phone whether it’s to give them an earful or ask for more speed bumps, Mussatto said.

“When you get bigger, you can’t do that. It gets more bureaucratic. I think we’ve got a council that’s very approachable and very accessible.The bigger you get, the less access you’re going to have with your politicians,” he said.

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The Case Against There’s no one happier to argue the con side of the amalgamation debate than city Mayor Darrell Mussatto and the first thing he’ll mention is the cost.

After a series of provincially forced amalgamations in Halifax, Toronto, Calgary and Ottawa, there are plenty of case studies to show amalgamation is akin to throwing money on a bonfire, according to Patrick Smith, Simon Fraser

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Don’t leave pets in cars From page 1 Ernst said the incident is a good reminder not to leave pets in cars at this time of year.

“Pets are members of the family and the question is, would you leave another member of your family in the car with windows rolled up or partially down in the warmer weather? I think not,” Ernst said.

“If you have errands to do, leave the dog at home.”

Heat stroke can set in for a dog in as little as 10 minutes in a car on even a warm day.

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profiles have shifted. The 85-acre East Gate site at the foot of Mountain Highway where Western Canada’s pulpwood forest riches are warehoused and shipped chiefly to Asia currently runs at 80-85 per cent capacity — a decent

industry rate, Eshleman says. By contrast, it’s the West Gate break bulk facility across Lynn Creek that’s suffering. As worldwide shipping becomes increasingly containerized, traditional “break bulk” — pallet or sling-loaded cargoes — decline. West Gate site runs at around

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Unsurprisingly, there’s redevelopment planned for this rail and deep-water access location.

“More containers?” someone asks at the community session.

“One of the hot-button items — oil, gas? Coal?”

There’s some interest in metallurgical coal, yes, Eshleman says. A chap from West Vancouver asks about the expansion at Neptune earlier this year.

More questions. Thinking about another coal depot near residential areas will do that.

Locally, the District of North Vancouver plans further urban condo growth nearby along Mountain Highway from the Seylynn Towers toward Main Street. There are traffic concerns and railway crossings to consider.

Lynnterm is a 24/7 operation.

Nationally, Canada’s foreign policy is now essentially economic in nature. Carrix Marine and Western Stevedoring understand that the world’s economic balance has tilted toward Asia

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When 80 per cent of Canadians claim concern about the climate crisis, will more coal be a touchy subject?

• • • Meanwhile, the big Deep Cove news is that “Dan’s Back.”

Yep, Dan Miskinan, Panorama Park’s popular roustabout attendant is finally back patrolling the summer-busy beach park and keeping it shipshape. Not a minute too soon — it’s spring filming

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St. Andrew's Park Study Open House

Wednesday, June 11 from 2pm – 6:30pm at St. Andrew's Park (East 11th between St. Andrew's Ave and St. George's Ave) After a decade of play at the award-winning St. Andrew’s Park, the City is considering improvements and we want your feedback. Join us at the Open House for a look at how the park has changed over time and evaluate potential future upgrades to park infrastructure.

Your input will help us make small improvements that will enhance the fun and function of this much loved park. More information at www.cnv.org/StAndrewsPark

Public Meeting: Draft Official Community Plan

Wednesday, June 18th at 6pm in City Hall Council Chamber A Public Meeting will be held to consider additional public input on proposed changes to the City's Draft Official Community Plan prior to the preparation of a final Draft in Bylaw form.

A Public Hearing is anticipated in September. Input can be provided to Mayor and Council via the City Clerk at KGraham@cnv.org, by mail or in person at the event. Please direct questions to staff at CityShaping@cnv.org or 604-990-4220. Find more information at www.cnv.org/CityShaping

Connecting Children, Youth & Families in the City of North Vancouver

Attention youth and families: CNV4ME is just for you! The City is creating a strategy to make our community more inclusive, interactive and fun for children, youth and their families.

We have a survey for teens, young adults and parents, all available online. Tell us how we can better support you and make the City more child, youth and family-friendly. Plus, complete the survey and you could win $100 at a North Vancouver store of your choice! Get more information at www.cnv.org/CNV4ME

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PROPERTY TAXES DUE WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 It's property tax time in the City. For your convenience, we have a number of different payment options. You can pay online, by drop off, by phone, at your bank or in person at City Hall from Monday to Friday between 8:30am-5pm. For more information call 604.983.7316 or email tax@cnv.org.

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Mergers can change political landscapes From page 9

a habit of drastically shifting the political landscape, which could be good or bad, depending on who you like to have in government.

Shortly after he was first elected, a 2010 editorial from the National Post called Rob Ford “Mike Harris’s gift to Toronto,” as it was the votes of the surrounding suburbs that put him into the mayor’s chair.Today, it’s not clear if Harris has been properly thanked for the gift.

And, while he applauds district council for the dense, walkable neighbourhoods it has planned for Seylynn, Lynn Valley and Lower Capilano, Mussatto said a united North Vancouver would result in a political push from the sprawl areas of the North Shore to concentrate more highrises on the Lonsdale corridor — something Mussatto said his council is working hard to do carefully and in accordance with best practices in urbanism.

Instead, Mussatto said he’ll continue to push for more collaboration between

the two municipal halls, as they already do with the RCMP, North Vancouver Recreation Commission, arts and culture funding, North Shore Emergency Management Office and city and district fire departments.

But Mussatto said he can’t support Heywood’s motion for the restructuring study, even if it does point to new ways to cooperate, because $50,000 in provincial funding isn’t nearly enough to look at the subject in any meaningful way, noting that a small army of accountants will be needed as part of the initial cost.

Parting advice The last time two B.C. municipalities amalgamated was when the District of Matsqui and District of Abbotsford joined in 1995 to become the City of Abbotsford.Today, Mayor Bruce Banman stresses that every potential amalgamation is going to be different, depending on fiscal and legal realities of the communities involved, and more importantly, the way

residents actually identify with the place they call home.

While Abbotsford too saw taxes go up afterwards, Banman noted that almost every other municipality did as well, thanks to the “slow but sure downloading” from the province and federal government.

Amalgamation still has benefits outside of finances, he added.

“If you take a look at tax rates, we’ve all seen increases in tax rates and I don’t know whether it’s necessarily fair to say it’s due to amalgamation.There are always going to be some expenses and there are going to be some savings. I think overall in Abbotsford’s case, it’s going to allow us better long-term planning,” he said.

As to whether the North Vans should be looking to get hitched: “I wish them well,” Banman said with a laugh, “but I think it’s one of those things where you need to do a fair amount of homework and try to keep the emotions aside and think about it logically.You really have to have a good business plan.”

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The District is exploring opportunities for future improvements to both the parking area and the washroom facilities in Lighthouse Park. The open house held earlier this year provided an overview of the project, including some of the challenges with the site. The input we received at that time informed the concept design, which we are now asking you to review and comment on.

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The tournament is endorsed by the three North Shore mayors and managed by the North Shore Community Foundation and the West Vancouver Foundation, and a group of dedicated volunteers. The first $50,000 raised was earmarked for the Turning Point Recovery Society in support of its efforts to build the first licensed addictions support recovery house for women on the North Shore. Remaining funds went to the two managing foundations.

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Health Notes Notices PADDLE FOR A CURE Head out on the water today and go dancing tonight to help three local teams raise money for the Ride to Conquer Cancer benefitting B.C. Cancer Foundation’s ride to Seattle. On Sunday June 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Cates Park you can rent a paddleboard or kayak from the Cates Park Paddling Centre and all proceeds will go to support Team Gilby, Deep Cove Divas and To the Max. Call 604-985-2925 to make a reservation and say, “I’m supporting the Deep Cove Teams” to receive 20 per cent off the rental fee.

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WHEN: Monday June 16, 2014 at 6:00 pm

Council Chamber at City Hall, 141 West 14th Street North Vancouver, BC

WHY: To receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendment to “Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700”, which will have the effect of reclassifying the said property:

FROM: CD-057, CD-323 and M-2 (General Industrial) TO: Comprehensive Development Zone 642 (CD-642) This zoning amendment would allow for public open space and Commercial, Waterfront, Marine and Civic uses (including a proposed gallery and accessory banquet use). The proposed zoning designation would limit the building height on the site to a maximum of 15 metres (49.2 feet).

The proposed amendment to “Heritage Designation Bylaw, 1997, No. 6945” would result in the continued protection of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Station building, but would no longer specify the Foot of Lonsdale as a Designated Heritage Property, in order to allow for the possible relocation of the building to an alternative site.

This Public Hearing is held under the provisions of the Local Government Act. Persons who believe they may be affected by this proposal will be heard in person and/or by written submission. Send submissions to the City Clerk at kgraham@cnv.org or by mail. Electronic submissions must be received no later than 4:00pm on Monday June 16, 2014. Once the Public Hearing has concluded, no further information or submissions can be considered by Council. The proposed bylaws and material may be viewed at City Hall from June 5, 2014 or, if you wish to view the material online please visit www.cnv.org/Parks-Recreation-and-Culture/City-Waterfront/Foot-of-LonsdalePlanning. Please direct all inquiries to Michael Epp, Planner II, at mepp@cnv.org or phone 604.982.3936.

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To celebrate this growth and all those who made it possible, an invitation-only Diamond Gala was hosted on June 7th at West Vancouver’s Kay Meek Centre.

Active charter athletes arrived by limousine and Lincoln town car to the Diamond Gala. Guests showed their style and posed for paparazzi at the Red Carpet Celebration, complete with a live film-stream. Once inside, they rubbed elbows with local celebrities, and mixed and mingled while enjoying entertainment, appetizers and refreshments.

The evening Awards Ceremony, hosed by Will Blunderfield, a local singer and songwriter, celebrated SOBC – North Shore’s 30 years of growth. The “Shriver Awards”, named in honour of Special Olympics’ founding mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, were presented. Specifically recognized were long-term and outstanding athletes and volunteers, as well as community sponsors and supporters. Entertainment was provided by Blunderfield, who awed the crowd with his moving pieces, as did Juno Award Winner Norman Foote.

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Readers reply in earnest Time to catch up with some emails from my readers.

Two recent columns discussing end-of-life choices drew a large and, in some cases, vitriolic response.

The polls suggest that the majority of British Columbians support assisted suicide. Not my readers. Most of those I heard from felt assisted suicide marks the start of a slippery slope towards a diminished respect for life.

I’m reminded here of a quote from the famed American investor Warren Buffet: “A public opinion poll is no substitute for thought.”

I suspect that if care at the end of life were improved and death was made more comfortable, the support for assisted suicide in this country would fall dramatically.

A column on obesity left some readers wondering if I had lost my marbles. The idea

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“Do you believe everything you read?” asked one of my readers.

I don’t, but when one of the leading cardiologists in America says fat is not always bad and has the numbers to prove it, I think we should pay attention.

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SENIORS Seniors Calendar From page 18 Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto and Juliana Buitenhuis from community development at the June 10 meeting. 604-998-3460 nvcl.ca HEALTHY BY NATURE The Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia will host a free injury prevention training 25-minute hike along community trails to Deep Cove for active seniors who love the outdoors Monday, June 16 at 11 a.m. Meet at the Heritage Centre, 1620 Mount Seymour Rd., North Vancouver. Registration required. 604-986-4892 eliseroberts@shaw.ca

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Chinese game similar to gin rummy Mondays, 10 a.m. to noon at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. Dropin fee: $2. 604-980-2474 silverharbourcentre.com MAHJONG Learn how to play mahjong Mondays, 1-3:30 p.m. at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Drop-in fee: non-members $4/ members $2. 604-987-5820 mollienyehouse.com MEMORY GAMES A program for the body, balance and brain every Monday, 1-3 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. $7.

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Inbox full of reactions to previous columns and ongoing issues From page 18 problem is the right one.

The biggest variable tied to health is socio-

economic status rather than health or wellness promotion. Or, to put it another way, if we want to solve the obesity problem,

think wallets instead of waistlines.

The costs and the fairness around driver’s licence renewals,

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particularly for those over the age of 80, irks many of my readers. There is some good news on this file.

The involvement of older drivers in both fatal and property damage crashes is down, not up, over the past 15 years.

We can thank improved safety features in modern vehicles for that.

Reader B wants to know when probate is required on an estate. In B.C., the basic probate fee of $200 is waived if the value of the estate does not exceed $25,000.

Probate fees rise with the value of an estate but with

some advance planning it’s possible to mitigate these fees.

In a recent column I suggested, tongue and cheek, that we follow the European example of stay at home adult children.

No need to cross the pond for that, said many of my readers — we’ve got them right here. . . in our basements. Census data shows that in 2011, 42.3 per cent of young adults aged 20 to 29 lived at home compared to 27 per cent in 1981. Another survey found that 43 per cent of young adults age 30 to 33 said that they had

not yet achieved financial independence from their parents.

I’ve got two young adults at home myself, a son and a daughter.

Last week I came across a survey that suggested dads who do chores raise daughters who aspire to high-paying careers.

Hmmm. I wonder if it’s too late to start doing the dishes.

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An additional Public Meeting will be held regarding the Draft Official Community Plan (OCP). The intention of this Public Meeting is to consider additional public input on proposed changes to the Draft Official Community Plan prior to the preparation of a Final Official Community Plan, in Bylaw form. Consideration of 1st Reading is anticipated in July 2014, with referral to a Public Hearing in the fall of 2014.

This Public Meeting is held pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act. All persons who believe they may be affected by this proposal will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written or electronic (email) submissions should be sent to the attention of the City Clerk at kgraham@cnv.org or by mail to City Clerk, City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver, BC, V7M 1H9.

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Electronic submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, to ensure their availability to Council at the Public Meeting. The 2014 Draft Official Community Plan and relevant background material may be inspected at the office of the City Clerk between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays, from June 5, 2014. If you wish to view the material online please visit www.cnv.org/CityShaping.

Please direct all inquiries to Neal LaMontagne, Manager, Community and Long Range Planning, at 604.990.4219 or email nlamontagne@cnv.org.

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New participants must phone prior to the first hike.

604-925-7280 westvancouver.ca/seniors SCRABBLE — DOUBLE WORD SCORE A fun and challenging afternoon with others who love playing this thought-provoking word game Saturdays, 1-3 p.m. at West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. 604-925-7280

SCRABBLE Informal games to test your spelling Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.noon at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. Free.

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Mezcal centre-stage at cocktail competition Over the years, I have learned to treat certain spirits (from single malt whisky to absinthe and more) with a degree of respect.

It was only a matter of time before mezcal was added to the list, a fact reconfirmed at last week’s

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Evidence of the surge in interest in tequila in general and in mezcal specifically was confirmed by the near sell-out crowd who attended, and who were, as far I could tell, from just about every walk

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This year’s cocktail competition also highlighted mezcal, with 12 of Vancouver’s top bartenders offering their take on this sometimes challenging elixir, which handled with the respect it deserves (beyond just sipping it neat) can materialize into some pretty impressive concoctions. Cocktail competitions run the full gamut, from persnickety scored international contests (where you’d better be wearing not just a jacket, but the right jacket) to more laid-back shake-downs, where a little attitude and in-yourface originality can pay dividends.

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Notable Potables winner-takes-all contest to see who’ll head off on an all-expenses paid tour of Oaxaca, from where most mezcal comes.

The spirit used for this contest was the eminently sippable, smooth and smoky (and, as it turned out, very cocktail friendly) Peloton de la Muerte Mezcal Joven, made from 100 per cent Agave Espadin for Mezcales de Leyenda. (It’s worth tracking down as an intro, for a relatively affordable $49.95, before you “graduate” to the other Leyenda Mezcales.)

Too bad there’s neither time nor space to mention them all here, but suffice it to say there was no shortage of talent. Whether you find yourself in Bambudda, The Shameful Tikki Room, Pidgin or at The Blackbird, you’ll have no problem tracking down a respectable mezcal-based offering.

Popping out from the crowd (and off for the

trip of a lifetime) was Kevin Brownlee from West Restaurant. His thoughtfully hatched “La Malinche” (named after the prominent 16th Nahua/Aztec intermediary) combined elements (such as strawberry, black pepper liqueur, lime, jalepeno, and cacao-infused reposado Tequila) that performed an impressive dance of heat and sweet.

Vancouver Rowing Club’s Jason Laidlow grabbed second place with his “Paloma Picasso,” which married bright flavours of red grapefruit juice with the richness and depth of 30-year-old sherry, underpinned by the mezcal (complete with edible silver foil garnish, a nod to Mexico’s long history of silver mining).

Amber Bruce (Cuchillo) completed the closefinishing top three with her La Sombremesa, for which she developed her own Cafe de Olla cold brew, in an intriguing molé and mildly chili-tweaked sipper.

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TRAVEL One of the seven sacred cities

Off the beaten track in the spiritual city of Varanasi GREG MIDDLETON MeridianWriters’ Group

VARANASI, India:This holy city, where Hindu pilgrims come to bathe in the River Ganges, is also the home of one of the best and most unusual guides in north-central India.

Jeremy Oltman came to India in 1977 as a wide-eyed young American evangelist from Minnesota, determined to do good works and “save” Indian beggars, prostitutes and drug addicts.The omens for his mission weren’t good: “I remember my first morning because it was MotherTheresa’s funeral,” he says.

We are sitting in front of the Kashi coffeehouse, a chai stand with what may be the best coffee — real cappuccino — inVaranasi.

It is a place I would never have found if Jeremy had not brought me here.

“I came to India to be a social worker in Delhi at Sahara House, a drug rehabilitation house,” he says.

“I didn’t like India at first.

All I saw were drug addicts, prostitutes, beggars and corrupt police.”

It wore him down.Within two years he was burned out. He went north to Rishikesh, near the source of the Ganges, a beautiful place considered holy, and home

to many Indian spiritual and yoga teachers.

By then, he was no longer a Christian, but a hardcore hippie, sporting dreadlocks and beads. He went to Rishikesh to learn Hindi and found a mentor, a man by the name of Raju, who suggested he write a Hindi study program for westerners.

“I slowly realized that foreigners can’t really help anyone here, but that maybe we could be a catalyst, that we might be able to help Indians help Indians.”

He and his new Indian wife eventually moved toVaranasi where they opened a study centre for disadvantaged Indian women and children. He stopped telling Indians what to do and started helping show them how something might be possible.

As he learned more about Varanasi, one of the oldest living cities in the world, he would take his students on walking tours, to both learn from them and teach them what he had learned. It was not long before Indian and then western friends would say, “I have friends or relatives coming, would you take them on a walking tour?”

His Indian friends discouraged him from including the usual tourist

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He offers to take me to somewhere where I, who have visitedVaranasi half-adozen times, had never been.

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InVaranasi, Jeremy is known to the locals as Jai, meaning victory in Hindi — which is what he has, in

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I sighed.

My significant other laughed and said those words you hate to hear: “I told you so!”

He was right though. I had messed with instinct, tried to change the natural order of things. I attempted to divert my dogs’ natural squirrel-chasing path to accommodate my plants.

You would think I would have learned from experience not to fight the will of a dog, but those hostas looked so beautiful hugging the base of the spruce tree. So I surrounded them with objects I thought would block the flight path, or at the very least divert it a few feet to the left.

First I put up garden fencing, but the dogs just jumped over it and landed feet first on the plants.Then I put up the ornamental deer thinking a large object would convince the dogs to choose a different route, but they just shoved the deer aside.

Then I placed the cement garden gnome, which the dogs used as their personal latrine before knocking over.

I wasn’t about to give up and hand my garden over to the dogs, so I made some changes by recognizing their route and reluctantly moved the hostas.

It is possible to have a pretty garden and dogs at the same time.There are just a few things to consider before you put on the gardening gloves.

Dogs are creatures of habit and rarely change their route as they traverse the yard. Don’t plant delicate plants on or near that route or you will be cursing under your breath — or loudly

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To make the route of travel pretty, maybe create a path using decorative stones.

Typically, digging in the yard or garden is a sign of boredom from a dog left alone without supervision.

The digging dog needs to get more exercise beforehand if it is to be left in the yard and not dig. But sometimes when this habit starts, it is hard to stop. A dog sees digging a hole as a neverending source of fun.

If your dog is a digger, give it a spot of its own to dig. Find an area you are willing to sacrifice. Dig a hole and place a toy in that hole. Bring your dog to this spot and help it dig up the toy for the first time. Once the dog finds it, replace the toy and cover it again.

The reward of the toy will encourage your dog to return to that spot.

Male dogs urinate up high. Observe where they mark territory and place plants/shrubs in those areas that can tolerate the urine instead of being scorched to death by it. Or place garden gnomes, gargoyles or elevated potted plants.

Female dogs urinate down low, on the lawn.There are new products on the market that neutralize urine marks on grass.You can also teach your dog to urinate in a designated area.

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NorthVancouver’s James Palmer will be one of four riders to represent Canada at the 2014 UCI BMX World Championships scheduled for July 2327 in Rotterdam,The Netherlands.

This will be the 19-yearold’s first trip to the senior world championships as a member of Canada’s national team — he rode as a local entrant when Victoria hosted the championships in 2007 and as a member of Canada’s junior elite team in 2012.

Palmer grew up loving to ride anything on two wheels, bicycles and dirt bikes included, but his career path was narrowed when a demand from his mother forced him to choose pedals over horsepower.

“Basically my mom didn’t want me to race motorcross,” he says. “This was a great alternative.”

When he was six years old Palmer won the first ever BMX race he entered.That

got him hooked. “That was a big motivator for me to just keep riding,” he says. “It made me happy.”

He hasn’t stopped winning since. Palmer started out racing at Ridge Meadows BMX and then was able to keep it closer to home when a new track opened up at North Vancouver’s Inter River Park seven years ago. Last year, his first as an elite senior rider, Palmer finished second at the Canadian championships and then proved his consistency by earning the title of BMX Canada’s National No. 1 Pro by scoring the most points in a national racing series.

When he is not jetting around the world competing in races the Argyle grad studies human kinetics at Capilano University. Last month his travels took him to Abbotsford for an intense, two-day training camp used to pick the riders that would get to go to the world championships. Olympian Tory Nyhaug earned his way to the championships through his high world

ranking so the camp was held to whittle a field of nine other elite Canadians down to three riders: two picked based solely on points racked up at the camp and a third as a coach’s choice. Palmer didn’t leave anything to chance, racking up enough points during the time trials, sprints and race-offs to place second and guarantee his passage to Rotterdam.

“The first day was super tiring,” Palmer says. “We had some hot days out there.The second day was the more important day and we were all kind of blown out, but the time trial was worth a good amount and I was able to put down two solid laps and win both.”

The teenager says he was riding high after making his first senior squad for a world championship.

“It’s incredible. It’s a good feeling, especially knowing that we put so much work into it the past two years. It’s kind of a weight off the shoulders knowing that you’ve actually been selected now. It’s awesome.”

Palmer is hoping to race his little bike all the way to the Olympic Games.The sport wasn’t even an official Olympic event when he started riding but it’s been a highly popular showpiece since it debuted in Beijing in 2008.

“In 2008 I was more excited about just watching it on TV for basically the first time,” says Palmer. “A couple of years after that it kind of set in that it was something that I actually wanted to do and wanted to strive for.”

As of last month Palmer was ranked No. 60 in the world, the second-highest Canadian after fifth-ranked Nyhaug, and he now trains six days a week and is perfecting new riding strategies to push him farther up the world leaderboard.

“My strategy is just to be as relaxed as possible. A big thing we’ve been working on is called ‘easy speed,’ where if you’re relaxed you’re going to be faster than if you’re too intense or feeling like you need to go too fast. A big thing for me is to stay relaxed and have fun. . . . In those big races where you’re looking for a good result it’s sometimes hard to stay relaxed.”

It also can be hard to

relax in a high-flying sport that can result in a bonebreaking crash at any time.

Palmer calls himself lucky because he has only broken four bones in his career.

“I’m actually pretty fortunate,” he says. “I did have one bad year where I broke the same collarbone three times. . . . But I was able to come back strong from each one of those injuries. It was cool.”

The action heats up for Palmer next week when he hits Berlin for a World Cup Supercross, which will be the first opportunity for riders to rack up points in the race for Olympic qualification. Palmer has his sights set on making it to Rio in 2016 and knows that he’ll need to perform well to earn a chance to go for gold. That individual obligation is what he loves most about the sport.

“You don’t have to rely on anybody else to do well or to push you, it’s really just you against the other riders,” he says.

“You come on that day and it’s all about yourself.You motivate yourself. We train together but you’re always pushing yourself.You’re not relying on anyone else to push you or to do something for you.”

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0.9%

Forte SX shown hwy / city 100km : 5.3L/8.0L

2014

2014

Plus

Aux & USB Input Ports

NORTH NORTH SHORE SHORE KIA KIA

Bewicke Ave

Fell Ave

Fell Ave

725 Marine Drive North Vancouver, BC 604-983-2378 • Toll Free 866-983-2377 • www.nskia.ca

M Ma rin arin eD eD r. r.

Bewicke Ave

NORTH SHORE KIA

W Keith W Keith Rd Rd

6-Speed Automatic