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Binning House goes back to estate Court of Appeal rules transfer to land conservancy invalid JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
The fate of West Vancouver’s historic Binning House is up in the air once more after the B.C. Court of Appeal
ruled this week the West Vancouver property must be returned to the original trustees of the Binning estate. The decision handed down by the B.C. Court of Appeal on Wednesday
essentially hands the property from The Land Conservancy of B.C. back to trustees of the estate of Jessie Binning — the widow of artist Bert Binning, who designed and built the home. The judges ruled the trustees never had the authority to hand the historic property over to the conservancy.
It isn’t clear what will happen next. The District of West Vancouver — which offered to buy the property from the financially troubled conservancy for $1 in May of this year — was still studying the decision at the end of this week. Adele Weder, a Binning expert and an advocate for preserving the house for
history and cultural importance.” The latest court decision marks another twist in a complex legal battle over the home, a national historic site designed by the late artist B.C. Binning built in 1941. The home is considered an important early example of West Coast modern
public use, said she’s not sure what the next steps will be. Trustees of the Binning estate have already had to deal with arduous legal wrangling, she said. “Now they’re faced with more decisions.” But Weder said she’s glad those now in charge of making a decision are “sensitive to the house’s
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Predicted El Niño not fazing ski biz BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
Meteorologists are saying we’re heading into a warm and wet El Niño winter, raising questions about how our three North Shore ski resorts will fare in the 2014-2015 season. Grouse Mountain and Cypress Mountain both opened their primary runs in midNovember thanks to good snowmaking conditions. But the cold snap and natural snow we had earlier this week proved to be more of a dalliance than a long-term relationship and there is a warming trend in Pacific Ocean currents, according to Jennifer Hay, Environment Canada meteorologist. Those warmer-than-average currents often lead to warmer-than-average West Coast winters and more precipitation. “Sometimes it can be bad news for our local mountains because the freezing levels will be higher,” Hay said. “If our mountains are at lower elevations or closer to the ocean, sometimes we can be in for not much snow and (it’s) too warm for much man-made snow.” But Hay added climate patterns are easier to spot after the fact and the end of the winter could end up looking very different from the start. See Grouse page 9
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