North Shore News January 18 2015

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January 18 2015

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Man critical after being hit by truck Latest serious accident among disturbing trend for pedestrians BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

A West Vancouver senior is in critical condition after being struck by a pickup truck near the West Vancouver

Community Centre on Thursday night.

The incident happened on 21st Street at Gordon Avenue around 6 p.m.

The 67-year-old man was making his way across 21st in a marked crosswalk when

a northbound driver ran into him, according to Jeff Palmer,West Vancouver Police Department spokesman.

B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics rushed the man to hospital.

“He remains in critical condition with very serious injuries,” Palmer said on Friday afternoon. “There are multiple fractures and some

head injuries.”

The cause of the collision is still under investigation and it is too soon to say whether the driver will face charges, Palmer said.West Vancouver police have called in the integrated collision analysis and reconstruction service to help determine the cause.

“They’re looking at a number of factors

— lighting, there were some other vehicles in the intersection at the same time. It was dark. It was rainy,” Palmer said.

Investigators will check to see if there were any mechanical issues with the truck and download data available from the vehicle’s computer that could help determine what caused the crash.

There is no indication that impairment from drugs or alcohol was a factor and distracted driving has also been ruled out.

The driver of the truck is co-operating with police, Palmer said.

In the meantime, police are asking anyone who witnessed the collision to step forward and call 604925-7300.

Mayor supports sticker program JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

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The Collingwood School student, a member of non-profit Canadian environmental group Our Horizon, is campaigning to outfit every gas pump in West Vancouver with stickers featuring images of animals at risk of extinction.

Similar to the theory behind warning labels on cigarette packs, the stickers are intended to remind drivers that filling the tank is fuelling an abysmal future.

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North Shore Rescue celebrates its 50th anniversary of saving lives in the mountains

A life on the line JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

In winter, the Hanes Valley is an unforgiving place, a black and white moonscape where grey boulders poke out from dustings of snow.

Icy chutes have been scoured from the nearby ridges by landslides and avalanches.

JeffYarnold, air operations co-ordinator for North Shore Rescue, sat in the front of the helicopter next to the pilot, scanning the boulder field. He was looking for tracks in the snow, slide paths and signs of recent avalanches.

At this time of year, the valley doesn’t look the way it does in the summer hiking guides. In January, it’s a different country.

This is where missing hiker Liang Jin is thought to have headed before he vanished recently. It’s the same place British tourist Tom Billings disappeared a year earlier.

The hunt for Billings was one of the last major searches conducted by Tim Jones, the long-time leader of North Shore Rescue, who died suddenly of a heart attack on Mount Seymour a year ago this week.

Jones was fierce about the work of North Shore Rescue.

“He threw everything he had at it,” said John Blown, another long-time member of the team. “He’d mow down the entire forest to try to find someone.”

Not being able to find Billings “drove him crazy,” said his son Curtis Jones, 28

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Curtis remembers chatting with his dad about the search on Christmas Day 2013, about needing more leads to push it forward. They kicked about an idea of videotaping the Hanes Valley and ‘crowdsourcing’ the search online.

“The next morning, on Boxing Day, we were up at 6 a.m., and in a helicopter at daylight flying grid patterns on the North

Shore with a video tech,” said Curtis.

In search and rescue work, there’s never a lot of down time.

So far neither Billings nor Liang has been found. The North Shore mountains seemed to swallow them whole.

Neither were prepared for the conditions they’d encounter.

Hanes Valley is among a list of names familiar to searchers: Suicide Gully, Montizambert Creek, Crown Mountain,

Tony Baker Gully. Places where a person can get into trouble quickly.

••• It was around the same time of year — a week before Christmas 2012 — and snowing heavily in the North Shore mountains when snowboarder Sebastien Boucher went missing on Cypress.

The 33-year-old had last been seen ducking under a boundary rope and heading into rugged terrain west of the ski resort.

Members of the rescue team spent two days looking for Boucher without success.

There was deep snow and a high risk of avalanche.

“It was terrible, terrible conditions,” said Blown. “You were literally swimming in neck-deep snow.”

On the third day, there was a brief break in the weather — long enough to send up a helicopter. From the air, they spotted fresh tracks on the side of Black Mountain.

At the time, Tim Jones was in a downtown Vancouver hospital with his daughter Taylor.When the pager went off, Jones ran to the nearest police station, commandeered a squad car and asked to be driven to the airport, where the helicopter picked him up.

A four-man team including Jones, Mike Danks, Blown, andYarnold were dropped on the mountain with a sling load of about 500 lbs of gear.

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Notice of Public Hearing Proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4809, 2014, and Proposed Phased Development Agreement Authorization Bylaw No. 4821, 2014 (regarding proposed subdivision of 6447 and 6475 Pitt Street into three smaller lots) Notice is given that a PUBLIC HEARING will be held in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Hall of The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver at 750 17th Street, West Vancouver BC on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 7 p.m. for the purpose of allowing the public to make representations to Council respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaws described below.

A public meeting will be held concurrently with the public hearing for the purpose of allowing the public to make representations to Council respecting the proposed development variance permit: proposed Development Variance Permit No. 14-011 for 6475 Pitt Street, described below.

Applicant: J. L. Murray Subject Lands: 6447 and 6475 Pitt Street (shaded and outlined in black on map that forms part of this notice); Legal Description: Amended Lots 19 and 21 (Explanatory Plan 6596), Block 49 District Lot 430 Plan 2103; PIDs: 004-390-903 and 005-395-267

Purpose: Proposed subdivision of 6447 and 6475 Pitt Street into three smaller lots: the proposed bylaws would facilitate the subdivision of the subject lands on Pitt Street by amending the Zoning Bylaw to allow alternative site area and site width and authorize a Phased Development Agreement to secure community benefits. The proposed Development Variance Permit would allow for retention of an existing dwelling with a variance to the minimum combined side yard.

When originally subdivided (subdivision plan deposited with the Land Title Office in 1909) the subject lands were configured as three 50-foot wide lots. The configuration existed until the subject lands were consolidated and re-subdivided into two 75-foot wide lots (approved under Land Registry Act in 1961). This application would return the existing two lots to the original three lot configuration, consistent with the majority of residential lots currently in the neighbourhood.

Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendment: If adopted, proposed Zoning Bylaw No. 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw No. 4809, 2014 would amend the RS4 zone by allowing alternative site area and site width for the subject lands.

Proposed Phased Development Agreement Authorization Bylaw: If adopted, proposed Phased Development

Agreement Authorization Bylaw No. 4821, 2014 would authorize the District and the landowners to enter into a Phased Development Agreement under the Local Government Act that would: • secure a Community Amenity Contribution of $98,250; and • have a term of five years, during which time changes to the Specified Zoning Bylaw Provisions (being all of those provisions of the Zoning Amendment Bylaw that regulate minimum site area and site width for the purpose of subdivision and are applicable to the subject lands) would not apply to the development without the developer’s consent.

If approved, proposed Development Variance Permit No. 14-011 would allow for the existing dwelling at 6475 Pitt Street to be retained with a variance to the Zoning Bylaw to allow for a minimum combined side yard of 4.10 metres where 4.57 metres is normally required. The variance is proposed to apply only to the existing dwelling, and any future replacement dwelling would be required to comply with the Zoning Bylaw.

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Enquiries: All enquiries regarding the proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment, proposed Phased Development Agreement Authorization Bylaw and proposed Development Variance Permit may be directed to the West Vancouver Planning Department at municipal hall or by calling 604-925-7055.

Copies of the proposed bylaws and proposed development variance permit and other relevant documents that the Council may consider in deciding whether to adopt the bylaws and approve the development variance permit may be inspected from January 9, 2015 to January 26, 2015 at the municipal hall at 750 17th Street, West Vancouver BC on regular business days (Monday to Friday except for statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Copies may also be inspected at the public hearing and concurrent public meeting.

For convenience only, some of the documents may also be available for viewing on westvancouver.ca or at the West Vancouver Memorial Library at 1950 Marine Drive, West Vancouver BC (phone 604-925-7400 for current information on library hours of operation).

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws and proposed development variance permit will be given an opportunity to be heard and to present written submissions at the public hearing, and concurrent public meeting, on the above noted date.

Written submissions may, prior to the public hearing and concurrent public meeting, be: • sent by mail to Mayor and Council, District of West Vancouver 750 17th Street West Vancouver BC V7V 3T3; • sent by email to Mayor and Council at mayorandcouncil@westvancouver.ca; or • delivered to the office of the Manager, Legislative Services/Municipal Clerk, at the District of West Vancouver Municipal Hall at 750 17th Street, West Vancouver BC;

and must be received no later than 3 p.m. on January 26, 2015.

Technical issues affecting receipt of electronic submissions may occur so persons relying on this means of transmittal do so at their own risk.

Written submissions received for the public hearing regarding the proposed bylaws and for the concurrent public meeting regarding the proposed development variance permit will be included in the public information package for Council’s consideration and for the public record.

Submissions received after the close of the public hearing will not be considered by Council.

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Smith. “Because I would be prepared to step out and put the stickers on my pumps.”

Smith spent 25 years as a wholesale distributor for Imperial Oil and Exxon Mobil and continues to have contractual relationships with international oil and gas companies.

“I don’t think the industry would really have any violent objection to putting these stickers on.

I can certainly confirm they can afford to buy the stickers,” Smith said.

West Vancouver can’t enforce a sticker bylaw making them mandatory, according to district staff.

However, council voted unanimously to take the campaign to the Union of B.C. Municipalities in September.

Coun. Bill Soprovich was enthusiastic about turning the campaign into a province-wide initiative.

“It’s new to everybody.

Some don’t like it,” he allowed. “It’s going to take a while but little by little, these things help.”

Coun. Nora Gambioli agreed. “All of us are dependent on oil . . . so to start trying to push back that tide is not easy,” she said.

The stickers are scheduled to adorn gas pumps in Berkeley, Calif. later this year and are under consideration in Ontario cities Guelph and Waterloo as well as several cities in California.

“We are effectively the last generation that will be able to do anything,” Kelsall said. “I know that these labels will help protect not only beautiful places like West Vancouver . . . but our planet.”

When addressing council in 2014, Kelsall described the labels as essential in shifting the consciousness of drivers.

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he Supreme Court of Canada has ruled members of the RCMP have the right to collective bargaining, the same as any other group of employees in Canada.

The ruling stopped short of handing out union sign-up cards and gave the federal government one year to amend its law to allow Mounties to bargain with management on fairer terms.

We’ll be watching with great interest to see what comes of this. A unionized national police force could have far reaching implications. Any union worth its salt looks out for its members. In the case of police unions, that can mean helping to stand up for officers subject to unreasonable treatment from higher ups. Or it can take the form of circling the wagons around an officer accused of wrongdoing.

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recent years about sexual harassment, bullying and misconduct within the force shows the RCMP still has a long way to go to get its house in order.

There’s also the matter of cost. There’s no question collective bargaining will result in wages heading upward. Policing is one of the most expensive items in most municipal budgets and Lower Mainland municipalities are growing impatient with ever increasing costs.

When North Vancouver’s two mayors signed a 20-year extension of the contract with the RCMP in 2012, they did so with deep reservations and an eye to looking at municipal policing alternatives down the road. Officers themselves should be considering that as they look towards requests from a potential union in the future. If they want to keep the Red Serge, it’ll have to come without a tide of red ink.

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Cyclists contribute in many ways

Dear Editor: I would like to respond to the recent letter from Jeff Weinbren regarding his stance that cyclists should be licensed to ride on the streets.

I am a cyclist, but also often need to be a driver.

I would like to think that I am one of the many cyclists who obey the rules of the road, both for the benefit of other cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers, and for my own personal safety. While driving or cycling, I rarely observe cyclists breaking the law, or even disrupting the flow of traffic.

Weinbren questions the contributions that cyclists make to the cycling infrastructure, such as bike lanes. Aside from the obvious fact that

cyclists, like drivers, bus riders, and pedestrians, all pay municipal taxes, I would argue that cyclists contribute to the health of our community in several other important ways.

Another cyclist on the road means one less car on the road. While this is a bit simplistic and does not take into account the carpoolers and transit users, I believe it is a pretty accurate assessment. Anyone who spends any time on the highways and streets of the North Shore must notice the increasing congestion.

Southbound on the Cut is the most obvious example.

I would argue that cyclists are not contributing to this increasing traffic congestion and the frustration it causes.

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Unlike cars, bicycles do not leave much of a carbon footprint as they emit no CO2 emissions.

There are few greener ways to travel. Whether you agree or disagree that CO2 emissions contribute to global warming and the overall health of the planet, no cyclist could ever be blamed for contributing to these

emissions.

Cycling is an excellent form of exercise. It is a low impact, cardio workout. It is no surprise that regular cyclists are fit and healthy.

Exercise is a key factor in long-term health.

As health care is increasingly more expensive, and a fitter population needs less health care, this equates

to huge savings. This is a direct contribution to our community.

If only more of us would jump on their bike once in a while, we could have less traffic congestion, a healthier planet, and a healthier population. Fine contributions!

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Grateful for support of the arts inWV Dear Editor: We are grateful to the North Shore News for supporting the West Vancouver Arts Council programs. Here is my letter in haiku: Sky forest ocean

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His hands reflected In the ebony mirror Of grand piano

A North Shore treasure Educates and entertains We feel gratitude.

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“I would imagine they might be more careful of dialing numbers next time.”

NorthVan RCMP Cpl. Richard De Jong discusses a man accused of inadvertently calling a police officer and offering to sell him marijuana (from a Jan. 11 news story).

“If he had fallen in that area we wouldn’t find him until spring.”

North Shore Rescue leader Mike Danks chastises would-be rescuers who needed rescuing themselves after heading into the backcountry (from a Jan. 11 news story).

“Anyone else with low profile tires is getting their fillings knocked out.”

WestVancouver commuter Peter Ferlow describes driving on the Lions Gate Bridge’s temporary road plate (from a Jan. 16 news story).

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But moving it in those conditions was like “pulling a sea anchor,” saidYarnold.

“We ended up leaving it there.”

They followed the tracks down into a gully towards Disbrow Creek.When people are lost in the North Shore mountains, they almost always head down — it’s easier, and they think they’ll reach safety that way, heading toward the city and the ocean.What they find instead are dangerous waterfalls and drop offs that end in icy creeks. Heading down is always a bad idea.

As darkness fell and the searchers got closer, they could hear Boucher yelling crazily in the dark at the base of a waterfall.

“He was yelling like a madman,” saidYarnold.

There was no choice but to follow him down.

“When you throw a rope off into the darkness, you hope you can find another rappel station when you get to the end of your rope,” said Blown.

Yarnold — the first rescuer in — was shocked when he suddenly found himself face to face with Boucher, who was still

upright and walking. “I said, ‘I can’t believe you’re alive,’” saidYarnold. “He said, ‘Me neither.’”

••• High-risk rescues like this are all in a day’s — or most often a night’s — work for members of North Shore Rescue, British Columbia’s busiest and best-known mountain search and rescue team.

The North Shore’s combination of mountain backcountry that pushes up close to a big city has been a recipe for many rescues over the five decades the team has been in operation.

This year, the team will mark its 50th anniversary.

Karl Winter, now 75, is one of three founding members of North Shore Rescue and is still on the active call list, although these days, “I don’t go out and crash through the bush,” he said.

Winter had already taken part in his first mountain rescue as a teenager in the Austrian Alps when he arrived in North Vancouver in 1959.

At that time, when authorities needed help in the mountains, they called on Vancouver Mountain Rescue, a loose-knit group

It was the age of the ‘Diefenbunker’ and few mountaineers showed up for the first meeting. But the need for wilderness searches quickly became more pressing than protection from nuclear fallout. “That’s how we formed North Shore Rescue,” said Winter.

In the early days, search equipment was rudimentary. They didn’t have headlamps and their rain gear was poor. “You just brought a whole bunch of clothes and when you got soaking wet you would just change if you had to,”

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The team had come into its own after members found the wreckage of a horrific plane crash on the steep slope of Mount Slesse in 1957.

In the early days, there wasn’t much formal structure to searches, said Winter. “There were just a bunch of guys who went out searching” — mostly bushwhacking. “There weren’t a lot of trails on the North Shore mountains in those days.”

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They’ll be playing and having fun, thanks to the warm Tsleil-Waututh sun.

The Tsleil-Waututh daycare is almost entirely powered by sunshine following the installation of a massive solar tracker panel this week.

Measuring approximately 18 by 12 metres, the German-built rotating panel is expected to take care of 90 per cent of the daycare’s power needs over the next 25 years.

“Part of the concept is to teach kids about alternatives as well as

providing support for the daycare,” explained Dale Komanchuk, director of public works for the TsleilWaututh.

The panel, which converts sunlight into electricity via photovoltaic cells, shifts position every 10 minutes, rotating east to west to track the sun.

Over summer months, the dish will be relatively flat, according to Komanchuk.

Slated to produce 17 kilowatt hours per year, the panel is the second of its kind in Western Canada, following the installation of a similar structure at a private home in Penticton earlier this year.

“One of the objectives of the community is to be as environmentally sensitive as possible, so we’re looking at generating our own power as much as we can,” Komanchuk said.

The idea for the panel was bandied about when the band’s energy

company, TWN Wind Power, looked to diversify.

“Given that there isn’t a lot of prevailing wind on the reserve, solar made the most sense,” Komanchuk said.

The panel’s installation comes while the band continues to pursue a legal challenge in the hopes of halting Kinder Morgan’s planned oil pipeline expansion.

The solar project is meant to show that there are alternatives to “increasing pipelines and sending resources overseas,” according to Komanchuk.

The cost of the $70,000 panel was shared between the band, Vancity, and Bullfrog Power.

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Metro Vancouver’s organics disposal ban is underway. All organic material, including raw and cooked food scraps and food soiled paper must be separated from your garbage.

City Hall’s current atrium art is ‘The Flower Series’. Bridging two mediums, clay and textiles, and addressing the social issue of equality, the mass produced fabric of the lower classes is paired with hand-crafted porcelain of the upper classes. The display is at City Hall until March 16. Join Ying-Yueh next week (Monday, January 26 at 12:15pm - 12:45pm) as she discusses the inspiration and process behind her work.

We’re here to help you through the process. There’s lots of information on our website and on the North Shore Recycling Program’s website if you need some help and tips. Metro Vancouver is giving everyone a six-month grace period before fines are imposed, so please get on board. Once you get into the routine, it’s easy and you’ll see how little garbage you generate as a result of diverting your organic waste.

If you live in a single family home and use your Green Can, you’ve already been doing this for some time. For residents in multi-family units, your strata may need to makes changes to collection services.

Talk to them about their plans and remind them that the ban is now in place. A Green Can brochure is available at City Hall or online if you need additional information.

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City council pay to rise

Walton ousted as mayor’s chairman BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton will no longer be chairman of the TransLink mayors’ council or be the face of the Yes campaign in the 2015 TransLink referendum.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson defeated Walton in a secret ballot vote by the mayors’ council on Friday morning. Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner will take over as vicechairwoman.

The vote was weighted, meaning cities with larger populations were given more influence in the vote outcome.

Walton led the mayors through the creation of the mayors’ council vision, helped craft the question that will be on the ballot and worked to assemble the groups now supporting the Yes vote.

Walton declined to comment on the vote.

Councillors vote themselves a pay increase of 1.3 per cent

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City of NorthVancouver council is starting the year with a small bump in pay.

Council members quickly and without discussion voted Monday night to increase their pay by 1.33 per cent.

The city uses a formula that takes into account one third of the annual increase negotiated with the Canadian Union of Public Employees local 389, one third of the increase for the International Association of Firefighters local 296 and one third of Vancouver’s consumer price index increase for the previous year. CUPE’s wages and the CPI both went up by two per cent in that period and the firefighters have been without a contract

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The mayor’s total annual remuneration is $97,776, one third of that tax-free.

Council members will receive $33,823, with the same one-third exemption.

Council voted in 2012 to tie council pay raises to the formula including the CPI, CUPE and IAFF increases.

In previous years, council opted for increases using only CUPE as a benchmark or the average of increases approved by other councils in the Lower Mainland.

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Correction The article West Van Floats Public Safety Building Design (Jan. 14) incorrectly listed fire services as being part of the design. The current design includes a new police station and municipal hall at 17th Street and Fulton Avenue. The editorial, Seize the Delay, had some faulty math. West Vancouver council has three years to complete the project, not two as the editorial stated.

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■ Prostate Cancer Canada’s Do it for Dads Step Up Challenge: On Sunday, Feb. 22, corporate teams of five are encouraged to climb the stairs of fiveVancouver office buildings, (totalling 5,000 feet), and raise a minimum of $5,000 in support of theVancouver Prostate Centre. doitfordads.com/stepup

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In the wake of a February 2011 diagnosis with prostate cancer, WestVancouver’s Don Konantz has continued to step up.

Later that year, every day for an eight-week period while undergoing radiation treatment, he successfully ascended all 2,830 steps of the Grouse Grind. He went on to run the Berlin and Vancouver marathons in 2011 and 2012 while on a host of cancer-fighting drugs.

The unstoppable force is currently immersed in training as he has his sights set on a full-course Ironman event being held July 26 in Whistler.

The married father of four has never shied away from sharing his personal story, bravely being featured in the star-studded 2014 Stand Up To Cancer Show, an hour-long telethon filmed in Los Angeles that featured the likes of Ariana Grande, Steve Carell, Melissa McCarthy and Reese Witherspoon.The show was broadcast across North America Sept. 5, 2014 and raised more than $109 million (U.S.)

for cancer research.

Here at home, Konantz has continued to take an advocacy role as a means of increasing awareness of the importance of early detection of prostate cancer, and to raise funds for prostate cancer research related to treatment and a cure.

For example, he serves as chairman of the Coalition to Cure Prostate Cancer, a research-focused agency that promotes cancer prevention and survival through a better understanding of cancer causes.

His latest endeavour is to serve as both a participant and spokesman for Prostate Cancer Canada and its upcoming Do it for Dads Step Up Challenge.The event, being held Sunday, Feb. 22, will see corporate teams of five climb the stairs of five of Vancouver’s tallest downtown office buildings, and raise a minimum of $5,000 to support research at the Vancouver Prostate Centre. Participants will climb the stairs of the Oceanic Plaza, Guinness Tower, Park Place,TD Tower and Scotia Tower for a grand total of 5,000 feet, the approximate equivalent to completing two Grouse Grinds, “It’s a great event, it’s going to raise some well-needed research funds for the cause and it’s going to raise awareness for men to step up for dads . . . and also step into action for making sure that they’re not at risk,” says Konantz, 52, who, in his professional life is the founder and a director of Colorworks, a full-service autobody company.

Konantz is pleased the funds raised from the Do it for Dads Step Up Challenge will go to the Vancouver Prostate Centre. “This is a world-class cancer research facility that is in our community,” he says.

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doing what normal late-40s men are doing, and this really came out of nowhere.

It was just a complete shock to me,” he adds.

Married to a registered dietitian and nutritionist, and leading an incredibly active, healthy life, his diagnosis came as a shock, particularly as his cancer was quite advanced and he had lymph-node involvement, a major cause for concern.

Konantz has since undergone surgery, radiation treatment and 38 months of cancer-fighting drugs, the latest round of which he completed and has been on a drug suspension since July 2014.

While his prognosis is

positive and his medical team is pleased with the results of his treatment thus far, his cancer fight continues.

“It’s an ongoing battle,” he says.

“I’ve got a ways to go,” he adds.

When asked what has continued to motivate him, Konantz credits the importance of staying active, and his family.

“I’ve maintained a very active lifestyle owing to the fact that the evidence is that by remaining active you can dramatically improve your chances of battling cancer,” he says. “Being in good health, being active and being in the best possible physical health is the best possible way to help myself

battle the disease.”

This Christmas, Konantz and his wife Catherine celebrated the 25th anniversary of their engagement and are the proud parents to two daughters, ages 23 and 19, and two sons, ages 21 and 16. In 2012, his son Willy and friends Taylor Scholz, Mikhail Zalesky andYongku Jung raised $275,000 for the Vancouver Prostate Centre through a fundraising cycling trip, Gear West: Our Ride For Men, from Ontario to West Vancouver.

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If one of your resolutions this year is to sell your house, you might be surprised to hear that there’s no time like the present to get started.

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The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reports that average home prices in North Vancouver increased by 9.8 percent in 2014, and 4% in West Vancouver.

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If you’re ready to make a move in 2015, here are some points to consider when choosing a realtor: • Check their website. Is it up to date? Do they offer floor plans and professional photography?

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Choosing the right realtor will help get your home sold quickly, for top dollar. Good luck!

If your home needs improvements to your home before it goes on the market, we’ll have information to help you out in next month’s feature. In February, John Friswell from CCI Renovations will offer tips on how to most effectively plan your indoor and outdoor renovations.

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VIMFF launches photography contest On the eve of the 18th annualVancouver International Mountain Film Festival, being held Feb. 13-21 at a variety of venues, including North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre, community members are invited to get in on the action by entering theVIMFF 2015 Mountain Photo Contest.

The contest is intended as an opportunity for all photographers to present their mountain photography to the public. It’s a forum for the sharing of imagery and the exchange of ideas between photographers, mountaineers and outdoor enthusiasts alike, according to the festival website.

Categories include

mountain adventure, mountain culture and mountain landscape.

The grand prize winner will receive $1,000 and category winners will be awarded $500. Runners up will receive products from various festival sponsors.

Winners will be awarded at the VIMFF 2015 Opening Evening, Feb. 13 at 7:30

p.m. at Centennial Theatre.

Winning images will be displayed at the theatre throughout the festival and on its website, in addition to selected outdoor and climbing magazines.

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Summer through the eyes of our Self Advocates

Making opportunities happen………

JANUARY 2015

North Shore ConneXions Society (ConneXions) is a non-profit organization that supports families and serves children and adults living with a developmental disability.

Our vision is a community where all people with disabilities have equal opportunities to lead active, fulfilling lives and are recognized as contributing members of the community.

Community ConneXions Newsletter Edited by: Sonia Kainth Other contributors in this issue: Carole Hawthorne Grace McKirdy Wendy Padwick Justine Taylor Sponsored by

2014 Self Advocate and Family Christmas Dinner and Dance a success once again!

Mingle of the Jingles 2014... nine years and going strong!

On December 10, 2014, ConneXions hosted its ninth annual Mingle of the Jingles variety show and silent auction at the Kay Meek Theatre in West Vancouver. For the past nine years this event has steadily gained a following and has grown to be a prestigious opportunity for performers as well as a much anticipated and entertaining evening for those who attend.

Mingle of the Jingles is a community inclusion event, where performers from The Summit (ConneXions recreation and education centre) showcase their talents on stage, interspersed with acts from the community.

A silent auction and 50/50 draw keep things interesting before the show and during the intermission.

All proceeds from the evening go towards programs at The Summit, ConneXions unfunded program, which opened in 2004 and provides valuable services to over 100 individuals on the North Shore and beyond.

This year’s show did not disappoint!

The Unstoppable Conni Smudge, drag queen personality, returned

for a second year to co-host the event with Marlee Walchuk and kept the audience in stitches.

Several new acts appeared on stage, including choral groups Top Line Vocal Collective, Sing City and Fat Chants. Returning performers, such as Rae Armour, Vanleena Dance Academy and 2013 BC Hall of Fame inductee Judy Ginn Walchuk also graced the stage. Other highlights included the renowned Summit Bollywood Jazz performers, a guitar duet performed by The Summit guitarist Jeremy Sellars and co-host Marlee Walchuk, the ever-beloved Hawaiian Dancers and a new musical theatre act by group of young Self Advocates.

The evening was made possible by over 30 donors to the silent auction, sponsors John Emmerton and Layne Loshny (consultants with Investors Group Financial Services Inc.), the Muffin Café and VE Natural Cleaner, dozens of event volunteers and performers and above all…an enthusiastic audience. Be sure to stay tuned via our website and Facebook for details on the 2015 show!

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The surveyors will evaluate how well we meet international standards for quality. The survey will tell us what we are doing well and ways we might improve.

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Are your questions answered in a way you understand?

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Do you know where to go with questions or concerns?

As part of the survey, the surveyors will visit our programs, interview people who receive services, their families, our staff and others.

Some questions the survey team members might ask people are:

Our last survey resulted in a three year accreditation award highlighting over 20 strengths and three recommendations on how we could improve. We are very proud of our work at ConneXions and look forward to showing the surveyors what we do.

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If you would like more information about the accreditation process, please feel free to contact us by phone at 604-984-9321, by email at info@nsconnexions.org or visit the CARF website at www.carf.org. *

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We would like to acknowledge and thank the Canadian Progress Club for once again making a generous donation of gifts. We were able to provide every self advocate with something special to remember their evening. Tommy’s Catering provided a scrumptious turkey dinner with all the trimmings and DJ Graham Collins was busy the entire night keeping everyone entertained.

Thanks again to everyone for your generous donations, volunteering your time and the party goers who made the night so magical…see you next year!

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The 2014 Self Advocate and Family Christmas dinner and dance was another huge success. Over 170 party attendees filled the Sleil Waututh Nations Recreation Centre for a Christmas dinner and evening of dancing, reindeer games, limbo lights and a lot of laughter. As it does every year, this annual holiday event ignited the Christmas spirit for everyone here at ConneXions.

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Locally owned and operated Runaway Bay Beauty Bar is a rare breed of beauty salon. Their goal in addition to providing professional service in a warm, welcoming environment is to provide employment opportunities that offer staff reasonable incomes and flexible hours. Located in Edgemont Village, they also have a licensed online store that sells esthetician quality products at reasonable prices.

Owner Kirsten Engel focuses her hiring on applicants that are qualified but not able to work in traditional employment setting due to life circumstances; the premise being that if you meet the needs of your staff you will attract great employees that in turn give your customers the personalized experience that will create loyalty and good business.

Having an almost non-existent staff turnover, Engel was first approached in August by our Employment Specialist Grace McKirdy. McKirdy’s idea was to have a person that could provide a laundry service before the estheticians come in to work.

This would ensure that towels are folded and rooms stocked immediately before any appointments. Engel weighed the idea and agreed to meet the applicant. During the meeting, Engle gave a tour of the salon and an opportunity for the applicant to try some of the duties. By the end of the meeting they were discussing shift times.

Today, Engle provides two shifts per week with enough time to turn over the laundry and prep the rooms for the estheticians.

The Runaway Bay staff has immediately welcomed their new co-worker to their team while enjoying one less step when

getting their day started. “It’s a good service for us and allows me to focus on setting up for the business day while I know my rooms are being looked after,” says Engel.

End of Life Planning Why is it that something that will happen to all of us is so difficult for most of us to talk about? Death and how we want to live out our final days, is something we should all be talking about openly with our loved ones. The topic is probably talked about even less with our loved ones who have a developmental disability.

However, everyone has the right to be included, to the best of

their ability, in decisions that affect them. So how does one go about this? Fortunately there is an excellent resource that has been developed. Use the guide as it is, or use it as your inspiration to get you started on that necessary yet difficult talk. Be sure to check out this resource: http://coalitionccc.org/wp-content/ uploads/2014/01/Thinking-Ahead-English.pdf

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NORTH SHORE CONNEXIONS SOCIETY, OUR PROGRAMS, VOLUNTEERING OR DONATIONS please visit www.nsconnexions.org or call 604.984.9321 today!

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Businessman finds his sweet spot

Throughout his life and his career,Tony Waters has usually been in the right place at the right time.

This month, as his 75th birthday approaches, he takes a look back at where he’s been.

Tony was born “on the last road in London and the first street in Surrey — in other words, Streatham,” as he describes it, in 1940, the first full year of the Second World War. He remembers the Anderson shelter in the backyard and being evacuated with his brother, John, to a farm north of

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Birmingham. Everyone was listening to Gert and Daisy on the radio program Workers’ Playtime, their comedy bolstering British

morale during the war and its aftermath.

The war’s end was celebrated with bonfires in the streets of Streatham and life for Tony became a round of school, sports, and amassing enough badges to be named a Queen’s Scout and attend the World Scout Jamboree.

He was 14 when the family acquired a television.

A favourite program was Dixon of Dock Green, the titular policeman played

by Jack Warner, real name Horace Waters, brother of Doris and Elsie Waters, a.k.a. Gert and Daisy. The

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show business Waters were related to Tony’s father — a real copper, he was a detective sergeant with ScotlandYard.

Tony did not go on the stage nor into the CID. By day, he clerked in the government’s customs and excise branch, listening to Shirley Bassey at lunchtime jazz concerts. By night, it was ballroom dancing to Victor Silvester’s Ballroom Orchestra.

Suddenly, it was 1960 and London was about to start swinging. At 20 years old, Tony was a Teddy Boy, in a string tie and Tony Curtis hair, jiving in crepe soled shoes at the Lyceum Dance Hall, Bill Haley belting out “Rock Around the Clock.”

Trading a clerk’s life for the world of sales, Tony found his way once “the edges were knocked off me.” His first success was with Olivetti, selling office machines that were partly typewriters, partly precursors to computers.

The grocery business, where Tony went next, wasn’t evolving as quickly.

Some salesmen, whose territories included the smaller English villages, were still filling orders using a horse and cart. Tony was provided with a car when he moved to Crosse & Blackwell and “off I went into the wilds of Surrey.”

His sales skills were soon so honed that he was assigned to train C&B’s new recruits.

By the 1970s, Tony was meeting new challenges. He imported and distributed Danish-made kitchenware so successfully that he was awarded that country’s business version of the Oscar. He had also found his bride while on holiday in the south of France.

Alison Butler, a British Columbia girl, was on holiday too.

By 1982, Tony had exported his housewares import business, together with Alison and their two children, to North

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The goal was to make organic products affordable and therefore accessible.

Tony applied the “stack ’em high and see ’em fly” sales techniques he had mastered back in the early years. The family pitched in, tirelessly promoting organic products at in-store demonstrations.

One longtime partnership began with the sale of a truckload of salad dressing and pasta sauce. How many jars in a truckload? “A helluva lot,” says Alison. “That’s why

he’s known in the business as ‘Truckload Tony.’”

Their family business, headquartered in North Vancouver, helped bring organic products into the mainstream, helping transform how we regard food and its production.

For Tony, new challenges await. With his daughter at the helm of the agency, Tony’s business acumen and vision will continue to support the purpose of the company he created: supplying organic products to the people, by the truckload.

On Jan. 24, when family, friends and colleagues gather in celebration, Tony Waters will, as usual, be in the right place at the right time. It’s a sweet spot with a very bright future.

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A22 - North Shore News - Sunday, January 18, 2015

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he said.

They had no radios that worked in the backcountry.

Climbing ropes were made of hemp, which were stiff and difficult to handle as soon as they got wet.

“You had to be tough and in good shape,” said Winter. “You had a very heavy pack when you were out looking for people.”

••• Today, there are about 40 volunteer members of North Shore Rescue, who get called out to about 100 rescues a year.

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international trauma life support level — a higher standard than any other team in the province.

Heading into a rescue, they are always wellprepared — with prepackaged “go packs” of supplies ready to toss into the helicopter at a moment’s notice. “That was my dad’s modus operandi,” said Curtis.

“When they jumped out of that helicopter, they brought the kitchen sink with them — hypothermia kits, tents, stoves — the whole nine yards.”

••• Mike Danks, the 38year-old leader of North Shore Rescue, has been part of the team for 19 years.

His dad, Allan Danks, was a team member and search leader when Danks was growing up.

“I’d wake up in the morning and my dad wouldn’t be there. My mom always said, ‘He’s gone to help someone.’We always understood that.”

Curtis, another secondgeneration member of the team, grew up around his dad’s work on North Shore Rescue. “By the time I was 16 I had done my first helicopter-based rescue,” he said.

When he formally joined the team, he knew his dad’s expectations of him were “extremely high . . . That’s what I was always working with and towards.”

“He shredded me a few times,” he said, referring to the legendary dressing down Jones could give team members who fell short of his standards. Jones had reasons for “The Shred”: any lack of attention to detail in the backcountry could quickly turn deadly.

“He didn’t care about you unless he shredded you,” said Curtis.

As team leader, Tim Jones pushed North Shore Rescue towards increasing the use of helicopters during backcountry search and rescue because he knew it saved lives.

Peter Murray, owner of Talon Helicopters, grew up on the North Shore and has been flying searches with the rescue team — along with other Talon pilots — for the past 25 years.

Talon pilots fly AStar and TwinStar helicopters for the work — powerful, light and manoeuvrable machines that can get in close to the mountains.

The key to flying for backcountry search and rescue is to be able to read the wind around the mountains, said Murray, and be comfortable getting in tight and close — not 1,000 feet up.

“You have to hover low and slow almost at a walking pace. Otherwise you can’t see things,” he said.

North Shore Rescue also pioneered the longline rope rescue system that sees searchers — and injured patients — winched in and out of difficult terrain suspended on a 200-foot line beneath the helicopter.

“You need to have very good mountain flying skills,” said Murray. “One out of 100 helicopter pilots do the work we do.”

Those pilots, working with the rescue team, have saved many lives in the mountains.

In 2007, a ground search team from North Shore Rescue reached climber Chris Morley on an exposed and dangerous slope near Theta Lake, suffering from broken bones and hypothermia.

The men dug snow caves and spent two nights SeeYou page 25

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WORK Options for Volunteers The following is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.

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Business Briefcase Brewery expands North Vancouver’s Bridge Brewing has moved from Dollarton Highway to a new location at 1448 Charlotte Rd. as of Jan. 15.

According to a press release, the new 4,500square-foot space will allow the brewery to more than triple its annual production from 175,000 litres to 585,000 litres. The larger space will also mean “an increased selection of award-winning craft beer and seats to enjoy it.”

Bridge currently distributes its product across B.C. New university post North Shore resident William (Bill) Krane, former associate vicepresident academic and associate provost for more

on Enrolment Management and Planning.

William Krane than a decade at Simon Fraser University, is taking up a new post as VP academic and provost at the University of Northern British Columbia starting May 2015.

Krane began at SFU as a faculty member in the Department of Psychology and joined the executive team in 2001. He has also been involved with a range of Ministry of Advanced Education and University committees, including SFU’s Senate Committee

PST assistance Businesses that want to learn more about the Provincial Sales Tax can join an interactive webinar offered by the provincial government on Wednesday, Jan. 21 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

The webinar will provide information on general PST application, registration and the online services option, eTaxBC, followed by a questionand-answer session.

Registration and information is available at gov.bc.ca/pstoutreach.

Participants must sign up by Tuesday, Jan. 20. Another webinar is scheduled for Feb. 18.

Compiled by Christine Lyon Submit information on North Shore business groups or events to clyon@nsnews.com.

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A24 - North Shore News - Sunday, January 18, 2015

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The former discount dinner-fest has blossomed into a metro-wide celebration that reflects a level of diversity and

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It’s amazing to see just how our wine culture has grown in just a couple of decades. There was a time when you’d be hard pressed to find any B.C. wines on a restaurant list.

No more.

A showcase for local food and wine pairings, Dine Out is seeing more committed restaurants offer the option of VQA wines by the glass. A few that caught my eye for their creative and well-thoughtout suggestions include: Arms Reach Bistro, Feast Neighbourhood Table, Fishworks, The Lobby at the Pinnacle, The Village Table and Zen. If you’re still discovering food and wine pairing (well, who really ever stops?), Dine Out offers a great chance to expand your horizons and check out some pairings you maybe wouldn’t have

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Nor is it only about grapes. For serious hopheads, Postmark Brewing and Belgard Kitchen’s Jan. 20 Tankfarm dinner is not to be missed.

I was lucky enough to sample these inspired tastes the other night, a collaboration between brewmaster Craig Noble and chef Reuben Major.

The $55 dinner (with four 10-ounce beers and a brewery tour) was served long-table style, right in the barrel room. Grab a ticket if you still can, if only to taste the extraordinary Postmark Porter paired with chocolate and

espresso budino, sponge toffee and creme fraiche. If this dinner sells out (and it surely will) I truly hope they repeat it.

For more malty madness, hop on the bus (oh, you will need a reservation) to take in the Craft Beer and Artisan Food Tour of Vancouver (presented by Vancouver Brewery Tours). Here’s a full-on tour that takes in two top craft breweries (Strange Fellows Brewing and Bomber Brewing) and three award-winning artisan food stops.

For serious-sipping spirit lovers, consider the Craft Distillery Tour (presented by Off the Eaten Track) on Jan 22, 24, 29, 31 (5-7:30 p.m.), which includes tours and tastes at Odd Society Spirits, Liberty Distillery and Yaletown Distillery.

The fact that this tour is now on the Dine Out roster is further testament to just how fast the local craft distillery scene and spirits culture is growing.

If you’ve yet to visit any, here’s a great chance to do so and leave the driving to

somebody else!

Find full details dineoutvancouver.com, but move quickly as they’re all selling fast.

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Case in point, this nicely balanced chocolate, blackberry and plummytoned drop that’s wrapped in just the right amount of oak, with respectable chalky tannins and a good close. Think anything braised. A definite deal, at BCLS $16.99 (90 points).

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huddled together listening to avalanches crashing down on slopes all around them.

When a break in the weather finally came, the helicopter pilot hovered just long enough for rescuers to literally throw Morley inside.

“I was out on the skid as we flew into the lake,” said Curtis. “They basically threw Chris Morley at me.

I had him in my arms in a bear hug and fell back into the aircraft.”

••• North Shore Rescue team members range in age from 25 to guys in their 70s.

There are a lot of “A type personalities,” said Danks, but members understand they have to work as a unit.

“You need to have confidence in yourself and you need to be able to trust other people with your life.”

While there’s plenty of excitement, there are also personal sacrifices that come with being on the team. Partners and kids are often ditched at a moment’s notice when the pager goes off. “It’s usually when you’re sitting down to a nice birthday dinner or when you’re trying to put the kids to bed,” said Danks, who has three young daughters, aged two, six and eight. “It puts a ton of pressure on the other spouse.”

Yarnold remembers his pager going off during his son’s birthday party one year.Within 20 minutes he was in a helicopter, flying.

What keeps him going is knowing he’s making a difference, said Danks.

“I’ve been on lots of calls when people have given up. They’ve laid down to die.”

Danks remembers one time the team went to find a British scientist who hadn’t even been reported missing. He had been on Mount Fromme for three or four days when his roommate casually mentioned to someone that he hadn’t come home.

When Tim Jones heard about it, he immediately mounted a search. They found the man on the mountain, crumpled in a ball.

“He thought he was going to die there,” said Danks.

Not all searches have happy endings. Sometimes there are recoveries instead of rescues.

Calls involving children are the worst.

“It happens,” said Blown. “It’s never because we didn’t do all we could.”

Curtis said his father’s empathy fuelled his drive to help — something he passed on to other team members.

“When a mother is bawling her eyes out because she thinks her son is dead, it’s pretty sobering,” said Blown. “It really motivates you to go out and find that person.”

••• These days, the media profile of the North Shore mountains means a wider group of people is heading into the wild. Many take on challenges beyond their abilities and don’t take basic equipment.

People still don’t understand that they will lose cell phone service quickly in the backcountry and that their battery will die.

“I’ve seen people in high heels and thongs and business suits on the Grouse Grind,” said Danks.

And everyone with a pair of Lululemon pants is hiking the backcountry these days.

Yarnold said he’s seen people using an avalanche transceiver “app” on their phone rather than carrying a proper transceiver. “It doesn’t work,” he said. “It only gets you to within 30 metres.”

Blown acknowledges young men are often the subjects of searches.

“They’re less risk-averse than the rest of society,” he said.

He’s been asked more than a few times, “How can you go out and rescue these idiots time after time?”

But everybody makes mistakes, he said. “No one deserves to die for a stupid mistake.”

The team has maintained a staunch position against asking people to pay for their rescues, despite occasional public debates.

Blown said there’s no evidence that acts as a deterrent against stupid behavior. But it can make people reluctant to call — further endangering both themselves and those who will be called out to find them.

“We don’t believe we should just leave people on their own,” said Blown.

See Rescue page 28

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A26 - North Shore News - Sunday, January 18, 2015

ON THE MAP The settlement ofTofino first acquired the name in 1909 with the opening of theTofino Post Office, named in association withTofino Inlet nearby.

The inlet was named in 1792 by the Spanish commanders Galiano andValdés, in honour of AdmiralVicente Tofiño de San Miguel y Vanderiales under whom Galiano had learned cartography.

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Tofino is all about reconnecting with nature

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My legs are shaking and it isn’t from the cool early morning air.

I’m paddling on Kennedy Lake in Tofino and I’m repeating a mantra in my head — please don’t let me fall, please don’t let me fall ....

Within minutes, I lose my balance and plunge into the lake.

Lucky for me, the water is calm and warm as I’ve forgotten my wet suit at the Long Beach Lodge Surf Club. My instructor Chance McCullough strips off his shirt and passes it to me.

Earlier, he had set me up with a lifejacket, a paddle

measured for my height and a paddle board at the water’s edge. After some instructions, he joined me on his board in the water.

Wearing my bathing suit and a warm sweater, I knelt as I paddled, to get a feel for the board. Slowly I got up using my oar for balance.

The board handled with surprising ease and with

the sun beaming down on us through the clouds, we paddled across the lake.

Moving from knees to standing felt unsteady at first, but I felt pretty confident. I never mastered paddle boarding but by the end, I finally learned how to stay on without falling.

Getting up was my forte.

Soon, we were far out on

the pristine lake surrounded by sweeping views of the rainforest on all sides of us.

After a couple of hours, I was hooked on paddle boarding.

My son Mathew and I had arrived at the Long Beach Lodge (LBL) the night before on a mother/son See Tofino page 27

Sunday, January 18, 2015 - North Shore News - A27

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Tofino harbours sophisticated foodies From page 26 bonding trip prior to him moving out of the country for a year.

The resort at Cox Bay, seven kilometers south of Tofino, is renowned as a world-class surfer’s paradise. After we picked up the keys to our cozy cabin, we took in the Great Room.

It was designed to replicate the owner’s own living room, featuring a large stone fireplace and floorto-ceiling windows offering unobstructed ocean views.

As we scanned the room, we watched as relaxed guests sit at clusters of weatherworn leather couches as well as on oversized chairs a la Ralph Lauren style. It is here where meals are served and complete strangers chat over a cappuccino or play a game of chess by the roaring fire.

The next morning dawned bright and sunny.

But it isn’t just the sun that has people visiting from all corners of the world, but the raw, rugged natural beauty that Tofino is renowned for.

Tofino is about reconnecting with nature, through the ocean and old-growth rainforest.

During my brisk early morning walks, I passed dogs playfully retrieving driftwood, joggers leaving their footprints in the wet sand and surfers clad in full head-to-toe wetsuits braving the surf. Life is good here.

This trip was more about relaxing, breathing in the fresh air and spending time together. However, there’s a plethora of water sports activities available and storm watching is another big reason why people come between November and March.The lodge offers a front-row seat to this gale force wave crashing phenomenon.Wearing the pre-requisite storm watching garb — long gum boots, heavy duty rain jackets and bigger smiles — you can witness a storm like none other.

Cuisine: For a small town of approximately 1,800 fulltime residents, Tofino has a bustling foodie scene.

Whether you choose fine dining or roadside café, there’s no dress code here.

One evening, we dined at the resort’s new beachside patio SandBar Bistro. The menu is small yet features

Beach Lodge. $129 per person for a 3.5 hour lesson for a group of up to five people. Everyone must be 14 or older.

All SUP lessons include full equipment rentals (wetsuit, booties, board and paddle) as well as a packed snack.

■ Foraging for Mushrooms: Expeditions are fun for all ages. Thursday 2-5 p.m. / maximum six guests.

Cost: $20 minimum donation with all proceeds going to the Rainforest Education Society. Sign up at the front desk of the lodge.You head out with the executive chef Ian Riddick. The Ontario-born chef is truly passionate about scavenging different species of mushrooms. (/OP/6' !/R] WP %Y_ 0/[ e=' P=Q_7 3=P=7=6' 4_'% G_e ,_'%=")=P% WP 8<:^ ;D 5W) 3=P=7=6' _P,/"%_ H=[=BWP_? EMF(F *&EEIL12 a nice al fresco style menu.

Mathew and I shared the Tofino salmon poke and baked beach oysters. Both were fresh and delicious.

For our main course, we both went for the SandBar fish burritos. For these, you need to have napkins handy but the burritos are worth it.

Wolf in the Fog: Friday night, we headed to the newest eatery in town:Wolf in the Fog. At the helm is executive chef Nick Nutting, formerly chef de cuisine at the Wickaninnish Inn and Montreal’s Chez Tuffet, to name a few. He’s teamed up with friends Jorge Baradiaran and Andre McGillivray to open a restaurant where it’s all about “honouring the ingredients.”

Working closely with local fishermen and foragers, Nutting has come up with a sumptuous and innovative menu, using fresh, seasonal ingredients.

Inspired by the town’s rugged landscape, the Wolf in the Fog’s interior is a wonderful juxtaposition of natural and reclaimed woods, with a dash of contemporary and a splash of industrial chic thrown in.

The effect is at once casual yet sophisticated, making the environment warm and inviting.With floor-toceiling windows you get a great view of the downtown waterfront.

We sat down next to a

retired couple for Phoenix, Arizona. It wasn’t their first visit to Tofino. Both love the outdoors and they make a trek here nearly every summer, drawn by its beauty and for the many hiking trails. Celebrating their 50th anniversary, a friend had recommended the restaurant.They enjoyed it as much as we did.

Meanwhile, after choosing a red wine from the small but well-thought out list, we ordered a few appetizers.We started with a Dungeness crab cake, with the crab both chunky and flavourful, with a sweet pineapple salsa ($19). On our server’s recommendation, Mathew went for the pork belly ($14) and the potato crusted oyster ($4/each).

Not a huge fan of oysters, I changed my tune after trying one. For our entrees, Mathew had a small sampling of the Stampede (typically this is a shared plate $65) and I tried the fresh locally source baked halibut seared with a pine nut and olive crust served with quinoa and apricots. ($30). Ambience and great food equaled one wonderful evening.

If you go: ■ Long Beach Lodge Resort, 1441 Pacific Rim Highway,Toxin. Phone: 250-725-2442 Web: longbeachlodgeresort.com.

There are 41 lodge rooms and 20 cabins/cottages Price: Fall (starts October):

$199 - $529 Pet Friendly.

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Rescue team continues Tim Jones’ legacy From page 25

Team members acknowledge as a unit, they are still adapting to life without Tim Jones, who died at 57 on Jan. 19, 2014.

“He was a force of nature,” said Blown. “He was always motivating people to push the limits.”

When a rescue call came in, Jones was known for deciding what had to be done first and getting permission later.

“If he followed the rule book there would be a lot of people who wouldn’t be here today,” saidYarnold.

Jones led the team to set up its five remote command centres. He also set up backcountry caches of emergency supplies and the team’s system of remote VHF radio repeater stations.

One of his biggest jobs was working tirelessly to raise the public profile of the team, which relies heavily on donations to operate.

While the B.C. provincial government pays for helicopter time during actual rescues, money for training and for equipment — including maintenance of the remote repeater stations and caches — all

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The team receives government grants to cover part of its approximately $500,000 annual budget, but none of those are slam dunks.

“We have to go in every year and apply for that money,” said Danks.

The biggest portion of the budget — more than $225,000 — still comes from the public.

Before he died, Jones was aiming to raise $6 million for a legacy fund that would generate enough interest to pay for operations each year. That’s

still a goal of the team.

Said Curtis, “If this was a paid service it would be a multi-million dollar a year budget just for the work hours.”

••• Danks acknowledged he’s had big shoes to step into.

“It’s been a huge change in my life,” he said of taking on the team leadership — and one he never expected so soon.

Just one day after the public memorial service for Jones last year, Curtis led the team on their first rescue mission without him.

It was a milestone moment, said Curtis, and a strange one, but, “If it had been one of us, he would have been making sure we were 100 per cent ready to go.”

That was brought home to him when he went to his dad’s office at the North Shore Rescue’s base of operations, nicknamed “The Embassy”, and found an organizational chart for the team he’d been working on before he died.

“One of the things you would notice is his name was on every aspect (of the organization),” he said. “But he had started crossing his name off of them, and he had started writing in other names.”

It was a reminder, he said, that “North Shore Rescue was bigger than him and he wanted to make sure it continued to be.”

For more information on North Shore Rescue, or to donate to the team go to northshorerescue.com Portions of this story appeared in the fall 2014 issue of Mount Baker Experience magazine mountbakerexperience.com, based inWashington State.

They are used here with permission.

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Sunday, January 18, 2015 - North Shore News - A29

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Aggression versus conflict resolution Dogs live in a world of silent communication.

Facial expressions coupled with body movements can mean much more to a dog than an audible bark. The curl of a lip can create peace far faster than a growl.

But because of misunderstanding, many of these silent canine forms of communication are misinterpreted by humans as signals of impending aggression, when they are actually meant to create peace.

Aggression is a very complicated behaviour and many things have to go wrong before a dog decides that it must show true aggression. Aggression is when a dog engages in violent behaviour with the intention of either selfpreservation or inflicting harm. Many times, the word aggression is hastily used to describe a dog’s behaviour when there is no real aggression being expressed.

Aggression (as described above) is not the preferred behaviour in an interaction between two dogs because they are not naturally aggressive animals. They do, however, choose to solve conflict by engaging in conflict.

Conflict and aggression are not the same thing.

No one likes to see dogs fight, especially when your own dog is involved. But fighting, or what I refer to as conflict resolution, is part of a dog’s communication repertoire and it always has a peaceful intent. The intention is to solve the problem that caused the fight in the first place with the end result being peace. As I said earlier, aggression has the intention of causing harm.

Conflict results in peace.

Now, this does not mean I am condoning fighting dogs. I am simply trying to put out a growing fire about perceived dog behaviour and the overuse of the word aggression and the resulting stigma.

When there is a lack

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eating a bone and my other dog Raider comes sniffing around, Piper curls his lip.

It’s not because he intends to violently harm Raider, but because he is warning Raider that he is getting too close and to respect his space. That’s it!

When a mother dog curls her lip at one of her pups when it is climbing all over her, she is not

intending to cause physical harm to her pup, but is expressing her annoyance and teaching that pup to respect her space and leave her alone.

Conflict resolution sometimes involves displaying teeth.

Sometimes it involves two dogs getting into a dust up and making menacing noises. During this conflict

resolution, floppy ears get bitten, there may even be a puncture wound. But it does not mean any of the dogs are aggressive. It does mean that one dog annoyed another dog and the annoying dog did not get the message.

As dog owners, it is our responsibility to know the difference and not necessarily discipline or

label a dog for its warnings, but diffuse the situation by deterring the annoying dog from continuing its behaviour.

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

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This type of black and white thinking translates the simple gesture of a lip curl as an expression of aggression causing unnecessary concern and creating problems when none exist. A lip curl means, “Go away, what you are doing is annoying me.” It doesn’t mean aggression any more than a wagging tail means a dog is friendly. The lip curl or wagging tail, when mixed with other body postures — influenced by external or environmental situations that precede the behaviour — determines a dog’s intention behind the expressed behaviour.

Aggression, or the expression of it, is so much more complicated than a lip curl or a paw placed on another dog’s back.

In dog language, that lip curl is actually a signal of peace because the dog is hoping the other dog understands it wants to be left alone. The intention of that lip curl is not to create violence. If the other dog does not respect the lip curl, or lacks proper socialization to understand that the lip curl means “go away,” it may persist in its annoying behaviour.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

Return of the Highlanders

Last year’s surprise Howe Sound champs open season with a win ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

THREE TO SEE THIS WEEK Girls premier league basketball Argyle @ Handsworth Tuesday, Jan. 20 7:30 p.m.

AA boys basketball Seycove @ Collingwood Wednesday, Jan. 21 7:30 p.m.

PJHL hockey Grandview vs.

NVWolf Pack Saturday, Jan. 24 7 p.m. at Harry Jerome Arena

Scan this photo with the Layar app or visit nsnews.com to see more photos from Handsworth vs.West Van in senior boys basketball.

They’ve done things the hard way before, but now the West Vancouver Highlanders senior boys basketball team is hoping to pave themselves a much smoother path on their way to the provincial championships.

Last season the Highlanders finished third in the four-team North Shore AAAA league, setting themselves a daunting path through the Howe Sound playoffs. Things got even harder — near impossible, most guessed — when they lost their first game of the playoffs. The Highlanders, however, never lost faith as they went on to beat the odds, winning four straight do-or-die playoff matchups to win an improbable title.

West Van completed the run with back-to-back wins over topseeded Handsworth. Jump ahead to this season and those same two programs took the floor Tuesday night to open league play for the 2014-15 season. The stakes were lower this time around but for West Van it was an opportunity to show that they were going to be a tough team to beat right out of the gates this season. They did just that, beating the Royals 58-53.

It’s a small first step but an important one for a team bent on getting back to the provincial championships. The first-place finisher in regular season play gets to host the Howe Sound playoffs and that’s where the Highlanders want to end up, stated head coach Greg Meldrum in an email to the North Shore News sent from Vancouver Island where the team was taking part in the annual Victoria City Police tournament.

“We play very well at home and would love to host the Howe Sound playoffs,” he said. “For that to happen we need to be ready for every league game. Anyone is capable of beating anyone, so we have to bring our ‘A’ game every night. . . . All year we’ve talked about ‘Getting off the North Shore.’ The winner of the Howe Sound playoffs gets an automatic berth to the provincials. We feel if we can get to the B.C.’s, anything can happen.”

Meldrum knows what he’s talking about. Last year he was the head coach of West Van’s junior

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Meldrum moved up with most of those players to the senior level this season and Tuesday’s leagueopening win was a good start.

“Any time you beat a quality team like Handsworth, it’s a good result,” he said. “We have lots of guys that can step up on any given night which makes us difficult to

prepare for. In our 15 games to date, we’ve had six different high scorers. They’re a tight bunch of kids who are unselfish and compete hard every night.”

Meldrum, however, knows that the team will need to improve quite a bit if they hope to repeat as league champions.

“We’ve tried to be realistic about our expectations. . . . We’re a young team so we’ve had some ups and downs,” he said. “There’s a lot of parity in AAAA this year

and I think any team is capable of winning the North Shore.”

In other AAAA league action Sentinel got their season rolling with a 74-55 road win at Argyle Jan. 8.

The action continues this week with three more AAAA league games. Argyle will host Handsworth on Monday, West Vancouver will host Argyle on Tuesday and Sentinel will host Handsworth on Thursday. All games are 7:30 p.m. tip-offs.

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Memorial for WVFHC founder Lawrence Boothroyd Monday The North Shore’s extensive field hockey community will say goodbye to one of its pioneers tomorrow at a memorial for Lawrence Boothroyd.

Boothroyd, born in England in 1920, died peacefully Dec. 8 at Lions Gate Hospital after suffering a stroke.The longtime West Vancouver resident partnered with Hugh

Fraser to co-found the West Vancouver Field Hockey Club in 1968. Citing a lack of opportunities for girls in sport, the pair held a Jamboree and signed up 120 girls in one day, kicking off a club that has grown to be one of the largest in North America.

“He was ahead of his time and he was one of the best teachers I ever had,” stated current WVFHC

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board member Jo-Ann Harrington in a note to the North Shore News. “He is a huge reason so many girls are playing field hockey today and I will be forever thankful for his influence on my life.”

The memorial will be held Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. at West Vancouver United Church, 2062 Esquimalt Ave. — Andy Prest

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