North Shore News March 15 2015

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Jail urged for wrong way driver Man crashed into family while high on drug GHB MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

A man who drove fiveand-a-half kilometres in oncoming lanes of Highway 1 traffic and collided head-on with a minivan carrying a young family faced a judge this week at his sentencing hearing.

North Vancouver provincial court Judge Steven Merrick heard Thursday how Craig Ford, 48, of Nanaimo, terrified

at least 22 adults and seven children in separate vehicles during his approximately four minutes of reckless driving in West Vancouver while high on the drug GHB. Ford has pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

“The amount of danger he created at 7 o’clock at night on a very busy highway . . . is unbelievable,” said Crown prosecutor Ron Edwards.

In the early evening of March 12, 2014, several westbound drivers encountered Ford’s white panel van travelling east towards them, along the stretch of highway between the Cypress Bowl Road and See Man page 9

Pod of killer whales visits Burrard Inlet CHRIS SLATER editor@nsnews.com

Some lucky North Shore residents were treated to a special glimpse of the wild kingdom Thursday morning when a pod of killer whales was spotted in Burrard Inlet and up Indian Arm, most likely in search of some warmblooded grub.

A group of five or six killer whales were seen

swimming in the inlet between 8 a.m.and 11 a.m., according to reports that came in to the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network — a citizen science project which collects data on sightings.

The whales were initially spotted near Belcarra in Indian Arm at around 8 a.m. An hour later sightings were reported near Deep Cove

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Longer daylight, warm temperatures signal changing seasons

Harbingers of spring Rhododendrons are budding, hummingbirds are active and currants are in bloom.

The spring equinox marking the official start of spring happens this Friday, March 20.

Although judging by the balmy temperatures, early flowers and warm-weather activities seen around the North Shore, spring is already underway here.

Meteorologists are predicting the season will be warmer and drier than usual this year, continuing a trend observed this winter across the Lower Mainland.

Norouz, the celebration of the Persian New Year, which coincides with the beginning of spring, also happens this week, with events taking place across the North Shore. '"%#$ &$(!

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Faculty votes to strike

CapU professors say issue is clawback of benefits BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Citing an impasse at the bargaining table, Capilano University faculty members have voted just over 80 per cent in favour of a strike.

Capilano Faculty Association members cast ballots Monday and Tuesday after 10 sessions of “dithering” at the bargaining table, according to Brent Calvert, Capilano Faculty Association president.

The university’s bargaining team has only tabled proposals that have been “very aggressive” clawbacks into the collective agreement that’s been built up over the years, Calvert said.

The teachers are seeking a pay increase in keeping

with what other public sector unions have received in recent negotiations — around one per cent a year for five years, Calvert said.

But faculty members are also trying to fend off cuts to their benefits, including a pitch to only fund lowcost generic versions of drugs in the pharmacare plan.

The school has been proposing more levels of assessment for teachers, which Calvert characterized as micromanaging that would take time away from classroom and campus activities.

“You can spend all your time reporting or you can spend your time doing,” he said.

The faculty association is also trying to strengthen

the rights of its “nonregular” employees — parttime or contract professors who may only teach one or two courses and must work elsewhere to make ends meet, Calvert said.

“This is something the public can relate to on quite a broad scale. We’re shining a light in academics on it but the move to contingent or contract labour is just rampant in North America,” he said.

About 40 per cent of Capilano University’s teachers fall into that category.

Though they now have the ability to start job action after giving 72 hours’ notice, Calvert said the union’s goal is to reach an agreement through mediation. The two sides have mediation sessions scheduled over the next two weeks.

The strike vote was premature, as the bargaining process had only just started,

according to Parveen Man, Capilano’s human resources director.

Man declined to say what proposals the administration had put on the table, but she stressed the university will not be considering any proposals that ask for more than what other public sector unions are getting.

“If there are any increased costs, then those have to be funded through corresponding cost reductions in other provisions of the collective agreement,” she said.

Still, Man said she is hopeful the two sides can arrive at a deal through mediation “Our focus is on the students and we have limited resources here and we have a responsibility to the institution and the students, their families and community as well as the public. This is a partially publicly funded institution,” she said.

NDP picks First Nations activist BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Vancouver federal NDP members have selected a First Nations activist on the forefront of the pipeline battle to run in this fall’s election.

NDPers acclaimed Carleen Thomas, who works for the TsleilWaututh Nation’s Sacred Trust Initiative, at a nomination meeting held on Saturday. The initiative was set up specifically to oppose Kinder Morgan’s application to expand its pipeline to Burrard Inlet.

Thomas said that was what motivated her to run.

“A lot of people would ask me what they could do to support us and I’d say ‘Contact your elected officials – your MLA and your MP,’” she said. “I guess some people heard me say that and they asked if I’d consider running in the federal election.

We’ve always been NDP so I explored it, chatted it over with my family and decided to go for it.”

While she supports the NDP’s call for increasing the minimum wage and a national $15-per day childcare program, Thomas said she hopes to change the way important decisions are made in

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back to a grassroots level.

In our experience with working on the Sacred Trust Initiative, there’s just so many things that are happening without people understanding the consequences or ramifications of what will be affecting them in their own communities,” she said.

Thomas will face incumbent Conservative MP Andrew Saxton and Liberal challenger Jonathan Wilkinson on the ballot.

North Vancouver Green Party members have not set a nomination meeting date yet.

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1989: Switching to a five column format for the first time, the News celebrated its twentieth year of publication with a great contest: Bring in a 1969 issue of the News and win $2,000. An employee from 1969 came in with a copy of the December 1969 issue and receive a nice, albeit delayed bonus from the News.

1991: Macintosh IIci computers are installed at the News and staff began training on them. Although most of the newspaper was still produced on the Linotype typesetter and composited by hand, within ten years the North Shore News would be the first electronically paginated direct-to-plate newspaper in North America.

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n an apparent bid to become B.C.’s most ironic government agency, the Auditor General for Local Government has cost us all $5.2 million and produced exactly one audit — a far cry from the 18 a year they promised.We also learned this week the office is plagued by low morale, infighting and waste.

The solution from the province? Audit the auditor.

B.C.’s mayors fought the decision to create a new auditor kicking and screaming, many of them arguing that it was simply a political stunt to appear fiscally responsible. Perhaps more presciently, they suggested the province should focus on getting its own house in order first. Our current government has a history of clashing with its own auditors or shelving their advice.

Yet another irony, both levels of government have balanced budget

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legislation, though only the municipalities are actually forced to balance their books.

Until this is sorted out, we’d like to say Christy Clark has lost her privileges to accuse anyone else of financial incompetence.Yet, on Wednesday, her education minister took to the airwaves to announce the Vancouver School Board would be getting its own provincially appointed auditor.

In principle, auditing is something we are very much in support of.When done properly, an audit can be one of the sharpest tools in our policy toolbox. But this is not an example of that.

Now that we’ve established there’s reason to question whether taxpayers are being well served by the auditor, we look forward to a referendum on whether we want to continue funding it.We also look forward to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation championing the no vote.

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Showing face part of our culture Dear Editor: The culture in my birth country of England has certain basic tenets, central beliefs/principles that have lasted for hundreds of years.Those tenets are shared by most of the people who have come to Canada and become Canadians.

One of these basic beliefs is if a person is wearing a mask, he has either committed a crime or is going to commit a crime. Criminals wear masks to hide their identities. So I and others are very nervous and uncomfortable around an individual who has the face covered. Make no mistake, the niqab is not a veil, it is a mask.When

we see photos of Islamic state jihadists/terrorists, they are wearing masks.When you see a woman wearing a niqab, it is a mask albeit usually prettier.

Consider this: face coverings prevent the clear identification of a person, which is both a security risk and a social hindrance in a society that relies on facial recognition and expression in communications.

When I enter my local bank, there is a notice stating the local police authorities and the Canadian Banking Association request that you remove any caps, hoodies or sunglasses.

Will anyone have the guts to approach a woman

and ask her to remove the niqab? Of course not.

People are afraid to be called racist. It was that way in my birth country, and the result is that the use of niqab grew into the wearing of burquas.

How can we say he/she has an honest face?

That is a basic personal identification adjective used in many cultures.With a niqab, we are deprived of that comfort level measurement.

Finally, a very revealing fact, when a female Muslim partakes in the pilgrimage to Mecca (the Hajj) her face must be uncovered — no niqab!

Harry Mayor West Vancouver

Vote yes and make Lower Mainland envy of Canada Dear Editor: OK I can’t take it anymore. If you as a voter in Metro Vancouver don’t vote yes in the transit referendum you are just plain stupid. I’m sorry to have to say this but as a resident of the Greater Toronto Area where transit is a real mess, you have a once in a lifetime chance to make the Lower Mainland the envy of Canada if not the world. Oh I know Translink is full of idiots who make way too

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much money.We have the same with Metrolinx, but focus your anger where it belongs, on Christy Clark and the province; they control the whole show. And by the way, if Christy Clark was a real leader with vision she would just follow the mayors’ plan and do it, without wasting millions of your hard earned money on a question you are about to tank.When I visit your area I can travel fromYVR to Cap University for $2.75. Guess

what a ticket from Toronto Pearson Airport to downtown Toronto using diesel trains is going to cost? $27.50.Then you have to pay $3 more to get where you really need to go.

Wake up people, it’s 25 cents a day.What can you buy for a quarter? Do the right thing North Shore and vote yes!

Neil McGregor Bowmanville, Ontario

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“Once the robot got close enough, with the video that’s available, they could very clearly see what the object was. It was determined to be a very oldWalkman.”

Transit Police spokeswoman Anne Drennan describes the suspicious object that shut down SeaBus service for four hours on Tuesday (from a March 13 news story).

“Let me tell you, when you’re going 140 kilometres an hour and you don’t want to be going 140 kilometres an hour, that is a scary, scary time in your life … I was thinking, is this how my career ends?”

NorthVancouver downhill skiier Manuel OsborneParadis speaking to the media after his silverWorld Cup win on Saturday (from a March 11 sports story).

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Sunday, March 15, 2015 - North Shore News - A7

Transients eat harbour seals

From page 1

and by 10 a.m. they were spotted near the Chevron refinery in Burrard Inlet.

An hour later members of the sightings network spotted the whales near the Lions Gate Bridge.

The network first heard about the whales from a member of the public calling the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network hotline around 10 a.m., said Tessa Danelesko, co-ordinator of the group.

The whales spotted were identified as an older adult male and female, two younger adult whales and a young calf.

According to Danelesko, killer whales travelling up the Indian Arm are “extremely rare,” a trek Carla Crossman, marine mammal research biologist at the Vancouver Aquarium, said the creatures likely made in a hunt for food.

“They were probably coming in to feed. These were transient or Bigg’s killer whales, that feed exclusively on marine mammals. Up near Deep

Cove/Indian Arm there’s a lot of harbour seals in the area and so they probably came in to look for some food,” said Crossman.

Crossman said the transient killer whale’s diet differs from the more commonly spotted resident killer whales, which travel in more cohesive groups and dine almost exclusively on fish.

Transients tend to travel in smaller groups and feast on a variety of sea mammals.

“Transient killer whales are marine mammal eaters, so they’re eating the seals, sea lions, porpoises (and) dolphins.”

According to Crossman, transient groups generally enter the inlet about once or twice a year, making sightings in this area somewhat rare.

But she said it’s ultimately hard to know just how often these groups enter the area and how frequently they head up the Indian Arm. “They might be coming in at night and we might not be noticing as much.”

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Twin tunnels project nears finish BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Metro Vancouver staff are entering the final stages of a massive water infrastructure project more than 10 years in the making.

Crews gathered at the Capilano Reservoir Wednesday to begin flushing and treating water that’s been sitting in more than seven kilometres of underground pipe connecting the reservoir with the Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant at the top of Lillooet Road.

“During this time, water may be seen flowing into the Capilano Reservoir.

This overflow water poses no risks to water quality or to the environment,” a release from Metro Vancouver stated.

The project required two massive tunnel boring machines, which drilled two 3.8-metre wide tunnels, more than 200 metres under Mount Fromme and Grouse Mountain.

Crews then installed two steel pipes connecting the pump station to the filtration plant.Total cost of the project was just over $800 million.

Metro Vancouver started the project in the early 2000s to bring the system in line with new federal drinking water standards.

The cost of the project has been reflected in water utility rates over that time.

Once fully operational in May, water from the Capilano Reservoir will be pumped through the raw water tunnel to the filtration plant for treatment and then returned through the treated water tunnel to the Capilano distribution system.That portion of the system serves most of the District of West Vancouver, District of North Vancouver,Vancouver, Richmond and Delta.The project also contains a water turbine to recapture some of the energy required to pump the water through the system.

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Registration has begun for the new field hockey academy for North Shore secondary school students that will start this fall for the upcoming school year.

Created by the North Vancouver school district and Field Hockey B.C., the new sports academy will be based out of North Vancouver’s Sutherland secondary and will be open to all students between grades eight and 12.

Students will earn a P.E. grade equivalent upon completion.

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program will be limited to 35 available spots, something principal and co-founder of the program John McGowan said will likely fill up fast.

McGowan said program leaders wanted to ensure they could get the program off to a good start in terms of coaching and facility space.

McGowan said if too many students apply for the program, officials will use a lottery system to choose who gets a spot.

Cost may be another issue for some families McGowan told school trustees at a recent board meeting, citing the $2,500 annual fee for the program.

However McGowan said one of the benefits of partnering with a provincial organization like Field Hockey B.C. are the bursaries these organizations offer to families who can’t pay the fee. He cited similar instances in the district’s volleyball academy, which is a partnership with Volleyball B.C. McGowan said there have been five students in the past few years who have received bursaries to attend the volleyball academy.

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I have constant pain in the middle of my back and my doctor says that I need to get stronger. Is there an exercise that can isolate the muscles between my shoulder blades?

Answer: The large muscles between your shoulder blades are the trapezius and rhomboids. It’s common for people to experience mid-back pain if their upper trapezius and rhomboids are strong but their lower trapezius are

weak. Thumb raises are a great exercise to strengthen this area and they can be easily performed at home.

Start this exercise by lying face down on the floor with your arms extended in front of your head at 10 and two. Bend your arms at approximately 10 degree angles and point your thumbs upward towards the ceiling. Once in this position slowly raise your hands and arms approximately two to three inches off the ground and

then lower them back down to the floor. Avoid shrugging your shoulders towards your ears when performing this exercise.

You should feel the muscles of your mid back working and tightening.

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“The whole movement came from California, but the trend is everywhere now,” explains owner Brad Carpenter of Solus Décor, a concrete company with a focus on building fireplace surrounds and fire pits.

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“One of the best testimonials we ever got came from a client with three teenage children,” Carpenter shares with pride. “She said that when she turns on the fire pit, the kids all put away their cell phones, gather round the fire and talk to each other. Fire pits create a natural ambience that encourages gathering and conversation.”

Fire pits typically cost less than traditional fireplaces.

They also offer a wider range of placement options and come in a variety of sizes and styles. Round options are the most popular, but square and rectangular pits are also available.

Fire pits can be fueled by natural gas, propane or biofuel (ethanol). Natural gas is the most popular option in British Columbia: it can generate substantial heat and is an inexpensive fuel source, but requires a dedicated gas line to be installed.

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Price-wise, a built-in fire pit will typically run between $3,000 and $7,000, says Carpenter, depending on the design and the features.

“It’s not insignificant, but the concrete will outlast you and me, and the burners are made of brass, which will not rust. That’s quite important in our environment. These things are built to last.”

If you’re thinking about joining the movement and building an outdoor room, a fire pit will add the charm and ambience that your family will enjoy right now. It will also increase your home’s market value when the time comes to list and sell.

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UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA The Alzheimer Society of B.C. will offer a tele-workshop Tuesday, March 17 at 2 or 7 p.m.The sessions will provide basic information about dementia and the impact it has on the individual, caregivers and families. Participants will be able to ask questions and share with others who are in similar situations.

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who have experienced pregnancy loss or the death of an infant are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a screening of the movie Return to Zero Saturday, March 21, 7 p.m. at Olivet Baptist Church, 613 Queens Ave., New Westminster. A discussion and question and answer session will follow. emptycradle.bc.ca 100 WOMEN WHO CARE OF THE NORTH SHORE is a giving circle where members nominate local organizations to receive funding. At each meeting, three prenominated organizations are picked from a hat and nominees make five-minute presentations. Members vote and the organization with the most votes receives a cheque for $50 from each member.

The goal is for 100 women to commit to making a cash donation of $50 four times a year.The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 23, at Milestones restaurant in the Village at Park Royal from 7 to 8 p.m.

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One of the best reasons to take care of your mouth is that people with periodontal or gum disease are almost twice as likely to suffer from coronary artery disease according to recent studies. Oral bacteria can enter the bloodstream, attaching to fatty plaques in the heart’s blood vessels, causing clots to form. Inflammation in the gums contributes to swelling in the arteries.

Regular dental cleanings will likely reduce your risk of heart disease and strokes.

Gum disease is an infection in the gum tissues and bone that keep your teeth in place and is one of the leading causes of adult tooth loss. If diagnosed early, it can be treated and reversed.

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Many people get into the habit of eating the same meals day after day.

medicine and therefore should be treated with the same respect. The excess consumption of any medicine is harmful for the human body.

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Just because a product is “natural” does not mean it doesn’t have side effects, interactions, and potential toxicity.

With a poor diet and the addition of medication, alcohol, smoking and caffeine consumption, you can become depleted in nutrients and therefore supplementing with vitamins may be necessary. Taking vitamins is also important when the body is in a state where it has increased nutritional requirements caused by strenuous exercise, stress, sleep deprivation, pregnancy or a heath condition.

Is the supplement a quality brand? Vitamins are a multibillion dollar industry and this means that many companies cut production costs by adding fillers and binders to their formulas in order to sell them at a reduced rate.

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Vitamins are organic compounds that are naturally present in minute amounts in food and are not made in sufficient amounts in the human body. They activate chemical reactions in the body that have much broader implications in gene expression, metabolism, growth, development and reproduction, and more.

Nearly all vitamins are considered essential.

Vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat-soluble vitamins and build up in your system, therefore, they don’t require daily consumption.

Water-soluble vitamins such as the B-complex group and vitamin C leave the body every day in your urine, which means that these vitamins should be taken regularly since they can’t be stored.

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The last message to take home is that if you are eating junk food all day, you are dreaming if you think that taking a multivitamin is somehow going to compensate and magically protect your health.

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Avoid temptation to exclude income Tax time can be a tempting time not to report all your income.

Resist that temptation.

While Canada has a selfreporting tax system, the tax office has powerful weapons to “encourage” Canadians to do the right thing.

For example, the information on all those tax slips you have been receiving also goes to the Canada Revenue Agency.

A computer can make quick work of comparing what you were paid from those various sources with what you reported on your

tax return.

The self-reporting comes more into play with less documented income like self-employment (including tips) and rental property income.

However, if the person who paid you claims the amount as a deductible expense, once again the computer could single out your file to see if you had declared the income.

I always remember a client who had been advised to invent a rental property, then to make up both an income figure and a list of expenses totalling

Mike Grenby

Money Matters several thousand dollars more than the income. He

would then deduct that loss from his other income, typically saving him almost $1,000 in tax every year.

While minimizing tax by using all legal methods is fine, this was a case of tax evasion, which is illegal.

How might he get caught? Well, the computer could check whether the rental property address showed up anywhere else in the CRA system. Or a routine audit would reveal the fraud. And a vengeful

ex-spouse or other acquaintance could trigger an investigation.

If the CRA suspects you of significantly underreporting your income — perhaps by comparing your lifestyle with your reported income — it can reassess you for the income it thinks you should have been reporting. The onus is then on you to prove the CRA wrong.

If you haven’t been doing the right thing, the CRA offers a voluntary

disclosure program.

Provided an investigation into your affairs isn’t under way, you may disclose unreported income, and pay only the taxes owing plus interest on those back taxes — but avoid any tax penalties.

Mike Grenby is a columnist and independent personal financial advisor; he’ll answer questions in this column as space allows but cannot reply personally. Email mike. grenby@gmail.com

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WV centenarian lives the good life “The good life started for me after the war,” says one of the North Shore’s newest centenarians.

In 1945, George Lea married, was demobbed from the Royal Canadian Air Force and returned to his career as an insurance man. He and his wife Mary made their home in West Vancouver and raised sons George, John, Ron and Ted. That was 70 years ago.

What was George up to during his first 30 years of life?

He was born on March 10, 1915, and raised with sister Gert, and brothers

Laura Anderson

Memory Lane

Norman and Sydney in Fort William, now Thunder Bay, Ont. Father Charles, born in Liverpool in 1885, came to Canada in 1910

and entered the grain industry. His mother, Bertha Ethel Spencer, was the daughter of a sea captain. Born at sea in 1886, she lived the first 12 years of her life aboard the merchant sailing ship Largiemore.

A memory: 1918, the Fort William train station.

George is four years old, riding on his father’s shoulders, handing out cigarettes to returning soldiers.

Sports — player, coach and referee — run the span of George’s life. As a player, he preferred teams with

good-looking uniforms.

“The best ones matched my blue eyes,” he says.

There aren’t many men who can make another of George’s sporting claims.

Hitched by a rope harness to a plow, he was Fort William’s ice rink sweeper, a human Zamboni.

He was glad for the work. All across the country, men were on the road in search of work. Egg sandwiches were all George’s mother could give the men that followed the harvest trains carrying prairie grain to the Lakehead.

When George was 21, he waved goodbye to his brothers and boarded the train to start a new life out

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A TRADITION OF SERVICE AND INNOVATION in the Heart of Ambleside In WestVancouver, Hollyburn Pharmacy opened in 1969 at the corner of 17th and Marine Drive in Ambleside. It was a reliable neighbourhood cornerstone. In 2001, the pharmacy was purchased by the Holyk family and in 2002 they moved the business into the new Hollyburn Medical Building on 16th street.

While new to the area, the Holyk family were no strangers to the business. Michael Holyk was the head pharmacist and owner of another neighbourhood pharmacy- Kerrisdale Pharmacy inVancouver. His son Colin grew up in the business, working in theVancouver store as a youth and Hollyburn Pharmacy through university where he graduated as a pharmacist.

In 2015, he received the prestigious PCCA Canadian Compounding Pharmacist of theYear Award.

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“Our guiding principle is to offer quality services and products to our clients in a compassionate, friendly, and timely manner and always putting the patient’s needs first,” says Colin. “Our philosophy is to provide our patients with as many products and services as possible to help maintain or improve their health and wellness.”

As a result, Hollyburn Pharmacy provides a range of health choices.

“We offer more than just a prescription filling service, rather as many effective products that are organic, natural, or free from toxic additives, colours, or preservatives.”

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Family enjoyed local sports and recreation activities From page 22

West. On a farm in Surrey, he milked cows, tended chickens and consumed his share of eggs until an uncle helped him obtain a position with the Union of Canton Insurance Society.

Evenings might find George skating at the forum, where one night he partnered Mary Molyard around the rink. A cup of coffee in a Hastings Street restaurant led to hiking and ski dates on the North Shore and, after seven or

eight years and a world war, to marriage in 1945.

During the war, George served in the air force as a navigator and as a front-end gunner, flying into storms on weather reconnaissance missions from posts along the B.C. coast. “I never fired a shot in anger,” he says. “The weather was our biggest enemy.”

“Mary and I bought our little house right after the war.”

Their first home, a cottage at 1542 Fulton Ave., currently houses B.C.

Ambulance service station 255.

The year 1952 saw the arrival of their fourth son.

“After four boys, I was close to having a baseball team,” says George, explaining the Leas then moved to a larger house in Ambleside.

In summer, the family went camping.That’s if no baseball was scheduled and George wasn’t down at Hodgson and Clark’s lumberyard on Marine Drive, “with the rest of the fellas, picking up wood for

projects, you know.”

Winters saw the Leas on the soccer field, at the ice rink and skiing on the North Shore mountains.

The years passed.

The boys moved into their own lives.Wives and grandchildren came along.

George retired from the insurance business. In 1993, when he was 78, Mary passed away.

Through his 80s and 90s, George kept active, enjoying family, friends and the outdoor life.With fellow insurance man Alec

Swanson, he would ski in to Swanson’s cabin on Hollyburn mountain.They would open the cabin, chop wood and light the stove.

Limbered up by exercise and Pusser’s Navy Rum, the two old friends would make their way to Hollyburn Lodge to socialize, a routine that continued until Swanson’s death just over a year ago.

At his centennial celebration, surrounded by a host of well-wishers, the man known in the family as the “living legend” was

asked, “What’s the secret of long life?”

George smiled.

“The secret of life is a secret,” he said.

George’s secret, his sons suggest, is empathy and understanding, resilience in the face of trials, and determination to find the best life has to offer.These qualities, life’s great gifts, George Lea has shared generously for 100 years.

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Architect’s legacy lives on in Arizona

TaliesinWest houses Frank LloydWright school campus PETER NEVILLE-HADLEY MeridianWriters’ Group

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.

— Frank Lloyd Wright was once accused by a reporter of using his architecture school to make little Frank Lloyd Wrights.

“There’s no such thing as a little Frank Lloyd Wright,” snapped the architect.

There’s certainly nothing little about Taliesin West, the combined office, school and winter residence maintained as a shrine to Wright’s memory.

(He died in 1959, at 91.)

It sits on what has become several hundred million dollars-worth of prime suburban real estate. Now embraced by the sprawl of Scottsdale, a part of greater Phoenix, it was in the middle of nowhere when Wright bought it in 1937 with the fees for the design of one of his most famous houses, Fallingwater.

The rather less glamorous architecture school was a combined academy and boot camp.

The apprentices worked with Wright to build the complex with their own bare hands. Part of their training also involved building desert shelters elsewhere on the property, for which they had to be client, architect, contractor and fund-raiser all rolled into one.

Despite the success of Fallingwater, at the time he built Taliesin West Wright was going through a 20-year drought in

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by tour guides as marks of Wright’s genius.

Ceramic friezes, a riot of polychrome figures that once ran along the roof ridges of southern Chinese houses, are incongruously set into rough walls of boulders and cement.

These were bought at a discount from an antiques store whose stock had been damaged in an earthquake.

Light was filtered in through canvas until Wright’s wife forced him to put in glass. Students arriving at the time began

by learning to cut it, although the shortage of funds meant that the glass was usually second-hand, and they’d first spend time scraping off “Sam’s Café” or similar lettering with razor blades.

In contrast to that, the overall atmosphere is now monastic and reverential, especially in the hush of the drafting room where current students of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture bend over complex drawings. Many of Wright’s later, more

charismatic works were first drafted here, and the site’s holy books contain 22,000 of his drawings and 350,000 other documents.

The foundation that runs the site draws on these to deal with the requests that still come in to build houses from the master’s archive, although some of those plans have to be adapted to modern regulations, such as on ceiling heights. A good thing, too: Wright himself was short, and many a visitor has to duck when

passing through doorways to Taliesin West’s cinema, lecture hall, theatre and living spaces.

If you go: For more information on Taliesin West visit the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation website at franklloydwright.org.

For information on travel in Arizona visit the Arizona Office of Tourism website at visitarizona.com.

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Planning a wine trip this summer? Let me suggest one “must-do” for you.

Every month it seems I taste something new from Similkameen, which yet again reinforces that this small valley with big features may well be the province’s most exciting and very much stillemerging region.

It’s not as if the Similkameen Valley is new or even remotely recent. However, there’s no question that this remarkable stretch of rocks and soil, which for so long has existed in the shadow of the Okanagan, has very much begun to spread its wings.

What Similkameen may lack in numbers or volume, it more than makes up for in quality. Names that come to mind include Orofino, Clos de Soleil, Robin’s Ridge, Seven Stones, Little Farm, Forbidden Fruit, and so on. My latest discovery, or (more accurately) reminder, came with a taste of wines from Eau Vivre Winery.

This small, biodynamic producer has flourished on the original site and is properly established by Herder Vineyards. Every year their wines seem to be more mature and polished, a fact not overlooked in tough competition, such as the Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in B.C.Wines, which has twice recognized Eau Vivre Pinot Noir. (Full disclosure: I’m on the judging panel.)

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Notable Potables Right now, I would be hunting down Eau Vivre Pinot Noir 2013.

In my mind this is classic Similkameen Pinot: upfront crushed berry notes followed by a generous but balanced palate of juicy strawberry and raspberry notes with approachable tannins, well-managed oak, mouthwatering acidity and a lengthy close (92 points, $21.90 at the winery). I’d be tempted to put a bottle aside for the first sockeye of the season.

More proof that B.C. does Cabernet Franc increasingly well comes with Eau Vivre 2012 Cabernet Franc, which sports forward damson and raspberry notes before a plush palate with a pleasing earthy edge, definite but balanced tannins and a rich lingering finish (91 points, $22).Think wild mushroom risotto or braised shank.

Increasingly, it seems that B.C. Gewurztraminer is flying under the radar, which is strange when you consider it was once one of

our more widely planted whites. Here again Eau Vivre does it justice with their 2013 Gewurztraminer.

Off dry, it sports more citrus and apple hints on the nose before showing off a lush and textured orchard fruit palate with mineral undertone and a touch of spice.Whip up a mediumheat curry and it will really shine (90 points, $17).

All prices mentioned are at the winery.You’ll likely pay a little more at the store.

Find lots of Similkameen info at similkameenwine.com.

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Hosted at CBC Studios, a score of craft distilleries will showcase their wares at two public tastings: 4 p.m.-6 p.m. and 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.

In fact, emphasizing the boom in distilling, there’ll be 11 newcomers at this year’s festival, with a wealth of distinctive gins, vodkas, and other fine spirits and liqueurs. In addition ,you’ll find the likes of Bittered Sling Extracts,Walter AllNatural Craft Caesar Mix, SIP Soda, and Dickie’s Ginger, plus bites from Koko Monk chocolates, Forage restaurant, the Donnelly Group and others.

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Congratulations to the finalists of this year’s North Shore Sport Awards, taking place Tuesday, March 24, 7:00pm at the West Vancouver Community Centre, Atrium

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Respect others at the off-leash park I was reminded the other day of my aversion to dog parks.

Nine years ago, when my pointer Piper, who is now 10, was an adolescent, we were going through a few challenging behaviours, as most dog owners experience with their dogs around that age. Being a professional trainer does not automatically exempt my dogs from going through normal stages of maturity related behavioural issues.

Piper had begun to feel the need to show me how fast he could run in the opposite direction when I called him. So, part of his training was leash walking the seven blocks to the dog park, which gave me a chance to reinforce the boundaries of acceptable behaviour and practise his recall while on leash.

Once at the dog park we continued the leash training for a few moments and then I would allow him off leash for social time.

It was during these training visits that I began to notice the unique individuals who

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Canine Connection congregated at the dog park.There were some — and I stress the word some — like me who worked with their dogs to encourage proper socialization while incorporating obedience training.

Then there were the chatters.They would group together and chat while their dogs played a reasonable distance away, but with little interaction except for the removal and application of the leash upon arrival and departure.

Then there were the ones who walked the perimeter of the dog park while their dogs ran about from one dog to another with very

little interaction with their owners.

On this day, Piper and I started off our walk as usual, which meant I called him back after he had a brief play with a dog in the area. All was going well until we came towards a couple of rescued, retired racing greyhounds owned by a perimeter walker. Both of the extremely large and powerful males had muzzles on. I thought this was great because these dogs are typically poorly socialized and the muzzle keeps all dogs safe, or so I thought.

Piper began to approach the two males when intuition began knocking at my door.

Listening to it, I called him back, which he responded to. Unfortunately, the two dogs already had missilelock on him and took off after him.The owner did nothing.

This is when everything began to move in slow motion.

The two greyhounds caught up to Piper within seconds and they knocked him over with one body check and began to attack

him. I still thank God those dogs had muzzles on because one had Piper pinned on his back and was shoving his muzzled mouth at Piper’s throat as if he wasn’t wearing one.

The other was doing the same thing, but on Piper’s exposed stomach. Piper began fighting for his life and I ran as fast as my legs could carry me while yelling at the owner of the dogs to call them. But when I looked up, I saw the owner trying to find a place to put down his coffee cup without it spilling.

This is where fear turns to anger.

I threw myself at the large dogs, dragging them off Piper one by one by their hind legs.The owner finally made his way over to me and began yelling at me to leave his dogs alone.

This is where anger turns to rage.

As I approached him he began to take a few steps back. As politely as I could manage, and minimizing my use of profanity, I said, “I can see that your dogs are muzzled and I respect that.

Maybe you should as well.”

Because of that experience, Piper developed a fear of larger dogs that he never got over. Almost 10 years later that fear was clearly evident when we came across a Great Dane over the weekend.

Having a dog that is behaviorally challenged is not easy. I work with enough of them to truly understand this and the dog community does not make it any easier as other dog owners pass judgment and condemnation very easily.

But the best way to help your dog is to accept 100 per cent responsibility for your dog’s behaviour. If it is aggressive, then muzzle it and leash it if you choose to go to a dog park.

If you don’t, it could result in another dog developing a lifetime behavioural problem of its own.

Joan Klucha has been working with dogs for more than 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation.

Contact her at k9kinship.com.

New guide dog guidelines The provincial government has tabled new legislation intended to give people who use guide or service dogs more rights and privileges.

If passed, the Guide Dog and Service Dog Act would update housing rules to ensure people can keep guide or service dogs, regardless of pet bylaws.

Among other things, the act would also require all guide and service dogs be trained by a facility accredited by Assistance Dogs International or the International Guide Dog Federation.Working dogs would have to wear visible identification to show they are certified under B.C. law.

The proposed changes would take effect in the fall.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

Blues finish on a high note Bogajev named PacWest Rookie of theYear

CHRIS SLATER newsroom@nsnews.com

Scan this photo with the Layar app or visit nsnews.com to see more photos of the Capilano Blues basketball teams.

The Capilano Blues may not have claimed a medal at last weekend’s PacWest men’s basketball championships but they did score the tournament’s biggest upset.

During the March 5 quarterfinal game against the Quest Kermodes, the sixth-seeded Blues managed to stay ahead of the third-seeded Kermodes throughout the contest despite several Quest runs that narrowed the gap to as little as a single point.

By the end of the game, the Blues took away the first upset of the provincial tournament, beating Quest 87-82.

The Blues couldn’t keep the upset streak going, however, losing 92-69 in the semifinals to secondranked Langara with a berth in the provincial final and a ticket to the national championships on the line.

That loss dropped the Blues into the consolation final, and although it seemed the bronze might be in their grasp by the halfway point of last Saturday’s matchup against the Douglas Royals, the Blues lost their chance in overtime, losing 109-97.

First-year Blues player Martin Bogajev led the pack, scoring 20 points for the team in that game.

Despite missing out on the medals at provincials, the team’s quickness on the court and chemistry with one another were their strongest attributes this season, according to coach Jon Acob.

Of the 21 games played during the regular season, the rookie-laden Blues won seven. Although he believes his team has room for improvement, Acob said he was pleased with the way his young players consistently worked together and improved as a team as the season

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“The biggest strength of this team is the chemistry of the group. They all got along with each other, they all liked each other and they all trusted each other,” said Acob, who just finished his first season of coaching for the Blues.

“We played more as a team as opposed to being individuals, put all agendas

aside. Whatever was good for the team was at the forefront and that really showed because that was our style. It didn’t matter who scored, it didn’t matter who got the rebounds.”

Acob said he was also pleased with his team’s quick decision-making ability on the court, something he saw improve considerably over the

season.

“The other thing too is that we started to run our fast break style, which I think made it hard for teams to defend because we’re not really tall, but we’re very quick decision makers.”

However a lack of aggressive defensive skills was a major area for improvement, according to

Acob, who said the Blues were over reliant on zone defense during games. The team’s rebounding also needs improvement for next season he said.

“Defensively we’ve got to be more aggressive,” said Acob, who believes the Blues are also the youngest team in the league right See Morris page 30

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Windsor, Argyle land gymnastics podium places It was a one-two punch of North Shore schools at the high school provincial gymnastics championships hosted

by North Vancouver’s Sutherland secondary last weekend.

Windsor came out on top, claiming the overall team title, while Argyle finished second. More than 250 gymnasts from 50 schools took part in the event running Thursday through Saturday.

On their way to the overall title Windsor finished first in the Level 2 and 3 boys divisions and won the overall boys title. Argyle, meanwhile, won the girls junior Level 1 division and the senior girls Level 2. Competitors are grouped from levels one through five with the more experienced athletes competing in the higher numbers.

North Shore athletes took home several

individual titles at the event.

Argyle’s Michael Sibley, recently returned from the Canada Winter Games, won the all-around title for Level 5 boys, claiming first place in five of the six events. Sutherland’s Douglas Forrest did the same trick in Level 4 boys, claiming the all-around title while winning five of his six events. Windsor’s Greg Burns finished second in the all-around.

In boys Level 3 Windsor’s Braeden Massullo took the allaround title while winning the pommels and parallel bars. Argyle’s James Walsoff finished third allaround, winning the rings.

Windsor’s Drew Sandall finished fourth all-around, winning the floor exercise, vault and high bar.

In boys Level 2 Seycove’s Mathew Dander won the rings and finished second in the all-around

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finishing second on the high bar and fourth in the all-around. Windsor’s Jacob Piccolo finished third all-around. In boys level 1 Windsor’s Ernie Navatril placed second on pommels, Patrick Ellis from St. Thomas Aquinas was second on the rings and Sutherland’s Marco Misceo placed third on the vault.

On the girls side Windsor’s Claire Bent led the way in Level 5,

finishing third in the all-around with secondplace showing in vault and uneven bars, while at Level 4 Sutherland’s Tea Ham finished third in the floor exercise. At Level 2 Argyle’s Kerryanne Callahan claimed the allaround title, winning three of her four events.

In Level 1 Windsor’s Olivia Terretta finished third in the all-around while Sutherland’s Mieka

Halliday-Gunn placed first on the beam.

North Shore athletes dominated the junior girls division with Argyle’s Lelia Kostiuk winning the allaround title followed by Windsor’s Sabrina Perera in second, Sutherland’s Jacqueline Hollstedt in third, Seycove’s Sarah Garnett in fourth and Sutherland’s Karley Erickson in sixth.

— Andy Prest

Morris a first-team all-star

From page 29

now, making it harder for them to compete against older, more experienced players.

“We had nine first year players and three second year players, so we were probably the youngest team out there.”

Acob said that even though the Blues placed sixth out of seven teams in the regular season, the improvements he saw in the team over the course of the season were considerable.

“They grew and they matured and they realized they can play in this league.

They didn’t play as first year players at the end of the year.”

The Capilano Blues

women’s basketball team was narrowly eliminated from the PacWest quarterfinals by the Camosun Chargers on March 5, with a final score of 68-64. Carmel M’Bikata led all scorers with 22 points to earn player of the game honours for the Blues while Ella Goldschmid paced the Chargers with 20 points.

Prior to the start of the PacWest championship tournament the league announced its award winners and Bogajev snagged one of the major honours, earning PacWest Rookie of the Year status.

He also earned a spot on the all-rookie team.

The Burnaby South grad finished seventh in the league with an average of

15 points per game and eight in the league with 2.9 assists per game.

Teammate Andrew Morris, a St. Thomas More grad, was also honoured, scoring a spot on the PacWest first-team all-stars.

Morris finished second in the league in scoring and third in rebounding with averages of 18.6 and 8.3 per game.

On the women’s side Capilano’s Michelle Errico and Karyn Nelson were named to the PacWest second all-star team.

Errico, an Argyle grad, finished fourth in the league in scoring with an average of 13.3 points per game while Nelson, a Carson Graham grad, placed seventh overall with 7.0 rebounds per game.

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