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Dancer ‘feeling good’ 7 weeks after serious roller skating accident MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

A radiant Lucila Munaretto can’t stop smiling.

“I’m feeling good. To be able to be alive, it’s something out of everyone’s mind,” she said, during an interview at the North Shore News Thursday.

Seven weeks ago Munaretto was rushed to Lions Gate Hospital in critical condition after colliding with a van on a busy roadway in Upper Lonsdale while on roller skates.

The 21-year-old promising ballerina originally from Argentina spent two weeks in

a medically induced coma to ease the swelling on her brain.

She said the first 10 days after the accident are a blur.

“They told me that I woke up and I tried to take the tubes out of me,” revealed Munaretto with a laugh.

“Three times I did that, take all the stuff out.”

Eventually the nurses used wrist restraints to prevent Munaretto from pulling out her breathing tube and IV again. But they couldn’t stop her legs from practising ballet moves.

Ballet has been Munaretto’s saving grace through her ordeal. Before the Aug. 13 accident, Munaretto was performing with Coastal City Ballet after being recruited by the Vancouver-based dance school three years ago.

On Sept. 26, one day after See Dancer page 9

Federal parties weigh in on legal pot debate BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Canada’s three major opposition parties agree: It’s time to reform Canada’s pot laws – though they all have their own take on how that ought to be done.

The federal Liberals were the first to make a declarative stance that Canada needs to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana.

“We don’t think this war

VOTE 2015 on drugs has worked,” said Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Liberal candidate for West See Majority page 5

Lucila Munaretto, the ballerina seriously injured in an Upper Lonsdale roller skating accident in August, shares an embrace with her mother Alicia Pekala. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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Leaders of the Pack: building a franchise Father-son duo start a junior hockey team from scratch ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

It’s minutes before the North Van Wolf Pack home opener is set to begin on a Saturday night at Harry Jerome arena and Dean Samson – the team’s part owner, CEO and elder statesman – is rushing around the rink trying to fix the Internet connection.

It’s an important task because there’s a volunteer film crew and announcers from BCIT on site to do their regular online broadcast. You can’t really have an online broadcast if you can’t get online. It’s also important because of the significance of the night: it’s the first regular season game since the Wolf Pack won their first ever title in the junior B Pacific Junior Hockey League.

Several star grads from that championship team are back in the building and they’ll be on the ice in a few minutes to accept the trophies and banners.

The only problem is that Samson admits he knows next to nothing about the technological wizardry needed to get the Internet connection fired up again.

“We prepped for everything except that,” he says. “That’s on me. I’m getting older, I don’t always remember everything I need to do. ... It’s all the little details outside of the hockey itself that stress you out after a while.”

There is one other factor adding stress to the situation. There’s a man miles away in Merritt, B.C., someone very important to the franchise, sitting in front of his computer trying to catch the broadcast. He really wanted to be there in person but the online broadcast would be the next best thing. If, of course, they can get the dang Internet hooked up again.

••• There’s a lot that goes into running a junior hockey franchise. The Wolf Pack emerged out of the dreams of a young man named Matt Samson, a

Coach Bayne Koen maps out a strategy for the North Van Wolf Pack junior B hockey team during a recent practice. The team, led by a father-son duo, has had an interesting journey from struggling expansion team to league champions to a new chapter full of uncertainty and promise. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH hockey player himself who after finishing his career at NCAA Div. 3 Buffalo State College in New York came home to the West Coast and started looking for work. One option was coaching, and as a 24-yearold he was approached to lead a team in what was known as an “outlaw league,” a junior circuit that was not aligned with Hockey Canada.

“I literally knew nothing about it. I thought it sounded cool at the time,” Matt says.

He ended up with a team called the Squamish Cougars. The coaching was cool. The league – not so much.

“The second year was just a mess and everything kind of fell apart financially.

Rinks weren’t getting paid and I didn’t get paid – it was just a disaster.”

But Matt was hooked.

The Cougars faded away but Matt wanted to keep coaching, and he wanted it to be legit. That’s when he got the idea: he’d start his own junior hockey team.

He was, however, still just a mid-20s recent college grad with no money and no connections. He knew someone who did have those things though: his father, Dean.

Dean Samson has always had a strong connection to sports, having played high-level football and baseball.

The Winnipeg native was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the University of Manitoba team that won the Vanier Cup in 1969 and 1970.

Later employed as a customs broker, Dean had an epiphany during one of the bitter Manitoba winters in the early 1980s.

“We used to come (to the West Coast) for our vacations and I thought what are we doing? Let’s move.”

Matt grew up on the West Coast with Dean coaching him in hockey and baseball. When Matt came back to him with a plan to start his own junior hockey team, Dean was again happy to help.

“I loved team sports, I got so much out of it,” Dean says. “You don’t realize until you get a bit older how many people are doing something to give you that opportunity.

I played in three national championships in various sports. I never thought a thing about it. You realize later all the organization that has to happen to get

you there.”

Matt needed Dean, needed his money, and needed his friends with money. On top of all the funds needed to equip and run a team, there was also a $50,000 fee to buy a new franchise. Dean headed up a group of 10 local investors who paid for the team, most of whom are still on board. It took some convincing, however, to get the league based mainly in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley to expand up the Sea-to-Sky highway.

“They didn’t want to drive to Squamish,” says Matt. “I think there were a few people who didn’t want us in the league, but at the end of the day they were happy to take our money.”

The Squamish Wolf Pack began play in the 2008-’09 season with 26-year-old Matt Samson as their coach and general manager. The team would soon find out, however, that the doubters might have been right. Squamish was a tough place for a junior hockey team. Local support was good, but the travel was not.

“We were chartering a bus so every road game was like $1,500 or $1,700 on the bus. That’s just insane,” says Matt.

“We made a lot of mistakes in the first year,” adds Dean. “We might as well have just burned the money.”

Recruiting players also proved to be a huge challenge. For the most part, players at the junior B level know they’re not likely headed to the NHL so they are happy to play for teams located close to home.

They weren’t so happy, it turns out, to drive the extra miles to Squamish.

“We were kind of like going to Siberia as a junior B player in the Lower Mainland,” says Matt.

“It’s like, ‘Oh my God, I got traded to Squamish.

What the hell? Am I going to report?’ It was option 10 on every PJHL player’s list of places to play…. It was easier for us to get a kid from Denver or California than it was to get a kid from Burnaby or even North Van.” By year three things were getting bleak – the team played 46 games and was outscored 251-122.

They won six times.

••• The summer following the six-win season the Samsons pulled off a manoeuvre that turned the team around completely, moving the franchise

from Squamish to the family’s adopted West Coast hometown of North Vancouver. The Wolf Pack’s future brightened immediately.

The team was now drawing players from around the Lower Mainland, particularly the North Shore’s four strong associations: North Van, West Van, Hollyburn and the Winter Club. The first year in North Van the team made the playoffs for the first time ever.

Their point totals rose in each of the first four seasons, from 43 in 2011’12 all the way up to 67 last season, a total that won the Wolf Pack their first ever regular season title.

The team was recruiting better players and – more importantly, the Samsons say – helping them move on to play on junior or college teams and hopefully get an education.

“I’m not in it to make money,” says Dean. “None of our (owners) are in it to make money. They all want the same thing. One of our guys died two years ago – his biggest thrill was to know that kids who started with us were going to college.”

Things were definitely going much better for the Wolf Pack since the move to North Van, but the team still had to deal with all sorts of minor (and major) annoyances that come with operating a fairly small business in a highly public environment.

Sponsors have come on board, and fans of the team – including the players’ families – pay admission to the games. But the money that comes in – approximately $30,000 at the gate for the entire year – is never much different from the money that goes out. Each home game costs about $850 for referees, ice time and support staff.

The players pay to play too, with an $800 fee to the league as well as team fees.

With all those costs, the team is always looking for creative ways to make some money. Each game the winner of a puck toss gets a chance to shoot through a small hole into the net, winning a $50 gift certificate for Popeye’s Vitamins if they hit the mark. One day Dean came up with the idea to raise the stakes on the old shoot-toSee Title page 26

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Majority favour legalization From page 1

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A recent World Health Organization report noted that Canada has the highest teen usage of marijuana, something that would likely go down if it were better regulated, Goldsmith-Jones said.

“Right now, it’s easier to get a hold of marijuana than cigarettes or alcohol for minors,” she said.

“We’re trying to address that because we want to keep young people healthy.

We think legalizing marijuana is the best way to keep it out of the hands of children and to keep the proceeds from funding criminal activities.”

Goldsmith-Jones said the exact model for how marijuana would be sold legally would be determined in consultation with the Canadian people.

“We have to have a public debate. Right now, we have not been able to do that,” she said The NDP’s campaign is promising to decriminalize simple possession of the pot, but their plan stops short of full legalization. “(Decriminalization) is something we can do

immediately and we don’t have to work with the provinces to do it,” said Carol Baird Ellan, NDP candidate in Burnaby North-Seymour and a former judge. “Our view is no one should be criminalized for simple possession. They shouldn’t have a criminal record. ...

It’s something where the penalty is unnecessary for those kinds of issues.”

As for what happens next, Baird Ellan said it would have to be studied.

“We’re going to look at what is the best approach.

We’ve talked about striking an independent commission, talking it out with the provinces, and studying the issue,” she said. “We obviously need an approach that removes it from the current situation in terms of organized crime being involved in supply.”

The Green Party’s plan not only includes legalization, regulation and taxation but also estimates on how much money the government could rake in as well as how to spend it.

“Our party makes decisions and policies based on a pragmatic approach to issues and based on science and

expert advice,” said Ken Melamed, West Vancouver candidate. “The war on drugs has failed. We lost the war on drugs.”

Money raised from the sale of pot would go to fund “the rebuilding of the country,” Melamed said.

“Within four years, it could be around the $5-billion mark and that doesn’t include the savings to the Canadian economy.

We know that there’s millions of dollars in law enforcement still being spent on trying to keep fighting the war on drugs that will be saved.”

No one from any of the North Shore’s three Conservative campaigns made themselves available for an interview. The Conservatives brought in mandatory minimum prison sentences for people caught growing as few as six pot plants, though that law was struck down as “cruel and unusual” by the Ontario Supreme Court early this week.

The Conservatives issued a press release on Friday promising a reelected government would continue to combat illegal drugs.

“Our national anti-drug

strategy is working,” South Vancouver candidate Alice Wong said. “But there is much more that needs to be done to combat drug use, particularly among youth.”

The party is promising to set up a toll-free phone line for parents concerned their kids are into drugs; direct the Canadian Mental Health Commission to focus on the link between substance abuse and mental health; and increase funding for the RCMP’s meth lab and grow-op enforcement.

An Insights West poll released this week found 65 per cent of Canadians favour full legalization compared to 30 per cent who oppose it.

“I would say the Conservatives are completely out of step with prevailing attitudes,” said Neil Boyd, SFU criminology professor.

Boyd said Canada’s pot laws are still enforced, although it varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

“You’re 25 times more likely to be stopped in Kelowna as in St. John’s, or about six or seven times more likely in Kelowna as opposed to Victoria,” he said.

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Young & voteless W

hat’s with the kids today?

Plenty, but it seems voting is not something worth putting down Instagram and Snapchat for.

Less than 39 per cent voted in 2011 and political scientists warn us that millennials could be democracy’s lost generation.

Research tells us if you miss voting in two or three elections, you’re not likely to get into the habit.

Our parties share in the blame for this, ignoring young people in their platforms and campaigns to focus on the more votepotent boomer demo. It’s a vicious cycle.

Politicians ignore the young. The young ignore elections.

While it’s tempting to say “They don’t want to vote? Fine. Their loss,” we should be looking at this as the symptom of a larger problem: rot in the support beams of the country.

MAILBOX

Believe it or not, democracy is a relatively fragile thing. Without meaningful participation by citizens, what legitimacy does an elected government have?

If you’re the type to read a newspaper’s editorial, you’re already likely to vote. It’s your kids or grandkids that we’re worried about. We want you to grab them by the ear – yes, physically – and drag them to an Elections Canada office to register and vote.

For those whose young’uns aren’t of age, take them with you to the polling station on Oct. 19. Tell them why you’re doing what you’re doing and why it’s important.

For all the millennials’ faults, this country will be theirs one day and the best legacy we can leave them is the know-how to take control of it.

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Day at the ‘Bay’ a Sunday tradition

Dear Editor: When my family emigrated from Scotland, and we settled into our new country, my mom and dad’s Sunday family ritual was to spend the day at Horseshoe Bay. My brother, sister and I would swim on the beach there, whilst my dad would go to Trolls for the fish and chips, and we would sit on the beach and devour the meal.

The Peter Black family’s love of Horseshoe

Bay has been part of our lives now for over four generations and for me 66 years. (On Sept. 21) I attended a presentation of the new proposed Sewell’s Landing and as a 38-year resident of that area I was a little anxious. There were many questions, and perhaps a few concerned guests.

But when all was said and done, every question and concern was properly addressed to everyone’s satisfaction.

Cameron’s letter hit just the right tone Dear Editor: Re: Coun. Craig Cameron’s Sept. 11 letter to the editor As a member of the West Vancouver Museum Advisory Committee and a strong supporter of the proposed Centre for Art, Architecture & Design, I have been dismayed and angered by the falsehoods perpetrated by (Trevor) Lautens in his two recent articles about the project.

I admire Mr. Cameron’s courage in calling Mr. Lautens on his many misleading comments and thank him again for saying so eloquently what many of us working in support of this project have been wanting to put into words for a while.

CONTACTUS

It’s hard to know how to express disagreement – let alone dissatisfaction –with the kind of fearmongering Mr. Lautens perpetrates, since the slightest objection seems only to incite him to further flights of fancy when it comes to the facts.

Craig Cameron’s letter managed to hit the right tone, giving me hope that the majority of readers will see Lautens’ facile comments for what they are: wilful distortions of the truth, mixed with evident disdain for the efforts of many dedicated people working hard to make our community a better place.

Jennifer Webb West Vancouver

Our family has known the Sewell family for many years, and their love and dedication for “the Bay” is so very obvious it warms one’s heart. As I usually try and stay very neutral on projects in “my” West Vancouver, I step forward and say this is an amazing project, and I support the proposal and look forward to watching it evolve.

Peter Black West Vancouver

“People make bad decisions when they’ve had a couple beers. ... It was instant karma.”

A confessed election sign vandal after being caught in the act (from an Oct. 2 news story).

Kudos to Lautens for pinpricking powers-that-be

“All hell broke loose.”

A Princess Park area resident describing police response leading up to the discovery of a body in the neighbourhood (from an Oct. 2 news story).

Dear Editor: Trevor Lautens’ column is one of the main reasons I enjoy reading the North Shore News.

The Sept. 11 letter to the editor regarding the sailing club prompted me to write to let you know. Mr. Lautens is doing exactly what a great journalist should be doing – pin-pricking the powers-that-be. As a columnist, he is entitled to (and paid for) his opinions, which he conveys with wit, style and humour.

Erica Leiren North Vancouver

“Young people are coming of age. They’re not voting and they’re never starting to vote.”

UBC political scientist David Moscrop speaking on the coming dearth of democracy if young people don’t start voting (from a Sept. 30 news story).

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VIEWPOINT

Hey, PM: all that complainin’ got to you yet?

Here’s a question: why would he want to keep doing such a crummy job?

Stephen Harper obviously had a grand vision for what the position of prime minister could be.

But people all across the country, not on his level, could not comprehend what he and the Prime Minister’s Office were trying to do. With all the constant complaining he’s faced, being prime minister doesn’t sound like a fun job at all.

Who can forget auditor general Sheila Fraser, who got all bent out of shape a number of times, including once just because a report penned by the Conservatives quoted her saying great things about the Harper government’s spending on security for the G8/G20 summits in 2010.

The only reason she was complaining was because her quote had nothing to do with the summits and was actually lifted from a CBC interview in which she was talking about spending by the Liberal government in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

Cry me a river, Fraser.

Then there was Munir Sheikh, the head of Statistics Canada, who in 2010 resigned in protest after the Conservative government scrapped the mandatory long-form census.

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Laugh All YouWant ... the question of whether a voluntary survey can become a substitute for a mandatory census,” Mr. Sheikh wrote in his resignation letter. “It can not.” Oh snap. This was a position that differed from what the Conservatives had been saying all along. Listen, Sheikh: you should count yourself lucky that you ever got to work with a man like Stephen Harper, who obviously knows more about data collection than you and your protesting friends in wacky organizations such as the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Bar Association. Nerds.

Then there was Conservative backbencher MP Brent Rathgeber, who in 2013, complaining that the PMO was muzzling him, quit the party to become an independent. “It’s much more enjoyable now. I can speak freely,” he told the National Post earlier this year. “I can blog freely,

without the inevitable phone call from some 24-yearold in the PMO.” He got so mad that he wrote a book about his experiences and called it Irresponsible Government. Maybe you should have listened to those PMO kids, Rathgeber – no one blogs anymore. Get on Snapchat, sucka.

Then in 2012 there were those 2,000-odd people, including many scientists, who marched through Ottawa to Parliament Hill to protest cuts to scientific research and the muzzling of government researchers.

“We are here today to commemorate the untimely death of Evidence in Canada. After a long battle with the current federal government, Evidence has suffered its final blow,” eulogized Katie Gibbs, a PhD student in biology at the University of Ottawa.

Biology? This is physics, Gibbs: in order for the motion of an object to change, a force must act upon it. Harper = the force.

Your attitude = the thing that must change!

Then there were the

160 Canadian academics who signed an open letter to express grave concerns about the damage to Canadian democracy that the Conservatives’ Fair Elections Act would cause.

This cause went global with 19 political scientists from second-rate universities around the world like Oxford, Duke and Harvard all signing a letter voicing similar concerns. “We believe that this Act would prove (to) be deeply damaging for electoral integrity within Canada, as well as providing an example which, if emulated elsewhere, may potentially harm international standards of electoral rights around the world.”

But Oxford guy, the Act was Fair. It’s right there in the name!

Then there were the more than 100 Canadian law professors and other academics who earlier this year wrote an open letter to Parliament voicing concerns about the content of the Conservatives’ Bill C-51 anti-terror legislation as well as the way it was being

rammed through with little debate. “It is sadly ironic that democratic debate is being curtailed on a bill that vastly expands the scope of covert state activity when that activity will be subject to poor or even non-existent democratic oversight or review…. We urge all Parliamentarians to ensure that C-51 not be enacted in anything resembling its present form.”

That was followed by another open letter from 140 Canadian tech and business leaders – including Ryan Holmes, CEO of Vancouver-based HootSuite – asking Harper to scrap the “reckless, dangerous and ineffective” Bill C-51 because of the chill it would place on Canada’s technology sector.

Listen Holmes, what’s the big mystery? The Conservatives chase votes, not retweets. #HarpBurn.

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Instead, Munaretto’s mother, Alicia Pekala, who has never travelled outside of South America, scrambled to get a passport to be by her daughter’s bedside in North Vancouver in a matter of days.

Munaretto has one sister, Florencia, who lives here with her, and another sister back in Brazil, along with a brother. She says she hopes to be reunited with the rest of her family next year.

An online fundraising campaign, set up by Coastal City Ballet, so far has raised $41,780 to help cover the costs of Munaretto’s long-term treatment.

Munaretto said she is grateful for all the people — from the first responders to hospital staff to family members to complete strangers — that got her to this place where she can start to heal.

“Everyone that tried to do something to bring me again to the world,” she said.

Her mom is equally overwhelmed and thankful for all the people that helped her daughter pull

through during a critical time.

“It’s like a blessing from God and a miracle,” said Munaretto, translating for her mother. “I won’t have enough days in my life to thank everyone that helped her (Lucila).”

Munaretto had a chance reunion, in an Edgemont Village park last week, with one of the first witnesses to the accident who called 9-1-1.

“I met this woman accidentally at the park and she was like, ‘Are you the ballerina?’” explained Munaretto.

The last image that woman had of Munaretto was seeing her lying on the roadway unconscious and in pretty bad shape.

Munaretto thanked the Good Samaritan and apologized for having her see her in that condition at the accident scene.

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Any money generated from redeveloping the site will be earmarked for paying down the debt the district has taken on to build the new $45-million rec centre.

When council last discussed the matter in July, members debated for almost an hour whether the public process should focus on the surrounding neighbourhood, given that those folks would feel the greatest impact of any redevelopment, or whether the entire district should be invited to the table at the time as district taxpayers are equally on the hook for the $28 million in rec centre debt. Staff had previously suggested developing somewhere between 43 and 70 per cent of the land with condos and townhouses in order to raise $14 to $25 million.

Those numbers were not mentioned Monday night, but the recouping of money to pay down the debt was clearly on the minds of some on council.

“I want to be sure that

the financial impacts are fleshed out thoroughly in terms of tax impacts, and what-ifs, in terms of mitigation of the debt we took out for Delbrook Community Centre and the impact on taxpayers of the various implications,” said Coun. Robin Hicks.

Other priorities staff had previously mentioned for the site included enhancing the Mission Creek riparian corridor, retaining a portion of the land for parks and open space, enhancing pedestrian access and trails, retaining space for child care, and including a diversity of housing types.

The public process is being greeted warmly by members of the public. Rene Gourley, a St. Ives Crescent resident and member of the Delbrook Community Association, came out to praise council’s consultation plan.

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Being in that environment again invigorated Munaretto, who remains positive and focused on her end goal.

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North Shore facility is that it offers a number of additional general training and fitness areas, including: a private courses room appropriate for one-onone training; a large fitness space with a variety of equipment ranging from free weights and rowing machines to climbing training equipment; a community space used for youth programs, offering them their own space and climbing wall (intended to reduce intimidation), as well as birthday parties; and a yoga studio.

“We want to be a place that people feel comfortable in, that’s a home away from home. And I don’t think you can do that without reaching out and being connected within the community as well,” says Ryan.

With that in mind, throughout the month of October at both Vancouver and North Vancouver locations they’re offering We Love Jugs, a fundraiser for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation – B.C./Yukon. The initiative’s name is a nod to the cause as well as the climbing term, as jugs are large, easy to grab climbing holds.

This is the fourth year they’ve run an event for the organization.

Last year, The Hive raised $15,000, an amount they’re hoping to exceed this time around. This year’s format sees half-price Ladies’ Nights offered every Friday in October, from 5 to 11 p.m., capped off with a We Love Jugs finale Oct. 30.

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Those behind The Hive North Shore hope local residents come to view it as more than just a climbing gym.

“Our tagline is ‘Your climbing community,’ so we want to be a community for climbers but we also want to be involved in the community and we love developing partnerships and relationships with local businesses and supporting fundraisers,” says DeeDee Ryan, marketing and events director.

The original Hive Vancouver was established in Vancouver four years ago and opened its second indoor climbing facility in North Vancouver, at 2270 Dollarton Hwy., in July. In line with the original location, the North Vancouver facility offers, “five-star bouldering problems and bouldering problems that are accessible to everyone. . . . We’ve made a point to set problems for all skill levels. You can come in having never climbed before and be able to climb something in the gym,” says Ryan, adding The Hive also offers all necessary equipment for rent.

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part of a Canada-wide bouldering competition series.

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Permissive Tax Exemptions for 2016 - 2019 In accordance with Section 227 of the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that the Council for the District of North Vancouver intends to consider the adoption of Bylaw 8130, “2016–2019 Taxation Exemptions by Council Bylaw 8130, 2015” and Bylaw 8132, “2016–2019 Taxation Exemption for North Vancouver Museum and Archives Warehouse Facility Bylaw 8132, 2015” at the Regular Council meeting to be held on Monday, October 26, 2015. Bylaws 8130 and Bylaw 8132 will provide the following properties with a 100% exemption from the payment of Municipal taxes for the years 2016 to 2019 inclusive.

Note: The tax figures below are estimates only and will be modified based on changes in assessment, as provided by BC Assessment, and tax rates, as determined by Council, for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.

ORGANIZATION

ADDRESS

Description of proposed exemption

Estimated taxes 2016 $

Estimated taxes 2017 $

Estimated taxes 2018 $

North Shore Crisis Services Society

That portion of Lot 2, District Lot 2087, Plan LMP 24090, PID: 023-125-578

224(2)(a)

3,395

3,565

3,743

St. John Society (B.C. and Yukon)

106 and 107 - 223 Mountain Highway

224(2)(a)

8,223

8,634

9,066

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Foundation

3158 Mountain Highway

224(2)(a)

1,929

2,025

2,127

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Foundation

3140 Mountain Highway

224(2)(a)

8,919

9,364

9,833

Canadian Mental Health Association

1573 Arborlynn Drive

224(2)(a)

2,109

2,215

2,325

Canadian Mental Health Association

1198 Harold Road

224(2)(a)

1,879

1,973

2,072

Change the World Foundation (Harvest Project)

1071 - 1091 Roosevelt Crescent

224(2)(a)

16,020

16,821

17,662

Hollyburn Family Services Society

3212 Mount Seymour Parkway

224(2)(a)

1,962

2,060

2,163

Hollyburn Family Services Society

3218 Mount Seymour Parkway

224(2)(a)

2,128

2,235

2,347

St. John Society (B.C. and Yukon)

108 - 223 Mountain Highway

224(2)(a)

2,477

2,601

2,731

WBT Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia

2649 Dollarton Highway

224(2)(a)

2,038

2,140

2,247

The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver

Blocks 23 and 24, District Lots 601 and 607, Plan 4740, PID: 011-348-089 (Parkland)

224(2)(b)

10,023

10,524

11,050

The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver

All that portion of Block A (R.P. 360) lying east of Lot B (R.P. 1372), District Lot 764, PID: 015-966-356 (Parkland)

224(2)(b)

3,985

4,185

4,394

The Corporation of the District of West Vancouver

Lot B (R.P. 1372), Block A (R.P. 360), District Lot 764, PID: 015-966-283 (Parkland)

224(2)(b)

1,964

2,062

2,166

Greater Vancouver Water District

Block G, District Lot 602, Plan 10857, PID: 009-283-285 (Parkland)

224(2)(b)

19,117

20,073

21,077

VIAM Holdings Ltd. (Museum and Archives)

1480 and 1482 Columbia Street

224(2)(b)

10,648

11,181

11,740

Deep Cove Parent Participation Preschool Society

1204 Caledonia Avenue

224(2)(c)

412

432

454

Highlands Out-of-School Care Society

3150 Colwood Drive

224(2)(c)

165

173

182

Novaco Day Care Centre Society

That occuppied portion of Norgate Community Elementary School premises, described as Lots 1 and 2, Block 30, District Lots 264 and 266, Plan 8498

224(2)(c)

2,097

2,201

2,311

La Pre-Maternelle Francophone Trottin-Trottinette

380 West Kings Road

224(2)(c)

892

937

984

North Shore Neighbourhood House

1230 West 20th Street

224(2)(c)

366

384

403

North Shore Neighbourhood House

1255 Eldon Road

224(2)(c)

339

356

374

Deep Cove Cultural Society

4360 Gallant Avenue

224(2)(d)

16,351

17,168

18,027

North Vancouver Community Players

815 East 11th Street

224(2)(d)

10,724

11,260

11,823

RNB Dance & Theatre Arts Society

3355 Mountain Highway

224(2)(d)

17,368

18,236

19,148

RNB Dance & Theatre Arts Society

151 and 155 1233 Lynn Valley Road

224(2)(d)

10,196

10,706

11,242

Parkgate Community Services Society

949 Lytton Street

224(2)(d)

9,857

10,350

10,868

North Shore Neighbourhood House

3361 Mountain Highway

224(2)(d)

1,705

1,791

1,880

Seymour Heights Parent Participation Preschool Association

800 Lytton Street

224(2)(d)

750

787

826

Lynn Valley Parent Participation Preschool

3220 Mountain Highway

224(2)(d)

818

858

901

Lynn Valley Services Society

940 Lynn Valley Road

224(2)(d)

2,178

2,287

2,401

Delbrook Partnership for Quality Childcare Association

3111 Stanley Avenue

224(2)(d)

626

657

690

Deep Cove Rowing Club

2156 Banbury Road

224(2)(d)

4,494

4,719

4,955

Hollyburn Family Services Society

That portion of Lot A, Block 7, District Lot 193, Plan 12218, PID: 005-411-483

224(2)(d)

2,615

2,746

2,883

Family Services of the North Shore

399 Seymour River Place

224(2)(d)

3,709

3,895

4,089

Capilano Tennis Club

2500 Capilano Road

224(2)(d)

7,751

8,139

8,545

Aga Khan Foundation Canada

1150 Gladwin Drive

224(2)(g)

50,979

53,528

56,204

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

5793 Nancy Greene Way

224(2)(j)

2,777

2,916

3,061

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

4060 Shone Road

224(2)(j)

2,508

2,633

2,765

North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association

4338 Quinton Place

224(2)(j)

3,993

4,193

4,403

Parkgate Community Health Centre

3625 Banff Court

224(2)(j)

21,366

22,435

23,556

Community Living Society

2985 Newmarket Drive

224(2)(j)

3,851

4,044

4,246

Community Living Society

4537 Capilano Road

224(2)(j)

2,332

2,448

2,571

Community Living Society

3091 Paisley Road

224(2)(j)

3,027

3,178

3,337

Community Living Society

3660 Maginnis Avenue

224(2)(j)

2,177

2,286

2,401

Greater Vancouver Community Services Society

3403 Mount Seymour Parkway

224(2)(j)

2,061

2,165

2,273

Greater Vancouver Community Services Society

1693 Coleman Street

224(2)(j)

2,199

2,308

2,424

North Shore Connexions Society

2490 Edgemont Boulevard

224(2)(j)

2,308

2,424

2,545

North Shore Connexions Society

4410 Capilano Road

224(2)(j)

1,256

1,319

1,385

North Shore Connexions Society

1240 Barlynn Crescent

224(2)(j)

2,575

2,704

2,839

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DISTRICT of

NORTH VANCOUVER

Permissive Tax Exemptions for 2016 - 2019 (cont’d) ORGANIZATION

ADDRESS

Description of proposed exemption

Estimated taxes 2016 $

Estimated taxes 2017 $

Estimated taxes 2018 $

North Shore Connexions Society

1904 Peters Road

224(2)(j)

2,443

2,565

2,693

Community Living Society

1075 Frederick Road

224(2)(j)

1,952

2,049

2,152

Community Living Society

1680 Ross Road

224(2)(j)

2,195

2,305

2,420

Community Living Society

3636 Norwood Avenue

224(2)(j)

2,580

2,709

2,845

Turning Point Recovery Society

2670 Lloyd Avenue (leased portion)

224(2)(j)

2,371

2,489

2,614

Kiwanis Seniors Citizens Homes Ltd.

2555 Whiteley Court

224(2)(k)

80,396

84,416

88,637

Lowland Senior Citizens Housing Society

1335 East 27th Street

224(2)(k)

23,429

24,600

25,830

Also on October 26 Council will consider adoption of Bylaw 8131 “2016–2019 Taxation Exemptions for Places of Public Worship Bylaw 8131, 2015”.

Copies of Bylaw 8130, “2016-2019 Taxation Exemptions by Council Bylaw 8130, 2015”, Bylaw 8131, “2016 - 2019 Taxation Exemptions for Places of Public Worship Bylaw 8131, 2015” and Bylaw 8132, “2016 - 2019 Taxation Exemption for North Vancouver Museum and Archives Warehouse Facility Bylaw 8132, 2015” and relevant background material are available for review in the District of North Vancouver Clerk’s Office and the Finance Department at the Municipal Hall. The Municipal Hall is located at 355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver and is open Monday through Friday, except Statutory Holidays, between the hours of 8 am and 4:30 pm.

For further information, please call Cristina Rucci, Social Planner at 604-990-2274 or Elio Iorio, Manager – Revenue and Taxation at 604-990-2225

Permissive Tax Exemptions

Extract of Community Charter

224 (1) A council may, by bylaw in accordance with this section, exempt land or improvements, or both, referred to in subsection (2) from taxation under section 197 (1) (a) [municipal property taxes], to the extent, for the period and subject to the conditions provided in the bylaw.

(2) Tax exemptions may be provided under this section for the following: (a) land or improvements that (i) are owned or held by a charitable, philanthropic or other not for profit corporation, and (ii) the council considers are used for a purpose that is directly related to the purposes of the corporation; (b) land or improvements that (i) are owned or held by a municipality, regional district or other local authority, and (ii) the council considers are used for a purpose of the local authority; (c) land or improvements that the council considers would otherwise qualify for exemption under section 220 [general statutory exemptions] were it not for a secondary use; (d) the interest of a public authority, local authority or any other corporation or organization in land or improvements that are used or occupied by the corporation or organization if (i) the land or improvements are owned by a public authority or local authority, and (ii) the land or improvements are used by the corporation or organization for a purpose in relation to which an exemption under this Division or Division 6 of this Part would apply or could be provided if the land or improvements were owned by that corporation or organization; (e) the interest of a public authority, local authority or any other corporation or organization in land or improvements that are used or occupied by the corporation or organization if (i) the land or improvements are owned by a person who is providing a municipal service under a partnering agreement, (ii) an exemption under section 225 [partnering and other special tax exemption authority] would be available for the land or improvements in relation to the partnering agreement if they were used in relation to the service, (iii) the partnering agreement expressly contemplates that the council may provide an exemption under this provision, and (iv) the land or improvements are used by the corporation or organization for a purpose in relation to which an exemption under this Division or Division 6 of this Part would apply or could be provided if the land or improvements were owned by that corporation or organization; (f) in relation to property that is exempt under section 220 (1) (h) [buildings for public worship], (i) an area of land surrounding the exempt building, (ii) a hall that the council considers is necessary to the exempt building and the land on which the hall stands, and (iii) an area of land surrounding a hall that is exempt under subparagraph (ii); (g) land or improvements used or occupied by a religious organization, as tenant or licensee, for the purpose of public worship or for the purposes of a hall that the council considers is necessary to land or improvements so used or occupied; (h) in relation to property that is exempt under section 220 (1) (i) [seniors’ homes], (j) [hospitals] or (l) [private schools], any area of land surrounding the exempt building; (i) land or improvements owned or held by an athletic or service club or association and used as a public park or recreation ground or for public athletic or recreational purposes; (j) land or improvements owned or held by a person or organization and operated as a private hospital licensed under the Hospital Act or as a licensed community care facility, or registered assisted living residence, under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act; (k) land or improvements for which a grant has been made, after March 31, 1974, under the Housing Construction (Elderly Citizens) Act before its repeal.

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A18 - North Shore News - Sunday, October 4, 2015

SENIORS

Mobile polls an unused option for seniors

Few aware polling booths can be brought to them Seniors vote. In every election. Like clockwork.

That gives them political clout beyond their numbers alone. Some 75 per cent of citizens age 65 and older voted

in the May 2011 federal election – the best turnout of any group. More than 70 per cent of those ages 55 to 64 also cast a ballot.

Among 25- to 44-year-olds the proportion of those

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entering a voting booth is closer to 45 per cent. And just under 40 per cent of our youngest citizens – ages 18 to 24 – voted in the 2011 election.

There is one exception to the rule that propensity to vote increases with age.

There’s a marked decline in voter turnout – it drops to approximately 60 per cent – after age 75.

Why is that? Are the numbers of older voters declining? No, older seniors make up the fastest growing segment of the 65+ population in Canada.

Are seniors’ issues being ignored in election campaigns? Hardly!

Do seniors become less interested in the workings of government as they get older? There is no evidence of that. Indeed as people age they have a vested interest in protecting the valuable benefits they receive from government.

So what’s going on? The research suggests that the culprits here are issues related to health, disability and living arrangements,

Tom Carney

Older andWiser which present the most significant barriers to voting for seniors. Older seniors living in long-term care facilities generally have higher levels of disability than those living at home, making it harder for them to get out and vote.

Statistics Canada tells us that approximately eight per cent of those 75 to 84 and 32 per cent of those over 85 live in a long-term care facility.

Is there an alternative to going to the polls when it comes to casting a ballot?

In a federal election a returning officer may, with

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the approval of the chief electoral officer, establish mobile polling stations that consist of two or more institutions where seniors reside. The returning officer may also create a single ordinary poll in a seniors residence with a high number of electors.

The poll is only for electors living in that residence. If electors are unable to leave their beds, it is possible for the station to be brought to the bedside, again at the discretion of the deputy returning officer.

A registered voter can also vote by mail using a special ballot voting kit.

I’ve spoken to a number of seniors in care and care operators over the years who were unaware that if they or their residents couldn’t get to the polling booth, the polling booth could come to them.

What we see here is

another example of an unintended consequence of the aging of Canada’s population.

Marc Mayrand, Canada’s chief electoral officer, noted that the main challenge for our electoral democracy isn’t voter fraud it’s voter participation.

In fairness we need to ensure that the electoral system facilitates participation by the elderly in elections. But it really goes beyond that.

Elections are decided by people who show up at the polls. The participation of seniors in an election, or lack of it, can have a direct impact on who gets elected to run the country and that affects us all.

Tom Carney is the former executive director of the Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. Ideas for future columns are welcome.

Seniors Calendar

WORKSHOP Florist Margitta Schulz will lead a class to make a fresh Thanksgiving floral arrangement Thursday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. $18, which includes all supplies.

604-987-5820

CALL FOR MEMBERS Men over the age of 55 are invited to sing with the mixed voice West Vancouver Heritage Choir Tuesdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. No audition required.

778-239-5717

Broadway, BB King,U 2, Pink Floyd, Sting and more…

NORTH SHORE NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE BUS TRIP Join a trip to Lombardo’s restaurant Tuesday, Oct. 6, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Meet at 225 East Second St., North Vancouver. Cost: $10 (plus lunch). 604-987-8138

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Meet at 225 East Second St., North Vancouver. The event will include vendors, entertainment and a pancake breakfast. Cost: $20 (plus lunch). 604-987-8138 Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email event information to listings@nsnews.com

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T

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Community Bulletin Board

LIBRARY MONTH PROCLAMATION Mayor Richard Walton will proclaim October as Library Month in the District of North Vancouver Tuesday, Oct. 6, 10:45 a.m. at Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. There will be snacks to follow.

WOMEN’S ENGLISH SKILLS AND SUPPORT GROUP The North Shore Multicultural Society is offering a program for immigrant and refugee women Mondays and Wednesdays until Nov. 4, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Properties Family Hub in Chartwell elementary, 1300 Chartwell Dr., West Vancouver. The group provides a safe space for women to learn English, make friends, and get information about services in the community. Child minding is provided for newborns to age five.

Registration required. 604988-2931 seogaey@nsms.ca LUNCH AND LEARN The Social Justice and Outreach Team from Lynn Valley United Church will partner with Argyle secondary students and community organizations to present “There’s More to Food Than Just Eating It” Sunday, Oct. 4 from noon to 2 p.m. at Lynn Valley Community Centre, 3590 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver. The forum will cover dealing with food sovereignty and food justice issues. Admission by donation with proceeds to the Edible Garden Project. Registration encouraged. 604-987-2114 lynnvalleychurch.com/events PET BLESSING Bring your four-legged and winged friends to be blessed Sunday, Oct. 4, 4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United

DEMOCRACY CAFE WORKSHOPS Nonpartisan community conversations about Canadian democracy Wednesday, Oct. 7, 7-9 p.m. at Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver.

Registration encouraged.

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NICE CATCH Cory Matheson of the Pacific Salmon Foundation shows off the 26-pound chinook he caught during the District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue’s fourth annual Charity Fishing Derby on Sept. 25. More than 70 fish were caught near the mouth of the Capilano River and brought to Lions Gate Marina for a weigh-in. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver.

PUMPKIN FEST A weekend of old-fashioned fun that celebrates the harvest season Oct. 4 at the West Vancouver Community Centre, 2121 Marine Dr. Many family-friendly events will be offered.

Schedule can be found at westvanpumpkinfest.ca.

BOOK LAUNCH David Cawood will launch his latest book

The Secret Sabbatical: The Revolutionary Approach to Recover Your Imagination and Discover Your Destiny for the Rest of Your Life Tuesday, Oct. 6, 7 p.m. at North Shore Unitarian Church, 370 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-9261621 DEMOCRACY CAFE WORKSHOPS Nonpartisan community conversations about Canadian democracy Tuesday, Oct. 6, 7-9 p.m. at West Vancouver

Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. westvanlibrary. ca DEMOCRACY CAFE WORKSHOPS Nonpartisan community conversations about Canadian democracy Oct. 6, 7-9 p.m. at Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. 604-983-6350 myparkgate.com INTRODUCTION TO SCOUTS NIGHT Open to both boys and girls who

love the outdoors Tuesday, Oct. 6, 6-7:15 p.m. (cubs ages eight-10) and 7:15-9 p.m. (scouts ages 11-14) at St. Martin’s Anglican Church, 195 East Windsor Rd., North Vancouver.

604-986-6409 INTRO TO MAC BASICS A demo-style class Tuesday, Oct. 6, 7-8:30 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Learn new tips and tricks and how to find information. Dropin. nvcl.ca

DEMOCRACY CAFE WORKSHOPS Nonpartisan community conversations about Canadian democracy Thursday, Oct. 8, 7-9 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Registration encouraged. 604-987-4471 x8175 nvdpl.ca FALL ADULT ART CLASSES DIY silkscreen classes will be offered Thursdays, Oct. 15-29 at Maplewood House, 399 Seymour River Pl., North Vancouver. $140.

Registration required. 604988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com. To post online, go to nsnews.com, scroll to Community Events and click on Add Your Event.

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A22 - North Shore News - Sunday, October 4, 2015

I VOTE… DO YOU?

WORK

Chris Paproski, North Shore Resident, Elgible to vote for the first time this year

Our freedom to vote is that exactly - a freedom. The fact that we as Canadians have this ability, yet just over sixty percent of eligible Canadians chose to vote last election is apathetic. To me, knowing that there are thousands of people just a plane ride away who have never had the opportunity to do something that maybe takes us ten minutes is reason enough to get me to a voting booth. Whether you believe in our democracy or not is irrelevant; however to not utilize something that is so freely given to us is a waste. If we could all climb down out of our trees and glance at this forest, we might also realize that our power to choose the color of timber is pretty special.

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DIGITAL TIPS David Gordon-Smith from Glacier Media Digital and the North Shore News presented a digital seminar at North Vancouver’s Holiday Inn on Sept. 30.

The session outlined new digital services available to local businesses and offered tips on marketing in the digital space. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Business Briefcase New directors named

Former B.C. cabinet minister Kevin Falcon and Heather Buckley, owner of the Old Spaghetti chain of restaurants, have been appointed to the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation’s board of directors.

At the foundation’s recent AGM, Paul Hamilton was re-elected chair; Pierre Lebel and Michael O’Callaghan co-vice chairs; Fred Yada treasurer; and Mark Hannah secretary.

Returning directors for

2015/16 include: Chris Carter, Liz Dickson, Sandra Enticknap, Coryn Hemsley, Gabrielle Loren, Dr. Nasim Mahmoudi, Maria Morellato, Stephen Murphy, Mike Nader, Taleeb Noormohamed and Fred Wright.

Transportation award

Port Metro Vancouver’s Low Level Road project has earned recognition from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.

The North Vancouver transportation project recently received ISI’s Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Platinum Award.

The project involved the realignment and elevation of approximately 2.6 kilometres of the Low Level Road, providing space for two new rail tracks. It also eliminated three existing road and rail crossings and provided direct access to major port terminals.

Stantec Consulting was the principal consultant on the project, which was funded by Port Metro Vancouver, port industry, Canadian National Railway, TransLink, Canadian Pacific Railway and the City of North Vancouver.

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TASTE

Bubbly a good holiday starter

Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables B.C.’s boundary-pushing wineries continue to surprise and impress.

Last week’s circle route to Kamloops and the Okanagan included a visit to Lillooet’s Fort Berens, which, according to coowners Rolf de Bruin and Heleen Pannekoek, has become a fave day trip for Whistler wine lovers.

The winery’s smart, new, glass-wrapped tasting room yields sweeping views of the riverside vineyards, Lillooet, and its mountain backdrop, while The Ponderosa Kitchen (in the hands of keen locavore chef Dylan Foss) is a big

part of the appeal.

You can also catch Fort Berens at Whistler’s Cornucopia (Nov. 5-15, whistlercornucopia. com) where the winery’s strawberry, mineral and earthy-toned Pinot Noir 2013 (91 points) has been judged among Cornucopia’s Top 25 wines. Also of note, Cabernet Franc 2013 (91 points).

If you’ve not yet visited, the Duffy Lake Road from Pemberton to Lillooet makes for a stunningly scenic trip, and the perfect entrée to B.C.’s newest wine region and the Kamloops Wine Trail.

••• The classic Thanksgiving turkey dinner has morphed somewhat since it was shared by the first Mayflower pilgrims.

And while turkey will always be the mainstay of Canadian Thanksgiving, a contemporary B.C. feast can include any number of local ingredients.

A range of textures and flavours on the table

dried fruit or chestnuts to salute the season. Serve with a stylin’ white such as: Blue Mountain Pinot Blanc 2014 Pinot Blanc was once B.C.’s most widely planted white grape until it was usurped by Chardonnay.

One sip of this shows what can be done in the right hands.

Apple and pear on the nose, with a beautifully integrated fresh fruit palate and deft use of French oak that delivers creaminess and structure in truly elegant harmony (92 points).

Thanksgiving tuna?

Some years ago I found myself turkey deprived and opted instead for albacore.

What to pair with that panseared, oven-baked or even barbecued tuna loin? Opt for a medium-bodied Pinot Noir.

Joie Farm Pinot Noir 2013 This Summerland and Naramata-sourced Pinot balances silky tannins with cherry and earthy notes and just the right streak of acidity to work with the fish ($35, 91 points). Or, if you prefer to stick with tradition, you could even serve it with turkey.

Belly’s Budget Best Domaine Gayda Grenache 2013 Easy-drinking Languedoc red invites with peppery and red-berried notes before a gently spicy and plush palate with a good close. Look for the Flying Free Spirit label.

Value priced at BCLS, $12.99 through October; 89 points.

provides the perfect excuse to pair not just one, but maybe two, three or more wines with the meal, and a chance to pour something for everyone.

A sparkling entrance Nothing raises the tenor of a celebration like a glass of good bubble, especially Champagne.

The classic toast aside, it’s also worth remembering that the classic blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir is one of the more flexible pairings you can pour to enjoy throughout the meal.

Baron Fuente Grand Millésime 2006 Vintage bubble can be pricy but this blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir is one of the best vintage deals going. Look for a mineral subtext with citrus and stonefruit, good mouthfeel and a clean close (BCLS $53, 91 points).

Seasonal squash Acorn squash can be a vegetarian mainstay, especially when filled with nutty-tasting wild rice,

Tim Pawsey writes about wine for numerous publications and online as the Hired Belly at hiredbelly. com. Contact: info@ hiredbelly.com.

Fort Berens winery enjoys a commanding position looking across to Lillooet and its mountain backdrop. PHOTO SUPPLIED TIM PAWSEY

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Cure for small dog syndrome revealed I realize that what I am about to write is probably not going to win me any new friends.

But it is something that really needs to be said and, frankly, has had to be said for some time now no matter how politically incorrect it might be for me to do so.

After an incident this past week that left me spewing yet again a barrage of profanities at another dog owner for their lack of responsibility for their dog’s behaviour and lack of empathy as to how it was affecting my dogs, I knew I had to sit down with something a bit stronger in my coffee than cream and

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The incident involved my three leashed dogs on a trail and two small off-leash dogs. As I walked with my dogs, I noticed two small dogs in the

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distance sniffing the base of a tree. I asked my dogs to come into a heel while on leash, which means all three walk in stride at my left hand side (it looks really cool by the way, *smiles proudly*). I slowed my pace, hoping the owner would call her dogs before we crossed paths. As we got closer, the small dogs began to yip, then looked back over their shoulders at their owner.

The small dogs then raced up to us, barking like maniacs — and I mean maniacs! The owner began to giggle at her dogs. “Oh you two, those dogs could eat you up in one gulp!” she giggled again, all the while allowing her dogs to continue their maniacal barking while starting to circle us.

“Can you call your dogs please?” I said.

Through her giggles she attempted, “Treats!

Cookies! Treats!” to no response.

With my temper broiling from warm to hot I said, “How about you

use a leash and come get them?”

To her credit she tried and began to giggle again as they avoided her grasp.

“I can’t,” she said. “They don’t listen to me.”

“Then why the hell are they off leash?” I asked in a tone that had less of a question mark at the end and more of an exclamation mark.

This is when her knickers got tied in a knot and self-righteous indignation showed its head. “My dogs have a right to be off leash!”

“And so do mine, but I have to walk this trail with my dogs leashed because I might run into people like you with small dogs who are untrained, unsocialized and frankly obnoxious, and their owners, who not only expect me to manage my large dogs around their yappy little dogs, but somehow manage their dogs as well!”

The stare down began . . . so I continued.

“Would you like me to let my three large dogs off

trained dogs. And they are unjustly expected to do so.

Yes, it is true a small dog can be picked up around a large dog, but it does nothing for the dog’s training, socialization and mental state. The reason small dogs bark their flippin’ heads off at large dogs is due to their lack of socialization, being coddled, carried, and provided with absolutely no leadership training that would help the dog feel safe with its four feet on the ground.

All dogs, regardless of size, breed or mix, require leadership training to ensure they are well socialized, well managed and welcomed members of our canine community.

Next week I will explain, yet again, what leadership training means.

leash right now after they have been antagonized by your two small dogs for the last 10 minutes?”

Silence ensued . . .

I saw her biting the inside of her lip as she contemplated my invitation. My point was sinking in, so I continued, “No you don’t, do you?

You fully expect my dogs to tolerate being barked at, snapped at, lunged at while maintaining incredible self-control while yours run around out of control and you giggle.”

She turned her gaze, then walked away, not making any attempt to collect her dogs who were still hanging around, uttering the occasional yip or growl until I growled back at them, “Get!” They tucked their tails and ran after their owner.

Yes, it may seem unfair of me to target small dog owners. But what is more unfair is how large breed dog owners have to bear the burden of untrained, unsocialized small dogs by micromanaging their large

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

SierraTerjesen of the Argyle Pipers senior volleyball team makes a pass in a 3-0 win over theWestVancouver HighlandersTuesday at Handsworth secondary.

Terjesen is one of four players left from the Argyle team that won the first volleyball provincial title in school history. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN

Pipers following greatness

THREE TO SEE THIS WEEK Football Handsworth vs. Argyle Friday, Oct. 9, 3 p.m.

William Griffin field PJHL Hockey Delta Ice Hawks @ NV Wolf Pack Saturday, Oct. 10 Harry Jerome arena 7 p.m.

PacWest Soccer Kwantlen @ Capilano Sunday, Oct. 11 noon women 2:30 p.m. men

Big turnover from championship team ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

The Argyle Pipers senior girls volleyball team has gone from top-ranked to unranked all in one short summer.

It’s not much of a surprise, really. Last year the Pipers began the season as the No. 1-ranked AAAA team in B.C. and they held that spot through the entire season, winning the North Shore, Lower Mainland and provincial titles along the way. It was a magical run that culminated in the school’s first ever B.C. championship in volleyball.

What helped make the group so special was that the entire starting lineup was made up of Grade 12 players. Really, really talented Grade 12 players. Three of them are now playing in the cutthroat CIS West university league, with Anna Price and Sarah Haysom at the University of British Columbia and Kendra Finch at Thompson Rivers University. Two other starters, Megan Koven and Keeley Bell, are set to suit up for Capilano University this fall.

“It was a special team,” said head coach Kathy Finch. But the coach wasn’t ready to admit that it might be a while before Argyle ever assembles so much talent on one team.

“I’ve got my team’s back right now,” she said with a laugh.

The starters from last year are all gone but there is a link to the championship group with four returning players who are all in Grade 12 now.

Hayley Mann, Sierra Terjesen, Rachel Kordysz, and Megan Finch – Kendra’s younger sister – are all charged with carrying the championship torch.

“They’re showing great leadership,” said Kathy

Finch, Kendra and Megan’s mother. “I think the experience from last year is really setting the tone for the team.”

The Pipers weren’t included in the preseason provincial top-10 rankings but they’ve already shown that they won’t be pushovers. In their first league game on Tuesday they swept a tough West Vancouver team 3-0.

This weekend they’re having a little team reunion at the Best of the West tournament hosted by Trinity Western University. Kendra Finch will be there too with her TRU team and Haysom and Price will be on site too for a university tournament held in conjunction with the high school event. The event holds a bit of a special place for last year’s group.

“That’s the tournament that we won last year so we’re going to go see if we can defend our championship,” said Finch.

The tough tests will continue this week when the Pipers take on the Handsworth Royals in a league game Thursday night. The matchup is part of a doubleheader hosted by Handsworth with Elphinstone meeting West Vancouver to kick off the evening at 6:30 p.m. followed by Handsworth and Argyle battling afterward starting at approximately 8 p.m.

Handsworth was No. 5 in the preseason rankings, having returned many of the top players from a team that finished fourth in last season’s AAAA provincials.

“They’re a strong team and they’re predominantly Grade 12s,” said Finch. “They’re looking strong.”

As for the Pipers, they’re looking forward to blazing a new trail this season.

“It’s a brand new team,” said Finch. “We’re

Argyle’s Hayley Mann loads up a hit during a matchup against West Vancouver Tuesday. doing well…. The (returning players) are providing great leadership. I’ve got some strong Grade 11s coming in but we’re obviously not the same team we were last year. We have a lot of heart.”

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FOCUS

Title defence starts with surprise From page 3

win contest.

“Genius that I am I thought, you know what we should do to generate more interest and sell more pucks? We’ll make a $500 prize if you shoot it through there,” Dean recalls. The first night they ran the contest they did sell a ton of pucks. “I am a damn genius,” Dean thought to himself.

“The next night the kid who won was an ex-hockey player. He came out and hit it first try. You know what I didn’t do? I forgot to make the hole smaller. It was still the same size to win Popeye’s $50. The whole building goes crazy, the kid is jumping up and down, our mascot is jumping up and down, our kids come running out to see what’s going on.”

As he tells the story, Dean buries his face into his hands, adding that he was the only one in the building not happy to see a young man win $500. His $500.

“F--- am I stupid,” says Dean.

“500 bucks down the drain,” adds Matt.

Another night, former leading scorer Quin Buckellew blasted a shot that shattered the glass behind the net. There was no one on staff at the rec centre who knew what to do and there was no replacement glass available anyway.

“We were panicking,” remembers Matt. “My dad was out there and we had a couple of parents out there with tools from our dressing room. They ended up just putting up a board to support it. We obviously didn’t want anybody to get hurt but we wanted to finish the game. It was one of those things, like ‘what could happen next. What could go wrong?’ ” They finished the game with a piece of plywood replacing one of the panes of glass. When they came back the next week the board was still there.

Things got really messy last season in a first-round playoff game against the Delta Ice Hawks. With the Pack leading 5-1 after two periods the two teams came back out for the third only to discover that the ice resurfacer, driven by an inexperienced employee, had chopped up a big chunk of the ice, leaving a potentially dangerous

Aiden Wagner cuts in on goal during a recent game. North Van has had to reload after losing most of the leaders from their championship team. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH surface.

Coaches, managers, players, league officials and the referees waited, debated, and then waited some more – nearly two hours – until finally deciding that they’d patched it up well enough to finish the game.

“That was a long night, and frustrating,” says Matt. “I felt bad for the (ice resurfacer) guy – he’d never done it. ... We know we’re not going to make $1,000 at the gate, but we don’t want to drive people away because they come and something is broken or doesn’t work and they have to wait an hour. That hurts our product on the ice. We want people to be able to come out and enjoy themselves.”

Wolf Pack fans were certainly enjoying themselves a month later when the team scored a 3-2 victory over the Mission City Outlaws to win the championship series four games to two.

The memory that sticks out the most for Matt is seeing his players, including several talented 20-yearolds in their final season of junior hockey, celebrating with their families on the ice at the Mission Leisure Centre.

“These guys in their last year – that was the way we talked about them ending their careers,” says Matt.

“I kind of thought back to where we started from. To think three years later from when we had a horrible losing season to really flip

everything and go from worst overall and win the whole thing – it was worth it and it felt rewarding. And then to know I’ve had the support of my dad along the way, a great coaching staff and volunteers and so many people. It was pretty rewarding.”

••• It’s opening night of the 2015-’16 season and the Internet is finally up and running. Dean didn’t figure it out. It was one of his volunteers, a kind lady in her 60s who recently decided she wanted to learn about computers, who rigged up a workaround on her laptop to get the broadcast going again.

The Wolf Pack has a small army of volunteers led by Leanne Taylor, former president of the North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association. “You get nowhere here without volunteers. And we have the best volunteers in the league,” says Dean.

Sadly, the man in Merritt isn’t able to catch the pregame ceremony on the online broadcast.

Who is it?

It’s Matt Samson.

The BCHL’s junior A Merritt Centennials took notice of his work with the Wolf Pack and hired him as an assistant coach this summer.

“It’s definitely a weird feeling,” Matt says of starting this season on a different team, saying goodbye to the franchise he started from scratch. “It’s

tough for me to even think about leaving because the Wolf Pack were so much a part of me.”

In the end, everyone was on board with the move and the team has moved on smoothly, promoting veteran coach Bayne Koen, a longtime friend of the Samsons who joined the Pack as an assistant last season, to the head coach position and making Elias Godoy, another good friend of the family who has been with the team as an assistant coach for four years, the new GM. Dean has stayed on as CEO, in fact getting more involved than ever to help smooth the transition from Matt to Koen and Godoy.

The team didn’t just lose Matt in the offseason – nearly all of the stars of their championship run graduated or moved on to a higher level. They lost on opening night at Harry Jerome, 5-2 against the Abbotsford Pilots, but have rebounded since, posting a 5-3 record to move into second place in the PJHL’s tough Tom Shaw conference. Although many of the names have changed, the Samsons have built the franchise for long-term success, says Koen.

“I think it’s a great combination,” he says of the father-son duo. “They brought a successful mindset to North Vancouver, getting people excited about our team. ... They put a lot of hard work into doing everyday things that sometimes we

don’t see as coaches and GMs – making sure that the players are treated first class and able to come in and do their jobs at 100 per cent and not have to worry about the little things outside,” Koen marvels at the things the team was able to accomplish last season.

“The team we had is probably one of the tightest teams I’ve been around in hockey in a long time. It was our veteran guys really paving the way for our younger guys, and everyone cared.”

His son may be gone, but Dean thinks the Wolf Pack can get back to that championship level. He’s not worried about the hockey side of things. What bugs him the most is that he and his wife Cheryl won’t get to see their son, daughter-in-law Erin and, most especially, 14-monthold granddaughter Sydney as much anymore.

Sydney just took her first steps, Dean says as he turns his attention back to the ice on opening night.

He wasn’t there to see it.

That, however, is just another part of being involved in a business where moving is always on the table, where young men can be traded away to faraway towns, where everyone is chasing the same dreams. It can be a tough game.

“I wouldn’t change anything,” says Matt.

“Squamish was a good experience and it got us to North Van. And now I’m getting a chance to coach in the B.C. Hockey League and we’ll see where that goes. At the end of the day I could always come back and be back with the Wolf Pack one day. I don’t know if that’ll ever happen but it’s nice that I’ll always feel a part of it.”

Connecting with the community is a core goal for the Wolf Pack, says CEO Dean Samson, and the team will partner with Family Services of the North Shore for a Family Hockey Night Oct. 17 at Harry Jerome.

The evening will include a player meet and greet at 5:30 p.m. followed by a 7 p.m. game against an old rival, the Richmond Sockeyes. Tickets are $10 for adults, everyone under the age of 18 is free.

The team hopes to raise $5,000 to fund play therapy sessions for 50 North Shore children through Family Services.

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