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NV gallery unveils waterfront plans City puts up the land for $15M Presentation House project BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The Lower Mainland’s premier venue for artistic photography now has developed plans for its new home on the City of North Vancouver’s central waterfront.

Presentation House Gallery director Reid Shier updated council Monday night on the preliminary designs, business plan and fundraising efforts for the gallery — all part of an agreement between the city and gallery board.

The city has agreed to

put up the land and $2.5 million to help fund the $15-million project as part of the central waterfront’s revitalization.

If the preliminary designs presented Monday are brought to life, Presentation House Gallery will vacate its cramped space on Chesterfield Avenue at Third Street in 2016 and move into a 22,632-square-foot, twostorey gallery just south of

Carrie Cates Court at the foot of Lonsdale.

The upper floor, which juts out over a public plaza on the east side, will be used as the main gallery and venue rental space and the main floor will house an open reception area, a possible cafe and book store and two commercial storefronts, which will be rented out to offset overall costs.

The city will remain the

owner of the new gallery building.

Council was generally enthused about the building’s design including its outer facade — a reflective metallic surface that has been crumpled and unfolded — something that came from the gallery giving design firms an “exercise in architectural adventurism,” Shier said.

“They want to create a skin that really takes advantage

of low levels of ambient light to create something that’s really quite dramatic, the thinking being that we live in North Vancouver in an environment that’s often particularly clouded seven or eight months of the year. . . .

“To create a building that really shines in low levels of light or in cloud, that really offers to be a beacon even when the sun’s See Council page 3

Police seek SeaBus peeper and witness BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

PUMPKIN TOSS District of North Vancouver firefighters Ted Gerela (left), Capt. David Franco and Danny Nikas get ready to toss jack-o’-lanterns from the training tower located at 900 St. Denis Ave. The public is invited to join them on Saturday, Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the opportunity to toss their Halloween pumpkins from the tower for a donation to the DNV Local 1183 Firefighters Charitable Society. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH grousemountain

Metro Vancouver Transit Police are looking for two people who could be key to bringing about charges in a voyeurism case at the North Vancouver SeaBus terminal.

Transit police responded to the terminal on Friday, Sept. 13 after receiving a report that a man was allegedly taking photos up women’s skirts with his smartphone.

A man at the terminal first saw the suspect allegedly pretending to tie his shoe while taking photos around 11 a.m. and immediately alerted a SeaBus employee.

When the witness and employee were talking, they allegedly saw the suspect making a second attempt at taking up-skirt photos and See Police page 5

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NV massage therapist gets new trial Appeal overturns conviction for sexual assault on patient JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

The B.C. Court of Appeal has overturned three sexual assault convictions against a North Vancouver massage therapist, ruling that evidence about the man’s alleged bad character should not have been admitted in the trial.

The error in the trial of David Joseph Fierro, 44 — who was accused of sexually assaulting a former patient during massage

sessions — amounts to a “miscarriage of justice,” wrote B.C. Court of Appeal Justice Kathryn Neilson.

The panel of three appeal court justices tossed out the original provincial court decision and ordered a new trial.

Fierro was found guilty of sexually assaulting the former patient following a trial in North Vancouver provincial court last summer.

The alleged victim, whose name is protected

under a court-ordered publication ban, testified Fierro sexually touched her while telling her he was providing treatment for a deviated tailbone at Steve Nash Fitness World in North Vancouver.The victim said Fierro also had inappropriate sexual conversations during treatment.

The woman’s boyfriend — a former friend of Fierro’s —testified during the original trial that Fierro had confided “he was a sex addict” and had become a massage therapist “to overcome his addiction to sex and lust for women and to control his sexual urges.”

The boyfriend testified he later became suspicious of Fierro’s intentions with female patients.

Fierro denied the allegations and said the victim fabricated the story.

He said the conversations with the boyfriend never took place.

Credibility was the key issue in the trial.

The appeal court ruled that relying on boyfriend’s testimony, including his “intuition and suspicions” about Fierro, was prejudicial to the case, as was allowing the prosecutor to crossexamine defence witnesses about the motives of Crown witnesses.

The testimony “was clearly intended to demonstrate the appellant had a propensity to improperly use his profession to satisfy his sexual needs. . . .” wrote Neilson. “It painted him as a deviant practitioner who used his profession in a predatory manner to satisfy his sexual urges.”

But Neilson said the Crown can’t prove guilt by leading evidence about the accused’s “bad character” or evidence that suggests the accused is the type of person with a propensity to commit crimes such as those charged.

The justices also said the

trial judge should not have attributed Fierro’s failure to contact the woman after he learned of her complaints as evidence of guilt.

Provincial court Judge Doug Moss sentenced Fierro to nine months in jail last September, but Fierro was released on bail Nov. 8 pending his appeal.

At the time of his original conviction, Fierro resigned his credentials as a registered massage therapist.

The College of Massage Therapists of B.C. is still conducting an investigation into Fierro as a former member, said Joelle Berry, director of compliance for the college.

‘Slave’ trial hears from lawyer JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A lawyer for the woman accused of keeping a modern-day slave in her WestVancouver mansion said his client, Mumtaz Ladha, asked him to help get the woman a work permit that would allow her to stay in Canada.

But the job Ladha had in mind fell through, said Fiesal Ebrahim. Afterwards, Ebrahim said he kept the young woman’s Tanzanian passport in a file in his office, although he had never spoken directly to her about it.

Ebrahim testified Monday at the continuation of a trial in B.C. Supreme Court before Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon.

Ladha, 60, faces four counts under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, one of them related to human trafficking.

Ladha has pleaded not guilty to all four counts.

The Crown has alleged a 26-year-old Tanzanian woman was brought to Canada illegally and forced to be an unpaid domestic servant in Ladha’s British Properties home.

Earlier in the trial, the woman testified she was forced to work 18 hours a day for no pay.

Family and friends of Ladha also testified, saying they never saw the young

woman mistreated and that she was a guest in Ladha’s home.

Ebrahim, who knows Ladha socially as well as professionally, said the young woman never seemed uncomfortable or in the role of a servant when he saw her at social gatherings with Ladha.

Ebrahim said Ladha came to him in January 2009 asking about options for the young woman to extend her six-month visitor’s visa.

Ladha asked the lawyer to help with a work permit and brought in the young woman’s passport, before leaving the country for a trip abroad.

When the work permit application stalled, Ebrahim said he kept the passport — now expired — in his office for three or four months.

In cross-examination, Crown prosecutor Peter LaPrairie asked Ebrahim why he never obtained the consent of the young woman herself to hold on to her passport. Ebrahim said he thought the woman had given her passport to Ladha to give to him.

LaPrairie also asked Ebrahim why he gave the passport to Ladha’s daughter Zahra Ladha, after police asked where it was. “Did you not think you should check with (the young woman) before giving the passport to someone?” he asked.

The trial continues.

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Council nervous about operating plan From page 1 not shining,” Shier said.

Some on council, however, expressed hesitance at PHG’s business plan, which calls for an increase in revenues from the current $900,000 per year to just under $1.8 million by opening in 2016.

The plan also calls for a boost in fundraising from the current $358,000 per year to $780,000.

“With all respect to Mr. Shier and the gallery, those are very aggressive numbers and this is not a good economy. It’s not a good economy to be going out to raise funds for anything, least of all a photographic gallery,” said Coun. Rod

Clark after throwing his support behind the plan.

Shier said he is confident in the business plan and the methods it lays out for keeping Presentation House in the black.

When it comes to the quality and desirability of the exhibits Presentation House brings to North Vancouver, the gallery has been punching above its weight for decades Mayor Darrell Mussatto noted, to which Shier modestly agreed.

“We receive reviews in international publications.

Our most recent exhibition was written up in the Financial Times. We were mentioned in the New Yorker magazine and

Time magazine,” he said.

“We are very much on the radar of the international cultural community but the value we can bring here is in making something uniquely special happen in this spot.”

That reputation was earned, he noted, while existing in a “really rotten building” on Third and Chesterfield.

“I can only imagine the things that we’ll be able to bring once we’re properly located in a good building at a fantastic location next to public transport where people can walk by and come and see what we’re doing,” he said.

The city and gallery’s board of directors were

originally hoping to move the gallery into a refurbished Cates Tug building, however the building was in such disrepair and the soil underneath it in such need of remediation, the move would have been prohibitively expensive.

After having their say, council members voted to release $250,000 already set aside in a reserve fund for Lower Lonsdale amenities to continue the design and fundraising plan.

PHG is hosting an open house on its future plans on Nov. 5. The reborn gallery will come up for a rezoning and public hearing in the new year.

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WV bear family relocated together Move might stop human habituation BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

West Vancouver just isn’t the place for a single mom trying to raise two young kids.

That apparently applies to bears too.

Conservation officers captured and relocated a mother bear and her two cubs recently after they were turning up to forage for fruit, birdseed and garbage in West Vancouver backyards a little too often.

The sow and cubs had been spotted numerous times in the Sentinel Hill area, the Highway 1

A black bear and two cubs seem at home in a West Vancouver yard. They were subsequently relocated.. PHOTO GABE MULLER corridor, and Ambleside in recent weeks before finally being tranquilized by conservation officers on 20th Street near West Vancouver secondary.

Bears are currently spending about 20 hours per day fattening up for winter, but the relative ease of finding “people food”

may not have been the mother’s only reason to bring the cubs into town.

Dominant males in the wilderness may seek to kill the cubs in order to mate with the mother.

“People are surprised she would choose to come to a place that has dogs, and people and traffic. But for

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and moving them far away puts them at risk.”

No word on whether this family unit has returned to the lower slopes of West Vancouver, but Miller hopes the mother will get an early start on a winter den or the nasty experience will make her think twice about coming close to humans again.

“They have this theory that it might make them more wary of people.

The whole experience is really negative.They’re tranquilized and dropped out of a tree and taken in a trap,” she said.

In the meantime, residents in bear-prone areas need to stop tempting bruins to come into their yards by keeping them free of all attractants, Miller said. If bears find a steady food supply, they will skip hibernation entirely.

her, in some cases, it seems to be the safer option,” said Christine Miller, education co-ordinator for the North Shore Black Bear Society.

Captured bears are typically kept in a cage long enough for the tranquilizer to wear off before being dumped in a remote area of the North Shore backcountry.

Bears’ instinct is to come back to their “home” territory so if they are transported too far, they often die trying, Miller said. One bear picked up in her North Shore yard was dumped in the Interior, only to come back the next year.

“It was moved up the Coquihalla, released way up in the mountains up a forest road and the next spring, it actually returned to the same street,” Miller said.

“They know where home is

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Missing the boat I n 2009, the lowest ever returns of sockeye salmon to the Fraser River were recorded.The federal government convened the Cohen Commission in November that year to investigate the reason(s) for the “missing” fish and to recommend ways to improve salmon management.

Justice Bruce Cohen delivered his 1,200page report with 75 recommendations on Oct. 29, 2012. One year later, the government’s response remains as mysterious as the vanishing sockeye.

Four months after Justice Cohen’s $26-million report was made public, 24 concerned scientists from both Canada and the United States met at Simon Fraser University as a think tank to chart a recommended course of action given there was concern that the federal government was not responding to the report.

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Dear Editor: In his letter to the North Shore News dated Oct. 20, Ralph Sultan misrepresents the concern of current (and past) faculty of Capilano University who, in various protests over the last six months, have drawn attention repeatedly to the lack of process in the reconfiguring of the university.

These cuts have happened without any

academic plan in place, let alone a strategic plan for the university, and, as a result, put our institution’s ability to serve our community at risk. This coming year’s cuts reportedly will be double those last year, and will likely affect what Mr. Sultan describes as “feeder” courses in the arts and sciences, such as English and math.

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University faculty wants strategic plan also surprisingly fails to address, particularly since he had what he describes as a “brief stint” as Minister of Advanced Education, is why Capilano University students are funded at least $3,000 less per student per year than students at other post-secondary institutions in the Lower Mainland, on average. Having no fewer than two North Shore MLAs in the advanced education portfolio in

recent years has not changed that long-standing inequity.

Faculty certainly understand dealing with scarce funding, Capilano faculty more than most because the government has systematically shortchanged Capilano University students for so long. Faculty also understand that no institution can be everything to everyone, and

change is inevitable and even desirable.

What is more difficult to understand, however, is why significant cuts are happening without any academic or strategic plan in place. What is more difficult to understand is why administration, without meaningful consultation, cut more than $3 million of classes to cover a deficit somewhere between

$600,000 and $800,000.

What is more difficult to understand are severance packages totaling at least $600,000 given to three administrators in that same time period. What is more difficult to understand is how faculty costs have remained constant in the last five years, while the cost of administration has increased 50 per cent

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Fiscal mismanagement led to CapU art program cuts

Dear Editor: I was dismayed to read MLA Ralph Sultan’s letter to the editor of Oct. 20 in which he dismisses a letter from a retired faculty member who opposes the

recent budget process and cuts at Capilano University.

That letter was actually from more than 40 retired faculty members who built Capilano since the late ’60s. Sultan congratulates

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Capilano University for pouring resources into film and media. Doesn’t he realize that it’s Bulcroft’s fiscal mismanagement that led to the elimination of entire programs at

Capilano U? These unique, nationally recognized art programs were on the cusp of becoming degree granting programs, and are now being destroyed.

Their infrastructure will

be impossible to replace in this economic climate.

It’s incredible that Sultan, a past minister of advanced education, sees fit to support Kris Bulcroft’s short-sightedness

and her violation of the basic protocols of consultation.

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Canada’s a laughing stock, Mr. Harper “Any person charged with an offence has the right . . . to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal.”

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 11(d) 1982 Independent and impartial.

No matter where Canadians stand on the six-months-long Senate scandal, the law cannot be swept out of the way just because we disagree with the annual $100million costs of the Upper Chamber.

Yet some of their colleagues have been denying Senators Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau their constitutional right to due process.

Furthermore, although it’s not the job of Parliament to oversee the rules it sets for senatorial expense claims, it appears the Prime Minister’s Office may have meddled in or

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directed the politically charged response from Duffy’s Senate colleagues.

For this discussion, whatever you and I may think about the overall value of the Senate is irrelevant to the questions that need to be asked: Under the rules that applied until June 2012, why didn’t the Senate’s Board of Internal Economy just deny reimbursement if/when Conservative senators Duffy and Wallin first submitted their claims for what are now said to be ineligible expenses?

Why did Parliament wait to change the rules

until after taxpayers were on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars?

As for retroactive audits — to paraphrase Duffy’s lawyer: If you submitted tax returns under rules of the day and then, years later, Revenue Canada audited you for filing a false claim under 2013 rules, how would you react?

These questions and more were on my mind as I watched the scandals unfold.

So with the full story yet to be told and having a personal reason for doing so, I decided to pen the following open letter: Mr. Prime Minister: During the early days of the Reform Party of Canada, you and I met informally when you accompanied then leader Preston Manning on his membership-building trips to British Columbia.

Like many others Westerners, I joined the party because I’d had enough of a succession of federal governments that treated the West as a

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We were opposed to the National Energy Program and fed up with pandering to Quebec demands.

We did not trust Brian Mulroney’s dealings with Karlheinz Schreiber and were skeptical about weak explanations provided for briefcases full of cash.

Later still, we were disgusted by Liberal sponsorship scandals that involved hotels, golfcourses and goodness only knows what else.

Underpinning our work and fund-raising, Mr. Harper, was our naive belief in the rallying cries of “The West Wants In!” and the promise of a renewed Upper Chamber – a Triple-E Senate that would, indeed, be equal, elected and effective.

The first rumblings of unease began when Preston talked of an alliance with the decimated Mulroney/Kim Campbell Tories.Yet, for me anyway, the argument that the party

needed to “go national” if it was to have any power at all in Ottawa seemed reasonable. Many British Columbian Reformers disagreed with the move but decided to bite their tongues and wait.

We waited again after your own early successes at the ballot box. We understood that if you were to win a majority in Parliament, you needed to keep a tight rein See Still page 9

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Still waiting for that Triple-E Senate From page 7 during your minority administrations.

Patience was rewarded — yours and ours.

Now, we thought; now is the time for a truly democratic federal government.

Alas, what you sought was advice from Brian Mulroney, a former prime minister the country had rejected.

What you gave us were your arrogant refusals to answer questions on all manner of important issues that were asked by the

media on our behalf.

In order to gain seats in Quebec, you fell prey to the same old federal political games — except this time they were not being played out in an informed media for all to see.

What we didn’t get — on the excuse that Quebec would never agree to it anyway — was the Triple-E Senate we had been promised.

Instead, we have 60 Conservative appointees, 33 Liberals, six Independents and six vacancies for a total of 105.

Who knows how many are playing by the rules?

Furthermore, due to your refusal to be open about ‘who knew what and when did they know it’ on the $90,000 cheque Nigel Wright is said to have written on behalf of Senator Duffy, Canadians are riveted to their televisions watching the latest episode of How the Senate Turns.

Your government, Sir, has been a betrayal of everything Canadians,

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Like them or not, believe them or not, the four or more senators who labour under black clouds of suspicion are entitled to far more than a politically fuelled inquisition — whether or not the inquisitors are acting under your direction.

That is why embattled Senator Duffy — one of your own senatorial proteges — chose to end his opening statement to the Upper Chamber with this disillusioned

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Council voted Oct. 21 to invite S.U.C.C.E.S.S, Hollyburn Family Services, the YMCA of Metro Vancouver and the My Own Space Housing Society to submit proposals to lease or own the roughly 12 units the city negotiated The staff report and content of the council debate on the matter, however, were kept behind closed doors in an in-

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Couns. Craig Keating and Linda Buchanan and Mayor Darrell Mussatto voted against the motion to request proposals, however. The last time it was up for debate in June, Keating argued the affordable housing should

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Home Ideas

DIG DEEP Todd Major page 14

PRACTICAL GEEK Barry Link page 16

So it’s 4 p.m., you have picked up the kids from school and tomorrow is Halloween.

You just realized you don’t have a pumpkin let alone carved one and the kids look like they are about to sacrifice you to the Halloween gods. No problem. Here’s a quick and easy solution to your Halloween dilemma: a mummy pumpkin.

All you need to do is stop at your local grocery store to pick up a few pumpkins and make one more stop to your dollar store. Once you are there, pick up some gauze bandages, black craft paper and glue, google eyes and a few pushpins.

There’s still time to save Halloween.

This is a great activity for the kids to get involved in and there is little to no mess.That’s right . . . I said no mess. (This could be your favourite Halloween pumpkin. Ever.)

Simply wash your pumpkins and dry them off.

Green Guide BLACK BEARS: A NATURAL HISTORY Tony Hamilton, senior biologist for the B.C. Ministry of Environment, will speak on the natural history and conservation of black bears Saturday, Nov. 2, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7403 westvanlibrary.ca LIVING FOSSILS A program for families with children ages five to 11 Sunday, Nov. 3 from 10:30 a.m. to noon or 1:30-3 p.m. at VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak St., Vancouver. $25 per non-member family or $15 per member family.

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Attach the eyes with your glue and cut out a small piece of black construction paper to make the mouth.

Glue it to the pumpkin.

Roll out a few boxes of white gauze and using your pushpin, secure one end to the top or bottom of your pumpkin then start wrapping the gauze around the whole outside surface.

Work your way around the eyes and the black mouth.

Once you are satisfied with the look, insert another pushpin through the gauze into the pumpkin to secure.

If you have a little leftover gauze then you can make a few little mummy votives to go beside the pumpkins.

Wrap thin layers of gauze around short, clear glass votives. Just a few strands around each one should be fine. Glue two eyes to each votive and place a small tea light inside for an eerie glow.

Another quick and easy idea for decorating your front hallway or preparing a room for a Halloween party is to use Dollar Store orange and white balloons. Fill the balloons with helium and use a Sharpie to draw the pumpkin faces and ghost faces on each.Tie a long piece of ribbon to each end and hang on your bannister in your front hall.

Happy Halloween!

Barb Lunter is a freelance writer with a passion for home decor, entertaining and floral design. Follow her on her blog at lunter.ca.

Google eyes, pushpins and a roll of gauze transform a pumpkin into a ghoulish delight.

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BIRD WALK Join the Wild Bird Trust nature walks the second Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. Meet in the parking lot at 2645 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver. 604-903-4471 wildbirdtrust.org

CAPILANO GARDEN CLUB meets the first Monday of each month (except July and August and June is the AGM) at 7:30 p.m. at Canyon Heights Christian Assembly, 4840 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver.

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DEEP COVE GARDEN CLUB meets the fourth Thursday of each month (except July, August and December) from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Multicultural Seniors’ Room at Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. Meetings include speakers, workshops and field trips.

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DONATE SURPLUS HARVEST The North Shore Recycling program encourages gardeners to donate surplus harvest

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For a list of organizations accepting fresh produce, visit nsrp.bc.ca.

EDIBLE GARDEN PROJECTVOLUNTEER ORIENTATION NIGHT takes place the second Monday of every month at 6 p.m. Learn about the projects the Edible Garden Project is running and how to get involved. Location will be provided upon registration. volunteer@ ediblegardenproject.com ediblegardenproject.com FREE ECO-TOURS Study the rich heritage and unique natural resources of the West Coast. These walking tours, some See more page 18

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BEE-FRIENDLY BLITZ Brad Wallace deals with a pile of debris cleared from the beds at Gerry’s Garden at 14th Street and Rufus Drive in North Vancouver. On Oct. 20, volunteers from The Great Canadian Landscaping Co., Headwater Management and the North Shore community teamed up for a bee-friendly garden blitz. They pulled weeds, raked leaves, planted bee-friendly plants and seeds and installed a “bee hotel.” Scan with Layar for photo gallery. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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Whenever you try something new there are always going to be some people who aren’t ready to accept change and they will resist the idea.

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by Jacob Zinn of the Surrey Now newspaper (thenownewspaper.com) entitled Raised Bed Garden Causes Bylaw Stink in Surrey, in which a Surrey couple was told their hügelkultur gardening style contradicts the city’s unsightly premises bylaw.

Hügelkultur is a sustainable style of gardening that has been in practice for centuries in parts of Eastern Europe.

Hügelkultur, or “mound culture” as the word roughly translates from German, uses the concept of placing logs, stumps, tree branches and other woody debris into precisely

arranged piles. The wood debris is then covered with soil, but sometime manure or compost is added. The resulting mound becomes a planting bed. Mound heights range from one metre up to three metres tall and in large scale use up to five metres tall and proportionately as wide. The benefits of hügelkultur are claimed by its supporters to be: natural cycling of nutrients, dramatically reduced irrigation use, recycling of green waste, elimination of chemical fertilizers, carbon sequestration, sustainable and organic use of land and resources.

The technique uses the natural system of soil fungi, bacteria and microorganisms that slowly consume and convert the wood debris to organic matter rich in nutrients to build soil fertility.

Permaculturists have long known the value of using natural soil nutrient cycling processes to grow their food by working to build up soil bacteria, fungi and microorganism populations to produce nutrients to feed crops. The decaying wood in the hügelkultur bed also absorbs and holds water to act as a reservoir for plant roots to tap into. Some practitioners of this system

claim that their hügelkultur beds do not require supplemental irrigation at any time during summer drought.

Hügelkultur beds work well on sites with thin soil, desert climes, high altitude gardens, compacted soil, soils with poor drainage and land with rocky, gravelly or otherwise poor soils. Given the Surrey couple’s experience, residential use is obviously not easily accepted by the neighbours, at least not without some prior consultation. Hügelkultur beds also work on soils that are richer and deeper but there is less need in such soils. The look of hügelkultur beds is not too dissimilar from the look of compost piles covered in mulch and plants. The extra bed height is needed to separate the decomposing wood from direct contact with plant roots, although over time the roots grow down and into the decomposing wood.

The practice of hügelkultur in our time is generally credited to be the brainchild of Sepp Holzer although some people consider his unorthodox ideas to be a little crazy.

Holzer, however, is not crazy and his use of limited resources, natural systems,

sunlight, soil and water in ponds cut into the Austrian mountainside on his Krameterhof farm is truly amazing. Holzer grows an impressive range of fruits and vegetables including cherries, zucchinis, kiwis and pumpkins. See the video “Farming With Nature - Permaculture with Sepp Holzer” onYouTube.

I have significant experience in growing all types of plants in many different environments but what Holzer has created is impressive. He is now offering classes (holzeragroecology.com) on how to grow in tandem with nature, otherwise known as permaculture to some, agroecology to others, natural or ecological agriculture to yet others but its all hügelkultur to Holzer.

By watching and learning from his land and seeking a better way than what conventional industrial farming offers, Holzer has found the right balance of crop production, biodiversity and low impact use of resources on his 45 hectare farm in Austria. His work at Krameterhof farm is now seen as the most consistent and sustainable application of permaculture See Hügelkultur page 15

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readily available supply of commercial topsoil to build beds, the ease of access to fertilizer and the abundance of fresh water for irrigation in our part of the world. However, as a practice there is much to learn from Holzer’s hügelkultur.

The easy stuff involves using the ability of the soil and its life forms to feed plants instead of fertilizer. Hügelkultur also uses organic matter in the form of green waste to build soil fertility and

worldwide which is no small feat considering how many permaculturists there are springing from the earth these days.

Is hügelkultur adaptable to use in residential gardens? Yes in most cases but sufficient planning and consultation with the neighbours is recommended. Is hügelkultur necessary in residential gardens? The easy answer is probably not because of the

thriving communities of people, animals, insects, fungi and bacteria without the damaging environmental effects of pesticides, fertilizers and irrigation systems that our commercial landscape maintenance and industrial farming systems seem hopelessly dependant on.

Todd Major is a journeyman horticulturist, garden designer and builder, teacher, skills trainer and organic advocate.

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First to the e-readers: I always thought e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle and the Kobo were good devices but not for me. I had an excellent small tablet, the Nexus 7, which was light and portable and had useable apps for buying and reading books from the major e-book vendors. I had to carry only one device around with me for all my communication and media needs and brief attempts to use e-readers didn’t convince me otherwise. For one thing, I didn’t like the transition

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Practical Geek for page turns on e-readers, where the text of a page flashes away quickly to be replaced by the next page.

But recently I had a chance to try out a Kobo Aura e-reader for a few weeks.To my surprise, reading with it was a pleasure. After returning the loaner, I bought its larger sibling, the Aura HD, for my own use.

Why? Compared to tablets, e-readers are just better for reading books.

In a world in which we crave devices that can do everything, single-purpose devices allow us that rare experience in modern life: focus.

Reading an e-book on a tablet receiving communication signals from the Internet is like reading a book with a half-dozen friends gathered around you continually interrupting you to talk about the Canucks, Harper, beer and the latest pictures of their dog. A tablet has too many temptations — from Facebook to Netflix

to Angry Birds — that distract me from reading.

I used the Aura while at home in bed, eating lunch in a BC Ferries cafeteria and by a fire while camping.The screen was easy on the eyes.

The battery life was stellar (I never had to charge it during my three-week time with it).

The page transitions ceased to be an issue, so either I got used to it or the technology has improved. Best of all, I could simply read.

If there’s a downside to e-readers besides their high cost, it’s the trend by manufacturers to load them up with extra functions.

Some, such as built-in dictionaries and the ability to add annotations, are useful when reading for research or school. But others, such as linking your reading to social networks, are heading into tablet distraction territory.

Kobo, Amazon, Sony, you’ve got a good thing with these products. Don’t complicate them.

And now a nod toward big-screen smartphones: Putting a six-inch phone to your head to talk is still almost as dumb looking as using a 10-inch iPad for taking photos. But I’m trying out a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and now I see why they’ve sold millions of previous generations of the Note.

That big-ass 5.7-inch screen is sweet to behold.

If anything, large screens underscore the fact that the function performed the least with smartphones is making

calls. Smartphones have bumped aside conventional PCs for much of our tech needs and unlike tablets are always with us.They have become our de facto minicomputers. It makes sense that we want larger screens.

Reading email, perusing Twitter and viewing photos are more pleasant and arguably faster with more glass. Phones with smaller screens look almost unusable by comparison.

The Note 3 comes with a stylus, something I personally don’t have use for. But it works well for taking notes, creating quickie illustrations and selecting content on web pages to share. Again that big screen makes it easier.

Like all Samsung smartphones, the Note 3 is jammed with geeky features, many of which most users don’t want or need. Samsung’s version of Android is an acquired taste.

Carrying around a large phone, unless you have a carrying bag or big pockets, can also be a problem, especially in summer when pockets are rarer.

But if you can manhandle it around, a big screen might work for you in a smartphone-centric world.

Just minimize the calling.

Barry Link is editor of the Vancouver Courier and a geek enthusiast. Email him at blink@vancourier.com or follow him on Twitter @trueblinkit.

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EVENING AT RINGSIDE Griffins Boxing & Fitness will host a boxing charity gala in support of Big Brothers of Canada Saturday, Nov. 2, 5 p.m. to midnight at JP Fell Armoury, 1513 Forbes Ave., North Van. Boxing matches, dinner, drinks, an auction, live music and dancing. $120. griffinsboxing.com

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Andrew Schroeder, Carrie Kimberley, George Cadman, Andria Ink and Chris Haines Representatives of St. Agnes’ Anglican Church hosted the inaugural Gala on 12th Street at their North Vancouver church hall Oct. 5. Guests were treated to live and silent auctions, draws and door prizes, as well as a gourmet dinner by Sharing Abundance and live jazz by Original Blend. Proceeds from the event will support the church and its many outreach programs, which include community meals twice a month, youth shelter support and assistance, and other projects both at home and abroad.

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When kids bicker in the back seat Kathy Lynn

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On this particular day I had four little guys in the back seat ready to head off on a wonderful, exciting preschool trip to the pumpkin farm. I told them to buckle up and we would leave.The belts each fit two kids perfectly.That wouldn’t be acceptable today but then it was the best we had. But they didn’t want to

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wear the seatbelts. I opened my purse, took out my book and started to read.The kids shuffled about in the back seat, waiting to leave.

Finally, Michael, the ringleader in the “I never have to wear a seat belt” rebellion, looked at my son and said, “When are we going to leave?” “When we get belted,” was the answer.

“But, we’re going to miss the pumpkin farm,” Michael responded. My son Foley looked at me and then said, “She doesn’t care.”

So, the boys put on the belts and off we went.

Michael never chose to be in my car again when we had field trips.

Car behaviour is an ongoing issue for many parents.Whether it’s resisting car restraints, arguing with siblings or competing to get to sit in the front seat. It can be a nightmare.

The trick is to be clear on the ‘car rules’ and maintain them consistently. My son knew without a doubt that I was simply not going to start the car until they were all belted.

So, talk to your kids about

the rules. Make sure they understand that there are no exceptions when it comes to traveling in the car.The rules are carved in stone.

Trying to drive and pay attention to the traffic when the kids are bickering in the back seat is almost impossible. So, when the kids start into their fight, calmly pull over to the side of the road and say ‘I can’t drive with all this distraction, let me know when you’re finished.”Then pull that handy book out of your purse or pocket and start to read. (Or at least pretend to read.) When they calm down, resume your trip.

Lectures are not necessary; they get the message.

If fighting in the back seat is a constant problem, plan a training session. Head off for somewhere neat like the video arcade. If they start to fight, let them know that you refuse to drive while they are bickering, turn around and go back home.They will then know you mean it.

Boredom can also cause fights. So have some car-appropriate games and books in the car.The longer

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the trip the more you need to plan activities for them. If your kids can read in the car without getting nauseous it’s a bonus.

Car trips can be time when the kids are permitted to play with their hand-held video games.They will love it. Suddenly, the longer the trip the happier the kids.

In our family we had a very funny CD we used to listen to on long trips. Near the end of the travel day we would put it on, and no matter how often we heard it we would laugh.Today, thirty years later, lines from that CD still prompt laughs in our family.

You can also play music and sing along. Little kids love this.

It’s all about first making, stating and enforcing car travel rules and also about planning how to make the trip work for your children.

Then, whether you are heading to the local store or across the country you are ready for safe, comfortable and enjoyable car trips.

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The oversize digitally arranged photographs are gorgeous and those who tire of locating some of the very obscure objects can simply enjoy the book for the illustrations. Wick has clearly hit on a successful formula as this is the most recent of eight similar titles.

Mark Handford’s Where’sWaldo series is similar in that the reader must find a tiny character hidden amongst a horde of similar characters. This is not easy. I have spent hours searching for the little wretch! Some books have tabs to pull which initiate actions or hidden pictures that are revealed when a tab is lifted. The beloved Spot series of picture books

by Eric Hill used the latter technique to great advantage.

Books can be toolkits that stimulate the reader’s creativity such as A Book of Art-rageous Projects, which is a creative collaboration between the editors of Klutz and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Budding artists are exhorted to rub, pound, paint, sticker, weave, poke and soak this book.You can’t get much more interactive than that.

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Sometimes an author will try to authenticate a story by adding a physical feature. In The Incredible Book-eating Boy, by Oliver Jeffers, a large bite-shaped piece is missing from the back cover. Such clever touches really add to the fun as readers will instantly get the joke.

Another interactive technique is to have the reader seem to participate in advancing the plot by performing a particular action or series of actions.

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Night Light, by Nicholas Blechman, uses die-cut pages to get kids to match vehicles to their lights. It is both a delightful guessing game and a counting book and its bold blocky illustrations on heavy paper make it perfect for very young readers.

Round Trip by Ann Jonas is a visually stunning tale of a trip to the city and subsequent return home that night. The big surprise to first-time readers is that one must turn the book upside-down to make the trip back.

And then there are pop-up books, which can employ any number of the above techniques including complicated paper engineering. Often a pop-up is based on a popular book in a standard format allowing those who love the original version to access the story in yet another way.

Great stories don’t need these additional features, of course, but they can add to the fun and in some cases really are an integral part of the plot. Just reread The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle, to enjoy one of most successful interactive books of all time.

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Young Artists of the Week are selected from North Shore schools by Artists for Kids for displaying exceptional ability in their classroom artwork. For details, visit the website artists4kids.com. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

Video challenge supports dry grad Grade 12 students on the North Shore could win up to $6,000 for their school’s dry grad celebration.

Starting Sept. 9, the British Columbia Automobile Association, in partnership with its Road Safety Foundation, is launching its fourth annual Dry Grad Video Challenge. Grade 12 students throughout B.C. and theYukon are invited to create a 90-second video which speaks out against driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Students have until Nov. 4 to submit their videos online at bcaa.com/drygrad.

Entries will be judged by a panel and the top five videos will appear on BCAA’s website for public voting in December.

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Students learn about the world water crisis in a variety of subjects using the local landscape as their classroom.

Jessica Richmond, an outdoor education teacher at Collingwood School, spearheaded the program with the goal to teach students about the scarcity of water around the world using Cleveland Dam to examine the topic in a realworld situation.

During the project students discussed where their water comes from, how much they consume and how it gets to them. Over the course of two weeks students examined maps of freshwater availability in Geography, discussed First Nations history in Social Science, calculated their water usage in Math and learned about salmon spawning in Science.

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Getting kids connected to the environment is something that comes naturally to Island Pacific School (IPS), an independent school that offers students in grades 69 an enriched educational environment.

Located on Bowen Island, IPS has forests out its back door and the seashore a five-minute drive away.

Ted Spear, head of school, says, “Introducing students to nature is not something

we teach at Island Pacific School, it is something that we do as a matter of course and is integral to the total IPS experience.”

Students manage the school’s recyclables, with senior students passing on their knowledge of responsibly recycling what would otherwise be school waste. Since the students at IPS clean the school every day, this knowledge becomes part of their daily routine.

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three significant outdoor trips a year:The first week of school is marked by an overnight hiking trip. In May, the students go on a week-long sailing trip, and in June, they venture out on an ocean kayaking trip.

Between those major trips, IPS teachers regularly take students outside to study the natural habitat. Physical Education is conducted in a meadow, and local trails are used for orienteering and cross-country running.With

classes of only 10-16 students, teachers can quickly mobilize to get their students involved, for example, in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup or a field trip to a nearby lake to study the local ecology.

“At Island Pacific School, we also want to foster a strong sense of community connection and responsibility,” says Spear.

Teacher Bronwyn Churcher co-ordinates

the Community Service program, setting up meaningful and engaging experiences that are of benefit to the community as a whole. Activities include yard work for a seniors centre, working with the Streamkeepers at the local fish hatchery, learning about

climate change with Bowen In Transition, and creating an environment-themed event with the Arts Council.

A community garden onsite completes the picture, rounding out IPS’s abundant opportunities for students to learn from and appreciate all that nature has to offer.

Students embark on outdoor education at LGCA

Students from Lions Gate Christian Academy and their instructor help clean up the shore as part of their environmental education. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

“There were long hours of paddling at Anderson and Seaton lakes.We were so tired when we stopped but Mrs. M told us to take a few minutes to be thankful, then we could rest.”

JD, a Grade 10 student at Lions Gate Christian Academy, tells a story about the week-long canoeing trip the school’s Elements students took last spring.

“The portage from lake to lake was the most difficult.

On top of that, the weather got progressively worse. It

really tested our limits. Just as we arrived, exhausted, at a pristine campsite, Mr. H enthusiastically led us on a hike.We were so tired, but pushed past our fatigue and we were so glad we did.The view from the top was amazing: a series of four waterfalls.We were stunned at the beauty and we watched in silence.Through our perspiration, we received inspiration viewing God’s beautiful creation.”

Elements is an outdoor education program for

students in grades 9 and 10 at LGCA. It is an opportunity for students to learn about, enjoy and care for our environment through outdoor adventures.We introduce students to the safety, joy and inspiration of kayaking, mountain biking, backpacking, canoeing, hiking, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, camping and survival skills in every activity. Students have to team-plan, problem-solve and co-operate in every

activity.They experience the reality of leaving an outdoor venue in better condition when they leave than when they arrive.While out on overnight expeditions, students learn to respect and care for nature so that they participate in its sustainability. One of the outcomes is that our young people will treasure their experiences and as adults work to ensure their children may enjoy the same wonders of nature in our province.

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Stewardship at St. Edmund’s At St. Edmund’s elementary, one of our central values is stewardship of our natural surroundings.

We try to develop environmentally conscious habits, as well as build a base of scientific knowledge that allows students to judge such issues with a critical eye.

Likely the largest school event that fulfils both objectives is the week that

Students at St. Edmund’s elementary help out in the school garden. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

our grades 6 and 7 students spend in Squamish.The week is dedicated to various activities, such as biological studies, nature hikes, and outdoor survival skills. It is a highlight of our students’ experience at St. Edmund’s elementary, and relationships are noticeably strengthened from the week together.

Recently, our Grade 7 teacher started a school garden, which his students maintain.The Grade 1 students join in the fun by planting bean plants in a section of the garden cleared for them.We also have a

school recycling program run by the older grades.The Grade 7s collect juice boxes, wash them out, and move them to storage every lunch hour. Our Grade 6s collect all the paper recycling each Wednesday, and move it outside for pick-up.We are currently planning to have our older grades present to the younger ones about environmentally responsible practices. Our grades 4 and 5 classes have a speaker from WildEd visit annually.The day consists of a presentation in the morning, and a local outing in the afternoon.

The students are brought to Mosquito Creek Park and get a chance to study a local ecosystem. Our Grade 5s have also entered a City of North Vancouver energy conservation contest in the past (winning in 2009-10 and 2010-11).

Those are the highlights of what we do to build a connection with the outdoors, and an awareness of environmental issues.

Although our school has a Catholic focus, I’m sure people of all denominations would agree that those values should be universal.

Kids and nature come together at North Star Montessori A fundamental aspect of North Star Montessori’s program focuses on showing students the interconnectedness between all things in the universe and teaching respect and compassion for all living things.

As part of this, North Star has endeavoured to

create a zero-waste program at the school, encouraging parents to pack lunches and snacks in reusable containers.

Additionally, the children are actively involved in a composting program where the older children take responsibility for collecting the compost daily from each

classroom. Soil generated from the compost is used in the spring for planting.

Children also learn to care for plants inside each classroom beginning in preschool, and have the opportunity to plant seeds outdoors and to care for and observe their plants as they grow. Each spring

the children participate in a neighbourhood cleanup of the local area, collecting trash and recycling and completing projects on how to help care for the Earth.

Many lessons and activities occur outside throughout the year so students can gain an understanding and

appreciation of the lifecycles of local flora and fauna.

The students at North Star are fortunate to have a beautiful park nearby to spend time at each day hiking, exploring, observing, creating, and inventing in nature.This direct connection to nature, in conjunction with being given

ample opportunities to learn about and have positive experiences in the natural world, will support North Star’s students to care about the future of our planet. By becoming active participants in their environment now, they have a greater chance of becoming inspired global caretakers in the future.

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Connecting with nature informs studies At Mulgrave, we believe that a global perspective and environmental and social responsibility are central to becoming a true world citizen.

One of Canada’s leading International Baccalaureate (IB) Continuum schools, Mulgrave approaches learning with an emphasis on inquiry and critical thinking.

Our students are encouraged to develop a global perspective that gives them a context that goes beyond their own experience to develop an appreciation for the interdependence of our world.

Connecting students to nature at Mulgrave is achieved through a multidimensional approach that is experiential, imaginative and holistic, embodying the school’s mission to inspire excellence in education and in life and encourage students to embrace, with passion and confidence, their responsibility always to make a difference in their communities.

Every Kindergarten-

Grade 10 student participates in the outdoor education program at Mulgrave led by Ali McTavish and Lina Augaitis, both passionate outdoor education enthusiasts, throughout the year.

Fostering a physical connection with the local natural world provides students with a tangible frame of reference for their studies. Having first-hand experience of the impact humans have on their environment contextualizes their in-class learning.

“To see the students enjoying themselves, both playing and learning, motivates us to continue to grow and deepen our program.We love that outdoor education touches on all aspects of volunteerism, teaching hard skills and environmental stewardship, and we strive to provide a well-rounded experience for all our students,” says McTavish.

Situated on Cypress Mountain, Mulgrave is in a prime location to take advantage of summer and

winter activities on our own doorstep.

Mulgrave students are active all over the North Shore for these valuable, immersive experiences, including beach cleanups, invasive species pulls, hiking, biking and kayaking.

Middle and senior school students are able to join our Summit LEAP electives

and the Duke of Edinburgh program.

With more than 60 students in the Duke of Edinburgh program it’s clear that our students are motivated by the natural areas they explore and work in, and through these experiences develop a deep and abiding connection with nature.

Students from Mulgrave recently helped with trail maintenance and learned how to build shelters as part of their outdoor education program. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD

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Environmental stewardship is not just discussed at Alcuin College it is what our students do.

In September, students aged five to 12 collaborated to collect litter around Rice Lake in Lynn Headwaters Regional Park.

Kindergarten to Grade 6 students collected garbage around the lake while discussing ecosystems and the effects on the environment. In early October, students in grades 7 to 11 braved torrential rain to decommission a trail and plant native species on Mount Fromme. Alcuin College was one of only two

schools to volunteer at this event, which was organized by the Lower Mainland Green Team and the District of North Vancouver.While working, Alcuin College teacher Jon Wescott tied their activities to the students’ science learning through a discussion on biomes, succession and how humans impact the environment. District of North Vancouver staff provided detailed insight into why specific plant species were chosen for the area.

Closer to home, the students at Alcuin College also participate in the upkeep of their community garden.This year, they enjoyed kale, tomatoes, basil and beets.

Students researched the growing conditions for a variety of vegetables before making their choices.These activities speak to Alcuin College’s core philosophy of experiential learning, which is synonymous with

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“We want our students to live in their community, to contribute to improving the environment and to learn how to take care of their world. Our program requires an authentic handson approach to learning,” explains Stella Ablett, head of school.

Edmund de Beer, cofounder of Alcuin College, agrees. “Students are frequently off site, learning from the real world in the real world. Our growing network of community partners voluntarily shares their knowledge and skills to educate our students in situ.

This provides context, skills and enrichment in ways a classroom cannot.”

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to EXCEPTIONAL CUISINE

Szechuan comes to Lynn Valley

Chris Dagenais

The Dish

ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents pumpkin recipes just in time for Halloween. page 38

There is some truth to the adage that a slow and steady pace wins the race.

In our culture that champions the rare, the elite, or the virtuoso, it is far too easy to overlook the methodical, the reliable and the consistent. In the world of dining, we all have our tried and true favourites, those workhorse establishments that deliver dependable, if predictable, results time after time. I have a number of such go-to destinations to which I return whenever I want proven and steady fare. I take comfort in knowing that after a hit and miss, twelvecourse chef’s taster menu at the hippest new joint in town, I can return, humbled and almost apologetic, to my local burger spot for a solid meal.

Still, there remains a latent yearning shelved somewhere in my psyche, covered by a precariously shallow dusting of selfdiscipline and reason, that keeps me ever-hopeful that the next new restaurant I try will reveal the work of a culinary master who will unreservedly reward my hedonistic inclinations.

It was with these duplicitous musings in mind that I recently visited Wonderful Szechuan Restaurant in Lynn Valley, a new entry to the North Shore dining scene that

sets high expectations with its very name, let alone its promise of Szechuan fare, easily my favourite regional culinary style in the powerhouse arsenal of traditional Chinese food.

It is important to preface any further comments with a couple of important facts: firstly,Wonderful Szechuan has an ambitious menu of more than 100 dishes, of which I sampled a mere six.

It is possible that a deeper overview of the menu would yield a different impression on a second visit. Secondly, I hold Szechuan cuisine in exceptionally high regard and have, on countless occasions in many different cities, enjoyed some extraordinary meals in the Szechuan style.

Accompanying me for an early evening meal was my son, Mini Me, so nicknamed for a striking paternal resemblance which, I continually reassure everyone, he is bound to outgrow. Mini has cultivated a remarkable palate for a sixyear-old and has a tolerance for spicy food that would put many travelled grown men to shame.

We consulted our server on the menu and asked her to recommend dishes that best exhibited either Wonderful’s unique house style or Szechuan cuisine generally.Without hesitation, she set us on a course of six dishes that covered many of the major categories of the menu.

Our meal began with a large bowl of hot and sour soup, a thick, glistening, reddish broth replete with delicate slivers of bamboo, carrot, tofu, and scallion, as well as morsels of egg white and chicken.The flavour of the soup struck a nice balance between the sour vinegar and spicy chili, though this latter was a touch too reserved for my

Sweet and sour boneless pork is on the menu at Wonderful Szechuan Restaurant in Lynn Valley. Chef and owner Kevin Li is seen in the photo below. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH taste and certainly didn’t put Mini to the test at all on the heat scale.The viscous, velvety sheen of the broth was a telltale sign of the use of MSG, an ingredient that would feature heavily throughout our meal. Upon later enquiry, our server told us that the kitchen will accommodate those with an intolerance to MSG by preparing dishes without it.

Next up was the House Special Ginger Beef and a plate of Szechuan Style Spicy Green Beans. Both dishes were generously portioned and were far and away the tastiest of the entire meal.The beef was sliced into thin, bite-sized strips that were coated in a light and crispy batter loaded with fresh and fragrant ginger flavour.The string beans retained a subtle crunch and were piled high with crushed garlic.While both dishes contained whole, dried See Fried page 38

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Season calls for pumpkin

Angela Shellard

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Tomorrow being Halloween, I thought it appropriate to offer up some of my favourite recipes using pumpkin.

If you want to go the whole nine yards you can buy some sugar pumpkins (not the jack o’ lantern variety) and make your own puree, but the canned variety is perfectly fine for any of these desserts.

Just make sure you buy unsweetened pure pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling, which already has sugar and spices added.

Pumpkin Toffee Cookies 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp ground nutmeg ¼ tsp ground cloves ½ tsp salt ½ cup butter, room temperature 1½ cups granulated sugar 1 cup pumpkin puree 1 large egg 1 tsp vanilla 1½ cups Skor Toffee Bits (look in the aisle where you’d find chocolate chips) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until

Cream cheese icing adds a sweet touch to pumpkin cupcakes, which are a perfect treat in time for the Halloween season. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD creamy; add the pumpkin, egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Slowly add the dry ingredients and beat until just combined, then stir in the toffee bits. Scoop level tablespoons of batter onto the lined baking sheet, one inch apart. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes until lightly browned around the edges and set. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for a couple of minutes then transfer to wire racks to cool. Makes about 36 cookies.

Pumpkin Pie Milkshake 2 cups vanilla ice cream 1 cup milk 2 /3 cup pumpkin puree ¼ cup packed brown sugar ½ tsp cinnamon Pinch each of ground ginger, nutmeg and cloves Whipped cream to garnish Combine all ingredients except whipped cream in a blender and blend until smooth (blend long enough for brown sugar to dissolve).

Pour into glasses and top with whipped cream. Makes

four servings.

1 cup all-purpose flour ¾ tsp baking powder ¾ tsp baking soda ¾ tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp salt 1 /8 tsp nutmeg 1 /8 tsp ground ginger Pinch of ground cloves 2 eggs, lightly beaten 2 /3 cup pumpkin puree 1 /3 cup granulated sugar 1 /3 cup packed brown sugar 1 /3 cup vegetable oil ½ cup golden raisins ¼ cup finely chopped crystallized ginger (for topping) Icing: Half of a 250-gram package of cream cheese, softened 6 Tbsp butter, softened ½ tsp vanilla 2 cups icing sugar 1 Tbsp milk

(flour through cloves). In a large bowl, combine the eggs, pumpkin, both sugars and vegetable oil; whisk until smooth. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture one-third at a time, stirring until combined after each addition. Stir in raisins.

Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling each cup twothirds full.

Bake for approximately 15 minutes or until a tester inserted in the centre of a cupcake comes out clean. Remove cupcakes from muffin pan and cool completely on a wire rack.

To make frosting, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy; beat in vanilla.

Gradually add the icing sugar, beating well; add milk one teaspoon at a time until icing is spreadable.

Frost cooled cupcakes and sprinkle crystallized ginger on top. Makes 12 cupcakes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees; line 12 muffin cups with paper liners. In a medium bowl, stir together the first eight ingredients

Angela Shellard is a selfdescribed foodie. She has done informal catering for various functions. Contact: ashellard@ hotmail.ca.

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chili peppers to facilitate self-administered heat adjustment, it must be said that the signature spiciness of Szechuan cuisine was largely lacking throughout our meal.

The mountain of vegetable chow mein that followed was adequately tasty and proficiently spiced,

though it was wanting of more vegetable content, while a dish of scallops and prawns in spicy garlic sauce, which had been billed by our server as a house special, featured a thick, oddly sweet sauce that masked the nominal seafood content.

A final dish of fried eggplant in spicy chili garlic sauce was jam-packed with eggplant and onions

and was a surprise hit with Mini, although he correctly observed that this dish and several of the others generated a large pool of oil on the bottom of the plate, suggesting the copious use of frying as a cooking method.

To my mind Wonderful Szechuan Restaurant falls into the workhorse camp of culinary establishments, its dishes competently prepared

though lacking in the sort of virtuosity that will have you sending your friends and family there for years to come.Wonderful Szechuan Restaurant is located at 1238 Ross Road in Lynn Valley.

Phone: 604-988-9927.

Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. Contact: hungryontheshore@gmail.com.

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Classes feature guest chefs ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

The first time you try a new recipe, you should read it through first, then do exactly as it says.

The next time you’re making the same recipe, you can try to vary it a bit.

This is Maureen Goulet’s top tip for new cooks. She says following the recipe all the way through the first time allows new cooks to ensure they are doing it right, and they also get a sense of what the recipe should taste like before they start to tinker with it. Goulet has taught many new cooks over the past 30 years through her business Ambrosia Adventures in Cooking.

The West Vancouver mother of two started out with a catering business, but decided she wanted to teach what she was selling instead.

She taught classes at her home and then she added classes at different hotels featuring executive chefs.

That idea then blossomed into her current venture, which features hosting classes with guest chefs, such as Karen Barnaby, of the Fish House in Stanley Park, Andrew Court, from the Wall Centre Hotel, Michael Jacob (LeCrocodile) and Pierre de la Cote (Seasons in the Park).

“My whole concept, which is a little different than most cooking schools, is giving people an opportunity

to meet these great chefs we have in the Vancouver area,” says Goulet, adding “An adult student is the keenest learner because they’re there because they want to be, they’re not there because they’re forced to be. And they have a genuine interest in what they’re learning how to do.”

Most of the classes are not hands-on, but some of the visiting chefs do involve students in the presentation.

“They have a wealth of knowledge to share,” says Goulet of the chefs. Unlike referencing cookbooks, cooking classes allow students to ask questions and watch how the recipe comes together, says Goulet, adding students are more likely to try out a recipe at home after watching a demonstration of it.

Classes often include a meal and wine, and Goulet says “it’s a night out,” for couples, friends and colleagues. Many of her students tell her they have always wanted to learn to cook, and are finally finding the time to do it. Goulet hosts classes at various hotels, and she also uses the demo kitchen atY. Franks in West Vancouver. Although there’s a lot of cooking going on, she notes that there isn’t a lot of baking.

Most of the chefs she hosts do not do desserts because it’s a different mindset than cooking. Cooking is creative, but baking is a science,

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Evelyn Gillies SeanWright and Morgan Browne

Evelyn Gillies was born on Oct. 24, 1933. Her family wishes her a happy birthday and lots of love.

Morgan Browne, daughter of Deborah and Bo Browne, and Sean Wright, son of Jeannette and David Wright, were engaged on Aug. 28 in Capri, Italy. Their families congratulate them on their engagement and wish them love and happiness.

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Jennifer Elizabeth and James Ronald Christopher Fred and Barbara O’Hagan and Ron and Rebecca Stewart are pleased to announce the engagement of their children Jennifer Elizabeth and James Ronald Christopher. The wedding is scheduled to take place in the fall next year.

Their families send their best wishes.

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Karen North and Kieran Magee Karen North and Kieran Magee were married in Vancouver on Oct. 15, 1983.

They have lived on the North Shore for 20 years, and have four daughters and a granddaughter. Their family and friends wish them a very happy 30th wedding anniversary.

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NEIGHBOURHOODS

CapU names new head Ken Haycock has been appointed chancellorelect of Capilano University and will become the school’s second chancellor since its designation as a university in 2008.

He will succeed Peter Ufford who served as Capilano University’s inaugural chancellor and will assume his duties at convocation on June 2, 2014, according to a press release.

Haycock is an internationally acclaimed educator, mentor, and consultant and a leading Canadian educator in library and information science.

He is currently research professor of management and organization at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, where he co-ordinates graduate programs in library and information management. He is also adjunct professor at Australia’s Queensland University of Technology, professor emeritus and former director at San Jose School of Library and Information Science, and at the University of British Columbia School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. Haycock has served on numerous scholarly, professional and community-based committees and boards including as an elected trustee and chair of the West Vancouver School

Board, municipal councillor, and as the current chair of the West Vancouver Arts Centre

Trust (Kay Meek Centre).

Send details for Noteworthy Neighbours to emcphee@ nsnews.com.

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TIME TRAVELLER This early photo (from approximately 1900), is of a news stand. A woman, possibly the shopkeeper, stands in the doorway. On Nov. 20, join the West Vancouver Historical Society for a presentation and discussion on The Future of Point Atkinson with Elaine Graham, an expert on the history and status of the iconic site at 7 p.m. at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre. wvhs.ca. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WEST VANCOUVER ARCHIVES/ SUBMITTED BY THE WEST VANCOUVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

TEA TIME North Vancouver’s Gulnar Carlisle has a cup of tea poured for her by Russell Sprake, while seated with Juby Sprake and Gillian Hulme. Following a recent trip to Nepal to do volunteer work, Carlisle was inspired to host the fundraising event in support of Core International. The tea party raised $16,800, which will be used to support 30 women to get training on how to grow and market their vegetables. Scan with the Layar app for more photos. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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HALLOWEEN HUSTLE The West Vancouver Track & Field Club held its annual Halloween Howl elementary cross-country meet on Oct. 22 at Ambleside Park. Grade 3 racers ran an 800-metre course, those in Grades 4 to 7 ran 1,800 metres, and children Grade 2 and younger participated in the Spooky Sprint. Scan with Layar for video and more photos. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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ROTARY SUNRISE CLUB meets for breakfast every Thursday, 7:15-8:30 a.m. at Capilano Golf and Country Club, 420 Southborough Dr.,West Vancouver. 604-913-3959 WEST VANCOUVER ADULT POPS BAND meets every Thursday, 7:30 p.m., at the West Vancouver Community Centre music room, 780 22nd St.,West Vancouver. New members are wanted for the woodwind and brass sections. No auditions are required. Phil, 604-980-2403.

WOMEN’S SETTLEMENT ENGLISH CLASSES The North Shore Multicultural Society offers classes for immigrant and refugee women with children up to five years old, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:15-11:45 a.m. at St. Andrews United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. Daycare is provided. Register in person Monday to Friday, 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. at the North Shore Multicultural Society, 207123 East 15th St., North Vancouver. 604-988-2931

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weekly friendly conversation class to practise English meets every Friday, 1-2:30 p.m. at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. $2. 604-9875820 FRIENDLY FRIDAYS Join a friendly, informal group that meets every Friday, 9:30-11:30 a.m. for coffee and conversation at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Participants work on their own knit, crochet or other small projects. $4/$2. 604-987-5820 mollienyehouse.com ROOYESH GROUP meets every second Friday to discuss matters such as psychology, immigration, teenagers, music, poems, social, cultural issues and more. Meetings are in Farsi with English translation available, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Room 203, Capilano Mall, 935 Marine Dr., North Vancouver. Free. Zara, 604980-1290

Saturdays AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACTION CIRCLE MONTHLY MEETING The North Shore chapter invites you to take action on human rights around the world.The first Saturday of every month, 10-11:30 a.m. in the Mt. Seymour Parkway area. 604-842-3251 amnestynorthvancouver@ gmail.com ABORIGINAL SUPPORT A variety of programs are offered for families and individuals at the So-Sah-Latch Health and Family Centre, 422 West Esplanade Ave., North Vancouver. 604-985-7826

ROTARY CLUB OF LIONS GATE meets every Friday, noon at North Shore Winter Club, 1325 East Keith Rd., North Van. Public is welcome. 604-837-2362

COMMUNITY RECYCLING DEPOT Do you want to recycle more? Take all products (such as Styrofoam, vinyl, flower pots and electronics) not accepted by the Blue Box program to Presentation House, 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Van, the third Saturday of every month, from 9 a.m. to noon. Donations toward recycling costs and theatre programming. 604-5687027 pacificmobiledepots.com

SOUP AND SANDWICH with coffee or tea in a warm, friendly atmosphere every Wednesday and Friday at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. $5 ($3 for children)

ENGLISH CLASSES Free English as a second language classes are held Thursdays from 6:30-8 p.m. and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.noon at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 941 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. 604-657-0908

THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE will take place every fourth Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Lynn Valley United Church, 3201 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver.The session is open to all ages and abilities with instruments provided. $15. 604-987-2114 lynnvalleychurch.com SOBER DANCE Every Saturday, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. for people ages 18 and older at North Shore Alano Club, 176 East Second St., North Vancouver. 604-987-4141

Notices COAST CHARACTER DOLL AND PAPER GROUP meets monthly on the North Shore for workshops and discussions regarding construction, techniques and supplies used in doll fabrication and paper work at regular meetings and other designated times. New members welcome. Doreen Marlor, 604-984-8540.

MAPLE LEAF SINGERS holds ongoing auditions for female and male singers for the season.

Anne Baird, 604-922-9827.

Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com. For our online listings, go to nsnews.com, scroll to Community Events and click on AddYour Event.

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Special Advertising Feature

COMMUNITY BUILDING

New residential construction is having a positive economic impact in the North Shore, pouring millions of dollars into the local economy and creating hundreds of jobs.

BUILDING

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A community on the grow

f you are a newcomer to the North Shore, you’re not alone. The community is growing and the next few decades will see tremendous change. At the time of the 2011 Census, the combined population of the three municipalities was in the neighbourhood of 175,000 people.

North Vancouver City noted the largest percentage growth over the 2006 count, with an increase of 6.7 per cent. North Vancouver District growth was only 2.2. per cent, while West Vancouver’s was even lower at 1.3 per cent. Those numbers compare to the national growth rate of 5.9 per cent. But the numbers in all three municipalities will continue to rise. The Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy projects the North Shore’s population will be 242,000 by 2041. That’s an increase of about 67,000 people over the next three decades.

Growth throughout the entire Metro Vancouver region is being driven mainly by immigration and to a lesser degree by people moving here from other parts of Canada. The North Shore has opened its arms to immigrants; about 28 per cent of the people who live here were born in other countries.

Most of the municipalities’ recent immigrants (people arriving between 2006 and 2011) came from Iran, the Philippines, China, and South Korea.

To accommodate new residents, the regional growth strategy anticipates the number of dwelling units will reach nearly 100,000 by 2041 – up substantially from the close to 70,000 homes in the latest census numbers. There’s no wonder then that development – particularly high-density development – is going full steam ahead and transforming the community.

The District of North Vancouver council adopted the municipality’s official community plan in 2011. This

long-range planning document sets direction for future development and servicing requirements of the community.

“The vision of the OCP is to create a ‘network of centres’ of more complete, compact and connected communities,” said Brian Bydwell, general manager of the District’s Planning, Properties and Permits division. “Approximately 75 to 90 per cent of new growth in the district over the next 20 years is to be focused in four key centres: Lynn Valley and Lower Lynn Town Centres, and Lower Capilano-Marine and Maplewood Village Centres. A frequent transit network is intended to link these growth centres.”

At the beginning of October, there were development applications for 2,447 housing units in process in the North Vancouver district. These applications represent projects that will unfold over several years and, in some cases, in a number of phases.

While density in the district is clearly laid out in its lower areas along the main public transportation routes and the town centres, growth is happening primarily in the city in the Lonsdale corridor and Marine-Harbourside neighbourhood.

New growth there will be multi-family homes: a mix of high rises, duplexes, triplexes, and groundoriented units. Over 1,500 strata units have been approved or recently completed in these areas, with development applications for a further 600 strata units currently in process.

West Vancouver’s target growth rate is only 0.5 per cent a year, with density being encouraged along Marine Drive and in Ambleside. This will allow older residents looking to downsize to move closer to services.

All the new residential construction is having a positive economic impact, pouring millions of dollars into the local economy and hundreds of jobs. There were 787 new housing starts recorded from January to August on the North Shore, predominantly in North Vancouver City. According to information from the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association, the value of new residential construction in Metro Vancouver in 2012 alone was $4.3 billion and created 19,500 person years of direct jobs and 9,800 indirect jobs throughout the province. Residential construction also benefits the tax base; the City of North Vancouver, for instance, collected $53,717 for streets and $1,726,931 for parks in development cost charges in 2012.

Adding fuel to the development investment fire

on the North Shore is Seaspan’s $8 billion federal shipbuilding contract as well as the possible expansion of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline. The Vancouver Shipyards expansion alone is having a large positive economic impact on the community.

The topic was the subject of a discussion at last April’s Vancouver Real Estate Forum. Panelists explored the changing landscape and talked about what to expect over the next five to 10 years. The forum identified many of the existing and future developments happening on the North Shore including British Pacific Properties Rodgers Creek, Evelyn by Onni on Taylor Way, projects by Onni, Wesgroup, and Anthem on Lonsdale, the Seylynn project near the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge, Grosvenor’s project in Central Lonsdale, and Concert’s Waterfront Harbourside project.

A46 - North Shore News - Wednesday, October 30, 2013

COMMUNITY BUILDING

Fairborne Homes

Capstone

Lower Lonsdale’s Grand Finale

T

he North Shore is experiencing steady population growth which is resulting in changes in many neighbourhoods. In the City of North Vancouver, most of the growth is happening in the Lonsdale Corridor and one of the developers guiding that growth is Fairborne. The Fairborne family of companies have added over 600 homes in five communities: Piermont; Sky; Time; Q; and now Capstone.

PROJECT DETAILS

“We’ve been active in the community for about two decades now, having built several popular condos as well as an award-winning mixed-use complex,” said Fairborne Development Manager Jennifer Randall. “Now under construction in the

> Development Name: Capstone > Developer: Fairborne Homes > Project Location:

area is Capstone; 71 new homes that are the symbolic completion of this Lower Lonsdale neighbourhood. There’s a great mix of people and amenities here. It has a great proximity to downtown, yet retains that special North Shore feel.

> Prices: $300,000’s > Sales centre: 135 West 1st Street > Hours: 12 noon to 5pm every day except Fridays > Telephone: 604.929.8870 > Website: www.liveatcapstone.com > Occupancy: Spring 2014

a deep understanding of the North Shore.

The company’s commitment to design excellence goes beyond the surface details by building above the standards required by the BC Building Code.

Capstone offers a mix of one bedroom a n d d e n s a n d t w o b e d ro o m h o m e s ranging from 670 to 1,100 square feet with prices starting in the $300,000s.

Homebuyers will enjoy generous outdoor space with decks intentionally positioned to optimize sunlight. The warm, bright interiors are designed with thoughtful, efficient floor plans and include laminate o a k f l o o r i n g t h ro u g h o u t t h e e n t r y, kitchen, living and dining rooms. Premium stainless steel appliances, double-thick granite countertops in the kitchen with tile and glass backsplash, natural stone countertops in the bathroom with porcelain floor and wall tiles complete the high-end look to all homes at Capstone.

“We really believe in this community and know that it is a wonderful place to invest in a new home,” said Randall. “We are very proud of our all the communities we have built here and hope anyone searching for a home will stop by to see for themselves the Fairborne difference at Capstone.”Capstone’s sales centre, including a decorated two bedroom display suite, is open daily from noon to 5 p.m. (except Fridays) at 135 West 1st Street in Lower Lonsdale. Homes are over 50 per cent sold with a great selection still available.

”Fairborne has been part of the transformation of Lower Lonsdale since 1996 from an area once full of parking lots to today’s truly vibrant community.

The company’s commitment to developing some of the Lower Mainland’s most memorable homes in this neighbourhood has not gone unnoticed. The Time development, for instance, won the U r b a n L a n d D e v e l o p m e n t I n s t i t u t e ’s prestigious Award of Excellence in Urban Land Development and was named one of 10 noteworthy transit-oriented projects worldwide.

“Buyers at our earlier developments are very involved with their community and the North Shore; they love living here,” remarked Randall.

135 West 2nd Street > Project Size: 71 homes

well as its sister communities Time, Q and Sky) are top-rated ‘walker’s paradise’ a c c o rd i n g t o w w w. w a l k s c o re . c o m ’s walkability rankings given its location to transit, outdoor recreation, restaurants and cafes. Live here and you won’t be needing a car for daily errands.

I t ’s n o s u r p r i s e t h e n t h a t s o m e o f those residents are now purchasing at Capstone or referring their friends.

“We’re seeing a lot of interest from people already in the community who know and trust the Fairborne name,” said Randall. “Capstone promises to be a very attractive building with well-designed homes. The site’s slope has inspired a unique, five- to six-storey tiered concrete and glass design overlooking Jack Loucks Court.” A pedestrian pathway running from the plaza steps from Capstone will connect people from the SeaBus, Lonsdale Quay market and community centre with 2nd Avenue. Capstone (as

Fairborne has a strong reputation as a quality builder backed by over 17 years of construction experience and a team with

For more information: liveatcapstone.com info@liveatcapstone.com 604.929.8870

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A48 - North Shore News - Wednesday, October 30, 2013

COMMUNITY BUILDING

Wesgroup Properties

The Prescott

Signature North Vancouver

P

icture this: Panoramic views across t h e B u r ra r d I n l e t , Va n c o u v e r cityscape, and as far as the Gulf Islands. Massive balconies with space for outdoor living and entertaining in style. All this plus a Central Lonsdale location in the heart of North Vancouver.

Now picture yourself living at The Prescott: 15 storeys of sophisticated condominium residences at the corner of 13th Street and Lonsdale.

PROJECT DETAILS

Amazing Neighbourhood “Central Lonsdale is a neighbourhood where there’s already so much happening,” says Yosh Kasahara, Wesgroup’s director of sales and marketing. “Every amenity you can imagine is right here just steps from your front door — and more coming, including a new head office for Blue Shore Financial at the base of The Prescott tower.”

> Developer Name: The Prescott > Developer: Wesgroup Properties > Project Location: Lonsdale and 13th, North Vancouver > Project size: 84 apartment residences > Unit sizes: 457 – 948 sq.ft. (from studio – 2 bedroom + den) > Prices: From $274,900 > Sales centre: 101 – 1133 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver > Hours: 12 – 5pm Daily (closed Thursday and Friday) > Web: www.theprescott.ca

In fact, a short stroll will take you on a celebration of cultural and ethnic diversity that’s part of the Lonsdale vibe. From high fashion to hardware, camera shops to yoga supplies and art galleries, live theatre, and parks, there’s always something new to explore. And when it comes to food, choosing where to start will likely be the toughest part because you’ve got everything from mom’n’pop cafés like Pegster’s Coffee Shop right next door to The Prescott’s presentation centre to pub fare to fine dining with candlelight and linens.

Seeing is Believing Mind you, The Prescott has plenty to keep you delightfully entertained right at home… starting with views.

“Now we can take people on hardhat tours of the building and let them actually walk through the homes, they realize it’s not just marketing hype — you really do get panoramic views from every single home,” says sales coordinator Danielle Bauhuis. She opens the door to a fourth floor home and the dramatic reality of her statement is spread out in front.

This is a west facing two-bedroom and den that looks across to where the Lion’s Gate Bridge shimmers in the afternoon sunshine.

Later in the evening, the sunset would clearly be dazzling. “And check out the size of the deck,” she says stepping outside to where construction crew are starting to lay concrete pavers. “You could easily have a barbeque, dining table for eight, and there’d still be space for a sofa grouping… even put an outdoor fire pit for ambiance.”

Next stop is up — way up on the 15th floor.

Even with just the drywalling in place, there’s a sense of comfort, of sheer flow to this twobedroom and den. The kitchen is open and seems to morph effortlessly into the living room. There’s an open office/den area at the entry, another massive deck, and views that seem to span 270 degrees from SFU and Capitol Hill across downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park all the way to The Lions.

From here you can also see another of The Prescott’s unique features — the commercial rooftop is landscaped with river rock that creates the illusion of a creek bed. “It’s virtually zero maintenance and so much more interesting to look down on than a traditional roof,” Danielle says.

Don’t Miss Out With the building nearing completion and occupancy expected for February next year, Danielle says it’s a particularly exciting time.

“But what’s even better is that even though we’re almost 90 percent sold, there are

still homes of every type available — onebedroom, two-bedroom, some with roof terraces, others with corner balconies. So there’s still something to suit every lifestyle.”

The Prescott is located at Lonsdale and 13th Street in North Vancouver. Presentation centre open noon to 5:00 pm Saturday through Wednesday at 101 – 1133 Lonsdale.

Hardhat tours available on Saturdays or by appointment.

For more information visit www.theprescott.ca or call 604.969.3333.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - North Shore News - A49

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Future Home of

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Visit the Pre-View Centre. Open 12–5pm daily (closed Thursday and Friday).

101-1133 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver.

SIGNATURE NORTH SHORE LIVING AT LONSDALE + 13TH

THEPRESCOTT.CA | 604.969.3333

This is not an offering for sale. Any such offering can only be made with a Disclosure Statement. E.&O.E. The developer reserves the right to make changes and modifications to the information contained herein. Renderings, plans, photos and sketches are representational only and may not be accurate.

The Prescott, a Wesgroup Properties project, developed by 1250 Lonsdale Developments LP.

SPORT

A50 - North Shore News - Wednesday, October 30, 2013

YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

Rielly returns an NHLer

WestVan teen’s Maple Leafs visitVancouver

ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Scan this page with the Layar app to see video of Morgan Rielly in action on the ice and behind the scenes.

What could possibly be a problem for the parents of a West Vancouver teenager who has achieved so much in his young life that he’s coming to town to play on the blue line for the famous Toronto Maple Leafs against the Vancouver Canucks?

In one word: Tickets.

“Everybody is phoning me: ‘Hey, can you get tickets?’” said a laughing Andy Rielly, father of 19-year-old NHL phenom Morgan Rielly.

Vancouver, like all Western Canadian cities, is still crawling with old Maple Leafs fans from the Original Six days as well as other transplanted Ontarians who drive ticket prices way up for any visit from the gods in Blue and White.

Add to that the fact that this Saturday is Pavel Bure Night and suddenly this is becoming one of the hottest tickets of the year.

Luckily for the Rielly family, Andy happens to own a lumber company here on the North Shore and the building supply business has helped him make some connections with local high rollers.

When news came out that Morgan was going to stick with the Leafs rather than go back to the Western Hockey League, Andy had clients and suppliers coming out of the woodwork willing to let him have their tickets for Saturday’s Canucks vs. Leafs battle, Toronto’s only visit to Vancouver this season. The family has secured enough tickets to bring along Grandma, Morgan’s mother Shirley, brother Connor and a couple of cousins.

Andy knows what a precious gift those tickets are.

“You could sell those things for $900 on Stub Hub,” he said. There’s no chance, however, that these will end up on the market. As long as Morgan See Rielly page 51

West Vancouver’s Morgan Rielly looks up ice in a recent game with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 19-year-old will be with the club when they visit Vancouver Saturday. PHOTO SUPPLIED TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS HOCKEY CLUB

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cracks the Leafs’ lineup on Saturday — there are no guarantees, particularly for rookies, but he looks like a pretty safe bet — the hometown game will be a major highlight in a whirlwind couple of months that is already full of crowning moments for the former Hollyburn Husky.

Morgan showed well in Maple Leafs training camp and earned a spot on the opening day roster.

His first ever NHL regular season game came in the team’s third contest of the season, the home opener on a Saturday night in early October.

Andy and the family didn’t get much advance warning that Morgan was going to make his debut.

The Riellys had just enough time to take Morgan’s yellow lab Maggie to a dog ranch — “Morgan looks after her about three per cent of the time,” said Andy with a laugh — before catching a 7 a.m. flight to make it to Toronto just in time for puck drop to see Morgan play more than 18 minutes in a 5-4 shootout win over Ottawa.

Since then Morgan has seemingly earned the trust of his coaches and teammates, scoring four points in 10 games, playing

at least 15 minutes in each of his starts and earning a place in the team’s top-four defence rotation. There was, however, one more major hurdle to jump last week as the games piled up. NHL teams can send young players back to junior after nine games without having their rookie contracts kick in. Whether or not Morgan would make it to No. 10 was a very hot topic of conversation amongst the massive Maple Leafs media horde. Morgan heard about it daily, all the while living in a Toronto hotel room.

“It was stressful (for Morgan) for nine weeks living at the Westin and every day is a tryout and every game is under the microscope,” said Andy. “He can get a little rundown with the press, there’s like four times as many of them as they have here. But you have to kind of go with the flow. It’s certainly not a bad thing to have a lot of people interested in what you’re doing.”

The good news came last Thursday when the coaches pulled Morgan aside after practice and told him he’d be staying in the big leagues. In a demonstration of how big and hungry the massive Maple Leafs media horde can be, half the

questions in Morgan’s press conference following the announcement were about how he had managed to withstand the onslaught from the massive Maple Leafs media horde.

“I’ve been answering with all the clichés I can,” Morgan answered. Along with a nice deadpan sense of humour, Morgan also showed the maturity and ambition that have helped him reach these lofty heights at such a young age.

“I have to keep working hard, keep getting better,” he said. “I’m not happy with just being OK, I want to keep getting better here and keep trying to improve.

Hopefully with time and some more experience I’ll be able to do that.”

While Saturday’s game against the Canucks will be the main event, tomorrow night will also be a highlight for the Riellys as Morgan will be back in Vancouver and able to come home for a big family meal.

“He really wants to see his dog,” said Andy. “She misses him too . . . she’s wearing her Leafs rain jacket in inclement weather.

She’s a real fan.”

Maggie is not the only Rielly who is missing Morgan, but Andy and family are used to watching their son from afar — in Grade 9 he moved to

Saskatchewan to attend the world-renowned hockey academy at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame.

“That wasn’t a real happy day in my wife’s life because that was her youngest one going,” said Andy. Morgan stayed in Saskatchewan for junior, suiting up with the Moose Jaw Warriors.

It’s all worth it now, however, as Morgan has taken advantage of every opportunity given to him, said Andy.

“You look back and think of the times that you’ve driven him and coached him and all you want to do is support the kid — but when he works that hard, for me I just know how much it meant for him and how hard he’s worked to get there.

It’s not a high percentage that there’s going to be a 19-year-old defenceman playing in the NHL. He’s really been focused, he’s sacrificed a lot.”

The Riellys have sacrificed a lot too, as any family must do to pay for the skates and sticks and ice time and minivans needed to launch a hockey career. That fact is not lost on Morgan, who sent his father a short and sweet text message when he found out he was staying with the Leafs.

“He just said, ‘Thanks

Morgan Rielly takes time out before the 2012 NHL draft to visit the Hollyburn Country Club ice rink he spent hours on as a kid. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH Dad, the Leafs said they’re going to keep me. I just wanted to tell you I love you and I wouldn’t be an NHLer if it wasn’t for you,’” Andy recited.

Life doesn’t get much better for a hockey dad.

“I just had a moment to

sit and think — the whole thing has worked out pretty well.”

••• Saturday night’s Leafs vs.

Canucks game begins at 4 p.m. and will be shown live on Hockey Night in Canada.

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