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JULY 1. What did District of North Vancouver Coun.

Mike Little oppose putting in Edgemont, in part because: “Seventy is the new 50”?

to put two things together so badly that he plans to run a slate of candidates in the 2014 municipal elections. What does he want to put together?

16. Why do two North Shore young people not want credit for forging a business that generated $500,000 before either had reached 21?

2. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office asked ministerial staff to divide stakeholders into what two diverse groups?

AUGUST 3. The atmospheric harvester is designed to create what out of thin air?

4. How did Wesley Devries make the equivalent of $6,000 while taking a bicycle for a test ride?

5. North Vancouver’s Seymour area and North Burnaby will soon have one big thing in common. What is it?

6. Why did two West Vancouver residents end up facing an avalanche of legal action just for working?

SEPTEMBER 7. Many City of North Vancouver councillors were unaware of the injustices committed

DECEMBER 17. Mayor Jack Adelaar accused what corporation of “slowly strangling Bowen Island”?

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What school used to be there?

10. Senator Mike Duffy made $90,000 over several years by writing what three letters?

8. An RCMP officer drew his pistol on teenagers carrying something in McCartney Park. It wasn’t stolen and it wasn’t hurting anyone, but the police seized it anyway. What were the teens carrying?

11. City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto said: “I think it’s something that SpiderMan would be very proud of.” What was he talking about?

OCTOBER 9. How old are the North Shore’s oldest sponges?

NOVEMBER 12. Thieves were propelled to steal what 120-kilogram prohibition-era object

for a second time this November?

13. Seniors will no longer be able to do what on B.C. Ferries come April 1 from Monday to Thursday?

14. Incoming Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm faced a stampede of controversy when he supported taking approximately 60 acres out of the Agricultural Land Reserve to build what?

15. George Pringle wants

18. Conservative minister James Moore apologized after defining what activity as falling outside his job description?

19. Athletes can be detained by the police for up to 15 days at the upcoming Sochi Olympics; not for using steroids, and not for cheating at their event, but for what?

20. Despite not buying anything from adjacent Lonsdale Quay, several Chadwick Court drivers got a refund in December.

Why?

1.The Edgemont Senior Living facility.

2. Friends and enemies.

3. Drinkable water.

4. He didn’t return the $6,000 bicycle. He was later jailed.

5.An MP. 6.They allegedly defied a stop-work order and caused a landslide.

7. St. Paul’s Residential Indian School.

8.Air guns.

9. Glass sponge reefs located deep in the ocean nearWest Vancouver date back to the Jurassic era.

10. P.E.I. — the senator claimed residence there.

11.A Lonsdale Avenue and 12th Street office building with a web-like façade.

12.A brass propeller that once chopped the waters for a rumrunning boat owned by Al Capone.

13. Ride for free.

14.A rodeo ground.

15.The District and City of NorthVancouver.

16.They allegedly produced more than 2,000 pieces of counterfeit ID. 17. B.C. Ferries.

18. Feeding his neighbour’s children.

19. Suspicion of being gay.

20.The city refunded fines levied on drivers dropping off SeaBus passengers.

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Crews fight WV fire all night

Third fire at same location

North Shore Winter Club and union settle

Unionized workers at the North Shore Winter Club have reached a contract deal with the club, ending a more than seven-month lockout.

CUPE union members reached a tentative deal with the private club Dec. 23, with the help of a mediator.

Employees voted 91 per cent in favour of the deal Dec. 24, according to the union.

The new contract gives the union members a five per cent increase over the next 18 months.

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An early morning house fire on Friday in West Vancouver left firefighters battling the blaze for hours.

Martin Ernst, assistant fire chief with the West Vancouver Fire and Rescue, said at 1:29 a.m. on Dec. 27 firefighters were called to the 2600block of Chelsea Court for reports of flames coming from the garage of a threestorey, single-family home.

“The first firefighters arrived on the scene to find more than just that, most of the house was involved in fire, so they immediately started a defensive attack, meaning they fought the fire from the outside,” said Ernst.

“It was too dangerous to send any firefighters in.”

Ernst said they received confirmation from the West Vancouver police that there were no occupants inside the house

the spokesman for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said employees are keen to get back to work.

Prior to the deal, the labour dispute had become one of the longest running in the province, with 16 workers locked out for more than 230 days.

Earlier in December, the union rejected an offer that would have cut the unionized workforce from 16 down to seven.

The contract deal expires June 30, 2015.

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Ernst said firefighters worked for nearly four hours to battle the stubborn blaze and were still at the scene by early afternoon extinguishing hot spots. While the basement is still intact, the main floor and upper floor of the house were affected.

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investigation is still in the early stages, but fire investigators will be interviewing witnesses to determine where the fire might have started.

Police are also canvassing neighbours in the area for more information.

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“As investigators we go in completely neutral and we look at the physical scene and attempt to find out where the fire started and then how the fire started.”

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t comes around like clockwork, the pledge to improve.

When a set of stairs starts to resemble the Grouse Grind and previously loose fitting pants look like body paint we know it’s time to make a change.

This is the reason that January is a very busy time in fitness locations as truant bodies are marched into gyms in an effort to rediscover long-neglected muscles.

We face a new year with ambition and head down a path towards selfimprovement. Starting is easy, staying committed is another story.

The situation with our municipal bodies is not so different.

Over the course of time, decisions get made that result in bigger budgets and instead of tightening the belt another hole gets punched. The next time that

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belt feels tight again it becomes easier to reach for the hole punch instead of trying to work towards a slimmer waistline.

Greatly increased density plans may put more tax dollars into the pot, but they create a bulge in other areas. Our already overloaded road system cannot handle the additional cars spilling out of more and more highrises. Intergovernmental planning — including the Squamish Nation — is required to get things moving. So far it appears that we are just getting the highrises.

Until realistic traffic solutions that include a Seymour overpass and pushing the Low Road through to Ambleside are instigated, further major developments should be put on hold.

A new year is a great time to make the conscious choice for change. Let’s hope our civic leaders are up to the challenge.

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Moored boat affects city’s view corridor Dear Editor: Contrary to the North Shore News’ Viewpoint, Rust in Peace, Dec. 1, that the history of the City of North Vancouver’s shipbuilding war efforts is best wrapped up in the Flamborough Head, I believe the steel-hulled stern takes second place to the wooden-hulled Ferry No. 5 from 1941.

She and her ancestors served both North Vancouver’s communities from 1900 to 1958.The ferries were an important asset in two world wars by ferrying workers, materials and cars from Metro Vancouver to Burrard Dry Dock and North Vancouver ship repairs.The No. 5 then served as a floating restaurant until 2001.

The Flamborough Head

and Ferry No. 5 have three things in common:They were built on the North Shore; suffered the same fate by a show of hands at city councils; and they cost city taxpayers close to $500,000 each, due in large part to loss of taxes being collected, legal fees and demolition costs.

It’s readily apparent that any lessons that were taught to the city regarding the Seven Seas Restaurant (Ferry No. 5) in 2001/2002, weren’t relayed to the team the following year when the Artificial Reef Society sold the Flamborough Head’s stern to the city for $75,000, with the idea of returning her to the place of her birth (berth) as a Maritime Museum attraction.The sales pitch to the public then was SOS

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(Save our Stern).

In a recent City of North Vancouver document regarding the foot of Lonsdale there is a proposal that “Lonsdale corridor is to remain a clear view corridor in line with 100block of Lonsdale building frontage” (page 10 at cnv. org/%7E/media/DC185CC 0ABB246A8910029EC576 0BF4E.pdf).

Good sales pitch, but flawed.To “remain” means that it exists now, which isn’t true at all (see pages 12 and 13 of the same document).

For the past four years, or more, a billionaire’s $300-million luxury yacht has taken over the Seven Seas berth, blocking the Lonsdale corridor view by encroaching and squatting upon the city’s water lot

property. If the Attessa IV was moored to the west side of the property line fence, then she would be in line with Lonsdale building frontage.

It’s disturbing that the presentation from the city places a red pencil line around its project, deftly removes the Attessa IV’s

presence from the foot of Lonsdale plan view and 3-D building drawings and allows the artist renderings to show an unimpeded clear view towards the east, south and west.

City of North Vancouver’s Foot of Lonsdale project is the public’s last chance to

have a view that is free of all obstacles, land or water based.We will never be able to have a billion-dollar view of downtown Vancouver without height-limiting restrictions via an amended OCP regarding moored vessels.

Dave Gosse North Vancouver

Spread the joy one smile at a time Dear Editor: Thank you for choosing to run my story on Friday, Dec. 20 about Smile Day. My Smile Day on Monday, Dec. 23 was a huge success. I stood at the corner of Lonsdale and 15th Street for a total of five and a half hours with a smile sign and had a blast. Passersby and the

motorists really got into the spirit. I had so many wonderful people from children to seniors come up to me and thank me and praise me for having the courage to do it. One woman I want to especially thank bought me a pair of gloves because my fingers were frozen. One young man from England asked

if he could take my picture to send back home so they could see how friendly Canadians are.

I would like to thank everybody who participated because my heart was overflowing with joy. Thank you all very much. Let’s keep smiling!

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City loans Lonsdale Energy Corp $12 M Construction costs outpacing revenue stream ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com

The City of North Vancouver has agreed to open its pockets to loan utility company Lonsdale Energy Corporation upwards of $12 million.

City council voted unanimously Dec. 16 to loan the money to the municipal heat utility, with $500,000 to be used as working capital.

Council also agreed to convert money LEC currently owes to the city into a five-year loan, but changing LEC’s proposed 0.3 per cent interest rate to 2.1 percent.

“The loan that we are doing right now is regarding construction of the distribution system since 2009, so there is work I think maybe around $1 million, that was for 2009 and then there’s work from 2010, 2011, 2012 (and) 2013,” said Ben Themens, director of LEC. “The $12 million loan also includes the construction program of 2014, so that money is not spent or is not loaned at this

point.”

The expectation was that money lent to the LEC in its early years would be quickly reimbursed to the city, said Themens.

“We were anticipating the loan of the FCM (Federation of Canadian Municipalities) to come in 2012. It did come in,” he said. “However, by that time the pace of construction was so high that we realized that we couldn’t pay it (the loan from the city) at that point because we needed the money to continue the pace of construction.”

Themens said this is why the LEC is currently asking for a loan, but some councillors were not convinced.

Coun. Pam Bookham said she believed the LEC should function as a financially sustainable longterm entity.

“I recognize the fact that being a municipally-owned utility that it does not, in my view, have to function the way a private corporation would with responsibilities to shareholders whose main motive is profit,” said Bookham.

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“Our motivation is not profit but it is financial sustainability and environmental responsibility and that to me makes LEC different from other corporations.”

According to its website, LEC “currently provides heat to 42 buildings, totaling more than 3.5 million square feet of building area, including 2,700 residential units, a 106-room hotel, numerous offices and commercial outlets and various municipal buildings.”

Bookham added that although she was supportive of LEC, she was concerned about the corporation’s financial future.

“I don’t feel that the response about future rapid growth, which has clearly been the justification for the request for additional money, I don’t see how this is going to end,” she said.

Coun. Guy Heywood expressed a similar sentiment, stating his feelings for the LEC were “fundamentally neutral and somewhat indifferent.

“There are other capital investments that would serve the whole city — create a true public good as opposed to creating a specialized utility that has 40 customers,” said Heywood.

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Heywood said putting more efforts into things such as the reconstruction of the Harry Jerome Recreation Centre would serve the city’s interests better.

“We are spending not just the money but a huge amount of city focus.To step into the utility business, we should be doing that if there’s a failure in the market, if the service was not going to be provided otherwise or for compelling environmental reasons,” he said. “We’re doing it for compelling efficiency reasons, but they are not environmental reasons.”

But Mayor Darrell

disagreed, stating that the LEC was one of the great assets of the city and an accomplishment of his mayoral career.

“It is something that people come from all around the world to see how well we’ve been doing,” said Mussatto. “Our costs for district energy are the lowest of all the ones compared in British Columbia, so we have a very low cost to our customer.”

He said the LEC has been very successful, garnering attention from other utility companies.

“Let’s not forget what we’ve done here, we’ve got

a very high quality energy utility that has been seen as a white elephant,” said Mussatto.

“Then you know what?

I can tell you there’s a huge market for white elephants out there because every energy utility around would love to buy and operate Lonsdale Energy Corporation.They see it as a great asset.”

The LEC will provide an annual report on balance and payments of the principal and interest of the loan, as well as construction activities impacting borrowing and loan repayment.

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NVSD OKs two new academies

JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A whole new group of high school students will be dancing their way or shooting the puck towards graduation next year after two new sports academies were approved by the North Vancouver school district.

The school board has approved a new dance academy at Windsor, in partnership with Seymour Dance, for grades eight to 12.

Trustees also approved an elite hockey academy for Grade 10 students at Sutherland secondary in partnership with the North Shore Winter Club.

The board has also given approval in principle to a basketball academy at Seycove secondary in the future, but has deferred the start date of that program.

The new academies, which combine intense athletic training with regular academic courses, will be in addition to several sports academies already running in North Vancouver. Those include a hockey skills academy and soccer academy at Windsor and a volleyball academy at Sutherland.

The district also runs a studio arts academy at Carson Graham secondary and a digital media academy at Argyle.

Mark Jefferson, assistant superintendent, says the school district has been “fairly aggressive” in developing these kinds of specialized programs over the past five years.

“These are exciting opportunities for students,” said Jefferson.

The academies allow local schools to connect with students in the areas they are passionate about, he said.

For the school district, the academies can also be a way to maintain enrolment and even lure students from other areas of the Lower Mainland to North Vancouver schools, especially those in the eastern part of the school district, which tends to have lower enrolments.

Currently about 400 students are enrolled in the district’s existing sports academies. That could go up by as much as 100 students once the new academies are up and running, said Jefferson.

Students in the sports academies take part in intensive athletic training in the afternoons instead of regular PE classes. Fees for the academies — which are run on a break-even basis — range from about $155 per month to $250 per month. The fees go to pay for coaches and other extra resources.

School officials anticipate the new dance academy, run in partnership with Seymour Dance, a Royal Academy of Dance school, could take 40 to 50 students from grades 8 to 12.

The elite hockey school — designed for 15-year-old Grade 10 students — could probably accommodate 18 to 20 students, according to a staff report. The cost for the elite hockey school will be higher than that of most other sports academies at $1,350 per month.

The basketball academy would be geared to between 30 and 60 students in grades 8 to 12, if it is eventually approved.

According to a staff report, proponents of the program are still pursuing a partnership agreement with either the Parkgate Recreation Centre or TseilWaututh First Nation for use of their facilities.

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HOME IDEAS Columnist Barb Lunter offers tips for tackling pesky party stains page 12

The afterglow from Christmas lights is the only thing keeping the darkness at bay during the long nights of January.

If there is any place that needs light to bring out the beauty hidden in the darkness it would be the garden.

If you have never considered a do-it-yourself garden lighting project, you should. Garden lighting is relatively easy to install and prices have slowly gone down in recent years, opening up a range of possibilities for do-ityourself homeowners.

DIY garden lighting starts by recognizing that 12-volt systems are the easiest, simplest and most affordable to install versus installing “line voltage” or direct power from the home’s main electrical panel.

Do some homework online to choose a lighting product that suits your taste and budget. Garden lighting fixtures range in price from $20 up to a few hundred dollars each.

Lighting fixtures can be made of plastic or metal and from brass or copper, which are the most expensive. Look for a low operating cost for the system you choose.

Remember that if the lights run every night the cost will add up over the year.

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all lights. Transformers are generally water resistant, not waterproof, so place your transformer in as dry a location as possible.

Some transformers are wall mounted which keeps them out of the weather.

Other transformers are made for burying in the earth; however, no transformer should be directly buried in the soil unprotected or wrapped in a plastic bag and buried. It is best for safety, maintenance and long-term operation that in-ground

Over the last weeks and months you’ve struggled to rationalize your longheld ideas into a buildable form and you’re there now.

The design process has been tough, as it’s inclined to be with renovations and new builds, but you’re happy where you are and you’re keen to start building. It’s time to choose a builder to do the work.

The qualified builder or general contractor is a professional capable of transforming your drawings and written instructions into a built reality, assuming complete responsibility for the work while providing a full warranty when it’s done.Your builder will have a track record of successful built projects to their name and a list of clients as reference.They’ll carry the necessary liability insurance and workman’s compensation coverage to protect you and themselves and they’ll never start work without signing a contract first.

I would suggest interviewing two or three qualified builders for a project, regardless of its size. A contractor

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The lighting cable is made for outdoor use and can be direct-buried in the garden.

It is best to bury lighting cables in places that will not be dug up or disturbed, thereby avoiding cutting the buried cable.

Spaces directly along walkways or along decks and patios are sometimes good locations to bury those cables. As for burying

lighting cable out in the wilds of the garden, make a map or remember where you buried the cable so it does not get damaged in the future.

The main power cable is connected to the transformer that reduces house power (120 volt) down to 12 volt for the lights.

Transformer size is determined by counting how many lights you plan to install, adding up their total wattage and then choosing a transformer that is compatible for the total wattage needed by

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If the stain persists, try using a dry spot remover but be careful to apply it to your cloth and not directly

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salt and blot with a clean, damp white cloth. Sponge the spot with some white vinegar until your towel is not drawing any more red wine stain. Next, it’s advised to sponge a little rubbing alcohol on the stain and rinse thoroughly with fresh water. Another great remedy is to place a white towel under the stain and apply one tablespoon of diluted laundry detergent mixed with one cup of water at room temperature.

Let this formula sit for five to 15 minutes and then blot with a clean white cloth.

may come with the best recommendations in the world but, in the end, you need to work well with them for construction to proceed smoothly. Sitting down with a builder and getting a feel for how they operate is a critical first step in your selection process.You’re looking for someone who’s organized and professional and who’s comfortable communicating with you.

A construction project is always a challenging journey and good communication skills are paramount.

An interested builder will provide a fee proposal to you as a point of comparison. Each builder will receive identical drawings and specifications and return to you with a proposal outlining their scope of work and an estimated cost to complete it. Since it’s very rare to find a homebuilder these days willing to commit to a fixed price on a building project you can expect your fee proposal to be a cost estimate with an additional

amount added on as a management fee.

The typical contract between owner and contractor is the CCDC-3 (Canadian Construction Documents Committee) Cost Plus Contract. It’s important to realize that the CCDC-3 Cost Plus contract does not hold the builder to a fixed project budget but rather stipulates that the project will cost what it costs and the builder will be remunerated through a management fee calculated as a percentage of the cost of the work done.The builder’s estimated cost to complete the work is exactly that, an estimate, and the builder is not legally bound to any fixed number. A builder’s management fee typically runs around 10 per cent of actual-cost and is a number on which one can compare contractors. I generally like to negotiate a fixed management fee based on a percentage of the estimated cost to complete.

Talking to a builder’s past clients about budget and time overruns will

give you an insight into the rigorousness of the builder at this estimating stage.

On larger projects I will often recommend a client hire an independent cost consultant to work up a cost estimate on the project as an inaccurate low estimate might sway a decision in the wrong direction. Ask lots of questions, look to a builder’s experience and bring on an independent consultant if necessary.

Costs and fees are important decision-making factors but aren’t the only ones.Take the time needed to follow up on references and to take a walk-through of a builder’s previous projects, if possible. At the end of the day you should have the peace of mind at the start of your project that the builder at the helm is an experienced professional who’s going to get the job done smoothly, on budget and on time.

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rinse thoroughly with water at room temperature.

It may be a good idea to have these items on hand for future dinner parties during the new year. It never hurts to be prepared for when Uncle Bob comes over and likes to have his red wine and cocktail sauce on your white couch.

Barb Lunter is a freelance writer with a passion for home decor, entertaining and floral design. Contact Barb at barb@lunter.ca or follow her on her blog at lunter.ca.

Green Guide CHRISTMASTREE CHIPUP Island Pacific school will hold a tree shredding fundraiser at Thunderbird Marina, 5776 Marine Dr., WestVan on Jan. 4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and Rona Home Centre, Hanes Avenue andWest First Street, NorthVan, on Jan. 4 and 5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

CHRISTMAS TREE CHIP-UP Grand Boulevard preschool will hold a tree chipup by donation Saturday, Jan. 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at 520 East 20th St., NorthVan.There will be free coffee and baked goods.

CHRISTMASTREE CHIPUP The Seymour Scouts will hold their annual tree chip-up by donation Sunday, Jan. 5, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Parkgate Village shopping centre at the corner of Mount Seymour Parkway and Mount Seymour Road, NorthVan. Proceeds benefit scout programs.

CHRISTMAS TREE CHIP-UP Montroyal school will hold a tree chip-up as a fundraiser for their Grade 7 graduation event Sunday, Jan. 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at 5310 Sonora Dr., NorthVan.

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Things to consider when shed shopping

Before buying a shed, find out if your town, city or province has any zoning rules about sheds. You may need to plan a trip to the municipal building and learn the building codes about erecting a shed. In order to protect the safety and integrity of the area, many towns and cities have specific zoning and building laws that need to be followed. A shed of a certain size may require a permit to be built, and knowing this information in advance can save you from taking down the shed and redoing the work at a later date.

Once you know the building codes, you can begin to shop around for a shed. Sheds can vary widely in price. A small, vertical lean-to shed may start out around $350, while a larger, more intricate structure can cost between $2,000 and $3,000.

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ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard’s regular column returns to this section next week. Read her recent columns online at nsnews.com.

Glancing across my hightop table in the bar section of the newly opened Toby’s North Shore Pub & Grill one recent Friday evening, I locked eyes with my father-in-law, Dr. L. Amidst our short, silent and uncertain exchange, I briefly wondered if I had miscalculated the merits of bringing him to a pub.

He is English, you see, and where he comes from the neighbourhood pub is a storied, centuries-old institution that is woven into the very fabric of the culture.We’re a bit newer at the whole public house thing here in Canada and we still have a tendency to emulate well-established pub traditions from elsewhere rather than create our own.

The ubiquity of the Irish or English pub in Canada is evidence of the nascent state of the scene in our country.

In fact, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Irish pubs were shipped to Canada as largely pre-fabricated kits that enterprising, wouldbe publicans could install into their empty locations, much like a movie set.The resulting businesses often bore names like The Dewy This or The Foggy That and, while they displayed many of the physical attributes of a traditional Irish pub, they lacked the historical gravity

and cultural significance of their progenitors and ultimately felt a touch contrived.

Toby’s, however, has done a nice job of sidestepping this tendency towards mimicry and artifice by positioning itself as an Irish and Celtic-inspired pub, simply tipping its hat to the traditions that inform it rather than attempting to recreate them too literally.

Boldly emblazoned in raised script over the bar is the phrase “An Irishman walks into a . . .”, betraying a self-reflexive, tongue-incheek sense of humour that suggests the owners know the common trappings of their chosen business.

The unspoken exchange from my father-in-law, it turns out, was born of the need for consultation on the domestic beer list rather than from any disapproval of my venue choice. Indeed, Toby’s beer list is extensive, with a healthy balance of local craft brews and traditional Irish offerings on tap, in addition to a lengthy, international by-the-bottle selection.

Frosty pints arrived at our table within minutes of ordering them, transported by a young, enthusiastic fellow who was on his first day of the job. He provided the sort of welcoming, attentive and engaged service that can help ensure the success of a new restaurant early on. He also helped Dr. L and I navigate our way through the ambitious menu, weighing in on the quality of various items including several of Toby’s Signature dishes designed to showcase the venue’s culinary approach, which is self-described as Gastropub style.

Our first course consisted

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The hand-cut potatoes (both russet and sweet) were pleasingly simple, rusticly hand-cut into rounds and wedges and quickly deep fried to achieve an al dente texture.The lime dip, a tangy, creamy sauce served in a ramekin on the side of the plate, enlivened the humble potatoes and supplied a truly unusual flavour profile (when was the last time you put anything citrusy on your potatoes?).

For his main course, Dr. L had the Irish stew, a generously portioned serving of hearty lamb stew accompanied by colcannon (mashed potatoes with

kale) and steamed haricots verts.The stew contained an exceptional amount of tender, toothsome lamb, easily outweighing the other ingredients at a ratio of three to one; this is an excellent winter dish and an ideal accompaniment to a pint of creamy, hop-forward Kilkenny, offered on tap at Toby’s.

The colcannon, one of my favourite ways to eat potatoes, was suitably creamy and understated, though I’d suggest it could have benefitted from more kale;Toby’s version was sparsely studded with the finely chopped leaves. I selected another of Toby’s signature menu items for my main course, the Guinness cheese burger, a thick patty of ground lamb and beef topped with Guinness cheddar cheese, Guinness mustard, lettuce, tomato and pickle.

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Situated in the Harbour Front Centre mall on Main Street,Toby’s is an airy, pleasant addition to a principally industrial neighbourhood with relatively few dining options.

In addition to serving hearty pub favourites,Toby’s has developed a menu that also welcomes children and others with dietary preferences that stray from conventional pub fare; the menu includes small plates, vegetarian and gluten sensitive options.

Toby’s North Shore is located at 1378 Main St. in North Vancouver.

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It wasn’t that long ago that snowboarding seemed more popular than skiing, at least anecdotally.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, snowboarding hit the mainstream and created waves in the snow sport industry.

“For awhile snowboarding was such a hot trend and everybody was really excited about it,” says Toby Barrett, director of the Snow School at Grouse mountain. “Skiing as an industry realized they had to compete and looked at ways to improve the ski experience for people.”

About that time, new technology helped reenergize the skiing industry.

Some of the technology was adopted from the snowboard world, such as the use of more shape in ski design. A side cut adapted to skis revolutionized how quickly skiers could turn.

The changes made skiing new and exciting again, especially for those who had been doing it for a long time, notes Barrett.

In the past couple of years, skiing seems to have made enough of a comeback that it is more popular than

snowboarding. Barrett chalks it up to the ebb and flow of industry trends, but says, “From the ski school perspective we’re seeing very strong growth in our ski lessons,” and not as much in snowboarding.

When comparing the two sports, Barrett says there is a steeper learning curve for those taking on snowboarding. It’s more difficult to learn initially, but once snowboarders get the hang of it, they can progress quickly. It’s easier to get up on skis initially, but skiing is a longer process and takes lots of practise, says Barrett.

Children tend to learn to ski and snowboard more easily than adults because they don’t have the same fear.

“As a young child you don’t understand or perceive fear the same way you do as adults so that barrier is gone,” explains Barrett. “It’s easier for them in that sense but then there is the physical reality of it.” Kids are lower to the ground and don’t weigh very much and their bodies are a little bit looser so they can take the knocks of falling over.

“As an adult it hurts when you fall over,” says Barrett. Some people let

the fear of falling hold them back but others push through and accept that it is part of the process, he adds.

“If you really want it you can have it,” he says of learning to ski or snowboard.

Barrett recommends lessons for all skiers and snowboarders, especially beginners, even if they are adults. It’s something to consider even if you already know how to ski or snowboard, he notes.

Taking a lesson with a professional can make sure you’re using good habits, says Barrett.

“Just because you know how to ski or snowboard doesn’t mean you should limit yourself from getting that experience (of) going out with a trained professional.”

It’s about surrounding yourself with people who are of the same ability level as you or better, he adds.

“Maybe you won’t learn anything new from what they tell you but you’re going to get pushed a little bit in a positive, productive way.”

This season, Grouse is offering a new program called Director’s Sundays, which is aimed at experienced adult skiers

and snowboarders (ages 18 and older) and offers a behind-the-scenes type of experience. Participants get early Skyride access, a light breakfast with instructors and access to first tracks.

“People can ask them questions if they want, or learn a new skill, or ski or ride with someone who is better than they are and (can) push them to get to that next level or keep progressing,” says Barrett of the new program.

“As soon as the chairs are ready to take them they hit the slopes and they are the first ones out on the hill,” he adds. “It’s a little bit exclusive for them.”

Part of being a snow school and part of being in the business is to keep progressing and keep learning, explains Barrett.

“We do that day in and day out and we know that there are others out there who want to do that too.”

For more details about the Director’s Sundays program, visit grousemountain.com.

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Local club focused on photos ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

The North Shore Photographic Society has been around for more than 30 years and as photography has changed the club has kept pace.

In the past, members submitted slides of their photos (made from original film prints) to be presented at meetings. Now, however, photo samples are submitted digitally through the club’s website.There are also more members now, which is probably due to the accessibility of digital photography.

Jason Duncan, the club’s president, notes that cameras in general are now more functional and more powerful than they have been in the past. An 80-yearold or a two-year-old can pick up a camera and take a photograph, he says.

Despite the format changes, photography remains a popular hobby, and the club now has more than 100 members.

“I think it’s the power of the moment,” says Duncan of why photography has remained popular.

“What I like best about it is, I think, the adventure of it,” he adds, noting photography has pushed him to travel to places he might

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He describes the North Shore Photographic Society as an advanced hobbyist crowd with many highly skilled members, but says beginners are always welcome.

“I think there’s a great opportunity to get mentored within our club and learn from the more experienced photographers.”

The group meets three times a month at St. Anthony’s Church in West Vancouver, and each meeting features something different.

The first meeting of the month is projection night.

Digital images submitted to the website by members are projected on a screen and three judges score and critique them. Members can move up levels in the club based on points they earn from the critiques.

The second meeting of the month is print night for which members bring in

monochrome and colour prints and one judge scores and critiques them.

The third meeting night is a workshop night and features visits from various professionals and others who do presentations on different aspects of photography, like Photoshop or macro photography, etc.The club also has a field trip each month to different locations where members participate in a photo exercise together.

Even those who don’t own a camera are welcome to join and learn about photography.Throughout the year, members also compete in various national competitions and Duncan says the club consistently finishes in the top ranks.

The club will once again participate in the annual North Shore Photographic Challenge in March, and this year there is a new element: this year there is a club and an individual competition, so anyone can enter their pictures.

For more information, visit the website at nsps.ca.

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It’s time to end physical punishment

Kathy Lynn

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If I were to say that I wanted to see zero tolerance of violence toward children in Canada in 2014, I bet you would agree with me.

If I were to say that children should be protected against all assault in the same way as adults, I bet you would agree with me.

As a matter of fact, you might wonder what I am talking about.We do not permit violence toward children.The Criminal Code of Canada protects them against assault.

And, if you believe that, you would unfortunately be wrong.

The problem is that when we legally assault children, we call it spanking and it sounds so benign. But, think about it, if you raise your hand to your spouse and deliberately smack her across her bottom it is assault. But when we do the same to children we call it punishment. And somehow, by changing the language it sounds totally acceptable.

The law in Canada is not child-friendly. Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada states: Every schoolteacher, parent or person standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction toward a pupil or child, as the case may be, who is under his care, if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances.

So Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada provides a defense to assault

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On Feb. 14, 1973, B.C.’s education minister Eileen Dailly banned the strap in schools. But that only became a national reality on Jan. 30, 2004 when the Supreme Court ruled that corporal punishment was an unreasonable application of force in the maintenance of classroom discipline.

Notably, in the so-called “spanking case,” on Jan. 30, 2004, the Supreme Court

of Canada upheld the right of Canadian parents to hit their own children.They did however make some changes. Parents can hit them with a hand only, and only if the child is between the ages of two and 12.

With this ruling, the strap and other instruments used for disciplinary purposes formally disappeared from Canadian schools, though certainly not from Canadian families. But, hitting a child with a spatula, hairbrush or belt is now not permitted.

Give me a break! How can we call ourselves a civilized and peaceful society when we sanction a law, which protects adults from being charged for assaulting

children, and which creates rules about how hard and at what age we can hit our kids I believe Section 43 is contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. I believe it has no place in a democratic society that values children, and should be repealed.

But why? For me, it’s simple. I just can’t fathom why, in a civilized society, we would believe that we need to cause children physical harm in order to help them learn right from wrong.

Kids tend to do a great deal of their learning by watching and imitating the

adults around them. So if we hit them, they will learn that if they are frustrated or angry, they can hit other and smaller children.

Research shows that every time we hit a child we increase the risk of causing serious harm. Hitting our children can impair the child/parent relationship.

That just makes sense.

When we cause another person pain, they tend to shy away. Children who are hit at home learn that force equals power and are more likely to become aggressive elsewhere. Being aggressive and using hitting is something they have learned at their parent’s knee.

It also simply doesn’t work. It does get the child’s attention. If someone twice your size were to smack you, you would sit up and take notice.

It might even alter the child’s behavior. But his motivation is not about behaving in ways that are expected and civil, his motivation is to avoid pain.

So if the source of pain is not present, he will happily behave in whatever way he chooses. After all, if the parent is not there to hit him there is not reason to adjust his actions.

Let’s protect our children from all physical punishment and put our energy into positive discipline methods that are respectful and effective.

Kathy Lynn is a professional speaker and author. For more, visit parentingtoday.ca.

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Irrigation boxes often work well for burying lighting transformers.

When it comes to choosing the type of light to operate, these days there is simply no comparison between halogen lights and LEDs (light emitting diodes). LEDs are more efficient and cheaper to operate than halogen lights.

And with the impending demise of the incandescent light bulb here in Canada, unless you really need the extra power and can afford the extra cost of halogens, LEDs are the way to go.

Many of the popular LED garden lighting brands claim their lights will last 50,000 hours or more; some models come with five- to 15-year warranties.

Don’t forget the little things needed to

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Most of the good connectors have silicon inside them and you simply cut, prepare and twist the wires together and push them into the watertight screw connectors where the wire is surrounded by silicon, thereby preventing rusting and shorts.

Garden lighting not only brightens up the darkness, it helps with security on very dark properties and provides visitors with a welcomed way to the front door.

Many people say they are not quite sure what they should light up in the garden.

Start by lighting walkways and areas close to the front door. I always

recommend lighting trees, shrubs or structures in the garden that can be seen from indoor windows, which maximizes the appreciation of the lighting.

Try to create some depth in your lighting layout by lighting up some of the taller trees or their trunks, some low-growing shrubs and a well chosen feature like a statue, bench or other garden element. And pay special attention to outdoor seating areas to provide lighting so guests can see where they are walking and sitting but also so guests can see some of the most attractive features in the garden, which helps to create a sense of place.

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In the final instalment of our North Shore sports year in review we look back at the five biggest stories of the year as chosen by the North Shore News’ sports editorial board.

No beating around the bush here — let’s start with No. 1.The winner is. . .

1.The unbeatable Mr. Jones So here’s the problem. I write theseYear in Review stories well in advance because we have crazy early deadlines during the Christmas season. (Also because I’ll be driving my family to Alberta and back over the holidays, hoping to not crash into a snow plow — strange choice, I know).

Usually the early deadlines are no big deal with these top stories because they are all nicely wrapped up in the spring or summer, or whatever. But this is a story that just won’t stop.

North Vancouver’s Martin Jones, as of the time of this writing, has collected six wins, including three shutouts, in his first six career games in the NHL. If the undrafted 23-yearold keeps up this pace, he could end his NHL career with a record of 1,400 wins and zero losses with 700 shutouts. Approximately.

The streak began Dec. 3 when Jones finally got a start with the L.A. Kings. Up to that point he had been riding pine for three straight weeks following a call-up from the minors due to an injury to Jonathan Quick. Jones announced his presence in grand style, shutting down all nine shooters he faced in an overtime shootout to pick up a 3-2 win. Jones followed that up with backto-back shutouts over the NewYork Islanders and Montreal Canadiens before earning a sweep of Ontario with wins against the Leafs and Senators. Not done yet, Jones posted another shutout Dec. 17 against the Edmonton Oilers.

He was named the NHL’s second star for the week ending Dec. 15. In his first six games he posted a 0.82 goals-against average and .972 save percentage with three shutouts. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the first goaltender in NHL history to allow an average of less than one goal

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When is it going to end?

I’m writing this Dec. 18 and the story won’t run in the paper for two weeks. By then Jones will likely have lost a game. But who knows?

Maybe, as you’re reading this, he’ll be 12-0 with six shutouts, well on his way to becoming the greatest goaltender the world has ever seen. Probably not, but what is clear is that he belongs in the NHL and a lot of people missed that fact despite a track record that includes nothing but success at the minor league level with the Manchester Monarchs, in junior where he was named the WHL goaltender of the year while leading the Calgary Hitmen to a league title, and even all the way back to the North Shore Winter Club where he was the backbone of a group that won the Quebec International Peewee Tournament and the Western Canadian bantam championships. In one five-year stretch with Jones as the No. 1 goalie, the Winterhawks won every

single game they played on home ice and compiled a 98-2 record in regular season play in the Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association.

Yeah, Jones is pretty good.

Has been for a while. Just don’t expect to hear him say that. He’s already developed a reputation for sticking to straightforward, teamfirst messages in all of his interviews.

“It’s been a good start,” he told reporters following the win over Edmonton.

“We’ve played pretty well the last little stretch here.”

OK Martin, if you won’t say just how awesome you are, we’ll have to do it for you by giving you the honour of top North Shore News Sport story of 2013.

Congratulations — you’ll no doubt celebrate by having a nice glass of milk and getting to bed early.

[Editor’s note: Jones won two more games to tie the NHL record of eight straight victories to start a career, giving up only eight goals during the streak. He finally lost Dec. 23 against the Dallas Stars. In the eight wins he notched a goal-against average of 0.98, a save percentage of .966 and moved into a tie for the

league lead in shutouts with three. Following win No. 8 Jones was, of course, full of me-first braggadocio. “It’s been fun,” he said. “But I want to make sure I stay focused and prepared for the next game, and you can’t do that by thinking about the last game.”]

2. North Shore soccer sweep The North Shore scored a sweep of the AA and AAA boys soccer titles this fall as the Sutherland Sabres and St.Thomas Aquinas Fighting Saints both won improbable championships.

The win for STA was the most shocking of all as the team barely even qualified for the North Shore AA playoffs, finishing in a three-way tie for fourth in the league. But then they started winning, and kept on winning (and tying), going undefeated in their final eight games — including three shootout victories — to charge all the way to the top of the provincial podium despite being an underdog in every single matchup. All of this came AFTER team captain Isaac Ferguson broke his foot and was sidelined for the season. “(Winning provincials)

wasn’t even in the conversation,” co-head coach Loui Salituro said about his team’s mindset as they headed into the playoffs following Ferguson’s injury.

The team teetered on the brink of elimination several times but each time prevailed in large part because of stellar goaltending from Sam Macdonald. Star Grade 11 midfielder Dan Morello also supplied a number of season-saving goals as the Saints employed a grinding defensive style to win a number of very close games.

In the final against Okanagan Mission, the defending champs, STA again played their defencefirst style and the game went to a shootout tied 0-0.

Macdonald came up big again and when Ricardo Dutouy slotted in the winner to polish off the win, hundreds of STA students, given the afternoon off from school, hopped the fence and stormed the field. “It’s a special group of boys — they’re a very tight-knit group. . . .” said Salituro. “It’s just unbelievable. . . . It’s one of those storybook seasons that really couldn’t have been scripted any better.”

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The Sutherland Sabres, meanwhile scored an equally thrilling victory in their championships win, defeating Burnaby Central 2-1 with a goal from Dzenan Bezdrob with less than a minute left in the final overtime period. Not many people expected the Sabres to make provincials, let alone win it all, because they had only three Grade 12 players on their team. Not only that, but Sutherland made a big gamble before the season when they chose to jump from the smaller-school AA level to play with the big boys at AAA.The gamble paid off, and the Sabres won the province’s ultimate prize.

“I knew we had a bunch of awesome Grade 11s,” said captain Cole Keffer, one of the Grade 12s on the team. “I knew we’d do well — I never thought we’d win provincials. . . .This was the soccer game that meant the most to me out of any soccer game I’ve ever played.There are no words to describe it.”

Honourable mention goes to the Argyle senior girls soccer team that thrilled the hometown fans by winning the AAA title in North Vancouver at Inter River Park last spring, scoring a 1-0 victory over Oak Bay in an entertaining final.

3. North Shore Maple Leafs For No. 3 we go back to the rink where two more North Shore stars were earning praise in the hockey hotbed of Toronto.

West Vancouver’s Morgan Rielly accomplished a rare feat for a defenceman this year, cracking the roster of an NHL team as a teenager. Meanwhile North Vancouver’s Trevor Smith took a much more twisty path to the team but ultimately played just as big a role in 2013.

The year actually began with disappointment for Rielly as he was a member of the Canadian junior national team that failed to win a medal at the World Junior Hockey Championships for the first time since 1998.

From there, however, things improved dramatically.

Rielly, drafted fifth overall by the Maple Leafs in 2012 despite suffering a serious knee injury earlier that season, showed well in training camp before the 2013-14 season 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.

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Rielly cleared one more major hurdle when he played his 10th game of the season, which caused his rookie contract to kick in, making it much less likely that the Leafs would send him back to his WHL team.

Throughout the year he has had some ups and downs but has seemingly earned the trust of his coaches and teammates, scoring 11 points in his first 30 games. His first NHL goal came Dec. 16 with Rielly finishing off a smooth rush up the ice by ripping a wrist shot past Pittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fleury.

The year ended with a little closure for Rielly as the Maple Leafs opted to keep him in the NHL rather than release him to play in this year’s World Junior Championships going on now in Sweden.

While Rielly appears to be on the fast track to NHL stardom, North Van’s Smith took a much more circuitous path.With a history of six points in 24 NHL games played with three different teams from the 2008-09 season to 2012-13, not much was expected of Smith when he was called up from the AHL’s Toronto Marlies in early October after the Maple Leafs were hit by injuries and suspensions to a number of their forwards.

But then he started to score.

And then score some more.

In his second game as a Leaf the undrafted 28-yearold played less than six minutes but made the most of his ice time, taking a pass from Rielly and popping in what turned out to be the game-winning goal in a 4-1 win over Minnesota. About a month later Smith was still in the NHL, now playing a lot more minutes per game, and put on a show against the NewYork Islanders, the team that first gave him a shot as a pro. He scored just 22 seconds into the game and added two assists while seeing more than 16 minutes of ice time. Smith’s popularity peaked on Dec. 5 when he scored the gamewinning goal in overtime against the Dallas Stars.

“That’s one I’ll never forget for sure,” he told the North Shore News. “After I scored I kind of skated out to the crowd, it was rockin’.

Great feeling.”

The fun ended Dec. 18 when Smith was put on injured reserve with a broken hand but by racking up nine points in 25 games this

season the long-time minor leaguer finally got the chance to show the NHL that he has what it takes to play, and stay, in the big leagues.

4. Blues volleyball bounce back I’m sure the folks in the Capilano University athletics department are getting sick of me writing the same thing every time I cover the men’s volleyball team but it’s a story that I just can’t resist.

The volleyball Blues were one of the sole weak spots in the university’s varsity lineup during a five-year stretch that saw them start every single season with a new head coach (one coach had two separate stints but they were not back-to-back).

Not surprisingly, the Blues struggled during the period, seldom making the playoffs or getting bounced early if they did happen to squeak into the championship tournament.

No miraculous change appeared imminent when the Blues once again started the 2012-13 season with a new coach, one who’d never been a head coach of anything before in his life. But Nathan Bennett turned out to be no normal rookie.The former British national team member (he’s an Albertan with dual citizenship) had his playing career cut short by a nasty knee injury just months before he was scheduled to play in the London Olympics. He didn’t pout about his bad luck, however, instead choosing to come to Capilano and start a coaching career. And what a start.With Bennett at the helm the Blues put together an excellent regular season before shocking the PacWest league by winning the provincial title, defeating No. 1-ranked Douglas College and No. 2-ranked VIU to claim the banner for the first time since back-to-back B.C. championships in 2004 and 2005.

The Blues followed up the big upset with a fifth-place showing at the national championships, with PacWest playoff MVP Dan Caverly earning a place on the tournament’s all-star team.

So what’s the really good news? Bennett came back this season, finally stopping the spinning carousel of coaches. Following the appearance at nationals Bennett said he’s intent on bringing the men’s volleyball team up to speed with other Capilano sports programs that have experienced

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OK Capilano, now that you’ve made the top-5 list I promise I’ll stop writing the same story about the coach who finally got the volleyball team to stop singing the blues and start representing the Blues.Well, probably.

If you win again this year though. . . .

5. Handsworth’s field hockey three-peat There was a time not so long ago when Handsworth senior girls field hockey coach Paul Winstanley was about ready to call it quits.

He became the team’s head coach in 2003 and over the next eight season his Royals made the provincial championships every year but never earned a medal, finishing no worse than eighth but never better than fourth.Winstanley got so discouraged by the medal drought that he talked to a pair of coaches from a rival school following another heartbreaking loss.

“I said to them, ‘I just don’t know. Maybe I should just quit and let someone else give it a try,’” recalled Winstanley. “And they both looked at me and said ‘Paul, you’re going to win a championship. Don’t quit.’”

Those rival coaches helped convince Winstanley to stick it out but they were wrong in their prediction that he’d win a championship. Instead, he won three.

Handsworth’s third provincial title in a row came this November when the Royals topped South Delta 2-0 in a horrid rainstorm in the provincial AAA final at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West.Winstanley knew his girls were ready to

play as they warmed up for the final because the topic of the weather never came up.

“It was torrential rain, windy, very cold,” said Winstanley. “But they didn’t mention the weather, they just completely ignored it.

They were caught up in the moment and went out and did what they needed to do.”

The friendly coach announced he was retiring following his third provincial title, content in the knowledge that he helped the program grow from disappointment into a dynasty. Of course, he took little credit for the breakthrough.

“Finally players came along that were too good — I couldn’t mess it up,” he said with a laugh.

So there you have it, our top five sports stories of 2013. If you have quibbles — and I’m sure many of you do — find us on Twitter or Facebook and let us have it.We’ll even publish some replies if you make a strong enough case.

To finish off the year, here are a few honourable mentions that just missed making the top five: Gymnast Scott Morgan makes the floor final at the world championships; 16-year-old swimmer Emily Overholt wins bronze at the world junior championships; four players with North Shore ties help Canada earn a berth in the 2015 Rugby World Cup; middle distance runner Helen Crofts wins two NCAA Div. 2 national titles; and Carson Graham’s football team finishes an outstanding season with a heartbreaking, last-second loss in the provincial AA final.

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