North Shore News February 4 2015

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DNV halts growth — for now Council set to debate pace of development in district JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

There will be no new developments in the District of North Vancouver — at least, not for the next two weeks.

Council was set to debate the pros and cons of a new 35-unit apartment Monday (Feb. 2) when the Draycott Road development had the rug pulled out from under it. The project will sit at

a red light until council holds a state-of-the-district discussion on the pace of development, scheduled for Feb. 16.

The time to take an overview of development in the district is long overdue, according to Coun. Lisa Muri, who called for the deferral. “(The OCP) was continually sold to the community as something that would happen over a 20- (to) 25-year time span and it does not feel like that at all,” she said, prior to casting a minority vote against 23- and 19-storey towers at the Grouse Inn site in Lower Capilano in June 2014.

Muri has also railed See Public page 5

Used needles dumped at Queens bus stop BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Vancouver RCMP are issuing a public health alert after finding used syringes at an Upper Lonsdale bus stop.

District of North Vancouver municipal workers first noticed the potential biohazards while cleaning up the garbage bins at Queens Road just west of Lonsdale Avenue about a month ago, according to Cpl. Richard

De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. The problem has escalated since then.

“They noticed, first, a couple in a bag and the a couple in the garbage, the next week, a few more and all told . . . there’s up to 40 of them now,” De Jong said. “It’s certainly a concern for public safety and for the city workers themselves, and pets and children —anybody who See Improper page 5

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NV mayors stump for Yes vote Transportation tops menu at chamber luncheon BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The NorthVancouver Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual chinwag between NorthVancouver’s mayors and the business community Jan. 30 and, to the surprise of no one, the issue of transportation led the discussion.

City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto and District of North Vancouver Mayor Richard Walton are both major proponents of theYes vote in next month’s plebiscite for a 0.5 per cent “congestion tax” to fund the transportation improvements outlined in the TransLink Mayors Council Vision.

But the mayors were asked to defend their position in light of West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith joining the No campaign. Smith wrote an op-ed for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation last week saying he could not support any new taxes being levied as long as TransLink is governed by an unelected board with no local accountability and no guarantee the money will be well spent.

On the matter of governance, Mussatto and Walton agreed with Smith, but the two didn’t land at the same conclusion that the plebiscite should be voted down.

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Mussatto countered that transit needs improvements and expansion of services, whether the governance structure is to the mayors’ liking or not.

“I know of no Plan B if this fails,” Mussatto said.

A successful No vote would mean our transit system would be stalled at the status quo, which won’t suffice as the region continues to grow, leading to more people in cars and worse traffic congestion, Walton added.

Fired facilities manager seeking damages in civil claim

The City of North Vancouver’s decision to fire their facilities manager was abrupt, arbitrary and without cause, according to a wrongful dismissal suit filed Jan. 26.

Glenn Stainton, 59, is seeking damages after his 10-year tenure with the city was cut short Nov. 3, 2014, based on what the suit calls false allegations of negligence, insubordination

Five rescued from Suicide Bluffs BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

“If you don’t keep expanding the system to meet the need, you actually will find a decline (in ridership) and that likely will be what happens under the current legislation if this referendum does not pass,” Walton said.

Talk of transportation woes led to a conversation about development on the North Shore. Both mayors take heat for the level of residential growth but the North Shore is growing at a slower rate than cities in Metro Vancouver,Walton said.

“It’s not nearly as crazy as people think it is.We’re well behind our (official community plan) targets from four years ago.We had only 390 units built in the last three or four years,” Walton said.

Walton added that much of the traffic frustrations experienced by today’s residents, like the Cut backing up to Lonsdale Avenue almost nightly, are due to people who cannot afford to live here commuting from areas where housing is more affordable.

And while condo projects may not be universally popular on the North Shore, they are the intelligent way to deal with a growing population, Mussatto added.

“We have a million people coming in the next 25 years.We have to manage that.We don’t cut down trees anymore for single-family subdivisions.Those days are gone and we all agree that’s not a good thing to do,” Mussatto said, noting that 85 per cent of city residents live in multi-family homes.

“We have to live a little closer together.”

Former city manager files lawsuit JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

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and breach of trust. “(Stainton) never engaged in any conduct that would constitute negligence,” according to the claim.

The firing left the Squamish resident suffering anxiety and depression, according to the suit. Besides losing his annual base salary of $141,323 and monthly pension contributions of $1,087, the termination also damaged Stainton’s reputation.

The former facilities manager is seeking punitive

and aggravated damages.

The court will likely consider the duration of Stainton’s employment with the city, according to Peter Eastwood, an employment lawyer with the firm of Hamilton, Howell, Bain and Gould. “If somebody’s only worked for a short amount of time, that’s going to be a consideration, as opposed to somebody who’s invested a long career with an employer and maybe has one blip in their performance,” he said.

When weighing a wrongful dismissal claim, the court often considers whether the relationship can be mended or if it’s “broken

right at its core,” according to Eastwood. “Generally speaking, these days in Canada courts require a pretty high threshold to . . . demonstrate that this particular employment relationship simply can’t continue,” he said. “It’s not uncommon for people to sometimes do things that are clearly inappropriate — but that doesn’t necessarily mean that constitutes cause (for termination).”

When awarding damages, judges commonly examine how the employer went about the termination and whether or not the employee had a chance to refute

complaints, Eastwood said.

The Supreme Court of Canada has emphasized “the importance of employers acting with good faith and sensitivity in the manner of termination,” he noted.

Punitive damages are usually awarded only when an employer is “extreme and outrageous” in their handling of an employee, such as “playing hardball or using an allegation of cause as a tactic to essentially terminate someone under false pretenses.”

The city had not filed a statement of defence by North Shore News press time.

Though the North Shore’s peaks may look depressingly free of snow, the backcountry trails still hold many of winter’s dangers.

That’s a lesson five hikers learned on Saturday night when they had to be rescued from a dangerous area in Mount Seymour Provincial Park after becoming lost.

The group of four women in their early 20s and a 10-year-old boy, had planned to hike to Dog Mountain, a relatively easy five-kilometre trail in summer conditions. On their way back to the Mount Seymour parking lot, they got off trail and wound up on a route to the ominously named Suicide Bluffs trail, a steep, technical path that’s not well marked. After they had been in the dark for more than an hour, they called 9-1-1 for help.

“They were lucky in that they had four cellphones in this group of five but three of the four were dead and the fourth had only a little bit of battery power left,” said Doug Pope, North Shore Rescue search manager.

North Shore Rescue members coached them into getting their GPS co-ordinates off their one working phone and sent a team in on foot to escort them out.

The five were “quite cold and scared” after the ordeal and long wait for rescuers to arrive but otherwise uninjured, Pope said.

The group were totally unprepared for a hike, he added.

“I think they were lulled into a false sense of security where it’s almost spring-like conditions in the city here, but up there, the margin for error is a lot less in the winter,” Pope said. “A slip and fall in that steep terrain could definitely have caused injury. Although it’s been a mild winter and we don’t have a lot of snow up there, we’re still dealing with slippery conditions.

You’ve got early darkness to contend with and weather on Seymour is notoriously variable.”

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against a silo mentality in the district, beseeching her colleagues to take City of North Vancouver developments into account.

Pressing pause on this application — which has been in the district pipeline for two years and was one vote away from a public hearing — is somewhat nonsensical, according to Coun. Roger Bassam.

“We’re refusing the public the right to get to the public hearing,” he said.

The community

supports the trafficreducing development, according to Bassam.

“Here we are, shooting ourselves in the foot,” he said. “There’s no correlation between the development in the District of North Vancouver and the traffic problems that we have been experiencing.”

Coun. Robin Hicks joined Bassam in voting against the deferral.

Mayor Richard Walton agreed to support a “short deferral only” in the hopes of finding consensus in council’s expectations for development.

However, the mayor pointed out that the current rate of development trails behind the levels set out in the district’s official community plan.

For MacKay-Dunn, the time has come to discuss development and its effects on traffic congestion.

“Apologies to the proponent, but I believe it to be in the best interests of all of us to have a full and fulsome discussion on this very, very important issue,” he said.

While Muri and MacKay-Dunn were frequently on the short end

of development votes in the last term, they were joined in their call for a deferral by first-term Couns. Jim Hanson and Mathew Bond.

“It would be wrong to approve any development for any further advancement until there’s been an open and public debate by this council,” Hanson said. “No more development, at least for two weeks.”

The deferred development, a five-storey apartment building on a Draycott Road cul-de-sac, is also set to come back to council Feb. 16.

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hat do a recent measles outbreak and climate change have in common? They’re both issues involving clear scientific evidence that many people feel free to ignore in favour of their personal belief system.

Recently, medical authorities blamed a measles outbreak at Disneyland on increasing numbers of parents who reject recommended childhood vaccinations.

It’s a similar phenomenon to that which occurred in the Fraser Valley last year.

The very success of vaccines has taken away the fear of childhood disease that in previous generations would have provided a powerful motivator to act.

Science has been conclusive about the societal benefits of vaccines and has long ago debunked the theory linking them to autism. But that has apparently done little to change people’s beliefs and therefore their behaviour.

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Unfortunately, disbelief in scientific evidence isn’t limited to the medical realm. In fact, according to a recent U.S. study, our tendency to ignore evidence is well entrenched on many issues. For instance, the study found 87 per cent of scientists accepted the concept that human activities are driving climate change, but only 50 per cent of the public believed that.

We’re more likely to believe the opinions of Hollywood celebrities than scientists. And confronted with evidence that contradicts our beliefs, most of us are apparently more likely to dig in and question the validity of that evidence than to change our minds. All of which bodes ill for our collective well-being.

Decisions, both individual and societal, should be based on reality, not on what’s convenient to believe.To do otherwise puts the greater good in peril.

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TransLink no better than a three-humped camel Dear Editor: I read Elizabeth James’ column and West Vancouver Coun. (Craig) Cameron’s reply with interest. Both have good points for us all to consider.

What follows is how I see TransLink. I am not a pundit nor do I have a deep knowledge of politics.

I thought the Campbell Liberals were giving us an

efficient, low-maintenance and low-cost racehorse when they reconstituted TransLink. I think we got a three-humped camel with all the worst attributes to usefulness.

Let me explain.

The province called for a non-binding plebiscite.

The mayors’ council was to determine the method of raising the money and to

draft the plebiscite question that had to be submitted to the province for approval/ vetting.The province could add conditions (certain items would be exempt, but we do not know the items) and constraints and make changes as they saw fit.

Is this passing the buck or what?

This reminds me of the old joke when all the

parts of the body were arguing with each other on who was to be the king and thus rule. Almost all the parts had their say and justifications for being king.

The last to have the say was the part we all sit on.

This part said that it had heard all the arguments and all were important, but if I stop working you will all be history.

Move squatter’s shack to Cates Park Dear Editor: Re: North Vancouver Waterfront Cabin Ordered Removed, Jan. 25 frontpage story.

I’ve met Al Neil, had a number of bevvies with that brilliant avant-garde madman in the old Raven, and have been in that

beautiful little cabin of his and Carol’s. I also worked at McKenzie Barge as a young man.The cabin has to be moved. It’s only a hundred feet from the East Cradle and surrounded by silica sand and other residue of 80 years of heavy industrial activity. My idea would be

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to put it into Cates Park, near the Malcolm Lowry memorial, if possible — as a memorial of its own, as the last squatter’s shack on Burrard Inlet.The District of North Vancouver is balking at the $60,000 cost, which is the price of one of their fully loaded

pickup trucks they drive around doing such a superb job looking after our great community.That being said, if we all put our minds together, talked to Polygon and others, we just might be able to make this work.

Earl Douglas North Vancouver

The question I ask all concerned is: would they bet money on the three-humped camel?

My own view is: fix the governance first. Put a transparent and accountable system in place that we, the taxpayers (the part that we sit on) can understand.

Tell us what the long-range transportation plan is and the incremental way to

achieve this plan.Then come and ask us if we want to pay for it. Until then, you are not getting my vote because I feel the money raised will go the same way as the Compass Card — overbudget and inoperable yet. I ask my fellow taxpayers: do you want more tax money wasted?

John Consiglio North Vancouver

Plebiscite puts TransLink’s spending under microscope Dear Editor: The parameters for the plebiscite must be changed before the vote. TransLink must be updated, and checks and balances must be put into place as to how this money is going to be spent and by whom.

We cannot afford to say “No” to our transportation system. But, we cannot afford to throw more money at TransLink either.

There must be another solution.

Wendy Qureshi North Vancouver

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Tiny home an oddity or growing trend?

“Housing that is too costly, in need of repair, or over-crowded can be a large drain on the resources and health of its occupants. Some Canadians may have limited choice about where they live and the housing conditions.”

– Employment and Social Development Canada, Jan. 28, 2015

A tiny new West Vancouver home shows what can be achieved for affordable housing when creative minds think outside the box.

Yet, as I described in my Jan. 21 column, Housing Needs to be Affordable for All, provision of sufficient affordable homes remains an unmet need throughout Metro Vancouver.

Unpopular municipal approvals of skyscraper condos have not only failed to solve the problem, the towers’ very existence relentlessly chews through the communities that allow them and spits out what little remains of older but still occupied housing.

Why do we accept that when an increase in density can be achieved without turning people out of their existing affordable homes — and without destroying the ambience of quiet, singlefamily neighbourhoods?

Elizabeth James

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John McFarlane, the forward-thinking owner of Camera Buildings, took a different approach when he handled a project for his client, 50-year-old Isabella Mori. It was an approach that triggered my glimmer of hope that there really are ways to provide affordable housing without sacrificing attractive design and modern conveniences.

The idea surfaced late last fall, when I arrived home to my own 340square-foot home and noticed something way beyond ordinary.

Built of wood, Mori’s home is eight and a half feet wide and slightly taller than her neighbours’ homes in the Capilano River RV Park.

Mori named it Thousand Crow after she noticed the local crow rush-hour phenomenon.

It took a few weeks for me to descend on her to ask for photographs and an upclose look.

At a cost of $39,000 — inexpensive even for an RV — the structure was obviously designed to allow maximum natural light into the home. (The historical definition of camera was “a vaulted room that lets in light.”)

With a naturally aging cedar exterior, the home measures 187 square feet.

Airtight, the insulation provides an R-factor of 20, offers low power consumption and has a combination metal/ membrane roof.

The design is a cooperative effort between Mori and McFarlane. It includes a kitchen with sink, small fridge, microwave and induction hotplate; toilet with sink and shower, and a double bed that slides out from under a mezzanine living room.

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Prefab homes present option for young, old From page 7 designs — and those of other companies — can be purpose-built to be placed on a concrete foundation. Quality one- or two-bedroom tiny homes can be built to satisfy building codes for $80,000 and up. As McFarlane told me, the eventual cost depends on personal and site requirements, the amount of sweat equity contributed and, even more so, on municipal regulations and bylaws.

And that brings this discussion to a critical point — the lack of bylawconsistency across the region when it comes to allowing small homes to be sited alongside primary homes on larger singlefamily lots.

Some community and neighbourhood differences are understandable, even desirable. But more could be done to reduce red tape and streamline the permitting process, so property owners and companies know what to expect. Once the design has been agreed upon and permits are in hand, the actual building of a largely prefabricated small home would likely be the shortest part of the process.

For all our sakes, we need to move this discussion forward and make a concerted effort to facilitate the provision of affordable housing for everyone — and that requires an open forum where all voices can be heard.

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Oil’s Painful Lesson We Canadians are learning a painful lesson about putting all of our economic eggs in one basket. For the past several years oil extraction and export has been virtually the sole focus of Stephen Harper’s economic strategy for Canada.

Mr. Harper has been content to wager our future as a petro-state, turning a deaf ear to the concerns of those who worry about the consequences of focusing solely on resource extraction and the concerns of those who desire to see a balance between natural resource development and environmental sustainability.

Stephen Harper has undermined important environmental safeguards, including key environmental review processes, such that it has become impossible for people to have confidence in the integrity of these processes. We need to restore integrity to key review processes so we can objectively identify environmentally sustainable projects from those that aren’t.

An economic strategy is more than a three-letter word

This has a direct impact on us right here in North Vancouver, starting with the real possibility of a significant increase in the volume of oil flowing through our own Burrard Inlet as a result of Kinder Morgan’s proposal to twin its pipeline from Alberta to the coast.

Arguments over this project have come to divide neighbours, as some come down on the side of the environment and others worry about the economy. But it doesn’t have to be either/or.

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Resource extraction – mining, oil, forestry – will continue to be a major source of wealth for Canada for years to come.

However, it is possible to have a more diversified, more robust economy that does not sacrifice the environment. In fact, one sector I’m very familiar with, one in which I have over 15 years’ experience at the executive level, is Clean Technology – a real opportunity for environmentally responsible economic growth.

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Canada needs a thoughtful, considered approach to economic strategy – one that ensures diversification beyond oil exploitation and works to balance economic and environmental imperatives.

If you’d like to discuss these ideas and bring some of your own to the table, please join me Tuesday, February 10 at the Lynn Valley Library for a community conversation on Canada’s Economy and the Environment - and the Call for Leadership.

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Offer to help ends in arrest and charges A West Vancouver constable who stopped to help a stranded motorist one recent Sunday morning was good enough to give the man a lift to a waiting jail cell.

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patrol around 2 a.m. on Jan. 25 when he happened by a man carrying two gas cans and walking on 21st Street near Capilano Road, according to a West Vancouver Police Department press release.

The officer offered the man a ride to his car but became suspicious during their conversation as the two carried the gas cans to a vehicle parked nearby.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to HOME & GARDEN

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Summer is the traditional season of pest control but winter is one of the best seasons to control certain pests in the garden.

Not all garden pests can be controlled during winter but many insects, such as scale, ants, thrips, whiteflies and a few others, can be controlled now.

The pest control methods I am going to outline are by no means traditional but they work and do not involve the use of poisonous pesticides. I have used these pest control methods for many years on some of my clients’ plants and very successfully while I was the director at Park and Tilford Gardens.

Winter control of scale insects Scale is a small softbodied insect that sucks sap from plant leaves causing a loss of health and vigour. Common scale species found in our region are Lecanium scale (Parthenolecanium spp.), oystershell scale (Lepidosaphes ulmi), San Jose scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus), brown soft scale (Coccus hesperidum) and cottony scale (Pulvinaria floccifera).Those scales are found on a wide range of fruit trees, ornamental trees, raspberries, yew hedging, conifers (like cedar), rhododendron and camellia.

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Traditional, poisonous control of scale involves the application of insecticides.

My winter control method for scale involves using a garden hose with focusable nozzle or use of a pressure washer. If the infestation is severe, apply a very mild solution of dish soap, perhaps a few drops in one litre of water. Do not use too much dish soap or you will burn plant’s leaves.

Baking soda can also be used at weak strength. Spray the stems and undersides of the plant’s leaves and allow the solution to sit for five minutes. Next, use the garden hose to vigourously spray the stems and undersides of the plant’s leaves to wash off the scale.

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Ants in the garden Now is the time to disrupt and remove ant colonies living in the

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Have on hand a plastic garbage bag and a shop vacuum.

Dig carefully down to the colony. Once you find the colony, vacuum up all ants and affected soil, but specifically vacuum up the small puffed-wheatlooking ant larvae. Put all vacuumed soil and ants into a plastic bag, seal the bag and dispose in the garbage.

Then, flood the excavation with water, wait 15 or 20 minutes, and refill the hole with soil and re-install plants, etc., as needed.

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One way to brighten up the interior of your home during the often dreary month of February is to bring flowers inside and create an easy and dramatic arrangement.

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Thrip insects belong to the order Thysanoptera.

The most common species in our region is the western flower thrip (Frankliniella occidentalis), which attacks a wide range of ornamental, vegetable and fruit crops.

Thrips are a few millimetres long, and usually green-coloured, sometimes with orange or red strips on their bodies or wings.They suck sap from plants, causing speckling of

the leaf and declining health and vigour.

Whiteflies are obviously white and they attack a wide range of plants and cause distortion or malformation of new leaves by sucking sap.

Both pests can be controlled now by looking carefully at the undersides of plant leaves to find overwintering adults.

Winter populations are usually low and can be easily removed by hand or water wash. For severe infestations the entire host plant should be disposed of in the greenwaste bin.

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Don’t wait to register for preschool Your toddler is two-and-ahalf and you realize you’ve hit a new stage.

She’s been attending some parent-child drop-in programs and while she likes them, she’s looking for more. She seems ready for some structure, enjoys being with other kids and, while you hate to admit it, is ready to spend some time without you.

But you figure that there’s plenty of time to think about this. After all, the new school year is not

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until September, which is nearly six months away.

So, you’ll handle this in the summer.

Not a good idea. Preschools are registering now and if you wait you may find that there’s no spot for young Lindsay. Get busy today.

I am a great fan of Parent Participation Preschools (cpppreschools.bc.ca).When you choose parent participation you are joining an organization that has been operating in British Columbia for more than 60 years and you’ll have more than

25 schools to choose from.

One of the first considerations when choosing a preschool is the teacher. And the teachers at the Parent Participation Preschools are special. Pat Muller was a parent at Seymour Heights PPP and took the Early Childhood Education training at Capilano University.

She started working at a PPP school on the North Shore in 1986 and this year, after 29 years, she is retiring.

Teachers in the PPP movement are used to seeing the

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are involved in the administration of the school; they are with their child at preschool for a half-day once or twice a month and also attend monthly meetings with other parents that offer free parenting education along with a business meeting.

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The preschoolers are engaged in a quality program with a qualified teacher.

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The two components that make PPP schools special is that they are run by the parents and are based on learning through play.

Pat Muller observes that technology has made a large change with the children in the school. Multimedia gadgets have given kids access to more ideas than ever before. But the schools maintain their basic value of play-based learning.

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You’ll meet other parents who share many of your values about the importance of quality parenting, learn more about child-raising and work with like-minded and usually nice people toward joint goals. And, you will make friends for life.

There is also a second option for the schools.

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They will still have to hold a minimum of four general meetings and meet as an executive as required in order to run the business of the school.The advantages are: •You have direct input into the operation and philosophy of the preschool.

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ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents recipes for ground lamb page 21

Every place setting in the izakaya (a Japanese establishment where small plates of food are served to accompany drinks) featured a small bottle of schichimi togarashi, a chili-based seasoning comprised of precisely seven ingredients.

One of the key flavours of schichimi is provided by ground berries of the zanthoxylum piperitum, a shrub more commonly known as sansho.

I had stumbled upon this particular izakaya while wandering the streets of the Tokyo neighbourhood of Roppongi, having landed at Narita airport just three hours prior.The 17-hour time difference was distorting my temporal reality and I was fiercely hungry. Inside the restaurant, I was greeted warmly, was asked to remove my shoes but was, regrettably, not permitted to sit, as all seats were occupied.

I ordered a glass of shochu at the bar and picked a number of snacks to go with it.

Soon a plate of distinctly pink and glistening assorted meat parts arrived, accompanied by a mountain of course salt and a ramekin of ponzu dipping sauce.

This was chicken sashimi, served four ways (liver, thigh, breast, heart). I had indeed read the words correctly on the English menu that had been provided to me and

my dare to myself (“go on, foodie, eat the raw chicken”) was becoming a reality.

Now, I need to be clear with you, dear reader, that the reason this memory was brought to the fore by my recent visit to Sansho Sushi on Queensbury Avenue in North Vancouver has absolutely nothing to do with eating raw chicken. Or, at least, not in the way you might think.

That Tokyo sashimi dish became palatable to me through the liberal application of the schichimi spice mixture, the highly fragrant, slightly bitter sansho powder in particular taking my mind off the particulars of what I was eating.

Further, Sansho, the restaurant, doesn’t just do sushi (although it does sushi very, very, well, as I will explain) but also features a creative and wonderfully diverse menu of izakaya favourites, from mussels to chicken, egg custard to dumplings.

Sansho represents the best of two worlds of Japanese dining, in my opinion. If your dinner companion does not appreciate raw fish the same way you do, the restaurant has them covered with deftly handled, thoroughly cooked dishes that pair very well with the draught beers, sakes and wines available on the menu.

At the helm of Sansho is chef and owner Hideki Yamamoto and his family.

Yamamoto has been in the restaurant game for three decades, bringing expertly prepared sushi to Eastern Canadians before relocating to North Vancouver recently.

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I wish that burgeoning sushi chefs in Vancouver would followYamamoto’s lead when it comes to sushi preparation; nigiri (the small rectangles of rice with a prime morsel of seafood on top) and maki (nori-bound rolls) should not be cumbersome and haphazardly fashioned, spilling out of their wrapping or crumbling when picked up with chopsticks.

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DJ and I tucked into a broad assortment of dishes at Sansho, kicking things off with crispy marinated

squid, great big, golden brown rings of it that had clearly benefitted from a slow, patient maceration in a deliciously tart, pleasingly salty and mildly sweet sauce.

Next up were pankocrusted fried oysters, served piping hot with a tangy dipping sauce.The oysters were sizable and meaty, squishy and moist on the inside and crunchy and well-seasoned on the outside. A final appetizer of Gomae was a revelation, the spinach retaining its fresh crunch under a restrained application of sesame dressing.

We transitioned from izakaya fare to sushi, DJ selecting two fantastic vegetarian maki, the highlight of which was the Veggie Dragon Roll, a substantial but eminently manageable cylinder of yam and asparagus tempura with miso mayonnaise, all beautifully wrapped in thin sheets of perfectly ripe avocado.

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The roll was bursting with harmonious flavours and textures and was a large dish for $11. I also attempted to tackle, but was ultimately bested by, Sansho’s Deluxe Sushi Combo, featuring 10 pieces of exceptionally fresh nigiri and a dynamite roll.

The specific constituents of the sushi combo change based on what is freshest from the kitchen, but from my meal, the delicate and buttery Hamachi (yellow fin tuna) was the top fish.

Our meal of three izakaya dishes and shameless loads of sushi was $58 before gratuity.

Sansho is located at 707 Queensbury Ave. 778-3401189 Sansho.ca Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore.A self-described wine fanatic, he earned his sommelier diploma in 2001.

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Looking at recipes for ground lamb

According to the Chinese zodiac, we’re just about to begin the Year of the Sheep.

In homage to that venerable animal, I offer you three recipes using ground lamb, a meat that you may not have used before. Ground lamb is popular in Mediterranean countries. It marries well with the spices and herbs prevalent in the cooking of Greece,Turkey and northern Africa. All of these lamb preparations are wonderful served with fresh, soft pita bread, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, cucumber and red onion, and topped with Greek yogurt or tzatziki. If your store doesn’t have ground lamb in the meat case, ask the butcher to grind some for you.

2 tsp olive oil ½ cup finely chopped onion 2 lbs ground lamb 1 cup panko bread crumbs 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tsp salt

Romancing the Stove ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper 4 oz. soft goat cheese 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 Tbsp chopped fresh basil 1 egg Heat two teaspoons of olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat; sauté the onions until soft and translucent, about five minutes. In a large bowl, gently knead together the sautéed onions, ground lamb, egg, bread crumbs, garlic, salt and pepper.

Divide the mixture into six equal parts and roll each part into a ball; cover and refrigerate until ready to use. In a small bowl, mix together the goat cheese,

Kofta Kebabs 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp salt 1 lb ground lamb 3 Tbsp grated onion 3 Tbsp chopped fresh flatleaf parsley 2 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp ground cumin ¼ tsp ground cinnamon Pinch of ground allspice 2 tsp grated peeled fresh ginger root ¼ tsp cayenne (use more

or less according to taste) ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper 24 bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes Mash the garlic and salt into a paste with a mortar and pestle or using the side of a chef’s knife on a cutting board. In a large bowl, gently mix the garlic into the lamb along with the next nine ingredients (onion through black pepper) until well combined.

Divide the mixture into 24 small balls; form each ball into a two-inch long flattened oval around the tip of a skewer.

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The Capilano Blues will host the Camosun Chargers in a matchup of two of the best women’s volleyball teams in the country this weekend.

While the Blues are certainly fired up to take on the Chargers in what will be a battle for first place in the PacWest league, the one word in the previous sentence they might be most excited about is “host.”

Capilano hasn’t played a home volleyball game since November and the team is itching to get back on their home floor.

Their last matches at the Sportsplex were a pair of 3-0 sweeps over College of the Rockies Nov. 29-30 that pushed Capilano’s record to 11-1 and vaulted them up to No. 3 in the CCAA national rankings. Since then, however, the Blues have played six straight road matches with diminishing results.The toughest stretch came in the past two weeks when the Blues spent nearly 24 hours in a bus traveling

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behind 16-2 Camosun.

“We had a brutal schedule,” said head coach Cal Wohlford. “That COTR trip takes a lot out of the team. . . .The first half of the season we showed a lot of grit. Even if we were behind we’d play hard and come back.We’d have these little roller coaster rides, but for the most part we fought through it. I think right

now, just the last couple of weekends, we’ve just been lacking that little bit of effort.”

By the time the VIU trip rolled around the Blues were looking like a different team than the one that rocketed to first place early in the season.

“We didn’t show up,” he said about Capilano’s play against the Mariners. “VIU came out on fire against us.”

Including this weekend’s double dip against Camosun, the Blues will play five of their last six matches at home.That’s just what the team needs, said Wohlford.

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per game and has the most service aces of any player in the league.

“She’s kind of one of those silent competitors, but she’s a pretty competitive person,” he said. “She’s pretty much picked up where she left off last year and made some improvements. She mixes the ball around pretty good and she’s a little bit of an offensive threat as well.”

Wohlford isn’t expecting the Blues to run the table over the next three weeks but he does expect his team to start playing like league leaders again.

“I want to start creating pressure on the other team, that when things are clicking for us we’re tough to beat,” he said. “I don’t mind losing games, but I don’t like losing games because we have a lack of effort. I want us to be playing our best, and if another team plays better then I’m fine with that.

But I want to be coming out strong. I believe in the team I have, I believe in the ability that they’ve got, I believe that we have the most talent on our team. I feel sometimes that they have to believe a little bit more in themselves.”

Last season the Blues won silver at the provincial championships and went on to finish fifth at nationals.

This year Wohlford wants to better those numbers.

“We came second last year and we want to take it a step further this year,” he said. “I’d like to come back with a medal from nationals.

The bottom line is it all depends on how we play at provincials.”

The homestretch starts this weekend against Camosun. Friday night’s women’s match at the Capilano Sportsplex begins at 6 p.m. with the men to follow. Saturday’s match gets underway at 1 p.m., again with the men to follow.

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The Blues sit four points behind Camosun but a pair of wins this weekend would put Capilano back into first place — the Blues handed Camosun their only two losses earlier this season and another sweep would clinch the season series for Capilano.Wohlford predicts this weekend’s matchups will feature contrasting styles.

“Camosun passes well and they serve fairly aggressively.We’re a strong attacking team and a strong blocking team.Those things kind of counterbalance each other. I’m expecting pretty good games.”

Passing, in fact, is one thing that is currently holding back Capilano’s high powered attack, said Wohlford. Right side hitter Kira Sutcliffe and powers Alexis Sebok and Kelsi Boroevich form one of the

biggest hitting trios in the league but they can’t go to work if the ball doesn’t end up in the right place.

“It doesn’t matter how good your hitters are if you can’t pass the ball up to the net,” said Wohlford.

The one consistent strength for the Blues has been their blocking, said Wohlford, with third-year captain Kolbi Richter and rookie Danae Shephard putting up big walls from the middle blocker spot.

“Danae is one of the best rookies in the league,” said Wohlford. “She’s starting to lead in blocks, she’s attacking well, she’s starting to show some real composure out there.”

Keeping the offence moving is third year setter Sarah Hughes, who has continued to impress despite the fact that this is only in her second year as a setter, said Wohlford. Hughes is third on the team in blocks

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