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First Nation to fight pipeline expansion Tsleil-Waututh vow to halt Trans Mountain plan in territory JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Leaders of theTsleilWaututh Nation say an assessment of Kinder Morgan’sTrans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal points to “an unacceptable risk” to both the environment of Burrard Inlet and the band’s own cultural practices and aboriginal interests.

In a shot at both the federal government and the National Energy Board that is currently reviewing the proposal, band leaders said

they are refusing to consent to the expansion plan going forward in their territory and will fight the plan in court if it is approved.

Tsleil-Waututh Councillor Charlene Aleck told a crowd gathered at Cates Park Tuesday morning “the Tsleil-Waututh does not consent or authorize the Trans Mountain expansion to proceed in our territory.”

In an emotional speech recalling the words of his grandfather Chief Dan George, Rueben George — head of the First Nations’ Sacred Trust Initiative — compared the pipeline expansion plan to the twoheaded serpent in TsleilWaututh’s traditional stories.

“Now we’re facing another long dragon that needs to be slain.That’s the See Kinder page 5

WV man charged with sex assaults on teen BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

AWestVancouver man who worked and volunteered with local youth has been charged with sexual assault on a teenaged girl.

West Vancouver police arrested 28-year-old Pooria Mohebbi on May 12 shortly after they learned of an alleged incident in January in which he sexually assaulted the girl while she was at his home and intoxicated.

As the investigation

continued, officers learned of a second similar incident with the same girl, resulting in another charge, said West Vancouver Police Department spokesman Const. Jeff Palmer.

Police, however are not saying which organizations Mohebbi worked and volunteered with. “The alleged victim and the accused would have gotten to know each other through a younger associate of the accused,” said Palmer.

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Crane kicked from city waterfront Heritage advocates denounce council’s decision to remove relic at Pinnacle’s request BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

City of North Vancouver council has given the OK for one of two vintage cranes on the central waterfront to be scrapped.

The move comes at the request of Pinnacle International, the developer that agreed to restore the crane and incorporate it into new public space as part of the massive rezoning of the former industrial lands. As compensation, Pinnacle will give the city $500,000.

The crane sits immediately in front of Phase 3 of Pinnacle’s soon-to-be constructed waterfront condo towers just east of the Shipyards.

Another vintage crane was restored and moved to Shipbuilders’ Square by Pinnacle at the direction of the city in 1998.

The city originally wanted both cranes preserved so they could “serve as landmarks to the site and demonstrate the enormity of industrial activities that occurred on the site,” a staff report stated. But with annual costs to maintain the restored crane around $10,000 per year and expensive welding and repainting needed over time, staff recommended allowing the crane to be demolished and spending the money elsewhere on the site.

Other ideas pitched for the $500,000 included setting it aside for future

maintenance of the restored crane in Shipbuilders’ Square, or refurbishing the historic electrical building on Burrard Drydock Pier into a concession stand.

Before it came up for a vote, a parade of heritage advocates came before council urging them to reconsider.

“It seems to be part of a steady stripping away of heritage commitments on the waterfront site,” said Amee Manges, a board member with the North Shore Heritage Preservation Society.

“Council’s record on this front is not impressive. So far, you’ve de-designated the machine shop, the PGE railway site.You sent the Flamborough Head to the scrapyard.”

If it was going to be a view spoiler for future Pinnacle condo residents, society president Jennifer Clay suggested staff move and find a new use for it on the Shipyards or the pier where a ferris wheel had once been considered.

“Create a unique tourist attraction. Use it as a viewing platform, allow bungee jumping, zip-lining or create a show like the lumberjack show at Grouse Mountain,” she said.

But, Coun. Craig Keating later retorted that the city has done an exemplary job of preserving heritage.

“I just did a rough list off the top of my head of the kinds of things we’ve done to support heritage.

The Barraclough Block,

the Aberdeen Block, Queen Mary school, Ridgeway school, Hamersley House, the whole docks down there, McNair Residence, the PGE Station — it may not be in its final location but we’re preserving that — the Syndicate Block,” he said. “We’ve done a tonne for heritage in this community.”

For Coun. Rod Clark, it wasn’t a question of whether the crane should come down, but rather the price.

The $500,000 was simply too little compared to the likely bump in waterfront condo prices with the view spoiler out of the way. Clark suggested council up the compensation to $2 million, complete with a Dr. Evillike inflection.

“I’m prepared to bow to Pinnacle’s request but Pinnacle is a big corporation. They’ve benefited greatly from the Shipyards site,” he said. “As far as I’m concerned, that’s a lowball figure.These guys are shrewd businessmen.

We should be asking for potentially more than they want to pay, certainly not accepting $500,000 because that’s what they offered.”

Coun. Pam Bookham tried to amend the wording of the motion so all of the funds would be directed to the rebuild of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, which is slated to go at the old coppersmith shop. Bookham’s motion, however, only found support in Coun. Don Bell.

Bell also attempted to refer the meeting to an incamera session where the compensatory offer could be discussed behind closed doors.That motion too went down to defeat.

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A novice motorcyclist escaped with relatively minor injuries after a spectacular crash Saturday morning.

West Vancouver police say the 25-year-old Burnaby man was riding east on Highway 1, between Taylor Way and Capilano Road, around 8:15 a.m. when he lost control of the bike and

collided with the centre median.

“The motorcycle actually ended up going over the barricade and into the oncoming lane but the rider mercifully … stayed in his lane,” said Const. Jeff Palmer,West Vancouver police spokesman.

“The rider fell off the motorcycle and was thrown approximately 100 metres.”

But the carnage wasn’t done there. A westbound

driver on the other side of the highway swerved to avoid the crumpled motorcycle barrelling towards him and crashed his vehicle into the right barrier.

The biker suffered fairly significant road rash and possible hand injuries from the fall and skid to a stop while the westbound driver was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.

The Kawasaki sports bike left a trail of debris down the highway.

Palmer attributed the crash to the young rider wanting to partake in an age-old piece of bike culture

meant to show camaraderie between riders — the wave.

“It doesn’t appear that speed was factor. It appeared to be possibly rider inexperience,” he said. “He took one hand off the bars to wave at a motorcyclist passing in the opposite direction and apparently that initiated a bit of a wobble on the motorcycle, which he couldn’t regain control of.”

The motorcyclist received a violation ticket for driving contrary to the restrictions of his learner’s licence, which requires that a qualified supervisor be in eyeshot at all times.

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Kinder Morgan defends safety record From page 1 Kinder Morgan pipeline,” said George.

George said the band membership has resolved “to say no to the Canadian government, who are allies with the pipelines… “The National Energy Board is a flawed process,” he said.

“We’re standing up and saying no to that.”

The Tsleil-Waututh have made no secret of their opposition to the pipeline expansion project that would triple the volume of oil being shipped through its Westridge Terminal in Burnaby, saying it puts their traditional territory at risk in the event of an oil spill.

Across Burrard Inlet, Kinder Morgan’s existing oil tanks provided the backdrop for

Tuesday’s announcement in Cates Park.

But speakers pointed to information in a report released by the TsleilWaututh Tuesday as providing a scientific basis for the band’s opposition to the project.The report provided analysis from a number of third-party experts, including recently released oil-spill modelling that pointed to a large portion of Burrard Inlet being impacted in the event of a spill.

An additional report by Nuka Research examined the likelihood of an effective cleanup, concluding that crews only have the capacity to capture between 50 and 70 per cent of a spill in ideal circumstances. If a spill happened in winter, in

open ocean or at night, the amount recovered could be as little as 10 per cent.

“Things go wrong.

Mistakes are made.

People come late,” said John Konovsky, a natural resources planner who was involved in the reports.

“You only have 72 hours to clean up an oil spill with conventional technology.”

The reports pointed to the likely impacts a catastrophic spill could have on marine species important to the Tsleil-Waututh.

Scott Smith, a lawyer who works for the band, warned there are “significant risks” for the government and Kinder Morgan if they go forward with the project over the objections of the First Nation. “The Supreme Court’s been very clear that

consent is required in these circumstances,” he said.

If Ottawa approves the project anyway, citing national interest, “we’d likely be seeing numerous legal challenges,” he said.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip said, “Indigenous people have been saying no for a very long time.” But he added recent court decisions have provided more legal tools to oppose decisions they don’t want. “We have said on countless occasions to the trans-national corporations, it’s not about the money, stupid,” he said.

“It’s about the environment, it’s about the water, it’s about the land.”

Speakers hinted Tuesday they plan to make their opposition to the pipeline proposal an election issue.

Police urge victims to come forward

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“There is no direct nexus between his work and the allegations. Really, we just want parents, perhaps, to have that conversation as to whether or not there’s been any unwanted contact.”

Investigators are still reviewing any interactions Mohebbi had with youth and are asking anyone with information to step forward.

“We absolutely would encourage anyone, if they believe they have any information related to this investigation, to contact Det. Dawson of our criminal

investigation section (at 604-925-7300),” he said.

Tips can also be made anonymously at wvpd.ca, solvecrime.ca or via Crime Stoppers.

Mohebbi is neither working nor volunteering with young people anymore, Palmer said. Police only learned of the alleged assault through a “community partner” and reluctance of the alleged victim to come forward has been a factor in the investigation, Palmer said.

Police arrested Mohebbi again on May 20 when officers became aware

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Mohebbi was due back in

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“In terms of the national interest, that question will be decided on October 19th,” said Phillip.

In an emailed statement, Ali Hounsell of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project reacted to the Tsleil-Waututh announcement, saying, “For more than 60 years petroleum products have been safely shipped through the Burrard Inlet.Trans Mountain deeply respects aboriginal rights and title and we acknowledge the Crown’s responsibility to

consult with representatives of First Nations.”

The company said it would review the TsleilWaututh report, along with others, adding, “There are many productive discussions happening both inside and outside the National Energy Board regulatory process with First Nations along the Trans Mountain pipeline.”

The company stated since the project was first announced “Trans Mountain has attempted to have multiple discussions with the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation” adding the company would still like to speak with them.

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uesday’s announcement that the Tsleil-Waututh Nation is denying consent for Kinder Morgan’s pipeline proposal is a significant shot at a National Energy Board process that’s already mired in controversy.

You don’t have to look too far to find credible critics who point to a stacked deck and forgone conclusion in the supposedly neutral regulatory process. And those critics can’t all be characterized as the granola and Birkenstock crowd.

Most recently, former ICBC CEO Robyn Allan, a prominent economist, pulled out of the process, describing it as “biased” and “a rigged game.” Hardly a ringing endorsement.

Most Lower Mainland municipalities have also signalled their opposition, pointing out that if the pipeline is expanded, they will bear most of the risks, while benefiting little from the project.

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That thudding you’ve heard recently is the sound of expert reports hitting desks that detail just what those risks could be.

Reports released by the Tsleil-Waututh — which raise questions about how cleanup efforts, and detail levels of evaporated hydrocarbons we could all be breathing in the event of a large spill — significantly add to that.

In the case of the North Vancouver First Nation, however, it’s not just what’s in the reports that’s important, but who’s presenting them. Unlike most groups opposed to the pipeline, First Nations have the legal right to be involved in resource decisions that impact aboriginal rights in their territories — rights reinforced by recent court decisions.

The Tsleil-Waututh have signalled if Ottawa ignores their wishes, that’s where the pipeline decision will likely end up — the courts.

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Attention traffic ranters: cast your ballots Dear Editor: I have been reading all the letters and columns and advertising about the referendum on transit.

I’ve consulted the mayors’ report, and read the Report on Business article with its worldwide look at urban transportation. I know our provincial government is responsible but doesn’t

want to be seen to be raising taxes (except through fees and levies).The mayors are to be congratulated on arriving at something close to consensus on a plan about needs and a source of funding.

Here are two points I have not seen: First, we almost never have an opportunity to specify

how our tax dollars are to be spent.We elect a government and are forced to watch as they appoint their friends, some without expertise or experience to well-paid positions which don’t necessarily produce service for the citizens of the province.This time we can specify how our money is to be spent.That alone would

lead me to voteYes. Secondly, if I vote No, I have voted away my right to complain about traffic/ congestion for the next ten years. I will have turned down my opportunity to vote for and pay for improvement.

So beware, my friends.

If I hear you ranting about traffic, I’ll ask you,

Grouse Mountain a good neighbour to the Grind Dear Editor: Re: Happy Trails, May 20 Viewpoint You said you wanted to hear from us. In future, we might suggest that you factcheck before advancing an opinion. Grouse Mountain has offered to provide land owner Metro Vancouver with trail management

services for free since 2003.

All overtures, including our most recent in 2014, have not been taken up.

Further, on every Grouse Grind response our staff are involved, either as Good Samaritan first responders, as co-ordinators of the various emergency responders that attend, or

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by providing our staff and equipment as support. All this even though we are not the occupier of the vast majority of the lands in question.

Before assuming what our benefits are, perhaps balance this with the ongoing services that we provide.

With a wholesome view,

you would determine that Grouse Mountain is actually contributing far more than it is receiving. We have tens of millions of dollars of capital invested in our business, we employ hundreds of well-paid and talented staff, and we have contributed an immeasurable amount to the well-being of residents of the

“How did you vote in the referendum?” If you votedYes we can have a productive conversation about how to call our provincial government to account. If you voted No, that will be the end of the conversation.You had your chance.

D. J. Stewart North Vancouver Lower Mainland. Oh, and yes, we pay a rent to Metro Vancouver on every download ticket sold, the 21 per cent regional parking tax and municipal property taxes.

We are pleased to continue to play our part in making the Grouse Grind the most-climbed mountain in the world.

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Condoville could be worse Dear Editor: Let there be ringing of bells, singing, dancing in the street and much merriment.

Why? Because a building going up at Pemberton and Marine Drive won’t be another ugly, ticky-tacky, gerry-built, overpriced, rabbit-hutched, teeny-weenyroomed condo — the very essence of density.

The sketch showed a fairly modest, two- or threefloor commercial building — something that should help increase the North Shore economy without adding many more cars to increasingly busy Marine.

Too bad Sam’s Market had to go, but it could have been a lot worse in Condoville. Let the celebration begin.

Ian Macdonald North Vancouver

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Site C concerns intertwine with other issues “Last April, with a stroke of the pen, without Agricultural Land Commission review or public hearings, the provincial government made the largest exclusion of land from the Agricultural Land Reserve in B.C. history.”

– Gwen Johansson May 3, 2015 Hudson’s Hope Mayor Gwen Johansson noted that 3,715 hectares (9,180 acres) was removed from production to make way for the Site C dam. “That’s equal to 72 per cent of all ALR land in Richmond,” she said.

Supported by Finance Minister-cum-Abbotsford farmer Mike de Jong, the hands wielding the pen belonged to Premier Christy Clark and Energy Minister

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Bill Bennett.

The subject of a feel-good profile in last Saturday’s Vancouver Sun, de Jong told journalist Rob Shaw his Abbotsford acreage is a “very special place” for him and that he “likes the sounds of the country far more than the sounds of the city.”

Too bad he and his

colleagues don’t feel the same way about the members of the Peace Valley Landowners’ Association who will be flooded under the dam.

Considering all that against the backdrop of news about a wildfire burning 55 kilometres southwest of Prince George, I realized my concerns about Site C were intertwined with several other serious issues, all of which are converging to paint a disturbing picture of the British Columbia future generations will inherit.

In a scrambled chronology here they are: Site C and the provincial debt: In June 2013, while replying to questions from former director of the Peace River Regional District

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Arthur Hadland, BC Hydro’s CEO at the time, Charles Reid, confirmed that BC Hydro owed nearly $70 billion — $15 billion in long-term debt, $4.6 billion in deferral accounts, and about $50 billion in future contractual obligations.

The debts were “secured” by $100 billion in “assets” that Hadland points out are shown in Hydro’s 2012 books to be a mere $21 billion — the remainder consists of uncertain replacement costs.

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Climate Change: A Better Path Last week in this space, I chronicled Canada’s descent under Stephen Harper to “international outlier” status on climate change and I promised to focus this week on what the Liberal Party of Canada would do differently.

Fast forward to next December and the upcoming global summit on climate change.

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Eighty local residents remained evacuated; onsite resources included a large contingent of firefighters, helicopters, heavy equipment and six air tankers.

RCMP and B.C.Wildfire personnel are investigating what they suspect is a human-caused conflagration.

So while we are rightly concerned about the loss of 25,000 hectares of pristine forests and the wildlife they support, the premier and her ministers have no trouble with wiping out 39,000 hectares of what farmer/ agroecologist/politician Harold Steves calls Class 1 alluvial soil. “In view of the extreme droughts in California, the Peace is our best bet for adding food security in a changing climate,” Steves said.

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province continues to remove itself from accountability by refusing to allow the B.C. Utilities Commission to conduct an independent analysis of the Site C Review Panel report and by discounting the seven legal challenges already underway.

In a letter to the B.C. business community and ratepayers on Apr. 3, Hadland listed 11 wellsupported reasons for saying BC Hydro is our “failed utility” and quoted recent courageous remarks by the former chairman of the joint review panel hearings, Harry Swain, who said the provincial government’s failure to investigate energy alternatives to Site C was a “dereliction of duty.”

To me, Bennett’s refusal to honour the utilities commission’s role comes too close to what the legal profession might define as

“contrived ignorance” of inconvenient truths about the Site C project — dubious cost estimates, exaggerated power demands and the existence of valid alternatives like geothermal and solar energy.

Speaking at a recent Peace Valley Landowner Association event, respected energy economist Robert McCullough summarized his report on the dam: “Using BC Hydro’s assumptions, the difference in cost between the least expensive option and Site C is minimized,” he said.

“Using industry standard assumptions, Site C is more than three times as costly as the least expensive option.”

It seems clear that, as the utilities commission can attest, the province has no wish to be hindered by expert opinion — or by the facts. rimco@shaw.ca

A new Canadian Prime Minister leads a delegation of provincial premiers to Paris in common cause: to serve notice that Canada is back – committed to working actively and constructively with the international community in the fight against climate change.

First Ministers Meeting Within 90 days of returning home, the new Prime Minister begins to make good on his pledge by convening a First Ministers Meeting with the provinces on climate change.

The news reports agreement on a Canadian climate change framework that: • Builds on provincial carbon reduction strategies already in place in Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario • Establishes national targets and • Provides federal funding to enable all provinces to achieve these targets.

The Prime Minister above is Justin Trudeau. This is the step by step plan he outlined in a recent speech to Calgary’s Petroleum Club.

Not just what but how What is inspiring here is not only what the Liberal Party of Canada wants to achieve, but how we intend to achieve it – in active partnership and collaboration

with the provinces and territories. It is an approach that reflects the traditions and strengths of Canadian federalism.

Mr. Trudeau’s plan will see Ottawa establish national targets and principles but will provide provinces flexibility to design solutions customized to their own specific circumstances.

The provinces are willing partners.

They invited Stephen Harper to attend a climate change meeting with them recently in Quebec City – he refused.

Their meeting concluded with renewed calls from Premiers for Ottawa to show greater leadership on the issue.

A new conversation It is a call the Liberal Party of Canada hears, loud and clear. What is required going forward is enhanced national co-ordination and federal leadership. If elected, we will lead a constructive new conversation on climate change and the economy.

As your MP, North Vancouver would have a central participant in that discussion. My background as a technology CEO in the clean-tech sector has taught me how doing the “right thing” by actively addressing climate change can also be an economic boon for Canada.

In the coming election, you will have a clear choice between the credible and balanced leadership of Mr. Trudeau or the Conservatives irresponsible determination to fiddle while the world warms.

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reflecting calculations of insurance premiums and property taxes over a set amount of years.

Both parties have been ordered by the court to come up with a mutually agreed upon amount for Lynnmour to pay to Edgewater in order to obtain the small triangle of land. Edgewater in turn was awarded $6,000 to compensate “for the ongoing trespass to the date the transfer of land is effected.”

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When choosing new plants for the garden many people worry about how much maintenance they’ll require.

Most trees, shrubs and perennials require very little care if they’re chosen for the garden’s conditions and placed far enough apart to avoid crowding themselves or other plants. Some plants require higher maintenance as a function of their purpose in the garden. For example, bananas, tree palms and summer annuals are tender plants grown solely for seasonal display and thus require more maintenance than a rhododendron or juniper.

The amount of maintenance required for any plant is also affected by placement within the context of the garden’s structures and topography.

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The most common planting mistake people make is to plant something too large or vigorous for its allotted space.Therefore, choose and place plants based on what their mature size will be in 10 or 15 years, depending on your time horizon, and place the plant where it can grow

named as hardhack by everyone who has had to hack it out of the garden.

Invasive, tough and resistant to every control technique — except excavation machinery — it should never be planted in residential gardens unless you want to spend your days hacking it out of the garden.

Athyrium filix-femina, or the lady fern, is somewhat charming but it spreads by spores and rhizomes so it should not be planted in the garden unless you want many of them.There are many other non-native ferns that are far more beautiful and less trouble to maintain.

Plants that require special precautions at planting time: Periwinkle, cotoneaster, day lilies, montbretia, Japanese spurge, St. John’s Wort, lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) and false lily-of-the-valley (Maianthemum dilatatum) can be planted in the garden but containment is required to prevent the spread of their underground root system.

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without requiring pruning or other maintenance inputs. Unfortunately there are some plants that are desirable but they require ongoing maintenance due to their vigour and ability to colonize their environment and special precautions are required to work with such plants.

Here’s a list of plants that should never be planted in the garden and others that require special installation techniques.

Plants that should never be planted in the garden: Gaultheria shallon, commonly known as salal, is one of the most invasive plants known to gardeners. It does have uses in the garden for specific areas only, like in enclosed planting beds, which will prevent expansion of the invasive root system. Salal can be used as groundcover but only in large areas where the interface with other plants is limited. Otherwise, salal will invade and crowd out all other ornamentals.

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Are you in the market to sell your home?

Or perhaps are you looking to update the curb appeal of your existing house?

Either way, curb appeal is important.When visitors or prospective buyers drive up to your home for the first time you want it to make a great first impression.

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Landscaping: When buyers first arrive at your home they will look at how the home is landscaped and what kind of work they will need to undertake.The idea is to have your gardens and lawn present well and not appear to be forgotten.Trim your hedges and manicure your front lawn. Add a couple of colourful planters to each side of your front door.These are the touches that stand out and put your

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Fill them with summer planter box flowers or small evergreen plants, such as miniature boxwoods.The flower boxes add a nice texture to the front facade of the home.

Creative house numbers: If your house numbers are difficult to find or next to impossible to see at night, it’s best to either illuminate them or install new ones.

Clean your roof: It sounds tedious but a clean roof is important.You may not require a complete overhaul but it’s best to clean your roof of any debris or moss and have the gutters cleaned as well.

Paint or stain your porch:

If you have a porch or patio deck that may be missing stones, or areas where paint is chipping off, it’s a good idea to have the deck restained or painted to give it a nice, fresh look.

Exterior light fixtures: Light fixtures are like jewelry on the outside of the house.

Not only do they provide necessary light to accent your home but they also add texture to flat surfaces.

Add patio furniture: Setting up a nice seating area with some patio furniture gives the patio a livedin feeling and allows the prospective buyer to imagine themselves living there.

Don’t forget your mailbox: A tattered, worn mailbox speaks volumes about how you care for your home. Always keep small accessory items such as this in tiptop shape.This will demonstrate that you care about your home and how it appears from the street.

Barb Lunter is a freelance writer with a passion for home decor, entertaining and floral design. barb@lunter.ca lunter.ca

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Wild about fermenting ROSALIND DUANE, rduane@nsnews.com

she notes.

Andrea Potter leaves jars of vegetables on her counter without refrigeration for weeks at a time. And that’s a good thing.

According to Potter, fermented foods contain useful probiotics that help aid digestion.

Wild fermenting uses only salt to ferment, not vinegar (used in pickling), and is a process that has been found in various expressions in many different cultures throughout history. Potter explains that pickled products do not have probiotic qualities.

Potter is a trained chef, has worked in restaurants, and is a registered holistic nutritionist. She is also a fan of wild fermenting.

“I think the process is really fascinating. I like food science stuff,” she explains.

She caught on to it about six years ago, and developed an interest in fermenting foods mostly from a health perspective.

“It was just kind of a new frontier for me,”

“They taste similar (to fermented versions) but they don’t have anything nutritionally in common,” she says.

ing pickles and sauerkraut, and leads food preservation workshops (including one coming up in North Vancouver) and classes.

For two years she also had a line of cultured food products called Rooted Nutrition Cultured Foods that was sold in about 25 stores. The products were produced at a kitchen on the North Shore, but she had to put that venture on hold in March for various reasons, partly because she was also running her cooking classes at the same time.

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or canning. Wild fermenting uses the bacteria and other microbes naturally found on vegetables to help in the fermentation process.

The other form of fermentation is called cultured fermenting, and that involves using a portion of a previous batch of a product to start the next batch, or using a mould spore to start the process, such as with miso. Both versions use salt, not vinegar, to produce the fermentation.

Some people like to culture cabbage by adding extra probiotics or using pickle juice from a previous batch of fermented pickles in a new batch, but Potter prefers wild fermenting.

Her process is quite simple. For example, when making fermented sauerkraut, she starts with cabbage as the main vegetable (other vegetables and spices can be added later). After the cabbage is shredded, like coleslaw, Potter massages it until its water comes out and produces its own brine.

The fermented cabbage can be left on a kitchen counter from one week to six months, depending on the person’s particular tastes. Less time generally means the taste will be more mellow.

There is also some minor maintenance that must happen during that time, such as skimming off some natural foam.

Potter suggests that fermenting in this way is safer than canning because it is easy to see and smell when a product has gone bad. With canning, however, bacteria can get into the environment, which may cause illness if ingested, and may not have outward signs.

A specific quantity of salt is added and the cabbage is weighed down in a suitable container to create an anaerobic environment. It is important that air does not reach the cabbage, so throughout the fermentation process the cabbage must remain under the brine.

Potter says a lot of people who think they don’t like sauerkraut should give a naturally fermented version (just vegetables and salt, no preservatives or vinegar) a taste since they may find they like it after all.

For those interested in giving it a try, sauerkraut is a good entry point to wild fermenting because it’s fairly simple to make, notes Potter.

Potter’s next local fermenting workshop is called Fantastic Ferments, and is scheduled for June 3, 7-9 p.m., at St. Andrews united Church in North Vancouver.

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A jar of fermented vegetables sits in a brine of salt and water on Andrea Potter’s counter.

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PARENTING

Support teenagers during exam time Seventeen-year-old Kenley is not cooking dinner tonight.

Typically she takes charge of cooking one night a week and tonight would have been the night. But not this week. Her 15-year-old brother Brad has been freed from his regular chores as well.

What’s going on? Simple.

They are studying for their exams.

One way parents can help kids prepare for their final exams is to free them from their regular household responsibilities so they can focus on studying.

Giving them this break also gives the kids the message that you believe their schoolwork is important and you are available to help.

When I was in Grade 12 I had the perfect situation for studying for my final exams. I went to stay with my grandparents. I am the oldest of six siblings and you can imagine that trying to bear down and study in a house with five other kids and two parents could be a bit of a challenge. So I left for a few weeks.

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instinctively knew what I needed to make this a good experience. My grandmother had taught in a one-room schoolhouse and she must have harkened back to her memories of exams and the stress her students felt. Or maybe, she was simply a wonderful, wise elder. Either way, I was the beneficiary.

Based on that event and my experience talking to hundreds of parents over the years, here are some ways you can reduce the stress for your child and help her to become more effective and efficient in her studies.

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stressful.The older the child, the higher the grade they are in, the higher the stress levels. Final marks count, particularly if the student is planning on postsecondary studies.

Studying and writing exams is the job of the student. In fact, once kids are getting homework it’s theirs, not yours.Your job is to support them but not do their work. It’s not up to you to ensure that they learn everything that they need to know. Nagging and pushing will not work and won’t teach them how to take responsibility for their own education.

But there are ways you can support them. As we already mentioned, it’s helpful to relieve them of their regular chores. Cook nutritious meals for them and have them sit at the table and eat properly. If they don’t eat well, they won’t be able to think properly and the time they spend studying just won’t be efficient. Besides meals, bring them snacks while they work. Just slip in, put a drink or some fruit on the desk and leave quietly.

My wonderful grandma would call me out for lovely dinners and except for helping clear the table she expected me to continue to study after dinner, not do dishes. My grandparents took on that role.

There were some hot June days and I remember grandma would slip in the room and put down an icy cold glass of lemonade with a cookie or two and slip out.

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While putting the emphasis on study, understand the need and value of some leisure to reduce the stress. It’s not a bad thing to take the occasional break.Watching a favourite TV show, going for a run, or chatting with a friend on the phone are positive, and not wasting time. If you’re worried that she is going to watch TV all night a simple comment such as, “Taking a short break, eh?” is helpful.When parents are bugging their

children to study every second, they can easily go into their rooms and goof off. Many actually study far fewer hours than if they are allowed some breaks.

Studying is hard work.

When they are tired, encourage them to get enough sleep. All-night study sessions are not very healthy. Mind you, with the older kids it may happen and if it does just be supportive and caring.

Finally, remember you are there to support them but only they can decide to study. It’s their education

and their exams so if they choose to goof off despite your support, they will have to deal with the outcome.

With your support they will do their best and can then enjoy the summer and look forward to the fall with energy and excitement.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to EXCEPTIONAL CUISINE

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ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents recipes for rhubarb page 28

Dish readers sent me to Tawara Sushi on Lonsdale Avenue.

I wasn’t in a rush to go check it out, to be honest, as the previous two restaurants at that same location, both reviewed in these pages, one quite favourably, one not-somuch so, folded after a short period of time. I figured I’d wait it out for a while and see if Tawara would make it through the year before paying it a visit.

Since its opening, however, a number of readers have reached out to me to tell me how good their experience there had been. These proactive endorsements came sporadically and with an actual name attached to the correspondence, both fairly reliable indicators of legitimacy.

You see, sometimes a new place will open and I’ll get a sudden, concentrated flurry of emails that tend to resemble each other, most often focused on an aspect of the new restaurant that seems unlikely to elicit such consistently articulated praise. A note to marketers impersonating diners: in my experience, everyday patrons of a restaurant don’t say things like “Chef Doe’s commitment to regional ingredients and

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Wait, what? Hang on just a second, I know that name! Pulling up a photo shot around this time last year by North Shore News photographer Paul McGrath to accompany my article on Stack Grill, the former inhabitant of the Tawara space, who should I see flashing a

familiar, affable smile but chef Pyo himself. At that time he was holding up a plate of Korean barbecue beef.

Walking in to Tawara recently with my friends Matt and Rose (who, it turns out, are regulars of the restaurant), I noticed a framed newspaper review on the wall at the entrance.

The subjects of the review were Tawara Sushi and Pyo, only the article referenced a restaurant in Surrey. I can only surmise, based on my experience with Stack Grill last year and this most recent adventure at Tawara, that Pyo has been working out his creative focus, honing his personal style and developing his culinary philosophy.

I will say this: broadly speaking, Pyo seems to be at his best when his

creativity is given room to shine, such as in a delicate and beautifully plated dish of Scallop Carpaccio with bright summer fruit, herbs, garlic, and ginger-infused olive oil. I remarked on the Italian influence present on Stack Grill’s menu last year and here it is retained, only fine-tuned considerably and given a more organic expression in dishes that lend themselves well to it, like the aforementioned carpaccio.

Of the more standard issue Japanese fare that we sampled, like Salmon Sashimi and Beef Teriyaki, I am of the mind that they do not set Tawara apart in any remarkable way and are perhaps best left for other sushi restaurants to interpret. I make this point because Tawara’s menu is ambitiously large

and some guidance on the kitchen’s strengths may be helpful.

As reported by readers, chef Pyo did, in fact, visit our table to present a number of dishes. In addition to the menu version of the Scallop Carpaccio, Pyo brought us a second iteration, this one featuring the same supple, translucent disks of shellfish, only with two dainty cubes of red beet and a subtle nage of raspberry-infused vinegar. The fruity acidity of the vinegar was an ingenious contrast to the meaty scallops and was clearly the product of an experienced hand.

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It’s the right time of year for rhubarb Fresh rhubarb keeps in the refrigerator for at least a week or two.While it may go a little bit limp, since you’re going to cook it until it’s soft anyway it’s still perfectly good. And when rhubarb’s in season, buy several pounds, cut it into bit-sized pieces and freeze it in plastic food bags to use during those dismal winter months when a taste of spring will be more than welcome.

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Rhubarb Crumb Cake

Spring’s officially in full swing, and with it come two of my favourite edibles: asparagus and rhubarb.

Having dealt with asparagus in a recent column, this week I’m launching into all things rhubarb.Though technically a vegetable, rhubarb is usually featured in recipes for fruit desserts and baked goods (often in tandem with rhubarb’s BFF, strawberries).To prepare rhubarb before cooking, trim off any leaves and discard them (they contain poisonous substances, but are OK to compost).Trim off the ends of the stalks and give the stalks a quick rinse.

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and set it aside. Scrape the remaining batter into the greased pan; spoon the rhubarb filling evenly over top, then dollop the half cup of reserved batter over the rhubarb.With your fingers, break the crumb mixture into clumps about one-half to three-quarters of an inch in size and sprinkle them over the cake batter. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out with no batter attached (toothpick might be a bit moist from the rhubarb), about 45 to 55 minutes. Cool until just barely warm or completely cool before serving. Makes six to eight servings.

Filling: In a large bowl, mix together the rhubarb, strawberries, sugar, cornstarch and orange zest; toss to combine. Let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350° F. Make the topping while oven is heating: In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, flour, baking powder and salt.With a pastry blender cut the butter into the dry ingredients until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Stir the egg and milk together in a measuring cup then stir them into the flourbutter mixture until it is just moistened.

Pour the fruit mixture into a two-quart glass baking dish then drop large spoonfuls of the topping evenly over the fruit. Bake until crust is golden brown and fruit is bubbling, about 35 minutes. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream if desired. Makes six servings.

1 lb rhubarb, trimmed and cut into one-inch slices 1½ cups granulated sugar 1½ cups water Sparkling mineral water Vanilla or strawberry ice cream To make the rhubarb syrup, combine the rhubarb, sugar and water in a large saucepan. Simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes, or until rhubarb is very tender. Let mixture cool then strain it through a fine sieve into a bowl; discard solids. Chill syrup until using (keeps in the refrigerator for at least a week).To make a float, pour some syrup into a tall glass and add sparkling water to fill glass two-thirds full (use as much syrup as needed to make mixture the strength and sweetness you desire).Top with a scoop of ice cream, add a straw and serve immediately.

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Sick is a slang word the kids today sometimes use to describe something that is really amazing.

In that sense, the performance of the North Shore-based BCO Volleyball Club’s 18U Elite girls team could easily be described as “sick” following a doublegold season that saw them win the provincial club championship last month followed by the Div. 1,Tier 1 title at the 2015 Volleyball Canada Championships held last week in Calgary.

In a different sense, however, “sick” is a word that literally described the team during their attempt at winning a national title last year. Many of the same players who won gold this year were competing for a Canadian 18U championship last year and were off to a great start when disaster struck in the form of the Norwalk virus, which Wikipedia notes is also sometimes known as “winter

vomiting disease.”

“Just at the end of the last match on the first day the first girl started to get sick,” explained assistant coach John McGowan. “By Day 2 we were just about out of players.We actually finished one match with two players that were throwing up.”

By the end of Day 2 it was obvious that even if the players had the strength to continue it would not have been logistically possible — it was just getting too messy.The team was forced to forfeit their final games.

Instead of bemoaning their rotten luck, however, the players decided that they didn’t want to finish their season on such a sour note.

They went home, regrouped and found another tournament to play in, a U.S. High Performance event held in Tulsa, Okla. Facing top teams from around the States, the BCO girls finished a respectable fifth.

It was a showing that shaped the team’s run this season, said McGowan.

“In a lot of respects it

became a testament to their character,” he said. “Instead of being disappointed and shut down from (the Norwalk attack), they took it the other way and said we want to prove that we’re a talented group.They went down and played in that tournament in Tulsa and I think that continued to push them along that pathway that was needed to win the nationals this year.”

That resilience was tested in the national semifinal against Winnipeg’s Shock Volleyball Club — a team of some historic significance.

BCO had made the national Tier 1 Div. 1 final once before under the coaching of club founder Mike Rockwell and had lost to the Shock.

This was their chance at redemption — Rockwell, who is still BCO’s president but no longer coaches, was in the stands watching — but it didn’t start well for the North Shore team.

The Shock won the first set and then jumped out to a 14-8 lead in the second set of the best-of-three match.

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“We were definitely on the ropes,” said McGowan.

“In that 30-second timeout a switch got flipped because

they started to play, and you could see they were playing for each other. Making big plays, big hits, big digs that were just highlight reel — not wanting to let each other down. . . . Something Dan said really resonated with them in terms of all the things we’d worked on.”

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“He was quite happy that after 20-some years, he got a little bit of payback,” said McGowan with a laugh.

The final was a tight affair until midway through the second set when BCO began to pull away. A 10-10 score turned into a 25-15 win and a national title.

“Words can’t even describe how I feel,” team captain, setter, and double MVP-winner Shae Harris said in an interview on volleyballsource.net moments after the national final. “I’m so proud of my team and all the hard work we’ve put in.”

McGowan said the depth of the BCO team helped them pull away in the final, the ninth match in three days for both teams.

“The Dinos were a phenomenal team and a great group of players, but you could see they had just a little bit less gas in the tank than we did,” said McGowan, adding that the strong friendships the BCO players shared helped them get to the top. “That was one of their greatest strengths — how close they all are. . . .You could really see the emotion come pouring out of them.They’ve all worked hard for lots of years to have that chance to win.When it all pays off, there’s probably no greater feeling in life.”

The team was full of standout players, led by Harris, a Carson Graham Grade 12 student who has committed to NCAA Div. 1 school Seattle University and earned a spot on the senior national B team following the tournament.

“She’s ahead of her time,” said McGowan. “She’s big for a setter — she’s six-one — she’s super strong and she is an amazing competitor.

She’s got all the tools to be successful.”

Outside hitter Sarah

Chase also earned a national B team invite.The Campbell River native resided in North Vancouver the past two seasons so that she could train with BCO. “That’s just one example of how hard the girls work and how they’re committed to the sport,” said McGowan.

Nicole McNamara was another key player who came with an interesting back story as one half of a twinsister beach volleyball team that is already one of the top duos in Canada. Nicole and sister Megan are committed to play on the sand at UCLA next year but they actually split up for indoor club season — Megan chose to focus on the beach this spring while Nicole wanted one more indoor shot so she joined BCO. The BCO squad also contained four members of the high school provincialchampionship winning Argyle Pipers senior girls team in Kendra Finch, Anna Price, Sarah Haysom and Meghan Koven.

Other North Shore players included Carson Graham’s Beril Berkem, an exchange student from Turkey,West Vancouver’s Betsie de Beer and Handsworth’s Nicola Ros. McGowan was joined

by Tony Laurita and Mika Janzen as assistant coaches and between all of them — Huzar and Rockwell included — he reckoned none of them had ever seen so much talent assembled on one junior club team.

“We’ve never coached a team this talented and I would hazard a guess that I don’t know if we could ever coach a team this talented again,” he said. “It was just a perfect storm of players and we’re fortunate to have such a talented group of young women that played for us.”

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Butterworth ends SFU career with big win North Vancouver’s Lindsey Butterworth ended her collegiate athletic career with incredible style Saturday, winning the 800-m race at the 2015 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships held in Allendale, Mich.

Butterworth’s personal best time of 2:02.88 in the final missed the 25-yearold championship meet record by just four-tenths of a second.

“I’m in shock. I had no idea I could run that fast,” Butterworth stated in a Simon Fraser University release. “I gave everything I had. I didn’t know I was capable of running so fast. This time was a breakthrough for me.”

Her time was nearly two seconds faster than the 2:04.11 she ran at the Payton Jordan Invitational on May 2.

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“I ran a tactical race staying to the outside trying not to get boxed in and then with 300 metres to go along the back stretch I made my move,” said Butterworth.

“I didn’t take the lead until 200 metres to go and then I just ran hard to the finish and I didn’t look back.

The win gave Butterworth her second national title of the year following a win in the 800-m race at the Div. 2 indoor national championship held in February in Birmingham, Ala. “I couldn’t be happier to finish my SFU career with a national championship,” said Butterworth. “But it is kind of sad that five years has come to an end but now it is on to the next challenge.”

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