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Ambleside highrise quashed SplitWestVan council sends 15storey tower back to drawing board

MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

Eleven feet of width on a proposed 15-storey tower in Ambleside came betweenWest Vancouver council who voted 3-2 Monday night to send the project back to the drawing board.

Cressey Seaview Development Ltd. was asking for a development permit for the site at 2290 Marine Drive already zoned for a high rise apartment building.

Currently on the site sits a fivestorey, 47-unit residential building with a surface parking lot partially covered by the building, and is bordered by Marine Drive to the

north, and 23rd Street and Bellevue Avenue to the west and south.The neighbourhood is home to multifamily residential in the form of five-storey apartment buildings and towers up to 19 storeys.

Cressey is proposing to redevelop the site with a residential tower with three segments varying in height from 10 to 15 storeys, along with three townhouses at the base of the building that will feature a glass and stone esthetic.The 35 residential units will start at approximately 2,000 square feet in size.

Also included in the proposal are 86 underground parking stalls, seven of which will be visitor, representing an average of 2.25 stalls per unit. Cressey sought a variance of 43 fewer parking stalls, as West Vancouver bylaws require one stall per unit or one stall per approximately 900 square feet of building area.

Staff stated, in a report to council, See Council page 3

Few clues in Gambier Island weekend boating tragedy BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Questions remain surrounding the death of a West Vancouver girl and the disappearance of her father after an incident on the water off Gambier Island over the weekend.

The victims have been identified as 60-year-old William Liebenberg, a popular North Vancouver dentist, and his sixyear-old daughter Maddie.

The two left from Lions Bay

Marina earlier during the day on Saturday. A boater spotted their 20-foot aluminum hard-top boat adrift around 9:30 p.m. and called for help.

The keys were in the ignition and their belongings were still on board.

The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre called in two Coast Guard hovercraft, a rescue boat as well as a cormorant helicopter and three Royal Canadian Marine See Dentist page 5

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Homeowners ordered to mitigate landslide risks Westlynn couple told to remove retaining wall or pay to have district do work JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

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Council questions building width From page 1 the amount of stalls being proposed is sufficient as the floor plans include generous living and dining areas, but “not an unusual number of bedrooms.”

Cressey was also proposing a mix of parallel and angled parking on the streets around the site: 21 spaces on Bellevue and 15 spaces on 23rd Street.

The proposal’s call for the width of the building to be extended by 11 feet beyond what West Vancouver currently allows for the first 10 storeys, was a source of contention for Couns. Craig Cameron and Bill Soprovich.

Soprovich pointedly asked the project’s architect, Martin Bruckner with IBI Group, why they didn’t stay within the bylaws in relation to the building width. Bruckner explained the extra width allows for a more interesting architectural form that would be visually appealing and not overbearing to the neighbourhood, instead of a classic slab tower form they wanted to avoid.

Soprovich then asked if adding more width allowed for more usable space for inhabitants.

“Not necessarily, no,” said Bruckner. “But our program is to have a limited number of suites.”

Saying there is no rationale for why the width variance is necessary, Cameron observed from the

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a building 10 per cent wider than the current allowance.

Cameron also figured the developer would be saving approximately $1.6 million by not including the extra 43 spaces that is currently required, adding in the “high-end building”

people will most likely have more than one car, and could foresee some of those extra vehicles winding up on the street where parking is already at a premium.

Coun. Christine Cassidy echoed Cameron’s sentiments, saying she receives concerns all the time about lack of parking in West Vancouver, while pointing out there is a nice path near the proposed new building to the Centennial Seawalk and the community could benefit from more parking there.

Coun. Mary-Ann Booth, meanwhile, was supportive of the new tower proposal for Ambleside, saying it is a “lovely, well-designed” building whereas some of the highrises built in the area in the ’60s and ’70s are “horrendous.”

“I like the fact the architect has been creative,” said Booth. “We aren’t just getting a box. I really have a problem with council enforcing the rules to get a lesser product just for the sake of it.”

Mayor Michael Smith said he was shocked by how unreceptive the other councillors were to the project. “We have a tough problem attracting really quality developers to come intoWestVancouver,” said Smith, who along with Booth voted against the motion.

Couns. Nora Gambioli and Michael Lewis were absent from Monday’s meeting, the last one before summer break.

A North Vancouver couple is facing some potentially hefty bills after a B.C. Supreme Court justice upheld a municipal order forcing them to mitigate landslide risks on their property.

Mostafa Madaninejad and Fatemeh KhosraviAmiri have lived for more than 10 years at 1576 Merlynn Crescent.Their property backs on to the top of a steep escarpment on the west side of Hastings Creek.

The property was one of several flagged in a number of geotechnical reports conducted for the District of North Vancouver between 2008 and 2013 as being a potential landslide risk.

The district conducted those studies following a 2005 landslide on the Berkley escarpment that killed one woman, injured others and left several homes destroyed. In the case of the Merlynn Crescent property, engineers said the simplest way to reduce risk would be to remove a deteriorating wooden retaining wall and remove a substantial layer of fill.

But that’s also potentially expensive.

According to court documents, engineers hired by the district continued to monitor the property over several years, noting that sections of the timber retaining wall appeared rotten and that the risk of a landslide from the Merlynn Crescent property was high.

Engineers acknowledged, however, that there are no houses directly below the property. If a landslide happened, it would likely block off access to nine homes on Carmaria Court below, but wouldn’t destroy any houses and so is unlikely to result in a death, according to those reports.

Between 2013 and the present, district staff met with the owners several

times. Council eventually issued an ultimatum — either the couple would have to get the mitigation work done or the municipality would do it and bill them.

Following that, there were a number of delays and extensions of deadlines.

Eventually, the municipality petitioned the court to enforce its order that the work be completed.

The couple, meanwhile, filed their own petition for a judicial review against the district, arguing their property is not “unsafe” because it does not present an immediate risk to anyone.They argued the district overstepped its authority by forcing them to do the work.

The couple’s son, Armin Madani-Nejad, said in an interview it’s unfair to ask the semi-retired couple to bear the entire financial cost of mitigation.When they bought the property, “They didn’t know there were any issues,” he said.

He added at the time the homes on Carmaria Court below were built, there was already discussion pointing to potential slope dangers of the escarpment that the municipality was aware of.

“It shouldn’t have been developed in the first place,” he said. “Yet the district went ahead.”

Madani-Nejad said given that history and the financial hardship his parents are facing, it only seems fair that the district would contribute some substantial portion of the costs to fix the problem.

“They’re paying their taxes,” he said. “It doesn’t make sense for them to bear all the responsibility.”

But the couple is fast running out of options.

In her ruling, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Arnold-Bailey ruled that it is up to the municipality to decide what is “unsafe.”

“In my view, it is clearly within the district’s jurisdiction to consider geotechnical information… when considering matters of safety or potential hazard,” she wrote.

The judge added it’s not necessary for the district to conclude a landslide that started from the property See Judge page 9

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Dentist praised as gentle, kind and generous From page 1 Search and Rescue units.

Searchers in the helicopter spotted Maddie in the water a few hours into the search but there was no sign of Liebenberg.

The water in Howe Sound that night was 19°C. “In waters that temperature, a healthy person has a good chance of retaining the ability to self-rescue for a longer period of time, maybe making it to shore or clinging to something that was floating in the area,” said Maj. Justin Olsen, with the rescue centre.

Authorities called off the search late on Sunday.

RCMP now have taken over the investigation and are treating it as a missing person case. “(The Coast Guard) said the average person in those waters would be able to survive for 11 hours,” said Staff Sgt. Vishal Mathura, Sunshine Coast RCMP spokesman. “They conducted their search for over 20 hours, just going up and down the coast trying to find him.

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“We are still investigating the events that led to them departing in the boat and also what transpired on the boat,” Mathura said on Monday.

Anyone who saw them that day is asked to contact Sunshine Coast RCMP. As of Tuesday, the B.C. Coroners Service had not yet established a cause of death for Maddie.

No one with the RCMP, coroner or Joint Rescue Coordination Centre could say whether the girl was wearing a life jacket.

Liebenberg will be greatly missed by his patients, including Janet West, a fellow South African expat who had been treated by Liebenberg for 21 years.

West would drive all the way from her Abbotsford home to see Liebenberg.

“Once a patient of William, always a patient of William. He was extremely passionate about his work and a perfectionist at it. It wasn’t just a job for him.

It was an art, which he perfected,” West said. “He

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Maddie’s body has been turned over to the B.C. Coroners Service and Sunshine Coast RCMP are now treating Liebenberg as a missing person.

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Except when it doesn’t.That’s what more than a million Canadians living abroad are learning now that they have been told they cannot vote in this fall’s federal election.

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elections in their home and native land, especially if they continue to hold a passport or pay taxes.

Expats also tend to have extended families and loved ones back home and they may also want to have a say in the shape of the country they are most likely to return to.

Ask someone in drought-stricken Los Angeles if they have an interest in climatechange policy. Canadian actor Donald Sutherland won’t be shy to tell you.The Order of Canada appointee, who now finds himself a man without a country, wrote a to-the-point response published in the Globe and Mail. It’s even better if you read it in his dulcet voice. It’s not our democracy the Conservatives are trying to protect, he argues, but rather their own electoral fortunes.

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Small changes offer easy fix Dear Editor: Re: Highway 1 No Longer Making the Cut, July 5 news story.

I could not keep from chuckling to myself after reading the article and observing the picture of (District of North Vancouver) Mayor Richard Walton on the front page.

Firstly, Mayor Walton is staring down (on) one of the major causes to the traffic problem on Upper Levels and it is not mentioned in the article.

Looking at the picture it can be seen that traffic is merging into the second lane from the third lane just prior to the Lonsdale entrance ramp. This is slowing down speed.

Just out of the picture See more page 7

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Reader encouraged to give route 246 a second chance Dear Editor: Re: Route 246 An Epic Transit Misadventure, July 10 Mailbox.

It is with dismay that I read Corrie Kost’s letter about his experiences on the 246 bus. Most of his complaints seemed to be a lack of familiarity with how buses work here.

When one visits a new city, there are invariably glitches of one sort or another, when one tries out the different transportation systems. However, once one rides the bus more than once, these things become familiar and more easily navigable. I agree the heat issue must have been uncomfortable.

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My husband and I ride the 246, when we don’t want to face parking downtown. Unfortunately, this usually precludes evenings, as the 246 service drops to once an hour at around 7 p.m.

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Who has keys to the biffy?

Dear Editor: During a picnic at John Lawson Park on Saturday, July 4, a few of us spent some hours attempting to contact a parks person to open the men’s and women’s washroom(s).

The sign posted a 6 a.m. open time. At 9:30 a.m. it started. There were three of us, looking for a person in charge; could not find one.

A kind gentleman and lady both called the West Van police at 10:15 a.m. and they were going to find the parks person with the key to open up the two washrooms.

By 11 a.m., (the) kind

gentleman and lady called the police again for a status report.They didn’t have one, but we had one for them.

Parents were now taking their children into the bushes to tinkle . . . . If any of you are familiar with this park, there is a children’s wading pool/play area beside the washrooms.

At 11:55 a.m. the fire department arrived.They were very kind but did not have any keys to open the locked doors.They called their boss and were told that the person in charge was on the way.They did some great PR work in the area and

carried on. More tinkling in bushes.

At 12:15 p.m., (an) official-looking parks person arrived, very polite, but not the key holder. (They were) still looking for the key holder. Continuing to let people know that person of interest was on the way, as we had been told, now in a half-hour.

At 12:45 p.m. doors still locked. People now used to the fact of tinkling in bushes.

We (were) enjoying (a) picnic with family.

1 p.m. — doors open.

Another parks person, on their day off, was called in

to open doors. Spoke with another grounds person, very polite. She was not the holder of the key and didn’t know what happened, but we (were) all happy now that the doors (were) finally opened, seven hours later. Don’t know whatever happened to who should have opened the doors at 6 a.m.

Thank you to the kind gentleman and lady who made this experience somewhat entertaining and to all the polite people who dealt with us — but what a way to have spent our tax dollars.

Svetlana Evans North Vancouver

Clean water not a commodity to be bottled for profit Dear Editor: An open letter to Environment Minister Mary Polak: The granting of water removal rights to Nestle is not an issue just about a “dry” year here in B.C. — it is about private companies controlling water with the assistance of your B.C. government.

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Private companies control access to water and treat water as a commodity (even from community lines and taps) around the world to the detriment of people, especially in the Third World.

The growth of plastic bottle water sales is an environmental scourge.

Please reconsider your government’s granting of contractual water removal rights to private companies for private profits.

Access to clean water is a fundamental human right — not a commodity for corporations. Please make a responsible decision for the people of the province.

Bill Barrie North Vancouver

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Ban trucks from Main St. on-ramp during rush-hour From page 6 in the far distance is the Lonsdale entrance ramp eastbound where traffic again must merge. Herein lies one of the biggest problems. We have three lanes merging into one slow-moving lane.

It does not take a highly qualified traffic engineer to see this.

Common sense prevails.

My suggestion: Close off permanently the third lane between Westview and Lonsdale as it is a storage lane and does not go anywhere. Then regulate the Lonsdale entrance ramp traffic flow as has been done in other countries with large traffic volumes entering a freeway. This will allow for a higher speed through the area.

Secondly, another problematic location is the entrance lane for traffic from Main Street to Second Narrows bridge — everyone knows this.

I suggest that three-

axle, four-axle, five-axle and so on commercial vehicles and heavy trucks be banned on this entrance in peak hours — say 36:30 p.m. weekdays.

Reason: These vehicles are travelling less than half of the posted speed as they negotiate the grade up and over the Second Narrows bridge and hence are blocking the free flow of transit and other vehicles capable of travelling at the posted speed.

To implement these changes would be a small cost compared to constructing expensive interchanges with land acquisition issues.

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It is a common sense approach and based on international good practice and driver observation.

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In the face of Stage 3 water restrictions, Mayor Darrell Mussatto is reassuring the public that no potable Metro Vancouver water will be used during the Slide the City event in Lower Lonsdale on Aug. 22, and that should Stage 4 restrictions be reached — the event will be cancelled.

“So, Slide the City is going ahead, and we will not be using any Metro Vancouver water,” said Mussatto.

The new plan is to truck in a couple water tankers worth of H20 to use on the slide from either Harrison Lake or Pitt Lake in the Fraser Valley — two of

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Citing concerns the city was setting a bad example for water conservation, based on numerous emails from the public he received, Coun. Rod Clark brought forward a motion at the July 20 council meeting to discuss the issue.

Clark wanted to know why Nanaimo cancelled its Slide the City event this summer. Nanaimo council made the decision when that city reached Stage 2 watering restrictions and surrounding municipalities were at Stage 4.

Questions around sanitation relating to the water recirculation system being used for the slide were also raised at the meeting.

The B.C. Safety Authority is required to approve a water safety plan for the slide that is signed off by an engineer and a health authority prior to the event.

“The system includes testing of water quality at regular intervals and having procedures in place to deal with any contamination that may occur during the event,” said Kelly Moon, spokesperson for the B.C. Safety Authority.

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chlorinated water on the slide will be tested every 15 minutes by a technician to ensure safety, said CNV spokesperson Connie Rabold.

The city is aiming for a free chlorine range of one to five parts per million with an ideal range of 2-4 ppm. For swimming pools, by comparison, Vancouver Coastal Health said it requires a minimum chlorination level of 0.5 to two parts per million depending on the type of pool.

Council unanimously agreed the sold-out Slide the City event will go ahead outside of any public health concerns from the health authority or Stage 4 water restrictions.

“There are 6,000 people who in good faith have paid for tickets, and certainly I think what we need to do is follow the good faith argument here which is if there is a public authority such as Metro Vancouver who refuses to issue a water permit … or the Vancouver Coastal Health authority who is not prepared to (sign off on it) — then I am prepared to see (Slide the City) go by the wayside,” said Coun.

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British Columbia now has the B.C. Film and Television Office in Los Angeles dedicated to wooing more creative industry productions up to Hollywood North.

Along with it came the declaration that July 27 would be known in B.C. as Screen Day. Jobs,Tourism and Skills Training Minister Shirley Bond made the announcement on the North Shore Studios lot on Monday morning.

“We think this is one more tool that will add to the other significant strengths we have here in British Columbia,” Bond said, making good on a promise the B.C. Liberals made during the 2013 election campaign.

The move is welcomed

by North Shore Studios president Peter Leitch.

“I think it’s really going to expand our opportunities in Los Angeles.We’ve got great relationships there but it’s one of those things you can’t be complacent with.

There are over 40 other jurisdictions competing for this business and we want to

stay on top.”

Bond said she was not aware of any similar efforts

by Ontario or Quebec, B.C.’s two main competitors.

The office will focus on networking with production companies, especially newly established ones, offering them familiarization tours of B.C. and making sure they’re aware of the province’s tax breaks.The ministry will fund the office to the tune of $175,000 per year.

Curious film crew members poked their heads of sound stage buildings to keep an eye on Monday’s announcement but no

one who goes by Scully or Mulder showed up.

North Shore Studios has been shooting scenes for the 2016 X-Files reboot locally.

Leitch expressed optimism that could be extended. “I think we’re doing about six or seven episodes right now.

That could get picked up for a little bit longer and each of those episodes would take several shooting days,” he said.

The industry spent about $2 billion on productions in the last fiscal year, supporting 20,000 direct and indirect jobs, the province estimates.

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Suffice to say, the lawn cannot be watered and will go brown.The car is not allowed to be washed at home and watering permits for nematode sprays are not going to be issued this summer.

Despite those restrictions, under Stage 3, “hand watering of trees, shrubs, flowers, decorative planters and vegetable gardens using a spring-loaded shutoff nozzle, containers or a drip irrigation system is permitted,” according to Metro Vancouver.That’s good news for plant lovers, not so good for lawn lovers. A full list of Stage 3 watering restrictions can be found at metrovancouver.org.

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In Canada, an average family of four throws out approximately $1,500 of food per year, or approximately 471 grams per day.

As part of the challenge, community members volunteered to weigh and report their preventable food waste, meaning any food that could have been eaten but was thrown out, for five days in April.

Over the course of the challenge, participants wasted a total of 64 kilograms of food, with a daily household average of 302 grams.This is equivalent to throwing out three or four perfectly good apples every day.

Participants commented that they were not aware of how much food they waste.

During the challenge, the most common reason food was wasted was that it went past the best before date.

It’s important to note that it may not have been necessary to throw out these items. According to Health Canada, an unopened item, stored properly, can often be eaten past the best before date since these dates refer to the freshness, flavour and texture of the food and not

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good food, suggests Jenn Meilleur of the North Shore Recycling Program.

Foodprint participants reported that the challenge helped them to change their habits around using up leftovers and preparing the right amount of food to serve.

The Foodprint Challenge, an initiative of Table Matters,Vancouver Coastal Health and the North Shore Recycling

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Region’s drought conditions raising alarm bells From page 11 “waterpower” at more than 592,000,000 cubic decametres, according to the B.C. Ministry of Environment, which sets the total amount of surface water authorized to be used annually in British Columbia. A decametre is a volume measuring 10 metres by 10 m by 10 m, equalling 1,000 cubic metres of water in this case.

Water keeps our gardens, parks, sport fields, street trees, businesses and farms hydrated during summer.We would notice a big difference without regional controls for water use during B.C.’s summer drought. Even though the

South Coast gets plenty of rain in the winter, our existing reservoir lakes have a finite capacity.We have to make the winter rainfall we store in lakes, last throughout summer’s drought.This year’s drought came early and evaporated any stored water we had saved for September.

Everyone in B.C. pays for water use under Bill 18, the new Water Sustainability Act that was passed by the Liberal government on May 29, 2014. Not everyone is happy with the new water rates, especially for corporations that are perceived to be getting water at bargain basement prices. For example, companies buying water to

bottle pay $2.25 per 1,000 cubic metres. A cubic metre of water equals 1,000 litres.

By comparison watering of golf courses, residential gardens, parks or similar is sold by the government at 85 cents per 1,000 cubic metres, according to engage.gov. bc.ca/watersustainabilityact.

Therefore residential water users are paying less for water than companies pay.

For another comparison, our American neighbours in the city of Lacey,Wash., have a tiered system for water and charge one cent for three gallons (11 litres), if residents use between 601 and 1,200 cubic feet per month with fees increasing as consumption rises. A

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As your Member of Parliament, I’m here to stand up for you and for Canada. Here are three key principles to which I am committed: The Environment IS the Economy • A focus on the Environment is important both in its own right and as a “change agent”, making our economy more efficient. I believe in increasing efficiency by reducing the use of energy, water and land to strengthen our economy, generate high-quality jobs, and produce tax revenues.

Science-based, Independent, and Objective Decision-making • I am committed to rules and processes that demand ‘continuous improvement’. This Government and I count on science-based, independent, and objective decision-making in assessing large-scale infrastructure projects. I reject a simplistic ‘STOP’ mentality that would paralyze such job-creating projects.

cubic foot equals just over 28 litres.

Paying for water by the “meter reading” is not yet law in B.C. However, if current weather trends hold, water metering may soon be the reality for residential and commercial users.

During the past decade that I have been writing this column, I have continually tried to impart some basic water-saving techniques for gardeners.

Firstly, whenever you plant anew or transplant, always dig deep and enrich the soil at planting time.

Deep soil allows for deep rooting, which helps plants withstand drought stress.

Secondly, mulching the soil’s surface after planting

helps to increase microbial, bacterial and fungal life in the soil, which increases the water and nutrient holding capacity of the soil.

Mulching also moderates drying of the soil and lessens stress on shallow growing feeder roots from plants. And finally, learn how to use your watering system, whatever it is, to its maximum efficiency.

Watering for 10 minutes three times a week is a poor substitute for watering once a week for 40 minutes.

Water needs time to penetrate down into the soil, so short durations of water don’t penetrate deep enough to provide sustaining benefits to plants.

Our society is

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LOUTET FARM GATE SALE Join Loutet Farm every Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon through to October at East 14th St. and Rufus Ave., North Vancouver, to support social enterprise and pick up farmfresh produce from local farmers.

NORTH SHORE FRUIT TREE PROJECT will pick unwanted fruit from homeowner’s yards and donate it to local charities.

To donate fruit contact 604-983-6444 x640 or

VOLUNTEERS WANTED Volunteer with the North Shore Fruit Tree Project to help connect those with fruit trees to those in need. Seeking volunteers to help with fruit tree picks throughout the summer and early fall. Also seeking pick leaders, preferably with a truck, trailer hitch or vehicle with roof racks.

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undervaluing the true cost and scarcity of fresh water in our world.We are careless with water, we think it will last forever and some people use it with impunity, as if it’s their right to use water however they choose.

This year’s early drought demonstrated that within two short months, our region is capable of guzzling down most of the water we have stored for the long summer ahead.Welcome to the ‘brown coast.’

Please pass me some bottled water.

Todd Major is a journeyman horticulturist, garden designer and builder, teacher and organic advocate. stmajor@shaw.ca

Botanical Garden at 5251 Oak St.,Vancouver, offers tours daily at 1 p.m. and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.

Meet at the information desk. Free for members or with garden admission. vandusengarden.org SEED COLLECTORS Learn how to collect, clean and package seeds from plants,Tuesday or Sunday mornings at VanDusen Botanical Garden, 5251 Oak St.,Vancouver. Judy Aird, 604-257-8674 Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@nsnews.com.

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True Equality in One Canada • We must strive for equality in Canada. We have a country built on the cooperation of numerous community sectors. No individual community or sector should wield veto power over all other Canadians.

Lowering Taxes • I continue to support lower taxes for seniors, families, students and all Canadians - our Government has made 160 tax reductions and more to come.

I welcome you to meet with me, or arrange a gathering with you and your friends, to discuss these and other issues that are important to you.

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WHERE: 1308 Lonsdale Avenue presently described as PID 029-241154, Lot A, Block 61, DL 549, Group 1, NWD, Plan EPP36427 Notice is hereby given under sections 26 and 94 of the Community Charter that the City of North Vancouver intends to enter into an agreement to transfer an airspace parcel to be located at 1308 Lonsdale Avenue to the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA).

The airspace parcel will be used as affordable housing which use will be protected by a restrictive covenant pursuant to section 219 of the Land Title Act and/or a housing agreement pursuant to section 905 of the Local Government Act. The consideration will be $200,000.

Please direct inquiries to Ian Steward, Property Services Coordinator, Facilities and Real Estate Management Division, at 604-983-7358 or isteward@cnv.org.

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PARENTING

Training a road-safe teen

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I was in the kitchen, up to my elbows baking cookies.

I went to the fridge for the milk and discovered the jug was almost empty.

Darn, here I was with dough in the bowl ready to move forward and I was a mess, in no condition to head out to any store.

And then I remembered my secret weapon. I called to my son and asked him to run out to the store.

He was thrilled. He grabbed the car keys and headed off before the request was out of my mouth!

He had just received his driver’s licence and any opportunity to drive was exciting. Ah, one of the benefits of having teenage drivers in the house is that they will run the most banal of errands with joy.

According to ICBC, every day in B.C., 129 teens get their learner’s licence.

With students out for summer break, that number peaks in our province as teens are eager to spend their free time learning to drive and becoming more independent.

Kathy Lynn

Parenting Today What is the process your teen has to go through to get his licence? Step one is to get his learner’s, which he can get on or after his 16th birthday. He needs you to sign consent, he needs to pass the knowledge test at an ICBC driver licensing office and also pass a vision screening test.

The next step is the novice licence, which he can get after one year of practice, as long as he passes the road test.

Finally, after having had an “N” for at least 24 months of safe driving with no prohibitions (or possibly 18 months, if he

took an ICBC-approved driver training course in his “L” stage and was a safe driver during that period), he can book, take and pass the road test for his regular driver’s licence.

ICBC offers good tips for parents of teens learning how to drive.

Once he has his learner’s he can now get behind the wheel with a qualified driver.That is likely you. So brush up on the rules of the road, drop any bad driving habits and learn about the steps he needs to take to make it until he is fully licensed. ICBC has a very helpful website for both teens and parents.

When you first start, choose times with minimal traffic, but as he gets more skilled he needs to learn how to drive in all conditions and all sorts of roads.

Giving him lessons as a gift is a good idea.The instructors have the skills needed to teach your teen.

You may not be the best person to be instructing your teen.

In an ICBC survey, 29

per cent of parents surveyed believed their teens had picked up a bad driving habit from them.The most common habits were speeding, not coming to a complete stop, impatience, eating while driving and not shoulder checking. Survey respondents also revealed that if they could teach their teen over again, they would enroll them in professional driving lessons.

But, besides his lessons he will benefit from as much practice as possible.

So when you are out with him allow him to take the wheel. Listen to him when he tells you what his instructor said and if either you or he are getting too emotional, have him pull over so you can both calm down.

Good luck to both of you.

Kathy Lynn is a professional speaker and author ofVive la Différence, Who’s In Charge Anyway? and But Nobody Told Me I’d Ever Have to Leave Home. Sign up for her informational newsletter at parentingtoday.ca.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - North Shore News - A19

PARENTING talent. Kid-friendly opening reception: Friday, July 31, 5 p.m. harmonyarts.ca

SUMMER MOVIE MATINEE A young bear travels to London in search of a home and meets a kind family who offers him a temporary haven in Paddginton Bear Thursday, July 30, 2:30-4:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. westvanlibrary.ca

HARMONY ARTS FESTIVAL — ARTSY KIDS OUTDOOR STUDIO includes artist-run workshops, drop-in classes and artful happenings for children, youth and their families Aug. 1-3, 7 and 9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Music Box, 1564 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. $2 per workshop. harmonyarts.ca

HOT SUMMER NIGHTS The City of North Vancouver Fire Department is inviting families to beat the heat Thursday, July 30, 6:30-8 p.m. at Mahon Park. The whole family can have fun seeing the fire truck, meeting the firefighters, enjoying activities and more. cnv.org FAME JR: THE MUSICAL Set during the last years of New York City’s celebrated High School for the Performing Arts, Fame follows the story of a diverse group of students Thursday, July 30, 7 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Presented by the 2015 Summer Musical Theatre Conservatory. $15 604-981-6335, kaymeekcentre.com EDIBLE PLANT WALK Enjoy a walk in the forest and discover the edible plants of Lynn Canyon Park Saturday, Aug. 1, 10:30 a.m. to noon at Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre, 3663 Park Rd., North Vancouver. Free; everyone welcome. Please pre-register at 604-990-3755.

HARMONY ARTS FESTIVAL — FOR THE LOVE OF ART A children’s art exhibition from July 31 to Aug. 9 which will showcase a curated selection of the North Shore’s emerging art

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HOT SUMMER NIGHTS The District of North Vancouver Fire Department is inviting families to beat the heat Wednesday, Aug. 5, 6:30-8 p.m. at Panorama Park, 2200 Panorama Dr., North Vancouver. The whole family can have fun seeing the fire truck, meeting the firefighters, enjoying activities and more. cnv.org Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@nsnews.com.

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Other than water, vodka is perhaps the only popular consumable that achieves greater adulation as it becomes increasingly devoid of flavour.

It’s hard to imagine any other food or beverage item proudly owning this characteristic.The Cadbury Nothing Bar. Old Dutch No Flavour Chips. Neutrality is so rarely the aim of a product and yet the vodka market is rife with examples of spirits that have been distilled and filtered to a level where their only discernible qualities are wetness and a vague heat sensation when ingested.

James Lester and Richard Klaus, the young guns at the helm of the self-described “really, really small batch” craft spirit distillery, Sons of Vancouver, are not proponents of neutrality. In fact, my recent visit to their funky, convention-bucking space down on the industrial strip of Crown Street in North Vancouver revealed a commitment to the polar opposite of flavour neutrality.

The Sons of Vancouver produce small, high quality and eminently interesting batches of vodka, fiery Thai dragon chili-infused vodka, and, wait for it, amaretto.

Yes, amaretto.This latter has become something of a cult sensation for those in the know and is made with meticulous attention

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The whole lot sits on fresh apricots for two to three weeks and then gets racked and bottled.The resulting amaretto, copper-hued and viscous, has a gentle, warm

and exceedingly delicious ripe and round, nutty fruit character.

Lester and Klaus represent the kind of focused, entrepreneurial spirit out of which greatness is born.The two had dabbled in small batch beer brewing for years before discovering the Washington distillery scene, in which they eventually apprenticed for a year, learning the distiller’s art while producing vodka, whiskey, and even moonshine, arguably the hallmark of independent enterprise. I caught up with the two of them one recent Sunday following

their participation in Bridge Brewing’s 10-kilometre growler run. Sore and spent, the distillery partners somehow summoned the energy to tell me their story and, in so doing, gave me two of the most memorable insights I have heard in recent memory.

The first came in the form of a comment from Klaus.When I asked why the team had chosen the North Shore for their operation, Klaus responded: “The North Shore is the new East Van; it’s Vancouver’s Brooklyn.”Vancouver’s Brooklyn? I have never heard anyone say this before, but I

immediately knew what he meant.

The North Shore is a place that is situated close enough to the heart of Canada’s famed West Coast city to participate in its culture, but still operates at its own pace and with its own unique philosophy.

Innovators, free thinkers and up-and-comers live and work here. Consider that the distillery is neighbours with other trailblazing entrepreneurs, including Moja Coffee, Bridge Brewing, Artisan Bakery and Tour de Feast, just to name See Partners page 23

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a few, and you can begin to apprehend the truth of this comment. As North Shore residents, we are part of a nascent movement, a culture-redefining shift rooted in rediscovered traditions and simple, reliable quality.The second insight came from Lester as he speculated on the nature of craft production generally, using beer as an example. He described how collaboration and mutual respect among brewers gave birth to an entire culture of craft beer that has systematically chipped away at the stronghold of the macro brewers.

“And yet the back shelf at bars hasn’t changed in years,” he said. “It has the same products from the giant distillers that you see poured everywhere, time after time. How do you change that?”

The answer, according to Sons of Vancouver, is to produce carefully crafted, memorable products and to support other independent distillers who are doing the same, affecting a much broader shift in consumer taste as a craft spirit community than any single distiller could do on their own. Lester and Klaus may be on to something with this perspective, if public response is any indication.

The partners, having set up

the necessary infrastructure for their operation, turned to the Indiegogo crowdfunding application to source additional investment for their tasting room.They achieved their funding goal in less than one month, with $10,740 raised for a comfortable and inviting public tasting room, a functional bathroom, barware and distillery branded wearables.

The distillery will eventually try its hand at small batch, unique character whiskies, an undertaking that takes several years principally due to the barrel aging process involved. In the meantime, I’d highly recommend giving one of their existing spirits a go.Their vodka, the backbone of the operation, is made with a mash of 75 per cent wheat and 25 per cent barley, and employs Champagne yeast as the fermentation agent.

The resulting vodka has an unusual but appealingly aromatic nose and vaguely citrusy, mineral-rich palate.

The chili vodka, with its eyecatching, phosphorescent orange colour, is a conversation starter that presents a walloping dose of fiery heat and serves as a mean foundation for a Caesar.

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EXHIBITION TENT OUTSIDE OF THE MUSIC BOX (1564 Argyle Avenue) On display until Sunday, August 9 HARMONY KIDS CAMP Inspired by the many artistic expressions of the festival, the Harmony Kids Camp, sponsored by BC Hydro, allows artists ages 7-12 years to investigate ways of expressing their thoughts and imaginations through the performing, visual and culinary arts.

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Things just keep getting better for the North Shore Twins.

The unstoppable North Vancouver-based team has had a record season, including claiming their firstever B.C. Premier Baseball League regular season title, and are continuing to blaze a trail through the 2015 BCPBL Championship playoffs.The Twins hosted a Final 8 playoff round at Parkgate Park Saturday, defeating the Abbotsford Cardinals, and are gearing up for one final round of playoffs, the Final 4, set for Friday through Sunday at Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park.

“I’m certainly pleased and I’m happy for the kids

because they’ve worked hard.This is probably the best season the North Shore Twins have ever had up to this point in time, winning the league championship and then qualifying for the final four,” said longtime head coach John Haar, a member of both the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.

“They’ve done well and I think they’ve worked hard and got the results that they deserve. . . .We have a lot of fun,” he added.

While last weekend’s Final 8 was a best of three series, the Twins earned their berth into the next playoff round in two games, both played Saturday.

“It was a good thing that we only did have to play two because the third game

would have carried us on to Sunday and Sunday would have been a washout on the North Shore for baseball.

We struggled to get the park in shape for two games on Saturday and delayed the start there for three hours from noon to 3 p.m.We spent a lot of time preparing the field and in the end it was well worth the effort because we pitched and played a couple of our better games of the season in the playoffs so the timing was good,” said Haar.

The score in game one was 7-0 for the Twins. “Our starting pitcher, Matteo Vincelli, went out and shutout the Cardinals. He gave up two hits, which is spectacular,” said Haar.

The Twins went on to win their second game, 5-0, thanks to Braeden Toikka,

starting pitcher, who threw a no-hitter. “So as good as Matteo was in the first game, as I said afterwards, he got one-upped by Braeden,” said Haar.

Joining the Twins in the Final 4 are the Victoria Eagles, Nanaimo Pirates and Okanagan Athletics, which upset last year’s BCPBL champions, the Langley Blaze, which was fourthplace in league standings going into the Final 8 playoff round.

The Langley team was eliminated by Okanagan in three games. “They split the doubleheader on Saturday and then Okanagan beat them in a rubber match game on Sunday, 4-0,” said Haar.

In Victoria, the Twins will face the Okanagan Athletics on Friday, and on Saturday

will play a doubleheader against the Nanaimo Pirates and Victoria Eagles.The top two teams will battle it out for the championship title on Sunday.

“We’ve had our battles with all of them. It’s a pretty good group of four, in fact it’s a really good group of four,” said Haar.

“I think the match ups for those four will be real close — very competitive,” he added.

The Twins’ showing this season has been even more remarkable in light of the fact that, due to being plagued by injury, a number of younger non-starters have had to step up at various points along the way.

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Twins have one more tournament in August From page 25 period of injuries — two, three or four of our very best players.We’ve managed to get through it and we’re healthy right now and I think everybody is pretty excited about this coming weekend,” said Haar.

Apart from this weekend’s final championship run, the North Shore Twins have one more tournament this summer. After winning a

U18 B.C. championship three weeks ago in a playoff series with Parksville, they’re headed to the national championship in Sherbrooke, Que., Aug. 11-18.

“We have a pretty special group of kids. Not only do they have a lot of talent but their commitment to each other is terrific. I try to always stress to them that you need to try and make everybody else on the team

better. Not just yourself, but everyone else better.

Everyone that you play with, do things that make all of you better.They’ve responded to that philosophy quite well.We haven’t had any conflicts amongst players. . . .Their work ethic is very good.We practice hard and we play hard and I think they realize that they all have an opportunity at certain times to perform,” said Haar.

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Caulfeild. This August 2 we’ll feature Upper Lonsdale/Delbrook.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - North Shore News - A27

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$

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A32 - North Shore News - Wednesday, July 29, 2015