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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is planning a major $49-million rebuild of the Capilano River Hatchery.

The 1971 facility in Capilano River Regional Park releases about 1.5 million coho, chinook and pink salmon per year and draws in more than 200,000 visitors annually. But if the hatchery is going to continue its mission of the protection and restoration of Pacific salmon, the 55-year-old complex on the river must be modernized, according to DFO. Plans have long been in the works among a partnership involving the federal government, Metro Vancouver, the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), stewardship groups and the fishing community.

“It’s just that old. The building is far beyond its useful life and a lot of the infrastructure and aquaculture equipment is far beyond its useful life as well,” said David Laird, the project’s lead engineer. “It’s going to be a new building, and the public side … is going to get a major facelift and upgrade.”

Today, DFO considers the Capilano Hatchery to be the flagship of its Pacific salmon enhancement program, but its educational and interpretive exhibits are badly out of date. Nothing is interactive, and they leave out the cultural significance of salmon to First Nations and Indigenous Continued on A22

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Why Bodwell High School students are earning record university offers and scholarships

A closer look at how long-standing university partnerships and dedicated personalized guidance are shaping standout outcomes for Bodwell students

Parents with teenagers know that the process of applying to universities can be one of the more stressful challenges of high school. With increased competition and more complex applications, many students are left anxiously waiting for their acceptance letter.

Building competitive pathways As part of their personalized academic pathways, students work with their counsellor to identify which courses they need to be competitive. Bodwell’s wide range of AP and IB courses, specialized academies and advanced offerings such as Linear Algebra, allow students to build transcripts that capture attention and are aligned with their goals.

At Bodwell High School’s waterfront campus in North Vancouver, students experience a different reality. The graduating class of 2025 earned over 500 university offers and 4.7 million in confirmed scholarships. With just 155 graduates that year, these results placed Bodwell among the strongest university preparatory schools in the Lower Mainland.

For students still exploring their interests – or further developing ones they already have – Bodwell offers a range of sports, clubs and leadership opportunities right on campus, strengthening their university applications.

Bodwell High School’s Class of 2025 earned over 500 university offers and $4.7 million in scholarships, highlighting its rigorous and engaging academic programs. Photo via Bodwell High School

“As a boarding school with day students and both weekday and full boarding options, we have a lot of resources available to benefit all our students in their academic pursuits,” shares Head of School Stephen Goobie.

Bodwell students have a clear advantage.

They enjoy a nearly 90% acceptance rate, with 114 of graduates receiving offers in 2024 and 2025 – far exceeding the university’s general acceptance rate of 43%.

2020 graduate Thy Vo, now the founder of a marketing agency in Ontario, shares that Bodwell “is a place where I received invaluable guidance from exceptional university preparation counselors and a home I will never forget.”

Shaping tomorrow’s leaders Since 1991, Bodwell High School has specialized in preparing students in Grades 8 to 12 for university and beyond.

Visitors to the campus hear students debating not if they will be accepted but which of several offers they will choose after graduation.

Bodwell’s students have gone on to attend top Canadian universities like University of Toronto and University of British Columbia. Many have also continued their studies abroad at institutions like King’s College London and the University of California.

Partnerships like this reflect years of consistent outcomes. Universities trust that Bodwell students’ grades accurately reflect their academic preparation.

“We don’t guess what universities want,” says Principal Housam Hallis. “We stay closely connected with universities so that our academic pathways align with real program expectations.”

“I could not have gotten accepted to the university I wanted without Bodwell and its dedicated staff,” shares North Vancouver resident Niaz Golzad, who recently received a $125,000 scholarship to the University of Toronto.

Hallis is referring to Bodwell’s formal and long-standing Canadian and international post-secondary relationships. These partnerships give students earlier insight into admission expectations and reduce uncertainty during the application process.

Partnerships are just one part of a broader, multi-layered approach that Bodwell has refined over decades. This approach combines early exposure to universities, personalized academic planning and dedicated guidance throughout the application process.

As the only high school outside of Ontario included in the University of Toronto’s Select Partnership Network,

What early preparation looks like University visits allow students to

connect directly with admission representatives and ask informed, practical questions.

Each year, well over 65 universities from around the world visit Bodwell’s campus for individual presentations and major events like the Canadian Universities Event and USA University Fair.

“Bodwell helped me a lot to get more knowledge about the program that I am studying at University of Waterloo,” shares Victoria Nguyen, who is nearing completion of her Bachelor of Accounting degree.

From the time students enrol at Bodwell, they are paired with a counsellor who helps them create and implement a personalized academic pathway aligned with their university goals. This support culminates in Grade 11, becoming even more targeted, as students work closely with a dedicated university guidance counsellor who provides hands-on guidance throughout the application process.

Bodwell High School welcomes prospective students and their families to visit their campus for an open house or a private or virtual tour. Sign up for their first open houses of 2026 on Jan. 15 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Feb. 13 from 10 p.m. to 12 p.m. by visiting Bodwell.edu.

Bodwell High School specializes in university preparation for Grades 8 to 12, with admissions options for day students, weekday and full boarders. Their worldclass facility, IB-MYP and AP courses, STEM and Innovative Media Academies and vibrant campus life, allow students to thrive while parents enjoy peace of mind.

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North Shore commercial and industrial land prices tumble BRENT RICHTER

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The value of commercial and light-industrial land on the North Shore saw its biggest decline in years, according to BC Assessment.

In the City of North Vancouver, light-industrial land valuations were down 6.3 per cent, while commercial properties fell 5.9 per cent.

Even steeper drops were found in the District of North Vancouver’s light-industrial and commercial assessments – 9.8 per cent and 6.2 per cent respectively.

The District of West Vancouver does not have any light-industrial land, but commercial assessments were down by 4.4 per cent in 2025.

Elsewhere in Metro Vancouver, the market for light-industrial was even softer, with drops of 10 to 15 per cent.

“I’m going to put the majority of it under uncertainty,” said Ross Forman, commercial Realtor with Babych Group Realty. “Everybody was shocked with what was going on in the States and all the tariffs…. People had to move and do what they could at that point and finish up deals that were done before Trump took over and then it just went dead. We didn’t see an industrial sale in North Van until the third quarter.”

Because commercial and industrial landlords typically pass on their property taxes to their business tenants via triple-net leases, fluctuations in assessments can have a big impact on business viability.

Industrial and commercial assessments can also be seen as a barometer for the local economy more broadly.

Auto mechanics ply their trade in a light industrial area of North Vancouver. It was a buyers’ market for commercial and light-industrial land on the North Shore in 2025, except no one was buying. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN When entrepreneurs don’t feel confident to invest in new businesses, it is eventually reflected in land prices.

The sudden drop in business land valuations follows a period of rapid growth. Forman said he’d like to think the lower assessments will result in lower tax bills on businesses, but he isn’t holding his breath as municipal councils prepare their 2026 rates.

“Everybody’s been taxed more and more and more each year,” he said. “I

think that it’s going to be a change in mill rate and you’re going to be paying the same type of numbers because they’ve got to keep their budget in line.”

North Vancouver Chamber CEO Patrick Stafford-Smith also said municipal councils need to take the business climate into account when crafting their 2026 budgets.

“Given that the business valuations have gone down almost double that of residential, it’s time to shift some of the

burden to where it can be afforded,” he said.“If we can reduce the tax pressure, there’s some otherwise viable businesses. They won’t close.”

The fact that industrial land assessments fell more elsewhere in Metro Vancouver shows there is still demand here, which is good, Stafford-Smith said.

But it also means the North Shore has more to lose.

“We don’t want the other parts of our region to be more attractive for any more businesses to leave the North Shore,” he said. “If you don’t have jobs, you don’t have a good community, and we really need to look after the businesses that are happy to be here and are serving our community.”

Despite the drop in demand from buyers, vacancy rates for industrial land have stayed low, Forman said, although there is a growing supply of empty office space up in the North Shore’s commercial buildings Forman said there has been a lot more activity in the market and turnover in the last two months in retail and restaurants. Some long-established businesses that have been around for 25 or more years are closing or downsizing, Forman said, and their old locations are coming available. There also has been new types of businesses entering the market, he added, including a number of indoor golf simulators. The slow sales and leasing activity through 2025 means both rents and sales prices are more attractive. “[Entrepreneurs] are still looking for a sharp deal. They’re not paying asking [price] but they are feeling a little bit more confident,” he said.

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North Van RCMP arrest two men for Capilano Mall bear spray attack BRENT RICHTER

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North Vancouver RCMP have arrested two suspects they believe are responsible for a bear spray assault at Capilano Mall.

The incident happened during the afternoon of Dec. 18, according to a release from investigators.

Two masked men entered a store

around 4:20 p.m. and deployed bear spray on three employees. They fled without stealing anything soon after.

Frontline officers fanned out in the area and used a drone to hunt for the suspects, but no arrests were made.

After speaking with witnesses and reviewing CCTV security footage, investigators were able to ID the men, who are both known to police, the release states.

On Saturday, Jan. 3, officers on patrol on Marine Drive in Norgate recognized the two men from the CCTV footage and arrested them.

“We’re relieved that no one suffered serious physical injuries, but the impact of this incident is still significant,” said Cpl. Mansoor Sahak, North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson. “Being bear sprayed in a confined space is extremely traumatic, and

the employees involved have endured a great deal. We’re grateful for the community’s assistance and are pleased that arrests have now been made.”

No charges have been sworn yet and the suspects’ names have not been released.

Anyone who witnessed the incident and has not yet spoken with police is asked to call 604-985-1311.

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STEPPING FORWARD

West Van’s Yuri Fulmer running for BC Conservative leadership JANE SEYD

North Shore business leader and philanthropist Yuri Fulmer has entered the leadership race to replace former BC Conservative leader John Rustad, who resigned under pressure from his own caucus in December.

Fulmer, 51, a prominent businessman and founder of Fulmer & Co., is also chancellor of Capilano University and is known for his community and West Vancouver business leader and philanthropist Yuri philanthropic work, includ- Fulmer has announced he is running for leadership of the ing his role as chair of the BC Conservative party. SUPPLIED worldwide United Way charity. Fulmer is also the time. But in the past year “the party has recipient of the Order of British Columbia lacked great leadership,” he said. and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, “I think British Columbia deserves a among others.

Conservative Party that is highly focused Fulmer announced his intention to on the really big important things, and I seek the Conservative leadership last don’t think we’ve always done that,” he week. said.

Fulmer, a West Vancouver resident, Fulmer’s campaign launch includes a said he’s throwing his hat in the ring video in which he said every “outburst” “because I feel like I have to. You know, and “undisciplined tweet” hurt the the state of the province today is not the Conservatives. “We have not been a crediprovince I moved to 34 years ago.”

Fulmer named a health care system ble alternative,” he said. in crisis, worsening affordability and “a In the video, he accuses the NDP of public safety system that’s failed us” as having run B.C. “right into the ground” problems that need addressing. “Our through “radical, out-of-touch policies” and streets are unsafe,” he said. “People are highlights street crime, B.C.’s experiment feeling threatened.” in legalizing drugs and concerns about In Fulmer’s first foray into polia recent court ruling that calls property rights into question over Indigenous rights tics in 2024, he ran as a newly minted and title.

Conservative candidate in the riding of Caroline Elliott, a North Vancouver West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, losing by resident and right-of-centre political com676 votes to the Green Party’s Jeremy mentator, is one of several people also said Valeriote, but notching almost 36 per cent to be mulling a run for the leadership. of the vote.

Elliott was vice-president of BC United Fulmer addressed recent splits in the and a candidate for that party in the local Conservative caucus saying he wants the riding of West Vancouver-Capilano, when party to be a “big blue tent” that “every she reportedly played a role in brokering right of centre British Columbian should party leader Kevin Falcon’s decision to fold feel at home in.” the party in 2024. Elliott is also Falcon’s “I think we need to broaden our appeal sister-in-law. while remaining true to Conservative Elliott said last week running for the values,” he said. “Obviously we didn’t win leadership is “something I’m very seriously the last election … so if we want to win next time, we need to persuade people who considering” but added she hasn’t made a decision. voted for the NDP last time to come and Others said to be considering the same vote for us this time.” thing include Conservative MLAs Harman Fulmer said Rustad did a “fabulous job” of taking the party from obscurity to almost Bhangu and Peter Milobar and former grocery executive Darrell Jones. forming government in a short period of

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24-storey student housing project proposed for Seylynn JANE SEYD

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Discussions on a proposal to build a 24-storey tower of rental housing for Capilano University students will continue to move forward at the District of North Vancouver.

Council gave staff the nod to continue working on the plan with developer Forum Asset Management that, if built, could provide up to 485 “micro” units of student housing on a Hunter Street site in the Seylynn neighbourhood.

At the regular council meeting Dec. 8, council voted to direct district staff to continue working with the developer, despite the density of the proposed project and the height of the tower being significantly higher than maximums currently allowed in the official community plan.

Council members indicated they would be willing to consider the rental tower, at a density higher than currently allowed anywhere in the municipality, in order to bring desperately needed student housing for Capilano University into the district.

But they also said they’d be looking for some key issues like affordability of the units and transportation to and from Capilano University to be resolved before

An artist’s rendering shows what a new 24-storey student housing project proposed for North Van’s Seylynn neighbourhood might look like. DNV the project is likely to win approval.

According to a staff report, a preliminary application from Forum was initially submitted to the district in January 2025, which was later revised. The building proposed for a four-lot land assembly of just under 21,000 square feet near to the existing Seylynn Village development includes a plan for 485 furnished micro units along with amenities like a communal study area, gym and lounge. Units would range from about 165 to 225 square feet in size at market rental rates.

In response to questions from

councillors, Dayna Gilbert, managing director of real estate development for Forum Asset Management, said the developer expects to rent the units at 20 to 30 per cent cheaper than similar studio apartments available in the district. Gilbert said she couldn’t say how much that would be when the building is finished, which would likely be three years from now at the earliest. But she noted unfurnished studio apartments of about 500 square feet in the district currently rent for about $2,000 a month.

Councillors Catherine Pope and Jordan Back both voiced strong support for the project.

“I’m very supportive of building this project,” said Pope. “Student housing is urgently needed.”

Pope said the proposed student housing project would reduce pressure on the local rental market by freeing up units that would be otherwise rented by students and cut down on the number of students currently commuting to CapU across the Ironworkers bridge.

Pope said she doesn’t think the small size of the units is a problem. “My first condo was 375 square feet,” she said, adding, “I think we need to get moving as soon as possible to address these needs.”

Back was also supportive of the project. ”This is a very unique category of housing,” he said. “It presents a huge opportunity.”

But having affordable units included in the plan was a key concern of council.

“My concern is allowing this exceptional density without any accommodation for affordability,” said Coun. Jim Hanson, adding he wants to see student housing at a lower cost.

Mayor Mike Little said he has questions about how student housing policies could be ensured on an off-campus housing project which the university doesn’t have any direct control over.

“It’s an absolute cornerstone piece that this is student housing,” he said.

He added transportation is also a key issue as the bus that currently goes from Phibbs exchange to Capilano University is “100 per cent full” with a line-up of students waiting. Little said a direct shuttle from the project to the university is one idea that could be explored.

Currently the proposed project only includes 20 visitor parking spaces and none for student residents.

Little noted if it was to proceed, the project would have to come back to council for formal consideration and a public hearing.

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No charges in 2024 crash that killed teen BRENT RICHTER

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A year after a 16-year-old pedestrian was killed in a collision with a driver on Capilano Road, the Crown says there will be no charges.

During the evening of Dec. 15, 2024, German exchange student Dali Zissu stepped onto the street near Paisley Road and was struck by the driver of a southbound white Jeep.

She died in hospital soon after. She had been studying at Handsworth Secondary.

After a lengthy investigation, North Vancouver RCMP recommended the B.C. Public Prosecution Service lay one charge of driving without due care and attention against the driver.

In late 2025, however, Crown confirmed that no charge was coming.

“The prosecutor reviewed the file materials submitted by the investigators and concluded that the charge assessment standard was not met. In these circumstances, not laying charges is the appropriate course of action,” a statement to the North Shore News read.

The agency typically does not release specific reasons for its decisions, but the Crown must believe there is a substantial likelihood of conviction and that a prosecution would be in the public interest.

“In conducting a charge assessment, Crown counsel must review the evidence gathered by investigators in light of the legal elements of any offence that may have been committed. Crown counsel must also remain aware of the presumption of innocence, the prosecution’s burden of

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hese are tense times for thousands of neighbours on the North Shore, where two thirds of British Columbia’s Iranian population lives. They settled here because the snow-capped mountains remind them of a home they were forced to leave thanks to the Islamic Revolution, war and persecution.

Today, the people of Iran are again rising up against their tyrannical government.

Their economy is in tatters and the people are demanding the return of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled heir to Iran’s monarchy.

Because the Islamic Republic has cut off internet and communications with the outside world, it’s hard to know how many thousands of demonstrators have been killed. Here on the North Shore, their friends and family can only wait and call for change. They are in our hearts.

Canada has a long history of sanctions against the Islamic Republic. For some, that is no longer enough and there are calls for foreign governments to force regime change – something Canada has always been loath to get involved in. History is replete with unforeseen consequences borne of geopolitical instability, proxy wars and international meddling.

We don’t know if this is the final push that will topple an authoritarian regime that is well past its time. We don’t know what the future of Iran will look like if the government does fall or what it means for the Persian community here.

But we do know this: The people of Iran deserve the same freedom, human rights and prosperity that their friends and family members enjoy here on the North Shore.

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Salvaged cedar panels hold secrets of North Van hotel EVE LAZARUS

Contributing writer

Last July, North Shore News reporter Brent Richter sent me an email saying, “This one seems to have your name written all over it.”

He’d included a link that sent me to an Instagram post showing a storage room full of three-sided cedar panels with colourful Indigenous carvings. The post said: “Displaying a bit of North Shore history. We were told these were from the St. Alice, a North Shore landmark until its demolition in 1989. Can’t find any interior pictures of the Alice to confirm.”

Quite honestly, I’d forgotten all

about the post until I dropped into Urban Repurpose on Brooksbank Avenue just before Christmas.

Urban Repurpose is a hoarders delight. It’s crammed full of household items, old furniture, construction material, books, music and art that at one point would have been destined for the dumpster. Tom Riessner is the founder of this magical place, and he has sorted these finds into different rooms. For instance, there’s a room for musical instruments and one for vintage items which has things like a taxidermied wolf, creepy dolls, sea-trunks, and a Keith Rice-Jones Tabernacle Box, ca.1998, for $1,195.

There were six large carvings on hardboard lining the wall of one of the passageways. Riessner said they are part of a collection of panels from the St. Alice Hotel. The cedar panels from the Instagram post had already been donated – three to the North Vancouver Museum and Archives (MONOVA) for a future exhibit, and the others were given to Dennis Joseph of the Squamish Nation to auction off for a fundraiser.

The St. Alice Hotel was a five-storey, brick 70-room hotel built in 1912 at West Second Street, near Lonsdale. In its early days it was considered quite

swanky. By the ‘70s it was more of a sketchy beer parlour and SRO, and by the late-‘80s, it fell to the gentrification of the area.

In its place is a 29-storey luxury high-rise named the Observatory where a three-bedroom condo recently listed for $3.75 million.

What I found really interesting was that the cedar panels and boards from the St. Alice were part of North Shore legend Phil Nuytten’s art collection. Most of us know him as a deep-sea diver and inventor, but he was also of Metis heritage, a master carver and a major collector of Indigenous art. He acquired the St. Alice panels just before the hotel

was demolished in 1989.

Nuytten died in 2023. In fact, he was restoring a totem pole at the time of his death.

Andrea Terron, curator at MONOVA, says the three panels that they currently have in storage are the same ones that can be seen in a 1970s photo. The photo was part of a collection donated to the archives earlier this year. The problem for the archives is that their origins are a bit of a mystery.

One of the pieces has a signature that reads “Hopkins White Rock BC.” “We don’t know who made them, we don’t know anything. But Continued on A9

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RE: North Shore Commercial And Industrial Land Prices Tumble, Jan. 8 nsnews.com story The North Vancouver Chamber is increasingly concerned about how the ongoing disparity between residential and business property assessments threatens the health of our local economy. While recent assessment figures show residential values dropped by about 3.5 per cent and commercial and industrial properties by 5-10 per cent, this does not necessarily mean businesses will pay less tax.

Because municipalities set a fixed total tax levy each year, when one property class declines in value more than another, its tax rate can rise to balance revenue. The result is that businesses may shoulder a larger share of the overall tax burden even as their property values fall.

For local employers – especially small retailers, restaurants, trades, and light industrial firms – property taxes passed through triple net leases have become one of their steepest, least manageable costs. Facing rising wages, insurance, and borrowing expenses, many simply cannot absorb additional increases. If this pattern continues, North Vancouver risks losing the very enterprises that make our community unique: neighbourhood shops, creative industries, and industrial employers offering family supporting jobs close to home.

The North Vancouver Chamber is not asking to shift costs onto residents, but for fair, sustainable tax policy that supports both people and employers. Councils should use available tools – rate adjustments, phased changes, and other relief measures

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RE: More Classes for Seniors Would Help Prevent Falls, Dec. 10 Letter to the Editor I agree that regular and consistent exercise keeps seniors healthy and helps reduce the risk of falling, which may result in injuries, broken bones, and hospital visits.

However, I disagree that regular exercise classes for seniors are only offered on the North Shore one day a week. I wish to point out that the North Shore Keep Well Society offers mild and self-paced exercise classes specifically for seniors five days a week at various community centres across the North Shore, plus two virtual classes via Zoom. I also agree with your point of seniors’ need for socialization. This is why each of the classes are followed by a social hour to allow for some time to get to know other participants and become friends.

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Urban Repurpose full of treasures

Continued from A8 it was important to save them,” she said.

“They are just beautiful.”

I asked Terron if she thinks the panels had been commissioned by the hotel.

“That’s a great question and that’s one of the reasons why I wondered if we should take them or not,” she said. “It’s the question of provenance. if you don’t have the whole story, what do you do with the collection?”

The panels are beautiful, full of bright greens and reds and yellows and blues.

But Terron notes that they are not quite as polished as she would expect to see from an Indigenous master carver. She speculates

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There were still half a dozen panels on hardboard left when I visited Urban Repurpose in late December and they were selling between $150 and $200 a panel.

That’s a small price to pay for a sliver of North Vancouver hotel history. But if that’s not quite your jam, there was the head of a harpoon from Hawaii and a 1950s mini yellow submarine selling for $5,500. Both are from Nuytten’s estate.

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A North Shore port terminal is entitled to damages stemming from the cancellation of a multi-million-dollar contract, despite several incidents where wood pellets were found mixed in with loads of agricultural products, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled.

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The decision, handed down in November

by Justice Kevin Loo, follows legal arguments from Fibreco Export Inc., which handles a number of products for export at its North Vancouver port terminal, and AGT Food and Ingredients Inc., a large agricultural customer of the port.

Under a contract between the terminal and AGT, the company agreed to ship a minimum of 1 million tonnes of agricultural products through the terminal per year and to pay Fibreco $1 million a month regardless of how much product was shipped. It also required the company to maintain a $15 million letter of credit from a bank as security for those payments.

But in January 2025, AGT abruptly cancelled its contract with Fibreco, after several incidents where wood pellets were found mixed in with shipments of canola, wheat and lentils shipped from the terminal.

According to Loo’s written decision, the relationship between the two companies began more than 10 years ago, when AGT was looking for opportunities to ship bulk agricultural products through west coast ports and Fibreco was looking to expand its operations into handling agricultural products. Previously the company was focused exclusively on handling wood pellets and wood chips.

The deal between the two companies included Fibreco getting financing to build and operate facilities for agricultural products and for AGT to get consent from the bank which financed the expansion if it intended to break the contract.

Construction of the new facilities ran into trouble when one of the new grain silos collapsed in September 2020.

An updated plan approved by the Canadian Grain Commission allowed Fibreco to use the same equipment for handling wood pellets and agricultural products, as long as that equipment was cleaned between loads.

Between January 2023 and January 2025, wood pellets were detected in five separate loads of agricultural products loaded at the terminal.

In January 2023, that included wood pellets found mixed with canola being loaded

A silo in the middle of Fibreco’s North Vancouver export terminal sits crumpled after its collapse in September 2020. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN FILES

on to a vessel called the Aljazi, wood pellets mixed with durum wheat being loaded on to the Maryam D and wood pellets being mixed with wheat being loaded on to the Jin Xiang.

After that, Fibreco updated its procedure for cleaning equipment between loads.

But in December 2024, wood pellets were again detected in a load of lentils being loaded onto the vessel Girasole River.

Soon after in January 2025, pellets were also detected in lentils being loaded onto a ship called the Star Topaz.

In cancelling its contract, AGT argued Fibreco committed an unlawful act by allowing wood pellets to be present in grain loaded onto ships, For its part, Fibreco argued only “minuscule” quantities of wood pellets had been found in the shipments, and that all but one of the loads was eventually approved by grain inspectors.

In response, AGT argued that because of the way sampling was conducted, it’s possible the five contaminated shipments contained more than 27,000 pounds of wood pellets.

AGT also expressed concern that the president of Fibreco wrote a letter stating it would be in both parties’ interests to ask the regulator to approve an “acceptable tolerance when it comes to wood pellets.”

The wood pellet contamination was a “ticking time bomb” that could potentially cost AGT millions of dollars, the head of AGT told the court.

“We couldn’t keep taking that risk.”

Loo eventually ruled that Fibreco had committed an unlawful act by allowing wood pellets to contaminate the agricultural shipments.

But he said AGT had also violated the terms of its contract by not informing the bank financing the Fibreco expansion that it planned to cancel its agreement. Fibreco is therefore entitled to seek damages, he wrote.

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BRINGING BAMI HOME

North Van rescue dog found after 53 days lost in the wild JANE SEYD

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A beloved rescue dog missing in the North Shore backcountry for an incredible 53 days has been reunited with her owners.

Bami, a four-year-old Korean Jindo dog, was out for a walk with one of her owners in the Kirkstone area of Lynn Valley on Nov. 18 when she managed to slip her collar, which unfortunately also held a location tracker.

Bami, described as “slightly taller and slimmer than a coyote” with a bushy tail, quickly ran off into a residential area, and the owners’ frantic search for their dog began. Community members soon joined them, putting up posters and spreading the word on social media. Soon more than 100 people had joined a local chat group dedicated to bringing Bami home.

Brian Benson, a North Vancouver resident who bumped into the owners in a local park at the beginning of their search, was one of the first to join.

“I just hopped on my bike that morning and started scouring the roads, the parks and trailways that I’m familiar with,” he said.

Meanwhile the owners contacted PetSearchers Canada, a Lower Mainland company that specializes in finding lost pets, and which has conducted many searches on the North Shore.

At first, there were several sightings of Bami near her home, said Parker Mills, PetSearchers owner.

“That’s normally what dogs do,” he said, “They circle back to where they know, in the area they’re familiar with.”

But the trail quickly ran cold, with no sightings for several days. Next, Bami was spotted on the shores of Lynn Creek, moving north towards Rice Lake. That made things more difficult. Several weeks later, Parker got a call from some Metro Vancouver workers who had spotted Bami in the same area. She quickly disappeared, but later started popping up again – in Raven Woods, in Riverside, even in Deep Cove.

“She would never stay in an area for longer than a day, which made it super hard to catch up to her and have traps in the right places, because you never knew where she was going to end up,” said Mills.

At one point he had six trail cameras in six different areas, “and we would constantly have to move them,” he said. Mills knew, however, that they were running out of time.

While dogs can live eating grass and scavenging garbage for a while, based on the motion-triggered camera footage he saw, “she was getting super, super skinny,”

Bami, a rescue dog lost on the North Shore for almost two months, is reunited with her owner. PETSEARCHERS he said. In one sighting the dog was even spotted eating clams on the beach near Deep Cove.

They got the break they needed when a member of the public called in a sighting near Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School late on Friday night. Early the next morning, Mills and a coworker brought a drone with a thermal camera to the area. They spotted Bami curled up sleeping in some brush not too far away.

A plan was quickly hatched to flush the dog out towards her owner, who was waiting on the sidewalk. Bami instantly recognized her. It was an emotional moment.

“I know now why people think of pets as family,” said Yohan Kim. Bami was taken to be checked by a vet and later released back home.

Given that she’s been missing for almost two months, the dog is in good condition, said Parker, despite having lost a lot of weight. “She’s doing pretty well considering everything,” he said. “It’s a happy ending.”

“She’ll probably sleep for two weeks straight.”

So far, that’s exactly what Bami is doing, with the exception of waking up for food, say her owners.

A GoFundMe campaign launched during the search has now raised $6,100 which will go towards costs of the professional search, plus vet bills and costs of special food.

Benson gives credit to community members who rallied around the owners and reported sightings of the dog so the searchers could cast their net in the right places.

He also credits the owners who never gave up on Bami.

“They spent countless nights sleeping in their car watching out for their dog. So we have full respect and admiration for their commitment to Bami. They felt so strongly the whole time that Bami was going to come home.”

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Award-winning Human Serviette shares his origin story away the encrusted tartare sauce from the corners of our rock-hungry mouths to deliver a solid slab o’ garage grunge vinyl,” Becker wrote in his review.

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Doot doola doot doo….

West Vancouver’s Nardwuar the Human Serviette has been named to the Order of Canada.

Nardwuar, 57, has been a consistent (if excitable) voice in Canadian music journalism for almost 40 years.

Today, his interviews tend to go viral online, racking up millions of views thanks to his uncanny ability to dazzle his world-famous subjects with all but forgotten details researched from their past.

“Nardwuar the Human Serviette is a music journalism and popular culture innovator. As an independent music, and campus and community radio advocate, he has helped shape our identity, while also earning a devoted global following through his distinctive interview style, tireless research, and support for rising stars and celebrated names,” the Governor General’s statement about him reads.

His first on-camera interview was on Sept. 26, 1985 inside West Vancouver’s Hillside Secondary where Art Bergmann’s band Poisoned had just played a show for local teens.

In 1987, Nardwuar began his still-running Friday afternoon radio show at UBC’s student station CiTR. It was a launching pad for his eccentric interviews, which eventually got him freelance gigs on MuchMusic, but it was no small amount of work to become known outside of Vancouver.

He first had to record the interviews on reel-to-reel and then send those tapes

Nardwuar the Human Serviette celebrates his recent Order of Canada honour at Lucky’s Bodega in North Vancouver. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN to Ontario to have the audio pressed onto vinyl records. He’d then mail those records out to radio stations in hopes they’d get played.

“That was the way people heard my interviews and that’s how hard it was,” he said. “Now everything has changed with the internet … [It] made it possible for me to stay in Canada and reach the world. It’s incredible.”

The young Nardwuar was as much a music promoter as a journalist. In the late 1980s and early ’90s, North Shore News

columnist Michael Becker used to publicize the “young West Vancouver groove magnate’s” all-ages shows and dances, including The Barbarella Psycadella, Bama Lama Bama Loo, The “sweat-inducing” Ubangi Stomp and The Moodyville Moo Mooo, at which he booked future punk rock icons Fugazi to play. His own band, The Evaporators, was always on the bill.

He also started his own Nardwuar label and produced records, including the Smugglers’ debut 45 Up and Down in 1990.

“Nardwuar the Human Serviette wipes

True patriot love The Order of Canada is the country’s highest civilian honour and a befitting one for Nardwuar, who has some patriotism coded into his persona. Nardwuar is just a “stupid” sounding name he picked for himself. “Human,” he borrowed from a song title by The Cramps. And “Serviette” he specifically chose because it is a term unique to Canada (and not the U.S.).

And he signs off from every interview with “Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada” because he wants everyone to know exactly where he’s coming from.

“I’ve always thought about Canada,” he said.

When they’ll have him (and even sometimes when they won’t), Nardwuar is just as adept at getting Canadian politicians on the record.

In 1997, he instigated one of the soundbites of the year while pointedly asking Prime Minister Jean Chrétien about the use of pepper spray on protesters during the APEC summit held in Vancouver. Chrétien demurred and said, famously, “Pepper, I put it on my plate.”

During recent federal election campaigns, party leaders put their good names in peril if they don’t agree to Nardwuar’s more lighthearted request to attempt the Hip Flip with him – a 1960s party game that requires two partners, who are linked at the Continued on A14

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Order of Canada a tribute to Nardwuar’s mom Being named to the order was an unforeseen honour, Nardwuar said.

“I can’t believe it. I’m in awe,” he said. “I’m also Musicians come and go, but that hat and glasses combo will humbled that people be cool forever. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN thought I was worthy of the honour and nominated me. and the value of research,” he said. “She’d I can’t explain myself. I can’t imagine how be just overjoyed like I am to know that people would explain me to a committee.” this actually occurred.”

Nardwuar wastes no time in saying who Eventually Nardwuar will be invited he dedicates the honour to – his mom Olga to Ottawa for an investiture ceremony at Ruskin, who passed away in 2010. which the Governor General will present She was a regular contributor to a show him with his Order of Canada pin. His on the North Shore’s Shaw Cable 4 called Hip Flip is getting a bit brittle, the Human Our Pioneers and Neighbours. Nardwuar Serviette said, but it won’t hurt to ask. would be floored by the interesting yarns “I’ll have it handy. I will bring it. I’m a bit she could coax out of everyday people. afraid about it breaking,” he said.

“She taught me it’s the interviewer’s job Among those he’s astonished to be to make the interviewee exciting and bring keeping company within the Order of out the stories,” he said.

Canada are children’s entertainer Raffi, And the seemingly magical ability he Olympic gold medal sprinter Andre De has to conjure up research that leaves his Grasse and Art Bergmann, the first musiown interview subjects sputtering is also something he attributes to his mom, who cian he had the pleasure of interviewing. used to bring him along to meetings of the “That goes back to, like, if Nardwuar North Shore Historical Society. can do it, anyone can do it,” he said. “And “[She] helped teach me about history, it all started in West Vancouver.” the importance of local independent media … Doot doot!

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THE TWO-HEADED SERPENT

Tsleil-Waututh Nation artist shares oral history in comic book style ABBY LUCIANO

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A səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) artist is using comic book style art to elevate oral history.

The latest exhibit at Simon Fraser University’s Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE) features 33 artifacts from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, displayed through 12 large comic book-style panels created by Windsor Secondary student and artist Gordie Dick. The panels tell the story of his favourite oral history, sʔi:ɬqəy̓ (the two-headed serpent).

“I appreciate it a lot because I put a lot of time in trying to create this art style and to represent a piece of Tsleil-Waututh,” Dick said.

While there are many variations of the two-headed serpent story, this version depicts a giant, toxic-blooded, two-headed serpent that torments people and animals along Burrard Inlet. Its long, blue, black and white scaled body separates the villages of ʔənlilwətaɬ (Inlailawatash) and təmtəmíxʷtən (Belcarra), frightening those who try to hunt, fish or travel on the waters.

But a hero steps in to fight the serpent, throwing eight spears to stop the creature.

As the young man throws these spears, the toxic blood gets on him and he falls down, Dick said. He has a flashback, reminding him to never give up against the serpent, and the battle comes down to one final throw.

“The two-headed serpent was a lot like a plague or a little bit of an isolation for Tsleil-Waututh people back then,” he said.

It was a happy ending for the people in the two villages, as the serpent left, heading over the mountains to what’s now Port Moody, “leaving a trail where vegetation no longer grows,” according to a press release from SFU. “A lot of it is to persevere through hardships that we may have in daily life,” Dick said, adding that people can connect to the story through the pandemic, and the feelings of isolation people had during that time.

Dick decided to retell the story through comic book art, a self-taught medium he picked up over the years, drawing inspiration from anime shows like Naruto and One Piece.

“That’s kind of my way of storytelling because I’m a little bit shy,” he said. “My main goal was to learn culture and more about archeology.”

To make the story come to life, Dick incorporated onto the page a number of

A pre-eminent oral history is shared through comic book form in an exhibit on display at SFU’s Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. The art piece was created by Tsleil-Waututh Nation Grade 11 student Gordie Dick. SʔI:ꞭQƏY THE TWO-HEADED SERPENT EXHIBIT meaningful objects such as a canine tooth and antler fragments.

The project was part of an internship through the Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s curation and collections department. Dick spent the last two summers working at SFU, learning about museums and curation. During his second internship, he took on the task of creating an exhibit featuring items from Belcarra Regional Park.

Funding from Heritage Canada, the Museum of North Vancouver and SFU’s MAE helped finance Dick’s work on the project.

Barbara Hilden, the director of the MAE, who worked with Dick in the internship, said the comic book-style art allows people

to look at the history through vibrant visuals rather than dense text.

“The exhibit itself just really draws people in,” Hilden said. “It’s colourful. It’s

different. The integration of the belongings into the panels is really curious, and so a lot of people are commenting on it, jumping to spend some time with it.”

Hilden said this project, which has been on display since the fall, used a decolonized approach to exhibit curation.

Generally, Hilden said when museum professionals think about curating an exhibit, they usually start with belongings and try to find the story they’re telling. But this exhibit process was the exact opposite, starting with a story.

“If we can bring all of these different perspectives and ways of knowing together in a museum, I think it’s only going to result in good things,” she said. “It’s no longer sufficient for someone with a graduate degree to come in and decide what the story is. The story and knowledge has to be led from the community.”

The exhibit is open to the public at SFU’s MAE Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until the spring, after which it will be moved to Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s administrative building.

Abby Luciano is the Indigenous and civic affairs reporter for the North Shore News.

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‘Babes with Books’ team up to write North Van-based novel HILARY ANGUS

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When now-retired lawyer Linda Stevens got a short story published in a periodical around 13 years ago, she shared the news with her long-time book club, the Babes with Books.

The Babes, a group of 10 Vancouver-based women, many of whom grew up on the North Shore, had been meeting monthly for nearly 12 years at that point to discuss books over a meal and a glass (or two) of wine.

The 10 women held a variety of careers, from law to telecommunications to pharmaceuticals to finance, but none of them were writers.

But the publication of Stevens’ story incited a discussion amongst the club about whether they should be doing more writing rather than just reading, said Maureen Richardson, another of the club’s members.

“So one thing led to another,” Richardson recalled. “And

Judy Rothwell, Lynda Stevenson, Maureen Richardson and Cathy Kershaw of the Babes with Books club hold a copy of ‘Beyond Reflection,’ the North Vancouver-based novel they helped co-write. HILARY ANGUS / NSN somebody said, ‘Let’s write a book.

How hard can it be?’”

They would spend the next 13 years finding out.

The North Shore News met up with four members of the Babes to discuss the process behind Beyond

Reflection, their collaboratively written and recently published novel.

Richardson, along with Cathy Kershaw, Judy Rothwell and Lynda Stevenson, recalled long, entertaining evenings holed up in one of

their houses, simply trying to get something on paper.

“The first phase was hard because we didn’t really have a story, we were kind of making up stuff along the way,” Richardson said. “It wasn’t as though we wrote

one chapter and then the next chapter. There were a lot of ideas that were flowing, and then a lot of it got parsed out later.”

Stevens, whose story was the genesis for the project, more or less took charge of the writing process, the other four recalled.

“We called Linda the book boss,” Kershaw said, adding that sometimes the group had a hard time believing the book would get published, but that Stevens was determined.

The writing process waxed and waned over the years as their lives got busy, and the pandemic put a dent in their ability to get together, they said, but when they were able to make time for it, they all agreed the process was, at its core, a lot of fun.

“We’d sit down and make a big, fabulous meal, because we all love to cook, and then we’d drink a lot of wine, and we’d each write, and then read what we wrote,” Richardson said. “And then we’d sit and have gales of laughter.”

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Check out the North Shore’s highest-assessed properties Estate in West Vancouver. In the past, those snapping up luxury mansions in the Properties were often foreign buyers. But Ottawa’s foreign buyer ban and problems in the Chinese economy had significant impacts, said Grech.

B.C. Assessment statistics point to average values in some areas of the British Properties as down between nine and 11 per cent over last year.

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Location, location, location.

Waterfront estates with views out over the ocean in West Vancouver dominated the top assessments on the North Shore as usual this year. Features like architectural cred, expansive wine cellars, infinity pools and heated driveways were also some of the sought-after boxes to be checked among the North Shore’s most luxurious mansions.

Fifteen of the top 100 assessed properties in B.C. are in West Vancouver this year, with neighbourhoods like Bellevue Avenue’s “Golden Mile,” Erwin Drive and Radcliffe Avenue sharing space on the list with homes in Vancouver’s Point Grey Road, Shaughnessy and Kitsilano.

Ninety-six of the top 500 assessed properties in the province were in West Vancouver this year, with 10 more in North Vancouver also making the cut.

From the West Bay enclaves of industrial magnates to penthouses

This home at 3330 Radcliffe Ave. is the top assessed property on the North Shore at $34.1 million. COURTESY OF REW.CA perched high above Burrard Inlet, the addresses on the North Shore’s top assessments have a familiar ring.

But even in the stratospheric heights inhabited by the wealthy, market forces have had an impact, with most of the top assessed properties dipping in value from

last year.

Luxury properties still changed hands this year, but often not at the prices they were listed at.

At the higher end of the market, values in the British Properties have taken some of the biggest dips, said real estate agent Derek Grech of The Partners Real

West Vancouver’s top assessments 3330 Radcliffe Ave.: Unsurprisingly, the property with the highest assessment is the West Coast Modern-inspired waterfront mansion at 3330 Radcliffe Ave. Valued at $34.1 million, it was the 10th top-assessed residential property in the province, although its value fell from an assessment of $35.25 million last year. That’s being put to the test as the home is also currently listed by Max Hasman and of Angel Hasman & Associates for $58.8 million. It’s been listed at that price since September 2024.

Designed by renowned architect Russell Hollingsworth, the 10,000-square-foot home features five bedrooms, floor-to-ceiling windows and 180-degree views out over 200 feet of shoreline.

3378 Radcliffe Ave.: Just down the street, another West Bay waterfront home is the second-highest value on the North Shore. Assessed at $25.92 million, the mansion at 3378 Radcliffe Ave. dropped three per cent from its value of $26.8 million last year.

The modernist masterpiece was designed by Lamoureux Architects and Paul Sangha Landscape Architects. It’s value shot up by nearly 50 per cent after being bought for $32.8 million in a private sale in August 2023, at the time the most expensive real estate deal ever completed on the North Shore. Built on two former lots including a small peninsula, the 8,000-square-foot home features a putting green, negative edge swimming pool and spa.

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Many of province’s priciest properties located in West Van Continued from A18 – mostly designed by one of the former owners – features a huge open floor plan with 14-foot ceilings on the main floor and a 2,000-bottle wine cellar.

At the time of the sale, property records listed the buyer as the founding engineer of Uber, working at the time as the chief technology officer for a crypto currency company.

This year, it was ranked the 34th highest assessed in the province.

2588 Bellevue Ave.: The third-priciest property on the North Shore was 2588 Bellevue Ave., another Hollingsworth-designed dwelling in Dundarave, assessed at $25.1 million this year, down eight per cent from last year’s assessment of $27.2 million. But it’s still the 36th highest assessment in B.C. The 8,000-square-foot home has three bedrooms, seven bathrooms and sits on a large lot on the Dundarave waterfront.

That property’s highest value topped out at $30.92 million during the real estate gold rush and fell as “low” as $21.58 million during the pandemic in 2021.

1690 Marlowe Place: At number four, the British Properties home at 1690 Marlow Place was assessed at $24.6 million this year, a seven per cent drop from its assessment last year at $26.4 million. It’s still the 40th highest assessment in B.C. though.

Interestingly, a 20,000-square-foot mansion across the street owned by a development company at 1669 Marlowe recently lost its appeal of its $22.2 million assessment. Holborn Group of Companies, one of the largest developers in B.C., had attempted to lower the assessed value of its property at 1669 Marlowe Pl. for tax purposes, arguing the value of the property should be pegged at $14.7 million. But B.C.’s Property Assessment Appeal Board didn’t buy the argument.

3110 Travers Ave.: Clocking in at the fifth highest assessment on the North Shore is another West Bay waterfront mansion at 3110 Travers Ave., assessed at $24.5 million this year, down three per cent from $25.1 million last year. The property, which includes a five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home of approximately 14,000 square feet that occupies a huge lot, is ranked the 42nd highest assessment in B.C. 130 Oxley St.: Another waterfront mansion in West Bay at 130 Oxley St. is the sixth highest assessment on the North Shore, at $24.3 million. Ranked 43rd priciest in the province, the value of home is down four per cent from $25.2 million last year. Built in 1992, the six-bedroom, nine-bathroom home sits on a massive lot jutting out into the bay.

3350 Radcliffe Ave.: This colonial style eight-bedroom 10-bathroom home of

approximately 10,000 square feet sits on the West Bay waterfront and was assessed at $22.2 million this year. That’s down four per cent from $23.2 million last year. The home built in 2002 was the 60th highest assessed in B.C. 4343 Erwin Dr.: This waterfront home near Stearman Beach was assessed at $21.6 million, a two per cent drop from its $22 million assessment last year. The four-bedroom, seven-bathroom property was the eighth highest assessment on the North Shore and ranked 62 in the province. It last sold in 2020 for $19 million.

5365 Seaside Pl.: The property ranked number nine on the list of highest North Shore assessments was a modern 8,800-squarefoot waterfront home at 5365 Seaside Place in Caulfeild, assessed at just under $21 million. Its assessment is holding, slipping just one per cent since last year. It’s also ranked 66th in the province. Situated on a private, gated peninsula and boasting an infinity pool, outdoor spa and boathouse, the four-bedroom, seven-bathroom home was sold for $22.7 million in 2021 by Malcolm Hasman at Angell Hasman & Associates Realty Ltd, which was the highest sale that year.

4371 Erwin Dr.: Rounding out the North Shore’s top 10 assessments was a West Van waterfront home at 4371 Erwin Drive, assessed at just under $21 million. The value of the five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home which sits on a large lot was down three per cent from its value of $21.5 million last year. But it’s still ranked 68th highest in the province.

District of North Vancouver’s top assessments 2250 Indian River Cres.: Down the provincial list in the 149th spot is the most-expensive property in the District of North Vancouver, a secluded 14-acre compound in the forest overlooking Deep Cove at 2250 Indian River Cres. The property was assessed at $16.9 million this year, which was up three per cent from its $16.4 million value last year.

The lot features a 9,000-square-foot custom home, along with a pond and Japanese-style garden. But most of the property value lies in its potential to be subdivided.

In 2017, it became the most-expensive lot to ever list in North Van, with a $36.2-million price tag. It didn’t sell, however.

754 Beachview Drive: All the other top 10 assessments in North Vancouver were neighbours in the same waterfront stretch of Deep Cove on Beachview Drive.

Topping the list at number two was a deluxe six-bedroom, eight-bathroom home

at 754 Beachview Dr. valued at $14.4 million.

Features of the oceanfront mansion include an infinity pool, 10-person hot tub, golf putting green, dock with boat lift, fourjet-ski slip and private ramp. Inside features include double height ceilings, Miele appliances, movie theatre, billiard area, gym, sauna, steam room and wine room.

The 8,850-square-foot home sold in September 2022 for $14.9 million.

All the other top 10 homes were in the same 600 to 900 blocks of Beachview Drive.

City of North Vancouver top assessments 1301-199 Victory Ship Way: The most-expensive homes in the City of North Vancouver sit in high-rise condo towers in the Lower Lonsdale neighbourhood.

The top assessment, the penthouse suite at 1301-199 Victory Ship Way, assessed at $8.54 million.

Meanwhile, the second-highest assessed City of North Vancouver property, located at 901-185 Victory Ship Way, assessed at $6.5 million.

Two single-family homes made the city’s top 10 assessments.

A home at 755 Grand Boulevard was assessed at $4.8 million. That’s the same price the 2,500-square-foot custom home sold for in September 2024.

2250 Indian River Cres. was assessed at $16.9 million, the highest in the District of North Vancouver. MIKE WAKEFIELD / NSN FILES Another five-bedroom, six-bathroom home at 355 Somerset St. in the Tempe Heights neighbourhood also made the cut with an assessment of just under $4.7 million.

All the other top properties were condos in the building at 175 Victory Ship way, with assessments rising with each floor climbed in the building.

DEVELOPER INFORMATION SESSION Cascadia Green Development has submitted a Rezoning Application to the City of North Vancouver for 835 - 845 West 15th Street to support the development of a five-storey office building with retail and two levels of underground parking.

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Iranian community reflects on uprising in homeland HAMID JAFARI

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Members of the extensive Iranian-Canadian community on the North Shore are watching with great interest and concern while also amplifying calls for systemic change as protests continue to escalate in their homeland.

Protests that began in late December 2025 have spread across Iran amid a deepening economic crisis marked by extreme inflation, rising food and fuel prices, and a collapsing currency, with shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar closing their businesses in protest. Within days, demonstrations spread to major cities including Isfahan, Shiraz,

Mashhad, and Tabriz, expanding from economic grievances to calls for the end of the Islamic Republic.

By early January, unrest had reached all 31 provinces, with students, workers, retirees, and merchants participating through strikes, night demonstrations, and localized clashes. U.S. President Donald Trump has voiced strong support for Iranian protesters, saying the United States “stands ready to help” as citizens face a brutal crackdown, warning Tehran against using lethal force.

In contrast, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has labeled the protests “terrorist,” accusing demonstrators of threatening national security. Earlier, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of the Islamic Republic called those involved in

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the protests “enemies of the country” and urged security forces to suppress them.

On Jan. 8, the Islamic Republic imposed a widespread internet shutdown. During this period, mass arrests, lethal force, and massacres reportedly occurred, with CBS reporting that over a 48-hour period from Jan. 8 to Jan. 10, at least 12,000 people may have been killed across Iran.

Amid near-total internet and phone shutdowns in Iran, Iranian diaspora communities have organized solidarity rallies abroad, including a Jan. 10 gathering of hundreds of outside the Vancouver Art Gallery where demonstrators waved the national Iranian flag and chanted slogans in support of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah of Iran.

For some members of the community on the North Shore, the unfolding protests in Iran represent a decisive break from past movements – one defined by clearer demands and a growing focus on leadership.

From protest to purpose Mehdi Ghadimi, a former Iranian journalist now based in North Vancouver, says what distinguishes the current protests is not only their scale, but the clarity of their message.

“For the first time in many years, people are not only saying what they reject, but clearly stating what they want,” Ghadimi said.

Calls for regime change and a return to the Pahlavi monarchy, he explained, are now being voiced consistently across Iran – from major cities to smaller towns, and across neighborhoods, social classes, and religious backgrounds.

Protesters, he added, are increasingly rallying around Pahlavi.

“This has turned the protests into the most widespread movement in the Islamic Republic’s 47-year history,” said Ghadimi.

Maryam Shariatmadari, a political activist residing on the North Shore, said she sees that clarity as the product of decades of hard-earned lessons, tracing a direct line between Iran’s protest movements over the past three decades, from student demonstrations in 1999 to the mass protests of 2009, renewed unrest beginning in 2017 and 2019, and the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.

“Each movement carried hope,” she said, “but also left behind disappointment that shaped what came next.”

This time, protesters have rallied around Pahlavi, she said, arguing that his presence provides a clear point of reference for the movement without undermining its grassroots energy.

Ghadimi said he believes the movement has passed a point of no return, pointing to the mass response to the first public call issued by Pahlavi.

“From the moment people across cities, social classes, and ethnic groups came out in response to that call, there was no way back,” he said. “Even after nights of heavy killing, people returned to the streets at the exact times called for. That is what made it irreversible.”

During the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, Ghadimi was arrested by Iranian security forces on Jan. 1, 2023, accused of “propaganda against the regime,” and held for 30 days.

According to Ghadimi, the movement is driven not by isolated economic or social grievances, but by a shared national vision. Iranian historical symbols, the national flag, Continued on A21

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Continued from A20 and references to pre-1979 Iranian identity have become central to demonstrations.

“There is one word at the centre of everything: Iran,” he said.

“People feel they finally share a common horizon – something they can all trust.”

Shariatmadari also pointed to a generational shift. Younger protesters – many born in the 1990s and later – have grown up under heavy censorship but appear less constrained by fear.

“They see through propaganda more easily,” she said.

Images of young demonstrators flashing victory signs, she

Demonstrators gather in near Vancouver Art Gallery Saturday in a show of solidarity with protesters in Iran. HAMID JAFARI added, have become emblematic of the movement.

Despite renewed hope, fear remains constant. Shariatmadari

warned that internet shutdowns create cover for violence that may never be documented.

“My biggest fear is mass killing when the internet is cut,” she said.

She also expressed concern about efforts to distort the movement’s narrative both inside and outside Iran, even as protesters push for greater visibility and legitimacy. She said she believes the protests are driven by a deeper longing – particularly among women – to reclaim identities tied to dignity, autonomy, and historical memory.

In 2018, Shariatmadari became internationally known

as one of the “Girls of Enghelab Street” after standing unveiled on a utility box in Tehran, holding a scarf in protest against the mandatory hijab. She was later sentenced to one year in prison for what Iran’s judiciary described as “encouraging corruption.”

From the North Shore, the protests are followed through fragmented news reports, private messages from relatives, and long stretches of silence when communication goes dark. Social media posts have amplified stories of resistance and solidarity even as internet blackouts make local reporting difficult.

What comes next remains uncertain. But for those watching from afar, both Ghadimi and Shariatmadari say something fundamental has shifted – not only in Iran, but in how Iranians inside and outside the country understand themselves, their history, and what they are willing to demand.

Hamid Jafari is a Vancouverbased freelance journalist who writes about the Iranian community in Canada, art, culture, and social media trends. He has done two placements with the North Shore News that were supported

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Outdated displays to be replaced with interactive exhibits

Continued from A1 stewardship efforts entirely. When the first phase of the project is done, everything will be modernized and interactive, Laird said.

“We’re working with really awesome designers,” he said. “It’s going to feel more like Science World meets the Vancouver Aquarium.”

The new hatchery will be brought to current seismic standards and designed to withstand threats from a changing climate. The builders are pursuing net-zero carbon emissions from the site, transitioning off of gas and installing a micro-hydroelectric generation plant to offset energy use.

Because of how it is spatially confined in the Capilano Canyon, the new facility will occupy the exact same footprint as the old one. The tricky part is the need to keep the salmon enhancement programs running full-time while the work is done, Laird said.

“Traditionally, when you do a project of this scale … there aren’t a million fish in the building,” he said.

Starting this summer and fall, the public-facing building at the front of the site, which contains offices, incubation rooms, laboratories, a suite for a full-time caretaker, and the public viewing and education areas, will be demolished.

Architects on the project have tailored the exterior of the new building to be a reflection of the original award-winning Modernist design by Underwood McKinley Wilson Smith.

“From the start, we wanted to really just retain the look and feel,” Laird said.

David Laird, senior engineer on the rebuild of North Vancouver’s Capilano River Hatchery, says the new building will keep the same look and feel of the original award winning modernist design. BRENT RICHTER / NSN

An artist’s rendering shows how the Capilano River Hatchery might look when it is almost totally rebuilt.

DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS

Good news for West Coast salmon When the Cleveland Dam was built on the river in 1954, it cut returning salmon off from kilometres of pristine spawning habitat in what is today the Capilano watershed.

At first, the government tried to keep the runs alive by trapping fish and trucking them above the dam, but they found too many of the smolts were being killed going over the dam’s spillway. At one point, there would have been as few as 600 surviving salmonids in the Capilano River system, said Jeremy Smith, section head for DFO’s salmon enhancement program.

“Without this hatchery, there really wouldn’t be a run here,” he said.

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The existing Affordable Housing complex is comprised of 26 townhouse units offering 2 and 3 bedroom units. Metro Vancouver is a non-profit housing provider in the region offering affordable rental homes for families, seniors, and people with disabilities with low to moderate incomes. The disposition is by way of Lease to Metro Vancouver to extend the existing term to May 31, 2029, at a rent of $1,147.60 per month + GST. The rent for the term payable represents financial assistance to Metro Vancouver to support Affordable Housing.

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PURSUANT to Sections 24, 26 and 94 of the Community Charter, the City of North Vancouver hereby gives notice of its intention to dispose, by way of lease, a building located at 601 West Keith Road, North Vancouver, and legally described as PID 007-066-911, Lot C, Block 68, District Lot 271, Plan 19142 as shown on the map at right, to be used as Affordable Housing.

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Operations at the new hatchery will be drastically improved. While staff work with stringent biosecurity measures in place, different species from different runs are spawned, hatched and reared in the same rooms or in adjacent tanks. The new infrastructure will keep greater physical separation of species, Smith said.

“We’re changing how things are going to work to make it more efficient and more healthy for salmon,” he said.

“When this hatchery was built, we knew less about salmon and salmon biology and disease pathology.”

The government program produces more than 300 million juvenile salmon for harvest, stock assessment, and conservation purposes per year. That supports commercial, recreational and Indigenous fisheries.

Smith said if you pull a coho out of the water anywhere in the Salish Sea, there’s a good chance it came from the Capilano Hatchery.

“It’s probably one of the only places in the world where you can be in a big metropolitan city and grab your fishing rod and catch a salmon for dinner,” he said. “It’s a huge food source for the local Squamish Nation and always has been.”

Once the entire project is complete in 2030, it should set the Capilano River up for another 50 or 60 years of salmon returns, Smith said.

“It ensures that guests from all around the world have a place to come and visit and learn,” he said. “Most importantly, it ensures that the local salmon resources are safeguarded.”

QUESTIONS? Contact Arran Mofrad, Property Services Coordinator at amofrad@cnv.org or 604.982.3967.

The popular fish ladder viewing area will remain but get a major face lift. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT

Public Notice of Central Lonsdale Business Improvement Area Establishing Bylaw, 2025, No. 9138

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The Lonsdale Centre Business Improvement Area Society (Society) has asked the City to create a new BIA for a fiveyear (5) period from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2030, for the area outlined in red on the map shown at right.

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PURPOSE OF THE CENTRAL LONSDALE BIA: The purpose of the Central Lonsdale BIA is to provide annual funding to the Society, who will plan and implement a Business Promotion Scheme for this area, which will in turn be funded by an annual property value tax levy (specifically known as a Local Service Tax). The Scheme, financed by the taxation, is intended for the following activities: carry out studies or make reports respecting the Central Lonsdale BIA; improve, beautify, or maintain streets, sidewalks, or City owned land, buildings or other structures in the Central Lonsdale BIA; remove graffiti from buildings and other structures in the Central Lonsdale BIA; and encourage business in the Central Lonsdale BIA.

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WHAT IS A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA (BIA)? A BIA is a local service area established by a municipal council where business and light industry property owners finance activities to promote business.

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Continued from A16 The novel took “two years to write, and about 10 years to edit,” they said.

Not only did the group have different ideas about character development or plot direction, but they had basic syntax and diction to deal with.

“There was a lot of discussion about which tense would be used,” Richardson said. “Even that kind of thing took a lot.”

They spent years smoothing out their various chapters and additions into one cohesive narrative, and eventually hired a professional editor to iron out the wrinkles.

The result of all that work is Beyond Reflection, which was printed in July 2025 by Agio Publishing House.

The story follows a protagonist, Jane, bouncing back and forth between her adult life in post-Expo Vancouver in 1987, and her childhood in North Vancouver in the late 1960s.

The Babes describe the book as part coming-of-age novel and part adventure novel, with a bit of mystery, but dealing with many of the themes they dealt with growing up, like the sexual revolution, women’s independence and the changing nature of the two cities at that time.

Though they wanted to bring in some more serious themes, Stevenson said the book is ultimately focused on being fun, adventurous and resonant with what a 12-year-old girl would be experiencing in the late ‘60s. They’re marketing the book to both adults and young adults.

For anyone else who might be considering a collaborative writing process, the Babes have a few words of advice: Drink wine, have fun, don’t take it personally when your work gets edited, and most importantly, stay friends.

“It’s just about the journey that we’ve had together as friends, and we’ve all come out the other end still having as much fun,” Richardson said. “We can’t believe we’ve actually accomplished this.”

Beyond Reflection is available for borrowing at all three North Shore libraries, is available as an eBook through Indigo, and can be bought online on Amazon.ca or beyondreflection-novel.ca.

The Babes with Books are open to chatting to any other book clubs who are interested in their process, and can be contacted at bwbook25@gmail.com.

Publisher: Agio Publishing House, July 16, 2025 Authors: Sue Johnson, Cathy Kershaw, Maureen Richardson, Judy Rothwell, Linda Stevens, Lynda Stevenson, Deb Tivy, Lea Tkatch, Joanne Webster, Eleanor Wright Hilary Angus is a Vancouver-based journalist writing for the North Shore News. She can be reached at info@hilaryangus.com.

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Notice is hereby given pursuant to sections 94 and 213(1)(a) of the Community Charter, that the City of North Vancouver Council intends to adopt the above-noted bylaw to create the Central Lonsdale Business Improvement Area (BIA).

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The proposed Central Lonsdale Business Improvement Area Establishing Bylaw, 2025, No. 9138 and a copy of the Petition Against Form are available for viewing on the City's website at: cnv.org/publicnotices. For more information, visit the City's website at: cnv.org/BIA or contact Vito Grammatico by phone: 604-982-3924 or email: input@cnv.org.

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North Vancouver player makes German Olympic hockey team ANDY PREST

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North Vancouver hockey player Nina Jobst-Smith has been picked to play in the Olympic Games … for Germany.

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In 1911, Harley Anderson began working as a clerk at McDowell’s Drug Store. By 1918 he had opened his own pharmacy at 15 Lonsdale in the Junction Block.

From 1927 to 1932 he served as a city alderman, and in 1933 was elected the MLA for North Vancouver as a member of the CCF. Sadly, he died only one year later.

After Anderson's passing, his son Victor, who apprenticed as a pharmacist with his father, moved the family store to 273 Lonsdale. While the building still exists today, Anderson’s Pharmacy has moved around the corner and down West Third Street.

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The 24-year-old German-Canadian is in her first season with the Vancouver Goldeneyes, having been selected 19th overall by her hometown team in the 2025 PWHL Draft following a collegiate career at the University of North Vancouver’s Nina Jobst-Smith, a member of the Minnesota-Duluth.

PWHL’s Vancouver Goldeneyes, will play for Germany at the The defender has been 2026 Winter Olympic Games. VANCOUVER GOLDENEYES a standout for the German national team for several years, having played in five world champion- season game for the Goldeneyes, having just been activated on Jan. 2 after starting the ships, leading the team in minutes played in season on the long-term injured reserve list. each tournament. At the 2025 tournament, The Milano Cortina Games will mark the she was one of just two German players to Olympic debut for Jobst-Smith. score more than one goal.

Two North Vancouver players, forJobst-Smith also played a key role as Germany qualified for the 2026 Olympic ward Hannah Miller and defender Chloe Games. She picked up assists on both of the Primerano, were involved in the final selecteam’s goals and Germany topped Hungary tion process for Team Canada but did not 2-1 in a crucial matchup at the 2025 Final make the Olympic roster.

Olympic Qualification Group I tournament.

The women’s hockey tournament will run Jobst-Smith has yet to play a regular Feb. 5-19.

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NVFC coach joins national team training camp ahead of World Cup ANDY PREST

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With the start of the FIFA World Cup less than half a year away, a North Vancouver FC coach is getting a chance to help the men’s national team prepare for the big show.

The national program is holding a preparatory camp Jan. 8-18 in California for North American-based players. The camp is giving MLS players, currently in the offseason, a chance to stand out, with most of the national team’s Europe-based players unavailable due to commitments with their clubs.

Andrew Peat, who works with North Van FC, has been named to the technical staff for the camp.

“We’re excited to have an extra opportunity to have a men’s national team camp ahead of a massive year,” national team head coach Jesse Marsch stated in

a release. “We have a very talented squad of North American-based players who will be hungry to prove themselves.”

The camp roster includes three players from the Lower Mainland: 19-year-old midfielder Jeevan Badwal, a Surrey resident who plays for the Whitecaps; 29-year-old defender Joel Waterman of the Chicago Fire, also from Surrey; and 21-year-old Tiago Coimbra, a forward from Vancouver who plays for the Halifax Wanderers. The list also includes former Whitecaps player Jayden Nelson, now a member of Austin FC, and current Whitecaps Ralph Priso, a 23-year-old defender from Toronto, and Rayan Elloumi, an 18-year-old forward from Edmonton.

As part of the camp, Canada will play an international match against Guatemala at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. Pacific time.

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You can’t shirk your responsibilities or neglect your commitments this week. Your presence is essential. Do you want to give your social life a boost? Organize activities that will bring people together and get everyone on board.

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You’ll have to take on major responsibilities this week.

Many people will be counting on you. Carve out some time alone to ensure you meet your obligations, especially since you may feel more easily distracted this week.

GEMINI May 21-June 20

Achieving your dreams requires careful organization and unwavering determination.

If you want to reach your personal and professional goals, you must be flexible and make some adjustments.

CANCER June 21-July 22

You may find yourself in a difficult situation this week.

However, don’t lose sight of your priorities. If your artistic side is unleashed, you’ll be inspired to create a striking work of art that will attract a lot of attention and set you apart.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22

You’ll oscillate between flexibility and rigidity. This may make it hard for others to understand you. However, it won’t damage your credibility.

You may have to carefully weigh the pros and cons in a certain situation before making a final decision.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22

You’ll do a major clean-up, both at home and at work.

This will help clear your mind and restore order in your life. However, give yourself enough time for rest to keep your immune system strong throughout the winter.

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22

You’ll perform a heroic act, a real feat in your eyes or in the eyes of others. You’ll provide support, whether through practical help or lending a listening ear, to someone who will remain forever grateful to you. Your kindness will deeply impact them.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21

real pleasure spending your days in the comfort of your own living space.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21

Are you in an unusual situation? Share with your loved ones what’s going on. Their advice could help you see things more clearly.

Your friends will also want to confide in you, and you’ll gladly offer a sympathetic ear.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19

You’ll feel compelled to renovate or reorganize your space to reestablish harmony.

If your home feels too small, you may soon consider buying a new house and moving.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18

The universe is pushing you to act! You’ll move fast and make decisive choices in uncertain situations. On social media, one of your comments will attract attention and provoke strong reactions.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20

You need to slow down this You’ll spend more time at week. Your health depends home this week, as your on it! You may also invest child or a parent needs your a lot of energy into helping comforting presence. You may someone close to you. You’ll be attracted to the idea of share enriching and hopeful working from home. You’ll find moments together.

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If you are ever going to love me, Love me now, while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true affection flow.

Love me now While I am living.

Do not wait until I’m gone And then have it chiseled in marble, Sweet words on ice-cold stone.

If you have tender thoughts of me, Please tell me now.

If you wait until I am sleeping,

Joseph “Joe” Borovich passed away peacefully on December 31, 2025. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Jean Borovich, with whom he shared 40 devoted years of marriage.

Joe is lovingly remembered by his stepdaughters, Leanne Dapavo (Steve) and Sandra McLean, and by the great joys of his life, his grandsons Tyler Dapavo and Benjamin McLean.

Born in East Vancouver, Joe attended Notre Dame Secondary and later studied graphic design at Emily Carr. He was immensely proud of his career and legacy as the creator of the Vancouver Canucks logo, still worn on jersey sleeves and featured in rotation and retro games today.

A Funeral Mass will be held at . The Mass will be officiated by his godson, Father Mark McGuckin, and Pastor Father Lucio.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in honour of his grandson, Ben.

Never to awaken, There will be death between us, And I won’t hear you then.

So, if you love me, even a little bit, Let me know it while I am living So I can treasure it.

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Mary passed away peacefully on January 3, 2026, with her children at her side. She was predeceased by her husband, Gordon; her parents, Alfred and Annie; and her siblings, Jack, Bud, Ben, Ray, Annabelle, Danny, and David. Mary is lovingly remembered by her son, Warren (Carolyn); her daughter, Alana (Dave); her grandchildren, Jacob, Piper, Jenna, Krista, Travis, and Marisa; and her extended family.

Born and raised in Vancouver, Mary married Gordon Castley in 1964, and together they made their home in North Vancouver, where they raised their family. A devoted mother and grandmother, Mary was known for her patience, kindness, generosity, and service to others. She and Gordon enjoyed cruises and trips together, and after his passing, Mary took her children and grandchildren on two very special trips, creating lasting memories.

Mary cared about giving back to her community, which she did through volunteering with Mt. Seymour Soccer Club and as a Meals-on-Wheels driver. She was also an active member of the Optimist Club. A lover of nature, Mary found joy at Third Beach, a place she cherished from childhood, and the mountain trails near her home where she walked her dogs.

In her later years, Mary lived at Amica Edgemont Village, where she was deeply happy and actively involved in community celebrations. Her family is grateful to Dr. Thomsen, the PH Clinic at VGH, and the staff at Amica for their compassionate care.

Spiros was a father, a spouse, a bestest of friends, and a business owner. Born in Evia, Greece, he immigrated to Canada in 1975. While always proud of his Greek heritage, Spiros loved British Columbia and built strong connections in the community, working as a mechanic on the North Shore.

In 1984, Spiros and his business partner, Nick, opened their own shop, Dominion Auto Repairs, which quickly became a trusted place not only to have your car fixed but also to make friends and share stories.

Spiros was full of life and had a generous, open heart. He loved music, cars, action films, dancing, fishing, hunting, cooking, and sharing meals, but most of all, he loved his family and friends.

He is survived by his loving son, Dean; his partner of 30 years, Kirsty, and her two sons, Thomas and Gabriel; and his sister, Katerina.

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We are saddened to announce the passing of Vi Roden, our special, accomplished, and spirited mother, nana, and great nana. She was predeceased by her husband, Maurice, her parents, Andrew and Dorothy Cavers, and her siblings Jean, Madeline, and John. Vi leaves behind her children Leslie Aveling (Kim), Michael (Judy), Garth (Barbara), two foster children, six grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren.

Violet Frances Cavers grew up on the west side of Vancouver. At age 12 she declared she would no longer respond to the name Violet and must henceforth be called Vi; thus began her journey of independence, confidence and community activism.

A WWII veteran, Vi enlisted with the Canadian Airforce at 19, serving as a Leading Airwoman in Esquimalt, relaying wartime information as it arrived from Britain. She met her husband Maurice Roden, also a WWII veteran, at 23. They had a long and happy marriage and welcomed two foster sons (Buddy and Herbie) and many troubled youths into their home over the years. The Rodens were known for their warm hospitality, hosting countless gatherings at their North Vancouver home, affectionately called “the Lodge,” and also at their cottage in Halfmoon Bay. Vi wanted to make a difference and when her children were in their late teens, she became a member of the Elizabeth Fry Society. During her twice weekly visits to Oakalla Prison for Women she became aware of abuse and failings within the prison system and set about making things right. Her activism led to the formation of the Royal Commission on the Incarceration of Female Offenders and changes for the better were made for women incarcerated across Canada.

Learning about the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse survivors within the prison’s population, Vi dedicated herself to setting up a specialized program for sexually abused children. In 1978, at a time when counsellors, physicians and the public were mostly unaware of the extent of this tragic personal and societal problem, Vi marshalled her considerable organizational skills and powers of persuasion to bring politicians, social services agencies and the public together. With financial help from The Vancouver Foundation, Act 2 Child and Family Services opened its doors in Coquitlam on March 3, 1980. With Vi as Executive Director, Act 2 soon offered counselling for sexually abused boys (a first for the province), a group home for battered women, parenting programs, and added a consulting psychologist and an art therapist to the staff of the new organization. Today, 46 years later, Act 2 is a 2.5 million dollar non-profit agency with 25 full and part time staff and funds now allocated for the addition of a 60-unit home for abused women and children in Port Moody.

After retiring from Act 2 at 65 years of age,Vi turned her activism towards the lack of services available for seniors in her community of West Vancouver. First as a member and then as Chair of the West Vancouver Seniors Advisory Board, Vi pursued the goal to provide programs not only for active and healthy seniors, but also programs and services for frail and house-bound seniors. During her 13 year tenure (1988-2001) Vi undertook many successful initiatives, including fundraising to purchase the first seniors bus for community transportation, lobbying Mayor and Council for an addition to the Kiwanis Seniors Residence, and the addition of the glass atrium, the donor wall, and the expansion of the Seniors’ Centre small coffee station into a full restaurant serving lunches and dinners.

Vi was enthusiastically involved in political activities and campaigns with all 3 levels of government for 70 plus years and had taken on almost every campaign position, from canvasser to Campaign Manager. Just 6 months ago, she was active on the campaign trail. In recognition of her activism and community engagement, Vi was the recipient of many awards, including the Mary Ozlin Award in the Category of Liberal and Community Volunteer Service, the West Vancouver Community Commitment Award, and the federal Liberals “Unsung Heroes Award”.

Vi will be remembered not only for her compassion and social activism, but also for her witty sense of humour, her ability to quickly forge meaningful friendships, and her skill in connecting people who might benefit one another by association. She loved to travel and dine out on the town with family and friends. As an avid reader she cherished her book club and the thoughtful discussions and spirited debates it fostered. A generous supporter of Vancouver Opera and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vi deeply believed in the power of culture to enrich lives.Vi was a friend and mentor to so many and a champion for those in need.

She was thoughtful and intellectually curious, a lifelong learner and an advocate for progressive change. She was passionate in helping others and never hesitated to pick up the phone to find the resources required. Vi will be remembered as a remarkable woman, for her sparkling personality, social conscience and her love for her family. She will be missed.

As requested by Vi, there will not be a funeral service.

The family will celebrate Vi’s exceptional life at her beloved Halfmoon Bay. Contributions in Vi’s memory may be made to Act 2 Child and Family Services or the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

Roy (RC) Smith, 91, of Miracle Beach, Black Creek, BC, passed away peacefully at home on December 11th, 2025.

Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Roy grew up in Mortlach and was forever connected with his prairie roots. In 1964, he moved his family to West Vancouver, where he built his dream home in a sunny location with a non-stop view!

In his career of over 40 years, loving the fashion industry, Roy developed RC Smith Agency from a manufacturer's agency of men's clothing to Great Pacific Label Co - partnering with his daughter Lynelle.

Roy was larger than life - from his gold tooth, hockey-playing antics, legendary practical jokes, to his vast collection of memorabilia. He was forwardthinking by owning one of the first Suburban trucks in Vancouver, buying and selling many rental properties, taking advantage of creative risks, and building a cabin on the beach.

Roy adored his life partner, Patricia, and his family, including all of our dogs. His hockey days at Hollyburn and Courtenay were a major part of his life. Fishing trips with his friend Don Deydey (Nighty) and later with Scott, Marshal, and Paul were an annual highlight. Travelling with Patricia, family, and friends was special for Roy - but he was always happiest coming home.

When he retired and built his second dream house at Miracle Beach, his great passion became chopping and piling wood. He spent many hours watching the ocean for the next prize log to come in on the tide. Roy loved birdwatching and entertained himself or friends with his skill in calling the eagles and predicting the weather by watching the fish sculpture. Whatever he was doing, he had a constant background of music -mainly JAZZ. Roy is survived by his wife Patricia, son Scott (Carol), daughter Lynelle Arsenault (Paul), grandchildren Sarah Watters (Kyle), Emily Minni (Robbie), and Marshal, great-granddaughter Mia, his brother-in-law Harvey Staseson (Sharon), his sisterin-law Mary Lou Staseson, and many nieces and nephews.

The sun set on Roy heading to the outdoor rink with his skates hung on his stick over his shoulder and burning up the wing on a clean sheet of ice.

We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Dr. Steve Leboeuf and our teams of caregivers for their expertise and loving care.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Comox Valley SPCA, Comox Valley, or Campbell River Hospitals.

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It is with great sadness that the family of Marilyn Edith Burnham (nee Fisk) announce her peaceful passing on December 18, 2025, at the age of 83, while surrounded by family.

Born on April 18, 1942, in Vancouver to John R. Fisk and Dorothy E. Fisk (nee Bridgman), Marilyn was raised in North Vancouver, where she met the love of her life, Dennis Burnham, before graduating from Delbrook High. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, forming lifelong friendships through social activities and charity work.

Marilyn and Dennis married in May 1963 and shared a wonderful 63 years together. After Dennis graduated from Stanford University in California, they returned to North Vancouver to raise their family.

They welcomed four children: David W. (Cathy, Ryan, Sean & Erin), Michael J. (Mokie, Quinn, Jared, Caleb & Nathan), Caron I. (Bob, Trevor, Racheal, Trinity & Jayden), and Christopher P. (Sarah, Noah & Hailey).

Marilyn devoted herself to being a full-time homemaker, skillfully raising four children and creating a warm, loving home. She was an accomplished seamstress, making clothes for her children and beautiful dresses for herself.

The family lived in West Vancouver's Caulfeild neighbourhood from 1972 to 1985, moved to Toronto for four years, then returned to Caulfeild. During this time, Marilyn was active in the West Vancouver Yacht Club Women's Association, serving as President and emceeing the Christmas Dinner/Dance. After Dennis retired in 2007, they moved to the Sunshine Coast, settling in Marilyn's parents' rebuilt Pender Harbour home, where they created new memories with their 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Marilyn treasured family gatherings at home and enjoyed travelling throughout their life together, including annual trips to Birch Bay, Hawaii, and Puerto Vallarta, as well as cruising the beautiful BC coast aboard their boats. After retirement, they explored Europe, the Caribbean, and Peru.

Marilyn is survived by her beloved husband Dennis, her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and sisters Kathy Kowarski and Sue Goodrich.

The family extends heartfelt thanks to the Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital nurses, care staff, and Dr. Carol Bosch for their exceptional care and support during Marilyn's final days.

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Wayne Davidson.

Robert Wayne McCambridge Davidson (Wayne) died peacefully in Nanaimo on December 18, 2025, surrounded by his daughters.

Wayne was born in Vancouver. He joined the 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA in 1965 and retired in 1975. He graduated with a BA from UBC in 1969, which led to a successful career as a Fellow Chartered Insurance Professional. In retirement, Wayne moved to Nanaimo and travelled.

Wayne spent a lifetime pursuing his passion for flyfishing, which took him to rivers all over BC, Canada and abroad. He is remembered by friends and family for his sense of humour, innate sense of fairness and intellectual pursuits. He loved sports, especially hockey, and would never miss a women's hockey world championship or world juniors.

He is survived by his beloved daughters Marnie and Vanessa and brothers Danny and Rod and families.

A memorial service will be held in British Columbia in Spring 2026. For information, please contact Marnie Davidson davidson.marnie@gmail.com.

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our husband, father, grandfather, coach, and friend, John Wendell Sanford, on December 16th, 2025.

Wendell was born in Windsor, Ontario, and spent most of his youth in Kingsville, Ontario, with small stints in North Vancouver and Ottawa. He settled in North Vancouver for the majority of his 82 years.

Wendell enjoyed getting to know everyone and naturally fell into his own personnel consulting firm.

His greatest joys in life were his family, a good laugh, and coaching youth baseball, football, and soccer.

Predeceased by his father, John, mother Beth, and brother Allan. He leaves behind, but watches over his loving wife, Sharon; three children: Sarah (Chris), Shane (Stephanie), and Blake (Kristi); and three grandchildren: Autumn, Theo, Levi and grand-dog Coffee.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 2PM on Saturday, January 17th, at Highlands United Church in North Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Parkinsons Canada.

Wendell will be remembered for his steady presence, quiet wisdom, and unmistakable spark.

His laughter, generosity, and welcoming smile will live on in all who knew him.

Each Loss Each loss is very different, The pain is so severe.

Will I ever stop missing This one I loved so dear?

Good times we had together, The moments that we shared We didn’t have to tell each other How much we really cared.

I never dreamed you’d go away, Never thought of sorrow.

So sure you’d always be here Took for granted each tomorrow.

Now my life is all confused Since you went away.

You took a part of me And for help I daily pray.

But when God sent you to me Heneversaid thatyouweremine, That I could keep you always – Only borrowed for a time.

Shawn passed peacefully, surrounded by love, with his daughter Reanna, step-daughter Miranda, grandchildren, family, dear friends, and his special friend Wendy by his side. He leaves behind a beautiful legacy of love that lives on in the hearts of all who knew him.

Shawn found joy in life’s simple blessings—tending his garden, proudly growing the biggest tomatoes, and sharing his infectious humor. His deep love for family, kindness, and laughter will be deeply missed and forever cherished.

It is with deep sadness that the O’Hara family announces the unexpected passing of our youngest brother, Jim. He was born and raised in North Vancouver, attending Lynnmour Elementary School and Windsor Secondary School. Jim played many youth sports on the North Shore. Hockey was a passion, and he has passed on his lifelong support of the Oilers to his son. Jim moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, and lived a happy life with his wife, Nikki, and son, Oliver. James’ last day was spent having a day of family fun in the city of Edinburgh. Jim will be missed dearly by both his Scottish and Canadian families, including his siblings Barry (Cindy), Mike (Cassie), and Janine (Marc), and his nieces Taiana, Alysha, Kayla, and Chloe.

Now, He’s called you home, I’m sad and I shed tears.

Yet I’m glad He loaned you to me And we had these many years.

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— lovingly known as Ann — was born on , British Columbia, to and . Ann passed away on , after a short but brave battle with cancer. , Ann was the cherished raised between North Vancouver and West Vancouver, and she remained deeply proud of her Irish heritage throughout her life. She carried that pride with warmth and great spirit, and it was reflected in her strong sense of family, loyalty, and community.

She was predeceased by two beloved brothers, and and is survived by her siblings , along with many extended family members who loved her deeply. , who survives her, and Ann married together they built a life grounded in family. Above all else, Ann’s greatest joy was her famil . She is , survived by her four children: (wife , and children ), (husband , and children ), and (husband , and children ). Ann took immense pride in her children and grandchildren, and nothing brought her more happiness than being surrounded by them.

Next to her children and grandchildren, Ann . treasured deeply her many She was a loyal friend, known for her warmth, and humour. Ann’s caring presence and steady strength shaped the lives of those around her, and her legacy will continue through the many people who loved her.

Those that knew her best knew that Ann lived by a straightforward rule: do whatever is best for her family and friends regardless of what it took. No effort too big, no detail too small. No one will ever forget that.

There will be a private ceremony for immediate family only at Berkley Care Center, followed by a at the on Pier, 138 Victory Ship Way, .

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Annie Georgina Hughes was born on May 23rd, 1921, to Annie and Charles Lawson, in Cails Mills, New Brunswick. She was raised in a large family on a working farm near Cails Mills. She remembers, fondly, being sent to a one-room school when she was small on one of the big draft horses. As a young woman, she taught in a one-room school, herself, in Middle Southampton, New Brunswick. But, like her older sister, Elizabeth, she had the urge to see the wider world, leaving home first for St. Catherines, Ontario, where she taught school for another year, and ultimately, North Vancouver, BC. In North Vancouver, she met and married Bill Hughes, who worked for the City of North Vancouver, where they lived together until 2009, when Bill passed away from cancer. Georgina and Bill had two children, Richard and Mary Lynn, whom she was devoted to.

John Sebastian Brock died January 9, 2026, at the age of 84. He leaves behind his wife, Ruth, and daughters Jackie (Peter DeVries), Rachel (Pete Clearwater) and Katie (Craig Mitchell); grandchildren Sam and Isobel Brock-Mahood, Hayden and Elijah Roth, Declan and Asher Clearwater; stepgrandchildren Cameron and Evan Mitchell, Sully, Shep, and Kip DeVries; his brother Tim Brock and his sister Phoebe Dunbar; predeceased by his sister Mary Gazetas.

John was the eldest child of Babs and Dave Brock and lived most of his life in West Vancouver. He and his wife Ruth spent many happy years together – almost 60. They started their married life in a log house in Ross River, Yukon, where John began his long and successful career in the junior mining world, where he founded and ran several exploration companies with his partners, Al Kulan, Wayne Roberts, and Irene Wilson. He spent much time in Canada’s northern wilderness looking for gold and other precious metals. His work life was filled with prospectors, drillers, pilots, geologists, stockbrokers, investors, and big mining company executives. For a while, he enjoyed being on the board of the old Vancouver Stock Exchange. As well, he was often interviewed as the voice of the junior mining companies, making speeches and writing articles for magazines and newspapers. John liked being downtown in the Howe Street world with old UBC friends and new business colleagues.

For his family, John created a happy and entertaining life. He often took us with him wherever he went for his work to show us what he did. He carted us around in trucks, helicopters, and small airplanes into the deepest bush, to the tops of mountains, to deserts and to cities, to the North and to distant countries like Chile, Mongolia, and China.

Mostly, John liked to make people laugh and have fun. If there was a microphone, he wanted to be behind it, in a costume of his own making and backed up by people who also wanted to share their wit and charm. Any chance he got, he put together events and parties like the Eagle Island caroling barge party. He organized the Proctor Bay Swim Club and built them a raft because he liked to swim in the ocean and mess about in small boats, and he knew others did too. In the Yukon, for the geological workers, he organized the upside-down greased pole climbing races.

He always said he didn’t like to leave a conversation until he got a laugh out of the guy. Even on his last day here, despite his advanced dementia and his inability to speak, he still responded to us with a well-timed raised eyebrow, and he got a laugh out of everyone.

Georgina, who had many friends, was known to be very kind and generous, but also witty. She was an avid reader, loved to travel, and was a keen Scrabble player. In her 30s, Georgina took up pottery seriously, creating elegant, functional ware. Her casseroles, which she perfected, were in especially high demand, and she was an active member of the BC Potters Guild. A dedicated gardener, she made many lifelong friends with people who passed by and admired her beautiful flower gardens. Her delicious baking, particularly Banbury tarts and trifle, was well remembered by those who were lucky enough to come by for tea or dinner.

In 2016, 7 years after Bill had died, Georgina sold their North Shore home and moved to Cobble Hill, on Vancouver Island, to be with her son, Richard; his wife, Maggie; and their two children, Jeff and Ashley, and later, two great-grandsons, Nathan and Austin, who are now 4 and a half and 2 years old. In 2022, Richard passed away from ALS, and Georgina continued to live with Maggie and Jeff. Sadly, in September 2025, she fell and broke her pelvis. After a 2-month stay in the hospital and 5 weeks in Cerwydden Care Home in Duncan, she passed away peacefully on the evening of December 20th, 2025, at 104 years old. While she was unable to reply to many who had sent her well-wishes and holiday cards in the final months, she was genuinely appreciative. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Lynn, and sister, Elizabeth (108 years old), and will be fondly remembered and missed by so many friends and relatives.

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Bill was born on October 9, 1928, in Inverness, Quebec, to Reverend Albert and Katherine Lougheed.

He was predeceased by his brothers, Vernon, Keith and Jack, and sister Sadie. He is survived by his wife, Marlene, daughter Nicole, and numerous nieces and nephews in BC and Ontario.

Bill was a self-made man, putting himself through law school while working full-time, ultimately cofounding the law firm, Allan & Lougheed. He was also a voracious reader, and when he retired after practising law for 50 years, his favourite place was sitting in his armchair with a book and a cat on his lap.

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