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Central Lonsdale ‘Walkers’ step off JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

These figures were made for walking and that’s just what they’ve done.

A workers deals with some foot traffic on Lonsdale Avenue. After a little more than two years, North Vancouver is saying happy trails to the nine Walking Figures as well as the red crouching monks that decorated Rey Sargent Park. The cast-iron sculptures are now bound for Montreal. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

The pedestrian artworks that put their feet down along Lonsdale Avenue in 2014 as part of the Vancouver Biennale were removed Wednesday and Thursday, along with the red, crouching monks of Rey Sargent Park.

“Thanks for the great news,” replied Rose Nazeri when informed of the impending departure of Magdalena Abakanowicz’s cast-iron Walking Figures. “I was counting days for the removal of such insulting, so-called ‘artworks.’”

The pieces provoked strong emotions, noted Vancouver Biennale founder and president Barrie Mowatt.

“They certainly shook up a number of people, which I think is an important factor in any art medium,” he noted. “The most natural response is one of, ‘My God,

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Seaspan wins $230M federal contract JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Judy Foote, Canada’s minister of public services and procurement, and Harjit Sajjan, minister of national defence, were on hand at Vancouver Shipyards in North Vancouver Tuesday afternoon to announce a $230-million design and engineering contract for the largest ships that will be built in the North Vancouver shipyards as part of the federal national shipbuilding strategy.

The contract, a significant milestone, will allow the shipyard to complete work over the next two years on finalizing

North Vancouver shipyard to start on design and engineering of navy’s two joint supply ships the design, technical specifications and cost estimates for two 174-metre navy joint support ships.

Finalizing the design and cost of the ships, which will take about two years, is expected to mark an important moment in the shipbuilding program.

Only after that work is completed will Ottawa be in a position to issue a contract to actually build the joint

support ships. That contract is expected to be one of the largest of Seaspan’s federal contracts under the national shipbuilding program.

The project budget for the two ships is currently estimated at $2.6 billion. But that budget was developed over a decade ago under the previous Conservative government.

An auditor general’s report in 2013 flagged the $2.6 billion figure as unrealistic, pointing out the Navy had already been forced to drop the number of support ships from three to two in order to fit the budget. The auditor general suggested a figure of between $3 billion and $4 billion as more realistic.

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Foote appeared to acknowledge that in her answer to questions about the joint support ship budget on Tuesday, commenting that “unrealistic numbers” put forward initially for a number of the federal ships had been challenge for the government. In many cases, original budgets didn’t include “overall maintenance costs, inflation, equipment costs, labour costs,” said Foote.

The life-cycle budget for the three fisheries ships currently under construction at the yard was originally pegged at $244 million under the Conservatives, but almost tripled to $687 million by the time construction contracts were awarded.

Foote said the final budget for the joint support ships won’t be known until the detailed design work has been completed.

But both Foote and Sajjan hinted in their speeches Tuesday that controlling costs is an issue for Ottawa, with Foote referring to federal officials who are working with the shipyard “to effectively manage costs and to ensure Canada gets best value.”

Sajjan referred to Seaspan carrying out work on the federal ships “while driving down costs to ensure they can be built at a reasonable price, which is very important.”

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Defence minister Harjit Sajjan speaks at Seaspan Tuesday about “driving down costs to ensure (the joint support ships) can be built at a reasonable price.” The final budget for the project won’t be known until design work has been completed. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN hand Tuesday also emphasized the importance of the national shipbuilding program to both the local and national economy.

“Seaspan is a very important member of the North Vancouver community,”

said North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson, pointing out the shipyard now provides 1,100 “well-paying middle class jobs” for about 750 tradespeople and over 350 office staff.

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awarded about $200 million in subcontracts to 383 Canadian companies in 2016 alone, said Foote.

Sajjan said when completed, the joint support ships will mean greater independence for Canada’s

military. “Our Navy won’t have to rely on our partners and allies to re-supply at sea,” he said.

“It will enable us to act independently in the defence and security of our country,” he added.

Once design of the joint support ships is finalized, it is expected to take about three years to build the ships.

Construction on the first ship is currently scheduled to begin in 2018. The first ship is scheduled to be ready in 2021, according to Ottawa, with a second ship to be completed in 2022 – although that timeline has also been described as unrealistic by critics.

Ministers were on hand Tuesday for joining of final “grand blocks” that make up the hull of the John Franklin, the first of the 63-metre offshore fisheries vessels under construction at Seaspan as part of the national shipbuilding program.

Work will now continue on the internal systems of that ship, scheduled to be launched in the fall of 2017 and delivered to the federal government three months after that, said Brian Carter, president of Vancouver Shipyards. Work on the second and third fisheries vessels is also currently underway at Seaspan.

Between the fisheries vessels and the joint support ships, the shipyard will also build an 86-metre oceanographic vessel.

Design work on that ship is currently underway although Seaspan has not yet been awarded a construction contract to build the ship. The budget for that ship was originally set at $144 million.

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Mayor calls for downtown subway tunnel study

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City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto says it’s time to start discussing the possibility of a rapid transit line to downtown Vancouver via a tunnel under Burrard Inlet.

The North Shore has yet to see its long-promised third SeaBus and 10-minute rushhour service but Mussatto said, it’s already time to start thinking longer term.

The TransLink 2040 plan does envision a fixed-link

for rapid transit towards the end of the plan, Mussatto said, but without a feasibility study being done now, the project risks staying in concept form forever.

The study Mussatto is now seeking from TransLink would take into account population, development and tourism projections across the North Shore and up the Sea to Sky corridor along with the costs of building, maintaining and running the SeaBuses for another 23 years.

“What are these numbers?

Is it completely ridiculous?

Or is there a good argument to be made that what we should be considering is three- to four-minute service to downtown Vancouver from Lonsdale Quay,” Mussatto said.

The total distance between Lonsdale Quay and Waterfront Station is about 3.3 kilometres and at its deepest point, Burrard Inlet reaches 70 metres.

There haven’t been even any ballpark estimates of how much a tunnel would cost, Mussatto said, but the cost of doing a feasibility study would be “almost

negligible.”

Mussatto said he has discussed the matter over coffee with TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond.

“He also agrees that we need to look at that connection,” he said.

Elected leaders have a have a habit of favouring projects that will be completed within their political term, so as to be front and centre when it comes to taking credit, Mussatto said.

He’s hoping his fellow municipal and provincial leaders will look beyond that and acknowledge how

a rapid transit connection between the North Shore and downtown would fit into our regional transportation and congestion problems.

“The biggest point here is I want to get away from the election cycle of announcements and into what is good long-term planning.

“After the elected politicians here are long gone, the decisions we made will still be with us. Should we maybe be making sure we’ve done the right decisions now for the long-term?” he said.

The SeaBus enters its 40th year of service this year.

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NSR warns against phone donations Rescue organization responds to supporters’ concerns over solicitations from Victoria non-profit BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Shore Rescue is warning supporters not to donate money over the phone to anyone suggesting their contributions will help the local volunteer team.

Team leader Mike Danks said his team has never made cold calls asking for donations.

“We’re getting emails from people saying ‘We don’t like your aggressive tactic of soliciting donations over the phone,’” he said. “It’s very misleading and we just want to let people know we do not solicit over the phone – ever.”

One supporter told them she’d made several donations over the phone in recent years believing she was donating to North Shore Rescue, Danks said.

At least some of the calls came from the Search and Rescue Society of B.C., a Victoria-based non-profit not affiliated with North Shore Rescue nor the B.C. Search and Rescue Association, the umbrella group all 80 of the province’s volunteer rescue teams are represented by.

“We have no affiliation

with them whatsoever and some of the people that we’ve talked to said they mention specifically that they are tied in with North Shore Rescue and yes, the funds would be going to them,” Danks said.

NSR’s lawyer Greg Heywood wrote to SARBC this week asking them to address the matter.

“We are very concerned about these allegations. It appears that individuals, some of whom have identified themselves as calling on behalf of your organization have misrepresented where the donations go, or at a minimum, successfully left the impression (with) several supporters of NSR that their donations would support our work,” Heywood’s letter stated.

“At this point in time we are not making any allegations of impropriety of SARBC, but there are a number of allegations that if true, or untrue, should be a concern for both parties.”

But Glen Redden, vicepresident of SARBC, said his non-profit’s fundraising scripts don’t purport to benefit North Shore Rescue at all. Redden said he’s asked Heywood to provide details

on who has received cold calls purporting to support North Shore Rescue so they too can investigate.

“We don’t represent ourselves as anything other than ourselves,” he said.

The group also doesn’t target the North Shore, Redden added, so as not to interfere with North Shore Rescue.

“We regularly prune those people out of the call list so that we don’t call anyone in North Vancouver,” he said.

Any donations SARBC receives from donors who indicate they wish be used to benefit North Shore Rescue, are forwarded on to them Redden said.

SARBC did make two donations to North Shore Rescue in February, both Redden and Danks confirmed.

While SARBC’s 25 members do not join accredited teams on searches, they do provide underwater searches and run a program called Candle in the Window that provides extra search hours at a family’s request after an official SAR team has been stood down.

Danks said his team’s supporters can still donate to their efforts the same way they always have.

“If you want to donate to North Shore Rescue, please go to our website or it can be sent to our mailing address,” he said.

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Headless sculptures expose mindless actions what’s happening here?’”

For Nazeri, who once dubbed the sculptures, “my nightmare,” the works were reminiscent of terrorist groups beheading political opponents.

The “most painful part” of the display was that the figures were erected in an area populated with immigrants who have seen the consequences of war, according to Nazeri.

Many city residents have come to appreciate the sculptures, according to Lori Phillips, an officer with the North Vancouver Public Art Advisory Committee.

“It’s something that took the community a little while,” she acknowledged. However, Phillips said she heard from plenty of Central Lonsdale commuters who came to love them.

“Those artworks reached an emotional core with people … and sometimes it makes you feel good and sometimes it makes you feel uncomfortable,” she said.

The Walking Figures are slated to toe the line in Montreal, Que., as part of an outdoor exhibition celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday and the city’s 375th anniversary.

“I’m glad Montreal’s getting them,” said painter Dene Croft with a chuckle.

Croft – who did not warm to the works – likened the sculptures to a “big, ugly wart.”

“I guess I got used to them but not in a good way,” he said.

Croft said he’d prefer to see art from local artists.

“There’s so many great local, sculptural, figurative

artists,” he said.

Injecting a city street with “high art” is always going to create “some kind of buzz or engagement,” according to Mowatt.

Generally, the art is treated like a new neighbour, Mowatt explained.

“They either like the new neighbours or they ignore the new neighbours,” he said.

While it’s possible Wang Shugang’s eight crouching monks collectively known as The Meeting will return – the asking price is expected to be US$220,000 – the Walking Figures will likely never find arch support on the North Shore again, according to Mowatt.

Four of the leggy models were sold to collectors at approximately $285,000 each, according to Mowatt.

“A part of me is sad to see them go but of course the important part of the Biennale is that most works are temporary,” Mowatt said.

The Walking Figures were originally clustered together in Chicago’s Grant Park.

While artists tend to avoid revealing the entirety of their intention with a piece, Mowatt said he suspects the initial idea of the figures was to suggest that while in large groups: “people tend to act in a mindless way.”

Mowatt acknowledged that the North Vancouver placement “took liberty” with Abakanowicz’s vision by spreading them across the street.

Mowatt said the decision was made to make the figures “much more part of the pedestrian, everyday life.”

The Vancouver Biennale founder singled out City of North Vancouver Mayor

With their Rey Sargent meeting complete, Wang Shugang’s crimson crouchers are packed into a pickup truck. While the red men are set for Montreal’s 375th birthday, they may make a return to North Vancouver. PHOTO SUPPLIED Darrell Mussatto for supporting the installation, complimenting his “political courage.”

“I know I had certain politicians scared,” he says.

“To their credit they hung in there.”

The Vancouver Biennale is a non-profit charitable organization funded through grants, corporate sponsorship, in-kind gifts, philanthropic donations and the sale of art after each of its two-year exhibitions.

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ou’ve had your last chance to take a selfie with two major installations of public art that adorned North Vancouver’s streets as part of the Vancouver 2014-2016 Biennale festival.

The Meeting, the popular red Chinese monks crouched in a circle at Rey Sargent Park, and Walking Figures, the much less popular headless bronze statues along Lonsdale, have been removed and sent to Montreal for another art festival.

There is a chance, we could win back The Meeting if a local government, philanthropist, corporate sponsor or some combination thereof cuts a cheque for US$220,000.

We’d argue this is a bargain.

Although we’ve got some beautiful and enviable pieces all around town, North Vancouver is the only Biennale

host city that hasn’t purchased or found a sponsor to give a sculpture a permanent home.

It takes very little effort to find critics of public art who cast it as wasteful, decadent, ugly or offensive. We couldn’t disagree more with these philistine comments.

Increasingly, we are reclaiming the public realm. A thoughtful sculpture or mural creates a sense of place and, if only for a moment, pulls us out of our inner yammering and asks us to reflect or interact.

Art should be challenging and provocative.

Yet even the most banal “plaza plop” has a way of growing on us. And it beats a thoughtless, spartan moonscape.

There’s a direct line between art, pride of place and quality of life.

We don’t have to live for art, but we should have art where we live.

CN Seawalk squabble goes to PR Hall of Shame

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hat is it with railways? Is there something about running an iron road that requires an iron head?

Admittedly, the sample is relatively small here in Canada – we have two big national railways, CP and CN, but they both have a tendency to exhibit the sensibilities of an oncoming train.

CP, for example, tried to bully the City of Vancouver into paying through the nose for the rights to the Arbutus Corridor, a track it had pretty much abandoned for decades, by bulldozing children’s gardens on the six o’clock news.

It was eventually settled equitably, as we all knew it would be, but not before CP was inducted in the Tony Hayward PR Hall of Shame,

The North Side Paul Sullivan named in honour of the BP CEO who responded to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, the worst man-made disaster in history, by telling the world he’d rather get back to his sailboat.

You can’t buy that kind of universal condemnation.

The PR Hall of Shame doesn’t exist, except in my head. But it should. There never seems to be a shortage

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of wilful, truculent, tone deaf corporate boneheads prepared to look common sense in the eye and abandon it altogether.

The latest candidate for the hall? CN Rail. When everybody else saw the Arbutus Corridor as an unmitigated PR disaster, CN apparently studied it carefully and adopted it as a communications strategy.

As reported in the North Shore News, Feb. 17, CN filed a lawsuit in BC Supreme Court designed to stop everyone from trespassing … on the Seawalk.

Yes, that Seawalk, the one that runs along the ocean between 19th and 24th in West Van, the one that attracts thousands on any given sunny Sunday.

I’m struck by the similarities between this one and the Arbutus Corridor:

A profound ignorance of the concept of “public licence”: With no attempt to make its case in the court of public opinion, CN goes to court to get an injunction to prevent the public from trespassing on the Seawalk.

Presumably a large wall topped with barbed wire barring access is about to follow.

Lack of self-awareness: Don’t these guys (and you can bet they are guys) have any idea how people already see their noisy, dangerous, air-polluting long lines of railcars full of God knows what?

And they want to make it worse?

And why do I feel it’s even worse – more than a mere iron-clad lack of perspective? There’s a suspicion that these guys actually like playing hardball. The City of Vancouver, after all, did

eventually cough up $55 million for the Arbutus Corridor (admittedly, a bargain for all that west side real estate), which just encourages these guys to roll out the heavy artillery. No pink shirts on this crowd.

Breathtaking greed: both CP and CN tried to hold up Vancouver and West Van for multimillion-dollar payments, presumably to address all those years when these deadbeat municipalities got to use their rights-of-way for free.

Shocking lack of empathy: Haven’t these guys (who else can they be?) ever gone for a stroll on the Arbutus Corridor or the spectacular Seawalk, where maybe you can’t see all the way to Alaska, but it sure feels like it? Felt the sun in their faces? Held hands with their sweethearts?

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Oddly enough, CN isn’t the only West Van candidate for the Tony Hayward PR Hall of Shame. Park Royal just about earned a lifetime membership about a year ago when it tried to evict the folks who had been peacefully playing chess in the mall for 50 years, ordering them to stop taking up valuable food court space or they will have to “reach out to the West Vancouver Police Department.”

Mall brass eventually came to its senses, but not before Park Royal was almost subject to a Holy War when West Van Presbyterian Church announced it was planning a sit-in at the mall in solidarity with the chess players.

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INQUIRINGREPORTER Will you miss Lonsdale’s Walking Figures?

You don’t know what you got till it’s gone. Earlier this week, those bustling along Lonsdale Avenue might have noticed construction crews busily disassembling the headless and towering Walking Figures, a series of public art installations between 13th and 23rd streets that have been there since 2014. One by one, the cast iron figures are being shipped off to adorn the streets of Montreal. For those who passed by the figures every day, public opinion has been divided on their value.

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“Yes, it should be there.

Something like that is nice ... people can stop and look.”

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“Yes, it’s a nice display and it’s different. That’s kind of stupid if they just put it here on loan temporarily.”

Danielle MacLennan North Vancouver

“I thought they were kind of interesting. I don’t think I’ll miss them, but I’ll remember them for sure.”

Anna Novak North Vancouver

“No, I won’t. I like modern art but not this.”

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Solution needed now for highway gridlock Dear Editor: An open letter to Premier Christy Clark: Re: The (police) incident Saturday, Jan. 28 that blocked southbound traffic on the Lions Gate Bridge for hours: The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing could not handle the overflow. The Ironworkers is becoming more of an all-day traffic nightmare than the Massey Tunnel. The traffic volume resulted in total gridlock for hours on all east-west main roads on the North Shore, even after the incident was cleared from the Lions Gate.

This is not acceptable.

It is time the provincial

government admit there is a problem and do something to solve it. The traffic delay is a black eye to your government and deterrent to the expansion of our tourist industry when the access between Whistler and YVR is unreliable.

Not only is this a “crossing” problem but a quality of life issue for all of the North Shore. The overflow effects are the blocking of emergency routes, no bus service on local streets, no access to/from the bus depot in Burnaby and even short trips to the grocery store.

And I’m sure you understand the seriousness of the climate change pollution emitted by

thousands of idling vehicles going nowhere.

Dale Laird Vancouver Editor’s note: On Jan. 27, representatives from the federal, provincial and municipal governments announced funding for the Highway 1 Lynn Creek Connectivity Project, the fourth phase of major infrastructure work already underway on or near this portion of the highway. The Cut will be divided into express and collector lanes, with local east- and westbound traffic crossing two new bridges over Lynn Creek, shouldering the existing orange bridge.

Project is to be completed in 2020.

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Blunder sure to end in compromise From page 8 threshold, ready to fall over on its face.

The problem is, corporate PR blunders such as these make it hard for everyone to do business. Why would anyone trust a railroad that decides one day to kick everyone off the Seawalk? And that’s

a problem if they want concessions from municipalities … and they always want concessions from municipalities.

I’m sure this one will end, as did all the others, with a compromise and it will be safe, at least for a while, to go for a walk by the ocean.

But for CN, the damage is already done. There’s

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Hollyburn youth program gets funding boost

$1.2M federal grant funds 17week program for job-seekers BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Local youth who face steep barriers to finding a job are getting a hand up from the feds.

North Vancouver Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson announced last month

$1.2 million in funding from Service Canada for Wired4Success, a program run by the Hollyburn Family Services Society with a history of helping youth with addiction or mental health issues, learning or developmental disabilities transition off of government assistance.

Applicants accepted into the 17-week program get four weeks of classroom time where they brush up on basic employment skills followed by placements with local employers.

The federal subsidy covers wages of Wired4Success

clients as they make their way through the classroom and job site.

After the program wraps, Hollyburn keeps tabs on their clients, many of whom are grateful for the pivotal experience in their lives, said Nanette Taylor, Hollyburn’s executive director.

“They’re inclined to stay in touch with us too because it’s transformative,” she said. “There’s a really high success rate where 78 per cent get employment and do not end up on any kind of (government) assistance.”

Job placements have

been in everywhere from restaurant kitchens to construction sites, lawyers’ office and salons. Hollyburn tries to place their clients with employers based on interests the job-seekers already have.

“So instead of just getting a job, they might be launching a career or something with a little more longevity to it,” she said. “Local employers have been awesome. They’ve really stepped up to being open and taking youth on and, in many cases, are hiring them for work afterwards.”

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Defence casts doubt on DNA in CapU arson case JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

The defence lawyer for a man accused of deliberately setting a fire in the Capilano University library told a judge this week there isn’t enough evidence to convict his client beyond a reasonable doubt.

Shane Clifford Nendick, 34, is charged with arson in connection with a fire in the university library that broke out on Jan. 1, 2015, resulting in about $200,000 of smoke and water damage.

Nendick is also charged with multiple counts of mischief stemming from damage to vehicles parked on residential streets near to Capilano University that had their tires slashed in the early hours of Dec. 4, 2014. He is also charged with breaking into the Mountain Highway Esso station Jan. 10, 2015 and to Henry’s Grocery on Aug. 12, 2015.

In total, Nendick faces 28 charges and has pleaded not guilty.

Lawyer Michael Fox told Judge William Rogers in North Vancouver provincial court on Monday that the case remains circumstantial.

“Your honour must exercise great caution in drawing

a conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt,” he said.

Earlier in the trial, which is taking place before a judge alone, Crown prosecutor Arlene Loyst outlined evidence in the case, which she said hinges on DNA evidence.

Blood matching Nendick’s DNA was found on slashed vehicle tires of several cars that had been damaged in a residential neighbourhood, said Loyst.

In the case of the Capilano University fire, security video showed a man taking papers into a library office followed by an “orange glow.” The man captured leaving the office where the fire started is observed drinking from a two-litre bottle, said Loyst. A bottle matching that description was later found next to a door that had been smashed to gain entry to the library, with Nendick’s DNA on it.

Fox told the judge on Monday, however, that doesn’t prove his client is guilty.

Fox said there’s no way to tell if the bottle found at the crime scene is the same one observed in the surveillance video. “It looks similar,” he said, but added, “DNA alone on a single item is not sufficient” to prove the case.

Developer denied as CNV upholds cost charge bylaw JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

A change of heart on City of North Vancouver council may cost a developer an extra $1 million.

Developer Mike Rakis had argued city council should make an exception to their amenity fund contribution policy in the case of his proposed five-storey strata/rental mix on West 23rd Street.

At a council meeting in early February, Coun.

Linda Buchanan and Mayor Darrell Mussatto appeared to favour a site-specific exemption in which the developer would pay the city $943,133 and provide eight market rental units.

However, Coun. Linda Buchanan asked to withdraw her motion at a Feb. 20 meeting, noting the developers seemed “to be fine” with a pricier option.

Council voted unanimously against making an exception, instead voting to charge the developer a total

amenity contribution of $2.07 million.

City staff advised against making an exception, noting the density bonus policy has been applied across the board since 2015.

“Introducing variability in the way the policy is applied can result in reduced clarity,” noted a city staff report.

The city generally requires a $140 payment for every square foot of additional density in stratified condominiums but asks for no cash in 100 per cent market rental buildings.

The city has no policy for a mixed rental/strata project.

Council should “at least consider” a policy that deals with mixed projects in the future, according to Mayor Darrell Mussatto.

The developer’s initial proposal included a mix of 32 strata units and eight rental units.

However, the developer may opt to move forward with a 100 per cent strata project, according to Buchanan.

Capilano University is open to the public, said Fox, and it’s possible Nendick brought the pop bottle into the library where it was overlooked by cleaners, then later moved by the suspect in the video.

Similarly, video evidence and a DNA sample taken from a knapsack dropped outside one of the break-ins aren’t enough to convict Nendick, said Fox. The surveillance video quality is poor and doesn’t clearly show the suspect’s face, said Fox. “I don’t think Your Honour can say Mr. Nendick is the person in the video,” he said.

While Nendick’s DNA was found on a pair of shorts from the dropped knapsack, another partial DNA match was also found, said Fox. That falls “far short” of establishing that Nendick broke into the gas station, he said.

In the tire slashing incident, Fox acknowledged the evidence of Nendick’s involvement is stronger. But even that isn’t ironclad proof, he said. Nendick could have come along after the tires were slashed, cut himself and “could have wiped his blood on the tires somehow,” said Fox. The judge has reserved his decision in the case until the end of March.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Paul McGrath Argyle digital media youth expo The fifth annual Digital Media Youth Expo was held at Argyle secondary Saturday, Feb. 18. The expo attracted a large number of students and their families to the event which featured more than 35 booths and demonstrations from a wide cross-section of post-secondary education institutes and companies involved in everything digital media from robotics, makeup, virtual reality and design and movie making. North Vancouver School District’s digital media academy is located at Argyle and allows Grade 11 and 12 students from across the district to participate in the hands-on program.

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Vancouver Chamber Music Society musicians Jae-Won Bang, Ariel Barnes and Luke Kim rehearse for their upcoming concert at West Vancouver United Church.

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This is your chance to hear up-and-coming musicians perform in an intimate setting in West Vancouver.

Seycove secondary alumnus Kevin Park founded Vancouver Chamber Music Society with a focus on showcasing emerging talent. Plus, Park really loves chamber music and wants to meet like-minded instrumentalists to play with.

“What we are trying to do is feature local professionals

and up-and-coming artists to collaborate with some of the well-known musicians from Vancouver or elsewhere,” explains Park.

Hence the recent rebrand.

In 2012, Park started his mission to recruit new talent and bring string quartets and sextets to the stage, under the name Bridge Musicians International.

But Park was falling flat when it came to brand recognition.

By adding Vancouver to the name, the chamber society now attracts universal artists.

Being involved in the local chamber music scene, Park plays a lot of concerts and connects with young experienced musicians. He also has his ear to the ground for finding artists who win coveted spots in local orchestras or competitions.

Then he creates an outlet for them.

Three string virtuosos will share the stage with as many

experienced newcomers for Sunday’s String Sextet concert at West Vancouver United Church.

Counted among Sunday’s veteran performers is North Vancouver musician Ariel Barnes, principle cellist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; Canadian violinist David Gillham, a sought-after soloist, chamber musician and teacher; and viola player David Harding, whose extensive solo and chamber music career has led to performances at renowned venues such as Berlin’s Philharmonie and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The sextet will be completed with three up-and-coming musicians who recently won positions with the VSO: Jae-Won Bang (violin), Tegen Davidge (viola) and Luke Kim (cello).

Park says it’s important to promote new artists “because

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WILD TCHOUPITOULAS On a Fat Tuesday in the last week of February, George Landry and his “Mardi Gras Indians,” the Wild Tchoupitoulas, perform “Brother John” in New Orleans with The Meters: http://bit.ly/1Yms24b.

ALEX BURROWS Vancouver Canucks sent their heart and soul to Marc Crawford’s Ottawa Senators at the trading deadline earlier in the week. Burrows’ 2-1 OT goal against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 7 of the 2011 Quarterfinals was just one of his great clutch performances: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TbJ-SKrsYs. GET OUT Jordan Peele’s marvellous think piece masquerading as a comedy/ horror/thriller, Get Out, is the perfect antidote for these Trumpian times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzfpyUB60YY. TINARIWEN North African desert blues rockers return to Vancouver for a gig at UBC’s Chan Centre on April 5. Live performance on Seattle’s KEXP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gINDDDo3do8. North Shore News interview from 2010 visit: http://bit.ly/2m0xLBR. VAGABON “The Embers” video from Laetitia Tamko’s new album Infinite Worlds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTo_Dsa8ijM. DONGMEI Beijing dancer performing with Sound of Dragon Ensemble : https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=2usCRNydwQo. TENNIS Band performed at Biltmore March 1. Live on KCRW: “Ladies Don’t Play Guitar”: bit.ly/2lSTtHv and “Never Work for Free”: bit.ly/2lPCdGm. FREDDIE KING “Goin’ Down” produced by Leon Russell for his Shelter Records in 1971: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy-ivQHf3O8. Colin James pays tribute to King with his version of the song on Blue Highways.

NIKKI LANE “Send the Sun” performed at the LR Baggs soundcheck in Nashville, TN during the 2016 Americana Festival. New album, Highway Queen, out now on New West: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8aQvXu5mxA. MIZOGUCHI The Cinematheque is screening a survey of some of Japanese filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi’s greatest works, Mizoguchi the Master: Seven Films, through March 12. Kaneto Shindo’s documentary, Kenji Mizoguchi The Life of a Film Director, 1975: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=r0R0zYtlyF0.

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SOUND OF DRAGON Dancer/choreographer Dongmei, from the Beijing Dance Academy, joins the Sound of Dragon Ensemble in Consensus at the Orpheum Annex on Thursday, March 9 at 8 p.m. The intercultural group includes bowed strings, with Lan Tung and Nicole Li on erhu/Chinese violin and Marina Hasselberg on cello; plucked strings, with Zhimin Yu on the ruan/Chinese lute and Itamar Erez on guitar; winds, with Charlie Lui on the dizi/Chinese flute and Roderick Seed on the flute, and Jonathan Bernard on percussion instruments from around the world. Dongmei, who has travelled extensively throughout China studying the choreography of different cultures, will blend Uyghur and modern styles to Tony Leung’s Desert Dew and Farshid Samandari’s Breath of Life. Tickets: $15 regular, $10 students/ seniors/children. For more information visit soundofdragon.com. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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ARTSCALENDAR Galleries ARTEMIS GALLERY 104C-4390 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. Tuesday-Sunday, from noon to 5 p.m. 778-2339805 artemisgallery.ca BRUSHSTROKES GALLERY 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver. WednesdaySunday, from noon to 6 p.m. nsartists.ca CAROUN ART GALLERY 1403 Bewicke Ave., North Vancouver. Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 8 p.m. 778372-0765 caroun.net CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 nvrc.ca/centennial-theatre Rotating Exhibit: Members of the North Shore Photographic Society exhibit a variety of work by different members in an ongoing rotating exhibit in the lobby. Painter Jane Appleby’s work is on display until the end of March.

CITY ATRIUM GALLERY 141 West 14th St., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-9886844 nvartscouncil.ca Dreamscapes: Landscapes, seascapes and dreamscapes paintings by Diego Samper are on display until March 27.

CITYSCAPE COMMUNITY ART SPACE 335 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-988-6844 nvartscouncil.ca Limited Editions – The Art of Printmaking: An exhibition showing the artistry, processes and techniques of contemporary printmakers Mariko Ando, Elisabeth Sommerville and Richard Tetrault runs until March 18. Artist demonstration: Saturday, March 4 from noon to 4 p.m.

North Shore Art Crawl:

Explore artists’ studios and galleries from Lions Bay to Deep Cove March 4 and 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. See artists at work at 70 locations. Free. Map and info: nvartscouncil.ca/nsac/.

Call for Artists and Artisans: The North Vancouver Community Arts Council seeks visual artists and artisans to participate in the upcoming Art in the Garden Tour which runs May 27 and 28. Deadline for submissions: March 11, 4 p.m.

DISTRICT FOYER GALLERY 355 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604-9886844 nvartscouncil.ca DISTRICT LIBRARY GALLERY 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. nvartscouncil.ca The Kindness Project: An art exhibition where students of Upper Lynn elementary represent kindness through art on small wooden blocks until March 11.

FERRY BUILDING GALLERY 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. TuesdaySunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays. 604-925-7290 ferrybuildinggallery.com Beyond Surface: An exhibition of acrylic on canvas

by Sylvia Bayley, mixed media on rag paper and handcoloured etchings by Ingunn Kemble and textiles by Fariba Mirzaie runs until March 12.

Making – A Journey: A retrospective of Barry Cogswell’s art making journey showcasing his ceramics, sculptures, furniture and paintings from 1960 to present March 14-April 2.

Opening reception: Tuesday, March 14, 6-8 p.m. Meet the artist: Saturday, March 18, 2-3 p.m. Artist talk: Sunday, March 19, 2-4 p.m.

THE GALLERY AT ARTISAN SQUARE 587 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island. Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appointment.

604-947-2454 biac.ca GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. WednesdaySaturday, noon-5 p.m. Adult admission by donation/ children free. 604-998-8563 info@smithfoundation.ca KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, 2-4 p.m.

604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre. com LAWSON CREEK STUDIOS 1756 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver.

THE MUSIC BOX 1564 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver.

NORTH VANCOUVER ARCHIVES AT THE COMMUNITY HISTORY CENTRE 3203 Institute Rd., North Vancouver. Tuesday-Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. 604-9903700 nvma.ca Steppin’ Out: Street photography of Foncie Pulice is currently on display.

NORTH VANCOUVER MUSEUM AT PRESENTATION HOUSE 209 West Fourth St., North Vancouver. Thursday-Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. 604-9875612 nvma.ca Water’s Edge – The Changing Shore: An interactive exhibit that examines the significance of North Vancouver’s waterfront from historical, geographical and personal perspective runs until May 18.

The North Vancouver Story: Experience an ongoing exhibit defining life in North Vancouver.

PARKGATE LIBRARY 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. 604-929-3727 x8166 nvdpl.ca PRESENTATION HOUSE GALLERY 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver.

Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 604-986-1351 presentationhousegallery.org My Gallery Is: An exhibition of architectural drawings and models by Queen Mary elementary students of designs of their ideas for an

art gallery March 4 and 5.

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A Taste of Cedar Springs PARC Cedar Springs PARC, in the tranquil Seymour Area, invites you to join us on Sunday, March 5th to see for yourself how life’s better here. Our very own Chef Josef, of the duo that won the Harmony Arts Best of the West gastronomic competition for the second year in a row, will be creating samples of the culinary delights our residents savour each day. Enjoy a tasty selection of chef-prepared delights from a variety of stations as you tour our community, and enjoy live music in the Bistro.

Meet our staff and residents, and see for yourself what an active, healthy retirement lifestyle looks like!

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PYJAMA PARTY The Seycove Family of Schools present the 35th Annual Seycove Auction, Dinner and Dance in the Seycove secondary gym on Saturday, March 4. Silent auction starts at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., live auction at 8:30 p.m. and dancing at 9 p.m. Proceeds benefit students (such as Elise Lynn, Sierra Roberts, Ava Hughes, Nicole Whittle and Alison Innes, pictured above) from the four schools in the area, Seycove secondary, Cove Cliff, Dorothy Lynas and Sherwood Park. For more information visit seycoveauction.org. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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BLUE HIGHWAYS Colin James plays a hometown gig at the Orpheum, on Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. in support of his new album, Blue Highways. The tracks on the Juno-nominated recording pay tribute to some of the singer/ guitarist’s longtime blues idols including Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Freddie King, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Peter Green, Robert Johnson and William Bell. The lead-off single, “Going Down,” inspired by Freddie King’s release on Leon Russell’s Shelter Records, features a band including Geoff Hicks (drums), Steve Pelletier (bass), Jesse O’Brien (piano), Craig Northey (rhythm guitar) and James (vocal/guitar). Tami Neilson is opening for James on his cross-Canada tour. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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ARTSCALENDAR From page 15 My West Coast: Painter Elizabeth Austin shows her acrylic on canvas landscapes of the West Coast and potter Jochen Schliessler shows large vases, jugs, bowls and planters until April 9.

SEYMOUR ART GALLERY 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 604-924-1378 seymourartgallery.com I Spy Wild/Life: Artist Sarah Ronald shows new drawings, paintings and installations which spur viewers to seek out the contradictions around our relationships with wild animals until March 5. Free drop-in landscapes workshop: Sunday, March 5, 2-4 p.m.

SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 604925-7292 silkpurse.ca Spectrum: A celebration of the varied and diverse artists in the community runs until March 5.

Storm: A series that explores the beauty in disaster by painter Tiffany Blaise runs from March 7 to 19. Opening reception: Tuesday, March 7, 6-8 p.m.

Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation: An exhibition of textile art in a variety of mediums including quilting, needle work, fashion and more inspired by the cherry blossom March 21-April 9.

Opening reception: Tuesday, March 21, 6-8 p.m.

STUDIO E 161 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver.

TARTOOFUL 3183 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. 604-924-0122 tartooful.com WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca In the Gallery – Nature Studies: An exhibition of detailed drawings of insects, birds and plants by Sibeal Foyle runs until March 26.

In the Gallery – A Lasting Impact – The Effect of Residential Schools on the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations: An exhibition that provides insight into how the residential school experience has affected B.C. First Nation communities March 29-April 30.

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Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 604-925-7290 Art in the Hall: Paintings by Wes Taylor are on display from March 3 to May 2.

WEST VANCOUVER MUSEUM 680 17th St., West Vancouver.

Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 604-925-7270 westvancouvermuseum.ca Drawing the Line – North Shore Works 1962-1967: An exhibition featuring ink, gouache, mixed media drawings and intaglio prints

by Ann Kipling is on display until March 25. Admission by donation.

Concerts

CAPILANO UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. 604-9907810 capilanou.ca/ blueshorefinancialcentre/ Cap Classics – The Meek Duo: Pianists Scott Meek and Clare Yuan perform four-hands works featuring Brahms Hungarian dances and Dvorak Slavonic dances Friday, March 3, 11:45 a.m. Free.

Cap Global Roots: The Villalobos Brothers perform Latin music Friday, March 3, 8 p.m. Tickets: $32/$29.

Cap Classics – Student Showcase: Featuring top prize winners of the Music Diploma Program Performance Competitions Friday, March 17, 11:45 a.m. Free.

CAULFEILD COVE HALL 4773 South Piccadilly Rd., West Vancouver. 604-812-7411 caulfeildcovehall.ca The David Sinclair and Keith Bennett Duo: This duo performs like a full band Saturday, March 11, 8-10 p.m.

Tickets: $25.

CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 nvrc.ca/centennial-theatre Retromania: Dreams perform a tribute act to Fleetwood Mac and Rod and the Mods perform a tribute act to Rod Stewart Friday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $30/$15.

International Women’s Day Celebration: The Iranian Women’s Cultural Society presents a showcase of a variety of performances Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $40/$35/$30.

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intermediate and junior concerto winners perform a concert Sunday, March 5, 7-9 p.m. Admission by donation.

A Play, a Pie and a Pint: The North Shore Celtic Ensemble performs Celtic, jazz, classical folk and more Wednesday, March 15 at noon. The performance will be followed by a meat or veggie pie and a beverage.

Tickets: $25/$22/$10 (show only $15).

GORDON SMITH GALLERY OF CANADIAN ART 2121 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-998-8563

info@smithfoundation.ca Classics at the Smith – J. S. Bach Suites for Cello: A gallery tour followed by a performance by Olivia Blander Tuesday, March 7. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and performance is at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $10/$8. Tickets available at the door.

Canadian Mosaic: The Laudate Singers perform choral music in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary Saturday, March 8 at 8 p.m.

Admission: $30/$25/$15.

Tickets: 604-729-6814 or laudatesingers.com.

Jazz at the Smith: A tour of the current exhibit followed by a concert with Van Django Tuesday, March 28.

Doors open at 7 p.m. and performance is at 8 p.m.

Admission: $10/$8. Tickets available at the door.

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com Breaking Barriers A celebration of International Women’s Day presented by the Canadian Iranian Foundation Sunday, March 5, 3:30 p.m. The event consists

of speakers, traditional music, dance and poetry. Tickets: $15.

Ashley MacIssac, fiddler and roots musician, performs Wednesday, March 15 at 8 p.m.

Tickets: $55/$48/$15.

Cabaret Series: The Danilo Brito (mandolinist) Trio perform a Brazilian genre of popular music March 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $35.

Let the Music Take You Home: Jim Curry’s tribute to the music of the late John Denver Thursday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $42.50.

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Top Hats and Tales taps into classic comedy Vaudevillian duo Dik and Mitzi play for laughs at Presentation House ! Top Hats and Tales, Presentation House Theatre, created and performed by Wayne Doba and Andrea Conway Doba, until March 12. .For more information visit phtheatre.org.

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“Sometimes we fight and sometimes we dance,” says actor, dancer, and comedian Wayne Doba.

The husband and wife team of Wayne and Andrea Doba bring their love of vaudeville to Presentation House Theatre through March 12 . PHOTO SUPPLIED

He’s talking about Top Hats and Tales, a two-person show he’s putting on at North Vancouver’s Presentation House Theatre over the next few weeks alongside his wife and fellow co-star Andrea Conway Doba.

It’s true the play is chockfull of dancing, singing, and the lighthearted bickering and bantering between sweethearts Dik and Mitzi, Wayne and Andrea’s onstage personas. More than anything though, it’s full of heart.

The production taps into classic comedies of the past, the duo says. It’s often overthe-top, silly, energetic – but, like the classic black and white films of the good old days, it can be earnest and heartwarming as well.

“It’s very nostalgic. It’s going back to a classic style of comedy,” Andrea says.

“It’s definitely a type of show where there’s something that everybody will like.”

She’s not wrong about that.

Andrea’s referring to the play’s vaudevillian charms.

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theatrical genre in the early 20th century, one that Top Hats and Tales lovingly embraces and shares with its audience.

“It’s very accessible,” Andrea says when asked to define vaudeville for a general audience. “It’s sketch comedy, it’s situation comedy. It’s having very defined characters put in a situation.”

Wayne adds that vaudeville thrives on routine and shtick, on putting out a collection of different, entertaining numbers for an audience that’s looking to be mesmerized.

Popular acts from the past have often included singing, dancing, magic, burlesque, and comedy.

While the definition of vaudeville theatre isn’t fixed, the audience can rest assured they’ll be entertained either way.

Top Hats and Tales follows Dik and Mitzi as the comic duo and husband and wife team go through life together.

“It starts with our first anniversary and then it goes through seven years and 50 years and all the bits inbetween are describing times in our relationship,” Andrea says.

There’s plenty of tap dancing, too.

In fact, the tagline of the play is “Fred and Ginger meets ‘I Love Lucy!’” Fred and Ginger, of course, refers to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, two iconic dancers who made their fame together in the ‘30s and ‘40s.

“They made 10 films,” Wayne says of the famed duo.

“They kept making almost the same film: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.”

He goes on: “Fred Astaire changed dancing. Baryshnikov used to say he was his favourite dancer… people like that used to love Fred Astaire just because of his lines… he played piano, drums, sang, danced, acted, and he had a sense of real lines in his dancing and style that I don’t think anybody else has had.”

Paying homage to his hero, many of the numbers in Top Hats and Tales, while featuring the requisite physical comedy and burlesque of vaudeville, emphasize tap dancing.

“It’s been a quest of mine

ever since I started doing comedy: tap dancing. Are the steps funny or is it just the character?” says Wayne. “I was sort of combining my comedy with tap dancing.”

Both Wayne and Andrea have been perfecting and mastering that quest over the last several decades working in entertainment. Wayne is originally from Indiana and moved to San Francisco for 25 years in order to work in stage, film and dance. Andrea’s from Montreal, and her background in gymnastics led her to perform with Cirque du Soleil for almost 10 years.

The couple met during a mutual gig in San Francisco and has teamed up together ever since.

In 2001 they created the comic duo Dik and Mitzi.

Wayne and Andrea then proceeded to use these characters in a variety of sketches and numbers all over the world. In 2007, they brought a bunch of their sketches together to create a more unified show, described as a two-person comedy tap dance, featuring Dik and Mitzi.

In its current form, that unified production is now known as Top Hats and Tales and has been performed since 2013.

It’s a generous reworking and reimagining of more than a decade spent perfecting and refining these characters.

Wayne and Andrea want to inspire their audience and, perhaps most importantly, make them laugh. Their commitment to their craft is real, as evidenced by the 500 pounds of costumes, props, and set pieces they say they had shipped to North Vancouver from their current home in Sutton, Que., for their string of dates here.

“If they want to laugh a lot, I think people really laugh at this show. If they’re into comedy and feeling good – it’s the type of show where people come out just feeling great.

There’s nothing heavy in it, it’s just pure entertainment.

We put our heart and soul in it and I think the people, the audience feels that,” Andrea says.

Those looking to join Wayne and Andrea as they showcase Dik and Mitzi in Top Hats and Tales can catch them at Presentation House Theatre from March 2-12. Tickets can be purchased by calling the box office at 604-990-3474.

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Retaining old service shops and adding new high-end restaurant part of the plan MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

A butcher, baker and candlestick retailer – Lynn Valley Centre is looking to retain its familiar charms and add some new retail to the mix for its revamp.

Looking at the designs for the new centre, there will be 23,000 square feet of freed-up retail space to play with – 7,000 in the existing mall and 16,000 in the adjacent new commercial podium to be anchored by a 44,000 square foot Save-On-Foods.

But Bosa Development doesn’t appear to be breaking the mold too much.

“The main focus is many of the longstanding tenancies, they each bring a unique service offering to the community,” said Bosa Development sales and marketing manager Lisa Murrell.

It’s safe to say we’re not going to see a Sephora in Lynn Valley.

“They can stay in the Park Royals and the Pacific Centres, (places) like that,” said Murrell, adding Shoppers Drug Mart at Lynn Valley Centre is expanding and will have an extensive makeup section.

“This is more of a servicerelated mall, this isn’t a destination mall for fashion shopping. You’ve got everything you need. You’ve got your dentists, you’ve got your doctors, you have the

butcher, the baker, the gift store, which has candles I’m sure.”

When Save-On-Foods moves to its new home at the end of 2018, Shoppers Drug Mart will move into that space and the B.C. Liquor Store will expand, leaving 16,000 square feet of renovated retail space available at that end of the mall.

As for what Bosa is eying for that area, Murrell said more dining options is what Lynn Valley so desperately needs.

“So what we are looking for as far as new tenants are concerned, we are actually looking for a higher-end restaurant or some gourmet coffee shops, things like that, and something that will bring a unique offering to the mall,” said Murrell.

Another missing retail link in Lynn Valley Centre, adds Murrell, is an outdoor recreation shop for the active community on the edge of the forest. You might even see some pop-up shops in the made-over mall.

The first phase of the Lynn Valley Centre renovations, which will start and finish this year, will see interior improvements to the mall. New washrooms, flooring, ceilings and custom fixtures and art – including hand-crafted benches made from reclaimed wood from the old Lynn Valley

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“It’s the ultimate recycling.

Why go and buy something new when you can use the wood – there’s nothing wrong with it,” said Murrell of Bosa paying homage to Lynn Valley’s yesteryear.

“It was hand-refinished on site. We just thought it was a great way to tie the old and the new. The wood find was a really great one for us.”

As for the overall design concept, Murrell said they are going for a mountain village, Whistler-inspired esthetic, using natural wood and stone materials. Wolf paw prints are already embedded in the concrete outside the mall.

Locally sourced art will adorn the interior of Lynn Valley Centre and a 20-foot waterfall-inspired public art piece will stand in the main courtyard. Bosa also plans to pay homage, through art, to the former wood mill industry in the area, as well as mountain biking.

Other amenities attached to the project include trail and transportation improvements.

Bosa’s vision is to create a walkable, transit-friendly community for families to do their errands.

The eastern side of project along Mountain Highway, south of the existing mall, is currently under construction to make way for 360 residential units in six towers between four and 12 storeys

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The release of the final phase of Residences at Lynn Valley happened on the weekend with more than 300 people turning up, said Murrell.

The demographics of Lynn Valley is changing steadily, she adds, with the recent densification and young families looking to establish routine shopping patterns.

“This has been a long time coming,” said Murrell.

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ARTSCALENDAR From page 17 CHURCH 3201 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver.

Friday Night Live: A storytelling and musical experience for all ages Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Schedule: March 3, Nathan Aswell; March 10, Matt Grinke (24-hour piano marathon); March 17, Countermeasure (a cappella); and March 24, Blake Harvard (singer/songwriter).

Tickets: $10 at the door. Info: fnlnorthvan.com.

MULGRAVE SCHOOL 2330 Cypress Bowl Lane, West Vancouver.

Dal’s Place, A Tribute to Dal Richards: The West Vancouver Youth Band and the Dal Richards Orchestra perform a fundraising concert Saturday, March 4 at 7 p.m. The event will include a silent auction and dance. Admission: $35. Tickets: tickets@ westvanyouthband.ca.

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North Shore Music Festival: The North Shore Registered Music Teachers present a concert at the 46th annual event with trophy winners in piano, strings, winds and composition performing March 3 at 7 p.m. Admission: $10/$5. Info: 604-987-1067 or 604-929-1592.

SILK PURSE ARTS CENTRE 1570 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca Rising Stars – CapU at the Silk Purse: Mezzo-soprano Alyssa Samson and pianist Jonathan Decolongon perform arias and art songs alongside sonatas and nocturnes Saturday, March 4, 7:30-9 p.m. Tickets: $20/$15.

Rising Stars – CapU at the Silk Purse: The Jessica Toplak Quintet comprised of vocalist Jessica Toplak, vibraphonist Saul Alviar, guitarist Parker Woods, bassist William Chernoff and drummer Miles Wong perform jazz, R&B and folk Saturday, March 11, 7:30-9 p.m. Tickets: $20/$15.

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RISING STARS Pianist Jonathan Decolongon and mezzo-soprano Alyssa Samson perform at West Vancouver’s Silk Purse on Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. as the opening concert in a new series highlighting Capilano University music students. Saturday evenings in March, Rising Stars: Cap U at the Silk Purse, will feature students from the Capilano University Music Diploma & Jazz Studies programs. Tickets: $20/$15. For the complete schedule visit silkpurse.ca/capuatthesilkpurse. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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Québécois performers Nicolas Pellerin and les Grand Hurleurs (left) and Mélisande have ventured out west to perform at Festival du Bois. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Festival du Bois set for this weekend in Maillardville

French twist ! The 28th annual Festival du Bois runs March 3 – 5 at Mackin Park in the Maillardville area of Coquitlam. For more information visit festivaldubois.ca.

JANIS CLEUGH Contributing writer

There’s a new vibe coming out of Québec – and the edgy electronic beats fused with traditional French-Canadian tunes are making waves around the world.

That’s what Nicolas Pellerin and Mélisande say, two Québecois entertainers who have performed to crowds of all sizes over the past year, from Australia to Europe.

This weekend, they will bring their modern sounds to the 28th annual Festival du Bois, the largest francophone fête on Canada’s West Coast that is organized by the Société francophone de Maillardville.

Pellerin, a fiddler, and his band, les Grand Hurleurs – a.k.a. Stéphane Tellier (guitar) and Simon Lepage (bass) – mix classical, manouche, electronica and folk music while Mélisande and her Junonominated partner Alexandre “Moulin” de Grosboir-Garand pack a punch with their pulsating sounds fresh from the streets of Montréal.

“There are a lot of traditional-style groups in Québec who are doing what we’re doing: Giving a twist

to French-Canadian music,” Pellerin says. “It resonates well, no matter where we go.

There are countries that don’t speak French but it doesn’t seem to matter. They dance and we all have a lot of fun playing our music.”

Mélisande concur. “We have very upbeat dance music and there are a lot of francophiles everywhere we go. They like practising their French with us and finding out what we’re all about.

Everybody has a good time,” she says.

It will be Mélisande’s first time at Festival du Bois and she, along with her bandmates — including Robin Boulianne (violin, banjo, foot percussion, vocal) and Alexis Martin (drums, percussions,

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Mélisande says she’s “super psyched” about their performance and to play compositions off their sophomore album Les millésimes (the vintages), which came out last month on Borealis Records (the band also promotes the CD in Australia during a tour next month).

Meanwhile, back on the Festival du Bois stage for the third time will be Squamish fiddler Jocelyn Pettit, who last year released a CD titled Caravan, of Celtic tunes.

The step dancer and singer is also popular on the international circuit and, in August, will return to Normandy, France, for its week-long

Acadian music fest.

“It’s fabulous sharing music near Juno Beach and celebrating the contributions Canada gave during the war,” Pettit says. “The whole community really comes together and the spirit and energy is just remarkable.”

Festival du Bois is one of her favourite stops in the year, she says. “It’s such a wonderful event. There is so much great music and different types of French culture.”

Also lined up for the 28th annual fete are Suroît – which is performing at Dîner en Plaid at the John B Pub in Coquitlam on Wednesday – Zal Sissokho and Buntalo, Jeremiah McLane and Ruthie Dornfelf, Podrythmie and Échos du Pacifique, an award-winning

Maillardville-based choir under the artistic direction of Marla Mayson.

The party starts Friday night with live music from the Sybaritic String Band, a Vancouver contradance band that entertains once a month at the Rogue Folk Club.

Festival du Bois runs Friday to Sunday at Mackin Park (1046 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam). Tickets are $15 for Friday night, and $15/$10 per day for Saturday and Sunday (a two-day adult pass is $25).

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Mexican band ‘Aliens of Extraordinary Ability’

Villalobos Brothers flex their poetic muscles live

! Villalobos Brothers perform at The BlueShore at CapU tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets $32/$29. For more information visit capilanou.ca.

BENBENGTSON Contributing writer

Vancouver audiences have a chance to see an exceptional concert tonight from a band that has just recently been getting Canadian exposure.

The Villalobos Brothers, a Mexican band now based in New York, are in the midst of a nine-date tour.

For audiences, it will be a chance to see the band perform its unique mix of traditional coastal Mexican music coloured with masterful jazz and classical harmonies.

The band’s music also pays homage to famous American crooners from the past, such as Sam Cooke. Though, if you ask them about it, the Villalobos Brothers will tell you how Cooke’s music found its way into their oeuvre by accident,

Born and raised in Xalapa, Mexico the Villalobos Brothers developed their own style of violin performance. PHOTO SUPPLIED even if the soul legend’s songs of civic engagement and rebellion strike a chord with them now.

Ernesto Villalobos, the oldest of the brothers, refers to the initial inclusion of Sam Cooke songs in the group’s early repertoire as “circumstantial pieces.”

The Villalobos Brothers, made up of Ernesto and other brothers Luis and Alberto, as well as Humberto Flores, Rosa Ávila, and Leo Sherman,

weren’t particularly familiar with the music of Cooke prior to including covers and new arrangements of the singer’s songs on its 2012 release, Aliens of Extraordinary Ability.

They were first commissioned to write new arrangements for Cooke songs

by Jody Klein, head of ABKCO Records in New York and son of former manager to The Beatles, Allen Klein. “(Jody) kind of inherited the catalogue of The Beatles, of the

Rolling Stones, of Sam Cooke,” explains Ernesto. “When his father passed, he approached me and said ‘Ernesto, why don’t you write an arrangement for “A Change Is Gonna Come” for my father’s funeral?’

As circumstantial as the whole situation felt back then, that song and the music of Cooke is now firmly entrenched in the band’s passionate musical outlook.

“Ever since we have incorporated it, of course,” Ernesto

says. “It’s such a great song, particularly ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ because it was written during the civil rights movement but now it kind of reflects the need for change within the Latino community as well.”

Ernesto says some of the Latino community, specifically in the U.S., still needs to find its voice. “We still need to flex our poetical muscles. That comes in many fashions: it comes through music, it comes through culture, it comes

through activism and engagement,” he says.

The band, Ernesto says, helps people find their voice through its music, which fuses guitar, vocals, violin, and a rhythm section into something lively and uplifting.

The brothers are originally from Veracruz, Mexico, a seaside city on the country’s east coast that has a long history of being a melting pot for different cultures from around the world. Because of this, they were exposed to Spanish, African, French and American culture from a young age. This internationalism has certainly found its way into the soul of their music.

Juan Kanagui, who manages the Villalobos Brothers, describes the band’s shows as a spectacle. “It’s an experience.

It’s not background music – it’s very smart, it’s honest, it’s uplifting, dazzling,” Kanagui says.

Ernesto adds that Villalobos Brothers concerts are about sharing with one another and making the show feel like an intimate, family affair. “We look forward to meeting out new family in Vancouver,” he says.

The Villalobos Brothers concert is tonight (Friday, March 3) at the BlueShore. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $29-$32 and can be purchased by calling 604-990-7810.

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Art makes a difference in performer’s life

Olesia Shewchuk gives her all every time she sings on stage ! Vivaldi Chamber Choir: Sullivan! – With & Without Gilbert. St Helen’s Anglican Church, 4405 West 8th Ave., Vancouver, Sunday, March 5, 3 p.m. For more information visit vivaldichoir.org.

JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com (Note to the reader: for the next few paragraphs the part of the Ukraine will be played by a Marine Drive coffee shop.)

Olesia Shewchuk is remembering a performance celebrating Ukrainian independence when words become insubstantial.

She rises from her seat at Koffee Krazee and starts to sing “Chervona Ruta,” putting down her piping hot tea so she can mime holding the kalyna tree she clutched on stage that night.

At the time she was considering a master’s degree in what seems an unrelated field.

“Quantum chemistry and quantum mechanics it was like, so much fun!” she says.

But that night with the dance troupe she was purely

performer.

She was far from Winnipeg geographically but culturally speaking it was just down the road from her hometown.

“Just being in Ukraine for the Ukrainian people,” she says. “The audience literally … stood up with us!”

That standing audience may have changed her life.

As valuable as she held scientific research to be, the budding quantum physicist knew from that moment Schrodinger’s cat was out of the bag.

“That had an effect on me to realize how art can really fuel heart … how art can make a difference,” she says of that performance.

Schewchuk is currently getting set to tackle the works of Gilbert and Sullivan (but mainly Sullivan) with the Vivaldi Chamber Choir.

While Gilbert’s quotations are better known (“I can trace my ancestry back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.”) Sunday’s concert is about Sullivan and the 40 years he spent making music for both the Savoy and Savior.

While even Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado is

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occasionally staged, Sullivan’s sacred music “gathers dust today,” noted a release from the Vivaldi Chamber Choir.

But the choir is looking to change that with the first Canadian performance of Sullivan’s Festival Te Deum, which he wrote for the Prince of Wales Albert Edward in 1872. Perhaps not wanting to reach out to one of Gilbert’s rivals, Sullivan instead availed himself of texts dating back to the fourth century.

“I have been in choirs for my whole life. This choir is something special,” Shewchuk says.

In addition to performing religious music, she’s eager to wrap her voice around a “mouthful of words,” from three Gilbert and Sullivan musicals Sunday.

“There’s theatrics involved, too. I just can’t see why someone wouldn’t want to come.”

Upon arriving in Vancouver Shewchuk set to pursue an actor’s life.

She laughs when asked about the challenges of making a living.

“Luckily I’m married to a very supportive husband,” she says, explaining she believes herself to be on a “path to mastery of the craft.”

When asked about her childhood raised by a band teacher and an economics professor, she immediately summons the image of the piano that was the centre of the household.

“I played piano, I danced, it was such an enriching childhood that my parents exposed me to,” she says.

“I loved school, I loved everything.”

It quickly becomes apparent that Shewchuk generally occupies a plane of existence

Soprano Olesia Shewchuk performs as a guest soloist with the Vivaldi Chamber Choir in Sullivan! – With and Without Gilbert. PHOTO SUPPLIED where Murphy’s Law does not apply, where the glass is full and the grass is exactly the shade it should be.

“I like to try to take the positive,” she says.

While she acknowledges that a working actor – when lucky – undergoes a series of job interviews each month, she sees the bright side.

“When I can give it my all and if I’m happy with what I gave in that interview, in that audition … that gives me permission to let it go,” she says.

No such audition was required for Sunday’s matinee performance.

Edette Gagne, artistic director for the Vivaldi Chamber Choir, had previously cast Shewchuk to play The Merry Widow and thought she could be a good fit for concert.

In preparation she’s doing rehearsals for two shows, going on auditions, staying physically and vocally fit while raising two young children and attempting to get

eight hours of sleep.

“It’s like preparing for a marathon. I need to be in great shape,” she says. “A lot of people are depending on me as a soloist.”

But despite it all, fear doesn’t seem to be in her repertoire.

“I love to go on. I don’t get stage fright,” she says. “If I’m at the point where I have prepared my material and I feel ready, I will go out there and be excited to share what I’ve discovered.”

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the musicians always need a platform to actually expose their musical talent.

“There aren’t that many places for them to bring their musical excellence. Chamber music is where you can bring in your orchestra experience and solo experience and your life experience into this intimate setting and share with the audience.”

Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence” and Schoenberg’s “Verklärte Nacht” – monumental compositions from the romantic era – round out Sunday’s repertoire and complement each other beautifully.

“Souvenir de Florence is probably the most powerful string repertoire written for six instruments. It has such a dramatic end,” explains Park.

Cellists Ariel Barnes and Luke Kim work on some music.

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Vancouver Symphony Orchestra composer-inassociation Marcus Goddard will be premiering his piece “Wind Sand and Stars” for string trio.

Sunday’s repertoire was supposed to be for the

season finale concert in June, but it was moved up to March because Barnes is off to Germany for a new gig with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra.

The Vancouver Chamber Music Society puts on four

to five concerts per season – and has developed a loyal following. Park suspects it has something to do with the delicate nature of chamber music where you can hear every note, as opposed to the rich full-on sound of a a symphony orchestra.

Having the concert in an intimate setting such as the West Vancouver United Church adds to the experience as well. The audience can get close to the action.

Park says he was pleasantly surprised by the acoustics inside the church and that, balance-wise, the sound is perfect.

In between the concerts, the artists do some community outreach, including performing at schools and seniors homes on the North Shore to spread their love of music.

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ARTSCALENDAR From page 21 Classical Concert Series: Daughter/mother duo cellist Danielle Markle and pianist Linda Falls perform Thursday, March 16, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Tickets: $15.

Rising Stars – CapU at the Silk Purse: Trumpeter Ben Frost plays his original jazz compositions alongside his band Saturday, March 18, 7:309 p.m. Tickets: $20/$15.

Classical Concert Series: Pianist Michael Aston

performs a programme of piano nocturnes Thursday, March 23, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Tickets: $15.

Rising Stars – CapU at the Silk Purse: Soprano Ashley Gonzales and pianist Daniel Nguyen team up for an evening of art songs about love Saturday, March 25, 7:309 p.m. Tickets: $20/$15.

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Cap Jazz: The Ben Allison Quartet featuring Ben Allison on bass, Jeremy Pelt on

trumpet, Steve Cardenas on guitar and Allan Mednard on drums, performs Friday, March 10 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $30/$27.

WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Friday Night Concert: The Vashaan Ensemble, classic Persian musicians, perform joyful and diverse songs from Iran’s rich musical past March 10, 7:30-8:45 p.m.

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String Sextets: Vancouver Chamber Music Society presents a concert featuring works by Tchaikovsky and Schoenberg Sunday, March 5 at 2 p.m. Admission: $25/$20. Tickets: vancouverchambermusic.com

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phtheatre.org Bodacious: A monthly reading series of new plays by and about women the last Saturday of every month at 8 p.m. Admission by donation.

CAPILANO UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. 604-9907810 capilanou.ca/ blueshorefinancialcentre/ Cap Theatre: An Exit 22 production of the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie!

March 15-18, 22-25 at 7:30

p.m. with matinees March 19 and 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $24/$15/$10.

CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 nvrc.ca/centennial-theatre Irrelevant Show CBC Radio’s comedy show of sketches and songs Thursday, March 23, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $35.

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Bitter Harvest traces roots of oppression

! Bitter Harvest. Directed and produced by George Mendeluk. Starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Terrence Stamp and Barry Pepper.

Rating: 5 (out of 10) JULIE CRAWFORD Contributing writer

Canada was the dream of Ukrainian farmers oppressed and starved within the borders of their own homeland by the Russians. But in the 1930s, few got the chance to make the journey.

The true and seldomacknowledged forced starvation of millions in “the breadbasket of Europe” is the subject of Bitter Harvest, from prolific television director George Mendeluk.

At the centre of the narrative is Yuri (Max Irons), the son of a soldier (Barry Pepper, bald save for an impressive forelock) and the grandson of a great warrior (played by Terrence Stamp).

“My Ukraine was a world where legends lived, and anything was possible,” says Yuri, somewhat optimistically during the brief years of peace in between the crushing reigns of Stalin and Lenin.

Ukraine was essential to Russia because of its rich mineral deposits and agricultural wealth, necessary to feed the workers in Moscow who were rushing to modernize the nation and catch up with the West. The seizure of church relics and property not spoils enough, the Russians moved on to commandeer farms and over 90 per cent of the harvest,

closing the borders and guaranteeing that the entire Ukraine would starve: “Who will notice?” an overweening Stalin (Gary Oliver) says.

Yuri prefers the paintbrush to the sabre; he leaves the family farm – and childhood sweetheart Natalka (Samantha Barks, Les Miserables) – for art school in Kiev, where his meagre wages from the city will keep people in his village from starving.

But times, and art, are changing: one professor tells Yuri that his art is not brave and expressive enough, while a hasty replacement tells him that his paintings must now reflect socialist Soviet unity.

In the capital Yuri falls in with Mykola (Aneurin Barnard), a Ukrainian patriot, and gets swept up and imprisoned during a crackdown of anti-Bolsheviks. A despondent Yuri repeats his father’s refrain “no one can ever take away your freedom,” while his rebel friends are lined up and shot daily in the prison courtyard.

All the while a wicked commissar (Tammer Hassan) bloodies the peasants back home and is always on the verge of making Natalka “dishonor the family” by becoming his plaything.

The film is most effective when the camera slows to focus on details: the image of a little boy lying on his mother’s grave or a peasant woman being forced to dry a Russian soldier’s feet with her hair. Unfortunately, choppy editing results in conversations and scenes that end abruptly, leaving more questions for the viewer than answers. Heavy-handed

George Mendeluk’s Bitter Harvest is set in Stalin’s Soviet Ukraine in the early 1930’s. PHOTO SUPPLIED music does nothing to complement the frequently clunky exposition.

And Irons, our decidedly un-Slavic looking hero, seems to sleepwalk through it all, navigating the growing piles of emaciated corpses with barely an extra blink.

The Holodomor, as the mass starvation became known, is an important historical event. At the height of the forced famine, Ukrainians died at a rate of 30,000 per day and well over 4 million died of starvation alone in 1932-33, while others were executed or deported. The director has Ukrainian roots and good intentions, but the victims aren’t given their due, reduced to a footnote before the end credits.

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The Marvelous Wonderettes: A musical featuring over 30 classic ’50s and ’60s hits Wednesdays-Saturdays until March 10 at 8 p.m. with a matinee Saturday, March 11 at 2 p.m. Admission: $20.

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Disney’s 101 Dalmatians: North Shore Mountain Theatre performs a play based on the classic animated film Friday, March 10, 7 p.m.

Tickets: $8.

Vancouver Iranian Theatre: A live play of Caligula Friday, March 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $55/$45/$35.

PRESENTATION HOUSE THEATRE 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Tickets: 604-9903474 phtheatre.org Top Hats and Tales: A musical romance that follows a show business love relationship through time ThursdaysSaturdays until March 12 at 8 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets: $15-$28.

DEEP COVE BREWERY 170-2270 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver.

Dino DiNicolo performs a solo show Saturday, March 18 from 7 to 10 p.m.

FINCH AND BARLEY 250 East First St., North Vancouver.

Dino DiNicolo performs a solo show Thursday, April 6 from 8:45 p.m. to midnight.

GREEN LEAF BREWING CO. 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver.

HUGO’S RESTAURANT 5775 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-281-2111 Open Mic Night every Thursday 7-9:30 p.m.

QUEENS CROSS PUB 2989 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver.

RED LION BAR & GRILL 2427 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. 604-926-8838 Jazz Pianist Randy Doherty performs every Friday and Saturday starting at 7 p.m.

THE VILLAGE TAPHOUSE The Village at Park Royal , West Vancouver.

WAVES COFFEE HOUSE 3050 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver.

Music Medley Showcase comes to Waves the first Saturday of every month, 7:309:30 p.m. Anyone interested in performing can phone Doug Medley at 604-985-5646 or musicmedley@gmail.com.

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CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 nvrc. ca/centennial-theatre River Blue: A documentary of an unprecedented river adventure led by river conservationist Mark Angelo Friday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $15/$13.

Double Bill Feature Presentation: Inversion shows at 3 p.m. and Immortality at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, March 11. In Farsi with English subtitles. Tickets: $20/$15.

CHAPTERS INDIGO BOOKS Park Royal South, West Vancouver.

Author Book Signing: North Shore author Lawrence Verigin will sign copies of his books Dark Seed and newly released Seed of Control Saturday, March 18, 1-4 p.m. lawrenceverigin.com KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com North Shore Photographic Challenge: Top photographers from B.C. and the Yukon will go head to head with their best work at the 33rd annual event Saturday, March 4 at 7 p.m. Admission: $20. Info: nsps.ca/challenge.

LYNN VALLEY LIBRARY 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver.

SFU Philosopher’s Cafe: Everyone is welcome to join a discussion with moderator Oliver Hung Wednesday, March 15 at 7 p.m. Topic: Why do we regret? Info: 778-7828000 or philosopherscafe.net.

PARK & TILFORD CINEPLEX ODEON THEATRE 200-333 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver.

The North Shore International Film Series: The North Shore Community Arts Council screens Canadian, independent and foreign films throughout the winter. Little Men plays March 8 and The River of My Dreams shows March 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets: $11. Info: 604-988-6844 or nvartscouncil.ca/events/northshore-international-film-series.

WEST VANCOUVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1950 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca Opera with Nicolas Krusek: An exploration of the work of George Frideric Handel, composer of the late Baroque, Wednesdays until March 29, 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Monday Night Movies: Screenings of Florence Foster Jenkins, March 13; Sully, March 20; and Sing Street, March 27 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

SFU Philosopher’s Cafe: Everyone is welcome to join a discussion with moderator Randall MacKinnon Thursday, March 16 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Topic: Grey matters.

Info: 778-782-8000 or philosopherscafe.net.

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Threefor-all in new Ford Fiesta A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird:

and distinctive rear-end help make it a visual delight.

Also esthetically pleasing are the interior appointments that mirror those of the sedan. The touch-screen is easy to see and use, although the myriad of steeringwheel switches might seem too intimidating for the uninitiated.

The Cruze Hatchback legs it out using the same powerplant as the sedan.

NEW FORD FIESTA ST GOES THREE-LEGGED Just ahead of its official reveal in Geneva, Ford is showing off details of their new Ford Fiesta ST. Currently, the FiST (as owners often abbreviate it) is one of the scrappiest little hatchbacks you can buy. It only comes with a stick shift, and is more fun to drive than a Mini. Or almost anything else.

As you’d expect, the new model packs a little more punch. The previous version provided 197 horsepower briefly, through a temporary over-boost function, while the new one will give you 197 h.p. all the time. What it will not give you is four cylinders.

Instead, the new Fiesta ST uses a high performance

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The compact-hatchback segment is on the rise in Canada, and Chevrolet has joined the fray with this all-new companion to the Cruze sedan. The Cruze Hatchback has a more eye-catching design than the sedan while offering more storage space. PHOTO SUPPLIED WHEELBASE MEDIA

Cruze adds hatchback style

MALCOLM GUNN Contributing writer

Concurrent with growth in the compact-utilityvehicle segment in Canada is a rise in compact-hatchback popularity, as new-car buyers seek greater usable space in smaller models.

That heightened interest means the new-for-2017 Cruze Hatchback is arriving at just the right time and for all the right reasons.

As a companion to the second-generation Cruze sedan, the hatchback joins the Ford Focus, Toyota Corolla iM, Hyundai Elantra GT, Honda Civic and the Volkswagen Golf (the granddaddy of all small hatches). In fact, of all mainstream automakers, only Nissan and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles lack a participant in this class.

The Cruze Hatchback uses the sedan’s platform as a starting point, which means the distance between

the front and rear wheels is the same. In total length, however, the hatchback is about 15 centimetres shorter.

The hatch’s suspension and steering systems are identical to the sedan, except for a rear independent setup used in the Premium Hatchback trim, which replaces the standard solid torsion beam.

Of course what really matters to hatch buyers is how much stuff they can stow, and is this regard the Cruze appears pretty efficient.

Behind the rear seat there’s more room than you’ll find in a similarly shaped Ford Focus, Mazda3, VW Golf and Toyota iM, but a bit less than the new Honda Civic hatchback. With the rear seat folded almost perfectly flat, the Cruze remains spaciously competitive, although the squared-off Golf is tops in class.

The hatchback’s styling is arguably more attractive than the Cruze sedan’s. The curvy lines, gently sloping roofline

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The turbocharged 1.4-litre four-cylinder puts out 153 horsepower and 177 footpounds of torque, which is adequate for a car weighing in at about 1,400 kilograms. It does fall short of the sporty Civic Hatchback’s numbers, however.

Sometime in 2017, a 1.6-litre turbo-diesel engine will be available in the Cruze sedan and hatchbacks with an expected output of 136 h.p. and 236 foot-pounds of torque.

There are rumours that a more potent turbo engine might also become available, which would help the Chevy compete against the Focus ST, VW GTI and upcoming Civic Si hot hatches.

Transmission choices consist of a six-speed manual and an optional six-speed automatic with manual-shift controls.

The latter helps produce best-case fuel-consumption numbers of 8.3 (litres/100 kilometres) in the city and 6.4 on the highway.

The base Hatchback sells for $22,400, including destination charges. That’s up from the sedan’s $17,700 base price, but the hatch starts at a higher (LT) trim level that includes more of the basics than the sedan’s price-leader L and LS designations.

Selecting the automatic transmission gets you a power sunroof, fuel saving engine start-stop system and a larger touch-screen display. At the

top end, the Premier maxes out with keyless start, leather seat coverings (heated in front), power-adjustable driver’s seat, heated steering wheel and 17-inch wheels (16-inchers are standard).

Available options include climate control, navigation system, nine-speaker Bose audio package plus active safety technology designed to prevent or at least warn the driver of impending collisions.

By any measure, the Cruze Hatchback should expect a warm reception with buyers bent on maxing out their compact-car purchase.

Given its capacity, the hatch represents more than a fair compromise between outright utility and a shape that’s downright desirable.

The specs TYPE: Four-door, frontwheel-drive compact hatchback Engine: 1.4-litre DOHC I-4, turbocharged (153 h.p.)

TRANSMISSIONS: Six-speed manual; six-speed automatic MARKET POSITION: It has taken some time, but Chevrolet has finally added a hatchback model as a vital counterpoint to the Cruze sedan. It seems that North American buyers are finally catching up to the appetite for such models in Europe.

POINTS: Attractive hatch design is more appealing than the sedan. Spacious stowage space, but a less sloping liftgate would have created even

The interior of the Cruze Hatchback is esthetically pleasing, with features that mirror those of the sedan including an easy-touse touch screen and slightly-less-easy-to-use steering wheel controls. PHOTOS SUPPLIED WHEELBASE MEDIA more room. Standard-issue engine could use a power boost, or perhaps a more potent engine option. Plenty of available luxury touches.

Lists for close to the same price as a mid-size Malibu sedan.

ACTIVE SAFETY (ALL OPTIONAL): Cross-traffic alert; forward collision alert; lane-departure warning with lane-keeping assist.

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HATCHBACK Base price: $23,100.

Roomy new-for-2017 model comes with a potent I-4 engine and loads of content.

MAZDA3 5DOOR Base price: $21,100. Great style, a roomy interior and turbo and non-turbo engine choices.

KIA FORTE5 Base price: $21,400. A steady, if unexciting performer that touts reliability as its main asset.

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Curvy lines, a gently sloping roof and distinctive rear-end help make the Cruze hatchback an attractive little car.

Ford’s bizarre city still exists in Brazilian jungle From page 32

version of Ford’s Ecoboost three-cylinder engine, displacing 1.5 litres. As if that wasn’t enough cost-cutting, the little three also provides cylinder deactivation, meaning it can be running on as few as two cylinders under light loads.

In an age when Dodge is pushing out the boat with massive supercharged V-8s, a three-cylinder compact seems a bit odd. The Fiesta ST joins such quirky little three-banger machines as the Pontiac Firefly Turbo. Not exactly a rocketship.

However, and always assuming Ford doesn’t cancel a North American appearance for the Fiesta ST, small car sales being fairly dismal of late, the FiST could still be a complete performance bargain. Horsepower and capability are up all across the board, but speed limits are not. Just as with the old version, this new Fiesta should prove that all you need is a light curb weight, a little less than 200 h.p., and

lots of boosty turbo noises.

Looking forward to it.

E-HYBRID IS MOST POWERFUL PANAMERA YET We’ve been expecting Stuttgart’s riposte to the mighty Tesla Model S for some time, and here’s at least the first salvo. The very-longnamed Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid is a monster, combining a twin-turbo V-8 with a 136 h.p. electric motor and 14.1 kW lithium-ion battery.

Total power is a spectacular 680 h.p. and 626 foot-pounds of torque, enabling this most-powerful Panamera to hit 100 kilometres per hour in 3.2 seconds, and go on to a top speed near 310 km/h. Tesla-heads will note that the P100D is quicker off the line, as long as you dip into Ludicrous mode, but it’ll be interesting to see if the Panamera hybrid requires less of a cool-down moment between runs.

Further, while this isn’t quite the full-electric Mission-E hybrid Porsche

has been showing off, it is basically a four-door version of the 918 Spyder supercar.

Total electric-only range is a relatively scant 50 kilometres, but if your regular commute is downtown and back with a weekend sprint over to Tofino, the Panamera has the legs to handle both.

Further, this kind of power in a top-level turbo executive sedan presages the future.

A plug-in hybrid 911 seems inevitable.

CAMARO ZL1 1LE IS THE FIERCEST CAMARO YET GM guys are big on their codes. While Dodge has the Demon and the Hellcat, and Ford has the Boss and the Shelby Mustangs, GM crowns its highest performing machines with simpler labels.

The ZL1 is essentially a Camaro with a Corvette engine, and it’s wonderful. I had an opportunity to sling one around the track at Willow Springs, where it easily hit 240 km/h on the front and rear straights, and could be slid under braking around the

uphill curve at turn three. It was at-once ferocious yet relatively intimidating to drive.

But Chevy wasn’t done yet. Their 1LE package adds extra aerodynamic tweaks to the ZL1 – including a massive wing – wider tires front and rear, and the replacement of the flexible magnetic ride dampers with trick spool valve shocks from Canada’s own Multimatic. You can also fiddle with the 1LE’s suspension yourself, thanks to adjustable perches and adjustable camber settings up front. Every racetrack is a little different, and Chevy will let you dial in your 1LE Camaro until it’s just right.

Curiously, the 1LE only comes with a six-speed manual, which indicates it’s built for a certain type of enthusiast consumer. That’s maybe a shame, as the 10-speed automatic is one of the best autos on the market, honed to near-perfection at the Nürburgring.

And while this is currently the fastest Camaro, capable of eating any current production

Mustang, there’s still the iconic Z/28 badge waiting in the wings. The Camaro development team is not known for being conservative – who knows what’s next?

FORD’S LOST CITY STILL EXISTS IN BRAZIL Early last week, the New York Times reminded everyone of a forgotten piece of automotive history: Henry Ford’s bizarre Brazilian rubber plantation. In the late 1920s, Ford sought to avoid relying on suppliers by founding an entire town in the Amazon jungle, set up for farming and harvesting rubber trees.

It was called Fordlândia, and it was a total disaster.

The town was assembled like some sort of Midwestern Pleasantville, with little thought as to what might actually suit the local workers. Alcohol was banned, as was tobacco. Everyone was expected to subsist on canned goods.

Eventually, the rubber trees became diseased,

having been planted much too close together. The workers, who had been paddling out to illicit merchant riverboats loaded with hooch and, ahem, ladies of the night, rioted in 1930. They cut the telegraph lines and eventually the Brazilian army was sent in.

The first town was abandoned in 1934, and when synthetic rubber was invented in 1945, Ford pulled out of Brazil completely.

Even so, a few hardy people resettled in the area. Today, the town has a population of around 2,000, and you can still see relics like a 50-metretall water tower, and the old sawmill. It’s an odd piece of Detroit history, far from home.

Watch this space for all the week’s best and worst of automotive news, or submit your own auto oddities to mcaleer. nsnews@gmail.com

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