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RCMP alter uniforms in protest over low wages BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

RCMP officer are getting their first raise in years, although some local members are staging a protest in a labour dispute with the federal government.

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A contingent of officers reported for duty at the North Vancouver detachment Thursday morning after removing the distinctive yellow stripes from their pants. The significance of the stripe stems from the Royal Irish Constabulary, the police force after which the RCMP was modelled.

“They gave us the yellow stripe to wear. It’s one of our symbols, like the red serge. The yellow stripe is an RCMP thing. No other police forces in Canada wear a yellow stripe,” said Cpl. Bryan Mulrooney.

Removing it sends a message about their discontent without taking more disruptive job action, Mulrooney said.

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Demovicted Mountain Court tenants move out

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The last remaining tenants at Mountain Court, a Lynn Valley rental complex District of North Vancouver council approved for redevelopment in 2015, are preparing for their eviction.

But more than two-thirds of 66 families who lived there at the time of its rezoning have found new homes on the North Shore, according to a report to district council Monday night.

The rezoning of the aging but relatively affordable 75-unit rental complex proved highly controversial largely because of how the redevelopment would impact the tenants. And council is

Developer compensates displaced tenants with $4,000 but stress of finding new homes remains anticipating more “demovictions” as several more purpose-built rental complexes are up for redevelopment in Maplewood, Lynn Valley and Deep Cove.

Only 10 of Mountain Court’s 75 units will still be occupied as of May 1, with a deadline to move out by the end of May. Those who were required to move for Polygon’s 246-strata and 75-rental unit project received two months of free rent (the

Residential Tenancy Act requires one) and a bonus ranging from $20 to $40 for every month of residency, depending on how many years they’d lived at Mountain Court. They also received access to a “relocation liaison” to help them find alternate accommodations as well as the choice of first right of refusal to move into the new rental units on the site once they’re built or a discount for purchasing at another Polygon project.

In total, developer Polygon estimates the compensation will put up about $311,452 for the tenants, or an average of $4,310 for each eligible family. The 12 tenants who moved into the complex after Polygon purchased the property and announced their plans

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North Vancouver RCMP members Sgt. Doug Trousdell, Cpl. Bryan Mulrooney, Const. Braeden Smith and Const. Neil Nesbit show off their uniforms with the distinctive yellow leg stripe removed in protest over a wage dispute with the federal government. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

“We can’t strike, nor do we want to,” he said.

Mulrooney said his fellow officers have been working without a contract or pay raise since 2015 and, since 2005, have fallen to 72nd out of 80 police agencies in the country in pay and benefits. Previous requests for raises at the Treasury Board of Canada have been rebuffed “It’s sort of like when a child goes to their parents and asks for a new bike and the parents say no,” he said. “We’ve been fairly helpless in the last several years because we don’t have any union or bargaining association that has any teeth.”

With wages and benefits falling behind other higher-paid forces, officer morale was dropping and recruitment was suffering, Mulrooney said.

“You’re getting disgruntled members, which is definitely going to affect the service level,” he said. “We are losing members right now substantially to other police forces and for new members that are applying, we’re not getting the best and brightest.”

Plans for the quasi-job action were put in place as federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s office was preparing to announce the force’s members would receive raises of 1.25 per cent effective Jan. 1, 2015 and 1.25 per cent effective Jan. 1, 2016 as well as a 2.3-per-cent market adjustment effective April 1, 2016.

According to Goodale’s office, that puts the RCMP’s total compensation, including pensions and benefits, in line with “eight police forces covering 90 per cent of the Canadian population.”

North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson said he had sat down with local officers and passed along their concerns to Goodale.

“Essentially, a significant portion of the demands that they made with respect to the increase in pay were met and they were met because it was time. The RCMP needed to have wages adjusted. They were frozen by the previous government,” Wilkinson said. “I don’t think that’s a reasonable position to put people in. … RCMP officers do an incredibly important job in our community and we ask them to do all kinds of things that often put their lives and safety in jeopardy.”

But, following news of the raise on Wednesday night, Mulrooney said “no one was thrilled” among his fellow officers.

“We’re getting caught up to where we were three years ago and we’re still not caught up,” he said. “Now we’re again without a pay contract from this point forward.”

The raise and protest come in the midst of a union drive within the RCMP. A Supreme Court ruling in 2015 cleared the way for RCMP members to organize and begin collective bargaining.

The Mounted Police Professional Association and the National Police Federation are competing to sign up 40 per cent of the members.

Mulrooney said Thursday’s protest is also meant to inspire members to sign up with one of those groups.

“We’re trying to take it into our own hands as much as we can to get members to sign up to these associations with the goal of them forming a union,” he said.

Mulrooney said all but a few of the officers he knows are in favour of unionizing.

District of North Vancouver chief administrative officer David Stuart said the district was anticipating an increase in RCMP staffing costs and have accounted for it in the budget.

Distracted drivers busted in undercover sting

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If you saw police and construction workers gathering at Capilano and Marine Thursday afternoon, it wasn’t the beginnings of a Village People reunion tour.

Officers from North Vancouver RCMP and West Vancouver Police Department were undercover as city workers and construction flaggers nabbing afternoon commuters for distracted driving.

Over the course of two hours, members of the two forces issued 49 violation tickets and a number of warnings in an enforcement blitz

they’re calling Project Sweep.

“I think evidently there’s still more cleaning up for us to do,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “I was there for an hour and I literally was in full uniform along with three other people and there were people driving by, looking right at us, talking on their phones. It’s really quite unsettling when you think how distracted people are on their phones. If they’re not noticing a police officer, what else aren’t they noticing?”

Getting caught texting or talking behind the wheel will result in a $368 fine, plus demerit points as well as higher premiums when you renew your auto insurance.

North Vancouver RCMP Const. Denis Beaulieu, in disguise as a construction worker, catches a distracted driver. North Vancouver RCMP and West Vancouver police issued dozens of tickets in an undercover sting March 30. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH The premiums stack up for serial offenders. Getting busted five times in one year

would mean a total cost of $5,600. “It’s very expensive,” De Jong said.

In March 2016, the two forces stationed an undercover officer in a cherry picker at the same intersection, which prompted more indignation from those who found the sting “unsporting.”

But this time around, most people were compliant, De Jong said.

“They kind of laugh and grin. I think, at the end of the day, they think it’s creativity they’re somewhat mildly impressed with but obviously disappointed they got the ticket,” he said. “The people who don’t get busted think it’s great.”

Common excuses were that people were just checking local traffic conditions on their phones, that they were

only picking up voice mails, trying to punch info into their GPS systems, or they said taking their eyes off the road for a moment was safe because of the low speed of traffic.

“At any time, any distraction and any speed can be dangerous,” De Jong said.

“That’s where a lot of the accidents do happen – at lower speeds.”

Police also issued warnings to four people attempting to sneak onto the Lions Gate Bridge using the transit lane. “Especially down at Cap and Marine, you can’t be scooting along the bus lane when traffic’s backed up for four blocks,” De Jong said.

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CNV approves Green Necklace along W. 21st

Building set for summer after cul-desac confab JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

The clasp hasn’t quite shut, but the Green Necklace is almost complete.

City of North Vancouver council voted 4-3 to spend $1.95 million on the West 21st Street portion of the cycling/ hiking/strolling/rolling trail.

The leg runs east to west along West 21st Street between Jones Avenue and the Harry Jerome recreation centre, eventually joining Grand Boulevard.

The project is something of a “Gordian knot,” according to Coun. Don Bell.

“There’s too many issues that are not addressed,” he said, citing Carson Graham traffic jams and a cul-de-sac proposed for Jones Avenue that needs to be “fleshed out.”

However, the majority of council authorized staff to refine the project, working with residents on issues such as street trees before putting shovels in the ground

Work on the second to last segment of the City of North Vancouver’s Green Necklace – from Jones Avenue to Harry Jerome recreation centre – will start this summer, after further consultation with area residents. GRAPHIC SUPPLIED CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER this summer.

A host of West 21st Street residents favoured moving a portion of the trail to West 20th Street.

A staff report identified West 21st Street as “the existing demand line.”

If staff put a cul-de-sac on Jones Avenue, the residents of West 21st Street will see their block transform, according to Mayor Darrell Mussatto.

“You can have kids playing street hockey again, you can do those kinds of things again that I think streets should be used for in low-volume areas,” he said. “It will help us change our automobile-oriented culture to something more sustainable.”

Coun. Rod Clark remained unconvinced, questioning staff’s reasoning for running the “much ballyhooed” Green Necklace through West 21st Street as opposed to West 20th Street, which is about four metres wider.

The difference in space is not critical, according to project delivery section manager Lisa Parker.

“Both 20th and 21st have the room for a trail like this, so it’s not really a matter of not having enough space,” she said. “If we went down through (West) 20th you would … be close but not quite to Carson Graham.”

Clark also blasted council for voting to approve

funding before finding common ground with the neighbourhood.

“Is council loading the gun and saying, ‘We’re going to do this and we’ll talk to you afterwards?’” he asked, describing the trail as “the black necklace.”

Focusing on the colour of the path is “missing the point,” countered Coun. Linda Buchanan.

The trail connects residents to parks throughout the city while encouraging people to walk or cycle, she said.

“I think the Green Necklace is a good name for what it does.”

Buchanan championed

running the path along West 21st Street, which she called: “the path of least resistance.”

Approximately 45 per cent of Carson Graham students walk or bike to school, while 30 per cent drive or are driven, according to city statistics.

As the parent of Carson Graham students, Buchanan said she’s seen parking problems up close.

“On occasion, I do drive them and it’s a nightmare.”

Coun. Pam Bookham disagreed, suggesting council was putting too much emphasis on incorporating Carson Graham.

West 20th Street is likely a “better long-term transportation corridor,” Bookham said.

With the cost of the penultimate Green Necklace segment estimated to be approximately $2,875 per metre, Bookham suggested pushing the project off for a year or two.

“I think we’re rushing this,” she said, suggesting taking a slower approach on Grand Boulevard might have yielded a more thoughtful design.

The project won support from Laura Brousseau, director of Housing for Young Adults with Disabilities located on Chesterfield

Avenue. The trail will benefit the 14 residents of HYAD. “It will give them the accessibility and encouragement they need to continue to participate in their community and to explore areas that they may not have felt safe travelling to before,” she wrote in a letter to council.

The impasse between city staff and the residents of West 21st Street can be resolved, according to Coun.

Holly Back, who said the neighbours weren’t “over the moon upset.”

Most residents just want a compromise on dealing with trees, street lighting, and Carson Graham traffic, according to Back.

“I truly believe and really hope that you guys will be as happy as the people on Grand Boulevard at the end of the day,” she said, addressing the West 21st residents who attended the meeting.

Coun. Craig Keating concurred, noting many residents who were opposed to the Green Necklace later reversed their positions.

The final segment of the Green Necklace is slated to connect East 23rd Street with Grand Boulevard.

Construction on the $2.8-million portion of the trail is pencilled in for 2018.

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3 out of 5 WV teachers live locally, survey finds JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

West Vancouver teacher Todd Ablett’s commute to work would be the envy of many.

“If I have no traffic, I have an eight-minute commute,” says Ablett, who lives in Caulfield and heads up the mechatronics robotics academy at West Vancouver secondary. If there’s traffic, it’s more like 10 minutes.

Somewhat surprisingly, Ablett is less of an anomaly than many might believe.

While only 16 per cent of West Vancouver teachers live in the municipality, that number rises to 63 per cent when the entire North Shore – including North Vancouver and Bowen Island – are factored in.

“The majority of our staff actually live on the North Shore,” said Dave Eberwein, assistant superintendent for the school district.

The West Vancouver school district first decided to find out where teachers and support staff live earlier

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Concerned by anecdotal reports that few teachers were living on the North Shore, and therefore might be tempted to leave if new jobs were posted closer to their homes, the human resources department surveyed the home addresses listed for employees.

The results were better than expected, with 41 per cent of staff living in North

Vancouver, 16 per cent in West Vancouver and five per cent on Bowen Island. A handful of staff commute also from other nearby communities like Lions Bay, Britannia Beach, Squamish and Gibsons.

About 20 per cent come from Vancouver while six per cent live in Burnaby.

Relatively few come from areas farther afield like Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam and the Fraser Valley although two per cent do live in Surrey.

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Eberwein said the results are interesting. “It was a question we hadn’t really explored before,” he said.

For Ablett, who has lived in West Vancouver for close to a decade, the decision to work closer to home was part of the reason he left the robotics program he’d started at Gladstone secondary in East Vancouver to start teaching in West Vancouver. “That’s worth

worth a lot more than when I bought it,” he said.

More affordable options like smaller homes would help to change that, he said.

According to Ministry of Education statistics, the average age and income levels of teachers in West Vancouver are similar to those in other communities. The average age of a West Vancouver teacher is 43 and the average fulltime salary is about $73,000, according to those statistics.

about 200 hours a year,” he said.

But Ablett said commuting is still a fact of life for many teachers – as it is for other workers. For much of the time he taught in Vancouver, he commuted from Burnaby, he said.

Ablett guesses that school district staff living on the North Shore are likely those who “bought in” a number of years ago.

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Housing options limited for tenants with pets From page 1 to demolish it received about $2,250 in compensation each.

Of those who have already moved out, 71 per cent remained on the North Shore, according to a district staff report. Twenty-five signed up for the wait-list for the new building and one took advantage of the discount Polygon was offering for another one of their condos in Lynn Valley.

In November 2016 the district adopted an official residential tenant relocation assistance policy that includes many of the incentives Polygon included in their negotiations with the district.

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also has created a tenant assistance policy for demovictions.

But, even with compensation plans in place, eviction for redevelopment is still a source of great heartache, Coun. Lisa Muri pointed out.

“It’s a huge, huge deal to have to move because, in many cases, their kids have to go to a new school, they’re not as close to their soccer teams and baseball teams and the group of people they grew up with. Moving costs a fortune,” she said.

Hardest hit are tenants with pets who find their options even more limited, Muri added, asking staff to report back on the legality of banning pets from rental units,

Setting it straight

On Wednesday, April 5, North Shore News published a four-page insert for the Whistler Cup event.

Unfortunately, due to some mistakes here at the News and accompanying computer issues, we published the 2016 advertising section for Whistler Cup rather than the 2017 one.

In today’s issue you will find the correct version, starting on page 27. The Whistler Cup happens April 13-16 this year.

We hope you all have a chance

to take in the promotional advertisement and take time to attend some or all of the events. These are U16 ski racers representing 20 countries who are striving for gold. Great entertainment and a really good way to show your support for some of tomorrow’s Olympians, from right here on the North Shore and Whistler.

Our apologies for the obvious mistake. I hope to see many of you in Whistler over the event weekend.

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and whether the district could create its own laws.

One of the last 10 holdouts at Mountain Court is Terry Dial, who has lived there for roughly 23 years. Eventually he found a one-bedroom apartment on Lonsdale, “older than Methuselah,” about one-third the size of his current home and with none of the amenities for $1,080 a month.

“The prices of real estate out there is just outrageous,” he said. “It’s just bare bones but I have no choice, really.”

The ordeal has been highly stressful, Dial said. To make the move feasible, he’s had to part ways with many of his belongings, including family mementos he’s held onto since childhood. “Seventy years of accumulation and it’s just all toast. It’s all garbage.

It’s memories – until my memory goes,” he added with a laugh.

Terry Dial sorts through 23 years of furnishings and mementos in preparation for the move next month from his longtime home at Mountain Court. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH Dial said he’s kept in touch with a number of his old neighbours and they too have found their new homes either too expensive or not

millions of dollars they’re getting in permits and fees and everything. They don’t care about people. It’s all about money,” he said.

to their liking.

Council failed Mountain Court’s residents, Dial added.

“All they care about is the

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t’s the final chapter in the story of Mountain Court. The last of the tenants of the aged but affordable Lynn Valley rental complex are moving out to make way for redevelopment.

The District of North Vancouver has negotiated compensation packages for the demovictees, which we’re glad to see even though it doesn’t do a lot to offset the hardship of losing one’s home.

Sadly, Mountain Court has come to typify a larger problem as our official community plans recommend much of the new growth happen not in single-family neighbourhoods but where these older rentals now stand. It would be naïve to think we can solve the problem simply by halting redevelopment. Many of these buildings are reaching the end of their useful life, which means there are plenty more sad stories to come.

Almost all of these old rental complexes and three-storey walk-ups were built with

federal subsidies or tax incentives. But, the Brian Mulroney government halted those incentives in the early 1980s, leaving it to the free market to supply rental apartments. Given the choice, the free market produced exactly zero purpose-built rental suites in North Vancouver for almost three decades.

Now we’re in a crisis with vacancy at less than one per cent and landlords setting exorbitant rents, which Mountain Court’s former residents are now learning first hand.

The feds put up more than $11 billion for housing over 11 years in the most recent budget, which we absolutely applaud though we still don’t know how or where it will be spent. We urge the feds to move quickly. We’ve got 30 years of lost ground to make up for and you can’t make more older, cheaper housing any more than you can make a 600-year-old Ming vase.

WV shows warm tolerance toward pot ... holes

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est Vancouverites allegedly inhabit an enviable enclave of privilege. Wrong. There’s a hole in our lives. Many holes They can be seen, and all too late shockingly felt, at the entrance to West Van’s signature attraction – last Sunday paralyzed by sunstarved swarms of people – Lighthouse Park.

They’re increasingly rivalled by the holes at Cypress municipal park.

Potholes. Yes, potholes, an unglamorous topic for a column, for a society stupidly more fixated on pot than on the homely pothole.

Our language has been decayed by the media’s trotting out of over-exercised words like scandal. I’ll take it around the block once more and apologize later after it’s cooled down.

This Just In Trevor Lautens Town hall – politicians and the staff that gobble 80 per cent of the budget – deserve a whipping for years of scandalous neglect and half-hearted patching of park potholes that ambush the unwary visitor and insult the suspension of vehicles driven even by savvy locals.

No speed is slow enough.

The other day an athletic

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worm could have breezed past a car whose creeping encounter with a water-filled pothole pitched a small dog from the passenger seat to the floor.

Why is this tolerated?

What elusive, mysterious technology has to be discovered by West Van engineers and road people to fix it?

What mighty act of political will has to drive it?

It’s not just park potholes, of course. West Vancouver is the richest suburb of a city with world-class real estate prices. It doesn’t look, feel or act like it. A dusty prairie tank town shows more pride. ^^^

The flesh crawls that a scene of mass death at a previously obscure place in France called Vimy Ridge can strike up the band and skirl

the bagpipes a century later as the cradle of a modern, independent Canada.

The cradle. A cradle of graves.

Canada’s victory at Vimy won praise and political points. But a generation of youth sacrificed on the altar of mad European states’ ambitions now looks like appalling folly.

A dozen years ago the Shaw Festival mounted R.C. Sherriff’s demystifying 1928 play Journey’s End, brilliantly directed by one-time Vancouver resident Christopher Newton. It was set in a cave-like enclave at the front – grimly, impressively realistic.

Recently, thumbing through my copy of J.B. Priestley’s memoirs, vivid on his war service, I read: “That dugout we have all seen in productions of

Journey’s End would have looked to me then like a suite in some Grand Hotel; I never did find myself within miles of anything so dry and commodious.” ^^^

Follow-up to CN Rail’s claim for rent from West Vancouver – unpaid since 1994 – for use of its land in the Seawalk area: Rent negotiations went on until 1999, then fell silent. So CN’s restarting of the issue last September – demanding $3.7 million rent – came completely out of the blue (or the red?) for current Mayor Michael Smith and council.

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Biographer of ballerina Evelyn Hart and of jeweler Tony Cavelti. Authentic wit, scholar and gentleman. And patron of West Vancouver’s Caulfeild Safeway, passing graciously among the common folk and the vegetables Max and wife and retired critic Susan Mertens have had a spot of bother with their health – Susan had a bad cliffside fall last year – but the recent grand news is that Max will be the first recipient of the Max

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Standing ovation certain for this unique ex-mayor. ^^^ My favourite cartoonist picturing animals as people, anthropomorphism, as the quality people call it? Easy.

That would be Carl Barks.

Notwithstanding his name, his strips didn’t depict barking dogs but quacking ducks – Donald, his three mischievous nephews, and fabulously rich old crank Scrooge McDuck.

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Marmaduke, an amazingly long-running strip (1954-2015) featuring a Great Dane, outlived its creator and finally drew bored critics’ ire.

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So, a fairly tough house as they say in theatre, I picked up, warily, Adrian Raeside’s Tails Don’t Lie 2: A Pack of Dog Cartoons (Harbour Publishing, released April 1).

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For at least 55 years I’ve marked the anniversary of the death of Oscar Wilde (Nov. 30, 1900) by raising a single perfect glass of sherry to his memory.

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Ballot set for sprawling WV-Sea to Sky riding Economic development, transit, LNG top issues

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Voters in the sprawling and disparate riding of West Vancouver-Sea to Sky now have a view of the main challengers on their May 9 provincial election ballot.

Liberal incumbent Jordan Sturdy says he plans on running on his record of “experience, a practical perspective and an ability to get things done” in the riding, which includes West Vancouver west of 28th Street, Bowen Island, Lions Bay, Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton.

“It’s urban, it’s rural, it’s First Nations, it’s energy, it’s forestry, it’s agriculture, it’s community development, it’s tourism, it’s ports, it’s transportation, and it’s the need to find the path that balances those interests in a way that sustains both society and the environment,” he said.

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province’s cumulative effects framework tool as an example.

Sturdy said he also wants to see more economic development for Squamish to become a “complete community” for the benefit of the riding as a whole.

“That’s a complex issue.

It’s not just about infrastructure or transit but it’s also about urban form and housing and where people live and where they can afford to live,” he said. “If Squamish continues to grow at the rate that it is and all it ends up being is a suburb of Vancouver, we’re just exacerbating transportation challenges on the North Shore.”

The NDP has nominated Michelle Livaja, a Bowen Island resident and Capilano

University student with a professional career in organized labour.

Livaja took up politics because of the plight of working families.

“Working people and families are working harder than ever and no one’s getting ahead. I’ve been in this province for 45 years and I’ve never seen it like this,” she said. “When I see now that people are having to work two jobs and they’re not home for dinner with families, and they’re having to move and they can’t afford a good place to live, it doesn’t make for strong communities and I’d really like for people to have what I had growing up for their families.”

Specifically, Livaja said she wants to see the

province stop exporting raw logs to create more jobs locally. She’s also particularly enthusiastic about her party’s pledge for $10 per day daycare, which she noted the Vancouver Board of Trade is also in support of, and a $15 per hour minimum wage.

“We’ve seen it happen in other jurisdictions. If people are working full time and still living below the poverty line, we have a problem.”

Green Party candidate Dana Taylor said he is bringing his 30-year history of environmental advocacy throughout the riding, including on the Save Howe Sound Society, to the ballot.

Taylor said he stands opposed to developing LNG in the province but couldn’t say whether it

would be possible to stop the Woodfibre LNG plant in Squamish. Instead, the province should be focused on promoting business in renewable resources, he said.

“Once again, we’re focusing on the wrong issues.

Supporting the gas and oil industry, while it has its virtues in terms of the basics of providing jobs, is not addressing the larger issue of an industry that is, if not sun-setting immediately within a very few number of years, will be.”

The second biggest issue

in the riding is the cost of housing, particularly from Squamish north to Pemberton, which is feeling the impacts of the Lower Mainland’s overheated housing market.

“Even people who could afford it, can no longer,” he said. For that, Taylor said “everything is on the table” but he’d like to see the province purchase or lease land to create more housing co-ops.

Independent candidate Tristan Galbraith is also running for MLA in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Lisa King West Van library grand opening West Vancouver Memorial Library invited the community to celebrate the opening of its newest space with an afternoon tea reception Tuesday, March 28. The $2-million exterior and interior renovation has transformed the late 1970s structure into an expansive, brightly lit community space, connecting lounge areas with natural light and access to views, amongst stacks of inspiring books. The 7,698-square-foot space with a West Coast esthetic on the library’s main floor includes senior-friendly features such as high-back reading chairs, low shelves and wide and accessible pathways. Following the reception there was an official ribbon cutting with West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith, West Vancouver Memorial Library Foundation chair Margaret Rosenfeld and West Vancouver Memorial Library board chair David Carter doing the honours.

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Get Ready: North Vancouver vocalist Will Sanders plans to go back to an early Temptations album for his contribution to Motown Meltdown tomorrow night.

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Will Sanders wanted to be like “Superstition” singing sensation Stevie Wonder when they were both teens.

“When (Stevie) started, when he was 13, I remember sitting in my uncle’s living room and looking at the album cover and marvelling at, ‘Wow, this guy, he’s the same age as me and he’s doing stuff.’ And I was really fascinated by that,” says Sanders, who eventually found his musical footing in the gospel scene.

Sanders, a North Vancouver transplant by way of smalltown Louisiana, spent the early 1970s in juke joints listening to The

Dramatics, The Dells, Curtis Mayfield and other American R&B powerhouses.

“That’s when Marvin (Gaye), Betty Wright and a whole bunch of those Stax Records people (came on the scene),” says Sanders. “Of course, when Marvin came out with ‘What’s Going On,’ that changed the dynamic of music all together.”

And it wasn’t just his imagination when The Temptations hit the airwaves with their distinct harmonious sound – Sanders knew they were something special. In fact, The Temptations taught Sanders how to harmonize, he says.

All through his childhood, Sanders sang in church choirs and ensembles. Since moving to Vancouver – Sanders has lived on the North Shore for almost 30 years – he has sung with a number of gospel groups including The Sojourners, who earned a Juno Award nomination for Blues Album of the Year in 2011.

Sanders has also shone on stage, earning a Jessie Award nomination for his starring role in the Arts Club production

When the Rains Come.

On April 8, Sanders will pay tribute to The Temptations when he takes the stage at the annual energizing Motown Meltdown event in Vancouver. Now in its 14th year, Motown Meltdown is an evening of soul, rhythm and blues that gets everybody moving in the storied Commodore Ballroom.

You can be sure Motown classics such as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “Dancing in the Street” and “My Girl” will reverberate through the electrified room and stir souls. Motown Meltdown veteran Sanders is one of about 20 solo Canadian artists who will be performing and backed by a lively 12-piece band. He will be going against the grain in singing a lesser-known Temptations song, “Little Miss Sweetness.”

“You’re going to hear (familiar) Michael Jackson (songs), you’re going to hear Marvin, you’re going to hear The Supremes.

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Daniel Lapp stretches out with jazz quartet Group takes new look at Chet Baker songbook

! Daniel Lapp Quartet: Homage to Chet Baker and Beyond, Kay Meek Cabaret Series, Tonight and Saturday, April 8 at 8 p.m. For more information visit kaymeekcentre.com.

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Daniel Lapp can’t commit.

The Victoria-based fiddler, trumpet player, singer, performer and teacher has been at it for more than 30 years, but he’s still not ready to rest his laurels on a specific musical genre or instrument.

“I’m still unsettled on one particular genre,” Lapp says.

“I’ve just never been able to commit to one thing…I’m just resigned to the fact that I will continue to explore everything that interests me.”

For decades Lapp has had a storied career in Canadian music, one where he has

constantly dabbled in and merged together different musical forms from folk, electronic, jazz, world music and even rockabilly.

This weekend audiences can come see Lapp and his quartet stretch their jazz muscles during an intimate two-night set at the Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver.

The set of shows, called ‘A Homage to Chet Baker and Beyond,’ are part of a longtime project of Lapp’s.

“I think it happened pretty naturally many years ago for me because I play the trumpet and sang. And he was just an artist that captured my interest early on in my career,” Lapp says. “It’s evolved over the years. There’s lots of other material in the repertoire now.”

While the shows are inspired by the spirit of ‘50s and ‘60s jazz music, Lapp says it’s not necessarily accurate to solely label the performances as jazz concerts.

The shows will feature Lapp and his quartet’s interpretation of many classics in the Chet Baker oeuvre. Beyond that, they will perform many compositions that could fit into the same melodic and ‘cool’ sensibility that Baker’s pieces

evoke.

“We’ve added new songs to the repertoire over the years that aren’t Chet Baker songs and they’re not necessarily even jazz songs, but they still sort of evoke that mood,” Lapp says.

Think artists like Elvis Costello or Burt Bacharach – or, as Lapp refers to it, ‘popular music.’

“The quartet has handpicked popular songs from various decades. I sing nearly every song. It’s really not a jazz concert in that way,” Lapp says.

For a couple of numbers, expect to see Lapp bring out his fiddle as well.

Born and raised in Prince George, the fiddle and folk music have always been a big part of Lapp and his family’s life.

“My mom, even into her eighties, was playing like 30 times a month, which is pretty much every day. It was unbelievable. In Prince George.

She’d go play old folks’ homes at lunch time, she’d go play with the fiddlers at night,” Lapp says.

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ARTSCALENDAR ANNE MACDONALD STUDIO 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. 604-990-3474 phtheatre.org Parker Woods Quartet: Jazz guitarist Parker Woods leads his quartet consisting of bassist Stephen Edwards, drummer Miles Wong and trumpet player Thad Bailey-Mai through a concert of original compositions Wednesday, April 12 at 8 p.m.

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CAPILANO UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. 604-9907810 capilanou.ca/ blueshorefinancialcentre/ Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor and Opera Choruses: Capilano University’s 120-voice choir, the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra and guest soloists perform April 8 at 8 p.m. and April 9 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $25/$20/$10.

CENTENNIAL THEATRE 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. 604-984-4484 nvrc. ca/centennial-theatre A Play, a Pie and a Pint – Swingin’ Into Jazz: The St. Thomas Aquinas Jazz Ensemble performs Wednesday, April 12 at noon. The performance will be followed by a meat or veggie pie and a beverage. Tickets: $25/$22/$10 (show only $15).

KAY MEEK CENTRE 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. 604-981-6335 kaymeekcentre.com A Homage to Chet Baker and Beyond: Fiddler Daniel Lapp and his quartet perform a tribute concert April 7 and 8 at 8 p.m.

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COME TO THE CABARET German crooner Max Raabe and his 12-piece Palast Orchester perform an evening of Weimar-era elegance in the Chan Shun Concert Hall at UBC’s Chan Centre on Saturday, April 9 at 7 p.m. Their music includes Irving Berlin and Cole Porter masterpieces, German standards from Kurt Weill, and other composers of the Weimar Republic, current pop hits from the likes of Prince and Tom Jones, all filtered through Raabe’s continental prism. There will also be a pre-show talk at 6:15 p.m. at Royal

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It’s just that these artists had other songs,” says Sanders of his choice to sing something from one of The Temptations early albums, Gettin’ Ready.

Also, don’t expect Sanders to add his own flavour to the tune.

“This is going to be very authentic in its interpretation,” he says. “Because I want to be true to it. This is about Motown. It’s about that era and a certain group of artists.”

Motown Meltdown has remained, year after year, one of the more highly anticipated events in Vancouver because the music never goes out of style and people really enjoy dancing to old familiar R&B songs, explains Sanders.

“I think it’s because of the genuine feeling that went into the writing and the singing,” he says. “People believed because we were all hopeless romantics. Being black

in America, it was one of the things that black folk had back then. They were very romantic when they wrote their songs.

It was the beat, it was the groove, it was the rhythm behind it. It made us want to dance to it. It made us want to fall in love.”

As for the artists, it’s no chore for them to lend their talents for the cause. Proceeds from the evening benefit Seva Canada, a Vancouver-based charity whose mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness in developing countries.

“I guess over the years we kind of fell in love with (Motown Meltdown). If we are not doing anything on that night we are there,” says Sanders of the artists in Vancouver’s tight-knit music community.

And they couldn’t have asked for a better venue in the Commodore.

“It’s the ambience,”

explains Sanders. “It’s one of the best clubs in Vancouver, where you can go and dance.

It’s a big-ass dance floor that’s usually so full you can’t dance anyway because it’s so packed with people. It’s a wonderful place for artists to perform in.

It’s like a big dance show.”

Sanders is always in awe of his Motown Meltdown counterparts.

“Sometimes, it’s intimidating because oh boy, these guys, they can sing,” he says.

“Some of these songs, they are powerful, and they bring it.”

Soon Sanders will go back into the studio with The Sojourners to lay down tracks for their fourth album, which he says won’t be a departure from their unique blend of R&B, country and blues.

“You try to stick with what got you where you are,” says Sanders. “We try to be creative but we stick to our message of social justice and equality and also try to uplift some spirits.”

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Deborah Campbell: She was imprisoned in Syria for five months. The UN flew her to Chicago when she was released and she works with refugees there now. Nobody understands their experience better than she does.

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NSN: Are you still in touch with her?

Deborah Campbell: I talked to her last week. She came out to visit last summer with her lovely daughter, who just turned 18 and is making straight A’s in university. As is often the case, the children of refugees are very adaptable.

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When Vancouver journalist Deborah Campbell set off on an undercover assignment to Damascus, Syria, in 2007, little did she know she would befriend Ahlam, an Iraqi woman who would lead her to write the political thriller that would earn her a 2016 Hilary Weston Writers Trust Prize for Nonfiction and numerous Book of the Year designations.

North Shore News spoke with Campbell, also a professor at UBC, ahead of the talk she will give at the North Shore Writers Festival, taking place at the North Vancouver City Library on April 8. Here, she discusses her courageous journalism career, her writing process, and why a situation like Syria’s is closer to home than we might imagine.

North Shore News: Could you provide a short synopsis of A Disappearance in Damascus for those not familiar with it?

Deborah Campbell: It’s the

Journalist Deborah Campbell speaks at the North Vancouver City Hall atrium on Saturday, April 8 at 11:45 a.m. as part of the North Shore Writers Festival. For full schedule visit northshorewritersfestival.com. PHOTO SUPPLIED story of my friendship with my Iraqi fixer, the woman who was my guide and translator when I was immersing myself in the largest community of Iraqi refugees in Damascus.

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NSN: Did you go to Syria with the intention of writing a book?

Deborah Campbell: No, I was on assignment for Harper’s magazine. I was doing a story on the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees who were pouring into Syria after the fall of Saddam Hussein. I wanted to look at how this catastrophe was affecting the region and what the long-term consequences of that war might be.

It was already destabilizing the region. I also wanted to hear exactly what was happening to civilians; I felt like there was a lot of coverage of military matters, but the people who were actually living the war on the ground were barely covered at all.

NSN: How long after you arrived in Syria did you meet Ahlam?

Deborah Campbell: I met her about two weeks after I arrived. I was looking for someone who could act as a connector, one of those people who knew what was going on on the ground, knew the security problems, knew who I should talk to. And when people are running from strangers who want to kill them, it’s hard for a stranger like me to ask them questions. I needed someone the community trusted, and she was a leader in the community.

When she made the introductions, people were suddenly willing to open up to me.

NSN: How long after you met her was she apprehended?

Deborah Campbell: About nine months later.

NSN: At what point did you decide to document the experience this way?

Deborah Campbell: I didn’t decide to write the book until Ahlam was freed. I was worried about her safety and the safety of her family.

I was reporting heavily, but I wouldn’t have written this book if I didn’t know it was something she wanted, too. It’s very much our story written like a political thriller.

NSN: Did you take a collaborative approach with Ahlam when you were writing the book?

Deborah Campbell: No, she’s not a writer. But I interviewed her over the course of months to get background on events I wasn’t present for, to fill in the blanks. I interviewed her in Chicago where she lives now.

We would do eight-hour days of interviews, week after week.

It was gruelling.

NSN: Could you tell me about your writing process for A Disappearance in Damascus?

Deborah Campbell: I have thousands of pages of notes.

I take notes on everything, just as a reflex. And because I was doing this big story for Harper’s, I had already interviewed hundreds of people.

When I decided to write the book I sat down with Ahlam and took down her biography, essentially. And I also talked

to journalists who knew her when she was working as a fixer in Baghdad, before she came to Syria, and spoke with U.S. military who knew her then. I pulled it all together and came up with a structure that could carry the story. It has many intricate threads so it required many drafts.

NSN: Do you have any other projects on the horizon; other books you’re planning to write, or overseas assignments?

Deborah Campbell: I’m working on another (non-fiction) book right now. But I don’t want to jinx it (laughs).

NSN: You’ve lived in Paris, Tel Aviv, Damascus and Tehran.

Other than Ahlam’s traumatic imprisonment, how did this experience in Syria differ from the other places you’ve lived?

Deborah Campbell: Syria, when I was there, was very cosmopolitan, very multicultural, and Damascus was in the middle of an economic boom while the countryside was suffering a historic drought, the worst in known history.

But in the cities, and in my neighbourhood, young people were partying till two o’clock in the morning every single night: going to bars, to clubs, drinking espresso, surfing their laptops. It was a warm and welcoming place but there were huge divisions between urban and rural. Much like the U.S. today.

NSN: Can you tell us what has happened to Ahlam since her arrest? How is her life now?

NSN: You’re a professor at UBC teaching creative non-fiction.

What advice do you have for an aspiring non-fiction writer?

Deborah Campbell: Go somewhere that is talked about in the news but little understood.

Spend some time there, live cheaply, get to know people, learn their language, the issues. And when the news is looking for somebody to write deeply about that place, you’ll be the expert.

NSN: Are you doing your dream job?

Deborah Campbell: I never had a plan. I always followed my instincts and went where there were things I wanted to know that nobody was telling me. I have always been interested in how political events affect ordinary people.

So rather than report the kind of press conference-style stories that are easily available I like to go find out how people live, especially in difficult circumstances.

NSN: And that leads me to another question. After spending time in war-torn countries and places with political instability, how does it feel coming back to Vancouver? How do you reconcile life here with those experiences?

Deborah Campbell: I think we’re unaware sometimes of how vulnerable we are to the same conflicts that afflict other places. The war in Syria had a lot to do with rising inequality and the divide between urban and rural. There had been a sudden massive spike in real estate and housing costs. This meant that a lot of the poor farmers who were leaving their land because of the drought – a million of them, arriving in the cities at the same time as more than a million refugees – couldn’t find affordable housing or decent jobs. This was a key reason for the early protests.

The protests began in areas most affected by the drought and by domestic

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RYU athletic apparel launches at Park Royal Respect Your Universe tailored for the urban athlete MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

RYU promises their apparel will adapt to whatever athletic endeavour the North Shore offers, from the Grouse Grind to a yoga class to a kayak in Indian Arm.

The Vancouver-rooted company, which recently opened a 3,967-square-foot store at Park Royal South, declares their clothes and gear are designed for the multi-discipline athlete.

While other brands are synonymous with specific sports like yoga or soccer, RYU’s apparel takes you from one to another, according to RYU vice-president Alex Briglio.

“What RYU was founded on was ... we are here to facilitate human performance, and so we do it with the apparel,” explains Briglio.

RYU, which stands for Respect Your Universe, wasn’t worried about the competition when they launched in Vancouver’s heavily saturated athletic-wear market in 2015, according to Briglio.

“There’s more than enough pie for everybody to eat,” he says. “Our real competitors in our space is more video games, or just sitting on the couch watching (TV) instead of (exercising).”

“Tailored innovation for the urban athlete” is RYU’s tagline. At its basic level, RYU

RYU store manager Charlotte Harris folds apparel in the urban athletic wear company’s new 3,967-square-foot store with a minimalistic esthetic at Park Royal South. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD gear has to be really durable and perform to its highest ability, explains Briglio.

Then the men’s and women’s products are separated into three categories: gear that will get you there and back, gear for training and development, and rest and recovery pieces – in sizes ranging from XS to XL. RYU employs Corlayr – mainly cottons – and Teclayr – mainly synthetic – types of fabrics for its rest and recovery pieces and high performance apparel

respectively. Meanwhile, RYU’s apparel styling is minimalistic and very sleek looking, describes Briglio.

The Vapor line is new for spring, made from a mixture of synthetics and silver salt, which is a relatively new anti-odour innovation for performance wear. Briglio says the Vapor apparel dries incredibly fast and weighs next to nothing, “that’s why we call it Vapor.”

“In the hot weather, sweating, you don’t feel it – it’s not sticking to you,” he adds.

A Vapor Crew Neck Tee costs $63, and a Racerback Tank, $53.

RYU tries to troubleshoot athletic wear issues. With ladies’ tights, for instance, RYU patented a Trilayr (three layer) waistband with a special compression element sandwiched in the middle layer.

“What is does is it holds the tights up all the time,” explains Briglio. “So if you are ever doing squats or running you’re never pulling up your tights, they stay. Because

most of the time you are adjusting, adjusting, adjusting -- you don’t have to do that with ours.”

A bonus benefit of these Trilayr tights, popular with women after pregnancy: they help to engage your core muscles, says Briglio. RYU’s Tough Tights cost around $100.

RYU’s Ethos series, introduced a month ago, makes hoodies and sweatshirts that are more flexible for arm-blasting workouts. The company is patenting the underarm fabric, which allows

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The esthetic at RYU’s Park Royal location is clean, modern and minimalistic, describes Briglio, adding the airy and relaxed space allows people to connect with each other. In addition to the retail component, RYU has a 2,000-square-foot events space, which is open to the community for a variety of functions.

“On the North Shore there is a vibrant, fit community and so it’s just good to be in the community,” says Briglio of why Park Royal was chosen for RYU’s third retail location.

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Marion Bridge: A funny and touching play about the story of three estranged sisters who reunite in their family home to say goodbye to their dying mother WednesdaysSaturdays until April 15 at 8 p.m. with a matinee April 8 at 2 p.m. Admission: $20/$18.

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The 39 Steps: Theatre West Van presents a zany comedy April 21 (preview $15), 22, 27-29, May 3-6 at 8 p.m. with a matinee May 6 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $23/$21.

PRESENTATION HOUSE THEATRE 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver. Tickets: 604-9903474 phtheatre.org Redpatch: A historical drama that focuses on a young Metis soldier Wednesday-Saturday until April 9 at 8 p.m. with a matinee Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets: $15-$28.

THEATRE AT HENDRY HALL 815 East 11th St., North Vancouver. 604-983-2633 northvanplayers.ca 2000: A light-hearted drama about a mysterious mountain man who wanders into the lives of a local family April 7, 8, 12-15, 19-22 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $18/$16.

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TWO LIONS PUBLIC HOUSE 2601 Westview Dr., North Vancouver Flashbackto Motown: Legendary Riley Inge (of The Temptations) & his Ryze Band bring you a Magical Night of Motown at it’s finest. Cabaret style, dine & dance to your favorite songs. Sunday, April 9 from 5-9 p.m. Tickets: $20.

– Compiled by Debbie Caldwell

Syria was a functioning multicultural country From page 18 displacement. We have similar problems in Vancouver, of course. We see people being displaced every day by skyrocketing housing costs.

Remember, Syria was a functional multicultural country before all this. But the government forgot to take care of the needy, and left it to the police and security services to keep order. That only works for so long.

NSN: How does it feel having lived in Syria for six months and then now living in Vancouver, a place that is home to a large number of Syrian refugees? How do you feel seeing the situation from this perspective?

Deborah Campbell: I’m glad we’re taking in some refugees – very few on the global scale, in fact. And the refugees who come here will adapt and contribute and we should help them do so, but we should also stop facilitating wars.

Every time we sell arms to a country like Saudi Arabia, we’re involved in making more refugees. We should starve these conflicts of arms.

I’m also concerned about the growing divide between rich and poor in our own

backyard. When people are driven out of Vancouver, when people are driven out of their homes because of spiking rent and real estate prices, what does that mean for our combined future? We should think about these things. In Syria, it’s too late.

NSN: Would you be able to share a short summary of what you are going to say at the talk on April 8?

Deborah Campbell: I’m going to tell the story of what it was like to be an undercover journalist in Syria, what happened to my fixer, and the story of my search for her, and also give some background on the war in Syria so people can understand how this conflict came about.

I want the audience to see the stories we know only from the news in a deeper and more intimate way.

The 18th Annual North Shore Writers Festival takes place April 7 and 8 at North Vancouver City Hall Library, northshorewritersfestival.com.

Admission is free with no registration required, but do arrive early, as seating is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more on Deborah Campbell’s work visit deborahcampbell.org.

Vote online, by mobile app or mail by Friday, April 21.

Vote at select Vancity community branches from Tuesday, April 4 – Saturday, April 8.

Annual General Meeting

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Registration at 5:30 pm, Conversation with Directors at 6 pm and meeting at 7 pm.

View and participate remotely on our AGM app or view the AGM via webcast. Visit vancity.com/AGM The webcast* will also be hosted at the following community branches: Mount Tolmie in Victoria, Chilliwack, Chieftain Centre in Squamish and Cormorant Island in Alert Bay. *Register in advance by calling 1.888.Vancity (1.888.826.2489) by 5 pm on Monday, May 1.

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Every year sees both a GS and a Slalom event. This year on Sunday, April 16th, we will introduce an exciting, new Team Parallel event, as part of the U16 category schedule, where two teams, comprised of mixed genders, race head-to-head down a slalom course. A longtime favourite for athletes and spectators alike, this team competition is gripping to watch. We invite everyone to come out over April 12th to 16th, and watch the action on either the Raven and Ptarmigan runs or on the Upper Dave Murray Downhill run on Whistler Mountain with your flags, cowbells, and enthusiasm to cheer on the athletes for a great race.

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ARTSCALENDAR Lapp comes from long line of teachers From page 14 were professional musicians, he also had the pleasure of learning the joy of fiddle music from his grandfather and several uncles and aunts.

As a teenager he broadened his musical horizons by looking to jazz. “I don’t know if this is just the nature of teens or something, where you’re looking to discover something that you can own on your own.

This was kind of mine and mine only. It’s your attempt to take a step outside of your family perimeters.”

GREAT MASS Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor & Opera Choruses will be performed by the Capilano University Festival Chorus and Capilano University Singers at the BlueShore at Cap, Saturday, April 8 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 9 at 3 p.m. For more info: capilanou.ca. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

other commitments. Because of the musical education he received by being around his family growing up, teaching music came naturally to him.

“I come from a long line of teachers,” Lapp says.

Audiences can come check out Daniel Lapp and his quartet – made up of Miles Black on piano, Joey Smith on bass, and Delby MacNayr on drums – pay homage to Chet Baker and beyond tonight (Friday, April 7) or tomorrow (Saturday, April 8) at the Kay Meek Centre. Tickets are $35 or $120 for a table of four. Show is at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by visiting kaymeekcentre.com/services/ box_office or calling the box office at 604-981-6335.

While Lapp took a step outside those perimeters, he’s always kept both feet firmly entrenched in music.

He represented the West Coast region as one of six fiddlers from across Canada who performed at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies in Vancouver.

He’s currently the artistic director at the School of Contemporary Music at the Victoria Conservatory of Music, and he says he teaches around 180 students every week in an ensemble setting.

He chuckles when asked how he finds time to keep teaching the trumpet and fiddle to students between his many performing, recording and

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The Toyota 86 revives the FRS of the now-defunct Scion brand, although its roots go much deeper, back to the Toyota sports cars of – yes, you guessed it – the 1980s. Supra fans will like the throwback vibe, although even non-enthusiasts can appreciate the new 86 as a fun daily driver. It is available at Jim Pattison Toyota in the Northshore Auto Mall. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

Toyota’s gonna party like it’s 1986 With Toyota cancelling the Scion brand – which surprised many of us – the Scion models moved over to the Toyota side of the family for 2017.

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This isn’t a good or bad thing … it’s just a different way of managing the brands and, frankly, less confusing for the buyers. The Scion never lived up to its promise and consumers were often confused as to what it really stood

for anyways.

The best news is that the most interesting car in the Scion fleet wasn’t cancelled along with the Scion brand and instead got carried over to Toyota as the 86 – which is the name that was being used elsewhere in the world.

DESIGN The original Scion FRS, before it became the Toyota 86, was an important car for

enthusiasts. It brought back the front engine and rearwheel drive, as well as the lightweight formula – and at the $30,000 price point. This return to nostalgic platforms from Toyota’s past reignited deep feelings from its followers.

With a new front bumper gracing the nose of the 86, its fang-like structure is aggressive and exciting. Full LED headlights come standard,

and new “86” badges adorn the fenders and are engraved on the sides of the headlights.

On the rear of the vehicle we see this LED usage on the tail lights. The new rear bumper diffuser and the optional spoiler suits the vehicle’s styling, should you decide on this option.

With its more current and yet timeless look, the updated interior positions the car in Toyota’s new line up. While

this tried-and-true design inside and out may not be super exciting, it wouldn’t look out-dated too soon into the future as well, thanks to what I call a “classic” coupe look.

PERFORMANCE Utilizing the flat “pancake” boxer engine enabled the engineers to mount the engine

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This week, by virtue of a scheduling mix-up, I found myself driving an enormous Ford Transit cargo van.

Grinding Gears Brendan McAleer left hand lane and then get held up by a clog of traffic. I also used the van’s bulk as road presence, to ward off the sort of people who try to close a gap as soon as you put your signal on. In a motorcycle, these aggressive drivers would doubtless be terrifying. Against a trundling white cargo van the size of an apartment block, they were suddenly a lot more courteous.

Sure, parking was a bit of a nightmare, but in every other aspect the van was such good fun I even started making a theme song for it: Cargo van, cargo van; does whatever a cargo van does.

Can I park it? Kind of man.

It’s a van, a cargo van.

Look out! Not used to cargo vaaaan.

By the end of the week, I was thoroughly used to cargo van, which was even returning reasonable fuel economy thanks to a relatively thrifty diesel. I began imagining a world where we all drove big, roomy cargo vans, with removable benches for all our friends, and the ability to carry home any DIY supplies you might need. It wouldn’t even have to be a fleet of massive Transits, but a host of smaller vans, like the midsized Mercedes Metris, or some of those tiny European delivery vans.

Of course, that’s a bit silly.

People don’t buy sports cars, and they don’t buy vans, and they don’t even seem to be buying minivans anymore.

What they mostly buy is crossovers, high-riding cars of questionable usefulness.

In contrast, a week with my cargo van proved to be a dalliance with a vehicle that was so useful I couldn’t find a way to test its limits. If a van is part of how you make your living, I’m sure the Transit would be an ideal vehicle, capable of swallowing up a medium-sized tool bench, doors, industrial equipment, racks of copper pipes, spools of wiring, mountain bike parts – the possibilities are endless.

I don’t envy you fighting the traffic on the Upper Levels every evening, but

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The Transit comes in multiple configurations, and for whatever reason, I thought this one was going to be the smaller Connect version. It was not. It was the size of my house.

With a roof high enough to stand in, and a flat, rubberized cargo floor that would qualify as a medium-sized condo by Vancouver standards, the Transit was almost comically roomy. It beeped when it backed up, it took up one and a half parking spaces, and it had the seat height of a dump truck.

While I had a little lumber to move around – a task the Transit disposed of as easily as taking out the recycling – there was nothing on the calendar that would really tax this machine. If I’d joined an elephant smuggling ring, or needed to transport disassembled DeLoreans, it’d have been ace.

But as it was, I mostly ended up using the van a bit like a regular vehicle, which caused me to discover something rather surprising. Turns out, a cargo van is one of the most fun vehicles to drive on the road. It might even be more fun than a supercar.

At the beginning of the week, I was off in Arizona driving the new MercedesBenz AMG GT C, which has a name that’s pure Alphagetti but a drivetrain that’s absolute fury. It was extremely fast, extremely convertible, and extremely expensive.

When you’re driving a really fast car like that in the canyons, the first thing you notice is how quick and capable it is. The second thing you notice is how many very leisurely drivers like to use the same roads. The third thing you notice is how few passing zones there are.

And so, your superfast machine only goes as quickly as the Toyota-Priusor-similar in front of you.

Understandably, this is a bit frustrating, but at least the top comes down.

With the cargo van, there was still that feeling of ridiculous potential every time I looked over my shoulder and saw the huge amount of space (we could rob a brewery! Or even start a brewery !!). But at the same time, driving it around wasn’t a case of being held up by traffic or seeking out g-forces.

Instead, thanks to the ultra-high seating position, I began reading traffic to better position the van, and subsequently often ended up just ahead of people who would fly down the

driving around from place to place in a van seems a little better than being stuck in a stuffy office all day. Look out!

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The driver benefits by getting a lower center of gravity and better handling all around.

The 86 is lacking a bit when it comes to pure power.

205 horsepower and 156 footpounds of torque are plenty, but could we have squeezed in just a tad more? Having said that, this Toyota engages the driver with a balanced character and superb ride that’s hard to fault in such a reasonably priced sports car.

The 86’s weighted steering synthesizes road feel with accuracy, however, the feedback and feel of the surface is a little numb. A Torsen Limited Slip Differential ensures power to the wheels, as needed, especially when traction is in demand.

There is a flat spot above 4,000 r.p.m. which makes the car feel more sluggish than it is. Keeping the car in the upper r.p.m. limit with the track mode on evokes the lively, high r.p.m. loving 4AGE engine equipped in the 1980s’

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AE86 (do you remember that car?).

Even though most buyers will be attracted to the automatic option with its trendy flappy paddles, this option reduces the driver’s edge to the car, and the novelty wears thin after a few hours.

I think it would be great if the “track” mode were re-named “86” mode or ’80s mode, removing the interference altogether and making it as close to the original as possible. Weren’t all ’80s cars permanently in track mode all the time?

The Toyota 86 comes standard with safety features like a highly rigid tensile steel frame, six airbags, a tire pressure monitoring system, and Toyota’s Star Safety System, which includes: Vehicle Stability Control, Traction Control, Anti-Lock Brake System, Electronic Brake-Force Distribution, Brake Assist and Smart Stop Technology.

ENVIRONMENT The interior is appealing in its simplicity – it’s all about driving. Updates include a smaller diameter steering wheel, which I feel suits the size and feel of the car. Audio controls adorn the left side

of the steering wheel and the right side is blank. The cruise control switch is on the right side below the paddles. The red stitching and red highlights in the older model have been replaced with a black interior with silver highlighting. Enthusiastic drivers who track the car will appreciate the padded leather cushioning next to the driver’s knee and on the door.

The seats are amazing, period. And the continuation of the micro-suede from the dash to the doors is a real sweet touch for a kid who grew up watching Group-B Rally. The driver’s position is right on, too; legs forward, slight recline and excellent visibility – better than many sports cars costing twice as much.

Anyone who says that the center console feels cheap is missing the point. Haven’t you ever been in a 1980s’ Toyota?

Like the Celica or Supra?

The simplicity of the design harking back to the ’80s cars is what makes this car both modern and nostalgic at the same time. I really wish that they called this car the Celica instead of the 86.

The windows are the one touch automatic type. The centre gauge cluster, while being traditional, is easy on

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Another important project that will soon join the neighbourhood is a new YMCA with state-of-the-art amenities. These projects are estimated to cost $500 million and will provide significant local and regional economic benefits.

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the eyes and conveys the information at a glance.

The media control screen is seven inches and the touch screen is nicely responsive.

However, the small buttons can be a pain to operate when the car is moving over rough surfaces.

The media control unit housed in the dash displays the reverse camera image.

The reverse camera is standard on the 86.

FEATURES The price ranges from $29,580 and goes up to $38,680 with all the options fitted.

Standard equipment includes: a seven inch touch panel display; Audio4 backup camera; multi-information display; eight speakers; leather-wrapped steering wheel; aluminum sport pedals; flat folding rear bench seats with recline; LED headlamps with automatic headlamp system; and dual exhaust outlets.

Additional features, available as options include: block heater; Bongiovi Acoustics DPS; cargo liner; centre armrest; fog lamps; hood deflector; paint protection film; premium display audio system with navigation; rear bumper applique; rear spoiler; and side window deflectors.

The real fun is in the

Toyota Racing Development (TRD) add-on features: TRD 18-inch alloy wheels (staggered fitment); black TRD air filter; TRD exhaust system; TRD lowering springs; TRD performance brake pads; TRD performance intake and TRD sway bars.

Fuel efficiency numbers (litres/100 kilometres) for the manual are 11.3 city and 9.9 highway, while the automatic version returns 9.9 city and 8.7 highway.

following and heritage going back 26 years, the MX-5 has earned its place in the automotive world. The latest generation saves more weight through technology, coming in at only 83 kilograms heavier than the first generation model from 1990.

The MX-5 ranges in price from $31,900 to $39,200.

NISSAN 370Z The Nissan Z is a powerhouse for the price and handling. It is, however, starting to look a little dated compared to the competition. Its 3.7-litre V-6 provides plenty of torque and power, albeit being a little thirsty in terms of gas. The 370Z starts at $29,998 and ranges up to $54,998.

THUMBS UP The 86 has all the right ingredients to be a fun, livable sports coupe.

THUMBS DOWN It is a little underpowered and could leave some drivers wanting more.

CHEVROLET CAMARO The Camaro is an allAmerican coupe that has a character very different from the Asian competitors.

Although you can have the base model with a 2.0-litre turbo, the Camaro has “raw” power stemming from the available V-8 engine. The design is classic with surprisingly modern touches inside.

The Camaro coupe starts at a little less than $30,000.

THE BOTTOM LINE The 2017 Toyota 86 delivers a lot of fun and emotion to all drivers, not just enthusiasts. This is a car that can make the trip from point A to B far more than just “the drive.”

Competitors MAZDA MX-5 The MX-5 is a lightweight, fun and affordable convertible sports car. With a strong

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