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Players from team Germany (a.k.a. Burnaby) and Korea (a.k.a. Hollyburn) race up the ice during Grouse Mountain’s annual pond hockey tournament Feb. 12. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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Young players enjoy the thrill of outdoor hockey at Grouse Mountain’s seventh annual pond hockey tournament played last weekend during the resort’s Olympic legacy event, 24 Hours of Winter. Fourteen teams of players aged six to eight from the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley went head to head in a friendly competition.

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Germany (a.k.a. Burnaby) vs. Korea (a.k.a. Hollyburn).

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Howe Sound’s environment continues to show marked improvement from its days as an industrial dumping ground but it has a long, long way to go.

The Vancouver Aquarium’s Coastal Ocean Research Institute released a sprawling report on Howe Sound Friday showcasing the great progress made and the areas and species still under threat.

The report casts a wide net in its 364 pages, detailing the status of dozens of types of sea life and their specific habitats, as well as delving into water quality, how the Sound is used for recreation and citizen science, First Nations history of the region, commercial and sport fisheries, stewardship efforts, and development pressures.

“There is some good news. There are some great signs of recovery in Howe Sound. We’ve seen more

Three transient orca whales hunt for prey in Howe Sound. Sightings of cetaceans have hit record levels, according to research published by the Vancouver Aquarium’s Coastal Ocean Research Institute. PHOTO LANCE BARRET-LENNARD cetaceans in the last year than we’ve seen since the early 2000s when we started doing the citizen science counts,” said Andrew Day, executive director of

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Also on the good news front, culturally, the appreciation for Howe Sound has likely never been higher.

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in Howe Sound and, obviously, lots of recreational use of the area,” Day said.

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LGH unveils vision for new acute care tower

Hospital foundation kicks off $100M capital campaign for new facility

over the next 18 months.

While figures have not been confirmed, the Ministry of Health anticipates kickingin a potential $100 million towards the capital projects, said Sacha Kennedy, spokeswoman for Vancouver Coastal Health. The province would also be responsible for operating costs of the new facility.

“This project is urgent,” said Pierre Lebel, chair of the LGH Foundation. “Our existing 55-year-old tower has served us well… but when it comes to hospitals, 55 is not the new 30.”

The current south acute tower at LGH was opened in 1961. While it served the North Shore for many decades, a swiftly changing and aging population has created the need for a more up-to-date facility.

“While we are still a community hospital at heart, we’ve become so much more,” said Dr. Ramesh Sahjpaul, a neurosurgeon who spoke at the announcement.

“We now perform over 15,000 surgeries a year.

This number is expected to grow over the years as our population ages and as the population of the Lower Mainland ages,” Sahjpaul said.

Sahjpaul added that medical teams are too often having to perform surgeries in over-crowded conditions and patients are being cared for in multi-occupancy rooms.

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Lions Gate Hospital is one step closer to getting a new $170 million medical care and surgical centre, following the province’s recent approval of a concept plan for the facility.

North Shore MLAs, Vancouver Coastal Health officials and Lions Gate Hospital Foundation members delivered the news Friday at the hospital’s HOpe Centre.

The LGH Foundation also formally announced the start of a $100 million fundraising campaign to build the new medical care facility and tower for the hospital. The province also plans to fund a $26 million power plant replacement, which will happen at the same time.

Anticipated costs for the two projects combined are estimated at around $200 million, although those numbers are to be finalized in a business plan to be completed

West Vancouver philanthropist Paul Myers looks on as Noor Esmail of Lower Mainland Facilities Management goes over a concept model of upcoming changes to the hospital that were announced Friday. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD “This new medical and surgical tower will allow us to continue to provide the very best care for our patients,” Sahjpaul said. “We know, for example, that patients who are managed post-operatively in single-occupancy rooms have a lower rate of surgicalside infections and this translates into reduced length

of stay.”

By Friday’s announcement the campaign had already raised over $50 million, including $25 million from West Vancouver philanthropist and Keith Plumbing & Heating owner Paul Myers, who made the donation in 2015. The hospital is planning to name its new tower after him.

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irst the good news. Howe Sound is on the upswing. The worst days of industrial pollution and mine tailings are behind it and some species, like transient orcas, are returning in record numbers.

Now the bad news: It’s as fragile as ever and new threats are looming.

The Vancouver Aquarium’s Coastal Ocean Research Institute has released an ambitious report covering dozens of topics related to the health of Howe Sound and what we ought to be doing to protect it.

The aquarium is to be commended for this excellent report.

We recommend everyone with even a passing interest in Howe Sound give it a read.

Its action plan applies equally to individuals and governments.

But, like most studies, this one really only has value if we heed its findings.

The federal Liberals have put up $1.5 billion to study and protect Canada’s coastal waters.

Some might argue the money is an overdue investment in our long-suffering environment.

Others accuse the government of simply using our tax dollars to offset the risks of the pipeline and LNG projects they have been approving. In either case, we still have a lot to do.

There are some extremely fragile and endangered glass sponge reefs that have been discovered in recent years, yet only one per cent of Howe Sound enjoys adequate protection.

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Taking a baseball bat to the Best Album debate

Every year a celebration known as the Grammys is held to honour the world’s greatest singers, songwriters, composers and music-makers.

The best of the best, those who reach dizzying heights of musicianship, come together to be recognized for their extraordinary gifts. Sometimes Justin Bieber is there too.

The Grammys are named after my grandmother – we called her Grammy – whose early-onset Alzheimer’s and love of Irish pipe music perfectly exemplified the modernity and freshness of the Grammys.

The show’s biggest award is Album of the Year, a prize given only to masterpieces such as Steely Dan’s 2001 epic, Wait, Steely Dan is Still Alive?; Toto’s heartbreaking 1983 ode to intravenous fluid, titled Toto IV; and The Button-Down

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The 2017 show was held last week and sadly there was controversy over which one-named songstress should take home the award. Even winner Adele thought the honour should go to finalist Beyoncé. And then there was Donald Trump, who went on Fox News following the show

to complain that #FakeNews CNN wasn’t giving him credit for winning Album of the Year for his masterpiece, The White Album. Sad! I hate to see people upset, particularly the president, so I thought we should solve this problem once and for all.

I don’t have a dog in this fight – somehow the Tragically Hip and the St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band were both overlooked this year – so I’m in a good position to objectively evaluate these albums that I’ve never heard of. Let’s open it up to all the Album of the Year finalists, a group that included one fine Canadian export, and also Justin Bieber. Here we go, the best of the best: Artist: Adele Name of album: 25 Cover art: Adele’s soulful face Artist description: Soulbearing, powerful, cheeky

British woman Hit song: “Hello” (1.88 billion views on YouTube) Exemplary lyric: “Hello.”

Motifs: Doing things slowly; sepia tones; saying hello; a 25-year-old dreaming about lost youth; hello; it’s me; did she just say hallo?; phones.

Overall message: Don’t make Adele sad or she’ll call you like 1,000 times.

Artist: Beyoncé Name of album: Lemonade Cover art: Ear, surrounded by cornrows and fur Artist description: Soulbearing, powerful, fierce American woman Hit song: “Hold Up” (77.3 million views on YouTube) Exemplary lyric: “I got hot sauce in my bag.”

Motifs: underwater horror film; walking; baseball; joyful vandalism; fire hydrant abuse.

Overall message: Don’t make

Beyoncé mad or she’ll smash your face in.

Artist: Drake Name of album: Views Cover art: Drake sitting on top of the CN Tower Artist description: Soulbearing, introspective, nerdily smooth Canadian man Hit song: “Hotline Bling” (1.14 billion views) Exemplary lyric: “You used to call me on my cellphone/late night when you need my love.”

Motifs: Slow dancing; Drake in a box; booty; turtleneck?!

Overall message: Please call Drake, or he’ll be forced to continue silly dancing.

Artist: Justin Bieber Name of album: Purpose Cover art: Bowing Bieber, fingers tented Artist description: Nice, then bad, then maybe nice again Canadian stick figure/heart

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Hit song: “Sorry” (2.26 billion views) Exemplary lyric: “You know I try but I don’t do too well with apologies/I hope I don’t run out of time, could someone call a referee?”

Motifs: girls dancing; more girls dancing; soft singing; no images of Bieber!; girls doing astrophysics; just kidding – girls dancing.

Overall message: “Is it too late to say I’m sorry?” Nah bro, as long as I don’t have to listen to any more singing.

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Location of youth centre next to pub questioned Dear Editor: Re: North Shore to Get ‘One-Stop Shop’ for Youth, Feb. 12 news story.

The recent article written

by Ben Bengtson published in the North Shore News does not make any mention of the poor location chosen by the Ministry of Health for the Foundry.

Common sense would say that It is a bad decision by the provincial Government and supported by the three Liberal MLAs on the North Shore to allow this facility to be located in a building next to a liquor store and on the same street as a pub. One of the main purposes of this centre is to provide counselling for youths between the ages of 16 and 24 with drug and alcohol addictions.

Sailor Hagar’s Pub and Liquor store has been at their location for 30 years and we were not informed of this

decision until a week prior to the formal announcement and political gathering that was held on Friday, Feb. 10 and covered in your article. There was no awareness campaign or public input process for ourselves or for any nearby businesses or residents.

When I mention to people the location choice for this facility by the provincial government, they think it is ridiculous and they laugh.

Consider the fact that if this youth addiction counselling centre had been located at this site already, there is no way that the province’s Liquor Control and Licensing Branch or the Ministry of Health would allow a liquor store or pub to move next to it.

Our business involves the sale of alcohol and we need to continue to promote this any way that we are legally permitted to in order

to stay competitive in the marketplace, which includes storefront signs and sandwich board signs on the sidewalk in front of our liquor store and pub.

With such close proximity to our liquor store and pub it will make it very difficult for these vulnerable young people between the ages of 16 and 24 to remain on track as they come and go from their counselling sessions.

We are in favour of a facility of this nature, for it is necessary that we provide assistance to troubled and vulnerable youths; however, in their search for a location on the North Shore, surely they could have found a site not located next to a liquor store and pub

Brian Riedlinger co-owner, Sailor Hagar’s Brewpub and Liquor Store North Vancouver

Four talented artists, and Bieber From page 8

boat named Sturgill Simpson Hit song: “Brace For Impact (Live a Little)” (1.21 million views) Exemplary lyric: “So go and live a little/Bone turns brittle/ And skin withers before your eyes.”

Motifs: creepy aging alien; singing man (Sturgill Simpson, maybe?); death; old man driving hot-rod coffin; flying death boat.

Overall message: You don’t know who I am, but I have a message for you: You are going to die.

That’s the list. And after checking them all out I have to say that it’s a talented bunch.

And also Bieber. I’d even have to say that Sturgill Simpson can craft a pretty cool tune.

For a boat, at least.

They’re all so different though, which underscores the absurdity of taking a bunch of finely crafted works of art – and Bieber – and deciding which is the “best.”

To settle this, I’ll slide it onto the most important, impartial scale on Earth: how embarrassed I would feel if one of my co-workers glanced over my shoulder and saw me checking out this artist. Adele is a 7 out

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of 10, Drake a 3, and Bieber a gazillion. Sturgill Simpson might actually be our janitor.

Beyoncé, though … she’s a 2.

That’s pretty good. Plus when I woke up the day after listening to all these songs, Beyoncé was the one still playing in my mind. Plus pregnant ladies rule. Plus please don’t hit me with a bat, Beyoncé – you’ve got my vote.

Congrats Queen B. I know this isn’t the same as winning an actual Album of the Year Grammy, but you’ll probably get one of those someday too.

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The rodent population has gone up significantly, to my direct knowledge.”

— City of North Vancouver Coun. and Moodyville resident Rod Clark discusses the wharf rats that have scampered into the neighbourhood as it awaits redevelopment (from a Feb. 17 news story).

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— West Vancouver Police Department spokesman Const. Jeff Palmer recounts the story of a frustrated selfie-seeker who was ticketed while trying to photograph himself from the sunroof of a moving car (from a Feb. 15 news story).

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Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc took part in a keel laying for the second of Ottawa’s offshore fisheries vessels during a tour of Seaspan Shipyards on Thursday.

LeBlanc, whose ministry will eventually deploy the Coast Guard vessels under construction, stopped by the shipyard to see first-hand the work progressing on the John Franklin, the first of the Coast Guard ships, along with two other fisheries vessels under construction.

Work on the first ship is about 65 per cent complete. The project passed a milestone at the beginning of February as the superstructure containing the bridge was joined to the rest of the ship. Seaspan and government officials hope to see the ship in the water by the fall.

A Seaspan welder (left) gives a helping hand to federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc (right) as he welds his initials into a piece of steel at the shipyard Thursday. PHOTO SUPPLIED Blocks that will form the second ship are currently being assembled in the shipyard. Work on the third Coast Guard vessel also began earlier this month.

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Study meant to spur gov’t action From page 6 some stark losses. There used to be millions of eulachon, a small oily fish that was a staple of the Squamish Nation people and a “superfood” for whales, that are now gone. More than 80 humpback whales were lost to local whaling and sturgeon that once lived near the streams and fed the sound are gone.

“We’re seeing the brutal facts around what we’ve lost that we need to confront, and that is a tragedy but we also need to see that as a source of optimism and a source of inspiration to say, with the right action and with giving nature half a chance and letting it do the rest, this place can go nowhere but up. If we keep on this trajectory of recovery, this place can sustain so much life, so much richness and diversity of life,” Day said.

The report comes with a user-friendly website OceanWatch.ca that makes each aspect of the study easily accessible. Each area of study comes with an action plan that both individuals and governments can follow to keep building on past improvements.

Among the threats to the ecological recovery listed in the report: The District of Squamish is one of the fastest growing municipalities in Canada and traffic on the Sea to Sky Highway has gone up 40 per cent in the last five years.

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a gravel mine is proposed for McNabb Creek, both of which would bring more ship traffic, and the province is also mulling the idea of a highway linking the Sunshine Coast to the Lower Mainland via Howe Sound, the report adds.

“We uncovered a lot of data about the rapid growth in the area, and whether that’s residential growth or whether it’s industrial growth, in the past, those things have come with a cost for nature,” he said.

“Moving forward, we need to really step up our game and try to find ways where human development and human needs are not in conflict with nature… There are lots of examples around the world that use very clever engineering, very clever technology that build on this working with nature concept, rather than just pummeling it.”

Day said his hope is that the report does not sit and collect dust, like so many others, but rather serve as launching pad for future action.

“That is really what our hope is for it – to spur on action and to spur on the recovery of this beautiful, amazing place that’s right at our doorstep,” he said.

The federal government’s $1.5 billion ocean protections plan is an “unprecedented” move in that direction, Day said, contrasting it with funding cuts under the Conservatives.

“Certainly we didn’t see much commitment to science.

We didn’t see much commitment to oceans under the previous government. It’s a world of difference.”

Gambier Island on a calm day in Howe Sound. PHOTO GARY FIEGEHEN

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Lisa King Beers and Bites fundraiser Thespians and supporters of the Deep Cove Stage Society raised a pint at Narrows Pub for a good cause Saturday, Feb. 11. Eighty people in total attended the stage society’s Beers & Bites fundraiser to help replace the Deep Cove Shaw Theatre’s aging seats. Approximately $2,000 was raised through two 50/50 raffles and a silent auction with donations from many local merchants. Guests enjoyed food and drink and music from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s courtesy of a DJ, among other activities and prizes. The Beers & Bites pub night was part of a larger, multi-year campaign to raise money for the $15,000 seats and a variety of other projects, including converting some exterior space at the back of the 25-year-old Shaw Theatre into a rehearsal area and construction workshop.

Trudy Gruber, Joe Spiteri, Robin Lauer and Shelley McLean

Deep Cove Stage Society president Glen Miller, publicist and actress Amy Starkey with DCSS member Greg Dent

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Norman White, Doug Perri with Caroline and Mike Jarvis, DCSS past president

Lisa and Doug Richardson with Patricia Chetwynd

First Impressions Theatre’s Bill Lawrie with Bengt-Ove Nylen, Anna-Lisa Jones, Anna-Lisa Jones Sr. and Pamela Jones

DCSS’s Maggie Kolodziej, Jutta Vertegaal DCSS members Bob and Kathy Bradley, Theatre and event organizer Harjog McElmoyle B.C.’s Jacqollyne Keath, and Judith White

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Stranded busses line Lonsdale Avenue during a huge dump of snow Feb. 3 that turned the steep thoroughfare into a slippery, icy mess. Active North Vancouver photo bug Mark Teasedale found himself in the middle of the action when his SUV got stuck along with everyone else on the road. With nowhere else to go, he started shooting. PHOTOS SUPPLIED MARK TEASEDALE

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What do you do when all hell breaks loose on your normally blissful hometown main street and clear and present danger appears ready to pounce from any and all angles?

If you’re North Vancouver business owner/ photo bug Mark Teasedale, you grab your camera and start shooting. Teasedale found himself in the right place at the wrong time earlier this month as Snowmaggedon 2.0 hit Lower Lonsdale hard, sending vehicles careening down the steep street past busses

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As cars slid out of control around him, Teasedale parked his own SUV just in time for the fun to really start. He described what happened next in a note to the North Shore News.

“As soon as I pulled over a car hit the curb with a loud crunch. Her front tired deflated and was kind of taco’ed on the curb. Then a semi did a partial jackknife right by me as I protected myself behind a street lamp.”

Yikes! Death by semi avoided, Teasedale then headed a block farther down the street to see the aftermath of a bus rear-ending a

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Talks offer yoga and fruit to help you find truth Two health-conscious Lower Lonsdale businesses have teamed up to provide a monthly community conversation series called Time to Talks.

Café to host the events, which will include a one-hour yoga session followed by a onehour group conversation talking about a wide range of issues. Previous sessions have Yoga and meditation studio Bodhi Studios centred on topics such as pregnancy and infant loss, and depression and anxiety. is collaborating with Buddhafull Provisions The next session is Sunday, Feb. 19, starting at 7:30 p.m. at Bodhi Studios and will feature holistic nutritionist Kate Horsman discussing body image disorder.

All of the talks are bydonation, with organic juices and smoothies provided by Buddhafull. Proceeds from each month’s talk, held the third Sunday of every month, will be donated to a charitable organization chosen by the leader of that month’s discussion.

For more information visit bodhistudios.ca or budLower Lonsdale’s Bodhi Studios hosts its next Time to Talks dhafull.ca. session tonight. PHOTO SUPPLIED WHITNEY KRUTZFELDT

Snowy Lonsdale a slippery slope From page 13

car, along with eight other TransLink buses flashing Not in Service signs.

“At this point I figured I would wait for the salt trucks before attempting to move my car,” said Teasedale. “As I

walked back to my car I saw more people getting stuck or just sliding in directions they did not want to go.”

Then came the fuel truck.

Uh oh.

“When I saw a fuel truck trying to navigate the hill I have to admit I stayed well

back from the street,” he said. Luckily the fuel truck made it down safely, and Teasedale was alive and well and ready for his next North Shore adventure.

You can find more photos through his Twitter account @MarksGonePublic.

Cadet warrant officer Christopher Hunt leads a trio of fellow cadets during a training workshop held on Family Day weekend at JP Fell Armoury. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

Cadets take the lead at JP Fell Armoury Students became the teachers at a cadet leadership training workshop held at North Vancouver’s JP Fell Armoury over the Family Day long weekend.

Teens from the 103 Thunderbird Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron in North Vancouver planned and executed the entire training weekend for more than 100 cadets from around the Lower Mainland with minimal input or advice from adult supervisors.

“When I took my first NCO training course it gave me extra opportunities to be a better

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Hunt was one of the cadets who spent the past weeks and months planning last weekend’s workshop. The experience helped him develop new leadership skills that will help him as he gets set to enter the adult world, he said.

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Sagar Dutt, 12, and camera operator Todd Craddock hop in the pool during the filming of Cracking Cancer. Dutt is being treated for hereditary neurofibromatosis, a cancer-like disorder that has left him with painful tumours in his hip and leg. While it’s too early to tell if Dutt’s treatment is working, he has been having an easier time doing flips in the pool. Cracking Cancer host David Suzuki discusses the future of treatments with Personalized OncoGenomics co-founder Dr. Marco Marra. Now with 750 patients, the POG trial is on its way to amassing a database that can personalize cancer treatments all over the world. PHOTOS SUPPLIED

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DNA researchers look to decode disease, one genome at a time JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

There may never be one cure for cancer.

However, that may not be as bad as it sounds, notes documentary producer Sue Ridout.

“Because cancer is so many things in so many different people … the idea of coming up with one cure is kind of a dream,” she says.

What is becoming reality, Ridout explains, is a burgeoning database that may allow for the targeted treatment of cancer in all its myriad forms.

That’s the premise of Ridout’s documentary Cracking Cancer. The film, which debuts on CBC’s The Nature of Things Thursday evening, focuses on

patients in an experimental trial called Personalized OncoGenomics, or POG. “I think it’s going to change the way we look at cancer,” Ridout predicts.

Instead of treating cancer based on where it is, POG focuses on what it is.

Researchers base much of their work on two key questions: What does the patient’s DNA look like? And how is that different from the DNA of the tumour?

By focusing on that distinction doctors can discover the crux of the cancer: a genetic mutation that might be something as simple as a protein.

If that protein can be countered, the POG treatment can essentially disrupt the signals that summon new blood vessels to a growing tumour, silencing it as surely as taking away a teenager’s cellphone.

“They give the patient a drug that’s never been used for cancer before and, lo and behold, their tumours stop growing or they even

disappear in some cases of what we call super responders,” Ridout says.

Zuri Scrivens is one of those super responders.

A mastectomy, radiation, chemo and hormone therapy initially seemed to help the Langley writer and birth doula. About 18 months later the cancer spread to her liver and lymph nodes.

She was considered incurable.

After enrolling in the POG program Scrivens was given a treatment for diabetes.

Five months later, the cancer couldn’t be detected.

Five years later, Scrivens still appears cancer-free.

Scrivens is one of several volunteers who allowed the film crew access to what director Judith Pyke noted were “their most vulnerable moments.”

“Quietly, often in the corner, we filmed as patients waited anxiously for results, as they went for biopsies and more scans and blood work, as they received great news and bad news. They

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The filmmakers were also allowed to film the POG team as they debated possible treatments.

The approximately threemonth POG process is a far cry from the private companies that charge cancer patients thousands of dollars for genetic testing, according to Ridout.

“They’re not just looking at the 26 genes that might be implicated in breast cancer … they’re sequencing the entire genome of a patient.

That’s 20,000 genes.”

Once the sequence is complete, genome scientists and specialists known as bioinformaticians quantify the “mountain of data” into algorithms.

Somewhere in the stack of a cancer patient’s 20,000 genes there’s something amiss, something that can offer a clue as to what’s “driving the cancer,” notes trial co-founder Dr. Janessa Laskin. “And then, can we

identify a drug that will block the cancer driver in each patient?” she asks.

Part of Ridout’s reason for doing the documentary is that it touches on the legacy of Nobel Prize winner Dr. Michael Smith, who served as the founding director of the Genome Sequencing Centre at the BC Cancer Research Centre.

Smith was instrumental in attracting genome and data scientists to the facility, and Ridout was intrigued at the prospect of that brilliance being harnessed against cancer.

“It’s really quite incredible what they’re doing and they really had their light under a bushel,” Ridout says of the BC Cancer Agency.

Ridout, who once served as volunteer director for the North Shore Community Foundation, became fascinated with POG as an example of what she calls the “personalized medicine revolution.”

“We know that cancer is definitely not one disease. It

is as different in one person as it is in the next, and so the diagnosis and treatment needs to be more personalized too.”

Approximately 750 cancer sufferers – many of them diagnosed as incurable – have been enrolled in the trial. To qualify they must be referred by their oncologist and the doctors must be able to attain a viable biopsy.

So far, about 40 per cent of the trial’s patients have seen their tumours stop growing, shrink or disappear, according to Ridout.

However, the documentary is careful not to portray the treatment as a miracle cure, Ridout promises.

Two patients involved in the trial have passed away.

Others, such as colon cancer sufferer Karl Pollak, had negligible results and resumed standard treatments.

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state when she enrolled in the program, according to Ridout.

After being a prescribed a drug typically used for high blood pressure, she’s still alive nearly seven years later.

There have been other patients in dire circumstances who lived longer than anyone would have expected, according to Ridout.

The trial began with 30 patients in 2012, back when genome sequencing cost $250,000 a patient.

With that price dipping to $20,000, the POG program’s goal is to enrol 5,000 patients (or 100 million genes) and create a database that can inform cancer treatment across the planet.

With enough information, medical science may

have a resource that could “revolutionize” how drugs are developed, according to genome scientist and POG trial founder Dr. Marco Marra.

The program could also alter the way chemotherapy is prescribed.

In his story of a woman suffering cancer, I Want to Live!, author Thom Jones penned this line about chemotherapy: “Only an archfiend could devise a dilemma where to maybe get well you first had to poison yourself within a whisker of death …”

“It’s amazing that even in this day and age cancer patients end up given a chemo that’s kind of guesswork,” Ridout says.

The sequencing process should let doctors zero in on what type of chemotherapy

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A puppy’s best subject is social studies human life.

Canine Connection Joan Klucha We expect a lot from our dogs in our complicated

We expect them to be quiet living amongst other people and animals they can’t see yet hear in condos and townhouses. We expect them to welcome strangers randomly touching them. We expect them to confidently sit at the local coffee shop immersed in street noise.

We expect them to get along with every dog that passes by and, of course, we expect perfect obedience.

If you expect this and more from your pup as an adult dog, you have to be

willing to put in a lot to get it, and it all starts with socialization.

Socialization means creating meaningful positive experiences with your puppy for the purpose of preparing them for life in a human world. It is far more than simply exposing them to a coffee shop or noise or people touching them, but ensuring that those exposures are as positive as possible so the young puppy creates a positive association with the experience and builds calm confidence.

confidently as an adult. So if you expect your puppy to sit at the edge of a soccer field all day with your adult dog, then begin bringing the young pup to a soccer field now and create a positive learning experience.

Want to walk with Fido down a busy street to a coffee shop? Get going on that walk now!

You can’t over-socialize a dog but you can improperly socialize them, and poorly socialized dogs will have behavioural problems.

The severity of the

Socialization should begin the moment a puppy comes home, any time after eight weeks of age as there is a very short but critical learning stage in a young puppy’s mental and emotional development that ends between 12-18 weeks of age depending on the dog. Smaller dogs have a shorter socialization window while large breed dogs have a longer one. During this socialization window it is imperative that the puppy is introduced to anything you would like them to cope with

problems depends on the individual dog’s personality.

Common problems are: getting over-excited, an inability to calm down, quickly stressing in different situations or around new people, fearfulness, aggression and anxiety.

As I said, it is important that the experience is as positive as possible and you can control that by how you expose your dog to new experiences.

Let your pup go at its own pace. Don’t shove, drag

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Memory Lane Laura Anderson The annual Heritage Tea has become a popular tradition at West Vancouver Seniors Activity Centre during Heritage Week in February.

“It’s one of the ways we celebrate the people who built our community,” says Joni Vajda, outreach co-ordinator. “Every year, we do something different but always relating to West Vancouver’s history. The tea has become one of our most popular events.”

This year, West Vancouver Historical Society plays a return engagement with a slideshow and talk about West Vancouver as it was.

John Moir and Dave Barker, born and raised in West Vancouver and teachers who both attended and taught at West Vancouver secondary, will talk about life along West Vancouver’s waterfront.

Dave’s paternal greatgrandparents, Minnie and Art Bossenberry, were summer visitors, camping in tents on the north shore of Burrard

Inlet in 1911, before there was a West Vancouver. His maternal grandparents, George and Jenny Barker, operated a boat rental and café at the foot of 17th Street during the 1930s.

John, born in 1947, remembers walking to school accompanied by the hooting of foghorns on foggy autumn mornings.

Delia Hughes is looking forward to the tea.

“I’m a newcomer to West Vancouver,” she says. “I’ve only been here eight years and I love learning about the history of this place. We have thriving and healthy seniors who remember West Vancouver in the early days.

How lucky we are to have our history still within living memory.”

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An only child, she lost her father at the age of 11, a year before the Second World War broke out. Her mother returned to nursing to support herself and her daughter, managing to keep Delia enrolled in dance and elocution classes through the long years of the war and the equally long years of rationing.

“A bra required three coupons, a coat 12, and you only got 24 coupons a year, so you had to be very careful,” recalls Delia.

Her life changed in the early 1950s when she took the opportunity to become a governess for a

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“It seemed we saw a new collection every day,” recalls Delia. That year they brought back a line of clothing called the New Look pioneered by Christian Dior, which used yards and yards of fabric that was “vastly different from the meagre selections back in England.”

In 1953, Delia met and married Islyn “Lyn” Hughes in Canada. When he retired, they opened a shop they called Crystal Cave where he repaired timepieces and jewelry and Delia was a dressmaker, eventually moving the shop home to England to be near their aging parents.

After Lyn and Delia’s mother died, the time had come to make another change. Delia returned to West Vancouver to live near her daughters.

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Joni Vajda, an outreach co-ordinator at West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, and Delia Hughes get ready for the annual Heritage Tea on Monday, Feb. 20. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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A new campaign launched this month in conjunction with Pink Shirt Day is aiming to get rid of bullying in sports, a world in which power struggles and high pressure can shove the fun out of the games we play.

ViaSport, a non-profit organization created by the provincial government to promote and develop amateur sport in British Columbia, recently issued a call to action for individuals and organizations to sign a Declaration of Commitment to erase bullying in sport throughout the province.

One of the faces of the campaign is Canadian Olympic hero Jennifer Heil, a viaSport board member who now calls North Vancouver home. Most people will remember Heil as the high-flying Olympic moguls gold medallist in 2006, as well as the first Canadian medallist at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics where she scored silver on Cypress Mountain. What almost no one New North Vancouver resident Jennifer Heil (second row, right) poses with participants and coaches during a girls camp she hosted in Jasper with Olympic knows, however, is that Heil friends Chloe Dufour-Lapointe and Kristi Richards. Heil has now turned her attention to a provincial campaign to combat bullying in sport. PHOTO SUPPLIED faced bullying when she first made the national team as a teen phenom out of Spruce Grove. at any level, from school yard play right up to the senior manag“I never got into sport to win, I got into sport because I loved “I was almost a decade younger than my teammates, and ers of elite programs. The Alberta native said she was lucky to the joy of that expression, and trying to be my best. I couldn’t there was a small fraction – and a specific individual – that bulget hooked on sports at an early age, long before she faced any put it into those words, but that was something I felt at age nine. lied me,” Heil told the North Shore News. “I was very focused bullying.

I just loved being in motion, and the joy in playing that game and on performance and wanting to be my best, and then I was “I basically did every sport possible that I had enough time challenging myself.” confronted with trying to navigate the World Cup team, trying to for,” said Heil, listing off swimming, track, volleyball, basketball, Heil is now hoping to pass that love of sport – free from qualify for Olympics and having this other side issue of bullying dance, gymnastics, and skiing as some of the games on her early intimidation and bullying – on to the next generation, which going on at the same time. … As a young athlete and someone career resumé. “In my early years I had such a positive experiincludes her own two sons, both under the age of four. who was much younger than my peers at the time, it was a very ence everywhere I went and just had a deep passion and love “I think with all these other layers, and things like bullying challenging first season.” for sport. And I’m pretty grateful there was no major experience and all the pressure we’re putting on kids, we take that (joy) Heil persevered, and eventually found the support she that derailed that early on.” away, and so I want my kids to participate in an environment needed, but the experience left a lasting impression on her.

Making sure that kids have a great experience in sport is of where they can challenge themselves, they can support their “I wish I had known what I know now. There’s a lot of the utmost importance, said Heil, given what we know about the teammates, they can learn how to win and, more importantly, research that says all you have to do is confront bullying and positive effects of being fit and healthy. how to lose in a respectable way in a safe environment,” she it stops within 10 seconds,” she said. “It also taught me very “There’s all the research and scientific evidence that shows said. “All these skills have to be learned. It’s not easy to lose, it’s quickly how I wanted to act. It taught me a lot about the way you that kids that are active are not just healthier, they do better in never easy to lose at any age, and that’s why sport is so amaztreat other people. Sport is hard because it brings all the emoschool, they have better relationships, they’re more community ing. In order to learn all these skills, you have to have the right tions to the forefront, everything is so extreme – it’s winning and orientated, they have better moods, they have better control of tone from the top about what’s acceptable, and then you have losing, it’s black and white. It’s extreme emotions, it’s challengtheir emotions – it’s a very, very long list,” said Heil. “We need to to make sure there are people on the ground who are helping to ing, it’s trying. And I think it’s an environment where those types look at sport in a different light, as a foundational piece in raising create those positive environments. You look around and unforof behaviours can come out quite naturally. And so I think the healthy kids. … If kids haven’t learned physical literacy by the tunately that’s not the case for a lot of people.” fact that as a whole we’re taking a stand against it and trying to age of 12, the evidence shows that most kids won’t be active That’s where the Erase Bullying campaign comes in, accordchange that experience – it’s needed.” later in life. I see it as a cornerstone of healthy development.” ing to viaSport CEO Sheila Bouman, who also calls North Heil’s story highlights one of the central tenets of viaSports Though she grew up to be an Olympic champion, that was Erase Bullying campaign: that bullying can occur at any age and never a goal for her when she was a young athlete, said Heil.

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Vancouver home.

“Sport is a powerful catalyst for personal growth and community pride; those participating in sport, at any level, should feel safe and encouraged,” Bouman stated in a release.

“Power in numbers can lead to real change.

Everyone in this province can have a hand in building a thriving sport community – taking the public pledge on our website is one step in helping us get there. Together we can ensure no child or athlete is bullied while participating in sport.”

It can be a sensitive subject, but Heil said that the more bullying is talked about, the

more power we all have to combat it.

“We have to speak about it. I’m just one voice of many,” she said. “These are things that people don’t always want to speak about, certainly not publicly, and it’s often very hard to confront. So this, in my mind, is such a positive thing because the stories are coming out and the sports organizations have been real leaders recognizing that there are a lot – too many – experiences of bullying in sport and we need to do something about it.”

Information about the Erase Bullying pledge, as well as a video featuring elite athletes including Heil, Brent Hayden and Trevor Linden, can be found at viasport.ca/ erasebullying.

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ELLIOTT, Iris Joan 1936 - 2017

Iris passed away peacefully at Lions Gate Hospital on January 4, 2017. She was born in Sussex, England, on October 30, 1936 to parents Robert and Edith Elliott. Iris was buried at North Vancouver Cemetery, with arrangements entrusted to Hollyburn Funeral Home.

Dr. Philip David Chubb January, 1940 - November, 2016 Chubb, Dr. Philip David - It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of David Chubb on November 29th, 2016.

Born in Toronto, David was the sole child of Philip and Winnifred Chubb. After living in both Canada and the United States, the family eventually settled in Whitby, Ontario. David received his medical degrees at the University of Toronto, specializing in Ophthalmology. The lure of the West Coast, however, proved too great. Settling in West Vancouver allowed David to pursue his love for the outdoors that BC afforded - whether it was fly fishing, camping and skiing, or latterly, golfing and gardening. Dedicated to his professional journal clubs, he had an enthusiasm for learning. His love for his profession and patients of 46 years left an indelible mark. He will be sorely missed.

David was the loving husband of Carol. He is survived by his son Craig (Susie) Chubb and daughter Karin (David) Stegemann. He was grandfather to six granddaughters: Cameron, Aidan, Bryn (Chubb), and Teagan, Avery and Carys (Stegemann). He will also be very sadly missed by his step-children (Carol’s children) Amy, John, and Alison (Reynolds).

A Celebration of Life will be held on Wednesday, March 1 at 3PM at St. David’s United Church, West Vancouver. As expressions of sympathy, donations can be made in memory of Dr. David Chubb to The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation or to the International Federation of Animal Welfare (IFAW).

To write a condolence to the family, please visit www.mckenziefuneralservices.com.

MACKIE, Maria 1935-2017 Maria ended her ten year battle with brain cancer on February 9, 2017, at home with her loving husband of 44 years, Jim at her side. Maria fled Hungary with her friend, Gaby, in 1956 and they arrived shortly after in Vancouver. She quickly learned English and participated in many sports and musical opportunities. She enjoyed her many years ushering at the QE Theatres and working in accounting and real estate, where she met many friends. She prized the many years she spent at the lakefront home she and Jim built at Lillooet Lake.

Maria was predeceased by very close friends Katie, Maureen, and Bonnie, and survived by her husband Jim, brother in law Jack (Sandy), dearest friends Bud and Hester, and in Hungary aunts Ilonka and Irenke and cousins Andrea (Peter) and Zsuzsi (Gabor). No service by request.

To write a condolence to the family, please visit www.mckenziefuneralservices.com.

WILD, Ian 1932 - 2017 Those we love don’t go away.

They walk beside us every day.

Unseen, unheard, but always near.

Still loved, still missed and held so dear.

Ian Wild passed away peacefully on February 14, 2017 at the age of 84 with his family by his side. Ian is survived by his beloved wife Thelma; daughters Jane (Harry), Sally (Jamie) and Paula (Jack); seven grandchildren and extended family. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www. springfieldfuneralhome.com 250-860-7077.

SMEE, Susan (Sue) Mary November 12, 1947 - February 9, 2017 A brilliant light has dimmed, but will never be extinguished. Sue fought valiantly against cancer for several years, and now is at peace and pain-free.

RAGLIN, Anna Gudrun February 12, 1919 − February 10, 2017

Mum left her family a legacy of love as she passed away quietly, surrounded by her children, on February 10th, just 2 days before her 98th birthday.

She was predeceased by her husband, Gordon, and her eldest son Richard, and is survived by her children Bill (Rose), Jamie, Signi (Michael), Susan (Robert) and David (Tran). Her grandchildren and great grandchildren will miss her soft hands, open heart and blue, blue eyes; Michelle, James, Lisa, Odin, Gus, Emma, Gavin, Jane, Cameron, Nicholas, Olive, Meredith, Andrew, Asta, Anna, Holly and Gordon Jr. She was a kind and generous Grandma.

Anna was a loving and compassionate sister to her large extended Laxdal family and she will be missed by her many nieces and nephews.

Anna was born in Kristnes, Saskatchewan and was the eldest of ten children. She studied music her whole life and qualified as a school teacher at the Winnipeg Normal School where she met Gordon.

They married in Vancouver during war time. During her early teaching years, she taught at a one− roomed school house on the prairies and then to Vancouver, Kaslo, Creston and ultimately West Vancouver. Her years in Kaslo, Creston and West Vancouver were busy raising children, and life focused on her lovely garden and involvement in the community of West Vancouver United Church.

She was the strongest and most capable woman who made our home comfortable and welcoming.

Anna’s friends were of every generation and the Raglin house was well known for gatherings around the piano − especially on Christmas Eve where it was the only place to be and you better join in! She was a cultured and well−read person who was very generous with her musical talents. She was always ready to accompany school choirs, community choirs, weddings and family events. Mum touched many lives with her grace. Her love will sustain us for our lifetime.

In the last year, mum was lovingly cared for at Hollyburn House under the watchful eyes of Susan, Jamie and David. Anna’s family is so appreciative and touched by the love and professionalism we witnessed by the caring staff of Hollyburn. Thank you.

If you wish to make a donation in Anna’s memory, please consider First United Church, Vancouver or West Vancouver Memorial Library.

Celebration of Life − March 11th, 2:30 PM, West Vancouver United Church.

Sue is predeceased by her parents William and Eleanor Barnett, and her step-sister Tanice (Twa).

Her light shines forever bright in the hearts of Barry, her husband of 50 years; daughters Shelly Smee and Tracy (Milton); sons-in-law Jason Milton and Christian Letnar; grandsons Rigel, Sasha, Noah, Oscar and James; sister Nanci (Morgan); brother Stephen Barnett; sister-in-law Jean; aunt Irene Brown (Pierce); step-mother Mary Barnett; and numerous cousins.

Born in Calgary, Sue moved to Edmonton where she met her mate for life, Barry, in high school. They lived in North Vancouver, Sydney, Australia, then returned to Canada, making homes in Milton and Ottawa ON, Calgary and Vancouver.

Ever adventurous, Sue and Barry then moved to Shirley on the west coast of Vancouver Island where they lived 11 wonderful years in the tight-knit community near French Beach before returning to Vancouver.

Sue was a gifted office administrator for accounting and legal firms, and since 1990 was VP and business manager of Barry’s successful consulting company. She loved travel, and accompanied Barry throughout the Southern Hemisphere, including Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands; she especially loved Africa. Sue was a talented writer and photographer, and her travel journals were renowned.

Sue’s creative eye and lifelong passion for fibre arts found expression through sewing, quilting, and crafting. Family, friends and acquaintances worldwide have examples of her talent. Sue became knowledgeable of African tribal textiles and gave lectures on the methods and styles used. With her gregarious and outgoing personality, she quickly made life-long friends where ever she went. She will be dearly missed, and her talent, crafts, and spirit will live on.

Her family wishes to thank the doctors and nurses in the palliative care unit at Lions Gate Hospital and the North Shore Hospice for their tireless care and compassion.

In lieu of flowers, donations appreciated to Sue’s Memorial Fund for Ovarian Cancer Canada http://noca.convio.net/goto/suesmee A celebration of her life will be held in the future.

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