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For District of North Vancouver resident Carolyn Finlay, living on the edge of a car-share home zone means that Car2Go and Evo routinely clog her quiet residential street. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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Firefighter Martin Best mans a snorkel ladder while another member of West Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services confronts a smokey situation in a soon-to-be demolished apartment building along Marine Drive. Cressey Development Group has allowed the department to practise their techniques in the vacant, 47-unit building. More photos and video: nsnews.com. PHOTOS PAUL MCGRATH

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Vacant West Vancouver highrise provides a perfect training ground BEN BENGTSON Contributing writer

In a soon-to-be demolished building along Marine Drive, members of West Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services dart up and down smoke filled corridors, dragging a hose up a flight of stairs while preparing to rescue a trapped individual on another floor.

The building is vacant, but it’s still a challenge for firefighters to manoeuvre and see more than a metre in front of them due to the thick smoke.

A sophisticated instrument called a thermal imaging camera is deployed at one point in order to detect a body through a heavy outpouring of smoke that’s coming from an open apartment door. It’s the kind of device that in the hands of a trained firefighter can mean the difference between saving a trapped inhabitant or not.

All the while, the pounding ring of dozens of fire alarms adds to a sense of chaos and danger – though this time, luckily, the danger’s not real

and the stakes aren’t so high.

Since Feb. 10, West Vancouver’s fire department has been running intense simulations and training exercises like this at the old Seaview Gardens building at 2290 Marine Dr. The site’s developer, Cressey Development Group, has given the fire department the go-ahead to use the vacant six-storey, 47-unit building as a true-to-life training ground before its scheduled demolition on March 1.

“It’s as real to real-life as we could get,” said West Vancouver fire Assistant Chief Jeff Bush. “It’s very, very difficult to simulate something like that unless we’re actually doing it. For us to get to where we can actually do the actual work as opposed to simulating it is invaluable for us.”

The training exercises have included everything from forced door entry, manoeuvring through building obstacles, rescuing trapped inhabitants, and door and lobby control, a method that allows firefighters to limit a fire’s spread by controlling

A thermal imaging camera helps firefighters navigate through the smoke during a training exercise. PHOTOS BEN BENGTSON

This vacant apartment building provides a perfect opportunity for some down and dirty training exercises. the flow of oxygen.

The department already does many simulations like these in its own fire hall and, when it can, gets access to occupied buildings or even

single-family residences for training purposes.

But using Cressey’s vacant building has provided them with an unparalleled environment to practise high-rise fire

scenarios in a realistic setting, an important part of the job due to West Vancouver’s large per capita number of highrise buildings.

“We have an extremely high density of highrises for the size of our community,” Bush said. “The potential for hazard or high-risk is definitely very high.”

The department’s deputy chief, Tony D’Angelo, added that being able to do simulations in a vacant building allows them to take their exercises to another level.

“Normally, if there’s people living, here we couldn’t disrupt their lives to this degree. We can take this simulation much further than a routine false alarm,” D’Angelo said.

Since the fire department started officially training at the vacant site, which sits at the corner of Bellevue Avenue and 23rd Street in West Vancouver, the 96 members of the department and some recent recruits have been given the opportunity to participate in the simulations.

Besides pumping the building full of non-toxic “movie smoke” to mimic

the conditions of a real fire, Cressey has also given the department permission to use functioning water hoses in the building in order to practise using live water in the context of an intense highrise fire.

A stretch of hallway and stairwell was soaked with water as firefighters navigated parts of the building, dragging the heavy, difficult to manipulate hose through a narrow network of steps, doors and other obstructions.

The department’s Assistant Chief Jay Brownlee, who is also in charge of training, said they often get permission from building management companies to perform exercises in occupied buildings, such as one consistent site at 2020 Bellevue Ave., but having almost total access to a building has added a level of realism that’s much appreciated.

“This is a huge opportunity and Cressey’s been fantastic to allow us to do this because we just simply cannot replicate it as we’re doing here,” Brownlee said.

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WHAT: Public Hearing regarding proposed Zoning Bylaw 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw 4927, 2017 to allow for a duplex dwelling at 6457 Bruce Street. A public meeting will be held concurrently regarding proposed Development Permit 16-010.

WHEN: Monday, March 6, 2017, at 6 p.m. public hearing WHERE: West Vancouver Municipal Hall, Council Chamber 750 17th Street, West Vancouver Subject Lands at 6457 Bruce Street shown shaded and outlined in black line

There were 12 car-share vehicles parked in front of Carolyn Finlay’s house on West 23rd Street during the Family Day long weekend. PHOTO SUPPLIED CAROLYN FINLAY

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Car-shares need to share street parking: resident Pockets of problems a symptom of growing pains

Proposed Zoning Bylaw 4662, 2010, Amendment Bylaw 4927, 2017: would rezone the property at 6457 Bruce Street to Duplex Dwelling Zone 2 to allow for a duplex dwelling comprising two principal units with secondary suites in the basement, on-site parking for six vehicles and landscaping of the site and adjacent boulevard.

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Carolyn Finlay says she has no problem with car sharing.

She just wishes there was more sharing happening on her two-block residential street.

But Finlay says as the popularity of car sharing has grown in North Vancouver, her street has at times become a parking lot for the car-sharing businesses.

“They’ve been using our street basically as a commercial parking lot for their cars,” she said. “Sometimes the cars have stayed here for more than a week. Nobody picks them up.”

Finlay says she’s seen mechanics come to work on the cars parked on her street, then leave again. “It’s like we’re living in a garage,” she said.

Finlay said she wouldn’t object to one or two vehicles from each of the car-sharing services parking on her street.

But earlier this month, over the Family Day long weekend, Finlay said there were a dozen car-share vehicles in the blocks in front of her house.

“When you get up to 12 of them, it’s ridiculous,” she said.

A screenshot shows parked Car2Go vehicles on West 23rd Street on the morning of Feb. 12. IMAGE SUPPLIED “Sometimes the cars have stayed here for more than a week. Nobody picks them up.”

When too many cars pile up on the street, Finlay calls the car-share companies.

“They’re always very polite,” she said, and send staff out to move the vehicles.

“Generally, it’s a couple of days,” she said. And sometimes the cars are quickly back.

“One can’t be out there as a traffic warden all the time,” she said.

Finlay’s situation is among the growing pains as car

sharing gains a foothold on the North Shore. Two carshare companies – Car2Go and Evo – currently operate services in North Vancouver.

Both have similar boundaries for the “home zones” where car-share users can drop off vehicles after a trip.

Finlay’s address on West 23rd Street, in the District of North Vancouver, lies on the very northern boundary of the zone where both car-shares operate.

Similar issues have also

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Get More Information: the proposed bylaw amendment, development permit and other relevant documents that Council may consider in deciding whether to adopt the proposed bylaw may be inspected at westvancouver.ca and at Municipal Hall, from February 17, 2017 to March 6, 2017, Monday to Friday (except for statutory holidays), 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Copies may also be inspected at the Memorial Library, or at the public hearing and concurrent public meeting.

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A cyclist negotiates traffic on Keith Road Monday. Council recently voted to spend $230,000 on a new bike lane and multi-use path to connect the city’s core with its outskirts. The path may also result in removal of a dozen parking spots. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

City council gives $1.1M Keith Road bike lane the green light Work between Bewicke and Mahon to start this summer JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

While they may still face an uphill battle, Keith Road’s cyclists got a little boost Monday.

Council voted 5-2 to spend an additional $230,000 on a Keith Road bike lane running east alongside a multi-use path between Bewicke and Mahon avenues.

The bike lane is essential to change the way people traverse the city, according to Coun. Linda Buchanan.

“If we want to see a shift in (transportation) mode then we have to be able

to create the conditions in which we can see that shift,” she said.

Council’s decision brings the project’s budget to $1.1 million, which includes a $342,500 grant from the BikeBC program and $450,000 from the city’s 10-year project plan.

It’s critical the budget reflects council’s priorities, Buchanan explained.

“We prioritize walking first and the car last.”

Buchanan lauded the project for providing a muchneeded connection from the city’s core to its outskirts, arching along West 13th Street between Eighth Street and Chesterfield Avenue with the multi-use path joining the Spirit Trail by Bewicke Avenue as well as the Green Necklace by Jones Avenue.

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to this bike lane specifically, Coun. Pam Bookham suggested council should pump its brakes.

“We ought not be working on three major cycling links in the same year,” she said.

“It’s just a case of trying to move too quickly on the overall cycling plan.”

The city needs to move quickly if more residents are going to make the move from internal combustion to pedal power, countered Buchanan.

“The faster that we can actually get these projects, we will see that shift.”

Mayor Darrell Mussatto concurred, saying the city has been forced to move quickly by a sluggish provincial government.

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a whole lot for the North Shore.”

The bike lane should provide safer space for cyclists chugging uphill, a prospect that pleased both the mayor and Coun. Holly Back.

“It’s not that I’m a big cyclist myself but I definitely worry about those who are,” Back said, describing a young cyclist she said was “flying down” Keith Road’s sidewalk recently.

Construction of the path will be contracted out to a company that will begin work this summer, according to city staff.

The bike lane would “impact approximately 12 on-street parking spots” near the creek on the south side of West Keith, according to city staff. None of the affected spots are directly in front of residences.

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ike many an election budget, the offering from the provincial finance minister this week featured a healthy dose of buying taxpayers’ favour with their own money.

Flush with some extra cash courtesy of last spring’s mind-boggling real estate frenzy, the BC Liberals determined it was time to “give back” to taxpayers.

Mostly that will come through a reduction of MSP premiums – a welcome move as medical premiums are tax that unfairly targets those in middle income brackets.

There were further sprinklings of tax credits and tax cuts, mostly for businesses. Mercifully, this budget avoided alternative facts such as the untold riches to be reaped from the as-yet-nonexistent LNG industry.

Spending is up in certain key areas,

like education – in that case forced by a Supreme Court decision.

Other areas, like welfare rates, remain untouched.

There’s not a flash this time. The budget rewards the government’s supporters and ignores its detractors – a safe status quo course for a government heading in to an election.

Beyond that, however, there are inklings of potential trouble brewing.

Revenue from natural resources – once the economic powerhouse of B.C. – continues to drop. And the real estate party that propped up the provincial treasury during the current fiscal year has already fizzled.

Coasting towards May, however, the Liberals aren’t overly worried about what lies beyond the bend in the road.

There will be time enough to think about that tomorrow.

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A B.C. budget that is best described as petulant DERMOD TRAVIS Contributing writer

I

f last year’s provincial budget could be described as petty, after Finance minister Mike de Jong doled out an increase in assistance rates for those living with disabilities only to claw must of it back by ending the subsidized bus pass program, this year’s budget could best be described as petulant.

This is de Jong’s “I don’t want to, but I will because it’s an election year” budget.

There were some positive measures: reducing the interest rate charged on student loans by 2.5 per cent is a good step and reducing the PST on electricity for businesses – towards its eventual elimination – is a positive

move as well. Most of it, however, comes across as a good old college try at throwing a bit of money at anything political – one-time funding if possible – but not enough to actually address any one of the problems.

The budget noted that B.C. saw a net in-flow of 50,306 people during the first nine months of 2016 and then a few pages on boasted of its investment in affordable housing.

The government’s plan will see 4,900 new units built over five years, less than a quarter of the number brought in by former premier Gordon Campbell over his 10 years in office.

The $100-billion B.C. Prosperity Fund charade continues apace with another $400 million tossed into the kitty – $99.5 billion left to go.

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In the 2013 Throne Speech, Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon told the assembled that: “Future natural gas royalties will be designated to this fund, ensuring British Columbia families can benefit from the prosperity created.” Last year, natural gas royalties brought in $159 million.

Guichon also noted that the government “spends approximately $2.4 billion (annually) on interest to service the total provincial debt.”

It spends $2.68 billion today.

Turns out a not-so-funny thing happened along the road towards a Debt-Free B.C. The province’s debt has actually grown under Premier Christy Clark by $21.5 billion, from $45.15 billion in 2010 -’11 to $66.666 billion in 2016 -’17.

And to think the B.C. Liberal

party once attacked the thengoverning NDP for allowing the debt to skyrocket by “$17 billion” over 10 years.

A Debt-Free B.C.’s total debt should hit $77.7 billion by 2020 or $15,781 for “every woman, man and child,” as the Liberals put it in 2001 when they attacked the NDP over the province’s then per capita debt of $8,428.

De Jong’s fiscal petulance shines through on the MSP file, however. “As a first step, we are cutting MSP premiums in half for families and individuals with family net incomes of up to $120,000 per year, effective Jan. 1, 2018.”

“As a result, in addition to the estimated two million people who currently pay no premiums, a further two million British Columbians

will see their premiums cut in half – a move that will put almost $1 billion in the pockets of middle-class British Columbians.”

Last year, MSP premiums brought in $2.5 billion. In 2018’19 – the first full fiscal year where the cuts will be in effect – they’re forecast to bring in $1.72 billion.

After the two million British Columbians who will see their premiums cut in half are added to “the estimated two million” paying no premiums at all, makes one wonder how many are left to pay the full MSP freight? There are only 4.06 million British Columbians over the age of 15.

Perhaps the government is counting on most of those who will be eligible for the cut not to know about the

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Putting “almost $1 billion in the pockets of middle-class British Columbians” is a nice touch, but it wasn’t that long ago – 2010-’11 to be exact – when MSP premiums brought in the roughly $1.72 billion de Jong estimates he’ll see in 2018/19.

The post-budget scramble to try to explain the MSP measure speaks to the old adage that a camel really is a horse designed by a committee. But don’t think those two million British Columbians are ungrateful. Rumour has it some hefty ICBC and BC Hydro hikes are coming down the pipe.

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Dear Editor: Re: Much Ado, Feb. 15 Viewpoint.

Your recent editorial is a disappointing characterization of the B.C. government’s steadfast commitment to the more than 80 search and rescue groups of 2,500 SAR volunteers, 37 Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue teams of more than 1,000 volunteers, and 177 fire departments composed of 4,500 volunteer firefighters that consistently put their lives on the line to bring British Columbians home to their loved ones.

We’ve made the largest investments in the history of this province to support search and rescue teams.

We cover operational costs for all deployments, more than $9 million last year. We cover the cost of helicopter contracting and fuelling, provide mileage and meal costs

for volunteers, training and equipment, liability insurance, workers compensation benefits and the administrative costs for the BC Search and Rescue Association.

On top of this, we provided an additional $10 million to BCSARA to train and equip SAR groups, this includes $100,000 to support North Shore Rescue, which also received $288,000 in community gaming grants.

We’re introducing this $3,000 tax break at a cost of more than $1 million to the province. The credit amount is $151 because British Columbia already has the lowest middle class income tax rates of any province.

The tax benefit matches the federal tax break (also worth $3,000) and when combined, upwards of $600 a year goes back into the wallets of these well deserving heroes. That is why this new tax credit has

been applauded by these volunteer associations and their members. Volunteers serve because of their commitment to their community, not for reward.

MLAs Jane Thornthwaite and Ralph Sultan have been champions for North Shore Rescue and MLA Jordan Sturdy is a tireless advocate for the search and rescue teams and volunteer firefighters that serve many of the communities he represents.

We will continue to consult with BCSARA to work towards a sustainable support solution that provides both the flexibility that teams have told us they desire and the stability that they need to continue to bring British Columbians home safe.

Naomi Yamamoto Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness and MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale

Innovative housing solutions will keep workers in our community Dear Editor: A very enlightening letter recently from Ryan Benson, regarding life on the North Shore (Courage Needed for Housing Crisis Cure, Feb. 8 Mailbox). With the changing demographic of the North Shore, the subjects raised now have much more cause for concern than when I lived there 20+ years ago. The folks living there were often able to walk to work because they could afford housing nearby. I could do it myself and, although I wouldn’t recommend it, could even hop a slow freight train if the weather was bad. It appears those were the “good ol’ days,” when a full-time $15/ hour job left enough over

after rent for a coupla beers.

With the cost of housing so high, any tradesperson, health worker, business support staff, etc. is obliged to live off the North Shore.

Realistically, without earning an enviable salary, only a single child inheritor would be able to afford to live there.

If that inheritor had siblings, isn’t going to happen.

So maybe it’s time for the governing bodies to look at housing local support staff in a manner that is done in ski resorts, agriculture where housing is a requirement, and many other locations that depend upon other people to provide the services we have become so used to.

Otherwise, your communities

will suffer the same woes Whistler does to house their support staff. It just takes some innovation and courage from the folks who regulate our lives. I have found that opening ourselves to change is something that is worth the time and effort. I now live in a community that is growing, with new school improvements, a local hospital, and an environment that provides multiple opportunities for recreation and wellness. It was tough to move away, but I can’t imagine the difficulties I’d face if I lived on the North Shore today. And my 40-kilometre commute takes about 35 minutes.

Dave Drought Oliver, B.C.

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You just do what needs to be done.”

— Jeremy Zirk shrugs off charges of heroism after Zirk and neighbour Damon Pappas helped save three people during an Upper Lonsdale apartment fire (from a Feb. 24 news story).

I don’t feel like I’m going to win against Pixar.”

— Animator Robert Valley rates his chances of bringing home a golden statuette for his Oscarnominated short film Pear Cider and Cigarettes (from a Feb. 26 Pulse story).

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been logged in the City of North Vancouver, where a resident on Wilding Way – the eastern border for the Car2Go parking zone – recently wrote city officials to complain about 10 Car2Go vehicles parked on his street. City staff contacted the company and the vehicles were moved.

But he and Finlay both wonder about whether limits should be placed on the number of car-share vehicles left on residential streets. Both also questioned why the pileups happen in the first place, since car-share companies track all their vehicles with GPS.

Chris Iuvancigh, general manager for Car2Go’s Vancouver operations, said the company does try to stay on top of occasional parking clag-ups. Most car-share vehicles are moved within 15 hours, he said, and if they don’t, “we proactively move vehicles. It doesn’t benefit us at all if cars are sitting for long periods of time.”

In cases where 10 car-share vehicles are sitting on one street “that’s a huge flag for us.”

Recent complaints appeared to spike with the snow, said Iuvancigh, which made getting around frustrating for everyone.

Iuvanicigh acknowledged

that most problems happen on the borders of the carshare parking zones. Car-share companies decide the boundaries of their operations based mainly on density, as well as requests from members.

Sometimes the companies do adjust their boundaries.

Last year, Car2Go shrunk its “home area” in North Vancouver, cutting much of Lower Capilano west of Mackay, Pemberton Heights and Norgate neighbourhoods from its parking zone.

Service was also cut entirely in Richmond, while boundaries have expanded in south Vancouver.

Car-shares in the City of North Vancouver can park

on any street in their “home zones” for up to 72 hours as well as in two-hour limited parking areas and residentonly permitted areas, as well as in specially designated car-share parking spaces in popular areas near central and Lower Lonsdale.

For the most part, the companies have been responsive to concerns, said City of North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto. “We want to work with the neighbours and the car-share companies,” he said. “They’ve been very well accepted in the communities.”

Setting it straight

A story in the Feb. 24 North Shore News, West Vancouver Man Gets 14 Years for Role in Extortion Killing, incorrectly described a charge to which co-accused Casey James Hiscoe has pleaded guilty.

Hiscoe pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit unlawful confinement and accessory after the fact to murder.

City debuts Loutet pedestrian overpass for Highway 1 plan BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The City of North Vancouver is seeking the public’s thoughts on a plan that would allow pedestrians and cyclists to cross the Cut without taking their life in their hands.

The city is working on conceptual designs for an

overpass that would cross Highway 1, linking Loutet Park with the Cedar Village neighbourhood in Lynn Valley.

The idea has been on paper for years.

After hiring a consultant to review safety, forecast usage, travel time benefits, cost, and environmental impact, the city opted for a span linking Casano Drive to

Rufus Avenue.

Geotechnical consultants will soon be using a drilling rig to take core samples from the soil north of the baseball field at Loutet.

Residents are invited to see the concept plan and have their questions answered by city staff at an open house on March 2 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Sutherland secondary school.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Mike Wakefield Pink Shirt Day at Queensbury

Queensbury elementary students and staff celebrated Pink Shirt Day Wednesday, Feb. 22 by spreading a message of kindness to their neighbours. The festivities started when students arrived for school with their parents and family members who gathered to dance, drink hot chocolate and share kind words. Students and staff came together later in the morning to participate in a school-wide march from Queensbury to Ray Perrault Park and back, proudly wearing their pink shirts and sharing messages of kindness with one another, as well as the surrounding community. The North Shore was a sea of pink Wednesday as schools and offices recognized Pink Shirt Day, an anti-bullying campaign which started in Nova Scotia in 2007 after a male Grade 9 student was tormented for wearing a pink shirt to school.

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Queensbury elementary students prepare to march to Ray Perrault Park on Pink Shirt Day.

Students Taylor John-Cox and Cassidy Orr join the pink parade

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Grade 1 student Lylia Gauthier puts kindness on display

Queenbury students and staff walk through the neighbourhood to spread their message of kindness.

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How to get to Carnegie Hall: Practise “You goof exquisitely. Thank you.”

– Marvin Gaye to saxophonist Eli Fontaine during the recording of What’s Going On? JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Just play around on the piano for a few minutes, she’d told him. Let’s see what you can come up with.

Josh Handford started to play.

It was music class at Brockton Preparatory School on one of those April afternoons when summer vacation feels like an optical illusion that retreats with each step you take toward it.

By Grade 7 Handford had already been writing songs for two years. He cast about the keys that day, searching, searching, and then finding it.

“What I came up with was basically the main motif, or the main riff for the song,” he explains during a brief break from marimba rehearsal.

With the addition of a few intricate cross-rhythms, Handford had penned “Darkness Into Light,” a musical representation of his life as a visually impaired

Grade 9 Brockton student Josh Handford beats out a melody during a recent rehearsal. The school’s World Music Program is getting ready to take “1,000 pounds of marimbas” to the New York Sounds of Spring International Music Festival at Carnegie Hall. The band is planning to perform an original composition by Handford. See more at youtube.com/watch?v=xQmP8E2yguk PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH person in a sighted world, he explains.

While introducing the song at a Centennial Theatre

performance, he noted the music incorporated feelings of frustration and anger as well as compassion and

friendship.

Now in Grade 9, Handford is preparing to bring that song to the stage at Carnegie

Hall March 28 as one of 53 musicians in Brockton’s World Music Program.

Brockton is one of

four high school (and one university) ensembles from around the world chosen to participate in the 2017 New York Sounds of Spring International Music Festival.

With a little more than one month before curtain call at Carnegie, co-directors Adrian Dyck and Paige Freeborn stand at the threshold of the rehearsal room.

“Welcome to the gong show!” Freeborn calls with a smile.

As the band prepares to launch into a raucous version of “Demons” by Imagine Dragons, Freeborn underlines her shock at the Carnegie Hall gig.

They don’t play Mozart or Beethoven, nor are they a traditional orchestra or choir.

“We travel with 1,000 pounds of African marimbas,” Freeborn says proudly.

From a distance, the group looks like a utopian assembly line. Students bob their bowed heads and sway-dance as much as possible without straying too far from their work.

During this particular rehearsal they’re neat to the point of fastidious.

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LV photog snaps up Everest adventure

Ford raising cash for sociable climber

part of a climbing group, even if all you want to do is stay at the basement beneath the world’s rooftop. While looking for a group to join, Ford met Pega, who she describes as a “sweetheart.”

But while their friendship blossomed, Ford found herself wondering if maybe Pega could be part of a more equitable business model.

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She’s clinging to a gorge on Mount Everest when family members encircle her.

“Idiot!” they say.

And then the dream ends and Marlene Ford is gasping for air.

The photographer recently traded valley for mountain, sealing her stuff in a Brooksbank Avenue storage locker and heading for higher ground.

“I’d always wanted to go to Nepal,” she says. “Always, always.”

Ford earns a living by snapping stock photos but she was always an “armchair climber” nursing a case of wanderlust.

“The first time I saw Ama Dablam and Everest for real after reading about them for years, I kid you not, I started crying,” she says. “Now I’m in love.”

The pull of the place bordered on overwhelming, and

Amidst the grandeur of the Himalayas, Lynn Valley resident Marlene Ford befriended Pega, a Sherpa from a town in Nepal’s Khumbu Valley. Ford is working to help Pega make the 11,000-kilometre journey to the North Shore in the hopes of helping the climbing guide establlish a more equitable business model. PHOTO SUPPLIED MARLENE FORD Ford couldn’t resist staying a few weeks longer than the fivemonth limit before returning to Canada.

“They sort of shook their fingers at me and made me pay a fine,” she remarks with a

laugh. While the trip may have started as a bucket list checkmark, it turned into something else when she encountered Pega.

The assistant guide told her about growing up in a

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The school is preparing to hold three math contests in which students will have 60 minutes to work through 25 problems covering addition, number lines, and word problems.

The contests are generally written by the

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generation, and they found themselves sharing time when Ford found herself without an expedition.

One of the wrinkles of trekking to the Everest base camp is that you need to be

After taking off in Kathmandu, Ford’s adventure began as her plane lurched to a stop in Lukla.

“I think it might be the shortest runway in the world,” she says.

Even while describing a stomach-churning landing on a sawed-off runway, Ford’s good cheer never wavers.

“A terribly interesting airport,” is how she describes Lukla.

In preparation for the trip Ford toted an extra big pack on hikes throughout the North Shore.

“I knew I’d want to take all my camera equipment,” she says.

Still, she was intimidated by the prospect of sharing thin air with a cadre of incredibly fit mountaineers.

University of Waterloo and include a Pascal contest for Grade 9 students, a Cayley test for Grade 10 students and a Fermat contest for Grade 11 students.

While the Grade 9 and 11 students will write their contests before school, the Grade 10 kids have their math-up during class time.

The entire Math 10 honours class will be writing the contest, according to organizer Hwie Lie Johns.

The students are encouraged to challenge themselves, according to Johns, who’s been organizing math contests at the school for the last 12 years and also leads the math club.

Students from Sutherland’s feeder elementary schools will also be invited to try their problem-solving skills in math contests pencilled in for this May, according to Johns.

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“You don’t know if you’re going to be one of the ones to get sick or not,” she says.

Ford enjoyed the rarefied air until she reached about 15,000 feet – at which point she realized she’d left restful sleeps and healthy appetites below.

“It’s a bizarre feeling. …

You’re always exhausted, it’s quite the suffer-fest actually, it’s quite fun,” she says, laughing once more.

It was during those days when she’d get peculiar dreams. “You think you’re

mentally prepared for it but, I’ve got to tell you, the first time it happens it just freaks you out.”

When asked about the dream of her family, Ford mentions her father gave her strict instructions before she left for the Himalayas.

“My dad told me not to tell my mom,” Ford says.

Asked if the trip changed her outlook, Ford positively gushes.

“Oh my god, yes,” she answers. “I am so much more content now than I’ve ever been in my life.”

Seeing contentment and gentleness amidst poverty in Nepal made her impatient with the excess of life back home.

“We just keep wanting more and more and more over here and we’re still not happy,” she says.

When hiking with Pega, she observed two girls “skipping along the trail” in the Himalayas during a two-hour hike home from school, which struck her as a stark contrast to the North Shore.

“Mommy and daddy drive them to school when it’s three blocks a-freaking-way,” she

comments before asking me not to get her started.

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Despite a gulf of nearly 11,000 kilometres, Nepal stayed in her thoughts upon her return, and she soon found herself exchanging Facebook messages with Pega.

In his hometown of Phortse in Nepal’s Khumbu Valley, many farmers take jobs as guides, a decision usually made “out of necessity more than want,” according to Ford.

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Photographer Marlene Ford steps in front of the camera near Dole in Nepal’s Khumbu region. PHOTO SUPPLIED MARLENE FORD

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WRITING CONTEST The North Shore Writers’ Association is currently running its annual contest for fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Fee: $20/$15. Deadline for entries: Tuesday, Feb. 28. nswriters.org.

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HOW GREEN WERE MY GABLES? Sentinel secondary’s Bradley Friend, Nicole Peters, Nina Malekyazdi (Anne), Tom Smyth and Annika Telenius rehearse the school’s upcoming production of Anne of Green Gables. The show is set to run at the Kay Meek Studio stage Feb. 28 and March 1-4. Tickets at sentinelstage.ca/tickets PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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EXPLORE CAPILANO INFO NIGHT Explore post-secondary options at Capilano University’s information night Thursday, March 2, 5:30-8 p.m. in the Birch Building, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. There will be an information fair and presentations. Chat with instructors and hear from CapU students about student life.

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LOUTET CASANO OVERPASS OPEN HOUSE Learn about the conceptual design for a new cycling/ pedestrian overpass over Highway 1 linking the Loutet and Cedar Village neighbourhoods Thursday, March 2, 5-7:30 p.m. at Sutherland secondary, 1860 Sutherland Ave., North Vancouver. 604-982-3976 avasilevich@cnv.org NORTH SHORE INCLUSION FORUM Community leaders, service providers and employers are invited to learn about North Shore Immigrant Inclusion Partnership’s progress on immigrant integration and inclusion initiatives and to participate in a training and

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Registration: 604-925-7403 or visit the library.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Join the North Shore Women’s Centre for their annual celebration and fundraising event Wednesday, March 8, 6:30 p.m. at the Gleneagles Golf Course Clubhouse, 6190 Marine Dr., West Vancouver. The evening, hosted by CBC’s Lisa Christiansen, features live music, Syrian cuisine and a silent auction. Tickets: $75 northshorewomen.ca MOODYVILLE PARK MASTER PLAN The City of North Vancouver is creating a new vision for Moodyville Park and surrounding area. Attend the second open house to learn more and provide input March 8, 4-7 p.m. at North Shore Neighbourhood House, 225 East Second St. cnv.org

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But Pega seemed an exception.

“Pega loves being in the mountains,” Ford says.

An idea dawned on Ford that it might be nice if, “instead of westerners running the show over there,” Peta was able to get trained and bring an entrepreneur’s credentials back to Nepal.

She’s currently raising money to bring Pega to Canada where he can explore North Shore mountains and get a better sense of the difference between cultures.

“Wouldn’t it be great if

I could get Pega that kind of training and the cultural understanding so westerners would be more comfortable hiring him?” she asks.

Ford is currently 10 per cent of the way towards her goal of raising $8,000 through a gofundme.com page.

Ford’s already thinking about getting back to Nepal.

However, there’s just one question in our interview she can’t quite answer. It’s a question she asks herself.

“Am I going to try Everest?”

You can visit Ford’s page at gofundme.com/help-pembabecome-a-mountain-guide/ donate/?upsell=cpgn_share.

An avid photographer, Marlene Ford captured the sunshine cascading onto the peak of the Taboche mountain in the Himalayas. She’s currently planning her next trip to Nepal. PHOTO SUPPLIED MARLENE FORD

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD From page 16 FREE DOWNSIZING SEMINAR Learn aspects of the local real estate market, tips on decluttering your home and gain insight on finances Thursday, March 9, 10-11 a.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. westvanlibrary.ca PROTECTING HOWE SOUND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS Ruth Simons, executive director of the Future of Howe Sound Society, discusses the results of the Howe Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region Initiative Saturday, March 11, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Presented by the Lighthouse Park Preservation Society. westvanlibrary.ca CIRCUMNAVIGATING SOUTH AMERICA Accomplished expeditionary kayaker Freya Hoffmeister in conjunction with Deep Cove Outdoors presents her 27,000-kilometre, 30-month,

solo paddling trip during a talk at the BOSA Centre at Capilano University, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver, Thursday, March 16, 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $15 in advance/$10 for students with proper ID or $20 cash only at the door. deepcoveoutdoors. com CASUAL FRIDAY NIGHTS Monthly art classes for adults the third Friday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. at Maplewood House, 399 Seymour River Place, North Vancouver.

Schedule: March 17, paper beads (recycle magazines into jewelry). $35, materials included.

AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING Author and North Shore News employe Lawrence Verigin will sign copies of his books Dark Seed and newly released Seed of Control Saturday, March 18, 1-4 p.m. at Chapters Indigo, Park Royal South, West Vancouver. lawrenceverigin.com

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The property will be sold to the adjacent owner of property located at 51-59 Bewicke Avenue / 700712 Copping Street, Donaghy Developments Ltd. Consideration to be received by the City for the property disposition is $310,000.

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It also showed that lowincome Canadians were “three times more likely to report financial barriers to filling prescription medicines than high-income respondents.”

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Taking time to talk, listen, learn ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

It’s a wicked time to be a girl.

Alix Dunham means that in a positive sense.

“It’s like the door is open and it’s this generation’s chance to push that door open and go make a friggin’ difference. This is it, you guys, go!” she says.

As the age-old issue of prejudice against girls and women was recently highlighted during the U.S. election, women’s marches across the country indicated it’s a unique time for girls to make their voices heard.

And Dunham wants to provide girls with some tools for navigating the next step.

Empowerment is a strong theme in her Girls with Grit program, which aims to build important socialemotional skills for girls, including resilience. The program started with a pilot program in November that was filled in 20 minutes with 30 kids on a waiting list after just one Facebook post about it.

Dunham is a long-time yoga practitioner and former dancer who has been teaching ballet classes in North Vancouver for 17 years. Although the classes are open to both boys and girls, ages two to eight, the majority of the 250 kids she instructs each week are girls. Through those classes, and through experiences with her own daughter, who is now 20 and also a yoga instructor, Dunham recognized a need to share a strong message to be strong, brave, and smart warriors.

“We don’t care about pretty. Pretty doesn’t matter. Pretty is fun but it doesn’t matter,” she adds.

The Girls with Grit program is an extension of that message tailored to an older group of girls, ages eight to 13. The idea was inspired by a mother of one of Dunham’s dance students who asked her to design a program for older kids to continue the theme and provide some tools for “soul resilience.”

Since the fall, Dunham has done three four-week Girls with Grit programs, each featuring one hourand-a-half session each week after school, as well as a number of separate three-hour workshops on weekends.

She describes the program this way: “We’re basically trying to calm our brains down so that we can have real talks about real stuff that goes on when you’re an eight-year-old girl.”

Each class starts with a check-in, followed by a yoga warm-up, a group discussion, mindfulness (what Dunham calls brain train exercises), meditation, breathing exercises, and then crafts.

The craft portion of the class features a unique Girls with Grit tool kit that includes a variety of items, including a series of cards participants fill out answering questions such as: what are the best things about me. One of the exercises they do is a two-word breathing mantra: one word in (“peace”) and one word out (“calm”), so they make a bracelet with the letters “p” and “c” on it and put that in their tool kit. Another

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Too old for The Muppets and too young for Marilyn Manson, your preteen has reached an in-between phase, and finding interesting activities for this age group can be complicated.

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or ping pong in the recreation centre’s youth lounge, all supervised by youth leaders.

Melanie Clark is a youth program co-ordinator with the district and says her team noticed a bit of an uptake in attendance in their drop-in programs over the fall in particular. In response, they quickly pulled together a winter break program for that age group that proved popular so they decided to add another version for Spring Break.

“It became apparent to us that there was interest in having something with a little more structure than just your general, typical daily dropin, but not as structured as some of our other traditional camps,” explains Clark.

The Youth Spring Break Camp is for kids in grades 6 to 9 and offers a mix of activity, both structured and unstructured, specifically suited to that age group. The program takes place at the Ambleside Youth Centre, which is a large space at Ambleside Park equipped with two pool tables, two ping pong tables, a kitchen, and more.

The camp will offer outings to the beach, Laser Tag, Extreme Air Park, and maybe even the mall, as well as indoor activities, such as swimming and cooking. But the unique element of this program is that it builds in time for participants to just to hang out and socialize, a popular activity for this age group. During downtime, participants can play board games, ping pong, or pool, or just sit and chat (not online but face to face). All activities are supervised by district youth leaders.

Clark says the camp combines the best of both wolds for this age group. It also reaches across the district, allowing youth from different schools in the area to come together, try some new activities, and meet new friends.

Says Clark: “This is for special kids who are feeling a little too old for camp but still in their hearts really want to be a part of something.”

There are also plans for a summer version of this camp, details of which are still being finalized. westvancouverrec.ca

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Although known for its sports and recreation programs, North Vancouver Recreation and Culture Commission also has an artistic side.

Its popular art programs for kids and adults run throughout the year, and special programs are designed for spring and summer.

Spring Break camps for kids include two I Love Art Camps for kids ages five to eight, and Art Adventures and Painting Explorations for older kids ages nine to 14.

Instructor Cherie Summers is an accomplished artist with a background in early childhood education, notes art programmer Laura Grant. She has instructed art classes in North Vancouver for more than 10 years.

“She supports the artistic growth in the kids but also makes it fun,” says Grant.

“The kids just love her.”

Summers is always coming up with something new, says Grant, and that means kids return to her classes

year after year. Although programming at North Vancouver recreation centres changes and refreshes regularly, these art classes have been around for more than five years because they are so popular. Grant says they are essentially introductory-level and so are open to any child who wants to get their hands messy, try new things, have fun, and meet new friends “I think it’s a great way to express themselves in a different way,” says Grant about why many kids tend to be drawn to art. “A lot of children love colour and brightness and different shapes and textures.”

Harry Jerome Community Centre, where the classes are held, has a designated studio space for the art programs.

Because it’s not a multipurpose room, kids are free to be creative and messy and don’t have to worry about getting paint on the table, explains Grant.

The I Love Art Camps for younger kids feature a sampling of different art techniques, including painting, collage, papier-maché,

printmaking, and more.

Grant calls the approach, “art in the bigger picture.”

It’s one of their most popular camps because it’s not focused on any one method of art production and participants get to try a variety of activities, including those they wouldn’t necessarily do in their kitchen at home, says Grant.

Art Adventure Camp for older kids includes neighbourhood exploration in which participants collect different materials to sketch, draw or paint on, such as a piece of wood. Grant says the approach to this class is “taking the outside and bringing it in.” The aim is to help kids get inspired by the outside environment.

During the camps, participants work on both whole-class and individual projects, and Grant says it’s always interesting to see what the kids create as their own unique perspectives and personalities are expressed.

“You can see where the lesson was but they’re all so different still,” she says.

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tool they create is called a meditation bottle using a water bottle filled with food colouring, clear glue, and glitter. The girls can shake the bottle then watch as the glitter falls to the bottom. The glitter represents all “that little hamster wheel of thoughts,”says Dunham.

Watch the glitter, the thoughts, slowly fall to the bottom of the bottle as you breathe.

“It calms you down,” notes Dunham.

Also in the tool kit: cards with steps to navigate friendships. Friendship is an important topic for girls at this age. Social media doesn’t help, providing a filtered view that presents false, perfect images.

“There doesn’t seem to be a lot of truth to girls’ friendships. They all seem to be pretty superficial and I think these girls are going to need some real friendships moving forward.

At this age friendships are a really big issue and can really shape how they perceive themselves, how they perceive the world, how they head into adolescence,” explains Dunham.

“Once you can get a grip on that and who you are in the world and a really strong sense of yourself, particularly for girls, I think moving forward that’s going to be such a huge benefit for them not to be ground down.”

Unplugging from phones and social media and discovering quiet time is also an important part of the process.

“One of the true gifts we can give them is say, ‘just have 10 minutes of quiet time,’” says Dunham. “Put your phone down and just be you. Just breathe. Have some quiet time.

And I think they’re quite relieved to hear that. I think they need that.”

Dunham is quick to note her classes are

Girls with Grit founder and instructor Alix Dunham practises yoga with program participants Talia Johnson and Lauren Germann. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN not therapy. It is a time to connect, learn some new strategies and have fun.

“It’s a super fun time. It’s basically my favourite thing to do,” she says.

Girls with Grit has a number of programs and workshops at different locations across the North Shore, including upcoming summer camps. Check out the website at girlswithgritvancouver.com.

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Brockton gets in N.Y. groove From page 13 and bolded in two emails: shirt tucked in,” Freeborn pointedly reminds a musician. “We’re going to Carnegie Hall.”

The group starts playing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”

“I’d like to see the stage presence you plan on bringing to Carnegie Hall with you, just unleash it,” Freeborn prompts.

“Be as accurate as you can with your 16ths,” Dyck urges, drumming along with the group from his perch at the front of the room.

The band adjusts and Dyck smiles.

“That’s about as accurate as it can be,” he says.

As the melody drops to a raindrop whisper during the last “li-on sleeps to-night” refrain, the group collectively exhales. A few lean on their marimbas in the universal symbol of percussion fatigue.

With the North Shore News photographer gone, shirts untuck and ties disappear as if by magic.

The playing relaxes accordingly. One boy exchanges a knowing smile with Freeborn following a rare sour note.

For a group awaiting their Carnegie Hall debut, they seem pretty relaxed.

The only dissension comes when the musical directors forbid mallet tosses during the Carnegie Hall show.

“You’re most likely to miss on that day,” Dyck says.

In response, one boy

Chris Beattie and Kenzie O’Day keep the beat during a recent rehearsal. The band is prepping for a Carnegie Hall performance this spring. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH immediately throws and drops a mallet, unintentionally proving Dyck’s point.

Some musicians hold the mallets judiciously while others favour a grip that’s part Babe Ruth and part John Bonham, pounding the marimbas like blacksmiths.

Freeborn urges patience, shushing players while speaking through the microphone she and Dyck use to be heard above the highdecibel count.

“Wait for it,” Freeborn urges, as they get a little loud a little too soon. “Don’t give everything away in that first minute.”

Freeborn and Dyck make a point of mentioning the group’s mission statement isn’t about musical excellence but rather fostering compassionate global consciousness through music.

One of the songs they’re planning to bring to Carnegie Hall was forbidden in South Africa during Apartheid.

“It’s a piece of political resistance,” Freeborn reminds the group. “Let’s get our sense of reverence and meaning.”

As the group raises their mallets, Freeborn adds one more instruction: “Don’t forget to breathe.”

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Argyle the top Canadian team at world cheerleading competition ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

For the Argyle secondary senior cheerleading team, the secret is in the warmup.

They aren’t trying to make it intentionally bad, but they’re happiest when the warmup routine goes really, really poorly.

“A bad warmup is a good performance, and a good warmup is a bad performance,” says co-head coach Danielle Stickney with a laugh.

“That’s a superstition that I have.”

That’s why the Pipers were nervously optimistic following their warmup routine at the biggest competition in team history, the 2017 World School Cheerleading Championship put on by the Universal Cheerleaders Association Feb. 11-12 in Orlando, Fla. “They had a terrible warmup,” says Stickney, who coaches the team along with fellow Argyle grad Kelly

McNally. “It was one of the worst I’ve ever seen. The stunts were falling. They didn’t hit the ground or anything, but nothing was really going right. It was very frantic, no one really remembered how to do anything. … I was like: ‘they’re ready.’”

The Pipers were there to perform a routine they’d been working on for nearly a year.

They earned the chance to compete in Florida by scoring well at the 2016 Sea to Sky Cheerleading Championships held in Vancouver last year.

British Columbia isn’t a hotbed of cheerleading, so competitions are hard to come by. The Pipers started practising twice a week in August and the World School Cheerleading Championship was their first competition of the year and one of only two they’ll take part in this season.

“It’s a very high-pressure situation,” Stickney says of spending all year prepping for one two-and-a-half-minute

routine. “You kind of give it all or nothing. You’ve got to prepare them for the nerves that they’re going to feel, and hope that they deal with them well.”

In this instance, the Pipers handled the nerves perfectly.

After the warmup, of course.

When it was all on the line the team went on stage and knocked out a nearly perfect routine, scoring zero deductions as they yelled, smiled, danced and flipped their way to a silver medal showing in their six-team division, large varsity non-tumbling world group. Argyle also won bragging rights as the top Canadian team, receiving the highest score of the 16 Canadian squads competing in the five non-tumbling divisions at the championships (non-tumbling teams do all of the lifts, throws and stunts that tumbling teams do without the gymnastics-floorroutine style passes).

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Blues hit it big in PacWest volleyball awards Seven members of Capilano University’s men’s and women’s volleyball teams took home PacWest awards this season, including Justin Yee who was named the league’s rookie of the year.

Yee, a setter from Burnaby’s Moscrop secondary who was turned into a power hitter in his first year

at Capilano, finished seventh in the league in digs, eighth in total offence, 10th in kills, and 10th in aces.

Setter Simon Friesen earned a spot on the first all-star team while libero Jonathan Lee joined Yee on the all-rookie team.

On the women’s side Capilano was rewarded for a strong season with both setter Sarah Hughes and

right-side hitter Kira Sutcliffe earning first-team all-star status. First-year left-side Tyneille Neufeld earned second all-star status while fellow rookie Anika Kolybaba was named to the all-rookie team.

Both Blues teams are competing in the PacWest provincial championships this weekend at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo.

Pipers surprised by silver

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“(Zero deductions) is pretty incredible,” says Stickney. “A lot of world-level teams can’t do that even at the all-star level. … We did have a few minor bobbles, but they were saved well and the energy stayed up.”

The team, 20 girls in all, did really well, says Hannah Coe, co-captain along with Elizabeth Gock and Jade Stringer. “I think we did amazing, I was really proud of my team.”

When their routine was over there was nothing left to do but wait as the judges counted down the results in reverse order.

Three names were called and Argyle was still on the board, guaranteed a top-three spot in their division.

“We were all freaking out by that point,” says Coe. “I remember I was holding my friend’s hand and we had our heads against each other and we were almost crying.”

One more name came and then Argyle was announced, second in the world in their division.

“We just erupted with screaming. We were so happy about it,” says Coe. “We’re all kind of shocked that we got second place. We didn’t expect to get second place at all. … We wanted to make Danielle and Kelly, our coaches, proud, for all the time they put in for us.”

There’s no doubt that they accomplished that goal.

“Oh my gosh we were so excited,” says Stickney. “It was way more than we ever expected. We went to have fun and enjoy the experience, and it turned out to be such an incredible experience and they performed amazingly. … It was definitely a nice surprise.

We went in pretty much with no expectations but were blown away by the attitude of the athletes and their positivity and energy. It was very exciting to watch it all come together.”

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MADILL, Dr. N. Stewart May 8, 1934 - February 9, 2017 It is with deep sorrow and the most profound sense of loss that we announce the passing of a kind and gentle man, Dr. N. Stewart Madill. Stew was born in Medicine Hat on May 8th, 1934 and passed away at the age of 82 on February 9th surrounded by his beloved family.

Stew graduated from UBC’s Faculty of Medicine, Class of ‘59, and was a family practitioner on the North Shore for 30 years.

In 1991, he left his practice to become the Vice President, Medicine at Lions Gate Hospital and, during his last year at LGH, the Chief Operating Officer. He retired from that position in 1999 and became the Vice President, Medicine at Burnaby Hospital and then the Royal Columbian Hospital.

He ended his career in medical administration as the Chief Administrator of Eagle Ridge Hospital, retiring at the age of 72. Stew was the first President of the Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine and team doctor for the Mexico and Puerto Rico Pan American Games. He also was the chief of the medical staff for the Montreal Olympics.

JOLLY, Marion It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Marion Jolly at Hollyburn House on February 14th, 2017. Marion has joined her beloved husband, Ray, who shared her life for more than 50 years before he passed away in 2012. They were married in Sussex, England and emigrated to Vancouver in 1957, where, as long time members of the West Vancouver Yacht Club, they indulged in their passion for sailing the beautiful Gulf Islands.

After a successful career with TD Bank, Marion retired and devoted her time to world travel and volunteering for the Parkinson’s Association of BC. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to the Parkinson’s Association in memory of Marion. A celebration of Marion’s life will be held at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 855 22nd Street, West Vancouver on Saturday, March 11th at 2:30 p.m.

Stew was passionate about golf and happiness was unlimited rounds in Kapalua, Maui and games with good friends on the Big Island. He was a long time member at Seymour Golf and Country Club.

He was a proud member of the Fit Fellows at the West Van Rec Centre and his count of “Two” was a great tradition with the group.

Predeceased by his brother, Peter, he is survived by his sister, Dorothy, and brother-in-law Rod McLeod of Sackville, NB. Left to mourn his loss is his devoted wife and soul mate of 36 years, Jenny (nee Meldrum); his step-daughter, Samantha Meldrum (Dave Moody); his step-son Greg Meldrum (Amy); his adoring granddaughters, Macy and Libby; his sister-in-law, Jody Wingerson (Colin); and nephew, Jonathan. He will be greatly missed by his children David (Janice), Michael (Wanda), Valerie Young (Phil), Craig (Lisa), and Sandra (Nins Thiara); grandchildren Alison, Shannon, Brian, Mitchell, Jacqueline, Scott, Colin, Christopher, Ajit, Priya, Arun, and Amar; and his many nieces and nephews, particularly Rob McLeod and his family Pam, Alec, and Hayley, with whom he shared so many memorable Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.

Our family would like to thank Doctors Sasha Smiljanic, Paul Klimo, and Paul Sugar for their excellent care and the wonderful nurses on 2 East at LGH who treated Stew with such dignity and kindness.

A celebration of life will be held at West Vancouver United Church on Saturday, March 4th at 2PM. The Reverend Dal McCrindle officiating. In lieu of flowers, a donation in Stew’s name to the Paul Klimo Oncology Clinic at Lions Gate Hospital would be appreciated.

SALMON, Harvey William Henry Harvey, 79, of North Vancouver, B.C. passed away at Evergreen House Care Home on February 16th, 2017 with his family at his side. A special thank you to Evergreen Staff for their loving care and support.

Harvey is survived by his wife Maureen, daughters Grace (Jay) Menning, Laura (Jean-Paul Molgat) Salmon, grandchildren Alayna, Bryce, Maude and Sophie. Harvey was a special man who will be remembered as having a great sense of humour, a charitable heart and fighting spirit. He worked for over 30 years for BC Rail. Funeral Mass for Harvey will be held at St. Stephens Catholic Church, 1360 East 24th Street, North Vancouver, B.C. on Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.ca

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The Grange/Daniels families in Vancouver, Toronto and Haida Gwaii received “Abby” into their hearts on January 23, 2017.

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23. Does not sit 24. A way to intensify 25. Penny 26. Elements’ basic unit 27. Muscular weakness (pl.)

30. Makes sense 34. Helps little firms 35. Go quickly 36. Found at the end of books 41. A way of carving 45. The back of one’s neck 46. Israeli dance 47. They help golfers

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50. Western landmass 54. Evokes 55. A Big Easy hoopster 56. Small valleys 57. Water in the solid state 59. Acquired brain injury behavior science (abbr.)

60. Don’t let this get too big 61. Motor is one type 62. Negative 63. A hiding place 64. Negative 65. Excavated

CLUES DOWN 1. Upright stone 2. Beat 3. Intestines (informal) 4. Distinguishing marks 5. Clergical vestment 6. Give cards incorrectly 7. Underground construction worker 8. Japanese art form 9. Franz van __, German diplomat 13. Wife 14. Consume 17. Curve 18. Midway between south and southeast 20. Unit of heredity 22. Upon 27. Pressure unit 28. Australian TV station 29. Cool!

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5

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Clue: Pleasant to the palate

LAST SUNDAY’S ANSWERS: A. beak B. wings C. flight D. nest

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