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The North Shore celebrates Norouz this week. See Bright Lights page 12.

Seven-year-olds Rouja Mazaheri and Paran Khodadadi jump through the fires at Ambleside Park on March 14. More photos online at nsnews.com. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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This day is a reminder that we all live better lives when we build peaceful and safe communities that include everyone. This happens when we respect each other, appreciate diversity and embrace what we have in common.

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• Honouring the Indigenous peoples of this unceded land, To learn more about the actions NSIIP is taking to build an even more inclusive North Shore, please go to:

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The North Shore Multicultural Society is the contract manager for the NSIIP planning table

• Welcoming newcomers into our communities and workplaces, and • Standing against all forms of racism and discrimination.

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Volunteers vital to urban relief work In existence for 26 years on the North Shore, the Harvest Project continues to serve the community, “extending a hand up, not a hand out,” by offering client care and emergency needs support for North Shore residents in difficult life circumstances.

Like most community service organizations, it’s the volunteer workforce that contributes to the success of any group and is the backbone of this organization. Assisting three full-time and six part-time staff, the organization’s 140 or so active volunteers contribute up to 20,000 volunteer hours of

service every year, helping out in a variety of ways. These diverse volunteer roles include reception, client care coaching, kitchen aid, grocery depot and thrift store assistance, and fundraising work to support the organization’s various programs.

Many of the volunteers have more than a decade of service and come from a wide variety of backgrounds but have a strong sense of community as a common bond, receiving immense satisfaction from their efforts and contributions in assisting members of the community in need.

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Harvest Project volunteers Louise Renaud and Bobby Wise are kept busy sorting food donations.

Joannne Green and Donna Kelly receive clients and set up appointments.

Clothes for Change volunteer Carmen Greenlees puts newly donated garments on racks at the thrift store, which is also open to the public.

On his monthly shopping trip, Harvest Project client Scott picks up groceries from his list at the on-site store.

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Feds, B.C. fund new bridge for Marine North Vancouver is getting a $3.9-million boost that will go towards replacing a bridge that crosses Mosquito Creek near the intersection of Marine Drive and Fell Avenue, it was announced last week.

Local MLAs Naomi Yamamoto, Jane Thornthwaite and Ralph Sultan made the announcement on behalf of Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone and Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development

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NEWSBRIEFS WOMAN INJURED IN FIRE JUMPING FALL One woman had to be treated for second-degree burns after a mishap at West Vancouver’s annual Persian New Year fire jumping festival.

The Norouz event, held at Ambleside Park on Tuesday evening, drew members of the Iranian Canadian community to jump over a series of bonfires in a bid to welcome spring.

One celebrant, however, wound up starting the new year in bandages.

“Basically she was running and tripped and she went hand-first into one of the fires,” said assistant fire chief Jeff Bush. “The guys pulled her out immediately. She was treated by first aid and transported (to hospital) for them to have a look at it.”

Conditions on the ground were somewhat sloppy at the time, Bush added. Although burns happen from time to time, more common are ankle injuries, Bush said.

– Brent Richter WEST VAN VEHICLE BREAK-INS DOUBLED SINCE LAST YEAR It’s a good piece of advice that West Vancouver residents don’t seem to want to take.

Police are reminding residents to leave their cars locked and keep their valuables with them. The municipality is experiencing a spike in vehicle breakins, the majority of which involved valuables being left

in unlocked vehicles, according to police. At 92 so far this year, the number of vehicle break-ins has almost doubled compared to the same period last year.

“I’ll be honest. I’m running out of ways to say ‘Please don’t leave your wallets and valuables in your unlocked cars,’” Const. Jeff Palmer, West Vancouver police spokesman, said with an exasperated laugh.

Police have had 27 reports of “theft from auto” since the start of the month, compared to just four in the same period in 2016, Palmer said. In 67 per cent of the cases, goods were stolen from vehicles left unlocked.

Just 22 per cent involved a smash-and-grab.

While the rash of thefts is spread across the district, one person on foot checking door handles can target a lot of vehicles in a short time.

“If you’ve got easy targets, one person can rack up quite a number of these kinds of thefts from auto,” he said.

“People need to harden the target, as it were.”

Some people choose to leave their vehicles unlocked, believing it will prevent damage from being done should someone be determined to break in, although that strategy shouldn’t be applied if you’re also leaving desirables in your car, Palmer added.

“Whether your door is locked or unlocked, there is no strong case for leaving valuables in your car,” he said.

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or $500 you can pay six days of rent in a two-bedroom West Vancouver apartment, order several dozen iced cinnamon almond milk macchiatos, or festoon a North Vancouver neighbourhood with scrap.

Earlier this week, two reverse garbagemen showed up in broad daylight to unload a pickup truck worth of drywall, paint cans, and shattered tiles across a walking trail in a residential neighbourhood.

It’s amazing they didn’t get away with it.

The blight-makes-right pair utilized soaring egos and drooping IQs, showing up in the middle of the afternoon in a truck with a phone number on the side.

And even with that, they still would have shaken authorities off their slimy trail if not for some quick acting neighbours and the agreeable nature of the pickup

truck’s former owner, who supplied police with the VIN. We congratulate the District of North Vancouver bylaw officer and the RCMP officer who tracked the detritus duo and forced them to clean up their mess like scolded children.

But $500 is not enough.

If they toss trash at us, we have to throw the book at them.

Between 2013 and 2015, West Vancouver issued an average of three demolition permits a week. Including permits for renovation, the District of North Vancouver handed out about three construction permits every day in 2016. Illegal dumping isn’t just about esthetics, the discarded materials present a clear danger to the North Shore’s biodiversity.

When it comes to those who do dirty deeds dirt cheap, the only thing they understand is filthy lucre.

Spring Break shenanigans minus the kegger Spring Break ain’t what it used to be.

The annual festival of debauchery as we North Americans know it began the same way as most of our other great innovations: born out of the simple, beautiful minds of an all-male swim team.

But spring festivals have been happening for thousands of years, starting with cavemen emerging from their winter holes to celebrate the arrival of warm weather.

Bro-Magnon 1: “Bro, it’s spring. I’m going to get hammered and throw Tina in the lake.”

Bro-Magnon 2: “Sick idea bro. Cave chicks love that.”

Bro-Magnon 1: “Yeah bro.

Then I’m going to invent barbed wire so I have something to tattoo on my arm.”

Bro-Magnon 2: “A tiger ate Tina.”

Laugh All You Want Andy Prest Bro-Magnon 1 (sadly): “Bro.” The centuries-old tradition of dancing around the maypole is also often associated with the arrival of spring.

Youth would dance around a pole twisting and twirling ribbons in a celebration of fertility. The ritual often gained scorn from Christians due to its pagan roots and “phallic

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symbolism” (that’s a technical term that means “penis stuff”). Maypole dancing is a Spring Break tradition that persists to this day, although now it’s indoors, the maypole is just called a “pole,” and if any of the “youth” get too handsy with the dancers, a man named “Tiny” will throw them into a “dumpster.”

Modern day North American Spring Break did, in fact, originate with the male swim team from a small liberal arts college in Hamilton, N.Y., known as Colgate University (school motto: Honour, Knowledge, Toothpaste).

According to beer-hazed legend, a.k.a. Wikipedia, the Colgate Raiders were looking for an Olympic-sized pool to train in during the cold New York winters of the 1930s and settled on the Casino Pool in Fort Lauderdale. After a couple of years, the training camp

had grown to a competition featuring 300 athletes. They celebrated swimming fast by drinking beer and doing really dumb things, a routine that later become the source material for an international incident named Ryan Lochte.

The little training sessions started by Colgate University soon became a phenomenon attracting thousands of athletes, partygoers and Baldwin brothers each year.

It was a rousing success, making Spring Break the most practical thing to ever come out of a liberal arts college.

A film called Where the Boys Are, starring noted tanned person and future Celebrity Wife Swap participant George Hamilton, was released in 1960 and brought the Fort Lauderdale secret to the world. The year after the film was released, 50,000 students showed up.

By the 1980s the annual tradition had grown to include more than 300,000 students each year. It’s hard to believe, but Fort Lauderdale’s residents grew frustrated with the annual arrival of an army a dumbwads all looking for a bush to puke in. And God only knows the cost of sidewalk repairs rung up by missed balcony dives.

In the late 1980s Fort Lauderdale passed laws and put the word out to let the yahoos know that they were no longer welcome.

At about the same time the United States raised the legal drinking age to 21 across the country. Perhaps the timing was coincidental, or perhaps the United States has the Colgate swim team – and George Hamilton – to thank for the toughest drinking laws this side of Saudi Arabia.

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The Fort Lauderdale void was soon filled by Panama City Beach, another Florida destination that in the 1990s let it be known that they would love nothing more than to have a bunch of bros walking down the sidewalk pretending to ride motorcycles by saying “Braaaapppp, braaaappp, brap brap brap brap!” That never gets old. Oh wait, it got old really quickly, as Panama City Beach burned their welcome mat in 2015 following several Spring Break shootings.

What’s this world coming to when consenting adults can’t get together and shoot some Jagermeister and then shoot Travis, the bartender.

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Alternative facts don’t help development debate Dear Editor: Mark Twain advised to “never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” But, as we have all been reminded lately, good public discourse must always be based on factual facts, not the alternative variety. Unfortunately, Mayor Michael Smith spun a story in his recent “unplugged” speech before the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce (reference Jeremy Shepherd’s story, March 12).

To set the record straight, there is no moratorium on new construction in West Vancouver. In fact, Council voted to defer only those projects that are not consistent with the existing official community plan and that do not deliver “significant social benefit” to the community. Put otherwise, projects complying with the existing OCP and projects that don’t comply but will address a pressing community need can proceed as usual. Moreover, projects will only be deferred until the relevant local area plan is approved. The Marine Drive local area plan will be decided this spring, paving the way for three substantial projects.

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Ambleside local area plan will be decided by May 2018.

Delays from the policy will be minimal and limited.

The fact is there has been considerable “reinvigoration” in West Vancouver over the past few years. Last year, council approved the Sewell’s project, a game changer for Horseshoe Bay. We approved the first dedicated rental buildings in the district in over 40 years. Maison Senior Living recently added more than 100 memory care and assisted living beds on Taylor Way. And the Grosvenor development is rising over Ambleside day by day.

District staff proposed the recent policy to council so they could focus their limited resources on reviewing the OCP. The planning department simply can’t spend countless hours dealing with individual “spot” rezoning applications while simultaneously focussing on the big picture.

Much has been written lately regarding the pace and nature of development on the North Shore. While we all agree that there is a pressing need for appropriate and (more) affordable housing, most would also agree that new

development should proceed in a deliberate, considered and planned fashion. Cumulative impacts on transportation, municipal services and amenities and neighbourhood character must be studied and addressed.

Deferring applications for significant rezoning also respects the public process. An OCP is a means of expressing the community’s vision of itself. Rezoning individual properties while the community is undertaking a comprehensive review of the future plan for the same area makes a mockery of the engagement process.

We are in a period of considerable, inevitable change.

The best way to navigate that change is for developers, community groups, individual residents and the district to work together to chart an acceptable path forward. We all have a voice and stake in the future of our community.

This isn’t a debate about any development or no development but rather a search for a balance. Alternative facts and polarizing rhetoric don’t assist in that task.

Craig Cameron, District of West Vancouver councillor

Party ends for everybody some time From page 8 first time since my college days and man, things sure have changed. My wife was away for the week – family emergency or healthy snack convention or whatever – leaving me and my two boys, age four and six, alone for an epic Spring Break road trip to the B.C. Interior. I’m not sure if you’ve ever ventured to South

Okanagan wine country for Spring Break, but let’s just say that if there was one specific class best represented, it would be “seniors.” The term “last call” was more of a literal description of reality than a nightly prod out of the bar.

There were some late night shenanigans – on the first night my youngest picked a 3 a.m. fight with sleep.

Everybody lost.

There was debauchery – my oldest can now proudly claim he owns the title “Fart King.” But nobody got shot, and nobody threw up on a cactus. It wasn’t the good old days, but I guess that’s how life goes as we get older. The party ends for everybody some time. Everyone except for George Hamilton, of course. Grandma says hi. aprest@nsnews.com

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NSN STORY OR OPINION: Closer to the art (March 3 Viewpoint) oxthorough (at nsnews.com): The North Shore News editorial staff has been on a run lately with razor sharp social and political commentary. Their piece on the removal of the public art pieces quite correctly pointed out that we should have art where we live. They don’t mean the Bed, Bath & Beyond or Ikea pictures that dominate many a North Shore home, but edgy, controversial, standout pieces that get tongues wagging and people talking about something other than their latest Grouse Grind times.

There will certainly always be the naysayers. While her imagination is to be envied, the woman who was quoted as saying the walking pieces on Lonsdale reminded her of beheading victims of terrorism probably needs to be reminded this is Central Lonsdale where the greatest danger is a questionable piece of sushi and not some wartorn desert nation. Mayor (Darrell) Mussatto should also be commended for leading the charge on these public art projects. They were bold and gave people something else to look at other than the construction hoarding surrounding the newest condo development. Good on him for standing up to the visionless critics.

Should the City spend $220,000 on the red Chinese monks? I’d say they’re worth three times that amount just for the craftsmanship alone. They’re wonderful, provocative pieces and it would be a shame to lose them.

With a lot of really great artists spread out across the vast expanses of suburbia that is the North Shore, surely we can harness their talents beyond the convoluted, oncea-year North Shore Art Crawl (hint, hold it all at Lonsdale Quay over one weekend, guys. This spread-out thing doesn’t work for anyone) and the occasional art shows put on by the ever-eager North Shore Artists’ Guild. Stop with the bucolic landscape paintings and get art that makes people blush and think. Put it all over the North Shore; in public places, in schools, libraries and on bus stops. Hang it from rooftops and bridges.

At the end of the day, people won’t remember visiting our area because of the banks or Starbucks on every second corner, they’ll remember because of the things that reached them a little deeper. Only art can do that.

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North Vancouver-Lonsdale ballot set Environment, housing and jobs the top priorities JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Voters will have at least three choices in North Vancouver-Lonsdale when they cast their ballots May 9.

Green Party candidate Richard Warrington is touting the environment as a top priority, NDP candidate Bowinn Ma is advocating more affordable housing and Liberal MLA Naomi Yamamoto, the riding’s representative since 2009, stands by her party’s record on job creation.

British Columbia’s booming economy is the primary reason voters should support the B.C. Liberals, according to Yamamoto.

B.C.’s unemployment rate was 5.1 per cent in February, the lowest in the country according to BC Stats.

“When more people . . . are taking home full-time pay then it becomes more affordable to live in this province and in particular North Vancouver,” Yamamoto said.

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The MLA also touted cutting taxes, allowing residents to spend their cash “the way they would like to see their money spent as opposed to how government spends it.”

Yamamoto cited her community involvement with North Shore Neighbourhood House and the Seymour Salmonid Society.

“Personally, I want to see that big rock blasted out of the Seymour River so that our salmon can swim upstream,” she said.

Affordable housing is the crux of NDP candidate Ma’s platform.

“Firstly, we definitely need to close the loopholes that allow speculation on the housing market to run rampant,” she said. “We know that

there’s no magic bullet when it comes to resolving it but the first step is definitely to acknowledge the problem and that is something the current government has been loath to do.”

It’s critical the provincial government manage the “commodification of homes,” according to Ma, which she said relates to other major issues.

“Our traffic congestion and transportation woes are directly tied to housing affordability.”

Ma also touted the NDP’s commitment to “substantial investments” in public transportation to create jobs and get cars off the road.

The provincial government needs to balance economic

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“As a biological organism I’m kind of dependent on my environment,” he said.

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The Green Party represents freedom of choice as well as a political party beholden to no one, according to Warrington.

“We’re not in anybody’s pocket,” he said.

Warrington called for a poverty reduction plan and noted scant increases to disability benefits in B.C. “We’ve bought into this ideology that money trumps everything and I don’t believe we can afford that anymore.”

Yamamoto won the riding in 2013 with 45.5 per cent of the vote, defeating the NDP’s Craig Keating, who finished with 40.5 per cent. The greens netted just over nine per cent while the B.C. Conservatives, who have not nominated a candidate this year, finished with 3.5 per cent of the votes.

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It’s a chain of events that the four cofounders of Coast Protein have seen hundreds of times.

Informed that the protein bar they’re about to sample is made with crickets, a taster will make a scrunched-up face before very slowly and warily taking a tiny nibble. When the bar hits the mouth, the expression changes immediately. There’s no cricket crunch, no beetle juice. It takes pretty much like . . . a protein bar.

“Once they take their first bite they realize it’s not all that it’s built up to be,” says Chris Baird, a North Vancouver native and St. Thomas Aquinas grad. “After that it’s smooth sailing.”

“Once they get it in the mouth their expression changes to, ‘Oh my gosh,’” adds John Larigakis, Baird’s lifelong friend who graduated from Carson Graham. “They come by, they’re pained, then they’re relieved, and we see them 20 minutes later with other people trying to egg their friends on to try it as well.”

For the foursome running Coast Protein – which includes New Westminster’s Dylan Jones and Stefanie Di Giovanni – crickets are no gimmick. The group’s research showed that crickets are a complete protein that contains all nine essential amino acids, as well as essential vitamins and minerals like calcium, zinc, iron, and magnesium. They are also environmentally friendly, using much less water and land than traditional livestock while producing far less greenhouse gases.

“So much of the food that we eat is already weird and unnatural – something as natural and wholesome as a cricket shouldn’t be looked down upon,” says Baird, adding that insects are a perfectly acceptable food source in 80 per cent of the world’s countries. “There’s so much discussion these days about the impact of what you eat – your diet – has on the environment, and you hear about the impact that animal agriculture can have on global warming, so it just kind of seemed like the right idea at the right time.”

The idea to turn crickets into a high protein

Coast Protein co-founders Dylan Jones, Stefanie Di Giovanni, John Larigakis and Chris Baird are banking on adventurous eaters to try their

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snack first crept into the mind of Dylan Jones when he was travelling in Cambodia.

“It was this little bus stop and there was this tiny little lady frying up crickets in a big, huge wok with chili peppers and little lime leaves, rock salt and things like that,” he says. “When you go to those bus stops they always have ‘western’ food, which is just old potato chips and the worst hamburgers you’ve seen in your life. And on the other side they have the local food, which all looks and smells so good. It was kind of an easy choice.”

He chose the crickets, and discovered that the taste was “crazy good.” Thus, the idea for Coast Protein was born. Back in Canada, Jones recruited his three partners and they went to work on the product, blending natural ingredients with powdered cricket sourced from an organic farm in Ontario. So how does it taste?

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The North Shore News held an unscientific taste test of the peanut butter and chocolate sea salt bars. About a quarter of the tasters flat-out refused to try cricket; another quarter – mostly the hard-core world travellers – jumped in for a chomp with no hesitation; and 50 per cent followed the usual script of trepidation followed by surprised satisfaction. As one taster put it, if you put your expectations as high as a sweet chocolate bar, you might be disappointed. But if you go in expecting a bug-guts gross out, you’ll be very pleasantly surprised.

It tastes, in fact, like many other nutritious and natural protein bars.

The team has a higher goal here: to normalize cricket as a healthy and environmentally friendly source of protein – and the public seems to be buying in. Coast Protein started a Kickstarter campaign earlier this month hoping

to raise $20,000 in 30 days. They raised that total in 72 hours. The campaign is still running and the total has passed $30,000, giving them enough money to refine their production process and introduce a new flavour. They currently produce their bars in New Westminster but the longterm hope is to move to a larger facility in North Vancouver where they can increase their production.

“We were really blown away by the customer response,” says Baird. “We hoped that we were going to do well, but we couldn’t have dreamed that we would do this well. We’re really happy and now are kind of inspired to set our sights even higher.”

For more information on the Kickstarter campaign and to find out where you can find the bars, including at Lower Lonsdale’s The Juicery, visit coastprotein.com.

A14 | NEIGHBOURHOODS WHAT’S GOING ON FUN AND GAMES AT LONSDALE QUAY MARKET Lonsdale Quay Market welcomes spring breakers to play board games between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. until April 1. Jenga, Twister, Monopoly

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Registration required. nvcl.ca CORPORATE WINE AND APPETIZER EVENT This is an opportunity for the corporate community to come together for a glass of wine and to connect and hear about the impact Hollyburn Family Services Society is making in the community Thursday, March 30, 6:30-8 p.m. at Scotiabank, 1357 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. RSVP: jhayden@hollyburn.ca by March 22.

3D PRINTING INTERACTIVE DEMOS All ages are welcome to try their hand at designing a three-dimensional house or having a 3D electronic file made of their torso during interactive demonstrations at North Vancouver City Library Saturdays, March 25, April 1, 15 and 22. Sessions are 12:30-1:30 p.m. and 3:30-4:30 p.m. nvcl.ca

DIG IT Construction is ongoing at Fen Burdett Stadium field in Mahon Park for a variety of upgrades, including the installation of an artificial turf sports field, a rubberized community track, pods of adult fitness equipment, and improved landscaping and seating, among other changes. Construction began in April 2016 and is expected to be completed by this spring. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT AND INFORMATION GROUP MEETINGDr. Richard J. Wassersug of UBC Urologic Sciences will speak about the natural history and psychological reality of prostate cancer Tuesday, March 28, 7-9 p.m. at Lions Gate Hospital in the lower floor auditorium, 231 East 15th St., North Vancouver. Patients are encouraged to invite their partners if they have one.

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INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONICS For ages eight-12. Participants can learn the basics of electronics and circuit design as they make an automated night light. They will also be able to keep a kit of parts to take home. Saturday, March 25, 9-10:30 a.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Register at nvcl. ca/maker2017.

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The video will be followed by discussion of strategies for coping with dizziness and imbalance. Free with refreshments. 604-878-8383

A proposal for backyard hens The District is considering allowing two to six hens per property no roosters only allowed in single family residential zones

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WHAT’SGOINGON ROUND ROBIN The Seniors Tennis Association of the North Shore will host a round robin event Friday, April 28 at the North Shore Tennis Club, 280 Lloyd Ave., North Vancouver. Registration will begin at 7 p.m. with games until 9:30 p.m. followed by a social. $10 or $4 for the party only. seniortennis.ca ns.seniortennis@gmail.com LET’S TALK Develop English language skills by discussing current events at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Beginners: Mondays, March 20 and 27, 10:15-11:15 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Intermediate: Tuesday, March 28, 7-8:30 p.m. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca GETTING STARTED WITH INSTAGRAM Sign up and learn how to use Instagram, the photography and video app that allows you to share images with your friends.

Participants must be familiar with the internet, tablets and smartphones. West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr., Tuesday, March 21, 2-3:30 p.m. Register online: westvanlibrary.ca.

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ART HISTORY SPRING LECTURE Megan Smetzer presents Indigenous Women Artists in the Age of Truth and Reconciliation Thursday, March 23, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Capilano University’s Library Building, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver. capilanou. ca IPAD LEARN AND LOAN Participate in a two-hour introductory session and then borrow an iPad for two weeks to practise. Open to members with a valid West Vancouver Memorial Library card and who do not own their own device. Thursday, March 23, 2-4 p.m. Register online: westvanlibrary.ca.

PLAQUE UNVEILING The Deep Cove Heritage Society and Heritage BC invite the public to commemorate this site used by the Canadian government between 1922 and 1968 to detain unemployed men and for military training purposes.

The ceremony takes place Friday, March 31, 5 p.m. at the Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. RSVP by March 24.

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Saturday, March 25, 3:30-5 p.m. Delbrook Community Centre, 600 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. $15 per person, per session.

FAMILY DRUM CIRCLE WORKSHOP All are welcome to learn traditional rhythms and enjoy the experience of African drumming Saturday, March 25, 2:30-3:30 p.m. at Delbrook Community Centre, 600 West Queens Rd., North Vancouver. Drums will be provided. $20 per family per session or $10 per person, per session.

FIRST NOBAHAR CELEBRATION The Rahe Movafaghiyat Institute presents First Nobahar Celebration, Sunday, March

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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 Pl., North Vancouver. Schedule: April 21, Branching Out (watercolour trees) and May 19, Zany Zines (magazine making). $35, materials included.

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North Vancouver district fire Capt. Kit Little, centre, is acknowledged by fire Chief Victor Penman and district Mayor Richard Walton for his heroic efforts in a recent fire. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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HEALTH NOTES DIVORCECARE A weekly support group for people who are separated or divorced meets Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. until April 20 at West Vancouver Baptist Church, 450 Mathers Ave. $30 for a book. A DivorceCare 4 Kids for ages five to 12 runs simultaneously with the adult program. $20 per family Registration: westvanbaptist. com or 604-922-0911.

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Patients are encouraged to invite their partners if they have one. General discussion among all attendees will follow.

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For Bruce McArthur, the inspiration was a frog.

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“I was up on the bluffs looking for a spotted owl, busy looking up until I happened to look down. There at my feet was a red-legged frog.”

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The Northern red-legged frog, which was on the endangered species blue list (particularly sensitive to human activity) inspired Bruce to go a step further. He became a familiar presence at public gatherings and in West Vancouver’s council chambers as an environmental advocate dressed as a red-legged frog.

“We grew up in nature out here in the Bay. There were frogs in the ditches along Royal Avenue. I can still hear them croaking.”

West Vancouver was like another place, he says. “We went to school there but that was about it. The people of Horseshoe Bay and the water and the mountains gave me everything I needed.”

In 1942, Arthur and Betty McArthur moved from Alberta to Horseshoe Bay with a then five-year-old Bruce. Arthur, known by all as Slim, was an electrician in the shipyards during the Second World War and Betty, like her friends, worked in shops in the neighbourhood. Bruce was an only child until his three siblings came along and he became the family babysitter.

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At six foot three, Bruce isn’t quite as tall as his father was but, he says, “I looked up to him all my life. That’s a bit of a joke, I know, but he really was my inspiration.”

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Carter was returned to his breeder due to being a high energy dog and, well, spoiled to the point that he had no concept of boundaries and limitations.

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Freeride skier Noah Rother bounces off a rock face during the North Face Junior Big Mountain Challenge in Lake Louise recently. The Sentinel secondary Grade 11 student placed first in his age bracket at the competition, a somewhat unexpected finish considering he is new to freeriding after years of competing in ski racing. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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A relative newcomer to freeride skiing scored big at a recent competition and is hoping to keep his winning streak alive going forward.

Sixteen-year-old Noah Rother from North Vancouver placed first in his age bracket at the North Face Junior Big Mountain Challenge in Lake Louise, Alta., held March 3-6.

“It was so unexpected because this is my first year doing freeride,” said Rother, who is in Grade 11 at Sentinel secondary. “It kind of came out of nowhere.”

Rother battled it out in the 15- to 18-year-old male skier category at the Big Mountain Challenge on behalf of the Whistler Freeride Club.

During the qualifier run on the first day Rother narrowly placed first with a score of 33.23.

The next highest score for that round was achieved by freerider Fritz Arnold of the Bridger Bowl Freeride Team, who received 33.03.

During the finals, however, Rother dominated.

“I won by quite a bit,” he admitted.

He said that both races were challenging, but he

found himself most nervous when going into the finals.

“I qualified first and then it felt like there was a lot of pressure to make sure I don’t fall on my second run,” Rother said.

Rother didn’t take a fall during his final run. Instead, he flew right over it.

During a section of the run, a spot where a rock face was protruding outwards, he braced himself and then jumped clear over the obstruction, sticking a perfect landing in the mix.

“My first jump on the second day I went a lot bigger than my first jump on the first day,” he said, noting how during the qualifying round the previous day he had landed on the rock face itself before quickly bounding off of it.

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achieved a score of 35.03, putting him almost 2½ points above the nearest competitor.

With scores from both days tallied up, Rother ended up with an impressive total score of 68.27 and a first place result.

While some freeriders attempted acrobatic moves doing their runs in order to score points, Rother said his strategy was to make sure his ski runs were controlled and fluid.

“I think I skied my run pretty fast and it was a constant speed,” he said.

“You can do moves, but I didn’t do any. I just went straight off of it. I just tried to go as big as I can and have clean and smooth landings.”

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year, but he’s no stranger to competitive skiing.

He started racing with the Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club at age nine and competed with them up through U16s.

“I think it just really helped with things like skiing skills, but also just getting used to a competition environment, stuff like that. Being able to kind of get into the right mindset for the competitions and deal with the pressure,” Rother said.

Now that he’s not ski racing, however, he said he prefers the freedom and creativity afforded to him by freeriding.

He is set to compete in Whistler’s Junior Freeski Challenges (March 18-19), an International Free Skiers Association event similar to

the one he participated in at Lake Louise two weeks ago.

“Hopefully I can get podium again,” Rother said.

This will be his third nationally ranked freeride skiing competition this year.

He’s hoping a good result in Whistler can increase his overall ranking in North America for top freeriders.

But he’s not thinking too far into the future with competitive skiing, either. For now, he mainly just wants to do it because it’s fun.

When asked about his mindset right before starting a competitive ski run, he said it can be challenging and tense, but he has found the key that works for him is to visualize the path ahead.

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Dragons finish season strong ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

Fire met ice in the final game of the North West Vancouver Ringette Association when the Ice Dragons U12 team battled to an impressive 8-2 win over Surrey White Rock at Karen Magnussen arena on March 2.

Coach Alicia Clendenan relayed the highlights: Scoring opened with two goals from Savana Bowen and a goal and an assist from Megan Kleparchuk leaving the Ice Dragons up 3-1 at half time. In the second half Sam McCrorie scored on a pass from Maddy Collins and then Madelyne Honcharuk made

her second assist of the game to setup Hana Davies. Sophie Harper dominated with two goals and two assists and Charlotte Chow, Judy Alkhateeb and Raena Stewart each added assists. Ty James had an outstanding game in net, and scoring wrapped up with Savana Bowen completing a hat trick to end the game 8-2.

“The season showed great development and we finished with three wins in league play,” noted Clendenan.

The next season starts in September and anyone (ages five and up) interested in trying ringette can visit the website nwvra.ca for more information about free “come try” ringette events.

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Bradan Paul MacDougall May 29, 1973 - March 18, 2015 Our memories are full of precious, sun-filled ocean days with you. Your modern style and craftsmanship in furniture making and sculpture are now treasured items to us all.

We love you and miss you so much.

COVE, Derek Sidney John May 17, 1925 - March 10, 2017 Passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 10, 2017, 6:45 a.m. at Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, BC.

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A remarkable man, he retired as a Naval Architect, after running a very successful business (Cove Dixon Naval Architects, Ltd.) with his long-time Business Partner, Eric Dixon, both from England.

Derek, a man of varied interests, enjoyed sailing, fishing and travelling.

As a family man during his time, he would pull his two boys off school and travel to Maui, Italy, Mexico or some other interesting places, because he believed that his kids would learn more, being exposed to other cultures than being confined in the classroom.

Survived by his current wife of 31 years, Elizabeth; son, Warren (Debbie Esau); grandchildren Melanie, Olivia, Brandon and Bailey; nephew, Vernon Moore; and his ex-wife/friend Lynne.

Derek was predeceased by his sister, Muriel Frances Moore and son Marty Wade Cove.

ACASTER, Richard Dale (Dick) April 11, 1931 – March 7, 2017 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of an unforgettable man.

Richard was a generous and very caring person with a wicked sense of humour which was with him right to the end.

A Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, March 24 at 10:30am at Christ The Redeemer Parish, 599 Keith Road, West Vancouver. A Celebration of Derek’s Life will be held on Monday, April 10 at 12:00pm at the West Vancouver Yacht Club.

Predeceased by son Gary and daughter Laura.

Richard is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 66 years - Sheila; daughter Debbie; sons Brian (Niki and her daughter Sydney) and Bradley (Leona). He is survived by his 7 grandchildren, Dustin (Elizabeth), Kathleen (William), Kelsey, Marcus, Tasha, Bradley, Krysten; and will also be greatly missed by his greatgrandchildren, Niyah, Isabelle and Georgia. He had many friends and neighbours, co-workers, and other acquaintances that will miss him and his great sense of humour.

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Richard was born in Regina and moved to North Vancouver when he was 6 years old. He lived and worked in North Vancouver for the rest of his life.

“Bang” as he was known by his colleagues, was a retired Captain for the City of North Vancouver Fire Department after 33 years of service. He was also a skilled carpenter building several homes on the North Shore. Some of his favorite hobbies were fishing (oh the stories…), golfing (yes, stories here too), a biweekly trip to the casino and also loved watching sports. He coached kid’s soccer & lacrosse teams for many years.

We would like to thank the Kiwanis Care Centre Staff (Burr Place location) who were deeply compassionate and caring.

Richard enjoyed keeping the staff on their toes and laughing. He had a very quick wit and many could not keep up with him but some could give as good as they got! He was called “King Richard” in the dining room and they certainly treated him like royalty.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the BC Children’s Hospital in his memory.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 25th, 2017 at the Seymour Golf and Country Club – 3723 Mount Seymour Parkway, from 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm. Casual Attire.

EAKIN, Donna Mildred (nee Mann) June 10, 1935 - March 9, 2017 It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our mom, Donna Eakin.

Surrounded by her large and loving family, Donna passed away peacefully on March 9th at Inglewood Care Home. Born and raised in North Vancouver, Donna was the eldest of three children.

She often shared childhood tales of growing up in Pemberton Heights, and adventures at Capilano River and Ambleside Beach. After serving in the Air Force, Donna settled back in North Vancouver to raise her family. Donna will be fondly remembered for her passion of flowers, gardening, and owning Flower Dale Florist for over 25 years. After retiring from the flower shop, Donna’s warmth and compassion for family and children was shared at Donna’s Daycare. A lady of strength and compassion, Donna opened up her heart and home to all who knew her. Family dinners would not have been the same without an extra table and new friends. A sense of humor like no other and loved by all, Donna will be affectionately remembered and sadly missed.

Predeceased by her parents Gladys and Sydney Mann, and brother Roger Mann, survived by sister Vicki Murray (Bill), children Debbie Timmons (Rick), Randy Swant (Sheila), Rob Swant, John Eakin (Barbara), Sydney Eakin (John), and grandchildren Justin, Brittany, Alexandra, Dayna, Sophie, Georgia, Jared, Taylor, Elizabeth, Michael, Ryan, Riley, Mason and Owen. A special thank you to Priscilla, Bojana, Gail and the staff of the Upper Terrace at Inglewood for taking such great care of our mom over the past two years. We are truly grateful to you all. A celebration of Donna’s life will be held Friday, March 24, 2017 at 2:00 pm at Boal Chapel located at 1505 Lillooet Rd, North Vancouver.

WALKER, David J. November 7, 1931 − December 4, 2016

UHL, Dorothy A. December 25, 1921 - March 7, 2017 It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of our mother and grandma. Dorothy was born in Tilbury, England. She was a WWII veteran, and after the war came to Saskatchewan as a British war bride. Later moved to BC with her family where she spent the last 70 years in North Vancouver.

Predeceased by husband Carl (2011) and daughter Lynne (1977). Survived by daughter and son-in-law Lesley and George Burchynsky; grandson Tyler Burchynsky (Marnie Alexander); and many friends and relatives in BC, Saskatchewan and England including her twin sister Elsie Carter.

In lieu of flowers, donate to SPCA in her name. No service by request. Thank you to the great staff at Evergreen House for their wonderful care.

Dave, a long time West Vancouverite, moved to West Vancouver from PEI as a boy. He attended elementary school at Pauline Johnson, then West Van High and later, UBC, making many life long friends.

Dave was an avid swimmer, life guard and was also a volunteer firefighter in West Vancouver.

Dad’s passion was repairing vehicles. He started Dave’s Auto Body Shop in 1956 and ran it for over 40 years in the Ambleside area. During this time he also established one of the first tow truck businesses on the North Shore.

On his beloved wooden boat, the Robert C Scott, dad would tinker for endless hours. Every summer we cruised the west coast, often tying up to a log boom with good family friends.

Dave, Cec, Brent and Linda spent many holidays together in one of their favorite places, Hawaii.

Dad and mom are now together on the beach in Waikiki enjoying a beer and pizza and watching the waves roll in. Aloha, mom and dad.

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Spring PERFORMANCE EVENT BE BOLD

2017 ESCALADE ESV PLATINUM

2016 ATS COUPE

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2017 ATS SEDAN LUXURY AWD

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MSRP $52,005

CARTER PRICE

$

39,986

OR

LEASE FOR $

233 BI-WEEKLY

CARTER PRICE

$

49,390

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279 BI-WEEKLY

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$

59,995 SAVE

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16,670

$

CARTER PRICE

$

88,820

SAVE

$

15,000

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